River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-12-06

INTEREST
4 French writer says 10 two persons
do exactly resemble each other, and
on close observation. a distinctive
physiOgnOmy may be observed, even
in children and twin children. too, OF
the same family; yet the distinguish
ing traits Of some individuals are
so slightly perceptibie, or have be-
come forgotten. that many persons
have been known. without any inter-
ested motives. but purely through
ignorance, 20 attest a. true what was
really false-fathers. mothers. hus-
bands and wives have been thus led
away by illusions -errOneOusly deny
ing or maintaining the identity OF their
children or Of each other. The infatu-
alton Of Lady Tichborne in the cele-
brated TichbOrne cause was case in
point.
Instances OF mistaken Identities have
existed In all ages, and il Is no uncom-
mon thing for one person TO be mis-
taken for another. Pliuy AYERS that it
was next 10 impossible to tell the great
Pompey from the freedman Publicius
and the pIebian Vebius. as each Of
these pcrsOnages resembled him most
closely in his generous and
noble department and his strik-
ingly handsome cOuutenance- There
was a low slave named SerapiOn. whose
occupation il was To sell animals for
the sacrifices. To him Oneas ScipiO
bore such 4 strong resemblance that
the pOpuIace uiclSuamed him ScrapiOn.
Ono OF the descendants OF ScipiO and
the cOnsuls Metellus and the Lentulus
were each called after certain factors
In Rome whom they most strongly
rescmbled in feature and person
When Antonius was triumvir, Turanius
sold to him two children Of rare per-
s0nal beauty and an almost perfect re-
semblance. the one of whom was
born in Asia and the other beyond the
Alpine mountain ranges.
Turan;us passed them of as twins,
but as they grew up their language be-
.rayed them This deception rufiied
AntOuius somewhat. and he charged
II AEAEEAA1 hAlaA AAEAN AAi- h1AnlAAANtA AAA
shem a price altogether too eNurbitant-
Nothing taken back, Turanius replied
hat the very point which was cOnsid-
cred a defect in these children was. in
act, their very highest recommends
zion. irasmuch while "a resemblance
between twins could be looked on rs
aOthing very extraordinary. an example
81 such strong resemblance existing
between two children born in distant
countries was worthy Of the highest
.ecOmpense. and. arguing from this
standpoint, il may be that the dealer
imagined ne delivered the goods too
.heap. Be that as it may, Antonius
sveraftcrward considered the purchase
ss the most valuable Of all his iunumer-
able articles Of vertu. The procOnsul
Sura was not only resembled in feature
" a Sicilian fisherman. but also in a
certain defect in his speech
Sufferings aud other causes will so
FAR change the appearance Of "a person
hat his identity may be lost 10 his
nearest friends There was the case
81 Andrew Casall. noblemau Of Boz
togna. who. having been absent from
MS country for a period OF thirty years.
was supposed to have died ia battle.
Presenting him To bc in the land Of
shadows. his heirs took possession of
his property One day. however, he
.urucd up in Italy and claimed his
tights Looked upon by all as an i'm
poster. he was sent to prison 50 com
pIete was the change in personal APP
pearauce that recognition was an i'm
possibility. Bat there were causes for
this. As It was shown that ne had fallen
into the hands Of savages. and for a
number Of years was held in cruel
bondage. The case was referred TO a
learned counselor. Lacchias. who de
cided that circumstances may so change
the appearance Of a man a to render
MIN unrecoguizable, and Casal was
rciustated in all his rights and hOEOrs-
A singular ease OF mistaken identity.
o.. il may be more APPLY termed. inn
position. occurred in Russia, as far
back is 1881. not entirely without Is
counterpart in English history. II thar
wear the Car. BasitOvitZ. took il upon
himself TO be gathered unto his fathers.
Dying. We left two sons. Theodore and
Demetrius. the former of whom sue
ceeded To his fathers throne. The
new Car was 4 man az somewhat
weak intellect and he allowed oil his
power 10 pass into the hands OF his
Minister Boris. who persuaded the
Car that. for the complete security %
his reign. there was an absolute ne
cessity for the taking oil. the
squclchiug; the wiping ont. the a~,as-
siuatiOu or by whatever name it
might bc called. of the younger
Deluctrius. who was a man Of some
strength of intellect. Dcmctrius WAS
accordingly murdered. \ few years
later Theodore died and il was
shrcwdly suspected by poison admins
tered By Boris With the death Of
Theodore the line OF Buric. which had
re,gncd over Russia for something like
seven hundred years became extinct,
ard the ambitious Boris. IA the I'M
settled state of the nation fol-
lowing upon the death 81 TheO-
GlfFE Flll-t.t4 Et-aAa-rAL w itAA-tA-ts
the Car Some few Years after
the occurrence of these events. a monk
named OStrefef. bc;r ring a remarkable
Iizeuess 10 the murdered Demetrius.
raade his appearance and declared that
he was Demetrius in very person; thas
he had the good fortune tn escape. and
n individual substituted .or him had
been aasussiuated. This was in 1904.
This Ostrefef had all those qua'iiica-
Gons which 30 to make un q personal
popularity. the people believed in his
story and were with him. Many peo-
ple Of the highest standing, who had
known Demetrius from certain marks,
declared that this pretender was in
reality the Prince. some Of the
wealthy mobiles encouraged him. and
ne King Of Poland supplied him with a
small army wherewith TO assert his
rights The government Boris was
greatly disliked BY the people. and
thousands flew to the standard Of the
supposed Demetrius. who was crowned
in Moscow in zoos. Boris, in the mean
Sme having pOisOpad himself