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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
OIL IN MISSOURI.
It Is Too Thick and Too Hard to Get to
De of Very Great Use.

Il Is Too Thick and Too Hard to Get to
he of Very Great Use.
The only oil produced in Missouri
in 1889 and 1890, concerning which it
has been possible to secure any in
formation by the geological survey,
was in West Boone township, Bates
county, near the Kansas state line,
southeast from Paola, where the oil
produced in Kansas in 1889 was
found. The oil comes from sand 900
feet deep. 1t is similar in every re-
spect to the Kansas oil 1t is sold to
local dealers for lubricating purposes.
In 1889 twenty barrels of oil, valued
at $40, We're produced.
The cost of operating the well in
that year was $3.50, the total capital
$3.50, The territory consists of 600
acres, valued as oil territory at $21O,
the rigs, well, engines, ETC., being
valued at $500 and tank at 500. There
was but one producing well and one
tank. Tho cost of drilling the well
was but 81 so foot.
An interesting history is connected
with the drilling of some wells at
Adrian, Bates county, Mo. Oil was
discovered here in 1889 at depth of
thirty y-three feet while prospecting
for coal. The oil sand was some
twenty feet thick, ovsrlaid with
soapstone shale to a thickness of
eight feet.
The oil oozed from a rock into the
shaft and was bailed out. The shaft
was in the creek bottom, and being
flooded by the first high water the
well ceased to produce. Several drill
holes were then made. Three of
these yielded about six gallons in
ten hours, but the holes were not
cased and were soon drained out by
water. In 1888 a derrick was erected,
proper oil tools procured and a well
sunk over 500 feet. All the oil Sc
cured in this well was found at from
thirty-three to ninety feet in depth.
The well was pumped but once, and
then only for ten hours, the product
being twenty gallons of oil, with a
large quantity of water.
The oil is similar to that found in
Paola- In a report to the geological
survey, r. B. Marshall, of Adrian.
states that he has done a great deal
of prospecting for oil in that section
of the country, and finds a strip OF
territory some ten miles long and
from one to three miles wide under
laid with gas and oil, but that the
difficulty with the region as pro
ducing territory is that the sand is
too fine and the oil too thick to give
any great production. There is a
great deal of sand rock impregnated
with oil, which can be driven out by
heat.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
How to Make a can.

Ring the bell with your right
hand, which should always be un.
gloved, in case you are obliged to
shake hands before being able to
take the glove off. Hand one card
to the servant for each of the per
sons you are calling upon and state
distinctly the name. If you arecall.
ing at the house where a young lady
Is visiting another lady whom you
do not know, you should invariably
leave a card for the hostess also.
This is a matter of courtesy to her.
In case like this you should, If in
the evening, invariably wear even
ing dress, no matter how well Won
know the young lady.
When she introduces you to her
hostess she will be much better
pleased If you are beyond criticism.
Leave your hat and greatcoat In the
hall, and after you are ushered into
the parlor or reception room it il
well to sit IN chair that faces the
door, so that when your friend enters
you can rise gracefully, facing her
upon leaving; do not expect that she
will follow you into the hall. Inya.
riably say good night before leaving
the room. And when you have said
good night do not stand upon the
order Of going, but go at once. Nc
long stories afterward
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
The People In Mars.

