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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29
ENawoon, Oct 2s.-The seml.nnnl. tor ibs

ENGwoon. Oct. 2S.-The semi IN al. for the
men sham plonship and the semi finals for
Mrs; fuert Correlra cup were the feature ut
the Eiewood Golf Club to- day. and resulted
IN tNsensauonal finishes. Mrs. John A.
nnatchay. After competing the. first nine
holes thwere even. but coming in Mrs. Wells's
oppont. and they finished with Mrs. Wells 3
upartto 90. Mrs. George =. Coe. Jr. had AZ
an oppsnt G. A. Murray. tho only man TO
9ua!iin the round; against hogle last satur-
On thesht-e nih green Murray. in n sSSs
Inc, t;eGotiat. a stymie. knocked In Mrs.
Goes hll. and the nineteenth hole was
necesS to decide the winner This was
won Murray after an exciting contest
watch spd BY large fa,.,esry. J. B. Baker
10 n semi; finals, for the nous cham
RRi9nsh v.d and din, whs even going out.
b"twed N. Wilson and DR.. Wells was ini OF
eXciteint and on the last two holes the play
ers we followed by all the people on the
GROUND Wilson. by remarkably strong play.
cut do a commanding lead Of Ave holes
until the eighteenth he halved the
match1n the ninstesnth Wilson made
on T. course, nearly reaching the
green. 5 yards away DR.. Welis's ball was
sllghtlticed and rolled into the rough. but a
good ravery nearly reached tho RrNAn and
the nrlnch being lai dead. Dr. Wells holed
out in q his opponents g. Next Saturday
MRS Mrs We i VII play Murray for the Coppsll
GnG nGie"P PHI mn,sh Ray and b Baker
and wilt tho ownership OF the Mrs. Shefield
Phelps )phy.
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HACKBAcK. Oct. 2S.-There was a large
turnout-day to witness the play in the finals
Tor the Fk"nsack Golf Club champ ionship to-
day anhe struggle between Horace Poor and
W; Fer created great enthusiasm. Poor
led to NTH hole wh-n he was tied, Mt the
lourteet hole he was IN. at tho sixteenth
Foster hight him, leading nv nm mr. ~
s"v-nt"th. which was the finish. aa thoy
hnlved P eighteenth. Miss Genevieve Wood
beat MI Fell y M. and 5 to play for the
women bhamp ionshlp. creating A 1reat arr
prise.
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the mt costly trophy offerei by the Pittsfieid
Count .C'uo. was won to-day by D. Edward
Burnsf the Country Club. who defeated in
the n ii hole the mon were even up.
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On the thir,,y.,,ix holes Pyne's score was IT'S
AMI Ayerill's III

There was n thronC OF the members Mt tho
Dyker Meadow Coll Club yesterday to inaupu-
rate the autumn season OF cup contests
Cards w"r" rcturncd in two vents. the quail
cup. the gft OF A. &, Jennings. which IS now
held Ivy 4 L., Norris. and n match play handi-
by Lawrence F. Abbott.
The course. especially tho putting green's
more tan any l,nts anout tho p ctW hSr rb
wind. however. from the hay interfpred with
low SCORING. There were forty "tart.rS for the
Abb OFT Cnp. TIL" h0gie score WAS 3 4 = 3 >
D a. The winner was Irving T. Bush
who. with H. handicap Of seventeen was ali
square with boGie. His card was:
Out. ..............7 = Il E 3 AL
hI...................6 8 q 8 5-i6-eS
Tht bnat Suypn
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DRAM Oct. 29.-The team Of the Richmond
Countytuntrv Club came out to Hutton Park
Countrtlub six. Tho visitors were defeated
by ~ his up. The story Is told in the follow
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At the Lawrence Harbor Country Club YES
terday the home PLAYERS were beaten in q close
match by the Westchsster Coli CLUB team.
Tha
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PHILADELPHIA. Oct. PSF. H. Dohlen OF the
2. Smith of the Huntington Valley Country
Club by . up and 5 TO play. for the ind yidua
cham pionship OF the Philadelphia Golf Asso-
citation.
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soRAiN Oct 2S-The results OF the an
nnal opl golf tournament OF the Scranton
CountrAub were as follows:
Secondhand Scranton Cup-Kilmsr dsf.,t.a w
J. TorroI IN and 10 play, Trs>is defsstsd H. ~
ington, u; Blair defeated Youna a mn 80 ~
play: Jdson defeated Woodrnx u
Brooks dkted Loyokiud aunnnd \ 10 Ill., n
Fuller died P. @. yhAfsr. ! up 1ad 70 play;
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Play fng he week for the wonan's cham
pionshihas result ed as follows:

