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BISMARCK IN A-TENDER MOOD.
A Pathatlo Incident of the Franco-
Prussian War.
Bismarck is always thought of os
the Iron Chancellor, who cemontcd
the German states into one empire
with the blood of German soldiers
shed in three great wars. But u
French army surgeon, Dr. Czer-
nicke, in u volume of reminiscences
from which Forest and Stream
quotes, most unexpectedly presents
him ms a man who felt and deplored
all the horrors of war. The sur
geon met the statesman at Rezon-
villo during the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870.
"You are taking part, sir, in a
terrible war," began Bismarck to
the young man. “What a beginning
for your career I What awful
sights 1 What suffering!
“It is not you or theso poor muti
lated fellows that I should like to
see here,” Bismarck continued, ear
nestly, “but your senators and dep
uties! They would then see what
war is.”
This idea that the war had been
forced upon the two nations by pol
iticians was ever with Bismarck, ac
cording to Dr. Czernieke. He re
ferred to it again on going over the
battlefield where, seated on some
straw and propped up against a pil
lar of the church, was one of the
French soldiers, a very young man.
He was terribly wounded. A
shell, striking him like the lash of
a whip, had carried nway both his
eyes and the bridge of his nose,
leaving the skull bare. The wound
was covered with a dressing. He lay
there, calm, silent, motionless, in
dumb resignation.
Bismarck stooped in front of him
and asked the surgeon about the
case.
“There is war for you, Messieurs
the Senators and Deputies 1” be said
bitterly. Then, turning to one of
his suit, “Please bring me some
wine and a glass.”
He filled the glass to the brim
and took a sip. Then, gently tap
ping $he poor fellow, “My friend.'
will you not drink something?”
The wounded soldier roused him
self. Bending, Bismarck very ten
derly and slowly gave him the wine
and, rising again, almost solemnly
drank what wus left in the glass,
“What is your name, my boy r and;
where do you come from r”
“Rossignol, from Brittany.”
“I am Bismarck, my comrade,
and I am very proud to have drunk
STOPPED THE OVATION.
Riohard Wagner’s Peculiar Experience
In Vienna.
When Wagner waB at the height
of his popularity ho visited Vienna.
Baron von Beust, then chancellor
of the empire, was informed that
the Prussian party intended to give
Wagnor an immense serenade—a
nereuado which would have the sir
of German protest against the tend
ency of the ministry to muke the
union of Hungary and Austria more
intimate. The demonstration prom
ised to arouse strong feeling.
“Your excellency is warned,” said
the chancellor’s advisors. “It is im
possible to stop this manifestation
unless Wagner goes away, and he
loves ovations too well. Nothing
will induce him to depart.”
“You think so,” said Beust, with
a smile.
An hour later Wagner was invit
ed to dine with the chancellor. Ho
was flattered by the invitation and
accepted it. After dinner, at which
Beust was delightfully affable nnd
entertnining, the chancellor re
marked: “Herr Wagner, are you
interested in autographs? 1 have
some very curious ones to show
you.” And lie opened a portfolio
where were letters of Palmerston.
Bismarck, Napoleon III., Heine and
others.
Suddenly turning to a paper dat
ed 1848, he said: “Ah, look at this.
It is very curious. What would
your friend his majesty the king of
Bavnria say if this paper, which
would be significant in connection
with tho political serenade which
the Germans are going to give you,
should be published tomorrow in
the Vienna papers?”
The composer examined the pn-
per and recognized with surprise an
old proclamation of one Richard
Wagner, who, an ardent revolution
ist in 1848, had proposed to the
youth of that time to set fire to the
palace ot the king of Saxony. He
saw his autograph and that it might
be the means of getting him into
serious trouble.
“Very curious, is it not, Herr
Wagner ?” said the minister.
“Very curious, your excellency,”
replied his guest.
The next morning Richard Wag
ner left Vienna, recalled t« Bai-
reuth by argent bueineea.—Strand
Magazine.
Could Read Facta,
“Ye% sir,” went on Professor
out of the same glass with a travel x. to a gentleman to whan, ha
man like you.”
