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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-12

-'Lambertville Puffs" are still GO
ing up in smoke. Kline sells them.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-12

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartie I0c or &C.
II C. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-12

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
ioc, 25c. II c. c. C. fail, druggists refund money.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-12

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
lousness, indigestion, Heapache.
Easy GO take, easy to operate 26c.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-12
ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY.

Special services are being held at
the Baptist church every evening this
week, except Saturday evening.
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Amount paid since list was made up, 50 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14

REDHoT, A TYPICAL OIL TOWN, IN 1870.
by the crude spring pole method. The
spring pole consisted of green sapling
about 40 feet in length and 10 inches in
diameter, with the butt end made fast in
the ground or attached to an upright.
A second post 10 or 10 feet from the
end acted as fulcrum while the pole
passed over the well about 10 feet above
it. The boring tools were fastened to
this pole, and two men, throwing their
weight on the springy end of the pole,
furnished the power.
It was not until June, 1861, that the
first flowing oil we'll was struck This
marked a new era in oil development,
for it was the first we'll drilled to the
third sand, ," the objective point sought
ever after and found only at depth of
several hundred or a thousand feet.
Then followed those days of feverish
excitement when mighty "gushers"
were struck, and the oil came with a
rush up from the subterranean caverns
where it had been imprisoned for ages.
Then came the days of the sIeuthlike
oil scout and of the reckless g shooter
who handled nitroglycerin cans as if
they had been full of paint and who
was often scattered over the landscape,
shattered beyond repair, as a result of
his recklessness. Then came the rush
of fortune hunting thousands into the
oil regions. Cities sprang up in the for
est wilderness, and civilization in all
its cruder aspects came and camped at
the foot of the spirelize oil derricks.
But these are stories which have been
told many times, with greater or less re-
gard for truth, until we who did not see
these things with our own eyes have
ended by accepting none at all unless on
the best of authority. Next to the pro-
duction of crude oil the development of
the transportation business is the most
interesting feature about the industry.
After the oil is brought to the surface
it must be stored, transported and re-
fined. At first the crude oil was put in
barrels, hauled by wagon to the nearest
river and hoated down to Pittsburg or
Oil City on barges or RATS. In winter
it was hauled overland all the way.
This was an expensive and tedious proc
ess and the problem was a serious one
until the pipe line system was perfected.
The man who laid the first pipe line,
however, was ruined, both physically
and financially, by the project. His
idea was good, but he did not carry it
out well. Others did, though, and now
there are 80, 900 miles of pipe line in
the United States, the longest sections
being those which connect the oil re-
gions with New York and that which
runs to Chicago.
CYRUS SYLVESTER.
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have sunk their all in dry hole'' is
a big one. No mining camp ever fur
nished wilder scenes than did Pithole,
Red Hot or some Of the other oil towns
during the boom times.
The birthday of the oil industry is
definitely fixed as Saturday, Aug. %,
1859, for it was on that day that Colo
mel E. L. Drake struck oil'' on the
Willard farm, two miles south of Titus
vile. He was the first man to drill for
oil. Petroleum had already been secured
from salt wells, but it was regarded as
a nuisance. Small quantities of it were
bottled, however, and on the label was
shown picture of a derrick. George H.
Bissell, a New York lawyer, saw this
label, and it suggested an idea to him.
If oil could be found in boring for salt,
why not bore for oil? In 1854 the Penn
sylvania Rock Oil company was formed,
but it was in May, 1858, before Drake,
who had been engaged to sink the well,
went to Titusville and began operations.
He had 81, 600 with which to begin op-
erations, and his salary was to be a like
amount. In order to give him a stand
ing in the community his letters were
addressed Colonel Drake by his bust
ness associates, and thus he won the
title, which he was never able to get
rid off.
And ne needed something to increase
respect for him among his new neigh
bors, for they looked upon him as YER
liable crank. His enterprise was ridi-
culed throughout the country, for such
a thing as boring for oil had never be-
fore been heard of. But after many vex-
atious delays the Drake well was finally
sunk, and at the depth of about 20 feet
the oil appeared. It did not come rush
ing up as it did in the deeper wells
which were sunk later, but rose to with
in a few feet of the surface and was
then pumped out. The we'll produced
from % to 80 barrels day and was the
wonder of the section. There were not
enough barrels to store the product, for
tanks had not been heard of at that
time. The crude oil was sent to Pitts
burg on lumber RATS, and after it was
refined it was sent back by wagon in tin
cases and sold as Illuminating oil The
first lamps were made of tin and had
round wick, such as had been used in
burning sperm oil. but these were found
to be dangerous, and Colonel Drake had
glass lamps sent from Pittsburg. The
refined oil sold for SIP a gallon SO
that the Drake well was seen to be
highly profitable enterprise.
It was not long before Titusville was
the center of the first "oiI rush." Men
who had laughed at Drake were now
frantically sinking wells on their own
account. Farms were leased right and
left, and every man who knew anything
at all about drills or drilling was hired
at fancy prices The first wells were
located by surface indications and sunk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14

