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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31
A Recovered City.

The recovered city of Lachish In
Palestine is one OF the most interest
ng as well as one of the most i'm
,ortant of archaeological discoveries
n the Orient. This ancient city is
mentioned in Joshua. and its site
was unknown until three years ago,
when Prof. Petric happened upon its
ruins while digging in vast mound
known locally as Tel-el-lIesy. The
great importance Of the find lies in
the fact that there are eight ancient
towns beneath the mound, each lex
cept the frst) built on an oder
abandoned town.
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BOW forming part OF Duluth. The
old man and the boys worked to-
gether on a farm and between them
ran little saw mill in spring before
farm work had commenced. In the
winter the boys went TO school.
Leonidas at 16 put pack on his back
and walked to Minneapolis, where he
went TO work in shingle mill. After
the war he worked in saw mill and
as sailor on the lakes Alfred
Merritt was driving team in the
lumber woods when 10 years old. In
1866 he shipped as sailor, whi h
work he kept at until he went in
with his brother Lon" TO explore the
lumber regions. He worked at what
ever he could find TO do until he
saved enough money for trip into
the woods.
These two brothers are to-day Vice
Prcsiden. and President Of the Du-
luth. Me- aba and Northern Railroad,
besides owning the major part OF the
stock OF most OF the big iron mines
on the range. Cassius &. Merritt,
Treasurer Of the railroad, taught
school for a while. ran q lumber scow.
clerked In grocery store, cut cord.
wool in Pokegema Bay, Wis, worked
on a farm and 'crulsed" for pine tim
Der until 1882, when he went into
the pinelands business for himself.
The early lives OF these brothers
are a sample OF those of the Others,
all but one Of whom arc in the same
line Of business--pine and iron lands.
The one exception, Lucien f., is
pastor OF Methodist Church at
Duluth. The Merritt boys kept their
eyes open for iron ore. They spent
years looking for It, and they found
IL. Then they pre-empted or bought
the land where It was. Their conf
dence begot faith in men who had
money, and they organized mining
companies TO get out the ore The
railway was built. This was only
five years ago, and at that time the
Merritt boys were In debt. To-day
they are worth $3.50, 900, 600. They
are Just completing enormous docks
at Duluth, and are engaged building
terminal track which will render
them practically independent OF other
railways in the shipment Of their ore.
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BY another electrical msoh'n. q,
and direction OF o ship are indlca,ai
instrument Is connected with the ~
such n manner as not 20 interiers
movements. and at the same fin.
n continuous chart for each fiftecn ~
the distance traverscd and any va,,.s
may have taken place In the courS,
In submarine teiegraphy the O..
Cable Company make n very inst,n..,I
interesting display. After the seS..
ures OF 1857. 1883 and 1866 OF tho ,a
connect Europe and America bv c,,a
cess was achieved In 1866. Slnco \,
electrical communication has ren,lS
broken between the Eastern ana :
Hcmispheres. and submarine telev,,,s
multiplied. until now the difIeten,
the gloDe have an aggregate length y,
miles. Tie Atlantic Ocean alone 4, II
ent spaLned by ten cables in mo,.
continuous use. Tho Commer,,l
Company's system Is composed q, -
cables from Cape Canso In Northeas,,-I
Scotia to Wa,erville on the southv..I
OF Ireland. From the latter port tho Il
laid TO Bristol. with aerial lines io,i
cities OF England, Wales AMI Scot.
another TO Havre with an underyrr'
TO Paris. At the American end II
cove cable runs from Cape Cans,,,
port. Mass. with aerial lines to Ia.
New YORK, and n second cable runnn,
from Canso 10 New York. The ~ \
tho last line was well demonstr,ieS n
the blizzard OF 1859, when Il wac ~
one open from New YORK to tho onto,
and messages TO Boston ami o,hs,
were transmitted by way OF I.onis,
total length OF cables operated by M,
pany IL $685. nautical miles. fin liz j
here the whole process OF trnb,.1
messages between Europe and A.
shown. An artificial cable with alln'l
critics OF the real Atlantic cable is pn,
signals sent through It and recciysil
recording instruments are OF the san,
and occupy the same time IN senlB,
one side OF the pavilion 10 the other N
one side OF the Atlantic to the other.
Visitors are permitted to send sous,
spatches through this artificial cable :
watching their course through ,rsn,s,
| and reception. obtain correct ide, .
whole operation. Mnny people SUNNI,
cablegrams are received by means oi :
OF light. but II seems that that system !,
tically abandoned. The messages arcr.,
on n paper ribbon with q fine elas, N.
thicker than hair /; the ribbon movs
rate OF about forty inches per minute a
siphon leaves an inky trail clear AMI !
to the operator. hut ~ the orintr, q
tor II resembles the outline Of mo.
chain In which there arc no two pcaal
With these recorders speed OF 90
letters per minute may bo mair.,
Automatic senders are also used. M
sIge Is transcribed upon paper ma
means Of lndenta,ions, thcr the riblosl
through the automatic sender hy th,
light, speed and uniformity are a,n
Some OF the instruments for detecting
and injuries 10 tho cable are cNtrcn.
teresting. For example. machine hE
devised for registering the amount o.
tance the current meets with in a
through tho cable. This resistance Is h
into unlts called ohms. and the nun
ohms per nautical mile Tor any given
IL readily delucel from tn tets
sistancc and total mileage. II the
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31
THE CROPS OF 1893.
They Promise to Yield Similarly TO
Those of Three Years Ago.
Some Encouraging


