PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNINGn the third story of the brick block corner of Main

and Huron streets,ANN ARBOR, - - MICHIGAN.

Entrance on Huron street, opposite the GregoryHouse.

B L I H U :o. OÊ oixrao,

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

Terms, S3.00 a year, or SI.50 in advance.

OFl l , 2 w. I 3 w. G w. 3 m. 6 m. 1 year

wo! vfsi

Twelve lines or less considered a squareCards in Directory, $1.00 u line per yearBusiness or special notices 12 cents a line for the

lirst insertion, and 8 cents for each subsequent in-sertion. *

Yearly advertisers have the privilege of chancingtheir advertisements quarterly. Additional chanting will be charged for. a

Advertisements unaccompanied by written orverbal directions will bo published three monthsand charged accordingly.

Legal advertising, first insertion, 70 cents perfolio; 85 cents per folio for each subsequent inser-t ion. When a postponement is added to an advertise-ment, the whole will be charged the same as the first

i usertfon.

JOB PRINTING.Pamphlets, Posters, Handbills, Circulars, Cards,

Ball Tickets. Labels, Blanks, Bill-Heads and othervarieties of Plain and Fancy Job Printing executedwith promptness, and in the best possible style.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.DONALD MACLEAN, M. I>., Physician andBurgeon. Office and residence 71 Huron streetAnn Arbor. Office hours from 8 to 9 a. m and from1 to 3 p. m.

VOLUME XXXIII. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MA^ 24, 1878. NUMBER 1688.

MRS. SOPHIA VOIXAND, M. D., Physi-cian and Surgeon. Office at residence, 4* Anne treet. Will attend to all professional calls prompt-ly, day or night.

W H. JACKSON, Dentist, office corner of• Main and Washington streets, over Bach kAbel's store, Ann Arbor, Mich. Anesthetics admin-istered if required.

MACK & SCHMIJ), dealers in Dry Goods,. Groceries, Crockery, etc., No. 54 South MainMstreet.

I> ACH & ABEL, dealers in Dry Goods, Gro-Arbor*Mkn ° tC ' ' N ° ' ̂ S ° U t h M " ' U s t r ee t> A n n

"ITTM. WAGNEK, dealer in Ready-Made Cloth-TT mg, Cloths, Cassimeres, Yestings, Trunks,

Carpet Bags, etc., 21 South Main street.

C SCHAKISKKLK, Teacher of the Piano-forte.. Pupils attain the desired skill in piano-play-ing by a systematic course of instruction Forterms apply at residence, No. 12 W. Liberty street,Aim Arbor. Prompt attention paid to piano-tuning!

KATIE J. ROGERS, PoTtaiitT Painter Por^traits painted to order either irom life or pho-tographs. Instructions given in Drawing andPainting by the system used in Academies of De-eigu. Studio, No. 7, cor. Division and Ann streets.

j . D. HARTLEYTIM. D.,AND

MKS. SOPHIA HARTLEY, M. D.,GERMAN AND ENGLISH

PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.OfHce and residence, No. 18 Thompson, corner of

Thompson and William Btreets, Ann Arbor MichMrs. Dr. Hartley will limit her practice to the treat-ment of diseases peculiar to Ladies and Children

MISS MANTIE M. MILNER,

TEACHER OF THE PIANO.

Instruction given at the residence of the pupil ifdesired. *

For terms inquire at residence, No. 48 South State1614

EUGENE K FRUEAUFFA T T O R N E Y AT LAW,

AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.All business promptly attended to. Office No 8

East ^Yashington street, Rinsey & Seabolt-H block.

NOAH W. OHEEVER,A T T O R N E Y A T L A W

JOHN L. BURLEIGH,

Attorney and Counselor at Law,

No. 24 Bank Block, second floor,

ANN ARBOR, - - MICHIGAN.

HENRY R. HILL^A T T O R N E Y A T L A W

And D e a l e r in R e a l Es t a t e .

^Office, No. 3 Opera House Block, ANN ARBOR.

EVERYBODY SAYS THATREVENAUGH

IS THE

Boss Photographer of Ann Arbor.

28 East Huron Street, upstairs.

J. H. NICKELS,Dealer in

FRESH & SALT MEATS,Hams , Sausages, Lard, e tc . ,

STATE STREET, OPPOSITE NORTHWEST COR-NER OF UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

Orders promptly rilled. Farmers having meatst^sell should give him a call. 1568-yl

THE ANN ARBOE

SAVINGS BANKAnn Arbor, Michigan.

Capital paid in * 30,000.00Capital security 100,000.00

Transacts a general Banking Business ; buys andsells Exchange on New York, Detroit and Chicago ;sells Sight Drafts on all the principal cities ofEurope; also, sells Passage Tickets to Liverpool,London and Glasgow, via the Anchor Lino of Steam-ships, whose rates are lower than most other first-class lines.

This Bank, already haviDg a large business, in-vite merchants and others to open accounts withthem, with the assurance of the most liberal dealingconsistent with safe banking.

In the Savings Department interest Is paid at therate of five per cent, per annum, payable semi-an-nually, on Ihe first days of January and July.on allsums that have remained on deposit three monthsprevious to those days, thus affording the people ofthis city and county a perfectly safe depository fortheir funds, together with a fair return in interestfor the same.

Money to Loan on Approved Securit ies.

DIBECTOKS—Christian Muck, W. w. Wines, W DHarrinun, Daniel Hiscock, R. A. Beal, Wm. Deubefand VVUlard B. Smith. '

OFFICERS:CHRISTIAN MACK, W. W. WINES,

President. Vice PresidentCHAS. E. HISCOCK, Cashier.

A CARD.The undersigned respectfully informs his friends,

and the public of Ann Arbor and vicinity, that hehas purchased the stock ofDrugs, Medicines, Toilet Articles,

Dye Stuffs, Ac.,Formerly owned by thi late George Grenville, andthat he w.ll continue the drug business, in all itsbranches, at the old stand,

NO. 5 SOUTH MAIN STREET.By giving strict attention to business, and selling

goods at reasonable prices, he hopes to merit a shareof thi public patronage.

W Particular attention will be paid to the com-pounding and filling of Physicians' Prescriptions bycompetent assistants. EMANUEL MANN

Ann Arbor, March 25, 1878.

EBEBBA0H & SON,

ists,12 South Main St.,

Keeps on hand a large and well selected stock of

DRUGS,MEDICINES,

CHEMICALS,DYE STUFFS

ARTISTS' & WAI FLOWER MATERIALSToilet Articles, Trusses, Etc*

PURE WINES AND LIQUORSSpecial attention paid to the furnishing of Pby

Bicians, Chemists, Schools, etc., with Pailosopbica*»d Chemical Apparatus, Bohemian Ohemicau | l w*aro, Porcelain Ware, Pure Uoae«it8| etc.

1 vsicians' prescriptions Cftrpfully prepared t

TELEMACHU8 VS. MENTOR*

BY BRET HARTE,

Don't mind me, I beg you, old fellow, 111 do ver;well here alone;

You must not be kept from your "German" because I've dropped iu like a stone ;

Leave all ceremony behind you, leave all thought oaught but yourself,

And leave, if you like, the Madeira, and a dozencigars on the shelf.

As for me, you will say to our hostess— Well,scarcely need give you a cue.

Chant my praise ! All will list to Apollo, thoughMercury pipe to a few;

Say just what you please, my dear boy; there'smore eloquence lies in youth's rash

Outspoken heart-impulse than ever growled underthis grizzling mustache.

Go, don the dress-coat of our tyrant—youth's panophed armor for fight—

And tie the white neckcloth that rumples, like pleaeure, and lasts but a night,

And pray tho Nine Gods to avert you what time theTbrre Sisters shall frown,

And you'll lose your high-comedy figure, and simore at ease in your gown.

He's off I There's his foot on the staircase. ByJove, what a bound! Really now

Did / ever leap like this springald, with Love'schaplet green on my brow?

Was I Buch an ass ? No, I fancy. Indeed, I re-member quite plain ;

A gravity mixed with my transports, a cheerf u lnesssoftened my pain.

He's gone ! There's the slam of his cab door, there'sthe clatter of hoofs and the wheels,

And while he the light toe is tripping, in this arm-chair I'll tilt up my heels.

He's gone, and for what? For a tremor from awaist like a teetotum spun; r- - » . — . . _

For a rose-bud that's crumpled by many before itis gathered by one.

Is there naught in the halo of youth but the glow ofa passionate race—

'Midst tho cheers and applause of a crowd—to thegoal of a beautiful face?

A raca that is not to the swift, a prize that no meritsenforce,

But is won by some faineant youth who shall simplywalk over the course ?

Poor boy \ shall I shock his conceit T When he talksof her cheek's loveliness,

Shall I say 'twas the air of the room, and was dueto carbonic excess ? --*« (110" 1

That, when waltzing sho drooped on his breast, andthe veins of her eyelids grew dim,

'Twas oxygen's atsence she felt, but never the pros-enco of him ?

Shall I tell him First Love is a fraud, a weaklingthat'B strangled in birth,

Recalled with perfunctory tears, but lost in unsanc-tified mirth ?

Or shall I go bid him believe in all womankind'scharm, and forget .

In the light ringing laugh of tlie world the rattle-snake's gay castanet?

Shall I tear out a leaf from my heart, from the bookthat forever is shut

On the past? Shall I speak of my first love—Au-gusta—my Lalage ? But

I forgrt. Was it really Augusta? No, 'TwasLucy! No. Mary! No. Di I

Never mind, they were all first, and faithless, andr mind, they were all first, ayet—I've forgotten just why.

No, no. Let him dream on and ever. Alas ! he willwaken too soon;

And it doesn't look well for October to always bepreaching at June.

Poor boy! All his fond foolish trophies pinnedyonder—a bow, from her hair,

A few billets-doux, invitations, and—what's this ?My name! I declare.

Humph! " You'll come, for I've got you a prize—with beauty and money no end:

You know her, I think; 'twas on dit she once wasengaged to your friend;

But she says that's all over." Ah, is it? SweetEthel! Incomparable maid!

