The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-14

is dominated by one notion. ifnot nv
more He will begin no new thing on
friday When he came to WASHINGTON
70 manage his canvass for the speaker
shlp'a year and a half ago, he arrived
one oay later than expected. much IN
the disappointment of some Of bis
friends. 1t appears that he had made
I'll ms arrangements to leave Coyinvton
FRIDAY night, but on the evening of thaf
Jay just az he was about TO start he re.
membered that IL was Friday, and n.
az once deferred his departure, He
night. ~ ''''' VI ''
1t is believed in Wall street that tine
cool, imperturbable Jim Keene sufTars
torture from the fear that poison some.
now or other has got INTO ANYTHING Of 81
hquid form that he drinks, not infen-
tionally put there, but there by accident.
anu NO would not dare drink glass of
wafer, wine or coffee without goin0
through some secret performance thai
wards of the darger.
Commodore Vanderbilt was firm
believer In luck and lucky men. hut the
0ld commodore was shrewd ennuph 4,
see that lucky mon generally did tbsir
best 10 make then sslses lucky. Seua.
tor Miller, O. California, is a ill.,, l.
never IN his own luck, aud ma. uorfScl
ialVh .hat any business he goes into viii
90 successful because be is lucky. He
mas hGd 10 years of conarmaforv n,l.
perience. Before that every thing thar
nc attempted to 90 turned out unfor-
luhately, and he firmly believes that a
slnBlet simple little incident, uucou-
sclOusIy done while ne was collector of
f luz l'olV oA san francisco, changed his
Mr.. Blaine, with all his common
seuse, VIII never turn back 10 enter his
mousse alter he has Quilted il. in csse he
has forgotten Something; not. nj Ie,st
until he has walked few PAGES IN me-
slaeWalk, and he is not tree from a few
other haliucinatious, ii that is the uame
| Tor these mental phenomena,
w no would think that OK. Secretary
Shandler would permit himself To be
DOthered by such visionary Influences
as counting white horses for luck? he
counts every one that he sees until he
reaches ~, aud then he begins over
again. Speaking OF this once, he said
ne mad often wondered why no did so
Tor his reason told him that it was non.
sense, yet ne felt uncomfortable unless
he dld. Whom President Arthur went
10 tiorlda with Mr.. Chandler the party
arrived at Jacksonville in the evening
me president entered carriage drawn
Ny lour horses, aud III a moment the
booming OF q cannon frightened them
On run. Mr.. Cha .disr STOOD up in bis
carriage, well frightened. He saw TINT
| one OF the horses attached TO the pre 81.
dents carriage was white, and couuted
| IL, making the 3gJh, all by an instauta.
neOuS process OF the mind. Ina mo-
!uent the horses were quietcd down
Mr. Chandler sgid that his Judgment
told him that there could no no possible
connection between his counting Of the
| horse, which ne had tailed 10 do when
he first saw 1t, and the prevention Of q
runaway with the president, and vet
somehow no tremOled when he thought
what might have happened.
The late Sec etry Fogsr all his III.
believed That there was p charm loi
him In the numbqr3 He laughed a. 10
but let IL dominate him.
Such q hard-headed old statesman a.
Ihaddous Stephens cherished The hWlu
ciuauon that there was luck in yiclinl
| up pins. He never passed one, II ht
| saw it, without pickiug it no, gett!pi
| tho point before him IL has boon sale
! ot MIR. w. w. CCrcUrHn that he viii no
| SIT down upon Il chair unit! he GRs fra
raised u up.
The alienists say there is no specig
cure for these mental phenomena, anl
| - general thing tnaro Is No ueed fol
any, as they are HARMLESS ana by M
means Indicate mental disease. III
| work of the aliensts lies IN She recog
milton OF tho tendency OF the huiuciua
tious to increase, or become predomi
naut, rs is the case IN some forms OF iu
clpieut iusanity.-lNOw York Sun.
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