DE OMNIBUS REBUS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 337, 12 July 1875, Page 4

DE OMNIBUS REBUS.

Susie Liberty has thirteen lovers, and each of them exclaims, " Give me liberty or give me death!" Hint about Courting.—The man who courted an investigation says it isn't so good as an affectionate girl. England has again become a gold-produc-ing country. The Ciogau gold-mine, near Dolgelly, produced, in the week ending April 17th, 37 ounces 3 dwts of gold, and, in in that ending April 24th, 36<i ounces. Recently Mr Francis Mauduit, well known as a mining manager at Maryborough, Mclver, Bendigo, and in Tasmania, was instructed to exanine and report upon the gold bearing rocks of South Wales, and his report is, on the whole, favorable. It is probable that something more may be heard of this ere long, as Mr Mauduit has again been commissioned to proceed to the district, and conduct opertions of development. An old Scotch tailor happened to have a helpmate of a very peevish and querulous turn in her temper. ' • I'm gann to dee, Andrew," said his wife. "Are ye?" replied the tailor, as coolly as if he had. been trying the temper|of the goose. "Are ye? Is that the way way ye speak when I'm tellin' that I'm gaun to leave ye forever ? You're no to lay my banes here among the riffraff o' Linlithgow, but tak' them to Whitburn, an' lay them beside my father an' mother." Andrew, esteeming a promise made to a person on the verge of eternity as sacred, and not wishing to put himself to the expense (which, indeed, lie could ill afford) waived giving any answer, but led on a different conversation. "Do you hear, AndrewV" "Oh yes, I hear." " Weel mind what I'm sayin'; tak' me to Whitburn, or I'll rise and trouble you uicht an' day. Do ye hear '! " " Yes, yes, I hear perfectly. Is that pain in yer side troublin' ye yet ? " "Ou ay ? I'm a' pain thegither ; but the maist pain to me is that ye'll lay my dust here." " Oh, woman, dinna distress yersel' about that simple circumstance." "Mind, I'll no lay here; ye uiaun tak' me to Whitburn ; I'll trouble ye if ye dinna, and ye may depend on't." " Weel, weel, then if ye maun be buried at Whitburn, I canna help it; but we'll try it at Linlithgow first,"

The Pope entered upon his eighty-fourth year on Way 13th. The Observatore Romano, in a leading article, scouts the notion of bodily infirmity or near demise. Twelve of his predecessors, it says, passed their eightyfourth birthday. The Pope, attended by the nobles of the Ante-Chamber and surrounded by numerous cardinals, bishops, and distinguished laymen, received in the Ducal Hall a large deputation, chiefly Prussians and Bavarians, conveying the homage of the German Catholics and their congratulations on his birthday, and a solemn protest against the election of the future Pontiff. The Pope was on the throne. At its foot were eighteen volumes containing the signatures of a million German Catholics. A Latin address, written on vellum, and enclosed in a richly ornamented case, emblazoned with the Pope's arms, was read by Baron von Loe, a member of the Reichstag, and President of the Catholic Association of Magonza. The Pope responded. He said in order to walk in the paths of righteousness it was necessary to have faith, to follow the hallowed examples of antiquity, and to be obedient to ecclesiastical superiors. These were the three requisites. After the benediction, all kneeling, the Pope walked twice to and fro the vast hall, many kissing his hand and robes. Then, accompanied by the prelates and the heads of the deputation, he strolled in the Vatican gardens. With reference to a scene in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland on May 20th, the Sydney Evening News says : —" As some exception has been taken to a telegram which appeared in the Evening News, referring to scenes in the Queensland Assembly, we have received the following detailed account from a gentleman who was present: —' Mr De Satge, member for Normanby, in the course of his speech called the Premier a political profligate. Mr Ivory, member for the Burnett, followed by quoting statements in the newspaper, to show that the Premier was not a man of truth, and in a subsequent speech he threw the newspaper on the table, and vehemently asserted that the Premier was a . It is an open question whether thejword was sufficiently audible, but a roar of voices followed, and when the Premier got on his feet he " dashed into" his opponents, and, amongst other things, described the member for the Burnett as a "jackal" and a "maniac," and concluded in angry terms by stating that if he attempted anything of the kind again he would '• give him something to remember." The Speaker, who was evidently annoyed, immediately after Mr Macalister's speech, put the wrong question to the House, when Mr Macalister interjected, " You have forgotten yourself, sir." The Speaker retorted that he would not be insulted, and then threatened to resign if a retractation was not made. Several hon members interposed, but in the excitement the Speaker left the chair, and said he would resume it an hour. To the mind of everyone, the object was to make the Colonial Secretary retract his words, or, if not, the Speaker would not consent to hold office. When the Speaker resumed the chair at half-past 11, several hon members made explanations, and, at their instance, Mr Macalister repeated that he did not mean the words to be insulting, but merely to put the Speaker right. The Speaker then, without comment, proceeded to business, and in a few minutes adjourned the House. Mr Morehead, member for the Mitchell, Mr De Satge, Mr Ivory, Mr Macalister, and Mr Walsh will collectively bear out this statement, and if there is any exaggeration in the telegram, it is the impression given that all the high words followed in rapid succession. It was a series of deliberate attacks upon the Colonial Secretary, commenced on the previous day by hon members, who doubtless believed what they said, that raised the ire of the Premier."