The Brussels Post, 1902-6-5, Page 6T110 1f'lpoys in tine nose.
Mien a Garden theft bees nee a loyftli
potability, Most People turn et once to
the thought of sesoa, New, roses Ogee
nee p1i ee in landseap° gardening, Asa IS 1~'QUND ZN XXX3S.LTH,
ontENoTa AND FRET .eora
FRolt PAIN.
NATURE'S BLESSING
C
rule they deo not belong in the trent
yard. Tina may aounel shocking and
heretical, but it le true at least so far
as the common double flowered rosea
pre coneorned, The place fen rofee ie
in the dower garden, and tI o place for
the flower garden is in the rear or elf
at one side by itself, hoses bave too
many insect enemies. Their foliage is
always being destroyed. For the ordl»
nary perlen it is not worth while to
Spray them,
Probably bait the plants of nil kinds
M u 5, r ar
sold n by n r 5,e y•men e
roses, Everybody levee roses, but in
practice no one takes good care of them
except the rose specialist. Personally 1
prefer peonies to :Meer) for my garden.
They have larger flowers which last
longer than rases. They make a more
compact And shapely Miele bare an
abundance of rich, dark green foliage,
come into bearing earlier, are hardier
and longer lived than most roses, and
they are remarkably free from trisects
and disease, All they Lack is poetry,
perfume, thorns and bugs,
But I shall not quarrel with any one
who prefers roses, If you really want
roses, you would better have them even
if you fail.
Killing a Brill Without a Weapon.
Cayetano, a famous Spanish toreador,
once was strolling across a meadow
witb a couple of friends when his at-
tention was attracted by an old and
infuriated bull winch was galloping to-
ward them witb lowered head and
erect tall, Cayetano bad no weapon,
not even a cane, but he seized a dust -
coat which one of his friends was car-
rying over his arm. As soon as the
bull got close to them Cayetano bade
bis companions make their escape
while be engaged the animal's atten-
tion. Using tbe coat as a capa, be
drove the bull crazy with fury, step-
ping aside with the deftest agility at
eac)i of the animal's ebarges. In this
manner lie caused the bull to turn
ebal•ply in the midst of its onward
rushes until finally an ominous crack
was beard, and the bull fell in a heap,
with its backbone broken by the sud-
den wrencb given by the animal's ab-
rupt swerve.
Els Own Medicine Chest.
The surgeon of an English sbip of
war was noted for the monotony of his
prescriptions. He apparently consid-
ered salt water taken externally or
internally as n cure for all the ills that
flesh is heir to, for he ordered bis Pa-
tients to take it, no matter what might
be the malady presented to his notice.
One day be went sailing with a par-
ty of friends, and in the course of a
squall tbe boat was upset, and tbe
surgeon came near being drowned.
"Well," said the captain of the ship
when be was told of the narrow es-
cape, "I'm glad yon were saved, but
it hardly seems possible in any event
that you could have really drowned in
your own medicine chest, now does it,
doctor'"
Juvenile Erudition.
Here are a few extracts from compo•
eitlons written by boys In a high school
of VIenne
"Many a man lies down in good
health and gets up dead."
"In Rome the bones of the martyrs
were collected and torn by wild
beasts."
"Human beings ceased to walk on all
four and walked on the hindmost"
"He sacrificed a rich woman and oth-
er priests."
"Hannibal stood with one foot in
Spain, while with the other he beckon-
ed to tbe troops."
"God's punishment followed Immo-
alately after ten years."
Tito Chimney Swift.
Occasionally a bird is strong minded
enough to break away from old tradi-
tions. Before this country was settled
the swift nested in hollow trees, but
after trees began to be cut down end
chimneys arose above the roofs of
bouses everywhere the birds were
quick to perceive that Ares are general-
ly out by the time their nesting season
arrives. Therefore why not take ad-
vantage
dvantage of tbe innovation? So com-
pletely did they forsake their old nest-
ing sites to build in chimneys that the
name chimney swift is now universally
applied to them,—Ladles' Home Jour-
nal.
