BATE# : Par year, iti «dnnce ®® Otherwise 2 00 No subscription will be disoontinned until ftil weuuet arc paid. Postmv-tenj neglecting to notifv as when subscriber* do not take out thei papers will be held liable for the subscription. Subscriber* removing from one portomce to another should givo a* the name of the former «s well as the preaeut office. All communications intended for publication n this paper most be accompanied by the reai name of the writer, not for publication, bat a« a I'narantoe of good faith. Marriage and death notices must be aocomps oied by a responsible name. Address BfTf-BR CITI2KS. BPTLEB. PA. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. CTLIK, KAR*S CITT AND PARKER RAILROAD Trains leave Bailer 4or 81. Joe. Willerstown. Ki-.ni* City, PetroUs, Parker, «rvc., at 1.21 »• m_, and 2.25 and 7.25 p. m. Trains arrive at Botler from the above Darned points at 7..7 a. m.. and 2.15, and 7.15 pm Tbe 2.15 train conimcu with train «>n tin* Went Penn ro*d 'hrougb to Pittsburgh. SHIWA3BO AHD ALb«®H«KT RAILKOAD. Trains leave RilliardV Mill, Butler county, for HsmsviUe, Greenville, etc., *t a. m. Trains strive at BUliard's Mills ct 1:45 a. from Peirolia, M-.rtiiisburtr Fairview, Modoc and T'ontrum, conct' l at liil laid witl) all rtitiK »n the S& A rom rENNSJTI/VAMA BA.ILKOAD. Trains leave Butler jßutler or Time.) Market it 5.08 * >" , through to Alle rbeny, «r. vintr at »«1 '• This tram .on feet* at Fr.-et on with Pre. port Accommoda tion. wliieb arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. in., railroad time. u ~ Expreti »' 7.21 a. «. . connecting al Butler Ipncti u. wilti"Ui < tuiifcU of i»rs. HI 8.-« with Expe>- wp*i, nrn\in'j In Allejfiien? a. in nnd Ex; res* earl arriving HI Blairnville at l<>ss a. ra. railroad time. Mail at 230 p- . connecting at Bull.:: June tlouwitbout cbuujfe ol ears, *itb Express west, arriving in Allegheny at 5 0 p. m„ and Ex- Lm £isi arriving at Blairsville Indirection it 555 p. m. railroad time, which connects w'tb Philadelphia fcxpre*, ea«t, when on «»«• The 7.21 a.m. train connects at Blalrsville at 11 05 a m. with the Mol east, and the -_•*> p. ra. train at 6.59 with the Philadelphia Ex- P Trains arrive at Butler on West Penn R. R. at ».V a. IU. 4.5* and 7.01 pro.. Butler time Th. 9 56 ai'd 4 58 »n»»n- . onliect with trains oi tlie Botler & Parker R. R. Alain Line. Throukrb trains tea v. nrl' ,t 2.5# and 8.2« a. ru. and 12 51, 4 21 jm d 8. 1 m arrlviiitc at Philadelphia at 5.40 and 7.iao.oud, Kiddle build ing inovl'i JOHN M. GREER. Office ou N. E. comer Di»—ond. __ novl - . WM B LUSK, Office with W H. H Kiddle. Enq. NEWTON BLACK Office ou Diamond, near Court Houee, eout side. E. L BRUGII, Office in Kiddle's Law Building. S F. BOWSER Office in Riddle's Law Building [mart"!#- J. B. SI cJ UN KIN. Special attention Riven to collection* «»*•• oj'poMie VVillard House. JOSEPH B. BREI3IN, Office north-eawt comer of Diamond. Bum- Pa. H. H. GOUCHER, Office in Schneideman's building, up mail r- j. T. PONLY Office near Court House. r wTdTbran don, •bl7-75 < Iffire in Burg'* building CLARENCE WALKER, Office in Bredm ouiiding uiari FERD REIBEIi; in BertfVnew building, Main street . F M EAST AN", Office in Brediu building. LKV. McQUrS'l ION, Office Main 1 uildins£, west hide Main street, 2nd square from Court Hou-e \7 g~ w Tlliams^ Office on Diamond, two doors west of Omzt offioe. apjlfc T C. CJT^PBELL. Office In Berg's new building, 2d floor, ea - aide Maui St.. a few doors south of Low: House. mart— i • ~~ r, A. A VI. SULLIVAN, may 7 Office S. W. cor of Diamond BLACK A BRO , Office on Maiu street, one door soutt Brtdy Block, Butler. Pa. 'sen. !2, 1874 JOHN"M~M j Offioe in Brady's Law Building. Main stree south of Court House. Euoe.ie O. Millf. Motary Public. jnu4 THOMAS ROBINSON^ BUTLEB. PA. A7® A WFF.K. *l!# a day at heme esfilvmaci Costly Outßt free Addrew Tkue A C< JLmrnot*. M»m« JOHN H. NEGLEY, particularattention to transaction! 1b real estate throughout the county. Office ox Diamond, neab Court House, i- Citizen nui Lniso E. R. "Icki.ey, KKNNEDT Miksbali (Late of Ohio.) ECKLEY & MARSHALL. Office In Brady's Law Hulldinj;. Bept.it,7 C fl CHRISTIE, Attorney at Law. Legal business carefully transacted Collections made and promptlj remitted. Buoines* correspondence prompth attended to and answered. Office opposite Lowry House, Butler, Pa. MISCELLANEOUS. ~ McSWEENY & McSWEENY, Hmethport and Bradford, Pa. M. N M I LES, Petrol In, Butler county, Pa. |Jni M. C. BENEDICT jan6 tf Petrolia, Butler co., Pi- PHYSICIANS. JOHN E BYERS, PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON, myai-lvl HUTLER I'A. DENTWIS D wjst ritsT ho Y] 0 1 M WALDRON. (if rtunte ol Hie t'bil ■ft adclpl'in Dental i'olleire.is prepared • I*• to do anyone in the line of bis protection In a ftatl«f:o. H Hfop Orfrtn. Stool. Book, only #53.75. Piano', Htool. Cover. Book. <"9O to £2&5. Illns iv. VOL. XVIII. CARPETS! OIL 'T.OTIIS! MATS! RUGS' STAIR RODS = MEW STOCK! NEW STOCK! > § HECK & PATTERSON'S ? ! if CARPET ROOM! 33 ISTOW OPEN ! n Ui _ r? One Door South of thetV Clothing Hoyse, i (IQH MIVJ/ iSMVK ISH! r ID r II" i S l'?