4 8 THE SCttANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOUNTS Gr, JANUARY 1(5, 1897. GUESSING THE AGE OF CIVILIZATION The Latest Discoveries-Say It Is About Nine Thousand Years. OUR CHRONOLOGY NEEDS REVISION Thiillluix Story of Professor II II precht's i:ciuiitions nttlie Olilmt City of the World, mill the- Aston ishing Light Thuy Throw Upon Hlstory--Clitipter in Science ns ln tc'ioitlng us J'lution. From the Now York Herald. On Aui?. 'JO Inst sumo detail Weie Khun of the- teiiiaikciblc iiiohuoologlcul discoveries of a. cuminlfiinn tlml tnu I'nlvenlty oL ltmihlvaiA sunt to pinko excavations on the ilto of the old Nlppui, tin- oldest clt of thu woild This commission, of which the Huv John 1 I'i'tem, V V., vvus the (list diieetor, und I'lofessoi Ileimun V 1111 piecht tin- pcimntii'itt Assjilologlst, discovered the unexpected anil silintl tieullv sensational fuel tint the undent Habj Ionian inonnd contained not onl the olt. cities known collectively us Nlppui, Imt also a still mini' ancient city In which were found cunelfoini In h i lotion dating back to the eai (estl inuted) f,'J-)0 13 C This showed with coneluslveness that civilisation Is cen tmles older than we believed, for the beginning of the woild bus., until these discov Piles, been placed at 4,004 15 C, and this date appeal. s In all oui modern editions of the Hlble Put yieatet things hae developed since Di l'eteis guvu the Herald the infouiiutlon It published at that time. Since then Piofessor llelpiecht luib re tained flesh fioin the scene with fui thei information of a most Intel estlng imtuiu He i cue lit il beie last week Piofessoi Ililpiccht's tliat announce ment, on being Intenlewed by the Him aid, was that he can now posi tively and authutltuthell .uld -',000 eais mole to the age of the woild, Di Peteis' conipulatlon on the lutoi mation at hand, in August, placed the ptububle date of the beginning of civil isation at 7,000 13 C. Piofessoi Hllpietht now declaies that his knowledge of the deelopment ol tunelfoim vviltlnir jus tltles him In saving that the eaillest wilting found could not hae been de- eloped in lesb than .',000 veais. This pluces the beginning ot clvlllza tlon at about the j eai 0,000 U C. PHOF. IIHVPKnCIlT. 1'iofesost Hllpiecht is one of the half don n men In the woild who hue so tnnsteiecl all thu developments of eunel foim inscilptions that he can at a glance detninlne tile age of the wilt ing It was he, who thiee eais ago, enunciated the pilnciple of the develop ment of the tunelfoim wiltlngs fiom pktuies and of their giaelual change iiom the semblance of the plctuied things to the signs of the latei foi ins. The tiutli of the theoiv Is admitted now b all the btudents of urchuelugj. It tonus an impoitant pan in the pi oof that lie bilngs. to suppoit his announce ment The discos eiles weie made In the unl vcisitj's excavations at Nlppud. Klght j eais ago, when it was decided to send out an expedition fot Bab Ionian le .scuieh, Piofessor Hclpieclit and the P.ev Di. John P, Peteis. then profes boi of nichueolog at the unlveislty, dee Ided upon Nlppui as the spot that olfeied piomlse of the most ancient finds They weie not mlstakpn. The Hng llsh CiCiniaii and rieucli scientists at woik in Uubjlon and Tello have little chance of finding anj tiling nearly so auelvntu" the bits of ases that the Ameiltan excavators dpg up under the Temple of Pel l'lnm the beglnnlg of leliglon in tlie Hast tlieie has been a firm belief, which thousands ot eais have not been able to shake, that nothing about a temple must be evei destioyed. The xases on which weie Mltten the temple nt chives were kept foi thousands of yeais and weie bioken onl by accident. The wor hhlppeis believed that neei could any temple piosper oi bilnir peace and hap piness to Its people tlvU did not stand on the outlines of tht fiist temple that had been built theie If the old temple was In luliib, the did not ieinove the fallen walls, but built upon them The came piatlce is still adhered to In Constunluople and othei modem cities, which, sue continually lislng on their ol walls. The spectacle of a house belnjr torn down and taken awaj is seldom ofteied In the I-ast. BUILDING ON RUINS. In days when Noah built his ark the Wngs anil high piie-ts of liabylonla had the same belief, and some of them In making alteiations In the temple left such Inscilptions on clay as this: "But pievious kings have not kept the boundaiy of temple, they have not seal died out Its foundation stone, and gatheied their architects to luv out the lines on the ttue places of the foimer temple, and the gods weie not In faxoi, and diil not look Hindis on the people." And bo they built their ow n temples with a caie and pieclsion that they thought would meet with the approal ol their deities. All this may not eem nt fit st to havp veiy much to do with the woik of the I'eiiiiHjlvnnia