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iHH THE » "We Being Watched Over and Guarded From the Unseen World. In the last two cb&ptcrs o( Re- velation we aro assured that fiio BiAterial w^jrld will, when the tiun- ie ripe, be absorbe<l and trausiorni ec by the spiritual. The primitivr Christian expected this consum- niation too soon, but they were al- ways thinking about it, and hc- li«yed that thu dead were -M'." waiting for it in a state ol proba tion, or a sleep, as St. Paul tia!L It, and that ail the redeemed would enter upon it together. Surely they are right. Human Ity is progressing towards sorr.e great end, an end higher than the perfecting of separate individuali- ties. One generation goes on whe'o another leaves off, and unfolds the divine ideas a little more fuliy. Bonie day, wo may hope, this idea will be realized in a human soci- ety as nearly perfect as the limi tations of earth permit. Ws may reasonably hold that those genera tious which have passed on h tve Oct stood still either, and are still ©oncprucd with the work of e? >lv- Ing humanity, a mighty Whole, one with and in the glorifie<l Chriit "Then cometh the end." All il- lusions, all sense of separateness, will disappear; the material will make way for the spiritual, the phenomenal for the real, and the universe of universes, visible and invisible, attain to perfect cons i ons oneness in the eternal nf> of God. This is the New Testa.iiont view of the matter seen in the large perspective of our present daj Knowledge of the vastness of THE UNIVERSAL ORDER. self as belonging to us and joining 'n our prayers. It is a helpful fact, and if my voice could reach to all these scattered sympathizers I would like to tell them that we know it and that the spiritual com- munion is a fact independent of place and circumstance. If we help them it is equally true that they help us. REV. R. J. CAMPflJiLL. 4. COUNTERFEIT COINS. AVhen w© come to the question of the survival of individual consci- ousness after death we can say no ninro than that the evidence which would satisfy the ordinary religi- ous mind misht fail with the unin- formed by the religious tempera- ment. Nevertheless the lack may be in the latter rather than the former. The plane of spiritual ex- perience is real and is felt by most to be higher than the purely intel- lectual, and it is in the plane of spiritual experience that certitude rt-garding the immortality of the soul has hitherto generally been at- tained. Evidence that would carry convic- tion by the methods acceptable to the scientific mind would, of course, have to be on the lower plane. 1 quite admit that such evidence might be of great value as a rein- forcement to spirituality, but it could never be a substitute for it, or take precedence of it. .Still I think it not improbable that scien- tific psychic investigation will be- fore long manage to prove to the satisfaction of the average man the existence of discarnato conscious- ness. If so, I shall rejoice, because I believe the general effect of such .1. demonstration would bo good. But even so, I would rather rely on the instinctive perceptions of the highest order of SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. The other day a miner wrote to tell me that from time U> time when he had been in special need of guid- ance in some particular subject he has found that subject preaclie<l upon from the City Temple pulpit. B< often hn.s he had his nee<l met 11) the discussion of questions from the City Temple pulpit which ho had neither time nor oppfirtunity V) think out for himself that ho be- lieves the result must bo due to something more than mere coinci- dence, and I have no doubt he is quite right. His theory of the matter is that minds spiritually en rapport may inHuenco each other even uncfin- cciously, like the separate receiv- ina stations of Marconi's wireless teWgraph api)aratus. Quite true, but there is more in it even than that: there is the mind behind all, and the divine love that vibrates between soul and soul in K.Bponse to the rail of luiman need, like the ether that carries the elec- tric force from point to point in the visible universe. I see from the list of injured in connection with tho terrible mining disaster of a few days ago that there is a poKHibility that my interesting cor- respondent has been killed. If so, perliaps he knows more now of the ways of Ood with men than I could «^er tell hira. DE.MH IS NO CALAMITY to those whom it calls higher, but only to those who mourn their loss. And even that would be turned into Joy if we could l)ut know how things really are in the great beyond. 