¶ Of late years, his unpopularity has been made clear in a thousand ways, some harmless, others bloodthirsty; his very life was demanded more than once, by assassins. But now all had changed.
¶ It is related that a German professor, in Greece, caught out after dark was beset by bandits.
¶ “Who are you?” they inquired menacingly.
¶ “I am a German.”
¶ “Who is your king?”
¶ “The King of Prussia!”
¶ “Ah! Then you are Bismarck!”
¶ And the robbers pulled off their hats and ran headlong in the night.
¶ In America, shops sold Bismarck pipes, Bismarck cravats, Bismarck hairbrushes, and one came across such advertisements as this: “What is the difference between Jones’ paste and Prince Bismarck? Answer, there is no difference, because each sticks so fast that once either gets a hold it is impossible to get away from it.”