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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-12
GOT HIS MONEYS WORTH.

1t was a farmer-looking man, with one
arm in sling and a bandage over his
eye who wandered into the Office of the
superintendent.
81 was in that little smashup down near
Plunkville.'' said the farmer-looking man.
and then he smiled.
II guess he can be fixed up for not more
than $780," thought the superintendent.
Vas. L was there" continued the visit
or. with a chucl1le. "JiSt Sailin' along.
smooth as grease, listenin' to a hook
nosed teller tellin' d funny story, when
all of a sudden-kerblip! That there ole
car went sailin' so high that l could see
the gray hairs in the whiskers of the man
in the moon, and then she come down.
How she did come down! And when l
come TO, there sot that hook-nosed Teller
with his hook-nose changed TO pug; an
other Teller about seven foot high was
hung across the bell-rope like a snake
hung up fer rain, and over in the wood
box was fat woman damned in SO tight
that she couldn't even holler-couldn't do
nothin' but make faces. BY gravy, it was
the funniest time | ever had in all my
life. And so 1 thort how much eXtry you
thort I'd orter pay fer the fun you gim-
me-"
The superintendent sat there with his
mouth open for so long that the farmer
looking man grew alarmed and fed.-Cin-
cinnati Tribune
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Stop That Cough!

1t may lead to serious conse-
quences. Cough remedies will
not do it, because it means more
than simple cold. SCOTS
Emulsion of Cod-1iver Oil with
Hypophosphites will do it, and
at the same time will build up
and fortify the system against
further attacks.
We are putting up a 5o-cent
size for just these local diff
cuities. For ordinary Coughs
and Colds that quantity will
doubtless cure, If it is deep
seated it may require more.
Don't be persuaded to accept substituted
Scott BOVINE, NY. AID'Eggists. SOC. and 81.
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A MYSTERIOUS. CITY.
Its Mirage is One of the Most Inter
estin. and Curious Ever Seen.

estins: and Curious Ever Seen.
Many stories have been written about
mirages and delusions, but none have
been more interesting and curious than
that of the Silent City mirage, which
makes its appearance near the Pacific
glacier in Alaska. The discovery of
this wonderful mirage was made by
the Indians, who would tell of the city
which was built in the clouds.
The mirage can be seen in the early
part of July, from to o'clock p. m.
1t rises from the side of the Pacific
glacier. 1t first appears like a heavy
mist, and soon becomes clearer, and
one can distinctly see the spectre city,
IYell-defined streets and trees, tall
spires, huge and odd-shaped buildings
which appear to be ancient mosques
or cathedralS.
1t is city which would seem to con-
tain at least $4,000 or $4,000 inhabitants.
No one has been able to identify it,
although several have claimed to rec
ognize the place. There is no city like
it in Alaska, nor in any country about
it for thousands of miles. Some claim
it as a city in Russia, other say 1t is
a city in England but none can tell
what or where it is. The mirage was
given the name of the Silent City"
as it appears to no one like a dead
city. There is nothing which would in
dictate that it is uninhabited.
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body has. Now, by taking advantage of
the principles of magnetism, we may do
away with all this. 1t has been suggest
ed that a series of powerful electro-mag-
nets be arranged on a ferry slip, so that
boat having large pieces of iron affixed
to the bow will be strongly attracted. Or
the wharf itself could have the iron cop
ing placed upon it, and the magnets on
the boats receive their energy from the
dynamoS in the regular lighting equip
ment. 1t is feasible
Speaking of ferry-boats reminds me
that these crafts will now be worked by
electricity. The single machine on board
viii be a motor connected 10 the propel-
Ter. The electric current will be generated
on shore and transmitted to the motor on
the boat through a cable dangling along
under water after the boat. The cable
will just reach across the river, and is
round and unwound by means of spin
die, as the boat goes backward and for
ward. There are ferries worked by cleo
tricity obtained from a cable stretched
through the air under a bridge. The boat
might be called a trolley boat, as its ac-
ton is identical electrically, with that of
a trolley-car. Such a device naturally
brings us to that more recent, but much
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-12
BEN BOLT UP TO DATE.
Variations of the Famous Song
Dedicated to the TriIby Maniacs.
BEN ROITED

