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1'vrrv AiiK'riiNin school
lifiv wlio rcn Hip d'tilv nn1 weekly
lu-wsp ipi'i s wuli'licH with a profound
intercut tlm dt tu.ls oftlie An-tic cx-
in his li.iyish excitement iipou the
irolalilitics of his organizing nn
expedition to the jxl:ir Hens, in t he
time t-i cmnc In Dr. Klidiu
Kent Kmie, an eminent riiilmlel
pliia pli.vnici.in hii-1 HiiiKeon entered
tiio t'nited States Nnvy, anil nubse-
plelitlf when our ( lilNcl llllll'ht HCllt
I.itiiel Wcleder to I'hiiia on his tnis
mou to anamjo diplomatic lelati'iis
lct ween that country and our own,
Dr. Kane accoinp oiied the dis-tili-juislir
I utatcHiiiau and wliile en
roll to disclosed to Webster his theo
ries of nn open, passable sea in the
North and also iirued upon liim the
importance of having the Unit
ed States Government Bcid an ex
pedition there, in the interest of
scientific and commercial advance
ment. Ir. Kano undertook his polar
trip and incidentally searched fur
Sir .John Franklin, an a lventuroiiB
Hinjlishiniui, who lost his life in tho
f ritfid countries of the North. Kano
returned tut Frankliu was ui ver
found, and Lieut. Greley'n Arctic
trip, undertaken in 17'. at the in
stance of the Federal Government,
was likewise unproductive of re-
huIU except that it proved tho ab-
Holute futility and perhaps, folly of
Heudin expeditions to the North
Pule for either scientinc or mercan
tile purposes. When Grech-y re
lumed to the United States in July
issl, bringing back in metallic cas
kets, tho emaciated remains ofihis
brave companions who succumbed
to the untold rigors of that fateful
journey, the Philadelphia Tjetlgei
told in several columns of graphic
recital that Congress had up to that
time appropriated $ 70, 000, (XM). for
polar explorations with a net result
at I' mi g. :ih ia the face of all
uxponunco Hud uusatittiiictory in
formation, men are indomitable and
restlessly ambitious and our own
l'eary is to day trying to do that
which dozens of his stirring but
misguided predecessors undertook
lit tlie p.'i il of their lives.
Dr. Kane, tho explorer, was a gen
tleman of high cultivation, having
studied in Paris and Loudon. His
brother, General Thomas L. Kane,
located at Kano, Pennsylvania, and
tho veterans of the late war remem
ber him as the commander of that
famous military organization known
n'Th" Ihiektails," tho most uui
quo and daring company of soldiers
which fought throughout the war
When he returned Ironi tuc army,
General Kauo invited a corps of
surveyors to his mountain homo ou
the very crest of tho Allegheuios
and poiuted out to them how a rail
road could bo built to commuuicato
with tho lake regions. The road
came, with it camo Kane, a thriving,
permanent town, with Kane came
the discovery of oil and with oil
came that wonderful illumiuant of
which we have read since wo were
babies, natural gas, and with natur
al g.is came a network of constant
and dependent communications
with all surrounding towns uud
Kane to-day is tho best lighted
town in America, say its inhabitants;
while Jamestown, Buffalo, Sala
manca and other cities iu New
York state and many adjaceut ones
in Pennsylvania, receive through
pipes, tho natural gay from Kano
for light, heat and fuel.
l'ennsvlvania is tho greatest stato
in the world. That is a very gener
al and bold declaration to mak. It
might be termed reckless and uu
calculating but who would be ft
lechuical hairsplitter with reference
to our vast natural and undevelop
ed wealth when gas nu 1 oil and coal
und iron and timber have multiplied
millionaires in Pennsylvania until
yon grow tired keeping track of
them. Some years prior to the out
break of the Rebellion, about 1856
Col. Drake, a residout of Crawford
county dug an oil well across the
line in Venango county. It was
tho first aulhonticatod oil well put
down iu Pennsylvania, aud then
camo the oil tide with its many ec
c entric money kings beggars sud
denly made rich, and th poor revel
ling in dazzling wealth. The best
specimen, the most pronounced
type of " millionaire in a day with
out work" was the famous Coal Oil
Johnny. Ho wai one of the mush
rooms of unstable growth who
sprung up in n night, startled the
world with hi smnzingly extrava
gant manners and then extinguished
himself with one faint flicker, as we
Honie'i'ncs ee n brilliant, star pluck
c 1 from tii liivii, it light lost
in tin ilood telo of greater planets.