r,,., .,.,.,-.,-,
ine American Agricuiturlsts annual
review OF the crop situation says that the
harvest of lsg3 in the limited State. "a in
So. ,.~
many ie'pe.'' s''n''ai W 'na' o' lures years
ago, but with every prospect that home con.
sumption and an increased foreign demand
v;ll ala .dvoroo cleo. -. e. -, :.
~ Us " s'''" "e
iaree net return 10 larmers US on tne
average Of recent years
Present indications no;nt IN n cron NJ
/. $50 600 600 bushels OF corn contrasted with
j. .63O 600 OoO last vear and over . co0 ooo or
huslaIs t., ,h i,,, go. ,iai, 80 ...''.
preyious Rut unless aLnndent rains nro
vail ,brou,bont tLe corn hai, in hn.,,s,
followed hv m,ider weather n,odnc,ion
may sbrink IN / II N 400 non and ma, &C.,
drop 10 the Weld of ISgo vben We harvest.
ed iesa than in apy yoa, fnr = docada ,;,L
a single eYceution The corn cro,, has Laan
greatly iniu,,d 90 10, du ,in,, Av,,,,, gan"
sss will not rnise mnr.th,n haif Gro, hsy.
in, Inn yerv Iit,Ie sxcert ,La E,s,o,,, ,,,,ar,
or and N.braska's cro,, has bean serinnsly
curtailed
-. ...,...-.- III, ~.
oon t,,, oul, W. a,' nU' e eo tfo,vv
~. ousneIs. otlIPnIeu p' ol''Voo, w oushels
az az 'o D. W. ior me ,wo PaSt seasons anI
~ ~ 'vvo,vyy ousnels III io'o. Nearly ZOoOVV,
Ieee ".tts neIe uSsoleu 10 Wheh' thhn ias'
~. a,,I ,'S o"'N vi IL was Ih
s 90 ~ go. n,,'ts T,cn oin sn 10 nave
,o:.V,p'uVv iSWei Dushels tnah last year ana
i.''9o1VVS uushe's y', unueI ,ne surplus states
Piou.'t VI M 80; 10 %, 'aIlnu'e supPles OF oiu
'.o.O'y u.s.els s'eh'er man
* nso; o|s No. esen a.lo"ine W.
',,, ll9Ie oiH WheH'
,,,a,i .nea', Wv ,o,as ~. supp.lcs Ipf tnt
nn ~ go, a.e o',y 'v',VVVuuV uusile,s o,
a. VS. ,,a' % .Ile NcIhse o'
-; Has 49,, ~, l nV,,.r
III. ,', ul,snels hilhn
d9y N 90 h o., - l'"'.n' l.i' Pul' su'p W
of 100 400 COO az, ] 's I'Ss Sv"'
600 ooo WV a'iu 'ne se"soI oe'ore oI 30
VVy;HVo g;,,iD .. 81,
ooan ysaa s.,rnse o. oats was never oo e1 FIX.
W go Mv,, ,io ussI W. oo,Voo,Uyu
I III, jS =" " @ W., -',toyVov aeres coii N
IaieI WIN ~. wv uushe's pi sIlRhtly
sm S n' tI'IS ~ Season MS u W'hln
80. ", .'s, yvn ooilu,h ahu
..sons "' "'''"e' Va '"e previous 'h''e
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31
THE LABOR WORLD.

