FTRE WALKING IN JAPAN

WHAT THIS IXPTITTTION- 15 DOING TO IMPROVE

THE CONDITION ©F THE EAST SIDE POOR.

The report of the Friendly Aid for 1300 showsthat it had an enrolled weekly attendance at Itssettlement house, at Nob. M6and 243 East Thirty-fourth-st.. of 1.100. The household numbers twelve,and there are more than sixty volunteer workers.The purpose of. the settlement, according to thereport of Mrs. Mary Kiugsbury Slmkovitch. thehead worker, is to stimulate the life of the EastSide poor, It Is not. «he says, an educational in-stitution, but an associatii% to help the poor to livebroader lives.la accordance with (Ida purpose many things,

such as cooking, sewing and laundry work, arenow taught by the settlement, which will hedropped When the public schools give adequate in-struction In those branches. The real work. Mrs.Slmkovitch believes, li. In the increase of smallChios among the poor, with a greater number ofworkers to give their time to association with themembers of the clubs and teach them by Inductionrather than by direct educational methods.

Resides the settlement house In East Thlrtv-rourth-st., the Friendly Aid has a country home,called the Spring Turin Fresh Air Home "in Con-necticut Last year, between June 18 and Septem-ber 16. the Friendly Aid was able to give 273 per-sons a chance to see something of the country atthe farm. In addition, with the help of other as-sociations, enough more were given outings of aweek or ten <l:'- at various places to make up atotal of six hundred.

The expenses of the Friendly Aid for ISMamounted to 82,736 M. while the receipts were only*'™« The deficiency was bade up by privateconiriDut

FTRE WALKING IN JAPAN.

Kiiropek in Cana<!a'8 chaln of communication

A CHOICE OF TWO ROUTES.ItIs this defect which will operate so detrimental-ly to Canada's water»x>me commerce In the future.

Her advocate* say; "Improve the gulf beacons andi:&hts; provide for a proper vy,!ropr.!:,hi •¦• survey oftbe river at a cost of ro.«00; dredpe the river andwiden the channel; abolish the port duties nowchcrped at Montreal, and make it a free port, Ilk.-some cf the American harbors; aboll«h the ratesnow charged bj the canals, whi^h would coetJ2*).fiO.'). but would probably divert a large volumeof grain traffic to them, and erect some Inrge ele-vators at Montreal, which would contain an Im-mense stock of wheat, and admit of Its expeditiousand *"vjnom!c shipment." Th-se improvement?may do much In the line Indicated, at the sreatdrawback to the St. Lawrence route Is the narrowchannel, or Strait of Belle Isle, shrouded In fogand dotted with Ice masses almost th whole Fp;\-eon through. Practically all the big wreck* havetnken place in this part of the route. Kven themost perfect appliances for warning ships are al-most valueless In a region like this, and while theMontreal boats go by the Belle Isle route the re]

-ta«li?ncf thp rr" •••

must sufferThe alternative would be to proceed via Cabothtrait, on the south of Newfoundland, which Issixty miles wide and has few obstructions. Butthat involves a day's delay, and phlpowners willlane tlie risk of the former rather than keep theirvessels out iday. Between the one route and theother '-anada'a maritime trade is being severely in-jured, an.i the American ports are reaping thebenefit. This is rot surprising, in view of the fore-going facts, and it is manifest that the Montrealtrade must be even more injuriously affected inthe future by the Improvement of these ("nltedbtates harbors out of all proportion to the moremoderate bettering of the Canadian outlet to the¦em.

AUCTION 5A1.E3 YESTERDAYBy Bryan I.Kennedy * Co: 13 East ItsssVat Is. 230

ft c of s'h-ave. 23x09.11; *story b fiat h. with stores;

forerl-sure sale; Farmers' Loan an.l Trust Company astCarolina A Sims, lr.div and exnt. »' al; Turner, Rolston& Hcran. attyj; Henry ¦W»w»!man. ref; action 1; dueon Ju.lgt. MiSISIS: easts, 1387 03; taxes, etc, fs*l 0»; toplaintiff for «!>,!K>O; 17 Ka.«t ISMk ?t. n s. 273 ft

-of sth-

.i--. 23x1i9.i1; 4 story t flat h. with stores; foreclosuresale; fame parties; action 2; due m Jujgt. $9.31*73; ccst*.•asTSB; taxes, etc. »TM40; la plaintiff for J10.00O: 153East llnth-st. a *. 10<» ft c of Lextngton-ave, L>:.il.«Vll:4 story stone

•• flat h; foreclosure sale; Citizens' savingsBank airt Henry M rr:s et a:, rlrsson * rteall. altjs;Adrian II Ij»rk!n. ref; due on Judst. *>»>4i!*' costs.1316 Oh; taxes, etc. $<545 02; to Mary A Wynne for »13.1'»,2.263 2d-ave. w s. so vi ft n of ll«th-*t. 20x110; 3 storydwg h, with two store*; exr"s sale: estate of JamesBowen. deed; to Hugo Cohen for $».*oi>; West End-ayeand 62d-st. * , cor. 23..">x1<4>; 9 story t> tnmt h. withstores; pub an ;to M F McGee for $2^.200.

By W.iii.ni M Ryan: 172 West *Oth-st. » «. aM ft • ofAmster-lam-ave. 20x1«>2.2: Irtory b dwgr; foreclosure sale;5 NHoyt attt J H Weinberg et al; Daly. Hoy« *Mason.attv»; A H Vanderpoel. r«>f. action 1;due on i<i<i«t 933L-<H..-->: costs. $344 9«; taxes, etc. SuKi 77; adjourned 10Mar IS: 174 West ,«Oth-*t.¦s. IH.H ft

-of AasMSMaai20xl<rj.2; 4 story b dwg; foreclosure sale; »r»m» parties;

action 2: due on Ju^gr. $23,017 3A; roMs Ml." C'1 tax^s.$••03 77. adjourned to May lrt; 17S West Sett 3 < Iksft • of AmsteriJim-«ve. 20x102.2; 4 story b tin 'or».closure sale: Mary Hoyl agf J H Wetn'oerp; et al' Da 1Hoyt * Mason, atty.«; A II Vanderpoel. ref: due on Judejr$2.1,01.50; costs. $31127; taxes, etc. I*o3 77; adjourned toMay In.

By Pet»r F Meyer *Co: Greenwich an! Warren «t» ¦wcor. «s.Ix7ex«.-».4ijx7«: racant; foreclosure sale: A Johnsa;t Tarrant & /o; Curtis. Mallet, prevost & Colt atty«-T F Keogh. re.': due on Jud«t. $20.130 10; coats SSSCfctaxe«. He, $2: adjourned to May 23.

By McVickar A I"*:Melrose^ave. • s. 26.7 ft¦of 3d-»ie; also abutting; on 3d aye. 33.0', on Malniaa m andfi2.1l4 ft on 3d-ave. n 1 51.7 ft, *

I I.VII. 2 stc«rr b ft ar.dstore: to IICohn for *27.*00; and Willi«-av«, w s 23 ft a.f 147th it, 28-IG6: vacant: foreclosure sale; O W Greeract Amelia Heilraann et al: IL. Bro-ver. at-v J Jerolo-man. ref: dv-» on tudet. $11271;. costs. $212 54- taxesetc. $100 17. withjrawn.

AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.l«y rater V Ma3*er .<-• Co: West Erd-ave. 641..« inp.S

ft « of »3d -t. 2V3xtr>Ox.l3.2xU«>.3; » story s f ¦h; fore-closure sale; 1 Bell a*;t W liPowers et a!: Jay & <"and-ler. attys; V M Davis*, ref: due on lu«l«t. $40.91')34- cos's«-.«•*• 13; taxes, etc. $1.^74 13.

