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Confetti at Weddings.


Confetti is known to English travellers on
the continent at festive, seasons of the
year. In Paris. for, instance, they know
how to do their confetti-throwing harm
lessly, gracefully and with good humor It
Is one of the things they do better in
France than In England. Into some quar-
tiers OF which the fete day amusement has
been imported. Butgthe sport which has
inspired Canon Atkinson OF Coventry with
a clerical jokelet-which might. or might
not. have disastrous, results-differs from
the pastime of continental streets. He
means confetti-throwfng at weddings The
canon says there "can be no objection to
volley OF white satin shoes" Shoe throw
Ing Is an ancient custom, and means good
luck to you. 1t depends on how you throw
your shoe. We know of an instance in
which the throwing OF shoes caused the
horses In the brides carriage to bolt, %
knocking down the brides father. who tried
to stop them. and seriously in1uring him.
In this case the honeymoon took the form
of six weeks nursing. Accidents Of the
kind do sometimes happen. It is not long
since case Of binding by rfce-throwfng
was reported. The custom which has the
canon's innocent approval is somewhat
silly. The canon confesses to having more
than once tied a shoe to the ''axletree at
the back of the carriage" SO that "the
spectators on the route might enjoy the
fun" The device Is certainly safer than
throwing shoes promiscuously. and IL 1t
amuses the canon without harming any
body no one win complain.
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Y. VI. G.. A. TENNIS.
Handicap aud Consolation Matches
Not Yet Completed.

Handicap aud Consolation Matches
Not Yet Completed.
The Young Mems Christian Association
tennis tournament was practically COM
pleted Saturday. There are to be played
one semi-fnal and the final round in the
games in the consolation match. Sum-
mary:
Handicap match, first round-Charles
Hatch (Tninus fifteen) defeated A A. Protz-
man (scratch), ca. 1-6, 6-3; ]. V. Hamil-
ton (ninus ffteen) defeated E o. Sellers
(plus fifteen), Go, Go: H. E. Doyle (minus
thirty defeated E. w. Parlee (scratch).
Go, 6-1; J. C. Spalding (pIus fifteen) de-
feated l.. l.. Pierce by default
Second round-Hatch (minus ffteen) de-
feated Hamilton minus ffteen), 6-3, c.;
Doyle (mnus thirty defeated Dean
(scratch), 60. 6-1.
Semi-finalS-Bielaski (plus fifteen) defeat
ed Hatch (minus ffteen), 60 Cd.
Consolation match, preliminary round
Protzman (scratch) defeated Sellers (plus
fifteen), Go. 6-3: l. b. Smith (sCratch)
defeated Ludwig (pius fifteen), ca, 3-6,
G.
First round-Bush (scratch) defeated
Pierce by default: Scott Smith (minus fif-
teen) defeated Protzman (scratch), 80.
Sc, 6-3: Catchngs (plus fifteen) defeated
L. B. Smith (scratch}. 10 1-6. g.: Far
lee (scratch) defeated Stetson (scraIch),
6-3, 1-6, Ga.
Semi-inals-Scott Smith (minus fifteen)
defeated Brush (scratch), 60, 81.
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A TARANTULA STORY,
The Venomous Spider Sheds His Coat
of Fuzz.

of Fuzz.
From the Philadelphia Record.
A huge tarantula recently arrived here
on fruit steamer, safely nesting amid
a bunch of bananas. The dealer to whom
the fruit was consigned had no desire to
receive such a premium with his pur-
chase, but circumstances forbade a pos
sible return to the sender. No sensible
business man desires long to retain in his
counting house fuzzy eight-legged blood
sucker whose bite Is certain death So the
arachnida was gingerly placed in a box
and sent to the Academy of Natural
Sciences. Here he lived for some time, but
persistently refused meat and drink One
day the entomologist in charge of the tar
antula could not believe his eyes, Inst lead
OF one gigantic spider there appeared to
be two! Closer examination showed that
the terror of the insect world had walked
out of his old skin and had now a brand
new iridescent coat.
AS is well known, spiders and several
other orders of lowly creatures have no In
ternal skeleton, but are covered with hard
integument. which articulate on the out
side as our bones do on the inside. AS these
creatures grow In size they become too big
for their clothes, and, splitting them asun-
der, crawl out with new and pIlable COW
ering. which they may wear for a year or
more, when they change once again It Is
sad to relate, however. that the specimen
at the academy in some way got Its feet
entangled In the old skin and pulled one Of
Its legs on. 1t was thought by the nat
legs and two leglike palpi until a new leg
could be grown-but the grim reaper drew
nigh, and the giant spider with his fatal
sting was gathered to his fathers.
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SIR THOMAS LIPTON,s PLANS.
He VIII BE n Busy Man for Next Two


