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DAT PREPARATIONS UNDER WAY FOR CELEBRATION OF *0AIRy DAY." * 5 JUNE 24 HAS BEEN SELECTED Institution Originated by W.. *8cott Matthew*, Dairy and Food Com­ missioner for the State, Meeting With Great Popular Approval ifi State. • v; jj£-: Springfield. -- Active preparations are under way tor the celebration of "Dairy Day" at Harrisburg, June 24, and from reports given out by the arrangement committee, the celebra­ tion promises to be the biggest af­ fair of the kind that has been held in the state. The parade in which purebred bulla and high-grade dairy cows are to be featured, will form an important p&rt of the program. Cow judging con­ tests, milking tests, moving picture tthows, bands, speeches and other at­ tractions are scheduled. "Dairy Day" is an institution meet­ ing with great popular aproval in rural communities of Illinoip. W. Scott Matthews, dairy and food commission­ er, for the state, originated this form of celebration to impress farmers with the advantages of dairying conducted according to Improved methods. More cows and better cows for Illi­ nois is the keynote of Commissioner Matthews' campaign for extending the dairy industry. As an aid to him along these lines, the Business Men's Dairy Extension Movement of Illinois, lifts been a potent factbr. The bankers of the state have prov­ en powerful allies in advancing the necessary funds for the Importation of dairy herds, and in encouraging the farmers in the^r sections to take up dairying in accordance with ap­ proved standards. \. A select lot of cows is reported puf- chased by the four Harrisburg banks. The animals were* obtained In the East with the aid of an expert fur­ nished by the Illinois Dairy and Food department, and Are representative of some of the best types In Pennsyl­ vania and Ohio. Ten purebred bulls contributed by the, New York, Central lines for the purpose of aiding the farmers to im­ prove their herds, will take a promi­ nent position in the parade; and la­ ter in the day a number of them will be allotted to Harrisburg and tbe adjacent communities. t The arrangement committee of the Harrisburg Commercial club is hard at work in promoting an extensive publicity campaign and in working out the details of the celebration. Banking, commercial and railroad in­ terests are well represented on the personnel of this committee, of which W. A. Grant is chairman. The speakers include President A. H. Smith of the New York Central lines; Dr. W. A- Evans, former com­ missioner of health fop the city of Chicago; Carl Vrooman, assistant sec­ retary of agriculture; John Crebs, for the Illinois Bankers' association, who is devoting all hi^ time and# energy towards making tbe affair a success, and Commissioner W. Scott Matthews. W. W. Marple, member of the Board of Directors of the Business Men's Dairy Extension Mdvement, will be master of ceremonies. As a special feature for the chil­ dren, President Smith of the New York Central lines, has announced the donation of a purebred bull and heifer, to be awarded to the boy and giS re­ spectively, who distiQguish them­ selves by winning the cow-judging contests. A prize of $25 is offered to the town outside of Saline county, which has the largest delegation In the parade. > Utility Order Upheld. Judge James A. Creighton in the circuit court handed down a decision In which he upheld the order of the state public utilities commission which directed the L., E. & W. railroad com­ pany to build a switch traok up to the grain elevator of J. S. Cameron at Elliott The railroad company had re­ fused to lay the tracks and had ap­ pealed from the order to the circuit court. Judge Creighton held that the order was potru$lawful as charged by the company. ' Gift to State University. President Edmund J. James of the University of Illinois has presented to the library of^that institution a col­ lection of boolts numbering some fif­ teen hundred volumes relating to his­ tory, economics, politics, and educa­ tion. The collection is to be known as the Amanda K. Casad collection. In memory of his mother, the daugh­ ter of Rev, Dr. Anthony Wayne Casad of Lebanon. . „ " New Incorporation*. Kawfield Oil company. Rock feland; capital, *15,000; incorporators, Charles M. Welch, Peter E. Johnson, David Warwick. The Lexington Oarage company. Lexington; "capital, $15,000; Incorpo­ rators, Jotnr W. ABhabran, Herschel E. Payne. Carrie Ashabran. The Warren Park Floral company. Cicero; capital, $2500; incorporators, John Grant, Alexander Grant. William Scott. Kuhn & Kile company, Argenta; dis­ solved. A> American Wrecking and Salvage company. Chicago; capita! $2,000; in­ corporators, Henry M. Goldatmith, Ben­ jamin P. Huekberg, Leonard C. Reid. Bengson Fireproof Warehouse com­ pany, Chicago; capital, J2,oG0, incor­ porators. Emil H. Bengson. K. P. Knudsen, Day Lev in son. Itogenstiel's Furniture company, Chi-,; <cago; capital. $10,000; incorporators, Charles W. Stiefel, Rudolph B. Sal­ mon, Arthur L Ennia. Motion Picture Rebus company, Chi­ cago; capital $50,000; incorporators. Oscar Bauer, Henry D. Suleer, Ray J. Ready to Buy Qrounds. At a meeting of the Illinois Centen­ nial commission, held in the office of Governor Dunne, the finance commit­ tee of the commission announced that Springfield had subscribed $105,000 for the purchase of a site for the proposed centennial building. The members of the finance com­ mittee are Thomas Rees, chairman; John McCreery, treasurer, and Wil­ liam Conkling, secretary. One hundred thousand dollars was to be raised by Springfield, a condition precedent to the appropriation by the stat,e of $125,000 for the centennial building. Of the $105,000 subscribed, the committee announced $60,000 had already been collected, and that the remainder would be in hand by July 1. The commission appointed State Superintendent of Public Instruction Francis G. Blair and George Pasfield, Jr., a committee to obtain from Attor­ ney General Lucey an opinion as to whom the money is to be paid. Anoth­ er resolution adopted provides for im­ mediate work on the purchase of the ground. The land lying south of the capitol building likely will be pur­ chased. It was brought out as one of the important features of the meeting that the proposition is one not between the state and the citizens of Springfield but it is between the citizens of Springfield and particular property owners. "The thing Springfield people need impressed upon them is that it ia Springfield that is being beautified by this building and their own city that is being benefited," said George Pas- field, Jr. "Civic spirit should lead the property owners of the land lying south of the capitol to put no obstacles in the path of the building." Gov. Edward F. Dunne, Secretary of State Lewis Stevenson, Arthur Fitz­ gerald, Superintendent of Public In­ struction Francis G. Blair, George Pas- field, Jr., and E. S. Smith, members of the Centennial commission, received the Springfield delegation at the gov­ ernor's office. Attorney General Lucey was present to consult with the members on the starting of the detail work in purchas­ ing the Site. . Galena Boy * Hero. State fire marshal department offi­ cials are wondering whether thfere Isn't, somewhere, an organization which will give to seven-year-old Paul Edwards of Galena a medal in public recognition of an act of almost unprecedented bravery and presence of mind. The young man hai already gotten into pictures which the state fire mar­ shal's department is making for illus­ tration of fire hazard leBsons. Several weeks ago, Master Panl Its* tened to his parents tell of a horrible accident in Galena, in which a woman was burned to death in a restaurant. The little boy, it was noticed, was es­ pecially attentive. He listened par­ ticularly to his parents' advice as to ways and means of saving life in case of fire. A few weeks agoL while Paul and the other two children of the Edwards household, both younger than he, were playing in the house, the youngest, s little brother two and a half years old, picked up a match, struck it and at once caught fire. ^ Flames licked rapidly up into the baby's clothing. Paul commanded his tive-year-old brother ttf close the door, in order to shut out all drafts, then, snatching up a rug, wrapped it about the baby and rolled him upon the floor, over and over, until the fire was ex­ tinguished. Paul, meanwhile, suffered burns altout the hands and face. The baby was seriously, but not fatally burned. Asks Back Pay. The state supreme • court grant­ ed the motion of Henry S. Van- denberg, docket clerk and book­ keeper in the office of Charles W. Vail, clerk of the supreme court, to file a petition for a writ of mandamus on State Treasurer Russell and State Au­ ditor Brady to compel them to pay his salary **rhich had been held up since December 1, 1915. The state civil service commission refused to certify Van den berg's name on the pay roll, contending that he was subject to civil service and bad never take an examination for .therposition. Vandenberg's salary is $125 a month. Auditor Brady refused to issue the warrants because he was not directed to dc so by the cMl serykie com­ mission.1 ^ It is alleged in the petition for a writ of mandamus that Vandenberg is not under civil service; that his duties are under theOlirection of the supreme court, a judicial branch of the state government, and that the general as­ sembly under the constitution has no power to interfere with the method of his appointment, he being appointed by tbe clerk of the supreme court, and that neither the legislative or execu­ tive branch of the state governmenl cm determine who shall perform the constitutional duties of the clerk oi the supreme court, who is one of the branches ot the judicial department of the statie: V > •»* v • ST. LOUIS COLISEUM READY FOR DEMOCRATS is Interior of the Coliseum at St. Louis decorated for the Democratic 'national contention. JURY OF WOMEN CONVICTS MEXICAN