Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-23
In THE DEPARTMENT..
Those That Were Of Most Interest to the
Crowd Of Stranperr

Those That Were of Most Interest to the
Crowd Of Strangers.
Perhaps the best patronized places during
the encampmen. were the fish commission build
ing, the Army Medical Museum and the Ma
tional Museum. Al the fish commission head
quarters there has been jam since Monday
While this is not the season for Matching fish
eggs Superintendent Worth. anticipating the
interest that the visitors would have in the pro-
cess, had an imitation hatchery fitted up. The
eggs were made Of rosin and we're exact coun-
terparts OF the original shad variety
At this time the commission is fitting up its
exhibit for the fall and consequently the speci-
mems In the grotto were all lively and made an
excellent appearance. This is especially so
with regards to the deep-sea fsh and the. her $
NIT crabs, sea robins and sailors delight at
tracted considerable attention. One Of the new
acquisitions to the aquarium is q tortoise-shen
turtle, and from his antics he is pleased with
the attention he is receiving. About the build
ing large photographs are hung showing in de.
tail the process Of Ash CULTURE.
Owing to the clamor of the crowd il wa
found necessary to open the building at
o'clock and close when il became zoo dAri
TO see.
COULDN'T RRooaSrzE BIS LEG.
Nearly all Of the visitors dropped in at the
Army Medical Museum, where. since MONDAY
last, the crowd has averaged q, 900 per day.
The principal objects of interest were Booth,
vertebre and Guiteau's spleen.
Up IN the gallery where the collection of gun
shot wounds on bones is kept there was an In
teresting gathering. Several old veterans de.
clared they had found their missing bones and
stood for a long time contemplating their long
lost adIuucts. The first question one veteran
of the Department of Pennsylvania asked he
approached the guide in the museum was:
"Say, doctor. where's my Lego"
The guide was for tho moment astonished
but the veteran had a cork leg. which he ex.
hibited and said he had left the original a
Malvern Hill He was shot in the leg BY
piece Of chain and the wound was SO peculiai
the doctors put il alcohol, and he wanted to SCI
II. Where was 1t kept? He was sent upstairs
two specimens and did not know which was
his.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.
The greatest crowds, however, visited the
National Museum, and the questions they plIeG
the doorkeeper with would have required
Solomon to answer. A number OF them wanted
TO see Guiteau's skeleton, and when told there
was no such exhibit in the collection were will
Ing to compromise on q glimpse at George
Washingtons false teeth.
The exhibits Of Washington relics and Gen
pTcsSulb attraCltO the most aIteDuOu,
and crowd stood fifty deep all day long feast
ing their gaze upon the odd relics on one hand
and the handsome souvenirs Of foreign coun-
tries on the other.
''And that's George Washington's coat. is it?'
remarked an elderly lady. what fae one il
was. Who'd thought it would have come
here"
Its not the coat, madam, that makes the
man" put in New Highlander.
mo. it's the pants and vest" retorted the
woman, with quick rcpartee.
The remark put the crowd in good humo- and
great laugh went up.
Capt. Weldon of the watch said it was the
most orderly crowd he had ever seen. The
crowds had been enormous
In fact were the largest he had ever seen
According to the register Of the doorkeeper
who tal1ies ench visitor, 10000 came in Monday
$1,000 people visited the institution Tuesday
$4,000 Wednesday. 81 900 Thursday, and he est
mated that the figures would go q 900 today.