The Grange advance., 1874-06-17
OLD GRAVEYARD.
The German Chancellor Going
About IncosnltO Against HIS
Will.
From the St. Louis Republican I

Bismarck is certainly man Of many
troubles. His present trouble is that no
body knows him no more. The white
beard that has grown over his whole face,
and tie wig that covers the badness OF
his head, have rendered him so unrecog1i
zable that the Berl:ners pass him by ia the
s!ree:s without touching their hats, aud
his bes! friends cut him in an exasperating
manner.
The first time after his illness that he
wanted to take walk ia his garden, he
gardener hurried up to him and told b: m
roughly to cls a" out; and be quick abou. i
as that p]sce was reserved tor the special
use Of the Prince In vain Bismarck tried to
convince the men that he was himself ;
the gardener replied that that sta emenl
was altogether too thin, and shut the door
on him. Walking out on the street, where
he expected to be congratulated upon all
sides by the populace upon his recovery,
he was annoyed to see everybody hurry
past him with perfect it difference. Could
it be possible That during his illness he re-.
ally had ceased to be Bismarck and had
changed into common ci.;zen-a butcher,
baker or caruleslick-make,? After about
fifteen minutes walking man finally step.
ped up to him. Bismarck nreathed easier.
Surely, thought ne, here is a good fellow
who wants to congratulate me. But the
good fellow merely asked: II say, old fe!-
low, do you want to make trade to-day %
The Lord High Chancellor turned away in
disgust. A dandifed-lock Individual
drew near: "Please lend me your cigar for
light, Mr.. Miller" But my name is
dot Miller, am Bismarckl' cried the in
oignant Prince. "Ho, ho," laughed the
ather, pointing to his forehead; Il sup.
pose there is something wIoag here with
you this morning. In despair the Chan.
cellor turned to the hall, where tie Reich
stag was in session. The doorkeeper stop.
ped him ''Ticke,?' Oh bahl Don't
you know me, you fool p cried the
PRICE, now thoroughly vexed. "Thy,
I'm Bismarck u Look here, old chap,
that won't do; and you had better be civ.
Ill lguess ought to know Bismarck by
this time.'' There was no use arguing
any longer with the man; and thoroughly
ashamed with himself, Bismarck turned
away, aud making desperate resolve, en-
tered photographers gallery and accos:-
sdi the artist: "Lotk here; I am Bis.
marck, and no one wants 10 believe it, be-
cause, suppose, ny sickness has changed
my looks a little. Now l want you to
take my likeness, and have one thousand
photographs struck off with my name
printed below, and send some to every
shop in the city for exhibition and SALE"
The photographer who thought he had to
deal with lunatic, deemed it prudent to
honor his patron, aud took the likeness,
promising TO have the photographs ready
by tomorrow, and send the bill to the
Chancellor's Office. Somewhat restored
in peace Of mind the Prince went home
but he had no more than left the shop
when the artist carefully erased the pic
ture from the negative. He was not going
to get himself into difficulties with so iras.
chile man as the Lord High Chancellor of
the German Empire by selling bogus pho.
tographs Of Prince Bismarck.