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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

elS ERRY-Y-Y-Y. JImmy-y-y-y!"
There's Nurse calling us for
bed" and Jerry gave vicious
clutch at a clump of grass.
'Ugh!" said Jimmy. Don't let's
answer. She'll never find US here"
Every night she makes it earlier
grumbled Jerry. How can fellow
go to bed when the sun'sShining like
anything. We're not babies ike
Teddy and Tiny
"Jimmy-y-y-y! Jerry-y-y-y!
Jimmy rolled over with a smothered
giggle and Jerry clapped his hand
over his mouth as they watched Nurse
60 slowly down the path and cross
the road. shes gone over to
Charles to look for US. Now's our
time. I've got a great idea for a
spree" said Jerry, who was always
the leader in mischief. FOLLOW me
and crawl over the grass"
They made their way slowly. PACK
OF the barn, to a dividing fence
Are we going there?'' asked Jim
my. excitedly.
"Yup! You know how often we've
planned It. and now's our chance. I
found a big hole in the hedge the
other day, so come on"
They crawled through to the next
garden, a wilderness OF flowers and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

how your Mother and Nurse are hunt
ing for you and worrying about you"
THAT is SO said Jerry. slowly.
Please. think wen go home
Il think you're right. But any time
you'd like to come again. just go 10
the Ticket-Bush'. like you did today.
But now close your eyes and say:
"Ticket-leaf. take US back home, I
pray,
Wen visit the Butterflies some other
day
In a few minutes they were back in
the old karoen. on their way home
ia love 70 go there again" said
Jimmy. who had suddenly got very
brave.
so we will but now we must go
straight 10 Mother and tell her all
about it,"
Many times after this Jimmy and
Terry tried 20 And the "Ticket-Bush."
but were never able TO do SO.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

mon take care of the baby fishes,
too?"
NO, indeed. As soon as the eggs
are laid, the fish parents seem to
think that trey have done their duty
and away they swim down toward the
ocean. leaving the eggs to take care
Of themselves"
why, I should think something
would get the eggs!"
Very often something does. for
salmon eggs are a great dciicacy. But
some escape, and in about two
months, tiny, almost transparent baby
fish come out of the eggs"
What do the baby fish eat when
they are so HITLER"
They are too weak to hunt for
food, so Nature helps them out. She
makes them seek quiet spot where
they won't be disturbed. where they
live upon little sacks OF food that are
attached to the under part of their
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

for 1t, and If a fisherman happens
along with his rod on his shoulder.
Blggfty CHATS my husbands given
name). screams at him something
awful He will light on a snag over
the water, as near as he dares go. and
shaking his head until every feather in
his crest looks as if it is going to come
out, ne uses language to that man.
such as I hope you will never hear.
The man pays not the slightest atten-
ton to him. and goes on with his fish,
ing, and when he gets ready to go on
down the river, Biggity follows along
abusing and brow-beatinr him. untii
he is out of hearing. After the man
has gone, and things have ouieted
down, here comes Biggity fiying IN the
river. with the biggest tale Won ever
heard. about how brave he was. what
he told the man. and all that.
And he gets as mad as fury fr
don't drop everything and listen to his
Dragging, as If 1 wasn't right there
and saw it all. It is the same way If
another kinghsher, on his way down
the river, stops just long enough to
snatch a minnow, Biggity will fly right
at the stranger. and drive him off. Not
a very nice way to treat a visitor. 1
should say, but that is the way he al
ways does. And all the time he is at
it, he keeps up a rafting and a
squawking, that in comparison. would
make the din from a boiler factory,
sound like the notes of a hermit
thrush at eventide. But when il
| comes to scientific fishing. I must say.
L have never seen his equal. He will
sit on limb over the water, for the
| longest time without moving a feather.
and one that did not know him, would
| think he was asleep. When all of a
sudden he will fall off that limb. hit
the water with a splash, and disap-
pear, and in a few seconds, Up he
| comes with a fish in his bill About
the only time he is really of any help
to me, is when the nest has to be dug
| out, and then he will do just exactly
| half the work. but not one bit more.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
Jerry and Jimmy

weeds. In the distance they could see
the windows of the house, tightly
shattered and closed, for no one had
lived there since before they were
born, and it had always been a place
Of mystery and delight to them. They
followed the weed-grown path toward
the house. looking round them curl
ously.
BE CAREFUL" cried Jerry, suddenly
Jimmy started back nervously.
You nearly stepped on that cater
pillar" Looking down Jimmy saw
just at his feet, a long silvery, curly
caterpillar. He stepped over it care
fully, for both boys loved all living
creatures and would not willingly
harm one. I'm glad you're not cruel!
What did you say?" asked Jerry. II
didn't say anything" said Jimmy
staring.
IT did thought" said a voice, that
seemed to come from below.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

