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4 Dead EOCk.

Legislation at Harrisburg, at least OF
general caracter, has come to stand still.
The legislative machine, however. throws off
local bills with fearful rapidity. 1t Is dill
ficult to imagine how one hundred and thir-
ty-three men can conceive of so many local
and trifing bills as they place upon the
statute book every day, unless it be upon
the presumption that they are afflicted with
judicial blindness. The reason of the dead
lock upon general legislation is this: Some
time ago the Senate passed an Apportion-
ment bill. and sent it To the House for its
action. The House has refused to consider
it. After the Senate had passed that bill,
the House passed the Appropriation bill.
which vas sel,t to the Senate. That body,
initiating the example Of the House on the
Apportionment bill. has refused thus far to
take up and consider the Appropriation bill.
Hence the difficulty between the two Houses.
This being the state of affairs, it is extreme
lv doubtful whether either bill will pass
If the Appropriation bill should fail to be-
come law. the result of course would be
that the wheels of government would have
to stop, for the plain reason, that without
its passage not one dollar of money could be
drawn from the State Treasury. This would
indeed be a most anomalous and unprece-
dentcd state of affairs. And yet it may come
to pass We trust, however, that better
councils will prevail, and that through con-
cession and compromise both bills will re-
ceive the proper sanction and become laws.
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FAMILY GROCERIES.

such as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, NoIas@
ups, Spices, Dried Peaches. DRIED sI27
Fish. uominy, Crackers, R.ce and I5, '- +,
Barley: Soaps. Candies; lOBACCg, 30
CfGARS; Paint. Whitewash, Scrno, u.<: >
Shoe. busting. Varnish, Stove. Co'ls y, =
Tooth Brushes, all kinds and szsi =
Cords and Manila Ropes, and nan! .--
articles at the lowest rates for Ca2,H'
o. Hsucs Spo7dicg made, pam "a an =. \.
up at low rates for cash. 4 liberal q. G.S =. :,
made to country dealers buylns ~ IN ~
wholesale. GhO. NJ y ! LIZ
Ebensburg. Feb, 28. l8t7.-tL
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T1STATF or MICHAEL M.GIADE

IL DEc'p-A administration NOtice.-Letters of
Administ ration on the estate of Michael Nc
Glade late of Allegheny township, deceased,
having been granted 70 the undersigned notice
is HEREBY given TO all persons indebted to said
estate TO make payment without delay, and all
those having claims against the same will pre-
sent them in proper shape for settlement.
MARGARET McGLADE. Adn'x
Allegheny Twp, March p, 1s7I.-<t.s
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GOOD FOR WlLMORE I!
THE LADIES COMPLIMENTARY !
NEW FIRM and NEw COoDS.

has been conceded of late years that
4 the ladies of Wiimore and vicin,tv o., 49,
Iairest as wen as the most sensible OF any 10
y cany IN the county, which may probably in
eIstlE @ known, that they buy all their MiIIine-
~: Dress and Fancy Goods at fhe NEN<
SASRE OF e. PAUL. q 60. who boxo 49,.
open opened e, out the largest and most complete stock
StSp Srp ,DDTonght TO Wilmore. consisting of nay
~ NNoInONS, HATS, CAPS. BOOTS and STYOES
ia issD"A AitE; QlEENSW ARE, GROCERIES
80 80 = -. - winch they sell at JOhnstown prices
iol ASH Ss, or IN exchange for country prodnce
- CaIi and see for yourselves at ne "
BthS' one door East of the new ITnited
Wiimnre oiS, WnSi- 1870 L. PAUL & CO
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SFa REAT REDUCTION IN PMa
VI TO CASH CtSTOMERSl
AT TEE EBENSRURG
HOISE-EIRNISNING NlllE

