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A FAT YEAK ON THE TURF.
GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON AT RACLNG.
A BOY WHO WANTS TO BS A JOCKEY-NOTES
AND COMMENTS.
This 1b golug to bo a fat year for Boniobody on tho
turf. Stakcs wortb many thousand doilars have ai
raady closed v.ith largo ll3ts of etntiie*. Otk.-.a closo
01. Frlday, Mareh l. repre-jentlng un aggregete valno
of more than a tjuai-tti- inlllion dollars. Theso are thn
ptlies otleml by tbe Mmnioi.th FarK Ra<lng Associa?
tion, tl* New-York Jockey Omm, thc Saratoga Asso
clatiun. the Natlonal Jocliey Club, the Merylaiwl Jockey
(lub aud the Kockaway Steepleehase Association.
The Moiunouth Park season of 1B?B wlll be dlvkbd
ln three meetlngs as heietofore. the flrst Bummor
meeilng, tho _l_BnBJmw meetlng and the seeond
aummer meetlng. There wlll be twetity raclng days,
btglnnlng Thunday, July *. aDd cwU'>? to*___'
Auguat 17. Besldefl tbo stakcs that have alrealj
closed, wfcfc* lnc!u_ ???> Jimlor c??-'?-ton- -'"?
B10 000 adBad; U.o Lorfllard. $10,000 added; ti,o
M.nmouth Oeke, ?l,MW added tho July Stafe*
Bl 500 addad. and Uie llupeful Stakcs, fl.MW
artded-bcsldes _?*>. thlry-x 8ak_ are offercd,
Sl8 added money to wblch ls ovor U7C.O0O.
Here wo havo altogethor forty one stakes. with over
it,i 000 addod monoy. This teavas room for at leaat
eich'ty pursee aud ovenilght handlcaps, to eac-ti of
vric'i the Ssociatlon will add an ??^ ?' fgfi
rnaklng fco.ww more. which toguiifcr with the iwu.two
[r, s akesTglvoB a total of BlSl.OOU The arfgregat..
lalue ot a'f tbe prlzos to be won at. the Long llranch.
course wlll oxceed B-50,000. Oh, for a Tremcmt to
p.ck up some ot those good tbtags.
Tlie New-Yerk Jockey i.'lub. which entera tbe llst
with the most agroeablo IntenUona, wblch bas lopped
o? two wceka of the Monmouth aeason and socured
one day from thc ConeyTsland peoplo-very wondcr
ful achlevements-is not lcsa liberal In Its stake
offcrlngs than the oldcr clubs. Of course, lt could
-ot afford to bo. Durlng itt meeUng of twelve
?h*>. _ the last two wceku of Angust, lt wlll glve
away s?03,000 ln Btakes and pursos. Tho rlchost
priie wlU h?v the Great Eellpeo Stakes, whleh wlU
bo worth at _%tt f_0,000 to tho wlnner. Rntrles
for twelvo fat *ia_-s dose on March 1. It 1* said
that Leonard W. Jerome, the presldent, has expressod
lilmself as in favor of charging an extra admisslon
fee of 91 to tho bctting lnclosure at the new West
chester track, his chlof purpose belng to keep out
the -*star-g_ers and touts," and gfve roou. for
roapectable people to bet Furtbermore, Mr. Jeronio
agrees with John Hunicr, presldent of the Amerlcan
Jockey Club, that the daliv eharge to booluuakcre
for stands in the bcttliig rtng should not be more
than B&O. _
F. McWllliams, a youth Uvlng at No. 801 Wwt
Thlrty-second-st, sends the lollowlng ?oomniunlcatlou
to tho raclng colamn of The Trlbune:
uAs I road your account of Jockeys ln Monday's
papcr, and as you take such an Interest ln them,
Bieace be so ktrd as to lnform me how I can obtaln a
sltuation on the race-traok."
All right, young man. If yon mean bnelneea, go
to the track at Jeromo Park, Sheepahead Bay or
Graveaend, and toll tho first trainer you meet that
you want a lob ln hls Btable. It la Ukoly that ho
wlll say he has more boys atoready than he knows
what to do with. Poealbly be wlll Inquire lf you
wete ever in a etable before, lf you have bad any
tij-rteoce at the hn&lncas, lf you ever rode a horsc,
how _?ck you welgh. etc. It you are green, tell
htm m franMy. but glve him to undarstand tha* you
woa'*. be green long. Don't let him ue ?__J?Will
in roor eya, no mattor hnw green you may fooL "
yeti fttfl to get a place with bim, roroember Uiat there
are djiens of other stablcs Just as good perhaps,
where you might be Uken ln. Don't be diseottrsged
by ouo or two or three ref?ala. A famt-bo?tea
boy win never make a good Jockey.
Should vcu Btrcceed in gettlng a place, yon went
flnd. the life bo hard a* the tialner would make you
belleve lt is. Wucnever the wrtter goes to tho race
track ont of tho raclng scason he fiuds droves of
?table-boys playlng baseball. Every Btable ha* Its
regular nlne. Some of the b:g one? havo two or
three. Ii. is astoulBhlng how mnoh ball Uio*e boya
flnd Ume to olav. And the tralnew frequently look
on and eujoy the fun. The regular duUea of toe
day begln at 8 o clock. as comtortable an hour as any
bov oould wish for. The bigcest aart of your work
would be cxerclslng the ho~es. This la done by
straddllng a blanket and rldrng at a walk or slow
can tor round and round ondor the sbed that walla to
the stehlo on all slde*. ln most ?tabies oaeh boy la
asalgned to a certaln b_se, and lt la bia duty to keep
tbe anlmal In as good ceu?tion ts be can. and u>
otoan the brldle and saddla every day, yu?t aa dlM
gentry as a Watlonal Quardsman doesh't cleaa hU
?B-BBa
You must not expeet to beoeme a Joetey ln a few
4ay?. Sometlmca ao apprentloeehip lasta a y*er,
?omeUmes two years, swmeUmes three. The majority
of aabto-boys at the end of three yoare flnd tbem
telvea too heavy to rtdc and so thev remaln stable
boys until a better Job tariu up. Many of tho most
Buccessful tralners used to be joeheya They re
aalned ln the saddle untU they bec_ne too heavy to
rtde, then thoy retired. The recent rahiing of the
wetghto wUl kec? Jockeyi to the saddle much tonga
than they could rlde under the old ?chedule. Laat
year McLaughlln, Garrison and Marpby expeetod to
reure before the seatson of 1889. but slnoe the ecale
was raised fo_ pc.uads they have declded to stlck to
7b"r calilng a fitUe tonger. McLaugulto says that
be ls gflng to rl4Ve at lli pounda th.* yoar. Ju*t
now hewSahs nearly 1W pound*. but at Memphl*.
week after next, he wlU begiu to rettoce. OarrUon
can make 11^ I>o?nd> without serlous uvuble Mur
nhv wUl not go below 115. exoept on extraordlnarv
wc?to? George Tavlor can rlde at luO poanda.
wtthout reduclngraud Barnc's regular wt Ight ls only
_toeh"flvTwHaa lUmilton Up. the beam at no
poJ_k and wlU probably rlde Joa_eo-?r Hearat ai
fio. _
It ls extremely hanl to bellevo that any rood thtns
ev^ eome trat ot the Brtghton Beaoh race tracX and It
Is not enUrely agreeable to admlt tbau with one or two
rxcepttons. our beat Jockeys were graduated from Uiat
filoetable spot. But McLaughiin learnod hls flrst
k>ssons there under tbe tutorshlp of u Fathor" BIU Daly.
and was a " hnsUer" oefore be began rldJng for the
Dwyere. The best rtdlng Oarrlaon ovor did was done
at the Beach. He also was ooe of ? Father" Blll'a
boya, bo much ono of them that the odor of Brtghton
Iioach wUl cllug round him a* long as he lrves. 11am
lltor was taught to rlo'e by thc Lakuland*. wbooonunue
to regard bim as the best horseman that evor sat ln a
laddle, George Taylor bega:i hls career at the Beaeh,
but did not be-oroe dlst!n_u!shed until be took a post
gniduate eourse at Clifton.
Goodale?well. (Doodalo ls an aoctdent If ever there
was ona Having slgned wlUithe Bage of Brookdale
for the present aeaeon at the eoccloruble salary of
W.0O0, be must be treated with rc4ire thaa ordlnary
wspeet, but fhere's no barm in saying that the dls
c^vtrer ot Ooodalo Is the ubluultoua and veraatlle
"Kd." PHanmew. The boy was rUUng cripples at
CllBon and Brtghton Beacb at the tlme when D. T.
