Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-20
Ansedotss ofths Nsw German Emperor.

Anecdotes 0fths New German Emperor.
Berlin special to the New York Sun:
After a vast amount OF bother, presen-
tation of letters, and so forth, I sue-
ceeded In getting into the palace today,
and while there saw the young emperor
for the first time since he has assumed
the dignity of monarch. He was clad,
as usual, In a generals uniform, and
was without coat, cloak, gloves, or hat.
He stalked across the corner of the
courtyard, and when a group of generals
and aides de camp jumped to their feet
and saluted, he bowed gravely and
passed into another wing of the palace.
Two of the officers of his suite walked
after him at a respectful distance. One
of the officers of the party, man of
very high rank in the German army,
stood looking after the new ruler re-
spectfully for a moment, and then said:
"If his majesty displays the charac-
teristics as a monarch that he did as a
boy the coming years Will be fraught
with extraordinary interest for the
German empire. To nay mind the most
remarkable characteristic of our new
emperor is his steadfastness. Less
than four years ago 1 was one of a party
of thirty men, of which his majesty
was the chief, hunting in the woods at
POtsdam, when he started a deer. Four
Of US were we'll in front and close at the
heels of the fugitive. The prince always
had a dare devil spirit. One of his
feats was to ride upright at a dead
gallOp through the woods, whereas
every other rider leaned forward and
Rugged the neck of his horse so as to
avoid being hit in the face by the
branches as he gallOped along. I was
riding Immediately ahead of him with
my head down. OF course, I looked
back several times, and warned Prince
William to lean forward, but he only
smiled, and took the switching of the
branches as we passed along.
Presently large limb which
stretched from an oak tree hove in
sight, and, with final warning to the
prince, 1 lodged under it Just as we
came to a bit of water where the dogs
had got the stag at bay. The huntsman
jumped forward to cut the antlers, but
he was thrown into the water by
twist of the stag's horns, and this ex-
drove the memory of the prince
out of my mind, and when 1 recovered
my senses I looked back for the prince,
and saw nothing but his riderless horse
near the dogs.
We hurried back and picked the
prince up senseIess, with a cash across
his forehead from which the blood
flowed cOpiOusly. It had come from
the big oak limb. We managed it as
we'll as we could, and he soon came to
his senses. At this moment the deer
started away again, and the prince,
with laugh at our entreaties, bounded
on his horse and led the chase with the
blood streaming over his face. It was
a long and hard ride, and we feared
the worst, but the indOmitable perse-
verence of the heir to the throne car
ried him through, and he succeeded in
killing the stag within the half hour.
. This simple incident indicates what
every man knows who is acquain ed
with his majesty-that is, that no
power on earth can stop him when his
mind is firmly fixed.
Another officer added that in Silesia
once the prince kept on chase for a
single stag for five days, and, though
there we're many hard riders and famous
hOrsemen among the party, the prince
was the only man who kept up to the
end and won the laureIs. The antlers
Of that deer now ornament his study in
Berlin.