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ABOUT
How Mother Earth Gives Oil 1
Baily
; H. F. Cable ic
For all purposes of human life the
world requires some 500,000,000 gal
lons of oil a year, or about ono-quer
ter of a gallon to every man, woman
and ebiW. on the faoe of the globe.
Next to coal and the heat it pro
vides, oil is the mott valuable neces
sity of mankind taken from the earth.
Geld ss ?hs sos? pr colona meta!, but,
if coal and oil were taken away from
the world, gold would be of little
valns. It oannot sustain life except
through its purchasing power, while
coal and oil have within, themselves
, not only, heat end light for human be
ings, but many food supplies. :
Mother earth has many treasures
underground, but probably none as
precious at the present time asher
supply of oil; and while this oil in va*
rio?a sections of the conntry is drilled
and bored for and brought to the
surface of the ground, few there are
who can explain how St got under
ground.
For this reason I wish to give you
an oil story from tho lips of Prof.
Jacques Chennair, of Paris, who has
completed an extensive study of the
natural oil fields of Ubina, Manohu
ria, Russia and the United States, and
who, at an early day, will give final
conclusions to a olass of young engi
neering students in Marseilles, who
are fitting themselves to be oil-finders
the world over.
Prof. Chennair has just left Gal
veston, Texas, for Tahiti, in tho pur*
suit of his studies, and expect? to
reach France late in January. His
simple talk on oil, ita value, and how
it enters into almost every daily re
quirement of our lives, |B entertain
ing, for, as a scholar and a represen
tative of the French government, he
is an authority.
When in Chicago, Prof. Chennair
said to me:
v *'In a recent conversation whioh I
bsd wich President Roosevelt, he
asked me what the^ oil production of
the world represented to the people os
tho globr, and I replied that it meant
far more than was generally nuder
otood. Whether it be '.,crude oil or
refined, whether it is the oil tba*
.ponteright ont of tho earth ertha
oil that, of tos ?i has been taken ont,
is refined, it stands for locomotivo
fuel, for lifting, fer besting, fe?
?paps? for aiany of she by-products
chet coter lato tba manufacture of
botter (sod bruer that is heahhful,>
xor some cf tits ingredients of flo?/,
espsoiaSIy lite coarser ?rades, for what
is used in Glycerine, Jo vaseline, in
listerine, what appears aironiriy*? fi 5 gd
io extract? for flavoring, and so on?
?O ioag as Ii is pure no nara oau
come from tbs ose ; cf natural' olio;
impurities caO: ba introduced only by
man. '
"In otudying tho origin of. t&e olio
of the earth; J.; have visited Mount
Yssuvius? Fuji, the sacred volotno of
Japan, Mauna Loa, iu Hawaii, the
voicanio peaks of Mexico, and tho
submerged volcanoes, or craters, "of
' Europe, Manchuria, and yoiitf -4irn
country.; Many craters that once were
above the surface of the earth have
been sunk, through, changes in thV
Crust, to a level lower than tho sux
v-feSp. Yet they are still alive. ;
,'.*Yoleaoie ao
tho natural oil (by this I mean the
oils not extracted from vegetables)
shat the world has ever had. The
\8iaoner of ;i ito production has been
ouriosss bat not strange. Volcanoes,
whether in active*? eruption or ex
t**a*J!y. quiet, ?rr aiwaye working.
.^9y-areir^ally only gas vents for the
internal amt of the[earth, whioh be-.
?' come; especially .active' when water
from aJake;**; e see.is s^deuly4htrp
dncad into them. They b$?ve immense
. he*t internally. ,
"I found craters iu Java whoso in
ternal heat. ?K) fe?t ydown from their
lOOOitb could not .be lesa than 1,500
;;4^rees--~a heat so iot?ase t?at any of
our ordinary metals W?uld/'^feppetr.
i^j^^^y^^i^l^Z Mauna;;i?og;??;;
w?t????rw
exisic?ce of heit equivalent to 3,000
?^STsai aoUas^i ^a^wH?soU
prosaure, produce? tho natural otf
? ??tmdy cf the world. ,;!?f?|?
late a liquid ma*V Out or*?i? mL*
c?mes, " When sufficient oxygVn^ ny
P?^Sfjfc* end nitrogen are ^?ij^L^^m
:\S?#l^^'O0t
x?vere^^
.;' i?e>cfc*sue)^
? 1 eF?atcriai from whioh lt bas. beso
m&de, is mi of a cari*,* v>f?*f Some
ev v$*c1^5?^
cn
OIL.
ko the World, and its Value in
Life.
i Boys' World.
with certain food producta.
