, 1877-02-18

Philosophy Of Tramp-""The
Cheapest Of Food. Shaves,
and Cigars.
Sad Neglect of St. Falentine---Ilc
Merchants and Bankers
New Club.
A Gentleman Chairman for All
Occasions---Alt but One
for Hayes.


bridge over the East River has been for some
for the workmen. One ncwspapcr-man boasts
was he 80 much as remote relative That he
failed to fall into the river was source Of Won
der to his friends and OF regret to his kindly
associates who we're waiting to see him do it.
1t was somewhat shabby o. him SO to disappoint
reasonable and professional expectations, but
he hung to life and that foot-bridgc with
a teo2city no lass remarkable than selfish
He said, as I am told, that it was rather
jolly, yet he hardly thought OF doing
It regularly before breakfast. 1t was easy
enough, for that matter. One couldn't fall If
be minded the spaces between the Stats, kept
perfectly free from dizziness, calculated on the
side sway and the perpendicular sway, suited
bis equilibrium as the wind shifted, and didn't
give too puch attention to the. foreign lands
he expected to spy out guess so, too; but it
Was quito sufficient for me to Chamber to the top
OF the tower, cling to convenient cable, and
lose my hat over the edge. When got back to
earth again, it WAS to at once join the many who
even prefer passage on a ferry-boat to tum-
bling from q bridge two and half feet
wide and two or three hundred feet up in mir,
question Of rapid transit without injunctions.
Lie has It's woes, and all tbat sort Of thing,
which poets and police courts alike tell Of; yet
life is more tempting withal than this tempo
ra1y. swinging. uncertain foot-path in the sky.
Rortctoucauld says few men lack the vim to en-
dusc the ills OF Others and very likely II some
body else were to try plunge-bath from such
height. one might gricvc and get over it; but,
T <o %}o ria1 I Erfs 7 mt
survive it. So purpose going into Jersey for
little, to keep out Of the temptation Of it.
THE KIND OF BRIDGE IT Is.
This bridge looks much more attractive to the
man beneath it than to the man upon it, From
the ferry-boat ,ou sec long narrow line of slat-
work, making considerable curve between the
two great stone towers, which are to be lasting
monuments to the mechanical genius OF the age.
At either end OF the bridge is a space Of some
ten feet spanncd By single plank, to be crossed
before you reach the Stats, which are less than
three feet long, and half foot wide, placed
very conveniently for catching heel or toe.
This plank was the stoppagc to one adven~
turer, who was sure o1 himself, as he
thought. IN tue stats, but could not find
head enough to skip across the initial cbasm.
it seems little thing to do, from ground
b. pcrclled up on !: small, square spot, whence
they can almost see Chicago On the west, In
tir,idation on the south, the open sca-passage On
tue north, aud Rhode Island on the east. Then
it il that the plank 1windles to rail, aud the
fat Alderman below to pin-head. Moreover,
when the plank is crossed, there is no railing Of
,ny eort- II the eycs arc turned to heaven, the
tect will probably play the mischief. II the
yves mind the Stats, they also catch the moth
pcuess Ill about, and the giddy rush
will surely be fatal, Yet the workmcn take i'm
nlcncnts aud coils of wire and beams on their
shoulders and trip down the passage as mere
natter of course which 1t literally is. They
don't fall f,ff. and ret don't sec exactly yhv
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