SPIN CHEERFULLY. Bpln cheerfully, Not toarfully, Though wearily you plod. Bpln carefully Bpln prayerfully, But leave the thread to God. The shuttle of His purpose mote To curry out His own design, Seek not too soon to disapprove His work, nor yet assign Dark motives, when with sllont dread Ton view eaoh sombre (oldt Tor lo, within each darker thread, There shines a thread of gold. Bpln cheerfully, Not tearfully, He knows the way yon plod) Bpln carefully. Bpln prayerfully, Bnt leave the thread with God. J Glint Lorlng'sNelanDor r i BT JXltHT WRIN. f t Glint Loring had fallen almost sleep in his chair on that 'warm Sep tember evening. He hail been bend ing over his easel all day, aud was worn oat in mind and body. Painting for amusement and paint ing to keep the wolf from the door he found to be totally different matter. In days gone by his studio had been constantly thronged, not with buyers (he had no need to foster his geniu;, but with friends and admirers those who smoked his cignrs and drank his wine, as they dilated on the merits of his pictures. He had neither the one nor the ether now to oiler them, and the pic tures seemed to have lost their charm. Fortunately, there were a few dealers who oared more for art than the artist, and so when Cliut one morning wakened to find himself practically beggared, he determined to make his talents available, and so he quietly moved away from the large and expen sive quarters he had so luxuriously famished to the plain upper room where we now And him dreaming, perhaps, of the past, when suddenly woman's voice,rich, sweet and clear, breaks upon his reverie. I A He starts, awakened in an instant, and listens to the end. It is in the very room next his own. Nothing but a thin partition divides the two. Only last night a man's tread, heavy and somewhat uncertain, denoted its occupant. Tonight all had been silence, until the pure notes rang out upon the evening air. ' Somehow they lingered in Clint Loring's dreams that night, again with in echo of the dim past, when he had talis at the opera by the season, and could gratify the very passion for music which possessed him. The room had had many tenants inoe he had occupied his own; but, with the next morning's dawning, his tint thoughts flew to hfs neighbor, with a regretful wonder whether she, too, would be1 fleeing like the rest. It seemed not, for, as the days merged into weeks, there were many moments when Clint would forget his palette and brush, and listen en tranced. i He grew to feel a strange interest in his nnknown neighbor. Never yet 'bad he been able to catch a glimpse of her face. Sometimes a light, quick tep would pass his door, but, let him turn his head howsoever quickly, it had disappeared. I One night, returning home, rather later than usual, he caught sight, just head, entering the door, of a stylish, girlish figure, which ran lightly and swjftly ahead of him up the stairway. ) The figure was graceful, the dress plain, but he had little time to observe either at she hurried into her room and closed the door, A sadden impulse caused him to re trace his steps, and when next he ap peared, he bore carefully in his arms a rosebush full of blossoms. He either paused nor hesitated until he stoodathis neighbor's threshold, when he knocked, A moment later the door pened, and the owner of the room stood revealed before him. It was a face worthy the voice. A little, worn, a little pale, perhaps, for beauty, bnt with its wondering blue yea and framework of ' Titian hair, ne could easily imagine how perfect would be the picture, with here and there an added dash of color. Both stood in silence, she inquir ingly, he wondering bow he should begin, when he spoke: "You will pardon my intrusion, I hope, but I fear if I leave these flowers in my room they will fade and wither. X have not much time to give attention to such things. May I leave them with your "Oh, how lovelyl . Indeed, indeed you msyl Thank you, very muob," stooping to kiss one of the blossoms of the plant she held in her hands. "Bnt how came you to think of me, tr anger?" ' "I had heard yon sing, and I knew Cm were a woman, ana all women ve flowers. May I come in and tell won more about it? My name is Clint Juormg, and X am yonr next-door neighbor. If I wait to be formally presented. I fear I shall never know yon." For minute she hesitated, then bright smile lit np her face, as she looked into the honest eyes awaiting M answer to his question. Handsome yes they were, too, which had found heir way to many woman's heart, Bo she answered: "Yes, yon may oome in. It seems strange to reoeive visitors, but I bid Toa welcome. I am Mrs. Andrews." Did his ears deoeive him? Was that yonng girl wife? Perhaps wiiow, be thought, with glanoe at Jbtw block drew, ainoe she seems alone ,rt desolate. Tat she was not alone; for, as he teased the threshold, he noticed in ts rwner an old woman knitting-, "LI h my aunt," she explained. U cowio very old, bnt I dread r v iu"-Biswi:i leave me lone. V. 