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H x ' t* * ^ "%- ** * \ *t* t< ^ 2^ G, I' }+ « K. ^ -•»&! ': #b«r-*..<&**%<•, -'•.safiKtV.O'i.-- **' '•••&> <£"•. • ^'I'JiV fllVt.: ite:>:. .v^;-:f:\: .•'-StfrV- .-.. C v ; , .^'; •. ' r :jii - "*•-•• M'HENRY PLAINDEALER, M*HENRY, ILL. /'I &W'.. ,$$S^, &£* # * • ' Sfe V,'-V"' I k; '>"" & *V&" • r^.;'^r A ••».:•'," INEXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS •• • • • By PEGGY POWERS m%\.1 0-\- 8V : ffc.. \. Wc. y ,c. $!*$$&- 3^:- %Ife 1 b-r^: '•«W v<* sV* .1v„4 Jl: ;.* #.t-. 'IPt ,-̂ t f •#;? $• OST certainly you promised yourself last Christmas that your future Christmas re­ membrance would be com- 4 pleted in ample time, and un­ der no cireumstanceB would the next Christmas season find you in a rush and bustle, planning and finishing be­ lated Christmas gifts. What an idle dream that was. for here it is Christ­ mas time approaching again, and you •re racking your brain and attempting to decide what to gfre at the eleventh hour, in a great hurry and turmoil. Isn't it so? What not to give, would be a more appropriate phrase. For in the selec­ tion of your gifts some regard has to be given to the adaptability and the utility of the present. A wise idea is to spend more time than money in thinking what would be suitable and pr&ctiC' able for each Individual. Your gift would be all the more appreciated Ji lt expresses something of yourself And shows that your own personal thoughts have been bestowed upon a •election of the tokens. The real essence of the Christmas spirit is not expenditure. How easy . ft is to purchase gorgeous gifts if one hu a well filled purse! But if the re­ cipient can buy the same article with little effort, the gift idea will not be remembered for very long. Let your gifts be expressions of love and thoughtfulness. The thought and time jrou put in gifts of your own handi­ work will mean much more than if you simply give something tor the sake of giving. The cost of homemade gifts is gen­ erally small. A multitude of gifts can be contrived of materials you have at hand, and of odd pieces of linen, rib­ bons and silk. Clever fingers can fashion charming novelties. Gladness Is the keynote of the Yuletide season. Go at your tasks in a cheerful, blith- •ome manner, and you will find your work one of Joy- The following sug­ gestions may.provide you with numer­ ous ideas for attractive gifts, which may be made inexpensively. "With little effort dainty sachets to perfume your friends' gowns may be made at a very small cost Make six sachets in pastel shades of satin rib­ bon about two inches square. Fill with soft cotton dusted with some fragrant sachet powder. Place the •achets one on top of the other and tie with narrow gauze ribbon. Gilt safety pins are attached to each ssefcet so the bags can be pinned on the different frocks. One distinct novelty it a colonial phi cushion. For this unique cushion you will have to purchase a glass can- ... dlestick in a simple design. Cover , one side of a four-inch square of card­ board with some pretty silk which harmonizes with the color scheme of your friends' bedroom®. Form a moundvlike cushion of cotton on t!he other side and cover with the silk. The cushion is fastened to the candle­ stick by fliie wires or thread. Around the edge of the cushion sew a beaded fringe about three inches long. Another pin cushion has for the foundation a four-inch wire tea strain- ar. The back is fitted with a dink of cotton covered in cretonne. The wire part is lined with flowered cretonne and filled with cotton. Wind the han­ dle with narrow ribbon and flwt«h with a pretty bow. The girl away At college would sure­ ly be overjoyed with a shoe bag, which she can hang lqside her closet door. The shoe bag should be half the length of the door with compart­ ments for shoes, slippers and rubbers and a long compartment on one side for an. umbrella, and on the other for books not in use. The materials used should be 'heavy denim with the com­ partments bound in tape. A pleasing notion would be to make any articles for the girls away at col­ lege in their college colors. A piece of gay colored cretonne bound all around with a pretty braid would also be acceptable as a trunk cover. Dear to every girl's heart are pretty dress accessories. The new Robes­ pierre collars with jabots of frilly lace certainly will be a welcome addition to your a')ends' wardrobes. The collars are usually