Variations of the Famous Song
Dedicated to the TriIby Maniacs.
BEN BOLTED.
Oh, do you remember that tenner, Bel
Bolt,
You borrowed a long time ago?
Your L o. US whiskers are gray, Ber
Bolt:
Why don't you come down with The
dough-"
CHORUS.
Why don't you come down with the
dough, dear boy?
Why are you so deucedly slow?
But that's where Ben bolted:
His nature revolted
At thought of that tenner, you know
BEN BUNCOED.
Oh, do you remember sweet Alice. Ber
Bolt.
Who worked in the candy store?
I loved her-oh. madly loved her. Ben
But now, alas! love her no more.
CHORUS.
Nay, nay, sir, L love her no more,
dear boy,
But rather thirst for her gore
One suit for a breach
OF promise will teach
a chap what he ne'er knew beforei
BEN BOOZED.
Oh, do you remember that punch, Ben
Bolt.
That Vassar girls punch, so fair?
Twas innocent, yea, as a babe, Ben Bolt.
Until with two feet it got there.
CHORUS.
Oh, when with two feet it got there.
dear boy.
Twas all delusion and snare;
For ten million snakes
No museum makes.
A note of, were in it. sweari
BEN BOLTED again but DIFFERENTLY
oh, do you remember that office. Ben
Bolt.
That office reputed so fat?
Ii cost me ten thousand to get there. Ben
Bolt.
You said twas a bargain at that.
CHORUS
You said twas a bargain at that,
dear boy,
But nay, twas all talk through your
hat:
l tried to get back
My original stack,
And Sing Sing is where I am at!
BEN BAAlBOOZLED.
Oh. do you remember that fib. Ben Bolt,
That fb so clipper and gay?
How over in Paris you'd summer,
Ben Bolt.
While over in Jersey you'd stay.
CHORUS.
Yes, over in Jersey you'd stay. dear
boy
So write for your rooms this May;
Then shine up the fib
So clipper and glib.
For everything goes todayi
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excellent features, it has some draw
backs. Various methods have been de-
vised- One is the use of a false stern
containing motor and propeller, whlen
can be placed on any canal boat. me
current is supplied by a cable. along tns
side of the canal. This cable has a troll
ley wheel truck running on ii. A flexible
wire connects it to the canal boat motor
If current is to be obtained in this man
ner, however, it is generally conceded
that a regular system of the propeIlerS
should be used; each tug carrying along
with it a string OF boats Another cleo
trio device sucks water through the hull
of the boat and projects it out at the
stern with such force that the boat is
propelled forward. In France there is a
system which provides for cable lying
in the canal The boat has electric ma
chinery which grips the cable tightly and
by means of revolving drums pulls itself
along. A movable cable travelling on
large drums or pulleys along the canal
bank has been used. The canal boatmen
attaches a hawSer to the cable, and the
boat consequently, is pulled along as the
cable moves. 1t has been suggested also
that we pull the boats in series by means
of locomotives running along the canal
banks.
Canal Boat Motor on the Bank.
THE most ingenious method of all,
perhaps, is that which calls for the cree
ton Of double rail along the canal
bank. The rail carries a current or cleo
tricity and at the same time serves as
track on which runs small motor. 1t IS
merely necessary 10 run line from the
boat to the motor. The motor runs along
of itself and drags the boat after it This
method, or other analogous to ii, may be
strongly commended, because there is no
propeller to cause the water to wash
away the canal banks-the great objec-
ton to steam canal boats.
1.-The Introduction of electricity on can
ais has another advantage-the lllumlna-
ton of the towpath; quite an important
element in furthering the operation of the
canal. notice that the Baltic canal is
to be equipped with 5000 incandescent
lamps. The Manchester canal is illumin-
ated and so will be the proposed ship
canal which will extend from Mobile to
the Gulf of Mexico"
THEODORE WATERS.
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gard, invented by Lieutenant How
gaard of the royal Danish navy. is
an instance of what has been sug-
gestei. This boat is fsh-shaped and
is propelled when on the surface by
steam power and by storage battery
current when submerged. Her sub
.l1ergable quality is obtained from
11ropelIer placed in a vertical well &C.
ing right through the center of the
vessel. She is d torpedo boat, of
course. and warfare is her excuse for
heing. The Waddington, the Peral,
+he Gymnote and the Goubet. are all
tvnes cf the electric torpedo boat,
with whicE the public is tolerably well
familiar
saThe Baker Submarine electric boat,
the invention of Chicagoan is an
other of this class, interesting because
It is American and because the navy
department has made tests of its ca
liabilities. The French government or.
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tressed vessel, carrying light and succor
to the shipwrecked. Something of a sim
liar nature is the electrically lighted life
buoy invented by Captain Meter, of the
German navy. 1t is not always possible
to follow the cry of man overheard
with the instant cutting away of a buoy.
Hence the man in the water is often I'M
able to perceive that a buoy has been
thrown; or supposing he does and reaches
it, the rescuing boat is often unable TO
find him when he is too weak to cry out
as it approaches. The electric buoy will
obviate most of the difficulty by being an
Illuminated target for both man and
boat.
MOOring and Moving Boats By EIec-
tricity.
what would you say to mooring a boat
by electricity? That is one of the things
which will be done by means of the cur
rent. Have you ever been on a ferry-boat
and experienced the agony of waiting
while the boatman tried TO see how long
he could be winding the Windlass? Every
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dered a submarine boat to be built
expressly for the purpose of destroying
submarine mines. She is remarka BILE
in that She is driven by a motor TAX
ing current from primary battery.
1 have heard nothing regarding her
performances, but it is hard to obtain
information of this character, anyway
Governments do not always care to
make public the results of tests.
Other governments would be apt to
take advantage. But perhaps the most
interesting submarine boat, from a
popular standpoint, is the Andace,
launched at F'Oce, Italy, by a Roman
company, for the recovery of treasure
from the ocean bottoms. 1t is said she
can descend 600 feet-a remarka bic dis
lance for a submarine boat. How she
does it is a mystery which her owner
proposes shall remain undisclosed. Five
men may descend in her, and she has
door fitted to one of her eompart-
ments through which divers may pass
without admitting a quantity of wa
ter. It is also said that her owners
will go into the business of repairing
hulls, fishing for pearls and other pur-
suits of like nature as well as re-
covering treasure.
The Torpedo an Electric Boat.
Il suppose you might call a torpedo an
electric boat. Strictly speaking II IS
projectile worked by an electric current.
and controlled, in most cases, from snip
or from the shore. TorpedceS are 100 Wen
known to the general public to admit of
much discussion. The Sims-Edison, Lay
Haight and Nordenfelt are all types: A
remarkable one is the Victoria, Whlcn,
instead of being launched from the shore,
is attached to buoy. The buoy may be
located two or more miles off shore, but
the torpedo when released starts OH ana
is worked from that point. The buoy in
its turn is worked by cable from the
shore, so that a. respectable number OF
miles may lie between the operator ana
the ship he is trying to wreck.
lone of the best uses TO which the
dirigable or shore-contrOlled torpedo has
been put is as a life-savlng device Inc
Hibbard life-saving torpedo is practically
an electric float, capable of being pro-
PEELED and steered from shore. 1t carries
a powerful electric lamp on top and can
be sent cut past boiling surf 10 dis
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.! {: Rio GraldS
s.; - Western
Scenic Line. Standard Gauge
Current Time Table.
IN EFFECT MARCH 81, 1895.
Scenic Line. Standard Gauge
LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.

LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 2-Fo- Bingham, Provo.
Grand Junction and all points
east. ..............:--........ sos N
and al points east: ,;.,;;:;;;;.;;. 7;4O lra
late, points, $50 . n
Salina and all intermediate
points .---...---.--..-.--- z-5O p m
No. 9-For Eureka, Payson. Pro
VOs and all intermediate points. 500 . m
No. 3-For ogden and the west. HIS p m
No. For ogden and the west. 1:3O N
ARRIVES SALT LAKE CITY.
No. From Provo. Grand juno
ton and the east..---....-....-..1 :20 p m
No. 3-From Provo. Grand juno
ton and the east....-.-...-.......11:35 . m
No. 5-From Provo. Bingham.
Salina, Manti. Eureka and all
intermediate pOintS..............- 5:25 p m
No. 6-FrOm Ogden and informed
late points ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S.4O a m
No. From Eureka and PaysOn.. 9:55 am
No. 2-From ogden and the west 7:55 a m
No. 4-FrOm Ogden and the west 1880 p m
only lire running through Pullman
Palace sleeping cars Salt Lake city to-
San Francisco; Salt Lake city to Denver
via Grand Junction and Salt Lake city to
Kansas City and Chicago via Colorado
points.
without change, to Kansas City, Chicago
and Boston.
Free reclining chair cars Salt Lac
Denver.
Ticket Office Is w. Second south st,
D. c. Dodge S. II. Babcock,
General Mgr. Traffic Mgr.
T. A. Wadleigh. General Passenger Agent.
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NATURAL INFERENCE.

