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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22

so many men. | could run the river
on 800 easy enough. That saves wages
and grub on 200 right there. And, OF
course. a few improvements on the
river would save time. which in our
case would mean money. We would
not need so many separate cook outfits
and all that. Then, too. if we agreed
to sort and deliver we'd have to build
sorting booms down at Monrovia.'
Suppose we had all that. What,
for example, do you reckon you could
bring Days logs down for?'
Orde fell into deep thought.
81 suppose somewhere about a dol
lar" he announced at last. He looked
I'D a trife startled. why" he cried,
chat looks like big money! a hun
dred per cent?
Newmark smiled.
Hold on" said he. al don't know
ANYTHING about this business, but l
can see few things. In the first
place. close figuring will probably add
Il few cents to that dollar. And then
all our improvements Will be valueless
after we've got through using them.
You said yesterday they'd probably
stand us in $4,000. Even at dollar
profit we'd have to drive 100000 600 be-
fore we got a cent back. And. of
course, we've got to agree TO drive for
a little less than they could them
selves"
That's So" agreed Orde, crestfallen.
However" said Newmark briskly
as he arose. there's good money in it,
as you say. Now. how soon can you
leave Daly?"
"By the middle Of the week"
That's good Then we'll go into
this matter of expense thoroughly and
establish our schedule of rates TO sub
nit to the different firms"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22

u THINK I'll go see Jane Hubbard
] this evening" Orde remarked to
b his mother as he arose from the
table
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22
THE MOTHER OF
THE TEDDY BEARS.

copyright. 1909 by American Press Asso-
ciation.].
- nee upon a time-not so many
hi 81 years ago either-there sat in
V - the doorway Of a small cot
tage in Germany a young wo-
man with smiling eyes. a child loving
heart and an invalid body. The chill
dren of the little village all knew her
and sat in groups around her doorway
listening to stories, telling her of their
! childish adventures, and then, greatest
! JOY of all, receiving in turn some de-
lightful toy that her deft fingers had
been fashioning while they talked to-
! gether.
Day by day the children gathered
about this doorway. They told of the
/ latest flower that had blossomed on
the mountain side. of the wonderful
! span Of horses that Hans. the best
carver of the village, had cut from a
single block of wood, OF the dear little
blossoms that baby Gretchen had
painted upon the set Of wooden dishes
that were TO go to the Christmas mar
| ket. And TO them all the young wo-
man listened, smiling. while she piled
her needle or cut-snip, snip-with her
scissors.
| And while they talked or while they
listened the eyes of the children rest
| ed eagerly upon the busy fingers. for
! they firmly believed that in those fin
/ gers lay magic which none others
| possessed. And why should they not
believe it. for when the sun began set
/ ting down toward the mountain crests
and it was time for them to run away
home to their sUppers of bread and
milk the fingers were always stretched
out toward some new member of the
group. and upon them rested n won
derful animal-a kitten. or rabbit. or
a duck, or tiny bear-and the like
ness was so wonderful that the chill
dren always breathed forth deep
"Oh's' and "Ah's" and knew for a GER
tainty that there was magic In the
makers fingers. No one else in all the
country could make such animals as
these-not even Hans, the marvellous
carver.
Always the busy worker sat in her
doorway. where she could see the rug
ged mountains. the green grass. the
| nodding flowers. Perhaps it was the
strength. the grace and the beauty of
these that wrought themselves into her
simple work.
Then 1t came about-and no one was
more surprised than this child loving
young woman herseIf-that she found
herself making hundreds and hundreds
of toy animals. for toy buyers from
England and America had heard of her
wonderful ducks and rabbits and bears
and they wanted them for the children
of their countries too
And who. do you ask. was this young
woman in PARKWAY Germany? 1 can
only tell you this: She is known now
far and wide as the "mother of the
Teddy bears"
JULIA BARROW CowLES.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22
CHAPTER 8.