day, which was obtained by the labo-
rious method of slzimming the oily wa
ters of a creek in Venango, Pa. Today
the yield every "a hours can be reckon
ed only by the thousands of barrels, and
it has been that way for almost four dec
AIDES. It is estimated that the wells of
Pennsylvania and western New York
alone have produced more than 500, =
900, 600 barrels, figures which are SO
great that we only realize that they rep
resent a quantity SO big as to be beyond
definite comprehension.
Prior to 1860 petroleum was looked
upon merely as a curious natural prod
uct, valuable mainly for it's medicinal
qualities. Today, in spite Of the deveI-
opment of gas and electric light, it is
the illuminant of the people and lights
the homes of nine-tenths of the civilized
world. It was first made an article of
commerce by the Seneca Indians, and
for years went by the name of Seneca
oil, or American oil AS such it was
used as a healing salve and was some
times taken internally as a cure for
colds and consumption. The Indians
took it into the towns and villages in
gourds and rude casks made of hollow
logs. They procured it by skimming it
from the surface OF creeks.
Today it is used in the manufacture
of $50 articles of value in art, science,
mechanics and domestic economy.
Among the many products made from
it are healing salves, cosmetics, soaps,
chewing gum, lubricants and lamp
black. Not an ounce of it is allowed to
go to waste. Even the noxious gases
which are formed when it is refined are
utilized and made into articles which
you use every day.
Since Colonel E. l.. Drake sank his
first we'll in 1859 the earth has been
pierced more than 100, 600 times for
the purpose of obtaining oil. A big sec
ton of two states, if the territory could
be held up to the light and examined,
would look like an immense sieve.
Looking at the industry from a finan-
cial standpoint, the discovery of petro-
leum was almost as valuable as the gold
strike in California. For this product
the rest of the world pays us an annual
tribute of $50, 900, 900, which represents
the amount of oil exported each year
The price of petroleum has f1uctuated
from So 25 per barrel. which was the
gilt edged figure brought in 1860, to 10
cents per barrel, the rock bottom price
of two years later. Taking So. so as a
fair average price Of oil from 1859 to
1895, the total value Of the oil produced
during those So years would be about
81, 900, 900, 600. Almost as many for
tunes have been made in the oil regions
as in the goldfelds. A big proportion of
the billions which oil has added to our
national wealth has been rather widely
distri buted, and it is only within recent
wears that a monster combination has
been able to absorb lions share of the
profits from the output.
In an industrial sense the oil business
is one of immense proportions. An
army of a26, 200 men is engaged in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14

producing and transporting this gift of
nature, and capital to the amount of
5000, 900, 600, according to a careful es-
innate, is invested in the business.
AS for romance, nothing of the kind
is richer in this respect than the history
of the oil industry. In no goldfeId ever
discovered have bigger fortunes been
made or lost more quickly than in the
oil regions. Men have risen from beg
gary to wealth in a single night and
'ortunes have been lost with almost as
much ease. The number of men who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
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Tuesday. for Topeka or Kansas people.
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No advertisements OF this nature to be
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others ara invited to avail themselves
freely.
The Topeka State Journal guarantees
every day it Is printed. to give a local
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
He ApOIOgized.

Bud Williams shot lump Strimples yes
terday, but he apoIogized to lump before
the latter died. - n rth Carolina Ex.
change.
That was kind Of Bud; it shows he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
To Prevent Ungainly Ankles.

