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The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
MYSTERY PARTY is AMUSING
While Weird Story 10 Being Related
Candles Go Out to the Amaxement
Of Children Present.

II you are looking for some form of
move, entertainment. give mystery
party. Not long ago hostess enter
tanned at = party which was great
success. She led us into q darkened
room, and. when all were seated. she
brought in a shingle on which were
placed three candles. This shingle
was set on q low table. lin full view
Of all. and the candles were lighted.
When an was quiet. she began q
weird ghost story. in the weirdest part
of which the first candle went out; In
. few minutes more the second candle
went out, to the increased amazement
of the spectators. When the story
reached its thrilling climax and the
third candle mysteriously went out.
there was a rush for the door. and the
hostess felt that her scheme was a
success.
The candle extinguishing is easily
explained. The wick OF each had been
previously cut. and each was cut
different distance from the top Of the
candle. This Is done with a sharp
knife. and the two pieces OF the candle
are then pressed together. SO that the
cut cannot be detected. II any dif-
Guilty Is found in making the two parts
stick together. 1t is overcome very
simply by heating the wax very slight.
ly before replacing.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
ROBIN DEvouRs MANY WORMS
Little sonsster Includes In His Daily
Menu White Grubs. Beetles. wasps,
Moths, Ants, Etc.

Could you, upon demand. with your
eyes closed. recall to mind. and de-
scribe accurately enough for identi-
fication purposes. Robin Redb-east.
the cheerful companion of everybody.
everywhere?
Put to the test at q dinner recently
not one OF the diners could depict Mr..
Redbreas. in a way to set him apart
from his bird fellows. And yet. Robin
is the most common and familiar OF
our birds. recommended by orni.
biologists as a convenient size for COM
parison with other natives Of birddom.
His clear song is held up to the be-
ginner in bird study as a standard OF
comparison by which the student may
learn to distinguish the songs of other
species.
II you have any sentiment left in
your soul. at the mention Of his magic
name you will fly away with Robin
Redbreast to. the land Of your lost
youth. where old-fashioned sweet
smelling posieS bloom in the door
yard, and on the limb of the old ap-
ple tree. close by the open window.
you will hear him persistently calling
again and again-far too early in the
morning-"Cheerily-cheerup. cheerily-
cheerup."
Is he not worth saving for his beau
ty and good cheer. alone?
Besides being general good fei-
low Robin is most useful and indus
trious citizen. Mrs. Robin demands
very fine grasses with which to line
AhA Hoh
Robins arrive. they have such enor-
nous appetites 1t keeps both Mr.. and
Mrs. Robin on the Jump to supply
their steady demand for fresh earth
worms.
The Robins include in their daily
menu white grub. beetles, cutworms,
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

There are ,ne 'iliad' and Odyssey
OF Homer. the Divine Comedy OF
Dante. and the great dramas Of Shake
speare-'The Merchant of Venice.
Macbeth Hamlet and 'Othello'-and
Goethe's Faust
These books should be read by all
who would know the worlds best lit
erature and life. The bureau Of educa-
tion therefore has chosen them for Its
first course In reading. and we have
been very pleasantly surprised to note
that the majority of persons who have
evinced Interest in this movement
have inquired particularly about the
bibles. and their supplements. the lit
erary masterpieces. We have been
OF the opinion that the majority OF
people would find these selections
little heavy for their reading and
would prefer the works listed under
the fiction heading. But nearly every
inquiry which has reached US from
adults has specified thai the writer de.
sired particularly to familiarize him
self with the frs. two courses.
ITO everyone who inquiries concern
| ing the course we send blank. to be
filled out and kept as q record In
Washington and list OF the books
Of the special courses designated. We
advise that the reading begin as soon
as possible and that. when possible.
the books be taken In the order
named. But this Is not essential 20
the obtaining Of the certificate of
merit given by the government in lieu
of the usual college or university
diploma or degree when the student
completes the entire course and sub
mits satisfactory evidence OF having
read all the books on the first two lists
within three years from the time OF
Joining the reading circle.
"The second course Is intended as
supplement to the first and includes
nine books: Job. Isaiah. Deuteronomy,
'Prometheus Bound Of Aeschylus
virgil's .Aeneid.' The Nibelungenlied.
Cervantes' Don Quixote.' a number OF
plays by Moliere and Milton's Para
disc Lost
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
MR.. FOX v,s,rs JACK RABBIT

