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STAGE ILLUSIONS.
Not the Least of These Are the Ban.
 quets on the Boards.

HO0ko Ou IUo oOdTOos
 Nothing is so deceptive as the stage meal, although the art of the property man makes such repasts appear de liciously appetizing.
 A favorite stage substitute for meat is sponge cake, which cut into the shape of outlets or steaks and judi ciously Drowned with sauce, presents a most genuine appearance. The ad vantage of such material is that it is easy for the actors to consume and does not present any difficulties to the carver.
 Outlets composed of sSt toast are also popular in stage culinary circles, and when decorated with dainty paper frills and parsley look quite the res! thing.
 Do not let your mouth water at the sight of those dainty slices of ham re- posing on lettuce leaves on the baron's festive board. Ham is invariably rep resented on the stage by strips of lino- leum, the reddish under side of which makes q convincing substitute for the real article. As to the surrounding let tuce, that is generally represented by white leaves from the humble cab bage.
 The larger and more impressive the stage edible, the greater the fake. Huge pies which when cut produce cloud of realistic steam are absolutely uneat- able. The crust is merely colored pa, pier mache. which incloses a dish of hot water and sometimes few boiled potatoes, which supply the necessary steam. The big sirloin of beef which apparently weighs pounds. has about six ounces of eatable meat about 1t. The joint is a wooden affair, over which few thin slices of genuine beef are placed, giving the impression of really fine piece of meat.
 Were you to obtain peep behind the scenes just before banquet scene was to be staged you would find number toes and bananas. You would see those slires being laid out on plates sur rounded with parsley or white cabbage leaves. Under the glare of the lime light this dish assumes an astonishing resemblance to lobster salad. and i'll similar fashion sliced banana is gen eral substitute for fish, entrees and hors 'd'oeuvre,
 One oftthe most astonishing illusions with regard to stage food, however, is where soup is concerned. This is 1n- variably sawdust, which when ladled out of tureen has all the appearance of thick liquid.
 No banquet would be complete with out turkey. A loaf of bread delicately Drowned and decorated with pegs GOV cred with browned dough, saves the management the expense of running up a poultry bill. Moreover, the come dians can with comparative safety sling this asset to the feast about the stage without damage to life or prop erty.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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EVERY MOVE CREATES SOUND
scientific Fact Not Known to All- Acuteness of Hearing Among tho
 Lower Animals.

It is very difficult to make some per- sons believe that nothing can move without making a sound, although it may seem to be absolute silence to them Everything that moves dis turhs the air around it and sets up kind of wave motion that spreads through the atmosphere in all direc- tons. When these wave motions are strong enough sound is heard. That nothing is heard Is no evidence that .Lere is no sound. for other living things may hear what men cannot.
 Tn, motion that is started in the air when anything vibrates or moves suddenly has often been compared to the motion of the surface of still wa ter when we drop pebble in'o a pond. But there is this great differ ence, The eye can see the wave made by the smallest glass bead you can find, but the ear is not nearly so sen Sitive, and unless the waves are pret. ty high in the atmosphere the human ear cannot detec, them as sound.
 The lower animals and birds have much better ears than human beings A dog will prick up its ears at the sound of its masters voice, or faint whistle, when 1t is an astonishing dis tance off. A man in Baltimore put his bead out of the window and called his dog Jack, which he thought was chas- ing cats Tn the grounds cs tho blind asylum opposite.
 The dog was sitting on the steps of a friends house with the mans daugh- ter, nearly half a mile away, and in- stantly jumped up and tore off home, It had heard that call.
 A deer has been known to lock up at the sound of footstep that was
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NVlUMUuSs OuIO NdlICCu. ou may not have thought of Catarrh, or given the matter very much heed in any way. But if you find tllaf yoa cannot breathe freely through each nostril, be sure there is something wrong. Nature intended you to areathe through the nostrils. Both nostrils.
 Try first one, then the other. Every morning when you get up practlcc deep breathing through the nostrils. Put your finger in one nostril and hold it tight while you breathe through the other. Backwards and forwards do this.
 At the same time you shold take peruna. The dose on the bottle is one teaspoonful. You had better make it three teaspoonfuls. The reason why l direct this is because I want you to take teaspoonful of tho Peruna and as you swallow it dONn breathe the fumes OI It Ou. through the nose. Then the next tea $ oonful do the same thing, and so on until the three teaspoonfuls are taken This however is after oyu have thoroughly cleansed your nose by deep breathing.
 While you are practising the deep breathing you may snuff LID the nose q little salt waiter. A teaspoonful tC the quart of warm waiter.
 But after you have thoroughly elcansed your nose then take the PSruna as above directed. Do no put if off Do it now. Do it before your nose gets bad if only one nos ,ril is partially stopped now it will not remain so long. It will stop Ill entirely. The other will be stopped too. Begin now.
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Who Would "a Benn 'Er!

