Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-21
BISMARCK IN IRONS.
He Puts Dynamite in His Pipe and
Becomes Reckless.
ne Welcomes a Reporter and Dig
cusSes Various Important Sub
jects The american Hog
Fires the Great Warrior.

JcctS - Ihe american HOE
Fires the Great Warrior.
New York Journal.
A reporter Of The Journal walked up to
the high front stoop Of Prince Bismarck's
palace, in Mitrailleuse strasse, Bombshell
place, Berlin. He rang the door bell three
times. Mrs Bismarckcame to the door, and
with low courtesy of apology said she had
been busy making pies. She had rolling-pin
IN her hand. hereporter, bowling politely,
asked:
els Biz ing'
'1n hisiihrary. looking at new township
and road map Of France If you are a news
paper reporter, walk right in, for ne viii be
delighted to see you"
The pleased reporter walked through the
wide hail to the princes library a door
straight ike bristles lay In front of the door.
busted his shoes. Then he jumped over the
mat and grabbed the door knob The door
swung open, and he aiighted, unframed, in
the room.
Prince Bismarck sat at an iron writing
desk. He was reclining half indofently, as if
he were enjoying a space Of rest, in cast
iron easy chair. He had been penning some
military dispatches from an inkstand filed
with blood. He had a pen, also, which was
fountain" filed with blood. His manuscript
was held down by ffteen-inch shell. A
thousand-t ton rifle ball held down some sheets
Of foolscap on which he had been writing
poetry, as delicate paper weight for light
verses. He wore on his head an iron helmet
of huge size, which came down over his ears
His iron crown hung on ten-penny nail
driven into the wall He had on Bessemer
steel waistcoat, a nickel-plated cravat and a
pair Of light copper-ined trousers. He wore
fourteenth century steel gloves, with eight
rivets. He appeared q man of prodigious
size, and as he sat back on his great iron
chair looked like the old god Thor, clad in
mail, taking a quiet breathing space after a
three-minute- round with some other god.
The princes mustache, long said to be of
wire, is of iron, terminating in barbed points
like those on the ends of the. Uhlan's spears.
His eyebrows are wire; he has no hair, but
wears a wig made of bayonets, which are
scarcely noticeable when they lie down, but
give him terrible appearance when in his
moments of excitement or anger they rise up.
Perhaps the most singular feature in the
princes personnel is the iron wart on his
nose. In fact, he was in irons. He had a
gabion for a wastebasket 1t was principally
filled with copies of The Republique- Fran
caise and French papers of a similar tone.
His large bookcase was flied with books
bound in iron. They were chiefly military
encyclopedias, and works treating of fortifi-
cations and sieges Everywhere iron and
blood; and in a medicine-chest were even
sarsaparilla and iron which he was to use for
his blood.
The reporter presented his compliments to
the prince and quietly asked him if he had
seen in the last issue of The Pumpernickel
Gazette that the peace of Europe was men
aced.
81 have read it twice." said the prince,
"and it gives me great uneasiness. nee
not say that the articles in The Pumpernicke
Gazette have long guided the cabinets OF
Europe. The paper 'sorecasts French policy
with great prescience. An armed stronghold
and base of supplies in Anam. A military
road over Sthe Himalaya mountains. Ger
many attacked in the rear. That is the
scheme which The Pumpernickel Gazette with
so much astuteness lays bare and exposes, :"
said the prince filing his pipe with tobacco
and gunpowder and lighting it with gun.
cotton fuse.
"What paper are you from?" asked Bis
marck though srlphuric cloud.
''The New York Morning Journal"
The prime minister laughed. That is the
only daily paper 1 read. When Russia
threatens or France annoys me pick up a
copy of The Morning Journal and quickly
forget the cares Of state"
The reporter glanced around the room and
saw file of The Morning Journal next to
the princes arm chair. Other New Yorl;
papers there were in the room. One was
used to wrap up soap in another contained a
backing brush. A third was pinned up to
the east window to keep out the sun, and still
others were used in more various ways.
'1s Russia going to move its icebergs down
to its southeast provinces to freeze the people
out of Germany!'
eyes; but we are going to lay steam pipes
along our Russian frontier to blow the
Cossacks up. think steam heating COM
pany would make the best line of frontier
defense in the world"
'tHow are German products and manu-
features selling in foreign marketsg'
every well. We have exported million
more tons of Limburger cheese this spring
than ever before Our sausage product this
year will quite equal 100000 yards. We
are getting along prosperously.
''Do you import largely?
eyes; but that denotes that we have
plenty Of money to spend. Our exports ex-
coed our Imports
''How about the American hog?'
Bismarck's eyebrows rose up about six
inches. His bayonet hair bristled all over
his head and his helmet jumped four or five
feet into the air and fell to the floor. In an
excited manner he filed his pipe with dyna-
mite.
''The impudent American hog" said the
prince, Coming here to decrease our popula-
ton. Hook upon an American ham as more
dangerous than barrel of dynamite We
send you the finest of our emigrants. In ex-
charge you send US hogs. Our ships go over
laden with golden-haired daughters, and stall.
wart sons Of Germany. They come back
loaded with granting swine. believe hogs
are an invention of the French, and this whole
scheme Of introducing diseased pork into
Deutchland looks to me like a vigorous