V 0TITLE TO GREATNESB.From The Xew-Orleans Times-Democrat.

"•The first newspaper work Iever did." sai.l anold reporter, spinning yarns the other night, "wasat the same desk with a man who spent all his¦P*re time writingdime novels. We were both onthe local stall of the paper, and this chap-call himanarrer, which is near enough to the name for thepurposes of my story— was retarded as one of thestar reporters.' He. was really a very good de-scriptive writer, and naturally Ilooked up la himwith something; like veneration: but Iremember Iwas puzzled at the outset by his seemingly childishcuriosity about petty Items of news. He was for-ever asking the reporters questions, and wheneverhe found anything queer or amusing he would jotit down on his blotting pad. When we got betteracquainted he explained himself. 'I have beenwriting dime novels for the last elsht or nineyears.' he said, 'and have worked over my avail-able stock of Incidents and situations until theyare worn down to a frazzle. 1 am In constantdread of repeating myself.' he went on. "but Ifindthat Iran k*-ep my style reasonably fresh andconvincing by feeding my Imagination with theselittle happenings from actual life. They are aboutall sorts of thinss— tights, elopements, lost chil-dren, bunco games, ma I dogs, crank Inventors,fanatics

—everything you could think of. Irumi-

nate "\-<r them, reflect upon their web of motiveand purpose and linallv work them into my novels.The effect is highly realistic.'

"After the ice was broken." continued the oldreporter, "Shaffer told me a great many Interestingthings about his side trade. He sold 'all his manu-scripts to the old firm of E. F. !'.••.. lie * Co., whowere the originators of the dime novel we used toread when we were boys, and he got $73 apiece forstories averaging about sixty thousand words Hewa=< not a rapid writer and could never manage toKrtnd out more than five or six novels a year, butthat forme-l a nice little addition to his income,and he made a point of always having at least twostories 'on the stocks,' as he expressed It. so hecould turn from one to the other, as the moodseizrd him. Generally one would be a 'sassiety'romance and the other a blood and thunder, rol-licking tale of adventure In the Wild West. Notvery long after Imade 8 lifer's acquaintance thehalf ilimc novel was issued for the first time, and Irecall distinctly ila deep disgust at the probableredaction in the rate of pay. He wrote two orthree 'half dimes' the following year, and my reco'.-lcctli.n is that h.- received $."/> apiece for them,which was a fair rate, In view of the fact thatth»>y contained only thirty thousand words each,hut th* appearance" of the nickel booklet markedthe decline of that kind of literature and it wasonly a few years afterward that the Beadles sus-pended thHr publication* altogether. I met theelder Mi Beadle subsequently at Colorado Springs.where he was sojourning for his health, and sup-posed mv acquaintance with Shaffer would put meon a friendly footing. To my surprise he had dim-culty in recalling the name. 'Our be«t writersused to turn out from twenty-Sve to forty novels ayear." he slid, 'and we couldn't be expected to re-rni-mbcr all th.» small fry. Chap* who wrote five orFix a year w-re as common as blackberries.'

"

REAL. ESTATE TRANSFERS.Kth-ot •1 B, IT." ft

-of I.«-Xi.-1K- B aye. fTlBhirregular; Morris E Webber, executor, etc. to• 'ornellus GallSKher; R P. $.]*> '..'. $.10000

Sth-ave, w a jr..n ft n of li.x»th at, 32a10t) SamuelMn?e to Henry- Rutly; mortgage. 140.300' R 5*-"••¦¦•'¦ asvaal?2-l-jt. I.'o 42U East. -T\l'"", John D .-rimming

to New-York Homeopathic Medical College andHoa| Ital; R S. (23 50 _5,300

Ijsper.ard-st. n *. 150.3 ft c of Phurvh-st 25. Ixi»4..1 ti> Canal st __V_*o-1; Judson Law«nn f>Warren E Dennis; mortjaw. S«».i*»»: R S. *lt>.Exchange

Oth-ave, s ¦corner :3.1-st, runs » IS2.M c ,">S.3 toBroadway x n 144.1 to 23<1-st ii'2; SamuelNewhouse to Cumberland Realty Co; mcrtsag*$330,000: k 8, »i'>" i

sTth-«t. .- s, IT" ft c uf 3th-ave. 23*100.3; ArabellaD Haatlnaton. executrix, et al to Duve IIMorris: R 8, $120 I^,ooo

Broom* Nos 2t>."> and 2!)7. •« s. «•:.*-- | Ox87.11; Ptßroa Lowenfeld and another to l*rryGo. Iman; mortgage. «53.C»«1; R S. »10 1

l«t-ave. s w corner 3iKh-st, tiXMxHiO; FtncusL<owenfel Iand another «•> George Doctor anian ¦>¦•¦ mortgage. »43,00i>: R S. 185... 1

s»h-ave. ¦• ¦ 3—.3 ft sof >»21-«it. SSalO ThomasM Hall

•• William II Ha!!. undivided pan allliens- R B. *."-• 1.000

S3d-sr No 32t West. 40x100.2; Claribel Spiers taJohn T Kirk;mortgage. $tiS.i*>o; R S. *•"• 1

Real (Estate.

HOW HIS BROTHER DIED.From Thf> Galvcston News.

••Gentlei said th* man with th? speckled(ixar as \y not se:it*d In the smoking compart-

m«-nr "you mu«t mccum m«» ifIdo not appearhilarious to-day. The fact Is Ihave Just heardof t!i«» d.-.ith of mv brother Cyrus."

•Th-ii's bad"

replied th*> man with the OeorjffWashington rht:i. i:i ¦sympathetic voice. 'VeryFUiltlf-ts .li-iith. was It""

"Nf> sir- on th* contrary, It took him a year to

dio I!.- was out West lust winter and Rot rauvhtIn a snow avalanche, and was burled twenty feet,K-,m \l» liv^J till :imonth ... and then Raveup his life. When niM body was found his finderswere sruHplnif a letter addressed to me. a letterin which he said he had not tasted food for Z_days."

"But how dl.l lie live?""On snow, 1 suppose.""And hcnv could he write you a tetter if hurled

tinder ih*> snow?""H« used a <iuill toothpick and blood from h.s

The man with the George Washington chinleaned back and tboui it over for a while andthf-n said:

"It Is an awful pity that your brother Is dead."Tea, it was .igreat loss to the country at large.

"'

"Qecause he would have ma«le such v championliar tn a few years more."

"What '" exclaimed tht> mnn with the speckledciK.tr. as lie ros<- up. "Oo you think my brotherpr«'va'rir_t«'ij ut»>ut the avalan_ie?"

"Wors.- than that: Ithink he lied tike a trooper.""<rentlfni'-n. [ trust you will excuse my emotions—Itrust you' will. None <>f you know what It is

to hear a" dead brother vilified. Ipromised himon his dying bed that Iwould never strike a manin anger and I am therefore helpless in this caseexcept to withdraw. Good evening, gentlemen—good evening!"

REAL ESTATE.

•Oldest Strongest Best

Title guaranteeandTRUST COMPANY.

EXAMINES AND GUARANTEES

Titles to Real EstateCAPITAL & SURPLUS

- - -$5,000,000

146 Broadway, New Yotk.175 Remsen St., Brooklyn.

I =rUnction Sales of Real (Estate.

PETER^rAIEYERTAuctbneer,WILL SELL AT AUCTION. ON

Thursday, May 16, 1901,at 12 o'clock, at the New Tork Real Estate Salesroom.

11l Froadw. .

