Bismarck tribune., 1883-07-20
ss]AGade Of Pin Wire, Without an
Ounce Of Super1uous Lumber lrl
iis54s About Him. St.5
London Standard.

voice, they have all pronounced him to be
smade Of pin wire.s It has frequently been
remarked that great orators are generally bad
sleepers, the strain upon heart and brain de-
manded ~ IN oratorical effort of unusual
length, magnitude and importance being Of .
nature to excite the nerves Of the speaker to
the highest degree Of tension To some na-
lures the preparation for and anticipation Of .
speech are even worse than the agitation
caused by it's delivery. But no speech, though
prolonged, as has often been the case with
him, for five hours or more, has, as = rule,
been able to Danish sleep from Mr.. Gladstone's
eyelids During the whole of his life, until
within the last few days, it has been his GUS
tom to say: Il am good for seven hours and
not enough for mel must have seven and
half. As rule, Mr.. Gladstone's head no
sooner touches the pillow than he is locked in
sound s]amber. 2s..tt NF
Slight as Mr.: Gladstone appears IN person, it
was still marvellous frame that. long after
over to the professional charge OF DR.: Andrew
Clark. Most skilfully, Indeed, has that eminent
physician assisted nature to abstain from
efretting the body to decay" by strains such
as not one man in q million could survive TO
his sixtieth or seventeen birthday had gone
BY. Upon many public occasions, Mr.. Glad
stone has delighted to 60 out Of his way in
order to express his obligations as on tho
whole submissive but occasionally insubor-
dinste patient Dr.; F. Andrew Clark rs .ho o,,.r
air, it cannot be said that field sports are
or ever were his forte. It is on record that
Lord Beaconsfeld once went out fox-hunting
with his friend, the late Lord Galway's hounds
in Notinghamshire but IN no 9ne e. 1ar as tTs %s
hunting field. At one time it was often his
habit to ride in Hyde park, but his seat on
horseback, though strong and tenacious, was
never that of what in the flying shires would be
called workman" ~ Dozens Of members OF
hivs sat IN the S. house ~ Se
black silk guard tied around his
finger Of his LETT hand. Like the famous
Lord Anglesey's leg, which was buried in the
Belgian village from which the battle OF va
lost finger, in = sportmen's sense, on the field
Of honor. Nearly forty years ago he was stay.
ing at Escrick park, near York, as the guest OF
tho grandfather Of the present Lord Wenlock,
who was tho uncle Of Mrs. Gladstone. Mr..
party, and while he was loading his gun-there
were no breechloaders in those days-one
barrel exploded and blew away his finger.
There was no hope Of replacing it, or OF set
ting the bone, which, indeed, was entirely
carried away, and from that Day to = this sld MI:
stall to which we have just alluded. The acci-
dent seemed to be q protest against his further
use of fowling- piece; but it was not until
some years later that he took to the amuse-
ment of cutting down trees:
Throughout bis life Mr.: Gladstone has been
a particularly fast, enduring and vigorous
walker. He is cast, indeed, in the mould to
which all famous pedestrians belong: Wiry,
lean sinewy, without an ounce of superfuous
lumber about him, Mr. Gladstone, when
younger man, was in the habit OF saying, that
Although his thoughtful face and 1.-the figure
are as well known in every part OF this IN me- M
tropolis as those of any resident within its
borders, who ever yet saw Mr. Gladstone in .
hanson or any other cab? It was not without
is to DR.: Andrew Clark's mandates, that the
experienced physician could prevail upon Mr..
Gladstone, when the premier was living IN
Harley street. to abstain from trudging down
to the house Of commons every day and waik
iRg home in ar,,m all MeatheEs rsoH A. n,ght tgat
shortly after Ss 11'' he had lett Oxford,
MI Gladstone's eyes were in condition
to cause much anxiety. He was ordered to
pass some weeks in dark room, and, with
chat indomitable strength of will which has
characterized him in so many junctures OF his
life, be acquiesced cheerfully, and went through
one Of the most tiresome and weary ordeals to
which it is possible for man of quick mind
and ardent temperament to be subjected.
From that darkened chamber he came forth
with eyesight perfectly restored, but it has
been and still is his careful habit to write and
read as often as he can seated with his back to
the window, and with the light coming from
behind his head. He is under the impression
that upon the whole, he takes great, or at any
rate reasonable, care of himself; and although
he seldom dons great coat, even in weather
which to others seems desperately cold, he fro
auently wears fur muffler round his throat
linked with chain under his chin. %