1- OIL TRUST SCORED Government Arraigns Stand ard as Evil Monopoly. CHARGED WITH A CONSPIRACY John D. and William, Hookefeller, Plagler, Bogers and Archbold Accused Dissolution of Company Asked. St. Louis, April 5. The culling for argumeut of the case of the United States ngalust the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey In the United States circuit court today marked the beginning of the end of the govern ment's attempt to prove that the great company Is n corporation In restraint of trade within the inclining of the Sherman net. The government Is represented in the suit by Frank B. Kellogg, C. . Morrison and J. Harrison Graves. For ttao Standard nppear John S. Miller and Moritz Rosenthal of Chicago and Judge Henry Priest of St. Louis. In the complaint the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, together with John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler, Henry H. Rogers, John D. Archbold, Oliver II. Payne and Charles M. Pratt, are charged with having entered Into a FRANK B. KELLOGG. combination and conspiracy to nionop' ollze trade and commerce in the pur chase, shipment, transportation, raanu facture'nnd rellnlng of petroleum and in the distribution, sale and shipment of the products of petroleum. The United States seeks perpetually to enjoin the defendants from doing any act looking to the carrying out of the alleged combination or conspiracy and to dissolve the Standard Oil com bluatlon. v The government, brief, which Is signed by Attorney General "Wicker sham, declares that the defendants have pursued a system of unfair com petition against their competitors whereby the Independent companies selling and marketing' petroleum have either been driven out of business or their business so restricted that the Standard Oil company has practically controlled the prices and monopolized the commerce in the products of pe troleum in the United States. This system, it Is contended, has taken the form of price cutting in va rlous localities, while keeping up high prices or raising them still higher in other localities where no competition exists, of paying rebates to customers ns part of their system of price cut ting, of obtaining secret Information as to competitive business, largely through bribing railway employees and using their secret Information to procure the countermanding of orders of Independent producers and to fa cllltate the price cutting policy, of the use of so called Independent compa nlcs that Is, companies held out by tho Standard Oil company as IndC' pendent which aro engaged In price cutting, while the Standard Oil com pany maintains the price through Its well known companies and other aim slve competitive methods against the competitors. sstsisssssBSiRUsssa mm The Standard Oil company, the brief alleges, controls about 07 per cent of the lubrication of railroads throughout the United States and sells to most railroads at enormous profits. It Is also shown that the prices to these railroads are substantially dou ble the prices charged to a few fa- ored lines, notably the Pennsylvania. For Instance, the brief soys, the New York Central railroad for ten years has paid about 100 per cent per gallon more than the Pennsylvania.- Further on the brief says: "It has usually been claimed for large corporations In this country that they have Increased business and de creased the cost to the consumer, but In the case of the Standard Oil com pany It has during ten or fifteen years actually Increased the price to the re tailer, and this a good deal more than the prices of other products through out the country, although the prlco of Its raw material and cost of manufac ture and sale during these years has Increased very little If any." Hold Fast. Heroine (In tragedy) Alas, alas, I am undone! Thoughtful Student (hi front row)- It doesn't show. Go on with youf part, Cornell "Widow. Perfumes of 8prlng. The golden rippling sunshine Doesn't warm me through through; Gentle spring's so backward And tho blossoms are so few. and The coal bin's scraped quite empty, I miss the flowers' perfume. But the wheezy oil stove's odor Seems to scent un every room. Lafayette Parks In New York Evening Telegram. Another Point of View. Giles Only four letters of the nlpha bet have ever been In jail. Smiles True, but look how many of them aro In the penitentiary. Detroit Tribune. Obviously. "Why is it our poetic friend, When thoughts sublime he lacks. For pussy cats galore will send And stroke their glossy backs7" "You are a very stupid man," Said I. "The point you lose. For that's tho only way he can Invoke the subtle mews." Harvard Lampoon. v Chanco For Practice. 'I understand you are needing floorwalker?" 'Any experience?" 