Religion Not Interfered With

Here is a paragraph, taken frorn the Detroit Journal, that ought to be read by the Pope hiinself : "If those religious potentates who have decreed against secret societies could have stood up in a row in front of the distributiug headquarters of the Mystic Shriners in tliis city and witnessed the giving out of greát baskets of provisions to hundreds of poor people - Catholics, Protestants, and uien, woinen and cliildren of all beliefs- perhaps tliey would have seen more of the inner side of secret societies than they are wiiling to see from their standpoint of prejudice. Anyhow, the poor and destitute are biest by the existence of such societies, through which corne full and quick the answers to poverty's prayer. Jf fraternity, humanity and charity are bad things to cultivate, then secret socioties are bad things to have around." The writer of this knows whereof he speaks, when he says that tliere is not a single seuteuce or word in the iuitiatory service of any of the Masonic orders, or the Knights of Pythias, that in the least interferes with a laan's religous belief, and there is no reason why the Pope should exclude Koinan Catholics froni those orders, or why he should not belong to them himself, as for that matter. The only ones whose views are iuterfered with are uubelievers. They can not conscientiously belong;to these orders. This edict of exclusión does not injure the societies, but it does have a tendency to prejudice people, unnecessarily so, against the Catholics in this country. The trouble arises from the fact that the Pope is too far away. He doesn't understand or appreciate the condition or feelings of the common people of this soveriegn nation. He should either come over here or else leave such questions as that to be settled by the Bishops and Clergy here, and they should investígate before they condemn. ït he had been alive to the circumstances, the funeral of the late czar Would have bored him to death. One of the soutliern railroads used to carry 1,000 barrels of flour every day for shipraeut to Ouba, and now does not earry a 6ingie barrel. It fe tlius tliat the new tarlif law motes proeperity. Reciprocity brought trade, business, good feeling and good timen. The preseait tariff poücy brings nothing ■but disaster and trouble. Grover and Gresham should wafce up and ascertain where they are at. Can not this legislature do something to help the people secure better country roads? Let tlie prisoners at Jackson and in other state prisons prepare the material for roads, and sell it to the counties for actual oost. How voull thul do? ft is alinost certain that President i 1;. ,l:iu(l will have to convene tlie republiean congTess in extra session in order ito secure ;uiy legielatton at a 11. Tlif present hooise seems to be as imbecile, if not more so, tlian ever. News Iroiiu Japan indica tes that the Japameae will not contíder any treaty for rpeace until they have taken Pekín. Irniii th.it capital they will listen to wiiat üieir pig tall coueipe have to .-a.v atwut stopping the tbireehlng busilic-s. __ All oí tlie Europeap nations liare cíósed the ir parte against American beef aiuUpork, England excepted. The new tariff aiul the abrogatlon of tlie reciprocity treaties made by Mr. JUaine, te the cause. How does it pleaee ? The wool clip' oi 1894 is placed at 140,000,000 puntido, a deereaee of over 10,000,000 pcujiil-s ironi tlie previwis year. Tlie a'eal wool clip oi 1894, however, is ithe new tariff law and it works closer to the roots than the barber's iimplemeirt. The south proposes to send a solid train of corn to relien the destitute settlers in Xebraska, whteh Ís one of the pleasant Offeets of the spread of ífíiublkanism in a isection tliat bas lipirtoíore siippi-csseil Hs better instinrts in '(irU-r to kerp itself democratie- St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tlie president of Bvazil is said to be a very popular man. Perhaps Únele Saín can make a bargain witJi our southern eáeter and trade Grover off for him. If it comes down to a pim-h Adlai miglit be thrown in asi a clincher. Tlie budget presented by the board oí estirantes of New York City reaches nearly $40,000,000, the pólice deppartment alone asking {dr about $6,000,000. It is a luxury to reside in the great metropolis, Isn't It ? Perhaps the Lexow commission will cau83 a shrinkage In poi-tions of the expenditures. Tlie late cold emap extended way down into Florida, and it is saldhas rumed the orange croip now on the trees, esthnated at 2,600,000 boxes. Ice formed üi the strets of .Tacksonville, eomething xinknown lefore since 1835. If these reporte prove to be trtie, Florida oranges will bring fabulous prices. A. new fad is coming in the sliape of ia, sítate with pmeumatic tire wlieels fibomt sevn inches in diameter. It is said a pen-som can make ten ito twelve miles aa hour on tliem om all oi-dinary Bmooth roads. A pair of these fikates will weig-h about two amd three-quarter pounds.- North-iüUe Record. Let 'er come. At the caucus held by the republicains oí the house of representatives at Lansing lat evening, Judge "Wm. B. Gordoin, of Midland, was unanimóusly noniinnted for spenker. In this selectton the hooise has acted wisely. Judge Gordon is a member of the Last house, and one of its most active members, too. He is a gradúate af the U.niversity, law '79. The fello.w who isalways willing to accommodate and nevr expects a ny of the plums when the puddin' is p.i-sed, may never luck for pleasant greetings oir well wiebes, but it has been noticed his clothes are always just about as shabby as his pocketbook- but wnat use liave such as he tor a pocket-book ?