The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-02

course Is the right one, and IL shall be
steered.' and Il will crush every one who
opposes me in my work"
Here are Bismarck's own words on tho
point at issue:
THE essence Of constitutional mon
arehy' ne said, under which we live,
consists In the cooperation OF the mon
! areh's VIII with the convictions of the
people ruled. / never was an abso-
lutst and shan least of all become such
an my old age"
The veteran continued to defend himself
and his IDEAS vigorously in interviews,
! speeches and the newspapers Then Cham
| cellor Won CaDrivi was instructed to say TO
| the German ministers at foreign courts
tfat no weight was to be attached to Bis
! n0rcks utterances, and that His Ma
jesty distinguishes between Bismarck
| formerly and now"
Bismarck owned numerous valuable ee-
! tates, the largest OF which were Fried
rchsruh, Varzin and Echoenhausen. the
hrst named the most extensive and his
home estate. II comprises 20 900 acres. ana
was a present from the old Emperor VIII
| liam soon after the close OF the Franco
| Prussian war. 1t is one Of the finest pri
vate possessions in the world He had
| considerable income from the sale Of tim
| ber from his forests to ship builders There
are many fields under cultivation. and he
| owned extensive distilleries manufactur-
| les ana saw mills, all Of which had his
general oversight. He kept his residence
in Berlin No. rs, Wilhelmstrasse, and
! had extensive possessions IN Pomerauia.
! The tile Of Duke Of Lauenburg which
Bismarck never used. preferring not to
bury his own great home under a tide
| however elevated, was conferred upon tho
| Prince by the present Kaiser at the time
when the latter called for his reeigna-
ton as chancellor of the Empire.
No man in Europe was more honored
by crowned heads than Bismarck He
had received % least one hundred and
twenty-five decorations. OF these fourteen
were fashioned Of diamonds. They were
the Black Eagle of Prussia, the Star of
the order of Honhenzollern, the Com
manders badge Of the same order, the Ba-
den order of Fidelity .theBavarian order
of Saint Hubert, the Saxon order of the
Crown, the Saxon order of the Falcon,
and Wurtemburg order Of the Crown. the
Iron Crown Of Austria, the Christ of the
Holy See, the portrait Of the Shah and
the Saint Andre Of Russia.
Bismarck was the author Of number
Of epigrams, among which are the follow
ing:
"A Bavarian Is a cross between an AUS
trian and a human being"
IF Austria has astonlshed the world by
by it's cowardice."
God made man In His own image and
Italy IN the image of Judas"
THE French are a nation Of redskins.
The other European Powers are repre-
scented at foreign courts by persons OF
mark but France - often represented by
marked persons. You can always distin-
guish a French ambassador by the simple
fact that he never speaks the language Of
the country 20 which he is accredited"
Bismarck was showing a friend round
his house some time ago and, as he laugh
ingly pointed to the ponderous and forbid
ding iron safe i'm his wifes bed ROOM
said: you see, my wife acts as my
cashier and let me tell you that man
who trusts his wife with his financial in
terests has discovered an infallible way to
save money"
After the day on which Bismarck was
shot at (May 7, 1866 by Karl Blind, his
wife said: If / were in heaven and saw
the villain standing on the top of a ladder
leading down to hell l would have no
hesitation in giving him push
Hush my dear" replied Bismarck,
you would not be in heaven yourself
with such thoughts as those"
Bismarck was fond Of tobacco and good
drink. "southerners." ne said. ARE born
with a bottle of champagne inside them.
We Northerners have to put Il in and the
moment we cease putting 1t in we shah
Knock uDueF TO the SOuAntfneIS.
Radicals" said ne, "are forever want
ing the unattainable. like the Prussians,
who crave cherries in winter and oysters
In summer.
OF himself and HIS relations with Frede-
rick William Bismarck once said: The
King regarded me as a kind of egg cut
Of which he might be able some day 10
hatch minister It was a long time be-
fore my poor mother could be persuaded
that In Matching me she had not produced
a goose"
At the close OF his official career he said
10 some friends a Friedrichsruhe. II
have seldom been a happy man. If 1
reckon up the rare minutes of real hap
piness in my life l do not believe they
would make twenty-four hours in all. In
my political life / never had time to have
the feeling of happiness. But IN my pri-
waite life there have been moments OF
happiness. / remember, for instance, a
really happy moment in my life, and that
was when / shot my first hare In later
years 1t gave me pleasure to see my irri-
gated meadows and plantations thriving,
and at home I took pleasure in my wife
and children"
-Penman-Ive been sending funny artl-
cles 70 the paper for three weeks.
pophan-And have you racefvea a char,r