Volcano Lubricator. TUESDAY 'AUGUST 12, 'S^.' (3-BO.RGE, P. SARGENT. PUBLISHER & PROPRIETOR Volcano West Va. ret rolcum EsDorcs. SATISFACTORY EXHIBIT? IXCREASF.O FOREIGN' demand ? FAVORABLE PROSPLCts. Amon? the most satisfactory indica tions of a spccdv improvement in the cb Jition ol the oil maHilt is the en ormous increase in the exports of pe troleum this season, as compared with hnv previous year. The following ta ble of the quantity shipped from lead ing ports, from January 1 to June 1, 1672 and 1S73, will show how greatlv the foreign demand has augmented within a few months. The table i? compiled from the last issue of the New York CommcYiial mid Shipping List\ thfe leading authority on all mat ters pertaining to shipments or im ports to or from the United States. 4 he exiiibit is as follows, and a cartful examination ot the figuers should bo made by producers. Jan.: to Jan.i to i- . Ju ti 1 S73 June,t$?2 .. ^iJadeljjhia, -Baltimore.. i.2.-i.43i *71=6? Totaj exoorts .omU.S 7o,S^.& 46,425*012 SanJeUmerSyo::::.::;. ^000 ^In addition to the above, the exports from New \ ork aggregated nearly three million gallons during the first three uuys of June, an increase o*" ever twenty-seven million gallons since the first of Jantiarv as compared with the same months of 1S72. It ;? further noteworthy that regular ex portation of large quantities are made to regions heretofore non-consumers of petroleum or its products, and it is only reasonable to expect enlarged or ders from these sources in the future. At this moment there are loading, or to load, at New York and Philadel phia, vessels whose cargoes of refined Oil will represent the total production of the entire petroleum districts for .nearly two months. The coal famine in England is rapidly undermining the prejudices existing against kerosene as an illuminator, and the petroleum ?rade w'th that country is fast acquir ing vast proportions as the result. Thus Liverpool imported 255,708 gallons last year, tip to the first of June, against 1,150,87 7 this season; London, 353>433i against 1.741,551; Bristol, 136, 534? against 781,852; and other ports I in like proportion. The exports to Ireland have more than doubled; those to F ranee quadrupled, and the demand from Germany and Belgium and other European countries is enormously in j creased. I These facts and figures are at once interesting and suggestive, indicating, as they do, in unmistakable terms, an enhanced value of petroleum at no dis tant date. With so great an enlarge ment of the foreign demand, a pro duction certainly no greater than the markets of the world require, the chances of its application in immense quantities to new pi: r poses, and the continuous increase of home consump- | tion, it is difficult to believe oil will not advance in price till it reaches a figure at which the average operator ?will be able to carry on his business, if not at a large profit, at least without positive loss, as has been the case in too many instances during the depres sion of the last few months. ? Nation al Oil Journal. What tie FiOducer3 say about Gas. The gas question is now exciting the minds of operators and producers. They see in this the only outfet to their Surplus oil, and the oilmen of the lower region have commenced work in earn est. They propose to donate, free of cost, to any city or gas company that will acccpt. the necessary machinery for changing their works so as to use petroleum Instead of coal for generat ing gas. This proposition will be ac companied by such conditions as Will Insure the machinery to be permanent ly used, if the experiment proves a suc cess. This the operators are able to do. It will be a great day for them, when petroleum gas is first used to tight the cities of Philadelphia, New York, Boston and other large cities. There will then be no more cry of Overproduction , and the rings of refine ries and middlemen will be broken. The difficulty at present is the ex pense of the change of machinery in the gas works. The stockholders will be slow to lend money and aid towards an experiment, the result of which they are not fully certain, and unless oil'men do as the lower operators pro pose, donate them machinery free of cast, the day is distant when the oil re gion will feci the benefit of the new outlet. ? Tidioutc Journal. Lots in Duluth sell for one fourth price offered for them' one year ago. Pure West Virginia Oil. No oil of min era! origin, except the "Mecca," ever attained the reputation as a lubricator, that has been reached I) v the heavy oil produced in West Virginia. All requirements, seem to be met in this oil. It is entirely tree from yum, and this cannot be said ot the f'ir'*>t sperm. It has a body heavy enough for the most ponderous bear ings, and yet is so limpid as to run I'reelv through the most delicate oil cup. It retains its body in the hottest weather, and reiuses to harden under the severest cold of winter. It lacks the pungent smell common to other mineral oils, so that the close air and warmth of the factory fails to produce from it the slightest unpleasant odor. It will not ignite at any lower tem perature than animal oils, and possess es this enormous advantage over them all, that it is not possible under any conditions to produce spontaneous combustion with it. The importance of this feature can be seen from the fact that in factory districts, where rags and waste, saturated with oils, are liable to accumulate, one-fourth of all the losses by lire arc caused by spon taneous combustion. ^ hat more could be asked of an oil ? And yet, while sperm, of purity more or less doubtful, costs the consumer not less than two dollars a gallon, the most approved brands of West Virginia can be bought lor from fifty t6 sixty cents. What wonder that the adulterator who seizes upon everything that we eat and drink and wear, shou'd catch a reputation like this to palm off a host of oil of a lower merit. We made the assertion a few months ago that somebody was in