If American girls would confine their
use of low shoes to indoors, they would
not risk the undue development of their
ankles. Frenchwomen are noted for
their pretty feet, and they invariably
wear high shoes for walking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
HOW COAL OIL CAME IN.
Remarkable Development of the
Petroleum Industry.
SINKING COLONEL BRAKES WE'LL

The Product Was at First Used Only as a
Medicine-NOyv Tt Is Utilized In the
Making of One Hundred and Fifty Ar
ticles-Rise of Giant Industry.
1t has been less than 40 years since
the first oil well was drilled in this
country, yet no other of our many giant
industries has developed SO amazingly
as has that of pumping from natures
subterranean storehouse the substance
known as petroleum.
Early in the fifties the production of
crude oil was limited to few gallons a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
SCRIBNER'S
MAGAZINE
FOR 1898
A GREAT PROGRAMME.

THE STORY OFTHE REVOLUTION
by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to run
throughout the year. (FOr the first
time all the modern art forces and re-
sources will be brought to bear upon
the Revolution. Howard Pyle ana a
corps of artists are making over 100
paintings expressly for this great
work..
CAPTAIN A T. 1IAHAN's .The
American Navy in the Revolution" to
( be illustrated by Carlton T. Chapman
the marine artist; Harry Fem, and
others.
THOMAS NELSON PAGES FIRST
LONG NOVEL, Red Rock-A ChronI-
Gle of Reconstruction" Mr.. Page has
devoted four years to the story, and he
considers it his best work. illustrated
by B. West Clinedinst)
RUDYARD KIPLING. RICHARD
HARDING DAVIS,J JOEL CHANDLER
HARRIS, GEORGE w. CABLE, and
others, are under engagement to CON
tribute stories during 1898.
ROBERT GRANTS SEARCH
LIGHT LETTERS "-replies to various
letters that came in consequence of his
Reflections of a Married Man" and
THE Opinions of Philosopher"
1.-THE WORKERS in a new field
Walter A.Wyckoh, the college man who
became Iaborer. will tell about his
experience with sweat-shOp laborers
and anarchists in Chicago. illustrated
from life by w. r. Leigh.)
THE THEATER, THE MINE, etc,
will be treated in "The Conduct Of
Great Businesses series (as were The
Wheat Farm THE Newspaper etc,
in 80, with numerous Illustrations.
LIFE AT GIRLS COLLEGES
the articles on undergraduate Life at
Harvard. Princeton and Yale and as
richly illustrated.
POLITICAL "REMINISCENCES by
Senator Hoar, who has been in public
life for forty-fVe years.
c. D. GIBSON will contribute two
serial sets of drawings during 50, "A
New York Day" and The Seven Ages
of American Woman"
The full prospectus for '9S in small
book form CA pages, printed in two
colors, with numerous illustrations
Cover and decorations by AIaxheld
PARRISH, will be sent upon application,
postage paid.
Price $500 a Year. 25 cts a Number
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
Not ConofDu1sorv.

Three different walters at hotel asked
a prim, precise little professor at dinner if
he would have soup. A little annoyed, he
said to the last waiter who asked the ques-
ton, us it compulsory"
mo, sir, - said the waiter. 81 think it's
mock turtle. Tit Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
MERELY seDROP IN"
How Princeton Boys Dodge the GIRL
Room Law.

New York. Jan. Observation-Disclosures the
tees of Princeton university December %,
that no student should frequent a place
where Intoxicating or fermented liquors
Princeton inn grill room remains open and
to good patronage Nor is it likely TO be
closed.
Once before an attempt was made to pre-
vent undergraduates. upper classmen and
all. from drinking. and it was found i'm
prac ticable and abandoned.
Although the upper classmen recognize
the official order, they cleverly get over
the difficulty by basing their right to en-
ter the grill on the last word Of the sec
tiOn-t.no student shall frequent They
say they merely drop in occasionally
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 25c
II c. G. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14

Mother-Johnny, you shouldn' t do that;
it's wrong to bolt your food.
Johnny-Then why do you lock the jam
up, mathew York Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
An Unfortunate Business.

Don't you think money lending has q
tendency to make man hard and unsym
pathctio?''
mo. It's the collecting that does it. -
Detroit News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
only the Ring.

Mother-What was going on in the par
Tor last night. Madge?
Madge (shyly)-Only the engagement
ring, ma?-Brooklyn Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
He Wanted Revenge.

The Gilly-I wish were the shoe upon
your foot
The Girl-WhyP
The GiIly-l3eoause then could at least
make you suffer.-Ye Book.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
out of It.

well, poor BilIer is out of his misery at
last
''Dead?"
''Nahl Divorced ATLANTA Constitu-
ton.
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He Knew It wos up1uckr.