A dispatch from New York last night says:
Sir Thomas Upton had the first day of alb
soute rest today that he has had since
he arrived. The Erin was at anchor oft
West 2jth street, but near to the Jersey
shore. and her owner remained on board
all day. There were very few visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jameson aud Mr. Watson
had gone to Glen Cove on a visit, and the
Duke of Alba was at his hotel in New
York so Sir Thomas had the ship to him
self
When asked about his plans for the near
future, he said
After the dinner at the New York Yacht
Club Tuesday night have a number of in
yitations to various clubs. but l have not
yet decided which l shall be able to ac-
cept. as my time is very limited. Il shall
go to Chicago to be the guest Of the Chi
cage Athletic Club on Tuesday of next
week, leaving here Monday for that place
1t is not likely that the Shamrock will re-
main in commission. l am very sorry she
did not win at least one race. However
1 am going to give Capt. Sycamore and
the crew of the Shamrock a banquet. 1t
will probably be on Thursday night 1
feel that they have done their very best
to make the boat win"
From another source it was learned that
there is a hope on board the Erin and
Shamrock that another race for the Ameri-
cas- cup may be arranged to be sailed
next year. If this can be ACCOMPLISHED
1t is said, the Shamrock will be laid up In
New York for the winter. She is at pres
ent In the Erie basin.
When asked If 1t was true that he was
willing to put the captain and crew Of the
Shamrock on board the Columbia and al
low that yachts crew to handle the Sham
rock III in a series Of races, Sir Thomas
said:
Yes. should be willing to do it If it is
In the interest of sport, and provided, of
course, the other side Is willing"
Secretary Oddie of the New York Yacht
Club said that such a race might create
bad feeling, especially if the Shamrock II
would win. Commodore Kane said the
Idea was preposterous.
Dr. F. Reid Mackey of the Erin said
there was every reason to believe that the
Shamrock II will be laid up in New York
| the coming winter. and that In the spring
or next summer she will be raced against
the Columbia, the Constitution or any
other ninety-footer. For" said he. I'VE
believe that she is actually faster boat
than the Columbia and can beat her IL she
is raced again under different conditions
The Columbia was taken to CITY Island
Her trip up the East river was a continu
uous ovation from scores of vessels.
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NEW RAILROADS IN CHINA.
Development of Steam Lines in the
FlOvery Kingdom.

Development of Steam Lines in the
FIowery Kingdom.
From Current Literature.
The lines in operation are: Shanghai to
Wo-Sung Twelve and one-fourth miles,.
traffic resumed since $685. Kai-Piug to Pc
Tang, Tientsin to a point thirtyseven and
one-half miles north of the great wall by
Chan-Haf- Wan, with branch road to Pc
kin (ths line was built by an order of
Ii Hung Chang, issued in 1876; total length,
300 miles,. Since 1891 concessions have
been granted for the following lines:
Russian line by Tsitsfkhov, Ktrin, Vladi-
vostok. with branch road to Port Arthur
and Niou-C houang. This line, begun in 1897,
will probably be completed in 1904 or 1905;
length from the Transbaikal country to
VladiVoStok, S91 miles.
German line: Triangular road from Kiao-
Chau to Tsi-Nan, Tsi-Nan to Yen-Chau
and Yen-Chau to Kiao-Chau. The money
was subscribed in Berlin in 1899; length,
625 miles. rE o.
Franco-Belgian line. Pekin to Han-Kau
This is the first line the construction of
which has been ordered by imperial edict;
the loan was contracted in Paris and Brus-
sells in April 1899. In the northern part
the road is completed and operated to Pao-
TingFou, fifty miles from Pekin; the con-
struction extends sixty-two and one-half
miles from PaO-Tngs and the survey has
been made 125 miles further south. On the
Yang-TZe side the works are completed to
Sin-Yang, 125 miles from Han-Kau.
Anglo-German line: Tientsin to Tching-
Kiang, G25 miles. German engineers have
charge of the northern part Of the road.
The southern part Is In the hands Of British
engineers. ezseo.
British lines: The Pekin syndicate intends
to construct a line from Tai Yuan to Fou-
Chau; length, 2S2 miles The Brilish-Chi-
nese corporation has obtained the conces-
sion of two lines starting from Shanghai,
one going northwest to Sou-Chau, Tching-
Kiang and Marking, the other reaching
Hang-Chau and Nlng-Po in the southwest.
South China line from Canton to Han-Kau,
$50 miles. s.o
Belgian syt dictate and Sino-Tonkinese
(French) lines Lao-Kai to Yunnan-Fou,
Lang-Son to Long-Chau. Nan-King-F to
Pakhoi, French lines of Indo-China The
governor general of our extreme oriental
empire came from Hanoi to obtain the en-
actment of laws authorizing the construc-
ton of the Yunnan-Fou line This line,
2a2k miles long, will cost 102 100000 francs
The company receives also the privilege of
operating the Haiphong-Lao-Kai Tonkinese
line, on the condition of sharing the profits
from and above a certain amount of the
receipts. Together these two lines from the
Gulf of Tonking to the capital of the Chi
nese province of Yunnan will be 533 miles
in length. The system will constitute the
main artery Of the railroad lines penetrat-
ing into Asia.
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FIDDLE AND A PARDON.
How a Convict Played Upon the Heart
of q Governor.


