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Ess s=s=sss sem lHas = NlsifmGre 81
LasIng a JOB ~ % Years ASS.
One OF the highest rated surgeons in
New York recsntly VA brought into a Atuo
talk about dreams.
A patient Of the surgeons had said;
or ahOuld think. hacking away at foks
three and four times a day a. you do. that
vour drearna at night would be- pretty
middlinR hideOus. Should think you'd wake
up OF mornings not only unrefreshed bit
with a mind burdened with the memories
OF horrible dreams
The surgeon laughed az that.
wholly wrong. = heAald. -I'm one Of The
best aleepers on this island. When I wake
tIp 1 usually fall TO whisting within a minute.
or two. My wife frequently rebukcs me- for
that. She considers it's bad luck for fellow
TO whistle before breakfast. l think.
though. that her real reason for discourag-
ing my morning whistling is that ! have "A
poor ear for a tune and she CAM abide nny
music.
well. anyhow, I sleep between eight n
nine hours every night, and sleep, too, x
a soon dog full OF cornbread and pot liquor.
Rarest thing in the world for me 20 dream
at all. But when do dream what do you
The prosperou. surgeon broke on into a
little chuckle.
INV one dream, when I do dream he
went on, lis n dream OF fear that I'm going
to lose the only job l ever held down before
1 went to work at my prOfe sslon. when l
was a young fellow I wen, TO work as a
clerk in a silk mill over in Paterson. My
father was a struggling. clergyman and
there was a whopping big family OF us.
All Of us. boys and girls. when We came to
an age to 10 anything had to. pile IN and
\ help. We all got jobs somewhere.
my job paid me ~ a week; IL was
| counted a pretty good job at that time.
| clerk at all. At any rate l appeared 20
| give satisfaction TO my employer. But
after I'd been working at the job for a wear
or so and was all tied mp trying TO learn
how TO he a surgeon a period Of depression
fell upon the silkmaking business in this
country and the factory where l clerked
began TO lay on hands. Then. from opera
tives i'm the mill. office hands began TO I've
furlouGhed. I stuck. but my tenure w0s
very uncertain. Fellows at desks all around
me were getting their fateful layon en-
velopes. and hat OF course kept me IN n
state Of constant panic needed the eight
per most distressfully, and the thought OF
having IL taken away from me was awful.
IL ran me down in health and vitality.
Il dreamed every night during that
somewhat protracted period OF suspense
that / was iobless, and then I'd wake up
in a cold sweat. but most uncOmmonly
tickled TO know every time that IL had
been but a dream. I Hever had the nerve
10 90 to my boss and AJAX him SOS to get
IL on my mind, how long he Intended 10
hermit me to hang around on my job. PrOb7
! ably he wouldn't have told me anyhow.
being n worried man.
Il know now, Of course, that the kindly
boss really permitted me TO hold on to NV
lob through all the trouble for the silk
industry solely because ne knew about ny
circumstances the size OF the family 81
which | was one. and about how ! wac
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One man walked from MonctOn 10 81.
John, which is more than one hundred
miles. hunting the pearl in every stream
he came across. 1t took him more han a
week, hut he got a fine assortment of valu-
able stones.
One woman in Moncton has a collection
of home grown pearls which she would not
sell for many thousands of dollars. Her
husband not only hunts pearls himself
but has men out looking for especially
fine specimens.
He will buy a lot Of pearls from an Indian
for si5 or $50 and among them will likely
find six or eight worth from SIS to $50 each.
Some pearls valued IA high as $500 nave
been fOund in the streams near MonctOn.
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the case tor the gender may Dc. proceeds
10 the anxious business of opening them.
They open easily.
q. A group engaged in this operation was
caught by the camera and is displayed
herewith. The young woman standing up
apparently has found a pearl and she IL
specializing az to it's value.
II must he confessed that the rewards
of these industrious amateurs are not
very great. As they keep going to the
same places year after year a mussol doesn't
get much Of a chance TO produce n good
sized pearl before he is rIdcly snatched
from his nest. But once in a while a lucky
fisher will find a stone that is worth any
where from s25 TO 500.
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FISHING JUST FOR FUN.
A CANADIAN AMUSEMENT THAT
o rs SOMETIMES PROFITABLE.

