lIIJBiWKimOJI BATE#: Per yw, in • •••! 60 Otherwise 2 00 No (.ulwrription will be discontinued until *ll arrearage* »re paid. Fo*Un»»t*re neglecting to tiotilv ud when pubwnliera do not take out their papers will be held liable for the subecriptxon. Subscribers removing from one poetoffice to another Bbould give us the name of the former a» well as the present office. All communications intended for publication in this paper must be accompanied by the real name of the writer, not for publication, but a* a L'uaiantce of gocd faith. Marriage and death notices must be accompa nied bv a responsible name. Address b „ xi . br ciTlZKjr, BCTLEB. PA. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY! GALL AT THE Boot and Shoe Store OF John Bickel, MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. The largest and most complete stock of Goods ever brought to Butler is now being opened b}- me at my store. It comprises Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Misses' & Children's Shoes, in great varietj'. All these Goods were purchased for CASH in the Eastern markets, and therefore I can sell them at the Old Prices, and NO ADVANCE. Lines of Philadelphia, New York and Boston Goods embrace n 1( ) stcck, and customers can take their choice. X Mean AVluit I ©ay: ADVANCE ON OLD PRICES!*®# All can call and see for themselves. The best of satisfaction will be given for CASH* THE MAKE, STYLE AND FINISH of Goods in my store cannot be excelled by any other house in the county, for proof of which a personal inspection is all that is necessary. Leather and Findings at Pittsburgh prices. Shoemakers should come and purchase if they wish to obtain material cheap. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. BUTLBK, KARNB CITT AND PARKBK BAILHOAD (Butler Time.) Trains leave Butler for m. Joe, Mllleretown, i Kt.rns City. Petrolia, Parker, etc., at 7.25 a. in., i and 2.05 and 7.V0 p. in. (See below tor con- J nection- with A. V R R.J Trains arrive at Butler from the above named ' < points at 7. 5 a. ra.. and 1.55, and 6.55 p m. The 1 55 train connects with train on the West ' Peuu road 'hrouirli to Pittsburgh. SHENANOO AND ALI.EUHRNT RAILKOAD. Traina leave Hlllinrd's Mill, Butler county, ! for HarrisvlHe, Greenville, etc., at 7.40 a. m. ' and 12.20 and 2.20 p. ra. < Stages lea 1 e Petrolla ot 530 a. m. for 7.40 1 train, and at 10 00 a. ra. tor 12 20 train. ' Return stages leave Milliard on arrival of 1 trains at 1°,27 a. in. and 1.50 p. in. Stage leaves M.utinsburg at 9.30 for 12.30 tnln. p. a w. b. B. (Narow Gange.) The morning train leaves Zelienople at C 11 Harmony 6.1« and Evausbnrg at 6.3 a, arriving at Etna Station at 8.20. and Allegheny at 9 01. Toe afternoon train leavea Zelieuop'e at 126, Harmony 1.31, Evausburg 1.53, arriving at ' Etna Station at 4.11 and Allegheny at 4.46. ' By netting ,'il at Sbarpsbu>g station and crossing the bridge to the A. V. R. R., passen gers oil t!i« morning train can reach the Union depot at 9 o'clock. Trains connecting at Etna Station with this road leave Allegheny at 7.11 and 9.31 a. m. and 3.41 p. m. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Trains leave Butler (Butler or Pittsburgh Time.) Market at 5.0« i u. in., goes through to Alle gheny, an ting ut 9.01 a. m. This train con tects at Free port with Freeport Accommoda tion. which arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. in., railroad time. Exprets at 7.21 a. m„ connecting at Butler Junction, without change of cars, at 8.20 with Exp.e>-s west, arriving In Allegheny at 9.5s a. m , and Express east arriving' at Blalrsville at 11 00 a. ra. railroad time. Mail at 2.36 p. m., connecting at Bntler Junc tlonwithout change ol enrs, with Express west, arriving In Allegheny at 626 p. m., and Ex press cast arriving at Blntrsvtlie Intersection at fl.'O p. m. railroad time, which connects w'tb Philadelphia Kxpresa east, when on time. The 7.21 a.m. train connects at Blairsville at 11.05 a- m. with tbe Mail east, and the 2.36 p. m. train at 6.59 with the Philadelphia Ex prei-* east. Trains arrive at Bntler on West Penn R.R. at ff.Bl a. m , 5 0* and 7.20 p. m., Butler time. The s♦.sl and 5.06 trains connect with trains on the Rutler it Parker R. R. Sun ay train arrives nt Buile'at 11.11 a. m., connecting with train tor Parker. Main Line. Through trains leave Pittsburgh tor the Eaf ot 2.56 and 8.36 a. ra. and 12 51, 4.21 and 8.06 p. in., arriving at Philadelphia at 3.40 and 7.20 p. in and 3.00, 7.0 and 7.40 a. ra.; at Baltimore about tbe same time, at New York three hours later, and at Washington about one and a halt hours later. PHYSICIANS. JOHN E. BYERS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, mySl-ly] BUTLER, PA. OENfISTS. 