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rVRL.WEEKYEDJIONI WINNSBOROa S. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER'1 28,1878 1 Irol2.N18 --COUNT BISMARCK AT HOME. ---- TALKS WITH TUER LORD CHANCrE LOR--FROM A tECENT DZOGRAPHY. What He Thought of Napoleon--Smok ing at Austria--The Russian Tongne as the Language of Diplomacy Moltke and Lager Beer. [Correspondence Neto Yorle Herald.] Prince Bismarck is well known as a brilliant talker, but at the same time is guarded in his expressions that are intended for public perusal. His best sayings, his clearest and "pattest" judgments of men and things, however, come from him when he is talking to his friends in his blunt, natural, unrestrained fashion. It is such off-hand opin ions and anecdotes that Dr. Moritz Busc4 has brought together 'in the two volumes just publiphed at Berlin, and from which the following apercus have been made for the London journals: nISMARCK'S OPINION OF NAPOLEON III. Bismarck seems never-at least according to his own telling-to have entertained a very high idea of Napoleon III. To pretty nearly everybody else the late Emperor managed most successfully to throw about himself a certain mysterious glamour. But Prince Bismarck says he thought him stupid and senti. mental, much more good natured than is generally believed and far less of the wise head that people have taken him for. He is particu larly badly off with respect to geography, although he was brought up and went to school in Germany, and he lived in all manner of fan tastic imaginations. His acquire ments are of that sort that he would certainly not be able to pass our examination for the post of reforendary. I knew this long ago, but nobody believed me. I told the King so in 1854 and 1855. He (Napoleon) has not the least idea how matters stand with us. AN HISTORICAL CIGAR. One of Bismarck's happiest touches is the story of the fanous '-cigar incident" of the defunct German Bund, which was tradition ally ruled by the representative of the Austrian Kaiser. The Austrian presiding member ruled the rest of the German ambassadors in a very off hand fashion. At the military commission sittings, for instance, the Austrain presiding was accustomed to smoke a cigar, while the other representatives were too much overawed to attempt following his example. But Bismarck, when he was sent down to Frankfort, soon began to feel the absurd position in which Prussia was placed. His method of asserting his independ.. ence is amusingly characteristic of the Prince: "As Prussiin member of the Diet, I calleid up n Coint Thun, the Austrian and presiding member of entre agst assembly. When' I etrdhe was in his study, work ing and smoking. He begged me to wait a moment. I did wait, but when I thought the interview was rather too long delayed, and, more, over, had not even a cigar offered i me, I took one from the box before him and requested him to give me a light. He looked dumfounded, but co mmunicated the desired -- spark. Bnt there is another story of the same sort. In the days of * Rochow, my p'redecessor as Prus sIan member of the Diet, the Aus trian presiding member had adopted the habit of smoking at. the sittings of the militiary special commIission. -Rochow, p)assion.itely fond or smnok Sing, wvould have given his little finger to do the like, but did not dare. Now, when I came to F~rank fort I longed for my cigar at mii tary commission sittings, and, see.. ing no reason why I should not have it, politely asked the presiding power to give me a light. This de,. mand was received with universal astonishment and disgust. It evi dently was an event in the eyes of -all present. However, I got the light, and Austria and Prussia smoked. -The other members pres. ent thought the incident momen tous enough to report to their re spective courts. But the question was too grave to be decided1 in a hurry, so' for six months running no one smoked but Austria and Prussia. After the expiry of than period the, Bavarian Enxvoy took to 'asserting the dignity of his sov ereig beinghis rst goigar.in ass elav0.d Wall noticed Schrenckn his delicious weed. But his court had not authorized the deed, so he had to abatain. When, however, at the next sitting we witnessed the Hanover man, Both mer, indulging in tobacco, we knew that a special understanding had been entered into between Guelph and Hapsburg. Bothmer was very Austrian in his sentiments, and had a couple of sons in, the Austrian army. U on this Saxony would not be left behind, and boldly kindled the audacious spark. Now there were only two members lefk who did not make chimneys of their mouths-Wurtembeig and Darm, stadt. These unfortunates, not be - ing addicted to the vice, could not join in ; but the honor and inde. pondence of their States imperative ly required a sacrifice. Accordingly the next time we met the Wurtem berg gentleman took out a cigar-I see it before me now, a long, thin, straw-like contrefacon-and smokod it half as a holocaust made to Fatherland." Prince Bismarck's innovation was the comnencement of the struggle for supremacy between Austria and Prussia. When he lighted his first "sacrilegious Havana in the federal committee room lie gave the first blow to Austrian dignity and su premacy in Germany. The last blow wts given at Sadowa." In this delightful anecdote, as Mr. Kingston remarks, "Bismarck hits off with a masterly touch the ridiculous jeal ousies that animated the petty German kinglets and prineekins of twenty years ago. - Who can refuse his sympathy to the worthy Suabian, heroically