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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-04
NATURAL BARRIERS.
The Degree of Hindrance They Offer to
the Extension of Species.

GnO b1IonbAOH OF species.
The relations of the fauna of different
regions are intimate in direct relation
to the ease by which barriers NAV be
crossed. Distinctness is in direct pro.
portion to isolation. What is true in
this regard Of the fauna of any region
as a whole is likewise true of any of its
individual species. The degree of re-
semblance among individuals is in di-
rect proportion to the freedom of their
movement, and variation within what
we call specific limits is again proper
tionate to the barriers which prevent
equal and perfect diffusion.
The various divisions or realms into
which the surface of the earth may be
divided on the basis of the differences in
animal life each has its boundary in the
obstacles offered to the spread of the
average animal. Each species broadens
its range as far as it can. 1t struggles
knowingly or not to overcome the bar.
riers of ocean or river. of mountain or
plain, of woodland or desert, of moisture
or drought, of cold or heat, of lack Of
food or abundance of enemies, whatever
these barriers may be. We're it not for
these barriers, every species would be-
come what only man now is, practically
cosmopolitan. Man is pre-eminently the
FREDERICKSBURG animal. The degree of
hindrance offered by any barrier to the
extension of species is only relative.
That which constitutes an impossible
barrier to some groups is high-road to
others. The river which opposes the
passage of the monkey or the cat would
be the kings highway to the frog or the
turtle. The waterfall which checks the
ascent of the fish would be the chosen
home of the ouzeL-President David
Starr Jordan, in Popular Science
Monthly.
-Dabbs--''So poor Dicks in trouble
again; any thing serious?" Jabbs-''0.
no; In love. Howard Lampoon.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-04
Nothing in the world is SO destruc-

Nothing in the world is so destruc-
tive of the true educstionalsp spirit as for
school officials to cease being appointed
upon grounds of fitness as instructors and
to obtain their places by political pre-
ferment. At the very moment such APP
pointments are made either in the
teaching or supervisory departments, at
that moment dry-rot attacks the whole
educational system Of the State.--Bal-
Hmore Hs.al&
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-04

"A bridal couple in Springfield,
Mass, were so anxious to avoid the curl
Gus glances of the neighbors on leaving
the house that they climbed over the
back yard fence, and, passing through
the adjoining yard, entered the carriage,
which was waiting on the next street.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-04

4, a narrow lane, a wooden porch with
'ne paint chipped off, little chilly sit
''ng room, whore woman sat embroid-
erang by the failing light
ms was the picture Mrs Estes car
.ieo away with her when she went back
to town. :.
one was woman whose nerves were
h Had they been less, they might
S"Fs gllyered Q little now. As It
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

On the OFT lKirts Of each viu.
level space Of ground Of sufficient ~ =
answer the requirements Of tbe -, me %
which is known by the name Of -, 1',gs
yader, or threshing floor. Each e. e. "a
and peasant has his own particplsr
ton marked off by "a row Of stona- pOr.
this portion is religiously handed : aud
from father to son and jealously ons rom9
from encroachment. Hither the ~ ,,.uea
crops are borne on the backs of c.rn1i
OF donkeys as soon as they are reaned !
the fields, aISl they are there nil u
into separate sacks to be threshed o,,, y
turns. '
The threshing is long and tad;..
process, occupying several months =
commences about the beginning of L.
and often is not completed till tba -s
of September or even in some cases ~,
the middle of October. During all ~.
time the threshing floor presents a livsIr
busy and most picturesque scene. III.
process Is a very primitive one helm.
identical with that which was in voo,,s
IA GhC IAAACo VI Olu testament llgtnrr
Nay, the hieroglyphic representations ~
Egyptian monuments show that tn
same method was adopted by the farm
ers of Egypt at least five thousand wear,
ago.
A flat board something like the bo,
tom of a sleigh, with small sharp piecs.
of basalt firmly let into its under sides
is driven round and round upon the snr.
face of the corn, which is spread out in /.
circle of from six to twenty yards in Al.
ameter, according to the quantity to ba
threshed. A boy rides on the board and
drives the horse or oxen as the case NAV
be. Meanwhile one or two men stand
in the middle. and with three pronged
wooden forks turn the corn over so az 10
expose all portions equally to the action
of the threshing board. -Blackwoods.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
ALONG THE COAST.

