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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2898, 10 February 1891, Page 4

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events has taught its lesson. '• L"t us eat. drink, and be merry, tor tomorrow we die,'' sums up tic popular philosophy and tile popular theology too, and a great part- ot the s.'llifyled "social reform ot the day seems merely to aim at, endowing every one with a more liberal supply of the wherewithal.

7SoSUe.il charge, however. call be levelled at the demonstration which took place at tin- unveiling of Dr. Lang's statuo. John Dunmore Lang was triily one ot the fathers ;it the libertios of the colony, lie tuund it ridden by a. military despotism of the worst kirid. His conscience and his manhood revolted at the injustic; and oppression which were practiced and perpetrated. A man of ability and o hication he struck hard blows, mid had the satisfaction of seeing the edilice v.'hich he assailed completely overthrown and superseded by a democratic form of (toveriimeut. His personal eliaraelei ;;ave point and weight to his direct charges and fiery invcotivo. Had lie been a shiftless drunkard, a shameless liar, tin inveterate and habitual slanderer, aiming to elevate himself by picking holes in (ho coats of belter men, or by inflaming the envy and discontent, of the baser sort, no one would have paid much attention to his utterances. Hut. sa:.ts peur of satis reproche it was felt that such a champion would not inter the arena except for grave cause. The conscience and common sense of the people were with him, and when he was imprisoned or east in damages 11 iey paid his tines. He was a lighter bv nature, but F never heard that, he pleaded the ethics of war as an excuse foi perlidious or dishonourable eonduct. Were lie alive lloW his soul would probably be as deeply stirred by the tyrannies of combinations and conspiracies as it was by the freaks ot the military despots to whom Australian allairs were then subject, lliat h" had no sympathy with tile sordid short-sighted s"llishness of modern limb orators may be gathered from tin l l'.e| |ha. I lie was a strong advocate of, and ■ > prime mover in establishing a. ja'li i• i * his svst em of a te-a a l.'il imuntrr.'tion. i'eace be to his a sheand may public men arise us -iiigle;iea'lied, and as competent to deal with t lie erving evils of our own times, as li • was with I hose of a. former genera--11.,ii. lie did veoma.ii service in saving

u t'i'iiiit the tyranny of the tew. We ire likelv soon to need .-oineolie to save iis from the lyrauny ot the

Ono hundred mid fitly individuals, sore in body, and sorer in mini], read yesterday of the arrival t»f tin- I'.jL S. Victoria, and of her Wiuj; admiited promptly to praetique, and allowed to steam triumphanllv up " our beautiful harbour," and land her passengers ■without molestation. The hundred and fifty had been pas*■liters; by I he same steamer, but had osne overlaud troin Melbourne. Victoria is supposed to be thoroughly protected a.'.;ainsl, smallpox by compulsory vao eiiialioli. but, so frightened wens the a.ut horitics of the invasion of this unlorf uii.'it"' hundred and Jilty that they insisted 011 cowpoMing (1 prefer the honest Saxon term) everyone of them. As this vieliins view I heir Sta.te-in-llicted scabs and sotvs and qui'-.lion with themselves whether they have also gained a. dose of eaneer or svpiiilis or something else equally und. ■"ilMbl<■, as an :(1 result <.f Ihe o] ii'raiici... il is very (">M comfort to theni to be told that the whole .scare had its origin in a fals" alarm. An unfortunate pain ryman had been sult'eriiifj I'mm ehick"ii-pox. Melbourne in:.' liaal skill was unequal to the i.aslc of dia'.'tn 3iii£ the complaint, but thought it could do no harm by compelling a, few hundred I're . eili-: ms to ineur the very real and hie id e-' • >:a' risk and indignity of cmvpox.ed in or i■■ ;-. ■ V.i i - a e : whieh h" in i -.teii • • .p> i•! •!i -ir ti'v:i !i -ai" ii n .vrna;i..n •. 11 ■iw ver, i.: •■•'.".l l.a.,ii.!e i- '.weil-nigh -utii-eiiir ::i \'i''!oria, and the docility ii:' i!i • o ,;-a 'it (hat (ley submit wiiii i• 11■.■ 1:11''.-s to even greater Very jitsi is their reward, wiiie'i : '-,ey reap in the shape of S | ilea'liiale i on-'iderablv higher than liiat of communities which enjoy more 111' 'i[ir;i 1 freedom. We have all heard iif I lie >i-b -is' i-' who set himself the task of getting iiis horse to liv ■ noon nolhing. and how. jus| when .a.cc", was within his grasp :nid had "amply demonsi r.il'il " lh" i'lsisihilitv nl° the brilliant idea, by rcltieina" his di-i to a grain a dav. th" animal iuconsi'l-rafely put an .aid to further re*e nv.lus by jrivinyr in. tic Lrlio-f, The sioi-y is not to di" ■ ml. V,'i:h : !i:;ht variations il has !•"■ n reorodnce 1 in a varn which

