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NEWS GOSSIP.
MORLEY.

Give your neighbor a helping hand bv
recommending him to keep Dr. Bulls Baby
Syrup in his family for all the ills babies
are subject to.
A Milllin county man boasts of having
cut eighteen acres of wheat with a reaper In
a single day.
John McClinton, Of Pittsburg, got drunk,
and, sailing into his mother-in-law, knock
ed out two Of her front teeth.
There are zoe men employed in the Al
toona ear works. An order has just been re-
ceived for 500 freight cars.
Edward Davis, a miner in the Maltby
shaft, near Pittston, Pa, was killed by fall
of top coal Friday.
The foundery and machine shops Of ]. j.
Unangst, at Nazareth, Northampton county,
were destroyed by fire on Thursday Of last
week. Loss, S20,O0Oj Insurance, $4,000.
The average American kitchen and DR..
Bulls Baltimore Pills both know Dyspepsia;
the one creates it, the other destroys il.
Price 25 cents.
Philip Maebemer, aged seventy-eight
years and a resident of Reading. was caught
between the bumpers ofcoal cars, at Reading.
Friday and instantly killed. He leaves a
wife and daughters.
The other day three tramps broke into a
freight warehouse at Litiz, Lancaster county
and stole a keg Of beer. They were caught.
stripped and thrashed soundly with stout
switches. Their cries for mercy were pitt
ful.
Thirty men are employed removing the
debris caused by the burning of Pardee Hall
at Easton, The exterior of the building is
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TO be constructed the same as before, princi-
pally Of wood and stone, the roof to be of
slate and tin. The building is TO be ready
for dedication October 81, 1880.
One sultry afternoon last week tramp,
about thirty-fve years ofage, walked into a
tavern at fremont and called for n beer.
The landladyy buxom widow Of fifty, with
many silver threads among the gold, found
her affinity in the stranger, and Justice Of
the Peace made her Mrs. Tramp four hours
afterward. He now bosses the rancho.
During a thunder storm on Tuesday af-
ternoon Of last week. number Of men took
refuge in barn at Weeds Mill, near Trout
run, Lycomng county, when the building
was struck by lightning, James Bastian
and David Bresius were killed, and several
others were badly hurt. The barn appar-
emily escaped injury.
The Allentown Rolling Mill Company
have just completed ten-ton travelling
hand-powor crane for the Yale Lock Manu-
featuring Company, of Stamford, Conn.
A man named David Greaye, paralytic,
is making tour of the interior Of the State
in a small wagon, drawn by four goats, dis
posing of soap, pins, etc. His wife and two
children follow on foot.
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Ladies'. Delicate aud Feeble.

Those languid. tiresome sensations, caus-
ing you to feel scarcely able TO be on your
feet; that constant drain that is taking from
your system all its former elasticity driv.
ing the bloom from your cheeks that con-
tinual strain upon your vital forces, render
ing you irritable and fretful, can easily be
removed by the use Of that marvellous rem
edy, Hop Btters Irregularities and obstruc-
tions Of your system are relieved at once,
while the special cause of periodical pain
are permanently removed. VIII you heed
this? See "Truths." 35-2
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The Chairman Of the Democratic Coun-
ty Committee has Issued a call for the reg
ular annual meeting Of that body to be held
at the Court iiouse, Mauch Chunk, on Mon
day, August lsth, ut II O'Clock in the fore
noon, and desires a full attendance as bust
ness Of great Importance is to be transacted.
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TO CONSUME

The advertiser. having been permanently
ured Of that dread disease Consumption by a
simple remedy lis anxious 20 make known 20 hI-
iellow-sulerets the means II cure. To all who
desire lt, he Will send "a copy OF the prescription
used, tfree OF chargel with the directions for
preparing ana using the same which tley Will
BRONCHITIS. Nt.
Parties wishing the Prescription. will please
address. y. A. WILSON, l94 Penn street,
Wilnamsburgh, n. Y.
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''nOrIey's'' Letters from New York.
NEW YORK, July 81, 1879.
"BIREl FIRE -

