The Arizona champion., 1884-04-05
ANOTHER NEW INVENTION.


 Did anyone ever watch q short dog, with short tail, who was trying to turn | short corner while running from q larger dog, or perhaps, from brick that was sailing gracefully through tine air, thrown at him by some boy? If so, they will ut once see the necessity of this new invention that is described in the iollowlng article taken from the Washington Star. "An application purporting to be signed by Colonel Maurice Piuchover, has been sent to the United States patent office for patent for an adjustable dogs tail. The appli- cation claims that all dogs, who, either by nature or accident are minus a tail, encounter great difficulties in turning sharp corners, as their center of gravity is thrown too near the forelegs, and they consequently have to go slow or lose their balance. The proposed tail can be fastened to the stump, and as the dog turns to the right, the tail will tend to throw his rear to the left, thus enabling him to turn easily and rapidly without losing his equilibrium" This will fill q want long felt by the dogs, who, either by accident, or otherwise, have lost a part of that useful adjunct, the tail,
 Not only in turning short corners will this artificial tail come handy, but 1t will also be great help to the dog when he wishes to express his feelings. When you pat a dog that has been blessed with large tail, he can express his gratitude with few graceful waves oI it, but how different It would be with his less fortunate brother, who has knocked around the world all his lie with little stump no larger than q mans thumb. Life to this dog IS more like horrible nightmare than q reality. He is always expecting kick and when he gets kicked, unlike other dogs, he cant place his tail between his legs. When dog that has long tail is kick ed, he shows that he has had enough by straddling his tail with his hind legs and he who is doing the kicking, if he understands the dog language at all, will cease. But if it happens to be a dog whose tail is too short to hang at half mast, he gets kicked great deal more than he deserves. Sometimes poor tailless creature has kind word spoken to him and gets few pats on the head, then it IS that he trys his best to show his gratitude and the expression on that little tail would soften the hard est heart It is not moved from side to side with that grateful wave so common with the long tail but he demonstrates his feelings with such vigor that his spinal column is in danger of being dis located. He knows that his short stump will make poor show, so he puts all his strength to the test and not only his little tail, but his whole body shakes from one end to the other. The only advantage to be found in short tail is th,-. if tin can or a cow-bell happens to be tied to it, the cord can not be firmly fastened and the consequence is that he is seldom compelled to amuse the small boys by trying to get away from an oyster can. On the other hand, if cow-bell is tied to dog that has a long bushy tail, the chances are that he will run till his tail comes off, or, if he has a strong robust tail, after he has run for hundred miles or so, his strength will give out, and far away from home and friends, he will lay down by the wayside and die.
 If this invention of the adjustable tail should turn out to be success, com mittee of short-tailed dogs should get to- gether and vote resolution of thanks to the kind-hearted inventor.