womeIC Roupd- H,s. p.
beat MrhHilliIm III ppen a mn 70 nj NJ
Halhut u Miaa nAy 2 nm I Ia nlGy. H.. W.
Fellowe lor- an beat Miss w ,Ilis K nm - ".
IS Webre heat MISS Swords. o mp, 20 play
to plaH Miss Willis beat Miss Wstmora mn ",
play, ~P' :"
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The scoring was better in the afternoon. for
both we're on thsir mettle. At the twenty
seventh no. Pyn" had cut down Averill's lead
to- mp. THEN Pyne won the twcnty-eighth in
to ,. the Harvard man bungling n short nut
The Princetouia1 now was only down. On
the neXI green Averill score Il mar 4. however.
and rs Prne'S desperate attempt to havc over
ran he had to take as. Nvnrl was again
up. Then followed five hnvrd no as, ali except
one in par figures, and AverIll WAS 'orme .
Ill luck att 'nhel him on the seventeenth
green. ,wher" rvnc ga d n > to hist. and they
faced tn" HON iOla with Harvard still dormie
short on his drive aud taking 4 Tie match
was tie p Playing the extra hole both were
on the green In :. hut lyne scored in puttinp
and he won the hole and match in 4 to'5 The
Rtrok"sf oi the second eighteen holes were:
r pn, ti;''..'''' 4 3 : al
7 ne. :............4 4 az ss
Aver II gee. .......' 4 ; @ 90 az
Extra hol ,-pvne, (; Averll. ..
On the thirty-.ix holes pyne's score Wa. tx
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
Wells That Breathe

Blowing or breathing wells are
strange phenomena which exist at
SaulS City, Prairie du Sac and Merri-
mack. Wisconsin.
At those places wells have been put
down to depths varying from 60 to
130 feet, and, strange to relate, they
exhale the air for period OF "a hours
and then inhale for like period. In
cold weather water is frozen at a
depth of over 100 feet, causing the
pump pipes to burst in many cases.
Recently, Charles Stoddard put some
light boards over his well and during
the night the exhalation blew part Of
the boards off.
One man covered his well, except q
round hole through one of the boards,
and when a hat, folded newspaper or
other similar object was placed over
the hole, it would be blown off. The
air seems to come from stratum of
very coarse gravel, in which there is
no sand or other substance, except a
little soaplike matter.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
A Day Ahead of the Almanac

An interesting circumstance incident
to Magellan's circumnavigatiOn of the
globe and discovery of the Philippines
is that every degree Magellan sailed
westward added four minutes to his
day, until, when he reached the Philip
pines. the, difference in time amounted
to sixteen hours. Curiously enough.
this escaped the notice of all. ElcanO,
the only Captain who made the entire
circuit. was not aware, when he re-
turned to the longitude of his depart
ure. that his ships lOgbook" was about
a day behind 1.-The time of the port his
lonC-continued westward course had
brought him back to. The error re-
mained unnoticed also in the Philip
pines till 1914, when it was decided to
pass over New Years Day for once
altogether" Thus it appeared that the
Philippines, instead of lying far to the
west of Spain, the direction in which
the discoverers had sailed, might more
properly be spoken of as lying about
eight hours east of Spain. When it is
noon in Madrid it is about $40 in the
evening in Manila. and about 7:10 in
the morning at Washington.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
Whale Butchery.

The progress Of our age has played
havoc with many time-hOnOred indus
tries, but on the other hand has caused
new ones to spring up and take their
places. Whaling in bygOne times was
a dangerous business. Sailing vessels
fitted out for the purpose had to take
along not only crew of hardy whale
hunters, but also men skilled in cut
ting the lard from the leviathian's
sides, cooking it and placing the blub-
ber into oil barrels, carried along for
the purpose. A large quantity of fat
and other materials was always vast
ed, no matter how careful the captain
and crew went to work. To-day whal-
ing is carried on differently. Steamers
fitted with all the modern appliances
and covering ten times the ground Of
a sailing vessel are out after the great
cetaceans. When they catch a whale
within a couple hundred knots from
North Cape they do not stop to cut
up the big fish at sea. but tow the ami
NAL to Vardoe or VadsOt, where enter
prising Norwegians have started q
quite novel business-a whale butch
cry. They work on a partnership ar
rangement, paying the ship-Owner pro
rata of the whale oil rendered and the
amount of whale bone secured. Be-
cause of their improved facilities they
obtain more than twice as much oil,
and since the meat of the whale makes
splendid fertilizer and they derive
another large source of income by sell
ing whale hides and skeletons for mu-
seums to dealers in curiOs, they are do
ing very well. They employ at the
present 100 men, most of them in
former years sailors on board of the
whalers-Philadelphia Record.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
Her Sweet Revenge

