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East Penn Literary Society.

Fhe meeting was called to order by the
president. Regular business suspended and
society proceeded to election of officers, as
follows; President, j. \. Nothstein Vice
President, james Steigerwaltj Secretary, A.
S. Steigerwald; Cor, Sec'y, W, A. Green
awald Treasurer. Frs. Steigerwald Editor,
J. S. Steigerwald; Critic, W. r. Greanawald,
The following is the programme for this
friday evening: Defamation, O. Heint-
zleman essay, G. A. Dreibelbies aud Miss
c. r. Stegerwald select reading, james
Steigerwad. Subject for debate Resolved
That the world is growing morally worse.
Jan. s. SECRETARY.
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INCENDlAR1slI.
Destructive Fire In JcddO. -- Loss,
About s3O.OGH.
NrcclnL Dlsralcl b Me Adrocnle

DTtLWW UI1l7WIIW 70 WC lIWIVIWIts
JEDDo, Luzerne County, Jan. l0.-The
store, offices, etc, of g. b. Marklq & Co., at
this place, together with the Express Office,
was entirely consumed by fire during the
night. The origin Of the fire is unknown,
but is supposed to be the work of incendiaries
and detectives believe they have a clcw to
the party. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000.
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Prejudice often rules in the physical
treatment of babies. They are allowed to
suffer and scream with pain from collie,
hatulenee, bowel disorders, etc, when some
simple, reliable and safe remedy as Or.
Bulls Baby Syrup would give almost inn
mediate relief and perfect ease 10 the little
suileor.
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r IST OF APPLICANTS

For TAVERN. RESTAURANT and LIQUOR
STORE LlCENSES, ut January Letm lo7g
TAvEREs.
LeOis Armlrustcr, Mancn Chunk Borough
Thomas Carr,
]. S. Keiser,
John Bchler,
Plus Schwebinz
Pniiip Ruder, Enst Mauch Chunk Borough
ca ha,ns Esel, Lemghton BoIoueh
l.. + KleppiHger,
Lew NJ StI9wn' -
5osspE h%soif Eeis', nsG' w;eis,, port BO.ousn
lev, itS"'i haE!a' 'wcatno,ly Borough
Geo w. keiSer,
Mary A. kamel eel. e
ErSnei; Fa :, dsksnnA, Lansrod Borough
james McGinty,
m3FTSFeI EraRSSs Ff,Ti FaXis. ""
HUH BOYLE Mauch Chunk Township
TnUs. Newcomb, a.
ELIAS Fritz, . T"
N.tlan KiC.z,
J; fh1mgson MCDANIEL Mahoni' Township
David Bel z, Il anSln Township
NJ @. FredlriCl "
Lewis Gran Lower Towamensing TowhahIp
Sam'l II Anthem. "
Nathan stemler, TowameuslnG Township
D
Jane Mc6inlcy, Lausanne Fiwnship
Emo, Koch. Penn Forest IOwns Ip.
Charles McGlll, Lelngh Township
joan RleoKl5V,
" illiam Victor, Packed TOwr ship
RESTAURANTS.
Wilsop a; Peters LehightCn Borough
+, l., Miller,
w 4. Schmuley, "
David EObert, "
Aaron 5 roal Lower Towamensiug Township
Peter Jones. -
Patrick DermGtt. Mluch Chunk Township
samson Ha cock. -
| Peter Bresh East MHu h Chunk Borough
PatlpK MckennH. LHp lord borough
john b. Wa kins, Lansf hrd q, rOu gh.
Waiter X inc, Weatnerly Bo 0ugh H
fredencS Wiser, Lower lOwameusing Twp.
LIQUOR STORES.
Catharine p. SharRey, Mauch Chunk Borough
NJ cnAel Martin, .. :,
Mary Campbell. LansfOrd Borough
Frank NallOY, MauCh chunk Township
Mary BFOga n, BanKS Township
TlIOs. ktMERER, Clerk.
Mauch Chunk Dec. 20, 1879,
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The rumors that the representatives ofthe
leading coal companies are about to hold a
conference with view to a new combina-
ton are positively denied by the officers of
several companies. A gentleman represent
ing the Lehigh interest said Monday that
there is not the remotest possibility of
combination. The cold weather has created
a greater demand for coal, and the stock in
the yards in the city is light. A very large
shipment by the Philadelphia and Read
ing company is expected in few days.
Tie folio wing table shows ne quantity OF Goa,
sAipUed over the LehiEh VALLEY kaIlruad fOi Ihe
week endlng Jan. 4. s7s, and for the year as
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= erman Horse ami Cow Powder

