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retau shops were open until 8 O'Clock five
days OF the week and until 10 and mia
night Saturday. Our cities have an adopt-
ed o al the hour for closing stores. but
tnis mas taken over q generation to secure.
FMS shortening OF hours cannot stop there
Evening star., 1901-10-17

boards of education has been making ex-
tended Investigation as to Its merits These
Inquiries were particularly directed to those
who largely employed clerical labor, and
the results have been 50 greatly In favor
OF the old slanting principle that a recon-
mendafion has been made that the verti-
Cal be abolished and the former method
be substituted In the schools under their
control
Evening star., 1901-10-17

: In a raid on a party of negro SAMPLERS
at St Augustine. Fla. Deputy Hayden was
wounded IN the arm One negro was killed
and another wounded. Thirteen were AZ.
rettsd and seven escaped.
Evening star., 1901-10-17
Circulation of Books,

The efficiency of a library is said to be
shown by its book circulation, and in his
report MIR. Flint says that though the
amount available for the purchase OF new
books was not as large this year as last :
that the diminution OF the supply on the
shelves was greater because OF wear, thus
making quite proportion inaccessible dur
ing the time of binding, yet the circulation
figures show an increase both in total num-
oers and daily average: During the year
the library was open 1903 days, and the ay
erage daily circulation was 404. The total
circulation was 12S,555 volumes divided ms
follows: Philosophy and religion, 2,O92: BIZ
ography. 3.44S; history and travel, 7.1I6:
social science, LAS; natural science. 1859
useful arts, T23: recreation and fine arts.
1,1sz; literature. 7.470; English fiction and
juvenile, 81, $50: periodicals. 249.
The books accessible in the library at the
end of the present fiscal year was 22.S11.
an increase of !, SS1 over the previous year.
Evening star., 1901-10-17
Pay System for New Books.


The pay system OF loaning new and pop
ular books from duplicate collections has
proven very successful during this its frst,
complete year. These extra copies of pop-
ular books are loaned to card holders at
10 cents a week. As soon as the rent of a
book has equaIed its cost the book is placed
On the free shelves and the money collected
used to purchase another copy of the same
book or a later work. AS a result OF this
system 462 volumes were purchased for the
collection during the year and. 4l6 volumes
transferred to the library shelves for tree
use. With the exception of two copies of
Browning's Letters and three COPIES OF
Rostand's L'Aiglon, nothing but fiction has
been aoded to the pay collection. 1t is
stated that In the case Of the latter book
three times as many copies would have
paid for themselves
Of the popular new novels between twen-
ty-five and thirty copies of each have been
paid fof by rental. and from one to ten
copies OF less popular works of fiction Dur
Ing the year L604 different card holders
have used the pay system. As the total
number of card holders Is 3.32S. he record
shows that about one-seyenth of the libra.
rys registered patrons found this collection
valuable It Is stated that the popularity
OF the library is added greatly to by this
collection. Nearly one-half Of thosc using
the pay collection availed themselves Of II
more than once. thus showing that they be-
came accustomed to depend on she collec.
ton to get their new books. The system al
lows q reader to draw as many pay books
at a time as may be desired. At the same
Evening star., 1901-10-17
$3.50 for Silk Waists
Il Worth SIS & Sc.

Lot of exactly eighteen women's Taf-
feta SILK Waists; most stylish In effect
and with new sleeves. in good assortment:
regular IS and s6 values-to 60 for so. 30.
Evening star., 1901-10-17

Lot of odds and ends of Breasts in as
sorted cclors, including black. and also lot
OF wings in black and also white: the
nost stylish trimming for ready-to-wear
hats, to 90 for 1Tc. formerly sold for soc.
Evening star., 1901-10-17

For women and misses; elegantly trim
med; shortback and rolling brims; nat e.
fects; high, low and bell crowns: some
trimmed with polka dot and some with
Persian silks; some trimmed with velvet,
quilts, pompons aud breasts; black, castor
gray, blue, brown and red. Green Ticket
price, SSc. each.
Evening star., 1901-10-17
ale of Waists.