•' Fall and Winter end* will be made to order at reasonable prices, and ■satisfaction gaani'iteed. Overco,:t!< a spccia'tr. A cordial invitation is exteuded to the people of the Vicinity, to call and examine our-:*#U, v.'- ;<■»*- is well buyers will be welcome. OMME r vT. ?41 Federal Stree f , Hty. Pa. sept 15 -3 m 2nd DOOR FROM SOUTH DIMOXU STREET. Off Eeods, Holions, Triminp, Groceries, etc, T ARGE ff OF FAIL ANT) WIN3ER GOODS T A. TROUTMAN'S Coruer Main aud Mifflin Street, - - - - BUTLER, PA. Dress Goods of all kinds, large assortment colored and black Cashmeres, large assortment Black Silks, Momie clotbs, fancy Brocades, Plaids, Cotton Dress Goods, Calicoes, CLintzes, etc. rrimm ngs. irimmings. Trimmings. Brocade .Silks, all colors. Plain Silks, all colors. I'lain Satins. Brocade Satins, striped Satins. Brocade Velveteens, all colors. Plain \ clveteens. all colors. Black Silk Velvet. Fringes, Black and ColoreJ. Passamentrle*. ornaments. Cor.l and Ta-ssel.s. a line assortment. Buttons. Buttons. Buttons A full line of Dress and Cloak Buttons—A large assertment. A full line of Ribbons, Lac<-s, Embroidery, Lace Ties, Hucliing and Ladies' Neckwear. ' Cloaks and Dolmans! Cloaks and Dolmans ! SHAWLS ! SKIRTS ! Flannels, barred and twilled, plain colors and best makes ; Canton Flannel; Ladies 1 Cloth, all colors; Ladies' Sacking; Black Beavers; Cashmeres ; Jeans; Tweeds; Ticking; Shirt ing; Muslins; Table Linens; Toweling. Blankets. etc I also keep a lull line of Groceries, Queensware, etc. All the above goods at lowest, prices, County produce and grain taken in exchange for goods. jowic&a 6ROC£RS Cor. Main and Cunningham St., Butler, Pa. One Door SouthjrfJOHN BERG & CO.'S BANK. Having refitted the large and commodious Store Room, situate in the above stated location, formerly occupied by Martin Heiber we will in a few days opon up a first-class grocery, and will I1«T to the public, at bottom prices, a fine sriec.tion of choice. TEAS, COFFEES, SUGARS, SYRUPS. MOLASSES, PURE SPICES. CHEESE, FISH, SALT, &c. The Highest vIARKET PRICE PAID l\ CASH FOR ALL KINI» OF GRAIN' AND PRODUCE. JToliii ljerg Son. "SHE ADAC H EvSi A Medicine recently discovered and used by an eminent physician with wonHrrf.il success All druniiti andcountry storq_h»ve ,t or will g~t ,t for you AUo a sure cure JIVoiioESTIOT? DE7 P C I £k oZtv'Jo'T*T^lßou"" U lOTC rdlA HOTELS GRAND B()i r LEVARI) HOTEL Corner 59 1h. St. <£ liroadtcay, NEW 10RK On Both American and Enropean Plans. Frontingts of the Sixth and Kigiilh Avenue Elevated It. It. ears and still nearer to the Broadway cars—convenient and .'iccessibl.- from all pails of the city. Booms with hoaid, i'i per day. Bjtcelal rates for families anil permanent jtuestn. E. lIASKhLL, Proprietor. ST. CHARLES HOTEL On the European JPlan -54 to 66 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Single Rooms 50c., 75c. and SI per day. O. I J . Pchneck, Proprietor Excellent Dining room furnished with the best, and at renponable rates. JjgfC'arH for all Railroad Depots within a convenient distance. National Hotel, lIORTLANDT STREET. NEAB BR dwh MW VCHtK. HOTCHKfSS & POND, - - Prop'rs ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. The restaurant, cate and laoeti room aitaclin. are uiiMirpaened for cheapen* and excellence ot »ei vice Room* 50 ct«. to f 2 tier day, *3 to *l' p<-r woek. f!onveiii«ut to all ferries and city fn.il rufcdw. SfW VuKKTIUiitJ, Ni?w Corse s. Corsets. Corsets. A large stock to select from. GIOVA?.. Gloves. G oves. Kid Gloves, Silk Cloves. Lisle Thread (iloves. Cashmere Cloves, and Berlin Cloves. Yarns. Yarns. Y rns Germantown Yarns. Saxony Yarns, Cash mere Yarns, German Worsteds, factory Yarns, Berlin Zepber. Underwear, Underwear, Underwear. For Children, Ladies' and Gentlemen. Hosiery, Hosiery, Hosierv. Large assortment for Children Ladies' and Gen tlemen. THr. .-tBUUEIUEU HOUSE. L NICXI AS- Prop'., MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. Having taken p Of ion of the above well rown Hotel, and it beinn furnished in the best of ftvle forth- .modation of (,'uosts. the public are reepcct'nllv 'tivited to give me a call. I have alco pfmi-c-cion of the barn in roar of hotel, whioh film;' I.e.