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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
CLIFF DWELLERS' CUSTOMS.
When They Lived. where. and Their
Peculiar Eads About Mound. Bull dc RS
and Mound Theories Up Date Cliff
Dwcllcrs - handsome Apachcs How
They Fight Modern Ideas Taken.

From the Post-Express.
Osteologist Charles Ward was scrap
ing a bone of mans leg industriously
although to the mind of the reporter
who had just entered it was as white
as possible. as it was, and needed no
further cleaning.
How do" said Mr.. Ward. in reply to
the reporters greeting. and then began
to glue small bone TO the big bone.
"Oh yes, we've got some new things"
he said: We always have something
new. This is really quite interesting
too" He arose, laid the big bone and
the little bone carefully down and took
the reporter into the back room which
is filled with all sorts of bones from
complete respectable skeletons to skulls
and pieces of backbones and other de-
bris from the human frame On a
shelf We're lying FIVE grinning skulls
of dirty rawhide color with yellow
teeth sticking out at right angles.
They were shivery looking specimens
but Mr.. Ward looked at them affec-
tionately and took one up with caress-
ing tenderness.
Just look at this" said he as he
handed the thing to the reporter. "'That
skull contained the brain of man long
before Columbus was even dreamed Of
The man was cliff dweler. or as
they are sometimes known. Pueblo In
dans. Lived down In Arizona and
around there. YOU know. where the
canons of the rivers q ford perpendicu-
lar walls and cliffs abound These fel-
lows liked to get particularly mac
cessible wall of rock and then hollow
out a cave If they could not find one
After that they would take the debris
of the rocks and build strange dwell
ings that looked like honey combs
stuck to the edge of the cliffs These
are yet to be seen In fine state of pres
ervation in Arizona and New Mexico.
These cliff dwellings, Were particularly
useful i'm case of sudden invasion. for
then the cliff dwellers could climb up
their rope ladders and draw them up
after sit in the edge of the walls and
make sarcastic remarks concerning the
invaders who ragged uselessly 500 feet
below. They could not hear the re-
marks but they knew that they were
being made just the same"
Modern Cliff DwcIicrs.
"There are no modern cliff dwellers,
are there" asked the reporter inno-
Gently. "
We'll. we don't have real cliff dwell
ers, but people live in flats and the
average New York fiat is pretty good
imitation of an ancient cliff dwelling
modernized especially on the upper
stories. Yes the cliff dwellers were In
dians." said Mr.. Ward. you can tell
that by their skulls. They all had u
habit of fiattening their skulls behind.
See this one?"
The skull looked as IL it had been SUBJ
jected to great pressure behind where
the Causasian head rounds out. 50 that
when the skull was held up with the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.


