, 1885-06-26
OUT DOORS.
OUT DOORS.
The Nations Patient Spends a
Fairly Pleasant Day.
A Batch of Gossip From the
National Capital.
Suicide of a Prominent Politi-
clan in New York.
Gen. Grants Condition.

MT. McGREdoR, June 2j.-The day
has been spent by Gen. Grant practically
out of doors with his family upon the
piazza. The general to day ~conversed
much in writing, not a little of 1t having
reference to himself ard his treatment.
He said that within'two weeks he has in
creased his food two eggs per day with 80
per cent more of beef per diem. He is
aware that..his weight is decreasing md
has only on that acrount taken some in
terest in the plan to renew his strength.
He does not, however, force food upon
himself as medicine; he graves it now,
whereas in the early part of his conva-
l~escence he accepted food as a duty imposed
by physicians. This morning, for instance,
the general received food between ) and
6 o'clock, and at 9 O'Clock he again felt a
desire to eat and be again partook of beef,
eggs and milk. On the point ofhis c%ontinu-
ed suffering, the general expressed himself
to-day. He said he felt hat he was tiding
along about the same to-day as Yesterday,
but that time went slowly and YEARLY.
The patient als) watches the progress of
his illness and notes the changes of treat
ment or conditions. He has learned
and to-day remarked the fact,
that cocoaine is powerless to allay
the pains in his throat until
the secretions of mucus shall first have
been washed away, Some friends thought
that Tokay wine would be useful as a
tonic, but the general has expressed him
self as having no desire for wines, or the
like. The patient last evening stated that
his greatest difficulty at present was with
his breath. 1t is believed that the general
can scarcely breathe through the nasal
passages owing TO accumulations of mu-
bus secretions in the back part of the head.
The general fully appreciates the TACT that
he could not sleep without the use of
morphine and knows to a nicely the
quantity that is given him nightly. Last
night, for instance, the amount was six
minlms. Having received the given
quantity at any time, the general fixes his
will upon sleep and often succeeds in OBJ
tanning it, anodyne and the sick mans
stubborn purpose seeming to play about
equal parts in producing sleep. The gen
eral did about half a page of revising
work in writing to day, besides his writing
in conversation. During the afternoon
he was once more photographed.
at 9 o'clock the general was put to bed.
Drs. Douglas and Shrady being present,
six minims of morphine were given. DIR.
Shrady thought the mucus secretions
had decreased in twenty tour hours.
There had been very little coughing dur
ing the evening. The voice was the same
as on Wednesday night and the doctors
thought at 10 o'clclock that the general
would pass a quiet night, but at that hour
a messenger came from the cottage to the
hotel and SUNNI oned both DIS. Douglas
and Shady. The patient himself had
sent for them quite hurriedly. The ply
sicians repaired to the cottage, but DIR.
Douglas returned in ten minutes to the
hotel where he lodges tonight, DR. Shra-
dy soon after retiring at the cottage. DIR.
Douglas said the implied moth
ing of moment The general had desired
DIR. Douglas to clear the passages of his
head. This was done speedily and the
doctor said the general would, without
doubt, pass as quiet a night as any since
coming here. At midnight all was quiet