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Show SillliWALK OWMTlU't'l'lONS. T!i Corner Cants Ought to ho Made to Move on. To tiik Fpitoii of The Timks: Obstrnctions to tlio sidewalks are eqiiia'eut toobstruetions of tho streets or other lilKliways. t A tlozen "bonis" will eaure ns much obstruction obstruc-tion upon a stroot corner as an eounl if not urcater pile of debris in the streets. If a pile of refuse ho considered n nuisance in the streets, a score of "bunts" fixed upon a corner so thick that nithiiig but a stout heart, and stouter muscular ability, can force a passnce UirouKli, must be consider! equally repugnant. (loilh '-Pitts' corner is a resort for "bums" little "bums" and Ihk "bums," all kind of 'liuins" Bud "hobos." i'he cold winter blasts nnd the scfl rays of spriiiK sun, have no more offset upon them than does our blue coat brigade who are either afraid of litirtinK thoirteniler fwlinKs or l ave so vitiated their vitality in think movements move-ments upon the soiled doves of the "House of llsher," as to be unable to move this debris from its moorings, lf one half of the s;.me minions dexterity whs nsinl in proventimt the bems from hUtrktidiiiK tho streets, as is ust d iiKainst this lat-t lat-t r weakness to social prodominnnoe-possihly r,tMcUible citizens, male and female, would lie able to w.-dk uHii tlie streets iu tho exercise of their d'iily avis'ations without bing oompelloil to run a Kauntlet of bums and ringtails upon every street corner. lf this lie one of those evils which r patti nt community must submit to either with an inability in-ability on the part of the city Kovernment to cosi with or the want of desire to interfere wilh, it remains to reduce tho nuisance to its lowest ebb by the lieoplo themselves. Now then, il IiimIIh-1 itts' corner anil this corner is no exception-is to lie sanctioned as a retreat for hums and loafers, it would aiiKKeet itself as be-inK be-inK ndvisJihle for tlie authorities to twke up a ci.iiM'tion in tlie immediate vicinity for the purchase pur-chase of rublMT blankets, cots or hammocks, that this tolerated miisance may be driven the full lienetit of symilnthy ami comfort. As an evidence then of their gratitude they miht consume less room upon the streets and leave a Knnirway through which citizens may puss. C'lTiuKM, |