1 JD EJSTTISTI^"Y\ OS# W A LDRON, Graduate ot tbe Phil ■ adelpMa Denial Collegers prepared ■ Is •to do anything in the line of his profession In a satisfactory manner. Office on Main street, Bntler, Union Block, an sulrs. apll PENSIONS ! Procured for Soldiers disabled in the U. P service from any cause, also for Heirs of de cea»«d soldiers. All pensions date beck to day of discharge, and to date of death of the sol dier. Pensions increased. Address, with st amp BTODDARDT * CO , *• " ~—l iWilir I f ~ VOL. xvn. LAN [> FOR SALK. FOR SALE. A hantl-ome six-room frame house, located on Bind street, northwestern part of Butler. Lot 50x176. All necessary outbuildings. TERMS—Ore-Ihird cash and balance in four equal amiaal payments. Inquire at this otlicc. janUtf For Hnle or Rent. Three acres of ground, large house and store room, with nutbuildii gs. pood water at the door, and good young orcharl. la six miles from Butler, and a good location for a country store. If not sold before April Ist next, will be for rent to a good tenant. Inquire of JOHN H. N'EGLEY. janlli-llt Butler, Pa. Farm for Hale. The undersigned will sell the firm of Jacob Sh.uior, dee'd, situated in Outre township, three miles from Butler It consists ot 175 acres, about a hundred cleared, the balance it» pood timber, two orchards, frame, bank bam, frame house, Irnine wash house and granary II not sold in a body it can be divided without iniury. Inquire of " DANIEL RHANOR, 1 v . J. G. Musrz, janl4-2m Butler, Pa. Valuable Farm for Sale. The undersigned offers at private sale the farm lately owned by Robert Giiieland, dee'd, late of Middlesex township, containing 162 Acres. more or leu, with a two-story brick honse and bank barn, hay house wagon shed and other outbuildings. Two good orchards thereon. 130 acres cleared, balance in good timber, easy of access, bv about oi e-haif mile from Butler and Pittsburgh plank road and IX miles from new > narrow-gauge railroad, is well improved and in good condition, and is well adapted for dairy purposes. For terms apply to JAMES WILSON. Agent. decl7tf] Bakerstown, Allegheny Co., Pa. For teale. The well-improved farm of Rev. W. R. Hutch ison, in the northeast corner of Middlesex town ship, Butler county. Pa . is now offered for Bale, low. Inquire of W. K. FRISBEE, on the prem- ; ises. aplfitf , |A| JL A competent butineM man in each { W#%n lEb fLM con uljr in tlic U. S. tu sell tbe | M l;rlo|w4te of Thin?* W»rlli Kaowlny" by auuacnptiob. To »uch men, with food references, we furnish tl.e «u(tll fW*, ! and fire terns fhat will l»*nrr a worker over |IWI * Monlb. ! Addre« I.ITtUNATIOML fl U. CO, Do* 24W, tit. Louis Mo. BANKS? TIIK BUTLER SAVINGS BANK BUTL.ER. PA. NEARLY OPPOSITE LOWRY HOUSE. CAPITAL STOCK - 60,000. Wm. Campbell. Jab. D. Ahdf.rson, President. Vice President. Wv. CAMPBELL, Jr., Cashier. DIRECTORS William Campbell, J. W. Irwin, • A*. D. Aodwrson, George Weber, . * Joseph L. Purvis. Does a General Banking & Exchange business. Interest p±ld on time deposits. Collections made and prompt returns at low rates or Exchange. Gold Exchange and Government Bonds bought and sold- Commercial paper, bonds, lodgment LIYEKY. JU n. I OUIRAX, : Livery, Sale, Feed anil Exchange STABLE, Rear of Lowry House, - - BUTLER, PA. june4-ly Livery, Feed end Sale STABLE, Cunningham St., neir Heineman's Bookstore, BI'TLEK, PA. A 'arjre number of first-clags and wife horse* always "t- hand, iiorses l<;d at reasona ble rates Aorses bonght and sold. DAVID CUPPS, PROPRIETOR. iffif Persons desiring conveyance l>j the Buss can leive their orders at this stable. juhSO't S2SOU A YfcAlf agent-. Over Of" I a;«nt« cr» now n fr •-< Si to 'J I 5 a (lav. Send statnp f, and tir rifory being rnpidly taken. Will oiitiril any other book (. Tiie greatest onportnnify ever u Jer: il to peraoiifi out of employment or w\o d •- fire to add t > tl: ir income by ens in nn li n oraitlc a;:d prolitablp b».«inei!iia. to ofi -r every one sample s<-ts of their Ve y Bi'st War.*.3 at prices mi: eh lower than any jeweler pavs for tncra at wholesale. We make tlifs offer for a short time simply to introduce our goods. The "Roue" »nd "OllFe" Brand* Plated Ware i at following rati s : '1 a f]>ons, SI.OO doz.; Tablespoons g.'