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The morning call., 1893-05-07
THE FINCH FAMILY.
Canary Birds and Their
Congeners.
THE RAISING OF HYBRIDS.
Interesting Points for Bird Fanciers.
Orange and Hot Pepper as
Diet.
written for THE MORNING CALI.

Most of the San Francisco men and
women who have pet canaries have been
noting OF late how they have gone off their
feed" and ceased TO sing. great English
pet has written, In the spring a young
mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
love-" and the sentiment is true Of birds a
Of human beings. Alexander Selkifk did not
fine solitude agreeable, neither does Gagged
bird of either sex. The very song that it
pours forth is a wall Of lament. 1t sings
for very solitude.
Mate such bird and it will cease to sing
very abruptly. much to the disappoin rment
of the well. meaning owner OF canary No l.
The instant No. arrives the situation is
that of a society belle who has secured an
eligible or drawiDg-room tenor who has
achit we'd a conquest and paved the way for
an alliance with woman who has bank
account. The society belle ceases TO shine
and the tenor ceases TO sing. He cannot
touch the high notes in "Salve DimOra"
any more because of dyspepsia and numer-
GUS commercial tics; the lady ceases to
shine because her engagement is keeping
the dresSmaker busy.
The canary world and the social worl d.
how near and how far.
What is the canary?
Is 1t finch or is it not? The best proof
that it is n finch is that 1t will mate with a
finch-tor instance with the bullfnch or
goldffnch. But are the linnets fnches?
The canary will mate with the sskiu and
The morning call., 1893-05-07
ROWING.
Local Oarsmen Are Training for the
Baden REGATTA,

The Pacific Rowing Association is pre-
pairing for a regatta, which will be held at
Baden next month. Entries from the Pic
neers. Ariels, South Ends and Dolphin boat
clubs have been received. The races Will
consist of four-oared barge races for anna
ieurs and professionals, singles for profess
slOnals and probably a novice race and a
wherry race. The first prize for the ANA
teur four-0ared barge race will be a silver
trophy. valued at s125. and for the profes-
siOnal fnur-oared barge race the first prize
will be $50. Five prizes for the profess
sional singles will be given, namely $780,
$50. $50, $40 and case of old rock and rye
The Pioneer Boat Club expects TO have a
new barge. which will cost $3.50, ready TO
wet IN the day of the races.
The following are the rules under which
The race for the America cup viii be sailed
next September:
Number Of races-The match shall be de-
cided by the winning of three out OF five
races.
Courses-Startlng from either Scotland
Ightshlp or Sandy Hook llghtship.
FIRST race-Io wlndward or leeward and
return.
Second race--Equilateral triangle, one
side-the first, II possible-to windwaTd.
Ihlrd race-Similar 10 the first race
Fourth race-Similar to the second race
fllth race-Slmilar to the first race
snail be announced as early as practicable.
Length of courses-Courses SHAH be as
nearly as possible thirty nautical miles in
length.
Start-The exact time of starting each
race, except postponed races. shall be set
tied not less than twenty-four hours before
the first race, and this shall be changed only
as follows:
First-In case of fog
Second-In case both yachts consent to a
pOsIpOnemeut.
Third-In case OF accident, as hereafter
provided.
preparatory signal shall be given 10
minutes before the starting signal in order
to establish the official time of the regatta
committee, and tile time OF the yachts shall
be reck0ned from the starting signal ms
though both crossed the line at that Instant.
Time OF making races-Any race in which
the elapsed time of The yacht finishing first
exceeds six hours shall not count and must
be resailed,
Time nllowances-The system Of measure
ment. time allowance and racing rules of the
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the brown, red or rose linuet. 1t is funny
thing, too, that the iinches are hardy semi
arctic birds, whereas the home of the canary
lS south OF the favored thrty-oighth parallel.
n wet!-known dealer recently stated to
the writer that there are as many canaries
in San Francisco MS there are men and
women and children of the population
l his, OF course, implies that most persons
who keep eanaries have two, three or four,
and numbers of lone widows, old bachelors
ch!ldless mothers and people who want
something that viii love them and not be-
tray them keep canaries ION general prin-
ciples."
The prettiest bird in the world without
exception I pleOnlSm may be eXcused) Is
the offspring OF canary and gOdtinel.
10 mate such birds and raise even one little
prodi gy is a triumph. For beauty of mark
ings aud song nothing approaches 1t.
Inc goidhnch IS an English bird, and 1t is
peculiarly that 1t cO-Ordnates The canary:
that is 10 say, that it supplies the very ele-
ments which tile canary lacks. The gold
inch Is strictly an adaptable bird; that is
to say, 1t takes really TO change OF quar-
ters, suffers nothing from confinement, is
cheekY brave. bold, vOraciUus and self
sufi1cient, proving its right to the survival
OF the ittest; is an omniYorouS feeder and
great learner of tricks.
The utmost limit Of the eanary's deyelOp-
ment IS the change of color produced by
artiilclal feeding; that is to say. that about
one bird in ten which is fit for the process
can be raised in color from pale yellow to
a rich orange by feeding it with food in
Whleh cayenne pepper has been largely
admixed. But this process is entirely too
similar to thar of feeding man with port
wine for the sake of giving him red nose.
1t is something of a specially, is the red
nose, but it comes high.
Birds seek retirement in mating; hence
the cage should be hung up in an unoccu
pied room ana the less they are disturbed
the better the chances. The eggs should
never be touched or the cage shaken. There
is something in choosing the birds If they
are both canaries get high-colored male
and meaiy or nearly white female.
III goldhnch cross is desired. there is
nothing to beat a white breasted cheyeral or
King goldfncn with the female canary. The
The morning call., 1893-05-07
MARVELLOUS CHECKER-BOARD.
1t Contains 28,o7o Separate Pieces of
Wood Whitfield by hand.


