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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-13
All looked at Smoke. He shrugged

All looked at Smoke He shrugged
his shoulders.
''In that case. gentlemen. I'll have
to hire u gang Of men to play at all
your tables. | can pay them $40 for
four hour shift and make money"
Then we'u shut down our tables"
Big Burke replied. "unless"--he hesi-
tated and ran his eye over his fellows
to see that they were with him-"un.
less you're willing to talk business.
What will you sell the system for?"
Thirty thousand dollars" Smoke an
swered. That's tax Of $4,000 apiece"
They debated and nodded. "And
you'll tell Us your system?"
Surely"
And you'll promise not to play rou-
lette in Dawson ever again.
NO, sir" Smoke said positively. "I'l
promise not to play this system again."
Great Scott" Moran exploded. You
haven't got other systems, have your
Hold onr' Shorty cried. Il want to
talk to my partner. Come over here.
Smoke, on the side"
Smoke followed into quiet corner
of the room. while hundreds of curious
eyes centered on him and Shorty.
Look here. Smoke Shorty whisper
ed hoarsely, "mebbe it amt dream.
In which case you're >sellin' out al
mighty cheap. You've sure got the
world by the slack Of Its pants. They's
millions in it. Shake it! Shake 1t
hard. II you sell out for thirty thou
san III never forgive you"
when l sell out for thirty thousand
you'll fall on my neck an wake up to
find out that you haven't been dream
ing at all. This Is no dream. Shorty
In about two minutes you'll see you
| have been wide awake all the time
Let me tell you that when sell out
| it's because I've got to sell out"
Back at the table Smoke Informed the
| game owners that his offer still held
They proffered him their paper to the
extent of three thousand each.
Il was about to intimate that I'd
take the money weighed out Smoke
said.
| The owner of the Elkhorn cashed
their paper, and Shorty took possession
VI the gold dust
Now l don't want to wake up," he
chortled as he hefted the various sacks
| 'Toted up. it's seventy thousan'
dream It'll be too blamed expensive
to open my eyes, roll out of the blan
ket an start breakfast"
! whats your system?" Big Burke
demanded. We've paid for it, and we
want it,
Smoke led the way to the table
Now. gentlemen. bear with me a mo.
ment This isn't an ordinary system
1t can scarcely be called legitimate.
but its one great virtue Is that II
works. I've got my suspicious. but I'm
not saying anything. You watch Mr.
Keeper, bts ready with the ball. Wait
| am going to pick n'2G Consider I've
bet on it Be ready. Mr.. Keeper
Nowr'
The ball whirled around
'You observe" Smoke went on. "thai
o. was directly opposite"
The ball finished in ''26.''
Big Burke swore deep in his chest
and all waited.
"For 90 to win II must be oppo
site. Try it yourself and see."
But the system?" Moran demanded
impatiently. I'VE know you can picl
winning numbers. and we know wha
those numbers are, but how do yor
do it?''
"By observed sequences. By acct
dent | CHANGED twice to notice tht
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Later, back in the cabin. Shorty ST.
lently overhauled and hefted the va
rious bulging gold sacks. He finally
piled them on the table. sat down on
the edge Of his bunk and began TAX
ing off his moccasins.
Seventy thousan'r' he calculated.
1T weighs $50 pounds. And all out
of a warped wheel an a quick eyel
Smoke, you eat 'em raw; you eat 'em
alive: you work under water; you've
given me the jimjams. but just the
same | know it's dream. It's only
in dreams that the good things comes
true. I'm mighty unanxious to wake
up. hope never wake up"
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HotU 7uuo Men
Cured LaGrippe

