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9DORTsreN'
ppoGRANHE OF SPORTS TO-DAY

u
EAcTNG-Coney Island Jockey Club.
eLsersreai Bay, 2.So D N.
c0TF-Fsnal round for women's cham
-.o1sEir. Deal Golf Club: women's match
15rsfr Noncclair, Seabright Golf Club; wom-
- Seorenaher competitions. Bayswater.
CITING CS-Rs Cea bouts. open races.
-,--a-haka Co-inthian Yacht Club
ATTONOBILING- Meet al Newport.
P0Lo-Juntor polo cups Rockaway Hunt
y-r-,h Cedsrhurst. Long Island: Myopia polo
-r7s Nvop1a Hunt Club. Hamilton. Mass.
-FNNIS-Ohio State championship Gin
-i7natt. Sleepy Hollow open tournament.
Ts--vtovr: Western Pennsylvania cham
-forshio. Pittsburg. Kings County Tennis
i-l-b annual fall handicap. club courts
BROOKLYN. Pacific States championship
so-rres and singles. San Francisco Cal
PASEBA BALL-FirrShurE against Brook
w washington Park. Brooklyn. I .. m.
TYCLING- meet. Baltimore
SHOOTING--AnnuaI meet OF the New
Jersey Rife National Rife and National
PevoIver associations, Sea Girt y. 7
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06
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New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

TO RACE FOR THE FISHER CUP ON MONDAY
Toronto, Sept. 6.-Ndnota, the challenger for the
Fisher Cup will sail for Charlotte this evening
Few changes have been made IN her, but she is
now considered TO be in first class condition Man
ia hemp running gear has been substituted for
some OF her plable steel wire. Minota has not
after all been provided With a lib. The bolt
rope Of the old not stretched properly.
This has been Temedied.
Minota's crew viii consist OF James McMUrray.
william Hughes Frederick A Turner, H Lownse,
James Young. the paid hand, and Skipper IEniius
Jarvis There viii be a big Toronto contingent al
the races. The steam yachts Cruiser and Cleopatra
1he big yachts-the Merry Thought, the Canada
the Vreda- the Gloria, the Clortta- the Aggte, Of
Qakville. and probably the Zelma, Of Hamilton
It is also prooa bic that the Beaver will go down
All these yachts Will be entered for the Hotel On
tario Cup race. which will be held Tuesday.
Rochester Sept. 5.-The following men will on
ciate as judges for the Fisher Cup yacht races;
Thomas B. P-+tchard, Of the Rochester Yacht
Club; rsp Frank NJ Gray Of the ROYAL Canadian
ton Mr.. Monck was chosen by the other two.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

Start very bad Won easily by three lengths head
between second third
The entries for to-day's races at sheepshead Bay
are follows.
FIRST RACE-seIiag; for three-vear-oras and ,-v.-.
non-winners Of OF OF $500 this ysa-
SIX and one-haIf furlongs; On main rack
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

Manhasset Bay Club and the building will begin st
the Robert Jacob yards when ten craft shall have
been ordered Mr.. Standing thinks this handy yes
sci. which IS excellent for singie-handed racing,
VIII be a favor1te in the Larchnont and other
clubs, as it makes the owner independent OF crew
The area Ct the mainsaiI is 292 square feet,
and the lib has T8 square feet making the total
area 30 square The proposal ar present IS 10
race with no extra sails and thus avoid the neces-
sity OF extra aid. In word, II is probably the
ablest small racer and cruiser that has ever peen
proposed.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

Ttre-I:15A
start very bad Won driving by short head same
distance between second and third
eECOND EACE-Handieap. $500 sdded one mile
w, N Ba-rcrs b. c AfcMeekin nv
ronso-Laisy Rose. 5 yrs li9 -
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

