Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-01

OF STOREY.
THE LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE,
We publish this morning the letters Of
acceptance of Hancock and English. Roth
are sound to the core.
If any one has hitherto doubted the
craftsmanship of General Hancock, this
letter must remove that doubt.
The General is not only as pure as
Washington, but he is as profound as
Jefferson or the elder Adams.
He deals with the relative powers and
spheres of the general and State Govern
ments as few men before him of any
party have done. He draws the line
precisely in the right place, adhering
strictly to the Constitution of the United
States and the amendments thereto, and
holding that the Federal Government is
supreme in the exercise of every dele
gated power. As this is the most serious
question dividing the political parties of
the day, he discusses little else, covering
MINOR details with the general assurance
chat the platform of principles enun-
ciated at Cincinnati meets his cordial in
dorsement.
Hancock's letter reflects the thoughts
of the ripe student and statesman.
Garfeld's letter is a political stump
speech, drifting and trimming and dodg-
ing in all directions to catch votes.
There is no more comparison between
the letters than there is between the men.
And English ranks Arthur in about the
same ratio.
We invite the particular attention of
the reader to the letters of the Demo-
cratic candidates published herewith.
TANNERs TEST.
One Professor Wark explained to a
New York reporter the other day the real
object of DR.. Tanners fast. He holds,
said the Professor, that uncleanliness and
impurity in the body, from which disease
springs, and on which it feeds, arise from
two sources. The first source is the ex-
cess of food taken over the body's needs.
The second source is the debris of the
worn.out tissues of the body itself. The
latter source must always exist in greater
or less activity while life lasts. The for.
mel source may be entirely cut off by
fasting, and then the processes of nature
are the more easily capable of freeing the
system from the waste of the tissues. In
this way, DR.. Tanner claims, is brought
about the publication, or as he sometimes
terms it, a new birth.
The cardinal error, DR.. Tanner thinks,
being over feeding, he means to show,
by fasting forty days, that it is perfectly
safe for others to fast for four, five, six or
ten days, and that they will derive great
benefit from doing so. Physicians whose
patients sit at tables spread with every
luxury, and yet grow weak, prescribe tor
them iron and beef tea. DR.. Tanners
plan is to allow nature to clear away the
debris by relieving the body of the on
stantly replen,shed excess of food over
requirement.
Again, Professor Wark continued, sin
cases of cancer Of the stomach. gastric
ulcer; and in aggravated formsof dyspep-
STA, healing is almost impossible while
food is being rolled about in the stomach
in the process of digestion, and coming
constantly in contact with the sore or in
famed spots. Hitherto physicians have
been afraid to keep foreign substances in
the shape of food out of the stomach, lest
the system should run down beyond the
possibility of recuperation. DR.. Tanner
wants to show, and, as l think, has al
ready shown, that there is no necessary
danger Of such a result. During a fast,
oxygen carried through the body in the
blood continues to waste the tissues, but
it attacks the least valuable parts first,
the dying particles, those already on their
downward course. The fat is less valu.
able to the body than the muscles, and
SO it is found the adipose tissue is wasted
before the muscles give way. When a
man is forced by poverty to pawn his
possessions. he begins with the articles
which he cares least about. When he
comes to pawn the old family Bible you
may know be is in distress. In the hu-
man body the foul matter goes first. then
the fat, and fually the muscles.
DIR. J.. N. FARRAR, Of New York, is
the author of an article published in the
Dental laboratory which furnishes food
for reflection. He says that ~, 900 den
find employment in the United
and that annually half a ton Of
gold. costing about $500. 900. is
away in the mouths Of Ameri.
,ans. OF course. besides the gold there
ire very large amounts Of silver. plati-
and other materials used in patching
IN decaved teeth. Ha estimatas that Mt