The estimated population of Washing
ton is $4,000.
Mount Bogoslov in Alaska is in state
of eruption. The volcano is OF Oomnak
Island.
The Petaluma fair promises to excel all
previous exhibitions the association has
ever given.
Ashland, Or, has the largest crop OF
blackberries ever raised there The
bushes are almost hidden by the fruit.
The Los Angeles horticultural Society
asks the supervisors fer authority to
seize and destroy all scale-infested fruits
found at fruit stands.
Alexander Badlam has stocked the
streams on the north and east side oil
Mount St, Helens with 100000 trout
eggs from the Shasta hatchery.
William Bubble, OF Josephine county,
Or, has discovered ledge of gold, from
which, in seven years, he has taken out
So, 900. His last clean up was 127
ounces OF coarse gol !, worth $2,2Oo.
Four times as many people are en-
ployed in the work of canning fruit in
Southern California as last year, and in
every town where there is cannery
there is cry for more help. Notwith-
standing the fact that over four hundred
men, women and boys are at work day
and night in the Pomona cannery, there
must be more help or tons of purchased
aprieots and peaches will spoil before
they can be used.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
A HEAVY EXPENSE.

One of the items of expense of running
hotel, from which there is no direct
return, but which is as much of neces-
sity as the maintenance of furniture it
self, is that Of paper, envelopes, pens
and ink used by guests. This amounts
to not less than $1,000 per annum in the
Laclede hotel. Another item is that of
soap and toilet paper, which would foot
up to $780, A very inconsiderable Dor
ton of the paper used in the writing
room falls into the hands of loungers and
dead beats Their only chance is to
grab the odd sheets of stationery left bv
guests on the table, who have secured
what they asked for at the desk. AS to
the frequent complaint made by hotel
men of the expense of maintaining the
public toilet room, that is offset bv the
receipts from the boot backing privilege.
st. Louis lobe-Democrat
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

1t did not take long to witness the or.
tremely simple process by which the ore
is extracted. After clearing off the
ground, the surface and subsoil are re-
moved for one, two or three meters, till
the mineral, tin bearing bed is exposed:
this Is sometimes several meters thick
The mineral is carried in baskets, as we
have seen, up the cocoa trunk ladders. to
a wooden fiume which is washed by
current of water. As the mine grows
deeper this labor, with the rudimentary
means at the disposition of the Chinese.
is made extremely difficult by the inflow
of water. The washing of the tin bear-
ing earth is done by coolies, who, with a
rake, remove the stones and work up the
material in such wav as to eliminate
the light sands that are mixed with
oxide of tin, till only % or 30 per cent. of
foreign matter is left.
The mineral thus enriched is melted
in little brick furnaces, with the aid of a
bellows Of bamboo, which is worked by
coolie as if it were a syringe The
white metal as it runs out is cast into the
well known cubic ingots with one side
fiaring over the edges, so as to give THEN
pair of ears by which they can be more
easily handled. A great deal of metal is
certainly wasted in this process; and a
second washing of the refuse would prob
ably BE- y remunerative. The Chinese
and Malays call this lost metal young
tin, which is returned to the earth to
ripen, because it is not yet old enough to
stay in their primitive machines. 1t is
only now, after no one can tell how
many centuries since tin has been known
and worked in the peninsula, that
rational system of operating the mines is
about to be adopted. M. Brau de Saint
Pol Lias in Popular Science Monthly
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Mind Your own Business. .ida

Keep your mind on your share of the
work; donot try to manage for the whole
firm. remember man who used to
amuse me very much. He never earned
more than $l5 a week until he had passed
80 years of age, and during his married
life his wife had earned more than he
had. Yet he would grow intensely ex-
cited because a large and exceedingly
prosperous corporation would not adopt
his plans, though his connection with it
was paying his fare as passenger on its
cars. The firm employing him would,
if managed by him, grow wealthy in
year, he insisted. Still the firm dispensed
with his valuable services and were able
to conduct business. That man had been
SO busy all his business life planning
affairs with which he had no connection
that he really had no time to think of his
personal work. He was not lazy, but he
did not know enough to mind his own
business.-Christian Union.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Personal MENTION.

