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SCOOU. choice location: sells at actual value Of
STOCK and fixtures: account OF departure. /. D.
BARNARD, Il4S Market ST., near TAYLOR. 1t%
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SUMMER RESORTS.

A ETNA HOT MINERAL SPRINGS, THE
n American Ems waters; unsurpassed: pleasant
place; pure air: no fOgs; warm swimming bath:
table good; terms reasonable. Write for circulars
to w. H. LIZ ELL. ialS I'm
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g.IED LADIES, ATTENTION. PARTNER
n tOU. wanted by lady in Odestablished.
rst-caSs business; clearing about 5000 per outh;
no previous experience reGuired the object In get
ting partner is extend the business; duties light
ApliN X KENNY, - kearny 1t
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HOUSES TO LET.

nEsIRABLE RESIDENCE TO LET-VAN NESS
~ ave.. w. SIDE bet. Market and Fell sts.; 2story,
rooms and bath. Apply to C. $. CAPf Il CO., AS
Montgomery ST., house brokers and real estate
agents. lelS st
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CJSO 5Oxl25 FEET n. SIDE LOBOS ST,
u ~. 625 feet T. OF Plymouth, Railroad Home
stead Association; ocean view. CHAS. c. FISHER,
sos California ST. jelS 2ts
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BY j. W. COLEMAN. 100 POST

L street.
S3lOO-A bargain, 22d ST., n. line, near Guerrero;
Gotta ge OF rooms built on rear of iOt rent Sl6:
street WORK done; lot alone worth the money; 25I
l24.
S4500-House of fats Of rooms each; Clinton
St.. near Bryant; 2SxS0; make offer.
S3500-EIiOt PARK, off Steiner ST.; cosy home OF
rooms all in frst-claSs order; very cheap.
AipI,nArLn
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q. lS0l EA C H-LOTS 25xll2, ON PARK
u COV road. fronting on Bueua Vista PARK at
fordng unsurpassed view of the city. and within
one block Of Haight-st cable. JOHN c. GREEN AZ
CO., 40l California ST. jeI5 SuWetf
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II Y.LAwRENCE, CARPENTER AND BUILDER
u Gle Sacramento ST.. cabinet work and fitting up
ofces promptly attended to; telephone 800, NILS u
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GEHn FINE LIQUO R-STORE, DOING GOOD
dDOCO. business; full value in stock and fixtures;
5.year lease, at low rent SHoAFF IL ROSS, S751a
OF Ii
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$1,000 E Tna h9 d9o5l25 on d BE
ST this is fine speculative property. JOHN c.
GREEN * Co, 40l California ST. iel5 SuWe If
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nENTISTS.

nR. II. AUSTIN, SURGEON DENTIST. RE-
~ moved to 7l9 Market near Bancrofts. je1S I'm
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CHAPTER XIV.
PUT TO THE PROOF.


To say that Vim Harris Jealousy was un-
reasoning. ungovernable, and the cause OF
cruel and ircessant torture to himself, is
merely to say that it was Jealousy; but by
an unhappy coincidence this was the very
moment chosen by his father to make a dis
closure which, for breathless second or 30,
seemed to recall and confirm the young
mans widest suspicious. When Vincent,
in obedience to the telegraphic summons,
arrived at the house in Grosveuor Place, be
found his father in the library, standing
with his back to the fire. On this occasion
the great capital-denouncing capitalist did
not wear the suit of holden gray which, at
dinner in his1own house, was designed to
show his contempt for conventionality; no;
when this interview was over, he meant to
lunch at the Athen eum Club, and with a
view to that solemn rite he had donned q
black frock-coat which was tightly buttoned
over his substantial form. A stiff up
standing collar and satin tie added to the
rigidity of his appearance; while his manner
was, as usual, pompous and cold. With a
roll Of paper in bis hand, he would have
iookeu rs IL ne were going TO denver an
afternoon lecture at the Roval Institution.
-. Il have sent for you, Vin," he began,
because have something of Importance to
say to you, and the sooner il is said the bet
ter. You are aware that 1 have never
sought to interfere with your way of life.
Indeed have seen no cause to do so. Your
line OF study l approve; your ambitions 1
would encourage; and as Tor the amuse-
ments and pleasures natural to your years,
can trust you to remember your own self
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NOVEL DEALING WITH CONTEMPORARY L1F
BY WILLIAM BLACK.
Author Of "A Princess Of Thule" Snrise Many Otsr
Stories of Highest Reputation on Tsoo Continents
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.