Last winter I suffered with a ter
-.pie pi cold and case of la grippe,
mites mites b. c. Rhodes of Middleton, Ga
hMhen getting well of Ia grippe / still
nau , hacking cough and for several
hohtns could get no relief. Finally
T, pegan taking Foley's Honey and
M dar and soon I was well OF both
.ng .snagn and cold and it never re-
=. G. Prevo, Bedford, Ind, writes:
il tAi.ef Yer having an attack of la grippe
.Ht .sit me with a severe cough and
a,a taiea everything. I lost in weight
ha got SO thin it looked as though
you'd never get well. I tried
Icy Honey and Tar Compound and
avg ss9 bottles cured me. / am now well
H naek to normal weight"
ley Honey and Tar Compound is
e, nealinS family remedy and seldom
whs WIS 70 relieve coughs, colds, Group,
thsaooping cough, raw and inflamed
ad adtoat. tight and sore chest, irritat-
co,,a.l 81 an.lekling throat and bronchial
Seid by ". /. GAYLE, Benton, La,
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Badly Missed.

Hugh had been left with his grand
parents when his mother was called
away by the illness of his father. A
few days after she went away the lit
tie fellow said, 81 wish was where
mother is His grandmother said,
why, just think; If you were there
you would be missing your school," to
which he replied: Yes. But don't you
know it is great deal worse to miss
your mother than your school:"-Ex.
change
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Smoke Became Absorbed In Calculation
You're somethin' like thirty-six hun
dred to the good. How near am IT.
''Thirty-six sixty" SmoEe replied.
Don't crowd your luck Shorty
pleaded S-witn Smoke tfe next night
i'll the cabin as he evidenced prepara-
tons to return to the Elkhorn. You
played mighty long string Of lunches.
but you played it out If you 60 back
you'll sure drop all your winnin's.'
But | tell you 1t isn't lunches.
Shorty It's statistics. It's system,
It can't Lose
System the devil They amt no
such a thing as system: You got to
show me-"
II did show you. Come on with me
now, and I'll show You again."
When they entered the Elkhorn all
eyes centered on Smoke, and those
about the table made way for him as
ne took up his old place at the keepers
end. His play was quite unlike that
OF the previous night. In the course
Of an hour and half he made only
four bets, but each bet was for $25.
and each bet won. He cashed in
$500. and Shorty carried the dust
home to the cabin.
"Now's the time to jump the game"
Shorty advised as he sat on the edge
Of his bunk and took of his moccasins.
You're seven thousan' ahead. A
mans a fool that'd crowd his luck
harder"
"Shorty. man would be a blithering
lunatic If he didn't keep on backing a
winning system like mine"
Smoke, you're sure bright boy.
You know more'n minute than I
could know in forty thousan' years.
But I've been around some an seen a
few. an | tell you straight an conf
Dental an all asslrin' a system to
beat bankin game amt possible"
But I'm showing you this one. It's
a pipe"
NO, you're not, Smoke. It's a pipe
dream. I'm asleep. Bimeby I'll wake
Up an build the fire an start break
| fast"
The third night of play as Smoke
| laid hts first bet the gamekeeper shov'
ed $l5 back to him.
Tens all you can play" he said
THE limits come down"
"Gettn' picayune," Shorty sneered.
NO one has to play at this table
| bo To fba kaopor rofcrf
ed. And I'm willing to say straight
out in meeting that we'd sooner your
pardncr didn't play at our table"
Scared of his system. eh?" Shorty
challenged as the keeper paid oveI
$3.50
| Night by night Smoke continued Il
win, His method of play varied. Elk
| pert after expert in the jam about ths
tG BILE scribb!ed down his bets and mum
| hers IN vain attempts to work out bis
system. They complained OF their in
| ability to get Il clew to start with ant
swore that it was pure luck, though
| the most colossal streak of ii they hat
ever seen.
1t was Smokes varied play that OBJ
| fnSratpd them. Sometimes. conSultln.
his notebook or engaging in long cal
ruations an hour elapsed without hi
stalking n chip, At other times h'
woni win three limit bets and cleal
up 4 thousand dollars and odd In f1v
pr ten minutes
At still other times his tactics woul'
be to scatter single chips prodigall
and amazingly over the table. Thl
would fantiHue for from ten TO thirt
minutes OF play, when abruptly, as tn
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-13
Often the Case.

