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The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
MRTHOpIsTs MEET sOCIALLY.
Rev. DR.. Lewis Addresses Them at
Grace Dinner.

The last meeting Of the Social
Union of the Methodist Episcopal
Churches Of Baltimore took place
Tuesday night in the pnriors of Grace
Church, on CaFroIlton avenue and
LanvaIe street.
A dinner was one of the features.
The tables were arranged in attractive
form and adorned with flowers. Rev.
DIR. Thomaa II. Lewis, president Of the
Western Maryland College, spoke on
"The Heritage OF Methodism.D
Rev. DR.. Lewis said Methodism had
fallen heir to the responsibility Of
making the church place Of welcome
for the thousands of young people
whom temptations drew away to other
things. He praised the work of the
union by saying that its warm soci-
ability would be effective in keeping
the young people, as well as the older
ones, attached to the church.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
PImlIco Races.

The spring meeting at Pimlico open
ed last Saturday with bright skies.
a big crowd, and splendid racing. and
will continue until May II inclusive
The steeplechase was feature OF
the sport and furnished n surprise
In old Grandpa. who, well handled by
J. ". Colts Economy, to which the
public took fancy.
The track was heavy, being at least
eight seconds slow, so fast time was
cut OF the question, but the fields were
as rule large, the second race at
Blk furlongs being divided up to ac-
eommodate the starters
The winners on the fiat were Au-
gust Belmont's Soil, Font, Red River,
John Garner, Statesman and Berkeley.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
The Democratic Advocate
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The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
AuTO PROOF ROADS.
Government Experts Pleased With
Oiled Surface of Speedway.

Washington. April 27.--fn order to
ascertain the wearing effect on ma.
eadamized road Of the wheels OF auto
mobiles travelling al high rate Of
speed. the Department Of Agriculture
ipdy conducted some interesting
i
fhese were but part OF series OF
tests that the department has been
nisking. with the view OF solving the
aust problem and determining the
wear caused by fas; motor cars on
macadnm surfaces
The flrst experiments were conduct
ed ON stretch OF two miles Of the
Conduit road, on the Maryland shore
Of the Potomac river. near this city.
The road was badly torn up and the
machines LETT behind them clouds Of
dust Returning 10 the city. The cars
were run through series OF teatf IN
the Speedway. where the surface had
been oiled. These proved highly gatis-
factory, the machines stirring up no
dust and the roads suffering only
slight injury.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

The meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee which was
held in Baltimore on Wednesday last
was one OF the largest and most en-
thusiastic meetings OF the committee
which has been held by the Demo-
cratic party in many years. Every
county Of the state and every legls-
lative district of the city Of Baltimore
was represented and the proceedings
were OF the most harmonious char
acter. The address or the chairman
was full and in good taste. covering
the whole ground of the partys posi-
tion on the questions which confront
us at the present time.
The resolutions which were adopted
by the committee were comprehensive
and complete. setting forth the basis
upon which the party will 90 into
the present campaign. All the ar
rangements for holding the primaries,
both for the state and county officers,
were worked out in detail, 80 that
there will be no difficulty in the party
selecting candidates for the suffrages
of the people at the coming election.
The committee declared the suffrage
amendment to be the paramount IL.
sue In the coming contest The party
proposes to make It's main fight upon
this issue. The resolutions declare
emphatically for the right Of the white
men of the state to govern the af-
fairs OF our old and honored common
wealth. The suffrage amendment
aims to eliminate the illiterate and ir-
responsible negroes from the elector-
ate. II was proper that the party
should put this issue to the front. and
let the people decide whether they
want. or do not want. this class OF
voters to continue in Maryland to be
a menace to the good government of
our state
The Democratic party goes before
the people on this clean-cut issue,
and has no fear to meet the Republi-
cans, either upon the hustings or
through the press. We have faith
that when this question is fairly put
before the people and understood by
them. they will declare by their votes
that the best interests OF both the
whites and the blacks will be sub
served by having the affairs OF our
state government in the hands OF the
white men, who have made the state
what 1t is and who know how TO man
age its government The people will
understand that IL this amendment is
voted down, II will be notice TO the
negroes of the southern states, where
they are deprived from voting, to
rush into Maryland TO govern us. In
such case. all Maryland will become
what the southern part OF the state
is now, veritable Black Belt. Every
yoterwho wants such state of things
will vote against the amendment;
those who want to avoid this and let
the white men of the state rule it's
affairs, will vote for the amendment
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
HOW Odd.

