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mVERSAL Al ETERIAL The Law of Reciprocity Is One of God's Great Truths. It IB more blessed to give than to receive.â€" Atts xx. 35. This text is the rmlu'diment of one (if the greatest of truths- the law of reciprocity. Similar pas- Mgcs in the scriptures are : "What- â- oever a man soweth, lliat shall ho also reap" ; "Give and it shall be fiven uuto jou" ; "Bear yc one an- other's liurdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." Giving \H like an en<lles8 circle. It ia casting bread upon the waters, »hich returns in multiplied ubund- ince after many days. It ia the leed in the loil, bursting into the jolden liarvest. It is the banker, living out to the borrower till the interest exceeds the principal. It is the philanthropist, receiving the fratitudc of mankind. It is THE MAHTYK MISSIONARY, losing his life to find it. It is the discoverer and inventor, like Heu- drik Hudson and Robert Fulton, giving their genius for the welfare ft the people and receiving, gencr- ati*ins afterwa-d, the plaudits and tbank.sgiving of the w<jrld, because bf the glory of their achievements. Men who give get bills of ex- change on God's banking-house, the Interest of which is paid as we need it along the journey of life, while the principal awaits your arrival in the eternal city. Giving is tie philosopher's stone, which, instead of turning every- thing into gold, turns gold into everything- into halls of learning, libraries of information, missions for millions, homes for the home- less, Christ for the ("hristless, and life, eternal life, for the dying. The returning compensation for all noble deeds r >nicH in that which IS better than an equivalent ; in love and gratitude unpurchasable, as it is unfading and unspeakable in its glory and blessedness. It is THE CROWN OF CHARACTER on the brow of the individual or na- tion, resplendent, immortal. Even though your gift is unappre- ciated or misapplied, it is irrever- sibly recorded in your being. Chil- dren may be undutiful, but the par- ents are blessed on account of their expressions of kindness and care. Husba.ids may be drunken or bru- tal, but the wife who struggles pati- ently on has her rewjird in her own soul, and it may be the final re- demption of her lost one. The Di- vine Christ, who gave himself upon the cross as a Saviour as an ex- ample of infinite self-sacrifice, pos- sesses a name above every name and a throne universal and eternal. REV. E. W. CASWELL. THE S. S. LESSON INTKRNATIONAI, LESSON, ALGLM 2-J. Los.son rill. Paul's Third Jlisslon- MUDury Juuruej. Uoldou Te.xt, 2 Cor. 12: 0. I. Business Interests versus the Gospel.â€" vs. ai-2b. For at least two years and three months Paul had been working in Ephcsus and was about ready to go on extending Christianity even to Rome (see Horn. 1 : 13; 15 : ij:3) and on to Spain (Rom. 15:24), after visiting and strengthening the churches in Macedonia and Greece, and bearing the gifts of Philippi, Thessalonica, Ijcrea, Corinth, and other Gentile churches (Rom. 15: 20) to the poor Christians in Jerusalem. In Corinth he expected to re- ceive contributions for ttie poor iu Jerusalem (1 Cor. 16: 1-4). He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Krastus (2 Tim. 4 : 20), through Macedonia to Corinth (1 Cor. 4 : 17-19) to prepare that church for his approaching visit. Paul succeeded in all these plans, | but pome of them were accomplish- ed in a very different manner, though in a far better one than the way he had planned. Paul stayed in Asia for a season (v. 22). Apparently for several w<>eks or months. From the fact that .Xsia is mentioned rather than Ephesus. its capital, it has been in- ferred that he did not remain in the eify all the time, but labor<'d in the outlying districts. A Contrast, In our last lesson we saw how Christians voluntarily gave up a bad business, at great cost to themselves, for Christ's Bake. Xow we find some men who tried to destroy the gospel, be- cause it was injuring their business. That is (ne business of the gospel to destroy all business that injures men. II. The Mob in the Colosseum.