198Choice & Valuable Lots

KNOWN A3

THE SEAMAN PROPERTY,LOCATED ON

Broadway, Seaman & Isham Ave-nues & 215th, 217th and

218th Streets,Park Terrace & U. S. Ship Canal,

12th Ward. New York City.TO per rrnt. may remain on Ilimil and

Mnrtuimf nt •"• per rent, or HO [icr cent, mayi ¦-•¦tiiiiiiint I1;I1;p*-r rrnt. for Ior II >#*nr>.! Title* tv111 M uunranii-.-il to each parchnsfr

FREE OK CHARGE.For book niap» and further particulars apply at th*

Auctioneer* ssßee, in Broadway.

Citn propcrtn Sox 5.:!?A FULTON ST. CORNER FOR SALE.Would take Bridgeport. Conn., property la part pay.

RlU\n & WHITING.1 .'. I!KKKM\NSTHF.KT.

I'

i! J'ari'.iolu-D ijonses Co Let—Conntrn.

FOX KENT.—

At N>w-Canaan. Conn., fully furnishedhouse, with or without stable. Rent Includes car«

( of lawns etc. Fire bejrunms. besla>» servant*" room*For particulars and rent, address WIU.ARD I'ARICRR.Jr.. P. O. Baa 1.017. X»t fork.

I7U)R SAI.E OR TO LET.—At Lime. Conn., two beautl-1 fully built an.l furnished cottasaa, eleven to thirteen

rooms; also la let. a lar«e. fine, richly furnished aMColonial hiusa, fifteen rooms, all with modern conven-

i iences shade trees, tranl'n. »t; l>l»s. sea bathing, fineviews.' JtiUina Mr- E. E. SALISBURY. New Haven.Conn.

Conntrn prarjertn Sox Sale or Zo letIT3NGUSWOOD AND VICINITY!—Houses for sals at

I111 rent. Furnished houses. H. WEATHERBY & CO..iEngl»w>H>.J. N. J.

__^__

Conntrn flrapcrtj} .for Sale.

I~OR PALE—Near th* Connecticut River—At a Great1 saertflea

—A gentleman's country place, consisting of

h«iutlful ne.T reslder.ee. with all Improvements. Including

«m electricity, steam heat, running water, etc. Fine ,: .tables kennels an.l outbuildings; elegant grounds and the |

! r^nest half mile trotting park in the State. Game pre-«e've of over 2 UOO a"r»*-lnclosed with hUh wire f-n.-e—

Icotrainlne numerous ponds and brooks heavily stockedwith speckled trout. Ducks, ruffled grouse, quail, wood-, -i-u rail pheasants, squirrels, rabbits, etc.. In great

n^mbtr™. 'Address GEOR'IB W. HALL. Ea»t Haddam.;Conn.

FOR P VLB.—

Choice rest«!ene» property, with atabla,X" Montclalr. N. J. AH modern conveniences. Ami:

; bargain. Apply JAMES 11. TUTTLE. Trlbun* Bid*.. f.T.

Conntrn Propcrtn <Zo Cct.TV)R RENT— PU!nfl*ld. N. J.. corner Grant Aye.J; and »tn St.; b-iutt"ul modern house. 15 rooms: fine

Istab!*; six. minutes' walk from Grant Ay.?. station; houseconrected with ie»»r. dfl:ghtful surroundings. Aptrj

; on premises, or K. 11. ABERNETHY. US Mercer St.. Jer-i gey City.i. —. .

—̂ .I 7TCKOFF. M. J.—To rent. for the summer season, a>> modern, completely fnrnlshed $ room house; near!nation: well located; pore sinner water and <!ry atr: rent

$200. A,R. ALL_N. Wyckoff. N. J.

A CORRECTION OF CERTAIN MISSTATE-Mr.NTS CONCERNING THE GOVERN-

MENT OF THE ISLAND.

San Juan. Porto Rico, April2S.In a .Ww-York paper recently an article appeared

criticising Governor Allen, denouncing the revenuelaw of Porto Rico and making various complaintsiigainst the administration of the government in

this Island. It said th.it "the revenue law wasrushed through the legislature just before Its ad-.l urnmemt, and was signed by Governor Allen whorefused to listen to The protests of the taxpayers."This la a misleading and erroneous statement.

The Legislative Assembly met on December 3.On December I!the Revenue bill (Council Bill No.Z) was Introduced In the Council, by the Committeeof Finance. On the same day it was read andordered to be printed, On the 19th it was returnedprinted, reni a second time and referred to theCommittee on Finance; it was then reported back

with amendments and considered in committee ofthe whole, and on January 2 was again reportedback with amendments, and passed by the Councilby a vote of eight to one. On January S, having

been • • grossed, it was sent to the House of Dele-gates, and was consider* '. there for twenty days,

passei almost unanimously, and returned to the

Council on January 28. with amendments. It thenwent to a conference committee, which in threedays reported an agreement, and it was passed onthe last day of the session. Th- Governor had avery short time after its passage to consider thebill or to hear protests, but he had considered itduring its pendency in the Assembly, and neverrefused to hear any one objecting to It. On thecontrary, he has always been accessible to all thepeople of Porto Rico, and every one else, on alloccasions. Mr.Magee, the secretary of the Coun-cil, gave a copy of the bill to every one who askedfor it until the printed edition of two hundredcopies was exhausted. The terms of the bill werewell known all over the Island of Porto Rico, andobjections from some of the most distant partswere filed and considered by each chamber of theLegislative Assembly. The revenue law was thedeliberate legislative act of the people of PortoRico.RECEIVED MOST CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.

The Governor, after sixty days and many niKhtsof hard work during the session of the legislativeAssembly, did leave the city for a few days' recrea-tion, of which he was in great need. The bill had

to be signed within the session of the LegislativeAssembly or it would have failed to become a law.There was not a bill passed, out of thirty-six

which became laws, that received more carefulconsideration than this one. a printed protest wasprepared by some bankers and merchants against

the bill, but it was never presented to the Gov-ernor, owing to delay on the part of those whohad the matter In charge; although every man ofIntelligence In the Island knew that under the act

of Congress the Legislative Assembly would ad-journ on January "i, the protest was dated Feb-ruary 1.It was also stated that there was only J2.000.000

In circulation In this Island. There Iievidently agreat miscalculation in this; for, according to thelast returns made, there was on posit In the

banks here $2,311,294. Bestdes.'wben the currency

was changed. In the month of August. 1000. $3,600.-

000 was left In Porto Rico in exchange for theSpanish silver taken to Washington to be re-colned. So there must bo in this island at least14,000.000 In circulation, or $4 per capita, for ench

man. worn and child enumerated In the census.It is also a great mistake to say that the banks

In Porto Rio do not lend money. That Is whatthey are here fur. But, like the banks in N-w-

York. they demand good security. Let the com-plainant offer nny banker in Ban Ji:nn the col-lateral iind be can £•¦• the money.

The people of Porto P.leo .?re said to be "land

poor." That hi taken to mean that people haveunproductive lan.l on which they cannot pay tax.-*.

There Is less unproductive lanj In Porto Rico Inproportion to Its sire than In any New-England

State. Town property In this city Is heM at JI.OOOa front foot, and sugar lands In the Island arevalued Bt from 1100 to 1300 an acre. Not an acre ofthe poorest lan.l on the island can be bought for

less than S3.

OTHER FALSE STATEMENTSIt i*Charged also that the taxpaylng t'.emrnt Is

not represented in the Council and that the mem-bers voted themselves a salary of $4,000 a year.

Both of these assertions are unfounded in fact.

