Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-06
THE CARE OF cANAR1Es.

QlSCOmlOrl-1n 1aCI 10 lnelr total ruin, II
not relieved The troublesome insects are
SO small as to be hardly visible to the
naked eye, but the mischief they accom-
plish is immense. Like human "back-
biters," they are the more to be dreaded
because insidious, and your carefully
tended pets may be murdered through
their agency-without your dreaming of
the cause. Their presence is indicated by
the following general symptoms: The bird
refuses to sing, and finally loses his voice
altogether; he appears alternately sick
and dropping, or spasmodically lively, hop
ping and futtering nervously about his
cage. Anon, he sits for hours upon the
perch, with half-closed eyes, continually
picking and pluming himself; he eats
little, and his feathers scatter about as
though he were perpetually moulting.
BY and by the upper part of his bill turns
black; and some fine morning you will
find him on the bottom of the cage, with
toes turned upward, a victim to the de-
stroyer.
Now for the reatment-which you can
easily apply if you have cause to suspect
that they are thus troubled, and which
will not injure them in the least in any
event. Put a little fne-cut tobacco in a
bowl, pour some boiling water on it, and
keep it for future use. Wash the cage
clean in scalding suds, into which put a
little of the tobacco water, and dry it well
over the stove. If wire cage, you can
heat it hot enough to kill a salamander by
first removing the perches. Then bathe
the bird in weak tobacco water, taking
care not to wet its eyes or allow it to
swallow any; and then put it into the
clean, dry cage, near the fire, covering the
cage with white cloth, on which the
mites, if any are left alive, will soon col
lect, when you can quickly dispose Of
them
Every day or two, put enough tobacco
water into the birds bath to give it the
color of weak coffee. If not too strong, il
will not hurt the bird, if he does happen to
swallow a little, beyond perhaps making
him drowsy few minutes. After repeat
ing this process few times, no more mites
will appear, and the pet will become per-
fectly well. 1t is well, in the winter time,
to occasionally sprinkle little sulphur
over .he cages and into the feathers of
your bird. All through the year canaries
should have German rape, Sicily canary
seed and millet mixed in equal parts-and
care should be taken to have the seeds al
ways fresh and of the best quality. Bo-
sides the seed, it is well to feed the bird
daily about one-quarter of hard boiled
egg, both yelk and white, mixed with as
much cracker-dust as can be taken up on
ten-cent piece Fresh water, both for
drinking and for the bath, and plenty of
coarse washed gravel every day, will
usually keep the songster in good health.
Twice week, give bit of sweet apple.
While moulting, keep the bird in an
even temperature of about zoe Fahr-
henheit, and let his cage hang where there
is no possibility of draught If not yet in
song, put half an inch strip of raw fat salt
pork in the cage, and let him pick at it for
week or so.
DAINTY PICK-UPS.
The Engaged" girl, nowadays, is bound
by fetters Of gold, set either with sapphire
and diamonds, turquoise and diamonds, or
else one glowing ruby perhaps surrounded
by diamonds. | know girl who wears
on her engagement finger beautiful pink
pearl, set about with diamonds around
her plump throat is very thin gold
chain, scarcely thicker than strand of
silk, and on this is hung heart OF dia-
monds-diamonds on each side and a
huge one in the center of each. OF course
1t opens, and inside repose the usual pho
4prrraNh I'D lnol- nf bo,. n l.
chain bracelet set with rubies. and en-
graved about it, in curious fashion, is this
wise warning: "Fool, not to know that
love endures no tie"-rather inappropriate,
1t seems 10 me, as forerunner to the tie
of matrimonyl In return for these be-
Jeweled fetters, her sweetheart, who is a
well-known society man-wears heavy
chain bracelet, which she had made on
purpose for him, just tight enough to
stay on the upper part of his arm without
slipping below the elbow. There are no
jewels on it, and no decoration except this
legend, exquisitely engraved: "My love is
as deep as the sea, and as pure as its foam"
The most prompt and popular milk
peddler in Brooklyn, n. Y, is good
looking young woman, about twenty -four
years old. She has her regular route,
over which she drives every day in a milk
wagon of the usual pattern, with white
covered top, windows in front and sliding
doors on each side. She is very regular
In serving her customers, her sober old
horse drawing up in front of each gate
every morning of the year, at the same
hour, almost to minute. She wears a
pretty, rather coquettish print gown, with
q hrfdr hi f,-1b lN,, at L. al ~
sailor hat, and generally bunch of coun-
try posies stuck into her belt The milk
she sells is quite as good as the average,
and she looks very rosy and jolly as if life
went exceptionally well with her. The
business was her fathers, and when he
died friends advised her to sell out and
invest the proceeds in little shop; but
she preferred to continue the out-of-door
trade, and says that she makes more money
by it for the support of her mother and
herself, and is much healthier and hap-
pier.
If you want to please the children, and
yourself as well, by some good, old-fash-
ioned molasses candy, here is the way to
make it: Two cupfuls of molasses. one
cup Of sugar, one teaspoonful of vinegar
and a piece of butter half as large as a
walnut Boil until it will harden when
dropped into cold water, which usually
takes from twenty to thirty minutes. Pour
on a buttered dish and when cool enough
"pull it until white" and twist it into
sticks.
For peppermint drops, take two cups of
white sugar and half cup Of water and
boil FIVE minutes; flavor witt few drops
of peppermint, or, if you preier, use lemon
or strawberry instead of peppermint, STIR
until it begins to thicken, then drop on
buttered paper.
A mans ideal girl is one who does a i
know that she is pretty, and then he in
mediately spoils his ideal ly telling he's
that she is beautiful, and exp. ting her t,
believe every word he says. IS rulef
the ''model husbands are the men whb
never marry. The girl who is really
worth loving is one who is fond Of lol2
good time, and who can joke and laugh
and be gay without once oyerstepping The