- excellent stabling, ac omodatioiis for n,\ pat: inn. ' I, NTCKI.AS Union "Woolen Mill, BUTLER, FA. II FUI.Li:c( |'OX, I'rop'r. M inulactuiei of Bi.vN;:tT», Ki an.neu,, Yahno SIC. Al-ii curtoni vorli d"i eto order, such 118 ■ riling Roll-, lil.inketb, Flannels Knit _ an. Yarns. Ac., at very low orices. Wool woi\i!.t on the sinirea, it de sired. mv7-l Notice Extraordinary. Persons desiring to h«ve their Old Furniture repair. i the t>e< t mateni I I guarantee en'ire oat- action in rt%le, iu ikiuaiiship and price. Give a call. Miop o:i Miftlin Mreol fom doors .net of Maiu rlio»t. and opposite A. Troutman's tore, lintler Pa. sepl7-ly jPjfe Fortius style Singer V\'e will send it to your mH\ JaM Depot to be examined be- V/ssj fore yoo pay for it. If it is ii >t as represented it can l>e returned at expense. 17 - v • Twrii PbiltrJvivlrU. HITLER, PA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBERS. 80 THE CASH ACCOUNT. The Treasury Secretary Report*—An Interesting Statement Furnish ing Much Valuable In formation. WASHINGTON, NOV. 22, 1880. From the annual report of tbe Uni ted States Treasurer Giltiilan, it ap pears that the receipts of the Govern ment compare favorably with those of the previous fiscal year and show t au increase from customs, internal revenue and sales ol public lands of $59,811,- 505, and a decrease iu those from mis cellaneous sources ot only $112,070. The expenditures show the slight in crease of $*95,074 in the as compared with the previous fiscal vear, caused by an increase of 2 : ,395, 040 in tbe payment on account ol the Interior Department, but show a decrease of $21,699,905 in expenditures for interest and premium on the public debt, on civil and miscellaneous accounts and for the War and navy Department. The balance of public money on depos it in tbe Treasury and subject to draft at tbe close of business, J uue 30tb, '79, was $417,223,787. The receipts dur ing the vear from all sources amounted to $474,578,241, and drafts paid $708,- 190,900 After deducting receipts from property refunded and outstanding drafts, there was subject to draft at close of business, June 30, 1880, $204,- 683,825, which differs from the debt statement balance by $3,595,213, which is explained iu the appendix The busiuess of the Government involved the transfer, during the year, of sll,- 052,257,082, the greater portion through the medium of accounts of this office and the remainder by actual transpor tation of the funds Fifty-eight Na tional banks were organized during the year, five failed aud twenty-one went into voluntary liquidation, leaving 2,- 102 doing business. The amouut col lected from the National banks by tbe Treasury of the United States for the semi-annual duty accruing during the year, was $7,591,770. The total amount collected during the existence of the National bank system is SIOO, 861,469. The report embodies a state ment of the liabilities and assets of the Treasury for the years 1877-8-9 and 1880, from which it appears that gold and silver coin and bullion ranged $114,404,982 iu 1877, to $103,969,444 in 1 078, to $225,808,368 it 1879, nd to $214,303,215 iu 1880. The decrease of $84,000,000 between 1879 and 1880 is represented by the reduction in tbe go d balance of $34,000,000 and an in crease in silver coin and bullion on hand. Tbe influences tending to a de crease of tbe old balance have been, primarily, the scarcity of notes, com pe ling tbe payments ol tbe daily bal ance to the New York Clearing House in gold coin. T- ere have been but a small amount of United States notes and gold certificates presented for re demption in gold coin. There has been during the year an increase in silver coin of $150,957,970 in silver dollars, aud of $7,849,994 in fractional silver coin. The note assets, including tbe balances due from tbe depository b nk, have decreased from $107,664,287 in 1877, to $93,444,282 in 1878, to $53,- 926,663 in 1879, and to $42,403,314 in 1880. The steady decrease tbe Treas urer says is due in a great measure to the withdrawal of notes, caused by a presentation of clearing house certifi cates for redemption and the amount of these. Tbe certificates outstanding have been reduced from $01,335,000 in 1879, to $9,975,000 in 1880. Another reason for the smallness of the note balance, Gilfillan adds, may be found iu the falling off of note receipts, the revenues of the Government being now largely paid in coiu and silver certifi cates. From the tables of assets and liabili ties of the Government for November Ist, 1879, and November Ist, 1880, it is shown that on November Ist, 1879, there were $151,0 7,044, and on Nov. 1, 1880, there were $141,597,013.61, available for resumption. The H mount of gold coin and bullion in the Treasu ry January 1, 1879, the date of resump tion, of specie payments, was $135,- 382,(539, and at this date November 1, it is $'40,725,952, and, iu addition, there have accumulated in the Treasu ry $47,084,459 in standard silver dol lars. The redemption of United States notes in gold, si ce the resumption of specie payment" have aggregated sll,- 963.336. Since the order of the De partment, of January 1, 1879, author