The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-22

Talking about peculiarities of mems
minds, l heard Senator Beck tell queer
story the other day" said gentleman to
some friends the other night. "We were
all discussing the same subject that is up
now, when Senator Beck remarked that he
thought popularity of his brain had done
him great deal of harm in his lie. first
noticed it, said The senator, when was q
boy going to school in Scotland. | had u
strict old preacher for tutor, and with a
number of other boys went to the parson-
age 10 be educated. One night was very
sleepy. and still had u lorg Latin lesson 10
get off. tried hard to learn it, but
d zing. At length / read the eX.
rcises through in half dreaming con-
edition, and with the Latin all Il ium-
Vie in my head, went to sleep. | awoke
the next morning with my brain thor
oughly clear, and, strange to say, all the
antiquities in my difficult lesson were
made plain, and read the Latin without
balk. The same thing happened second
time, and 1 again found that when l went
TO sleep with a confused idea of my lesson;
learning while half doing, Iawoke with all
the knotted points unraveled. 1t became
my custom after that to read my tasks over
lust before going to bed, and 1 never failed
to have them in the morning. My strict old
tutor saw that | never studied, and thought
one of the other boys was helping me. At
len 9Th he gave me page OF Livy TO trans
late, and told me i'll did not have it for him
the next morning he would fog me. He
then forbid any of the boys coming near ma
and watched my actions. | read the lines
as usual before going to sleep, and sure
enough the next day | had them pat as you
please. He never troubled me after that
| Well, the year passed by, and / found my
faculty still clinging to me, Till began tC
put too much faith IN it and depended al
most entirely upon my mysterious helper
Some time ago u phrenologist came to eX
aminei nv family's head, and they al
went wild over him. / paid no atten
ton to their talk though my vile urged
One day, however, he met me and was Sc
persistent that at length sat down to him
He said that he would examine my head
for SO and give achart for So told hin
SO was . II would throw away, and be be
gan to name my characteristics. Atlenetl
be said you have one faculty that il
fully developed. tits spirituality. You hav'
that faculty developed in marked degree
You would have made fine medium
Your mind is capable of working oeparat;
from your body-that is, it can perform
mental labor while thu body is at rest, and
knows nothing of it. You sometimes solve
difficult problems while you arr
asleep, and wake up in the morn
ing without knowing that you have
been at work." Here is $50 said |; (
man who knows as much as you de-
deserves it. My strange faculty, contiuu
ed Senator Beck, whether it is spirituality
or not, is growing weaker. | eau hardly
explain the action of my mind during thes
| abnormal SMELLS | see the lines and word
before my mindss eyes, and without know
ing the process or, indeed, being aware o
any process, | worked our the problem"
"You remember John Shermon's aneC
dote of Beck" continued the gentleman
Beck was working day and night on thu
tariff bill, when a member wondered hos
he got any rest. o. said Sena-or Shel
man, who was present; Beck rests himae
when he makes 2 speech. A man who Ca
work when he should rest may be pari II
ed il he rests when he should wJrk. +
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