Th" five : stive members of the Executive Council

when first appointed by the President were two

persons from each of the political parties and oneIndependent Becoming piqueIbecause they could

not carry everything their c wn way. the two Fed-

erals in the Council. In obedience to the orders of

their political chief, in a fit of childish passion re-Blgned, and after considering the subject for morethan two months the President filled their places

with two excellent men from H:- Republican party.While only one of the five. Mr. Crosas. the Inde-pendent, is a rich man, nil of them are taxpayers

and capable, patriotic Porto Rlcans. The salary ofthe heads of departments, who are all membersof the Council, is Bxed by the act of Congress at$4.<«> per annum, but the salary or the native mem-bers who have no administrative duties to per-form outside of the Council, was left to bi tix^dby the Legislative Assembly. A bill, original 1 In

and passed the House of Delegates fixing theirsalary at $»."'. but it was amended in (he Coun-

cil reducing th<> salary to'

•«-• annually, and notone of them voted to pay himself more than thatsum.

The statement Is also in ide that Governor Allenabolished the high school In Porto Rico and causedthe employment of American teachers, who arethe cause «,f many troubles. This Is entirely un-true. Governor Allen ha* never abolished a singleschool of any kind In Porto Rico, and, what lamore, the Department of Education, under the civiladministration, has never abolished a .single schoolof any kind, but has opened in Ban Juan a gradedhigh school as good as can be found in any cityof equal size In the United State*. And, besides,seven-eighths, of all the teachers of all erodesin Porto Rico are natives educated here. The re-maining one-eighth are American teachers, givingInstruction in the English language, and havenever caused any trouble whatever.

It i- charged that Governor Allen refused togive statistics of trade at the present time. Itmustlie borne i: mind that the custom houses In PortoRico are not under the control of the insular gov-ernment, and thai the Governor docs not alwayshave nt hand the statistics of the export and importtrade. However, he has made no such refusal, andthrough the courtesy of the Collector of Customsa full statement will be given in his forthcomingannual report to the President, and will doubtlessbe published in d te time. The Imports doubtless doexceed the exports, nd four-fifths of them arefrom the United States 80, whatever balance oftrade la against the Island Is In favor of the Amer-icana, ami not to the credit of the Kngllsh andSpanish, as formerly.

At a little Shinto shrine in the heart of Tokio awonderful rite, looked upon as a miracle by thePhlntolsts. has been performed every spring andfall for many rears. Until recently the occurrencewas known only to the Japanese, but in the lastyear or two it has reached the ears Of an in-creasingly large number of foreigners, who. mostlyincredulous, have obtained permission to attend,and at th.> last performance of the rite, on April9,ir«». there were present about fifty of them, whodepar:ed mystified.

The ceremony is called "Hl-Wattarar'-flre walk-ing—and that Is what actually takes place. Fordays, perhaps weeks, beforehand the priests con-nected with the temple devote themselves to fast-ing and prayer. The performance la always ap-pointed to take place between 6 and 6 o'clock inthe afternoon in the small temple court, but at !o'clock begins the final outburst of prayer beforethe unveiled altar in the inner sanctuary of thelittle matted temple. From 2 tlTl 5 o'clock theprayers continued, led by the chief priest. At 5o'clock the priests filed from before the altar intoRome Interior apartments* of the temple, wherethey were to change their beautiful robes for thedre?s worn during the fire walking-.

PREPARING the FIRE.In the mean time coolies had been set to work

In the courtyard to lprnite the great bed of char-coal v.}.: l-.-id already been laid. The dimensionsof this bed were about twelve feet by four, andperhaps a foot deep. On the top was a quantityof straw nml kindling wood, which, wss lightMand soon burst into a roaring blnze. The charcoalbecame more and more thoroughly ignited. Themen not only fanned the flames, but turned thecoals over and over by running long poles under-nfath and bringing them to the surface. And nowtwo of the priests came out. said a prayer or twoat a tiny shrine in a corner of the inclosure. andturned their attention to the preparation of thefire. Taking long fans and poles from th« cooli-s.they poked and encouraged the blaze till It couldplainly be seen that the coal was ignited through-out. The whole bed was a glowing mass, and theheat which aro?e from it was so Intense that itwas uncomfortable to ?!t rift*- feet away withoutholding a fan before one's (ace. TbVn they beganto pound it down more solidly along the middle,using the poles Jlke flails. As far as possible in-equalities over the middle were beaten down, andcoals which protruded were brushed asi-ie.

The other priests who wre to take part ap-peared, after having prayed once more for a s'.iorttime within the temple. One of them held a pileof white powder on a small wooden stand. Thiswas said to be salt, but. as far as could be ascer-tained by a superficial examination, it was amixture of alum and salt. He strod at one endand poised the wooden tray above his i;«=ad. thensprinkled a handful of it on the ground beforethe bed of coal?. At the same time another priestwho Mood by him struck sparks from flint andsteel which be held In Mi hands. This sameprocess was repeated by both the priests at theother end, at the two sides and at the corners.

PRELIMINARY CEREMONY.Ten minutes, perhaps, wvre meat in various

movements and Incantations about the bed of coal?.At the end of that time two small places of wetmatting- were brought out and placed at either end,and a quantity of the white mixture was placedupon them. One of th» priests stood upon this wipedhi* feet well in it, and walked over, his bare feetcoming In contact with the glowing coals at everystep. l!¦ tlid not hurry, nor tike long steps. Hewalked around to the other end, and passed overaijain. This time he ran the last two or thrre feetof the way as if the coals hurt him. After passingover he rubbed his feet again in the powder whichwas at tlie other end. Though this j>ri»-st walkedacross again and again aft« i that, lie did not againEhow any sign of undue haste. The leading priestwent next. His movements were even slower and,more delicate. He took short steps, his bandswere clasped in front, and he r.eemed lost in con-templation, as be might on an ordinary gardenvalk. During- the numerous tim^s that lie trav-ersed the bed from one cml to the other, htt actedwith the -ame deliberation and dignity. Theyoung priest v.-ho followed him had been theatricalfrom the rim. He swung liis bands back andforth. in one of which he held an open fan, and holilted r:ich foot high up at every step

i-"or :.'..- or ten minutes the priests passed overth* coals. Th.»<.- who were not so engaged keptup the prayers. In the mean time tickets had beensold to the crowd for throe sen apiece (a cent anda half;, which would permit the bean r to pans overthe glowing bed In the same way. The drat to goacross was a woman carrying a baby an her back.She afterward crossed a^ain several time.-. Afterher came some forty or fifty people, men. wom<-nand children, walking fearlessly across, one closelyfollowing the other, some, like the mother withher baby, returning to go acr p again, an i appear-ing to enjoy it There were two or three who hur-ried at the end. but this seemed rather because theyhad stepped upon a sharp coal than bee.-. use theyhad receive,! h b'irn. While the salt and alum ateither end ha.i been renewed from time to time,•^ler^ were many who walked across when it waspractically exhausted, and they could have come incontact with very little of It. As each one startedon the fiery pilgrimage the priest with theflint and -¦.-.I struck sparks about the person'shead, while the other priests did not cease fromtheir prayers, the waving of the fans and the"gohel." As dusk began tO fall, the scene becamemore and more impressive. The coals glowed outby contrast, and the white robed priests, withtheir weird incantations, made a fitting element,while two priests at one ride beat .i drum ;md

played on a reed ptj>e, the strains being In perfectkeeiing with the rest of the performance. Oneman. a coolie, ran off at one aide when he was halfover', and the crowd hooted. But nearly all of themany people who passed over—and their number

was large and difficult to estimate— seemed abso-lutely uninjured, and apparently derived no dis-comfort from the operation.

There was iio doubt in the minds of any of theforeign spectators and there were many skepticsamnni: the number— that the fit was not onlyger.uine. but Intensely hot, and no satisfactory ex-planation could be advanced by even the most

learned The use of the salt and alum on thedamp mats was the weakest point of all. but eventhat could have been but a very slight and tem-porary protection.