NAhEs flhE
No longer is this cry heard in our midst
"nu rarely has your correspondent found
more interesting subject than tho manage
ment OF our Fire Brigades, by which the bols.
ferrous alarms Of other days are made unnee
essary' SO fascinating was the story to me
that l cannot refrain from showing my 500. 600
readers through one Of the engine house near
my city home, and asking their verdict upon
the virtues ofo brave fire laddles.
Come in and look through the house. ~
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The Chieror the Bureau orStatistics re-
ports that the values of the exports of do
mestic merchandise during the fiscal years
ended Tune 80, 1878 and 1879, were as fol-
lows:
Year ended June 80, 1S7S......$GsO, ,7O9, ,26S
Year ended juno 80, lS79.."... COS 1884 ,9jl
........'',.Sl ,OZJ,6Sj
The values Of the exports of foreign mer-
chandise during the fiscal years ended June
3O 1878 and 1879, were as follows;
Year ended June 80, 1S7S........Sl4, 1864
Year ended June 80, lS79........ 12 Jos, 1872
decrease S2,Db2, ,(O6
The values of the imports of merchandise
during the years ended June 80, 1878 and
1879, were as follows:
Year ended June 80, .$437 ,O51 ,532
Year ended June 80, lS79........ 445, ,702, ,l4l
se..........................." S2,14O 500
The total value ofthe exports of merchan-
disc from the United States during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1879, exceeded the yal-
ue of the imports of merchandise by $780,
636,6O2, as against an increase of exports
over imports of merchandise during the pre-
ceding year amounting TO $2j7 ,S14,234 The
imports and exports of coin and bullion dur
ing the last fiscal year were as follows:
Exports Of coin and bullion. .......$24, ,996 ,641
Imports of coin and bullion...... 2O,293 900
--
Excess of exports. I,703,64l
During the preceding fiscal year, the ex-
ports of coin and bullion exceeded the i'm
ports of coin and bullion by the sum of
$3,9lS,S11.
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A UDITOR,S NOTICE.

In the Orphans Court Of Carbon County.
Account confirmed nj 81, June LIST, 1879.
In the matter of NJ. A. Fegley Guardian of
Mary a. Waters, now Mary \. Dittcrlinc.
The undersigned Auditor, having been ap-
pointed by the Orphans Court Of Carbon
County, 10 audit and rcstate the account in
above matter, will attend to the duties Of his
appointment ut the office OF Albright y Frey
O'Clock A. NJ, where and when all parties in
tcrested may attend.
+. p. I.ONGS1 EET,
Mauch Chunk, July 10, 1873 Auditor.
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Chauncey g. Chase, of Plymouth, Pa,
was caught between two cars at the Dodson
Colhery ON Thursday afternoon Of last week
and received injuries which caused his death
an hour aferwayd
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soap, t5O cents box oi3 cakes), Toilet
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Our inhaler (jO ccntsl, for LUNG AND
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The base ofour Toilet snd Medicatad pre-
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Ma'uch Chunk, July 10,
a UDITOR'S NOTICE.

The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the
Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County to
restate, settle Hnd make distribution of the
funds in the hands Of Adolph Hussman, Adj
miniStratOr Of the Estate Of Chas. HusSman,
decd, will attend to the duties of his appoint
mCnt ON MONDAY, AUGUST nth. 1879, at
TEN o'clock A. NJ, Mt his Office, OAK HALL,
Mauch Chunk, when and where all partiI =
interested may attend.
PETER !. NEEHAN, Auditor.
Mauch Chunk, July II, 1879.
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BOOTS AND TROUSERS TOGETHER.


