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fill! AND SIAME Preacher Says Conscience Does Not riake Cowards of Men. Our g'orj is this, the testimony ot our conscience. â€" II. Cor. i. la. Paul's staunient is the answer to the question. Does conscicuco make cowards of us all 1 It is an emphatic no. A gift of God, con- science could not be the curse it would bo if it made its owner a victim of abjoct fear. It may miikja one afraid of the punitive sanction uf the law. If so it is a salutary check, but does not unnerve. The best wuong us, when the blood burns and greed goads needs to lia\'c the awfuln«Ks of an offended l>eity fleshed tcrrifyingly upon him. Buoh a V arning engenders a caution which implies courage, not pusil- lanimity. He of Tarus when He erJls conscience our glory lifts that faculty up to tho Dignity which is its by every right, divine and human. WHAT CONSCIENCE DOES. Conscience makes us cowards? Ko ! But it unmasks cowards. It reveals every cliaracter of which tlie fiber makes not for intrepidity. Where manhood is, consciouee in- spires prowess; where cowardice is, it exposec the aspen trembling of him who dar^is not battle for the right. Man's glory and man's shame come from the evidence of conscience. By its declaration he is acquitted or condemned. Its ver- dict garbs him with a glory which dazzles in the dark ways of life or accuses him of backsliding from ideals into the slough of mean as- pirations, corrupt desires and dis- honest practices. The noblest thing we can say of a man is that his word is his bond and that his bond is stronger than corporations or trusts or any of the associations of men.' What has fortified such a man so imprcgiiably is the courage with which he has followed the sugges- tions of conscience. As it bade, he gave to Ood what was God's and to Caesar what was Caesar's. No man can do more. Such a one, whether confronting the terror of unpre- cedented adversity or riding on the highest wave of prosperity, whether in war or in peace, in health or in sickness, in life or in death, whether summoned by God or by his fellows, is sublimely unafraid. THE HERALD OF LAW. Eefore the bar of unpurchasable justice tne testimony of a man's conscience is the umpire of his fate, no matter what his creed may be. As he has treated his conscience here so will it deal with him then. Yet conscience is only the herald of the law. It gives light, hut the strength which the will needs to obey its behests must descend from fibove. Here religion comes to the rescue. That religion it'^.-.t be heaven-born. No religion can prove that its charter is divine un- less it make it irrefutably clear that it holds within its gift a light which so illumines conscience as to make it inerrant and endows man's will with a robustness which makes it indomitable. A man whose conscience is so en- lightened and whose will is so panoplied can never be a coward, but always and everywhere a hero. IlEV. P. A. HALPIN. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, Jl.NE 13. licsson XI. Heroes of Faith. Golden Te.vt, Ueb. II: 1. , Introduction. â€" Why is our lesson from the Hebrews studied at this itime 1 Because, perhaps, of its :|)ossible connection with the church |in Jerusalem, which will not again come so prominently into the history as in Lesson Vlll. The theme of this chapter, also, is illustraUbd finely by the missionary activities of Paul, our study of which is soon to be renewed. Faith is the great cornerstone of missions, as of all theology and Christian living. I. The Book of Hebrews. â€"Who wrote the Epistles f The author is unknown. The title, ascribing the J^.pistle to Paul, found in the King James version, "forms no part of the original document; but it must have been given to the book at a very early date."â€" Westcott. II. What Faith Is.â€" Vs. 1-3. How does tlie writer define faith? Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith is not hope, but underlies hope and renders hope confident. Faith is not the vision of mystries, but that proof of them ,ln heart and life which asures us of them without any sight of them. III. Seven Guidc-Posts on the IWay to Faith.