BANDITS WE PAY CASH FOSl MEDICINAL ROOTS, HERBS, LEAVES, BARKS, ETC. I We boy over two hundred different kinds of Medicinal Roots, Herfa^ 1 Barks, Seeds, Flowers, Etc., for which we pay net cash on arrival. We make a specialty of Gba«g, G«Mcn Seal Rwt, Swb Ub Baal, M ; Stat GRASS Roirt, HeMwax, Etc. We pay imp cask prksa. ^ If you want to line up with a progressive, growing, honest, up-todata concern who will handle your goods right, who will keep you well posted on market conditions, write us for our price list, shipping tags, and full inforraatifHL Sm "•"A J. tlO.tlS.114.il 6 INVi H. EL LATHROP & CO- Inc. I StTMt New York Otf, ML Established 1S10 8 PINK EYE DISTEMPER CATJSRBNIL FEVER AMD ALL NOSE AND THROAT DiSEIIU ; Cures the sick and acts as a preventative for others. . Liquid given on the tongue. Safe for brood mares and I all others. Best kidney remedy. 50 cents a bottle, $S a dozen. Sold by all druggists and turf groorls houses, or sent, i express paid, by the manufacturers. Booklet, "Difttm- per. Cause and Cure," free. •POHN MEDICAL CO.. Cbemtets. Gwkis, Isl, U' 8. •. DIFFERENCE OF ONE LETTER RAVES ABOUT OUR GARDENS m This jury, composed entirely of women, convicted four Mexicans of highway robbery in the superior court at 8an Diego, Cal. Since California women have been given the ballot they have served on Juries frequently, bat this is the first time that the entire jury was composed of women. JULIUS KAHN ALL OVER THE STATE Freeport--The establishing of a zoo at Krape park, an amusement re­ sort acquired by the city tpro yeafs ago, is contemplated by the park com­ missioners. Danville.--TTiree big touring cars were taken by two Chicago detectives, assisted by local police. The drivers escaped. The cars are part of those stolen in Chicago. Three others have traced here. f 5i¥ Representative Kahn of California, who still carries the earmarks of an actor, is chairman of the committee on literature of the Republican congres­ sional campaign committee. Passing of s Relative'. They were out walking one eve­ ning, he and she, and he lifted his hat to a fine-looking old man as they passed by. "What a distinguished-looking gen­ tleman!" she exclaimed. "Is he a rel­ ative of yours?" "T-yes," he replied, and there was a tremor In his voice, as he felt In hia pocket where his watch formerly re­ posed ; "yes, he's an 'uncle.*" And the dear girl never knew. CAVES OF RHEIMS AS SCHOOLROOMS Qold-Mine Prospectus Speaks Truth by Accident--John Redmond Called Great "Thief." A, printer once made a prospectus for a gold vine speak the truth by ac­ cident, for it read: "Issue of 100,000 snares at £1 each." The writer meant "shares," 6t course, but it was truer as it stood. An Irish paper some time ago, in the course of a very laudatory article on Mr. John Redmond, the highly re­ spected leader of the Nationalists, de­ scribed him as "the greatest thief Ire­ land had known since O'ConnelL" The compositor had lifted a "t" for a "c," that was all. But oh, the difference! In the days before the Liberal and Tory truce, when party recrimination was rife, the Conservative organ of a big provincial paper got a nasty strangle-hold on the chances of the Liberal candidate at the by-election, and all through a single letter of the alphabet!, The Liberal paper was describing a Tory meeting, and in the course of the article It said: "The arrival qf the candidate on the platform was greet­ ed by the great uplifted snouts of the entire audience, the ladies making themselves particularly prominent." Now, to talk about the "prominent snouts" of ladies, even though they be political foes, Is very unmannerly, and the Conservative paper refused to believe the statement that the letter' "n" ought to have been "h." It pre­ ferred to rub the "snout" of its op­ ponent in the mud. But probably the climax Is reached in the case of the archbishop who was credited with saying "he had been on the drink for a month," when he had only said "brink."--London Answers. Thrashing Them Out. Mrs. Boardman Harriman said at a mothers' meeting in Brooklyn: "I am opposed to parental cruelty. Childhood's spirit should not be crushed. But I am opposed to child spoiling, too. "In short. I believe that, if a son begins to BOW wild oats, his parents, should begin thrashing." Writer Says They Are So Ravishing, / So Sunlit, Abounding in Fresh- ness and Beauty. . "I cant my enough in praise of therfgg|t American gardens! I think I should rave about them if I ever let myself go," exclaimed Miss Carlisle. "They. < V are ravishing--so sunlit, abounding In / *^ freshness and beauty! Do you realise that they are so brilliant that I can never show paintings of American gar- dens in the same room with English v'* gardens, because they make them look quite dreary? Their one fault is that, '".7.