The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-24

lowed Bts1.rck 10 walt In HE snteohsmber an hour,
and On his entering at last. asked him sbruptly:
"what do you want Z"
To which Bismarck replied:
~ came here TO beg for leave Of absence, and now
demand leave 10 resign"
Bismarck is good writer as we'll, and has con.
tributed many articles on political topics to the
Rrsusseitun0, the Prussian Conservative organ. His
letters abound with humorous pictures and keen
hits. Commenting on the dinner he sat down TO In
email country town, he says;
That the MUD may not envy the palate q lady
ance Oils me with sorrow and ionsings Tor
home for she reminds mo OF the pepper
Of kniophof when it is very thin. Her mind must
be heavenly, OF tate was very unjust to her. for she
offers me, In sweet voice, Two helpings from every
dish betote her Opposite sts the old minister
one OF those beings we only behold In dreams when
we are .omnolently III; fat frog without legs, who
opens his mouth before every morsel like CARPET:
TO hold on to the table for giddiness. MY other
neiglbor IL n Russian ofhccr: good fellow. built
like bootjack, with q long, slender body, and
short crooked legs"
Bismarck's sarcasm was at one time vented In er-
oessivc quantities on the dipomatists whose ac-
quain,ance he forming. In 1851, the FIRST year Of
his ambassadorshp in Frankfort, he wrote:
1.-THE PEOPLE here worry themselves about the
mcrest trfcs and these diplomatists, with their i'm
portant nothings already appear 10 me more ridicu
lous than deputy of tile Second Chamber In his full
blown dignity. Unless outward events take place
and those we clever members Of the Diet can
neither guide nor predetermine-we now know sc-
eurately what we shall have done in one,
about in twenty four hours, II the others would for
single day be reasonable and truthful. I never
doubted that tlev all made soup with water; but
see siobuie Of fs,, sstonishes me Send me jus
tiee x or Herr Won Zsrsky hither from the toll gate
" In diplomacy with them. | am making enormous
progress In the art OF saying nothing in great
read as ierscly and rounay as leading articles and
Manteuel can say what there is in them after he
has read them, lie can do more than can"
Bismarck, as an orator, lie anything but admirable.
His delivery is slow, hesitatine and monotnous, his
voice hard and dry, his choice OF words poor. But
OF times when bis feelings sufficiently reused to
clear his thoughts quickly and drive him regardless
OF danger through his sentences as a man will
times spring safely ashore the ice that Is break
| Ing beneath him, Bismarck becomes q vigorous
| and effective speaker.
For the soldiers he had always a son Ia hi1
heart Through all his career he has regarded as OF
the hghes, importance the maintenance Of the army
in the best possible condition At FIRST It was need
ed for protection against Austria, and now against
| France; and inasmuch as he thinks his soldiers SO
| necessary to the country, he treats them well No
disabled veteran has been denied access to him
| For neutrality-suspicious. friendship-he does not
| appear 10 nave much room IN us nature. lie mas
| friends. but they to admire him more than he
| to love them. I he man, however, who becomes his
| enemy is unfortunate, for Bismarck remember
| offence.
He was always a great horseman aud sports
| man. Riding he learned at early age from
his father, and he turned 1t to good advantage after
re had grown up; but in hunting he delights. In
| one OF his letters he writes:
This morning killed SO pheasants, Is hares, and
| one kniinckel; and yesterday eight stays and two
| moufious l am quite lame In hand and cheek from
| shooting"
| That he Is a GOOD horseman one can easily SEQ
from this book, for In a dozen cuts or thercabout,
| We Hnd him horseback. lie il besides de
| picted in every other imaginable situation, from
reading a newspaper TO making an elegant bow tc
lady visitors. Every third page contains an iustra
ton sometimes ofthe most trivial Incidents 1t is pos
sib!e, how ever, that the Illustrations were made
numerous in order to tighten as far possible tn
style Of the biosrapher, whom his translator. Mr.
Mackenzie, calls "a writer wi assumes too much
and hiGes his own very small personality, possess
ing personal courtesy, behind weighty cloudines
and the permission TO copy Bismarck's CORE
| sIondence."