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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

You are looking sTl,nl.f." said an ar-
quairranc- to tn. twirliEe ieviarhau. Cy
Young. IS that marvel IF she rubber hooked
his elbows over Juyre's bar and caught
his heel on the flut-rsii.
Yes" said Old Cyrus; II have leou TAX
inC good ere az myself. and feel g"ry
strong. Vet do YOU know I shall he very
glad II I stick il the business two years
why. last year was your banner SEA
son" Was the rushing r"faprStrau'" You
pitched tn, Ian 81 your lite. Why those
three successive Shut-oUts, two "f them
against Phila. and not a run in thirty in
uI:lEs. What al" you talking about, man
oh, ! I'D well enough" q. knowledge!
tn. big fellow. yet do you know | never
had harder work TO get guins than | had
last year. True. | pitched We'll from the
fun Hike il used to he some five years ago.
Why. Lack in - and 20 il wss Il gay lark
with me-, | did not have t. half work BY
bofor" the old man felt right last year.
You sec, am getting older and bigger
all the time put on weight and have
trouble shaking IL on. The extra surir-
training wears me and sfal.s me. have
In do eight or ten weeks work In the sur,nc
where ten days used To BE- enough. ThrE
YOU see, l have put in ouc-third of a sea-
son before the real season stars.
y do no; drink. do rot lie i'll. IN winter.
hunt. walk a lot. hut weight will com. an
\ man cannot he in training al tho time.
for II would kill him. Tie cider YOU aer
the harder it is TO take of fat. Your Ir.s
get S.lNtT ana ifNS cap iile OF work Won
tire quicker, stall" sooner. Now. there *
TcbaaU. he IS as good as ever he was If
he could rid himself Of fat. He is nor 81
very fat. either but flesh hangs 70 him
and IL is awful work to get rid Of II PAT
has had every joint in his four bones put
out at one time or other playing blocking
base runners. and he has had rheumatism,
lie works hard. and by the time his fish
is of he is so weary Of training that he
has not elan enough left to pIav his enc
He does more work before June | than a
fellow like Lave Cross or Wallace VIII.
are thin lads. does in a whole saason /
assure you this training and taking off
wcicht Is killing. and ] fancy a year or two
more of IL will fix me"
Il wish I was quite as sure Of drawing e. -
80 Per for six mo- tbs work FOR five vc1rs
as YOU arc was the reply.
Il sincerely trust s".' said Mr.. Young.
yet / doubt it,"
Jack Brennan. the urari:s. aud 81,
Carctcr says th"t ne has a pater. d.yflr
which Will put more curious curves and
kinks n a bal han eyer ~ SEYMOUR ala.
According 10 Nj. Brennan. who has mo-
shown he invention tn any one. il is bur a
small affair. can be- hidden in the YaIm ItIt
what Il wont do with q ball is mo- vyo,tb
telling. 1t vii cast = ZiSzig in any direction
north r south. east cr west. up. down ~
across. Indeed. IL il limited that II ,yiU
throw a Dust bali" that is. on. which
floats up in front II the hatter's shoulder
and as he * about tn hit il. .xp'oraz Ike
III" shell! Of 4 Northumberland R-rnran
talks Of taking 1t al ne and seeking IN
his battery partner if he manages 20 catch
on.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

