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L:lis er â€" uc his na Or vil 28 ufl to lâ€" int. ust 1@ 18 13 in= he Remarkable Likenesses, How many shilling shookers have been weaved around twins, we wondâ€" erl But however much fiction bas been written on this subject, there is something extraordinarily strange and interesting in cases of twins in real life, which are far more common than most persons believe, We were reâ€" cently greatly entertained during an Interview with a gentleman who has gone deep into the subject from a scientific standpoint, and who has ga~ thered together some amazing instanâ€" ces of the resemblance of twins and Its amusing ronsequences, says _ a writer in London Titâ€"Bits. I have a couple of huge manuscript books filled with accounts of cases of twins, said this gentleman, and the majority of them are peculiarly interâ€" esting. Perhaps the most notable fact is the intense sympathy that someâ€" times exists between twins. For inâ€" stance, you probably know that it very often happens that one twin will folâ€" low in health every detail of the health of the otherâ€"suffering the same comâ€" plaints, disorders and diseases as the other, if not at precisely the same time, very shortly before or afterâ€" wards. 1 have a case in mind where the sympathy was exceptionally strong. The t wins were brothers, and one was In India with the parents, and the other in England, studying for some examination or other. The young man in India contracted measles, and was laid up with it for three weeks, before the end of which time the fellow in England was attacked in the same way. Very good; they both recovered. Bome few months later, the fellow bere, who had recommenced bis studies before he had properly recovered his strength, was laid up with a mild The announcement of this fact, sent to the parents by a friend in i Engâ€" land who had the boy in hand, actually crossed in the post a similar announceâ€" ment concerning the brother in Inâ€" dia, who certainly had not been doâ€" ing anything likely to bring on such a malady, Again they both recoverâ€" ed, though the lad in England was ill sonsiderably longer than his twin broâ€" ther. Some years later they both died of the same internal disorder within eight or nine hbours of each ot ber. BXTRAORDINARY CASES, I have accounts of at least twenty | eases of similar sympathy. I do not | hesitate to acknowledge that very'l often the diseases or infirmities with which twins are simultaneously | afflicted are accounted for by the | laws of heredityâ€"that both twins beâ€"| come victims of afflictions from which their parents suffered in a greater or ; less degree; and it is obviously fea.n-l Ible that when one twin inherits a| disease the other twin will do so, while hbad thy not been twins one might have inberited and the other entirely ‘ ecsaped the disease. 6 | But not by any means is every case of this kind explained in that way; and I don‘t think such an explanation would fit the case the strange facts of which I have just given you; I am positively certain it would not fit anâ€" other case 1 know. 2 â€"h\i«'ell, one day the brother, who was employed in London was run over and Khad his LEG BROKEN BY A CAB. He was taken to an hospital, where he was kept for a few days. On being ;-vnt"‘{â€"c; E?l@ings he found a letter written by his sister on the evening of the day in the afternoon of which he broke his left leg. In that letter the girl wrote, among a mass of other things, "Are you suffering with rheuâ€" matism, Joss? I think I am, for I have had a nasty ache in my left leg since luncheon. It came on suddenly, and I feel sure it is rheumatism." You might ask why, if the sympathy were so strong between them, the girl did not guess something serious was wrong with her brother, and come up to town. My answer would be that during the day the pain in her leg inâ€" creased so much that she was perfectly convinced she had rbheumatism, and took to bher bed, where she remained until she felt better, when news of the accident reached her, and explained her rheumatism. _ _ _ 30 C £ ERUUERTRO CCTCOC But the fact which strikes me as being most peculiar is that when the brother died a short time agoâ€"a year or soâ€"the girl did not die also,; she â€"sank into a very low state of health when he was dying out in the Trans vaal, but entirely recovered some time after his death, and has since en joyed excellent health: indeed, she, who, like ber brother, had never b:a:n roâ€" 2 es e es y a+ in were twins, and so welrdi) their own parents really ATTACK OF BRAIN FEVER PECULIAR PHYSICAL SYMâ€" PATHY BETWEEN