Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-07-09

to be the feeling of the Union soldiers OF
the late war everywhere. II 80, what
chance has Garfield OF being electedI"
An Experiment in Fasting.
MAN WHO HAS COMMENCED TO FAST
FORTY DAYS.
DR.. H. 5. Tanner, of Minneapolis is nov
in New York city making in the interest
of science the experiment of fasting forty
days, up to the Fourth of July ne had al
ready completed seven out of the forty
days. A letter from New York says:
He suffers little Inconvenience now.
and does not expect to feel comfortable
until about July II. After Thai Ill sensa-
ton of hunger will disappear. and the
length of lime he can then hold out will
depend upon the strength OF his consti-
tuLlOn."
Dr.. Tanner says that he once tasted for
forty-twO days, but as almost everybody
discredits him, he has made up his mind
to prove his assertion by repeating the ex-
per ment. subject to the constant surveil-
lance Of watchers, those watchers to be
medical men. Each watcher is obliged to
make oath that he watched diligently, and
that the fasting man took no food during
his 1.-THE watcher's) vigil.
During the first two days Dr.. Tanner
drank 80 ounces of water in doses ranging
from six to eight ounces each. Since then
he has drank no water at all, and the phys.
icians say that if he had continued drink :
ing water as he did the first two days the
membranes of his body would have be-
come disintegrated before this time. He
gargled his mouth with water at intervals
of about an hour and quarter, and each
time the elected fluid was measured, to see
how much had been absorbed, The guam
tity was found to be almost impercepLible,
except by careful weighing. His tempera-
ture. pulse and respiration continued
about normal, for him, except that the
pulse was very 'Ssmall," owing to the
amount Ut watery liquid that had been alb
sorbed from the blood.
He spends the time reclining on his cot,
or sitting up in a chair, or coming forward
to the border of his enclosure and talking
intelligently and earnestly with his watch
ers. He reads the newspapers morning
and evening, and is very fond Of sitting
on d chair and elcvating his feet to the
top Of his little writing table. At bed
time h3 strips and takes sponge bath.
He is then rubbed down with coarse
towels, after which he puts on his night
dress and gets between the sheets. Before
he dresses in the morning his clothes are
examined to ascertain that there is no
food concealed III them. His pulse and
temperature are frequently taken, and la
ter on in the experiment his weight will
be taken every day. The bodily secretions
are chemically examined several times Our
ing the day and night.
There was no change Tuesday evening
10 the condition OF DIR. Tanner. His pulse
beat at 50 and his temperature WAS nor
NAL, and as yet ShOAS no unfavOrable
symptoms.
''What is going to be gained by this
test ?'' a reporter asked DR.. Gum. one of
the physicians who is watchi ing DR.. Tan
er, on Sunday last.
II think great advantage in the treat
ment of all intestinal disorders" replied
DR.. Gum. IF a person can fast for this
length of time we can discontinue feeding
in cases OF Inflammation OF the stomach
and bowels, thus avoiding irritation, and
thereby effect cures much moro rapidly. 1t
will also illustrate other important medi-
Cal facts. Besides, if it is generally known
that a person can live a longer TIME than
is popularity supposed, in cases OF ship
wreck, for instance, by exercising the will
power, the castaway will be able to hold
out longer. In such cases despair is more
often the cause of death than the actual
lack OF food. Finally, if the doctor sue
ceeds he will demonstrate the power of
mind over matter and the result may lead
to the knowledge of many psychological
facts which as vet We know nothing of. y
A HORSE OVER TWENTY HANDS
HIGH.-There arrived in this city last
week by way of the Hudson River rail-
way, from Albany, and was conveyed di-
rectly to his quarters in Houston street,
what is believed to be the largest horse
that has ever fallen under the eye of an
atomist or jockey-a. veritable equine
monster-beside which animals of the or
binary height are as dwarfs. The animal
was bred in Ohio, from our native draught
stock, and certainly no region except one
of the limestone bases could have de-
veloped such an enormous equine anatomy.
His register ed height is 20 hands and one
inch, or 81 inches. being foot taller than
an average man. His weight is stated to
be 2, $50 pounds; but all these points will
probably be verified by competent yeterin-
AIRY surgeons. AS standing in the stable
the color of the animal appears to be
uniform dark bay without spot or blemish.
1t should not be judged that this height,
although extraordinary, is altogether un-
precedented in horses. AT the Centen-
NAL Exhibition in Philadelphia, in 1876,
each of which was Is hands and one inch
high. The animals were bred IN Canada,
and became the property Of a Philadelphia
brewer when the. exhibition closed A
veterinary surgeon in this city formerly
owned a horse that was 10 hands and one
inch high-a giant in anatomical structure
but he found it impossible to correct
certain tendency to enaciation, and the
creature was useless for draught or road.
The late Pope Pho Mono was the fortunate
possessor of one of the largest horses in
European animal Is hands and one inch
highland the HanOverian stables former
lY contained another of nearly equal
height. So far as can be judged, the Ohio
monster is in perfect health and physical
condition, and may live to good old age,
notwithstanding his abnormal proportions.
One of the famous European animals
mentioned was living at SO years of age
a longevity not often attained by horses.
IN. Y. Times.
ORIGINAL HANCOCK MEN IN VIRGIN
those in town the day on
which the news reached us Of Hancock,s
was Gen. T. T. Fauntleroy,
Colonel in the regular army of the. u. S.
before the war, but who resigned vt the be-
ginning of the conflict and offered his s6r.
vices to Virginia. Gen. Fanntleroy was
warm admirer of Gen. Hancock, and in
1876 wrote an article FOR our paper in
which ha ably presented the claims of Gen.
Hancock for the position afterwards as
signed to Mr.. Tilden. Gen. Fauntleroy
was greatly rtjoiced TO hear that his friend,
Gen. Hancock, had received the nomina-
nation for President, and when this infor-
nation was supplemented with state