WOMAN AND HOME. AN ILLUSTRATION OF CO-OPERATION IN A COUNTRY HOME. A rhjn.lr.lljr I'arfeet Woman V, hat Chil dren Should Learn A Latjr naabinl. i A I'oliit oil Dress Educational Hints. I Comfort for Wives Item. An Illustration of home co-oieraUon baa recently come under my olswrvatiou, which baa Interested, mo, asiieelally tine It illus trates the possibllititsi of the many homes ai contrasted with tlio exceptional opjxirtuul lie of the few. In a quiet country home of which I know, there are nine children (the four youngest, loysl. Their ngm range from 1 to 21 yearn City convenience of sewamge, water work AUd gas have not yut lightened household work, but there are broad flehU all altout them, and the delights of wouls aud dell nd sweet breathed winds and flowers. There is a vegetable garden to lie cared for, anil a 'ow to be milked. Tho father's huninms hikes lira from home a large part of every week, ao that more care than is usual falls upon th Mother. Hut what a genius is hers, Indeed, for ordering the household fori I How clour headed and wio 1 site in the manage ment of her borne deiartment! Several of the children are physically deli cate. Thny vary widely in tuuieramunt, and so many children mutt; but, so far as I iuow, they all cheerfully wiieel into lino, and tho entire family work goes on quietly, regu larly, ami apparently without friction. There la no maid in th klichen, but each daughter bikes her turn in the various do parlmcuuof work. Bhe serves bur appren ticeship as cook, or chamlM-rmulil, or seam stress, and is left, after a proper start therein, to the unassisted ci Mid net of her then depart ment, learning from occasional failure bow to the belter plau and cxis.uto next time. Klnce there are only "themselves," all can hear with equanimity the sometimo disiicnta- tion of an overdone roost or an uudordone omelet, and If the wick of the "evojilng J'llmi" fimob14 iii,f.,-.u,j1, -i .1 or Alitor Arthur will be pretty sure to trim It straight the next morning. Even tLoverv little ones feel the!?,.!. bility in the fuiuilvplans. Unolius in cburi: . , .. - " .. ... 1 the sweeping of the veruudu and the briiig . lug of the "kindling." Another iuhiull . the vegetable. On Monday the work of Washing is so divided that it is not over wearisome for any. There are two clothe wringers, at which the larger boyaolllrliiut, t)no sinter attend to the first washing, .auotle r to the rinsing, etc. The aim of the lump fulls to on littl" girl, and so on. Then the mother has a sewing school, where oven tho boys lire eulhusiustk learnci'. The baby CvnxliiuteH a divided right. 1 susjsi't that many hands huve the. holding of him, hut a 1 be lias Umu a feeble child bo bus chiefly fallen to his mother' tending. In this family there are pleasant literury plans and readings. Miwoand art do not have the go by, either. In short, it is a well ordered re public, with no superfluous citiama lUh Jwcai 1'erley lteeil iu Christian Lulon. , A I'hrsloally I'erferl Woinun. If any woman wishes to know whether she Is a x'rfoi.'t sK'inieu of her sex she has only to apply the rule laid down for ascertaining the fact and figure on the result, l irst, us to lieight, taste ibtTer, but the Meillceiin Venus Is live fistt, live inches in height, and this is hold by many Kuilptor and artists to Ik the newt admirable stature for a woman. Ah fur coloring and hiie, here is a code laid ikovn by tliu A rubs, whosuy that a woman should have tin things: Muck hair, eyebrows, lushes and pupils. White HUiu, Uvth nnd t'Mmof the eye. lied Tongue, llst nnd rheiks. lUiund llwul, neck, anus, nnklisi and wuiht long lck, lingers, arm and limbs. I.urge Korehead eyes and liis. Nar row Eyebrow, nose and fuetj Hiiiull Ears, bu .l and hnnds. For a wouuiii of live fivt five, l.'W ioumls Is tlits proK'r weight, and if she he well formed lio can stand another ten pound without creuily showing it When her arm arexxU'iideil sho should measure from tip of middle ll.i,;i r to to tip of middle tinker Just live b et IWe, exactly her own height. The length of her hand should Is) just a tenth of thai mid lcr foot Just a wvenlh, and the di ameter of her chest a 111 th, From ber thighs to the groun I slut should measure Just w lint she measure from Uie thighs lit the top of the lieiid. The knee lioulil come exactly midway between the lliigh ami the licvl. Tho illstamw fitim the ellstw to the niiddli) it., .1.....1.1 i.. tt... ti... .ti. from the ellstw t.tthe ni.il.lle of the chest ! l.Ton. th. top of the bead to the chin should i U Just the length of the foot, and U.ero ' should l the same distance Mw.vn the chin and the armpits. A woman of this height should meHsu.Vtwenty ftmrli.eli..ibout tho vaist and thirty-four Incbts, alt.ut tho bust, If uitsisureil from under tint arms, ami forty- tur if over them. Tim uH-r arm should measure lhinm inches and tho wrist six. I Vhecuirofthe IcgshotiM measmv fourUvu and ..nu half inches, tho thigh twenty-live and the ankle elht T!i.