"glittering Generalities."

Capitalista may theorize as they picase a bout their rightfi to iiko sucti use of their money as they choose and pay sucli wagea as they choose, but they camiot go behind the sacred proposition ttiat " the laborer ís worthy of his hire." aud that ' hire ' means a fairer recognition üf a proper ncale of división oí prufits thau that which baa horotoiore prevailod. Now, if it be true that the laborer in addition to his wagea, may claim " a proper scala of división of protits," it inust be reciprocally true that the "capitnlit," or employer, can claiiu a proper scale of división of loases. How would the laborer liko that 'i Take for iiistanee all the railroads of this country. There are but few of them which have not sunk money for tho stockholders and contractors, though as a general thing the laborera have been paid all that they agreed to work for. And atthe present time the rule is that the pay car must make its regular visits, though the owners never see a dividend froin ono year's end to another. Where is the división of profits to como in V Is the laborer prepared to wait until balance sheets can be atruok and his pay scaled down to give the stockholdera perhaps a fraction of one per cent even on their investment ? Not that we over heaid of. This shows the absurdity of the above i ule. - Ypsilanti Sentinel. - D. Dernory's residence, near Dimondale, Eaton county, was burned on the llth. A young man sleeping in the chamber was so ueaily strangled that be only saved hiuiself by rolling down the stairs.