The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-14

through my mind. l rushed up to the
house and pounded on the door, and
there he stood, coatless. and vestless. his
hair on end. and a wild look in his eyes.
whats the matter. Brown :" / asked.
as he glanced at me. matter 2" he
shouted. "Come in and I'LL tell you u
/ entered the sitting room, and what =
scene ] looked uponi The centre table
WAS overturned, three or four chairs were
In awkward positions In one corner as II
they had been tossed about by q cyclone.
while work-baskets, balls of yarn, spools
OF thre d. etc were scattered about the
carpet. Brown conducted me TO
the parlor. whore l took a seat. He
pranced about the room for two
or three minutes before he felt calm
enough TO sit down. Aud this is what
he said: 'Were you ever in Hadesi I've
been there for w hoursl This afternoon
one OF my suspender straps broke and I
tied IL together with a rope, thinking IL
would hold until / got home. Everything
went all right until after I had left the
Office, In fact until after l had eaten
supper at q Weybosset street restaurant.
and then that rope gave wayi sneaked
home through n back street, holding up
my trousers with both hands. I've got
half n dozen pairs OF s~uspenders some
where in this house, but I'll be blest II /
could fnd any of 'em. So /
decided to mend my old ones / found
thread enough and needles enough. but
il took ten or fifteen minutes to ind
a thread and needle that would match;
either the eve OF the needle would be too
small for the thread or the thread would
be too large for the eye OF the needle.
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the very first stitch the needle broke (! In
ten minutes I had another needle threaded:
took two or three stitches. pricked my
fingers half a dozen times, broke of
the point OF a needle In the end OF my
thumb, snapped the thread IL times
whispered 1.-TWO or three gentle cuss
worJs. and-and got my suspenders
menied. Then l put them on and took q
long breath. Snap went the suspender
strap aRainl i sat down and made a few
remarks about Helen B~lazes-said
'em right out loud, tool Then / got
"a darning needle and some Irvine, but
couldn't make it work; then / got a cro-
Chef hook aud some yarn, but the sus.
pender wouldn't have it'll / kicked the
cat clear across the room and upset the
w~orkbasket. Then 1 found two safety
Dlhs dbu lasAcHtu tnC susplhAcI cbtap oh
with them; and for just one-half q
minute l was happy. That gave me
just time enough to 20 into my bedroom
aud open the closet door to get the trou-
sers ] intended to wear TO the lodge. And
ly the holy smokei hanging on that
closet door were three pair OF trousers
with good suspenders on each! Mad
Why, sir, in less than one quarter Of a
eAnnnd ali the fnA In tho AQsnnnl nf
my INDIGNATION AID wrath burst into a
fiaDei 1 laughed, l yelled, i swore, I
kicked / rushed into the sitting room.
threw chairs against the ceiling. Knocked
the centre table overland IL you hadn't
come just when you did / think l should
have broken all the windows aud smashed
down the doors !" It was 10 O'Clock when
Brown and l parted. aud as / went down
the steps he stood in tie door and said I:
'If you print one word about my suspend
ers Ill murder you on sight"
Key-vinding watches have been so
thoroughly out OF date for nearly ten
years past that it is now dificult to sell
them for a tenth OF their original cost, no
matter how we'll male they may be.
Watch dealers will allow for them in
exchange a little more than the value OF
the gold or silver In the case, not with
the idea of selling the works, but rai her
TO keep them OH hand for lending to GUS
toners while their own watches are
mending.
I think IL is evident hat proper de-
velopment aud expansion OF the lungs by
means or well-regulated breathing must
be regarded as OF the greatest value in
the prevention and in the treatment Of
the inactive S ages Of pulmonary con-
sumption. The more simple the method
the more effectige and practical will be
the results which flow from it. Among
the many Exercises which are recon-
mended for this purpose the followi x
movements are very v~aluable: The
ar 8, being used as levers, are swung
back as far as possible on a level
with the shoulders during each inspira-
ton, aud brought together In front on
the same level during each expiration.
Or the hands are brought together above
the read while insp ring. aud gradually
brought down alongside the body while
expiring. A deep breath must be taken
wi h each inspiration. and held until the
arms are gradually moved forward
or downward or longer. in order TO
make both methods fully operative.
Another very valuable chest exercise is
to lake a deep inspiration. ana during
expiration in IA loud voice count or sing
as long as possible. A male person wit 4
a good chest capacity can count up to
sixty or eighty. while in ~ female, even
with good lungs, this power is somewhat
reduced. Practice Of this sort will slowly
develop the lungs, an the incr ased
ability to count longer is a measure Of
the Improvement going on within the
chest. Or, again, The taking OF six or
eight full and deep bre ,ths in succes-ioa
every hour during the day. either while
sitting at work or while walking out in
the OF en- air, will have n very beneficial
effect.