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The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25
Il. N. Ford, in St. Nicholas for June.
The Fresh-Air Fund.

Close by the river, at the foot Of dismal
street, stands big shed, in which eighteen
families eat and sleep. 1t is quarter of
New York where decent people are seldom
seen. On every side there are shanties and
rookeries, and the air is heavy with sicken-
ing smells from slaughter houses. Dirt is
everywhere: foul o0ze Of garbage and
standing water in the gutter; solid layers of
dust in dark entries which are never
scratched by broom; heaps Of unclean
straw serving for pillow and bed in the clos
cts which are known as bedrooms; and
thick coatings of CRIME, ancient and modern
on the hands and faces Of the children
swarming about the door-ways, as we'll as in
the shreds, tatters and patches with which
they are scantily clothed. The midsummer
sun heats up the piles of refuse until they
steam with foul vapors, which are caught
up by the windows; and when the doors
leading into the halls are opened for a
draught Of fresh-air, there is still sitting
sense of closeness and dampness which makes
the babies sneeze and the mothers cough.
The long wooden building, with Its three
floors and ricke.y staircases, is SO unsteady
and tottering that one who watches it in the
noontime heat of July day fairly holds his
breath, expecting to hear a sudden crash
and to see its ragged roof and dingy walls
fall 70 pieces, disappearing in cloud of
dust.
That ugly shed Is known as "The Bar
racks" Rubbish heap though it be, 1t con-
tains within its patched and Shiny shell
eighteen homes, with as many as sixty chill
dren. On each of its three floors there are
six families, and no household has more
than two rooms, one of them being barely
larger than closet, and as dark as night ey-
en- in the daytime. In those two rooms the
cooking and washing for the family are
done, and at night the father, mother, and
sometimes as many as six or eight children
have to sleep close together, like sardines in
a box. "The Barracks" is but one of the
hundreds of tenement houses where the
children of the poor live all the year round.
The children in these tenement houses al
ways look older than they really are
The childhood which accords with their
years, if not with their faces, cannot be per
manently restored to them, for poverty Is
their birtbright, and every season brings
with it privatioDs and misery. But If they
can be helped to be children for two weeks
in the year, the memories of their holiday
and the renewed health which it gives TO
them will make them younger and happier.
If, when the scorching midsummer sun falls
with white glare upon the thin roofs and
fiimsy walls of their tenement homes, the
children can be taken out of their narrow
closets where they sleep, and the steaming
cutters where they swarm like big black
lies. and set down in the centre Of the chill
dren's playground, which is the country, a
new glow will be kindled in their cheeks, and
they will be the children they were meant
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25
The Brooklyn Bridge.

The cities of New York and Brooklyn cell
ebra ed yesterday, with imposing ceremo-
nies, the completion of one of the greatest
engineering works of the century. The ma
turs of the celebration and the manner of
its carrying out are detailed In our telegraph
ic columns.
The cost of the bridge Is enormous, and 1t
has been long in building. 1t is believed
however, that the millions of dollars have
been proftably spent in facilitating business
and travel, and the years Of delay wisely en-
pleyed in assuring the strength of the great
structure. A bill for the charter of the
Bridge was introduced into the Ney York
Legislature as early as 1857, and the charter
granted at later session. Active operations
did not begin until thirteen years after. jan
uary 4th 1870 was begun the preliminary
work of laying the foundation of the Brook
lyn tower. In the following March the cais-
son was placed in position on the site adjoin
ing Fulton Ferry Slip. Both towers were
completed in January, 1877. The first wire
was run across for the preliminary work on
the cables, May 20, 1877, and the last wire
necessary for their completion was stretched
across Oct. s, 1878. when the final wrapping
was commenced and completed in the follow
ing January. The first passage across the
bridge OF passenger with horse was made
May IA, 1888, on which occasion she was ac-
corded the honor. The distinction attach
ing to the honor of being the first child to
cross the bridge in its completed state is
claimed for Joseph A. Brown, who was
wheeled over in baby carriage on the first
of April. The final ceremonies of delivering
it over to the cities of New York and Brook
lyn by lis trustees took place yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