Or—what if the thing were a trick?—this letter sofreely displayed—

My opportune presence! No! nonsense! Will no- \body answer the bell ?

Call a cab I Half past ten! Not too late yet. Oh,Ethel! Why don't you go ? Well ?

" Master said you would wait—" Hang your mas-ter ! " Have I ever a message to send ?"

Yes, tell him I've gone to the German to dnnce withthe friend of his friend.

—Earper'e Magazine for June,

ROBERT BRAMLEIGH'S WILL.

It had been a busy day with me. Ihad been working hard getting up evi-dence in a railway-accident case, and wasputting up my papers with a sigh ofrelief. Another forty minutes and Ishould be at home. I could almostsmell the boiled capon and oyster saucewhich I knew were being prepared forme. "There's many a slip 'twixt thecup and the lip," says the proverb; andin my case it proved only too true; for,just as I was tying up the last bundle ofpapers, the office boy put his head in atthe door and dispelled the tempting vis-ion.

" A woman to see you, if you please,sir. She won't give no name. Saysshe's a stranger."

"A stranger!" I repeated. "Whatis she like ? Is she a common person ?"

" Not exactly, sir," replied the lad."A lady?" I asked."Oh, no, sir.""What is she, then?"Arthur was a droll lad. I had brought

him to London from the country, tooblige an old college friend. I amafraid that he was not of much use inthe office, but he used to keep the otherclerks in a good temper by his amusingways and dry remarks.

Arthur paused, as if considering, andthen, with a look of intelligence, asmuch as to say that he had hit the nailon the head this time, he answered:

Wei], sir, she's a sort of betwixt andbetween."

"Not a bad definition, Arthur. Askthe 'betwixt and between' up-stairs."

A tall, middle-aged woman enteredand took the seat I placed for her.

My visitor removed her gloves, and,carefully smoothing them, placed themon the table beside her. She then pro-duced from her pocket a large foolscapenvelope, from which she drew a pieceof paper folded longways. This shehanded to me, explaining, in a hard, mo-notonous voice, that she had been sentto me by her master, Mr. Robert Bram-leigh, of Ooleman street, who was dan-gerously ill—in fact, was not expectedto live many hours. The paper, shesaid, had been written by his direction,and signed by him for his will that after-noon. Fearing lest it should not be ina proper form, he had desired her totake it to the nearest lawyer and haveone prepared according to the law.

I unfolded the paper and read as fol-lows :

In the name of God, Amon. 1 leave mybody to the ground and my eoul to AlmightyGod who gave it. Now this is the will of me.Robert Bramleigh, of 559 Coleman street. Igi»e and leave all my houses, lauds, money,and everything that I have, to Hannah Chur-ton, my housekeeper, as a reward for her longand faithful services. Signed by me on Tues-day, Deo. 12, 18G8. ROBERT BHAMLEIGH.

Witnesses—James Burn, Margaret Sims.I examined the writing carefully. The

signature, "Robert Bramleigh," wasweak and shaky. The will itself waswritten in a masculine-looking hand ofsingular decision and boldness. Thecharacters were large and well formed.

The will had evidently been preparedby some one who hawt *\» Knrly near. Two morp headshung from the trees in cages. Formiles many of the trees along the roadswere stripped of their bark five, ten andtwenty feet above the ground for food.Several houses were passed with doorsand windows open, jars an.l other uten-sils inside; nobody was left, and noth-ing had been touched, for they couldnot be turned into money nor food.

"Beyond this I was gladdened by thesight of wheat appearing from underthe snow for a distance of ten miles,where the springs had furnished waterfor irrigation. The people told me thatlast season the crop was very promisingup to the time of plowing, then a sud-den flood and mildew blasted theirhopes, and left them nothing but straw.

"Feb. 5.—This afternoon, at Hung-tung, we saw the dead actually heapedon each other. On the main street wasa man lying dead with the edge of a bigstone between his teeth—lie expiredbiting a stone. Saw two men grindingsomething very dark, and, on goingnear, learned it was the husks of milletmixed with old cotton wadding. Peo-ple are now pulling down their housesfor fuel, lor coal is too dear for them.

"Feb. 7.—I bought three stonecakes, which I saw men eating. It wasthe same stone as our soft stone pen-cils (probably talcose slate), and ispounded to dust and mixed with millethusks and baked. It does not look bad,but tastes like what it is—dust. Thiswas the worst day of the journey. Therewere more dead bodies on the roadsidethan before when we went by ; we count-ed twenty-nine in a distance of eighteenmiles. Some of them seemed to havebeen robbed and left to die; one woman,robbed of all she had and left, stillmoved, though unconscious of any onepassing by. Another headless trunkproved that some murdered as well asrobbed. I was away from my housefourteen days, and send an account ofonly a few of the dreadful sights I havescan.

From others I learn that along thewhole route from Fang-in Szchuen here(a distance of over 500 miles) dead menlay by the roadside every now and then.In Kansuh, far in the Northwest, grainwas abundant, but grew scarcer eachstep as one approached the northern dis-tricts of Shansi. This year the cold hadbeen unusually severe in the region ofthe Yellow river. Soft stone is sold atfrom a half to a third of a cent perpound, and bark at less than a cent perpound—both for food. But the poopledie of constipation. Grain is three orfour times the usual price, turnips andcabbage five or six times.

" It is almost impossible to ascertainhow many have died from famine. AtPing-yang, the people said that twolarge pits had been filled, and two cartswere daily employed in carting the dead.The deaths in the hamlets among thehills are far more than in towns alongthe great thoroughfares or near rivers.In one district it was reported that one-third had died; in another, three-fifths.Whoever I asked coming from thesouthern departments of the province,Puchan, Kiang. Ping-yang, declared thaione-half of the people were gone; andinstanced villages numbering 300, 40Cand 500 inhabitants, in which only 10Csurvived. Still, even if these estimatesare exaggerations, wiiat will it be at theend of the famine !

"The Government is doing what iican. The lowest allowance I heard oiwas 10 cents, and the highest 30 cents amonth to each individual; in the capi-tal 20,000 persons go to three soup kitch-ens outside the gates. Whore grain isdistributed, two or three ounces a dayto each person is the limit. I have thebest authority for saying that in manydistricts men are eating human fleshCoal rises in price because it is unsafeto go to the mines alone to get it, forthe persons will be stripped, and theirhorses, cows, mules or doQ^eys ^for food."

ST. PETERSBURG wuftseBses, 670,000habited bouses. Hive first brick d

ing was built in 1810, two years beforethe city was made the seat of Govern-ment. Excluding still-born children,no fewer than 5,725 deaths occurredthere between May and August last, orover thirty-four in every 1,000 of popu-lation.

PARIS EXPOSITION.

The American Department—The Art Dis-play.

[Paris Cor. New York Herald.]The great Exposition continues to be

the uppermost topic in this city, whichnever better deserved the epithet of thegay capital than now. Marked progresshas been made in all the departments,particularly the American section, whereanother week will, it is to be hoped, findeverything complete.

The educational exhibition, with itsvarious appliances, which will be oneof the most interesting features of theAmerican department, has noj; yet beenlocated.

A beautiful model of a Pullman palacecar excites general curiosity in the ma-chinery annex, Our steam engines, ourcompressed-air brakes, and labor-savingmachines equally sustain our characterfor practical ingenuity.

Space has been reserved for Edison'stelephone and phonograph and other in-ventions, which will be daily exhibited.

The-fine art collection of the Exhibi-tion is remarkable both for the numberand high quality of the works exhibited.3ome idea may be gathered from thefact that the artists and art patrons of;he various countries have contributedthe following number of oil paintings:France, 861; Great Britain, 283; UnitedStates, 86; Sweden, 82; Norway, 38;Spain, 115; Hungary, 61; Russia, 144;Switzerland, 93; Belgium, 300; Greece,44; Denmark, 76; Holland, 102: Italy,L66; Luxemburg, 2; Republic of Santfarino, 2; Peru, 3; Japan, 2; Hayti 1;Uruguay, 4. The German collection has

not yet been opened.Besides these there are innumerable

water colors, pastels and architecturallesigns.

The statuary, and particularly theMian contribution thereto, includes

many fine specimens of the sculptor'start.

Among the many mechanical curiosi-ies of the Exhibition is an automatonwimmer, who natates in a tank withhe grace of a professor of the art andhe tirelessness of a Society Islander.There is also an automaton preacher,

who has only to be wound up and offne goes, carrying out Oarlyle's idea of aart-iron parson to the letter.Dinners, balls and fetes succeed each

ither with bewildering rapidity. Min-sterial and private entertainments in-umerable are given. The event of last

week in this respect was the grand ballriven to the Prince and Princess of Wales)y the Princesse de Saigon. It was amagnificent affair. Twelve hundred in-vitations were issued,

The electric light plays a great part inhese fetes. In the garden its effect. issertectiy iairy-HXe. It Vias just been m-roduced on the stage at the Theater duihatelet.

A Prussian Duel.A Captain in the Sixty-fourth Prussian

egiment had been paj ing attention tohe young wife of the Adjutant of theegiment, and had allowed himself topeak publicly in a cynical manner oflis intimacy with her. The remarkslaving been repeated by his brother of-icers to the husband, the latter laid thematter before the Court of Honor of hisregiment, and, with the sanction of this,ribunal, a duel between the officers wasarranged. The Lieutenant, being thechallenger, demanded that the duelshould be fought with pistols; the firstihots to be fired at fifteen paces' distance,he opponents then being at liberty toidvance to within five paces of one an-)ther and the firing to be continued un-il one or other of the opponents should)e so severely wounded as to be unable;o fire any longer. The meeting tookDlace in an open space in a wood nearhe town. At the first exchange of shots;he bullet of the Lieutenant grazed butdid not seriously injure the Captain;and, at the fourth round, the latter shotlis adversary through the the right lungind heart. The corpse of the Lieuten-ant was taken to Angermunde, where,he usual inquest was held, and thenceo Prenzlau, where the deceased officer,who was only 29 years of age, wasjuried with military honors. In an or-der published by the commander of theregiment it was announced that Lieut.W. had died suddenly and blamelessly.

