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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-30
one Of Mans Oldest Works.

One OF MANS UIdeSt WorRa.
The metropolis at Bahrein, the cen
ter Of the gulf pearl fisheries, Is one
OF the oldest pieces Of mana handi-
work In the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-30

Roosevelt is still running as fast
as MS friends can force him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-30
A Natural Phenomenon.

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-30

when the attention Of The Bull
letin in called to any misstatemenf
Of fact or to any error concerning
any man or thing, corrections vii
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-30

The above is correct statement
Of The Cairo Bulletin for the year
1911.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of January, 1912.
LEO ]. KLEB.
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-30

The Preacher-Why don't you put
more stock in honesty?
The Millionaire-Can't. All my mon.
ey is tied up in railroad stocks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-30

~ ANY persons who like onions re-
IVA frain from eating them because
OF the disagreeable odor they
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
BREEZY NOTES CONCERNING
 LOCAL SEMI-PRO PLAYERS

Joseph's scoreless for the rest of the game.
 Pete Colljung earnehtly. hopes some kind person will present q cup for the best batting team in the league. There Is no question but that Pete has the best batting team in the league They now have a big lead.
 A few weeks ago the wise ones were predicting that Bob Hammer was all in and that the Crane No. 2 team would soon have a new right fielder. These same people are not heard from since Bob came across with a perfect batting record for the third time. At present Bob is leading the No. Crane team.
 The fans are beginning to wonder where the Loco team would be with out Curry or a man his equal. Three catchers have been tried out and Fin negan looks the best. LaChance plays an uncertain game at first. His hitting is also falling off. Lousky at second Is putting up poor fielding game. Walters at short has made more errors than any shorstop in the league. Tilman plays a steady game at third, but is slow on bunts. Fin layson, Klawberg and Brennan make up the outfield and while all are good batters none could be called first class heiders. 1t can be easily seen that without Curry the Loco team would not be occupying their present stand- ing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
LEW WEIGH IS HERE FOR REMAINDER OF WEEK
 AT EMPIRE THEATRE

Lew Welch the celebrated Hebrew comedian appeared at the Empire theatre last evening with his own company in The Shoe Maker" for the opening performance of a three days engagement and he won plaudits from an Audience that filled the spa cious theatre. Mir Keeney is to be congratulated upon securing so high salaried 8 performer as Mr. Welch who has played the Poll circuit and other leading circuits for Eears.- It was case of Mir. Keeney paying the price and securing the services of so clever man as MT. Welch who stands at the head of his profession in his line of work.
 In addition to Mr. welch an elab- crate and altogether pleasing bill has been, arranged for the balance of the week. Few acts have made such an impression on the patrons as has that offered by Mack and the Clancy first three days. They are held over by popular request for the balance Of the week. They will however offer a complete change of program, includ- ing new songs and comedy Miss Et- ta Pierce will please the general 'au- dience with a neat little singing nov city act Her personality and beauti- is an artist above par. Five reels Of the latest and best motion pictures. which are changed daily will complete this program, which the management feels confident cannot be surpassed ct these popular prices. The Empire has gained the reputation of being the coolest place in town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

Hartford; June 14NAnager Tom Connery heard Bridgeport was weak issainst 1eft handlers Q he sent Pete
 WIlson against the Mechanics yester- oay. yeC6nn's boys greeted Wilson with n Aits and easily beat Hartford by 6 to 1. Dick Tuckey twiried steady game and held the Hartford crowd safe In the pinches. Eddie lBridges, who made four hits. was the sensation of the game. The Courant Says of the contest:
 The play which caused @. much ad- ,veroe comment came up In the third tnntue and turned out to be the de. .ciding point in the game as it gave CT Brioees led off in this inning with a two-ply hit. Tuckey sacrificed and advanced ,him to third. Red Fisher ,came thI0heh with his second hit and :ccese ,t Fslds,s 5 Sass Howa1e .nsr .n5,,a 1oino ho third Tom Crook worked Peter EWtlson for . pas and this filled the basoA Spratt lifted fly to High and H1shet scored on the out, Stow stn- j8ied but the ball was retnrned so not hSye q chance Go get 1t. Stow jDuppoosd that both runners had mev4 bed around on his hit and started for lDecond A Baker had fstreated to khird. Crcok was forced to go back Ito sGoomd and 1t was . question who lMoul6 get to second first Crook. run !ning lack from third or Stow, run Fnlng. 4rolh flrut.
 Stow HfSfted back to first and Me- !Done1d followed him 2 few seconds land then begged the ball to Yam. I8aker 1d9sd away from third and iotnrtQd for home when he had the Ichanoe Yam threw to the plate to iAsad I'm q. and the throw was sev- jeral 4Sef vtds. McDonald havtpg no lchan<B to ret near it. Baker and ;Croon both scored before the ball could ibo fofnfne0. This made four srunD for fhe ln1lng and 1t gave Bridgeport = lead that Hartford was unable to
 Hart1dld &aok the lead in the Arst annin9 bT scoring once. With two out, BlgA nD11e1t and .rsached eecond when Irvip6 6ot 10: firat on Allekse errQr NanSst Glne56 Seotod AjEhss e ss1
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
KID SHERWOOD
 INJURIES LEG AND
 MUST TAKE REST