\talfer came Bast with a lot of thlrd rate horses trainai
to a wlnnlng edge. Fulslfer, who dldn't care to expose
ah. horae* by putting up a well-known Jockoy of ,ac
kn4 wiedged ablUty, wa* pei?laded by FTummer to em
Pjo? Ooodale. All tbat the Wroteruer wanted was a
euy to stt on hls horeee' baek* and hold their heads up;
they weta flt to wta without the asslstaoce ot a Jockey.
fo Gtoodale was engaged, ai.d thc ?urprlslr,g and numer
oa* vietorle* of Pulslfer's 4>orsea were lald up to hls
cred.t. n la an old turf provcrb tbat good horses make
good Jockey*. The exoelleot ooiditlon of fBk_M*l
Fffng brought Goodale rapldly to tho front. and beforo
BM end of the soa?on he took rar.k a* a Jock-y. 111a
eiigagement with Mr. Wltbera to the tipportunity of a
_f*-tl_e? Hanrahan ls a capltal ualner If tho Brook
dale horse* are rtd4len tbls ye_- hull a* w?il a* thoy
wlll be tratoiMl they wlll win many fat priz-a. And
l??da,'e wlU rcceivo all tbe creult. 'ihus Joekeya are
I ka4le.
Bj the way. 11 Is said Uiat Goodale ha? viad a falr
emu t;tion. aud that be studied law ln the or?oe tif (,.-?
ert! itoger A. ITyor. .Moreover. U la assortod that he
rar. away from botne four year* ago and started for
Ar*iL< oi to araip Indians. but fell in with cotn - i
h-c'i at Hobokin. wbo Induced him to go to GuUenouig
aod turn Jockry. _
The capltal stock of tbe New-Jersey Jockey Club
li BMkO.OOO, dlvided into shares of B200 each.
A ?o-respondent (W. J. Ii.) sends the following ver
llon of the fao-liar rliyme about tbe color of a raco
\orse:
One arhito fcot, buy him ;
Two white feet, trj him ;
Thiee whlte feet, lock al! about him;
Four whlte feel, ga without him ;
Four whlte feet and a whlte oose.
Take off bis hlde aud Unow lt to the crowa.
Xt has been anggested that F^berf Bonner buy tba
Hcer Johnston and drfve him and Maud 8. tandem.
Ilaclng Johnston tn the lcad, he being the fester by
eoimd i half aecotvto. What a slgbt lt would be?
? parer wllh a lecord of 2:0fi 14 Jcadlng a trotter
Vth a record of B:08 3-4! Of course Mr. Bonner
%uki never eonscait to let any horse lead Mau<1 i
Tlttsborg Phll," the hlgh roller from the himoky
^ly. wno reiieved the bookinakers of B70/XK) In 1887
?4 refurped ?S0,00f> of that sum last year, talkw of
??rt'.ng a raclng eitaldlsbnient. and la now In Call
???tu* Balectlng youn?>tr.r? for his itring. " PhU* is
?go?d Judge of korse flcsl.. He was never known to
bba a tip, btit make* all hls bet* o? breodlng and
pshlo form. Uls metbed 1* to pick ou. a horse of
-? mcrlt, follow liim until he I* rip?\
??* thaa " Jdmp oa kim wllh both iaaV,
I___BBB Walton pald small fortunea for tlps
aud always had an army of touts la his sorvlce. Tbo
"Ghost," Whose apparltlon waxcd fat In lhe ring last
season, .dldn't know the names if a dosen horscs
ln tralning. Hc capturcd every tlp that came ln his
way, and not Infrequcntly backed flvo or slx anlmals
In a slngle race. Illa extreme liberallty with t_pstera
seture.1 blm a great deal of valuable Informatlon.
" Plttshurg Phil" has selected Oanyme<le as the beat
tbree-ycar-old in " Lucky" Baldwln's stable. and Mad
alene i?e reg.rds as the comlng two-ye*r-old. He be
lleves they wlU Fvveep BVarytKlng. Among the ealat
dlvlslon he place* Los Anpeles ln the front rank. ln
J. 1: Ua*:gin's strlng hc says. "Look out for world
boaters ln Salvator and Kansom."
Galoro, the Imported English rarer who Is expected
to make a bold bld for the Suburtan at 115 pounds,
Is IU at Hempstead, L. I. No wonder. Glve a horse
a rough ocean voyage ot two weeks, tako him off the
vessel as soon as lt rehches port and march him
twenry or thlrty mlles through snow and over froien
roads bofoie he geta o.t hls sea legs. and see lf h?
RjkUs health or 6peed I Galoro must be a pretty good
auimal to survlvo his experlencos of tho last month.
The Prlvlng Club of Now-Vork offers 810.000 ln
stakcs for Its September moetlng. Its spring meet
lng will be hold at Flcetwood Park on May 21. 22, 28
and 24. Conrcrnlng tho developmcnt ot
the trotter some InU-resting deductlons
may be drawn from "the 2 :20 list." as pnjblishcd ln
" The Splrlt of tbo Times" of laat week. Thia list
cotuprtsea tbe names and rocords of all tho borscs that
havo trottod ono nnle to harness In 2:20 or botter.
Maud S. stands alone at 2:08 3-4. Jay Eye See comes
next at 2:10; then follow St. Julien 2:11 1-4; Guy,
RtlR; Maxoy Cobb and Rarus, 2:ia..4; Harry
Wllkes, 2:13 1-2; Belle Hamlln and Phallas, 2:18 0-4,
Cllngstone, Goldemlth Mald and Trinket, 2:14; Patron
and Kosallud Wllkef, 2 :14 1-4 ; Hopeful, Prince Wlllioa,
amd 6tamt>oul, 2:1. 3-4 (Stamboul has Just been sold
t?r 850,000); Arab, Favonia. Lulu and Majobca. 2 :1..,
ctc. Three havo ncords oi 2:15 1-4; four, 2:15 1-2;
thrf-e, 2::?; slx. 2:16 1-4: two, 2:l?3-4; three,
2:17; nlue, 2:17 1-4 (lnchidlng I>exter); .-ifriit,
2:17 1-2; flve, 2:17 8-4; sevonteon, 2:18; sl-teen,
2:16 1-4; elght, 2:18 1-:*; slxteen, 2:18 3-4; elghteen,
8:18; twenty-sever., 2:19 1-4 (Including Bell Boy,
who waa -old last week for 861.000); Iwenty.elght,
2:1? 1-2 i uineteen, 2 :10 3-4; thlrty-twe. 2:20.
? ?
HAN'DICAP DECLARATION6.
The followlng doclaratlons (due February 20) wlU
probably complete the 11st of withdrawals from the
handlcaps of the Coney Islaud Jockey Club:
The Suburban-FirenU 12a. Klngeton 199, Rlr Dlxon
12?, Defaulter 112, Now or Never 108, Larchmont 108.
Donnybrook 08.
Sheepshead Bay Handleap-IUngston 130. Flrenrl 128,
Egmo.it 125. ??!* Dlxon 128, Oatspaw 110, Fltrroy 114,
Defaulter 118. Larchmont 105, Donnybrook 100, Her
Lllyshlp 00.
Bay Rldge Handleap-Flronrl 128. Klngfton 127, Sir
Dlxon 120, Ilclvidere 114, Donnybrook 101, Eolo 98.
Volunteer nandlcap?French Park 128, Madstone 118.
Cynosure Ilo, The Lloneaa 115, Sluggard 111, ChfroUo
110, H?rry Klrkover 108, Ben Harrison 108, Woodburn
108. -__-__-___-__-_-_-_-.
TO REPEALXEnQERShWLOCAL OPTIOX.
THE. DEMOCBATis- FIND IT DIFFICTJLT TO EN
FOBCE THE DECIHON OF THE CAUCUS
-STATE F1NANCK9.
Trertons N. J., Feb. 24.? The Leglslative sesslon
of 1889 waa supposcd to be convenod for two pur
poses, tbe election of a Dcmocr-tio Unlted State*
Senator aod the repeal of the local optlon law.
