Show istee cina an are the lounh what ahry did dhoot kie S Kepul tf john metcalf a most wonderful production 0 the akst century was born at yorkshire York england in 1717 at lie ae of four eira a harj aibick of the measles struck him totally mind so blind abat the brightest rays of the nun flave him no precept on of light yet he dial not up in despa r A calamity had overtake n him abich would have benumbed the faculties of a less man foremer fo reser not so with jolia it beamed only to brighten at uret ha learned and at the age of 12 wai the most expert violinist ill all lagladd lagl aad when he arched at macia ecate he was owner of a house a small farm and a home and carriage at the aga of aj lie v as a neil keoun auner engage in the mccu alien of carrying persons through the crowded streeta ta and from places of amusement be sida his be frequently engaged to carry to new york a of sixteen anle in all big hazardous work be n aa as trusty as any man with tw 0 e oi o i and pot into few difficulties from be could not easily he became a great lieuter and followed alie hounds with ba much pleasure and as as the keen eyed huncar he had his on hor ea and could tell alie baying of his own at the age of fony he beital the study of aurbey ine aad bridge ills not for ide pastime bu or the pr ct alt cue time he ag of yorkshire Yorka hire el en to thia day there are dozens of to john metcalf in his nahne obira in the aha e of elegant road beds and arlen did bridged brid geB at the one of the finest and budges is known to liae been con by him what lie could nave jiin organs 01 eight unimpaired we an jc ture jolin gough an englishman ly birth belaire quite celebrated as a and anler on luba acts pertaining to natural he was totally band from the age of 3 years the vision being so deadened that be could not mercene glare of apon the snow oa the brig test winter ailais disabled by abis be studied botany big wile brothers and aisters doieg bia reading and arrange by ilia bense of touch alone and without alie least aid trona any anini human one of the labeit and most collections of dried herbs and at that time known in britain that n wonderful ond erful invention alio etring alphabet tor the blind wai invented by a man 10 lo never saw his queer booling machine the face of ins ingher or alie alad sunlight Bun light of which he BO feelingly wroe david ilai babli as blind irom birth yet a perfect in a dozen aye he was aa ac om pi musician a perfect prodigy in mathematics and an inventor io of no mean order of merit besides his string alphabet he was the 0 one ol 01 the earliest known revolving barrel churns 0 clamp to be by book binders in nt itching leaves together and of a belf oiling fur n afons and carriages he could take his watch to pieces and put it together almost as quickly as the man w without a crystal and by bently touching the handa with the lips of hia be could tell within one second of the time of day or night lie was an expect at the national game of cricket and v as reckoned as being one ol 01 the most valuable inen in some parts of the gain but useless in others when he died he bad been engaged tor deaia on the perfection of a tire estape which has since with gome t changes and ad mabb a london firm independent th blind is one of tho wonders of the french capital he hai been hie year we can quite easily how a blind larmer would lul irate the aith the apale and hie how lie abond sel around the lendar plants and g ally auoe the dirt roni ali ir roots or how the blind ala miner tells with the bense of alone the direction depth til drill his holes before putting in a bast but the work ot stanija ont in hold lebet unique wonderful and incomparable to be a eulator it ia generally gnp coed that one douht haie the mechanics chani cs eye and the artists taste and perspicuity alic facilities vidal ins to an exceptional d s ea en more acute he bel evea than it the former mere not lost to h m for ever by lia landa oyer an object lie notes ita external proportions and imitates them in clay la a manner which the beholder dumb with A og horne fiuman fac or anything ale or dead he models with as much ease as any of be liowns of tura alio baill retain the faculty of from 1855 to 1876 received more in elAla than any other of works in the paris art many of bis works made in the bull tude of his perpetual are now on tho at the ekpo expo eit on where the blind render con berdi in friendly rivalry with bis leas unfortunate brother artieta arti ets he never toro plAns ia genial and tea alve when among his friend who alwag and to bibi as though he could see and well nifty they do BO for lie is one of the beet art critics in all P iris the mud caused by the late rain is drying up and the roada are getting letter |