50 II THINK I'll go see Jane Hubbard
this evening"" Orde remarked to
his mother as he arose from the
{ table.
Every Sunday Jane Hubbard offered
TO all who came a Sunday night
lunch" and the refreshments were
served by the guests themselves.
Orde found about the usual crowd
gathered. Jane herself, tall, deliberate
in movement and in speech. kindly
and thoughtful, talked in a corner
with Ernest Colburn, who was just
out of college and who worked in
bank. OTde, standing in the doorway,
looked upon quite the usual thing,
only he missed the Incubus. Search
ing the room with his eyes. he at
length discovered that incoherent, deS-
located, but persistent youth vis-a-vis
with a stranger. Orde made out the
white of her gown in the shadows, the
willowy outline Of her small and slen-
der figure and the gracious forward
bend of her head
$50 you're back at last, are you,
Jack?' drawIed Jane IN her lazy. good
natured way. Come and meet Miss
Bishop. Carroll, 1 want TO present Mr..
Orde."
Orle bowed tremendously. The girl
inclined gracefully her small head
with the glossy hair. The Incubus,
his sallow face twisted IN a wry
smile, held to the edge Of his chair
with characteristic pertinacity.
"Wen, Walter" Orde addressed him
genially. "are you having a good
timeE'
Yes, indeed!'
His chair was planted squarely to
exclude all others. Orde surveyed the
situation with good humor.
Going to keep the other fellow from
getting a chance, 1 see"
Eyes, indeed"
Orde bent over and. with great ease.
lifted Incubus, chair and all. and set
him facing Mignoune Smith and the
rroquet ball
Here, NIignonne," said he, I've
brought you another assistant"
He returned to the lamp to find the
girl, her dark eyes alight with anuse-
ment, watching him intently.
Walter is q very bright man in his
own line" said Orde. swinging for
ward a chair. but he mustn't be al
lowed any monopolies."
How do you know 1 want him so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22
MONUMENT LAKE BOUNDARIES

JULIA BARROW COWLEs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22
Edward White

summarily remover" the girl asked
him
well" argued Orde. 81 got him to
say all he ever says to any girl. Yes,
indeedP so You couldn't have any more
conversation from him. Besides. l
want to talk to you myself"
do you always get what you wantY'
inquired the girl.
Orde laughed.
ANY one can get anything he wants
if only he wants it bad enough" he
asserted.
Some people," she amended How
ever. l forgive you. 1 will even fat
ter you by saying 1 am glad you came.
You look to have reached the age of
discretion. venture to say that these
boys idea of a lively evening is to
throw bread about the table"
Orde flushed a little. The last time
he had supped at Jane Hubbard's that
was exactly what they did do.
They are young. of course" he said,
"and you and I are very old and wise"
Now. tell me, what do you do?"
what do 1 do?" asked Orde puz-
zled.
Eyes. Everybody does something
out west here"
'I'm a river driver just now"
"a river driver?" she repeated.
''Why. I've just been hearing a great
deal about you from Mrs. Baggs."
"Ohw said Orde. ''Then you know
what a drunken. swearing. worthless
lot of toughs we are, don't you?"
"There is Hen's Half Mile" she re-
minded him.
"Oh. yes" said Orde bitterly, there's
HelFs Half Milei Whose fault is that?
My rivermen's-my boys? Look here!
1 suppose you couldn't understand it If
you tried a month. But suppose you
were working out in the woods nine
months of the year. Suppose you slept
in rough blankets on the ground or in
/ hunks, ate rough food, never saw
woman or a book. undertook work to
scare your city men up a tree, risked
your life a dozen times q week in a
tangle of logs, with the big river roar
ing behind Just waiting to swallow
you; saw nothing but woods and river,
were cold and hungry and wet and so
tired you couldn't wiggle. And then
suppose you hit town, where there
were all the things you hadn't had.
and the first thing you struck was
Hell's Half Mile. Say, you've seen wa
ter behind a jam, haven't you? Water
powers a good thing in mill course.
where It has wheels to turn, but be
hind n jam it just rips things. Oh,
what's the use talking? a girl doesn't
know what it means. She couldn't IN
derstand."
81 think I begin to understand lit
tie" said she softly. But they are a
heartless class in spite of all their
courage. aren't they?"
"Heartless" exploded Orde. There's
no kinder lot of men on earth. There
isn't a man on that river who doesn't
CHIP in FIVE or ten dollars when a man
is hurt or killed. and that means three
or four days hard work for him. And
he may not know or like the injured
man at all. Why
whats all the eXcitementT' drawl-
ed Jane Hubbard behind them. Cant
you make it a to be continued in our
next? We're most starved"
YES, indeedr' chimed the Incubus.
The company trooped out to the din
ing room, where the table, spread with
all the good things, awaited them.
TO Orde's relief no one threw any
bread, although the whole hearted fun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22

