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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31
BY DIR. H. F. JoKOsA.
Copyright. 1886, by the author.)

Copyright, 1896, by the author)
Thereby hangs a moral. But first Lhe
tale. 1t has been some time since I
had any news of the progress of Pro-
fessor Alexander Graham Bells en-
deavors to convey a sensible image or
impression by means of a telegraph
wire, and 1 called to ask the professor
as TO his success. l did this. you un-
derstand, in all innocence of heart. 1
had been reading of Professor Bells
experiments along this line and was
curious to know whether or not he
would be able to do for the light waves
what he had for sound waves, and
transmit the image of face just as
through his telephone he now does the
sound of the human voice.
Now Professor Bell, it happens, is a
Scotchman and has one of those heal
thy, lusty laughs that sound like a gust
blown off the banks and braes of Bon
ME Doom. Very much to my surprise
my question excited one of these. When
it had subsidized Professor Bell said to
me: Il viii tell you the history of a
famous hoax"
With this the famous electrician said:
y
thentic details of the whole case. You
may read it or 1 will tell it to you,
just as you like 1 suggested the lat
ter, and this is the professors story:
You know the years along from so
to 80 were star years in the electrical
world. Then great things were being
done, new discoveries were being an
nounced almost ever day, and others
that had been made some little while
before were then coming into general
use. The telephone had been perfected
and was spreading its network over the
country, electric light was beginning to
supersede gas, telegraphers had found
a way to send more than a single mes
sage over the same wire simultaneous
ly, and people were talking of the day
when the electric motor would run
street cars and railroads and do all
sorts of things. Electricity was Gaite
literally in the aiy.
THE ORIGIN OF THE HOAX
st was slight wonder that with all
the marvels and miracles to be seen
right under ones eyes, many attempts
to do absurd things should be made,
great many absurd announcements put
forth. To illustrate this, newspaper
paragrapfer invented an item to the
Chunk, Pa, or some other prosperous
town. had found a way TO see through
wire and had been able by this
means TO convey the image OF pussy
cat and throw the picture on a screen
before the delighted audience The
paragraph was full of technical cleo
trio terms and of proper names found
ed, like that of the alleged inventor,
DR.. H. E. Liz CheliX), upon electrical
words.
1t would seem as though anyone
with a CLEAN of humor would have
seen the evident satire of the para
graph. But no, it was taken with per-
feet seriousness and was duly copied
from one paper to another as the lat
est wonder in electricity.
Now it happened just at the time
that ] was at work upon a series of in
vestigations looking toward the con-
veyance of sound by means of rays of
light. 1 had fairly perfected an in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31