made of black satin with the ruffles of lace about two inchas wide. Chic boudoir caps are made of cir­ cles of shadow lace 18 inches wide with soft ruffles of narrow lace around the crown. The ruffles should be made in the back wider than in the front to give the effect of a Dutch bonnet. The cap is decorated with little pink rosebuds and a band of pink ribbon. Exquisite La France roses are made out of folded satin ribbon in three-inch lengths. Turn the ends back at the cor­ ners to form the petals. Group the petalB together and join to a wire stem which has been twisted with nar­ row green satin. m % A natural looking bunch'of violets is formed of tiny bows of twisted vio­ let ribbon tied with green silk wire. Hat pins, collar pins and buckles •re wonderfully effective when cov­ ered with ribbon roses made of nar­ row folded ribbon grouped closely to­ gether. tf you prefer you can use satin cherries made of tiny circles of satin filled with cotton, with petals of green ribbon. The girl who dances will find much pleasure in receiving a pretty pair of beaded satin slipper bows to match her party slippers. For the traveler a small cretonne pillow with pockets on one elder for magazines and newspapers would be a convenience. A set of envelopes of white linen to hold the necessary articles, would al­ so be a useful gift. If you have time you could buttonhole the flap in scal­ lops. One envelope for handkerchiefs, one for the night dress, one lined in rubber for the toilet articles, and one large one for the extra waiBt. The pieces yotf have left of the linen you can utilize for napkin rings, scalloped and finished with a monogram, or for boudoir lamp shades, which are much admired when Inserted with medal- ions of fine lace. For the invalid a thoughtful little gift would be a cover for the drinking glass. A glass circle the size of the top of the ordinary glass is required; crochet a cover over the glass in a simple stitch in two colors of mercer­ ized cotton. In the center sew a cro­ cheted ring for a handle. A tray with a narrow wooden bor­ der and brass handles could have a pretty piece of embroidered linen un­ der the glass. resplendent heaven With Tonder, in the ether, pendant Flames Its glories all afar. In the East its splendor shln- eth. Sages «ee its golden gleam; Read the presage, what deflutfSf Follow it trf Bethlehem. Costly gifts and adoration ^ Hasten they with Joy to brijMR Traveling from their far-off station * Come to haU the new-born King. Htm falls the night on Judah's plains, , Shine soft the stars, the welkin gem, When shepherds catch soraphlc ' strains ' From airgel chords borne down to thert. Hymn of triumph, hymn of glory, Sings the shining angel throng; Shepherds list earth's sweetest Btory And the world Its gladdest song. Sweeps the paean down the ages. > Swells the note of joy and praise, pDgs with k hope time's op'nlng pages. ' i . <*> ^iafts Its cheer to latest dam I -2 ' • i-X ; ' • l * ~- wlth heaven. •i Earth redeemed, vlest As it sounds the glad refrain, "Glory, glory in- the highest. 'Peace on earth. gApd wffl , -Jtr- men!'* • J • '* * .•£ ,fo". COULD SEE NOTHING PRETTY y to B, Feared Th,t F,mi*ioe • Critic Was Afflicted wlthr. a Grouch. w. &?. • ' i"'Women have gone mad!" exclaimed It man the other day as be sat on the porch of a fashionable country club While a smart tea was in progress, and Watched the fair members psss to and tto in all their prettiest gowns. "They •hould be sent to f-sylums until they recover their mental balance and learn how to dress rationally. They have gone fashion mad. They breathe and live only for fashion. Better a suffra­ gette who thinks only of votes than these women who know nothing out­ side of frocks and frills and feathers." His companion, a fair, slight woman garbed in the latest of gowns, looked at him pityingly and murmured:-- "Then# speaks the bachelor!" "Yes, and glad ot, it." he answered Vehemently. He glanced at two charming girls in m * t ;/ * ... \-' i% MANY EXPECTED l.vM ILLINOIS 8TATE TEACHERS' ASSO­ CIATION TO MEET IN .... «wmnqfieloL'- . ,.r,. • . '"t DECEMBER 29 THE OPENING 1---Apron. 