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TheBlossburg"Gusher"
1 GVatest Oil Strike on Record,' $
J Pr.HNBYLVANIA'B HEW KLONDIKE. J
J IUVKR of oil linn creotod a
second Khmdiko in Ponn
sylvania. It has made a
J"" city of it mountainside hith
er! n sacred to rattlesnakes.
It has added million to the rent
estate value nnd made heiresses ot
poor farmers daughters for many n
milo around.
Most itnporinnt of nil, it ha proved
?y!hat the geologists wero wrong when
' they decided, yonrs ngo, that oil
would Dover lie tupped runt ol tho Al
leghany watershed, nnd it suggests
tho possibility of She world' oil mar
ket being flooded to such n degree ns
to bring prices down to next to noth
iug thalis, if Mr. Uookefoller wero
not here to keep them up mid put tho
difference in his pocket.
Hueh, in brief, aro the facts concern
lr.gtbe ISlossbiug Oil Company's well,
tho source of a river which in Jealously
caught nnd inipriHoned ns it gushes
from the rnith, boennse every gallon
of it in worth money.
' It in pouring out wealth nt tho into
of 0(13,000 a yenr n thounnnd dolhirn
n dn' nnd it roprescuts ouly tho ho
ginning of whnt niny he exported of n
region where Inud in ten thousand
times more vnlunhle to-day thnu it
wn before tho oil discoveries,
i Ibis last inn literal fact. It tho
DKLAVAN AYI.KSWOIITII. JOHN AYI.r.SWCII Til,
(TUe brothers who have struck oil.)
mountninsi 1e bad been ofl'erod nt nun
tion before a drill hnd becu sunk it
would not have fetched ton centii nil
ere. Now there is not nn acre that
would not soli for 81000, with a mob
of bidders fighting tor precedence.
Pine Crock, tLe most famous trout
stream iu Fonusylvnuin, is tho contra
of thin oil rush, which rivnls the gold
rush ot Cape Nome. Iho big well
tbero nre many smaller ones around
I more nre being sunk ovory day
three-quarters of a mile south
east of Gaines, Tionn County. It
ponetrntcs tho roek for fi."4 feet ncur
the edge of a bluff that rises 120 feet
from the bed of Pine Creek.
There was a time when the bills for
miles iu evory direction wore cov-
.1 .,:ti. i.A t..At i .. ,i
1 vauia. But tho creek has floated out
(billions of feet of timber, and now tho
region is a desolate one of stumps and
brambles, repellaut alike to tho ugri-
cuuuriAi aua me ariisi.
The story of the "Oreat Gusher,"
s it is known in the parlance of oil
men, is one of the romances of for
tune, deserving a plaoe beside the
bonanza tales of California and Ne
vada. Those for whom the well is
pouring forth its $1000 a day are coun
try merchants and professional men,
formerly of moderate means, none of
whom knew anything about the oil
business. They are former Senator
Walter Merriok, John Aylesworlh,
Del. Ayles worth, William Ayleswortb,
Sr. D. O. Merriok, George Clark, J.
D. Connors, W. S. Scott, Mark Davis,
W. H. MoCarty, A. E. iiotchford, H.
. Wlutliker. F. F. Htratton, W. O.
fabcock, F. L. Jonet and JV. A, Rob-
rta.
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IN WARFARE.
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Hi' ATI ON IN
TIM'. IIUIIISII HF.FF.NSF.-.
'J'hn company in not Inroi pointed
nnd business in curried on ns a co
partnership.
The drilling ot the Orent Gusher
wnn n forlorn hope. Tho conipnny
hnd already drilled one well on iln
leaso of 1 55 neros nnd had found thn
mind a dry ns powder. Under the
lenno n forfeit would hnvo to be
pnid if two welln wero not mink. The
forfeit would Amount to iihout tho
same loss nn tho drilling of n well.
Oil. I I.OVIN(l INTO TANK I'ltOM
With tho slenderest shadow of A
hope merely, iu gnmbling pnrlnneo,
to "hnvo n run for their money" the
partners decided in favor of tho well.
In selecting theblulV near the upper
end of the property they disregarded
the advice ot experienced oil pros
pectors. ' To drill there was pro
nounced nu Act of folly.
To omphnaizo tho hopelessness of
the case work was begun on (lood
Friday, April 13. Auy gambler would
hnvo laid big odds Against sueli nn
unhappy combination.
Tor ten days the drill burrowed its
way through varying strain. On Mon
day, April 2:1, it gnawed slowly for nu
hour through a hard formation more
than nn eighth of a mile below tho
suifaco.
"She's struck sand!" shouted tho
driller.