Pastors Met Wcdmcsday-A Strong
Committee Appointed 10 start q
Crusade for the Better Observance OF
the sabbath.
In response to the call issued by the
pastors of theSNartous churches of the
city asking citizens to cooperate win
them in their endeavor to secure a bet
ter observance of the Sabbath day, st.
Roses hall was comfortably filled on
Wednesday evening. Rev. Father
Coffey called the meeting to order and
stated the object of the meeting. he
said that the audience were aware that
the ministers wished to call the atten-
tion of the citizens to the subject or
Sunday Observance and all of them
had on Sunday last Impressed their au-
diences upon the desirability and the
benefits derived therefrom. He paid a
high compliment to the press for the
publicity which it had given to the SUB,
ject and stated that whatever good
cause the press championed would be
successful He expressed the wish
that those present would lend their aid
as the pith of the movement seems TO
he to express the displeasure OF those
present at the lax manner in which the
Lords day is at present observed IN
the city. The business men. II they
could not be persuaded TO close all day,
may be prevailed upon to do no busi-
ness during the hours Of divine service.
lie earnestly pleaded that by speech
and by example the good people would
assist In this good work. He then
asked that a chairman be appointed.
The following officers We're elected:
The Rev. Dr. q. A. Place. the pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church. was
elected to the chair. and Rev. Charles
Lee. OF the First Presbyterian church.
was chosen secretary. Rev. DIR. Place
upon taking the chair thanked the au-
dience and stated that Father Coffey
had fully placed before them the OBJ
jact OF the meeting. He gave a report
Of the proceedings Of the meetings Of
the pastors. Two preliminary meet
ings were held by the pastors. at which
they decided To bring the matter be-
fore the public and did so In all the
churches last sunday. 1t was sug-
gested that u canvass OF the city should
be made to see who are not observing
the Sabbath and see If they could be
persuaded to do SO. The pastors also
decided to get u committee appointed
to perform this duty. Rev. II. r., Jep-
son. of the Berean BAPTIST church.
followed in the same strain and de-
much good would result from this
meeting. The Rev. Charles Lee spoke
eloQuently in SUPPORT of the movement.
Pierce Butler. prominent citizen.
spoke warmly In support of the move
lnent.
On motion of Rev. Father Coffey. II
was decided that the committee be Sc
lected by the citizens and the follow
ing were appointed. solomon Bolton,
Pierce Butler, NJ. II. Burke. Eli Beers
r. - Joslin. j. q. Evans, Thomas
Mooney. p G. Oliver. Y. c. Robinson
NJ. d. Lathrop, Hugh Powderly, w.
G. Male. l. NJ. Campbell, Frank Devers,
Frank Shannon. Richard Fitzpatrick.
Richard Lloyd, j. y. II. Raynor. j. b.
Shannon and G. w. Norris. and the pas
tors of. the city
The committee met after the citizens
meeting and will meet again at the
chapel OF the First Presbyterian
church tomorrow evening at eight
o'clock
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
EECkNILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cobb. of Green
Ridge, were callers in town yesterday.
$. w. Arnold, Joseph Group. George
Cool aI9 George Bell We're fishing at
Sickler's pond yesterday.
Mrs. r.. +. Grieves is lying seriously
i'll with pneumonia.
Don't forget the dime social at the
home of II. +. Barnes this evening.
william Swales. who has been bed
fost for the past two weeks with rheu-
matism, is able to set up.
T.. l.. GrienOr is making an addition
to his business place.
Jay Tuthill has moved into the house
recently vacted by Horace Frear.
Jessie McKeen Is suffering from
scarlet fever.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
Ilonoriug Their Guests.

Mr. and Mrs. Il. Gaffney. of Brooklyn
street. entertained large party of
their friends in honor of the visit of
Miss Susie Barrett. of Scranton. last
Tuesday night Music was furnished
by the orchestra of Gaffney and Flan-
merry. Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. John Nelson, Mamie Maggie and
Sarah Gaffney. Sarah Flannery. Rose
and Lizzie ConnOr. Patrick. Michael
Morris Flannery. Thomas Higgins, John
and Willie Gafiney, John Hopkins.John
Munsey. Michael Connor. Patrick Con-
ner, Michael Collins.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
PERSONAL AND OTHER ITEMS

Miss Thomas. of Mayfield. was In
the city yesterday visiting friends.
Conroy & Fox will tonight occupy the
boards at the Onera house and be
greeted by good audience.
Abe Sahm is lying III at the Hotel
Anthracite.
Griffith Morgan has been appointed
treasurer and David Morgan. secretary
of the Welsh Methodist festival
George Giles, of Terrace street, Is
spending few days at Aldenville.
The Amphion Ladies' quartette gave
a very excellent programme at the Ma
sonic hall last evening.
The pumps of No. ; shaft cleared
about four inches of water Yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
LET Us SMILE.
The Big II.

nc Dig H.
If things that have not, had really
The ring Of the real coin:
If potatoes, for instance, were mealy,
And beefsteak was all tederoin.
If goat meat was SOuthdown mutton,
And butchers had civilized souls:
II collars We're easy to button
And button We're glued in their holes.
If women'S tongues We're not waggy,
and sweet little babes never cried;
If trousers never got baggy,
And shoestrings would always stayed
tied.
II money was made by talking.
And never man was u rogue:
II distance did not mean walking,
And ear fares We're not in vogue
If cross words We're not reproaches,
And fisSes ne'er meant to betray:
If mosquitoes were only cockroaches,
And Jersey fit place to stay.
II your frowns, dearest Maud, We're ca.
reSses.
Each pout but the seal of a kiss;
If you ever had quite enough dresses
Oh, then, wouldn't living be bliss!
New York Evenig Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
Diphtheria
X Less Fatal.

