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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22
MILLIONS FOR LUXURIES.
Citizens of the United States Paid
Out Great Sums for Foreign
Goods in 1906.

Washington, Nov. 17--Luxuries
were purchased by the United States
from abroad to the extent of $780,
100000 during the fiscal year 1906.
according to the tabulations of the
bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor. These
"luxuries," are classified as dia-
monds, and other precious stones, of
which $40,O00,000 was imported;
laces, edgings. embroideries and rib
bons, $40,000,000. Feathers natural
and artificial, $70O0,OO0; champagne,
$6,000,000, and miscellaneous, such as
perfumeries toilet articles, smokers
articles and opium for smoking,
made up the balance.
Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes were
imported to the value of $25,000,00o
This is more THAI double the amount
spent abroad for such articles dec.
ade ago. The item of largest in
crease in the above list is said to
be diamonds, as the value for 1896
did not reach $S,OOO,OOO. Opium for
smoking was imported in the fiscal
year just ended to the value of ST.
100000, as compared with $4,000 in
1896.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22
FLOODS IN THE NORTHWEST
Great Damage Caused by Swollen
Rivers in Washington
People Driven From Their Homes are
Camping on the Hills-Waters
Receding.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 17.-Homeless
and suffering from hunger and ex-
posture and in hourly dread that the
rising waters will oyerwhelm them,
thousands of residents of the fertile
valleys lying between Seattle and Ia
coma are camping in the foothills
nearby, with what few provisions and
effects they could carry in a hurried
flight.
Six deaths have been thus far
chronicled as due to the floods which
have followed the rapid rise of the
river in King and Pierce counties.
Three of the men who met death in
the floods were trying their utmost
to prveent log jams that would en-
danger the residents of the towns fur
Their down the river F. w. Killmer,
of Auburn, was the first to lose his
life while working on a jam in the
White river. Two other loggers who
were working for the Decker Lumber
company, trying to break jams, and
whose names are unknown, were
drowned in the Green river, three
miles from Auburn ;.
Black, White, Green, Cedar, Stuck,
Snoqualmie and other streams having
their source in the foot hills of the
Cascade mountains have risen over
night and have flooded thousands of
acres of land and caused incalculable
damage. How many farmers families
have lost some member through the
rapid advances of the treacherous
waters will not be known until the
waters subside.
All the valley towns are under
water, the depth ranging from eight
to 30 feet Railroad communication
has been cut and the towns cannot
be reached except by messages over
the long distance telephone wires.
With the water already standing on
the streets at such a depth that it is
no longer safe for residents to remain
in the first stories Of their houses,
the men are organizing in each town
and either removing the helpless ones
to the second stories or carrying them
away to places of safety
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22

It Is alleged that the defendants,
through the Standard OH company
and the other corporations, are en-
gagged in producing, purchasing and
transporting petroleum in the various
producing districts in the United
States, principally situated in New
York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Kansas, Indian Territory, Ok
lahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado
and California; that they own and con-
troll nearly all Of the pipe lines in
said states, and other pipe lines ex-
tending from Kansas to the seaboard;
also pipe lines in Texas and In Cal
ifornia; that they own a large num-
Der of tank cars and steamships en-
gagged in transporting oil; and that the
said defendants have, through the in
strumentality of the Standard Oil COM
pany of New Jersey Ga holding corpor-
atom, eliminated competition between
all of the separate corporations and
monopolized the commerce in oil in
the United States.
Control the Pipe Lines.
It is alleged that the Standard OIL
company has had control of the carry
ing business by pipe lines in and from
all the oil producing regions OF the
United States except Texas, Louisiana
and California; that they charged ex.
cessive and unreasonable rates, and
rates which were discriminatory in
favor of the Standard Oil company
that they have refused to furnish
equal facilities for receiving and de
livering oil of Independent shippers
and refiners; that they have refused
to transport oil belonging to others
than the defendants and their associa
ted companies, and since the month Of
August, 1906, have refused to transport
oil of others except in such large guam
titles as to completely prevent indie
pendent producers and refiners OF oil
from using their service, and that they
have forced 16 independent refiners
now doing business in Pennsylvania
and Ohio and producing their crude
oil through the Standard Oil com
pany's pipe lines, to sell all of theii
export oil to the Standard Oil com
pany. thereby eliminating their com
petition. This contract was procured
through threats of the Standard Oh
company to reduce the amount o.
crude oil which it would sell to the
independent refiners.
Enjoy Preferential Rates.
1t is alleges that one of the prin
cipal instrumentalities through which
the defendants have been enabled t
monopolize the commerce in petro
leum and its products throughout The
United States has been system o
preferential rates, and rates discrimi
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22