Some hundred years ago small boy, one of four brothers, heard visitor say to his mother, What pity one of your boys had not been girl" Drop ping his game, so the story runs in Woman's Work In America, he called out: "Well, I'd like to know who'd "a benn Ter! l wouldn't "a benn Ter; Ed wouldn't "a benn Ter; Joe wouldn't "a benn 'er; Jim wouldn't "a benn Ter, and I'd like to know who would "a benn 'er,"
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RACING MAY BE
 RESUMED IN YORK Preparations Being Quietly Made Toward Reha bilitat-
 ing Sport of Kings.
SARATOGA IS ASTIR
Much Discussion is Rife Concerning the Interesting Proposition and
 Sports Are Gathering.

Now York, March 29.-Quietly ana unostentatiously preparations have been made toward rehabilitating the tc orts of Kings in teh state of New York
 In the quiet little village of Sara toga, once known throughout the world as the mecca of western racing men, the first warm days of Spring found a small army of laborers ready assembled to repair the tweed grown race course.
 At Bennings, Gravesend, Sheeps- head Bay and Belmont Park, which once harbored the kings and queens of the equine world and the elite of sCaiety, zoo thoroughbreds are in ac- tive preparation for the opening of tle metropolitan season about June i. Here also repair the restitution has been in progress for some time.
 At the Acqueduct and Empire City tracks black hostlers, Tar Heelers, West Virginians and Kentuckians, aueh, are likewise engaged in putting their blanketed charges through their daily paces, while handlers loll about the paddock and swop yarns anent past successes and failures.
 Yet back of all these prima facie evidences of the resumption of the sport is silence-silence and a vacant stare when definite news is sought from racing magnates regarding the programme for the coming summer. GAL FOUR-JOHN x ..*. =. x x On the other hand, from among the ranks of the anti-racetrack men rises a chamorous denial that the sport fdll again ruin the young and breed bankruptcy among the old.''
 It is the old story of the hawk and the squaking parrot. You pass your
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Campaign Material.

Political Boss-Well, did you discov. CT anything in Stump's past life that we can use against him? Detective Not thing. All he ever did before he came here was to sell awnings. Politi cal Boss-Why, that's just what we want! We'll say that he has been mixed up in some decidedly shady transac
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An Awful Blow.

"Yes." said Slithers. Mickey was my dearest friend, and I shall never cease to mourn his death. It was a terrible blow, from which 1 shall never recover"
 "Why-I thought you married his widow?" said Jimpson.
 "Why-er-a why. yes, did; but''-
 Here Slithers subsided into deep and uncomfortable silence.-Harper's s Weekly.
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Turned Down.

Young Man Whispering to jeweler)- That engagement riRg bought of you yesterday Jeweler-What's the mat ter with it? Didn't it fit? Young Man (cautiously)TSh., It didn't have chance. Gimme studs for it London Telegraph. v Y
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Hasty Conclusion,