The Hon. Hugh McCulloch's family
have been summoned to Washington on
account of his illness
James Russell Lowell is sufficiently
recovered, it is reported, to take short
walks around the grounds of his home,
in the suburbs of Cambridge.
Mrs. Garfield lately sold farm nea,
Prestonberg, KY, to spectators for
$1,000, which General Garfield bought
during the early days of the war for less
than 500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlin will
visit the United States about the end OIL
August, in order to spend September and
part oil October in America when the
weather is at its best.
Mr.. w. J. Florence, the distinguished
comedian, is in London. Mrs. Florence
has spent the past six months in Europe
for the benefit of her health, which is
entirely re-established.
Rosa Bonheur is nearing the allotted
score and ten of human existence, but
she still works vigorously with her
brush. Her last picture, it is stated, adj
ded $40,0 900 to her purse.
Justice Stephen J. Field has one OF
the finest houses in Washington. He
loves to live handsomely, but fortune
has not been over-gracious to him. He
is the least wealthy of any Judge on the
supreme bench.
Astop Veresal, known thr Jughout
Russia as the BARD of Ukraine" has
just died in the Crimea He preferred
wandering about the country reading his
ballads TO patronizing a publisher, and
it is feared that in consequence many OF
his poems will die with him.
John Ross Ward, the British admiral
whose death occurred recently, was the
organizer of the working department of
the National Lifeboat Institution, and
during his thirty-one years of service az
general inspector of lifeboats of that in
stitution saved more than twenty thous-
and lives.
The little princess Elizabeth, of Aus
tria, the daughter of the late crown
prince, can't take outings with her
mother, Princess Stephanie, because by
will of her father she must always re-
main in the immediate neighborhood
and under the eye of her grandfather
the emperor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.

A shortage of nearly 81 600 has been
discovered in the accounts OF the ex-
sheriff of Christian county, KY.
A large company of deputies have
gone to the Indian country from Gaines
vile, Texas, to arrest Comanche horse
thieves.
George E. Perry and JEFF Smith, col
ored, fought duel near Gate City, a
suburb six miles out from Birmingham,
Ala, and Perry was killed.
DR. N. w. Mitchell, pastor of the
Broadway Presbyterian church at Fort
Worth, Texas, is under arrest for forger-
les to the amount Of $2,500.
A riot is reported near Kersin, Barn
well county, w. Va. Three hundred ne
groes, armed with rifles, are said to con-
front twenty-five white men.
"White Caps" are running the coun-
n. M. The citizens are terrified. Troops
will probably be sent to the scene of
trouble.
Clinton Schuneck. aged fifteen years,
at Flagsvilie, Penn, killed Mary Brunot,
aged fourteen, and committed suicide.
The Parties had been lovers and appar-
emily quarreled.
A posse near Hazard, Perry county,
KY, had battle the other day with
desperadoes in the mountains. Two
constables were killed and two wounded
A leading outlaw, Zach Figate, was
captured.
G. G. Terry, young man twenty-eigh
years of age, has been arrested at Kansas
City at the general postoffice by Inspec-
tor Byrnes' men on charge of embez-
cling 500 from Burking & Co., of Kansas
City. Terry claims to be relative OF
the late Judge Terry, of California.
Two roughly dressed men the other
morning entered the Crawford House, at
Cincinnati, and covering the night clerk
and porter with pistols ordered the safe
to be opened. The night clerk resisted
and one of the robbers shot at him. The
noise drew crowd, and one of the dar-
ing thieves was captured.
Twenty-Five colored laborers in More
houss parish, La, on the Arkansas line,
deserted. the plantation on which they
were employed and started for Arkansas.
They were pursued by a posse, which
was fired upon. The fire was returned
and five negroes were killed. These ne
groes were taken to Louisiana from North
Carolina.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
A Cold Cnf.

When the Blaines were living at
Washington, some lady heard that their
cook was an unusually good one. The
Lady had an ambition to possess one her
self that she mightgive good dinners,
and she promptly went round, rang the
bell at the front door, and asked to see
Mrs. Blaine's cook, and offered her high
er wages than she was then receiving.
Afterward this lady and Mrs. Blaine met
at dinner. The lady was introduced.
was sugary in her manner, mentioned
her own name to make sure Mrs. Blaine
should remember it, and was making
pleasant speeches of all sorts, when Mrs.
Blaine Looked at her and said: .Oh, yes.
remember gou-you called on nv
cook" and RETAINED from adding any
word of explabAtion. 1t was rather en-
barrassing for the other lady.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Unsafe.

A professional funny man" says that
he once gave humorous lecture at
which all his audience roared with
laughter, with the exception of an old
man in one of the front seats, who pre-
served an aspect of owl like solemnity.
The humorist almost exhausted himself
in efforts to win one smile from that
stolid visage, and he was only relieved
by hearing, after the lecture, that the
man was stone deaf.
At a very hilarious family party, one
old gentleman, famous for his apprecia-
ton of a joke, was observed to be alb
solutely silent. even when the fun was
at its loudest His unusual soberness of
demeanor first puzzled and then dis
turbed his friends.
aren't you well tonight, uncle?'
asked young man, finally, drawing the
old gentleman aside.
"Bless you, yes, never felt better!
"You're not troubled about anything?"
"Why, no! What makes you ask?'
81 noticed you didn't smile at all when
all the rest of us were laughing, and
that's something new, you know"
The old gentleman put his hand to his
mouth, anC whispered:
Don't you say a word, Harry, but
Just now can't laugh. I'm afraid to.
I've just got my new set of teeth, and !
aunt fairly ussMIs8- f0uth's Com
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
The Merchandise Market.