When asked as to the report tina: an
English Jockey named Madden would sue
cecG TOD S.par as premier rider for Lord
BeresfOrd this year, "Sksets' Martin said:
oh, I've read all sorts OF things about
Sloan. and about his being refused a con-
tract for next year with Lord Beresford,
bat ! don't believe all OF them. I ttii k Tod
will he IN the B,reStori stable again. There
ought 20 ne riding enough for him and Mad
rea To Go There isn't a word said about
H., ana stu; 1 guess the engagement or
AlIdGen. Who Is a good boy. means as much
10 me - IL does 70 Sloan. b.C3 use ! half
suspected I'd have a leg ID on Huggirs's
horses when they had TWO H. a race and
when Sir Waldo Griffith did not have a
starter. / see they've got the starting gate
tangled while they were being schoo.yd.
The English have a horror of machinery,
and | wouldn't be surprised II they made
IN awful howl over the affair. As all Us
Americans rode at gates. both with and
without recall flags. We are ready for any
sort Of a deal. What DO | think Of TIE
starting gate? Oh, If I was ridi e h Re
whore ii is used. IA say ii was all rich-.
Owe. in England I'm going 10 wait to see
what the good people say, and | vii. chirp
along In the chorus
J. W. Schorr "a firm in the belief that the
owner who races the entire year sHoui
kav, TWO strings Of horses. He believes that
an owner should namE.llgo one string l.
the East IN the suWWcr and one in III"
NNcst in winter. Speaking on this subject
A,ntly. h. said:
SThe man who races one string she vhole
year long VIII not make any money, \
horse il not an iron machine. that can keep
up one clip until II hreaEs dnwn. a horse
reeGs a vacation and a rest just As much as
q man who Is engaged In any work which
* a great strain upon him. II a norsema
iHtenES 20 race on a large scale. he ought
10 have two stables and two trainers. hay
iUE one stable to race in the winter. and
letting the trainer be with Il the entire
year, and the other fpr the summer season,
a i likewise let the trainer never leave il.
hen the season opens the stable viii he
nj anC ready 10 VIII races. Just see how
yoI would save by doing this. What 1t
costs to ship a stable over "a ST. Louis, New
York or Chicago and back would about pay
all tho frafuirr H-DauS4S"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19
RICHER THAN KlOND|KI


Such q man controls the respect of his fefoH-man and
commands the admiration of fhe EIirer sex. In his every
action there IS magnetism. His steady nerve. his sparkling
eye and his rudy complex on all proclaim him a prime
socially. and in the business world he is the peer of fhe
brightest and best
So many men fail 10 reach fbis hiyf standard of
physical excellence because their manhood has been
weakened or destroyed through errors, e,cesses, o., erwork
or mcHtsf worry.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

Twirler Mockin is 10 h." returned to New
York this wear. He WIS -iEIp.y loaned
10y Andy Freeman last year t. Boston in
order to help Sslce's team ia their p"auant
fight against t'rcedmau's hated rivals. the
EratEI,r .I.I
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

II thu is you condition I want you to honestly Investigate my se!al Treatment
FOR "~fk men II does not stimulate teI ,ruH. but builds up rernsUeuy. During.
the past few moulsN has n tested On hundreds Of cases right here IA st Louis
and not sngef failure or an uThasmtr result has been reported What it has done
hr others viii 90 for YOU Ii stops v~yUHEatura drain and bI5s NJ the nus
ouar and nervous system puiaes and eEfhes the blood. Cr.ass and heals tho
bladder md kidneys then hntt~i or cuge.ei IrviEujes the liver. revyes tho
tPhl' "nshtensu the Intellect and restores the wasted power OF sexual a=hood-
I also cure to stay cured vARrrOCEIF, sTUICTrRE CONTAGIOUS FLOOD
POISON. NFRyO-sEXUAL DEBILITY ad all reflex complications md a~oh.e rs
bases and weaknesses f men II thee ula dts alone nave earnestly devoted thirty
treatment Ina&e no charge r private counsel. and give each patient = legal con-
tract in writing TO hold for Ig promise Il afrEtei II is your duty to Inyasigas
a curot that has made life new to muituGes Of mn
II you csnnr come 10 nv omce write me your symptoms fully Ny home treat
CnGK n NV Clio OLIVE STREET,
l. AoItE6 4 IT INNS All,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

probably come along declaring that both
towns are sure to be- dropped.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

Since he acquired the Jacksonville fran
Chisc in the Illirois-Indiana League. Pat
Flaherty has been a very exclusive and dig
ritied parsonage. A. a maGnate is is very
different fellow from the fTec-mix:ng bail
to1ser st Louisans have SO long been proud
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

S'i-n of l;ostnu hints that the compact
thar now holds the National League to-
g-Ilcr will bc broken hr tuc d's'TjiOL Of
otEnt Of lh. clubs. which Viii then form
themselves into thu mu"h-,o-n'-i'sirci new
circuit, lrIv;ue Itltlm"se AMI Washington
out ia IN. cold. with no redress save i
lawsuit.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