folding each trou eT's-leg outside its own
boot. These he stands at the bedside. A
man remains on watch below all night, and
on receiving an alarm strikes gong in the
dormitory. Ins antly eleven men sit on the
edge Of their respective beds, plunge feet into
boots (Which operation it will be seen puts
him inside his pants also), and then pulling
up his unmentiouablts and fastening them
about his waist as he runs, he goes down stairs
in two jumps, does his special part in prepar.
ing horses and engines fer duty, seizcs hat
and coat from peg by the door, and does all
that in but three seconds longer than is re.
quircd for day alarm.
Who shall say that such an exactng life
and such qualifications physical and mental,
should not be we'll remunerated ? And they
are, comparatively speaking. True, scarcely
a month passed during the whole winter but
that some fireman, bravely fighting his smoky
foe, was killed or maimed. They handle res
with marvellous skill and a bravery that
amounts often to recklessness, and when a
man puts his life and limb, and his wife and
children's whole earthly hope against proper.
ty, property can afford to pay and ought to
pay for 1t. The men get about 500 month,
officers slight advance, and this is little
enough for the character of service they rend.
er and the risks they encounter. A move.
ment was made last winter towards the re.
duction of their salaries. 1t was a shameless
demagogery, which fortunately was frulyless.
The city pays thousands of disslpated, worth.
less fellows who can handle primaries and
are incapable Of doing n courageous and man.
ly deed, larger salaries by far than these men
get who brave the fiery element and the tot.
tering wall BY night and by day who plunge
every month into some burning death trap to
rescue human beings from the flames who do
hard, honest, manly, dangerous work the
year round. ECONOMY" is good, "Retrunch.
ment" is first rate but he who would not ad.
yertise himself demagogue will, before cut
ting down the well earned salaries Of our
Fire Brigades, make crusade at the half.
earned and unearned cmOluments of the Do
Htical pets and the ward bummers. Till that
is done the insincerity Of his 'retrenchmentr
cry is plainly known and read Of all men, and
will but pull down upon himsclfthe contempt
Of all decent men-But Idldn't mean to pbilos.
phlze with the thermometer trying its best to
count a hundred in the shade
MORLEY.
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New Advertisements
A DMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE.
Es,ate Of Urias Rehr. 1,reasca.

Letters Of Administration upon the Estate
of Uras Rehr decd. late of Mnhuuing Town
snip, Carbon County PCrnsylvanin. having
been granted to the undersigned, all persons
indebted to said estate will please make pay
ment, and those having claims against the
same will yresent them for settlement to me,
or to DR.. N. B. REBER. Agent, Lehightons
Pa. SUSAN REHR, Widlw
Jure rs. 1s7S-w6 AdministratriX.
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ITO WHOM 1T NAY CONCERN.

All persons arc hereby forbid making con
tracts to purchase from or TO sell to my Wife,
MARY ANN, aitcr this date, 8s l will not bv
responsible therefor.
GIDEON ZIMNERMAN.
Franklin Township, Carbon County, Pa.
July Goth, lS79.-w3N
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PIN PIES

I will mail tFreel the recipe for a simple
VEGETABLE RALM that WIl remove TAN.
FRECkLES, plMPLlS and BLOrCHE-,
leaving the skin soft GEAR ana henut lul also
IN. trug tiOus TOR producing % luXutlaut grow Ia
OF hair ON bald head on smooth face. Address,
street, N
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PXECUTOR'S NOTICE.

Letters Tcstamentary on the Estate of
Jonathan Kolb, late of the Borough of Weiss
port Carbon County, Penna.. deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned, to whom all
persons indebted to the said estate are re-
quested to make payment within six weeks,
ant ali those having claims or demands will
make known the same, without delay, to
HENRY BOYER, Executor.
WciSSpOrt, July 3, lS79-w6E
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no WHOM MAY CONCERN.

All persons are hereby forbid mcddllng with
the following articles, now IN possession Of
Hugh Donahue, Of Beaver Run, Nahuniug
twp, Carbon county, Pa, the same 1, mg my
poperty, and loaned to him during my pleas
ure, viz: cider Press. Cow, StOyc, Settce,
Table, Bureau, Clock, Looking Glass &c.
MRS. ROSE HOUPT,
July 20, '79-w3E. Beaver Run, Pa.
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till obstruction is removed. The horses
are great noble creatures, The very best, most
valuable and most intelligent OF their kind,
who quite make you hope there is heaven
where good horses may go.
The gong arrangements are a curiosity.
All alarms are tclegraphcd by the policeman
in whose district the fire breaks out to Police
Headquarters, and thence are instantly re-
pcated over all the "circuitsn in the city
with the first tap Of the gong little brass
weight hanging on the hammer is detached
ana falls the length of its chain. The smart
jerk caused by itsreachng the end ofits chain,
starts lever which throws open every door
of stable and engine house, strikes the horses
gong, and locsens their halters. 1t also stops
Il clock on the instant, so that when they
return after the fire they can note the exact
moment the alarm was received, and make an
entry thereof in the records. In this house one
of the firemen has little dog to whom he
says: "Let out the horses ~ and he runs to
the gong, scizcs with his teeth a rubber ring
attached to the above weight, pulls it down
and then rushing to the stable barks at the
horses heels to hurry them up.
The entire company sleep on the second
floor, on neat iron bedsteads. The room is
airy and comfortable and kept with scrupul-
Gus neatness. When a fireman retires he takes
off
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New Advertisements.
SEERRIFF'S SALES
OF Valuable Real Estate,

