Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-23

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| He learns TO speak d language made of wisdom,
| He'll learn the laws by which men should be
| governed
| And from the teachings of the smallest flower
| Learn what in justice all Cur laws should be.
! Ii arm that the winds 90 equally 10 all,
| The rain on all falls equally alike.
| The sunlight on them all does fall the same;
| What cach takes from the earth that is hls own:
! To take from out the earta rs su&inGnce
! Each has right-So the air j deni5els
! And all the savage beasts; but men are mad
And have forgotten these sweet rules OF Justice;
| But when they take their laws from our the
earth,
| As they now get their very life from it,
| Then will the age OF peace come back to them.
| The earth from pole 10 pole is but 4 book
| Whose marvellous tales arr written by the light
| Upon It's thousand pages; its words are per
fumed
| BY the sweetest essence from the roses breath;
| Jts letters colcred by the yioets hue,
| While diamonds cast their light upon it, pages.
The midnight stars have read it in the dark;
! And ali the winds OF heaven learned there their
music:
And all the beings Of the universe
| Read there for truth.
Tho following descriptive lines from
Romer are strong;
| a dream2 Yet in the passing Ecenes of night,
| found place in which to lodge & dream.
! dreamed the world was coming to an cad,
And that my heart was filled With thoughts &C
cursed.
And that I dared Oil he'll to punish me.
The sun was dead. and darkness hid the earth,
And death with giant strides tramped DER the
world.
| Until it trembled as he strobe along.
So thick the darkness as he waded through Il,
1t eGdied round him us he moved along.
Full many millions sent up screams and yelis
Of dreadful pains as they lay dying then.
Then all was drowned III sounds OF mighty
thunder,
That tossed its rafting bolts till heaven shook,
AS though twould fail in shattered ruins down.
The lightnings flashed aud Missed along Ia
And by its light the pale white ocean showed
FoaIning and frothing as 'twcrc mud with fear.
Tossing with its great arms the tiny ships
Against the black and frownirg face of heaven;
a million tends drag whirlwnds through the
And By the lightnings light saw strange
Some small, some large, some giaDtlike IN bulk,
All come from other worlds to see this earth
Writing and struggling il her hour OF death;
Here did l wake.
This soliloquy of despairing woman in
| the wildness of a winter midnight presents
the better capacity Of the writer:
Howl howl how'll ye chilly winter winds
Tear OF this poor, weak flesh of mine
And you,
cold cruel Winter, bring still your vast hordes on
Of snowhakes armed with Shield Of white
| That pierce me with theIr lance OF Ch!ilneSs:
| Yet. even they have pity for. when they strike
| Upon my cheek they melt Into soft tears
| Each hurrying cloud OF heaven grows black
| with anger
| To see me here; n poor weak thing,
| That never wished them harm And, in
| Zach corner of these sony buildings winds
| Do howl and hiss at me. Oh, all the world
| Has grown my enemy. How coIdl how cold
it isl
! Three DAYS ago-three icy, freezing days
| Was it three days? But will sec it now
| Ia night, and then there was another night,
| and then there were three cold. cold days.
| When never sun did deign TO smile on me
| Three days. three deys' and then two chilly
nights
No; how was it: (C1snts on nor fingers.
Is hushcd to sleep by this hard Winters wind
| But now I'm free oh free ! free free But
what is free2
| Tell me, ye pretty thiugs-white breasted SHOWS.
| And are you free7 Iethinks then il is wrong
! To let all things be free:-there's one thing
though:
| There is a tyrant governing in the world
Whose name IL Hunger. Oh In hungry, and
SO cold YET 1 will Try TO drag me on
Civilization in Chile, Past and Present"
is the name of an interesting volume Just
| issued. 1t is written by J. NJ. Spangler,
| who has spent several years as a teacher in
| the American College at Conception, Chile,
and ID entirely familiar with his subject.
| The book gives highly readable history
! Of that portion Of South America; q very
| interesting account of its people their
| customs, religions and manners together
with the forms and functions Of govern
ment, the topography of the country, its
| climate and products. and description of
the principal cities, towns, etc. The Amer
| lean College, with which the author is
connected, is carried on for the purposes of
| mission work through the education of the
! people, and the net proceeds from the sale
| of the hook are to be devoted to the build
| ing of an Orphanage at Conception. Chile.
Mr.. Spangler has been spending the past
| few months in California while getting his
book through the press, and is at present
in Sacramento. Price of book, 81.
From the Century Publishing Company,
New York, we have the bound Century
Magazine from November, 1884, to April,
| 1885. It makes . superb volume. No
magazine of this country has higher de
served standing, and no illustrated pc
ri0dical anywhere occupies q more exalted
position. The Century is one Of the
| leading and most powerful forces in popu-
lar education. 1t is entitled to the credit
| of having contributed in the broadcst sense
to the advancement of literary tastes among
the masses, and i'll populariing topics
which else would receive much less atten-
ton from the world of general readers.
| The bound numbers make up g volume Of
poetry, story, essay, criticism, history and
| biography that is OF high value.
The Atlantic Monthly" for June
| (houghton, Mifilin & Co, Boston, IS at hand,
and is up TO It's usual high standard The
| leading papers are: " Mrs. Oliphant," BY
| Harriet Waters Preston Dime Museums,
| from Naturalsts Point of View by J.
| g. Wood Modern Vandalism" by Eliza
| beth Robins Pennell; Dawn and Dust"
! by Frank Dempster Sherman; Six
| Months at Astrakhan,' by Edmund Noble;
The Quoddy Hermit, by Kate Gannett
| Wells; Our Political Delusion," by J.
Lawrence Laughlin; THE Forests and
| the Census" by Francis Parkman; The
| Ring" by John B. Tabb; THE Religious
Aspect Of Philosophy" The Huguenot
| Immigration to America
The enterprising publisher, John 3.
Alden, New York city. has discontinued
the "Alden's Juvenile Gem" and in lis
stead three distinct monthly publications
are issued in place of the " Gem" as fol-
lows: "Aldcn's Juvenile Story Book"
SJuvenle Book of knowledge" and
Juvenile Gems of Song and Story" Each
is issued monthly, at y cents per year.
| The first number OF Gems of Song and
, Story" at hand, contains a number of
| original and selected short poems from the
! best authors, and of class that will inter
| est Young readers. The first number OF
the " Book of Knowle lge is composed of
seven short interesting articles OF history.
travels, etc.
THE North American Review for
June go Lafayette Place, New York; pre-
| sents these essays for thoughtful readers
| shall Silver be Denonetized?" by Pro
fessor w. G. Sumner, President +. a.
Walker and Professor J. H. Laughlin
THE Hardness of Justice" by Judge w.
L. Learned Prohibition in Politics" by
! Gail Hamilton What is the Catholic
School Policy" by NJ. c. 0'Byrne and
Bishop John J. Keane; THE Swearing
Habit by Edwin ?. Whipple; French
Spoliation Claitus," by Edward Everett;
How Shall Women Dress2 by f. NJ.
King and others.
Rinaldo r. Livingstone. San Francisco,