The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-05
BIsMARCK's BIRTHDAY GIFTS.
Strange List, I'm Which One May
Find Either Pathos or AbsurdIty.

Strange List, I'm Which One May
Find Either Pnfhos or Absurdity.
From the New York Times.
In describing the scenes and incidents
that have marked the festivities at Fried
richsruh, writer in the London Saturday
Review says that as the students return
ed to the station they passed huge piles
of packing cases and crates, bursting
with the provisions which German grati-
tude had sent as presents to the true faith
er of the land. Cheeses from two hundred
pounds in weight to half dozen ounces
q hundred and forty dozen cheeses of dif-
ferent sizes and sorts, and Sausages of all
dimensions, from the one twenty-three
yards long and of proportionate thickness
that required a crate to itself down to
the one that came in q letter and provided
a meal for the birds.
Here were over a dozen immense sal
mon, and there piles Of pate de fol gras,
cases of appeals, barrels of oysters, pots OF
honey; on this side tank containing live
carp; on that, tarts and eggs for all the
world as If Friedrichsruh were a beleagur-
ed fortress. over a Thousand bottles of
wine, cider, beer, liquor. and cognac were
provided; more than five thousand cigars.
with pipes of every shape and quality,
and Ave thousand matches. Some admir-
ers of the great man at Lubbock sent him
enough confectionery for the rest of his
life, in the shape of a copy of the Nieder-
wald monument nodded In macaroon bis
cult
Nor was the outward man neglected; the
prince was overwhelmed with nantes,
clocks, and rugs; helmets, slippers, and
swords; warm stockings and hot-water
bottles. Eight-three utterly obscure in
dividuals burning with the desire to shine
in reflected glory. dedicated their photo
graphs to the hero.
hand in the race. Thirty German authors
were ruthless enough to send copies Of
their complete works, while eleven others,
more merciful, presented him with Sc
lected tones; penholders and inkstands,
too, were to be counted by the dozen. The
religious element in Germany was repre-
lady of self-sacrihcing turn of mind
kindly contributed a funeral wreath she
had intended for her own grave.
Nor did the grateful Teuton forget to
provide the hero of the empire with a
pleasing occupation for his leisure hours
No less than 10000 letters were showered
upon him In commemoration Of the festi-
val. If we calculate that he worked at
them ten hours a day, and allowed three
minutes for each letter, II would take him
about three years merely to read this cor
respondence.
All this. according to The Review OBJ
server, proves that 1.-The reverence of the
ordinary German is usually lacking in dig
nifty and he closes. by saying; surely
Goethe was right when he spoke of vul-
garity as being the besetting sin of the
German, and when he praised Schiller for
his freedom the slavery that binds all
of us, the slavery of ltfe's commences"
Mr.. O'Rell said he felt compassion for
any one who tried to lecture in the state
OF Maine. up there they regard cheer
ing as rioting," he said. II lectured one
night to 800 persons I'm Portland. / was
an hour late The manager said not to
make any apology, as the audience would
have waited another hour without any
Impotence. / cracked jokes and did my
best to make my audience laugh A great
many seats had been sold, and 1 was in
the best of humor. 1t was no use. Only
a few smiles that were quickly suppressed
rewarded my perseverance. My manag-
er told me the lecture had been very sue
cessful. He said he had rarely seen a
Portland audience SO demonstrative-"