Such wa* the vlew taken by tho majorlty. and lhe
flrst half of tho work haa been aecompllshed. The
second and more difflcult part c*mca oa
for considoratton to-morrow _ght. The
Werts WJ1 has be>en drawn to catch vote*.
lt waa lmperattve that all the Dexnocrata ln both
houaoe ahould .upport lt, and (t has been whlttled and
tin-ered Into Its present shape to meet every Demo
craflc taste. After all the efforts. there are three
Aascmblymen who are acknowled?cd bolters, one who
Is tuspected, and two Senators who aro consldered
doubtftd. There la no proltabtlity of any Republlean
herping out the Dcmocrats. and the flve men who havo
as yet fallcd to afsree with the caucus must all te
placated In some manncr. How lt can be done no ono
venturcs to whi*per. Meantlme, thcrw aro loud roars
In tlie lobby. The report haa been circulated In aome
way that the brewer. have 840.000 left from thrlr
campatgn fund last November, and there Is l
appctrtc for Just about that amount to be dlstributed
among the deservlng poor of tbe thlrd hmise. If
the biH conld not be passed by the Democra'Je eau,
etts, there Is eiiceedlngly remote bop" for It In any
other way, and fhe lorfby bnucer la likely to go un
appeasod. It ta aaid tbat when th* flnad vote In th*
Senate ls reaehed Senators liaker anr' Smlth wlll vote
for the blll, but that they wlll attempt to amend It
In this they would probably have the aid of Uie R?v
publlc an Senators, and could thus do aa they <
They cannnt, thcreforo, claim thnt party pressuro left
them powerle.s, and as they are anxlous to Justify
tbemselves somehow to their local-o_yiion cor.stltu
enciea, tbey are expected to try the amendmer.4
seheme. The caucua majorlty wlll have all the pollti?
cal aid they waut ln the effort to brlng the men Into
llno. Senator MoPhei-son bas promleed to hetp, as
soon as the caucus come to an agroement, and BB>
Governor Abbctt Is rounsel for th* brewera. Gov?
ernor Green wlll lend hls Influence, and the pollUdana
who wtll control tho next nomlnatlou for i.i.vc-no?
wlll be at band. Altogetber, lt wlll be a great occa
sion.
The condltlon of tho State flnances Is such that
aome action 1. probable In the m.tter this week. For
several years the State's expenses have Inoreased
more rapldly than even the large addltlon to tho
lncome by the corpotatlon tax acts of 1884 would
warrant Expendltures have rlsen in four year* from
el,120,0G0 to 81,840,000, and whtie tl.e lncome bas
been a fjuarter of a million gn-ater, oi.ly large pay
ments of back faxce have kept the mlll golng.
Laat Monday evenlng Presidcnl VBBBI sald no exira
appropriatlon would be posstble this year, because
th* btate was 8400,000 behlnd now, and bad no money
to complete the State House. There bas been talk
of a general State tax, but that would raiee a tempest
which no Leg.slaturo would ventur* to bravo, Last
ol all one so burdened as this. % There BM two
course. open, one to Ignore tho wbohi subject BOd
"let the dcflelonoy accumulate.- and the other. to
repeal the peruianont approprlatlon lawa, strlp ol
flcUtls of their power to draw l.om the 11-casury
without resti.ct.on, and prov.de for SUto exp. u,
by auuuai approprlatlon bllls. Home rrgnlatton^an
economy wlll then be jBBBBBJB, aml tbe ex.rava*.uco
wh.rh had occurred ln certato dapartBaeia., ft,r wo
year. past wlll be checked. ? U ? ??/??_? .w,?c^
parU.au lmport and It deaerves m?.t c-^ifn,||1"''.
iidcrauon Z IhBRRRfB treatmont. Tho soun* of
?,e dtdiculty U reali> <*?tfZ mtAMA"?
Biate. The SUte recelvoa all tuo ih.
ripanan gtauU for >?? ^^Vda* ?n1 b?_s n"
taxea pald by corporaUons of au *J_ ^ ? ^^
debt Ui s-poak ol. 'Iho moucy come* ao -~
jt goe. with celertty. niobably be passed
!he Bc.llBiHcUi.aMU wlll ^D_^ub,i-ans aro
ln Its present couaitlon, M_^JJ,J_Er_,lBi,t be felt
lookiug upon it wllh the aiarni "? b7y uutrlcu
U the"rfB.au ol iwilBliwUnB ^^n,, ittoiuptlug
weit. not ao goncraUy harmful ?" u,_J.wboen P-iu *?
tbo cbauge. iho Bmal.eat beeo. u-? ??*
pupulauon ln tb>; i*distrioifnK- tf Railroad. ahlps
Hc-idUou. ou tho Morrls anjl -fj^Xuara to ue
41,000 roses a day fioni Its el-O1/ a"*?0
X-w-Voik mtrkfi. .... '.. ?,.._,,?? th? AssBtn
" 'lhe tullr ,?..... Mt.U-on blll. no* '"'" '? ^ L
hlv niay b? i'^1'fl?(i0o'c.
prlnciplo wlll b? Bgprovi d ?J_M*?5JS_p|eta_, ^'hlle
* ,_e new Mar House I* noail> c?"" wnA ?.
It lacks lhe sln.pie RRP-H ?* __ ?_ S_?V_f. the 1*
mlwis ono of an an.bltious |nMi.-..co r.imp- ? O . "?
!,,:.? wOlIbe BBBTentant,V*?$tf hkng *
lhe waur uue?t.oB In *0.war-B, '1,bt,._{y seeu.o ?
scttlcme.il. ^iJ tl.e clty wW ""SfigJJ ^ no. lt
now supply withli. s shorl ntne - .' r . ? ,, u
mrkes a conuact mth the present blddei, mo -?=
Valley Uallro*.l Coiup-ny. _
THK "CABD PAXEn
From Tlie Plttsburg Cbronlcle.
A goi.tlen.an raslding In A?*ghenj^relatrs .
?f tho eard "lake,- which ot late *??***.*
Inlly opeiated by tho boys. By he ??, ii
.,?! girls ara drafied it.lo the ?????"* ,"',. v pleturo
bcis. The carda, whiefa ??* of Iho
. ii.ii. ti appie. lu'.od b> -ery ??'"-", %U)Kt
and Whleh may be bought at at.y of ' j^^h. on
for a fow eents a gross, are Pu- uf_\j?'';_0 v.dtl. tlia
shaped pachages. ''"^.^^.^ at whleh
of the pcrsons resldlng ln ^*^_tae.l from
,- 1. It. . ho uamos are pro*>***> Jjfft .hort
Ireetory. In ev;. packai.re aro Pjaj?" ,_?
letter aud a doicn cards. The letter or rauior
Bamplo seen by a reporter run* ?W>. f ,__,
?Vlll you be so kind as t<> buv somo ?
eardr,? Tl.ey are a eenta airJeee ^?r ^J0' \ am a
I wlll call lor tho packag-> Uihlf ?'? b?_?' _, u,
pw.i Isrv aud my mother U slek, and i *n> "T?-*
make a Ilvlng for lur and myself" house. ln
These pae?<ag~s are left. -*y. "? all U?? *____!,??-*,?
, two Morlia. lf "?? J_>_ -uiBCcnt
enterj.ilsing cnougn U supply blmseu *??" ^^^ ^ ,
number of packages. The wrltlng of t? iw_T ?.Mi,
a buylsh haud, but plai . - lr en p'
TRe aervaui HEL__i__ ttor aie. of
'^ifufc gontleman or
course, opeaed and examtned. ? '",,_*,., cnen the
ladv of the boose, "? happone <? ??J?pro.
j-ackage. .I..- tl,e trick a* a i^ '?*_,
fcKslotiai lK?gglng, which It ls. w",^"0^ pit*ably
dtepose<l, the boy wlll r-*:*lvo -. ?ii ?^;^|h-Wi-b. Ii.
balfTdolUr when he returns for W eard*. brs.um,?
caBBB, all of tha cat* bsBt *&*? N^
' has had a pm.perou* ruti on "' . ...
,-vderalntbewea,,h!e,-sT.len,;.f
and city proper may expect ""J^Mry for the pro
unles* tbfcs exposuro make* It "?*?!? ____iituta bobb*
t.afi engagM aa tho bustoeaa to .-batituta m?mm
othar awladla.
CHANGED SCHOOL METHODS
WHAT THE NEW PLAN WILL ACCOMPLISH.
