The Winslow mail., 1911-05-13
new NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Confession That Was Made by
John J. ingalls,.
How the Brilliant kansan Told E. j.
Edwards That He Could Project
Himself Into the Future and
Determine Coming Events.
BY z. j. EDWARDS.

way 20 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 sec
retary of the Republican national COM
mittee. 1t was visit that resulted 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 In
diana return a majority for the Repub
lican candidates.
Sometime during the night the train
on which | travelled between st. Louis
and Kansas City was held up for sew
eral hours by freight wreck dead
ahead The confusion incident to the
clearing of the track caused all the
astir early In the morning, That is
all except one, at the rear end of the
car, and not until nearly ten o'clock
was there head thrust between the
curtains of the lower berth, revealing
the late riser as none other than Sen
ator John ]. ingalls, of Kansas
Senator, you are late sleeper"
I said a little later in the smoking
compartment, "and, apparently, very
sound one. All the rest of us in the
car were up early owing to the freight
wreck that has made us so late"
The brilliant Kansan smiled
my method of spending the night
in a sleeping car differs from that of
most persons" he said. Il usually go
to bed an hour or so before midnight
Then, while l 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-con-
scious quality that is in every human
being, and it continues until about
two o'clock, when l sink into a pro,
found slumber that will last for eight
hours If the train schedule permits.
Nov, when my mind thus becomes
active-and it does so only in a sleep
ing carl find that I am studying
the psychological side Of my nature.
You may have heard it said that l am
an atheist, or an agnostic, but both
accusations are absolutely untrue.
am a profound believer in a first, all
powerful and ever-controlling Cause,
and am persuaded that it is con-
scious Cause. But there is much that
we do not know, and we cannot know,
since the mind is mortal, and, there
fore, reasoning is confined within NOR
tai limitations Yet, as my mind is
active as l lie in my berth, | find my
self absolutely convinced, and not by
any process of reasoning, that the
vital, conscious element in my ma
ture existed before my birth, and
must exist after my death THAT
is to say, that part of me which
recognize, my consciOusness-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 l have pondered upon this
he continued, Il have found it posi-
BILE to project myself into the future;
| know, for instance, at what time my
service in the United States senate
will end, although l do not know why
it will end. To know that would in
volve considerations entirely apart
from my projected consciousness. And
/ also know, or am convinced that ]
know, the time of my death, although
do not know the place or cause. It
Is consciousness that has given me
great peace of mind. 1t has abso-
lutely relieved me from all sense of
personal danger. All, the soul, as dis
tinguished from the intellect, is the
marvellous part of our nature 1t has
never been explained and never will
be; it 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
accurately the time of his death.
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