The New Apportionment of Ohio.The Columbus correspondent of the

,hicago Times says: There has beenconsiderable discussion over Ohio as tothe political status of the Congressionalapportionment. Taking the districts asfixed by the new law gives thirteenDemocratic and seven Republican dis-tricts, figuring upon the last Presiden-tial vote as a basis. The majorities inthe districts on that basis were as fol-lows:

• ,— Majority.—-—iDistricts. Democrat. Kepublican.

First 670Second 75Third 2,123FourthFifth 4,W5Sixth 8.028SeventhKighth 3,«8Ninth 1,6'*Tenth 856Eleventh 514T welf thThirteenth 859Fourteenth 1,81(5Fifteenth *,80SSixteenth 87USeventeenthFJghteenthNinteenthTwen ieth

6,070

1,013

6,1813,664

11,80(13,773

AGRICULTURAL AND DOJiEHlIC.

The P«or F a r m e r .Too poor to take a paper,

Too poor to join the Grange!So when the price was raising,

He did not know the change,And polrl his wheat for a dollar—

'Twas worth a quarter more,And now the man is poorer

Than he had been before.

His neighbor Lookout told him,This sid^ the market town,

He phould have come In sooner,While groceries were down,

" But then perhaps 'tis eren,Hince corn is on the riee,

And what you gain by waiting,Will pay for your supplies."

" Corn rising ? Why, I sold it!The chap who bought my wheat

Said, this year corn was plenty,But mine was hard to beat.

And so he paid three shillings—•What! everywhere 'tis four?

The difference would give meA hundred dollars more."

He drew the reins and started,With Bpirits Badly down,

And did a, heap of thinkingBefore he reached the town.

The upshot of the mutterYou easily might guess;

This year he takes two papers,And could not do with less.

Mary's Little Lamb.The following is the Chinese version

of Mary and her lamb:Was gal name Moll had lamb,

Fica all samee white snow ;Evly place Moll gal walkee,

Ba B:i hoppee long too.We heard a son of Erin trying to sur-

round Mary and her little lamb the otherday, and this is the way he understood it:

Begorry, Mary had a little shape,And the wool was white intoirly;

An', wherever Mary wud sthir her sthumps,The young shape would follow her complately.

—Council Mull's Globe.So celebrated a poem should have a

French version:La petite Marie had le June niuttong,

Zee wool was blanehee as ze snow ;And, everywhere la belle Marie went,

Le June muttong was zure to go.—Imported poet of the Staivford Advocate.

Oui, monsieur; yoti avezun very largeimagination;maiscomment estthis, pourDeutsche:

Dot Mary hat got ein leedle schaf,Mit hair yust like some vool;

Und, all der blace dot gal did vent,Das shaf go like oiu fool.

—Hackensack Jlepublic m.

IN Texas the railway employes allcarry phot-guns strapped to their baoks,and tUe Poptoffioo Department has justissued an ordpr that each railroad PostalA t ' in t]w jftajte skaH ̂ ™ i i : |l

Around the Farm.THE coming industry, the production

of beet sugar.FRESH clover is good for little chicks

that are confined.Do NOT put a mortgage on the farm

unless you are sure the soil is strongenough to raise it.

INTEBROGATE your soil experimentally,and thus learn what is needed in thoform of fertilizers to produce thereon re-munerative crops.

THE composition of cheese, as foundin our markets, is stated thus : Goodkinds contain from 30 to 35, and inferiorkinds 38 to 45 per cent, of water; richsorts include from 25 to 30 per cent, offata, and about the same proportion ofalbuminates. Poor cheese often con-tains only 6 per cent, of fats, and 40 to50 per cent, of water. The amount ofash varies from 3 to 10 per cent.

MR. CHARLES DOWNING says in theNew York Tribune that, as a rule, novariety of apple can bear large crops an-nually, except on rich, deep soils, orwhere made so by enriching materialsannually, and even then, he thinks, atthe expense of the life or age «f the tree;that is, trees bearing large crops an-nually will not live as long as trees bear-ing moderate crops annually, or fullcrops alternate years.

GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden,and indeed it is the purest of all humanpleasures. It is the greatest refresh-ment to the spirits of man, withoutwhich buildings and palaces are butgross handiworks, and a man shall eversee that when ages grow to civility andelegance, men come to build statelysooner than to garden finely, as if gar-dening were the greater perfection.—Lord Bacon.

MARKING sheep, Moore's Jiwal says,is best done with Venetian red, a poundof which, costing only a few cents, issufficientforl.OOOhead. "Take apinchof the dry powder and draw the inclos-ing thumb and fingers through the woolat the spot you wish to mark, looseningthe powder as you do so, and it willcombine with the oil in the wool andmake a bright red stain that the rainswill never wash out, and which, withoutinjuring the wool, will endure from oneshearing to another, while it can bereadily cleaneed by tho manufacturer."

I HAVE been very much interested inwhat has been published in your col-umns about applying plaster or gypsumto clover fields. There is- no doubtwhatever of the profit and advantage ofthe process, and by applications likethis, with proper rotations of crops andpasturage of stock, the fields of theNorthwest may be constantly enrichedand made better every year. By thesimple rotation with clover alone, anddrain tile combined, that eminent farmerot wenevit, IT. SC., a-~**~ J ~ I — - _ ,stantly made his land richer and morevaluable, instead of the reverse, as is toooften the case in the West.—Cor. Prai-rie Farmer.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Detroit Postremarks that one who notices the horsesfor sale through the country will be sur-prised at the number of young animalsoffered at prices evidently less than thecost of raising them. They are general-ly fair-sized animals with some goodblood, but of no particular shape, andfit for no particular work, and so bringno particular price. The great sums re-alized for a few trotters has fired theimagination of many farmers, and ledthem a jack-o'-lantern dance through the"lottery" of breeding. They some-times stumble into a prize, but moreoften pay dearly for a blank.

About the House.BATTER PUDDING.—One cup molasses,

one cup sour milk, three small cupsflour, three eggs, one-fourth teaspo nfulscda, pice and fruit to taste. Steamthree hours.

BUTTERSCOTCH.—Take one pound ofsugar, three-quarters of a pint of water,and set over a slow fire ; when done addone and a half table-spoonfuls of butter,and lemon juice to flavor.

To MEND THE KETTLE.—Take a pieceof copper, heat red-hot, shape it to fit thohole, and rivet it with a hammer on bothsides; if it gets cold before yon get ittight, heat again and pound till closed.

RICH JUMBLES.— Bub to a cream apound of butter and a pound of sugar ;mix with it a pound and a half of flour,four eggs, and a very little brandy; rollthe cakes in powdered sugar; lay themon flat, buttered tins, and bake in aquick oven.

To COLOR WITH CATECHU.—One poundcatechu, four ounces of bichromate ofpotash, two ounces of alum, in with thecatechu. I put the catechu in sufficientwater to cslor the goods. When all dis-solved and hot, dip the goods in, andthen in the potash, dissolved in cold, softwater, dip till you get the requiredshade.

YELLOW, ORANGE, GREEN, AND BLUE.—For five pounds of cotton goods, dis-solve ten ounces of sugar of lead in coldwater enough to cover the goods ; letthem soak for half an hour. Dissolve incold water seven ounces of bichromateof potash (I pound the bichromate to afine powder to save work); take outyour goods and put in tho potash ; re-peat this several times, and you will havea nice yellow.

SUET PUDDING.—One cup of suet,chopped, one cup molasses, one cupsweet milk, three cups flour, one tea-spoon of soda, two teaspoons cinnamon,one-half teaspoon cloves, one-half tea-spoon ginger, one cup currants or raisins,after taking out the seeds. Sauce to beeiten on the above—Two cups sugar,one cup butter, one-half large nutmeg,one pint water ; put it in a basiu and letit boil; then thicken with flour or cornstarch. Tried and pronounced splendid.Steam the above pudding three hours.

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Wise and By num.The Boston Journal's Washington

correspondent recalls that at a night ses-sion in Congress away back in 1836 amember called Henry A. Wise to order,saying, "Though the gentleman fromVirginia is a bully, he shall not bullyme." " I bully that gentleman!" ex-claimed Wise. " I would as soon think ofbullying a fly." "You are a scoundrel,sir," retorted Byiium. '' You are arascal and an impertinent puppy!"screamed Wise, and they made for eachother. Other members got betweenthem, and in half an hour the belliger-ents had shaken hands.

SAMUEL L. • MASON, the Nationalnominee for Governor of Pennsylvania,enjoys tho distinction of being " thefather of the Greenback party in Weptern l i ' !

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1878.

THE BILL repealing the bankrupt lawis still on the Speaker's table in theHouse.

SOME political economist and finan-cier of the Ben Butler school has beeninflating tho specie currency at Gold-water with "bogus dollars."

REPORT says that Zack Chandler willbe the first witness examined by theHouso committee on the Presidentialfrauds. Zack "can a tale unfold" if heonly will.

MINISTER NO YES telegraphs homefrom Paris his desire to bj called as awitness before the House special com-mittee charged with the investigationof the Florida and Louisiana frauds.He will probably be gratified.

HAYES has a "next friend" on the in-vestigating committee, Gen. J. D. Cox;Reed, of Maine, is understood to be themouthpiece of Blaine ; and Hiscock, ofNew York, of Conkling. Ben Butlerwill bushwhack on his own account.

THE Democrats in Congress are dis-playing moro cheap demagogism andbogus economy than the times requirein their persistent attempts to cut downthe army and cripple the navy. Anarmy of 25,000—not all officers—is nolarger than the interests and safety ofthe nation demand.

THE HOUSE passed a bill on Wednes-day providing for the publication of anofficial advertising paper, in which allgovernment advertising is to be done.More interference with private businessand enterprise, and more pap-suckers tobe quartered upon the treasury. It waschampioned through by Ben Butler.

T H E Nationals or greenkackers ofJackson have voted to strike the nameof Mayor Higby from the rolls for a" violation of the pledges by which heobtained his office, and conduct unbe-coming a man and a gentleman, muchless the executive of a city." MayorHigby's offense was appointing an hon-est-money mau City Attorney. Thepot is boiling.