There are people living In Mars. they say,
Enjoying the lease of q longer year,
And a starrier night, and SUMMER day,
And steadier climates than we have here.
Are their winters blighted by want and woe
Their summers by pestilence. plague and
thunder?
Do they suffer there as we do below,
Iwonder7
Do they plant and water their rosy fields.
And struggle with sorrow and fight with
fears,
While the thorns and thistles their red earth
yields
Are choking the seed that they sowed in
tears2
Do they trust in idols of stone and wood,
And trample the meek and lowly under2
Do they love the evil and leave the good.
Iwonder?
Or q happier world may 1t be than this.
Where sin has not entered. nor death by sim
Which is blushing still from Creation,s kiss.
Whilst never a serpent has slidden IMP
And IL we may wander amongst the stars
When body and spirit are riyen asunder,
May we live life over again in Mars,
wonder7
Shall we hnd what here we have sought in
Fulfilling ideals where once we faileda
With the crooked made straight and the rough
made plain.
Will difficult mountains at last be scaled7
Shall we cleanse our ways and redeem our
worth
Repair the old wastes and retrieve each
blunder7
Shall we meet in Mars all we missed ON Earth.
Iwonder7
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
MARVELLOUS EAHvAHs.
They walk IN the Air Hundreds OF Fs
Above the Ground.


They Walk In the Air Hundreds OF Feet
Above the Ground.
The Fahyahs are the greatest leg
erdemainists, necromancers and hyp-
notists In the known world.
Oneof their practical feats is walk
ing IN the air. The Fahyah who
performs it lays fiat down with his
face toward the earth for a minute
or minute and half, then arises.
and forcing his arms against his
sides stands very erect, deliberately
walks into the air as far as his power
of endurance Will permit him. at
times reaching an altitude of from
250 to 400 feet, when he simply
walks down again.
AT first could hardly believe my
eyes. and thought / had indeed
seen miracle performed. It took
me over year to understand this
feat, at the end of which time I dis
covered that It was accomplished by
thorough knowledge of the cleo
trical powers.
They thoroughly understand the
laws of changing their electrified
form from the positive to the mega
tive by inhalation. and by that means.
just the same as this universe is held
in place by a congeniality of those
two forces, so they utilize them in
the performance of this feat.
To try to make it even clearer
viii go into the philosophy of the
trick, starting from the first prin-
ciples of electrical law, congeniality:
Two persons are introduced to each
other. Instinctively each party to
theintroduction knows whether there
Is feeling of perfect congeniality or
not If there Is a congeniality that
proves that one Is the positive and
the other is the negative; If that feel
ing of congeniality is wanting then
they both possess similarly electrified
forms and naturally are repellant.
OF course after associations may
ofttimes make two such similarly
electrified forms friends, but tits very
rarely the case. The same law pre-
cisely that governs the feelings of
these men who have been introduced
to each other is that which controls
and keeps the universe in place.
The world is supposed to be %, 900
miles In circumference, 1O, 600 miles
more or less in diameter; it revolves
only once around the sun every
twenty-four hours.
That is a pretty rapid rate of speed,
it must be admitted, and naturally
some force of electricity must be
evolved; call it positive. Then If the
world is positive space must be mega
tive; otherwise one would be repel-
liant to the other and we could not
hold our place in the terrestrial firma-
ment
Now if the world does hold its
place by that law of electrical con-
geniality, why is it not possible for
heman who possesses the knowledge
OF changing his electrified form from
the negative we who inhabit
the earth all are-to the positive bya
process of inhalation, which he does
when he lies upon the ground, and
then walk into the same space. by
the same laws that hold that tremen-
dous globe and all the other planets
and stars in their placel
This is the way, and the only way.
by which the Fahyahs perform this
most wonderful feat. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
Unanswered.

Why Is Il the tenderest feet must tread the
toughest road2
Why is Il the weakest back must carry the
heaviest i0ad7
While the feet that are surest and irnaesf have
the smoothest path to GO.
And the back that is straightest and strongest
has never a burden TO know.
Why is IL the brightest eyes are the ones soon
dim with tears?
Why Is It the lightest heart must ache and
ache for years7
While the eyes that are hardest and coolest
shed never n bitter tear.
And the heart that is smallest and mcanest
has never an ache to fear.
Why is It those who are .saddest have always
the gayest laugh?
Why is II those who need not have always the
biggest halfT'
While those who have never a sorrow haye
seldom a smile to give.
And those who want just little must strive
and struggle to live.
Why Is II the nobiest thoughts are the ones
that are never expressed2
Why is 1t the grandest deeds are the ones that
are never confessed?
While the thoughts that arc like all others are
the ones we always tell.
And the deeds worth little praise are the ones
that are published WELL
Why Is Il the sweetest smile has for its sister a
sigh?
Why is it the strongest love is the love we al
ways pass by?
While the smile that Is cold and Indifferent Is
the smile for which we pray,
And the love we kneel to and worship IS only
common clay.
Why is it the things we can have are the things
we always refuse?
Why is IL none of US live the lives II we could
we'd choose7
The things that we all can have are the things
we always hate,
And life seems never complete. no matter how
long we wait.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
Using Horses without shoes.

