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Year: 1877

Cooley's boy has liver-colored dog


which he has upon several occasions made


the subject of very interesting and in
structive experiments. Originally the
dogs tail curled up over its back; but
Cooley's boy was prejudiced in favor of
tail that hung down behind, so after
amputating the dogs tail with hatchet,
he spent whole morning trying to graft
a skate-strap on the stump. 1t was not
courageous dog. 1t would bark all
night when nobody was about, but if
tramp came near the house in daytime
the dog would put the skate-strap be-
tween his legs and go in and lie down be-
hind the stove. Cooley's view was that
he would prefer fighting dog, and one
day he read in paper that timid dog
could be made brave by filling his meat
with gunpowder and red pepper. Ac-
cordingly he put about quarter of a
pound of pepper and little powder in
some meat, rolled it up in kind of ball,
and tossed it to the dog. The dog swal-
lowed it as quick as flash.


For few moments the animal seemed
contented. But presently he gave little
start, and then paused and looked around
to observe if anything had happened.
Then he gave another jump andbegan to
assume a very solemn appearance. All
of sudden he uttered sharp howl and
began to circulate around the garden.
He went faster and faster, and Cooley is
willing to swear to at least four hundred
revolutions minute. Over the goose
berry bushes, through the asparagus bed,
across the fences, among the bean-poles
he flew with fury, swapping at Cooley
as he passed him, soaring the chickens
and setting them to cackling, ndsmash-
ing the vegetables into ruin. The
louder Cooley called him to stop the
faster he went, and at last Cooley got his
gun and tried to shoot him. He shot
fifteen times and blew holes into
the smoke-house door, killed four chick
ems and put ia half pound of quail shot into
his Durham cow; but the dog still re-
volved and went so fast that he looked
like single streak of dog reaching all
the way around the garden.


At last the animal ran against the
pump, and being switched off his course,
he dashed through the kitchen-door,
knocked down the stovepipe, whirled
into the dining-room, across the table,
smashing two dollars worth of crockery,
burst through the open door into the
parlor, and brought up against the mir
ror, which he shivered to atoms. Then
he fellon the Brussels carpet, had spasms
around on the floor for an hour or two,
and finally expired with his hind legs in
the CRATE and his head on forty-dollar
rug which was covered with beef and red
pepper They buried him at the roots of
the Isabella grapevine, and Cooley'sboy,
after recovering from the thrashing that
his father gave him with fence paling,
finally came to the conclusion that as
matter of practical fact red pepper will
not make dog anxious for war.
Year: 1877

The English element in Canada has
lost none of its wonted fondness for the
sports of food and field; finding fuller
vent in the free scope of our woods and
waters, and the wildness and abundance
of our game. There is indeed "new
world open to the lover of gun and rod
from the old lands across the sea, who
here finds himself the luxurious monarch
of all he can bag from sunrise to sunset,
with no other let or hinderance than
those which the CORY pot-hunters compel.


Does he come in quest of the wary
moose and running caribou, the quail
thief of the corn-feld, the mud-loving
snipe, the stupid pheasant, the pine
loving grouse, the cosmopolitan plover,
the strategic partridge, the saucy wood
duck, the shy black duck; does he court
the bear, wolf, beaver, marten, mink or
the otter, or does he WOO the salmon, the
trout, ct hoe genus omne-here he may
find everywhere food for his sportsman's
fancy. If his spirit waxeth hot to chase
the fox, | can commend him to the
courtesy of the Montreal Fox Hunt, who
will give him fences to leap harder than
any English hedge, and fox to run down,
cunning as an Indian. From find to
finish he will have all his nerve and
daring can do, with the clear blue
Canadian skies above, and the hard, dry
ground below. None of your fogs and
swamps, wet to the skin, and mud to the
eyes, horses, hunters, hounds, all color,
and wild splutter of slop when the
carcass, head, pads and brush excepted,
is thrown to the yelping, frothy dogs.
Or doth his fancy turn to thoughts of
football, catching, rowing, cricket, golf,
here he will find .acclimatized and
natural as life, the recreation, good, bad
and abominable, high and low, costly
and cheap, princly and plebeian. of al
most every country on the face of the
earth. Some of the worst immigrants
have brought us their best divisions.
The footprints of the earliest known
Indian races are left in their peculiar
games; the very Mennonites, the last ar
rivals, have fixed the imprint of their
pastimes among the settlers of the far
West.