MB. JA8PEB'S OPINION OJT THE DEKECTS Or TBH
WnOLE SY8TEM-OT_KB BEF0HM8
PKOPOSKD.
Trachera ln the public schools are antlclpatlng.
with some anxlety, the openatlon of the change* ln
Uie by-laws recently adopted by tho Board of Edu
eatlon. BTMbb there are several mlnor modiflcatlons,
that which wlll affect them most l* the new classl
flcadon. All wbo havo been teaching for les* than
flve years wlll bo subject, as heretofore, to tho ycariy
examlnatlon of their classes by the auperlntondcnls;
but teachcrs who have pasied that pcriod will be
graded In Uie several studles which each bas tauaii..
accordlng to thclr standlng durlng tbe last flvo year*.
Tho classe* of tboso who have ranked tho blgbest
wUl bo exempt fruni year to year from tho e.xuml
naUons, at tho dlscrotlon of the Clty Superlntcndent.
Before Juno 1 Ihe Comn.lt188 >..i Teacher* 1* to
deslgnato those who are freo from aoch aupervlal".
and with tiio superlntci'dent and hls staif formulate
rukss for the _ .ldance of these teachers. This Uat
rs prerared by tho suporlntor.dont* from the rocorda
of tho teachers. and from tho oplnfcms of Uie prlnclpal
under whom oach ono has taugbt. In addltlon to
al! notes, reccrtl* and marhs, tbe personal knowledgo
of tbo offlclals ls to bo tal.en Into consldcration, tn
ordcr that ai! the quallflcaUoDS of tho Ua/-_er may
have proper intlucnce. That ono haa reoeived Uie
hlghest mark, " excellent," for flve years, wUl not
of Itsclf be tho only consldcration, nor lf ono has
not always obtained that mark, wlU he necoesailly
be placed ln tbe non-exempt class. This liat, when
lt haa bcen approved by tho Committee on Toachers
wlll only be known to tbe committee and tbo super*
lntendents.
WOIUC OF THE S~PE?INTEND->.T.
The Clty iSupcrlntondent, or his assistant*. are rs
qulrcd to vlalt every scbool not less than once a year
to ald the non-exempt teachers, or to reuder any aa
slatanca or glve surgestlons to those who may be
e.<empt No marks are to be as-lsrned. but a statement
wlll be mado of each class, and that placed on record
for thc buporlntendcnt nnd the Conmlttee on
Teachers. When the prlnclpal of a school reporta
that tho instnictlon or dUclpIIne 0f a teacher Is unsatla
factory. or when from any cau*e the fluperlnter.dent
may dcem It expedlent, he can Irrvesflguto the ca*e
and ascertaln lf U.e tracher retpitres tho repdar
mpcrvltdon and asslstance. On auch Uives'l/atlon
Uie Clty superlntendeiit may, with the com urrenrn o'
the Commltti-c on Teachers, determlne wheUier ?ueh
teacher shall, thereforo, be subjected to the regular
supervlsloii.
If a board of trnsfees, an assistant riperlntcndent,
or Uie prtncljial of any sthool report* that Uie ln
Rtructlon or dlselpllne of a teacher iu f-uch school I*
dettimental or Injurlous to a cla>s or school. and that
furilicr BBpatWMoa and vi iiaton are usa'ess.tlio Buper
Ir.ieiident Is unniedlately to Inver tlgato and report tha
case to tbe eomuil.to", and if lt fluds Uie complalnt
sustalned, the teacher Is reported to Uie Bovri for
removal. In thc same manner complaJrrH against a
prlnclpal, made hy a commlasloner, t-iwtee, or euper
intordi-ul, aro to bo Investlgated and reported od.
Tbe piinclpala of tlie achooU are to assemblo In con
venb'iit groups from time to time by tho directlon of
Uie Supcrtntendont, for confereneo or advtre wlUi him
or hl* asMktauU; arol the teachers are to hold meetlng*
of the same eharacter and for tbe sane purpc*e. At
auch tlmtss the school* In which are the teacher* who
altend Uie ii.cotlngi are to be dlstttssod an bour
earlier. Methods of ln-trui ton are to bc dlsrussed at
these mecUngs, and tearh<n and ptlncipals wlll be
reiulred to attend at least two of t.em each school
year.
? I am not opposed to an advance lr. achool nwthoda
because It wlll raaka a dMB|"." I r. Jespcr aiid,
" notwlthstandlng the fnyjucnt statement* that have
been made to that effect. It I* eaay to rjggast
oliange*. but qulte another thing to adopt them ln a
system where a general change may effect a revolutlon,
and an expenso which wlll soon run up Into humjxeas
of tbouaanda of dollara. Mrre expertments caunot le
made gcneral unUl thtlr result bas been ascer.ained.
? What do you think or t:.o rrlUcl<.n.s that Ue
New-York school* are Inferlor to those of other ciue*
lu Uie country 1" tte reporter ronttnued.
u I am not at all In *j mpaUiy wtth such aaser
Uons." said Mr. Jaaper. ? Wo have as a body Jurt a*
good toeebers u other cltlc*. we bave Just as good
m hools and Jnst as good a syatom. When I tay thia
I do not mean tha* aU la perfert. There la always
r.x.rr. for tmprevainont Change* have becn niad-r
eon.lniially. If wa are beblnd ln one or two featuree
lt does not foUcw that the ay*iem I* ta/l, but tbat
tht k6 fe.-irures should be oorrected. The change*
cau only be made *luwly ln *n great a *y?tem, af
f.rttng a* It doea 14S4>,OoO puplla. It Is a great deal
better to be slow than hasty, and those who rrltlrbo
do not contlder thi*. They are a* a rule peramis
who are not facilllar with Ihe worklng* of our
schools.
(BUZIClSljra A -.TCMORfAX..
" I may Instan.u B88B the roomorlal of Ihe PubHc
F/I.ii.Mlun BoaletBi aaBl I do not crlUciwa It* purpose.
Anytl.lng whlrh Inie?-.t* the though tful puhlle in
our K-I.ools li of value to Uie erhool*. Much I*
L-1v.ii In tbelr paper that I* worthy of carcful eou?1d
orallou. But I an. fcurprlied when a man of such
a world-uldn reputatlon aa an aducatlonallst a*
EMAMaat Ne?6erry glve* tho welght of bl* name to a
docuincnt v.hirh critlrl*e* the aystera, and uacs for
aigument 88 nany unfalr and glartn^' mtsstaten-.ents
of fact as thia paper rontalo*. He cannot have
|traa it ihe ?anie atton'.ou wl.lch !,.? f.v.- to hl?
own studles. Wero I gullty of half Uie error* which
thi* mcmorliU makos, and whl'h It ha^l every oppor
tunlty lo roriect, I should iut des*-.-e to hokl my
pc*IUon anoiiwr day. lt at ack* over-crowdlng tn
the public BBkaola and glve* ffcures. Yet It doe* not
glve the rea-^.t. of mi.Ii overeruwdlng. It doe* not
889 that thli I.. a thing of l.e past. But it might
have been ascertalned at my ofllce before tho paper
waa wrlttcn that ihe Board had dlrectcd Uie etrlcteat
enforcenient of the by-law toprevent over-crowdlng,
and that to-day tbls i* reducci to a mtnluiura ln the
M-t/uols. Thclr figure* aro ibeolete, yet Uiey are
pioscnfcd as facts. Tbelr ?t.tenienu as to U.e re
n.oval of teachera and of tho dutles of truatee* are
entlrely at varlanro with the faeb*.
Tho memorial attack* the arbltrary nile* of
tt.? 'Teachora' ManuaP aa d.prlrtng the teacher^
of dlacreUonary power*. and ad>? that It mlgbt be u?a
ful lf lt could be taken a* aauggatUm. Now the maln
purpoae of the Manual la to k? suggesllve, and Utlfl
fact coukl be aeen aul read ti plaln t> pe ttbm tho
beginnlng to Uie ead of It.
NOT WlMt'I. MI&5TATF.MENTB.
