The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-05-07
OF he OF dyspeptic turn ?
Solving sss4..unes Ia, sleep.

There IA girl Mt Ruidcl's Mills, Ken
lucky. who Is proving to be a decided
natural curiosity. Iier name is Lizzie
Collins. and she is the daughter of William
Collins. who lives near here. Lizzie IL
only thirteen years of age. and tor some
| time past has been a terrible sufferer.
H /. nervous system is completely shatter-
ed. Her left side. two Of her fingers on
her left hand, and the left side Of her
tongue. AfS completely par..lyzcd. She
has been In this condition about five moths.
When the symptoms first made their ap-
pearance her parents called in the advice
OF the best physicians in tile county, but
| they were unable TO afford her any reliet.
The disease grew worse, and at last pllysi-
cianS in all parts of the State grew inter-
esfcd.
4 peculiar feature in the case WAS the
constant inclination to sleep manifesto d by
the patient. She would sleep for hours at
| a time, aud while in that condition her
contorsions were friglrtfui To witness, and
| during her hours Of waking she says she
suffers terribly while unconscious But
| the most astonishing feature of all K the
wonderful f-ats performed by the girl
while asleep.
A few days ago several gentlemen of
high sfantliisg in the Community deeersnin-
ell 10 watch Lizzie during one Of her SOM
I.oleht spells. AS so3n. as she had fallen
asleel. which she seemed to do quite natu-
rally, she quickly gave evidence of being
in great psin. This feeling. however.
apparently passed away after a little while
and then she asked Iii a perfectly audible
tone of voice
"Mamma. are sou there :''
Her mother WAS standing few feet from
her bedside, and quickly replied
''Yes. dear, am here. What do you
want -
bring me my arithmetic. plense /
must get my lessons learned im to- NOR
row.
The parents say that this Is her usual
request. She seems to imagiHe that she
ia attending school again. The mother
brought the desired book. and Lizzie. with
her eyes closed, solved the most difficult
problems With the greatest ease. One
candle IN frons of her face several times,
hat she xeetnaT entirely unconscious of its
proximity. IIef bosom rose and fell quite
naturally. and the eyelitls never moved.
She was fast asleep.
The neat was the inevitable s.I5'' puzzle
To the astolisiIrneht of all present. she
treated this mathematical wonder. that Is
Al. a..
indifference. fo-. finder lier def man ipt,-
iation, the IS. Il and is came ont bold and
clear 1T escfy venture. Always. .he new
er failed once in solving this difficult rid.
die. ana did so apparently with ti,e great
est case. In addition to this, sic Is in the
habit of calling for pen aud INK. and. upon
small writing desk being placed upon
the bed, she will write the most elegant
aud .affeetfonate letters 20 her friends.
realing them over. correcting III mistakes
and. 'vith brackets, Supplying all words
that sic niht inadvertently lee te ont.
The visitors present OH Tie oecasion re-
ftrred to. awakened lef suddenly. when
she exhibited the snost eGnspf.te surprise
or being presented With the letters she
lad writfeif aniT told OF the mathematical
problems She liatl solved. She was asketl
to fafttat sGtiig Of the latter; hut was total
Is unable. Her remarkable powers have
6fs<ftffe.I every scientific nse.l Ia, This State,
ma numbers constantly visit the house
where she resides Ne,c York 5'rmh.
A lecturer III Cleveland said lately
'.Tt,e conditions of success are three
fret work second; concentration aud
third, fitness. Labor is the genius which |
changes the ualiness Of ffie worid to beauty;
that turns the gfeatest ttlrse Info blessing.
The yotlag man who has learned to work
l,as solved the greatest OF problems that
tends to success. Many IirBts Of tie law
walt for some chance 10 distiugufsI7 Them
selves but the chances never come. 70
sticceed the young man must take Tie |
chances -
How did know that you wanted To
sSsear first s''was, according to the .Aaa-
herst Student. the retort Of freshman ia
attendance upon baseball game. when