The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-01-25

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should be brought East aud boarded
around.'
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II is u fUrcgOnc conclusion bat we
will have in time both the postal tel.
| cgraph and penny postage. Such re.
forms, however, are not made 10 day
au1 the first step towards accomplish
ing the latter is 10 adopt the postal
card The simple card will not, III
our experience be similar to that Of
Iiugand and Germany, dccreas, the
receipts from letter postage postage
but is expected to add to postal in
c me by stimulating increased cores
pondenco on small matters, which
publicity could not iljure AMI which
would not bo consigned to tie mails
under present rates of postage. A
Washington corrcsp)nlcn. Of the
Newark (N. J. J idce Gssr well says:
The objections urged that the cards
may be u1od for purposes of scandal
through the mails will apply as well
to ordinary letters, az tho law does
not prohibit writing upon the out.
side of an envelope and the ar-u-
mont woull be Of fully equal force
against penny postage as rendering
the means Of scLndaIi1ing easier.
LrosSD or A DIAMoND. The
great diamond, weighing ljl carrots
which has BEEN foani at tho cape, in
Africa, AMI is npw on ils way to
HnIanl, il already furnished with i's
legend II ia said to have been found
in thi well Of on, Of the native huts.
whore poor Irish alventlrer had
received hospitality for the night,
ani that bein.; surprised at the light
shining amid the darkness he had up
on examination found it to proceed
ircm clump Of earth OF which the
wall was built. or course the clamp
was s,on detached by the visitor. aul
this new Kuh-i.uour with many other
smaller diamonds, found within.
\ ronlyk lb,c discovery is annou1,.
. ell 4 sASalt says hat milk can be
made from b n1s, on thc principl,, We
, suppose. tia, a, milk makes bones the
I rule OIsht - work both WAYS. Here.
after wc Gucd not bury our dead rch-
tiDas. We may keep them aud drink
, thea, or make puIliags o. them. It
- ,'ca ips b kQ'w that o. last We
, can pm. relation, to som, u'c. Gn
eral' y t.!lt Gas. is aayth'ns bat aic-
!ul.
, THa Snprrin'cn Loot Of the census
. estimates the loss Of popuIa'ion by the
! late rebellion rs follows Direct loss
. ilon wounl, anl disease, 500 G0J ;
@ aIIjtiooal Confad,rare loss, $4,000
= Indirect loss 10y the with drawll Of =
800 ODJ men from J1mo,tc life, and
o tn cOo,eIucUt djmiaution Of births,
j l,235, 900; los, by tho check giycr
: to immigration, $4,000; retardntioI
;. o! increase in th' colorcl population
: $4,000 total 3,030,J0
How TO buru kerosene without dan
: ger is conan Tram jn,t solved. Tax"
an orIinrry lamp aui I'll! tia. nearly
~ possible with wick, placing little
pieces Of 4pJule wherever space ap.
pear, polr On the. .oil, ani tbs LAM
viii burn rs lons ~ any of tn, kcrD'
seno remains in the wick. SO arran,'
81 it is impossible for lamp to ex
' ploIe
/ Fi,K's brain weighed fifty cigh'
, ounces. Daniel Wcbstcr's wt'gho
O. bat iilty.tLrcc ounces and halt. I b.
, great Cu"icr hal sixry.Eur ounce,
/ ani hlIt, while Prof. Abcrcomtie
% possessed siXy-lhreI. RuloT, th,
10 murderer, whD was executed a,
K B'ngAamton last spring, had aity.niu,
!, ounces OF brain.
u Another MYsrERY.-On th1 17tl
u inst, the dead boiy Of u female wa
: ii>coyerci inclusei in u box " Licl
had been 'eiI at he Paterson EXpres
. 0.i,c in New York, with notice tha
l. it would be called for. The ctiiuvi
II which came from the box excited sus
sc Picion, and on opening it. tho icarlu
q iIscvery was made. Coroner Keeoa
;. will in, est gate the case.
, The Countess Do Centre has bee,
Ia tried before he Correct nal Tribuua
OF Paris aai sentenced to three months
imprisonment, with II fine Of QUO hun
drci thousand francs, for aitcmptln
10 to corrupt public !anctionpry, Ia
u pubic idnciionsry was the inspecto
i of u cattle market, aud tho manner il
O. which the Countess attempted to cor
10 rupt him WAS by making yaluab.
! prtscnt to his wife.
=, \ CALL FIR a convention to urge thc
:, religious amendmcnt OF the Cunstiu.
, liJu Of the United States is isslel
II again, Justice Strong, of the Suprcm
80 Court, heading the list of signcrs
=, "Wednesday, January 81, ami Cncin
natl, have bcea fixed on rs the tim
10 and Place.
lc Tue Harrisburg State Jommd
ST thinks that las matter of common
g Justice, indeed on the score Of orIiDa
.o ry Political dscency, the nominee 70
@ Vice President on the Republican tick
is ct for ls72 ought to be citizen q
10 PennsylyuDia."