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( Every bread-baker, we are sure, will appreciate the two recipes following, and feel thankful, when they think of the failures in breadstufis which they have had owing to poor yeast, that they were not omitted from the list chosen for our reader, from the old receipt book. Yeast No. l.â€"â€"-To one cup of grated raw potatoes add oneâ€"half cup of salt and one- half cup of sugar ; pour over this one quart of boiling water; stir well and it will thicken like starch. When nearly cold add one cup of good yeast. It ought to be light in about tWelve hours. Yeast N0. 2.â€"Ta.ke one double handful of hops and a. half dozen large potatoes and boil together in one-half gallon of Water till done. Strain and mash on to onethalf cup of ginger, one small cup of flour, one cup of brown sugar and one-half cup of salt, and let stand till cool ; then add one cup of good yeast and next day cork up tight.â€" U. DOmeu. f Recipes. ‘1 Every bread-baker, we are sure, appreciate the two recipes following, feel thankful, when they think of failures in breadstufi‘s which they have Thesve directions are fol coloring on cot- ton. \Voolen goods require diflerent treat- ment, but it is easier to get good colors on wool than it is on cottonsâ€"Beth Day, in Farm, Field and Fireside. To color a durable red. nob scarlet, use â€"-for say five pounds~muriate of tin two- thirds of a. teacup to sufficient; meer to cover the goods. Put them in and keep at. boiling heat for one hour. \Vring the goods from this and let them air. SLeep one pound of nicwood, Pub in the goods and keep at scalding heat, for one hour, air them and scald agaxn an hour as before, stirring often. \Vash them without soap and dry in the shade. llie result will be green, dark or light, ac- ording to the depth of biue. If a blue reen is desired, the goods maybe colored ellow first, or after coloring may be again ut through the bluing process. . In coloring brown with catechu and bi- lohromate of potash. from one ha‘i to one ’pound of catchuâ€" according to the amount ‘to be colored and the depth of color â€" will be required. It makes a fine color. and as comparatively large quantities of it are usually required, it is as well to dissolve the catchu and blue vitriolâ€" the quantity to be used and the directions for using are upon the packagesâ€"in the scalding mter and put the goods in all at once; especially as they must remain in this for two hours. But the bichromate of potash may be used in small quantities, if desired, varying ac- cording to the depth of color required in the goods. Washing brown colored in this way in hot soapsuds improves the color. A Talk on Coloring For Carpets. Rags to be colored for carpets and rugs if already cut and sewed slould be wound into long skeins, of not more than three- fourths of a pound or a pound in weight. This is the most convenient size to handle, and larger skeins do not dry so readily. If not already out and sewed the goods dry more readily, but unless all seams, thin spots, etc., are removed there is a con- siderable waste of coloring. It is needless to say that the goods to be colored, as well as all utensils used in the operation, must i be perfectly clean, and free from grease. In coloring for carpets and rugsâ€"where exactness of shade between any two of the larticles to be dyed is not imperativeâ€"I Iliave found that better results may be obtained, in many cases, by using only a little water, and a. part of the coloring matter at a time ; not only is a brighter and deeper color obtained by this method, but less dye stuff is required. For instance, in coloring yellow with one-quarter of a pound of bichromate of potash, and one- quarter ofa pound of sugar of lead, the directions are to dissolve the sugar of lead in sufficient Water to cover the goods ; scald for twenty minutes in this, then ring out and scald for twenty minutes in Water in which has been dissolved the bichromate of potash. This makes a. fair color, but a. brighter- and deeper color can be obtained by dis- solving a little sugar of lead in two or three quarts of water, dipping but one or two skeins at a time, and adding more water and sugar of lead for each skein, and using the bichromate of potash in the same way, making the solution weak or strong accord- ing to the depth of color required. For blue, dip the articles to be colored in Water and vinegarâ€"vinegar should be added until the water tastes slightly sourâ€"then in water prepared with laundry blue, as ,for bluing clothes. Add the blue until as ark as desired. For green, color the goods blue with this r ceipt, then color them with bichromate o _ potash, and_sugar of lead, as for yellow. as a postman supports his lenter hagmnd it has also a. stout wire run into thehcm around the open top to