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DR.. Rinehart dentist, Hennessy block.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
CARDIFF GIANT FRAUD
Prof. Marsh Alone Not Deceived
BY 1t.
OTHERS BADLY FOOLED
WROTE HIS EXPOSE AS A RE
LIEF FROM SERIOUS WORK.
Many Archaeologists Had Pro-
nounced the Fossil Genuine, But
Marsh Discovered the Deception at
Glance-Rev. DR.. McWhorter's
Dispute With Him.
(New York SUM-

1 do not know whether Professor 0.
c. Marsh has left any memoirs said
Yale man, commenting upon the re-
cent death of the famous palaentolo-
giSt, but the world has surely lost
great deal if he has not. He used fire.
quently to tell me that he intended to
write a volume of his "reminiscences,
and the last time I saw him in his
study at the Peabody museum he was
collecting data for an article upon the
celebrated Cardiff giant fraud, merely
as an excursion from the more serious
work in which he was engaged. The
professor had a keen sense VI humor,
and that fraud was one of the things
in which he delighted. 1t was Professor
Marsh who first detected the fact that
this wonderful Cardiff giant was not
what it pretended to be-that, as a
matter of fact, it was one of the great
est frauds of the age. Inasmuch as
many of the leading scientific men of
the time had testified to the genuine
ness of this wonderful petrifaction,
this was quite a feat in itself.
There were very few people some
thirty years ago who didn't know what
the Cardiff giant was. 1t had been on
exhibition for several months, special
trains had been run to Syracuse TO
it, so that it was very we'll known. In
the first place. the Cardiff giant was
the eighth wonder of the world; in the
second, it was a fossil man of marvel
Gus antiquity. 1t had been unearthed
in the fall of 1869 upon the farm of one
George Hull at Cardiff, n. Y.-an i'm
mense statue, some nine feet long, bear
ing unmistakable evidence of being a
fossiliZed man. No wonder that the
whole community was aghast that
Hull had an offer of $4,000 for a part
interest in his find; that Professor John
Hall, the geologist of New York state,
had given scientific sanction to it's an
tiquity; that Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes had testified to its wonderful
anatomical interest; that Emerson be-
gan to patronize it in his philosophical
way and pronounce it beyond his dept;l,
and that the whole scientific world was
debating whether it We're a. real fossil,
a stone cut 800 years before by the
Jesuit fathers, or a Phoenician god.
Incidentally, it was not surprising that
George Hull and his friends were ac-.
.cumulating neat fortune by exhibit
ing their wonder to deeply impressed
mobs, who regarded 30 cents a head as
an insignificant admission fee for this
great privilege.
There was one man in New Haven
pressed by all this as his scientific
brethren. II SO happened that Professor
Marsh was a native of western New
York, familiar with it's geological fea-
lures, and had explored the very region
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
Professor Marsh's Indian Surprise.

To his intimateS, the late Professor
Marsh was known not only as a scien-
tific man of great ability and world
wide reputation, says a writer in For
est and Stream, but also as a delight
full companion, quick and witty, with
a keen appreciation of humor and a
narrator of capital stories. One of
these, which he used to tell of himself
with great effect, dealt with a small
adventure had many years ago in the
Rocky Mountains.
The first month or two of the trip
had been spent on the plains of Ne
braska and Wyoming, at that time the
hunting ground of Sioux and Chey-
ennes, who were bitterly hostile, and
signs of whose presence near the COM
mand We're often seen. The whole
party realized that they were in a dam
gerous country, and all hands were
constantly on the watch for enemies,
and We're careful not to wander far
from the command, Or if two or three
fossil gatherers did go off from the
main body they took with them a num-
Der of soldiers to stand guard while
they worked. After leaving this dan
gerous region the expedition moved on
to the bad lands near Fort Bridger,
those friendly ones. and the work of
gathering fossils went on.
One day Professor Marsh was hard
al work ON his knees in the bottom of
the narrow ravine digging away the
soil from a bone which stuck out of the
bank. He was entirely absorbed in his
task, and noticed nothing of what was
going on about him until the brilliant
sunlight, which poured down on him,
was cut off by a dark shadow, and he
looked UP to see standing above him a,
great grim Indian, holding his rifle at
ready. The professors heart leaped
into his throat. He forgot where he
was. He strove to utter a propitiary
How" but his dry lips refused to form
the word, and he could only swallow,
trying to get rid of the lump in his
throat. Suddenly the savage bent to-
ward him and spoke. Have the honor
of addressing Profess, ! OthneH Charles
Marsh, the eminent paleentelogist of
Yale college?" he inquired. The re-
vulsion of feeling was almost too much
for the professor, who was now even
less able to speak than he had been be-
fore.
1t developed that the Indian, as a
small boy, had been sent east, Chris
tanned, educated, taught the elements
of theology, and sent back to the west
to civilize his tribe; but he had not
carried the civilization far
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
INTENSE SUFFERING
FROM DYSPEPSIA AND STOMACH
TROUBLE
Instantly Relieved and Permanently
Cured By Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets.
a New Discovery, But Not Patent
Medicine.