"TTiese fcatores 1 mentlon iccause auch siatemenis
comlcg from thoae who areleileved to be wvll In
fomiod aro mlsleading to ihe public. and damage Uio
reputatlon of the school* qtlte as much as the real
evlls which are dnplorcd. I do not mpposo they are
wllful mfsstatements, but :bcy are noue the less rop
rehenslblo. The nebool* _?o been ovcrerowrted, be
oause tho Board hesltated t> i-nforco the law wblch
should keep ehlklren oi.f. N<w ?ehool* have not
been bullt, oldor scboolH hsro got out of n-palr, not
from tlni fault of U.e lii.wt of BttaeBtttX
cause tha clty gorarnment, to kcvoral admlnlstiailons.
pei-hiktently reftisci to prottd meaai ft>r new aeaoBi
?fiftatVlDB, or to defray tbe neeHsary aatfaaBsa for tbe
cuiTt-nt wear aud tour on tbsc oM baOd nfs. I
nearly four yeais almost notlng was daa
tho needs of the 4kIk,oU; thtu was no monoy. I
It a wonder, U.en, Uiat (here.hould bo complalnt* of
a lack of achool ucommodeon, of worn-out plpes
and bulldlnp*, of bad ennttt-y condltlon*/
tlilngs are kno?-n to tbo Hoar and to all wbo know
public bchool atfalrs. Mlnce htyor liewin's tcrm be
gau ever>' eftort and all mean havo been taken and
are now being enulojed to omody theso Iroubles.
Hut tho lot* of four yeais' Uno and the Incrcaslng
needs cannot bo met in a mcith or a year; It wll!
roQi.Ire a number of yeara ftr tho Boaxd to repalr
what It ha* lost ln tl.at Inteiva."
Bebb. i iulniiafl ol th< Committee of Elght,
aay* that hl* coniinlttoe a)l ln a few v
inoUicr report .iallng with
i i 0f ti,,, :,< l.ooi hysteni. What
hto he doos not say, but n thinks U.e vlow. of
th"- eoBunittee will ool ho rerered with tho aamc
ninoiini of opposition whl h n (ii" Ur t report. U
1? imdi.-rst.- ' I. 'he eomi
wtU j, wlll be Ui' exarfnallon of tbo pup!!s
for proniotlou aud Uio mcth04U olmarkliK
rtporl v ! f'?T ofthese etamln ??
for promotlon. anl v. 111 BMUBJ auficslloo* a* M
of sludv for U.e hlfhar fa*ses of grammar
Is for admlislon of pupl's t th* hormaJ and
Clty College._
_ CAX1XB UOXOUAKjia
From The Phliadelphia liecoid.
,n an uptown re-ldcnce of some fahionabla pre
tn there Is a little dog who I c, aoch an aos
tlietlo t.in. of mind that ho bas bectne Infa:
with tbe llowers ln the deslgn of theparlor '
Bi.d bo Is uow a monomanlac oa that pmi. TbB 1U
tle f-llow la a vciy pretty Hhye terrler. When ho wa*
allowed to lit- ju.-nt tbe Pa?..r ho i
. faney to ? l;u?J'_
aeitlcd upon one v bl. li sulled hl* tasle> f? a " U" Tbe
moie l.e iaw ..f it the freato
until flnally ho couM n .. he ai
a.ul other ..
by bim with a dls.ialu <
niii' oi hla hlgh "Ii* *2r,It'mA2J}
inent of tho boauUful ln art- Ho v
bosb against the Bower, tbaa wrlggle back a Jhert
dlslanco and Juiup al !'? ^hen h- l ivlncrd
that iho ttower wa* not afrnld of him ho pawod II
with l.ls llttle claws and wore a hole almost through
U,lACio'w,_avs aco Uio Ide* of preaentlng tho dog wl.h
a & ?i?V3ea was Um fiower that appcBra* ta
i.nn-i *". ?S lh" carpet-occurred to tbe head ot tha
?r* ii?i "0 ,0",t a few of them home ono evenlng.
i"e, mt'e lerrler looked at them in a curtous way at
""i and then at the llower b_ the aarpet, und iluady
maae a dash at the real flower* aml toie them Into
w?r*as, a.ter which he returned to the unreal arl
At one tlme dirlng th^ course of hls love making,
wnsu it wa* foond thst he would destroy lhat por
iion of the carpet with wh'.eh bc was lniafuaiod. he
? ? ii &Wa>' *nd locked ln a room lor two days,
>ut he refurcd to lake the most tempt.ng food and
??eerti-d to be plnlng away untll he was auMn ailowed
11. the parior. ne t? there now, and i? likejy to ro
maln unill hls death or the cure of hls allmeuL
*
A8SBBTING AN AMF.RICAX POLlCY.
THB PANAMA CANAL RESOLUTION WAEMLT
. RECOMMENDED TO THE HOUHK.
R'aohlngtoii, Feb. '_-I.- RejBaBBBBaBJvB .Vr<;rrary, of
KeaRnkp, ln bebalf of >hc majorlty mcmheie of tho
Commlttee on l'orelgu Affalts, ba* prepared a report
BaBfefJng tke ad.>ptioti nf the. Ldn.u.'ids Panama
Canal resolutlon. The report says tho rrsoiution
eomos, to the House after l.elng c_nf:illy consldcred
ard almost unanlmously adopt.-d by tl.e 9saa?a, It
reafflrms a public pollcy Uat l?. of bolh NaUonal and
lnternatlonal imj.oriar.ro. The Jolnt resolutlon under
coDaKieratlon, tho report says, ls in accordanco with
tho declaratlona made by l'residont Mouroe ln 1823,
applied to exisUn? conditlona a:ul tho dcvelopmont
of eventa. Qu.jtat.ons are mado from tho declaratlona
of somo of our l're.idenU and many of out leadlng
fctaiesmon to ahow that tiiey have taken even a sUouger
posltton than U.at malntalned by tho rcsolution under
consideraUott, and that Uicy objected n?;t only to
Eu.-opoan colonlzatlon or tho cxtouslon of European
jKilltical syatema on the Amortcan Contlnent, but to
any preject which wo.Ud give a European government
a new ioothold In AmcrioK,
The jolnt resolutlon utider consideration, says the
report, slmply declares that tho Government of the
Unlted States wlU loelt with scrious concom and dls
approval upon any connectlun of any European gov?
ernment with the con.trucUon or control of eltber
the Panama Canal or tbe Nlcaragita CniisJ, and wlll
regard such eonnectlon or control as Injurlous to tho
righti and Intercsu of tin Unlted cjtato., and as a
monace to thcli welfarc, and aska If any one can deny
tbe truth of tbeso pioposlttoiia. llistory
fchows that wherever governmenta put their
money, Oiey aooii follow with thefr power.
ln tbe light of pa-t eventa, can we doubt what
would be the result If England or Erance dr any
of Ue great 1'owera of Europe shoukj coustruct, or,
by indorslog bonds, control such an Important tr.n-.lt
aa a shlp-canel across tho Isthmus of I.arlcn, or a
ahlp-canal across Central America! It any Eu
tepi mi (iovernmeut shonkl coustruct or asslst In
the eonstructlon of a great publlc Improvemont ln
I another country, the assortion of that power l.y tho
(?oveniinent can bo foliowed hy the right of .1
'hat Imprevrment. Oloinbla and Mcaiaugua
are both weak liepuhllcs, aud they would soon ho
foiced to yleid, either by treaty arrargements or
slons to the Govrriimental authurlty pro
ii otlng Uo euterpn^e. A couillct of lnb-ivsU with
eitNer would cortalnly occur, and ti.e \>..-:ik Power
would suceumb to the greater IVfwer and tho ul
timate result would be European diimlnailou ln
Panama or NIcaragua, and perhans an axtonslon
of the domlnatlon to other Bepublics.
Tbe present, Uo report dcclareK, Is an opportune
and Important tlme to annouce an Ame-tcan pollcy
wlU regard to the Panama Canal. Iie I.esseps bas
faiied ln hi . work ha* stopped, aod tho
(iovernnient of Franco haa been aslted ;o oonatruct
or rontp-l ln ??i_? way Ue eonstructlon of the
canal. Its control by "an European Government
cannot lut be n-ganled a* Injurlous to Ue rlghta
and Intcr-Ms of tl.e Unlted Statoa and as a mena.?<<
to our w>)fare. Moreover, our treaty obllgations
and tbe far-rear.hlng and blndlng guarantees made
by Ue t'ultod btaJe* with ibe republlc* through
whirb tba proposed lntoioceanio canais ar?> u> be
conttructed, mako* lt of pararoount importanoe to
? aple of Ue Unlted bt.*teh that any aib-mj.f
on the part of European (loveminents lo cnga^o
li. Uo eonstructlon or control ot thrs-- oaaala abould
atched with Ue great?st vlgllauee and looked
njsin with seriou.- coueern and dlaapproval. Iu
ooisliisipa. tha report aays:
Th* tlmo haa come for our Government to defins lt*
potfilo? and take * itand In b-half J8our sister repubHcs
of the Western Ifen.t?[!iere. The^Rky of Ue Isolatlne.
of the Uree Amerlcas haa p*-*ed. Each year brlnga the
Unltrt Htate* and the repohUca south of us In clo-er
eenim.nleat.on. and tbe day ls not far dlMa_it when Ue
Uree Amerle** wlll be eonnected by railroad ? and boand
togetber ta *e__i_oa bop?s ar.d eoromon Ucs. The adopUon
of Ua isMolaUoa wlll hslp to pr**srv* U* autonomy and
advanes th* best lnterests of our sister republics south of
us. And, flnally, It Is In Ue dlrectlon of Uat dostlny
w_!:a. waan fulfllled. wUl make Ua W?s?em Uunlapher*
a toiistellBUoa of tepubUoa.
