, 1881-08-17

ot tho Supreme Court, entered, nlt eyes
seemed lns0lnntnrily turned tn HIN, for nil
Thought Tint II might. happen tint It would
soon become Ills tuty 10 administer tho natal
OF office to lilo prostJens'a SUCCESSOR In ali
Tint waiting crowd f4w ct,ulu DO fotlid be-
forc tho bulletin WA announced who ex-
pressed 4 word Of liopc. Sligo tho noolt
bulletin
TltH sECtlEr or iii: s,cK-1,oost
la,f bech fealo,.sly Enhrslctl, md uyon tho
numbers Ut tho oDlcia1 household know
l,DtlitnH whatever hcynid that which wns
contained III tho bulletin ut ,oU,,. Acconl-
lnRly, when DR.. bliss cnnle ont anil 1iRnlletl TO
tho Secretary tie llttlb slip Of paper which
WIS tho original manuscript Of the bulletin,
tho crowd became INSTANTLY stlltctl a,nl lis
tencd with most Intense cagerness to tho
reading OF tho fow lines. Meanwhile NIL
eyes wcre turned TO tlH tnco Of Dr. Hiss,
wlIlcti was lighted up with a ray Of hope.
Tile bi,lletin. being read. DR.. Hiss told hts
story. lilo lid not suy, however, TINT after
The t'oon dressing tho experiment WIS l,las1e
of agnin testing the Presidents stDnach by
q very small nmount Of ltquitl nonrlslment.
One Of tho other Attending physicians Inns
since sail TINT that was tlo case. Tl1s no,.r-
isftinent wns given shortly before o'clock.
~ NSH1 "ot AFFHHk
liuW LONG TT WAS RETAINED,
but, as tho bulletin says lhnt he yonlitcsl
0,icg during tho afternoon, 1t seems pretty.
certain tint tho test wRs unsuccessful, that
tito nourisl,mcnt WINS rejected before tho
dressing Of tile wound, and that tho attempt
las shown tint tic stomach still refuses to
perform Its functions. In view of this fact,
therefore, 1t will be wise for tho public not
to become too buoyant lest tho fAlse. hope
afforded by tic apparently tri1'fng improve
Ment Indicated by tito evening bulletin
should again catlse bitter disappointment.
Tho fnct TINT tho President yo1nfted once
during tho afternoon, whon he Ind taken
nothing but Wnter nntl possibly n tenspounful
uf liquid fnotl, shows TINT 1t Is by no means
certain that his ston,ucIl will resume It's
NATURAL functions.
IT 1s TILE PURPOSE or THE PHYSICIANS,
however, now to give the stomach nll eil-
forced rcst for perhaps forty-eight hours,
sustaining lin meanwhile by injections of
nourisI,lnent, Qne fact noticed in tho ante-
room Tonight rs very significant. Prior tt,
the evening bulletin there was not Il
member Of the White House household
who was not dcspondent. All dreaded
tic time for tie evening bulletin, ant, they
awaited Il with eager intorast. Since tho
1'resttlunt was shot all thoso about lin wcre
for the first tlme despnudont There huge
been n few from tho beginning who lave not
believed that the President would survive;
yet, after tho noon bulletin, there wAs not
one who hui liope. Eyrn Private Secretary
Brown, who las tenacE0usly clung to Ills
hope at times when some Of tho physicians
wcrc. dcspoiitlelt, this AFTERNOON fur 4 few
hours lost Ills courage. Mrs. Garfield, how.
ever, almost alone Ut tic Presidents llo use
hold, still preserved TINT
HEROIC COURAGE
for which sllo tlus been noted. To lntty
friend alarmed Mt the exciting reports cur
rent III tho city who callett upon licr this
afternoon, Mrs. Garfield sni,l that she by no
means had lost hope; that she Ind exl,ectel
such action of the stomach; TINT tho phy-
stcians woro ngreed that this was due to tho
stomach itself solely, mil WIS not caused BY
the wound; and that for tl,ls reason she still
maintained her faitl, tint the President wol,!l
recover. The brightest spot III all tl,ut
household to-tlny has been tho sublime cour-
ago and marvellous forttalltto and wonderful
hope OF ths very remarkable woman. Yes
terday for wffllo she Was cast down, aild,
outside OF thu sick chamber, did not attempt
to control the Erent grlef which weighed
upon l.er. In the sick room, however, there
WIS only good cheer H. her snlile aud heal.
INK In Tier touch. The other members 0f tho
Presidents household were not so we'll ahp
to restrain thelr emotions, and some of tho
younger rncmbcrB went about with swollen
eyes. showing how great was their grief.