, 1876-09-03
PEOPLE WE KNOW.
"How Singular Everybody
Is But Us" =
"0rpheus G. Kerr "---Slade, the Slate
Writer..-The Stewart Store---Van-
derblt and the Reporters
The "World" and Its
Chances for Life.

derbilt and the Reporters
i The "World" and Its
Chances for Life.
Special Correspondence D The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30-Mr. Newell (''Orpheu
G. Kerr ", Of whose phenomenal abstinence
told your readers month ago, still lives. Yes
terday closed an eight-Wceks' fast, during which
time he has not eaten in the aggregate half &
pound Of solid food His entire nourishment
has consisted Of cup Of coffee each day al
breakfast, and small glass Of milk-punch ever1
other evening. lie was at the Graphic office OF
Saturday, having missed his desk only three
times since the beginning Of his fast, and walk
ing q mile and a-half to 2 miles a day on III
average. He always walks in preference to rid
ing, and climbs the three flights Of stairs instead
Of using the elevator, because he doesn't like
to confess to himself that he is growing weak.
Yet lie has lost 50 pounds, and is only a skele-
ton,-a most cheerful, witty, and agreeable
skeleton, however, let me say. He uses
exercise as IA moral AGENT" he ex-
plains. Moreover, he feels better at
! his old desk than anywhere else.
If were to consent to ride" he says, "and
dawdle around On beds aud lounges, / should
soon lose what strength have" "Why don't
you cat when YOU need food so much!'' asked
him. II cannot t." he replied, sit is Ut
terly impossible. I try almost every day, mere
ly to crafty my alarmed relatives, but it's Of fno
use. Ihaye no antipathv to food, no repue-
nance. fc.l the same ;ntel1ectn,1 n]n,erre n
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lne Slsn' auo sn'ei1 u 1oou tna' l always olu'
| and the ripe fruit drives me half distracted.
Every evening sit down to dinner with the
rest. and nv sisters alwavs set so,ne de1ic,ous
tso, for - h;t ~ +cndar1o;s ~ a;ao,1-
t1ap ioi w - seauel4o1 VI n4eee
gflneo olru' lake my Anne anu lofk' anu
think perhaps can eat now have no appc-
tite, aud am never hungry, but lift bit as big
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- pea upou -, songue' "l'o .anuo1 >" 1l'o"
H. LOT al tnat 1ns1ant tnefe comes upon me an
absurd and preposterous sense Of fulness, as
if had Just eaten whole tablcful; feel like
an an,conda o,,roed With rabbits Tho a+n,nacr
-. 80: -e o:osn 49,
refuses e.tnel 10 lh'1te loou or TO accept ~ tne
entlclng functions seem to be paralyZed; and SO
I await for that good time which is perhaps
coming when the Involuntary nerves will CO.
operate with my will" s-Well, but, urged,
'syou are very likely to die waitihg.''
"Ies, / know that,'' he said; II
think my chances for life and death are lust
about event. HI has the most skillful
physicians, who agree that the pneumogastric
nerves seem to be dead. He constantly takes
the strongest tonics to cali buck his departed
by day. His eye is as bright as ever, bis skin
has an excellent tone, anu his pulse is regular
und full Meantime, while contemplating the
termination Of his strange aiImcnt With q seri-
GUS cal1nncss, he is certainly one of the most
yivacious and entertaining skeletons alive, He
even Jokes about his condition with his Intimate
friends. He wonders how many cart-loads OF
replies he would get if he were to advertise for
be one OF those occasional "fariat1o1,s II which
Darwin speaks OF, ultimately to BECOME pcrma- |
ncnt in tile race SAYS he thinks caunibaIiskn Is !
crime, and he doesn't believe that sailors cast
eat each other; promises to change his name to
t'O1seous c. Kerr and to issue, Immediately,
his "post-humorous works,, Meantime bis |
friends regard him with extreme and increasing
anxiety, for they know that unless there IS
q radical change in his habits be cannot |
hive long The brutal comments that some
papers have made on his case add to their alarm
and indignation, for Alr. Newell is extremely
sensitive to slander, and he is as upright and
honorable as any man that ever lived.
LATKR.-All danger is probably over. Yes
terday and TODAY, Mr. Newell has eaten sir
peaches, and thinks he can now eat meat. He
was at the office to-day, and he declared that |
the crisis has passed. Iii. friends are inexpress-
iblv delighted at the change.
MIRACLES OK AAG1c9
Iwonder if the question whether Spiritualism
is truth or fraud is likely to be settled soon.
It is certain tint the exposure OF those j,nnns-
tors, Annie Eva Fay and Teakcttle Flint, has
had the effect OF Introducing new doubt into
the minds Of many honest s:belieyers" Yet.
DR.. Henry Slade, the slate-writing medium, is
now creating real sensation in England. lis
rooms are crowded with the nobility aud gentry.
and bis services engaged in advance. At the
rate OF guinea {s4sGG} a ticket, he ought to ret
rich. Among the recognized scientists who hare
been puzzled and bewildered by bis doings is
Sergcant Cox, President Of the Psychological
Society, stubborn skeptic and author Of thr
IS Psychic Force" theory. In the London
Smritua1st, just received, he reports his first
eeance with Slalc. He SAYS that in full daylight
the table was lifted, heavy chairs walked across
the floor without any human or Ihcthanit,1 con-
tact, states were written on intelligcntly while
Sergeant Cox held them and nobody else touched
coat, grasped his knee. and carried portable ob-
jects about before his eyes. He confesscs him
self astoundcd, says be has no theory to &C.
count for the phenomena, and DECLARES that
whoever maintains that they arc fraudulent is
bound to initiate them or get somebody to imi-
tate them under conditions exactly similar. This
is what Bishop does with the Fay Il phenomena
and Cox's' demand seems reasonable
FRICTION IN THE STEWART MACHINE.
There Is REPORTED to he trouble in the oraat |