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̂ ± ' T •? _ ' f c 4 » » < * • ' * > ^ » & ' tz j'1 FLAINDEALER, iTHENRT, ILfi. x f ^ % ' J - * * * > J f r i H ' ' f :.,«$• vtfw ,|v:%^;'^..." ;.; ILLINOIS BOAI^D OF AGRICUL> TURE PREPARES ITS BUDGET FOR EXPENSE. / ' TO BE OFFERED LEGISLATURE Fjr» Escapes for Exposition Building) Four Cattle Barns and Grand Stand Addition Are Among Items Asksd. Orders Restricting Paroles. The state board of administration has Issued an order restricting the parole of patients from state insane asylums. • The new ruling is divided into two parts. One section provides that no patient of the insahe asylums shall be allowed to go into town on shore parole. Superintendents are still pos­ sessed of the power to grant 90-day paroles to patients, when the latter are going to the home of their rela­ tives or friends. This is now specified by law. The second division of the new or* per provides that no patient may at­ tend a circus, theater, street fair or other such entertainment outside the grounds of the institution. Springfield.--The board of agricul­ ture has prepared its budget of ex­ pense for the preparation of buildings and grounds at the state fair grounds which will be presented to the leg­ islature in due course of time. Secre­ tary M. B. Davidson is of the belief that the demands are very reasonable and that the assembly will look with fa- •or on at least most of the item*. The total required to do what the board In mind will amount to approxi­ mately $66,200, according to a list pre­ pared in the board office. Among the important items are the following: Four cattle barns 120,000 Fire escapes for exposition buildings 2,500 Sanitary kitchen and toilets for the boys' state fair school... 5,000 Permanent Banitary eating houses i........ 10,000 Children's nursery 1,200 Free grand stand addition 20,000 QBuilding seats in the coliseum nearer the ground 5,000 Subway under race track 2,500 The large items are the four new cattle barns, which the board con­ siders absolutely necessary if the high standard now maintained in the dis­ play of fine stock is to be maintained. The free grand stand, which will be Imilt without covering, if the appro­ priation is allowed, is much needed in the opinion of the board and ought to •be provided for at the earliest pos­ sible moment. A demand for a place where persons can witness the races and the events without paying a gate fee in addition to the entrance fee is In much demand, and it is to stop com- iplaints against the lack of such a stand that the boa^fl is taking the present action. An improvement which the board is also emphasizing and which will cost comparatively little money is the sub­ way under the race track. It is the plan to scoop but the center of the track and use it as a place to park automobiles which at present are a nuisance in every nook and cranny of the grounds. The subway would be Ibullt of concrete at a cost of $2,500. The sanitary eating houses are sug­ gested strongly A>y the state board of liealth and the board of agriculture is desirous of complying with the spirit of the health bureau's suggestions. Such houses would cost approximately $10,000, but would furnish assurance «f less dirt than Is now consumed by the eating public in the minds of the board members. News Brevities of Illinois Successful in State Merit Tests. Announcement was made from the offices of the state civil service com­ mission of several lists of eliglbles from recent state examinations. The lists include: Food chemist--Oscar B. Harder, Harry A. Crown, Dudley Grant, Jo­ seph Javodflky^ Andrew A. Wollin, William C. Marti, Albert K. Epstein, Carl C. Qibson and Christopher K. Beebe, all of Chicago. Dietitian -- Fern Godfrey, Hot Springs, S. D.; Grace B. Logan, Kan­ kakee; Minna J. Kraus, Watertown; Julia A. Rutledge, Peoria; Delia Wycoff, Decatur. Trained nurses--Mrs. Fannie Cas­ per, Watertown; Verna L. Smith, Ofney; Mrs. Myrtle B. Behrend, Springfield; Mabel Coleman, Water town; Elin M. Seaberg and Gertrude Jaeger, Chicago. Plasterer--Thomas Rynne, Francis 8. Kavanaugh, Frank M. Lamberger, William B. Shlnnick, Chicago; Lewis F. Yocum, Springfield; Christopher Whitford, Freeport; Fred C. Martin, Kankakee; Merl E. Cross, Iroquois; Patrick White, Geneva. Law stenographer -- Katherine M. Hardin, Anna M. Pulwitt, Jx>ulse Pul Witt, Matilda C. Galster, Marie Or nelles, Matilda Kavanaugh, Jessie Spurway, Margaret G. Day, Gussle D. Behrend, Ilarry L. Livingstone and William A. Crookston, all of Spring­ field; George J. Reed, Mary Schmlts. Cora D. Summer, Margaret Griffin, " Mina