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THE JOURNAL. RATES OP ADVERTISING. imtptil Space. lie Zip Imp 3m iim lyr tcol'mn $12.00 i-M $r $35 $() $W) yA " I J-M 1-J Ifl I - ' I G0 X ' I 5.0O lij is" I.-f 20 1 3ft IS 1SSUKO KVKKY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TURNER & CO., Im-lu-. .VJft 7..V it H"Tr, 27 3 " 4.ft i.7f j 10 12 15 20 1 " l.ft0 1 2.2.. 1 4 ftj 8 10 Proprietors and Publishers. Business and professional cards ten lines or less space, per annum, ten dol lars. Leir.nl advertisements at statute rates. "Editorial local notices" llfteeo. cents a line each Insertion. "Local notices" live cent a line each Inser tion. Adrcrtlsments classified as "Spe cial notices" live cents a line first inser tion, three cents a line each subsequent insertion. :o:- Oulumliu.'i iw tSTOflicc, on 11th street., up stairs in Journal building. Terms Per year, $2. Six months, $1. Three months, 50c. Single copies, 5c. ADVERTISEMENTS. VOL. XII.-N0. 81. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1881. WHOLE NO. 603. fl 1 - t. Ls C k HENRY LITERS, BLACKSMITH AND "Wagon Maker, Shops near Koundrj, south of A. N. Pcpot. All kinds of wood anil iron work on "Wajfoii, Itiigplei, Farm iiachinery, Ac. Koops on hand the TIMPKEX SPRIXG BUGGY, ajid other eastern buggies. ALSO, THE-- lurst Sc Bradlev Plows. NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARHOY, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, col.u:tiiii;s, ii:n. A now bonne, newly furninhed. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. JSTHelN a FIrt-ClaK Tabic. Veals, 25 Cents. Lodgings. ...25 Cts SS-2tf MEIM! MILLINERY! MRS. M. S. URATCE HAS JlST KKCEIVKI) A LARUE STOCK OF FALL AI WI.VI'HIt MILLIBERY AU FAICY GOODS. 3TA Fl'LL ASSORTMENT OF KV ERYTIUXfi CKLONCIXG TO FIRST-CLASS .MI LUX. ERY STORK.JPJ Twelfth St., two foors east State Hank: 27-tf F. GERBER & CO., -IK4LKKS IK FURNITURE , AND UNDERTAKERS. J 'J TABLES, Etc., Etc. :o: GIVE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE ON SOUTH SIDE Ilth ST., One door east of lleintz's drug store. CITY Meat Market I One door north of Po-t-ofljce, NEB 11 A SKA AVE., - Columlm. -:o: KKKl' ALL KINDS OK Fresh and Salt Meats, ALSO i Etc in their scaou. :o:- 3TC-li paid Tor lEldex, I.urd nml Hiicoh. M2-x AVILL.T. niCKLY. H. B. MORSE IS STILL SELLING VM. SCHILZ'S OLD STOCK At Cost! At Cost! AND HAS ADDED A Line of Spring Goods WHICH HE IS SELLING AT EASTERN PRICES. "WM. SCHILZ Can still be found at the old stand, where he continues to do all kinds of Custom Work and Repairing. BECKER & WELCH, PEOPEIETOES OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE, COL UMB US, XEB. DOW, WEAVER & CO., PROPRIETORS OP THE Columbus Drug Stors, Ci::t::rx ts A. 7. B3LAHD. The Leading Drug House IX THE WEST. A full and complete line or Drags, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, &c., ' Painters' Supplies, Window Glass, Wall Paper, LAMPS. OF EVERY flffllPTIM. "When you need anything in our line we will make it to your inter est to call on us. 83-Jr. A. A. Smith retains his position as Prescription Clerk,which is a jwsitire guarantee against mis takes, and with our facilities every thinq in the j)rescription line is PERFECT. Hon't forget the place, 3 doors north of l'.O. 557-y TO BECKER, DKAI.KK IK ALL KINDS OK FAMILY GROCERIES! I KEEP CONSTANTLY OX HAND a well selected stock. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Sp cialty. faootl leliverel Tree purl ol'ihc City. to Jin j- I AM ALSO AGENT FOB THE CEL EBRATED COQUILLARD Farm and Spring Wagons, of which keep a constant supply on hand, but few their equal. In stjle and quality, second to none. CALL, AND LEARN PRICES. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. Jb X. Depot. STATE BANK, 2i::its:nt: Oiniri t Seal isl Ttrsir & Haiti. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000 DI RECTO KS Leander Gerrard, Pres'l. Geo. W. Hulst Vice Pres't. Julius A Reed. Edward A. Gerrard. Abner Turner, Cashier. fUmk oT Deposit IlKConnt nnd ExchaBfce. Collection Promptly ITInde on nil IoIntM. Pay latei'PHt oh Time Iepo- It. !74 END SPRINGS, PLATFORM SPRINGS, WHITNEY. t BREWSTER SIDE SPRINGS. Light Pleasure and Business Wag ons of all Descriptions. We arc pleased to invite the attention of the public to the fact that we have just received a car load of Wagons and Buggies of all descriptions, and that we are the sole agents for the counties of Platte, Butler, Boone, Madison, Merrick, Polk and-York, for the celebrated CORTLAND WAGON COKP'Y, of Cortland, New York, and that we arc ofleriug these wagons cheaper thau any other wagon built oT same material, style and finish can be sold for in this county. J3TSend for Catalogue and Price-list. I'll 1 1.. CAIft, Columbus, Xeb. 4S4.tf WILLIAM RYAN, DEALER IN KENTUCKY WHISKIES Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco. 25JSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant ly on hand.jgj Eleventh St., Columbus, Neb. ANDERSON & ROEN, BANKEKS, KUtVKNTH ST., COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. ISTDeposits received, and interest paid on time deposits. TSTPrompt attention given to collec tions and proceeds remitted on day of payment. $3TPassage tickets to or from European points by best lines at lowest rates. JST 'Drafts on principal points in Eu rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS: First National Bank, Decorah, Iowa. Allan fe Co., Chicago. Omaha National Bank, Omaha. First National Bank, Chicago. Kountze Bros., N. Y. Dr. A. HEINTZ, DKALKR IK WII KM, LIQUORS, Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc., And all articles usually kept on hand by Druggists. Physicia7is Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Eleventh street, near Foundry. COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA SPEICE & NORTH, General Agents for tho Sale of Real Estate. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific it. R. Lauds for sale at from $3.00 to$10. per acre for cash, or on live or ten yearf lime, iu annual payments to suit pur chasers. We have also a large and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terms. Also business and residence lots in the city. "We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate iu Platte County. KV, COLUMBUS, NEB. Ham Qbuib i B WHOLESALE & RETAIL GEOCEES! ALSO DKALKRS IK ('roekery, (Mass ware, Lamps, Ktc, and Country Produce of all Kinds. THE HE'!' OF FLOUR Al. WAY. KEPT OX IIAXI, FOR THE LEAST MONEY! iSTGoods delivered free of charge to any part of the city. Terms cash. Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets, Columbus, Xeb. TTENKY ASS, Manujacturer and dealer in Wooden and Metalic Burial Caskets All kinds and sizes of Kebep, also has the sole right to manufac ture and sell the Smith's Hammock Reclining Chair. Cabinet Turning and Scroll work, Pic tures, Picture Frames and Mouldings. Looking-glass Plates. Walnut Lumber, etc., etc. COLUMBUS, NEB. TXTEIIEK & K.HOBKL, AT TIIK "rcOLDUBS MEAT MAHKET! ' Ob Elevemtk Street, Where meats are almost given away for cash. Beef per lb., from 310cts. Best steak, per lb., 10 " Mutton, per lb., from C 10 " Sausage, per lb. from 8 10 " IST'Special prices to hotels. 5C2-lj LAW, REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL COLLECTION OFFICE BY W.S.GEEE. TlfONEY TO LOAN in small lots on 1t1 farm property, time one to three years. Farms with some improvements bought and sold. Office for the present at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb. 473-x COMJ1BIIN Restaurant and, Saloon! E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor. JSrWbolesale ind Retail Dealer in For eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales. tSTJientucky Whiskies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their season, by the case can or dish. iltk Str.et, So tk ef D.pot 60D GOODS grjjjj BUSINESS CARDS. pORKELlUS A: KULIVAK, A TTORXEYS-A T-LA W, Up-stalrs in Gluck Building, 11th street, Above tho New bank. JOHN .I.ItlAUGHAft, JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND N OTA BY PUBLIC, Plattk Ckktkk, Neb. tt a. I1UUSON, NOTARY PUBLIC, 12th Street, 2 doors nest or llsmniond Home, Columbus, Neb. 491-y D K. III. . TIUJKSTO, BES1DENT DENTIST. Office over corner of 11th nnd North-st. Alloperationstirst-class and warranted. G lUICAGv IIARItKK SHOP! HENRY WOODS, Pkop'k. JSTEvcry thing in first-class style. Also keep the best of cigars. f!G-y M cAl.LlNTEK IlltOS., A TTORXEYS AT LA W, Office up-stairs in McAllister's build ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary Public. J. M. MACKAItLAND, AttcrMj Mi Notify Pttli: II. K. COWDKRY, Colls:i:r. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK JOHN M. MACFARLAND, Columbus, : : : Nebraska. rp u. leiisciiE. Nth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store, Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Blanket. Curry Coinlw, Itrushes, etc., at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. Tlf .1. THOMPSON, XO TA R Y P UBLIC And General Collection Agent, St. Edwards, Boone Co., Neb. BYRON MILLETT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. HYKOrV lUII.I.RTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus Nebraska. N. B. He will give close attention to all business entrusted .o him. 248 T OUIS SCIIREIBKR, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to order, and all work guaranteed. iSTShop opposite the " Tattcrsall," Olive Street. '-" Tj .1. SCIIUtt, M. ., PHYSICIAN AND SUltOEON, ColumliH, Nob. QflffgCorner of Noith and Eleventh Sts., up-stairs in Gluck's brick building. Consultation in German and English. TAMES PEARSALL IS l'KKI'ARKD, WITH FIRST- CLA SS A PPA RA T US, To remove houses at reasonable rates. Give him a call. VTOTICE TO TEACHERS. J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt., Will be in his oliicc at the Court House on the first and last Saturdays of each month for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates. and for the transaction of any other business pertaining to schools. fC7-y Drs. MITCHELL & MARTYN, COI.UIUIIUS mm & suegical mmm. Surgeons O., N. & B. H. It. It., Asst. Surgeons U. P. It'y, COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA. TUTT'S PILLS INDORSED BY PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDICAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Ijoaa of appetite JJaugoa,bowelB costive. Pain in thoHead.wlth a dull sensation in the back part. Pain under the ahouider olade, fallneM after eating, with a disin clination to exertion of body or mind, Irritability of temper. Low-spirits, -boss of memory, with a feeling of haying neg lected some daty,wearinesa. DiixinnBa. Plnttering of the Heart, Jots before the eyes. Yellow Skin, Headacha. BestleBg nesa at nieht, highly colored Urine. U THESE WABHHrai ASE UHUEEDEI), SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED. 1'UiT'S FILLS svre especially adapted to saca cases,one dose effects such acbange of feeling aa to astonish the sufferer. They la ereaae the Appetite, and cause the body to Take Flrak. thai the system Is erliheLMid by thelrTealeActloBon the . DtgeetlTe Oiasi, Beeralar Stools arepro duced. Price a cents. 35 Mnrry St.. is. Y. TUTT'S HAIR DYE. Ghat Eaib orWrnsscits changed to a Glossy Bulcx by a single application of this DTK. It Imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneously. Sold bj DrngguU, or Mat bj cipre on receipt of f I. Office, 35 Murrey St., New York. D. TCirs BAMCiL T Talukl UIWmttlM n B AN AERONAUTS STORY. Yours is an odd trade.' I made this remark to Mr. Fred Burnett, a traveling acquaintance, as the cars were noaring Toledo. He had told me that he was a profes sional aeronaut. His apcensionp, however, were not made for scien tific purposes, but as a means of livelihood. For them he received five hundred dollars, and sometimes a thousand dollars a trip. 'Yes, an odd and a dangerous one he replied. 'No doubt, especially when a bal loon lakes fire iu the air, or collapses. But,' I aeked, 'with judicious man agement and in favorable weather, is the peril really as great as most people think it is?' 'Every whit!' exclaimed the aero naut. I am never in tfie air an hour that I am not made fully aware, in some way, that my life is staked, and staked, too, against heavy odds. But the part of the venture that I always dread is the coming down, not the going up; especially coming to earth in a gale of wind, or even in a stiflT breeze. 