Las Vegas Gazette, 1872-11-09

Xo one ever saw a starved ccyote. lie does not confine himself to any particular diet, and wherever he may wander or rest, he is evidently always thinking of his next iual. He would distinguish himself by stealing domestic fowls, only there are none in his dominion to steal. But. he does not abandon his occupation on that, account. He has the Chinaniin'8 fancy for bird's nests, and he follows the mountain oual to her bundle of twigs, and daintily laps the inner sweets of a, íiozen eggs, and retires like a man from a free lunch, slily licking his chops. In the deail hours of the night he creeps upon the c.ivey resting in the coarse grass, their tails together and their heads beneath their wings: even the wary oid whistler who leads, and guards his interesting family daily over the intricate miles of their habitat himself sound aslep; and throwing his sprawling fore paws suddenly over as many as he can leaves the rest to whirr screaming away in the darkness, and le.irti from him a useful lesson offimily viil.onco iu the futuro. 'The Jackass rabbit, doomed, to fame, partly on account of swiftness, but mainly because of bis ;.;r"!: qne auricular develop develop-menfv - menfv develop-menfv frequently fulls a victim to the strate strategy - gy strategy of this marauder, at whom, under ordin ary circamst antes, he might be supposed to sit upon his hinder legs and derisively smile. Ja--k is sometimes -0 incautious as to be tempted by a, damp and shady nock, to lie upon his back like a squirrel, and with his cars conveniently doubled under him, and his guunt legs in the air, to too soundly sleep. Then tho coyote cieeps cautiously upon 1 ira, licking his lips, and as quiet as to voice as though ne had never waked the lugubrious ech ic. He may spend an hour in the task, and finally h-j makes a spring net the less npid because it is nwkward, and the poo.- rabbit takes his last lesson iu gnawing uVijee: ively T l.e virtue of pnvjvcranct shines brightly in the cm-.it... All these tilings require en inexhaustible fund of patience. Of course lie tails in many of his murderous attempts, but r.ono the less dues he fy again. There is u, notably instance in which this quality alone brings him victory, urd that is in his contest wii'i the bulfalo- In this, since the supply of meat will necessarily be large, ho cakes common cause with all his. hungry neighbors. 'The old bull, aftr many years ol'lerdorshi?. after becoming tho fnhia- of a borle oí unfruitful descendants, is finally driven forth from die herd by the strong neckband ambitnti of his younger associates, and rumiiie.t'.'H wall two or three supcranu supcranu-ated - ated supcranu-ated mates, while the herd wanders afar enf forgetful. Then the coyotes take him in charge. V. lierevdf he goes they hungrily follow. Ho dat e not lie down, ami weari weari-net - net weari-net s helps to overcome him. finally they La'gin to harass him openly and with increas increasing - ing increasing boldness. A gray a.ssascin is upon every baud. The bud'ulo is too impet tur tur-able - able tur-able a brute to ever succumb to mero bitrk iug. and Lis enemies begin to actually bite. The couic;t may last for many days, mid be fought ovev a territory several miles in ex extent. - tent. extent. Thu old monster is crippled and finally brought d-.wii. and a snarling fer.st is commenced, wkiji continues until the last bone is picked bare. Jv.:t all the ftoyote's other modes of ob obtaining - taining obtaining a livuüLínd are mere byplay to the great busimtss of Ids life, which is "stealing, l or a long. ti.no it has been supposed that a cat approaches cream-jar, and a weasel intent upon counted egts, were the ideals of sly cunning and predatory silence, liut in the exhibition of a preternatural talent for silent appropriation, the coyote excels all the sharp smelling and light foot night wandererst besides. He has a remarkable nuvhdnt fur harness, raw-hide and boots. He gnaws the Uisted 1 .riet from the pony's neck, and bodily drags away the. sadulo and