â€" Vs. 4-10. How does (the writer proceed in his illustra- jtions of faith? With a series of (pictures, showing different aspects of faith, taken m order of time from the book of Genesis. In con- ;nection witii each illustration the .writer points out some characteris- itic of faith in terse and beautiful phases that havii become guide- posts on the way to faith for all God's children. IV. Abraham's Great Test of faith. -Vs. 17-19. What is the point of the writer's next illustration? The value of tosts of faith. The writer now passed to particular «ventH, and begins with one of the finest < xamples of faith in all his- tory, the testing ("trying' ) of Abra- ham. Think hov/ many eager hopes -were centered upon young Isaac, ,whnt long waiting was rewarded by him, what glorious promises had Itheir fruit in him. In Isaac should Ihis (Abraham's) seed be called (Gen. SI ; 12); that is, Isaac and his dcs- cendcnts were to bo counted especi- .ally as Abraham's seed, inheriting Ithe promises made to him. And mow his loving fathfr las offered llsaac up (n. V. margin)â€" for Abra- Ihani's submission to God's will is so ^ntire that the sacrifice is as good as completed and the lad as good as dead ; so that, when tho ram was substituted (Gen. 22 ; l.'i) for the boy, /brahara may truly be said to have jreceived his son hack again from the grave. V, How Fait!) Gives Clear Vision. â€"Vs. 20 22. What is the point of the next three illustrntions, those of Isaac, Jacob, an.l Joseph? In each case, the clear vision of the future thrf faifli gives. VI 'iTohcs' Great Venture of Faith. â€" Vs. 23-31. How many con- spicious instances of faith does tho writer note in connection with the exodus from Egypt and conquest of Canaan ? Seven in all â€" not because seven is "the perfect number," nor because there were not more than seven, but because (v. 32) time failed him to recount others, such as the HATS AT $10,000 APIECE. That ot the Cardinal's is a Vcr; Expensive Affair. Tho cardinal's hat, which a re- cent death has placed at the dis- posal d the Pope of Home, will cost, whoever may be its recipient, certainly not less than $10,000. This includes a variety of disburse- ments to all sorts of people, but the whole of them centre round tho all-important hat. Thus custom decrees that the of- ficer of tho Papal Guard, who is responsible for its safe custody while it is in process of delivery to tho new cardinal, shall be- pre- sented with $1,000 in cash, and a gold ink-pot worth $200. The actual bearer of the hat re- ceives $2,000 in money, and a cross and missal of the value of $200. The secretary of the mission which ac- companies it gets $300. The cost of the registration of the patent is $4,400. And between $1,000 and $1,500 has to be distri- buted in compulsory presents, when at the Pontificial Court, the recipi- ent balances it on top of his head for the first and only time. For a cardinal's hat cannot be worn like any ordinary piece of headgear. Indeed, it is not really a hat at all, but a flat, pancake- like square of red cloth, destitute alike of either brim or crown. The first thing the new cardinal has to do, therefore, after paying out the $10,000, is gi.« out and buy himself a hat which he can put on. Even this cae is prettv expensive, itor there are only about half-a- dozen shops in Europe which stock them, *nd the proprietors natural- ly keev up the price to a remunera- tive level. It is, too, exceedingly heavy and uncomfortable, being composed of a kind of thick cardboard material. Icovered with the fine cloth usee for billiard tables, but dyed, of course, a brilliant red, and it is ornamented with gold cord and tasselss. It costs about $'10, and four or five of them are needed by the cardinal every year. The $10,000 hat hangs above the altar in the private chapel of His Eminence during his life, and at death is buried with him. Th(? Home ^^^P^PV" GAVE BACA $53,000. Money Taken From Illinois Home Restored in i'wo LoLs. David Myers of Mount Vernon, victory at llephidira, the healing t.i ^ ^^ n J^Ta,-. «na f wrought by the brazen se^ent!^"-- '"**° Th ^i, **f ft h ti,„ >„««_"* if . I. i f Mj 1 ' • ' an iron sate he kept at his home, ttie report of the two faithful spies, i - ^ VII. Heaven's Honor Roll. â€" Vs. 32-40. How does the writer close his examples of faith ? So many crowd upon his inind, from the has had the entire amount restored to him. The money came back in two finds. The first was discovered in a cellar at tne home of hia son, Clarence, who made tne find. The first intimation tnat the money times of the judges, kings, pro piicts. that he despairs of -going ^jght be buried in the cellar came on with even the condensed sum- 1 to the son when he noticed the mary he has been giving. He in- earth disturbed in the cellar, and ni stances the faith