The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18
WHAT TO SEE IN THE NATIuNLA
 MUSEUM,
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 Washington is the great Mecca of America. Nocity in the country is vi isie- ed, annually by sudhi rouhtEeas humt CTS of bridal couples and sightseersqekm less
 inteelreesfting e4classn,n One pf the, pla acss
 which every one visits is the greatt Fa- tiona1 Museum, where the goverpmeHt has sdni exhibition tth6nsands Of inter- ess, ing and valuable objects. lnTfa atsrag
 visitor wanders, about fpom room,to dd dom giving glance neseq ii only at eaaah case, 4nd goes away tired physically, and confu ed mentally at eiperplexhi1g f 'ffqpimneennaity 'efthe' exhibition .9rtitSnt .Yl7gs bs
 For the benefit ofthbse hctn1ayl are, |after visit the pnseam wiltd# crib be'a few of the tihinngsp some of them ir drrtl of tbeway corners, which, every bne should Eurefy See. uFbe great tWWaarr ela aak ofahe early kingsot the sand @ieff Es landstis onel loflthes most,enRious and io- teTestings fxhibltsr9s This eyas madRFs of coarse clpth covered with red :, 1ell pw and black feathers arrannged in a pecq Iar
 desfgnt to1hes yelao& ofe4 t1iefs eaW1efe bb.
 tained from rare native bird which
 must be captured alive and set at liberty
 after the tuft of yellow feathers, .fou udd under the wing are pulled out. @MThtee 9f fthese feathers would bring ga in bdairrtet. |'goods of the value of sl 30. sThe'scld dak
 was'about 100 years fn ma king, and w&s l finished in the eighth reign from it's be: ginning. It constituted most cherish
 ed psi9 posses sion qf the asoYn and aF pFe | sent rate of wages cost more than psH lion of dollars, oTs more thap the Osl9ff Pitt or kohfnoor diamonds are worth. - 1 In t e room devoted. to ipyerteprats
 zoology, in i a case by themselves, viii |bt l found the precious great auk,s egg ane l skeleton, to see see which the enthusiasti,
 ornitfologist' may weelf make esG pilgrim iea
 age across the continent f The great aul
 was once found in great numbers ol Funk Island near near eWafoundland. Ih,
 early Dutch siii iniiayIigatprs found them m s. I tame and stupid, that when ip want Q
 fresh fowls they would lay their ship I alongside the shore and drive the lbifa
 up the gang g plank into the boat Afte time the birds were . ali Killed off, tn. Hast pair being takssn ,dl lp Iceland ia. F. sh l year 1s4I Six years ago single egg . l this hbfId I'd was sold at auction in Lonlpdol I I for or about q, ,26p, ~ Tie, speeinen Whiol I the government owns is in perfect condi
 tion, but the skeleton is made up out out of Hob lot Of old bones. \ ieFs ",'', 2
 T M6nes of the few things remember hay Ting seen at the Centennial wa was s's a pail pair o
 boots ma made i out a'f Of tie tanned epider @ i of homo ,sapiiens, iin other words of hu
 man skin. This garuesome, but. ascinai l ing object is how in storage, not not hayin I been udnpacked, Since it's return from from tn
 Worlds Fair. The leather to the unit ia,
 ed resembles perhaps coarse Morocee i'and thebbdts Took 'as if they would sta fl good service. In 'Eufbpa tic fsEfti c
 criminals i1as' frequently baena tar ne I for such oise.a let us hope that tn
 sstough citizen," whose hide was WofKe s up into these boots by an American tar liner, was atleasr uf .foreigt bffth..A I il The originafr Ffancis lire uar isstbI b .fseen in one of theaside rooms. sa This Ga Twas tonstructed by sJuseeh IF fancfs,, yan I was takenrto New Jersey coast fofatt ial .fDnrfng q aeterfIb4e snbwr seofnf s0hh ath I flight isof esJaruary IF 1850, the' gAil sfkyershire was wrecked, ahd atEe ! Ga Ilwas tiFa#n out to fftiiBy meals ofI i I line tiedat a7balf which swas fired iron sE Ia icanddn:asL Load affers l6sads Of fft1fdal
 freight 1t carried in safgty tHrbuxn th, ibreakersa E6 tHesshofes The'tW Q htindle. llpassehgersahds forty SiefgHf of the efe ev werh tf1uss rescued dwfrofna what MBIls I 5thefWises ha yeP sBeed' raftaih 2 tGgath
 This car was fnetef aftefWgfdsv dsad
 but was presented by the governmentltd 1.-the insahtor stosfje pfeseftedFas d relk 1fop ane coming tinde. "af Fof ehaf bur 1 Dose 1t was sdepoAitsd aby the 'fnva6do, I in the Narfdnals Museuin!a Hss s.s'ssss' ' I ESefybody who gdEa t6 the 'hdf f hbf fof coarse, looks hist at ftha fefids lol ltGeoreg { washington ahd Gen' fGA4 4t These are in cases diretBly fhf 'front Io1
 the~ main entrance and are guardFd 1 night and day aby speciafp fpclfceaseM
 ln.t .ffle " Governments sl1aiAtainss siAi a&fge ErUfce of acurators and nssistants wAdse i sole duty seems to be to disarrange and ! reatrauRe the vHfiUia'otib ibctsse Tkay are |syontfntalfy tAaiying rthingsi frofrs ohe part of the buiit1fhg gft5 hnUtaievs ard bhe 1 Is very uncertain where he will find hn Abbjees.he stfsheG stui ssee sssiF6 n10cc4s'