Well-founded reports are being circulated in the Liberal Clubs, says an English paper, that Mr Gladstone, though not actually in pecuniary embarrassments, is so strained for funds that his friends are urging him to apply for the pension which is allowed to ex-members of the Cabinet when they become impoverished. He felt the loss of his yearly salary of L 5.000 as Premier severely. When Mrs Gladstone heard of his resignation on the defeat of the Home llule Bill she expressed her chagrin at the loss of income, saying to a friend: "We cannot afford it. The sale of pamphlets and books adds to our income, but this source does not suffice to meet the drain associated with a long-continued public career. Mr Gladstone has had many chances to make himself rich, but he remains poor, and will die poor." We know that there is nothing on earth equal to American Co's Hop Bitters as a family medicine. Look for.
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Evening Star, Issue 7180, 6 April 1887, Page 4
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