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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-27
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the length OF the cabin, nothing that Tommy
Atkins could say being OF any avail to turn
Jimmy from his purpose, the two friends
agreed that they would both sit in and play if
either one was asked 10 do 50, 50 that it would
not be quite so lonely for Jimmy when be took
the fatal plunge The more Tommy Atkins
looked at the men who made up that game,
the less he liked the idea Of il, and the more
insstent he became that there would be
trouble
They had not long to wait for an invitation
10 play their interest in the game being very
apparent Tommy Atkins, although usually
a very fair poker player, handled his cards
with fear and trembling, and soon lost as
much as he could afford in a dollar ante game
with apparently no limit, So he fell out and
eontented himself with watching the tide Of
fortune surge around Jimmy
Instead Of sharing the shoe-drummer's bad
luck, or want Of nerve, once immy Burke got
over the peculiar initial sensation Of being
hurried along by the rapidiN OF the play, he
seemed to settle down to business with as
much self possession as if he were in his usual
place in the back room Of the little hotel in
Helena among his friends, playing dve-cent
limit
Jimmy was pretty sharp and had good eyes
for what went on around him He met the
bloodless gaze Of the other players with look
that showed he was not afraid OF them or their
cards, and at the same time he did not fail to
catch the rapid exchange OF glances that
passed between the men at the table; the
momentary hesitation in the dealing OF a
card, or the slow stacking Of the chips after
Jimmy had made bet
Having had no previous warning that the
game was SO steep as a dollar ante and no
limit, Jimmy felt that his small capital would
soon disappear if he had any bad luck, but he
did not fall into the usual error Of the non
professional and try to play close He stood
right up to the cards they dealt him, and
PLAYED them for all they were worth, so that
no one at the table could tell whether he held
a bobtai or full
No matter how soon they might clean him
cut, he could still say that he had sat in the
fatal game and PLAYED until he was broke.
Tommy Atkins was there as witne to that
But what he had longcd and hoped ior was
that he might be able to do what no other man
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-27

asked him about it and he just laughed it off,
and wanted to know what she had heard
about the game OF course she FASTENED TO
retail all the terrible things she had been told
Of that had happened to men who had ven
tured TO sit in that game during the past
twenty years; but so far from being appalled,
by the recital, he seemed 10 drink it all in, Just
as boy will drink in the most minute particu-
lars Of the habits Of wild animals that he
hopes TO 90 hunting for some day
They say those fellows viii be down on
the Natchcz Saturday" he remarked, when
she paused ior moment haying apparently
reached the end OF her stock of terrors.
How do YOU knowf" she demanded
quickly
Why Tommy Atkins, the shoe drummer,
is coming down on her, answered Iimmy
carelessly He tcegraphed from st. Louis
to the store TO save him some orders and he
added three words to fill out the ten cattle
men aboard The boss knew what that
meant
We'll. YOU take my advice, Jimmy, and
don't YOU 60 near that boat when she lands
here, admoniShed Nellie with peculiar ear
ncstness They would throw YOU overheard
before the boat got as far as Iriar's Point, or
else they would take all your money away
from YOU
Jimmy could not help smiling at the ser-
BUSINESS Of the warning, but he turned his head
away to hide the laugh
The following Sunday afternoon, Jimmy S
class at the Sunday school had a substitute
teacher Nellie Daintry could hardly wait
until school was over to ask why Jimmy was
not there
Jimmy took the train up TO Cairo to meet
the Natchez, was the prompt explanation OF
the substitute teacher Hes coming down
the river with Tommy Atkins
The simple fact was that the temptation
had been too strong for Jimmy. The boys
had so often wound up their talks to him and
about him with the remark, well, he
darcsn't tackle the cattle mems game, any
how" that it ranked in Jimmy's soul Here
was his friend Tommy Atkins on the boat TO
be witness if Jimmy should take the oft-re-
peated dare and venture into that dreaded
game, and the opportunity seemed too good
to be lost
Ii did not take him long to explain to his
friend the reason for his sudden appearance
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-27