expedition, but it lias. If it had not been for this belief of the xoishlppeis ot Pel theie would have been no such ilch veins of the sttatu of civilisation as the scientist un eai tbed theie, uncovetlng their finds vv itli more pi lde und Joy than they would hae had in discovering a gold mine Fiom seven thousand vents be lcne Olulst the inscilptions ol the vvotld's lilstoiy, Heiatched in clay and baked to a baldness against which tlmf and weather have had no effect, had been placed beie, as by the human lace for the enlightenment of laceb that should come uftei waid It wns this spot which, of all the other places In the woild, piomised the rich est i etui n for the enthulbasts' money and labor, that the two archaeologists of the Unlveislty of Pennsylvania de cided upon In their council befoie the Hist patty was Bent out, eight yeais ago Foi tune placed the enterpilse In the right place, and Hllpiecht and his stm dy usblstants saw the work done piopeily. They fell to and began to pick and pull the temple to pieces in one place and anothei to see how it was built, und who built it. They bad guesspd pretty definitely thut they would lineal th "stiata of civilization," and the) found the idea tiuei than they had hoped And here enters the leasonlng on xhlch Hllpiecht's claim that theie weie civilised men seven thousand jears 15. C. must stand oi fall. ONI) TKMPLH'S URSSON. Hlpii outer and innei walls sunound id the temple, and, In paits, nio still standing. The hilltop, over the tower, Is ninety-seven feet above the deseit level and fifty feet above the suiiound jng debris. The Aiabs call the hill "Daughter of the Pilnce." On the exterior the temple gives little indication of Its real untlciulty. The xvalls as they weie found at fltst, seemed to have bten built by Kadash-liian-Duigu, who lived only 1,200 yeais befoie Chi 1st. It took voiy little work, however, to show that the bilcks healing his name foimed only a thick venetr, or extia wall, on the real body of the temple. They weie put there by the pious klnrc to pi event the wearing effects of wind and lulu and sand, as were also the canals that cairled the watei away and the bitumen, a foot thick, that kept It from getting tluougli the wall and the foundations. The temple "proper" had been built, they found, by King Ur-Uur, who floui lshed L',800 H. C over that part of Kengl "the land of caiuila and buliushes" later cnlled Habvtonln. for a xounger but gientei cltv than Nippur. The Pennsvlvnnlans dm: awav until they had icnched Ur-CliuV. foundation, and he hud made It well. It was of baked bilck, like the walls, and eight feet thick. Directly under It was Sar gon's plutfoim two com huh of Im mense baked bilcks of a size und shape like nothing ever befoie found In liaby lonla oi nnywlieie else In the woild, u foot und a hnlf situue and foiu Inches thick. Kncli had n convex top, being shaped like u loaf of blend half llsen f i om the pan. In nddltlon to King Sar gon's name in cunelfoim llguies, the bilcks boie the dollbeinte linpilnt of the thumb of the slave w bo made It. DUMHKOUNDHD. The scientists wer dumbfounded Sar gon, aichueologlsts hud taught, was a myth, for there had nevet been any thing found In the Hast to conoboiate the Blblcal mention ot his name. Nn lnmsln, they said, by the most llbeial count, was the oldest In the line of known nionaichs. Hlstor could tiace the succession no fuither. Hut beie In hind brick weie hip wtuks of both Saigon and of Nniamsln, the son of Saigon. The tiutli of the list of kings was settled beyond question, nnd, by It, the date of the building of the platfoini, for the scientists knew that If Saigon lived at all It was thltty elght bundled yeais befoie Chi 1st They had leached the latest leinalns that they could huve expected, but they went still lower. Undei the two couises ol grent bilcks laid by Sutgon they found stiatu ubout thirty feet thick, containing nses unci lusciibed fragments that had giadualb been deposited theie by centuiles of In habitants. As the went fuithei down, pioving with each spadeful the lilstoiy of a kingdom and a people that had foi thousunds of jeaisbeen w lapped In Ini penetinble daikness, they found bioken pieces of the tablets oi vases, on which temple recoids had been kept. The cunelfoim Inscriptions giew moie primitive at evety foot. Hllpiecht, who knew that at one time the cunuifoim wilting bad had Its oilg In In pictuies, felt sure that befoie the bottom of the vein was leuclied the pic tuies would be found. The pits, two of them, side by side, and having: a total uiea of about one bundled squiiie at ds, weie sunk until the) weie thirty feet below the plntfoim which foimed such an important mile post in comput ing the passage ot uges. The bioken clay cume to uu end und all tiuees of human life disappeaied. Tlie excavators weie now cutting Into the v ligln clay of Uabylonla, and