Miss Innocent Chick-Do you ride the
bicycle, Mr.. Smalwitz?
Adam Smalwitz-W ell-er-no. I cawnt
say that do. Why do you ask?
Miss I. C.,Cause my brother Charley
said you had wheels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-12
Copyright. 1895, by S. S. Mcclure,
Limited

Lopyrlght, 1885, BY 5. 5. McCIures
Limited.
New York. May S.-"One of the most
Important and at the same time
least noticed. departments of electric
science, is that which has to do with
equatics." This statement is made by
Thomas Commerford Martin, author of
Electrical Boats and Navigation" Mr..
Martin has considered the subject from
eli It's standpoints. Hence, he is COM
petent to speak. Thus beginning a
conversation with the present reporter
recently, Mr.. Martin continued:
Il think it can be said that we are
tn the middle of a swift evolution of
electric boat building. Thus far the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-12
ELECTRICITY
AND AQUATICS.
Department of Science That Has
Been Neglected.
WHAT MAY BE DONE
ELECTRIoETY AS IMPORTANT ON
WATER AS ON LAND.

Electric Ferry Boats, Canal Boats,
and Ships Are Likely to Come
Into Use-VaiuabIe Opinions BY a
Prominent Observation-Disclosures
Sub-Aarine Appliances.
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NEW YORK SAFE.
ENGLAND COULD NOT TREAT HER
AS SHE HAS. CORINTO.

British Warships Would be Blown
Out of the Water Before They
Could Enter the HarbOr-The
United States Government Would
Treat Such Act as II Declaration
of yNnr.
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TI.e EIectric canaI Boat.

"The vast influence of the canal from
the commercial view point makes a gen.
eral Introduction of electricity on it an
important question. There are from 1900
TO 1000 miles of canals in the United
States; More than 1000 miles are still in
as ten to twenty-eight freight cars, and
even allowing for the difference in time
consumed, the cost is very much less by
canal than by railroad. These figures are
important inasmuch as they represent
facts already laid down. The early canal
boats were pulled by slaves. Mule power
tnued until the present time when If is
proposed to introduce electricity.
Most people will remember the official
Irlals OF the Frank w. Hawley on the
ERIE canal The Hawley was trolley
boat But while the trolley boat has some
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-12

more important, branch of electrical
aquatics. l refer TO the electric canal
boat. No other department has had more
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HEBER J. GRANT. President.
VIM. B.sPRESTON, Vice-PresIdent.
HEBER II. WELLS, Cashier
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-25

London. May PA dispatch to the Pail
Mall Gazette from Shanghai says: "Grea +
excitement has been caused By report
that the Russians have occupied Kirfn
Manchuria, thus cutting Off the retreat of
a large force of japanese troops"
New York, May PA special cable dis
patch to the Herald from st. Petersburg
says: I'm addition to the approaching
settlement of the question respecting the
leaving of the Lao Tong peninsula. the
Russian government is now engaged in
completing negotiations directed toward
the further guaranteeing OF Russian in
trests in the far east. The negotiations
take the form of overtures 10 Japan. made
with the view Of bringing about an early
evacuation Of Korea by the japanese. !"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-25
PREsBlTERIANs OF DIXIE.
Rev. T.. VI. Richardson REFLECTED
Secretary After "a Contest.

