rivisic in 11K United Slates Navy
1 tures, r» th<>'monotony that
<Lf x> usi/rro J r/irfS earn. £<,„,£, fP^
that Jack's pastimes are of the \
wholesouled, healthful sort that
.refresh him in mind and body
as well as amuse him. Music
plays a most important part in the j
lighter side of life In the American j
»avy, both as the accompaniment of
the frolics of all kinds and as an en
tertainer in itself.
The foremost factor In the musical
resources of a U. S. warship is, of
course, the ship's band which may
number anywhere from a dozen to six
teen pieces and is made up of men
regularly enlisted as musicians. The
bandsmen, perhaps because they de
vote their entire time to the musical
vocation and have ample opportunity
for practise are almost invariably
skilled musicians and their ensemble
work Is excellent. Not only do they
play on all festal occasions on ship
board and in the parades 011 shore but
their music is also brought into re
quisition at times to hearten Jack for
his work, notably on the occasion of
the always arduous chore of "coaling
ship." While the bluejackets, hot and
grimy, are hoisting the fuel aboard,
the • band is stationed on deck dis
coursing the liveliest airs to keep
their spjrits from flagging.
The band also gives daily concerts
on board, sometimes several times a
day, but, probably the one that is en-
Joyed most by the Jackies is the re
cital at the noon hour for half an hour
following the mid-day meal. The se
lections are almost always of the most
enlivening character, —waltzes and
two steps,—and numbers of the boys
dance on deck during this interim. In
deed, there is no more picturesque
BJ: actacle in the routine of naval life
than that afforded by the tars in their
white duck uniforms circling round
Biid round the cleared space on the
forward deck, the smooth boards of
which make an Ideal dancing floor.
The bluejackets have their own mu- I
The World's Grea
ATKI) two mlloa north i
IfarflhlW or Maricopa, in Kern '
county, California, in !
what is known as tiie 1
■Mttwal Kern Rivor oil field,
there is the greatest oil ;
well known to the world. It is known J
as Lakevlew No. 1. For some months i
it has been spouting forth a daily av- ,
erage of SO,OOO barrels oil, worth '
65 cents n barrel where It gushes
from the earth.
This extraordinary well has an in- j
foresting history. Its sinking was be- j
gun in the summer of 190 St, and by
October a depth of nearly 2,200 feet
bad been reached. At that point the
drill encountered an enormous pres
sure, which forced earth, gravel, and
rock upward In the hole for a dls- I
tamo of several feet. New wells are
often filled In that way, the matter
forced upward In the tube being so
loose that it can be removed with a '
bailer In the pit sent case, however. 1
the well was packed so tightly that
redlining was nt-ce*»ary
Sometimes the drillers would gain
on the pressure In the earth; at other
times they would los> The result
was that in five months, or to March
IS, 1910, the net increase in depth
of the born was only 50 feet, The
well had been mink Into an oil sand,
hut It *hh believed that by going j
to a greater depth the chance of
set urliit a larg" (low of oil would Ie
Increased Finally, however, when 1
five months' work had MSfouiplisbetl
no greater r« ult than is often gaim d
In a single day under ordinary rlr* i
cuiuMance* tin director of the com- ,
puny owning the l.ukeview will de
rided that It would be unwise to try
to drill farther The local imperii)-
!• ndriit, accordingly, was Instruct* d
to stop dilllliiK and to permit the well
to begin producing at th» depth
readied
Oil Cimi W<th a Roar.
WUeit the tier, ugi was d*-lit* ted, i
sic quite aside from that contributed
by the band. As might be expected a
floating community of from 500 to
1,000 men includes many musicians
and they are seldom loath to display
their accomplishments for the benefit
of their shipmates. Among the boys,
banjos, guitars and mandolins are the
favorite instruments but there are a
number of violins and other instru
ments. On some ships the boys have
formed glee clubs, whose songs, usu
ally specially composed, are a distinct
aid to the program at the minstrel
shows and other entertainments held
on shipboard from time to time.
After all, however, the greatest en
thusiasm aroused by any form of mu
sic on shipboard is that evoked by the
comparatively new mediums, the
phonograph and the player piano.
