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Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21

- th,ssauss - barrels q renneS on
aaxs heeu tlrBee onE selsl and
soma GRADES Superior - the average
Pennsgls4nts dlss-llant 1has this 5
fs,t taers j. 40 question. ano there :
sore reasoB for believing tlAt gentle
men interested taersta sre laeuuf q
80 standard Oh Company interests.
9ha srarement Is also made that even
u ir shoeIs tSke thrse barrels u Oalo
e,1 =, make - much refined a. one bar
rel ~ Pennsylvania cra1e al make
ne cost ~ ths Ohio crude i - lon that
there = stiu lsrgS margin IA favor Il
rbs Ohio article. But the claim 70
fe~res 20 Is By no means certain
TIE fact q most significance is that
0bio OH can be and = being refined
eouAl = that from PennsylyaniA Ii is
no mora than natural FOR The Standard
controlling s. it does the Ohio field 70
uernrft this fact % remain unheraloed
and unknown as long as possible. Busi-
ness is business
50 that Ne take into account stalls
ties of the Russian, the fennsy lSsnls
and me Ohio fields, Ne may md some
thing which will explain, In view OF
the above. that which was 80 myster-
ious 70 the young broker OF the Consol.
dated Exchange. Russia Is pushing
its product IN the United Kingdom, In
Germany. in Turkey, in Asia Minor and
he Fsr East, ana. Of course, has a
monopoly n Russia. Its oil fields havs
hardly been tested as % actual capac-
ity yet, so productive are those which
have been worked in part Other OF its
fields have never been exploited. The
worlds statistical position OF petrol
cum. then, regarding the Ohio feld as
Apropable factor, is as follows;
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21

The Or- aal Ab,etue Omtmentis 0n-
iy putup .n large twO-Ouuce TIN boxes,
and b su absolute cure tor OLD sores,
burns, wounds, chapped hands. and AL
skln eruuu0as. VII positively cure
aii klnd- 0- ples. AK Tor thc Original
Ab.etInc ointment. Sold by Peck Bros,
40 - cents per lON-by mani 80 cents.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21

To REGAIN your health III YOU are run
down and suffering from ucryou, pros
trat.ou' Wla tell you what cured me
after suffering for month ! used
TWO bottles cf sulphur Bitters, and now
1 am well mani. Stiles, Book.
keeper, Canton
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21

Loose's Red Clover Pile Remedy. is
a positive specific for all forms of the
disease. Blind. Needing, Itching. IL
cesatrd, and Protrudng Pllcs-Prico
SOC. For sale by White * White drug
gsts, Norton House block.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21
Totals. barrel. 81. $50, 900

Totals. bsrrel. 81. 6so, 900 52.4O0, OOo
These totals indicate that the small
excess OF consumption OF petroleu m
over production so far as the three
great producing fields are concerned. in
1885, is somewhat smaller in 1889, and
that the world has been drawing on
stocks for four years past at not more
than about zoo, 600 barrels per ann um,
no serious amount Pennsylvania ha.
been losing stocks rapidly, but Ohio
and Russia have been gaining Russian
stocks as given below are from best
available Russian data, but need not be
accepted as more than Approximate.
They may be regarded as not mislead-
ing. however, for with proper facilities
Russia can increase her stocks 70 an
enormous extent. Stoeks OF petroleum
above ground, to-day, are. as shown be-
low no smaller than they were four
years ago.
THE WORLDS STOCKS OF PETROLEUM
Jan'y 1. 1886. 1890
Pennsylvania. s......... $4,000, 900 1900 ,OoC
Ohio..............s..-. ...,......- 1000. 90,
Russia ....---..-....-. I.Vvu,OJv o,'vo.DOe
Totals. barrels 35.oOO.oO0 $4,000, OOC
Perhaps my speculative young friend
il he had the knowledge that Ohio oil
can be refined equal 10 that from the
Pennsylvania products, that stocks oi
crude, tho world over, are as large to-day
as they were on January 1, 1856, and
that consumption for several years
past has in the aggregate eaten into
stocks. but the trife. it, say a million
barrels per annum, might see some
propriety in prices OF Pennsylva nis
crude remaining in a waiting attituds
atSl. O3-Micaw Der like.
4
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21