making himself sick pro patria, and penetrated by the con viction that he was deserving well of his country by braving all the hor rors of nausea, lest proud Prussia or arrogant Austria should boast that Wurtemberg had not dared to put itself upon a smoking equality with the great German Powern I" GERMAN AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE, In a conversation with Baron Kendell about the introduction of German as a diplomatic language the Chancellor said :-. "Official communication must be carried on in the language of the country, not in a foreign tongue. Bernstorff was the first who tried to carry this principle out with us, but he went. too far. He wrote to all the foreign diplomatists in Ger man and they all answered-it was, of course, a conspiracy among them -in their respective mother ton gues, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and I don't know what all, so that he had quite a swarm of translators sitting in the ministry, and so I found matters when I entered the office. Budberg sent me a note in Russian. That was not fair. If they wanted to take their revenge, Gortschakoff ought to have written in Russian to our Ambassador in St. Petersburg. That would have been the right way to do it. It may perhaps be required of a foreign representative that he should understand and use the lan guage of the country to which he is accredited. But here, in Berlin, to write to me in Russian in answer to a Germa~n despatch, was clearly unfair. So I gave the order that whatever should be sent in, not in German, French, English or Italian, should be let alone, and simply de posited withI the archives. Budberg soon wrote reminder upon reminder always in Russian. They got no answer, and were put away in the archive cupboard. At last he came in person to me and asked, 'Why, then, did we not reply to him?t' 'Reply 1' I inquired, with the great. est astonishment ; 'reply I and to wvhat ? I have seen nothing of yours.' 'Why he had written four weeks ago, and r'e'niudad1 us novorm; times since.' 'Oh, ay I quite so I now I remember.' I said, 'There is a great bundle of documents down stairs in Russian ,writing-perhaps your communications are among them. But none of the people down stairs undei'stand Russian, and papers that reach us in any in comprehensible language are stowed away among. the arcives 1' U pon this Budberg promptly agred t write for the future in French." MOLTEE AND THE WAR. One of the humorous Obancellor's wity apreiatonsof character calythown upon CO*tnt Molthcje is to\say the least of it very comnical. Dr. Busch narrates that Moltke had gallan'tly seen the~ fnish of -a vast and pdtenit bow),oo sherry punOli at the litt4e villa .~ ) "she .red Provence,; an4 t ha one of- the P~rineda gunBtS iama*ketha ness. I remember when the Span ish question became a burning one that he immediately began to look ten years younger. Then, when I told him that the Hohenzollern had given in, he at once got to look old and worn out. And when, soon sfter, the French were not satis. fled with even that concession, 'Molk' was suddenly quite fresh and young again." These extracts may e concluded with Prince Bismarck's opinion about beer, of which lie is very fond. Strange to say he ex presses himself very unfavorably with respect to that liquor as a popular drink. At the.beginning of the 1870 campaign somebody ob served in his presence that beer would probably become scarce at headquarters. He remarked, "No matter if it does. The great in crease in the consumption of beer is greatly to be regretted. Beer makespeople stupid, lazy and im pertinent. It is the cause of the social democratic pot sprinkling, which is all concocted over mugs of beer. Good corn brandy is infinite ly preferable. The book is full of pleasant anecdotes about other things, but space forbids our giving more in this letter. DRM-A-DRAC. The most eminent phvsiins in, New York make from $40,000 to $70,000 a year. The returns of our petroleum sp t abroad last year amounted to $6 , 786,483, exceeding any other of 6ur exports, except cotton. Miss Celeste Winans, of Balii more, is said to be the richest young lady in Ameripa. She inherited $20,000,000 from her father. If you want to hear a man tiTi well-developed, full-grown lie, just poke your head in a store door and ask change for a five dollar bill. Mrs. John T. Raymond, in speak. ing of the young actresses who company her on her tour, says : 41 have promised their mothers nevr to let them out of my sight." They go home with her every night in her carriage. We should be greatly tempted to believe that the New York Tribune had lost its srmses if we did not know that since the death of Horace Greeley it has had none to lose. Courier-Journal. Being interviewed in New York, Generai Beauregard said : "I am engaged at present in writing a cir cumstantial narrative of the military operations in which I took part from the firing of the first gun at Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, to the close of the war at Greensboro, N. C., in May, 1865." A candidate for auditor of public accounts was called upon for a speech. On rising, he commenced : "Gentlemen, you have called upon me for a few remarks. I have none to make-I have no prepared speech. Indeed, I am no speaker. I do not desire to be a speaker-I only want to be an auditor." At a funeral in the country an undertaker was directing the cere . monial when he noticed a little man. giving orders, and, as he thought,! encroaching~ upon the privileges of his own office. He asked him, "And . wha are ye, mi' m-mn, that tak' sa muckle on ye 1" "0, dinna ye ken ?,' said the man, under an evident sense of his own importance "I'm the corp's brither!" Don't r uin your health, nnni be ides make yourself disag"'mL'o to other people by your c.,.dnued coughing A twenty-five cent bot ie of Dr. Bull's (Jough Syrup will cure you. At all Druggists.