Till: BHINTOIBTB LOOK CPOK IT AS A

MIRACLE-

POBBIGNERfI IX-

ABLE TO EXPLAIN.

FIFTH-AYR, THE SCENE OF THE MAR-

KETS PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY.

The New-York Realty Corporation has boughtfrom E. S. Willard two lots SOxICO feet on the west

side of Kifth-ave., between Forty-fourth and Forty-

fifth sts. It Is nid thai the purchase price wasJ3U-..000.

Douglas Robinson anil Charles 3. Brown & Co.have sold for Conuillus .Qowea No. 570 Fifth-a\p.. a five story business building.

Whitehouse & Porter have sold for J. M. Main .1

lot 25x102.2 feet on the north side of Seventy-elghth-st., 10> feet west of Maillson-ave.. for |K.«ow. Thebuyer i*a builder.

Francis de R. WTlssmann has polil for Gordon

Norrie No. 9 East Eighty-fourth-st.. ISxlulJ feet.

Mr. Wlssmann recently sold the adjoining house.So. 11. The premises willbe Improved by the erec-tion of two live story American basemen! houses.

A. Herrmann and Klawonn & Co. sold, for Mrs.

Olga Konaraky, to Mrs. Mary Canto, the two triplenuthouses Nos 41 and 43 West Slxtieth-st.. on plot50x100 feet, taking as part payment the Canis house

at Forked IVver.Ocean County. N. J.B. M. Strauss & Co. have leased for F. \V. Wool-

worth and John 11. Dressier the entire building

Nos. 2f.9 and-I>;iSixth-aye.. between Sixteenth and

Seventeenth sts.. for a lons term of years, to

Messrs. I!«•<•!. t Bros., who will open the same as ageneral department store.

A. K. & E. A. Karels^n have soKl the house InStorm-aye.. Just completed by I. A. Jensen *Co..Of Richmond Hill, to Isaac IJarhman, of Man-hattan, for $8,300.

K. J. Welling, Jr.. has sold No. C7East One-hun-dred-and-twenty-elghth-st.. a rive story double flat-house, for M. A. llogun: terms private.

David Stewart has sold to the Atlantic RealtyCompany on., lot on the south aide of One-hun-dred-and-elghty-nnit-.-n., 125 fret east of Eleventh-ave.: size ..".vtiii.i;;terms private.

Charles S. Gregor has soil for Frederick A. Con-stable the three lots. 73x102.2, on the south side ofKighty-third-st. 180 feet east of Fifth-aye.. toJames A. Frame & Son, who will Immediately im-prove the same by the erection of three six storyhigh class American basement dwelling houses.

Hall J. How has sold to F. A. Webster two lotson the east side of Wadsworth-ave., lift feet southof One-hundred-and-elghty-first-st., for a client.

George W. Burcham has sold the four story andbasement brownstone dwelling house No. 24."> BaalFourteenth-st. for about ?:K.S«X). This property ad-Joins the northwest corner of Second-aye. andFourteenth-at., which was occupied by the late¦William M. Evarts. and which was recently soldto the Hudson Realty Company.

There was a report current yesterday that eightprivate dwelling houses in Fifty-sixth-st., betweenPark and Lexington ayes., had been recently soldto various persons. This report could not beverified.

The Cumberland Realty Company yesterday tooktitle to the north end of the triangular plot boundedby Fifth-aye.. Broadway and Tvrenty-third-st. fromSamuel Newhouse for a consideration of $130,000over a mortgage for $550,000, making the amountInvolved in the transaction ?700.000. The realtycompany acquired title to the south end of theblock last week. The Cumberland and a numberOf small buildings stand on the premises, on whicha twenty story office building will be built.

B. Osßood Pell & Co. have sold No. 17 East Forty-seventh-st.. a four story private dwelling house,for Mrs. C. Vanderbllt De Forest to a client.

BOW nt: got the quarter.

From The Philadelphia Record.This happened yesterday morning while the pres-

ident and directors of a Chestnut-st bank werediscussing momentous affairs in the board room.The door suddenly opened, and a husky voice ex-clilmed: "William,Iwant a quarter, and Iwant

it nulek!" Every one looked up. The president rec-o-n!z«?d the intruder as a man who had been aplaymate years ago, wh»n they were both boys.hwT wanderings had taken the form of a circuit, ap-

parently, snd this was his -.-mi-annual visit. "Will-iam 1 want a quarter— to set a co.iple

"'drinks"

explained he of the husky voice. "Yon oucnt to beashamed of vo«rself," obs?rved the president, em-barrassed ar.d Irritate.!. "Ashamed of myself

•

sal.l the hum. "Why? Because Itold you thetruth? William. if I'd come here with a lie on mylias voud give me your last winter s overshoes,an aid overcoat and 15." The president gave astart. That was exactly what he had done to a

r.e«-<lv looking fellow who had slipped past theguard a couple of weeks before. '•Tea, William,

that's Just what you'd do ifItold you 1 wanted tobury my dead wife and buy food for six starvingchildren. Iknow It, because Ihelped the widowerdrown his eorro*-. When the rive-spot was gotM

we hocked the coat— the over*hoes weren't worth acent. Oh. I«r!sh Iwas a good, conscientious liar,like Jim.

•The directors said the drinks were on

the president, and, as subsequent events proved,they were.

HOW THE HOA IS caught.

From The New-Orleans Times-Democrat.'•The boa constrictor ¦:« fairly common In the for-

ests of Western Nicaragua and Coata Rica," saidone of the canal engineers who was In the i! v

recently, "and there are natives In that sectionwho hunt them exclusively fora livelihood. Whilewe were engaged in the survey work we heard vgood deal of these big snakes, an.i all the whitemen In the party sto»»l in the greatest iirt-.ul ofthem, although they are not half so dangerous asthe small, poisonous variety. During two and ahalf years sp-nt In the country 1 saw only one liveboa, but the experience Is pretty firmly stampedon my memory and 1 have no yearning for an-other. 1 ha<J gone out. with a couple of native as-sistants, from a town culled Zapan. on the southside of the lower lake, to shoot some plumbirds, anil while we were crossing a rather openpiece of forest 1 noticed what 1 supposed to be apeculiarly malformed limb on a large spicewoodtree. It sagged down from the trunk of the treeand seemed to be attached to another growthnearer th« ground. 1 started toward it to Investi-gate, and when only a f»-w yards away the thing Ihad taken to be a limb suddenly raiseil itself In theair. and 1 saw that It was a gigantic snake, hang-ing head down from an upper bough. Ihad oftenheard the expression, 'paralyzed by fear,' but Inever knew What it meant until then. iWas sobadly scared that 1 couldn"' have moved ifthe fateof the universe had depended upon it. and 1 sim-ply stood there, stock still an.l staring, while theboa swayed back and forth a few times an.l anallyglided into the upper foliage. It seemed fifty feetlong ami as big around as a barrel. Ithink it wasreally about twelve. At that juncture my nativescame up, and when they heard what had happenedthey at once insisted upon catching the monster.They made a noose, which they attached to a pole,ami. while Iretire.! to a safe distance, one of themclimbed the tree and seized the snake by the tall,while the other tried to slip the loop over Its neckas it lowered Its heal. If was too a^lle for them,however, an. escaped Into another tree, where itwent too high for pursuit.

"The Central American boas are brownish red Incolor, with black splotches on the Fides and back,and the native hunters tan the skin by stretchingit over a log. A good skin with no bullet marksand Including the bead sells for $10 Mexican downthere, and. to avoid holes and mutilation thehunters always catch the snakes in a noose andkill them by a stab under the Jaw. They makeall kin.is of leather articles out of the hide

—belts,

pouches, leggings, slippers, and even neckties. Imade many inquiries during our stay, but Icouldnever hear of a case in which a boa had attackeda human being. The snake Isaw was undoubtedlylying in wait for some small animal, and if onehad passed under the tree It would have dropped onits back. The Indians of the region call the boa¦chula.' which is the same word they use for cow-ard: so. you see, they have no great opinion of itsfighting qualities."

