The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-01
HAS TASTED
FOR 80 DAYS
Will Ebenhack'S Fast viii
End Today.
CURE STOMACH TROUBLE
He Thinks That Fasting Is
Very Good Medicine.

Tonight viii end the thirty-day fast Of
William Ebenhack and on Thursday
morning he viii eat the first food since
the morning of the I'd day Of September
and during that time he has kept steadi-
Iy at work in the Wichita Herold print
ing Office. has suffered no Inconvenience
and has lost but sixteen pounds in the
thirty days tine. For years Mr.. Eben-
hack has been a sufferer from stomach
eastern paper the account of the thirty
days fast OF DR.. Earle Purinton OF Nor
gantown, w. Va, and determined to try
the same remedy and followed the doc
tors example TO the letter, and all of the
time he has flied his position as press
man Of the Herold Office.
For number of years Mr.. Ebenhack
used tobacco. a great quantity of it each
day, and this brought on stomach
trouble. A little more than a year age
he stopped the use of tobacco. but the
terrible pains continued. He tried two
or three doctors. One told him he had
a cancer OF the stomach, another catarrh
and another an ulcer. He used patent
medicines, but the only way he could
get relief was to lie down on the floor
for a few moments and the pains would
pass away.
When he read of the Virginia doctor
experiment and what benefits he re-
ceived. Mr.. Ebenhacl tried it himself
and refused all food. drinking during the
day about half a gallon of Geuda Springs
water and a small percentage OF pull
verified slippery elm" bark. and at night
thoroughly washing out his stomach.
To the Eagle he stated yesterday that
a sense of GOODNESS often came over him.
but no sickness of any kind. He has
slept better during the past month than
for years and was feeling better than for
many months. He was not hungry.
When he started his fasting he asked
that food be not mentioned to him, but
at present did not have any desire to
touch food even with it piled high before
him
For the past few days he has noticed
a weakness IN his limbs and was not as
strong as formerly. but in all that time
he had lost but sixteen pounds. going
into the period of fasting weighing 1874
pounds and weighing now us. He made
no preparation of any kind for the fast.
He just stopped eating an went to drink
ing Geuda Springs water.
For two weeks after the fasting began
he continued to lift the 1s0-pound forms
Of the Herold Office. but at present does
not do this work. but still sets his share
of the type and runs the presses as if
he was eating three square meals per
day.
Mr. Ebenhack was born In Leaven-
worth and lived the greater part OF his
thirty-n;ne years in Kansas. He has
worked for the Western Newspaper
Union in Texas and in Kansas. He Is
unmarried and does not use alcoholic
liquors or narcotics. He is pale from
his long abstinence from food but
seems as good natured as ever and does
his work with the same cheerfulness as
formerly. For the past week or so he
has been using a cane in walking about
the streets and to his home at So5 River
side, but takes no unnecessary exercise.
Thursday morning he will take food
for the first time in thirty days. This
will be a few sips of extract Of beef tea.
He will continue to drink this tea for
some time and expects that he can eat
a poached egg within two days and pos
sihly some oatmeal. The amount OF food
viii be increased gradually until he has
his normal appetite and expects 20 be as
strong and hearty within three weeks as
he was the first day OF September. except
that he Will not be troubled any more
with his stomach going back on him. Re
viii do his work in the Herold Office to-
day, but it is probable that when h be-
gins to eat ne viii stop work Tor day
OF two.