INDIANA coal miners are busy.
MICHIGAN has a mining school.
Sr. LOUIS has cab drivers union.
WESTERN railroads are cutting rates.
ALBANY, n. Y, talks Of labor temple.
GEORGIA truck gardeners have union.
AT Ely, Mimi, men get iifty-three cents
day.
HUNGARY has suppressed tho Topographic
ca union.
AT Lancaster, Penn, only citizens are em-
ployed on city work.
THE condition of the miners OF Colorado Is
described as deplorable.
DENVER (Col.) church women held q meet
ing TO aid unemployed women.
NASHVILLE (renn.) unions want non-union
men TO join in celebrating Labor Day.
NEW ZRALASD's labor department pub
fishes paper which Is distributed gratis.
AT Lowell. Mass, police aro needed 10
drive from tho mills men looking for work.
CHINESE to the number OF 40. 900 are needed
in the Northwest 10 clear heavily timbered
land.
CHICAGO seamen, fearing cut 10 $3.50
q day, declare that 50 u day is their mint
mum wages.
LOWELL Ciass.) butchers. bakers and
grocers say they will give credit as long as
they can hold out.
NEw York harness makers send four men
10 funerals OF members, provide carriage
and pay them 50 day.
A NEW Connecticut law insists on proper
light In factories. the elimination of dust and
provides for healthy ventilation.
WHILE so many men are out OF work. the
familiar complaint comes from the North
west that the farmers cannot get. at good
wages, all tho hands they need 10 harvest
their crops
A GREAT many owners OF small mines In
Ohio are no longer able to pay their men BIZ
weekly. but the latter continue to work, be-
ing willing to wait for their wages until i'd
vances are made on the coal
MAINE papers relate that when Secretary
OF the Navy Herbert was at Bath on his re-
cent visit he sent specially for Foreman WILL
lam II. Melcher, who had been head joiner
on the gunboat Machias, and complimented
him upon the work done under his supervi-
sion. saying that It was better than that en-
any other vessel OF tho navy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31
ELECTRICITY BUILDING.
WONDERS OF ELECTRICAL
SCIENCE AT THE FAIR.

The Long Distance Writing Machine
Electrical Appliances For Cook
ing and Cioth-Cutting-Hatching
Chickens In Electric Incubators--
Submarine Telegraphy.
After person has examined the exhibits
OF the Electricity Building. he might well bid
adieu to sensation OF astonishment, writes n
Chicago correspondent OF the New York
Post. He is in a mental attitude which ac-
cepts all things rs possible. When he has
seen real thunderbots made and launched.
facsimile letters and drawings transmitted
by electricity, even chickens hatched and
roasted by electricity. credulity Is likely to
be his chief characteristic. and nothing after
wards can seem very surprising.
In the west gallery the Gray National Tel
autograph Company make an exhibit OF the
last and. one might almost say. greatest cleo
trical MARVEL. Professor Elisha Gray has
been known TO the world many years for his
improvements In telegraphy, hut his latest
invention, the telautograph or long-distance
writing machine, quite eclipses his previous
efforts. More or less has been heard OF this
device In the last few years, hut II has only
recently been perfected for commercial uses.
II consists OF two instruments. n transmitter
and receiver, each provided with roll OF
paper OF convenient size for writing. Both
together are about nall the size OF type
writer. In writing at the tr1nsmitter. an or
dinary pencil Is used, near the point OF which
two small cords are fastened at right angles
10 each other. These connect with the in
strumcnt. and, following the movements
OF the pencil, regulate the current impulses
which guide the receiving-pen at the distant
station. The paper is shifted forward 10y n
little lever, giving an electric impulse
which moves In like manner the
paper In the receiver at the other
end OF the line. The receiving pen is n capil-
larry glass tube supplied with ink and placed
Mt the junction OF two aluminium arms. The
electrical impulses conducted over the wires
move the pen OF the receiver simultaneously
and In the same directions as the pencil ofthc
sender. and an ink tracing is loft which Is an
exact reproduction In every dot and flourish
OF the original writing or drawing. The ex-
hibit Is arranged like central station, and
any two subscribers might be placed in COM
munication through II In the same way as
they now are upon the telephone one writes
what he wishes and keeps or destroys what
he has written, the other receives and retains
his communication in the handwriting OF the
sender, and that IL the complete yet sole
record OF the transaction. Accuracy and
secrecy are secured. the wires cannot be
| tapped or the message overheard. no opera
| tor Is necessary. andany kind OF figures from
| shorthand TO Chinese characters may hc sent
| with equal ense. As one sits writing az one
| table, II seems almost uncanny to see at an
| adjacent table pen with no guiding hand
| eproducins at the same instant his own Ia
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miliar writing. This invention is in many
points much superior TO either telephone or
telegraph. and IL is quito sure TO cncroach
considerably upon their domain. Negotia-
tions might be conducted between parties in
widely separated places and contracts signed
and exchanged without their coming to-
gether, or minute instru ,tions be given 10
bankers or brokers without any room for
misunderstanding or dispute.
In the north gallery another recent and
clever application OF electricity Is shown by
it's use in cooking. Electrical ovens,
models OF convenience and neatness, are ex-
hibited. They are made OF wood, lined with
asbestos to prevent radiation OF heat, and are
lighted inside by an incandescent lamp. The
temperature OF the oven is Indicated by q
thermometer, and a large mlca-colored door
shows the progress OF the cooking within.
Wires Offering resistance TO the passage OF
the electric current, and thus producing the
heat, are disposed in the oven, and switches
placed NJ different points enable one TO ap-
ply the heat wherever desired. IL turkey
Is roasting more rapidly on one side than on
another, instead OF taking II out and turning
it about, "a second switch il closed and the
temperature is raised rs required. All sorts
OF utensils are provided with attachments
through which current may be passed
coffee is boiled and steaks are grilled with
electricity; fatirons have small silk-cov-
cred copper wires fastened at the back so
that a high and even heat Is maintained NJ
the bottom, while the top, made OF II non
heat-conducting substance, remains quite
cool. In fact, conditions seem so changed
that the kitchen becomes almost a parlor and
cooking "a pastlme. In this display there ars
also registers from which rooms may be
electrically heated.
In the south gallery chickens are Matched
In electric incubators, and the records OF
other processes, or even Of the maternal hen.
aRa lFA lal
through compartments where, by means OF
switches and thermostadts, an absolutely
uniform temperature is maintained through
out the period OF incubation. The time is
lowered from twenty-one TO nineteen days.
and almost every egg produces a lusty chick.
Another contrivance Is an electric cloth
cutting machine. This Is for uss In large
clothing manufacturers shops, and II Is said
20 save one-half OF the labor while giving
better results than are obtained by any other
method. II does its work with the greatest
ease and precision, and costs for motive
power less than % per month.
An electric bootblack Is the next novelty.
One sits in u comfortable chair, and puts q
nickle In the slot, when at once one brush
cleans the boots and another give them ra.
diant shine.
In one OF the cases the advance OF telegra-
ply is shown by contrasting a Morse receiver
OF 1893 with the original Morse machine o
1887. Near this exhibit is an interesting
witness TO Cyrus Fields's labors. II is the
grapnel with which the broken cable OF 1851
was successfully recovered.
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RUSSIAN CHOLERA REPORT.
Thousands of Cases Chroniclcd From
Many Provinces.