For two years 1 have been using
an old mare, IL years old, without
shoes. She had always been shod
before And for the last ten months
l have used 6-year-old horse of
rather heavy build without shoes.
My brougham is ten and a half hun
dredweight, and they draw it singly
in turns. I had them shod three
times with "Charlier" shoes. Each
time the shoe was made shorter, and
I allowed the shoes to be worn until
they were thinner than a sixpence.
at the end of that time the middle
of the hoof had grown level with the
wall. Then the animal went with
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
The Spider Hawk.

The miners of Colorado who have
built cabins on the mountain sides
know what a pest the small brown
wood spider proves to be. They
thrown their webs over our best
clothes, cooking utensils, In every
corner, where you can get them in
your eyes and mouth. Not only that.
but they viii drop into the frying
pan, water bucket or upon the table
where you are eating. Nature has
furnished remedy and q friend
when she gave the spider hawk.
The name Is given by miners to a
small, steel blue wasp almost three
fourths of am inch IN length. Hecan
easily be recognized by the quick.
nervous strokes of his wings. They
build nest up among the rafters Of
your cabin of wood pulp or furze
from the outer coating of old dead
trees. Then they are ready for bust
ness.
Every few minutes you can see
your hawk climb up the rafters with
a spider, sometimes carrying one four
or five times his own weight. Some
times they get spider 30 heavy that
they viii fan many times before
they succeed in reaching their nest.
They never give up, but keep ON try
ing until they succeed. When the
spider is safely placed IN the nest the
female hawk deposits her egg In the
dead body. The hawks live only in
pairs, as far as my observation goes.
They become rather tame and seem
to be obliged to you for building the
spider trap for their benefit. Great
Divide.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13

Sweetheart, you deem me good" said
As took Bessie's soft, white hand:
"You think the life that have led
Has been quite perfect, pure and grand.
"But ere We wed. my darling Bess,
tell you frankly that my ways
Have been quite devious: confess
I've spent some wicked nights and days.
NAY. say no more" quoth Bess. demure;
81 know It ALL know the worst:
Your mother told me, and I'm sure
You told her all your follies first"
What could say? This trustful lamb
Had learned that once Iteased the cat
And twice or thrice had stolen jam
How could ! deal with faith like that7
H & Toner
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
The nIo.t unInolrr nar.

A statistician of the German gov
ernment has come to the rescue of
those persons who do not share the
widespread superstition that Friday
is the most un1ucI1y day of the week.
A short time ago he determined to
make a scientific investigation of
this question. The most fatal or un-
fortunate week day, according to
the investigator, Is not Friday, but
Monday.-Exchans.e.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13


To eonstancy a thousand fanes are reared.
To constancy thousand songs are sung;
The virtue honored, cherished and reyered,
Theme for the old and goal to tempt the
young.
Still are we taught. like fancies live and die:
Faith. hope and love abide in constancy.
Yet who that prizes summers golden moon
But longs for autumn's soft. pathetic grnce7
Who revels In the lavish wealth OF June.
Nor signs to think of April's varying face7
Who tired OF glare but turns to the warm
gloom,
Where the great yulelogs glimmer In the roomi
Why, without change. rift would deepen
down;
A passing wrong would redden to a hate:
love would wither meath an angry frown.
And a rash vow take all the strength of fate;
Where constancy might darken, curse es-
TRANCE,
Fair fall the sunny power of happy changel
Let times soft magic wear away the wrath
And patience do her perfect work at last
And hope sow laughing blossoms on the path
That will outbloom the nights shade Of the
past,
Till all that lives and moves in life's wide
range
May bless the sweet vicissitudes of change.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
Compensation.