It became known yesterday that Kid Sherwood, the clever third baseman of the New Haven nine, has strained ligament in his leg and will be out of the game for a week or so as a result. Sherwood received the injury during Wednesdays game at Holyoke while sliding to a base Sherwoods s layoff will handicap the team to great extent as he had just begun to gain his stride in both batting and fielding.
 Manager Cornell expressed great sorrow last night at Sherwood's mis- fortune as the latter has been giv- ing the club faithful service The New Haven nine has been very lucky regarding injuries of serious nature, Sherwood's case being the first of the season. While Sherwood is recuper- ating, the dizzy corner will be taken care of by Speed Daschback. Speed was an infielder of considerable note before striking the Connecticut league
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
|SIERRET Of PRINCETON
 SIGNS WITH \. Y. AMERICANS

Following yesterdays game be- tween Princeton and Yale Captain Charles Sterrett of the Tigers affixed his signature to a New York High lander contract. Sterrett plays first base and catches. is fast on his feet and a hard hitter. He was a star in the collegiate ranks and should make good as a pfofessional
 The Highlanders had to bid against other clubs to land the youngster. Several other big league teams made him f1attering offers, one of these clubs being the Chicago White Sox. However. Sterrett preferred New York to any other place, and was pleased to sign with the Highlanders. He will report to the team on the Hilltop next Wednesday, when the Hillmen open series with the Boston Red Sox.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
PRINCE ION WINS
 neclDING BATTLE
 FROM YALE TEAM

In the deciding game of tho Yale Princee6o Championship series played in AnsGtfcan League Park. New York. yestefasy, the Tlger clawed the Bull- dog to \. ribbomo. The Orange and Black -slnggoes committed assault and batterE on four Yale twirlers and 0uue1Go0 an . run without a hit off fhe 6f3h Blue boxman. The Talon uiano had ta do % much running In spects{ors thought the Olympic ath- lete9 were. meaking in their final workout. pre0aratory to sailins on the Finland todAy.
 Princeton combed the deliveries of the Yale pitching quintet for eighteen solid amadIAes, netting twenty-four basee Aa6 scoring in every inning. Kine Lear reigned on the mound for the JefDeymen and held the Ya1en- uiano to n4ne 9a1etfes. When the de- bris he'd been swept off the field Yale was found buried under a score of 19 to G. A crowd of more than 10000 perscne saW the game.
 Both teams played faggedly in the field. the Tlgers making i've costly errors behind Lear, while the Bulldog miscgs4 fhrDs times. Tho strength of the Prineeton attack and the ineffec- tiveneQ Qk the Yale pitchers tells the story in . word Two singles and a base on balls off Hartwell netted the Tigers a run in the opening canto. Five eingles. a brace of doubleA a base on balls. an attempted sacfifice, a sacr1fice fly and Hartwelrs error permitted eight Tigers to chatter across the platter in the second. Two runs in the third and another in the fourth vera made by the Tigern of Dyer. 0ile was touched for . run in the fifth and was taken out of the box after passing the flrst two batters in the sixth. Scott, who relieved Gile. was kidded for a count in the sixth. and Hammered for four runs in the seventh.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
(By Dunigan.)

