, 1890-08-07

store anu 'tOpbeu Nun OUT III ~
brand new lace slip, lace cap and
pair of tan-colored shoes.
A BOOK ABOUT BISMARCK.
Interesting Additions 60 the Large
Store OF Gossip About Him.
BY the courtesy of the publishers
the Pail Mall Gazette is enabled to
give some extracts from Bismarck
Intime," a gossipy volume about
the cX-chancellor, which they pub
llsh In London. The book Ia writ
ten by an old fellow student and
translated by Mr.. Henry Hayward.
a capital photograph of Bismarck
forms the frontisplece.
Bismarck was a tirst-rate horse
man when young man and gained
quite reputation by the long rides
he took on his tall mare Caleb. She
carried him once from Polzin, lit
tie watering-place in Pomerania, AS
far as Kollin, near Stargard and
Stettin, the distance between the
two places being over fifty miles,
When he was about half way, BIS
marck, dying of hunger and thirst,
stopped at roadside tavern in II lit
tie village through which he
passed. The landlord set before
him plenty of good food
to satisfy his hunger, but his wine
was hardly tit to drink and his beer
dctestabie. There happened to be
stopping at the same inn n traveller
In the wine trade, with samples of
his liquors. Bismarck asked TO taste
his samples. The traveller consent
ed, and In an incredibly short time
every bottle was emptied, and Bis
marclS walked away, warmly thank
ing the man for his kindness. AS
soon as the traveller realized that all
his stock was gone he BECAME dread
fully excited, but was unable at first
to form correct idea of the loss he
had sustained through his liberality
to the thirsty stranger. However,
he soon came to himself and saw
what folly he had committed.
The landlord came up to him just in
time to prevent him from tearing
his hair out; he gave him note
from Herr Won Bismarck containing
II heavy order for wine, and the
commercial traveller did not lose by
the occurrence after all. Bismarck,
in tho meantime, was jogging along
on his journey enjoying the joke inn
mensely.
Bismarck Is superstitious beyond
all description. The number thir-
teen has n deep meaning for him.
He will never sit down TO table
where he would make the thlr-
tenth. Count Bismarck-Bohlen
narrates that one day In 1870, mt
Rheims, when the chancellor gave
a dinner, one of the invitations had
to be countermanded,b because other
at table. General Boyer, Bazaine's
envoy, arrived ut the German head
quarters in Versailles Friday, Octo-
Der IA, but Bismarck would not see
him till the next day, saying that
he would never do anything OF i'm
portance on any Friday, but much
less Friday the date of which CO.
incided with the anniversary of
Hochkirch, Jena, and Auerstadt.
He was talking one day of IA defeat
the Germans had experienced in the
course of the campaign of 1870. II
beg you to observe, gentlemen, he
said, that that happened on u Fri
day Bismarck does not believe in
lucky or unlucky star, but is con-
vinced that his life is seriously in
fluenced by II certain mystic num-
ber.
"At the time when enthusiasm
ragged round the celebration of Bis
marck's 10th birthday IA workman of
Cologne, IA sort of wharf laborer, Il
Il poor wretch whom everybody
knew not To be possessed of brass
tarthing, put down his name Tor 20
marks (el) on II subscription list
going round the town. Now this
poor fellow was receiving monthly
allowance from the public relief
fund, and the 0verseer OF his parish
seeing the name ON the subscription
list, sent for him and said: well,
now, what is the meaning of this ?
You get parish pay, don't your
Yes SIR Then just explain to me
how you are able to put down 20
marks for the testimonial to Prince
Bismarck. i don't intend to put
them down, sir, by your leave.
What do you mean" / haven't
paid anything, and when they |
come for the money l shall ask |
them to let me off with so many |
days in juil.' %, that's it, is it?' |
the functionary. Il
But that can't
be done, you know, un-
Well, then, you
must Just scratch out my name,'
said the man. He had, no doubt,
had some experience of that kind of
thing before the magistrate: 80
many shillings or so many daysv
bismarck can not claim to he u
Brutus. Indeed, the chancellor's
speeches are much better when read
in print; he is not what one might
call an orator, and does not even
want to be one. This is what he
once said himself in the reichstag:
Il am no orator; | have not the gilt
of influencing your minds nor of OBJ
scuring the real meaning of things
by cloud of words. My discourse
is simple and clear. A good
orator Is seldom statesman He
hates professional takers, too, and
one day he said: When man Is
too fluent of speech he talks too long
and too frequently. His voice
astonishes IA person who
hears 1t for the first
time. One expects to hear n kind
Of thunder issue from that capacious
chest, but instead of that it Is tiny
agreeable and pleasant to
listen to at first, but after u few fits
of coughing IL gets stronger. And