Stretching his hand over the hor
ribly mutilated head, Bisroardk gave
mute benediction and passed on.
Quite the Thing.
“I told you that if you came to
morrow morning I would give you
the money for my wash. Why did
you come tonight ?” said Miss Phiiis
to the duughter of her laundress.
“I know yon said tomorrow
mornin’,” responded the girl, “but
me mother she told me to come to
night, ’cause she was afraid you
might be gone away by tomorrow
mornin’.”
“I certainly should not go with
out paying my laundry bill,” said
Miss Phiiis sharply. “No respect
able woman would do such a thing.”
“Oh, yes, ma’am, they would,”
replied the child knowingly
“There’s lots of respectable ladies
does.”—New York Press.
Bacon’s Mother’s Advioa.
Bacon’s mother appears to hdve
kept a Bharp eye on his behavior
long affer he had attained years of
discretion, hi 1894, when he was
thiriy-tBree years old and the lead
ing orator in the honse of commons,!
me find her writing to her son<:
“Look well to your health. 'iSum
not nor eit up late. Surely I think!
your drinking to bedwards hinder-’-
eth your and your brother’s diges-:
tion very much. I never knew any i
but sickly that used it, besides be
ing ill for head and eyes. Observe
•well, yet in time.”—London Chron
icle.
i —
I The Mind’s Eye.
It will probably be news to most
• people to hear that rudimentary
traces of a third eye exists among
all vertebrates, including man. In
the human race the third eye forms
part of the pineal gland, a small
mass about the size of a pea in al
most the very center of the brain.
Possibly, therefore, there was more
Actual truth in the well known ex
pression “the mind’B eye” than its
njgginator dreamed of.
had recently been introduced, */l
have given some attention to tho
study of human nature, and I rarely
fail to read a face correctly. Now,
there is a lady,” he continued, point
ing across the room, “the lines of
whose countenance are as clear to
me as type. The chin shows firm
ness of disposition amounting to
obstinacy, the sharp pointed nose a
vicious temperament, the large
mouth volubility, the eyes a dryness
of soul, the”—
“Wonderful, professor, wonder
ful!”
“You know something of the
lady, then ?” said the professor com
placently.
“Yes—a little. She’s my wife.”
What Breathing Amounts To.
In each respiration an average
adult inhales one. pint of air. A
man respires sixteen to twenty
times a minute and a young chad
■about twenty-five to thirty-five
times. While in a standing posture
the. number of respirations is great
er than ujhen lyihg down. A man
takes only Urate**. breaths of Int to
the minute whfie reclining. The
superficial Bwrfqpe- of tlte ranga ft
2(19 equate .yards. The amount of
air incited hy an-advdt in twenty- <
four hours is about 10,fiOfl quarts.
The least amount of aft needed by
an adult in one'hour is S8fi quarts.
The heart sends through the lungs
5,000 gallons of bicod daily.
Word Curiosities.
; It is impossible to “kick” a man
in French. You must give him a
“blow with the foot.” The Portu
guese do not “wink” at one. They
“close and open the eyes.” In the
languages of many semicivilized
tribes there is no word with which
to convey the idea of “stealing,”
perhaps because the idea of prop
erty iB so vague. It is related of one
of the early missionaries that in at
tempting to translate the Bible into
Algonquin he could find no word to
express f< 4ovo” and was compelled to
invent i* s —tmofUa Tit-Bits.
PAID TO “THINK AHEAD”
Ths Part Imagination Plays In ths
Business World.
There Is a mun In an offletf in New
Turk whose business It Is to think
flheud on behalf of the community nnd
propure Tor coming events, writes T,
Sharper Knowlton In the Century, dis-
cussing "The Uses of Imagination In
Husluess:” He sits ut a big table, and
before hlin Is a map of New York with
its environs by land nnd sen. The
problem Is to determine what shipping
accommodation will be required in .the
future and to begin the work 'of recon
struction now. During the last cetitfi.
ry the story wus one of growth,
growth, growth, and the story Is to bo
continued. How? That Is the ques
tion which tho man with tho map has
to settle. He Is not on piecework; be
is paid for thinking. In other words,
whatever his official title may be, 1
shall call him acting professor of Im
agination to the shipping Interests or
New York.
