The daily gazette., 1880-08-07
SECOND EDITION
THE FAST over.
Or. Tanner Making Many Laps
and Riding out Yesterday

MADE HIS BRoTHER-IN-LAw HAS
TEN FROM THE HALL TO TELEGRAPH
TO THE HOME OF THE FAsTER's AGED
FATHER.
DR.. Tanners forty days fast will close
at noon to-day. There will be no pro-
gramme of rejoicing,no dinner of watch
ers, no water melon on silver tray, and
no display whatever in Clarendon Hail.
Whether the faster will attempt to
take nourishment at noon in the hall is
extremely doubtful. 1t will depend
upon his desire at the time. What has
been decided upon is that almost imme-
diately after the clock strikes he will be
taken away by Dean Gum, of the Uni
ted States Medical College, in carriage
to the house of the latter, 81 East Twen-
ty-fourth street. There he will remain
until he has recuperated sufficiently to
make it safe for him to resume his Or
dinary mode of life. 1t is not thought
likely that he will be able to eat an or
dinary meal before the lapse of week
or ten days. There will be "a ripe wa
termelon at DR.. Gums house, and in
case the diluted milk, which will first be
given TO the faster, remains on bis stom-
ach, he will be allowed to eat of the
melon. This melon will be purchased
this morning by the young lady to whom
DR.. Tanner awarded the contract about
the middle of his fast.
To a causual observer Dr. Tanner
yesterday appeared brighter, livelier,
stronger and more energetic than on any
day of the las two weeks. He descend
ed from his retreat i'll the south gallery
at least half a dozen times, and IN the
evening he took carriage ride. Yet he
was very weak His eXertlon was the
result of the stimulus produced by all
increased number of spectators. When
he had chance to rest look of desc
lation took possession of his face. He
seemed to be counting the moments as
they crept by.
A week ago the largest number Of
tickets that were sold on any one day
was sixty. Yesterday it was calcula-
ted that / 500 tickets were sold. I'm
successful inquiries were made to find
the exact number. 1t is said by some
that all the money taken in is to go to
DR.. Tanner after Mr.. Sausse has count
ed out the rent of the hall and the eX-
penses for carriages, attendance, and
incidentals. Others say that DR.. Tan
ner is to get two-thirds of the gross re-
ceipts and Mr.. Sausse one-third, the
expenses to come from Mr.. Sausse's
| share. On Thursday from 900 to 1000
persons entered the hall at fifty cents
admission. Before that the attend
ance was much smaller, and the price
of admission was only twenty-five
cents. To-day it is hoped that 1000
| persons will enter the hall before noon
| If this hope is realized, it is calculated
that the gross receipts for the forty
| days will not be much less than So, 900.
Out of'this DIR. Tanner ought to get a
| sum that will compensate him for his
| time, if not for his suffering. What
DIR. Tanners movements will be after
he RECEIVERS his strength nobody ap-
pears to know. 1t has been conjec-
tured, however, that he will practice
medicine in New York and lecture.
DR.. Tanner passed, on the whole, an
easy night until nearly 3 clock. Then
he had a disturbance of the stomach,
which lasted longer and seemed to
give greater pain and distress, accord
ing to the observation of DR.. Osborne,
than any other attack he had suffered.
After the vomiting he lay with head
half in and half out of the cot, Sap
parently asleep" DIR. Osborne makes
| record, "but probably not" Soon af-
terward, when he was asked whether
he did not want strong mustard plas-
ter on his stomach, he said :
"No. Beef, wine and iron are the
l,nf t,rt1l oh unnNff-
ing"
AT 8 o'clock the faster took OF
mustard bath. At 10 o'clock he walk
ed down stairs and once around the
hall. Then he was affected with nau-
sea, which compelled him to return to
the gallery. At II o'clock he again
descened to the floor of the hall and
began to walk, but he soon gave it up,
and returned to the gallery and his
easy chair. At noon, the beginning of
his fortieth and last day, he arose and
again came down stairs, and made one
lap around the hall. Then he return
ed to the gallery and went to sleep
At o'clock he awoke, vomited, and
once more descended to the floor of
the hall. There was large number
of visitors present, each of whom had
paid half dollar admittance, and DR..
Tanner appeared to be stimulated by
their presence, and to be anxious that
they should not go away without get
ting their moneys worth. He return
ed to his cot in the gallery after he
had completed the lap. At 2 o'clock
he descended and made another lap
around the hall, returning again to the
gallery. At 80 his pulse was 80, his
bodily temperature 80 degrees, his res
piration 19 per minute, and the
strength of the grip of his right hand
was recorded as 7S kilogrammes, while
that of his left hand was 70. His weight
was 1873.
About 81 o'clock the faster made
another descent from his gallery. In
stead of walking, however, around the
hall, he bolted straight through the
throng in attendance to the ante-room
of the hall ON the north side. This
was cleared of visitors. The Doctors
purpose in moving from the gallery
was to get fresher air. There was a
round table in the room. This was
placed in front of the room and on top
of it was placed a rocking chair. A
wooden bottomed chair was set beside
the table and DR.. Tanner, now on the
last day of his fast, mounted the table
with it's aid, and seated himself in the
rocking chair. The window was open
and he had the door of the ante-room
opened to allow of draft through the
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