2--Lantern Bag. 9--Cretonne PillOMfc 4---Doily Bag. 6--Sewing Roll." * Ribbon bedroom slippers are espe­ cially new and nothing could be sim­ pler to make. Sheer flowered ribbon to soft lamb's wool, draw an elastic through a lacing on the upper edge, leaving a heading about an inch wide. Make full rosetteB of ribbon and place one on each instep. A doily case will delight the heart of any housewife. They can be made in different sizqs. Figured cretonne may be used in making one case with the inside lined in white material. Cover two circles of pasteboard with the material and finish neatly with a pretty wash braid. Use ribbon to keep the doilies in place. - A set of holders for handling hot dishes are made six inches square, of some pretty chintz. These are at­ tached to an apron to match the mate­ rial. A set of boxes covered with a pretty pattern of wall paper would be most useful and acceptable to keep in the bureau drawers. (These must be past­ ed neatly and the covers attached to the box. Another novelty is a chest of draws for trinkets, hair pins or jewelry. Cover the box with cretonne and lit three smaller bo$es into it. The box­ es are covered with the same material and have little brass rings sewed on> the center of each box, so they can be pulled out like drawers. Aprons are always .charming gifts. There are numberless suggestions for aprons. Fascinating aprons are made of sheer lawn with butterflies em­ broidered on them. The bottom Is fin­ ished in three deep scallops edged with a fancy stitch and lace. The two end scallops form pockets for the sewing articles. The belt is formed of ribbon trimmed with jaunty little bows. Then there are chafing dish aprons, overall aprons, and many aprons you can devise with a little In­ genuity. We see bags here, there and every­ where. Bags of all sorts and sizes, from the elaborate affairs made of strips of Japanese embroidery like those shown in Chinatown, to those of the simplest design. Sewing bags, opera bags, laundry bags, shoe bags, slipper bags, corset bags, vanity bags, made of ribbon 'and fitted -out^ with a small mirror and a tiny powdter puff. Manicure bags may be fitted with the smaller Bise manicure articles, and for the children you can make marble bags, school bags, beih bags and pen­ cil bags. A useful receptacle for sewing ma­ terials is a lantern bag made of plain and flowered ribbon, or you could utilize any material you have. For the bottom of the bag cover a cardboard circle three inches and a half in diameter.. Gather the flowered ribbon to this and hem the outside. Run an embroidery hoop four inches in diameter around the upper edge. Join the plain material to this and about eight Inches from this place another hoop about four inches in di­ ameter. This is the top of bag and is sheered over hoop. A round coyer piece of cardboard is used as a cover and a heavy cord* is used to carry it over the arm. Another original bag for threads and needles is made of two circles of cretonne lined with satin. These are joined at intervals, leaving spaces for the spools. In the center is a little pin cushion. A ribbon drawn through the different sections draws this little bag together. Use a pretty piece of ribbon three- quarters of a yard in length for an­ other sewing contrivance. Turn up one end to form a pocket for the 8pools of thread, and the other end frocks of white embroidered ninon trimmed with fur, but he did not look at their dainty gowns, only at their feet. One wore little white velvet slippers with high pointed velvet heels and tiny diamond buckles; the other white-silk slippers with Dresden china heelB. "I never dreamt when I pitied Chi­ nese women forced to cramp their feet that our own women would wilfully torture themselves with such shoes and heels. Dresden chill*? What an absurdity!" 6---Colonial Pin Cushion. 7--Chest of Drawers. 8--Collar Bag. 9--Robespierre Collsr. 10--Telephone Memorandum. for the thimble and small scissors, which is attached with a narrow rib­ bon. In the center have squares of white flannel for the needles and pins. When not in use this esse can be rolled up and fastened neatly with • loop and button. Sometimes it is a rather perplexing question what to give a man. Men always like something that adds to their comfort and personal conve­ nience, If you can knit there is not much difficulty in deciding what to give. Knitted silk neckties are much in vogue. Go6d, warm, fleecy mufflers are liked by the man who motors, and bed room slippers are also every welcome. A telephone memorandum with a pencil attached would be a daily re­ minder of the giver. Cover a piece of cardboard with tan linen embroidered in pink roses. Buy a small pad of white paper and paste it on the linen. Men invariably are