â€" Vh :>94I. 2i). The whole city was filled with (the) confusion. The Greek idea is of the mingling of crowds together like waters in a cascade or flood. Think of Southey's poem, 'How does the water come down at Lodrel" â€" "recoiling, tur- moiling. toiling, and boiling, turn- ing and twisting around and around, with endless rebound, con- founding, astounding, di/.xying and deafening the ear with its sounds. ' 30 Paul would have entered. Paul was not an athlete, and, at least according to his enemies, "his bodily presence was weak" (2 Cor. 10: 10). Hut this did not deter him from going to meet the mob. He sulTored also extreme spiritual depression (2 Cor. 1 : 8). All this euhances the greatness of Paul's courage at this time. We. get from Paul's actions a true idea of what real courage is. Moral Courage, not indifference to danger, is the highest form of courage. Two s<jldiers were charg- ing up a hill with their regin-.<'nt, in a desperate attempt to capture a battery. When half way up, one of them turned to the other and »aid, "Why, you are as pale as a fthect. You look like a ghost. 1 be- lieve you are afraid." "Yes, I am," was the answer ; "and, if you were half as much afraid as I am, you'd hove run long ago." A locomotive engineer on an eaiitert) â- "ailroa<l, who was always f- elected for his nerve . . and ' ^. e courage, repeatedly display- ed in appalling accidents, was pro- verbial, was afraid in the quiet ef his own home to go upstairs alone in the dark." 33. The Jews were always especi- ally exposed to persecution, and as the mob would bo likely to make no distinction between Jews and Christians, particularly as Paul was a Jew, they put forward a promin- ent Jew named Alexander to de- fend them. Possibly he was Alex- ander, the coppersmith, of 2 Tim. 4: 14, who "did Paul much evil." But Alexander only excited the mob still more. 35. The townclerk at length in- terfered and argued with the ex- cited j>eople. 1. The worship of Diana was so settled in Ephesus that no company of Jews, could overthrow it. You have no real cause for violence. The image (of Diana) which fell down from Jupiter their chief god, as meteoric stones occasional- ly fall from the sky. 2. Paul had not committed the wrong with which he was charged. His converts had been very careful not to blas|)hemc the goddess. His method of overcoming idolatry is quite noticeable. He preached the gospel, he s<'t Jesus Christ before the people. The contrast between them and the teachings and char- acter of the idol gods was the argu- ment. 3. There was a better way of re- dress, if there were need, through the law courts. 4. There was danger that the Roman government might interfere and deprive a turbulent city of its greatly prized liberties. Thus peace and quiet were re- stored. The signs of these times meant that it was best for Paul to leave immediately for another field of labor, while Ephesus was settling down into quiet peace, and the church continued to grow in char- acter and numbers. Therefore Paul bade the beloved church bood-by and departed for to go in- to Macedonia (Acts 20: 1). CLOCK MADE OF BICYCLES. I'rcnehman Ua.s Maniitaetiirpd a Remarkable Timekeeper. A clever Frenchman named .\1- rhonse Duhamcl has constructed a timepiece 12 feet high composed en- tirely of bicycles, or their compon- ent parts. The framework is a huge bicycle wheel, round which are arranged ^0 ordinary sized wheels, all fitted with pneumatic tires. A rim with- in the large wheel bears the figures for the hours, the figures them.selvos being constructed of crank rods. The hands are made of steel tub- ing which is used for the frame- work of bicycles. The minute strokes on tho dial are small nickel- plated pieces. The top of the clock IS an arrangement of 12 handle- bars The clock strikes tho hours and the quarters, bicycle bells, of course, making the chimes. The pendulum is made of various parts of a bicycle frame. It is said that the clock, besides being a curiosity, ib an excellent timepiece. now BEES FIND niTE. Special ScDHc of Direction â€" Not Guided by Sight or Odor. The directive sense which is ik>«- eessed by bees is the object of re- searches mrade by M. Gaston Bon- nier, of Parifi, and he seems to prove that boes possess a special sense like that of carrier pigeons. Bees can fly for two miles from the hive and are then able t ore- turn after gathering their supply of honey. Langstroth and others •suppose that vision comes into play â- and that beos can see for a great <tistance and can also note objects o the way so as to find their path. Others, with Dadent, suppose that the bees are guided by the sense n( smell and that they can emell iflowers at one and a half miles, i , , • . The author makes experiments 1 *^"?'" skimming while cooking. U) prove tnat beos can return to| C'hernea.