Canadian sports, however, have char
acter of their own. They smack more
of the ungoverned and ungovernable
than the games of the Old World, and
seem to resent the impost of regulations.
Year: 1877

A popularity of the German military
service is the large amount of theoret-
ical instruction (which is given, not
only to the officers, but also to the nom
commissioned officers and men OF the
army. The Rerue Militdire de Etrdnger
gives an outline of the course of studies,
which is as follows: General instruction
is given in the school, which is held in
the evening on five days in each week,
by officers of the regiment or garrison,
and sometimes by civilian professors.
Non-commissioned officers are required
to have a good knowledge of arithmetic,
including the addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division of fractions,
and to be conversant with the weights
and measures lately adoptedin Germany.
They must be able to write an essay In
clear and concise style on given sub
iect, the handwriting to be flowing and
legible. They must also be able to
write good letter, expressing their
wants or their wishes in plain and in
telligible manner, and they must have
general knowledge both Of history and
geography. The soldiers must be ac-
guainted with the first four rules of
arithmetic, and be able to write clear
report of any occurrence. Theoretical
instruction is also given four times a
week, namely, twice by officers and
twice by non-commissioned officers, on
matters connected with garrison and
field duties, and ON military art gener-
ally. Instruction relating to the arms
they carry is also given to the men once
a week by the master armorer OF the
regiment, and in the mounted branches
of the service the veterinary surgeon
holds class once week.
Year: 1877

The Louisville Comier-JomnaI says:
Mr.. Harry R. Phillips, who resides on
Third Street, between Breckenridge and
Kentucky, brought to this Office few
days ago mad stone weighing about
three ounces, which he said had been
preserved by his family for nearly fifty
years. The mad stone bears a little re-
semblance to the honeycomb, except that
it is coneshaped, the cells at the base
having thick walls, but gradually merg-
ing into more solid substance as they
approach the apex. The stone has a
broad, smooth surface at the base, and
within the little cells there is a delicate
fibrous substance resembling the pith of
some vegetable product. Mr.. Phillips
said the stone was once used by an aunt
of his who was bitten by rabid dog.
The stone was first dipped in milk and
then applied to the wound. 1t stuck to
the part like leech until all the virus
was absorbed, and then dropped. 1t was
then placed in vessel containing hot
water, and quickly dark greenish sub
stance arose from it and spread over the
surface, this being the test that the
wound was filled with virus of the mad
dog. The lady recovered from the
wound without a symptom of hydro
nhOhia
Year: 1877

REMEMBER that all questions have
two sides; one is the right side, the other
the wrong side; one is the side of Justice,
the other injustice. If you take the
right side, the just side, ultimately men,
however much they may oppose you and
revile you, will come to your support.
Earth, with all its powers, will work
with you and for you, and heaven is
pledged to conduct you to complete sue
cess. If you take the other side, there
is no power in earth or heaven that can
lead you through successfully, because it
is appointed in the counsels of heaven
that justice and truth alone can prevail.
Year: 1877

THE average Connecticut farmer
will suffer all day with collie before
spending cent for medicine, but let one
of his oxen look embarrassed and off the
old man rides for veterinary. surgeon.
Year: 1877

In the British Parliament the posi-
tion taken by the opposition is tina
by an European "Concert in arms.
the Turks would be forced TO yield
and the grievance of the Christians
would be redressed. Mr.. Gauthorne
Hurdy, the British Secretary of War,
spoke as follows. in the debate:


If you take the Earopean concert up
to a certain point do you suppose you
would have a complete unity as to the
division Of the spoil and the ARRANGE
ment of the Turkish provinces? l be-
lieve that If that is not an impossible
ty it would be an imposslbility with a
world in arms and the only chaOce
you will ever have of getting good
governmental these provinces through
European p concert, is a peaceful Eu-
ropean concert, not II coercive one, not
a European concert going through
bloodshed TO other objects, and raising
up foes in every part among them.
selves in their different interests. 1t can
only be done, if it is ever done by
agreement in peace and can never be
done in time of war. To ex-
pect of six powers, all aiming at their
own aggrandisement-to expect that
they willagree like lambs, and wi
make no quarrel over the partition oil
these countries into which they enter,
or over the kind of government which
they would give, is to suppose some.
thing SO monstrous and absurd that
really think it needless to Iefute H."


