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an ansWered the QuestiOn.
A WOMAN,S HOUSE.
The House Whose Building Mrs. Hunting
ton Is Supervising.

The House Whose Building Mrs. Hunting
ton Is Supervising.
The most interesting and magnificent OF
the newer houses Of New York will un-
doubtedly be the fine Italian palace being
erected on Fifth avenue by Mr.. and Mrs. G..
p. Huntington, or rather by Mrs. and Mr..
Huntington, the former as active director,
the latter in the very important role of the
payer of the bills. The house, with its cool
and regular exterior, its air of restraint and
soidity, is in rather refreshing contrast to
some of the more frenZied productions Of
recent years. Mrs. Huntington, who has
very good taste in such matters, is praeti-
cally the responsible director of the whole
enterprise. She it is whom would-be decor
ators and furnIshers and artists ply with
arguments, and her decision is final. The
interior of the house will be a revelation
when completed. The wood carvings, in
particular, will be the finest in America
And TO the house Mrs. Huntington will bring
considerable store OF art treasures picked
up in her wanderiugs and now certain to
have the richest of settings for their beauty.
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1T WAS A POSER.
A Question the Amateur TheoIOgian
Failed to Answer.

A Question the Amateur TheoIogian
Failed to Answer.
Twenty years or so ago some very good
friends of mine were burned up in the aw-
full forest fire which swept over Peshtigo,
Wis, fire far more appalling in its loss of
life, though perhaps not more destructive Of
property, than those from which Michigan
has just suffered. | remember that the
theory was advanced at that time that the
awful fate of the Peshtigoers was a punish
ment for the sin Of Sabbath breaking. and
the cousin of my burned friends announced
that theory to me with some satisfaction. Is
seemed to Sooth him to discover some rea-
son for the calamity.
But We're j and H Sabbath break
ers 90 | asked him.
mo, but lots of folks around there were,"
he answered.
"Well, them" said II was twenty years
younger than now and had not learned the
exceeding folly OF argument-"why were
they, who hadn't broken the Sabbath,
burned up, while so many people out here
break it fifty-two times year and are Goue
the worse for it?"
He never answered the question.
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LINCOLN,S SOUND ADVICE.
His Letter to an Idle Step Brother, Writ
ten Way Back in IS48.

His Letter to an Idle Step-Brother, Writ
ten Way Back in IS48.
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a, 184S.-"Dedr John
St0n: Your request for $50 l do not think
it best to comply with now. At the various
times when ! have helped you little you
have said TO me. We can get along very
we'll now,' but in very short time find
you in the same difficulty again. Now this
can only happen by some defect in your
conduct What that defect is 1 think
know. You are not lazy, and still you are
an idler. / doubt whether since l saw you
you have done good whole days work in,
say, one day. Yon do not very much dis
like 10 work. and still you do not work
much. merely because il does not seem to
you that you could get much for it. This
habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole
difficulty, and ii is vastly important to you,
and still more so to your children, that YOU
should break this habit. 1t is more impor-
tant TO them because they have longer to
live, and can keep out of an idle habit be-
fore they are in ii easier than they could get
out after they are in.
you are now IN need of some ready
money, and what propose is that you shall
90 to work, tooth and nail, for somebody
who viii give you money for it, Let father
and your bays take charge of things at
home, prepare for crop and make the crop,
and you go TO work for the best money
wages, or in discharge of any debt you owe
that you can get. And to secure you a fair
reward for your labor l now promise YOU
that for every dollar you will, between this
and the first of next May, get for your own
labor, either in money or in your indebted
ness. will give you one other dollar. BY
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AlnG3.2