.Prt; For!:', f i.OO : Bitier Knives, sl.'3; S Suells, $1 To; Pi ted Steel Knives, $2 '.5: Tipped Uernian S'ilver Tableinonns, f-.Io: Teaspoon*. S1S0; Plain U. !*• T..h'espooi.s, «!.r,O; Teaspoons, sl. tO. Gods sent prepaid on receipt of mom yor postage stnnpi. TRBMONT SPOON CO.. P.o- B. Philadelphia. Ta § Simple by Jlall For 25 Oats. Tlier »rp made J aat like any pood Caster, go. il Pritannia Metal, tood (.In ssand Boitles. Every Ageut can easily sell 2,> gross of these perfeit Toys, before Christmas. Just theartlelefort'oanterSti rr<, Airents and Streetmen. 1 do ze u by Exprcxsgl.dO. 1 gruss by Express $14.00. fli' »K» hare a Collapsing Cop. w j.h telescopes louetb'-r ui:d car l>e carried in Ve.-t Pi/cVec. Sample by Mall tic. 1 dozen by Express 82.75. 6 do/, by Expresss24.oo. Al 1 . tlieabove poods are novel, attractive, niichly polished r.nd *lll sell rapid'". Adilress plainlv, TUI:K» r SPO<»S co., B>x t!, I'Jiii.iJs:iii.i, Pa. B. Roessing, [Successor to A. C. Boessing A Bro.) DEALEB IN Groceries, GRAIN, FLOUR, FEED, OIL, —AND— Anthracite Coal* THE HIGHEST MABKET PBICE PAID IN wCASH-W FOB GBAIN OF ALL KINDS. aep4tf ( F\>rmtrly 7)r. Crnirfn Kidney (Vre.> A v« jjetable preparation anil tlie unl v rare rrmrd,* in toe Wori'l tor BrittSit'-i Idst asi', 111 ibt'lem nn l ALI. Klilue), JLsser, aud Urinary I>i»e «*«*s. tS«>*Testliiipidals o;' th? highest order In proof of, he-n Ki.iieni^iits. Vu6' For Ih ■ I'll re of n'.ihelet, call for Wius. nrr'% Slifr Utjtffrllsi < *.lI". lit For the cure "■! Itnthi's He other diseases, call for VI «nii r'» Suiv Kliltry MIKI Uvert'uiv. WARNER'S SAFE BITTERS. It is the best Blr>oi Purillrr, and stimulalet every function to im»iv healthful actiou» uud i.s thus a benetlr la all dlneases. It f-ures and oth»»r !tt Ernp tion« and Diipnftes, iuelttiLOtf C'aurerm l i reax and other Korea. f>7ipr|iNiit, IW.ißtnrflrt oflhr Stonuirh, i'i)liN|l|Mitlun. hi/iiiioHv iM-rAI IH*bil it.i , etc.. ure cur»»d by the Istli«*r*. 11 U unequaled an api>eUz» a r and regular ionic. Bottles of two «\zv-i: price*. 50<-. u\\ \ fil.ou. WARNER'S SAFE NERVINE Quirkly ves Rr •tentl Sleep tothesulfprinir, eur«'s He:i«liMbe ami prevents a:plle|>tle flio, ..u ! relieves sfervou« I'IOV tr.ition hroug.it on by exresMive treet they would stand to receive their freight, and when sup plied would start out and over the Market street bridge tor the West. On the right shaft horse sat the teamster, dressed in his brownish homespun, and under a peculiar broad-briiu hat, and wielding a whip of extensive lash, which enabled him to communicate with each member of his team without dismounting. Out the old Lancaster pike—up the Alleghenies—over and ; down again on the western side, i Week by week he would trudge along making the roadside melodious with i the jingle of bis bells. Then we had a State Canal line, ■ with its snail-like motion—a slight ad- < vance upon the Conestoga. The boats < carried passengers as well as freight. I A trip to Allegheny occupied about 1 four days. If you wished to extend I your trip still further, you had to ap- : ply to the Ohio river boats. This had > no sruarantee as to time. Sometimes t likely to stick now and then—and I sometimes a stick cost you a day or 1 two more. If your ill fortune landed t you suddenly on "Dead Man's Shoal," I or on "Shallow l>ar," and no welcome « steamer of lighter draft turned up to i help you out. you might content your- i self until Heaven, in its kindness, i should send a fresh supply of fluid to 1 float you on your journey. In the < meantime you might be called upon to > help at the windlass. Your consola- i tion would be. that the charge for the I trip would be the same, if it took all i summer. People were not in such a i hurry then. Our last trip of this kind, i from Pittsburgh to Wellsville, (>0 t miles, took just two days and a half. I To vary your trip, you could take a i Delaware boat to Baltimore by the i Delaware and Chesapeake canal, which | took a day. Putting up there at a < hotel for the night, you started in the : morning by rail for Cumberland, i From here you staged it over the great i National road across the mountains, 1 and arrived at Pittsburgh at the end of about three days or over. < Then the Pennsylvania railroad i ended at Lancaster. No New York i and Erie; no Lake Shore and West- \ ern ; no Baltimore and Ohio, and none s of that vast network of iron rails out < to Chicago, to Minneapolis. New Or- i leans, Texas and the Pacific Coast. 