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thy hands are twain.
Thy hands are twain; by one, life'i bane
neat duuic, wttn mow on blow;
By one, with toil, with tireless nioll,
Make thou elysiuni grow!
While toosius fleroe reverberate;
While rocks unhewn of work await;
One hand to war must pledge;
Must swing, with one, the sledgel
Thy hands are twain; by one, let gain
Heap high thy golden store;
By oue, then give, thy Joy may live
In lives bereft ami poor!
Let uo hand dare be miserly
But that unotlier eagerly
From coders huge and deep
May bless God's fainting sbeepl
Thy hands are twain; by oue, with pain
Seize fast some lofty Jnig;
By one, then clasp some brother's grasp
Who else may downward drag!
Thy hands are twain for self in vain!
Thy hands' despair shall grip but air
If both dare clutch the sky
Aud leave a brother die.
L. M. Wuteriuau, in Sunday School
Times.
y By Tom P. H organ.
The man from the metropolis visited
the Duffy House again the other day.
"I am astounded to Bee you still
Jive," he said, to the gentlemanly
clerk. "You still invent, I learn, and I
feared that by this time some' of your
numerous inventions had hurried you
into a yawning sarcophagus. There
was also a rumor to the effect that the
Foolklllor had resumed business at the
old stand."
The clerk made no reply, but cast a
look of reproach at his traducer.
The clerk may not be right smart as
an Inventor, but when It comes to cast
ing looks of reproach at people he Is no
amateur. (Parties having looks of re
proach which they desire cast with
neatness and dispatch will do well to
call on the clerk of the Duffy House).
"Why, oh, why," went on the man
from the metropolis, "will you persist
In Inventing when you are well aware,
that. In the day you wot not, It Is lia
ble to rise up and smile you Into the
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"Had this state of affairs continued,
Addle would soon have fatally dissem
inated all the rata and dogs In town.
"The beat-laid plans of mice and
men oft-times bite like a serpent and
sting like a gad-snapper," to quote
the stirring words of one of the slick
est poets that ever scratched his head
with a two-cent pencil. (That
quotation teems a trifle tangled, but
like the 'mills of the gods,' to which
serious reference has been made, it will
get there all the same.)
"Prof. Addle was the possessor of a
bos a bovine that was In his eyes, all
that a cow .should be, and he loved her
accordingly. He fed and attended her
himself. It was his own hands that
wooed forth the lacteal stream, and
when she kicked In her open-hearted,
unreserved way, Addle did his own
Jumping out of the way.
"One afternoon, the cow manifested
strange symptoms. She blatted In a
low, soulful key, rolled her eyes np
peallngly upward, and seemed as If
about to have a fit or compose an Ode
to the Cowslip. Addle was alarmed,
and, rushing hastily into his den, be
gan a frantic search for one of nls
earlier inventions a condition pow
def.or health compeller.
"In tils haste he got hold of the
wrong box, and proceeded to give the
cow an enormous dose of the Superer
ogatory Canls Disseminator. Then,
the cow being Inclined to wet her
whistle, she was permitted to imbibe
a rull bucket of water. Alter wnicu
there occurred a complication of sur
prises that nearly curdled the red cor
puscles in the veins of Prof. Socrates
Addle.
'The cow gave a sudden start of
affright as she experienced a novel
Interna sennation, and, the next mo
ment Addle found himself kicked
clean through the barb wire fence
while the cow went out of the yard In
the opposite direction, without waiting
for the gate to be opened, and dastied
down the Btreet like an airy whirl
wind.
"As tihe Disseminator began to get
in Its work the cow began to swell.
and by tho time she got down town,
was fully twice her ordinary size and
still swelling.
A large crowd had gathered around
itreet auctioneer, and into Its very
fvw horribly bloat-
tit
The Future of Poultry.
That the poultry industry of the
country Is yet in Its Infancy Is clearly
shown In the constantly-Increasing de
mand of both eggs and dressed (owls.
The general trend of the markets
for the past two years has Bhown a
shortage of supply, and a consequent
advance In price, until today the pro
ducts of the poultry yard are at high
tide, with no prospects of any early
change.
More poultry has been raised this
season than ever before, and yet the
people want more, and the demand
will continue to grow.
The wise poultry man will, as the
saying goes, "get In on the ground
door" and be prepared to furnish his
part of the supplies which the markets
are sure to demand.
Stunted Pigs.
Sometimes these are caused by an
Inherited disability to make use of
do food given them, but probably
more often by conditions pfter birth.
