Show eccentricities OF GENIUS somo some of the queer freaks of noted men A learned italian professor prote Baor of medical jurisprudence has haa written a work to show that genius II 11 a morl medi Kled fled orm form ot of insanity rope pope has given ex CK masslon pt eslon to the same idra idea in the tit line great wits to madness ale aie most closely y allied and from tile numerous instances tied lied by the scientific writer one might conclude that ills his paradox 1 ii not altogether devoid ot of foundation newton once rammed hl his nieces finger into lilg its pipe when lie he left ali the loom to seek for anything lie hi generally sene rally returned without phout it having forgotten al hil about tile object of his big was cilous and refused to pay ills ilia debts to anyone sho ho spelled ilia lit name a double p ampere when traveling on horseback lit in the lh country became absorbed in a problem pio blem then dismounting he began beean to 10 lead his ls hoi goibe be finally ho be solved the problem hut meanwhile had bad lost its heibe 0 of shor 1 it Is hold eald that seeing at the door or of his fits own antechamber ante chamber abo announcement tho the master of the house ig if out ile he jein ined tharo awaiting his own return beethoven often went out without coat anil and hat at liaa as arrested and taken to pillion sa as a vaka vacti bond and wai only released on oil the of nil an orli caltra conductor as aa to ills identity tho th conti having said paid to 1 I 1 wish vish to i how you home ot of the most inual beautiful in the world which you hive have not yet seen lie refilled reil led immediately with emotion pardon me madam I 1 bave seen been them for cm since they tire lire the th most beautiful lit in the lite wild i mut have them iny belf johnson whon lie he walked alons along tile tho ti cels or of london Ton don had to touch every post he passed if 1 no he ato omitted one oin lie hp would I 1 edurn tu to it napoleon could not priss a tibet ven even t nt fit tho the head of lilg bill army without ut counting and adding hi fill tin lie rovis i of windows lldon tanus a victim to solitude and a dl ordered i magina tinn was conlIn convinced ced that lie hid had become a graan of wheat ire ife lef to move for rear fear of being swallowed by birds Baudel alre tho the pool aimed to dye his ahli hair green and winter garments Rai gai ments in summer and summer garments parm antti lit in winter lie was waft in the habit babit of throwing flower pots nt at windows opposite tor for tile purpose or of hearing them break bieak JIo flo lyal a celebrated mathematician provoked ahli teen ollala to duel and fought Blit them all on lit the same day after aar each caeli due ile in played the violin the only alece of furniture wo we arf are told lie be had lit in hla his house cardan balled by his contemporaries tho the great elit of men melt and most mol foolish of children long lone believed that a cock cick bhore to him in a human voice and that it precious itono stono in ills his mouth moutot would caime him to forgot th the 0 loss of it a faaoi ito son non I voncourt Uon court flaubert find and carlyle had so BO delicate dell cato tt A perception of sounds hounds that tile the noises of the streets caused lite bliem in much misery the precocity of genius has been frequently remarked dante wrote a sonnet to beatrice at 3 9 deaia beaz s of age baaso wrote verses at 10 goatbe wrote a s tory story in seven languages when he wits was scarcely 10 rope composed his ode to solitude at 11 and his pastorals Past orals at 16 meyerbeer at 1 5 played excellently on tile plano piano claude vernet drew well at 4 handel composed a mass at 13 I 1 raphael was famous at 14 mozart grave gave concerts at 6 and weber wai only 14 when his first opera das wald in achen was ivas presented the proverb A i man who has genius lt at 5 Is road mad at i ra has ninny many except exceptions lons roston boston Trav traveler olor |