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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14
Sir Henry Irving's Wit.

On one occasion Sir Henry Irvings
company, having been called to the
theater for rehearsal, found upon their
arrival that they were considerably
ahead of time. AS Sir Henry had not
yet arrived, one of the actors in the
company who was noted for his &C.
complishments as a mimic proceeded
to give a lively and elaborate imita'
ton of Sir Henrys highly character
istic acting. As he finished his dem
onstration a we'll known voice came
from the depths Of the darkened au'
ditOrium:
VERY good" it said; every good in,
deed-so good, in fact, that there is no
need for both of us in this company.
Harper's.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14
Andy Adams.

Andy Adams, author of ''The Log Of
q Cowboy" is native Of Indiana. AS
q youth he went to Texas, where for
more than ten years he worked on cat
tie ranches. He rose from common
hand to the position Of foreman on the
old western trail, winning popularity
among a class Of men whose fealty IS
not easily gained. In 1888 he gave up
cattle life and turned to mining, being
now located at Colorado Springs. When
he realized that the life Of the old days
was gone forever he began to put
some of his actual experiences on pa
per, for it now seemed to him to have
been romantic, though it did not ap-
peal to him in that light when he was
compelled TO sit in a saddle from Six
teen to twenty-four hours at time IN
all kinds of wcathcr.-New York Mail
and Express.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14
FIRST CHURCH OF
CHRIST SCIENTISTS.
DARTnN III

BOSTON, JUNE 2s-JULY 1903.
Vary Tow Rates. Baltimore a Ohie
Railroad.
Tickets on sale from all points
East of the Ohio River on June 26th
to 2eth, valid for return not latter
than July end, 1908, inclusive.
For full information concerning
tine of trains. fares and stop
overs, call on or address Tick
ct Agents Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road. July Fl
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14
working Night aud Day

The busiest and uightiest little
thing that ever va made Is DR..
Kings New Atre ., These pills
change WeakL.s tuoc strength
r stlessness Into energy, brsin-fae
Int, metal power. They're won
derlu 10 '2ni!ding up the health
Only IS Gel IS per box. Sold by D
A. aendeTShot.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14
Very Playful,

your little brother seems like play
full boy"
eyes, he is. He's very playful. When
sister was married he stopped up the
chimney, threw pepper in the fire, put
brandy in the lemonade and turned the
garden hose on the minister. Oh, he's
playful all right"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14

A company should be organized
and land secured on the Electric
railroad line on which to build a
club house. We need such house
near this city and the company
could easily be organized for this
purpose.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14
1t Made a Difference.

Mother-Goodness me! Is that Irene
at the piano?
Little Son-Ycs, ma.
Mother-Well. go and ask her what
she is doing. If she is praCticing she
can keep on until the hour is up, but il
she is playing tell her to stop.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14

refners connected with Its
pipe lines and these re-
fners have pro6ted enormously
by following Standard quotations.
"Prices justified In the markets OF
the world" are not for the oil pro-
Queer.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14

The reports of the pipe lines
showing reduced stocks at season
be fore the demand for fall and win
ter trade sets In would indicate
advanced prices for all products but
it Is not probable that producers
will be benefited. The producers
seem willing to drill at existing
prices therefore why should not
the Standard and Pure Oh com
pany take advantage of conditions
by advancing refined prices and
keeping crude In the same old rut?
Why should they no! put up refined
and keep crude down? Is there any
reason why producers should be
recognized when 1t IS so easy TO
keep them working on a small
allowance?
In the Meadville district,in Tyler
county, the Carter OH Company
has drilled its test we'll on the John
S. Bullman farm, into the Big In
Jun sand and has made good
strike. At "a feet In the pay
streak was reached and the we'll is
estimated to be good for 100 bar
rels a day.
In the Hebron district, the same
company has di'lled Its No. 4, on
F. T. Mccullough farm, through
the Big Injun sand and will not
have better than a 10 barrel pump
er.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14
THE OIL MARKET.
RAGS Run, 0,