Charles Manson of ~ Wendell street has
just finished a checker-board table which
claims celebrity for being made out of
2S,070 separate pieces of wood, not includ-
ing several hundred pieces OF which the
legs are made. The table is three feet high
and the top is twenty inches square. In its
construction nearly every kind of wood was
used, from cedar of Lebanon to Georgia
pine Each piece was whitfield out by hand
and some of them are almost as thin
as paper. On the top are beautiful mosaics
of mahogany, walnut. oak, hickory and
maple. Around the edges are delicately
wrought m0saics in double rows of white
wood and mahogany. The legs are of cork
screw pattern of whitewood, maple and
walnut. The crosspieces, acting as braces
Tor the legs, are inlaid with woods colored
by hand in red, yellow and purple. The
centerpece of The braces bears the legend.
"Chicago, 1893" The thousands of pieces
in the table have been whitfield out and
glued together by Manson during his even
ings tor the last three years. He is a Swede.
and has practiced hand-carving since his
boyhood in sweden, where sl0yd, or handi-
craft, Is generally taught Manson will ex-
hibit the table at the Worlds Fair. He
says he would not take $1,000 for his check
er-5oard.
The morning call., 1893-05-07
SPORTSMEN NUMEROUS.
The United States Coming to the
Front in the Matter OF Gun Clubs.