St. John, Pauline Riedelbauch. Nan K.t Daily, Lillian J. Kessel. Nora M. Hartigan, Catherine F. Barrett Marie Sheriy. Jennie M. Kendall, William K. Wilkinson, Mary O. Payne, Eleanor L. Nash, H. Louise Bcholl, Amelia Jaeger, Bessie Pine, Etta Rindere, all of Chicago; Marie ®. Murphy, Rockford; Loretta K Whtye, Urbana; 1 Articles of Incorporation. The following corporations were li­ censed by Secretary of State Steven- con; Atlas Cut Stone company, Chicago; capital stock, $2,000. Incorporators-- Charles Euler, Samuel E. Mass and •John E. Rent. Catch-Basin Sanitary company, Chi­ cago, capital, $1,000. Incorporators-- Rudolph B. Salmon, Luther W. Benson and Charles W. Stiefel. Laue Hardware company, Robinson; capital, $19,000. Incorporators--G. H. , . lAue, W. G. Eaton and J. C. Laue. ' Economy Coal and Supply company, "^Chicago; capital, $5,000. Incorpora­ tors--Virgil O. Whipp, Efrnbst M. Stephens and Paul E. Watson. v Krohn Ice company, Chicago Heights: capital, $5,000. "Incorpora­ tors--Frank B. Weishaar, Herman Krohn and Henry K. Lindhout. Motor Car Owners' Repair company, Chicago; capital, $20,000. Incorpora­ tors--James A. Stevens, Charles A. Lawes and Palshe B. Smith. The Printing Craft Archives, Chi­ cago; capital, $5,000. Incorporators-- jiEdward C. Kesler, Otto B. Steiskal and Arthur U XlworUt' Says 8tate Lax In Cattle Epidemic. Loose quarantine methods in vogue in handling the hoof-arid-mouth plague and the appointment of "hotel poli­ ticians" as members of the live stock commission were criticized by Presi­ dent E. O. Stone of the Illinois Live Stock Breeders association in his an­ nual address before that body at Springfield. He told the breeders that tho plague is tho most vital issue now In the state and that all other questions must be put aside and the members "go to war/' acting as one man to stamp out the disease. He said the epidemic In a state-wide calamity to breeders and unless it is wiped out Illinois would be isolated from other states. He declared the members of the state board of live stock commission­ ers were incompetent and that the Breeders' association had not been recognized in any appointments. Lax quarantine methods in the state had permitted Illinois to be the dump­ ing ground for diseased animals from other states, he added, and as a result 14 states had quarantined against Illi­ nois, thus doing a severe Injury to live stock interests. He declared the state board should have quarantined against Michigan and Indiana at the outbreak of the disease there. He urged live stock men to co-operate in fighting the dis­ ease and pointed out the success in other states through harmony in op* eration between federal and state gov­ ernments. The meeting addressed a telegram to Col. George Fabyan of Geneva asking him to use his influence in hav­ ing Wallace Norton dismiss the in­ junction proceedings recently started restraining the state from slaughter­ ing live stock afflicted with or exposed to the disease, so that the authorities combat the plagud along the new lines which have been laid down. An invitation also was sent to Colo­ nel Fabyan and President Graham of the Kane County Improvement asso­ ciation, asking them to go to Spring­ field and confer with Governor Dunne and the state authorities regarding the disease. N The first vouchers of the $600,000 re­ ceived in Chicago as the government's one-half of the appraised value of ani­ mals slaughtered so far because of the plague were distributed yesterday. The first payment, which amounted to $18, 015, went to Darlington & Co., stockers and feeders, for 616 cattle killed by government Inspectors at the yards in November. Work of disinfecting and cleaning the stock yards progressed rapidly yesterday in spite of the zero weather Huge boilers filled with hot water were used in flooding the pens to melt the ice and snow so that the dlsin fectant might destroy any germs. Will Ask Changes in Election Law. Changes in the state election law creating commissions, which is now In force in a number of cities of Illi nois, will be asked at the present ses­ sion of the Illinois general assembly. Amendments to the state lajvs, which will reduce the cost of elections to mu­ nicipalities, and shorter ballots will be recommended in a bill to be offered to the state legislature by a special com mlttee named at a meeting of the State AsBociation*a| Election Commis sloners. The bilHwill'also urge the elimination of a primary election for the selection of circuit judge, with an aim to make the election of the judi clary as near nonpartisan as possible The special committee to draft the bill will