The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-01


kagelAy' celebrated Sat ii ualkine 1870
nstess "a leee enceeeipa Aeafe. wAs eensiaesea
= b aweaaeriei ieslanee q rfelsac,ed eH.
eeraeee q altses, esl what etil h tald 4
TIE Weker Neeee eeiecl w haze h state. AMI
ter NE tsnie y which IN he uscss imregtsnl
rastsSeiage. wc eaa veacht he wArrr esine
81 utseia lAese tAgee e faer yeAss. the parties
~ L ste llsinS and he uinnef ASa Inc hersag
< sieeedlax \, r. S. t. kSS aAs,e
II will bet any man klee. saa enc. s9hal
be oannet taake t,eeeeeo strokes wi,ha pea
sea u(,hsa a ncalh
raceA ee 4 elessves. uese ses 10 ee saegp
aess * scratches. hat fair deWa sltrkcs. such
- tsvm the cAila's first lcsses IN wtis,ae. and
Which eSea he Rev. Ssduey Saith. whose
is'sllseseat towers aFe Il ~ eesasacn os,leg.
Confessed Afs liability L. sccesaelish. eas al
e'fe'ss ste M All thisks. A gea,len,tn prs.
eaS with seele eRli~FeliaReV that seSeyvi sac-
cvss, gsllansly ssel'pcd teyues,l, accepted ,be
ehslles'kee aid IeAV,sE resolved - apl.lr al
bis uacAsal faculties l. the lelcreelfue taskl al
eoSe lsfA in eaescsens SICK " fe.,lseap, The
sseath allowed was tie lanar aeasb. Of ealN
s days - that fer The eosplstioa Il the
upsest.kias an average u ss.eoe strokes per
GSes was reQuiCea. This. at 60 peg H,ieete,
~ $500 per h0ar-aaa neither Tie hunaa in.
ssllecs pSr the huUaa hand could well l., tx
PSeled 10 scecmPlSsh rsore-weeld call Ser 10
hsags' lsheeS IN every "a, wnea wo reaSes
by bow Ench this exceeds he tine daily de-
ro,sd by SIR Walter SeoN 10 the composition
& bis tzaacytel kelieas, sene petiea II the
gigantic eatere u this task u,sy b ferraed, as
well - Ct theSe Pcwers which were brought
u i,s accomplishment, But this is not ALL
With pgeper feelisg ef the respect due 10 The
ehservaree Of the sabbath. the intrepid accep.
tcr e the wager 6elersained to abstain iresa
bis work % the Sundays ard although. by
this DETERMINATION he diuiaishe1 by four days
tbs period allowed him, al the same tisae that
BY - eoinS be Increased the daily average Of
bis strokes to upwards &c tl.eee, there can
he Gssle de1bs that the consciousness et The
Prvpgiesy u This sacri6ee treQsently ehecSed
6ira in bis eererlean labo9r.
"a the srss day be executed sboas S0,eoe
strokes, oa The secc1d nearly as naAnys bat
thea bis nI1d was fresh and gaweariei. To
say the truth, his nipi rever tagged al the
last stroke oG the nillien that FeHaiped as
bright and as vigorous as it Was at the frSt,
Bot at lesSsb, AFTER uapS days, the hand
bec1as SIM and wsarv, the wrist swollen;
ard It required sbs almost ccGssARt atiendSnec
e sesae sssidroa> rsiaiiea x friend To sPyip-
Sle, without isteuapsinS its prpsrcSS ever
The paper. with a lotion calculated to relieve
and invigegats 1t. And IL 50 certain Of sue
c~sS i well directed perseverance,, lbe gal Is
aiiainSd-ths exploit IS achieved,
Ga the tbree-asd-tweH,iesb, LAY the Hiiliioa
strokes (exepcded b. so5ae teS SbcUsauj-, 70
~ulAke assurance doeply sure arr accsmr-
lIsaed and the piles of paper that exhibited
tbsR testify, that to the Courageous heart, the
silli1g habd. AHd the energetic mi1d, nothing
Is Impossible.
Toess Interesting papers are HOs placed IA
The archives Of the Royal Society. Of which
shsir SEthcr Is 4 fellow; they were elainej by
she seaslssiAn who proposed and lest the
wager, and are still we believe, in his PCS
sss<io1--E,rc&r7ys