1 have received a crop of testi- monials illuhtrative of the operation <.f the same kind of force. f)ne is from a poor cripple. This fact throws the sufferer back upon rirayer. Often tho prayer bus lieen ike that of the Durham miner, with much the same result. I have been finding out ijicreas- jngly of late that the City Temple has an invisible congregation, a I'orgcd Coins Which are Worth as Much as the ticnuinc. The unusual occurrence of a counterfeit coin bringing far more than the value it was originally in- tended to represent by its makers took place recently, when a curious Spanish doubloon of Charles IV. of Spain, dated 1801, was sold for $60 at a sale of old coins at the Collec- tors' Club in New York. The coin was of excellent work- manship, and there was really no striking difference between it and the genuine. But instead of be- ing struck in gold it was composed 01 platinum of the purest quality, which had been gilded. The intrinsic value of the Spanish doubloon in gold is just over $15. The platinum counterfeit weighs 420 gr., which, at the prevailing mar- ket rate, would give this piece an intrinsic value of about 817.60. Platinum was a favorite metal with counterfeiters some years ago, when its intrinsic value was about $6.25 or $7.50 an ounce. Many spurious ten-dollar and twenty-dol- lar United States gold pieces were turned out, chiefly composed of this metal. The coins of Great Britain were also tampered with in the same manner. Spanish coins have been much counterfeited, perhaps more 'han the coins of any other coi Even at the present time Sp: redeeming counterfeit live-posela pieces. These coins were miide by private persons and were equal to the regular Government coins in point of fineness and weight, the manufacturers being satisfied with the seigniorage or difference be- tween the face value of tho coin and iti value in bullion silver. So difficult are these illegal coins to distinguish from tho genuine that the Government has authorized their redemption at bullion value. It is said that but little distinction has been made in Spain between the regular issues and the counter- feits, the two issues being accept- eo freely everywhere, and it is de- clared that it is not at all unlikely that a fair proporti<yi of the 600,- 000,000 five-peseta pieces heiu in re- serve by tho Bank of Spain is made up of the counterfeit coin. Some years ago when silver had n much higher value than at pre- sent a counterfeit Mexican dollar came into tho po.ssession ef the United States assayers at the Phila- delphia mint. They assayed the coin and found it to bo worth in- tiinsically about $1.DU. It seems that the mine from wliich the counter- feiters got their metal produced silver that was very strong in gold. Thus the forgers lost money by making counterfeits. WHAT IS THE CAUSE! Do Earth Tiden Throw Over Fac- tory Cbiiuneys. Beyond waking the entire neigh- borhood, and blocking the railway line for several hours, the huge chimney, three hundred feet high, which fell so unaccountably near Glasgow, recently, did no particu- lai damage. Such, however, has not always been the case with other similar oc- currences in the past. Ihese tall istrucftures have a knack of col- lapsing without a moment's warn- ing, and frequently with the most frightful results to life and limb. For example, at Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, in 1892, a mill chimney, that was deemed to be as solid and safe as any in England, suddenly toppled over and killed fifteen peo- ple. A similar mishap near Lyons, France, lately, equally inexplicable, resulted in a score of deaths. In the Pennsylvania anthracite region, not long since, a colliery chimney, that had been examined and pro- nounced perfectly stable only a short while previously, fell across the mouth of a shaft, with the re- sult that thirty-three miners work- ing below were imprisoned and suf- focated. Even more dreadful results fol- lowed the mysterious collapse of the New Lands Mills chimney at Brad- ford, England, during Christmas week, 1882. No expense had been spared in its construction. The materials used were admittedly the best that money could buy. Yet it came down like a child's house of cards; falling, a thousand tons of dead weight, right athwart the crowded factory buildings. More than 250 wounded were ex- tricated from the ruins, together with 54 dead bodies. It was the worst catastrophe Bradford had ever known, and no pains were epared to elucidate the cause ol it. But in vain^ Now, however, in ?iew of the re- cent discovery of earth\tide«, en- gineers are beginning to see a light. Investigations, carried