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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20

Bile secret was revealed to a few per-
| sons.
Since that time a certain number
of men have become expert pearl tsi-
| ers. and now shipments are periodical
| ly. and in summer regularly. made of
pearls. These men make fair wages
by their labors. though of course the
returns vary according to the fortune,
| good or bad, which attends the indi-
vidual
Some of the pearls are large ana
of great value One was sold TO
New Yorker OF rare discrimination IN
the purchase of curios for upward of
81 ,000 In appearance these fresh
water pearls are not easily distinguish
ed from those obtained in southern
seas, though unfortunately a certain
percentage of them are irregular in
shape.
Usually they are silver white in col
or, though young man who returned
from Labrador has pair of rose pink
pearls. perfectly matched, which weigh
about u grains each and are worth
probably $50 or $40 apiece
Strangely enough, this lucky one
was not pearl hunter but took
clump of shells in his hand and sat
down TO open them with his pocket
knife He found the two pearls IN
one large she'll After that find he
spent a fortnight in searching Tor
more, but secured only about half
a dozen small ones. worth perhaps
81 for the lot.
As rule the pearl bunting is gone
about in more scientific manner
than that The musse!s are regular
ly stacked on fiat rocks or sand bars,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20

knife. BY the time the corn had reach
ed its maturity the wound made by
the knife had been entirely obliter-
ated, and the ear showed an odd num-
Der of rows of grains. The young
slave was accordingly given his free
dom and his cunning was not discoy-
cred until he had gotten safely away.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20
Our He arts.

The faint image OF Eden which Is
stamped upon our hearts in childhood
chafes and rubs in our rough struggles
with the world, and soon wears away;
too often to leave nothing but a
mournful blank remaining Dickens.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20
Acuuirjnu Friends.

II man does not make new &C.
quaintances as he advances through
life, he will soon find himself left
alone. A man, sir, should keep his
rie7Gship in constant repair.--John.
ion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20
No Need of Buttons.

! isn't namin' no names. NAH
friends" said good old Parson Wool
hmon tribe ominously. nor stig'
desiahs TO call you-all's attention te
de aphorism dat de heather don
wear no clothes Dey don't wear
no clothes Dar'fo' and consecu
lively, dey amt got no maunah oh
use 70 de buttons dat am some
times insnuated into de collection
De choir will please vociferate willis
de contribution box am circumnavi-
gatin -
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20
Shell Of an OYSTER.

The usual size Of the shell of an
oyster is three to five inches, but away
back in Tertiary times there were oys-
ters in California that had shells thir-
teen inches long and seven or eight
irches wide n Ehs, aniRFr amt ,shell
doubtless Weighed tifreSn or twenty
pounds, since the shells were i've
inches thick, These oysters have
long been extinct, but their fossil
shells are abundant If the oyster
farmer could produce an individual of
such enormous size now. We would
be most fortunate In that case
single oyster would be enough for
one stew.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-20
ORDINANCE NO. aos.


furnished The
the Illinois.
the and charges collected by The
inhabitants the Illinois,
them by said company are excessive unjust and unreasonable
WHEREAS under the laws
the City Cairo Illinois, mil
the
inhabitants o
WHEREAS, after rates
charges hereinafter prescribed
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
section That beginning with the first day l5
be
prescribed
collected by The
furnished by the inhabitants
said The
nhabitant
furnished by said
forth in this ordinance notwithstanding OF
nance heretofore adopted by said city.
The charges prescribed
and charges unless otherwise specified but they shall
terry instalmen which shall of
month of each quarter Water furnished
Said rates and charges shall be As follows to-wt
CLASS III
All buildings
each shall al dive
CLASS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Books of Reference.

