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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-09
Mis- nade steneman Of IIIInoIs.

Miss Dade Stegeman. SuperlulenueH9I1 NM
tba Chicago North side Woman's Gun,
writes as follows about Peruua from NO. ~
Lowell Place, Chicago, ILL.,: nam.
"Peruna' has often been used by 1r l,,,
hers of our club I'm eases of stomach t"su ~,
lie and general deblllty-Nlso recently "a
cnsos az Ia grlppe and always with tht
most beneficial results. think a stenr
deal Of Peruna- often recommend u 70 ,nS
friends, and am glad TO say all ,Wnno MAJ na6e
tried ii speak a good word for H. -NHus
Stegemau.
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Mrs- ElIa Martin 81 ToIedo. o.

Mrs Ella Martin. 100 Montoe bITVVV TT
lcdo, Ohio, writes: ,,,a
II had catarrh OF the womb ana c9u.s,
obtain little or no relief. and a tlleuu a.
yised me to give II n trial. ! nave uSeu
Ave bottles. and now | am cured, -
Il think Peruna is God-sGnd 70 SUI
fcriug humanity. Mrs. Ella MAfuh'
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Msttie a Curtis Of Boston, Mass.

Matte b. Curtis, Secretary Legion NJ
Ioyni Women. Boston, Mass, writes;
II suffered FOR over n year with general
weakness and debility: manifested especial
lv in severe backache and headache. | was
advised to try Peruna ! have taken tonl
bottles, and feel entirely free from thes'
maladles. Matte b. Curtis.
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Mrs. BeIva Lockwood OF Washington.

Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the eminent bar
rlster OF Washington, d. c., mas the fol-
az have used your Peruna both for my
self and my mother Mrs Hannah j Ben.
nett, now in her Ssth year, and ma u
an Invaluable remedy for cold, cathrrn;
tonic for feeble and old people, Mrs. Bel
va Lockwood.
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Mrs. Worren Of Massachusetts,.

Mrs. r. Z. Worrell, 1913 Orleans street.
Boston, Mass, writes; ,.,
81 was troubled for Eve years with "a
+arrh and It cost me great deal of money
for doctors, until read in the paper about
Peruua. / am now on the second bottle
and am entirely well."-Mrs' H. Il. Wor
Ypli
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21

appears, for of the so wells drilling
in the Kern river field Sc were sus-
pended, leaving "a in operation. In
the McKittrick-Sunset fields, of the
1877 drilling 11S were suspended.
The same state of affairs exists
more or less in other portions of the
state. However, the increase, in
June, to 1000 barrels per day, from
625 in May, in the Carreaga and
Fullerton fields has kept up the gen.
eral average. There is talk of ex-
tending railroad lines in different d.
rections in order to tap the oil lands
now nearly inaccessible to market.
California is justified in being
proud of her newly acquired fuel
wealth. Coal and wood have always
been scarce and high and the dis
covery of an abundant supply of
petroleum has rendered the heating
and cooking problem easy of solu-
ton. 1t was estimated that the
yield in 1900 was about 100000 bar
rels an din 1901 nearly twice that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21