*$ there is often too much statuary in*4 them, and too much of It irrelevant.! _-$£• Frequently, too, they are not rambly enough, and seem a little self-con- 1 scious. In English gardens small stones mellow with years are used. ' > ^ and the furnishings add that warmth ^ which breeds intimacy. It Is the in- formal garden that attracts the artist, j--4^ In England these abound, with their winding paths passing through uneven|;V S hedges of many varieties of flowers. Ul That uneven hedge, flashing forth | vivid dblors, one seldom sees in Amer-^f " > ica, probably because of the fluctuat- -' ,J-» ing climate and the vogue of a more ? formal arrangement."--Ethel R. Pey-1 eer, igk .Countryside Magazine. v. *' Y"v'. • i'... * • Why Notf ^ "\fr1iy did you strike this man?" \ "*Sg< asked the Judge sternly. * ^ He called me a liar, your honpr," ; replied the accused, J sy "Is that true?" asked the judge, turn-* - ing to the man Willi the mussed-up• /"'J fa®«. "« i ,;y. "Sure it'atrue," said the accuser. **li | called him a liar because he Is one,* vs and I can prove It." ( - ^ "What have you to say to that?"'!; asked the judge of the defendant. j\f- "It's got nothing to do with the case*? t your honor," was the unexpected r^|. ^ ply. "Even if I am a liar I guess got a right to ber sensitive about it.! ain't ir *V. * :' . , Looks Like a Frame-up. ,V-J Edith--Did you let Jack kiss you Tifr, -v ^ fore you were engaged? j Ethel--Yes; that's how we happen^ to be engaged--papa came along. "XiP- :&j! I ' * -JT . t *5,> *0" The children of Rhelms are assembled for dally school in the famous wine caves of that French city.. A class is here shown, safe from the perils of war. '/ 1- EASTER KISSES FROM THE CZAR i Morgan, Elmer WardStf; Bloomlngton.--Following the three successive postponements due to rain, the Tercentenary Shakespearean pa geant upon the campus by teachers and students of tse IHinois State Nor mal university was given. 1,000 partio Ipating. It was the most elaborate affair of the kind ever undertaken by colleges of Illinois. Batavia.--His plea mat his sweet cider "turned" after he purchased it did not save Charles Rv,nck, who was fined $100 for selling „ i«rmen(ej ' ^beverage.-;v - Misplaced Anxiety. "They have discovered a 'silence' treatment for women with nervous troubles." "Great Scott! And here I have been actually worrying because my wife was getting nervous!" Cruel Hint. Newpop--Why does the baby make such awful faces? Mother-in-Law--I guess he heard the folks saying that he looks so much like you, and Is trying hie^est to improve on the likeness. No Cause for Comphtint. "My pood man," said the philosopher to the laborer who was amputating weeds from a piece of vacant real_ es- . "A0 rrnii Aver have occasion to complain of your lot?" "No. sir," an­ swered the honest son of toil. "I don't own this lot.' j Better Than Some. Ifyer--"This paper tells of a »pln- ster in Vermont who quarries stone like a man." Oyer--"Well, I suppose 01^ » atone man Is better than . . ' '.i v. i The czar of Russia in celebration of Easter visited his troops and b« stowed the Easter kiss on bis valorous and loyal soldiers. It is a part of the Russian Easter custom. Only the highly commended soldiers are honored in this manner by the czar. He also presented each man with M* egg. The soldier with the large tray is carrying tile WORTH KNOWING There is very little rain In Persia. Except along the coast of the Caspian sea agriculture depends aimosi en­ tirely on irrigation. European bacteriologists think they have discovered the bacillus of whoop­ ing cough. Field Marshal von Haeseler, adviser to the German crown prince In the Verdun campaign, is more than eighty years old. and now lb serving fourth great waife"-"^"^ More than 12,000 students are study ing agriculture ip thfc colleges of the United States. Twelve field parties will continue <ki. ii.. -- . •»« /«»• mo guferuutsDi tiorvey oi the mineral resources of Alaska. Uruguay has employed scientists from the ' United States to organize and conduct a government Institute of geology. A new extension of the Siberian rail-' road has opened the way to a coal field j that is said to be one of the most «x-. tensive la tt^ir ^ - - - --* -a v. 4h "I Uvi i j ' * * -35 . Wis The Delight of Children •v The self-developed, inner-flavour of New TotitiM bear a unique attraction for the kiddies-- tney even like them dry from the package ̂for their lunches. A box of Toasties provides "cats that will delight the children. ̂ New Post Toasties are usually served with cream and sugar, in which form the flavour is more pro­ nounced and the flakes more delicious. These New Toasties do not "chaff" or crumble in the package and they don't mush down in cream--both common defects of old-fashioned "corn flakes." Then, too, nobce the tiny bubbles on the flakes, produced by the quick, intense heat of a new patented process of making which imparts delightful crispness and a substantial body to the flakes. New Post Toasties am a vast any old-style "corn flakes." 'ft .V For tomorrow* s breakfast -- ' * Ur-K. •At I : & -A**- • "c: i $' 1^3 & 1 > ""It ^ • % A 1 > . ^ ^ New Post Toasties Sold by Grocers eveiywhew. fn - # A 38