Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-03
PRINCE BISMARCK.
characteristics of the Man Who Rules the
German Empire.

German Empire.
The Chancellor is not avar;cious, but
he is a Pru>sian, m t',e Pantheon icS-
timed TO generous PruSSians is known
To be still waiting for lis first CUES,
1t lout beinr avar' oils, he is as fond
Of order, economy aud regularity as the
E.r,a Frederick, and enters into details
ut housekeeping TO which one would
ma nra'ly suppose him Il stranger
have lie ri HIM r',at :, with the !roa
huinor charac ers;:c of him, that onr OF
his former wallets had begged him for
lease OF an inn Oh HIS pr1p 'r;y Var
IN. ~ soon /; ) he became tn ten
AM, >ad B.Smarci. ''of TIE inn
winch u-cd 10 We d 2.0jJ marks. he b.
too hins If. in h, capacity Of my "X-
va';t. 80 the u y o:p,litics. He sub
s'r't,'l = all k!nl> % 'wSpap IS. and
p"N'e his time sitting a largc arm
cha + atm. thrm. VII II GU ST, ar
~ Il nc II. acd them in,Ul ntly for ais
:ur3:nr ham. IL. soon fell INTO q Sr,.-
pu," IL >urly landi, /. an | travel; l.,
to"t clle not 10 'nt'r III ipp. He roA
rr.4> srarr J., ,noaE h t, BAY for h's
W>pap"rs. As % :nNs' If. | shall have
t. cv'ct him. + r re h:.- lons ceased TO
pay b 5 Rent. An! ynu could see tha
the loss of the rca, aflicc ei him. Ye
the tome WAS no, that of q miser. bu
that of disc II ci at having his calcu'a
tioLs Gerangcr!.
Prime Bi inarck leah a very me no l.
in.I Ii, -, in .
no event is al wei 10 IN crfere with il
regularly. H., grand dinners ar
abundant. W.T. math III tt;cal H,iili-
ci"n"v, witi.o:it s:int or waste. His
daily meals are those of "ool fmil>
burrlrr, and the ,crYantI ar mi tho H.
cal. attentive and silent. None of hi
nous .hol ever commits the mi>t.ik. ui
, speaking at III. t,.b!r before the master
| OF the oIs,. has, So 20 speak. .clilN
| gwen him lcar.. All wait TO Il
| whrther the Prince is in y conytrs l.
tional mood, and wncn he is pleased 10
| speak all are hu,hcd. not to lose onc oi
his words. To this, i'll part, is du' the
| larr.. nunhrr of words, anecdotes apd
d alor,l,s attributed TO him, for il has
already long ben customary for his
| lite lcr> 10 treasure up every word h,
utt"rs.
Onr of the Prince, characteristics i.
his love for large dog. which II,
makes his constant companion and
| feed, himself n dor. for iit, me . lik,
the one that So telr lie Prince Gor;s
ch;.kon. The dor follows the Prince
into his dining Room and strttche, i,sri
on the irre;. In the course of t.,
m al the butler bring 4 large piece o
| bJ.'ci Ecf on one plate aud bits o
SAX ii bread on another. The Prince
in person cuts up the brcf and prepare
the food FIR ;he dog. which stands by
gravr and attentive, ending the solemn
preparation of its food. The Prince
dog is never fed in any othcr way
Tncre is something noteworthy in TIKI
habits Of thi, man. who pcrsoniiic> th'
PrusSian rae. in It. most elevated char
act.r.
Ii Bismarck is not close, he is moi
g-nerOu, eth r. T.. does what b,
deem, right. and exp, els evcryon' to d'
also what is right by him. Gencro i;y
in the ordinary >ense of the term. is To,
mild. rnrc. 'ect mr.. etieminate qualit,
~ tllttl jUtO iili~ tDlOS>dl, utN
nature. He treats men too much k
figures, to BE- ad led. multiplied and di
vidcd ut will, to entertain any tende
feelings toward them. lie asp res lie
to rue them by gcntcn s. than by tn
,i-orou, a,ccndency Of his geninS. ant
} he would not he ore .tly !latter; d by III
atl, ct;oa Enmixcd wi h dread and nd
IN ration. Even on the rare Occasion
whcrt. in other men, what j. called tn
heart comes into play. in him the mas
cr-nay. almost the tyrant-is TO b
found. Hi. very all, c;iou bears th
character of oppre>s on. and no GLOW
is thick erough 10 cpnce ii the iron han
beneath ii.
Yet. such rs he is. this man is til
mos. prominent. mot striking figure q
the age. and tbs is 50 true, that ami
l all tie cXecr:it on lie eycit,s. i. l. h II
: con >iicrcd mean hy his very enemies
I treat as the Re chSta;: h Is done one c
| tn. monument; Of tn century. y.-C Col
| London Times.