The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-05

return for the gift of a thorough
horse The city of Yokomama is repre-
scented by a pair of bronze vases two
feet high. There is also the ivory-han-
died silver trowel with which Grant laid
the cornerstone of the New York Mu-
scum of Natural History on June a.,
1874. From the first king of Slam he
received gold-enameled cigar case. and
from the second a Scotch null, or horn
snuff-box. There are many gold and sill
yer menu cards and invitations, gold
handled pocket knives, pens medals, in
Guiding a gold medal from the city Of
Brooklyn.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton have loaned to the institution
pending the construction of their own
building, many cases of colonial relics.
The articles include pretty nearly every
thing used in a household, and they are
in a good state Of preservation. The
Copp collection is particularly attrac-
tive. Besides homemade fabrics, there
are historical documents of great value.
The domestic utensils, dishes, clothing,
ETC., make more complete showing
than those in the Old South church in
Boston
The Lincoln relics are comparatively
few. The most interesting is the life
mask, with the original manuscript OF
elders poem and plaster casts Of Lin
coins hands, with the manuscript poem
of Stedman. One case contains his Of
flee suit. Another has General Han
cocks swords, spurs, hat andFuniform
and several other articles that belonged
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clude his campaign tent camp chest
sword and other articles. Among the
relics of statesmen, soldiers and Others
are the models of the first telegraph in
struments of Professor s. B. #. Morse.
Andrew Jackson's clothes, duelling pis-
tolls (flintlock), rifles, swords and the
like. There are only few Confederate
relics, but they include the great seal of
the Confederate States. On either side
of the main room are musical instru-
ments from the most primitive, but they
are deep in the shadow. The several
cases of Chinese porcelains are crowded
together, so as to lose the best effect.
Except in the matter Of personal and
historical relics the collections in the
Museum of Art in New York are much
more complete.
The visitor steps from a small vesti
bule in entering into the poorly lighted
central room The first article he sees Is
replica Of the Bryant vase, which was
presented to the poet by the city of New
York Near it is a beautiful silver and
glass vase given as a first prize by the
emperor of Germany at the Berlin In
ternational Fishery exhibit to the
Smithsonian Institution.
On either side of the entrance to the
rotunda is a huge vase of Limoges
faience made for the Centennial exposi- |
ton. They are seven feet four inches
high and valued at more than eight
thousand dollars each. In the center
over goldfish pond stands the original
plaster cast of the Goddess of Liberty of
the dome of the capitol. 1t is nineteen
feet six inches high. There are many |
other curious articles, including models |
of the Mayfiower and the Columbus
ships, the Hosmer statue Of Left Erics-
son and models Of the earliest railway |
engines and cars.
The Indian exhibit is unusually ex-
tensive. The most curious visitors were
half dozen red men from beyond the
river. They wore the Indian
1ress and blankets, with the white mans
headgear They hung about the cases
containing the really fine wax figures of
North American Indians and were evil
IDENTIFY impressed. They chartered in a
way quite unlike the traditional custom
The wax figures of the South Sea Island