! Ha1per's Weekly.
Had the compiers of the last census
| given the same attention to collecting the
statistics and data Of the spoTtsmen as they
did to all branches of trade the result would
have furnished some startling information,
bordering on the incredible. 1t is safe 10
say that there is mole wealth among the
fraternity, more capital invested, more
money spent annually, by the sports.
men of America than by any guild
society, der or whatsoever mcorpo-
rated hody in the United States. Dur
ing tie last ten years the increase
aud development Of the sportsman have
been phenomenal. A decade ago only the
large ci;ies had a gun club To-day it is a
small town indeed which does not boast of
its Zine team" In fact, the modern gun
club seems to have taken the place of the
Old-fashioned debating society, and the
crack Of the double barrel has drowned the
last echo Of sky-scraping eloquence. The
makers OF fine guns IN this country could be
counted on the fingers of one hand ten years
ago; now they are numbered by the scnre.
The guns turned out by these factories.
in which millions of dollars are invested,
are of the very best, with all the latest i'm
provements. and it is needless to add that
tho American manufacturer keeps pace
with the world.
OF late the manufacture OF fixed ammunt-
men preferred to load their own shells, but
it became apparent that the trade which
made a specially of that business could by
buying the ammunition in large quantities.
furnish the shells loaded cheaper than the
retail buyer could obtain the material to fill
them, 10 say nothing Of the time and labor
expended. 1t is exceptional now to see any
one who lives within reach OF a railroad at
tempt TO charge his shells. and even the
small country stores offer loaded ones for
sale, where once only powder and shot
could be obtained. The amount Of ammuni-
ton used annually by the gun clubs would
supply the armies Of all Europe. All this
has awakened an enthusiastic love of real
sport among the people. The time when
the city youth fond of sport had to steal
through the dark streets on his way to or
from the country has passed away. The
young man who confesses to love of
hunting is no longer pointed out as
''ne'er-do- well" America Is fast becoming
nation Of marksmeD, and if there should
ever be a war with foreign powers, the
spectacle often witnessed on the late battle
fields OF Virginia, where fully one-third OF
the muskets borne were overloaded, under
loaded, or in some way wrongly loaded,
would not be repeated,
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makes perfect" and Captain Kidd de-
serves credit for having brought his team
to the front.
Poole of the Rangers forward division is
developing into . fine player, and as he has
youth on his side anO;her season Will put
him among the crack forwards of the league.
Orehis0n Of the OaklaHdS Is another bril-
liant forward who has c. mo to the front
this season and his play on Sunday last was
characterized by great dash and Judgment.
The Oaklands are unfortunate in losing
the services of their great goalkeeper. Low,
who left for Europe last week. The team
has more need for his help at this time than
on any other occasion, as the final games
for the Hilbert trophy are close a hand.
At the last meeting OF the Association
League the cheduie was arranged for the
closing games Of the season In connection
with tile Hilbert trophy.
To-day at Central Park the Wanderers
Will play the Rangers, which should prove a
good hard contest, and in view of the
Rangers great form the Wanderers will re-
quire a strong eleven to secure victory.
The IhistleS will meet the R0vers at the
same place, but this will he clean walk
over for the Scotch combination.
On Sunday, the nth, the Oaklands and
Wanderers will meet. and prior to this game
the Ihistles and Rangers viii compete.
meeting of the league will be held on
Monday. the 18th inst, when the final
games will be scheduled TO decide the win
He1S OF tie dlDSrt trophy.
The Golden Gate Rovers played the Cali
fOrnia Juniors a tic game at Central Park
on Sunday last.
Several Of tie league association teams
Will keep their boys in training during the
summer months, and the army teams in
tend to be in good shape for the opening of
the season in September next.
The cut herewith represents P. Kidd, the
popular captain of the Ringers football
team. Mr.. Kidd is one of the leading ex-
ponents Of the association game on this
coast and has done much TO advance the
sport in this city. He was one OF the or
ganizers Of the Rangers team, and was hon.
oIed by the caplaincy of his team. Under
his able management the Rangers have
been ranfdly coming to the front among the
cracks of the league, and their tie game
with the crack Oaklanders is the best testi
mOny to Mr. Kidd's handling of his team
and the success which has attended his
efforts Mr.. Kidd is an enthusiast on his
favorite sport, of which he is an able ex-
pOnent.
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Curious Fad of an English Poet.


william Morris, the poet, is a short-set.
broad-shouldered man of robust built, with
keen lustrous eyes, curly mnne of tangled
gray hair and a full flowing beard He
wakes his nustache and wears spectacles
He habitually affects the roughest apnarel
his general get-up being decidedly nautical
Els friends declare that nothing pleases him
so much as to be mistaken for sailor Lin
pincotts relates that not very long since
while he was sauntering through one of the
crooked river streets in the old part of Lon
don, he was overhauled by n seafaring man
'Avast there" cried the stranger; don't |
know you? Weren't you once mate of the
brig Sea Swallow" To be taken for n
sailor was delightful, but to be mistaken for
the mate of a ship with so poetic a name
was simply glorious. Yes, l am he" re-
piled Morris, and locking arms with the
stranger he ploted him TO the nearest pub
lic-house and filled him with meat and
is a graduate of 0xferd
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:: Now that the dog-show is "a thing of the
past, lovers of sport will turn their atten-
sien 10 other fields.
=. Ehe cricket season will commence next
week, Tile lacrosse season opened yester-
day., at Central Park. Tennis will be
largely patron'zed from now until the
cham pionsAip meeting on July i. The
.oarSmen.are training for regatta, which
Will be held at Baden next month. Trap
shooting is becoming very popular and
is, as usual, very brisk.
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RIFLE AND TARGET.
Events to Take Place at the Butts
TO.fjay

At the California Schuezen Park the
Turner's shooting section will hold their
annual spring shooting festival There
will be many prizes distributed to the win
ners on the differen! targets. The Cali
fornia SchuetZen Club. the Grutli and
Einiracht clubs will hold their medal con-
tests at the same time and place.
The Third Regiment viii parade al Shell
Mound to-day for The purpose Of competing
iOr the Tobin trophy. Each company will
enter twentyfve men. Company proved
winner at the last contest, and an effort
will be made to wrest the trophy from
them. In addition to the Third Regiment
there will be several members Of the n a
tiunal Guard present for practice.
On the 14;h and 18th inst the San Fran
cisco Schueizen Verein will hold their
annual spring festival atSheil Mound Park.
Company b o. the Fifth Regiment and
Company L of the Third will have rife
match at San Jose the home of Company
Is of the Fifth. As the country boys are all
good shots. it is expected that they will
make il warm for the visitors.
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FOOTBALL.
Association Trophy Games Drawing to
Close.

