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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-08
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

GOVERNOR FLOWER. Of New YORK. has been
Spending a week az the Far.
WITH the opening OF the German section
N Machinery Hall the display made by the
German Empire has been declared on exhi.
tition IN every department Of the Fair The
'Nhlbit consists OF mining, woodworking
ana printing machinery and the apparatus
used IN the manufacture Of paper and paper
pressing.
TIE home for tue little folks at the Fair
mas been opened with simple exercises. The
prosrhmme was carried out principally by
children. A number OF choruses were sung
under the direction OF Professor Hartung.
company OF children, under the leadership
oi Miss Huntington, gave an interesting drill
In the gymnasium on the first floor. after
which luncheon was served. The children's
building i "a typical kindergarten. and every
rontriyance imaginable 10 interest and in
tirurt young folks has been secured. The
larger children will have the benefit Of
gymnasium on the first moor. and adjacent
rooms hHve been fitted with cradles and cribs
which II is expected will be used extensively.
Nlsitors at the Pair who have children can
leave them here. No child under two years
81 age will be admitted. The japanese Com.
Mlssioners have given a large number OF dolls
and Juvenile literature has been furnished by
the German Commissioners. Illinois giving
the bookcases. The building was erected al
q cost OF 900. The playground is on the
roof which Is furnished with swings and
hammo Ks. A trained corps OF nurses will
be IL constant attendance on the children.
IHE formal opening OF the Electricity
Building has az last taken place. The feature
OF the display was the unyelling and lighting
"i thr big Edison tower erected by the GEN
sral Electric Company. This shaft is sit.
Naied IN the exa't centre Of the building and
represents the highest achievement Of the In.
'anieseent lamp. II extends into the groined
arch formed by the intersection OF the nave
md the iransepi, reaching q height OF about
100 ieei. The methods used IN construction
naYe resulted In showing perfect column.
- though the entire shaft were hewn from
one massive block Of stone. II springs from
the roof Of q pavilion surrounding the base.
and the entire interior IL sirewn with thou.
eahds oi lncandescent lamps. as many hued
az the western sunset. The colon are ar
ranged by mechanical methods. capable OF
being nasbsd Ia harmony with the strains Of
music. The column IL crowned with well.
propoui0ned replica Of an Edison incAu.
descent lamp formed from d multitude OF
pieces oi pr1smAtic crystals. Upward Of 80.
300 Of these bsautiful jewels are strung on
rauae, and are all lighted from the interior
hy a large number % incandesceut lamps.
The effect produced Is marvellous, and canbe
ADpreelated only when seen.
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70 America, is part OF the chronological dis.
play. but u Is assigned 10 the Latin-American
division. Its red roof and white walls look
down upon the works Of the American saw.
age.
Models II the ancient ruins found in YucA.
tan stand n the open air outside the an
thTupollsicA building There are six Of
fhese models. They were made under tho
supervision oi Edward II. Thomson. United
States Consul In thA; country. who had
PAPER mache casts taken Of the originals
which are reproduced IN "stAg " a s1rr Of
plaster with which almost all the fair build
in1's are faced. by little ingenuity star
can be readily converted into the most sui
stAntiA looking marble or granite. These
1ucsiAn ruins. which have s;oodt the weather
II south America for no one knows how
many year. Will amaze people who ar. NOT
avAre that a high civilization preceded @.
lumuus % this side of the world In style
they resemble the architecture used Al this
N-ry date 81 the construction Of trust CON.
I,any buildings and tanks III the more mod.
IN city q Philadelphia. There j. d portal
rom the ruined group Of Lahra a straight
arch from Cxmal and the .Facate ~ fbs
Serpent. from the same city. Three por-
mons ot the ruiu. which the early Standards
called the House % the Nuns" are reuro-
duc-i. Mr. Thompson. after erecting the
walls, returned % lucstan for q collection Of
plants TO place around them
Near this group l. a facsimile Of the homes
OF the clifi dwellers Of Utah. Colorado and
New Mexico. occupied long before those
lands resounied with the nonoionous rel.,.ti.
uon OF the marriage ceremony and Arguments
Tor free silver. The clir dw,her.' homes are
operated a. a "conression the builcer nut.
ting ihem ~ az hi own eXpense Aud rein
burslng himself by selling iickets % adinis-
sion. This l. the only money making section
oi thc ethnoioS1cal eNhIn!t, except the E-gui-
mAu1. who can only .. seen after the tru-
duction VI twenty-five cents
or course there aren't any life clir dwell
en-, a. not even Chicago can resurrect them.
tui there arr plenty q savage. The Wild
man OF BorneJ has now come 10 Town. tut
The wild man of America hGs-sxe elusive q
purely lay visitors % the Fair. some q whom
appear les cultured than tho Indian. whose
lace. cauhei over s.il color and loo king Ike
pen VIPER, sres that none u the work that
IL - he done -srapes the notice % his wife.
The haNages lthOss On exhibition b. u m
cersi'oi) are placed II habitauOns such a.
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tnnitnl. Inhnr md Indn.trlnI.