Trains leave foot Il Olive street ] p. m,
l.So, :. 80. 2J5. -. /. A.. 80. =.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

of. Flahcr;y Is staying awake nights fixing
up his psunaut winner for Jacksonville.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

San Francisco. Feb. IL Entries for Monday:
FIRST race. purse. SIN iu-luuEs-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

Patrick J. Conroy is the latest addition
70 III" New YORK BASEBALL team am! IN.
INST man signed 10y Buck Ewing Cpnru.
Is . r'sid ut rt Poruan8 Al.., and his
hid only one years experience as a Bro
i'SSl"ndI bal layer lie played frst base
last year for the Portland ciah uI the New
EN- idfd League. ana mJg" S,.ch an OK
.. iIcrt record. both as A batter and fielder
that d" attracted The attention Of nearly
ekrrN mantEor IN The NatiInai Latgre.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19

CLOUDY and fast.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04
A Question of Brains.

Modesty about ones mental acquire
ments is a good thing, but itmnst have
been carried too far in the case of a
witty Irishman whom correspondent
once met The Irishman was at work
at stone quarry, pulling up loads of
broken rock out of shaft with a
windlass.
The windlass was exposed to the
sun, and the labor was very hard, but
the man had on his head a straw hat
from which the crown had been torn.
Look here" said the visitor to the
Irishman, "aren't you afraid the sun
will injure your brain?"
Pat paused in his work and looked
steadily and wonderingly at his ques-
toner.
"Brainp' said he. 'Me brains, is it?
An do ye think that af 1 hod any
brains I'd be turning this windlass?''
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

An Indiana court has decided that a
minister has a right to his salary even
if he has to sell the church property to
get it. 1t seems strange that this point
has not been decided before, since moth
ing is more common in church history
than a shortage in the ministerial sal
ary. AS a rule, too, the smaller the
salary promised the surer is the deficit.
1t must be that the preachers who have
suffered by this laxity on the part of
the congregations they served were
too amiable to prosecute their just
claims. The Rev. Mr.. Spahr, who has
had the courage to test the matter, de-
serves the thanks of his brethren and
has also done a service to church or
CARNATIONS in teaching that contract
is a contract, even though made with
minister whom they have been ac-
customed to impose on.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04
A Rich Mans Project.

A rich mans statement that he in
tends to devote almost his entire for
tune to charitable works has aroused
much discussion. This is because it
will accomplish much good. 1t is q
praiseworthy endeavor, but there are
many other agencies which accomplish
just as much good. Take Hostetter's 8
Stomach Bitters for instance-the great
American remedy. For fifty years it
has cured constipation, dyspepsia and
all the ills which arise from weak di-
gestion. This medicine will keep the
stomach in good shape and the bowels
regular. 1t is a wonderful restorative
tonic and health builder. 1t is also a
preventive for malaria, fever and ague.
Ask for it, and insist upon having it.
See that a Private Revenue Stamp
covers the neck of the bottle.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04
Not Really Love.

This tale is told in the East:
A lady one day found man follow
ing her and she asked him why he
did SO.
His reply was: HYou are very beau
tiful and am in love with you"
"Oh, you think me beautiful do you?
There is my sister over there, you will
find her much more beautiful than I
am. Go and make love to her.''
On hearing this the man went to see
tho sister, but found she was very
ugly; SO he came back in an angry
mood and asked the lady why she had
told him a falsehood.
She then answered.: 'Why did you
tell me falsehood?''
The man was surprised at this ac-
cusation, and asked when he had done
so.
Her answer was: "You said you
loved me. If that had been true, you
would not have gone to make love to
another woman"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

While for great many years there
has been much talk of urging upon
Congress the necessity and importance
of reclaiming the Arid West through n
series of internal improvements by the
Government, there has been but little
serious or concerted effort made in
this direction. Great undertakings are
not accomplished in a single year of
agitation and some of the most bene-
fetal measures ever enacted were be-
fore Congress for a long period of
wears. But the failure of the Govern
ment thus far to appropriate money
for reservoir construction has led some
men to assert that it is useless to make
any further effort to induce Congress
to render this desired assistance This
is certainly a very weak and nerveless
view. Although the policy of national
aid in the building of storage reser-
voirs has not yet been established, yet
Congress is fully alive TO the import
ance of the irrigation subject and reg
ularly appropriates considerable sums
for stream measurements, reservoir
surveys, irrigation Investigations by
the Department of Agriculture and ap-
preparations have been regularly made
by Congress for such work since 1890.
The Department is now doing active
work along this line.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04
How to Live Long and Well.

