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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-11

they learned that no oil was passing
through the pipe. On Satu day night
they again gauee the tanks, twenty
four hours after the first measurement,
and as no oil was pumped away, Trey
knew. the exact output Of the well for
that day. Luckily, the scouts were not
detected at this work, or they would
have been roughly handled.
Perhaps the most notable of oil ''mys
teries'' was the well on lot GIG, Cherry
Grove township. in Warren county,
which was drilled to the sand last
March. The we'll was a rank ''wildcat"
of great interest to the trade, and as it
was generally understood it would be
made mystery scouts were detailed to
watch it some time before it reached
the oil-bearing level None OF them
succeeded in getting any reliable in or
nation from it. though, except one.
''Si'' Hughes. who hal made his way
through the picket line and lay under
the derrick floor for forty-nine
hours without food, in freezing
weather, and in position where
he was deluged with water
every time the sand pump was used.
The result of the well. which started in
May with production of ], 1000 barrels
a dav, is well known. and Mr.. Hughes
received from various parties $4,000
tor the information he SUI Tered such
hardships to gain. He also was given
an interest in the oil company, which
purchased lands adjacent to the we'll,
from which he realized handsome
sum. This company was the Anchor
Oil Company, which owns the new For
est County mystery. The scouts are
men chosen on account of their thor
ough knowledge Of the oil business,
their activity. their daring and their
training to close observation of minute
details. They are not only employed to
watch mysteries" but also to COM
pile statistics Of the production of the
oil fields and report the capacities of
new wells which are not guarded. and
among them are found most of the. oil
reporters of the oil region newspapers.
Their pay is various Some of them
work for salaries ranging from 500 to
5000 per month and expenses, while
others work for brokers and receive one
half the profits made on all transactions
made on the strength of their informa-
ton. Some of these have made snug
fortunes during the past two months.
Taken as class, they represent some of
the best intellects in the region.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-11
THE DODGE CITY TIMES
Subscription, So per year. in advances.
WHAT MOTHERS ARE DOING.

know what mothers are doing tonight, @ss
Loving mothers all over the land:
can se the children in spotless white,
round many happy fires de stand.
IT'S saturday night, and. rosy and sweet,
Each from fits b nth, like flower from rain,
Pattering about with little bare feet.
And ira ling night-dresses free from stain.
know what mothers are doing tonight,
Putting away a TOW or a tool:
Hearing some dear little scholar recite
Lesson or text for her Sabbath-schOOl.
Laying out ready wee jackets and caps,
Seeing that shoes and stockings are right
Gloves, and collars. and coy wraps,
That's what mothers are doing tonight
Patiently mendirg some little torn dress,
Signing to think no better is there,
Putting down needle and thread to caress
Little ones bending beside her in prayer.
Praying herself. as she biisily sews,
Now a butt n, and now a tar;
It's on Saturday night mother knows
The sweetest side of a mothers care.
On Saturday night, when the children sleep,
And father sits by the fire at rest
The angels give her thou ght to keep,
And she feels that mothers love is blest.
She tenderly talks of their future days,
Telling of all they have said and done,
Till the father glows to her pleasant praise
And blesses his children one by one.
And the years will pass, and the children
grow -.
Men and women, and wander away:
But deep in their hearts they will keep, I
A love for their childhood's holiday
That day when they WANDERED far and wide,
That eve, when they said, in the waning
Their snnday-school tasks at their mothers
side;
Oh! her kiss was sweet, and their hearts
were light,
When they went to bed on a Saturday night
-LiUie II. Barr, an ~. 7. Ledger.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-11
HUMOROUS.