OfVaIuable Real Estate.
BY virtue Of sundry writs Of FfHRI FAcGAs,
LEV. IA. and VEN. Tx. Issued out Of the
Court Of Common Pleas Of Carbon County.
and to me directed, there will be exposed at
Public sale, at the COURT HOUSE. in the
Borough of Mauch Chunk on
Saturday, August 2nd, 1872
at halr-past ONE O'Clock in the Afternoon,
the following Properties, to wit:
All that certain
LOT OF GROUND
situate in the Borough Of Weatherly, Carbon
county, Pa. bounded and described as follows
to wit: bcgnniugat the corner ofan alley and
street and running from thence along said
street north one and half degrees east fifty
feet, and running from thence back from said
street between parallel lines of that width
distance oftwo hundred feet to street. making
lot of fifty by two hundred feet, and num-
bercd on the plot OF Butt and Kline, ms lot
NO. 45 and bounded north by lot No. a., east
by street, south by alley and west by street.
The improvements thereon are a Two
STORY FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
eighteen by twenty-four feet. kitchen attach
cd nine by twelve feet, and uutbuildings.
Seized and taken into execution as the prop.
erty of Elizabeth Rothrock and John Roth
rock.
-ALSO,-
All that certain
LOT OF GROUND
bounded and situate along the Public Road
running East and West on the opposite side
of the river Lehgh, from the borough OF
white Haven, and located In kiddcr town
ship, and County Of Carbon, containing
FIFTY-TWO FEET FRONT
on said road, and adjoining +. $. Mullen's lot,
and running at right angles from said road
two hundred feet.
The improvements thereon are
TWO-STORY PLANK WEATHER
BOARDED DWELLING HOUSE,
twenty by thirty feet, and eighteen feet high,
exclusive OF basement, with kitchen attach
ed sixteen by twenty-fOur feet, and one and
half story high.
Seize, and taken into execution rs the prop
erty of the Lehgh Grain, Coal and Lumber
COmpanN owners or reputCd owners, and
Charles 5. kunkel, contractor, and to be sold
by
]. W. RAUDENBUSH, Sheriff.
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TIE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
sent free to any address on receipt Of Scent
stamp. Address Geo. p Rowell s. Co., 10
Spruce st.. New York.
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IN NINE SECONDS.

from the first tap of the bell They harness
and prepare for work every time the alarm
commences to strike, ready, If 1t proves to be
in their district, to apply the match and dash
away at a gallop to the scene Of conlagration
If the alarm strikes some number not
in their district they unhitch and take the
horses back. Minutes, and even seconds, are
of so much value i'm fighting fire that every
time an alarm is struck in any part Of this Is
land thirteen miles long, every company pre-
pares for action over three hundred horses
dash along and undirocted out of their stalls
and are hitchcd up, and nearly eight hundred
men stand on the alert for the final taps Of the
alarm which tell in whose district the fire is
located. In such a city every man and horse
is thus called to his post every day and night.
Horses are trained so that at the tap of the
gong in the stable (the striking of
which loosens every halter-chain), the horse
nearest the door backs out of his stall first,
the next follows, and the inmost horse after
his next neighbor. Neither of the latter
horses wlll,under any circumstances, pass his
leader, and if he gets fast from any cause, his
followers
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BY virtue Of sundry writs Of FIHRI FAcGAs,
lev FA., and VEN. Tx. Issued out Of the
Court Of Common Pleas Of Carbon County.
and to me directed, there will be exposed Mt
Public sale, at the COURT HOUSE, in the
Borough of Mauch Chunk, on
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Saturday, August 2nd, 1879