A Troublesome Trio,
"The most troublesome member of
my flock," said tbeparson, '1s a young
woman who wants a busband."
"My most troublesome client" said
t.ba lawyer "Is a middle aged woman
wbo wants a divorce,"
"The most troublesome patient I
have," Bald the physician, "lea spinster
of uncertain age who door" know
What she wants.",
The Part 110 Playeti.
Mr. Stalate—So your sister keeps you
well supplied with pocket money, does
she?
Tommy—Yes.
Stalate—I presume you bene to ren-
der some little equivalent?
Tommy (yawning)—Ob, yes; I have
to come in and yawn when visitors are
staying too late.
Useless Expense.
Drug Clerk—We don't happen to have
the drugs named in this prescription,
but we have others just as good.
Oustomer—I suppose that's all right;
but what a fool I was to pay the docs
tor $8 for that prescrlptlonl Tbat's
vpiiat bothers me.
The Reason Why.
"Tbe baby at your house is awfully
email for ifs age."
"YOB, but my mistress insists bn
brief/leg it up on condensed lhilki r"„
illeggendo'l'0rs Platter. -
This Gift is Meant for All—On It
the Happiness and Usefulness
of Life Depend—Without it
Life is an Existence
Hard to Endure.
Health is nature's choicest gift to
man and should be etucfuhy guard-
ed, 111 bcalt:h is a sure ellen that
ti b n Woo
1't 1st t. e t v
cod is either i ei
the ter e r a
o i
MOM, , u the df
tory or impure, fur u t f u w
eases that atiiet manl+ind ate trace.
able to thiseausa, hnery °igen of
the body retlub'es ride, rod blood to
enable it to properly perform Its
life-sustaining functions, and at the
first intimation that newt* itss
that all is not well, the blood eJ uld
be cased for. Purgative medicine
will not do this—it is a tonic that
is needed,. and Dr. l illianrs' Oink
Pills hove Leen proved, the world
over, to surpass all other inericir.e--
in their tonic, strengthening, ttutd
health -renewing qualities. Irian one
end of the land to the other will be
found grateful people who ch,orfully
acknowledge that they owe their
good heath to this groat medicine.
Among these is Air. Elzear Debi -
deux, a prominent young mac living
at St. Jerome, Que. De says
"For some years 1 was a great
sufferer from dyspepsia. My apf'el4te
became irregular and everything 1
ato felt like a weight on my stoniach.
I tried several remedies and was
under the care of doctors but to no
avuil and I grew worse as time
went on. I because very weak, grew
thin, eullcred much from pales is:
my stomach and wns frequently wiz -
ed with dizziness, Ono day a friend
told mo of the case of a young girl
who bad suffered greatly from this
trouble, but who, through the use
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had' fully
regained her health and strength,
and strongly adn'fted me to try
these pills, I was so eager to find
a cure that I acted on his advice
and procured a supply. from the
very first my condition improved
and after using the pills for a
"ouplo of months I was fully re-
stored to health, after having been
a constant sufferer for four years
It is now over a year rime I used
theills and in that time p
meI have
enjoyed tho best of beanie. This I
owe to that greatest of all medi-
cines, Dr. Williams', Pink Pills, and
I shall always have a good word to
say on their behalf."
Through their action on the bloot
anti nerves. these pills wire euoh dm
eases as rheumatism, sciatica, :It
Vitus' dance, indigestion, kidne;:
trouble, partial paralysis, etc, Be
sure that you get the genuine with
the full name "Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale People". on every box.
If your dealer does not keep them
they will be sent post-paid at 50
cents a box or six boxes for 82.50
by addressing the Dr. Williams'
(Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont.
SEVENTEEN 'REAR LOCUSTS.
The Vanguard of the Army pears in Washington.
•
The vanguard of the great army of
seventeen-year locusts, which is due
to afflict the country this year, has
already appeared in the Smithson-
ian grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Two large trees are covered with the
insects. Some time ago the United
States Agricultural Department sent
out 5,000 postal cards to those
points of the country in which the
locusts appeared in 1885, with the
request that the addressees lo•Ward
them to the Department as soon as
the return of the locusts was noted.