IS soon AZ the resolutions wCrc
adopted. supervisor LoouHs arose and
PAID q most glowing tribute to tho many
sterling qualities Of tho deceased, re-
fernc io h.s sud.ness of temper and
he SIMPLE habits ot Die, and the many
e-tmaElc character st.es 0f Tho man.
ou MOTION 0f supervisor ~hatiuck tho
resolutions vcrc ordered suitably cn-
crossed for rrrsertston 20 tho family.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21
Total. barrel. 20, $50. 900

Within four years, then, the total
production has increased at the rate
OF 20 per cent per annum. AS 20 an
nual consumption. the best available
10 tails are put as follows:
TOTAL ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF rErBo.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21
Totals, barrels. 35,OOO.OOO
THE SUPERVISORS
Fay Honor to The Dead and Adjourn to
This Morning


The Supervisors met yesterday at
o'clock, all being present except super
visors Gould, Page, Snyder, Weeks,
Hubbard, Griffin and IIavens.
The committee 10 whom was referred
the matter of suitable resolutions on
the death of the late James b. GULL
ford submitted the following:
"WHEREAs, James B. GullfOrd, now
deceased, was for several years mem
bcr of THIS board, but has been by death
removed from hIs place i'm tins COM
munitv. and from a seat at this board
therefore.
"Rc.olred, BY us, his surviving asso-
crates, members OF the Board OF super
VISOR, of the county OF Kent, that We
cherish the memory Of the deceased as
one who 10 All times held and retained
our sincere respect. That We. ID COM
mon with tine members Of his family
and numerous friends, experience
heavy sorrow because OF hls departure
from TINS life.
"He.obe9 further, That a memorial
page OF the record Of our official pro-
cecdmrs he dedicated and devoted o.
hiS memory, and that certified copy
ot this preamble and tnc-c resolutions
n. transmitted ~ the family 90 the de-
erased hv thc clork of ths board.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24

u have never let any Of my dogs re-
trieve birds since an experience 1 had
with cruel sportsman over ON the
Delaware river one day last fall" said
a Scranton bird shooter the other day.
''The man owned splendid pointer
that knew good deal more about s6me
things than his master did, and we
were both shooting quails over him
along the banks of the river. He was
harsh with the dog, and the poor Great
ure was 0ftsn compelled to do what he
knew to be senseless things, just be-
cause ne felt certain that he would be
licked like the mischief if he didn't
obey. Each side of the river was frozen
over out to the main channel, where
there was strip about foot wide that
wasn't covered with ice. One of the
quail that shot started to fly across
the river, and dropped dead on the
thin ice within few inches of the open
channel My companion ordered the
pointer to go and get it, and the obedi-
ent dog dashed out upon the ice until
it got within couple of yards or so of
the dead bird, wen he halted, for the
ice had begun to crack under him.
Then he looked back at his master and
wagged his tail, and his actions told us
as plain as words that he knew it
would be dangerous for him to proceed
any further. l begged the man to call
the dog back and let the minks have
the quail, but he wouldn't listen to me.
Again he ordered the dog to fetch the
quail in, and again, the dog made an
effort to reach it, but the ice cracked
and he turned about, whined piteously,
and in every way that he knew how
begged his master to call him back.
But the heartless man was determined
to make the dog do as he said and he
yelled savagely at the pointer to get the
dead bird. Then tAe dog sprang for.
ward and seized the quail. The ice
gave way under him, the current was
swift, and out of sight the poor thing.
went, with the bird in his mouth. That
was the last the cruel man ever saw Of
his obedient dog. He hunted down the
river for long distance, but it was
useless, for the dog han perished under
the ice while faithfully performing his
duty. The man was sorry then, of
course, and indeed the poor dogs death
taugh him a lesson he never forgot"
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
A Most Remarkable Experience,


