Cashion Advance. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1907 Page: 6 of 8
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the cashion advance
O. G. Woodw5rth# Pub.
CASHION, • .
OKLAHOMA.
China Asks for Seeds.
Akotbcr proof of the awakening
goiug on in China is furnished by the?
Ktaicimnt tliut the government of the
Flowery kingdom lias, through repre-
sentatives at Washington, applied to
our authorities for seeds and samples
of every variety of plant of recognized
importance raised in our country,
i'hina is on the search for desirable
crops, and apparently has learned a
lesson by recent experience with
famine, due to the failure of products
on which the people rely for food.
Nor is this all, says Troy Times.
China will experiment with the prod-
ucts of other countries as well, and
as she has a wide variety of soil and
climate there is no reason to doubt
that many new and valuable food arti-
cles will thus be secured. Further-
more. in coming to the United States
kIh gets expert advice and friendly
and effective cooperation. The de-
partment of agriculture has labored
long and successfully in the* same di
rection and has done a vast amount
of valuable work in developing and
improving crops. The hints borrowed
from Washington bid fair to serve
most bcenficcut ends in China.
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*r<tK)4EPH £%OWN QOOKE copy*/GHT /SOT BY
X ^ JTORY-PflEM QQUPOiATIOH
CHAPTER I.
A Mystery Is Started
That old John Carney dropped dead
el apoplexy In liIh waddle while vio-
lently cursing tlie stable-boy for
trivial delay in bringing his horse to
the door was not regarded by the com-
Witches Still Believed In.
Ni'KltH-ted In* the powers, witches
ceased to lie so notorious, but the be-
In! com limed in exist, anil does exist
now, in rural parts of Scotland and
Knglund; and in Kngland and Fnuice,
even in the towns, fortune tellers,
whether lhe> charge a guinea or a
shilling tor their advice, are witches
under the terms of the old statutes,
and flourish abundantly, but as they
.tie not burned they are supposed by
superficial observers to have been ex-
terminated by school boards and elec-
tric lighting. The blacker sort of
"'it'h who "overlooks" and casts
spells on man and beast may be found
in many rural regions north and
south. One of them was brought lie
fore a squire and J. P. of my ac-
quaintance as a dangerous nuisance,
lie said to her, solemnly: "You know,
Hetty, the Hible says 'Thou shalt not
sutfer a witch to live in the parish.'"
and she migrated, under certain con-
diions of compensation, to another
parish.—Andrew Lang, in the London
Post.
One way Americans of the present
day have of honoring the immigrants
ol the past was illustrated last month,
when a statue of Commodore John
Harry, the father of the American
navy, was unveiled in Philadelphia.
Harry was an Irishman, born In 174i>.
It was not till lTtifl that he reached
America as a sailor, coming here
from the West Indies. He was em-
ployed by Philadelphia merchants and
owned some snips in 1771S, when he
was put in command of the Lexing-
ton, after volunteering to serve the
colonies on the sea. lie captured the
first Hrltlsh warship taken by a rev-
olutionary cruiser, lie had been in
America, or, more correctly, in busi-
ness dealings with Americans, only
ten years when he began to fight for
them. John Paul Jones, another of
the revolutionary naval heroes, was
also an Immigrant, but he began to
light for us when his connection with
America and his interest In it had
been much less than those of Barry.
The foreigner to whom the land of
the free hearts hope and home" has
appealed has nearly always been
ready to take up arms In Its defense;
and when he has done heroic things
the whole nation has applauded.
V little sentiment which Mr ('love-
land put forth 011 his seventieth birth-
day, und b) which the occasion might
well he remembered: "I believe that
we must set ourselves against the fal-
lacy that a city life is the easier and
more productive of happiness. *
Cleveland lias had ample expert
of life, both in the city and In
country.
Mr.
•n<*'
rtie
\n Mansion, III. minister is fixing
up a marriage cci oniony In which the
girl will not have to promise to obey.
That Is a good Idea It will be lots
easier tor some wives to obey If they
have to when 1 hey have not promised
to do HO.