Smiths your church supported by
voluntary contributions, Brother Biack7
Elder Black (of the coiored church,
No. sab. by involuntary contributions.
sab. It's jes' like pullin' teeth to get
money outer that congregation. yas,
sah!-Indianapolis Star.
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All Extra,

There's some mistake about this
bi1l." said the departing guest. "You
told me your rates were $5 u day"
$50 they are" said the genial hotel
proprietor. but that's just for having
your name on the register. Rooms and
board are extra .'-Pittsburg Press.
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Make Your Own Brick

pRICK as good as the lest can be made of
- San1, Cement and Water. They hecome
harder as they age. AdiIess this office for bot
tom price on Q plant for their manufacture.
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II. p NOR ron
dealer IN

Saddles, Harness, Bueeles
wagon and Buggy Umbrellas. Special attention
given to CUSTOM WORK and repairing Saddles
sae harness. Give US trial. Store and Work
Saop at No 293 Texas Street. SHREVEPORT.
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CHAPTER TX.
Shorty Dreams.

'TAUNNY you don't gamble none."
Shorty said to Smoke one
IN night in the Elkhorn. "Ain't
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-13
Hs know Their Weakness.

Continued in neat reek's Banner.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-13
CHAPTER X.
The Warp In Fortunes Wheel.

~ y the sixth night OF play at
n the Elkhorn the limit was re-
va duCeu to $5.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Careful st. 10. Mothers Treat
Children;s Colds Externall,

writes: my druggist sent me . trial
Jar OF Vap-O-Rub, which / soon had
occasion to try on my "croupy" baby.
Before putting her to sleep for the
night, / applied the salve over her
chest and throat with my fingers. The
results proved very satisfactory, and
now ! would not be without Il"
Mrs. M. A. Myers. 2s43 Sylvsnie
Ave., says-"When our three year old
boy had q severe cold, about . month
ago, I tried . jar Of vap-O-Rub.
rubbed It on his chest and let him
inhale 1t. and he was relieved almost
Immediately. and got better In . few
days. ] think your remedy II the best
thing for colds We have ever used"
vick's vap-O-Rub comes IN salve
form. and when applied to the heat Of
the body the ingredients are vaporised
by the body warmth. These vapors.
inhaled all night long. carry the medi-
cation with each breath, through the
air passages. to the lungs. vick's win
be found better than internal medicine
for all forms of cold troubles-from
head colds. catarrh and asthmatic
troubles-down to deep chest colds,
bronchitis, sore throat or incipient
pneumonia. Three sizes-25c, soc and
$1.00. ~
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
COTTON TRADE IS HAMPERED
Distressing War Conditions Keep Ex.
ports Running Smaller Than for
Some Time Past.

More than any other one thing. cot
ton wants q wider foreign outlet. This
is as true today as q year ago under
the distressing war conditions. In
fact, vessel room Is 30 scarce, and
ocean freights so high. that the for.
eign business this winter is greatly
hampered and exports running small
er than some time ago; total past five
months Just q little more than 1000.
900 bales. compared with 1870, 900
bales in the same period q year ear.
lier and 100000 bales two years ago
when Europe was buying normally.
Germany and Austria are still out of Il
as customers.
Widespread efforts will be made
through the South to again hold down
the acreage. Standard grade of cot.
ton sold around the opening of the
year q little above and below IL cents
a pound, or four cents better than
one year ago. Domestic spinning in
terests are in q healthy condition.
with consumption Of the staple very
large.-Farm and Home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Only a
Clerk
By H. M. ECBERT

Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman)
Il can't stand this any longer. Dick.
I'm going to leave you"
Edith Kane faced her husband OF
eighteen months defiantly. The set.
ling for the tragic outbreak was com
monplace; a city fat. In the tiny liv-
ing room the two clashed in that age.
long conflict.
Because l am poor" inquired Kane
quietly. He had long expected the cul-
mination; now that it had come he felt
cooler than he had thought would be
possible.
His wife looked with contempt upon
the little figure in the shabby clothes.
Because you are a clerk" she an
twered. Because you are content to
be clerk. You have clerks soul,
and II was born for something bet
ter than to be clerks wife"
You knew my occupation when you
married me-" said Kane.
Il did," she answered. And |
thought I'd make something of you.
But you're satisfied to work for Jer.
rold day after day, on thirty a week,
while he piles up his millions. Oh, I'm
tired Of 1t all"
She sank into chaiZ. put her face
In her hands, and burst into hysteri-
cal weeping. Kane stood for a mo-
ment watching her. Then he walked
to her and raised her head from her
hands, fiinging it back almost bru.
tally.
How dare you use violence to me-"
Never mind that. want to ask
you a question. Are you leaving me
for Jerrold?"
What If am? Have you any right
to ask, you who have made me slave
for you. slave for a clerk?"
Her breath came and went quickly
she rose to her feet and looked at him
with all the disdain she felt.
Il insist on knowing" answered
Kane.
You insist? Well-yes. For a bet
ter man. For your employer. Mr.. Jer
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
They Say Internal Dosing Harms Delicass
Little Stomachs -"Outsido"
Applications Better.

Careful mothers everywhere realize
that internal medicines are injurious
to the delicate stomachs Of the little
folks. Still Group and cold troubles
must have some form of treatment.
The answer to this problem IL the
Southern external treatment Vap-O-
Rub. This was introduced in st.
10, Mo-, for the first time last winter,
and number Of ladies were presented
with complimentary jars by their
druggists on condition that they give
Vap-O-Rub thorough test. Here are
the reports from several Of these L.
dies
Mrs. Sam House, 1906 Prospect Ave-,
writes-"My little daughter had Diph-
liberia last fall, and now every little
cold she takes settles In her throat.
We have thought twice she was going
to have Diphtheria again, but during
one Of her bad spells my druggist sent
me q jar Of vap-O-Rub. I used 1t for
four nights on her throat with such
good results that now I don't like to
be without It. have used It on my
self and my husband for bad colds
and have found 1t Just fine"
Mrs. John Paynter, 2432 8. 18th st.,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CH|LO'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children It's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing. give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take It; that It never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach. and that a teaspoonful
given today saves q sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
OF all ages and for grown.ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

Forget as many disagreeable things
as you can.
It is a wise man who knows his
own foolishness.
After fifty a fellows chief occupa-
ton is growing old.
Theory is all right, but results have
the most persuasion.
Grumbling about the weather nei-
Their helps you nor 1t.
The crop of oats sown by the young
man is seldom q failure.
The oil of the whip is poor plaster
for the cramp of laziness.
The proper way to treat children is
not to treat them too often.
Is there a farmers club in your
community? II not, why not?
Work becomes drudgery only when
we fail to put our hearts into 1t.
Go to your church TO attend serv-
ices, and away to attend to service.
The man who tries to improve on
Natures way of doing things has a
hard job.
No man or woman who really has
q passion for the soil can ever go very
far wrong.
To know how to talk is an easy mat
ter, but to know when to talk requires
discretion.
If farmers kept books, there would
be a great many better ones than
there are today.
: Some men can say more with a
handshake than other men can say
in an hours speech.
The man who doesn't plan his work
usually rattles around in his Job like
q June beetle in a tin can.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
BIG NEED FOR RURAL THRIFT
Failing Of southerners to Let Money
Slip Through Their Fingers With
out Saving Any.