DIR. d. K. Pearsops of Chicago, de-
scribed as a "bepefaetor of colleges,
who has given awa, millionaire 8
portion of 'ortCne, eighty years of
age, in sound health, and resolved to
live twenty years longer in equal good
health" has recently made public the
system by which he has thus far man.
aged to fulfill his desire of completing
a hundred years of wholesome, hearty
and happy life.
The doctor, we are told, lives in a
house with seven open fireplaoes and
sleeps in a bedroom with seven win
dows, the lower portions of which are
always open. He rises at 6, breakfasts
at 7, takes half-hour drive at s,
spends three hours and ten minutes at
his Office, dimes at /, takes a nap for an
hour and half, then talks, reads or
drives until 6, at which time he has a
light supper, and goes to bed at s. His
prescription for long life is summed up
thus: "Clockwork, clockwork all the
year round; keep cool; don't overload
the stomach; breathe pure air, and lots
of it; eat a vegetable diet; don't eat
late suppers, go to bed early; don't
fret; don't go where you'll get excited,
and don't forget TO take a nap after
dinner"
About the time the Chicago man was
giving that vegetarian advice in the
city of the pork packers and the beef
trust, DR.. John Fiske, the robust and
massive philosopher of Cambridge, was
explaining to his friends in Boston how
he manages to keep vigorous and
hearty in spite of years. He says;
"Always sit in draft when find one,
wear the thinnest clothes l can find,
winter and summer, catch cold once in
three and four years, but not severely,
and prefer to work in cold room, 50
to go degrees Work the larger part OF
each twenty hours, and by day or
night indinferently. Scarcely ever
change word once written, eat when
hungry, rarely taste coffee or wine or
smoke a cigar, but drink two or three
quarts OF beer each day, and smoke a
pipe all the time when at work. Never
experienced the feeling of disinclina-
ton for work, and, therefore, never
had to force work. If feel dull when
at work, half hour at the piano re-
stores normal mental condition, which
is one more argument for the hygienic
and recuperative effects of music"
1t will be perceived there are wide
differences between the methods of the
Chicago doctor and of the Cambridge
philosopher. The one lives on veget-
ables and by clockwork, but he works
only three hours and ten minutes a
day. The other eats irregularly, and
stimulates himself with beer, tobacco
and music, but he manages to work
the greater part of the day. Fiske has
won the greater fame in the world of
science and letters, but Pearsons has
made millions of money. The citizen
who desires to live a century may fol-
low whichever example best suits his
taste, but none should attempt to mix
the two. 1t would be bad policy, for
example, to follow Fiske in the use of
beer and tobacco while adopting Pear
sons system of abstinence from work.
IS. f. CdH.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

A Missouri editor says: "Poor Jim
Brown slung his clothes on limb and
swan the river yesterday. He didn't
stand back because the water was too
cold but plunged right in and struck
right out for the other shore where the
angels we're waiting for him with a
finer suit of clothes than he had ever
worn in his life. Jim was a poor man
but he had his subscription on his
home paper paid in advance and he
got there in good shape"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04


