The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-15
PARROTS AND POODLES.
Monkeys Scarce-A Little Gold
Fish Thief-Pugs.

Flows the monkey market?" l shrieked,
vainly endeavoring to Screech louder than a
wicked-looking parrot at my elbow, who, in
the midst of Irritation with a poodle
across the shop, kept interfering an odd
"cuss" word or two between certain sus-
piciously accurate limitations of kissing.
"How's that ?" yelled back the pro-
prietor of this babel show, as another par
rot, barking back like a pup in compliment
to her rivals lover, reused n aggregation
of monkeys into fit of grinning that made
them look sadly human. Gibber, jabber! ye
gods, what chorus! What an atmosphere !!
Birds of every size and color, piping in the
shrillest of shrill keys, up and down the
scale, tiny dots, whistling as if they'd burst
their lungsi Who could stand it "Ahl
you would. would you ? Naughty fellow
now don't!' Hal ha HAP from first one
and then another parrot, evidently more
modest than the one of kissing propensity.
At last moments pause.
How're monkeys? you ask" said the
proprietor, as we took sweet counsel to-
gether on bag of dogs meat. Monkeys.
sir. are scarce and firm, with tendency to
climb upward. Too much cold weather of
late in Java and Borneo half of 'em die
coming across on the steamers. Ordinary
rat-tail and pig-tail monkeys are worth SO
EACH For funny fellow, with tricks, we
charge $50. The whitehead ring-tails
South America fetch SIS. Ring-tailed glib
boDs, or spider monkeys, that stand three
feet high, if of kind disposition, are also
scarce, and retail at $50 to So. TINS Is me
Of season for tie harmoset, SO we can't
quote him.
No, there's no corner in parrots. You
may write them as fairly steady. Those
cute takers from Central America fetch SIS
apiece for young birds just beginning to go
to school, so to speak. Birds that have
I'm tah xrit Itch fa
to $50 and up to 500, according to size of
accomplishments. Strange a parrot will
learn to swear easier than to talk good, ell?
Fact, l assure you. I've sold a couple
this week at S4j and $50-one here in town,
and another down In Los Angeles. OF
those yellow-head Mexicans, only about
one-half turn out to be of any account as
takers, and so wont average over SIC,
though really good bird of this kind is
just as good as any other Australian
galas or Rose cOckatoos bring about So re-
tail. Nice, gentle birds they are, too-good
pets, though not much on the talk. A
really promising gala might bring S25
or $50.
olulu fish have got so cheap as to be hardly
worth the handling, and tile trade in them
is about played out. Most now are import
ed from japan, that fan-tail kind much
handsomer with their double tail. Whole
sale they sell at about SIS; AS is to $50
pcl 4OO, lOl oClGClCu, lcldlllHS az Icul5
each. We handle about 10000 a year of
them and about an equal number of Hono-
lulu fish.
Interesting to youngsters? You make
me smile! For some time now we have
been missing twenty-five to thirty fish a
day, and yesterday collared little urchn,
not knee-high to a toad stuffing his pockets
as full as they'd stick. Every pocket in the
little. rascaPs body had "a fish slowed away
in it"
r. D.; o1o 6
pugs are in big demand at from S15 for fe-
males to $50 Tor males, say, for puppies of
from six to ten weeks old. They're mostly
wanted for children and pet house-dogs for
young girls. Skyes come next favorlte, at
from 81 so to $40 female and male. Those
small, l0ng-haired Yorkshire terriers are
very hard 10 get al from $50 to $50, accord
ing to breed. Newfoundland pups, at 81 so
to $40, mostly go aboard ships as watch
dogs and on to ranches, though some fancy
Indeed these aud st. Demands make, to my
mind, far the best children's dogs. Except
among sporting men occasionally fox ter
riers are at discount Bull pups are all
the fashion just now, SO much the rage that
they are not to be had for love or money.
Collies we never keep. PoOdles are very
| active. l mean, of course, commercially.
These. like the spitZ aud black-and-tan and
last, but not least, the japanese pug dogs,
they all go off just like hot cakes! Can't
keep 'em an hourl
BY the by" said the proprietor of this
famous Kearny-street menagerie, talking
Of dogs, do you guess what Pm going to do !?
I'm going to start dog farm, dog hospital
and dog clearinghouse all combined
Wen breed, and keep a regular stud !;
board well dogs, doctor sick ones, train,
teach and generally educate all sorts and
conditions Of dogs on true dog principles.
We're going to make big success of II.
sure. Tharll be good news for dog-fan-
cierS,"