of Gideon, who I digging about the place ho uuearth- with only a handful of men turned ed a package containing !!tl»,000. to flight the armies of the aliens; It was announced that the search (Judg. 6-S);of Barak, whose ex- ' for the rest of the money would bo DELICIOUS CAKE RECIPES. Pittsburg Fruit Cake. â€" Take one- half cupful of butter, one cupful of sugar, two eggs, one cupful of ^ew Orieai's moiabses, one cupful of chopped apples, one cupful of sour milk with which two teaspoonfuls of baking soda have been mixed. Add Hour enough to make a batter the same as you would for aay ordinary loaf cake. Bake in a square pan with a slow fire about forty-five minutes. When baked it is moist. Frost if you like. Fig Fruit Cake. â€" Six figs chopped with one cupful of raisins. Dis- solve one level teaspoouful of soda in one cupful of boiling water and pour over figs and raisins and cool. Cream together one cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of short- ening, three eggs well beaten, re- serving i.ie white of one for frost- ing ; two cupf uls of flour, flavor with vanilla and one-half teaspoonful each of cloves and nutmeg and one level teaspoonful of cinnamon. Fruit Cake. â€" One and one-half cupf uls of tiour, one cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of sour milk, four tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one cupful of chopped raisins, one cupful of chopped nuts, one tea- spoonful of soaa, one heaping tea^ spoonful of cinnamon, one-naif tea- spoonful of cloves, citron if desired, btir the dry ingredients together, then add milk to which has been added soda and butter. Blacirtjerry Jajn Cake. â€" One cup- ful of sugar, one cupful of blacK- berry jam, one-half cupful of but- ter, two cupfuls of flour, three eggs, one teaspoonful of soda in one- half cupful of sour cream, one tear spoonful each of allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cream the butter and sugar, add the jam, and mix ; theci add the eggs, well beaten, flour next, then spices, then the cream with the soda. Put together with white caramel icing as follows : One pint white sugar and one cup- ful of sweet milk. Boil it until it drips from spoon ; add butter size of hickory nut, and whip to a crca.-u; put between layers while hot. the cake a splendid flavor. Add a tablespoon of cream to your butter and sugar and tbe work will taKe only one-hail the time and maJces caKe smoother. Save the pieces of tin that come out of the salmon cans, as they are ofttimes of such a shape that they can be got into any kind of corner or crack â€" their uses as a scraper are unlimited, pots pans, pipes, furniture, inoldiugâ€" -anything that needs scraping. ploit was similar (Judg. 4, 5) ; of given up, but it. develops that the Samson, who stopped the mouths of search was coninued quietly and lions (Judg. 13-10), as did David (1 I persistently, and resulted in un- Sam. 17 : 34,25) and especially Daniel (Dnn.e); of Jophtliah (Judg.' 11, 12), who tiirned to flight the Ammonites; of David, who subdued kingdoms (2 Sam. 8, 10, 11); of Samuel, who wrought righteousness (1 Sam. 12: 3 4,). Then follows a crowding rush of memories, the triumphs of faith in escaping Are, as Daniel (Dan. 3); receiving the dead raised to life again, as the widow of Zarephath Kings 17 ; 22,23) and the Shunam- mito (2 Kings 4 : 35-37 ; holding to tho truth in trials such as stonings (Jeremiah, according to tradition), or being sawn asunder (the tradi- tional fate of Isaiah). Many of the trials here enumerated occurred in great violence during tho times of the Maccabees. MAIN CAT THAT CATS COUNT. Missed One Kitten, M'ent After it Five Miles. A resident of Lowiston, Maine, has a cat that counts her kittens. A few days ago the old cat left her kittens in the box by the stove and went out to catch some mice for them. When she came back she looked into the box, nodding her head along the box as if counting. Suddenly she turned from the box and wont to her mistress and meow- ed most pitifully. The cat then went back to the box, the mistress fol- lowing. When the cat reached the box she again went through the form of countini? her kittens, and meowed again. The woman had given one of the kittens away, and as if talking to a child, she told the old cat to wl]<iiin sh"j had gjvcn ths. kitten. "I'lien she thought no more of it until tho next morning, when she went to the box and there was that kitten I She was surpried, for she had given the kitten to a