Cashion Advance. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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CASHION ADVANCE
D G. Woodwrth Pub.
CASHION,
OKLAHOMA
The Superstition of Seamen
Seamen arc superstitions, but their
nitUin that certain vessels are unlucky
sec.iiB otten to be borne out by facts,
nays Leslie's Weekly. The steamer
Saratoga, which wa - mink on the Hud
*011 river several weeks ago by col-
lision with the Adirondack, had long
been accounted unlucky by Hudson
river captains. Her misfortunes bo-
tun by her success in getting aground
mysterlonly and often when she was
new, though she had one of the most
skillful and careful of commanders:
and it was her way to get stuck I11 the
mud for a good long stay. An unlucky
6hip which had a very eventful history
was the Cromartyshire, which was re-
cently wrecked off the coast of Chile.
She was built In Scotland In 1879, and
her quarter century of life was full of
tragedy. On July 4, 1898, she sank the
French liner l.a Hourgogne in a col-
lision, 6C2 lives being lost. A few
years ago she caught fire, narrowly es-
caping total destruction, and her cap-
tain lost his life in attempting to
Jump into one of the lifeboats. Some-
times a naval ve el Is believed by Its
crew to be "hoodoed." A bad state of
mind for fighting men lu case of a
brush with a hostile ship.
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With Drawing b/ Harrison F.suor.
Most o: us, if asked how many
points a star should have, would say
five, and cite the flag as proof; but
the director of the mint has lately cor-
rected this misapprehension in an-
swering an Inquiry on the subject. 116
calls attention to the fact that the
stars on the great seal of the United
States and on the seal of the president
are five-pointed, but that the stars are
six-pointed '111 the seal of the house of
representatives; and further to the
t>ix-pointed stars 011 the obverse of the
half and quarter-dollar coins and the
live-pointed stars on tlie reverse. The
reverse of these coins is a copy of the
great seal \ itli the clouds and stats
omitted. So far as known, says
Youth's Companion the six-pointed
star comes from '.opylng the colonial
coins made after the manner of Eng-
lish heraldry, which sanctions that
star. The stars on the Ha'- aro copied
from the Washim'ton co.-it of arms.
CHAPTER 1.
It all depends upon the manner of
your entrance to the Castle of Adven-
ture. One does not have to scale its
beetling 1 arapets or assault Its scarps
and frowning bastions; neither Is one
obliged to force with clamor and blar-
ing trumpets and glittering gorgets
the drawbridge and portcullis. Rather
the pathway lies through one of those
many little doors, obscure, yet easily
accessible, latchless and boltless, to
which the average person gives no
particular attention, and yet which In-
variably lead to the very heart of this
Castle Delectable. The whimsical
chatelaine of this enchanted keep Is
a shy goddess Circumspection has no
part in her affairs, nor caution, nor
practicality; nor does her eye linger
upon the dullard and the blunderer.
Imagination solves the secret riddle,
and wit is 1 lie guide that leads the
seeker through the winding, bewilder-
ing labyrinths.
And there is something In being
idle, too!
If I had not gone Idly into Mou-
quin's cellar for dinner that night, 1
should have missed the most engaging
adventure that ever fell to my lot. It
Is second nature for me to be guided
by impulse rather than by reason;
reason is always so square-toed and
impulse is always so alluring. You
will find that nearly all the great
captains were and are creatures of
impulse; nothing brilliant is ever
achieved b> calculation. All this is
not to say that 1 am a great captain;
It Is offered only to inform you that
I am often impulsive.
A Times, four days old; and if I
hadn't fallen upon It to pass the
twenty-odd mini's between my order
ami the service of it, I shouldn't have
made the acquaintance of the police
in that pretty little suburb over in
New Jersej . nor should 1 have met
the enchanting Hlue Domino; nor
would fate have written Kismet. The
clairvoyant never has any l'un in this
cycle; he has 110 surprises.
I had been away from New York
for several weeks, and had ■"■■turned
only that afternoon. Thus, the spirit
of unrest acquired by travel was still
upon nie. It was marly holiday week,
and tin ■ con; nial friends I might
have called upon, to while away the
evening, were either busily occupied
with shopping or were out of town;
and I determined not to go to the club
and be bored by some indift'e ent bil
llard player. I would dine quietly,
listen to some 11.lit music, and then
go to the theater 1 was searching i
the theatrical amusements when the
society column indifferently uttacUcd
my eye. 1 do not know why it is, !>:■.
