The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09
HisM AKrK y HOME LIFE.
!" t"l"bis Country Gentleman Fro. From
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AastsrIty.
Once away from Berlin, the prince
throw or ne stern ri igIdity, tho cyni
cal harshnoss, tho relentless severity
that made him SO feared and hated
by those who sought to wrestle with
him, and he became an amiable )un-
try gentleman, II genial, and, ono
might almost think, a light. hearted
comp"nion. That famous phrase IN
which tho chancellor Expressed tho
aat,sfsct:oa lie woiiii feel in retiring
from public life to plant his cabbnges
Was by no means mere empty flo.
ure of speech.
AT Friedrichsruh, in his retire.
ment, he was universally loved and
revered. Throughout the whole Of
Lauenburg, indeed, the dukedom of
which Bismarck had been forced re-
luct"ntly to accept at the hands of
the emperor, there was but one
voice to be hoard regarding him.
ito was generous landlord, a
liberal employer, sympathetic
friend.
Clad in long, gray coat and the
well greused boots he loved, his
head covered with broad leayed
siouch hat and with thick stick in
his hand, the prince was wont to
tramp for hours about his woods, ac-
comPanied by two or more of tho
huge Reichshounds that were his
constant companions. His gracious.
ness, freedom and aminbiIity in his
forest homo of Friedrichsruh were
as proverbial az was his inaccessi-
bility in his palace Of the Wilhelm.
atrasse
In "Our Chancellor" DIR. Busch
says:
'His wife was born in 1894, and
is nine years younger than himself
They were married in lS47. The
marriage did not take place without
some hesitation on the part of the
brides parents, particularly of her
mother, for tho reputation of the
lover did not promise well for the
future OF the daughter of Il pious
household. The result showed that
they wore mistaken. All right was
what tho woocr wrote to his sister,
hiathilda Won Arniu,n, when he ob
talnod the consent of tho Puttkam-
mers, and All right he and his wife
were able to say to each other when
they celebrated their silver wedding
at Varzin, July %, 1872, and looked
back over tho years of their mar
riage.
Tho death of the Princoss Bis
marck, which occurred ut Varzin on
November u, 1904, was the most
severe blow ever administered to tho
iron chancellor. He had been
through life Il devoted husband.
The princess died in tho arms Of her
aged husband. A few weeks before
her death, she being ut that time
very ill from dropsy, Prince Bis
marck said to his old butler, whose
own wife was at tho point of death
"My friend, share your grief
heartily. / am in tho same terrible
position rs yourself. Everybody is
passing away before ourselves"
There are three children. The
only daughter, great fuvorite with
her father, who often acted as his
secretary, is the wife of Count Rant
Eau, lately German minister at The
Hague. The elder son. Count Hor-
bert Bismarck, is called tho alter ego
Of tho prince in opinions and poll
tics.
Tho younger son, William, is
landrath at Hanover, an office which
somewhat resembles that of the
French prefects. He is much like
his father III appearance, while his
brother resembles his mother.
The day after the battle Of Sedan
a French general arrived at day.
break at tho Prussian headquarters
and informed Bismarck that Napo.