II is not love for the Turk that keep
Them neutral, nor any fear of Russia
as member of a coalition in arms.
The trouble is not so much about driv.
ing the Turk out OF Europe as about
the partition Of his territory after
wards.


Mr.. Roebuek thus touched on this
sensitive point:


1--WE are told that Turkey is doom
ed. am not prophet but whatever
may happen England will not see Tur-
key pass into the hands of Russia.
Austria will not see it; Germany will
not see it; Italy will not see it. Aye, it
is all very well TO say Hear, hear,
now; l wish they were heard in St.
Petersburg. 1t is for that purpose that
wish to call to the minds of the Eng
lish people that the graad expectation
of every Russian you meet is that
some day or other Russia will have
Constanlinople. Doubtless from the
climate Of st. Petersburg and Moscow W
it would be very happy change to
Constant tinople and the passing of the
Gar from the north to the beautiful
banks OF the Bosphorus would be a
very haphy translation for him; but
let him not deceive himself by laying
that flattering unction to his soul.
Russia will never be permitted to take
Constantinople."
Year: 1877

The mentors OF tne North Atlantic sta
ton have returned from Savannah river to
the naval anchorage at Port Royal. The
North Atlantic feet is ordered to rendez-
vous at Port Royal between the middle OF
jane and the first OF July, where it will be
Inspected and exercised by Rear Admiral
rrenchard.
Year: 1877

Office of the church, the instruction OF
delegates, and every meeting to consider
the financial interests of the church, shall
be given by the pastor, or one OF the
stewards CT trustees in the.public congre-
CATION on two successive Sabbaths pre-
ceding the election or meeting. stating
clearly the object OF the election or meet
ing, and without such notice no election
or other action of the church shall be valid.


During the pendency of which the
Conference adjourned with prayer by
Rev Helmick
Year: 1877

Parental affection naturally inquiries
" hat it can best do for the welfare of
its children in future years, and when
the bosom which now throbs with love
t'r It's offspring shall be cold in death
Many plans are laid. and many days
and hours OF ANXIOUS solicitu'e are
spent in contriving ways and means of
rendering children prosperous and
happy iii future life. But parents are
not always wise in the provisions which
they seek 10 make for their children :;
nor 10 they always seek direction and
counsel from God in this matter. The
brst inheritance for children. Leyond
contradiction, is true picty toward God
the sslutary truths and principles Of
religion, laid up in the hearts of the
chiidren-a good education-goci viv-
tnous habits. unbending principles of
moral conduct, the fear of God and the
hope of heaven. This is the best ia
herltance for children. which all pa
rents should be most anxious to lay up
for them.


Many an unwise parent works hard
and lives sparingly all his life, for the
purpose OF leaving enough To give his
children star: in tho world. as it is
called. Setting a young man aiioat
with money left him by his relatives
is like tying bIadders under the arms
of one who cannot SWIM ten chances
to one he will lose his bladders and 60
TO the bottom. Teach him to swim and
he will not need the bladders.


Give your children sound education.
Sec to it that their morals are pure.
their minds cultivated and their whole
souls made subscrvient TO the laws
which govern man. and you have given
them what will /, more valuable than
the wealth Of the Indies. You have
given them start which no misfortune
can deprive them of The earlier you
teach them TO depend on their own re-
sources and the blessing Of God the
better.
Year: 1877

X man by the name of Murray was arrest cd on Saturday last by ,hc Village Marshal on charge Of worihlesSness. was taken before Judge Cartier. fined $lO for being a yagrant, ard on default of being able to pay was required to remain in the city prison for 9 period of ten days, where he will smile on his good luck of procuring grub" for that period at the expense of the hard working class who pay the taxes. Put him in inc chain-gang if you have one, and if not let there be one organized and put a few more in who iniest tue city.
Year: 1877

John Ranger is in town from Date Creek where he tells us that everything is entirely burnt up. Grasses are breaking of near the root. and the indications are. unless rain comes soon, that stock-owners are going to have trouble in keeping their herds on the different stock ranges in that section.
Year: 1877