1 Chicago is scarcely so old as a half < century, and Texas civilization was 1 scarcely thought of. California ran I wild with savage Indians, and it was I not known that gold lay hidden there. No telegraphs, nor telephones, nor i gas-light, nor street passenger cars. I nor great city park—and still more, there were no political rings in our < city government. Our city was un- I der Whig rnle. Our best merchants sat in the Council chamber—William I Morris, J. Price Wetherill, and more i ol that stamp. The best evidence of bis honesty was in one fact, that, af ter serving half a lifetime in public i position, he died worth a couple of thousand dollars. We have grown wonderfully in fifty years; have learned much good and bad. What a pitv some security has not been discovered by which Govern ment could be carried on with less corruption and less taxation. Is the : lesson yet to be learned ? Shall we yet l>e able to perfect our system of 1 government by a just civil service as to escape threatening dangers in the future? _ _ DANGER 2,500,000,000,000 YEARS AHEAD. —Our moon will tell us most of the earth's future, unless we are altogether astray in reading the evi- ! dence that seem to be ottered us. Venus shows the possession of a watery atmosphere, and is doubtless 1 fit for habitation under conditions similar to those upon the earth. Mars shows not only divisions into sea and land in about equal proportions, but accumulations of what seems to be ice , and snow at its poles, which decrease aud increase apparently in the seasons ' of summer and winter. But the moon has no water. She has no clouds and can have no water. Her seas have disappeared. Did she ever have water? Did she ever pass through such stages as our earth has gone through Was this cold and dead world ever warmed with life like our earth ? We cannot doubt it when we : see in her vast and numerous volcanic I craters the evidences of the heat she once possessed. She, too, must have passed through her cooling stage. Her clouds were condensed into the oceans of which we see the traces still in her depressions of surface. It is believed that as a planet becomes old its waters disappear from the surface, are sucked in through crevices made in the crust of the cooling orb until they entirely disappear. That is a German theory. Four times as much water as is now upon the surface of our globe can be, it is estimated, contained in its interior. This, the lecturer said, would be the probable fate of the earth; this is what the earth might be expected to be in 2,500,000,000,000 years. —A physician of Creston, lowa, has just relieved a man of a devil-fish in his stomach. The thing taken out— devil-fish or whatever you may call it : —is about the size of a man's doubled fists, of a sickly, whitish color. It had | attached itself to the membrane of the stomach by innumerable tendrils, arms and suckers, like those of a miniature octopus. The man was a sailor twenty years ago, and remembers drinking from a stream of water in Sweden, since when he has Dever been well, and of late has been a great sufferer. ( The parasite will be forwarded for ex- I ami net ion at the next meeting of the Society of I'hysiciaDS and SurgeoDS of tfcw UuJU.*ti Swesj iy THE RINGING HOCKS. A GEOLOGICAL CURIOSITY WITHIN AN LLOL'R'S RIDE OF PHILADELPHIA. [Reading Times and Dispatch.] A few davs ago a representative of the Time# and Dispatch paid a visit to the geological wonder known as the Hinging Rocks, in Montgomery county. ltinginij Hill, as the people there call the eminence on which the celebrated rocks are found, is on the farm of Abraham Mensch, in Potts grove township, three miles northeast of Pottstown. The ringing rocks cover a space of about three-quarters of an acre. In this tract boulders are piled upon boulders of all shapes and forms, and so promiscuously arranged that considerable agility is required to walk over them without falling. As one steps from rock to rock, a ringiug sound, produced by the nails in the boot-heels,is plainly heard. On tap ping the stoues with a hammer quite remarkable acoustic properties are re vealed. Some of them give forth a rich, full tone which would probably vie with the best bell metal if the stones were fashioned into bells. One of them in particular, from its depth of tone, is known as the State House