Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-08-24
6uiteau's Chances.


Some people have foolishly sup
posed that in case OF MIR. Garheld's
death, Mr.. Gniirnn can only expect
q heinppu urcktie and u speedy ian
eral. The contrary IL really the |
fact. What Gnilran must now ,
dread with good reason il the Pres I
ident's recovery; for IN that case he |
will certainly either serve term
ofeight years in The Prniirntihry,
or be sent tn lnnalic AZ, lnm tor
the rest OF his life, which III our
opinion would be the proper thing
to do with him.
The medical bulletins daily issued
By the Presidents doctors AFFORD
the most striking indication al The
ignorance of Those who issue them.
One day Mr.. Garfield is con>ale
sc+nt; the next, he is At the point al
death. One day he IS considered
40 well that they dl>cuss the pio
pricty of removing him to In"ie
comfortable quarters; The dd, ai'ri
il becomes doubtful whether he can
live thrnugh the night. Al iirs' Ne
were told that the pistol hali Pissed
directly through his liver; AMI nov
il npprars that his liver Was nr>ci
touched at all. Then We were m
formed that the precise locality 81
the hall had been ,llacn\ cred hN
means of "a mysterious INSTRUMENT
called The induction balance; tut
subsequently it turned out that the
induction balance WAS ont ut oi,irr.
and at the present moment II Is
absolutely certain that notod>
knows lust where the ball ia. What
the pl,ysicinus disco\er one ddl
proves Ia have been II mistake meat
day; aud they seem 10 know much
less about the ease nov than they
did AZ first. They have mcn lhrus
ting probes aud tuhrs into the
wound to IN amazing depth; AMI
they have not Yet tuunG the bottom
Of it,-alil,nngh d New lnih plp'l
unclariIahiy hiuts that the, may
have th,nst their tubes II good dcdi
further than the ball went. aud that
soolpr or latrr, ii the President :
constitution hulhs ont, they vii
have converted the wunnd lni'
something dcrtTr than well. aH'
wider than u church door. The,
acid into it, aud lotions, aud YAH
Gus disinirctants IN quantity lhrg'
enough To ,lrur,lurizr a New Orlrnn'
vault. LASTLY, they have been nai
rpiinp about the case it, At Htt'St Ht
diguihed way, aS though hgh'ln
for plumber The strongrs, medic"
party drove the weaker party oi'
OF the White House; amt each si'l
is altering in consequence n
sorts Of TASTY things about the oil
er.
The only extraordinary fact d'
veloped 10y these m>s'itNing built
It's il the extraordinary pity s!r'
strength of President Garfield. |
spite of all the probing and nm!
ing aad dco)orlzine and induction
balancing, he persists in living -
though he has already lost MOI
than sixty pounds; und it fnrlh'
appears that the wound obstinate,
persists in trying To granulate ~,
In the very teeth of the carinl
acid. Ii will lie ~ marvel inde,
should Garfrld's constitution uIi
mateIy triumph over the loci"
and the tubes and the inductlo
balatce and the tarholic aci'l.
But ii he dies Mr.. Gutean "
certainl, have fair show ct arqn
al on the charge of assassination. /
will certainly have n first class la'
yer; aud that lawyer will certain
try to prove that GaLh-ld Was Si'
nty victim of too much Siehf
aud that there is nothing 81 mu'
TO be dreaded as the iaial Know
edge OF oyer.culriraied minds. +
p,,y si.isns violently expelled ira
the White HonS, aud thus disl"
sesap,l Of an enormous fee, VIII u
doubt~tity testify and even pro
with irrrtragii,ir medical trsii'noI
that ispr Garfield succnm's'd tot
treatment OF their karu' d rivals.
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