The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-14

impressions of its character, he excftes
surprise and admiration.
AS a whist player he is esteemed a good
one. He takes no more time than an or
binary player, and plays with far more
than average Judgement. The presence
of the young blind student is a familiar
one in many home in Berkeley Sitting
at the card table, acting in every way as
if he were able to see as plainly as any of
them, Conversing now with this one and
then with that he is perfectly at his
ease. Now and again his fingers move
lightly over the cards, but that is the
only evidence he gives that he cannot see.
He is Jolly companion, free from any
thought that he has an affection and
ready always to joke and take things good
naturally. One night he was leaving
friends house after u social call. The
depot was some five blocks away and, as
usual, he started for it unaccompanied.
His friend wished to 60 with him.
You needn't come, " was the laughing
reply. "lt's a nice moonlight night and
can get along very well.'' 1s
He did get along very well and always
does. He goes about Berkeley without
the slightest difficulty He must be led
to new place once, but never afterward.
He RENDERS the way and goes by himself.
At home he is in need of little assistance.
One of his feats is to shave himself.
The young fellows system in chess
playing is quite as interesting as that he
has invented for whist. When he began
the game of chess he used a system of his
own, but now he has adopted the Euro
pean plan. Every square on the chess
board is marked The horizontal lines
are lettered from the left to the right
from A to H inclusive. The vertical
lines are numbered from l TO s. The
white king is consequently F., l, the black
l. IA = i, To- 10 II 4,
black queen d, s, and so on for every
piece on the board.
During the game Smiths antagonist
must tell him on what square a piece is
and to what square it must be moved.
With that information in his possession,
the young blind player will tell his oppO-
nent what piece to take up, what square
it is on and where to place it, He can
always tell where his pieces are and will
remember as many as forty moves in the
game.
His performances in chess are more re-
markable than those of experts who now
and again play blindfOlded, because he
never saw chess board in his life and
every element of the game, which he I'M
derstands thoroughly, he has learned by
logical explanation His memory, of
course, is perfectly trained, but it is not
by any means the only faculty brought
into play in his game Of chess.
Another of his accomplishments which
astonishes his friends is his ability as a
musician He is an excellent pianist and
devotes much of his time at home 10
music. As blind musician alone he
would create comment, but his proficiency
in that regard has been simply diver
sion.
Practically the outdoor sport in which
he INDUCES is rowing. He is a good
oarsman and by his acute sense of hear
ing, steers boat quite as well as if he
could see
One of the secrets Of the extraordinary
success of the yonng blind student is his
unusual understanding of form His
mind, by the circumstances of the case
and by severe and long-continued train
ing, has become logical in every way
His reason and acute sense of hearing and
touch have in strange degree compen-
stated for his loss Of eyesight And the
young blind man who refuses to entertain
the thought that he is hampered in life
by great affiction, who Jokes, laughs
and takes things as they come is deter
mined to make his mark in the world
His habits of mind and graces of manner
have won him scores of friends, who feel
assured he will succeed.
Why do you call your twins Circumstances
Jawkinsg"
Because my dear boy. they are something
over which have no cOntrOl.''-Iit-B Bits.