Our Esteemed Cotemporaries

The 8t. .losijiii Republlcan hita t, square : Spoilinfi f'or the HpollS will spoil a gOOd niany pretty ileci'nt men. The Graml Rápida Bunday Cali i. m. oew paper with an appearance of energy. lile and editorial abillty. It proposes to stay now tbat it lias come, and out out for tself i niche in tlie world large enough to live coinfortiihly in. Draw your own moral. From the Allegan Journal and Tribune : There is an old man in the county house whoa few years agoowued a fond farm in one of the towns adjoining A 1 1.gttn, He spent hts noney for drink, and linally had to be taken " over the lnlls lo the pooi house." The Adrián Press i isc in this. OnOB a year oftou enOllgfa : 'Die (fOTernor In his rnessaoje sngjtests the leailblllty of making tax levies occur twlce B year inslrad of in winter when it is such hard times. Once a year is fat better for tax pavera, bat poékibly Juiy wouid be a better month to pay In than December. The Tliree Rivers Tribune 80 too: Whenever a squlb oí any kind explodes in England, the liritisli ion is sure to sliake his sliaftfty mane and roar at America. She seems to be living in mortal terror of rt-tribntivi' jnstke fui privateerlna upon onr commeroe duiinj; the gieat re belllon. Prohibitionistshitofttheirown nose.cBCOOTCllDg tO the HilNilulc Leader : If a constitutional aniendmenton the liquorq nest ion is uot BUbtnltted to tlie Midi igan people (y the present legislatura it will be the iiult o the prohlbitlonista thi'iiKclves. 15v' rnnninir eandidates of their own the) deftatsd Qfteen repubJicana favorable to the propositlon and eleeled the same nuniber of democraU favorable to free luiu. The Wy.uiilutte Httrald man sees a cloud growing largor than a man's hand and begins to pull offhis coat already: We are sorry that Englaud cannot contemplate Iom oí a part of lier South American txade without gnttiog ungiy about it. Since the United States bega to lalk aboul exlemlin;; its markets toward the toutb, au intensely hostile spirit toward ushjii been uroOMd iu Great Jii-i t- ain, aiultln are tboSBwho woulil not be a verse to curbiu American euterprise with lead Mid steel, Add to thisthe popular [Uut fiilsr) ImpreMiop that all thedynamite plots are Uatched u the United States, and it II bu Been that the war spirit may a-ily bearoused. We hopeour Mteemed cotisins wltl be able to keep themsaLvM witbin proper bouods. This country doesn'l want to rake Canada with grape and canister, and if it is compelled to do so somebody will get hurt. In iintieipation of trouble, it might be well enough for Wyiindotte and Ecorse to purchase a few loads of einder and throw up breattworka along the river. The Alpha, published monthly. at Luther, i.ak' ('., Mich., by CliristiueSwai t, Baihoorn, " to lili a lonK feit want," is a new candidate tor weultliand tanie, with woman's rilits as its foundation stone. Prom an editorial bristllng with neeilles aun pura; we iaKe me roirownig : W lien laws are made for (U and we have to abide by tliein witliout havlng any volee in the matter Whmt is Uu' Libertyt Whea man takes it upon hlmself to mark out for womnu her "sphere," her education, and her rijrhta Where it tht .hu-in? Whoii wiinmn, endowed by her C'reator with adestré tor poUtlcal conquesta, with good executive ibility, perliaps superior to her brotber legiglator, comes to the door of the sonate chamber, and says: - "Admitme, I have talent, God has jriven me to use in your leirislative halls." .Man shuis the door affainst her, reproving her for heing out of her sphere, and says: " You are ineligible, you cannot vote and I will not adniit you '" Where is your boasted Liberty?