The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
B!SMARCK'S EARLY CAREER.
Daredevil Student, Court Eeporter. Lep

Daredevil Student, Court Reporter, Legis-
iator, ambassador.
There was little promise of a brilliant
career in the youth of Otto Won Bismarck.
by a strange irony of fate he was born on
April FOOLS day at S~choenhausen, the
home CT his ancestors, in 1915. AT the age
or q he was sent to a boarding school at
Berlin, and when II years old he was re-
moved tothe gymnasium, or public classical
school, ard remained five years in such in
situations.
Al Gottlngen university, whittier he was
sent from the Berlin schools. young Bis
nlarck was a typical specimen of the reck-
less, daredevil student. He was then a
tall, slim. pale faced youth, active and
healthy enough, but with little sign of the
broad shOuldered. stalwart mar he after
ward became.
from Gottingen university Bismarck
went to the University of Berlin, where he
soon passed an examination in law and was
appointed auscultator, or official reporter,
al one OF the courts. a year of court re-
portlng and law was enough for bismarck.
re resigned his position, and after travel
ing several months he settled down to the
lie OF Il practical farmer On the family Cd
tateS.
IN iai1 be was welded to the Fraulein
johanna Frederick Charlotte Puttkamer
Inc marriage proved a union without a
law 1t steadied the impetuous Young
German, brought him for the first time face
TO race with the serious business of life and
was the turning point of his great career.
Soon after his marriage Bismarck was
made a membe of the Frankfort diet. AT
that time Germany was composed of loose
~ organized states and had little influence
IN european affairs. The revolution Of 1913
infused new hopes into the hearts of. the
people Radical ideas were spreading. and
the occupants of thrones trembled for their
safety. 1t did not take Bismarck long. to
decide which side he should take. He was
q firm believer in the divine right Of kings:
he inherited intense contempt for the peo-
PIE as q factor OF governmental power.
The swift rising current of dernocfAey
threatened to engulf his beloved Pruf6ta,
Frederick William granted y constituttoh.
and a deputation from the new national
parliament offered him the imperial crown
Of Germany. But with the traditional dis
dam of his race the king was not dispused
to accept honor ut the hands Of the people,
Empire derived from that source was de.
spised by a man who claimed his authority
direct from God. The offer was rejected.
and a jealous hatsed arose between Prussia
and Austria whi.h was soon to ripen into a
war for the humiliation of the latter.
Bismarck threw himself heart and soul
into the cause of the king M against the
people. He upheld the royal preroQatfves,
ilercely opposed anything in the nature Of
and gave way with bad grace to
the concessions which Frederick william
eventually deemed wise to grant to popular
AS q reward for his loyalty Bismarck was
appointed envoy to the diet at Frankbofrin
1851. This body did not represent the peo-
pie, but was in reality an assemhlAte 81
princes and their proxies, who kept : EIGHT
hold on individual rights while reaiatfhR