Morris tribune., 1881-09-01

It will be observed in reading the foregoing
table, that the pulse has been moro variable
than temperature and respiration in the last
crisis than either of the former. This is at
tributed by the attending physicians to gastric
dlstur banoe, but by others to the extreme
weakness OF, the patient whose system had
been reduced to the last extremity by the
treatment and lack of nourishment and
natural sleep. There has been from the first
such variance of opinion as to the cause of
these fluctuations that it is difficult to arrive at
-s any satisfactory conclusion concerning them
What has been the greatest puzzle to the I'M
a., professional mind is the relative tiuctuation of
pulse temperature and respiration The tay
after the shooting, and before the patient had
rallied from the shock, his pulse ran from 112
70 l26, the temperature from 80 to 1O1, res
pirauon from 20 to "a. The variation in
tiuctuation in this instance, however,
was not nearly so great on
the 10th of August, when the
patient suffered the most serious relapse in the
history of his case, not excepting the fixing
OF the Vocation of the pus cavity and the Of
the scalpel. On the 9TH inst the pulse regis
tered lOS in the evening, and at the same time
on the following evening ran up to $50 and
little later to 40. The f1uctuation of the tenn
perature in the meantime was 100 on the 18th
tots. on the 18th Respiration for the same
time fuctuated from 8 on the 18th to % on
the 10th, On the 18th the evening bulletin
indicated the pulse at 100, temperature 9S 8,
respiration 10. This singular state of the
case is submitted in the record for solution by
sH SiaNaH Or PRESIDENT aaRF1EID.s LIFE
The race of Garfield traces its ancestry back to
that Massachusetts, Puritan stock from which sprang
so many Of our greatest heroes and statesmen.
The long roll of the family contains the names of
men who perDetuated the stern virtues of their
fathers, and, through changes aud migratons,
transmitted them unweakened to their later rep
resentatives A5ram Garfield, the father of fhe,
president died when his son, born November. 10,
1881, was but eighteen months old. The widow,
with four helpless children dependent upon her,
neither yielded to despair nor accepted any assist
ance which might be construed as a charity. Fol-
lowing her magnificent gospel of self-heIp, she
took upon herself their future. How faithfully
and grandly she fulfilled her trust is witnessed By the
touching and tender reverence shown by the son
whom the nation exalted to its place of cefes honor
The Young James commenced his school life at the
age OF three years, thus eyincing a precocity and
greatness. For the next twelve years his life was
that combination of study, reading and manual la
N ~ the discipline through which ai Door but ite
tgent and ambitious boy was obliged to pass to
career Of honor and renown. His few books were
read and re-read, and his youthful fancy fired by
Yet with all his studious habits, he was vigorous,
independent youth: and his playmates soon learned
that interference or injustice things he weuld
q not brook He was simply boy; healthy in body,
When sixteen years old he went to Cleveland,
bent on shipping as hand before the mast. He
boarded vessel, found some drunken sailors, and
CAPTAIN who looked drunken beast: wasshocked,
ana turned away and walked of-partly disillusion
whom he knew merely by sight and who was s rnn
Glng canal boat The cousin asked him IL he did
not vantto drive horses for him. The.offer was
accepted, for it flashed on young Garfields QUICK
mind that he could make the canal work primary
school, the lake the academy, and the ocean the
college So began his canal-boat experience which
has been sufficiently and in some cases extraya-
gantly exploited It cameaiong naturally, without
ture, and James went through it rough and
tumble, like the brave and lusty youth he was for
three months, when he got paid $40 a month ard
board. 1T was ended by an attack of fever t1roIieh
hich ne was safely carried by the skiful and ten
der care'of his mother During his conva,escence
she persuaded him to effort of another kind An
education fitting linn for teacher would opep be-
tore him prospect or equal Independence and
greater possibilities than the forest or the CANAL
With $17 to meet expenses Young GARFIELD and his
tpoicousins entered the academy ct Chester This
A. marks the real beginning Of his busy honorable
and useful life. Here he met young girl Lucreta
Randolph, who in after years became his wife
Here he caught a. glimpse of the life which might
open before an educated man, and here were awak-
ened those, aspirations which only strengthened
with increasing years.
At the end of year he undertook his first expo 4
Renee in teaching. Decentralization among his I'M.
more plainly his manly courage and his iron will.
No one cared TO dispute his authority second time,
and while yet boy he took his first lesson in the
responsibilities of ruling. Attracted by the simple
earrestness of preacher of the Disciples" he
was naturally drawn to their faith and the insttu-
fion which they had founded at Hiram. Here
he did his tremendous work of prepare
ton for college. he began at Hiram in tho
fall Of 1851, with but twenty -four weeks of Latin
winters in the district school. After the first term