keep the edges apart when in use. The weight of a clothes-pin bag when full of pins is too great to be supported in the usual fashion about the waist, while great. in- mR WASHING DAY- convenience is experi- encedlin attempting to pub clothes-pins with one hand into a. bag Whose “mouth” is con- tinually closing. An Improved Clothes-Pin Bag. The accompanying illustration shows a. clothes-pin bag, which has two distinct. im- provements over Ll e apron bug usually usod for this purpose. It. has a. shoulder strap, so that, its weight can be sup- ported by one shoulder, Hickory Nut Candyâ€"One cup of hickc it means, twu cups of sugar and hai: pof water. Boil the sugar and wm ithout stirring until thick enough to a; a thread, flavor with vanilla, set in c< lter and stir quickly until white; th :1 in the nuts. ABOUT THE HOUSE. ickory half a water hen 352,000,000 inhabitants, it is scattered over the Whole globe. It embraces all zones, from the icy Wilderness of Hudson Bay to the tropical jungles of India and the maho- gany toresis of Honduras; there is scarcelya precinct which a. British province does not bring forth in excellent quality and not less various are the degrees of civilization of its inhabitants. from the Kat’firs of the Cape to the highly cultivated citizens of Toronto or Sydney. We find, with Chris- tians of all professions, 200,000,000 Hindus, about 70,000,000 Mohammedans,and 8,000,~ 000 Buddhists; and the Bible is printed in 130 languages and dialects represented in the empire, yet notwithstanding such pro~ miscuous elements, the Government, wyth rare exceptions, maintains order, and no sign of dissolution is visible. A Marvel of Modern History. The British Empire is a. political crea. Lion uhpamlleled in the world’s history, not only by its extent and population, in both which respects it is slightly surpassed by China, but because. with an area. of more l than 10,000,000 square miles and with Performance or a New Torpedo Boat on the Thamesâ€"A High Rate of Speed De- vclopul. A despateh from London sayszâ€"The per- formances of the aluminum torpedo boat recently completed by Yarrow & Company are attracting much attention on the lower Thames. The boat is sixty feet long‘ and nine and a quarter feet beam. The weight of the hull is two tons, which is half that of a steel boat of the same size. The ma- terial used is ninety-four per cent.aluminum and six per cent. copper. A speed of twenty and a half knots has been obtained against seventeen knots from the same class 01 steel boat. The advantage most empha- sized is the absence of vibration, which is declared to be not appreciable for the 300 horse power used. The saving of weight is of much importance in second‘class boats, which are designed to be carried on larger battle-ships. The greater buoyancy of the craft was very noticeable when a smart breeze was blowing. In the lower Thames where it met the tide there was a sufficient sea to show of? the paces of the little vessel, which appeared to jump from wave to wave, rather than drive through them. Conscience, honor and credit, are 3.11 in our interest; ; and without: the concurrence of the former,the latter are but; impositions upon ourselve and othera.-Steele. Chocolate Icmg.â€"One-ha]f cake of choco ate grated fine, two-thirds of a cup of sugar, one-half cup of milk or cream,boiled and stirred to a. paste. Milk Frostingâ€"One cup of sugar, one half cup of milk and butter the size of a walnut. Boil until thick ; take from the stove, flavor with lemon or vanilla, and beat until cold. This is very nice if prop erly made So great is the effect of cleanliness upon man, Lhabit extends even to his moral cha.r~ acter.â€"Rumford. Earnestness is the best source of fnental power; and deficiency of heart. is the cause of many never becoming great. â€"-Bu1- wer. No lifecan be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife, and all life not be purer and stronger therebyâ€"Owen Mere- dich. It is of eloquence as of a flame : it, re- quires matter to feed it. and motion to excite it, and it. brightens as it burns.â€" Tacitus. \Ve know the arduous strife, the eternal laws, to which the triumph of all good is given â€"high sacrifice, and labor without pumaâ€"Wordsworth. :Molasses Candy.â€"One cup of molasses, one cup of sugar. butter the size of an egg, and one tablespoon of vmegar. Boil until in hardens when dropped in cold water and when done stir in a Egaspoonful of soda. He is gentle who does gentle deeds.â€" Chaucer. I could never draw the line between meanness and dishonestyâ€"(i. Macdonald. As that is a. drunkard is qualified for a1“: \'ice.â€"Quar1es. Agriculture is the foundation of manu- facLures, since the productions of nature are the materials of artâ€"Gibbon. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.â€" C. Simmons. Boiled Icing.