If the patient strength can DC
maintained, and the great vital
centres of the body "kept up"
to the performance of their nat
ural functions, they will thus
dispcl the disease germs that inn
prcgnatc the entire body, and if
sufficient vitality is experienced,
the fatality of this dreaded disease
is lcsSencd a hundred-fold.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14

Charles Cliff. one of the trainmen of
the Delaware and Hudson. employed
on Conductor Swingle's train. met with
"a serious accident while attending to
his duty at Vandling Wednesday night
lie was struck on the head and rem
dered unconscious. Several of his teeth
We're lOosened and he suffered several
bruises. He was brought to the city
and was attended to by DR.. Wheeler
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
II the BABY Is Cutting Teeth.

Mrs. winslow'u Soothing Syrup has
been used for over Fifty Years by Mil.
lions of Mothers for their Children
while Teething. with Perfect Success.
It Soothes the Child. Softens the Gums,
Allays all Pain; Cures Wind Collie and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Sold
by Druggists In every part of the world.
Be sure and ask for Mrs. WinsloW's
Soothing Syrup" and take no other
kind. Twenty Ave cents Q bottle. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14

Stott. of the city. and the letter was
couched as follows: Find check in
closed for $25 as an expression of my
appreciation of your well directed and
kind services at the fire yesterday
morning. BY Your persistent efforts
you confined the fire to the building in
which 1t originated and thus saved
large amount of property from total
destruction"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
LAID TO HIS FINAL REST.
SiIas A. Briggs Buried Thursday Mornin;
NJ Clifford

The funeral service OF Silas A. Briggs.
who died last Monday evening, took
place yesterday morning at his late
residence on North Main street at 10. 30
O'Clock. Rev. Il. r.. Jepson. of the Be-
rean Baptist church. otciated The
remains were afterward conveyed to
Clifford and Inferred in Clifford ceme-
terry. The pall-bearers We're Angus
Cameron. b. $. Clarke, b. +. Williams
and William Williams.
The funeral was largely attended and
among out-of-town friends We're Mrs
James Shannon and Messrs.. Ransom
and Walter Briggs, of Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
CARBONDALE.

-fReaders will please note that advertise
ments, orders for job work. and items for
publication left at the establishment OF
shannon & Co., newsdealers. North Main
street, will receive prompt attention; Or
ice open from a. m. to 10 y. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
Cured Of Pains In His Iunps.

Anthony Yeager contractor l3l Hill
street. Wilkes-Barre. Pa. says three bot
ties of DR.. Alexander's Lung Healer. the
famous cough cure, cured me of asthma
and pains in my lungs after pneumonia
You can put me down as u strong be-
lever In Lung Healer. No cough medicine
like Ii.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
The Mitchell, Hose Compuuv.

The chairman of the Mitchell Hose
company yesterday received an agree
able surprise in the form of a check
from the well-known banker, James
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
4 Child's Fancy.

~ NsHIIU = TUuCV.
When the lev hail is failing
Chimes sweet voice, tremulous
With music soul-enthralling:
Amt the angels fightin' u.s.
When the snowfiakes seem to smother
All the earth. and light is fed:
'Spreadin' all the white sheets, mother
So the stars kin go to bed"'
But when winter round me closes.
Still the springtime near me lies;
On his cheek ! see the roses.
And the viOlets-in his eyes,
Stanton, in Times Herald
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
PREVENT
Coughs, Colds, Pneumonia.
DR.. MExANDtR'S LUNG HEMER
The Favorite Cough Cure.
THE FAr1ILY FRIEND

1t cures where others fail 1t is guar
anteed to cure all lung and throat trou-
bles.
No cure: no pay. For sale every where.
Ask your dealer for 1t. Price, 70 cents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14
BOVinine

that greatest raw food, is a won-
derful creator of new flesh and
nerve tissue, is indispensable in
the treatment of this malady
as it gives strength to the patient
with the least effort on the part
of the digestive organs, and in
addition, being itself a germicide,
it antidotes the existing microbes
of the disease. The ease with which
it can be taken when the LESSONS
of the throat preclude the use
of other foods, makes 1t an addi-
tional necessity for the sufferers
recovery.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-24
AMORTIZATION LIKELY.
1t Looks if the United States viii Secure
Il Signal Victory.

