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day, April 2s, it gnawed slowly for an
hour through hard formation more
than an eighth of a mile below the
surface. D
"She's struck sand!" shouted. the
driller.
1t vas only that the drill had
dropped into softer formation-and
the sand was likely to be as barren as
Coney Island's-but force Of habit
impelled this cautious man to con.
meet 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tools could be withdrawn from the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 yellow torrent gushed forth
and filed the tank with a roaring and
a splashing that sang of millions.
"She's struck oil!' was the shout;
and it echoed down the valley and be-
yond, 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's Great Gusher, and capital
lists began to speculate on the strange
developments that might follow the
discovery of a subterranean petroleum
lake east Of the Alleghanies.
As for the Great Gusher, it spouted
forth 22OO barrels the first day and
0500 the second day,
Before noon on the third day it had
repaid the partners their entire ex-
penses on the lease-the investment
had cost them only $4,000.
At the close of the fifth day they
were $4,000 richer for the mere
trouble of catching the OIL.
Then the Great Gusher sobered
down to the cheerful song of $1,000
day, and this it continues to sing,
week days and Sundays, with no sign
of WEAKNESS. y sg-:yi /. <
1t is the greatest well known to, the
northern oil fields since 1882, when
the Cherry Grove field, in Warren
County, Penn, made the world ring
with tales of sudden fortune.
Cherry Grove knocked the bottom
out of oil prices and ruined thousands
of men engaged in the oil business
elsewhere. Blossburg may do the
same thing if it proves to be over
big lake of oil and not merely q small
pool, as was the case with Cherry
Grove, which exhausted itself in
year.
This important question can be
settled only when test wells have been
sunk for miles around, and from the
way speculators are rushing into the
Pine Creek region doubts must soon
be dispelled. ss,,,
The Blossbrrg aproperty is being
honey y-combed with drills. A well near
the Great Gusher is yielding $40 bar
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PlTH AND POINT.

Blobbs-"I understand that dem
lists now not only extract teeth but
insert them" Slobbs - "Humphf
My dog can do that" 5
"Have you and your neighbors
called on each other yet?" 'eNo; but
I heard our cooks calling each other
names over the back fence"
"Did you have any trouble select
ing name for the baby?" ''Nore at
oil; there's only one rich uncle in the
family. y."-Richmond Dispatch.
IT haven't seen you ont lately >,
said the walking stick. "No," res
piled the umbrella, 81 am still keep
ing lent" ."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Two souls that to single thought give.
birth. Ss4E
Ahl How they do agree.
She thinks he's all there Is on earth. ,gss
Philadelphia Press.
Poeticus- ''There are no geniuses.
in attics nowadays" Cynicus-"No,
most of them seem to have got down
to business and are running eleva-
tors" -.
Tommy-"Dad, have smashed a.
French plate window. Will you foot.
the damages?" Dad-"You young
scamp! I will begin by footing the,
damager." X.
GERRY Pontoon, tell US something
about Oliver Cromwell" (Which
version, ma'am?" IT don't under
stand" magazine or history?"-
Chicago News. &
"There must be something.
terrible about paint box. J" Ida
"Whyi SOP" Jack -3sBecause it Isl
the only thing that will make some,
girls turn red" ~ .-a
Stella ~ was awfully nervous
when Jack proposed" Maude-
"Was itsuch surprise?" Stella
"'No; T was afraid SOME one would
come in and interrupt him. Chicago
News. a.. "...... "
"Thst woman is shoplifter," said
The Aoorwalker to the detective; "sher
will take anything she Sees" Il
spotted her the other day." re-
sponded the detective; "I saw her
take the elevator.
'My wife doesn't seem to be pro-
crossing, DOCTOR" remarked the anR-i
ious husband. "No," returned the
physician. "When she gains little
strength she uses it all up telling
people what's the matter with her." =
ST want to marry your daughter, 1"
said Foxey." "Have you spoken to-
her yet?" asked the father. "No,"
replied the suitor. "You see, I
want to get your refusal, so that L
will have something to work on."-
/ Philadelphia North American.
Hobo-"Hev yer got any nnd of a,
Job you want done, lady9" House.,
keepsr-"I'm sorry poor man, tos
have to disappoint you" s'Dat's all
right, lady. I jest wanted ter fnds
out if I could take sleep in de next
lot here widout bein' world by offers'f
nf work " -.
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mountainsiae had been offered at auc-
ton before drill had been sunk it
would not have fetched ten cents an
acre. Now there is not an acre that
would not sell for $1,000, with mob
of bidders fighting for precedence.
Pine Greek, tie most famous trout
stream in Pennsylvania, is the centre
of this oil rush, which rivals the gold
rush OF Cape Nome. The big we'll
there are many smaller ones arou nd
it, and more are being sunk every day
lis three.quarters of a mile south
east of Gaines. Tioga County. It
penetrates the rock for 654 feet near
the edge ola bluff that rises 120 feet
from the bed Of Pine Greek.
There was time when the hills for
miles in every direction we're COW
cred with the finest pines in Pennsyl-
vania. But the creek has hoated out
billions of feet of timber, and now the
region is desolate ono of stumps and
5rambles, repellant alike to the eagri-
,ulturist and the artist.
The story of the "Great Gusher,"
IS it is known in the pGrlance of oil
men, is one of the romances of for
1une, deserving a place beside the
bonanza tales of California and Ne
vada. Those for whom the we'll is
pouring forth its $1,000 a day are coun-
try merchants and professional men,
formerly of moderate means, none OF
whom knew anything about the oil
business. They ore former Senator
Walter Merrick, John Aylesworth,
Del. Aylesworth, William Ayleswortb,
DR.. D. O. Merrick, George Clark, J.
D. Connors, W. S. Scott, Mark Davis,
W. H. McCarty, A. E. Botchford, e.
R. Whittiker, F. b. Stratton, ". c.
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How to Live a Century.