THE SENATE amended the House billplacing Geu. Shields on the retired listof the army, with the rank of briga-dier-general, by making Gen. Grant a" retired" general, and then killed thebill by a vote of 30 to 34. Half right:the last vote. A bad precedent wouldbe established by restoring Gen. Shieldsor any other officer now out of commis-sion and service, to rank and pay.

THE Adrian Press, greenbacker, saysthat "The Democratic party must standon a greenback platform, or be buriedon their gold basis." All right, betterbe buried on a gold basis than shroudedin greenbacks. But shades of Jeffersonand Madison and Jackson and Wrightand Benton and Marcy and Douglas,and all the other ereat uartv WHorawhat a sorry figure the Democracy

would cut on "a greenback platform ! "

THE Wyandotte Courier, one of theoldest and most ultra of the greenbackpapers of the State, names as guberna-torial candidates for the Nationals, J.W. Begole, of Flint, au ex-Congress-man ; C. C. Comstock, of Grand Rap-ids; Henry Whiting, of St. Clair ; andMoses W. Field, of Detroit. TheCourier also makes this gratifying re-mark touching coalition : "It takes twoto make a bargain, and the bad charac-ter of the Democracy is an insurmount-able barrier in the way of such consum-mation. The Nationals will not coa-leBce." Which we commend to some ofour Democratic friends who have ex-pressed a desire to bait the Democratichook with a rag baby.

The Democratic disposition is to call a con-vention to be held IU Lansing on Tuesday,June 25. At the recent conference in Detroitthere was developed a wonderful display ofsentiment on the currency question. Themajority favored greeubackism, but such meuHS Wm. L. Webber, Chauncy Joslin, Austinlilair and others demanded such a coalition,and toward the close angrily withdrew fromthe conference.—Coldwater Republican.

Now Austin Blair was not present atthe "conference" in question, and neitherhe, William L. Webber, nor ChauncyJoslin "demanded" ooalition with thegreenbackers, or " angrily withdrew."Besides, no vote was takeu ou the "cur-rency question," and a majority did notfavor " greenbackism." It would beexceeding difficult to lard a single briefparagraph with more abundant fiction.

IN THE House en Wednesday Mr.Harrison, of Illinois, offered resolutionsextending the investigation of Presi-dential frauds to Oregon and otherStates, and also declaring that " it is notnow in the powor of Congress, nor inthe purpose of this House through suchinvestigation, to annul the action of thoForty-fourth Congress" in declaring theelection of Hayes and Wheeler. On a yeaand nay vote as to the resolution raisinga privileged question 71 members votedyes and 50 no. The Republicans nearlyall withheld their votes and " no quo-rum" was the result. Messrs. Potter,Cobb, Cox, Morrison, and Stenger, ofthe special investigating committee, vo-ted yes. The Republican members hadit in their power to secure the adoptionof the resolutions and the esaential con-firmation of Hayes' title, but preferredtheir defeat to having the cry of " revo-lution" silenced.

—John Hurley, of Battle Creek, hasbeen fined #5 and costs for strikinghis wife. She entered a saloon wherehe was drinking, and struck the glass ofliquor from his lips, and he picked thecup up and hit her on the head with it.

—McConnell, a hotel proprietor, andEdward McCluro, a saloon keeper, afterplaying poker for money all night atBig Rapids, got into a fight, which re-sulted in McClure knocking McConnelldown with a chair, and severely if notfatally, injuring him. McClure is injail awaiting the result.

—Judge Tennanthas.dissolved the in-junction issued by Judge Green, on theapplication of the Genesee street Bridgecompany, restraining the city of EastSaginaw from constructing a freebridge. The city has raised a loan of#15,000, and a contract has already beenentered into for the building of thestructure.

Tho Canker-Worm.The "enclosed letter" referred to by

Prof. Cook in the communicotiau below,clipped from the Post and Tribune ofMay 20, described the appearance andravages of the canker-worm in threeorchards near Coldwater. Washtenawfruit-growers should keep an eye outfor the "varmint:"

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, }LANSING, MICH., May 17, 1878. j

To the Editor of the Post ond Tribune :By the enclosed letter we learn that

the canker-worm—for this is the insectsent by Mr. Bidelman—which were be-fore at Adrian, Lenawee oounty, Pon-tiac, Oakland county, Plymouth, Waynecounty, and earlier still in Calhoua andGeuesee counties, are now in Branch.For a full description and exposition ofthis subject, with illustrations, thereader is referred to my papers in theReport of the State Poinologicul Soci-ety for 1876, page 35.

Thia is unquestionably the worstscourge that can afflict the apple orch-ard. Its prosonce is almost sure death,unloss prevention is practiced. The re-deeming feature in its habits is that itis very slow to spread from one orohurdto another; though at Coldwater itseems to be already in three differentorchards.

If in May the leaves ara being rapid-ly destroyed on the apple trees, and thodepredator is found to bo a dark-colored—though there may be yellowish stripes—measuring worm, which, if disturbed,will swing from a silken web, which itsums for the occasion, then bo sure youare afflicted with this terrible pest.

Sprinkling with Paris green is the easi-est, cheapest, and most thorough andefficient remedy. The mixture shouldconsist of^me tablespoonful of the poi-son to three or four gallons of water.Place a barrel in the wagon, fill itnearly full of water and then add thepoison. A barrel-head float on top willkeep the liquid from slopping over.Every ten minutes the mixture shouldbe stirred, that the green may not settletoo much. Now drive on the windwardside of a tree, and with a "WhitmanFountain Pump," or some syringe, sprin-kle the tree well with the mixture.This will deal out death iu wholesaledoses to the terrible destroyers, and savethe orchards, and will be quite inexpen-sive and very rapidly performed, if theapplication is made with tho WhitmanFountain Pump. In these days of in-sect depredation, this is almost invalu-able to the farmer and fruit-growers.It will throw water 30 feet high and 60feet horizontally, and is readily workedby a boy 10 years of age. I t also sprin-kles very uniformly and with very littlewaste. It is also good in case of fires,to wash buggies and windows, and tosprinkle the garden and lawn. It costs$10, or $6 by the dozen. Why shouldnot our State Pomologicftl Society do avery good work by keeping these pumpsand selling to the pomologists at $C audtransportation V The value of the en-gine, I think, would more than warrantthis course.

Every orchardist ought now to scrapehis apple trees. The rough bark har-bors the Codling moth pupa, protectsthe enervating bark-lice, and stands inthe way of the application of that greatinsect specific, soft soap.

As soon as the rough bark is scrapedfrom the tree rub the trunks and mainbranches with soft soap. Be sure to dothis as early as the last week of May.It will be death to all the young bark-lice, which have just hatched out andare commencing to devitalize the trees,and will keep at bay both of those ter-rible plagues, the round headed and theflat headed borers, for the beetles, likesome people, have an aversion to thisarticle, and will not come near to laytheir eggs. With young orchards es-pecially thio woTk ;•. •oij' liu^vimuuSoap should be used in preference tolve, as the latter, though partially effi-cient to destroy the lice, is uo hindranceto the borers.

Now iathe time to examine tho foliageof all the young fruit trees, especiallyplum trees, and see if there are notmyriads of aphis sucking away the verylife. If present they may be quicklyvanquished by sprinkling with strongsoap suds, and here again the fountainpump will come to our aid. Only yes-terday I used it in a grand work olcarnage in some vigorous young plumtrees, aud have thus preserved theirvigor, which otherwise would surelyhave been sapped.

A. J. COOK.

POLITICAL CLIPPINGS^—As the nationals are determined to

force the issues of their financial plat-form before the people, we. do not seehow the Democratic party can unitewith them. The financial doctrines oithe two parties are in direct opposition.An alliance with the Republican partyupon such an issue would be consistentand entirely honest, for upon that issuethere ia little difference between them.—Berrien County Journal.

—There is to be a hegira of Radicalspeakers into the Southern States duringthe next campaign, and they are allfondly calculating on having theirmeetings broken up and themselvesdriven home. They will be disappointed.The Democracy of the South don't pro-pose to play into their hands in anysuch manner, or to furnish them theooveted fuel to fire the Northern heart.— Cincinnati Enquirer.

—The people are in advance of thopoliticians on this subject. They pro-foundly teel that a gross national wronghas been perpetrated, and they wantthe guilty parties exposed and punishedtoo, if there is any law for it. Their de-mand is reasonable and just, and is inthe line of the public good for all timeto come.—Boston Post.

—The Republicans disregarded theconstitutional provision and refused toreapportion the State for the purposo ofdepriving the Democratic party of thebenefit of this increased representation.This shameful act, violating the oathsof the representatives and striking attho foundation of free government, isalone sufficient to tarnish the reputationand dishonor the name of the Legisla-ture. It is outrageous that the State ofNew York should in 1878, for partisanreasons, be compelled to elect its repre-sentatives to the Legislature on thobasis of tho population of 1865.—JV". Y.Herald.

—As to the uso of the army to putdown labor strikes, Mr. Hewitt said intho House of Representatives, yesterday,he thought it was not " in accordance' with the republican principle of gov-' eminent to restrain any portion of the' people fioin exercising any just right."Mr. Hewitt advertises himself, in thisremark as a very contemptible, illogical,and hypothetical demagogue. Heknows that there has never been a sug-gestion that the military arm ot thegovernment should bo used to restrainstrikers from exercising "any just right."The right to stop railroad trains, tearup tracks, burn depots, drive operativesout of mills and workshops at the perilof their lives, aud murder men whochoose to sell their labor for what it willbiing in the market, is not a "justright," and Mr. Howitt knows it. If thegovernment of the United States cannot or will not restrain people who at-tempt to do these things within itsproper jurisdiction, it is not worthy ofthe name of a government.— ChicagoTimes.

-*-Tho Calhoun County greenbackershold a conveution May 29, to elect del-egates to the State Convention of Junefifth.

THE; SIGHTS ot LABOR.

i preached In the Unitarian ChurchAnn Arbor, May 19th, 1878, by ROT. .J. HAllen, and published by request.

Am I my brother's keeper?—Genesis 4: 9.

