WICKED JOHN BULL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1871, 3 July 1884, Page 3

WICKED JOHN BULL.

« French authors have of late tried honesty ami industriously to give their countrymen a glimps of the lite of their incomprehensible neighbour, John Bull, ' and to settle the question of his merits and dements. M. Max O'Rell and M. Philippe D.iryl h.we done their best to make clear to theit countrymen the failings and shortcoming of the " brutal Saxon," hs well as his vii tues. But now a Frenchman has aiiscn in M. Camille Debans, whose late publication " Les Malheuis de John Bull, proves to demonstration that we have no virtues at. all. He wiites well, our woithy neighbour, so well that we aie tempted to give our readers a hteial ttanslatton of some of the charming reasons w Inch M. Depans has for " not liking the English " He is neither a hypocrite nor a diplomatist. but a fiee Fienchman, and therefore he candidly declares : "Yes, 1 detest the English. I detest them as a Government, ns a people, and as men." No wonder ; for M. Debans has been treated * most shamefully by the Bulls both of home and abroad. First at home : " See them at Paris, All belongs to them— tho giound, the basement— nay, the very air. I have heard one of them call the Parisi-ms foreigner. On my woid and honour !" The influence these Englishman have on the cliaiacter of the French is simply terrible to think of. Their hats ate grown to their heads, . they enter hotels and clnbiooms without * ever thinking of saluting those present Then certain Frenchmen found thi« more chic, and the imloness Ins become a a custom acioss the Channel. Foimerly it was the custom in Fiance to ofFiu a lady the arm when waking. The English, it seems, did not know of tins delicate mode of accompanying a woman. They, even when they comt a .young girl, walk by liei side li'»c an a*pamgus • So it is no'longer consideied good manners to offer her an aim. Ncithei tan M. Dt-bins iorgivu us the invention of the ulster. John Bull will not wear it in P«iradise. A people capable of imagining such a habit de.setvrs the malediction of mankinl. "At home they aie even Worse. Politely ask an Englishman in the street to show jou your way. 'I don't know, I don't understand ;' that is all the answir you cet fiom the <-arne man who, in l\uK a>ks for the 'Rich Raivolay' (Rue Rivoli), .md li undeistord. Ask him foi Lciccstei Square, and if you pionotirice the void as it is spelt, he informs jou seiiously that he does not undei stand you." All these offence*, howoxer aggravating as they are, might yet be forgiven on the ground that poor John ! he knows no tetter. But listen to the follow ing : — 11 Do you want to move an aim? Stop ! cries John Bull. Are we tempted to look about? 'I will not have it, 1 he declaies. We enter Tunis — 'I dou't know whether I --hall peimit this.' We were in Egypt— ' Go away and let me get there." We go to Madagascai. John Bull is tlieic to tlnow a Johnstone and a Shaw at us and the lattei olainis 25,000f , which he receives. We have a quanel with Tonkin, and he comes acioss, dcclai ing that Ins inteiests are compromised if we tin ash China Do we want to bend oui convicts to New Caledonia ? 'No biich tlnng !' calls out John Bull : the descendants, of the old Sydney cony icts would be ineonv enienccd. Do we pieice the Sue/ Canal r ' fie cheats us out of it, and accomplished this gigantic piece of piekpockptism like a priest. It's in the_ blood. ' Oh, wicked John ' thou who conuptf-st the manners of thy neighbours ; who Angliouest with thy vulgar eNpie»siou6 the high born idiom of Fiance ; who floodest with the legion of thy coun f iymen the peaceful renlmsabioad — when wilt them cease to trouble thy fan ircghhour ? For, if M. Debans may betiu^tcd, thewoild is no»v weary of th.eandall thy woiks. — Pall Mall Gazette.