'You see, too, that I am not liko a 'scientist.' I must leave the ground on advertised time. "When 1 make an engagement on a Fourth of July, or with some menagerie, I must leave at the hour announced, wheth er tho aspect of the sky 19 favorable or not. It won't do to disappoint spectators after they've paid money to satisfy their curiosity. A crowd of people of that sort has neither 6oul nor reason. They expect you to make tho flight, and will hoot and sometimes use violence if it is not made. 'I shall never forget an ascension I mndo from Detroit. I was hired for 'Vance's Great Circus and Cara van.' It was the 23d of August. I was to bo paid five hundred dollars for the aRcent. 'I had with mo a young fellow named Ned Eslcs. Poor Ned! "We camo to Detroit the evening before with the balloon, Hie Gypsy Queen, a gay litllo air bubble of about nine teen thousand cubic feet capacity. 'It was a bright morning, and we took the Gypsy to the ground early. A vacaut space had been encircled by ft rope for us, and a hoso connect ed with tho gas-pipe of some sort of a factory about a hundred yards away. "We began to inflate the bal loon with coal gas. Common burn ing gas is iif.cd in most of the large towns for this purpose. Pure hydro gen ga? is much more expensive and difficult to manufacture, and the coal gas answers almost as well, though the odor is not agreeable. It was pat eleven" o'clock when wc ceased to inflate the balloon. Then we allowed her to ascend about thirty feet, and there hold her to the ground by cords. This was done for an advertisement, to draw a crowd. And there was a crowd. I think not less than five thousand persons were in that circus. Tho performance lasted till a little after five o'clock in the afternoon, and then the people streamed out aud surrounded tho Gypsy. 'Meantime the weather had chang ed. I never saw a more ominous sky. The scuds had begun to fly in the south, and every five or ten min utes there would come one of those dreary sighs of wind which, to an aeronaut's ear, arc as significant as .signal guns. 'Fred,' said Ned to me as wc were hauling the balloon down, so that we could get into the car, 'what do you think the public hog would fray if we were to let out the gas and postpone this thing?' 'I replied that I shouldn't care so much for what might be said as for what might be done. A coat of tar aud feathers, and a general distribu tion of tho Gypsy in little pieces for mementoes, would follow our refu sal to 'go up.' Go we must, if we died for it. That was of no conse quence to the crowd. 'All right,' said Ned. But we bad better come down at once, unless we want to sail in a southwestern 'I urged Ned not to go with me, the prospect looked so threatening; but he replied 'Oh, I'm going! But, Fred, I think we had better insert the words 'if the weather iB clear,' in our next advertisement.' 'I thought so, too. 'It was a noisy crowd. Lota of liquor had been drank, and there was not a spark of pity for us in the mind of a person present. At a quarter after five the gnn was fired. Ned leaned out of the basket. 'Ladies and gentlemen.' he shout ed, 'wo are now about to bid yon adieu! Good-night! I guess you've sent us to our death,' he added, in a lower tone of voice, as he turned with a forced laugh to me. 'The line was cut. Gypsy, vault ing from the ground, sailed up like a great white bird towards the dark ening sky. A shout followed ue. Handkerchiefs were waved. But we were soon high aloft and out of earshot. 'I had kept tho hose on till the last moment, so as to have every inch of the canvas inflated, for, under the most favorable circumstances, I never like to hear a balloon flap, and for tho last hour or two I had been convinced that wo should bo forced across Lake St. Clair before wo reached the earth again. So, as I havo said, I filled her with gas, and took in three sand-bags of ballast. 