The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-12-21

CliT Palace made by q young artist who accom-
panied the Jay Smith exploring party, were ex-
hibited in underground cave Of Battle Rock
Mountain, and gave one much better idea OF the
homes of the Clifdwellers than could otherwise
have been obtained
We have seen that the Clffdwellers were
masons and builders. The walls of their buildings
were strongly built of stones. cemented with NOR
tar In some cases their buildings had balconies
made of logs aud covered with bark and adobe.
protecting the cliffs. The doors were Il =
sapet! TO admit the large carrying panniers, IN
which al provisions We're brought into their
houses. In small, uniighied rooms, under separate
lodges their grain stored.
Their water supply was from above by system
of rude underground pIgducts Their COOKING
utensils were OF great variety made oil stone ana
bone, and plastic clay cOiied into shapes, ana
ornamented in colors. showing rude geometric
designs aud figures of men aud animals
The exhumed bones aud mummes Of the ruins
prove that the Ciiffdwellers were
LARGE, wELL-DEvELOPED RACE,
quite as large as the men OF to-day. They had
finely formed heads. their crnnial development
showing men of more than ordinary Intelligence
They had rehued features fair skin and fine hair
light la color, and wholly unlike the modern In
dian races. except the Zuni Pueblo Indians, who
may. indeed, be the degenerate sons OF worthy
sires" They Rgreulturists. cultivating
garden patches en- the rich tnbleiands for food
supplies, aud growing wild cotton and yucca,
winch their women wove into cloth aud sandals,
aud ornamented with feathers and shells. aud tiny
pebbles, aud mother-of pearl
They made stone knives for eating, and spoons
made of bone, such our European ancestors
were u-ng at the same time They feiled trees
with stone with twisted wooden handles
They had artificial lights, ss shown by variety oil
deco aied lamps. They had bone needles and
threads of cotton and yucca fiber. and made aud
mended cloihing aud Sandals just Rsall industrial.
peace loving folks have been doing since Adam
aud Eve sewed their fig leaf garments eastward in
Eden.
In the Battle Mountain Museum was an
tensive collection of all these things. with the
shriveled remains OF the men and women VINO
made and used them. These relics were by the
Thousand filling large glass cases. extending all
around AN extensive apartment
BESIDES these there were perfectly-preserved
seeds. beaus. pumpkins and squashes, corn and
coru-cobs aud agricultural implements. There was
wild-coIlou cloth of great fneIIess and yucca cloth
interviewer with human hair. or woven Ia coors,
showing knowledge In decoration and arrange
ment of color.
There were good specimens OF matchmaking,
feather cloth. carrying panniers and baby boards.
q device for carrying children on the back.
Remains of a ceremonial head band prove they
had religious rites OF some nature, while gaming
stick similar To the "pachisi" game o! India. or
the "Ia-sho-li-we" OF the Zunis. show that gaming
was an amusement not unknown to them.
IMAM, KNOW THYsELF."
So said an ancient philosopher. To know
selves il to know mankind; to estimate the sirug-
gies of humanity toward "a higher aud better life,
through untold ages of ascent and descent. triumph
and defeat; through the aBnihilation OF whole
usOeS ana races dtu the renhlsShHCe OI ucW lOiCcS
aud peoples, paipant with new hopes and pur-
poses ana desires
Civilization is the Survival Of the fttes," and
standing before the ruins of the Cihdwellers we
may well ask which is the fitting 20 carry
humanity to its highest development. Certainly,
If great savage should come down upon the
people who occupy America of to-day and sweep
them from the face OF the earth, as the dwel-
Iers swept away by destroying barbarians.
would leave few monuments and relics which
would withstand the destructive elements of the
ages as the forts aud palaces of the Clifdweilers
have done.
Who knows but that, In the unknown cons of
ages a race Of people far beyond as in civilian
ton AID r-f1scuIent beyond the Cliff
dweers. may stand before the ruins Of the Capitol
of Washington dig up a few crumbling bones from
the vaults AT Arlington, aud wonder what manner
Of men these were and in what CLINE and country
we had origin?
On one of The great buildings at the Worlds
Pair was the Christian legend: And the truth
shall make You free"
Let us accept the truth that yet in the
bonds of ignorance; but let Us earnestly seek the
light, knowing that only the highest and truest,
in men aud nations. shall endure.
A DREAM THAT SAVED A LIFE
Iknow the tendency of the day is toward mate
riGsm. against tie suI,ernaturai but the dream
am going 10 tell must puzzle the veriest skeplic
Tr young to whom it happened is not a
sentiment aiIsi, spiriualsi. iheosoplIist, men,
tai scientist. or n believer ia any OF the " isms
and "oiogies" 30 common to-day.
he as simply uIaiter. of-iaci. commonplace bnsi-
ue~s nan. ai'd one whose word is as good as many
snotheT's oath.
lie dreamed that he was standing In a cemetery,
and a i.eAr-e came in. driven by n man with brick
red hair dressed ia blue coat with brass buttons.
lie opened the door Of the hearse, and In ii lay
three dead men. The dream real that he
spoke of il at breakf,t the next morning. In
week lac dreamed the same dream, aud in exactly
a week the thing again.
IL really made him feel very uncomfortable. and
lie spoke TO his family of his depression, but they
simply made fun of mis- superstitions
Shortly aferward he went to the Worlds Fair.
sud the first evening at the hotel he started from
his room on the sixth floor TO go down TO supper.
lie rang the eieysior-bell and when the door
opened. who should stand there holding the rope
but the self-saIne man of his dream-the man
with the brick-red hair. blue coat and brass but
tonsI la tile elevator were the three men besides
the elevator man.
My friend WAS startled at coming face 10 face
with his vsion. that he made that lac
had forgotten something aud started back TO his
Ju-t then came a snap and crash the elevator
fell 10 the cellar and killed them ALL They were
the red headed msn aud the three dead men in the
hearse of his dream.
Ienore Sher wood Marble.