-ro 1 another svs- ...... ,.r ....?... i,,..t. ti...i .i... .i; tiMice twnv an, And the thumb should go onco around tho wrist; twice around tho wrist, once around the throat; twitv around tho throat, onee around the waist, and so on, but the llrst is the nieusui-vs ud by sculptors, vho Iktve gullied tliein by measiiivmeuU of the Greek sUilue. Now York World. W liut -Iill.na Kli.ml.l I , , ii.., , . ., itmcu young en is aim ihiv na sismieu- quette f.a in au.l more als.ut the spirit of1 lova Teueh tl.em not ao much to dam and 1 )Hand ,eelvo gm.vfully, a to Is. quick to : Iloarviisifor any one in trouble or be-1 wllderment, alert to lend a hclpm bau.l, ! even If il I- to the girl in Die k.u hou or the iHNwkM and Imusl HrP on the .treet, and inimlmUul of othe.s' comfort than their , own. T-svh them U. despis. vulgarity and 1 habit. ,! imeUuiliiua of lt.lv ,,r .. mind; but teach them also that poverty is uo 1 disgrace hi d Unit t lata measure of a man's or a u , ut h ll.M itnvir In t iim wioL-.it i- im .,.iw-.. ti:.j..,i.-. i.. ' tiotsomauy can earn them honestly or g0 without them If beyond their imviiia The 1 insn or tho woman iu a shabby cnt or clouk , 1 motv royal i'l the sight of honest men llutu ! tho dude w ho Mever a.vs his tailor's bill, or j tu gii I w ho usver luu ber buy band toeai-n j bur living. If 1 bad th teaching of 100 blesmsl girls' today, 1 wmild di-op the languages, and th I lussic and th. accomplishment from the : list; 1 wottl! close up the text Isstks and turn j lli bl.u'klxtards' Ethiopian faoes to the wall and givott aulid year's lonwui in human nature. JIow they averusl iu ltui should lie of not o much a.fottnt as bow they averaged in lionor and lojV.; and heaven Kirn purity. Vhat tavVs tuey made Ui algebra sliould luaUM'litleixunarvtl to what iweet deeds of courtesy a.id helpful love tliey scisrrd from day to day. lhr sUiulmg in scholarship ahould sil into hislgniltcano before their atandiitg la the ability to uiak bout happy, "AuiWr" ta Chicago Journal nasband a Kalaaaeea. sawmUtus th auVA of oiairu la Ii transform nnle exqulilta Into a sloven, specially if tlio care of iioverty and an In .Ytmslng family rest uon bit uouliler; or it may be tlint be is by nature olven!y anil wily rclaMo Into that Ideal destroying oon lition wlien thn vanities of youth cease to act u a npur. 'Huslsinils of thia kind commonly at their bnunU grow, neglect to polish th bocl of their boots, and devolop an irritating tendency to alfect rubbers in all waatbor. Tbclr bate, U ut actually shabby, are usually intlquated, and their trousers, being worn too hort, invuriahly bag most ugly at the knee. Tboy wear long overcoats, and either carry no umbrella (oaring nothing for their dingy oli I clothe) or umbrella of prodigloue cir cumference, of clieap material, aud war rented to turu inshle out every time the wind happen to catch theru right Thaw men, if living out of town, are al aiust Hire to batch a fondues for poultry ind to sjwud their Saturday afternoon and Sunday mornings pottering about hencoop and watching the itrut of their favorite rooster. They care nothing for ociety, not much for tho opera or the play, and are alarmingly prone to fall asleep over their newspaper in the evening. Thny uaually prefer a pipe to a cigar, and they are mighty ionsumors of beer. Even to mch bane use nay the married won descend. Herald of Ueolth. Cnarafe, Weary Mother. "What have I done to-dnyp the tired iiother asks at night "Nothing but take Hire of baby and plun the meals and 'pick up.' My life is waited on trifle." Take courage, weary mother I Tho program of the world i Iqiends on the devotion of good women to ut uch "trifles." Who can do a grea'or work than these care for a child and look ifter tho interests of a home. She who with I patient mother love preare a human eoul lor life responsibilities, doc valiant service tor both God and man. Tho first year of a Jhlld't life must, of necessity, bo devoted to '.be care of the body, but t le body should M noilo a fit temple for the indwelling of an m mortal soul. Taking care of the baby is mrely no trillo when viewed in this light And whut are the other ei rices that go to inke a home) Innumerable as the sand of I !bo waiihore for uumocr, and in themselves 1 H"t aa Inalgnlrtrant in character but the I f,rand ,,um " ,do? n' "'".? "tom the swelling tide of ouuldosln ' mil tuirorluir that nieiuu-i with lilleii wffr i Mie sanctity of home and tho safety of society. ' The hiihhuiid and tho chlldivn who know tho i xmifort of a buppy homo are safe from ! nany woo that prey on those outside It ihelter. Illetwings on the wifo anil mother alio "looketh well to tho wys of her house hold, and citeth not the bread of Idleness." "The heart of ber lmband doth safely trut In her," "Her children arise up nnd call bor slowed." "Htrenglh and honor are ber .'lothlug, nnd sho shnll rejoice in time to Mine, Iowa Htute llcsixtor. A I'olnt on Dress. Finnlly the liest wine came last; tho host Rteaker