There is scarcely a ship In Uncle
Sam's navy that has not Its talking
machine and player piano and some
times there are several of the instru-
I the well was spouting oil at the rate |
-of 10,000 barrels a day. Tills was on I
! March 15. In 24 hours the flow in- !
! creased to 20,000 barrels daily, and in I
a week the average output was 40,- ;
000. In another week the average
I yield rose to f>o,ooo barrels, varying
usually from 4G,000 to 54,000. Occa- j
i sionally, for a few hours, the well
! produced at the rate of ftO.OOO barrels
a day. This enormous production fol
lowed the ejection of rock and shell
i from the tube, these having formed
1 obstructions that temporarily checked
i the flow.
The oil came from the earth with I
a roar like that of a great conilagra
tion. Forced by tremendous pressure.
It shot as high as 3.10 feet into the
air, the black, siuoky-looklng col
umn being visible miles away. It was
scattered in spray for a long distance ,
around the well, making it impossible j
to continue operations on adjacent j
1 properlle owing to the danger of
Are
A bund' 11 d barrel well is a gixsl one, j
and a well that yielded 2,000 barrels
daily lind been regarded as a pbeiiom- |
enoti Huch a gusher us the Lakevlew ,
was beyond all previous calculations, >
and the problem of saving ami stor |
Ing Its enormous output was no easy ,
une The tanks that had been pro
vided were like infantile clothing for j
4 gtant. As many men and teams as
could be secured at double rates of
pay were put to work, night and day, '
building earthen reservoir*
Finullv a dam was thrown across j
it canyon a mile from the well, and a
1 million barrel r« -or voir formed Fiw
t,mutely s plpt line Just completed
betw>>n tie Interior oil field* and
tidewater pass** tiesr the well, and
soon oil am running through It to
I tank steamers
Controlling th* Output
In the menuiline there was auotlter
problem, that of t oiitrntllug the flow
■of tie w i il, io that uiort ul the out
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1910.
The money to purchase the talking
machines and pianos Is raised by sub
scription or assessment of the ship's
company and Jack, with proverbial
prodigality always insists upon the
best instrument obtainable regardless
of price. In similar manner funds are
raised for the purchase at regular In
tervals of new supplies of phonograph
records and player piano rolls but oft
times th<? bluejackets will make indi
vidual purchases on their own hook
and donate the new acquisitions to the
ship. Especially is this the case with
phonograph records and the haste
manifested by the boys embraces ev
erything from grand opera by world
famous singers to the latest topical
songs by vaudeville favorites. The
ships of the navy also have an "ex
change" system whereby records and
rolls, alike to moving picture films,
are exchanged In order to give the
men on each vessel the widest possi
ble variety.
| put might be saved —for much was
I being lost by scattering, and by evap
| oration and percolation—and to he-
I move (he danger to adjacent property.
; Tho tubing or casing that is put down
; from top to bottom of an oil well can
ordinarly be capped by the use of
j valves at tho top of the well, but with
: the lyjikeview that was impossible.
! There was no practical method of ap
plying weights or force sufficient to
restrain the great pressure coming up
from the depths of the earth; and had
it been possible to do HO. the destruc
tion of the casing and the ruin of the
I well would probably have resulted
Such a problem had never been pre
sented to oil men before Hut, after
many efforts, It was solved, and the
solution seemed as simple as it was
efficient
Working in a shower of oil, a large
number of men hull) rapidly around
the top of the well a huge bank, which
was buttressed with stones and with
sacks of sand and earth This tank
tilled quickly with oil, into which the
stream of petroleum from the well was
| shot With all its spee<l and force,
the outflow could make Its way but a
I few feet above tho sprintry mass of
| Impounded soil
'I bus the moiHter was fettered The
coiKiucred pressure now expands Its
j final • m-rgv In hissing and writhing.
maklitK the oil tank boil like some
huge caldron. A smalt river of oil
Hiivvm lis Ketitly as a htook from the
i well to the reservoirs.
At first It wus Impossible to ai>-
proarh the wt II nearer than a mile
without lalng spattered with oil. ivo
plo who traveled from all past* of the
state to »e« the gusher watched It
from adjacent hills. Now visitors run
DO within a few futil of the Well. They
are watched constantly by more than
a n< ore of guards, whisto principal
business It l» to see that there hi< no
ItghUHi Hi »rs or mat* h< i that tuiitUt
start a i onflugrxtiou
I
Like the Other Kind.
