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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18
Chunks Of Gloom
BY MILES OVERHOLT.

Sadness abounds when the yellow leaves
Whirl round the corners and down the
caves.
blue sky,
Chilling Winds sob as the winter draws
nigh.
when fret ! wrote = verse Ike that
the family doctor said You ought 20
take a nice long rest and regulate your
head You need dose OF ump-te-ump
10 jar your system some, OF your be
herding little lamps just north Of King
dom Come"
Sometimes q spell comes over me and
must write a verse that's full of gosh
dinged gloomy stuff with accent on a
hearse. And so / write line or two
that makes me want to spin a teaspoonful
OF scalding tears. and then have chill
Song birds are winging their way TO the
south;
chm breaths are flung from old Boreas
mouth.
Dread inns the heart for the sun shines
And autumn comes knocking at ootobef's
door.
Don't weep with me. just let II drop
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18
The Poisoned Man
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

1O blkAOlAs
The man has a son. and the son passed
high examination to go to college.
Good for Jim" we said to the man.
you must be proud Of him"
WELL" said the man, II don't see
how John Jones came TO pass IN the same
grade, he isn't half as smart as Jim;
there must be something crooked some
whore"
And there was something crooked some
where. and the somewhere was right In
the mans own miserable. unhappy brain.
When he died he won't be satisfied with
a good. comfy halo; he'll have 20 have
the best one there is--or he won't play.
Poor, narrow, foolish fellow. Why. the
very laborer who digs the ditch for him
and his fine orange grove Is happier than
he II. The very man who holds his sad
ale horse for him to mount Is better off.
and no human being OF sense would
change places with that man for two
days not for all the gold that he brought
down from Alaska
He's posoned--poisoned with envy and
with greed and with ungenerous hate, and
then he wonders why no one likes him
and why all happy laughter stops when
he comes around, and why the room
that was gay with chatter a moment be-
fore Is still as death when he brings his
bitter face into the range Of the fire
light.
Poison and poisoning. for Ia as soon
live in the house with a skeleton as to sii
at the table or 70 walk or talk with him
His disease is catching. II is infectious;
keep away from him or you'l catch Il
yourself.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

time to training them in the small mat
tiers which should have been learned at
home, and the manual methods had to
wait in consequence,
Such teacher is situated like chef
who is asked to prepare a good dinner
in q short time, and who received from
market. not the expected chickens and
vegetables all ready for the grill or
kettle, but unplueked fowls and vege-
tables right from the soil. unwashed and
untrimmed.
II his dinner it late by an hour, who is
in fault?
Surely not the chef,
Most children are sent to school raw
and mentally and morally "unwashed,"
unframed In the common eourtesies Of
1 daily life, oftentimes inpertinent and i'm
polite, and lacking all ideas of obedience.
To train these children into attentive
and interested students requires much
more patience and time and effort than
to take them through two school years
after they are trained.
There are too many young children
sent into the schoolrooms Of America. A
physician in Boston has stated that more
than 1000 children under 10 years OF
age wear eyeglasses In that city. He
thinks It due 10 being taught too younE
10 study books, The eyes Of children are
not intended for such work at that age
Now comes a new idea in schools and
, It is to be hoped that u will grow into
a generally accepted method Of teaching
In the village OF Fairhope. Ala. across
tho bay from. Mobile, Is q little schoo
that is often called a reform school-no'
TO reform the children, but to reform the
methods Of teaching.
There IL a kindergarten for children
under years Of age doing the usua
kindergarten work. but no dietation, nei
close work, nor finished" work for ex
hibition IL permitted.
Children from ? to Is years Of age con
stitute the life class, where they simply
live as happy and wholesome a life al
possible
In the first division Of the life class III,
children under 10 use no books, excep
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18
MENTAL LAZINESS
We Are So Lazy Mentally We Cannot Hope to Get An,
where Until We Use at Least as Much Effort in
Our Brains as We Wsate Daily in Pleasure.
by FRANCIS l.. GARsIDE.