pleased with personal gifts, such as handkerchiefs with the monogram embroidered In the corner. A rather good idea is to present your friend with his monogram em­ broidered heavily Jo black eatfn rib* bon. These monograms will be of service to sew in his overcoat, so that he can easily distinguish his coat from another's in a crowded place. Then there are whisk broom hold­ ers covered in linen, and collar bags made on a circular form of card board covered with rose-colored brocade and edged with old gold braid. For the man who shaves himself, a shaving pad Is useful. Cover two squares of cardboard with any mate­ rial you desire. Work the monogram on the center of the upper one, insert leaves of tissue paper and tie together with a silk cord. There are plenty of adorable gifts one can make for the baby. An ingenious idea is to cover an ordinary scale with pink ribbon and slit it down the cen­ ter, neatly finishing the edges so mother can see every day how much the new baby is gaining. Use narrow ribbon to hang up the scale. Also a cute little water Ivig covered in soft pretty flannel will be an acceptable gift for his majesty. Darling little bibs are made of buck toweling with curious shaped animals cross-stitched la red thread across the border. A carriage strap which Affords much amusement to the infaat Is made of elastic with satin ribbon in pink or blue sheered over It. To this strap, by means of a narrow ribbon, a celluloid whistle, a rubber doll and a teething ring are attached. An enchanting little nightingale Is made out of a square of cashmere, crocheted on the edge with silk or bound with wash ribbon. -Satin rib­ bons are run through a casing to fit the head. For the child that is a little older you can make W screen covered In snowy plain material and decorated with pictures cut from magazines and books. One section for flowers, one for animals, and one for birds, would be much appreciated. A scrap book made of dark gray lining pasted with pictures, is also a gift a child can derive much pleasure from. After you have your presents completed, be careful that they are wrapped so that they have a Yule tide look about them. Use plenty of green and white tissue paper. Seal the package with holly ribbon or gold cord and don't forget to tuck a spray of holly or mistletoe among the wrap­ pings. (Copyright, by W. G. Chanmaa.* But how pretty they are!" expos­ tulated his companion, and called his attention to some of the other dainty shoes there, for every pair WBB re­ vealed by the short and slastfed skirts. But the man saw nothing beautiful in all this novel footgear. "What do minor details matter if the ensemble is ungraceful?" he de­ manded. "These women walk as if they needed balancing poles. How they can dance as they do passes my under8tandinf."^Ohicago Record-Her> aid. . WemMt Suffrage and Sex Hygiene Are ,Two Subjects That Will Be Dis­ cussed at Annual Meeting In the Capital City. BprtagfMd.--The Illinois State Teachers' association will hold a three days' session in Springfield beginning December 29. The relation of woman's suffrage to child welfare and the ad­ visability of teaching of sex hygiene in schools will be two of the subjects of discussion at the gathering. Some three thousand teachers are expected to attend the annual meeting^ which will be o&e of the moBt impor­ tant gatherings of persons interested in educational work that has eVer been held in the state. Universities, colleges and schools throughout the state will be represent­ ed by faculty members on the program for the three days. In addition to these speakers, members of the gen­ eral assembly who have taken an ac­ tive part in educational legislation wiljl be aBked to discuss educational ques­ tions before the teacher and several figures of national magnitude as edu­ cators will participate in the activities of the association. Most of the general sessions will be held at the high school auditorium, but in anticipation of the biggest attend­ ance in the history, it has been ar­ ranged to hold the sectional meetings In the riftatehouse, the county court­ house, the Y. M. C. A. building, the lo­ cal board of education rooms and sev­ eral churches. The program issued by Superin­ tendent of Public Instruction, the gen­ eral session will be held at 7:35 o'clock Monday evening, December 29, in the hall of representatives at the. capitol building. Gov. Edward F. Dunne will be a speaker. Rev. Donald