Revenge is sweet. and a complete
triumph over the foe is a most satisfac-
tory feeling SO there must be one
young lady in London who is perfectly
happy. She happened, in going from
KenSington eastward, to step into one
of those private buses which are par
ticularly rife at holiday times. On ten
dering her customary twOpence. she
was informed that there were no fares
under siXpence. and. as did two other
victims. who were her only fellow pas
sengers. she paid. The day was dirty
the rain falling and walking most un-
pleasant so the vehicle was stopping
many times to allow of would-be pas
sengers to enter, but to each and all
the young lady. who was coZily en-
sconsed at an end seat. said in dulcet
tones: Excuse me, but are you aware
that this is private bus" Every
one of the people thanked her and
stepped down. At Hyde Park there
were quite a crowd waiting to get a
lift. As they boarded the bus. how
ever. they were met with the silvery
notes warning them of their danger
and the nature of the vehicle in which
they proposed to travel. The result
was that the bus remained empty,
save for its original passengers, till
Chancery lane was reached. where the
young lady alighted. and as she nodded
the conductor "GOOd morning" she
seemed very we'll pleased with herself.
London Telegraph.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
Making Brass Instruments

The bell Of a brass band instrument.
which is the big end. extending back
to the bow or first bend. is made of a
single piece of metal which was origi-
nally fat. The pattern by which the
metal is cut is Of the shape that a
bell would have if IT were slit straight
down the side from end to end and
then fiattened out. When the fat
piece Of metal from which a bell is
formed has been cut out by such a
pattern. it is bent by hand over n
rod until the edges meet. The seam is
brazed. and the piece of metal now has
its trumpet shaped form, but with
many little more or less uneven places
in the thin metal.
The bell is then placed upon a wood
en- mandrel. a form which fills the in
terror of the bell from end TO end and
is of the size and shape TO which the
bell is to be conformed. The inequali-
ties in the surface of the metal are
then worked out Of it by hand with
wooden hammers. the bell being re-
peatedly driven down upon the man.
drel When the bell has at last been
brought in this manner substantially
to its true form il is finished and
brought to its perfect smoothness of
surface in a spinning machine.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
Spurgeon Helped By an Echo

No orator ever less needed the aids
of art than the great London preacher.
Charles FL. SpurgeOn, and none ever
used them less; but when nature
helped him. not only in himself. but
outside of himself, he welcomed the
effect, as he had a right to do. One
striking instance of a sermon rein
forced in this way is related by a
clergyman Of the Church of England,
the Rev. ID. A. Doudney
Mr.. SpurgeOn was holding outdoor
meetings in the county of Hants (Op-
pOsite the Isle of Wight. and one af-
ternoon he preached to great throng
of people in beautiful valley near the
market town of Havant
His text was from the fifty-first
Psalm. ''Then will teach trangressOrs
Thy ways" and the sermon was a
Gospel invitation The air was still.
and a cloudless sun was sinking as he
approached the end of his discourse.
while the attentive hearers caught
every word.
Apparently they had not noticed. car
ried along as they were by the sweep
Of his powerful voice. that the valley
was the home of echoes. Mr.. Spurgeon
had discovered the fact. At the close
of his last appeal, raising his voice. he
called to the congregation: "All things
are ready! Come. The Spirit and the
bride say Gomez and nature herself ac-
cents the heavenly invitation again and
again, Come! Come! Gomez
The echoes took up the word. and
from side to side the breathless assem-
bly, heard the repeated call. ''Come.
Come. Conner till it sank to a whisper
in the distance.
The narrator describes the effect as
'like an electric shock" 1t was as if
the preachers eloquent peroration had
awakened supernal voices.
We have no written record of the
fruits of the meeting. but there was n
solemnity in the aptness of it's close
that lifted it above mere dramatic arti-
flee or any of the devices employed to
trick.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
The Origin of Confetti