Constipation can be cured easily and
certainly by the use of DR.. Pierces
Pleasant Pellets. They are perfectly
simple-perfectly safe. They are not
at all violent in their action, and yet
they are more certain than many med
icines which are so strong that they
put the system all out of order The
great advantage of the pleasant Pei
lets" is that they cure permanently.
You don't have to keep on taking them.
You don't acquire pellet habit as
in using other pills. Take them regu-
larly for awhile, and you are cured per-
rnanently After that, take them only
when you find yourself suffering from
indigestion There are many medicines
offered for the same purpose on which
druggists make a bigger profit For
this reason, some druggists would
rather sell the other things. If your
own health is of more Importance to
you than the druggists prosperity, you
will insist on having what you ask
for.
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i'm, Nash, he's too big coward to
I'VE don't want bit of yer jaw" said
the sheriff, So my young lady, We kin
! shet yer mouth an keep it shet."
! The long and short of it was that Mr.
| Toby was hustled off to jail; but not
| before the package was duly dug up by
the officers and found to be a leather bag
/ of silver money wrapped in a piece of an
| old army blanket and well tied up with
a stTtng NAV w.1s Won two folks, said
the sheriff to Nash and Phebe, just be-
! fore riding away; so ye'd better not
! try ter run off. T"
PHEBE'S WIT.
When left to themselves, the twins
| looked disconsately at each ather,
vaguely aware that a deep-laid plot had
been used against their father and them.
Phebe almost Immediately began to con-
slider a way out Her nimble wits work
credit TO a trained detective.
I'VE Yin prove at he did come here
Yesterday" she said. Here's his track
in the ash-pile. That proves it, don't
it?''
That's so,'' assented Nash, slowly
coming TO comprehension of what the
testimony might be worth He stopped
AMI examined the track very carefully.
That's his boot, here's the patch [ saw
on his heel
Without another word Phebe fetched a
washtub and turned ii bottom up over
"That'l keep it fresh," she CURLY re-
marked. Lets hunt for more of 'em."
Nash presently caught the full meaning
of Phebes work, and helped her with
all his might. They found dozen of the
tracks marked with that peculiar patch
and covered them all with such things as
would protect them from rain or other
destructive forces.
CAUGHT.
That afternoon the sheriff and the lean
man. whose name was Aaron Risley, re-
turned to the Toby cabin.
.'Wen. here we air agin',' remarked
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i this here track" Phebe insisted. She
went and lifted the tub. The footprint
was perfect.
Look at thet patch onto the heel o
+ with her finger at Aaron Risley's left
foot
The mans haggard face flushed red.
I then went as pale as its yellow tan
i would permit.
"'Tain't none O. my track. hahn I
1 been here" he blurted forth.
! The, sheriff gazed sharply at Risley'
boot-heel.
4 tracks a goin' clean up the hill in the
woods said Nash. We've got 'em all
kivered."
It's a lie" growled the man. The
did so Risley tried to draw a pistol; but
he was too slow. The nervy officer had
him covered with a heavy revolver
A curious state of facts came out IN
robbing lonely old miser two years
| before. Indeed at last RiSley confessed
that after killing the man and getting
possession of his bag of boarded silver,
hid it and kept it hid for two years.
a reward of hundred dollars had
been offered for the arrest of the muir
derer Risley hr0nded over his deed IN
secret until almost cra2ed, and nnally
The wild scheme of fastening the crime
upon some one else and thereby getting
the reward came into his mind The
coin in the bag amounted to but little
more than a hundred dollars There
would be about as much gain in the re-
ward as In keeping the bag.
1t was while talking with Mr.. Toby at
the still-house, that day, in company
with two OF three other whisky-bibbers,
that Risley suddenly determined upon his
desperate scheme. While Tolby's
drunk" he thought I'll go get the bag.
take II 10 his house and bury it near
there. The rest ii be easy" So he
slipped away from the still-house, ieav-
ing Toby there.
When he had taken the money from
its hiding place and was on his way over
to Tolbys, he suddenly felt great fear.
He imagined that some one was follow
ing him. Every little noise in the wood
startled him. He walked faster and
faster, and finally ran. When he reached
the cabin he was out of breath, sweating
at every pore and all unstrung. Indeed,
so excited and distressed was he that he
scarcely knew what he was doing, and as
we have seen he behaved more like a
maniac than like sane man.
Risley was condemned to be hanged,
but he died of brain trouble in prison.
and 1 had this story of Phebe Tolby's
detective work from the sheriff himself
One great good came of it. Mr.. Toby
never again went to the still-house and
is today sober and happy man. l
have not given his true name; but saw
him only two years ago.
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THE GIRL DETECTIVE.
A TRUE STORY OF THE SOUTHERN
MOUNTAIN REGION.
Phebe Toby Saved Her Fathers
Life By Simply Using Her Bright
Eyes and Keen Brain.
BY MAURICE THOMPSON.

copyrighted, 1896, by Maurice Thomp-
son.)
Under huge cliff of limestone at the
base of short. bluff spur which springs
almost at right angles, out of Pigeon
mountain, near the Georgia and Tennes-
see dividing line, was the home of Amos
Toby, man who trapped in winter
and cultivated small, broken bit of
FARMLAND IN summer. 1t was lonely
cabin where living was scant enough;
but 1t held a happy family, albeit Mrs
Toby was an invalid, quite unable to
walk Nash Toby and his twin-sister
Phebe, were the only living children, and
they had never known sickness or dis
Tess. They had grown to be six
teen years old, without any knowledge
of schools or books, a pair of careless,
contented, half-wild beings as much alike
as boy and girl could be.
They worked together in the field and
in the house Phebe was as strong as
Nash. She could polw and build
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.isley. with facetious information. and

Risley, with facetious information. and
rolling his pale eyes.
You two ii hev ter go ter jail said
the matter-of-fact sheriff to Phebe and
Nash Here's the warrant for We
"Afore we start, Mr.. Sheriff, said
Phebe, with cool dignity. ''I'll jes' tell We
somethin.''
Then she began to give the facts of
what had happened on the day when the
package was buried.
mo use goin' over tibet" the sheriff
objected shortly, "Risley here hev told
me what sort OLA tale yer pap had
fixed up. l don't keer about heerin' of it
agin'.'
''But you jes' come here an look at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31
THE STORY OF
A FAMOUS HOAX
Professor Graham Bell Tells
All About Ii.
OF ANCIENT LINEAGE
TOLD YEARLY FOR NEARLY TWO
DECADES.

