| Show A WONDERFUL 1118 MOAT tue memory of roan man is a mira miraculous culo as and utterly inexplicable faculty all we can say of it in substance to Is that an impression to ie received upon it through one or other of the senses sense which sometimes remains for dier ever again for a period and ia 19 many cases Is lost immediately it is abas deverg divergence tn in the gitt causes as much speculation as anything else why it is that some can reproduce with all the pieces parts and features macid them up at any time awl and at ar will after alter reading or bearing them read once while others more powerful I 1 men mentally taby physically and abid scholastically spend hours and days committing a 4 small cha chabier ch Bier r we do not pretend to say and omy account for it on the ground that natu nature rebas has made some peoples memories better than others this ahls is about Us as satisfactory as the candidate accounting for his defeat by saying he be havn have enough votes and truisms of a like nature but bat it is the bhe best we can set get occasionally those whose me memories moties are so sensitive and retentive iu in a given direction as to make their pos sensors prodigies are not as bright as the average of our oar race this would seem to indicate that where one faculty is abnormally developed it N i at the he expense of the others and should not therefore be classed sa a great gift A conspicuous instance in point is blind tom the ne negro ro pianist who hue has twice paid salt balt me lake a visit sad and performances were simply phenomenal but even be has been surpassed in point of mental achievements aloe age considered by a little colored urchin a four our years old oid now dow on exhibition in chicago sod and who like tom in eLit entirely eu irly destitute of vision his camels oscar moore and lie he was born at waco texas early in aw ile he seems to be in possession of his faculties but litnor hl method of answering questions and his bis interlocutory remarks go to show that he be is simply a human automaton I 1 little oscar oacar to is a puzzler tor for the nit mt edical and scientific fraternity numbers of which have visited and examined film thoroughly the testa 10 they subjected him wee very severe and ft ary es names and figures that rau ran up into millions such questions as what is the population of china and the same with reference to the large cities ot of the united states were correctly answered without hesitation to the query how many square laquale feet in an acre he replied oh 16 know he can count limited num numbers bets la in latin danish polish and chinese and nd can also sing songs correctly |