be composed of J. H. Barn hart of Danville, president of the state association, and a representative; fi Springfield, Chicago and Peoria, who are to be announced later. Among the changes to be recom­ mended to the legislature are the fol­ lowing: To amend the number of registra­ tion days as provided for in the pres­ ent law. To shorten the ballot, by a provision for more appointive officers, and re­ duce the number to be elected by the people. To abolish the primary election for judges of the circuit court and to make the selection of the judiciary as near nonpartisan as possible. The committee will hold a confer­ ence In Springfield in a short time when the bill will be drafted. NEWS OF THE STATE Granite City.--E. W. Bilker of this city was a victim of robbers twice within half an hour. After $50 had been stolen from his office, Hllker en­ countered two holdup men a few blocks away. He thrashed one and disarmed the other. Peoria.--Plans for a new $35,000 edifice for a Second Church of Christ, Scientist, in Peoria have been ap­ proved. The church will be built in the bluff district on Barker avenue. Pan a.--The Central Illinois Medical society closed its session at Taylor- ville with the election of the following officers: President, Dr. R. C. Danford of Pana; vice-president. Dr. G. A. T&nkersly^ Owaneco; secretary-treas­ urer, Dr. 8amuel Heidmaa, Taylor- ville. Richfield.--The oil boom in this vi­ cinity has taken a fresh start and the Indications are there will be consider­ able activity here this spring and sum* mer. Several farmers have agreed tl their lands to as oU company' Peoria.--A reported elopement of Oliver P. Wilson, a well-to-do retired business man of Lincoln, Neb., and Effle Hamlin from Denver, Colo., or any other place, ended here in the death of the man. His body was sent back to Lincoln for burial. Wilson was seventy years old and the woman was about thirty-five. They came to Peoria 12 days ago and took rooms as "Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin." Wilson was taken suddenly ill and died from the effects of an ulcer of the stomach. At a hospital Mrs. Hamlin said she was Ms daughter. She told a physi­ cian she was his nurse but admitted to* the coroner that she was only a "friend." According to a relative in this city Wilson has a widow in Lin­ coln. Chicago.--Frank Marion Ross, at­ torney of Kentland and IndianapoliB, was arraigned on a charge of cashing worthless checks and had his case con­ tinued until February 9. Ross' bride, a daughter of Judge William Cummings of Kentland, Ind., was in court. It was the first time she had left her apart­ ment in the Bradley hotel after her vain plea to be put in a cell with her husband. She is known about the ho­ tel as the "pajama girl" since Ross' arrest because she has sat around all day in her pajamas playing with a big angora cat and refusing to see any­ one. Springfield.--The Illinois Associa­ tion of Mutual and Windstorm Insur­ ance Companies elected officers, be­ fore adjournment, as follows: Presi­ dent, A. L. Turner, Winona; vice- president, R. C. Hanton, Stlllman Valley; treasurer, J. N. Hosford, Ham­ ilton; executive committee members, J. P. Wilson, Polo; J. J. Casey, Alta. and S. B. Mason, Bloomington. Charles Bowman of Albion discussed "Adjusting Losses." Chicago.--Miss Jennie Seass, who disappeared from the University of Illi­ nois January 15 and wrote Bad letters from Chicago which • led friends to fear she had committed suicide, has been found. Was identified when she asked for shelter at a Salvation Army home here and has been taken back to her home in Sullivan by her fa­ ther, George V. Miller. Chicago.--On motion of the govern­ ment, |the trial of Jessie Elizabeth Cope, indicted for attempted bribery of a government official, was post­ poned by Judge Carpenter. Attorney Elwood G. Godman, counsel for Miss Cope, informed the court that he was prepared to proceed with the case, but Assistant District Attorney Joseph B. Fleming asked for a continuance. Peoria.--Ilomer Nash, a farmer, forty-three years old, committed BUI- clde by hanging at his home two miles Bouth of Alta. He was to have ap­ peared as the complaining witness against two boys arrested on the charge of stealing his corn. Galesburg. -- Federal stock inspec­ tors discovered four- well defined cases of foot-and-mouth disease at Lynn Center in Henry county. As-a r^|ult some four hundred head of cat­ tle and hogs will be killed at once and ^several nearby farms will be put un­ der strict quarantine. Peoria.