The age-herald., 1899-09-24
Continued from last week.


 "Young's Pier" was the finest place to epend the morning fishing We paid 10 cents and heard the finest band. "Inness" was there, and we saw. boys minstrel show In the first building, and farther out on the pier there was a large hall with stage and every night there is a battle Boys from years to IA have on Cuban and United States uniforms and have 8 battle or the seize of San Juan. It IS so exciting. They march around and piteh tents, and after awhile one or two shots are heard in the distance and all the sol diers are awakened and they get their H. fes and march to the hill nd such hght I never saw before, and some Of the sol dfers fall as if dead, and two or three will take a cot, rush to the dead ana lay down the cot, and they pick up ana carry the dead to the ambulance. They cap ture cannons and army wagons. EeVefy, thing is perfect. Everybody applauds and whistle with delight. There ds great big giant eight feet ten inches high that walks up and down the pier and talks 10 the boys and throws them his ring which 5O- cent piece will sMp through. l never saw such big clothes as he wears. There IS the rdcest little trolley car that takes you to ride away out over the breakers, and 1000 feet in the water. At night 1t is beau- tiful. At 10 o'clock there is pig net haul of millions of fish. We spent lots of time and "nickles" on the finest "carousel' or ''merr-yg- around"
 At the Auditorium pier we saw the nnest show for 25 cents. l think we fixed the surf best of all. As we would go in at Il o'clock and stay until tAnd now good dinner was to us) We heard persons cry ing for help, but we got used to it. The life guards saved six people one day. At lantic City seems like big fair or exposi- tions something to see all the time.
 But we had to leave, and I shall always 4n<fta Hn 1 Coney Island before we did New York There Is the ferris wheel" shoot the chutes, spiral railway and everything for boys pleasure.
 The next trip was to Blackwells Island We saw so many convicts. We were there at their dinner hour and saw them march in with their hands on each others should CTS I felt so sorry for them. They looked so ashamed.
 The next day I've went to the "morgue." What an awful sight to see so many dead people brought there and no one to claim them. There was little boy brought there some days before, drowned while swim ming. There was his little pants and shirt on the floor and nobody to claim him.
 Papa took us to see MT. Corbett, the handsome prize fighter. He shook hands and said. "'boys am glad to know you" He had a fine dog lying by him and he jumped rp and put his paws on my should CTS and looked in my face. guess he was not used to seeing boys in big bar-room but we wanted to see Mir. Corbett. MT Corbett treated nice. I wish he was not a pugilist. He looked so good
 One lovely morning we went to Grants tomb. It is beautiful up on the bank above the Hudson. We saw the tree that was planted by I'd Hung Chang by the side of the tomb How I would like to be there and watch the warships and steamers and yachts when Dewey comes home.
 The last day we spent over in Brooklyn navy yard MT. Clarence Spayd, a report CT for the Brooklyn Eagle, took us on board the Detroit" and we saw the five and six inch guns, rifles and swords used when needed in a battle.
 We left New York one Sunday on the City of Birmingham for home. The stew ard was so nice to us. l sat up until 1 o'clock listenink to the story of the City of the Savannah six years ago in that ter ribe storm, and at o'clock one morning we arrived in Savannah. We spent that day at Thunderbot. l know the Savannh boys enjoy fishing out there If Birming- ham had Thunderbolt, how much nicer it would be kept, as East Lake is. We are at home working with our chickens. I am raising bantams and Richard is raising fine chickens.
 Tn few days we begin school and think l can tell my teacher about New York and other places we visited
 PAUL M. BATES.