It was in a "down east" village that
the young man met his Bweetheart, a
charming country beauty. When he
returned to the city he sent her a Jar
of cold cream to keep her cheeks as
fresh as the budding rose.
On his next visit he asked her how
she liked his little gift.
"The taste was very nice," she
said, with a rather sickly smile, "but
I think that I like the other kind of
cream best, dear." —Lippincott's.
HIS HANDS CRACKED OPEN
• "I am a man seventy years old. My
hands were very sore and cracked
open on the insides for over a year
with large sores. Thfey would crack
open and bleed. Itch, burn and ache
so that I could not sleep and could do
but little work. They were so bud
that I could not dress myself in the
morning. They would bleed and the
blood dropped on the floor. I called
on two doctors, but they did me no
good. I could get nothing to do any
good till I got tho Cutlcura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. About a year
ago my daughter got a cake of Cutl
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment and in one week from the
time I began to use them my hands
were all healed up and they have not
been a mite sore since. I would not
be without the Cuticura Remedies.
"They also cured a bad sore on the
hand of one of my neighbor's children,
and they think very highly of the Cuti
cura Remedies. John W. Hasty, So. Ef
fingham, N. H., Mar. 5, and Apr. 11, '09."
He Knew.
A small boy brought up by a fire
eating father to hate anything con
nected with England or the English
was consigned recently to eat dinner
with the nurse wmle the family enter
tained a genuino English lord in the
dining room. The grown-ups' meal had
come to that "twenty minutes past" j
stage whero conversation halts direct- j
ly, when a childish treble fell upon
the dumb-waiter shaft from the
kitchen. This is what the astonished
nobleman heard:
"Fe, fi. fo, fum,
"I smell the blood of an English
mun."—Wasp.
What Did Your Shirtwaist Cost?
Whether you bought it ready to
wear, or had it made, or made it for
yourself, you know that it cost
enough, even if it is pretty and fresh
and clean. And if it is frayed and
soiled and worn and homely looking
after it has been in the wash three
or four times, it has cost entirely too
much. Might as well throw your shirt
waist money away as allow your shirt
waists to be washed with common yel
low soap. Easy Task Laundry Soap
takes the dirt and leaves the goods as
they were. Your grocer is selling lota
of it at five cents a cake.
Just Guessed.
"Mrs. Wadsworth, I am very glad,
indeed, to meet you. But, haven't I
had the honor of being introduced to
you before? What was your name
formerly, if I may ask?"
"My maiden name?"
"No; your name before you were
divorced."
"How did you know I had been di
vorced?"
"Why. hasn't everybody?"
How's This?
We offer On* Hundred Dollar* newanl tor *n»
cam ot Catarrh that cannot be cured by Ha ire
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CnENEY A CO.. Toledo. O.
We, the undef«l*ned. have known F. J. Chenejr
for the laat 15 yearn, and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all builnesfl transactions and IlrianclaUjr
able to carry out any obligation* made by his firm.
Waldino, Kimnak A Maxvin.
Wholenle DruggUit'. Toledo. O.
nail'" Catarrh Cure ti taken Internally, artlnf
directly up<"i the blood end mucous surface* of the
•jn'cin. TnttlmonlAls »ent free. Price 74 cents per
bottle. Sold by all DnicgliitA.
lake Hall's Family Flits for constipation.
Poor Prospects.
"Yes," said Miss Passay, "I found j
a very nice boarding house today, but
the only room they had to offer me
had a folding bed in it, and I detest
those things."
"Of course," remarked Miss Pert, I
"one can never hope to find a man
tinder a folding bed." Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Important to Wothors
Examine carefully every bottle ot
CASTOHIA, a Hafe and sure remedy for j
infants and children, and see that it I
In T'se For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Nought
More to Be Pitied.
Tramp (to lonely spinster)— Com*
Missus, arst yer 'usbnnd if 'e ain't got
a pair o' trousers to give away.
Spinster (anxious nut to expose her
solitude)— Sorry, my good man, he—
«h—never wears such things Punch.