Seventeen years ago lived with my
father and mother on the banks of the
Stranger river, in Atchison county, Kan
sas, l was only years of age, and one
day my youthful fancy was caught by
the pretty colOrs of a blacksnake. l
pulled small ring off my finger and a
string out of my pocket. Placing the
ring over the head of the snake, 1 started
home in triumph, dragging the snake at
my heels, and feeling as much a con-
queror as the Roman emperor who
dragged the captives behind his char
lots. In climbing over fence my cap
tive made its escape. Ring, string
everything disappeared.
shed few tears at the time, but had
forgotten the matter until lately. 1 re-
turned to the vicinity Of my old home
in Atchison county for the purpose of
buying some sheep. While crossing a
small creek that flows into the Stranger
river my attention was called by the
barking of my dog to a strange some
thing in tree. l investigated and
found there an immense blacksnake,
fully ten feet long Between the dog
and myself we succeeded in killing the
snake, though was obliged to use in
the warfare both club and revolver.
The dog finished the snake by giving it
shaking and tearing it in pieces.
You will hardly believe me, 1 know
but you can have my head it it wasn't
the same identical snake that got away
from me seventeen years ago. How do
Iknow9 Simple enough. That little
blacksnake had grown to be a mon
strous big one; the little silver ring
around its neck had grown until it was
as large as lady's bracelet, and the
piece of twine had grown until it had
secome good sized rope. But the
trangest, part of all was that the dog
had shaken out seventeen little black
snakes, and each one was the exact
counterpart of the snake that made its
escape from me in the long ago, while
around the necks ofeach of the seven
teen young ones were silver rings, and
attached to these rings were short
pieces of vine. And upon each one
of these silver rings you could plainly
distinguish the initials of my name,
just as they had been stamped in the
silver ring that l wore when Z years
od-Kansas City Times.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
Others Spoke French Also.

A beautiful example Of thA sublime
faith some people have in the superior
ity of their attainments over those of
the people by whom they are surround
ed, and of the confusion which occas-
ionally ensues when it transpires that
such faith has been misplaced, was pre-
sented in a railway car recently.
A lady and gentleman, the spic-and-
span newness of whose apparel and be-
longings and the fawlessness of whose
courtesy to each other bespoke their
freshly welded state, were speeding
along in the express from Boston. At
one of the stations they alighted aud
presently returned, accompanied by a
young lady who was evidently the sister
of the bride. Dming their brief absence
their places had been taken by new
comers and it WIS necessary for the
party to distribute itself through the
car. The sisters pouted little at being
separated by the aisle. and craned their
heads across to whisper to each other.
They seemed to have a great deal to
say. This was proved when they hi.
upon the happy eApedient of conversing
IN French. Prom this time they sat
comfortably erect and talked across in
tones sufficiently loud to be easily heard
above the noise Of the train. Their
French was not tha. of the salons 1t
had probably beer acquired in the
nursery from some voluble bonne. But
it proved all sufficient for the transmits
sion of the most confidential tales of the
young wife's brief matrimonial career.
1t transpired that she was on her we'd
ding journey, and not having seen her
sister since the day when she started
out in a rain storm Of rice and slippers
she had much to impart, and the par
ticulars were thrilling. They talked in
the somewhat thin, fine voices which
are characteristic of ''down east" maid
ems, and Which penetrate like child's
treble.
When an occasional stop was made
they we're too interested to pause, and
did not even lower their tones, they felt
so sure everybody else could only under
stand United States. The wife had
disclosed the whole history up to the
present time when the train came to
a astop in the Grand Central depot. Then
in the sudden hush a gentleman and
lady who had been sitting near by ex-
changed few sentences relative to their
luggage and plans and spoke in correct
and fluent French. As their accents
fell upon the ears of the authors of les
confidence the effect was marvellous
and the girls turned and fled like
Assyrian hosts, leaving their, belongings
to be collected by the young husband
who had understood nothing and
seemed wholly mystified.-New York
World
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
Caught at Last.

An Australian schooner recently ef-
fected the capture of the father of
sharks. He belonged to the species
known as the basking shark and was
forty-feot long. When his jaws were
pried open pork barrel could be rolled
in, and there were eleven rows Of teeth
In his jawA He had tho mouth to bite
. horse in two at ono clip. Dstroit
Free Hteea
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
What a Child.