no tomorrow instead OF $l.6o
II nNT for the newest and most
SV1So fashionable Waists-made Of
al-wool flannel, finished with
fne tucks between the pleats on front and
back. lined and unlined; IN old rose, blue.
red, brown, tan, black; the waists which
you zee about town At 81. 80.
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W. b. Gates, Hylo. Albert F. Dewey. Chorus
Boy. Myra Morella and about hall a dozen
2-year-olds make up the fields day after
day. kinlCch must have horses IL IL is 10
successfully continue. and ii must have the
horses that have been racing at Delmar re-
instated II 1t Is to secure stabiing SUFFICIENT
During the week just closing there were
few real sharp contests at Kinloch. As q
rule the races were two-horse affairs In
which one or the other won easily at the
end, the other four or five in the field TRAIL
ing, because they were outclaseed and uh-
fit. This must be remedied. and Mr.. Mui-
ply Is doing his utmost to have 1t done.
What a lovely lot the horse owners aret
The W. ]. c. outlaws and embarrasses them.
Then. when It needs them. 1t offers amnes-
statement proves that they have not com.
mitted any offense other than to run ON
tracks where they could md employment
MI. Murphy says he always was opposed 10
the outlaw rule. and detests 1t. He will
move heaven and earth to have the horseS
made eligible to run on his track. and 10
nave the outlaw rule eliminated altogether.
Jockey Harry Cochran. who is now riding
with such success In the East.he Is prob
was an exercise boy about the Fair
Grounds this time a year ago. He came up
from Arkansas. where his father lost his
working horses at the Fair Grounds for
Billy Boardman. Ransom was his first
workhorse. He also worked Nan Dora for
Mr.. Weir, and later rode her in races. Mr..
Boardman claims that his old horse. Ran
som, IL the best school for Jockeys IN the
world. He is an ugly-tempered. heavy
headed old rascal. When a boy works RAN
som for a week anything else seems easy to
him. Nan Dora Is another mean mare to
ride, slow. sluggish. nl-tempered and heavy
headed. Cochran worked these horses. and
as many others as he could all Through the
winter Of 1900. II have seen him ride horses
in winter days from daylight to dark" said
Mr.. Boardman. He was a hard worker
and a gentle and patient rider. even on
Ransom and Nan Dora, who are hard horses
to work, and will tire and exhaust any boy.
Ransom made Dale. Dugan and many other
boys"
Cochran rode Nan Dora all summer and
never won a race. John Bratton hed IRxel
then. and n nastier-tempered horse never
looked through a bride. He was Q perfect
demon. Bratton bought him from Abe Cam
when he was SO mean that he had to be
dragged on the track with ropes. He was a
terror to ride. Finally Bratton chloroformed
him one evening and left him on the track
ali night under the influence of the drug.
He was not so bad afterwards.
They were riding a big negro. named
Crutchville. on Lexell those days annd pack
ing five pounds overweight in races where
the little colt carried 10 pounds. Finally
Mr.. Bratton selected Cochran to ride him
in a race. The ninety-flve-pound boy rode
so clever and so game a race on the rascally
horse that Bratton took n liking to him.
He rode him in many losing races on Lexell.
and liked him better each time. Finally he
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/ ony). whose mile in 1:4lx. rather eas;lv
stamps him as probably the best 3-year-oid
IN the West over the distance. Though the
pelmar track has become very FAST in the
last Two weeks. 1t is still two seconds slow
er than any really fast track. such as
I Washington Park or Harlem. Thus None
graphs mile was equal to 1894 in a really
last track. all out. Though the fast son Of
Margrave had but 1ol pounds on him. he
mad an apprentice in the saddle. a boy who
would be entitled to claim the nve-pound
ALLOW ance under Jockey Club rules. So we
must rate him as carrying 105 pounds at
All told. this is a whipping race Pro,a blv
The horse would not better it much II he
vas driven out, for he seems to be one of
me KIND that can do as well gaIloping as
ne can when stretched for all he is worth.
NO matter how he did it. there is no denying
tnat the race stamps him as the best q
gear,oia In the West over a mile. He gave
weight 10 a good and sensational 4-year-old
the end.
This Monograph has a short little history.
lie was sick prior to Washington Park and
was just Getting good there. He worked
wen and there was a lot of quiet talk about
MIN. One day VIII Hayes dropped him in
with Trinity Belle and Eddie Jones at six
