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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

For ten days the drin borrowed its way
through varying strata ON Monday
April r. IL euawed slowly Tor an hour
through a hard formation more than an
eighth Of mite below the surface.
Then something happened.
shes struck sand, shouted the driller
Il was only that the drill had dropped
into a softer foTmatiou-and the sand was
likely 60 be as barren as Couey Islands
but force of habit impelled this cautious
man 20 connect the well with the storage
tank provided to save the first rush Of
oil.
He was just in time Before the tools
could be withdrawn from the hole yell
low torrent gushed forth and hlled the
tank with "a roaring and a splashing that
sang Of millions
shes struck oil"' was the shout: and
II echoed down the valley and beyond.
till at every farmers door and on into
the cities were echoed the magic words.
struck oil
Every telegraph wire IN the land flashed
the story Of the Blossburg oil Company
Great Gushcr, and capitalists began 70
speculate on the strange developments
that might follow the discovery Of sub
terrancan petroleum lake cast Of the Allie
ghauies.
As for the Great Gusher. it spouted
forth 100 barrels the first day and $50
The second day.
Before noon on the third day 1t had
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

sand was bailed out Whether there *
ten feet ~ 1t or fifty. whether IL Is brown.
white or gray. 100 one knows as yet The
company has been kept too busy caring
for the oil 10 worrs about the color or
thickness az the sand in Which Il has been
stored up.
Tho little town 81 Gaines has acquired
some ~ the character n Western min
ing camp. The hotel has been overflow
Ing for three weeks and the proprietor
has secured every vacant room In town
for his guests The telegraph and tele-
phone have become metropolitan In their
activity. Keen men Wiih large bank &C.
counts roam everywhere, swapping up
speculative chances. Their talk Ia all II
barrels and dollars. leases and wells.
drills and pipe lines.
The Standard oil Company, alive to the
great possibilities 81 the new Held, Is
laying fouF-inch pipe line across the
mountain To connect with their main
pipe line. twenty miles away.
on the lighter side ot human nature at
the Pine creek rush are ranged the clair
xOyants and hazel twig magiclans who
infest new oil fields one % these oil
smeilers" will sell his occult gifts az a
prospector for from 80 20 500. according
to the means and credulity Of his client.
Some OF the individual cases Of sudden
fortune are full of interest.
Joseph Bernauer was poor man two
years ago. His little farm on the bank
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

~ Pine creek yielded him a living and
that was ali. lie peddied milk every
day 70 the housewives ~ Gaines.
His farm proved 70 DE right on tho OH
belt and his income from royalties ia
nop over xyD1 a month
lie has just returned from his frat va.
cation since he was "A boy.
1T seems iuat Ike a dream" he said
20 The World correspondent. Long ago
I gave up hope TO be rich and was con.
tented if | had money TO pay tho tax
collector when he came around and 20
keep out Of debt ] sorry that wealth
came 50 late In life. for / can't enjoy
things as l once did. The glops IL all OF.
! Will not change my mode Of life any
nnd will stick by the old farm that has
done me such a good turn.
An these years that 7 have been
ploughing. sowing and reaping / never
even thought that there was mine Of
wealth on the under side Of my farm.
Tine money that comes IN from royalties
every month seems just like a present of
Il Christmas tree.
Every man longs to be rich. but I
can't say that enjoy life any more than
] did before oh was found here. About
all a man gets out Of life Is his board
and clothes and a place TO sleep"
Mr.. Bernauer stu appears In Gaines
every morning and evening with his milk
wagon and greets his customers In the
same CHEEKY way. He is a widower.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
A0SSBURG "GUSH[R" YIELDS $1,000 A DAY.

This last Is literal fact n the mount
ainside had been offered at auction be
fore a drin had been sunk IL would n''
have fetched 10 cents an acre NOW there
is not an acre that would not sen Tor
81 900 with a mob Of bidders hghuns Tor
precedence.
Pine creek the most famous trout
stream in PENNSYLVANIA, Is the center OF
this oil rush. which rivals the gold rush
of Cape Nome. The big weli-there are
many smaller ones around IT, and more
are being sunk every days three
quarters OF mile southeast OF GAINES
rioga county. 1t peuotrAtes the rock tor
so feet near the edge of blum thA1
rises 100 feet from the bed Of Pine creek
There was time when the MUS Tor
miles in every direction we're covered
With the finest pines in fennsy Nan'"
tsnt the creek has tloated out billions OF
faet OF timber. and now the region Is "
desolate one of stumps and oramhies' re-
neIlant alike to the agriculturtst anu the
artist. :.
The story of the Great Gusher' AS II
d. known in the parlance of oil men, Is
one of the romances of fortune. deserN
ing n place beside the bonanza tales or
California and Nevada. Those for whom
the we'll is pouring forth its A'eoo DAY
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