active az present. Iuuy " ooAh~y
have completed 3 wells on the Sem
m,er heirs tract and their combined
production Is 20 barrels per day.
They are located on Cady Run
Same firm and on same stream,
there are three wells on the J. A.
Hollstein farm that are making on
an average of E barrels per day
each. Same land No. 4 we'll Is down
600 feet. Same firm are rigging up
at No, I we'll on the M. o. Farms
worth farm and rig timbers are on
the ground for No. we'll.
Fisher Oil company are cleaning
out No. I we'll on the Adam Sem.
mler farm. 1t Is light producer.
The Associated Producers OH
company are building rig for No. I
well on the Bell farm. This loca'
ton Is In the eastern part OF the
field.
The Florence oil company are
rigging up at we'll No. on the j.
w, Skinner farm. The location Is
In the north part of field.
Same locality Meldren Bros. have a
buster on the land of Mary Pool at
we'll No. I.
To the. south of the pool the
Rea's Run Oh company, have a 20
barrel producer at No. we'll on
the Wells farm. No. we'll Is down
1000 feet and the rig IS up for No, 3
we'll.
Same company are rigging up at
No. 3 we'll on the J. A. Hollestine
farm. Their No. I we'll on the
Philip Thomas farm Is making 80
barrels per day, and is the largest
producer in the field. They are
building rig for No. we'll on the
Fred Yost farm and have timbers
on ground for No. derrick.
The Columbus Oh company have
n 10 barrel well at No, on the
Mary Yost tract.
No. I we'll on the Lee farm, same
company are drilling at depth of
LOCO feet; MOI Graw, Is down 200
feet: No. I Bliss, rig building; No. I
Vim. Farnsworth, rig building.
Wilmington & Go. have complet'
ed two wells on the J. A. Hollstein
farm and each we'll Is making 20
barrels.
OH Is found In the above field In
the Squaw and Big Injun forma-
tions.
According to the Bureau of sta.
tistics, the exports of petroleum
and Its products for the month of
June amounted to 72,oI2,o95, gal
Ions valued at $5,2oS,6S4, which
was 23,eeS,927 gallons less than the
corresponding month one Year ago
the value being $500, oo7 less. The
exports for June, 1902 were &C.
o11,o12 gallons valued at $S77o.69I
The exports for the twelve months
ending June of this year were
GAL, o2S,336 gallons valued at
S65N1s,3o3, a decrease of 15e,34o-
464 gallons and $500, 3o3 as
compared with the same period
one year ago. For the twelve
months e-ding with June, 1902,
the exports were 1000, 3oo,9oo
gallons valued at $7o,94s,ooe.
Advanced prices have lessened the
demand. but the increased values
have not lessened profits 10 re6ners,
the producers receiving but a
small percentage of the ratio of the
advance. While the foreign de-
maud has lessened the worlds
consumption Is In excess of the sup
ply and stocks OF oil are being
steadily reduced, Notwithstanding
the great activity In drilling oper-
atoms In all fields.
Recognizing the ease with which
vast profits are accumulated by the
Cfoodord Oi1 Cor,ooou In tho
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
Valuable Waste PAPER.

In the treasury department greater
care is required in the removal OF
waste paper than in any other gov.
eminent Office. All waste paper in
the treasurer's office is inspected by
special waste paper Inspector
whose duty it is to discover any val.
liable document that may have been
carelessly misplaced. 1t is then sent
to the waste paper room in the sub
basement, where all the contents OF
the wicker baskets are separated into
three piles-pasteb and brown
paper and white paper. Two women
do this work year in and year out
A month ago a check for $500 was
found in the waste paper room
From eight to ten tons of rubbish
are removed daily. 1t is sold to the
highest bidder, and the income to the
government from this source is about
$1,000 a year.-Washington Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
THE USE OF CEMENT.
Ii Is increasing Rapidly and in Course
of Time W ill Assume Gigantic
Proportions.