earning money is too great II tho
money is spent on personal adorn-
ment or in the preparation
OF dinner. ana though this effort re-
quires great labor. no one thinks Il futile.
A cake that needs an hour in beating the
eggs is tho pride of the housewife. and q
man will work az hard on something with
results OF as little permanency. but both
the housewife and the man would resent
any accusation OF lazness. yet neither
would devote a half hour, day 20 a book
that requires concentration OF the brain
to master.
1T looks too hard" they viii say, and
throw the books aside for one that looks
lighter but both the man and the house
wife will hunt up tasks that require the
most arduous untiring of physical labor,
and take pride in the achievement We
want our reading matter our amuse-
ments, our entertainments, our relaNa"
lions the easiest that the gray matter
can digest We have coddled the contents
of our skulls TO such an extent that the
time is coming when TO keep track OF
the stock market and the number OF eggs
| In pudding will be regarded as the ultt
mate in difficult sums,
The great big owls of wisdom may
think they know what ails us, but they
have found no disease OF sixteen syllable'
more serious than just this one little COM
plant told in two simple words. Mental
Laziness.
We are so lazy mentally we cannot
hope to get anywhere in our ambitions
or to be anything until we use at least
as much effort in our brains as we waste
every day on passing pleasures,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

He came home in adjsct misery
His partner had made more than he
had, and not all the gold that ever shone
looks pretty TO that man. II another has
a higher pile than he.
He was invited 10 he one Of a distin-
guished company. There" we all said,
hell like that" He came home with
his face a gnawing picture OF chagrin.
There was a fellow there that did all
the talking; he wouldn't give another
soul a chance" Was he a good talker7'
We'll, guess ne was. but I wanted 10
talk myself"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

Great, big. wise owls OF intellect sit
ting In solemn conclave, call the world to
look and admire while they put an ordi-
nary person such ~ you or me, on q PIN
point and then look al that ordinary
person through a microscope while they
diagnose his case. They explain his fail
ures point out the futility OF his tiny
ambitions. rldlcule his little theories OF
life and prescribe what is essential be-
fore he can become the success his Maker
designed him to become
An OF which they put down In words SO
ong that the surplus syllablcs could be
led around the waist and worn as a sash
Al tho back, and then they put the ordi-
AIRY person back under his little glass
ase. dismiss the world with a wave OF
,e hand and settle back in their chairs
Gemniy self-satisfled In the belief that
ey have solved another big problem
j materially helped struggling mankind
It's way
II of which must he very wise and true,
ace the big syllables tied like sash
the back are too large for ordinary
comprehension, but Il IL also true that
the prescription is too deep and too wise.
We know something ails US, and wSrt
20 be told IN words we understand alNi
' here they are: Mental Laziness.
We are lazy in our brains. Ants In ever!
other part Of the anatomy and a sluggar'
In the brain that counts for most OF al
in our final development.
We think no pains too great to take II
curling the hair, or getting face mas
sage, or selecting a suit at a tailor's, NJ
| walk "A too long II something 20 eat OF
TO beautify lies ct the end: no effort IL
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18
The Bugs Of Fall
BY BERTON BRALEY.

The Hunting Bug We next descry
And look upon with wond'ring eye,
In corduroys that do not fit
And with a most bloodthirsty kit,
He starts upon the hunting trail
To fight the fierce and savage quail,
To meet the mallard and the teal,
Grim foeman worthy Of his steel.
Through chilly sWamps and soaking boys
Accusing half 4 million frogs
lie makes his way TO lie behind
A shelter which he calls blind
And there he waits through all the day
A decent chance 90 blaze away.
While han and rain and chilly sleet
Are drenching him from head to feet;
And when the ducks come near tho MARI
He cannot shoot-because it's dark.
In Joyous glee myself I hug
That l am not Hunting Bug.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18
The Polo Coat
BY CHESTER FIRKINs.

didn't wall nor mouth nor NOPE
When She-the siren Of my flat,
Queen OF my heart and purse and hope,
Pinned q white rabbit on her hat.
(Medusa wore worse things than that
In times artistic and remote).
shall not leave my habitat
Until she buys polo coat
What time, upon a ten-foot rope.
She swung hand-haG. small ana tat
] whinsd not, but went out TO grope
For coin 20 buy that lartat.
l never even caused q spat
BY testing on the things she'd tote;
And even now l shall not blat'
Until she buys a polo coat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

and he can't smile
to save his life
poor thing; he's
poisoned and he
doesn't know II.
Poisoned with his
own greed, his own
envy ana his own
discomfort
He made some
m o ey up in
Alaska the other
day.
"Hurrahl" we all
no ght. he'll
come home happy
as a clam. and
maybe the poison
won't work any
mara
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

