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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.
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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