BISMARK AS AN ORATUR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 7, 16 September 1879, Page 3

BISMARK AS AN ORATUR.

■ ♦— : — : — ■ ■ ■ : :. .' The Tagblatfc of : Berlin gives the following pen and ink sketch of ihe German Chancellor delivering his great speech in ths Reichstag on the Customs tariffs : - hefar~ ■ ing a word you can tell by the aspect of the Chamber that it is the Chancellor who is speaking. With their bodies stretched out and ears wide operij . everybody leans forward •to listen. The pencils of the short-hand writers fly over the paper with the rapidity of lightning, and you hold your breath involuntarily, that you m&y hear better. Frorirbelow is heard. a : feeble voice •^•on^of 't'fojse .Voices which by its nervous tone suggests ' excess of rintellectual i work.- » ' The words come by jerks, "each sentence being laboriously formecl^ii'MiJe oi'a-* tor .js sometimes hurried, sqmetinj,es* lsnjating, in his, spe^Qh.j^e-]reoails-•each sentence, twis.ts*it, and fur'ns it abflut^ill he Vs^tairi*a^i;fl&ih<3n points whjch an adversary might attack. It is then onty^fyyie aban- ;- dons it to thejguse. KyisteniriVto him you experience #!fcrauge excitement, for while this strong man continues his speech you j&e momentarily feeling that he will suddenly stop short ia the middle of his, discnurse. Not tha t- ideas ! are likely 'to be wanting, but one fears lest the weakly voice which issues so laboriously from th« ' ;hancellor'# robust frame, may fail in the midst of a' peroration* without ttfe possibility in th 6 hurry of pic|rin£ upfHhe broken ihreads. The C^an^ellor Tiimself looks ill at ease while*§pel|jking, his thin white hands fidgettiug now with one and now with another button of his modest dark blue cuirassier's uniform. Then tjhey catch* .feverishly at the long pencil so much talkefl about ; seek refuge on i heritable, an4.atiasji rest on the glas*s of water w^ich, stands on the tribune *^You mign't fancy that it was only ""this resting place that was wanted, Stf presently' •his speech grows firmer 1 , more*seYere ; words flow from his lips with».greater clearness, hia thick "eyebrows are lowered still more upon the grey eyes, which seem to penetrate I;ne ranks of the deputies. It is' nbw'evide^ jt3|at the orator is approaching I he. ©hdi of his speech, as the sentences become shorter and more vigorous And then- the Chancellor driws himself up to his full height ; the voice bo wetfk at first, g&ius a clear, hard ring, and he throws his Jast sentehde like a bomb into/ the midst of .the Chamber, resurajng his> seatKanudet the loud applaus J of his friends.

Short Musical Sketch.— The lovelyprima donna addresses the stranger in lavender silk tights, gold and drab jacket, and Char los II hat—" Speak, who art thou, wanderer in these rustic haunts ? " The stranger, the gallant tenor, replies—" Listen, lady, 1 will fell thee !" and Hun turning from her, pn9hea forward and tossing his head on one I side, shouts to ti mnn in the second tier of boxes, '' I've been a iw r over the sea, far I've wandered wild and free," and then* ! jrlancino- down, he .singles onb and tells ! three Indies imd two children in tho parquet that he has also been a "ro-o-o-ver o'er thesee — oertheslfc— oerfcheseo— thesee e-ec ;" and, for fear it may not bo known, he hollers to a couple of newsboys who are jammed into the front row in the gallery that he " has wandered wild and f ree— wildan — f ree-ee-ee-e-e-e,'' with that long -sustained, hightenor note, till you wonder whether he was "bosun" or first mate) amid the applause which follows, and how he "roves" at sea in that gilt jacket and silk tights. " Household departments " are very good adjuncts to a newspaper in their way, when edited by a woman, but a male journalist who dabbles with the heaven-inspirited mysteries of cooking runs a frightful risk. The editor of the Weekly Petaluma Peavine started a 'column of that kind recently, and a few days afterwards a fierce looking female came into the office, carefully concealing Borne object behind her apron. " Are you the man that published that new and improved way to make currant cake P" He said he was " You said to mix washing soda with the flour, and stir in a little corn meal and sweet oil to give it consistency P" •? I — I — believe so." " And to add fifteen eggs and some molasses, and two ounces of gum arabic, and set in a cool place to bake ?" " I think that wns it !" " Well, take that then ! " and the indignant housewife knocked him down with a weapon that felt like a sand club, but which he felt in his heart must have been a hnlf -baked hunk of cake, constructed on the " Peavine" pattern.