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A very nervous fellow makes his own as well as his good wife's life miserable by his sudden outburst of nervousness, in which he loses all self-control and smashes everything within reach. Fortunately, his wife secures some sort of nerve powder which she uses with good results upon her better half. Taking the bellows, she blows a little of it over her husband and immediately the powder strikes the unfortunate he becomes as buoyant and happy as a young kitten. He then takes the bellows and goes out on the street and everyone that he meets he gives them a dose of the powder and suddenly they are transformed into happy, dancing creatures, no matter how serious or nervous they are. He comes upon a lot of people posing for a moving picture and the stage manager is in a frightful frame of mind caused by the stupidity of some of the performers. He gives them all a dose of the powder and they forget their troubles and cares and all hands join in a happy revelry. He gets everyone on the street dancing and is having a fine time, when a fellow comes along and steals the bellows and makes his escape. The police follow the thief and he, thinking that he can have the same good results, defiantly turns to give the officers some of the nerve settling powder, but to his horror all the powder is used up, thus giving the policemen the right of way, and it is a case of survival of the fittest in the ensuing altercation, in which the officer proves to be the most strenuous.