In every progressive bouse of busi
ness there Is or ought to be a similar
officer. Generally he Is the principal
himself. That is one reason why he di
vides his business Into departments
and pays men high salaries to superin
tend them. He wants time to think.
But the fnrseeing clement In Imagi
nation Is not the only one. There Is
one which concerns Itself with dutalls.
If I might say so, Imagination Is tele
scopic for big things and microscopic
for small things. You oan imagine a
billion dotlur trust and you can Imag
ine a new way of pointing a needle.
Probably no man makes a sure ad
vance without using both Instruments,
but the essential work of the Imagina
tion Is always the same. It creates
the things which are not Judgment
passes Its verdict and action brings
realization.
ANTS IN AUSTRALIA.
They Eat Up Wooden Beams and Even
Dine on Leaden Roofs.
The following extract from an Aus
tralian diary will give an Idea of the
ravages of the ants In that country:
“About noon it got too hot for any
thing, and I took a well earned swim
In a secluded creek, amid shoals of
fish, large and small, who apparently
resented my Intrusion from the way
they came and stared at me.
“I found on emerging from the wa
ter thut a host of blue brown ants had
taken possession of my clothes, and
when they were shaken oot they re
venged themselves by biting my heat
feet in a way which was exueedtagfr
patnfui
“Theta *re thousands et ants every-
Wheta Berne of the nt hRh am three
feet high and she tret agreed, bwt ex
cept far a ahtagi alp a* the fftae fbe
eidhnur antfs bite to a*t aeticeabta.
Bat If a MMter'aat or a boll ant «r a
grfreehand (an an{ about soe and a half
Inches long with a green head) Mtea
yon It Is net to .be forgotten because
they take quite a big piece out
“Then there are tho white ants (not
really ants, but termites), which cheer
fully eat the Insides out of the beams
of the wooden houses and recently ate
the sheet lead on top of the Sydney
museum. The city fathers thought
this was going a little too far, so now
the ants are preserved Inside the mu
seum with samples of the half con
sumed lead as a warning to all who
would allow their appetites to run
away with them.”—London Gentle
man.
Quick Measurements.
A traveler was detained at a little
country railroad station In England
for half an hour and was chatting with
the station master when tho bell rang
sharply half a dozen times. Instantly
the three employees—station master,
ticket agent and porter—ranged up In
a line <m tho platform and stood at at-
teatfm. A .moment later a toeometive
with a atngto saloon ear stewed ep.
Tbs soHtsry socupamt ©fthe ear re
garded the mem efiavpty from (he win-
taw, made-howled aetoa sad quickly
retired;
“Whm wtm-tiMi** me trnimat sstasd
the station Master after tkif mWs
“Same pmsatBedt efSoer Of tho
LIQUID AIR.
“Oh, no," wed tho rftply, ’flSfia* w*$
tho nffimafl. company** tafia* wragar-
Ing us tor new serttB.'’—©tatoa Man-
script
' ■ "■ 'i "
Scull sod Skull.
“SonIts” and “skulla" am really ous
word In origin, and both at various
times have been spelled capriciously
with a “c” or a “k." Pepys, tho dia
rist tells how he went on the Thqmes
at one time “In a scull,” at another In
a "skuller.” The origin of the word la
“skulle” or “sculle,” a bowl or goblet
While the cranium was obviously bow-
like In shape a distant resemblance to
a bowl was also detected In the scoop
ed out blade of a "Scull” as opposed to
the flat blade of an oar proper.
I A Vacancy Filled.
1 Gerald—t have a cold In my head.
Geraldine—Well. I suppose that la bet
ter tiffin nothing.—Exchange.
Ths Way It Acts as a Pressrvstlvs ol
Animal Matter.
It Is sometimes necessary to pre
serve parts of a human body or of
some other animal for the purpose of
testing for the presence of poisons.