â€"One and one-half cups of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of water. Let it, bail on the back of the stove until it is waxy or stringy, then add the whites of two eggs and beat, until Cool. All noble euthusiasms pass feverish stage. and grow wxsar serene.â€"Channing. I can not spare the luxury of believing chat all things beautiful are what they seem.â€"Halleck. A wise man wxll desire no more than he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.â€"-Anon. He that, hath no friend and no enemy, is one of the vulgar ; and without talents. power or energyâ€"Lumber. History is but the uurolled scroll of proph- ecy.-â€"Garfield. Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of WilI.â€"Emerson. Duty by habit is to pleasure turned.â€" Brydges. The passion of acquiring riches in order to support xi vain expense corrusz the purest. sou!s.â€"Feuelon. Thought is deeper than all speech ; feel- ing deeper than all thought.-â€"Cranch. We do not know what is really good or bad fortune-.â€"-Rousseau. It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused.â€"Davenant. Agreeable advice is seldom useful advice. â€"-Massillon. What. the fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginningâ€"Spanish Proverb. PEARLS 0F TRUTH. ALUMINUM BOATS. through a and more This in a kodak snap shot of a man who went fishing with some friends. It is enâ€" ziL‘ed “I don’t care if I do.” The Apple Cure. It argues great insight; in Eve to have preferred the apple to all the other fruits of the garden, for just at present it is being exploited by physicians and food authori- ties as one of the most healthful of fruits. Its chemical composition has been found to consiqt of vegetable fiber, albumen, sugar, gum. chlorophyl, malic, acid, gallic acid, lime and water, and the German im- alysts add, “a. larger amount of phosphor- ous than any other fruit or vegetables.” The phosphorous, awrirer in the Norvh American Practitioner claims, is good for renewing the nervous matter of the brain and spinal cord, and the acids for the liver that finds difficulty in doing its work. The fruit may be eaten uncooked. baked or stewed Without an excess of sugar. It should always be pared before eating, even when baked, Lhough pains should be taken to pare it very thin So as to avoid waste, and also because one of the best parts of the apple is jusb next, the skin. Physicians consider the skins of the apple constipat- mg. _ The water power which has been utilized for operating this plant is situated on one of the little rivers at a distance of three and one-half miles from the center of the villge. This stream forms the outlet of some half dozen ponds lying in an upland basin. Above the power station the river is dammed up, forming a subsidiary reservoir, which holds enough water for several nights' run, and the aggregate water supply is equal to the demands of the driest season. One interesting feature of the plant is an arrangement for the occasional lighting 01 a. picturesque grove in the public park, where- in are a. dancing platform, baud stand. rustic benches, tables, etc., a favorite place for picnics, open air meetings and public entertainments. 0n festive occasions the illuminated grove forms one of the principal attractions of the village. The plant has been so excellently designed and constructed that one man can superintend its maintenance and running without skilled assistance, thus reducing the operating ex- penses to a minimum. The Superintendent lives in the village. During the day he in- spects the distributing system,renews lamps and attends to repairs. About sunset he drives out to the power house, gets the machinery ready and starts up, runs until niidnight,t hen drives back to his home. Mr. Pope shows that even this modest plant supplying about eighty streets lamps and a small number (440) of consumers’ lamps, should,working under its present conditions give a balance available for dividends of on $810 a year’soperation, while if afull load for the dynamo could be obtained at stand. ard prices for current, such a plant might obviously become very profitable. consider- ing the very moderate amount of the origin- al investment. LIGHTING SMALL TOWNS. Caught in the Act. “y Gathering Cigar Ends in London. An applicant for assistance to a London magistrate presented as evidence of his 1n- dustrious habits a printed bill in a frame, which sets forth that the author. with the idea of showing smokers how much they wasted, had set himself the task of picking up all the cigar ends he could find in seven years between Clapton and the London docks. The distance he covered in search of these uneonsidered trifles was 11,823 miles. The number of cigar ends found I was 600,000, and the average length of the pieces was 1-1; inches. Putting: the average i cost