In my opinion great mistake was made
in selecting Chicago as the site for Worlds
Fair, but now that it is beyond recall I
think we should do like general who gets
his army in bad situation, viz. fight it out
in the best way possible.
The Government has already officially
invited foreign nations to participate and
has therefore taken official cogniZance, not
TO say supervision, of the fair. If the fair
proves a monumental failure, as things
stand now the odium would naturally fall
upon the Government, and Justly So 1t
would be lasting disgrace to the country.
If the Government does not intend
to give sufficient money to insure
success that will eclipse the
Paris Exposition. then l think 1t should re-
pudlate the fair altogether and let it be
held as private enterprise. The idea that
great aud rich nation should cOndeseend
to appropriate such small sums toward a
fair tnat it has officially recognized is pre-
poSter0uS In the extreme. No such mig
gardly, parSmonlOus policy should be fol-
lowed in regard to the fair. if the people If
this country expect To see 1t a success. It
is an idea of mine that the Fifty-second
Congress will not be liberal, and will SIM
ply allow the fair enough money to put
bright patch here and there-a kind of
shabby genteel appearance. in order to say
that Uncle Sam was represented
If the next Congress does not consent to
make appropriations sufficient to insure
success for the fair | shall vote against any
appropriations. Either be liberal and
father the fair or give nothing and repudi-
ate the whole business. 1t Is not the time
to stand on the question of so-called
economy, but TO act one way or the other.
France gave great exposition and lost
nothing The poor people all over that
country went down into their stockings and
backed up the enterprise. We have an
enormously rich country and it does look as
If failure were impossible / shall do all |
can TO help make the fair pride to this
country.
It's benefits will be far reaching and a
liberal education to thousands.
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not migratory. but sta and sings to US the
year round.
There is also a bird called the California
lInnet, really a thrush, which haunts the
orchards in the spring aud eats the buds of
cherries. peach and apricot trees. 1t has a
song resembling that of the canary, and
many people who, desire TO keep an i'm
prisOned SOugster for their own amusement
prefer the linnet to that yellow favOrite.
The California thrasher, also called the
sickle billed hooking bird. is a species of
thrush, Of dark Olye-br0wn color above, pale
beneath, with a whi;ish throat and long bill.
1t runs among the bushes and in the chap
arral 10 our valleys, building its nost near
the ground, and sings very much like the
common mocking-bird, being also a good
mimic. The familiar m0cking-bIrd of the
East IS also to he found in Southern Cali
fornia, and has been found as far north as
Monterey, though he is not common in that
section. There ale others that might be
mentioned did space permit, but enough has
already been said to demonstrate that Cali
fornia need not send East for singing birds
because she herself has none.
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ON ALAMEDA CREEA.

birds used to be very common in Central
California, bat Johnnie with his gun has
driven them to the quiet haunts IF streams
up the canyons, where few hunters 90.
The orioe is one of our most beautiful
and most musical birds. He comes to us
from the South in the early spring and en-
liyens the open roads and fields of the
country with his music and the brightness
of his plunage. He is a gorgeous creature
in black and Orange-yellOw, and even if his
beauty and well-known musical ability did
not secure him immunity from destruction,
the fact that he makes incesSant war upon
the Insects that do such damage to the
farmer and gardener ought to insure his
safety from the hunter. The oriole builds
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A Shoe Fastener.

A big shoe-merchant tells me that two
years ago man came into his Office in the
last stages of drunkard's decline, ap-
parently, and exhibited an invention which
would revolutionize mems shoe fastenings
and make fortune for some one. 1t was
some sort of an arrangement which closed
all the buttons at once by the turn of an in
visible lever, and was as much of an in-
prGvement on the old method as the lever
skate is upon the old fashioned kind. That
was the first and last the merchant ever saw
of man or model. and he is wondering now
If the inventors secret went into a grave in
Potter's field. He cannot in the least re-
call the manner OF working of the fasten-
ing.
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FRENCH CRUSADERS
In AFRICA.
The White Fathers" Who Are Half
Monk, Half Soldier.
Under Directions Of Cardinal Lavigerie, Arch
bishop of Algiers and Tunis, They Are
to Abolish Slavery.
Special Correspondence of THE SUNDAY CALL.