Newspaper editors like to answer questions addressed to them by their readers-if they are not too hard and they deem themselves as arbiters rather than as accessories to a mis- demeanor when they are appealed to for information ito decide bet" But they wonder sometimes why certain questions are put to them for arbitra- ment when the answers are to be found in one of three very accessible books-an almanac, a grammar and a small dictionary.
 These are books of reference that ought to be in every home library, however small. We guess that they are, but that they are sometimes dusty with misuse or out of easy reach on a top shelf. It Is well to have an al- manac. a dictionary or an atlas handy when you are reading your newspaper By consulting them frequently the reader will find his daily paper relates his early historical studies to present events and makes his touch with the world closer and more significant. Get the habitLNew York Mail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04

Fletcher. Wagner and Simmons. and outfielders. Murray, O'Hara. B. Meyers and Cocash. Pitcher Jake Weimer wi also be of the party if he comes to terms with the Giant management.
 George Stallings. manager of the Yankees. returned to his Georgia plan- tation yesterday. but not before ne in augurated the annual housec!eanil.g ot the Hilltoppers. The big chief has been welding the axe since his sojourn Tn Gotham. and yesterday announced that eight heads had fallen by the block. Of this bevy two were regulars for part of last season. Outfielder Frank Dele hanty and Pitcher Jim Vaughn. the reputed Texan portside singing won der The other six were Pitchers Muei- Ter, Revelle. Wagner and Frlll. snort stop Marcan and First Baseman Barry
 Waivers on the batch were asked some eleven days ago. and all the clubs in the American League scoffed at the opportunity of taking a chance with any of them. They will be disposed of to the minor league clubs most anxious for this kind of material.
 Sydney. N.sw., Feb. 4.-"Bilr' Lang yesterday defeated "Bill'' Squires for the heavyweight championship of Aus tralia. The contest lasted for seven- teen rounds. Lang was defeated by Burns in Melbourne last September.
 New Haven, Conn.,. Feb. 4.-Yale up- set predictions last night by beating the University of Pennsylvania here at basket ball 22 to IS in the intercol- Iegiate championship series. Although the Quakers scored first. Yale soon ti d the score and in the first half was nip and tuck. Yale leading at it's close 10 to 8.
 Tn the second half Yale forged ahead easily and won by eeven-point mar- Yale was excellent. He scored twelve of Yale's points. Keinath's play was the feature of Pennsylvania game. He rolled up points. As Pennsyl- vania has beaten Princeton easily, while Yale has lost two games to the Tigers, it was thought that Yale would fall an easy prey to Pennsylvania.
 Roscoe Johnson, brother of Jack Johnson, the worlds champion heavy weight. died yesterday morning in the New York Hospital from pneumonia and his body now lies in the Morgue. Unless the negro pugilist or friends claim the body 1t will be buried in Potter's Field.
 When Superintendent George F. Lud- lam of the New York Hospital learned the negro was known throughout the Terderloin as the brother of the fight CT he made an effort to find the rela- tlves of the dead man. and yesterday afternoon sent a telegram to Lawson Johnson. father of Jack Johnson, who lives fl. Galveston. Texas. Last even- ing the superintendent received the following telegram in answer to the one he sent:
 "Have no money. Please bury Ros- COG Johnson there and mark grave.
 LAWSON JOHNSON"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
A Phonetic Purchase.

The late Henry Miller, who was guide, philosopher and friend to many book lovers within a thousand miles of New York, was most successful salesman. One day he called on Collis P. Huntington and showed hAm a rare copy of book. There are two volumes of this,' '' said MT. Miller. '"The other volume is in perfect order, as you see this one is. You cannot possibly let them escape you, for you know you have nothing like this in your library" "What is the prtce?" asked the rail- road king.
 Seven hundred dollars" said the fookman.
 ''Those are too valuable volumes for my library" MT. Huntington ex- claimed.
 MT. Miller went back to his place and sent the books to MT. Hunting tons house with bill for $7OO. Next day the railroad king sent for him.
 "Why did you send me those books P ke demanded sharply.
 Because you bought them," was the bookman's calm reply.
 "I certainly did notr' cried the mill lionaire.
 "Oh, yes. you didw answered MT. Miller. You'll remember perfectly well when l tell you what you said. You told me distinctly, Those are two valuable volumes for my lfbra- ry."-Harper's Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
A Sporting Parson.

