Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-12
STORIES OF THE DAY. !
Some Well Known People Relate Few
 Dog Yarns.

1 Aurelius Smith one day last session ill a cloakroom conversation, The could find no better exhibition than is fur nished by the shepherd dogs of Arizona and New Mexico. Over i'll the San Simon country, out where I live, q friend of mine has | sheep ranch. was on visit to his fiocks one day There are men with the sheep, but all day long, while the punches are out grazing, they are entirely under the care of dogs. The dogs take the flocks out in the marning and bring them back at night.
 One flock which I visited was in charge of four dogs, a mother and her three pups. Of course the young dogs were full grown and as big as their parent. yet they yielded her great def erence and perfect obedience, and it was clear that she was not only the head of the family, but in supreme com mand of the flock. My friend told me that sometimes the pups grew lazy and wouldn t half do their duty. The mother dog would remonstrate with growls and attempt to compel them to be alert and industrious. As the flock was grazing along the pasturage, handful of sheep might point out from one side and begin l to stray from the main bunch. The pups would notice it, but, being listless and indifferent, made no sign of going after the delinquents Tie old dog | IJ nI, yelps. which was her way of ordering her childeren to turn in those stray sheep. If they dallied along, neglect ful of their plain duty, after that the old dog would suddenly land pellmell upon one of the offenders, and, seizing him by the nape of the neck, give him a prodigious shaking up.
 After being punished, the lazy pup would hie after tho sheep and turn 1 them back to the flock and proceed to it's duty with the utmost ardor. The old dog had to whip her pups about three times q week, however, to get perfect work. She was very strict with them, being conscientious dog. who felt her responsibility to her master.
 These sheep were confined in a wire corral nights to keep them from going abroad on moonlight occasions and fall ing prey to coyotes. There were {, 1000 sheep i'll the bunch. About early dusk each evening the old dog and her pups would bring in the flock and turn them through the bars into the corral They could do it all except put up the bars I T.4c4 five x.f kn T l the corral the old dog would trot around to the front and take her patient stand by the bars and review the flock as it filed into the corral Yes, sir She was counting the sheep If one were missing from the whole 5000. she would know it the moment the last entered the cor ral. She would give yelp of criticism and lead her pups out upon the dark 1 pastures to find that lost sheep And they had to find it. She would work them all night if need be- Ordinarily they could hunt it out at once, and then the four dogs would bring ill the truant on the run with much clamor and bark ing, as if to teach it not to lag again. ,
 up in New Jersey" observed Jack Murray, who had heard the above, i've i have a couple of dogs on our farm. One is a small Scotch terrier and the other giant Newfoundland. They are fairly good friends, and one of their most pleasant exercises-to them at least--is to lie out in the front yard and rush down to the gates and bark at every wagon and carriage that goes by. They Y, and seem to derive great joy from it.
 sThe other day the terrier was repos- ing on the grass. It was midday and hot, and the terrier was at rest. Sud denly the Newfoundland came upon the scene with a luscious ham bone i'll his mouth. For the very evident purpose of annoying the little terrier, Jack, the l Newfoundland, spread himself along the grass with his ham bone, not four l feet from the terriers sensitive nose Then he proceeded in an audible and unctuous manner to gnaw the ham bone It was maddening to the ham boneless terrier. At last he timidly approached his old friend Jack.
 Would Jack object if he nibbled this very excellent and aromatic ham bone with him?' That was about what the terrier asked.
 Jack ceased mumbling the bone long enough to show all his white teeth and growl thunderously. He objected Like many other rich people, Jack was selfish, and did not propose to divide his ham bone with the poor.
 sThe terrier drew back, and then, as if unable to bear the sight of Jacks ham bone, ill which he had no part, he saun- tered around the corner of the hedge to the driveway. Here he was ont of sight of the miserly Jack, licking his bone.
 Without word or warning the ter 1 rier, the moment he was hidden from 1 view, began to split the heavens with