Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-16
\ THEORY OF ILL LUCK.
Man &os erMed nconsciously by His
 Bad Habits.

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 and way beyond yaas the aegh'aN9z man has any idea Of at=all. Ne 3la. .ha game of }ifo aecarain= to these bab.fs, ~hica are but mere acts foI- iaufa@ Hae individuals metal eandi- ftoa o.=Hore plainly speaking. oaf sati0as following our tboue5ts Tnas 2 qnot poker player remains q Poals poker player risl15 alonG from start fo finish, aad he can play thousands of hands witaou. seemingly 10 learn t5ing % fae as tHe ultimate result 10 himself is coaee hel. X poor household proFdee. ! p8or daaneter, l poor manager. an indifferent billiard ist, a losing heaaa player, at asaeava- tin2Ir bad whist player. a aa9r eNee'l= five in a3 official position, an iadif= rerent eledE E, ase, ad linitam, very, yer. seldom shake of whatever mon tal operations oG known or unknown habits, very often the last which pre- auces these contrary results 10 what is called success.
 "on the other. hand, and if one will take the little trouble necessary to anaIyze and prove in instances of his own acquaintance, or better, in his own individual case, success seems to come to the successful, as some people unknowingly state the truth, from force of habit, This is, of course a mere phrase, but it hits the situation to a dot. The me1 who through bad habits of reasoning, or through poor training or instruction in the matter in which they are seek inc 10 attain success, will always fall behin the men whose habits of req soning. training or instruction have been favorable.
 Let us continue in the field of spec ulation for illustration as it is more interesting than tha of business. In the first instance that of the unsuc- cessful man, it will be found that he has established habit of always sell ing the market short whe nhe should have bought it lonT or : buying it long when he should nave sold 1t short. He is always on horse that finishes third when he plays it to win, : or which wins when he plays it for third. He always holds hand lower than his opponents in whist or polk CT, which is business he is the man who is always getting stuck on sales of goods or in real estate who pre- ,naturaIy sells his property just be-