I have a whol< some com 1. 11 for the
so-called society column; of the dall
newspaper in New York Mayhap. r
is because 1 do not belong
I read this paragraph with a shrug,
and that one with a smirk. 1 was in |
no manner surpr. - t at the announce,
meat that Mis High-Culture was go
Ing to wed the Duke of Impecune, 1
had always been certain this girl
would do some uel: fool thin,: Tha1
Mrs. Hyphen lloads wa giving a tare
well dinner- at the Waldorf, prior to
her departure to Kuropo. I111 <■ 1 ■ >ted
my curiosity not in the li 1st decree
the Washington City Hall of Fame as | it would be ail Hie same to me if she
signed tn Indiana litis resulted from never came bftok NOM Ol the wish, j
the interest aroused bjT diversified washy tittle-tattle Interested Ine, In
opinions as to the proper statue to fact, 'lliere w.. . onlj one little six
maud bv the side of Gov. Oliver r ' ne paragraph that really caught me.
a shooting-box, and excellent golf
links In the winter it was cozy; in
the summer it was ideal.
I was intimately acquainted with the
club's M. F. II., Teddy Hamilton. We
had done the Paris-Rerlln run in my
racing car the summer before. If I
hadn't known him so well, I might
still have been In durance vile, next
door to jail, or securely inside. I had
frequently dined with liim at the club
luring the summer, and he had offered
to put me up; but as I knew no one
Intimately but himself, I explained the
futility of such action. Besides, my
horse wasn't a hunter; and I was rid-
and susceptibility occasioning certain
peculiarities of effect from impress
of extraneous influences (vide Web-
ster), synonymous with idiocrasy and
known as Idiosyncrasy, it was quite
possible that 1 was the first man to
establish such a precedent in Monsieur
Mouquin's restaurant. Thus, 1 aroused
only passive curiosity.
From the corner of my eye I ob-
served the old gentleman opposite,
lie was peering over the top of his
paper, and I could see by the glitter fn
his eye that he was a confirmed player
of solitaire. The girl, however, still
appeared to be in a dreaming state.
I have no doubt every one who saw
me thought that anarchy wa3 abroad
again, or that. Sherlock Holmes had
entered Into his third incarnation.
Finally 1 squared the pack, took a
long breath, and cut. 1 turned up tha
card. It was the ten-spot of hearts.
I considered this most propitious,
hearts being my- long suit in every-
thing but love,—love having not yet
crossed my path. 1 put the card in
my wallet, and was about to toss the
rest of the pack under the table, when
a woman's voice stayed my hand.
"Don't throw them away. Tell my
fortune first."
Is the Jew Assimilable?
Of the material prosperity of the
Russian Jew there can be no question.
He will never crowd our almshouses 1
nor be a serious drain upon private
charity. But Is he assimilable? Has |
he in himself tile stuff of which Amer-
icans are made? One point In his j
favor, declares Hurton J. Kendrick ir.
McClure's, must be at once set down;
his enthusiasm for America knows no
hounds. He eagerly looks forward to
the time when he can be naturalized.
An alien Jew legally entitled to citi
r.enshlp is a rarity, lie has no alle-
giance to forswear, and he cannot re-
turn to Russia. The rapidity with
which the New York Jew adopts tlie
manners and trappings of Americans
almost disproves his ancient heritage
as a peculiar people. He objects to
being rep irded as u thing apart, and
goes to extremes to make himself like
the native born.
1 ;
It Was the Ten Spot of Hearts.