THB PANAMA CANAL COMPANY IN COURT.
Paris, Feb. 24--Tho Clvll Court and the Trlbunal of
Commerce boU clalm Juriadictlon over Ue Panama
Canal Company, and tbo qncsdon has been roforred
to th* Appeal Court. In the meantlmc procoedlngs
. ui.d-r efther Jur'-dieNon are llablo to bdiiuI
? nutit, ccordlng tx> the d*cislon of tho Appeal Court.
THE 8P1B1TS li /.7.7. RASHFUL.
MX8, BAWTXR -A1L8 TO MAKE HEB THREAT
' ENED EXl'O.SVR-.OT "SI'inrirALIS-f."
Dockatader'a The-'re waa well fllled last evenlng
with people wbo wanted to aee U* so-c.Uled scleum
ot spirltuallsm oxplalaed. lt bad been annpunccd
Uat Mr*, Carrle Sawyer. a " medlam." would evoke
Bfilrlti and then show how the fraud was accom
pltahed. Tho evenlng began with somo clever foatt
by hollar, muale by Ue Mpanlsb Ktudrnts and slil^il
JuggUng by Mclvllle. M'hcn Mrs. Hawyar was Intro
: she wa* wanilf greeted by those who appar
ently were wllllng to amend the adage, " Relleve only
half what you see and nothlng that you hrar.* to
?? fJBlBIB nothlng Uat you hcar and les* of what you
Bt?.?
Mrt. Sawyer gave sn ? exhlbltlon of slatawrlMng.*
was nothlng mystcrlou* about Uls. Her ex
planaUon, perha'.-, was less satisfaotory
than the larftrmance. The trick. on
ahe herself confessed, conslsted merely ln changlng
tbe slate for one on which sonirihli.j hail been writ
ten. A lOBjeaiBBl cblkt could have accomp!lsli^.l
the same thing with equal facllllv and less myatery.
Sho dld one thing vthlch rcqulrcd some dextcrlty.
A blit ' "(1 OPPO."* her.
she to.ik RaM of hls rlght land with her left, aml vlco
versa. A ring lay In her lap. and by run ing tho
man'a hands over hls faco and hers by turns aho
managed to sllp the rlng over ber own wrtst without
Uo man being able.to feel tbat she had dlsengngcd
one of her handa from hl. for an iii.fant Hy B
fmlle movement of Ue arni _.< M U. u; sllp ftom
b.-r wrlst aloug his arm. TRera follow..1 loflM " splrit
nshe.1 ln much Ue same wa*.
" TBO ipiwttVton. bogali u. grow inipaile.it, and1 cries
..f ??8hotv us au 'exuos." wers hmvi fn.m dlfforont
..art. of Ue l.ouw Mrs. bawycr Uien trie.1 to
nrake srlrlt forms arpear from a curtalned cablnet.
Tho BrWto mu"l"ha" bMB bashful, for they would
not come forth, alUough now and Uirn, M Ue cur
laiii wa* drawn baok for an lastaat hy aaaxeeed
"gly material-looklng hand, a fla*H of white could
bc iecn wlthin. Mri. Bawyer did not offcr to ex
forty volc*. explalned, all at tho same time, lhat
il.oy had aeen M>?. Kawycr call MrU. two aml Uree
?i.lrlU fnmi a cablnet ln her own house. Mrs. Saw?
yer meanwhlle had beatep a dlserect rttroat and
cculdn't be ooaxNl to bW her?K lf. _^?*J?_
announeM that lhe Spanlsh RRidonN ?'?uld lUve
more selectlon. and tho crowd startrd for tha door.
AX IMMMBSMHOTML 10 BE RUILT.
l'LAN'8 FOR a ua.s-nso:.tr. AND commodiocs
?IHJUIUIl Blllfl Or THE. DETAILS
Asnooy Uo many new bulldlng. to be ercctod In
Itrooklyii thla year wlll be an Immenso hotol at
Washington and Concord sts., on the northeast corner,
plans for which have already beeu flled. The archl
toct and Ue bulldor promlse Uat It not only wlU bo
tho most eomplei* Ulng of Uo kind In the clty, but
wlU also be as bandsomc as any bulldlng here. w orli
on u.e now bulldlng has not yet been begun. but lt Is
sstd that tho hotel wlll be eompleted In 16-KJ. lt wlll
be managed by a syndlcate of Drooklyn and New
York capltallsts.
Tho plot of ground upon which U.e hotel wlU be
bullt waa reoently purcbase.1 from Colonel John W.
Owlngs, for 8150,000, and has a froiitaz? of 100 feet
.-.l.lncloii-st. and 189 feet on toiicord-st. Tho
I9tag Itself. as estlmaied, wlll R
rJ 10,000. Tho (aaadaa a_0 be of gnmlte. red sand
atone a.id buif brlck, eiiUoratoly omamouted, of Uo
.(cnaleaauca style of ar. l.itc tuie. ThrougUout tbe
i.i. siones Ue bofl wlll be Uoroughly flreproof.
Abovo the manaad roof, whlob arl ? ""
N UUng, wlll bg an ornairental towe. froin
''U0'4!l,Kh_ obiajiiM
h.ttau island and N ?? S*^?^
Uo slie. iu : will ,be<ih^_I'_m.
the ui ?, . ^Frou
ub to tho roof uie UlsUnce wlll ^_J'^?r7 enrine
In the bascmout wlU he tho boller and engine
barliei-shO|., ' ? vmuxt.
alaundr) ai ' ?nHi^?iiMcon
taln tho ofil. ' ro,u^V franslTn
annnnoi \ '? ..0.',' ' ', ' ;,,, |.?- same noor
,.to dlnlng-roon.8,
aaaiBilibBBiobBii ?'?.-. i..- r?nuattun| algW ***"
,-?_, .UI of nooA _a?
talica ? wii run tho holght of Ua
for the guests ln ciao oflir.- Iho l. "0il_':,1.riinI
inviocd with all ih; BoavenlenaeB WXt%$Ttt
ele.iilc llghts, tclc/ones, twe swift L'lavatot*' (??
Sc first floor "wl'l L- covmd with inoaalo %"^0[u
ninti hall and prin?lpal rooma wUl bo wainscoi??
wiu madble.
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SOTBNER'S
MAGAZ1N
FOR MARCH C0NTAIN5
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Theartleta forras the ?,i{_tn
Tho AprU lMue wlU routata a pajmr la UU* ?erie* by
R. L STEVEN80NV3
I A ninsr Inierest'ngar.d valnable paper. lllnstrated by many itrawlntr* from skotrh** aiade on the
>mall-tr. omaii <?.ral i .mrs atrongly <<....,i em'.s tha 4'lvll ^ervice lawa ?* *f
Inliixt |., ::??'. :..,.? m-i .r vlneii antst 4-xclteattenUnB.
? \ li.W \Y sl-.i.
UHABLEH PBAHCM AI1AM8.
?*rtal. "TheMaatcrof Ballantrae." lseentinned, aocompaniad
by a (frontlaplece) fnll-page drawing by WlUlam Hole.
AflCDURII DAIIC '",l"* mlc of A "?lueble paper by W. B Beott] drscribtng th* rec? t
bCilnlAll lll'lll- ex..*vatn?Ba at the little-knowB Oirmsu city of Treve*, whkh foe
more than a ceutury wa* the capltal of th* Beanaa huip.re. KuUy lllaatraied.
