Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-05-19

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Of gratifying his own personal whims or
tastes; on the contrary, his habits were
simple, his wants few end his Individual
caprices seldom costly. But he was very
free with his money-when he had IT.
and he never refused any one who asked
him a favor. There Is . well-authenti-
Gated story of his giving 20 m impe-
cunious friend the last sovereign In his
pocket and then walking home because
cab.
It was said that his wife, who was the
widow Of his fellow member for Wy
combe, Mr.. Lewis, proposed 10 him,
and not he to her., She had conceived
Q great admiration for him during the
life of her first husband. y After tho
death Of Mr.. Lewis she found herself
the mistress OF large fortune, and
without any incumbrance in the shape
of children or poor relatives. She had
the foresight 10 see that . great career
was open to Disraeli, bat that be, was
hampered by debt and the want of MON
ey. She proposed to lend him-practi-
rcally to give him-a very large sum of
money. He declined che generous Offer.
lie could not ho said, accept such .
favor from any one-most positively NOT
from woman. " Not even from your
wifep" asked Mrs. Lewis, placing her
hand in his. She conquered, and he
was her devoted friend and lover ever
after. 8Fi i.sy 4sn. sfo.
But Mr.. Disraeli was essentially an
actor, in private as well as in public
life, and it has been limited that he even
acted his professed love for his wife,
and really had no romantic or sincere
affection for her--regarding her only as
a nephew might look upon q rich and
affectionate old aunt, who would give
him all the money he wanted so long a.
he was good and kind to her. This was
most probably, baseless SANDER. Mr..
Disraeli was not q sensualist. He had .
most vivid imagination, which enabled
him to invest any object with the at.
tributes and charms which he desired it
to possess. In this way he made of his
wife-who certainly was neither beauti-
full nor very highly gifted with intellect
"a paragon of everything that was
charming and worshipful, and he ac-
cordingly thus worshiped her.
One of the unexplained mysteries in
Mr.. Disraeli's political life Is that most
curious declaration of his made at q
meeting of his constituents at Aylesbury,
concerning the Queen.
He said, in his most emphatic and DELHI
crate manner, that her Majesty had be-
come physically, morally and mentally
incapacitated from discharging her func-
tons as q sovereign" The reporters
for the London papers who were present
all Of them experienced stenographic
reporters and accustomed to take down
MIR. Disraeli's speeches in the House,
Wore astounded as they recorded these
extraordinary words-andc could scarcely
believe that they had correctly under.
stood his meaning. They consulted
with each other at the end Of the speech
and found they all agreed In their notes
of this sentence. Still, fearing there
might be some mistake, and wishing TO
be positively certain, they depused one
of their number, Mr.. Thompson Cooper,
of the Times staff and editor of 1.-THE
Men of the Times, :" to go to Mr.. Disraell
and ask II they had correctly under
stood him. Tread your paragraph
as you have IT," said Mr. Disraeli
to Mr.. Cooper. He read IL. >" You
are quite right" said Mr. Disraeli;
"that is exactly what ] said and
what I meant to say" The excitement
which this strange phrase, when pub
lished in the London papers. created
throughout the kingdom 10 still wen no
Mr.. Disraeh never retracted
it, nor made any explanation Of Il. But
it was this lady-who, In Mr.. Disraeli'sl
opinion, was physical, moral and
mental wreck-whom, he sfterward,
made Empress of India, and from whose
hands he received his titles Of Earl, Wis
count and Knight Of the Garter.
Nor did this strange utterance &C I'D
initiate against the cordial and affec- .
tionate relations between the Queen and
himself. She always was fond Of him,
and at times displayed her fricndship (
for him in such q pronounced manner
that the story went abroad that she in-
tended 10 order him TO marry her. He
was a wicked wit who said, In relation
TO this story, that ''there were two Johns
who stood in the way Of the proposed
Bull and John Brown"
Mr.. Disraeli's relations with Mr.. Glad
stone were curious. Bitterly as they OPP
posed each other in public, each of them
respected and admired the other. 90
but not often, Il fell ont that
they met each other In society--at adm
ner or at some other social gathering.s
And then it was amusing to see the awk- .
and embarrassment Of Glad
stone and the ease and self possession Of
Disraeli. The latter once said in priv
ate that he thought Gladstone would die ,
either in q monastery IS Roman Cath :
bic lay brother or in . mad-house.
Some tattler took the tale to Gladstone
md it made him very angry. But after
Gladstone had written his anti-vatican
pamphlet Disraeh remarked that there
was no longer any danger of the monas-
cry and after the last general election,
which resulted in Gladstone's victory. he
,aid, with sigh, 'sPerhaps IL Is md
not Gladstone who Is 10 end his days IN
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