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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
The Mor.Mor,s TAIL.
A Noticeable Feature in the Makeup OF a
Very Queer Bird.

N NOCtC6aDI0 Feature In the makeup OF Q
Very Queer Bird.
At the present time bird of more
than ordinary interest is to be seen in
this house, which though not new to
the collection" will certainly be new
I to very large majority of the present
visitors to the Zoo, as it is a very long
time-how long we can not say with
certainty, but at least twenty years
since the last specimen died there. The
bird in question is mot-mot, presented
about week since, and is to be seen in
the large cage nearest to the keepers
room. 1t has not yet been labeled, but
is, we believe, MOmOtus 6rdsilsenSis. It
is an extremely striking though not
very brilliantly colored bird, about the
size of jay, with long tail; its bright
est color, most beautiful blue, forms a
band round the crown of its head,
which is black, and there are smaller
patches on its cheeks; it has a bold,
bright eye, the iris of which is red. Its
tail, however is without doubt its most
noticeable feature, not so much from its
length and color as from the extraor-
binary habit the bird possesses, espe-
cially, it would seem, when excited, of
swinging it from side to side after the
manner and with the regularity of the
pendulum of a clock, occasionally vary
Ing the monotony of the proceeding by
Jerking it straight up over it's back-an
odd habit, calculated to attract the at
tention of the least observant
The mot-mots tail has the further
popularity that the two middle feathers,
which are longer than the others, are
racket-shaped at the end-that is to saw,
that for about an inch the feather is
perfect, and then for another inch, or
rather more, the shaft is entirely de-
nuded of web. This popularity has
given rise to some controversy, one side
contending that it is natural, while the
other AYERS that it is artificial, being
caused by the bird itself. Waterton
first drew attention to the fact that the
bird acted as its own barber, and de-
scrlbed the process as follows: "This
bird (the mot-mot, or houtou as he called
tt) seems to suppose that its beauty can
be increased by trimming the tail, which
undergoes the same operation as ones
hair in a BARRIERS shop, only with this
difference, that it uses it's own beak,
which is serrated, in lieu of pair of
scissors. AS soon as it's tail is full
grown it begins about an inch from the
extremity of the two longest feathers in
1t, making a gap about an inch long.
Both male and female adonise their
tails in this manner, which gives them
q remarkable appearance among other
birds. While we consider the tail of
the houtou blemished and defective,
were he to come among us he would
probably consider our heads, cropped
and bald, in no better light Saturday
Review.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

Craighill at Beams hotel, Santa Marga-
rita, Cal. Public sentiment seems to
justify the killing.
A rancher named Quinn, living twelve
miles west of Livingston, Mont, killed
his wife and five children with an AK.
Their bodies were horribly mutilated.
The man was crazy, and when discovered
was eating an arm of one of his children.
He was killed in an attempt to secure
him.
The body of Mrs Cal Matthias was
found in field near Decatur, ILL.,, with
her throat cut from ear to ear. William
Crawford, who had been working for
Mrs Matthias husband, was suspected,
and the officers found him at the home
of his sister. When Crawford saw the
officers coming, he drew razor and cut
his throat, severing the windpipe. He
then confessed the murder, saying he
killed the woman because he loved her.
He cannot recover.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Collector of Customs at San Fran
cisco has Teen instructed to recognize
Ow Yang Keng as Vice-COnsul of China
at that point, pending the presentation
of his commission, and to issue CORE
spending exequator.
Inspector General Dumont has received
the report of the local inspectors who
investigated the case of the steamer Sea
Wing, which capsized in Lake Pepin
with such fatal results. They find that
Captain Wetherin violated the ordinance
by starting out, as he did, in the face of
an approaching storm. They, therefore,
revoke his license, and report the case to
the United States Attorney for prosecu-
ton.
Representative Caldwell from the
Committee on Railroads and Canals re-
ported to the House the bill agreed upon
by the committee to compel railroad
companies engaged in interstate COM
meIce within reasonable time to equip
their cars with such safety or automatic
safety couplers as will not require train
men to 90 between the ends of the cars
to couple or uncouple them, and with
automatic brakes, so that the speed of a
train can be controlled by the engineer.
In the Senate the House bill for the
erection of tower for a first order light
on Smiths island, Va, was taken from
the calendar and passed with numerous
amendments. A conference was asked
and agreed to- Among the amendments
tackled on were the following: Light
and fog signal at mouth of Coquille river,
Pacific ocean, $50, 900; lighthouse tender
for Portland (Or.) district, $S5, 900;
lighthouse, st. Mary's island, Alaska.
$4,000; lighthouse, Cape Disappoint
ment, Washington, $4,000
The subcommittee on immigration. of
which Senator Squire is Chairman. will
not visit the Pacific Coast until after the
November elections. The demand that
all Senators who can possibly remain
should stay and vote on the tariff bill
makes 1t necessary that no number of
Senators should be absent. Immediately
after the November elections Senator
Squire will call the committee to meet
al Seattle or Tacoma to begin an inyes-
tlgatlon OF immigration on the Pacific
Coast. The committee will surely 90
West during the late fall.
Platt, Chairman OF the Committee on
Territories, has laid before the Senate q
letter from Secretary Noble transmitting
the following telegram from Special Land
Inspector Thomas J. Nisham at King
fisher. Oklahoma: CATER many DAYS
house-to-house inspection find fully
one-third of the people need aid, and
two-thirds of the farmers need seed
wheat. Many are now in want of food /;
no work and nothing to sell. Prospects
gloomy; extreme south of territory not
quite so bad" Secretary Noble says the
department has no resources with which
to relieve the restitution, and its only
course is to lay the information before
Congress.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
DR.. TALMAGE's FIRST ss.,.