'i is f d tciz lit. The old woman looked up only fer moment, as though nothing could longer detain her from her work. "It's not Henry," she muttered. "Henry will never come again." In other days, many women had smiled at Clint Loring, drawing him, they hoped, to their feet, but all had failed. He had gone on in his bright, happy, careless way, until the crash came, aud then, without even fare well word, he had taken his pride and his poverty out of their sight, lost . in the great oity, . But strange, sweet intimacy sprang up between him and his next door neighbor. The rose he had taken her blossomed as no rose had ever done before, and it grew to be a nightly occurrence that he shonld leave a little offering of flowers or fruit at her door. All day, when she was absent giving the vocal lessons by which she lived, and he hard at work over his easel, his thoughts were with her. Hue had told him something of her early life her girlhood but nothing of her marriage; from that she shrank as from a blow. But still the old woman In the corner muttered of Henry." She never heeded what thev said, nor seemed to have a thought beyond her knitting, save the utterance of that one name. flo the weeks sped into months, and winter was npon them, when Clint's heart called out against further silence, and demanded food for its hunger. He never doubted its answer, as be entered Edna Andrews's to ask her to be his wife. Their intercourse had been one of purest friendship no talk of love had ever entered in; but still lie felt she loved him, even as he knew he had given her the worship of his soul. Her patient endurance her noble courage her true womanhood had first aroused the feeling; but it bad grown and strengthened, until it formed part of himself. Ho, in the winter twilight, he told his story, and, in the shadow, did not note the great start his listener gave how ashy white grew her face. A moment s silence fell between them, as he told the story of his lore. Then she spoke, but her voice was harsh, as though struggling to choke down unbidden sobs: "From yon, Mr. Loring, I did not expect this. I bal grown to regard you really as a friend to feel I had in you n protector to lean upon the rock you seem to have offordedjme and, lo! I find it all quicksand.. How could you? how could you?" and the slight frame shook with the passion of sods which at last overcame her. "Edna, what do you mean? Have I, then, judged you so wrongly that the meution of my love thus agitates you? An honest man s love is no re proach. Forgive me, if I have erred and startled you from your repose. In my hope of taking you from this life of toil, in sharing with jou all I have which, thank uoa, is enougn lor uotn I forgot to break it gently. I am not a rich man, Edna, ns you know; but I am succeeding in my art beyond my anticipations, and I could have offered you a home more worthy of yon, my darling. Do you so shrink from the thought of becoming my wife?" "Your wife?" she almost gasped. "What else, Edna, could I offer the woman who has opened my eyes to ft perfect womanhood?" "Your wife? yours? Am I not wife already deserted and betrayed, it is true, but bound, hand and foot, by the fetters he has forged?" "xes, yes, uenry win come uboki muttered the old woman, in her corner. . "You hear her? it is he of whom she speaks Henry, my husband. Listen and I will tell you all. It is your due. I married him when I was but sixteen, attracted by handsome face, a few loving words. Well, he won me, no matter bow. I bad pot been his bride three weeks before he told me he had married me for my dowry that he needed money, and must have more. Then I obtained it; but my father, a rich farmer, grew tired of my repeated demands, 'and refused me more. When I told him this, he struck me, in his anger, and left the house. I have never seen him since. He forged my father's name for a large amount, obtained the money, and fled the country. It is his auut, not mine, of whom I have the care. She is always looking for his return. My parents died soon after, and my father was so Incensed that he left mojjienniless. Yet, thank Ood, I have youth and strength, and though