C. MacLeod, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will deliver the invocation. The president's address, by S. B. Hursh of the Western State Normal school, at Macomb, will follow. "The Next Step in Education" will be dis­ cussed in an address by Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus of Chicago, the well known writer and lecturer. Music will be furnished by a quartette. The ap­ pointment of committees for the ses­ sion will also take place at the open­ ing meeting. .Senator Hugh S. Magill, superin­ tendent of the Springfield schools, will be one of the chief speakers at the morning Session on Tuesday. Stste Bar Examination. The result of the state bar examina­ tion was made known. Of a class of 73, 50 passed, among them "being 88 ftom Chicago. Following are the successful contest­ ants from Chicago: Ernest Allen, Frank Masurktowte, Rupert Blppus, Lawrence McOum. Raymond Bostwlek, J. D. McNulty, State Tax Rate Is 70 Cents, The state tax rate for the ensuing year will be 70 cents on 1100 of equalized valuation of prop­ erty. ThiB announcement was made by the state tax commission, consist­ ing of Governor Dunne, State Treas­ urer Ryan and State Auditor McCul- lough. This is 32 cents higher than for 1912 and the highest rate on reo- ord. The statement given out by the com­ mission says in part: "The forty-seventh general assembly ordered to be raised by taxation ap­ propriations for the year 1911 totaling $9,750,000 and for the year 1912 $9,- 150,000. "With these appropriations In view ihe state tax commission in 1911, fixed for the year 1911 a tax rate of 26 cents tor general state purposes, Including that year the university tax, upon which was raised by taxation $6,868,- 411. "For state school purposes a tax yate of 9 cents was fixed for the year 1911, upon which was raised $1,967,711. By adding these two last amounts it will appear that the total amount raised by these assessments for 19U was $7,826,122, leaving a deflciency for the year between the amounts ordered to be raised and the amounts actually raised by tax levies at these rates of $1,923,878. "Although the tax commissioners knew of this deficiency of nearly $2,- 009,000 resulting from their low as­ sessments for 1911, they met In De­ cember, 1912, one month after their defeat for re-election, and fixed a tax rate to meet the $9,750,000 ordered to be raised by the legislature for 1911, as follows: For general state purposes, a rate of 19 cents, from which was raised by taxation.... $4,231*679 For state school purposes, a rate of 9 cents, from which was raised by taxation.... 2,017,60 FAITHFUL DOG DEAD ITO MJN6. - r*> "TV* - Day fn and Day Out "Shej Watched at Dead Master's Bank Building Anaconda, Mont.--Shep, the dog that has waited in front of the Daly bank eix long years for his master* is dead. He was run over by an au­ tomobile and so seriously injured that he was shot Six years ago Shep's master, a shea# herder, went to Anaconda- after a se*» son on the range. He took the dog with him. Shep waited outside th# ^ bank while his master went insld4'v to cash a check. While inside th#; • ' man was stricken with apoplexy^-;.': placed on a stretcher and taken to 4§f ^ hospital In an ambulance. - v It did not look natural .'to but he followed the ambulance to tho '/V hospital and waited ontslde for sevii^ >ff Total amount raised by taxation upon these rates , aggregating $6,219,148 "This created a new deficiency for 1912, amounting to $3,500,852, and a deficiency for the two years, 1911 and 1912, aggregating $5,424,730. "We are reliably Informed that these rates were fixed by the tax commis­ sion In 1912, over the protest of one of the members of the board, who point­ ed out that the fixing of such a rate would leave an enormous deficiency. Notwithstanding this protest this levy was made witn full knowledge of the tax commission that a deficiency of over $5,000,000 would be thereby cre­ ated. "The present state tax commission is faced with the necessity of raising this $5,525,730 by Increasing the tax rate sufficiently to cover this enor­ mous deficiency. We are also faced with the necessity of raising the rate sufficiently high to pay, in r<$un<i num­ bers, $8,070,000 of increased'appropria­ tions which were made by .the forty- eighth general assembly! Harry Mascher, William M. Mleon, J. K. Mitchell, Max Preyborskl, Frank Reid, Isadore Schuman, Peter Schwaba, Jaroslav Snetanka, Verne