"peace On Earth, Good Will To Men."

That is what snouiu prevau everywhere day after to-morrow, in eommemoration of the birth of the Saviour. Thcre shoukl be happy homes from one end of this Ueesed repoblic to the otber on ('hristmas Day, especially the present year, when abuiuliince prevails. Our granarlrs are well filloa, and Onere is plenty in the laad for all. ■(uve thanks unto the Lord for his great goodnees," and the beat way ■to iivr tlianks is to step into some home whieW misfortune has placed B heavy hand, and makv the hearts of the afflicti'd and unfortunatf rejoice. It doesn't take a great amount of money to do that. Ofteai apretty boqnet, a lew ehoice fruits, or some daiaity dl prepared by experfenced hands, wiU go a long way toward makhig sunshine in homes vliere deep shadnws have fallen. Lilt a cloul íroni tlie brow of some pooi', suffL-rhig soul. It wül make you happy. No one knows how happy, but ome who has tried it. A eraciousness in giving that doth make The smallest gift greatest, and a sense most Of worthiness, that doth not fear to take From others, but which always fears to speak lts thauks iu utterance, for the giver s sake;The deep religión of a thankful heart, Whieh rts instinctively in Heaven's clear la Wlth a full peace, that never can depart From its own steadfastness ;- a holy awe For holy tliings.-not those which men cali Bm such as are revealed to the CJ-es Of a trae woman's soul, bent down and lowly. Before the face of daily mysteries ;- V lovc that blossoms soon, but ripens slowly To the full goldenuess of f rui tf ui prime, Enduring with a flrmness that dehes All shallow tricks of circumstance and time, iiv a sure insight knowing where to cling, iul where it clingeth nuver withermg. That the democratie house will pase the sUver tree cotoage blll ia a gure thim;, if the etectioa of Crisp Is ahy hidieation o! lts Bentiment. There inay al-o be enougb silveritea In tho senat'.' to paw such a bilí. But it i a consolatim to know that there are nol emough sllver senators to paae such a biïl oei Presidaat Ilarrleom'e veto.- Burlington Eawkeye. Knowli-Oge and character, like material posseestons, are aura not only loliav.Imt tORive; but. unlike tht'in, tlie more wé give of tliem the more ■we havt'. The miser'a heap grows smaller il he ehxes it with another; but the knowtedge that la öhared knows no decline, and eharaeter, like the fragranee o! a Oower, la torever givtag Itsell out in both conselona and miconscions iniUu-ner and Balning: liy wliat it glves. On Tliursday last Stephen T. Elk.ns Wi,s noininatMl by ['nsidmt Harririeon as Secretary of War, in the place oJ KedfMd Proctor, reelgned to taie a geat in the Dnlted States senai !. Mr. Blkins halla firodo the democratie state oí W.-.sí Virginia, le a etolwart republioan, and a man ol excelleni mental attalnment. In othvr worda he is a brllliant man. and 11 niiiki' a .nood Becretary of war. v n shQTild CM1I take it Into her had to whip os. P. H. Hosford, oï De-troifc, the same fellow who sat behtod the lieutenant goveroor's chair and prompted that official, and emin.K.Ti-d the inf amcms thiett nf two Beata In the stat" seaate last winter, lias bren given his rcward. He has been appointed tally clerk oí the national house of represent-itivis, at Wasliin-lon. Tally ome for Hosiord. Xow Boper ouRht to go down theri' and get KOraothing. The th''ft of two eats in the senate was as rauch oï ft crime as aHythinff that Boper has done. If one i Tewarded tho oithor oaight to be. Senator Vest, of Missouri, áayB that democrat-i must nomínate elther hui ar Gorman, ií they exprct to succeed. Ano-ttit-r of Mr. CleveUuid s iollöwers been yaafced over into the enemy camp. True elmritv. n plant divlncly nareed, Fed by the love froni whloa t rose at nrst, Thïives against hope, and, in the rndest scène Storrae but enllven Ita unfading peen; Exuberant In the shndow it BuppliOB, lts fruit ou eurth.its growtli abovc the skies. - Cowper. Ii democrate will not nomínate littk' Hutli's papa. for president, the nragwumpe havo an imalicnahlo rlgW bo to do, and Bhey ousln to do it. , Ii' France llows hersell to be nsed as catspaw for Uussia in the Bulgari.ui matter, Bb will be foollsh and niay get her fingere terrlbly scorched. Mr. Cleveland to Mr Mills: "Ah! thrre Roger, are yon in It?"g Mr Mola to Mr. Cleveland: "I am not. sah! Are you iu it, GrovahV" silrnce. It is asserted that Mr. ('risp has round hiniscU' between the devij and the deep aea in making eommittèe appoJntmente. TKe general ímpresslon has been thai be wwuld drown himOelf all right. The statement is made that the peopte oí ihis country devoured over 3,500,000 Imshi'ls of peanuts last year. ïhat accounts, most llkely, lor th coming to tht surlace of so many pranut tatcsmen durinR that year. Mr. Mills and Mr. Crtep do not Bpeak as 'ihry pass by. Crtep will pass by Mills in his commlttee appointmonts. It is poSBlble that Mills may jiass by örlup and g?t into the sniau'. II he does he will flnd Hiü there ahead of hhn. "Wliat aáífl the dcnioiratic party, anyway V" was fchfl expresión oí a good old democratie soul, the othcr day, alter readmg of the goings on at Lansing. "Don't kiiow," was the tvply of a bystaiulcr, "but I guess it has got the grippe." Mr. Springer, who wanted to _be speaker, but was not crisp enough, lias a rrjiivriiau-d -Mills tariff bill all ready to tspring upon cougrcs.s. ThU bill is tsairt to cunnaiu provisions tliat would kill o:f evwy iadustry and factory Jtn Michigan. Springer ought to have a coating of tin plate or something spread all over him. The disgruce of .Sccretary of State Soper is but a legitimate outcome of the late squawbuck legislature. That body cared noihing for precedents, or for the rights oí anyone or of any party. It w;is bent upon political plunder, and not stopping with that, il plunik'rcd the people in the interest of the Standard Oil Co., and of corpora tiins in general. Both protectionists and free traders wiïï find it to their advantage to have the Home Market Bulletin durwig tin' pivsidential year. It is a stout advocate of protection. lts points are clear and it argumente boüed down. Whoever would discustthis great natioual question should know both sidrs. The Courier and the Bulletin for only $1.25. The long'-distance telephone is quietly reacliing out. for all important points, and one of these days it will come forward as the most formidable rival of tihe telegraph. The American Bell Telephone Company of Boston; has dow under construction 50 lines between New York and Chicago. As each lias two wires and the diistaiice between the two cities is about 980 miles, the total quantity of wire required tor these lines is 98.000 miles, enougli to go four times around the globe. These lines are all built with copper wire, weighing 174 pounds to the mile. At this rate 17.052,000 pounds, or 8,526 tons of wire is required for this undertaking . The fall of Seoretary Soper has a in it that the people oí the abate 04 all anadee oí politieal opinión oiiiíht li ponder over, aml that is tliat oiggardlj Balary oí $800 tor i : apy of state for the great comnwxawealtlï of Michigan, is not ooly diegracefal but dangerotue. It has a tendeucy ío maku o:iic!U crc.ok 1. and fco liiem extravagant, iinrt as 6op lias been. The tdea that the principal ehould receive one-tjhlrd lees than the depiity te a wTong principie. As long as the clectors of Michigan will insist on vrrting down cvcry propoeition to pay resp ctablr salaries, they need not be surprisiMl il men of the Soper ealilier will ret in office occaslomally. To be Bure t i. no excuse for dishonesty, trat ii is a breeder oí dishonestj . There are 7' raüroad eompanies dointi business in Mirhiiran, according i i oiiiiuNsii.ncr Whitman'a report, opera Unir 6,957.27 miles o: rond wlthin the state. Thta road co.-t $281,205,724.55, an incroase for the year oí B.18 pet cent. The total reeclpta of the roads were $93,430,43:!. c,o. The tuT.il operatlug expenaes 63,925,091.54. Be-ven i-oads falled to earn a Butlld -nt amount to pay expf-ns s of operatlag. The number of paaeengerB carrled was 33,503,059. The total tons of frei-Rht carrled were 63.403,857. An incrcase in each ingibance. During the year 68 ncw bridgea were coastrueted. Xliere were 809 aoeideats reported from all roads, of whlch 282 fatal, 'i'hr taxee due the state from railroads July 81 laat, w.is $812,999. G3. Of the employee on the roads, 839 are baggagemcn. 4,850 brakcmcn. 2,166 oonductors, 3,155 engtoeerfl, 3,592 ftremen, 16,401 lalKM-ers, 9,055 shopmen, 3,910 yardmen, 22,026 miscellaneous, making a total of (0,257. Of whlch only 26,023 are onrolled in Michigan.