“We may safely assume that the Almighty knows all about it.”—James S. Myers.

“A flea may upset a mastiff.”—Stephen D. Karns.

“The city-water is as dirty as the dirty pool of politics.”—Samuel P. Brigham.

“Haven’t the producers played the fool long enough?”—George H. Nesbit.

“Tracts and missionaries are poor feed for the heathen.”—Alexander Cochran.

“Money is good only as it enables men to do good.”—J. J. Vandergrift.

“It takes dry-holes to test an operator’s moral fiber.”—Joseph T. Jones.

“I have tapped the mine.”—Edwin L. Drake.

“Give us dollar-oil and Klondyke can go to the devil.”—Chorus of Operators.

“That duffer is the ugliest bristle on the monopoly-hog.”—Peter Grace.