| Show miscellaneous WIT it was wag well known that queen elizabeth was a great admirer of shakespeare Shak speare and used frequently aa as was the custom of personages of bih hib bib higher rank at the period to appear before the audience or orto sit at the back of the s age L when the dramas of the bard were performed one eveni evening rg when Shaka peare himself blin birn seif gelf was personating the part of a king the audience became aware aware of her Maje naje being in the theatre and testified heir their appreciation of the presence of royalty ia la the usual manner the queen thereupon crossed the stage which he was performing and ands on receiving the accustomed greeting from the audience moved politely toward the poet who however appeared BO so engrossed in the rendering ot of his part as nog nor heed beed the honor paid him by his bis royal mistress mi presently the queen caught bis eye and moved again but still the actor would not throw th off ff his assumed character this it appears made amale her majesty persist in endeavoring to secure a public acknowledgment of her condescension acension on accordingly 6 as he was about to make his exit bhe she eb stepped before him bin dropped i berglove her glove and the stage this was j too strong an intimation of vf the queens desire to be left unnoticed unno so upon gin fin shing ebing his speech he pi picked aked up the glove and so aptly ae livered delivered the f following ol lowing lines linea that they seemed to belong to his bia part 6 anel aud anil though now bent on this high embassy embt embi legy yet tet stoop we to take up our cousin glove clove 12 ile he walked off the stage and presented the glove to the queen who was greatly pleased at bis bia wit wi and complimented him upon his appropriate behavior under such trying cl cr r cum stances THE tim WAR ERA ent the ile present may nay truly be called the era of war never before in the hivo biro history r of the world so far as we are permitted elto mitt to know it has there been such general strife and carnage aa as at dt present mars has his helmet on and wars grim visage I 1 front aront affrights aff rights the whole earth it is a remarkable fact that every christian nation natian on the be face of the earth except Pori port portugal ugal and I 1 sweden is engaged in war of more or less lees magnitude and some have two or three wars on or their bands hands you shall bear or of wars and rum rumors ors of wars 31 nation thail shail rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom ling hing dom but the end is not yet each of the five divisions 11 11 of the human race is engaged in the con fl flirt lct itt of arms aims and the strife of battle is heard beard in every sub bub subdivision divis on of thear thearty tb but all other aid warb wars pas paa tandi tandl and present pale paie ale aie before the mighty co niest now how being waged on the american continent the greatest strife the world ever witnessed yet occasioned by the smallest cause for war the world ever knew hundreds ot thousands of lives are being sacrificed atthe behests behesta of the passions of a few politicians who because of the failure to obtain office sought to over throw the principle principles 3 which abich alone make office honorable sacra sacramento mento bee i asp 1 THE WORLDS ar OR 1864 in corr connection witti with the wide spread dro drouth af 1864 and the extraordinary developments of the meteorological meter phenomena of the northern hemisphere as observed throughout bout north america and europe which is the theme of comment in intelligent circles in boh continents we have seen but maager meager notices of its effects in the southern hemisphere from casual rem remarks in our exchanges it appears that california and ard he noi not th pacific ire in sympathy as to excessive drouth with couri couii countries and climates in her far south merin nal nai and antipodes the commercial advices advises from bamos ayres alres of february anu anit anil nia did march Ala reh reb their summer state that the provinces of la plata were experiencing one of the st verest severest droutha ever known in the history of those thole countries attended with immense losea of animals fony fona tom want oe ol pasture and hurricanes 0 of dust and sand similar notices reach ui also lately from australia where it is est mated fro nithe general failure of the cereal crops consequent on the want of rain and the effects streets of hot winds that wide spread lobs loss osa and suffering must ensue to the conn coun ry As the canaries and azores are aiso also this year suffering Bering su from famine and hunger langer resulting from their lack of ordinary rains and aice axce s of warm winds it t must be that our planet at large is suffering suf Euf fering from rom low water in our boiler and may burst the exhibition of uch such 11 phenomena or of any an y storms or general climate change of violence hag big ila iia s never never been noted before in history or science S F bulletin THE txie CLOD THAT CAME TO lire life A gentleman who wab waa arranging the grounds around his big house bouse over a lump ot of earth which had rolled tolled from a rew unloaded heap hap of or gravel ile he kicked it aside abide and bade badette the gardeners son to remove it irith other rub bish high the boy carried the tha clod to a spout beneath neath the eaves of bis bia fathers cottage where he rain fell upon it whether it contained seed lip or root is not known bu autere tere long lorig a beautiful vine sprang out of it which shaded and adorned the cottage and was yearly loaded with grapes ot of the choicest kinc kine which the gentleman was wag b glad giad ad to buy at a high price of the farmers son who would by no rio means part with his big ine lne binl vine the hidden principles of a sublime groath growth gro tb are lying in many a clod now quite valueless and unsightly sigh y to those who regard ri 9 ard themselves the rich and accomplished of the earth but the clod would come to life and bear fruit high above their beads if it there were only some one to give to it a few drops from the eaves caves |