It wnn ouly Hint tho drill bad
dropped into n softer formation and
the sand was likely to bo nn barren nn
Coney Inland's- but force of habit
impelled this cautious man to con
nect the well with the storage tank
provided to savo the first rush of oil.
He wnn just in lime, lleforo the
tools could bo withdrawn from tho
hole n yellow torrent gushed forth
nnd filled tho tnnk with n ronring and
A Kplnshiug that snng of millions.
"She's struck oil!" was the shout;
nnd it echoed down the vnlley nnd bo
yond, till nt every farmer's door and
011 into tho cities were echoed the
luiipiio words, "Struck oil!"
Kvery telegraph wire iu tho land
Unshed tho story of Hie Dlossburg Oil
Company's Great (lusher, and capital
ists begun to speculate 011 the strange
developments that might follow the
ditcovery of n subterrnuo.iu petroleum
luko east ot the Alleguauies.
As for tho Oreat Oushnr, it spouted
forth 2200 barrels the first dny and
2500 tho second day.
liofore noon ou the third day it bad
repaid the partuers their entire ex-
Senses on the 'luase the investment
ad cost them only 83200.
At th close of the fifth day they
were $11,000 richer for the mere
trouble of catching the oil.
Then the Great Gusher sobered
down to the cheerful song of $1000 a
day, and this it continues to ting,
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CNADI.D TO CONTUOL THE FLOW OF OIL
week ilnyn nnd Muntiayw, A lilt uo Riga
of wcnrluenn.
It In tho greatest welt known to thn
northnrii oil Holds since IHM'J, when
tho Cherry (Irovo Meld, in Wnrren
County, I'etin,, mndn tho world rltifl
with tnlon of nnitden fortune.
Cherry (Irovo knock el tho bottom
out of oil prleen nnd ruined thousands
of men engaged ill tho oil' business
olnewliero. lllonHhurg may do tho
Mine thing if it proven to be over A
big Inko of oil nnd not merely n nmnll
pool, ah wnn thn rnne with Cherry
drove, which exhausted itnolf In a
yenr.
Thin Important question enn bo
nettled only when tent welln hnvo been
no nk for miles nroiind, nnd from the
wny npeculntorn nro runhing into tho
I'ine Creek region iloubtn must noon
bo dispelled.
Tho HlonHburg properly In being
lioney-combed with drills. A well nenr
tho (Irent (lilHher in yielding Till) hit,-,
rein n dny, nnd nnothnr in productive
in A smaller decree,
liiHt wlmt kind of Bimd tho oil comen
from no one known. An noon nn tho
IooIh pierced the shell tho well Mowed
nnd no hii ml wnn hnilod out. Whether
thero in ten feet of it or llfly, whether
it in brown, white or gray, no ono
known nn yet. Thn company linn been
kept too IniHy caring for tho oil to
worry nbout the color or thickness ot
the mind In which it has been stored
up.
Tho litllo town of tinmen linn no
quired Homo of tho diameter of a
Western mining enmp. Tho hotel linn
been overflowing for throo weeks nnd
the proprietor linn secured every vacant
V1 y zr. 'jysZZ,
TUB Ill.OHSIlL'ltO "OUHIIF.It."
room iu town for Inn guests. Tho
telegraph and telephone hnvo become
metropolitan iu their activity. Keen
men wit Ii largo bank accounts roam
everywhere, snapping up speculative
chances. Their talk in nil of barrels
and dollars, leases and wells, drills
and I'ipo linen.
The Standard Oil Company, alive to
tho great ponsibilitiesot the new field,
is laying n four-inch pipo line nerosn
tho mountain to connect with their
main pipo line tweuty miles nway.
On the lighter side of human na
ture nt tho I'ino ('reek rush nro
ranged the clairvoyants nnd hazel
twig magicians who infest new oil
fields. One of theso "oil smellers"
will sell out bis occult gifts as a pros
pector for from $10 to $lfi0, Accord
ing to the means and credulity of his
client.
Home of the individual cases of
sudden fortunes are full of interest.
Joseph llerununr was a poor man
two yearn ago. His little farm 011 tho
bnnk of I'ino Creek yielded him a liv
ing and that wan nil. lie peddled
milk evory morning nnd ovouiug to
the housewives of (iainos.
His farm proved to bo right on tho
oil bolt and bis income from royalties
is now ovor 8300 n month.
This discovery has made a group
of country storekeepers nnd small
farmers rich iu a trice. Men whose
total worldly possessions wero worth
porhaps 8,-jOO hove been offered 125,
000 for their rights iu this gusher.
How ti I.lv n Onlury.
Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of llinsdalo,
III., h millionaire who is making it his
business to give nwny his money to
enterprising collogos iu the West, re
cently made tome vory interesting
statements in explanation of bis con
dition of lioarty and hopeful hoalth at
the age of eighty
yern. He says be
expects to livo until
bo is a hundred, and
bis rules of life are
worth oouBidering.
"Most men dig tboir
Ait''W wuu ineir
'j f'fift' teeth." ho soid. "My
BIU1JIUUU IB UIJT iriUHU
and I'm happier than
lyy any inner man ou
' CArth." He says the
on. d. k. far- Wan who wants tolive
BOSS. t0 B rp8 !, n(?fl
should keop cool, not overload the
stomach, breatho pure air and lots of
it, eat a vegetable diet, not eat late
suppers, go to bed early, not fret, not
go where he'll get excited, and not
forget to take a nap after dinner.
Though he is a doctor himself, he
threw all his medicine awayyearsago,
and he says he does not know whnt an
ache or pain is. He takes regular de
light in his gifts to oolleges, but will
not allow anyone to make a hero ot
him, as be hates exoitement. He
says a man must "keep cool" it he
wants to live a hundred years. "It's
the worst thing in the world," he
maintains, "to get angry or cross."
He gets up at 0, eata a 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 be
doos not want to die till he has given
away all his money.
Even the rich girl may hare poor
complexion. .
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TrdB EITS
Nitw YoiikCitt (Special). Tho how
Harper's Hnzar kimono, inny bo treated
rlTeetivoly in foulards, wash silks,
India wenven, or lawns. Tho tuitions
of the skirt mny be plenled or gathered
Into tho yoke. Tho design provides
for two box pleats on ennh side of tho
trout, nnd three similar pleats in the
linek. It consists of one-half of yoke,
full slcovo (to bo pleated or gathered
into nrmhnle), baud for sleeve, nnd
wide collar band pnssiug about tho
neck. Where milled trimming in pre
ferred, theso bands may lie omitted.
If the garment in to do sorvlen nn nn
invalid's wrnp it may be lined through
out with veiling or thin flannel of con
trasting shndo. Where lawn, cotton
erepo (a vory serviceable medium), or
Pcrsinti figured foulard is to be em
ployed and the garment in to bo used
as n cozy loiiugiug-robo for summer
wear, it will not need to be lined. An
endless variety of pretty (fleets may
bo secured iu kimonos by introducing
yoke and bands of plain color with
ikirt and sleeves of Oriental silks or
lawns. White wash silk, lawn, or
batisto may bo embellished with pale
pink, mauve, or blue silk bands and
yoke. If rufllns aro used tho mnterlal
for same should be cut nu tho straight
of tho goods and of uniform' width
viz., live inches deep.
Nino yards of material 27-flO inches
wido will bo required to mnko this
kimono lor a persou of medium size.
rnttleouts From rnrl
The group of gorgeousuosn in petti
coats shown iu tho largo engraving,
straight from gay Paroo, illustrates
to what extent they carry tho elabora
tion of trimming, of which they nre
so foud. Knife pleatings, appliqnes,
frills, ruches, Inou, ribbon and tho
silk itsolf, nil find a plaoe on those
'chef d'oeuvres of lingerie. Silk is tho
textile invariably used by the women
ot Paris for their underskirts for ordi
nary wear, and for state occasions and
for high toilets very rich brocades.
In slinpo thoy follow tho trend of
the fashiotiablo outsido skirt, having
very nunow gores and a not exag
gerated flare from tho kneos down.
The latost ones close ou the side. A
broad flounce is the most usual trim
ming for their bottoms, sometimes
graduating from the back and some
times straight around. Knife plaiting
is most used for these flounces, and
in some cases this is done at inter
vals, leaving spaoe for an embroidered
or laoe insertiug or applique.
Incrustations of velvet or silk, as
shown iu one of this group, are also
very fashionable. They begiu on the
flounce and extend half-wuy up the
skirt.
Lone Slinuliler Effects.
Women who have been bewailing
the too terrible trying effect of the
tierfeetly plain sleeve, will rejoioe to
leur that word comes from an au
thentio source that there is to be a lit
tle fullness in the tops ot the sleeves,
or a littls trimming to modify the
very close-fitting effect. Ot course,
this will not be generally adopted, as
yet many gowns are being still made
with the perfectly smooth sleeve top.
The long shoulder seams de riguer
III'
A kimono with rtrFrr.ru.
I'F.ltFECTION IN I'l'.TTK'OAT-t.