American manufacturers are be-
ginning to take advantage of the home
market for cement. The exports Of
cement are very small. Prior to 1897
they were too insignificant for sepa-
rate enumeration; in that year they
amounted to $4,000 barrels. valued at
ST. 100, and have steadily increase ed,
year by year since that time, 1872. 4G2
barrels having been exported in 1902,
valued at $65l.j2G. Meantime the
market for foreign cement is becom-
ing more and more restricted in the
United States. In 1892 the imports
amounted to nearly 100000 barrels,
valued at a little less than $1,000, 600,
the importations remaining practically
stationary from that time until 1901,
when they showed a marked downward
tendency, being in that year 1,596.92G
barrels. valued at $2.19S. sol, and in 1902
1859, go barrels, valued at $1,41S, 452,
the lowest point reached in the past
Il years. While these figures are
small in comparison with the volume
of our total commerce. they are chief
ly interesting az showing the tenden-
ces in an industry which is still in
its initial stages, but which promises
to supply an important substitute for
wood. stone and iron in the building
and allied trades. The use of Port
land cement is in its infancy and the
manufacture of it on a large scale is
only beginning in this country. Ce-
ment promises 10 replace stone for all
kinds of heavy foundations and other
wall works, to replace stone for paw
ing, to replace brick very largely foI
building, and to replace lumber where
lumber has been used. Indeed, cement
will soon be, next to steel, perhaps
more than steel, the chief building
material of this continent. Our houses
will soon come to be of cement and
every day sees the field for the use
of cement growing at surprising
ratiO
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
THE GREAT HIGHWAY.
strong Sentiment in Its Favor Re-
ported from Many Points Along
Proposed Route.

The proposed New York-Chicago
highway, while it may be considered a
fantastic project by some, continues
to attract attention, and there are
those who say its completion is as
kured. In large cities along the pro.
posed route much enthusiasm in favor
of it is reported.
At Chicago, f. c. Donald, president of
the Automobile club, who is one of the
trustees of the association behind the
project realizes the Importance of
having good roads for feeders to the
railroads with which he is connected
1t is the purpose of the association to
secure sufficient cooperation to have
the road built as soon as possible, and
1t is stated that the government. .og-
nlzlng the military importance of such
a highway, will lend its support. The
conditions vary so in relation to the
laws governing the building and main
tenance of roads that these eXigencies
will be met and remedied. In order to
ascertain local conditions. two MEM
bers of the association are going over
the line in an automobile. Stops will
be made in each town along the pro-
posed road, and plans discussed with
the local authorities. From reports
received, 1t is possible that not more
than 400 miles between New York and
Chicago will have to be built because
Of existing pavements.
Eastward from Chicago to South
Bend. Ind. there are good level roads,
mostly gravel, about II miles. From
that point eastward there are passable
dirt roads to Swanton, about So miles.
The next ten miles are not reported,
but running into Toledo are eight
miles of level macadam. There are
patches Of good roads running through
Ohio. but from New York state reports
are lacking. The road through this
state will start from a point on the
Hudson at Kingston and follow the line
to Delhi. thence to Binghamton and
due west, following the marked out
road as it is to jamestown. Crossing
the panhandle of Pennsylvania and
touching Erie, the first point reached
in Ohio is Conneaut. Thence west
ward the route is as previously indi-
Gated. Strong sentiment in favor of
the proposed highway is reported
from many points, and assurance is
given by the association behind it that
the road will actually be built.-James-
town (N. W Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
ASBESTOS IN WARSHIPS.
All Vessels of the British Navy Are
to BE Supplied with Absolutely
FireprOOf Furniture.

Although disappointed of obtaining
non-intlammable wood, the admiralty
has succeeded in getting, for use in
warships, furniture constructed Of d
material that will resist fire. 1t is I'M
derstood to be made largely of ashes
tos, and its fireproof qualities were
demonstrated in the course of some in
teresting tests held recently.
Chairs, tables and various other ar
ticles made of the new material had a
Az inch shell burst over them, but the
flames made no impression. Wooden
furniture of the kind now used in his
majesty's ships was then subjected to
a like test, and it blazed furiously
Other efforts to set the new material
on fire failed also. 1t is understood
that the successful termination Of
these experiments has decided the ad-
miralty to adopt the fireproof furniture
for general use in the navy. Presume
bly, its Introduction will be gradual,
for a general spring cleaning and re-
furnishing throughout the British fleet
would be a big undertaking, and ex-
pensiye.
The authorities are not much given
to considering the comfort of officers
and men-each new type of warship
is worse than its predecessor so far as
the arrangements for the accommodate
ton of the human element in the big
fighting machine is concerned-and the
officers will have to accept the new
"stickS" whether they like them or
not, when the order for the change is
issued. Not only will the new articles
be non-infammable, but they will be
much lighter than those now in use,
and saving in weight is an important
gain. The admiralty is not, however,
doing a bit of pioneering in the fur
nishing line. Chattels of noncombus-
tible character have long been used
in the ships of other powers.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
Importance of Electricity.