PHYSICIANS who know how extensively
opium and chloral are used by people who
consider themselves respectable, and how
terrible are the results of their habitual use,
are beginning to say that the sale of these
articles ought to be as carefully guarded by
law as the sale of quicker poisons. An emf.
nent NewYork doctor adds that measure:
ought also to be taken to suppress the sale
of patent medicines, in many of which NOR
phine is an important Ingredient" What
ought to be done in the case of these mar
cotics for the sake of life and decency viii
sooner or later have to be done in the case
of many "bitters" to secure the revenue
from whiskey. 1t was discovered year OF
two ago that nearly pure and entirely drink
able whiskey and brandy, slightly disguised
ys medicines" were being sold extensively
untaxed save by stamp. The abolition Of
the stamp tax on patent medicines, to take
effect July /, will very considerably increase
the temptation to commit this fraud.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25
THE Mobile Register saws tbat three Of

. THE Mobile Register says that three of the
Democratic congressman from Alabama will
vote for Mr.. Randall for speaker, and that a
fourth, Mr.. Williams, is reported as clean.
ing that way" The Registersees in this fact
another proof that the Alabama Democratic
editors who want to make Wattersonism a
test of political orthodoxy are going to be
disappointed. "In our opinion" says the
Mobile newspaper, ga tariff for revenue on
ly' means nothing more or less than an en-
tire abandonment Of the protective feature
in our government policy. We are glad TO
know that at least half our representatives
are not disposed TO go to that length. In
deed we venture to say that the other three
are in favor of protection to any industry In
Alabama needing protection"
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

REV. Mr.. WALKER, Presbyterian cler-
gyman, of Binbrook, Ont, has got himself
into peck of trouble by runnig down the
climate and the possibilities of Canada in a
letter to the Glasgow Herald. 1t may have
been unpatriotic for him to disparage the
country of his residence, but instead of let
ting his statements go for what they were
worth-or were not worth-his naighbors in
the Hamilton Presbytery preferred TO accuse
him of lying. This they did in a formal
note to the Herald, in which, however, they
carefully refrained from showing in what re-
spects Mr.. Walkers opinions were erroneous.
The clergyman naturally objects to being
called names, asserts that he told the lit
eral truth, and threatens to make it hot for
his slalderers. If he lived in South Caroli-
ma or Virginia he would probably draw a
n&en;n,:s, :, as il is. he. will anneal to the Sz=
nod. The world ought to know something
worth while about Ontario when this con-
troversy is settled
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

ST. LOUIS GLOBE: There is surprising op-
position in some communities to the estab-
lishment of a secret ballot. Here and there
it is yet 10 be discovered that one mans vote
is as good as another's, and that every man
is entitled to cast his ballot uninfuenced
and uninhmidated by employer, reighbor or
bystander. But in more civilized States
where the truth has begun to dawn, the
s'better classes" show themselves the worst
by resisting it, The Bourbon Democrats of
Arkansas and South Carolina ani the thor
oughbred Republicans of New England are
very nearly agreed that it would not pay
to have really secret ballot. In England
and Canada the voter prepares his ticket en-
tirely free from scrutiny. II California 10
one but the election officer is permitted to
come within 100 feet Of the polling place.
In Massachusetts, however, House COM
mittee has reported that it is not ''expedi
ent' to adopt rules for secrecy. This means
that it is expedient to permit civilized bull
doing.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

Mr.. RUsKIN's footnotes to his lately re-
vised editions of his works are funny and as
tonishing. "Pure nonsense "offensiyely
Aggressive "insolently written = "a piece
OF pious insolence," and extremely tire.
some," are some of the marginal notes with
which he compliments his own good works.
If man wants to take hold Of his own ear
and lead himself out Of the house like this.
he should have the privilege.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS is writing new
series of his inimitable Uncle Remus stories,
many of which will appear in The Century
magazine before they are issued in book
form. Their title in the magazine, at least,
will be "Nights with Uncle Remus," and
the half-dozen stories which will form the
first group, in the July Century, will show,
It is said, that the loquacious old Uncle's
hunor and ingenuity and "Brother Rab-
bits" trickery have suffered no diminution
since they last amused the readers of The
Century.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

