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Table Decoration. There are very few form of entertain- ment more enjoyable than the social tea party which the country people are in the habit of giving in honor of themselves, their neighbors, and tha itrangen within their gate*. The approach of cold weather fills both young and elderly housekeeper! with a strong desire to encourage the sentiment of interest and sociability that exists to a greater or leu extent in every rural com- munity. A tea party goes a great way towards breaking the ice that so frequently form* over social intercourse and proves an incen- tive to other housekeepers U> follow an ex - ample that produces such satisfactory re- sults. Both mothers and daughters should give careful attention to the many small details which add so much to the appearance of the table. Every housekeeper should manage to have one or two extra tablraoths to use on special occasions. The uapkins should be of Ifine linen and of medium size. Have a sufficient number of knives, forks and spoons upon the table. A great deal of embarrassment is often caused by a lack of these necessary articles. If the waatner is cold and cheerless, a particularly good eject is produced by crimson lamp shades. These can made of paper and cost but a trifle. The improved appearance of the table will amply repay anyone for the trouble of making them. If caudles are used, let them be of red wax and partly covered with small, fancy shades of the same color. Thirty years ago very little attention was given to the arrangement of plates, platters, etc., but happily the housekeeper of to-day is sufficiently ambitious and in- telligent to realize the importance of pleas- ing the eye as well as the paltte and the result is that housewives vie with each other in the effort to supply each table en- tertainment with < riginal features so that even though it takes) six months to "go round the circle" the last tea party is sure to prove quite as saufactory as the first. Every housekeeper possesses a few relic* of bygone days in the form of bowls, vases, etc. Kill them with the (lower* that are available and place them upon the tea- table. A few buds or blossoms a cluster of leaves or ferns can be tied with a bit of ribbon and places! upon the table near the guests. If cut flowers cannot be procured, take a pot containing a blooming plant and of sugar in half a pint of water ; axid a pound of grated coooauut and stir over the lire for five minutes. Let cool. Acid the beaten yoke and the white of one egg. Line little tart pans with puff paste ; nil with the mixture and bake. A lemon or almond mixture may b used to till the tarts in place of cocoanut if desired. Preserved Apples. Weigh equal quan- tities of good brown sugar and apples, peeled and sliced thin, allowing one pint of water to every three pounds of sugar ; skim it well and boil until quite thick ; add the apples and the grated peel of one or two lemons and two or three pieces ot white ginger root ; boil until the apples lonk clear white and yellow. This will keep for years, i the testimony of one who has used it, aud is an especially nice way when apples are plenty to keep some for future use Suow Custard. Dissolve half a box of gelatine in a cup of cold water ; add one pint of boiling water, t wo cups of sugar and the juice of a lemon. Sur until the sugar is dissolved. Beat the whites of three eggs ; add to the mixture when cold, a paonful at a time. Mix carefully until thick, and pour in small cups to mold. When firm, turn out on a large dish, and Dour omtard flavored with vanilla around it. Serve with white cake. Angels Food Cake. Whites of nine large eggs, one heaping cup of line granu- lated sugar, one cup ot flour sifted five times before measuring. One l.alf teaspoon ful of cream of tailar, and a leaspoonful each of lemon and vanilla extract. Separate eggs, add salt anil cream of tartar to the whites and beat to a stiff froth. Add sugar and flavoring and beat thorougnly. Then carefully fold in the flour anil bake in a moderate oven from forty to fifty minutes. Invert pan to cool when the cak? is done. This cake is much nicer if bakel in a tin made on purpose. This special cake tin is in two parts, side and bottom. The sids part can be removed from the cake without disturbing it. A Modern Residence at Low Cost. To design a ueat, cheap, convenient and roomy