The undersigned respectfully iai-y b
citizens of Ebensburg and the put a.sI
ally that he has made a great rs-t.a 4
prices to CASH BUYERS. Ny aa5E
consist, in part, Of Ctoking, Pdr'@ aiHaI
lng Stores, Of the most popular k.ls; "A
tcdre OF every description. Of my .Ea "a
ufacture ; HardtcGre of all kind, g4
Locks. Screws, Butt Hinges, Table Hra
Shutter Hinges, Bolts, Iron and Nails Fs
dow Glass, Putty, Table Knives and 7 a
Carving Knives and Forks, Meat Cltis1
Apple Parers, Pen and Pocket kuTa
great variety, Scissors, Shears, RszrsE,
Strops 8&es, Hatchets. Hammers, B-
Machines. Augers. ChisseIs, Planes d-
passes, Squares, Fjles, HaspS, Anv..s, Va
Wrenches, Rip. Panel and Cross-Cut SE
Chains of all kinds. SEovels, SpaGes, Sgt.
and Snaths, Rakes. Forks, S.siga L-i
Shoe Lasts. Pegs. Wax Brist'es, C.'s
W1ingers. Grind Stones. Patent NsS
Gates and Measures. Lumber Sticks 8'
Nails, Horse SHOES, Cast Steel. Ride, :
Guns, Revolvers, Pistols. Cartridges h
der. Caps. Lead. &c. Odd Stove Pl'
Crates and Fire Bricks, Well and Jz'
Pumps and Tubing; HlTRsss and Sl..'
Ware of all kind Uo0deH and biAr 'i
in great variety Carbon Oil and On. -aHl
Fish Oil, Lard Oil. Linseed Oil, Lr1-s'z
Oil, Rosin. Tar, Glassware, Paints, Nli-i
es TurDanfiDe. Alcohol. &c.
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STATE OF JOS A. URBAN. DEc'p

ESTATE OF JOS A. URBAN, DECD.
IL "A d,n inistrdtiOn NOtice.-Letters of Ad-
ministration on the estate of Joseph a. Urban,
late of Chest Springs borough, deed, having
been granted to the subscriber he hereby re-
quests all persons knowing themselves indebted
TO said estate to make immediate payment, and
those having claims will present the same duly
authenticated for settlement.
PETER URBAN, Administrator.
Chest Springs, March p, 1S71-6ts+
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CLOSING PRICES

ufoH HAVEN a. BRO. 40 south Third
St.aat. PhiIadcIphiP at 5 o'ciOk, P-
sS SJnrcE, 27, 1871.
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GEO . 1AHN JAS. :
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A 4 INDIANA COUNTY FARM
ET PRIVATE SAM

MENTS consist
HOUSES. in first
a good FRAME
, by.s2 fl FRAME
! well as a WATEIs
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THE IMPROVE
of two FRAME
class condition,
BANK BARN. At
STABLE, &c. az
SAW Mil. in fine
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place at all. His scheme is not with
out certain American magnifcence
and comprehensive romance. 1t pro-
vides for the assembling here Of the best
military bands OF all nations to coslpete
for prizes, and to join in an enormous
instrumental concert, at which the ma
tional songs of all countries shall be
performed. In addition chorus of FIVE
hundred thousand voices will be assem-
bled from the United States, and the
vocal and instrumental forces joined in
n finale, at which the potentates of
Europe can assist by firing cannon and
ringing bells by means of the Atlantic
telegraph. To carry out this monster
concert he requires coliseum cover
ing eight acres, and which will seat
100000 persons lmpracticable as this
project appears at first sight, Mr.. Gil
more has actually set about its accomp-
lishment in earnest, and has received
the individual and official support in his
foreign embassy of great number of
influential men in America. He goes,
moreover, with letters from the resident
Ministers of Russia, Spain, Prussia,
Austria and England, and is sanguine
of ultimate success.
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A very good widow, who was looked
up to by the congregation to which she
belonged as an example Of piety, con-
trived to bring her conscience to terms
for one more little indulgence. She
loved porter; and one day, Just as she
had received half dozen bottles from
the man who usually brought her the
comfortable beverage, she saw two of
the grave elders of the church approach
ing her door. She ran the man out the
back door, and the bottles under the bed
The weather was hot, and while convers-
ing with her sage friends pop went a
cork. Dear me 2 exclaimed the good
lady, there goes the bed-cord; it snap
yesterday the same way. must have
another rope provided. In a few min
utes went another, followed by the pecu-
liar hiss of escaping liquor TheIrope
would not do ngain, but the good lady
was not at loss. Dear mel" said
she, that black cat Of mine must be at
some mischief under there. Scat"
Another bottle popped of, and the por-
ter came stealing out from under the
bed-curtain. "Oh, dear mel she said;
!" had forgot it is my yeast Here,
Prudence come and take these bottles
of yeast away H9n se hahIrg g1
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Almost a Duel.

