The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-29
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One Of the stories current about President
Cleveland before the election was that be
had no doubt about the result. and when
asked why, said: 'Ob, it's just my luck. =
This may be spocry phsl, but it ex presses q
common view that Mr.. Cleveland believes
firmly in his good angel aud trusts to her.
But IL this be correct, the President will not
have far to look to find them of force of
character and public repute who guide their
conduct to . greater degree than they would
care to admit by equally unreasonable, or
rather unreasoning. influences. The wbIms
superstitiOns, freaks, or whatever they be
called, of many men of good, hard common
sense, who have become conspicuous in pub
lie or business life, are more potent forces
than would be supposed, The experience Of
such slienists as DR.. Hammond or the late
DR.. George NJ. Beard would, il published
make q most curious aud interesting story
For these physicians there Is no surprise
when Q shrewd and wealthy ~fnancier OF
successful pcliticiaa hesitatln giy confesses
that he is controlled by some fancy that
seems childish, but is none the less potent.
They meet SO many such cases that they are
inclined to think that II almost all men
would make confession they would admit
that some kind Of fancy or belief had pos
session of them,
DR.. Beard once said to the writer that one
of the most successful financiers of Wall
street had onfessed 10 him he was convinced
that II he walked on the right hand of Bread
way block between Houston a1d Prince
streets he would meet some terrible calamity,
was accustomed to walk down Broad way for
exercise, on the right hand eide, and whs-
be reached Houston street he crossed over.
walking the block to Prince on the left hand
Then be would cross back sgain perfectly
content. Satisfied that the seeming convic
ton was q mere whim. be ones, by force of
will, went on a few steps on the block, but
be suffered such agony OF fear that he gave il
up. and crossed the street.
Another of Dr.. Boards patients, a well.
known lawyer, who lived in Brooklyn.
would never cross the ferry unless he could
get to o certain spot on the rear deck, go that
he could stand with one foot on the big iron
clamp. He believed that IL be failed t. do so
he would meet with misfortune of s5me
kind.
That man susceptible to sentimentshould
be dominated by these halluciD atoms, as Or
Beard called them, is more easily ex plain
able b the cases of men of praciita hard
sense with no nonsense about them. Yet DIR.
Beard asserted that In his practice he did not
see that one C ass was lees liable to notions
than the other. President Garfield, for
instance, who was Of q keenlv susceptible
temperament, bad q profound conviction
that the figure 10 would be associated strik
ingly with the events of his career. He was
/ harm nn the 18Th Of the NINTH and dad IN
the 18th. 1t was known by Gn6elds friends
that he was firmly convinced that he would
one day become President. Some incident
tha. happened while he was In the army
hxed the conviction In his mind that he
would become President, provided he never
strayed from the path the omen pointed out.
ais friends, not knowing just what the omen
was, were satisfied that in ~o5eyirg its die
tates Garfeld's other wise mex plicable course
In something's OF comparatively petty conse
quence found ex PLANTATION.
Speaker Carlisle is as practical and uDsen-
timental in temperament as Garield was the
Opposite; yet Mr.. Carlisle is dominated by
one notion, ii not by more. He will begin
no new thing on Friday. When he came
to Washington to manage his canvass for the
Speakership, q year and a half ago, he ar
rived one day later than he expected, much
to the dissa appointment of some OF his friends.
1t appears that he had made all of his ar
Engagements to leave Covington Friday night;
but on the evening of that oay just as he
was about to etsrt be remembered that il was
Friday, and be at once deferred his departure.
He couldn't have been induced to start that
night.
1t IL believed in Wsll street that the cool,
imperturbable Jim Keene suffers torture
from the fear that poison somehow or other
has gos into anything OF q liquid form that
he drinks, not Intentionally put there, but
| fhoro hu arCid6nf And ha wnnl1 not dare
drink Q glass of water. wiz or coffee with nj
going through some secret performance that
wards of the danger.
Commodore Vanderbilt was q firm believer
In luck and lucky men, but the old Oommo
do Q was shrewd enough to see that lucky
men generally did their best to make thsm-
selves lucky. Senator Miller. of California,
10 q firm believer In his own luck, and has
; perfect faith that any business be goes into
will be successful because he is lucky. He
has had fifteen years or c~onhrnatory expert
: ence. Before that every thing he attem pied
to do do turned put unfortunate, aud he
firmly believes that q single, simple little
incident, unconsciously done while be was
collector of the Port of San Francisco,
lchanged his luck.
Mr.. Blaine, with all his common sense
: will never turn back to enter his no use aftel
3 he has quilted it, in case he has forgotten
" something, not, at least, until he has walked
D lew PAGES Oh tue btueWdik, ana lie Is DO
free from o few other halucinaticns, if tina
IL the name for these mental phenomena
Who would think that ex Secretary Chand
Ter would permit himself to be bothered BY
such visionary Influences as counting Whit
d horses for luck? He counts every one tina
d he sees until he reaches thirty nine. ant
q then he begins over again. Speaking of thi
once he said he had often wondered why b.
did %, for his reason told him that it wa
nonsense; yet he felt uncomfortable unles
L he did When President Arthur wen
% to Florida with Mr.. Chandler, tn
6 party arrived at Jacksonville in the even
10 ing. The President entered q carriage draw
% by four herses, and in q moment the boom
ing Of q cannon frightened them aud siarte'
them on . run. Mr.. Chandler stood up ii
his carrige, well frightened He saw tia
~ one OF the horses attached to the Pres dent
carriage was white. and counted it maxim
le the thirty ninth, all by an instantaneous prt
cess of the mind. In q IN Dment the horse
Of were quietsd down. Mr.. dler said thu
70 his Judgment told him that there could I
I'd NO possible connection bet seen his countin
r thu bOrnon Uhich ba had failsd In do whe