chews it be ond recognition hy the owt.tr. He enters thu opn barrack window and st'vt the utC'iutrctnctits from the e:ddierss ted-post, and the shoes from ba ba-nt - nt ba-nt atb bis pillow. He will walk backward acd draw a dry raw hide, hard and juicelcis as a board, n mile fiotn whcie he found it. Jt would ieciu thai l.u di.l not steal these things tor lood alune. In the majority of cases they are beyond the masliuation even e.fa coyote's re.iths j.iws. He steals as some men do, becausi) he in a born criminal. Ho is largely gifted wi h the sense of pnicll, .ni the savory order of tlie camp lire lryin, lryin,-pan - pan lryin,-pan reaches his appreciative olfactories a luiig.way off- V drooping tail nnd low lowered - ered lowered he id he ci nn s btaai'hdy near like a thievish dog. andbls appearance in the bark bark-ness - ness bark-ness is the very jiictuiii of treachery.' He is pa'icnt, aoU will net bo drivt-n far, but cruucle 9 dovi, a hundred jwrds away, eud long'tifly licks his bps and waits, 'j hen Iiis.tirt'areti so. ntly co i:t, nnd erejong the little bright f;rc and the tird, lounging lipurcs aio.in.l ii are m-r )ji.d.-1 by a c -ry-don oí pa.ieiit, harinlet-i, hungry thieves who lick their Jaws and faia'.iy wbiuo in expi elation. 'J hi-se are tii? titn-s. and only these, when th-. i-oyjie is nil-tit. f'pi.n ail otiier occa occa-sions - sions occa-sions ids voiei is l.ií pti i an 1 j;! ry, and h-tlir.iwí b ick his I ci 1 in the extacy of liirCoi !, nnd gives i t.j t're wind and the night In a r.ij-i I s a-.-esjion of dis'Ordiint yc!s, vio.-h .- -'.ni tt -!' I !, ior hours tog-'h-tr. lod.-eii, tin' ci )oh-'s f..rk i. the j,ro. niiaent feu'-.i.- I" i.ll.t tn ihe -ild;riiM-To cue nn.it'eu-Ver -J ) ', rn ;. i irap ig. v.V.n. Ic. (-t i e I the Kno-ti-dge .l the

make the valleys to ir .i.'.',! and his voice rati'lit. almost shake the Hi's, lie last spfnus his life in galloping, butting sand banks and eatir Msfccittüy docs ii : affeet the latter, Lis lit ; is one long process of deglutition and rumination. Hi: never stole anything. Ho i.cver made tlie moon-lit hours hideous from love of otwi vi.icc. Lie is so dull as t be incapable of sell' dof. use. .'-"ne buu n groat lioody would deliberately run iogslde ofa frlow going ranroad tram, tone shot by kid glove sportsmen; and evea 1 y Women, three i.t jjt;r score times in the l acle niii m,vu' ininiuttd pocket pistols. The stupidity f liis v.hol': family is illustrated eveiy day 1.) the goui.-tless b'e'Puhing skulls, and brown tufts of faded hair, Avliic'i mar'.; his death at the hands of people ti, whom tlej riding ofa niu'iiiig would bean imprissibly ihing, an 1 the djatli ofa timorens liar;, a jirodigy of fkill and cunning, lie has been killed 111 coumless thousands thus, within pistol shot ofa track over which with shrink and roar, four trains a day pass, freighted with pii"v enemies who would never see, much :ess kirn, if he would only betake himself to the fastness of tirj wild ratss ihieh Las been his from time immemorial. Not co his companion and actual master the coyote. He will lengthen out i.ho du.v? of hk life, until his voice fo n !s hollow and lliin end aged, in the watch -a of the uih:, Nothing less than iaiiivt:; pains add insidi insidious - ous insidious strychnine will end his va::!--j life. As his gray hack moves s!owly along at a It.isui'ily tn.t, above tho reels and coarse grass, aid he tutus Lis sly face over his shoulder to regard you, he n-is immedi immediately - ately immediately wii'.'lLcr or not you have v.iih you a gnu. The coyote is a relLctive biule, and has an in.piiiing mind. Only couviuco him of the fact that you are unarmed, ai.d he iiroeeods to interview 3 on in a way v. iiic'i for polite politeness - ness politeness and uuohtra.sivcness is recommended asa model to more intelligent and also more obtrusivj animals. As be .