HR m HILE I don't have quite as
III al "a much blue in my dress as that
AA noisy husband of mine. people
W~ say I'm every bit as pretty. In
fact, from the way he took on when
he courted me, he must think I'm
prettier. For one thing, I keep my
long head feathers neater than he
does: but in most ways, we are very
much alike, particularly when we get
to discussing the best place for the
nest, then we both talk so loud and
fast, that neither one hears a word
the other says. But in the end,
generally have my way, and the nest
goes where I thought it ought. Speak
ing of the nest. we don't build in
trees, but in a bank, right near the
water, for there's where we get our
living. you know.
When we have decided on a place.
both of US work. turn about digging
out a round hole about ten or fifteen
inches deep, straight in the clay, and
when we think it is deep enough. we
dig down, and make the cutest little
round nursery you ever saw. We
don't take the trouble to make soft
cradle for the babies when they hatch,
for we don't believe in soft beds for
children. We think they are healthier
if they sleep on a hard, stickley one,
so we get all the old fishbones and fish
scales we can find, and make the mat
tress of that. And If the children find
it uncomfortable. they never say so.
as all their time is taken. up crying for
something to eat. 1 tell you we have
a time keeping their stomachs half
way full, as 1 don't believe a young
kingfisher ever got so full, but what
it could eat some more.
~ As soon as their eyes are open in
the morning, they start in begging for
breakfast, and then on until dinner
time, they are fussing about some
thing between meals. and from dinner
| to supper it is the same thing. Some
days when it is stormy. and fishing is
poor, we have to carry them nearly
| everything we catch, and the conse-
| quence is, we go to bed hungry. But
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

well! Pick a leaf off of that
bush!" showing them one with large
blue berries. That is our sThicket-
Bush Every leaf is a ticket for But
terfy-land. Pick one. say this verse
as you hold it, with your eyes closed:
Observation-Disclosures in my hand
Take US. please. 10 ButterdyIand."
Holding HANDS tightly. they obeyed.
Count ter and opea you eyes"
And they die indeed oper their eyes
i'm wonder-as the, saze6 around
them. On every sics wers the most
Beautiful flowers they had ever seen.
On which were swayine butterfly
sprites Of all sizes and coiors-
This is our parlor. as ych would
cali H." said their friend. "''where we
meet TO have GOOD time, ano II mere
is our dining room, leading the
way unto a long narrow space. down
the center Of which grew long TO"
of tall white lilies.
81 don't see anything to eat!" said
Jerry.
.honsekeeuers' gather the honey and
aower juices we love. We all take
turns to be 'housekeepers.' as they
are called. But here's our Punish
ment- Room
They were now in a very large
Mace ana all around them were But
terny-sprites. occupied in different
WAYS and all looking dreadfully tired
and unhappy. This seemed surpris-
ing. as they were not doing anything
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

body"
"A lunch basket, huh?" Jamie
laughed. GO on, mother"
We'll, when they have eaten all
their lunch they are strong enough to
find their own food, SO they start out.
The baby salmon is called a 'parr' or
pink at this age. and he has a most
terrible appetite. He does nothing
but eat, eat, all the time-he eats
water insects. worms, snails, almost
anything for about two years. when
he is about six inches long. Then all
of a sudden he begins to get his
clothes ready for long journey. He
is going down to the sea where the
grown-up salnons live, for he is moth
ing but a 'smelt' now. He has been
brown and yellow trimmed in purple
stripes and red spots, but his travel
ing clothes are of silver.
He swirns rapidly down the river
until he reaches the place where the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

falls"
What in the world did they do
then?" asked Jamie.
They gave a great leap up into the
air and landed up above the falls
his mother told him.
"Oh, mother. honestly" cried
Jamie, to whom such a feat sounded
very wonderful Did they jump right
out of the water?"
Yes, and after a short rest they
went on again. faster and faster, until
they reached the shallow waters where
the river began. There, in the fall.
lying on her side and Tapping her tail
to stir up the gravel. the mother sal
mon laid thousands of tiny eggs. while
the father guarded her and fought off
any other fish that came near"
Just the way human fathers take
care of human mothers!" cried Jamie.
Then do the mother and father SAL
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
Acan Of Salmon

