Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16
Hon. James G. Blaine's Daily
Life at Bar Harbor.
THE PEOPLE VS.. THE DOCTORS.
The Former Shake Their Heads and Say He is
Dying-The Latter Deny 1t.
He Admits He is Not a John L. Sullivan,
but Claims He is No Fit Subject for an
Undertaker-Hel Either Pull
Through or He Won't.

the following from its special correspondent
at Bar Harbor, Me: 1t is still an open
question among those who think themselves
in position to know. whether James G..
ton in the fall, or whether he has come to
Bar Harbor to die. l think l am safe in
making these two statements:
l. That Blaine is by no means the man he
was year ago, and habitues of Bar Har-
Dor are shocked at the change.
2 That If Blaine is really dying from
whatever cause, he is dying very gamely,
and is making such fight against the grim
monster as only a man of his iron will can
make.
To sum up the situation, then, Blaine
may be wreck on prior ground, but he
may be one of that particular kind of
wrecks which laugh scientific deductions III
the face and refuse to sink. What can you
expect Of dying man who,
RAIN OR SHINE,
insists on driving his twenty miles day.
People who have known Blaine for years
are impressed by the difference in his man
ner and expression. You cannot indicate
precisely in lines and adjectiveS what the
difference is. You cannot indicate the diff
ference between sunrise and sunset, but
you know that the difference is there-you
feel it,
Mrs. Blaine and her daughter, Mrs. Dam
roscch, are, and this is on the best author
ity. almost worried to death about the con-
dition of him who is so dear to them, and
whose condition they are able to appreciate
by loving intuition far better than the
doctors with their learned formulas. As
one of the physicians told me, there are no
drugs or medicines which can do the great
statesman any good. Who knows the great
recipe for calming the nerve centerS OF an
overworked brain! No one. The patient
will either pull through or he won't, and
that is
ALL THAT THERE is TO IT.
"What is the trouble with Blaine, doctof.'
l asked to-day.
His nerveS-nothing but his nerves."
answers DR. J. NJ Taylor of philadelphia,
nerve specialist, who is in CONSTANT at
tendance
Then he has not Bright's disease, as Ne
portedl"
''Emphatically not; his kidneys are as
sound as any mans"
And he is not suffering from paralysisl"
"No, indeed. Do you think man who
had paralysis could drive about as he does!"
But, isn't his stomach all gone to pieces
they say he can take no nourishment ex-
cept milk?'
Nonsense Blaine eats and enjoys three
square meals daily, composed pretty much
of dishes that you or eat. He has touch
of dyspepsia now and then, but not more
than most Americans of his age"
Then you think lac will get well?"
''Unquestionably During the five weeks
he has been here he has made steady i'm
provement, and will go back to Washington
ready for the load of work before him.
Such is the physicians statement, which
some persons accept as gospel truth, while
others shake their heads and refuse to be
convinced.
BLAINE's DAILY LIFE.
The statesman's daily life is as follows.
He arises at $50 or 9, puts on comfort
able black costume and, after hearty
breakfast, proceeds to read the newspapers.
His morning meals consists of steak or
chops-never fried, for he cannot eat greasy
food-and coffee. He never drinks any
thing of an alcoholic nature, and does not
care much for tea. An hour after break
fast is devoted to the news of the day, and
he never yet has been so i'll that he could
not go through more or less thoroughly the
pile of newspapers which arrive daily. Oc-
caSionally Mrs Blaine or Mrs. EmmonS
Blaine reads to him certain articles which
he indicates. but usually he finds that
method OF getting news too slow for his
swift. absorbing mind. After half past ten
the old black horse, a Kentucky thorough
bred, is at the door with an unpretentious
phaeton in which Blaine prefers to take his
morning drive Mrs. Damrosch usually
accompanies her father and does the driv-
ing, for the vehicle will hold only two per-
sons, and Mrs. Blaine is too timid to handle
the rens. Blaine himself does not drive
because
HE Is NOT STRONG ENOUGH
to make such effort. After the drives he
comes to dinner at 80 p. m, for which
Blaine has an excellent appetite. That
done he lies down on lounge and watches
his two little grandchildren play about the
room or picks up his favorite series of
Great Mems Lives and reads chapter OF,
two before falling into doze. The after
noon nap over-it usually lasts an hour and
a half-a conveyance is brought to the door
and the second drive of the day is begun.