Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-13
Hon. James G. Blaine's DaiIy
Life at Bar Harbor.
THE PEOPLE VS.. THE DOCTORS.
The Former Shake Their Heads and Say He is
Dying-The Latter DENY It,
He Admits He IS Not John l.. sullivan.
but Claims He is No Fit subject for an
Undertaker-HeII Either UuI
Through He Won't.

| NEW YORK. July l2.-The Herald prints
the following from its special correspondent
| At Bar Harbor, Me: II is still an open
| question among those who think themselves
! III i position 10 know, whether james G..
Blaine will return To his duties AT Washing
| ton in the fall. or whether he has come 10
! Bar Harbor to die. | think | am safe in
making these two statements:
l. That Blaine is by no mems the man he
was 4 year ago and habitues Of Bar Har-
Dor are shocked At the change.
!! That il Blaine is really diving from
whatever cause. lie IS dying very %amely,
and Is making Sucn a fight against the grim
monster as only a man Of his IRON will can
make.
To sum up the situation, then, Blaine
may De i wreck on prior ground, but he
may be one Of that particular kind OF
wrecks which laugh scientific deductions in
the face and refuse to sink. What can You
expect Of dyiug man who.
EAIN 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 ami 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 80 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 grea'
statesman any good. Who knows the great
recipe for calming the nerve centers of an
overworked brain, No one. The patient
will either mil rhrOupn he WON'T
that is
ALL THAT THERE Is To IT.
What is the trouble with Blaine Doctor
| asked to-day.
His nerves-nothing but his nerves.
answers DR.. j. VI. Taylor of Philadelphia,
a nerve specialist who is i'll constant al
tendance.
Then he has not Bright's disease. as re-
ported"
''Emphatlcally not; his kidneys are as
sound as any mans"
And he is not suffering from paralysis"
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 eN-
cept milk!
Nonsense. Blaine cats and enjoys three
square meals daily. composed pretty much
of dishes that YOU or l eat He has u touch
of dyspepsia now and then, but not more
liidfl lIlOSJ <AUltiICduS OF MS age.
Then You think he will get WE'LL"
''UnqueStiouably. 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 10 be
convinced.
BLAINE'S DAILY LIFE.
The statesman daily life is as follows
He arises at $50 or 9, puts on Il comfort
able black costume and, after hearty
breakfast. proceeds 10 read the newspapers. |
His morning meals consists of steak or |!
chops fried, for ha cannot eat greasg !
fOod-3iud coffee. He never thinks 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. De- !
casionally Mrs. Blaine or Mrs. Emmons
Blaine reads to him certain articles which .
he indicates, but usually he finds thai
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 unpretCntiOuS |
phaeton in which Blaine prefers to take his
morning drive. Mrs. Damrosch usually
her father and does the driv-
sons. and Mrs. Blaine is TOO timid to handle |
the rcins. Blaine himself does not drive
because
HE Is NOT STRONG FS0UGH
to make such effort. After the drives he
comes to dinner at 30 p. m, Tor which
Blaine has an excellent appetite. That
done he lies down on lounge and watches
piS two little grandchildren play about the
ro0m or picks up his favOrite series of |
Great Mems Lives and reads a chapter or
two before falling into q doze. The after