The Washington times., 1903-06-28


ed to our care the scafold on which
John Brown was hung. This was
/ on exhibition at the Worlds Fair. but
/ the owner must have been afraid TO
travel any farther South with it. We
have very fine Van Dyke, representing
the Holy Family and ST. John. and one
of the most valuable of ali the paintings
under our roof Is Yerestchagin's 'Massa-
ere of the RebelllDg Sepoys'
This is a splendid piece of work and
/ is. in fact, considered one of the best
things the Russian ever did. It repre-
! sents number of the mutineers bound
across the mouths Of cannon with the
English gunners ready to touch of the
fuse An aged Sepoy, hardly able co
stand. appears In the foreground TIE
! expression OF absolute fear on his
wrinkled face is perfect The back
ground is occupied by a line of Tommies
drawn up company front to witness the
! execution. We have a splendid collec
! tion OF deer, bison. panther, and bear
1 heads. One of them belongs to Gen
/ eral Miles, and is highly priced. Secre-
/ tary Cortelyou has stored with US the
I
[ Presidents unfortunate hunting trip. II
/ fell vi,tim to the Secretary's rifle. and
he had II mounted very handsomely. An
! interesting portion of the things we
have stored is the silk worm eggs which
I the Agricultural Department sends us
/ from time 10 time. These are kept in
cold storage just above freezing tenn
/ perature, and may be Matched out years
after they are deposited on the leaf by
the insect"
Caribou Heads and Patent Medicines.
Moses warehouse was built as far
back as $780, said Charles E. Palmer.
/ superintendent Of the storage rooms. "It
is seven stories high. and the greater
| portion OF it is thrown into private
rooms We have stable room for
! thirty horses. and we use that many
animals in our hauling A large por-
,, tion Of the stock from the main store
on F Street Is kept here. besides stock
from every department of the store,
| including lumber. and there is nearly
S250.0O0 worth of value in our keeping.
We have the largest caribou head in
the East stored in our rooms. The
animal was shot some little while ago by
T. w. sewald, and is considered a very
fine specimen. I have heard of houses
storing away medicines by the gallon
They are patent medicines, and those
put up by prescriptions. OF all the trash
on which people pay room rent. believe
this custom bf storing away 'yarbs' is
the most foolish. 1t is really a dangerous
investment. Whether the people who
put the stuff in storage have so little
| consideration for their own welfare as
to take it after it has been packed
away fer a year or two is a question
Most certainly 1 would not take the
chances of doing it. only q small part
Of this medicine is included in the ply
sician's paraphernalia. Families and un-
attached individuals gather up whole
chests full Of medicine, which they are
/ loath to part with on the may come in
handy principle So they put 1t in stor-
age TO ferment and work out its deadly
and death-dealing combinations.
Gruesome Surgical Instruments.
Doctors contribute some interesting
/ specimens to the curiosity shops OF the
warehouses throughout the country" &"
said Frederick Reese, in charge of the
/ big storage rooms OF the Union Trust
| and Storage Company, occupying the en-
/ tire square inclosed by Delaware Ave
nue. and First Street and K and L
/ Streets. Personally, don't feel squeam-
/ ish about handling any part of a doc
/ tors outfit, but there are a number OF
/ ren who are nervous as kittens when it
/ c.:-es to touching what belongs 10 the
/ sawbones. The knives and other instru-
ments make them feel. so they tell me
/ as II half hundred Ills were hurryins
| them on to the operating table. and the
| human various affect them uncomfort-
/ ably But notwithstanding the disagree
able character OF these things, we
never lose a penny on them. No matter
| how big the bill for storage an adye--
/ t-sement TO the effect that we have 4
/ fnc assortment of Doctors tools is sure
I TO bring out a crowd OF medical Etu-
dents and prices run way up. We
| have eight floors and three hundred
rooms in this building. In the one across
/ the way we store miscellaneous articles
In these three we house merchandise"