PARIS, April &c. 1S9l.-AT Europe looks
toward Africa. France there possesses
great interests. Italy, Germany and Bel
GUM would there have possession, and En-
gland torments Portugal in order to increase
what is already hers.
All act in the name of civilization, and
from time to time brilliant minds form great
projects for the abolition Of slavery.
Among these liberal. enlightened leaders
the greatest is Cardinal Lavigerie, Arch
bishop of Algiers and Tuns, who has organ
lzed society called by soma ." White
Fathers" by others ARMED Brothers of
the Sahara" The White Fathers are half
monk, half soldier, and few days ago was
lnaugurated the first fortress convent at
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at the end Of a limb, or in small tree, of
wool and soft bark, lining the nest with the
down of plants, making all secure with
windiugS of plant fbers. hOTsehaiT. even
twine, if he can secure that From four 10
six eggs, BLUSH white. with darker, wind
ing streaks, are deposited in the nest.
We have. also, the ruSset-backed thrush
q smallish bird of rusty brown color on the
back, breast of ashy gray, almost white,
with darker spottings and a queer buff
cOlOred ring around the eve. THIS bird is
very common. Ii inhabits the bushes, where
it builds and sits beside its mate aft r sun
down and pours cut a torrent of exquisite
song, often until late in the evening. 1t is
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
How to Be Charming.

Would you make yourself charming to those
whom you meet?
Then Danish all frOwnng and SIghs;
For life Is TOO feeling and friendship too sweet.
To be sitting with tears 10 ones eyes.
Then smooth out your forehead and speak only
words
or gentenesS, meekness and truth;
Take lessons in singing OF the sweet birds
smile gives perpetual youth.
"But what? You don't dare to laugh-hardIy 10
sme?'
Why, bless you What folly is this?
Your teeth look so wretchedy all of the Whe,'
You dare not your own brother kiss2
Well, we'll there's a remedy; tiy It, be sure.
Twill make your Affections to fee
Buy bottle OF S0Z0D0NT, fragrant and pure
Aud a beautiful change you VIII see.
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A Remarkable Bird.

Yesterday gentleman sat conversing
with Mr.. Thomas j. Miller Of Sharpsburg
when he heard some one call "Come in here,
John" and also "JOhnW He asked who
that boy was calling. and Mr.. Miller said 1T
was no boy, but parrot, and went and
brought him out, large green and red fell
low, with big beak and with remarkably
distinct voice.
The bird was brought to this country In
1850 from Central America by Morgan
Rench Miller, a brother Of Mr.. Miller, both
being sons of old Jacob Miller who died
some years ago. At ttat time the bird was
9 years old. thus making him a. years OF age.
de is as lively and spry as ever.-Hagers-
town Mail
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There is the robin, classified by Ridgway
Merula MigTatoria Propingua, though why
migTatOria is hard to understand, as this
CHEEKY. friendly. most homelike Of birds is
not strictly speaking, migratory in his hab-
its. He is credited with coming to US in No
vember and departing in April to summer
IN the north, but he shows a singular dis
regard for the laws of conduct laid down for
him in the books and may be seen or heard
almost any time during the summer among
the orchards Of the f0Othil country about
San Francisco singing his sweet song ana
helping himself literally to fruit. He differs
somewhat from his Eastern cousin in being
of lighter color as to back and wings and
with a trihe longer bill, but his breast 10
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CALIFORNIA
SONG-BTRDS.
FGathGTGi Musicians Of 0uT Forests,
Fields and Streams.
The Golden State Has No Need to Import From
the Forests of the East Birds Whose
Songs May Delight the Ear.