7OODY!" cried Jamie one day as
n "a he saw his mother bring out a
~ can of salmon. Salmon cro-
~ quotes for lunchi Let me open
the can. mother?"
Gladly" answered hts mother.
only don't cut yourself on the edges.
There, that's right-now empty it out
in this pan and we'll pick out the
bones and skin before we make him
into croquettes."
Poor old fellowi" Jamie sympa-
thized, as he poured the contents of
the can out. 1T isn't as nice in that
old can as it was swimming around in
the water. is it?' He looked closer.
Where Is his head. mother?" he
cried "Sardines have heads and tails,
too. but this salmon doesn't look like
a fish at all"
1T is fsh. all right, Jamie, but not
a whole one. 1t would take a mighty
big can to hold a whole salmon"
Why. how big are they?' the little
boy wanted to know.
"Oh, the grown-up fish weigh any
way from ten to eighty pounds-they
average about fifteen pounds apiece, /
believe. so you see the cans we get
contain only a very small part OF the
salmon"
river?" Jamie asked. watching his
mother pick out the gray skin and put
It under the table for Tabby. the cat.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

we are willing to do almost anything
to have a little peace in the family
But never mind just wait about a year
from now when they have babies of
their own, then maybe they will ap-
preciate what we have done for them.
And even when they have left the
nest, and are nearly as big as we are
they follow US about, get in the way.
hold their bills wide open, and beg
to be- fed, instead of trying to catch
something for themseIves-but I Sud-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

Looking down. they saw beautifui
butterfly Just where the caterpillar
had been. You saved my life and l
certainly am grateful wonder II
yor would like &c see Butterhy-land!
or course. ! know you ran away from
Nurse. but 7 cont think you Will DO
that again. after you have been with
me. II ISN'T always as much fun as II
seems you knoy. win you Gomez
Jimmy shook his head, but Jerry
held his hand sight and said:
Yes, please Come along Jimmy
Esrss a spree!~
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
ose all parents have their troubles. so

pose all parents have their troubles, so
1 oughtn't to complain.
Aside from the children, that sky
blue husband, who was a bridegroom
not three months ago, is sometimes a
great trial He gets me so nervous,
that feel like plunging under the wa
ter and staying there for Sood-if 1
were right sure he would be sorry, I
believe I'd do it. It's like this: He
thinks the river for a mile up and
down from the nest, actually belongs
to him, as if he had bought and paid
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
|9RRy Gz1z1zEES,
REBUS

REBUS
country in Europe.
A bird.
A river in Texas.
boys name.
city in Pennsylvania.
The initials Of the above will form
the name Of useful animal.
FOUND IN GERANIUM
FrightfuI.
To damage.
Stingy.
= prayerfui comment.
a broad smile.
Disaster.
a jewel
A bitter herb.
Mud.
Edge.
a circle.
liza of a pernyweight.
ANSWERS.
REBUS
Hungary
Ostrich
RIO GrdHde
sam
Erie
HORSE
P0OED IN GERANTUM-Grips, Mar,
Mean Amen, Grin, Ruin, Gem, Rue.
Ai,e. RIn0 Grain.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
AUTUMN

Are polished brown by early frost.
Here and there with hurrying feet
Runs>the bright eyed squirrel so feet,
Adding to her little horde
Nuts against the winter stored.
And all the world is wrapt in haze
If autumn's golden restful days.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

& 1.-the woods with colors glow
- Mirrored in the stream below,
& RED and gold and orange there
As leaves go futt'ring through the air.
Moss that once cleaned bright and
green
Now has lost It's Iust'r sheen.
And the nuts the winds have tossed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

~ all the race of how'rs S ready O depart;
But, sinks the mold, each blossom bares its heart
And from that cradle children nud ro
Take flight hide till cold and dreary days decline
In whispers carried by the wind. the wthered blossoms sigh
Go seek your fortunes the world, dear children die
When spring blooms unfold that beauty
In wood and hed-go tell your
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