I find myself, in a sense, constrained to fol-low a different line of thought this morning,from what 1 had intended.

In the first place, it is not quite certain thatI shall have another opportunity of speakingto this congregation ; and I am unwilling torun any chance of leaving the impression thatreligious truth, as I have tried to set it forth,is a matter of books and theory and opinion,and not rather a matter of practical interestsand of working life. It would be a deep re-gret to me, to leave any shadow of an impression that my aim has been speculative,or controversial, or emotional, least of allnegative; and not rather serious, construetive, and direct—a help to understand the reallaws of life, to bear its real burdens, to interpret and fulfil its real duties.

In the second place, I exceedingly wish tofollow into some of their practical bearingsthe thoughts that came up with the title ollast Sunday evening's discourse—"The re-ligion of humanity,"—not on their theoreticor sentimental side, but as they connectthemselves with one of the most serious andto some minds most alarming questions of theday.

It is not because I think 1 can give anywords of very social knowledge or wisdomor help in so grave a discussion as that whichlies inevitably before us—none of us knowshow near; or that, in general, I should careto turn the business of this place into discus-sions of that order. But I wish, as distinctlyas 1 can, to assert two things: first, that social questions—that is, those which deal withthe rights, wants, and sufferings of men on alarge scale—make part of the legitimate prov-ince of religion, and their religious view isbe recognized as well as their economical,political, or purely scientific view; and sec-ondly, that any interpreter of religion nar-rows and lowers his function, whenever heforgets that, however good judgment maylimit the range of his own effort or work, thefield he works in is broad enough to take inall the interests of humanity. " The field isthe world; and the good seed is the word ofGod." And 1 may add, that the CatholicChurch has always taken this view of itfunction, and, for better or worse, has foundits chief strength in it; and that that churchis said, at this moment, in California, to bethe chief bulwark of society against the dis-orders and perils that chiefly threaten it. Ifthe phrase " religion of humanity " meansanything at all, it surely means something aslarge and strong as the religion of Rome.

Moreover, this thing was borne in upon mymind as I watched that singular and (if wethink of it) very impressive procession thatinarched through our streets the other day.Two hundred or more laboring men—sturdy,weary, hungry, dusty with toil, carrying theirheavy picks and hammers, on their way tothe plain feast set by the citizens' hospitality,—that was all. Rough men to the eye, anddangerous guests to tarrv for a night, as theyseemed to some; but willing, obedient, evengentle, as most of their faces looked to me.A whole battalion of strong, hardy men:where did they come from, and where wouldthey march to next ?

Just then, they simply meant that one moreof the iron links of that framework of com-munication, on which our great industries arestretched, had been brought near enough forus to reach out and touch it. And some olus had noticed for ourselves the swingingstroke, the rapid blow, the steady eye, withwhich rod after rod of that iron highway waslaid down, as it neared the town. That olitself was a significant thing to see,—the mosiimpressive type, after all, of our restless, en-ergetic, hurrying civilization, guided byscience, and putting in swift play a millionwheels of industry.

But how late and near a thing it is : andyet all the operations of modern life are bentand shaped to it! 1 used as a child—yearsbefore there was any railroad in this countryand before the first was laid in Englandwhich revolutionized the industry of theglobe—to take a boyish interest in trying Uunderstand the plan of it, sketched in a newwork on " Technology ": so ignorantly, thatI fancied the rails must be laid crosswise likea plank road: or, looming better, was treatlyIicijiiexea, till 1 saw them, now the wheelscould keep the track. And at that time thesettlement of the West was creeping downthe Ohio valley in flat-boats, or draggingthrough (orest and swamp in emigrant wagonsor at best trailing along the lazy waters othe Erie Canal. And within half of a life-time that great change,—abundantly trum-peted by orators, and declaimed by poets, yetnever enough brought home to our imagina-tion in its reality or to our reason in its resultwhich has created, we may say, the wealthof half the continent!

I shall not add anything to the declamationwhich has heralded this astonishing creationof our time. It is with quite another side oithat striking spectacle, that I am dealing now.That battalion of sturdy, weary, hungry menwas, in all its natural elements—as CharlesKingsley has very happily described,—thesame as the horde upon horde of northernbarbarians that came across the Alps to thesack of Rome under Alaric or Theodoric,—the same in blood, the same in a rude humor,and a sort of boyish wantonness of strength.By rough reckoning, the immigration into thiscountry, in the last fifty years, is about equalto the number of the Goths, Vandals, andHuns who destroyed the Roman Empire inthe fifth century.

One great contrast: those came to destroy,and these to create. But one could not bulfeel, involuntarily,—if for one hour the spellof discipline, of imagination, of habit, shouldbe lifted off,—how it must seem to those men,as they passed the doors they must not enter;saw signs of wealth and plenty they must nottouch; caught the vanishing reflection olgaieties, or the far glimmer of lamplight, thatmight not shine for them. The disciplineand the wages of their task would keep themcontent while it lasted; but when that wasover, and their ranks disbanded,—what ?

It is, as I think, very much worse thanuseless, it is to the last degree hurtful anddangerous, to dwell upon the question soraised in a sentimental, passionate, declama-tory way. One touch of nature that " makesthe whole world kin " we ought, however, toindulge in, so as to take in the human sideof the spectacle, which has also its grave,formidable, social side. These men, banded,organized, employed, are the strong handsthat lay the foundation and corner-stone ofour wealth. These men, disbanded, unor-ganized, unemployed, are Tramps,—a namethat in the last years has become the shadowand terror of lonely farm and village over allour land. These men, rebanded, organizedunder other leaders, are " the dangerousclasses" of our great cities: criminals, iflawless or reckless ; communists (as we callthem), when indoctrinated with a wild andimpracticable social creed. But first of allthey are men ; and it is the cruelest misfor-tune of the highly artificial state we live in,that it is so rare and difficult a thing for us tomeet them on the even level of our commonhumanity.

All the more we ought to cultivate thatsort of imaginative sympathy which findsfellow-men in them, and honestly try, if wemay, to understand their condition, theirrights, and their needs as men. Children,doubtless, they arc in understanding, often inpassion too, and yielding easily to \>c tools ofa stronger will; but men in impulses, desires,and wants. When I have chanced to talkwith those whom I might have turned frommy own door, but found it easier to givethem a little rest and food, I have heard atory of hardship not merely plausibly but

humbly told, and have found even a patheticwillingness for work. Not all are so. But,alas ! it is not a man's fault that he was born,or that he cannot just now find any work todo.

This, however, is not the side of the mat-ter that has of late been most forced ujionour attention. The really formidable thingfor us to consider, is the fact, which isbrought before us with increased emphasisfrom day to day, that large bands of such menare said to be arming in all our largest cities,with the intention if not to attack at least toresist, with violence and bloodshed, the legalauthority of the State.

In the presence of such a fact, it is not thetime to explain the causes—except as a guidewhat to do and what to avoid. The wholecombination of those causes is very intricate,and not to be disposed of with a passingword.

And again, our own feeling, or our wishtowever generous of what might be, will notvail us when dealing with the fact. It is

impossible that we should have the sympathyand confidence of such men, when they arconce outside the ordinary restraints ; or thatthey should have any belief in the sincerityof any profession of fellow-feeling with themwe might make. We are, by comparison aleast, of the sheltered, comfortable, secureclass of society. All our interests, at leastarc identified with the general prosperity an<order. Those men are, many of them, homeless, out of any right relation with societywith interests apparently antagonistic; intheir own view, they are even its natural enemics. The vast majority of them .arc easilyenough registered and controlled in some othe great organizations of industry, if thechance comes; and the vast majority of themare doubtless so registered and controlledBut very many, again, are haggard and hopeless, desperate perhaps, with long waitingWe cannot alter the fact; at best, perhapswe can only try to understand it a little l>cttci, in one or two points of it.

The first thing for us to recognize, in thi:view, is the feebleness, in actual number?, oof those who stand ready to declare themselves enemies of society. They claim, it i:said, a number of one hundred and fifhthousand all told,—that is, one in three himdred of the population of the countryThere is, and perhaps never was, a countrywhere the actual holders of property, including those whose plain interest is in public order, are more numerous, intelligent, ancstrong. Probably there is no other countnwhere they arc so numerous, intelligent, amstrong, as here. The power of mischief ancmisery in a hundred and fifty thousand armeiand banded men is almost incalculable: itmight inflict as much ruin at the North âwar and invasion have inflicted at the Southyet of the result there can be absolutely nopossibility of doubt. That result would becivil order and new prosperity, under a des-potic pressure of authority that could no wonhe trifled with.

The next thing which it seems to me important for us to sec—because, if we shoukever be called on to defend by force thecause of civil order, we ought to do it with iclear conscience,—is the economical law nndcr which wealth is created in a civili/cccountry. A great revolution has been goingon, for about a hundred years, in almost althe methods of production. Two incidentsin this revolution arc all that concern us nowOne is that so vast a proportion of the workthat is done is taken from men's hands ancdone by machinery; and the other, that iiconsequence of this, great multitudes olpeople are brought together, in mining, man-ufacturing, and the like, making the nucleusof immense suffering and disorder whcncvcibusiness goes wrong. The famines of paslages were mostly suffered among the countrypopulation,—who generally had something tofall back on, while they were too scattered tocombine; or, at any rate, in small towns com-pared to our overgrown cities now. Themisery may not have been less, was oftenvery much more dreadful; but the socia"danger was next to nothing : I mean from thetime the Feudal System was established dowto near the time of the French Revolution.

We may applaud or we may deplore thechange, but we cannot help it. The fact forus to note is this : that the modern organiza-tion of industry, under great capitalists, is indispensable to the existence of the wealth ithas created. Without that governing controland the arm of law to enforce it, the verywealth itself which the Commune crave:would perish-—pass away like a drifting fog—probably more than half of it within a year

It is not merely that there are certain privileged and protected classes; but that lh<stringent despotism which we call " rights oproperty " is absolutely needed\ to maintaitso large a number of human beings alive. Amore equitable division, think what we wilof it, means both a much simpler state of siciety, and a much more scattered populationWe may think that a better state of tilingsI am inclined to, myself; but it is not a possible state of tilings. At least, if it were f>osstyle to imagine the triumph of communismover law, with the wider distributing owealth and population it would bring aboutit would imply the actual perishing, by violence or misery, of a very large percentage oour population, probably from a third to ahalf; and the reduction of the rest to thelevel of paupers in an almshouse, or atof operatives in a mill.