RUSSIAN finances are apparently in very
bad way. The ordinary expenditure in 1879
was IS, 500, 900 roubles, but last year it had in
creased to 70, ,250,000. The increase of the
war expenditure is three millions and half
per annum, and that on account of the debt
eight and half millions. The deficit
amounts to eleven millions. Two.thirds of
the outlay are on account Of the army, the
navy, and the debt. The civil administra-
ton is suffering badly for lack of funds.
National bankruptcy is not far off.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

GENERAL WEAVER, the Greenback leader.
wants platform which will oppose the ma
tional bank, railroad, telegraph and land
monopolies, and enforce prohibition by legal
enactments against the liquor business. If
there is anything else lying around when the
platform is made, he will try and work 1t in
somehow
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

THE ''retired list' of the army is theoreti-
cally sort of pension roll, on which are in
scribed the names of officers who have
served their country long and we'll. There
is nothing like it in the civil service, though
perhaps something of the sort will have to
be established ultimately for the benefit of
superannuated clerks and consus, if the
"reformers' have their way. officers on
the retired list receive decent, but not ex-
travagant, annual pensions-called ''pay'' in
order not to hur. their feelings-and it is
common sense, as well as law, that these
pensioned officers shall not hold Government
positions to which salaries attach Gan.
Badeau, however, who is now Consul Gener-
al at Havana, insists that he ought to re-
ceive both his military pension and his con-
sular pay, and the Treasury Department has
been forced to make an issue upon his claim.
The department clearly has the right of it.
If General Badeau Or any other officer de-
sires to retain his pension, he may do so hon
orably. II he prefer the salaried office, well
and good. But he is not entitled to both.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

THE Louisville Journal must be very dis
couraging as an organ. 1t believes that the
riumph of Democracy In a national election
would be its death. There would be 80 APP
plicants for every office, and 40 disgruntled
Democrats to every one who was satisfied
would rend the patriot mob into thousand
splinters
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25
Advertising Cheats III

ADVERTISING On0aIS
1T has become so common to write the beginning
Of an article in an elegant interesting manner,
Then run it into come advertisement that we
avoid all such,
And simply call attention to the merits Of Hop
Bitters in as plain honest terms as possible,
ITO induce people
ITO give them ore trial, which 50 proves their
value that they win never use anything else's
"The REMEDY so fayorabIy noticed in all the pa
pers,
Religious and secular, 10
Having large sale, and is supplantng all other
other medicines
There is no denying the virtues Of the Hop plant
and the proprietors Of Hop Bitters have shown
great shrewdness
"And ability
"In compounding medicine whose virtues are 80
palpabIe to every ones obsarvafion
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25
Father is Getting Well

"My daughters say:
~"How much better father is since he used Hor
Bitters.
"He is getting well after his long suffering from
disease declared incurable,
'And we are 70 glad that he used your Bittsrs."
A LADY Of Utica, N.Y.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

THE Philadelphia Press says the current
impression in Washington is that Congress
man Murch should sue his chin for misrep-
resentation.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

THE Washington Post fatters the Demo-
cratic party that it can stand several more
licklngs and survive.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