In such cases tho preservative must
fulfil certain special requirements. It
must be able to prevent absolutely any
decay or putrefaction: It must not It-
Rolf cause any change In the tissues,
either structural or chemical; It muRt
not Introduce any substance that
would In nny way Interfere with the
subsequent tests or givo rise to false
conclusions, and It must be easily bun
dled.
Liquid air has been found to be
quite well adapted to this use. Its
low temperature (about 400 degrees
below zero, Fahrenheit) prevents ab
solutely all putrefaction as well as all
other chemical change. At the same
time, It prevents the evaporation of
nny volatile substance that may be
present, such as carbon monoxide or
hydrocynnlo acid gas. Experiments
have shown that the most delicate
tissues, such as glands nnd brain, are
quite unaffected by being placed In
liquid air for a long time, and the
tissues even retain their natural colors.
For the purpose of making chemical
tests in a piece of tissue It Is frequent
ly necessary to cut the material up
Into very small pieces. Tissues that
have been preserved In liquid air are
frozen so hard that they may be
ground up Into a fine powder.—Har
per’s.
Titbits of tha Ancient Greeks.
As delicacies the Greeks ate young
foxes caught In the autumn, robins
and sparrows and certain kinds of fish
snared by moonlight There Is a scrap
of an old Greek comedy In which a
cook boasts of frying a fish so exqui
sitely, that It threw him grateful looks
from the pan. A famous Greek dish
was the Trojan pig, half of It boiled
and tho other half roasted. It was
stuffed with eggs, ortolans and
thrushes. The Romans ate snails—
giant monsters—fattened until their
shells held an Incredible amount of
snail. The kettle In a high class Ro
man kitchen was often shaped like an
elephant’s head. The water was pour
ed through the trunk. The gridiron
might be a huge silver spider or a
skeleton fish.
Oysters as They drew.
When young oysters first appear they
are called "spat” and are no forger
than a pinhead. At the age of one
year (bay ere known a* “brood" and
ft fmsbti vmmn rnm held about <M0O
•f them. When fiber are three
«#S (her mm dttfgmte* se
a* of these wttt (feat OH three
BHsttnewt. Cher ete net
MftdT far Market until they are torn
rente tifl, and thee they basts arrived
to c dignity of proportion that If the
et broods b*» not loot any of Its
It will require nearly seven
of web measures to carry them to mar
ket -v
Uncle Bonbon.
An elderly beau bad been delivering
himself of certain forcible home truths
when lecturing his nephew.
"Wonderful chap, your uncle," ob
served a friend when the old gentle
man had disappeared. “So weil pre
served."
“I don’t know so much about his be
ing well preserved," growled the of
fended nephew, “but he Is unpleasant
ly candid.”—Youth's Companion. ^
This Busy Life.
“Ok, it’s you, is it ?” murmurs the
wife, meeting her husband at the
reception.
"Yes. Glad to boo you,” ha
•ndles. “Bad half an Idea I’d ran
m, *
ft nieef Oil, them wae
•taM&btg t unrated to «k you
i&wwkt of'4fr j*ut nj&r .1
M
hmvf.
toe.
: , W9 -nteMs. I <wp-
V at too heme ekeap;
j thr* ft ntfff have o*»
?toy»n again."—Jfedgefe li-
Remodeled.
After being injured by a bull of
peculiarly savage temper John
Wesson was under a doctor’s care
for a considerable time and there
by incurred a heavy bill for medical
attendance. When he was almost
well one of his old friends who had
called upon him said he congratu
lated him on looking so well after
such a lqng illness.
“Looking-well!” echoed John. “I
should be looking well. There’s
been $1®) went in repairs on me
lately* and Fm not finished yet!”
‘ SOFT SHELL CRABS. If
They Den’t Remain 8oft Very Long
After the 8heddlnp.
The supply of soft crabs for markot
Is obtained by catching hard crabs and
keeping thorn until they Bhod their
shells.
