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Show J How New York 'iYamps Livo. it'ue pU:-r.-: tin- tramp r.nn;o and to which niiny ilicfut penp'e b .v; i i;o .0- i:.c el ..ip lodging imuM.'h to be f.m;;d i;i Cu.itham stree', j the Buweiy, and the purlieus of Ba.-I Ba.-I tor titreet. lK-re the lC cent system" : Hourishcs in all its glory. For that trifling amount a tramp mny obtain I "all the comforts of a well regulated home," including cofl-je in the morning morn-ing und hoc rolls on Sunday. The house at No. 153 Chatham street is a fair specimen of the others. The beds aro simple canvas cutu, dirty aud well worn, ranged in rows along the val!s at right angles to the street. Regular conicrB get the same cot each night, aud are supplied wilhthedaily papers fteo of charge. Soap and water, needles and tkrcail, writing paper, pens aud ink arn furnished fr.;u. In tiie centra of tin lung wi,iti-iv:ts!i-;! room is a small deal table, at which several careworn t,d hungry looking look-ing men may be net-u siLiiiK nightly, writing,-, hewing and rending. The. atmospliere is elos and u n ideas- amly auiesiivt: of umvadhal bodies, hut the Titular pjtrons ol the place make nothing of u. A still greater curiosity in its way are the "P. Cooper dormitories'' at No. 201 Chatham Chat-ham square and No. 50S Pearl street. At these places the tariff of prices ranges all the way from five to four-teen four-teen cents. For the first-named sum Uie tramp is permitted to Btow himself away on one of the tiers of a wooden platform built up against, the side of the wall, a couch which ho shares with twenty others, all as dirty and begrimed as himself. In the centre of the narrow, air-tight apartment is a red-hot stove, the heat from which combined with the effluvia from the half-naked bodies of the occupants is ofieniive to any person whose senses aro at all active. For 7 cents the lodgur has aeparatc compartment, iu L which he can snore aud perspire with- i out coming immediately into contact1 with his neighbors. Tho little air that j finds, its way t!lroih the tightly closed windows is jit oiue lu.it in the stifling heat from the Btove. For Scents tho lodger is furnished with a mattresa and blanket; for 10 cents he receives the !ee simple of a narrow iron bedstead with muurtss, blanket and sheets, and for 14 cents ho occupies occu-pies "the best room in the house" in common with six others, all of ihem provided with single beds and the usual amount of btddiijg. - The hour of closing at ,uight in mo-t of the tramps' lodging houses is 12 o'clock, but ihe "guests'-" may turn in- as early as 8 if they so' elect, and steep untd 8 30 the next morning. On Sunday they are permitted to remain in doors all day. Conversation is alsu allowed a luxury which nt the free lodging house is either greatly curtailed or clso entirely forbidden, i Before leaving in the 'morning: each man is furnished with a cup of' muddy liquid called "cofieu" and ai baked substance which goes by the 1 numc of "rolls." Tho dormitories at 1 No. 2ul Chatham squaro and No. 508 Pearl street- are under' Ihe samel management, and together aecom-1 modaie 500 persons. Attached to the 1 tatter is a '"temperance" re&hmrant, 1 which is a curiosity in its way. ( The bill of fare, here is as follows: ' TKMI'KIIANCK 4c. UESTAUltAXT.I Hi; not amng wiuo, Nor tLiev&j, nor bitiborj; atiiunji riot- cov,l;us, nor drun-o-js eaters of ties li. 'kurds, nor ivvUlts, for the drunknrd jn o r oxtorlioneri iii.d ihe glutton shll shall inherit iho cmne to poverty. j kingdom of God. : I'ruv. xxiii, 20-21. 1 L Corinthians vi. 10 ' 50S PEARL ST., NEAR CENT HE. BILL OF PARS. Beef Eteak i..4c. Pir's Feet 4c. Pork Steak -lc. Pickled Tonjjue..-ic licaf Stew -Ic. Fried Fish 4c. Pork and JJuaiii-lc. Ball Fisli 4c. liosst liner -lc. EpglishPuddiug-.-lc. Corned Beef and Pita (per eu'.) oc. Beans -lc. Beet Soa 0e Ha ai 4c Vegetable Souo..oc. I lam and Beans.. 4". Betn 6uup 3j. J-'jied Liver 4-..-. Cotl'eo (par cuj)Ic. Livar and Union -. -te. Teu (per cup) lc. Siufigiia 4c. Bread lc. Hash -!c. Potntoe(boilodj.-lc. Tripe 4e. |