--Mrs. Louise Block, widow of Henry C. Block, a wealthy pioneer merchant, died from the effects of poi­ son taken by mistake. Her throat was burned with rCuriatlc acid which she used f<A- a gargle mistaking it for lis- terlne. Mrs. Block was seventy years old. Bloomington.--Adams Sharp, pio­ neer merchant of Sweetwater and for the past twelve years postmaster, dropped dead at his home, aged sixty- one. He leaves two children, Fred and Ernest, both of Chicago. Morrison ville.--Anna Lee Grundy, fifty-two years old, widow of Dr. G. (t• Grundy, who died January 21, died at her home here. Both were victims of pneumonia and both were former resi­ dents of St. Louis. Bloomington.--Farmers in the vicin­ ity of Swygert are excited over the dis­ covery of gold. A report has been re­ ceived from a Chicago assayist show­ ing deposits of $21 to the ton of earth. He declared the members of the state board of live stock commission­ ers were incompetent and that the Breeder*' association had net recognized in any appointments. Rockford.--Amos Prutsman, a traveling salesman, who moved to Rockford from Springfield recently, was found Insane from grief over the death of a friend. McLesnsboro.--The county board of supervisors has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest of the person who broke in the county clerk's office and stole the contested ballots. Vlrden.--Fire destroyed the engine, boiler and dynamo rooms of the Mon- touh Coal company, entailing a loss of $25,000. Two hundred and fifty miners are idle as a result of the fire. Chicago Heights.--Commission form of government defeated here 2 to 1 special election, second trial vote. Chicago--The sanitary district of Chicago, at a meeting, passed the an­ nual budget of $158,954.50, as recom­ mended in the report of the finance committee. This report was read. The vote was unanimous. Geneva.--Charging that Martin Lu­ ther Congrave is her husband in name only, Mrs. Edna Congrave of Aurora has brought suit for divorce in the circuit court at Geneva. She says Mr. Congrave has $50,000 invested in real estate and valuable personal prop­ erty and asks alimony. Mrs. Con­ grave is eighteen years old and her husband is fifty-one years old. Decatur.--Free water for the public schools was denied by the city council at a session of that body. Several days ago the council received a pe­ tition from the board of education, asking that the municipality furnish water to the public schools free of cost. Peoria.--Peoria is to be the scene of a musical contest in the early spring, which will bring to the city talented musicians from'all parts of the state. The contest is for the purpose of se­ lecting representatives of the State who will compete for the national I in Loa Anaeles zisxt^f una. D. JR., IS HIT J. R. LAWSON CHARGES OIL KINO'S •ON IGNORES TOILERS EVEN WHILE THEY 8TARVE. RAKES THE FOUNDATION, TOO Official of United Mine Workers Says Institution Seeks to Substitute Philanthropy for Justice--Tells of Suffering Among Workers. WILSON VETOES BILL PRESIDENT WITHHOLDS APPRO* AL OF IMMIGRATION MEASURE. BABY ELEPHANT SHED TEARS New York, Feb. I.--Coming almost straight from the office of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,' where he had a "friendly chat" with him over condi­ tions in the mines of Colorado, John R. Lawson, a member of the executive board of the United Mine Workers for the district including Colorado, read before the federal commission on in­ dustrial relations on Friday a scathing indictment of Mr. Rockefeller and the attitude he had displayed before the commission. The policies and purposes of the $100,000,000 Rockefeller foundation and the recent utterances of young Mr. Rockefeller on the witness stand were assailed by Mr. Lawson. In assailing the Rockefeller founda­ tion he asserted that one of the causes of industrial discontent was that very philanthropy and the feeling that the millions "spread over the* world in showy generosity" were derived from the "money withheld from the wages of the American working class." Mr. Lawson criticized young Rocke- feUer for his lack of knowledge of con­ ditions among employees of the Colo­ rado Fuel company, and sa^d he was "equally as ignorant and indifferent as his trusted executives." "Your body can well afford to let the testimony of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., bring your investigation to an end," Mr. Lawson told the commission. "Out of his mouth came a reason for every discontent that agitates the laboring class in the United States today, and if remedies are provided for the injustices that he disclosed a long step will be taken away from in­ dustrial disturbance." Mr. Lawson told of