The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-09
DISRAELI.l
His Dangerous IllneSs-.HiS DpRun.
citation Of GladStOn9.

His Dangerous IllncsS-.HiS DHnun-
citation Of Gladstone.
The London correspondent Of the New
York World says:
"NIr. Disraeli, as you know, has been
suffering Tor some months from a very
dangerous and painful diseases species
Of gout IN d suppressed and obscure form
and his condition during the past two or
three weeks has been such as to cause
great anxiety among his friends. A great
deal of retiCence las been maintained lby
them, however, ind It has been very 'difll-
cult to obtain accurate information con-
cerning the extent Of his danger. The
other day, after the appearance IN Back
GOOD Of tho brutal attack upon the author
of "LOthair," Que Of the comic journals
appeared with an excellent cartoon entt.
tied 1.-THE Sick Lion and the Jackass," "
Disraeli being pictured as the suffering
king OF beasts and BIaekaoood as thelridtc-
ulous little donkey kicking ,0t the foe who
was no. longer able to defen1t himself.
The roar Of laughter WHICH convulsed
tho town, 'on5 Wednesday n0Fnlngi when
Goodwin Smith asserted that lie was the
" social parasite" described In Lothian" "
and from his safe retreat at Cornell Uni
vcnsity 5ltteted his scream of impotcnt
and ftdicul6nss rage, was followed by q
Dang Of regret ut the thought that the
health Of tieisatirfst whose stingless in.
suits had.penetNted the Callous cuticle Of
a man whose whole He lladbeen spent in
cultivating the art Of inclegant vitupera-
ton was so shattered as to deprive him,
probably, Of the full enjoyment Of this un-
expected and unwilling tribute to his
skill. The illness, Of MT!V Disraeli dates
from the beginning Of February, whom a
severe cold compelled his absence from
the opening Of Parliament The cold
ended In an attack Of bronchitis; but this
was overcome, and few days afterwNrd
he took his seat in the House. His ap-
pearance, however, even then alarmed his
friends; he walked witha feeble stepi his
face WIS oversprcad with deadly palcncss.
While the Irish coercion bill was CO.
ing through the House, he took no part III
the debate; llG made single speech, one
remarkable for its fairness and temper
ance, Onitllea second reading Of the Land
bill; but Immediately atterward he again
broke down, and was. absent from the
House for many nights. When the bill
got into committee, and the, all:impQTtant
third clause was reached, Mr. DisrAeli got
ont of his sick bed and came down to the
House to declare that the government had
so changed the character OF the bill that
the Conservatives could no longer support
II. He looked worse than ever, and it
was thought that ho, was too weak to
stand on bis legs. But the vigor Of his
mind 0vcrcame the lassitude Of his body,
and, although II wius evident that he was
suffering severely, he made two admirable
speeches, in the last of which he made the
House laugh when, while entreating tho
Government to revert to the original plan
of their bill, he said that they had varied
from ii lin order TO gain the voices Of some
lew-I will not say groundlings, but OF
some gents who sit on the other side OF
the House" For month after this, Mr.
Disracli was too mwcll to come down to
the House, but he then to move one
Of his amendments. Since then he has
not appeared at all; i was, reported that
he had suffered u relapse; and: the other
day a letter; from his private secretary was
read, apologizing for his non.appearanCe
Mt meeting, on the ground that.lis medi-
cal adviser Ind absolutely prohibited him
from public speaking 1tiis'also said that
his illness las been much aggravated by
the reaction consequent upon the publica.
ton Of Lothair.l D THE book has nietwith
a wonderful success, and, as It written for
o political tpurpose, FITS author Is atonce
elated by. tho prospect Of q triumph
and . depressed by the fear that he
may, not : live. 70, reap n its fruits
The unexanipltd dullneSsS that has
peyyaded The, House during thlS1 ISes; Sf
,ovGrpOwering sOemuttH Of tMt9G ladstone,
and partly by tho absence, Of, Mr. Bright
and MI: Dfsraelf. The 1atter was never
dull.-merciless he ollen. was, but dull
never. & gentleman who sat for many
years In the reporters gallery, told mo
the other day an anecdote Of tho manner
in which Disraelii contrfVed I'd fsAy the
most bitter things to his opponents and
still keep within Tie bounds Of parliamen.
tary rules. Ono Of his devices was to
draw IN imaginary portrait Of some wretch
too baso 10 live, and while doing this, to
look ut tho Speaker and point with bis
finger, as il unconsCiously, at the person
whom he intended thus to describe. Thus,
on one night. when Mr.. Gladstone was
sitting in lis accustomed place on the
.oppositAi side roF the table, and Dis
raeli was speaking, he began TO
sketch the character ol some I'M.
aginary person, whom ho invested
with attributes which were recognized as
a perfect but ludicrous travesty Of some Of
Mr.. Gladstonc's peculiNrities. Then sud
dcnlyturning round SO TINT he stood with
his facc to the Speaker and his right side
toward Mr.. Gladstone, he raised his hand
and pointed it at Gladstone's face, while
he kept his eyes fixed on the Speaker.
"And do you mean to tell mt" he exclaim:
cd, that this man, Sd, lost tO,all sense OF
Justice; MiSsolemn charlatan who parades
pretenso for plety, this wretch whQ'bar'
bar5tsly fbetfays the trust" 3e2with
every tEsshaking his finger ut poor Glad
stone, rs If in accident, but pointing his
dcnunciations so that every shaft went
home and ranklcd in his breast These
encounters,i however, have LETT no bad
blood behind them and behind the scenes
and even before the scenes, everywhere
save in tho House Of Commons, the Pre-
micr and cx.P Premier arc cxeeilext friends
To REMOVE ftecklcs, cut them out with
n razor md thrOw them AWAV To bring