STRIKING DIVERSITY. AND STRANGE UNANIMITY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 72, 29 March 1892, Page 4

STRIKING DIVERSITY. AND STRANGE UNANIMITY.

THE WOKKING MAN'S MILLENNIUM,

It is said that 'Variety is the Bpico of life,' nnd that ' it adds to its flavor. 1 The poet (I?t»ao Watta, or Cowper, wo forget which) wqb not very far wrong wheahe penned this couplet, for certainly life would be a dull monotonous thing were it not for its pleasing and relieving contrasts, In the animal world wo hava the graceful aud shy deer and the bold aDd ferocious lion, the huge ole* pliant and the diminutive though destructive mouse ; there is the plain, humble-looking thrush with its rioh song, und the beantiful humming bird whose musical talents (and he has Bense enough to know) are conspiuu* ously absent : and there is the monster whalo and the tiny shrimp on whioh it feeds. Whilst iv mankind the contrasts are still more marked and numerous, for not only are their ' physical feature*,' so to speak, different, bufc they differ intellectually and morally also. la some countries certain nota tiro considered dishonorable and even criminal, and in others the saino aots would be looked upon as legitimate aDd honorable In China und India, for instance, we believe lying ia & virtue— wo don't Bay a rare virtue ; while amoDg the Negroes ot America ohioken. Biealiug is considered one of tho favourite nocturnal pastimes, and perfectly praiseworthy, too— provided they ' don't got oaupht in the not,' In thia ooantry our tastes diffar and our ambitions oariy us higher. We don't boiieve there is a Bingle bank-teilur in the whole o! Ihe country mean euough to lay violent hands on a puor uupioteoted fowl. &a to varying opinion on politioal matter they are legion, everybody has an opinion of some sort ; some think thai Ballanoe and his party are the willing instruments o! tho evil ono ; others ihiuk them the only men oapablo of uaheriog in that era of unexampled prosperity teimed b;- eooio enthusiasts tho Working Men s Millennium ; othere, again, are loud in their praises of tho author of the Publio Works Polioy, whilst others olamousr jor Sir Harry Atkinson ; hut ono and all ar« unanimous iv pronouncing Bucuanau'B House of ComfnoQB whiskey • the Purest and Best iv the Market,'