Thousands of Cases Chronicled From
Many Provinces.
A supplementary official cholerA report
issued at ST. Petersburg, gives the
following statistics Of the disease in affect
ed governments during the past week:
Oreal new cases 6i7 deaths 2l3; Cossacks
of the Don. new eases 40S, deaths 202, Koor-
sk new cases 20G, deaths 1913; Vlsdimar,
new cases 1856 deaths h2; Lomza. new cases
80 deaths 22 Moscow new cases ~. deaths ~;
Viatka. new cases AZ, deaths %; VorOnezh,
new cases 30, deaths 24
For the past fortnight the following re-
turns are given: Government OF POdolia,
LIS new cases. and 423 deaths. Govern
ment of Toola, 253 new cases and rs deaths.
Government Of Yaroslav. % new cases and
2s deaths. In the city of Moscow during the
past three DAYS III new cases and ~ deaths
were reported. In the city of Kortch. in the
crimea, 90 new cases and 80 deaths occurred
during the past five days.
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COMFY lsLANn A WRECK.

Coney Island suffered severely by the
storr. The Marine railroad. running TO
Manhattan Beech. is totally washed out. The
tide swept up nearly an eighth OF mile
from low water mar. At West Brighton
Balmer's mammoth bathing pavilion is u
wreck.
Langcake's pavilion 1T Brighton is almost
entirely gone. only u vostgc of IL remaining.
A l.the small buildings around Brighton
are more OF less much damaged. Hotel
Brighton itself is intact, but the beautiful
lawn in front is more than half gone into
the ocean,
From Balmer's bathing pavilion to Nor
tons Point everything not on piles along
the beech front is gone. There are probably
200 buildings that have been washed upon
the beech, destroyed and their contents lost
as iIredeemably as by ire.
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Financial aud Commercial.