out with scientific intsruments of an extreme delicacy, have shown that the earth's crust, so far from being im- mobile, as had always been Bup- posed, rises and falls over eight inches orce daily. May not this movement, it is asked, be respon- sible for the collapse of these slen- der, hollow shafts? THE ADMIRAL AND THE BEY. congregation that never enters its walls and has never looked iijKin «i nr fa cts; but which, like the orip- .4^^ l)ave mentioned, counts it- "MATUSIIKA VOLGA." Melody of Sorrow and Unrest Heard In PriHon and Palace. There is an air so popular in Rus- sia that it is even more familiar than their nation:'' ;iutlic;n to the people of that r. laiMcnous empire. I have heard it in all parts of the Czar's dominions, from the Baltic Sea to Bering Strait and from Archangel to the Caspian ; in the glittering palaces of Petersburg and in foul prison dens of Siberia, says the Travel. It is a simple melody in the minor key, suggestive, like most Slav music, of sorrow and unrest, and it is called "Matushka," or "Mo- ther Volga," as for some cryptic rea- son every Russian, be he noble or Nihilist, is taught from childhood U> regard this great river in the light of a maternal relative. Yet the river is full of sad associations, (for convicts formerly travelled a portion of the journey to Siberia along its broad, sluggish stream. I can never forget the haunting sweetness of "Matushka Volga" as I heard it sung on a prison barge one quiet summer evening by a party of fettered politicals banished to the great lone land of exile. For "Mother Volga" was their last link with homo and the loved ones they might never meet again. Fortunately the con<leinne<l are nfiw sent into Asia by the Trans- Siberian Railway and the unhappy e.xile is spare' at least 1. e bitter parting- that imiu his we'' '>.'lovcd "Mother Volga." * He: "But, really, are you going to marry mo, or are you going to make a fool of inc ?" Sho ; "Both, my dear boy. ' Diplomatic Slory in Which a Lion and u Pair of Pistols Figure. A show of force Is often the best kind of diplomacy. A writer in a Paris newspaper tells a story of the French Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, who had been entrusted with the mission of exacting reparation from an African bey who had in- sulted a French Consul. As Du- petit-Thousars's demands were sup- ported by the forceful argument of loaded cannon the bey acknow- ledged that he had been too hasty and proffered profuse apologies. He even invited the Admiral to his table and had a sumptuous repast perparod for his guest. The Con- sul warned tho Admiral to be on his guard. "Ihe bej' is inclined to be mali- cious," said he, "and when he strokes his beard and smiles you may be sure that he is concocting some mischief." "We shall see," was Dupetit- Thousars's reply. He reached the bey's palace in good time. Profuse complements and salutations were exchanged. All at once the Admiral's foot met some soft, hairy substance lying on the carpet under tho table. He bent down and saw a huge lion showing his formidable teeth. The bey smiled and stroked his beard. Dupetit-Thouars did not wince, but called his dragoman. ".My pistols," was all he said. The servant saluted, retired and brought back a pair of pistols on a silver tray. The Admiral took them and placed tham on the table before him, but the bey, still smil- ing, continued to stroke his patriar- chal beard. "Tell the commander," he said to the dragoman, "that if those pistols are for the purpose of blowing out my lion's brains they are quite insufficient and perfectly useless." Then, like a skilled fencer coun- tering his opponent's thrust after the bey's ironical advice had been translated, Dupetit-Thouars re- plied : "Tell his Highness that my pistols aro not thero to kill his lion but to blow his own brains out at the first movement of this objectionable carpet." (Jravely but a little pale the man interpreted. The smile died away on the bey's lips and be no longer stroked his beard. "My lion," he said, "is too well trained even to scratch one of my guests, hut since he is not wanted he shall be sent away." At a word from the bey the lion slowly and heavily left the room, like an obedient dog. I < I I! I I mi m il » »'»♦♦♦ » L* "h? Home MM DELICIOUS CAKES. Boiled Icing. â€" Put one cupful of graulated sugar into a granite sauce pan, add a pinch of cream of tartaTr and one-half cupful of boil- ing water. Cook without stirring until it threads, then stir the sirup into the beaten whites of two eggs. Beat until it ia thick Enough to spread without running. Use any flavoring. Hoosier Chocolate Cake. â€" Two cupfuls of brown sugar, two eggs, one-half cupful of butter, one-half cupful of sour cream (or milk), one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in milk, one-half cupful of grated chocolate (bitter), dissolved in one- half cupful boiling water, three cup- fuls flour. Mix whites of eggs in thoroughly last thing, do not beat them separately. This makes the cake more moist. Bake in loaf or two large layers in slow oven. Caramel fillingâ€" Two cupfuls of dark brown sugar, one-half cupful butter, one-half cupful of cream; boil untij thick; spread at once. Hazel Nut Cream Cake.