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Woodville Examiner, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4627, 7 May 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

A JOKE ON BISMARCK, TIME TO TAKE HIS MEDICINE. The "rent Iron Chancellor of Germany, Prince Otto von Bismarck, who first welded the nation into anJCmpire, was a most devoted and docile husband and very amenable to his wife’s advice. Her ready wit, although it saved him many a weary hour, once got him into a ludicrous position. Lord Russell, an English nobleman, was one day calling on the Prince, when he remarked that Bismarck was doubtless annoyed by countless visitors who took up his time unnecessarily. “That is true," responded the Chancellor, with a laugh ; “ but my wife has a trick for getting rid of all bores in a graceful way. If she secs I have a visitor who is likely to prove dull, she comes in and makes some pretext tor getting me away." Hardly had Bismarck ceased speaking when his wife bustled into the library. “Otto.” she said, in a commanding voice, “ you must go at once and tal:e your medicine; you ought to have had it ten minutes ago.” . It is needless to say that, in spite of the hearty laugh that followed, the English visitor did not long delay hi.-> adieux. “A fathom,” explained a schoolteacher to her class in mathematics, ‘is a nautical word used in denning distance. It means six feet. Now 1 want some little girl to give me a Sentence using the word ‘fathom. ” Instantly a hand shot up. “ The reason flies can walk on tlie ceiling,” said the observant child, 18 because they have a fathom! To test the penetrability of rifle shots, snow walls six feet six inches thick were ' erected in Aurillac, France. Rifles were fired at a distance of fifty-five yards, In each case the ball was stopped at a penetration or five and a half feet.