Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-11

Not Able to Sing Until Crossed will
the Linnet or LaRk-The Trade II

Not Able to Sing Until Crossed with
Theme
cuisines is reyiving, Mr. Reicne," was the
reporters salutation to the well-known Cha
tel esm me- sses trade IN Wid animals also
This IS the close Of the season for that sta
ward to an enormous business in elephants and
Nuban lions, tigers, camels and monkeys In the
spring. l have a few on hand. What have
ne ne to % Keep a stock. As orders come to me
send out expeditions ana procure what are
wanted. II an order were to come to me to-day
guarantee to have them all ready for delivery
on the 1st OF May. Wild beasts are always cap
tured after being ordered-they would be young
shows in this country that have menageres
ATTACHED, and wheneverin these cage becomes
vacant 1t must be filled, and am called upon to
orders of that sort. No show thinks Of travel
ling without cage OF fifteen to twenty mon
keys-the children wouldn't tolerate IL. l ex-
pect 10 get a good many orders for monkeys.
They range In price from S. up to $500, though
have one at Coney Island that is going to aston
tsh people soon, and that wouldn't take s., 500
for
"Bestdes the travelling shows you have the
zoolog.cal gardens to supply, | suppose"
ale not tronoled much With zoooafcsl Gardens ard
Ill this country. think 1t will come but the In
tereSt is now only just developing. AT the gar
dens IN Berlin, where the admission price Is 25
cents, ey have had 10000 visitors IN single
day, and the average attendance is very large.
Eele If a geological garden were opened, the
people would oyerrun 1t for week. and nobody
would go thereafter. Besides, in the CLUES of
Europe the ground Is given for the geological
gardens free of Ient which Is the only arrange
ment under which enc Of these great places
could support itself For the Aquarium have
TO gay rent Of 10000"
"Ald WI at do you deal In when wild animals
..These," and Mr.. Reiche waved his hand to
signify what seemed from their fiutter and
their noise million canares. Each bird was
confined separately in little wicker cage Ia
the form OF a cube, measuring about six inches
in all ways These lined all the walls of the
large shop, rising in tiers to the ceiling, and
BARI lcadeS OF them rose at intervals from the
floor.
1.-THE canary bird Is my staple" Mr.. Reiche
continued. g From August until May these
little creatures come to me at the rate of 1900
every week. When came to this country, in
1s4I, thsre was no trade in canary birds just as
there was no trade In flowers. You could not
buy canary S cage or seed to feed him with In
this city. These things had to be sent for to
Europe. The taste for birds aud flowers h id to
tie tneulcated, and 1t has been since that time.
''They call them canary birds, but they are
German birds. The Gative canary does not
sing. 1T was when the canary was crossed with
tie linnet and the lark and the other song birds
OF Europe that the little musician which we
ki oW as the car y, came to exist. .ese birds
are all bred in Germany. Tine inhabt ints OF
the Harz Mountains supply the civilized world.
is lot a cCttal e In all the re zion about
Al Dire a5berg and the Broken that Is IT full of
them Some OF the peasants raise as many as
three hundred in year, but the average is
coo goes to the Inhabitants Of the Harz Noun
tains for their canary birds every year. They
have bred them for generations, and fairs are
held and prizes are offered to stimulate tne
breeders.
"TIese wicker cages" the fancier continued
holding up one slender and simply constructed
cSnt no,
who breed the birds. The canary that comes
to America is confied to his cage for a space OF
about three weeks. send an order for several
thousand birds to my brother In Germany. He
directs number OF agents to collect in the
Harz enough birds to I'LL the order. The peas
ant has 30 general place OF sale. The agents
birds and in another 200, and so oa Instruc-
ucDs are given TO send these birds to the port
Of shipment, to be there on Friday. on Satur-
day the ship sails. Men go with the birds to
feed them ard care for them. One man can
take care Of 1880 birds, and generally have
two men going each way In the North German
Here MI Reiche requested one of his men to
show how the birds fed The man lifted In his
left hand six or eight little cages that were
shovel held in his right scooped up quantity
cf seed from bucket at his side, and with
single sweep scattered the same through the
bars and into little cups arranged inside. With
like skill and celebrity water was poured into
the cages from can such as Is used In the fill
Ing OF lamps"
EYou see how one man can take care of 1850
b1IdS,' Mr.. Reiche said. with two sweeps OF
his hand he can feed and water eight birds, and
you have only to multiply. The little fellows
have to be as tenderiy cared for as children
They are two weeks coming from the Haz
Mountains to New York, and they are never
more than two weeks, and generally not one
week in the shop, SO their period OF close con-
finement is not very long. They cannot be kept
In such quarters, and whenever by any accident
l see that l am likely to be left with many on
Land, l send them out and at once sell them by
auctlon."-IN. Y. SUM-