A Needed Law

The beuevolent ladles of Detroit, who seek to furnlsb a home to friendless children meet a great dlfflculty in the reluctunce o purenis who place thelr chlldren in their care only to reclafm them agaln when they hav been cieaned, dressed and made pleasaot aiu attractlve. '1 tic ladles propose to ak for the enactment of a law authorizlng ttie prope officials to termínate the authonly of nnfl parenis over thelr chlldren, and place the Iatter under the caro of the society. Tlier can be no questlon about the need of some such measure. There Is nolhing so plttable as infancy stibjected to the cruelty of de graded, lntemperate and vlcious parents Wö Lave seeu mauy instanceH of innoceo helpleHSness In the hands of unfeelln? cruelty, bul never one without feellng Urn t.ere was a lack of legal protectlon. The Btate takes some tittle care of orphans, hu chlldren in the power and control of crue vicious parents, are worse off than orphans and iiiiiny times more need the proteclion o the law.- Ypsilantl .Sentinel. Had this proposition come from the Courier or almost any othcr paper, the Sentinel would have " kicked '' lustily against it, using as au argument the in humanity of tearing children away from their parents who are their natural protectors, and causing suid parents in thei sane, or sober or moral moinents to have tbeir heart-strlngs bleed for their off spring, torn from them by a cruel luw and so on to the end of the chapter. Now we are glad to see the Sentine commend the need of such a law. There are maoy parents totally uiilit to raise or care for children, and there is no power at present by which charitably inclinec people may come to the rescue of sucl chlldren. We join with our neighbor in recornnjending this to the legisluture. See what the democratie reduction in the duty on wool has done in Ohio, for instance. Since 1S83, when the bill was passed, there has been a decrease of 850,000 head of sheep in that state alone, wliile the wool product of last year in Oliio m 4,000,000 pounds less than in 1883. That is a pointer of what free trade will do for the country, and those who can see it ought to relégate to obscurity the cheap statesmen who help foreign countries against our own. The out-coine of the senatorial deadlock In New York stute has. beeti quite happy for the republican party. The Hon. Frank Hiscock who has been elected is one of the good men of the party. Always alive, wide-awake and aggressive, lie belongs to the worken, a class Hut the republican party have sometiuies overlooked in grantinjf favors. A queer picture is drawn by the Midland Republican in the following : " Try to think how it would seem if nobody Bought for office, if the office had to come around and collar a suitable man and say : You are wanted, sir, for an important public position (say U. S. senator). And what if the one wanted shonld suy : You certainly have made a mistake. I cannot be your man. Uut why dream of mille nnial peace? We have seen the "beautiful" Miss Van Zamlt'sportrait, and feel constrained to remark : Any lie you'll teil, we'H swallow, SwhIIow any kind of mixture, Hut li ! don't ! we beg imd pruy you, Don't for Hples' sake show tier picture ! Query - Has any iiihii ever rigen to honorable prominence In America who was not a self-madc man 'i