"Yet it ia one of the remarkable
provisions of nature that no oil taken
from any part of the earth iw value*
less; it all has a natural use, if only
one koowa what to do with it. To
tell you ft story to this point, I will
say that when I waa 94 Kohes?S, a
small oil-produoing center in Man
churia, X found an oil well flowing
with an exceedingly thin wad white
product that did not yield over five
barrels a day. Thc owners and work
men had abandoned it in despair. I
tested tho oil, and found that if, after
it came ot tho ground,' it was
steamed ?nd boiled, it would make an
excelle ot tanning for leather Sn sad*
dies and boots. Before I leffe the des
pised well waa paying for itself, bo
causa it had been shown to those who
owned it that it had a place in this
world. 4
"I would like to say thia to you,
and that is: The world uses annually
more oil than it does ooal, and more
than it does wood or timber. The
real timber supply cf the. world will
be practically exhausted within the
next fifty years, and the coal supply
will laBt a hundred years er more, but
the <oil supply cannot bo exhausted.
Tho internal fires of the earth are con
stantly producing it, only you must
know where to find it. After we real
ly get done with oil, 1 think electric
ity will be the next great servant of
man, but as yet we do not understand
electricity or even know what really
to call it. In the lifetime of all I am
talking to now, oil will be supreme.'!
Prizes for Cereal Contests.
Mr, W. ?. Johnson, editor of The
American Agriculturist of New York,
was in the oity yesterday on his way
baok from a Florida trip. Professor
Johnson it perhaps one of the best
known authorities in the country in
farming an i stock raising and takes a
great deal of interest in anything re
lating to either. While hero' he call
ed on Commissioner Watson and se
cured soma information concerning
tho appropriation of $500 by the
State Legislature to be expended aa
prisca for the farmers who shall ca
to? the national cereal growing con
tests,
lt may he of interest to many Benth
Carolinians., to know that tho lassest
'ctf?^&it " '^..?fli'?ww? of, land
Marlboro o?a?ty.. Tba yield wai 2S5
bushels asd he was awarded: aha irst
pilzo in the national contest. Tba
nfttinnal finn Iga fc is ?J2?de? the direction
of the ornoo? o? Tba American Agii
eniturist and a total of $5,000 is given
in prises.
Tho eection under the State appro-,
f priatiou providing for the con tesl is
asfcwlowsr
'.That the sum of $500 be and is
hereby appropriated to ho expended
aa State prises for the farmers of the
'?tal? vrho shall enter the national
contest for thc growing of cereals per
aore. All rules and regulations gov
erning eaid.contest and the distrij|jfc
ooh of the prizes ana ino ezpenditare
of the appropriation. [ above ; piovlded
for shall ha under the ' direction and
control of tho oommissibn>r of agti?
culturo, and the pr?sidant and the
professor of agriculture of Clemson
College, who shall constitute a hoard
for this purpose.*' ,
Prof. Johnson said in regard to the
contest:: ' ; f.' '<
UT^ details of $e contest will
soon be. finally arranged hy ^Commis
sioner Watson, Br. ^MoU and ?r?fV
phatabliES. ferners";??jipiyji?V 'parts'; of
the State should make np their minds
to enter .this contest at once and Send
in their requests to Commissioner
Watsoov r .
'. I't't am satisfied that wh'?>? the crop
iej^?ate?
olina wilt stand well towWd >he top of
the list if not; first in this eenie*?.
We will watch the resulte with keen
ioteroit as t am;^^ea that these
ton?sn the world when the final records
aro made hy th? indsw. ;r
.M#t 1$ ?nde*?'*|dca8nrc R?d inspi
Ta^oWfOr'^-'i? not^Vz>omv'yc&^'lo
year tho marvelous developmsn t along
agrleuUuia* li??? i ? ?RU other
fy?$*fa Otates.' ',.'! kn?*r of
o$to^
?iai"?*Vit capital and mon of energy $js
the ?gi?ettUur&l ead industrial fiai?.
? ' ;' * *^?:<?^^ ' Work-'
iugVi^ ?cnt? .Mn?on^
;f?r^j|^ire??ymt?0f
I Thfr^itest :-'Mti^.;Sn*^|?^ ? jtsos*
nnio.ua th?t wa hate ?va?r undertaken
and large cash prikes will he ottered
?^te???^M.o?^
-JJ 1
not'?urpriso mo ia the least to soo a
farmer *jho Palcuotto State again
loom wp ?J jJ sweepstake prise winner
in the cotton contest."