can) - ing out eaitb that since the cieation ot the woild had lain undistuibetl by mun. They had not yet uneaithed wiltlngs in which tlie pictuies weie whole, nor even the iorm In which lound objects weie jjlctuied 111 cuived lines, a stage that must have pieceded the time when the stlalght stiokes weie used lot all chaiacteis. They found that the piesent deseit level was nut the one that bad existed In the eail) da)s of Nlppui Theie was an older deseit tblity feet or so Pelow tlie piesent line, and on this plan Nip pur had been founded ANCIENT INSCRIPTION. But they found that the oldest of tbtst fiagiaments, those taken lioni tile bottom of the pit, weie sciatched with cunelfoim diameters, dating COOO jcaij befoie Chi 1st. Piofessoi Hil pitcl't has no hesitation In stating this, and adds that It Is based on a veiy comeivatlve calculation Saigon Uvea S.SuO B. C, and high above his plutfoim of bucks the gradual action of the busy life of Nippur, the lndustiy of the In habitants, the aclcdents of building chnpes, and the annuap sand stonns had heaped foi ty feet of dilft and debt Is befoie the opening of the Chi Is tlan era. Foui thousund yeais, the piofessoi counts, was requited to pile those foitj feet of eaitb On that computation he thinks It fall to sup pose that the tblity feet of giadual depos't found undei the platloim was 2,000 yeais In piling Itself ftom the oilglnul soil Nippur was not alwa)s as 1 us) and as gieat as she was In Saigon's tlav and in the da)S ot his succescMs. Hei beginning ma) have been i mall, and thep locess ol the de posit thus much slower than It wns in latei veats So Illlprecht satisfies himself with stating that the lowei Ul)eis of tlie stia'a weie thiown there thiee thous and jeais before Saigon, and neatly W tl ousands yeais befoie Chi 1st It may rave been vei) much easlei than that It ceituinly was not later. Tlie woild was not an Infant even In these days. The eaillest of tlie writ ings found represent a development that could not have been reached In less than thiee thousand yeais. How long men lived without wilting may nevet be known, but theie is pioof enough In the results of the expedition to show that the worshippers of Bel wiote on clay nine thousand )eais be fore Chi 1st. Professoi Helprecht makes the statement advlsedl) It Is based on his knowledge of tunelfoim development, and as theie aie baiely half u dozen men In the woild today who can compare with him In tlie science, there will be few to dispute his announcement. He stated his belief In this compu tation a few days ago, and it is pub lished now for the fltst time Hllpiecht believed It firmly when he wiote the Hist volumes of the report, but he held It back until, aftei another year's study, his belief became a posi tive ceitalnty. WORK OF A YEAR. The deciphering of the inscilptions and the piecing of the fingtncntuty text will be the work of vents. Aftei puling over thousands of fiagnieuts of vases, marked uy mm as me prociuci of a single centuiy, the piofessor be came convinced that each vase hud botne the same ptescrlptlon a temple lilstoiy and he set ubout lestoilng it TJte text, when completed was foimed of eighty-sex en fiagments, and had l'U lines of cunelfoim writing Its ttansla tlon occupied neatly u veni. "Illlprecht may well be pioud," said Professor Savce, of O.xfoul, "of the mugnlllcent results ho has achieved," and tlie other Euiopean ntchaeologlst, w ho with Suyce Is considered a leader in the science, Hummel, of Munich, added that "No other living Assyilolo glst could equal such a conttlbutlon to sclenc e." As It Is, Hllpiecht has added to lils toiy ubout tblity new kings, prev ious!) unknown to us, and has eleaied up by his reconstiuctlon of Babylonian lilstoiy the exact lelations of tlie ently Semitic dynasties to Hie oiu wumeilun kings of Babylonia. Tlie expedition is, admitted to be one of the most linpoitunt scientific un dertakings In the lilstoiy of Western Asia. It was organized and sent out In the summer of 1SSS, u numbei of piom lnent Phlladelphluns oiganizlug a Bubylonlnn expeditions fund of which the ofilceis weie Ptovost Ohuiles C. Hunlson, Dar. William Pcppei, piesi dent of the department of aichaeology and palaeontology; Edward W. Claik, chairman ot the Babylonian suction, and Cluience H. Clurk, treasurer of the clepurtment. Rev John P Peteis, who now has a mlnlsteilal chaige In New Yotk, was director; II, V. Hlllprecht and K. F. Harper were Assyriologlsts, and J II. Huynes, of Robeit College, Constantinople, the geneial executive man. Since 1S93 Hanes has been a director of tlie work, while Illlprecht continued to be the student mid ttauslator of all the Inscilptions dlscoveied To the pies ent time- $"5,000 or $80,000 have been spent on the woik, Tlie exploieis found many Interesting stoiies bound up In the mute objects of their seatcli. OLD TIME KINGS. King Saigon, foi