had been better able TO observe as a spectator
than as player, and both agreed that the
hands on which Jimmy had won the most
money had been set up for him TO lose, moth
ing having saved him but phenomenal luck
in the outcome Of his freak draws.
One thing was certain, Jimmy had their
money in his pocket, more than eight hundred
dollars OF it, and the only thing left to be done
was to get of the boat with it Atkins said
the colored walters had told him Jimmy
couldn't never get away wid dat money, no
how, and he Judged that the cattle mems
plan was simply to keep a mans money if
they won it; but il a man won theirs, they
would take it away from him by some means
or other Ii was this part OF their program
that had given the cattle men such an evil
reputation.
Fearing some such conclusion to the pres
ent adventure, Atkins pleaded with Jimmy
not 10 60 on to Helena, but to leave the boat
when Atkins lett it. Jimmy had done all he
came to do He had played the game He
had won their money All he had to do now
was towak ashore withhs winnings, and take
another boat down to Helena To all this
Jimmy agreed.
But the cattle men had other plans
Knowing that Iimmy's friend was 10 leave
the boat at the first landing they would make
after supper, they said nothing about resum-
ing the game but talked about seeing the two
off, and wishing them good luck, and so forth
Keeping up this friendly talk and passing
round the cigars, they suggested that the
whole party should take look at the boats
cargo, which was on the lower deck, OF course
Once down there in the darkness, with no
one but few colored roustabouts lolling
round the stove near the stern, the cattle men
quickly threw of the mask OF friendship,
Chippy Heinz drawing knife and barring
the way back to the upper deck.
You may as we'll cough up that stuff you
won from us, young feler, began the spokes-
man Of the party We was all Of us watching
your little tricks, but we didn't say nothing
afore strangers in the cabin You're dirty
card-sharper and you've been stacking the
oycr tbat wad of onT GOOD money and We
Won't cav nothing abon t.
In spite OF Jmmy's indignant protests,
they supported one another in their assertions
that they had seen him cheating
." If YOU don hand over that money pretty
quick, said Fatty, coming close up to Jimmy,
wen take IL ifom yo0' ana some Oh your
hide Wl'n It,
The man with the knife, pushing Atkins
back, stepped close up TO limmy's side, and
hraudishcd the bladem his face asking him il
the light was good enough Tor him 10 sec what
that was.
Looks 10 me like It Nas made in Ger
MANY was all the response he gC, We
ssll that kind at the store
Atkins was thoroughly frightened ard
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" ! won your money ialr and square, was
Jimmy's only reply. You know that, and
what more you'll find out that I'm going to
keep it, tied to an engine Or standing here
until get 10 Helena
Without waiting for the five minutes to ex-
pirc they rushed him over to the walking
beam, and as soon as the boat stopped at the
next landing, they made him fast When the
engine started up again Jimmy found he had
TO trot fifteen feet forwards and then 60 as far
backwards, just keeping his feet on piece OF
wood about a foot wide
Before the engine bad made dozen reyolu-
tons, Jimmy was jerked off his ieet and was
forced 10 90 upon all iours. Then he began
to realize, Tor the first time, that these cattle
men meant business, and that their tax was
not all bluff
One Of them informed him with a grin, that
he would have to stand that ior eight minutes
now, as the boat did not make landing until
then Each time the walking beam pulled
him up short al the end nearest The wheel,
where they were standing, they would tell him
he had better give up All he did was to
set his teeth hard and try to smile although
the pain Of bis position was excruciatng
The moment the engine stopped, they
crowded round him, and asked him ii he had
had enough Of it and was willing to give up
that eight hundred The only response they
received was a request TO 90 TO certain place
which is not mentioned in polite society," al
though II may be in Sunday Jimmy
was getting mad now Had he been loose,
there would have been fight
Just as the bell rang for Helena the mate
happened along, and some Of the roustabouts
informed him that something was going on
behind the cotton bales near the wheel.
What's the meaning Of this2" he de-
manded, holding up lantern.
We caught this fellow cheating at cards,
mate, and we're just giving him little taste
Of the Mississippi to make him give us our
money back, - volunteered one
Liar" said Jimmy, as the beam jerkct
him back, his face toward the roof
You'll have to stop this, said the mat
s'cfn'y' ana 1alIns 10 some ol 'ne fouS'aoouu
nc oIaeieu 'n'n' 10 cut Jir1'ly looSe at ono
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-27

d how are you and
Jimmy Burke getting
along, Nellie
The question wascarc-
lessIy asked by an old
man who was calling on
Nellie Daintry's parents
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
POPULAR FOR HOUSE WEAR