Beautiful Maiden-You think I'm an angel. Godfrey, but some day perhaps you will find out that am an exceed .ngly trivial. ill natured, commonplace mortal. Disconsolate Lover (with trembling eagerness)-Then you do in- tend to marry me, do you, Lillian?- Chicago Tribune.
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penny and takes your choice, be tween the noisy denials of the clergy and the quiet effectiveness of the owners whose good money is not to be jeopardized by an untimely word, but whose millions are responsible for the unmistakable evidences of racing activities to be seen today.
 August Belmont, who is regarded as the head of horse racing ill this country; Phil Dwyer, owner of Gravesend and Acqueduct; James Butler, who controls the Empire City Course, and William A. Engeman, who holds heavy interest in the Brigh- ton Beach circuit are the men said D be the leaders, active in the movement to rehabilitate the sport in New York. Their provocatiOn lies in the decision of the Appelaire Division of the State Supreme Court that oral betting is legal.
 Before this momentous decision was made in the case of the state vs. Paul Shane, the old Hart Agnew, Anti racetrack laws which passed the state legislature and was signed by the governor in 1908, made it possible to direct prosecution against the own arc oft ,n only inf fri, ment of the anti-betting law It was this phase of the legislation which the sport. Under the Paul Shane rul- ing form of betting will be possible without attendant prosecution.
 As yet the utmost secrecy surrounds the plans of the racing magnatcs They have made public no definite avowal of their intention to resume the sport, preferring to await legisla- tive developments and proceed with caution till public sentiment has been sounded.
 Following this course it is impos- sible that racing will at once reach the magnitude enjoyed by it during the fullsome years preceding 1907. when over a million and half dol lars annually accrued to the various state racing associations in fees, and over five million changed hands in the betting ring. Rather steady growth is looked for
 The monetary loss to the state through four year lapse of interest in equine gamsools has never been estimated, and can never be, accu- rateW. In Saratoga alone it is said that millions have been dissipated by the Hart-Agnew antiracing laws.
 The famous little watering place reaped a harvest from the annua meets held within it's environs. Vas hotels were reared at enormous ex pense, the municipality expended vas
 sums in improving it's natural beau ties and the inhabitants erected grea
 shops to care for the trade that ono,
 year Hooked to it's streets. With the stonpage of racing realt,
 values fell to a panic figure, shop
 keepers were bankrupt, the hotels fel into decline and the busy town be
 came sleepy little village. In the vicinity of the other grea tracks similar devastation wa,
 wrought on smaller scale, while th
 farmers, who had been the recipient
 of over $200,00O annually from the ta,
 on racing, to say nothing of the blood
 ed stock put at their disposal by tn. breeders, found themselves presset for funds with which to carry O, their state fairs and robbed of thei sales to tho owners and handlers c i horses.
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Expensive.

"She says she thinks she could learn to love me-"
 "Yet you do not look happy"
 'It is going to be expensive. Had her at the theater last night, with lit. tie supper afterward. The first lesson cost me S2o"-Kansas City Journal.
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Have You Nasal Catarrh?

C a II y 0 Il breathe throu- gh your nose? | mean, can you breathe freely through each nostril? If not do you know w h a | the reason IS!
  l | is nasal catarrh.
 1t may not be far ad-
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Poor Comedy.
iI she cut yOu 2

Thy did she cut yOu?"
 "She doesn't like my comedy"
 Flows that?'
 "She made the statement at party last night that she was twenty years of age, and said, Yes. knew that fifteen years ago."-HoustOn Post. E
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No Escape From Them,

Even when the expected happens there are people who will insist on saying T told you so."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-30

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel than busi- pess.-Lowell,
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No protecting deities are wanted il there is prudence. .--Juvenal.
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-27
Rloples.

What cannot be called disinter
ested act Of hospitality!
Entertaining hope.
Why are the stars the best astrono-
mers?
Because they have studded (stud-
ied) the heavens since the creation.
Why IL q schoolmistress like the
letter C?
J because she forms l..se. into
classes.
What two words contain all the
vowels and In their proper order!
Facetious. abstemious.
Why 10 II impossible for person
who lisps to believe In the existence
of young ladies:
Because with him every miss is =
myth.
Why is nm old chair that has new
bottom put to It like paid bill.
Because 1t has been re-seated ire
ceipted).
When does man sit down to =
melancholy dessert?
When he sits down to wine and to
pine.
What Is the difference between .
mother and barber?
The latter has razors to shave. and
the former has shavers to raise
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-27
. man OF system
Discipline Was Ills Rule but One
Can't Prevent Young Folks
Being Natural
sy ALvAH JORDAN oARTH.l

