Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1902 — One of Bismarck’s Cousins. [ARTICLE]

One of Bismarck’s Cousins.

At Niederlheme in Germany lives a strange man. He is a first cousin of the late Prince Bismark, but he claims a higher lineage than this, for he tells everyone that he is the Messiah. He spends all of his time in the forest and will have nothing to do with civilization. Recently a peasant asked him what he thought of death, and he replied: “The time is approaching when I will be the only person on earth, for I am the Messiah, and the kingdom that is promised to me will soon be established. Then champagne will flow freely and all will be happy!”