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APPROACHING THE CLOSE.
The General Does Not Regain the Strength
Lost by His Mondays Outing Doubt
less the End Draws Near-Physi-
clans Opinion and the Bulletins.
TUESDAY nights despatchcs.l

III clans Opinion and the Bulletins.
n TUESDAY nights despatchcs.l
VI MOUNT MACGREGoR, July 2l.-ThOughs
EGen Grant was greatly exhausted by they
q siolting ride in his bath chair Monday af-s u
Eternoon it was believed this morning thatt
Ethe eight hours of natural sleep obtainedE
by him last night had restored portions
of the energy lost during his outing. TheE
belief that the General had in measureY
Il recovered from his undue fatigue wasE
4 Esupported by refreshed and somewhata
brighter appearance His pulse had scarce l
fly the volume it had at II o'clocky
4 last night and as the mOrnlngf
3 wore on the doctor thought hey
Edetected evidences of a feverish condi-E
ton of the patient but the forenoon was
4 passing so quietly as to give strength toy
!, IA belief that the Genera! was resting and
further recuperating from the fatigue ofS
! the outing which had been undertaken ats
] his solicitation. and after an ASSURE
$ ance by himself at that his strength
Z as equal to the accomplishment
( of his purpose. But towardss
rnoon there grew in the physicians mind al
4 conviction, at the time unexpected, thats
e the doing quietude of his patient wass
p more that of extreme and growing laSsl-s
Z tude than of resttul repOse. At middayt
: there was a slight change in the sicks
Eman's condition which was marked by in
HcreaSed weakness and less cognizance of
Y;what was going on about him.
n This change was so slightly marked,
EhOwever that no unusual alarm was felt}
Sby the family though it was deemed adyis-
@able to report the same to DR.. Douglas whoI
was at the time at the hotel. DR.. Douglas
$then came down to the cottage. Thel
EGeneral was less quiet though he desired
&rest. He Informed the doctor that he hadI
Edeclined alcoholic stimulants because hej
Hbelieved they served only to heat his sys-j
&tem without imparting strength. Hel
EeXpressed himself as feeling that he|
could endure his condition of weakness
Ebut short time longer and then request
4ed the physician to administer IA hypoder-
lEmc injection of morphine. DR.. Douglas.
Jwas not much inclined to grant this re-
Euuest because he believed that sleep and
sArest produced by artificial means would,
sgtoo rapidly drain the vitality OFT
Ithe patient. Besides this a lethargic
'Stendency was developing in the easel
Ewhch also influenced the doctor against
Hgiving morphine, and more than this DR..
EDouglas preferred that his patient should
Etake food rather than opiates, and request
Yed the General to do so. The sick man
Fhowever, declined and insisted upon the
administration of morphine At length
Gto satisfy the sick man, Dr. Douglas ad-
Eministered il portion of morphine, which
| general Grant believed to contain
agthree minims of the drug. That
Squantity was not administered but
o&a slight portion diluted in the
ayusual three drops of liquid was inject
ked into the Generals arm, Then the sick
Sman grew more quiet and seemed 10 sleep
ySand then it was that the physician left
z the cottage and reported his patient eX-
Exceedingly weak. The quietude, however,
&WaS not prOtracted.
H 1t has since tranSpired that the General
Xwas attacked this forenoon with hlccoughs
nand this disturbing and rapidly weaken
bSing as well as significant factor, was pres
& Vent in the afternoon and with added fire.
Equency. The sleep Which followed the
RI giving of morphine us stated was
ts tsfollowed by renewed hiccoughing
HAttempts were made as the after
eAnOon was wanning to give the Gen
V Eeral food. He joined in the eudeavor but
Ethe quantity retained was small. Whel
9the current Of Il goblet fnll of the liquiC
d nwas passing the Generals throat its OWL
. Hweight diStended the throat and the foOC
F passed down, but when the last few mout h
'eyfuls We're being drained from the glas
vYthe weight and fullneSS of the liquio
> Awas not sufficient to dstend the parts anC
'egthey closed because the muscular pOwe
IL SOf the throat was insufficient to keep al
8open passage, The result was season o
y EchOking and coughing with the election
tsHof "A portion of the liquid after each at
yStehlpi 10 administer loou; Inc cohulIlol
Eol the palleht may pe apprecIat6e,
d olHWheh II Is known thal WilIll perhaps Ill
IT, -Mteeh minutes aller the attempt II
Hadmlnlster nourlshmeht to nm the ten
hhG Geral would suddenly look up Wltl momen
% Etary expression OF peWildermeht ana Ell
- s&qulre II MS attendant " heh are yo'
Z" Egolng TO give me that 1ood Han al
ID xhour might elapse ana again the SICK MAJ
1Would glance up as though having forgot
'yten something he would have remembered
es aeJaculallhg the question wv men are so.