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Show A II. mail.. 1.1. lli.r tul.. One of the most remarkable iumatci of the Xnv York Inatltutlou fur Hit D.it on 1 Dumb la itkhard Clinton, wlm though deaf, dumb and blind, lias In the fourteen vara he has sjnlln tha nay Inui noriulrod an education and a aell supporting trade. He w aa born In D jb-Iin jb-Iin with tho senses of sight aud hoarlng perfect. One eye wax destroyed In childhood by an explosion, and an attack of scarlet fovcrcoat him the other oyf and hla hearln;. He waa for n time In a school for dent mutes lu Ireland, but It was not until hi intend tho New York Institution tint lioricrhcd benefit from tho Inatruitlun given him. Heie be haa been taught tlx ordinary brnuches of cducitlon and hat luijulre-l tho trado of bottoming chairs. He learne.1 to write by using a rule tr guide his hand. Of lata bo hat leariieil tu uao too typewriter and hu discarded tho pen, Clinton uses tho tlgn laoguago In con vcrtalion, and rrada tha replies of hit cctnian!ona by touching their bsnda. Ills tonob Is abnormally senilllre, at It often the case with tho blind. Uy touch lng tho hand of n friend ho rccognlxei the pcraon, an I ho recalls an ol I no tjualutauco from whom bo has been long st paratcd by feeling hit face, hands ami form. The other lojain tho Institution Ire it Clinton in their play at roughly at If lit had sight. He nncr retents such treat nent. He Is only angered when be ll pitied. When he It puthed ho rocog Mies the persons attacking him by the manner In which they touch him, Man) tricks have been plao4 uin him, but It rarely lint pent that ho nts caught tntce by tho same trick, New York World. |