friend, who lives out in the country five mile'rt. It seems that the old cat hwl gone and lugged her kitten home. covering the missing $35,000, but where it was located has not been made public, and an effort will be made to keep the particulars of the find a secret. Myers is a farmer living about ten miles from this city, and also is engaged in money loaning. It was when he went to his safe to deposit a payment that had been made on a mortgage that he discovered his loss. Tho money was taken while a family re-union was in progress at the Myers home last fall, and in spite of the efforts to keep it secret the story leaked out about as soon as the money was found. Myers kept hia money at home, because he did not believe in banks, but he has changed his plans, and the banks now take care of his sur- plus thousands. He was thought to possess only an ordinary amount of money, and the disclosures brought about ov«r the losing and finding of the $53,000 caused much surprise in his family and among the residents of the district in general. Detectives have been working on the case since last fall. A GOOD FOUNDATION. Mre. Youngwedâ€" "This is the first bread I ever made, darling." Youngwedâ€" "Well, dear, you ought to build up an excellent re- putation as a house keeper on it." Mrs. Youngwed -"Why ?" Youngwedâ€" "Because yoti have started with an almost indestruct- ible foundation." P0PUL.4.TI0N OF THE EARTH. Estimated at 1,467,000,000, About 81 Per Square Mile. The population of the earth is es- limated at 1,467,000,000. which is about 31 inhabitants per square mile. This total land surface, which slightly exceeds 40,000,000 square miles, is composed of 28,- 000,000 square miles of fertile land, 14,000,000 square miles of steppes and 4,000,000 square miles of des- erts. Kavenstein estimates the maximum density of population that can bo supported by the fertile regions at 207 persons per square m(ile, and Ithus (allowing 14 per- sons per square mile to the steppe regions), obtains 5,094,000,000 as the maximum population of the globe. The present rate of increase per de- cade is 8.7 per cent, in Europe, 6 per cent, in Asia, 10 per cent, in Africa, 30 per c^nt. in Australia and Oceanic, 20 per cent, in North America. The mean rate' of increase for the whole earth is 8 per cent, per decade. .At this rate of in- crease the earth would be complete- ' filled with its maximum popula- tion of 5,994,000,000 in the year 2072, or in 163 years from the pro- seul time. CARE OF CARPETS AND RUGS. To spoil a carpet sweep it with a stiff, half worn broom, but to savei a carpet dip your broom in clean, hot suds once a week, then shake it out and hong it up to dry. This will make a broom last almost twice as long as it otherwise would. Rugs should be beaten on tho wrong side, then swept on the right siue. Spots may be removed by the use of oxgall or ammonia and water, using a sponge or flannel. Slightly moistened bran is equally as good as salt in brightening rugs and carpets. Vinegar will remove lime spots, soot from an open cnimney or the care/less handling of stovepipes can be removed by covering thickly with salt, and this afterwards can be brushed up quickly without in- jury to the carpets. Spirits of ammonia, diluted with water, if ap- plied with sponge or flannel to dis- colored spots will often restore the color. Remove ink stains with milk and after soaking up all tnat secma pos- sible, either sprinkle thickly with salt or wash with a pure white soap, a clean brush and warm water. F^or grease spots use powdered magnesia, fuller's earth, or buck- wheat flour. Sprinkle on spots and let it lie until grease is absorbed. Renew the flour or other absorbent material as often as necessary. Housewives are cautioned to look out for the carpet moth early in spring. When carpet moths are dis- covered, after removing all arti- ficial lights in the room, saturate the cracks in the floor with benzine. Wash upper edge of the carpet with solution of corrosive sublimate and alcohol, sixty parts of poison to one part of the alcohol. Be extremely careful about using this if there are children about. For ingrain or three-ply carpets wring a cloth out of hot water and lay it over the edges of binding, and iron with an iron as hot as can be without scorching. This destroys the moth as well as the eggs. Wil- ton and the heavier carpets must be steamed on the under side. A good solution to use in wiping up the floor before putting down the rugs or carpets is as follows : A quarter of a pound of red pepper steeped in a gallon of water, to which are added two drams strychnia powder. USEFUL HINTS. The Care of Bread Boards.