Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-12-14
BEERY OLD BISMARCK.
some Choice Extracts from Doctor
BuSch's RO0k-A Pf0us
Old Soul who Hates
Fremchmen.
Shooting Poultry for His Roys.

New York Herald.
With particular delight Busc
enumerated the immense quantitit
of wine and beer consumed by tn
Chancellor and his trusted serVant
From his university days at Gotter
gen Bismarck was ever copiou
drinker, and enjoyed relating hi
astonishing feats in drinking, az
complished as 'corps 6,a'Sche,
and regretted that the old practic
of diplOmatists to intoxicate thei
cO-plenipOtentiarieS previous to i'm
pOrtant negotiations had gone ou
of use. If the custom still existe
Bismarck would no doubt rarel
find his match. He is never partiC
ular in the choice of his beverages
Rhine wine, claret and Burgund,
vary with champagne, brandy, Gu
racoa and other fine liqours. Beer
neld responsible by the ChancelIo
for a certain lassitude i'm the Ger
man people, was somewhat scare
at Bismarck's headquarters. On
the whole, he preferred porter mixeC
| with champagne to German beer
No small part of Busch's reminis
cences is filled with descriptions O
the eating and drinking at Bis
marck's table. To judge from thu
menu of the 23d of December, pre-
served by Busch, the Chancellor haC
no reason to complain of the poor,
ness of his fare, for on that day
onion soup, with port wine; wild
boar, with German beer; Irish
stew, with Rhenish wine; turkey
and sweet cheStnuts, with cham
pagne at discretion, were served.
The dessert consisted of pudding
and "exquisite" apples and pears.
BISMARCK AT RoTHsCHILD's CHA
TEAR.
AT Ferrieres, Rothschild's sum-
mer residence, where Bismarck, as
Prussian Minister in Paris, had fre-
quently been guest, he was furious
at the meannesS with which the
Emperor and himself were treated
by the rich bankers na0itre dhoteL.
His Majesty had given orders that
no damage should be done to the
premises and the adjoining park
and gardens. The steward, aware
of these instructions, refused Bis
marck's demand for supply of fine
wines for the dinner. The Chan
celIOr, indignant at this effrontery,
summoned the servant to his room,
and there inquired if he knew what
Il straw bundle was. The steward
became alarmed and replied in the
negative, whereupon Bismarck in
formed him that such a thing was
used to fasten obstinate stewards
upon, previous to administration of
a sound thrashing. This admOni-
ton had the desired effect, for
hencefOrth the best wines were
forthcoming. Numerous similar
some of them of them of
even appalling seriousness, might be
extracted from Busch's reminiscent
ces. They prove the truth of the
general belief that the Chancellor is
really man of blood and iron lex
cept in the matter of eating); en-
tirely void of pity or compassion.
This hatred of the French was
nearly demoniac, and was fostered
not only by his encourage, but also
by his wife at home. The Countess,
afraid lest her husband should be
deprived of the Bible in shameless
France" sent him the Old and New
Testament, that he might read in
the Psalms "that the Wicked-viz.,
the French-should perish by the
sword"
BARBARITY OF BISMARCK.
In his description of the battle :
Sedan, Bismarck said 81 suddenly
an. agreeable smell of
roasted onions. The Odor came
rom Bazeilles, where the Bavari-
ans, on being attacked by the villa !
gers, had opened fire on them, and |
set the whole place on aames." He |
'OrgOt to mention that at this dread |
'ul catastrophe some human beings |
we're burned alive. His olfactory |
nerves must be very sensitive. |
During the bombardment of Paris |
dissatisfied withthe mere |
that some parts of |
he capital were in flames, was de- !
irOus to have ga scent of the confia-
rration." Jules Favre, in first nego-
iations foran armistice, complained
If shells having been thrown from
he Prussian batteries on the asy-
um for the blind. am quite sur
Irised," the Chancellor coolly re-
,lied, sat your remonstrauces. You
ire much worse; you shoot our
and healthy men,"
rhiers once debated on his perilcus
position in Paris. "Why," said
he Chancellor, "incite revolt now
hat you have the army at your
disposal, and then crush it by brute
Orce." On casually mentioning
his counsel to his amanuensis in
he evening, he observed: "Thiers
OOked at me quite aghast, as if GO
ng to say, Oh, how sanguinaryv"
And yet, it is only a few weeks
ince we heard in England of the
of Russians in firing into
he city of Rustchuk.
ANDTHE CROWN PRINCE.
Subsequently the Prince is intro
Iuced as addressing the Crown
'rince in this wise:
"a few days ago | came home at
late hour, when the sentinel re-
used to let me enter my quarters.
noticed the man was a Pole, and
him in Polish at once
btained admission. Yesterday |
ried to speak Polish to some SOL
iers in the hospital. who were de-
ighted at a General conversing in
heir native tongue. 1t is a pity l
id not know enough to go on. 1t
night be advisable for the Com
nander-in-Chief to talk to these
1en occasionally in Polish"
The Crown Prince smiled and re-
lied:
"Well, Bismarck, you are constant
Y harping upon the same string, to
| ought to learn Polish.
But shall certainly not do So"
To which Bismarck responded:
"The Poles your Royal Highness,
re good soldiers and excellent men.
NE only parties hostile to us in our
'olish districts are the clergy and
he nobility, with their field hands.
7he independent peasants never de-
Jared, against us, despite all insti-
ations of the clergy. ! remember
hat once during an P73ieofe our
'Oiish regiments had to be with
raWn from POSen because of acting
ruelly toward their own kith and
lin. At fair in Northeast Pom
nerania, likewise. a Cassubian not
Ong since got up 4 fight with
ierman because the latter presumed
0 called him :'Pollak. The man
would not be Pollak, but insisted
hat he was Prussak, as sound as