of the Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey from $1O,OO0,0O0 to $110,0OO,-
900, and made it the holding corpora
ton and placed the control through
stock ownership Of all the corpora
tons previously held by the trusts
into the said company, and exchanged
it's stock for the stock so acquired,
share for share, issuing therefor $751;
100000 par value--the exact amount
of the trust certificates previously is
sued by the trustees.
The stock Of this company was in
creased by a small amount, and Is
now $9S,33S,3O0
Some Standard OIL Methods.
The petition then shows the meth
DDS employed by the Standard Oil
company to monopolize the oil bust
ness. These include discriminating
contracts with the railroad companies,
manipulation of rates, local price cut
ting, bogus Independent companies,
etc.
The bill sets up among others con-
tract between the Standard OIL COM
pany and the Tidewater Pipe company
whereby the Tidewater companies are
limited to liz per cent Of certain
business in Pennsylvania and New
York, and the Standard Oil company
to receive S81a per cent of the bust
ness, the Standard Oil company guar
anteeing the Tidewater company $780,
600 per annum profits, thereby elm
mating all competition between them.
The bill alleges contract made
with the Pennsylvania railroad com,
pany in 1884, which was in existence
until 1906, by which the Standard OIL
company was able to maintain the
public charges for transporting crude
oil from western Pennsylvania at 40
and As cents barrel to Philadelphia
and New York respectively. The Stand
ard Oil company, through its own
pipe lines. transported the oil fol-
eight cents a barrel.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22
TESTING Butter.

Here is a certain butter test: Melt
= little on some hot hominy in your
breakfast plate and taste it. The
fraud will establish itself instantly
Print butter fetches bigger price
than ordinary tub butter There is an
extra charge for manipulation and
wrapping the pound pieces in paraffin
paper. But In my travels have met
print butter that was made up OF
"cooking thirds" Make sure OF your
butter dealer, then go ahead.-New
York Press.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22
New Euypt Arising.

A progressive Arab of Cairo is
sinking wells and installing irrigation
pumps at the foot of the pyramid of
Cheops, and the Sphinx, after gazing
thousands of years on sand wastes,
soon will be looking out on green
fields. This is one of the many DEM
constructions of the change from the old
to the new Egypt.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22
Different Then.

Husband-It's strange that l can
never find anything about the house
that belongs to me without your assist
ance.
Wife-How did you manage before
we were married, dear?
Husband-0h, things stayed where |
put them then.--Chicago Daily News.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22
As Interpreted.

Mayme-George declared he would
gladly go through fire and water for
me.
Edyth-That means he will look
after the furnace and keep your wash
tubs filled after marriage.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22

Wichita, Kan, Nov. 20-This sec.
ton of the state was covered with
IL inches of snow Monday morning,
This is the first snow fall and will
cause suffering to live stock
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22

A man may not have much faith In
doctors, up to the time when the first
baby arrives in his house. After that
he regards them with awe.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22

Henderson, Iowa, Nov 1S.-The
Bank Of Henderson was dynamited
early Friday by robbers They secur-
ed nearly $4,000 and escaped.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22

We should choose for a wife only
such woman as we should choose
for a friend were she man.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22
perhans Put to Better Use.

A church in London still draws an
income which was bequeathed 1t for
the purpose of buying wood where
with to burn heretics.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-22
COM 1ONENT PARTS OF, HUGE OIL TRUST.

Partnerships Controlled by Standard OIL Com
of New viii Compelled to Resume
Independent concer If United States Wins
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

Yellow soap and whiting. mixed
into thick paste. will temporarily
stop leak as well as solder.
Drain pipes and all places that are
sour or impure may be cleansed with
lime water or carbolic acid.
Sewing Machine Oil Stains.-Rub
with lard. Let stand for several
hours. then wash with cold water and
soap.
A whisk-broom cut SO It tapers to
. point at one side is the handiest
thing for cleaning the corners when
sweeping the stairs. One that is past
service for its original use is as good
as q new one for this purpose.
To Brighten Gilt-Edge Frames
Take suficient flour of sulphur to give
golden tinge to one and one-half
pints Of water, and in this boil four
or five bruised onions. Strain of the
liquid. and with it, when cold. wash,
with a soft brush, any gliding which
requires restoring; and when dry it
will shine as bright as new.
Soiled bobbinet curtains do not need
to go into the washtub IL the dirt on
them is only the accumulation Of
everyday CRIME. Corn meal cleanses
them without half the bother Of wash
ing and ironing. Place the half of
curtain in q large paper bag. sprinkle
10 pint Of the meal through 1t. then
shake the bag in every direction hard
for ten minutes. Then beat out the
meal and hang the curtain in the air.
II the curtain does not look a good
color after one bath of meal, give it
second. Curtains treated in this way
do not coarsen and mill up as when
they are wet.-Good Literature.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
MEASURES m THE KITCHEN
1sapss Varying in Their Terms, II
Il Wsn 20 Know 18th Weights
and 1easuxss.