Regularly Once a Year For Sixteen
Years it Has Been Reported That
the Professor Was Progressing
With His Alleged Invention, and
as Regularly the Claimants Have
Contested His Unavowed Claim OF
Discovery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31
UTAH CENTRAL BY.

General ONCE 202 Wittinghatn Bulldina
DAILY TRAINS AS FOLLOWS
Leave. Arrive
8. L. City. 500 a. m. Park City, 1929 a. m.
Park City, 800 o. m, S. L. City, 5:15 D. M
Depot Main and Eighth South SITS.
J. McGregor. Clarence Cary, Receivers.
!. H. Burgoon, Gen. Supt-, FIT and PasA
Agent
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IN EFFECT JUNE 1st, 1906.

- LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No 2-For Bingham. Provo
Grand Junction and all points
East ;....,;................ 7:5o n m
No 4-For Provo. Grand juno
tons and all points east :. TAO p. m
No. 6-For Bingham Mt Pleas
ant, Manti. Salina Richfeld
and all intermediate points 1870 p. m.
NO: 5-For Ogden ana interme-
-diateo points ;....;;......a.....s. $50 p. m
Provo, and all intermediate
No. 8-For Ogden and west..i Has 3. m m.
No. 1-For Ogden. and west. rs D. m.
ARRIVES SALT LAKE CITY.
No. From Bingham, Provo.
Grand Junction and the east. .12:15 p. m.
No 3-F'rom Provo, Grand
Junction and the east..... II :35 D. m.
No. 5-F'rom Provo. Bingham.
Eureka. Richfeld, saIina,
Manti and all intermediate
No oo''i From Ogden and the - p ~
Nv west From ogden and the '.i0 a. m
No. s5 s.-From ogden and inter:
N6 medals 4hFroI POINTS Eureka Payson $40 a. m
Provo and all intermediate
points ............ ......-......... $50 a. m
Only line running through Pullman Pal
ace sleeping cars from Sat Lake City TO
san Francisco; Salt Lake City 10 Denver
Via Grand Junction and Salt Lake City to
Kansas City and Chicago via Colorado
Through tourist or family sleepers
without change. to Kansas City. Chi
cage and Boston.
Free reclining chair cars Salt Lake
City to Denver. Z.
Ticket Office, 10 West Second s0uth
Street.
d c. Dodge. S. H. Babcock,
General Mgr. Ir, INC Mgr
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THE
Denver ( Rio GIalde
The Scenic Line Of tho World
The only line running two through
INST trains daily to LeadvilIe, As
pen, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and
Denver.
EFFEoTIvE APRIL 20, 1894.

Train No leaves Ogden 700 an: Salt
Lake sos am; arrives at Pueblo SO
am. Colorado Springs tbs am, Dem
yer 1879 am. Cripple Creek $50 am.
Train No leaves Ogden at 6:35 .. m;
Salt Lake 7:40 pm: arrives at Pueblo
$40 pm, Colorado Springs sos pm
Denver 9:25 pm
Connections made at Pueblo, Colorado
Springs and Denver with all lines east.
= liant dsv coaches. chair. cars and
Pullman sleepers on all trains Take the
ID. d X e. and have comfortable trip
and enjoy the finest scenery on the conti-
nent. Shortest line to Cripple Creek.
Colorado's great gold camp
A. S. HUGHES. Trafac Mgr. Denver.
s K. HOOPER. G. P. & T. A.. Denver.
Colu.
B. F. NEvINs. General Agent.
H. NJ. CUSHING. T. P. A..
SALT LAKE CITY.
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THE THROUGH CAR trSn
rains arrive and depart st azrfl
Lake City daily follows.
7 LILECI Mdy To, Y
.ARRIVE:


On Effect May 10. 1861
ARRIVE:
From Chicago. Omaha. 81.
Louis, Kansas City. Denver.
Park City and Ogden ........ $40 D. ID.
From Helena, Butte, Portland.
San francisco, Ogden and III
From San francisco. Cache s'O0 d M
Valley. Ogden and interme-
FT 6late points points IT'S p. m.
Louis; Kansas City. Denver
'F from Frisco Milford. and ii 90 a M
termedlate points ............. s:45 a m
from Mercur. Tintic, Provo.
Nephi, Sanpete Valley and
Intermediate points .......:.. $50 %. m
MlXed train from Terminus.
Iooele and Garfield Reach... 4.Oo n y,
DEPART:
For Chicago. Omaha, Denve,
and manT PsrS Ei ~, St Louis Ogden
For San Francisco, Ogden.
Cache Valley and interma-
uidte points ....-............ S.OO a m
For ogden and intermediate ''' = -
Fp p0i r5icaso ct i....... 400 p. m.
Kansas City, st. Louis, Butte.
Portland and San Francisco. 700 u. m
For Eureka. Mercur Prove,
.fOPLis Odtpele Faley 40 a. m
FOR Provo, Nephi MILFORD,
Frisco and intermediate PORTS 500 n. m
mixed train for Garfies
Beach. Tooele and Terminus 7:45 a m
Trains south of Juab run daily except
Sunday.
"%Daily except Sunday.
Daily except Sunday SOUTH of Juab-
CITY TICKET OFFICE. 2Of MAIN ST.
Telephone No 665
Through Pullman Palace Sleepers. Latest
Improved Tourist Sleepers. Free Re-
Ginning Chair Cars. Elegant Dav
d. E. Burnley.
General Agt. Passenger Dept
S. H. H. CLARK.
OLIVER w. MINK.
e. ELLERY ANDERSON,
JOHN w. DOANE,
FREDERIC r. COUDERT,
Ell. LoMAx. G. P. E T. Agt
E. DICKINSON. Gen. Manager.
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Ticket Office, 10 West Second sOuth
Street.
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Free reclining chair cars Salt Lake
City to Denver. 3,
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d c. Dodge. s. H. Babcock.
General Mgr. Ir, nc Mgr
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Next morning at the peep of day the
family bestirred themselves as usual.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-06-13
COLORED HIGH SCHOOL.
The mneHcenIent Exercises at the
Opera House Last Night.

II there is an institution in this city that
our people should feel proud of it is the
Colored School.
Under the skillful care and guidance of
Prof. James Robert Spurgeen and his able
corps Of assistants this institution of learn
ing for the colored children has progressed
to such an extent that it now stands sec.
ond to none in the state for the turning
out and fitting the children to serve their
state, their country and their God in an
intelligent an acceptable manner
Last night the Opera house was taxed
to its utmost capacity to hold the crowd
that assembled to witness the closing ex.
ercises of the COlored High School, and
large portion of the audience was COM
posed OF the representative white citizens
of Maysville.
The exercises were opened with song
by the entire school, after which the Rev.
William Afford followed with an invocs-
ton, and then the large and varied pro-
gram, which has already been published
in THE LEDGER, was carried out to the
letter, with The Quakers" and The
Brownies" added for good measure.
Time and space forbid us compliment
ing each one of the graduates separately,
who were William Houston Humphrey,
sslutatorian; Hattie Brown Williams,
Abbie Gray Walker, Frances Ann Straw.
der, valedctorian, but too much cannot
be said of the way in which they so cred
itably carried out their part of the pro-
gram.
The main speaker of the evening was
DIR. E. E, Underwood of Frankfort. who
delivered an extremely entertaining lee
ture to the graduates
Upon the whole, too much praise can
not be bestowed upon Prof. Sturgeon
and his assistants for the able manner in
which they have conducted the school
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-06-13
BIcYCOLOGY.
The CGrnfUGI at the Park Yester-
day a Great Success.

1t was q great carnival that was gotten
up by the Ladies, Aid Society OF the
Christian Church, and had il not been
for the peculiar conduct of the weather
clerk the monetary part would have been
of greater value than the 10 to stand
ard.
We did not realize there were so many
devotees of the wheel in our city.
Men prominent in every profession,
some young, others old, many slim, some
obese, yet all stalwart. handsome, and
with physical strength gained by master.
ing the silent steed; women beautifully
dressed in gray, white and blue. short
skirted and with leggings of prettiest ef-
feet, sitting their wheels with grace and
ease, enjoying to the fullest the pleasure
brought by outdoor riding; children,
happy-faced and gleefully joyous, spin
ming and turning, until like the army Of
Brownies, they are here, there and every.
where
Such, in brief, is the company of sixty
riders who responded to the call Of the
leader TO form in line for the grand pa
gent which was to open the festival Of
good cheer and refreshment which the
good ladies had prepared.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. M. Hall rode in the
lead, going through the evolutiOns Of the
grand march with rare ability and pre-.
Cision. Then followed by twos the va
rious advocates Of riding until there
passed in review Of an admiring thrOng
the riders of our city. Most attractive
were the decorations which twined and
intertwined the spokes and bars Of the
wheels, Bunting, flowers, flags and fes'
looming in every shape, style and color
moved with kaleidoscope beauty around
and around the immense space for cen
siderable time, when a dismOunt was
made and the first part of the carnival
was ended.
A sudden change in the weather caused
ice cream and such like to depreciate and tC
put overcoats, foot and shawl:
at a premium.
We do not know how much wal
realized, but trust neat sum was added
| TO the Golfers Of the Church.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-06-13