A retired general Of the Union army,
who lives in small town in the interior
part of the state, was talking about
New York's children. "Iama country
man myself" he said, "and 1 have a
small acquaintance with the ways of the
town. Perhaps that b one reason why
l can never get accustomed to the ex-
traordinary wisdom Of the little people
of New York. Like many other old
fogy / am still practically afraid of a
waiter. When 1 60 to restaurant it
makes me nervous to have a waiter
standing and watching me and with
crowd around, and l find it almost
impossible to order anything else than
beefsteak and fried potatoes from bill
Of fare. A few days ago l took my
little niece down to Governors island
to see some Of the big guns and other
paraphernalia of war. On the way
back in the elevated train she said:
''Uucle, if you are general you must
have great deal of money
"What makes you think sO?'
because generals own forts and
islands and big cannons and all that.
1t seems to me that if you have so much
money you ought to spend some of it
on me-
"HOw?' asked.
"Well,' said the little girl thought
fully, 4 don't know which 1 would
rather have, new pair of gloves or
lunch alone with you at DelmonicO's.
l think, however, 1 perfer Delmonico's.
"We discussed it all the way to Twen-
ty-third street, and as she finally made
up her mind to the luncheon took her
over to the restaurant and placed her in
a big chair-she Is less than 8years old
and her chin barely rose above the edge
of the table-and prepared for lunch.
She took the bill of fare, glanced over it
and glibly ordered raw oysters, shad roe,
cucumber salad and boiled chicken
with asparagus and green peas, and
teased me half an hour to give her sip
of champagne. Imagine any child 8
years of age anywhere else ordering a
lunch of that sort She succeeded bet
ter at her time of life than /, after sixty
years of work in this vale Of tears, and
had acquired one Of the most difficult
feats of civilization, that of ordering q
dinner -Blakely Hall in Brooklyn
Eagle.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24

tlmony OF the millions Of SONS that
have been converted to God, and COM
forted in trial, and solaeed in the last
hour. We will take their testimony as
they cry: aWe are Witnesses
Some time ago Prof. Henry of Wash
ington discovered new star, and the
tidings sped by submarine telegraph, and
all the observatories of Europe were
watching for that new star. Oh, hearer
looking out through the darkness of thy
soul today, canst thou see bright light
beaming on thee? "Where?" you say;
where? How can I find it," Look
along by the line of the cross of the Son
of God, Do you not see it trembling
with alltenderness and beaming with all
hope? 1t is the star of Bethlehem.
deep horror then my vitals frozs,
Death-struck, / ceased the ii ie to stem,
When suddenly star arose
1t was the star Of Bethlehem"
Oh, hearer, get your eye on it. 1t is
easier for you now to become Christians
than it is to stay away from Christ and
heaven.
When Nine. Sontag began her musical
career she was hissed off the stage at
Vienna by the friends of her rival,
Amelia Steininger, who had already
begun to decline through her dissipation.
Years passed on and one day Nine.
Sontag, in her glory, was riding through
the streets of Berlin, when she saw a
little child leading blind woman, and
she said, "COme here, my child, come
here. Who is that you are leading by
the hand?" And the little child replied
"That's my mother, that's Amelia Stein
niger. She used to be great singer, but
she lost her voice and she cried so much
about it that she lost her. eyesight."
Give my love to her." said Mime.
Sontag, ''and tell her an old acquaint-
ance will call on her this after
noon." The next week in Berlin
a vast assemblage gathered at
a benefit for that poor blind
woman, and it was said that Nine.
Sontag sang that night as she had never
sung before. And she took skilled
Oculist, who in vain tried to give eye
sight to the poor blind woman Until
the day of Amelia Steininger's death
Nine. Sontag took care OF her, and her
daughter after her. That was what the
queen of song did for her enemy. But
oh, hear more thrilling story still.
Blind immortal, poor and lost, thou
who, when the world and Christ were
rivals for thy heart, didst hiss thy Lord
away-Christ comes now to give thee
sight, to give thee home, to give thee
heaven. With more than a Sontag's
generosity He comes now to meet your
need. With more than SOntag's
music He comes to plead for thy de-
iverance.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
The Texan Cowboy.