!(' ial')il Jolmiiy. thirty years ago
was a real living fact in esse. To
livlieiia i'i.i:n:rv. It.' was mo
lirst, feeblj pro cursor of a couimer
cial and financial storm which was
Ij hail into cxlotouco tho greatest
and most powerful corporation ou
ou tho f.ico of tho earth, namely the
Standard Oil Company.
If you start on tho map of Penn
sylvania aud trace a line from tho
noilh-oaslein corner of M'Kcun
county, diagonally across the State
lowu to tho West Virginia border,
you describe between that and tho
thoimand barrels. It costs ordi
narily, in the northern oil fields,
about two thousand dollars to put
down n well r.-adv to How, while in
tho Roiulieru iieM. in Went n g:u
in, mid the southern counties of.
Petinsvlvii'ii i, eueii well costs from
three th. 'usua l to Koven tli'UMaud;
dollars. The ddV'i ence in cost is at- j
tributabli! to a caving rock or quick-,
sncd, in tho souther. i Ji!.ls, i i ii.1 i
ing immediate casing when I he di ili j
reaches the il st rut i, hil tho pro I
dlll't is neither fi-i..'..r nor H'tlev
than that of northern rcunvyh hni.a.
For the month of July just put,
rC4uc.wwiIi were drilled in this
state, while there were in the same
timo 1 W ri?s an 1 diillinr wells in
a state of prospective formation ;
for the month of June, Hit new wells
were completed and 1505 rigs and
drilling wells were in the prospective
condition. All wells are not pro
ductive of oil and tho failures are
called "dry holes"'. The shooting
of ii new well in u good district is
watched with great interest as its
vield iiiav sei iouslv affect the mar
ket. Large wells, with u thousand
bfiiTcls a day, rally in the operative
TH E best investment
in real estate U to keep build
ir.f-s vcll painted. Paint protects
tl..: !iott3eand saves repairs. You
so v 'times war! to sellmany a
! r.'vl house has remained unsold
i vy.it cf paint. The ride should
:- t'louvji, "the bc-:t paint or
:. : That CVUM
Ohio State lino on tho west, and the stage, take the bottom out of the
New York boundary on the north,
the territory in Pennsylvania, known
a tho oil district, comprising about
twenty counties. Until tho Stand
ard Oil Company invaded France
and Iiiissia, this territory furnished
the oil for tho world and started
many millions of capital into tho
track of commerce. In the Brad
ford district alone, over fourteen
thousan 1 wells have been dug with
in the past ten years at an averago
depth of twenty-two hundred feet
representing a yield of about tcu
barrels per well per day the first
year of their How and now flowing
two or three barrels per day.
This district is known as a "tor
market and holders of oil go mad in
their frantic efforts to unload their
thousands of barrels when a giant
well conies in. Fortunes have been
made and lost in tho twinkling of an
eye, as a man s goiiien oppoi tunny
many times hangs upon the narrow
ami hazardous margin of receiving
luick telegraphic returns, wnen a
new well is exploited. The stock
speculator, equipped ..with nil the
readiness wuich skill, experience
and wealth can sii;;g.-t, f en Is his
trusty lieutenants into the oil
fields to keep unreiui' .ting ami vigi
lant watch of every move made by
the prospectors, and in (lie old days,
when wells were shot, flowing n vol
ume that could not be confined, men
went mad in their etforts to rush to
the nearest telegraph station, to
herald the news liisl to t.io o l ecu
hen a large broker sold
pedo territory, that is explosives .(,,. fii.T ni;, and
of the most terrific. character must otlli nidd r..lliin
be employed to dislodge tho oil ith tLp tasa of bicnkiu an egg
from its rocky caverns even after B,lfi ftlul mitl ftv :.. ;nf.i,i,.ntB
being found by the industrious and fin the life of thi oil hunter and the
persistent driller. I saw a well shot i... :t.i . .-" ,.t i, i,
recently in tho heart of a. hemlock I WPrk.(, hi(, in npr()iHtont n'nil B.