me Great Preacher Tells How
peared when He Began His L,s. I - Ap-
An how well l remember th work :
Sunday in my first church, ' nrst
- The congregation gathered
me brown stone church was a b eS'y.
tul structure within and without sut-
adjacent quarry had furnished ~ An
terial, and the architect and t tne ma
VINO We're men of taste, had NOT uef'
interfered with. A few creaniD NV Ceen
had been planted at the FROM aH, vines
and a white rose bush stood =. S'Ge
door, tiinging its fragrance acro - tAs
yard. 0iOSs the
Many had gone in and taken =,
seats but Others had stayed at ~
door to watch the coming of the y. We
minister and his bride. She il NC"
now, and it is no fiattery to WRITE s tSs
she was fair to look upon, delicst ,,'a ~
structure of body, eyes large and H.. u
hair in which was folded the sb.S ue
Vi illuhigl1' erect carriage, but omit
small She was such a one a. a1'e
could pick up and carry over a st,. w
with one arm. She had a sweet vo,- u
and had stood several years in ~
choir of the city churches and ta S
withal a magic of presence that has
turned all whom she had ever met irt.
warm personal admirers. Her bony
trembled on her husbands arm 40 an.
day they went up the steps of IL.
meeting house, gazed at int, Nv
young and old.
The pastor looked paler even than
was his wont. His voice quivered in
reading the hymn, and ! looked con
fused in making the publications Tina,
day a mother had brought her child u.
baptism, and for the first time he or
ciated in that ceremony. Had hard
work to remember the words, and
knew not what to do next. When bo
came to preach, in his excitement h.
cnnlh not find his sermon. II hal
fallen back OF the sU1sp. Looked nav nv
and down and forward and backward
Fished it out at last, just in time to
come up, flushed and hot, to read the
text. Made a very feeble ATTEMPT Mt
preaching. But all were ready to hear
his words. The young sympathized
with him, for he was young, and the
old looked on him with sort of pater.
nal indulgence. At the few words in
which he commended himself and his
to their sympathy and care they broke
forth into weeping. And at the foot Of
the pulpit at the close of the service
the people gathered, poor and ricn, to
offer their right hand. II. De Witt
Talmage in Ladies' Home Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Only a Mistake,

Little 3-year-old Tom Gibson, of Cal
ifornia, ought to make a good lawyer
if he keeps on. One day not long ago
his father said to him:
TON, get my slippers. They are
under the bed"
Pretty soon Tom came back empty
handed.
"Fader," said he, "you told a big
ie."
"How is that2" said his father.
'Well," replied Tom, 81 looked I'M
der the bed, and no slippers there. No
slippers there, fader."
''That wasn't lie, my son." replied
his father. THAT was mistake"
The slippers were found and the in
cident was forgotten until few days
afterward. Tom came running into
the house with his lips betraying visible
evidence that he had been eating.
'Tom," said his mother, what have
you been eating2"
Nothing, mother" replied Tom.
"Why, Tom" said his mother, there
are crumbs all over your mouth. Don't
you know you have told me storyP'
NO." replied Tom promptly, "that
was q mistake. New York World
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
LITTLE LAUGHS.

