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Show A MYSTERIOUS PICTURE. Story of a Strange Coincidence Which Looks Like an Answer to Prayer, We have in our possession a photograph photo-graph of one of the strangest and most remarkable accidents that ever came to our knowledge. It lies on the desk as we write and was handed to us by M. E. Allen, a photographer by occupation, who told us the interesting little story connected with it. The photo represents repre-sents a saucer, in the center of which is a distinct likeness of a human face. It ia the bust of a man, with curly hair and dark beard, and several to whom it has. been exhibited at once recognized a resemblance re-semblance between the engravingB usually usu-ally seen of Christ. It seems that Borne time since a Mrs. Timmerman of Piedmont, S. C, where young Mr. Allen has been in the photograph photo-graph business, suffered the loss of a fayorite- daughter. The bereavement left the mother broken hearted. She is a Christian woman, and she prayed that God would give her some token by which she might be comforted. One day, while cleaning the dinner table, in gathering gath-ering up the dishes preparatory to cleanr ing them the settlings of a cup of coffee ran into a saucer which had not been used, in taxing np tne saucer to wipe away the settlings she saw, to her intense astonishment, that the coffee grounds had a perfect profile of a human bust, and, what was yet more wonderful, that head and face formed the ideal likeness of Jesus Christ. She recognized it as such instantly and accepted the strange coincidence aa an answer to her prayer. The grounds dried on the saucer and yet .retained the shape they first assumed. The dish has been photographed by our informant, and any one so desiring may see it at our office. Mr. Allen assures ub that no human hand has touched the remarkable production, and that Mrs. Timmerman is a reliable and truthful lady. To say the least of the occurrence, occur-rence, it is a very remarkable circumstance. circum-stance. Gainesville (Ga.) Eagle. |