- Grand Rapids Herald. There is at least one living oí the species spoken of here iin Ann Arbor, and the descriptiom is correct. - If Mr. Greshani í such a great man, why does he (not do something ? He is secretaa-y oí state. Tlie office that has been filled iby statesmen. Heretofore wtiemever Wie aation has been in trouble iand tiistress the secretary of state has devised Bome method for relief. What has iMt. Gresham done sijice assuming Ithat otfflcO ? Nothing. Absolutely noUiing. Oh ! It had escaped our mind for the moment. He did do one thing. He ordered down the 6tars and stripes in Hawali ! Tliat's all. Aind this man is attempting to HU the chair lately vacated by James 'G. Blaine ! There are 2,000 American born Chinese in California, and it is said that many of them will vote two years henee. . Michigan will present a solid front of fo'Urteeai votes in tli enext eongress againat the proposed treasury biU of Secreta;ry Carlisle. Chase S. Osborne of the Sault SteMarie Xews, has been appointed game warden, in place of Chas. S. Hampion, whose time has expirod. An excellent appointment. Of seventy Boston aldermen fifty own no property, states the New York Advertiser. They are active young politicians with no interests at stake. Dangerous for Boston. The death oi Mts. Mary T. Iathrop, of Jacksora, which occurred at her homie In tliat city, on Thursday Jan. 3d, will be received w!1 li general regrot all over the state. She was well known throughout the nation as a sincere and oarne.st warfcer in tlie W. C. T. U. canso, One thing is certain, Grand Rapids does not deserve to have a senator - not at least until some of the present race of politicians there die out. Some of them go on the principie of the Irishman at Donnybrooke fair: "Faith, an' hou ye sees a head, hit it, begorra." They are not willing that anyone out; side of themselves and their friends should have anything. They are dogs in the matiger. Gov. Rich's most excellent ' message will lie found in the columns of the Courier to-day, It is an excellent document, reviewing the needs of the state, and showing a complete familiarity therewith. Michigan has not had a governor in many a year who has acquaiuted himself more thorouglily with all departments of the state's varied interests than has Gov. Rich. Read what he has to say. The republicans of the state, almost without exception, will rejoice at the re-nomination of Hon. James McMillan, of Detroit, for the long terin senatorshiy, which occurred last night, at Lansing. Senator McMillan is one of the best senators Michigan ever had. He is gentlernanly, courteous, easily approached, and prompt in all things. He attends to the duties of the office he holds in the same way he attends to his own business, and stands right on all the great questions that come before the Senate. He is not a trimmer or a policy man, but goes forward doing what he believes to be right, and possessing good judgment he is sure to be right. Here is our hand for another six years It looks just a. little as even Di Parkhurst had got a slight attack of abnornial head. He has done some excellent reform work, there is no doubt of it, but winea they went to giving liim credit few the entire turn over down there in Grotham, the imniensity oí the thing appears to have been too much for the good Dr's hat band, and it seems to have burst. Dr. Pairklrarst should not forjret that he is an avwve-d follower of tlie' Saviour, who, even upon the cross, in tlie agonies of crucifixion, exclainied : "Forgivne tliem." Tlie good doctor has been successful, he has come out vtetoi-ious, and a man who can not be ■magnaniinoiis in victory is not a good Clu'istian at heart. Eehfuss, the Waslitenaw county treasurer elect lias taken the oath of office. He isn't tlie only man who has taken an oath, over his election, not by ,a dinged eight. Well Waehtenaw ha6 a lot of deonocrats who thirow up their hats for Cleveland, and tJiink that, and swearing, constitute democracy. And riglit here is where we differ from some- a very few only- of Washtenaws democrats Wieie been trj'üiff to dam our flow of imdignation over Cleveland's plghieaded, stiif-necked, self conceited, domineering policy, for two years, but we can't do it. We're pious, and so let 'er flow.- Adrián Press. Hang it all, you ougQit to go; dowr there and run tliis 'yere ship o': state to Bult yourself. Editing the waste-lasket is as essential as editing tlie newspaper. Keeping -tliings out of a newspaper requiires a higher exeroise of journalistic abüity than letting them in. Commoii Besase, fimuneas, coau-age ;iml editorial perception are called iuto service tenfold as muoh in excluding as dn inserting maitter. Ten papers may be found wdiich would permit themselves to be a catehall, to one wMch contains only eifted material. Tlie newspaper which people delight to read is one in which' every item which enters it first undei-goes a careful censors3iii. Tlie office watch dog is an essential member of every editorial staff. Trash should be elimimated from a paper just ae it enould from every other place. If the average editor would devote more time to keeping things out of his paper and lees to poitting them in, he would be Burprieed at resulta. Old Stager says that they used to hunt with horns, but they fish with them now. The New York Mail and Express remarks: In the death oí Hon. Robert Charles Winthrop, Massachusetts loses one of its most distinguished citizens and the country its last sur viving lin between the old and new school of American statesmanship. He was tbc oldest surviving ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, having presided over that body f rom 1847 to 184"). In 1850 he achieved his greatest distinction in being appointed by the governor of Massachusetts to flll the unexpired term of Daniel Webster in the United States Senate, who in that year became Secretary of State. He was succeeded in the Senate by Charles Sumner, and then devoted himself during the reniaining years of his lile to literature and philanthropy. He was an eloquent and órnate speaker, and was principally known to the public in recent years as the orator of imposing and important occasions.