DR.. Redwell relates an interesting &C
count of what he considers a remark
able cure of acute stomach trouble and
chronic dyspepsia by the use of the new
discovery, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
He says: THE patient was man
who had suffered to my knowledge for
years with dyspepsia. Everything be
ate seemed to sour and create gases in
the stomach: he had pains like rheu-
matism in the back. shoulder blades
and limbs, fullness and distress after
eating, poor appetite and loss of flesh;
the heart became affected, causing pal
pitation and sleeplessness at night.
L gave him powerful nerve tonicS and
blood remedies, but to no purpose. As
an experiment 1 finally bought a fifty
cent package of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets at a drug store and gave them
to him. Almost immediate relief was
given. and after he had used four boxes
he was, to all appearances, fully cured.
There was no more acidity or sour.
watery risings, no bloating after meals
the appetite was vigorous and he has
gained between ten and twelve pounds
III weight of solid. healthy flesh.
although Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
are advertised and sold in drug stores,
yet | consider them a most valuable adj
dition To any physicians line of RENE
dies. as they are perfectly harmless and
can be given to children or invalids or
in any condition of the stomach. with
perfect safety being harmless and con-
tanning nothing but fruit and vegetable
essences, pure pepsin and Golden Seal
without any question they are the
safest, most effective cure for indiges-
ticn. biliousness, constipation and all
arrangements of the stomach, however
slight or severe
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are made
by the T. A. Stuart Co. of Marshall
Mich, and are sold by druggists every
where at fifty cents per package
Little book on stomach diseases
mailed free. Address +. A. Stuart Co..
Marshall, Mich.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

some movement was premeditated
against the Transvaal republic. The
Liberal papers today comment upon
the situation and ask if Great Britain
is preparing to sieze the Transvaal.
They point out that the permanent
establishment of big garrisons in South
Africa is a complete reversal of the
old policy OF withdrawing troops from
the colonies.
The Star declares that "hemming in
the Transvaal with British battalions
is a sinister move, portending serious
danger in the future"
A big strike of miners has begun in
Belgium for an increase in wages.
About 10000 men are now out, num-
Der of factories are closing for lack OF
COAL the bricklayers and masons are
joining in the movement, and disturb
ances are feared. The socialists form
an important element among the strik-
ers.
In consequence of the complaints of
French -colonists that it is impossible
to find French wives unless they re-
turn home, the ministry of the colonies
intends to install an emigrant office for
women in Paris, with branches in the
country. 1t is expected that maidens
who are suitable for colonial marriages
will be provided with a marriage outfit
costing $50, with $40 pocket money and
free pass to the colony selected The
first experiment will be made in NADIA
gaScar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