When rain falls, if she gets the
bigger half of the umbrella they are
lovers; if he takes the bigger half, they
are married.
-''Almost bad disaster is head
ing in an exchange. We are now en-
gagged in wild search for good dis
aster.-O1 City Blizzard.
Plug hats cause badness But it is
worth something to be a gentleman
which you cannot convince man in q
plug that he is not. -LoaUeU Citizen.
twas but simple pin. Pucs; says,
on chair, and the little boy did grin
like bear when the teacher took a
seat, and in manner very fleet flew a
half hundred feet in the air. This the
teacher d tn annoy, and he chants. and
no pardon to the boy quick he grants
But he grabs the indiscreet little boy and
him doth beat till he rather spoils the
seat of his ''pants.'' aias5, - r.s.a
When he had called the meeting to
order, Brother Gardner arose and said:
Zen len, if it wasn't for de wheels on
a wagon the wagon wouldn't move.
When de wheels is on. den swhat?"
..Greasep' solemnly exclaimed an old
man. ''Kerect!'' whispered the Pres
ident, softly rubbing his hands togeth-
er. Eve hez de wagon an de wheels.
We will now pass de hat aroun' for de
grease. TDetroit Free Press.
"A white man not long since sued
black man III one OF our courts, and
while the trial was before the Judge
the litigants came to an amicable set
tlement and so the counsel stated to
the court "A iverbat settlementswill
not answer replied the Judge; sit
must be in writing. "Here is the agree
ment in black and white" responded
the counsel, pointing to the reconciled
parties, '.pray what does your honor
want more than pr Chicago Times.
The man who offers to paw his land
lady fifty cents week extra if she will
see that butter plate is always before
him at dinner, may be said to- have un-
dertaken to make an extradition treaty.
We own up to the badness of that pun.
but it isn't so bad as one friend of ours
made when he said the clothes worn by
the University students, and which seem
intended to advertise their wearers as
collegians. have a five cent, that is,
Harvard rm' look. Boston Post.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-11
Pleading for His Papa.

The pleadings, of q little boy not
more than FIVE years old. who strug.
gled and kicked to free himself from
the rawny arms of policeman. made
last night 8 late pedestrians on Chestnut
street, near Fifth, stop. and wonder
what otfense such a child could pos
sibly commit. III A few PAGES ahead
walked another officer. having in charge
a lazy looking man. with his head an
daged in a hu cloth. who helOnes to
that type met with after dark en- any
OF the populous thoroughfares. At the
Central Station the officers told the SER
geant in charge that the man and his
child were found begging. and they
thou hit, for the child sake, the two
should held until investi gation could
discover whether the little fellow was
properly cared for or not. The man
egan to eg in the familiar way for his
Ii erty, and was maxim very slight
little elbow, who could restrain his feel
ings no longer, spoke up in straight
forward fashion that surprised the group
of officers:
''say, M ster Policeman, please let
para 90. promise you that we won't
get caught again. Ilease let him CO."
''Does he treat you well?'' asked one
of the officers.
'.Oh, yes, sir; he's a good papa he
is-better than anybody's papa here
that know r.
"Have you a mother?'' ,,
"Yes, sir; but she don't live at
hone. Please, sir, let papa go.''
Cant you like her?'
''No. sir; because papa doesn't like
her. l declare you won't never see me
again if you'll let papa co. he said,
with emphasis, as he put a tiny hand n
policeman's arm.
''Can your father support you with
out begging?'' inquired the sergeant. :
"Oh, yes, sir; papa generally has
money. See that nice new hat on his
head? made him buy that for h M
self. 1 did. He's a splendid papa;
deed he is. Won't you let him go?'
The earnestness of the child won its
way to the sympathies of the sergeant
and he ordered their release. The little
fellows face lit up with delight. He
pulled off one of the torn mi tens from
oh bby little fist. spat in the palm
for luck" and extending the black
ened digits like a thankful man said:
.'There, Mister Policeman; shake
hands" The officer hid the little hand
in big muscular one. You re the
right kind of man. you are, and say
God bless you. God bless you all. -
PhiludelphaG Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-11
Oil 'sMysteries."

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times, writ ng from the oil regions on
the fabulous fortunes made and lost in
the petro leum speculation, says: The
country has again gone mad with oil on
the brain. But the great bull move
ment and advancing prices last week
received aset-back by the striking of a
large well in new territory. The new
well is located in Forest County and is
owned by the Anchor Oil Company.
The first reports sent out from it re-
ported it flowing at LOCO barrels per
diem. Since then, however, the best re-
ports rate the daily production of the well
at 800 barrels. 1t has been the custom
for several years back to board up the
derricks of wildcat test wells in i'm
portant locations and place an armed
guard a, ound them to prevent tres
passersf from gaining access, in order to
keep the result of the wells secret from
the, public until the owners have
had time to buy or sell ad dining
lands and prepare for the effect of
the we'll on the market Such a well,
in oil region parlance. is termed
mystery" and the frequent occur
renee of mysteries has resulted in
the employment by lead ng brokers
and large producing firms of men
thoroughly versed in all matters per-
tanning to the petroleum industry, who
are aptlv termed scouts, as it is their
duty to learn the condition of such wells
by strategy or force. This new we'll is
no exception to the rule. As soon as it
began towing heavily the owners Sc
cur the ser 5icess of fifty Swedes, en-
plOyed in peeling hemlock tan bark in
the vicin ty. and set them to telling
trees around the well, which is located
in the midst of vast forest. A plot
eight hundred feet square, was marked
out and the logs and brush cut were
piled upon the lines OF this square,
forming high palisade around the
well. which was located in the center
of the square. and then the Swedes
were put on guard within the in
closure to prevent any one gaining
due time. and began skirmshing
around outside the fort, trying to gain
an entrance, but while dayl ght lasted
they were Unsuccessful. When the
friendly shades of night had fallen
though, three Of the most daring ones
silently scaled the wall and cautiously
crept through the trees and bushes, in
side the Enclosure. to the tanks into
which the well was flowing. where they
remained several hours, listening to the
flows. and measuring the contents OF
the tanks, after which they silently
stole away again. While the three
were in the tanks, two others drilled
hole in the pipe line laid 10 convey the
oil away from the well. and on which a
pump was working, by which means
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-11
The Gold Product Of California.