The different markets continue firm, with no
change in prices.
SUGARS-Quoe: Golden C, 41sc; extra c.
57sc; dry graduated, Ga cube crushed and
powdered, 634c per pound.
BEANS-The market is steady. Quote: Small
Whites, 80; Pink, s4 Bayos, $3.50; Butter, s.:
Limas, IS. so per Genital.
DRIED FRU ITS-The market is ste dy. Quote
Plummer dried Pears, 10G11c; undri,d and fac
tory Plums, 512(G6c; Peaches, sundried, 1Ol5c
evaporated Peaches, 161aG17c; Smyrna Figs, 14ta
l6c; California Figs, &C per pound.
CANNED GOODS-The market is finn, with
the following quotations: Table Fruits, 2I5c;
Peaches, 81; Bartlett Pears, $3.50; Plunls, 81 65
Strawberries, S2A; Cherries, 81; Blackberries
$l.S5G1.95; Raspberries, $22-tG2.50 Pie Fruit
Assorted $3.50 per dozen; Peac es, 81 25(aI. 80;
PlHms $1.25; Blackberries, $1.65; Tomatoes, 81 1C
@3.50; Sugar Peas, $i.lOGl. go; String Beans, 81
RICE-Quote: SIC per pound
HIDES The market continues the same.
Quote: Dry Hi les, selected prime SAGE, 19c less
for culls; green, selected, over SIS pounds, 4c:
under So pounds, 3cf Sheep Pelts, short wool
S0G5Oc; medium, 60@60c; long, 9Ocd$125: Shear.
llngs, 1092Oc; Tallow. good TO choice 3(131Sc
WOOL-Aarket is Unchanged. Quote: East
ern Oregon, 1oCGl6c; Valley, 16(91Sc per pound
NAIlS-Base quotations. Iron, 1920: Steel,
$3.50; Wfre So go per keg.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
His Big Gravestone stalled a5 Horses

Three years ago Henry Eberle, "a
Frankfort, died, and the will which he
left behind him created considerable
stir at the time. 1t provided that the
entire estate of some SIC, 900 should be
expended in placing over his grave and
that of his wife already dead stone
which should be four feet thick, Gov
ering the entire surface of his burial lot
in Cedar Hill cemetery. Deceased had
no children, and his will cut off all rel
atives and left no legacie5 whatever.
The strange direction was much talk
ed of at the time of his death, but was
gradually lost sight of by the public
until on Friday it was revived by the
arrival at Bridesburg station of a gran
tie stone which was wider than the car
on which it was transported This
stone is said to be the largest ever used
in this city for any purpose. 1t is II
feet long by IL feet wide, 2 IA feet
thick and weighs thirty tons.
1t was quarried and dressed in Yer
mont, and brought to Philadelphia on
vessel from which it was taken by a
special car and locomotive to Brides
burg station. On the top ofthis stone
in order to comply with the directions
in the will, another stone of equal
thickness, but three inches less in
width, will be placed, the whole mass
aggregating nearly sixty tons. The
other stone is now being prepared at
the quarries. The contract for the two
stones placed i'll position is $4,000.
Thework of transplanting this huge
block of granite by land carriage from
Bridesburg station to Cedar Hill GENE
terry, one mile distant, was begun yes
terday. A four wheeled truck, weigh
ing many tons, known as ''catama-
ran," drawn by twenty-five horses, was
used. Everything went well until the
Bristol turnpike was reached and the
steep rocky hill was to be climbed The
twenty-five horses gave up exhausted.
Tackle was rugged to the wagon and
passed around the trees, and in this
way at last the top of the hill was
reached.-Philadelphia Record.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
PORTLAND MARKET.