DR.. D. K. Pearsons, of Hinsdale,
ILL.,, millionaire who is making it his
business to give away his money to
enterprising colleges in the West, re-
Gently made some very interesting
statements in explanation of his con-
dition of hearty and hopeful health at
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city OF q mountalnslde htn-
erto sacred to rattlesnakes. +
It has added millions to the real
estate values and made heiresses of
poor farmers daughters for many
mile around.
Most important of all, it has proved
that the geologists were wrong when
they decided, years ago, that oil
would never be tapped east OF the Al
leghany watershed, and it suggests
the possibility of the worlds oil mar
ket being flooded to such degree as
to bring prices down to next to moth
ing-th is, if Mr.. Rockefeller were
not here to keep them up and put the
difference in his pocket.
Such, in brief, are the facts concern
irg the Blossburg Oil Company's well.
the source of river which is iealously
caught and imprisoned as it gushes
from Tthe earth, because every gallon
of it is worth money.
It is pouring out wealth at the rate
OF S365, 900 year-a thousand dollars
a 5dByG-and it represents only the be-
ginning of what may be expected of o
region Where land is ten thousand
times more valuable to-day than it
was before the oil discoveries. -.
This last is literal fact. If the
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BORROWING THE BABY.

"Good mornin'. My ma sent MI
To asst you how you was,
An hope you're well--you know at l'
Th' way she allus does.
My ma-sIe sez, you're strangers,
But then she kind o. thought
She'd like to borry tn baby
AT you folkses 'as got.
"My ma sets by th' winder
An watches you and i'm, -
An kind O. smiles an cries to wunst,
Cause he's like baby Jim.
Who's Jim2 He was our baby
We named him after pa.
Say, en- we borry your baby
A little while fer ma?
"My ma she sez she wouldn't
Mind II your baby cried.
She sez It ID be like music
Since little Jim has died.
She sez she'll be good to him,
An she'd like whole lot,
II we en- borry the baby
AT you folksee as got"
Josh Wink. in Baltimore Am erica
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twenty well-kn3Rn beauties of the
island were cont9Sfanfs for the honor.
Sonora Josefna Herrara ds Pulido,
the daughter of Count Fernandina,
was the last qban lsenorits to be
similarly honoreds <,
Silvia Alfonso waa born lin Cuba,
but was educated in Paris. She lived
in New York from time to time during
the past four years, during the pro-
gress of the recent insnrrection.
She will be the recipient of every
honor during festival week and will
remain supreme for two years until
the next festival is held. IN 2
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:, In selecting the bluff near the upper
end of the property they disregarded
the advice OF experienced oil pros.
pectors. To drill there was pro-
nounced an act of folly. l.f,f. ~
To emphasize the hopelessness OF
the case work was begun on Good
Friday, April 13. Any gambler would
have laid big odds against such an
unhappy combination.
For ten days the drill burrowed its
way through varying strata. On Mon
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American Wins Victoria Cross.

