Show freaks freak of ll memory emory A smart young cavalry officer was recently exercising his regiment upon the drill ground when tho the familiar words ot of command suddenly slipped from his mind end and tho the strenuous effort made to recall them was utterly futile lit in order to cover lis his embarrassment he was compelled to retire from command under the plea pica ot of illness the fugitive sentence came to him when he be reached lis his rooms A still more singular ease cabe is that of a well known and esteemed merchant whose memory so treacherously failed lim one morning after leaving home that ho he wab totally unable to locate his bis offices and was wait actually compelled to inquire as to their whereat whereabouts outs another example is that of a popular novelist who had bad nearly finished an all important import arit work upon which he be was engaged when a sudden failure of memory deprived hiru him of liis plot and necessitated the laying aside of the book tor for more than a week then au an association of ideas recalled the missing plot the novel was brought to a 1 l successful issue and enjoyed a wide cincu latigu boston globe |