-its himself com com-plarcutly - plarcutly com-plarcutly do.ni upon his tail at tho sunin.it of the neatest Knoll, and lolls his re.l tongue, and seems to wink in your direction, he is so much like his cousin, the dog, that you can hardly refrain from whistling to him. Make any hostile demonstration, anl he moves a few paces further nH sift "down again. Lie d jwn in the gras, and remai'i ipiiet for an hoir, and fy slyly watching him from the cgrner of your ejv, you wid dis cov( r ill it he has been joined by half dozen of his brethren anil friend . Siowly thfy co'iie nearer and nearer. J hey uro cautiously c-ccj.ihg upon all sides X you. Our curious f.ieud has an object in thw, outaiie ,f mere feolich cuiiosuy. He is ions ions of the frailty of life, and knows that all flesh is grass, and no wants to ii.al out fir. t, if you are dead, and second, sup sup-j.esini; - j.esini; sup-j.esini; you are not, if ih. re is anything e! ;c in your neighboi hood that i-t eataole. You rise up in sudden indignation and scr.re tho committee away. In that cae you h.-ve offended thecoyotu family dn.jdy, and th'-y reti'u to ! Eiifc din (l'.ee nr..! ' at If r-....v. l,.-. ly anil th'y Lave booted you out of the1 iifitiil orlioorl. I hat 11 gal Ih and Lis companion-, w.U probably c Mite ai'd f p.l 1 he - traps frji.i you .'at'dl-;. th ; meat f.-om i;e f yn.g j an, and poüay i!o n tho pan. and t! C boi U from fo ir I ;.si ,c. Ndtiiing tliiit was uiiin-illy d. ri.e.l frot.i ..ita.il organi organization, - zation, organization, or has tint luint.-st flavor f'ftrr"ac ciiiCi iimissto Liiu. 1 broach n th .i:i. :i'.ni in this tr.inily Lhto.7. iIim '.i-po-.i lion to gnaw somethin,; rt'na.ns unchaiij.ed. 1 ie ic 1x1 mor ; f 1: uiidabie i:riuy oí i.ory luán i.., a'i l ft:s f. .le t if-cire i-i l.f.- is, tvfr to have Enibitg rancid Let tea Lis' f"t:li. 1 Lore a a 'istsr.t c--U it"rnl 1 ranch of th'u cxlctisivo laaoi), wtntll Las ful a,-s b.en ifited for in .!....; 1,4 rucdity. 1 he Gut beast with sid' h th j cliild l.t-orr.- i.tiiiialely acjuainu A 1 th j 1 X. lie lias illuetr-!t.-j nn t- piepy f'ib limn all ,,h-?r Le-il.;; heiiasLejutiued tnnte '"bo,i?) end brougnt nut a..-re Hf.ij.ic iki'J. Inr Inr-alii - alii Inr-alii be Kisic-(if .9s b u 010 advnnt.-ce over 't a pm-ritp. i.nri ti...t ..uní.. 1.'? ..... ... I.. i d Wtfti Cíl of'foot. llis blUfh M fio Urj,ti in ! Ims.i.cr, i.a 1 l.is ror t nr tliK'; r. l't j j-I - I j-I 'r nci'b-r of t -ese rival n li.c tú-a-.. of'tUa .u,; tali I j .r wi 1 1 lai n Iojk:'oii Iojk:'oii-tA - tA Iojk:'oii-tA L'tutir. üiiiI c .t..i.lei i: it .i., b... i ' i.. j fe co;jte i? th" beU. r b -a-t of thu two, u, e j-. r.i uiar line lor wu.cu laej- re a;i uif't.lgtiiihe.i. C. t'ie gi.:-.t fl ,i.is f Co'.'.rado and iih-Hit, ndiu the ooj itiins nf Kw Mciicu, olo if ruzzieU to Ido where a Usl wvvr in fi-rocity and to slov nf f.Hit, can poEiibiy obtain hit dsilr mat. lis truth u that Le Las to lire by ku rttr

The new born EnlLsh aristocrat reooivcs as soon as born a lit Lio beii v.-i I It i hard mattress . Fi'om its ear ear-ik'Et - ik'Et ear-ik'Et fti'J it is taken, wramlv wrap peil, into the open cir. After the first year its meals uro reduced to thief, and this rule Í3 so unchangeable that no chihl thinks olequiring anytlios morn; an 1 fcom this time its food is of rich railk and bread uini butter and "pod meat. After breakfast it remains several hours irt tho open air and then sleeps. The whole after-, r.ccti 3 passed outside. From eailiest childhood the children of the aristo cracy wear short decves, and often the knee is left bare, though the ex- tremitics are clothed in tho wannest manner. At five years of a;je they be;in to dance. Never are English children intrusted to tho care of a. young nursery maid, but to an elder elderly, - ly, elderly, experienced person, under whose direction they constantly are. As soon as the young irl goes to school, the carri age of the head and shoulder becomes an object of attention, and under a o circumstances is she per mitted to sit otherwise than upright. "Mr child grow3 but once," sajs an Engliohiaoth.T, "and therefore noth nothing - ing nothing is so important us her physical development. Everything else can be acquired later." An English