The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-13
MR. BLAINE's health.
What the New York Sun Quotes Him
as Saying About 1t.

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Evening Sun
tonight contains special from Bar Harbor
giving an account of an interview with Sec
retary Blaine. In 1t Mr.. Blaine is quoted as
follows:
u am not dying at all. 1 am not as strong
as John l.. Sullivan, but am good for MANY
years yet. AS for being weak and exhausted
that's all very true. l am nervously weak.
and need rest, but that is no sign that am
good subject for an undertaken.
u don't eat much solid food because l
eggs. plenty OF butter and good bread and
cheese. don't walk much, because walk
Ing WearleS me. / feel the excess of eXertiOn
most In my back and head. drive almost
az the time. can enjoy myself best in re-
clinlng position, and that is why | have nv
carriage filled with pillows.
am not using my reasoning faculties
any more than l can help. am simply re-
laxing and resting. My eyesight troubles
me little. 1t came from too much writing
ana reading In Washington last winter.
When L get enthusiastic over an article am
busy on positively cannot leave off working
until 1t Is finished. | suppose | strained
them, and with this attack / am Just getting
over they have become weaker than usual
~ Is nOsnlng serious, however, nothing that
rest ana plenty OF sleep cannot cure. / wear
a pair OF glasses and sometimes, when the
S all. 7Oee'''' Wv ''''''
Inns symptom, my ply scians state, has
inr9Stning irS1 10 40 with my bad turn Of last week.
mat was wholly nervous affair-a lassi-
tude tnat crept over me. l would not rest
myself, SO my system went back on me and
obliged me to.
Il have steadily improved since / came
mere MY nerves have been toned up by the
cnange ana the laying aside of official la bOrs.
My head bothers me some, my back some,
ana my teet are tender. / have suffered a
iitlle during the past few days from rheuma-
tism, put l think that is owing to the state Of
Mr.. Biaine's Extreme Nervousness,
BOSTON. July ia Bar Harbor despatch
says: The steam yacht Susquehanna was
IN the harbor this morning with President
Sewali OF the Maine Central, and General
Hyde OF Bath. Both called on Mr..
Blaine. 1t has been a gala day with the
prominent invalid He received callers all
the morning and went driving in the after
noon with his physi ;ian. DR.. Taylor, who is
devotlng his whole time to keeping Mr..
Blaine amused and drive away the melan.
cholia, which is now his only trouble. This
is serious trouble, as it affects him mental
ly. He is living under a constant fear Of dy-
Ing suddenly. If this fear can be dispelled
there Is no doubt but that he will be as well
as ever. but If 1t is not expelled there is no
doubt but the fear will bring upon him the
dread thing he is fearing. Therefore all who
are interested In the man and near him are
devoting themselves to his amusement.
which seems to be the only thing to be done
for him. He drove later in the afternoon
with Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Damrosch. and
| stopped and talked with friends on the
street. The business OF Mr.. Blaine's lawyer
from Augusta this morning was the transfer
| of a small piece of property. An alleged In
terview with Mr.. Blaine is being sent to
| New York papers by correspondents, but
| Mrs. Damrosch says MIR: Blaine has had no
| interview with anyone"