ull his piety, ptac Used an enteipilse that would be fi owned upon in these dayti. Centuiles before he lived one of the kings ot Nip pur, Lugal Klgub-Nldudu, gave to the temple a door socket of stone, a round block on which the lower corner of the doot turned. Stones weie laie In Baby lonia, for the land was alluvial. Thu old king wanted ull the credit foi his gift, so be had his name calved on It with a votive lnscilptlou that the gods might make no mistake. Saigon nlso wanted to piesent a door socket to thu temple, but ho could llnd no slone, and so nppioprlated the stone given by his piedecessoi. He tinned It over, set bis slaves to woik, and bad his baine and piesentatlon sentiments nicely cut on its fnce. I'oi 5,000 )ears Suigon slept In the comfoit that bis pious gift gave him, nnd Bel doubtless has .woniteied xx Imt had become of the othei socket, until the Pennsylvania ex pedition found the stone undei the Ue bils and turned It ovet. Professoi Hilpipcht's summer work for the Inst thiee yeais has been the cataloguing nnd organisation of the Semitic and Hlttlte sections of the Im pel Inl Ottoman museum, ns tin oillcer of the Tuiklsh government. The ip sult of his wcik bus been ot Incalcul able udvantugu to the ITnlveislty of Pennsylvania. The Tuiklsh law now foi bids the removal of any aiehaelog ieal mateiial ftom the countiv, all an tiquities being deposited In tlie museum In Constantinople, but In iccognltlon ot Ills woik tlie sultan piesented him with mole than sixty boxts of the antiquities that he chose as most valuable lu the expedition s find. The unlveislty now has thiee times as ninny cunclloim wiltlngs ns ull othei Euiecpeun museums put to gelhei None of the tublets me fiom the latest expedition, tlie tesults of whit h have not yet leached Constan tinople, being now en loute fiom Ba- soiah by way ot Aiabla and the Red sen. These In turn will have to be ai langed and catalogued like all the othei languages, Flench und Tmklsh. OTHER RESEARCHES. Hllpiecht bus found time to hunt itlnough the East for many othei nnl qulties, and has brought home with him objects which ate wottb thousands and which weie bones ot contention be tween the eat nest lepiesentntlvcs of the greatest unlveisltles In Euiope. Some came bv dev lout wa)s, as Tuiks aie evei devious In mutters of ttade, anil the most valuable pieces, tlieiufote, must not be phutogiaphed for leal of the Jealous measutes that Geiman and Fiench collet tots might take One of the llnds, among the most linpoitunt, Is u maible vuse, the only vase In ex istence dated In the time of Aitaxuixes It Is valued at $3,000, and Is inset Ibed in Median, in Babv Ionian cunelfoim and In Eg)ptlan, hleioglvphlcH It was In private possession und tin lft) Oei niaii buyetb had fot two )eais been llesutely Using to lower Its price Profe'ssot Hllpiecht also bought for a song compatatlvelv the oldest cunel foim tnblet In existence, beating the name Enkliegal, one of the oldest kings of tlie city and land of Tello Six rivals weie wot king for tlie same tablet, and the utmost delicacy bad to be used. It Is woith at least $D,000. Foi six yeais Piofessor Hllpiecht's special sectet aim lias been to llnd out the exnet spot In Aslu Minoi wheie the famous Cappadocian tablets came ftom. To find tlie place lie made u special tout In Asia Minoi, uslnir the two blanches of rnlboads as tai as the) went, some S00 miles. Baton Von Kuehl nian, chief of the lailtoad, gave him a special cut und placed eveiv facility of the lailtoad at his disposal. By this means be was able to examine cnletull) all plates fioin Scutail to Kutuhia and Konlnh, and at last found wheie the tablets came tioin The Tuiklsh government has given him pet mission to excavate theie for foui weeks in older to identify the ancient city bulled theie, Ptofesboi Hllpiecht means to avail lilmselt of this pel mission on his next visit to Asia .Mi not He lias fixed the date of the Cappa docian tablets definitely at 1M00 B. C. No other scientist knows wheie the tablets ai to be found. ADVENTURES. Piofessor Hllpiecht, while at woik In Constantinople, wns an ollleei of the Tuiklsh government. Befoie lip left Constantinople he was banqueted b) Tuiklsh ofilceis, diplomatic ft lends and scientists lie weals ill his scarf pin a gat net caived with tlie pledge1 "We ate ttue to ) ou while ou aie tiue to its " Tlie gem was given to htm by the sultan Muuv weie the adventures, some of them highl) exciting, which the Ameri can uattv met In tlie coutse of their e.xploiatlons In the book he is ptepat ing Piofessor Hllpiecht relatui a few of them. He sas. "On the Joutney from Sm)tana to Alexnndietta the large Itench steam ship which can led half the staff of the expedition was wieeked on the lock) pi onion toiy Keiketes, on the Island of Samos. Prince Alexander of Sumos, viewing in hospitality with his pte decessor, Pol)ciutes, llbeinted