The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-04
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY FEBRUARY ls72rKIpLE SHEET

dissolved in soapy water-bo an ounce OF saltpetre
and lutte piece Of CASTLE soap IN Two quarts o.
wash the bird with 1t under It's Wings and joints
when nearly cold. little piece Of son sponge, or
orally in time 10 save your bird by noticing that he
Is dropping and that MS plumage ID rumpled, and
at once. 1t Is we'll however TO wash the cage II II Is
an Old wooden one AZ least once month ION sus.
lose their appetite from other causes such as
tell by their pg and dry Looking
butter butter ana nd melt melt il slowly in a cup and
Then put small piece OF garlic or wild onion anu
few pepper grams In 1t; then let this mixture stand
where 1t Will keep warm enough to simmer Tor nall
head with 1t and give him peppergrass In the cage
or lettuce, or a pantain leaf Il Il Is the asthma
see that ne breathes with dlficulty He mas q cold,
ana anects MS lungs Ltnsoed tea, by pouring few
apo2s AZ nne rom the point OF little spoon; Is
bird. nyou Judge the bird to be sick from costlve-
ness give HIM half drop OF castor oil ON MS tongue
with little dried safrron mower put In his drinking
water Some think sweet OIL Is better than castor;
but IN trying either be careful not to give more than
may lose his song exposed to cold draughts OF air
or Dy being kept in damp place. BE very careful
ABOUT rms, particularly IN mOultlng time, and give
birds bakers Dread In milk II they wl eat IL;
put be sure 70 give them plenty Of the green food
no more right to let sick bird die by negeotng 10
attend to MN than n ne was human being, ana
be very apt TO do the other
- THE SOUTH AMERICAN TROOPIAL.
"a s rns power OF tropic sunshine waat influence
30 gorgeously and yet dealest 80 Numerically OPP
bSaS,os 70 US poor No meteor was ever
sian lilly hued oOdy with just glossy black and whIe
enamel enough on his wings TO maze them look to
rounded by hllieree work. And ne Is reconcled
too to mis- cold northern home. He Is worth more |
to lOOK at than any Gagged bird that lives He is
twice the OF our Bainmore Orioe but otherwise
ne resembles HIM, ana builds in the tropics, high
up IN the swaying limb or cocoa nut tree same
WONDERFUL nest about winch HurdlS wrote
To view the structure Of that lissIe S WORK.
NJ tool h.a wrought. " 40 knife s; to CUT;
No glue 70 join; his little beak was all;
And yet how neatly lily, finished.
Ana s'; MEANS %ss SOFA .; IT. - -, ,a,'n'a, 1
Ana twenty years apprentice.
We boast Of excelence, whose nSbest skill
Tho tr0optal becomes so tame that ne hops out of
ms cage and eats from the hand and whistles for
Inc iavof &C. Giye MIN large square cage guy iood
besides grasshoppers and spiders and anglew0rms.
he must be kept out OF the cold air. lie sings loud
ana elegantly. IT sounds like the sweet notes OF
Beechers church organ. These birds are very social
IN their nature; ike company, and never quarrel.
and proportions are alike to our swamp robin.
The price they bring IN the stores IL not enough
lor tAem. Tney are S0ld IOr rom ten To TWENTY
dollars.
A FEW words about parrots and we are done for
the nonce We shall not stop to particularze about
any one Of them. You Will readily understand that
we could not about all when we Inform the reader
mat there are nearly two hundred direrenI kinds.
Th0se Of our readers VINO do not know all the par
rOps pecuiiarittes Will stand chance TO become
with them II they attain the great lon
gevlsy that the bird himself does VIZ, one hundred
years. Tne parrot ID rascally and cunning enough
TO be human, and when he heard TO say the right
WORD In the right place you feel as II he Is at
least the c0nnecting link. There was once pretty
POLL" whose home was on SansOme street, San |
francisco, that was wont TO get his mistress into
trouble frequently BY saying dlsagreeaoe things to
Inc passers by. There was very pOrtly boarding |
house keeper. who lived around the corner from |
Poll, that for years had gone past the house
Washington Market, but was Obliged TO change her |
route at last to avoid being made furious by pretty
P0lps" salute as soon as Sne rounded the corner, |
''Well, fatty % swell, fatty % "We. fatty !" |
FATTY 1atty fatty p' until the woman was out Of
There was another parrot owned at the same |
time by the keeper OF candy store In Vallejo |
street, who, when the run came on Adams l. Co.'s |
bank drew her gold out and HID 1t for safety under
, moor board. One day beggar came in, and the
shook her head and sald 'Pve got no |
money for YOU" "LOOk UNDER the noor," cried |
Polly, and when he saw the woman looking fright |
But all parrots do not talk round cage best |
suits them, and they are very little trouble. An |
anecd0te Is told OF one, owned by deacon, that got
out OF Its cage and up In tree. The deacon
went after IT, and stood looking wistfully al Poll,
and tried TO coax the bird down. but Polly only
laugle and said let US pray" We close with our
readers for to-day by echoing Polly's remark.