The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-03
TRUE IRISH BULLS.
They Have a Flavor All Their
Own, "the Effect of Climate"
BRANDS FROM OTHER LANDS.
Tho Best of the French Bulls Are
Acted, Not Spoken--some Droli Eek
amplcs Of the Italian, Portuguese,
Dutch and German.

ampIcs Of the Italian, Portuguese,
Dutch and German.
Sir Richard Steele explained why his
countrymen made bulls: lis the eff
feet of the climate, sir. If an English
man We're born in Ireland he would
make as many" said he 1t is not ev-
cry one who knows bull when he
sees her. Ii may be no bull, but
merely blunder - Il betise, as the
French have it, To make sure that
We have the true criterion let us first
set down II few Of the genuine, ortho-
dox Irish kind;
He built the wall wider than 1t was
high. SO that when 1t fell down 1t
should be higher than II was wide.
Two weary and footsore Irishmen
come to Il milestone, ten miles to Dub
lin. "Arrah," says one, "'tis but five
miles apiece"
Disputing of the date of ST. Patrick's
birthday, He couldn't have had two
unless he WIS twins"
sAb ~ 1911 shilNl thftt ii hi
adelphia they copper bottomed the tops
OF the houses with sheet lead
Give me the loan OF a Ratchet to saw
an empty barrel of lour In two to
make the dog q pigPcn.
His estate IL divided by impenetra-
bic furze bitches made OF quarried
stones set on edge.
An freshman. describing glorious
fight, said, There was only one whole
rose in the house. and that was the
taypot's.'
In these and In hundreds like them
we have the true favor Of the Irish
bull.
There are genuine bulls In French
but they are rare. The genius Of the
language does not lend itself to any
thing less than neat precision. A
French bull IL usually nothing more
than n betise. Still, French bulls exist
Leon, Bishop and Count OF Lisieux
wrote to the Duchess Of Brissac as fol,
lows:
Madame, knowing how fond you
are Of red cartridges, I send you here.
gray, and one is woodcock. You will
find this letter In the bottom Of the
basket"
A Frenchman used large stone jar
for pillow, explaining that It was not
hard because he had stuffed II full Of
hay N
The very best French bulls are acted
not spoken. The Duke de st. Simon
relates that lady, lying Ill, was much
disturbed by the ringing of the church
bells. To deaden the noise her lovel
had the street In front of her house
laid with straw.
A spoken bull In French Is apt to be
something different from the Irish va
riety, something more like betise. as
has been said. And II Is difficult To
retain the favor In translation. Gee
sont toujours les memes soldats qui sc
font tuer," says Marshal Bugeaud OF
his army. This loses little when one
translates, ut is always the same sol
diers who get themselves killed"
En- fait dihutilltes IL ne faut que Il
necessaire" is more highly colored In
the French than In its translation
"0nly SO many useless things are re
quired as are strictly necessary"
Here is the translation of part Of ar
Italian letter
| "We have had most famous earth
quake. II by the mercy Of God 1t haf
lasted for another half hour we shoult
all have gone to paradise, from which
may God deliver us. Whether yoiI re
ceiye thiA letter or not please advise
me In either case"
Here is Portuguese bull, In offer
ing n reward for the recovery OF tht
corpse of drowned man his relatives
remarked that THE deceased might bt
identified, II found by slight impedi
meut III his speech.
After much research it has been ~
far impossible TO discover genuine
Spanish bull, but here is a Dutch bull:
"'rhe pig had no marks on his ear
except a short tai"
And here Is German bull.
Der Xahu der Xeit, der ale Thraner
trocknet. wlrd auch uber desc Sacht
Gfas wachSen Iasstn' c"fhe tooth o
time, that wipes away all tears, viii
permit grass TO grow over this mat
ter also'D.
Blundcrs In English speech are no
uncommon The orthodox bull of Ire
land has scarcely crossed the channel
A fellow Of the Royal society speaks
Of the earthquake that had had TIL,
honor to be noticed by the Royal 80
ciety."
''The West Indies will now have ,
future which they have never had Il
the past sounds promising until on
sees that It's bullish quality Is a mer
blunder Ivy which the word 'opportuni
~" was omitted. There ia none Of tn
favor Of the famous definition of sal
by the Irish sfhoolboy, salt is tina
which makes your potatoes taste mast.
IL you don't put II in"
: Even the best Of the foreign bulls Il
Latin tongues evoke the suspicion tina
they are mere TRANSACTIONS from Iris
originals. The Dutch, the German
and perhaps the English may have tn
genuine article at times. No distinC
lively American bulls have emerge'