The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-14
GIANTS IN A
STONE QUARRY
LARGE FOOTPRINTS AND HUGE
SKELETON DISCOVERED.
Most Remarkable Find Near Star
rucca--News from Susquehanna
County--John Ruzan's Smart Dog.
Queer Place for Hump.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

quarry ucar StarrucCa. wayne county,
In addition to the giant human foot
prints discovered a few weeks ago,
which were eighteen and one-half
inches long ana of corresponding width,
the teeth Of II horse the tusk aud jaw
of a mast odon, and Il horses hoof have
been found.
The most remarkable find, however,
was that of the bones of huge human
skeleton, which. gcoloGists say, belongs
to n race of men who inhabited the
earth aBcs before the advent Of man.
according to tn" EibiCal account. This
skeleton was found in n sitting posi-
tion with its knees drawn up to its
head, the latter being clasped in
long embrace by the neshlcss arms.
The surroundings lead th" delivers into
antiquity to tn" belief that the skelc-
ton in life belonged to n chief or king
among it's people At its feet were sew
eral bowls, originally made of reddish
clay, but hardened by the lapse of ages;
into Il substance resembling flint. Near
by was ~ tablet bearing Il long inscrip-
tion In hicroglyphics. and covered with
rude limitations of some extinct species,
half animal. half reptile. a lot of inn
plements of warfare were also found.
Among them were Il stone axe. the
handle and head being of stone. while
the edge was formed of iron of great
hardness, luortsed into flint. The find
is being prepared for shipment to the
archaelogist Of Syracuse university.
THE NEWS RECORD.
The common council has purchased
the s;abins lot, on East Main street, for
the site for the borough building.
Three hundred and twelve Prohbi-
ton votes We're cast in Susquehanna
county at the recent election.
Henry r. Birchard, editor Of the Sus-
uuehanna Transcript, is ore of the
many Republican candidates for repre-
sentative.
Messrs. i. j. Matthews and L. w.
jackson, two prominent Susquehanna
business men, are Republican, candi-
dates for county commissioner. And
there are others.
Some of the Susquchanna county ed
itorS have formed Il mutual aClmira-
tion society. How good and how pleas
ant it is for brethren to dwell together
in unity and cultivate each others
bumps.
WHAT ENASPERATED AN EDITOR
The Forest City News begins it's
leading editorial With this statement:
About fifteen feet in the rear of our
sanctum window are -four empty beer
kegs"
1T is the most glarng ana atrocious
exhibition of the kind we have vet
seem
The sight of three empty kegs under
the sanctun window is enough to eX-
aspcratc any newspaper man. OF what
earthly use is the casket when the jew
els gone?
WHAT IT COST ONE EDITOR.
Says our good Bre'r More, in his
Great Bend Plaindealer:
I'VE are holding Great Britain Il
pretty close second in the white mans
burden From the opening OF the
Spanish war to the present. including
the operations in the Philippines and
China, it has cost us $4S9, 900, 900"
The newspaper business in Great
Bend is evidently booming. Few coun-
try editors can afford TO pay $iS9 0O0,-
600, either for war or for peace. to say
nothing of ''holdng Great Britain"
Psalmuels been getting some county
printing very evidently.
in a LINE OR TWO.
Mrs Susan \. Carr. of stevens
Point, has been granted IL pension OF
S12 per month. Her son, the late Frank
Carr, a soldier in the Spanish Ameri-
can war, died III the service and was
buried at sea.
\ SusQuehanna- Oakland delegation
left on Saturday for Pike county, in
search OF deer.
The funeral of the late Patrick H.
Furey, a former resident, who died at
the state hospital at Dunville, took
place from ST. Johns Catholic church
on Sunday afternoon. Intermenr was
made in Laurel Hill cemetery.
1t is reported that the Erie store
room building is to he enlarged.
Mrs. 1.aughlin, of Front street, ON
Saturday fell upon a stove while in Il
faint and was severely burned.
y KNOWING DOG.
John RuZan, q farmer living near
Gulf summit, owns one of The smartcst
dogs in Pennsylvania, and this is say
ing a great deal because the dogs Of
this state are credited with doing some
very brainy things.
Last Saturday Ruzan went into the
woods to chop some trees, and much to
his disgust his dog insisted upon ac-
companying him. lie tried 10 drive
him back to the house, but The dog
refused 10 so, and stuck closely by his
master This is why Ruzan is alive to-
day, and is also the reason why the
animal has advanced materially in the
opinion of its owner. In telling a big
tree Ruzan got caught under the trunk
and was imprisoned so he could not
get away, He was far off the road and
his calls for help could moi be heard.
II looked very much like case of dy-
ing alone in tho woods.
Ruzan's dog, however, saw his mas
tel's predicament, and went to sum-
mon help. He ran about Il mile to the
cabin OF some squatters ana tried to
attdact their attention by yowling. hut
without result. Then he went back to
where his master was Il prisoner and
by hard " olll succeeded in pulling OFF
one of ltuHan's huots. This he grabbed
in his mouth and dew back to the
squatter's house. Again lie yOWled,
and this time so iiercelS' that the men
came out 10 drive him away. Seeing
the dog With boot in his mouth they
thought something must be wrong and
followed him. lie led them 10 where
Ru2an was held down by the tree and
the latter was liberated.
QUEER PLACE FOR A HUMP.
Tony Raffelo. of Gulf Summit, a Sec
'ian man on the Erie, is noticeable for