THE DIVEIISIOX OF COMMERCE TO jAMEDICAN POUTS DQi TO

ITS DANGERS.gt. John's. X. F.. **•'• 5 (Sp*»e!al).—Canada Is ex-

cee^inr-y disturbed ovc-r the prowing unpopularitycfthe St. Lawrence route and the withdrawal there-from of some of thp leading o«-an shipping lines»hich ka<lhithfrt<> made Montreal th«=-lr Westerntfr.nlr.ui". Th<» competition of thf Arr.erican ports

is provias dotmctlve^ and -he Canadian Parlin-iixt.t i* clamorous for prompt action by ike Fed-eral Gflverntnent to improve the approaches to theg\i\' and the riv^r. Th^ Dcminiou lino has gonpto Portlaad, the Johnson I^ine to Boston, theHatT.burg-Arr"'rifan to New-York, and even thejjeyland Uoe refuses to go up the river beyondQuebec. Montreal's trade is dropping, and in the?a<*<' of the appalling record of disaster which their.?rin«- insurance underwriters present as the Out-come of their St. L-awrence business in The lastten yean Jt is difficult to see how anything *-lseran be expected.

The St. Lavreaec route has lor.g had a most ur-•nvlable ropt'-te for shipwrecks. Two years asjo

t^loyds' rates were increased considerably abovethose ruling for American ports Th» Canadianscried oot aeair.st this, as an unjust discriminatione^air.Ft them and an attempt to discredit theirrational waterway. This year they have poughtincorporation for a Canadian Lloyds, and a bill forthe purpose Is now before the Ottawa House. Themarine insurers against whom this is aimed havemet it with a statement phowins the amazing- ex-tert cf the Josses on that route and the worth-ies* characte- of the lighthouses, signal sta-tiors r.nd other aids to navigation which line thegulf pea board from Belle Isle to the head of tide-water. This statement is an almost destructiveMow to the pretence that Canada has In the St,

Lawrenc* a «afe and advantageous shipping lan«.In brief, the document, which rovers the years

ISS9 to !*>S. inclusive, shows that during that periodtwenty-eight ocean steamers were totally lost onthat route, and that elehty-four etrandingrs oc-curred, fifty cf them in the channel between Mon-treal and Quebec. At least 75 per cent of the losseslifiQbeen In the, St. Lawrence River and Gulf, andgoire if the disasters were to the finest steamers

on the route, and were attended by loss of life.The financlsl aspects were equally discouraging.

Th» Insurance companies during the decade paid

losses on outgoing hulls of 53, 463/00 and on cargoes

P.055.0M. on Incoming hull* t2.560.000. and cargoes

J1.E26.m00. Over and above the premiums actually

received the companies lost BjMMs* a year onchips and hulls, and there seems little or no pros-

pect cf Improvement or any warrant for reducing

the premiums again.

DANGERS AI-ON'G THE ROUTE.

This hopeless showing Is confirmed by the report

m the condition of the waterway from Montrealto the Newfoundland banks, which is a section of

the St. Lawrence route nearly eight hundred mileslong and bristling with danger from fog. Ice. cur-rents and defective charts and signals the wholeway. A--, inquiry was set on foot by the pilots

and shipmasters frequenting the route as to the

conditions of navigation prevailing and the im-!

provements which could be effected. The mastermariners. thirty-tm~>e in all. whose evidence was ,obtained united inthe conclusion that the existing

beacons were obsolete, and that not only shouldthey I*3 ffremly modernized, but a number of miones ought to be eet up. They condemned The lights

en weak, the fog signals as lacking in power, thefcuoys as being unreliable, the signal stations aswrongly placed and the coast as badly charted.

Bad as These conditions were In the outer waters

of The gulf, where no soundings could M got and

the ships had ?ea room, they were worse in theriver, where the channel was narrow and shoal,

being less than M» feet wide ana 2S feet deen. Every

facility existing along the route was of a far lowerstandard than the eteamer captains considered

-war}', and the Imperfections were so many ard

so glaring as to be altogether Inconsistent with thegreatest security to life end property and the ad-vantage rot only of the large Atlantic liners, but

also of all classes of shlpplUsT interested In thecoasting or ocean trad*.

Wit* sneh conditions existing, itIs not surprising

that marine risks should be so high and the St.

Lawrence route ehunned by most of the largeshipowners. Even tramp steamer* avoided It. be-

.cause the burden »'a« so excessive. Insurancerates tbere have been so arranged cf late that achin paying 44X* per cent to Baltimore would pay

i10 or even 11 per cent to Montreal. This would¦jean an extra charge of £25.000 on a boat worthhaif a million making five round trips there during

the season of or-en navigation, which is about sevenmonths— from ate] to November, incluelve." Thesecharges frighten shipowners off, and they seekcharters at the American ports, without much diffl-cu!:y in obtaining ih»-m, the result being thatfreights are diverted from Montreal to the com-peting ports, crippling Canada's great emporiummore and more every year.

COMPARISON OF EXPORTS.How great this injury is can be realized by the

fart that the United States exports annually 200,-

000.000 bushels of wheat and flour. 200.C00.000 bushelsof com and an equal dead weight of oats, barley,bacon, pork and kindred commodities. Canada'slargest exportation at grain in one year was but44,000.000, and much of this came from theAmerican West; because until the last two or tnree

years a poodly stream of United States products

flowed out through the St. Lawrence, it IOC theshortest ar.d most .lirect route to Europe. But the

Irequert .... the Increasing insurance and thegeneral dissatisfaction compelled them to turn tothe <hea;*r and saler, if longer, route by theArr.erican ports. The oth<r side of the matter isnow seen in the fact that the Canadian province cfManitoba last year exported sC.Ojij.wX) bushels of.grain to Great Britain, and out of that quantityle?s than 14 ;.er cent went by way of Canada. th«:other W, per cent poiug out through American '-han-r.fls. Montreal last eeanon did a much «ma!Urrrain export trade than for some years previously,ar.d with the withdrawal of the steamer lines nowannounced it Is certain to be less than ever thisyear.

ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS.

tToimprove the St. I^awrenee route to an extent

whi'-h would enable it to compete with Portland.Boston or New-York will involve an expenditurecf J5.0C0.900, and cuch an outlay the Canadian Oov-err.aier.t ia not disposed to undertake until It issatisfied that Montreal can continue to be the preat

nation.il port of the Dominion. The danger <f thislies in the fact that Quebec is really the naturalharbor, whereas to reach Montreal involves di-edg-Isg the river up to that point, a distance of ls>3 miles.

The present depth of water is about twenty-fightiett. and the present demand Is for a depth of»fciny feet. But New-York Is now planning '¦' r aforty loot channel and the question 1- iisked

•whether Montreal can hope to equal this, orWhether, even Ifitcan, It is wise to attempt it withQuebec available at such a short distance away.Ja olden times of railway running the transfer (l

JKraJn or other products over a distance of I~' miles?¦ss a serious matter, but nowadays, with the-Towih of railway plants and the economies Inoperation, this problem loses much of its wrioiis-neat Consequently, Canada's wUest men are halt-ing To consider whether the centre of commercial«rax:' should not ».«• shifted to yuobec. esperiully•*such huge ships are now being built every year,demanding much in the way of sea room. So muchare the Western *rain m«-n, both Canadian andAmerican. Influenced by thin" reasoning that they*re already shipping wheat to Quebec to supple-OJ*r.t the lumber cargoes which are generally load-ed th-re and will adroit of considerable grain I>eing«ored In the lower holds into which it la difficultTo stow the deals. Canada last year thou*nt to

nimulate Montreal's grain trade by completing theceeper.lng of her canals to fourteen feet, but theproject Jid not meet the success anticipated, thebem-Sts therefrom being neutralised by tho di*-*«ers along the St. Lawrence seaboard. The pro-jected extension an-J deepening of th.- *Cew-TorktU»e ear.als. row under consideration, is also asource, of much -::;.-> to Montrtal. it b^ingJ*!t that this will er.Oanper her commercial prestigemore than anything so far experienced.

