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A day or two ago, since the above was
written, l was reading paper, read before
the Academy of Medicine in Paris, on
the effects of drugs on Imagination. The
statement ma de by the author of the pa
per on. Piorri }, recalled to my mind cir
cumstance in connection with the forego-
ing statement which had escaped my
notice-namely, that previous to expert
eneing the fearful adventure l have de-
cribed, had taken something for facial
neuralgia. Twas in Philadelphia yester~
day, and had the curiosity to inquire at
the drug store the name of the drug the
apothecary had given me for the neural-
gia. He informed me that it was the
iincture of Cannabis Indicus, or what is
more generally known by the name of
"Hasheesh." This drug, it is known,
has most extraordinary effect on the
brain. 1 need only refer the reader TO
the details given by Bayard Taylor as a
proof of my statement. / am now incliu-
ed to think that the whole went through
was simply a halIucination, produced by
the Cannabis Indicus.
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of Directors:of Millville School District
wish to employ EIGHT TEACHERS To takc
charge of The Schools of the District for a term
of nine months. Salaries range from SS5 to so
per month. An examination of teachers will
be held on the 22d day of August, in Room No 4.
Union Street School, MinersviIle. Schools will
open August 28th. A. NJ. GREGG, Pres't
Z. HOGAN, Sec'y. July 20, 1S7l.-3t /
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EIRST NATIONAL SADDLE AND
HARNESS SHOP OF CAMBRIA COUNTY,
Hlgh street, Opposite Union School House,)
west ward, Ebensburg, PAN. NJ. ONEILL,
Proprietor. Saddles and Harness made and re-
paired ana all other work in my line executed
In the best manner, on the shortest notice and
at the most reasonable rates, Il-Is- /
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'gST LOOK AT THIS !!

In,a ~OON M IT'S : :
u,T.[,,.,ht ''ht 10 Real Estate Owners.
n srrfom,-e stf,m entered into partnership, the sub
NIX in ~ H. ;G dIG now prepared to do all 'kild of
hiL. a. ITs IIIsiI me, sucI as boring for WATER,
and J,at' a., :, ORE; end other LIBERALS, max
'ltS wing NEW PUMPS and rep; iriug old
ayPTpPS ,e .e a'~o ready % al times 20 bore and
De ceieTrS'%tn %ng m2nut9ctT e end Ddt In position
g. ros+ 95tea EACELSTOR PUMP, the cheap
EsgSand CGfHtab'e aud satisfactory PI mp for
H S n Wen thirty feet dee deep We WI At wiiI ali
md can 81. a supply OF these Pumps on nd
l1,ioa I9em up or furnish ,hem on snort
Price n -1.LSiacC on que ra nteed in quality and
lr lot az ornA, n, ana watcs insured 90 any Ja.,n
y yattcnts5tIC. IC.und; Orders solicited end prom Jt-
York desirass 20 when length OF Pump or kinG of
intortattled Is made known TO us. For Iur.her
''''n call on or add ress
FEB 2i.e,, SWANEY d FEIGHNER,
Carrollto Sn, Cambria Co., Pa,
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No. 6, December Term,
1871.

