The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-22
BEACONsFIELD'S DEATH.
DE-. Kids "reminiscences Of the Great
English Lsadsr.
From the Nfneteenth Century.


tended Lord Bsaconsisld in his lat years
has just published his remi isce.ces OF his
distinguished patient, and a brief nDte OF
them has already bees sent over bv cable.
The article is, however, OF sufflcie1t in crest
q tear reprl ting a, some lelgth, As the fOl-
lowing passages will show:
THE greatest difficulty was 30 get the
patient 70 taxe-exerc Sc. My gra dtataer,
he said 10 me, lived 10 o. wears; lie look
much open-Air exercise. Nv father lived
to 80. yet be never took any, Lord Ben
cJnsfie tried to steer mi idle course, but
the utmost he could be persuaded TO take
was short walk two or three times week
II Lord ROwtou or some other pl. asa 10
frleId ca led to accom- euv him; otherwise
he easily found an excuse for not going out.
tbs SLOW pace in walking prevented him
from getting much benefit from il. Riding
he had given up. although In his early lays
passiohately devoted to 1t. For may yei S
lis Ii o had been a Sc lentary one presu nIng
on his hardy constitution and the fact of
his ia hsr's great age with " opsn-air ex-
erclse, he cpE5 .deret it a matter opt Onal in
his case. He had the excuse Of urgent oc-
cupatlOn IN his pOllLl al al literary life 70
hinder it. Yet nature has A Nemesis
power OF revenging herself on the man o.
sedentary life In the end the liver suffers.
la one Of his letters to is sister he says, Il
have recovered from the horr rs of a tor
pld liver, which has overwhelmed me the
last few days.
The cha acter of Lord Beaconsfisd was
! most singular. TO those .thout, his man
or was that Of reserve and collness, with a
proud expression of power and lOf y alIn.
| But 70 the charmed inner circle Of his fTie IDS
there VAS brlgnt, genial glow Of kindness
Shown which made all feel at ease-at first
u man er apparently cold and distant, but
directly you struck the chord OF sy npatly
urr lf,ls s,I .,frr l., -,
pany of ladies his face became most ami
mated. All the activity of us mind became
| freshened into new life aud he spared
neither time nor trouble to interest tlem
An old lady, Mrs. de Burgh, hearing OF ll'
a'thma, sent him pot of Stockholm tar
with note advising hum t. EXPOSE it in his
bedroom at might. 1t proved helpful. An
| ordinary prime minister i'll full wo mi Snt
! have written an autograph note of thanks.
| Lord Beaco lstield found time t. visit her in
| EcclestOn square to thank her for her kind
present, much to her dslIgAt.
after the London season his life a.
| Hugh 'nden was very quieG; a walk round
| the German ForeS.'-a lovely clunp OF
| young trees that Lord Lyndhurst named
the German Forest'-and look Mt the
| beautiful Shrubs ana trees on the terrace,
most of them with history, one planted by
| this friend and one by that. He Delighted
| to recall the memories Of old friends from
the trees planted by them. After his walk,
| to write or to read was his chief ocoup ton.
| he was great reade.-of tne many )ur-
nails AMI reviews on his table the Revue de
Deur NODdeS was his favorite. Over it he
| spent much time.
las the time of the Berlin conference
drew near Lord Rowton, his dearest and
| best friend, urged that should accompany
MIN to Berlin. Lord Bsaconsflsld was un-
willing, satisfied with my pro Mise to DO in
| readiness TO start at once for Berlin II tsle-
grapned for. At Berlin his health was sud
| denly disturbed by a severe chill An
| urgent telegram summoned mo there
l found him suffering from a fresh
attack OF congestion of the kidneys
and liver, but was enabled TO afford prompt
relief, aGd he recovered mis- usual vigor
OF mind and body,Eand got through tine
| work of tae congress wit Sc. | remained
with him till the treaty of Berlin was com
pleted, and returned with him as far as
Calais. Three or four days Def re the treaty
was signed was sitting with him in his pri-
vate room when Prince Bismarck was an
nou ced. He walked into the room, givi ~
his hat to the servant. After being intro.
duced to the prince l retired, aud
fou ID the servant outside the door
irving on Prince Bsmarcks hat
Why said one of them, he hat
J is almost big enough to take orr two
| heads into it, The day after Lord Beacons-
fell said TO me: Il can to | y to-day the
| object o, Blsmarck'S visit yesterday, as it is
no lodger secret. The congress was on
the point of coming to an untimely end that
| morning, as | a JsOlutely refused one of tn 4,
| K !sslan penipotentiary's lndtions, and
left the congress room saying should have
TO return to London at once to concert
other measures. Bismarck heard of lis
and rushed Off to the Russian ambas-
sador, persuaded him to withdraw the
point, and Then called to stop 10y return to
| London
In the spring of 1881 he felt the cold
m st keenly and seldom went out for a
walk, his only exercise. Yet he could not
deny himself the pleasure of going into so
cetv in the evening. He thought that with
| fur coats aud shut carriage he might risk
1t. But on one of tue worst nights ii March
he went out to dinner, and returning hons
was caught for a minute by the deadly
blast of the northeast wind
asthma, loss Of appetite, fever aud colges-
ton Of the kidneys. Asthma is a most
peculiar disease. 1t comes on often in the
most healthy places a I'd vanshes a the
crowded, close streets of the town. In the
low-lying Downing street, near the Thame j.,
he had much less asthma than in Curz IN
rect, where his bed room was a small
stuffy ono with fluffy paper a id old-fash-
toned curtains From the first asthma fol
lowed ann in Curzon rect.
"Durlng one of our IL O'CLOCK sett lings of
the bull tin his royal hig ne s, he Prince
of Wales, and his roval highness, the Duke
of b Ilhuur n, fresh hon.e ir. III the funeral
of the murdered car, came in upon us, as
ing anxiously as TO the progress of our illus
trIoJs patent. Among tue many distin-
guished Hers Mr. Gladstone walked in
and inquired most feelingIy after his oil
oppo~1ent. We, g doct RS. II al hard
time III reading the many hundreds Of let
tiers, kilograms and postcards, with sugses-
IL pns for infAll,ble cure. Oae card I, l. lrd
Beaconsfed delighted him muc1. 1t was;
Don't die yet; we can't do without you.
A BRITISH WORKMAN.
Lord Beaconsield's we and regard for
Earl Cairns were unbounied o o d Az
dutlng his illness Lord Beaconsfed said to
me: 1 want specially to see Lord Cairns
be is admirable in council | want &c
explain my views to him After spending
upward OF an hour with Lord Beac1ns-
field Lord Cairns came out and said to
me: With so near a prospect of death,
can you not get Canon Fleming to
visit hlmi He is specially the one
Lord Beaconsfeld would listen to on
matters conce ming the soul and eternity
Obstacles were put in the way and tne op-
portunity was lost. To myself, sitting by
his bed at night, he spoke twice on spiritual
subjects in mGaner indicating his appre-