was tho linntlsomest and most nt- rnrtivo woman, and if I could tell her nam ' I fou'd all ntngnlw her as a notable soriul 1 leader. Hhe said tlint sho hail Just one little itory to tell apropos of tha discussion on liwi, "In teaching my class at Flvo Tolntt," ho Slid, "I used to always try to dress plainly, uul finnlly one day I hud to go to a friend's 'run tho mission, and had to put on a visit ug toilet 1 wns troubled aliout It, but I did not Die any way out of tho ditlleuity, o I do lerminetl to go on and forget about it a wo II is I could. Well, a I wo talking to tliu .lass a sior woman near me kept smoothing Jonn tho velvet of my skirt; all the time the kept t up, touching It softly. After tho frgulur session was over I asked those that ranted to speuk to mo to wait, as I alwaya In. Tho woman stayed, not saying any thing, but going on softly smoothing tho vol ret, 'IKi jou like my gowuf I said. " 'Sure, ma'am, wo (ssir folks don't o tnythlng so soft down here, nnd toiicliiu' it ins made mo fool quieter than anything you miiL' "Hince that I've made a point of drenslns handsomely whensJ went to Flvo I'oints. rimt's my littlo contribution to the dlsuus lion on dnws." New York Graphic. lltiw to Trent Children. I A word nlstut nervous rhildivn. Never i s-old t'.fem nor "niiike fun" of them. They , nilTor enough without your threats or Bar i sunn, l'retend not to see their awkwardness . alien In coniMiny nor their gruniiiv when I lionet, A most was roortsl the other day of I Isty of 10 yeiu-s who, on Is'lng vextnl, and i sit hoot anv apimrent provts-alion, will leni'h his hands and make the most fright- ,ul UlUw of the muse .- of hi. ace and tl,wl f'T, w . . ;"-" " tlio Wa btwt U-y in .1 ;'r 'T'1 ?f T t". " f"' hlsl"r'' ,,f W''l'''m.-nt, ami ha not Uvn taught to ntr..l the httlo wire., w to sik, on which Jf ,M!U"1'' , , .. , This no s ng'e case. There are thousands ri'lMnii win. give way to their nerv, in ""lll,,r 1,,lk . 0 'T ? X 1,t" ,lmt ,,0,ll'1 1,0 lhTr ,Mr "msu,rg: P them. 1 he man or woman w ho whl!isatier- ' rotis child is on a level with ttrutes mar nave i in reason. Encourage them. Help them, lie pat lent w ith them. They are the making if our future successful men and women, for t'ney will work hard at hutever they under jike. llrace tip ymir own nerves HiM, ami thou bo indulgent toward the cuh is of your avei'-tiervous chiltlren. Iknton tilolto. Wives snil lltisbsails. , ,. , .. . , ., They were dist-usslng the awful problem ',","l,'lj,m'Jr '''y ';'" "" "Uhree of them-M. ladle, who had known '" ,,ow wjro. t!"ir, ?,"" ''.T1. '"J" 'n ta""" thofalliiny.f hu in.U to v,1, k,vl' 11,0 ,,,r. tr ",p , ' U;'1V6,, ""u,,,! o;,t '' "H"''' '" , '' olJ '" 'M"'t ' '''""- ' " tlu 1,,"'1,',,,u,, l'v,,1,,'' hoiiia ii.l "0-ossUltt. Hut when 1 Milt obliged to go out Into the world and earn the money to buy hi bread as well as my own, as 1 do in w, I a ' v "I I '- ' iw." Another renmrketi that a married woman made the mistake of her life when th began to do anything to earn money. The Uilrdfaid sho also Wdieved that t he rmVicucT of wonutu was ciatiug a race of tiu'tllcicua, lrreitmsihlo men, AfUr tilling it over In plain language, In which i wai fisind for tremendous em pUosis, they all agreed that, as women were to fivtpioully oldigetl to earn their bread, everything should he made a easy as st tlble for them; but the old way of the hus band eariilii'j and tho wife exts'tiding the money for their mutual comfort wnsthelvst, and any deartura thnivfnMii showetl that tliere was onu-thing ratlically wrong some whar. New York lVra "Every Pay Talk." What H Clrls Kaowt Moat of our boy assum th ixtsponsiblll tie of th citin-n, aud our girl enter upon thdutitof the wife and the mother with ouly th knowledge acquirvd iu th publio i.Hhlols. Now, what do they knawl How lusuy of tba girl understand th aliiqilnat rula of liut, vanUlalioa or biUr ful dressing! ITow many know bdw to trt a person sulfering from 'sunstroke! How many could bind up a wound so as to chock In (low of blood) How many could lake prompt and cflrlent action In those momenta when it I so iiniwratlvely required, tin; fearfully iinportaut moiuents, "before toe di.-tor comesP In olden day tlto bouse mother bail learned in bor girlhood "the i of afrnjilna and the most noble art of chlrur ecry." If, with our far greater knowliidg ol the human body and its laws, we adopted the same plan in teaching our daughter, bow many precious live would beaavtdl O. il Uardinge in The Epoch. Kdueatloo of Women, A woman who cannot cook a dinner as well as eat it, muk a 'ires a well as irear It, a woman who usnnot turn her band to anything when occasion requires, who is not able to train her servants practically, and teach them the value of economy of time as well a money, 1 not, in my opinion, edu cated at all, though she may be very much cultivated, and even have been to college and taken a degree. Look at Hester In ber dairy, now. Would she look any fresher, healthier, happier