The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-04
CURIOUS CHRONICLES
Queer Facts and FanCies Picked Up Here
There and Anywhere.
WAS IT PHOTOGRAPHED BY LIGHTNING ?
Excitement I'm Ai~nnkakee- PurnIIcl
Cnse IIcre-RcnLInG by The Light
OF tho waves-MOspuiiocs More
Thnn UnusunIIy yfcious-The
bicycle IN Carolina.

There are truly more things In heaven
and earth than arc dreamed OF In any
body's philosophy. 1t will he rcmcn,-
bered that some time ago Til yirginian
published the story or n. face being
found pictured OF n pane of window
glass on Charlotte street. OF course,
there were many dolrbters. Just for the
sake of The coincidence the following,
from the Chicago Chronicle, Is pub
lished: s-s.sE'
a certain hours of the day, csrec-
ially at 8 o'clock In the morning or just
before shutdown, the exact reproduction
or q woman upon n pane of glass I'm an
unpretentious dwelling OF Eankakee Is
plainly visible. How 1t came there Is IL
question scientists mQy be able to an
swer. AS the woman bears a close re-
eenlblance to a. former occupant of the
dwelling, nciShbors and numerous other
K~ankakeeans who have become much
interested In the phenomenon have an
explanation OF their own. They be-
lievc it to be u photograph taken b. a
flash. OF lightning.
ut Is thought that some time, proba-
bly, during q storm. n woman in q state
OF nature a become frightened, come
from her sleeping room to draw the
blinds. and 4 fash OF lightning photo
graphed her form upon the glass.
THE picture was discovered Il week
ofso "HSh SouIb ihdi SlblsllS III u
house nearly opposite observed what
he thought was the reflection on the
window pane OF n woman bathing in the
house In question. Surprising that a
mirror reflected the form through the
door of al, adjoining room, he called to
his sister. and, pointing II the sin
Eular sight, requested her to run across
the street and tell the woman TO pull
down the blinds. The young woman
ran across the street, raped upon the
door and was surprised to see the only
woman in the house appear. fully
dressed.
Being Informed OF the figure In the
window, the woman was surprised and
aid no cclo had AIKEN bath that day.
AN investigation. followed. Sure
enough, there in the glass was the
figure Of n woman, and 1t could not he
washed out Soon 1t began to DE talked
about by the nearest ncighbors and now
It Is tho talk OF the town.
Among the curious ideas that have
been advanced this last ummcr soason
is the one to the effect that surf bath
ing has had n tendency this year to provo
Injurious to batherE, deduccd from the
fact that there have been an unusual
number OF complaints regarding severe
headaches and pains IN the limbs,
thought to be due to bathing. 1t Is adj
vanced as n theory that this has been
due to the unusual amount OF phOs-
phorus In the water this year. 1t Is
reported that there was so much of It
on the waves at Virginia Beach the
other night that q gentleman, in order
to test It's brilllancy, went out IN II
boat and read q newspaper by the light
OF the waves!
1t IS also said that mosquitoes have
been more than unusually vicious and
'bloOd-th!rsty this season, md there
lives In Hampton n young lady who is
lnbor!nE under a. strange ha~lluclnatiOn.
She says the mosquitoes roost in the
top Of her net at night and she c2n al.
most see them growing fat. She. on the
contrary, has been gradually falling off
In flesh. and she Is firmly convinced
that The pounds She has lost has been
transferred to the winged aemtt:E which
roost In the top OF her net.
The bicycle Is almost ubiquitous and
It's novelty has worn away except in
certain parts of the country. few and
far between, wherc the steel stced has
never beer seen. a gentleman has
Just returned from such a section. down
In Eastern Carolina. where his bike
created the livelIcst excitement. II was
the first = ever seen there, and the
people put him throuGh Il complete
course of exhibition riding. There was
n Young lady with him, and her riding
caused even more surprise. Tie srcc-
tatcrs were especially struck when they
saw her get off her wheel, having no
idea II could he done so easily. If they
bad only known, t is much easier to get
of than Il IS to get Cr, and there are
q thousand more ways of doing IT.