Confetti" was invented by accident.
A big printing house in Paris used to
turn out millions of almanacs yearly,
each with small hole punched in the
corner to receive a metallic eyelet. An
enormous quantity Of the tiny paper
circles accumulated. These were sent
to the paper makers. and would be so
disposed of still had not chance and
the smart proprietor turned them to
profit According to the Family Doc
tor" it happens that two of. the work
men were having a little dispute. Sud-
denly one of them caught up handful
of the paper circles and threw them
in the others face.
The other workmen Joined in. and in
the midst Of the engagement the pro-
prietOr appeared. Far from getting
angry. he told one of the men to fill
a paper bag with the circles and take
them TO his house. That night he en-
gagged a seat in the gallery at the
opera, and during the dances Showered
the paper down on the heads of the
people below. The idea caught on i'm
mensely, and he invented special ma
chimes for manufacturing the confetti
One has only to walk through Paris or
Brussels during carnival to get an idea
of the quantity of these little circles
used. In Paris alone during the three
days carnival Of the Boeuf GraS there
were 300 tons Of the confetti used.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
English Tramps

While some vagabounds remain in
the country during the winter, there is
none the less a general exodus from
the road in the autumn. In the South
the professional wayfarer's last chance
of obtaining work in the fields is at
hopping: in the North. at ''tater
scratching" Thousands of vagrants
rely on one or the other industry to get
a winters stock or keep. or. at least.
something with which TO tide them
over the beginning Of the town season.
Comparatively seldom, however, do
they reach their winter quarters with
much money.
Incredible as ii may seem, it is vet
a fact that every autumn a number of
London's wastrels tramp into Kent for
no other purpose than that of going
through"-of robbing-poor ''hoppers": /:
and vagrants. notwithstanding that
they are versed in the ways of the
sneak thief. and hide their money
more regularly than they wash them
selves. are victimiZed as readily as
are toiling East Enders. Other tramps
squander their money before they
reach town.-Good Words.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
PHOSPHORUS

Ordinary phosphorus is highly pois-
onous. is inflammable at temperature
far below that of boiling water and at
the ordinary temperature of a room IL
exposed to the slightest friction. and
gives off poisonous fumes at ordinary
temperatures when in contact with air
containing any moisture Red phos-
phorus is not poisonous even in large
quantities, and gives off no fumes in
ordinary conditions. 1t is used in the
manufacture of matches that strike
only on the box. The ordinary phos-
phorus occupies large place in match
manufacture which the red variety
cannot ill. How large that place is
may be judged from the fact that
some sixty tons of white phosphorus
are annually used in making matches.
while the consumption of red phos-
phorus is only four tons.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
SOME QUEER HrETITEs:
Ostriches and Gnats Are Not Alone In
the Possession Of Them.

The novel operation mentioned re
Gently of the removal of over six
inches of hatpin from the neck of a
kitten is not altogether without pre-
cedent
Kittens and puppies, and cats and
dogs, it was stated, are frequent suf-
fers from a lack Of discrimination in
swallowing things never intended for
consumption. Hatpins, meat-skewers,
knitting needles, and ordinary needles
and pins are among the articles they
have been known to swallow. Only
recently a tiny fox terrier was sub
mitted for professional examination on
what was supposed to be an abscess
on the side. The surgeon, however.
decided that a foreign body was pres
ent, and nothing could of course be
done without the merciful aid of chic
roform, for it is both interesting and
gratifying to know that even the least
painful operation is never attempted
until the animal 10 be operated upon
is placed temporarily beyond the reach
of pain. The results of this operation
disclosed the presence of wooden
meat-Skewer in the terriers stomach,
'A'Ai punt DclNttu us
ribs. The obstacle was successfully
removed and today the tiny pet is as
frisky as ever it was.
Another small spaniel paid the pen
atty of its avaricieusneSs with its life
mainly owing to the fact that it's
owner was comparatively poor man.
One morning the dog entered the bed
room, and bouncing upon the dressing
table, Tapped up diamond stud worth
five or six guineas. Ordinary emetics
had no effect. and unfortunately under
chloroform on the operating table the
surgeon was unsuccessful in dislodg-
ing the stud. AT the wish of the
owner a further supply of the drug
was given, and p0st-mOrtem revealed
the missing gem.
1t is attributed to some cats that
they show an incorporate inclination
for wine corks. and frequently swal-
low them. Others swallow needless,
which gradually work out through
their skin, and there is case on
record of an omnivorous goat that
swallowed a packet of small needles,
and for some months afterward, owing
to it's porcupine exterior, was a ter
rOr to the small boys who attempted
to take seat on it's back.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
APE MONEY TESTERS.
Extraordinary Use of These Animals BY
Siamese Merchants.