SlSnal victory
Washington, Oct. 23.-Sir Julian
Pauncefote, British ambassador, called ut
the State Department ut II o'clock to-day
for the purpose of presenting to Secretary
Olney certain propositions which, if nc.
cepted by the United States, probably will
settle the Venezuelan controversy. Owing
to this being cabinet day, Sir Julian and
the Secretary had only ten minutes con-
ference. The ambassador carried II large
roll of documents, which he left for the
careful perusal of the Secretary
1t can be stated authoritatively tLut the
proposals Sir Julian Paucefotc is author
lied by the British foreign Office to pre-.
sent to the State Department embrace
both the Venezuelan boundary question
and the question of II general treaty be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States, whereby all future disputes will
be submitted to arbitration. The nature
of the proposals is such that it is believed
the dispute over Venezuela is much
nearer to final solution than at any time
since the trouble began.
1t also can be stated positively that no
notes or negotiations of any kind have
passed between Secretary Olney and Lord
Salisbury since June % last although
reports to the contrary have appeared.
The present negotiations will be resumed
ut the point where they were suspended
at that date.
Mr.. Olney's final proposal on June %
last WAS that so far rs Venezuela was
concerned it should be embraced in Il
treaty Of arbitration separate from the
general treaty of arbitration. He insisted,
however, that Venezuelan arbitration was
IL prerequisite to any general arbitration
and that the arbitration should be final
and embrace all the territory i'll dispute,
settled as we'll us unsettled, Great Brit
ain being strongly opposed to including
the settled districts.
In view of the statement by the foreign
office that the proposals about to be made
give hope of Il final settlement, it seems
likely that Lord Salisbury's answers to
MIR. Olney's propositions of June % will
be favorable or in the line of compromis-
ing the differences on details. The call
of Sir Julian on Secretary Olney to. day
was one of courtesy, to present his re-
spects after arrival, and the question of
arbitration was not taken up except that
arrangement was made for IL formal meet
ing at the earliest moment Mr.. Olney
might suggest.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-24
COLUMBUS DELANO.
VERY BLTTER FEELING.
One Man Threw a Lighted Cigar in Sec
Rotary Cnrlsle's Face.

One MAN Threw Il ll9nteu Cigar III sec
rotary Cnrlisle's Face.
Cincinnati, o., Oct. 23.-The insult to
the Secretary of the United States Treas
ury. Hon. John q. Carlisle, by men of
his native State is the leading topic of
conversation here. While accounts diff
fer as to the degree of brutality mani
tested by those in the hall and on
the streets around the building, there is
no dispute as TO the bitterness of the feel
ing manifested
Secretary Carlisle was purposely de-
tanned in the hall by his friends in the
hope that the outside crowd would dis
perse, but, as soon as Carlisle discovered
this he insisted on going ont immc-
diatcly. Then police escort was pro-
vided and by main force Il passage to the
street WAS obtained.
Vile epithcts We're then showered ut the
Secretary, and one man, John Fagin,
threw II lighted cigar in his face, and
stopped as if to pick up II more formula
BILE weapon. He was promptly seized by
the police, but was discharged, no one
preferring a charge.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-24
ANOTHER HOLD. UP.
Four Masked Men Rob Train in Jesse
james Style.