The inhibition of a hunting rector by his bishop reminds a correspondent that the Rev. Jack Russell, the fa- nous west country sporting parson, was once cited to appear before the bishop of Exeter to answer charges of neglecting his spiritual and parochial duties, and he was also demonstrated with for keeping and following a pack of hounds. The charges were proved unfounded, and Russell refused to give up the sport, which he continued to pursue almost to the day of his death in 1883, at the age of eighty eight. Besides being an unsuitable hunter, he was, as his biographer pfthily remarks, "a stanch supporter of Devonshire wrestlers, an admira ble sparrer and an enthusiastic upholder of the virtues of Devonshire cider and cream" And in the pulpit he tried to reform conduct rather than to ex- pound doctrine and was a stern de- nouncer of bad language, strong drink and 'the filthy habit of smok ing."-St. James Gazette.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
MANAGER HANNA
 ANNOUNCES LINEUP

Manager Bill Hanna of the New Britain team has announced his line up for the season of 1909. He has thirteen of last years players reserv ed, the list being as follows: Ruflange and OMara, catchers; Ward, Brown, Coughlin, Treat and Pardon, pitchers; Bunyan, first base; Burns, second base; Cabrera, shortstop; Almeida, third base; Marsans. Waterman and McCabe in the outfield.
 Of the new men to be tried out there are the following: Cantwall from the Maine league, an infielder; Kennedy from Manhattan College, an outfield- CT; Cummings of the Fall River team of the New England league, for second base; Jeffries of Boston, and Crandall of New York, for first base; Joe Lewis, who is to report to the Baltimore team, for infield; Harry Thompson of PlattSburg, N. Y., and Umstatter of New Rochelle, pitchers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
N. Y. Wholesale Prices.

BUTTER. specials. soc O 301zc: extras, 29c O 291zc; State dairy common to fair, 21c O 25c.
 EGGS.-State and nearby. selected white, fancy, S9c O 40c; fair to choice 37c O 3Sc; brown and mixed, fancy 36c O 37c.
 APPLEs.-King and Northern Spy, per double head bbl. $3.50 o $4.75; Baldwin, $4 O s4.75; Ben Davis, s3.5O
 HAY AND sTRAw.-Hay, Timothy, prime large bales, per 100 lb, 85c; No. 3 @ 1. 65c @ soc; shipping. COG @ 621kc; packing, 35c o 40c; clover and clover mixed, 55c O roc. Straw, long rye, s1 O s105; short and tangled rye, 55c O COG; oat and wheat. 45c o soc.
 POULTRY. - DRESSED - Turkeys, young, 22c O 23c; Capons. 16c @ 26c; Spring Chickens, roasting. g to 10 ID to pair, 23c O 24c; average grades, 1Sc @ 20c: Fowls, dry picked, fancy. 14kc co 15c; Ducks spring. lie O 16c; Geese. spring, Sc O 12c; aSquahs. prime. larTe. white. per dozen, $2.25 O $4.50; do poor dark, $1.25 O $1.50.
 VEGETABLES.-Po Bermuda, per bbl. s3.5O O $5; Long Island. per bbl, s2.75 O s3; Onions, Connecticut. white, per bhl $2.50 CO s5; yellow, $2 @ s250; red, $1.75 O $2.25.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Disappearing Home Life.

The flat dweller ought not to keep a dog. prefers not to keep a cat, cannot have garden, has no chance of keep ing house, has no possible place for memories and, most emphatic of all, has no use or accommodation for babies. Although it may be possible to make. homes without kittens or babies or flowers or memories or cupboards, the spirit of home is hard to woo and win without any of them Fortnightly Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
sareasm In the Commons.