izing the receipt of United Staten notes for custom duties, there have been re ceived on that account $142,323,601. The total coinage of standard silver dollars, under the act of February 28, 1878, has been $72,847,750. Of this amount, $47,588,106 are iu the Treas ury and mints, and $25,259,644, being more than 34§ per cent of the coiuage in circulation. The Treasurer instan ces the bonds which have reduced and forthwith increased the r circulation to the former amount, with the avowed object of relieving themselves from the trouble and expense o. redeeming their notes through the redemption agency as required by law, and says it is plain that such transactions as these are not within the spirit of the act of June 20, 1874. That act authorizes the deposit of legal tender notes by any National bank desiring to withdraw its circula tion, in whole or in part. A wish to surrender the circulation with a reserv ed intention of taking out more at once, or as soon as a fall in the price of bonds shall make the transaction profitable, is not, it is submitted, such a desire to withdraw the circulation as the law contemplates. It could neither have been intended or expected, that the law would become a means of enabling banks to operate in securities of the goverment deposited to secure the re demption of their notes, or to throw upon the United States or other banks | of the country, the expense of redeem ing their notes while maintaining and enjoying the full circulation to whicu the law entitles them. I The totul values of the exports of petroleum and petroleum products from ihr United Stutea during the month of September, IH*U, weres:{.7l2.7en's por traits of his mistresses. In the back ground are other men and women gay ly attired, like the supernumeraries iu a melodrama, and the picture fails to give an idea of the sincere yet bigoted exiles for conscience' sake. The artist sacrificed historical truth that he might produce a picture full of strong effects. He received SIO,OOO lor his work Mr. John Vanderlyn, who was com missioned to till another of tbe then vacant panels of the rotunda, went im mediately to Paris, where he spent several installments of his remunera tion before he commenced his Landing of Columbus He then employed a Freuch artist, and hired the costumes worn in the opera of Ernani, so that ' the picture was finished "by the job." Indeed it might be called "raising the | wind," as any one will say who sees it, or the engraving of it which orna- j ments the reverse of the five-dollar j notes now issued; for the three flags borne by three of the orignal group of j filibusters are blown outward iu three i different directions. Those f uniliar with the real ability which character ized Vanderlyn's earlier works were sadly disappointed with his Landing of Columbus. A third panel was filled with a pict ure—so called—of the Baptism of Pocahontas, by Mr. John G. Chapman. In catering to the pride of those who claimed to be descended from the first families of Virginia, Mr. Chapman had difficulties to contend with, probably more depressing than even the failing of inspiration which must attend the portrayal of an apocryphal ceremonial. The Baptism of Pocahontas is not only a libel on our respect, as a people, for historical truth, but its sole effect upon lovers of art is to excite ridicule. Mr. Henry Inmau, an artist of some reputation, received the commission to fill the fourth vacant panel, and went to Europe, where he was said to have made studies for his picture, and he had received three annual installments of $2,000 each when he died. Mr. S. F. B. Morse, an impecunious arti-t, who afterwards became enriched by bis connection with electric telegraphs, offered either to complete the work of Mr. Inman, or to paint a new picture, , for the remaining $4,000 ; but the offer was not accepted. In 1847, Con gress, ou the urge t solicitation of General Sehenek, autborizeed the pay ment of this $4,000, with $6,000 more, to Mr. \V. H. Powell, for a picture of De Sot" discovering the Mississippi; and when the work was completed he received a furthur appropriation of $2,- 000. De Soto, who had been for months journeying through the wilder ness from Florida, appears in gorge ous attire, and recalls the well-known figure of Henry IV. entering Paris. In the foreground a group urging forward a cannon reminds one of a similar ar tillery movement iu the Siege of Sara gossa, while some voluptuously formed maidens (surely not Indians) are very like the d.itnsels who figure in Horace Vernet's Capture of the Smala, at \ er sailles. The whole picture, in short, is a plagiarized patchwork of generali ties. absurd and incongruous,—badly drawn, gaudily colored, ami as desti tute of historic value as an act of Con gress is of poetic feeling. A group of statuary, by