â€" Beat one cupful of sugar and four eggs until light, add one cupful of flour sifted with one teaspoonful baking powder, and one teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, one-half tea- spoonful of ground allspice and cloves; bake in two layers. Cream -Three-fourths of a pint of milk, one tablespoonful of cornstarch, two eggs, half a teacupful of sugar. Peal and chop one cupful of hazel- nuts fine; add a teaspoonful of vanilla. Boil all together until thick and when cool spread be- tween layers. Use whipped cream or a boiled frosting for top of cake. Chocloate Layer Cake. â€" Take one-half cupful of butter, one cup- ful of sugar, cream well, then add yolks of two eggs, and one and one- half cupfuls flour, and two tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, and three-quarters of a cupful of milk. Then add enough cocoa to make cake as dark as desired, and lastly add beaten whites of eggs and bake in two layers, and put jelly be- twe.en. Chocolate frostitig â€" one and one-half cupfuls powdered sugar put through strainer, three teaspoonfuls cocoa, small piece of butter (size of egg), and two table- spoonfuls of strong, hot coffeie. Mix well and spread on cake. White Hickory Nut Cake.â€" One and a half cupfuls of granulated sugar, two-thirds cupful of butter, one cupful of milk, two-thirds cup- ful of water, whites of five esi;s, four level cupfuls of flour, one cup of hickory nuts or English walnuts broken fine, not cut, three level teaspoonsfuls of baking powder. Sift sugar and flour separaU-ly three times, cream sugar and but- ter until white, add milk and water slowly. Beat in the flour one cupful at a time. Dredge the nuts in one cupful of flour. Add the baking powder to the last cupful of flour. Stir with the back of the spoon. Fold in the whites of the eggs last. Flavor to taste. The butter and sugar can be creamed quickly with the hand. Use a boil- ed icing. Don't use what is callea "A," or "soft" white sugar or brown; use granulated white sugar for all pre- serves or jellies. Don't use granulated sugar for spiced fruit; use light brown only. Don't make spiced fruit too sweet; four pounds of light brown sugar to seven pounds of fruit is a good proportion. Don't use an over abundance of spioes â€" too much makes it taste bitter. Don't cover preserves or jellies wuile cooking. They are apt to boil over. Don't use cold sugar for jellies; measured the strained fruit juice ; to each pint allow one pound of the best granulated sugar, put it on a platter in a warm oven to heat, and add it to boiling liquid. Don't put ' preser> in cold glasses or jars and not â- ;pect ac- cidents; have the glasse. or jars in scalding water, rinse well, then fill as quickly as possible. Don't allow preserves to stand about after they are cold ; put melt- ed parafin on cover with lids, wash off every trace of stickiness, and put in oool, dark place fof future use. Don't allow preservea to cook over a hot fire and not expect thejn to stick and scorch. Don't let them cook without stir- ring, even when the fire is slow. Don't cook preserves on a gas range without an asbestos mat. Don't use a steel knife to pare fruit with ; use a silver knife. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. When cooking mushrooms, if you are at all doubtful of their being good, while stewing them leave a silver spoon in the stew-pan. If it keeps its color they are all right, but if it turns black they are not fit to use. Choking is a form of danger that requires prompt action. If baby has swallowed a fishbone and is in danger^ of choking, use your fore- finger in the form of a hook, and even at the risk of considerable pain relieve the little sufferer. Here is an easy and capital method of softening butter when it has become hard with frosty weather. Rinse a bowl with boil- ing water and cover the butter with it. Don't dry the bowl, as the steam softens the butter. This method has no waste, as in melting butter before the fire. A baby should double its weight in six months and treble it in a year, provided it is a healthy child ' its nutrition is in every way and THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, I JULY 18. Lesson III. Paurs Seeond Hi^ slonary Journey.