The supporting Of newspaper costs
town scarcely cent. Though the papers
may be well patronized and the business
men may spend large sums of money in
advertising, the cash very quickly gets
back into the channels of trade from
which it came. Nearly every cent pa
per gathers in is spent at home, and it
goes to the merchants who delight In
benefiting themselves and the community
by liberal advertising. Boiled down, the
facts are that a newspaper returns all the
money it gets to those who gave it, and
its work for the town and county is
thrown in fer good will
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-06-13
ELEVEN INNINGS.
Aud the Locals Lose to the AIeTts-
Score, 8 to 4.

We are happy.
Yesterdays game was beauty,
Requiring eleven innings to win victory.
Umpire Joe ODonnell called the game
at 3 $50 o'clock, the Maysvile boys at the
bat.
From the start it was seen that the Wis
iting nine was not made up of novices,
but men of bone and sinew, muscle and
ambition, strong allies for winning, which
they did by a score OF %.
Wadsworth showed up well in the box.
This is the second game he has pitched
this season, and though, through some
unfortunate mistake which does not lie
at the door of the Managers, Lever was
billed to be in the box, yet we are dis.
posed to believe that on the whole Henry
gave as good delivery and was as splen-
did in effectually throwing the ball to the
nonplusing of the Alerts as would have
been Lever Wadsworlh is fine pitcher,
good batter magnificent fielder and
as superb an all-rouEd man as is found
anywhere
Today's game ought to draw large
crowd. When club composed OF fine
material comes to our city to play an az.
gregation made up of the finest ball play.
ers, such as is oVr club, we say unhesita-
tinglY there should be big turnout Of
those who love good. wholesome sport.
Besides there must be an increased at
tendance il the home club is to live.
Itrequires money coupled with personal
interest The admission is only 20 cents,
and you will see fine game put up by
both clubs
Lever will positively pitch the first five
innings and Newton the last four,
The game will be called at 245.
The Knoxville Indians will come to
Maysville for series of four games the
week following the 4th OF July,
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-06-13
THE MAYSVILLE ASSEMBLY
Entertained at the Neptune Hat
ia Royal Style.

To Mr.. Stanley B. Watson more than
to any other person should fall the praise
for the brilliant success which crowned
the ball last evening at the Neptune Hall.
His executive knowledge, his Chester
feldian qualification and his gentlemsnly
demeanor we'll and properly fit him to
assume the leadership of these social
functions which are the fountains of
pleasure at which the youth of our city
drink none too often.
Neptune Hall last night was alive with
the gay and mirthful!y-inclined.
Dancing away the hours which fly,
alasl all to soon, when winged feet,
guided by Terpsichore, manage affairs.
The Maysville Orchestra furnished the
music and it was not only splendid to
listen to but characterized by such excel
lent time as TO move the feet with greater
ease, and therefore grace.
The ladies were out in force in spank
ing new gowns, freighted with flowers
and sparkling with costly gems; the gen.
tlemen were attired in full dress suits,
with here and there diamond cleaning
from snowy shirt fronts, adding lustre to
countensnces animated, happy and full
of manly expression.
Many chaperons lent their presence,
thus decorousy and properly overseeing
the young in their pleasures and joys.
1t was when the rosy tints of morn
give hue and beauty to the new born day
ere the dance broke up, and even then
there were those present who were losth
to 60; but all that's delightful must pass
away and the pleasures of the social
world are destined to fade when mature
judgment mounts her throne and the
weight of years demands his share of
homage and obedience.
So ends another triumph Of the Social
King over subjects ever loyal true and
devoted.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-06-13

W. II. Kirby, who is now running on an
L. and N. passenger train between Liv-
ingston and Stanford, will in few days
be regular Conductor on the Maysville
and Lexington Branch, having charge Of
the morning passenger train frem Mays
Vile.