-Yout are . pretty hard Old task
master, Adam Brill. and you can't
make babies Of your children forever" j"
I'm = man OF system, Asa Dunn.
I bring my children up on . strict.
right basis. and II anybody wants to
dispute It. I'm here to protect my
methods-not forgetting that. man
and boy. for forty years. have been
the champion wrestler. boxer and
sprinter Of the county" and the speak
er put up q sample arm that q
blacksmith might have envied.
mo. NO. friend Adam!" laughed his
nearest neighbor. retreating promptly.
"None Of that for me! l know your
prowess too we'll. Only think you
draw the line too tight with those two
children Of yours. Not but that both
are the finest In the town. Morton
II model young man. and % to Lu-
ella. envy the man who gets her for
Q WIFE,"
'.That will be some time ahead. II I
have anything to say about It," de-
clared the stalwart parent. They
have been motherless since they wore
very young. and I've felt . double 70
sponsibility in bringing them mp right.
Discipline and system. have been my
rule. It's going to continue until
Morton II twenty-one-why. say. that's
tomorrow" exclaimed Brill. ~and
came near forgetting-"
'Whatf" inquired Dunn. but Adam
Brill was on his way and chuckling in
his grim way to himself. He knew
well enough "what--and 20 did
bright. lively Morton. his SON. The
Old man, however. did not hear the
brief soliloquy Of the man be had Just
left 70 the effect that. You can't h4lp
young folks from being natural, no
matter how hard you try"
It was the twenty-nrst birthday Of
Morton Brill tomorrow. sure enough.
and his father recalled II half with
sadness. partly with . comicai look
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-27

on his face, a. II It revived some
whimsy that pleased him. Ever since
Morton was fifteen years Of age.
Adam Brill had put in force an iron
clad regulation Of his own fierce tenn
pered sire. Exactly one minute be-
fore the midnight hour he had made
his son remove his coat. Regularly
he had administered the strap-the
strokes corresponding to the years at
tatned. Then. when the performance
was over. he would place in the hands
OF the lad exactly as many bright sil-
yer dollars ~ he was old. 81
"The last time!" ruminated the OBJ
stinate old fellow. ~ he reached home
and removed from . drawer !. In q
kitchen cabinet the time-honored strap
Of castigation. Many q time had Nor
ton thought OF stealing 1t, Of run
ming away from home to evade the an
nual castigation. A thought Of the
money reward following the whipping.
however, had kept him In line.
Last time!" soliloQuized Brill.
well. in . way I'm glad Of It. This
little reminder. though. has probably
kept him the clean. honest lad that he
10. Now he's . man, and good one.
Only Luells left and In another year
she viii ibe Of age. ! declare. how
time rollS ONT"
At nine O'Clock that night Luella
where her unsuspecting father sup
posed she had been with some girl
friends. Her fair peachblow face was
deliciously conscious and flushed, but
Adam Brill attributed that to the ex-
ercise Of play or walking. LuslIa re-
tired to her room. The old man
glanced at the clock. placed the strap
over the back Of . chair. took on his
coat and went out into the garden.
Il told Morton to be here At nine
O'Clock sharp" grumbled the old
man, .and its after ten now. l want
ed to give him = nnal lecture before
I, gave him his last whipping. sup
pose the rascal IL keeping out Of the
way purposely, when l intended to
make him . double present this time."
Brill strolled out into the garden.
Al he neared the little summer house
he chanced to glance up at the win
dow Of Luella's room. He was In
time TO see his daughters head IN.
stantly disappear. Then ~ he en-
tered the summer house he ran
straight into some one.
You. Morton?" he cried, grabbing
the figure. "aneak1ng out Of the way,
eh7 No. yoa don't! / thought you
was too wiss 70 fancy your -
couldn't handle you. old 40 he la y
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-27
OLD GAMES FOR THE YOUNG
Bllndfoided Player Must Recognize
others BY Fssilns With Large
Spoon Instead Of Hands.

In the. game called "A Spoonful OF
Fuh." instead of feeling with his
hands in order to discover who It is
that he has caught, the blind man is
given large spoon which he uses IS
a wand. As in Silence" the players
must all femain perfectly still. Direct
ly he succeeds in finding some one
the blindfolded player tries. BY deftly
touching him here and there with the
spoon, to discover who 1t il. As 1t il
much easier than anybody who has
not tried can possibly imagine to dis
cover the identity Of person by
spoon touching. 1t is best for the un-
blindfolded players to try and disguise
themselves as much as possible.
Some might stand on tiptoe to make
themselves appear taller. others tie
handkerchiefs round their necks or
wrap themselves up In shawls: and
the boys might remove their telltale
collars or put on their overcoats.
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-27
Woman, Iona service.