When the clock hands point SO 10
o'clock" asserted the bold and dashing
young man, I am going to kiss you. /"
You will do nothing OF the kind !"
declared the spirited girl.
Yes, shall. And herafter when
l call shall always kiss you when
the clock says 10 O'clock
Sure enough, when the hands OF the
clock have reached 10 Nc kisses her.
although she defies him and spurns
him and upbraids him and censures
him and says that she despises him
and he must go and never return.
So he does. and calls the next even-
ing.
And, 10, the clock has stopped ut t0i
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
Library In New Quarters.

The Westminster free library moved
today to the room over Smith & Reif-
snider's office. 1t will be open Mon
day and Thursday evenings and Satur-
day afternoons, as heretofore, Those
who desire to assist in this good work
are invited to enroll themselves as
new members, and those already on
the roll are requested to forward
their dues.
The annual meeting to elect officers
and transact other business will be
held in the Royal Arcanum rooms
Friday night, May 2, at o'clock.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
The woman BeantIfuI.

A woman who would be beautiful
should avoid danger and anger, for 1t
is a well-xnown fact that they write
fine lines, which deepen into wrinkles,
on the face. A season OF rest and
freedom from violent emotions viii do
more to eftace them than all the toilet
creams ever invented.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30

Ceiestine And has Mr.. Pryor's
church such small congregation?"
Hilda- Yes. indeed. Every time
he says dearly beloved you feel as
IL you had received a proposal -Bo-
henlan
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ApslL 80, 1909.
THE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COM
MITTEE.

The members Of the Democratic
Central Committee of Carroll County
are requested to meet at the Demo-
cratic Advocate Office. Westminster.
at 10 a. M, on MONDAY, MAY 8, 1903,
for the transaction OF such business
as may be presented.
BENZ. F. GROUSE, Chairman.
Thomas J. Coonan, Secretary
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30

Miss Lulu Wescott, OF Pungoteague,
Va, had one Of her ribs broken by her
lover. Elwood Scott, who bade her
Good night too enthusiastically.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

| hereby announce my candidacy
for the Office Of Register OF wills Of
Carroll County and respectfully ask
the support of my friends and the
Democratic voters Of this county to
that end. If / shall obtain the nomi-
nation which / coyet. | will exert
myself to the utmost In the election
of the full Democratic ticket as
have heretofore done at all previous
elections.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
JOSEPH R. BOYLE.

announce myself candidate for
nomination to the Office OF County
Clerk, subject to the action OF the
Democratic primaries or convention.
JACOB FARVER.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30

announce myself candidate for
to the office OF Register
OF Wills for Carroll county, subject TO
the action of the Democratic primaries
or convention.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
THOMAS J. cooNAN.

! hereby announce myself candi-
date for the nomination of Register
Of Wills for Carroll county on tho
Democratic ticket, subject to the ap-
proval or action OF the primaries or
convention.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-30
JOHN s. zEIGLER.

| hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Carroll County, subject TO the
decision of the Democratic nominat-
ing convention
JACOB III BLOCHER,
Manchester district.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07

The futility Of wasting tears on tri-
fes is one Of the hardest lessons the
average young married woman has to
learn. 1t is one that must be learned,
however. Soon or late it is borne in
on every bride that the tyranny Of
tears is nothing like as effective as the
witchery of smiles. Often she does not
acquire that knowledge until she 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 1t real
lied. Men dislike teary women almost
as much as the sobby kind. Smiles are
Irresistible If the husband is even a
degree above Bill Skies, and the wife
who employs them is pretty sure to
get her way in big and little things.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
The standard on company, the brief

