Show A HUMAN TIMEPIECE Even in these days of ot scientific miracles miracles mira mira- cles few cities can boast a clock that walks talks laughs and sings Yet among the curios of Portsmouth VaIs Va is a lad who has truly won the the sobriquet sobriquet Walking Clock He can measure measure measure meas meas- ure the fleeting seconds of time time without without without with with- out the aid of a dial clock watch sun moon or stars This human timepiece Is Albert Watkins a a a. colored youth 15 years old He was recently asked asked how howe he e first first- found out that he could tell time without the aid of ot a watch or clock To this he replied that a lIttie littie little lit lIt- tie tle over a year ago some one asked a clerk in a grocery store the time of day Before the clerk could get out his watch he Albert said sixteen minutes minutes min mm- utes past 10 which was verified by the watch To ascertain wh whether t er It was an accidental guess or a power of In IntuItion Intuition Intuition In- In tuition that that enabled him him to perform the teat feat the neighbors gave him hundreds of tests At each trial Albert answered with the exactness of a chronometer The grocery Is his favorite th theatre atre for exhibiting his wonderful power Travelers Tray Trav elers policemen and men of or all classes with watches in their hands crowd around him Some one one- asks Albert what's the time Ume He gazes heavenward heavenward heavenward heaven heaven- ward hiding all parts of his eyes except except ex ex- capt the white then then drops his he head and answers In no case has he been beena a second at variance with the best watch In the crowd The The cult of ot traditional superstition Is naturally suggested when It is re remembered remembered remembered re- re that he Is the seventh child of his parents Philadelphia North American |