An American was one of the first tc
win the Victoria Cross in the South
African war. He is Charles J. Spruce,
a native OF Kerosha, Wis. A few
years ago he went to South Africa, in
time to be a member of Jamieson's
raiders. After the raid he returned
to this country, but when the war be-
gan he went over to England and en-
listed in cavalry regiment. Re won
the cross by rescaing. :. wounded COM
rade.
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SUNS. to .&rItpe OH age
should keep cool, not overload the
stomach, breathe pure mir and lots of
it, eat a vegetable diet. not eat late
suppers, go to bed early, not fret, not
go where he'll get exalted, and not
forget to take nap after dinner.
Though he is doctor himself, he
threw all his medicine away years ago,
and he says he does not know what an
ache or pain is. He takes regular de.
light in his gifts to colleges, but will
not allow anyone to make hero OF
him, as he hates excitement. He
says O man must "keep cool" if he
wants to live hundred years. "It's
the worst thing in the world" he
maintains, "to get angry or cross. I"
He gets up at 6, eats light break
fast, works till noon, eats a vegetable
and fruit dinner, without tea or cof-
fee, takes it easy the rest of the day
and goes to bed at 8. He says he
does not want to die till he has given
away all his money.
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CHAPTER XIV.
MASTER AND SLAVE.

After leaving Olive G#e, Clarence
Stanley returned to his hotel and
made sorSxhat ostentatious prepara-
tions for a journey. Having then
paid his bill, he Was driven, with his
luggage, to the depot, to get the first
train tor Chicago; bat before boarding
The train he changed his mind con-
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Eis discoyyisry has made group
LOT sconntry stossk Keepers s5aud small
farmsrsIricI III in 5 triee.t, Men whose
total world dly pos ossessions were worth
perhaps 800 have been offered $685.
. .00Jfor heir rights in this gusher.
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eabcock. F. l.. Jones and W. A. Rob-

Babcock, F. L. Jones and w. A. Rob-
erts. .-', :,
The company is not incorporated
and business is carried on as a co.
partnership.
The drilling of the Great Gusher
was a forlorn hope. The company
had already drilled one we'll on it's
lease of 155 acres and had found the
sand as dry as powder. Under the
lease n forfeit would have to be
naid if two wells were not sunk. The
ssorfeit would amount to about the
.ame loss as the drilling OF aswell.
With The slenderest Ishadow of o
hope-merely, in gambling parlance,
to e'have q run for their money"-the
partners decided in favor OF the we'll.
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the age of eighty
years He says he
expects to live until
he is g hundred, and
his rules of life are
" orth considering.
Most tf men dig their
gr ages with their
teeth" T" he said. "My
stomach is my friend
and I'm happier than
any other man on
earth He says the
man who wants to live
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In the good old days when there
were such things as horse cars and po-
lite conductors the following repartee
was overheard on downtown car:
Conductor-"Beg pardon, sir, bus
this nickel hes plug in it,"
Passenger-'That's all right, con-
ductor; so las the car. "-Chicago
News,
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rels day, and another is productive
in q smaller degree. .a.

from no one knows. As soon as the
tools pierced the shell the well flowed
and no sand was bailed out. Whether
there is ten feet of it or fifty, whether
it is browD, white or gray, no one
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Even the rich girl may have poor
complexion.
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TheBIossburg" "Gusher" !:
Greatest Oil Strike on Record.
pSNNsYLVANIA's NEW NoNDIKE.

