Senator Vest Thinks He Shall Retire

from public Ufe at the end of his term. .That is what Mr. Cleveland thought hen h acoepted h.is first nominatkn. However, this is not a predictdon, but only a reminiscencc. The House of Representathes at Ianslng has shown lts wisdom in "setting down on" the leglslative Junket ' Nbw lf the same body will imsist upan a short, sharp and business sessiom lt will earn and receive tJxe plaudits of the people. The increased republiean vote at the electlon last fall will make the next state convent-ion a large one, numbering in all 1,104 delégate?. Wayne county's delegation has inereased from 97 to 132. Waslitenaw couhty will be entitled to 23 instead of 19. The republican. liave one great thing to overeóme this spring, and that is over-coiifidence. They have Jnst won a reat victory, and many of them will say : "Oh, -our ticket will be elected any way ; there is mo use of my going to vote," while on the other hand, the ranks of the nemy will line np toa. man. The true Christian charity is that which helps a human being in distrees amd want. The needs of the little Children of Armenia, whose parents and brcthers and sisters have been slaughtered by the cruel Turks, appeal with great force to every heart. A man who could wibhstand that aipeal, must liave a hard heart indeed. A. "R. Austin, of Chesaning, on ilonöay last, coughed up a bullet whicü wás shot into his lungs by a rebel at the battle of Buil Run over 35 years ago. It was a good way to conimence tlie week he thinks, and says that "if any of the Johnnies will prove property amd pay charges they ean have the bulle." That was probably the most fortúnate cough any man ever had. Timely Topics is the name of a new publication launcheü on the sea of Journalism by Henry R. Pattenglll, with May I. Johnson as assistant editor. It is a neat looking ournal, of convenient form, having a wellproportioned page three columns in width, and printed upon good calendered paper. It will be devoted, ae lts name mdioates, to the general news of the day. ilay it meet with the greatest euccess. This government ean help everyöody, every Amerioau citizen, by enacting and maintaining such Iaw8 as are for the greatest number. First among suoh laws is a protective tarIff so adjusted as to afford sufficient revenue to carry on the government and protect our labor from unfair and unequal foreign competition. PJght eamestly is the republicn party piepaiing through its representatives in congress for the enactment of such a law and it will be amotog the Brst measures to be adopted under the McKinley admtoistration.