The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-23
HIS FIGURES NEVER kNOWN 10 LIE
An Iliiterate Matte me Heal Wonder from .
Back County In Old Missouri.
From The rGrs1s C.tp Timer

from me fGrs1s C,ip 1imsf
%",Aube",, ti.l !. tho matnemr teal prodigy q
Hazel Hill. what ha been said AID written Of
him Inns gensrally ncn Enes ed at. He is tue
calculations, "huis" is "s iilitern;. as a say.
age; md can instantly solve any mathematical
Il were placed bsioN him in Iyre thte. ees
high. nor can he TIL q figure seven rom
sun il You gave b n the distance from lie
earth to the sun. S,en problem lie considers
Gy, tho time you hav, cont uisi tn. question.
Rube' is not cahly engaged IN converse.
tSn AID Me Is n%Ss n" to
TO his mother than to you. He believes that
all mankind is in ieape TO- take from nun his
CARDS every man in lie SAME way ami that
ungoyerna9!e tear vii no doubt Keep him out
twenty yeSr. Tho%Si he is msrcenary ' , 'o
degree In his dealings he does NJ, seem TO
possess any special desire Tor riches but
on his account 1t ma 100 him feel big 10 have
not make, a public exhibition of himself. All.
other evidence Of his UNUSUAL con,rosition
He cannot tell how lie maninulate. figures
and computes numerals AS with thought.
OF all who are aware 81 DO fact, lie says heis
system Of calculation = a tAs;s he . could
make more money tnnn sn railroads" but no
SO i a.d aHssn, s IA.
into this WorS to heraa to eo men That ee1ond
key to al the mysteries II lifc. he great
M WorS 10 Is to DO upon cart, has not been out
1s sk to s INN BY ns 1u' be-
s s 70 .siss.o2sooi 10 H,374 without
That makes II .47s. 4s6.Dl." said be on tho
instant. ana tpen he laughed a. my sunrise,
them having the aSsros: Of At tie III rst Two
before had finished til. third. and OF the
whole Ehi!e caught nv brain after enumsr.
sands; tic lenath OF sheet 0. isxai car aud
i be had turnished me an accurate Aggregate tic
such an evidence Of unexplained power wi!
astonish tho most eiednlous tut what mus!
one think whom such character says that ne
isa living. walking rhrononeter. and prove!
the same be!or' you can DISPUTE IT.. He mis-.
together with the inducements OF ncGuain.-
Ances. Il necessary to BET ais tongue E"!rS,
MH si.s so it he keers YOU sy lis eniIg' 10.
Jury Q! n cyclone. and caI<nln;es with HE
rspidity OF electric nmlsations. 1 employed
ing to Test hin, MS to hi. Knowledge OF time
witnomt glvn: him an opportunity 10 consult
-, What is the time now. Proi.sSor?" He dc.
o ;, twenty.l'ye and ons-Iuarter minutes alter
u
!! 10 was right. md before could see he -a.I:
aonr watch Is one AMI ons-Iuartcr fast"
How do you know assel.
And cam ant,eli You: but | am right" b" FAD.
proved. ! then concluded 70 tesl HIM .,u.tnor.
aud resolved that would say nothing u it
wien Ills hour WAS endoi and note II ne knew
II; Imagine my surprise. who's. ~ tho middle
that bis time was up. Consulting my watch
found him right 70 second. Previous to at
hSt asked him the time in ST. Petersburg
ana ne stated II CORRECTLY saying that ne was
tnie IN all his calculations oi tine. he know.
their location and a. aus er any que tiou ~
time Whenever asked often lie has been
aroused from sound slocp. md upon h-inG
rubbing bis eyes, Heading the dial plate OF .
clock IN Berlin. he saTs, is no more trouble %
MIN than that OF tho watch In my pnrket. ard
IN this no brings proc! OF the assertio that 10
world, whether sleeping or awake. you m ~
tax" him BIZ surprise, ard after stating nat :. o
distance from Kansas City 10 New York IN l
tho dlmensions OF II locomotive drive wheel.
In each NIL" travelled. and he viii in stnntlyte,l
y0u now many rrynln ions the whee! " III nj / Q
in travelling tha. distance.
his memory is almost as rem ark able as l.. :
nent be will remember l.. AMI. though he may
not unierG'ard words he hears, he will use
them iii Tho snme or similar sense to that ~
Shin,h they we're used when he hoard them.
vance OF Other ilii,erates. Spending II i 8
yopth no said he remcm oered no change. so lar
rs his knowledge OF things 10 con- erned. sn~
In lbs ssyyn,h yfhr a. Which s'me he CAME II
NE relatives. who. he boiicvss, would make -
fortune NJ his eSpcn . II he were not so SHAT
as to prevent II. They used to call MIN a 10 H.
anu he haSa't forgiven them for tLa:.