If Congress resolve to act upon the suggestion of Senator Miller that the Congressional Record be issued as a weekly and sent to every family in the country, some modification ought to be made in the contents of the Record. The paper is much too heavy and dismal in its present condition to be welcomed in the ordinary American household. Perhaps it might have a puzzle department, and if so one of the first puzzles could take the shape of an inquiry how it happens that so many Congressmen get rich on a salary of five thousand a year. The department of answers to correspondents could be enriched with references to letters from office seekers, and the department of Household Economy could contain explanations of how the members frank their shirts home through the post-office so as to get them in the family wash. As for the general contents, describing the business proceedings in the Senate and the House, we recommend that these should be put in the form of verse. We should treat them, say, something in this fashion: Mr. Hill Introduced a bill To give John Smith a pension; Mr. Bayard Talked himself tired, But said nothing worthy of mention. This would be succinct, musical, and a degree impressive. The youngest reader could grasp the meaning of it, and it could be easily committed to memory. Or a scene in the House might be depicted in such terms as these: A very able speech was made by Cox, of Minnesota, Respecting the necessity of protecting the black voter, ’Twas indignantly responded to by Smith, of Alabama, Whose abominable talk was silenced by the Speaker’s hammer. Then Atkinson, of Kansas, rose to make an explanation, But was pulled down by a colleague in a state of indignation. And Mr. Alexander, in a speech about insurance, Taxed the patience of his hearers pretty nearly past endurance, After which Judge Whittaker denounced the reciprocity Treaty with Hawaii as a scandalous monstrosity. * * * * * Of course versification of the Congressional Record would require the services of a poet laureate of rather unusual powers. If Congress shall accept seriously the suggestions which we make with an earnest desire to promote the public interest, we shall venture to recommend the selection of the Sweet Singer of Michigan as the first occupant of the laureate’s office.” CHARLES B. LEWIS. The Detroit Weekly Free Press is a famous American newspaper. For a decade it has amused and instructed a hundred thousand families in the United States and Canada, yet prior to 1870 the paper was almost unknown outside the limits of the City of the Straits. The humorous column of the Free Press and the witty descriptive articles printed over the signature of “M. Quad,” explains the secret of the success of this popular Detroit newspaper.