Keeps stock healthy ans In gOoo condition. IL
aids die e. ton ana ASSN lattun. IL niasps fat.
muscle ana milk. BY uslng d lorSe VIII
more work aid a cow rive more mi Gndt O in
better silrits and cpndit on. II alsn cops pnnl
ny healthy aud increases tho uunn16g Oi e ga.
Ii rs mgdc ry DR.. Levi one. holizer nj hiS n tlls.
bGck OF 8 n. Third street, Fhila II n suld Nv
actual weiPht. Rt rs reuts per bound. bV a. ].
nURT ING. IehIPhtou. Nov. - isiB-fmo.
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Katie, daughter ofJames Boyle, was burn
ed to death at Shamokin, Pa, on Saturday,
by Der elothss accidentally taking hle,
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II n. SEWERS,
Tht Carbon Adrpfats.
Local and Personal.

sATU RDAY, JANUARY II, 1879.
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A Priests Death at a Wedding.

In st. Francis Xavicr's Roman Catho-
lie church in New York large company
had gathered to see united III marriage
Charles Brennan, O son OF Owen w.
Brennan, and nephew of the late ex-
Sheriff Matthew T. Brennan, with Miss
Meta Peetsch, daughter of Henry
Peetsch, a wealthy tobacconist, living in
East Eighteenth street. The Rev.
Father Alphonsus Pelletier and tho
Rev. Father David Merrick, the pastor
of st. Francis Xavier's, were standing
in front Of the altar when Mr.. Brennan
and Miss Peetsch and their two brides
maids and two groomsmen walked up
tie aisle. They were greeted by Father
Pelletier, who began brief discourse
on the solemnity of the marriage sacra-
ment. Without warning and as he was
saying; "You must give up father and
mother" he tottered forward and fell
between the bride and the groom,
uttered one groan, and was still.
The congregation arose by common
impulse when Pastor Merrick and an
assistant clergymanfhurried to raise the
fallen priest. They ascertained at once
that he could not stand, and they car
ried him in their arms into the bap-
tistry. He remained unconscious.
Father Merrick hastened ont and asked
the congregation to be seated. Then he
said that Father Pelletier was subject
to palpitation of the heart; but he did
not know that Father Pelletier was dy-
ing at that moment, Then Father Mer-
rick took up the marriage ceremony
where it had boen broken off, and fin
ished it. As he pronounced the bene-
diction, tie assistant priest, who had
remained in the baptistry, came from a
side.door, and, holding up n hand, an
nounced that Father Pelletier had just
breathcd his last.
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HydrOph0bia in Winter.

With most people the idea of mad
dogs is intimately associated with the
cheated term" In fact, CANNES with
tho rabies are almost looked upon as Q
summer institution. Eminent medical
men who have paid attention to cases OF
hydrophobia have declared that the dis
ease has it's origin in the action of in
tense heat in the canine's physical sys-
tenn. The theory is, however, now met
by tho fact that hydrophobia is not a
"season complaint" but is liable to
appear in CANNES at any time OF the
year.
Several mad dogs have recently turn
ed up in New York State where the
thermometer was at zero, and one was
killed at Blue Bell only few days ago.
In December last also mad dog at
Overlook viciously attacked horse,
which a few days later showed signs OF
the rabies and La to be destroyed.
"My idea is that hydrophobia is not
peculiarly O summer disease, but that it
may be looked for as much in cold as in
warm weather" said prominent veter-
mary surgeon. "In the winter" he con-
tinued. "when everything is frozen up,
it is very difficult for dogs to procure
water, and intense thirst is almost in
variabIy the forerunner OF hydrophobia.
II is also held to some extent that the
disease may in some cases have it's origin
in a want of food. or again from the ami
nal being kent in too close confinement.
Altogether, Y lille we lGok for rabid dogs
in the summer there is no reason why
owners of CANNES should not be on their
guard equally in tic winter"
Gases of hydrophobia are frequent in
Quebec when the thermometer is thirty
degrees below zero, but in the summer,
when it is up in the nineties, mad dog
is very rarely seen. .--Philadciphio
| RecOrd.
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Trouble About q Name.