in a cap and gown, or be more usefully employed In poring over conic sections or reading questionable Greek plays! Take my word for It, girls would be all the Utter and borne all the happier if mora time and at tention were given to domestic affairs, and if very woman knew how to be ber own cook, housekeeper and dressmaker. Uucb things are far more easily learned than dead lan guage or mathematics, and are of Infinitely more use to a woman In going through life. Mrs. -Doyle In Cossull's Magazine. A Habit lo Avoid. It I a coarse babi', of to mo tsxirilo to ncer at "mothers-in-law," and we often notice such inwrs in tho pa pom. . Your own mothers, If you have sister who are married, Is a mothor-in-law, and to also l your wife' molber. Your daughter. when sho it married, will have a husband to whom your wife la mother-in-law. Every man,' mother who has ever bad a married daughter is a motheY-in-law. Tho vast majority of the woll beloved mothers of funilhe are, or will be, mothers- in-law, and nearly Uie whole of these lovely daughter upon whom their parent look with pride will some day be mother-in-law, When you think of these thij;s you will sco bow ill becoming Is tho habit of suoering at the motber-in-law, Do not, thorefore, full into tho baneful cus tom of sneaking tlizbtingly of mothen-iu law if you honor tho mother who boro you, or tho sisters and daughter in whom you de lightNow York Eveuing Hun. Advice ta Overeerkcd Women. Mr Aliby Dln recommends overwork! women to let a good many unstarched arti cles go rough dried, with only a little pulling and smoothing, to put plainer clotiirs on children, and to quit baking ao much cake and pie. The groat point is to gain' tiuio. "let them five up doing thoso things for their children, In order thut they may do better thing for thifo children, such a read ing, talking, walking with them, sistclully walking the woods and Ileitis, sueh as getting light on matter connected wit h their proper raining. 1 don t mean to sny that we nevor baveabltof cake or pudding in tho bou?; In fact, we do often bavo plain cnlio and gin gerbread, ami occasionally, to help out, a pudding. Hut they are not counted in among the must haves. 1 have escaped from thut tyranny. If there's no cako in the house, I don't feel myself to lie a shamed and sinful creature, aa I used to." New York Tost. Charm of l.lttle Dinners. The slneorcst form of hospitality, and by far the most enjoyable left to us, It "littlo" dinners Hhowy banquets and display feeds may posses some interest as spectacles, and various forni of glorification, privuto nisi public, Individual or collective; but tho real soul of gotsl fellowship is in a gathering of six to a doien persons Intelligent, congenial round tho table of a discriminating, ex-porleni-ed host or hos'.ow (or both), who in vite their fricuils, not to show thn extent of their wealth and the luxury of their plate though there is no objection to the uso of beautiful things, if one (Hvisnsses them but whoso llrst thought it comfort, and a littlo season of unclouded, and, therefore, rational enjoyment, on such a basis as cuu Lercie!ited and mnde a part, indeed, of the daily lil'o Its hiil.Mihuio and happy occasions. Jennie Juno in American MiiL-azino, A Wont Concerning Wrinkles. A word now on wrinkles. Tlio skin has a natural tendency to form wrinkles, even In youth, this tendency naturally in creasing with nge. Every influence which distends the skin for any time must lead to wrinkle, nnd as a weak or iniirrfect circula tion of the hliKd will mako certain parts of tho body swell, it ii of the greatest iuisrt auco to keep tho blood pure, and thus prevent bloating, which I sure to Is) followed by wrinkle, tallica (hould take regular exor cise In the open air, nnd keep curly hours, dolilHTatoly setting their face against exi-esses In diet, if they wish to keep thorn free fnnu wrinkle, for when they oueecomo they are most ditllcult to ritl one' self of. Now York l'rtttt "Every Day Talk." r'nr the WhoopltiK Tough. A ready cxS'rlmetit for the relief of the distressing cough occasioned in hiltlron in ravof whooping cough it this: Drop oil of turMMitinoon the pillow where tho funic will Iw inhaled while sleeping and during th convulsive cough, hold a handkerchief Itefort: the child's faoo w ith fiftwn or twenty divpt ou it llorald of Heuith. The "Calce" W All SlEh lor. "Mamma," said littlo Willie, after return ing from a dinner to which ho bad leen in vited, "1 alius kinder thought that cako was Just cako; but I ce there's a diirercnoo in it Aunt Susan's cake it cako an' pie an' puddin' an' (teache an' icecream an' everything good together, but your i nothln' but luko.', Eiuiira Titling. Teople w ho uuor a bad otlor in tho breath sliould u, as a wash, a mixture made by adding a tenpoonful of the tincture of niyrrfe to a tumblerful of water. This remedy b thought to ivtanl diray of the tevth. Take a bucket of fresh water Into vour hetl room every night, and let it remain