From the New Orleans Times.
In our chapter on dueling in last Mon
days Mosaic, we omitted an amusing in
eident which occurred, good many
years ago, between two men in Missis-
sippi, whose names have since become
historical in the annals Of this country
We refer to Robert j. Walker and Dr.
Vim. M. Gwin, Duke of Sonora. An
alteration occurred between them which
/ led to a challenge from Mr.. Walker
Walker was man of remarkably dimin-
utive size, while the Doctor lowered like
a giant, with the Drawn and bone of q
London porter. Walker was bent on
fighting, but the Doctor, who was natu-
rally jovial and kind-hearted soul, did
not feel at all aggrieved toward his ad-
versary.
Be that as it might, the Doctor ac-
cepted the challenge, and chose the In
dian war-tomahawk as his weapon. The
terms were SO arranged that on a given
day the combatants were to be posted
one hundred and fifty yards apart, and,
at signal to rush past each other, like
knights in tourney, finging their tom
ahawks in their course.
The Doctor caused it to be bruited
abroad that he practiced every day in a
savanna, few miles away from the town
where both resided. Piqued with curios-
ity, Mr.. Walker allowed himself to be
persuaded to view the achievements Of
his antagonist. Not so surreptitiously,
however, that DIR. Gwin was not aware
whose prying eyes we're fixed upon his
movements. .uftNatn
Measuring off one hundred and fifty
PAGES from the solitary stump of pine
tree, the Doctor bounded with spring
and a yell that would have delighted
Chingachcook, the venerable padre of
the last Of the Mohegans, his tomahawk
poised high in the air, a grin Of demo-
MAC ferocity lighting up his strongly
marked features. As he neared the
stump he projected the missile, with
powerful sweep of his arm, clean up to
the handle into the soft pine, and, pant
ing, came to dead halt
There was something so ludicrously
savage in all this Mr.. Walker and his
companion burst involuntarily into fit
of laughter from their ambush. The
laugh betrayed them; reconciliation
took place, and up to the breaking out
of the Confederate war, and, it may be,
up to Mr.. Walkers death, they were fast
friends
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ICIIIOROFORM.
Can IL be used 10 FaciIitate crime?
Negative Argument of the Medi-
eai Men.

Can IL be Used 20 FaciIitate Crime?
Negative Argument of the Medi-
caI Men.
From the New York Herald.l
There was meeting OF the Medieo-
Legal Societies at the College of Ply
sicians and Surgeons, during which a
very interesting paper was read by Ste
phen Rogers, NJ. D., ON the availability
of chloroform and similar agents in
facilitating robbery. Referring to the
well known fact that the excitement
which followed the announcement Of
the discovery that chloroform, ether and
similar agents made a human being I'M
conscious of suffering, and, properly
administered, totally insensible, he came
to the other fact that there was great
fear that it would be used by the vicious
as security against resistance while
committing variety of crimes.
This conclusion it was the object of
the paper to prove to have no foundation
in experience, and also to prove that it
could never be used effectively against
the desire of the person upon whom its
use was intended, unless sufficient force
were used to entirely control the victim.
In proof of his claim he quoted largely
from DIR! Snow, Of England, who, in
1850, held that no proven case had been
named in which it had ever been used
effectively without the consent Of the
person upon whom it was used, and that
there was, not single wellauthentieated
case in which it had clearly been shown
that it had been successfully used in aid
of crime.
Z The earlier cases noted, in which it
was claimed that chloroform had been
successfully used, were all decidedly ro-
mantle in their details, and none of
them credited by Dr. Snow In each
and every case noted it was claimed to
be clear that if taken at all it must have
been taken willingly, and as an excuse
and cover for personal participation in
the crime alleged to have been com
mitted. The only other cases known,
in which chloroform was charged with |
having been an aid in the commission of |
crime, we're those in which the gentle
men robbed were really drunk, and pre-
ferred charging their mishap to chloro-
form to acknowledging whisky or wine.
9 All competent authority is positive
that ehloroform cannot be given effec-
lively to even sleeping infant without
causing it to awake, and that in no case
can il be given without sufficient time
elapsing to enable the intended VICTIM
to give an alarm before being under its
influence sufficient to be unconscious. A
number Of cases were quoted from DIR.
Snow, and in all of them it was clear
that the professional robber would use
the bludgeon, pistol or knife as his aid,
before thinking of using chloroform,
which would awaken his victim and sim
ply add to. the danger of arousing the
police.
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Queen Victoria's retreat TO Scotland
during the summer entails vast deal of
trouble on the Government, and some
expense. A member Of the Cabinet is
always obliged to be in attendance on
her, and at the hight of the parliamen-
tary season his absence is often most in
convenient TO his colleagues; then every
evening Queens messenger is
despatched with state papers from Lon
don to Balmoral. Those journeys, in
eluding many miles Of posting with
horses. mount up to a pretty little sum.
The Queens persistence in going to
Scotland in the London season as well
as in the autumn, together with her
utter neglect Of Ireland, excites a great
deal of quiet yet strong indignation.
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WHOLESALE CANNIBALIsM.
More than Thirty Persons DevOured
tf3f by Feejec Islanders. tgf