Jack Rabbit had Just the kind OF an
experience that Mr.. Fox told him he
would. In trying to grow long tall
by wetting himself in the brook and
drying himself in the sun he caught
30 bad cold that for week or more
he could not get out Of his burrow.
and finally he sent = squirrel to ask
Mr.. Fox II he would not come to visit
him and bring some wisdom with him.
for he was still too Ill to go out. and.
more than that. he was lonesome from
staying 80 much alone In his burrow.
Tell Jack Rabbit that will come
this afternoon" said the fox. when the
squirrel had delivered the message,
and early that afternoon he set out for
the visit to the rabbit.
Jack Rabbit certainly was glad to
see him and set out for him the best
that he had in his home. There were
bits of lettuce and q fine bunch Of
sweet clover. and, most delicate Of all
to the rabbits palate. were tender tops
Of some celery plants which had late
ly put their heads above ground in
Farmer Johnson's garden.
Mr.. Fox made believe that he en-
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
EVIDENTLY NOT AN ARTIST
Judging From Comment, eiikins HAD
Good Deal to Learn About
Photography.

Young Bilkins is an enthusiastic de-
votee of amateur photography. He al
ways insists upon taking" his family
and friends posed in more or less ar
tistic attitudes.
Not long ago there was an exhibi-
tion of the work a local photograph
ic club to which the young fellow be-
longs, and where were displayed the
results of certain of his efforts to i'm
mortalize his family and friends. In
one corner hung group OF figures
twisted into the most extraordinary
positions. the general effect being that
OF persons in various stages OF par
alysis.
who in the world are those queer
looking people?" asked someone.
"Oh. those are some OF Btikfns'
strained relations" said bystander.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
Warrior Of Today.

George Wharton Pepper said at
luncheon at the Plattsburg training
camp for officers:
THE methods of warfare have
changed enormously in the past year
The sword. for example. is no longer
carried. The sword has quite disap-
peared from war.
"A story comes from the Argonne
about a French chasseur who took
German officer prisoner. The chasseur,
a boy, tyro. said to the officer:
'''Give up your sword
But the officer shook his head and
answered:
.'I have no sword to give up. But
won't my vitriol spray. my oil pro1ec-
tor or my gas cylinder do as well?
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Completion of these two courses
will firmly ground the student in what
are usually known as the classics and
will enable him the better to appre-
ciate the other and lighter reading to
be found in the other lists.
The reading course for parents.
which is under the direct supervision
of Miss Ellen C. Lombard. secretary
Of the home educational division. In
cludes a number OF books dealing with
problems OF everyday life In the
home. The volumes on this list In
clude books on practical motherhood.
marriage. development Of children.
care of babies. domestic economy,
shelter and clothing, domestic science
and a number Of pamphlets and bull
letins issued by the department OF
agriculture and dealing with the can
ming and preserving Of fruits and
vegetables.
THE boys course includes q few
of the more exciting books upon the
lists of American literature and
worlds fiction. md in addition such
books as Hans Brinkcr.' The jungle
Book Westward Ho!' biographies OF
Lincoln. Lee and Franklin. addresses
by Lincoln and Washington. Cleveland
Moffett's Careers OF Dangers and Dar-
ing and Bulfinch's Age Of Chivalry.
The careful perusal Of these books
will. we feel. pay large dividends not
only upon the moral character OF the
boy himself but upon the future vel
fare of the country at large.
THE girls course includes only one
or two OF the books recommended Tor
boys. but it parallels the other course
in that 1t advocates the reading OF
selected few of the worlds master
pieces of fiction and the more ju'
venile of the American authors works
Alice in Wonderland Little Women.
The Mill on the Floss 'Evangeline.
Helen Keller's story Of her life and
the four books dealing with house fur.
nishing. the preparation Of food and
] the physical side Of sirlhood and WON
anhood are among the other books REQ
commended"
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