grew boisterous enough before the
close of the meal
In spite of her half scornful refer
ences to "bread throwing Miss Bishop
joined with evident pleasure in the
badinage.
After the meal was finished Orde,
with determination, made his way to
Miss Bishops side. She turned to
the piano, struck a few chords. and
then, her long hands wandering idly
and softly up and down the keys. she
smiled at them over her shoulder.
Song followed song. at first quickly,
then at longer intervals. The girl still
sat at the piano. her head thrown
back idly. her hands wandering softly
in and out Of melodies and modula
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22
rheumatism Cured In a Day.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma-
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one to three days. It's action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22

If you are suffering from bilious
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Co., Des Moines, Iowa, with your name
and address plainly on the back, and
hey will forward you free sample
of Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Sold by all drug lists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP


CHAPTER I.-Jacke Orde, lumber
man, has his drive of logs held up by
a dam built by an irascible mill owner.
CHAPTER 1I.-Orde declares war on
Reed, the mill owner.
CHAPTER III-A stranger named
Newtlark joins Ordes river crew.
CHAPTERS w, V. VI-The drive
goes down river having many adven-
lures, and Orde invadeS a gambling
house at Redding and outwits the
sharpSrs.
CHAPTERS VII. VIII. - Newmark
suggests to Orde that they found a log
driving company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22
(To be Continued.)
An Economical Vacation.

Round trip tickets at figures but
slightly in excess of one way fares to
a hundred or more resorts in Canada
and New England, also to New York
city and Jersey coast resorts will be
placed on sale on various dates after
June 1, 1909.
Full particulars of dates of sale,
limits. stopovers and descriptive lit
erature can be obtained by writing
w. S. Cookson, A. G. P. A, Grand
Trunk Railway system, 1875 Adams
street, Chicago, II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22

PFQRE next evening on reaching
home Orde found that New
mark had preceded him by some
few moments.
After supper Orde led the way up
two flights of narrow stairs to his
room.
WELL" said he, 1--WE made up my
mind today to go in with you 1t may
not work out, but it's a good chance.
1 don't know who you are nor how
much OF a business man you are, but
I'll risk it,
"Pm putting in $4,000" pointed out
Newmark.
And I'm putting in my everlasting
reputation" said Orde. IF we tell
these fellows that well get out their
logs for them and then don't do it I'll
be dead around here"
Newmark pursued the subject. give
no objection to telling you about my
self. New York born and bred; expe-
rience with Cooper & Dunno, brokers,
eight years. Money from a legacy.
Parents dead. No relatives to speak
to-"
Orde nodded gravely.
"Now," said Newmark, 'thave you
had time to do any figuring?'
WELL" replied Orde, 81 have a rough
idea" He produced a bundle of scrib-
bled papers from his coat pocket. 81
take DAILY as sample, because I've
been with his outfit. 1t costs him to
run and deliver his logs 100 miles about
81 a thousand feet He's the only big
manufacturer up mere. I suppose II
costs the other nine firms from two to
two and q half thousand"
Newmark jotted down figures.
do these men all Conduct separate
drives" he inquired.
"All but Proctor and old Heinzman
They pool in together"
now" went on Newmark. IF VIC
were to drive the whole river, how
could we improve on that?"
In the first place we wouldn't need
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22
Ble1r1ishes
On the Face