cottage, is) no easy task People are not satisfied to-day with the plain house which would have pleased them twenty years ago, for they have become educated in architecture and have seen what can be done in the artistic designing of houses. The picturesque homes dotting the landscape throughout the land are the direct result of this education. One must follow the laws of common seuse in design- THE LAND OF THE YUKON. riii 1. A SKAT MODERN KKMIIIN. !:. ing homes, and not sacrifice interior ar- rangement for exterior show, which is dis- tasteful to the cultivated eye. To be satisfactory, a house must be planned with special reference to the needs of the occu- pants, and such house* are really the most pleasing in appearance, as they clearly show the use for which they were intended. Many of our houses are ugly because of their lack of proportion and harmony of expres- sion, ami others are ruined more by an excess) ot "tacked on ornament " than by too little. The beauty ot a house lies in ita proportions ; and an attractive outline costs) no more than one which is ugly. The accompanying illustration presents a simple, straight-forward building. It '->as a tower of moderate dimensions, but the details are not rich, they are not expensive, and it is not and painted in suitable tints. Construe- Initially the house is of the best, using good materials and workmanship. The cellar walls are of stone to one course (bore, thence a brick underpinning. The outside walls are sheathed diagonally, papered and covered with half-inch siding. The second story o! the oclagncal lower and the roof are covered with oypress shingles. The en- lire first Hoar is cloubV, of yellow pine, with paper between. 1 he plastering is of three-coat work on seasoned pine lath. The hardware of the two floors is of bronze. The printing outside is of three-coat work in colors well selected. The house is heated by furnace placed under the dining room. Dimensions, :{."ix4ii feet over all, except the projection of the front porch. Th* height of the stories is ten and eight and one-half feet respectively. Such a house can bit built thus complete, in most localities, for from f'J.OuO to g'j.iiOO, according 10 style and quality of interior finish employed. Without the furnace, the cost might be considerably rcdui e 1 even from this in some places. If a furnace is used, that portion of the cellar should be walled off by itsvil, for a warm cellar injures fruits and vege- tables stored therein. [In our engravings, whicn explain the text very clearly, Fig. 1 THE WEEK'S NEWS CANADA. Mr. Joseph Duhamel, Q.C., the well- known .ti on treat lawyer, diud ou Tuesday morning, lie was fitty-eignt years of age. The Railway Department at Ottawa has called for Anders for thu construction of about nine miles of the Trent Valley canal. The ,osse by firs in Ottawa for the nine months ended September .'{') amounted to more than four hundred thousand dollars. The pan* season of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company has been so vucccessful that it is expected that a sup- plementary dm. lend will be declared. Mr. Armand Larocque, one of the best- known figures in French-Canadian circles in Montreal, died suddenly on Wednesday morning. He was lu his fortieth year. A despatch has been received in Ottawa from Ksquimaux Point, on the north shorn of the St. Lawrence, mating that Captain ((ialhlmg tiuni Howard is safe. Mr. \V. K. Meredith was on Wednesday sworn in as Chief Justice of the Court 01 presents a perspective view of Hie cottage. I Common Pleas of Ontario. The ceremony Fig. 'J shows the first floor, and Fig. :i the second Door plan, j CHINESE PROVERBS. In Hrnnlnx Tln-v Kr.r ftrnsulsnrr le tlHgll.ll l<t *. The following proverb* are familiar speci- mens of the Chinese coinage ; the English versions are also given : "Virtue m the surest road to longevity ; singly to America. took place in the Parliament buildings in presence of the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Oliver Mowat, Sir Thomas Clah, and Mr. <-. W. Rose. IIIIKAT Dill TAIN. It is semi-oriicslly announced that the Princess of Wales and her daughters have taken to riding the tricycle. Vimbers of leaning English and foregm Anarchists are vacating their haunts in London, and the majority are proceeding in laiprrior'i tlalrnsrsU* Aeosil aParl f . in. i.i.i .ii n hi. h i mi. In kii.ion Inspector Constantino