In the Andes

THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA. 857 and all she could handle. Present events, however, will compel all the great nations of the world to take a part in the adjustment in the affairs of China, the very thing that Russia would gladly avoid. Russia, Germany and France might naturally enough consent to a partition; but against this policy will stand the policy of the United States, England and Japan. England and the United States ought easily to decide this question, even without Japan's assistance. From an American point of view, it is very desirable that England should have a free hand to act in China as early as possible, and those who are interested in the American growth of commerce in that empire will wish for a speedy end of the war in South Africa, in order that England may join the United States in dictating the terms of a future adjustment with China. IN THE ANDES. Beneath the equator's fiery arch I feel The bending axle of the earth, and see The neighboring stars their household lights reveal, - Night swims in glory, and my soul is free. Be silent, Silence! High the white peaks o'er In dome of space the Southern Cross appears. There is no space, — where space lies not before, — There is no time, but time beyond appears. Then what am I? — 'Neath yonder tent of grass Two happy Creoles and their children sleep, And in the night let Aldebaran pass, But in oblivion still their fond faith keep To wake in bliss. — Love makes their lives divine; — . Soul, what are mysteries if such hearts be thine? Hezekiah Butterworth.