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Show 1NWMBLE KESEMULAXCEi. A day or two since the Chronicle of San. Francieco contained aniu-l teretingart!cleon "Facial Iiesem-' blance." We give here Its opening paragraph. The opinion Is often expressed that It Is singular that people who are not related to each other by any do-gree do-gree of oousangulnlty should look alike That such resemblances do exist is not to be denied, since every ono must be struck by likenesses which are someumes extraordinary There have never been found exact duplicates in the humau fam ly, that is two people so nearly alike that minute examination will notilisclo-e points ftf difference, but resemblances have been so close as f lead to infinite infi-nite trouble and confusion. The Ticbborne case is an illustration which will suggest itself at once." Inperu'ing this paier we were reminded of a singular case of resemblance re-semblance between two citizens of Salt Lake which evidently exists Independently of any outward a-pearance a-pearance of It. Tho two rnenditTer widely in form, voice and feature, yet each has been taken for the other on scores of occasions. Frequently Fre-quently one is greeted a3 tiie other, and In i-omo instances if the one w hose identity is mistaken does nut nt the time dit-cloo bis name the person committing the error remains for a time incredulous. To illustrate, illus-trate, one of the two gentlemen in question was traveling toward this city on the C P. railway last tall, when he was greeted by a resident of Weber County, who reminded him of a pleasant time the bad together when the Weber County man had driven him over a KrtIon of the Territory In his carriage. He could not be convinced of bis mistake until he was informed who the person really was who had accompanied ac-companied him on the drive referred to. too frequently has this mistake been committed that one of the gentlemen gen-tlemen who-e Identity Is mixed with that of his "double" not long since jocularly informed the latter that he trusted he would always continue to conduct himself creditably, other-w other-w ise the other's reputation might be damaged by no act of his own. It is not uncommon for people who are related but who have no apparent or outward resemblance to be mistaken for each other. The relationship itself, producing unseen un-seen peculiarities In common, may R-coJitt for instances of this nature, but such a mixing up of identities in the minds of acquaintances ac-quaintances as is the case with the two residents of this city to whom reference is made must be accounted for on some other hypothesis, unless, un-less, in accordance with the theory of the origin an 1 constitution of man as understood by the Latter-day Latter-day Saints, the connection and consequent con-sequent resemblance may be purely spiritual. The Saints understand through the Propfiet Joseph Smith the theory being a!o sustained by the Bible that the spirit of man was an organized and Intelligent entity before taking on physical conditions for purposes of experience and future advancement. A number of amusing situations have been formed by tho combination combina-tion of tho identities of the two gentlemen who have been so frequently fre-quently taken for each other. |