I never again can listen to your words of love, though we must part today, perhaps never again to meet on life's highway,! shall remem ber that one true man has loved me, With an ashy face he heard her to the end. Her eyes, looking into his with a great despair, told lum What her lips dared not utter, but in them was a resolution as wen, wuou be dared not combat. He rose like one stricken, turned to ward the door, then retraced his s(eps. nd opening his arms, olasped her in an embrace she was powerless to resist, rained passionate kisses npon cheek, brow and lip, then, without another word, went out Into the night The next morning found bim tossing in high fever, nnoonsoions and delir ious. The long1 exoitement, constant work, with this last shock, had been more than even his strong frame oould endure, and it had given way at last. and oast bim adrift and helpless in the fever's strong hold. For weeks be lay hovering between life and death; but when he opened bis Heavy eyes, it was on tbe pale, worn face of tbe woman whom be loved, who had mingled In all his dreams, that rested, and his first ques tion wfts: ' "Or 411 you not leave me f Dy "Because because, "she whispered, in answer, while wondrous light beamed in her eyes, "I need never leave you, Clint, if you will keep me, I am free, dear. The news of my re lease came to me after you were taken ill. My husband died ft year ago died as wretchedly as he has lived. The disappointment was more than his aunt could bear, and she, too, ilea tinder the sod. I am alone in the world today. Clint, have yon room for me?" With a wonder if it were not still delirium, and a prayer that it might last forever, Clint Loring opened his arms, and the weary, storm-tossed woman had found rest at last rest and love. Clint lost his neighbor he found his wife. Saturday Night. HICH PRICES FOR LAND. More Than 330 Fer Square Foot Paid for a Lot In Mew York. The most valuable plat of ground in this country, at least, the one that has commanded the highest price, is lo cated at the corner of Broad and Wall streets, New York city, in the heart of the great financial district. Several years ago, says the Washington Star Mr. Wilkes established a record for high-priced realty by paying $108,000 for 508 square feet of ground on this site, or 8JbU.7U per square foot. The Immensity of this rate of valua tion can best be appreciated by meas uring off a square foot of space and then comparing its dimensions with those of 8U30 in money. finch a com parison will show that If Mr. Wilkes hod paid for his property in one-dol lar bills he would have been able to cover his entire lot with 82 layers of greenbacks, or he could have paved it with four tiers of silver dollars placed edge to edge as closely as they would lie. Doubtless if the worthy Dutch burghers of New Amsterdam oould return to earth they would be as tounded to learn the value of tbe land on which they pastured their cows 200 years ago. Though no other piece of ground has commanded an equal price per foot, there are several other plats in JNew lork city which are quite equal to the Wilkes property in value. For example, a considerably larger lot on the northwest corner of Nassau and Pine streets, one block above the Wilkes property, was sold last year for $250 per sqnare foot, and the op posite corner of the same streets, in cluding 6043 feet, was bought by the Hanover rational bank for81, 350,000. The lot on the corner of Broadway and Maiden lane, and the site of the Commercial Cable company's build ing in iiroad street, are also properties that could be covered fifty deep with dollar bills out of their purchase price. Probably the largest amount ever paid for the site of a single building was that given by the Broadway ileal ty company for the lot on wbioh the Bowling Oreen building has been erected. This sky-soraper, which is the largest in the oity, extends from Broadway through to Greenwich street, and covers 29,152 feet of ground, for which $3,000,000 was paid. This is $102.90 per foot, and though the price per foot is less than has been paid for several other plats, the total represents an enormous sum to nay merely for the ground on which to ereot one building. One peculiar effeot in real estate values that has followed the sky-scraper era is the extraordinary price which has been put upon sites that are suitable for very high build, ings. Spots with open surroundings, on which other lofty structures are not likely to be built, are, of course, the most desirable for this purpose, and such places are few in the city of New York, The