that found in the east in that it con.
tains, as a rule, asphalt instead Of
paratfin. Since the earliest times the
Indians used it for various purposes,
and the Catholic. fathers employed
asphalt in roofing the missions.
During the time of the early oil ex-
citement in Pennsylvania there was a
great deal of wildcat speculation in
this state, large sums of money being
sunk. Oil is found in different strata
representing different ages of the
world. The productive strata are Of
sandstone or sand underlying bodies
of shale. The most productive wells
are about 1000 feet deep, or even deep
er. Their life" varies. At Summer
land some run down only 1875 feet. And
this point is one of the most pictur-
esque of all the oil fields The town is
a settlement of spiritists and is sit
uated on narrow strip of land be-
tween the ocean and the mountains,
the latter approaching very near the
shore line at this place. Nearly the
whole territory out into the sea is COW
cred with wells. These ocean wells
are most interesting to visitors. Some
run to depth of $50 feet, but 200 feet
is fair average. Wharves run out
into the water and are surmounted by
derricks.
These wells pay pretty well, for al
though the quality is not especially
good or the output great, the cost of
drilling is small and a well may be
pumped for ten dollars per month. 1t
may be loaded directly into vessels
from the wells or be shipped on the
trains while run through this field. A
bituminous belt extends along the en-
tire Pacific coast from some point in
Mexico to Alaska. In transmitting
solid asphaltum from the mountain
mines of Santa Barbara to the coast
refinery, naphtha is used as solvent.
After reaching its destination the
naphtha is pumped back through the
pipe to the mine and is ready for an
other journey with another load of as
phaltum. Oils in the state vary from
eight to over so specific gravity. The
cost of wells varies with depth and
formation of the ground. The cheap
est are at Summerland, where $500 will
put down we'll $50 feet deep and fur
nish the equipment. There are wells
costing up to $4,000. In Los Angeles
the cost varies from $500 to $3,0OO the
rise in iron work having increased the
price, particularly OF casing. Oil was
first found in paying quantities in Ven
tura county. 1t has been produced and
refined there for 25 years. Oil bearing
sand is found, alternating with shale.
If the latter be soft there is little an
noyance from water. If hard shale,
the water is not easily shut off. A we'll
in Tar creek is over 600 feet deep. It
at first produced 300 barrels per day,
now about so barrels. But the product
of the white wells near Newhall IL
most valuable of all.
EDWARD JULIAN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

California has $1,000 acres of prune
trees.
Oil fuel is used exclusively in the 16
melting furnaces of the new PhiladeI-
phia mint. The temperature in these
furnaces can be raised to 1000 de-
grees.
1t is said that the flint which forms
the substratum of London is nothing
but petrified sponges. An examina-
ton of the fossil sponge or flint shows
its structure.
The stick insect of Borneo, the larg-
est insect known, is sometimes 10 inch
es long. 1t is wingless, but some spe-
cies of stick insects have beautiful
colored wings that fold like fans.
Several factories have been built in
Germany for the manufacture of
forest wool" out of pine needles. 1t
is used for making underclothes and
for stutting mattresses and furniture.
One of the most important indus
tries attaching to the cheap power
now produced by Niagara is the cleo
trical tearing apart of the molecule of
common salt resulting in the forma-
ton of caustic soda and bleaching
powder.
a portable street light of great il
Illuminating power is the device of the
Westminster county council for les
SEEMING accidents from London fogs.
A cylindrical tank IS inches in diam
eter and two feet high is charged with
25 gallons of petroleum, and COM
pressed air forces vapor from the oil
into standpipe provided with a
burner. On igniting the torch flares
up Is inches to two feet, with power
of 1000 candles.
Leroy Beaulieu, well-known econ
omist of Paris, has declared that the
leisure class of men will have to work
for their living in 1852. He made this
interesting statement in a lecture on
the conversion of the French three and
one-half per cent. debt into three per
cent. bonds. He said that the rate of
interest is constantly decreasing, and
predicted that in the next 25 years
capital will be glad to get two per
cent, and that so years hence such
first-class securities as government
bonds and railway securities will bear
one per cent. interest, which," said
the lecturer, will compel all except
the very large capitalists to work for a
living, and the leisure of the class of
people now called well off will be abol-
| ished"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21

Der, 1862, to the close of the war, is
above criticism. He enlisted at the
age of 16 (having been born in 1S46)
in the MacClernand Guards, which sub
sequently became company l., Six
teenth Illinois volunteer cavalry, and
was consequently only 10 when dis
charged.
when a prisoner of war at Ander-
sOnville and other places, his excellent
qualities as soldier and comrade
were fully tested. He refused re-
peated offers from the rebel au-
thorities of assignment to duty
outside the stockade, preferring to
decline all favors and remain with
his fellow prisoners in distress. He
was known to all as Little Illinois,
and was a member of the band of Reg
ulatorS, who arrested, tried and hanged
six raiders July II, 1864, and thus
contributed to the restoration of law,
order and security to life among the
$4,000 prisoners then confined at
Andersonyille, many of whom were
helpless and wholly at the mercy of
the lawless. This incident shows his
mettle as "A boy, and was prophetic of
the answering loyalty he has shown
his comrades and the untiring efforts
he has made to advance their inter-
ests continuously since the war.
"As grand army man he requires
no introduction anywhere among his
comrades. His membership in the or
ganization dates back to 1866, and he
has been at all times during the in
tervening So years the loyal and I'M
failing friend of the order, never evad-
ing or Sinking any duty or service
within his ability to perform for the
advancement of its interests or those
of his comrades.
''In 1874 he became managing edit
or of the Toledo Blade, Toledo, O., a
paper of wide influence and extensive
circulation throughout the country,
and Immediately made it strong adj
vocate of veterans rights, and in 1884
he accepted the managing editorship
of the National Tribune, at Washing
ton, ID. c., which he yet retains; thus
making period of 2S years during
which he has had editorial control of
papers of national reputation and in
fiuence"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21
THE ORIGIN OF GOLF.
Game Was First Played by n Scotch
Shepherd with His Crook
and n Pebble,

