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Show "SECOND" SIGHT AT 94. Almost Blind, Aged Mrs. Pratt Sud. denly Finds She Can Read. Mrs. Sally E. P. Pratt of Derby, Conn., who for twonty-flvo years has boon senrcely ablo to read with tho strongest glasses, owing to her advanced ad-vanced ago, has suddonly found her sight restored In nor nlnoty-fourth year. Sho had become almost blind of Inte, being forced to abnndon sow-ing sow-ing and all reading but tho coarsest print. Sho was proparing to ond hor years In blindness. A fow days ugo sho picked up a newspaper to road tho largo headlines. Continuing down tho column, sho was surprised to notlco that tho fluo print looked largo and blurred. Sho ro-moved ro-moved her glasses, and to her Joy found sho could readily distinguish tho typo. After several days' practice sho can now rend tho nowspapors nnd her fine-print fine-print Ulhlo with ease, and 1ms dls-carded dls-carded her glasses. Sho also threads needles with tho naked oyo. Doctorj pronounce tho case one of the rare Instances of what is termed "second sight." They sny it occurs only with persons whoso ngo Is closo to tho contury mark. |