has furnished the Hon. Mr. Ives with a very complete report of his recent journey to the Yukon district, accompanied by Suff-Sergt. Brown, where he was sent to look over the territory i>nd report on whit was needed to preserve law and order in thu region. He recommends a large police force, ihe inspector was also commissioned by the Customs and Interior departments to collect revenue and fold a strip of colored silk around it. White mining dues. wail. ling can be used instead of the silk, and Snukm a beautilnl effect will be produced if the surface of the wadding is covered with ivy sewed on or ferns. These can be sewed on with thread. Ivy can also be arranged arounu the table iud the dishes placed amide the circle. The en. Is of the ivy should be se- cured under the lamp or under immovable dinhus. It 19 customary in many country homes to cover pictures, mirrors, etc., with pink tmue paper. If this color is used for ar- ticles in the dining room great cure must lie exercised in selecting articles fir table dec- oration. It the dishes are decorated, the I, imp shadb aud tissue paper must harmon- ;.- wilii tne color that predominates in the decoration. If the color in blue, amber shades will produce a charming effect A crtmioa light will beautify pink or brown, and give to the whole room the bright, warm appearance, which is so inviting on a bleak wintry day. If the tea-party is a large one, and if cut- door exercise precedes the supper, it is a good plan to have breaded veal cutlets or fried oysters for the principal dih. There should also be a large plate at the foot ef the table containing a generous supply of cold sliced him. A dith containing chick- en salad is placed at the right. Custom decides that there should only be one kind of preserved fruit upon the table. A small sauce dish containing apple sauce should Deserved with the oysters. Various km. is of pickles are placed here and there upon the table. If a servant is employed, the tea or choco- late should be poured into the cups before it is brought into the dining-room. Housekeepers should remember that a woll-laid table requires a great deal of light the more lights there are the better the effect. It is far wiser to put a goodly num- ber of small lamps 01 candles on the table than merely one or two large ones. There are many dainty preparations that are "fit to se'. before a king," and there should be a liberal supply of these "goodies" upon the table. We have all been told to ignore "trifles," but when they make their appearance in the forms of delicious cakes, custards and jellies, we give pleasure to our hostess and to ourselves by partaking ot the good things set before us. Ill Humor and Wrinkles. Dwelling on the perpetual pin-sticks, instead of covering them out of sight, will make fine lines in the smoothness of the forehead, lift the eyebrow* querulously, drop the corners of the mouth downheart- edly, and not only spoil present beauty, but hasten future ugliness. And it does not require vexation, dark brooding or worry alone to injure the good looks. The person who allows herself to be bored where she is not interested in what gjes on about her gams a lacklustre of eye and skin and feature that is akin to disfigure- ment; for the eye grows dull anil heavy, of the resources of the country, he says that the timber along the Yukon river is of small value, but he was informed that on the Stewart river the timber was longer and of better quality. The principal fish ot the region are salmon. The seasons the Yukon are extreme. As low as seventy -seven below zero has been reached in winter, while in summer as high as 1'JO O i,,tru8ive. has been known. The amount of laud fit for .'uluvation is very limited. Wood is the only fuel used. As to the mining industry in that local- ity Inspector Constantino says it is only in its infancy. The country has not been thoroughly prospected, and the returns up to the present show that while a few m.