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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
BlSMkRCklkNA.
His Summing Cp Of His Life-A Few
Winged Words.''

His Summing rp Of His Life-A Few
Winged Words"
bismarck became very bitter toward the
young emperor who accepted his resigna-
ton Il pity the young man." he said.
He is like young hound that banks at
everything, that smells everything. that
touches everything and that ends by cau,-
ing complete disaster in the room in which
he Is, no matter how large it may be-"
The prince was frequently disposed to
sum up his life work in q sorrowful strain.
"How many nations have I rendered I'M
happyV' he once said. "But for me three
great wars would never have taken place,
5000 men would not have been killed in
battle; fathers, mothers, brothers. sisters
and wives would not have been plunged
into misery. l have settled all that with
my conscience and my Creator. lut l have
reaped very little if any happiness from all
that l have done. The only things il has
yielded me are various anxieties and griefs."
Great as he was. masterful and resistless.
even cruel in his methods. Bismarck had
wlthai Keen human sympathy and hid
beneath his grim exterior heart suscepti-
bic to the common pargs Of mankind.
bismarck was very fond Of animals.
When his favorite dog Sultan was poisoned
In 1871, he watched beside the poor brute
with the greatest solicitude His son Her.
bert endeayored in vain to lead him away.
when the dog was dead. the prince said:
Those old German forefg.hers Of ours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01


erence for her wild young suitor, and at
last it was decided to invite him to pay
the family a visit. The Puttkan,ers were
staid. simple folk, and determined that
since they must have this strange fellow
for soniinlaw they would receive him
well. So they invited company TO be
present when he arrived He was tired
and travel stained as he alighted frcm his
carriage and was escorted to the house,
where formal reception was prepared.
But he had eyes only for his sweetheart.
and disdaining to regard her parents err
their guests he rushed up to her as she
stood at one side with downcast eyes. ard
throwing his aims about her neck nearly
smothered her with kisses This of course
broke up all formality and probably had
much to do with the final overcoming of
all traces Of opposition.
The marriage took place in lS41, and the
young couple made short wedding tour
through Switzerland and Italy. At Venice
Bismarck accidentally met King Frederick
William " of Prussia. He was COM
manded to attend the royal dinner table,
and long conversation ensued between
him and the king on German politics. The
foundation of his political fortune was
made in this conversation.
Bismarck was taken unawares by the
royal invitation. He was totally unpre-
pared for such O contingency and had no
court dress with him. He was Obliged to
borrow one, but the suit was not made for
man of his proportions and fitted him so
badly that he cut a poor figure. He had
been for some months previously a men,
Der of the Frankfort diet. This meeting
with the king eventually led to his ap-
pointment rs Prussian ambassador to that
body.
Pew who knew the wild life Bismarck
had led expected he would make success
of this mission. B;it he had seen great
deal of the world and lad hidden alden
to the follies OF his youth. He described
the change himself by simply saying, Il
have learned something
Three children were born to the Bis
marcks-Marie, born at Schoenhausen Aug.
q, 1878; Herbert, born at Berlin Dec. 20,
1S49, and William, born Mt Frankfort Aug.
l, 1852.
During all his life Bismarck used to write
long and affectionate letters to his wife
whenever he was away from her. Some
most charming thoughts were sometimes
expressed in these missives. When in
Frankfort. where the Thurn and Taxis pos
tai system was in vogue, he had TO write to
her cautioning her to be careful what she
said. do not forget when you write to
me-" he wrote, that your letters are not
only read by me, but by all sorts of postof-
flee spies"
OF Bismarck's daily life at Vargin Dr.
Busch wrote few years before the princes
death:
1.-The prince rises late and sits down to
breakfast at 10. He usually begins by tax
ing glass of milk, one or two cups of cof-
fee, toast and two soft boiled eggs. During
breakfast all official letters and kilograms
are read and disposed of. Then he trans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
BiSMkRCK,S HOME LEE
As a Husband He Was Il Model-His Sin
Eular Courtship.