Valuable STONES Gathered In tho New
y brunswick Rivers by Young People out
20. "t for a Holiday Fresh water Pearls
q" Important Now m tho JeweIry Trade.
They fish for pearls the world over for
profit merely, but up in the province Of
New Brunswick. Canada. pearl fishing is
> ..sc!si amusement. That it is profitable
too doesn't dstract from the fun Of it.
The salt water or Oriental pearl is
gathered, roughly speaking, on every coast
within thirty degrees north and thirty he
grees south OF the Equator. The fresh
water pearl you con got almost anywhere
that water runs.
Every State OF this country produces
pearls, but usually the gathering is Incl
dental TO the collection Of the shells Of
mussels for the sake of the mother Of pearl.
Up in New BunsWf0k the commercial side OF
II il rarely considered.
There is n river every now and then in
=. New Brunswick. and in rHOst Of the rivors
are found tho mussels which produce the
~ pearls, The headwaters and tributaries
!, Of. the Petitcodiac and the Saint John
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DO aaosrtalDed hi time: Tor publication.
After you got your pictures taken In
your stage sl0tasS-Whioh 10 - vsry nooss-
sary part ~ the performanoeryou a
to the water. Il is considered perfectly
proper TO splash your n~eighbor at will
over Il he ~ half under water grabbing for
a clam.
IL might he explained here that the pearl
muss.h az fresh water rivers is always
called a clam. IL isn't right Of course.
for y lam does not produce real pearls.
Whether or not the olau appreciates the
compliment could not DO learned.
When every one has collector a reason
able number Of the CLAIMS. no or she. as
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SHOWED her NATURE
a BEDDING AND Az iyBULINCE
':CaEE TBO RESI-, Its.
RoSebHd Tells How n Regulated the
AErairs 05 the ssuyaI Family and saw
That a Washers cot EfiJ lDeserts-A .IOa
q" fer capt. 0'rOperIy sir MCGOWAN.