Association Trophy Games Drawing to
Close.
The association games at Central Park
were resumed last Sunday and good crowd
witnessed the various games.
The game between the Wanderers and
Rovers proved very one-sided affair, the
Wanderers winning the game hands down.
as was expected.
The crack Oakland team visited the city
to try conclusions with the Rangers, and
the predictions for a close game were real
led
1t was battle royal from start to finish,
and the Oakland team was lucky in making
il draw game, as the superior play OF the
Rangers merited n victory.
The success OF the Rangers against such a
strong eleven as the Oaklanus is an eXen-
plifeation Of the old truism that ''pra ctlce
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New York Yacht Club shall govern the
races, with the proviso. as agreed, that any
excess of load water line over eight five feet
shall be counted double in calculating the
sailing length for time allowance.
Date of raceS-The first race shall be fixed
for October 8, subject to change by mutual
agreement; the other races shall follow the
date OF the first race with an interval of one
day. Dates and times of starting postponed
races shall be settled By mutual agreement.
Accidents-In case of serious accident
to either yacht prior to the starting signal
she shall have sufficient time to effect re-
pairs before being required to start, or, If
during a race. before being required to start
in the next race.
Representative of the New York Yacht
Club-'Hhe yacht selected to defend the cup
shall be named one week prior TO the first
race.
Manual power-Manual power only shall
be used for working the connecting vessels.
Peterson and Stanbury expect to carry
off a majority of the prizes that will be given
by the people of Austin, Tex, next month
for a regatta.
The morning call., 1893-05-07
A LOVE SONG.

Why do love thee so, sweetheart?
cannot tell, Love knows no why.
i cannot reason bat know
The love 1 bear thee cannot die.
How do know love thee. dear?
Loves signs are known 10 all the world,
SO plain that lie " ho runs may read,
His banAer always Is uniurled.
When thou art gene. dear heart, see
No beauty in the fair st tAngs,
o melody III song OF birds.
No music in their rustiiug wings.
How do l know love thee. dear?
BY what thou'St made this world to me,
By the new Joy fud in life.
BY all / mean my lie to be.
BY deeming all OF womankiHd
Perfect and pure. because o thee,
BY finding life worth living, dear
know thou'rt all tn world to me.
Literary y orthw est.
The morning call., 1893-05-07
CRICKET.
The Season VIII Open on Sunday
Next

The crieksters will begin their season on
Sunday, the 18th inst. This afternoon prac-
tice games will be held at Berkeley aud AL
ameda. The Cricket Association has been
strengthened this year by the addition of
several new players from England ana Aus
tralia.
There has been quite diversity OF opin-
ion among American cricketers regarding
the definition of professionalism in cricket,
and the secretary of the Canadian Cricket
association, TO decide the question, wrote
Henry Perkins of Lords cricket ground.
London, for decision in this ma tier and
received the following answer: ut is per
iectly allowable for n man who has PLAYED
as u professional 10 give up cricket as pro.
The morning call., 1893-05-07
Polished Shoes Shine With Diamonds.

do you know that when your shoes
elisten with polish they are really covered
with diamonds?" asked shoemaker the
other day of one OF his patrons. This is
true" he continued, land | will show you
why Bone dust, which is the principal
ingredient Of shoe backing, is almost pure
carbon. The diamond. you know, is the
purest form of carbon. When this paste
has been smeared over your shoes the fric-
tion o! the polishing brush crystalizes the
backing and converts it into millions of
lnhnltesimalY small diamonds. and every
man with shiue on his shoes may revel in
the knowledge that he wears cluster OF
diamonds on his feet"
The morning call., 1893-05-07

Ihe same teams Will also play at Haight-
street grounds Sunday at the conclusion of
the ball game.
The Association League has scheduled
two games 10 be played at Central Park
this afternoon.
The trophy competition is drawing to
close, and the next few weeks will see the
season ended. The Rangers and Wander
ers have been selected to commence the
sport to-day. and this should prove a
game brimful of excitement, as the blue
and-white-s trlped boys have made such
rapid impr ovement that they will prove a
hard nut Tor any of the league teams to
crack.
The Thistles and Rovers will line up at
o'clock, and the Scotch boys do not expect
muGh trouble in scoring victory. Mr. 7.
a. +. Keith will referee both games.
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fession and to play as an amateur. 1t has
been done in several cases IN this country.
player cannot, of course. be an amateur
aud professional at the same time, nor can
he change his position more than once in
season. A professional may become an aGi-
ateur tie moment he has the means to play
rs SUCH"
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DELINQUENT SALE NOTICES.

DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE OCCIDENTAL
~ Consolidated Mining Company. Lccatiou OF
principal place OF business. san Francisco, cal;
location OF w1rsss liver Star Mining District,
Storey County New.
Notice-Thcre are delinquent upon the follow.
ing-descrlbel stock. account OF assessment 40,
40 levied ON the lTth day OF March 1898 the
several amounts set opposite the names of the re.
spective shareholders, as follows:
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j wadna gle the linties' sang
Sac merry on the broomy lea,
For all the harpS that ever rang
In all the halls OF minKfreIsin

just to recapitulate, the canary will mate
with the bullfnch, brown linnet, siskin,
green linnet and green finch. cheffinch. bull
finch. goldfinch or in TACT any recognized
member Of the finch family. In nearly all
cases the best hybrids are secured where
the habits aud adaptability of the parents
Is greatest, as in the case of the gold6nch
and the canary, and it is always best to
secure female canary that most nearly
satisfies these conditions.
Here are twelve practical hints: l. If You
cannot hang vour mating cage in an unoc-
cupied room set 1t in the darkest corner of
the family room and leave it alnne. o
Leave the cage absolutely alone. 3. Don't
disturb the birds; don't touch the eggs
don't jam or slam the door on any
consideration. 4. The birds should not be
bathed while the nursery business Is about.
Leave them alone for month. 5. Do not
disturb them even TO feed them: nut in a
supply OF food and water at first. 6 The
higher up IN an occupied room the birds are
the less they are conscious of observation
the warmer they are, the less carDenic acid
there Is and the better the birds do gem
orally. T. Birds eat eggs as cats will eat
kittens II underfed or overwatched. light
rod or other appliance may he used TO convey
small portion of hard-boiled egg into the
cage for the female bird as soon as it is
known that she is setting. She will eat
thls ana spare her own eggs. s. Canaries
are the worst nest-buiders of all birds:
therefore If a female bird has laid one or
two undersized eggs and il is deemed advis-
able to mate Ler, by all means suspend n
semicircuiar vessel the half of goblet an
old teacup without the handle, or some
thing else in the cage. Press a layer of
cotton or lint into This; strew some horse
hair and clippings of rope on the floor of
the cage. 8 Leave the birds severely
alone once more.
BY doing this the end will be gained !;
but once be tempted to handle the eggs or
get into habi, of peeping at the birds, and
the Jig is up.'
IL IS worth while to take a little trouble
10 raise goldhneh-canary mule Usually
only one egg hatches, but the progeny is n
beauty. Two canaries MAY raise brood of
1--WE. ana oh for the wondering eyes OF the
hrst little canary as he crceps out Of his
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Had a Good Fina,c;a, Head

Mrs. Witherby-Is it necessary. dear. for
you to attend The directors meeting a often
as once a week2
mr.; Nltherhy-1es. darling; they might
get along without some OF the Others. but
have such good financial head that | have
10 act as banker.-Ciothler ana Furnisher.
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ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET led.

S.TEAAIERS LEAVE ASPlNM Ali
- forlnightiy for the West Indies and .SssS.Sp
southampton, calling route at Cherbo1---
frabce. ana Plymouth TO land passeu gers
Through BILE OF Lading. in connection with tn,
Fseifc Mail SIS Co. Issued for freight and treasurs
10 direct ports in Eug land and Gernany
Through tickets from San Francisco to Plymouth
Shorbourg. Southampton. First-cllss $l95: thri
class. seI o. FOR further particulars apply u
PARRoTT X CO.. A .ents. 3u6 Caliloruiai.
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DELINQUENT SALE NOTICES.

DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE -CoSsoL1.
OF principal place OF business san Francisco.
esilIornia; location OF works. Gold niII Nevada
Noice-Ihere are delinquent upon tie follow
o. 3o) levied on the 20th day OF March. 1897
.ns several sinounts set opposite the names OF the
respective shareholders, as follows;