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Varzin, who also had his meals at the common
table When his time was up and he had t.
make ma way for another subordinate, he had
their work tosstherS' " After that mo- no az
chancery ever went to Varzin.
For twenty years he ruled the empire with
q, rcd of iron But as the years went by
felt. He was dlsinclned to admit the fact,
but the death of Kaiser Wilhelm opened his
eyes to the stern truth that unless something
unusual occurred his influence in the empire
would speedily end.
The Grown Prince Frederick and the prime
minister had been at swords point for years.
opposition of the latter to the marriage OF
the crown prince to Victoria, eldest daugh 81
of the queen of England Frederick only
lived few months after his accession to
the throne, in March, 1888, and then Bis
marck depended on the boy William for
continuance of his power. But the nsw kaiser
was not inclined to sustain the old chanc2l-
lor's ideas, and when Bismarck, feeling the
ingratitude Of his royal master, offered his
resignation as rebuke, it was promptly az
copied, On March IS, 1880. Europe was as
founded at the news. Bismarcks doWnfa
was complete and almost as pathetic as that
of Wolsey.
i'll and the emperor sent him q telegr3m
of sympathy and offered him the use OF one
of his castles to assist his convale cence.
This offer the prince gratefully and gracefully
declined, but the exchange of court sizes b.
tween him and the emperor served to make
very manifest the desire OF the German peo-
pie for a reconciliation. This desire was
granted in 1895. The emperor sent a pr sent
of wine to FREDERICKSBURG and an autograph
letter congratulating the prince on MS re,
Bismarck at once responded to this G acl US
advance by going to Berlin and paying ms
first visit to the emperor since he had lett
office. The emperor afterwards returned the
visit at FREDERICKSBURG.
Two attempts have been made on Prince
1I,o Grcf NV man
Blind. on May I, 1856, at Berlin. and on July
10, 1874 by Kullmann, at kissingen.
A Bismarck museum containing all sorts OF
objects relative to the chancellor's career has
been founded at Berlin or the extenIii.ve s
literature on Prince Bismarck, the chief
original sources in Germany are P3schinger,s
edition of Prince Bsmarcks Frankfurt letter.
and dispatches, his correspondence by reopen,
lis political life and labors and his cabinet
speeches by Hanes his bosFs nsng by synt HE'D
Bismarck and His People There is an
excellent English work, prince Bismarck
W princess Bismarck died at Barz,n, Nov. 27.
1894.
IN PRIVATE LIFE.
Since his retirement his birthdays on the
chancellor's estates at Schoenhausen, Varz an
or Friedrichsruh have been kept as fetes,
with always a crowd of notabes calling upon
him to extend congratulations. The latter
chateau is filled with presents and presenta-
ton pieces, tangible proof of the firm pace
he long held in the hearts or MS countrymen,
such as portraits, marble bus s, illuminated
addresses silver dinner services, sets of
massive gold drinking ours and tankards,
clocks and gorgeous furniture OF every de-
scription. ,,.;.,
In contradiction to his stormy political
career was the serenity of his married me.
The princess was with him through all his
Diplomatic career She was perfect specl-
men of the German hausfrau, bearing ner
honors as the most natural thing In tie world,
holding fast to the friends Of humber days
and having but object in life, to make
her husband and children happy. Shortly
before her death the prince said of her: She
it Is who made we what / am" Some OF
his most charming thoughts are expressed
in early letters to his wife. He believed
fully in the truth of the lines once written
by him in the genealogical album OF Count
Stillfriend 0S69) in Latin:
Oh. happy is the man, and blest,
Who sits in his home at rest,
Who simply sits at his fireside
In tranquil peace whate'er betide!
Their children, according to the Gotha, are:
Countess Marie, born at Schoenhausen Aug.
81, 1S4S married at Berlin 9th Of November,
1878 to Count Cuno de Rantzau.
Count Herbert, born In Berlin 2Sth OF De-
cember, 1S49 now secretary of the foreign
Office and plenipotentiary of Prussia at the
federal council.
Count William. born at Frankfort Aug. 1,
1852.