The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-01
CHAT.

This morning. after partaking heartily
of a couple of cups OF Derve destroying
coffee, rolls of a dyspepsia holiness, part of
a cucumber that was bought in market
on Saturday and there's no telling when
the marketmen bought it, brace OF
eggs that alone have no reason to sus-
pect or fear, and glass of Pawtuxet that
undou btedly contained its full quota of
bacilli, sauntered out into the sun
shine and made my way down street,
gulping in mouthfuls OF microbes en-
route and feeling elegant generally.
1t was glorious morning to be sure.
Fraught with disease as was every germ
laden breath Of air j drew, the air was
still sweet and somehow exhilarating and
did not seem to be disposed TO do a
thing to me. Surrounded as / was on
every hand by dangers, the silently slid
ing bicycle, the whirring trolley car, the
possibility of any of the residences on
the road collapsing and falling on me,
threatened by the chance of horse
running away and crossing my path, some
dog or other going mad, or a banana peel
lying i'm wait, still proceeded on my
joyous course unmindful of the terrors
that hourly confront US all, the just as
well as the unjust.
And 1 could not help thinking, with
ali the sunshine end the music OF the
hand organ dying away behind my speed
ing steps, that after all it was not the
things to be dreaded that really make
trouble for us SO much as ii is the prac-
tice of dreading the things to be dreaded.
TO be sure, conscious as we are of the
risks and terrors that confront us at every
turn in our peaceful existence, we can
hardly regard living as any laughing
matter, still, though we may view 1t So
berly and seriously, and with due recog-
milton of its draw backs and dangers, we
need not be perpetually ducking and
lodging. Indeed, II seems to me that t o
acquire the habit of unconsciousness to
danger Is the only security for peace of
mind. l would not urge reckless or
daredevil mien, but simply calmness OF
spirit and an eagerness to find the light
through the darksome clouds that always,
or almost always, envelop II and us.
have known men who are always ex-
pecting an emergency and are always in
readiness for it, to ward off the danger
or ameliorate its effect. They knew Just
what to do in case of shipwreck, or a fire
in the hotel, just as they were prepared
TO meet the contingency OF finding a tack
with their feet i'm the dark
never knew anything to happen to
men of such minds, beyond the usual
processes Of nature. And l have OBJ
served that in their cases the process of
nature almost inevitably resulted in liver
trou bles.
Let us contrast with such, the example
of the CHEEKY president OF one of
local corporation who faced his directors
one forenoon with the information that
a concern with which they did business
had gone TO pieces owing them good
many thousands OF dollars. Said tho
president: "It's pretty tough, but want
you TO distinctly understand one thing,
gentlemen, the sun will shine just the
same tomorrow ana we propose to be do
ing business at the old place."
This Business OF living, is perhaps,
no joke. But, after all, IL can be snade
to furish certain amount OF mild amuse-
ment II we don't get into the habit OF
too hard and avoid walking
under ladders. Even in cities nature
to do a good deal for us.
And thon there are the patent medi-
cines Some OF them are said 10 have the
power TO assist nature.
THE CuATrERER.