held up his hand as if he would snjoin
silence. "Words that are said cannot be
uusaid."
His father regarded him for second, and
then be endeavored to bring little more
friend illness and consideration into his
manner.
II have heard of this infatuation," he
said. And if you had been like other
young men, Vim, / should have said moth
ing. l should have left you to find out
for yourself. But, you see, you have the
mis- ortune to imagine other people to be az
straightforward aud honorable as yourselft
you do not suspect; and you are inclined to
trust your own judgment. But even if
this girl were all you think she is,
what madness it would be for you to
contemplate marrying herI Look at her
posltlon-and at yours; look at her up-
bringing and present surroundings-and at
yours; think OF what is expected of yout
what chances you have; what an alliance
with great family might do for you in
public life. What good ever comes of over
leap1ng social barriers-of Quixotism-of
self-saeriice for sentiments sake? What
does marriage between two people In diff
1erent spheres mean?-what is the inevita-
Dle result3-it is not the one that is raised
1t Is the other that is dragged down."
These are strange doctrines for SocisI-
ist and Communist" Vincent observed.
They are the doctrines of common
sense, his father retorted, sharply. "How-
ever, 1t is unnecessary to say ANYTHING fur
ther on that score. You will abandon all
this nonsense when you understand who and
what this girl is; and you will thank God
you have had your eyes opened in time.
And, indeed, if all that am told is true
il 1 guess aright-if piece the story prop
erly together-I should say she was the far
more dangerous Of the two aeeomplices-"
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small part Of the disappointments of that
time. James McHenry, in charge of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railway-now
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio-pro-
jected line from Erie into the oildorado
via Titusville. he was already building a
line from Meadville to Oil City. Work was
begun on the other line, and considerable
portion was graded at heavy expense.
Thousands of dollars were expended for
right OF way, and then-the whole project
was abandoned. McHenry's fortunes were
broken, and the whole scheme became dead
letter. Recently, however, Titusville people
have been talking of completing the old
road.
Culver's famcusair line was also begun at
this time.s 1t is now the Oil City branch of
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad. General George B. Mcclellan
was chiet engineer Of the Pithole road. The
route was surveyed without much regard to
expense,
TREsTLEs AND TUNNELS
abounding along the line. From the main
line of the Lake Shore to Oil City the road
was eventually completed, but the Pithole
end is as mournful and complete wreck as
Culver's fortune was. A few rotting trestles
speak weakly of the mighty ambitions of
men.
This whole country has beenSdrilled over
again within the past three years. the mod
ern derricks, machinery and tools contrast
ing strangely with the od-time appliances.
The new wells have all been small, none of
them gushing thousands of barrels day as
the old timers did, but as about 1900 of
these little wells have been added to the list
in Venango county the production has been
added TO materially. Out about Shamburg,
Red Hot and Pthole there have been more
signs of life the past three years than for
many years previously, and some of the
operators have been rewarded for their
labors.
Not in old Venango, though, can we look
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attach teams TO it at several points to break
it. The breaks being persistently repaired,
and guards having been stationed on the
line, the teamsters became desperate and
made nerce attack on the terminus one
night The guards defended the pipe line
property as well as they could, number of
shots were fired IRON each side and several
persons were wounded. The guards were
everpowered, however, the tanks burned,
and a good bit Of the pipe line torn up.
PROGRESS NOT STAYED.
The march of progress could not be stayed
by a horde Of lawless teamsters. The pine
line was rebuilt BY that time there was
another line in operation from Pithole to
Miller farm, and these were soon followed
by one from Pithole to the Allegheny river
al Walnut Bend. When this third iron
arm, radiating from Plthole, was completed
the production OF that famous field was al
ready on the decline and the teamster, like
Othello, found his occupation gone. But
he did not wait long until he found another
lob at some other kind of work.
OIcourse the oil hauling teamster's pic
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THE IRISH FIGHTER
Who Has Taken Command of the
English Forces in Ireland.
SIR GARNET WOLSELEY'S CAREER.
Like the Great Soldiers Of the World, he is
Of Slight Stature.
FIGUREHEAD COMMANDER In CHIEF
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH l