oh, direst thing in FASHIONS dope!
oh, tomb OF Beauty-square and flat!
win I endure you near me?-Nope.
Nor empress nor aristocrst
Gould capture me where you are at
Lot Indian bellies on blankets dote.
Why should mine hand the weepy chat
Until she buys a polo coat?
Has polo all these fads begat?
pony coat was iast years aotsi
And now she's hopeless-hsving that
Until she buys a polo coat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

ru handle all the gloom. Forget the
past; I'll cry for you; I'm uncle 20 a
tomb. And I'll agree to wrap myself two
hours every day with soaking tears and
mournful thoughts, while you may romp
and play. III take the sadness off your
hands and spill 1t all in rhyme, while
you and other folk may keep a-smiling
all the time
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

Copyright 1911, Americsn-Journal Examiner.
VI all people In the world ! feel most
sympathy for school teachers.
Their position is so importanti their
influence so vast; their intentions so
philanthropic; their usefullnes 80 handi-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

Cdppeu ny tue pal
ents and by the
school boards.
Not long ago 1
read the cry sent
forth from a man
teachers h e ar t
about the diff
culties he encoun-
tered in trying 10
instruct his chill
dren in manual
training ess ons.
The pupils were so
badly brought up
at home, so will
full, so ungraoious,
SO insttentive, that
he had to give a
large NORTON of his
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18

know a man who Is dying OF poison.
He's young man, comparatively, but
his face is turning yellow and his eyes
are turning green and his mouth IL hard
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-07
Culture.

Thus there is a climbing scale oi
culture. from the first agreeable sen.
sation which a sparkling gem or a
scarlet stain affords the eyes. up
through fair outlines and details of
the landscape. features Of the human
face and form, signs and tokens OF
thought and character IN manners. up
20 the ineffable mysteries OF the intel.
lect
wherever we begin thither our
steps tend. an ascent from the Joy of
a horse and his trsppings. up 20 the
perception OF Newton. that the globe
on which we ride is only a larger ap
pie falling from a larger tree. Up 20
the perception Of Plato, that globe
and universe are rude and early eI.
pres5ions Of an all-dissolving unity
the first stair on the scale 90 the TEN.
pie Of the mlnd.-Emsrson.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-07
HEART RIGHT.
When Ne Quit Coffee.

Life Insurance Companies will not
insure man suffering from heart
trouble
The reason rs obvious.
This IS serious matter 20 tho hus-
band or father who IS sollcItous for
the future of bis dear ones. often
the heart trouble Is caused by an un.
expected thing and can be corrected IL
taken I'm time and properly treated. A
man In Colorado writes.
81 was great coffee drInker for
many years, and was not aware of the
Injurious effects Of the habit TN I
became n practical invalid suffering
from heart trouble, Indigestion and
nervousness 30 an extent that made
mo wre'chedly miserable myself and
a nuisance 20 those who Witnessed my
sunorIngs
- continued 20 drink coffee how
ever, not suspocting that Il was tho
cause Of my illhealth. TN on applying
FOR life insurance ! was rejected on ac-
count ~ the trouble with my heart.
Then J became alarmed ] found that
leaving on coffee helped me quickly, 30
! quit o. altogether and having been
attracted by the Advertisements OF
Postum began It's use
The change In my condition was re-
markable All my ailments vanished.
Ny digestion was completely restored,
my nervousness disappeared. and.
most important OF all. my heart stead
fed down and became normal. and on a
second examination | was accepted by
the Life Insurance Co. Quitting coffee
and using Postum worked the change"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's a reason" and 10 is eI.
planned IN the little book. "The Road
20 Wellyille." I'm pkgs.
Bver read the above letterf new
one appears from time 60 time. They
nre genuine, true, and full Of humss
Interest
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-07
copyrightIsos, by the BOebs-Nsrrin Co.
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
py his friends, was rotund and look
ed shorter than he really was. HIS
ambition in life was 10 be taken seriously.
but people steadily refused 20 do So his
art is considered a huge Joke. except 20
himself, II he asked people 20 dinner ev-
Bella Knowles; they live together a year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range 20 celebrate the first anniversary
OF his divorce. The party is In full swing
when Jimmy receives a telegram from his
Aunt Selma, who will arrive In four hours
70 visit him and his wife. He neglects 70
into his confidence He suggests that Kit
play the hostess for one night, be Mrs.
Wilson pro TEN. Aunt Selma arrives and
the deception works out as planned.
-Jim's Jap servant Is taken IL Bella,
Jimmy's divorced wife, enters the house
and asks Kit who is being taken away In
the ambulance? Belle insists II is Jim.
Kit tells her Jim is well and is In the
house. HARRISON steps out on the porch
and discovers man tacking card on
the door. He demands an explanation.
bison sees the word Smallpox" printed
on II. He. tells him the guests cannot
leave the house until the quarantine is
lifted. After the lifting OF the quarantine
several letters are found In the mail box
undeliyered. one is addressed 70 Henry
Llewellyn. IQuique. Chile, which was
written by HARRISON. He describes mi
nutely Of their incarceration. also Of his
1nfatuation FOR Mrs Wilson. Aunt Selma
is taken III with IN grippe. Betty acts as
nurse. HARRISON finds Kit sulkinR on the
roof. She tells him that Jim has been
treating her outrageously. XII starts
downstairs, when suddenly she is grasped
in the arms OF a man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
did It and is humiliated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo hreastpin and
other articles Of jewelry have been stolen
She accuses Betty OF the theft Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings, but she persists In suspecting
Betty OF the theft OF her valuahles
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as 10 her conduct towards him. she
tells him Of the incident on the roof he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation
Aunt Selma is awakened during the
night; she finds Jim making love 10
BELLA; she demands an explanation
from Jim, Bella reveals the whole
plot 10 Aunt Selma. She forgives both
OF them. but calls Kit a Jezebel. She
tells Jim 70 reveal the true situation to
HARRISON. Jimmy is taken III; Bella tells
the guests that spots have broken out
on HIS body. They are convinced that
Jim has the dreaded disease.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-07