result is that many buildings wbioh are already very prof itable are being torn down to make room for the erection of sky-scrapers. Child Raved by a Bear. Besldepts of Apalachin, N. Y., had a bad scare recently, when the four year-bid child of Henry Bathburn started out alone to look for trailing arbutus. It was half an hour before she was misBed, end then all trace of the little one was lost. Her distracted father and his neighbors joined in the search. While' passing through a ravine they were startled to see an uncouth object shambling toward them some distance up the road, carrying bundle in its month. Closer inspection proved to the terrified searchers that the ob ject was a bear and the bundle a child It is many years since a bear was seen in this section, but the men, though unarmed, prepared to give battle, one of their number going baok for help, But tbe bear trotted toward them as though totally unconcerned, and when a few yards away carefully laid down the child lt was carrying by its dress, When the men approached and took up the little one the bear did not show fight, and a closer investigation proved he had a ring in his nose. Later it was fonnd the bear belonged to an Italian who was camping in nearby barn, making tour of .the country. He bad purchased the animal when onb and reared him in New York tenement, where he was allowed to play with the children, and it was there he bad learned the trick of car rying the little ones. New York Press. - Whew Old Hats Are Popular. The inhabitants of the Indian ocean, have an extraordinary fancy for. old hats, and a regular trade in such cast off headgear is carried on between Cal cutta and Nicobur, the most desired head pieoes being paid for in oocoanuts. A tall chimney-pot is the favorite among the Nioobarians, and the aoina of fashion is considered to be a high whit hat with a blaok bat band. This is worth from fifty to sixty ooooanuts, nd ia worn by the Nicobarlan dandy when he goes ont fishing, the rest of Lhis attire eonslsting solely of a waist ( ) ' : ) THE REALM trnhamlna trail Par MlaaV Gray cashmere, plaid ribbon and ilk embroidered edging combined, to fnake this charming waist, which, lays May Man ton, is as simple in eon- MIRSSB WAT8T OV DRAT CASHMT5BB. traction as it is stylish in effect. A fitted lining, made with the usual darts and seams, closes in the center front, over which the Russian blouse with left aide closing is effected. The yoke is simulated by rows of insertion overlaid by alternate rows of the nar row plaid ribbon, the pattern provid ing for the shape on. both baok arid front. The fashionable sleeves are closely fitted by! double seams, the full epaulette being! gathered at the top, falls in graceful folds. The blouse or pouch effeot is confined to the front, .the baok being drawn in alight fulness at waist line, the under farm portions presenting a smooth appearance. This design is suitable for wash fabrics as well as for wool or silk and bright-hued chambrays, plaid ginghams, flower sprigged organdie and other cotton goods can be charmingly decorated with lace or embroidered edging and insertion in this style. Velvet or satfn ribbon, braid, gimp or applique bands will effectively trim waists of Wool or silk, and tbe laoe can be omitted If not desired. The yoke and epaulettes can also be of contrasting material, a useful suggestion where a garment has to be made over. To ont this waist for a misa of fourteen years two yards of material forty-four inches wide will .be required. Ladles' Pelerine Cape. The handsome wrap is the velvet wrap, declares May Manton, and the shorter it is made the daintier it seems. One of the very newest styles is shown in the large engraving iu blaok velvet decorated with jeweled applique bands and edged with fine plisse of mousseiine as sole. The single, stole end is ft new feat ure that may be omitted if not desired. the cape being perfect without it, aa shown in tha small sketch. , d fo!: tra ut to- ULDIEB PELERINE OAPB. C ) OF FASHION. ( gethnr, being shaped 'In six section! that fit the neck oomfortably, and can either be joined to the top or left partly open, to form tabs through which the plaited moussoHne falls with ft soft, beooming effect. Eaoh section should be Interlined with canvas before Joining. The cape or pelerine portion ia shaped in oiroular outline and joined to the lower edge of yoke, the stole being joined to the right front section of yoke. A very handsome jeweted buckla deoorates the front, the closing being invisible in centre. Smart oapes in this style are worn by both