As predicted. Howie Baker has taken a step higher on the baseball ladder. Yesterday Baker joined the Coe Brass team of Torrington. This team is one of the fastest teams in the State and has defeated some of the State League teams.
 1t is about time the semi-pro league elected 8 permanent president. At Ends is acting. but an uninterested party should be secured. A full schedule for the season should be made. Considerable comment ts be- ing heard as the result of the last West End-St. Joseph game. But four games have been played and yet these two teams have met twice.
 It begins to look as though Pat Hurley can claim the honor of being the most disputed player in the city. In basketball the Ramblers argued that he could not play with the St. Joeeph's. and as the result the series were never played. Now talk has been started that the Black Rocks will not allow him to play with the Yosts.
 Johnson has proved that he can still put a few twisters on the ball. Twice he has relieved Benham for the Warner team and both times pulled out a winner. Last Sunday he re- lieved Havenfeltz and held the St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
ST. JOES AND ANNEX OF
 NEW HAVEN HERE SUNDAY
(By Dunigan.)

The St. Joseph's and Annex base ball teams will play at St. Joseph's oval Sunday at 3:30 p. m. There is much rivalry between these two teams as the Annex just nosed out a vic- tory when they met last in New Ha- ven, the score being to 2 for seven innings, Sunday should give a fair test of the respective strength of both teams. The Saints will present their strongest team and will play as fol- lows: Wilson, C.; Kelly and Ryder, D.. Butler, h.: OLaughlin, 2b.; Coles, ss; Tillman. 3b.; Gallagher, lf.: Hal pin, cf.; Reck. rf.; Seyfert and Chris tie, utility men. Hi Ladd will umpire this game. Last Sunday Ryder pitch ed a no hit game against the New hallville team of New Haven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
(By wagner)

(By wagner)
 The Bridgeport club is still on the lookout for pitchers. The manage ment is keeping the wires busy and soon. Every club in the league with the exception of New Haven and Hol- yoke needs slabmen.
 Uppy Upham was knocked out of the box by Lawrence yesterday. Benny Kauff made two hits for Brock ton.
 The New Haven league leaders will be at Newfeld tomorrow and the Me- chanics will have hard time to sub due the invaders. Manager McCann will probably use Chief Snyder against the Wings and Jensen is expected to work for the visitors.
 They pulled funny one on Eddie Bridges. in Hartford yesterday. He Hartford outne1der was batting This piece of cheese can't hit anything" and other complimentary remarks were addressed to Tuckey. Irving paid no attention to the talk and one of the Hartford players afterward told Bridges that Irving is so deaf that he can't hear unless you use mega phone
 New Britain has signed Outielder Devine, formerly with Fall River of the New England league.
 Springfield has signed Pete Smith, a pitcher who has been with York Of the Tri-State league for the past two seasons.
 Tommy Downey got a double and single for the Phillies. He also stole a base. 1: In the absence of Owner, Freeman. Secretary Reddy paid out five siYno- Icons to the players who made home runs on the Massachusetts trip. Cy Miller got $10. Gibbs and Baker drew $ each, Easy money for the boys.
 Matty "has been?' He won his own game by letting the Cubs down with 6 hits and fielding and batting effectively
 By winning from. Brooklyn. the Pi- rates climbed into second place and dropped the superbAs to the cellar.
 Mafty OTools displayed some. of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
TO-DAY IS 66TH ANNIVERSARY
 OF FIRST BASEBALL GAME.

New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other cities have claimed the honor of being the cradle of baseball. but practically all historians of the game are now agreed that the first game between regular teams having names and a code of rules was that in which the Knickerbockers and the New York Citys were the contestants. sixty six years ago today, June fl, 1846, at the Elysian Fields in Jersey City. The site of that pioneer dia- mond is now included in the city of Hoboken. Both of the hines had play ed before that, but against teams Gloves were unknown at that time. and the catcher made no attempt to play up close behind the bat, but caught the ball on the bounce some twenty feet back of the home plate. Under the rules adopted for this first contest, a game was to consist of ''twenty-one aces''-meaning that the first team to get twenty-one runs was to be declared the winner. Other rules were:
 The ball must be pitched and not thrown for the bat. ~ F A ball batted outside of either first or third bases is foul.
 A batter is out if he strikes at and misses three balls, provided the third is caught by the catcher; if not caught the batter must run. | A ball being struck or tipped and caught either flying or on the first bound is an out.
 Players must take their time at bat in regular turn.
 A base runner is out if the ball is in~ the hands of an adversary on the base or the runner is touched with the ball before reaching the base.
 A base runner who shall interfere with fielder of thea opposing team and prevent him from catching or getting the ball is out. ~,
 When two are out, a player run ming home at the time the ball Is struck cannot score if the striker is caught out.
 The bases shall be arranged so that the distance from home to second is forty two paces, and the distance from first to third base also forty two paces.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
MECHANICS POUND WILSON
 AND BEAT HARTFORD EASILY
Holds Senators Safe and Eddie Bridges Makes Four Hits