From the New Orleans Times Democrat
That reminds me of a good story in
which Bob Taylor, thrice governor of Ten
nessee. figured" said listener. 'and II is.
in my judgment, one of the prettiest and
most pathetic stories connected with the
life of this prince of humanitarians. It
was during Bob Taylor's second term as
governor. The governor is noted for his
devotion to the fiddle. as he prefers to cell
It, and he has fmmortafized this old instru-
ment in his celebrated lecture on The Fid-
die and the Bow for one of the cleverest
bits Of poetic fight IN the lecture is rustic
skit, which he devotes to his favorite mu-
steal instrument. The governor is never
happier than when he is saving some old
time of the mountains of Tennessee out
of the violin. 1t has been said of him
that he fddled his way to fame but /
would prefer to say that he fiddled his way
into the hearts Of his countrymen. 1t
was on the first Christmas day of Cover
nor Taylors second term that a man we'k-
ed into the big stone building on CAPITOL
Hill at Nashville, with a bundle In his
hand. The governor was laughing and jol-
ing with party of friends. Hello, a bot
tie of rye. i guess. he said with his iips
5cvially pouting in the characteristic way,
and then he unwrapped the package, and
plain, unvarnished fiddle. prettily carved.
was disclosed, and there was a note with IT,
The governors expression changed as he
read the note: his countenance took on a
melancholy cast and a tear or two stole
down his cheeks. The note was from a
convict who had made the fiddle for the
governor while confined In the walls of the
penitentiary. The convict was a fiddler.
too, and in the note he told the governor
he hoped he would sit around the hearth
stone In the evening with his own sweet
family and play, as he would play IL ne
were at home with his wife and babies
The governor called for a pardon blank and
in few minutes he had filled out a par
don which gave the man his liberty Tell
him the governor says he may spend the
balance of the holidays with his wife ard
babies sait the kind-hearted executive as
he turned to the man who had brought him
the fiddle and the note and tell him, too
that the governor will see that he gets
back to his home. And 90 he did and
that evening the governor gathered with
his own sweet wife and babies around the
hearthstone and ground out the old m.Io-
dies which he had learned In his boyhood
days In the mountains. And the next night
the convict was with his family. nddline
and weeping. and remembering Affection
ately the good governor"
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MANY RICH PURSES.
Great TrOtfing Meeting at Lexfnxto,
This Week.

"ettfhS at Lexington
This Week.
Boralma is suffering from a cold con-
tracted on the trip to Lexington, KY, and
Is under the care of a veterinary. Herbert
Gray, Mr.. Lawson's representative, saws
he hopes the horse will be we'll enough to
meet The Abbott In the $30, 600 match We'd
nesday. Cresceus arrived last night at Lex
ington In good condition. The Abbott was
logged in the afternoon. while Lord Derby
rested. He will try to beat Cresceus' time
next week. The meeting beginning tomor-
row Is rich In large purses. all events being
Tiled beyond the numbers of previous
years.
The $4,000 futurity for three-year-olds.
the greatest annual colt race in the world
is the feature Of the opening day The
Tennessee. 5000. POS class pacing, will
also be contested tomorrow The Abbott
Boralma race Wednesday for Sc, 600 rep
resents the largest purse ever trotted for.
The futurity for two-year-old PAGERS, value
1900, viii be an important race of the
same day. The Transylvania, $1,000, the
trotting Derby Of the world, Thursday, and
the 5000 two-year-old trotting futurity
Friday win be other notable events of the
week
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Signed with Pittsburg.

