The Red Cloud chief., 1896-05-29
QUEER CONDOLENCES.
Strihtng Occurrences, Many OF Which
Mnyr iicrnme UIAtnric.

S%triblng Occurrences, Many OF Which
Have Ncromr Historic.
The lac well known arch1cologiSt.
Albert Way, crossing pall-Mall, an-
noucd against an OLD gentleman, says
the Now York Mail and Express. After
mu'ul! apologies cards were exchanged.
On each card vas printed MIR. Albert
way The older gentleman, dying,
left his fortune to tl' other Albert
Way.
Tho planet Neptune, witch had for
countless ages %rcvolvcd IN the heavens
unseen by any one on earth, were dis
covered simultaneously and i%ndcpcnd-
emily in 1916 by Profs. ADAMS and NJ.
Lcycrricr, the " most brilliant as
tronomers of the day.
Some few years & a shepherd hoy
placed n sleeper on the railway line be-
tween brighton and Palmer, with the
result that a train was thrown on tho
rails. One year later to a day-almosL
to "A minutc-thlt same youth was
struck by lightning and instantaneous
ly killed within a couple of miles of tho
spot at which the accident occurred.
Sir Walter Bcsant tells of the follow
ing curious coincidence which happened
to himself. II was consulting" he says.
IAN artist with regard to the face and
feature of a character which he was
illustrating for me and ! briefly de-
scribcd to him the kind Of face | had In
mind. lie was meanwhile rapidly
skctching a face on u piece Of paper hs
had before him. VIII that do? he
asked, showing me the exact portrait OF
the man | had been thinking of"
The four King Georges of England all
died on the same day of the week.
A lady lost a ring on "the Under
ground" She returned and reported
her loss. At that moment a train en-
tered the station, when her ring was
found on the step of her carriage. hav-
Ing completed the circle in that posi-
ton.
At n place OF worship in Rothcrhithe.
some little time ago. the minister was
telling how Wellington said at a crisis
Of one of his great battles: IF dark
ness would only come 1t would saw
him." Hardly had he uttered these
NoluS With tut EiS went oul III IL
chapel.
In 1890. a few weeks before the CEN
sus takcr began his enumeration Of the
people Of Elm Grove. Va, the town
authorities counted their own popula-
ton, preparatory to filing articles OF
Incorporation. The following was tho
remarkable result: Number OF males
over II years Of age. liS: number OF
males under u years of age. lis; num-
Der of females over Is years of age.
: las: number Of females under l6 years
Of age, 14S.
Some -four years ago in Teheran an
: English sailor was caught In the act OF
q carrying of some precious stones from
A the shah's palace. The thief waa
= brought before the king Of kings"
! who swore that next time the sailor
crossed his path he would at once be
a put to death. II Is a curious fact that
"a this very sailor was crossing the street
when the shah was driving In Berlin,
now some years ago, ana was knocked
a down and instantly killed.
a some Zulus were on exhibition In
v Aberdeen and a gentleman who had
r been In South Africa himself went ant
began to talk with the men in theft
own language. One of the natives wa!
re exceptionally shy. which rather at
r. tracted the gentleman's attention. II,
looked at him more closely and recog
ID nized him as a nan who had worket
" for him in Natal and had run away will
N a pair OF trousers which did not belong
s. to him.