'I ought to have. I raised ten chll dren." The Beneficiary. Tho merry germ now looks about. He Bmlles, with bland bacterial glee, On thawing snow heaps piled about And says, "This world was made for me!" Washington Star. The Other Use. "She has a quick tongue." "I never heard her say much." "No, but have you seen her eat?" Bohemian Magazine. The Great Change. Today the ruler of the land Ami then a common man! Fate holds the reins with steady hand And guides the moving van. Houston Post. Poor Contributor. "Does this competitor write in light er vein?" "No," said tho editor, "only in vain." Cornell Widow. Circumstantial Evidence. Cold storage, ancient egg, to me Your price is quite terrific; Also, carved in your shell, I see A puzzling hieroglyphic. Chicago Post. Scant Comfort. The Dentist Now, Johnny, brace up. It'll be all over In a minute. Boy-Yes, but-r- Gee, think of that tnlnute! Puqk. Justice. Black were the eyes as black as jet Of the country maid I knew. I kissed her, and her lover came, And mine are jet black too. London Spare Moments. Doesn't Always Work. Flub Sticking to a thing I? what causes one to rise in the world. Dub now about tho fly and the fly paper? Judge. Tho Girl of the Period. She follows fads that aro the rage, And nothing can abate, But when It comes to give her ago She's never up to date. Judge. A TABLE NAPKINS. An Amuslna History of Thl Very In dispensable Article. Curiously enough, the tdblo napkin, now deemed almost inuispensauie, was first used only by children and was adopted by elder members of the family only about the middle of the fifteenth century. In etiquette books of nn earlier date, among other sago pieces of advlco for children, are In structions about wiping their fingers and Hps with their napkins. It seems that the tablecloth was long enough to reach tho floor and served the grown people In place of napkins. When they did begin to uso napkins they placed them first on tho shoulder, then on the left arm ana finally tied them about the neck. A French writer, who evidently was con servatlve nud did not welcome the napkin kindly, records with scorn: "Tho napkin Is placed under the chin nnd fastened In tho back, as If ono was going to bo shaved. A person told mo thut he wore his that way that ho might not soil his beautiful frills." It was a dllllcult matter to tie tho two corners In tho baclc, and It Is said that thenco originated our expression for straitened circumstances, "Hard to make both ends meet." This custom led to tho habit shown by waiters of carrying a napkin across the left arm. Napkins became popular in France sooner than In England. At ono time It was customary at great French din ners, to change the napkins at every course, to perfume them with rosewa ter and to have them folded a differ ent way for every guest. About 1050 Pierre David published a "Malstre d'Hostel," which teaches how to wait on patrons properly and how to fold all kinds of table napkins in all kinds of fancy shapes. The shapes were square, twisted, folded in bands, In the form of double and twisted shells, single shell, double melon, single melon, cock, hen and chickens, pigeon In the basket, par tridge, pheasant, two capons In a pie, hare, two rabbltR, sucking pig, dog with a collar, pike, carp, turbot, miter, turkey, tortoise, the holy cross and the Lorraine cross. A NEW SOCIETY. The Prevention of Cruelty to Parenbi Organization. "I'm going to form a new society it society for the prevention of cruelty to parents," said a young matron. "Ev erybody and everything Is protected nowadays children, horses, dogs, cats, immigrants but parents aren't looked after. They are left to fight their own battles. And the unklndness of some children! 1 lately visited well, never mind the name, but they're yonng married people, and tho hus band's old father lives with them. He's a dear old man, but a little slow and deaf and fussy, as old people have a right to be. And tho way that old man was poked Into corners made mo boll! "I know a lovable old woman who lives alone, her children four of them scattered far and near, pursuing their own alms and thinking that they are very filial If they write their moth er once a fortnight. I declare, It makes mo admire the wisdom of an old bache lor I know. Some one pitied him be cause he was growing old, with no children about him. 'It's a bit lonely,' ho said philosophically, 'but I'd rather be childless than to have, like some people, I know, children who go their own 'ways and leave their parents alone in their old age.' " How Babies Are Dressed In Italy. This photograph of an Italian child about six months old shows the way in which all Italian babies are wrap ped round with a kind of bandage many yards long, their arms and legs being so tightly bound that they can not move them. Tho Italian women say that if they were not bound thus the children would not grow up straight. A Strand writer adds, "In a small village I visited about forty miles from Genoa 'among the moun tains they woro most astonished to seo nn English baby without any of these extraordinary wrappings." 10 CENT -SriOKE- TKE3 CIGAR O11 CXTjXjITPY. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE 8oothIng Ankle Lotion. When Btlffness of the joints makes walking painful relief may be secured by first rubbing tho ankles with a mixture of ono ounce of rosewater, a gill of white brandy, four ounces of mutton tallow, two ounces of olive oil, one and one-half ounces of virgin wax and half of one grain of musk. The wax and tallow are melted in a cup set into a pan of hot water, and as they soften the oil is added. The cup is removed from heat, and the brandy nnd rosewater, already mixed, nre v'ery slowly poured in, beating all tho time. The musk goes In last ' To Blanch Nuts. All and every kind of nuts should be blanched before using them for cook ing or salad, for tho brown skin around them has an unpleasant flavor when they aro chopped up. The nuts should be covered with boiling water, and after they have been in the hot water for several minutes rub u few of the nuts between a coarse crash towel to see If tho skins