Staten, Anton Stoeckel, James Waller, Hym&n Weiss. Elmer Whltty. W. R. Bullion, W. R. Cahlll. John Charone, Cameron Fish, A. O. Calvin, Getjrge Geler, David Golden. James Gores, Harold J. Hansen, Thomas Howe. Sabato Insalato, Erneat Kaslschke, Ruby Koenig. Wlllard Llndsey, Successful candidates from other towns: Henry Myer, Greenville; James Scott, Geneva; Verne Staten, Bloom- ington; R. E. Smith, Benton; Charles Taylor, Urbana; Phillip Ward, Ster­ ling; Charles Wortman, Danville; T. E. Bradley, Peoria; Charles Creighton, Fairfield; Frank Flood, Mason; Fred Garesche, Madison; Mortimer Grover, Evanston; Harry Hoover, Downers Grove; Robert Hunter, Free port; W. C. Iwert, Oak Park; Grover Koehler, Thebes; Joanah Babcock. Galesburg On Efficiency Commission. Prof. John Archibald Pairlee of the chair of political science at the state university at Urbana is preparing, aft­ er the first of the coming university semester, to devote practically the whole of his time to work assigned by the newly created Illinois efficiency commission. Doctor Fairlee will have charge particularly of that part of the commission's state-wide survey to do with health and labor. Arrangements were made with Pro­ fessor Fairlee at the time of the foot­ ball game last month when state of­ ficials and members of the commission visited the university, but up to this time, and in fact until the first of the year, he will attempt little but a shap­ ing of plans preparatory to starting hiB work in earnest after the opening of the semester. Deneen Issues Statement. Ex-Gov. Deneen Issued a st»tement in Chicago in reply to that issued by Gov. Dunne for the state tax commis­ sion iu connection with the increase in the stste tax rata. In this he said In part: ^first--There was on hand in the state treasury on Jan. 1, 1918, • cash balance of $4,263,664.21, and in the various state institutions $1,012,546.89, a total of $5,271,210.60. "Gov. Yates left me $2,057,999.42, Jan. 1, 1905. "Gov. Tanner left Qov. Yates on Jan. 1, 1901, the sum Of $1,820,272.58. Gov. Altgeld left Gov. Tanner on Jan. 1, 1897, the sum of $175,847.08. Fur­ thermore, on Jan. 1, 1913, there was more money in the treasury than on any preceding Jan. 1 during my ad­ ministration, save Jan. *1, 1907, when there was $84,085.99 more than on Jan. 1, 1913. During my administra­ tion all bills were met and paid as they became due. "Second--The tax rate daring my administration was as follows: JJmxiItt r • -.3 >'4\ , A . '-V "'*•!£ .1 Kept a Constant Vigil. I >ral days. The master died a *•? tours after reaching the hospital, Shep saw the funeral procession, bqfs % was unusual and he still waitjA; then he remembered that his mastoid Bad gone Into the bank the last tllttO he had actually seen him, so ha wmt there and curled up on the front staBS and waited. For months he wonMt look up expectantly every time son»» one came out of the building, but MR hopes began to wane. In spite of thlt he kept a constant vigil and had the front of the bank his home for ^ ̂ years, only leaving Ions enough to S*t ' something to eat. He grew old and deaf during hid , long wait Each year President E. X, Bowman of the bank paid his tax to.. ' ' ' the city, but he still waited for ths aheep herder, who did not come out o#* the bank. For the last few month* Shep had been stiffening with age «il\ fast that |t was an effort for him * walk. Then a flying aUtomobUeatradh * him and broke his back. frMS fit •St < 4£::r' "v '.A % A 0 nt • • i v'|J. .V*-V y® ' '• H r % * :'! f 190 5 50 cents 190 6 50 cents 1907.....60 cents 1908 60 cents 19091 30 cents 191 0 80 cents 191 1 85 cents 191 2 88 cents New Incorporations. Secretary of State Woods - issued" certificates of incorporation to. the fol­ lowing : Bentons Cloak and Suit company. Chicago; capital, $5,000. Incorporators --Israel Cowen, Toby W. Swisky and C. H. Barnard. CalO 'Theater company, Chicago; capital, $75,000. Incorporators--Peter J. Hower, Otto P. Lex and Ross B. Whitney. Greenleaf store, Chicago; capital, $3,600. Incorporators--Math Welter, Henry A. Dahl and John P. Welter. Chicago Standard Lumber company, Chicago; capital, $10,000. Incorpora­ tors--Emi N. Zolla, Frank H. Len- nards and Robert S. Nahin. Jacobi, Williams, Jamieson com­ pany, Chicago; capital, $2,500. "Incor­ porators--Anthony J. Schmidt, Edward J. McArdle, Jr. and Joseph D. Daly. John Hammond company, Chicago; capital, $10,000. Incorporators--John Hammond. John RoBe and