Butter-A cupful of butter b seven
and one-half ounces II pressed quite
solid. A cupful Of melted butter in
one-half ounce lighter. It Il usually
near enough for cooking to call q cup
full one-half pound. Butter size Of an
egg 10 one and one-half ounces.
Sugar-A level cupful Of graulated
sugar 10 seven ounces-two cupfuls il
two ounces less than . pound. Al.
though sugar by the grain is heavier
than water and will sink instantly,
the afr spaces between the grains
make . cupful weigh less than 70
much liquid. One-half pound of gran
ulated sugar il . cup rounded up.
The powdered sugar that is known as
fine granulated weighs the same. icing
sug-r or four Of sugar is lighter, q
cupful is but six ounces. All that
can be scooped up in q cup out of .
barrel Of any grade weighs nine
ounces. A level cupful OF brown
sugar Is six ounces. Up in the noun.
tains cake recipes which people have
been used fail. It is all because of
the sugar. So much sugar cannot be
used at great elevations as at sea
level. hence the reason for being par
ticular about weights.
Molasses.-A cupful Of thick mo.
lasses weighs IL ,ounces-that lis
three-quarters Of a pound-half as
much more as equal measure of water
and five ounces more than q level cup
full Of granulated sugar. Thin sirups
do not weigh quite SO much.
Flour-A level cupful of (patent
siftedD flour is four ounces. A cup
heaped up with all that can be dipped
with 1t out of a barrel is seven ounces
nearly twice as much as the level.
A quart Of (sifted) -four just round
ed over is one pound.
Bread Crumbs-A cupful of bread
is four ounces pressed in rather solid.
A pound of bread is pressed-in
quart.
Corn Meal-A cupful of corn meal
is five ounces. three rounded cuDfuls
are a pound. or a pound of corn meal
is little less than level quart.
Oatmeal-A level cupful Of oatmeal
up with a cup weighs seven ounces
nearly one-half pound.
Corn Starch-A level cupful Of
starch hour or cooking starch is six
ounces. the same as cornmeal. All
that can be heaped in cup weighs
seven ounces.
Farina-The same as starch.
Rice-A level cupful weighs seven
ounces. All that can be heaped in a
cup weighs nine ounces.
Light Bread Dough.-A rounded
cupful is one-half pound.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
Prune Jelly.

Stew. until just tender. two pounds
Of French prunes; cool and remove
pits; soak one box Of graduated gela-
tine in one pint Of cold water until
soft. then add three-quarters Of a
quart of boiling water, one and one
half cupfuls Of sugar. juice Of three
lemons; set in pan Of ice water and
then stir until it commences to thick
on; cover the bottom Of a deep pan
with one-half of an inch thickness Of
the jelly; set it in cool place, and
when firm. lay in the prunes, and then
add the remainder of the jelly. When
firm, dip an instant in warm water
or wipe the outside with cloth
wrung out of boiling water: and then
place q dish over the top; then invert
pan. and jelly will slip out; garnish
with whipped cream.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
What ru.k.ass !. Doing.

Tuskegee Institute will complete
this year the FIRST twenty-five years of
its existence, writes Booker T. Wash.
ington in the April Worlds Book. 1t
was opened July 4, 1881. with one
teacher and thirty pupils. At that time
It had neither land or buildings, moth
ing but the $1,000 year granted by
the Alabama Legislature. Even the d.
lapid ited shanty and the old church in
which its first sessions were con-
Quoted were lent by the colored people
of the village.
1t was not long, however. before the
school acquired small tract Of land.
The first piece of live stock which 1t
became possessed of was an old blind
mule. the gift of a white man In the
neighborhood. This represented the
capital of the school.
At the close of the school year last
May IL owned 1000 acres of land,
eighty-three buildings, large and small,
used as dwellings. dormitories, class
rooms, shops and barns, which, to-
gether with the equipment, live stock,
stock in trade and other personal prop
erty, were valued at about 1881 .S95.32.
This does not include $4,000 acres of
public land remaining unsold from the
$4,000 granted by Congress valued at
e135, 900, nor the endowment fund,
which amounted January /. 1906, to
S1,275,664.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
A USEFUL WRITIN0-cAsE.
This Receptacle Has Advantages Over
the Ordinary Blotting-Pad in
Keeping Stationery Clean.

The chief feature of this writing
case is that attached on either side
are two roomy pockets to hold enve-
lopes, post cards, paper and stamps;
they are made to fold over and inclose
the case when it is not In use. and
this is an advantage over an ordinary
blotting pad. and keeps the stationery
and blotting paper free from dust.
For the board holding the blotting pa
per a piece of stout cardboard or mill
board may be used. and each corner
is covered with leather and glued firm
ly to the back. A piece Of dark green
art serge or any other material we
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
Orange Pudding.