The Silver Star, Nevada paper, tells
how the people of district in Hum
boldt county are troubled over a name,
rs follows In Mount Rose mining
district, Paradise mountains, q village
has recently sprung into existence
which can boast of having more names
than any place of its size in the rui-
verse. Tho business men of the place
call it "Spring City" ard I" "Sprlng-
ville;" tho postofice department named
it Siskron;" the county commission
ers, following the example of the
miners. named the precinct and town.
ship Mount Rose," and people gener-
ally call it "Bung Eye" We are in
formed that the majority of tho resi-
dents of the place are in favor OF the
name of "Spripg City," and, in accord
ance with their desires, Wells, Fargo
& Go. have designated the place as
Spring City in their list OF offices.
Mount Rose, the name of the mining
district and township, would be a very
good name for the town, but hundreds
OF people prefer Bung Eye" to any
other name yet given the place.
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Poor But Respectabie.

This is the way it is played: A man
past the prime OF life, poorly dressed
and having mourniul culver in his
voice, takes two old oyster cans, partly
fills them with sand, does them up in
neat shape, and selecting q house he
calls the lady to the door and says
"Madam, I am old and poor, but I'm
not thief. I found these oyster cans
on the street, and won't you be good
enough to keep 'em till the owner
calls ?"
"Why, the owner may never call, "
replies tho lady.
"That's so; but I'm not able to buy
milk and crackers even if 1 had oysters;
you'd better keep 'em awhile anyhow.
If no one comes the cans are yours"
Sometimes the old man makes quar-
ter, and sometimes only bite to eat.
The owner does not arrive, and the
family prepares for fried oysters for
supper. When the paper is torn OIL
some folks laugh-aud some don't.
Some say they'll hunt over every rod OF
ground in tho United States but that
they'll find the old man and make him
eat the last grain OF sand and the can to
boot.-DetrOit Free Press.
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Pith and Point. ="

Success is much like starvation. It's
nothing when you are used to it.
The hungry crowd always goes for a
FREQ lunch before the napkin rings.
Birds are supposed to have, in com.
mon with all living creatures, certain
reasoning faculties, and yet they are
the most flighty.
T'assels are coming in style again.
Fashion Paper. Yes, we noticed them
on the corn, last autumn.
What grand idea it is to congratl-
late ourselves on having escaped dan
gers we are really too pusillanimous to
risk encountering.
He rose to point of order, but the
presiding officer sat down on him, ere
be had chance to bloom. No flowers
OF rhetoric were gathered at that meet.
ing. -Neao York Nst9s. - :.
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Patience.

Since the days of the sorely afflicted
Job, patience has been a virtue well.
worthy to be practiced by all. 1t is the
patient plodder that acquires greatness
rather than the giant intellect. The
greatest inventors of this or any other
age, have only become so by patient
investigation and trial. The astronomer
must have patience as his eyes wander
among the countless multitude of stars,
that gem the canopy OF the heavens. He
can not learn the names Of even the SEN
tinels upon the outskirts in a single
night. So with, the scholar. He can
not advance through that which has cost
others years Of study in single day.
Sir Isaac Newton thought long and
we'll on the subject OF grayitstiop.
Franklin studied deeply into the causes
that produce the lightning. The finest
writer's have advanced step by step
through the various stages ofscomposi-
ton until they have attained to superb
ority. Then let every one be patient,'
whether in sickness or in health, and,
our word fer Il, you will feel better fer
She eEegs,
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The SOrceries OF Science.
A SONG BY AN OLD sCHooLMA!