Of pHION.
now bnve helped to bring nbout Hit
clinugo, nnd tho desired result inny
bo obtained by running a pinoo of the
material down over tho top of the
sleeve, or a Ihreo-oornorod rap, or
epaulettee, in used either loose or no
pliipiod onto the top of tho sleeve,
Kvury device In employed to glvo tho
proper long shoulder 0 fleet and Added
breadth, too. Many of tho lace
trimmoil gowns hnvo inserting car
ried ovor tlio sleeve top, uniting iu a
point,
lints nml t'nites In Mntrti.
A Into mode that deserves mention,
just because it in so very new nnd
novel, but too conspicuous to find
favor, In thn fashion of having lints of
light, tints ami short chifl'oti capes to
match, that nro only suitable for mid
summer wear. While this idea wilt
undoubtedly be short-lived nnd scant
favored, yet it is ninong tho novelties
of the season. Combinations of pink
and ll no nro most commonly exhib
ited, but ono nbsnrd creation was of
pnlo green in toipio shape, trimmed
with bunches of green and purpbi
grapen with n green chiffon capo tied
with purple ribbons,
, Aiimmmr fllri.nl (Ititvns Ntinrtr.
Rummer gowns for morning nml
street wear nre being made decidedly
shorter, noma oven quite to clear tho
ground, or at lenst to so stand out nil
around that there is 110 apparent train
effect. Tho ilomi train is still en regie
for afternoon drossy gowns and Indoor
woar. Vory few uiiderskirtn nre worn
this senson under the dress skirts, ami
theso are fitted exactly to tho outside
one with ns little fullness ns possible,
to preserve tho correct slender effect.
TI11, nnrmtinrin Vrnr.
Tho rose petalcd effect in on of the
hnndsomest of thn soaion'n parasols.
While lane inserts in silks, tucks
horizontal or vertical, cordings and
plissen of every variety ot stuff nro no
urlistieally treated that tho sunshades
of Itlllll seem to put nil the other years
iu the shade.
Nflrkwnnr (Inter.
In neckwear long lano scarfs,
knotted cuds, j'.mpiro tics, berthas,
frolits for bolero jackets, four-in-hand
silk ring Hearts, nnd tho fnmiliar slock
collar iu a thousand forms comprise
tho assortment.
A Trottr V-Slmimcl Nnck.
A V-shaped neck, fillod in with
transparent bice, is a pretty accom
paniment for tho lace uudcrsloevo.
A Iaclliil Norelly.
Coats flnisiiod off about the neck
without a collar are decided novelties
this season. The one shown here is
for a general utility outing costume, a
light-weight, dark-colored Oxford mix
ture, the facings of revera and cuffs
being melton in a buckskin shade.
The hat, a soft brown felt, is recom
mended for its becoming smartness.
TENSIONS GRANTED.
Elnclrle rinnli In WMtmornlnnd County Sold.
.Roy's Narrow Eicspo In an let Cootor.
Coks Plant Shut Down.
Shilo S. 1. W.-illhmtr, Klll:mning. $8;
Hubert Johnston, I'nrt Knynl, Mar
tin 'I humpum, Tiiretitiiin, $10; (it-orge
S. Mason, hrauklin, $M; George (J.
( nmpbell, llraddork, $'1; I. aura S. I'on
tinits, Dayton, $M; joirphin Perkins,
l'.lir.'ibeth, $H; George Calvin Thomp
son, New Castle, $0; Hubert Newton.
New Itrighlon, $10; Itenjamin V. Dong
las. Mount Union, $H; Henry Shaffer,
Mount Union, $in; l.liabith S. Cham
pion, Wooillawn, $u: Mary K. Sander
son, Saxton, $H; Martin V. Cramer,
Kittanning. $.; David Groncy, Went
Alexander, $10; James T, Cintrli, lliek
nrv. $': Svlvestor I'. Ilildcrbrand, Apol
lo, N: William II. Ilalbcrt, Slicriilan
ville, Su; Joseph I riucditnan. Hillsdale,
$10; Sainiie Ale v. Walker. $;: Alexan
der Malone, l liabith. Frederick
Kamir, l ast l inley, $u; ('Italics D.
Amlriis, Heaver Valley, $S: James Inch,
Ml. Pleasant Mills, $10; Mary A.
Undue, mother. Itlairsvillo, Mary
l .i inon. 'I areiilum, $u; Mary 1'".. Mil
lard, ll-lcr. $.
