The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-18
GERMANY'SGREAT MAN
STORIES INCIDENTS IN THE IFE
OF PRINCE BISMARCK.
Won His Wife by a Bold ~Stroke-Mak-
ing a single Draught of Two Quarts
of Wine-His Retirement.
Chicago Times-Herald.

flSOT ana almost Threw EUSllSn pOl4Llcdl
leaders into a state of CONSERVATION. Bis
marck will score his eightieth annual mark
the first of next month, and all Germany is
preparing TO do him homer. Both have had
careers which have left more ineffaceable
marks upon the pages of history than any
other men of their time. But their lives
have been vastly Observation-Disclosures has
led the somewhat prosy existence which
falls to the lot of the average English
man, while Bismarck's career has been
founded upon adventures more or less ro-
mantle.
Bismarck's early history is not good for
young men to read. Whatever learning he
acquired-and it was much-was not OBJ
tanned at the university. Much is forgiven
the young man who enters a German uni
versity. After the hard discipline of a gym
nasium he is granted full license, and that
he permits it to become the widest kind of
excess is winked at by parents and authori-
ties. When Bismarck entered Gottingen he
gave himself up to the spirit of the time and
it was not long before he was widely known
as the widest reveler of the place. Many
are the stories told of the prodigality of his
life as a student. NJ matter how dear dis
eipline was to him in his later years, at that
time he had no idea of observing it.
At one of the student dinners which he
gave, when the fun was fast and furious, a
bottle was thrown through the window. A
policeman saw it strike the sidewalk and at
once reported the affair to the college au-
thorities. The beadle was at once sent to
summon the culprit before the rector. When
found Bismarck was attired in a parti-col-
ored dressing gown, riding boots and a high
hat. With him were two enormous
hounds. his love for dogs being developed
at an early age.
"AIl right. he said to the beadle; I'll fol-
low you" And he actually went after the
man, dressed just as he was, and with his
dog at his heels, the latter never leaving his
master for a moment.
The rector was awaiting the cusprit in
his study What was his astonishment at
room. with an air which inspired but little
confidence. His first care was to ensconce
himself behind a barricade of chairs, after
which, trying to assume a demeanor suited
to the occasion, he asked Bismarck what he
wanted.
ME! I want nothing was the reply.
1T was you, it appears. who have some
thing to say to me, seeing that you have
est"
The rector, whose bearing had been any
thing but dignified since the entry of the
maStiff, now began to recover his Self-pos-
Sir he said. ..in the first place I con-
ing brought that animal here; and, second
ly, will you be good enough to explain now
t + ma5 the the window vIuie Of TT the Golden Crown
Hotel last evening, of which | have the
pieces here?,
"Mein Colt. sir. The bottle probably flew
out OF the window of itself"
You know very well that a bottle cannot
fly of itself, and that some one must have
thrown it"
perhaps so, sir,
There is no perhaps about it. Please to
"Well, then, it probably happened some
what in this way" and Selling a burly ink
head. NC "'''' - :
The latter, however, fearing to see the
projectile fly from the young mans hand,
hastened to dismiss him, and the fine, it
would appear, was never paid.
HOW HE WON HIS l
Bismarck's reputation as a high liver
came near preventing his marriage, but he
won his wife by one of those bold strokes
the use of which in later years made him
invincible in diplomacy. At a friends we'd
ding he met Fraulein Won Puttka7ner, with
whom he fell in love at sight. Soon after
ward he wrote to her parents asking to
be allowed to make her his wife. They
We're quiet German people, not much used
to the ways of the gay world, and were
somewhat scandalized by the stories of the
reyelry of the young man which had come
to their ears. Their daughter, however,
made no secret of her affection for Bis
marck, and they were at a loss as to what
| course to pursue. Finally it was decided
to invite Bismarck to visit them and then
they could decide what was best. Every
preparation was made to receive the young
man properly. Frau Won Puttkamer stood
founded by friends and relatives. as it was
proposed to extend a dignif1ed welcome to
the student on his arrival When ne
alighted from his carriage, however, Bis
marck saw only his lady love. With a glad
cry he rushed up to her and printed a
| one could say a word. The friends and reIa-
| tives were Scandalized, and a family council
v was ! called 46e and EVERY VERY e 9orts f anyIfs t Iaf
| the engagement of Bismarck to the fraulein
be Immediately announced. IN telling TINS
story BiSmarck always wound up by say
ing: And you have no idea what this
lady has made of me-"
Many stories have been tod about BIS
haps the best concerns his promotion to the
grade of honorary colonel OF the seventh
| Regiment of Cuirass1erS-
Following the custom in vogue in the Ger
man army. as soon as he was promoted he
went to inspect his regiment, and the Off
of welcome a meal which usually wound
up with an enormous consumption OF nquor;
| them giants, all promised themselves q rare
bit of fun at the figure their new colonel
| filled with champagne. which had to be
drained to the last drop to the health of
the re s,lrsa IL They g,a said among sn 5ne nn mi1is
| plish this feat. "And We they added,
| twill show him how to do it."
But hey reckoned without their host.
When the cloth was removed the servants
brought the glasses, several bottles of
champagne and the said tankard. which
they filled to the briins and placed. with
some ceremony, in front of the illustrious
| guest.
Put on his guard by some roguish chances
which he saw directed toward him, Bis
marck began to see that he would have
to maintain the reputation which he gained
as a student. Rising, then. at a given
moment, he proposed a warm toast to the
welfare of the regiment. and-presto-he
emptied the tankard at a single draught.
although it contained almost as much as
two bottles of champagne. He then re-
sumed his seat and began conversing in
the quietest possible manner. as if nothing
out of the ordinary way had happened.
But his hosts could not take their eyes
off him now for he had grown consider
Sly in their estimation. What was their
.sstonishment, a few minutes later, when.
in the cafnleSt voice, he requested that his
little jug might be refilled. The excitement
increased to delirium-
Bismarck's fondness for tobacco is illus
trated in an amusing story told first by
Lord Russell. The incident occurred at Ver-
sailles, during the war of 1870. Lord Rus
sell was to have an audience and he was
waiting for Count Won Arnim to leave Bis
marck's study. Presently Won Arnim came
cut. tanning himself furiously with his
handkerchief.
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