The man or woman who has become
interested in golf must needs, know
something of its origin over in Scot
land. In his book, THE Art of Golf"
Sir w. G. Simpson tells the following
pretty story as to how the game had
its beginning:
"a shepherd leading his sheep
would often chance upon round peb-
BILE, and, having his crook in his hand,
would strike it away; for it is as inevi-
table that a man with a stick in his
hand should aim a blow at any loose
object lying in his path as that he
should breathe. Over pastures green
this led to nothing; but once upon
time certain shepherd, feeding his
sheep on links, perhaps that of st.
Andrews, rolled one of these stones
into a rabbit scrape.
MARY" quoth he, 4 could not do
that if l tried thought which nerved
him to the attempt. But man cam
not long persevere alone in any ardu-
Gus undertaking, so Mr.. Shepherd
hailed another, who was hard by, to
witness the endeavor. That is easy
said the friend, and; trying, failed
They now searched the grass for the
roundest stones, and having deepened
the rabbit scrape, so that the stones
might not jump out of it, they set
themselves to practice putting.
"The stronger but less. skillful shep-
herd, finding himself worsted at the
amusement, protested that it was a
fairer test of skill to play for the hole
from a considerable distance With
this arranged, the game was found to
be much more varied and interesting.
The sheep having meanwhile strayed,
the shepherds had to go after them.
"This proving an exceedingly irk-
some interruption. they hit upon the
ingenious device of mailing circular
course of holes, which enabled them
to play and herd at the same time.
These holes being now many and far
apart, it became necessary to mark
their wherea bouts which was easily
done by means of tag of wool from
sheep attached to a stick. primitive
kind of flag still used on many greens,
almost in its original form Since
these early days the essentials of the
game have altered but little"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21
An AcrObatic Pianist.

A Milan correspondent tells of a
pianist named Bancia, who at Venice
recently set himself to break the rec
ord of piano playing, so far as time
is concerned. Apparently what the
musician had to surpass was a 40
hours sitting at the instrument. This
he undertook to do by hammering the
keys for so consecutive hours, that APP
palling period being only broken by
three short rests of ten minutes each.
This feat was duly accomplished in
the presence of committee of doc
tors and musicians. When the two
days, two nights and two hours had
expired, Bancia played the Italian ma.
tional anthem with jubilant flourish,
and left the piano amid the enthusi-
astic cheers of an enormous audience.
The whole of the receipts were given
to the fund in aid of the survivors of
the recent volcanic disasters in the
West Indies.-London News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21