Dallas, Tex, May 2L-When the assem-
bly, met this morning after the usual
opening formaliues. Rev. Samuel Young
Of Atlanta moved that all speeches. ex-
cept those OF the chairmen OF the COM
mittees. be limited TO five minutes. This
was carried by a vote of 81 10 %.
Dr. Lefevre then submitted a report on
the fraternal letter OF the northGrn as
sembly. The letter win be printed In the
minutes. A suitable reply was sent by
mail.
Rev. c. r. Hide then submitted a re-
port on the young people societies. There
was great opposition to the report and
finally a substitute was adopted which
embodied only portion Of the original
paper.
The recommendations of the report Of
the committee on education We're then
taken up seriatim ana adopted without
opposition down 10 that referring TO the
office of secretary. Krv. ". T.. McIil-
waine Is the committees candidate. DR..
Angus Mcdonald gave notice that he
would present the name of Dr. Supton
and Rev MIR. Hyde said he would press
the reelection of Dr. T.. NJ. Richardson,
the present secretary. DR.. Richardson
has consented TO serve II reelected.
The assembly spent the afternoon In dis
cussing the education committees report,
and the report on the Sabbath.
Rev. Il. NJ. Richardson. ID. d., was re-
elected secretary on the final vote. Dr.
Luptous' name having been withdrawn
The vote stood y 10 81 between Richardson
and Mcllwaine, The Sabbath report was
amended and adopted.
The assembly will adjourn tomorrow
The assembly spent the evening IN dis
cussing the report OF the judicial commit
tee appointed to consider the appeal OF
the Presbytery of Western Texas. The
presbytery had deposed Rev. b. d. D.
Greer from the ministry because OF here
sy. The commission sustained the action
OF the presbytcry
A motion to recommit the report with
Instructions to make the report completei
was lost by a vote Of AZ TO So
After the discussion the assembly ad-
journed until tomorrow morning with the
matter stll pending.
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TOOK LAUDANUM AND DIED.
A Belief Tint the Fatal Dose Was Not
Taken with Suicidal Intent.


Atlanta, Ca, May 2l-Jeff McClesky,
night yard master of the seaboard Air
Line railroad, died suddenly tonight in
a room at the Metropolitan hotel from
the effects of an overdose of laudanum.
The circumstances tend to show that the
drug was taken by mistake. Mr. McCles-
ky, who is a brother of l.. l.. McClesky of
the Southern railroad. lived with his wife
and four children at 144 Crew street. About
2 o'clock this afternoon he entered the
Metropolitan and went straight to the
room of one of the Seaboard Air Line
men who lives there. An hour later he
was found in a dying condition with an g.
ounce laudanum bottle, with only q small
amount remaining, standing on the mantel
Physicians were called, but the drug had
secured too firm a hold and it's victim died
between and 10 O'Clock tonight. Mr..
McClesky had been in a highly over
wrought nervous condition for several
days and just before going into the hotel
had asked barber who shaved him how
much laudanum would quiet his nerves
So far as is known there was no reason
why he should have committed suicide.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-25
PoLYGAMY AT WASHINGTON.
Numerous Arrests of Negroes for yio-
IatfOn of the Law.

IatfOn of the Law.
Washington, May PA practical an.
plication to Washington city Of the Ed.
munds anti-polygamy law Originally de-
signed by its trainers to apply only to
Utah) has resulted in numerous arrests
of colored people here for its violation.
Most or these persons were simply car
rying on the methods which originated in
the slave-holding period when legally cell
ebrated and recorded marriages between
negroes were almost unknown. Some Of
the most desirable real estate In Washing-
ton, in direct line with the white hous.
is colored as to title by conditions arising
out of the order of things above de-
scribed, the property being In the hands
of colorcd people, who are entirely una
BILE TO say whether their fathers and
mothers were married according to forms
of law or not. A recently inaugurated
crusade against persons living in this le-
gally unrecognized condition has resul.e3
in a great increase in the demand for
marriage licenses, the highest record in
any one day being 139. 1t has also brought
cases before the courts, and this after
noon a test indictment was found by the
grand jury to bring in an issue on INC
question whether the Utah anti-polygamv
law applies TO the District Of Columbia
and to all other territories of the United
States, including, of course, the Indian
razerva tfOns
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-25
DEATH IN A COAL SLOPE.
A String of Tram Cars on a wild Run |
at the Pratt Mines.

String of Tram Cars on "A wild Run
at the Pratt Mines.
Birmingham, Ala. May 2I--Down slope
to destruction ran string Of trans at
Slope No. of the Pratt mines this morn
ing.
1t seems that this string Of cars was at
the top of the slope and that by some mis-
hap they broke away from the fasteners.
Then there was nothing to stop them and
they dashed down the steep slope at light
ming speed. William Fields. a negro driver,
Neal Brady and two mules were on the
track in front of the cars. The mules and
the negro driver were hurled to death,
while Brady was probably fatally injured
As 1t happened the men were just going
to work and these were the only persons in
the shaft at the time, for If there had been
any others the chances are they would
have met the same fate. for being in front
of the cars meant nothing short of death.
At last accounts. Brady was not dead but
he is probably fatally injured.