TWINS. Was Sick the Other Suffered using Stories Resulting From ed the greatest difficalty in deciding who was who ; the only way of preventing mistakes, in fact, was to make them dress difterentl{ on all occasions, The only apparent difference between them was that one was half an inch taller than the other and very slightly darkâ€" er. The resemblance was a source of endless amusement to the men who often deceived parents and friends by assurning each other‘s clothes. To show you how extraordinary was the likeness, I will tell you A LITTLE ANECDOTE About them, which I bheard from their sister, _The twins had been parted for some six weeksâ€"one had been staying in Manchester while the other bad reâ€" mained in Leeds. Well, one day, one of_the brothers chanced to go to the railway station and came face to face with his twin, who had suddenly reâ€" turned unexpectedly. The two met in & doorway, and so quickly that they both drew back, fully convinced for the instant that they bhad mistaken a large gnirror for the door. You can easily imagine from that fact the resembâ€" lance was strong. On one occasion the brothers, just for the fun of the thing, decided to attend each other‘s office as each othâ€" er, and the joke would have been perâ€" fectly successful but for the ignorâ€" ance of the one of the other‘s busiâ€" ness and the dissimilarity of their bandwriting. Had it not been for these two circumstances, I am quite sure they could have fulfilled each other‘s business functions without their employers or fellowâ€"clerks being aware of the substitution. That case is the most remarkable I know so far as resemblance goes. You know, perhaps, that very often twins outgrow their similarity; it_ is English and Americans Under Lord VW insor ‘ ‘I Did the Trick EGectively. ‘ _ It was Diego Velasquezs who founded Santiago de Cuba in 1515, thus makâ€" ing it the oldest town on the island. For & long time Santiago was the capâ€" \ital and the beadquarters of the variâ€" ous murd«rous expeditions of the Spanâ€" ‘ish against the mainland. Cortez made it his rendezvous during his conquest of Mexico. De Soto started from Sanâ€" | tiago in 1528 on his first expedition | of exploration. By the middle of the century the place had grown to be rich and important. There was all _kinds of wealth there, the accumulaâ€" tion, doubtless, of the plunder taken from the defenceless Aztecs and the countless other victims of Spanish lust and avarice. _ In 1553, 400 French landed in the barâ€" bor and didn‘t have much trouble in | capturing the city, not half as much trouble as Sampson and Schley are hayâ€" ing now. ‘This handful of French held ‘the town till & ransom of some $80,â€" | 00) was paid. After this there were { frequent attacks by the numerous | bands of buccaneers and pirates that | infested the seas of that time. |____ _ nearly always more marked when they are young. I know of a very strange case of this kind. If you saw the two â€"they are girlsâ€"together, you would not for amoment imagine, they were twins. Yet, as children they were so wonderfu‘ly alike that their own moâ€" ther committed a blunder she was nevâ€" er able to rectify. L She was putting them to bed one evâ€" ening when they were quite babies and could not talk; and when they were both undressed she discovered that their nightclothes were missing. So she bundled them into a cot, and went in search of the missing clothes. When she returned she was utterly at aloss to decided who was who, and to this day she does not know whether she is calling each by the Christian name of the other. A strange position of things it would be difficult to imagine Yet subsequent facts added to the strangeness. s c ./. ts . A distant relative died in Australia not very long since, and left a small sum of money to one of the girlsâ€"well, call her Alice,â€"to whom she had taken a fancy when she was a child, and he in England. The humor of the thing is obvious. Supposing the girls both claimed that moneyâ€" as they might easily doâ€"in the law courts, how in the world would the Bench find a decision which would tbe just to the girls and fit the letter of tha testaâ€" tor‘s wishes? I think the facts of that case would form the ground work for an extremely funny farce. 