Prof. Johnson left on the evening
train for Washington, where he will
consult with Seoretary Wilson, of the
department of agriculture on msay
matters afleo ti og the agricultural in
terests of the South. Prof. Johnson
stated that among the most loyal sup
porters of the farmers' interests in
the Senate and House were the rep
resentatives from the Southern
States. He is of the opinion that we
oan reasonably ezpeot greater advances
in agriouitural development in the
next 10 years than wo have sees dar
ing tho past 25.-The State.
Hdikleg Fe? Hepplnsss.
According to the Declaration of In
dependence "tho pursuit of happi
ness" is ono of the inalienable rights
with which mankind has been endow
ed by his Creator; and the search for
means whereby ho might add to bis
happiness has lain at the foundation
of all bia greatest achievements.
But^ b?oaoae there baa been euch a 1
difference of opioion. among mes re
gardtngcthe; thing that would make
them happy, their quest has often
led them into actions that caused un
told misery to others. Alexander's
idea of happiness was the conquest
of the whole world; and that his path
way tc the goal lay aoross fields of
slsnghter and amidst the rains of
cities seems to have oansed him no
remorse. No doubt, in his dreams,
Napoleon saw himself master of the
wholo of Europe, and would have
counted no cost in the attainment of
that position. It was because he
believed that the wealth of the In
dies would add to the happiness of
his sovereigns, and the knowledge of
the unknown seas lyiog west of
Europe would increase his own happi
ness and that of tho learned men of
his tima, that Columbus ventured on
that first dangerous voyage which
gave, a New World to tho Old. That
very Declaration from which we have
quoted was penned in the belief that
if it could be carried into effect it
would add immensely to the happi
ness of all those ooloaists from
Europe who had sought on the shores
of America a refuge from religious
and politioal oppression. And, from
these important examples, down to
the insignificant aotione of eaoh mem
ber of th?|?iuman race, we see all
tending in toot ooo direction, the pur
suit of happiness.
Thia being the oase, it is wonderful
that auoh. a comparatively small num
ber of sen afeoold have attained what j
they ooogkt; for it is the exooption
whoa any of them admit that they are j
perfectly fesppy. When the question
is put to them, there ia almost in
variably ?"wneii" or na "if* ia their
answer. ' They are either looking
forward to some f atar? time whoa a
hoped foi good shall lave been' at
tained; or thoro is still some contin
gency, of /renton fchoy ere not quite
?s?ift?n- Babied io fill their esp i cf
happiness to the brim. Aad beside
el! tb? immense multitude of those
who weald be content with merely
earthly happiness, there are many
who look oniy for complete happiness
ia anoto? ephere, and coona the
trials and troubles of this present life
as nothing if they may but gala tho
onoionded life of joy beyond the
grave. To these it . seems unaccount
able that any one can live solely for
the present and in the passing day,
and thoy would fain persuado tbeir
neighbors' that lt is wrong to take so
much pleasure in all the tboueand
blessings with which the Creator has
"crowned our days." They appear to
forget that gratitude for these bless
iogs i? far more pleasing to Him than
sighs and lamentations overotbo van
ity of earthly things; and also that of
all the beautiful Psalms of that
"sweet singer," who was called: "A
man after God's own heart," the most
beautiful are those in whioh ho gives
thanks for all the benefits reoeived at
His hands: "Who crowneth thee
with loving kindness and tender mer
cies; who satieficth thy mouth with
good things."
No reasonable person can b??eve
that fall tho beautiful and good things
with which this world is filled were
put here that we should turn from
them and find no happiness in them;
to do so ie rank ingratitude to the
Giver of all good; though we are not
ezpeoted to find in them the only
things worth living for. It is because
of this that so many are disappointed
in their pursuit of happiness. In an
essay by Dean Hodges on this subject
he says: "Among those who listened
to St. Pani at Athens were oertain
philosophers oalled Epicureans. They
were applying themselves with all dil"
{genoe to tho attainment of happiness.
Their only business was to have a
good time. Being philosophers, they
had easily disoovered that there io a
great difference between a good time
whioh continues on, shining with a
steady light, into the far future.
Thoy had aooordingly rejeoted some of
the applicants for the position of
pleasure maker. They had deoided,
for etemple, that appetite, while it
has its plaoe in the Boheme of a good
life, is not a satisfactory purveyor of
joy. They lived on barley, bread aud
water. Bit they were selfish persone;
they had in tbeir philosophy no plaoe
for ministration, and therefore, they
failed in tbeir high endeavor."
