Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-18
EATING MUTTON CHOPS.
CHEERING REPORTS OF THE
PRESIDENT.
The Surgeons SanguIne-The Pa
tienps Good HumOr-The PresI.
dents Pastor ArraIgns the Stall
warts-A Ringing Indictment
Serious Illness Of the Elder Mrs.
Garfield.

WAsHINGToN, July 1.-THE President
has continued to improve to-day, and his
progress has been more marked than hither-
to. His improvement now is visible to all
around. He is stronger, feels more cheer
full, looks better, and says he feels better.
Mr.. CTump, ,one Of the regular nurses, said to-
night that the President grows stronger
every day, that the signs Of returning health
and strength are visible in his eyes, which
now have something of the lively sparkle
they wore when he was in health.
Mr.. CrumP says that last night the Presi
dent told him he was hungry, and intended
to have a good breakfast this morning;
that the President concluded to make out
his breakfast bill of fare right then, and,
after thinking It over, he said
"Crump, want for my breakfast In the
morning two lamb chops. Now, mind,
want two. Two slices of bacon, one baked
potato, with cream and butter, and
two Of these light finger rolls"
This was served this morning, and the
President ate most of what he had ordered.
For lunch, at one o'clock this afternoon,
Crump said he squeezed all the substance
from a large broiled tenderloin steak on
toast, and the President ate it, and besides
he ate quite hearty supper. The President
now has good appetite, and is ready for
each meal at the time for serving it. He
has no doubt now of his iusl recovery, and
is eatsfied it will come much earlier than
was expected, and that he will not have to
lie upon his back for months.
This has had the effect of making him
hopeful and cheerful. To day Crump said
to him he believed that he (the President)
would be sitting up to his breakfast next
Sunday.
"Do you really think so" asked the
President.
''I do indeed, replied Crump.
swell would not be surprised, judging
from the way l feel now," said the President.
Drs. Bliss and Rayburn left the White
House together about nine o'clock to night.
Dr.. Bliss replied. when asked about the
President: "Ae is doing splendidly, and
that covers everything. He is decidedly
better than at any time. His fever came on
later this evening than on any previous day.
He has good appetite and relishes his
food. He is gaining some strength. and be-
gins to be able to move himself about. He
is cheerful, and is getting we'll" DR.. Rey-
burn Endorsed all that DIR. Bliss said.
DR. Bliss said that after he had dressed
the wound this afternoon the President
asked him to scratch his back. Bliss begun
to scratch the Presidents back, thinking the
job would only last two or three minutes.
Instead of that, the President allowed the
doctor to 90 on scratching for some minutes.
Occasionally the President would say,
"Now scratch a little higher, Bliss" or "a
little lower" but gave no sign OF stopping
the scratching.
DIR. Bliss, to give hint, said his hands
were tired and asked for a brush. The
President ordered brush brought in, and
when it arrived said:
"Give it to Doctor Bliss to rub my back
with"
Bliss continued, but now and then dlop-
ped pretty strong hint of his desire to get
rid of his job. Finally, the President said:
"Well, Bliss, suppose there must be an
end to all things"
"Do you mean for me to stop?" asked
Bliss very eagerly.
The doctors all laughed, 10 which the
President joined heartily, and DR.. Bliss job
endtd d for that time.
DR.. Bliss particularly mentioned the
steady improvement of the Presidents
wound and said it could not be doing bet
ter. To-day DR.. Bliss pressed on the Presi-
dents stomach along where the ball is be
lieved to have passed, and the pressure
started a flow of pus. The doctors say at
least a wineglsssful of pus spurted from the
wound, which is an indication that the
wound is open along the track of the ball
and that it will begin healing from the in
side.
All the surgeons said tonight their high
est hopes of the Presidents case have been
realized, and to night their confidence Of
his recovery Is greater than ever before.
Only one-e!ghth of a grain of morphine is
given every twentyfour hours now. The
fever to day has been very light, and the
President rests well, sleeping most of the
night. Last night he enjoyed good nights
rest. His sleep was nearly unbroken, and
st 10 o'clock tonight he was sleeping
sound J and calmly.
Very few persons visited the White House
to day. Tonight the members Of the Cabi-
net called, but none OF them stayed long.
Rev. Fred. D. Power, pastor of the
Christian Church, to which President Gar
field belongs and which he attends, preached
& sermon to day specially on the subject of
the attempted assassination. He charged
the attempted assassination directly upon
the stalwarts, and said:
Had there been no stalwart contest
against the prerogatives Of the Executive
there would have been no such assault upon
the Presidents life. Guiteau's crime is but
the terrible product OF the vicious, shame
less, bitter, inf ImmatorY attacks INDUCED
in persistently by those who have only person
al ends to serve, aud who were dissatisfied
with the Executives action, not because it
affected the interests of the country, but
because 1t was not In accord with their own
precious councils.
at is not the act of an irresponsible mad
man. 1t is not the result of a faction or
conspiracy, but as the lightning stroke
that shivers the tallest monarch of the
forest is but the eliminating vengeance Of
the distempered air. so the murderous re-
port of Guiteau's pistol on the 2l Of July was
but the final eruption of diseased politi-
cal atmosphere, an atmosphere poisoned by
pestilential vapors from the cesspools of
faction and from the venomous breath of
slander. 1t Is but the bitter fruit of the
spoils system. 1t is but the repre-
sentative work Of the place men. 1t
is but the product of the
reckless and defiant and boastful murder of
law and of the public honor and Of every
attribute of public virtue to satisfy self. 1t
is but the action Of demoniacal wretch, Of
a brute in human form, impersonsting in
himself the atheistie, the nihilistic, the
communistic, the anarchic, the Thuggish,
the pistol and blood ideas of the old world.
at is not national. 1t is not American.
1t is not the fruit of our institutions. 1t is
but the work of terrible, bloody man, in
famed to his act by q eowardlY, factional
spirit and slanderous breath, and il it
kills the name 'stalwArt' for all time
to come, II it teaches the people to speak
reverently OF those in authority, II it breaks