See That You Don't Conceal Writing In Newspapers

A young man of tliis city purcliased ten dollars' worth of experience from Uncle Sana this week. Tlie priee Beemed pretty high but in after years he will probably look back on the affuir and conduele tliat his experience was pretty cheap after all. The national government is a jealous one and especially is it severe in matters connected with the mail service. Notwithstanding the fact that what this young man did as ninnbers of otlier citizens do daily, jast to save a cent or two, and in total ignorance of the fact that they are violating a law and layiug themselves lial)le to a fine or imprisonment. This young man whose name the Argus witholds, is of a saving disposition and thinking Uncle Sam would never know it, put a note inside of a newspaper which lie niailed to a friend, paying postage onlj' at the uewspaper rate. The postmaster at the destination of the paper, was of au iir quiring disposition and took a peep insidé. He discovered the note and reported the violation of the postal laws to the authorities, and as a result, Postolfiue Inspector Parsell visited Aun Arbor on Wöilnesday and called on the young man who sent the paper. He explained to him the violation of the law and notiiied him that unless the young man contiibuted $10 towards paying the expenses of running Uncle Sam's government, he would be placed under arrest' and gi ven an opportuuity to explain "wliy Jie did it" before the United States court at Detroit. The young man, although he violated the law in ignorance, concluded that he didn't want to take the Detroit trip.' He arrived at another conclusión and is advising all his friends to follow his example - when he has a letter to write to take it to the post-ofnee and pay letter postage on it. He thiuks this latter course will be good financiering for that $10 bill would have paid for more two cents stamps than he would use in writting letters in the next five years. The penalty fixed for such violatious of the law as this is an unvarying one of $10. - Argus. The democrats aa-o afraid tliat the rlüoling' of the imcoimie tas law will rumish an excuse for the re-enactment of ecnie of the protective dutios which the democrats loipped off, because the gcveriimen.t must havo revenues, and if they camnot be raised by direct taxatioiD. they must be dorived from indiiecl taxatioin. The domoc-rats canno: escape from that conclusión. The go'iemment musit be eupported, and if the democratie way öf suppo.rting' il liats failod, why, the republican way wil! have to be resorted to once inore. Thai is all there is to it.