We have to put up with curious trivialities.

One has an odd feature.
THE RATTLESNAKE Dr.Kinsolving, of the Church of the Epiphany in Philadelphia, dreamed that he "came across a rattlesnake," which "when killed had _two_ black-looking rattles and a peculiar projection of bone from the tail, while the skin was unusually light in colour".

Next day, while walking with his brother, Dr.Kinsolving nearly trod on a rattlesnake, "the same snake in every particular with the one I had had in my mind's eye".

This would be very well, but Dr.Kinsolving's brother, who helped to kill the unlucky serpent, says "_he had a single rattle_".

The letters of these gentlemen were written without communication to each other.