The only woman lighthousekeeper
IN England, Mrs.. Joyson. kept her last
watch. the other night ut Hale, ON the
banks Of the Mersey. She 10 known
at 'the heroine Of the Mersey." For
twenty years she has lived In the
lighthouse, and for four years. since
the death Of her hubsand, she has been
the omcial keeper. my life has not
been an unhappy one here" said Mrs.
Joynson. "and 1t II . wrench TO 90. ]
am giving up the appointment for the
sake Of my children. who wish to live
at Stockton. The commissioner has
tried several times TO persusde me
to stay. He told me only the other
day. You are leaving with honor
When my husband died In the light
house, took up the duty on three
months trial., and have continued till
now. have done duty for three and
half hours before and after high
tide. and have to keep the light burn
ing At night time. and the fog bell
ringing II necessary. On several occa-
sion have rung tne bell for the whole
seven hours. Once We had nearly q
fortnight Of sog. but got through It
al right"
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-27

One Of the most serious troubles
that had when boy was the esold-
ings received from farmers for dig
ging up their pastures and meadows
in unearthing woodchucks. Rail
fences and post piles had to suffer
when old Shep chased a woodchuck
into his hole or under them. One of
the boys would usually keep an eye
out for the farmer. while the rest of
Us would throw posts and rails and
did for Mr.. Woodchuck.
One summer nearly every boy in
our neighborhood had pet wood.
chuck. that was kept IN a cage. and
some Of them became very tame and
would eat from our hands. clover.
grass. apples and sweet corn. which
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-27

to hunt whales. On Easter Sunday.
April 1s. 1876. . whaleboat from the
Catalpa. carrying Captain Anthony
and a crew Of six men. landed At
Rockingham and next morning had
considerable difnculty in accounting
for themselves to customs oflcer.
Meantime, at Freemantle. the work
OF rescue had begun. The prisoners
were allowed Q great deal of liberty
and were assigned various kinds of
work outside the prison walls. Two
traps, made ready lby Desmond and
Breslin, awaited them on the Rock
tngham road. within hve minutes run
OF the prison. and when the prisoners.
wearing letters, left the prison for
their assigned duties they were taken
and conducted by Breslin and Des-
mond. The race for Rockingham was
then begun and that place was nearly
reached before the police learned of
the escape and mounted their horses
In pursuit. When the police reached
Rockingham the prisoners were out at
sea In the whaleboat.
But the exciting part Of the rescue
had only begun. The whaleboat had
q difacult time in reaching the Catal
pa, which had been out Of sight be-
low the horizon line when the smaller
boat had left Rockingham beach. A
storm struck the whaleboat and car
ried away both mast and sail. while
water poured over the stern Of the
boat, keeping several of the men busy
battling 1t out. Night fell while the
storm still ragged and in this plight
they remained till mdening.
In the morning they vainly tried to
attract the attention Of the Catalpa.
which they could see: and to their
CONSERVATION they beheld the govern.
ment steamer Georgette steam toward
the Catalpa, which It spoke. The
Georgette made wide circuit around
the whaleboat without seeing Il and
then steamed in toward the shore.
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-27
SCALES ON BABY's HEAD

610 East Warrington st.. Portland.
Ore.-''When my brother was one
month old q layer Of scales or scabs
began to form on the top Of his bead.
The trouble began ~ q rash. The
scales increased until several layers
thick. The crust was thick and yellow
and looked to be all In one piece. but
came on In large scales. His hair
came out in bunehes and baby became
almost bald. HIS scalp itched and
burned % badly AZ to make him cross
and fretful.
I'VE used every remedy recommend
ed by our friends without success.
Then we started with the sample Of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. wash
ing his head good with the Cuticura
Soap and then applying the Cuticura
Ointment. Before they were used up
We could see an improvement in his
condition and bought some more. The
scales ioosened and came OF easily.
In about two months after we started
to use Cuticura Soap and Ointment
the. scales had entirely disappeared
and his hair started to come in thick.
~. Cuticura Soap and Ointment ef-
fected a complete cure" (Signed)
Miss Ella Ehrlich. Mar. II, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. 0ept. L. Boston,"
Adv.