From the Honolulu Sandwich Islands) Ga
zette. fatf.In rt
The great topic of conversation here,
and one which, to my mind, is Of para
mount Importance, is the present war
like aspect of the natives--not, as yet
toward the white population, but among
themselves. AT the back of this island,
and only few miles from the beach, is a
powerful tribe known as the Lavoni.
On the north end of the island resides
another tribe, both being tributary to
Thackombau. These two tribes appear
to have had some differences, and had
fought, the particulars of which were
made known to the King by a man
named Cornelius. Upon obtaining this
information Thackopbau sent over to
the Lesoni men, requesting them to de-
sist from fighting. The reply was
that they would kill the individual
who had informed him of their do
ings, and who they soon found out
to be Cornelius. / should state that
up to this time the people of all
the tribes on Ovalau had professed
and Cornelius was said to
be a most exemplary and pious man,
well known to the missionaries as a
native teacher. Nevertheless, upon
Cornelius making his appearance among
them he was instantly clubbed, his body
mutilated and then inferred. Two days
after his interment his body was ex-
humed, in accordance with an old native
custom, and man oven" was con
structed and heated with red-hot stones.
Into this the body of poor Cornelius was
thrust and baked like a pig. And then
a barbarian feast was held by these
beastly cannibals, who devoured every
portion of the remains, picking the
bones and reserving them as trophies,
But this only whetted their appetite for
human flesh, and they next made an on
slought on their neighbors at the north
end of the island, and have killed, un-
ierstand, about thirty, all of whom, |
believe, have been eaten.
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Bachelors wives and Old Maids