â€" (Continued). Golden Text, Psa. 119: 11. satisfactory. If a child does not in crease at the rate of lib. a month during the first year of life, and 12oz. a month during the second year, its nutrition is not satisfac- torjj. When a meatpie becomes scorch- ed en the top the cook is usually filled with dismay, but hern is a happy way out ot the difficulty. Carefully scrape off as much of the charred surface as possible, keeping it as level as you can. Now sover the top of the pie with the beaten whites of two eggs. Hrown slightly in the oven, and when thepio is placed on the table no one will nave any idea that the top had been burnt. POPULAR BELIEF. Many people believe that street cats are run for the benefit of the public, instead of for the benefit of the stockholders. Woollen cloth was Ensland iu 1330. first made i}i TASTY DESERTS. Banbury Tarts.â€" Measure all the raisins that will pile on a cup and stone and chop, add two rounding tablespoons of finely lopped cit- ron. Add tho juice 1 one lemon and tho grated yellow rind, one cup of white sugar and one egg beaten light. Roll rich pie crust as thin as possible and cut ii rounds the size of a saucer. Put a tablespoon of the mixture on one-half fold, wet the edges slightly with cold water, fold over and press together. Crimp the edge with a fork dipped in flour, and prick the top several times Ito pre^nt bursting while baking. Bake a light brown color. Parisian Charlotte.â€" Soak' one- fourth of a box of gelatin in one- fourth of a cupful of cold water. Scald one cupful of rich milk, or better still, one cupful of thin cream in a double boiler and pour it over four eggs beaten well with one-half a cupful of sugar. Stir over the fire until it thickens, add the gelatin, stir until it has dis- solved, then strain, and set aside until chilled. When it begins to thicken, andd one-fourth of a pound each of stale macaroons an(i lady fingers broken or cut in pieces, one teaspoonful ot vanilla, two table- spoonfuls of sherry, one cupful of grated cocoanut, and one cupful of thick cream, which has been whip- ped to a solid roth. Fold and mix lightly, turn into a wetted mold, and set aside where it will stiffen. Turn out carefully and garnish with a little whipped cream, which has been tinted pale pink, and one- half a dozen quartered candled cherries. ROYAL WAR COLLECTION. SOME PRESERVING "DONT'S." Don't make a mistake and wait until the special fruit in season is nearly «i\er niul then pay the high- est prices for it. Don't think overripe, soft fruit makes good preserves or jellies. hon't ever use anything but tlie best materials for good results. Future Historic Treasure Locked In .Marlborough Strong Room. The plate-room at Marlborough xiouse contains one of the most valuable collections of treasures, got together by King Edward, ir. all England. It is an underground room, lighted with electricity. Th': walls are lined with bookcases fill- ed with rare volumes of incalculable value. In the centre are large iron safes packed with magnificent gold and silver plate. Here are two giant silver pilgrim bottles present- ed by Alexander ill. of Russia to King Edward, and a priceless solid gold embossed shitld which he re- ceived frem a number of Indian princes. Another most interesting collection of the King's consists of relics gathered together from every war in which British soldiers have taken part since the accession of Queen Victoria. One of the mem- entoes of the South African war, and one which the late Queen great- ly appreciate, is a cushion worked by a hospital nurse with scraps of the khaki clothes of Ladysmith's wounded heroes. It is a wonder- ful bit of work, beautifully put to- gether, with worked portraits of Lord Roberts, General Baden- Powell, Sir Redvers Buller, General French and others. The colonies are represented by mounted men in their various uniforms. This col- lection of war relics will in time be of great historic value. It is very highly prized by his Majesty. COUNTRIES REPRESENTED. Canada, Denmark, France, Ger- majiy, England, Russia, Sweden and the United States were in 1906 represented among the twelve «x- pditions which were struggling to ward the north pole. Eight lead- ers were veteransâ€" Peary and Cook of the United States, Bernier, of Canada, Erichsen and Rasmusten of Denmark, Charcot of France, Shackleton of England and Qeer of Sweden. 1. Teaching the Scriptures jit Thessalonica. â€" Vs. 1-9. 