A minister In South Dakota waa
held lip b\ two lowboys who tried to
force hi 111 to drink with them. He
tlimshed both, and muscular Chris-
ilnnll- is now at the top notch of
popular veneration In that section.
munity as iftiy special cause for re-
Kret, but that the boy. who was kicked
in the head by the plunging and terri-
fied beast, died a few hours later, was
looked upon in the village as little
short of murder.
Young John was in Honolulu, pre-
sumably keeping a watchful eye on
the family's sugar interests, but prob-
ably devoting himself to sociological
studies and charitable work among
the natives. Florence, the only daugh-
ter. was the mistress of her father's
house, her mother having died in the
early nineties She was the only
member of the family ai home when
i the accident occurred.
I She telegraphed immediately to nie,
I being the youngest and practically
j the only active partner in the firm of
| lawyers that managed her father's af-
j fairs. 1 responded at once in person
and was at Carney-Croft by noon the
next day.
I I was astonished, not only by the
extent of the place, but at Its beauty
and almost baronial magnificence
There were acres upon acres of vel-
vety lawns intersected by miles upon
miles of well-bedded roads and bridle
paths, while the timber had been
weeded out by a master hand so craft-
ily that one was given the impression
of an old and long inhabited eslate
rather than of a park hewn out of a
virgin forest within a single decade
The house was even more of a sur
prise 1 ban the grounds, tor although It
was, in some respects, scarcely fin
ished, it was already moss-grown and
Ivy-clad and suggested a .lacobiean
structure of very respectable an
tiqulty.
.Miss Carney was watching for me
st the entrance, and came running
down the steps ot the broad terraces
surrounding the mansion, to greet me
1 the more cordially as 1 clambered out
of the old-fashioned trap that had
brought me from the station.
"You were good to come so soon,"
' she said gratefully, extending her
j hand with winning grace. I wanted
I to send a carriage to meet you, but
all the stablemen have left -luce the
little boy died. 1 have only the house-
j servants that we brought from town."
1 made the best answer 1 could un
: der the circumstances for, while her
recent bereavement was more than
1 enough to excite my deepest svm-
I pathy. the fact that her father had
| been our best client for many years
1 gave to m> presence at the house a
I mercenary taint not exactly consist
' ent with noblesse oblige
Luncheon was served as soon as 1
returned from my room, and I was
seated opposite my hostess at a small
round table. I had never seen Miss
('arm y before and it cannot be de-
nied that the vision of my sweet-
faced companion, partly concealed by
the palms between us, was In no way
unappreciated by my masculine eye.
After luncheon we sat in the library
and talked over briefly the events of
the past few days
I bad learned from my garrulous
driver in the forenoon the circum-
stances that iceotnp inled Mr. Car-
ney's tragic death. and m> Interview
with his daughter had more to do
with the arrangement of her future
affairs than with any references to
the past.
"I wish Jack were here," she said
suddenly; "It Is so hard to lie alone."
"I cabled him as soon as I received I
your telegram," I replied, "and lie can '
get a ship to morrow or the day after
here and stay with you until your
brother returns."
She rested her elbow on the chair
arm for a moment and pressed her
hand against her temple. Then, rais-
ing her head quickly with a satisfied
air, she exclaimed:
"Why, yes! I could send for Annie
Weston, and she would be delighted
to come! It would do the poor girl
good, too," she added thoughtfully;
"she has been ill so long and is Just
beginning to improve. That's exactly
what I'll do!"
"Who is Annie Weston?" I asked
sip. "I mean," 1 continued, 1 never ! I guets. In fto', the folks %aout here
knew that he drank to excess." ' ain't over snxlous to work up to the
"Drink!" exclaimed the mar.. "Why! j place anyway, though they was alius
they wa'n't nuthin' he wouldn't do! willin' to be obllgin' an arcommodatt
Drink, smoke, gamble an' cuss, be ole Carney when they want nuthic.
sides throwin' away his money on ■ else fur em to do; but naow. it's eom-
most wasteful things' When Sam in' on hay in' time, an' 1 s pose they'd
Hosklns' boy was workin' up to the , luther work at havin'."
place he seen him an' another feller ! The man had turned his back on aie
frum the city, a friend o' hie'n. a play ; completely and was urging the horst
in' poker one day, an' one or t'other of j forward at a rapid gait.