Clancy-Do yez t'ink it's unlucky to
raise all umbrella in the house?
DOoley-I know it is. raised wan lasht
noight, an befOor I cud stroke wild it me
wolfe Jumped lne wild a rollin pin.-New
York Sunday World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14

The InvariabIe Cause of the Trouble.
These panics," said the benevolent old
lady who reads the papers, would never
do any harm at oil if nobody would lose
his presence Of mind. Town Topics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14

Price $500 a Year, Is cts a Number.
Charles Scribner'S Sons, New York.
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Gnnn lines HAVE COME

You afford to indulge yourself or your
family in the luxury of a good weekly news
paper and a quarterly magazine of fcticE-
You can get both of these publications with
almost library of good novels for SIS per year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14
FEMALE HELP WANTED.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-A good building lot for resi-
dence in good locality. east side; cash
Address M" Journal.
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Statesmen MAMrEn-

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WANTED Experienced travelling sales
men, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska: refer
ences required. Columbia Jewelry Co.
Iowa City, Ia.
$50 A WEEK and expenses paid men to
sell cigars on time. Experience Unnec-
essary. The w. L. Kline Co. St. Louis.
Mo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14

STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS
~~~~~-@-~~~~~-~~~-~-~---~
THE J. c. DARLING CO. 1874 KAN. AVE.
TOPEKA. Send for catalogue and prices.
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G. d. GIBSON will contribute two
serial sets of drawings during '9S, "A
New York Day" and THE Seven Ages
of American Woman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-14

WANTED-A good riding pony: must b.
cheap. Address Box 7+5, North Topeka
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WANTED TO RENT-About April / tn
best house ! can get. with large ground
and good barn: am willing to go out
mile or two. Address L. A, the Evenin!
Journal.
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LOST AND FOUND.

~-~~~~~~-~~~~~~0-~-~-~ -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~~-~-~~~~~
LOST-A St. Bernard pup. 2 months old.
brown with white stripe around neck,
white strip on left side nose and white
points. Return to S27 Tyler and receive
reward.
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STORAGE
TIN SHOPS

J. NJ. BAIRD, hot air furnaces, pump
and tin roofing. 216 W. 9Th. Tel. S59.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-30
THE WAYS OF NEW REGIMENTS

The day after the Mississippi regl-
ment arrived Colonel Guild, inspector
general, called at the camp on official
business. The southern colonel received
him most effusively, saying: welcome
to this camp. sab. want you to know,
sab, that this regiment is made up Of
gentlemen who hold the highest social
positions in Mississippi, sab. Aud now,
sab, want you to step into my tent and
try some of the finest Mississippian
wolsky, sah."
"But," protested the inspector. Il
have called to inspect your camp.
Won't you please issue the necessary
orders for Inspection"
"Inspection. sab? don't know as I
exactly understand you? You see. sab.
the boys made me colonel of this regi-
ment. But, assure you. sab, l inow
absolutely nothing about military affairs.
l leave all such matters to my adjutant.
Nov, sab, I think its a long time be-
tween drinks, sah"
With q colonel who knows nothing
about military affairs. the discipline in
the ranks Of that Mississippi regiment
may be imagined. During the inspec-
ton OF the rank and file, whom the ad-
jutant at last drew up in line, the in
spector-general came to a gray haired
private who handled his peace with
some skill.
This is evidently not new business to
yeu," remarked the inspector.
mo. sah." replied the private. II
served the southern confedency from 81
to '65, sab, and tell you I'm profoundly
glad to be inspected today. sab, by a
southern inspector, sah."
But I'm not a southerner," said
Colonel Guild. I'm from Boston,"
Whereupon the private threw his
piece to the ground, advanced to where
Colonel Guild stood and embraced him,
welcoming him to the regiment lin the
name OF Mississippi, sah."-Gilson Viii
lets in Golfers Weekly.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-30

For sale, or will exchange for first
class Nebraska farm, q number Of choice
residence lots in the city OF he nnibal,
Mo. These lots are in the line Of future
improvement and are only about fifteen
minutes walk from the United States
post Office and district court building;
the trade will b made on cash valua-
ton. For particulars write George D.
Clayton 4 Co., real estate dealers, Han.
nibol. No.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-30

heir. His mother, who is an astute
person and a great lady to her finger
tips, managed to get that match
broken off, and Lord w. is very glad
now-so they say. Miss Wilson is not
very successful in getting another
parti.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-30

There il one trouble with our victo-
RES" remarked the Spanish general -
he oiled his typewriter.
"And what do they lack!" sasked his
aid.
Durability"