Luigi Per sico (a protege of Mr. Buchanan), placed on one of the two blockings on the sides of the steps leading up to the eastern portico of the Capitol, excited much attention. The. original com mission gave $12,000 for the group, but as much more was subsequently voted. The subject chosen by the ar tist was Columbus explaining the mys teries of the globe to a naked and crouching Indian woman. A very clever letter was written by Colonel Seaton, and published in his National Intelligencer, purporting to have come from this nude savage maiden, who thus protested against her forced ap pearance before the public in an im modest attitude and without apparel. The commission for the companion group of statues was driven to Horatio Greenouffh. who called bis work I iie Rescue. It has been described as a gigantic Scotchman endeavoring to l/rvuk life buck of a big ludiitti, while a woman holds a child, and a large du>r looks peacefully on.— December Atlan (tic. * ABOUT THE MAILS. The Postmaster General'* Annual Report. WASHINGTON, X.>v. 2J—The an nual report of the Postmaster General is made public. Jt begins with the re mark by Mr. Miiynard that as he t > >k charge of the department only on th<> 25ih of August lust, he spt ak- of it his torically and as lie finds it, with litt.e reference to his own administrate which did not commence until af expiration of the fiscal ye r j whose transactions the |>r. ■ i.i t is chiefly concerned. Tl:e r. ;> »rt |»;v- sents a auioiit t of statistical in formation constituting the operations of the department. The imp irtant points of which are g'ven as follows: The total expenditures of the depart ment during the fiscal year e .din,' June 30, ISSO, were- $16,542.80S 68. The reveiim s were as follows: Ordi nary receipts, $32.934,789.30 ; receipts from money orders, $269,205.25, and receipts fr ni ffioial stamps and stamp ed enve! >pes, sll 1 534 72 ; total, $33,- 315,4 7'J.3-i. Excess of expenditures over receipts $3,227,323.34 Included in the above statement of receipts and expenditures is the sum of $440 983 30 paid on liab.lities incurred in the pre vious fiscal year. Deducting this sum from the aggregate amount it leaves as the actual expenditures on account of the service for the year $ >6,101,820,- 38. The amount appropriated for the service of the fiscal year 1879-80, in cluding sums appropriated by special acts, was $37,757,059.87. The emount expended for 1879-80 was $50,101,- 820.38, leaving and unexpended bal ance of appropriations tor the year of $1,655,269.49. This balance will fie largely reduced when unadjusted lia* bilities for the year have been reported and paid. The estimated expenditures for tne fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, are $42,475,932. The ordinary revenues are estimated at $38,545,- 174.10 Estimated revenues from money order business $300,000. Total esti mated revenue for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1882. $88,845,174 10. Estimated excess of expenditures to lie appropriated out of the general trea sury as a deficiency, $3,530,757.90. The appropriation is recommended tor the continuance of special mail facili ties on railroads, such as extra trains with mails only, and the acceleration of regular trains carrying mails, etc. It will be impossible to maintain the service at its present state of efficie cy without this appropriation. The Postmaster General suggests the establishment of the p »stal savings system, and also of postal telegraphs, iu the country in the following terms : One of my predecessors some years since recommended the incorporation iuto the department of a system of pos tal savings The subject has from time to time occupied the attention of Congress for several years. The sys tem ha tieen in operation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; aud in Canada. When in Loudon re cently Her Majesty's Postmaster Gen eral kindly gave me facilities for ob serving the management ot his depart- j meut. I learned that the postal sav ings system had been remarkably sue- ' cessful, and had constantly grown in popular favor. As managed iu that country it is a source of some profit to the government. In this country 1 in- i ciine to the belief that tbe system j would have advantages "Veil greater than iu a compact population like that of Great Britain In bv far the larger portion of the United States there are j no savings depositories, and are not likely to be. To the people of these j parts the use of the postoftice for this purpose would be a real boon. It j would be an additional advantage that deposits would be available at any de- ! pository office in the U. States, an im portant consideration with a people so migratory as ours. It is believed the system would interfere ittle with the business of savings banks, but would absorb funds