â€" When preparing cher- the hive without using either sight 'â- '®* ''*'' «anning you will find it a or odor. As to sight, he takes bees : â„¢"^" quicker way and cherries will to a distance of one or two miles | '^^^ "^""^ nicer in cans if you take from the hive in a closed box. They I * Penholder, putting a pen in point always fly back to the hive whe.i , <^own in holder, and use the other released. The same is true when ^"^^ '<"" stoning. You will find re- their eyes are covered, «o thatj^'^'f^ good. sight is not essential. As regards Cucumber Pickles.â€" Five medium â- dor, experiments seem to prove ^'^^ cucumber pickles, sliced fine (that bees perceive odors at only ^^^ round, and four good sized on- â- short distances. When a neddle I '*"'^- JSHm %n<l salt alternate in dipped in ether is brought near the 8*<>''« jar. Let stand over night. head of the bee, it shows signs of '^''^'^ ^^'^ two ounces of mustard •perceiving the odor, but not so ' s»?^' «*"» red pepper, one-half CANNING AND PRE8ERVING. Canning Help.â€" Line the fruit cupboard and wrap the canned fruit in newspaper, and the thermometer may go to zero and the fruit not freeze. Don't Skim -Jellies.â€" Skim fruit coverâ€" -Just fill jelly glasses or glass jars with fruit and scrape of! the skim with a silver knife before seal- ing. It is niuch easier and quicker when the needle is placed back of him or near other organs. Besides, when the organs of «mell (antenae) are removed entirely the bees will return to the hive. M. Bonnier makes tho following ex- periment. At 600 feet from the hive ho places a supply of syrup, and the bees soon find it, proceed ing to and fro to the hive. Such bees he marks with green colored jvcwder. He then places a second .supply of syrup at the same dis- tance from the hive, but spaced at twenty feet from the former. Otiier bees are now engaged in the to and fro movement to this point, but these aro not the same indi- viduals as the green marked bees, who are still working on the first .supply, and he marks these in red. We thus have two distinct setn o» bees, and we see that the y can distinguish two directions which form a very acute angle. We seem to have here a special directive ,sense which does not reside in the antennae but probably in the cere- ibroid ganglia. Other facts may be cited in evidence of the directive sense of bees. tablespoonful of celery seed, one quarter pint of olive oil, and three pints of cider vinegar. Be sure and put olive oil on first, as then the vinegar cuts it. Seedless Jam. â€" Small seeds may be removed from fruit by crushing the fresh berries through a sieve. To do this by hand is tedious. A rotary flour sifter will perform the â- work quickly, effectively, and with cut staining the hards. The sifter costs 35 cents. Canned Cherries. â€" Cherries canned this way keep perfectly and preserve their delicious flavor unim- paired : Stone the cherries and to two pounds of the fruit allow a pound of sugar. Put one layer of cherries, then sugar, and so on ; have sugar on top layer. Let stand over night and you will be surpris- ed at amount of juice- Put in stove and let come to a boil and can. pickles, also chopped, and half a teaspoonful of mustard, walnut cat- sup and vinegar. Season highly with salt, pepper, and a little cay- enne and spread thin on slices of bread cut in finger lengths. Pecan and Honey -Split cold so- da biscuits which have been made extra small in halves, butter and Lpread with a mixture made of four tablespoonfuls of thick honey mixed with two tablespoonfuls of chopped pecan meats. Orange and Date Sandwiches â€" To one-half cupful finely chopped dates add two tablespoonfuls of orange juice and mix well. Spread between buttered slices of whole wheat bread. Chocolate Sandwiches â€" Carefully irelt sweetened chocolat'j over hot wat.er and stir i.ito it half a cupful of chopped almonds. Pour on to ciisp unsweetened wafers and set another wafer above the chocolate before it hardens. THE TOILERS. The English language is full of subtle meanings and unexpected turns. Not long ago a man asked an acquaintance a number of ques- tions about hia buRiness. "How many people work in your office?" he inquired. "Oh," said the oiher, carelessly. "about two-thirds of them," UOW A RACOON THINKS. An InKtanee Which ShowH That 'J'hey Do Not Reanon. That animals do not reason is tho uncompromising conclusion