the hflbit of "mixing" oils, which were afterwards sold as pure; a statement certainly modest enough to pass un challenged. But the Volcano Lubri cator, anxious for the reputation of the | merchants of West Virginia, in reply to our statement, says: "We venture to assert, that not a single reputable firm in West V irginia endeavors to sell mixed oil under an\ other title than mixed oil. If con sumers want to know whether they ^et the oil they order or not, it is easy for them to do so; let them buy Irom producers and they will then know, or let them apply the freezing test, and that will satisfy them." We have nothing to say in reply to the first statement of the Lubricator, for with the reputation ot men or firms, we have nothing to do, but we can but take exception to the other st^telrients for the simple reason that thousands of barrels of Franklin oil pass through this citv consigned to producers or those who claim to be producers of West Virginia oils, and we think the conclusion fs a fair one that these par ties sell it again in some form or other. And as to the freezing test, no one knows better than tne producers them selves that it is no test of the purity of oil. We have before us as wi write a sample of oil 2S gravity, which will not chill at zero, but which has not a drop of West Virginia oil in it, arid we have also samples of oil vfhich we have good reason to believe are pure West Vir ginia oils, J9 gravity, which chill solid at 10 degrees above zero. The fact fs we would not vouch for the purity of any sample of West Virginia oil, un less we had with our own hands caught it flowing from the well, seen it barrel ed, and then sat on the bung hole while it was in transit. No better proof of what we say is need ed than what every oil dealer knows to be notoriously true, that what pur ports to be pure West Virginia oil can be bought by the single barrel, in any large city in the country, to-day, at a price less than the cost of pure oil at the wells in thousand barrel lots. And yet we are gla iprco*7itf C. W. METLER, Supt. j M. BENEDICT, Manufacturer of Sucker Rods and Boriny J'oles I have on hands at all times a large as*r>rt nieut of the very best in the market. J. M. Benedict, Volcano, Wood county West Va. juneS-71 JOHN SCHAFER BAKERY, CONFECTION ARY, And First-class Groceries. ICE CREAM, Raymond street opposite post office, Volcano, West Va. tf GO TO SHAFER & STEEN For Your DRY GOODS GROCERIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS II J lijj WARE, TIX IV ARE, QUEENS WARE, NOTIONS, LADIEk Hats, Ribbons, Gents, furnishing goods, Ready Made Clothing, Boots Shoes, Wall Paper, Carpets, Hats, Caps, Mining Powder, etc. If you want a good fit, for i suit of clothes, For a pair of boots, or for a fashionable shirt, cut low in the neck, be accommodatcd by leaving your measure at the store of april V) ly. SHAFER A STEEN. Great Reduction in PRICES tjioMaS, Schillixg a co Are now offering for cash, their large stock of dress goods at cost, compris ing of plaids, CHAMBRAYS, JAPANESE SILKS MOZAMBEQUES, JAPANESE POPI.fNS STRIPED XLPACCAS, Chintz ALpacca^ LAWNS, We have also a fine lot of shawls which wc will sell out at very low prices, call and see. THOMAS, SCHILLING & CO. . . 4UayJ3-tf Hardware* G & H. WIT MAN~ General Machine, Blacksmith And Repair Shop, VOLCANO, IV. VA. All kinds of machine work done on short notice in a workmanlike manner at moderate prices. GENERAL BT.A C K S Ml THING We manufacture Complete sets ot Drill and Fishing tools and warran them to be of the same material as represented. We also do any job that can be done In any Blacksmith shop in the country in a good work manlike and substantial manner. OIL WELL TUBING. At our store we keep oil well tubing casing and gas pipe all kinds of b.-ars or iron fitings for oil, water, steam, or gas, packing of all kinds Gum and Leather belting and the well known j NEW BEDFORD Drill and Sand! Pump Ropes, also draw ropes and WIRE ROPE Of all sizes used in the Oil Regions HARDWARE. We have a full and complete assort ment of Hardware, including Steel Iron, Nails, Blacksmith and Carpenter Tools Sash and Door Glass, Paint etc. DEALER IN STOVES of every description, and manufac turers cf TIN & SHEET IRON-WARE. We also manufacture Smoke Stiftks of all sizes to order. At our Establishment on Ann Street in Parkersburg W. Va.,we keep a Juli line of the above goods. Address C. & H. WITMAN, Volcano W. Va. or Parkersburg TV. Va$ M.J. OBRIEN. w. s. obrien: M. J. O'Brien & Bro., manufacturers AND DEALERS IV PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, Oil Well fools, Fixtures, Working Barrels, Valves, Suckei Rods, Gum and Leather Belting , New Bedford Drilling Cables, and General Assortment Hope , 1'acking Yarns, dc., l(/S in this scction o( the country. . Our facilities for Machine Work, style of finish, pricc. etc., are such that we defy competition in this line. ?35?" We have recently added to our Blacksmith Shop a St.XSA.3f IlAjil MER', which enables us (on short notice) to fiil all orders with promptness. We sbHcit dh examination Of our stock before purchasing elsewhere. M. J. O'BRIEN & BRO., hock Box 10, VOLCANO, Went Va. ' ? ? u M.J. O'BRIEN & BRO. AGENTS FOR WEST VA. FOR TITUSVILLE MANUFACTURING CO MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, STEEL JARS; OIL WELL TOOLS, RIG IRONS, &C. TITUSVILLE, PENNSYL VA \IA. W: C. ALLISON & SONS. Junction Car Works ani< Flue MrH,, . 32 & WALNUT STS., PHILADELPHIA, PA." TUBING AND CASING. We call especial attention to Oil operator* to our Patent Socket Tub ing which is now being used by operators throughout the country with great satisfaction. Best Manufacture of Well Fittings, etc., etc. M. J. O'BRIEN & BRO., Sole Agents for Ohio and West Va. JAMES M'CONAHY,* rs C/D CJ . r-[ V C* ? 0) ^r Clocks arid Musical Instruments. COURT ST. PARKERSBURG. W. VA R. J. A. Boreman, BOOKS, STATIONERY, CHROMOS, MUSIC, Arid Fancy Articles. CORNER COURT SQUARE & MARKET ST. PARKERSBURG, WEST VA1.