The law cannot make man moral, but It
can make him dreadfully uncomfortable
when he is immoral Mckinney Texas)
Mercury.
"What is the chief popularity Of the Cana
dian climate?7 asked school examiner. at
is beneficial to bank cashiers" said the bright
boy of the class, "but very deadly to reform
ers. Judge.
An exchang Q mentions the fact of citizen
dying at the green old age of 90 years. A
man who is green at the age of 9S years ought
to die.-Newman Independent.
Silk is grown In twenty states, while men
who buy it groan in every state-Portland
Advertiser
Unbridled speculation in coffee has sent the
price up, and another pang is added to the
cup of the unfortunate boarding house suf-
ferer.-Boston Globe.
Landlady-Wouldy you like to have cup
OF coffee, Mr.. Simpliins? 1t is nice and fresh.
Mr. S.-Yes, madam, when 1 am through
with my steak. Business first, you know
Kentucky State Journal.
Suppose I shall see you at your fathers
funeral todayY' said friend to a Young man
of the period. "Naw; should like to be there,
but I'll be busy in court, opening succession
and heading off mother in a will contest. See
you later if l succeed."-New Orleans Plea
yune.
This life but little joy doth hold
For him who is the prey
Though he have lands and stocks and gold
OF grim dyspepsia
Boston Courier.
The tramp usually has an elaborate bill Of
air.-Whitehall Times
The tramp takes great pleasure in calling
money SOAP" we presume, because it is sell
dom found in his hands. -Yonkers States
man.
"Well," said an old tramp, wiping the per-
spiration from his brow with the back of his
hand, Il wish somebody would explain why
SO much water comes out of my pores. I
never absorb any."-Norristown Herald
A temperance paper asks: go into one of
our gin palaces and what do you find9" Any
brand of spiritus frumenti you may call for,
and all out Of the same bottle-Oil City Biz
card.
Soap is selling rArntty well. isn't itgo asked
Maxtield Bean of a Toad Hollow aIUUuI.
"Yes, first rate-what made you asks" "Be-
cause you always look as if you never had
any on hand. "-Melrose Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
1t Fell Flat.

One day, as Sixth Avenue barber
shop had but one empty chair, a man
wearing very big hat and walking
with great deal of swagger entered,
hung his hat on peg, and then draw
ing a revolver he turned to the idle
man and said:
Il want a shave-just a common
shave. l want no talk. Don't ask me
if l want a hair cut or a shampoo.
Don't speak of the weather or politics.
If you speak to me I'll shoot"
He took the chair, held the revolver
across his legs, and was shaved with
promptness and dispatch. When he
got up he returned the shooter to his
hip pocket, put on his hat, and after
a broad chuckle he said to the cashier:
That's the way to keep a barber
quiet. He didn't utter a word"
mo, sir-he couldn't"
"Couldn't2"
"No, sir; he's deaf and dumb
New York Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
PORTLAND MARKET.

HEAT-The export demand is good
and trading fairly active. Receipts are
increasing and offerings more liberal.
Shippers quote: Valley, $1.271a Walla
Waila, nominallv, Il. 70.
FLoUR-Quote: Standard, So 80; Walla
Walla, $3.50 $3.50 per barrel.
OATs-Quote: A7L@t0tp per Lushel.
MLLsTUFFs - The market is firm.
Quote: Bran, $17@19; Shorts, $23@25;
Ground Bar ley, $3.50; Chop Feed, S25 ;
Middlings, sos per ton.
HAY-The market is firm. Quote :
$16917 per ton.
VEGETABLES - The market is firm.
Quote: Cabbage, S1.75@2 per GENITAL !;
Peas, &c per pound Onions and Lettuce,
l5c per dozen punches; California
Onions, "a (03c; Oregon, 2 &c per pound j;
String Beans, &c per pound; Cucumbers,
lOc per dozen; Carrots, 10@15c per
bunch Asparagus, 10c per pound; Beets,
Tl.5O per sack; Turnips, $1.25 per
sack; Corn, Zoe per dozen California
Tomatoes, $l@l.25 per box; Potatoes,
l5c9Tl per GENITAL; Sweet Potatoes, 4@
Sc per pound.
FRUrrs-QuOte: Tahiti Oranges, $425
per box; California. Lemons, IS per box ;
fancy Sicily, $9@1C per case; Peach and
Bradshaw Plums, 75@SOc per box; Mad
cline Pears, 90c@$l; Oregon Bartletts,
$l.25@ 30 per box; Pineapples, $500
! pei, dozen; Bananas, 1915 per bunch;
double, SIS; Oregon Astrachan Apples,
75c9Sl Grayenstein, $1@1.15 per box;
Crawford Peaches, $125@1. 40; other va
rletles, $l.15@125 per box; Nectarines,
$l.5O@l. rs per box; Black berries, SIC
per pound, 81. 9O@2 per 24-pound crate;
California Watermelons, $2.50@3 per
dozen; Cantaloupes, $1.50@2 per dozen
Crabapples, 81 per box. Receipts the
past week were 2,0l0 boxes and s car
loads.
CHEEsE-Quote: Oregon, 11@1215c;
California, 91a@10c; Young America, IA
@l5c per pound.
BUTTER-The market is firm. Quote:
Oregon fancy dairy, soc; fancy creamery,
3212c; good to fair. 25@271ac; common,
2O@2219c; choice California, &c per
pound.
PoULTRY-The market is firm. Quote:
Old Chickens, IS; large Spring, So
"a; small Spring, f2@2.50; old Ducks,
F4.5O@5; young, $5@6; old Geese, $5
young, 5000 per dozen; Turkeys, 15c
per pound.
EGGs-The market is firm. Quote:
25c per dozen for Oregon.
NUTs-Quote: Walnuts, 13c; Peanuts,
green, lie; Almonds, lie; Filberts. Is
@14c; Brazils, 13@14c per pound Cocoa
nuts, 81 per dozen.
HoNEY-Fancy White, 1-pouni car
toons, l3c.
PorAToEs-Quote: 75@S5c per GENITAL.
NAILs-Base quotations: Iron, $500;
Steei, $3.50; Wire, $500 per keg.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
ALONG THE COAST.

