The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-16

., the West side of Chicago.
FROM the Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
,-.-.rfng wild song birds-canaries and
,--s-s-fs one Of the Chicago industries
--..r does not appear in the census tables.
-...- Affords considerable profit and some
--+ 90 those engaged in it. The fact that
- certain parts of the outskirts Of this
--.s- city there can be found song birds
mail 10 the best Of imported singers is not
--e-slly known. These melodious crea-
.,-ss with their pretty black or brown
ri yellow feathery coats, are in a state
s.-s-tre among the trees and shrubs here
-rsv are in the dark green foliage Of
H. T,r0l They are captured here by men
HI, made birdcatching their vocation in
-s-manv and Switzerland. and the imple-
-~s7-s used TO ensnare them have been
-5g-bt from across the ocean. Whence
III birds come, how it is that they found
-1s.r home on the prairies no one knows
cs--ainlv not the men who hunt them
The habitat Of the canary and linnet is
-1s southwest part of the city. Douglas
park abounds with them. Even now, al
t5ough it is rather early in the year, they
nav be seen. yellow specks, fitting about
mates. lovemaking in their happy way and
Preparing for the summers nesting and
The little brood which will be shared next
Ian by the ruthless birdcatcher with his
med pole and his queer three-cornered
#c,ee. To hear a canary sing in freedom
Is to become an ardent abolitionist of bird
Slavery. No carefully trained imported
raptor in his gilded cage ever trilled so
Hovous and sweet a strain as as does the
3nfettered little songster who perches him
kelf on twig and MARBLES his love ditty
o his sweetheart, who sits demurely on
nother branch and accepts his homage
with gracious chirrups of approval 1t is
ust like an opera. The tenor sings his
love TO the beautiful heroine of this wild
bird drama and sometimes there are two
tenors in the cast, and there is the chance
b touch of tragedy, for those little fell
YWs can fight as well as sing.
Bearer 10 me those wood notes wild
a nan the studied songs of slavery
Said the poet, and anyone who will listen
% the free canaries an linnets in Douglas
Park will concur in this sentiment. The
tiny creatures sing for dear life-for life
nd love.
But. like other things mortal, they know
NUhat the future has in store for them In
"a heir happiness as they sing their carols
~ love and life, they reck not of the bird
catcher with his lined pole and his TRAN
4l1l cage Alldl OPENS OH DOIn SlQeS. The
Season for catching canaries and linnets
LIN Chicago begins about November ana
#continues until the snow comes to drive
1.-THE birds to warmer ATTITUDES By the
#w4y the canary has become here some
q hing Of a migratory bird and follows
he pleasant weather south in the fall and
horthWard in the spring. The birdcatch-
#trs seek only the young birds, the product
of the current years nests. They do not
care for the older birds because they say
#they VIII never sing in captivity. They
4secm to have learned a love of liberty and
slavery breaks their hearts.
on any Sunday in the early autumn the
#birtcatchers may be seen at their work
In the open fields just west of Douglas
Park. In many places out there the
Streets are but stretches of rough eartn
marked out by ploW or spade without
pavement or sidewalk. For some reason
tic gauoy suntlower fiourishes luxuriantly
along these falow strips of soil.
Among the withered sunhowers the ca
4aries and linnets are to be found. On
ne seed 9alis, which were once. the dask
II nters of the sunfiowers the birds find
mat Is evidently to them dainty food
heE desert the parks and gather in those
immature forests. They hop from stem
#ut not with such sweetness as in the
pringume- 1t is among these brown
ialks the bird catchers find them.
81 Most Of the bird-cdtchers 1.-Two In the
bohemian settlement in the TERRITORY
nown as across the tracks" which
means south of Twenty-second street and
asi Of Lawndale They come to the sun
over forests early In the morning,
bringing with them lined poles and ca.
They are generally in parties of
Wo or three-one carrying the snare the
1nteI me cages They wear costumes of
Material and shape which show that they
ere neither bought nor made in Chica-
~ luey have queer-shaped vests and
re- elther cOatless or wear close-ftti
nI jackets. They make no noise as they
& AK III and out among the brown stalks
ne man carries what seems to be a long
sung ROD with a piece of slender cane
oatlooo fastened to one end of IT, much
y ~ ,oR}fha 81 Is made fast to the mast of
Hessei. II you look close you can see
ndI lhls small end of the pole is for a
oot or more of its length from the small
gnu cQEered with a whitey-brown sub
&&iice' II you watch the man awhile YOU
VI see the purpose and use of this
~ an, anu our among the brown stalks fit
ne piIus. The keen eve of the catcher
on PeIeelVes a little yellow speclx rest
- o.l d stem Slowly the man advances
"alu ms spot. The ordinary spectator
<3{sI ne look never so sharply, can see
"a II takes the trained sight of the
Engie 'C ~ 10 discover his victim in the
49, ~ " stem and stalks. The man
x o rn me cage stands back and does not
slowly, carefully, cautiously the
49, mn IN me pole goes on. His football
tIdkeS no sound. Should he stem on
lackhng twig he stops still and motion
fatiuto' moment and then resumes his
&oD1nNg Tread. He carries the pole ex-
Il shin II III front OF him as man who is
Il A. nous his rod above the Water
~ III NE edge of the conse of sunflovyer
- We blrdcatcher halts With infinite
&Tleu dnd caution he gently thrusts the
Il t 80 elld OF the pole with the white sub
hDos+I On II INTO the thickness of the bush
Eo1,cL' ne guides ii so that 1t does nat
one OF the crowding stems How
80 IL IS wonder but YOU can see
%S No" ii'ol Wltlered leaf is moved and the
4 80 - ehd Of the pole passes deeper and
&TPec N among the stalks. Now Won
T. Sc what the man IS after. Perehed
my: sWaying branch of the sunflow-
T. oIA 5 little canary bird II looks
- JI5hef nan a thimble, and it's yellow
'%' S eis HASH and glitter in the Novem-
Il NJ this time the lined pole has heen
4 80 'E cIQStr and closer to it, With won
4 tul patience the catcher has showed
a'ldFe among the stalks so slowly that
q - SsFeSs is all but inperceptihie So
~ IS MS hand that the rod does not
a n1i oI trcmbie III the least If il did ne
20 a't .atGb no BIRDS. Only years of nrac-
could give him this patience tbis
or 0-ti,ess OF hand. So the game goes on
H. ,tin.t YES that seem hours, and Al Laser
IL So ,lricI eIolls pole is just above the nm
H. pc ing little bird on the twig One feaIs
~ Laout!hg 10 Il to beware of the dan
4 49, out tue two bird-eatchers are husky
VIZ ana the nearest house is a block
ii o1 uufenly there is quick downward mo-
go r, Ul INT me rod, followed by a shrir cry Of
-OL from the little bird. The man with
avs me pole with a motion ac ,ov;j =