Don't go about with face full of
blotches or other skin eruptions.
Clear off these disfigurements in a
short time at little expense. These
unsightly blemishes come from inn
pure blood and disordered sys-
TEN but will all disappear after a
few doses of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-22

lions. Orde finally saw only the SHIN
mer of her white figure and the white
outline of her head and throat. At
last her hands fell in her lap. She sat
looking straight ahead of her.
Orde came to her.
That was a wonderfully beautiful
thing" said he. What was it?'
She turned to him. and he saw that
the mocking had gone from her eyes
and mouth, leaving them quite simple.
like a childS.
He hesitated and stammered awk-
wardly. 1T was so still and soothing
it made me think of the river some
times about dusk. What was it?"
ut wasn't anything. 1 was impro-
vising"
You made it up yoursefr
at was myself. 1 suppose. I love
to build myself a garden and wander
on until 1 lose myself in it. I'm glad
there was a river in the garden-a nice,
still. twilight river"
At this moment the outside door
opened TO admit Mr.. and Mrs. Hub
bard, who had, according to their usual
Sunday custom. been spending the
evening with a neighbor. The COM
pany began to break up.
Orde pushed his broad shoulders IN
to screen Carroll Bishop from the 9th
ers.
Are you staying here?" he asked.
I'm visiting Jane"
"Are you going to be here long"
was Orde's next question.
About a month"
az am coming to see you," announced
Orde. Good night"
He took her hand, dropped it and
followed the others into the hall, leav-
ing her standing by the lamp. She
watched him until the outer door had
closed behind him. Jane Hubbard, re-
turning after a moment from the hall,
found her at the piano again, her head
slightly one side, playing with painful
and accurate exactness a simple one
finger melody.
Reaching his home, Orde walked
confidently to the narrow stairs and
assembled them. SubconsciOusly he
avoided the creaking step. but outside
his mothers door he stopped, arrested
by a greeting from within.
THAT you. JACKIE" queried Grandma
Orde.
For answer Orde entered. He made
out the great square bed and OWNED
the tiny figure of his mother.
Mother" said he abruptly, I've
met the girl 1 want for my wife"
Grandma Orde sat up in bed.
"Who is she?' she demanded.
Her name is Carroll Bishop" said
Orde. land she's visiting Jane Hub
bard.''
Yes, but who is she?' insisted
Grandma Orde. Where is she from?'
Orde stared at her in the dim light.
why, mother blest # know thatp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
How Tariffs Are Made.

Chicago Tribune: 1t is the popula:
impression that a tariff is the slowly
worked out product of protracted con
gressional inquiry and matured thought
This impression is confirmed by long
and apparently earnest senatorial de-
bates over one or another schedule
The people who sat in the senate gal
leries few weeks ago and listened to
the elaborate discussion of the wool
and wooden schedules thought they saw
how tariffs are made.
That was great mistake. The SEN
ate in adopting the schedule it did
merely ratified one which had been
agreed on months before by outside
parties. Last October east and west
met in Chicago. The manufacturers of
WOODEN goods of one region and the
wool growers of the other came to-
gether to agree on the wool and wool
en- duties of the tariff law which they
assumed would be passed the follow
ing year. Their conclusion was that
the Dingley law rates should be re-
OlldNiCu. hot bCtu Sttiicb,
nothing was left but to notify con.
gress quietly after it should have been
elected and had convened.
The elaborate hearings before the
ways and means committee were a
farce The wool and wooden schedule
was then res judicata. The senatorial
debate was a sham fight As the pres
ident of the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers says, This en-
tire discussion is unnecessary and alb
surd." After the real tariff makers had
decided what the duties were TO be,
why spend time in talk?
If the allied eastern and western in.
terests had seen fit they could have
ordered congress to raise the duties,
and presumably it would have been So
1t may be that the public should be
thankful for their moderation. But what
legislative mockery it is when few
men get together in private, make out
tariff schedules to suit themselves,
and then direct congress to make it
law. Now we begin to understand how
tariffs are made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
The Ups and Downs of the Tariff.

