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The flare-back haa split the ranks of the parties so that the so-called "government tax bill" may be delayed indefinitely. The Senate has hinted that it may revise somewhat drastically the revenue plans advocated by the House Committee on Ways and Means. Pressure is directed by classes, like the organized farmers for exemptions. - which, if fallowed, means endless confusion. These grous demand huge expenditures of money raised, by taxation for their relief but object strenuously to paying a share of the cost. •i Only a zealot could anticipate Congress making a right-about' face on the prohibition question at this session. It is true that modificationists have made gains by their parliamentary tactics but not sufficient to justify a victory for their cause- The "wet" issue has been tied up with the ta-r bill with a proposal to permit the manufacture of beer as a revenue source. In the Senate a sub-committee hsM voted for four per cent beer. It ii understood, however, that these motions are merely political gestures. The real fight will be carried to the resolution committees of the two major political conventions in June. Until there is a clear manifesto from the people at the polk other steps will be aa useless as dispelling a fog with a fan. The small army of bureaucrats which has grown up with the extension of government services are frankly alarmed. A Democratic House has challenged the President to offer concrete suggestions for revamping Federal bureaus as an economy measure. The Democrats have pleged themselves to help in the house-cleaning. The merging or abolition of petty offices will drive those on the government payrolls to defensive measures. Actually, it is believed that nothing but talk will evolve from the exchange of caustic notes between the White House and Congress on tills subject. There is considerable concern among Senate and House Republican y leaders regarding the proposed ap- , pointmervt of William M- Butler as chsirman of the Republican National Committee. Butler served in this capacity solely because he was an intimate friend of former President Coolidge. He was appointed a Senator to fill an unexpired term but was defeated at the polls. Butler never attained popularity among his Senate colleagues. The theory is that his management of the 1932 campaign will bring Coolirge followeds into line for Mr. Hoover and force much needed funds into the Republican campaign chest. Some of the Butler critics point oat that Coolidge is bound to support Hoover and that nothing would be gained by restoring Butler to his former post in the Republican high command. It is stated that the job was offered to Postmaster General Brown but he turned it down. The policy of finger-printing of new government employees has created a furore in Congress and in labor circles. The Civil Service Commission issued an order, effective last July, requiring the finger-printing of appointees. It was the extension of the idea orginally adopted for prohibition enforcement in order to prevent infiltration of criminals into the law forces- Protests have reached Congress that even the most respected citizen is reluctant to take a Federal appointment because of the belief that finger-printing places him in the same category with criminals. Organized labor has taken a' firm stand in this matter and protested to Congressional committees. The American Federation of Labor regards it as a potential black list and i system which is capable of drastic abuses by bureaucrats. One of their hief objections is that the adoption if the finger-printing policy by the Federal Government would soon spread to private industry and thus ive the police a whip-hand over ail orking men and women. The resentment against the practice is growing o that Congress may force the Civil Service Commission to change its ac tic*. r Mr. nd Mrs. John Blomgren were business callers at Grayslake last Thursday. Harry Miatthews and son, Robert, were business callers at Grayslake on .Monday afternoon. j Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son, Chesney, and Otis Phillips were callers at McHenry last Monday. | Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were ! business callers at McHenry Saturday j afternoon. ! Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and I son, Robert, were business callers at j Grayslake last Saturday afternoon. I Leslie Foss was a caller at Wood- : stock last Friday. • ! Mrs. Clara Smith called on Mrs. Joe S. Haas at Wauconda last Saturday, i Chesney Brooks, accompanied by Jack Down, Orville Granger and Miss Neva Toynton of Waucorsda attended the district basketball tournament at Waukegan last Friday and Saturday nights. Henry Geary and son, Jack, were business callers at Crystal Lake last Saturday afternoon. Mrc, Wayne Bacon spent Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon «t Roseville. Mrs John R, Kit ox of McHenry and Mrs. Emmet Geary of Fremont, spent Thursday afternoon at the home pf . Henry Geary. j Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping were Sunday supper and evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George , Wilson at Waukegan. j Mr. and Mrs. W. O- Brooks of Waukegan were Sunday sapper and evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mirs. H* L. Brooks. Mrs. Wayne Bacon and Miss Vinnie Bacon of Roseville were callers at McHenry last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Foss and daughter, Vivian, of Libertyville were callers at the home of the former's parents here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Maimen of Wauconda spent Sunday evening at the home of the tatter's father here. Mr- and Mrs. Ray Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, of Maple Park spent Saturday at the Blomgren home. I Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and children spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davit on the "Flats." Mr. and Mrs. Earl Davis spent last Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse. Mrs. Clara Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. S. Haas of Wauconda were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams at Crystal Lake Monday. Chesney Brooke and Miss Neva Toynton and Orville Granger of Wauconda attended a Scout court of honor meeting at Crystal Lake last Thursday night. I Miss Myrna Bacon spent the weekend with her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon, at Roseville. Jack Geary and Mrs. J. N. Zimmers attended the funeral of Mrs. Louis Geary at Lake Zurich last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Darrell in Wellmere Height subdivision. Misses Madeline and La Verne Huff of McHenry spent Saturday afternoon with Miss Buelah Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Forest Park were Monday over-night guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. Mr- and Mrs. Wm. Davis and daughter, Frances, spent last Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon. Mrs. Harry Matthews and Mrs. H. L. Brooks attended a meeting of the Fast Matrons club entertained at the home of M/s. Delia Petersen last Friday afternoon. 1 Harry Matthews and Sam Dickson attended the seventh annual meeting of the Pure Milk association at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago Tuesday. Mr- and Mrs. Arthur Boehmer of Wauconda and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews were guests of the Mundelein Jwf3ge club, entertained at the )>0hie of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kinard at Davis Lake last Saturday evening. Mrs. Boehmer won the second prize and Mr. Matthew* won the second prize- Willard Darrell accompanied A. D. Smith of Grayslake t* Chicago last Tuesday. BRAZIL RAT USE COFFEE FDR FWL "Dietitians'* The fofellc health service tVft if by ietitlan reference Is made to a per- 9n who treats metabolic diseases by let. this means a nurse who haB had clal training in this field. There are II kinds of dietitians. Some are speia) dietitians, such as those menloned above; others such as those rho would be employed in rest an tots, hotels and hospitals to see that 11 meals are balanced. Student to Take Snakes j to California College | Berkeley, Calif.--Everywhere that Kenneth went his snakes were sure to go. i That's why an armful of sharptoothed reptiles will soon follow Kenneth Johnson, University of California student, who has registered here to , prepare for a career as zoological park j and museum curator. Johnson has a caged collection of valuable snakes In Ills Sacramento home. He keeps them in the kitchen, where it is warm. The most beautiful one is a poisonous water moccasin, which is found only in a 40am!le radius near Collma, Mexico. It is black with white spots. A heavyweight specimen is a 5-foot diamond black rattler. Om Point of View We really get what we want most. ' we want it long enough aad,flp» spire If what I t t o . ' * ; - r r Net •( Gmt V»Im | The bureau of standards sayi that powder" fire extinguishers which ive been examined by that bureau illy, consisted of a tube filled with dry powder consisting of about 90 cent baking soda with about 10 cent Inert material such as clay, Ick dust and asbestos to prevent ^e powder from caking. The effec r en ess of dry powder Are extlng Iters in comparison with .other Mailable first-aid equipment is small. Washington Star. Scientists Hunting Missouri Meteor Rolla, Mo.--Missouri scientists are conducting ar» intensive search in southwest Missouri for a huge meteor, reported to have landed in this section with a loud detonation. ' It was so large, observers said that it illuminated the sky and changed night into day as It passed over. It was believed to have come to earth near Vienna. Ma The BMteor probably was 100 miles from the earth when It fir^ appeared, said Dr. G. E. Bardaley. professor of astrology at the Missouri school of mines here. It probably was 20 miles high when it exploded, be believed. Seeking Practical Use for Its Surplus Crop. Washington.