New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-03
MAGAZINE NOTES.

hey should be printed ct oil. Ihey are en-
,ctly fitted to their purpose-the kindly COM
nunication OF family news to an aniaole semi
,eaeant sister by a brother infinitely higher In
Intellect and worldly station. They are credi-
able TO Carlyle's heart at least. but they are
hardly worth preserving except by the Hannlng
hmlly.
An Atlantis" paper which proves more at
tac;ive Is that containing the first OF fTince
krapotkin's "reminiscences. MIR. Ely's interest
hg sketch Of the Revolut.onist reveals a man
II many great and NOBLE qualities: and che may
lope 20 see the Princes own autobiography
Justify the commentators enthusiasm. There
B. among his remembrance Of childish days an
AMUSING passage concerning his father:
Our ather was a,typical officer of the time OF
Nicholas |. Not that he mbued with a
tarike spirit or much in love with camp life:
doubt whether he spent single night or MS
tfe at bivoIac ire. or took part IN ore battle
But under Nicholas that was Of quite sec.
,ndary Importance. The true military man or
hose times was the officer who was enamored
the military uniform. and utterly desplsed
Ill other sorts Of attire: whose sOclers were
trained To perform almost superhunian tricks
With their legs and rifles 0o break the wood or
Inc rife into piecss while presenting arms
OF those famous Iricks); and who could
,how on parade a row Of soldiers as perfectly
Aligned and as lnoiionless as row Of toy-soi
iiers. Every good" the Grand duke Mikhael
tald OHce OF regiment. a1ler noNlllS hePt -
.or one hour presenting arms only they
sreathe" To respond II the enen current con-
.eption OF q military man was certainly our
fathers ideal.
True. he took rart in the Turksh campaign
II 1928; but he managed 10 remain all the time
IN the staff az the chief commander. and II we
children. taking advantage OF moment When
ae was In particularly good temper, ASKED
him to tell us something about the war. ne mad
aothing to tell but Of fierce attack OF nun.
3reds OF Turkish dogs which one night assalled
Nvnl fhat ar
Hiding with dispatches through an abandoned
Turkish village. They had 20 use SWORDS 10
sxtricste themselves from the hungry beasts
Bands OF Turks would assuredly nave pet,er
satisfied our Imagination but we copied the
logs as a substitute. When. however, pressed
by our questions our father told w how he had
won the cross Of Saint Anne FOR ealanuy.
and the golden sword which he wore. must
confess we felt really disappointed. HIS story
decidedly too prosaic The ofncers or tne
general staff were lodged In q Turkish village
when II took fire. In moment the houses were
knveloped in flames. and in one OF them child
had been left behind. Its mother uttered de-
Epairing cries. Thereuoon. Frol. who always
accompanied his master. rushed into the names
and saved the child. The chief commander
who saw the act. at once gave father the cross
for gaantry.
But. father" we exclaimed. III was + rol WHO
saved the chdl"
"What Of that" replied he in the most naive
way. was he not my man? IT is all the
same"
Life for a healthy young Englishman In the
Guards is pleasant enough as described by an
anonymous official in the September Harper;
and one Of the pleasantest things about II is the
ease with which the officers get leave A cap
tain can generally count on six months leave
In the year one result Of this freedom Is that
the Guardsmen are great travellers
We have all read MY Ride to Khiva." the au-
thor of which. the gallant Burnaby, was
Guardsman and there now numbers OF men
equally enterprising. though less familiar to the
multitude In fact Ii would hardly be too much
TO say that wherever the British pioneer has
penetrated, some member Of the brlgade nas
yentured also at no considerable interval The
North Pole itself appears to be the only virgin
soil to some of the holder spirits OF the brigade,
Many people think that for the Guards. serving
only at home, opportunitles9Qk seeing actlVe ser
vice are few and far bet&In; this is by no
means the case Everybody knows that the pri-
Gade furnished large contingent at Iei-e'-
Kebir and also to the camel corps, ana the
charge Of the Household Cavalry at Kassassin
has provided q subject both Tor the artist ana
the poet; but in addition to these services, when
are, as l have already saio wen known, Tue
British Army has hardly TDeen engaged on
campaign or expedition during the last century
on which the Guards have not been represented,
II not by their men. by their ofhcers. IN
strength quite out of proportion 10 their num-
bers Az soon as q rlmor spreads that a new
expedition. affording some chance or seeing SER
vice. Is to be entered upon. so soon VIII the por-
tails of the War Office be blocked by Guardsmea
trying by every means in their power TO get
employment In the expeditionary force. III tnl9
employment be denied 10 them. the chances are
ten to one that If 1t can possibly be managed
the aspirants after military GlorA Will turn UP
at the front in the guise OF tourists. newspaper
correspondents. or what not, necessit&ung usu-
ally their being ordered home in the most per
emptory fashion by the general officer In com
rnand, though billets as orderly officers and ex-
ira aldes-de-camp occasionally found FOR
the more irrepressble.
particularly entertaining article in the cur
rent number OF the Review OF Reviews" is that
in which Mr.. Lowe describes Bismarck in a
series Of anecdotes 1t is an extraordinary char
acter therein set forth-ruthless INSCRIPTIONS
astute. patriotic full Of hate and full of strong
affections. too. A Of action himself, he felt
as Mr. Lowe says. the profoundest contempt for
politicians given to much talk
He once remarked that 'ff in the course Of
his whole life he had inflicted upon Germany
half the ignomny and weakness which Mr.
Gladstone had inflicted ucon England in the
course Of four years. he would not have had the
courage TO look his countrymen in the face
again" 1t was in the same tone that he once
replied 10 a letter of the French statesman NJ.
Emile Olivier: sir II in the course of my life
had had the misfortune 10 do much harm
to my native country as you have done TO yours
should have believed that my DAYS would not
be long enough TO pray God for forgiveness.
\ man OF action. and how maGntcently
prompt On one occasion things came TO such
pitch between Bismarck and Count Rechberg,
his Austrian rival the old Frankfort Diet.
that the latter passionately exclaimed
zone Of my friends shall wait upon you In the
morning"
why all this unnecessary delay" Bismarck
coolly replied. IN all probability you have a
pair OF pistols handy. Let US settle the matter
Immediately. While you are getting the things
ready / shall write a report about the whole
transaction, which. in case ! am killed. l re-
quest you TO forward TO Berlin"
1t was this daredevil spirit of action which
distin guished Bismarck from the moment he
was summoned to the helm Of office at Berlin
from Paris. where lie had been sent as Prussian
Ambassador to study Louis Napoleon. Before
repairing 10 Berlin he had gone over to London
unoficially. TO unfold his views of Germany's
future TO the Queens Ministers-views which