'For two thousand feet wo went right up up up, almost in a straight lino. There seemed to be scarcely a breath of wind. But higher up we could seo the scuds flyiug spitefully, and wo were rapid ly approaching them. A few hun dred feet more were passed, and we struck the storm curreut. The Gyp sy ducked and lurched off. 'Hold ou !' Ned bhouted, and if we hadn't held ou, we should have gone out of the basket, for we got a tre mendous jerk. Tho balloon bobbed her head and bolted northeast, right out over the straits and tho lake. She drew us after her at the rate of sixty miles an hour, perhaps even faster than that. 'But Lake St. Clair is a goodish bit of water. "Wo were over it till nearly seven o'clock, when the woods and houses on the Canada shore began to come iu sight, and we were soon over them. 'Lot's get down,' said Ned, who had bcou takiug a long look at tho country. 'There's a large village ahead. Let's try for that, and drop as near it as we can.' 'I looked, and then pulled the rope of the valve which, when opeu, allows the gas to escapo so as to drop the balloon down out of the upper air current in which wo were flying. The escape of gas caused the Gypsy lo descend. She went sagging dowu on a long incline for perhapri a thousand feet, but still continued to fly rapidly forward. '"Wo had come within eight online hundred feet of the earth, aud saw, not a litllo to our consternation, that the wind blow the trees fiercely, and that a strong southeasterly gale was sweeping tho ground. The wind was more violent than it had been aloft. 'I knew then thai we must encoun ter some severe bumping, but neith er of us anticipated such a gale as that we fell into; for, as we got lower, we were swept on faster and faster. 'At a height of 200 feet above the trees and fences, we were carried along at certainly twico the speed of a race-hore! Fields and farm houses sped under us. "We had passing glimpses of hero aud thnro an astonished faco turned up to ward us. 'This never will do!' Ned shouted. It's death to touch the ground !' 'Ho pitched out a bag of sand. When it struck the earth it burst like a shell. I threw out another. Just then wo wore crossing a road. A horse and wagon, contain ing a man and woman, were passing. Tho sand-bag Btruck the fence, smashing it to splinters. "With a horrified glance, the passengers plied their whip. "We left them bounding away at a gallop. 'The Gypsy vaulted into the air again. The country flew from under us. A heavy mist began to envelope us. Soon drops of rain drove into tho car. A stormy night was setting in. The rain aud mist saturated the cordage and increased the weight of the balloon, and we again settled to ward tho earth. 'Our situation can be imagined flying at such speed over a country the surface of which could now scarcely be- distinguished! Ono bump against the earth, a house, or a rock, would probably be fatal to us. '"We must try the, hooks!' Ned ex claimed. 'We had two anchors attached to inch and a half lines that were 200 feet in length. I cast out one of them, and we lay hold of the rope, in expectation of a sudden arrest of onr flight. Wo were slowly settling, and it presently caught on some thing. 'There was a prodigious jerk, but the obstacle we bad hooked gave way. The anchor bounded upward, almost into the car, aud we rose again, but only for a moment or two. Then came a series of hitches and jerks as the grapnel dragged after us. 'Fence poles were hooked up. One post flew up almost to a level with our faces. A moment later we went over a farm-house. The anchor rip pod up tho eaves and sent the bricks rattling oft' tho chimney. What the people inside thought of the hubbub is mere than I know. Ned said they might bless their stars that we had not taken the house with us. 'All at once we heard a splashing. Wc were passing over a pond. The anchor was dragging In tho water. Tho pond was covered with ducks. They rose with sharp quackings and a tremenduous rumble of wiugs. One flew blindly into the car. 'The next instant we experienced a terrific jerk. The anchor line snapped. The balloon bounced up from the earth. The anchor had caught in a largo tree, and the cord had broken like thread! We throw out the other aucbor. It was our one hopo. 