The statement is going the rounds Of the
newspapers that, there being no sons-birds
in California, certain philanthropiSts have
Il scheme afoot whereby this strange omis-
sion OF nature, who has otherwise been so
generous to the Golden State, may be sup
piled. These people, if reports are to be
credited, propose to import from the East,
TO the forests, fields and streams of Cali
fornia. such song-5irds as seem best adapted
20 our climate with a view to establishing
them here. 1t is easy to imagine the sur
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prise of the members of the guild could
they be told that their anxiety and efforts in
behalf of this State are entirely unnecessary,
as we have to-day scores of birds whose
notes art as sweet and whose songs are as
well sustained as those of the most highly
esteemed warblers of the East.
No sOng-birds in California? Why, the
woods are full of them. The wanderer
among our canyons and hills, the traveller
over our country roads, the toiler in the
fields and orchards, if he will pause to listen.
will have abundant evidence of their pres
enee, though he may not see them.
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the female lark sings equally as sweetly as
the male-a very unusual circumstance
among birds. TIE lark frequents the
builds snug nest on the ground, in the
shelter of a bunch of grass or a cluster
Of eschscholtzia, where the female de-
pOsits four or five whitish eggs. irregularly
marked with a few purple dots. In the
spring, when the growing grain begins
TO head out. the lark lives high. Like
a spirited horse, he then feels his oats"
He will feast upon the succulent grain until
he can eat 10 more, and then, mounting the
top rail of a nearby fence, bow that fellow
will sing, pouring out his musical notes as
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the same specklpd. dull red. and his
song is like that of the Eastern robins.
The robins were thick through the bay
counties last year, but the pOt-hunters got
after them, and at almost any time during
the winter might have been seen returning
from a cunning expedition with from a
ore to several hundred Of the poor little
singers in their bags. Whether this &C
counts for the fact that very few of these
birds were to be seen in their Cd haunts
during the winter just passed, is hard to
say; but they are by no means so plentiful
in the valleys this year.
TIE meadow-lark 10 another common
song bird Of California. He has a few very
sweet notes, and il is worthy OF comment
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our hands and knees. 1t Is not a largo
fine-vaulted chambers. At distance oil
$50 feet from the mouth We came to what
was, so far as we could ascertain, the end
OIL the eavern-a great chamber where uhy
mistakable signs of daylight were PERI
ceived. While not light enough for us to
see without our torches, yet a pale, half
lurid radiance rermeated the gloom: and
looking upward we saw patch Of blue sRy
which appeared no larger than a halfpen1T
piece. We were gazing up the most mag{
nifcent sink-hole on the island.-GOldthx
Waite's Geographical Magazine.
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if determined to uphold, alone and single
throated, the honor of California's song
stersl He is not very pretty bird, being
a dirty brown on the back, with white
stripes, yellow underneath the body, with
stripes about the eyes, that give him a
rakish appearance.
We have, also, one or TWO species OF wren
that are sweet singers. The ground wren
is an udd little creature OF ollYe-brown color,
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ACORNS.

Original contributions and solutions are re.
quested from all the readers. Contributions
and separate from communications. The name
and address must accompany them as guaran-
tee OF good falln. Address Puzzle Editor DAILY
MORNING CALL, 500 Clay street, San Fran
cisco, Cal
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ACT OS Tic
rords are lifeiS sunshine,

Kind words are life'S sunshine,
Each jewel fair,
RuOies, precious, rare;
Never dark shadow
Enters where they stay
Love holds perfect sway.
GRAcF HIBBARD.
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The answer reads dOwnwards and dlagonally
upwards from left to right.
Iyro's numerical is on popular subject
young ladies. Married men can answer for its
truth
l eXFeet some one will call Scott Irish. now
that he has rhymed on a popular tuber. Those
who think Scott a small boy Will find that lie
would make a good match with Sullivan, and
pungent poses better beware.
Grace Hibbard sends pretty acrostc, which
causes the editor TO blush. Many thanks-tor
the acrOsiic. KERNEL,
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Profits From Her Bows Comleness.

A man who is the father of eight boys
finds that they cost him suit of clothes.
from hat to shoes, once a week. Children
cost money, and most parents find IL is only
question of how much they csn or will
spend on them. But we have here in town
mother VINO has upset the rule. She has
little boy with an angelic face, and she keeps
him before the camera half The time posing
as Cupid or Fauntleroy or as q choir
boy. The sale Of his photographs nets her
$500 year, and the worst of it is she does
not need the money.-N. Y. Sun.
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In the West Indies irefies are caught In
dark rooms and used as lamps by which
their eaptOrs find tie match box.
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172. A hearty hanG-shaking.
PataIisfG

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guerite, krO X, General L. NOrre, harma'
H dipus, LyDceus, Sans Souci. Madame, Mis-. 7.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-16
Changes or Climate

