The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-12
MORE BISMARCK ANECDOTES.
How lie Calculated His Allowance of
Both Work and Drink.
From the London Telegraph.

II UNI lLe l1OIuOu Telegraph.
Berlin, Sept "Reminiscences. Per
sonal and political, of the late Prince Bis
marck are already very numerous in Ger
many. A good-sized bookcase is necessa-
ry TO contain them, and an addition to the
collection of anecdotes has now been an
nounced from the pen of a Herr John
Booth pronounced Boose, as the average
Teuton cannot set out our English "th.").
an exceedingly amiable and estimable gem
tleman of English extraction, who lived
formerly at Hamburg. Herr Booth COM
bned his extensive practical knowledge
Of .conifers and forestry in general with
passionate admiration for the late Prince
and the Prince repaid his blind devotion
by utilizing him for the advice he was
able to give as to the introduction of GER
tain non-indigenous trees into the Father
land. Herr Booth was a constant and pop
ular visitor at Prince Bismarck's country
seat at Friedrichsruh. A few advance
sheets Of his collection of stories have
been reproduced in the daily papers. 1t
is to be hoped that they are not the hest
specimens from the forthcoming book. If
they are, the publisher must have curious
ideas of the way to increase public esdma-
ton for Bismarcks private character
Three out of the five of the selected anec-
dotes. if recOunted of a star of lesesr mag
nitude, would hardly be regarded as edi-
fying Bismarck is declared to have been
a very hard eater, drinker, and smoker
a fact known to everybody, and The sub
Joined story is said TO have been told by
him at his own dinner table:
The largest number of oysters I ever
ate was al Liege, where l stopped on my
way back from England, when 1 was &c
civ han
consumed 175. First l ordered twenty-five,
and as they were so very excellent l or
dered fifty more, and while consuming
these / determined not TO eat anything
else for dinner and sent for 100 more, to
the great amusement of those people who
were dining in the same room"
one hundred and seventy-hVe oysters
that is to say almost fifteen dozen Not
bad meal,
While The Berlin Congress was sitting
the Prince was greatly knocked up from
the results of overwork, and wanted 10
leave town. Circumstances rendered this
impossible Speaking as president of the
congress in a foreign language took it out
Of him, too, although he was fluent ora
tor in French. His work at that time
kept him out of bed generally all through
the night up TO O'Clock in the morning.
He got to sleep about 6, he told Mr.
Booth: sometimes not til oc.ock in the
SAYS his brain seemed 10 him then to have
been something like Jumps of disconnect-
ed Jelly No wonder! To counterfeit this
he told his friend
Before going into the congress hall L
drank Two or three beer mugs, as large
as this one, OF the strongest port obtain
able (pointing at the time 10 an enormous
mug he held in his HAND in order to
make my blood boil properly-otherwise l
should have been quite incapable Of pre-
ding"
one day at dinner in 1879 somebody ask
ed the Prince if he still smoked much.
81 don't smoke cigars any longer" re-
piled Bismarck; 1.-THE other day / tried a
very mild one, but could not manage II.
II is nv opinion that certain quantity
is predestined for each individual When
ne has consumed that his powers of re-
cepton cease TO work. For myself I claim
about 100000 cigars and 5000 bottles Of
champagne"
burst out laughing when heard these
figures and then the Prince added:
II will prove that to YOU" He sue
ceeded in showing he had smoked 100000
cigars, but his allowance OF champagne
had not yet been entirely consumed, ac-
cording to his own account
well" he said, then | have still a
pretty good quantity Of bottles standing
to my credit; ] am really very fond OF
champagne"