PRINCE BISMARCK’S MARTYRDOM.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3129, 13 April 1883, Page 2

PRINCE BISMARCK’S MARTYRDOM.

Prince Bismarck has been compelled at last to own his subjection to the common lot,and to confess he is mortal The attack of ticdohlpureux under which he islabonriog at this moment is one of the most painful kind. ; The spasms described by the late Dr Heaviside as “ a grip of some foul demon seeking to twist the nerves of the cheek and forehead into a knot,” seizes npon the Iron Chancellor 1 at the most inopportune moments, preventing , the conclusion of bis speeches, and causing him to writhe, in unutterable pain. “ I have nothing ' but power of will,” he has been heard to say, “ to aid me in resisting the desire I feel while under the pressure of this abominable torture —that alone prevents: ,me from throwing up all responsibility of government and retiring to Varzin, there to live in peace and quiet to the end,” It seems that ever since the existence! of his malady has become known he has been daily receiving all kinds of remedies despatched from every part of Europe. From England, in particular, arrive endless packages, containing bottles of all colors, shapes, and sizes, “ Some of these,” says the patient, ‘-give temporary relief, but none afford more than a few hours’ respite from the excrutiating agony of the contraction of the facial nerves which none but those who have suffered from it can describe.’?