forest, at a depth of twenty-hundred -reM.iTe cn,ie lvor to fina we dth in
yuBuuuiumquun.u the bowels of the earth. The most
..;icdy
Pure
White Lead
You cannot afford to use chca
itnis. To be sure of getting Strict-
I'ure White Lead, ooK at the
bidiid ; any of these art '-afc:
" Armstrong Is McKlvy,"
" Beymer-BfiTijnan,"
"Davis-Chambers,"
"rahnestock."
Fon Colors. National Load Co.'s
t'ure White Lead Tinting Colon.
Tlicnc colon nr told In onc-pmind cnn, tnt-H
nil titmir iiflicictil to lint j lounrit ol bltK.l v
f'lro While Lead he doirol nhldc; llirv ore in
i;it teady-mmed paint, but a comliinntinn
.(r"ifccllvpure color in th handiral f-.mn ia
li'ii jfi liy I'ure White l.id.
Rood many thoiand dnllm tuvw htm
ived priipertyHwiicr liy hivlnic our IkioIc orj
i niiiin and rolor-card. f.:i(l tii puital taid
jA bvll
NATIONAL LtAD CO., New York.
l'ittlnir I'ram h,
r.trn-.an National llai.W lluilding, rillr.burc
CLOSING OUT
SALE
OF OUR
Furniture BeDartmen
t.
Our Kntiro Stock of Furni
ture aud llcddingwill bo
closed out in the following
months at
feet.
glycerine, the most powerful expio- n(,tnWo iI)Htaneo of "wildcatting
sive Known, were careiuuy pourea hM t flira ,y rnntit)g your
.lowu to the bottom of the well and ,n -i,.,,,, u ,m.l.l
in ino lanirua.e oi ouo oi mo wuu. i i :.. i .:. t ,i.
i ! ...i . ii . ' cuuiuiituii, in luuii iifiuuuo ui iuu
rougu on men, ion iue expiuuins fam0U8 l'hillipa Brothers, who be
mi ii'iu liiiiiiia.l Ivv n iiiAitnat Anil I .
j .. o.aiiia beeears atul outcasts in
co uposou y,unR , . Fre?en.1 searchins for oil. For
tueiewasaiivii.gueu ai ine uot- they roaued about the oil cmiiitry,
oui of that well, half a mile beneath 8mUg their rhaft to nnd three
tho surface of tho earth The deton- thoU9na f t. beueath the surface of
ation could bo distinctly heard the earth, every v.uu and luckless
and tlm earth trembled while the fltt.mnt in anihca i expenditure of
on, set iree, came rusuing out ai ,.hn l,.nil WnY.r until
lua top like h Kreuh gurgling ioun- ihl.5rmor ir.fftith.Rnd credit were
shuttered t) mthipg. They dug
tain and shot over a hundred feet
into the air. mature accompanies
the discovery ol oil with gas, which
latter agent drives the fluid out of
the earth ana when it rails to ao so
vei? puran it out. Oil is not found
in streams or in strata like coal, iron
and the minerals. No man has ever
been to tho bottom of an oil well.