We do not often hear of monkeys be.
ing useful. We hear them called
odd" or "comical," or amusing" OIL
"mischievous, as well as a great many
other things; but we do not hear the
monkey often alluded to as "that use
full animal, the monkey"
Now, the Siamese people don't think
that way. They don't reflect how
amusing a monkey is They find out
what monkey can do, and make him
useful by making him do it. There
are plenty of monkeys in Siam. They
are OF all sizes, large and small: and
the large apes of Siam, we have heard
are used by the Siamese merchants
as cashiers in their counting-rooms
Think Of making apes useful in such a
way as that? To keep them for cash.
iers in a counting room!
We are not told that these apes are
expert at making change. or that they
are able to keep tue merchants ledger
for him. No; the way apes are made
useful, is this:
The merchants are often deceived
and frequently swlndled by quantities
OF clever counterfiit coins. which are
in circulation. The smartest men they
could employ were deceived, too: for
the bad money wss such a wonderful
imitation that the closest scrutiny of
ten failed to find the difference between
a good and a bad piece.
In this dilemma some Siamese mer-
chants called to their help some one
who was always thought not so smart
M
large apes of Siam" proved such a
success at their new avocation that the
custom of employing them for the pur-
pose of detecting bad money has be-
come universal. The ape cashier of
Siam holds his situation without a ri
wall
He has a peculiar method Of testing
coin. Every piece is handed to him
and he picks up each bit of money.
one at time, and meditatively puts
1t into his mouth, tasting it with grave
deliberation. If the coin is good. he
declares the fact plainly. He takes it
from his mouth and carefully places it
In its proper receptacle beside him. He
has pronounced judgment and every
one is satisfied that the judgment is
correct. But if the coin is bad, the
cashier makes known his verdict in an
equally unmistakable manner. He
throws it violently from his mouth to
the floor. shaking his head with as
much disgust as the merchant himself
might feel at being imposed upon.
With loud chattering and angry ges-
lures, says the Independent, he makes
known his displeasure at being pre-
sented with bad piece OF money. The
merchant himself could not express it
better.
Now, how does a monkey know what
man cannot tell? All. that is his
secret. He never reveals il. Perhaps
he is afraid if he should make known
all the mysteries of his profession his
occupation might be gone, and peo-
pie would once more prefer men for
cashiers in place Of the extraordinary
apes employed by the merchants of
Siam.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
CHESTNUTS AS FOOD.
Used Through Frarce as Popular
Article OF Diet.

The absence of Indian corr as an ar
ticle of diet among the pooser classes
I'm France is. writes Commercial Agent
Griffin at Limoges, TO certain extent
replaced by the popular chestnut.
Throughout the center of this country,
from the Bay of Biscay to Switzer-
lars. there are large plantations, and
almost forests, Of chestnut ,Iees.
These nuts differ very much FROM the
ordinary species indigenous to the
United States; they are broad. large,
and resemble the American horse
chestnut or buckeye. and are exten-
sively eaten by human beings and anil
mails. Great care is taken in harvest
ing this nut before the severe frosts
touch it, as freezing haStenS fermenta-
ton.
The poor people, during the fall and
winter, often make two meals daily
from chestnuts. The ordinary way of
cooking them is TO remove the outside
shell. blanch the 4. then a wet cloth
is placed in an earthen pot, which is
almost filled with raw cheStnutS; they
are covered with a second wet cloth.
and put on the fire to steam: they are
eaten with salt or milk. Hot steamed
chestnuts are carried around the city
streets in baskets or pals; the major
ity of the working people, who usually
have no fire early i'm the morning, eat
them for their first breakfast, with or
without milk. Physicians say that as
an article of food. chestnuts are whole
some, hearty. nutritious and fattening.
These nuts are often used as vege-
table and are exceedingly popular, be-
ing found on the table Of the well-to-do
and wealthy. They are served not
only boiled, but roasted, steamed,
pureed. and as dressings for poultry
and meats.
CheStnutS are made into bread by
the mountain peasantry. After the
NUTS have been blanched, they are
dried and ground. From this -four a
sweet. heavy, fat cake is made. 1t re-
SembleS the oaten cakes so popular
among Scotch peasants. They are ex-
tensively employed for fattening ami
mails. especially hogs. The nuts are
boiled without Smelling: only small, in
feriOr fruit is thus used.
In good seasons, chestnuts sell as
low as l cent a pound retail, and
wholesale at $1.50 per two hundred
weights.