The gold product of California. from
the discovery OF the precious metal bv
James w. Marshall. in the tail-race of
Suffers Mill, January 10, 1848, to
June 30. 1881, amounted to 81, 17O,-
600, 900. Of this sum 500, 100000 is
estimated to have been extracted from
the auriferous placers. The remainder
represents the yield of gold-quartz
mines, of which the State contains
many. The yearly product of gold in
California is from $l5, 600, 900 to $780,
0OO.O 900. From the date of discovery to
1861 inclu i've. the gold product of Cal
/ ifornia aggregated 500, 600, 900. derived
chiefly from the modern river-beds and
shallow placers. A large proportion of
the remaining $500. OOO. 900 has been OBJ
tanned IN the deep gravel deposits, by
the hydraulic method. Strange as it
may appear, an indus, ry which has con-
tribnted so largely to the wealth of the
world, and has been the means of the
settlement and development of Ca flor
MIA. has reached a period in it's history
when it is claimed by large portion of
the communicate be a greater evil than
blessing, and the question of suppress
ing the hydraulic method of gold-min-
ing has been the subject of earnest dis
cussion in and out of the halls of legis-
iation. The law has been invoked to
suppress or control it. Even the State,
through its Attorney General, has COM
menced suit to suppre it. The
trouble grows out of the immense
amount OF debris which the hydraulic
miners are discharging constantly into
the water-courses of the State. The
Century.
Mime. Nilsson was told at Omaha
that the 1000 Scandinavians in that vi
cinity would like to give her a recep-
ton. ''You astonish me- she replied.
''Oh, my poor country! Ten thousand
of its people in New York and 1000
here! What will become of it?'' tw
"A new book is called '.How to Keep
a Store 1t is work OF several hun
dred pages. and life is too short to read
it. The best way to keep a store is to
advertise judiciously, and thus prevent
it falling into the hands of the Sheriff.
NOrTistOion Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-12

CLOSING Prices or CILTFORvfA SFOcK2
SAN FRAScfsCO, Saturday. Feb 10. 1893
my TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRmuSrl

san Francisco, Feb. 1.-The Comstock shares
closed exceedingly active, though al q slight 1T
cline from Ffld vs. prices. he impression prevails
that tn, norin-cui stock vii, improv" ~ the mon
Cou,oiidat ed pump vi start up tomorrow. Albion
Curry. NorcrD,s aud Uliou sold ASSESSMENTS de-
lnqucnt yesterday.
Inc bulon-producing minos continue shipments
to the iuli STANDARD OF months past
Insiders. IN checking the decline I'm Navajo. nave
absorbed all the stock offered during the past TWO
DAYS.
Work in Crown Point will b" resumed next wee K
The chef organ of the toustock managers pub
hshcsa praT article daily.
silver KING na7 declared is usual dividend.
GLOBE. Ariz. Feb. tO-Ihc Tacoma Copper Com
pauy started smelling one nom ITS mlacs Thursday
night Every hing Is running smoothly.
The Old Dominion Companys rucit'rt are
running steadily, but the Long Island suelter Is
idle
Billion valued an SI7. 1853 was received in New
York on SATURDAY. fym the mines, making total
for the week OF : i3.l6f II.
The total sn'e- Of mining stocks IN Nrw-Nork the
mast week ar. officially reported by the two eX-
changes at Dol, 3lG shares.
Iaruarv shipments Of bullion from Pacific coast
mines are reported los The San francisco Dd'ly r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-12
MINES AND MINING.
GryDAy. Feb. lip. N.