'em, 1 fergit which 'twas, lost seven "Very generous of them to accom
dollars an' SO cents! An as to drink j modate him when they had nothing
in', while he done most of it in the : else to do, and then leave his daugh-
haouae, he wa'n't above takin' a glass ! ter as they have, just because haying
at Hosklns' hotel every naow an' then, time is here," I commented. "But you
too! j said there were two reasons. What la
I rec'lec', one day, a settin' on the the other?"
We rode on in silence for quite a.
distance until, at length, the fellow re-
sponded in a gruff voice and without
tinning his head.
"Wal! it may be true an' it may be
not! All 1 know is what I heerd up to
Hosliins'. I don't take no great notice
o' ghosts an' sich. Hut them men.
knows what they seen the night after
the Widder Hruee's hoy died, an' I
stoop at Hosklns' waitln' fur a shaow
er to blow over, when I was a-glttin'
In my hay, an' ole Carney drove up in
liis buggy. We was all a-talkin' abaout
Freemasons, an' as he climbs aout I
sez to him, sez I, 'Be you a Freema
son?' sez I. 'No,' sez he, 'I hain't.' sez
he, 'but I'm a free thinker,' sez he,
'an' I think I'll take a drink.' sez he.
Ye won't be a free drinker,' sez Hos-
with Interest, lor the idea seemed to tole us afterwards, he charged
*
kins, under his breath and winkin' at know that ye couldn't git one of 'en.
me, as he toilers him into the barroom ! °n the place again with a team o
to wait on him, an' sure enough, he j steers! No, sir! knowin' as they do
him
W
'I'm A-Gittin' to That," He Replied
have brought new hope Into her eyes. I reg'lar city prices, an' the ole
and I was glad that il had come from ; never knew tlie difference."
my suggeroM*. "By the way, what made tin
"Oh! she was a school friend or leave the place so suddenly?
mine and Is the sweetest girl that : cautiously, thinking to diver
ever lived," returned Miss Carney, j low's gabble into mor
Her father and mother are both dead
and she is quite alone in the world,
so she can come just as well as not,
and I know she will love to be here as
much as I will to have her. I should
have a.^ked her to visit me long ago,
but she was taken ill soon after we
left school and Is only beginn.ig to
get back her strength."
The day after the funeral I returned
to the city and, rather than subject
Miss Carney to any inconvenience by
men
i asked,
f the fel
profitable
channels. "You know they hav< all
gone, except the servants that were
brought from tlie city."
"Wal," said the man with delibera
tion, slapping the horse s back with
the reins and wriggling uncomfortably
in his seat, "they left fur two reasons.
the character o' man that ole Carney
was, an' the way he as good as mur-
dered that poor lad with his cussin'
an' quarrelin' an' fallin' off his hoss
'stead o' goin' to the stable an" sad
<11 in' up himself, like any man would
that wa'n't too lazy to take off his
coat when he et, it ain't no wonder
they believed what the Widder Bruce
j tole 'em more'n a year ago!"
lie paused here and flicked a fly
! from the horse's neck with a dex
' terous cast of his whip.
"What did the Widom llruce tell
1 them'.'" I asked anxiously, fearing that
his communicative mood would leave
him.
"Wal, she come over here from Bng
land witii her boy 'baout the time ole
Carney was a-buildin' his haouse, an
she sez, as soon as sin seen it, that
it was goin' to be jest like them places
over in Kngland where them (looks
an' serh fellers live, that sooner or
later someone 'nil die a vi'lent death
there an' then the place 'ud bo ha'nt
ed game's the dooks' placet mostly is
"()' course, we didn't pay no special
attention to her.
" When h-: t boy went up to the place
to work, 'baout a year ago, she took
0:1 terrible, an' alius said no good 'ud
come of it, an' that somethin' would
surely happen. But they wa'n't no
other way out of it, ftir they dldn !
have a bite to eat nor a rag to wear
an' if the boy hadn't decided to accom
modate Carney's folks I guess they'd
ha' starved.
"Ye see," he continued, in explana
tion. did Carney wouldn't never give
a cent 10 anybody that was able t
earn it. an' when the parson come t..
him an' ast him to help tin- widder, alt
lie sez was, Send that big hulk of >.
boy up here an' I'll give him a Job an
good pay so'z he Kin support his
mother like a man. he sez, 'but I
won t give her a damn penny so long
:i>- In - able t" work an earn it,' he
i sez."
