Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-02
THE DOGS A NUS SANCE
The MOST NOTICEABLE FEATURE
or coNsTA AN riNoP e.

10 Tive u u Mystery.
| II we mad IN the streets of New York
One-tenth the dogs they have in Con.
stantinople what row we should make
sbout IT. How the public would rise and
| rage, what fault everybody would find
what leading articles would be written
| On the subject, how the board OF health
| would be- buried under an avalanche OF
complaints and what eloqnende and reso-
lutions would be poured out at public
meetings TO denounce the canine nui-
| sance
There would OF course be much said
On the other side. also, and new energy
would be shown in the philanthropic
spirit that organizes societies for the
protection OF unpopular things
II is just possible that il we had in
herited "A million street dogs rs an insti.
| tuition. II we had grown up with them
| al around us and were as much used 10
| them as we are to peanut stands and
lampposts, II we could revere them as
the dogs Of our daddies," we might
stand them. for hardly any people takes
with more grace than we do the nui-
sances TO which we are accustomed
AIDS TO STREET CLEANING.
Perhaps also a million street dogs
would have some influential friends in
and near the city hail. for they would
solve the great garbage problem, One
| Thousand carloads day bf garbage
that has 10 br carried away and dumped
makes "A big hole in the money voted for
| tina ,.otn,nisstnnar ~ str....t ..l.l,,ui,., a,d
If there were system by which all that
garbage could be converted nto yellow
dog on the spot. and could tfot of wag.
ging its tail. not costing tile commits.
sioner "a cent It is evident that that hon.
Orabie gentleman would be worse than
heather II he did not come out strong
in defense Of "this noble and useful ami.
NAL
! say that the garbage might trot of
wagging its tail speaking after the
manner Of those accustomed to the dog
rs we know him But the dog of Con.
stantinople does not wag his tail Either
that expression of canine satisfaction is
unknown IN his latitude. OF life is too
serious for indulgence IN such trivial.
ties The dog has good tail. but its TO
lation TO happy moods Of dog life is un.
known-mainly perhaps. because there
are no such moods
One of the common lines ia the daily
reports touches things In sigllt-"cotton
IN sight, "silver in sight" etc II any
reporter should be required to give an
account Of the dogs in sight" In Con.
stantinople at any given moment his
troubles would begin Naturally. il is a
movable quantity. and. as with very
tall column OF figures. you get differ
ent result every time you add 1t 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 at any
instant. Here and there half 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 lazy. listless
sluggish air OF total dissati4faction--or
At least OF supreme Indifference to all
the incidents OF life.
These dogs are permanently in a state
of starvation Nobody feeds them, and
there is marvelously little waste from
the kitchens Of the people, DO that the
refuse that goes into the street Is mostly
very bare bones or the other nedible ele
ments Of food Upon this the multitude
5f 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 shopkeeper's sour. cooking in
front Of his door, has boiled over. tells
viyidly the rage OF hunger from which
they are always suffering These packs
Of dogs thus starved would eat the peo
pie themselves IL they had the courage
Of any good canine race.
THEIR IMPIAcABLK roe
The dogs seem To have one recognized
enemy-this Is the two footed scavenger
who goes about with basket aud long
iron hook gathering bones, etc. They
seem To understand that be divides with
them the treasures Of the garbage heap
and they set up a general howl Of rage
when he comes uear But they keep
well out of reach OF his long iron hook
Him they detrst as rival ahd "A robber
Dut 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,
out to see them upon cold. rainy day is
pitiable picture From whatever dry
1r warm corners they may hhd tor them
selves they are forced by hunger, and
he poor result Of their hunt for bone
does not help TO keep them warm. and
with the misery Of wet and cold added
10 that Of starvation they return to find
their warm places taken by others who
were before without even that little com.
lori. Only a stolid, heartlesa, brutal peo-
pie would consent 10 see so much misery
around and about them at all times
The dog Of Constantinople is what We
should call "a yaller dog. The preva
lent color Is a tawny. dull yellow, rather
lighter than the tan in our black anC
an dogs. He has long hair, but IL i,
not long enough to give him a rough OF
! shaggy coat. His nose is sharp, his tai
IS bushy and he is about the size Of
coyote. His aspect Is AT once wicked and
mean. and Ids general expression touches
any and every point between the look oi
, fox and a wolf but never has the