A Change In Time

Kighty-flve per cent of the sities o this country have adopted standard time. The only cities o{ improtance in Michigan cllnglng to the olcl fogy meridian system are Detroit and Washtenaw'á tivo cities. And now that Ypsilanti propoae3 to move forward with the procesión, Aun Arbor will be at the taii end if she dou't watch out. The remarks of trave!ers and travel ing inen when tl.ey visit Aun Arbor and íiud that we have tivo kinds of time here is sometimos quite ludicrous, but liever complimentary. ■What diíference does it make to the people whether their clocks are run by meridian or standard time ? If the court house clock and '.he University c'ock were set by stnadard timo it would not be a month belore all the clocks and watches in town wouLd be in tick with them. This douWe time is a nuisance, and the only thing that ever compelled uá to have it was the prejudiee of tl. e country memtoers of tlhe board of supervisors. One of fcheir number expreseed it in this remark : 'I wod't allow any railroad corporatiou to make time for me." Bles his dear oíd íogy heart, the railroads don't care a i'ig whiether he adopta their time or not. It is no concern of theirs whateyer. lie can go along ou meridian time as long a he choses, bui if he tra veis anywhere 01 -outinent o Nofth America, iie will have to travel by standard time ; and it he does any legal business, in oourt or out, he wil lhavejo do ie by standard time. He alone is discommoded by his refusal to recognize tilinga as they are, and move with the world as it goes whirling on. Tlie railroads will never change their time ; standard time will alwayti be legal time, as it should be, and the day will surely come when th foolish rejudice, even here in Waehtenaw county, will die out and Ik; laughcd at as one of the slUy things oï the past. Good for Grover. It he will on:y staad by lii.s guns Johnnie Buil will come down off his perch. His nessage on t'he Yenezuelan matter is a masterly state paper. Oh, yes ! We are securmsr the markets of the world. -S'o doubt ibout It. For instance, in . the ja.st fie months France has sold us $12,000,000 more, and boagat oí us G.000,&0C less than lor the coiTesponding five months of last year. A difíerence against us oí $18,000,000. The fact seems to be that under the AVilson bill the markets of the world are catching us, instead of our eatchin' them. Tlit reports trom Tarkey in Europe and Turkey In Asia, continue to te more and more sickening and horï-il.'e. The only thing that wi.l stop . ishrd, murder, papine and robbery, is the oxtinction oí ilie Arminian and Chrtetlan popu'ation by ihe Moslems. The horrible detai-s cf a ful work oí the Turks and Kurds are ilashcd over al! the world each day, and vet tliero is nii onougli bravery and not enough manüne.-s' In all Enropo to raisc a hand to proteel these Christians. At a meeting of the board of directora of tlie Michigan Club, held at Detroii recently, it was decided to liold the "Washington birthday bunquet at the auditorium in that city, on I'ebruary 21, instead oí February 2. This change was made to give the guosts from outside of Detroit an opportunity to return iiome by Sunday, M hich would be impossible it' the banquet were held on February 22, this being Saturday. Tlie committee on speakers reported that Gov. "W. O. Iíradley oí Kentucky, and Hon.. I. G. Oousions, member of congress irom Iowa, had been added to the list of speakers. '