Four hundred union coal miners have
struck at Leavenworth, Kas, because non.
union men are employed.
The demands Of the men employed at the
gas producers in the Carnegie mills at Beav.
er Falls, Pa, for full days pay for seven
hours work on Sunday has been aeceded
to.
The street car men in Fl. Wayne struck
FOR 10 cents per hour.
Liggett x Myers st Louis tobacco manu-.
facturers, have settled their differences with
the Knights Of Labor, and the la,ters boy.
oo,t of four years standing on their goods
will be lifted.
The furnaces Of the Rock Hill Coal and
Iron company, at Rock Hill Huntingdon
county, Pa, are closed down indefinitely
owing to strike Of the employees. who de.
manded the reinstatement Of several dis.
charged leaders Of the local labor union.
The basis Of wages for miners in the
Po,isville, Pa, coal fields for June is per
cent below the last scale. The miners are
dissatisfied at this because the price Of coal
was raised Wednesday.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-08
LATE TEL[GRApHlC JOTTlNCS
GOTH FROM HOME AND ABROAD.
What is Going On the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Chronicled.


Az Sioux Falls, s, D.. the Bank Of Bcres-
ford. private institution, with capital OF
t25, GOO has failed.
Wells & Garretson. private bankers at
Fairfield, Iowa, have suspended payment to
await the result OF collections Their total
liabilities are estimated at s50.oC0 and their
assets at over ts0.o0o.
ALEXANDER DEurocH. one Of the hie DR.,
goods men Of New York, makes his wife,
gowns. IL 10 said that he could give Worth
pointers on dressmaking IL IL were worth
bis while.
Comptroller Eckels was Informed OF the
failure Of the Gulf National Bank, OF Tam.
"a, Fla. The capital OF the bank was ESQ.,.
600, and the individual deposits tl23, 3,3i0.
The total liabilities OF the failed Yates
Bank Of Rochester, n. Y, are e. lis, s63 o3,
with only t50O, 900 OF unhypothecated assets
to meet unsecured and contingent lisbili-
ties OF O., SOS, $50 90.
The creditors Of Ex.secretary Foster met
In Fostoria, o.. and agreed TO accept 50 per
cent in payment Of their elai ms. the pay.
ment Of the balance TO rest with Mr. Fosters
future ability and judgment. Mr.. Foster
says he soon will be able to pay 30 per
cent.
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hygiene, sanitation and charities ana correc-
non Ihere are many small collections OF
An archaeological nature and OF ancient Art
rom Assyria. Egypt and Rome-The Greek
government loaned valuable exhibits OF this
character. and some OF great interest were
Iound H. the Chicago An Museum. There
ire French relics and complete SPANISH col.
Iecnon taken from the Madrid EXPOSITION. as
Well as groups OF objects from the museums
W Vienna and Berlin and from the Russian
exhibition.
Asia. Air.5s ana New South Wales have
their contributions. and Ine Pacific and
queen Charlotte Islands all have their story
70 tell Of the happy days before man began 10
swear allegiance 20 q lanitor and live In a
llai. There Is a complete model OF the vii
Iage Of skidegai, in British Columbia, show
sAS the houses, totem poles ana Inhabitants.
In the stall life department ar. also re-
iIaAlns oi all sorts OF Indians Canadian aud
United states. There are the state collec-
lons ~ Ohio, Missouri. Colorado and Utah,
he results % the Hemenway Southwest ex-
pedltlon. Mexico and the south American
republics sent singular sculptures and
strange tablets Of hieroglyphics. The ex-
