The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-31

loses one Of its most COMMANDING
figures Among the names OF the
--rroneao statesmen of the nineteenth
,o,,.,,r,, whose. achievements have Illus
4,atad the history of their times there
6 not a name more renowned than ina.
nj bismarck. He was the strong MN
of his generation. He posSeSseu 'iiS
genius of power. He it was VINO laiu
The foundation and crowned the euliioe
nj the new German empire ne 'lAn'
formed the map of Europe. he over
threw or Inundated the potentales VIM
stood in his way. He gained the chieI
object Of his desire, gained IL thtoush
tho yvays and by the methods Oh COLI
Queror. 49,
The purpose of his life was 10 uhlIy inc
detached states of Germany, p4iiulhS
them together under the authoflly oi 'iie
tmDeriai scepter, surmounted by the III
periaI eagle and defended oy the S"oiu
and whatever means might De heeueu
Cor the carrying out OF thls pun poo9
we're regarded by him as JusIlIlaoie'
His career was a tempestuouS one lo1ie
ago he was described as the man Oh
blood and iron" and II was lioueIi
these agencies that he won the triumph
with which his name Is asSocldIeo'
AS for the man Bismarck ne was oI
massive frame. standing over Ieet IN
height and weighing at one uihe -oo
pounds He was very sturdy until over
taken bv old age. In his early manhood
lie was famous for feats OF strength OF
daring and bore the nickname Of Her
,.,lAs When in the prime OF lie. ne
was Dossessed OF vast energy and fortl-
l,a he
old his vigorous constitution sustained
him well. He was for years hard
rider. a fierce duelist, a wild hunter and
4 beer drinker not to be beaten. There
are many stories told about the way in
which he bore the trials of the Franco
German war. when, though not far from
his sixtfeth year. he followed the army
an its campaigns and guided the policy
Of the government He would keep the
saddle all day, break his fast with few
links Of sausage or a dish Of sauer-
kraut and sleep on the soft side of a
board in his tent when better couch
was not within reach. Are you here,
Otto?" cried one Of his boyhood chums
who met him after a battle. Then quaff
this foaming stein of Munich's brew
while / recall our warlike song at Got
tingen."
Bismarck could not be called a nerv-
Gus man as we ordinarily use the word.
but rather a man Of nerve. Such a word
as intellectual or as philosophical is not
descriptive as applied to him. In short,
none of the words by which we are apt
to characterize distinguished individ-
uals was applicable to him. He was a
prodigy. He was not to be classified;
ne was a distinctive personality; he did
not belong to a type. His mind was
broad, his reason was substantial, his
will was indomitable, his genius was
practical his thought was solid. He had
imagination, but only in the large sense
of the word-that kind Of il which
moves around realism.
Bismarcks head was sometimes spo-
ken of as colossal. but in truth the meas
urement of his Uranium was very little
beyond the ordinary. There are in Ger
many plenty Of heads bigger than the
head that belonged to him. The brain
contained I'm it, however, was certainly
qualified by nature with those powers
that were made manifest in his life.
When you look at any picture of Bis
maTck you are apt to be repealed by the
very stern expression Of his face 1t is
exceedingly severe. He has the appear
ance Of a Sullen or an acrimonious man.
His features, as you see them in the en-
craving. are plain. his forehead is of
heavy cast. his mouth is large. his nose
is not of classical mold. his eyes are
sluggish, his cheeks are coarse grained
his hair and mustache are Indifferent
Bismarck was the offspring of an old
aristocratic and proud family. but the
physiognOmy which he inherited from
his ancestors was certainly not of an
attractive lind-not Napoleonic
Yet it would be a mistake to suppose
that he was destitute of the more gen
erous traits Of human nature Those
who knew him well have often spoken
of his congeniality in social life They
tell of his long devotion to the wife Of
whose companionship he was bereaved
a few years ago. and of his pride in hi.
children, and Of his enduring attach
ment to his friends and OF his senti.
mental feeling for the old king whom he
made an emperor. They even tell u.
that a man who could keep up rela.
lions with his hound and his horse a.
kindly as those which Bismarck IONS
kept up was manifestly possessed of Z
spirit in which emotion had its place.
Bismarck is not to be brought int
comparison with any other eminent
man of the century. His Characters
ties bore no resemblance to those o.
Napoleon who was both statesman ant
conQuerer, and whose flashing career
was SO unlike that of the German. /
would require the pen of Putarch {,
draw contrast between Bismarck an,
Abraham Lincoln. In truth. Bismarcl
was 4 man who in the history of hi,
time must stand apart from all othei
men. gloomy and peculiar
The record of his life was one tina
had no parallel in that Of any of hi
contemporaries. he was a founder an,
a destroyer, a revolutionist and a Tor,
paramount. He was legislator. diplo
Inatist. ambassador. and chancellor. II,
was a master OF stateCraft and tn,
architect OF an empire. He raised hi
country to a place in the front rank O
European nations. He was a dictato
in his disposition. though he always
Eeverenced the throne Of the Hohenzol
ST0DIES HRO