the dis tressed ttavelets, after n clay and a half, lioni theli unhapp) plight, and brought them safe and sound to his capital, Vathy. But haielly had they landed on the mat shy haven at he foot of the Amanus chain, a few weeks later, to begin their Joutney Inland, when theie began that seiles of ill nesses and adventuies which aie nev ei wanting to laiget expeditions. "Not far fiom Aleppo our aichltect was savid ftom the hands of a high way lobber only b) the tlmel) nnival of two of his associates Below Der, the well known hoise market of the Annzeh tiibe, while ti)lng to llnd a watei lug place, another inembei bloke tluougli the steep unwashed bank of the Euphtates and with dllllculty es caped diowning" The membei was. Hllpiecht himself. TUltr.W AUAV A I'OKTl'Ni:. Hut the I'oor I'ellovv Oui Not Know hut ilo nas Dome. fn lack of a little knowledge a No va Scotian tlsheiman has just lost $5U. 000 This Is a hlKb price to pa)- foi iKlintance, but theie aie man) people bebidts the flsheunan who would have paid It, pei Imps This man had nevet heaul of ainbei Ktis, 01 it so he had but a vague notion of what the valuable sta-pioduct Is lie Is, howevei, an observant man, and one dnv, iccently, while lowing about ihe abote of Annapolis, llasln, he no ticed boating on the watei a pecullni gray substani e, well stieaked with black and jellovv For home unknown ieason lie decided that this cuticius substance might piob nbly be made Into soap, and be caie tully gatheied the floating mass, about one bundled pounds lu weight, Into bis boat Natuiall) enough his toap ex pel lment failed, and lu disgust he tluew the piesumably wcu tillers mateiial back Into the watei, useivlng onl) about slv pounds lot fuithei experiments The inuie lit tested the stiange sub "tanee the moie did his vv undei grov The tuomatic odor that niose fiom his lye-pot moused his puitlculm Intel est. At length ho iowed to the neuiest town with u sample, and theie learned that tbo mateiial that ho bad bo Ignoiantly dlscatdtd, nnd ot which he now bad but a binall quantity, was vvoitb $31 an ounce, for It was nothing else tbnn the pieclous ambeigilH of coiumeice The sl pounds that he made haste to tescue ftom the i)e-pot in ought Hint in j&,i;co, but what mubt have been his thoughts about the nlnet-four pounds that he had thrown aw a) ' Ambeigils is the evidence of n dis ease that attacks the speimacetl whale, and whale-tlshets fish eageily for tt ac es of the substance In the Intestines of toipld, sick 01 lean whales, wheie It Is sometimes found In smail, li regular lumps of fiom thiee, Inches to n foot In diameter The laigest lump e.-oi known weighed 1S2 pounds and was bold by the King of Tnhote to the Dutch I3ast India company. Anothei blstoilo lump of ISO pounds was found Inside a dead whulo whose caicass vvus dlscoveied floating near the Wiudwuiil Islands, and Isainli K ngliorn, the No va Scotian tlsheiman, with his find of 100 pounds, comes thiid 0.1 the list. Wholesale druggists and pet fume manutactuteis ate. ulwaya anxious to buy this stinnge sea-pioduct, and should such an oppoitunlty as rishei mntt Klughoiu's come to any of you, we tiust that )ou may be mote fortu nate than wns the lll-lnfciimed mun who Incontinently thtew away a foi tune when It was within his giasp, LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Under this heading slioit letters oC In tel est will he published when iiccomp x nled, for publication, by tbo wrltei's 11111111!. The Tilbilliu will not be held te sponsible) toi opinions here cxpt eased, ) llciijiiniln Ctllllth's Statement. Editor of The Trlbi'iie. Sir. Theie hns been so much comment regarding the contest for alderman of the rifth wind that I have concluded to make u statement to the votuis of said waul explaining the tieatmcnt 1 ie celved ftom the hands of some ot the voteis of the Third district of tlie same waul. I spent most of my time lu the Fltst dlstilpt and about G 30 p m. I went to the Foiuth dlsttlct, where 1 teslde, to vote Aftei voting 1 nsked, "How do tilings look beie for mu7 Tlie annuel was "It Is piett) huitl to tell" I iibked how aie things In thu Tlibd, und was told it is Vet) rough theie, ome of the cltl zt in have sent foi policemen 1 then miNJAMIN GKUT1TH9. went ovei to the Third district to ascer tain what wns wiong The Hist to meet me weie Wulter Davis, a son of Utzaleel Davlfe, Uvan Miles und othef, who sui lounded me and told mo that the booth was full of ilitinken men, ulso that the boutd was drunk, and rtsktd me to go In and get thim out I accotdingl) euteied the booth and at once found that 1 was in a hot shop Theie weie about lift) pel tons in tlie booth, all moie ot less undei the Influence of di ink, who had crowded about the table. I fotttd ni) way tluougli, and the Hi st thing that atti acted in) attention was Thomas Hauls a resident or Moms couit, with a tuunbei of l'oles and Hull", who weie not eltluiis, and one of my fi lends b the name of William Rets, challenged tlie'll tight to vote 1 tnude tlie following tpipiest. 