CharmeuSe, somewhat ouSted from
q new lease of life for house frOckS.
and deServedly, for it is decorative in
an extremely quiet way, and so very
well in accord with prevailing feeling
on the subject, while being light and
thin enough to prove ideally cOmfor-
table under a fur or other heavy coat.
And charmeuSe in deep ravens
wing blue was the material used for a
charming frock of this persuasion
seen the other day, with just that tint
of greeniSh-black on the dull surface
of the silk which no material save
rharmeuse could give without any sug-
geStiOn of the shot effect, which was
quite absent. 1t was more, indeed,
like a bloom on the surface than a
tangible color. Here that aluminium
embroidery already mentioned, very
dull and very heavy, entered promi-
nently into the scheme of things. The
panel-like side pieces, carried up to
the armpitS. were q smart feature of
the frOck. And very becoming they
were, lending an appearance of height
to the figure, which is welcome enough
in these often "tubby' days. More
Of the embroidery surrounded the
slightly rounded neck left hard and
unbrOken, and again bordered the
wide sleeves, of bell-like proportions.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

time of year for many birds, and a
plentiful supply of wild fruit will tide
them over. Fortunately, everywhere
in the United States there are some
fruits that persist until there is no
longer any need of them. If enough
are planted, no birds able to live on
this class of food should Starve. The
best of these long-persisting fruits are
juniper, bayberry, thorn apples and
related fruits, holly and snowberry.
Information on fruits useful for this
purpose in any section OF the United
States may be obtained from the Unit
ed States bureau of biological survey.
Birds devour cultivated fruit prin-
cipally because the processes of Guilt
walton diminish the wild supply. The
presence Of wild fruit in a locality al
ways serves to protect domestic va
rieties, especially when the wild trees
or shrubs are of the same kind IS the
cultivated ones and ripen earlier.
Among those most useful for the pur-
pose are mulberry, wild blackberries
and Strawberries, serviceberry, wild
cherry and elderberry.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

| United States bureau of biological sur
vey. Where the coast is rocky and the
soil of ordinary character, conditions
are little different from those inland,
and except in relation to exposure
there need be no especial preference
given in the choice of plants. 1t is
worth mentioning, however, that sew
eral trees and shrubs are better to
withstand the winds so prevalent on
the coast. These include three species
of juniper, common barberry, English
thorn, hybrid crabapple, European and
American mountain ashes, smooth and
Staghorn sumacs, privets, buckthorn
and red-berried elder. Where the soil
is chiefly sand, and that often shifting,
conditions are not suited to many
plants. Selection may be made, how
ever, from the following, all of which
are known to thrive in such surround
ings:
For seed eaters.-Beach grasses,
Japanese Smartweed, and SunfiOwer.
For fruit eaters. = Bayberry, sea
buckthorn, sand cherry, beach plum,
cranberries and bearberry.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Earth as Medicine.

Modern medicine borrows the great
er part of it's remedial agents from
the plant and mineral worlds. Sew
eral varieties of earth served as rem
edies in remote antiquity, as we are
Informed by Pliny, Strabo and other
Greek and Roman writer's. Clay con-
tanning iron, in particular, was used.
Italy and Greece and their islands.
such as Lemnos, SamoS and Chios,
furnished the greater part of the
medical earths. Dioscorides, as we
learn from Professor Rabitsch, who
writes on this subject in the Deutsche
Rundschau fur Geographic (Vienna
and Leipzig, used the burned clay of
Eretria (Euboea). So did Hippocrates
and Galen, the most famous physi-
clans of antiquity.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
RUSH THE SEASONS
Women Are Turning the Calendar
Upside Down.
Straw Hats in the First Month of the
Year One of the idiosyncrasies
That No Preaching
Will Touch.

Much of the preaching that is
hurled against women today in the
matter of choosing clothes is their
rerverse habit of turning the calen-
! dar upside down. This was consid-
| cred rather abusing when it began
about a dozen years ago. Straw hats
| in February were rarely worn at that
| time, but the individuals asked for
then: and the milliners needed the
| request. After a few experiments,
| what had been a caprice, a fantastic
| conception of clothes, turned into a
! practice aided and furthered by com
merce for its own dark reasons.
Ii one is going south from any
| point of the compass on this planet,
whether it means Italy, Egypt, Pana-
ma or Florida, there is every reason
| to want straw hat in January. and
| it is to beguile the people who are
running away from the snow into
| spending their pennies on new hats
| that the windows blossom out with
straw hats on the day after the new
| calendars are hung on the wall
| when the women who remained in the
snow took it into their heads to adopt
the head covering of June, and the
milIiners, seeing in this caprice
| chance to make hundreds of dollars in
a dull month, imported from Paris
every manner of hot-weather hat, then
the whole world suddenly took it into
its head that this was the right thing
to do.
Actually, there is no sense what
ever in rushing the season like this,
by the time May arrives, with its sun
shine in climates that are given over
to cold winters, there is nothing left
that is new or enticing in the way of
hats, and one has the consciousness Of
| exploiting straw and roses during the
days when every change in the skies
meant weather that made such a hat
ridiculous.
But-preachingS are of no avail. Ii
women want straw hats in the first
month of the new year, they're going
to have them, and if they feel that
they would rather wear summer hats
for nine months in the year, though
they are the most periShable form of
headgear, nothing will stop them from
doing it, Theirs is the will and theirs
Is the purse, and they find hundreds
Of merchants who will encourage them
in this caprice to the extent of bank
ruptcy.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Scarfs of Cretonne