can sail with the tide up to IT. There is
bar at the mouth which gives only five
feet of water at low tide, which leads me
to think that the future city will be on
this Pollok bay, where ships of the larg-
est draft can have safe anchorage and
be perfectly protected from the storms.
It would seem to me that this harbor
will naturally be the great seaport for
southern Mindanao. 1t is far better than
the harbor of Zamboanga and better than
that of Davoa. which IS at the eastern
end of the island, some two hundred miles
away. The Rio Grande valley will eventu-
ally be the center of a large population
and the trade OF the interior will come
down the river by boat to be shipped
abroad One of the natural lines of the
railroads which will some day be built
to open up this great island will be
through this valley. At present nearly
everything goes down to Cottabato city,
but an account of the bar this will be
turned to the Bay OF Pollok There is
now military road eight miles long,
built by the Spaniards, between the bay
and Cottabato. 1t is In bad condition,
but is being repaired by our troops.
God found m Black Sand.
After the islands become settled and II
is possible to tell just how lands can be
acquired and held. II will be well for
Americans expecting to invest or settle
in the Philippines to look into this part
of the country. / am told that the most
of the land about the bay belongs to the
United States government. including the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

ga and the hills might he covered with
plantations. The land will also produce
sugar cane. cotton. cacao and hemp. AS
a rice-raising region there is none better
anywhere. The Rio Grande is one of the
largest OF the Philippine rivers and 1t
has floods every year. which fit the lands
for the rice crop. The river Is, | learn
from the private notes OF the Jesuit mis-
sionaries who have been the only explor-
ers of this island 2s9 miles long. and of
this l02 miles are navigable for small
boats.
Cottabato. the capital of the province
of Cottabato, Is situated on this river.
about six miles from where 1t flows into
the Bay of lllana, and small steamers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

ed itself like necktie below the heads
OF the hills, their blue tops peeping out
over II and separating them from the
dense blue walls below. The clouds hang
very low In this part of the world. In
some places they rest upon the water.
and in others they just touch the tops
of the hills The sky above is always
filled with masses OF smoke-like clouds.
which, like those of the hills, are always
chasing one another.
In the Little Harbor of Pollok.
Passing through the great Bay of H.
ana, We came into the little harbor of
Pollok, harbor which is destined to be
one OF the chief shipping places of this
part OF the world. 1t IL almost a perfect
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THE KIPU.
Bunch of Strings Used by the Ancienss
 to Keep Accounts.


 Dr. Max Uhle, distinusshed Ger years engaged in archaeological ex- plorations in Peru. He now ret ms to that country under the auspices Of the American Exploration society, for
 pf rcso of clearing some of the uns9 = biems of the ancient civ ilixata . 0f the Incas and to complete a collection for the museum of the Univers.sy of California. He had made similar collection for the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Uhle proposes to remain two years in Peru to complete his work. Among other important discoveries of Dr. Uhle is the kipu, a collection of knotted strings by the people of the ancient civiliza- tions of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia for the purpose os keeping accounts. They had no written language and no sys- tenn of figures. Their arithmetic con- sisted solely of little knotted strings. Among the primitive villages of the Andes the descendants of the Incas depend upon the kipu for keeping ae- counts, and Dr. Uhle was SD fortunate as to discover them in the hands of Indian herdsmen, who used them so skillfully that they are able to make B record of every animal every bushe1 of feed and article of property that is intrusted to their care. The eolors of the different strings represent differ- ent articles, sueh as barley, corn. sheep, rams, ewes, lambs, horses, etc., while the knots, by their size and dis tance from each other, express hun- dreds, tens and units, in such man. her as to accurately include the dec1- mals. For example, one of the kipus obtained by Dr. Uhle from a shepherd near Lake Titaeaca showed that he had delivered 387 sheep, 2S5 rams, 121 lambs 1 year old, and 99 still younger the number of bushels of barley that had been used. the number of sheep killed and furnished to the kitchen of the owner of the flock, and the num- Der eaten by the shepherds, the num- Der that died of disease, the number killed by wild animals and by accf- dent as completely and as accurately as if it had all been set down by double-entry bookkeeping.
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HOTTEST PLACE.
The Mercury Reaches 14o Degrees on
 the Persian Gulf.

