The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-01-16
writssa for THR ARKANsAw TRAVELLER.
 NEW YORK LETTER.
BY ALEX. E. SWEET.

The dogs up in this end of the United States are prolific source of considera ble uneasiness justnow. They have con trao,ed the habit of going mad. Wher dog has been seized with the rabies he is as importunate as bill collector. No body is safe. Over in Newark, one o them chased the president of bank three times around block. This has put peo pie to thinking seriously about appl, ing the pruning knife of reform to this grow ing nuisance.
 New York is great place for dogs Every style of dog ever invented is num- erously represented on the streets of New York, from the aristocratic spaniel with Q brass.mounted collar, and his mono gram on 1t, to the stray yellow dog with tin can tied to his continuation. As you walk down Fifth avenue you look at carriage, driven by magni6 gently liveried coachman.
 N. B.-By the expression "nAgni6- centlY iveried coachman," don't mean driver with magnificent liver, but one clad in magnificent suit of livery.
 Well, you look at the passing vehicle, and you see in the window, what, at first, seems to be one of those English noble men of the Lord Dundreary stripe, with side whiskers. All that is lacking is the eye-glass and the drawl. New York is overrun with this particular kind of duke A second glance reveals the fact that the head at the window of the carriage be- longs to one of the Skye terriers.
 You pass on, musing on the probability of the Darwinian theory being true, after all, when you suddenly step off sideways to make room for one of these white, thoroughbred bull dogs, with bloodsho, eyes, that is tugging at chain, at the ether end of which Is one of these short haired Bowery toughs, with whom Nast's pencil has made tho world familiar. The brute shows his teeth, and has got no muzzle on, but as he surges towards you, you sigh to put muzrle on him. The muzzle of shotgun would fit him best.
 A few minutes later you meet deli cate-loooking dudine wearing eye glass sos, usually for mere affecta.isn, and leading a dog as big as a calf. It leoks as if he =, ;cht h> n C;ha~;,~ h1oodhouuJ Th.~. is no doubt about the woman who is lead ing the animal. She is fool for lack ef sense.
 Another breed of dog that seems to be great favorite with the softer sex of New York is the pug. He is always disgust ingly fat aAd ugly beyond description. As he waddles along he reminds one of a potato with four matches for legs.
 GreyhoaAds are much affected by dudes, and sstters and pointers can be seen sitting In the windows. Some of these animals wear costly blankets, and ara led out every day by servants to take their constitutional walks for the benefit oi their canine heal.hs.
 As l said, every style of dog that has ever been invented can be seen on the streets of New York. Even the tooth some, no-hair Pelon dogs of the Mexican, of which they arc very fond, in the shape of tamales, prevail to an alarming extent, as does the diminutive Chihuahua dog, scarcely bigger than kitten. Some of the dogs arc magnificent animals, bat that Is no great source of comfort to the person who contracts hydrophobia. For this reason, in the future, the muzzlsd dog will be arrested and filed away for future reference in East river. The recent cases of hydrophobia in New .rsey have made people nervous, and even the cast-iron dogs that arc exhibited In some windows, are viewed with distrust.
 NEW YEAR DAY.
 Not so many New Years calls as usual were made this year. except at the station houses. In polite society the habit of having young men calling around, and making bonded warehouses ot their