1t is estimated by the census Office
that electricity has entered into the
daily life OF the country to the eX-
tent of 81 for each man, woman and
child in the United States. OF this
amount So goes to the electric trac-
ton companies, $50 to the electric
light concerns and rs cents to the
telephone companies. The telegraph
also takes about so cents a year from
each of the 75,OOO,O0O people, while
the rest of the 81 is charged off to
electric fire alarms, signals and gen
eral supplies.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
Combine of Butter Men.

A combine of practically all of the
spruce tub manufacturers in the United
States has been formed at Burlington.
The name of the organization is the
Spruce Butter Tub Manufacturers As
ISOLATION and it is an outgrowth of an
association formed in 1856, but which
has never assumed such proportions as
the present organization and has not
controlled the market. The new asso-
citation includes about twenty manufac-
turers and in that number is every con-
Germ that ships tubs by the carload.
These firms are mostly located in Yer
mont and in New York although there
are few in other states. Practically
all of the spruce butter tubs made in the
United States are manufactured In these
two states. The officers elected were
President, ). l.. Clark, of Parishville,
y. Y; secretary, A. a. Pike, of Stowe
treasurer, Charles Hall, of Montgo-
merry.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
A Vermont Institution.

We are always pleased to note the
prosperity Of any Vermont institution.
This week we print the annual statement
of the National Life Insurance Co., of
Montpelier. 1t will show at glance the
great gains that have been made during
the year, but the growth and develop
ment of the National during the past
decade is even more vivid illustration
of its increasing strength and great
ness.
The following figures are taken from
the annual report of January l, 1893
and January l, 1903; Income, 1893
81 497, 40; 1908, SG,O05,Ol6. Assets
1898, $500, 954; 1903, $25, 1886 ,O3O
Surplus, 1893, $99s, 937; 1903, $685..
5l1. Insurance in force, 1893, SOS, 67S,.
1853; 1903, Sis, 301 ,69S.
In 1893 the home Office force numbered
sixteen, now sixty are employed
The National is represented in thirty
five states and territories by fifty gene
raj agents and the future outlook was
never so bright as now.
This excellent show ing, coming in
the first year of Mr.. DeBoer's presi
dency, in wide sense Is a tribute to his
sterling abilities as an executive, anC
the foregoing speaks eloquently of the
faithfulness of the company's worker:
at home and abroad.
The prosperity and growth of the
National Life means much to Montpelier
and as Vermont's leading financial insti
tuition its affairs are of evident import t
every part of the state.
The National Life directors made M
mistake when tley elected Mr.. DeBoe
president. He is en- phatically the RICH
man in the right place.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16

per between them. All interior trim
and finished floors are Georgia pine,
excepting kitchen, pantry and bath
room. Their finished floors are ma
pie.
All doors are pine, cross-panel
doors. Glass throughout is Ameri-
can. double thick.
The entire exterior of the house is
sheathed with fence flooring, having
felt paper between the sheathing and
the finished four-inch O. G.. siding.
All shingles are to be of cedar, best
grade.
Composition carving showing in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
HE New CENTURY

begins with no medicine better than Calcura
Solvent, the near medicine for diseases of the
Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Blood. 1t i:
up to the high water mark of progress. II
cures cases in which the earlier and less
scientific remedies failed. 1t represents the
experience and study of many years. Discov-
cred by DIR. David Kennedy, Kennedy Row
Kingston, n. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
Rig CrOps of Dreadstuffa

According to reports there is not
likely to be any famine in bread
stuffs the coming season, the Euro
pean crop being reported as 193,OOO,-
900 bushels larger than last year,
while the United States and Canada
are estimated to have produced an
excess over last year of 239,OOO,O 900
bushels. Our corn crop will also be
one of the largest eve produced, but
that Of Europe is reported as fall
ing considerably short.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
1t will surprise you-try it.