The reluctance of the house of com mons to adjourn over Derby day re- calls . story related of one of the Ro- man Catholic peers who took their seats some four or five years before the passage of the first reform bill aft CT an exclusion of century and a half. He gave notice that on a certain day he would make a certain motion, whereupon there arose from his noble colleagues a general cry of "Derby" The astonished novice named another day, only to be greeted with an equal ly unanimous approximation of "Oaks!' At this he explained that he would have to ask the forgiveness of their lordships: but, having been educated abroad, he was forced to acknowledge that he was not familiar with the list
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
POINTS OF INTEREST.
Winter Clothes Are Still

necessary for comfort and the ground hog says there will be six weeks more of the winter cold. Why not call on Sam Harris at 1154 Main street and se- lect a good suit or overcoat, up to date in every particular, at either $10 or $15 and be in the swim with the other folelws He also has some special bar gains in separate trousers and fancy vests Get wise and see Sam.
 The Bridgeport Distributing Go.
 is headquarters in this city for the best wines of both imported and do- mestic vintages. ales, lager beer, and liquors. A speciality is made of fine California wines, product of the best vineyards of that state, and to intro duce them offer a gallon of either port or sherry at 75 cents. If you try this wine you will never want to be with out it. Send order by amail or call 264-3 on the telephone
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
OH! IT WAS JUST
 TOO AWFUL FOR
 EVERYBODY THERE
Those Girls from Boston Were Clingers, But Couldn't Play Bas-
 ket Ball.
And All the Gallantry of Blue Ribbon Males Couldn't Give Them Game It Was no Beauty Show Either and Crowd Was Disappointed.

What constitutes a basket ball game Two baskets at each end of the floor and a basket ball. Where! oh! where
 did the Boston Bloomer girls ever learn
 to play, and who called them girls? Their basket ball team is an idea of some enterprising business man from Boston, with nothing else to do but make money, inducing a quintette of girls to style themselves basket ball players, and then travel through the New England States and New York
 picking up loose change here and there.
 It was a chame to bring on such a team here and give perhaps the big gest crowd that ever witnessed a bas-
 ket ball game in Bridgeport such an
 exhibition. The management of the
 Blue Ribbon team is not censured, as the girls team was well presented to him by their manager, and in press reports sent out from towns in which they have appeared.
 AS to the game it was case of who could give the longest scratch to the Ribbon players, or who could hang on to Keating's neck the longest The Ribbons made no attempt to stop the girls from throwing baskets, being content to look at them falling all over themselves in the attempt.
 The first half was. not as bad as one might suppose, 1t was worse; the score in the half being 8-6 in favor of the Ribbons. Miss A. Foster appear ed to advantage in the second half and showed that she had the makings of a player, the other players were mere loads. The final score was 32-17. The lineup:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
{SDOrtS Of A DaN{ { -::- Told By The Farmers Experts -::::-

it might be said that the teams on which these men are playing are fight ing it out in the Ohio State Leag ue for the bottom rung of the ladder.
 Cleveland, Feb 4-Ohio boxing pro- motors and fight fans will test the dec laration of Governor Harmon that he will put an end to prize fighting when Johnny Kilbain and Johnny Whit taker meet at Akron tonight. The sports are a bit apprehensive regard ing the battle.
 Sacra mento, Feb 4. Making the Otis Walker anti-race track gambling bill special order for to-day the Sem ate made sure that vote would be ta- Ken. It is conceded now that the bill will pass by proportionate vote of hve to one. Reconsideration on a mo- ton from some opponents set the vote back but canvass shows a majority to vote.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
of saints days fin the Anglican calen.
His Glasses,

He came home in the small hours of the morning, and his loving spouse confronted him with wrath in her eye and telegram in her hand, saying, 'Here is news that has been waiting for you since supper time."
 He blinkee, looked wise and, braced up against the hatrack, felt through his pockets, murmuring, 'I left my glas ses down town"
 "Yes." she replied, with scathing irony, ''but you brought the contents with you"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Found Him Guilty.

Counsel Go the jury)-The principal fault of the prisoner has been his un- fortunate characteristic of putting faith in thieves and scoundrels of the basest description. I have done. The unhapy man in the dock puts implicit faith in you, gentlemen of the jury!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Just His Luck.