That is, a leveling process effected byolence would necessarily mean leveling downand could not by any possibility mean levelingup. The only possible leveling up, effectecby revolution, would be by distributing grealanded estates among a hard-working peasantry; and of such there is nothing whateveto speak of in this country.

I should say a word here of Co-operation, or jointstock labor as a remedy for the miseries of toil. Buin the first pUcc, for reasons which a practical maieasily understands, it cannot, for the present compctin the struggle with the despotic organization ot industry I have spoken of; and in the second place, icannot be made effective, if evcrt except b\ ETCHskill, patience, and end wring1 conviction on tnc parof those who try it. So far as we can sec, thtstruggle for existence jorces industry to a more andmore despotic organization, instead of less and lessThe element of greater personal power instead oless—which means greater individual wealth instttUof less—is forced upon us, so far as we can see, inthe industry of the near future, as it has be-en in tht.near past. We may accent this, or rebel against itwe may like it or fear it; but we arc helpless tonrevent it. Once the news of the day was told froirmouth to inouth, or passed in brief hints from hfluiito hand. Now a single press, that of the New YorkTribune t will deliver in one hour, from an enormousreel of blank paper, thirty thousand great newspa-per sheets, printed on both sides, rut and foldedreadv tor the reader. One combination of capitalone directing mind, one governing will, must con-trol this prodigious machinery—which a democracyof producers, ruling by majorities, would ruin inday.

And further, there is an inexorable law of Popu-lation and its increa.se, against which everv schemeof revolution or of charity must break itself in vainWe must accept it as au inevitable fact that any lev-cling scheme, or any merely benevolent schemewhich attempts to interfere to constrain the working

mitort we may give in detail here and there, at ourown cost, in the blessed tasks of sympathy and char-ity: these are a divine and Indispensable part of thehigher economies of our human life. Nor can ]press the illustrations which this particular matterneeds. I have only time to say that any attempt toimprove the general condition of men, that does no*take account of them, will be f:ir worse than throaway.

I well know that this is a very sorry and imper-fect, and to many will be ;i disheartening, pvrhupsunchristian answer, to the question that touches sodeeply the welfare of men and the public pence. Ilis not the whole answer, or the only answer weought to K'ive. But I hold that it is important for us,first of all, in considering so grave a matter, to rec-ognize the points of necessity, which stake out forus, as it were, the line of our own duty in respect olit. The points most needful so to recognize,think, are these four:—

1. The certainty that civil order must triumph inthe end—[>erhaps at the expense ol liberty, but tri-umph at any rate.

2. The certainty that an organization of industrywhich we may call despotic is necessary to createand replenish the actual wealth which meets men'sactual wants, and keep alive the actual population.

3. The certiintv Chat no individual or associatedeffort, still less any revolutionary change, can com-pete with the enormous productive force of such anorganization.

4. The certainty that the law of population—theordinarv and normal increase oi number.^, by birthor by immigration—will inevitably bring to grief anyscheme of revolution or jihilanthropv, which doesnot ttke rigid account of it. At the present rate ofincrease, this country will have, in seventy-fiveyears, a population about equal to that of the ChineseEmpire. Little children standing here will live tosee that day. And then, there will be no newAmerica to colonize. A great, nay, appalling factlike that, not a vague sentiment of wish or hope orfear, should control our thought about these mattersnow.

In a country like ours, MIND is the only sovereign,and it must not abdicate. A sovereign's place isnot idle, but arduous and responsible. '1 he firstdutv of the governing power, Mind, is to ascertainthe facts of the case, and the law by which thosefacts may be set in order and determined. That iscalled Social Science. And the next duly, is to ad-minister that law in justice and mercy. 'Die motivethat prompts to this is Found in what we rightly callthe Heligicm of Humanity. It may not be a soft,weak, sentimental tiling: as I said, it should meansomething at least as large and strong as the religionoi Koine. It must ally itself with civil order: hor-ror upon horror else, and destruction of all thatmakes human life rich, tender, beautiful, and true,tnd worth living. And its ideal will be what it wasjf old,—the utmost attainable good to every childof man within its reach; the reign of righteousnessmd peace, which is the kingdom of (Joecn following, with which, for the present, I mustclose. "Am 1 my brother's keeper?" asks Cain.* YES," say Jesus anil Paul, very emphatically. In

anything that gives you for the time the smallest ad-vantage over your fellow-man, in strength, inwealth, in intelligence, in opportunity,—wheneverie is in any degree at the mercy of your good-will,louesty, kindness, or sense of justice,—you are his' keeper " in the Christian sense, that is, the guar-lim of his right You may pay a week 8 wages to

a domestic, or give a dime for a job, so us by yourway of doing it to make or break one of those in-lumerable threads that weave the fabric of our

common life; so as to make or break one of thosecountless links that bind the golden chain of ourm inanity.

Still more, when you come to deal with thpseTeat industrial forces that shape the lives of bun-Ircds of men. Here is where, more than anywhere

else, the real sovereignty of our time resides. Mr.Vandcrbilt acknowledged this, a year ago, in awell-meant blundering sort of way, in a gift out-right of a hundred thousand dollars to the workmen)f his railroad, saying as he did it that his interestsvere one with theirs. Still, not by well-meant ca->ricious gifts here and there, not by ruinous rales otvages, not by impossible hours of work—but by di-

rectly encouraging, nay planning and organizing,\ays of prudence, economy, and self-respect amonghe men themselves, as is done by the great railway

companies in France, and is earnestly commendedicre,—seems the true and better way.

Ill inviting immigrant hordes from all pafts df thiworld, and In rushing the work ol a century of colonizalion inside of twenty years, we have takrn upon our hands a tremendous social problem, some owhose conditions I have been trying to state. Thereis no need of going further into details, in which \vtshould soon be bewildered and lost. But we ;e a proportion ol" those who have lived undeit. But the desires of men aye insatiable, and tinmeans of supplying them are limited. In the immense growth ol practical science and industriuskill, we seem to be very fast approaching the limitsof those means.

Meanwhile, dangerous passions—of cravuijr, 0rivalry, of luxurious tastes, of ill-regulated ambilion—spread farther and (aster than the worldsproductive power can possibly keep up with themWe can all do soraetilluj? (o check those passions*iiOurselves, and something to break the edge of thenin others. And, w illi ill the splendor of power, tinmiracles of invention, the triumphs of art, it remaintrue now and always, that the messing i>- not fur thistrong and rich ami wise as suck} but for those—whether strong or weak, Whether rich or poorwhether wise or ignorant—who arc humble iu *-phitmerciful in tunper, neacc-makeng, pure in heartseeking first ol all tin- kingdom '>!

Together with everything in the line cf PureSpices.O'anned fruits, and Vegetables. We have afull und complete line of

BOOTS & SHOES,HATS, CAPS, GLOVES

And HOKHTV. A]*n. a choice assortment of Luriifa'and Oenllemen'ti Underwear Cull and examineGoods and Prices and we will iuaure antisffiction.

EDWARD DUFFY." Maynurd'a Block,' cor.Main and Ann streets

Ann Arbor. Mich.•SP-Highest cueh price poid for all farm

produce.ti

FURNITURE!

COATS and VESTS

FOR YOUTHS.

JOE T. JACOBS.The One-Price Clotnier.

J. KECK & CO.,JiANUFACTUHEKS OF

FURMTUUK OF ALL

DESCRIPTIONS,

Are n»w Offering Great Inducements1o

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(' 09 — 23;7 4 0 11 flevifttitja trom the path oi' nat*v*and over indulgence. The Specific Medicine »»«result of a lite study and many years of asp60"encc in troutini^ thect; >ptcial dis6&M& j

Full particulars in our pamphlets, whieb w*11*-*ire to s>«nd free by mall to every one. . ,

The Specific Medicine i» sold by n\l Pi'H&S18 ,̂*$1 per package, or six packages for $5, or w J . 'sent by mail on receipt ot the money hv adaress»»B

THE lillAY MEDICIN'fi COMIfi74 No 10 Mechanics' Block, Detroit Mien-t. a Sob) in Ann Arliur by Kberbach & Son, *

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by all diuggistt* everywhere.

SCHOOL SUITS.

JOE T. JACOBS.

T^AKM FOE SALE.

RARE CHANCE.The uudersitttied ha* lor sale a farm o 3U4 a«J'

well improved, and with 50 acres of the best or"arding 10 the county. Located within half a m 'of a railroad depoi, with another depot soon '? "located near. The Jarm can be easily divided IDWone of 18* acres and another of 118 »

FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1878.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.— Manchester lias 162 dogs._ Decoration (lay : next Thursday--The third floor joist are boiug laid in tlie

>'ew Court House.—No frost since the 16th, but not settlec

slitnmer weather yet.—That Bower Col. Burleigh has had in his

oflice is now his left Bower.—Republican Ward Caucuses are to be held

nest Friday evening, Jan. 3.— A special session of the Board ol Super-

visors will be held next Monday.Mack tfeSchmid make a " special " offer to

good's buyers iu to-day's AEGUS,I Fruit was not damaged as severely by therecent frosts as was at first supposed.

— B. Frank Bower, of this city, has accepted

8 position on the staff of the Detroit EveningSen"-

— Justice Frueauff reports the case of thePeople vs. Jacob Stang settled and discon-tinue J.

— The creditors of Citlvm and Gilbert Blissare to moet June 2->, to prove the^r claims audchoose an assignee.

— Tho High School graduating class proposeto hold class-day exercises at Wliitmore Lake,Wednesday, June 19.

—The annual meeting of the Toledo andAnn Arbor Railroad Company was adjournedIrotn May 22 to June. 5.

— Tha Peniusular Paper Company are tohave an office and wave-house in the newfreight depot at Ypsilauti.