bell. This was at onetime among the largest of the rocks. It has been broken off, however, but still has pre served its strong, full tone. The general sound produced by striking the smaller stones resembles that of a blacksmith's anvil, some having a little clearer ring than others and no two sounding just alike. In passing from one to another of the larger rocks one is reminded of tapping of car wheels by the train inspectors. Thous ands of people visit this natural phe nomenon every summer. The rocks themselves bear evidence of this, the edges being battered off by hammer strokes, and the sides cf many having names carved upon them. Some par ties, who were unwilling to take the time or trouble to chisel their names upon the rocks, have resorted to paint and considerable daubing has been done in various colors. The adver tising fiend has not failed to put in an appearance ; and we are made aware of the merits of patent medicines, of the place to buy carpet, and the like, upon every hand. We have not heard any satisfactory explanation of the cause of the ringing or the bell-like sound of these rocks. Some say it is owing to there being a cavern under them This, however, can have nothing to do with it, as when the rocks are re moved they still have the same sound. One large and sonorous boulder was taken to the Centennial and attracted a great deal of attention there. An other was sent to England a year or two ago. There is probably a me tallic substance in this group of bould ers to which the ringing sound may be attributed. We have not heard, however, of any geological analysis being made. Half a mile east of the Ringing Rocks and in the same range of hills, there is another group of boulders which are much visited. Here a lofty pile of rocks surmounts a cavity of considerable depth, the whole being known as the "Stone House." Near by the stone house is a huge boulder, some fifteen or twenty feet high, which, from its peculiar contour, is called the "Hay Stack." Besides their acoustic qualities there is an other singular circumstance about the Ringing Rocks which visitors rarely fail to notice. Many of them have very strange marks or indentations. At some points these resemble the track of a horse's hoof. Others are like the track of a wagon. Some of the larger indentations an; said to re semble an elephant's foot, and fac-sim iles of the human foot are claimed to be found among the smaller ones. ONE week from next Sunday will be the twenty-second of February. One hundred and forty-eight years ago —on the 22nd day of February, 1732 George Washington was born. He is properly styled The Father of His Country. It is truly said of him that he was First in war, First in Peace, and First in the hearts of his country men. Of uninspired men, history has produced no more sublime character. Ever since the death of Gen. Wash ington it has been customary to cele brate the anniversary of his birth. This is usually done by suppers, balls, and other festivities in the evening of that day. There is a particular reason why the day should be generally and universally observed this year. For the first time in the history of the country a man has made his appear ance on the stage of public affairs so craving, so greedy, so insatiable in his ambition, that all the military honors enjove.l by Washington,' with even higher mil'tary rank, and two full terms of the Presidency —the same as held by Washington—do not appease his hunger for place, but seem only to have whetted his appetite for office and power. He is now a candidate for a third term, being the first man ever in the White House who has presumed audaciously and contemptuously to turn his back upon the grand example set by the Father of His Country. There is nothing more lofty in human conduct than the setting of the seal of condemnation, by George Washington, upon the doctrine of permanency in office. Let all who properly appreciate this great act, all who would do honor to the name of Washington, all who would preserve our free institutions in their pristine purity and simplicity, protected by the early traditions which surround them, unite in celebrating In appropriate festivities the approaching Twenty-second Day of February. Above the names of all Kings, of all ' Emperors, stands the simple, plain, untitled name of George Washington. Above their distinction rises his fame. 11c is more illustrious than they. They have been for