-n have done well, the majority have ma.U ] Cttr j n ., f ur it. nothing. The miners are anxious to have the international boundary m the gold bearing belt fixed without delay. The inspector says that the liquor traffic in the country is assuming large proportions and will have to be dealt with by a strong hand, and a sufficient force will be necessary to enforce the provisions of the law. The country at present is ruled by a whisky ring, of which a Fort Cudahay firm named McQueston & Co., is supposed to be at the head. At present there are five saloons running, and more will be opened as the miners come in for the winter. The liquor sold is of good quality and retails at fifty cents a drink. Three thousand gallons have been taken in during the year just passed. The Indians make up an alcoholic compound called " boochinoo, which is very strong, like pure alcohol in appearance and taste. Talks with the miners elicited the informa- tion that they would like to see a high license rate imposed and a stop put to the Fir. J. I'LAS OK FIIIST FLOOR. The outline is simple, and the general finishing of tho house is of a mod- est character. It is a comparatively iuex- pensivu building, and one which would reflect credit on those who would have the good taste to buiM it. It has eight mam rooms, conveniently and economically ar- ranged. It is economical in matter of cost, expense of furnisl.mg and labor of There is no waste or useless spucn. On the ground Hour their is sulli cient room to meet the requirements of comfortable living, and at the same tum- any ordinsry social requirements. Thu rooms are well shaped, proportioned lu each other, and a general air of light and cheerfulness pervades the house. Tne building is set well above thu grade and entered from the front by a porch through a vestibule into thu silting room. This room is of good si/e, with the addition of an octagonal bay time feet across. The Day is alcovsd by means of artistic grille work, and fitted with built-in bookcases, altogether making a very cozy reading nook. The general aspect of the room is enlivened by an open grate. To the right is the parlor of t he same size, this is the dining room, the sitting room with bnt vice meets with an early doom." (Virtue is its) own reward.) "Time tlics like an arrow ; .lays and months liko a weavers shuttle." (Time ami tide wait for no man.) "Let every man sweep the snow from be- fore his own doors, and nut trouble him- self about the fronton Ins neighbor's tiles." i Mind your own business. ) "Attend to your farms and mulberry trees, that you may have sufficient food and clothing. " (Tike cure of your business and your business will take earn of you. I "To paint a snake and a id legs." (Draw- ing the long bow.) "Let us get drunk to-day while w have wine ; the sorrows of to-morrow may lie borne to-morrow." (Sufficient unto thu day is the evil thereof. The 1. on. Ion Daily News learns that Sir William Marcourt, who has returned from consulting a Wiesbaden oculist, can see lietter than for many years. Sir Julian I'auncefote, British Ambassa- dor M the United States, who is now in London ii leave of absence, will not return to Washington until December. A movement is under way in England to present a suitable memorial to Sir Joseph I.yster, who r?oently retired from active service .; King's College hospital in Lon- don. In a speech on Thursday night Home Secretary Asquitn said that the statement that thu Cabinet had been recently sum- moned to consular grave complications betwrnn ".real Britain and France was the idlest fiction that hail ever entered the brain of man. The statement tiiat Eritinh "Abstain from false .ceding, that the lljp , omicy ha(1 . u . t ., ned . ..rious rebut! in good and houest may be in safety. Bear tha capitals of Kurope wasalso utterly uo . t > 'l wtness against thy neighbor.) destitute of ihe smallest >oundauoo. 'Ihe court is like a ship at set every- thing depends upon the wind." (Put not your trus: in princes.) Seventeen cases of smallpox are reported "For 'him who does everything in its at Manchester, Mich. proper time one day is worth three." (A stiti-h in tune saves nine.) "TociilolTa hen's head with a battle- ax." C-Much ado about nothing. ) "The truths which we least wish to hear aro those which it H most to our advantage to know." (The truth is often disagree- able. ) "If you dun't enter the tig<*r'n den you canuut obtain ner young. ' (Nothing ven- ture, nothing win.) "One ttr m.l of silk doesn't make a thread." (One swallow doesn't make a glimmer. ) "A tbensmad 'chiefs, i thousand plans." Too .n.iuy .'.inks rtjmil tin; broth.) 