Stamford. Conn. Sept. S CspeciaD-Ths wonsn's
Club championship tournament was begun to-dsy
on the links OF the Wesburn Golf Club. Seven
cards were posted: Miss Genevieve Hscksr. 1oS
Mss Louise B Hscksr. I3. Mss " A Charles. I9o-
Mrs E. NJ Carwrtck. 123; Miss Esrslle Hoyr, 15S
Mrs 5 L Howes. 150i Miss Helen Jackson IS
In the final round for the Crommins Cup. which
was also PLAYED. Fred c Hsckar heat Harvey Z
Williams hv up and 70 play.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06
TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN
TO-DAY

Nlagara-on-the-Laks. Ont. Sept CSpeaaD.-The
sixth annual international goE tournament begins
tomorrow on the Niagara Golt Club Inks 81 Fort
George The entry IS = strong one. including J.
g AveriI OF Harvard runner Up N the inter
couegtates last fall; the two sx-chanptons o.
Canada, NJ 5 Lyons and a ". Smith; 3. 5
Horne, one OF the best players IN Western Penn
sylvania, Charles Ransom. last years winner.
besides 4 large number OF locaT experts The
mems handicap, with entry OF Cwsnry-ssven VIII
be the boards in the morning, and n the afrer-
noon eight will quality medal play o. eighteen
holes for the Niagara Challenge Bowl the match
play rounds being played On Friday and saturday
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

Won easily BY length; a length and : half between
second and third.
FIFTH RACE-For three-year-ods ana inward; non
winners in 1900 Of 81 600 s7oo added: penalties and
allowances Six furloags On main track
" c Eusts.s B. : knight OF Rhnha.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

FOURTH RACE-EE O1rNIUM HANDICAP. OF 81 500
for three-year-ods and upward special entrance and
forfeit fees; 81 O0o 10 second horse $3.50
and to third sI50. One one-eighth miles
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

Tine-l:40lt.
S'aFf very bad Won driving BY half length. head
between second and third
iHIhD FAc,E-BELLEs STAKES: FOR tvvo-year-ola fl
les $3.50 added; penalties Futurtty Course
= rc-,S-F r, 4 :. P Kee2e's Oh: Z MONDAY. by
New-York tribune., 1900-09-06

start very bad Won easily by a length and q hsif.
same distance between second and third
FOURTH RACE-sEPTEMBER STAKES. for ,hr..- -,,as-
ods; $500 added: penalties and allowances ONE avs
three-eighths miles
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
An Appeal to the American PeonIe

We We men and; women of the Afro-Aner-
lean race, with a few white friends, of
our gu cause, gathered; in a public meeting
gay of December, 1899, solemnly appeal
to the people of the United States Of ali
religions: languages and. national affilia-
parties:
We ask serious attention to the perse-
c cut fortunes and violent deaths that
mobs upon Afro-American men and Wom-
en- IN the United. States: These outrages
are often committed out of. dislike and
prejudice alone, and more: usually upon
suspicion only: that their victim has been
E gu y of some crime or offense against
The most horrible outcome of the mos.
lean men. This crime began in Arkansas
IN 1872, and since then men have been
P PgEned to Gsath at TIE stake BY mobs y
tennessee and. Kentucky. During tbn
last seven months there have been three
OF OF these 1nhuman torturings to death b..
Lynchings have become common, AfIS~
American men being the victims, in. 9g
inc inc southern reonf states and they hXe du
curing in Illinois, Indiana, OHIO Ohio, NeT
york, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Michigap
and Nebraska There is, according t.
carefully collected statistics covering tho
as! Ih seventeen vent years, ar average of $50 q
year, most of them occurring in thu
South. Minor prosecutions, such as driv.
ing Afro-American families from their
homes, ,whippings, stonings and tarring
and feathering are so common as to b.
Of the country.
We i'nplore all persons in power and
aSuthority to reflect upon what these law.
duties the state Of society they revea,
Jay upon. the state and national govern
ments And we ask ali people who love-
good of their fellow men, to endeavor BY
word and act, to create throughout the
country such a public opinion as will nor
adioW, In any part Of it, such atrocities
q violence and murder as now, by o.
cnIr1rlng within its borders, disgrace tbs
It is ordered by this assembly that tho
daily and weekly newspapers, the Ass0-
slated Press, the RELIGIOUS journals an6
weekly and monthly magazines be asked
terlng and helpless people.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17

