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BARON VON BISMARCK.
His Appearance and Speeches.
A recent Berlin letter gives the following account of this eminent German:
Bismarck is an immensely large man. When he goes through one of the doors of the chamber he fills the whole space, and must stoop beside. He is tall, straight and well-proportioned. His broad shoulders and full breast bespeak an immense force. He is not fat (where a German ought to be fat) but his cheeks are so fat as to almost close his eyes, though since the war he seems to have grown a little thinner. He has a large head, which is bald on the top, (the comic papers invariably represent him with three hairs), and on the sides has a little short half-gray hair, which is in marked contrast with his full white moustache. His nose is rather short, and his eyes embedded under a heavy brow. His face is almost as white as his moustache, and is full of vigorous expression. When he sits he commonly leans forward, as if just ready to get up; and those portraits of him appear most natural which represent him in this position. His only joint would seem to be only in his loins; for his back and neck are always kept straight. He is commonly in uniform, and his coat shines all over with bright buttons and brilliant badges. He is a man that any one would pick out of a crowd as a leading character. When he enters the chamber every eye is turned to him, and many show him special marks of honor; so that his first movements on entering are to politely return these signs of respect, both to the members of the Reichstag and to visitors. For, as often as he has already appeared in the Reichstag, the general curiosity to see him has never abated, so that everybody must look when Bismarck comes. He always sits at the Minister's desk, and seems to pay little attention to the debate, though he is always ready to speak. His speeches are generally short, and always go direct to the point. One need never wait long to know what he is going to talk about, or what view he is going to take on the matter. His speeches sparkle with strong, bold points, and he is always interesting. His voice is rather high and broken, and is not very strong. He half-mumbles his words, and, from his fast speaking, is often a little indistinct. He gesticulates but little, and swings his body slightly backward and forward while speaking. When he rises all the noise of the chamber at once subsides and everybody listens with attention, though during most of the speeches the members carry on their conversation as if the Reichstag were not in session. He speaks often, writes a great deal, and is much engaged with different persons in conversation. After the session is adjourned he is the last to leave the chamber, for he seems to have business with almost everybody. Very often he is called from his place during the session to wait on some message or messenger in the ante room. To give an idea of the immense amount of work that Bismarck performs, I might mention that, in an official report made of the letters issued from the bureau which accompanied him to the field, the monthly average was over 1,000, reaching in January 1,250. These, if not fully written or dictated by him, were yet required to pass under his supervision. He is much aided in his work at present by the powerful Chancellor officials which he has assembled around him, at the head of which is that chief of bureaucrats, Mr. Delbruck.