"But you haven't explained yet why
The men left, I persisted, for we wer°
Hearing our (!• filiation and my time
was growing short.
"I'm agittin' to that," he replied
"Ye see, Carney was such a mean
I stingy cuss that, what With bis drink
j in' an' gamblln' a 1' other vices, th-
widder alius claimed he'd never rest
J easy in his grave. When the boy was
: killed slit can - I on liki a crazy worn
an. an' swore the place would alius ba
' nted less the estate did the honest
thing by her an' give her enough to
I pay her fur the loss of her son. That
night, more fur fun than anything
else. .1 lot. of the fellers that was a
settin' diiown to Hosklns' went up by
'lie haouse r.iound midnight, but they
didn't I. nul.hln'. The nex' night—
that's after you come they all went
, up again, an 1 tell you they all com.
back a-flyln'."
' What lid they see?" I asked, with,
renewed Interest. as a sudden idea en •
tered my head.
(TO I"-, CONTINUED.)
! accepting her offer of the only car-
nage at her disposal since the stable
But must \ou lie alone ' Have you no . hands had deserted the place, I rode
friends here in the village? ' ; |„ 11,,, railway station in the trap that
Not one, she h turned "You know j had brought me down.
we live vet > much by out selves out "So you're old Carney's lawyer, be
here mil mil the village people ; \e?" inquired iny driver, with rustic
have never taken kindly to lather- -or j familiarity, crossing his legs and lean-
Should Watch Child's Reading
or
It Is more important for the moth
er to superintend her son's reading
" "" ll" matter In tact.' tug one arm carelessly over the back 1 than to see that he wiars the latest
she contiuneii. milling wanly through
her tears, they think us worldly and
purse proud and and 'stuck up,' If I
must sa \ It \ni| yet (laddie tried to
do so much for them, and laid out
work that wasn't at a*l! nnesvin and
all that just to give them employ-
ment. Wh\ ' la * t winter, when some
of the people were tu iilv starving, he
had Ice cut in the river and plied up
oil the bank- for Weeks at 1 time to
keep the men busy, hut as soon as the
warm weather came they forgot It all
and even said lie w as a fool who threw
away Ills money. No," she added slow
ly, "1 haven't a friend I11 the village
to whom 1 could turn."
"But there must he someone," I In-
sisted; ' dOtltclKiilv w ho could Come
of the sent in front of me
I admitted that I was, with monosyl-
labic brevity, and we proceeded in
silence for a few rods.
"Spose ho left plenty o' money?"
was the next query.
Knough for the needs of his .fam-
ily," I replied.
Pshaw!" I10 returned, in evident
disgust, "that's all ye'd say If lie was
worth ten thousand dollars!"
Another short period of silence
elapsed, and then lie began abruptly:
"Powerful strange to me Imow a drink-
in' man like him could acootnllate so
much money an' hold to It so tight."
I never knew that Mr. Carney was
a di inking man," I replied, w ith a sud
thing In collars.
Hoys and girls saturated with low
literature form low Ideals, which
cling to them through lite
Let the children see how ugly low
ideals are. and then encourage them
to study the lives of great men
The character depends upon the
Ideals, and the Ideals ate tin stand
aril which the parent or teuchei sets
before ihe child
Let the child choose his Ideals from
the many that are presented to
liini.
Teaching is successful onl> when
the pupil Is Interested In his woi k
Study the child and find out what
Ills capabilities are, and show him
den interest In my companion. cos J thttt vou uku uu luU,ll l>t tllm
Many a child s life is ruined by ha\
Ing parents or teachers who do nor.
take the trouble to understand his
capability
I In whole life and future useful-
ness III" II child depends largely on the
wa> his mind Is trained at school.
To leach concentration should be
the end and aim of all school
strut Hon.
in
Life on a Troopship.
Ihe troopship of today revels Itv
eoiup.ireil Willi Us comiiee:
ot Other (lays, and if ihe soldier now
•days grumbles to htmMlf at his
''"""pel accommodation and his ship s
be 1 an lake comfort in thi
thought that he enjoys advantages
that his brothei In arms of the sailing
ship period nctui even dreamed of.
I he Captain.
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