young and middle aged ladies, the former preferring generally to omit the stole front. A handsome silk or satin brocade lining adds mnoh to the attraotlveness of this dainty top garment, wbioh can also be developed satisfactorily in silk, satin or cloth, or of material to math the gown. Braid in different designs, passe menterie, fringe, ruehings or moss trimming, will provide suitable deco ration. To make this cape for a lady of medium size two and one-quarter yards of material twenty-four inches wide will be required. TAfB Tr (nsv Nmnnrism. The utility of this oomfortable neg lige will be readily recognized. It is here represented in fine French cam brio trimmed with embroidered edg ing and narrow insertion. The full fronts join the baok Jin under-arm seams, the tops being gathered and arranged on the lower edges of !the deeply pointed yoke. The olosing is effected by buttons and buttonholes through an applied box plan taoenter front. A turn over collar completes the neok. Moderately fall bishop sleeves are gathered top and bottom, straight wrist bands and a mu ox em broidery giving a graoeful finish. Flannel, cashmere, china BUS, cam- rin nainannk. lawn In Tjlaln. striped or figured varieties may all be used to develop this useful saoqne. Jjooe or embroidered edging, feather stitching LADIES DRE8SIN0 SAOQUU. or frills of the material will provide a suitable finish. Drawn to the figure with a girdle of ribbon deftly tied at the left side, this garment may be made quite attraotiva and beooming, To out this saoqne for a lady of medium sice three and one-half yards of mater ial thirty-six Inches wid will be u$ra. : ' o mm o irni INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT FOR APRIL 17. lessee Teatt "The Tnutsflgnmtlaa, Mat- thaw a-vll., l-a-Ooldea Teati oaa I 14 Commentary ea the Lessoa For the bar Written by Rev. Dr. D. M. Stearns. 1. "Anil nftMT el d... Jama aW4h Wa ter, James and John, bis brother, and brlngeth them np Into aa high mountain apart." Luke says. "About an I bt days '"" in jo miyingB - iLiaae n., i aauec less Inclndlns the da of tha fi..mtaa anif the day of tbe event, while Matthew and mara only mention tbe Intervening days. Mark says. "Ite taketh and leadeth them." How very beautlfull Does not yonr heart , say, "Lord, take me and lead me, and I'll go with Thee all tbe way?'! Well, be en re tiiai jnn mean it, ana oo not question His love If He leads von In the vallnv. Theaa three were with Him when He raised tbe ' little sin and when He was In the garden. We eannot so with Him unless we are will ing to go apart from the many who follow Him, and we will not enjoy His fellowship aniens we have something of His Bplrlt of rraer, for Lake lz., 38, says that He went to pray. As we learn to live alone with Him and for Him. we will find ourselves In creasingly given to eommunlon with Him. a. "Ana was transngured before them, muu ui. jniiQ uiu niiiua an tan eun, ana am raiment was white as the llurht." Marie says that His raiment became shining, ex- the fashion of His oountenanoewae altered and His raiment was white and glistering (Mark lx 8; Lnke lx,, 39). It makes one think of Htm as He afterward appeared to John on Patmos some txty years after His nsoension (liev. I., ix-17). it is to me very Interesting to observe that the word trans lated "transfigured" Is need outside of this reeord In the gospels only In two other flaoes Rom. xil., 2, and II Cor. III., 18. . n the one the translation Is "be trans formed" and In tbe other "are changed," , but In eaoh ease It refers to the believer and our being changed more and more Into the Image of Christ. In Romans It Is shown to be a work from within, by the renewing of our minds, and In Corinthians It Is said to be aocompushea by beholding His glory In the glass or mirror of His word. It seems to me that the beginning and devel opment and eonsummatlonof the Christian life has but one setjret, and that ls"behold-i Ing Him." When In that fair morning we shall Indeed see Him, then we shall Indeojd be like Him. rS. "And behold, there appeared nnto them Moses and Ellas, talking with Him." We know that Moses died and was buried Intbelnndot M'oab (Dent, xxxlv.. S, 8), eves1400 years before this, and Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind and probably n ine onarioi over w years Derore, tno only man except Enooh who has as yet ever Been excusea irom ine appointment OI death (Hob. Ix.. 37). Yet here thev are alive and well and talking with Chrltt ot ills aeatn, or decease, or exodus, which Ha wns about to aooombllsh at Jerusalem (Luke Ix., 81). Whether tbe believer dies or is translated, In either case It means In stantly with the Lord in such a Ufa and such bliss as we cannot Imagine (Phil. I., 31. 