PHILIP BURKHART, } SubpBnd IN DfUoTce.
And now, to wit, 5th June, 1871, on molten of
c. NJ. Reade, Esq, L. w. Dick appointed Com
missioner to take and report the testimony in
the case to the Court - G..
Notice is hereby given that I will attend to
the duties of my appointment, at my office in
Ebensburg, on Friday, 18th day of August
next at 2 o'clock, p. NJ, at which time and place
those interested may attend If they think pro-
per- T. W. DICK, Commissioner.
Ebcnsburg, July co. 1S7I.-4t.
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my hand came in contact with some secret
spring and the door flew open, revealing
short flight of stone steps. | was abont
ascending these, when ] received blow on
the head from some unseen source, which
deprived me Of my senses
How long L remained unconscious.
know not; but when ca me to myself. |
felt the cold air blowing on my face, and
casting my eyes about me, / saw the
stars shining overhead. What was my
extreme surprise to find myself in Walnut
street, not stones throw from my hotel.
was seated on an empty, box, with my
feet in pool of water, and hundreds Of
persons were passing up and down the
street. l could scarcely believe the evil
dence of my senses jumped up from
my seat, and rushed to the hotel. The
omnibus for conveying passengers to the
railway station was already at the door.
L entered the hall Of the building.
''Do you W ant to 60 to Baltimore by
the ten O'Clock train % asked the clerk.
the moment he saw me-
81 did want 10 60, but / am too lat e, -
L replied, shuddering when thought OF
what had detained me.
''Oh, no, SIR" returned the clerk (;
''the omnibus leaves in ten minutes -
Gin ten minutes p repeated, ,still quite
bewiIdered. 1s-
''Yes sir.''
looked at my watch, and found that
it was only half past nine Then l had
only left the hotel an hour and half!
I went TO Baltimore, but so impressed
was / with the fearful adventure | had
met with; ;that returned next day to Phil
adelphia, and for whole week explored
the city in every part But after the most
minute research, 1 could discover Moth
ing at all corresponding to the locality
had visited on that fearful night. There
was no suburb, or house, or anything
like that which had seen, to be found
For long time l kept my adventure
to myself. At last l summoned up cour-
age enough to mention the affair. My
statement has been received with utter
incredulity by all who have heard it,
Some of my friends pretend to say that
dreamt it all others gently hint that !
had imbibed too much wine. | have a
last determined to make the matter pub
lie, and will leave my readers to draw
what inference they please. l must dis
tinctly state, however, that the supposi
ton of my friends are erroneous. neithe
dreamt it, nor did drink too much wine
Can it be possible that beings inhabit tn
world which are palpable to all the sense
excepting sight 1t is an interestin!
question for the philosopher to study ant
yet there is one thing l cannot understan,
how it was that the young lady saw
the fearful thing and l did not l an
weary of conjecture over the matter, ant
must leave the enigma for better head
than mine to solve.
| low or t,yo o1o e;noo flo . hove 49,,
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FARM FOR SALE
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

NJ AIRY KHART,
by her next friend,
MICHAEL SLONACKER,
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EXCURSIONS.

A CHEAP DAILY EXCURSION TO KEYPORT. N. j.
"A Afordng fine view OF the Narrows, Staten Island and
the Highlands Of fNavesnk.Steamer HOLMDEL will leave
pier 263 North RIVER foot Of street.
93D A. M August at 10 A. NJ August at ~ 30 A. NJ
August ii so A. NJ keypor +. NJ Except
Saturd aysl, each W
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

JUST rPUBLIshED-THE FOLLOWING EIGHT HIGHLY
important Lectures bound together, and enttled The
Philosophy OF Marriage Structure OF Man Structure
or Woman 3. Functions of Man and Woman; T. Marriage
b. Spermatorrhna; Generave Debility Special Die
eases Teament delivered at the New York Museum
OF Anatomy, 6l8 Broadway, New YORK. Parties who csnnot
attend have them forwarded free receipt 70 cents
ey addressing SECRETARY New York xuseum Of AnAomU
10 Broadway, New york
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On Sundays the PLYMOUTH ROCK will make her regular
trips to Poughkeepse landing at Cozzene and Newburg,
each leaving 2S North River foot of Murray street,
O'Clock N: precisely; Tnirtyfourt street, North
RIVER at 80 A. NJ. arriving In New return
p n. r. SIMONS Managing Director.
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TRAVEI.I.EIsS' GUIDE,

NTARRAGANSETT STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Four excursions TO Sandy Hook and RETURN daily Sun.
day excepted) The magnificent steamers
49, PLYMOUTH ROCK AND JESSE HOYT
viii leave Pier 28 North RIVER foot OF Murray street, fol-
lOws:-
PLYMOUTH ROCK ......... 80 A. NJ. and 80 p. N.
JESSE EHOHT.......... 9:30 A. M. aud 80 Z. n.
Fare to Sandy Hook return, III o.
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CTEAM TO QUEENSTOWN AND LIvEKPOOL-CAR.
- rying the United States malls
Sailing Wednesday,
COLORADO, Freeman. p at 3 r. "
Williams. NJ.
From pier 48 North river.
Cabin passage, S70, gold; steerage, $50, currency.
. Prepaif tickets, $33
Passengers booked to and from Paris Hamburg Norway
and Sweden, DC Drafts on Ireland England France and
Germany At lowest rates. Appiy to
WILLIAMS GUION, ~ Broadway,
ODONOvAN ROSSA, Branch onlce 263 Broadway
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DIRECTORY FOR ADVERTISERS.