0choa and Buckalew's train from Sanford on the Gila, is due here tomorrow loaded with barley for the Government. In return it will take back to the lower country lot of government stores and finish up with lumber for their own use.
Year: 1877

L. Bashtorl & Co. have new advertise men; in this is.ue of the MINER. They havc one of the most extensive establish ments oa the Pacific Coast which by fair dealing they have built uP, and are deter mined to maintain the strong position they occupy as one of the leading mercantile houses of the country.
Year: 1877

We learn from Mir. Wiley that he still hss water sufficient 10 run his Clipper mill about seven hours per day Ho has had men sinking well. and thinks that he may be able tn procure water sufficient 10 make the regular l0-hour run daily.
Year: 1877

Must convince Them that it possesses great merit,


while the new and original method of its prepara a.
tion when studied with the disease, satisfies the
mind of any reasonable person that its method of
cure lie the true one.
Year: 1877

pendent movement may bo sold out, OR it
may be that they will be held together for
the purpose Of nominating and running a
ticket. But, in either case. it is expected
and intended that the movement shall event
uate in the interest of these same dema-
gogues who are running it. If they sell out,
they will reap the profits; if not, they will
be candidates for Office and the residuary leg
atees OF oil the perquisites. In neither case
Is there any other outlook for the working


men than that Of being used as tools in the
hands of unscrupulous and designing men,
nor any other prospect for taxpayers. in case
OF the success of the demagogues one wny or
the other, than that of being betrayed and
plundered worse than ever in county affairs.
Year: 1877

part, for the Northwestern admits that it
will not allow the rival corporation to
use those which it controls. and it is
practically impossible to reach those near
the mouth of tho river; but there is no
question that if the road chose it could get
the right Of way to the river, and there erect
or have built for it IN elevator Of its own.
So long as it fails to do that, or onits to
make IN effort to do it, tue presumption
must be that it is trying to compel tho grain
growers Of. the Northwest to ship their prod
uce to city in which its managers have n
special interest, and where they control all
the elevators but one.
Year: 1877

The comparative indifference with which


the contest at Creedmoor between the En-.


glish and American rlIe-teams, though


natural, has been observed with some sur
prise. There was time, when the Ameri.
can team went across the ocean, that there was
much excitement on the subject, and people
who Ind never handled rifle, even in a
shooting nggallery, waxed wnrm over the mer-
its OF the rival tennis and their styles of
shooting. But that warmth of feeling was
as short-1ived as most American emotions,
and the present strife does not cause heart
to throb or pulse to hutter,-at least in
the West. There is that interest which
always obtains where representatives Of two
nations are antagonists in any game or sport,
but it does not extend beyond n feeling Of
curiosity as to the result. It is gratifying to
know that the American team won, but it is
thesomo to read much concerning The de-
tails Of the shooting, and it would
not be heart-rending if the other
side were to carry off the laure1s.
All that the struggle appears to prove
is that this country can furnish half
dozen men who cau shoot more accurately
at oil ranges than the best six England has
been able to send over. Whether this is due
to the greater nerve Of the Americans, o bet
Ter style Of shooting, or their more thorough
acquaintance with the atmosphere, is some
thing the experts must sett tie it does not
change the fact that our fellows won. Nor
does last weeks shooting prove that John
Bulls representatives may not learn some
thing from their yictors, and come out ahead
when they again meet in friendly strife their
cousins hodwellon this side Of the Atlantic.
Year: 1877

On Sunday evening last DIR. 5. Todd, one
of the oldest and best known physicians III


Kansas City, was shockingly injured near his
residence al tue corner OF Walnut street and
Twelfth. About seven O'Clock two young
men who had been out riding In the country
came turning the corner from Twelfth street,
their horse going at a faster gait than the law
allows. The wheels of the buggy got caught
in some manner IN the horse railroad track,
and before the accident could be averted
over went the buggy, spilling the men in
"A heap They were considerably mixed I'D
and DIR. Todd ran out of his house TO assist the
men no Were Caught under the buggy, anu
CITING too near the heels of the struggling
horse was kicked in the face and terribly
wounded.