All the troops have left Fort Moiave
in Arizona, and now the place is ADAM
doned
The Puget Sound university at Ia
coma, built by the Methodists, will open
in September.
The Marysville Drift Mining Company.
which has been working part of the Blue
Point mine at Marysville, Cal, has closed
down, with $4,000 liabilities.
Washouts on the Atlantic and Pacific
and Santa Fe in New Mexico have caused
several accidents, but none of a more
serious character than the derailment of
cars.
j. B. Hoff of San Diego, the owner of
large asbestos beds, has discovered an
inexhaustible supply of mineral paint
in Lower California in the Tepestete
mountains.
Local capitalists at Portland interested
in different sections OF outlying property
have perfected a system of bouleyards
encircling the east side of the city on
the plan of the Chicago boulevards, with
radiating driveways from the city and a
succession OF parks along the line OF the
boulevards.
The Oregon crop report says: Reports
as to quantity and quality of barley con-
l tlnue to indicate that the crops will be
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Skating on Stills.

A new mode of utilizing the primer
pie of stills for locomotion has been
patented. The action of propellings
that of skating on ice, and any for
ward figure that can be done on ice
can be accomplished with ease by these
machines. Each wheel is independent
of the other, and backward travel IS
prevented by mechanical action. The
balance is the first movement to DO
learned. By pressing the thumbs on
the brakes the wheels become liked
by which means the learner can walk
on them the same as on stilts.-New
York Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Nearly Made a Fortune,

Eyes" said Jones, Il came near
striking it rich once in my life. Rob-
inson and Invent into the patent medi-
cine business, you see. We got our
stuff compounded and bottled, and
then it occurred to US that we hadn't
decided what to call it, cure for con-
sumption or cure for dyspepsia. 1
went in for dyspepsia, but Robinson
insisted on consumption, and he had
his way, confound himl The weather
was unusually mild for six months
after we got our stuff on the market
and the consumptives all got better in
consequence. The result was that our
we'd labeled the bottles Dyspepsia
Cure it would have gone off like hot
cakes and l should have today been
worth my millions.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Using Steam Twice.

W. Q. Andrews, of the steam COM
pany, told me of a marvellous double
use of steam which his company has
been making. Said he: Il have long
contended that steam could be used
twice, but the engineers have been
against me in opinion. But it is de-
monstrated now by practical opera
tons. From our station at Fifty
eighth street and Madison avenue we
supply steam for 1, 100 electric lights
at the Lenox Lyceum. This steam is
supplied to the engines at 100 pounds
pressure, and after it passes through
the cylinders the exhaust is passed at
a pressure of sixty pounds into our
street mains, where it serves to run ell
evators, heat houses, cook food and
perform such other functions as we re.
quire of it.
1.-The steam thus does its work twice
over. The saving is about 80 per cent,
which is clear net gain. Very few
people know, although it is fact, thai
OF the steam that goes from boiler
into an engine only about Is, or al
the most 20 per cent, is actually uti
lied to create power. The other so tc
85 per cent. is exhaust and goes off
into the air, where it is wasted. Now
we have discovered that this waste
product can be made to serve just as
perfect a purpose as if it were made
fresh in separate boiler. It means 6
great revolution in the steam bust
ness New York Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
The Merchandise Market.