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S.llilV Win 11'' Vl] 1: ■ i 11 1 t 11:111 til: l ' which was iincoii'.eioiislv | -ri «'t l"! ->■ I I'V til" eaiil" eorresi ,nt'll ■ sll. I!. i - alwii.vs f»imi<i«i2r l'» luw tv!i. - i! tin- augurs say i.f out- iiiihlli.t, Tlwir l:iv i.Tities are Ktuisetim's luiilnlv in «n:ilu!'»us cr wnje.Mivvly hostile. I.rt us Imar therefor:: what the French J. .ticit of ill!.'jew jiill of b;i■ i iology has to -ay of his finnan eoll:il'uralt'iir. I le.y then i- .U. I'asfcur's in lament, of i'r. Koch as reported l>y llic I'nris it>iTi - <i)oiuli - iit of l!u- Times: I ji to (ins moment, there has not IMi> a. • im.'le ;i l ll lien'i -- ' f ■ 'I euro not .■vi'i! of i;i|iii .. 1 . !' " "Mann i.i ;i- - , ■ ! t |.„■(■■■ I a j I: !: '1! L Mi' l " 'in;; li; >iu 1,, [~|,-, i ,;l 111 „ , Iji : iu.-l.ih'l 1 • day-, -)( I h iin 1 liseli'ir"' 'I ii-cii (I. . y !i m I'm!, interval. /1 ij l (. i 1 t I t • il- - ' 1 I'J :| i I i ty as lo 111 ' ' 1 >1 i >■ 1 - . .. of ill' 1 ! .viit.ii: Hi. Tin- i.ieti-,■:11.,-;iis of unheard of \irtt! - j:ice ami ill - reactions wlrieh it on are •. >;•> v«» ••••> t'ui'cc. if ,v.. "w.. i-; • ii : ;■ ■ j v, :: :'.',\ie,e evii 11idoiniI,iIu'e , * -v (|,;,( it ;i!.:y iiitrodne • iiil.» tie 'i:i■!i ha\ e y \ I ■ ■ !"■ m !r ■ i. \ on i:s,i v lei ve a e,irl ill tie- nc'dieal

j!!r ' ,L Ml' th" l-'ii nl-n :I . !! Ma e, i. .-HI'I ,1,..; if,- .TH.il.-: kind. Tl.' ■ ;ip,| | 'p !■ .-11- Wll l.'il ■' I!N> v. ' I.i til' 1 press .'ill lIVIT ill'- World 111 , M'iiC. i>;iS'■ 1 • --s hops., in cnsuinot ive juitii'iiis on such Slinky fvi'l.iifi!, is <I■■ u1 >; 1•■ --. by tlii; I i 111. thoroughly f 'LVr' 'f tel. Tin:- substance, however. r.f Mr 1 ':is-i.-ur's deliberate judgment appeared in tlii- column us soon lis tin: alleged " w,nder" began tn In announced. Common sciise often :irriby intuition ;i!. conclusions which seience vrili. s unwilling n-ii'l after long delav. Ho it comes t > puss that, vox populi is sjinerimes uNn vox i)ei. Tint evry is accompanied by its own bacteria. appears reasonable. Thai these bacteria are the cause of t lie disease appears as little likely as thai (he aniiiialcuhe in a i are the eausc of tb" stii<rn:ition. To ascertain the habits of ammaleiihe is the work of the microscopisr.; to remove stagnation anil impurity is the functioii of tlic engineer. As well might a man expect to become a musician bv prolonged investigation of the pipe -' of an organ, as io become a. phvsici.au liy experimenting with tli(> auimahaila' v.'hich accompany mmbid stales and conditions.