The Washington herald., 1906-11-07


around his finger tips, and he'd ordered
q STEAK while on board OF train that
was not pleasant 10 the taste he re-
FUSED 20 eat it, and the discoloration dis
appeared. 4 year later he eliminated
meat from bis meals. ard became a vege-
tartan Then. year after year. various
foCdstuffs were cut from his menu until
he had barred soups. wine liquors OF all
kinds. birds. fish. eggs. oysters. and big
cults. leaving only fresh vegetables and
cnecse. Now the vegetables are cut of.
and there only remains the dry bread
with cheese, and ice cream three times
week, and occasionally candy,
N-FacuIty Appears.
With this dieting came the appearance
Of the X-faculty, not demonstrativo at
frst Mr. Chaaler says, but as a pre-
monition. For Instance. he says, if he
aWoke in the morning feeling blue and
detected. he knew he would receive bad
news IN the shape of q telegram or q
letter about the North Carolina com
panies. If he exhrarated there would
either be good news, or none. and on
those days he would leave home FOR d
long horseback ride. feeling perfectly
confident that his business affairs were
in good shape.
SO strong We're these p~emonitiOns that
Mr. Chanler began 80 put them on paper.
keeping daily journal Then ne tried
to harness this unknown power so as 10
use IL In business
While wondering, he says. how this
might be accomplished the revelation
came 10 Mr.. Chanier as he broke the
pyramid OF balls IN his solitaire poo
game in the E'rgiui7 home.
AS ! broke the balls, 6ir. Chanior said.
they scattered into TIE form Of the
constellation OF the heavens-the big
and little bear. the dipper and the two
stars that indicate the direction of the
North star. IL was So odd that l plotted
the position OF the worries on paper. Then
] sci up the balls again and. for the
second time. broke the pyramid Again
the balls feI into the form OF the con
sJeilatiOn OF the heavens. I started 70
plot the position OF each bali and as ]
did I experienced for the FIRST time the
existence Of the X-faculty by automatic
writing.
Weird. isn't Il? Well. it frightened me.
because ] had been reading lot OF auto
hypnotism and what the scientists cali
psychic phenomena.
Tried Il with "a PIanchette.
when l say was frightened 1 mean
it. for in that automatic writing this y
faculty, the essence Of conscience OF what
ever you care % cali il, told ME to set a
Dlanchette, the board Oh four legs that
tells things one IS interested in by placing
the hand on the TOP and which moves
about The letters Of the alphabet. spelling
out ones destiny. DC. II is form Of
amusement in many households here and
abroad
THAT was before Podmorc published his
book on studies in psychology or psychicaI
reasearch and before Professor James
book.
4 thought / would let this X-faculty
write nonsense. II told me there was
an extraordinary destiny before mean
almost impossible destiny. and that ! was
the reincarnatiOn of Napoleon BOnaparte.
L wrote these words: II viii be deve!-
oDed later, and / guarantee that you Will
be satisfied. / don't expect you TO believe
me, so don't you worry about the Napo-
leon part of the proposition. / want your
cour dence and 7 fer you a test
"The whole thing" continued Mr. Chan
Ter. was Uncan7y. but / decided to put
the N-facuity to- the severest test-WaH
street speculation. II asked ne II I would
believe 1t If It called the turn on eighths
ia the market. Chasing the fuctuatlon OF
eighths in Wall street is a favOrite system
Of gamblers who want quick action
I do not want 20 90 anything. tie
H-faculty said, that you VIII consider
against common sense. You drive 20 Cor
louisville, fourteen miles away. aud take
a train o New York. Go TO your h-0'reT's
Office. When you get there ] VIII tell you
what 20 play ia the market
Il replied that / would not invest more
than Si,3.--thirtecn being q number re-
vered or feared by the superstltious. !
followed the directions Of the X-faculty,
and when I landed IN the brokers' Of
tee l carried on conversation by this
system Of automatic writing with the X
faculty. ! was told to invest IN Man
haitian OF a three-po!rt nargin-to sell
1t short.
Now that Ga itself was a startling
proposition. because one might bc wiped
out with the first roll of tape from tho
ticker. The broker did not like 20 take
the order because Of the short margin.
Cashcd in a winner.
Manhattan dropped "a point that Gay.
was going 70 cash in. but this queer
friend Of mine. the X-faculty, said
You must let that money stay to prove
my value will tel you when to cash
in
THAT was seven days before Christ
mas and / let the bet stay until March
10 Of the next year, making nearly ninety
days, when I cashed in under the direc-
ton OF the X-facuity just $3.50 to the
good. doubling my money on a three
point margin,
Now that Is fact, How Il happened
don't know. but l 30 know that I got the
money.
The X-faculty operates the pencil that
I WELD. 7 never could write even 9
clever letter until the X-iaculty took hold
OF my pen. Now I have written Eve
hundred sonnets IN the iambIc metre, fol
lowing Shakespeare, and a book on ny
case that is 10 appear in 4 few days
My relatives say I an crazy Ask
the people here. my servants and my
neighb0rs, if l am crazy. / have never
harmed a beetle. I have never even
by q remote threat given the law cause
20 say was possible menace TO life
liberty or property. That 7 am capable
of managing my own affairs Is shown by
the companies that I operate In the
South.
As he talked, 8Ir. Chsnler reclined in
his chair IN front Of the open gTate. he
in no way showed nervousness. OF. ex-
element HIS was q plain recital OF
facts. with some proof at hand The
broker With whom he dealt "a the deaf
il Manhattan is dead. but his books show
the transaction.
Not Like the New Orleans Case.
From the New Yo-k sun.
In Sun Francisco the discrimination by
which subjects Of the AIikado are re-
strained from attending white schools Is
not the result Of mob action or o. unofIi-