A NATURAL TERMINUS.friends of Montreal argue that ItIs the nat-

*•*! st«amKh!p terminus for Canada, because it isl*>* aasf of navigable water for oceangoing ships.Tk* Lach'ne Rapids, a Itv miles beyond it. pre-vent larpe steamers from going further. la all**untri»-s with an oversea* commerce Meamers areJfpUCht ini,> the Interior as far as they can pos-"Dly s-o. Oreenock was originally the Clyde port,"at that river was gradually dredged out. until«•'«' the largest liners can go right up to Glasgow;*iai;che«ter was made an ocean j>ort by mean* of"• car.nl; London owes somewhat of its vmmer-»«l importance to its great system of docks; Liver-pool has b*-«-n benefited «n the t-aine manner asOia, w. the American ports along the Atlantic¦rt-'>o:ir,i are examples to the same effect. There-;W«. Montreal urges that Its present position andUltur* progress wj!l 1^ along similar lines. The•wine underwriters a»s«-rt. however, that there"no other such port m The world as Montreal."»<;au*«- no other possesses such geographical {•—

J-U'UirlUes which cm form a standard of comparl-¦¦¦• A veaa-i leaving New-York for Europe is in2* «'J»-ri k.a in about five or six hours, with all

ft XPJtera pant aav» those incidental to roidocean;•*•vestal leaving Montreal has about a thou-

'_¦¦ miles to traverse, occupying, Bay. three day*.

TiJw1 aaor. or le»s dangerous and Intricate naviga-

KtliV b*lob*Ior* ah- paaawa Newfoundland and enters

J"eihigijeeM where alone she can be placed on aJ«.ity with the steamer leaving New-York. And.!*_*formidable hat of disasters has already been

[ B&ES which «•»• occurred In the gulf and riverL *¦»• taa> ii« tea years. It la clear that this ii¦

SEWJERSET.

HADDOK HALL,fAtlantic crrr. a j.

E*ery mtxJera «cp<vnt_tem aaa eomTart. IBat «34 cold sea water baths CMC Unka. "\

1... • Writ* (or Illustrated literature.LEEDS ftUPPiycOIT.

?-ew Tork—

Fred. H. Sootteld. t Madison Auaun."

OQ(ID7[E[L ITDB^Iffi(IDJ:i7~ATLANTIC CITT. X. J.

JTrer— modern luxury. Dmlr*room en-loaM '.n <;!*».Over fifty private bath* attached to »ul*-s wtt!» salt *nifresh water. Bazzaia cUecVea from hotel to alt part* atthe country. D. 3. WHITE. Jr..

OWNER AND P1O».

HOTEL. BERKEI_£T.~~*

on th» Beach. Kentucky At*..ATLANTIC crrr. N. J.

Stain eorrMer leads to Boardwalk and ocean-front Masparlors. Capacity four hundred. All modern conv«nl*ac«_Daily Orchestral Concerts, special Sprinz Rates.

Writ* tor Ciolclet.JAMES AND GEOItGB BMW.

BFECIAX KATES.—SII.3O per -week an!upward, durtasTHE RITTENHOUSE.

New Jersey .We. and Reach. Atlantic «"Ity, N. J.rrar.-: NEW end strictly flr«t clasp. Rt?ftnor! and Elegant,raracity UCO: r>o Oo>=n Rooms' with Eaths En-Suite.Low K.\t<^» made to Introduce th» llvx«e. Appointment*.Service and Cwhas. the Eest. Booklet.

.;^noi11. G. HALLINOBR.

THE ST. CHARLES.ON TBS BEACH. ATLANTIC CXTT. N. J.

Vptraria mt i.TO.'OOrt ha* Just been expended '" additionalImr-rovementa, which Include nfty new private bathrooms.fInU.W In Italian marble, with hot and call fresh andsea »T- attarhmeats. »lwi« etc.. etc.

The hor*l contains mor* private t>a:hs than any resorthot^l in the country

Write for booklet. .7A*. B. ItEILLT.Pro*I*.

HOTEL. GLADSTONE.ATLANTICCITT. N. J.

Modem Ms;h class hotel on the cc*«n front, with e»*TTetjrvenlenee »nd luxury, la Iand cold sea water baths.withsuite*. Sun par!i-»-nmaml!n( view of beach. Spacial Srrinc rates. Booklet. Coac* ~»»t!» trains.

STOVE *COLUN3.HOTEL, CHELSEA.

Atlantic crrr. x j.

100 Sea Wat»: Fath-i. 30r> Sea View- Rooms.PERSON AT. REPRESENTATIVE.

3 Park P'.ic-. 10 to 1 P. M Dully, Fifth A»«. aMaft»r 3 P. M.

Booklet b» mail.J. B. THOMPSON 1 » CO.

HOT*?!. BET.MONT,ATL.%NTIC rrn N. J.-•---, a.. and B«oh. OPEN ALL TEATt. Srrtetlr; flr»prfv>f; fteiim n«»t. e!»varrr. nun nar'.or. net and eotj

1 sea-water baths. Special rar«s for M^tand June.E. S. WATSON. Masae«r.

i A TLANTTC CITTS XfTW AND LUXURIOUS""*"HOTEL STRAXO.

IOn the *¦—<•» w»»i oaßßaatr* t»<t Tie—- »f Ocean tram sonirar'.nr ¦ *iw rta. Its .-Tilpment !a an—

r^eelled by any other- resort r "f»L Flftv suites with hoti•ad cold «i water baths. Writ* for Eprlcj rates and1 illustrated bcnklat.

FAIRRAIRV * WILLTAM3.

ATLANTIC CITT'S OCEAN" FRONT.

NEW HOTEL RUDOLF.!Cew T<rk»r< faTortt* "easiile re»ort In May and Jtjn».

4(V> e'i»fj;i7ir rc->m;«, with asa and *-••'- water heath! at-tached. Orchestra. Anw»c»n and Eurip»«n Plans. W^rtt*for »p»«-lal nt-8 •**I<l N>ok!»t. C. n. MTITR9.%••• v Tr-rk vttSm. 2." t'nlon Bqßan', » A. St is

" p. M.

TTOTEI.KALEIGH.Ocean END of St. Chart** Plac«.

ATLANTIC CITT. N. J.TPBa » capacity far 300 s^iwits. tactadfalsj ••••»» appclat-

ment and convenienc» to b» founa In a first class seastdsresnrt

Will rrV-i» mi exceptionally tow nt» raff April. Ma7andJar*. The superior service and cuUlne for which thtshouse has become famous willb« jsamtained thronshoutth» entir* yean JOHN B. SCOTT.

HOT-t. MAJESTIC.Vlrar'.nia ye.. M house from reach. Atlantic City.

N. J.. OFFERS specially low ra*"« to Jalv Ist. Thor*ouehly modern. Booklet. OSBORNE A HILLIARD.

T-ENILWORTH INN llfwlSil City. K. J.XV Kentucky aye. and Beach.