1t is the medicine above all others for
catarrh and is worth its weight in gold. Elys
Cream Balm does all that is claimed for it
w. Il. Sperry, Hartford, Conn.
My Son was afflicted with catarrh. lie
used Elys Cream Balm and the dsagreeable
catarrh left him. c. Olmstead, Arcola, Ill.
The Balm does not irrtate or cause sneel-
ing Sold by druggist at 5octs. or mailed by
Ely Brothers, 50 Warren Street, New York,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16

In Cuba cabbages frequently weigh
as much as 20 pounds. All vegetables
do well. Radishes may be eaten from
IA to IS days after sowing, lettuce in
five weeks after sowing, while corn
produces three crops year. Sweet
potatoes are perpetual.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
New CENTURY COMFORT.

Millions are daily finding world of comfort
in Bucklens Arnica Salve 1t kills pain from
Burns, Scalds, Cuts Bruises conquers Ulcers
and Fever Sores cures Eruptions, Salt Rheum,
Boils and Felons removes Corns and Warts,
Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25c at w. IL.
Sheldon's drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
ARTIFICIAL PONDS.
Valuable Suggestions for Farmers
who Are in the Notion of Rails
ing Their own Fish.

The manner of constructing fish
ponds should always be governed by
existing circumstances. In fact every
advantage should be turned to good
account If there is natural alley or
hollow, dam it up at the lower end and
thus place the pond on top of the
ground; otherwise a hole in the earth
will have to be excavated of the re-
quisite size and depth. The greatest
depth of any pond need not exceed six
feet. this to be at the point where the
outlet is placed. Thence it should
gradually decrease until the water
depth at the head is not greater than
two feet. This shallow depth is abso-
lutely required in a breeding pond 1t
is also of the utmost Importance for
the durability of the pond to give the
dam proper degree of consistency and
shape. Assuming it to be six feet high
for example, the bottom should be no
less than Is feet wide. and when COM
pleted the top should be six feet Am
pie size and good measure are really
necessary. for a dam will always wash
more or less. Indeed, what may be
considered a very fair. well-rounded,
fat dam will, with few years of wash
ing and frost loosening. get TO be quit e
lean and skeleton-like. Make it at
least one-eighth higher than you want
it when it is settled, and never put in
any brush or stumps, or anything that
will rot out and prevent its compact
settling. Use instead the best earth in
packing around the drain box or pipe.
--EpitOrOiSt
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16

For cleaning enameled baths, zinc
tubs, etc, use a paste made of equal
quantities of shaved yellow soap,
whiting and soda, dissolved over the
fire with the smallest quantity of wa
ter required to keep it from burning.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
HANDY LITTLE DEVICE.
Useful in the wood Yard Because 1t
Makes the Splitting of Round
sticks Quite Safe.

Splitting wood is often attended
with some danger, especially with
small, round sticks. The following de-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16

NJ. X. Burt guarantees every bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will re-
fund the money to anyone who is not salts
fed after using two-thrds of the contents.
This is the best remedy in the world for la
grippe, cough, colds, Group and whooping
cough and is pleasan and safe to take. 1t
prevents any tendency of a cold to result in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16

apex of front gable is IF compost
ton. The flooring on front veranda
is of 1H-inch stuff, and must have
the tongues and grooves well loaded
at the time it is being laid.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16

pier fOundatiOn.
The size upon the ground is 22x3S.
Sizes of rooms are as follows: Par
Tor, 12X12Ha; sitting room, 12x12h;
kitchen, 12x12H; chambers, Sx10R,
and Sx9H vestibule, 4hx5; bath
room, 41sx7H; pantry, AXIS.
Sitting room has a corner fireplace
with wood mantel. Kitchen is fit
ted up with sink, maple floor and
walnscoting.
The entire first floor is plastered
with two (2) coats of plaster, one
rough and one finishing putty coat.
The floors are double. having felt pa
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16
Art in Domestic Architecture


The entire house is piped for gas.
Closets have three shelves each.
Exterior painting is three-coat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-16

vice is simple and very useful in the
wood yard. Saw from a small log about
ten inches in diameter two pieces each
two feet long. Nail boards on the ends
as represented. A is the stick of wood
to be split.-Willard Sheaf in Farm
and Home.