A SONG By AN OLD sCHooLMAsTER.
Day by day, in this wonderful age,
Is announced some wonderful invention
Fit to puzzle the brains OF a sage
And far past my poor comprehension.
You can talk, by the telephone wire,
Seas DER with wonderful celebrity;
To the phonograph they that aspire
May their voices transmit to posterity.
In my youth twas once thought a vain dream
That the streets could be lighted with gas;
To expect locomotion from steam
Was accounted the hope Of an ass.
A guffaw, as of yesterday, rings
In mine ears from the days long ago
When, at what seemed ridiculous things,
Our grandfathers laughed, Ho ! no ! ho!
And still have some fear in my mind
That this science will end in confusion;
That its marvels at last we shall find
To have been but Old Harry's illusion.
We shall suddenly wake up some day,
In astonishment around US to stare,
To find visions have vanished away,
And the good old times still as they were.
Oh, for days on which memory dwells,
When the hedgerows were sweet with musk
roses
What il cesspools were sunk close to wells,
And our pigsties right under our noses?
From your sewers what good have you got,
Beyond fever germs and bacteria
Till they made US drain, typhoid WAS not.
And we'd no such disease as diphtheria.
Now, if nights to be turned into day,
The electric light will Ire rise,
I've no doubt, with its dazzling display,
To some novel disease of the eyes.
'Gainst the new light stand by the old,
Though their sheen by comparison suffers
Oh, for your good old days, dip ana mold,
With your tinder.b box, matches and snuffers
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Near.Sighteduess and Far.Sishtedness

Presbyopia, or what is commonly
known as far-sightedness, is found to
supervene earlier with those who are
constantly at work than with other in
dividuals, and, as soon as it does, con.
vex glasses should Mt once be resorted
to, without which the muscles of accom-
mediation would be iatigued to no pur-
pose; at first, they should be used for
working in the evening, after the ia.
tigue Of the day; bat long-sigltei
person should only use spectac:es for
looking at near objects, not at far ones.
Work requiring close apple stion favcrs
the development OF myopia, or Near
sightedness, precisely in proportion as
the conditions of illumination are bad;
and, if the action of those causes con-
tinues, the myopia must increase until!
vision is lost. II the eyes are fatigued
by bad artificial illumination, blue or
slightly-smoked or smoke-co.ored glass
es are useful md. in order to avoid the
lateral rays, they should be large ano
round. In case of persistent irritation,
all work should be abandoned, and al
examination made to see if there be any
disturbance of refraction e!c.
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The Old Fireplace.

MIR. Will 8. Hays has written the following
words and set them to mnsic. 1t is dedicated
to Miss Stella Mccullough, OF Cincinnati
Oh, well remember the scenes Of my boyhood
That joyfully cling to my memory still.
A murmuring stream filled the air with itf
music
As onward it rushed through the woods to
the mill,
Tie house where my grandfather lived. re-
member
The day he was laid away under the snow,
And how we all gathered around in the evening
The old-fashioned fireplace, long years ago.
CHORUS.
Gone is the home and dear ones who lived
there;
Never again in this world will know
Those who sat smiling and talking around it,
The old-fashioned fireplace, long years ago.
I've sat upon grsndfsther's knee in evening;
The family were gathered around the warm
hearth;
Tho crane swung the kettle, the backlog was
singing
Il looked like the hapliest scene on this
earth.
My grandmother quietly sat with her knitting,
And others we're rocking in chairs to and fro,
Tho hickory spark popped about on the carpet
FIom the old-fashioned fireplace, long years
ago.
The cat in the corner sat silently musing,
The old family Bible was opened and read ;
Then grandfather prayed, and We kissed one
another
And whispered goodnight and went
happy to bed.
The clock on the wall never tired of ticking,
The room became silent, the fire burned low,
The loved ones were dreaming, but angels
were watching
That old-fashioned Fireplace, long years ago.
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Nieht OIL a Colorado Train.