SUNDAY Feb. lip. N.
The total transactions at the Mining STOCK TX,
changes last week amount to moro IN nuinper Vi
shares than did the business for the preceui,s
week. but the largo dealings In few OF 'no
"fancies" and not general activity PRODUCED tne
result. Sonora Consolidated. Sierra Grande anu
Robinson Consolidated contributed the largest por-
ton of the business DONE As to prices the lnol'no
ton was toward better range, but there arc no
important changes to report. The Leadvilles were
steady, the Comstocks little higher, anu tto
fore Yesterday n large business was done IL SOM
RI Consolidated Mt 22023 cents. Sierra HrahI 70
brought 2.6002.65 Robinson was steedy ~ ns -
and Chrysolte was dull and 6rm at loo. Bass'ck
was strong at S084 and Hall-Anderson SOFA ~
1.500l.55.
SILES 1t TILE MLNLNG EXOHANGES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-12

has apparently ended in the last number OF inc
CornhM with the social success achieved py ''S
heroine, On American adventures, who marries ner
English Baronet and becomes the fashion. Inc
story describes cleverly enough social phase
which by the way was not worth description vi
all the characters there Is not that is not either
uninteresting OF unpleasant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-12
filming.

A WATSON e. GIBSON,
IA PETROLEUM AND MINING BROKERS',
90 broadway New.York.
UNITED PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES
bought and sold commission. OIL carried margin at
lowest rate Use direct OH CITY, QUO
tations and Information cheorfuly furnished.
SUBSCRIBERS to the capital stock of the
- COLON CONSOLIDATED 6oLp MINING COM.
PANY Dotnod that their stock will be ready for delivery
at the oe OF the Company roQms ~ aud L. NO ~ Broad
way nSw I b on ~ y 40 TpSrar Of
said Company Any subscribed stock called for on or be-
fore sATU IDAY February H. at O'CLOCK in viii DO con-
b, ". VERDENAL, Secretary.
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STEAMBOATS, ana RAILROADS.

1 EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.-Passenge
nins leave depos Of Corandt and Dcsbrossessts at
~ a chn % ST EsiS H' ToSaS WaSS
Ithaca Geneva Lyons, Buffalo aud the West Pullman
Easton Bethlshem aud Copay.
ponss M sai and Hr@oa coal sunday
local for Maucb Chunk. SID III Leave Mauoh Chnnk AZ
General Eastern oHlce corner Of church and Sorandtst'
NETWORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON
~ RIVER acknowledgements November q. 1882.
n Western aud Northern Express TO Rochester and
Montreal with drawing room cars also 10 SaraIosa only
atAbany Syracuse. Rochester Buffalo Erie Cleveland aud
iO'5Os Chicago Express. drawnsroon earsto canaan
III a. M Albany and Troy connection to Utica sara
toga ulens Falls. Lake George and RUTLAND
s r. Ill., % %s9o@%Saaon to ABsay Troy ,on,.
rugPnr oaSR syey Gay IN the weeE also Niagara Falls
% m @ daily except Sunday sleeping cars
and Auburn Road also to saratoga ana MOI
Pacific Express, daily WITH sseoPneeaGs tOT
p Night Express with sGepinsssars TO- Albany and
Tckotson sale at 30 Bowling Ieen 2SG and as Bread
and 9l2 broadway Ncw.York. ard 1913 Washinstoa.st.
'J j. II. ToUcEY, Gen. supt Gen Passenger Agent.
| y CRY, RIVER AND HARBoR TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY.
Once Pier 49, y. r., foot of Cortlandt-st.
onsouments OF freight forwarded directed 10 any part
| OF the world
| UNEoUALLED FACILITIES FOR DISPATCH
Orders reoe delivery Of oil kinds OF freight
| chendse 10 any part Of the city.
| sEAAND HARDoR TOWING AND RIVER AND HAIR
| BoR LlGHrEHAGE.
Freight every descrpnonprompty ghtcrci toanypoint
| In the harbor at reasonable rates.
| sTEAMBoATs, BARGES AND GROVES TO CHAR
| TER FOR EXCURSIONS.
steamers II. starin and Erastus Corning for NEW
HAVEN. leave Pier Is, ~ H., at % IN daily lsaturdays
| excepted
| METROPOLIS EXPRESS CO., between Sew.f ork aud
| New. Haven. Care and dispatch guaranteed
Freight for points d. L. W. u IL received a Pier H.
4, gor New Haven and points East ut Pier ID
| NORTH SHORE. STATEN ISLAND Eleven Mlesfor
Ten Cents steamers from Iron Pier !, r., foot OF
| Whitehallst
| CENTRAL SHIPYARD, Communpaw NJ J.-Drv Dock
Machine and Boiler Shops everything apperalnng " the
construction aid repair Of vessels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-12
Qedcbers.

