The record-union., 1895-10-05

y,
Gilded the woods, and the stream that
strayed
Where the rushes bent and carpet made
For the deer TO kneel as it drank at night;
What is prettier in fancy than this out
burst as the result of his first look sea-
ward:
reach the hills crest. turn, gaze;
At hrst l see naught but the cloud-like haze
Then my eyes catch the gleam OF a breaker,
in shore,
Then another, out further; then further out
more:
Then my eyes open suddenIy-The Sea! the
Sea-
1t broadens! It lengthens! 1t spreads bound
Majestic, soul-awing! stand in
trance
And gaze its beauty, and feast with my
glance
At my feet iays one edge, but the other is
To my poor eyes it seems to be far in the air.
For 10! the horizon seems higher than 1,
And the sea sloping up sloping up 10 the sky!
And the Ship that see, meath the fogs trail
ing shrouds,
Seems sailing and sailing. up, up to the
clouds.
IT'S only vision, but SO does Life's sea
Slope up, up to God and Eternity
And what a charming ascription is
this TO the California mountain pines he
loves SO well:
The maids with halfclosed eyes and breath
divine;
Borneo's spice and Javas nutmeg trees,
Timor's sandal and Philippines fragrant
But sweeter far to me than all of these
The odorous breath OF Callfornia's pine!
How people they Sierras slopesl How stand
Like guarding warriors round chieftain's
tent;
Ah, who doth know but o'er this orange-land
Some soul keeuS watch q t.
tement
Of eternal snow: Some mighty One, whose
Doth grasp the winds and rend the frma-
ment;
Doth loose the waters and let them seaward
flow
That flowers may bloom, and citrus treasures
And grass be green and life have fragrant
Some guarding Spirit; aye. and guarding it,
the pine!
Weave, weave, o. winds! the tall pines
cleaning warp
Weave wild and strange, as some great
weaver WeaVeS;
Or make the thousand spikes strands of
And play some dulcet strain, as on the
simple leaves
The Sicillan shepherds played at country
wedding ewes!
An yet, o pine! think thou hast song more
Ofreverence than of light and merry strain,
Such as did come, perchance, when Ministries
Their harps to feasting halls in Davids
reign.
For 10 thy censors swing thy voice is soft
With reverent praise, thou Dearest the cross
aloft!
How strange it seems! How strange the top
most twigs
OF pines that SO far west their branches
toss,
Should have wrought out Gods sacred sign
In fair, Christ-walked Samaria show no
cross.
Nor yet Lebanon's cedars-oId and sacred
Nor Sharons olives, by the ancient seas!
The Arena" for October (Boston) is
unusually attractive. a fine portrait of
the talented young Tennessee authoress,
VIII Allen Dromgoole, forms the frontis-
piece and richly illustrated paper on
"Chester-on the Dee' from the pen of the
editor opens this issue. A contribution
to occasion much comment is from tho
pen OF Hon. A. K. Barrett. Helen II.
Gardener continues her history of the
legislative battle for the protection of in
nocent girls against libertines. There
are numerous portraits accompanying
this history. Rev. Walter Evans, d. d.,
a Congregational clergyman, discusses
the Influence of Plutocracy Upon the
Church." Robert Grieve, who if not a
single taxer is certainly under the spell
OF the prophet of Progress and Pow
erty," writes on why the Workers
Want" A symposium by representative
women on vital social problems contains
papers by Julia A. kellogg on Land and
Money" Charlotte Perkins Stetson on
THE Solution of the Labor Question"
aud Alice Thatcher Post on 1.-THE Great
Neighbor." The England of Sir Thomas
More," by the editor of the Arena" ia
one OF the strongest papers in his series
on the Renaissance. Ex-Governor James
NJ. Ashley writes suggestively on ''Should
the Supreme Court be Reorganized ?"
Hon. John Davis continues his paper on
Napoleon Bonaparte." William c.
Cooper, NJ. D., contributes remarkable
article on Occult Manifestations" "The
Vaccination Error" is written by Alfred
Milne. Nj. A. Debs writes on THE Sig
nificance of Labor Day." Manual La
Dor for Women and the Problem of Do
mestic Service" is discussed by q. Vro0-
man, and VIII Allen Drumgoole appears
in one of her charming sketches of Ten
nessee life.
One is never disappointed in "Ths Pop
ular Science Monthly" It Is one Of the |
few popular magazines that never con-
tain the twaddle OF transient fads-that
have never taken q step downward to
Der number DIR. Andrew ID. White con-
cludes his papers under the title From |
the Divine Oracles to the Higher Criti- |
cism." Herbert Spencer shows in his
essay on the Man of Science and Phil !
osopher" how the professional class to |
which he himself belongs arose from the |
priesthood. An illustrated account of |
the mode of Trout Culture" now in use |
is contributed by Fred Mather. Prof. E. |
p. Evans writes on the Recent Reoru-
descence of Superstition" shown in the |
assertions of German Catholic clergy. |
There is an admirable estimate of
Thomas Henry Huxley" by Michael |
Foster. Garrett P. Serviss' keries Of !