F. 81. Mcdowell writes to the Boston
transcript his experiences of railway
travel in Colorado. He says: Night drew
upon us apace, and with it came drift
ing snowstorm. A heavier engine was
shortly added, our train lightened of all
but three cars, and we started on our
climb up through the Veta pass and over
the Rocky mountains. For twenty-one
miles our grade averaged nearly two
hundred feet per mile, with curves OF
twenty, twenty-five, and thirty degree
gine hugged the rails closely, and lit
tic more than all hour brought us to the
summit, $3.50 feet above the sea level,
and over 900 feet higher than the high
est point on the Union Pacific railroad,
and formerly the highest on this CONT
nent. The air was light and frosty as we
stepped out upon the platform and among
the fakes OF falling snow, but it was so
much purer than the malarial atmosphere
that we had been obliged to breathe only
a few days before on the Atlantic sea-
board, that we filed our lungs again and
again with this true elixir OF life, that
was c1hilarating almost to intoxication.
Through the rapidly-falliDg snow we
could just distinguish the twin peaks,
thatare 13, ,620 and 12, 720 feet in altitude.
They looked like two ghostly snowmen,
and seemed to smile complacently at our
discontinue over an unexpected freak
of the wind as it pelted us with huge
bask etfuls of snow. Rushing down the
mountain side to the wost, with the
echoes reverberating through the canon,
we caught ever and anon glimpses OF fly
ing trees and rocks, that appeared to be
enjoying q race as to who should first
reach the snowmen way back among the
mountain SUBMITS. When the level
stretch of tableland on the west side OF
the Rockies was reached, we dropped
ourselves back in our reclining chairs
and dozed away until long, shrill whis-
tie awoke us rs we drew up at the station
of Alamosa.
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Voices Restored.

There is no machine which cen be
more curiously repaired than the human
frame, says a New York paper.
Science ard ingenuity restore the beak.
ed promontory of tho face; leng'hen
contracted limbs and furnish eyes good
to look at if not to look with. And now
We read of lady of local celebrity in
New Jersey, whose voice was quite lost
by an accident which iujnrcd the bones
of the nose. Surgical ability patiently
exerted has so mendod the matter that
the other night the happy Indy snng at
a concert quite rs sweet'y as ever. Pos
sibly this novel sort of work can be car
lied runch further. There arc many
persons of great musical aspirations,
but without voic"s at all commensurate;
and maybe t:rs, sante ingenious gur5eon
can change i!'eir veal epparatns. and
make them singers of tho prime sort.
This might he great relief to concert
goers, and equally 10 to evening parties
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bills, when stole behind him. / had
just raised the poker to strike him when
he glanced around.

bills, when l stole behind him. I had
just raised the poker to strike him when
he glanced around.
"My God It was Clarence Devarges? !?
GO Hang it! Now I suppose I will
have to kill this pretty He seized
me by the throat, and muttcring faint
cry, 1 sank down. Just then Jack, my
own Jack, rushed in. I heard oaths,
blows, fierce struggling-then all was
dark.
"For the first time in my life 1 tainted.
"When I recovered, Jacks face was
bending over me, and Jacks voice utter
ed loving words. I put my arm around
his neck and cried like weak baby.
"Aren't you hurt, Jack?'
"Not a bit, dearest. Devarges is
disabled, though, with pistol wound
in his leg. 'Tisn't very severe, but it
will prevent his escape
"But how came you here9'
"Why you see, when We parted this
morning, Nell, I thought I'd never see
you again; but tonight, after 1 came
home, made up my mind to come
round and try and make up It was
pretty late, between nine and ten, when
I came, and who should I see prowling
around but Devarges. Thinks I, What
does he want? If he's come accounting,
why don't he go in instead of peeping
in the Window I rather thought he
was q scamp, because when was in the
city yesterday the chief of police told
me that they had reason to think that a
noted gambler and black. leg had come
up in these parts. He gave a descrip.
tion and it suited Devarges perfectly,
all except a mustache. And by the
way, Nell, that silky mustache you so
much admired was false, and fell off in
our scuf1e.'
"sWell, as I said, I saw Devarges
prowling about, and I thought I see
what he was up to. He looked in at the
window at you, and T heard him mutter:
The deuce take it She is at home
after all What the deuce made her
say she was going to her grandmother's.
Now suppose I'll have to wait till my
pretty birds asleep
$3.50 he sat down under one tree and
I under the other. We both saw you
when You opened the door and looked
out. After you had been abed about an
hour, Devarges forced open the sitting
room window and crawled in. While he
was in the Office lighting the lamp, I
also got in at the window and concealed
myself in the closet, and-wel, you
know all the rest"
"'Jack,' said I, tearfully, you'll
forgive me for being naughty and way
ward, and you'll believe me when I say
that l loved you all the time, won't
your ..
"Well, Jack said he would, and we
have been happy ever since. And this
is my story-my only romance.