ChoiceAromstics and the best ofFreneh Brandy.
Vastly superior to all other gingers, all Of which
are made with the strongest Alcohol.
cures Colds, ,Chf1ls, Feverish and Rheumatic
symptoms, Ague Pains, and Malaria.
Cures Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Sea Sick
ness, Flatulency, Cramps, Cholera Morbus. Dys-
entery, and Ills incidental to change OF climate
A Fruit stimuIant without alcoholic reac-
ton, delicionsly favored, purely medicinal SAM
foru's Ginger overcomes exhaustion, Rllays
nervousness, promotes sleep, eradicstes craving
ior intoxieants, and strengthens those reduced by
disease, debility. and dissipation.
Beware ofan Gfngers said to be the same ~
as good as Sanf0rd's. Avoid mercenary dealer
whofora fewcents extra profit try to force upon Won
1h9r
Ginger. Sold by druggists, grocers, etc.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co.. Bos,o,
~~~~~N%NS
aTrb dIawF&w 3ml4
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

II really looks as though the Gear had
outdone Barnum in the way Of street pro-
cessions.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25
Did She Die?

'sNol
'she fingered and suffered along, pining away all
the time for years.
"The doctors doing her no good;
''And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters the
papers say much about"
"1ndeedl Indeedl'
GLOW thankful we should be for that med Icire .,
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-25

'Eleyen years our daughter suffered on bed of
misery,
"From complication Of kidney, liver, rheumatic
trouble and Nervous debility,
"Undei the care of the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various Names
"But no relief,
"And now she is restored to us in good health by
as simple remedy as Hop Bittcrs, that we had
Stunned for years before using it."-TnE PARENTS.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
Healing Fountain.

The Lynnville correspondent in a
late issue of the CITIZEN speaks of
the healthfulness of that place. The
fact that there has not been a death
in two years at that place within a
radius of one mile, embracing a
population of 500, is certainly a
good showing; but how will this
compares
Col. w. D. Orr owns a spring in
the northeast corner of this county,
on Bradshaw's creek, from which
from two to four families have used
water for the past forty seven years,
averaging in all from fifteen to
twenty persons, and in all those
years there has but one death oc-
CURED at the place, and only one
case of serious sickness, and that
resulted in the one death. Besides,
so far as our information extends,
only four persons of all that have
lived there within the past forty
seven years have died.
We give the above on the author
ity of Col. Orr, who says he will
bring older witnesses than himself
if necessary, as he claims now to be
only something over forty (?)
OBsERAToR.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18


The present bad condition of the
county roads ought to be sufficient
to induce every man in Giles coun-
ty to lend a helping hand toward
building pixies. Dirt roads in bad
weather are death on teams. Hors-
es, mules and oxen are strained and
worn out drawing loads through the
mud that they could pull with all
ease on a pike, and often return TO
their stables greatly injured by
single trip. The strength of faith
full animal is finally spent and he
lays down and dies. His master
has killed him gradually aud sus-
tanned loss to the amount of his
value, but he doesn't stop to consid-
er the cause. He attributes his loss
to misfortune or some disease. when
If he will stop and think what the
animal has undergone in his service
be will wonder that it lived so long.
Your teams are valuable property. |
Preserve them by improving the
roads. Help to build pixies and !
make money by the investments.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
The Road Law.

Every legislature thinks it is its
sworn duty to tinker with every
thing on the books, and especially
to doctor up what it's predecessor
did. This idea is probably the
cause of numerous bills to repeal,
modify, amend, explain and define
the present road law. 1t is the
opinion OF intelligent men out in the
country, who know the difference
between mudhole anda motion to
amend a rotten bridge, that the
present law is the most effective we
have had, and unless the legislature
can give good personal security
that their tinkering will do it good,
we advise them to let it alone. We
can give them some good advice, bat
we would be afraid to see the bill
opened for repairs lest some town
member should feel himself called
upon to suggest amendments and
complications that would ruin the
law itself. Reduce the number of
commissioners to one in each dis
trict, and let the county trustee
collect the road tax with the bal
ance of the taxes and pay it to the
commissioner to be expended in his
district. This would simplify
things and reduce the expense, Do
not interfere with the law, however,
if you are going further than this.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
The Peoples National.

In the notice of the net earnings
of this bank in the last CITIZEN their
was mistake. It should have
read 1888 per cent. dividend for the
last six months instead of for the
year. The average per cent. of net
earnings for the year was 154.