themselves; he was always for bis country and mankind. —The reception of Gen. Grant in Cuba was Dovel in the extreme. In stead of being greeted with the thun ders of artillery he was treated to a real first-class earthquake. This is the '[latest aud most demonstrative manner THE MYTHS OF MASONRY. A MEMBER OF THE ORDER WHO BREAKS ITS EMBLEMATIC TOOLS. [New York Herald.] Col. Thomas Picton was appointed, in 1803. Secretary General of the Ce lestial Empire of the Masonic Order of Memphis for America. He said that the da}- f;;r secrecy in Masonry in America is past. In a land in which there was an established religion se crecy was necessary, but iu America it is a detriment to the order "Indeed, I fancy that Masonry does not exist iu America—that is to say. as it should exist—for here it is a Wnevolent soci ety, not a philosophic institution. In stead of stimulating inquiry, Am ricans who style themselves Masons thr \v a veil over the truth. They beg-in with myths and legends and add to them with every successful degree, and the higher they go the more lies they tell." The Colonel threw in the parenthesis that probably there are not in the I nited States six Masons who are re ally educated in the history of their or der. Then he added : "The origin of modern Masonry can be attributed to Lord Bacon. In the new 'Atlantis' there is a description of Solomon and his house, and it is there said that the King set apart different days for pros ecuting the arts and sciences The new 'Atlantis* was excessively popular among the learned men of Bacon's day, and they tried to establish a society, taking Solomon as an exponent of wis dom. It was encouraged by the Court of James I. and bis successor. Charles 1., until the revolution broke out. Then the royalists, after the death of Charles 1., reorganized their society for religious and political motives-1 the religion for the re-establishment of the church, the politics for the restora tion of the monarchy. Next they in vented what is called the legend of the third degree. Hiram Abiff was the murdered monarch. Hiram, the King of Tyre, was the King of France. Sol omon was the Church. Hiram's three assassins were the three kingdoms, England, Scotland and Ireland. The Ma sons of that day,who were the con-1 spirators—the Jacobites—were neces sarily a secret society. They called themselves, as the Masons of the Eu ropean Continent do to the present day, the Sous of the Widow, inasmuch as the King had been beheaded and his son had not been recognized. After the Restoration the leading men of the movement formed the Royal Society, which exists to the present day, and they openly continued the work of the house of Solomon. The Jacobites in France continued their benevolent or ganization. In England, immediately after the Restoration, a number of those who had been previously affili ated conjoined with agiuid of so-called operative Masons, a body of freemen of London, meeting in Mason's lane. They then became Free and Accepted Masons. In 17W there appeared to be four lodges in London. They met at the Appletree Tavern, placed the oldest Mason in the chair aud proceeded to organize a grand lodge, electing Sir Christopher Wren Grand Master. From that body originate all the Ma sonic lodges in this country. "Of late years on the continent of Kurope, and in France particularly, earnest endeavors have been made to divest Masony of all its fabulous le gends and historical orrors " In con clusion i 01. Picton said that the square and compass were rejected by all intelligent Masons long ago, the All-Seeing Eye within the triangle be ing the recognized emblem, and that, whatever the symbols may prorve to be that are on the stones that upheld the obelisk in Alexandria, they will not prove that Masonry as we know it existed among the ancient Egyptians. NOTWITHSTANDING tie fine crops that during the past year blessed the West as a whole with abundance and returning prosperity, certain parts of it, esjHiciallv along the frontier, are at preseut sadly pinched. Early last week Gov. St. John, of Kansas, tele graphed Jay Gould that great destitu tion prevailed among the farmers of the frontier counties of that State, especially those of Sheridan, Grove and Wallace counties, owing to a fail ure of en ps through drought last year. Gould telegraphed a remittance of 00, for which a couple of car loads of flour and meal as well as a large supply of bacon were promptly