A question was raised during the fight between the Irish
Obstructionists and the Commons as to the limits of physical endurance, in the way of enduring sleeplessness under circum- stances of boredom, and the Member for Dungarvan rather piqued himself on the idea that he was equal to a sitting of twenty-four hours. He was not beaten at last by fatigue, but both he and his colleagues showed symptoms of distress as the time wore on, and we would advise the Irish constituencies to dismiss them all in favour of stronger men. They exist., The ideal Irish Member, the man for whom the crowd to be assembled at Tara ought to vote with enthusiasm, has been discovered, and is William Gale, professional pedestrian, of
Cardiff. This man, according to the .Medical Press, has just completed a walk of four thousand quarter-miles in con- secutive ten-minute periods, beginning each walk at the be- ginning of each ten minutes. That is, ho has walked for a lunar month, night and day, with no rest longer than seven minutes. Think what a Member he would be for Meath I—and he could move adjournmenta just as well as Mr. Parnell.
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