William, Freddie informs me that his teacher has decided to advance him from the sixth to the seventh grade owing to his fine department and his praiseworthy attention to his studies" 1"
 "Pshaw! That's just my luckr'
 "Why, what makes you say that?"
 "I had it all figured out that I was going to be about $10 ahead at the end of this month. Now 1t will be neces. sary to buy a new set of schoolbooks. l" Chicago Record-Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
POLO TONIGHT

Tonight a return game will be play ed with the Capitol City team of Hart ford. The Bridgeport are waiting to ''get even" as they were badly defeat ed the last time they played with tn s swift going bunch. A lively game is promised and a new score Is looked for The rink is warm and comfort able and two hours fun is to be had for 15c admission. Brooklawn cars direct to the door.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Trying to Make a Hit.

Judge Do you acknowledge the charge brought before the court of throwing your wife to the ground and knocking her head repeatedly against the floor? Prisoner (evasively)| was only trying to make hit with her, your honor-Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Not Graspino,

"What grasping fellow you are, Hawkins! You've bothered me about this bill fifty times in ton days" /
 "You wrong me, Jarley. Pm not grasping. I've bothered you about the bill, I admit, but I haven't been able to grasp anything yet"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Go Rioht at lt.

"Of course you know that germs communicate sickness?''
 'Yes," answered the man who is ap- prehensive about his health, land the worst of it is that they get right down to business in their communications, instead of employing the scientific cir cumlocution of the medical profes- sion."-Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
The invisible Point.

It was an awfully old joke, but the American thought it might cause his English friend to generate smile.
 Just before sailed for Liverpool" 1" said the American, "I dreamed that I was dead. and the heat woke me up"
 "So" rejoined the Englishman seri- ously "The weather must be beastly hot in America. .''-Chicago News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
She Had to Mend Them,

Benham--I believe in putting my best foot forward. Mrs. Benham-I have noticed that your toe always goes right through your stocking New York Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
Luck.

"Do you believe there is anything in luck P asked the young man.
 "Yes," answered the home grown philosopher. "There is a lot of intelli- gence and perseverance in it"-Ex- change.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04

Tn Saxony no one is permitted to shoe horses unless he has passed a public examination and proves thar he is properly qualified.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
BASKETBALL NOTES


 The Basket Ball attraction at the To- cal association Friday night is double header basket ball game and the 1-4 mile potato race. The basket ball games will be between the Representative teams of the senior and employed boys classes. Both teams will hne up against the two Representative teams of the New Britain Y. M. C. A., on Lincoln's Birthday night. Feb. 12tn.
 c. o. D. for the Boomer Girls.
 Heating seemed to be the goal for his opponents, the way they clung to him.
 Burdick made a hit right off with the ladies. The others were content to straight ahead.
 Place the local. High School girls against the Boston girls and the re- suit would be just the same.
 Hustlers trimmed the Brooklawns in hollow fashion over in St. Joseph's Hall last night to the tune of 31 to i. Thorpe was lucky and caked a foul for the losers.
 One of the Boston Bloomer girls was unable to run after getting on the hoor. When an examination was made 1t was found that she had two left feet.
 About half the audience left when the first half was over. The peop-e came to see a basket ball game and not hair pulling match.
 The Park City rink surface is the hest hereabouts., The players can be seen advantageously from any part of the house.
 Edgewoods entertain the Danbury team at the West End Boys Club to- morrow night. Danburys have a clean slate so far this season.
 Edgewoods go to New Haven Feb. 10 to play the O. K. team of that town, which team they trimmed in this city two weeks ago by the score of 25 to 16.
 Hustlers made such hit in NOrwalk Monday night, that the manager of the Montauk team which defeated them has written to other managers in the state telling them of the gentlemanly way in which the Hustlers played in Norwalk and that they would not re- gret 1t by booking the Hustlers for games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04

Teayy. impure blood makes a muddy. pimply complexion, headaches. nausea, indigestion. Thin blood makes you weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood Bit ters makes the blood, rich. red. pure restores perfect health. 246