24 o h s at ansesanieiP en ~ Fope Freti e C C I. was king of Spain at the time, and he was angry that the English should be so rough with his belongings. It always has been part of the Spanish nature to get angry about little things and rave in helpless rage. In 1762 the English took Havana, and Bantiago for a while was left out of consideration, but not for long. In 1766 along came an uruut::ke. wrecking half the city, and putt: 100 people out of the misery of being Spanish subjects. &mthsttimthombuund & pretty even existence | up‘to the pro:oh:xf time. Looking beckward, we see that a full 100 years elapsed between the capture of Santlago and the capture of Havana. I SANTIAGO‘S CAPTURE IN 1662. Seasen Is Appronching When Lots of Peoâ€" ple Will Suffer. ‘‘The season is approaching," said a prominent physician to the writer reâ€" cently, ‘"when a @great many people will suffer from what is known as hay fever, and as but few who are susceptible to the complaint know bow to avoid, much less to cure it, a few remarks about the nature and treatment of the ailment may not be unintercsting. "Hay fever is a nervous affection as+«l‘ y.. most prevalent during the spring anpd early summer, from wiich the poores classes and more espetially those & in populous towns rarely i* ever suffer. It is known only to the educated, whose nervous systems are highly developed, and, though not in any sense dangerous, it is at all times very irritating and troublesome. The, smel!l of hay, grass, the pollen of flowers, the odor of fruit, dust or draught will generate the complaint or, excite an attack in persons subject to it, but rain or damp weather inâ€" variably brings relief, At one time it was generally supposed that the odor of hay when being mown or carted corld alone induce the affection, which i sclosely analogus to asthma, but reâ€" cent observation shows that its preâ€" valence is entirely independent of the existence of hay fields, and is really a nervous derangement. on hok "A visit to the seaside, a trip to sea, or residence in a populous town will, however, remove the asthmatic tendency, but one of the best remedies is tobacco smoke, retained in the mouth as long as possible and then ejected through the nostrils. The inâ€" halation of the steam of ten drops of creosote in a pint of water is also good, or twenty drops of spirits of camphor to the same quantity of water makes a very effective inhalation. But the affection being a@& nervous one, tonics and nourishing diet are more essential; than any of these palliatives i‘htl(;P merely afford temporary reâ€" ief. doints and Limbs Were Swolien Three Times Their Natural Rizeâ€"The Sufferer in Bed for a Year and a Half. Mrs. Wim. Thew, who is well known in the town of Wiarton, was a sufferer from beart trouble and articular rheuâ€" matism for a period of fifteen years. Lately ber condition has so much imâ€" proved that a reporter of the Echo called upon her to ascertain to what cause the change was due. Mrs. Thew while not courting publicity, consented to give a brief statement of her case in hope thit some other sufferer might be benefited. She said:â€"‘"My joints were all swollen up three times their natural size and for a year and a half From the Echo, Wiarton, Ont I was unable to leave my bed. I secâ€" ured medical treatment and the doctors told me I would never be able to walk again. I took medicine they prescribâ€" ed but it failed to give any relief. I took patent medicines but they did not belp me. Having noticed an adâ€" vertisement in a paper for Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills, Faconcluded to give them a trial and they gave me relief from the time I commenced using them abouit the first of January last. I have taken ten boxes. I am now able to go around without assistance and do all my housework." ©iDr. Williams‘ Pink Pills cure by going to the root of disease. They renew and build up the blood, and strengthen the nerves, thus driving disease from the system. Avoid imitations by insisting that every box you purchase is enclosed in a wrapper bearing the full trade mark, Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills for Pale People. The Syantians who live in the inacesâ€" sible mojuntain range between the Black and Caspian Seas, are probably the laziest people in the world. They have maden o advance toward civilizaâ€" tion in 2500 years. It is their invariâ€" able rule to ogserve holidays four times a week, with Saints‘ days a sextra, FLOORS OF PAPER. In Germany, it is said, paper floors are well liked because, baving no joints, they are more easily kept clean they are poor conductors of heat and of sound, and they cost less than bhard wood floors. They are put down in the form of a paste, which is smoothed with rolleirs, and after it has hardened, painted of any desired color or pattern. TO CURE a CuLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, _ All Drugâ€" gist« refund the money if it fails to Cure. 256. ing by the Canadian