'Gentlemen, will )ou please get out of the room and give the bouid a chuuee to do Its dut) and al low the citizens to vote as the) please " This, lu my opinion, moderate leipiest, was greeted with the utmost piofanlt) which 1 will not soil join pages b) re peating, and was told that I had no busi ness theie whatevei, to which I teplled I had 11 light theie as a citizen and candi date foi alderman I was told to go over to the fourth dls ttlct I leplled, "This Is u waid ofllce, gentlemen, not a dlstiict affali, conse eiuentl) I think I 01 uid of the othei can dldatts have a light beie," to width the) answeied, "You aie u Hat." I then looked upon the table and saw Mi. Phillips, one of the boaid, opening a papei. I siw at once that it was a lust papei and said: "lios, lie can't vote on that paper," and Mi. Nelson, anothei membei of the boaid, said- "No, lie can not vote on that papei." A I'olander then tluew his vote upon the table and said "Tlmlti Jones " I looked at the" man and said. "I challenge his vote" A half dozen men then cried out. "He has voted befoie " Then Hail) Uiadshaw Jumped up aiiii giabbed me b) ni) both hands and began hurtling me out of the loom and thteat ened to kick the life out Of me, nnd the tin eat was lepeated b) live 01 sl othei s behind Then John Jone& took hold ot me b) the left aim and said. "Get out of here; )ou have no business In this dl-i-trlct." He thtn plated his back against the framing of the dooi and talsed his foot to the othei, thus closing up the dooiwa), and said. "Hen, get away from beie; )ou can't get In."' I sild. "Jack, )OU get awa) fiom theie; ou have no business theie e'ther." He said "No, I won't go wa), d )ou." "Well," I said, "I will go and get the ofilceis," And awa) I went and told Lieutenant Williams how things were be ing conducted. 1 then went back to the f list tllstiitt about l) 1.1 p m. I was asked how did )ou find things all tound, Hen? I told them of the treatment 1 had re telved in the Thiid, and ieu.uested my friends not to bothei an) moie, foi I will be -a candidate In febiuar), foi theie Is no fab play In the Thiid dlstiict, when one of Mi. Hull's fi lends said, "You don't mean that, Hen-"' I said, "Yes, 1 do" Later in the evtnlng I saw Lieuten ant Ull 11ns and asked him, "How did )ou find things In the Thiid dlstiict.'" To which he replied. "Just as jou said." "Well, did )ou do an) thing" I usktd. "Yes, we at rested one man for drunken ness and dHoiderly conduct and ti)Ing to vote fot the fourth time," was his an swer fellow cltl?etis, I have told the tiuth concerning in) tieatinent lu the Third ills, ttltt It was in) Intuition to contest the vote of the Thinl and when I told Mi. Phillips that I wanted tbo list of numes, be said. "I have not got them" 1 said. "What have jou done with them''" "We have destto)ed them " "Whit did jou do that foi''" He replied, "The) ulwa)s do " I have given a truthful statement of the nijttti, and ask In the name of fab pla, If this does not Justify me In tomllig out as an Independent t indldate There are sevctal citizens of the ward who have ie quested me to give them an oppoitunlty by theli votes to epies their dlsappioval of such tactics, and I have concluded to elo so. H Gtllllths Scrunton, Pa , Jan 14, 1S07 At the Sihubeit festival, to bo given Ip Vieiiui in eoinmemoiatlon of the eom posei's one hundiedth blilhda), one of the pettoimeis will be Miss f'aiollne Glesslei-Hchtibeit, of London, a pluniste She Is a grundnleie of ahubcit lOlt TOR llvei) one has a kind vvoid foi Seventy-seven, Lu Huniphiey's pieclous cute fur Colds, LaUilppe, Iiilluenza.Cutaiih, Coughs, Sole Till out. Dr. Humphre)s' Homeopathic Manual of Diseases at )out Diugglsts or Mulled free, A small bottle of pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket. Sold by diugglsts, 01 sent on receipt of S3 cents, or live tor SI. Humphc)s' Med Co., Cor, William and John 3t3 New Yoik, m ' ft RETIRING h I 3 RICES LOWERED ' TO QUICKEN SALES in both our 412 SPRUCE STREET and FURNISHINGS I ()l)ortiiiiitics for moiiej-sinlng .such as have nccr indented themselves MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING Never again will such a well-assorted gathering of new goods stylish and well made garments from manufacturers of repute only, be offered at such VERY LIVTLE PKICES. HEN'S OVERCOATS. 