PASSING NOTES.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 41, 24 September 1892, Page 2

PASSING NOTES.

.A telegram fromliondou a day ortm> ago, in regard to the dubbing of Pibb* bus a very fine and large moral hanging od to it. He—Dibbb . ib\ .Republican, Dibbs the Democrat, Dibbs'the iiddical —to accept the K.G.M.G. like any commou lory tuft-humer —to submit to be " kicked up stairs" by sneering royalty, -to have his boasted .Republicanism, .Radicalism, auu Democracy vap'ouru-e'd by oue rt,flecied ray ot the tierce light that beais upon a throne.! Horrible ! V Fact is, Democracy, leaks at the. top. It bieeds some splendid men, without doubt, but it reminds us of those Suffolk 'yokels who went to catch the cuckoo,; ' they fenced her in on all aides, and'left the top open, whereupon she rose and e^aped them. When a title' dflfera itself at the door, democracy flies out of the window. .'* Every iuau ,bas his owu price," it is said, and we believe there is uoi a Radical or Doinocratic staiesman living, eiiuer in the Home country or auy of tlie colonies, wuo would not atctpt a title, were it high enough to suit hum - '' • ***' Even Gladstone^ vtitle.ia being kepi warm for him, and some of these days his w<>rld-kuown name will be lost tin that of Lord Liverpool or E^rl ofiOxford. We would take a long shot, too, that that almost impossible man, " Labby," I has his title in view, and that he can measure liis distance from it even now. (We note in Monday's cables that he and Wales have kissed and made up already.) 11 *** V " ;"\ The women have a big say in' thede things. " Lady" Smith-is "-my-lady," whether her husband is EarlSmiih,K.G., or Sir Jeremiah Smith, K.C.M.G." Just fancy >our own wife arguing the point wiih you whether or not you should say the one little word "yes,".that meant making her "my lady." Why,,'if you don't .write i% she'd " never- speak to yoa again," and you know what terrible things 'that implies. - - ' .. ; * * 11 ... ■ * _ After all said and done, the giving and taking of a title now is an extremely different thing to s what [it- was. -Not long ago it was at the caprice of a monarch and aithedemand of a courtesan. To-day'it is the gift of the highest-form of Democratic Government the world has ever seen—the Constitution —to men of mark and. note, men who have risen,' men 'who "- deserve to be named above their"feilows because they have proved themselves 'tetter than their fellows. It is the recognition of services rendered, of superior intellect, of Individual Exertion. 1 - The acceptance of a title by a Democratic statesman gives the lie direct to the Socialistic flummery which a few Jatter-day tinhorn politicians pretend to believe in. 'In reference to this, Editor Fitchetfc, in the Australian " Review of Reviews,*' remarks that the ridicule heaped on Sir G. R. Dibbs for accepting a title is " not at a ! sensible," and proceeds to -illuNtrate his idea that titles are" not : incompatible with even the drab simplicity of a republic" by asserting that he connted 200 decorated, persons sitting 1 iu-a Parisian park one sunny afternoon, , and that there are more " Colonels,*' ( , " Judges," and' " Senators to the square mile in the United States than in any country, on earth. ■ " v ■ Yes, in England thereisno monarchy. That nation is no more governed "by ■Her Gracious than a-vessel is by its fissure-head. 1 Lord Salisbury waft, Mr Gladstone is, and some other men—the hiifh-wMter mai k of the people-rrwilic.be," the true Kulcr, as much" as and mono ihan GeiM-ral Benjitmiu Harrison is ruler of the United-Siates of America.' . * The lady in-qne>tion doesn't half like it though. —This is one of the newest stories showing how sensitive iHer 1 Majasty is in regard to any direct ' remark which draws attention'to the impoteucy of the British sovewfcn''*

power. The Queen is said to have remarked to a certain member of the Court that she' wondered what appointments MrGlad&tone would make for >,Jaer household; "Oh," answered the lady, " I suppose they will make seveial new peers." VThey!" replied the Queen, with emphasis. ' ■ ■ - J V Mr R. Allan Wight has sent a copy the Codlin Moth Bill. Itjs almost as amusing as the Washers and Mang--lers, and provides for the."summary running in of any. codlin moth, red -spider, pear-leaf slug, or mussel scale .fooling around outside of a museum. Jt bubbles''up with extremely Latin i.tongue-curdlers; and, while we were ■raading -Schedule A (which is full of "language") to our head gardener, the / tbutler .came in and to know ■who vwas .smashing the crockery. It ♦the District Inspector (nice httle billet ifor a right cojour man)iinds an orchard infected with any of these .fruit peats,, "he shalliort&with order the destruction tof. such p r ests." v Imagine the Inspector visiting anyjpf our local orchards, aud \ ordering the owner to immediately- show; .every codlin- moth the door ; ! . Again, any person who con>veys any. apple, pear, or quince, coming from any, infected district, is liable to a pen.tlty of Ten, Pounds, and the confiscation of the fruit. In our mind's eye we observe our own A.J. in the act ot conifiscatmg.a large apple fiom a youthful " Aie ; ypu awaie, young man, ithat you, are spreading the^ mylilaspis .pomoium, and that the bacilli of the ; schizoiieura lanigera and the microbes *of the phyllostructi circumcisa, not to the ova of the carpoeapea ipomonella, are polluting the.surrounding .-■atmosphere by your vile conduct ?" bh&ll be glad to know .when it is sthe intention iof the. Ministry to bring , sin a measure providing for the Total .Abolition of Mosquitoes and Bedbugs. *** . Did you ever notice in the " Application for S Licensed Holding" schedules, -'the modest amount usually placed sagainst the line " Amount proposed to 4be invested"? When the '86 Act first «came into force, the amount wa^ usually ;a very small one, there being seemingly i ssome idea that the licensee was bound | «to expend what he set down. Now,[ ■J however, you see £200,000 —more or Uess—"-proposed to be expended" by dead"beat who has pegged out a < chunk of rock in Whangamata or elbe- \ where,'with an idea to sell it to a *•" shindy-kit." The schedule is a foolish «one, anyhow. • V Heard at a Salvation meeting in an /Auckland township the other evening:: Adjutant .(addressing the exhausted « crowd, which had whooped itself dry -..vociferating a hymn): '"Now, brethren, once more give it lip ! Drop your Ilower jaws! There's nobody to see -you in this light,-so drop your lower iKjawfr about a foot, and give out the \word of God !" And then everybody < opened a mouth like a gas-main, and «. the last,, verse came out with a shriek tthat rent the heavens, and woke the and startled every dog in *a half-mile radius. * The thus reminiscences tin. re an old Thamesite:—"Rev Joseph 8. Hill, late of Auckland, just ap■tpointed Bishop-designate of the Niger, , is a cheery.faced little man with a very (Unclerical- looking mustivvy, and Buffi- . ciently succulent-looking to prove in a man-eating episcopate. jParson Hill,' being a muscular* Ohrisitian of the ten<minutes«sermon-and-jgive half-his-stipend to-th«-poorvarie- . ty, was exceedingly well-liked amongst ithe Maorilanders, and will long be • remembered in Auckland for his crusade against Rugby football, which he .considered too rough for Christian young'men to engage in. He sought *to introduce • the .milder Association igame as a counterblast, and captained • one sideiin the opening match. Next «day (Sunday) Mr Hill put his flock on broad grin, by turning up in the s pulpitJwith two lovely black eyes and a decided .limp. Of such are the kingtdom of Heaven!"