1. Npw when they, Paul, Silas, and Timo- thy. Driven from Philippi the njis- sionaries traveled ooutbwest alcMig the great military road which led towards Rome ; at the end of ' 33 miles they passed through Amj^i- polis, near the shores ; tvhen travel- ing 30 miles more, they came 'to Apollonia. As these were citie* of little importance, and did not con- tain a synagogue as a basis of pro- pagating the gospel. Pand did fiot spend any time in them, but haut- ened on 37 miles farther to Tl»es- salonica on the gulf of Salonics in Macedonia about one hundred miles from Philippi. Paul's Four Methods of Teaclting the Bible. 1. Discussion. 'He reasoned with them out of ^he scriptures (v. 2). He based hit rea- soning on tihe true facts which tbey accepted, and then discussed \£tb them the question whether the pro- phecies were not fulfilled in Je«us as the Messiah. The Greek wor4 is almost letter for letter our word "dialogue." The method was more like that of our Bible classes th'an of our preaching. Discussion for the sake of seeing the truth from all sides is one of the best means jof learning the truth. Often the dyi- cussion must be in our own minds as the arena. ' 2. Opening the Scriptures (v. 3). Unfolding the Scripture truths, pointing out to them the things th^ had not noticed, or applications which they had not understood. Paul was to them like an expert who points out to the poor owner of a rocky farm the ri^h mines of gold and silver beneath the sui»- faco; or opens to the possessor ot a common pasture the oil wells which are of more value than minei of silver. Science is continually opening the common things ot life and finding in them greater treasure than the "Open, Sesam«"v in the Arabian Nights. 3. Comparing Scripture with* Scripture and with facts. 3. Al-' leging. The Greek word does not^ imply "assertion," as in our mod-, ern use of "allege" (thought not in the older English usage), but" means "setting beside" "setting* out arguments." Paul set besidor the promises in the Old Testament the facts of Jesus' life and teach-' ings, as we place a person beside' Ills photograph, or his description, r and showed that Jesus fulfilled, every promise on which they based their ideas and iheir hopes of a Messiah deliverer. Especially did he show that the Christ, i.e., the .Messiah, must needs have suffered,, for so was t -.c Messiah described in their Scriptures. This description' was one of the great difficulties in' the Jewish mind. U seemed impos-" iible that the victorious king, who^ was to reign forever, the Wonder-^ lul, the Counsellor, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, whose kingdom was an everlasting king- dom, including all nations, could - be an humble teacher who died on the cross. But Paul showed them chat only by suffering could the ^ Messiah save from sin, and that by his having risen again from tho â-  lead, Jesus is a living and glori- lus king. Therefore this Jesus, vhoin 1 preached unto you is (the> ' Christ. 4. Living the gospel, so that they , could interpret its meaning by what ho was and did. II. Studying the Scriptures at , Berea.â€" Vs. 10-15. 10. Berea was ^ inland about fifty miles southwest ; of 'Ihessalunica. Cicero, in his * oration against Piso, says that un- * able to face the chorus of complaint • at Thessalonica, Piso fled to the out - of the way town of Berea. So Paul . may have gone to Berea on account , of its seclusion. As usual they went to the synagogue, where they were ' doubtless introduced by their es- cort of Christian Jews who left t them at this point. They went away (as the Greek implies) from their â- ' escort into the synagogue. These were more noble in aoral character, in mental and spiritual ' qualities. This nobility expressed itself (1) in that they received the * word with all readiness of mind. Their minds were open to all truth from every source. They were not < afraid of it because it was new. . (2) In thot they . . . searched, » , thorough examination, up from bot- tom to top through a series of objects or particulars; to investi- gate, as a judge in a court sifta the evidence, the scriptures, where the evidence of tho Messiahship of Jesua was to be found, by comparing th« Scriptures with tho facts Paul presented. They did not take thing* by hearsay, but sought the Wutb for themselves. The result was that many ol th«m (the Jews) l>elieved. Of the Greeks, many honourable wives of the chief citizens, men, not a few. Then followed another disturbance, stirred up by theii Thessalonian enemies. Paul wm secretly and hastily sent to Atbona while Silas and Timothy were to fol low later. I .. women, and o( popuiat