The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08
TOUGH YARNS.

h p'A hNh' ipuHiiketpslt upDk SDlie paint and dye and fixed mp dog to re- semble an escaped menagerie leopard. And of course the dog felt bad and hunted up his master and went to snuff. ing at his heels, and the master went up | tree so quick that it absolutely as- founded the dog, which sat down to wait for the old man to descend It was cold day; the wind blew and the bare branches rattled and the man shivered and swore for half an hour till finally the dog parked.
 \ Fall River cat is redeeming the rep utation of its race for an improper ap- petite for the canary. According to local newspaper report cat of that city saved the life of these birds in novel and remarkable manner. The cat and bird had been accustomed 10 each others society for a long time, and became fla miliar friends. They have often played together, and the eat had learned to be careful about hurting it. Last Monday, when the bird was ont of its cage, a strange eat appeared at the door, and the cat of the house observing it, sprang at once and seized the canary bird in its mouth and sprang up the stairs, and held the bird till the enemy disappeared, and then brought it down unhur 4 fable: The landlord of a summer resort was once set upon in lonely place by il highway robber. As soon, however, as the landlord made known his business the highwayman extended the usual courtesies To the trade and they parted friends.
 "Yes," said the reformed hostler, "1 had horse once that jumped over 200 feet on straight road"
 "Did he make it in one jump" said the mule driver.
 "Yes, he made it in one jump" said the reformed hostler, "and he'd a jumped ,O00 feet if they'd been there, as them was-pickled pigs feet in barrel"
 "I drove horse, once," said the hon est stage driver, 'that jumped through wall four feet thick"
 "Did it hurt the wall any," said the reformed hostler, insinuatingly. "No," said the honest stage-drive fiercely, "but 1t killed the horse"
 "Talking of horses jumping" said the reformed hostler "we had horse that jumped every fence on the farm, and wound up by trying to jump over his own tail"
 "Did he do it" said the converted mule driver, breathlessly.
 "No, be didn't" said the reformed hostler, calmly.
 MT. John Warren IS the oldest settler in Hockley, and Is probably one of the most successful deer hunters in Texas. He scarcely ever goes out to return empty y-handed, but on the occasion of one of his hunts, a few days ago, he met with success unprecedented throughout all his hunting experience. Through that strategic maneuvering known only to the experienced trapper, Mr. Warren came within rife-shot of an rnsus- pecting buck browsing upon the prairie and fired upon him. About l50 yards | around as unconcerned as his companion At the crack of the huntsman's trustv rifle both deer started off at full speed running directly toward each other. In closing the distance between them, and about middle way, the two deer collided with terrible force, one of them spring ing about twenty feet i'll the air, and both falling to the ground dead-killed by the collision.
 Talk about the unwinking vigilance of our press, \ man is just reported to have died in Akron, O., at the age of | l09 years, and the paper that chronicles the sad event fails to tell us whether 1 the centenarian used tobacco since he was six years old, or whether he never used the pernicious weed at all.
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