uncov ered. It w ill atisorb all isnsoiums gases. A toothbrush, kept for the purpiise, wi altl grvatly iu cloauun cut or prwsed glass war. Tha water In which civlflsh b.ulnvn sosktx it very good for washiug Uie tine under tht atov. The ofttner flour is sifted for tpong bafa Uie lightor the oak will lav Keep teparate tsuccpau for boiling po tatoe in if (losslble. Bathroom thould not open Into ileepinj tlaruneuta. TU iur prwrvnUrt tor cboltra it cloaull BEAVERS WORK. HOW THE Z00L0CICAL GARDEN FAM ILY PREPARE FOR WINTER. Aa Old Graybaek Turf Away l a Maple Log The f amily to the Res eoe Aa I'oflolibed Hut Habits of Heavers. "You would bo surprised at tlie intelligence thown by thoso aninmla homo of tht-m soem lo be almost human, they are to clever." "And lndustriousr "More industrious than many peoplo. Juit now they are pegging away day and night Usually they work at night only, but this is building time, and as thoro teem to lie slow in the air they are bustling double time to get their winter quarters in order. Ju-;t look at that follow trying to roll down that big log tliere." And Ueadkeeper Byrne, of tho Zoological garden, Imned over the iron railiug round the beaver pond, his fine face lighted up with Interest, a he watched the quaint, hairy creature to hard at work. The lug was a biavy Hub of a maplo tree. It lay ujsm the bank a yard or two from tho water. It wot almost a thick awl three time Umg aa the beaver that was endeavoring to move it Tbs animal pushed with all hi strength, but vainly. He ttoipod, half hopplessly, walked round and round the log, then squatting re signedly on bis haunches uttered a low cry. Instantly another creature poked ita sntiut justaliov tho waters surface and waited. The cry was rejitod aud the animal in th pond struck out for the shore, ruacluxl it, and n-ramblcd on the bank. "That' old grayback' mate," Hold Mr. Byrno. "The two of them will work tho log together." And they tried it But it was u tremendous-Job, An animal got on each tide and ihovcd with their mwes and fore foot for ail they were worth. Rut tho log didn't budgo an inch, Hull they pushed and tuod and tussled. "I imagine they 11 give it up," toiil the re porter. "It looks like It," replied Mr. Byrne. But, 'cgod,, not now v for hero eoiuui their two lit tlo ones." the vriroLB i.jrn.T orr. A he sjsiko two young beavers that hnd been swimming rapidly ai-ross thn pond clnmbcrnil out in tho Isuik. and such took a turn at tho end of the maplo Isiugh. All four, taking a sort of Inirk from old gray- back as a signal, started iu siuiultniitsHisly. Just the least little bit did the log move, but enough to cnciirage tho boavois to dusk ut It with a will. A littlo more it gave; then more and more. Presently it struck a it-p decline In the bunk and liegan h roll down. Tho beavers were on It, tugging aud push ing. In a moment or two more it wait ut Uie bottom and lying on the iiurrotv, flat surfui.-a round tho edgo of the Hind. Before tin un mentuin had altogether left it th beaver were on it again, making thoir last big spurt And in another stH-ond sjilah! it tuiulded over into the water. The delihted Is-iivcrs sprang on it all ut once. For the rest it wna assinisilh as sonp, and with Uraybenrd Imd- Ing on one side and Ins mate on the other void tho two little ones pushing at the other eul, tho big log went through tho water like fust yacht before tho wind.. Tho heavers got it ovor to a hut niniiK of boughs and mud in tho middleof the stream. They laboriously pu ihed it up half out of Uie water, and satisfied thet it was sat'o set olt in quest of other material. The hut was Hourly tho size of an Indian wigwam and much, tho same iu shape. It was made of many lhywrs of Bticks, lopt and mud. The flooring wiLtof logs, supisirted Just alxive tho water on other logs and stones. Tho boughs of trees and broken sticks were showing through tho mini. But that is Ixvause the house wunuot complete. When if roaches a rse great enough to satisfy tho animals they will t:ike ono gisid day and night to givo it a finishing touch, ami walsiiig over it will smooth, out tho ni'l with their broad, ilnt tails as uirxdy as if tiio work whs done with a trowel. And what is greatly to tho credit of tho animals, while all tho Wveri in tho pond work usm the hut, the liousu w really in londed to le tho quurtcra only of tho grajiil f at her and granduiot her Is'iivers in tlie col ony. All tho viiim one havo their on nlsles, nnd tho gromitl all alsmt tho pttrnl is hurmwnl deep with Hubterrauomi private residences. ax EMERritrsii eocrut Two Itcvers on one iktiisIou hurrowetl a home for themselves thirty-four ftvt timlor the pathway round the pond. When tho Sic to peoplo discoveml tlio fact they had a hard time coaxing tho beavers out of their quarters, and a still hanler ono filling tho place up. Now there is a stone roping uinltir ground all round the jiond ut some distance from the water, nnd when the U-av.irs have worked their way as fur as thestoi.o they are forcetl to be tatisllod itli the exteut of their dwelling. All afternoon younger la vers, each with bis mate, taking such time as they could from work on tlie hut, were busy at work ou unur own nv-ioeuivs, iitllirin;; stick:!, tllglllg lip and carrying mud and pluciiej each ele ment in its projier pluiv. Some of thoiu showed almost u inatlieinutical nitvty in their calculntio:i. thio busy follow who wanted to cut large stick ill two would nibble a liv.le hero and there, then w ulk around tho aticl;, examining it cnticully, then nibble ogaiu ami walk around onee more. At last, wn.