iurlongs In the mud. 1t was hot company.
the horse was not ready and the going did
not suit him. They ran away from him.
Sun John Drake and Charley Gates, John
Gates's son, bet a barrel of money on him
to beat the cracks he was up against.
Monograph then came to st. Louis with
VIII Hayes and started in a field where Tick
fui was a / to 2 shot and Monograph was
held at 5s. Nice price TO beat Tickful was
II not? The writer. remembering what
Gates backed him to do at Washington
Park. tipped him to win. Monograph walked
home, a mile and twenty yards, i'm la. two
day. ""'
Gates and Drake backed him in the Chi
cago poolrooms and made a killing. Will
Hayes also trimmed several poolrooms ali
over the country. That night Jim OLeary.
the Chicago poolrOom king. yelled murder
and robbery. He accused the Delmar track
owners of having Tickful pulled to Mono
graph and betting him in his room on A
hxed race. Just think what a fine chance
Tickfui had to beat Monograph AT the
wetghts! As a matter of fact, Louis Celia.
the bookmaking owner of Delmar, took
800 from Tom Hayes at ) to 1 as the horses
went to the post and lost $4,000 to the race.
Hayes bet him at the last moment. Celia
had been holding Tickful out. and when
Hayes played Monograph the bookmaker
had no chance to counterbalance the big bet
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put him on Meddlesome where he had a
chance. The boy won with the little horse.
He rode him three or four times in wins
right of the reel. for Meddlesome was good
then. This was at Kinloch last fall. Brat
ton once had tried TO ride Cochran ON
Chorus Boy at the Fair Grounds when he
was a favcrite. but Mr.. Murphy would not
let the 10y accept the mount. deeming him
Incompetent. He put Dale up and Chorus
Boy was beaten of.
However, Cochran rode for Britton until
Kinloch closed. and then went to New Or
leans. where he Wed with Dale in the lead
of the jockeys there. At the end OF the win
ter season he went East to ride second for
MIR. Whitney. He has done splendidly. He
now leads all the Western Jockeys. and Is
rated as the best handler OF nervous 2-year-
and hllies. Otis. Zirl. Schwalbe and that
lot. in all their recent victories
Cochran Is the sensation Of the season.
One year ago he was working dogs at the
Fair Grounds for SIS a month. Now he is
making 10000 a year. The boy is a cousin
Of Earl Cochran. a st. Louis boy. who was
q good rider some five years ago.
Another cracking good jockey. now riding
in the East, who was doing flly In 81. Louis
last year. is McGinn. This fellow has been
landing endless long shots In the money
around New York this season. and has
proven his right TO be classed with the
best OF them. He is a man Of some expert
coming to st. Louis last year. While here
he was In bad odor. due to several ugly
looking rides. He rode Apple Jack at the
Fair Grounds when Judge Murphy ruled
that horse OF the turf. Later he went to
Kinloch and was permanently set down by
Jack Chinn for pulling up W. J. Bake at
the post in a start. Finally. he was REIN
stated and dropped out of sight. Last year
st. Louis critics were always divided az to
whether he was Incompetent or dishonest.
His record this season shows he was not
incompetent
Captain r. r. Rice has been missed at
Delmar Park during the week. The Arkan-
sas turfman Is at Saratoga endeavoring to
get his great horse. Wax Taper. reinstated
in favor by the stewards of the Jockey
Club. who. II will be remembered. warned
him away from Saratoga. Captain Rice
was at 81. Louis at the time. He is conf
dent that his horse was not dishonesty
handled. The race for which he was warned
away and his entry ordered rejected was
not n bad one. He finished fourth, right
up with Kilogram. the favorite. 1t seems
that the stewards have had II up their nose
for him ever since Combs was ruled off for
his ride on him at Gravesend. and ssnce
Turner got him beaten. when he was a l.
toto shot at Brighton.
Captain Rice cannot race Wax Taper st
Delmar as long as he is in bad standing In
the East. 1f the Captain succeeds in hav-
ing him reinstated he will probably bring
him West and race him at St. Louis. The
famous horse. the most famous ever sent
out Of ct. Louis. will he a great attraction
when he returns to Delmar Park.
J. d. SHERIDAN.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
THE RUNNING TURF
The Local Race Track War-Monograph's Great Race-Hs Cbicap,
Record-Peaceful Makes Good-Faranlassi in a Soft Spot.
FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Racing was spoiled during the week by