ARK the hair and faces FIVE clothespn with ink Leave the
the collars and necke Their suits made OF stiff black paper
like for the
of the shirt his Paste
Both
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

of the dresses straight strips of white tissue paper Consumes Is
the wreath in her hair loose knots tied IN
whit Her
tied with long
then
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-05
and his redemption through love
OF a little child.
At the Strand

With several notable contributions
to the screen already accredited to
him, Lionel Barrymore has without
a doubt made his finest peri )rmance
for the silent drama in The Devils
Garden" which opened at the Strand
theatre last night and held the
audience enthralled from the begin
ming of the first reel until the fina.
fdde-out. That Lionel is the most
versatile of he illustrious Barry
more-Drew family is demonstrated
by his acting in this remarkable
photonlay. which is based en- the
well known work of w. b. Maxwell.
His facial expressions in the portray
al of the part of William Dale, a
man of uncomfortable temper and
passion, who raises himself from
the humble state of a lowly gardener
to a power in the community, is a
revelation of unsurpassed histronic
talent. He is ably supported IN the
leading feminine ole by his wife,
DoGis Rankin, who has the part of
Mavis. an upper servant in the
household of Lord Barradine.
The work of II. Cooper Cliffe, as
the treacherous Barradine. and of
beautiful Mae MeAvoy, as Norah,
help TO make this n of the most
artistic and powerful motion pic
lures ever released.
The photoplay, which is an Asso-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-05
THEATRES
AT lie DifmlS

Ina Claire repeated on the screen
OF the Ditmas theatre last evening
the success she made in the David
Belasco stage production of Polly
With a Past" by George Middleton
and Guy Bolton.
From the title announcing the
name OF the production until the
final iris the audience felt and m
toyed thoroughly the spell of Miss
Claire's individual and piquant per-
sonality: and lived with the be-
witching heroine of the play her
highly delightful adventures.
All the gay brilliance of the stage
play has been caught by the Metro
camera, due to the intelligent adap-
talt!on by June Mathis, and the
: master hand of Maxwell Karger,
sifirector general. who staged and
personally the produce
iitoion of the piece. Arthur Marti-
! ellis photography and l.. j. YER
lilyeas settings were' m~eritorious
atures of the picture.
1t Bert Lytell. the popular young
Metro screen star, will be the at
traction at the Ditmas theatre, be-
ginning Thursday next, in THE
Price of Redemption" a picturiza-
ton of I. A. r. Wylie's famous
novel, THE Temple of Dawn" Mr..
Lytell's new vehicle said to surpass
all Of his previous pictures in that
it shows the wreck of a strong man
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-05
Coming to Majestic

That Lou Teiiegen. the eminent
young romantic star, knew when he
helped Willard Mack write Blind
YOUTH" the comedy drama which he
viii present at the Majestic theatre
next Tuesday night, April ~, had a
theme which would appeal to all
classes of theatre-goers. and the Gre
alton of its central character would
add new laurels to his already well
filled crown. is amply exempliied
by the enormous audiences he has
played to ever since the premier of
the play in New York where 1t ran
most of a season, and later enjoyed
like runs in Boston and Chicago.
Mr.. Tellegen is bringing the play
to this city with o1e of the most ai-
mirable casts ever seen with a trav-
cling organization. It's roster Ia.
cludes Helen Grayce, Juliette Crosby.
Mercelle Baguer. Kathryn Howard.
Mark Smith, George Deneubourg.
Schuyler White and Russell Clark.
The many admirers Mr.. Tellegen
has made since his first visit to these
shores. as leading man with Nine.
Sarah Berhhardt, several years ago,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-05
Buried Treasure" Hit at Crescen