-n apparently satistW with his calculation.., Le set to work with a will, and In tho twinkling of an eve, as it soouiod, bo hail gnawod the stick through. All tha wood iinil in building isftr.piwl of its bark, which forms tho principal fotsi of the animals. Now and ngain a Ivuver, . itiii ing on a particularly fresh ami juicy wllmv trvig, wttuld stop work long enough to rtn-ale himself with tho hark, lirst, by tho was, washing the twig well in tho pond. Tuey trt all their food In tho tuuiio way, anil when tome one threw a big follow an ap, le ytviterday ho spun it ruiind and round in the water before iting it. They lay up heap of Imrk for winter uk, and now and aguiu when they And a flue, big kg they bury t, bark ami all, in the mud, nibbling olf a sui ply as they require it during the winter day. They take plenty of nwt, however, a wi ll as work hard, and along alsmt feeding time aeveral of them came out and loun-ed in tiie tunshino on the grassy lank, waiting for Hie kts'iT to come. They know him piTfeotlv. The oldest and Mggeat of the mloiiy- :iie iMitriarch-is tom lilind. But stunelio s I.e. list, knows the keeper at feeding uiua. l'hilatlelplua Tunes. Ihe I'neut Magailne. I know of no grwur pleasure for a man wlm is fond of nding tliau to 'ak home with him a new number of one of our aitslem magoxiiH with the leaves all unc;it, and tit down to it with his miud free frctni cara while the stormy w iuds do blow outside and tho lire burns brightly within. Then l the time for the HMet chair and a gsxl paw knife. The old lady fond of whist that Charles Lamb tells about liked a gotxi fire and a cUan hearth and the rigor of tho came, I dont play whist, but I like the first two ingmlienUaiklfor the rigor of the gain, the rustle of the innraiiua loaves. Luk bharp in Petrnt Free ITesa, FANCIES IN FURNITURE. Mahogany 1 the popular wood for thlf I on. A carved footstool baa lta tide in embossed brass. Fourteenth century chair are returning to favor. Cabinet and toilet table of papier mach ars once more in usa Parlor suit of tlx piece, no two alike, are in fashion and in favor. Furniture carver should be careful not to make their cutting too deep. Desk for offices and room are road to contain a concealed washstand. A hat rack i provided with protruding aroct oval of nickel plated wire lor ua n Dwarf book case, elaborately carved aud gilded, are to be teen in the most fashionable bouse. Table bod are new. They are converted from one to the other readily, and may be used as either. Brass cabinet are quite pretty and quite ityllsh; pillar have floriated capitals, panels of antique design, etc. A dressing table has a double top, the up per divided in the middle and opening to right aud left on binge. Furniture may be painted; the most ef fectively by rubbing down each eoat, as if done in carriage painting. FauteuiU of the tonicst quality are made from locust wood and upholstered in pink and blue, with golden fringe. Jewel casket of tortoise shell, with four drawers, are neat and expensive. They make excellent Christina presents. Drawing room tables of unique nppearance aro ma-le f roil coarse Irish stalks of light greenish yollow and bound by withe of red. A new color to stain wood is a rich violet, and the stain is thus made: The wood is bcatod with bath of four and one-half ounces of olive oil, some of soda ash and two and one-half pint of boiling water. It is then dyed with uuigenta. Folding bed are telling well about the holiday season. There is considerable me chanical ingenuity displayed in their con- jtmctioa. Una house, well known aa the csidence of a wealthy gentleman, has a fold ng bed in every aiiartmeut, thus making inch room, a parlor. New York Mail and xpress. WHAT THEY WEAR. Watered velvet is tho thing la millinery. Rejolco,. O womankind: talil ia not to tlgh this your. Cloth princess gow ns demand, trimming If fur, as their make up forbida drajwry. The largo pouf at the back, so long disflg- ring; draperius,. i now pronouncedly bad itylo. Tho very newest seal coat are short at the bai k, with tlio long, fronts deeply bordered with fox fur. For vary littlo folk,. hoods of chinchilla, with lining and loops of shell pink, are the highest fashion. Diamond, pins Jeweled both at point aud bead aro now fashionable, worn thrust care lessly in tho hair; Half low shoes of bronzo, patent leather, French kid or audio, aro preferred