The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-05


At one of the student dinners which
Bismarck gave, when the fun was fast
and furious, bottle was thrown through
the window. A policeman saw it strike
the sidewalk and at once reported the
affair 10 the college authorities. The
beadle was at once sent to summon the
culprit before the rector. When found,
Bismarck was attired in a particolored
| dressing gown, riding boots and a high
| hat. With him were two enormous
| hounds. his love for dogs being developed
at an early age.
IAN right" he said to the beadle; "Pn
follow you" And he actually went after
the man, dressed just as he was and with
dog at his heels, the latter never leav-
ing his master for a moment.
The rector was awaiting the culprit in
| his study. What was his establishment
at seeing an enormous dog bound into the
room with an air which inspired but lit
tie confidence. His first care was to en-
sconce himself behind a barreade of
chairs, after which, trying to assume
demeanor suited for the occasion, he ask
ed Bismarck what he wanted.
Me! l want nothing" was the reply.
1T IS you, it appears, who have some
thing to say to me, seeing you have sent
me this Dominus de Bismarck citatus
est"
The rector, whose bearing had been
anything but dignified since the entry of
the mastiff, now began to recover his self
possession.
Sir" he said, 'in the first place I CON
denim you to pay a fine of FIVE thalers for
having brought that animal here and
secondly, Will you be good enough to ex-
plain how it was that bottle came to be
thrown through the window of the Col
den Crown Hotel last evening, of which
l have the pieces here?"
iMein Colt, sir, the bottle probably flew
out of The window of itselfr
You know very web that a bottle can
not fly Of ITSELF. and that some one must
have thrown it,
perhaps so, sir"
There is no perhaps about 1t. Please to
be more explicit"
wei, then, it probably happened some
what in This way" and seizing a burly
lnkstand standing on the desk Bismarck
made as II he would hurl it at the poor
| rector's head.
The latter, however, fearing to see the
proJectlle fly from the young mans hand.
hastened to dismiss him, and the fine, ii
would appear, was never paid
A few years ago the Chancellor, who was
greatly shaken in health, seriously made
up his mind to retire. He had placed his
resignation in the hands of the Emneror
but the aged monarch returned it to him IN
a few minutes with a single word for an
| swer. 'Neverr'
Yielding to the urgent wish of his mas
ter, he remained in office. AT the first audi
ence afterward His Majesty said:
cannot understand why you want to
retire; here am l, much older than YOU. but
l can srill mount my horse"
Just 50, sir; that's the rule" answered
Bismarck The rider always holds out
much longer than his horse"
In March 1890, Bismarck was, to use his
own expression, driven away like dog"
The Emperor sent word to Bismarck
that he should not receive members of the
Reichtag without imperial permission. and
Bismarck replied that he allowed no one
TO have any control over his own thres-
hold.
Not even if I command you as your
sovereign" asked the Kaiser.
My masters authority ends at nv
wife's drawing room" replied the Prince.
That settled it, The Emperor demanded