for warded as an immediate installment. The present distress is by no means a novel experience, however, as it has frequently happened that that State has had to save recent settlers from starvation in frontier places, owing to shortage or entire failure of crops Experience seems to demonstrate that the immigrant to the Far West, with a family dependent upon him, should have capital enough not only to build some sort of a home and plant the first season's crops, but also to bridge over the second should the crops of the first prove failures. In a thinly settled country little help can be expected from distant neighbors all equally pinched, while work whose wages might eke out a short harvest, is hard to find and poorly paid. A STORY is told of five children liv ing in Colorado who give promise of making energetic as. well as accom plished members of society. There were live of them in one family, their ages varying from six to fifteen years. They wanted an organ, anil promised to earn the money for one if their father would buy it The bargain was made, and thirty-six chickens and an acre of land given them as a capital. The ground was planted with onions, and yielded the remarkable crop of three tons, for which $145 was re ceived. The net receipts from the chickens was $55, making the total re ceipts S2OO The organ cost sllß, leaving a balance of !>B2 still in the children's treasury. Parents can not educate their children better than to devise similar plans for teaching them , industry and the value of money. —lt is just as easy to praise an old woman as a young one, and it doea an ofd «w'e Ovid* W BWolj II 'A SUING TO A 7' S Ji IB LE. SOME VERY INTERESTING STATEMENTS CONCERN INO IT AND TIIF. CHVBCH. f Corespondcnee Washington Post.] Old Christ church, Alexandria, is in possession of the family Bible of Gen. Washington. His name is written therein by himself: "George Washing ton. Mount Vernon, 1794.'' On the same fly-leaf appears, "Presented to the Vestry of Christ Church. Fairfax parish, by George Washington Parke Custis. April <>, 1804." And then fol lows, in Mr. Curtis'handwriting,''The Family Bible of George Washington, used at Mount Vernon.'' Application was made to the vestry, on behalf of the Mount Vornon assoeiatiou. to pur chase this r>ible, to be kept at Mount Vernon. The church being in debt, and this valuable and interesting relic not being very safe in the church building, the vestry were disposed to listen to the proposition. This led to some dis cussion in the Alexandria Gazette. In a communication in that paper of Dec. 30, over the rector's signature, he says: ' In their financial needs, caused by the repair of the building, which even now is suffering through the lack of funds, the proposition to buy the Bi ble lor the Mount Vernon Association was presented to the vestry bv request. Necessity, and no desire to remove an ancient landmark, caused the favorable consideration of the proposition." The facts are, that during the past five years the small, and by no means wealthy congregation of the church, has expended in necessary improve ments and repairs a sum amounting to nearly *IO,OOO, all of which lias been paid, excepting the present debt of about SI,OOO. After such a heavy exj>enditure, the payment of this debt bears heavily upon the congregation, and they are very anxious it should be diseharged, and speedily. The church has been already taxed to the extent of their ability. The current revenues are barely sufficient for cur rent expenses. Christ church is consid- 1 erably over a century old ; it is the church in which Washington and his family worshiped—in which as a ves tryman he'oceasionally read the service to the congregation, and in which his pew still remains of the same size and form as when occupied by him. It is unlike any other church in the State or country, and is, to speak, the property of the whole country, and should be sustained by all as a link more nearly binding the past and present than any other building in the country, and it should be kept in repair and good pre servation. The above facts present an appeal for aid in paying off the debt of the church which we think irresistible, and we trust will be liberally re sponded to. As regards the Bible of Washington, we believe the vestry are willing to loan and deposit it at Mount Vernon, in charge of the Ladies' asso ciation, where it will be safe and acces sible to all. Contributions