A good story is told of how couple
of Sacramento girls in early days man.
aged to entertain their beaux despite
their fathers vigilance. The old gen.
tleman was of the straight-laced sort,
and had always denied the girls the
privilege of having gentlemen callers
The sisters put their heads together to
devise a means of evading the old
gentleman's vigilance, and it worked
to perfection for a while. After the
family had retired for the night, and
the old mans snores echoing through
out the house told of his somnolent
condition, they would hang sheets out
of their window and their beaux would,
aided by the girls efforts, climb into
the upstairs parlor and spend the even
ing. One night the sheet was hung
out rather early, and the head of the
house going into the yard discovered
it. He caught hold of it to pull it
down, when he at once felt himself be-
ing drawn upward. Determined to
ascertain the cause, he held on, and
pretty soon his head was on a level
with the window above. Then he
heard a scream from one of his daugh-
ters, while the other cried out: ''Oh,
Lord, it's dadr' The sheet was released
in an instant, and the old man went
down with dull thud. When he got
himself together he went in and held a
consultation with his wife, and the re-
suit was that the girls were allowed to
invite their beaux to the family fire.
side, and in few months the old man
had couple of sonsin-law. Who
were those girls?
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

mo family can afford to be without
One Minute Cough Cure. 1t will stop
a cough and cure a cold quicker than
any other medicine" writes G. w.
Williams, Sterling Run, Pa. 1t cures
Group, bronchitis and all throat and
lung troubles and prevents consump-
ton. Pleasant and harmless. Horace
n. Todd, Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04
Life's Sunny Side.

There is no work so humble that
faithfulness in it will not be noticed
and rewarded.
Notice in any path In life the most
successful figures walking in it and
more often than not you will find that
they are people who have failed more
than once.
None of us realize that thopefulness is
not only delightful quality to meet
with in others, but positive duty in
cumbent upon all of us. 1t is not a
mere accident of disposition whether
we persistently look on the dark and
gloomy or the brighter side of things,
but habit of mind which we can cul-
tivate or allow to die through want OF
use.
Begin with small things and the
habit will grow on you in greater ones.
Steadfastly resolve to look for the
bright place in every event, and fyour
path in life is gloomy and difficult, dc
not look only on the thorns and stones
of the way, but fix your mind steadily
on the helps which come in the darkest
lot, and the sun and stars which are
always shining above, if we could but
lift our eyes and see them.
1t is not yourself only that you will
serve by the formation of hopeful views
and habits; you will be perpetual
cordial and tonic to all those among
whom your lot is cast.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

A Missouri farmer figured it out one
rainy day that he had walked 300 miles
in cultivating one acre of corn. lie
thereupon sold his farm and moved to
town, where he walked 600 miles to
find a lob.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

J. l. Carson, Prothonotary, Wash
ington, Pa, says, 81 have found Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure an excellent remedy
in case of stomach trouble, and have
derived great benefit from its use." 1t
digests what you eat and can not fail
to cure. HI. N. Todd, Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

Cleanse the liver, purify the blood,
invigorate the body by using DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. These famous
little pills always act promptly. Hor-
ace N. Todd, Druggist:
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

A fire Friday night in Hull and OF
iowa, Canada, destroyed 25OO buildings,
burned over five square miles of terri
tory, rendered 10000 people homeless
and destroyed property valued at
twenty millions. Ten people were
burned to death
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

"PerSeUere and Prosper" Take
Hoods Sarsaparills faithfully and it
will cure scrofula, salt rheum, boils,
pimples and all blood humors; also
dyspepsia, rheumatism, catarrh and
that tired feeling Itnever disappoints.
Sick headache is cured by Hoods
Pills. 25c.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

H. Clark, Chauncey, Ga, says De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured him of
piles that had afflicted him for twenty
years. 1t is also speedy cure for skin
diseases. Beware of dangerous coun-
terfeits. Horace N. Todd, Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

The British Government is discuss
ing the feasibility of building national
granaries and storing vast quantities
of wheat against the emergencies of
war or famine.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

Three Prussian army officers travelled
in military balloon from Berlin to
Prague, distance of 800 miles, in three
hours.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

The winter is now on in South Africa
and heavy rains interfere with military
operations.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

The young man who can take a
pretty girl for sail and content him
self with hugging the shore has Won
derful self-control.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

The banking capital of the United
States is estimated at S., 100, 900, 00O
the greatest in the world.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

A soldiers first engagement is of lit
tie consequence; it's the battles after
marriage that count.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-05-04

One way to judge mans character
is by what he doesn't say.