Near the church of Rev. Mr.. Sheldon
of I'm His Steps" fame, and who, this
week, conducted the Topeka Capital as
he thought Christ would, is a settle
ment of 5000 Afro-Americans called
Tennessee Town. He naturally took
an interest in the strange community,
which was founded by former Governor
st. John. Before turning a. hand for
his Afro-American charges he spent
month among these people, learning
their trials, woes, blessings. Then he
set to work. There was an old Afro
American woman who had the misfor-
tune to lose leg in an accident One
day Mr.. Sheldon was seen carrying an
unwieldy package into the old wom-
ans house and soon afterward she was
seen walking about as spry as a 49,
year-old. Mr.. Sheldon had bought and
given her an artificial leg. Rev. Shell
don may not have proper conception
of how Jesus Christ would conduct a
newspaper, but the act mentioned
above shows that he can act very
Christ-like.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
ILL.,, william: The Underground Hail

straier, b Augustus: New south In:
yestigassd, 1893; Treatise on Larceny Of
lures; Outlines and Government A. II.
2. Church; Apology for African Meth
Church; The Negroes Origin.
Tyson, NJ. E.: benjamin Bahneker.
Talley, Thos; W: a Natural Trinity.
Taylor, J. r.: The Negro, Atlanta, Ga.
Tayl9r. Marshall W: Plantation Melodies,
Of Downey;; Negro Evangfst; Life Of
Bishop Foster. o'oseu Wan Nepls -
Thornton, NJ. W.: The White. Negro 1898
y M 1ameS P Peon Music and Some High
Truth, Sojourner: sojousner Truths Mar
rative. Il
Turner, Bishop q; NJ: M; Methodist Polity,
Ages; Printed Speeches, and Letters;
IT,. Hymn + Beck for A: N. E. CHURCH: :,
rur tsa: a etc.! ii issi History OF Good samari
Vashon, Geo, B.: Pamphlets, Lectures, etc.
Walker, David: Walkers Appeal :.
"ai ida 1s sshD: carpet-bag Rule in Flor
Ward. S; R.: Autobiography of Fugi-
tive Negro, london, 1855. q
Waiu, samuel hlhggQld: Occasional Pa.
perS.
Washington. B. T.: Black-Belt, Diamonds;
Future Of the American Negro; Adj
dress at Opening Atlanta Exposition.
Waymans Alex W.: Cyclopedia. Of Meth
odismt Life Of Bishop Jas. A.. Shorter;
My Reeolleetions-
Wheatley, Phillis:: Poems, London, 1918.
Ml,hIitfield,. James NJ: Poems, Buffalo, 1853.
man, ISL The Rape an Of aI Florida ida N iva.
nv ,sinta,s semineles, 1890. - 49,.
Wilkes, L.. t.: Life of Frederick Douglass.
Williams. D.: b.. Freedom and Progress,
1890; The. Ethiopeans, Petersburg,
1890; Outlines of School Management,
1891; Sciences; Art and Elocution, Pc
tersburg,, 1894.
WiliIiSa1mns,. Edwards. John Brown Poem),
Williams, Geo. W.. History of Negro
Race, 1882; History of Negro Troops
N Rebellion, 1888; Negro as Political
Factor.
The American. Negro From 1776 to- 1876
CINCINNATI, 1876.
Wilson, c.. B.: History of GIL. a. Of
Odd Fellows.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
NO OSTRICH RAGE