u
Eular Cour;ship.
The domestic life of Bismarck was n
strong contrast to his stormy political ca
rcer. He was deyotedly attached to his
wife and children. The princess, Il perfect
picture OF the German hausfrau, exerted n
wonderful influence over the great ci.ancel-
lor. 'She it is who made me what | am -
was hetestimony he bore to her noble Quail
tiles on more than one occasion.
During his periods of illness, which were
frequent of late years, the princess nursed
him with untirins care ''As for the
prince, writes one of his biographers, .'he
has during his life given constant proofs
not only Of tree end honest love for the wife
he has chosen and the children she has
borne him. bat also of delicate and chival-
rous tenderness toward them. Years have
made no change in this Every one who
has been admitted into the intimacy of the
Bismarck family is able to Judge of the Of
fectionate and ut the same time dipuifie,I
character of the relations between the
prince and the princess"
Ills courtShlp was Il singular one. He
| was very intimate with the Blanckenb,.rg
family. who were. in way, relatives. and
one summer made with them a long Jour
ney for pleasure through some of the most
picturesque portions of Germany NJ. Frau
lein Puttkamer was of the party, and the
young couple fell in love, though Bismarck
seems not to have found it out until after
the journey WIS finished Then he wrote a
| Characteristic letter to his sister, of which
this is an extract:
/ must really marry. for since fathers de-
parture feel lonely and solitary, and a mild,
damp state of weather makes me melancholy.
longing and in love. No resistance is of avail.
must marry-the people will have it so-and
nothing seems more natural. Ny ladyloye does
not produce q great impression on me. but tina,
no lady does 1t is. at any rate, satisfactory
where ono cannot change his inclinations witt,
his shirt, as seldom even as the latter may oc-
| CUR.
Having dispatched this mission. he sent
an even more characteristic one to Herr
Won Puttkamer demanding his daughter
hand in marriage. Won Puttkamer ard
his good wife were strongly opposed To
the match. They had heard dreadful
| things about Mad Bismarck and did
their utmost to dissuade their daughter
from marrying him. After much difficulty
he finally broke down the fathers ooposi
ton. nat the mother, a high spirited WON.
an, WIS., obdnrate.
The daughter. however, evinced pref
-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01

Otto Won Bismarck pennch this gloomy
lament. 1t was not wrung from the bitter
ness Of his later years it came from him in
the prime Of manhood when William of
Prussia, just called to the throne. invited
him to Berlin to become the head of the
ministry. This was n supreme moment in
the history of Prussia, for Bismarck was to
usher In his famous policy Of blood and
iron and set the pegs for Germany's regen-
Grafton. Yet ut the very threshold of this
great work he was filled with n morbid APP
prehension Of the vanities and vcxations of
the world. One can hardly imagine Bis
marck, whose daring craftsmanship was to
change the map of Europe and keep kings
and potentates in awe, pausing on the brink
of his wonderful achievements to lament
the folly of nations and of men,
But Bismarck had several sides to his
nature. In diplomacy artful and auda-
cious, in battle grim and relentless, gruff
and stern in his treatment Of political ri
walls he had nevertheless softer moods,
in which humor, philosophy and religion
blended curiously to tighten up the general
sternness and determination of his charac-
ter He was I'm atiectiGnate, faithful hus-
band, n kind and indulCcnt father and a
generous neighbor and friend. lie could,
however, brook no opposition To his ideas
Of policy and resented the slightest intcrfer-
ence with his power in the empire but his
deep, absorbing patriotism, his unbounded
faith in the glorious future Of his country,
as well rs his profound reverence of its past.
covered "A multitude Of faults and toned
down the sharp, jutting edges Of his unique
parsonnlitv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
A WILD STUDENT'G LIFE.
Bismarck's Turbulent Existence While at
GOttingen.

GOtt1nSen.
During his student days at Gottingen
Bismarck was one eff the widest of the
wild. He drank and fought and roistered,
and he smoked necessarily. Still he was
not az idle student Thanks to his iron
constitution, he was able, with all his dissi-
patton, to give some attention to the lee
lures He rose with the lark, for he had to
be at the lecture room before o'clock in
the morning to listen to Heeren on history
and cthnography. An hour later he gave
ear to Wendt on logic and metaphysics
After that came an hour with a fencing
master, and then Hugo on Jurisprudence
and Goschen on some other intricate topic
Dinner followed, and then mathematics I'M
der Thibaut An hour or two of hard read
ing concluded the work of the day, and then
came piay-and such play.
The recreations of the Gottingen stu
dents IN those days were not gentle Duels
were frequent, and the college fraterlities
were in fact little else than drinking and
duell;ng societies. Bismarck in his second
term was the leading member of the Ham
novera, the leading fraternity of the time
in Gottingen, though it may be said 20 his
credit that his sagaeity and acuteness had
as much to do with his leadership as his
capacity as drinker and his power as a
swordsnan.
1t is stated that be fought at least 30
duels, though there are detailed records of
! only four. Ore of them, singularly enough.
was with Windthorst, who, in the stormy
days of Bismarck's power as a politician,
was enc Of his strongest opponents. Ap-
parently the authorities did not learn of
any of Bismarck 5 contests, for, though the
official records show that he was furnished
four times, none Of these punishments was
for fighting.
His first punishment was for officiating
in a secondary capacity in duel between
an Englishmaa named Knight AID Ger
/ tain Baron Won Grabow There had been
trouble between these two st ball. and a
| fight with pistols was arranged for the fol-
Lowing morning. Bismarci seconded Ora
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01