For this purpose large rectangular
floats, made of laths nnd planking,
are employed, and threo or four times
every day the stock on band Is care
fully Inspected, all the soft crabs being
picked out and packed without delay.
They are put Into shallow boxes of
moist seaweed, from ten to thirty-five
dozen In a box, according to the size
of tho animals.
When the packing Is dono carefully
tho occupants may be kept alive from
sixty to seventy hours after leaving
tho water.
Grabs have been shipped all the way
from the Chesnpeake to Canada, arriv
ing at their destination In good condi
tion. In summer, of course, Ice Is
used.
But where soft crabs are concerned
It Is necessary thnt they shall reach
the market quickly, beennse their new
shells harden with great rapidity.
At the end of twelve hours the shells
are like purchment and In three or
four days the crab Is as hard ua ever—
bence unfit for use In the form most
highly approved by epicures.—New-
York Herald.
DICKENS AS HE WORKED.
During Long Walks He Evolvod tho
Plots of His Stories.
Every Christmas and every summer
for twenty years Marcus Stone, R. A.,
the English painter, used to visit
Charles Dickens at his various homes,
especially at Gadshlll, near Rochester.
“Dickens," says Stone In his remi
niscences, "was one of the greatest
and kindest men I ever met He was
Imbued with the true Christian spirit
What particularly struck me at Gads-
hlll was the atmosphere of calm and
comfort one felt at once on entering
the house.
“At 8 o’clock every afternoon we
used to have a twenty mile walk ,ln
the country round. Dickens spoke but
little while walking, and this after a
time led me to discover the secret of
his amazing industry. He sat only for
a few hours at his desk, and I always
wondered how be could be so prolific
an author.
“Well,, owing to Ms taciturnity In our
«o»ntry walks I began to suspeet that
it was then he evolved most et tho
plpts of bis novels. Hte brain was no-
tire til the time and -toe task of repro-
duete* <m -paper the things be imagin
ed and thought abew* became more or
km A RMMbanfaal peeaMfe*
"fietateft Dbtipftta.
Bwteg th« meteor off the army m-
eratte In Yflna softie years ago the gen
eral In command, turning to one of the
new soMHere, aSlced him, “Wfaatls roHr
ttary dtsdpllnot"
"It Is that a soldier has got to do
Just what he’s told by his superior
officer, only nothing against the czar,”
was the answer.
“All right then. You take your cap,
bid your comrades goodby and go and
drown yourself In that lake there.
Look sharp I”
Tears glistened In the soldier’s eyes.
He gazed earnestly and prayerfully at
his commander, turned suddenly about
and rushed off to the lake. He was on
the very brink before he was over
taken and stopped by the sergeant
sent to prevent the Involuntary sui
cide.
Result of Intense Emotion.
A young cat was seen to catch hto
first moufto. As be was carrying It In
triumph to the house be suddenly be
came paralysed to the hind quarters
and for an bear remained stretched on
the gBMiid. Then merement returned,
bat n was ebsorved from the way he
knocked Mm self apotest the •hiartture
and awfe-tle effort to tape food which
wto to film fitet be was Bffid.
ter *#* h*rt*» be wqittltted’to this son-’
ttHfeft. WiMffty the WTH*fea» snflHenly
wtHfitotefc B*d>Boaaira«8 MtoscM again;
fiSi War e**e «f bjWtettohbTaValysis.
by the'iffifewe effistltra'ofi
hfsfirafawthjA
Good Ladies’ Horse.
•"•epttoM »• be was a stoodl* ladles*
bume;" angrily said the mail who had
made the purchase.
“He was." replied the deacon. “My
wife owned him, and she Is one of tha
very best Women I ever knew.'’-Ex-
ebange.
Not Quite a Tempest. 1
A young gentleman with an un
musical voice insisted upon Binging
at a social gathering.
“What does he call that?” in
quired a disgusted guest.
“/The Tempest,' I think,” an
swered another.
“Don(t be alarmed,” said an old 5
sea captain present. “That’s no
tempest. It re only a equaB’gnd'wia
kwh bt taw*” . , A
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