Henry R. Baldwin. Lincoln Tailoring company, Chica­ go; capital, $2,500. Incorporator*-- Israel Greenhouse, Ulysses Schwarti and MUton M. Hirsch. "The basis of valuation of property for taxation purposes was changed in 1908 to one-third of the actual value In lieu of one-fifth, as theretofore. Aft­ er 1908, therefore, 30 cents was the same as a rate of 50 cents preceding that year. "The 70 cent tax rate fixed under the law was made to meet the appropria­ tions already made by the general as­ sembly that convened with his admin­ istration. The necessity for this in­ crease in the rate is manifest on his own statement to the effect that the tax rate was fixed to raise $23,489,- 576.42 for the current year. The tax rate under my administration was fixed to raise approximately $14,500,- 000, a difference of approximately $9,- 000,000. During the last two years of my administration the income of the state from taxation was about $6,500,- 000 per year and the other $8,000,000 was raised from sources other than taxation." SHE "RAISED" HER HUSBAND Hopes for Better Luck With Youth Than First Mate, Forty Vaara J Her 8enlor. V? Kansas City, Mo.--"If you want |T f model husband, raise him. Teadl him not to stay out at night and ha»|s:;|: him help with the house work." ff That Is the sdvlce Mrs. Lou**. ' Smith, forty-two years old, gave th| other day after she had been married to Louis Smith, aged twenty-two. 'I;,. " know my husband is all right, becaust I raised him myself," said Mrs. SmltH^' This is Mrs. Smith's second matrix ^ monial venture. Her first husbani was forty years older than she, ani she says he did not turn out weU Her former name was King. Loui| Smith came to live at the King homf when he was fourteen. The womaf cared for the lad as a mother. The* her husband deserted her. Mrs. Smith says Louis first to love her two years ago. " 'Will you marry mar fca me," said Mrs. Smith. "'No, Louis, .you are says L '"Will you smrry ma sfeai I au^pt:- of age?' says he. , "I said yes, for I Ilka thai bflfcif smiled Mrs. Smith. Engineers Pleased With Laws. A feeling of general satisfaction was manifested among delegates who came from 51 local unions over the state to attend the annual conference of the Illinois Btate legislative board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers at Springfield. Delegates ex­ pressed themselves as happy at the laws which were procured for them and for labor interests generally from the hands of the last general assembly. Of the local unions throughout the state, but four were not represented. Would Hold State Fair Earlier. Secretary J. K. Dickirson of the Illi­ nois board of agriculture, in Chicago at a meeting of the American Associa­ tion of Fairs and Exhibitions, will lay before that body the proposition of holding the state fair In this city two wee>:s earlier than has been the cus­ tom for the past several years. The change in plans, is suggested GIRL WHIPS HER FATHER Buffalo Young Woman Resented Curt Dismissal, of Young Man Caller. V Buffalo, N. Y.--John HOotthaa* wh*:«;V:^V|p lives at the foot of South Michigan street, did not like the looks of a - ,*$j young man who called on his daughr < : , ^ : ter the other night and chaaed htaqr ; B | away. '*.J| After he had gone, Hoolihan, a<> £•-1$, cording to the police, scolded the girl^ V; She stood his talk for a few mlnutotr*/ and then bounced a wooden potato ̂ ̂ masher on his bead. The old maa^;ii% went down for the count. r; ̂ When he revived he complained to } ;:-V| the police that he had been slugge^ f ^ in his own housg. Detectives Mur* *;> ^ phy and Ryan took him to the Emerw ; gency hospital where his cuts were;-; x?-' dressed. Afterwards he was taken to the Franklin street station and ms<a~ ^ a statement. He wanted s o m e b o d y • \ arreated. but he did not know wbooi Diee In Peculiar Manner. | Sharon, Pa.--Seised with a disaf!W Spell while washing dishes. AMf? ;v,,' B r u c e , f o u r t e e n , d a u g h t e r o f a w e a l t h s * ' ' dairyman of Hickory, fell and wsjl. f* strangled to death when her head sty^.; ^ ped into the loop of a harness repaid ^ % ing strap that was hanging oa tkt wll ^ m * '•Sa te a go .--With the city * v'-; fvv,'; upon the belief that better weather I cruste<* ^ * 8n0'f' -- » will be secured and J^hat the earlier I®?1 ^ define what is na» |̂̂ ,̂ p ̂ Jkl date will be more convenient to Cana 1 propar in aoMtifr hatMNfc /Milan exhibitors. x I costumes.