It they are watched it will be fuuud
tiat the other pigs are driving them
(roan the teats and later from the
trough, says Farmers' Review. Having
once become weakened thoy ore less
able than the other pigs to fight for
Ueir food and have to bo satisfied
with short rations. It Is oviJently a
part of the plan of nature to eliminate
the weakling as a breeder. However,
these same pigs, If given a chance at
the teats and tho trough, often devel
op Into good sized hogs and prove
profitable. We would not, however,
advise using such an animal as a
breeder. The hint that nature baa
given us should be takun. We agree
with her In wanting for breeders only
the most vigorous.
Free Range or Yards.
We are often asked If It is better
to keep the laying hens in yards or
give them the run of the farm; and
we confess that the question puzzles
cs, since tbere are so many things that
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viewing this place, whether the out
look is from or towards the house
Connecticut Farmer.
Barley as Food for Horses.
While is it undoubtedly true thxt
oats are the standard grain food for
horses and will probably continue to
be so through all time, yet there Is a
wide place for the feeding of barley,
not only to colts while growing, but
also to horses at work, and for fatten
ing old horses it would probably bo
correct to say that there Is nothing
like it. In feeding barley It Is not cus
tomary to feed it right along, the Same
as oats, although to young colts that
are growing It may sometimes; be fei
once a day to advantage, suggests the
Farmer.
To horses at work It Is usual to
feed It two or three times a week, but
when the object In feeding Is to fat
ten old horses and put them In condi
tion for selling then It would be well
to feed barley to them every day. The
favorite old time method of preparing
barley for such feeding Is to steam It.
This Is considered preferable to boil
ing. It Is thought to be a matter of some
Importance to know Just how far the
steaming process should be carried. It
is not considered Judicious to steam
It to the point of causing the grains
of barley to burst open. It Is
steamed enough when It allows moist
ure to escape when squeezed between
the linger and thumb.
Agricultural Notes.
Our pretty yellow marsh marigold,
sometimes Incorrectly called cowslip,
Caltha palustrla botanlcally, grows
abundantly in Italy In the Pontine
marshes, and is called "the bride of
the sea.
The vigorous strawberry plants are
the ones that will produce the largest
berries in the .spring. The best mulch
for strawberries Is line, well-rotted
manure. It not only serves to protect
the vines, but supplies the ready food
early In the spring.
A good plant for house decoration is
the auricarla or Norfolk pine, an evergreen-looking
plant that some florists
sometimes speak of as "Christmas
tree." Though still In habit, resem
bling an evergreen in foliage and man
ner of growth, It is attractive.
The new Japanese anemone flowered
chrysanthemums are beautiful as well
as odd. The centre of the flower Is
anded flowers
the
A SERMON FOE SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"COMMERCIALISM."
A Pertinent Talk en rmmMhj Prob
lem, by the Kav. Or. keese I. Alsop
Jesus Christ il the Mnmr of the
Stature of the Perfect Man.
Brookltw, N. Y. Dr. Reese F. Alsop,
rector of St. Ann's Church on the Heights,
preached Sunday morning on "Commer
cialism.!' He took his text from St. Luke
xii:15: "Man's life consiateth not in the
abundance of the things which be pos
sesses." Dr. Alsop said:
I heard lately from a brilliant speaker
in address on "Commercialism." To the
surprise of all, it was a panegyric rather
than a diatribe. His argument waa that
commercial, that is, busineu activity, the
industrial epoch in which we live and
whose push we feel, engenders certain use
ful and even moral qualities, such as thrift,
underlying all accumulations of capital;
truth telling, which ia essential to success
ful trading; trust, without which the vast
credit system of the day could not exist;
Mie sense of responsibility shown- in the
honesty of the great army of clerks and
place holders, among whom breaches of
trust, defaults and the like are compara
tively rare, the percentage of the honest
being surprisingly high. At the same time
our Civil War and the Boer War have
shown that the commercial spirit did not
extinguish heroism and liberality. Wit
ness the gifts of rich men to education and
charities.
Now that ia all true, and yet there is a
had flavor about the word commercialism.
It has another cannotation. Is it not a
matter of emphasis! Jesus says, "Seek ye
first the kingdom of God." He says again,
"What will a man give in exchange for his
life!" What arc men exchanging their life,
with all its possibilities of symmetrical de
velopment, for! What are tbey seeking
first! Is it not too largely material suc
cess! Ht. Paul says: 'Tlaving food and
raiment we have enough." The feeling of
to-day scorns such moderation. A modest
competence is nowadays nothing accounted
of. To make a living is not enough; to
achieve comfort for self and family is a
small thing: men aim and toil and struggle
for more dazzling prizes a success that
makes a noise and is talked of; that glit
ters and dazzles the eye.