â€" Bread boards shoud Ije occasionally scrubbed with a little salt. This helps to coDsiderably whiten the boards. 'I'o Clean Dirty Sponges. â€" Put a piece of soda the size of a walnut and a tablespoonful of salt into a basin, and pour on boiling water. Allow dirty sponges to stand in this for a short time, when they will be quite clean and free from grease. Rinse in cold water. When Buying a Broom. â€" Heavy brooms should always be selected in preference to light ones for thorough swooping, as the weight aids in the process. In buying a broom test it by pressing the edge .against the floor ; if the straws bristle out and bend the broom is a poor one, for they should remain in a firm, solid mass. A Substitute for a Hot-Water Bottle. â€" Make a bag of linen or cali- co to measure. Wncn made about 16in. by lOin. fill with nice clean sand and sew up at tlie end. Place in the oven until thoroughly hot, then slip into a flannel bag. It is tnen reiidy for us&, and wiii retain tne heat much longer than an earthenware heating jar. In Place of Ijirewood. â€" When fire- wood IS scarce in the home it is a good plan to eke it out when fire- agntiug (or use instead of it) a sheet oi newopaper, roiieu very tighuy and then tied twice, if possible, in a hard knot. One who has tried tire-lighiif.g in this way declares that nve or six of these knots will kindle a fire without any firewood. How to Relieve Choking. â€" Rais- ing the left arm as high as you can will relieve choking much more rapidly than by being thumped on the back. Very frequently at meal times, and wfien they are at play, children get choked while eating, and the customary way oi relieving them is to slap them sharply on the back. The eJlect of this is to set the obstruction free, so that it can be swoUowed. The same thing can be brought about by raising the left hand of the child as higu as pos- sible, and the relief comes much more rapidly. The Baby and its Thumb.â€" If tbe baby persists in sucking his fat little thumb, here is a way to in- duce him to stop. Make a pair of light-weight white flannel bags con- siderably larger than the baby's hand, and, when tbe small child be- gins to suck his thumb, put the lit- tle hands inside the bag, fasten the top of the bag with a shield, and pin to the sleeve of the dress. Baby won't like it, of course, but it will cure him of the habit more quickly than any other method. Many babies wear the little bags until they fall asleep at night, and then they are taken off. of KITCHEN TIME SAVERS. When cheese is too dry to serve with apple pie, grate tho cheese and spread a layer over the pie when it is still warm (not hot), as that nuelts the cheese and makes it tough. When baking individual custards if you will put a thin buttered square of bread in the bottom of your cup you w ill avoid the custard being soggy at the bottom of the cup. When creaming sugar and butter for cake, a pinch of salt will glv* SENTENCE SERMONS. Half a mind to is equal to a whole mind not to. The glory of love is that it never knows its sown cost. Shifting the blame for sin does not uproot its sowing. No man can feed his soul who is starving hia servants. Only a clothes rack will let dig- nity stand in the way of duty. It takes a tremendous lot of re- ligion to convert a man's pocket. The straight truth would often save a lot of crooked travelling. So mojiy mistake anxiety to wear a crown for endeavor to win one. Some people get so close to the facts that they cannot see the truth. Nothing costs Ici-.s than encour- agement and few things are worth more. The people who know all about the mind of God are not always of a good miud It takes -more than manicuring to make hands clean for heavenly in- spection. If our justice were only more even our generosity would be a good deal less strained. Tho best way to wait on heaven for bread is to work for your bread in a heavenly spirit. Some men seem to think that the only way to handle straight truth is to make a dagger of it. There is no harm in desiring to get ahead ; the danger is in our a.nxiety to keep our competitors back. To make the life a serious search for happiness is to lose sight of the happiness of simply being alive. INCOMES IN FRANCE. Vicomte d'Avenel says that less than 6,000 Frenchmen have an in- come of $20,000 a year, 1,045 have $40,000, 360 have $100,000, 120 re- ceive $200,000 and about 60 get $500,000. Although those possess- ing great riches are very few in France, several of tho richest have very large incomes, compared with friaces and kings of days past. rancis 1. and Henry II. never had raveDu«s of more than $500,000 a ]r«ar. NAPLLS'GHOULISH TRADE â- â€¢ SHROUDS STRIPPED FROM BODIES NEWLK BURIED. ' Investigation Reveals Appallilig Conditionsâ€" Camorra Back ' of Trouble. 