The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-10-02
DoRR's GREAT. MEMORY.


Dirsossry q ths City.
Charles Dorr. q bartender In Colo
mel Coakley's resort out on Geary
street, has one of the most remarka-
Bile memories that have ever been
mentioned i'm print He has nc his
tongues end the exact location of
any fire. police patrol or telephone
box in tire city of San Francisco. In
other words, the fire alarm card or
the telephone book is useless when
he is within consulting distance.
He has been in this country but q
short time, too, and has CLEANED this
remarkable information by simply
glancing, as it were, at the written
schedules.
Tell him upon what street you
live and between what intersecting
streets and he will inform You
with incredible swiftness the near
est fire box you should seek in case
Of a fire or tho nearest police patrol
box that would be 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 a wager of $40 that he could
be caught la the fire alarm and po-
lice patrol system of boxes extant in
the city. he was put to the most
trying test and came out victorious.
The men who put up money on him,
it is 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 fire alarm and the near
est police patrol box?" and Near
what street is box 50 and SOP" In a
fash the correct numbers would be
given.
Mr.. Dorr can also give the tele-
phone mum Der of any engine house
in the city and can tell you at a mo-
ment's notice what number to use
to call up any fire chief or marshal
The marvellous retentiveness of
his memory is iIlustrated in any
field. Give him the number of any
street car in the city, and he will
tell you the street it runs on. Give
him a street, and he will tell you the
number of all the cars that run on
that particular street Ask him
where a certain house, numbered 90
and so on any street is, and he will
say, 1T is between such and suoh
streets"
he can tell the nearest telephone
number and any house number in
the city. He will 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 It.
Ask him a week or q month later,
and ho will tell you the number you
wrote without an error.
His knowledge of the English Ian
. guage Is meager, but he can spell
any name which he cannot ever
pronounce. In short, whatever ht
sees or reads or hears he never for
gets, but can tell it ms he heard Il
any time after.
He multiplies, adds, subtracts anC
, divides with wonderful quickness
Ask him to multiply six figures by
six figures, and he gives you the re
suit before you have calculated th'
first figure.
Should a policeman tell him whA
| beat he traverses Mr.. Dorr will in
| form him what fire and patrol boxei
are on his beat, and exactly wher'
! they are located, and the police pa
D troll box system is complicated, ther,
! being numbers repeated over anS
over again.
I In his voyage here from Australia
Mr.. Dorr astonished the captain o
his vessel by his wonderfully rapi,
and correct reading of signals givel
! by passing ships He viii tell yoI
the street above and below any stree
: in the city. But TO enumerate al
: that his remarkable gift is oapabl
9 of would I'LL pages. He has acquires
: this accurate knowledge, too, in tn
3 most desultory sort Of way - be
. tween mixed drinks, as it were
9 San Francisco Call.
Few sunatrOksa In thu counaEy.