A serious difference between tive of the
dueling societies, which developed into q
feud involv!ng the entire university,
brought the attention OF the authorities to
the nature Of the societies, and n shower Of
punishments followed. OF course Bis
marck, who led one of the two factions in
to which the students had become divided,
came in for his share. He was imprisoned
for three dcys for having been present at
duel, and ionr for being member of IN
Illegal organization. Notwithstanding Bis
marck's many duels he carried away from
the university but one scar as the res1lt of
wound. IN this he was more fortunate
than most CT Gottingcn's students in those
days l. WIS not at I'LL unusual for their
faces to be frighiiully and permanently
GisligureL i.y sword cuts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01

nnu Kinc rciigion. iney Dcncvcd they
would meet again in TIL. celestial huntin;:
grounds all the good dogs that had been
their faithful com. niors in life. I
wish ] could belize shat
The Germans lie TO quote many Of Bis-
marck' 5 bet seii;ci.:'es ~ winged words"
Here are some ci laem, and IN one sentence
occGrs the famous phrase that rave him
the title of ''the man Of blood and from
Tie gift 81 cloguence has d.ac q s-ier, deal of
mischief IA parliamentary life. Eloluei.i SPEAK
crs are like "a GOOD many Grn;lcinca ai;i frail
feet who always wear sbs"s Too nril Cor ili..in
aad siics OCT ihcir feet To be loo.cd nj.
Ny Ideal is i.obsft lirc,r. Va Inc itory ~ ;ac
s.,,dc-. who Was s~cndfaa IN cpurn.-r t. d iis
bet or The .aiicrla:.i n fio az liz u iozilest
.;rcs .s,ris.
t.,e great qrc ;ici:s az tie day are nr, ieiii-d
by .rocches agd deri,ioas ~ r.ajur.iies that
. ;i r'r va. take of 1858 and lsi1 i,ui by bioud
and iron. ltsGl
Murh iiGll.i :iay be done IN :. year and y ian.
but IA s.iait tire ..ss "a. o: lvod tan 20
accomplished! us.lj
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01

acts business with farmers, bailifrs and
woodmen. Between and he drives or
rides over his estate to look at a new farm
building, a young plantation or the prog
rsss of field work; to look ut the fishing in
one of the ponds or To visit his paper mills.
The dinner hour is j::j) when the chancel-
lor always feeds his two dogs with his own
hands. After dinner a cup of coffee is
taken in the billiard room, where the prince
usually sits smoking a pipe in front of the
fire. Tea is served in the princess boudoir,
and at 1880 the family retire to bed All
the food on the chanccllor's table is fur
nished from his own property"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
rarEEog WILLIAM

Bisriarc& WIS II man of many supers;i-
tions. OF the number 10 he Is said 10 have
stood ia Mortal terror. ard many were the
sjg.ss and portcnts 10y which he regulated
his daily conduct, both as 20 his Official MD
his private affairs.
Although. thanks to his excessive con
sumption Of beer and his hearty eating. l.e
was for many years extremely stout--eycn
TO obcsity-during his laicr life be IL NJ
ported 20 have been slender almost 10
Eaunpess. This he owed TO Dr. q :hwe-
ningc- nnd the rigid self denial The Yhysi-
clan Induced him 10 practice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01

Everything in this world is, after all, a
question OF time. Men and nations, folly
and wisdom. peace and war, all come and
go like waves, but the sea remains. There
is nothing on earth but hypocrisy and Jug
glery, and, whether it be fever or grapeshot
that tears away this mask of flesh, fall it
must sooner or later The bones Of the
wise man and the fool look just alike"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
HOW HE RETIRED.
Bismarck's Last Interview With the Em-
peror Was Most Dramatic.

peror Was Most Dramatic.
Il YVES ct a. m. on Saturday, March Is.
1850. before he was yet out of bed. that Bis
marck was notified that the emperor was
waiting to see him in Count Herbert Bis
niarck's apartments in the Office of the sec
rotary Of state. As soon as the prince en-
tered there was an outburst Of imperial
wrath. Bismarck was upbraided becaase
the ministers were not allowed TO report
direct to the emperor and because of opro-
sition to his majesty's policy regarding the
labor problem. In vain did the chancellor
defend himself on the score that it was law
that the ministers should not report direct.
and that concerning the labor problem it
would be well not to be too precipitate-
that certain notifications Of the imperial
Programme might be wise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
speedily end,