A BILE and accomplished professors. tutors
N govenesscs lecturers, companions and
supplied by MlSi 81. j. YOUNG. American and Foreign
Teachers Agency. 90 Union square.
SPANISH.-PROFESSO ALBERTO BER-
- gives private obstruction in tho Chsan Ian.
guage. Particulars and terms at 81 East lGth.st.
TEACHERS WANTED-For vacancies. Adj
dress with stamp for sppca ron form" and COPY ot
our Public School Journal" NATIONAL TEACuERS'
AGENCY Cincinnati. o.
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WINTER RESORTS.
GRAND ENCU RSIONS.

GRAND EXCURSIONS.
ATLAS LINE OF MAIL STEAMERS
For TURKS ISLAND. JAMAICA. HAYTI PORTO RICO,
l-IHMUS OF PANAMA aud COLOMBIA
sailing every week Invited 20 avail themselves
Of These lps which thcy make any route which the
steamers take the extreme low pnce OF -
day which includes living board the steamer the whole
time and the may transfer any other steamer OF the line
they may meet on The voyage.
For passage apply 70 , . 80, .
ID state St. Now. York
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DENNSYLVANlA RAILROAD.
4 on end after December 4. So


AND UNITED STATES NAIL ROUTE
Trains leave New.IOrK via Desbrosses and COurtands
Streets Ferries. rs follows -
Harrisburg ltIsburg west ana South, with Pullman
Palace cars attached = and D. daily NevHork
and Chicago Limited OF Paror Dining, smoking and Sleep
a . a.. every day.
WiamspOrt, Lock Haven, m p mi CORY and Erie at
M. connecting at Cory for ltusve, Petroleum Gen.
ire aud the OIL Regions. 80. . -. -
Express" Pullman Psrlor Cars daily except sunday 10
a. m; arrive Washington L. N Regular VIA H. aud 4. II.
Il. at 5lJ and $50 $40 and p M and Il night via
b. aud %. Il. H.. and p. M, AMI IL night =,
SUNDAY via Il. and p r. a., NJ, p M, and IL nghS
via Is. and H. r., p III. and II night -
For Atlantic CITY, except sunday, 5:lo a. M ana p H. On
sunday Jl5 a. IN. -
only pm. . A. $500, ......,t,.. ......-.
via AmbOy 9 a. III. IL noon, $50 ana
ON a. IN. docs not at ASbury Park
BROOKLYN Annex" connect WIN All through trains
at Jersey city aorns speedy and direct transfer Tor
BrOCSlyn travel, ,...., 4, d, ., :, On -, ,.o An,
loo D. N. daily. From washington and baltimore, ~
am m 3 10 $50 9:S5, 10 so and 1890 IN sunday $780,
900 M 1885 and 1880 NJ From Baltimore a20 p M
6f0 Q 20 $40 l04O, ll40 a. m, 100 2 $50, $50. 70
7tn 3 so 935 1920 1875 aud 1000 p m sunday, 90
Go 30 G:5O Ike 62O $780, $3.50, 1920, 1888 and
1000 p IN. mo n,Irt ,nrr Dir,
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PHILADELPHIA.
THE oI,p.EsrABLJsHED ROUTE AND SHORT LINZ
10 TRAINS EACHwAY WEEKDAYS AND 0 ON SUN.
." NAY 3 STATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA, IN
NETWORK.

nouBIE TRACK. THE MOST IMPROVED EQUIP.
MENr AND THE FASTEST TINE CONSISTENT
WITH ABSOLUTE Salty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-12

At first bush the decrease the receipts of oil by tho
min, lines seems unfayorHblc But II should be noted
mat the excess receipts deliveries representing
mo cousuutiunl In January, lS1 "ns bGO6Oi barrels
against AN excess in December, 80. OF only i3o5oo
barrels. A comparison Of last mDn,h with the same
uonth n ycnr ago IL stl rking The SiOsks are
now 1857 35l barrels In excess OF tue stocks on Jhnu
ary 81 1854 and the cerihcnsr Issued represent an
c,case az 035 $50 barrels thrown upon the market
Tbc receiut- OF oil IL 5O3 rels less hnn IN Jan
nav l4s2 but the falling on Ia the de!lveTlos was
d"S1o7 barrels The figures in barrcl.) FOR January
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-12

NORWICH LINE ,--,---,...,,-.
y To Boston Worcester Nashua POriaal and the East.
A"oHo" iio" CTi'y' OF WORCESrER,
exception the most elegant DO%C on the Sound aud
Cll1 Of y lOhh,
leaves Pier NO 49, River loot OF Wast next pier
above Ferry dly except sunday at $50 pm