'It had now grown very dark and was raining hard. The anchor caught repeatedly, but did not hold. Wo were carried in this manner several miles. Soon the bucket be gan to graze the treotops. 'At length we hauled up the line, and found why the anchor did not catch ; both flukes were brokou oil! I cut it loose. The balloon rose a little. 'Ned then tied the anchor-line to our last sand-bag, aud wo threw that out, hoping it might hitch round something. Evidently we were over a forest. I could hear the heavy bag crashing through the boughs. 'Suddenly we felt au awful jerk. The car lurched downward aud struck heavily against something. Though wo wcro holding fast, the shock wrenched our bauds from the ropes. I was hurled forward, and struck amid a mass of wet bnuh, at which I clutched desperately. It bent downward, but I held on and it supported me. 'At the same instant I heard Ned cry out, as if hurt. Tho balloon was violently boating against what seem ed to be branches. I could hear the silk ripping, and smell tho escaping gas. 'Very cautiously I felt about. Get ting hold of the larger boughs, 1 found that I was in a trcetop. In a short time I was able lo climb down ward, and soon slid to the ground. It was some kind of an evergreen a large spruce, I think. 'As soon as I reached the ground, I shouted to Ned. No answer fol lowed. I groped about, but could not find him. Lighting matches I aiways carry them in my pocket 1 searched beneath tho trees near by, aud came upon the poor fellow lying upon his side senseless, about forty feet distant, where ho had fallen. 'As quickly as possible, I collected brush and branches of trees, ami after much difficulty kindled a fire. Ned was breathing faintly. 'By chafing him and by the aid ol cordial from my flask, I brought him to consciousness iu about ten min utes. But he groaned niliabiv. and I now discovered that his left leg was broken above the knee. He was dreadfully shaken up otherwise, having been thrown thirty or forty feet lo tho ground. 'I never was in such a quandary as to what I ought to do. His leg should be set at once ; but if I start ed for holp in the darkness, I was as likely to go further into the woods as to find a settlement. 'Well, sir, what I did do was first to build a better fire, then cut some Bplints, and tear the linings of my coats into bandages, and set that leg myself! 'Of course I hurt him fearfully, lie cried and groaned iu a way that cut me to the heart. I straightened and got the bones into position as best I could; then I kept the fire burning brightly, and stayed by him till morning. 'When it bad at last grown light, I climbed a tree and tried to get some idea of the country. The Gypsy hung in the tree-tops, a wreck. The gas had all escaped and the canvas was badly torn. 'I got the hatchet from tho car, and, leaving Ned as comfortably placed as possible, sot off, 'blazing trees' as I went. I had seen some thing that .looked like a clearing, to the southeast, and started for that, using my pocket compass. I tho't I went at least nine or ten miles before I camo out of the woods to a house a shanty of French Cana dians. mi- m. gamcicu a iUiiij'auj ui five men and went back for Ned. We got him to the Bbanty a little before sunset. But it was not till the next afternoon that I could get a doctor from the village of Sanger towu, soventecu miles below, to visit him. 'The leg waa by that time bo swol len and sore that the physician did not think it advisable lo reset it, and it never was reset. It got well in time, and is now a pretty good leg. 