Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-23

'red wine was the natural drink OF tho
North German" and he preferred TO SEQ
his countrymen drinking honest brandy
to "muddling their heads" with beer.
1.-THE widespread use of beer" he remark-
ed lis much to be deplored. Beer drink
ing makes men stupidity lazy and impo-
tent. 1t is the cause of all the democrats
&c pot politics which people talk over II.
Good corn brandy would be better"
Suiting the action to the word, after
returning from dining with the king at
Versailles, he asked his servant TO pour
him out a glass of corn brandy" He en-
| dorsed the proposition of one OF his gem
| erals: Red wine for children, cham-
| payne for men and schnapps for gener-
| ais" couple of Germans living In War
| saw says a writer In the Philadelphia
| Times, wagered hundred roublcs as TO
whether Bismarck drank more wine or
beer. and applied 20 him directly for u
settlement OF the point. Ills highnesss'
replied his secretary. directs mo to in-
form you that you are both right, as no
is equally fond of good wine and good
| beer. and with the exception OF those days
when he is III drinks the one as well as
| the other"
| During the F'ranco-PruEsian yar 9iasu.
| marck had grown for oncc call wrong Ia
! the inner man." and said that even
| two days hunting and fresh air had done
nothing for him, but ne hit upon RENE
| edy. He went down 10 the cuirassiefs'
quarter sat Bradenburg. They had been
getting a new cup. Il was to drink out OF
it first and initiate IT, and then 1t was TO
go round II might have been a bottle.
held my BREATH drank II and to the last
drop. and set It down empty. They were
| astounded. But II was the Gottingen
way. 1t cured. / was never so right.il
side as in the four weeks after that.
remember, too, when / was at a hunt
with Frederick William w emptied one
of those puzzle drinking horns. IL was SO
made that the drlnker could not put tho
mouth Of the horn, which might hold
three-quarters OF quart. to his lips and
yet he was not allowed to split singio
drop. 1 took II up and emptied It, though
It was a very dry champagne. and not q
single drop fell on my white waistcoat.
I asked for another, but tho king said,
No. there must be no more Formerly
feats OF that sort were the Indispensable
passports into the diplomatic service
They drank the weak-heaaed ones Under
the table. Then they asked them all sorts
Of things which they wanted to know aud
forced them to make all sorts OF oonces-
sions which they had no authority to
make. They then made them sign thels
names and when the four fellows grew
sober they could not imagine how their
signatures got there
Bismarck. besides being great drink.
err, was a heavy smoker Az a young
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yard long-not extending horizontally, bus
perpendiculariy. In his cashier days whom
he was what the Germans term "chain
smoker" a connected cabie Of algars,
each link Of which e lighted at the
stump Of its predecessors. In this way he
could smoke from Cologne 10 Berlin. B
journey OF ten hours. Happy man.
said Gambetta. speaking Of Bismarck
Happy man, beer and smoke agree with
him" He might have added everything
agreed with him, and that the more no
drank the better he felt. Bismarck vas
also a great eater. In an age Of dyspeD-
STA and dainty p4cking Of hygienlc dishes,
he would sit down to HIS meals like d
Gaelic hero or Saxon lord. and fed hi.
faithful dog with his own hand. During
the French war. referring TO the amount
steak and two dishes OF pheasant. II II
a good deal. but not too much. and II il
! my only meal. / breakfast on a cup Of
tea without milk and couple OF eggs
/ Once he remarked: Il WIS very fond OK
hard-boiled eggs-though now can only
| manage three-but che time was when
/ could make away with ELEVEN" During
| the Franco-Prussian war he could carry
with him supply Of eggs which he could
break on the HIT OF hts sword while rid
/ ing. and in 1870, when fcrty-nve years ~
| age. ne wrote to his wife. = took for
| tea, tea and coffee, six eggs. three kinds
| Of meat cakes and bottle 81 bordeaux.
It was once suggested 70 him that eausr-
| kraut was rot wholesome. bismarck
| saiG: II do not think 50. I eat II becauss
| I believe IT 10 be wholesome. bat DIR. En-
| gle gives us a schnapps afterwards