No institution in Pulaski has been
more Furnishing than the Peo-
pies Bank. Its prosperity is really
remarkable. The fire has put the
company to great inconvenience,
but has not interfered with their
business. A new building will be
reared on the old site as soon as the
weather is warm enough for lay
ing brick.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
Rocky Point.

Col. Garrison is very low, with
little hope of his recovery.
Thomas F. Holt opened school
at this place January LIST. and ow-
ing to the bad weather his school
has been small. Prof. L. P. Col
Inns will take charge Of the school
at Smyrna January 10Th. We un-
derstand he will bring his better
half with him. Their school house
at Elkmont will soon be completed
and Capt. Roddy will open school
there at an early date. Mr.. James
Barnett is teaching at Beach
Grove.
Misses Price, Hill and Willie
Freeman have been visiting in
Elkton.
The prospects for the next
wheat crop are not very promising
at present in these parts. Some
preparations are being made for an
other crop.
Esq. McNeely has made an adj
dition to his dwellings which adds
much to its looks and convenience.
we had some little stir in this
end of our district. Crockett Bled-
soc, cold, was arrested and tried be
fore Esq. McNeely for insanity.
Seven men constituted the Jury.
DR.. A. L. Glaze was the physician
chosen to examine him and as the
citizens generally were of the opln-
ion that it was not safe for him to
run at large it was thought best to
have something done with him, so
Esq McNeely, our level-headed
sent him up to Sheriff
Butler for safe keeping.
MIrrTON HEAn
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18

southern industries.
This is another of the beautiful
farms lying in the valley of Rich
land, in Giles, which its owner,
Mr.. R G Reynolds, is rapidly CON
verting into the breeding of fine
stock. This, like most other good
farms in this valley, has been made
to grow cotton heretofore, and, of
course, has shared the inevitable
consequences that follow cotton
growing, that of deterioration; but
Mr.. Reynolds is rapidly retrieving
it by that great friend to poor and
tired land--clover-and at no distant
day will bring it back to it's virgin
capacity. 1t is most encouraging to
see the rapid improvement made in
this farm by the methods Mr.. Rey
nolds has adopted. Instead of uni
versal cotton-fields,' we now see
nothing in their season but waving
corn and billowing wheat-fields, in
with clover and mead
ows, with housekeeping horses and
grand shorthcrn grazing on the rich
pastures spread before them like
"apples of gold IN pictures of sill
ver." Such scenes as these make glad
the heart of thosewho take delight in
growth and improvement-and who
does not? Instead of the decay and
death that a cotton-feld suggests,
a bright prospect of life and hope
present themselves constantly to
the creator of such scenes. |
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
Public Schools.

at meeting of the school direc-
tors for the 9TH district, held Jan.
10th, 1882, it was determined to
open school at Martin College, Giles
College, Mrs. Adams and Bramlette
House for white children; at the
Methodist church for colonel boys,
and the Baptist church for colofed
girls. The term at Giles College is
to commence Jan. 18th, and at all
the other schools Jan. 22d. The
teachers are required to make
monthly reports to the G. and t.,
showing the names of pupils in the
public school, studies and the sub
jects studied by each pupil, and no
warrant will be issued until this is
done. =. W, EWING, G. and J..
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
BODENHAM.

AS / have not seen anything
from this place in your interesting
columns for several weeks, 1 will
try to give a few items: The holt
days have passed, the merriest of
the year, and people have gone to
business again. Everybody seemed
to have enjoyed themselves hugely.
w. p. White thinks he has
the incest Christmas present of any
man in the county. He prizes it all
the more because it was given him
by his wife. It is a girl. Our
friend is now wondering what his
next Christmas present will be.
Rev. j. G. Hurlbut will preach
at Choat's creek church next Sun
day.
j. A. Lay has been very sick
for the last week with pneumonia,
but is now convalescing.
Mrs. Mary johnson of Nash
vile is visiting friends and relatives
in this vicinity.
Thomas Richar dson- of Texas
spent several days with relatives
during the holidays.
II. NJ. White and VIM. Cox, two
of our most estlmable young men,
left few days ago for Texas. May
success and happiness ever smile
upon them, is the sincere wish OF
their many warm friends.
w. j. Yancy, Bodenham's best
salesman, has left John w. Parker S
store and gone into business with
his brother, j. L. Yancy, at Wales
Station. George w. Baker, of Dry
Creek, has taken the place that Mr..
Yancy vacated at J. w. Parker's.
Prof Briggs closed his singing
school at Rodenhain last Saturday.
His school would have been better
attended and his class much larger,
had theweather been more favorable.
Prof. R. P. Yancy will open
school again at Bohemian academy
on the first Monday of February.
His school will be, as it has been
previously, largely attended. Prof.
Joe Anderson commenced school
on Weakley at the Baptist church
New Years Day. He has a very
good attendance. Juno.