WHEAT-Local trading remains light. but the
export demand is rather better Quotations
range from sl221za1 .291z for Valley; s1.2O nomi
nal TO- Walla Walla
FLOUR Quote: standard, 1915; outside
brands, sS.50 per barrel
oATS-The market is firm Quote: 5O(952c per
bushel
MILLsTUFFS- market is steady. Quote:
Bran. s15e17, shorts, s17Gl9; Ground Barley,
$29@So; Chop Feed, s25; Middlings, So. 5O@25.OC
per ton.
HAY-The market is steady. Quote: $1,000
per ton
VEGETABLES-The market is firm Oregon
produce is coming daily TO supply the markets
so that merchants viii not have to send to Cali
fornia for it. Prices are gradually going down.
Quote: California Cabbag' $l.75; 0 egon, $3.50
per centa; California Caulihower, $1.25 per doz
OregohGreen Peas, &c per pound; young Onions
and Lettuce, 15c per dozen punches; new Cali
fornia Onions, &c per pound; Greg IN String
Beans, S, per pound; California Cucumbers, IL
Cg20c; Oregon, 3Oc per dozen; Oregon Carrots, 1C
Sl5c per bunch; Oregon Asparagus, 10c per
pound; Oregon Beets, 10915c per dozen; Oregon
Turnips, $3.50 per sack; California Corn, 81 pei
box; Oregon, 15c per dozen; California Toma.
toes, so, @S1 per box; California Potatoes, sl0
l.25; Oregon, s1d1.25 per GENITAL.
FRUITS-There are California Grapes and
Crab Apples in the market Quote California
Lemons, s4J0; fancy sicily, s7(67.50 per box;
California Apricots, $1.25 per box; Californis
Plums, slips per box; OREGON Peach Plums, 81
per box: small California Pears, $1.25G2 per
box, according to size; California Bartlett Pea s.
" per box; Pineapples 81 per dozen; Bananas
single punches, sS75tq4; double, s.; California
Apples, $1.75G225; Oregon, $1.5oG1.75 per box;
California Peaches, sl.25(G1.5O; Oregon, $1@1 q
Der box; Oregon Cherries, 75(990c per box; Ore
gon CurrantS, SC per pound; Oregon Raspberries
red, &c; black, 10c per pound; Oregon Blackber-
r1es, &c per pound; California Watermelons, "a
@4.5O per dozen: California Cantaloupes, 81. 55(d
per dozen; California Grapes $3.50 per box
California Crab Apples, 75c per box.
BUTTER-The market is firm. Quote Ore
gon fancy dairy, 25c: fancy creamery, 2713c;
good to fair, 2O92216c; common, 15G17113c; choice
California, 1S92Oc per pound.
EGGS-The market is firm. Quote: zoe pei
dozen for Oregon.
CHEESE-Quote: Oregon, Hoppe; Califor-
mia. 912GlOc; Young America, 13@14c per pound
NUTs-Quote: walnuts, he; Peanuts, lie
Almonds, II Fill ers, 13(d14c; Brlzils I3dl4c
per pound; Cocoanuts, 81 per dozen.
POULTRY-The market is firm. Quote: Old
Chickens, s6(d6.5O; large spring, sS(04; small
spring, $2(G2,5O; old Ducks, sl5O@5; young, $5d
6; OldGeese, IS; young, $500 per dozen; Turkeys
1SGE0c per pound.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

"Mr. Brown" said vindex solemniy,
81 never expected this Of you"
"Why not2 They all do it."
II regret to say that very many of
them do, but thought better of you"
81 don't see why shouldn't have a
good time as well as anybody else.
Seems to me have worked hard enough
in Chicago for the last five years to have
earned it.
"Oh, that is the way you look upon it,
is it?'' broke in Mr. Armstock.
"There is little use of talking to you,
can see that. Now, of course, you can
not bring back to Chicago all the money
you took with your
"Of course, can't. You don't think
can live here for nothing, do your"
Haven't you any sense of shame at
all, Mr.. Brown?"
"Shame?" said Brown, looking down
at his blanket. Look here, / have
every respect for the opinion of you two
estimable gentlemen. but don't you
think you are little ridiculous? Not to
put too fine point on it, might | ask
what business it is Of yours, anyhow? A
person would not appear in a Chicago
hotel in this costume, but here it is diff
ferent matter. 1t is the custom of the
town"
I'VE are here to know, said Armstock,
what terms we can make with YOU.
How many of the bonds will you give us
back if nothing more is said of the mat
terF'
Bonds? What bonds?'
Bonds to the amount of $3.50 900 that
were in your private drawer"
Mr. Brown gave long whistle.
'Oh, ho!" he said. Il see how it is.
am defaulter, am l? Say, Armstock
has anything of this got into the papers?'
"No, luckily for you. it has not"
Luckily for you, rather. You did
not suppose that would leave bonds to
that amount in drawer in a safe that
would be open every day while l was
away. Any person of a prying turn of
mind and chisel could break into that
drawer. The bonds are in the vaults of
the Safe Deposit company of Chicago.
I'm here merely to enjoy the carnival,
and not to join the American colony of
defaulters."
Mr.. Brown is now back at his place in
the Second Bullion bank of Chicago, and
speaks in glowing terms of the good time
he had in Montreal Luke Sharp in De-
troit Free Press.