1t is estimated that 80 per cent OF
the l,75O.OOO automobiles in use in
the United States are owned by farm
ers and the percentage is increasing
each year. 1t is estimated that 50
per cent of the 1915 output will 60 to
the farming communities.
A meteor which fell recently in
front o, the home of Charles Solmon.
who lives near Prescott. Mich. went
to an unknown depth and water came
up to the surface in the hole 1t made.
although Solmon had been unable to
strike water at depth OF so feet
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

te&t8s
grasshoppers, crickets. moths. ants,
wasps, caterpillars. larvae of the
gipsy-moth, the brown-tail moth. the
forest-tent moth, canker-worms. leaf
eating and wood boring beetles, wire
worms and army-worms. 1t has been
noted that when Robins are scarce,
the army-worm advances. and on the
coming Of numbers OF the Robins the
army-worm disappears.
Most laborers ask more than board
and lodging for their toll. For all his
useful services (for which Robin only
asks food and shelter, and hustles
these for himself) some selfish and un-
grateful folk begrudge the faithful lit
tie worker the bit of fruit he gathers
now and then for himself and family.
Uncle Sam is authority for the state
ment that the Industrious American
Robins really prefer wild fruit when
they can get it, and advises the man
who wants his orchard free from in
sects, to allow q few trees for the
birds or plant some wild mulberries
for these profitable tenants of field
and orchard. The Russian mulber-
ries, which ripen the same time as
cherries, are preferred by the Robins
to cultivated fruit.
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joyed the green stun, but really It was
not at all to his liking, and he was
glad when the meal was over and he
settled back for q talk with Jack Rab'
bit,
They were sitting very near to the
opening OF the rabbits house and were
talking contentedly when Jack Rabbit
startled the fox by saying: Look
there at the opening to my burrow.
There is something growing across 1t. .
The fox looked and saw . spider In
dustriously at work. From side to side
of the hole he travelled. carrying with
| him the tiny thread. out OF which he
was weaving his web.
Did you ever see such spider be.
fore" asked the fox.
"Never," said the rabbit, "and what
is he doing and why should he come
here to my house!"
He is weaving his web" said the
fox, "and a wonderful thing it is. too.
No other insect can make SO wonder.
full a fabric nor one SO strong"
How strong is it?'' said the rabbit.
so strong said the fox. that
other insects caught in 1t cannot es-
cape. but are held fast for the rest OF
their lives. What the net Is to the
hunter the web Is to the spider
though the spider is more wonderful
in that he makes his web from mate
rial which he himself supplies"
AS the fox and the rabbit watched
the spider he completed his web and
retired 10 one corner, where he rested
'See." said the rabbit. 'he has COW
cred the whole Of the entrance to my
house and we are both prisoners with
in" NEr
Just then q beetle walked lumber
ingly up to the opening. intending, II
appeared. to go out into the sunshine
for little while. As he tried to &c
out he ran suddenly against the web
and stopped. Hunt where he would
there was no opening by which he
might get out of the burrow. Next q
bumblebee buzzed along the ground
and. seeing the hole. thought he would
like to visit the rabbits house, bu,
when he came to the web 1t stopped
him and he few away disappointed.
Jack Rabbit began to get alarmed.
"How am to get out ?" he asked the
fox. And II am imprisoned here
shall starve to DEATH"
DO not be alarmed" said the fox
you are about to learn q lesson thai
ought to serve you all through youl
life. You have seen the beetle ant
the bumblebee trying to break thu
spiders web in vain. You have seer
them try once and, not succeeding
have seen them give up the task. Blu
what seemed impossible to them II
really not hard at all. have enjoyed
the afternoon with you very much.
hope that you are on the way to beini
well again and now must be going" :"
The rabbit watched carefully as thu
fox went toward the entrance, expect
ing to see him unable to break through
the web and go into the open field. Blu
when the fox reached the web h.
walked straight through without tn
least trouble: Jack Rabbit was mucl
surprised, but not too surprised to cal
to the fox. "Mr. Fox. you have forgot
ten to tell me the wisdom you were t
teach me today"
"No. indeed" said the fox, Il hav
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Hick Colgan. the famous wolf
catcher, who lives near Atchison
Kan. has captured a total Of 1928
wolves. He receives bounty of five
dollars for gray wolves and one dol.
lar for coyotes. Since the first of the
year he has captured 80.
A Cairo correspondent writes to the
Manchester Guardian that, owing to
the falling Of the Nile. Egypt will have
to import nearly all her rice this year.
The Nile has not been as low for near.
ly 100 years. and the facilities for wa.
ter storage have been insufficiant
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

