The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-14
.SONE PEOPLE With
THAT TIRED FEELING

To begin with. there are Two kinds
Of iarlnena.
First, The "born-tirod" sort. or
constitutional lasiness.
Second Acquired la1ineNs.
/ The latter can be shaken OF. n
the right party attends to the Hhsk-
inE. but IA, former 10 incurabIe by
any ordinary msans Nothing less
than a riot or a cyclone can iift the
naturai.born wearinesH from a man
I'm a state Of apathy and cause
him Ia act as II he We're really alive:
and even then he Is liable to have a
f relapse as soon " the excitement is
over
II I we're 20 be given my choice
between breaking a team u frae-
tlous mules and curing horn tir.
rds man Of his iaEiness I wonld
take out an accident policy and
tackle the mules every time.
i.aHineEa may be disease. as some
claim. but Il seldom proves fatal
E I have heard Of people who suffer
"a from Il for an ordinary lifetime.
asy fifty years or thereabouts. and
AZ the expiration Of that period they
were apparently as vigorous a.
sver,-t though their vigor was ex.
pended chiefly in getting out OF the
way Of work.
And speaking of that point. have
known a real downright lazy man TO
iabnr harder. and use up more time
and muscle In trying 10 get rid Of
little work. than would have been
re aulrei To DO the Job in a straight
forward. many fashion In the frst
place.
Peter pokeslow was one OF that
kind
have known him 10 spend a whole
day. and nearly run his legs OF.
chasing sheep on, % meadow. or
field ~ grain. when an hours viEor-
Gus work with an an and the re-
quis3te fencing material would stop
+ the opening where they got In.
ON another occasion that I recall.
Mr. Pokceiow had = pile OF poia-
toes 90 be taken across the yard into
T the cellar. IL would have required
probably two hours time 10 carry
them IN with buHhei basket. bat
E that would have been too much like
work. - poksslnw spent nearly half
day In Juggling boards. planks and
other timber 60 the Apoi and RIG
cling up a chute In which 90 slide
F the rutatoes across the yard and In
to the cellar. and when he got Il
done he found 60 make them slide
properly the outer end Of the chute
I had 90 be elevated nine feet In the
air. - he was compelled to shovel
the potatoes into a basket after all
and carry them up a stcp-laddcr TO
dump them into the chute. which
was considerably harder work than
+ Il would have been 20 carry them In
10 the cellar In the first place. And
then. 10 Wind up the performance.
when he was In the midst Of the job.
I the step ladder and chute toppled
over with him. wrenching his back
80 he wasn't able 10 do anything
more for a week.
This part Of the result. however.
did not worry Pokealow in the least.
/ lie could stand doing nothing a great
deal longer than that without grow
I ing restive The only thing he re-
GREETED was having 60 pay man for
4 transferring the rest II those poia-
/ toes to the cellar.
As I have before remarked. lazi-
uens. though n common complaint.
very rarely proves fatal ] can re-
call only one instance when Il was
said to have done 20. and that was I'm
/ the case 81 a shiftless ne'cr-do-weii.
or perhaps ! should say gentleman
Of leisure. who lived land died) In n
/ little village up In the back woods
Of Maine. He sat around In every
hody's way for thirty or forty years.
doing nothing involving n greater
expenditure Of muscular effort than
whiting a pine stick, and then ono
I fine morning he was found dead In
Z bed
\ coronor's jury was summoned,
and after discussing the case for
two hours. and using up several pa
pcrs Of chewing tobacco. not to men
ton half n quirc Of foolscap. they
finally agreed on the following unique
L and comprehensive verdict:
we md that deceased. Job Han
kina. dido becaws he wuz too plagucy