took the cue from Professor McWhor-
ter. TO tell the truth. business was get
ting q trife dull. Professor Marsh'S
expose had nearly ruined them Several
rivals had sprung up, each claiming to
be the original thing. and public inter-
est was tagging. The news that a pro-
fessor in New Haven-or a Yale pro-
fessor, as the report went-had de-
clared that the image was a PhOeulclan
god. revived the boom. The proprietOrs
at once carved a cabalistic inscription
under the left arm. which might as
likely have been PhOenician as any
thing else Professor McWhorter not
only declared that these marks were
Phoenician, but he translated them into
something as mysterious as the lines
hemselveS-'Tamur. god of gods. or
something like that. When the statue
came to New Haven, Professor Nc
Whorter had a front seat at every per-
Torrance. He was also permitted to
take impressions of this inscription and
other fine points.
"'You can laugh now he said to-
Professor Marsh and other skeptics,
but mark me, my time Will come
And sure enough it did. Professor
McWhorter wrote an elaborate maya
zine article upon the subject, which
was accepted by the Galaxy. 1t was
published, too with illustrations. ON
the whole country on a. broad grin, but,
wonderful to relate, it was taken seri-
ously abroad. \ well-known German
scientist of Berlin was in particular.
much impressed. He reviewed Profess
sor McWhorteT's article in one of the
leading scientific publications of Ger
many, accepted the Yale mans theory,
and declared he had hit upon gen.
uine discovery. Yale college was too
small a place for the buoyant preacher
after that. He had his lOng-promised
laugh on Professor Marsh, and said
many unprofessional things Of that
scientist; and meanwhile the owners OF
the giant continued to rake in the dol
lars.
In time I believe that even Me-
Whorter saw his mistake, but it was
only after many years. Tt was the
great disappointment of his life. and
he did not survive it long. He always
nourished a. grudge against Professor
Marsh and other Yale men who bad
made sport of the Cardiff giant. By
the way. where is the Cardiff giant to-
day? Professor Marsh once told me
that his latest report was that it was
stranded on the Mexican frontier at
Ell PasO. where it was held for unpaid
duties upon imported statuary."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
THE C0UNTY'S FINANCES.
Call For Warrants Practically Wipes
Out Floating Debt.

City Treasurer Lynch yesterday is
sued a cali for the redemption of all
outstanding interest bearing county
warrants under registered number "a, :
2S4 The amount involved in the re-
demption is S11,SS7. This will take in
all county warrants issued up to Jan.
of this year. Salt Lake county is now
practically on cash basis. condition
that has not obtained since 1892. It
has been herculean task to put the
county's finances on so firm a basis.
after former administrations had so
recklessly plunged the county in debt.
conditions belongs to the present and
preceding Democratic board of county
commissioners
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
The Parsons Hair.

The Cincinnati Enquirer tells this
story of d venerable white-haired
clergyman: One day d young woman
called upon him and said TO him:
Wont you please give me q lock of
your hafr?" Certainly. my child" said
the old gentleman. battered at the re-
quest. "IlI send it to you to morrow"
And he did.
on his return to his own home he
had five more requests of the same
kind, and ne proudly boasted to his
wife that he was glad to see that he
had not yet lost his power to please
All went we'll until his wife received
this note:
Dear Mrs. Fourthly: Won't YOU
please ask your husband to send me Just
a little lock of his hair? We have all
been taking lessons in making hair
flowers. So many Of the other girls
asked him, and ne sent it to them,
that I thought L would rather ask you
TO get it for me. Won't Won please do
this for me? 1t is so hard to get white
hair for lilies of the valley"
This was terrible blow, and the less
now said about locks of hair in that
old gentleman's presence the better.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

bundesrath and fix them bindingly in
the. bill. in order, as one speaker said,
10 remove it from the diplomatic dick
eIing field of foreign countries"
If its opponents accomplish Ehis, as
seems to be likely, the bill will be UNI
acceptable to the government, and will
undoubtedly lead to a tariff war with
the United States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
Events In Parliament.