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH
LONDON, September 27.--An Irishman to
the manner born will command the British
force in the Emerald Isle, after October L.
No military appointment made in Great
Britain for more than hundred years has
caused more comment, and is more signif-
cant than the transfer of Lord WoIseley
from the position OF Adjutant General at
the War Office and the practical executive
officer Of the English army to the command
of the troops in his native land.
There is much speculation among classes
as to what the change means, and settled
conviction that he would not nave been pro-
NOTED to the higher grade. had not the Brit
ish Government felt assured that the peace
of Europe for some time to ccme, at least,
was assured; for by common consent Lord
Wolseley, in case of war, would be sent as
the commander of the force on the field. 1t is
no disparagement to other officers to say this,
because he has earned the place In the white
heat OF battle, ranging all the way from
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army are both Irishmen-Lord Wolseley.
who Is just now filling the national eve and
keeping busy the English tongue, and Sir
Frederick Roberts, who commands in India,
Upon them England would rely for its ex-
perience and ability in action in case of a
conflict at arms. Both of them, think,
came from what may fairly be called the
middle classes, at least Lord Wolseley did,
and he is emphatically selt-made man.
But he comes OF fighting family. for
his father, grandfather and even earlier an
cestors we're all soldiers, and he takes to the
profession OF armsRs an Inheritance. His
mother, who rears him for the profession
while his father wee in the army, turned his
mind carefully and earnestly in 4 military
direction, and his first books OF reading re-
lated to war.
The Duke of Cambridge, the cousin of the
Queen, is nominally the commander-in-
chief, because the law OF succession requires
that place to be filled by one of royal blood
and In direct communion with the head OF
the nation: But for several years past Lord
Welseley has been recognized as the leading
soldier OF the Kingdom, and has exerted an
influence in army matters rarely ever before
accorded to any man, except in time of war.
DIPLOMAT AND SOLDIER,
1t is rare to find embodied IN one compo-
sltlon the twin elements OF soldier and dip
lomat, and yet, Lord Wolseley is a living
example of the fact that a man NAV have
the elements which 60 to make commander
and at the same time the power to manage a
delicate job of diplomacy. for besides his
brilliant military services he has handled
several important civil commissions of
high character with marked ability. Be-
tween his army and civil occupations he has
been constantly kept in the foreground of
combat with the world ever since he was of
age.
For the first time in forty years, this COM
mand in ireland will not only give him a
rest, but the opportunity of being of great
use to his people while enjoying his books,
and an opportunity to indulge his literary
ambitions in finishing his life OF the great
Duke of Marlborough, upon which he has
been engaged for some time. Besides be-
ing an Irishman, Lord Wolseley is Lib
eral. At one time he favored Mr.. Glad
stones policy, but be has parted company
with 'the grand old man" upon political
matters, and while holding the idea that
Localities should be left to look alter their
own affairs he believes that the diplomatic
service, the army and the navy should all
be dominated by representative assembly
doing business under the shadow of the
throne.
woLSELEY's PERSONALITY.
During the past six weeks / have had
somewhat of personal association with him,
and during the army reviews, which at
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turesque profanity was missed for time
and then the wheels went around more
briskly than ever to the tune of dollars and
dimes tumbling into the lucky men s pockets.
Pipe lines sprung up everywhere and
carried the golden grease to market much
cheaper than the teamsters could. The
slender iron trails coiled over the hills In
stead of the long coils of wagons with their
loads of barrels, their spawned mules and
their swearing drivers. The saving. in
mud alone, was enormous, for the trains OF
oil wagons had kept the roads of oildom in
such mixture that they were we'll nigh bot
tomless at all seasons of the year.
A FAMOUS ROBBERY.
On the 25th dav of October, 1866, the
Bennington farm was reported to have a
production OF 200 barrels, and the average
price of oil at the wells for that month was
s. 40. Benninghof's royalty was enor-
nous. He was plain old farmer with
little knowledge, q fresh remembrance
of the failure of the Culver banks at New
York, Oil City and Titusville, and great
fear of rotten banks in general. He there
fore sold his oil regularly and hid the money
about his house. One night the house was
entered by masked burglars, Benninghoff
and his wife bound, gagged and roughly
handled. One of the visitors was evidently
acquainted, as he knew where the money
was. The robbers made off with over S4O0,-
900 in cash.
A young man who had formerly been in
Benninghof's employ, and treated like a
member of the family, disappeared about
this time from his Crawford county home
and several of his associates were also
missed. The identity of the robbers was
thus easily established, but their where
abouts was different matter. The cash,
though it had not taken wings, had flown
never to return.
MORE GOOD MONEY,
Detectives traced both robbers and wealth
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How She Minded the Child.

