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Show 13 FREAK OF NATURE. Man In England a Peculiar Case of Arrested Development Thoro Is n young man In England who at tho ago of 24 is developing at tho rttfo of only one-sixth of thnt of tho nvcrago human being. At present ho is learning his nlphabct and can count up to ton only. During tho lst nineteen years ho has eaten butthrco meals n' week, has slept twenty-four hours and played twonty-four hours, without tho slightest variation. In splto of his twenty-four years ho looks no older than a boy of four or flvo and Is only thlrty-slx Inches In height. For tho samo period his flo-velopmont flo-velopmont physically and mentally has been at only one-sixth tho otdi-nary otdi-nary rate, whllo absolutely regular and perfect In every other wny. At his birth this child weighed ten pounds and in no way differed frm any other child. Ho grow andthrlcd In tho usual wny until ho nttali.cd tho ngo of flvo. Then his progress was suddenly and mysteriously arrested, ar-rested, and slnco then six years havo been tho kanio to him nB ono year to tho normal person. Ho 1ms attracted tho attention of many medical and scientific sci-entific men, mora than ono of whom has expressed tho conviction that this romarkublo man will llvo to bo no less than threo centuries old. New York Herald. |