The Standard OIL company, the brief
alleges, controls about 97h per cent of
the fabrication Of railroads throughout
the United States and sells to most
railroads at enormous profits.
1t Ia also shown that the prices to
these railroads are substantially dou-
BILE the prices charged to a few ia
vored lines, notably the Pennsylvania.
For instance, the brief says, 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:
at 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 1t has during ten or fifteen years
actually increased the price to the re-
taller, and this a good deal more than
the prices of other products through
out the country, although the price of
its raw material and cost of manufac'
ture and sale during these years has
increased very little If any"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
TABLE NAPKINS.
An Amusing History Of This Very In
dispensable Article.

Curiously enough, the table napkin,
now deemed almost indispensable,
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 an earlier date, among other sage
pieces of advice for children, are in
structions about wiping their fingers
and lips with their napkins.
1t seems that the tablecloth was
long enough to reach the floor and
served the grown people in place of
napkins. When they did begin to use
napkins they placed them first on the
shoulder, then on the left arm and
finally tied them about the neck. A
French writer, who evidently was con-
servative and did not welcome the
napkin kindly. records with scorn:
"The napkin is placed under the
chin and fastened in the back, as if
one was going to be shaved. A person
told me that he wore his that way that
he might not soil his beautiful frills."
1t was a difficult matter to tie the
TWO COTUeTS Ill Iue UdCh, uHu IL Is Sulu
that thence originated our expression
for straitened circumstances, Hard to
make both ends meet" This custom
led to the habit shown by walters Of
carrying n napkin across the left arm.
Napkins became popular in France
sooner than In England. At one time
1t 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 differ
ent way for every guest.
About 1850 Pierre David published
"Maistre 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
fridge, pheasant, two capons in pie
hare, two rabbits. sucking pig, dog
with a collar, pike, carp, turbot, miter
turkey, tortoise, the holy cross and
the Lorraine cross.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Government ArraignS Stand
ard as Evil Monopoly.
CHARGED WITH A CONSPIRACY
John d. and William Rockefeller,
Flagler, Rogers and Archbold
Accused-Dissolution of
Company Asked.

st. Louis. April 5.-The calling for
argument of the case of the United
States against 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 corporation in restraint
of trade within the meaning of the
Sherman act.
The government is represented in
the suit by Frank B. Kellogg, c. B..
Morrison and J. Harrison Graves. For
the Standard appear John 8. 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 ID. Rockefeller, William
Rockefeller, Henry NJ. Flagler, Henry
III. Rogers, John d. Archbold, Oliver
II. Payne and Charles NJ. Pratt, are
charged with having entered into o
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Honey SWaets.

Cakes and candies with a flavor and
delicacy all their own may be made
with honey as the principal ingre-
dient. Here are recipes for some of
them:
Honey Nougat.-Put half pound
each of strained honey and white sug-
ar into saucepan over a slow fire.
Cook until brittle when dropped In
cold water. Beat the whites of three
eggs to a stiff froth and whip into the
honey mixture. AS it begins to cool
add little extract, preferably lemon
or orange, or, better still, the fruit
Juice, and a pound and half Of aim
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 granite
saucepan put one-half pound of sugar,
one cupful of strained honey, one-half
cupful Of thick, sweet cream and a
1essertspoonful of cold water. Stir
well together and set aside for an
hour. Then place over a moderately
hot fire and cooA until quite stir.
Pour into buttered plates and when it
Is cool enough to handle pull and
break into pieces.
Accommodating.
Cook Lady (at intelligence Office
Before 1 engage with you I'd like tc
ask few questions. How many serv
ants do you keep?
The Woman-Two.
Cook Lady-Where do you live?
The Woman (meekly) - oh, thai
doesn't matter. We are willing tC
move anywhere you want to go.-Ex
change.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
A NEW SOCIETY.