but a quarter of a century of daily
sixty wells that were dry holes and
the n xt w is a b ninza, which
yielded them a fortune at a single
pound. One day they were beggars
u a'ilo t boirow a pnnyi
the next, they wiro millionaires
receiving the p aist s c f their fel
lows. Their Bixty-hrt well ttowed
three thousand barrels per day for
- . - , i three thousand Darrein per uav ior
experience, with all possible mfor- thirty days aud 'Vild catting" was
tnation ami knowledge. which I
i. ii , 11 o ver Willi ilium. x ciPt'tt'iuuw :jim
science and hard work have brought I i, ..?...
to bear upon the problem, have as 'lrs an miugs.
conclusively as these means can n An it li-r uuite str.k.ng incid.ut i i
;u the ou history ih that of Mr. rinum
confined in irregular belts between Armutro')g a neighbor of the 1 bil-
o ... ..r I . (nun, n liurrn IITIH Jit Ol 116 H. I U1U U IU IUU l)V
I Mr. Q lodw'.ti, M. Armstrong had
uui 1 1 1 1 1 ii cl-ln. 'When the driU-r nothing iii tho world except his one
n - . i 1 i 1 ' l 1 i . i
pierces the rocky covering ho has Jim , wen. non h was snoi, u
u,...r.,i wi.it., ni ;t flowed tho enormous yield of six
I hui.dred ba reli por hour, the hrst
iu China for it, if you send the drill hours, and then settled down to
... n,.. i,,,tt. .,.,,1 !, ,,.,., the rata of urn1? tliousand barrels
tu (.in; out iriu uuu iumo wuvii---ui , .
(Vi. 0 ii , f ,,, i 1 ,m,i,u tor every iwenty-iour nours, uniu
m Odiss, lom fouudatadepthle?s ita fl)rlutlftte cvner was a multi-
mn.,Vu? "u "u iu.V'..uri millionaire. These are isolated
lucre in h h luniiiuu m-i-ureu hi h or ..... t wnii.lorfnl nr.
trXlti Sff" of h JwweaUh aro gained in
i of a spurious character, unht lor h.'.m rn.. i ..v x,.i..
Ml -i ni. . lUBUll 1UUU1U V. 1UOU1VBUI IOII).
luuminaung purposes, ine averago n- nra nni4t - , . ftrn ..willl
annual product of it has Btoadily in-1 ftf;, , ' in tha iH1,nBVivrillil. oii
helds, but men with a tireless ac
oreimed wince first discovered and
iireiess ac-
wells are to da being put down in tivity'wiU c on pnviching the world,
active oil districts , at . tbo rate o fi ve b , ' . hol(l of Nllture inexh.mst-
i iiii.irod per uionui, n mi tu r o, L, utU The t ,luve
ui iiiuii; u;im ui'uu bii'uiiiij uiuiuiniu
been prosperous but the future is
tho age iu which wo must live.
W. K. M.
MARRIED.
ii i i
en during ion years past, says ou per
mtt iideiit Charles l'J. Uoodwin, a
practical oil man of M'Kean couuty,
Tho amount of capital invested in
tho oil business in Pennsylvania is
almost beyond rational belief, but
two years ago tho bureau oi in- spt 22, by Rev. S. E. Ochenford
dustrial statistics at Harneburc epl- at the residence of the bride's par
lated, under the supervision of the cuts, Harry P. liolig and E. Catlier
oiuiu oiunniiviuu, latin wuuiumK ino Arbogast, both ol Solinsgrove,
tlm nrnilnetinn nf nil. irnn. ia Rml I
tinilu.fin nnr Stnto nml thn returns On the 10th inst. by Rev. W. A
exhibit on arrav of licures almost Haas, Myron K. Laudenslager of
incredible Sehnsgrove to Mrs. Isora . Ulnch
m it...:.. i,., tt.i i I of oalom
mi . vjiuuu niu uao iiivt uic uu if iruu
enterprise alone in which be is con
cerned has invested the sum of
$.170,000.00 in getting the enterprise
into a productive condition. This
field now has eighty throa wells in
operation, but the sum invested
does nob represent salaries paid for
DIET).
ClianilsT .Suits, H l'iircj-, marked
down from $10.00 to $2.".O0.
arlor Suits marked down from
5 10 to $2").