reached by Mr. E. T. Brewster in an article printed iu McClure's Magazine. Incidentally, he finds that men do not often reason, and that many of the processes which they dignify by that word are not reasoning at all. Some of the ex- periments on which his conclusions rest are amusing as well as instruc- tiveâ€"this one, for instance, with a raccoon. The animal was fed from a box with an outward swinging door, which he learned to open in one second after it had been fastened by a bolt on the left side. The bolt was removed, and the door closed by a lever on the right side. Imagine for a moment what a man would do; then compare this with what the coon did. Although the bolt ha<l been re- moved, the coon continued to work away at the place where it had been, trying to push something where nothing was. He rolled over and over in tho violence of his ef- forts, until he actually stood on his head to work. Then by acci- dent his left foot slipped off the <;orner of the box, and hitting the lever, released the door. The next time he was hungry, like a wise coon, but not like a wise man, he got iu front of the box, stood on his head, and pawed the corner of the box until his foot slipped again. Eight times he fol- lowed this procedure ; then he dis- covered that, after his hind foot struck the lever, an added push with his fore paws helped to ex- pedite matters. At tho twenty- eighth trial he discovered that standing on his head was not an es- sential part of the process. Never- theless, he still persisted in put- ting his hind foot on the lever be- fore pushing it down with his fore paws. In short, the coon hit upon the proper action by pure accident. Then, being a clever little beast, ho kept repeating as many of these random movements as he could re- member. Being clever, he used his band to help out his foot. Being also scatterbrained, he forgot on the twenty-eighth attempt to stand oD his head. Obviously the coon did not rea- son. Yet if the right man ha<l seen him tor the first time when he was making tho hundredth trial, and after he had forgotten to stand on his head, and forgott^•n to use three paws, and forgotten everything eb e except to put out one hand and push, what a story it would have made ! MIDSUMMER DAINTIES. Chilled Peaches. â€" Pare ripe yel- low peaches, remove stones, and cut the fruit in quarters, dusting it generously with powdered 8ug.ar. Pack in a tightly covered mold and bury in ice and salt for an hour. {»ervc with whipped cream. Unique Sandwich. â€" Pound yolks of three hard boiled eggs with one ounce butter, season with salt, a dash of cayenne, and grated cheese. Spread on brown or white bread which has been buttered, trim sand- wiches into any preferred shape, garnish with parsley, and serve. Molde<l Farina. â€" Cook farina the preceding day and mold in pound baking powder tins. When ready t*.' serve for b.-eakfast, unmold, cut in thick slices. With a spoon re- move enough of each slice to leav« a sort of cup. F^ill with bananas cut fine, chopped dates, stewed figs, peaches, or berries. Cover with cream. Serve ice cold. Lemon Cream. â€" Beat yolks of four eggs light, add four table- spoonfuls of sugar, juice and grat- ed rind of a lemon, and two table- spoonfuls of hot water. Cook in double boiler till it thickens. Re- move from fire and fold in whites of eggs beaten stiff and sweetened. Serve cold with sponge cake. Plum Snowballs. â€" Take large blue plums, remove pits carefully, refill with finely chopped nuts and pulverized sugar ; dip each one into the well beaten white of an egg and roll into freshly grated cocoanut. SOMi SUMMER DISHES. One and one-half tablespoonfuls of sweet cream with one square of cream cheest^, cut or chop pimen- tos and spread between lettuce leaf en bread for sandwiches. Creamed chicken with mushrooms wafers : One egg, one teaspoonful < f sugar, one pint of milk and flour to make batter as thin as batter for fisncakes. Dip rosette iron into hot lard to heat before dipping it into the batter, not letting the bat- ter come over the top of the iron. Return it to the hot lard, thorough- ly covering the iron with same for at least twenty seconds and not ever thirty-five seconds. These waf- ers will keep for months and can be served cold or heated in oven and served hot. Shredded lettuce leaves in bird nest shape filled with sliced hard boiled eggs, sliced radishes, chop- ped celery, raisins and sweet may- onnaise dre:ifci ig served