* LIVER 1s KINo.-The Liver is the: imperial organ of the whole human system, as it controls the life, health and happiness of man. When it is disturbed it its proper action, all kinds of ailments are the natural result. -The digestion of food, the movements of the heart and blood, the action 'of the brain and nervous system,- are all immedliately con nected with the workings of the Liver. It has been successfully Ipr'oved that Green's August Flower Ias unequ&lled in curing all persons afflieted with Dysbepsia or Liver Complaint, and. all the numerous .syrnaptoms that result fromo an. un-. healthy condition of 'the Liver and Stomach.. Jawpla.bbttles to try, 1 et.P sold ,ini. al' do~6 ses will prv hmtj east en wat "VEGE TINE La Boston physicin, "hasno equal as blood8puritler. -iHearing of It., m-ny wonderfttl cures after all other remedies had ftailed, I visi tod the Laboratory, an, convinced myself of its genuine merit. It Is propared from barks, rooW an horbs, each o f wh ch is highly o ffec tive, and they are compounded In such a man nor aa to produce astonishing robult." Vegetine Is the great Blood Purifier. Vegetine Will cure the worst case of 8crofula. Vegetine Is recommended by physicians and apotheca rie. Vegetine Has effccted some marvellous cures 'in cases of Cancer. -regetine Cures the worst cases of Canker. Vegetine Meets with wonderful suoooss in Mercurial dis eases. Vegetine Will eradicate Salt Itheum from the system. Vegetine Removes Pimples and Humors from the taco. Vegetine Cures Constipition and regulates the Bowels. Vegetine Is a valuable remedy for Headache. Vegetinle Will cure Dyspepsia. Vegetine Restores the entire system to a healty condi. ttou. Vegutine Removes the cause of Dizziness. Vegetine Rolleves Faintness of the Stomach.. Vegetine Cures Pains in the Back. Vegetine Effectually cures Kidney Complaint. Vegetine Is effective in its cure of Female Weakness. Vegetine Is thb great remedy for General Debility. Vegetine Is acknowledged by al la.es of the eople to be the bost and mos~t reliable bloog purifier in the world. Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass Vegetine0 Is .old by all Druggists. nov 1-M FRESH GOODS. Ihave just r ceived a fine lot of Con fectioneries, consisting in part of French and Plain Candies, Apples, Rlaisins, Prize Boxes, &eo. ALSO, A nice line of C anned and Shelf Goods, SadineOs, OysHters, 8.lmon, Potted Hamn, Tomaoesq, Pickles and Chow, Chow, Macaroni and Cheese, Concentrated Lye and Axle Greese, Wooden and Willowv Ware. Cheuap for Cash. nov 26 WV. HI. DONLY. SELLING OFF ! SELLING OFF I ri 3HE subscriber, having fully deter miined to close the present business as aeon as possible, will sell, from this out until the 23rd of November, the en tire stock of goods. whioh embraces a fine lot of Clothing, Hats, Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes,at and under COST FOR CASH ONLY after which time the remaining stock will be disposed of at public auction until the sale is cornplete. S. S. WOLFE. oct 29 BOOTS AND SHOES. N OW arriving,a large and well selected stock of Boots and Shoes, direct from the \lanufaoturers, which I can warrant, and I will not be undersold Give the a call before you t1nke your pur. -sept 17 IR. J.'M.OAI4LE1', TO,MAKE MONEt GOOD GOODS. ---- WE ARE now opening one of the largest stocks of GOOD GOODS ever offered in this muarket. OUR GOODS have boon very carefully selected and we simply request an inspection before purchasing elsewhere. We propose selling them at a "short profit" and don't intend to be un dersold by anybody, anywhere. We call special attention to our assort ment of DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, SHAWLS and other LADIES' GOODS. We think we have the best stock of GENTS' GOODS in the market. Consisting of CLOTHING, HATS, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CRAVATS, HANDKERCHIEFS and all kinds of Flannel Underware. In domestics we are full up Money will be saved by an exami nation of our Jeans and Cassimeres. SHOES I SHOES !! SHOES I! Best Shoes at lowest prices. oot 1 MoMASTER & BRICE. AVOID DANGER I* And buy RED "C," Non Explosive -OIL for which we are agents. Wo also have just receivoi a lot of White Lead, Colors and Mixed Paints, which any one can use. -ALSO Linseed, Machine and Train Oil*, Paris White, Putty and Varnish. -ALSO A large lot of Laundry and Toilet Soaps. -ALSO Lamps and Fixtures. nov 26 McMASTEfR & BRIOE. "T HE T E A0H ER." **N JANUARY next we will issue the .firast number of "THE TEACHER," A monthl journal devoted to the in. teresta of Teachors, Schools, and th~e Caune of Education in general. To bring it within the reach of rl, we have fied ' the subsoription price at the low rate of . FIFTY CENte PFa ArNNdm. Specimen cop will be seint. hy malli~ prepaidt on reep 6t a five cent, stap. .ae Teachers will do well to- send or our Educational Catalogue. .. a Please ad dress ELDUEDGE & BRO. oot 22--xt3m 17 North '7th St., Phila. NOTICE TO OBEDITOBS. Pnonvru JUDoZ'#0tno,~" AWuNNFBno, 6. 0., Novernber, 18,:Z187*. 8 the same before the Ju~dge of Prdbateidfi I Fairfield cou i of on ork f~ - barred from phyrhentot th - i.' *O.. 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