reached first on an error by Crowther. He went to second on Crooks sacri- flee and to third on Spratt's out at first. Bobby Stow hit between third and short and Kunkel mussed up the ball. Baker scoring Bridgeport's last run came in the sixth. After Dory Miller had been retired Bridges hit U sharp ball to left held. High tried to get the ball on the first bound, but 1t did not bound the way in which he had 1t doped ont and the ball went to the fence Bridges making third. He scored on . hit by Tuckey. Red Fish CT followed with a hit. Baker flew out to High. Crook singled and Irv- ing made a nice throw to the plate, catching Tuckey, who is a slow rum uer. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
MATT WELLS TO GO
 BACK HOME TO ENGLAND.

Because he is not fighting in his best form and besides is not in the best of health, Matt Wells, the Eng fish lightweight champion announced, through his manager, George McDon- aid, that he will sail for England on Tuesday on the steamship Luisitania. While at home he will have an opera tion performed on his cauliflower ear split by Sid Burns, the English fight CT, and recently reopened by Young Brown. Wells says that he intends to return to America again in Septem- Der and will be ready to take on all the tounotch lightweights in this coun- try.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
Woman the Exception.

"As understand it." said the .youps m&n thoughtfullys two negatives make an affirmative.
 "Quite right" replied the distinguish- ed grammarian.
 And yet" persisted the young man, it doesn't seem to work ont just sxact- ly right"
 ssWhat's the trouble?" asked tho distinguished authority. "Perhaps I can straighten the matter out for you-" :"
 ~I will be deeply indebted ts you if you can,' 7 said the young man earnestly. Tn the last two months I have re- csived two decided neGatives-ons each from two giris-and for the life q mo I can't see where the affirmative comes in"
 My dear sir,' explained the dietin- Ruished authority. "as you grow older you will learn how utterly impossible it is to apply any rules to womankind!'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

CommencSment Night. It is very lflke- " that tickets for the exercises of the evening will be distributed at tho HAmo time.
 Picnic day for the Seniors this year will be held two days after graduation, that ts on June N. Plans are for ali @ embark on 2 special car for Roton Although it is hard to believe, a few days ago one of the Sophomore boys. whose first name happens to be Tommy, became lost. Tommy lost his bearings and strayed into the physics room where the Juniors were reciting. Hearing the discussion be- ing carried on concerning magnetic compasses ! and their declnation,' 2 Tommy glanced up and was shocked to. sec all the unfamiliar faces With- out even waiting to excuse himself, Tommy bolted out of the door follow cd by the laughs of the unsympathetic Juniors.
 The West End Jrs. will play the -Collegians at Seaside park tomor- row afternoon. All members of the Juniors are requested to report at the park in time for the game. sF
 The White Plains would like to play the Bridgeport Jrs. tomorrow morning at the !uniors' diamond.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
What Wealth srinss.

The late Colonel Ingerson was talk ing one day with group of friends when the subject of wealth and the de- sire of most men to accumulate money was discussed
 .T never could understand t. said tha colonel. "Just imagine man with 8OO.OOO hats, 100000 pairA of shoes .0O0. 600 pairs of gloves, 5000, ,O00 hand kerchiefs, 100000 pairs q suspenders and . train load of neckties gettlnG up before daylight and exerting every en- erxy until late at night in ofder thas ne may make enough money to buy him- self anotheEneektier
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

