The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

In college Bismarck was famous only
for his wild life. his numerous duels,
his skill in swimming and in horse
manship, and enjoyed as we'll as earned
the title Of a Jolly student" His first
encounter with the rector Of the uni
versity is characteristics:
Bismarck had thought it proper, according
to custom. TO celebrate his initiation into the
"Hannovera" The students drank heavily,
as is always the case upon such occasions,
and young Bismarck, in the course Of an ami
mated discussion, threw a bottle out of the
window. A passer-by was struck and made
a complaint, and as the spree had been held
at the house where Bismarck lodged, near
the ramparts, the new member of the Han
novera" was summoned to appear before the
rector.
He was still in bed when the citation, bear
ing the address ''Dominus Won Bismarck
arrived. The young Dominus arose, threw
dressing robe about him, thrust his feet into
his kanOuenstiefel, placed a ''stovepipe" hat
on his head and in this strange attire, with
his pipe in his mouth, and followed by his
huge English mastiff, presented himself be-
fore the rector The rector, alarmed by the
presence Of the great animal, took refuge
behind his desk, and at once ordered the
young Dominus to pay a fine of five thalers
for appearing before the tribunal Of the uni
versity in such costume. Bismarck contended
that the bottle few out of the window with
out human agency, and offered to demon
strate with the rector's ink bottle how cas-
lily it could be done; but the latter closed the
argument by adding three days Imprisonment
in the career.
His life at Frankfort was full Of in
teresting incidents. He related the fol-
lowing story about Baron Prokesch,
president of the German diet:
Prokesch had brought with him from the
East the trick of the most miserable in
trigues. Truth was a matter of absolute in
difference to him. 1 remember once, in a
large company, there was some talk Of an
Austrian statement which did not square
with the truth. Prokesch raised his voice
and said so that I could hear him distinctly:
IF that were not true I should have been
lying (and he emphasized the word) in the
name Of the imperial-royal government"
He looked me straight in the face. 1 re-
turned the look and said quietly: Quite So
your excellency." He was obviously shocked
but when on looking around he perceived
nothing but down-drOpped eyes and solemn
silence, which meant to say that 1 was in
the right, he turned on his heel and went
into the dining room, where covers were laid.
After dinner he had recovered himself, and
came across to me with a full glass, for
otherwise I should have supposed that he was
going to call me out. He said: Come, now;
let US be friends" why not?" said I; "but
the protocol must of course be altered
'You are incorrigibe," he replied, smiling
1t was all right. The protocol was altered
80 that they recognized that it had contained
untTuth.
He did not scorn to attain his ends
by devices that owed more to ingenuity
than to the dignified exercise of resist
less strength:
While he Prussia's representative in
the federal diet at Frankfort he was irritat-
ed by the discovery that some of the very
pOmpous and equally constituencies diploma
fists in the bunderstag were In the habit of
intercepting and reading his reports to the
king of Prussia. Instead of denouncing this
custom openly and thereby causing scenes