The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-08-02

| Prince Bismarck will. ~ usual 49,.
with flying colors out OF this Concrnase
dis influence has been Irresistible H.
mas presided over the deliberations with
. rod Of iron, and yet NO one has been
able to take oflense, and no one has "a
ceived any cause OF complaint, unless /,
DO the poor Turks. Whenever thew ~.
tempt TO object, the Prince turns TO then,
with the air Of one who Is amazed !.
their presumption. and asks them what
they mean by claiming this or that. after
signing away every thing they had under
the treaty Of San Stefano. ola not th;s
your signatureP" he says, "and does Il
not give away all your territory. down
to the very gates Of Constantinoplep
What can you be thinking OF, then. n
interfere with these good gentlemen
here, who At great Inconvenience ~
themselves are trying to get back some
thing for youP For Heavens sake, show
little gratitude, and let Us hear no
more from you" This Is the line he
invariably takes, and the Turks are 81
lent, not having, in reality, any thing TO
say against so practical an argument.
The treaty Of San Stefano made Turkey
bankrupt; the only thing to be done
now Is 10 put the estate in the way n
pay dividends at some future time.
Again. Prince Bismarck will allow No
useless talk from any quarter what a
pity he can not preside over the House
Of Representatives at Washington. or
the House Of Commons ut Westminster
He stands no nonsense. The moment
any serious controversy is begun he says,
/" Gentlemen, we will adjourn for today.
Better talk this matter over out of doors.
Agree among yourselves, and then come
back here. Adjourned till tomorrow.
Lord Beaconsfield will you come home
and take family dinner with me-leg
OF mutton and potatoes. Don't dress
This Is literally what goes on. Lord
Beaconsfield has been asked twice TO a
family dinner and requested not to dress.
Suppose the great Premier sits down in
his shirt sleeves, the weather being hot
and stuffy In Berlin. Who would not give
something to hear, fully and frankly, the
opinions of these two men with regard
to each otherP But the day Is pretty
sure to come when we shall hear ali
about 1t. The Englishman is doubtless
taking notes-what man who has ever
been ''in literature" could help doing
SOP The Prussian will leave some rec.
ord of this Congress behind him. All
that have heard at present il that Bis
marck Is immensely taken with "Diz-
zy," and says he is the only man he has
met for some years really worth talking
TO. That may be partly because the
said "Dizzy" so seldom docs talk that
when he unbosoms himself he is really
worth listening to. tits an odd thing,
but 1t Is true, that no one in London
can really be said to know this strange
lonely sort Of man who has placed him
self at the head of the English Govern
ment. He has no confidants and few
personal friends. asked q gentleman
who ought to know him well whether
he talked much to him. ssHe never talks
20 any body" said he; sometimes, per
maps, to Monty Cory, but only on mat
ers Of business. He will not dine out,
y rule, and when he does 90 any
where, the chances are that he will not
Jay much" A man, one might have
after Carlyle's own heart,bu
carlyle detests him. There he is, how
'ver, the central figure in English pub
ic life. With all his boldness and con-
idence, however, it was dangerous
experiment. to 60 to Berlin. Even at
he eleventh hour some hitch may occnr
which will leave every thing where 1t
vas before the Congress assembled. He
nay have to return with nothing gained,
othing settled. What will become
hen Of his ''prestigeP" Not even his
thickness Of invention or his immense
exterity would save him. Few men,
eeing the risk plainly before them,
Iould have dared to face it.-Nsw York