not now deposited in them. Nor would the patronage of the government be sensibly increased, since the system would be operated hy persons already in public service, with no considerable addition to their numbers. Your attention and the at tention of Congress is respectfully in vited to it. , Mr. Mavnard renews for the con sideration of Congress the suggestion made by his predecessor that the word "fraudulent," as it occurs in sections 3,929 and 4,041 of the revised statutes preceding the word "lottery," should be stricken out. He says, that Con gress, while expressly forbidding the use of ordinary mail to all lottery com panies, whether fraudulent or not, should intend to afford the special se curity of the registry system and con venience and safety of the money order ; system to persons engaged in einploy ! ments declared by the Supreme Court ! of the United States to be "deinoraliz i ing in their effects, no matter how ' carefully regulated," unless express i proof of frauil can be made against i such companies, is not to be assumed. ! Congress will not intentionally aid iu i demoralizing the public by affording extraordinary postal facilities to per sons or companies whose business ac complishes this result. | He further says that 'he legal posi tions taken by his predecessor concern ing the power of the Postollice Depart -1 nient to exclude lotteries from the use | of the in iils nn et his approval, and under the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Stone vs. State of Mississippi, lie has felt it to be his official duty also to give full effect to I Ik? action of any State Legislature iu its efforts to re lieve itself from the evil consequences of pernicious legislation in the past. 1 A remark that always provokes a 'smile,' "What'll you take?" A little bov weeping mopt piteously was interrupted by some unusual oc currence lie hub' •! his cries lor a moment, the thou lit was b:ok< n, "Mn," MI d he, resuming his sniffle, 4 "what was 1 crying abuiu judt uOw ?" BOSSES. The Brooklyn Eagle is a Democratic journal of acknowledged ability, nnd its late remarks upon "Bosses" are as significant as they are truthful. I Josses >»nd through organization," it says, "are incompatible." This truth, which is constant'v forgotten in both parties, the Eagle elucidates very clearly. "The success of organization depends upon reason. The success of the boss is due to underhand arts." And the Eagle says what every young man should remember—for nothing is more constantly proved—that "no young man can hope for the favor of a >s who does not begin by cultivat or the temper of a lickspittle." This i- :tM of the Democratic boss in New York by a Democratic paper, but it is as true of Republican bosses every where. The rule of bosses redn - es political success to the favor of one man, who owes his power, not to abil ty and natural superiority, but to a system which he did not originate, but of which lie takes ad van tag?. The power of John Kelly is not derived iroin natural mastery, like the leader ship of Henry (.'lay or Mr. Gladstone. It rests wholly upon patronage. It is at every point venal and mercenary. A boss is a politician whose sole business is politics in the lowest sense, of buy ing men with place, or promise or hope of place, to serve his personal ends. If they knew that he could pay no price for their devotion, they would not be devoted. Hut by patronage the boss controls caucuses and conventions; he dictates and carries nominations; and once in possession of the "regular" or ganization, his will becomes the voice of the party. To oppose it is to pro mote the success of the party ; and un less the oter thinks his party boss a greater evil than party defeat, he swal lows his chagrin, and supports the party. The Mayoralty vote in New York, however, showed lhat a multitude of Democrats preferred the defeat of the "regular" party candidate for Mayor Even their party loyalty would n >t in duce them to recognize Mr. Kelly as an irresponsible dictator. The rebuke of the result, we trust, will be heeded by all bosses. The moral is that mere "regularity" is not enough, because "regularity" may involve hostility to tundamental principles and institutions. We heard an exceedingly foolish Re publican say, at the close of the cam paign. in a public speech, "I am a lie publican, right or wrong." A man who puts such a silly declaration into practice is a contemptible public ene my. A man may sacrifice preferences, but not principles. He may sacrifice lesser interests to greater iu a political campaign. Aut when he does what he feels to be wrong, at the command of his party, every #;ood patriot justly demises him. A man belongs to ft party in order to secure what he be lieves to be right and beet for the country. When he supports it in do ing what he thinks to