WAC.Nj.R'8 HEROES AND HER0IME3. ??^SSe?
sipecially InlercatluK an.l lntlu.to laanv yortralt* in eharacter of th* chlef *.Dfrr* ln the Get man Opera.
QUIaDT OTflOliTQ ? " Extonuatina '..renmstanree." a clever talc, by WilUam Ma
OIlUll I Ol lllll tO s Kend.ee Bangs, aud " An Kyeforan Kyc." by KobertGranc.
tBl_f*DT IflTIOI CO ? " Mexlcan Huporatltlon* and Folk I.or? " by T. A. Janvler.
anUnl RllllU ?CO. and - Economy ln lutellectnal Work,'' by W. II. r.urnhain.
wyp run QlflrD '*contrlbuted by Ilenry James, who wrltee "An Aalmated Coa'
I flt tnU rArbll vcr?atlon" .in dialogue form), dl?c.i**tng i iternational sooiat toplcs
wiUi wit and satire.
25 Cents a Number; 83.00 a Year.
Stnd gtamp/or " About Jtailtaayi," a $maU vutnual eoniaining rxuek cnluaHe ent ouLot-the-wtt
practual inju'ruiatwn.
CHARLES SCEIBSER'S SONS, Pulta, NEW-YGRX.
CUPS ACROSS THE SEA.
TALK ABOUT AMEPJCAN YACHTS GOING
AFTEIt THEM.
THB N_-r.TOKK CLUB?8 IIOUSE AT NEWTOBT?*
RACE OF ICE-YACHTS.
There bM becn conslderable talk durlng the last
week among New-York yachtsmen regarding tho
practlcal challenge publlsbed In "The London Fleld,"
tUrectlng Uiclr attcntlon to the fact that Uio Cape
May and Drenton's Reef C'Lallcnge Cups which Sir
Rlchartl Sutton's cutter, tho Genesta, carrled horae
with ber ln ltb5, are still ln the posscsslon of tbe
Brtti6h wlnnors. Tho same article, lt wlll be
remombered, suggc*tod that ln place of a Britlsh
challenge for tho Aricrica'8 Cup, tbls 6cason bo
marked by a contest made by Amerlcan yachtsmen
for these Amerlcan cups now in the hands of tho
forolgn opposltlon. Tho usual consoquonce of auch
4Uscnss1on8 bas also been the result ln this case, and
the customary Kiifounded gosslp has been publlshed.
lt has becn said that beneath a veU of mystery cer
taln yachtsmen ln thia city have alreidy becn making
prepnratlons to aeccpt this challenge and brlng tho
cupa back where they bclong. Inqulrtcs amnng thoso
conversant with tho facts ln yachttng clrclos (.how
that there ls absolutely no foundatlon at the present
tlme for any such gursswork, although It ls, of
course, dcslrabio that the only proper step should
bo taken. Frederlck Tams, of the Soawanhnka, said
to a reportcr thc other day Uiat It would co*l
tlO.OOO to take a yacht to Great Brltaln for the
purpose of raclng for thoso cupa Thia Is undoubtedly
tho truth. Mr. Tams also made tho tlraely sug',xstlon
that, combinlng ipatrloMc buslncsu with personal
pl.asurc, ono of our wcalthy yacht-ownera might
this year, wltb hls craft, vtsit the Taris Faposltlon,
aud Incidentally stay long enough to take away the
mugs from their present alten possessora
The Nf?-Tark Yacht nubTafl at last taken a step
whleh wlll be remembered not only by the members
of the club themselvrs, but by those who are fortunate
enough to enjoy Uie elub's hoepltaltty. The eon?
tract for tbe erecUon of a club-houae at Newport
haa been awarded. Tho bulldfng Is not Infended for
a homo for tho yBehtsmen, but elmply aa an ap
propriato place of meetlng for the amateur lailor
men and their guesta Tho clnb-house wlU be on
Bawyer** wharf, wlU be two itorlcs hlgh and wlll have
two plarnas. It wlU be surmonntcd |>y a hlgh roof,
a cupola and a flagstaff. The buUding wlll be ln
colonhU style and tl.e tnterlor fififsh wlll be In
natural wood, the ra!:r:s be'.r.g shown much as is
the caso wllh tha ..mventlonal boat-house. Tl.e
club has been in nccd of a preper boat landlng
st Newport for years, snd with the new wbarfage
arqulred at other harbow, tbo equlpment for nc_t
?cason wUl be greaUy improved.
The Larehmonl Taeht Ctab has shown a tendency
(or extendtng Its fleld so as to Include other varletles
of *port besldes tbe dlrect purpose of Its organliatlon.
Toboggaolng. BhaUng and other wlnter sports have
been ln vogue at the ploturcaque olub-hou?e wbenevor
the weather has permltted. AnoUier dciature wae
made on the blrthf.y of the Father of hli Country, ln
the form of a wini.-i.oottng toumament. to which mem?
bers and thclr Mea_ MBI admitted. The club en
loys tbe advantr. of extenslve ground*, *o sltuated
as to allow an iadul n< e ln thta pa.tlme. The sbotrt
Ing-grounda bear compailson with any In tbls nolgh
borbood. exceptlng. perhaps. tl.osa at Tn-edo.rai-k.
and that their merits wero appreciated was shown
by the generou* partlclpatlon In the contest. Such
a splrlt ln a club of the klnd Is to be commended, and
wlll show Its results ln groatcr harmony aud grcater
Interest ln the elub's behalf than would be the case
lf u.e members were not brought together during tlie
dreary wlnter montha_
Ice-yachtlng haa so far tbls season been duU. The
great Ice-yachtlng ni.uo> In this nelghborbood are
on the Hudson Ulvcr above Foughkecpsie, on
t.range Late and on tho liarltan. Tho only club
whleh this Wlatar li- launehcd IU swlft cnli on
tho wavcl-ss Hudson to sall a regatta ls the
Carthago Landlng l) t V... i.t Club. The starlers
tn this race wero the VklBB WIng, Whlz. Kth.l and
North biar The courso was tweuty mlles, and t!.o
'nennant was won by tho North biar. Tho lce was
?mooth, Uio wlnd was falr, and the raoe was elose.
For many years thero has befn a rlvalry among
many lce jaehtsincn as to tho comparatlve merits of
,ho lato.-n and the long BBll, but there Is no doubt
that tho easlest-handl.'d rlg for a cranky, swlft-turn
ing Iro yacht ls tho ordlnary sloop rlg. With a tcn
knot bteaaa blowlng, au lce yacht running on a bow
llne slioota taut, Jib flrm and llattened. and Just the
ahlmmer of a ahake ln ihe forefoot of U.o malnsall, a
fcather culd not lly Ughtcr, but under those coudl
tlons breathlng ls dltlicult and the sccnery somewhal
blurred.
NOTK8.
Tho schooner yacht Nokomls, has gone Into the
possesslon of tlu- feoaar vwma* ot the ptlot scboonor
Story and wlll end her day* as a pllotboat. She ts
?ae of tbe stunehest bvl s.booners in these waters.
jn? w. v. Wilson, Frank Swan, and ?r. \an Cox,
ot tho t)cet..n P-B8ktp Company, New-t'ork, aaWJ
guosts of tho Cai-BfB LaadtBg Ico Yacht CT.lb during
the annual taaaM* at I'o.igl-.kocpsle last ThursUay.
Tho omamlttea m oharr of the constmction of the
new eluMiouse of the New-York Yacht Club at New?
port conslsts of Ogden Goolet, E. D. Morgan aud
C'aytaln Gouverucur Kortrtght
Tho Orango Lake Ico Vacht Club, of Nowbtirg,
sailed flve racee last Wcdnosday on Orango Lake.
Thoro ws* a f.ne west wlnd and the four startcra
ln tho tlrst race made exoc'Jont tlmo. ttoorge Trln.l.lc's
Tako Care won t.ireo of the raoes under time aUow
^Thc usual monthly rereptlon of tho narlem Yacht
Club OetBQSd hl I 1 - avenlng at (he club
bBQBB. No. MO B-Bl On--l.u diod-ar.d-twcnty-fli-st-st.
I niBIBtatt. L B. -\rn..:.l, B. Paton a.ul 11. ??
McAllister form'-'d U.e 80BI-1?? on ariaiigr.mcnts and
aequltl - ?<lmirably.