2loraiions of Professor Putnam's enyoys In
Ecuador. Chile. Peru and Boliyia gave yalu-
Abie results. showing the ar1s and customs Of
ancient people. Similar collections come
rom British Guiana, Paraguay, Brazil and
he Argentine Republic.
There are special exhibits Of folk lore ana
he games and religions Of all countries. La
ne latter is the collection Of idols OF William
J. cunning, which contains four hundred
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ING 100 feet back. The state has erected a
council house OF bark 80 feet by 50 such as
were used for political caucuses by the
Iroquois when the whites arrived upon the
scene 90 take charge In this structure the
froquois will carry on their strange and i'm
pressive ceremonies. beating the tomtom and
Jumping about In their untamed way, free OF
all charge TO the spectator.
In bark house 10 feet by is live a group
Of New York Oneidss who have been sub
iected TO an expensive process OF being
'a'"ad There are round bark houses l6 feet
IN diameter inhabited by Mohawks. Onon-
1agas. Cayugas and Tuscaroras who are all
Of the Iroquois race. On the border OF the
lagoon il hunters lodge and on its bank all
'orts OF canoes and big war canoe. The
exhibit altogether is most picturesque and
reflects great credit upon the Empire state.
Camped near them are group Of live
Cbippewas and Sioux owned by the State OF
Minnesota aud loaned for the Fair A lot ~
Navalcs have been sent on by Colorado and
they are living in their native way. British
Guiana sent n lot of Arrawaks. and the Do
minicn OF Canada was good enough to spare
quantity of their aborigines. There are
Flatheads. Blackfeet, Pend d'oreilies. Nez
Perces and Kootenais. One OF the features
OF the redskin display Is the Columbian In
dian Band OF sixty pieces.
Engineer Robert Z. Peary. OF the United
States Navy, has q collection OF Esquimau
llF III t0t htttft rt-
gfons During his sojourn In the Whale
Sound region OF North Greenland. although
he failed Mt reaching high latitude. he was
able 20 get together skin tents. kayaks or
canoes, and the weapons Of the Arctic high
landers, rs the most Northern tribe Of peo-
pie In the world are called. Au imitation
snow house has been prepared and an lee
berg not made out OF a very cooling sub
stance. The chase of the white bear " shown
Andthe method by which the Esquimau catches
the walrls and sits on the Ice and harpoons
the seal. Trophies Of the chase In the wav
oi narwhal teeth and reindeer skins are on
view which are particularly interesting just
nowhSscause Of the fever for northern advcn.
Lure Witch prevails at present family Of
EsquimauN il borrowed every day from the
colony on view In another part of the park,
and they =tt and 40 through the indignity OF
being looked at for nothing In order Co sup
ply dramatis persona 20 this ingeniousy con.
trived scenery.
To those who think that q dead Indian is a
much more artistic product OF civilization
than tame one there will be plenty OF salts
faction In this department. The Anthropo-
logical Building the last Of all the fair striic-
lures that II was decided 20 build. IL AIS feet
long and 2S5 feet wide witha gallery forty.
eight feet wide on every side. OF this space
much Is given up 10 reminisce1ces Of Indian
tribes that can never be revived hut the ex-
hibit naturally takes In the whole world.
There are $4,000 square feet devoted TO
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-08