'There is a time to fish and a tinia to Iryneu." (Dime's a lime for all things. ) "Thu leauiier should not leave nil books r the poor man his pigs." (Let the cob* >ler stick tn his last.) "It thunders loudly, but little rain fills," Much cry and little wool.) United States by process ot sale of liquor to the Indians. With the exception ot the schools of the Church of Kiiglatid mission there are no schools in the district. These disir.ot schools are three in number and have an attendance on an average of sixty per day. These schools are kept up by the generosity of friends, and are purely voluntary. Furs are fairly plentiful in the region. The exports for the year would amount to between 840,0(10 and ^.'lO.inm. Inspector Constantino creditably carried out the w.irk entrusted to him by the Customs department. The levying of du- ties was a distasteful task and at one time there was a prospect of trouble, but uven tu&lly better counsel'prevailed and the in- spector brought out with him cheques, draft* and orders amounting to $3/244 for the Customs department and $4.S5 for the Interior department. It is expected that StarT-Sergt. Brown, who is wintering at Fort Cudahay, will collect between two and three thousand dollars more. The inspector has gone to Ottawa to talk over with the Hon. Mr. Ives the question of a special force ou the Yukon. Ho has done good service to the country, and despite the hazardous position in which he was placed, and back of To the rear of is a chamber, furnished a rear outlet and connected with the kitchen and dining room through a lobny. In the lobby is a dumb waiter, furnishing convenient connection with the cellar, which we reach by stairs also from the lobby, and a stationary wash bowl in the the features fixed aud immobile, the whole i went through the ordeal creditably. It sir and aspect without alertness or grace, speaks well for the respect with which thu To cultivate vivacity, expression, intel ligence things that are beautifying, that quicken the blood and sends it freely to the surface. It is no extravagance to say that sweet temper and good humor are among the best cosmetics known. Recipes. White Cake. One cup of butter, two of sugar, one of sweet milk, three ./:' Hour, whites of five eggs, two teaspoons .:' baking powder. Ice it, when baked, with confec- tioner's sugar wet with boiling wuti-r. Cocoanut Tarts. Dissolve half a pound law is regarded when two men can go into a rough district among a lot of men who had never seen a police officer there before and collect such a large sum of money. He "You saw some old ruins whil.- m Kiigluicl. I presume?" She "Yes, indeed! And one of them wanted to marry mo. " Mrs. Johnson, of Norwich, Conn., is very fond of diamonds, and usually wears, when m full dress, stones to the value of several thousand dollars. Among her ornaments isaciroulet of diamonds which form her name -"Mary T. Johnson. ' i lu. 3. PLAN OP STCOMD FI.OOK. angle next the chimney. The pantry is well furnished with all the modern con vcnienoes. The kitchen has a sink and brick-set range, with waterback and boil- er, and communicates with the dining room through the lobby and china closet. A oellar is provided under the dining room eight feet deep, under the chamber seven feet ileep, ami under the remainder of the house six feet deep. Going up stairs, we laud in a email hall, from which an accessible the three chambers, the bath room, and the stairs to the attic. The interior of the first floor is trimmed in natural finished cypress. The sec ond Moor ii trimmed in white pins The statue of Gen. McCcllan.Lit lie M v. . iheher.i of Airi.-'am, was unveiled on Thursday m Philadelphia. Betweon two and three thousand aliens IlllVr l:eCOIIie IMUX-II* nf th" .in.! ,,! Hutiai'i mil. ,r June I naturalization. The Buffalo K veiling News says that tiie free lumber clause is rapidly driving busi- ness away from Buffalo and Tonawanda to Canada. A .onxigniiiiint 'if anil toxin denim, th* 1 new diphtheria oure, '.he first to rasch this neut, P.ISII..I through the New York Custom .'ID.. ic .,ii Thurmi iy. Clar. .. - ii. > Sadie Robinson, the self- cnnfeiuwu :nurderrs of M 'iii_'.,.iinry (iiliiis in Hullaio, were on Tuesday jointly indict- ed by the grant! jury for murder in the first degree. \ ommittee of the Bay City, Detroi'. and Kost Tawas lumbermen will sn.,r'.y 1 wail upon the Dominion i .ovrimi. nt to j protest against the Canadian duly ot twenty percent. Inspecto DeBarry, of Buffalo, has had a warrant issued for the arrest of VL-e-Presi- .ient Mlcalfe, of the Piano Manufacturing Company, of Brockport, X. Y., en the charge of importing <ieoige Dodds,an alien laborer, from Toronto. The Very Rev. Snmnal Hole, known as the Witty Dean of Rochester, who was an mtimite friend of Thackeray, Dickens. Tennyson, anil Leech, has arrived in New York by the steamer Majeslic. He is on a in Montreal with the I lecturing tour in ihe Unit*! States, the proceeds of which he will devote to re- building the central towers of Rochester cathedral as a mtmorial to Charles Dickens. '.I.SKHAL. THE RESOURCES OF CANADA. in lnull.li Hanhrrl* Inui/i-il HI WHni II. II. .