The proceedings of the British par
lament this week were mainly of
domestic nature. The Marquis of Sal
isbury, who has returned to London
from the south of France, reappeared in
the house of lords on Friday evening.
His holiday on the Riviera has result
ed in a great improvement in his health.
Much amusement was caused by the
fact that he has had his usually long
hair closely cropped, with the result. as
enc paper says, of transforming him
from a cavalier into roundhead."
The most interesting parliamentary
event was the introduction by Lord
Chief Justice Baron Russell of Killo-
wen of his bill against Illicit commits
sions in business, which custom. the
report of the Investigating committee
OF the London chamber of commerce
recently denounced so strongly and
urged the adoption of legislative meas
ures to correct ii. Lord Russell thun-
dered against secret commissions with
an Indignation which awed even the
house of lords. His bill proposes to
extend the law affecting public bodies
to commissions on all business trans
actions, making such secret payments
criminal offense. His lordship men
toned a number of cases, some of them
very painful, showing the prevalence of
the system and the injury done thereby
to trade and morals.
Designs On the Transvaal.
The increase of the British garrison
at the Cape of Good Hope from $500
men three years ago to 5000 men has
been reading to the impression that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
True western Hospitality.


Des Moines Leader.)
1t remained for a Council Bluffs man
to institute the innovation of passing $40
gold pieces at the conclusion of a spread,
in lieu of peppermint waters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
Americas Dominant Power.

1.-THE Americans. intoxicated, will
strive more and more to become the
dominant power and dictate their law
to Europe in any contest between
Europe and America, Should Germany
stand peacefully to one side and bow
humbly before America? Certainly not.
This is already impossible, because po-
litical domination is also economic dom
nation, and Germany must be politi-
cally and militarily powerful if. she
does not want to go TO economic de-
struction."
Further ON Professor Won Stengel de-
clares that he does not know whether
it was mere madness or crime when
perpetual peace was preached to the
German nation" and describes the
cars rescript as a enthusiastically
composed document"
David Christie Murray, in the London
Morning, today remarks that Europe is
anxious to learn if. after this frank
expression of his opinions, Professor
Won Stengel's appointment will be con-
filmed by Emperor William, adding
that, if So, it would be d saving not to
hold the conference at all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
Bill viii Have to Be Altered.

1t is out of the question that the bill
can pass in its present shape, and it is
merely a question as to how much it
can be altered without becoming I'M
acceptable to the government Its OPP
ponents believe in the following
changes:
Abolition of the provision making
double inspection compulsory, even on
cattle slaughtered for domestic use.
To pat foreign meat on the same foot
ing as domestic meat in the matter of
inspection.
To take the execution of the provis-
ions Of the bill out Of the hands of the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
PERSONAL.

Mrs. William Alcott, of Trenton,
was the guest of her mother. Mrs.
Nelson j. Baylor, last week.
Rev. H. S. Smith returned on Sat
urday last from his Summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. V. NJ. Fisher re-
turned yesterday Tuesday, from a
weeks visit to friends and relatives in
the Northern part of the State.
Chief Van Solver, Walter and II.
Williamson, of Union, No, /; Joseph
Sproat, of Hibernia, No. ., and Jos.
Hazen, of Columbia, No. 4, are at
tending the State Firemen's Conven-
ton, at Long Branch, this week.
Miss Clara Heavenor, of Trenton,
is visiting friends in this city this
week.
Gus. Reading, the popular clerk
Mt Shamalia's drug store, spent sew
eral days with relatives in Philadel-
phia last week.
Miss Hattie L. Daniels returned
on Saturday last from two-weeks'
sojourn in Atlantic City.
Miss Nellie Fulton and daughter
Olive, visited Mr.. and Mrs. James
Pollock ON Saturday and Sunday last.
Division Operator w. II. Wilmot
is i'll Pittsburg, Pa, for few days.
Miss jennie Jones, of Plymouth,
Pa, who has been visiting hero for n
few weeks, has returned to her home.
Lemuel Wilson, of Philadelphia,
is visiting relatives here.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS CO., PA.