In the department OF natural history New
fork state again takes the lead. The Wards
Natural Science Museum. OF Rochester. has
an exhibit which Professor Putnam says Is
perfect. IL shows every form OF animal life
from sponges to man. Pennsylvania
Ohio and Colorado send the birds and nam
mails found In those States.
In the line OF documentary exhibits are
found charts and maps OF the world anterior
TO the voyage OF Columbus and at different
neriods sines. Thara yS;ysieaA azsttlropo.
-xJ1 1iea.- statistics and criminal statistics All
the books IN the library after the Fair will 40
to the Memorial Museum OF Science OF Chi
cago.
A creditable reproduction OF Fort Dearborn
is shown. This, as almost every one knows.
was the nucleus around which the city OF
Chicago was built Somewhat in the same
style OF architecture Is an old log cabin OF
the country type OF a hundred years ago.
containing some forefathers in fac-simile.
dressed in the costume Of the colonial period.
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Sentiment. the peculiar metaocs o. Juf:Kl
are shown. In some OF the graves were found
work baskets, beads, hags and. most import
ant OF all, bags OF peanuts. showing what the
Peruvians did with people addicted TO the
peanut habit.
From Guatemala are life size models OF
natives In correct costume with original or
naments and trinkets.
The anthropological laboratories show an
Immense quantity OF instruments and appa-
tatus. This end OF the department is sub,
iivided into anthropology, neurology and
psychology. Archaeological tests will be
applied 10 the visitors on the payment OF a
small fee They will be measured. weighed
and all the statistics obtainable about them
selves noted on card. They will also, ~
they are womsn, be able TO see wherein they
differ from the shape OF the Venus de Milo
and remedy the defects.
Whenever Professor Putnam's associates
get hold OF an aboriginal person they meas
are him. A series OF results obtained by
measuring skulls and skeletons have been
,ollated and placed ON charts. Fifty thou
sand school children have been examined
and described. Seventy-flve men worked
two years measuring nearly twenty thousand
Indians. They thus found one use 70 which
An Indian could be put.
In the archaeological division, to which
reference has been made, are arranged geo
graphically the shell heaps, ancient villages.
putUiOs, nhklng n
sery picturesque sight. In the great earth
works OF Ohio there are combined squares,
0ctagons and circles. which are shown by
maps. The great mound at Cabokia, Ill, fs
nearly 100 feet high, and the Serpent mound.
of Ohio, is l400 feet long. THESE. as we'll as
Fort Ancient. the largest ancient fertilization
In the country, and the Turner and Hopewell
groups are represented pictorially. One sub
division Of the section contains such special
exhibits as stone implements, pottery, orna-
ments and pipes.
Every material exemplifymg primitive
modes OF life. customs and arts Of the native
peoples Of the world IL in the chronological
section. and IL illustrates the peculiarities OF
the different races. As u contrast 70 the wild
Indians In their primitive state the United
States Government makes special exhibit
ofits Indian school system.
The tribes Of Indians have prepared coll
lections OF articles relating 20 themselves
which are entered for competition. These
are not exclusively Of an chronological char
acter. hut will deal with their modes of life.
thought and industry.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-08

Professor +. W. Putnam. Of Harvard Uni
yersity, has charge OF the chronological ex-
hibit. IL takes in ethnology. archaeology
and anihropology. history and natural his
tory. This. says the New York Herald. Is "a
very wide field. hut the different branches are
well represented and the department must be
a continual source Of delight 20 students of
prtmeval man and the untamed barbarian.
In plot Of land one thousand feet long
and from one hundred feet TO two hundred
fett wide Professor Putnam has pitched his
camp. II adjoins the lake front and looks
upon the lagoon In which floats the New
Bedford whaling ship. The quaint convent
of La Rsbida, modelled after the original in
Palos. Spain. In which Columbus rested his
weary feet and soul before and after coming
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Railroad News.

The Exposition Flyer the Handsomely
appointed new Worlds Fair passenger train
on the Central Railroad, arrived at Chicago
three minutes ahead Of the fast time sehed
uled This made the time for the entire $50
miles from New York 20 Chicago 10 hours
and % minutes. which includes stops.
There were II stops Of nearly minutes
each aud three stops for signals. The last
stretch from Elkhart Ind, TO Chicago, over
iol miles, was made At more than a mile 4
minute.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-08
PROF. BRIGGS FUTURE.
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND Hr ,
NOT PART COMPANY

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND Br =.
NOT PART COMPANY.
A dispatch from NewYork SAYS: Tn. D.
Charles Briggs, d. d.. returned fro Va
ington. When he was seen Prof. H..
looked unusually well and cheerful. s,s
he did not have a care in the world
Has the decision Of the General A,,,.
bly, in suspending you from the mini,
made any change with your relations v,
Union Sc ninary." ''
None whatever" replied the doc.
The General asse nbly never contribu,.,
dollar to Union sc ninarv." said D..
Briggs, in conclusion. THE seminar
supported almost wholly by New Va
merchants aud others.
II was learned from others connected =,
Union seminary this evening that p.
briggs would 20 right on just as IL moth;
had happened and he will be sustained
his action bv the hoard OF directors a.
members OF the faculty OF the Institute,
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Personal.

