| Show PASTING AND why may rot alio auri ether and unseen forces of alio earth and atmosphere penetrate tho body and accomplish tho matter it i the force the energizing principle in food that constitutes its nutritive power and yet the scientist has not reached alii by ved it by manipulation thia force is derived from alie great cosmos and for aught we know to alie contrary may sustain tho cc tho hibernating animal or insect without being furnished by the medium of food the infinite apice has more resources than we know of and wo may as well be modest enough to acknowledge the fact these remarks of prof alexander wilder M P of now york have lately found an astonishing verification by tha forty days fast of dr tanner of minneapolis on june this gentleman commenced his almost marvelous total abstinence of food while being subjected to the closest ec and incessant super vision day and night the doctor was watched by medical gentlemen of the greatest scientific ability and not one motion of the experimental faster was lost sight of and it was a matter for him to take any nutriment except wo consider as auch the air he inhaled or the water ho imbibe imbi bd with the int ennest interest the people of two hemispheres watched the progress of bis fast and each stage of the feat wa as minutely reported over the wires as the details of a great battle receiving no visible sustenance exposed to the stare of numer aua visitors harassed by the common ta of the press and excited to an almost morbid degree by the expectancy he underwent one of the severest was ever on a man still he came out of it victoria vic torii ous on august ath after a fast of equal length with choie miraculous instances recorded in holy writ and more than this except the loss of 36 pounds he sustained no loss of vitality neither was the activity of his stomach impaired as be on the farat day after the termination of the fast partook of victual comparative ly freely dr tanners successful fast teaches tiro lessons first it confirms the theories of those who are advocat ing moderation and even restriction in food if one man can fast forty day without injury to his health it dees not necessarily follow that every body ele will have to follow his ex amp leand abstain from food for such length of time but it is demonstrated thereby that man can subsist on less than he is generally in the habit of eating now disease and sickness would be prevented and cured to a great extent by the deduc rion of the alimentary supply and the human race attain a higher degree of physical well being on the other hand dr tanners success which to tp verified beyond doubt and ivil furnishes a living modern proof of those ions fasts of holy men we read of in the bible and which have so long been the target of the ridicule of lous skeptics and infidels it is not the first instance where modern experience demonstrates the and of held up to derisive scorn by the infidel of the eighteenth century THREE GOOD offices are to be filler by hr II 11 H hayea within the next month and it is a matter for surprise tur prise that the fact does not appear to have caused the usual breakneck scramble among the hungry politicians on jan a con lealion between franco fand the united for the settlement of claims of citizens of each country against each other was concluded the convention provides for tho appointment of a commission ration ono commissioner has already been appointed by the french republic ag soon as the government is officially notified of his appointment an american commissioner will be selected the emperor of brazil selects tho third commissioner the american commissioner will receive a salary of a year HC will be given an attorney at a salary of a year and a secretary who will be paid three good offices truly tho commission will probably not be able to conclude its business for several years the object of the convention is to claims of american citizens against france growing out of tho franco war and the claims of french citizens against the united state for losses during the war of tha rebellion the i required by the terms of the convention to meet in washington befaro dec jad next |
