Editorial Notes

The Ann Arbor Argus calla the Alpena Argus a republiean paper. Now look out lor the sudden closing of some of our Argus' C. eyes. In Detroit it looks as if the decent men of boih partiea would have to join together and m:ike a ligbt aainst corruptlon, fniiul and disgraco. The protectlve taritf is a wage earuer's tariff. A reveime tarift is a robber of the wage eurner - whether he be a farmer, medíanle, artizan or day laborcr. IIow ïnuch more are you payinc for your necessaries, or luxuries even, noto, tlian you were paj-ing before electlon, uiy dcar de'uded friend ? Just think it over. More pottery can be bought now for (2.60 tlian could be purchased for $4 00 before tlie duly of 15 per cent. was placed u pon it. Oh, yes, my dear po'.l parrot, "the tari tl' is a tax." In spite of all accounts tliat the nevvspapers print of the fatal shooting of diverse people by the fiend who "didti't ki o.v It was loaded," the same üend gets In his work wltta distresslng frequency. There will be few tearb shed over the death of Sitting Buil. He was the great dteturbing element among his people, and now that he has gone to the happy huntinf grounda there will probably be few [ndiaii uprisings. Of ihe 35 members which the Farmers' Alliance claims to have elected to Congress, 27 of them have classed themselves as democrats. The democratie tlger opens lts mouth and says: "For the Farmers' Alliance party enquire within.'1 Captain Allen used to say: "If I am ever beulen, I want to be beaten hard." On that liead the captain Is not complalning any, siuce electlon.- Adrián Press. No sir, he is not one of the complaining kind. He Is not a whiner, but, takes maufully either success or defeat! But the kiekert! Are they happj? Klngtley S. Binghutn was representative in congress from Michigan from 184" to 1851. In those dnys it was usual for tlie opposing candidates to vote for each other. In his flrst race Mr. Iilngham was elected by one vote. Upon reflection he called to mind the fact that he had failcd or neglected to vote, and was elected by the vote of his rival. Being a man of a high sense of honor and propriety, he deelined the certificate, stood tor a new e'.ection and won with but üttle oppositlon. - Washington Post. It is Bald there is a project on foot for prodncing aluminum ironi the extensivo deposlts of aluminum clay near Austin, Miim. By a new process recently discovered it is claimcd aluminum can be produced at a cost of three cents per lb. Heietofore it liaa cost sevcrul hundred times that amount, and if the new process is a suecess t wUl rcvolutionize both iron and wood benig supplanted by aluminum, which is stronger tban steel. Tlu: clay at Austin contains 53 per cent. of aluminum, and offers a fertile üeld for Mlnnecota capitalists. The Ypsilunti Sentinel bas tliis advice t) give its party: It it said there Is to bo a grand inaucurntiou ball at LanfUng, on the occasion of tlie new admlnlstration outerin luto olHce. AU we have to eay aboul tliis matter ia, that the les the new mauaKers blow their horns, the raore lilcely they wlU be to blow thera tho louger. The people have not chunged parties for the purpose of Reelng a new lot of damphoolery. lu 1855, wheu theñrst Kepubllcau Iiegtslature met, there was no lnauguratlon ball, but they Hat right down to business and never let up for forty dayg.the legal length of th sr-sion, aiul though tlioir buslnegR was bad, the example of ludustry was conimetid able. Let the iew demouratluadmiuiatratlon Imltute tholr eXUIlipie. HWllI Itt) I lm cnnliv-t, thing in tne world to throw away thls fall's victory and lose all next spring, when we come to clect Regents and Judges. Doubtless a great many people feel like kirklng up their heel3, but a great niimy more don't. Tlie U. S. gave tbr the State of Louisiana 815,000,000. The Louisiaua lottery has taken out of the people of the United States over $20,000,000 yearly for over twent3r yeur3. Notv, honcstly, don't j'ou think it has been a pretty dear purchase? Has the State pald for itself? Would it brinj; what t cost, f eold to-day? Has it advanced the interests of the natlon to auy great extent? Are the lives of peaceable citizens wlthln its limits considered of any valué i f they happen to deposit a ballot in the bollot box tliat bear the headlng: "Kepublican Ticket"? These are points worth thinking about. An English statistician says that public wealth 3 made up of ten items, evcry one of wliich can be calculatcd to a niceity except tlie valtie of public worka. Thu3 land is worth thirty times tlie asseased animal rental valuatiori. IIouscs are worth eighteen times tlie rental. Furniture, accordlng to Insurance agents, Is worth on an average half the value of the house. Iu the coraparison of aggregate values arrived at by this computation our own country comes out ahead. The wealth of France ia $45,500,000 000, that of the United Klngdom, $18,000.000,. 000. nnd that of the United State?, $08,000,000,000.- American Banker. The ibove is said to be ;in accurate picture of the stenrn motor to be used on the Arm Arbor & Ypallanti St. R'y. It will be noted thut ie is a much better looking nllair tlian the picture published last week would indícate. In this connection we miglit announce that by to-morrow night the track for the road will be'completed from the depot at Ypsilacti throujtn to the Ann Arbor city limita near Mr. Eberbach's residence, and ready for the running of trains.