Evening journal., 1910-09-03
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Confession by John
J. Ingalls,
BY Holland"


In midsummer Of 1888 was on my
way to the New Mexican ranch Of
Stephen w Dorsay, former United
States Senator from Arkansas, and
during the national campaign of 1880
prominently before the country as
secretary of the Republican national
committee. II was a visit that re-
suited in Senator Dorsay exposing the
manner in which he had collected and
used 100000 in new two-dollar bills
for the purpose of making the state
of Indiana return a majority for the
Republican candidates.
Some time during the night the
train on which / travelled between ST.
Louis and Kansas City was held up
for several hours by a freight wreck
dead ahead. The confusion incident
10 the clearing of the track caused
all the passengers i'm the cleeping car
to be astir early in the morning. That
is all, except one, at the rear end Of
the car, and not until nearly 10
o'clock was there a head thrust be-
tween the curtains of the lower berth,
revealing the late riser as none other
than Senator John ]. ingalls,. of Kan
sas.
Senator. you are a late sleeper"
said a little later in the smoking
compartment, "and, apparently, a
very sound one. All the rest of us in
the car We're up early owing to the
freight wreck that has made us so
late"
The brilliant Kansan smiled.
My method of spending the night
in sleeping car differs from that of
most persons" he said. Il usually 60
TO bed an hour or so before midnight.
Then, while / sink Immediately into
a physical lethargy that is luxurious,
my mind becomes very active. This
mental activity seems to bring to the
surface. so to speak, the sub-conscious
quality that is in every human being.
and II continues until about 2 o'clock,
when ! sink into a profound slumber
that will last for eight hours If the
train schedule permits.
"Now, when my mind thus becomes
active-and it does so only in a
sleeping carl find that I am study
ing the psychological side of my ma
tvre. You may have heard II said
that | am an atheist, or an agnostic,
but both accusations are absolutely
untrue ! am profound believer in
a first all-powerful and ever-controll-
ing Cause, and am persuaded that II
is a conscious Cause. But there Is
much that we do not know. and VIC
cannot know, since the mind is NOR
tai. and, therefore. reasoning is con-
fined within mortal limitations. Yet,
as my mind is active as l lie in my
berth. / find myself absolutely con-
vinced. and not by any process of
reasoning. that the vital, conscious
element in my nature exised before
my birth. and must exist after my
death THAT is to say. that part OF
me which / recognize, my conscious
ness.-has existed from the beginning
and will exist forever"
For a few moments Mr.. ingalls, sat
looking thoughtfully out Of the win
dow.
And as have pondered upon
this" be continued, 81 have found II
possible to project myself into the
future; l know for Instance. AZ what
time my service in the United States
Senate will end, although do not
know why II will end. To know that
would involve considerations entirely
apart from my projected conscious
ness And / also know, or am con-
vinced that ! know. the time Of my
death, although I do not know the
place or cause. II Is a consciousness
that has given me great peace of
mind II has absolutely relieved me
from all sense of personal danger.
All, the soul. as distinguished from
the intellect. is the marvellous part OF
our naturei II has never been ex-
planned and never will be, K Is not
a part Of our mortality"
Seventeen years later. with perfect
serenity, John James ingalls, ap-
preached his end And / have often
wondered since then whether his
great peace of mind as he faced the
grim reaper of us all would justify the
impression that he had predicted ac-
curately the time Of his death.
Copyright, 1910. by z. ]. Edwards
All Rights Reserved)
On Monday Mr.. Edwards will tell
"HOw q Famous Political Expose
Came TO Be Made