The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-01
LUCK IN LIFE.
The Finer Inner Sense Of he ST.
Called Lucky" Person.

some person had drawn SLOT
IN lottery. There are such in.
stances from time 10 time, bat
when one comes 10 reflect upon il
he perceieveS that the prizes were
won from tho who had contri-
buted 10 buy the tickets. This
iS one form of luck most people
understand. that Is. they see that
I here Is nothing inheren. IN the
Individual that causes the sue
I ,eSs. A man throws skies. or ne
lraws the highest prize. and
aothing can b. said except that
L Is his luck. And so. in all the
phases of life. some men are
born great. some achieve great
ness and others have greatness
thrust upon them Ii MS ship
sinks he Is saved in his long boat
nj his bank breaks he has with
drawn his accounts.
But there Is luck different
from this, and il has been often
noted. One n an goes through
life and everything ne does turns
% gold. Ano,he- man. undel
the same circumstances. appar-
ntly, g9eS the same way anu ev
-ythinA he does turns 10 ashes
Why Is this? No one can ex
plain II. For want of n bette /
sme II may be called luck. bu /
Ills does not solve the problem /
K might seem as If luck was
lner inner sense that enabled il
pOSseSSOr TO take In certain bus
ness situations and act on then
accordingly; that 10y mean rs OF l.
non see better and clearer. an,
N.ihcu- being able TO exn!air
~ they DO I'll O. that, 10 u. J
AID aLl achieve success. Jus
COX al X FOR q moment. Her
one man VITO loses his train b
al minute and an engagement !
bat might nave maze him rich
tanning for Office he is defeate
= two votes. Applying Tor
ace. he finds ii given away th
- before he applied He spec II
lates n stocks. and NJ SoOnt
uys but the stock goes dow
&c sells the wheat crop and Il
nee goes up He has a natCr.
enoency 10 get on the wror
de, and when prices fail he
ing. and when they rise he
lOrt. On all sides. metaphor
ally and actually he is cheats
0nDed. s. ubbel and kickel.
On the other hand. the luci
nan Is always on the other side.
40 no matter Vnat may Ue Ii.
larket. Dr how affairs NAV turr
~. ne falls ike a cat on 2
ours. There Is no more strikin
stance IN respect 10 this matte
han the career OF Gen. Grant
reat general IS he was. how
ANY. many Instances ther
ere when he seemed 70 eros
lie flood on the uncertain foot
X OF q spear And. cOn.ern-
Y advancement. VINO coyl1
ave preSaged in 1850 that the
)Scure tanner OF Galena wOulC
president of the United State
gnt years later and the mos
stlngulSheC man Of modern
mes? This may be called luck
1t II Is luck inherent IN Ger
IN individuals, making then
iual 10 the occasion they meet
>, IN fact a sixth sense bOrr
TN the individual, just as tn.
lent Tor poetry or OratOry i
I'm with certain men. II sill
tier TO De born lucky than ricF
VS. the old Eroverb al d history
undantly gives II the proof =
licagO Hera d.
Under the new rules of tel
llted States PostOffice DeDart-
mt, railroads are required &c
Ike monthly reports to the
stoff &c Departments, OF M Ill
ms running thirty or more min
: late. and the railroads are to
fined for the number Of mile
sc trains run late unless Ok
arc satisfactory. This ri
been in effect since the frst .
. month.
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