E RIVER of oil has created o
\ second Klondike in Penn
y sylvania. It has made a
- CITY of q mountainside hith-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-19
NOT AFRAID.
CONGRESSMAN COMSTOCK SAYS
! BISMARCK PEOPLE NOT AFRAID

CONGRESSMAN COMSTOCK SAYS
BISMARCK PEOPLE NOT AFRAID
OF SOLDIERS,
S. G. Comstock in Fargo Call: I
came in from Bismarck this morning
Bismarck is improving wonderfully.
The Northern Pacific is putting UP
new depot in the old Spanish architec-
ture. They take the discarded pieces
and clippings from the marble of the
new state house at st. Paul and, grind
ing it up and mixing it with concrete,
it makes mottled building material
which very closely resembles the old
material used by the Spaniards. The
are also putting up a big hotel out
there and matters appear prosperous
with them. I spoke to an audience
of 1000 people last night They had
200 men in line in torchlight parade
They have a military post out there
with two soldiers in it and the people
ten me that they are not afraid Of
being intimidated by the standing
army at his post.
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THE HOTEL.

BRICK WORK WILL BE DONE IN
SIDE OF A EEK-ADDITIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS AGREED UPON
Assistant Chief Engineer Darling of
the Northern Pacific was in the city
today to look over the work being done
upon the hotel and decide upon u.
number of matters in connection
with the fitting up of the interior. One
OF the results of Mr.. Darlings yisi.
will be the addition of hardwood floors
in the second and third stories. This
will be a marked addition to the ao-
pearance of the interior of the hotel
and will make it harmonize better with
the appearance of the exterior. Some
other improvements have also been
agreed upon, all of which will tend to
the convenience and appearance of the
building.
The bricklayers have finished about
two-thirds of their work and it is ex-
pected that in a week from today the
brick work will be practically com
pleted. The carpenters are busy on
the interior and matters are being
rushed as fast as possible. "a Et
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GANS.BEASLEY SHEEP CASE

JUDGMENT OF OVER $4,000 PAID
BY NORTH DAKOTA BONDSMEN.
Dickinson, N. D., Oct. ia judg-
ment granted by Judge Pollock in the
famous Gans-Geasley sheep case has
been paid by A. Hilliard and DR.. v, Fl.
Stickney of Dickinson and J. E. Phe-
Ian of Fargo, as bondsmen for Joseph
Cans of Helena, Mont, amounting to
$26,7 50. This amount was paid to
Ball, Watson & Maclay of Fargo, at
torneys for Rosenbaum Bros. & Co..
of Chicago, and is the outcome of the
decision rendered by Judge Fisk sew
eral months ago. The local bonds
men are Unidentified by H. S. Bodce Of
Kansas City, who in turn is indemn1-
fed by the Cans people, -.
The Judgment has been in default
on Cans part since last spring. Suit
was commenced against the bondsmen
and judgment rendered by Judge Pol
lock on August 2. The case is ex-
pected to come up again before the
supreme court for final decision; but
in the meantime, Gans having failed
to put up proper bonds for security of
the plaintiffs, the judgment has been
collected.
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GOOD MEETING

SUCCESSFUL REPUBLICAN RALLY
AT WASHBURN WEDNESDAY
EVENING H. SMITH
SPOKE.
Hon. T. F. Marshall and Emerson
IL. Smith of Fargo returned last night
from Washburn where they were pres
ent at the republican rally Wednesday
evening. Mr.. Smith addressed the
voters of the county in the court house
in the evening and made an excellent
speech. The large crowd that was
present could not be accommodated
in the court house, and it was not large
enough to hold all who desired to hear
the speechmaking.
The republican convention was held
at Washburn Wednesday and the re-
publicans nominated a full ticket, all
of the old officers being renominated
except clerk of court and county judge,
which offices went to the east end OF
the county. After the speaking in
the evening there was a dance and
general jubilation. 1t was one of the
best meetings ever held in Washburn.
Mr.. Marshall went to Mandan on
the noon train today. He has been
all over the state in his campaigning
and reports prospects for large re-
publican majority growing brighter
every day. He says he believes the
state will give a majority of 10000 for
Mckinley and that the state ticket
will run we'll up with the presidential
ticket.
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ARRESTED ANYWAY.
COULDN'T GET HIM FOR MURDER
SO TOOK HIM ON ANOTHER
CHARGE &&- 5.5c4 r