Renewed agitation of the subject of
an occupant for the vacent niche In
Morton. Mort
has been for
agreement lias
other figure,
two statin 1
to give tin1 I
war
pro!"
chief
Harr
autli
lace On
often sue;
rnor.
f "lien liur
s statue is there and
eral years, but no
•i'ii reached as to the
dlana l< entitled to
icrai con ent seemed
place to the great
everal Indianlans are
Morton,
of course. Gen.
favorite is the
' Gen. Lew Wal-
A. Hendricks is
1 that
to say. the
llaukshlre),
e a charily
grasped my
throat and
companions
them, of
Rein
mey, I
admin
years
and it
kingdi
west 1
tllr.eil
and •
in/.tti.
s dea
king of Daho
ent recalls the
m ti did a few
1; the barbiroiu
of an African
hlcli Is on the
ho present civ
ii semlrellgloiu
On Friday nigh
night of my advent .n in
the Hunt Club was to gi
masquerade dance Tliis
adventurous si nit by Hit
refused lo let go
The atmosphere surrounding the
paragraph was spirituous with en-
Chuntment. Then was a genuine
novelty about this dance Two packs
of playing cards had been MAt Olll us
ticket*; one pack to the ladles and
one to the gentlemen charming idea,
wasn't It? These cards were to he
shown at the door, to- < ther
dollars, but w. < lo b • r-
the recipient* tin two o'cloc
lime), at
was to linn
who held ti
whi
mo 1
saerii
a 1 < annexe 1
ad the king
•. Island of
living with
the eruption
<1 like Jlnr
to more to
«upp<
to 111'
pun
By
I k
with 1
ball
stable
chef
try c
year
sea a
five 1
a din
ml
lug htm less and less. It is no pleas-
ure to go "parking" along the bridle-
paths of Central I'ark. For myself, I
! want a hill country and something
I like forty miles, straight away; that's
! piding.
The fact that I knew no one but
j Teddy added zest to the inspiration
> which had seized ine. For 1 deter-
; mined to attend that dance, happen
I what might. It would be vastly more
1 entertaining than a possibly dull the-
atrical performance, lit was!)
1 called for a messenger and dis-
patched liini to the nearest drug store
i for a pack of playing cards; and
while I waited for lita return 1 casu-
! all* glanced nt the other diners., At
| my table---0110 of those long marblc-
! topped affairs by the wall—there w:n
; an old man reading a paper, and the
i handsomest girl I had set eyes upon
in a mouth of moons. Sometimes the
j word Handsome seems an inferior ad*
I Jectivi She was beautiful, and her
j half-hidden eyes told 111c that she was
I anywhere but at Mouquin's. What a
I head of hair! Fine as a spider's web,
: and the dazzling yellow of a wheat
field in a sun shower! The irregu-
tartly of her features made them all
! the nioro Interesting. I was an artist
I11 an amateur way, and I mentally
painted I11 tlint head against a Rubens
I background The return of the mee-
| seugcr brought me back to earth; for
with ten ' 1 confess that my Imagination had
re alncd h\ already leaped far Into the future, and
lock (slip, this girl across the way was nebulous-
t i vervU'dy ; ly connected with it.
his 1 artner I took the pack of cards, ripped off
cu;d. tn te the covering, tossed aside the Joker
appeal 1 ! (though, really, 1 ought to have re
leading tile tallied It!) and began Btuilillng the
shiny 1 asteboards 1 dare say that
ii.itlon' those around me «nt up and took 110
by 110 means a common
1 man gravely stiiitllln .1
s In a public restaurant.
I looked up, not a little s
It was the beautiful young
had spoken. She was leanin
elbows, her chin propped In ti
and the light in her gray c
eyes was wholly innocent
chlevous. In Monsieur Mo
tar people are rather Boh
to say friendly; for it is
voms of artfsts. literary me
nalists,—a clan that hot
In contempt.
and 1
inln's
mian,
e ron
and j
forma
"Tell your fortune?" I repeated pan
rot-like.
"Yes."
"Your mirror can tell that more ac
curately than I can," I replied with a
frank glance of admiration.
She drew her shoulders together
anil dropped them. I spoko to yon,
sir, because I believed you wouldn't
say anything so commonplace as t hat.
When one sees a man soberly shunting
a pack of cards in a place like this,
one naturally expccts originality."
• \\ eii, perhaps you caught me off
my guard,"—humbly. "I am original.
Did you ever before witness this per-
formance In a public restaurant?
making the cards purr.
"1 can not say I have,"—auiused
"Well, no more have I!"
"Why, then -Jo you do it?"—with re-
newed interest.
"Shall I tell your fortune?"
"Not now. I had much rather you
would tell me tho meaning of this
play."
1 leaned toward her and whispered
mysteriously: "The truth is, I belong
to a secret society, and I was cutting
the cards to see whether or not I
should blow up the postoffice to-night
or the police station. Y'ou imistii t
tell anybody."
