, 1875-03-21

- oofAu !e%ter: Inc uF8t Time that one he&l
9 this extraordinary man he is struck with asto
!, Constituent at the contrast which exists betvee
bis organ Of speech and his phys1quo. Out
: his herculeau body and immense poitrine Issue
little thread Of hoarse and hardly perceps
Ole. The greatest silence must peryade Il
: chamber in order to hear him, and I
orator presents in speaking more curious spet
tacla He aaizes the nearest object With hi
! hight hand, passes it over hia left one manipu
lates IN a nervous manner huge pencil G
swans quill from which his pens are made Fo,
merly Bismarck had new pen for each day. bu
me porters Of the Reichstag sold them to En-
glsh souvenir-hunters.a and when the Prince foun
It out ne put an end to that species Of trattic
L he fails to find his pen when he begins hi
discourse be seizes uron his sciseors, or those O
bis secretary, or he graspa report or amend
meut, making it iu q roll, which he brandishe,
like baton. After the work OF hand hes,us tha
OF nus body commences He fairy pufTs witt
heat, Like steam engine. His head forms .
pc able to follow the lahorious working OF hie
| hraln. Every nerve Ia in acton. His 1oek
CLEANS with feverlsh brlllnncy.
!, Ih1s man evidently takes into consideration
the fuH value OF his discourse; be knows that
sent all o7er the world, aod that peace or var
| lies IN this province Of his speech. which NAV
! account Tor his total lack OF facility. He attacks
; phrase two or three times, reattacsipg it,
turn, turns aud returns it, seeking and feeling about
until be finds the exact repression of his
thoughts. By this means he says only Just What
! he wishes tos say He inte1sects bis phrases.
!: and sometimes his words, with sort Of disa-
greeab:e h1ccup. Yet with all these defects no
a. does Bismarck. One quickly forgets his uu-
attractive appearances in toe keen desire to hoar
what the orator has to say. In thought and style
he is almays admirable. The German Pariia~
mont never hears ANYTHING superior. He is ms
licious and lll-natured AZ one can BE- and ho pos
sesses to 8 supreme degree the accent Of dsdain
10 that ties his specially. He is fertile in
VII, committing even puns without winhng
Sometimes he evokes peals Of laughter, such ~
one only hears in tue Vallner Theatre when Hell
boa mots with the most careless manner
passs!s than us eve9 sss'Gas0"f e b., mora a. n af
as it not at all comprehendine What
he says. BE tflngs bis words, 40 to speak, On tbs
door instead Of in the air-to give the Chamber
the fun Of picking them up But the German
equities are nat always uiub1e III doing that
The most roEuish ones 81 q the signal for laugh
ter only after some seconds; the others taks it
Tor granted that something funny has happened
and the hllarity rises from bench to BEACH, even
up to the tribune OF the Journalists, who vent
did he say7"
The Chaucel1or's discourses are often enamel
Cd with quotations from Fl ench. Latin and even
Greek, for he kuo*a the classics. He has the
reputation in Germany Of putting into circuls-
ton. quotations sometimes unknown to sayants.
DlScours1ng, he drinks enormously Of sugared
watef-at least dozen glasses an hour On |
"held days, when the session Is unusually !!
stormy. he drinsa double that number.
QUEEN ISABELLA AND DAUGHTER. I
Paris letter: The Opera House Was crowded |
With the very creme de Ia creme Of Par:sian
society. Queen isabella, Of Spain, aud her
laughter, the Countess Girgenti, occupied ons
II the prcsceuium boxes. Her Majesty has
aste for very light coIors and youthful styles IN
[ress. which, considering that she is growing
i'd and is immensely stout, shows that she does
ot pay much attention to the fitness Of things
eneralls. She bad On on this OCCASION = dress
air. The Countess Girganti was in
hita puffed tule. with scarlet scarf
I'D transversely ACROSS the bust and .
astened on the shoulder with scarlet rosette.
be had on superb necklace composed OF 1--WE
'ws Of large pure pearls, which fell nearly 10
er waist. The Countess ls as thin as her Roya! :
amma ts {at and As cross-lookiug as Queen F,
'aoe!la is good-natured looking. Rumor wtis- {
ars that she POSSESSES q perfectly diabolical =
rtupata Count Grgeun into committing sui u
de. Queen Isabella. on the contrary, ia uni :
'rsallv credited With grea. geuiality Of dispog-
IN and k'ndlinesa Of heart Notwithstanding her l,
'culiar code Of morality. N. B.-spell that lat
r word With an i'm It is said that there ara "
gotations pending for the marriage Of Ring =
fonso with his cousin the Princess Mercedes, u
q daughter OF Duke De AIontpensier. She is ! "
u, MISUNDERSTANDING girl, with very lung =,
"a, plain as pikesta1, bat reported to be (as a.
usual when girls are undeniaoly ugly, be they 81
incesses or plebiana) are mArkably agreeable Ct
d intelligent girl. =,
THE FRENCH PRINCE IMPERIAL. st
London Times, Feb. II: Yesterday'a feld-day q
distribution Of pr1zes to the Woolwich cadets es
,ueht the ca1eer Of tho roung Prince Louis NJ
po1eon at the ROYAL Military Academy to nr
SO in a manner extremely honorabis u Il. nl
perial Hghness and most gratifying to al nj
0 have watched his progress during the last an a..
years. The first class OF gentlemen cadets
, for commissions IN the Royal Engineers aud III
Tal ARTILLERY we're thirty three in number, and IL
oug these Corporal His Hishness the Priuce ha
,eria1 passed seventh in order of merit and be-
I'D, bad he chosen to take it, bave bad the az
Engineers or Royal :Art,llery-n free Va. va
Of choice reserved for cadets ia ; fni
first fight OF the thirty or forty Liz,
may pass the examination. Whether wei
'riuce or as msre gentleman cadet, His High viii
ember that be Vas handicapped at starting by iitt
* Of the prepal atlon necessary for the Wool mn
/ course OF study aud by IN imperfect ac- hn
ntanca with the language in which he was to r
aught. He Was also eleven months younger two
the average age Of the Commission Class, 1gt
His Imperial Htghness came out Fat
nth 10 the general list, and we are informed Mr.
10 mathematics he passed sixth, and seventh hnr
'ortifcation and in artillery. His ohysical wae
ats seem to have also developed to q point a r.
q the average, for ia gymnastics he ranks mio
, and In Workmanship first. In this last - II
nplshmene, indeed, be- hsd the advantage tuT
arlY training, On tbs Monday night, after f;nc
usual ball, the Prince had to undergo r. @e
rdeal Of "chairing," with which the cadets cnnl
farewell! Of the most popular membe1s Of fon,
Class. an
THE WickEDNEss OF BEARD. hn,
Rim correspondence Of ths London Teze- tbor
l.: Germany is, on the whole, . country OF her
nal liberty Is regards the adjustment OF her
md beard. In this respect. everv man, Is D.
erd rule be he soldier, lawyer, magistrate, oee.
r, or tailor. ia allowed and exercises his full NH
OF private judgment without .ny sort Of lit;i.
ference from above. But Herr Consistorial- NJ
Hege1 son to the great philosopher, has com
ed that the line must be drawn sou,oghere Wnse