Mrs. Marie Nevns B 'aine and DIR. W. T.
Bull were married in New York City. The
ceremony is the contamination Of a court.
chip begun when Mrs. Blaine was SO serious.
ly III.
President Cleveland, after his arrival a,
Cape Charles, Va, donned his sporting
clothes partook Of hearty breakfast, and
repaired to the fishing grounds in company
with /. Clarke Davis and guide. The day
was spent in fishing, and the caichehowed
atoia! OF $50, Of which over 80 were large
blue fish.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-08

A, Scranton, Pa, the Lsckawanna Steel
Companys boom-miil, engine.room and
ooi'eF.house in the north mill Los, sl25..
600. Twelve hundred men are thrown out
OF work.
Fire destroyed the entire business portion
OF the town Of Newton, Miss, except four
houses, Loss estimated at s5), 90; insurance
light
AT Murfreesboro. V. C., the Wesleyan fe
male college. library and students property.
Loss not estimated, insurance $1,000.
At Columbus, O., the Case Manufacturing
Company and the J. b Neil Manufacturing
Company. Loss sl0, 600, partially insured.
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A BUSINESS DEPRESSION.
Cautious Feeling Pervades
Branches of Business.


r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review 4
Trade says: More disheartening conditics
have prevailed during the past week, OBJ
those who saw the beginning Of permane;
recovery in the better tone week ago az
disappointed. The money markets haH
been closer, especially in the interior, on
manufacturing and trade are more affects
than before. Some important failures hs7
occurred. Gold has gone out again in la1
amounts, exports for the week being abol
5000 600, and the Treasury gold reser
has been drawn down to about 500, ,OOO, Oo
In nearly all departments Of trade uncs'
tainty about the future has a depressib
influence, which is now clearly perceive
in the decrease of new business, and Will
most manufacturing works are yet ploI
ed on full orders, as these run out the nun
Der of works closel incre Sc.
Speculative markets have been sinkin,
Stocks are nearly - share lower than
week ago, the failures the i'll success of tb
Worlds Fair and the slump in wheat ai
fscting prices, as well as the outgo Of gold
Wheat has declined Il, corn % and oats Il
with moderate transactions. few caring 4
buy wheat with the enormous stock in sight
Lard and hogs are lower and cotton has De
cined sixteenth, with moderate saes
although receipts are small
The failures during the past week havt
been; 23S in the United States, against II
last year, and u in Canada, against 80 las
year, Last week the total number d
failures was 273
TliF BUSINESS BAROMETER
Bank clearings total, for the week end.ul
June ], as telegraphed to Brddslreets, ar
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Mashiugfan ke..

The President appointed Colonel NJ. Stern.
berg 70 be surgeon general Of the army TO
succeed Genera! Sutherland, retired, on &C
count Of age.
The Star says The president has indicated
that he will probably call congress together
about the iirst Of October, instead Of the
middle Of september, as at first cOntemplat.
ed.
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rare specimens. From the GaboOn Eiyer
somes PO-PO, the GODDESS Of ,aidenhood. Z"
iIo Ips. the God Of Deliyeranee. supposed
70 be three thousand ysars old. Ips was
3ohd uy Livingstone. Alaskan Indians Oi
he Thlinkess tribe have queer gods and
stitches. From British Columbia are shown
rood spirits and hOb-goblins and from
Dakota tue medicine beg " the sioux. which
30 Indian will consent 20 par1 with. Mexico
represented IN the Cunning collection by
number oi little gOds among them Centou
ts Great Producer. and Yo-tan. the God
CaHuIe FROM Thebes is . sacred iaeEal.
MAJ lived ~ the glacial period. a. the col
eeaions show. There are relics Of tha,
adly time ~ well ~ specimens from the
ihs.l heaps Of Maine aud FLORIDA
The Peruvian nnds include the best assort.
ns1i of mpmn1ee ever unearthed on tbis
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All those who wish TO study "Man and His
Works" as the motto over the building has
h. will find in the Department Of Ethnology,
At the Worlds Fair. wonderful facilities.
II has exhibits oflive men and dead men Of
the most strange varieties OF color and Gus
tom. and II presents remarkable collections
showing the works Of man from ~ far hack
M any trace of him can be found down 70 the
present day.