We need a better system of rurcl
credits in the South-nobody believes
that more emphatically than The Pro-
gressive Farmer which has so often
pointed out the iniquity of usury and
time prices"-but let's also be hon.
est with ourselves and acknowledge
that there is great need for rural thrift
as well as rural credits. Here are two
big facts to emphasize:
/. We must get the saving habit. 1T
seems to be failing of Southerners"
as Doctor Knapp used to say, Ito let
money run through their fingers with
out letting any of it stick" And it's
80. We simply haven't got the good,
old-fashioned much-needed New Eng
land virtue of saving and of being
downright ashamed of ourselves II we
wind up the year without having saved
something-eveni If it's only a quarter.
The amount is not SO important as the
habit. In Massachusetts everybody
saves. They even have school savings
banks operated in connection with the
public schools and in connection with
the public schools and in three years
time 100000 deposits have been
made in this way. The child is taught
to save along with the multiplication
table and the Now Lay Me Down to
Sleep" and when he is old he doesn't
depart from it. Massachusetts, has
but 100000 people, including men.
women, children and infants in arms,
but 2,250,000 of them have deposits
In savings banks-nearly everybody
old enough to know a quarter from q
dime, 1t seems. There are five times
as many savings banks depositors in
that state as there are in all the
twelve states of Virginia. West vir.
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Kentucky. Tennessee. Arkansas and
Louisiana combined.
2. We must avoid buying ION time.
This has been the bane of the South
the Mother Of Poverty. Now and
then somebody says that we need
easier credit" We don't need any.
thing Of the kind. We need cheaper
credit, but In the matter of buying
it ought to be harder rather than cas-.
Ter to get. It's because it's so easy
to get+it's because our damnable
crop-lien laws have made It 80 easy
for a man to gamble on the future
hopes Of himself, his wife and little
ones-that we are as poor as we are.
Men who swear that per cent inter.
est is too high, go right ahead and
pay 40 to 80 per cent interest in the
form Of time prices" And the
pathos Of 1t, as one writer said years
ago, is that these slaves of the credit
system are all the time within 1ust
one year of freedom" They are Just
one year behind.
May we not then appeal to every
debt-slave in the South to make lust
one superhuman effort for a year to
get out? A man had better live on
cowpeas. mush, molasses and sweet
potatoes one season, get on the cash
basis once for all, and be a free man
ever after.
Let's make a fight for rural thrift
and rural credits both at the same
time!-The Progressive Farmer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water each morning
before breakfast.

Why is man and woman, half the
time, feeling nervous, respondent,
worried; some days headachy, dull and
unstrung; some days really incapaci.
tated by illness.
II we all would practice inside-bat
ing, what q gratifying change would
take place. Instead Of thousands of
haif-sick, anaemic-looking souls with
pasty, muddy compilations we should
see crowds Of happy, healthy, rosy
checked people everywhere. The rea-
son Is that the human system does not
rid itself each day of all the waste
which 1t accumulates under our pres
ent mode Of living. For every ounce
OF food and drink taken into the sys-
tenn nearly an ounce Of waste material
must be carried out, else 1t ferments
and forms ptomaine-like poisons which
are absorbed into the blood.
Just as necessary as it is to clean
the ashes from the furnace each day.
before the fire will burn bright and
not, 80 we must each morning clear
the inside organs of the previous days
accumulation Of indigestible waste and
body toxins. Men and women, wheth-
er sick or well, are advised to drink
each morning. before breakfast, q
glass Of real hot water with a tea
spoonful Of limestone phosphate In
1t, as a harmless means of washing
out of the stomach. liver, kidneys and
bowels the indigestible material.
waste, sour bile and toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal before put.
ting more food into the stomach.
Millions Of people who had their
turn at constipation, bilious attacks,
acid stomach, nervous days and sleep
less nights have become real cranks
about the morning inside-bath. A quar-.
ter pound Of limestone phosphate will
not cost much from your druggist or
at the store, but Is sufficient to DEM
onstrate to anyone, its cleansing,
sweetening and freshening effect upon
the system.-Adv.