The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-11-03
A RIVAL OF DON JUAN.
TALE OF CAMPS. AND COURTS

guishea war correspondent Of the
London Neacs, now on lecturing
tour IN this country, made his first
appearance before an American au
dience in New York city, on the
night Of the 18th inst. Mr.. Forbes
is described as an imposing speci-
men Of magnificent manhood, being
over elk fee, in height. a giant 10
stature as we'll as in intellect, With a
face beamIng with the kindliest good
humor His manner Of speaking is
said to be graphic and full of earn
estpess. Mr.. Forbes began his lee
ture by announcing that he had been
engaged in "the trade Of war cores.
pendent" for ten years. From. the
New York World we take the follow
ing account Of a passage in his high
~ entertaining narrative:
"Mr. Forbes said he had come to
talk Of crowned heads. and should
begin a. once. By few telicilously
turned sentences he set his audience
down 10 q little Belgian hotel. 1t
was the night after the battle of Sc
dan. He was making the best sup
per possible under the circumstan ces
when there entered with heavy
tread a solemn visagcd but kcen-eyed1
soldier. who sat down a. a nelghbor.
ing table and called for eggs, ba. on
and a few sardines. This was Prince
Bismarck. Mr.. Forbes was known
To him and was given a hint to- be
stirring early IN the morning. "It
was past ] O'clock" said the lectur.
er, ''when he drank his last glass Of
champagne with Us, but before the
chimes struck six that morning i
saw Prince Bismarck mounted and
ready for journey. He was cool
and had the appearance Of a. man
whose rest had been unbroken. Up
on a dusty road l saw advancing
from the direction In which Prince
Bismarck rode a. carriage. The
Prince drew rein, dismounted and
approaching the carriage, from
window OF which protruded a leaden
face Of a man in suffering,
entere'. aud in company with the
man Of the leaden face was driven to
the door of a weaver's cottage that
stood. by the roadside. At this
place Prince Bismarck and
Ill aIighted. / stood by a
wall within sound of the voice Of
Bismarck as, from time to time, in
his conversation with his leaden.
faced and detected companion, it was
raised above whisper. Bismarck's
long fore, finger was frequently raised
and brought down forcibly upon the
palm of his left hand. Meanwhile
upon the dusty road long lines Of
Prussian troops we're tramping past
the weaver's cottage, asking Of one
another, Where is this Napoleon1'
The conversation ended, and Bis
marck rode away. Napoleon, smok-
ing cigarette after cigarette, paced
the walk in front Of the cottage.
What food for thought! The proud
est monarch of his time cooling his
heels at a weaver's cottage while a
Prussiau officer gallops away to a
Prussian King for orders as to his
disposal.
Giving his hearers hardly time to
comprehend in all its details. the ex-
cellent and graphic picture which he
had drawn, Dir. Forbes said:
During the past ten years
1t has fallen to my lot to
make seven distinct campaigns-five
in Europe, one in Asia and one in
Africa. During these years l haze
visited India three times; had a ..alk
with King Theebau in the ca,,;,tal 81
native Burmab; seen St. Petersburg
gay and St. Petersburg sad; looked
in on Mr.. Stanley at Zanz,bar: eaten
"a Christmas dinner at the head OF
the Khyber Pass; had fever in Ne.
paul, on the Danube, in Cyprus and
in Zululand; been wounded twice; .
prisoner in at least half q dozen diff.
ferent countries, and once half killed