Varnges 4 Mooney shoe shop al Alton,
n. H.. which has had payroll Of SSO,OOJ
yearly for ten years closed Indefinitely be-
cause of inability to make collections.
A New York journal figures that in seven
months there has been shrinsage OF
$3.50 OOO, 600 in the market value of indus,ri-
al stock.
The Fourth National Bank Of Louisville
Ky, which suspended payment July 25,
1898, was permitted to reopen iis doors for
business.
The American National Bank Of Pueblo
Col, and the Waupaca county national bank
OF Waupaca, Wis, have been authorized to
resume business.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31

BUCuARTsr-No cholera exists in this
city. At Soolina the epidemic spreads rap
idly. The mortality is exceptionally large.
There were nine fresh cases of cholera in
Naples and six deaths Tuesday. Deaths are
reported from Oviglio, RocCayeTano and
San GiulIano.NeccAio.
RorTERDAM-There have been five deaths
from cholera at Leerdam, town in South
Holland.
BERLIN-Two daughters OF a bareeman in
Moabit, a suburb Of Berlin, fell I'll OF Asia
tic cholera and were taken to the cholera
hospital.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31

ILLINoIs's FAIR DAY.
Over 100000 People Visited the VIII
T,V,, 90,

Over 100000 People Visited the White
City on Thursday.
The paid admissions to the Worlds Fair
on Thursday were 2iJ,JJ9. This large mum.
Der, the second largest in the history Of the
Fair, was due to Thursday being Illinois
day, The weather was pleasant and thous-
ands turned out to see the parade which
opened the days festivities. The column
was headed by the State National Guard,
followed by inha bitants OF Midway Plai.
sance in native costumes. In the main
ground the procession was Joined by the
Italian marines, British soldiers and West
Point cadets.
Gov. Altgeld headed the parade, and al
its conclusion gave reception, with his
staff in the Illinois building.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31
THE WORST STORM IN YEARS,
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.
over Four Hundred Vessels. Large and
Small. Wrecked Along the Shore,
While A Number Are Lost
and Many Lives 90
Down with
Them.

The most terrific and disastrous storm
that has swept the Atlantic coast Tor years.
began early Thursday morning and ragged
until after dsybreak. Many lives were
lost at ses, and the property destruction
on land and water will run into millions OF
dollars
Thousands Of trees fell before the fury OF
the gale, outhouses and small buildings
were destroyed and fences were leveled In
oil directions. Crops in many sections are
ruined.
All along shore, from Indian Harbor. at
Greenwich to Port Morris, n. Y, the de-
vastation OF the storm was apparent in the
destroyed piers, the flooded meadow lands
and the shore houses, whose first floors
were in most instances on level with the
water.
The number OF crafts blown ashore or
wrecked IL IS estimated. will reach 400.
Most of them are pleasure boats, under 40
feet in length.
The rainfall in New York City during the
storm was over four inches, the heaviest
in the history OF the weather observatory
there.
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rorR srAMEN nnowNrn.

The storm all along the Jersey coast Is the
most terrific ever known. '.he waves have
done hundreds of thousand dollars of
damages. At Asbury Park the greatest de.
struciion is recorded There Founder
Brldleys famous board walk is almost
complete wrec'. Great gaps have been cut
into Il every few hundred feet. Every one
of the large and small pavilions are more or
less damaged, some of them being so COM
pletely demolished us to require entire .e.
building,
The Mary +. Kelly. two masted fishing
schooner from New York. was wrecked at
Asbury Park. y. ]. aud four men drown
ed. Those who perished were Captain
Christopher Bratton of Brooklyn; First
Mate Charles Brown, OF GreenpoinL l. L.;
ran ashore nt the foot Of Seventh avenue and
aitnough within 70 feet oil the boardwalk
the waves were so high that il was impos-
sible for the men to reach shore.
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ton OF the cable IL torn OF hy drj
anchors, contact with the bottom. ortiz
the current at that place ceases 10 ma
sistance, and 10y dividing the resisiancet 4
remains by the number OF ohms per MI
exact place of injury is known. Sos
stances OF extraordinary speed in cabll1
recorded. One case is mentioned 10 4
instructions We're sent 10 London ~
the business done, and answer rcceul
within six minutes. In another case Il
sage was sent 10 London and an an,Ef
tanned In forty-flve seconds. This, gs @,
coniectured, is the fastest time on reco'l
In all quarters OF the Electricity Dll
are new and astonishing uses 10 wla
sublo fluid is put, sometimes when ong
slightest force is desired, at Others wa.
mighty and irresistible power is aIf
There arc splendid exhibits showing A
plication OF electricity TO mining.
Leaving this building, one watches ta'
tric trains glide along the intramuraI
or the electric launches dart silent anisz
less about tho beautiful lagoon- ~
city-wards, he SECS Chicago covered \
lowering impenetrable pail Of smoke ID
from myriad chimney, and wonders
the equivalent OF light and heat will @
Grated at tho big coal fields and wals
and sent broadcast throughout the
when cleanliness and quiet shall pr1'al