Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1891 — A FIFTY-DAYS’ FASTER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A FIFTY-DAYS’ FASTER.

M. Jacques* the Bold Long Period Starver. M. Jacques is the name of th« amiable French gentleman who re-

cently began a fiftydays’ fast at the London Aquarium. He surprises the Londoners by assuming an aii .of extreme comfort, ‘as he sits in his easychair, with his cheery, intelligent face turned toward them, and he never complains eithei

of hunger or thirst. A very little water daily suffices for all his needs. Sometimes he reads for an hour oi two, but he is not much disposed tc talk. He says that that uses up toe much vitality. M. Jacques has nr doubt of his ability to carry through his undertaking.

M. JACQUES.