of cigars at the low price of 15d each, lthe total original cost would be £3,750,5nd l the amount wasted he estimates at £1,800. Placed end to end the cigar enus which the applicant found would measure thirteen and a. half miles long. It further transpired that their ends were freed from ashes and .cleaused. Then they were tightly pressed into jars and kept perfectly clean. Having ,exhibited the collection to the public, the ‘ applicant took out a. revenue license for the sale of tobaccoand sold the ends to tobacco manufacturers. The applicant said he drew the magistrate’s attention to these facts to show that he was not a. lazy man, vbut try a, he would he could not get work, and he was ” broke.” Before the dock strike he had regular work. but since then he had been almost entirely excluded from the docks. b‘ootmanâ€"“Please, mum, you’ll have to raise my Wages.” Mrs. Highupp~-“\Vhy so Jeams '3" Footmanâ€"“You are havin’ foreign counts at. most every reception, and I’m pub to the extry expense of payin’ a. doctor to reset my jaw afaer every announce- ment." Within the lust Lhree years the farmers have given thousands of additional acres to fruit trees. In one year alone, 1892-3, they increased the fruit growing area of the province by nearly 5,000 acres. This move- ment, has lieen general all over the province, although certain crops failing in certain districts checked enterprise, and those orchards were allowed to go back. The following districts added largely to the number of their orchards : Georgian Bay, West Midland, Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence and Ottawa, East Midland and the northâ€" ern district of Muskoka and the lake region. The Lake Erie and Lake Huron orchards went back slightly owing to the failure of certain trees. Our Frnlr ls Keller Flavor»! and More Wholesome Than Any 501.! In the Lon‘ don Market. This year should be a profitable one for the fruit growers of Canadianâ€"Ontario par- ticularly, \Ve read in our London ex‘ changes that the foreign customers of the English market are forwarding their sup- plies as rapidly as possible already to meet the early scarcity in the old country. Apples should be especially profitable. The crop has not been very plentiful from our point of view, but relatively it may be call- ed a. bountiful crop, and the quality of the fruit, always unexcelled in competition with the world, is excellent. ver: Railways and Canals In Germany. An article has appeared in the London Economic Journal on the subject of “ The Railways and \Vaterways of Germany," in which some interesting statements are made. The writer is Prof. Gustav Cohn, and he points out the remarkable fact that nearly the whole of the net profit from the operation or the Prussian State railways during the decade of 1882.92 ($342,000,000) was expended in maintaining, enlarging, and improving the waterways, which com- pete more or less with the railways. From this it would appear either that further improvement in the railway system is un- necessary, or that the .members of the community who control the State-owned railways are themselves anxious to reduce the cost of the waterways. Prof. Colin finds the latter to be the fact, and asks by what right shippers by water are so favored. “ By no better right,” he thinks, " nay, by less right. than can be claimed for free rail- way communication at public cost ; for traffic by inland navigation has so develop- ed itself in recent years in Germany as to benefit more especially the larger firms : and that these should obtain gifts at public expense is a most perverted form of com- munism, since it compels the great mass of taxpayers to make sacrifices in the interest of the wealthy minority. ” ONTARIO‘S ORCHARDS No Sinecure. ‘Please, mum, you‘ll have ITIGER IN THE TEA TREE; ed their attention were small tufts of wool that hung on the ferns and which had evi- dently been pulled off as a sheep was being carried through them, and, as the ferns got higher, the men could see where they were~ broken dowu and pushed aside as the beast proceeded with its burden. In that way it was tracked for over a. mile and a quarter along the range. Then they lost the trial. After breaktast they went back to the place where they lost the traces. The beast appeared to have gone toward Tantanoola. They failed to obtain any more traces that day, although they certainly searched on area. of several square miles. by several dogs, had a. great scare. 