lANUsENENrs-SEooN PAGR-Fifth and sixth colunns.
1sTRoLoGY. Y.TnIaD PAGE-sxth column.
soAaD AND LoDGiNG wASTED-sEoosp rAas-First
yoR 1s1IhfssH ssnr9
BUSINESS PPoRruNIr1Es-srOosD rAer-FOur'h
sgsISEss rAeEsnA s.u%n
CLEfSs AND sALEsMEN-rHrrD PAar-Foursh and
So1cHaEN AND GARDENERS TnIED PAer-Fifthc col
cOAsTwilisE sTEAMsHIPs-FlRsr PAGE-Fiith and sixth
neutrality-suspicious. PAeE-Fourth column.
PasrF sna sssoaa COL
p1sS751s raeEgs sos%n ssa%H
HOUSES re- AND UN
EusdfnHS
kx64lEEnsT pAeFsaS soa%n
EXC EsloNsvFInsT vu rAsrnsTts VsTs column. column.
sSkssaED Ss sfDSfsSs RSoss aSD xFARfGEN1s TO LET
aEH$
HORSES. CARRIAGES, Ao.-Frnsr PAer-second and
HorEIsospSos sIiso sSS@1,' PAan-Eir.t column; ,.,
HOUSES ROOMS. &C., WANTkD-FrRsT fAGE-IhHu
INSTRUCTION FIRST PAGE--Third column.
LEGAL koTICEs-sroosD PAGE-Fourth column.
LOAN OFFICES-FIReT PAGE--Fourth column
LOST AND FOUND-FlRsT PAGE-First column.
NACHINERY-SECOND PAGE-SiYth column.
MARBLE MAN1kLS-rnIRD PA0E-Sixth column.
MEDlCAL-THIRD PAGE-Sixth column.
NIHCELLANEOUs ADvERTlSEMENTS-TENTH PAGE
n1scsIna%Eous s1.in iSH%h FIFTH rAsr-sr.A column
sEM
NEWSPAPERS-FIFTH PA9E-Sfxth column.
PERSONAL---VERY. PAGE-First column.
PIANOFORTES-SECoND PAGE-Sxth column.
POST OFFICE NOrlCE-FIRsT PAGE-sixth column.
PROPOSAL PA9E-Sixth column - =.
PROPERTY OUT OF THE CITY FOR SALE OR 10
RENT-FIFTH PAaE-Sixth column. o. 40
REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE-FFTH rAGE-sixin
REsTXUKANTs-FIRsr PAaE-si1th column.
REWARDS-FIRsT PAGE-First column .
BALES AT AUCTION-SEOoND PAGE-Third sno iourth
sITUATiONs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PAaE-Firs.
second, third and fourth columns: p v..
SPECIAL NoTICEs-FrHsT PAaE-Firs and second col
sPoRTING-DOas, BIRDS &C.-FIRsr PAaE-second
SUMNER REsORTs-sEooSD PAaE-Second column.
rHE TRADEe-THIRD PAGE-Fifth and sixth columns
THE TURF-FIRsT PAGE Second column.
TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES-SEooND FACE
Second column
TRAVELLERS GUIDE-FIneT PAaR-sixth column
UNPUBLISHED ROOMS AND APARTMENTS TO LET
SECOND PA0E-Second and third columns
WANTED TO PURCHASE-FIRsT PAGE-Sixth column.
YACHTS, STEAMBOATS, &o.-FIksT PAGE-Sixth col
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YACHTS, STEAMBOATS,, &C.

IRON sIDEwHEEL STEAMBOAT METROPOLITAN
for sale aensth lss feet 81 fee. beam feet depth Of
be seen foot Of lllh street, East RIVER Apply DANIEL
W. MSNARDS CO., % kangin street. New York.
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AUGUST g. lS7L-WITH SUPPLEMENT.
FINANCIAL.

A NDERSON CO.. NO. CHAMBERS STREET,
N Money loaned Immediately bond and mortgage,
buiders' loans merchandise and easchods Bonds stocks
miscellaneous securities negotiated first, second, &c,
mortgages wanted Advances
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A -@25o,ooo TRUST FUNDS, TO BUY FIRST AND
IA. second mortgages; also money loaned promptly
city properly. " K. STEvENsON SON II Pine street
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EUROPEAN STEAMSHIPS.
ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.

ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.
THE GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC COMPANY'S MAI.
sTEAMsHIPs BETWEEN NEW YORK AND HAVRE,
CALLING AT BkESr.
The splendid vessels this avoritc
viii sail from Pier No. so North river follows
WILLIE DE PARIS, Surmont Saturday. August ~
august 20
.saturuay. septemoer3
ST. LAURENT Lemare. Saturday, September %
Price Of passage in gold (ncudng wine) to Brest or
Havrc:-
First cabin. Hfl0 Second cabin. 875
Excursion tickets at reduced rates
These steamers not carry seersge passengers
American travellers going returning the Cont
nent of Europe by taking the of this line avoid both
transit by English railway the discomfors of crossing
the Channel besides saving tne trouble and expense
GEORGE MCKENZIE, Agent, SO Broadway.
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NOTICE TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.-TICKETS
IN for sale and baggage checked ut the Of
Railway Baggage Express Company OF Twentythrd
street and Fifth for Albany Troy
soga SPRING. BY the Albany day line OF steamers G. vIB
Also for Long Branch Newport and Boston, and to all
points the line Of Erie Railroad and the West
Southwest.
This the only express company running direct Long
Branch and Newport
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HORSES, CARRIAGES. &C.

A uCTIoN SALE. THURSDAY. AUGUST 8, AT 1oh
ge Harness new Ladys Saddle with eaping horn road or
to l6 hands nigh Young sound good Sale Dos
tive. Stable corner West Fourth streets.
M. TAYLOR, AuctiOneer.
The Placer herald., 1871-12-09

A SINGULAR INDIAN Tradition Among
the Seminole Indians there is a singular tradi-
ton regarding the white mans origin and su-
periority They say that when the Great
Spirit made the earth he also made three men.
All of the men had fair complications; and that
after making them he led them to the mar
gin of small lake and bade them leap in and
wash. One obeyed, and came out purer
and fairer than before; the second hesitated a
moment, during which the water, agitated
by the first, had become muddled, and when
he bathed he came out copper colored; the
third did not leap until the water had be-
come black with mud, and he came out black
with its own color. The Great Spirit laid
before them three packages, and out of pity
for his misfortune IN color gave the black
man the first choice. He took hold of each
package and having felt the weight chose the
heaviest. The copper colorcd man chose the
next heaviest, leaving the white man the
lightest. When the packages were opened, p,
the first was found to contain spades, hoes,
and implements of labor; the second en-
wrapped hunting, fishing, and waihke appa-
ratuses; the third gave the white man Iens
ink and paper, the engines of the mind---the
means of mutual, mental improvement, the
social link of humanity, the foundation of
the white mans superiority.
The Placer herald., 1871-12-09

A BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT.-Generation after
generation have felt as we feel now, and
their lives were as active as our own
They passed away like vopor, while nature
wore the same aspect of beauty as when her
Creator commanded her to be. The heavens
shall be as bright over our graves as they are
now around our paths. The world will have
the attractions for our offspring yet unborn
that she had once for ourselves, and that she
now has for our children. Yet a little while
and all this will have happened. The throb-
bing heart will be stlled, and we shall be at
rest. Our funeral will wind its way, and
the prayers will be said, and our friends will
all return, and we shall be left behind in 81
lence and darkness for the worm. And it
may be for short time we shall be spoken
Of but the things of life will creep in and our
names will soon be forgotten Days will
continue to move on, and laughter and song
will be heard in the room in which we died;
and the eye that mourncd for us will be
dried and glistening with joy; and even our
children will cease to think Of us, and will
not remember to lisp our names. Then shall
we have become, in the touching language Of
the psalmist, forgotten and gone out of the
mind.
The Placer herald., 1871-12-09
SOMETHING ABOUT ECHOEs.

A good ear cannot distinguish one sound
one-ninth of a second between the arrival of
the two sounds. Sounds must, therefore,
succeed each other at an interval of one-ninth
of second in order to be heard distinctly.
Now, the velocity of sound being l, 20 feet
a second, in one-ninth of second the sound
would travel one hundred and tweenty-tour
feet
Repeated echoes happen when two obsta-
cles are placed opposite to one another, as
parallel walls, for example, which reflect the
sound successively.
AT Ademach, in Bohemia, there is an
echo which repeats seven sylables three
times; at Woodstock, in England, there is
one which repeats a sound seventeen times
during the day and twenty times during the
night. An echo in the villa Smioneta, near
Milan, is said to repeat a sharp sound thirty
times audibly. The most celebrated echo
among the ancients was that of the Metelli,
at Rome, which, according to tradition, was
capable of repeating the first line Of the
Eneid, containing fifteen syliables, eight
times distinctly.
DR.. Birch describes an echo at Rosen-
heath, Argyleshirc, which it is said does not
now exist. When eight or ten notes are
played upon trumpet, they are returned by
this echo upon key third lower than the
original notes, and shortly after upon key
still lower. Dr. Page describes an echo in
Fairfax county, Virginia, which possesses a
similar curious property. This echo gives
three distinct reflections, the second much
the most distinct. Twenty notes played
upon flute are returned with perfect clear
ness. But the most singular property of
this echo is, that some notes of the scale are
not returned in their places, but are supplied
with notes which are either thirds, ffts, or
octaves.
There is a surprising echo between two
barns in Belvidere, Allegheny county, New
York. The echo repeats eleven times a
word of one, two Or three syllables; it has
been heard to repeat thirteen times. By
placing ones self in the center, between the
two barns, there will be double echo, one
in the direction of each barn, and monoysyl-
liable will be repeated twenty-five times.
A striking and beautiful effect of echo is
produced in certain localities by the Swiss
monntaineers, who eontTlye TO-, t. sipg ,theiig
reflected notes form an accompaniment to the
air itself.
The Placer herald., 1871-12-09
A PEARL.