Binghamton Leader.
<"Now you know that I hired you ex-
pressly to take care of that child" said
Front street lady to her nurse girl. sand 1
should like to know why you don't mind
her."
"Well, declareP' answered the girl; 'tif
that don't beat all. As if didn't mind
herl Why, she never issued an order that
I didn't obey. Only yesterday she ordered
me to walk up to the County House and
four hours on the railroad track"
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into the West, and Mr.. Benninghoff paid
out another handsome fortune of good money
to secure their arrest and conviction with
out avail and he abandoned the search.
From that time until within a very few
years ago the Beuninghoff robbers were
being periodically discovered, Tascott fash
ion, by detectives and correspondents, but
none of the stolen thousands have ever come
back to the Benninghoff heirs.
This robbery is the most celebrated one
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England's first conflict in Burmah in 1852
to the war in the Soudan in 1884 Thirty
two years of great achievements in war have
also been supplemented by some grades of
civil duty, which developed high degree
Of executive and diplomatic ability in the
Irish gentleman who has been and is both
soldier and diplomat.
TWO IRISH FIGHTERS
1t is singular, if not q natural, fact, that
the two most eminent soldiers in the British
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DInmond. Against Diamonds.


Will it keep Mrs. William Astor awake
nights to have New York correspondent
say Miss Nellie Farren. Of the Gaiety Thea
ter owns more diamonds than she? The
Astor diamonds were supposed to be un-
who claims to be the champion diamond
owner, and who boasts she doesn't fear
rivalry in, that direction with royalty or
commoner. Nellie is charmer.
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soIornon's Wisdom.

The Epoch.1
"Ssy, pa, Solomon was the wisest man
that ever lived, wasn't hep"
"Yes, my son, he is so considered"
"And he had 300 wives, didn't he?"
81 believe that is the number"
"Ssy, pa, if Solomon was the wisest man
that ever lived how did he ever come TO get
in snch a tix-you can't live peaceably with
one?"
"Hem! hawi hemi he got wise after he
married them. You go to bed."
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Perfectly Proper.

Boston Herald.]
Il is not surprising that the young man
should steal a kiss from the pretty girl
whom he takes fishing. It is perfectly
proper for them to have q fishing smack.
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in the annals of oil, though several
more atrocious have been committed.
And it is a wonder there have not
been more, considering the reckless dis
position made of vast sums by the suddenly
enriched farmers. One of the most fragrant
instances is that of the Butler county farmer
who spread $50, 900 in bills on the grass in
his orchard to air it There has been prog.
ress in this matter as well as Others, and the
oil-enriched farmer handles his treasure like
a born banker now.
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Two i. Con,pupy.