the very ugly and disagreeable fight for
supremacy between the Kinloch and Del
mar race tracks. Indeed, the very ex-
istence of the turf was hung on a thread
when fifty deputies left Kinloch to raid
Delmar. 1t was a little bit odd to see an
armed force. even of law enforcers. leave
one race track. after receiving instructions
from persons interested in 1t, to raid and
suppress a rival course
1t savo-ed largely of feudal days. when
each Baron was q law unto himself and
might made right. As It was. racing es-
capped by a hair. Had there been a conflict
between the armed deputies seeking to raid
Delmar and the armed Sherifs seeking to
repel the raid, evil would have resulted to
racing in Missouri just as evil resulted to
racing in Illinois when poor jim Brown
was killed at Hawthorne seven years ago.
The end may not be yet. but those who love
racing hope it is.
1t is rather puzzling to an onlooker why
the two tracks cannot oppose each other as
one business man opposes another, peace
fully. and relying on the merit of their
wares to attract sufficient custom to satisfy
the desires of their owners. Haberdashers
and dry goods dealers do not find IT neces-
sary to close each other up by singular
process of law They are content to let the
public settle that matter. In a fight for
patronage the shop selling the best goods in
the best way generally wins. Why cannot
kinioch and Delmar oppose each other on
this principle?
Let us pass up the race-track war. 1t
smells too bad. We of the race track think
We are in among a pretty bad lot until we
get among politicians. Then we appreciate
what a nice fellow a good clean race track
thief Is.
As far as the merit Of racing goes the
laurels all went to Delmar last week. Kim
loch's track was very dusty and very slow.
The fields have been small and of poor
quality and a great many unfit and unready
horses had to be thrown in to fill up. On
the other hand. Delmar made a great effort
to make a showing and succeeded in doing
%, despite diversions in the way OF peace
officers and Constables.
The event and feature Of the week was
the sensational showing OF VIII Hayes's
good horse. Monograph Qdargrave-Monot-
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him so down to Atlantic City. They think
that In such a contest he can beat either
Mr.. Stickrey or Mr.. McKinnIe. He has
shown much better form than either az a
rule. ard good judges have felt all season
that he holds any man in St. Louis safe.
Mr.. Mckittrick has never competed in n
championship. He has been playing steadily
about 81. Louis all summer. as has MIR.
McKinnie. while Mr.. Stickney has been
having the advantage OF cool weather and
a fine greens at Harbor Point. Mich. Mr..
McKittrick was to have competed in the
Western Amateur Championships at Chi
cago. but at the last moment failed to go.
1t Is not likely that any St. Louisan out
side Of these three will go to Atlantic CITY
as a competitor. Mr.. Allen of the Field
Club may go. but at this writing II il not
likely.
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ST. LOUIS GOLFERS TO COMPETE
IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
S. G. ~stickney, Burt z. McKinnie and Ralph MeKhtrick Will Repre-.
sent the Worlds Fair Town at Atlantic City.
vRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR n SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
st. Louis will be rather inadeauately-in
point OF numbers at least-represented at
the National Amateur Golf Championship
which begins at Atlantic City. N. j.. on
September II. So far but two st. Louisans
are certain competitors. They are 9. q.
Stickney of the Country Club and b. p.
Mckinnie Of the Algonquins-
Mr.. stickney's younger brother. By no
means an inferior golfer. w. Arthur Stick
ney, viii probably be a competitor.
Both Mr.. Mckenzie and Mr.. stickney are
playing excellent golf ut present. The lat
ter had qualified In three national cham
pionships, but never has succeeded In get
tins past the first round OF match play.
MI. Mckinnie has yet to compete In such
an important event. but he has beaten the
pest st.. Louis can afford. Mr.. Stickney
among them. In match play. local solfers
generally think Mr.. McKinnie can hold his
own, II not a little more, with Mr.: Stick
ney, but the latter excels In medal play. es-
peclalIy at t~hirty-stx holes. which the
enampionship qualifying round Of the
ltaiph Mckittfick also expects to COM
pete. His friends are very anxious to eco
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VaricOcele.
Why VaricOcele Causes
Sexual Weakness.

