Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-29
gIyMAacKs FORTUNE
The GERMAN chaneslssr's Personal Essass-
flow re Nsseaees-
frr~-x.< -. 1foufhlv.I

How no moeseo
fIsrptr's Month,y.l
A. Prime Minister Of Prussia Bismarck
has no raiary, hut rs Chancellor OF the Ger
man Empire he receives 1900 marks flS,-
5ool per sunum. The remainder OF bis
income Is derived principally from landed
| nroperty, OF which he possesses consid-
cradle quantity. Owing, however, 70 tae
very low prices Of grain and timber, par
| ticularly Of late years. his receipts from
| this source are comparatively small. III
| Bismarck were simply nobiemau, OF evon
a count, he might be considered wealthy J
| but for prince he can only say
he Is moderately well or Down 10 1901
hts only landed property was scnon-
| hansen. In the Altmark, when eon.a'ns
about $500 acres OF generally exceIent
land. In 1867 be added to this the manor
OF Varzin. In Hinter Poneranla, when ne
purchased with the grant OF zOo,OyO thalers
| IseSS. OO0) voted 10 him by the Lanntsg'
| This estate, 10 which he subsequently add
ed the properties of Chorow ana eenh'z,
covers IN area OF about 10000 acres. IL
consists for The most part, however, OF
| roor land. some Of IL being scarcely ut
even to grow tirs. After the events OF
$50 dc Emperor, IN bis capacity OF Soye-
| IClUn DUkt VI t4tItHOHAH ~ Wv
| Cbanceller with the sachscnwald, lying In
the Schwartzenbeck district. not far IRON
Hamburg, and stretching down to the Elbe.
n had previously been Crown land, and
comprises an area OF about twenty thou
sand acres. covered for the most part
with magnificent beech forests. The Prince
has recently added to this estate, on which
there was neither arabic land nor resi-
dence Of any sort, the small properties OF
ccbonau and silt. These adjoin the west
erp boundary Of Sachsenwald, and were,
ly The way. By no means an advantageous
purchase. Some Of the timber Of the woods
at VarZip Is sold to three local paper-iIc-
tories. which are worked by the River
Wilmer. and that OF the Schwartzenbeck
forests is disposed OF TO large powder
mill. Yarzin and Tie SachseDwald, as well
as Schcnhausen, have the advantage OF
being close to 4 railway, and their products
can be brought readily and eheaply to
market. The residences on these tnreo
estates are neither particularly large nor in
any way magnitcently got up, bui they
are comfortably furnished. And Friede-
richsruLe. which the Prince has trans
formed from q clearinghouse for summer
visitors from Hamburg into sort OF man
sjon-bouse, Is, with its surrounding beech
and fr-trees aud its winding stream, q
really exquisite spot. The Sachsenwald.
with the two estates which are now united
With it, is probably worth about 3,000,0D
marks az, 600, 000L but the income derived
from il does not much exceed 100000
marks per snnum.
The Chancellor understands farming and
forcst-culture, and has achieved consider
able success in the management OF his
estate. AT Schonhausen he has planted 800
acres, partly with oak, and they are turn
ing ont well. At Varzin be has been oc-
cuyied in rcplaniing 2 large tract OF land
which was formerly beech wood, and
which his predecessor, from mistaken
idea as 10 the quality OF the soil,
had cleared for cultivation. And he has
had fir-trces planted on olhor parts
Of the estate, which previously were
waste or grew only sand-grass and
heather. The six estates which form
his little kingdom in the Pomeranian hill
country. aud which consist for the smaller
part O. arabic and pasture land, have been
rendered more productive by iudIciou'
management. A park has been laid out at
Friedrichsrubo, and the stream which flows
through il has been banked and cleared,
and if is now in contemplation 90 cut down
the oak wood on the right bank Of this
stream and 10 plant trees which viii be
less proludiciaily affected by the dampness
Of the soii.