So much to do, so far to climb,
SO little learned at fifty
All youth is prodigal of time,
Age only makes us thrifty.
The silver CLEANS that in our locks
Arc sunsets pale lure-glanooe,
Teach us that deeds, not beating clocks,
Mark fifty times advances.
The Placer herald., 1871-12-09

A BR1T1sH REPUBLIC letter from Geo
Potter has recently been published in the
London Times, in which the merits Of a mon
archy and republic are compared. Such a
document, published in England, in the early
part of the present century, would have caused
the imprisonment and probable conviction Of
treason Of the writer, and of the proprietors
of the Times. Mr. Potter advocates a re-
public as theoretically the best government
for Great Britain, but admits that the mon
archy, as established under Queen Victoria,
is perfectly satisfactory to most intelligent
Englishmen. He speaks kindly of the Queen,
for which act of courtesy he is severely cen
sured by other members Of the Republican
party Of England. Mr.. Potter, however is
not sure that the successors Of Queen Vic
toria will be fit to reign. He thinks that the
monarchy might survive if the House of
Lords were made elective, many Of the pre-
sent hereditary members being, in his opin
ion, entirely disqualified as legislators from
their evil course of life. The Church, he
also argues, must be dsestablished, the bal
lot adopted, and electoral districts of equal
population created for the selection Of mem
bers of the House of Commons. These are
Mr. Potters views; but Great Britain, at
the present time, approaches nearly the con-
dtion of republic. The Queen reigns, but
does not govern, and the Prime Minister,
whether Liberal or Conservative, rules, by
virtue Of his majority in the House of Com
mons, and can pass measures over a hostile
vote in the House of Lords, either by the
exercise of executive power or by the threat
to create Peers. The dsestablishment of
the Irish Church, and the abolition of the
purchase Of commissions in the British army,
by Mr.. Gladstone, are sufficient proof that
in England the real authority and power are
intrusted to the Premier.
The Placer herald., 1871-12-09
THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT.
BY JOHN c. SAKE.

BY JOHN c. SAKE.
1t was six men of Hindostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the elephant,
Though all of them were blind,
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The first approached the elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl-
80 bless me!-but the elephant
Is very like a wall.
The second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried ''Hol what have we hear
So very round and smooth and sharp
To me It's mighty clear
This wonder of an elephant
Is very like spear"
The third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk with his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
81 see, quoth he, " the elephant
Is very like snake"
The fourth reached out his eager hand
And felt above the knee,
"What most this wondrous beast is like
- iHi5Hty Plill, quOtl ue.
lis clear enough the elephant
Is very like a tree
The fin, who CHANGED to touch the ear,
Said, "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an elephant
Is very like fam"
The si.cth no sooner had begun
About the beast to glope,
Than seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
81 see, quoth he, the elephant
Is very like q rope
And so these men of Hindostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong.
So oft in theologic wars
The disputants, ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
OF what each other mean,
And prate about the elephant
Not one of them has seen.
The Placer herald., 1871-12-09

ONE man in California owns an estate OF
350, 600 acres and twelve men own over 2,786 600
acres, or an average of more than 174,0O each.
One company of two men have a fence of over
one hundred and sixty miles around single tract.
Is it any wonder, says the Rec, that population
is sparse and immigration does not come to us?
This land monopoly must be broken up before
California can prosper.
The Placer herald., 1871-12-09

WHEN one sees family of children going
to school in clean and well-mended clothing
it tells great deal in favor Of their mother.
One might vouch that those children learn
some valuable lessons at home, whatever they
may be taught at school.