be wrong and hurtful to the common welfar j , he is scuttling the ship. It is upon this kind of mean servility that busses depend tor their ascenden cy. The man who is a Republican right or wrong is the lickspittle of I whom the Eayle speaks in its own party, and he is heartily despised bv i the master who uses him. The Dem ocrats in New York who refused to vote the regular Democratic ticket for Mayor, like the Republicans who last I year scratched part of their State tick j et, are a staudiug warning' to bosses. Such party men are the proof that a mere label of regularity is not enough, i They are, of course the subject of much j "machine" opprobrium. But they have a comfortable power. They and j they alone, for instance, have m ide 1 Mr. Garfield President. Had the Re | publican voters who, for reasons satis factory to themselves, rejected "regu larity" in part of the State ticket last , year, rejected it in the general ticket j this year, General Hancock would j have been elected. "Deputy Demo- I crat," undoubtedly, front one point of 'view; but from another, independent Republicans. The moral, again, for bos-es to consider is that the small and independent number who make the majority wear no collar. They be long to the party for the sake of the country, and not of a boss. It is not those who are Republican* right or wrong, but those who are Republicans ! r ght, who give the party its hold upon I the country, and to whom the party is indebted for its late victory. So John Ivellv has learned that the important poi'it for him to ponder is not whether he can carry the 1100 Tammany heel ers who wear his collar, but whether he can carry Democrats like Mr. Wick ham and hi.-s friends for anything to which lie attached his label. Organi zation i-> indispensable to party suc cess. Hut intelligence and discussion are essential to organization. Bosses are fatal, because their rule is that of stupid severity— Harper's Weekly. I'.SKS Of Wvm k PAPER.—; A writer says that few housekeepers are aware of the many uses to which waste paper may be put. After a stove has been blacked it can be kept looking well for a long time by rubbing it with paper every morning. Rubbing it with paper , is a much nicer way of keeping the out side of a tea-kettle clean than the old | way of washing it in suds. Rubbing them with paper is also the best way of polishing knives and tin. ware after scouring them. If a little soap be held on the paper in rubbing tin ware and spoons, thev -hine like new silver. For polishing mirrors, windows, lamp chim neys, etc., paper is better than dry cloth, Preserves and pickles keep much better if brown paper instead of cloth is tied over the jar. Canned fruit is not apt to mould if a piece of writing paper, cut to lit each can, is laid direct ly upon the fruit. Paper is much bet ter to put under carpets than straw. It is thinner, warmer and makes less noise when one walks over it. Two thicknesses of paper placed between the other coverings on a bed are as warm as a quilt. If it is necessary to step upon a chair, always lav a paper upon it, and thus save the paint aad wood t work from damage. AOIKKTINIKti HATCH, One ("in are, one insertion, #1 ; each scba* ineot insertion, 60 cents. Yearly advc-rtUemc nt • ii-reduig one-fourth of a column, #5 per inch 'igure work double thene tates; addition* ■ i km tviieru i. i iitly or monthly changes arc m..Je advertisements 10 cents per tin* for iir-t insertion, ami scent» per line for each additional i;r ertion. Marriages and deaths pub i i i fri'i' «.f chwgf. Obituary roticev charged e • adv. rri- rnei.tr. and payable when handed Is Vu lil')is' NVt-'ee, *4 : Kxecntor#' and Adminia tratonT Notices. *3 each; Entray. Caution an* Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines, each. From the fact that the CITIZEN is the oldea* estab i.-hcd cud mt*t extensively circulated Ra publican newspaper in Butler county, (a Repufc lioa. county) it must l»e apparent" to businea* men that it if the medium they should use ia flvenixinp their business. NO. 4 THE WEATHER PROPHETS WISDOM. The two most eminent and audacioas prognosticators of the age, Mr. Tic«, of St Louis, and Mr. Vennor, of Montreal, have made out their weather programme for the winter. Mr. Vennor predicts "tremendous snow falls as far sou h as Washington;" Mr. Tice,"hcavv rains in the south and heavy snows ia the north, with extremely low tempera ture. " The latter, casting his propbetio eye still further ahead, says also that we have entered upon a period of un usual pertur ations.of which the maxi mum will not be reached before a year from next fall. All of which signifies that if these weather wiseacres know what they are talking about, we may expect to be hurried in snow this win ter and washed out with floods in the spring; to be convusled with all