New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-04

beautiful melody Of Home. Sweet Homo. Tho
tone vss Low and inexpressiv.ly sweet, and when
the :ir was nnished, \ was begun ASSN little
Can 10 be . bird r everyone iuvoIuntarly
asked. A few steps TO the little room showed That
1t was not Seated In front Of beautiful canary;
whose plumage was . mixture OF dark green and
lavender was young man. playing an instrument
that looked like the combination of a
Tsa, and tn. bS Sc .oss stuffed one on
perch with his little head twisted TO one side. and
apparently was wrapped up in the melody de did
not make sound save now and then little
peep" and the player continued the same song
until he got tired ana stopped Tor rest. men III
the birds turn, and he sang as II he va trying
flashed through hIs song what Appeared 10 oe a
note or two of Home. Sweet Home but the
changes were 40 quickly and suddenly made tnaI
there was nothing TO make II certain. ino pHu-
dealer listened to the canary Intenty, az the song
rang out oud and clear and spoke the little TEL
low who was prancing about his az If he were
How long have been atiti Well. IT'S about
two months since the training began ana s aSt
D Voice This bird Belongs to lady
LexingtOn-ave. and she sent him here TO see II nc
coud not be trained to sing tune. She claims 70
have heard bird IN Germany OF the same breed
as Nap" which had two soags in his repertory:
I've got TO believe her, Of course. but N afrsid
she Will never hear another one. sui III Keep on
with the training until she IA satisfied tried 10
discourage her, but a long she Is willing to paw
for the trouble I've got TO be contenfed I've no
faith in the stories about canaries singing songs
I've tried it before and never bad any succrss
Whv, Pve taken n ord as soon as II was hatcned
aud placed IL where IL would never hear blrn sing
and PLAYED or had my son play one tune for nonr'
each day near its cage for gear. The unsppre-
ciative little fellow, when he got voice, went
right along with his own Wild song and GU,
tlvated his pipes without the slightest IeeaIu
for what he ha heard CaDaries are INITIATIVE
Uirds, hut perverse, and Will PICK up MARSH,
disagreeable call in preference 10 snytnIng
melodious This is one bad effect that comes from
hayi hlrds
kinds of sounds. They be trai ned 20 sing theu
natural song we'll, either by use or an lns.Iu-
ment or BY keeping Young pros IN couipany WIN
There is no fxed time for a canary to begin TO
sing. Some good b rds will not sing note under
year or eighteen months, and Others Will pegln 10
sing almost as they open their mouths 10
take food. The beat singers. though not tne srrong
est birds come from Belgium. You wouin DIS
astonished to see the difference IN the dispositions
of canarIes They show 20 d and bad QUANTITIES.
lust ike people, The finest singers usually are
pugnacIOus while the quiet. loving DIds make Ihr
best parents he female bird can be told bY ner uu
plumage small size and the inability 10 sing Ie.
/ nave known fenales To have beaui tful voices ana
sing a. well IS tle males; MS Is a rare ,uins
There Is 10 definite ag- 10 which cauarles i've !
nav. one over twenty years Old. IL i except'ona
Tor them TO 1--we 80 long. They usually Die uhuei
FIVE years and the majority are killed by careIe,s
ness Dyspepsia IRON imDrnpeI toou 49,
NAN cause. Tie natural food Is the seeu
thai comes from the nahve grass on
the Canary Islands, mixed with rape, OF
heup seed AZ times The birds relish piece 81 let
tuce and il seems 20 agree with them. All 0ther
green stu and every other kind OF food should De
! Drnhlbred NV bird hospital is kept filed with
br is sent e. me to be cured of indigestion induce
by cake meat and other unuat ural bird i"od' Icy
are 20 delicate that II IS hard % cure them wien
slck buf A careful Use OF homeopathic remedies
gives good results Birds do not take cod as easily
A. II thought. hut after their digestion Is ruined
tLav h.rolue weak sn0 q prev to every md.idy.
he prices Of canares have been greatly reduced q
the last few years, because Of the large number
imported and their intro inctOn into large stores
where tney ale sold a. advert lsements at cost"