'The Gypsy waa an entiro 1op3 to me; I never got even the silk and ropes out of the woods. She was worth about a thousand dollars. So, you see, I did not make much out of that trip from Detroit. Youth's Companion. The highest elements of character, of power and dignity He within reach of the lowest and the poorest. I A STUDY OF 11UMBA.K1. By a Woman for Women, hat Mea May Read it with FroBt. We hear much about tho art of winning a husband. Let us tako a stop further and make a study out of keeping a husband. If ho is worth winning he is worth keeping. This is a wicked worfd, and man is dreadfully mortal. Let us tako him just as he is, not as ho ought to be. In the first place, he is very weak. Tho wife must spond tho first two years in discovering all these weaknesses, count them on her fiugers, and learn them by heart. The fingers of both hands will not be too many. Thon let her study up these weaknesses, with a mesh for every one, aud tho secret is hers. Is ho fond of a good dinner? Lot her tighten the mesh around him with fragrant colleo, light bread and good things generally, and roach his heart through his stomach. Is ho fond of flattery about his look.-,? Let her study tho dictionary for sweet word, if her supply gives out. Does he liko to hear her talk about his brilliant intellect? Let her poro over tho encyclopaedia to give va riety to tho depth of her admiration. Flattery is a good thing to study up at all hazards, in its delicate shades, but it must bo skillfully done. Tho harpy who may try to coax him away will not do it absurdly. Is bo fond of beauty? Hero's the rub let her bo bright and tidy ; that Is half tho victory. Next, lot her bang her hair metaphorically and keep up with the times. A husband who sees his wife look liko other people is not going to consider her "broken down." Though it is a common sneer that a woman has admitted that her sex consider more, iu marrying, tho tables of her frieuds thau her own, yet it mut tint bo considered ludi crous that a man looks at his wifo with tho same eye- that other people do. Is ho fond of literary mattors? Listen to him with wido open eye when he talks of them. A man doesn't so much care for a literary wile if only she will be literary enough to appreciate him. If sho havo literary inclinations let her keep them to herself. Meu lovu to be big and great to their wives. That's the reason why a helpless litllo woman can marry three times to a sensible, self-reliant womau'd none. Cultivate helplessness. Is ho curioiiH ? Oil, then you hatre a treas ure; you can always keep him if you have a secret and only keep it carefully. Is he jealous? Then, woman, this is not for you; cease reading; ccaio torturing that fretted heart which wants you for his own, aud tustch him confidence. Is ho ugly in his temper and laultfinding? Givo him a dose of his own medicine, skill fully done. Is he deceitful? Pity him for his weaklier, treat him as ouu who is born with a physical do fect, but put your wits to work it Is a bad case. It is well not to bo too tame. Men do not waste their powder aud shot on hens and barn yard fowls ; they liko the pleasure of pursuing wild game quail and grouse and deer. A quail is a good model for a wife neat and trim, with a pretty swift way about it, aud just a little capricious. Never let yourself become au old story; bo just a little uncertain. Another important fact id, don't be too good ; it hurts his feelings and becomes monotonous. Cultivate a pleasaut voice, so that this very mortal man may have his conscience prick him when he is in jeopardy; ita pleasant ring will haunt him much more than would a shrill ono. It is hard to do all this, besides tak ing care of the babies and looking after vexatious household cares, and smiling when he cornea home, but it seems necessary. "To be born a woman is to be born a martyr," says a husband who for ten yeara has watched iu amazement his wife treading the winopress of her exist euce. It is a pitiful sight to some men. But if the wifo does not make a study of these thing, tho harpy will, to steal away the honor from hid Bilvcr hairs when ho is full of year3 and the father of sons and daugh ters. At the same time, gudewife, keep from trying any of these thiuga on any other mortal man but your own. These rules are only evolved, to order to "keep a husbaud." Tho poor, weak creature would rather bo good than bad, and it is woman's duty to hold him by every means in, her power. The Argonaut. Instead of being content to live so as to escape blame, tho Christian ia required to live so as to prove a means of blesssing. Tho government of a nation de mands a certain harmony like music, and certain proportions liko architecture.