The Washington critic., 1886-02-15


these cases are more numerous than
they were few years ago. and, indeed,
they appear to be constantly Increasing.
This is due to the way we live Alec.
holic stmulants, tobacco and other
narcotics are in n great measure to
blame for this. These have certain
effects on the stomach. The pneumo
grastic nerve, the great connecting link
from the stomach TO the brain and the
heart. responds to the influence. and
some day the man dies suddenly. But
IL Is not from functional or or.
ganic heart disease by any
means. Forms Of apoplexy are also
often confused with heart disease.
Fatty degeneration of the heart and
other heart diseases are really quite
rare, and / see no reason for supposing
they are increasing, notwithstanding
the reports almost daily furnished to
the newspapers. A case in point oc.
cured here in Chicago the other day,
when Mr.. George ID. Baldwin, the
pork packer, dropped down while in
church and expired twenty.six hours
afterward in the study of the church
Word was at once sent out that he died
from neuralgia of tbs heart. 1t was
nothing of the kind. l was with him
at the time, and the diagnosis was very
simple. lie had paralysis of the
stomach. The stomach was practically
dead, the pneumograstic nerve was af-
fccted and he died. The MaH may
say that heart diseaso-thc genuine
thing, you know--is not increasing,
and that most of the sudden deaths are
due TO other causes"
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Says writer in Yesterdays New
York Tribune: The last time I met
General Hancock was on Decoration
Day, 1885. ! shall always remember
an incident at the Windsor Hotel, in
which he was the prime factor, and
President Cleveland participant.
General Hancock came early from
Governors Island. He ordered some
champagne in the parlor sci aside for
himself and aides and they were sip.
ping it when President Cleveland, Sec.
retaries Endicott and Whitney and
Postmaster. General Villas were ushered
In. The President had come from Sec.
retary Whitney's house In Fifth ave.
nue., and they were to await at the
Windsor the starting of the parade.
The members Of the Cabinet were soon
engaged in the same pleasant task as
| the officers. The President stood back
| by the big fireplace. Different mem.
bers of the party engaged him in con
versation. No one, however, had
the courage to offer him
glass of wine especially as the
door was partly open and persons were
| passing and repassing who looked in to
see the notables. General Hancock
| glanced over at the President once or
twice. Finally he said quito loudly to
the waiter in attendance, "Is there any
water here, waiter The President
would like a glass of water" Mean.
while he had poured large goblet
nearly full of champagne, without any
one in the room paying much attention
to him. The waiter pointed out a
water set at the side of the room.
General Hancock went over to 1t and
went through the movement of pour
ing some water into the goblet. Then
he stepped up to the President and said
with bow: "Mr. President, will you
not have glass Of water? You look
thirsty" Mr.. Cleveland took the glass
with smile and drank q part of its
contents, thanking the General for his
courtesy.
The present complication of Sena.
torial ambitions in Texas, says Wash.
ington correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution, render it quite possible
that Representative Mills of that State
may be elevated to chair at the other
end of the Capitol. Mr. Mills may be
fairly classed among the most influcn-
tial men in Congress. He holds ex.
treme free trade views and is unaltera-
bly, opposed to federalistic ideas of gov
ernment. He is about fifty years old,
six feet high, straight, well proper.
toned, and as vigorous in his physical
as he is in his mental make up. His.
tory is his passion. His remarkable
and events until in knowledge of the an
nails of our own and other countries few
of his political peers can cope with him.
He uses his knowledge finely under the
direction Of quick sense of. applica-
| uon anu WIN lhc illuminating poWcr Vi
a fertile fancy. Scholarly Congress,
men from the West are rare; but rarer
still are unsocial ones. Mr.. Mills is
solitary in his habits. He has q
well.worn path from his rooms
to the Capitol and never di-
verges from 1t unless IL be to make
occasional visits to the Departments
OF social life he sees absolutely moth
ing except what is afforded him In the
charming circle about his own tireside
He has never been seen out at night
unaccompanied by his wife. unless
there happened to be night session of
the House. He always commands the
attention of the House because he al
ways speaks we'll and because he en-
joys the reputation of saying honestly
just what he thinks. His oratory Is
better suited to the hustings than to
the halls of Congress, but it is vigor-
Gus and entertaining always and not
unfrequently it rises to cloquence.
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This is the way Colonel Robert G..
Ingeisoll looks at the pending question
between the President and Senate: IF
the President feels that he is bound to
carry out the Civil Service law, ought
not the Senate to feel in the same way
Is ii not the duty of the Senate to sec
TO 1t that the President does not, with
its advice and consent, violate the Civil
Service law? Is the consent of the
Senate mere matter of form? In
these appointments the President is moi
independent of or above the Senate; they
are equal, and each has the right to be
honor bright with the other, at least,
AS long as this foolish law is unre
pealed it must be carried out Neither
party is in favor of Civil Service Re
form, and never was. The Republican
party did not carry 1t out, and did not
intend to. The President has the righ
to nominate. Under the law as 1t Is
now, when the President wants to ap
point a clerk, or when one
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