To-day Is Ash Wednesday, And The

good church people are expected to give up the entertainments, the parties, and the frivolities of society for the next forty days, and devote theuiselves to a serious contemplation of life and its duties. Lent ends on Sunday, April 5th, vvhich is Easter. The great preacher (Talmage) for once failed to "catch on" at Ann Arbor. He has "been unmercifully "roasted" iby the local papers and sings, "Won't go ifhere nny more." We wouldn't De Wiet eith ■:■.- Monro Democrat. CFor once ? I k had lieen but once 'twould have hiien. better ; mucli better. One of tlie finpst undertakiug establishments in Michigan is that of Oliver M. Martin, which he jiist moved into on S. Fourth ave. The building runs clear back to tlie alley in the n.iildle of the block, and contains ainple room for all departments of the business, even to a morgue, a tliing very niuch needed in the city. The display room is a fine one, and people patronizing Mr. Martin will not have to come in contact with the work of the preporation room, which is often unpleasant. Drop in and loak it over.