Charles Watson, of Fallsington,
recently disposed of thoroughbred
Cog for 800.
Upwards of forty dairies daily
bring their product to the early morn
ing train at Wyeombe Business ut
this point is ON the increase.
William c. Blaokfan, a prominent
Solebury township farmer, has made
an assignment for the benefit of credi-
tors, to the Bucks County Trust Go.
Charles T.. Cope, proprietor of the
Grand Atlantic Hotel, Atlantic City,
and one of the progressive real estate
owners of Wycombe, has arranged to
move to the,latter place for the Winter.
Contractor Heston is putting the finish
ing touches ON the newly built house,
and new furniture for tho same arrived
on Monday.
The extension of the Newtown
Electric Street Railway Company's
road to Doylestown is now almost
completed. New curves, of rails made
specially for the purpose, were put in
the early part of this week. All tho
turnouts but one have been completed.
The grading is finished Officials of
the road have been informed that the
boilers, which were made Mt Bellaire,
Ohio, are now ON the road and will ar
rive before many days. Information
has also been received that the engine
was to be shippid this week from
Ridgway, Pennsylvania.
Some twenty years ago the late
Edward Nansant, of Solebury, had in
his employ on the farm young Italian
named Frank Knosco, II native of II
town near Rome, whom he picked up
on the streets of Lambertyillc. This
week this same person, now n man in
tho prime of life, came to Newtown
and spent few days with the Vansant
family, on Chancellor street. He is
now the postmaster and proprietor of
n general store Mt Winnemeg, Ohio,
and is also the owner of two cheese
factories near by. He is regarded as
II man of some prominence in the COM
munity i'll which he lives.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS.
Low Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

September and II and October . and 10
are the dates Of the remaining Pennsylvania
Railroad popular ten-day excursions to
Niagara Falls from Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington, and intermediate points.
Excursion tickets, good for return passage
on any regular train, exclusive of limited ex-
press trains, within ten days, will be sold at
1900 from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, and all points on the Delaware
Division; sll25 from Atlantic City; $500 from
Lancaster; $3.50 from Altoona and Harris
burg; $500 from Sunbury and Wilkesbarre;
1913 from Williamsport, and Mt proportionate
rates from other points. A stop-over will be
allowed at Buffalo, Rochester, Canandaigua,
and Watkins within the limit returning
special train of Pullman parlor cars and
day coaches will be run with each excursion
An extra charge will be made for parlor car
seats.
An experienced tourist agent and chaperon
will accompany each excursion.
Tickets for Il side trip to the Thousand Is
lands alexandria Bay) will be sold from
Rochester in connection with excursions Of
September and q good to return to Roch-
ester or to Canandaigua via Syracuse within
five days, at rate Of $3.50.
Tickets for a side trip to Toronto will be
sold at 81 90 on September %. In connection
with excursion of September z, tickets will be
sold To Toronto and return at reduced rates,
account Toronto Fair
For pamphlets giving full information and
hotels, and for time Of connecting trains, APP
ply to nearest ticket agent, or address Geo.
w Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13

When you hear the exhilarating
sound of STETsoN's Bro DOUBLE TN
Gle TONS CABIN Co, and see the en-
tire company ON parade, you can take
it as about time to purchase your
tickets for the evenings entertain
ment, which it is promised this time
will excel all previous efforts, and that
is rather bold assertion, for Stetson
has always had the best, and an
abundance of t-still it is n fact, will
appear at Holcombe Hall, Lambert
vile, Friday evening, September 18th.
Watch for the big street parade.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13

1t is to be regretted that the whip
ping post cannot be put to use just at
this time in Lambertyile. A strong,
able bodied brute, too lazy to work,
amused himself on Wednesday after
noon by whipping his wife, a small,
delicate woman, only home from the
hospital about week. The wife was
whipped, because she gave the last
piece of bread in the house to one OF
her children instead of saving it for
her brute of husband. He also in
dulged himself in abusing lady friend
of his wife with the foulest kind OF
language, but in this case he will not
fare so well, as we hear he is about to
be arrested on the charge of SANDER.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13

That DR.. Romine did not forget
those he left behind during his recent
trip abroad is shown by the fact that
while travelling through Germany he
heard an orchestra play selection
that pleased him, and securing a copy
at considerable expense he brought it
home with him and presented it to the
Amwell orchestra. While the Amwell
orchestra may not be able to handle it
in as satisfactory manner as the one
that the doctor heard abroad, they
will take great pleasure in playing it
for the doctor any time he may choose
to visit them at their Wednesday
evening rehearsals