This is commercialism as I understand
it; the measuring of success by the stand
ard of the market place, the sinking of
ether aims in the eager rush after gain.
There are high things possible for man.
Culture of body, mind, growth in moral
and spiritual sttainments, expansion in
faculty and usefulness. There are magnifi
cent careers open to him in science, in art,
in literature, in philanthropic service.
Over against all these stands the spirit of
the age and cries follow me. The ideal is a
man who turns everything to gold that he
touches; a man who gets ana holds and
then goes on to get more and hold more.
Two conversations lately overheard illus
trate the point. Dr. Kaiusfurd, of St.
George's Church, Walking down a New
York avenue, overheard the talk of three
or four university men before him. Look-
npon the gleaming equipages and splen
ica nuting py, one said to anotner:
ey tnat goes in
ier that is
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too subserviently to those who can furnish
endowments, tempting the young man to
turn from courses that cultivate the mind
to those which prepare for business. Our
theatres have felt the influence, and think
more of pieces which will draw than of
those which will elevate as well as amuse
and recreate those who see and hear.
Yea, it is conceivablo that even the
cufch may not escape. The ministry
that sets gain above usefulness has caught
the contagion. "Put me into the priesthood
that I may eat a piece of bread!" So cried
one of old. The very thought was a dese
cration. The ministry that is sought for
the sake of "the pieces of bread" for a live
lihood, whether it be large or small, is a
ministry not to God, not to those among
whom it is exercised, but to the man that
holds it. The clergy who are in orders
chiefly for what they can win in the way
of comfort, or respectability or income are
unfit for their place. They serve not God
c- their fellows, but themselves. And so
the church whose chief aim is a large pew
rental and a fashionable congregation for
getting the while that the Master's boast
was that to the poor the gospel was
preached, is tarred with the same stick.
Yes, commercialism is in the air. It is
the spirit that now works that stealthily
penetrates every d 'nartment of modern ac
tivity, always seeking to make gain the
dominant motive. There is no line of work,
no business, no profession safe against its
insidious influence. It invades law and
medicine, even divinity, as we have seen.
It is felt In halls of legislation and seats of
government. Yea. it pervades even so
ciety, making the fine raiment and the gold
ring and the large bank account more po
tent to open doors than gentle birth and
fiun breeding. r
Hew are we to resist this influence es
cape this spirit! Just as we resist the con
tagion of an epidemic, the depression of a
malaria, by fortifving the powers of life.
A man in whom the tide of life is full and
strong will walk unscathed through the
plague laden air. The health that is in
him resists the disease that rushes upon
him. The bacteria that floats into throst
or lung, or stomach finds no nidus and
dies. It must be thus, then, that we es
cape the spiritual danger. Fortify the life
within. Remember that life is more than
meat; that the kingdom of God and His
righteousness are infinitely worthy of our
seeking. Do not forget the possibilities of
your life, what you can make of it in the
way of growth, what you can make of it in
the way of usefulness. Keep your eye on
the Master. In Him see what you may be
in Him see what you msv do. Yea, not
only keep your eye on Him, but keep in
living touch with Him, that the tides nf
His life may flow into your soul, and carry
you on and up to the measure of the stat
ure of the perfect man in Christ Jesus.
Finally, my brethren, "whatsoever things
are honest whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report, think on these things." Turn
your thought and your eyes away from the
dazzling bait of the age. F,scape its snare.
Seek first the kingdom of God. Determine
to be a man, mentally, morally, spiritually;
determine to be a brother to vour fellow
man, and do for him a brother's part; de
termine to he a child of the heavenly
Father and obey His will, so far as you
know it; resolve that in you the splendid
possibilities hidden in the gift of life shall
be realized, and you shall have learned
how to use this world without abusing it.
Then commerce, business, success shall
minister to you but not enslave you; shall
embellish your life but not absorb it; shall
bring you, perchance, an abundance of
nings to possess, out leave tne wni.e
and pure wumn you tne lite ot
(teen possess
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Of
CHEMICAL ENGINEERS.
A NEW PROFESSION THAT HA8
COME INTO EXISTENCE.
He Is Part Physicist, Part Chemist and
Part Mechanical Engineer He Must
8olve the Countless Problems Which
Arlss In the Great Industrial Plants.