will come off easily. If the, skin does not come off easily, soak them for a few minutes lougev, nnd tho brown skins will come off nt tho slightest touch of the towel. Brownie Pudding. Pour a pint of hot milk over a scant cup of breadcrumbs, add a scant cup of sugar to three squares of unsweet ened chocolate (grated), quarter tea spoonful Bait and mix with quarter of a cup of cold milk and cook over hot water until cooked to a smooth mix ture. Add two beaten eggs to the bread mixture nnd then put all to gether. Flavor with a scant teaspoon ful of vnnllla and pour Into custard cups. Set these in a pan of hot water and bake in a moderate oven for one hour. English Orange Marmalade. Use the large, thick skinned oranges and with a sharp knife slice them, peel and all, Into tiny pieces. To each pound of fruit add three pints of cold water. Let stand twenty-four hours. Boil until soft in a porcelain kettle and let it cool. Now add ono nnd three- quarter pounds of granulated sugar to each pound of fruit and juice. Boll It for one and three-quarters hours or until It will jelly when cooled. Just before removing it from the fire add the juice of three lemons. New Idea In Can Openers. The can oneuer shown herewith Is novel in tho respect that It cuts the entire top of tho can off instead of merely cutting a hole In the top. Very little adjustment of the tool is requirsd to accomplish tho end. The first thing is to remove tho label from tho can, or at least the top part of it Then insert the point of tho cutter in tho center of the top, pushing it down as far as it will go. The handle should then be pulled down to a horizontal position and a firm hold taken with one hand, while the other Is placed on the top of the can. The point of the knife is then pushed into the wall of the can a little to the left of the seam, after which by pulling the handle the can is cut around until the seam is reached, thus completely severing the top from the can. Shad Roe Croquettes. One cupful of white sauce, a little lemon juice, salt,' pepper, paprika, two yolks of eggs, two tnhlespoonf uls finely chopped parsley, two cupfuls cooked shad roe. Cut shad roe In small pieces; add sauce, yolks of eggs nnd season ings. Shape Into neat croquettes, dip in fine breadcrumbs, brush over with beaten egg, then roll again In crumbs. Fry to a golden color in smoking hot fat. Servo hot. CIGAR. HAMILTON r EASTER CARD PARTY. Decorations and Prizes 8hould Be Springlike and Pretty. An Easter card party should be springlike and pretty. If you can af ford It have the house decorated with spring flowers daisies, Jonquils and daffodils. The score cards should be ornamented with little bells sugges tive of Easter bells, and have tho partners find each other by matching the cards to sec whoso ribbons aro alike. The bells may be fastened to the cards with ribbon bows. During the card playing have mineral water, salted nuts and candies passed and ,have the refreshments later. The prizes may be suggestive of Easter. Give a pretty growing lily in an at tractive Jardiniere for one, a low dish filled with growing panslcs for anoth er, an Easter hare filled with candles for a third, and several little chicks for tho gentleman's booby prize, or a live rabbit if you think it will be all right It will, cause much fun and laughter. Have the favors on the to- xrcsument tamo at eacn corner or pass them nfter serving if you do not have a sit down supper. An amusing Idea is to pass to the gentlemen a big Jack Horner pie you can make It yourself by covering a bread pan with crape papers and another to the ladles. In the pics have all kinds of Easter conceits china and papier mache rabbits and hares, eggs filled with candles, etc. and let them draw them with ribbons that tie the pres ents with long cds that come through slits in the paper. Serve for refreshment chicken consomme in cups, egg salad and creamed chicken breasts, Ices in the forms of eggs and cakes and coffee in demltasses. Witchery of Smiles. The futility of wasting tears on tri fles Is one of the hardest lessons the nvcrage young marrieu woman nas io learn. It Is one that must be learned, however. Soon or late it Is borne in on every bride that tho tyranny of tears Is nothing like as effective as the witchery of smiles. Often sho does not acquire that knowledge until sho has committed the dangerous mistake of letting her husband know she thinks he cares less for her than he did. The woman who betrays that fear is likely to suffer still more by seeing it real lzed. Men dislike teary women almost as much as the sobby kind. Smiles aro Irresistible If the husband Is even a degree above Bill Sikes, and the wlfo who employs them is pretty sure to get her way in big nnd little things. Honey Sweets. Cakes and cnndles with a flavor and delicacy all their own may be made with honey as tho principal ingre dient. Here are recipes for some of them: Honey Nougat. Put half a pound each of strained honey and white sug ar into a saucepan over a slow fire. Cook until brittle when dropped in cold water. Beat the whites of threo eggs to a stiff froth and whip into the honey mixture. As it begins to cool add a little extract, preferably lemon or orange, or, better still, the fruit Juice, and a pound and a half of alm onds blanched and broken into small pieces. Mix thoroughly and spread on oiled paper. When cold cut into strips or bars. Honey Cream Candy. Into a