Published Weekly by The Ruial Publishing Co. 
S33 W. .'.'Oth St.. New York. Price One Dollar a Yeai 
Entered as Second-Class Matter. .Tune 26. 1870. at the Post 
Oftivs at New York. N. Y'.. under the Act ot March 3. 1579. 
A Long, Island Boy Spells ’Em All Down 
S ELECTING THE CHAMPIONS.—'Tile girts of 
Now York State soltools art; rigid good spellers, 
at I (hast so mo of them. lad Master William I’ayno. 
12 years old. of Blue Point. Suffolk County, was the 
hoy who spoiled them all down at the Now York 
Stato Fair spoiling hoe. First honors and the ?lil> 
week of tin* fair. Only eight hoys were sent as white. After about 'tin hoar and a half's steady 
champions, but every one of them could spell. In spelling written tests were substituted for oral, and 
the supreme test which mowed the contestants down each time this eliminated the spellers more rapidly, 
three of these hoys were game until close to the The spelling of such words a- ‘‘deferential" and 
finish. . “accumulation" with tablets and pencils proved to 
THE CONTEST.—Commissioner Byrne It. Pyrke be “stickers" for many. There was no question but 
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gold piece went to young William after several 
hours of steady spelling on words which would eon- 
found the average stenographer and even many a 
successful business man. Every one of the counties 
in the State, rural ones at least, held eliminating 
township and county matches preliminary to the 
Stale Fair, so that each county could send its cham¬ 
pion to he entertained at State expense for the entire 
had the pleasure of conducting the contest, with the 
assistance of a group of teachers. Commissioner of 
Education Frank P. Craves supervised the tests and 
declared that the children did exceptionally well. 
Fifty-four young contestants engaged in the spelling 
on Tuesday forenoon, and fis of them fell down be¬ 
fore the noon intermission. Strangely enough, all 
seemed to spell better orally than in black and 
that the youngsters enjoyed the spell lug, and all 
were good sports when it came their turn to lose. 
No one seemed discouraged or downcast when de¬ 
feated. but many continued to spell <>u their pads 
after they were out of the contest as they retired 
to hack seats. 
SPELLING DOWN.—Sixteen youngsters went on 
for au hour and a half after lunch, and then one 
