Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1891 — Fasted Fifty Days. [ARTICLE]

Fasted Fifty Days.

Alex under. Jacques, who undertook to '.fust for fifty days at the Royal Aquarium, (London, England, completed his task. Although during the last week ihis .condition caused much uneasiness to .Drs. Robin and Whitinarsh who watched him (throughout, Mr. Jacques succeeded ,in.abstaining from food. The bulletin issued gave his temperature us'loo and during (the last night he was only able to -sleep for .two hours. This was owing to ■remewed,attacks of gout and to excitement. He still maintained a cheerful -condition and spout the early part of tho morning in attending to his correspondence and talking with those about hint. The bulletin.issued at noon the last day stated that during the past twenty-four ..hours Mr. Jacques had lost two pounds, ! leaving his weight at 114 pounds four ; ounces, liis total loss being twenty-eight Lpoundsfour ounces. His pulse registered -sixty-four, hie respiration 24 and his temperature .98.8. During the previous day .he drank.thirty-four ounces of fluid. At the commencement of the fast the aquarian authorities issued over 2,00© .invitations available at any time, day or night, .during the fifty' days to the inodi.cal men of London. Tho last afternoon a large number of English and foreign physicians visited Jacques, one of whoia, .Dr. Henrik G. Peterson, a Norwegian, practicing in America, tested the strength of the fasting man’s grip on the dynamo meter .before hepuTtook of food, with the .result .that .it was -said to be equal to -seventy-four pounds. As the time approached for the completion of the fust .theireoeption-roomiin which Jacques has remained during .-the .whole of the time became orowdefl -with spectators. Jucquee, who ,htid beon smoking cigarettes (during the latter part of the afternoon, appeared,to bo rather excited. The cheering-«f the uudiouce ,at 4 o’clock an(Uounoed.that the fust was over. Mr. Davis, who has .been the fusting .man’s lecturer throughout the whole of the (time, said that. M_ Jacques had ac■comptished the moststupendous fast ever knowjr, and it has proved the great value •of his herbal powde,r, the secret of which he alone possessed. His .contention was .that urinies campaigning (through a hostile (country, .or if inensuffered shipwreck ■or met with an accident where food was not procurable, the powder would probably be the means of sustaining life until help or sj*eeor .came. Jacques had been iv.atehed night and day by doctors and bv members of the press, and he hoped that he hod now proved to the public without doubt that he was iu possession of a secnet which must prove beneficial in all coses of emergency'. Jacques then rose and carried Kennedy, the mesmerist, twice across the room, and immediately afterward partook of his first meal.,which consisted of ehickon broth, fish and grapes,—[Chicago Herald.