to slippers for evening wear. Tho marry thought and. peacocks' fcatheri in diamonds and emeralds, aro among new designs for brooches. A wido front panel,, or one at each side, is newer and better stylo than the single one that has become chronic. In front draperies, a go-as-you-plcaso cen tor, with some ploats, either hand, is tho cor rect thing for silk or woolen. A new banglo is elastic opening, for tho bund, then springing to the ui ui yet war ranted not to get out of order. Wulking shoes of Angora kiiL made over lasts delightfully big antl squuro toed, are tie- riguer "for which relief much tliauks." Hats aro segregating themselves into two distinct species low, with wido brims, and tteoplo like, W illi a bare suspiciou of pro jection. Smart looking f ar cape are either plas trons across, the chest or in tho sham of a habit skirt, with. ejyuleU and loo; of cord passamcntcries. Red. riiling habits are the latest elegant economy of l'oiisian equestriennes, who must otherwise sport the color of Uie enter tainer of tho hour. RULES FOR GETTING RICH. Tho best merchant is he whose business talent is of tho highest order and improved to the highest pitch. Of all quarrels, tho most senseless, the most bootless, tho most worrying, is a quarrel witu your circumstances. Every man bus Uireo characters that which bo exhibits, that w hich ho has and that which ho thinks be has. llulf of tho heavy hearts and broken spirits and sleepless eyes among our merchants might Lo siunxi wuro they ouly willing to conform their appearances to thoir substance. Many merchant object too much, consult too long, advertise too little, aud seldom drivo business borne to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity o.' success. Some mon seem to take failure quite com fortably ; they step and go on again, without changing thoir stylo of living or lowering thoir bentls. That is a feat that no honest business luim can admire. In business there aro many who cannot rise, many who cannot help descending, many who of necessity fail, many w ho earn thoir broad, and many who ouly waste it when ouce iu their own hands. Great merit or great failing will make you respected or despised, but trifk, littki attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or dis. liked in the general run of the world. The true merchant is not Uie man who best understands bis business and contrive to bargain others out of their reasonable profits, but be who best uuderstaitl bis business aud never takes advantage of any man's ig norance or any man' necessity. "Leading articles" in commerce, like lead ing articles iu journalism, are meant to make a character for the whole. But it is ques tionable whether a merchant U justified in taking such modotof attracting the atten tion of the public unless be has actural ad vantage to oiler. New York Mail and Ex jress. POLITICAL PICKINGS. Prohibitionist St John' wife i timl-ing. teetotal speeches in Kentucky. An active campaign in North Carolina next jear i what Koput&i-an NaUonal Com mitteeman Harris, from that state, promises, Elijah M. Ilaima, whose career In tha D linoi legislature attracted tome atteoUou two year ago, to in tb field a a randjdata for governor. GREELEFS DISCOVERY." HOW THE TRIBUNE PHILOSOPHER FOUND AMOS J. CUMMINGS. Tha Typesetter Flrl Interview with th Fsmoo Editor Something The Tribune Had t Take Hack Beading Dam' Choice Obituaries. The cleverest newsaper men, when pushed Into tho walk of tateinanship, have rarely fulfilled the promise of their journallatic ca reer. But I look for a different result in Amos J. Commlngs' case. II ha an abund ance of that rare mental commodity known as horse sense. There is nothing of the the orist about him. He is eminently practical, earnest, energetic, courageous and honest I know of no young man who ever entered congress with brighter prospect. He waa offered .',0tX) a year a much as hi con gressional salary to write ovor hi own Ig. nature ono letter a week for a nowspaper about tbe doings of tbo houso. Cmnmings' name brings to my mind his in direct connection with the newspaper killing of a number of American statesmen for whom the hut trump had not been blown or played, whlchevor you prefer. When Horace Greeley, one of the best and profanest of men,, waa editor of The Tribune, Amo dim ming entered the employ of that newsa-r as a typesetter. Ho than lived in Newark. One afternoon The Evening Tok-gram pub lished a reHrt of the death of William Wright, United States nuator from New Jersey. It was an event in Uie jtolitieal world, and Greeley wrote an editorial Uxin it It foil to Cummings' lot to place, a jior tion of the article in tyjie. Having just come from his Now Jersey home, he knew thut the report of Senator Wright's death was un true, and to informed the foreman of the composing room, who told him that ho should go down stairs and "tell the aid num." 1XTERVIEWI.NU BI CRUCF. Cummings, with his sleeve rolled np, and still wearing his ink smeared