The Prevention of Cruelty to Parent,
Organization.
"I'm going to form new society-st
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 unkindness of
some children. l lately visited-well,
never mind the name, but they're
young married people, and the hus-
bands old father lives with them.
He's dear old man, but little slow
and deaf and fussy, as old people have
a right to be. And the way that old
man was poked into corners made me
boil
81 know lovable old woman who
lives alone, her children-four of them
scattered far and near, pursuing
their own aims and thinking that they
are very filial If they write their moth
er once fortnight. 1 declare, it makes
me admire the wisdom of an old bache-
lor 1 know. Some one pitied him be-
cause he was growing old, with no
children about him. It's a bit lonely
he said philosophically, but I'd rather
be childless than to have, like some
people 1 know, children who go their
own ways and leave their parents
alone in their old age'"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
EASTER CARD PARTY.
Decorations and Prizes Should Be
Sprinqlike and Pretty,

Sprinslike 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
daffodfls. The score cards should be
ornamented with little bells sugges-
tive of Easter bells, and have the
partners find each other by matching
the cards to see whose ribbons are
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, low dish
filed with growing pansies for anoth-
er, an Easter hare filed with candies
for a third, and several little chicks
for the gentlemans BOBBY prize, or q
live rabbit If you think 1t will be all
right. 1t will. cause much fun and
laughter. Have the favors on the re-
freshment table at each corner or
pass them after 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 Grape papers-and another to the
ladies. In the pies have all kinds OF
Easter conceits-china and papieI
mache rabbits and hares, eggs filled
with candies, etc.-and let them dra "
them with ribbons that tie the pres
ents with long ends that come
through slits in the paper. Serve fol
refreshment chicken consomme ir
cups, egg salad and creamed CHECKER
breasts, ices in the forms of eggs and
cakes and coffee in demitasses.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Enqlish ORANGE Marmalade.

Use the large, thick skinned oranges
and with a sharp knife slice them,
peel and all, into tiny pieces. 10 each
pound of fruit add three pints Of cold
water. Let stand twenty-four hours
Boil until soft in porcelain kettle and
let it cool. Now add one and three
quarter pounds Of granulated sugar
to each pound Of fruit and juice. Boil
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.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
SOOTHING Ankle Lotion.

When stiffness of the joints makes
walking painful relief may be secured
by frst rubbing the ankles with a
mixture of one 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
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 and rosewater, already mixed,
are very slowly poured in, beating all
the time. The musk goes in last.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07

combination and conspiracy to monop-
olize trade and commerce in the pur-
chase, shipment. transportation. manu-
facture and refining 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
bination.
The government. brief, which is
signed by Attorney General Wicker
sham, declares that the defendants
have pursued 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 pc
troleum in the United States.
This system, 1t is contended, has
taken the form of price cutting in va
rious localities, while keeping up high
prices or raising them still higher in
other localities where no competition
exists, of paying rebates to customers
as 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 ia
cilitate the price cutting policy, of the
use of so called independent compa-
nies-that is, companies held out by
the Standard Oil company as inde-
pendent which are engaged in price
cutting, while the Standard Oil COM
pany maintains the price through its
well known companies-and other abu'
sive competitive methods against the
competitors.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Brownie Pudding.

Pour pint Of hot milk over scant
cup Of breadcrumbs, add a scant cup
Of sugar to three squares Of unsweet-
ened chocolate (grated), quarter tea
spoonful salt 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 and then put all to-
gether. Flavor with a scant teaspoon
full Of vanilla and pour into custard
cups. Set these in pan Of hot water
and bake in a moderate oven for one
hour
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
To Rlanch Nuts.

All and every kind of nuts should be
blanched before using them for cook
ing or salad, for the brown skin around
them has an unpleasant flavor when
they are chopped up. The nuts should
he 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 the skins will come off easily.
II the skin does not come off easily
soak them for few minutes longer,
and the brown skins will come Off at
the slightest touch Of the towel.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Shad Roe Croquettes.

One cupful of white sauce, a little
lemon juice, salt, pepper, paprika, two
yolks of eggs, two tahlespoonfuls finely
chopped parsley, two cupfuls cooked
shad roe. Cut shad roe in small pieces;
add sauce, yolks of eggs and 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 Serve hot
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07

at least the top part of it. Then insert
the point of the cutter in the 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 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
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.