on lettuce leaf with sweet pickles and olives. Shrtnlded cabbage, pimentos cut in fine cubes, mayonnaise dressing, and walnuts. Tomato shells filled with cube shaped pineapple, red raspberries and whipped cream. Grape fruit, pineapple and oranges pressed through potato ricer, put back in grape fruit shells and sweeten to taste. Stello: "Did she arm's length?" lie •t4 held him ut hat's width." keep him at a: "Worse; SANDWICHES. Emergency Sandwich â€" Chop fine with a kuifo or put through the food chopper one pound of dried beef. Remove the stems and seeds from two large green peppers and chop with the beef. Spread thin between buttered slices either of white or graham bread and your guests will wonder where you got the idea for those delicious "Mexi- can" sandwiches. Nut and Cheese Sandwiches â€" Chop English walnut meats fine and ini.x with cream cheese and a little c'rtopped watercress, seasoning with salt and a little mayonnaise if de- sired. Spread on thin slices of bread or on thin toast and serve with a garnish of sprigs of water- cress. Crystallized Fruit Sandwiches. â€" Butter lightly thin slices of crust- less white bread. Chop crystal- lized fruit fine and spread a thin layer of it on the bread and cover with a layer of thick cream. Lay another slice of bread on top and press together. Cream Cheese and Olive Sand- wiches. â€" Stone a dozen large olives and chop fine. Mash a Canadian cream cheese into a paste with a large silver spoon and work into it the minced olives. Spread on rounds of steamed brown bread. Japanese Sandwiches. â€" Chop cold boiled chicken fine and season high- ly with black pepper and salt. Add a one-third part of cho',.>ped green pepper and a little mayonnaise. S'pread on thin slices of unbuttered bread and serve. Tartare Sandwichesâ€" To half a cup of boiled ham add three boned end akinred sardines and chop all together. Add three small sour CLEANING. To Wash Black Goods.â€" To make black silk, alpaca, serge, and lawn dresses look like new : For the un- dertaking get 10 cents' worth of soap bark and boil it in one quart of hot water. Let it steep a while and then strain into a basin for use. Now take the whole dress apart and rip off trimming, brush ofi all loose dust first, and then with a sponge dipped in the soap bark decoction wipe over each piece thoroughly, folding up as you pro- ceed. Now have your irons hot and smooth each piece on the wrong side, even the silk trimmings, and when put together you will be sur- prised to see the results. Instead of your old dress you will have one that looks like new. Cleaning Woodwork.â€" For natur- al finish woodwork that has become scratched or dented there is no- thing better than a coat or two of shellac. It is prepared at- home by adding the dry yellow flakes to about 05 per cent, alcohol. It shak- en occasionally it will dissolve in a few hours. Shellac is a convenient form of varnish to have in a house, as it readily covers any mark on furniture. Straw Hats. â€" Make a warm suds with any white soap and a little ammonia; lay hat on table, ar.d using a small rug brush, scrub hat with suds ; rinse well, then put a cord through top with knot on out- side, hang in a barrel or box, so it can swing freely. Have ready pieces of sulphur cloth, which may be done by dissolving sulphur in old tin and laying strips of cloth in it until covered. Lay these on an old pie tin and place under the barrel and light with a match, and when hats beco::.edry they will look like new. â€" I 6,000 MILES FOR A BRlDEl J LOTER SAW nEIt PICTCliA 0X| A POSTCARD. British Columbian Miner's RoA«ar tic Wooingâ€" Girl Lived in CornTrall. A bridegroom who travelled 6,000 miles to woo a girl whose fa«* ho. had seen on a picture postcard were married recently at Tregre- han, a little village near St. Auir. tell, Cornwall, England. j A strolling photographer was Cu-' pid's agent in the matter. He tookl some photographs of the village fes-j tival last summer, and in one of th«< groups, which appeared subse-, quently on a picture-postcard, there was the photograph of Mis»| Rosina Harper, a laughing girl oC sixteen. IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. The next move was made by Mrs« Phillips, one of the villagers. A* her daughter's picture also appear-, ed in the postcard, she sent a copy to her son, working in a miner's camp in British Columbia. Ife passed around the camp, as post- cards from home are wont to do, until