Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-26
SENATOR BEoK,s POPULARITY.
He Explains How He Was Mysteri.
Ously Helped In Acquiring His Ed.
ucatiOn in Latin.

He Explains How He Was Mysteri-
Ously Helped In Acquiring His Ed
ucatiOn In Latin.
Louisville Courier-Journal.1
Talking about peculiarities of mems
minds, I heard Senator Beck tell queer
story the other day." said gentleman to
some friends last night. 'sWe were all dis
cussing 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 life. I first noticed
it, said the senator, when was q boy going
to school in Scotland. l had strict old
preacher for tutor, and with a number Of
other boys went to the parsonage
to be educated One night I was
very sleepy and still had a long Latin
lesson to get off. 1 tried hard to learn it, but
almost before was aware would be doing.
At length read the exercise through in a
half-dreaming condition, and, with the Latin
all a tumble in my head, I went to sleep.
awoke the next morning with my brain
thoroughly clear, and strange to say, all the
antiquities in my difficult lesson were made
plain and I read the Latin without belk.
The same thing happened second time, and
again found that when went to sleep with
confused idea of my lesson, learning it
while half doing, that awoke with all the
knotted points unraveled. 1t became my
custom after that to read my tasks over Just
before going to bed, and I 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 length he gave me
page of Livy to translate, and told me if I
did not have it for him the next morning he
would fog me. He then forbid any of the
boys coming near me and watched my &C
lions. I 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 to put too much faith in it and de-
pended almost entirely on my mysterious
helper. Some time ago a phrenologist came
to examine my family's heads, and they all
went wild over him. I paid no attention to
their talk. though my wife urged me to give
the man trial One day, however, he met
me and was SO persistent that 1 at length sat
down to him. He said that he would ex-
anime my head for S., and give me a chart
for SIS. told him So was all would throw
away and he began to name my character
lStiCS. AU loISGu ae Sa1u: on
have one faculty that is fully de-
veloped. 1t is spirituality. You have
that faculty developed to marked de-
gree. You would have made fine medium
Your mind is capable of working separate
from your body, that is, it can perform
mental labor while the body is at rest and
knows nothing of it. YoY sometimes solve
difficult problems while you are asleep, and
wake up in the morning without knowing
that you have been at work" t.Here is S."
said I, ga man who knows as much as you
do deserves it"'
"'My strange faculty. continued Senator
Beck, whether it be spiritual OF not, is grow
ing weaker. can hardly explain the action
of my mind during these abnormal spells.
see the lines and words before my minds eye,
and, without knowing the process, or, indeed,
being aware of any process, work out the
problem
"You remember John Sherman's anecdote
of Beck" continued the gentleman. "Beck
was working day and night on the tariff bill,
when member wondered how he got any
rest. Oh said Sherman, who was present,
Beck rests himself when he makes speech
A man who can work when he should rest
may be pardoned if he rests when he should
work."