The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-10-15


Charles Dorr. \ bartender in Colo
mol Coakley'a resort out ON Geary
street, has one Of the most romarka-
BILE memories that have ever been
mentioned in print he has at his
tongues end the exact location Of
any fire. polioS patrol or telephone
box I'm the city of San Francisco. In
other words. the FIRE alarm card or
the telephone book Is useless when
he In within consulting distance.
he has been in this country but n
short time. too, and has Cleaned this
remarkable information by simply
glancing. as it were, nc the written
schedules
Tell him upon what street you
live and between what interesting
streots and be will inform you
with incredible swiftness the near
est FIRE box you should seek IN case
Of n fire or the nearest police patrol
box that would DO used in case of
trouble. In face his knowledge of
this city in the matter of streets and
numbers Is absolute In preoiseness
and oomprehensiveness.
A party of gentlemen recently
made n wager of $40 that he could
be caught in the FIRE alarm and po-
lice patrol system Of boxes oxtant in
the city. He was put to the most
trying test and came out victorious.
The men who put mp money on him,
IL IL needless TO say, were not the
losers. The questions asked him
were: "If / live on Broderick street
between Sutter and Bush, which Is
the nearest Gre alarm and the near
est police patrol boxf" and Near
what street Is box 50 and SOP" In q
flash the correct numbers would be
given.
Mr.. Dorr can also give the tele-
phone number Of any engine house
in the city and can tell you at n mo.
ment's notice what number to use
to call up any Gre chief or marshal
The marvellous retentiveEess OF
his memory Is illustrated in any
field. Give him the plumber of any
street car in the city, and he will
tell you the street it runs on. Give
him \ street, and he will toll you the
number Of all the cars that run on
that particular street Ask him
where n certain house, numbered 90
and SO on any street is, and he will
say. 1T is between such and such
streets"
He can tell the nearest telephone
number and any house number in
the city. He viii tell you correctly
the present number Of the badge OF
any policeman on the force. giving
you that officers name.
Write a row Of 20 or more figures
he simply runs his eyes across a.
Ask him n week or n month later,
and he will tell you the number yor
wrote without an error.
His knowledge of the English Ian
guago Is meager. but he can spell
any name which he cannot over
pronounce. In short, whatever h'
sees or reads or hears he never for
gets. but can tell it as he heard q
any time after.
He multiplies, adds, subtracts ant
divides with wonderful quickness
Ask him 10 multiply six figures by
six figures. and he gives you the re
suit before you have calculated tn,
first figure
Should q policeman tell him whn
beat be traverses Mr.. Dorr will in
form him wha. fire and patrol boxe.
are on his bsak. and exactly wheri
) they are located. and the police pa
troll box system is complicated, ther'
being numbers repeated over an,
over again
In his voyage here from Australia
Mr.. Dorr astonished the captain O
his vessel by his WONDERFULLY rApis
and correct reading of signals gives
by passing ships he will tell yo'
the street above and below any stree
in the city. But 70 enumerato al
that his remarkable gift Is oapabl
of would fill pages. He has acquire,
this accurate knowledge, too, In a..
most desultory sort of way - be
tween mixed drinks. as it were
San Francisco Call.