The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-11-30

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lmmcaswahle ones nres Impression
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that aenHe of inanlty OF space which
comes 10 ns as we Khze at the stars IN
blue black aky on a winters night,
sense that here ~ something which
neither the changing seasons nor the
LAPSE and wear and tear of time can
ever AFFECT, aud with Il all an over.
powcrinw eense of the utter insignifi-
cance Of man. II has n language of lta
own, aA Incompatible music, giving az
II II touched by the zephyr OF the tam
pest winds harmonien which run from
the lullaby or summer aca TO tho an.
cry dlapagon OF storm swept waters,
It's restless bosom ever heaves even an
the calmest weather, tho crested waves
as they break ON quiet shores telling
OF storms and great winds which. long
since died away, the tircless swell be-
ing the stored energy OF the winds OF
all iatitudes. The murmur Of the sea-
is music to all land dwellers, whether
10 be the monotonous roll Of breakers
on lee shore or the crash Of noun
tains of green water on beetling cliffs,
and one born to the music and moods
Of the ocean is ever their slave, more 90
than Is the Arab in love with the des-
ert or the hoodlum with the slums Of
the great city. 1t possesses a wonder
ful color scheme-blue as the heavens
Of June day when It smiles upon It,
grim, gray and gloomy when shrouded
with cloud rack and tempest, green OF
richest emerald as fair winds fleck It's
surface with whitecaps, black as night
when It shrinks from the impact Of the
typhoon or the cyclone. 1t has, more
over, a wonderful life Of Its own, all
the myriad life OF the great deep-the
bird life which on tireless wings ever
circles the seattle frigate bird, the al
batross, Mother Carey's chickens and
the uncounted millions Of seq birds
which live on 1t and In It and from It.
And then the life Of the water Itself
the uncanny monsters of the deep, the
tish In endless type, some In such vast
schools as to be unbelievable. Then
the shell llfe-the mollusk In infinite
variety, with the walrus, the seal and
their kind which are at home on both
land and sea. Then there iS the deep
sea life-the queer things which live
In the ever dark and fathomless abyss
Of the deep sea. While the land is
most prolific Of life, II is not more 80
than the sea. The harvest Of the sea
is as much harvest as is the, ingath-
erlng Of the crops Of the land. Millions
OF money and vast armies Of men are
associated with the fish harvegt-the
salmon Of the Pacific, the cod OF the
Banks, the herring Of the North sea,
the seals OF Newfoundland and Labra-
dor and Alaskan peninsula and the
oysters and Holsters Of the Atlantic
coast. For centuries the ocean sep
arated the peoples Of the earth, formed
the dividing lines between nations, be-
gat peculiar peoples and many tongues,
but I'm these latter days man has mas
tered II, and now the high seas have
become the worlds great highway Of
commerce and communication. Every
man and woman should see the ocean
before they die, for not to have seen 1t
In some Of the phases referred to Is TO
have missed the greatest sight in the
whole world.