result was telling blow in the aver. age.
 The Athletics have apparently nov ed into the first division for a perma- nent stay. The distance to first place is less than 100 points, but there are such obstacles as Washington, Chica- go and Boston to consider in the ad- vance.
 In spite of the good work of the new backstops the White Sox have missed Catcher Sullivan as a regular receiver. The pitchers work better for him, just as the Yankee boxnlen work better for Ed Sweeney the high mark of the season for con secutive games won in the major leagues.
 Enthusiasm runs so high in the na- tional capital that funds have been donated for big reception to the club on it's homecoming, but they have been held back by a superstition that such move might break the winning streak. For once the fans are with Griff
 American league town than ever since the rise of the Red Sox to first place The Sox seem to have a real chance to win this season
 And, strange enough, after the vis- it of the White Sox Boston scribes were awarding the pennant to Calla- han in spite of the baseball machine under Jake Stahl.
 Iris Speaker is playing a greater game than ever. He threatened to split the hOnOrS with Tv Cobh thio year and at least he will make the Georgian hit some to pass his batting average.
 Once more the cratic Bugs" Ray mond bobs up for our notice. It was in Cincinnati and he stayed just long enough to bean four batters and was then led to a shady spot where ne could sleep it off.
 Ty Cobb was interested in noting that Q spectator had been removed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

HIGH SCHOOL
 This year the entrance examinations for Yale university will be taken in 9his city this being a great saving an both time and money for the local boy1 It is a great honor for a city like Bridgeport to be appointed as centre for the taking of Yale exam 1natlons, and one for which Bridge port has been striving for many
 The work on the Commencement Criterion is rapidly being carried, out This isoue will be the final effort of the Criterion board. and will contain purpriDog for everybody. Practically he whole city is being covered by the buslness board of the paper.
 Ihe Junior class dance will be held this evening at Slocum's. This Is a private, invitation affair and sure to be q success as was the Senior dance held last Friday evening.
 A list of the Seniors and the amount of class dues they owe has been post boned on the front board of Room ii.
 Monday morning at half past eight o'clock. the Seniors will draw lots for " .q11E A lh3eh they MiH Tt on
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
rh. Grand old Name.

All Engiishmen disagree as te whdei of them are gentlemen" The prob lem divides the whole nation into em- bittered units. It is, however, sen erally conceded that no man is . "oeA tleman" who has r2t had remote aS cestor who robbed the country.-IoD don Truth. ft~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
Bridgeport.

Hartford ......1o1oi0 Of Bridgeport -....-.. % 401 0 0--6
 Two base hits, Mowrey, Kunkel, IT, ytng. Baker, Bridges. Three base hit, BridgeR Sacrifice hits, Crook, Spratt, Tuckey 3. Stolen bases Irving 2, Mley. Bridges. Double plays, Vann lunaaststeO;, Tuckey. Bridges and tssiSS sons; by Wilson 5. by by Tuckey s $ 5. 'LS4E on bases, Hartford 6, Bridgeport 'e. Base on errors. Hartford 2, Bridge. port 3. Umpire. Held. Time. 2:0O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

Eddie Bridges welcomed Pete Will sons offering as he would five spot from the bank roll of Owner Freeman. Eddie blew. himself to triple, dou- ble. two singles and a stolen base.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

In order not to hurt Tom Connery's 8 feelings, Red Fisher only made three singles. Every time Fisher clouted for a base, the Hartford fans bawled Connery out for letting Fisher escape from the Senators' camp.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
.A naen.eena Reh.Ise.

rA 00oHosvSs0
 A certain high school professor, who at times is rather blunt in spsech. rs- marked to his class of boys ct the De- sinning of . lesson, "I don't know why 1t is-every time I get up to speak some fool talks" Then he wondered why the boys burst out into roar or laughter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

A good way to clean a carpet-sweep- CT is to remove the brush, and after taking off all the hairs and lint, rub it we'll with a cloth wet in kerosene (coal oiD. Let the brush remain in the air till the odor has evaporated. The sweeper will leave the carpets and rugs looking much brighter after this treatment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
Arkfskie.

'T will give you your dinner if ycu will beat those rugs" said tho wom- an with the singham apfco st the back door
 .Ah. madam" replied the wanderer, his hat in his hand, those rugs arc really and truly beautiful-exQuleite. I don't think they possibly could be beatp'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

Bob Stow has been hitting hard on the road The stocky second baseman chalked up two hits yesterday. #
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

Frank O'Rourlke has not broken into the hit column for Boston Nationals. He accepted five fielding chances against St. Louis. He has not yet made an errOEe fis.s