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I henr upon all sides wbat an excellent udge Hon. E. D. Kirme wonld make. Although Mr. Kinne ia a republican, I should be perfectly satisfled to bave bim receive the vote of the people for that office. In last week's Democrat I wish to correct a statement in regard to the f nrnishing of Hobart guild. Several furniture dealers in this oity and Detroit were to send in tbeir lowest figures to the bishop. I bey did eq, and as the Detroit dealers were lower in their prices than tbose in this city, they secured the contract for furniuhing the guild. It is now but a little over two weeks before the prohibition amendment will be submitted to the people. I predict its being carried by a large majority. The brtwers, saloonists, and even the cigar makers are becoming alarmed at the increased interest manifested in prohibition, whicb is a good indioation of the suocess witli which the araendment will be received. The electric light not being turned on in varióos portions of the city, last Sunday evening, caused mach inquiry. I was told that on Sunday evenings bere after there will only be lights around and near the university. Now, is it ezpected that a portion of the oity oan be well lighted and the rest left in darkness; that the inhabitants will be willing to have tbis? I for one will rebel against it. I hear the ladies' charitable union ia doing a good work. The nineteenth annual reports of the secretary and treasurer of this association have been orowded out of our columns, but I would say that these ladies, during the heat of summer and the oold of winter, have visited and relieved the wants of many poor families of this city ; have bngbtened many a home by kind words and good deeds. The society has been able to meet all demanda made upon it, and gladly reoeives oontribution of money or olothing . I do not think it advisable for persons who wish to sell their property to put up placards announcing the faot. It certainly does not look well, and hot? muoh better it would be to put the property into the hands ot a real estáte dealer or advertise it in the local newspapers. A few months ago, on a house on Ann street was the sign, "For Sail." The house is still there, but the sign is gone and I presume there has not been wind enough raised to oarry off both the house and sijrn, as the former is stil] " for sail." I was quite surprised upon going to the opera house, last week, to hear Barrett, and this week, to hear Modjeska, to see 80 many Episcopalians out. As this is a special season of f asting and prayer in that ohurch, I thing it onght to be observed. Certainlv, forty days out of the three hundred and sixty-tive is not a long time to give up a few pleasures. I ain not a churoh mem Der, and perhsps if I were I would be no more oonsistant than others, but it seems to me that it is not a good example to set the young pi-ople in the church. The night Lawrence Barrett played in this city, there was considerable speoulating in the seats. It is said that as high as flve and seven dollars were paid for single tickets. Wben the boards opened for.Modjeska a fewscalpers bought a.l the available seats - one man buyiug sixty, I am told. Several ladies wishing to punhase tickets, last Friday, were told that they must each pay a premium of one dollar, if they wished to hear the greiit aotress. The pe ple did not care to pay enormous prices to hear Modjeska henee the soalpers got lelt. I understand th t a number of the tickets were sold for even less than was paid for them.