SUGARs-The market is firm. Quote
Golden G, 418c; extra C, 5lsc; dry granu-
lated, 6l4c; cube crushed and powdered,
626c per pound.
BEANs-The market is firm. Quote
Small Whites, 1925; Pink, "a; Bayos.
44.5O; Butter, So; Limas, s. 81 per Genital.
DRIED FRUTs-The market is steady
Quote: Plummer dried Pears, 10611c
undrled and factory Plums, 5la@6c
Teaches, sien-dried, 10%c; evaporatec
Peaches, l61a@l7c; Smyrna Figs, lac.
Ice; California Figs, Sc per pound.
CANNED GOODs-Market is firm. Quote
Table fruits, 1925, 2las; Peaches, $3.50
Bartlett Pears, 1925; Plums, $l.65
Str wberries, 1925; Cherries, 81; Black
berries, $1.8501 .95; Raspberries, 81. 25t
$50. Pie fruit: Assorted, $3.50 pc
dozen; Peaches, $l.25@l3O; Plums
Tl.25; Blackberries, Sl.G5; Tomatoes
Sl.l0@3.50; Sugar Peas, $1.409l 80
StIsiiina laps ~.
lDEs-TAe market is wcan. quota
tons: Dry Hides, selected primo, So
&c, &c less for culls, green, selected
over 55 pounds, 4c; under 55 pounds, SC
Sheep Pets. short wool, 30@5Oc; me
dunn, 60@S0c; long, 90c@$l %; shear
ings, lOd2Oc; Tallow, good to choice, ;
@3l2c. Receipts the past week were
1925 pounds.
WoOL-The market is dull. Quota
tons; Eastern Oregon, lO@16c; Valley
l6@ l8c per pound. Receipts the pas
week were 100, 745 pounds.
PICKLEs-Quote: 85c 3s; 90c 5s.
SALT - Quote: Liverpool, $3.50
$3.50, 1880; stock, $ll@12 per ton il
carload lots.
Coal On-Quote: 1920 per case.
RIcE-Quote: 6@c per pound.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

st. Paul, Mimi, had remarkable hailstone
few days ago, and correspondent says, to
illustrate more forcibly the size of the stones
and the competition to secure the mammoth,
the feat of wag, who in the height of the
shower rushed to his ice chest and hacked out
a two pound chunk from a cake therein,
hastily clipping off the sharp corners with a
Ratchet, which he pitched from a window
into the yard of an excited neighbor, is
apropos As the huge specimen fell upon the
turf, the doctor wildly rushed out from his
piazza, and at the imminent risk of perfora-
ton of his bald caput captured the monster,
and hurrying to his study made a plaster
cast of his prize, not for moment doubling
its genuineness. PHILADELPHIA Call.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

above the average, and they are being
secured in good shape. Grapes are ri
pening, and promise large yield. Hops
and prunes will make an average crop or
more. Spring grain viii not be an aver
age crop. Hay has yielded in all sec
tons better than expected.
The report sent out from Tucson say
ing that Governor Wolfey has been re-
moved is without foundation. 1t ema-
mated from false reports circulated by
enemies of the Governor. He is out of
town, but close friend of the Governor
says at is preposterous to say the
Governor has been removed without a
hearing He has gone to Washington,
it is true, but he is a fighter, and he'll
down his enemies"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

At a recent examination of the di-
vinity students in England, one very
dull candidate was so ignorant that
the bishop would only consent to or,
dain him on condition that he would
promise to study Buffers Analogy
after ordination. He made the prom
Use and was ordained He was the
guest of the bishop, and SO on his de-
parture next morning the bishop shook
him by the hand, saying: "Goodby,
Mr.. Brown. don't forget the Butler. -
81 haven't, my lord, was the unex-
pected reply, II have just given him
five shillings. New York Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
The King Wins.

When the King of Greece first start
ed out as a euchre player he made up
his mind to always win, and ne mas
never lost a game yet. The chlel
reason for his good luck lies in inc
fact that every man who plays agaiIs'
him is given to understand that II no
wins over three points out OF i've 10
will be trotted off to some fortress =
a political conspirator. Detroit fre'
Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
A Family Grave.

When King George was visiting
Mount Edgcumbe he strayed little
from the rest of the party to see mon
ument which had been put up to a de-
parted pet pig named Cupid. Her
majesty Queen Charlotte called to him
to know what he was looking at, and
the king with great GOODNESS replied,
Family grave, Charly family grave,
family grave "-Macmillan's
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
The Real State of the Case.

Our boy of had been promised
trousers and dog, to be given him in
the autumn if he were good all sum-
mer. One day l said to his father:
Henry has been very good all this
week." then, in aside, I added, Il
think it is partially physical" This
did not escape him, for he added quick
ly: mo, 'tishn't, it'll partly puppy and
partly panth."- Babyhood.