1!T T)0 Overcoats murk eel clown to 15,00 Oveiconts marked down to 18.00 Overcoats marked down to. BOYS' REEFERS. $ 7,50 Ileefeta reduced to 8 00 " " " 12 00 " " " UNDERWEAR. $1.25 klud now Snc 1.50 " " . ... $1.00 1.75 " " 1.25 HATS. $3.00 Hats now $2.25 2.C0 " " 2.00 2.00 " " 1.50 1.50 " " 1.00 DRAMATIC GOSSIP. Nevada Is singing in Itussiu. "Cuba's Vow" is a new play floience Hlndlev Is In vaudeville. "Chaile)'s Aunt" tan foui )eais In Lou don. Nell Uurgess has produced "Odd Miss Pond." There's a "fat "Women's Huilesquo compuii) " V . II. Crane sa)s the dtama Is not de gene! atlng H C. Mliier will retlte from the thta tilcal Held. Milton Xobles and rrederlck Bi)ion aiB in vaudeville The Swedish government is about to abolish "music halls " Jumes B Maekle will be seen In "Little Juck Hoi net " Tragedian Thomas ". Keene never eats fish, fowl or game. Henry living ma) not ieturn to the stuge for several months "Sam'l of Posen" Cuitls has Joined Lillian Russell's company. It Is said that Manager Zelgfeld will shortlv man) Anna Held. Ada Rehan next season will act the title tole In "Jeanne d'Arc Richard Golden is the comedian of Hendei son's Opeia company. Blanche Walsh will be seen In Sutton Vane's "Straight from the Heart." Du Maui lei hated the theater, but his son is a member of Beerbohm Ttee's corn pan). New Yotk's Savo) theatei has closed. Jeffic)'s Lewis was the stai of the com pany. K)Ne liellow's only hrothei is con-1 nected with lntge cnglneetlng enteiptlses In America. William Monls and Annie Ward Tif fany will be setn In Blane)'s new play, "The illfcti Iclaii John R Itogns' "Strange Adventures of .Miss Brown" compaii) came tu grief in St Lori Women exclusively composed the cast of 1 tecent tevlvul of "Mldsuminei Night's Dieam" In New Yoilc Comedian Kohnle, formerl) of the Wll bui companv, has Joined the Boston Cas. lie Sipiaie Opiiu tompan) H M and Joseph Holland will be sen fob 1 In a dianiatlation of Mauiice Ciaw foid's "Di CI melius " 'I he Hungaiian gov eminent is making ariangcmtnts to establish a big piano forte nianufactoi) at Budapest Hot belt Hall Wlnslow, who has written sixteen pla)s, has just submitted tht se ea rn lo foi a new comedy to Roliind Reed Joseph Cnlahan, the actor, was mauled to his le idlng lad), Miss Beitrlee liigtam, in Lexington, K) , on Jan 1 The Impel lal Vaudeville lomp-in) in cludes Veiuouu Jarbeau Ttlcluiid Hui lowe, Sibyl Johnstone and William fin ette Revivals Include the "Clemenccau Case," "Incog," with Chatles DU kson and "The Two Oi plums" with Kate Claxton Ma) Yohe w 111 shortl) sing at a New Yoik music hull She will be accompanied b) her husband, Lord fiantls Hope The Bostonlans have almost decided on "The Serenade" as the title foi theli new opera b) Vlctot Herbett and Hail) 1! Smith. Thomas Bailey Aldrlch litis written a poetic pla) on Judlthtiid Holofeines, and Olga Nethersole- will dd it in Loudon next se ison Rose Coghlau will replace Mis John Diew In the 'Spotting Diahess" The new Pails Opeia combine will cost In the nclghboihood of 3 WUOOO fining Its completion Is not looked for now much be foio the exposition Van Belne, whose "Broken Melody' mn 1,000 nights In London has disbanded his tompan) Ho will pla) the "cello at a Now Yoik music hall A numbei of Caro, Mich . ladles have orguiilzed a club, tbo members of xvhiih tire ull pledged to remove theli hats at all public eiiteitnlumtnts the) attend There weie but nine lit go theater flics duilng isstl, of which three occiured lu Russia, two In tlie United States, and one each in Roumania, Scotland and Bel gium "Within next veai," sa)s Mascagnl, "I hope to havo finished ' Vestllla " an opera on a Roman subject In font acts, on which 1 have been wot king foi live ) eats' Chat Its fiohman has secured the Atneilcan rights of VIctoilen Surdou's new play, "Splrltlstnr," which Is to be ptoduced this month by Siiah Iietnhatdt at tbo Renaissance) theater In Paris. Sainh Bernhardt, lu enumerating her clalnis to fame, put much emphasis mi the assertion that five months ago she re FROM BUSIN Our Entire Stock of 9 HEN'S ULSTERS. $12,00 Ulsters marked down to $G.90 15 00 Ulsters marked down to 10.01) 18 00 Ulslera marked down to 11.25 BOYS' ULSTERS. $0.00 Ulsters reduced to $3.75 0.50 " " " 4.00 0.00 " " " (j.25 $S.O . 9.25 ,.11.50 $'(-.25 5.00 . 7.25 NECKWEAR. Dalnnco of stock that was 50c, now SUSPENDERS. Ilsgulnr 50c klud now only ... . LINEN COLLARS. 15c Collais only 39c 25c 10 25o German Collurs only .19c 2oe Linen Cull's only 18c fused an offer of 1,000,000 francs for a short set ies of perfoi tnances in Geimany. The dlrectois of the Ro)al Opeia of Bel Ha requested Verdi to muke some mod. Ideations in the seoie of his opeia "Lulsa Miller," und the famous composei has leplled b a short and decided refusal. I'lKST I.ADY Of MEXICO. Shu Is the .Host Popular Woman in Our Sister ltcpiiblie--'l'ype ol the Advanced Spanish-Aniciican Mat ron. Mine, de Diaz, the wife of the Presi dent of Mexico, Is not only the tiibt lady of the countiy, but is the most popului woman in the lepubllc. Senota Dona Caimen Romero Rublo de Vcu Is known amoiig her people, fiom the mansions of the ilch in the billllant capital to the humblest hut on the fron tier, as Caimelita, meaning "out little Cat men " Her