| cowboy lie mas In the last few years
lost much of its rOughness. The cattle
barOns have discharged most of the men
who drank, and have frowned so per-
sistently on gambling that little of it is
done. Cards and wiskey being put
away, there is small temptation to dis
orderly conduct; SO it is only when they
reach some large city, and are not on
duty, that they indulge in a genuine
spree. On the ranches kept under fence
they have little to do when not on the
drive or in branding-time, the cattle
being all safely enclosed. But they
must take their turns at line riding,
which means close inspection of the
fences, and the repair of all breaks and
damages. Where night Overtakes them
there they sleep, stalking their horses,
and rolling themselves in their blankets.
These rides of inspection take days to
accomplish, for there are ranches in
Texas which extend in a straight line
over seventy-fve miles. Those ranches
which are not kept under fence necessi-
tate more work. The boys must then
keep their cattle in sight, and while al
lowing them to Craze in every direction
must see that none in the many thou
sands stray beyond the limits of their
own particular pastures. They go then
in parties, scattering over the territory,
for they must cover hundreds of thou
sands of acres in day.
1t is not life of hardship, and pays
well enough. Everything is furnished
to them free and of the very best, and
they are paid besides thirty dollars per
month. Each party stays out from two
to three weeks at time; but they take
with them the finest camp wagons, with
beds and bedding, cooking untensils,
the best of groceries of all kinds, and
as excellent cook - money can en-
ploy. The prairies are full of game
their rifles are ever handy. The life is
free, fascinating, and peculiarly
healthy.
These men are exceedingly chivalrous,
to all women: this seems to be trait
born in them, as much part Of Cheir
moral nature as it is of their phy4calto
have small feet, for it Is seldom. chat a
genuine Texas cowboy can be found
who has not the distinguishing mark
of handsome foot, and his boots are
to him all that the somberero is to
Mexican. He will deny himself many
pleasures. he will go without a coat
and be seen in most dilapidated attire.
but his boots must be of the best and
most beautiful make that the country
can afford; high of heel and curved of
instep. fine upper and thin sole, fit
ting like glove, and showing the hand
some foot to perfection.
Take the cowboys as class, they
bold, fearless and generous, war.
hearted and manly set, with nOthins
small, vicious, nor mean about them,
and Texas need not be ashamed Of the
brave and skiIlfnl riders who trayerse
tho length and breadth of her expansive |
prairies Harper's Magazine for July. |
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24
A Mysterious Parsonage.

Our Vienna correspondent writes;
"a mysterious parsonage who has been
known for years under the name of
Louis Craven, died a few days ago at
Deregnyo, in Hungary. He is known
to have taken leading part in the
Polish war of independence in 1880, and
afterward to have come as q refugee to
Hungary. where the late N. Gabrielle
Lonyay employed him as librarian.
From this post he quickly rose to that
Of steward of the Lonyay estates which
are very large, and he become the inti-
mate friend of his employers; but al
though he lived for half century at
Deregnyo he never revealed his true
name nor stated what his former posi-
ton had been. He was great biblio-
phile, and devoted almost the whole Of
the fortune he had arnassed to forming
. library, which is said to be OF great
value Times.
"A method for soldering tin cans By
electricity has recently been deyised,
and Il bids fair to be quite gensraIv
used.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24

ness and triumph in the last eXigency
The response comes from all sides
from young, and old, and middle aged
ave are Witnesses
You see, my friends, have not put
before you today an abstraction o.
chimera, or anything like guess work
1 present you afiidavits of the best men
and women, living or dead. Two wit
nesses in court will establish a fact
Here are not two witnesses. but thou.
sands of witnesses -on earth millions of
of witnesses, and in heaven great mul-
titude of witnesses that no man can
number, testifying that there is power
in this religion to convert the soul, to
give comfort in trouble, and to afford
composure in the last hour. If ten
men should come to you when you are
sick with appalling sickness, and say
they had the same sickness, and took a
certain medicine and it cured them. you
would probably take it. Now, suppose
ten other men should come up and say:
1--WE don't believe there is anything in
that medicine "Wen," / say, @have
you ever tried it?" mo, 1 never tried
it but I don't believe there is anything
in it." OF course you discredit their
testimony. The sceptic may como and
say, There is no power in your religion. .
Shave you ever tried itg" @No, NJ" J"
aThen, ayanntr Let me take the tes-
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-24

poor advice! Get your mind off it
When everything is upturned with the
bereavement, and everything reminds
you of what you have lost. Get your
mind off it! They might as well advise
you to stop thinking. You cannot stop
thinking, and you cannot stop thinking
in that direction. Take walk in the
fresh air! Why, along that very street
or that very road, she once accompanied
you. Out of that grass plat she plucked
flowers, or into that show window she
looked, fascinated, saying, Come see
the pictures" Go deeper into busi-
ness? Why. she was associated with all
your business ambition, and since she
has gone, you have no ambition left.
Oh, this is clumsy world when it tries
to comfort broken heart. can build
a COrliss' engine, l can paint a
Raphaers Madonna" can play Bee
thoven's ~Eroica Symphony" as easily
as this world can comfort a broken heart.
And yet you nave been eomforted. How
was it done? Did Christ come to you
and say. Get your mind off of this; 60
out and breathe the fresh air; plunge
deeper into business?" No. There was
minute when He came to perhaps
in the watches of the night, perhaps in
your place of business. perhaps along the
street-and Ha breathed something into
your soul that gave peace, rest, infinite
quiet, 30 that you could take ont the
of the departed one and look