granite saucepan put one-half pound of -sugar, one cupful of strained honey, one-half, cupful of thick, sweet cream and a dessertspoonful of cold water. Stir well together and set aside for an hour. Then place over a moderately hot fire and cook until quite stiff. , Pour Into buttered plates and when It Is cool enough to handle pull and1 break Into pletes. Accommodating. Cook Lady (at intelligence office) Before I engage with you I'd like to ask a few questions, now many serv ants do you keep? Tho Woman Two. Cook Lady Where do you live? The Woman (meekly) Oh, that doesn't matter. We aro willing to move nny where you want to go. Ex change. To Clean Brass. Pour strong nmmonla on It, then Icrub well with a brush, rinse In cold Water and polish with a soft, dry Jloth. Lacquered brass should be hashed occasionally with warm, soapy water and then dried with n soft cloth and polished with a dry chamois skin. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. A tlo rn e va-a t-Ln w. WILSON, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office. Masonic hmlrllncr. nemnil Honesdale, l'a. W M. H. LEE, ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-I.AW. Office over nnnfc office. All lecsl tmat promptly attended to. Honesdale, Pa. EC. MUMFORD, . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office Liberty Hall building, opposite tho Post Office, Honesdale, l'a. HOMER GREENE, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office over Kelt's store. Honesdale l'a. A.T" SEARLE, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office near Court House. Honesdale. l'a. 0. E. ROWLAND, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office over Post Office. Honesdale. Pa. 0 HARLES A. McCARTY, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. .Hneclal and nroimit attention riven to Hie collection ot claims. Office over Kelt's new store, Honesdale. l'a. r. KIMBLE, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office over the nost office Honesdale. Pa. ME. SIMONS, . ATTORNEY 4 COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office in the CourtjHouBe, IIoncBunle, Pa. HERMAN HARMEb, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Patents and pensions secured. Office in tho Schuerholz building. Honesdale. Pa. PETER H. ILOFF.BSfffJ- ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW- u 9,f5fe-Sl?cond floo,r old Savings Bank building. Honesdale. Pa. M. SALMON, ATTORNEY COUNSELOR-AT-LAW Office Next door to post office. Formes! occupied by V. H. Dlmmlck. Honesdale, Pa Dentists. D R. E. T. BROWN, DENTIST.! Office First flnnr. old KfivlnsrslTl.'inlr hnllri. lng, Honesdale, Pa. Physicians. DR. II. 'B. SEARLES, HONESDALE. TA. Office and residence 1116 Church street Telephones. Office Hours 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 8:00. d. m LETTER To A. M. Henshaw from Wana maker & Brown. DEAittHin: We are In receipt of an runllniltedYium ber ot congratulations from our sales agents upon the superb assortment of .Spring Clothes. They agreeing with us In pronouncing them the lliaiHlsomcst kvkii gotten together. We send forward this supplemental line of Grays and Oxfords from the fact that It Is being whispered that high priced merchant tailors are preparing to Introduce them as their leading lines; and these fortify you in the statement that you have everything that can be demand ed. I .WAN A MAKER UBROWIV, PIIILADELPHIA.1PA. TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE 1 UNITED STATES, I'OH THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. Bankrupt No, 13S7. In the matter of Erwln D. Prentice in Bankruptcy. To the creditors of Erwln D. Prentice, In the county of Wayne and district aforesaid, a bankrupt. Notice Is hereby given that on the 16th day of March. A. I). 1U09, the saldErwin D. Pren tice was duly adjudged a bankrupt: and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at the office of the referee In the borough of Honesdale, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, upon Friday, the 2d day of April, 1909, at ten o clock In the forenoon, at which time tho creditors may attend, prove their claims, ap point a trustee, examine the bankrupt, and transact such other business as may proper ly come before such meeting. WM. H, LEEI Kcferco In Bankruptcy. Honesdale, Pa., March 17. 1008. fflwS NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION, ESTATE OF EUNICE A. FAUNHAM. late of Honesdale. All persons Indebted to said estate are noti fied to make Immediate payment to the un dersigned ; and those having claims against tho said estate are notified to present them duly attested, for settlement. P. C, FAHNHAM, Executor. Honesdale, Pa., March 5, 1009. 20w6 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. The partnership In the mercantile business, in the borough of Honesdale, Wayne county. Pa., heretofore existing be tween Manuel Jacobson and Wm.A. Jacob son, under the firm name of Jacobson it Co., Is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The said Manuel Jacobson will contlnuo said business under the firm namo of M. Jacobson & Co., and will settle all claims against the late firm, and collect all debts due to It. MANUEL JAt'OHSON. WM. A. JAt'OHSON. March 15, 1909. 22w3 WANTED In every Hamlet, Village, and Township, energetic people who wllluscthelr spare time for good pay. Drawerfi. Honesdale, Pa. if
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