Each year has Its season OF bloom and blight.
Each soul has its song and sorrow;
Where the owl boots on the crag tonight
The linnei will sing tomorrow.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-13
CEIRISTNIAS- -=
"A NCE SALE-
Slaughter Entire Line
DPy Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes.
by h o e


BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERs.
Ladies fine shoes at sl.5o, former
price 50.
A complete line of Pingree & Smith
S3 and $3.50 shoes at $3.50.
Some great bargains in Children's
and Misses shoes
80 pairs of Misses grain shoes at 75c-,
worth SIPS and S1.50.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04

California papers claim the Idaho
mine at Grass Valley as the deepest
gold mine in the world. Ii is 1000
feet deep. The Denver industry says
there is one deeper gold mine in
Colorado. 1t il the California, Of
Gilpin county, the shaft of which is
2,200 feet. The Idaho mine, how
ever, has record that lie unequaled.
1t has produced $l3000,000 in gold,
over $S.000,000 which was profit. It
now employs over 300 men and it's
ore runs $40 per ton. II is said that
it promises to be productive for
great many years to come. The
Idaho is a wet mine, and il the ex-
pense of handling the water does
not increase rapidly with depth
there is scarcely any limit with the
present electric hosting appliance
to which it can be worked.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04

A Washington letter saysi The Har-
rison crowd are already beginning the
task OF letting their man down easy.
They now acknowledge that he can
not he nominated on the frs, ballot,
aud they talk mysteriously about the
possibility Of his not allowing his name
TO 60 before the convention at all. or
of his withdrawing in favor OF Blaine
after the first ballot. That Harrison
will willingly Withdraw in favor ~
Blaine il not believed by any One IN
Washington he would prefer seeing
any other man in the world nomi.
mated.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04
A TIMELY WARNING.

The prospects OF Democracy at the
coming National election are very
bright indeed. Not only in indaho
are the indications Of coming victory
unmistakahle, but all over the country.
The desire for pronounced change ir
maniiesl on every hand, and spirit 81
disc intent pcrmeates the masses Ia
such AN extent that II seems to us all
the money and all the machinery oi
the dominant party will not avail.
The Idiho Falls Times is Of the firm
opinion that ia this State the Rerub
licans have nothing to hope for except
through Democratic plumbers. Will
the Democrats through their misman-
agement give them that aid aud EN-
enlargement they so sorels need, aud
50 anxiou,ly hope for, or will they
carry out the pledges they have made
To the peopleH
There are men claiming TO be Dem.
ocrats who, for personal interests, are
endeavuring 10 assume leadership. Men
whose every act and every move Is
nIercenary, whose every etiurt has for
Us object their personal acknowledgement,
men who are ready 10 oppose any
policy which would appear TO inter
iere with thei, little plans. aud il they
can not rule, 10 do what they can 10
defeat the party. Il BECOMES the duty
then u the honest and conservative
masses Of tina party 10 instantly and
positively ignare the self'appointed
leadership oi this class OF men or be
prepared iar defeat At tie polls which
win be owing entirely TO their Own
peglect,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04
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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04

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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04

Congressman VIM. r. Morrison Of
Illinois has suddenly forged TO the
front as a formidable Presidential can
didste, and his friends assert that he
will he presented TO the National con-
vention at the Chicago convention On
the 21st Instant as the choice OF the
Illinois delegation.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04

II is said the streets Of Virsinia City,
Nevada, are lined with idle men, and
unless something is accomplished far
free silver the once famous Culnstuck
will I've deserted in few years.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04
NEWSPAPER
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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04
FOB SALE,
THE BASCOM RANCH.
On South Boise River, two miles
above the