the shooting of striking miners in Colorado, the shat­ tering of miners' homes, how hundreds were "dumped in 1903 into the desert without food or water," while others were driven over the snow of the mountain ranges. The philanthropy of the Rockefellers Mr. Lawson referred to as follows: "Health for China, a Refuge for birds, food for Belgians, pensions for New York widows, university training for the elect--and never a thought or a dollar for thousands of men, women and children who starved in Colorado; for the widows robbed of husbands, children of their fathers. "There are thousands of Mr. Rocke­ feller's employees in Colorado who wish to God they were in Belgium to b€ fed, or a bin' to be cared for." Declares Literacy' Test and Restria> tlons Constitute Radical Change in Nation's Policy. Washington, Jan. SO.--The immfgn* tlon bill was vetoed on Thursday by President Wilson in a message to con­ gress in which he said: "In two particulars of vital conse­ quence this bill embodies a radical de­ parture from the traditional and long- established policy of this country, a policy in which our people have con­ ceived the very character of their gov­ ernment to be expressed, the very mis­ sion and spirit of the nation in respect of Its relations to the peoples of the world outside their borders. It seeks to all but close entirely the gates of asylums which always have been open to those who could find nowhere else the right and opportunity of constitu­ tional agitation for what they con­ ceived to be the natural and inallena- able rights of man; and it excludes thbse to whom the opportunity of ele­ mentary education has been denied, without regard to their character, their purposes, or their natural ca­ pacity. "Restrictions like these, adopted earlier in our history as a nation, would have very materially altered the course and cooled the humane ardors of our politics. "The literacy test and the tests and restrictions which accompany it con­ stitute an even more radical change in the policy of the nation. In this bill it Is proposed to turn away from tests of character and of quality and impose tests which exclude and restrict; for the new tests here embodied are not tests of quality or of character or of personal fitness, but tests of oppor­ tunity. "If the people of this country hare made up their minds to limit the num­ ber of immigrants by arbitrary tests and so reverse the policy of all the generations of Americans that have gone before them, It is their right to do so. I am their servant and have no license to stand In their way. But I do not believe that they have. "I have no pride of opinion In this question. I am not foolish enough to profess to know the wishes and ideals of America better than the body of her chosen representatives know them, only want instructions direct from those whose fortunes, with ours and all men's, are Involved. "Cried and Took On Something Ter­ rible'* Throughout Sea Trip, 8ay« Keeper. Alfred Austyn arrived in this port; yesterday from his home city, London, England, because some blighter had stopped him ,on the dock in London and awsked him to look after a bloomin' baby elephant which had quarters in the hold of the liner Min- newaska. Austyn told ship news reporters yesterday when the Mlnnewaska docs- ed that 'e couldn't leave the blawsted brute a moment on the trip or it would begin moanin' fit to die. 'K said that every time 'e did leave it the beast cried and took on some­ thing terrftne. Last Sunday, 'e continued, 'e thought the divine service on board might re­ store 'is peace of mind, so he went to the services, leavin' the little elephant taking a nap and lookin' sweet enough to kiss. | But as soon as Austyn got to divine worship there was a terrible moanin' from the hold, which got so loud that officers of the boat awsked him to please get back down to that blighted beast and stay with 'im till the voyage ended. Austyn went down to the elephant and found 'im wee pin' real tears. B was feelin' sorry for the poor little animal, when it sucked up a trunk of water from a bucket and blew it In is face. 'E was glad then it was only a baby elephant. "And that's all 'e's been doin' all the way over," said Austyn yesterday. When 'e wasn't moanin' 'e was throw- in' water all over me and everything else, and if I should leave 'im a min­ ute 'e would scream fit to kill. The officers said I didn't appreciate 'is love for me. I don't even know who 'e's goin' to or what *is name is and I don't care, if 'e will only find someono else to fall in love with. I think e was taken away from his mother too soon, don't you?"