CONTINUED From First PaEe.)
e1cla1m: Whoa, now, birdie!" in. his
most dialect tones; but we don't believe
that 'btrdie' would whoa even for a
minute. And although Mr.. Bryan has
SHOWN great skill in riding a hobby for
several years past, we don't think he
wenld be able to ride an ostrich, even if.
oy any piece of good luck, he did sue
ceed In mounting it. The chances are
sixteen to one that he would be thrown.
But the chief reason for disbelieving
the story remains to be stated. To ride
on the back of an ostrich would be. in
e1ect' to govern it. Such government of
tne ostrich, as we have shown, would be
Wlthout its consent. And it is impossible
TO suppose that Mr.. Bryan would ever
accept the principle of government with
out the consent Of the governed. We are
aware that, according to the press dis
patcnes, Mr. Bryan has recently been
violating this principle by going hunting
IN !exas' Tor presumably the hunted ami
mas didn't consent to be shot. But. un-
lortunately, we can't believe everything
we READ nowadays, and, besides, we think
lne k1cK1ng possibilities of the ostrich
wou4o nave reminded him Of it's non-con-
sent even If he had been inclined to
ignore it. So the ostrich story has to he
gwen up. But not the interest in Mr.
Bryan as sportsman. In a few dsvs
nc IS TO begin an active pursuit of the
money devil. universally known as the
octopus. Clad in the panoply of supreme
coincidence In himself, he will track this
octopus to It's lair-it Is funny. ht tho
way now octopuses always live in iairs-
anu !. IN the hearing of a whole world hum
at II some of his choicest epigrams
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
Racial Possibilities.
Highland: Pamphlet Ad-

Garnet: Henry Highland: eSt Pamphlet Ad-
Garnet, II. e.: Garnets Memorial Dis.
! Grant, A.: The Literary and Historical
c,. Society, Georgia Conference.
Gregory, J. NJ: Frederick Douglass, the
Gresham, G: ~ Mathematics, text book.
Grimke,. A.. H.: Life Of Charles Sumner;
- William Lloyd Garrison. 1870 >
Hag9od, 1. M: Colored Man in the NJ E.
Haley, James T.: Sparkling Gems (poems).
HolSey, I. h.; Manual of Discipline; The
Ha% g ~ y F. c W.: congregations on the
NJ q. Church. - ~ "
HHarper, F: E; W.; lola Leroy, 1892; Poems.
Haysne sra JGs: r.; The Black Man; Negro in
H HeaTdr: Josie; I'm Morning Gloriez; 1890.
B Bl3t;k. Labor; His Own Daughter;
Henson Hens Josiah: Father Henson's Story.
HOOP, j. w.: One Hundred Years, etc.
in rmo Christian mdstEa9. Pulpit; Two Characters,
Howard, Jas; H.; Bond and Free, 1886.
Jones' sess 50hn Co. Sane Ssaa Footprints Of Prog
Jennings. Paul: colored Mans Life OF
Johnson: 5: A. eAars:g. The Hazeley Fam.
fly: Clarence and Corimne. -
johnson, Edward A. School History OF
Negro Race; Negro I'M Spanish-American
War.
johnson, JAS Ri. A.: The Pine Tree Mis-
sion.
Johnston, H. T.: The Divine Logos.
johnson, VIM: Prominent ,Colored Men OF
Kentucky.
Keckley, Mrs. f.: Behind the Scenes.
hampton, e.. W.: Sacred Dynamite on
Baptism.
Loney; Lucy c.: Struggles for Freedom,
Langston, John NJ: Freedom and Citizen.
ship; Prom the Plantation to the Cap.
| . itol; Lectures and! Addresses.
Leary, John S.: Croatans of North Caro-
Lewis. R.. b.: Light and Truth, Boston
Loguen. J. w.: As Slave amd as Free
i man.
! Love, E. K: History of the. First African
Baptist Church.
Lynx, NJ. w.: Afro-Amerioan Speaker
Mars, Elijah F.: Life and! History.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
DEFINITIONS IN EPIGRAM.

