New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
STILL HOLDING FAST.
TANNER IN A CHEERFUL MOOD.
EXPRESSIONS or BELIEF IN HIS HoNtsIY-LErlh"


Dr Tanner, according to every indication, Will
have fairly completed the twentieth day. or onehalt
of his fast at noon to-day. Those VINO
have seen most OF him still believe III
his honesty, and indeed it Is hard TO
see how any deceit could have been practlsed
unon his watchers. The haf-foImed SUSPICIOUS
caused by his steady gain in weight for two days
after drinking water, have been disspated by the
fact that be as he prophcsied has begun again 10
lose in weight. The doctor remains still more OF
riddle than before. While his case may not De
demonstrated by exact scientific evidence yet
the probabilities are in his favor. and 1t GER
tainly speaks we'll for the doctor that those VINO
have seen most of him believe firmly In hls non
esty At present. everything seems to be hourish-
ing at Clarendon Hall The doctor IL well ana
happy and the ecectics are jublant over this sup
posed victory over the regular physicians, ana,
moreovera by blind 10 the possible value
OF the public attention that has been called 10 ther
medical school. Those of the regular school OF med
icire who watch the doctor have become much in
teresed in the case, they believe 1t to possess
high scientific Importance. They have been forced
however, TO admit that the tissues OF the human
body can furnish sufficient food to sustain life for
much longer time than has been supposed
DIR. Miller said yesterday: The doctor seems
brighter and better than ever to-day. He is losing
again. and | must acknowledge that | ain not
so suspicious as | was yesterday. Yes. | sup
pose his loss in weight might be enough to support
him. He has lost now twenty-five pounds since
tue beginning of the fast. and this consumption OF
fuel nigh: keep the fire going Every pound OF flesh
means a certain amount of force. In cases OF
typhoid and enterc fevers patients often live fifteen
and eighteen DAYS without food. and they have
blood poison TO contend with In addition TO the
abstinence from food. But DR.. Tanner is GER
tainly remarkable man. and his constitution
seems slower in the functions of waste than in any
we have studied"
DR.. Tanner has, as rule. never seemed to object
to illusions TO food. Yesterday, however, lis
watchers were speaking Of mushrooms FOR
Heavens sake, let up on that exclaimed tho doc
tor Mushrooms are his fayorite dish and the con-
versatIon was too much.
" lie presents the appearance OF man 10 very
good health and is constantly cheerful and lively"
was the entry of DR.. H0eber, who watched the
faster Friday night. " II Dr. Tanner has tasted
mp to today, which no one of the watchers doubts
anv more, there is obvious reason why he should
not he able to judge from his present condition. to
fast one or two weeks longer. Water and air APP
pear 10 be sufficient food for his organizations, III
spite of all experience and science up to to-day"
| The doctor went for his morning drive about 2.
IN. At a. m. his pulse was 81, temperature o9O,
respiration 8. But he drew his breath II little
quicker when he found in the mornings mail an
offer to exhibit him to the pnbic. 1t was
noticeable throughout the day that he drank
| The doctor said, The water | drink does me a
world of good. 1t makes feel stronger. Mime
sofa must win. NY sleep is entirely without dreams.
| Any determined person can do as much as have
| done" The doctor showed himself in a conversa-
iional humor throughout the forenoon.
At noon his pulse was 81 and his temperature
oslo In the early part of the afternoon he wrote
| and listened to music, which he vigorously APP
| plauded. About 4:30 p. IN. the doctor walked
| fifteen laps around the hall. His step was brisk
and firm and his tranquil. ever-smiling face showed
| that the exercise cost him no painful effort When
| placed on the scales he showed weight Of 1902
| pounds, loss of one pound since yesterday. Az q
D. m his temperature was 90 and his pulse so lie
then went for another ride i'll the Park.
Returning at $40 the doctor stopped before the
| table on winch his photographs were prominently
What have you got here' the old mani ?" he
| asked.
g Hard looking old pill. isn't he' Looks as if he
! had been run through wringcr."
Then he passed on to his cot while the usual anX-
ious crowd of visitors followed him. At p. M.
the doctors pulse 80 and his temperature 900
The visitors departed after lengthy stare and
the doctor retired to his cot with the fresh breeze
| blowing over him from the open window. To-day
he intends to SIT for his picture in the Photographic
| gallery. mn
! fictitious "Mehltnble Pettibone, OF the Arcadian
Boarding House." related her woes in struggling 10
| maintain her boarders diet OF ethereal soup
and musicv All last, God he praised have been
| in the mitigated Tanner business fOryears with sue
cess. NV tea is the weakest; my potatoes the
| wateriest; my soup the th0Hest aud my meat
| the toughest. But have been alarmed Ivy the APP
| pearancc of the boarders. and fierce attack upon
yonr physicians, holding them responsible for man
| Slaughter has aroused unpleasant forcbodiDes.
| Now Doctor. Teassure me and carry out my belief
| in the utter wOrthlcssncSs of food"
tempting bill Of fare inclO5ed to the Doctor
aud q challenge to him to the man who sleeps
twenty -four days tor an eating or sleeping match.
! This pIaintive episle speaks for itself:
| DEAR DOCTOR: For heavens sake stop your fast.
am one of the clerks in one OF the Brooklyn City
Departments, who, through the action Of the Board
! of Estimate, of which Mayor Howell is chairman.
have already suffered reduction in salary
| that hardly know how 10 get along. How should
Won demonstrate the possibility of living on air and
water7 The chances are that in lieu of salary they
| will nav us with "care blanche" Registrar
| Charles a. Mclaughlin for water, while his Honor
the Mayor will be expected 10 furnish the air. e.
| wind. Politician.
Another letter from Brooklyn speaks of a similar
| case of fasting tried in England fifty years ago.
| IL is that of DR.. Miller, who successfully tasted
from food mot water for fifty days, but whose
protracted fast after the symptoms until the sixty
| first dayJ had become unfavorabe terminated III
| his death. You will find full and Interesting
count of this in Vol. of the Penny CyclOpie-
| da under Abstinence"
Another man wishes 10 " form closer connection
with the dOc or's battery that may send my tiny
| morsel OF magnetic food. As You have now, no
| doubt, arrived at that stage where the physical
| loses all power over your higher organism | feel
your all-absorbIng spring is prepared TO receive
through the desire of your will that ethereal nour-
lshment that will dow to from all your sympa-
thiging friends. both in and out of tho flesh"