The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
CONCERNING TWINS.
Their Likeness Extends to Character as
 We'll as Looks.

Well Looks.
 MT. Galton has shown that many twins do actually behave under simi- lar circumstances in almost identical manners, that their characters often come as close to one another as it is possible for the characters of two hu- man beings to come, and that even where the conditions of later life have been extremely different the original likeness of type often persists to the very end, in spite of superficial vari- ations in style or habit of living. Some of his stories, carefully verified, are very funny. I will supplement them by two of my own. In one case couple of twins (men) had quarrel over perfectly unim- portant matter. They came to very high. words, and parted from one another in bad blood. On returning to their rooms-they lived apart-each of them suffered from a fit of remorse, and sat down to write letter of con- triton to the other, to be delivered by the morning post After writing it, one brother reads his letter over, and, recalling the cause of the quarrel, added at once a long postscript, justi- flying himself and reopening the whole question at issue. The other brother posted his note at once, but, thinking the matter over quietly, afterwards regretted his action again, and supple mented It by second palinodia, al- most unsaying what he had said in the first one. 1 saw all three letters my self the next morning, and was simply amazed at their absolute sameness of feeling and expression.
 The other story relates to fact which happened, not to twins, but to two successive brothers extremely like one another in build and feature, and evidently modelled in mind and charac- ter on the self-same mould. It is only small incident, but as can vouch for the correctness of the minute details, it has a certain psychological interest ot its own. They met lady dressed in blue whom they had never seen be- fore at military dance. Each of them asked at once to be introduced to her at first sight; each asked the same of- ficer for an introduction Ghough they had several friends in common pres- ent); each described her in the same way. not as ''the lady in blue" Ohe most obvious point of appearance 1c,1 h,,f ho lo1, beautiful ears;'' each fell desperately in love with her off-hand, and each asked her for particular flower out of little bouquet containing four or five more conspicuous blossoms. Final ly each came rp-at inc erd of the |. evening to confide in the same mar ried lady of their acquaintance their desire to see more of the beautiful stranger.
 Still, even twins do distinctly differ in some things from one another However much they may look alike to strangers, they are always discrim- inable by those who know them we'll and even in early childhood by moth CTS and.nurses Huapin may always be readily distinguished from >Muppin by some slight difference of feature or expression. Illus is always trife latter or thinner than Buz. his brother; the two dromios and the two Antipholuses may deceive the outer public by their close resemblance, but not even Shakspe are himself can make us be- lieve that Mrs. Antipholus was really mistaken as to the personal identity of her own husband, I don't want to be hard on lady. but I fancy myself she was glad of the excuse for a little in- nocent and easily applicable Irritation with an agreeable stranger. -CornhiU MGgGzine.