populailty ever lu cre ates, for each year sees a laige num ber of good vvoiks dispensed b) this genet ous woman who uses bet powet to Itnptove the lot of a long-oppiessed and unhappy people. Mine. Diaz Is often appealed to on behalf of some one 01 other sentenced to long iinpi lsonment or death. Olllclal paidon Is a delicate powet for an) one to hold, and the president's wife Is natuially cateful for the Justice of bet case before she goes to her loul to plead for executive clem enc). But the ptesldent himself Is of a tot giving nntuie, and not Infrequent ly the paidon Is gi anted Nelthet the ptesldent nor his wife' attend the bril liant but biutal bull-fights, und In evety wa) they use their Intluence against the degt ailing spectacle It is ceitnln that the.pt esldent will entltel) ptohlbit them as soon as public senti ment gives any hope of upholding his w Ishes "Cutmellta" is the second wife of Clenetal Potllrlo Diaz, and Is In hei thlit)-thltd )eni She stands as a t) pe of advanced Spanlsh-Aineilcati woman hood, nnd among othei aicoiupllsu ments speaks Hngllsh and Flench with almost eiiunl fluency She Is lemntk ably vvell-lntoimed on curient events, and bet ndv lee Is often sou;ht by bet husband. The ptesldent Is slxt) )eai3 old. and is very ptoud of his fall )onng wife When theli manlage took place in 1SS4, they took theli wedding tour tluougli the United States Her giil Isli giace und simplicity of innnnet well match bet beauty, llet uncestt) dates ful back Into tlie nobility of old Cas tile, and the evidences of long cultuie ate easily maiked It Is plulnl) np pueiit that u tonsldetable iwt of the Republic ot Mexico and the desire of the people to keep Pi esldent Diaz In ofllce- aie due to the geneial esteem lor his lovtlv wife MANSFIELD STATE NORHAL SCHOOL. lutollectual and practical training fot tcacheis Three courses of study besides prepaiatory. 9peclal attention given to preparation foi college Students ad mitted to best colleges on cettlflcite. Thirty graduates pursuing further studies last )ear Oreat odvantages for special studies in art and music. Model school ot threo hundred pupils Corps of sixteen teachers Beautiful grounds Magnificent buildings. Largo grounds for athlotlcs. Hlovator and Innimnry with attendant nurse. Fine gymnasium Everything furnished ut an uverago cost to normal students of $113 a )enr. Full term, Aug. 28 Winter term, Dec. 2 Spring term, March 10. Students admitted to classes at any time. For catalogue, containing full Infoimatlon, npplv to S. II. AI.liUO, Principal, Mmibiicld l'u., stores, 205 LACKAWANNA AVENUE GOLF CAPS. All 50c Caps now only 39c MACKINTOSHES. Guaranteed water-proof, were $0.00, now $4.50 DRESS SUIT CASES. Canvas cases, were $3.50, now $2.50 Leather eases wore $6,00, now 3.75 JAMES MOIR, I Has Moved to HI New Quarters. 402 Lackawanna Avenue. Entrance on aide nozt to Flret National Bank. He has now In a 1 I Comprising overythlng roqalelto for One Merchant Tailoring And the samo oan be shown to advantage In hla splen didly fitted up rooms. A SPECIAL INVITATION Il Extended to All Readers of The Trltx unetoCall on "OLD RELIABLE" In Mil New Business Home- Complete Outfitters. That la what wo claim to be, nnd wo foel assured when wo say this, thero aro no articles of men's furnishings that wo do not carry in stock Wei aro selling ouo of tlie best shirts lu town for $I.0U 1 ou nea only woar ono in order to convince yourself of tho excellence of its fit and quality, CONRAD, HATTER and FURNISHER Chlchotrr'a rjnglUb Diamond Itrand. TNNYRGYAl PILLS Original nnd Only Geuulno OAfE, ftlwaji rellliUU LAOtC nt limit tilt for Chichttttrt kit it ah liia men J II rau.l lu llml nnd lut J DlcUUia H-oci scftlol wliu bluo rlbboo luLe nil ullior. RrfuMM d,natr qui tubltitu ' titm$ and imitatibiu AtDrujgliti or lend 4c la tamri f-vf paritcuUra MtitluoalkU anJ "llllcr iup L.auie' inuuer oj rfiura TlHII H'tVW iiiiiiuvuiik lunt luiri 'l!ktfliBtAf hfTulpul fJu.. Mail taon Snuui ak. &i& bj fU LikhI Urussl" J'iilluJi., i. Schedule In Effect November 15, 1K0S Trains Leave Wilkes-Barro as Follows 7,30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury, Harrlsburjr, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington, and for Pitts burg and the West, 10.15 a. m.t week days, for Hazleton, Pottsville, Reading, Norrlstown, and Philadelphia; and for Sun bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pitts, burg and the West. 3.15 p. m., week days, for Sunbury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington and Pittsburg and the West. 3.15 p m., Sundays only, fop Sun bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg and the West. 6.00 p. m., week days, for Hazleton and Pottsville. J. R. WOOD, tlen'l Pass. Asent. S. Al. PREVOST, Qencral Manager. TAILOR II w-Tk i. (GSA tW jS t'vl i J C M S'
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