Io this example we find tho key cf
the whole problem as to bow best to
attain happiness, and it is a very
simple solution of it. It can never
be really found by those who seek it
for its own sake, and for their own
selfish enjoyment. The most perfeot
life ever lived on earth was one of
ministration. His coming to earth
was an eatire renunciation of Self for
the good of others; and, although He
is oalled "The Man of Sorrows,*' His
sorrow was for nothing concerning
Himself, bnt for the sins of the world
that" were separating man from his
Maker, and for which He had oome.
to atone, in order that men might
again find their lost happiness. Bat
this they can never do unless they
endeavor-so fares in them lies-to
I follow His example ia living for oth
ers, rather than for themselves, and
if need be to die for them also.
Thousands are doing this daily, heroic
as it may sound. Even ?Brealiied
by themselves they are eecrifloing
their time and health and all selfish
pleasure for the benefit of these they
love-and too often wi tb oat even the
noa? reward of reeegsitics or grati
tude. Others are taking their life in
their hands ?nd facing dangers of all
linds for the good of their country;
and the world bas lately had a won
derful example of how .utterly unselfish
men ean be when when inspired by
patriotism and, loyalty. It is ueeles?3
to argne that soldiers, and sailors, and
lifeguards, and firemen, and all the
great host of those who follow callings
that require constant risk of life are
only actuated by the rewards they
g
of acres fertilised with Farmers'
on, than the same acreage with c
s more than that It makes it p
tere ase the yield Try it this
fVJade With Rah ^
arr of fertiliwrexrxrience hack
Royster fertilizers were used on tl
siness stamps Farmers' Bone the
HNT m mm? H&M* mm
?I890-!?600 TONSX
111806-12,^00 TO WS lk
,1000-50,455 TOMS
receive for thoir servioes. Were that
all which inspired them the chances
are they would falter and hold baok io
the moment of danger, for each man
feels his life is more to him than all
the riohes of the world. But, at the
same time, there is in the heart of
eaoh a courage and ? humanity that
oounts his own life as nothing if by
risking it bo oan save anotbor. It is
this feeling that impels the missionary*
to give up all the pleasures of home
and country, and of social intercourse
with friends, to beoome an exile for
years, or for life, in tho midst of
those with whom be has little in com
mon beyond the possession of a soul
to save. There io no oalliog so poor
ly paid, so beset with dangers, dita
onltioo, and those thing* which are
meet repulsivo to refined minds; but
daily men and women are finding their
highest happiness in this saorifioe of
self in oompliasoo with what they be
lieve to be thoir duty.-Sunday
News._
Ptain Blunt Truth.
"I read an interview in the Post
with Gol. St. John of Now York, in
wbioh he spoke of the danger of spec
ulating in ootton on the part of men
who prodnoo it," said Mr. J. 0. Max
well of New Orleans, at the Nev?
Willard.
11 Col. St. John hits the nail square
ly on tho head when he advises couth
ern farmers to fight shy of mythioa1
purchases and sales of their own pro
ducts. As I oamo north this time ]
overheard two prosperous looking plan
tors in the parlor ooaoh near me dis
cussing the market, and telling o
their operations. At length I got ao
quaintedwith them, and we began t
talk of "futuros." In faot, that wa
about the only subject they seemed t
caro about discussing, and it was evi
dent the bug of speculation possossc
them.
"Finally, I asked them if they ha
been long accustomed to playing th
market, and they confessed they wor
amateurs of but little experience
Upon this an elderly gentleman, wh
had been listening to our oonversatio
addressing tho planters directly saic
'"I understand that you gentlcme
are cotton growers. Now take th
oounsel of sn old man and oontei
yourselves with making that neoe
sary article of consumption. There ai
plenty of others to gamble in it. Pa,
don my plain talk, but yon farmei
are the veriest greenhorns in finanoii
matters, and the speculative gan
was made to shear jost snoh innocent
Even if yon make a few winnio&s yoi
soooese is only temporary; th* bi
gamesters in New York will sooner <
later pier you as olean aa a bloaohc
bone on the prairie. The Cottc
gruger ol the south who wiii stink t
hit? legitimate nosiness Is going to I
riding on the top ereast of prospsi
ty, and he, of all men, ought to be 001
tent to let well enough alone.'
Washington Post._
-j The Koonda, of the Madras prc
idenoy, India, have to oner a butte
in saorifioe now instead of a human b
ing. In so doing they always make
long apology to their deity, explainii
that they themselves would willing
make the customary saorifioe, bat I
prevented by the British Governme
on whose head they pray that any a
ger at their neglect of duty may
visited.
ds I
Bone produce a gg
?rebnary fertilizer* lp|
ossible to reduce H
/ear, The man H
fa lill *^jflt
of him* Ove* B
lie crops of 1905. . B
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