Public opinion is conscience owned
by syndicate.
Az optimist is a man who has sue
ceeded in associating with humanity
for some time without becoming
cynic
Love is the wondrous angel of life
that rolls away all the stones of sor-
row and suffering from the pathway
Of duty.
Regret is but the light of fuller wis
dom from our past, 1llumining our fu-
ture. The life without regret is tho
life without gain. >~.~
Worry is foGethought gone to seed.
Worry is discounting possible future
sorrows so that the Individual may Sc
cure present misery.
Affectation Ia the confession of in
ferlority. 1t ia an unnecessary procla-
nation that the individual is not liv-
ing the life he pretends to live. r..
Duty looks at life as debt to be
paid; love sees life as q debt to be
collected. Duty. is constantly paying
assessments; love is constantly count
ing its premiums.-William George
Jordan. -...
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17

Every one knows the prevailing fear
women have for mouse, and, while
the little harmless creatures have
thrown many women into Mysteries,
one was destined to work, a miracle
last week in Pittsburg. Mrs. Annie
Mathers, widow, has been speechless
for several years. Her condition was
caused by illness, and she could not
speak above a whisper Last Saturday
she opened closet in her house and
came suddenly upon a mouse. Mrs.
Mather tried to scream, forgetting she
had lost her voice. She was amazed
to find that the impeachment which pre-
vented her from speaking had been re-
moved, evidently by fright, and that
her voice was the same as before her
illness.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
Tho Spear.

Masee, J: H: The Night of Addiction.
Menard: !. Willis: Lays from Summer
Nixon, NJ: H.: A Methodist 1uminary;
Moore, Alice Ruth (Mrs. Dunbar): Vioiets;
Goodness of St: Rogue.
N09 Church. q i? 1854, History of A. M E. T.
Mossell, Mrs N. F.: Work Of Afro Ameri.
Mosseii, G. W.: Toussaint L'overture.
Myrick, D. j.: Scripture Baptism, 1882.
MilI 5;r,,; Kelly: Review of Hoffman's Race
Scl1 1t W. e. is5S colored Patriots of the Revo-
ANONYMOUS: The Negro Pew, Boston, 1897;
to Say, etc.
Northrop, solomon: Twelve Years Slave:
ous ssts Benz: Translation of Gospels and
Paige, I. F.: Twenty-Five Years of Free
Payne, Daniel A.: Recol1ect1ons Of Sew.
en5y aeaT Hs91y ~ on NJ
1891; Pleasures, and other Miscellaneous
Poems. Baltimore. 1850.
Paynter, John H.; Joining. the Navy.
Penn, I. garland: Afro-American Press,
Pennington, Jas. W. c.: Pamphlets, Ad-
Perry, Rufus L.: The Cushite, 1893.
Phillips, C. H.: History Colored M. E.
Pope, Barbara: storiettes.
Proctor, 81: H. The Negro and the War.
oua the Wo 5pHIn): A colored Man Around
l>'I per, Richmond. 1851. u rev. '0nn Jas
Randolph, Peter: Sketches of Slave Life,
Ransome, R. c.: School Days at Wilber-
force, 1892; Disadvantages and Oppor-
t9gnnities of Colored Youth, Cleveland,
Ray, F: cord dsns Lincoln "a poem), 1898;
Rec teG;s John K: Chart of Negro Progress,
Rid e0q s 5r., 75 %; A.: Life of . a: Ride
Riley, Jerome F.: Philosophy of Negro
Row ssf GeS: c.: Thoughts in Verse, 1857.
l>'l gres So 1893. 'n0'io @>Ai0A'el''"n ~.
Rush, christoPher; Rise e., and od Progress Of
PPhrenol99gy, of Negro Race; Mixed
scor haeesi hoo W S: First Greet, Lessons
1881; The Birds of Aristophanes.
Scruggs, L. A.: Women of Distinction.
Shorter, 5. l.: Heroines Of African Meth
seaton, D. P: The Land Of Promise.
Sevelli, Capponi: Ham and Dixie.
shadd, Mary Ann: Condition Of colored
5 People, Wilmington, Del, 40.
Simmons, w. j.: Men Of Mark, 1887
Smith, Mrs. Amanda: Autobiography, 1898.
Living Testimony; Monogram of Bishop
d. Al Payne; Sermons Of Bishop D. A.
Payne; Glimpses of Africa. 1895: Race
Question Reviewed, Nashville, $780,
Smith, Jas. McCune: Influence Of Climate
on Longevity, 1916.
Smith, j. W.: Sermons Of Bishop T. S.
Jones.
Smith, L. H.: Earnest Pleas.
Stallings: The African Triumph, 1892.
Stevenson, ]. w: Church Financiering,
Steward, T. e.: Genesis Re-read, 1855;
Life of Mrs. Rebecca Steward, 1877;
Gospel Among q. S. Soldiers, 1899.
Stewart, Austin: Life of Solomon Nor
throp; Twenty two Years Slave, Forty
Years q Freeman.
Stewart, T. Me-: Liberia, the America
African Republic.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
AFLOAT' AND ASHORE.