Notwithstanding the secretiveness of the
fittsburg Bail Club managers, it is stated
that the two American League players who
will be members of the Pittsburg team next
season are Catcher Harry Smith of the
Philadelphia team and Short Stop Conroy
Of Milwaukee. The men were both dissat-
isfied with their treatment in the American
League, and their signed contracts are now
held by Pittsburg.
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the National League yesterday closed the
season.
Unofficial figures show Jesse Burkett OF
the st. Louis club to be the leading hitter
Of the league. Hartsel of Chicago Is sec
ond and then comes Jimmy Sheckard and
Willie Keefer Of the BrookIyns.
The final standing of the clubs follow:
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Davidson Retains Title of District
Tennis Champion.
SHAMROCK MAY REMA UNTIL SPRING
Talk of Racing Again for the Cup
Next Year.
TROTTING AT EXTINCTION, Ky.

John c.. Davidson defeated Mr.. Geohegan
in straight sets for the District tennis
championship Saturday afternoon on the
Bachelors Club courts making the ninth
time he has won the local championship.
Mr.. Davidson also becomes the owner of
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About o'clock this morning Henrietta
Turner. colored. aged twenty-five years, Of
DIVERS court southwest. gave birth to q
Child on N street between e and streets
southwest She was removed to Freed
mans Hospital In the fourth precinct am
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saturday.. National League G

Saturdays National League Games.
At BrooNyn-First game, Brooklyn, s.;
New York, O. Second game Brooklyn. a;
New York. 2
AT Philadelphia Philadelphia, 3; Bos-
ton, Z.
At Chicago-Chicago 2: Pittsburg, 1.
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PIT'rsBURG THE CHAMPION.

Close of the National Base Rail
Leagues Season.
With games In Chicago and Cincinnati
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Gravesend Meeting Clo.er.

The fan meeting OF the Brooklyn Jockey
Club was concluded Saturday at Graves
end and a big half holiday crowd enjoyed
some spirited racing. Gold Heels, the only
favorfte to win, scored a sensational VIC
tory In the oriental handicap. running the
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The Southern Base Ball League.

A meeting of the board Of directors Of
the Southern Base Ball League was held at
Chattanooga yesterday. at which it was
decided to change the annual meeting from
October Is to October IL At this meeting
the business of the year will be closed up
and the contention for the pennant between
Nashville and Little Rock will be settled.
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s There Will be no racing In the Metro
fall meeting of thga Westchester Racing
Association win begin at Morris Park
six-Day walking Match.
PHILADELPHIA. October IA six days
go-as-you-please walking match was start
ed in Industrial Hall this morning in which
some of the best-known professional pedes-
TRANS in the country are walking for fame
and money. The hail was crowded when
the race began. The successful men will re-
ceive 30 per cent of the gate receipts, to
be divided as follows. First man. 80 per
cent; second man, 20 per cent; third ID;
fourth. 10; fifth, s; sixth, 6; seventh, 4, and
the eighth man, per cent. Each man COW
ering 10 miles the first twenty-four hours
will receive a special prize, and also those
who walk 215 miles in seventy-two hours.
The race was started at 1898 am. and
forty-nine men faced the starter. Among
the starters were John Click, Peter Hegel-
man, Joe Goddard, the pugiiist: George
Tracey. Gilbert Barnes, George Noremac,
Gus Guerrero. Frank Hart, Peter Golden,
George Cartwright and Jim Cavanaugh
The first mile was reeled off in five minutes
forty-fve seconds by Cavanaugh. At the
end of the first half hour ten men had
completed four and one-half- miles.
Turf Notes.
Seven favorites in succession went down
to defeat at the st. Louis Fair Grounds
Saturday. the winners turning up in three
second choices. one third choice and three
outsiders. The events were well contested,
three of them resulting in close finishes
Sting, Sir Lewis and Man finished noses
apart In the second race. in the order
named, and Kitty Clyde, Teucer and Men
ace finished with the same margins in
the third. kindred won the fixture the
autumn stake, SiX-furlong sprint, worth
5000 to the winner, by a neck from Hi
Lee, in the fast time Of 1,13A
The Chicago stakes, worth $3.50 to the
winner. went to ST. Marcos at Harlem
Chicago, Saturday. The event was fourth
on the program and the distance, one mile,
was covered in the fast time of LBS As
incidentally st. Marcos proved to be the
best Of brilliant field, breaking last and
winning easily by two lengths The horse
was bought Friday by s. c. Hildreth for
$4,000. Denman Thompson beat Pink Coat
the favorite, over a mile and a sixteenth
In the fast time of 145 2-5, lowering the
track record of 1.4515.
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Six years ago he was placed in guardian
ship because he had been drinking. ana
now he has applied to the courts for relief,
which has been granted. There are numer-
GUS cases of great similarity on the court
pockets The judges now show an fnciina-
ton to dissolve the spendthrift trusts when
proper showing Is made, and the corruSe
practices engendered by the peculiar law
seem likely to be stopped.
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the trophy offered by the club for the Dis
trict championship. Local tennis circles
were largely represented at the match. The
score follows:
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Saturdays Foot Hall Scores.