apron, walked into the sanctum of the Sage of Cliappa qua, and in his blunt way said; "Senator Billy Wright is not deiuL" Lookiug up, Gree1ey, in. bis poculiar fal setto voice, exclaimed: "Who ia are your "I work upstair in the composing room," was tho quiet answer. "Young man,! squeaked out Greeley, "you're a fool. Go read The Tolegram," The young printer said not anothor word, but walked upstairs and finished putting in type tho editorial sermon over the living sen ator's body. Two day afterward The Trib une was obliged to correct it false state ment of Wright's death. It did not take Greeley long to find that Cummings was not a fool, and it was not very long before the typesetter was city editor of the great journal At that time there were two New York congressmen bear ing the name of James M. Humphreys. One was from Buffalo, and a Democrat; the other was from Brooklyn, and a Republican, and was at one time jiostmustor of that city. The news editor, Ottorson, in recording in the columns of The Tribune their votes on im portant publio measures almost invariably mixod thorn up in one way or another and. led Mr. Grooiey into mistaken criticism that filled him with agony. GLAD TO BEAR IT. One night the dear old man walked into the editorial room and asked is there any news on which be could make editorial com ment "Congressman Humphreys is dead," answered Cummings. "Is her' aquouked Greeley, "I'm glad to hear it Now The Tribune can be right about bis vote. What have you got about himi" he continued, turning to Ottorson. The news editor promptly reeled off what be bad before him about the Brooklyn Re publican. Greeley went down stairs and wrote a strong editorial on the subject The next morning all the other nowsjiapers contained particulars of the death of the Buffalo Demo crat. Tho Brooklyn Congressman was still alive. When Greeley discovered the error ho had been led into, the azure hue in which ihKtanoe robes the mountain is pale, indeed, beside tho sapphire atmosphere, of The Tri bune ofllce. After ho had becomo a valuod attache of The Sun and one of its stockhold ers, Gumming. haU the privilege of reading eilitorial obituaries of Duniol Manning anil Henry Wattereon, written by the nervous, forceful pen of Charles A. Dana. They were put in type at various times,. otoourso but were not published because the outstretched wings of the angel of death were again closed in each instance and the shadow pussed away. But Cummings thought it a monstrous shame that men in memory of whom Charles A. Duna had jioured forth his choicest utter ances should not hoar them while, favored, above all others, they were alive to enjoy them. Accordingly ho had. proofs of both articles struck and actually read to Manning and Watterson what. The Bun had proposed Buying over their biers. A man who could do that will bo ablo to hold his own, 1 think, even in the American congress. Cor. rbibi delphia Press. They Weren't Diamonds. , Every cheap jewelry "fakir" regards the south as his special territory, and the darkies, when they have money, will buy of him any thing that does not cost more than fifty cents. I met a queer character in Georgia. He told mo that ho had beeu peddling cheap jewelry, either singly or in combination enveloes, for nearly fifteen years. Evidently the busi ness paid,, too, because he put up at oueof the best hotel and lived pretty high when he wasn't out "trading," as be called it Bo much "jewelry" used to go ia his packages that I often woudered how on earth he could give even so much brass for twenty-five centa. In one parcel, which a darkey bought one night, I saw him put a watch, six colored stone rings, two plain band rings, six cuff umuins, a watcn cham, balf a doien collar buttons, and two rings with enormous white stones. When the last two articles dropped into the Ug the buyer, who had been watch ng every movo, passed up his quarter and left the crowd with protruding eyes. Half an hour later, while I was still watch ing tho fakir's oirsndi, his customer camo back with a look of scorn on his face and de manded his money back, because "dem stun wa'nt dim wis at all "-Jewelers' Wtekly. Coincidences of Nomenclature. One of the strange coincidences of nomen clature is that the daughter of Gen. Logan married a Mr. Tucker, while the daughter of ex-K.-presentative Randolph Tuckor married a Mr. Logan. Each couple have a son. The name of one is Tucker Logan and the other is Logan Tucker. The bnys are about the tame age, but I am told they have never seen each other. Something verysimilaroccurred here a number of year ago. Senator Dor ey and Clayton, of Arkansas, had sons born to them about the same time. They were in timate then and christened their children ac cordingly, one being named Clavton Dorsey and the other Doney Clayton. Thi was very nice, and tho boy were a loving a brothers. There wa no fence between the Dorsey and Ciayton mansions, and Uie two famine were a intimate a any ever were New Yort Tribune.