hC NhNI94l3 EO RSSAOOo VN
 the Persian Gulf.
 Lloyd,s Weekly: When we wilt, sWelter and perspire under the af- flicting temperature of our hottest summer days, we have one unfailing eonsolation-it is hotter somewhere else. h one region only Of the ter restrial surface is such relief denied. That region is the hottest place on earth-fhe unhappy area in which the agonized inhabitant is overwhelmed with the fact that anywhere and every where else in the world the weather is delightfully."- cool-by comparison. All will be glad to know just where the hottest place on earth is. In times past there has been much disputation over the subject, but the authorities are now agreed on the spot l am about to name. Curiously enough, this ter- ritory is lot desert, not Fort Yuma, not even the Arizona plains, although a poet well described them by declar- ing that the lost spirits, wandering from their internal abode, stood on the bor- ders of that region, with eyes blinded by the suns reflected glare, then in terror hurried back to their sulphurous lakes-to avoid the heat. No, the hot test place in the world is, with all re- spect to ocean summer resorts, on the seashore. The region of maximum temperature is an extensive area on the'Persian gulf part of the south western coast of Persia. This territory includes the Bahrein or Aval islands. June, July and August are terrific, un- endurable save to the natives and hid- eous to them. Day after day the mer- eury will mark more than 100 degrees In the shade. By day here mean the diurnal twenty-four hours Think os 1t, you who look with fearful eyes on the thermometer that registers 100 de- grees at noontime. Imagine the horror of striking a match at midnight and reading no degrees. It hardly seems possible, yet it is officially declared that this frightful heat is not excess sive-in that country. Often 40 de- grees in the shade is attained in the afternoon. The islands are little group, named after the largest-Ban- rein. They lie between latitude 25 de- grees 30 minutes and 26 degrees 30 minutes north and longitude 50 degrees and 50 degrees 30 minutes east Bah rein itself is about twenty-seven miles long and ten miles broad. The popu- lation of the group is 75,0o0. The na- tives are for the most part Arabs, gov- erned by a sheikh, who pays tribute to the sultan of Oman.
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ARTIFICIAL LIGHTs
Msy Soon Wipe Out the Distinctions ef
 Day and Night.

"Within the next half century arG- ficial light will be so inexpensive, so excellent, and so abundant, says scientist. that it will wipe out the demarcations of day and night. He continues: Darkness is one of the forces of nature against which c1Vliiza- tion wages war. It facilitates crime, It impedes travel, it puts arbitrary Am- its on human exertion. The time is coming when darkness will be tnof- oughly conquered, and the great GU ies flooded from end to end Wltn light that will make every vocation oi life as easy and as practicable at one hour as another. In this latitude nlght Is undoubtedly the best time to Work- especially during the summer. Tue temperature from sunset to sunrise ls cool and equable, there is almost ai- ways refreshing breeze, and as soon as darkness is abolished the people will gradually and naturally reverse their hours of toil. venture the pre- diction that noon in 1850 will see the streets of our great cities deserted, ex- cept for a few midday roysterers and policemen with sunshades. Respect able folks will be abed and asleep, en- toying that delightful repose which we now associate with an afternoon snooze-something by the way, that should long ago have given us hint that day was the proper time to rest Then, when the wonderful incandes- cents of the future blaze forth at dusk, everybody will arise inyigorated and alert, and get ready to begin the nights work. It is beautiful vision. Whenever I eonjure it up, could weep for vexation to think that I vas born a century too soon. :"
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 a AensatIon4AA Inc1dsn0

During the performance of the drama 'sWhen London Sleeps" at the Broad way theater, Deptford, England, an unrehearsed incident of a sensational character was witnessed by the audi ence When the performance had reached the stage at which the villain attempts to strangle the girl whom he has wronged and drown the child someone in the gallery, apparently car ried away by the situation, threw a knife at him as he stood in the center of the stage. The knife missed its aim, but struck the musical director in the back of the head, who staggered from bis seat in the orchestra, and proceed ed underneath the stage where his in- turies were attended to- The sensa- tiona! incident passed unnotieed by the actors, but was notice0 by the audi
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Battle with a Huge Shark.

4 whip-tailed shark became entan- gled in a fishing net off the Delaware coast the other day. Captain Green Of Green Brothers Sturgeon Fishing feet while watching his men at work noticed a great commotion in the water and some of his fishermen battling for life. He bore down to the spot and he and his crew assisted in killing the shark, but not until five men had been wounded by the monster. The shark measured 26 feet from tip to tip.
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row GLOVES ARE GATHERED.
More Used in America Than Any Other
 Eouufry

