A Wise Suggestion

The suggestion of the Secretary ot War that au increase is needed in the regular army, is a wise one. The Chicago strike deinonstrated that, but it sounds very stran'ge, coming as ie does from a democratie administration. Any such suggestion emanating from a republican official would have made the eyes of the venerable Dana, of the N. Y. Sun roll in freuzy and glisten with bayonets. The howl that would have rolled off his tongue and out of his mouth: "Force bill!" would ha.ve scared all his timid brethren from Maine to Oregon and from Lake Superior to Eades' jetties- inclusive. By all means, let congress act favorably upon this suggestion. The Adrián Press has not an exatled opinión of the present democratie Secretary of Agriculture. Listen : "Secretary Morton don't know what he is talking about. He's picking around in a field of mullein, skunk's cabbage and buil thistles, and thinks he's gota erop of corn, sweet potatoes and eelery. "He steps on the cuenmber vines while he carefully cultivates pursley. He tramples on the clover, and uses the waterpot for the quack grass. "He picks a hornet's nest off au appletreeand thinks it ík a pear." One of the Detroit boys brouffht to the industrial school duiring the past weck, baa ;iu interestlng history. Wlien but four yeairs oíd he was kidnapped írom his parante, whó ümmI n Alpaaa. For years notliing was heard from him, although ilumast dilg-ent searcb was made. 'Hiree yeairs Ligo his mother, who had moved to Detroit, learned through an iiuyoiivniniK letter that he was in' Cana-da with a fam,ily who bad adopted him from an orphan asvlnm. He bad never been made to go to eeJiooI and during the past threa years lias been unable to acquire the habit. Henee his removal to Lansing.- State Republcan. Tlie opinión is confldemtly exp-ressed Uiat. not many years hen, -e. electriclty will furaiah a large sim re of the power, IlgW and feransportation in all up to date fannlng communit'es. Wliem it comea to pass tliat a farmer aml hls i'amly can ge on a.n electric motor car after supper, -]i-ii(l an evening at a social gatheiing or entcrtainniont ten miles dista ut and be at homO by reasonablc bed tinit', life in the country Avill be nary different from what it is nou. ïhe cost of building and equiping an electric lime thTOugh a t-ownship will cost less tlian the average mile of stcain railway, and by and by people Avill be smiliog at the present expensivc mode of tra veling by rail.- Hilledale Standard. Ca.mp ]!ros. Furiüture Honse, for barga ins. .