with whom he won the Metropolitan
handicap. The Mackay stable was
gradually enlarged, and although il
is now not as large as many of the
American stables, it contains about
Is horses which, according to an ex-
pert, have a bright future"
Clarence H. Mackay, although he is
a sportsman in everything that the
word implies, has never been sport"
He is never seen in the places frequent
ed by the sporting fraternity; he is a
temperate man, but not total alb
stainer, and is not gambler although
he occasionally sits in a friendly game
of poker. He is an all-around athlete,
but is not big man.
Mr.. Mackay married Miss Katherine
Duer in May, 1898, and a daughter was
born to them on February 5, 1900. His
home at Roslyn, Long Island, is beau
tiful place, which was completed re-
Gently at a cost of more than 81 ,000,-
900.
AS to the fortune which will come
to the young man there are no positive
figures, says the New York Tribune,
and while it has been variously esti-
mated from 1000, 900 to 100000, 900,
some persons who know the value of
the investments place it as high as
$S0,000,000, and contend that John W..
pacity and his thorough knowledge Of
the enterprises with which he was con-
nected, did not know within $40, O0O, 900
how much he was worth. He was so
methodical and had the uncertainty of
life so constantly before him that he
left his affairs in perfect order, and
even without his directing hand every
thing will go on in the Mackay concerns
just as though he were still conduct
ing them.
Among the larger concerns OF
which Clarence H. Mackay will be-
come the head are the Mackay-Bennett
Gable company, the Postal Telegraph
company and the Pacific Commercial
Cable company. The large sugar re-
finery at Yonkers. the Canadian Pa
rife railway, the Southern Pacific rail-
road and the White Knob Copper com.
pany are among the corporations in
which he will be a prominent figure.
There are also several large companies
in the new gold fields in the klon-
dixie in which much Mackay capital is
invested.
John w. Mackay was always proud
of his good name, and in this respect
the young man also resembles his ia.
Their, for whom he always showed
great love and affection.
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ing extent, and this fact has given a
wide spread impression that it is all
too heavy. This is a mistake as
there are all grades of oil in the
state. In fact, near Newhall, are the
white wells where perfectly clear
kerosene, ready for illuminating
purposes, has been found. This ter
ritory is, so far, supposed to be linn
tied, being confined to a portion of
Placerita canyon.
The first well was drilled at
large expense owing to the quality
of the rock formation, but after
months of hard labor the operators
were rewarded by a fine floor; in
fact, for a short time, the well was
gusher, throwing a stream 100 feet
into the air-a 400-barrel tank was
filed in "a hours. They tried boring
deeper, but the pipe detected and
the flow was ''smothered." 1t is
thought that the removal of the pipe
and redrilling in a straight line will
bring oil in paying quantities again.
1t filters through the rock in some
way until it is distilled, and is worth
from four to five dollars per bar
rel on the field. The smell of ma
tural gas meets one at every turn in
Placerita canyon, and in some pOr-
tions of the state there are paying,
flowing gas wells. 1t is probable
that the Los Angeles fields have pro-
duced more oil than others in the
state, although the greater portion
.of the product has been of low
grade, and most of the wells must
be pumped at considerable expense.
One skeptic who believed that there
were no flowing wells in the city was
invited to look at a gusher when the
cap was removed, with the result
that a new $50 suit of clothing
was ruined. In oil more than in any
other industry one must look for
the unexpected to happen. Most Of
the wells produce in large quanti-
ties at first. but a woman who lives
in the midst of some wells, near
Westlake Park, stated recently that
some of the wells at the rear of her
residence formerly furnished 65 bar
rels daily each. Now it is necessary
to pump 65 wells to obtain that
amount of petroleum.
In 1868 a well costing $4,000 was
drilled on Hoover street, but the bust
ness was not pushed.
The California product differs from
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21
GOOD BUSINESS MAN.
Heir to Mackay Millions Respected
by Financiers.
Suggested Some Successful Schem es
to His Father-HIs Weakness
for Horses Has Never Be-
come q Vice.

Clarence Hungerford Mackay, who,
by the death OF his father, John w.
Mackay, becomes the head of the FAM
lily and of the great business inter-
ests which it controls, has for years
been familiar with the various busi-
ness enterprises in which his father
was engaged. Up to the present time
he has never taken active part in the
direction of the Mackay business con-
Germs, but it is we'll known among the
friends of the family and among the
men who were the business associates
of John w. Mackay that Clarence IL.
Mackay had the confidence of his IA
Their in business matters, who gave him
credit for having suggested some of
his successful business schemes.
Clarence II. Mackay was born in San
Francisco April II, 1874. With his broth
er, who died in 1895. he was taken to
Europe, and his boyhood days were
spent at Villebon, near Paris, the beau
tiful estate now leased by w. X. Van
derbilt, who has converted part of
the place into horse breeding estab-
lishment, where he keeps Halma and
other famous horses.
If Clarence II. Mackay has weak
ness it is for horses. He had owned
number of good horses, but had never
become known on the turf until he
won the great international stallion
race at Paris with Sweaze. The Amer
lean colony at Paris was deeply inter-
ested in the race, because many promi-
nent owners had entered horses. Little
was known of the animal which Mr..
Mackay had purchased at Little Sill
yer, n. j., for 81, 500. To the surprise
of the natives and the great satisfac-
ton of the Americans, Mr.. Mackay's
horse won in straight heats in 2:1S
each. This was on the turf, and not
on a level track, and the performance
has not been equaled since that time.
Mr.. Mackay's first venture on an
American track was with Banastar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21
RICH IN PETROLEUM.
The Wells of Southern California
Are Fair Producers.
Only Drawback Il the Speculative
Fever Which They Cause and
Which ImpOverishes Many
small Investors.
Especial Los Angeles (Cal.) letter.