it reached "Tony" Metassa, a handsome six-foot Neapolitan â€" who was, however, a naturalized British subject. Even "the lady passing by" ofj whom Herrick sings, could not hav» captivated her swain more sudden-i ly than the picture of smiling Ro- sina Harper captivated young M&-. tassa. He asked his friend Phillips whe- ther be might send a line to Corn-, wall in the next letter home. Phil- lips readily consented, and so Miss- Harper received her first letter; from her unknown lover. VISITS ENGLAND. There were other letters to and from the miners' camp. At last- there came one to Cornwall which, spoke of a coining visit to England.' Metassa said how anxious he waa to see the sights of the country; but when he landed close in thej wake of his letter he did not seem particularly anxious to visit tho Tower and Stratford-on-Avon. In- stead, he hurried down to Tregre- han, which is quite out of the track of the ordinary tourist. It was not very long afterward* that Trcgrenan was formally told' what it had known all along, and! preparations began for a good old-[ fashioned village wedding. The vil-' lage was a mass of flags, fancyi mottoes, and confetti, and the' v/hole population was at the ehurckdj to see the bridegroom take away, his Cornish bride. BRITISH Ml SEL'.M. Big Increase in Nu ubcr of Tisitors â€"Some Recent Bcque.sts. Last year no fewer than 734,413 visits were paid by the public to the British Museum, and of these 74,324 were on Sundays. These fig- ures show a big increase in the two previous years. The number of visitors to the reading room gives a daily average of 701. The annual report just issued, mentions that two important bequests were re> ceived during the year â€" the origin- al autographs of Beethoven's son- ata for violin and pianoforte in G, and the late Miss Harriet Plowdeu, and four MSS. from the late Sir Thomas Brooke, of Hudderfield. The most valuable M.S. is a La- tin psalter containing a portrait of the Emperor Lothaire (840-855) and two other miniatures with ex- planatory verses. As early as the 10th century the psalter belonged to the Abbey of St. Hubert il the Ardennes, and it remained there till the French Revolution. The other three MSS. are monastic chartularies, viz., of Oockersand Abbey, Lancashire, l.MS; Foun- tains Abbey, York, 15th century; and Selby Abbey, York, Uth cen- tury. THIEF AS POLICEMAN. Had Been .Active on London Forr* For Over a Year. The fact that a convicted thief/' l.as been acting as a policeman ia London since April last was reveal- ed at the London sessions. After John Fuller, who joined, the force on April 26, went to liv», at the Kentish Town section houiej fiumerous small thefts occurred in! the house. Suspicion did not fall on Fuller, but on other policemen. In one case a vest was removed from one locker to another, appar- ently with the object of casting suspicion on another policeman. Eventually Fuller was caughk stealing a bank book belonging to ft detective. His finger-prints wer*, taken, and it was discovered that, in 1905 he was bound over for steal-, ing a bicycle, and that in 1906 he, underwent three months' impris-. cnment. It was stated that the referenc- es he produced when he joined the force were satisfactory, and thafcj he had left the army with a good character. ] A detective who had been pres-j ent when Fuller was previously con-| victed corroborated the finger-print' evidence, and sentence of twelve months' imprisonment v/as passed. Fuller, who had strongly protest- ed his innocence, left the dock smil- ing. It is understood that in conse- quence of the case the finger-prints of all future applicants for admis- sion to the force will be taken. A STUDY IN CONTORTIONS. Teachers are supposed to be as exact in practice as in precept, yet sometimes they become careless. A Brooklyn teacher recently brought a smile from her scholars by her utter disregard of diction. One of the girls of her class was busily chewing gum, in defiance ol school law. To make her crime the more heinous she was sitting with her feet sprawled out in the aisle. '• The teacher entering the roo» suddenly, was quick to call atten- tion to tho misbehavior. "Jennie Jones," she said sharp- ly; "take that gum out of your mouth and put your feet in I" "Algy dear," remarked a young wife to her husband, "I wish you would taste this milk and aee if it la perefctly sweet. If it's the least bit sour I mustn't give any of it te dear little Fide !"