The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-01-10
PRESIDENTS HATS.

been remarkable for some time back.
General Grants silk hat was an
ordinary every day tile, neither very
shabby nor very new. If Horace
Greely had been elected when he
opposed President Grants re-clcc-
ton we should have had a Presi-
dental hat that would have taken
the foremost place in historical hats,
| for it was such remarkable hat that
Horace Greely was known by it and
it by him. The old white hat be
came the Gseeley hat, and he HIM
self became Old White Hat Greeley
the two thus lending their distinction
to one another. There is no hat OF
the elder Harrison on file in Wash
ington, and this is pity, for it is a
question whether the enormous eX-
tinguisher which figures SO proml-
nently in the illustrated comic papers
is an accurate reproduction Of the
original. But there is to be found at a
certain historical saloon in Wash
ington, where Clay and Webster
are said to have got their punches,
and where there are many interest
ing relics Of by-gone days, a hat OF
General Zachary Taylor's. 1t is a
terrible looking old hat, all brown
around the edges, and dirty and
full of fly specks, but in its day 1t
was doubtless very elegant beaver.
If one can imagine what would have
been the appearance of Attorney
General Brevster's beaver if it had
been worn by some one who had
participated in a Ce1tral American
revolution or a TammanY Hall poll
tical meeting a faint conception OF
the present appearance OF President
Taylor's hat may be had. 1t IS
broader brimmed and the crown is
hatter, otherwise the shape is the
same.
OF recent Presidents, Arthur's
hats were the best, as indeed he was
easily the best dressed President OF
modern times. His silk hats were
glossy and we'll brushed, and were
always in the fashion. President
Cleveland wore very good hat, too,
but it usually looked too new. As
for Mr.. Hayes, his hats were fair.
They were sometimes little shabby,
however, and President Harrison
wears an unobjectionable hat that
would not be likely to attract par
t'cular attention, Mr.. Morton wears
fine silk hat and the members OF the
Cabinet usually stick to the tall hat
also. Mr.. Blaine, however, is fond
Of derby, and the brown one that
he wears has become we'll known all
over the United Estates. He first
acquired this style during his trin
abroad, and he has. kept it up since
his return. John Wanamaker also
wears a derby generally, small
black one, which might easily have
come from his own establishment in
the Quaker City and Jerry Rusk, the
Secretary Of Agriculture, while he is
nearly always seen in a tail silk hat, it
is probable that he would prefer to
wear the soft felt hat as thing more
congenial to his agricultural tastes.
Washing Out the Stomach.
During the past year several physi-
clans in New York have tried, with 2
gratifying success, novel treatment
for dyspepsia and cancer Of the stom-
ach by washing out that organ. The
process is very simple and not danger
Gus. A long flexible tube is passed down
the throat until one end is in the stom-
ach. The upper end has funnel at
tached, into which hot water is poured
until the stomach is filled. The weight
of the water in the pipe gives a
hydraulic pressure sufficient to distcnd
the stomach. The pipe has an aper-
ture big enough.to hold. a lead pencil.
Afer the stomach has been filled, the
tunnel end of the pipe is turned
down until 1t is lower than the
bottom of the stomach, and the stom-
ach is emptied as barrel OF any fluid
is emptied through siphon. The
process may BE- repeated several times.
The result is that the undigested food
and mucus are washed out, and the
hot water closes the blood vessels and
reduces inflammation. The relet is
immediate. The dYspeptic NAV have
his stomach washed out before meal,
so that lapse Of a sufficient time for
ordinary digestion, the stomach may be
washed out again. This process has
been IN use at the New York Hospital
we are Informed, for some time.
Watching the Clock.
AS the Christian Union says, there
is a deal of common sense in this story
lately told of Edison, whether be said