child rises at seven, breakfasts at eight, dines at one. sups at seven, and at nine o'clock poep to bed. Until twelve yccrsofasrc they pass the greater part of the day iu thu open air, with only about four hours iaen tal work. Detroit Free Prus. "Vv'hat's the matter, lhuV Sam, who am 1?" by, you arc vour?cif,Lob Har rison, an't you?" "No; far from it?" IFby. what's the matter?" "Well, sir, I'm so mixed up, I don'l know who I am:" "Don t tako it so bard to heart." "I an't; i'ra taking it in my hand handkerchief.'' - kerchief.'' handkerchief.'' "Well, k-, what's the matter?" "Vv'hy. I'i.i married." Married! ha! ha! ha! Why, sir you should be liappv." "Ve?, but I ain't." Vliy, nil married men arc sup posed to be happy." "lt', Lut hur many arc so.. "Vt!!, sir, tu I haul before, don't tüke it sfj hard tell u all about it." "VVJ, ría tn, te'd vn;i bow it i". Yon pee I m-irrio-I f v i Mcr, ai.d th3 vid'l-r had a d ut t'-r." ( ye ! I s -c hr.v i j. Yon have he-'n tii ikin W;-i to tids d.iuHiter." "No! f-rsc l'mi thr.t. Vottíceiny fitlitr vn3 widower, aid be marri married - ed married tÍ3 d jt'ghter, eo thst jji3K?j ny father my eun-in 1 iw, do't it? VvV, don't you seo hotr I'm tnixu-1 up?" "Well, ir, u that a!!?" "No, I OTily wifh it wa. Don't you ee, my step-dsughtor i my étep-mi ther. ar;,t she? UV1!, fhen. hrr m tb?r i my rrandrnotlier, an't Rñe? Well, I'm narricd to her, an't I ? that make corny oiu grand father, doess't it?" Suhcribc fcr the Gazltie.

port Republican. The greatest man, ''tike him" for all" of the last hundred years, waa George Fushmgton an Actio: ican. The rreatest metaphysician was Jonathan Edwards, an American, Tho greatest natural imilosonlier was Benjamin Franklin un Amcr Amcr-nean. - nean. Amcr-nean. The greatest of living sculptors is Hiram Powers, an American. The jreatcfit writer of law. in the English lanu3"e, for the present century, was Judge Story, an Amer American. - ican. American. The prettiest or.itor3 that ever üvedwere Cluy, Calhoun and Web's titer all Americans. The greatest of livinz historians nre George Bancroft and William II. t rescott, bota Americans. There has beoti no English writer o in the present ago whose works hevo been marked with r.iorc humor, moro refinement, or more grace than thosa ot Vv ailungtori Irving, an American. Ihe greatest lexicographer aud philologist since thet'me of Johnson was Njr.h Webster an American. The inventors whose works Lavo been productive of the greatest aruount of happincs3 to mankind in the last century, were O odfrey 1 itch. F ulton, and Whitney, all Americans. day County Independent. A Scrub-hcaued bov. hivín- been T brought before the court as a witnens. j the following very amusing rolloquy ensueo : "Where do you live?" the Judgo lmuirea. "Live with my mother." "When does your mother live?" "She lives with father." " IFhcrc does ho live?" "He lives with the old folks." " Where do thev live?" aavs tho Judge getting very red, as an audible litter goes round the room. "They live at home." "Where in tho thunder U your home?" "That's whore I'm from." said the boy, sticking bis tongue in tho cor nor of hn cheek ami slowly closing one eye on the Judgo. "IIeh?.Mr. Constabl", take this witness ort ind tell him to travel; he evidnjt'.y docs not know nature of an oath," A German pott has recently writ ten a torching poem, in which tLo Loro is represented a devoured by t n align tor, under a pain trpo on tho shore of Lake Eri?, in America. The heroine hearj of tho terrible f.ito of her lover kwn in the c-tzuJcs of Florida, r.enr lúa banks of Lakó Suprrhr, whir.? ih?ii living, end ru.hcs dcTn To Like Krie and !i;3 in wait fcr that encodi'e; cap- tures hiui, extracts thiones cf her L'-id lover, purcl at3 ti rck coffin, at.d Ins Lim h.'rrcl ii Gre"ttro.')J Ccmtt.-ry. in New Yeik, in the ttj of Lo'ii. Tho poem i truly affecting. Vinrctirttt San. A St. Jw man i to tali that ho has lo get ot bisktioci to scratch hi head. rit, Louia GLLe. Two twin 1 its in IFarrin cOnntr, Ind.. 2'1 jcriri nr tcodl 'axel for by z cotlcr of CO.