Well sir, that ward OF mine, Lady
MCGowan, will make a pet Of anything
chat is beautiful. a child or a woman a cat,
a rose or a scarf pin-I've twenty scarf
rms s~hois-EivCn IRE II they rave beauty
they own her. sris her nature
g ~ was why she married me" says Ca!t.
, M"Cowan, who Gislikes the "Sir' to his
TaUUc now That hos half American.
s-i married you, saws Betty to him. "as
I q life Ucuap"e for falling in love with yolI.
and ! fell IN love with you out Of pity for
your homcly face, which a Beers bavunc,
WPac no ~prettieT than nature made II. +"
Thcy will have their Jokes with each other.
But you may wind my telling you the
story Of the actress that Betty took under
her care; the same who 40, Betty's trunk
OF clothes Ivy mistake: That woman, Mrs.
y Stone she il OF the stage. has a little girl
named Pachita, and she's called Patsy
which is mixing up the nations, for that
Pachita co.Gcs from the Spanish in the
8 mothers family. g..
Very ell. Patsy. when shed been fed
up and dressed ny. and made a playmate Of
Betty's own little girl, she comes out as
beautiful a child az ever was born in Cali
.fornia from that Spanish Irish breeding.
s, II was the mothers pride made her take
the pretty yOuugster away from Betty
ever before the mother bad her own little
/. home settled. And at first IT, was not much
!, Of a home-.with old debts TO pay and new
cxuenses 10 peet.
Which makes no difference TO BETTY.
Every matinee day when the actresses mother
-+ould be at the theatres Betty would give
Patsy a ride In the Park and tea and a lark
with her own girl. IL was that way she got
TO know some sort Of people she had no
= notion there was i'm the world.
This was what was called a theatrical
boarding house, and it turned OUT. as you
might say, a museup Of human history to
. Betty. She came near to having a short
welcome there, for one day when she went
for Patsy she calls for the landlady and
orders her to keep her entrance and hall
more tidy.
. So this here lsndlady losses her head in
the air and wants to know who is this med
dlesome swell trying 10 teach her how to
: run her boarding house. Betty old the
story to the Captain and me afterward.
and it was a good comedy. too.
Betty was threatening to bring the health
oGcers ia a body to take action when one
Of the boarders passes a tip TO the landlady
who Betty was. That put the landlady wise
that the little woman who was ordering her
round was the angel who put up for the
ills OF those women boarders who looked
, MO the mirror Of life and saw only hard
y. .ink reflected there.
=, So 10 was with her visits and her ques-
stions and. her interest In all this nsw, queer
> lot Of stage folk that Petty got VA all mixed
: up IN the story Of the Duval family.
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q thegA sripe cav AeNesptOy q vhpesvsr
The luck.
A popular place with theee amateur
pearl fishers 10 Salisbury. If Salisbury
were larger il would be a village. Near IL
are the North and Littla rivers. branches
Of the P~etitoOdlac. The pietares which
accompany this article are Of parties from
Moncton who have driven twenty miles or
more,f
The 6rst thing for the pearl fisher to do
is to dress for the occasion. Pearl rshins
etiIuette says that tho less you wear tho
better. A hathing suit may be suitable.
but some cqnsiderit Gtogethar too dressy
for sor iincony snti6haI 10 occasion, %
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The note Rose had given it to Betty
was from a man who had been following
the girl for a couple Of weeks. He'd written
her often, hut she'd never replied. This
note showed hat he was in the audience
then, and it asked her to give him a signal
that he might meet her at the stage door
after the performance.
II told her to give the signal" said Betty
What for, in heavens namel" says the
Captain.
$50 that you can thrash him, " says Betty.
"Oh, ! say!" exclaimed the Captain. "A
street row, police court, newspapers?
That's rather going il, my dear"
Then Rosebud will, says Betty
But the young woman has people of
her own to 10 her fighting for her" says
the Captain
"Pechle,' answers Betty. "a crippled
old grandfather could thrash no one"
But that young chap Frank. He's a
husky lad and an athlete. Let him have
the fun of drubbing the masher."
Betty stared at the Captain.
You stupid old dear she says. IF she
showed Frank the note il would be the same
as saying she had the right to his protection.
She'd as we'll propose to him. Don't you
understand"
The Captain grunted. l doubt he under
stood. I'm sure / didn't IL was woman's
reasoning; a thing invented to obfuscate
the mind of man. without il woman
would be as weak as she seems. It's that
which makes her stronger than a
l had noticed some marks on the note,
"D-l," and l looked at the man in seat D-I,
and knew 1 had located the masher.
-Tl take a chance at him, Betty I said,
for the man who sat in that seat was the
sort il would do any Christian a world of
good to punch. Once, and hard.
l pointed the man out TO the Captain.
I'm obey you, my dear, he says to Betty
after a look at the fellow.
The Duval turn wa team work on the
hairs and flying rings. II ended with Betty
being pulled UP with her toes in the rings,
and falling, with a turn in the air, and land
ing or her team mates shoulders. When
she was hanging up there she o her
handkerchief from her belt, rubbed her
palms with IL, then looked at Betty and
dropped il.
1 looked at the man in D-i and I knew
Rose had given the signal. for l saw the fat
sweat start out on his Snug mug. l was
sorry the Captain had taken the job.
The Captain left the box then, and I saw
Betty pinch his arm as he passed out. l
learned afterward what he did.
He ted the stage manager what he
wanted. and that good fellow sent a call boy
to fetch the man from D-I and show him
into a dressing room. He expected to find
Rose there, but IL was the Captain he found.
The stage manager locked the door after
when the masher entered. When-the
Captain came back 10 US he wore a rare
smile.
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up that man in the dressing room had broken
no bones, put must nave had a great long
ing TO give the fellow a countenance no
woman could abide TO look at.
And he made a good job of il. at that"
says the surgeon. Il took him TO his fat.
He begged not to go TO the hospital"
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Old Blodgett has given his consent and
Rose and Frank are to be married soon.
About the masher7 you ask. I heard
about him from the ambulance surgeon
the next day had a box of cigars wanted
him to smoke.
He told me that whoever il was touched
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Mrs. Julia De Wolf Addison has just COM
plsted designs for the communion
for the diocese Of HankOw In China Inc
requirement was that the destgn should
combine the Christian feeling with the
Chinese. II was far from an easy task.
but the result has been approved both ny
the Chinese authorities at Hankow n by
the critics in America.
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A royal decree has just been issued N
Holland abOlishing the rule Promulgateo
three years ago which forbade women
employed In the postal and telegraph
Ofices to marry.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-03
HANK" TO HAVE
A NEW "BOWERY"
SALOON TO BE MOVED
INTO THE ALEXANDER CLUB
WHILE PRESENT PLACE IS
BEING IMPROVED.