Capacl'v 30ft. First-class hotel at mederate rates. El«-.»atar to street level, steam heat, sun parlor*, etc. Bool*>M. J. T. ROBERTS.

T ITTLE BRIGHTON HOTtj* tjcean end South Caro-ay«.. Atlantic City. N. J. American and Euro-lina aye . N. J American and Euro—

pean plarjs. Restaurant and buffet attached. Full oceanview. Steam heat. Open allyear. S. A. SCHWEISFORT.

fTHE HVKNT.%fT.DE.J. ATLANTIC CITT. M. J.

Er.tir-"H" new hotel, newly famished throughout. Elera—tor. prl-'ate baths, sun parlors, "team heat, electric light*.

Location—

Park Place, overlooking City Parli. oat th»Beach. Now open. Fourteenth season.

Illustrated Booklet mailed.Mrs. I. JTILWAIN.

I__ , .TOE r.RErxTov

So. Kentucky A.v.. AtßtßCe Or*. N. X <??** atl th»I year. Steam heat: sun parlcrs. -r>ecta: Sprin* rate*. J- A.!MYERS, for Breaton. Baltimore and Cape May.

Summer Resorts.xfrw-a*<mm.

O^liiSilLLMIL*-*¦¦ «¦ .^fSSSiSfTELRWa ••*•

; The leadine hotels hiStamford. Pnllman Testibu!* tntftdurtTiK summer via West Sho... N Y. to hotel ?rounds^4± hturs. N. Y. Booking vi,- 3Park «»<* r^.jj1 0̂

ISnuare. -. E. CHL?.LHILU

BA^UESe NOTtfiira Adimnda-ks. Writ? for circulars.J. S. KIRBV. Chat-aueay Lake. N. Y.

LONG 15UASO.

®TTS!L '©tdFiFiroajBONAIRE. PATCH LI.

Bracir«; sea breezes: five hundred feet wave washedfrontage by Great South Bay. SMttj Beaoh: 500 room*:aiicle stable KCOBHkOdattanJl Wrtse for toß*ampie »cao»e «^™

JENKINS & CUyfTON. Props.

>EW-JER»EY.

igdDiSßiiGagiE'ir ::AND EIGHT COTTAGES. BSRNARrSVILLEi N. J.

Of-j M»v 13 noses Oct. I*. Si allaafroaj N<r«»-Torlu

ROainiHEW:TiIEi«EKNOIUTANDIE .NEAR SEABRIGHT). NEW JEHSET.

The Best Kamily Hotel on the Coast.

Crwns June L'rtth under the rxrfona! management orFEP.DINA.Nn T. CARLE. ASOrtm as aoove.

Saf- surf btthins: gnod rtshias: boatlas;.

M-:\V-H \MPSHIRE.

riNK GROVE SPRINGS HOTEL.SPOFFORD. N. H

(Season .tun* li> ta Oct. l->___

Th« Ueal Resort far Health. Rest and Pleasure 51ra-,trt In a pine ton*, or. th« bmttka at beautiful Lak»

SpoSora. WATER.milmitel amusements. APPRO\ia> GOLF UNU

Magnifloent drives. Music. Liberal management. Mo*.crate rates. Send fo, Ulustrat^ boo*^^ Mana*.

Address untilJune Ist. 3 Park Piac*. N. T.

THE ECHOES.SUGAR HILL.N. H.

Open June 1 to October 1.

Add:-«s at F. HITCIIING3.

MASSACHCSKTTS.

BERKSHIRE HILLS.

TTEHIE R!oAi[PiLl\Sy(lD©G9?

riTTSFIELD. MASS.Attitude I100 feet No mosquitoes. Hotel e«julPT>e<t

with all "modern Improvements. Sluslc. Golf. Boatln;.«c etc Booklets it FRED H. .-*OFIELD9. Metro-politan Bids. Ma-ilson oq. A. W. PLCUB. Propr.

PES -\ YLVA.VIA.

BEDFORD SPRINGS. PA. "i•THE CARLSBAD OF AMERICA."New Tork OS"*: The Hotel Bristol.

THOMAS PARKES. Man.ijT.

Summer Resort Snides.

Doctors SayCurlr.i? the heated term taka wife and tua chlldrea aaat

GO TO THE MOUNTAINSof Sullivan. Ulster, aod Delaware Counties. N. T.. om

! the wain line and branches of baa New York. Ontarioand Western Railway, a region of absolute health A?aIuDKKATE COST. 2.0C0 feat above the sea, withPur-.Air. Pure Water. Pure Milk. Send 1 cents for postar*to the undersigned, or call and get free it oS!een belowthe Superbtv Illustrated Book •*.'MIIER HOMES." atITS pages. It gives list of Hotels, firm and Boardi£<Houses, withtheir >ccatlcn. rates of board, facilities, at-tractions, *c.

On iLay Zrth and 3Cth Exrurslon tickets at reataase)rates Will be sold at 423 Broadway. 1.554 Broadway. anJFerry Offices, giving an opportunity of personally select-

:ins a Summer home, and also enjoy a day's cshinc as)this delishlful reston. Tickets joed returning Thursday.

| 31st.IN NEW TORK: 113. 185. IT!.435. J.354. 1.3T0 Broad-

I way. S»~ «h AT.. 137 «to Ay.. S»5 Cotumaua A*.. 13*East !2Sih St.. rr3 West iruh St.. 1« slh A».;Uek«ceQces. Franklin and West 13d St. Ferrtes.

IX BROOKLTN:? Court St.. >tO Fulton S~. 93 Eroa*-way Eacle OSce.

Passenger r>ites. ? rents a ir.il*.J. C. ANDERSON.

General Fa*sen«er Asert. M Beaver St.. N. Y.

ADVERTISEMENTS and suh»crli,ti3n» for The Trlbn-areceived at their Uptown O»c». No. U3«S Broadway.3d door north of 31st-st. until

•o'clock 9. m.:advertise-

ments received at the followiaa araacsj na> as at raawkavC.T.C-! rates unttl S o'clock Pr o- vli;2^4 Sth-e,ve. s c.cur, 2Z&~*t.l IZ2 6Ui.*ve-. co*. Lilj-at;)A«c>'a> »r'i »¦¦

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HOSPITAL BUYS LAND.The New-York Homoeopathic Medical College and

Hospital yesterday took title to No. 429 East Slxty-thlrd-st. from John D. Crtrnmins for $23,500. The

XEW-YORK DAILY TKTBT'XE. FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1001/ v. -building- is five stories hiffh. and has beer, used bythe hospital for some time.

WORK OF THE FRIFXDLY AID.CANADA'S GRAIN ROUTE. PORTO RICAN AFFAIRS. Spring Resorts.

AUCTION SALE POSTPONED.The date of the sale of the 10« villa plots be-

longing to the estate of Nathaniel P. Batfey andsituated at the Junction of Sedgwick-ave. andKlngsbridge Road, at Kincsbridge, has been post-poned until June 4. This change of the date of thesale was made by order of H. H. Oammann. EuwlnS. Dailey and Fordham Morris In order to enablethe auctioneer to have more time to get the mapsfrom the survey, and printer and for the furtherpurpose of giving the property more extensive ad-vertising. The sale is imperative to close theestate.

ARGYLE HOTEL. BATH BEACH. SOLD.U. Stewart has ao!d to Max Vogel UN Ar:;!e

Hotel, in Cropsey-ave.. Bath Beach. According toa report the purchaser gives in part payment anapartment house in One-hundred-and-elghteenth-St., near Manhattan-are.

NEW BREWERY TO BE BUILT.A four story brick brewery willbe erected on th*

plot known as Xos. 523 and m West Forty-flrst-st.for Valentine Loewer. George Putz Is the archi-tect. The cost is estimated, to be ITO.CcO.

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