The measures he adopted to preserve his
authority were not such as to commen6y
themselves to mankind. Crown Primes
Frederick and Bismarck had been ct
swords points for years. Bismarck had OPP
posed Frederick marriage to Victoria. cid
est daughter Of the queen of England.
After the marriage he lost no opportunity
to annoy the princess. He seemed inspired
with Chreasoning hatred toward her, and
he took in especial delight in turning the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01
lVDVWVVWVHNNXH Observation-Disclosures
9 CAREER OF BISMARCK. s
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OF the world, with the great plan OF ter
man unilication taking shape in his massive
brain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-01

bow. The.two principals arrived ON the
ground in the most bioodthirsty temper,
and Bismarck with the greatest difficulty
persuaded them to substitute l2 PAGES for
the three on which they had already deter
mined
When he came "a take the measure. how
ever, he cunningl, heightened the IL into
IA, and the result was that 10 one was in
jured. Fer his part in this affair the rector
sentenced Bismarck to solitary confinement
for 10 days. The Old council house i'm which
he was inc.scerated is no longer in exist
ence, but the door % his cell. on which he
carved his name with his pcnknife, has
happily been preserved The English stu
dents knight ami Wright. his second in
this duel, were incorrigible rcyelers. and
together with Bis.narcl. and john i.othrop
Motley, the noted historian Of later days,
Were responsible for half the mischief per
petrated Iy the Gottingen students
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
GRANTS ESTIMATE.
What the General Thought of the
Vicksburg Campaign.
Col. Fred Grant Speaks on Behalf of the
Measure to Make the Battlefield
Park

Washington, Jan. 11.-Gen. Grants es-
innate Of the vicksburg campaign was
an interesting feature developed during
a call today of prominent military men
on Speaker Reed and his republican as
sociates from the committee on rules.
The delegation included Gen. Goblin,
commander-in-chiefo of the G. A. r.; Col.
Fred D. Grant, representing the army
Of the Tennessee and the Loyal Legion;
Capt. Rigby of Iowa, secretary of the
Vicksburg Association, and Col. Ever
est, representing the soldiers of Illi-
nois.
They appeared to urge consideration
Of the bill making a national military
park of the Vicksburg battlefield.
Cen Goblin spoke for the G. A. r.,
that body having resolved at the Buff
falo encampment, to strongly advocate
this measure. He said that of all bat
tlefelds not yet designated as parks,
this one was regarded by the soldierss
as the one to be set aside. n
A similar view was expressed in la
letter from Gen. Dodge.
Col Grant spoke for the Army 9sof
Tennessee, saying that it had Furnished
to the Vicksburg campaign, Grant,
Sherman, Sheridan, Mcpherson and
Howard. Shiloh was marked by a ma
tional park, yet Vicksburg was more
particularly the great victory of that
army. Col. Grant said his fathers es-
innate of Vicksburg, from the stand
point of a military operation, was low,
Gen. Grant had not considered it
safe move, but 1t had been forced on
him by political considerations, since
retreat would have meant political dis
aster in the north. ., But, while in prin-
ciple, the campaign, had not been APP
proved, Col Grant Said his father re-
garded the boldness of its execution the
cause of it's success 1t had furnished
a lesson to European military authori-
ties, as to leaving base of supplies
and depending upon the enemy's coun-
try for supplies, and, although dan
gerous precedent, European military
authorities now approve it.
Col. Grant said Sherman agreed with
Grant that the campaign was not justi-
fed from. a military standpoint
Speaker Reed, in replying, said the
committee needed no prompting toward
honoTfag the service Of Grant and the
Army, of the Tennessee. Yet the
question was not simple one, as many
bills were pending, and it was most diff
ficult to determine which were the most
meritorious. Moreover, he said, the
question of keeping expenditures with
in the revenues of the government was
still with congress, and was an injunc-
tion against many steps which it was
desired to take. He assured the dele
cation that the measure it advocated
would receive every possible considera-
fiOn
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12

1t was a marked compliment to Rep
resentative Charles G. Washburn of this
oity, that he should have been selected
for chairman of the house taxation
committee, for that committee has a
very important work before it this ses-
sion What is more, the correspondents
at the state house and the press in gen
eral are disposed to say that the choice
was wise. mo new member last year
made better impression than he"
says the Boston Herald reporter. Sena-
tor Harwood of Newton is the chairman
of the senate taxation committee. 1t is
pleasant to note the committee appoint
ments in general give satisfaction, des-
pite the fact that none of the democrats
got craftsmanship.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12

''The deterrent effects of last Fridays
hanging in this! part of the state are not
as observable as we could wish they
were" remarks the Springfield Repub-
lican, anent the triple tragedy at Brook
feld. The deterrent effects of capital
punishment have hardly been demon
strable by example anywhere. Almost
every outburst of savagery or frenzy,
such as that in Brookfeld, furnishes
some ground for the argument of those
who insist that crime is disease or a
form of insanity. There is at any rate
the satisfaction Of knowing that man
kind will hereafter be safe from the
ferocity Of insanity of two monstrous
creatures, and that no pardoning power
can release O'Neil or Durrant to prey
again upon the community