XII more people thanis generally known.
Particul arly is this the case in Instances
where the constitution is delicate, and
among our Immigrant population seeking
new homes in those portions of the weSt
and where malaria and typhoid fevers
prevail at Tertain seasons of the yeur
The best preparative for change Of eli
mate, or of diet and water which that
change necesSitateS. is HoStctter's Stom
ach Bitterss" which not only fortifcs the
system against malaria, q variable tenn
perature. damp, and the facilitating eff
fectS OF tropical heaa, but is also the lead
ing remedy for constipation. dyspepsia,
hVer complaint, bodily troubles Specially
apt to attack emigrants and visitors to
regions near the equator, mariners and
tourists. Whether used as a safeguard
by sea VHyGgers, travellers by land. min
agriculturistS in newly popu-
.1i Icy SS..TNtrictS. this fine specific has
ehclted the most favorable testimony.
9-1w
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&A H& IS a z s7 20 and Whisfey Habits
HS ~ NJ q n y Esx& cured at home with
~ M EE e T2sa4 out pain. Book OF par.
M kS q q 90 HHH ticu'Rrs sent FREE.
49, lxrsnzzzzxzsEszKs8N B NJ. WOOLLEY, M d.
xcV Atlanta, Gs- Office 1917 Whitehall st.
Public Notice.

The undersigned citizens of San Antonio
hereby give notice that they will auplv
10 the 22nd Legislature, of the state of
Texas, TO amend the present charter of
the city of San Antonio with regard to
the time for holding elections and the
manner OF voting there at. The issuance
OF city bonds. The creation of a board OF
public works and the creation of a school
board. The inspection of city records.
EDGAR SCHRAMM.
J. T. HAMILTON.
A. +. WUIIFF.
JAMES P. NEwCOMB.
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ghe Daily Eight.
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1891.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ON Our Regular Correspondent
WAsHINa ToN, March, 8, 1891,

JIM ou' AsOSu'ui correspondent
WAsHINaToN, March, 8, 1891.
Pose master General Wsnamaker il
MT b pleased with the result of tn,
ext rimental free delivery service
which is now going on at thirty
small towns and villages, and abou
April first it will be extended t.
twelve more in different sections o.
the country. He hopes to be able
make such . good showing that the
ext Congress will provide for the
ornament establishment of the
free delivery service throughout the
country.
Another new feature of the postal
service will be established April l,
when ocean postoffices will be upon
all the German steamship lines ply
ing between, New York, Bremen and
Hamburg, with all the facilities for
the prompt distribution Of mail mat
or that our railway postal cars now
have. 1t is hoped that the English
and French postal authorities will
shortly enter into . similar agree
ment Heretofore all ocean mails
have been dumped in bulk into the
New York city postoffice, and much
valuable time has been lost In dis.
tributlng the matter intended tor
other sections Of the country.
The democrats never lose anything
through not having cheek enough to
ask for it. Members of that party
are now pulling the wires here for the
purpose of getting Representative
Culberson, of Texas, a:bour Don, ap-
pointed to one Of the new United
States circuit judgeships. Republic
ans can see no good reason for going
to the democratic party for any of
these judges, and they would be
greatly surprised and panied should
Mr.. Harrison do so. but am perfectly
confident that the President will put
none but true and tried republicans
into these important positions, and
that the democratic supp rters of Mr..
Culberson will simply get their pains
for their trouble in pushing his |
claims
Ex-senator Spooner was rendered
8 banquet and presented with a
handsome and substantial testimon-
ial by his late colleagues, both re-
publican and democratic. Everybody |
here is sorry to see Mr.. Spooner re-
tired, but a man of his marked
ability will certainly be heard from
again in the political world.
The President has appointed J. II.
Beatty to be United States district |
Judge for Idaho. He was nominated |
tor the same position previous to the |
adjournment of Congress, but the |
Senate failed to act on the nomination.
Indian Commissioner Morgan has,
BY request of the Secretary of the |
Interior, given his views upon the
recent reqrejt of the governor of
South Dakota for the disarming of
the Indians in that state. Mr.. Nor
gan is opposed to disarming the
Indians, and presents a long argu-
ment, doubtless very satisfactory to |
himself, against it, but for several
reasons it is not likely to be the same |
to whites living in the vicinity of the
r.
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Pasturage and Horses,

tho nT : W aSturage tor cattle and horses, on
Jhe Leon aud Medira rivers and pIoosoD-
ION ROAD about 9 miles south ofcjty. Fine
gdasS and abundance of water. Also
gehIie saddle and unbroken horses for
S S. F9f prices etc. enquire of NarciSo
Baia, Chayaneux settlement on Cornns
Ihrlstl road and Madina River. or H. w
Antonio. 29.Syy n a - y