Scarfs of cretonne are very neat and
especially attractive for a girls room.
The pincushion and nap pillow should
be covered to match.
A scarf made to fit the top Of the
dresser should be scalloped all around,
but one that hangs at the sides need
nave only the ends scalloped, the sides
being hemmed. Rather heavy enbroid-
cry floss should be used for working
the scallops. The heavy floss not only
facilitates the work. but is more in
harmony with the material than a fine
cotton would be.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Gather Trimminus AGAIN.

For a few weeks there has been very
little seen of leather trimming. and al
most none but motoring coats have
heen leather trimmed until just now
glossy kid pipingS are being used on
two-toned checked sports suits. coat
of green and gold velour has all its
edges bound with green patent leather
hut the collar is not leather. nor do
fiat pieces appear anywhere which just
saves the coat from the cast iron ap-
pearance leather trimmings are SO apt
to impart.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
sIRDHoUsE CONSTRUCTION.

Wood is q better building material
for birdhouses than metal or earthen-
ware. Entrance holes should be shell
tered by projecting roofs to exclude
rain. All houses should be easy to
open for cleaning. A perch at the en-
trance is unnecessary, and may even
be an objection, as it is frequently
used by English sparrows while they
twitter exasperatingly to frighten off
more desirable occupants. To provide
for proper ventilation, row Of small
holes is sometimes bored just beneath
the caves but there should never be a
ventilating hole lower than the en-
trance, and joints should be made tight,
as drafts of air are dangerous. In case
there is danger that rain may be
driven in through the door, small
drainage hole, which will be covered
by the nest, may be made in the
middle Of the floor.
The appearance and durability of
houses are improved by a coat of
paint. A neutral shade of green or
gray is suitable for houses mounted in
trees, while those on poles, being con-
spicuously placed, lend themselves
tremendously to the landscape when
painted white. Heads Of nails and
screws should be set rather deeply
and covered with putty.
In building birdhouses it should be
with the object of attracting particu-
lar species of birds, as the require
ments of the different species vary.
The following forms of birdhouses are
suggested by the United States bureau
of biological survey:
The house shown in Figures 1 to
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
"CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a.
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Baos of the Finest.

Metal handbags or purses for women
have reached the maximum degree OF
beauty and elegance. They are OF gold,
the mesh of the finest. They are mar
row in shape, longer than they are
wide. and from the center of the clasp
is the handle, taking the place Of the
old-time chains at the ends. It is finely
woven, a flexible half-inch gold band.
Topped to slip on the wrist or TO carry
in the hand These beautiful little
bags are set with diamonds, but deli
cately, with no aggressive effect.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

Brown shantung always looks nice
for little girls dresses. The model we
show here is made in it.
The full skirt is joined to bodice I'M
der q straight band which is lightly
embroidered in front with green and
blue silk. The square yoke, cuffs and
top of pocket are embroidered TO
match; buttons further trim yoke and
band fastening is at back.
Material required: Three and one
half yards 81 inches wide.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Presence of Mind.

In his "reminiscences of oxford Rev.
l. w. Tuckell tells US that in his under
graduate days the dean of Christ
Church college was familiarly known
as Presence of Mind Smith" Mr..
Tuckell also supplies the traditional
explanation of the nickname. When a
student at the university, Smith had
gone out boating with friend. He re-
turned without the friend.
Where's Jones?" he was asked.
oh, well, we had an accident. The
boat leaked and when we We're bailing
it out Jones fell into the river. He
caught hold of the boat and pulled it
down to the waters edge. Neither of
US could swim and if / had not. with
great presence of mind, hit him on the
head with the boathook both would
have been drowned"