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Show Boy a Sightless Wonder. Stephen Mellinger of Denver, Pa, does ' things remarkable in one who mov.s, as he does, In continual darkness. When Melllnger, now 18 years of age, was 1 years old he blinded himself Incurably with a hatchet. He has so adapted himself him-self to his condition that he acts virtually as if in the possession of his eyesight His mlafortuns has not been allowed to Interfere in the least with his usefulness. His senses Qf touch and hearing are very keen. He works in the field.- He sows, uses the rake and spade, and helps harvest the crops, milks, climbs trees, and, what Is still more remarkable, drives spirited horses and rides .a bicycle. The boy is aa bright and cheerful as any of his associates. He is able to harness har-ness a horse unaided and to drive several tulles to the village where the household supplies are obtained. Every morning it Is his duty to hitch a horse to a milk wagon and drive a mile to Denver- village. In this drive he la compelled to cross railroad tracks st two points. Spirited horses are his delight and two belonging to his father which are too wild for the average man to handle with safety are used by, him without a thought of danger. dan-ger. It Is unwise for other persons than he to approach these animals. The young man -does not ork, ride or walk in a hesitating manner, after the usual fashion of the blind. He takes a fast horse out on the road and gallops at full speed, turning out (or vehicles and other horses and rounding sharp corners without pulling up. On his wheel he rldea as if 'possessed of full sight and can be seen alone miles from his noma Leslie's Weekly. ) v |