When Rubbers Become Necessary
And your shoes plm'li, ahaUu lino your
sh>>«s Allen'* K'mt Ku*e, tlm mnl»«ptlc
; powder for the feet i'ur»* tlimt *• hlnK
fert an<l tal tie atlna out of I'nrna »na
Hunton* Alway* ue« It fur Hreuklus In
N*w hihl fur iluiiniiK rile* S ilil
sveiywhet" -V Multiple iiihl!" t KUKB
| Ad<tre*a, Allen H Olmsted, t.a Hoy, N Y.
When a girl mnrrh'H for m<>ii<') the
devil Ih usually the l>< U iuan at the
wedding
It ri. IVlimltiw'i mNithlnf s*rii|i.
r ■ !'• .
A critic Is a man who by the* light
I of his own experience explains te
I others why they. too. hav« failed.
The fulur»» and the past are near
I relations 111 the present
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
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Slightly Mixed.
Two Englishmen were resting at the
Red Home iun at Stratford-on-Avon.
One of them discovered a print pictur
ing a low, tumbling building under
neath which was printed: "The
House in Which Shakespeare Was
Born." Turning to his friend in mild
surprise he pointed to the print. His
friend exhibited equal surprise and
called a waiter, who assured them of
the accuracy of the inscription.
" 'Pon my word," said the observing
Englishman, shaking his head dubious
ly. "I thought he was born in a man- ;
ger!"
AS SOON BE WITHOUT MATCHES
AS WITHOUT RESINOL IN
THE HOUSE.
Resinol is the never falling article
resorted to by my wife for the many
bruises, chaflngs, cuts, burns and
accidents of the children and has been
our cure-all for years. I have used it in
cases of Irritation and inflammation
and have Invariably been relieved al
most instantly. We would as soon
think of being without matches in our
house as without Resinol Ointment.
B. Rush Davenport, Philadelphia, Pa.
Still a Woman.
Hewitt—She is a man in her enjoy
ment of baseball.
Jewett —But she showed that she is
still a woman by refusing to sit
through the thirteenth inning.
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart —Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists >
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c, j
50c, SI.OO. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, 25c. SI.OO. Eye Books |
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
You may call the farmer slow, but
I he takes more chances from year to
year than any dozen men who work
Inside at a salary.
CONVINCING PROOF
OF THE VIRTUE OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg< table Compound
What is the use of procrastinating ir. the face of such
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you for not giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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Mrs. S. J. Barber says:
jTthink Lydia E. J
jj.° e ° "1®
has done for me.
I. 11 In =• in IT 'I said would have
to be removed by an operation or I
could not live more than a
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ham, at Lynn, Mass., for advice, and
took 14 bottles of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and to
day the tumor is gone and I am a
perfectly well woman. I hope my
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N. Y.
Mrs. E. F. FTnyes says:
WM under the
*.j doctor's treat
ment for a fibroid
affl iji tumor. 1 suffered
■SLWifi with pain, sore
iS* j ; i |i ness, bloating,
8lip» v life and could not
jifla \-y ijjjM walk or atand on
■ my feet any
length of time. I
/ wrote to Mrs.
( /J- Pinkham for ad-
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<2— ZLL-. Jdirections and
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181)0 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
For .I<> years Lydla I". Plnkhaai's Vegetable
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■MflE I ** Mrs. IMtikham Invites all sick women fA j/.I)
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Mrs. George May says:
one knows
1' what I have euf
.* fered from fe-
JABMHgSKiv male troubles,
neural pains,
My doctor said
iaßlill he could not give
me anything to
cure Throug.
the advice of &
a.vi /MZ friend I began
rrl // : V to use Lydia E.
r I / I s 1 iPinkham's Vege
table Compound, and the pain soon
disappeared. I continued its use
and am now in perfect health.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has been a God-send to me
as I believe I should have been in
my grave if it had not been for Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."
—Mrs. Georok May, 86 4th Ave.,
Paterson, X. J.
Mrs. W. K. lloush says:
completely cured
jA*- male trouble by
Jto ham's Vegetable
• \ ■ want to recom
foL, '' women. **
Because your casti is a ditlicult
one, doctors having done you no
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out giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
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such as inflammation, ulceration, dis
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