--Coffee, not coal, any soon haul passengers and freight on Brazilian trains. After dumping tons of coffee into the ocean and burning other tons to avert a crash In the coffee market, Braiilian government officials announce that eoffee will be pressed into bricks and tried out as fuel In locomotives. ••Coffee Is a prolific stepchild of Brazil, for the original home of the coffee plant Is Ethiopia," says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. "But coffee has by no mean* beeu given the proverbial treatment of a stepchild," continues the bulletin. "Its beans have been fondled to build up enormous fortunes, cities, towns and railroads. The coffee bean started Its world-wide rambling from the Ethiopian hills centuries ago. Tradition has it that Jts stimulating effect was discovered by a priest when he Investrfgnted the plants consumed by his herd of goats because the animals refused to take their proper rest. His tests led to the k cultivation thO coffee plant . Used In Fifteenth Century. "Shortly after its discovery, coffee 'jumped' the Red sea and began sprouting along the southern coast of Arabia, home of the famous Mocha coffee. In the Fifteenth century, the aroma of coffee rose from European coffee pots snd when colonisation got under way In the West Indies and South America, coffee beans were among some of the early cargoes from Europe. "There are about eighty species of coffee but only a few are cultivated for commerce. The cinchona tree, from the bark of which quinine Is produced, is one of coffee's botanic relatives. So is gambler, which" furnishes tanning material and dye* that bear the same name. "In its meteoric rise coffee has had its ups and downs. Its first use was in the form of a paste which was eaten. Moslems, prohibited from drinking wine, took to coffee. Moslem leaders, upon learning coffee's stimulating effect, called a meeting at Mecca and banned Its use in 1511. Fanatics burned the coffee warehouses, raided the coffee houses and beat the shop proprietors with their brewing utensils. Sultan Lifts Ban. "The ban lasted only thirteen years In Egypt where Sultan Sellm denounced It, and further impressed his feeling upon his subjects by executing twOf^Perslan doctors who warned agalnit coffee drinking. Egypt now is among the world's leading coffee consumers. Some Egyptian peoples even use the beverage in connection with religious rites. "The world's leading coffee-produclng region is a pear-shaped district on the Atlantic coast of Brazil in the 'backyard' of Rio de Janeiro. The prosperity of Sao Paulo state rises and falls with the rise and fall of the coffee industry. Coffee built its fine modern capital which bears the name of the state, its excellent railroad system and its good roads. The railroad leading from Sao Paulo, the so-called coffee capital of the world, to Santos, the world's greatest coffee port, is one of the richest steel highways In the world because It is literally a coffee funnel with the small end of the funnel set in ships' holds at Santos." . -• -v.-* - -1 i*rfc i ,, 'mm •. I'M. ; *;i.S -j* : ; >'~v V?'*!S:r' \'1 \ • " V* " : v~ \ -V< *'*. ,] I t , ,^. l Shakespeare's Gloves > Placed in U. S. Museum Philadelphia.--More than 300 years ago there was a man named Will in London. And he had a pair of soft, gayly fringed buckskin gloves. He was a well known figure in the taverns and around the courts where the strolling players congregated. He wasn't s very important fellow then, so that when he died no one was especially Interested in his soft buckskin gloves. But now his gloves have been placed on exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania. For Will of old London was none ether than William Shakespeare. Cuba Planning Law to ^ Oust "Fag" Lighters Havana.--The lowly cigarette lighter, butt of many a stage Joke, is to be legislated out of existence in Ctfba. Congress in Its wisdom believes it has eaten far enough Into the profits of the match business. The proposed law, which is expected to be passed shortly by congress, will impose a penalty or fine on any person found using a lighter. At the same time the price of matches, with an Increased tax, will retail for ieveo cents as against ftve cent* now. i u i m 11111 n m 111 m i t i Baby's Cries Saw Family From Death Hopewell Junction, N. Y.-- There was an occasion when Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harvey of Pawling actually were happy when their baby cried during the night For the Infant saved their lives. Coal gas had flooded the bouse and the baby's cries awoke his parents, who managed to stumble outside to safety. h i i t i i n i i n i u n u n i l l Zebra's Color* The baste color of a sebra Is whit* and his stripes are black. This is proved by the fsct that wben a sebra is crossed with s donkey the offspring are almost Invariably of a light tan color with heavy black stripes on the legs *"<1 fytnt hjack stripes en* the neck and body. Ami Co Out CspM** matches so often Ft Wayne News-Sentinai 'XK the CASH r: HP HE delicate clang of the cash re- 1 gister keys, accompanied by an obligate of cash drawers opening and closing is music to the merchant's ears.* What annoys most merchants today is the extremely slow tempo in which this commercial music is played on their cash registers. Today, as yesterday, accelerating the pace of your cash register is accomplished by tuning up on your advertising. The Plaindealer reaches, by reason of its wide circulation, those purchasing markets that still make purchases, that still build sales for merchants, that still read the Plaindealer for news of bargains, seasonal merchandise, Innovations, and competitive prices--markets that will keep your cash registers busy. To set your cash registers clanging, get the people to buy from you by advertisingin the * T PHONE 170 The mmm VJr/