g -as e. ~ Ga
Minneapolis, Oct. 19.-C. A. Foster,
who was arrested in this city Monday
might, suspected of murder, but later
released, is, again in the tolls. He was
placed under arrest yesterday by Sher-
If Costello of Williams county. North
Dakota, who arrived here yesterday.
Foster was at police headquarters
waiting for the sheriff. He will be
taken back to Williston on charge
OF securing goods under false pre-
lenses. 1t is claimed that he secured
the goods from Heddrick Bros. & Co..
OF Williston, and that their total value
is $40. -. ..,..-- ~ ,*s ....
Sheriff Costello is, however, more
anxious to find Joseph Parrot, the man
whom the residents of Williston be-
Aeved had been murdered by Foster.
1t is now practically established that
the man has. not been murdered, but
was in Minneapolis last Saturday. if
he can be found in the land of the liv-
ing he will be charged with selling
mortgaged property, says the sheriff.
Sheriff Costello lodged Foster and his
l2-year-old son in the county Jail, and
will take them back to North Dakota
rnls morning. After having per-
formed this duty he will start out On
a hunt for Parrot,
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WILL BOOM.
NEW ROCKFORD MAN THINKS
& THE TRANSVAAL WILL BOOM
UNDER BRITISH RULE.

NEW ROCKFORD MAN THINKS
& THE TRANSVAAL WILL BOOM
UNDER BRITISH RULE.
Jamestown, Oct. 19.-Joe Stanton Of
New Rockford was in jamestown last
evening on his way to johannesburg,
South Africa He was a resident Of
Johannesburg for five years and left
.lere when the trouble with Great
Britain began. Now that the war is
practically over there, and business
has begun to be as. usual, Mr.. stanton
thinks things will boom in all lines,
and will be much better under British
than Boer rule. He says the Beers
had no time for English or Americans
and whenever either of the latter class
OF citizens became well to do, the
Transvaal government would, in num-
erous cases, confiscate the property
under some pretext. This was espe-
cially true of the mines. One English
man, Mr.. Stanton related, became pos
sessed of a very valuable mine. The
government seized it and the owner
brought suit against the government.
The judge ruled against the govern
ment and the land was returned to the
owner. A new Judge was imme-
diately appointed to succeed the man
who had given an opinion so distaste-
full 70 the Transvaal government.
johannesburg, a city of 100000 peo-
pie, has never been incorporated. The
Beers have paid little or no taxes, the
buruen fai4ing on the foreigners. MI
Stanton is delighted over the turn
affairs have taken. He has property
interests in johannesburg and thinks
the same will be increased in value py.
the change in government.
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DEMOCRAT CHANGES.
Taylor Crum, of Fargo, lifelong

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT CHANGES
Taylor Crum, of Fargo, lifelong
democrat, says:
81 shall vote for President McKiu-
ley. I believe it is for my personal
interest and in the interest of every
farmer, laborer and merchant in this
state to do so. We had better let
well enough" alone
"The history of the parties since
1860, the financial and business condl-
tions of the country and the make up
and claims of the parties, forced me to
the conclusion that the seer was right
when he said THE democrats are eter-
nal1y trying to revive every issue that
is dead, and kill every issue that is
alive
Il consider Mr.. Bryan a demagogue,
gifted, it is true, with rare powers or
speech, utterly unfit to be president
of this great republic. ss5s
The conclusions I arrived at IN
1896 have been strengthened and FOR
titled by the unprecedented period of
national prosperity which 1t has been
our good fortune to enjoy since the
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FIVE CENTS

Inauguration on Mr.. Mckinley in
1897. Il ISL
Capital is now employed, confidence
is restored, labor is employed, and our
bank deposits are secure; we cannot
afford to change now and place Mr..
Bryan, an untried, political soldier
of fortune who is running on three
different national platforms, in the
presidents chair.
We have tried free trade and pros
pectiVe. free silver, but free soup
houses We're the result. The full
dinner pail" suits me better.
= would rather trust the republican
party than the party of secession and
so cent dollars.
"Bryan's prophesies in 1896 have
All been unfulfilled; the evils and dis
asters he predicted have not mater
ialized. On the contrary, prosperity
has smiled on our land, and instead
of borrowing money as we were obliged
to do under democratic rule, we have
millions to loan, and have become d
great world power.
1t is true that North Dakota has
had drouth this year, but Mckinley
does not control the weather in our
| locality. We can stand a drouth once
in thirty years better than Organism,
a deprecated currency, high interest
and national dishonor. Z
Let US fulfill our destiny manfully
and courageously, and never pull down
the flag where it has been raised in
honor over ground made sacred by
the blood of American volunteers"