"Oh!" She started back from th
table. "You do not look it," she added
suddenly.
• I know it; appearances pre so de
ceptive," said I sadly.
Then tlie old man laughed, and the
girl laughed, and 1 laughed; and 1
■wasn't quite sure that the grave
waiter did not crack tho ghost of a
; smile—in relief.
1 "And what, may I ask, was the fatal
1 card?" inquired the old man, folding
liis paper.
"The ace of spades; we always
choose that gloomy card In secret so-
cieties. There is something deadly
and suggestive about it," I answered
morbidly.
"Indeed."
"Yes Ah, if only you knew the ter-
rible life we lead, we who conspire!
Every day brings forth some galling
disappointment. We push a king oft
Into the d:trk, and another rises irn
mediately in his place. Futility, futil
Ity everywhere! If only thero were
some way of dynamiting habit and
custom! I am a Uitssian, all my
family are perishing in Siberian
mines."—dismally.
"Fudge!" said the girl.
Tommy-rot!'' said the amiable old
gentleman.
I nch , his hair is too short for at
anarchist."
"And his collar too Immaculate."
(So tlie old gentleman was this charm-
ing creature's uncle!)
"We are obliged to disguise our-
selves at times," ] explained. "The
polit e ai ■ always mi'Idling. It is dis
couraging."
"You have sonn- purpose, humor—
or !■ riom said ti'" girl shrewdly.
A man dot . not bring a pack of
cards—"
I didn't bring them, i sent out for
them."
"—bring a pack of curds here simply
10 attract attention/' she continued
tranquilly.
■ I '• I::.p. 1 am a p st li"Itator Id
.1 l ie, : ir 'lime in is' urn I siiggestod,
n. 'o i ■ • 111 ! ■ ;• out, and am doing
a little advertising."
w. thai 1:.' a pla isible Bound,"
1:11 i. n her I anils under
her chin. it inn 1 l.o an Interesting
lii' I' 1 ' clinn .•! ; ml all that."
Oh, 1 lind it rather monotonous In
the winter; but in the Hummer It la
li:.' 1 i" 11 1 w.n about the sum
tni r lis - is and give exhibitions."
To be Continued.
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Meanings of Word Caliber
Either the Diameter of a Gun or Its
Length Divided by Diameter.
There Is surely no word In the nom-
enclature of gtu:s, big and little, which
lias caused, and Is causing, so much
confusion in the lay mind as tlie word
caliber.
The confusion arises chiefly from
the use of the term tn an adjectival
sense to Indicate length, a when we
say a DO-callber, 6-incb gun
The word tallln 1 a applied ti. artli
lery signifies essentially and at all
pistol, untiling that the
('i mi Inch lu diauie
-Scientific American.
times the dian
gun. A Run, ti
is a gun whose
For conn nil
Proved Hor a Flirt.
uatoi 1 loose, at the dedication
■ loi-i S ; leiidid 1 apitol at
Harrisburg, aald of a certain speech
■hai had been mad • at a private din-
ner before the dedicatory ceremonies:
"That speech was pregnant with
111": 1111n It revealed tn every sen-
tence Us author's character. Ilrlef
and full and Illuminating, it reminded
1110 ol
1111
nir
It
lbs that keep
ound It stood
out four nil'e *
lies of tho villa
int
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e la
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out
lie ll
tab It
ly what t
net, for v
iws had been prov
d solemnly at tin
clutching his ctilti
lei in : whether lit
Ided. A
en I of
lliought-
> should
Hearts and
less than
Masks.
tweuty mil
iport tills peculiarity constitution
1 infill young la.ly who
In 1 c]f one afternoon.
1 mi :i 111 ly 011 a street
' l-'or the life of ine
wl ther I'm to meet
1 eet t,r Tusker ou
Dislike Water.
" 1 ' will travel for
' 1 1111 i. t' ti their pads,
of wat' 1 thrown at n
'Ity will terrify him. If.
n 1 lion In forced to
I" wl . like a dog.
ti.' uthe nil as quickly
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Woodworth, M. F. & Woodworth, D. G. Cashion Advance. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1907, newspaper, February 7, 1907; Cashion, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc102931/m1/2/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.