Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-06-01
THE GREAT MAN OF EUROPE.
The Appearance and Speeches of Bis
marck.

A recent Berlin letter gives the
following account Of this eminent
German:
Bismarck is an immensely large
man. When he goes through one of
the doors of the chamber he fills the
whole space, and must stoop beside.
He is tall, straight and well proper
toned. His broad shoulders and
full breast bespeak an immense
force. He is not fat (where a Ger
man ought to be fat but his cheeks
are so fat as to almost close his
eyes, though since the war he seems
to have grown little thinner. He
has large head, which is bald on
the top 1.-THE comic papers invaria-
bly, represent him with three hairs J,
and on the sides has a little short
half-gray hair, which is in marked
contrast with his full white mus
tache. His nose is rather Shorthand
his eyes embedded under a heavy
brow. His face is almost as white
as his mustache, and is full of Wig
orous expression. When he sits
he commonly leans forward, as If
just ready to get up; and those por-
traits of him appear most natural
which represent him in this position.
His only joint would seem to be in
his loins; for his back and neck are
always kept straight. He is COM
monty in uniform, and his coat shines
all over with bright buttons and
brilliant badges. He is man that
any one would pick ont of crowd
as leading character. When he
enters the chamber every eye is
turned to him and many show him
special marks of honor; so that his
first movements on entering are to
politely return these signs ofrespect,
both to the members, of the Reich
stag and to visitors. For,as often
as he has already appeared in the
Reichstag, the general curiosity to
see him has never abated, so that
everybody must look when Bismark
comes. He always sits at the Min
ister's desk, and seems to pay little
attention to the debate, though he is
always ready to speak. His speech
es are generally short, and always
90 direct to the point. One need
never wait long to know what he il
going to talk about, or what view he
is going to take on the matter. His
speeches sparkle with strong, bold
points, and he is always interesting
His voice is rather high and broken
and is not very strong. He hal
mumbles his words, and, from hi'
fast speaking, is often little indis
tinct. He gesticulates but little,a ,ant
swings his body slightly backward
and forward while speaking. WheI
he rises all the noise of the chambe
at once subsidies and everybody lis
tens with great attention, though
during most of the speeches th'
members carry on their conversation
as if the Reichstag were not in ses
sion. He speaks often, writes
deal. and is much engaged with dif
ferent persons in conversation. All
ter the session Is adjourned he i
the last to leave the chamber, TO
he seems to have business with a
most everybody. Very often he i
called from his place during tn
session to wait on some message o
messenger in the ante-room. L
give an idea of the immense amour
of work that Bismarck performs,
might mention that, in an official re
port lately made of the letters issue'
from the bureau which accompanle
him to the field, the monthly averag
was over 1000 reaching in Januar
to 1850. These, if not fully writ
ten or dictated by him, were yet re
quired to pass under his supervision
He is much aided in his work
present by the powerful Chancelo
: officials which he has assemble
f around him, at the head of which
, that head of bureaucrats, MIR. DE
bruck.''