New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

OF OSeOiogy. me changes IN the lnStdHaIOn OF
these skeletons were made necessary by the
construction of a system Of iron galleries. now
nearly complete. for the accommodation of the
rapidly increasing collection Of the Museum.
which has outgrown the floor space available.
The work of moving the skeletons. which was
directed by Mr. Watkins. Curator of the Sec
ton of Transportation and Engineering. was a
colossal undertaking. requiring thirty men to
manage the ropes and tackle necessary in the
process of transferring the skeletons from their
old TO their new homes which were previously
tested by being subjected to the actual weight of
the skeletons
The Samese Government. which has shown by
imitation. far an absolute monarchy can
initiate republic. its admiration for the United
States has announced its intention of estab-
fishing legation here. and envoy from that
country. Phya Nsddha SUryasallti. Commander
Of the Most Noble Order Of the White Elephant
and Commander Of the Most Noble Order of the
Crown of Siam. has already arrived here.
Mr. Suryasakti is accredited jointly to the
United States and Great Britain. and will make
his headquarters in London. visiting this CAPT
al from time to time. His predecessor. Phya
Maha Yopha was also accredited to the United
States but during the number Of years he was
supposed to represent the Land of the White
Elephant in America lie did not make a single
visit to Washington. fact counted strange by
those who knew the warm friendship the pres
ent King Of Siam never fails to express for this
country. the distinction with which he treats
our representatives at Bangkok. and that the
business between the two countries warrants
Siam in maint tanning a legation here. The new
Minister has long been a prominent figure in
court circles at the Siamese capital, and is said
20 be a Of parts ana 10 be thoroughly
versed in diplomacy
There has recently been issued from the Gov
eminent Printing Office a history Of the chart
ties and reformatory institutions of the District
OF Columbia edited ard compiled by Charles
Moore clerk Of the Joint Select Committee
which is a valuable addition to literature con-
corning Washington. and reflects great credit
upon its editor Books OF this character are as
a rule dry as dust but Mr.. Moore has succeeded
in making his history extremely interesting. 1t
goes back TO the founda ton OF the city and in
the first chapter tells an interesting anecdOte
concerning Preside jackson, whose cOachman
Charles was seized with smallpox in the 1888
epidemic in Washington. 'Ihe other servants
of the White House" says Mr.. Moore, were so
badly frightened that they would not nurse
him. and no competent nurse was to be had
from outside. Now, Jackson was much attached
TO Charles who had been his body servant in
the Southern campaigns so he made an isolated
ward in the Executive Mansion and Installed
himself as nurse, remaining on duty until his
servant was out Of danger
One of the most interesting parts Of Mr..
Moorc's book are the chapters relating to the
Government Insane Asylum. which is justly re-
garded as a model institution. 1t will be re-
membered that the foundation Of the insane
asylum was owing to that noble and devoted
woman Dorothea Lynde Dix. and to her humane
influence and unceasing endeavor the INDECENT
insane Of this country indebted for the care
and intelligent treatment they now almost uni
versaIly receive. The associates of Miss Dix in
her efforts were Mrs Polk wife Of the President,
and Vice-Presidcnt Dallas. she had, TOO, the
sympathy and corporation of the statesmen of
her time among whom was Charles sumner,
and TO her aid came William Ellery Claiming
Horace Mann, John G.. Pa.lfrey and DR.. Luther
w. Bell
The story Of the establishment by Amos Ken
DAN of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb is also both interesting and instruc-
tive and will be valuable as tracing the origin
and deyelopmcnt of one Of the best known ana
,,ost complcte institutions of this character in
tho world In a word Mr.. Moore has brought
20 his task the taste and discrimination OF a
literary man and il has none Of the perfunctory
character usual to books of this sort
So6or NJ. Cordoba Consul of the United states
~ Central America in the city of New Orleans,
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