The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

There is nothing that needs be said in
an unkindly manner.
Wisdom and virtue make the poor rich
andthe rich honorable.
Think all you can of the good quail
ties of others forget and keep silent
concerning their bad qualities.
Merle d'Aubigne left two partially
completed volumes on the Reformation,
in which the history is brought down
to the death of Luther. So says a Ger
man paper.
A sister of Mr.. Spurgeon is success
fully preaching at Willingham, Cam
bridgeshire, England The police au-
thorities have expressed their thanks to
her for effecting decrease in the num-
ber of criminal cases.
Rev. Dr. Eggleston's latest book.
The end of the World" is announced
as theological work, while it is in real
ity a humorous American narrative
law is the present editor of the
Cornhill Magazine, and his daughte:,
Miss Thackeray, one of its constant con-
slant contributors.-Ma Twain COM
plains of London publisher for adding
chapter to his book. Says Mark ''My
books are bad enough as 1 write them
what will they be if each publisher is to
add little to them?"
In reply to numerous inquiries and
suggestions, and to much good -humor-
ed banter in the newspapers. anent the
supposed loss of Mr. Nast's occupation.
we are happy to say that he is at pres
ent engaged in making illustrations for
Harper's g Household Edition of Dick
ems. The illustrations to Pick7cick will
be from his pencil and it is safe to pre-
dict that the wit and humor of the great
novelist will find rare Interpreter in
the greatest and most versatile caricatur-
ist of this country.
Whatever is best is safest. Such is
this great and beautiful work of nature
the world such is the mind of man
which contemplates and admires the
world, whereof it makes the noblest part.
These are inseparably ours, and as long
as we remain in one we shall enjoy the
other. Let us march, therefore. intrep-
idly wherever we are led by the course
of human accidents Wherever they
lead us, on what coast soever we are
thrown by them, we shall not find our
selves absolutely strangers.
Thomas Buchanan Read. the poet
painter, was asked if he had ever met
Tennyson. 81 have" he replied, land
that Just after the battle of Bull Run.
Tennyson came hastily into the club
room in which L sat, and said - Great
news +! the Southrons have beaten the
Yankees, who have fled precipitately
from the field. L could not relish this
kind of talk from an Englishman, and
replied - Well, Mr.. Tennyson, if the
Southrons have run the Yankees from
the field, it was an American victory.
anyway. 1t is more than your coun-
trymen ever did The arrow went to
its mark"
Tennyson !" why" said Read, che
looks no more like poet than does a
lobster ii compared with a gold fish.
Angular, awkward, with great hands
and feet, and coarse hair sweeping
away, he is not the man that roman
tic lady would die for
Queen Victoria, when in her Scot
tlsh home, goes to the little parish
church of Crathie in the most unpre-
tending manner. Noiselessly she walks
up to the royal pew, and bows her
head in silent prayer Pretty Princess
beatrice, the fairest of the Queen S
daughters, comes next, simply dressed
IN white. The Duke of Edinburgh,
brown and hardy-looking, follows, dress
ed in Highland costume. The old rules
are still used in Crathie Kirk. The con-
gregation sit during the singing and
rise to prayer, the Queen setting the
example of conforming to the ancient
rule. With the aid of her glasses she
looks up the places in her psalm-book,
and joins in the singing, which is con-
Quoted by well-trained choir During
the long prayer she remains standing
to the end. The collection is '' lifted
at the conclusion of the services by
means of long-handled ladies', which
are showed along the pews to receive
the offerings, and no reservation is
made when the ladle comes to the row.
al pew. Her majesty is ready with her
collection" understood to be a G1O
note and the ladle goes on. Before
leaving, the Queen stands with her
head bowed few moments in simple
prayer then her daughter throws a
black mantle around her, and she leaves
as quietly as she came