Sidclioards marked down frtm $G
to 15.
('ouches marked down from ?5 to
10.
Ijoiingvrt marked down fron2 to 8.
Fine Upholstered Koekers marked
down from :) to S.
lietlsteads marked down from $2
to 0.
Cane nnd Wood Seated Chairs
mnrkitl down from 1 to 0.
Hall 1 lockers marked down from
1 to 10.
Ladies' Parlor Desks marked down
from :J to 10.
I'nrlor Tables marked down from
1 to .".
Looking ( ! hisses, Kasels, Pictures
und Picture l'nunes, .Statuary, Has
socks, UattiHi, Cane Seat und Hack
and Wood Seat Hookers, ICxtensioii
TuUes,CiiplNKirds,lJmbrellii Stands,
Tea Tables, ( 'oiiiiiukIcs, Chitloniers,
Bureaus, Doiiglitrnys, WardroU's,
Stands, Mattresses, l?od Springs,
tL-e. Our stix-k of Carpets, Hugs,
Art Squares, Matting und Cocoa
Dtsir Mats is the largest of imy
house in tlie county, and all price
on these goods arc mat ked down in
plain figures, und will lie sold at a
big reduction during the Closing
Out Furniture Sale. I tun deter
mined to close out the Furniture
Department of my business, aiu
terms on thealsive goods are prices
named will lie cash or note with a
proved security.
W. II. FELIX,
Ix'wistown, Pa.
ftfl All 1 11 11
i . .u giMMis pacKcd mid de
livered in good order F. O. 11.
Ffonest iDturanoe at Honest Rates.
The tlegt Goods for the Leant Money.
GENERAL NSURAflCF flCENCY
No Assessment?!
Only the Oldest, Lnrgeot and
Strongest t AMIl Companies.
No Preminm No
Sound solid nn J True Iirtlenmlty. Itepreseutlug every cUaToi
iiifiumricp ruiirr i.ih', rirn, Aronit'ni, or l ornano.
set: DUR CUMFANIES i
KAMR LOCATION
Aotna J I art ford
H6iiio Xew York
Tiro Association Philadelphia
Fidelity nnd Casualty Xcw York
Equitable Life Ins. Soc.Ncvr York
All business entrutded to our Agency shall always reoi-Ive the
utmost care and attention. Entire satisfaction guaranteed. We
BUiiuib a mure oi your pniromiKe.
H. HARVEY S0HO0H, Solincgrove
Liber! Adjustments. Prompt PayuiPtiti,
y;i7o,c4
5,007,85
1,587.01!
130,198,511
On Sent. 15. noar Freobure. Chas,
S. Kissinger, ugod OJyears G months
and days.
r.. ( i,Tr"i'uii. ;ui ;.. '.,.,...,.,11..
services, taxos upon stoek and real Galen Kftri inflint chiij of T v
property, msurauce, repairs, etc. ttnd C- v Klockner. acod 10 months.
n. . 111 I'"-
This concern is constantly open-
... i .
mtf now on territory, anaior iweniy l-vni'in wci'Tiii' nrT ti. tnn i'
venrs nast thev have nut down wells I
W . m ' I , -. 1 I fl.l I. 1 . T TV. .1 1 -
at an average 01 mree uunured nm gruut imu mur, uuvm iven
nor mouth, tho work coins forward I nmlv's FavoriteClleiuedr In curliiL'
at all periods of the year, unhaltod aiseases of the blood, particularly
;l . 1. l a t i,,, , i., the Ills of women, has again been
active business pursuits. Conver- demonstrated. Mrs. W. J. Anderson
nation with a practical oil man Boon of Bruyn St., Kingston, N. Y In
gets a "tenderfoot" into a condition epeitktug of her exporlenoe, says : "I
of mental frenzy. Tor it soems to be 1 WH8 an awful eufTerer from troubles
a mighty speculation irom begin- non to Iliy 8ex Wft8 ;reducej to
ning to end, in which millions have .. . ' . , , ' ,
ftin. and lost. In the whirl. .; our physicians prescribed
nool of this Bpeculation, John D. for ine, but I kept growing worse.