'In th hundred of Kongorong, not far from th residence of a boundary rider named Buck ingham, his home stopped su(ldenly,l)ecam fractious, and snorted wildly, and all hi dogs except one crouched round the horse The other dog took to its heels and bolted Mr. Schinckel could see nothing to cause a the alarm, but as the country was mug some object. of terror might be very 0105 and he not see it. After some delay he go his horse past the place and proceeded 0 his journey. Some months ago it was suspected that a tiger was at large in the vicinity of Mount Gambier, South Australia, on ae- count of the peculiar manner in which cattle and sheep were found slaughtered. This hypothesis had an air of probability, too, when it was remembered that some tiger cubs had escaped from a menagerie some years previously and werenever heard. of again. Search parties were organized, but as these efforts were unsuccessful the tiger story was pooh-poohed and the de- predations put down to a. large and ferocious dingo. Quite recently, however, the tiger was actually seen by a man named Smith, and all doubts as to its existence were at once put to an end. A fresh search party was at once formed, but so far its efforts of the capture of the animal have proved unsuccessful. The Border Watch gives the following particulars of the hunt after the Tautanoola tiger : One thing occurred at the start that was much to be regretted. Owing to a misapprehension young Smith niormed Mr. Livingstone that‘the police would not be down till Wednesday, and as a. large party were gathered it was thought well to start the search at once. When the police got down, therefore, the ground around the spot where Smith saw the beast was covered with horse tracks making the start of the search difficult. After the arrival of the police the day was spent in beating the tea tree adjacent. The police, who were well armed, placed them- selves in a good position to see the beast hould he try to escape, and the other men, a. number of whom were also armed, dis- posed themselves as heaters. They how; ever, found no tiger nor trail. Just as daylight set in Wednesday mornâ€" ing the police went to have another look at the place where the tiger was seen by Smith. Thirty yards from the spot they discovered the place Where the beast had evidently seized the sheep, there being in- dications of a. struggle and great claw marks "1 the soilI where the sheep had certainly been rolled on the ground and been kicking. It was easily tracked thence to where Smith said he saw it. With the intention of trying to track it further they started away down the range and had one nearly 300 yards before they picked up the next definite trace. The first things that arrest- Thursday Constable Russen, being dis- satisfied With the result of the work of the- previous day, resolved to make a reâ€"exam- ination of the tracas in the same country. As before, they were lost on the range a nile or so from where the beast caught the sheep. The party kept going in the direcLion in which they thought the animal must have continued,and in Lhe afternoon about-l o’clock the police found 1133 mack again about a. mile from where they lost it. There the traces were again lost,and Without regaining them the puny suspended the search for the night. )lalan "ii I." - in the Deep Foliage Ex- oom Win-n Rising Water Drives Him lulu the flanges. “'here IH‘ (‘ommiu len-ulnlion on (‘aille :md Sheepâ€"Two (uln- Emu-upon] from :1 .‘lenagorle Snmc Years Agnnlm ANTI-ace of Them “'35 Lustâ€"Purl)" on the Trail. I}. rained hard Fruiay mornihe, and the prosecution of the Search was no easy task. But the party, considerably dimimshed in number,searched a great part of the range and found nothing. Saturday murning the police and party were out. from (i to midday, but found neither the tiger nor its traces. There isa. beaten track running along the foot, of the range for some miles, and M.C. Fooce went, along that. very day to see if the been had crossed. in which case it must. have left tracks, but found none. The whole of the search party are sure chat some large animal smunge to the country roams in the locality indicated, and Constables Russel and Foote are quite convinced that, the animal is none other than a tiger. They believe itsordinary- BIG BEAST TERRORIZING PEOPLE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. lair is the thick tea. tree, but at the pn season the rise of water in the tea. tree compelled him to seek higher and open country, henceits being seen on ranges. In summer it could remain h tea. tree during the day and go fox-t night for its piey and not be found eve a. wellâ€"organized party for months, am police think the present is the best tin search for it. It would appear that when the I were looking for the beast on one par the range Thursday it was several mih on another part of the range, nearer \| Uphill saw it. It was reported thatTl day evening L. Schinckel, a. young while riding, across the range. aceomna is a dacgeroua c meets with fla ON THE TRAIL OF THE BEAST CONVINL‘ED IT IS A BIG TIGFJE y it was several [hiles of? Lhe range, nearer where >wasrreporled thatThurs- accom â€"Fla've and me