It may surpiiso some tole.un that in all probability one of the duct soiuces of atmo&phei ie dust i-> the ocean spia^, drawn up and lelined l>y the sun's heat till nothing but a (ino sott diiat is left, this being ci cited ceaselessly fioin the vast surfaces of unmeasuicd oceans, and aa ceaselessly ti .instated thioughout r space with incalculable "waste" of othei ' similar pu tides endW'-ly in action, such as those Hum deceit places, or those given oft by meteoric bodies, l>y condensed natiual gases, and by volcanic agencies. The gro vth in weilth of Jvoman Catholic religious oideis m France dining the last thnty-fi\ e something enormous. In 1-54S then piopeity was estumred -\t 11, 720,000. It is now set down at £8,501,440. Avvlu a uiiistuiing, wliile tlie minister wa-. making out a oei tiheate, lie happened to&aj. " Let me see, this is the 30tb ? ' meaning the date. " Thutieth '' exclaimed tlie indignant mothei " indeed it is only the eleventh !" Thk liish population of tlie earth is in round numbeis a& follows ; lii&h at home, 7,500,600 ; liish in England, 2.500.U00 ; Irish in Scotland, 2,000,000; liibh in Austialia, 1,000,000 ; liish in Ameiici, 12,500,000; liish chewheie, 3,000,000. Total, 30,500.000. Coxxkcticht has been the biith-place of many novel inventions, but the de\ice which the New Haven News desciibesas having 1 been recently pioduced by a Bridgnpoit pioicvor is sin passed by none of them in originality and dating. The paper referred to says of this invention, called the " poi table body steam heater,"' that the appaiatus is a small affair, consisting of a copper boiler, under which is a diminutive lamp, nil incased in a pickle box, and balanced something like a compass, so that, no matter what position theoutside box ism, theboiler and lamp will always lemain in the required vertical position. The entire apparatus is sosmall thatitcan be carried in the pocket. After the lamp is lighted, the water in the boiler is heated and circulated I through rubber tubes, which run down down the legs, aiound the ankles, up around the back, and back to the boiler. The circulation of the warm water keeps the body wainion the coldest day. A safety-valve and escape for a higher pressure of steam than tlie affair is allowed to carry ilows off at the back of the wearer's neck. Elaborate heateis are being consti ucted for ladies' \\ ear. They can be worn inside the bustle and entirely obscured. Before going out of the house the lady's maid can light the lamp, vljich, by the way, is gaged to run six, eight, or ten hours, and "my lady" walks out under a full pressure of steam, *iid warranted to keep warm during the promenade. Mr Hughes researches, which tend to that a magnet is made up of n jtireat number of atomic magnets or moleBEgles is, perhaps, the most interesting of Hro many papers on electric science which been published in the couise of the MK-twelve months. Several new comets |Be been detected, and, as one of the derived from the recent tranVenus, it is announced that the distance from the earth is Hpoo,ooo miles. HpoTes ! It is ceitainly tine. Ask any'of Boffr friends who have purchased there. Garlick Kpd'Cranwcll Tiave numerous unasked for and ■yefy favourable commendations from country ■customers on their excellent packing- of FurniKure, Crockery, and Gl.iss, Sec. Ladies and Hfr&tlemcn about to furnish should reKj'erhber that Garlick and Cranwell's is BRj%' ,Cbeap Furnishing Warehouse of AuckFurniture to suit all classes ; also Hfirpets, Floor Cloths and all House NecesIf your new house is nearly finished, or, are going to get married, visit Garlick and HRtfnwell, Queen-street and Lome-street, AuckKwd., , 'lntending purchasers can have a catalogue IFJE IN the Bush —Then and Now.— "generally supposed that in the bush we have tfgfoijiut lip with many discomforts and privation's, shape of food. Formerly it was so, but Wsßfif} thanks to T. B, Htti, who has himself ffagiPt in the bush, if food does consist chiefly of Iftiflned meats his Colonial Sauce gives to them delectable flavour, making them as well jg£fiP c plainest food most enjoyable, and instead Kaghard biscuits and indigestible damper his ImMgbVep Colonial Baking Powder makes the H^roibest bread, scones, cakes, and pastry far WBariof and more wholesome than yeast or HBaKfenv''Sold by all storekeepers who csuob* from *n? in* Auckland. . -