! anything with so many people in the
| house. So Aunt Selma read some re-
! ligious poetry cut of the newspapers
ton versus Honesty, with me as the
! illustration
Almost everybody took a nap after
! luncheon. ! stayed in the den and
! read Ibsen, and felt very mournful
| And after Hedda had shot herself. !
| lay down on the divan and cried a lit.
| tle-over Hedda; she was young and
II was such a tragic ending-and then
| fell asleep.
When | wakened Mr. HARRISON was
standing by the table, and he held my
| book IN his hands. In view OF the
armed neutrality between us, I ex-
| pected 20 see him bow 10 me curtly,
turn on his heel and leave the room.
| Indeed, considering his state of mind
the night before, ! should hardly have
been surprised If he had thrown He'd
da at my head. This is not a pun.
detest them.) But instead, when he
heard me move he glanced over at me
and even smiled a little.
She wasn't worth IT," he said, in
dicating the book.
Worth what?"
Your tears. You were crying over
It. weren't you?"
"She was very unhappy" I asserted
indifferently she was married and
she loved some one else"
do you really think she did," he
asked. And even 50 was that a rea-
SOM"
The other man cared for her: he
may not have been able 70 help &c."
But he knew that she was mar.
ried." he said virtuously. and then he
caught my eye and he saw the analogy
instantly for he colored hotly and put
down the book
Most men argue that way" said
They argue by the book, and-they
do as they Ike"
He picked UP japanese ivory pa.
per weight from the table. and stood
balancing II across his finger
You are perfectly right ne said
AZ last. II deserve e. all Ny griev.
ance Is at myself. Your-your beauty,
and the fact that I thought you were
unhappy put me-beside myself Il
Is not an excuse. Il is weak er.
planation. will not forget myself
again"
He was as abject as any one could
have wished. II was my minute Of
triumph. but I can not pretend that
was happy Evidently % had been
only a passing impulse II he had
really cared. now that he knew was
free, he would have forgotten him.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-07
COOKE DECLARED NOT GUILTY

Edgar S. Cooke, who was found not
guilty OF embezzling $4,000 from the
Big Four railway. was formerly local
treasurer OF the road In Cincinnati
and was we'll known in railroad cir
cles. The belief is that the judges
charge helped 20 free Cooke, Judge
Hunt declaring the testimony OF Mrs.
Ford and OF Warriner only made them
equally guilty II Cooke were guilty.
Cooke was the last OF those indict-
ed in connection with the S64S,000
shortage OF Charles L. Warriner. Gin.
Cinnau treasurer OF the road, 20 be
tried. First Warriner. indicted on nu-
merous charges. pleaded guilty 10 one
charging the embezzlement OF $4,000.
He was sentenced 20 six years in
prison.
Then Mrs. Jeanette Stewart Ford
accused OF blackmailing Warmer,
was tried In February, 1910. The
jury In her case disagreed. Pinally,
after many delays, Cooke succeeded
In having his case brought into court
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-07