Four Masked Men Rob Train in Jesse
james Style.
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. pa passen-
ger and express train on the Chicago and
Alton railroad, due here from Chicago
and robbed by four masked men this
evening ut Blue Springs Cut, between In
dependence and Glendale, Mo. The scene
of robbery is less than twenty miles dis
tant from Kansas City.
The train was Tagged ut the cut. While
two of the robbers stool guard over the
passenger coaches, the other two covered
the conductor, engineer and fireman with
their pistols and compelled them TO 20 to
the car. The robbers commanded the
messenger to open the door of the car
threatening to break in the doors should
he refuse.
After some delay the robbers were adj
mitted They compelled the messenger
to open the safe and extracted from it
several packages How much booty was
secured cannot be asccrtained at this
hour, but the conductor of the train
states that the bandits secured nothing
save several packages of iewclry. The
robbers left the train and entered the
woods.
Though several shots were fired no one
WAS injured. The train proceeded to In.
dependence and information Of the robbery
was telcgraphed from there \ deputy
sheriff and posse left independence at once
ana squad OF policemen were detailed
from here, but it is thought the bandits
are safely out of the way There have
been three hold.ups in the Blue Springs
Cut. The james gang held up II train
there i'm 1881
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-24
MAY COME TOGETHER.
1t Is Reported That Fusion in Georgia
Has Been Agreed Upon.

Has Been Agreed Upon.
Atlanta, Oct % 1t is learned here
upon what is unimpeachable authority
that fusion was agreed on nj Chicago
Yesterday between Senator Jones and
populist Committeeman Washburn AS
IL result Mr.. Washburn left Chicago for
Nashville and II. w. Reed left Atlanta
last night for the same place, where they
will meet to morrowat noon. Important
correspondence was in progress yesterday
between Democratic National Chairman
Jones and the national committeeman
from Georgia Senator Jones wired his
representative here in substance as fol-
lows
eve must accedc to the demands of
the Popnlists for fusion in Georgia"
The reply i'll substance was:
The Populists of Georgia don't want
fusion They demand IL surrender
10 this Senator Jones replied
IF those are the facts use your own
Judgment
1t appears from this that general
plan of fusion satisfactory to the Popu-
lists has been agreed upon between
Messrs. Washburn and Jones and that
Georgia alone stands in the way of its
consllmmation.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-24
a PORTENTIOUS CALM.
Everything Quiet ut Wnstead, But More
Trouble is Feared

lrOuDlc Is reared.
Raleigh, n. c., Oct. % Everything at
Winstead is reported tonight compare
lively quiet, the white people having
seemingly followed the advice of Col
Cunningham and rcfrained from further
action. Additional details received to-
night say thnt the trouble first began
last Wednesday when Zcb Walser made II
low appeal to the preiudiccs Of the ne
grocs ut RoXboro. Mr.. Boone was pres
ent ut the time and replied TO him. He
rebukcd Walser severely for irving to in.
flame the negroes against the white peo-
pie.
Since that time the negroes have been
very insOlent and the low and degrading
speech of Satteriicld kindlcd the lame
chat had been snlouldering and the riot
cnsued. The white people of Person coun~
~, Popuists and Democrats, regardless
of party, are so outraged ut the uncalled-
for attack that they have been drawn to-
gethcr.
1t is feared that this is only the begin.
ming, for if they make another attack
bloodshcd will follow
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-24
PROTECTION ASSURED.
Kcntuckians Will Endeavor to Wipe Out
Thursday Nights Insults

Thursday Nights Insults.
Louisville, Ky, Oct. % The insult
to Secretary Carlisle ut Covington last
night has created II profound sensation in
Louisville, and it has assumed form of
determined movement (which will elect
ually prevent the repetition of the out
wage at any point in Kentucky Mr.
Carlisle speaks here next Wednesday, and
this morning the following telegram was
sent him:
You will have such complete pro-
lection against insult and so grand IN
ovation when You come to Louisville as
will forever wipe out The attempt of last
night to destroy free speech, dishonor the
fair name of Kentucky and discredit her
foremost Citizen
The telegram is signed by Chairman
Davel and Secretary Carroll of the gold
standard Democratic committee and 10 of
the city's leading men. In addition
Mayor Told sent II telegram of similar
import. Tomorrow afternoon Mr.. Car
Isle speaks ut Bowling Green, and Hon
John 5. Rhea, silver candidate for Con
gress, will demand il division of time
which will, of course be refused. In
this event the silver men propose to hold
II meeting at the door of the opera house
where the Secretary speaks. This, it is
feared, will cause serious trouble, as the
gold standard men are determined that
the Secretary shall not he insulted again