Local Texas Siftings

Plaus for the new womau' gymnasium - or woman's new gymnasium - at Aan Arbor contémplate a building to cost $50,000. It is hoped the taxpayers will nofc kick, butthewomen are expeoted to. That is what the gym is for. Typhoid fever and the Salvation Arniy liave each secnred a foothold in Ann Arbor. The prevalence of the ooe reudered the other a nocessity and by the eternal fitness of things the Artny's beudquarters are in the city's ofïicers' building. The aggregate amouut of the Michigan state tax is $3.013,919.92, and the county's shareis $82,081.70. - Ann I hor Argus. To pay this tax is going to make those democratie farmers of ! Washtenaw, who voted the republican ticket last f all, hump aud gather like a burnt boot. "Is the principie of a graduateá proper ty tax one whieh should be adopted by the state," has been chosen as the subject of au inter-university jaw contest at Aun Arbor. It is probable that the local toara will win, having picked up a vast fund of economical knowledge from the '.-0010111166 on sewers. A Washtenaw county fair school prize was won by an Ypsilanti young lady. It was a copy of Shakespeare and a year's subscription to the Argns. She thus gets her democracy straight grained; and as to Shakespeare, his writings are atnong the most profound of the works of the twelve apostles. The editor of the Ypsilanti Commercial visited Battle Creek last week and is more than ever sure of the correctness of Advent theology. He hasn't gone up yet, bnt the tresaure he took iii on a doublé cfinnm "next to reading mitter" "ad" were laid up in heaven the same night. If otherwise, then his pocket book was stolen. Fortunately he had his "tie pass" with him. The Milán couucil has passed an ordinance prohibiting tho throwing of apple cores into the street. Thns saith the Milau Leader. The couueil will also, we learn, pass an ordinance, as soon as it can get around to it, prohibitiug mnsk rats from buildiug honses iu the cornoratiou, and dncks and geese from flying over it. The largest painting iu the Lewis art colJeotion is that of the "Snrredner of Lee, " which ip valued at $20,000. It cost the United States three billions of dollars, more than half a million of lives and millions of heart aches to present that $20,000 picture to the Michigan Uuiversity. It is the most expensive national object lesson of the modern time in any country. An evangelist recently spoke in Ypsilanti on "The Pree Gift of Grace. " The evangelist is undoubtedly right. There shoud be no tariff on it, "except for revenue only. " Bnt had ex-Congressman Allen not been down in Ohio stnmpiug he might have been expected to have risen in bis pew and rebuked the evangelist orhis free trade views, as "a democratie heresy. " Feller named Woodward, comrnonly oalled "Hu," lived at Ann Arbor, but removed to Leadville, and with others developed the receutly discovered "Big Four" gold miue aud is now mentioned by the Washteuaw papers as "Mr. H. Woodward." Money does make a diference. It was oiily -wheu the coudition of our bank account leaked out that we began to move in the same set with the Prince of Wales. Ann Arbor papers point the finger of scorn at Ypsilanti, and say "S--h-h-h ! S-h-h-h!" because.as they allege, thore are women there who are like the daughters of the scriptural horse-leech, while not even a fly speek flecks the moral escuteheon of Aun Arbor. The Sentinel retorts that the county offloers have jnst "pulled ' an institute tiere of a kiiid to discredit this rosewater report. Brethren, stop! If these accu sations go on, it may vet come out that in each of the towns there is a female or two who is no gentleman. One of our county officials has the true poetic gift, and writes verses that are of real merit, but he is so modest that he will not allow a line of it to go into print. - Ann Arbor Courier. One of the virtnes of the county official is his ability to concpal his vice. Nail his worthy name aloft like i sheep skin on the gable end of a baro ! Sound the hew-gag! Here is a poet willing to "bluRh unseen," O, that the bard of Willis had heen oomposed to this spirit, bef ore he oomposed the "Ode to the Muilen Stalk" and was hooked by a buil before he got out of the pasture ! The snpervisors visited the county house yesterday and found everything in excellent otder. - Ann Arbor Argus. Certainly; why not? The supervisors gave notice of their intended visit and of course the whole tnmble down old shell was sorubbed from top to bottom, the floor8 sanded and the fly endorsements erased from the walls witli soap suds. The paupers had olean faces, good food, and beds without bugs ns Par as discovered.and the board a bounteons dinner. The report could not be otherwise than favorable. There ia nothing wrong in tho management of fcbe Wasbteuaw oonnty house, as far as is kuo.ïa to the Democrat, hut after áll, this beralded visit to the poor house - common iu all countiies - is a ghastly "fake" and the taxpayers font the bill. If supervisors would see a poor house in every day clothes, food and management, let them spring a surprise on it. The dress parade of an expected visit discloses just uotbing at all.