ther, however. and ..c!ic: the monde
script article up the stairs. We could
only gaze after him and wonder Nact
IL all meant.
The conclave lasted far into the
night. The feminine contingent went
70 bed, but not 70 sleep. Some time
after midnight, Mr.. HARRISON and Max
went downstairs and could hear
them rattl!ng around testing win
dows and burglar alarms But fin
ally every one settled down and the
rest of the night was quiet
Betty Mercer came into my room
the next morning Sunday. and said
Anne Brown wanted me. went over
at once. and Anne was sitting Up in
the room az daylight, she said, and
hadn't come back. He had thought
she was asleep, but she wasn't, and
she knew he was dead. for nothing
ever made Dal get UP on Sunday be-
fore noon.
There was no one moving in the
house, and ! hardly knew what 20 do.
II was Betty who said she would go
up and rouse Mr. HARRISON and Max
who had taken Jim's place In the
studio. She started out bravely
enough, but in a minute we heard her
flying back. Anne grew perfectly
white.
He's lying on the upper stairs"
Betty cried, and we all ran out II
was quite true. Dal was lying on the
stairs In bath-robe. with one OF Jim S
Indian war-clubs In his hand And he
was sound asleep.
He looked somewhat embarrassed
when he reused and saw us standing
around. He said he was going TO play
a practical joke on somebody and fell
asleep in the middle OF IT, And Anne
said he wasn't even an intelligent liar,
and went back TO bed in temper But
Betty came in with me, and we sat
and looked at each other and didnt I
say much. The situation was beyond
US.
The doctor let Jim out next day,
there having been nothing the matter
with him but a stomach rash. But
jim was changed; he mooned around
Bella, OF course, as before, but he was
abstracted at times. and all that day
Sunday-he wandered of by himself,
and one would come across him un-
expectedly in the basement or along
some of the unused back halls.
Aunt Selma held service that morn
ing lin said that no alWavs had a
prayer-book, but that he couldn't find
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-07
CHAPTER XXI.
a Bar Of Soap.

Late that evening Betty Mercer and
Dallas were writing verses of condo
lence TO be signed by all Of us and
put under the door into Jims room
when Bella came running down the
stairs.
Dal was reading the first verse
when she came. Listen TO this,
Bella" he said triumphantly
There was a fat artist named Jas,
Who cruelty called his friends mas.
When, altho' shut up tight,
He broke out over night
With a rash that is maddening. he elias.
Then he caught sight OF Bella s
face as she stood in the doorway and
stopped
Jim is delirious!" she announced
all alone and now he's delirious. I'll
never forgive any of you"
"Delirious!" everybody exclaimed.
He was sane enough when l took
him his chicken broth" Mr.. HARRISON
said. He was almost fluent"
He is stark. staring crazy" Bella
insisted Historically. II locked the
my dinner, and when came up
tit was unlocked. and Jim was
babbling on the bed, with a sheet
over his face. He-he says the house
is haunted and he wants all the men
to come up and sit in the room with
him
Not on your life" Max said. Il am
young, and my career has only begun.
/ don't intend 20 be cut off in the
flower of my youth. But I'll tell you
what I'll do; I'll take him a drink.
can tie it 70 a pole or something"
But Mr.. HARRISON did not smile. He
was thoughtful for a minute. Then:
II don't believe he is delirious," he
said quietly. and | wouldn't be sur
prised II hS has happened on some
thing that-will be Of general inter
est think l will stay with him to-
night"
After that, Of course. none Of the
others would confess that he was
afraid, so with the South American
leading, they all went upstairs. The
women OF the party sat on the lower
steps and listened, out everything was
quiet ~ow and then We could hear
the sound OF voices, and after a while
there was a rapid slamming Of doors
and the sound OF some one running
down TO the second floor Then quiet
again.
In an hour or so they sent for Elan.
nigan. and he went upstairs. He
came down again soon, however. and
returned with something over his arm
that looked like a rope. II seemed -
b. made Of all kinds OF things tied
together. trunk straps, clothesline, bed
sheets and something that Flanagan
hadn't been able 20 keep his clothes
On al day. lie refused to explain fur.