Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-07
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Last evening, at 9:3O p. m., quarter OF grain
OF morphla sulphate was administered hypoder.
mically and the President slept very well dur
ing ing the night: In addition to the chicken
noon small quantity OF scraped feef-ten-
derloin, which. however. he did net relish
very much. This morning he is TAX
g tefas Of aWo g1oa hours ana W1n mk 9sD at In
lowishness OF the skin. SO. common after
wounds Of the liver. developed to a slight de-
gree curing the day YESTERDAY but is not more
great deal Of Importance to this symptom ex-
cept so far as to confirm the opinion already
formed Of the nature OF the wound. Altogether
We feel that the patient has done as well "a
could reasonably have been expected up to the
present time. and our hopes for his ultimate
recovery are strengthened by the events OF the
last two days.
D. w. BLISS, j. K BARNES,
id. WOODWARD, RoBr. REYBURN.
At the White House.
VERY QUIKT TIME TODAY.
1t was very quiet at the White House to-day.
1t was great deal quieter than before the
President was shot. Except the Cabinet OFF,
GERS and messengers from the different depart
ments very few people called. Matters have
dropped back to where they were before last
Saturday. The clerks have gone to their regu-
lar work; they have plenty of it o1 hand,
though no new executive business is trans
acted. Except the registering OF appoint
ments and the visits of hundreds
of efflce- seekers and others, the days at the
White House are the same as week ago. The
White House has about the same appearance
that it wears when the President Is absent.
The telegraph instrument is also quiet to-day.
But few messages are sent or received. The
physicians can now come and go without being
stopped at every step, and questioned as TO the
Presidents condition.
DR.. BLISS SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS IMPROVING
SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
DR.. Bliss is in the very best OF spirits. he
looks brighter, having managed to get some
rest since the President has taken turn for
the better. He said to TIE STAR reporter:
Everything is as nice as could be expected.
The President passed very good night, and is
better this morning. He continues to improve
slowly but surely. His appetite continues good,
and he is very cheerful"
THE PRESIDENTS HUMoR,
always bright and apt, has not deserted him.
He makes humorous remarks now and then on
pleasant subjects, and quotes passages from
Shakespeare.
THE TEMPERATURES IN THE SICK ROOM
to-day was not as low as might have been de-
sirabie, cut the apartment was comfortable.
An artificial appliance for lowering the temper
very satisfactorily. The lower edges OF sheets
are immersed in troughs filed with water and
ice. These sheets hang from the ceiling. The
weter saturates the fibrous material, and keep
1t wet all the time. The evaporation Is RAPID
and the temperature IS thus lowered. Tn.
sheets are suspended around the walls. The
president was
MOVED FROM ONE BID TO ANOTHER
last evening. The bed upon which he reStei
before the change was very *ide. There was
some difficulty at times In react Ing him. The
bed on which he now rests Is cor sideraoly mar
rover. A new mattress is upon It. 1t Is a hair
mattress, and Is comfortably adjusted On
springs. The President lies with his head to
the west. His bed Is nearer the west wall than
the middle OF the room. Two windows, open
Ing south, admit the breezes from that quarter
He said after being moved, that he felt more
comfortable.
OLD WINES AND LIQUORS.
The store houses Of the whole country are
open to the President. Large packages con-
tanning fine wines and liquors. are received
every day. Every body who has some very Old
Vine VINE whisky Whisky or brandy is sending it to the
Some port wine, fifty years old, arrived this
morning, One gentleman In sending his con.
tripution OF Ole wine, said that he was a tenn
perance man. The wine had been placed In the
family cellar thirty years ago by his father he
said. and had never been touched. He hoped
the President would accept IT and find it ben
efictai. The President Will soon have a large
stock OF fine old wines and liquors.
THE PATENT MEDICINE NAN
continues to hold his own. Large quantities Of
patent medicines are received, with their heal
ing qualities fully set forth In the accompany
Ing circulars. There Is usually card urging
that the medicine be given trial. The doctors
received any number of suggestions, by tele-
graph. as to treatment when the President was
first shot. There has now been time for the
mail adV1ceS to come Inland they do come i'd,
Dr. Bliss 1S overwhelmed with recOmmenda-
ttonS to use this or that remedy. and manage
the Pres Dent this way or that. Even Mrs. Gar
Held receives such advisory letters.
SCRAP BOOK FOR THE PRESIDENT
Mr. Morton, OF the clerical force at the White
House, is preparing separate scrap book for
the newspaper accounts OF the shooting and
dangerous Illness. The different accounts are
cut up and pasted In Mark Twain SCRAP book
The editorial remarks and comments are scis-
si sorea and put IN alongside the Geographic ac.
are also preserved. The literature OF this char
acter Will make big volume, which It viii
taSe "a the PRESIDENT sometime to peruse after he
Is aoie 30 tn TO Ieao ne has expressed desire TO
comments preserved. WV
THE TELEGRAMs OF SYMPATHY
which have been received will all he nreservea
They make big collection. The teleprams
from foreign governments and rulers swera
nearly all addressed to Secretary Blaine. THESE
will be kept In the records Of the State aenart-
ment. Those received at the White House wifi,
be put In some convenient form that thev win
be readily accessible to the reader.
sYMPArHIzIEG CALLERS To-n.v
Secretaries kirkwood, Hunt, Window. Lin
coin, Blaine. Postmaster General James attor.
ney General Macveagh. the Mexican Minister
Gen. Hazen, Victor Drummond. In charoe or the
British legation; Count Camporaeli of the
Italian legation; Col. Amos Webster. Co, n
Irish. and Representatives Speer and Trndegrarr
called at the White House this forepoo5 to
make Inquiries about the President Da-s %
sentative Speer wanted to know If Thoro psuos
anything he could do for the pras,SaIt Wa va
said that the people OF Georgia are verv mmnh
concerned as to the result OF the Prestdent;s
Injuries, and are very anxious to hear neSva nf
good news. AS"S -
THE RBFRIGERATING ApPARArrs
put In the room last night, has been found Tn
work moderately well to-day. Itlowers.the tenn.
perature about two degrees That is not entirely
however, and another apparatus
will be tried. 1t is from Boston. and Known "a
Dennings apparatus. Mr.. DenninU arriued in
The city this morning, and Will put nm his AN.
paratus during the day.
THE NEW COOLING APPARArus
which iss to be substituted for the snspenda d
and saturated sheets did not arrive to-day, It
3 coming from Boston. The plan upon y hica
t works is rather simple, though It's fun de-
[als are not known. 1t consists Of a turbins