may be sent to the rector, the Rev. Henry Suter ; or to the treasurer, Mr. Jackson Ent wisle, Alexandria, Va. THE deep interest excited in Wash ington by the mission of M. de Lesseps to the Isthmus and his resolute initia tion of his gigantic project is proper enough, for the enterprise is one to which the American government and people cannot be indifferent. But we see no occasion for a great display of undignified bluster. The intimations of the possibility of an early war to resist French pretensions, however warmly or unanimously approved in Washington, strike us as inconsiderate, not to say bumptious. A war with Frauce in relation to the Istmus would necessarily be a naval war, and our navv consists of a wretched set of dilapidated, useless hulks. Nothing is so feeble and foolish as for a govern ment to go into hysterics and put forth threats which it is no condition to ex ecute. We can of course, create an efficient navy; but that requires a little time, ami until we have one the less idle bravado the better. Besides, it is ridiculous to think that we need to threaten Frauce with war as a means of frustrating the Lesseps en terprise. M. de Lesseps cannot tro far without capital, which is yet to be subscribed, and capitalists have too keen a sense of their interests to hagard their money in this undertaking with out an American guarantee. With out a pledge of protection from the United States there would be no se curity <>r their property beyond the period required for the completion of the canal. Cor.. QUAY has purchased the bat tle flag carried by the first regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, mustered into I the Continental army for service dur ing the revolution, and proposes add ding it to the collection of battle flags in the Capitol at Harrisburg. It is thus described : It is of silk that evidently once possessed an orange hue, but has faded into a yellow brown. It is five feet long and about the same in width. In the center is a piece of red silk two feet square, on which is painted and worketl the figure of a soldier standing with poised spear above a crouching lion. Be neath this is the inscription, "Domaui Voto ." (I will not be subdlied.) On the back of the flair is pasted a copy of the Boston Christian Rer/Mrr, dated March 2nd, 18:).'!. On this is written, by the father of W. S. Robin son, the following: "This is my father's Revolutionary flag, who was Colonel of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, under General Wavne. He served in the war seven year* and four months; was wounded in the arm, leg, and had part of his heel shot off; had three horses shot from under ' him." The flag is very dilapidated, j and the greatest care is necessary in handling it to preveut it from falling to pieces. —A college professor once tried to , convince Horace Greeley of the inesti i raable value of classic language. The professor said: "These lauguages are the conduits of the literary treasures of antiquity." Mr. Greeley replied : I "I like Croton water very well, but it L doesn't follow that 1 should eat a yard i twb trip**" APfEBTISISG BATES, One square, on* insertion, 91: each robe** quern insertion. 60 cents. Yearly adTertisetnents exceeding one-foiirth of a column, #5 per inch. Figure work double these later; MillHofttl charges where weekly or monthly change* are made. Local ath erf foment a 10 cents per line for flrrt insertion, anil 5 cent* per line for each additional insertion. Marriage* and deaths pub lished free of charge. Obituary notices charged a * advertisements. and payable' when handed in Auditors' Notices. W; Executors' and Admini* trstir*' Notices. $3 e«oh; Estray, Caution and Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten line*, each. From the fact that the GITIZKS is tli* oldea* established and most extensively circulated Re Eublican newspaper in But!er county, (a Repot can oouiuyj it must be apparent 'to buaiuee* men that it is the medium they should use is advertising their business. NO. I*2. A QUESTION OF DENOMINATION. — It was at the postoffice in Ithica, N. V. The demoiselle was buxom, bash ful. aged is, and hailed from Berry town. She wanted a dollar's worth of stamps. "One dollar's worth," re peated the smiling assistant; "ofwhat denomination ?" The damsel showed symptoms of embarrassment and hesi tated to reply. She twirled her shawl fringe nervously, cast her eyes about to see if any on