'Astounding revelations are dis- closed in tne official report of fho special commission of inquiry into toe administration- of the cemelier- ies of Naples, Italy. It is proved that, like other branches of miini- cipal service, the administratioa of the burial grounds is in the toil| of the Camorra. Blackmail is levied on relatives of deceased perscfns, under the threat that the bodies will be removed. GHOULISH TRADE. , The municipal contractors have quarriea the soil for their dwn building purposes, and a wholesale traffic is carried on in the sale' of floral wreaths, and marble sPabs stolen from graves, and litien shrouds stripped from bodies newly buried. Families of position bribe hand- somely to be allowed to carry 'off their dead clandostinely at ni^ht. Bodies sometimes mysteriously dis- appear altogether, and nones and even whole skeletons are stolen. by ghouls for the requirements of witchcraft. PRIESTS ACCUSED. The commission's report makes grievous charge against certain priests, who are said to be leagued filth the Camorrists, and who levied extortionate fees for burial. * Many bodies of poor people were doomed to be c.arried on filthy carts and tossed into a common pit with- out blessing or religious ceromoify of any km^. Among the accused clergy is the notorious Convorrist Don Cirb Vittozzo, who has been in prison some three years awaitint? his trial. The commission of inquiry oweS its origin to a ghastly incident; which occurred in July, 1905, when the body of a little girl was secret- ly removed from its coffin and the bones pulverized for purposes of witchcraft. TIcie ..aples Municipal CouncH. was prosecuted in 1907 as being re- sponsible for the safety of cofiins* in the municipal burial ground' TRANSPLANTED TRIBES. Ghastly Tragedies Resulted InTwff IiiHtances. A commencement has just becir made in a most remarkable an<i long-talked-of Ciiterprise. This is nothing less than tho transplanting" of the Lapps from Lapland, where" they are a dying race, to Labra- dor, where it is hoped that thej will flourish and increase. Whether ihese hopes will be jus- tified or not, remains to be seen.' Similar experiments in the past have seldom been Wholly success-! ful, and some have resulted disas-» trously. The Doukhobors, for instance, who, in 1899, were transported, to the number of eight or nine thousand, from their homes in Southern Russia, to the Canadian Northwest, were for a time in dire straits. They also behaved erra- tically, marching naked through the snow, and abandoning their flocks and herds to lu* wolve.«. They are now, however, reported tc be settling down, and doing bet- ter. On tho other hand, the attempt made, some eighty years ago, to transplant the Koskolnikis of tho Don country to a new home that was supposed to have been found for them in Eastern Turkestan, re- sulted in one of the most ghastly tragedies recorded in the annals of history. The huge caravan los» its way in the terrible Desert of Gobi, and was never hoard of again, the probability being that hunger an<f thirst, combined with the attacks of nomad robbers, were responsible for the deaths of the entire party. Equally dreadful was the that befell the 10,000 Jutlanderj transplanted to the east coast Greenland by Queen Margare Sweden. At first they flouris _ exceedingly. Villages were found ed, churches and schools were built, and a bishop was appointed. Then, one year, the ice pack broke loose from the remote northern seas, and carae to a standstill along the coast opposite the settlements in a belt fifty miles broad. All com- munication with the open sea vif* thus cut off. The settlers were un- able to obtain supplies, and in th» end they perished down to th« very last man. MORE REVIVING. "Moike!" "What is It, Pat?" "Shupposin* Oi was to have a fit?" "Yis." "Would yes kneel down and put. the bottle to me lips?" "Oi would not.'*^ "Yez wouldn't?" 'No J I could bring yez to your- self quicker b^ standing up in front, of yez and drinViu' it loeself 1" '" der^r . ^M • W sipn « i â- ..,-#