With the far-spreading of great in
dustrial plants In the last two decades
a new profession has come Into exist
ence chemical engineering, for which
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology In Boston has apparently been
the first technical school, either In this
country or abroad, to make adequate
provision.
The chemical engineer Is part me
chanical engineer, part physicist, part
chemist. In this combined capacity
he is responsible for about all our mod
ern advance In Industrial processes
from the making of rubber boots to
the production of crystalized sugar,
from oil refining to tho manufacture
of armor plate. Wherever you see a
great plant for the manufacture of any
Important chemical compound or the
utilization of any Important chemical
process you may be sure that a
chemical engineer laid down the plans
and solved many of the preliminary
problems necessary to meet on a large
scale the demands of successful com
mercial operation.
The necessity of this combination of
chemist and mechanical engineer Tor
the development of any large Industri
al enterprise that depends for results
upon the action of chemicals becomes
evident when one realizes that a pow
erful chemical agent actB upon other
materials with which It comes In con
tact as well as upon the particular
substances with which It originally en
ters Into combination. The mechani
cal engineer knows nothing of chem
ical reactions. While he can tell to a
nicety the amount of wear and tear
to which an ordinary boiler or pipe
will be subjected when used to boil
water or conduct water, he faces an al
together different problem if bis boil
er Is to be filled with a corrosive acid.
Here the chemical knowledge of the
chemical engineer comes Into play.
He Is able not only to fortell the ac
tion of that acid on the material of
that boiler, but to choose material up
on which the acid will have the least
hurtful effect, and thus save time and
money as well as Increase efficiency.
Moreover, his knowledge of physics
solves countless problems In which
the physical properties of his chemi
cals play an Important part In pro
ducing the manufactured product
The modern development of sugar
refining Is a good concrete Illustra
tion of the use of chemical engineering
in a long line of Industries. Not so
long ago the processes of sugar refin-
carried on by hand, although
reactions on which they
practically Identical
the mod-
NUMBEH 8.
TRAVEL BY KITE-DRAWN BOAT.
How Two Englishmen, In Third At ,
tempt, Thus Crossed the Channel. ,:
How S. F. Cody, the Englishman
who has beenlA trying to cross the
channel from Dover to Calais In a cot- .
lapsible boat drawn by kites, succeed- .
ed on the thiol attempt is told In de
tail in the EnVsh newspapers. There
Is no indications hese accounts that
any one sees in the" feat anything
mora than an interesting freak experi
ment, and nobody has the hardihood
to suggest that kites will ever super
sede) sails in navigation at sea.
Cody made three attempts before he
succeeded. His boat was a 12-toot -collapsible
craft weighing, when lad
en, about four tons. It had canvas
decks to keep out the spray from the ,
choppy seas which run in the English
channel.
At a distance the boat looked like
small submarine. At first It had
biimboo masts, but these were subse- ,
qitently discarded as useless and in
the way.
The kites were IB-footers, of silk,
constructed on the box principle, with
wing shaped extensions. The first at
tempt was made In a light wind with
three of these kites, two with exceed
ingly light framework. The boat had
a combination steering gear wnion
controlled both the kites and the boat
at the same time.
With the sailor kite flyer went a
newspaper correspondent They wore
oilskins and life belts and to sustain
them during the Journey of 23 miles
or so, carried a large supply of choco
late and bottled alo. Of this the
newspaper correspondent wrote:
"Chocolate, H may be added, is of
great value when the human tempera
ture Is reduced by long exposure to
wet and cold "
There were 21 cameras snapped at
the craft when she started from Dov
er In tow of the three kites. The voy
a&ers were at sea three hours. When
they wero not so far as to be Invisible
from land, the wind failed, the kites
dropped and In hauling them In the
travelers would have been swamped
If a friendly craft hadn't gone to the
rescue. They rowed back.
The second attempt failed from a
Bimilar cause the lightness of the
wind. The kites would have fallen in
to the water as the boat was gather
ing way under them, had not a sea an
chor, a canvas bag which opens auto
matically in the water, been -thrown
out.
The third attempt was made several
weeks later in a brisk breeze. One
kite towed the craTt across the chan
nel In 13 hours. An Interesting com
mentary upon It was that Cody die-'
covered before making It that bis life
was practically uninsurable except at
a ridiculous premium.
England has the kite flying craze
Just now a litte worse than many
people here haC it a short time ago.
Tho mnrinl allChiD. in the DODUlax OS-
ItjjriBtJfln" is clwhlch combine w
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