Revision downward on raw products,
revision upward on manufactured pro
ducts.
1t is now practically certain that this
is what the revision of the tariff by
the republican party is to amount to
The principle is so unjust, in the opin-
ion of many, that it will go long way
toward spelling the death-knell for
high protection. In few words down
ward revision on raw products and up
ward revision on manufactured pro-
ducts means that every bit of the ben
eft of protection has been taken away
from the farmer and the little fellow
and the benefits to the tariff barons
have been CORRESPONDENCE increased.
The public has not yet fully awaken
ed to the meaning of the words of
President Taft in demanding free raw
materials, without saying a word about
a corresponding reduction of rates on
manufactured goods. When the sig
nificance of the latest development is
fully appreciated, President Tafts 18th
hour intercession. even though in good
faith, will be resented even by many
republicans who favor honest down
ward revision
The president is insistent for free
raw materials. Free raw materials
represent less than per cent of i'm
portations affected by tariff rates The
total imports of hides, lumber, coal and
iron ore aggregated in 1907 about $685.
100000 in value, but consisted chiefly
of hides, whereas the total imports of
dutiable articles in the same year ag-
gregated in value about $500, 900 ,000i
The big press associations misrepre-
sented the Importance of the presi-
dents statement, directing all atten-
ton to the presidents demand for free
raw materials, and saying nothing
about the comparative insignificance of
raw imports as compared with other
imports.
Angus McSween, who has been writ
ing the truth about the tariff revision
in the Philadelphia North American, a
republican organ, says: AT the pres
ent time the reports going from Wash
ington describing the situation are,
with few exceptions, colored to de-
ceiye and fool the public as to what
is actually going on
Editorially. under the caption, Too
Late" the North American says:
1T is known that the industries of
New England are demanding free
hides and free coal in addition to the
protection they already enjoy.
The country has watched the pres
ioent allow .Aldrich to work his will
m'snout sign of disapproval. 1t has
Pee, Seen MN rebuff every appeal to lend
MS influence toward making tho lou,
conform with the ideas he now an.
nounces aii'
i There will be reductions that vii,
leave the duties still prohibitory TN
objections to certain excessive woole,
,schuedules will remain. The thieyin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
The Argus Daily Short Story
Under the Surface-By Roy Richardson.
Copyrighted. 1909 by Associated Literary Press

Keep away ny myself untII 1 had done
something worth while"
Goodwin made himself very agree
able. and Mrs Edmonds liked him.
Her husband got deep in debate with
, Il business acquaintance. and the two
men presently drifted to the other side
of the room. 50 when the music began
IL the conservatory Goodwin took Mrs
Edmonds upstairs.
IFS awfully good Of you. you
know" he said TO her as they seated
themselves next Il dense mass of palms
in the ballroom, mot to insist on
cheerful and seem so contentcd. viii
is fortunate man. Mrs. Edmonds.''
How odd, ! was discontinued and
blue when | came here tonight" she
| said "all because | was-well l was
covetous
Tom laughed
we all get that way at times, I
fancy" he remarked. Look at those
! De ruystcrs standing over there. the
richest people here. You wouldn't be
| lievc it, but they are ridiculouSly jeal-
Gus OF the -Four Hundred. How the
| -Four Hundred fare we never know.
| but the Dc puysters ape them as far
| rs they can, while some of us are silly
enough to ape the De Puysters. l am
| glad you are not one of those"
Before Mrs. Edmonds could confess
| that indeed she was one of them there
| came 10 her ear from behind the palms
| 10y which they sat the sound of voices.
| They both recognized the tones or
I heir host aud hostess. II was an
! awkward position. but they could not
| have escaped being seen from over
| the palms.
| Constable was evidently remopstrat-
ing with his wife you can't mean to
| pretend he was saving. Ito be keep
ing pace with the De Puysters. One
would think you were to see us to-
night ! tell you. Anne, can't afford
it, and that's fat
"That's what you're always saying
cant afford this: can't pay for that" '
| led Mrs. Constable. with cousidera-
BILE heat. why don't you go into
bankruptcy and be done with it? You
never used to complain
I'VE would look well bankrupt
wouldn't WEI" her spouse cut in. 81
never used to complain. as you say
because WIS getting rich fast then
II is changed now, and I'm often
pinched for money TO the verge OF
desperation. I've told you so. Anne
While I've no objection to your en-
tertaining and having good time
there's limit to our means. you know
and where the devil the money for this
Is coming from don't see"
"You never told me-" cried Mrs. Con
stable. You merely said you were
worried. And I'll tell you right now
Ned Constable. I do intend keeping
pace with the De Puysters and fiatte
myself | have done So"
He stuck me on change for $500
last week." muttered Constable. "Yo'
may be able to keep up the pace: bu