The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-02
VIEWED WITH DIFFERENT EYES.

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With Il toss of his curly head;
"One, two three, -four, five, six, seven!
Seven whole days! Why, in six you know
(You said II yourself-you told me SOL
The great God up in heaven
Made all the earth and the seas and skies,
The trees and the birds and the butterflies;
How can l wait for my seeds TO grow"
"Bnt Il month is so long !" he said,
With a droop of his boyish head;
"Hear me count-one,t two, three, four
Four whole weeks, and three days more;
Thirty-one days, ana each will creep,
And the shadow crawls over yonder steep:
Thirty-one nights, and l shall lie
Watching the stars climb up the sky.
How can l wait till a month is o'er?"
"But n year is so long.' he said,
Uplifting his bright Young head:
"All the seasons must come and go
Over the hills with footsteps slow
Autumn and winter, summer and spring
oh, for a bridge of gold to fling
Over the chasln deep and wide,
That l might cross to the other side,
Where she is w~aiting-my love, my bride y
'Ten years may be long,' he said,
Slowly raising his stately head.
''But there is much to win, there is much to
lose;
A man must labor, a man must choose,
And he must be strong to wait.
The years may be long but who would wear
The crown of honor must do and dare.
No time has he TO toy with fate
Who would climb to manhood's high estate y
life is not long," he said,
Bowling his grand, white head,
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Seventy years! As swift their flight
As swallows c~leaving the morning light,
Or golden CLEANS at even.
Life is short as Il summer night
How long, O God, is eternity"
In the October Century, the space CON-
monty taken up with the War Series is de-
voted to articles and illustrations relating
to the life and services of General Grant.
General Horace Porter contributes a paper
on s'Lincoln and Grant" General James
II. Wilson gives entertaining ''Reminis-
Fences of General Grant, and General
Adam Badeau writes of ''The Last Days
of General Grant" The latter paper is
illustrated with two most interesting por-
traits of General Grant as lieutenant and
as captain. Two others portraits are after
photographs which were taken during his
last campaign. Riverside Park the
re~sting-place of General Grant, is the sub
ject of a paper by William A. Stiles, which
is illustrated with several drawings. Other
illustrated articles of the October number
are Lieutenant Schwatka's second and con-
Guiding paper ON his explorations in
Alaska; Mrs. Lizzie W. Champney's de-
scription of ''The Haunts of American
Artists" and Mr.. Howell's Tuscan
Cities" illustrated with etchings by Pen
nell. A portrait of the late Samuel
Bowles, is the frontispiece of the number.
His career is described in a paper entitled
"a Study in Independent journalism
Principal Grant of Queens University,
Canada, writes a paper on ''The Canada,
Pacific Railway" '.Zweibak: Being
Notes of a Professional Exile" is an
anonymous paper of clever observation on
human nature. Brander Matthews con-
tributes the short story of the number,
which is called, Glove at First Sight, the
serial is the ninth part of Henry James's
''Bostonians." Two of the poems
''Taps," by F. NJ. Newton, and 'The
Dead Comrade," by Richard Watson
Gillian ralata IN Gaparal Grant