—Ou the 16th inst. Justice Beahan ticketedJames Barnes to the Detroit House ot Correc-tion for 30 days. Vagraucy.

_ Can't some liberil citizen contribute adrat class weather-vane to be put above the(Jome of the new Court House.

—The Register says : " Mrs. M. E. Foster ex-pects to go to Kurooe next mouth.1' Tlie ParisKxposition is the great attraction.

— The roof is being put ou the new brickbarn of Cook's Hotel. A. V. Robisou & Son.will occupy it as soon as completed.

— Edwari M. Sperry, formerly of this cityand son of the late Joseph Sperry, died in Chi-cago May 16, aged nearly 34 years.~.C. H. Millen & Son show their faith in a

tree use of printer's ink in our advertising col-umns. Business is what they mean.

— A Republican County Convention hasbeen called for June J, to elect 19 delegates totlie State Convention to be held June 13.

— Judge Huntington lias designated theCounty Clerk's office as the place for holdingthe Circuit Court for tlie couaty until furtherorders.

—The next regular meeting of the Washte-naw County Pioneer Society will be hell atthe M. K. Church in Dexter June 5, at 10o'clock a. m.

— The $60,000 libel suit of Douglas vs. Bealhas been noticed for trial at the coming termof the Calhoun Circuit. - -Monday, June 3. ByJefe!id.int Beal.

—Henry Matthews has moved Ins markettwo doors east and is clearing away his oldbuilding. A two story brick, 21 x 60 feet,willtake its placo.

— Alexis Packard, one of the oldest restdents of the town of Salem, dropped dead oiSaturday last, while in the act of putting hishorse iu the stable.

—At the recent meeting of tho State Med-ical Society Dr. W. i\ Breakey, of this city,was elected one of the delegates to the Amencan Medical Association.

— John H. Wade, ot Chelsea, has beou ad-judged a bankrupt, and his creditors have beeinotified to meet June 26, to prove their claimsand choose an

— The Dexter, Ypailaati, and perhaps theManchester bands are to take part in the Statetournament or band blow-out to be Iu Id atLuring June 0 and ti.

—Four locomotives aud a number of pas-unger cars have been punjhaaed for the T. &A. A. R. R., and it is givuu out that themil De open for business about June 1.

—Track-layers commence work again to-day on this eud oi the T. & A. A. R., and wilkeep on to the aravel pit near the skatingpark. Perhaps the depot will be iu that vicin-ity.

—John G. Grossman and Fred. Schm'.d, Jr.,have been elected delegates* from the GermanWorkingmen's Association of the city to theState Convention to bo. held at Kalnniazoo,J .me 1.

-At a meeting of the Ann Arbor Medical andSurgical Society held on Tuesday evening,lire. Dunster, Frothinghain, Maclean, audPalmer were elected delegates to the AmericanMedical Society.

— The creditors ot L. C. RisUou, of thiscity, have been, notified to meet at No. 53Seitz building, Detroit, on the 11th day ofJune, at 10 a.m., to prove their claims andchoose an assignee.

— The Graphic of Jit no 7 will contain theillustrations ot Ann Arbor prepared underthe direction of L. H. Hopkins, who recentlyvisited our city for that purpose, accompaniedby a sketch ot early history, etc.

—Why can't the fish that from above the oldCourt House so many years signaled the manyfreaks of the wind be placed on the tower offiremen's hall ? No oue can keep track of thewind since that fish retired from the post ofduty.

— On Saturday afternoon last a derrickgave way on the north front of the new CourtHouse, fell upon a window breaking a cap orcross-section and also the moulding of thestone base of the window. Damage abouttlOO. Nobody hurt.

— The City Marshal of Ypsilanti reportsarrests during the fiscal year ending May 1, as:Hows: Assault aud battery, 52; larceny,69; drunk and disorderly, 36 ; defrauding inn-keepers, 16 ; vagrancy, 12 ; wilful trespass, 12 ;miscellaneous, 44 ; total, 241.

—One day last week Justice FrueaurY sus-pended sentence on a drunk and disorderlytramp; upon promise of reform, but he went im-mediately on another diuuk and on Fridaywas brought up again and the Detroit Houseof Correction will teed and clothe him lor (i.j

-Dr . W. B. Smith, of this city ; Dr. Post ofYpsilanti; Dr. Taylor, of Manchester ; andDr. Bessac, of Milan, are the chosen delegatesto represent the Washtenaw County MedicalSociety at the annual meeting of the Amen-Ma Medical Society to be held at Buffalo,June b.

—The Toledo and Ann Arbor RailroadCompauy has purchased the piece of railroad—&buut six miles—froni the State line to Toledo,Paying 180,000 for it, and ai soon as the arti-cles of consolidation can be perfected with theOhio Company heretofore operating it, the twocorporations will become essentially oue.

—Mr. Me Dougall, of Bridgewater, was intown on Wednesday, aud while here tiled hista'id for his ninth consecutive term as justice°t the peace. He was first elected iu 184G,*ud has been regularly re-elected every fourthyear since. He maintains his Democratic in-tegrity and don't follow after the rag-baby.

—Ou Tuesday a lodge of Odd Fellows wasinstitued at Mooreville, named Victory|liodge,^o. 313, by J. Sprague, P. G. M., of this city,listed by P. B. Rose, also of this city, and%abroad and Clark, of Dundee. There wereabout titty members of the Order present, rep-"seutiug eight lodges. The officers elected•'id installed were ; Jam a Gauntlett, X. G.;

the red ribbon folks, as they are in many plaoes. I t has often been said " close the saloonsstop the sale of liquor and beer, and you drivetrade to other towns. Farmers will not go toa town to trade unless lie can get his beethere."

—Dexter Lender of May 17 : " On Tuesdayafternoon the mule-team irom Dover Millwas standing near the dopot, the load haviugbeen delivered at the freight house. A littledaughter of Frank Emery's was playingaround and endeavoring to climb one of thewheels. When the driver was ready, he star-ted, not knowing that the child was thereThe little oue was thrown to the ground antthe heavy wheel passed over her body, severelybut it is thought not dangerously injuring her.'

Marvin Davenport, V. (}.; William Gauntlett,Sl*y.; (i. Josenhans, Treas.; John Warner, P.' The lodge has ten members.

—The Manchester Enterprise is counting un-matched chickens in this wise : " We shall ex-pect to have the population and business of*»nchester more than double the coming year."by f Because the saloom are not closed by

UNIVERSITY NOTKS.— Base-ball to-morrow afternoon.— Those junior "p lugs" have appeared on

the streets.— On Saturday evening last Prof. Steere

lectured in Normal Hall, Ypsilanti, on " TheAndes and the Upper Amazon."

— The junior engineers go into camp to-morrow at Unadilla, Livingston County. FrofDavis will have charge of the field-work ofthe party.

— There was an accession to the engineerdepartment at an early hour on Sunday last.The new comer has taken quarters at Prof.Greene's,—and is a girl.

— Four new Chronicle editors were electedon Saturday last: from the secret societies,Frank D. Mead and William F. Bryan ; from;he independents, Leroy Halsey and Charles G.

Van Wert.— The acting professor of physics was com-

>liin6iited by a serenade just after midnight ofFriday last. The music was u't of a heavenlyype, and yet it was unearthly. He had n'tconditioned the juniors just to suit.

— The receipts ot the Lecture Associationor the recent course, as given by the Treasurerlead in the Chronicle, were, $3,11141; ex-lenses, t2.19-j.48; profits, S915.93. The treas-irer has a balance on hand of $99.03, with alllebta paid.

Of the Senior reception the Chronicleays : "Sorue opposed it on principle and be-ause they had no interest iu i t ; and a largelumbar, who have run iu debt for their edn-ation, opposed it for want of principal andKjcause they had too much interest."

— Senior committees : On Uluss-day—Geo.'. Knight, Stuart D. Walling, James D. Du

Shane, John B. Johnson, George Willita,William C. Johnson, Henry W. Judd, Albert

. Norton, and Orr Schurtz. On Class Supper-Charles M. Cooley, William V. Moore, Dan-el A. Allen.

— At the recent election held by the Chris-lan Association the following officers werelected foe the ensuing year: President, Jesse''. Millspaugh, '79 Vice-President, CharlesI. Wilson, '80 ; Recording Secretary, Miss E.

C. Williams, '80; Corresponding Secretary,'homas C. Greene, 7 9 ; Treasurer, JohnLyres, 'SO ; Librarian, William C. Miller, '81.

— Hun. George V. N. Lothrop, of Detroit,as accepted an invitation to give the addreBBu Commencement day, which, under the new

order of things, takes the place ot the usualdozen orations by graduating seniors. Mr.Lothiop is a scholarly gentleman and one oi themost polished speakers in the West, and hisselection by the faculty gives promise of acommencement occasion full of interest.

— Free I'rcss of May 18; "President Au-gell, of the Michigan University, entertainedthe members of the Prismatic Club aud invitedguests at the rooms of the (Jlub last eveningwith a charming paper on National Wit. Ittreated of the characteristics of the wit ot theSpanish, Italian, French, German, English,and Irish, with a iiribt allusion to Americanwit. I t was remarkable lor close observationpower of analysis, happy comparisons, audthat rare beauty of diction which is a distin-guishing characteristic of all the literary ef-forts ot that master of language."

THE CHl'lJCIIKS.-—Rev. Mr. O.iinga, of Edwardsburg, Mich.,

preached iu the Presbyterian Church last Sun-day forenoon.

— Rev. Mr. Craven, of Toledo, is expectedto preach in the Uuitarian Church next Sun-day, at the usual hours.

—In addition to the regular services of theday a love feast, will be held in the GermanM. E. Church next Sunday at 3 o'clock p. m.

—A letter from Rev. C. H. Brigham adviseshis friends that he has relinquished all hopeor idea of returning here and resuming bislabors with his people and society.

— By request we publish a timely sermonddhvered in the Unitarian Church last Sun-day by Rev. J. H. Allen. It discusses vitalquestious and will bear a careful reading

— It is understood that the Rev. Mr. Allenhas closed his labors with the Unitarian Churchof this city, at least for the present. He hasmade many friends during his stay here.

