The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-02-22
pICTT les OF BISMARCK,
The t!CL&E WHEREIN DWELLS THE
MAN OF BLOOD AND IRON.

Some Stories of the Chancellor TIlnt WIN 10
Interesting Now That There Is So Much
Talk of Germany and the United States in
Samoa.
Emperor William of Germany has passed
away; Won Moltko is retired; but Bismarck,
the last of the trio, holds OH to the reins with
an iron grip ind drives with tho same steady
though daring hand, and ut the same pace
when he was first called Mad Bismarck" Mt
the university. Doubtless SO long as be lives
ho will mingle with European politics. At
any rate since he began his public career, in
1A1, his name has heen constantly coming to
tho front He is getting old, however, and it
isnot improbable that his last prominent off,
cial act may be in connection with the United
States in the matter of Samoa.
Prince Bismarck ranks among those great
men who differ widely in their family life
from that exterior official life upon which
the general public bases it's estimate OF char
ncter. He whom we only know rs IN imperi
Gus statesman and diplonatist, as the "man
Of blood and ron,'' is at home good house
holder, Of true nnd tender care for family and
servants, of help to ncighbors, of belief i'll
simple but substantial meals and recreation
by means of plenty Of exercise i'll the open
air. Especially when Mt one of his three
country seats-Fricdrichsruh, Varzin or
Schocnlausen--he really lives like nobleman
OF tho oldcn time. Every detail pertaining
to his estates he oversees himself paying par
ticular attention even to the comfort of his
farm hands. In nil the villages surrounding
Farzin and l'riedricilsruh, where he prefers
to dwell, he is liked by poor and rich, and
whenever he passes the children will greet
him with ''Guten tag, Herr Bismarck"
The old udagc IT'S the early bird that
catches the worm,'' docs not apply to Bis
marck. He docs not rise earlier than Q o'clock,
and then, after taking Il cup of coffee, he
looks over his mail. Should the weather be
favorable he takes walk with his family
about Il o'clock-if i'll Berlin through his
and his neishbors' magnificent gardens,
which adjoin the public park tThiergarten),
and if ut one of his country seats, to his be-
loved forests or to the near fields. On these
promenadcs he wears large, broad brimlned
felt hat and carries heavy cane.
After lunch he deyotes several hours to the
affairs OF state. Then, while giving frequent
instructions to his secretary, he either walks
up and down the room or sits at his writing
desk playing with his quill pen, from the i'm
luense size Of which tho name Bismarck
penn is derived.
Exactly at O'Clock he sits down to dinner,
which generally lasts two and often three
hours. After the English style, every dinner
contains fish, which dish the prince likes very
much and of which he eats heartily. He is
one Of those who firmly believe i'll tho old
theory that the phosphoric substance con-
tanned in fish contributes to the restoration
of the brain mass, He generally has very
GOOD nrl,a'tc Every day some diplomatic
or military lnc,l or friends dine with him,
even Ii lie should stay at his country seat,
Nlrzin, near s5chIawe which is situated far
Off in Lower Pomeraniu, at some consider
able distance from ull large cities. When
dining the prince is almost always in IN en-
celient Eumor and frequently changes the
conversation from one subject to another.
He has a peculiar habit of gazing at some OBJ
jcct and wrin!lin!. his brow before he COM
menccs, but when he does speak it is in the
most unconventional manner.
From 10 . O'clock in the evening the
prince remains with his family and then
works alone often until | o'clock at night
During these nightly studies his inseparable
companions are a long smoking pipo and
copiously. Kegs Of the brown liquid are fle