Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-07-18
BLAINE.
How tho Great Premier Spends His Time
His True Condition, and What IL
Thought OF Him.

gazing at pair OF steppers and fine
equipage that went past. One boy was
elegantly dressed in fine clothes, cut
and made by some fashionable tailor.
He was the son Of wealthy farmer
from Vermont The other had pair
OF russell shoes, o flannel shirt and a
cheap straw hat. He was the son and
heir OF Philadelphia millionaire who
owns fine cottage here aud keeps his
own turnout, with liveried servants to
match. the two boys we're cousins, and
the Vermont lad was visiting at the
villa OF his aristocratic relative.
ibid you see that big man with white
whiskersy" asked the Quaker City
youth.
Eyes. who Is hep" This was asked
very languidly, as II 1t were Of little
consequence who the man was.
'That? That is Mr.. Blaine-Jim
Blaine OF Maine. He is an awful smart
fighter, and can lick anybody in the
world, pa says"
ibid he ever lick anybody?" and the
Vermont youth begins to show consid-
cradle interest.
eyes, lots OF people-Sullivan and
Conkling and all OF them. He gave
Hill Of Georgia an awful licking in con-
gress. l heard pa say co."
WHAT IS THOUGHT OF MR.. BLAINE.
The impression made by Mr.. Blaine
upon the mind of the Philadelphia
youth is but one of hundred distorted
views which people who come here
have OF the Maine statesman. To some
he is hero, o ''plumed knight"
saint, who was sent by Providence for
the special purpose OF saving the coun-
try from the Joint attacks Of southern
traitors and foreign foes, while to 9th
ers he Is q dark pl0tter, q modern
Machiavelli, fiend in trousers, who Is
trying to overthrow the republic and
establish an aristocracy with James G.
Blaine as chief ruling aristocrat Be-
tween these two extremes there are all
shades and degrees OF opinions, varying
with the temperaments and surround
ings of those who hold them; yet among
them all one fact is very noticeable
there is not a resident here, no matter
what his political faith may be, who
thinks Mr.. Blaine weak man, lacking
in character or purpose or ability.
The boy above quoted knew as much
about Mr.. Blaine as many OF the corre-
spondents who are telegraphing almost
daily bulletins about his health from
this place. IN the absence OF real in
formation they send wild rumors or
guesses.
THE STORY OF HIS ILLNESS.
It is about a month since Mr.. and
Mrs. Blaine came here to live at STAN
wood cottage. He had gone to New
York to visit his daughter, Mrs. Dam
rosch, and while there he was tempted
TO break his usual custom, and he par
took OF hearty dinner. That. coupled
with slight cold, brought on an attack
OF his old foe, the govt, and then his
chatting under enforced restraint, COM
bined with reading exaggerated &C
counts of his ailment in the newspa-
pers, did the rest. He was very sick in
New York. There can be no donbt
about that. He was also terribly vexed
because he could not give his personal
attention to the Behring Sea matter
then under discussion. As John, his
old servant, said: HE done scah hisself
sick TO he was sick, 'fraid he gwine be
sick"
AS soon as he was able to be moved,
and even before DIR. Dennis would give
his consent, Mrs. Blaine started for Bar
Harbor. She knows the whims OF the
secretary OF state better than any other
person living, and she saw that the only
way to save AR. Blaine from himself
and his friends was to get him away
where he would have something besides
80. - 81 90 olr 10 mr.
not for the first time in her life she |
made herself the head OF the family and
subdued Mr.. Blaine to her will.
TO BAR HARBoR BY EASY STAGES.
One night at Young's hotel in Bos-
ton, the second night in Senator Eu- |
gene Hale's new palace at Ellsworth,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine were here. |
Mr.. Blaine looked pale and jaded and
very sick when he arrived at Stanwood. |
His face was deadly white, and his lips |
were Of the deepest dull blue. Yet his
ailment was mental, not physical ex-
haustion. He had no aches or pains to |
speak of, his appetite was good and his
pulse but little quicker than normal. |
But he did not sleep we'll at night, and
the least noise or disturbance set him
wild. II left to himself for q short time
when found he would be busy studying |
some book or history or biography, or
else scribbling notes on scraps OF waste
papers. So badly did he want to 60
work that the fact that he was denied
the privilege vexed him more than
work would have done.
Mrs. Blaine knew her patient from
the start and resolved upon vigorous
course OF treatment. She began 1t, in
fact, the moment she left Senator Hale's
house. They were intending to 20
from Ellsworth to Bar Harbor by the
morning Pullman, and the Sorrento,
Hon Frank Jones' private car, was side
tracked in Ellsworth ready to take the
party. Mrs. Blaine ieigned a head