The Great Literary Bibles.
The "Iliad" and Odyssey"
THE Divine Comedy"
1.-THE Merchant OF Venice"
Macbeth"
Hamlet"
"Othello"
Faust" (Goethe)
Masterpieces Of Literature
Anna karenina"
with Fire and Sword"
THE Three Musketeers"
''Pere GoriOt"
"Clarissa Harlowe"
David Coppertield"
Guy Mannering''
Henry Esmond"
"Ivanhoe"
Lorna Doone"
THE Ordeal OF Richard Feverel'
Pride and Prejudice"
Robinson Crusoe"
Tale OF Two Cities"
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Damage to American crops by In
sects yearly amounts to s5s0.Oeo.ooo
Standard clocks In the Paris OBJ
servatory are kept 30 feet under
ground. where the variation In tenn
nerature has been less than ono de-
gree for several years.
Members of the Chicago Craftsmen
Chapter Of Operative Masons are Ma
sons in two senses OF the word. They
arc bricklayers and stonemasons and
arc members of the Masonic order.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
If You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Although there are hundreds of prepa-
rations advertised. there 10 only one that
really stands out pre-eminent as rem,
sdy for diseases Of the kidneys. liver and
bladder.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root is not recon-
mended for everything.
A sworn certificate of purity is with ey-
cry bottle. You may receive a sample
size bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcel
Post. Address DR.. Kilner q Co.. Bins-
For sale at all drug stores in bottles Of
two sizes-5Oc and $l.o0. also mention this
paper.-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
Tried Both.

The Widow-If you married again |
suppose you would want woman OF
intellect.
The Widower-Yes. but just about
medium. =s-.
The Widower-Mediuin?
The Widower-Yes. My first wife
was strong-minded woman and my
second was weak,minded woman and
ones about as bad as t'other.-Judge.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY THE GOVERNMENT

"Cloister and Hearth"
Vanity Fair"
Vicar of Wakefield"
"Romola"
"The Luck OF Roaring Camp"
THE Last OF the Mohicans"
THE Scarlet Letter"
THE Pilot"
Treasure Island"
American Literature
THE Autocrat of the Breakfast Ia.
BILE"
Two Years Before the Mast"
Emerson's Essays
Poe's Gold Bug"
Henry James The American"
o. Henry's -Four Million
"Ben-Hur"
TON Sawyer"
"Huckleberry Finn"
THE Man Without a Country"
THE Marble Faun''
Reign of Law"
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
Careful Diagnosis.

We'll. did you succeed with your
first diagnosis? Did you profit by my
advice?"
The Young Doctor think l did,
sir. told the patient that he was
suffering from combination Of liver,
stamach, heart, lung and brain trouble.
Old Practitioner-Good! No chance
of a mis-. lake there.-Stray Stories.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
That's Different.

when we want to say something
that we don't dare say in English, we
use French"
And when the French want to say
something they don't dare say in
French"
"Ah, you could make your fortune In
Paris II you could only discover that
something" HFl
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
The Kind You Have Always Bought.

HIs the applied public o
hss besn the has M ss
Casoia We
purchasing Cssora 70 h a spture an
both red Parents who have osea ~.
warning against
t.tns call the attention OF ne
families
= to people who are nov " hss
selling
oounterfe for
ont cunize cloeey What she gvee neg
but child has to rely ~
the mother watchfulness ./<l l62ZZ2<I/
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
1.,tlmony From Ono who Knows.

Dorothy Dix says girls ought to
know what their beaux make. Don't
they? Unless times have changed the
girls get three-fourths Of It during the
courtship and make clean sweep
after the wedding Post.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

