The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-09
DAILY INTELLICENCER.
Wednesday, October 8. 1873.
From Blsckwood's Magazine.

From Blsckwoods Magazine.
He is Il powerful man. That is
what strikes At once every one ~ho sees
him for the first time. He is very tall,
and Of enormous weight, but not IN
calmly. Every part OF bis gigantic
frame is we'll proportioned--the large.
round head and MASSIVE neck. the
broad shoulders and the vigorous lin bs.
He is now more than sixty-three, and
the burden be has had to besr has been
unusually heavy; but though bis step
has become slow and ponderous. be
carries his bead bigh-looking down
even on those who are - tall as him
self and his figure il still erect.
During these latter years. he has suffer-
cd frequent and severe bodily pain,
but no one could look upon him az all
old man, or - one to be pitied. %
the contrary. everybody who sees him
feels that Prince Bismarck is still in
possession of immense physical power.
Photography has made his features
known to oil. II il . strange face,
which would attract attention any
where, even il We did not know that it
belonged to man whose doIpgs nave
changed our modern world. 1t is .
face never TO be forgotten-by no
means handsome. but still less an
ugly one. It wss remarkably bright.
full Of humor. of merry mischief even.
in days long gone by. It has now be-
como serious, almost solemn, with an cx-
preston Of unHinching energy and dar-
ing. The bald round forehe.d-sn oh :
jsct Of sdmirstion for the phfenologist
lis Of the quite extraordinary dimIn-
sions; the large. prominent, blue eyes,
seem % il they could look into the sun
without blinking. They are not quick
they wander slowly from one object
to another; but when they rest on .
human countepsnce they become 20 in
tensely inquiripg that some people,
when they have 10 undergo this search
ing look, feel uneasy, and all, even Bis.
marck's equals or superiors, are made
aware that they are in the presence Of
. man with whom II would be wise to
play fsir. - be would probably dis
cover the subtlest trick. His thick,
we'll sst eyebrows are singulArly long
and shaggy, and they add not . little
to the stern and at times somewhat
fierce expression Of his countenance.
The nose 10 of ordinary size-not as
long perhaps, - might be expected
from the rest of the face; the chin is
large and massive. Prince Bismarck
has said Of himself, that he was the
best hated man in Europe He has,
indeed, many furious enemies in various
parts If the world; in his own country.
to begin with. among the Particulsrists,
the Catholics. and tho Socialists, and
sgsin ut Rome, in Austria. and in
France. He has not often been heard
to complain OF this; still, bright in
tcllect can not possess the knowledge OF
such fact without being ssddcned by
it. Prince Bismarck 10 by no means q
light-hearted man. Sorrow and care
have taken up their abode with him
They throw . shadow ON his brow. and
make themselves felt in the sound oil
his voice, and in the frequent bitterness,
Of his hesitating speech. He is nc
longer young; he fully realizes that tho
best part of his life is gone. that hi!
best battles have been fought; and
maybe IN his inner heart there IL feel
ing that. while he hos achieved much
for the greatness Of his country, he hss
done but little for his own happiness
Sometimes. whom he il sitting among
his personal and intimate friends he
has, besides his family, some Eve or six
of these-free from all restraint,
smoking his long pipe. pstting the head
Of his huge dog, attending liStlessly to
. conversation going on around him in
subdued tones. there passes over his
oool face . something like . transparent
veil. behind which his hard features re-.
lax and take an unlocked for expression
OF wistful sadness. After oil, Otto von
Bismarck. . child Of the Marches,
where his family has been known since
the thirteenth century. 10 . thorough
German. Though one OF the most mat
ter-of-fact men the world has svsI
known. he carries within his breast q
hidden vein Of deep feeling; and tina,
feeling ID certainly not tho Kind which
eivss breath TO morbid sentimcutality
and Il Is difficult to believe that youne
Bismarck ever addressed his complain
ings to the moon, still it enables him Il
feel kesuly all that sensible heart ha,
to endure during the passage through
life.