Rockefeller stopped forth, unknown Until I began the use of Dr. David
to wealth and lame, ana now he Kennedy's FavoriteJHeiuedy I never
u uv ry - rr hnew a Weu uay, ay iu use i gruw
..tin b.,t thT are toonumerous "tronger the palu less frequent, until
to cite in detail. In what is known It entirely disappeared. I now weigh
.a the white sands, an unvarying 125 lbs. and am a well woman.
yield ot two thousand barrels to the mQti know a dozen women who suf-
aore, can oe reueu upon, wuu tuf fered similarly and have been toured
tire territorj, from three to four I b lt UM
PERSONSTO TRAVEL
WANTKD.-
-Sevcral faithful
gentlemen nnd ladies to travel for
established house.
SALARY $780.00 AND EXPENSES.
l'ositioii permanent if suited ; also
increase. ntnu rclerencc and en-
lose self-add resscd stanijs'd cnvcl-
riMtl. ' k rntT 1 r
OIK. 1 J 1 V4 x A J 11 A 1 4t
16C
310-317-319 limn ha lllilg., CHICAGO.
H&Ury and crtpenaMi paid week ijr from start
uvaiKi'Dinib b.1
Exrltialvmt ttrritipw.
CitNaa, brdr Mock, try to
riuuiku. rurireaiiueniifuarv
aiiUwd. ho BuUntkutiun .
in our oroena, lu
1 nu oomnaMiDD
to local MUV
wiue mr
tOMl UVT
M. ruit mm- 1
mndtiiuenav. Xn
tlMltal Imokum olljt I
innrlliirMlntlllaor
mint rrw aui,
TTkls kollM Im rlUbl. Sam UiU PMW.-M-I I
THREEJ)ONTS
DON'T wait to buy your boots a
shoes for Winter wear until v
must pay advanced prices, v
are selling ours at the
(HMD flpn6IIB.
DON'T forget that we
a
DON'T miss the reduced prices
an Dress Cioods, Clothing, etc.,
30 days only.
HOCH & OLDT. New Berlin,
mm
nn Go
m
'U
II
SWAT
I have in stock a full and cc
pieio tine 01
Furniture of all Kinds
At all tilling van ran sha 41m laa-
..w AUbOOh 01 ICS vi
Parlor and Bed-Roam Sui
SIDE-BOARDS, SOFAS, MATTRES
CHAIHS. SPKIXGS, ETC.
In short everything usually found in a first class
turo Store. I make a specialty of repairing, uplid
ing ana panning iurniiure. 1
UNDERTAKING In All Its Branch
made a specialty at lowest prices. No charges for Embalm!
You will save money ly calling 011 me liefore purchasing el-l
JACOB HAUP
KEKI.KYS" IUJllJ)IN(i, Market St., Srliiwgiwc, l'a.
Y01I SEE TI
NEW GOODS. LOW FRIGES.
GUARANTEED
SATISFACTION IN GOODS, FITS, WORKMANSHIP
AND PKI0ES.
I ask but a trial Kespcctfully,
H. L. PHILLIPS
MERCHANT TAILOll.
Sclinsgrove, l'a
YOU CAWT LIVE
WITHOUT A LIVER!
HOW'S YOUR LIVC
arc Your kidneys all
DOCS YOUR BACK ACHE? DOES YOUR SLEEP REST
ARE YOU WEAK AND THIN? ARE YOU DULL AND BILK
Try Dr. J. 11. MEAN'S
LIVER mid KIDNEY BAI
au who oie it uy it is The Peerless Remedy lor eviaf i
OF THE UViB, KIDWt MUD BLADDER, FEMALE TKOU
RHEUMATttB AMD BRIQHT9 DISEASE.
Tb Cr. J. U. C:Len C:i!:!3 Co., si I
I