Joseph Itillups nnd William Kline,
two boys aged ) ami 7 years, of Jcan
tietle. had a narrow escape Irom being
entombed alive. They were playing
with companions and rrawled into an
ice cooler in the rear of the Motet
Marion. An employe of the hotel clos
ed the door, securely fastening it on
the outside. The boys made vain at
tempts to escape, yelling with all the
power of their lungs. Almost uncon
scious, the younger of the lads lay down
on the damp floor and happily placed his
hand upon a hatchet. With that instru
ment the elder boy succeeded after four
hours of suffering to cut hiiuscll out.
The Irwin I'.lcctric Light and Power
Co., the JcMiineltr I'.lcctric Light
Co. nml the' Manor Lb-Uric Uo., owned
bv local capitalists, 'have closed a deal
whereby the plants were sold to a party
of men at Grei-nsbitrg bended by lion.
V.. I'.. Nohhius and M. I.. Painter. The
consideration was $175,000. 'I lie plants
lipiht tlie boroiii'hs of Irwin, Jeaiinetto
nnd Manor, furnish electric power for
this Grcciislnirg Jcaii'nette trolley linn
and also furnish power to rim mining
machines at Manor lor the Westmore
land Coal Co.
The Larimer Coke plant, at Irwin,
owned and operated by the Carnegie
Company, suspended operations for an
hidi-finitc iicriod. owing to inability to
eriire coal to keep the ovens going.
The coal has been fnrni -he I by local
companies, but. of late, they were un
able to furnish the supply, nnd for some
lime past I lit- coal has been brought
from the Uoniiellsville region, ,'lhe
sTjut down t'hrows about ioj men out
M ctnntoyincn!. -'
Live bids are in the hands of thp
Johnstown Passenger Kail way Com
pany for the construction of the elec
tric line from Johnstown to Windber.
The contract will likely be let the
first of nest week. The road will be
IJ miles long and will be a modern one
iu every particular. The eo.itraet calls
for the completion of the line by No
vember 15. and it is thought cars will
be running on it by Thank-giving day.
Nearly $.1000 has been paid out this
week to Indiana county f.irnnrs for their
coal rights. The purchasers are the
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal Com
pany. Lucius W. Kobinson, the presi
dent, was there Monday. Attorneys are
making abstracts of titles for lands
along Crooked Creek. I'.ngincers are
testing the lands in an unbroken field
from the northern to the southern
boundaries of the county.
Some days pgo a well was drilled
south of the Klondike coke field, Lay
ette county, for the purpose 'of getting
a itpply of gas. Whin a depth of 1.
400 feet was reached oil was struck in
quantities amounting to 50 barrels a
ilay. The territory is being quietly
leased. The field is not far from the
Greene count v field, nnd sour.' oil has
been s'.rvck there before.
George Collins, a prominent and in
fluential farmer residing te ar N'c.ville,
in the upper end of Cumberland valley,
was s'hot through the heart by his
brother-in-law. Martin I'rey. and died
instantly. Collins charged I'rey with
interfering in his family aff iirs and in
doing so he attacked I'rey with an ax.
I'rey claims he killed Collins in self
dcfor.se.
M. L. Dunham, of Bradford, has sold
his interest in the Dunderdale lease in
tile (irand Valley Field to the Stanton
Oil Company, oi Titusvillc and
Grand Valley, There arc 20
producing wells on the lease and con
siderable undeveloped territory. Mr.
Dunham's holdings comprised a fifth
interest and brought approximately
$to,ooo.
The Democrats of Armstrong county
have nominated Sheriff J. S. Gallagher
for the Senate and indorsed Gen. Craw
ford. anti-(,)uay Republican, for assem
bly. Hereafter the Democrats will have
only one candidate in tlie field for
commissioner and jury constable, and
will nominate by committee another
candidate for assembly.
Pure Food Inspector Cutsliall. of
Moadville, ac'ing with the Grocers' As
sociation of Lric, has determined to in
augurate a vigorous crusade against the
illegal oleomargarine. It is expected
that there will be many prosecutions as
the bogus better has been freely sold
by grocers who had no licenses.
At Washinaton the jury in the mur
der case of Frank Maeee, for the kill
ing of George V. McCammon at West
Alexander, rendered a verdict of "guil
ty of murder in the . second degree."
The iurv was out about six hours. 1
Lorenzo Decker and hii affianced
bride. Fannie Sagcr, were killed late
Monday night by a passenger train on
the Pennsylvania railroad at Ridgway.
The woman was instantly killed and
Decker died early next morning. The
young people were to be married on
June 1.
Joseph Mcl.'tnn,' of Sharon, was se
riously injured by a cow. The animal
turned on him when he attempted to
get on her back, and knocked him
down. One of her horr entered hi
moutih nnd a gaping wound 'was torn
in his face.. She gcrcd him several
times.
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