Show UNCLE SAMS T man who 1 for two national institutions in a little house housa in hi south smith bashing ton toll is located n L federal institution without which the smithsonian smithonian bowlin honian institution and tl national could not exist it is the department of the chief pol mr joseph farmer the office of chief was not unusual in ili countries ruled by despots hut but it may lie ike a surprise to many mally to learn icahn that such an office is maintained hy by our own republican form of 01 A abelin admin istrati un lun however mr farmer farm er unlike ills his contemporaries in ill turkey spam arabia etc is not c engaged i aged in putting obnoxious and exuberant statesmen out of the way but in placing the objects on exhibit in ill the institution anil ami museum beyond the reach of thieves rust and cockroaches everything that is received by obese institutions whether r it is a rare book a 1 filipino bolo or a stuffed and mounted animal is sent to mr farmer to be poisoned he is in an expert in the preparation and use ot 0 preservative compounds for stuffed animals and birds he flu finds that arsenical compounds bring tile the best results every object of metal receives a boatin coating and something that prevents rust while fabrics fabale basketry silks fills etc are poisoned in much the anie manner as stuffed animals even the shelves and cases of the nii museum in ili which the objects are arc placed have passed through mr farmers hands and have been beell treated to a fluid that causes caus wo a bug moth or cockroach C to think that lie ho is iral walking king over a red hot hoi iron the lie strikes their surface by these means the museum is forever frood freed from veral vermin lit new york telegraph |