Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23

IAM \ VI, until after supper
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TNM&S- + zMI and then asked:
SIMP "Have you got a
~ M new hobby, Mr..
hC II HMH Bowser?"
6sLW\ WIN ''Did you ever
&1N I W know me to haYea
hobby, new or
\, oId?"
"You are re-
garded as a man of hobbies"
IT am, eh? Then it is by a few idiotsi
No man in the country is more clear Of hob
bies. am often told that am too prac-
teal"
"well, what is in the tundle2'
ga doctors iption-health-muscle
longevity. In other words, don't pro-
pose to pay any more doctors bills"
"Why, you have wonderfully good health,
Mr. Bowser."
PROPOSED TO STAY HEALTHY.
"And 1 propose to keep it. 1 haYen't
been exercising enough. / have brought
home a small outfit"
ST think it is foolish and useless. You
are strong and healthy, and you can make
no change for the better"
"There you go! Always opposing every
| thing l do! wouldn't have your spirit for
| a boat-load of gold"
No more was said, and he got out the tools
| and lugged his bundle upstairs and began
| fitting up gymnasium. In about an hour
| he called me up. He had two weights at the
| end of two cords running over pulley, and
| as he worked one aud the other he said:
''This exercise strengthens the arms, shoul-
| ders and chest. feel like new man al
ready. See those clubs??''
"Yes."
swell, those are Indian clubs. They are
more particularly for the arms. They are
Il worked thus-and thus-and-"
He was swinging them over his head, and
one fell on his bald pate and he sank down
as limp as bag. I tore off his collar, ran
and got water, and by and by he sat up and
asked: "What was doing?"
Exercising with the clubs. Iknew you'd
do it,
Sand when my back was turned you his
me on the top of the head with a hammer p
"Of course not. How can you be so fool
ish ?'"'
He maintained an attitude of severity
toward me for about an hour, and then
slipped back upstairs to practice with the
dumb bells. 1 slipped up after him, pre-
tending to hunt for an old coat, and pretty
soon asked him what particular benefit
he expected to derive from the use OF the
bells
Develop the arms and chest, of course"
he replied.
'But you weigh 200 pounds now."
''That's nothing to do with being strong.
It's muscle I'm after"
"What for?"
"For fifty reasons. Suppose should be at
tackled by loafer? 2"
"Yes."
"suppOss grab a burglar here in the
house?"
eyes"
Suppose fOotpad should try to hold me
up?"
What would you do?"
"Do? Do? Watch meP'
AN EXCESS OF BRAVERY.
He began making vigorous motions with
a ten-pound bell, and catastrophe followed.
He hit the wall with it, let 60 his hold, and
it fell upon his foot. Then he yelled. And
whooped. And howled. And hobbled
about, and said he'd get even with me if it
took thousand years.
care you blaming me, Mr.. BoHser2" I
asked, as found a chance to get in word.
"Ot course you're to blamep'
"What did L do?''
''No matter! 1 expected it from the first.
| but it's long road which has no turn, Mrs,
| Bowser! You just waltz
1 got him down stairs and rubbed his foot
| with arnica, and after two or three days
| IL was Ill TlRub L ne e1lOTeu
being asked why he limped, and think he
told all inquirers that he had just put up a
50-pound bell when the roof of the house
gave way and a portion of the chimney fell
| upon his foot. 1 heard him hammering
ayay upstairs again, and went up to ask
him what he was doing.
Arranging the bar, " he replied.
"What for?'
"To exercise on"
4 L. Nv Rotrcar
into practice again, are you?"
Certainly. am not to be dismayed by
two or three slight accidents"
IT wish you would let it alone You are
clumsy and awkward, and you will hurt
yourself severely before you know It,"
"Are you talking to me?''
| "Of course"
"Clumsy and awkward, eh9 That's all
right! Just what I might expect from youl
That's reason, however, why should persist
in this
"Well, if you get hurt again don't blams
me-"
"HumphI get out of the way"
"What are you going to do2'
"Practice on the bar. Look out for my
legsp'
I think he tried to catch one of his feet on
the bar, or to let go and swing with one
| hand. At any rate he suddenly descended
center-piece loose in the next room below,
and bringing up the cook to inquire: 'Ts he
dead this time ma'am? If 30, let me con-
| gratulate you."
SHE HAD CUT THE ROPES,
He wasn't dead. but he had bruised lis
hips and shoulders and lamed his back. 1t
took ME full hour tn get him to bed. and
he had nothing to say until telephoned tor
doctor. Then he suddenly observed: 81
suppose you have already destroyed the evil
! dence of your guilt"
"What do you mean?"
1.-The ropes suspending the bar. Some
one cut one of them while 1 was perform
ingp'
And you lay it to me?"
Il have nothing to say-not just now. II
alive tomorrow we will end this state Of af.
fairs in as satisfactory way as possible. In
order to shield you as long as possible I
/ shall tell the 6aafar ho% l.