Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-15

THE MOST NorlcEABLe FEATURE
or coNsTAkTihoPle.

THE MOST NOTICEABLE FEATURE
or coNsrAkTikoPlE.
Tea Can Scarcely Stir : vara withsus
Ensonptsssns = Ps~h Of Hsngsy so
Cswardly CANNES How They consssus
+ - livs - Mystery
II we had in the streets Of New York
one-tenth the dogs they have in Con-
stantinople what row we should make
about It. How the public would riss and
rage. what fault everybody would iud.
what leading articles would bswritten
on the subject. how the board Of health
would be buried under al avalanche Of
complaints and what eioqnencs and reso-
lutions would b. poured out 1t public
meetings to denounce the canine uui-
eance
There would Of course b much said
on the other side. also. and ! new energy
wonld be shown in the philauthropic
spirit that organizes societies tor tie
protection Of unpopular things.
It Is just possible that II We had In
herited million street dogs Is an insti-
tuition. II we had grown up with them
all around MS and were ~ much used to
them ~ We are to peanut stands and
lalnpposts; II we could revere them =
the dogs Of our da1ldies. We might
stand them. for hardly any people takes
with more grxce than we do the nui-
sancea to which we are accustomed
AIDS TO xJRKKT CLEANING.
Perhaps also. million street doRs
would have seine influential friends ID
and near the city hall. for they would
solve the great garbage problem. One
thousand cartInaals = day Of garbage
that has to liz carried away and dumped
makes Ing hole in the money voted for
the commissioner of street cleaning. and
II there were system by which all that
gartmge suuId lie converted into yellow
dog ON the slA,t. and could trot ID wag
ging its tail. not COSTING the commits
sloner n cent il il evident that that hon
orable gentleman would t,e worse than
y heathen il he did not come ont strong
in defense OF this noble aud useful ami
NAL /"
say that the garbage might trot of
wagging its tail speaking after the
manner Of those accustomed to the dog
~ WE know INN hut the dog u Con
stantinopi~ does not wag hiH tail Either
that txl,ressiun Of canine satisfaction IL
unknawn in his latitude. or life IN too
serlous for indulgence IN such trIvlalt
ties The dog has n gtsni tail. but It's re-
latlon to happy mUWls Of dog life Is mn
known-malniy. perhaps. because there
are nO xnch ln,NNlA
One Of the common lines Ia the daily
reports touches things in sight. cotton
in sight. 'siiver in sight, etc If any
reporter should be required to give an
account OF the dogs in sight" in Con
stantinople ut any given moment his
troubles would begin Naturally. it is a
movable quantity. and, as with very
tall column Of figures. you get differ
ent result every time you add it up
Stop in the street anywhere. and at any
moment. and the number will never be
less than dozen and may be twenty
They are nearly all asleep Four or five
are on the sidewalk on each side the
way. Some slowed close up by the wall,
some anywhere along the middle. and
others are in the roadway. others in the
cutters, which are dry. or else fairly in
the middle Just where the carts. cabs or
other vehicles may rattle along ut any
instant. Here and there half a dozen
may be on foot. but never on the alert
for even those that are awake and are 80
presumably under the influence Of hun
ger stand around with a lazy. listless
sluggish air of total dissatisfaction-or
at least of supreme Indifference to all
the incidents of life.
These dogs are permanently in state
Of starvation. Nobody feeds them. and
there is marvelously little waste from
the kitchens of the people, SO that the
refuse that goes into the street is mostly
very bare bones or the other inedible ele
ments of food. Cpon this the multitude
of dogs must live. and the stealthy avid
ity with which they will rush to lick up
even grease spot on the pavement where
some little shopkeepers soup, cooking in
front Of his door, has boiled over. tells
wildly the rage of hunger from which
they are always suffering. These packs
of dogs thus starved would eat the peo
pie themselves if they had the courage
of any good canine race.
THEIR IMPLAcABLE FOE
The dogs seem to have one recognized
enemy-this is the two footed scayenger
who goes about with basket and long
iron hook gathering bones. etc They
Seem to understand that he divides with
them the treasures of the garbage heap
and they set up general howl of rage
when he comes near. But they keep
well ont of reach of his long iron hook
| Him they ,ietest ~ a rival and II robber
but they have not the courage of their
detestation never saw them look
even With rage upon any other human
creature. but they are afaaid of him all
the same
Their general condition is bad enough
but to Ser them upon cold rainy day is
pitiable picture From whatever dry
or warm corners they may find tor them
selves they are forced by hunger. and
the poor result of their hunt for ii bone
does not help to keep them warm. and
with the misery Of wei au,l cold added
to that of starvation they return To find
their warm places taken by Others who
were before without even that little coui
| fort Only n stoiit! hrartless. brutal PEG
pie would consent To see so much MISERY
around anu about them at all times.