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Sorry to Iiear our friends of the Dundee Reporter so much Oarr-led away with profanity: This is the time a person standing upon the bridge, gazing up tlie river wil] lc moved to exclaim: "Ain't that dam nicc." The Engllsh language reporter upon the Adrián Record puts in his oar: " How long are you going to stay ? " is a question very often used. Is tnere any wnse in it? "Going," implies action, niotion. " Stay," sign fies stop. Wouldn't itbejust ns proper to ask, "Howlong are you moving to stop? " Truer words were never written by a pencil pusher, than these from the Adrián Times : There are oíd soldiers in the poorhouMS of Michigan to-day. These men are entitled to other and better treatment than that eiven to common paupers, and Michigan ought to be ashamed every lay n neglecls to provide that better treatment. The Monroe Commercial ujrs: A bilí is before the legblatare providIng that the minority party shall have one inspector of elections on each election board, that the bailóte be printed on white paper, and that tuo watchera from CM. I, ,„„ƒ --„tir.i, ,!,„ v,,t. ,„ count. huc.li a law as this ought to work well. Kothingwill surprise the I.ansing Republican after this : And now they say that the achievenients accredited to " Chinese " Gordon were really won by an ordinary, everyday American sailor named Ward. By and by gome one wil] circuíate the story that the recent poems alleged to have been written by Tennyson are the producto oi uur own nreet atngerof Michigan or else simply the " pied " remains of a liver cure advertisenient that some Engllsh printer is attemptiog to palm oft" on a coufiding mblic as the burning utterances of the great poet. It is these nifieiuous falsehoods bearing the apparrentimpress of truth which cause most harm. Attention is called by the Cadillac Aewstoa thingthat needs to be rectiiied, and our legislature should uot wait nntll it o „„ 1-.-, nul ¦ . The tact is undeniable that the fishinc In our lakes grows pooier rather than better, and the cause is simply that no one carea wbetber the law is enforced or not. The pickerel which are as good fish torsport as we have, are rapidly diminishing in nuuiber, because every spring they are caught by the hundred as they go nito shore at the begining of the spawning season. The custom of nettim(bernia BÜnply outrageous, and spoilsa sport tliat is one of the attractions of the city. All through the year these nets ai e in our lakes, almply ruiniug the fish produc: there. Why don't our sportsmen's dub take the matter up f In reference to Michigan's work during and for the war, the Detroit Erening Xews furnishes the following : Apropos of the soldiers' bounty bill, tbe tolluwing figures will be found interesting : Michigan íurnished, during the war of the rebellion, 89,372 men out of a total population in 1SC0 of 749,113 the geroentoge of troopg to population being colored troops. The number óf drafted men was 22,122. Of this number 4,294 failed to report, 7,130 were exempted on varions grounds, 3,773 furnished substitutcs, and the balance, 1,809, were held for service. The bounties received by Michigan soldiers, exclusive of United ijtates bounties, were $9,G6i,8j5. Deputy Anilitor General Pratt atateg tliat the bouuties paid by Michigan as a state aniouuted to about $1,900,000. All these figures, outside of Mr. Pratt's statement, are condensed from the oflielnl reporta of the U. S. war department. No showing is made ot the township, ward or county bounties paid. In au effort to wake up its people to a seuse of what they might do, the Coldwater Sun says : Wliy is it that CokUvater shows so üttle enterprlse - so little desire to grow, to have manufacturing interests to build up the place? Whlle we sit with loltUd hands - "resting on our oars," so to speak - neighboring cities and villages are Bhowing push and enterprise, securing inanufactories of diflerent kinds, and enjoying a gratifying growth. Our people mtiii to oongldor that the city is linished - tliat further extensión of business and increase of the value of property is not desirable. But there may be a hint in the following, whieh we clip frora an exobange: "The city of Jamestown, N. V., ave $65,000 for manufacturing enterprises tea years ago, and in less than live years after they Daid back in taxes, alone, more money tlian they received in lniiiiises. The town doubled in population in ten yoars and althougfa bard times liave aflected all business, the prospects at tli is time in that city are still better tlian in most of towm with less. manufacturing iuterests." One of the world's mysteries is thus recounted by the Berrien Springs Era: A former resident of this county and a brother of the supeivisor of one of our townships, was a pioneer in Daketa and secured a line tract of land near Bismarek at an early day. It became desirable proierty several years ago, and one day a man dropped iu on hlm and talkcd ot' parobaiing, He liked the propertv and the owner's prioe, $12,000, suited the bnyer. A contract was drawn, and $5,(K)0 was jiaid, and the deed was to be given as soou as the other $7.000 was produced. The strangcr lett tor the east at once to get the money, the deed was drawn up and held iu readineas, and everytblng was rlpe for the transfer. Strange to say, though several years hava since passed, the man came not, and persistent efforts to learn his whereabouts nave borne no fruit. It seems as i f this is one of the mysterious disappeanuuvs tor which no mison will ever be given. It may be that while the gentleman who looked for him to complete the transaction so fairry begun was wondering wby he did not materlalise wou other ])ersou or persons at his former home were also wooderiDg why a husband or brother has not been heard from. The powlbllltlea in this caes are worth thinking of, and if the truth could be known a dark mystery inight be clearcd up.