—An Organ Concert will be held at theBethlehem Lutheran Church next Wednesdayevening, May 29. Organists. Messrs C. Fieher,J. G.Gilchrist, fit. S. Frieze,George N. Lovejoy,and J. Chase. The Presbyteriau and GermanChoirs will sing and the Y. M. M. S. Orchestrawill give their assistance. The new organ tobe tested and dedicated on the occasion wasmanufactured by D F. Almandinger, of thiscity:

School and Library Moneys.Below will be found atabular statement of

the Primary School and Fine or Library mon-eys apportioned to the several cities and townships in this couuty. The school money is atthe rate of 50 centB per scholar, an excess of 4cents per scholar over the apportionment otlast year. The small amount of fine moneyshows either an orderly county or an indispo-sition on the part of officials to impose andcollect fiues;

No. of Primary School FineScholars.

Ann Arbor City, 2311Ann Arbor Town,Augusta,Bridgewater,Dexter,Freedom,Lima,Lodi,Lyndon,Manchester,Northfield,PittsfieUI,Salem,Saline,Scio,Sharon,Superior,Sylvan,Webster,York,Ypsilanti City,Ypsilsnti Town,

293465389346558301383262776400320272705881357445692246533

1661390

Money.$1,155 50

146 50232 50194 50173 00279 00150 50191 50131 00388 00200 00160 00136 00352 50440 50178 50222 50346 00123 00266 50830 60145 00

Money.$34 77

4 497 075 935 298 484 614 854 03

11 756 104 904 18

10 6813 315 476 77

10 483 798 09

25 015 95

12,986 $6,443 00 $196 00

KED KIBBOSS.—About 300 wont to Milan ou the evening

of the 10th to hear R. E. Frazer before theMilan Reform Club. He gathered in a largenumber of recruits. It uras the first excursionover the T. & A. A. R. R.

—Mason Long, the reformed gambler fromFort Wayne, Ind., had a large audience ouSunday afternoon latt, and made an afi'ectiv*speech.

- J . D. Roii&u, Esq, of Monroe, a graduateof the Law department of the University, williddress the Reform Club next Sunday after-IOOU.

— Mr. L Tower proposes throwing open hislew barn anil adjoining premises, ou LodiPlains, to the red ribbon clubs of the countyror holding a strawberry and ice-cream festival

seme time during the coming strawberry sea-on. Tho Rev. R. B. Pope and the Hon. R. E.?razer of Ann Arbor, are expected to deliver

addresses at the time.—" Ten Nights in a Bar-Room " was per-

brmed last evening in the Opera House, by aJackson amateur troupe, for the benefit of theReform Club.

—The Reform Club Minstrels go to Jacksonnaxt Monday evening.

RANDOM >'OTKH.—l'h« old fogies of the State Modical Soc

ety came to grief at Lansing last week. Afta sharp and inciaive discussion the foilowinproposed amendment to the constitution-introduced at the stormy session held in thcity in 1876 and laid over last year—was lo?by a vote of yeas, 42 ; nays, 61 :

"That no person shall be admitted to mombership who practices or professes to practicin accordance with any so-called path v or secUriau school of medicine, or who has recentlgraduated from a medical school whose prolessor* teach, or assist iu teaching, those whpropose to graduate in or practice irregulamedicine."

The clause was double-barreled iu its aimintended to ban the professors in the old Mecical department of the University becausthey teach orthodox and "regular" medicine tstudents who propose—after graduating fronauother State school over which the said prolessors have no control —to practice "irregularmedicine or homeopathy ; and secondly, to refuse admission and fellowship to student^ wlgraduate from such department who have hacneither affiliation nor sympathy with irregular or homeopathic students. After the decisive vote a large list of "regular" graduatewere admitted to membership, including DrsA. C. Maclean, L. G. North, R. W. CorwinGeorge B. Ay res, J. W. Barnard, and Wilhelminus Decker, of this city, but on* membevoting no. "The world moves."

—The "Liberals" clinched their victory ovethe old fogies of the State Medical Society-the defeat of the constitutional amendment —by appointing Dr. Brodie, of Detroit, and DrHitchcock, of Kalamazoo, to defend the society before the Council of the American Medical Association against the charges heretoforpreferred, and also by electing Drs. ParmenterWhelau, and Snow members of the State Society Council. Dr. Kedzie was the only Councimember elected who shakes in presence othe Homeopathic College on the Universitycampus. The Council signalized its organiza:ion by promptly rejecting a« not specifienough the charges preferred by the eccentriDr. Twiss against the regular professors in thMedical department of the University : teachng sound medical science to students not regularly matriculated in their department.

—Justice to our old friend and political colaborer Hon. John J. Robison, of Sharoncompels us to contradict the statement madeu the Adrian Press and other papers that in

the recent Democratic coufernce at Detroihe took hard-money ground and opposed coquetting or coalition with the Xatioual-greeulackers or " irredeemables." We wish tha

John had proved true to the old traditions othe Democracy, and planted himself againsthe absurd government banking or moneybrokerage schemes of the day — including anunlimited issue of paper promises never to belaid—and other financial heresies, and on tinfirm rock of honest money. But he didn't.aiuwe fear that he inclines to run after strangigods and make his bed with a ring-etreakeiaud speckle! brood of financiers and statesmen.

—By request the Asous publishes this weekcall for a National-Greenback Convention to

>» held at Dexter June 1, but in doing so begseave to suggest that it will be a poor feaswhich will be served up to such persons ashonestly aud intelligently favor "financial reform." Reform either financial or politicadoes not follow in the footsteps ot Moses Wfield or the class of men who stay up hisiiands.

Richard Graut White writes in the JuneAtlantic concerning railroad traveling at homeand abroad : "There has been much disputes to the comparative convenience of theinglish and American systems of railwayraveling. I give my vote, without hesitationr qualification, in favor of the English."

-Earl Russell did u't die last week as waseported by cablegram. He will probably en-oy the reading of a large number of obituarylotices prematurely written and publishedmil perhaps will wish he had disd.

THE JUNE 5»Aer ounce.

Ladies' and gents' wigs made to order on shortnotice.

Orders by mail solicited and will receive promptattention.

Ladies' and gents' cast off garments and wearingpparel taken in exchange.

MY MOTTO: Satisfaction in price and quality or10 pay.

M. GOLDMAN,170 Michigan Avenue, Detroit.

N. B.—Mr. Goldman has had unlimited experi-uce in the human hair busim^ss for over 18 years.

GIVE HIM A TRIAL.

A FULL LINF OF

HATS and GAPS.CHEAP.

JOE T. JACOBS. •\ BSTRACTS OF TITLES.All parties who are desirous of ascertaining the

ondition of the title to their lands, or parties whowish to loan money on real estate will do well toall at the Register's office and consult a

Compared Set of Abstract Books.aid books are so far advanced that the Registeran furnish on short notice a

Perfect Statement as to the Titlef any parcel of land in Washtenaw County asbown by the original recoids.

C. H. MANLY, Register.

AND DRY GOODSCommencing Monday morning, May 20,

1873, at prices never before quoted.

ZR,:E.AJD T H I S .The following Unprecedented Bargains in Silks and Dry Goods

that we shall offer in this Special Sale are designed to prove to the

public that it pays to trade at the CASH WRY GOODS HOUSE OF

C. H. MILLEN & SON :

Five pieces of Black Gros Grain Silk at 05, 75, and 90 cents;

3 pieces Black Gros Grain Silks, superior quality, at $1.00 and

$1.25; 5 pieces sublime quality satin finish of extreme rich-

ness, $1.50 and $1.75; 3 pieces Guinet, Cashmere Finish, very

rich, at $2.00, 2.25, and 2.50; 25 pieces Fancy Summer Silks

in stripes and checks, at 60, 65, 75 and 85 cents. The silks

above quoted are all specially under present value and are the

cheapest Silks ever shown in this city.

20 pieces Lupin's Black Cashmeres, 40 inches wide,'at 50, 65, 80, and$1.00; 30 pieces Pure Black Mohairs, at 25, 30, 35, and 50 cents ; 40 piecesJamestown Alpacas, warranted to wash and not cockle ; 20 pieces All WoolBuntings, choice colors, at 25 cents, worth 35 cents ; 50 pieces Spring DressGoods, at 10, 12i, 15, 20, and 25 cents ; 500 Japanese Folding Fans, at 5,10, 20, 25 to 75 cents ; 25 pieces Linen Cambrics at 25 cents, worth 35 cents;25 pieces Nottingham Curtain Laoe, at 15, 20, 25 to 75 cents; 50 largeHoney-Comb Quilts, at 75 cents, $1.00, and $1.25 ; 25 Marseilles Quilts, verylarge, sold no where less than $4.00 to $5.00, we offer them at $2.50 and$3.50; our stock of PAEASOLS and SUN UMBRELLAS is the largestever shown in this city. We sell a good Cambric Parasol for 15, 25, and40 cents ; All Silk, large size, 75 cents, $1 to $2 ; 50 dozen Ladies' LinenHandkerchiefs, at 5, 8, and 10 cents ; 25 dozen all Linen Hemstitch, at 10,124 to 25 cents ; 50 dozen Hand-made Corsets, extra long, at 51) and 75 cts.

A BIG THING IN KID GLOVES!50 dozen Alexander Kid Gloves in Colors and Opera Shades only, at 65 centsa pair ; 500 pieces French Embroideries, at 3, 5, 8, 10, and 15 cents ; 300pieces Best Prints, only 5 cents ; 25 dozen Ladies' Fine Lisle Gloves, at 12Jcents a pair; Ladies' and Men's White Cotton Hose at 5 cents a pair; Sheet-ings, Table Linens, Hosiery and Gloves, and in fact every department in ourstock will be made attractive for cheapness.

A most brilliant display throughout our entire store

We simply desire ladies to inspect our large stock andsee for themselves the inducements we are offering. Our fa-cilities for selling the best class of goods at the lowest pricespositively surpass those of other houses.

C. H. MILLEN & SON,CASH DRY GOODS HOUSK, AISTN AUBOR.

SPECIAL NOTI