Country.
 More cloves are said to be used in America than in any other country, England and France following in the order named. In this country and fn Great Britain they are used almost wholly as a condiment, but in France they are used largely in the manufac- ture Of certain liqueurs. To some de. gree they are employed in medicine for their tonic properties. The name eloVe is from the French clou, meaning nail. The tree is an evergreen, grow ing from forty to fifty feet nigh, with large, oblong leaves and crimson f1oW- CTS at the end of small branches in clusters of from ten to twenty. Ihe tree belongs to the same family as the guava, the pomegranate and the rose apple. The. cloves are at first white, then light green, and at the time or gathering bright red. Pieces Of White cloth are spread under the trees at the harvesting time, and the branches are beaten gently with bamboo sticks until the cloves drop. They are dried III LuE Sun, DSl1S lOo5VQ 6DCAS AS4AS until they attain the rich dark color which proclaims them ready for ship ment. A clove tree bears at the age of about ten years, and continues un- til it reaches the age of 75 years There are two crops a year, one in June and the other in December. Hot weather is favorable to the crop, although a little fog is said to improve the flavor New York Press.
 Cook Stove as Monument.
 William McKillip, at an early day 8 citizen of Traverse City, but for many years a resident of Muskegon, tells a curious coincidence which came in the list of his experiences. MT. McKillip is a native of Washington county, New York, leaving it in 1846, and in eeme- tery there with which he was familiar in early life there were deposited the remains of the wife of one Aaron Cros- by As a monument to her memory there was placed over her grave a common eastiron cooking stove, on the top being a marble slab, with the ap- propriate inscription of name, etc. The peculiarity of the cook stove monu- ment naturally impressed itself upon his mind. aside from the fact that he was acquainted with the man who sought in this manner to perpetuate his wife,s memory, but he was des- tined to see another monument of the same sort. Happening to be in Spring field, H., in 1852. he found the sab- bath somewhat lonely among stran- gers and to kill time wandered out to the cemetery. In looking about he came upon the counterpart of the cook stove memorial, and, upon reading the inscription on the slab, found that wife No. 3 of Aaron Crosby was rest ing below No doubt both ladies were excellent cooks, and the appreciative Aaron knew no more appropriate way to perpetuate this great qualification. Traverse City Eagle.
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American commerce with islands and countries oi tue Pacific show q decided increase for the year 1899

Bright's Disease is more dreaded by physicians than any of the seri- ous disorders with which they have to deal, because of its insidious and malignant character. Ii prompt actien were taken when headaches, urinary disorders, digestive troub- les first appear much suffering and sorrow would be averted. Prickly Ash Bitters will quickly stop the spread of the disease. quiet the in- fiammation, heal the kidneys and bladder, strengthen and regulate the liver and drive poisons and im. purities out of the system by cleans ilg the bowels. Sold by Walker Drug Co.
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inc Worlds Coal Supply.

Of .he 50,000,0 900 tons of coal which constitutes the entire worlds supply, one-third is taken from the coal mines of the United States. The British Isles produce 218,000, 900 tons, Germany 124, ,000 000, and the other European na- tions make up, in few million tons each the rest. Spain contributes 20,- 100000 to the sum total, which amount is not sufficient for even home con- sumption. China, though rich in nat ural deposits, mines but little of her coal because Of her use of primitive methods It is prephesied that the in- troduetion of British mechanical appli- ances in Chinese fields will send Up her coal supply at least 25 per cent.
 Unique Violin.
 New York Tribune; A unique violin has been made by Missouri man. The back is of cherry from table more than a century old, which for merly belonged to the Howard-P Payne college. In the center of the back are inserted twenty-one pieces of wood from the Holy Land, one being from grapevine that grew in the Garden of Gethsemane. Around the margin are set in row small pieces of wood, dia- mond shaped, gathered from all over the civilized world. In one end of the back is inserted horseshoe made of castor wood, and in the other end is the image of a rabbit carved in cher ". There are, in all, over 150 pieces of wood, and the only tools used in the manufacture of the instrument were pocket knife and 8 half-inch chisel.
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The man who was "born tired ]" should use Prickly Ash Bitters. It makes work a necessity to give vent to the energy and exhubera nee of spirits generated by functional activity in the system. Sold by Walker Drug Go.
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 Aching ROnAa.

For driving out dull bilious feeling strengthening the appetite and in- creasing the capacity of the body for work, Prickly Ash Bit ter is a gol den remedy. Sold by Walker Drug Co
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The Philippine lquestion and the war in South Africa will be forced to the front In the House.
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Congressman Alexander of Buffalo was yesterday released from quaran- tine. He had been confined to his rooms in the hotel since January IS.
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THE BEST should be your aim
 ! when buying medicine. Get Hoods Sarsaparilla and have the best medicine MONEY GAN BUY.
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The funeral tran bearing the bodies of General Lawton, Major Logan and Major Armstrong passed Omaha at 7:l5 Sunday morning.
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TELEcRAPHlc BRlEFS.i

The currency lbill is the principal measure before the Senate for this week.
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The prospect for the reassem bling of the Pau-American Congress in the near future Is progressing.
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Mir. Arthur sewall announced that he is in favor of holding the Philip pines.
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The St. Louis Worlds Fair bill will be presented in Congress this week.
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Advices fl on Senator Domingo say the French wars hips have been with drawn from the harbor.
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k. II. Kerens spent Saturday in Washington en route to New York.
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The selection of Charleston, s. C., for the next meeting Of the National Educational Association has been approved.