Steamship Lines, via Montreal and Quebec during the past two years bhas been very marked and has placed thit port about on an equality with New #ork. The imâ€" prowement is largely due to the new fast steamships which have been put on the Dominion Line, and the treâ€" mendous increase in their first and sgecond cabin business bhas shown that The improvement in the accommodaâ€" tion furnished ocean passengers goâ€" the Canadian people are ready and willing to patronize their own lines, all things being eqaual. In no particuâ€" lar is the improvement more noticeable than in the steerage apartments, which are now all that can be desired, being well lighted and ventilated, and baving modern iron bedsteads. We can recommend our friends to make enquiries from the Dominion Line agent in town with regard to the Canâ€" adian service, before making up their ml:du as to the route they intend to take, â€" What »a unique figure, Â¥ncle Tom?t A untjue figure? Why, it is the figure which represents the money you want, but never expect to get. It is sure to give you the most perfect satisfaction. LEAD PACKAGES, 25, 40 A Good Investment CAUSE OF HAY FEVER. SUFFERED FOR YEARS. A CURIO OF FINANCE. LAZIEST PEOPLE. An Irishman is too nimhbhle to be caught when he doesn‘t wish to be apâ€" prehended. Cardinal Manning deâ€" lighted to tell the following story as an illustration of the national eluâ€" siveness : : Hood‘s Sarsaparilla with the utmosi confidence that it will do them good Mrs. Robert McAffee of Deerhurst Ont., says: "I was troubled with sick beadaches, and as my husband had beer cured of salt rheum by Hood‘s Sarâ€" saparilla he urged me to take it, I did so and it relieved me. Is Canada‘s Greatest Medicine. $1; six for $5, Should adorn the brow of thea inventor of the great corn cure, Putnam‘s Painâ€" less Corn Extractor. It works quickâ€" ly, never makes a sore spot, and is just the thing you want. See that you get Putnam‘s Painless Corn Extractor, the sure, safe and painless cure for corns. Hood‘s Sarsaparilla An Irishman, the son of one who had been hanged, having been asked how his father died, thus eluded the admission of the fact: Sure, thin, my father, who was & very reckless man, was jist standin‘ on a platform bharanguing a mob, when & part of the platform suddenly gave â€"way, and he fell through, and thin it was found hbis neck was broken. LUDELLA Ceylon Tea. It beats me, mused the modern theâ€" atreâ€"manager. This bere William Shakespeare wrote the play of Hamlet, in which Ophelia gets drowned, yet he leaves the drowning scene out. _ _ It dors seem queer, observed the stage carpenter, with a touch of vanâ€" ity ; but maybe hbhe didn‘t know bow to make a tank. Inhale Quickeure for Catarrh, 15¢, 25¢, 506. Prompt Relief Russian diplomats hold that it is no disgrace or dishonor to lie in the most unblushing manner in order to promote the interests of their country and of their sovereign. When the late Czar asked once of Count Ignateiff how he came to be nickâ€"named "The Father of Lies" while Ambassador at Constantâ€" inople, he with a low bow responded : "In the service ofg your Majesty." There‘s no trouble about money, anâ€" swered the financier. We can print tons of it. The only difficulty lies in getting people to take it. I don‘t see what we are going to do for money, said a member of the Spanish cabinet. _ _ TEACHING THE PARROT. Owners of these interesting birds must remember that if they wish them to talk well the best time to teach them is in the evening, with the cage coverâ€" ed over and placed in a dark room, and the teache r enunclating the words slowly and distinctly and persistently. The natives of India consider that a slight operation upon the bird‘s tonâ€" gue is necessary before it will speak easily. * To those who already have a dictionary, this book will commend itself, because it is comâ€" pact1 l:fln and convenie«t; to those who have | no dictionary whatever, it will be invaluable. | Suagere cventivnhs thie P efen %m poncern mentioning paper, an : @ threeâ€"cent stamp. H ood‘s Pills cure all Liver I!!s Great multitudes buy and take been visiting without any other memâ€" ber of the family. The evening after his return his little sister asked him if he had said his prayers every night. No, not once, replied BSturgis; I had a reallyâ€"truly vacation. Inhale Quickceure for Hay fever, 15¢, 25¢c, 50c. _ Very. No.matter what I tell him to do hbe invariably goes and does the othâ€" er thing, poor man. The public debt of France is the largâ€" est in the world, and amounts to £1,â€" 600,000,000. 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