Ahoat and s5hore on far island and bay
Inc men OF our. blood. and our na1ne stand
to-day,
WITH the one bit Of ,ome that their tired
eyes see,
Theft country's fair flag waving gallant and
'F' free.
And 1t means to their hearts, with its cluster
ing stars,
Not the symbol alone of our conquering Mars,
5ut the rudy hearth-light in the old chimney
,, place,
And tho mothers dear smile, and the fathers
WORN face.
AMI +. far where the palms with their green
fringes lift E<-~-r,- =
In she hot alien land, where the yellow sand.
rt$ drift,
It tells Of the bells on the sweet Sabbath morn,
1t sueaks of green wheat and Of young spring
- ing corn; "--[S * ~. So
Tho one bit Of home that the soldiers eyes see.
Ais countrys proud banner, the flag of the
- free. A. l...r sE-~ 49,
Asset and ashore, far island and bay
COD bless them, our boys, in each slow creep
ing day!
The men Of our blood and our name, hand to
5. hand, - III. =
WHO must cope with the foe in the lonely
strange land. -
Margaret E. Sangster, in Earper's Weekly
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
=4QUEERESTs OF FOSSILS
Jaw of Some Huge Animal Found In
New Mexico.

SOAAo
New Mexico. =
The fossil remains of a strange pre-
historic animal were discovered at
postmaster Nusbaum's ranch at Tesu-
que. Alphonso Dockweiler, who has
charge Of digging a ditch through
ridge on the ranch, picked up a piece
OF petrlf1ed bone the shape of a large
tongue, but with a row of - teeth
along what seemed to be the tip of
the tongue. He dug little further
and found the remainder of what
seemed to be the jaw of an animal
that was part ichthyosaurus and part
plesiosaurus, with part of the charac-
terlstics of the pterodactyl perhaps.
The jaw consisted of about 20 layers of
bone in the shape of a tongue, and each
layer was armed with a dozen teeth,
which showed that the animal was
herbivorous and not carnivorous
These 20 layers were evidently the up
per jaw Of the animal. Mr.. Dock
weller expects to find the lower Jaw
and perhaps all of the remains of the
strange animal. AS much as he has
found he will bring to this city, and
from here ship it to the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington. Two lay
ers OF the jaw were brought to the city
5y }. G. Schumann and shown to
friends, who were all puzzled by their
unusual shape. It is we'll known that
the surroundings of Santa Fe abound
with submarine fossil remains, which
seem to prove that in long-gone-by
ages the site of the city was covered
by sea. Only half mile up the
arroyo and canyon that branch off
Palace avenue, near the old brewery,
pretty petrifed seashells are to be
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-03-17
SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1900.

No class of the great population of
the United States has a keener interest
in the census than the nine million
Afro-Americans. By the warm friends
of the race it is believed that, if only
a correct census were had, favorable
conditions and steady, hopeful prog
ress would be shown, by which their
arguments would be proved and those
of their traducers answered.
Only once in ten years this opportun-
ity comes to place themselves upon rec
ord, an opportunity too great to be lost
5y ignorance or Indifference or unwar-
ranted fear. Every Afro-American
leader who has the true interest of his
race at heart will enter upon earnest
and persistent efforts to teach them the
scope and purpose of the coming cen
sus. He will explain that to be count
ed by the Federal Government is a
right which cannot be taken away by
any local or state government. All the
sworn to reveal no detail, but simply
to tabulate general results, the conf