Good Words

The Jackson Daily Patriot of the 4th inst. contains a well considerad nul sensible editorial upon the Coali;ion State ticket. It has the true ring of Demoeracy and will command the respect of the party throughout the State. The Patriot says that itwill support the action of the convention: "First, because as Democrats we beieve as a rule in abiding by the decission of the majority; second, the candidates placed in nomination are unexceptionable so.íar as ability and personal worth are concerned and much better qualified tlian the average nominees for the respective positions fcr which tliey are candidates ; third, because we believe it to be very necessary, in the interests of the University and the people who are taxed to support it' that there be a radical change in Ilegents, for the reason that the handiwork of Boss Beal, the great disturbing element in the University embroglio crops out everywhere in the Republican partyin its primaries, its conventions and its Legislature. Judge Shipman ofColdwater, the nominee for Justice " of the Supreme Court, is one of the hm lawyers ot Southern Michigan, anti is probably about as non-partizan as it is possible for an ible, active professional man to be. Although he was elected last year hy the Greeubackprs and Democrats to the Judgship of the Circuit in which he resides, we are told that he never made a political speech and that it is the flrst olliee to which he was ever elected by a political party. These f acts, it seems to us, should have weight with those wlio realize the importance of selecting men for judicial positions who have never been identifled with political parties as wire pulleis or office seekers. Judge Shipman is in the prime of life, being about forty-four years of age, and has always been zealously devoted to his prof ession. We learn that he stands equally high as, a citizen as he does as a iawyer, and is a proper person to elévate to the responsible and honored position of Justice of the Supreme Oomt. As to the candidates for Regents it is generally conceded that both are excellent men. Ilenry Whiting, of St. Clair, has before been a member of the Board of Regents, and it is said waa very effieient in that position. We have for a number of iyears been personally acquainted with Col. Sanford, the other nominee, and for the present emergency a better candidato could hardly have been selected from either of the parties. He is a gradúate of the University, and has always taken a liyely interest in that institution. In his views upon questions of public interest he is independent, expresses himself fearlessly, and as a member of the Board of Regents would promptly assume the aggressive in a systematic effort to oblitérate the pernicious influences which have been engenderedby the personal controversy brought on under Republican management, and by which the usefulness of the University is greatly endangered. We regard Col. Sanford as just the man to combat Beal and those who have lent themselves to his selflsh schemes, and we believe that all voters who have the interests of that institution at heart will do the State good service by assisting in his election." EEARING bPONGES BY ARTIFICIAL Means. - During the past few years, Dr. Oscar Schmidt, Professor of Zoology at tlie University of Gratz, and a well known authority on sponges, bas employed several weeks of the early summer in artiiicially producing and rearing the bath sponge. His labora have met with such success that his system has been adopted by the Austria Government, and is now carried out on the coast of Dalmatia. It has for some time been a well known fact that several families of zoophytes have such great powers of reproduction, that a portion of one will grow an entire new body. Dr. Schmidt has taken advantage of this property, his process being to cut the sponge into pieces, fasten each portion to a pile, and immerse it in the sea. The pieces then grow, and eventually from each one aspherical spongeis obtained. According to the estímate of Dr. Schmidt, a small piece of sponge at the end of three years will represent a valué of about 10 cents. The total cost of raising 4.000 sponges, including the interest on the expended capital for three years, is estimated at $45, and the iucome is about $80, leaving therefore, a net profit of $35. There is no doubt that the practico of this new branch of industry will prove a source of considerable benefit to the inhabitants of the Idrian and Dalmatian coasts. Wben ivory-handledknlvea turn yellow, rub theiii witli nice sand-paper or einery, wliich will take off all the spots and restore their whiteness, Silk pocket-handkerchiefs, and deep blue factory cotton will not fade if dipped i 11 salt and water whilo new. ïortoise ahell and liorn eombs litst mach longer Cor lniving oil rnbbed into them. "My Germán friend, how long have you been married V" Veil, dis is a ting dat I seldom don't like to talk apout, but ven I does, it seems so long as it never vas."