sorts of elemental irregularities for a year or two longer—be shaken up with earth quakes, perhaps swept with cyclones, frozen into ice blocks, and blasted with thunderbolt*. Therefore the Post sug gests, in the language of the preacher, that those who haw houses had better be putting them in order. Such is the perversion of the present generation, however, that even these oracular utterances of disaster will prob ably give it no concern. It is more than likely that people will go on as usual, marrying and giving in mar rage, ma king money and making merrv, schem ingfor "soft places"uuder the new ad ministration and lobbying "jobs" through Congress, although unmindful of the mischief that Jupiter, the arch disturber of the planetary family, may be concocting for their special edifica tion. lii the meantime, the sled makers and the livery men will congraulate them selves on the prospect of this season's sleighing, the ice dealers will rejoice in the certainty of an abundant crop on which to raise the prices next summer, and the lightening rod agents will take to the road again in the multiplied numbers and sublimer impudence. Even our Democratic friends,who are just now sadly in need of consolation, may iind some grains of comfort in the thought that, whatever catastrophes are about to befall us, they can all be charged up to the Republican party, whk b, claiming, as it does, sole credit for tLc blessings of the past, must by parity of reasoning, beheld responsible for everything to the contrary in the future. ELI PERKINS AT MENTOR. ASHTABULA, ()., Nov. t).—When I got to Garfield's Mentor farm, I looked around to see the growing crops ; but I didn't see any. "Didn't the General raise anything here this summer ?" I asked the hired man. "Certainly, sir ; but everything's been carried oIT as mementoes by the visiting delegations." "What! Carrots and beets ? Have they carried them all off ?" I asked. "Lord bless yer, yes ; and cabbages too! The visiting delegations have cleaned the farm. The German dele gation carried off the last cabbage; and last week the Irish delegation carried off the last potato. Pumpkins went last June. The Indiana delegation took 'em ; and. after Grant and Couklingand Cameron left, we couldn't find a brier wood pipe or a meerschaum holder on the place. You ought to have heard the General talk, though, when they carried off his carrots." "Why, who carried off carrots ?" "Well, the. last delegation was a door-yard full of women from Cleve land. Of course they looked around for flowers in the garden; but, when they couldn't find even a poppy-bed, they went out and dug up the General's carrots; and you'll see 'em now in the parlor windows in Cleveland. A clergy man down at Youngstown keeps a cab bage on his piano. He says Garfield presented it to the visiting clergymen. An Illinois man, the chairman of a working man's delegation, carried off the front gate. A delegation of busi ness men carried off a barrel of pork and two firkins sf butter. But the worst of all was the editoral delega tion." "What did the editors do?" "Why, they carried off the family Bible and the lids to the cooking-stove; and the next morning you ought to have heard the General's remarks when he had to go over to Dr. Robinson's to attend family prayers." "The delegations and friends often filled up the house didn't they ?" I a.^keil. "Well, I should say they did. The night after Cameron and Grant came, Gen. Garfield slept in the barn, and Mrs. Garfield stood up in her night clothes in the ball all night long. It was a common thing to put eight or nine Senators into the same room. Even John L »gan slept up in the garret with the children, and Conkling slept between two colored delegates f:om Indiana." "But the Genereal has his house left ?" 1 suggested, looking around. "Yes, the house is here, and the well. They couldn't carry the well off. In fact, for the last week relics have been furnished by the General H neigh bors. This has saved the house. Dr. Robinson sent over eight loads of tur nips yesterday, Mr. Aldrich says he will bring over several litters of pigs to-morrow, and Mr. Johnson brought over pumpkins enough this morning to supply us until the inauguration. That is what sent the General up to Cleve land—to get more spoons and crock ery after the visiting clergymen left." KM I'EHKINS. Flattery is like cologne water, to !>e sniffed at, not swallowed. A young man of Dansville, N. tried to drown his mother in a hogs head, liut the old lady resuscitated, and his scheme to get possession of her money was frustrated. A preacher in Syracuse recently told his congregation that if the women would all dance l»y themselves in a ten ncre lot, surrounded by a high board fence, and the men in another enclos ure of the same kind, there would tbei> be no burin in dancing.