Soak one-half box of gelatine IN a
cupful of cold water. Set the cup in a
pan of water to dissolve 1t. Add two
thirds of cupful Of sugar stir until
melted, and mix it with the juice of
six large oranges. Let the pulp of the
oranges. broken up and minus fiber
and seeds, remain in. also light graf
ing OF the orange peel. II liked. sub
vtitute the diluted juice Of one lemon
for two Of the oranges. and as soon as
1t is partly jellied. whip it with the
egg beater until it is like beaten egg.
,;,urn into mould to harden.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
VERY CONVENIENT.

fancy must then be glued ON the back
of the board with pieces left on either
side Of sufficient length to fold over
and tie across the pad; ON these the
pockets are sewn. The little loops are
attached on either side of the board
where indicated in the sketch, and the
one is for holding pen, the other
pencil. Monograms may be worked
on the front of the pockets, and If
they are edged with cord or bound
with ribbon they will look well. The
blotting paper on the pad is fixed by
merely slipping the corners under the
leather. The words. envelopes, post
cards. paper and stamps" may be
worked in silk in ornamental letter.
ing.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20

Of any chain il in the strength a ita
links. Every one Of you has read With
delight Kiplins's wonderful Jungle
Books. Do you not rsmembsr ths
Law Of the Jungie?'
Perhaps you will look II mn. nQl
that I an, comparing you for . minufs
to the wolves and beafA aAA Wild
creatures Of the jungle. But there ars
few days in my life when I do not ses
in home life, in town life. and wher-
ever else people live In communities.
that Kipling put . great truth into
the stanza I am about to quote:
Now this il the law Of the jungle
a. old and ~ true ~ the sky;
And the wolf that shall keep 1t may
prosper. but the wolf that shall
break 1t must die.
A the creeper that girdles the tree
trunk the law runneth forward
and back
For the strength Of the pack IL the
wolf, and the strength Of the
wolf is the pack"
think I will make a parody of this
for you, with apologies to Mr.. Kip
ling:
Now this is the law Of the school
room-as old and as true as the
sun;
And the students who keep It sha
prosper. for the tasks of their
days will be done.
The law runneth onward forever. az
swiftly the happy years pass,
The strength If the class is the girl.
and the strength of the girl Is
the class.
Schools set their stamp on their pu.
pills SO that one may almost tell at a
glance by certain slight characteristics
or certain more definite ones, from
which school a girl has been graduat-
ed. Just as every great college in the
land puts its own hallmark on Its
graduates, the preparatory school
stamps Its pupils for all time.
Girls in the formative period Of their
lives come beneath the moulding hand
and the vitalizing influence Of a teach
er's personality Insensibly. they fake
on something they would never have
had but for her. Wars ago, In New
York city, there was principal who
presided over what was known as the
Twelfth street grammar school. To
this day Miss Wadleigh's pupils bear
something of her strong and beautiful
character in their faces and lives.
Mount Holyoke college will carry for
all time the impression made by its
great founder. Mary Lyon. In a
southern city there is a famous school
where young women have for years
been trained to great usefulness. Mary
Baldwin is no longer on earth, but the
Mary Baldwin school will be hers for
generations.
These are the thoughts that come to
me as look on class photograph.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
For chapped Hands.

10 cure chapped hands always care.
fully dry the hands after washing
never allow the moisture to evan
orate;; this is a cause Of the trou
BILE. Before going to bed rub hands
we'll with boracic ointment. vaseline.
cold cream or glycerin. Those vht
cannot afford medicaments will find 4
bit Of mutton fat (uncooked) very
elective. Draw on an cid pair Of
gloves after amounting.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20

and often could not get my shoes on
Beginning to use Doan's Kidney Pills 1
got relief before had used half . box.
but continued taking them until cured.
The bloating subsidized and was well
again"
Sold by all dealers. so cents . box
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
Water at Meals.

Water taken with meals should be
slipped as we'll as taken sparingly.
Ice water should be taken as seldom
as possible; never would be a better
rule. And the habit Of putting
Clipped ice in the drinking water Ia
to be avoided, as one never knows
what may be taken into the stomach
through this medium. The better way
Is to fill bottles with water and allow
them to stand beside ice to chill.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20
Cleansing Cream.

Almond oil ...............4 ounces
White wax ...............2h ounces
Orange flower water. ounces
Melt the wax in a double boiler, add
the oil slowly. When all are heated.
remove from the IRE, stir until partly
cool and then beat in the orange low-
or water. Beat until cold.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-20

fully the experienee of
NrA Laura Sullivan,
BluR and Third Sta,
Marquette, Mich , who
says: ~ had back
ache and bearing
down pain, and At
times my limbs would
swell TO twice natural
size. l could hardly
get mn or down stairs,