Especial Los Angeles (Cal) Letter.
TT WAS remarked recently that
there is hardly a poor working
woman in Los Angeles who has
not lost more or less money by in
vesting in oil wells. While facts are
exaggerated in this statement, it re-
mains true that the petroleum craze,
In its seasons, more thoroughly than
any other enterprise in southern
California, drains the pockets of
large numbers of citizens who can
ill afford to lose their small savangs.
1t is undoubtedly true that the poor
people OF this state are wretchedly,
sordidly poor; and the remembrance
of better days and hope of adding
to a depleted income causes many
to listen with over-willing ears to
smooth stories concerning the oily
product. There are still unwary in
dividuals who seem not to be con-
tent unless they are risking burning
their fingers, but the petroleum in
dustry is now reduced to very safe
working basis. A radical though
gradual change has been taking
place during the last six months in
methods of conducting this business.
Instead of the eagerness formerly
displayed to secure the oil in tanks,
care is now being directed toward
arranging for better transportation
to such market as existed and in
creasing that market. For, although
there was an increase of so per cent.
in the oil product of California last
year over that of 1900, the decline
of 37.7 cents per barrel, resulted in
a loss OF about S2,96O,OO0. This has
caused a decline in the amount of
development being made. In May,
there were 122 rigs and 533 wells
drilling, while in June there were
113 rigs and 529 wells drilling. This
is a greater reduction than at first
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21
GRAND ARMY HONORS.
Friends and Comrades of John Hc-
ElrOy Boom Him for COmman-
der in Chief

A circular has been issued by the de-
partInent of the Potomac, Grand Army
of the Republic, setting forth the
claims of Senior Vice Commander in
Chief John McElroy for the office OF
commander-in-chief, to be voted for at
the national encampment in Washing
ton, ID. C., in October. 1t is believed
that he has the lead in the race, be-
cause of being in line of promotion.
The circular gives Comrade McElroy's
record, and the reasons for his cleo
ton as follows:
"Comrade McElroy's military REQ
ord, covering the period from Octo-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21

In responding to the toast Science"
at a banquet in New York recently
President Pritchett, of the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology, told
this story: "In Boston school the
other day a teacher said to a small
boy: who won the battle of New Or
leans| why Jim Corbett, Of course
was the answer. How did that hap
pen?' asked the teacher, thinking to
set the boy right. He won,' was the
prompt reply, because he had more
science than the other guy."-Chi.
cago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21

amount. Twelve oil refineries in the
state are using at rate of over
100000 barrels of petroleum per
year, the total amount of distillates
being over 100000 barrels, and the
refining business is in its infancy.
1t has been practically proven that
the supply is well-nigh inexhaustible,
and manufacturers will no longer
hesitate to make needed changes in
their furnaces.
Until comparatively recent times,
petroleum has been almost ex-
clusively used for illuminating pur-
poses, and the public has been slow
In learning it's value as lubricant
and fuel. Oil at one dollar per bar
rel is equivalent in cost to coal at
$3.50 per ton. Coal in California is
worth from $3.50 per ton, up. A
large quantity of the output is not
susceptible to refining to any pay
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21
Scotsman's Precise Folly.

Maj. James B. Pond, of worldwide
repute as a pilot of celebrities of the
concert stage and the '1yceum," tells
of waiter, Scotsman, of whom he
once inquired the exact time to leave
to catch the morning boat plying be-
tween the river town where he was
visiting and the next stopping place
on his itinerary.
"Weel, Gamma tell We jist whit time
twill be; but if ven leave five min
uites afore We see the steamer comm
room the pint, yell jist be in time to
cotch it, sir."-Philadelphia Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21

Barkley-Poynter's greyhound was
awarded prize of $1Ofor perfect form
at the dog show.
Barker-Yes: and then the ladies'
humane society had Poynter arrested,
and he was fined $40 for shaping his
dog with corsets.-Judge.