They were a pan* of imitation horse
hoofs carved out of pine and fitted
with straps so that they could be ad
justed to a pair of shoes an imitation
cow's hoof fastened to a cane evi
dently was intended to be nsed in con
junction with the others to help give
the Impression of a man on horseback
driving a cow*
1*
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$2.40 PER YEAR-
EIGHT BELLS FOR
THE SCHOOL SHIP
Newport Is Doomed by Educa
tion Board's Order.
LEGISLATURE MAY SAVE IT.
New York Is Tired of Paying $60,000 a
Year For Benefit of Less Than a
Hundred StudentsTillman's Strong
Plea For Its ContinuanceWas Start
ed Forty Years Ago.
New York.If the order of the board
of education discontinuing the New
York Nautical school is final it means
that the final chapter has been written
in the history of almost the sole re
maining link between the present day
and the vanished age of the American
merchant service that has been the
model for similar institutions abroad
and was almost unique in this country.
Before the school can be finally re
garded as abolished, however, the ac
tion of the board must be confirmed
by a vote of the legislature.
The reasons given by the board for
its action can be summed up in the
statement that the school was not giv
ing the city a sufficient return for the
money expended. It is said that the
school has been costing the city up
ward of $60,000 a year for the benefit
of less than a hundred students.
