Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-02
A BLIND GENIUS.
Feats of slghtless student Attend
ing the California University.

L.. a -. al
ing inc
xvo,,s..l .,o vorled nv educntiou all
""u"e's NN - 10,
around us no"auns = Du' V'u W."
often fad wonder 30 wonderful us
IN. c.s,, ~ ceeil Smith. Smith has been
-, ~. h. ,,..s s1,,o,, ,.e,rs of
H'o"e niilu 7'H'' s.,i.,,,,o.,,
age. yet he u member OF lhe so'nOiio',
class Of thc University OF taliiurnla anu
stand. ,vnll mn toward the head. He can
w t....,,.,,..r 1aviigbt aud
zen the dlHeleu0r ,,,,
darkness only by the neat Oh Tue SUI
ye4 he Il in almost every respect the
sorol ~ ,nv Of his fellows. He plays
W ,,ioid, a., oar in the
WHIST uhu enes'' "'''u' "' ~
crew, walks about ana gets on anu "i
fron trains imaided by cane and nm
- a,J writes letters upon the
n ..g " v,eIi ~ Though he had
ypeWr'ct ~ "''
Pvtsie.t fisni, t,yent,.one. according to
sunni ~ ap2et ~ IL siiybt In huild
.he ShlcagY 80 os'' ~ ,,'er s6nnoI henI
npnnl mas la'sc atn ana ns bright rs
ms eyes alv a. o y'e' he,ring him sneak
my pouy, y NJ Wy ~ tile ~ , cnu.
or Mstenlns sa XXI m never tne i e3s fiat his
Nerrhuoh M9u,,u h'Nyr 10 ,,a,a,rs
eyes are ssnllsss anu tnnt IT, sb Nv az
lheir ilpNenout uuu F,.,t.,,s
eu2irt gi VIZ ''';.' ~, sas,it ~ a serious
,,,Illls pn i,ir - VIZ IN, s.,en years
Illness. Nheu ne was np'u' 1871 .iIj,
9ll ne was 9V'lvh'u w H. ~ ~ H., ,,.,,t
ielt nun VIE "'u ,',r,.,n,,, rcoJin,,
lneh S.uoy ,i,'.,,.,1 H.. n,.,ii,,ht md r.
ElIunNllg MvSs,ii,cu ~ .,. H., la,
uhihS l'n,"ya'u t ,,c WI Nina ,nJ Win
tne slvnropih uDsuir,''' In IN, HIM. h."
no noi'e pl ,t,ii,,i s,,,,,,,,, ~, Rari'olev
en,sreu lne ui'nu , "Sy ,a ,1ri, az Ia
e 80 w ~ s sHtt 49,
SI tIi u,nSss Hgndor tbe conditions which
MI p,Vs Sy o eYist ' for KIM has Neon
n,uns s'5i,"sgg H., an H. af,,,lieS ho etn.
a. ~, .,i. ,,.t ,ig.s III inssnue "a
biiogs NM ,,' I,d ' ly,'innt has sninndiG
,,,a,,,,r,, n,r"r for,,oitirs an eissntini
martici,i1r In INV nrc,,tnent which mnv,
i,a.a. I'm 80 rr,I' ,,I, nncn Ia Ma n,.,ss
iilo,,, t,,r, anil s,.icnrs bn advances ranid,
L. II, naiic,n,tics no Gnds bis ,r,niest
tin, =. h,,t 80 H. ,hat ~ 80 t,.
omv mean No iost In bis cl"ss '' ~
Ono of hi most evtrnorlinorv achieve
mcnts L IN cbcn,istrv Ms bn utoves lin.
| a,1.ri,nents ,,'biob H. oa,,,,,, 80 III,
| in5icei faelliNes nre leynloned IA snch nm
oytenf thsf where cnior In mas narfici,ior
| fold IL mai involved he Ia sn1dnm a. a
! loss
Ina tho languages he IL onitc "a GOOD
student In t6e debate of The collegc
societias Ia Vtaifea an ncfivc ir,arcst
and from The nature Of fhe cese Re- sn,
nerior 10 most of bis fellows AZ sni-
don't his blindness ms made no nortcu.
lar Inference To him nnrtirnIarly In
The prennraiion for The cnreer l,e has ant.
lined for himself Hc liz stnjions ro..,
thln usually quick wittcd and Is sound
In Judgment.
Ter6lps Tho mos. oxtroor1inorv or HE
triumphs over his efllictiens is bis obiiliI',
to NAV cards and chess IIis ncrfnrn;.
nnces M ,vblst amaze ali WIN i,nou, In,
liz bas nIie thnf Sop,c ii my SNrl n.Ii
n1siim" md nlnvs II ms 'ouinLly ma ns
accnr9tclv ns ony GOOD plovcr re,ogn;y.
Inc Inc cards he holds in bis hands and
using tbnm always In IN" host nJyonto ",,
iii knov's instontiv III. vnInn AZ H..
cards he holds. cnn ion nj once H.,
colors and numbers nossesse1 and tnts.