four little brown colored, stupid looking cubs, lasily enjoying the early warmth. At the slightest alarm they tumble with more alacrity than gracefuluess into the mount of the den, from which the- never wander far and many an hour's patient digging will not unearth them. Not far off may be seen the mother, uneasily watching the course of the intruder's footsteps; But provision for a family is not carried so far amont; the coyo coyotes - tes coyotes as it .s in the fox family. There are no delicate morsels carried to the den, and the adolescent thief must subsist upon his moth mother's - er's mother's scanty udders until he has attained his teeth and his voice, when he is launched npon the wilderness world fully prepared by nature and intiinet aud theft, and to follow in the devious ways of his ancestors. Here is a brute which in entitled to re spect from his very persistence) and patience in knavery. Contemptible in person and countless in numbers, he forages fatness fr Jin things despise.), of all other. I'e is patient in his cunning, persevering in crime and Independent of all resources except his own. He is utterly careles of the con contempt - tempt contempt which all other beasts seem to have f r him. waiting for his revenge for the time of their feebleness and deci.y . dice all cow cowards, - ards, cowards, he can fight desperately whim he must and tho borderer's dogs wear many ugly scars of his making. V'iiter and summer, in heat and cold, he wags liis'alongtlie prai prairie - rie prairie path with tho same drooping, quick-turning, wnteheful head; tho sane? lolling red tongue, the same bushy tail trailing behind; ever mindful ofa coyote's affairs, ever look looking - ing looking for supper, the figure-head tho feature, the representative of tho broad end silent country of which he comes more nearly be being - ing being master than any other. J. HI k-'.lt.

From the Rocky Mountriu IJerald. COYOTES. He has been called an "outcast" by a notorious poet. He is univeraally conceded to be a bneak, a thief and an arrant coward. He isa worthless vagabond; a wandirer of nights and a lierby by day: a disipated wretch in whose whole history there is not one re redeeming - deeming redeeming fact. He has a very extensive con connection - nection connection but no family. He is disowned by the dogs, and not recognized at all. by re respectable - spectable respectable loxex. The gaunt gray wolf who sends bis hoarse voica across the ravine, in a howl the most dismal and harrowing that ever disturbed midnight and silence, will have nó fellowship with the little thief who seems to have stolen his gruv coat, and would fain be counted among his poor rthi- titltlS. And yet the coyote is the representative aiiimal of te border. It is his triangular and elongated visage; his sharp muzzle, lit ted lor the easy investigation of the smallest, aperture into other peoples' affair; his nblr qa0, expressionless eyes, which should hav a place in the adonmu nt 11.-; cscutchuens, mal the embellishment of littlo pages. The buffalo, v.iio is his successful rival in such matters, occupies the place beenns his shag shaggy - gy shaggy stupid head is big Tl.(3 bu:U.;o' is net. the representative of any thing but stupidity and ponJero.'dt.y He has roamed in count countless - less countless ' thousands here, for hundreds of years, and during ail that time Lo has necr even bellowed. 1 here is 110 amount of pleasure, excitement, anger or love, v.iih him to make a r-c;.iid. That grc-Lt trniannnt of lung-i and throai and nostrils is good for mi'ihi'HMii acoustics, and whih ho !'i"ht

The Fort Scott (Ks.) Monitor rc lates the following sad story of an accident on the Missouri, Kansas aud Texas railroad last Week; 'Atrain bound for Texas had on board a large number of travelers and emigrants, among them a lady with a little boy nged seven years, who had the ague. Vhen about sixty miles below the Stnto line the little boy who had been walking about the car during tho evening, fell off. This was not known by the mother until the traia had gono two miles and the lady Bought the conduccor1 , and aked bin to back train, which he refused to do. The lady then asked him to stop the iraiu, and let her off, which ho also refused to do. and, in spite of her tears and entreaties, carried her down to tho next station, where she was compel- led to stay over night, and wait, for the up train tho next morning. On returning the boy Vas found. lie bad crawled up the embankment among tho grass, and resting hi j head among the wild flow era, and drench el with the terrific thunder-storm of Fridav night, he was dead. Hoelc