Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-11-22
Senator Beck's Faculty.
he Claims 10 Hive Sp,d'midy and Mgh
Be .Hed,una.

DC u sHfdtuH.
Talking about peculiarlies 81 mems
minds, ] heard Senator Beck tell
queer story the other day" said gen
tlemen o. some friends the other niphi.
I'VE were all discussing the same sub.
ject that is up now, when Senator BE, k
remarked that he thought PECULIAR.
" OF his brain had done him great
deal of harm in his life. i first no.
ticed it said the Senator when was
Il boy going TO school in Scotland. |
had II very strict old preacher for "A Iu-
tor, and with II number Of other boys
went to the parsonage to he cducu-
ted. One night was very sleepy aud
-till bad n long Latin lesson L, ger off.
| tried hard to learn it, but almost be.
fore | was aware ! would he duziug.
At length | read the exercise through
in hall.drraming condition, aud with
the Latin all Il jumble in my head |
went to sleep. awokc the next
morning with my brain thoroughly
clear and strange To- say, all the am.
biguties in my difficult lesson were
made plain. aud read the Latln with.
out bulk. The same thing uappcn.
I'd -ccond time, aud | again found
that when ! went tn sleep with Cuu
fused idea of my lesson, learning it
while half duzrng. ! awuke with all
the knott Il points unravcled. IL be
came my custom after that 10 reud my
tasks over just beiure going To tad,
aud ! never failed tu have them IN the
morning. My -rriet old tutor saw
that | never -tudi, j, and thought one
of the other boys was helping me. AT
length he gave mc a page "i Lazy 10
translate. aud told me II | dId not
have it Tor him the next morning he
would fug me. H., then forbid any
uf the boys coming near aud watched
my actions | read the lines a. usual
before going to sleep, aud sure enough
the next day had them pat a. you
please. lie never troubled me after
hat. Well, the year passed 10y, and
found my faculty stii, cInging to me,
/ tiIl | began to put tou much iarth ~
1t, aud speuded almost entirely uyon
NV mysterious hclpcr. Some umr
ago n prcuulugist came to examine
nv family heads, aud they all went
Mild over him, ! pald nU attention tu
their talk, though my wife urged me
ru give the man trial One day
however, he mel me aud Was - prr-ls.
tent that at length sat down Ia hlm
tie -aid that he would "Namlue my
head for : ? aud give ne 81 art inr
81. | luld him So VA, all would
throw away, aud hrgau To NAME my
characteristics. At length he said
You have uue iBcuIy that l. fully 'ic
yrl"prd. 1t ti-spirIluality. G"u have
the faculty developed to marked
d,grcc. You would have mad. hu"
medium. Your mlnd Is capable ui
Nurkiug -cperate from yurr body
that L., il eau perform mental labor
while the b,riy l. r. rest aud know
nothing OF it, Iou sometimes -uI p
dffirult problem. while you are asleep
aud wake up IN the morning ~Ilhuut
knowing that you have be.u At work "
there i, 81, said | n man who ku"w,
II, much A. YOU do, deserve. g.. NV
strange faculty.. continued Syualor
Beck, whether 1t it spirituality ar uol
It il growing weaker. | can hardly
explain the action of my miud during
rhe-e abnormal spells. sac the
Ilues aud words beiore my mind'-
eye. aud, without kuowing the prp-
re.., or, iudged being aware Of any
process, | work out the problem
you remember john Shrrmau-
anccdute ut Beck" continued the
gentleman. Beck was working day
aud night ON the tariff bill, when
member wondering how he got any
rest oh said S-ualUr Sherman,
who was present, Beck rests himself
when he makes a ,peech. A mau
Who can work when he should r,.t
may be- purloued it be rests When
he should wurk-LouisrWc Courier
Journal