tending to a thou.
sand and one other jobs which he
has selected for himself. he has
decided to become a professor OF
literature In the University OF the
Common People. To this end he
has Just Instituted one OF the
most novel schemes ever inaugu-
ratcd-a course In literature Tor
the benefit OF all the people OF
the United States and its insular
possessions.
The bureau Of education Is at
the head OF this university OF IL.
erature, a university where the
sole cost OF tuition is to evince
interest In the lessons, a univer'
sity which confers certificates OF
merit In lieu OF degrees and guar.
antees that all students will re-
Ceiye benefits In direct ratio to
their application.
DR.. p. p. ClaIton. commission
er OF education. is the man who Is
at the head Of the literature
movement, and from all indica.
tions the course will be an excep-
tionally popular one.
We are receiving scores OF ap-
piications every day from persons
who desire to share In the bene-
fits OF our reading courses" Doc.
Tor Claxton told me when ! In
HHired as to the response which
the movement was meeting with.
II the applications continue to
come In at their present rate
and there is hardly day that
does not show IN increase over
the day before-wr shall be hard D
10 handle all the correspondence {
tached to the courses. and congre
will have to make additional appr
priations for the betterment of the
erary taste OF the people.
1T was In order to bring about tn
betterment In the state Of the readiI
public" continued Doctor Claxto
that the bureau OF education dec
ed to institute this series OF cours
In literature. At present we have I,
divisions OF the main course mapp
out. These are:
THE great literary Bibles.
Masterpieces Of the worlds lite,
ture.
"A reading course for parents.
Miscellaneous reading for boys.
Miscellaneous reading for girls.
Thirty books Of great fiction.
Some Of the worlds heroes.
American literature.
Biography.
History.
Seven of these courses have be
completed. and we are engaged in
swering hundreds OF queries conce
ing them The other three will be |
ished In a short time. and then /
government will be In a position to
most humane thing-to tell perso
OF every age what they ought to re
II they desire to improve their min
That. Of course. is the primary
ject of this literary course, and
firmly believe that II only a fraction
the persons who have already evint
interest In this movement apply the
selves to the work which we hs
mapped out. the Improvement In
literary taste of the country at lal
will be marked"
IN discussing the first of tn,
courses Doctor Claxton said: "Amt
all the books Of the world few
SO pre-eminent for content and 81
that they deserve the right to
called the great literary bibles
foundation stones upon which re
the entire literature of the world.
whatever language or age.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

A man plays golf because he likes
to sport. A woman plays golf because
it is proper thing to do.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
Acting In One Lesson.

= Acting In One Lesson.
DO you think could learn to be a
moving-pictu actor?"
Sure you could. Just remember
this one thing: A heaving chest de-
notes surprise. fear. hate or any other
motion."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

not forgotten. Instead. I have Just
given you an example Of wisdom which
will be Of great service to you to
know. which is that nothing is ever so
hard as II seems.'
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
Speaking Erom Experienee.

Speaking From Experiences.
Pa, what is the first line of de-
fense'?"
That depends on the circumstances.
son. II this country were at war. the
first line of defense would be the navy.
When a mans married, it's usually the
telephone line. by which he tries to
square himself before he comes home"
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

There are all kinds of chumps. in.
cluding the one who has ship tat
tooed on his arm.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

If you are able to appear Indifferent
the man who wants to sell you his
dog finally will give him to you.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

1t may be true that marriage Is
failure. But SO, for that matter, is
remaining unmarried.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

The girl wto doesn't use slang may
be more attractive than the one who
does, but she is less numerous.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Politeness is like an air cushion;
there may be nothing in it, but it eases
many a hard jolt.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Motto for lawyer: 81 will" Mot
to for fruit preserver: 81 can"
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Instead OF waiting for a rich uncle
to die go and take lessons of the in
dustrious ant.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
His Error

Hes a self.made man."
Il know. He surely made mis-
take in not consulting an expert"
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

The practice of combing the long
hair over the bald spot never fooled
anybody.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Most of the old axioms are as mis-
leading as the one to the effect that
women suffer In silence.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

A woman often looks as well as the
display in shop window. But mai
never does.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Labor is the foundation of many a
big fortune-but not necessarily of the
laborerS.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

The rule in politics is that the sid
that owns the steam roller use it.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

One of the compensations of life ii
that man can't study himself through
a microscope.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

Other people may have good taste
but, of course. yours is little better
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
Paw still on the Job,

Little Lemuel-What's bookworm.
paw?
Paw-lt's worm that would rather
digest a book by eating it than by read
ing 1t. -
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

It is easy to get around anyone ysu
can manage to see through.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15

A Religion With Him.
What is your fathers religion?"
Golf. l guess. It's the only thing
he does on Sundays"
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
Good Reason.

First Motorist-This is terrible
heat.
Second Motorist-But you must re-
member we have been scorching. -'r
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
The Advantage,

1--WE want the bald facts in the
case"
Then we can't split hairs over 1t.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
Stretched Out.

Stretched Out.
What is your dachshund's name?
Il call him Art.
AN appropriate name. Art is long
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-15
GRADUATING by Post.

dad. what's postgraduate?'
"A fellow who emerges from a cor
respondence school, imagine"