Indianapolis Journal.1
There is great pleasure in showing some
other fellow up as a fool. It takes away
that lonely feeling. as 1t were.
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Tor the greatest improvement in drilling
machinery and tools. The deep fields about
Pittsburg, in Washington county and West
Virginia have developed drilling rigs in
the highest style OF the art
+ In these fields long strings of heavy cas-
ing require great strength in the derrick.
The large holes drilled call for heavy tools.
A drilling bit for a West Virginia 1O-inch
or 13-inch hole is now nearly as heavy as a
whole string of tools used in the palmy
days of Oil creek, bit, auger-stem, Jars and
sinker. One of the modern 4H-inch stem
would have "paralyzed" the driller Of 25
years ago on sight, and its As feet of length
would have been altogether too much ior
that driller's 40 foot derrick.
IMPROVED MACHINERY.
Old engines may yet be seen rustiug on
Oil creek in Pennsylvania and at Burning
Springs, West Virginia, that make the
modern driller smile hard. Side connecting
cranks single slide valves and other anti
quated features about this old machinery
gives rise to the wonder how they ever 90:
any wells down at all. The present style
OF reversible engine, with its wonderful
quickness and strength, can hardly be COM
pared in the same breath with the old
machine. 1t is the same way with the old
sills and timbers. The main sill of 1865
would not make a decent mud-sill for the
rig OF the period
The driller's methods, too. have kept pace
with his machinery and tools. None of the
old processes for him; no pulling the cable
over the shaft while an attachment to the
crank pin will do the work as we'll: no slack
rope or down jar while he can keep things
humming with the tight rope. 1t is all so
very different that the changes can hardly
be realized.
PITTSBURG's SHARE.
In keeping with all the other improve
ments of the oil man is his home. What q
bowling wilderness OF mud Oil City and
Titusville were, to be sure, " hen the oil
man first made headquarters in them. Brad
lord was not much better But the oil man
made city of it much sooner than he had
OF the others and secured city facilities. It
couldn't long be com pared with the crudities
of Petroleum Center and Pithole. When
the oil man got back to Oil City he wanted
more mprovements.--
Now Pittsburg is the oil metropolis. To
use the well-known phrase of an old-tipe
oil man, "There is but one metrollopus in
this country" and that is FOR the GILMAN,
Pittsburg. 1t is a great improvement over
all his previous homes. In fact he couldn't
find better if geological conditions per-
mitted him to 60 east of the AIleghenies.
And he is approaching the fact. From
Bradford, TitusVille and Oil City he comes
here. From Buffalo, jamestown and Olean
he seeks permanent residence in the Gas
City. The familiar faces are seen on our
streets by hundreds, and gradually they are
settling down here, preparing to keep house
and vote in our midsts. They have reached
perfection in the matter of home-hunting,
though some genius wants them to improve
their drilling by using electric motors and
do their fishing by flash.light photograph
instead of the time-honored, soap-coated i'm
preston block. A. r. CRUM.
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A PIONEER REFINERY.

One of the first refneries in the oil region
was located on the Shaffer farm, near Ben.
ninghoff run. 1t consisted of one small still,
from which one run a week could be made,
Later on it was enlarged, but compared with
the enormous refneries of the present time,
with their multitudinous products, it was
even more primitive than the derrick of the
Drake well as compared with the exhibition
rig on the Pittsburg Exposition grounds.
By the way, the managers of the Exposition
might introduce a novel feature if they will
mystify their we'll and have a corps of field
men to scout it.
The little refinery at the Shaffer farm was
only one of many of the same kind. The
ideas of the business were CLEANED from the
shale and coal oil works and the waste of
product In refining was enormous. Improve
ment in this branch of the business there has
been, but 1T might have been greater had it
had more of the element of competition in
It, Inventors of improved appliances, like
sellers of crude oil, find practically only
one buyer in the field and that buyer not
much inclined to encourage Investigations
on this line
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THE GOLDEN GREASE.
An Oil Region Retrospect In
spired by a Look at the
Old Drake Well.
GROWTH OF THE DERRICK
And the Evolution of the Modern
Equipments For Drilling.
BENNINGHOFF RUM In ITS GLORY.
The Celebrated Robbery That Melted
Clean 100000
EARLY PIPE LINES AND REFlNERIES.
GROWTH OF THE DERRICK
BENNINGHOFF RUN! IN ITS GLORY.
EARLY PIPE LINES AND REFINERIES.
WRITTEN FOR THK DIsPA7cH.I

ONSI DERABL LIE
Improvement h a S
been made in the
methods of drilling
for oil between the
old Drake well and
the development of
the Charters field
in this city. No
where is it more
noticeable than in
the derrick used.
The old Drake
well was drilled in
1859 with a derrick,
the corners Of which
were saplings about
80 feet long. 1t
was cum bro usly
boarded up its en-
tire height. Its i'm
,,,aJiafa er,o,aeSorc