Buried Treasure" Hit at Crescent
You will be transported to the
picturesque days of pirate ships, of
mutinies and gay romance in Marion
Davies latest Paramount picture.
Buried Treasure" which is feat
ured at the Crescent theatre this
week. More than ~s250,000 was spent
for the lavish Joseph Urban sets,
the hiring of thousands of extras
and the stars jewels and costumes.
Adapted from the engrossing story
of the same name by +. Britten Aus
ten, the English author, which
caused nationwide comment when
it was published in Hearst's Maya
zine, the screen adaptation is replete
with romance and spirited action.
The heroine, the daughter of a
Wall street capitalist, goes into a
trance from which there develops a
story of old Spain, of pirate ships,
mutinies and battle, the characters
in her own life being but r%eincarna-
tions of those Of long ago. The girl
guides her sweetheart to an island
where he locates buried treasure and
they are married. Norman Kerry
plays the hero splendidly and An
ders Randolf is the cruel father TO
perfection.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-05

ciated First National release, was
produced by Whitman Bennett and
directed by Kenneth Webb, two ris-
ing geniuses of the silent drama.
to whom the public may confidently
look for great future achievements
If their latest accomplishment is to
be taken as a criterion,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-05

will no doubt appreciate this an
nouncement of his coming.
The sale of seats will open at the
Box Office tomorrow.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK.

BALTIMORE. September 27.-With
heavy receipts the steer market at
the stock yards yesterday declined
SO cents. while on Saturday it drop
ped from rs to 35 cents. Heifers
were IS cents lower. while bulls and
cows dropped so cents. The market
for sheep and lambs. hogs and calves
was also lower and inactive.
Receipts and quotations are:
Cattle-Receipts for week ending
at noon yesterday were 5.O91 head.
against 1919 head the previous week.
yesterday. Steers, choice, 7.50aS.00;
good butcher. 6.25a7.25; medium. 5.25a
500; common, 4.00a5.0O. Heifers.
choice, 6.0Oa6.50; fair to good. 5.00a
5.75; common to medium, 4.00a4.75.
Bulls. choice. 4.50a6.00: fair to good.
3.75a425; common to medium, 3.00a
400 Cows, choice, 4.50a5.00; fair to
good. s.50a425; common to medium,
1.50a3.00.
Sheep and 1ambs-Receipts for
week ending at noon yesterday were
$500 head, against 10.515 head the
previous week: light supply, market
slow and lower. Sheep, 1.50a4.50;
lambs, 4.50a9.25..
Hogs-Receipts for week ending at
noon yesterday were 1917 head,
against 1889 head the previous
week: fair supply. market n ri! lower. lower.
sEh'' 5s5 Pigs. ssii sss eshsz light pss s
roughs, 5.00a7.00.
Eaives-Receipts for week ending
at noon yesterday were 1850 head.
against s,seS head the previous week;
liberal supply, market dull and lower.
Calves, 4.50a12.50.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, September 27.-The
October notices issued here today ex-
ceeded expectations. amounting to
fully $4,000 bales. Between the ap-
pearance of these notices and rather
disappointing late cables from Liver
pool, the market opened Ssto 20 points
net lower. but after selling at 1915
on the call, October soon developed
sufficient strength to indicate compe-
tition for the local stock. and this
naturally promoted buying OF later
months.
Futures opened steady. october,
1850: December, 1890; January, 1897
March, 1890: May. 1852.
LIVERPOOL, September 27.-Cot-
ton-Spot in good demand: prices
easy. Good middling. 1879: fully
middling, 1909; middling. 1859: low
middling, 13.49; good ordinary. 12.44;
ordinary, 1l.6s. Sales. $4,000 bales
including 10000 American. Receipts
1000 bales. including 200 American
Futures closed steady. September
1881; October, 1923; December, 400;
January, 1880: March. 13.42: May
1905: July 1916.
NEW ORLEANS, September 81
While the market for cotton today
was affected unfavorably at first by
reports Of large October tenders In
New York. some estimated being as
high as 10000 bales. q quick recovery
set in which had the months under
least pressure at net advances.
Futures opened steady: October
1910 December, 1855: January, 1884
March, 1910; May, 1915.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
EUROPEAN TRADE GROWS.

Americas trade with Europe re-
compared with July, but commerce
between the United States and South
America as taken in the aggregate
remained almost stationary, accord
ing to figures issued today by the De-
partment of Commerce.
Exports to Europe last month to-
valuation of $180,00O, 900 in July,
while imports were $59,0oO,000 as
contrasted with $57, 900. 900 in July.
Exports to South America amounted
to $14.ooo,0o0 in August, as compared
to $1s,0oo,ooo in July. but comparison
with August, 1920. shows a decline
of moro than two-thirds Imports
from South America were $4,000, 900
last month, against $20.000,O00 in
July.