You ask why Varicocele IL n serious dis
ease and how 1t produces Sexual Weakness.
Replying TO this, W. say: II you are denied
food and proper nourishment you will be-
come weak and emaciated and unable TO
perform your regular work. So IL IS with
varicocele. The Sexual Organs are denied
the proper quantity and quality Of blood.
the necessary circulation and nutrition. and
become weakened and wasted. As the cir
culation Is sluggish. 70 does the sexual Wig
OF become. Mans whole nerve and vital
force originates from and depends on a
healthy Sexual system. and this Is why
the health Of every Varicocele sufferer Is
o,lor.,roI
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In the field day meet. and will be viewed
with suspicion In a football way. II is
fruinps up their sleeves. which they viii
spring later in the year. About twenty
Zig men from the Old Orchard fMicho
commandment to Western. ard as old Orcbard
Is one OF the best OF the northern academies
IN an athletic line their coming should as,-
able W. M. A. to form a team that will
run away with its opponents. CURLY. Reader
and Ot~t,Scaptaiu for this season, win N be
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Another good 3-year-oid that must be
reckoned In championship battles is Billy
~Boardman's Oudenarde. Mr.. Boardman says
be right for some time. He viii probably
be all right when the fan stakes are due.
Lhen I'll curry with Blink. Sister Sarah
back this week. Mr.. Forman. the trainer
on the stable, got in yesterday. He said the
ho 3. nave I'VE. rested IS. up weli. but would not
will be along next week. with the stable.
II "Skippy'' .Rohan and his pals do not
succeed IN their attempts to close Delmar
some really excellent racing may be looked
forward to. When Monograph. Lunar Ida
nedford. 0Idsnarde. Menace. Peaceful.
a n Bhrk and the Rogers string get
going there will be a spectacle worth sec
ing. as well as betting upon.
Johnnie Huffman is also shipping to Del
mar this week. with his good lot. Helen
Print. Tulla Fonso. Van Hoorebeke and 9TH
ers: Talbot Bros. are back with Waina-
moinen and Talpa. the great Commoner Ill
lies. Truly. there should be some hot racing
Then the sprints will be full of life Ka-
zan. Tom Collins. Fftzkanet, Grantor Four
Leaf G.. Judge pettus. Brulare. La DESTROYS
short routes. The 2-year-olds are Improving
all the time. Unless the Eight between The
tracks makes trouble the fall racing season
At present writing nothing has been heard
from Mr.. Murphy. who is in Chicago en-
to reinstate horses 1t outlawed for running
At Delmar and the Fair Grounds. m Mr.
Murphy Is. not successful in his mission
kinloch will be in a sad way for horses and
riders. There has been some talk of Kin
loch accepting entries from outIawed horses
even II the Western Jockey Club refuses to
reinstate them. This Is nothing more than
many other tracks nave done. But II would
doubly embarrass kinloch. for II would out
Law that track In the eyes Of the w. ]. G..
and 1t IL already outlawed In the eyes OF the
Turf Congress. 80 such an event IL NOT
likely to occur.
At present there are not more thar fifteen
good and Mt horses At the F10rissant track.
Ben Battle. F1euron. Fireside, Hi-Nock-Er,
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Summer Heat Adds to the
Dangers and Greatly Agxravates
Varicocele.

While Earicocele is always facilitating.
II Is tenfold more Injurious during the sum-
Her months. The heat causes a relaxation
OF the tissues and greatly aggravates the
disease. The superheated blood retained in
the weakened. ccngested veins 10 exceeding
ly unhealthy. as 1t becomes filed with nil
mute septic clots. which are a serious men,
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Throw Away Your


Your family physician will advise you to
wear a Susr ensory and will give you medi-
cines TO relieve the nervousness, etc, hut
they give you only relief and temporary
stimulation. What you want is a safe and
permanent cure. You may look well and
fatter yourself that you are as strong a
man as formerly. but don't try to deceive
yourself-this treacherous. insidious disease
has wrecked stronger men than you. You
confess your weakness every day YOU wear
a Suspensory. 1t simply hides your deform-
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TO lay bic money on the Irish boats
chances. He thinks the conditions entitIe
him to odds of about 5 to 5.
MIR. Pearson is intensely interested in
yachting and studied the Shamrock very
closely while she was being tried out with
the old challenger. In addition. he enjoys
the confidence of Sir Thomas. and declares
that he will wager the money because the
celebrated merchant believes that he will
certainly bear away the coveted cup this
time.