The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-20
The Bulletin
A MEDLEY.
Cen. Grant, POngO, and the Cole
RADIO Beetle.
A MEDLEY.
Bad Manners at the Table d'HOte
The American Abroad.

VS. mug W. w IlDICHEULS tt
Gen. Grant and the Colorado Beetle occu.
py Almost as much attention in Europe ~
the great battle Of Schipka Pass In the BAL.
kans, which has now been raging for seven
days with no decisive results. The Colo.
RADIO visitor has been the subject Of much
chronological discussion, while every cab.
met in Europe has "sat' on hin. he has
been photographed by the million, and
even hlaHcry structure, form. and feature
have been reproduced by Berlin artists, and
are everywhere for sale at G2l cents each.
On the arrival Of single beetle in lack OF
corn at liverpool, the Board Of Trade dis
patched An expert 10 bring the dreaded
celebrity to London, where, with the mic.
sing link POng0, he divides the attention
Of the scientific world. This Pongo, bythe
way, reminds one OF JOB" in Jules
Vernc's "MysterOus Island" book |
sdyise everybody to read. As for Gen.
Grant, who IL to-day receiving the Gree.
dom OF tho City Of Edinburg," he must be
quit -urleited with fasting and "fetipg.v
Ihere has been nothing approaching 10
this hero.woTship since Latayette'- 0ya.
ton in America. 1t is but Just TO the ex.
presldclt to ssy that he bear Lis honor,
with becOmi rs mOdesty. IrGcd 10 man
who have won and WON the double crown
of military AID civic honers is in danger
al IHinu IntIh A N ', l,a a,
multitude, either at hone or abroad. In
his bIict speeches the general has not only
shown good sense, bur good taste, while
IN social matter, j. Of still greater import.
anee' The oCly unpleasant thing have
yet seen in connection vita the cx-presi.
dents visit is ridiculous paragraph in tie
Iouth, LaDOuchere's London weekly news.
paper, in regard 10 the bad manners Of Mr..
Jesse Grant, when accOmplnyinghis father
on visit to the pneenat Windsor In this
ease hope tie 2,gN Is liar and Is title
misnomer.
speaking Of manners; Let me say WORD
touching table q note manners, Of which
have seen more than enough during the
past four months, al the lrsl-class hotels Of
ki'sengcn, Badcu, lIombourg, Alx.la.
Ih4pelle and . tend. At all these ialu0u,
summer reaor,s, excepting IIombourg. the
Germans predJminatc, and AIN compelled
to say that ,heir table manners. excepting
perhaps those Of shoddy Americans. are
the very w0rs. | have ever seen. They
talk aad laugh loud with their mouths fun.
and that, too, in the harshest language in
the world, thrust their knives In their
mouths, u-e naphlns as pocxethan dker.
chic's, forks a. tootL.pich>, and the fat
men, Of whom we meet not 4 taw. la.ten
lhel' napkin, under their cAlns, spread
them ever their huge ,tomach. looking
Ike mammoth turbo sitting on their tall.
They make such business Of eating that
often wonder they do rot lull oil their
coats and roll up their sleeves forthe work.
The eternal !ah-yah-ins Of these i'll bred
IcutOns is enough to drive one mad, or
Into very private lie. The bcs, hammered
people in the world, As nation.
are the hishcIass EncllsA; and well.
educated, refined Americans, of whom one
meets but precious few.-and very pre-.
c.ous they are not tar behind them.
These never tai. loud at table, and only
speak soto lOce 10 their neigAbors on
either side. This may be Gone ir elv,with
lady or gentlemen, without Introduction,
and with no obligation of recognition at a
subsequent meeting. may add that well.
bred people never boast OF anything, neith-
er oil their country, its government. Its in
stitutions, and, least OF all, Of their own
personal importance as regards wealth.
talent opposition.
Inc American abroad, who thinks it be.
comes him as apatriot and citizen to be
forever Dragging OF hi, great and glorious
country is simply nuisance. We meet
too many OF these vulgar braggarts in every
city OF Europe. People who have great
taloht or great wealth never boast of il.
kolllchlids never speaks Of his riches, and
Shakespeare probably never Dragged about
mis- poetry. All the world knows and
acknowledges that Niagara is the greatest
water fall, the Mississippi the largest river,
ion Pacific the, longest railroad, and
the Federal Union the largest domain in
the world. Therefore we need say nothing
about them. A constant "damnabe iters-
ton" Of the tact in foreign ears neither
makes them, nor ourselves, any the gre ater
When Americans haye to become critics of
their own faults, leaving to others to point
out their virtues, We shall be much more
respected as n people than we are to-day.
l have just reread, after quarter of Il cen.
tury, "MartIn Chuzzlewt," and commend
its wholesome satire to our new generation
of American readers.
To the wheat growing readers of tie
Tribune, let me say that while the Eastern
war is likely to be prolonged, increasing
the demand for American breadstuiTs in
Europe, the haryests on this side of the
Atlantic are generally above the average.
Inc industrious little state OF Belgium pro-
duces this year twice the quantity OF wheat