There's no doubt the face of nature
Will be marred by many a daub,
For he's working by the job, job, job!
He's working by the job!

-LILLIAN TOWNSEND TAYLOR.

THE MAN WHO FEELS.

The man who feels is a happier wight

Than the man who is callous and cold, For if he weeps in the gloom of night,

He laughs in the sunbeams' gold;
And if the tide of his life runs low,

It reaches the summits of cheer;
He knows the heights, as the depths below,
And he smiles through a pitying tear.

And after it all, when all is done,
The world has most of the gladdening sun,
For the twilight lingers when day is done,
And the sun's benediction is dear.

The man who feels is happier far—
I say it again and again-
Than ever can be, or ever are,

The pitiless sons of men;

For if he sighs for his own gray woes,
He sighs for another's too;

If the plant of pain in his bosom grows,
It is covered by sympathy's dew.

And after it all, when all is said,
Still pity and love forever are wed;
That the heart unfeeling is chill and dead
Is true, and forever is true.

The man who feels is a dear God's gift

To a sorrowful, travailing world;
By the hands that the burdens of life uplift
Is the flag of our peace unfurled.

We need not the souls that are callous as Fate,
And selfish, and wedded to greed,

But the pitying tear for our fallen estate

We need and we ever shall need.

And after it all, when all is past,

'Tis the deed of love that alone may last, And the rest is chaff in the winnowing blast; In the garden of life, a weed.

-ALFRED J. WATERHOUSE.

NEVER TOO LATE.

It is never too late to be happy;
It is never too late to smile;

It is never too late to extend a hand

With a cheering word once in a while.

For there's never a sorrow or worry
In all this green-covered earth
But is followed soon by a gladsome joy

And a generous measure of mirth.

-JEANETTE H. CAREY (Suggestion Magazine).

KEEP HUSTLING.

You may strike a day or two
When the world looks very blue;
Keep hustling.

Good hard work kills mighty few,
Probably 'twill not hurt you;
Keep hustling.

If you have a willing hand,
Orders you are sure to land;
Keep hustling.

If the merchant turns you down
Do not leave him with a frown;
Keep hustling.

If "that draft" does not arrive,
Don't you fret; you will survive;
Keep hustling.

-GEORGE LOARTS.