On South Boise River, two miles
above the
SHAKE CREEK MINES.
1t contains 160 acres Of good land.
all under fence and now has 40 acres
in timothy and alfalfa.
The whole tract of land II iillahl -
not one acre hut can he cultivated. II
il one Of the hest Stock Ranches in
Idaho. Grain and vegetables Of all
kinds do well. II has produced ss
high as 600 bushels nf potatoes per
acre. Plenty OF WATER for irrigat-
ing purposes.
Also good hued log dwelling house,
stables, work shop, corrals etc.
Good hay press, good mower and
Tiger rake both new. Plnws and tools.
Will sell cheap for cash.
JAMES A. NICHOLSON
Rocky Bar, September l3.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-07
irving the SleIghing.

The first snow of the season fell to a
depth of about three inches in this city
yesterday. Livery stable proprietors and
many owners of fast horses were jubilant
with the prospect of sieighing. During
the afternoon many sleighs were seen on
the streets where the sleighing was fairly
good. In the evening several men with
horses and sleighs were trying the sleigh
ing on Whalley avenue. The snow caused
some of the horse cars to run behind time
to some extent. On the Fair Haven and
Westville road it was necessary to double
up the teams at II o'clock, Putting on four
horses as each car arrived at the horse
railroad stables. The cars then ran, as
nearly as possible, on twelve minute time.
At the same time it was found necessary
to double up on the West Haven road.
The State street cars were a little delayed,
but the big snow plough was on duty sew
eral times during the day.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-07
Personal.

Samuel Nero of this city is the new
clerk at the Bradley house, In Southing-
ton.
William Carroll, Sixth ward registrar, is
seriously i'll with cancerous affection of
the throat.
W. J. Curtiss, who was recently night
clerk IN the Tontine, has gone to Boston,
to engage in business there.
Miss Annie Quiglsy and Miss Daisy st.
Claire, of this city, are tho guests of Mrs.
E. L. Deming for few days.
Conductor Harvey, formerly of the Fair
Haven and Westville horse railroad, is now
a conductor on the West Haven line.
Mortimer Tyrrell of Newtown has gone
to the Pasteur institute, New York, for
treatment. He was bitten by rabid dog.
Horace S. Hart. son of Franklin n. Hart,
has gone to Waubansee, Kan, to remain
until next fall.
The New Haven Gas Light company has
reelected Daniel Trowbridge president,
Gardner Morse, jr., secretary, and Isaac J.
Wild treasurer.
Frank M. Harmon, son of General Geo.
NJ. Harmon, sailed on the steamer Kansas
City yesterday for visit to Macon, Ga
to be gone all winter.
Miles A. Whitcomb and George Hadlock,
well known and respected business men,
have bought out W. n. Couch and engaged
in the saddlery hardware business.
Colonel Tracy B. Warren is, as well as
Lieutenant-C Colonel Crane, mentioned in
connection with the colonelcy of the Fourth
regiment, which is to be filled tomorrow
afternoon.
H. F. Hall and Seymour D. Hall, the
Wallingford lawyers, have lost brother,
Moses P, by the grip. Mrs. Seymour D.
Hall is very low with pneumonia, and her
husband is now ill with the grip.
Several New Haven physicians said yes
terday that their list of grip patients were
daily decreasing, and that ne now cases
were cropping out. They were correspond
ingly happy, having been overworked for
weeks.
Senator Fox, Representative Hotchkiss,
Police Commissioner Benton and dozen
other well-known New Haven men were in
Hartford yesterday; also Representative
Callahan, who remained in Hartford over
the previous night.
Miss Anna D. Bishop, who has taught
Dalsarte with eminent success at Chautau-
qua, and lately at Hartford, will form a
Deisarte class in this city. She will be at
the United Workers hall from to 8
o'clock this afternoon.