| Witth dhO OAtA snAsAlu =
agr ~ uoq Children. IN rsi.'ir.
The old bachelor looks critically on
mems wives. He takes an investigating
interest in them. But be does so in a
critical and analytical sort of way, which
the husbands did not practice in the first
instance, and which they would hardly
like to have fully explained to them now.
But the bachelor is nothing if not criti-
cal. He detects the tinge of red or gray,
the Inequalities Of curve or line, and
sees clearly through all mysteries and
articles of the toilet, He has got an
extensive sneer:: "rhe poor fellow has
married for money" or, " the poor fel-
low has married for love.p sc By Jove,
sir look at that woman waspish waistl
Where can she have crammed her Wis
cera 2'-or sach like personal ohserva-
tions. Whatever jewel a man may think
he has found, the connoisseur bachelor
will hold that he can find a flaw in it.
Sometimes he will do this quite cynically
Other men will do it just as often, though
not cynically. The object of such criti-
cisms is very often some mere selfglori-
| fcation. If he-the bachelor-had mar
ried, no one would have been able to
criticise Caesars wife. He would not
have missed fortune, as one friend has
done; or beauty, as a second; or family,
as third His wife would have far
transcribed the commonplace wives
of average men. She would be every
thing that a woman ought to be- In
short, the bachelors wife is always per-
iection in the abstract. Naturally
enough, the thoughts of the old bache-
lor mainly run upon his loves; but
that of the old maid, upon young chill
dren That mighty instinct Of mater
nifty is evermore busy in her heart.
Cats and parrots are only an excuse for
babies. Had it pleased God to bless her
with them, how she would have cared for
the little lovesl No children would be
better, or better cared for than hers.
When she goes into houses, she does not
indeed, think unkindly of children, for
indeed she loves them all. But she can
not help drawing some disparaging com
ments between the children that she
meets. and those non-existent, possible
children that would have been paragons
and phenomena. Other children would
have been untidy; but hers would have
been the pink OF neatness. Other children
are not perfectly woll-behaved, have lit
tie tempers, betraz more of the human
than of the angelic nature; but hers
would be nothing of this kind. They
would be good, like Mrs. Edgeworth's
children; talk science like the children
in Joyce's Scientific Dialogues, recollect
all their dates, be distinguished from
early days for the utmost propriety,
never cry out loud, never tumble OF
chairs or down stairs; never show reLts,
stains of jam, hooks or eyes spoiled, or
tells fibs, or steal the sugar out of the
sugar-basin. What little cherubs such
children must be- They must surely |
feel their wings growing, and be ready |
for fight from this lower earth.
CfIraarasa Dronoaad WnfornuffouuI Il
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Heroism Ofa Confederate Generals
Wife.

One of our Southern exchanges re-
wives an interesting episode in the
career Of General John B. Gordon, who
was almost as ubiquitous as Stuart in
the late war. When the war broke out,
the General had, it seems, but recently
married, and his wife, with persistent
devotion, accompanied him to the field,
and never, come what might, interferred
with him in the pursuit Of his duty. She
followed the army in a roomy barouche
with her two young boys, and rendered
every Office within the ability Of tender,
high-souled lady. Once, at The defeat
near Winchester, when her husband
thought her safely in the rear, the
spiritel lady came upon the disastrous
field, and, infuriated by the rout Of the
Confederates, descended from her carri-
age, and. needless Of the flying missiles
and confusion of the retreat, seized the
persons of the fleeing officers and COM
manded and implored them to face about
and redeem the day. She succeeded in
a strong force, but the disaster
was beyond remedy.
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GiImore's Proposed international
Jubilee.

From the New York World.
Il may not be generally known that
Mr. p S. Gilmore, Of Peace Jubilee
fame, who sails for Europe from Boston
next week, goes upon a musical mission
of the most unprecedented dimensions.
His present project is to get up an inter
national jubilee in this country, which,
for magnitude, shall cast into insignif-
canoe the great Boston affair. He has
been working at this pet scheme for
year, and about two months ago came to
New York 10 try and interest the capi-
talists and business men Of our city in
it sufficiently to make up a guarantee
fund of half million Of dollars. Either
New York thought the scheme a vision
airy one, or it had others of more practi-
cal importance to attend to, and Mr.
Gilmore went back to Boston, where
part Of the money is already subscribed,
and where in all probability the jubi-
lee viii take place, if it ever takes
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Maria, said a lady to colored
chambermaid, that's the third silk
dress you have worn since you came to
me; pray, how many do you own?"
Only seven, missis; but rs savin' my
wages to buy anoderl" "Sevenl what
use are seven silk dresses to your why,
| don't own so many as thai" "Spect
not, missis, said the smiling darky,
you doesn't need en- so much as l
does. You see, you quality folks every
body knows is quality; but we bettcrmost
kind of cullud pussons has to dress
smart to distinguish ourselves from com
mon niggers.
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At Edinburg jet of water is seen
gushing from an old elm tree on the Mall,
near Dr. Moir statue, the water, which
is frothy and tasteless, bnbbling through
a crack in the bark about FIVE feet from
the ground. Various theories are
broached to account for this singular
freak, one OF which is that the tree is
hollow, and that the water issues from a
spring in the vicinity,