Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-28
THAT WONDERFUL coLoREo eov
Here Il = Frishtful Infant Who New,
Forsets What He HeRrs.

Here Is rFrishtfui Infant Who Never
Forgcts What Tie Hexrs.
A little mite of blind cclored boy stood
ON Q table In one of the Astor house parlors
yesterday afternoon and put to the blush the
learning Of a lot of gentlemen by very
meager sample Of what he knows. The boy
Is only 3 years and months old His name
Is Oscar Moore and he was born on farm In
Waco, Tex. His parents are laboring people,
who have one other boy and two girls One
evening when Oscar was only year old he
sat In a chair listening to his brother and
sisters who were studying the multiplication
table. One OF them said:
-Four times twelve are fifty-eight"
''Forty-eight," corrected Oscar.
His mother had never heard him speak be-
fore, and slie began questioning him. Imag-
Inc her surprise when she found that Oscar
was able to repeat a lot Of statements be had
heard at odd times and was literally sup.
piled with a store Of various kinds of infor-
nation His fame spread, and recently Oscar
was turned over to MIR. a r. N. Gammel, of
Austin, who will be his guardian until he Is
20 years old.
II soon became clear that tho only remark
able thing about Oscar is his memory, which
Is capable Of retaining everything the boy
hears. BE is well built, manly little fellow,
with a childish voice, and is as full of mis-.
chief and fun as boys of his age naturally
are He enjoyed himself hugely yesterday,
and was anxious to know If the table he
stood upon was stage. and II he was really
having reception. Then everybody took
turns in asking Oscar questions. Here is a
sample Of them, and of the replies, which
were given Instantly:
'How fast does rifle ball mover
"Ons thousand miles an hour. Is this really
hallp
'Where is the largest bell In the worldf'
"In Moscow, Russia"
when was slavery abolishedr
I'm iG20.n
II said abolished"
"Oh, In 1865. thought you said when was
begun"
What Is the population Of Holland and
the Netherlandsr
$50 million twelve thousand six hundred
n ninety three"
What is the capital Of Venezuelaf"
Caracas. ! like crackers, though"
"How many languages In the worldr
1.-TWO thousand seven hundred and fifty"
"How many bones in a mans bodyf"
Three hundred and eight know how
many there are in woman-30G."
"How many square feet In an acres"
''In a niggert Two"
"In an acref"
'Forty-three thousand five hundred'n q
sixty. Rats"
What is the population Of the United
Statesf'
"Oh, I've got the hickupsn
What city has population of SOB. 1857
Chicago"
who was the second president of the
United Statesr
John Adams"
.'The flfthr'
James Monroe.n
''The thirteenthr'
"Mlillard Fillmore
THE tweuty-thirdP
Oscar Moore Hol hal hee!n
Little Oscar grew sarcastic, and asked:
your On being assured that 1t was, be
would reply' We'll, guess go" ...
Oscar counted from on0 to ten In Chinese
Spanish, Latin, French and Welsh.
Count from one to ten in Danish"
81 can't" he answered IN count from
one TO twenty; there Is no ten in Danish"
Then Oscar sang several songs in English
and one In German. He Is strong on dates
the names and population Of all the cities u
the world, the weight of any given quantity
| Of corn, -four, wheat, copper, silver. gold
and iron, and hundreds Of other things tha,
not one man In 10000 knows He enjoy.
answering questions 1t seems to require nc
mental effort at all. Mr.. Gammal does no,
yet know what he will do with Oscar, but Il
Is likely that he will be launched into public
life-New York Sun