Work Of decorating and furnishing
the new Alexander cdlub house IS
slowly and il is esti-
mated that it viii be at least two or
three weeks before the binding IS
ready for occupancy. Tie officers OF
the club have decided TO occupy the
present quarters until the new place
g. completed, although IL had been
planned to vaeate the quarters on
Eighth street on June l.
After the removal Of the club the
saloon of Hank Gotile will be moved
sc,oss the street while his present
place is being improved. Plans have
been made to make Hanks Bowery'
one OF the handsomest saloons In the
city.
Work on the saloon probably Will
not be started until after the meeting
of the Egyptian Hut lers on June
20. u and p. owing 10 the fact that
arrangements have been made TO use
the present Alexander club a. head
quarters for the travelling mems asso-
citation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-03
MAY BREAKS ALL
CAIRO RECORDS
PAST MONTH THE COOLEST M
THlRTY-SlX YEARS-WEATH.
Err MAN PLAYED CAiROlTES
FALSE AGAIN.

The weather man played hundreds
OF trusting Cal oites false again yes
terday when the long looked for and
faithfully promised fair and warmer
weather failed 10 put in It's appear
ance. For a while the sun came ont
Only TO soOn disappear and doom 10 dis
appointment the many persons who
femplated public appearances in
straw hats, networks ana o her sum
mer toys.
The forecast again is for fairer and
warmer but until il arrives ice deal
ers and in fact merchants of all kinds
will continue TO despair and figure
what they might have made. had
spring come in on scheduled time.
The past month was the codes
May in the history Of the local wea-
Their bureau. according to n. NJ. Gun.
bingham. the new local observer who
yesterday issued the monthly meteO-
Biological summary The mean tenn
perature for May was 60 degrees.
tho coolest May in Cairo in Sc years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-03
ROOT ON TLDEN's PATRIOTISM

In lecture the other day on Cit
zenship" delivered by Secretary Root
before the students of Yale university
he took occasion to pay tribute 30
the greatness and patriotism Of Sam
uel ]. Tilden, saying
1T has always seemed TO me thaf
Mr.. Tilden pursued very patriotic
course when the election to the prcsi.
dency was in question between him
and Mr. Hayes in 1876. There wers in
this country many men Of high char
acter and standing who urged that Mr.
Tilden's title 10 the Office should he
asserted by armed force. Mr.. Tilden
lost the presid ncy. but he gained
what was Of far greater value The
title 10 the esteem and gratitude Of all
coed citizens
Today in the light Of history III
fact looms large that Mr.. Tilden DELHI
erat ~ sacrificed himself for what h
believed to be the best interests II
his country-to save II the horrors
Of a revolution. Had he been a ms7
with more iron in his blood there Is
no doubt that the people would have
risen and prevented the aIroci0us rape
Of the presidency BY the Rep blieans.
hence the latter profted by the fact
that Mr. Tilden pr ferred to sacrifice
his own ambition and the victory his
pzrty had won rather than see the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-03
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
Council Chamber. Cairo, Illinois, May
20, 1907.
lSnccial Meeting. ]

Present; Hon. George Parsons
mayor. and Aldermen Bourgeois, Burke
Davis. German, Kelly, koehler, Mag
ner, NJ chan, Sculln. Snyder Thistle
wood and Thomas.
Absent: Alderman Nellis.
The mayor stated the object of the
meeting was 10 receive the report Of
the ordinance 4nd street commit es.
The ordinance and street commit
tees reported recommending the adop'
ion Of an ordinance entitled An or
dinance for the improv ment Of Wash.
iugton avenue, from the north line Of
Second street to the north line OF
Thirty-tifth street In the city Of Cairo.
Illinois, by the construction thereon
of a yitrifed brick pavement, brick
catch basins and manhol and con
crete curbs and cutters. and for the
leryina and collection OF a special tax
upon contiguous property to pay for
the said Improvement which ordi
nance had been referred to the ordf
nance and SIRE committees after
first reading May " 1907.
Alderman koehler moved tho report
be received ana ordnance placed on
second reading, Tho motion was
The ordinance was then
placed ON second reading and read at
length
Alderman Scullin moved ihe adon-
tlon of the ordinance as read and
Il commended Tho motion was
adopted by the following vote; Aye
Bourgeois, Burke. Davis, Kelly
Kocher. Wagner Mcehan, Scullin,
Snyder aud Thomas-1o. Nay Al
derran German and Thistlewood 20.
Alderman Meehan moved to ad-
ionrn. The motion was adopted.
Tn council then adjourned.
ROBERT a. HATCHER,
City Clerk.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-03
L0NGSHOREMENT0
REDUCE DEMANDS
STRIKERS CUT DOWN AMOUNT
or WAGES ASKED FOR
STRIKE OF FRENCH sEAMEN
GROWS SERIOUS.

