The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-04-27

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Forty years ogo Simon Cameron
purchased spur ofthc Broal Noun
tain in Pennsylvania. I,isnow worth
81 2,OOOOo0 Coal has tcen mined out
Of it for thirty five years, nui he has
realized in the shape Of royalty, abcut
$500 o day.
How cruelty rigorous are the debtor
laws of Brazil is shown in the cxpeti-
euces Of n Scuthern gentlemen who
removed u that country n few years
since and became a citizen. Having
contracted through unfortunate bnsi-
ness obligations debt ofsl 200. two
of his accomplished daughters have
been sold into slavery, to satisfy the
demands oI the creditor Though
broight mp in refinement. they are now
earning money as mcnials to liquid ate
their fathers obligation.
THE festive red men are again n, /,
on the plains. lifting tair aud making
permanent settlers, Among the mos,
incomprehensih.c of all policies is that
which feeds, clothes aud arms the In
dians drring the winter, in order that
they may he gotten into 4 condition TO
:hake war Throughout tho spring and
summer. 1t may be all right. viewed
from cushioned sofa. but, invcs,igat
ed through the windows of a frontier
cabin, with the death shricks OF wo.
men and children ringing in the
ears it must appear rather inexplicG-
bic.
! PROTECTING BIRDS Iowa has en-
acted law prohibiting. under severe
penalties, the killing OF any birds in
the State, except the OWL hawk and a
few others of like species The pco-
pie have found, bv experience, that
the wholesale slaughter OF the limo.
cents places premium upon the 10.
crease Of crop destroying insects The
Maryland Legislature has enacted
similar law, AM it would not be bad
idea for other States to do likewise
Nothing is suror than that the con
slant Iusiadc kept up against small
birds by spurious sportsmcn. p1rticu
larly in the spring and autumn. oper-
a'cs disastrously ly against cereal growth
10 the economy Of nature birds are
designed to destroy worms and any
increase 10 the latter superiuduccs n
corresponding increase in the former.
The condition Of France is piiiablc
A.. A..
! rather than better, 1t would seem as
though the niiserics onddrcd tv the
, besiesed citizens of Paris. during It's
' Investment by the Germans. would
cause them to welcome peace in almost
, any form, aud to seek gladly II respite
from the horrors Of starvation, turmoil
: and strife, and apply their encr.i",
, unstintingIy, to relieve the suncrirgs
that war has Inflicted upon them.
, But the world is horn fed by the dali,
accou,ts of blood and carriage among
the dissatisfied factions of Their un-
happy people and Questions seriously
=. their fitness 10 maintain republican
form OF government, wha, ever may h.
= = the result Of their preseut iratriciinl
! strife.
One buudred thousand men are now
under arms for the purpose of dcpos-
: ing the regularly appointed author
ties OF the government. and every day
, witnesses the arrest and impris nment
y of some of the leading members Of the
: Ii bcrai party, aud conflicts more terri
j ble aud more destructive of human
life, than many of The great battle,
which marked the struggle Of France
In recent contest with Il foreign ice.
SOLD OuT.-A fellow in the New
. York legislature, protesting 10 he u
Republican, and elected as one, has
sold out TO Tweed and Tammany. aud
, promises to 20 with them in all heir
iniqui'y, thus restoring legislative
power TO them. Before the treason
y was announced, it was stated that
, 5000 was offered for vo,e. The
fellows name is Orange s. Winans.
and he halls from Cnaulauqua. The
n. Y. Tribune thus refers to the sale
!, Ii is probable that the darkest hoGr
U 10 the life of woman is when she
). wakes on the morning after the loss of
= her honor, and feels how empty is the
I future, aud how ptiiui is the price pi
iniamy. The past, with its possibli-
ties Of honest life, self-rospeet, and the
esteem of other, is gone forever Moth,
, ing is left but mere living on the wa
ges Of shame, which stick to the fin
gers and burn them boiling pitch. A
leper, when be first discovers the la
tai whitening OF his skin, is not more
lonely. luto this moral prison house
Orange 5. Winans entered on Satur-
day. He may try TO brazen out his
foul mistortln ne, but he cannut con-
! ceal from himself his sense OF the per
mauent worthlessness of the life he
has stained and polluted. In all the
alms-hoTses and penitentiarics Of the
: State there exist to-day no creature
go needing, but beyond the pity OF
charitable hearts.
IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS
We copy the following from the late
school law, tor the information OF
some Of our school boards that the,
may know what the law requires ol
them. IL shall be the duty ot hr
board Of directors to publish an aunu
al statement Of the amount oil none, s
. raeaivad and axnandad a,a 49,