--New York World. FRUIT LAXATIVE Mi "California Syrup of Figs" canty harm tender stomadfc. "*5$- liver and bowels, * I f - I M 258 ON THE VIKNER PERISHED British Casualty List 8hows Reserve Men and Boyb Went Down With Armored Merchant Ship. London, Feb. 1.--A casualty i list Is­ sued on Friday shows that the/British armored merchant vessel Vikner, which was lost off the coast of Ireland several days, ago, carried a crew of 258, composed of naval reserve men and boys belonging to the mercantile marine, all of whom perished. Among the crew were 24 royal naval reserve men from Newfoundland. The admiralty report announcing the Vikner's loss said all on board had undoubtedly perished. CONGRATULATES THE KAISER MRS. ROGERS IS INDICTED New York Grand Jury Returns Indict­ ment Charging Murder on Two Counts Against "Love Wife." New York, Feb. L--The Bronx county grand jury returned an indict­ ment on Friday charging murder on two countB against Mrs. Ida Sniffen Rogers, the "love wife" of Lorlya El­ ton Rogers. Mrs. Rogers caused the death of her two children by giving them bichloride of mercury. She is in Lebanon hospital suffering from the effects of the same di-^ ai." ecu-J not be removed, although a bench warrant was issued for her arrest. READY TO PAY FOR CATTLE U. S. Government Now in Position to Reimburse Stock Owners for Animals Destroyed. Washington, Jan. 29.--The depart­ ment of agriculture announced on Wednesday that it now Is in a position to relfnburse stock owners whose cat­ tle were killed in the fight against the foot-and-mouth disease. President Wilson mage available $2,600,000 for use in the campaign by the department when he signed the urgent deficiency bill. Leader of Boy Crusaders Jailed. Kansas City, Feb. 2.--Neff McCleary, organizer of the Boy Crusaders, formed along the lines of the Boy Scouts, is being held on charges that he used the organization to teach boys immoral practices. Taps Father-in-Law for $15,000. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Feb. 2.--Mrs. Matilda Sybilla was awarded a verdict of $15,000 in the circuit court against her father-in-law, Frank Sybilla, for alienation of the affections of her hus­ band. Gen. Pau to Command Russ. Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, L. I., Feb. 1.--Dispatches fr Guu ucUGVa, the press bureau asserted, state that Gen. Paul Pau, France's one-armed hero, is enroute to Warsaw to take command of one of the Russian armies. Germany Arrests British Colonials. Berlin Feb. 1,--A dispatch reach­ ing here from Hamburg says that all British colonials in that city, with "the exception for the time being of the Australians, have been arrested •pd Interned in Ruhleben- President Extends Cordial Felicita­ tions to German Emperor on His Birthday Anniversary. Washington. Jam. 29.--President Wilson on Wednesday sent the follow­ ing congratulatory cablegram to Em­ peror William of Germany on his fifty- sixth birthday: "In behalf of the government and people of the United States, I have the pleasure to extend to your majesty cordial felicitations on the anniver­ sary of your birth as well as my own good wishes for your welfare. "WOODROW WILSON. Amsterdam, Jan. 29,--Emperor WH 11am arrived at Thielt on Wednesday and a great forward movement by the German troops in Flanders has be­ gun. Passchendaale was occupied by the Germans. Berlin, Jan. 29 (by wireless).--An imperial decree of amnesty for per­ sons undergoing punishment for minor offenses against military law was is­ sued here upon the occasion of the kaiser's fifty-sixth birthday. Every mother realizes, after glvtac her children "California Syrup oC Figs" that this Is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant taste and it thoroughly cleanses the teadar little stomach, liver and bowels wlfh* out griping. When cross, irritable, feverish,, or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit laxative," and in a tern hours all tha foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the bow­ els, and you have a well, playful chfld again. When its little system is fall of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache^ dl^rrhccji, indigestion, colic-- ber, a good "Inside cleaning" should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "California Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 60- c e n t b o t t l e o f " C a l i f o r n i a S y r u p a t Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and growMf# printed on the bottle. Adv. Testing English French. Numerous opportunities for the testing of British-spoken French oc­ cur nowadays, writes a correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, and 1 have no doubt very simple things will often prove a stumbling block- I re­ member an experience of my own. It happened at Rouen during a little tour in France with a couple of friends. I managed to act as interpreter for the party and got on very well until, as I paid the bill at a Rouen hotel, the lady who took the money observed "Fay boo-tong." I smiled sadly. She with an even sadder smile repeated the observation. She gave a receipt, so it could not have been anything of financial importance, but I went away ignorant of her meaning. I looked up "bouton," and found that It meant in addition to "button" such other things as "bud" and even "pimple." Neither word could have been what she meant, of that I was sure; but not until four hours later, as our train ap­ proached Paris, did it dawn upon »e that the lady had simply been saying It was a fine day--"Fait beau temps. But she really said, "Boo," not "Bo," and that was the cause of the trou­ ble. STATE'S WARDS FLEE TIRE Three Hundred Inmates of Massachu­ setts infirmary Driven Out In Zero Weather. Lowell. Mass.. Feb. 1.--Three hun­ dred men. Inmates at the state Infirm­ ary at Tewkebury, six miles from here, were driven out into the zero air by fire in a combination clothes storage and dormitory. Five hundred other men and women inmatos of adjoining dormitories, pan- ie-etricken by the flanu., overpowered the attendants and fled into the big quadrangle around which the guards are stationed. There are 2,900 Inmates at the state Infirmary and those who remained In their quarters were greatly frightened. TURKS NEAR SUEZ CANAL One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Ottoman Troops Within Five Miles of the Waterway. Athens, Jan. 29.--The advance guard of a Turkish army of 120,000 men un­ der Djemal Pasha and a corps of Ger­ man officers is within five miles of the Suez canal, according to dispatches from Cairo on Wednesday. Monkey War Veteran. Jacko, the pet monkey of H. M. S. Loyal, who has been in three wars, re­ cently paid a flying visit to Harwich, and for the sake of variety made part of the journey on the roof of a railway carriage. Born in South Africa during the war, Jacko was made the pet of a regi­ ment, and was with the troops on two or three battlefields. A seaman fath­ ered him and took him afloat. He went to the China station, and wa« with the naval brigade in the Boxer rebellion. Back to sea he went from ship to ship, and he was in the Loyal during its re­ cent .engagement with German de­ stroyers. Being an old soldier, he then took refuge in the fish-kettle, emerging quite gay and hearty when the shoot­ ing was over.--London Daily Mail. Wants Some Thinking Out. Pensive Patrick gazed into the pigsty , and fixed his eyes and knitted his brow, on the fat little object that snugly snorted to itself. "H'm!" he muttered, as, shifting Into a different position, he viewed the pig* sty from another angle. . Along' came Betty O'Hoyle, but even her pretty face could not lure Patrick from his contemplation. "An' how's the pig, Pat?" she asked slightly piqued by his indifference. "He's a llvln' wonder," came the emphatio answer. "Shure, an' how's that, Patrick," in­ quired I^etty, drawing nearer the sty. "Bejabbers," exclaimed the contem­ plative one, "he just guzzled two patt­ ella of milk, and then I put him ln^ba pail, and he didn't half fill It!" THE COLONEL'S SOLD MINE Out in Gregory County, South Dakota, lives Colonel Johnson, the famed Alfalfa King of that great section. About thirty years ago he left Wisconsin for that domain. All he had was willing hands, a clear brain and a bright vision. Today he is the owner of thousands t<4 acres, president of several hsnka A Family Affair. Yonkers, N. Y., Feb. 1.--In the same court on t^e same day Paul Gil­ bert was sentenced for assault, his son, Frank, aged twelve, was convict­ ed of robbery, and another son, Wil­ liam, was convicted of truancy. Man Leaps to Desth. Chicago, Feb. 1.--Frank T. Craw­ ford, wealthy Yale graduate and son- in-law of the late Luther Laflin Mills, killed himself by leaping from the third floor of his residence. Despondency caused by illness caused act. Chicago Train Into Ditch. Green Bay, Wis., Jan. 30.--Mar- quette-Chicago train on the Milwaukee road went down an embankment. Three sleeping cars were piled up at the foot of the embankment, but no one was killed or seriously injured. Two Killed In Coal Mine. Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 30.