- ! anil In \ I-.K lw l M K..II. in llrlll.li i ..In, ill, I., More and more do the great resources of the Dominion become known to the outside world and their unsurpassed wealth ap- ireciuUtil by the capitalists of (Jreat Britain, lietween two and three months ago Mr. Itobert Home Payne, on eminent banker, of London, arrived object of visiting our great western pro- vinces, in order to ascertain by persons! observation if the new Dominion be a profit- able field in which to invest capital. Mr. Payne was accompanied by Mr. R. K. Sperling, of tho metropolitan banking firm of SperlmgACo., and these gentlemen have been engaged ever since in looking over the It undeveloped resources of the coast province, arriving back to Montreal the other day by the Canadian Pacific. Mr. Payne expresses himself as simply amazed at what he has seen in British Columbia, and so great in his failh in the future of that province that the London banker in- vested no less than two million dollars in different enterprises. He is of the opinion that hundreds of millions of British and foreign capital will find it* way into Bri- tish Columbia and the North-west within the next few years. Conceited Japs. Theodore Wores, the artist, livud in Japan for five or six yearn, and intended to return there. Now, he says, he will not. " The Japs," he says, " will be insufferably con ceiled if they finally whip China, Chinese have for many years dominated them in a way which does not seem to be understood here. They have been the bankers for the Japanese, have superintend- ed nearly all of tho business affairs in Yoko- hama and Tokm, and the Japanese have bowed to their superior financial and com- mercial abilities. Every shipping house in Yokohama has had a Chinese in charge of every department, and the Chinese have always treated the Japs as a weaker and inferior people. The Japanese have always been arrogant with all other foreigners, but have ever stood hat in hand before the Chinese, Now, if they master the Chinese, there will be no living with them in com- fort for any foreigner. They will want to start < ut and whip all creation, and will naturallv begin on Ihe foreign material at hand. I'm going to India which has already been whipped." Prinoe Bismarck and hi* wife are enjoy- ing excellent health. Mgr. Boeglin, editor anil proprietor of the Momleur dl Rome, will be expelled from Italy. By the bursting of a steam-pipe on board the French cruiser Arethuse, which was being tested at Brent, six men were killed and many severely injured. A controversy is prevailing among the scientists of France as to the exact date of the termination of the nineteenth and the commencement of the twentieth centuries. Several heathen peasants of ihe village of Surma, Russia, have been, arrested and charged with murdering, beheading, and disembowelling a man whom they sacrificed to their gods. Lieut. Count von Starhemburg, who won the military ride between Berlin and Vienna in 1892, fell from his horse on Thurs- day while hunting, and sustained concus- sion of the brain, An Imperial decree was published at St. [(,,. I Petersburg on Wednesday declaring (irand Duke Michael, the third son of the Czar, heir-apparent to the throne after Ihe acces- sion ot his brother, ( mml Duke Nicholas, the Ciarewitch. Cenrge Puffer, who recently died at Pnwaukee, Win., is now subjected to his second bunal. A number of years ago, while digging a well, the earth caved in, and on his broad shoulders a mass of ear' h rested for twenty-four hours, before he was dug out. Kigu' "Came over from Kngland with Stillman. Always had a prejudice against that man, but got well acquainted with him on board the steamer and found him a first- rate fellow." Kugg " Y, nothing like a sea voyage to tm.i what's in a man. The Portuguese were the first to import tea into Kurope, and used it early m the sixteenth century.