He Was at once carried into his house and
medical aid =. mt for. An examination being
made IL was found that his Jaw was fearfuily
shattered, being broken in two places, and q
piece of the bone was driven up into the
mouth The unfortunate man was so hurt
thai the bone could not be set until yesterday,
and during sunday night he lost good deal
OF blood. The doctor remembers but tile
concerning the ident ana has not been
able To talk since he was hurt. For weeks he
Will be Obliged to take all food through tube
inserted Into the mouth, and il will be Isany
months before he will have full Use Of the |
wounded member. He Is not very strong at |
the besl, and this accident may prove more |
SERIOUS than Is now expecteu--hdqsds Cay |
Journal
Year: 1877

If business Is not good with any Of
our readers, the only thing and best
fhiug for you to do is to work at once
aud make il So Do not look to con
gress or anybody else to do this or that
to improve business Remember that
YOU arc the architect of your own
tortuneStthat it is as you make it, good
or bad; and from yourself alone must
come the best relief IN any hour Of
difficulty. la order to effect this, you
must make your existence known by
keeping your name aud business con
stautly before the public, by means
of advertising in The COURIER, the
hest medium for your business. You
must attract trade, aud not imagine
( that it will seek you out. Do not
let your customers forget you, bur
! cons tnuriy remind them of your Ia
ciiries for business. Dn not place
the blame on tue times, if you are no
yourself up with the times, aud tn,
methods Of attracting trade aud doing
business. So advertise always
Year: 1877

The penalty for selling tones vote in
Kentucky is di,franchi>ement for life
IF some ambitious aspirants for Cor
oner knew the terrible risk some OF
their supporters were running, they
might haH in their mad effort to cor
rupt suffrage.
Year: 1877

THE pistol and bowie knife have
grown epidemic in Central Kentucky
That portion of the State is many
years behind Southern and Western
Kentucky in civilization a healthy
application of "rope" will improve
them.
Year: 1877

Conkling said to day that if this
kind Of thing was to 90 on it would
be bad ior-the Administration aud
hat unIe;s Key. Schurz aud Evar's
are 1ut out OF the Cabinet within sixty
days, there would be very little of the
Republican party lef,to work for or
live tor
Year: 1877

There are indications that Gen
Grant will be placed on the track for
the next Presidential race Gen
Boynton, writing on the Cincinnati
Gazette, says that the organizers
..believe that the triumph of the solid
South, and the prominent temperance
upon the political stage Of the leaders
Of the rebellion, will have so disgusted
the North long before the next
Republican Convention that such a
name as Grant will be needed by the
party. and that under his lead the
Republicans can conquer again.
Year: 1877

There Is every reason to believe that
while Hayes will stand by his Southern
policy, he will easily fad way to re
treat from the advanced and difhculI
ground Schuiz inveig!ed him into tax
ing on the civil service question = n
O. Times
Year: 1877

ORR river trade Stocking up As
the condition of the South improves.
it will grow better until something like
the old-time appearances ofTProsperity
may be perceived upon our wharve .
This is 70 mere fanciful speculation


but a condition of things Of which
those best acquainted with the relations
of cause aud effect already feel certain.
Year: 1877




The Russian soldiers are said to live and
hight almost wholly upon tea. The Cos
sacks often carry it about in the shane of
bricks, or rather tiles, which, before
hardening, are soaked in sleeps blood,
and boiled in milk, with the addition Of
flour, butter and salt, 50 as to constitute a
kind of soup. The passion of the Russian
for this beverage is simply astonishing. In
the depth of winter he will empty twenty
cups in succession, at nearly boiling point.
until he persplres at every pore, and then in
a state of excitement, rush out, roll in the
snow get up, and 60 OH TO the next similar
place of entertainment. So with the army.
With every group or circle of tents travels
the invariable teascauldron, suspended
from tripod; and it would be vain to
think of computing how many times each
soldiers pannikin is filed upon halt. 1t
is his first idea. Frequently he carries it
cold in copper case, as solace upon the
march.
Year: 1877

young gentleman who has been teach.
ing school in Tennessee, but who prefers
ease and comfort and plenty of money 10 a
HE OF toll, has opened his heart in the
presence of Western editor. "To be an
editor" he sighs, "to sit in an elegant
sanctum, with nothing to do but write
when felt like it, to have plenty of money
ana so when and where please free Of
cost, and lead the editors quiet life of ease.
without care or trouble of any sort, is the
height of my ambition"