AT Princeton-Princeton, At; Haverford. o.
At Beloit, Wis.-Beloit, IL; Cornell Col
lege Uowa), O.
At Madison, Wis.-University of Wiscon-
sin, 60; Hyde Park High School, o.
AT Evanston, nl-Northwestern Uni
versity, IL; Lake Forest, O.
At Iowa City, Iowa-State University, II;
State Normal, 0.
At Hanover, N. H.-Dartmouth. %; Trini-
ty, 0.
At Columbia, s. C.-CIemenson. 1872; Gull
ford, N. c., o.
At Nashville, Tenn.-vanderbHt. %; Ken
lucky State College. 0.
AT Ithaca-Cornen, 8: Bucknell, 0.
At Carlisle, Pa-Indians, IL; Dickinson
College, 3
At Easton, Pa.-Lafayette. AZ; Susque-
hanna 5.
At New York-Columbia, 5; Williams. O..
At Cambridge, Mass.-Harvard, 16; Bates
College, 6.
At New Haven-Yale. %; Tufts. 5.
At West Point, N. Y.-WeSt Point, 20;
Tranklin-MarshaH. 0.
At Buffalo, N. Y.-University of Buffalo,
16; Lehigh, 0.
At Extraordinarily of Chicago, G.;
Knox, 0.
At Ann Arbor, Mich. - Michigan, 81;
Case, o.
AT Notwithstanding %; State
College. g.
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mile and quarter IN 2oS 2-5. which is a
track record for the distance. supplanting
in the Brooklyn handicap Of 1870.
There will be no racing In the Metro
politan district today, but Tuesday the
Association will begin at Morris Park.
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On Columbia Clubs Links,

DR.. w. A. Harlan won the handicap
match at the Columbia Golf Club links
Saturday for the Carr cup by net score
of 76. DR.. H. P. Harding. DR.. T. l.. Mac
Donald and Alexander Britton tied for sec
ond honors in the match, with net scores
of q each.
1t was expected that a team from the
Sudbrook Club of Baltimore would play the
Columbia Club team, but the Baltimoreans
sent word that they could not come The
match will be played later.
The Baltimore County Club will send g.
team of ten or twelve men to Washington
Saturday to play the Columbia Club golf
erS
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Duffy Equals the Record.

No records were broken Saturday by the
athletes who participated In the games I'M
der the sanction of the Amateur Athletic
Union at Churchill Downs, near Louisville.
but the 10O-yard run record-9 As seconds
was equaled by A. T. Duffy, the crack
Splinter of Georgetown University. Duffy
was two feet ahead Of his nearest competI-
tor, H. Hargrave of Yale, at the tape,
Flanagan, after breaking the worfdss
records for the sixteen-pound hammer
throw and the discus throw Friday. threw
the hammer and circle Saturday only far
enough to beat his competitors. He also
won the sixteen-pound shot throw
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BrookIine Golfer. Beaten.

The annual match between the Country
Club OF Brookline, Mass, and the ROYAL
Montreal Golf Club was played Saturday
on the links at Dixie Ont. and for the
nrst time In five years the Canadians won.
beating Brookline 20 holes up
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Cycle Racing mt VafIsburx.

Yesterday was handicap day at the
Vailsburg. N. j., cycle track. and 5000 per-
sons witnessed the sport. In the ten-mile
professional sixteen men competed, Frank
Kramer winning by length. with the next
half dozen riders only few inches apart
A very high wind prevailed during all the
races. The summarizes:
Quarter-mile professional (handicap) wor
by ]. T. Fisher, Chicago 90 yards); G. H.
Collect, New Haven 90 YARDS, second
Frank Kramer East Orange (scratch),
third: Floyd Krebs. Newark 60 yards)
fourth. Time, 20 As.
Five-mile motor-paced exhibition by Joe
Nelson. Time by miles-l.34 Is 800 40
4.48 4-5. 6.23 2-5. 7.59 4-5-8 As seconds be-
hind the worlds amateur exhibition paced
record.
One-mile exhibition by Albert Champion
on motor-bicycle, against mile record OF
1.15. Time, 1.15 3-5: second trial, 116 10
Ten-mle professional handicap. won by
Frank Kramer. East Orange (scratch); IL.
B. Freeman, Portland 200 yards), second
6. H. Collect. New Haven 600 yards), third
James B. Bowler Chicago 600 wards,
fourth Time o. 10 RI