2.1- IIL. 30. Sit. hut all tha hUua.lrtna and reality of that life are wholly due to the work whloh our Lord Jesus finished on Calvary, 4. "Then answered Peter, and said nnto Jesus, Lord, It Is good for us to be here. If Thou wilt, let us make here three taber nacles one lor rnee, and one for Moses, and one for Ellas." I think we may con clude from Jude lx that Moses had his res. urrectlon body. If so, then he represented the risen saints while Elijah represented those who will not die, but be translated at our Lord's oomlng, the two representing the whole heavenly company of the re deemed in the kingdom when lt shall have oome, while Peter, James and John, three righteous Jews, represent all Israel, a righteous nation on earth In the kingdom, and this revelation Is what our Lord prom ised in chapter xvl., 38. 5. While he yot spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and, behold, a voice ont of tbe cloud, wbioh said, This Is My beloved Bon, In whom I am well pleased. Hear ye Him." He Is the true tabernacle and temple and pillar of cloud. He Is the fulfillment ot all that Moses was to Israel or wrote for them. He Is tbe end of the law lor righteousness to every one that be lloveth. He is the Prophet of all prophets, , the Messenger of God ns none other ever -was or can bo. and Ood said to Moses con cerning Him, "Whosoever will not hearken . unto My words, which He shall speak In My name, I will require It of him" (Dont. xvlll., 18, 19). This Is tbe second time that the Father testified from heaven as to His delight in His tton, but now He adds the command, "Hear ve Him." Wo are not to hear what men think or say about Him, but to bear Him, and that Is to hear Ood Him self, for the Father told Wm what to say , Ijona xil., vt). 6, 7. "And when the dlsolples heard It they fell on their face and were sore afraid. And Jesus oame and touahed them and said. Arise and be not afraid." So He or His angel did to Daniel, and He Himself surely did to John on Patmos (Dan. vill., 18; x., 8, 18; Itev. I., 17). He gave His peo ple no aause to fear. Why Is It that we have so many fears? How we must grieve HlmtV He says that He will never remember our sins. It shows grent laok of confidence In Him tor us to fear or to think that He will. Be says that we are blessed with all spirit ual blessings In Him. It Is surely dishonor ing to. Him for us to question It. Ha tells os that since na so roved as as to give Him- self for us He can therefore withhold no good thing. Fulth just believes It, and Is happy beoause He says so, 8. "And when they had 'lifted np their eyes they saw no ninn save Jesus only." What a powerful life word this Is, and what peace aud vlotory to see Jesas only in redemption, and iu sanotifloatlon, na we will see Jesus only as the center of all the glory of beaveul In redemption and dally life our temptation Is to see teellugs '. and experiences and people, but thas there Is no rest. We must see that His finished work Is all that Ood asks and that ve need, and His word all the assurance that hi necessary and learn to sing always "De hold, Ood Is my salvation." S. "And au they earn down from tbe tnonntuln Jesus sharged them, saying. Tell the vision to no man until the Bon of Man be risen again from the dead." Even If we may not fully understand, we may be sure that there was soma very good reason for this charge (Esek xlv 38). It Is not always for us to understand, bat al ways to obey (Isa. 1., 13). The other du el pies at the foot of the mount with thelrj difficulty is suggestive ot many difficulties that shall not be solved till He shall aomn, but more faith might solve mora. Man. time we must pay taxes cheerfully lost we xlre offense. Lemon Helper. . The mountain people of North Caro lina and West Virginia are said to put salt In their shoes in order to keep oft the wltohes. Bancroft related that one of the aboriginal tribes of North America refrained from eating salt la the belief that It turned the hair white. The leaf of a creeping moss found In the West Indies, known as the "life plant," la absolutely Indestructible by any means except Immersion In boiling water or the application of a rod-hot , Iron, ' . John I Goodwin, of Berwick. Me., has a new version of the Plm DaVld bearing the date ot 1761. Tbe book was the property ot hta arena father, Benjamin Berwick, who was native ot Berwick. .
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