at half-past ONE o'clock in the Afternoon,
the following Properties, to wit:
All that certain
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courtoously said one Of the 1.-THE, supple fell
lows who work Steamer No. - right man
ly looking crew they were; finely built men,
all muscle, and having that elastic tread
which delights lover Of masculine physique.
In front Of the broad open doors stands the
steamer the water hot in the boiler by con-
nection with boiler in the cellar, and her
own fires ready for the match. The hot water
connection is instantly severed and the match
applied the moment she leaves the house. In
the rear corner stands the single horse hose
cart, with its shafts in the air high enough for
its horse to run under Back of the house is a
little paved courtyard, and then the stable,
containing three noble horses, each Of which
knows his name and his place vastly better
than some bipeds
"Shall we let the horses out ?" asked the
iremen and then disposlng my boys so they
should not get run over, lie closed all the
doors, and stepping to the alarm-gong, gave
one pull at the chain. Open few every door,
and through them
DASHED THREE HORSES.
at terrible gait. One rushed to one side of
the steamer, the mate to the other; both
swung themselves in against the pole and
stood impatlently shaking their eager heads
while the men snapped" trace fast here, a
hook there, and the steamer was ready for
action. The other horse darted quickly an
der the shafts Of the hose.cart which dropped,
and with two or three "snapsr he was ready.
Every fireman has his own special part to per-
form whenever the gong strikes, and by this
minute subdivision Of labor they accomplish
the wonderful feat of droppinV their ordinary
avocations about the house, ,-reading, smok-
ng,napping etc.-htehing mp their horses.
cutting of the hot water connections with the
boiler down stairs, s.arting the fire and land
ing steam fire engine, hose cart and twelve
equipped fireman ON the street, ready for a
run,
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THE NEW ORLEANS DRMoCRAT, SUNDAY, JANUARY g. 1879

d'Lehr. who were killed on the fifteenth Of July.
at the Madison School IRE. while IN the dis.
charge Of duty. Thus. year By year. the long
scroll OF our mertyred dead grows longer. The
fireman. like the soldier. with his lie In his
falls. not for his own sake but for that OF the
department, memorial honors. would hope
that some tribute to tho memories of these gal
share.
Give me leavs, in closing my tenth annual
communication. to repeat again my thanks "
the Board of Fire Comm ssipners and member
OF the IRE department. for relieving duty OF n i
embarrassments by their ever ready nst istnnce
aud uniform courtesy toward me In my dis
charge VI official duty.
Very respectfully. THOp. OCONNOH,
chief Enptnacr.
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A Literary On Dit.
Washington Capital,l

The following funny facts are In circulation
Whitelaw Reid sent sketch Of his life to
Appleton 4 Go. for publication In their Cy-
clopedia. Said biography was sent to Chas.
A. Dana, one Of the editors, who, for reasons
published.
Anon, rs usual, the Appletons sent nm ad-
vertjsement to the Tribune, when Reid swore
the advertisement should not be printed In
bis paper: And then. ns may be supposed,
own.
In the mean time the literary reader looks
into the Tribune in vain for list Of tho APP
pletons' publications
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How do you like w How do you like shaking
till your teeth are all loose In your heaS3 II
you enjoy It. well and good; but " you don't.
you can obtain speedy and permanent relief by
using Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic It prevents and
cures fever and ague and all bilious aud mala-
rial levers. 1t ID q safe and pleasant nvjg GRANT
for delicate females and all who have become
weakened by sickness. Its purity IL guaranteed
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We call the attention of amateurs Of good
cigars to the advertisement Of Messrs. Magi d
Miranda. published in another column. These
gentlemen have Just received splendid stock
Of the best Havana brands. which they can
ouez consumers at most reasonable prices.
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IMemphls Avnlancbe.1
1t Is not surprising that go many Congress
men are III. The ventilation of the House
would kill n mule In six months. Besides. the
whisky La bad.