New York. June 2.--At q meeting
today at which We're represented 10
branches of the striking Longshore'
mems union, the demands made 4
month ago on the steamship com.
panies We're revised and tomorrow
the new demands will be substituted.
The Longshoremen demanded 20
cents an hour for day work ana GO
cents an hour for night and Sunday
work AS soon as the strike began 4
compromise was affected with the
and Morgan lines on ba-
sis of 80 cents for day and 80 cents
an hour for night work Al today $
meeting ii was decided to reduce the
original demands made on the trans.
atlantic lines to the compromise
scale.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-03
WIOODMEN PLAN
OUTING IN WOODS
GRAND iNiTIATORY AT TURNER'S
LAKE TO BIZ UNIQUE AND
INTERESTING AFFAIR.
HUNDRED new MEMBERS
To Be introduced 10 Mysteries of o.
der on June f6---Bg Barbecue
Dinner a Feature Steamsr
Three States Chartered.

The members Of Banner Camp, OF
the Woodmen of the World, have
planned an unique aud interesting am
nual initiatory outing, the first Of
which will be held on Sunday. june
16, at Turner's Lake, in Kentucky. On
this occasion over 100 new members
viii be initiated into the mysteries OF
the order. The idea is most novel
one owing to the fact that the Wood
men order is based on forestry and
the initiation in fhe woods will there
fore be symbolic of the secret work
OF the lodge.
Aside from the iniation, the ming
will be notable for its social features,
and a most enjoyable time is being
looked forward to. The steamer
Three Stats has been chartered for
the occasion and a big barbecue din
ner will be served in the woods
Plenty of freshments, both to eat
and drink will be taken along.
The committee has arranged for
very reasonable rate, the fare Tor the
round trip being only 50 cents, when
iacludes the freshments The new
members will be charged nothing, inc
{ lder members defraying the expense.
in hopes of securing full value during
the initiation. The arrangements com
mittee has requested that all meln-
beers intending TO attend the outing
purchase tickets before June SO thar
accurate arrangements can be mada
The tickets are on sale at G.. F. Mil
lefs jewelry store on Commercial ave
nue., and at English's grocery stor
5000 Sycamore street
The local camps of The Noodmen
ofthe World are rapidly growing into
one of The strongest secret organlza
tons in the city, the membership hay
Ing been increased at remarkable
rate during the past year. Aside
from the secret benefits of the order
the lodges Of Cairo are becoming
notcd for their social features and the
manifested among tn
members.
AT a recent meeting ]. Il Eel was
elected clerk. to succeed II. A. Salz'
ner. signed. The meeting place was
also changed from Union Hall TO sal-
ford Hall and the date OF meeting fX-
cd for the first and third Tuesdays ~
zach month.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-03
RECONSTRUCT THE BARN.

The absolute need OF improvem nts
at the Alexander County court house
was recently demonstrated in a forci
BILE manner just previous TO the term
of circuit court abb III 10 closn to lay
whtn county court occupied the clr.
cult court room. the grand jury was
huddled In he county judges Office
and the office attaches of the county
Judge and county treasurer were sent
up into the Office of the master-in
chanc5 ry and county superintendent
OF schools to work.
Master-in-C hancery Warder in the
meantime found himself az a busy
time without a place In the court
house that he could call his own. And
all the while circuit court was just
almt to blossom forth. that Is. rs
coon as there was room for II 10 do 50.
III face the whole machinery of tn
coGsty was disconnected because Of
The lack of proper arrangements of
cuur. rooms
Judge w. N. BHtler's excellent plan
for reconstructing the big barn q a
circuit court room which was treated
of at lngth in The Bulletin some
months ago should be adopted and
pushed 10 completion as soon as pos
sible. Al present there is loi II
superflous space In the circuit court
room and divided according to Judge
Buffers plans there will be adequat-
quarters for all the county officials
jurors and others.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-03
BIC NICKLE'S WORTH
At the Opera House Tonight--McVing
Pictures, Illustrated Songs and
Big Vaudeville Acts.

Look what's doing at Conneifs
Moving Picture Snow al the opera
house. Entire change of picture and
song tonight. Picture Herring Fish
ing and Tit for Tat" Song, They
Win All Be Glad to See You" and in
addition TO Prof Williams the Ven
triloquist, Mr. Ed Allen will sing
Give My Regards to Broadway" and
Nj Fred Connell Love Me and the
World is Mine" Something doing all
The time. no waits. The pictures at
the opera house are all the rage and
with the specialties offered for to-
night the house should be packed. Re
member the price IS sc. Come early
and stay as long as you like.