Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-07
HOME MENAGERIE.
A NEW FEATURE OF TIE VIRGINIA
EXPOSITION.
Proposed Collection OF Specimen Birds and
Beasts Of this State and the
Carolinas.

President Starke has inst conceived
the idea OF having 4 collection Of the
wild animals and birds Of Virginia and
the Carolinas at the Exposition.
This will be wonderfully attractive
feature if he is able to get together a
good collection, and it can be accom-
plished il all the people will help him to
work il up. In speaking about 1t yes
terday he said: "My one regret IL that
nearly all with whom We have to deal IN
these outside things seem 70 think that
they must 90 in TO make all ont of 1T they
can. and such thing as patriotism or
contribution to the great work rarely oc-
ours TO them.
This ought not TO be. A great work
looking TO the development OF the
State and the advancement Of the whole
people and their interests ought to be a
matter which every man, of whatever
station, should esteem privilege 10 con
tribute in the limits OF his ability,
especially when the leaders are giving
their time, talents, and means without
an idea OF reimbursement personally.
WHAT is WANTED.
MIR. Starke said that IN the getting to-
gether Of this collection of birds and an
lmals, ~ want deer, bear, rabbits or
bare, mink, fox, gconnd-squirrel, musk
rats, equirrels. wild cat grounding,
raccoon, skunk, opOssum, and every
other animal known to Virginia and the
Carolinas; also. every specimen oil the
foathered trihe-the partridge, crane,
robin, wild duck and goose, Indian hen,
plover. kiIdoc, bark, mocking-bird, red
bird, thrush, humming bird, wood
pecker, sora, dove, black-bird, rice-bird,
crow, curlew, eagle, hawk, owl, king
fisher. martin, ortolan, pheasant, pigeon,
sparrow. swallow, Wild turkey, buzzard,
whippoorwill, woOdcOck, wren, DC. 10
those who are not able to make contri-
button i'm this line we arc willing to pay
for what they can furnish. ] wish all
the papers IN Virginia and the CarOliDas
would publish thls matter, so that the
people may know Of It and set about the
work of making the collection. Let the
bows away up in the mountains know
about it and the fishermen along the
shores. Our time is very limited now,
and what am to get must bc here with
in forty days. All parties must address
me before shipping unless 1t IS contrl-
button. OF course l only wish live AMI
mails and birds"
Blr. Starke added: 81 hope that every
paper viii publish this at once and
call especial attention TO it, and that
those who read the papers will ten every
body else about it. The thing can be
accomplished if the people will ste to 1t
promptly. Nothing will be more attrac-
tive to our own people us well as to VI
sitors. How many Of our city people
ever saw II ground-hog or know what q
whippoorwill is like? While We will
show our country cousins many new
things they have some things to show
and teach us city folks. Let all the pa
pers call repeated attention to this.
ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE An EXHIBIT AT
TIE EXPOSITION?
If go go and make your entry to-day.
No, Won don't believe it; yet II Is true.
Nearly every foot OF space in that tre-
mendous Guiding is taken, and the
committee is now considering whether
thew VIII add en- annex. Yet, here arc
people IN this city who propose to make
exhibits and have not made their en-
tries, and when, by their tardiness and
carolessncss, the committee decide not 10
build more, and these people at the
eleventh hour find themselves shut out,
thov will make great wall about lack OF
room and so on. Gentlemen, DO you
want these Exposition men to go to you
and drag You out?
Wake up, for conscience sake wake
up. Catch the spirit OF the man who Is
leading III this great undertaking. Go
to-day-Ses, to-day-and make your APP
plcation for space. Don't let another
sun set without every single man who
proposes TO make an eXbiMt at this iaX-
position having settled 1t with the TX
position management What can you be
waiting for?
4 committee from Granville county,
y. C., came on last week and secured
space for an exhibit from that county.
Others from that State will likely follow
this week.
The following is from the San Fran
cisco DaiW Erammer of July %, 1893
The NmGISA EXPOSITION. Colonel
Burnham. of the Pacific Coast army
headquarters, is in receipt of a letter
from President Starke, OF the Virginia
Exposition, to open at Richmond on the
lCth of October, asking him to call at
tention through the papers Of California
to the Exposition. and invite them TO
send whatever exhibits they desire.