At tho meotlng of tb* KiilckerboekT Yacht (lub
last ThiiiMiay ovenlng, tonnnodt.ro IjMietU appolnU'd
Uw foUowlng C4inii:ilitcs, House Comralttce-G. K.
Bosenquiat, A. Chrlstlc, Jr., and A. M8M- ??????
Comtnlt_e?J. S. Uarrh, J. A. Morrlson and <i. h
Kosenquost. Kegatta Commlttce-A. Varlan, I
Alexandcr, G. T. Charltou, E. B. Benedlct an?l 9.
Kherspach.r.
Tbo Cape May and l'.renton's Keof Challongo cup*,
which were won an.l taken to Kuropo by tho Gcncs:a,
are now in possesslon of Jamleson. the Irlsh wl
.list.ll':-. ih-y waca won by thclr presont boldor
with uroat Brltaln's crack cuitor Irex.
T. J- Coolldgo, Jr., ls negotlatlng, with a maaabaa of
tho New-Vork tmM I tol, iBf tbe saio ot tho sch.Kiner
yacht Iroquola Tho latter Is ono of Uio I
vetwel. of tho Ame.-'. an yacht tleot, ar.d ls espcilally
noted for her remarkal.lo wlfldwaid work ln a gale.
Tho Uelmont torty-footer. dealgned by Lurgi
reports may bo l^lioved, wlll ho a vern
bh? I* to have ii .
. it Ui.rty-o'gl.t This eer.aliily chows a ten.i
lo. ni avo'.ding I , ""?
altowaiRO raW. a ie::.l'i.-y ?WaB, wlUiaJ, U logltl
imodore Klbrldgo T. oerry is d ". hta
new iiBPhtba flteam Taunoh n.
cordlng to bis own deslfiis by a wiutl. Hrooklyu _BB
Iie dw'lares that tho launch ls faster an.l linater than
hls larco Bta ?-'th a greater cairylng capa?
clty The Onclda fetelene and l.u.juowa, are t4. ba
suiiplled. with iBv.thea-of the aame descriptlon,
Tho nowly electid offlcer* of Uie BioolOyn Yacht
XTRAORDINARY
GPPORTUNITY.
JAS.A.SEWARD&CO.
FORMERLY
WARREN WARD A CO.,
6 & 8IAST 20TH-ST., NEW-YORK,
FURMTUttE DKALER8,
j TO DISPOSE OF THEIR SURPLUS STOCK, THUR
MAKING ROOM EOR NEWER GOODS, HAVE RE
MOVED
j]-,-n~)
OP THESE GOODS TO THEIR
OLD STORE,
(Tcmporarlly Unoccuplcd),
Cor. SPRING AND CROSBY STREETS
OKE BLOCK EAST OE BROADWAT,
Where they wlll offer for tho next throe week*. thla
FURNITURE
AT PRICES UTTEltLY REGAKDEES* OP VAJ.TJl
AND BELOW ALL COMPETITION. Many of theae goods
are of their own make and all are deslrable.
OUR MR. STOWELL WILL HAVE THE SALE UC
CUAKOE.
Goods sold for cash now, and delivered without cbarg*.
wlthin Uie clty and Urooklyn, bat wlll bo etorod untll
June 1, without exponae to the pur-haser, U BeBlrad
DINIM.-KOOM FCKXITL'RB,
BEDROOM FURNITURE,
PARLrOR FUBMTURB.
HALL CRN.IUi:-.,
ODD CHAIUS, ETC, EVO.. ETC. ETO.
AT? AND S EAST aflTH-ST. WE WILL HAV_I
A FINI.LY SELF.CTF.I) NEW _-OCK ADAPTED TO
ALL WANTS EITHER CIT' OR COUNTRY-BUT.
AS U8UAJ-, ESPEC1ALLY A1.A1TED TO COUNTRx.
.u;es.
JAS. A. 8EWARD & CO.,
FORMERLY WARREN WARD A CO.
pptonK
(DIGESTIVR TARLETS.)
Ar* rapld'.y taklng the lead of bU rc*__^wh!e_ anm
dtstasc 'dkMM they Iru-tantly re.B*v* *"???? wtoaww
the g'.a. tld.ugs to oUiera who they taww are aBBBBMBBBBj
Convenlent ln form snd pleasent to lhe tas?U>-iUse y ara
opalar wllh .sufferer* from ga-ulc iroubles. wWca
r.._i'iv itlve war unuei- their Innueuce. The only r?nn*_7
1 i tiie worll that Insuntly wlieves and permanentlr cure*
?very form ofdyspcpala Lnl mdlite-llcn. Hon. C**?. J.
No/ee. e?SpeakerlMW H..u-? ot _'P?^,^^-_?7?,
' "Comm. of Ma*s.. SpeaJter'a Room, buto Ho?uw.
"Gentlemen: The Feplonlx kitidly furnuhelnie by a
frlend hsvo been thoroughly tcsted, ai.d I have .?xpertenr.a
,u-h DKI.IGHTFCL RELIEF by ther u*j- toamtho too
pepsta which ha* so long afflictei me that I write w ta*
,.-:, I th ... to any sno with a Uke troubla I HAV E NOT
IIEM TO FAIL IN A SINOLE IJ_-TAM._
OP AJWRDmO IMMKDIAtB I'l'.UF.F. and Icarry
tiiem oonatanUy with ma to ?**!ntcMrf neeo. BMae*.
ther are VERY I'LEASANT TO THE TA8TE. }'*""?
ortlally recommenrt Ibem to all j*r-?.n? who ar* "'u^ng
from Irrll.-.-tion ln its temporar- or more permanrnt form.
SoH by drtUTCtsta, .,r -.? BM 1 l>v nali for 79 < enta * MOX.
For twoeent -ts.nip we rr.-i'l clreular ?na sampie.
TIIF. ALLSTON CO.. 143 Federal-st.. Bo.-".o:i. Ma**.
F0LBIN6 BEOS.
Tho siylee we are showlng are a rnarked lmprovemma
on forrr.er sraaona, and Uio reduced prtcea brlng aa 1_?
crease.l lemand.
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ciuh aie: President. Daniei O'Rctlly: fiecretary, vtlll
lam Cat-'gor; Troasurer, W. H. Hurk; Corurnodore,
iiu.i..ii,; V... I'oinmod.ir.-. sydaey orant;
Rea^Corujnodoro, Ooorie ii. EVtoaa; Me.. "--r, II.
!?. M es, Dr. E. F. llravton,
M. .1. Hailev, .1. ('. iinllly. Willlam Warlng, N. McUan,
E. T. l;inl.-all, 1'. F. fharuller and A. r. Waldon:
Rofers a"<l
A:cxandcr Locheod. Regatla Conitarttea, Lharlaa
Vaughn, Willlam Dotlman and J. J. Wel&h.
CALLI.VO A PA8T0B FROil JERSEY CITT:
Na-inia. N. II.. fmx, 'J4.-At a BMettBg of. tbe FlrsB
IiBptls; .. imrch this evenlng it was voted uuani-iously
to cxtond a aafl to lha llev. o. J. Wultc, oi Jersey.
Clty, to becume pactor.
XC-T SVrtl A BW PJFj CBOP, APTEB ALLi
From The DostM transcrlj);.
Tlie Nexr-Vorb papers BBrBV wlll learn to wrlta
IntelllKPiiily or fahly of .Mn-saehnsetts and Mai.<a
chuaeits |>. ,.].l". flcre Is Tho Tr' t' ??
a Mai lady boasts of bavlng ma'..' 7U0 plea
iir. Now, ln the flrst p aee, Ma-sa
? ,.n. l.-.a^t. but when th.-y do they
have pcrformed an achlevoment that Justltles boast
lii/. i t.f 7.>0 plea in a ve .? would not
rt.ns.ltuuj such an uehleveiiienr. l|..;*-mtic!i as It would
ircply Uie consu.npUon of only \i <;v-;t?.<5 ple* per
di.in. Kvory tiormsl Massaehusetrs famlly of the old
stock would nyard this as a slege. all?v\ance of
[,:... taklnc Into consideration the coninniptlon po*l
Hvely Ineurabent on lhe duo obs>>.v_,uce of TlianK
gtving, Chrlstmaa ?and Kast Day. As <.o!a_.niltrt
might have sald, bad ho wandorcd througb Now
Englar.d?
,rA flrst doroand tbla bnsy land enpu]!?B,
Tta Uootors' bllls, tbe flecrust and Uib _**a."