The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-05

Now long is It possible for man to
maintain life without food OF any de-
acriptfon, liquid or solid? Al the mo-
r,art If writing a Vienna champion
saster "a trying the experiment Tor
three weeks; but this period falis 80
abort ~ existing records that the Ieat
srsrcalv reaches the dignity OF a fast.
A. fine Aquarium two "hunger-artists,
sirnor succi and NJ. Alexandra JACQUES.
sornc years ago tied for premier honors
in England by abstaining from ~ ioou ,n nv
ramed Meriatti maintained health ana
spirits for fifty days on a spartan oiee
| limited to sips OF water -.
ant even such fents as these are
mera pavses between meals compared
with seine Of the fasts OF past genera
tions. II we are to believe contemporary
records
walsh. lived for eighteen months on
a daily glass of wine and water--a
atafarv ON which she somehow man
ged to preserve health and good looks;
Monica Mutcheteria. Swabian. spent
whole year without swallowing either
food or drink. and for three years sne
never slept; while DR.. william. an eigh-
teenth century physician, had among
MIS- patients monomaniac who for
aixtv-ore q. DAYS refused to touch food OF
onv deecrfption. About the same time.
too. we are informed that French
peasant boy Of Chateauroux was never
known to partake OF FOOD during
twelve months. and yet was able TO
do a good days work on his fathers
farm.
gtaffordshire," tells remarkable
story OF a woman. one Mary Waugh
ton OF wigginton. who appears to have
reduced the problem OF living to It's
lowest material limits. Thus, says her
historian, ''she does not eat In day
a piece above the size of half crown,
in bread and butter: or, II meat. not
above the quantity of a pigeons egg at
collected under the present administra-
tfon for years 1901 -02-03-04. &118,934.4l,
for the year 1905 $37,429.92. in all since
the Inauguration Of the law s242.4lo.-
So has been collected by County Tax
Commissioners.
"Fifty-fiv Coupty Tax Commission
ers were appointed during the year OF
| this number report work done. The
Tax Commissioners of Coosa. Elmore,
Leo. Perry and Russell resigned during
the summer. too late to I'LL their places
in time for work the past year. No re-
port was received from Limestone. Ran
dolph and Lamar.
THE Commissioners reporting are of
the counties OF Autauga, Baldwin, Bar
bour, Bibb, T3lount. Calhoun, Chiffon.
Coffee. Colbert. Covington. conecuh.
Crenshaw. Dale. Dallas. Escambia. Eto-
wah, Franklin. Geneva, Henry, Hous-
ton, jackson, Jefferson. Lawrence, Lau-
derdale, Macon, Madison .Marengo. Mar
shall, Montgomery. Morgan. Pickens.
Pike. Shelby. st. Clair, Sumter, ITALIA
dega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker,
Washington and Winston-42. COM
missioners of DeKalb and Marion APP
pointed since the close OF the fiscal
year.
There are no Commissioners in the
counties of Bullock. Butler, Chambers,
Cherokee. Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Gle
burne, Coosa. Coyington. Cullman, FL
more. Fayette. Greene. Hale. Lee,
Lowndes, Russell and Wilcox--19.
Respectfully submitted.
Harvey f. Jones,
State Tax Commissioner"
appointment OF Commissioners In
those counties that do not have them
is urged very often by the State Exam
iners Of Public Accounts who criticiss
/ under valuation.