--In a wreck, due to the bilking of the cable haul­ ing cars up to the slope of the Al- toona Coal and Coke company's mina near Gallitzin, two men were killed, «ad two probably fatally Injured. She Was a Voter. Visiting New York friends is an Illinois girl, young and sweet and pret­ ty. One evening she was out with a party of people older than herself, and after the theater someone sug­ gested that they go to a rat' cr lively restaurant and dance awhile. The others objected on the ground that It might not be the proper place for a young and unsophisticated girl like Miss Blank. i "Oh," she said with quite an air. "you needn't bother about my youth or my unsophistication. I am twenty- one years of age and I voted at the November election." No other woman in the party had a record like that and the Illinois girl was taken along without further ques­ tion. Tramps Raid Peacock Pen. A feast fit for kings, perhaps, hss been Indulged by hoboes who raided the grounds of Millionaire Gardner Hammond of Monteclto, Cal., and made off with the peacocks. The beautiful fowls have attracted no end of comment, being imported birds. The loss was discovered in the morning and all day Sheriff Nat Stew­ art searched the hobo camps, but In vain. 'Raids on Montecito hen coopa have been of nightly occurrence. "Big reward paid and no questions asked," is the way the Hammonds are advertising for the return of their pea­ cocks. He has found a veritable gold mine in his thousand-acre Alfalfa field, and what is of particular interest to you and me is that his first Alfalfa Seed, twenty-five Sears ago or more, was purchased from the ohn A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. The Colonel gays: "The best paying crop in hay, or grass, or pasture food is Alfalfa. It outranks everything in money value." Baker's Alfalfa is good on your own firm, for three to five tons of rich hay per acre, and witlj the aid of "Nitragen (see my catalog) its growth Is absolutely certain. For 10c In Poetage We gladly mail our Cktalog asd sample package of Ten Fa­ mous Farm Seeds, including Speltz, "The Cereal Wonder:" Rejuvenated White Bonanza Oats "The Prise Winner/' Bil­ lion Dollar Grass; Teosint®, the Silo filler, Alfalfa, etc., ete. Or Send 1«o 'And we will nail yea ear big Catalog and six generous packages of Early Cabbage, Carrot. Cucumber, Lettuce, Radish, Onion- furnishing lots and lots of juicy delicious Vegetables during the early Spnng and Summer. Or send to John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box 700, La Ciosssi Wis., twenty cents and rsoeive both a bore eolleo- and their big catalog. * # 0' Troglodytes. "A. J. Drexel, one of the American volunteers in the British service, diited with me at the Rits in London while > on furlough," said a Cincinnati corre­ spondent. "Mr. Drexel told me that he habit*- • ally slept in France fight feet under ' ground in a clay cave. His bed was a door, bis roof was another door. The entrance was a two-foot square ^ hole. " "Very luxurious--what you might --digglns,' laughed Mr. DrexeL" ' U. S. GOV. LAND FREE > Under special act of Congress tha v agricultural land of the U. S. Forest reserve of Arkansas can now be homesteaded in tracts not to exceed 160 acres to each person, free of cost 1,000,000 acres free pasturage range where cattle, hogs and sheep fatten eight months In year without grain. No overflow lands. Country very healthy, and well watered with run- «i ning streams. We select these agri- - cultural lands, take applicant to lands and locate you. Send 25 cents tor State map showing location of Re* ">i; serve and copy of Special Act to A. V. Alexander, Locating Engineer, Little Rock. Ark.--A4*. Start Fishing fer Cats. There have been bo many cat operas and back fence serenades st Atlantic ^ -- -- City of late that peaceful slumb^i^ riracuuth systems?" nszt to impossible. The city fathers* have decided ta consequence to war on tflms and tab­ bies, and fish peddlers have been or­ dered to the front. These peddlers will go about the streets wailing "Fresh feesh; fresh feesh," and the eats are expected to appear, leap on the peddler carts and have nets thrown over them. '* The cat catchers will get 50 cents for every torn and tabby brought to the pound. Suitable. **I feel like I would like to hava aur brains given a good cleansing out/ Then why not try some of When Your Eyes Need Cms * e Ose Murlue Eye Mnileiue. NoSmurur-r Fiu«--Acta Ou.okljr. Tr/ » for Ke4t fv>M And GrauoUifj Kjelidi** Murin* la cauTj.onnded by our iVuilsts-uot^e -rmseo* for' th« Public * n & »ol<i bjr Prussia ** p©* h. me. Write for Biiok MMTiM **• !»•«»•<* Oo*N>*»Y. A conservative estimate of the stalk production of tfc&i 150,000,000 too* i , .