So far replies have been received
only from Altoona, Pa., and Nash-
ville, Tenn., but the scientists of the
Agricultural Department expect that
within a few weeks locusts will have
appeared in other parts of Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin,
and possibly in other States. Chief
Fntomologint Howard of the De-
partment of Agriculture, says the
locusts will do little injury this
year. They are not a plague or a
peat, despite the traditions to the
contrary, and never damage any-
thing except young nursery trees and
young shoots of mature trees. rarely
inflicting any permanen' injury upon
them. -
"The life of the locust is endan-
gered by our civilization," said Prof,
Howard. "Itis burrow is only about
two feet deep and is consequently
destroyed by deep plowing. Maca-
dam roads and asphalt streets pro -
vent the exit of the insects • but,
most effective of all, the blackbirds,
catbirds and sparrows have learned
to eat than and gobble up the brood
as fust as they appear."
Air. Howard says that when the
locust appeared seventeen years ago,
the sparrows were themselves too
new to know that the cicadas were
good food, but they soon discovered
that they Wore and will be on the
lookout for them this year.
The (Entomological Society of
Washington made some experiments
in 1.885 to determine the value of
the locust as a food. One of the
members of the society prepared a
plain stew, a milk stew and a broil.
The eoinnients of those who ate the
dishes are interesting and varied.
One said, as an old report shows,
that they would "never prove a
delicacy," while another member of
the society said that he preferred
cicadas fried in batter to oysters or
shriinnps. Scientists any that the
seventeen-year locust Was 0favorite
dish among the Inclines arid that
the arrival of the insects was looked
forward to from year to year Ly
red man.
Tho only town in a civilized coun-
try which Is ruled and managed en-
tirely by Colored men, is Igatonville,
in Orange County, Fioridat
SONE DOCTOR'S EARNINGS
I'A111QUS SUP- EONS OB LON-
DON CHARGE $IG BES.
Opt of Tlrem Sas an Iacono of
$100,000 4 Year 1'r0779
tl.is Works.
The leading surgeons of London as
whule L447e, during the past Year,
increased their fees considerably. Ono
of the beet known B'ea't-eiid'prac-
titiolera, rho formerly asked 150
guineas for au operation, llOW Wants
11UU guineas. 1he most popular sur-
geons fur appautheitis-04 operation
;nut tabus perhaps tour or live min-
Otos—were furmerly setiefied with
a s • i theyask, In more
10U,6ut ens , Pow tsc,
thou one cure, 150 guineas, says
London Tit -slits.
Tho tow men at the top are so
ova, wh: lined with Wor it that raising
their ices is their only defence. They
o, rely ray taut there are many men
who cart do the work as well as
they. But they have the name, and
the public !look to them.
'I'be surgeon who is generally re-
puted to bo the first among his fel-
lows in L)ugland—etiquette prevents
the mention of hie name—has a
steady minion= income of #.20,000
a , ear from his operative work, an
ineoo.° going up in some yotu•s to
£30,000. Ws ordinary foe is com-
pare tively moderate, 100 guineas
for an abdominal operation ; but he
can get through many oporatious in
a morning.
'this surgeon lives ever in strict
truining. lie gets up about tho
o'clock, ,and weeks steadily before
breakfast with a secretary, at his
books, lie goes early to bed, and
refuses almost every social Devito -
tion. Tris ono recreation is a trip to
Switeerland. Yet for many years,
while overwhelmed with demands
from the rich, he gave a large part
of his time to work among the poor
of the slums, ging down to an East
end heepitol almost every day.
An income of £20,000 a year is
by no means uncommon for a great
surgeon. Sir Asttey Cooper, who in
his first year earned five guineas and
in his second 428, made in one
single yenr, when ha had got to the
height of his fame, £21,000, and a
general average for several years of
£15,1)00. Ile once received
A FEE or 1,000 GUINEAS.
This fee, howeeer, Was left far be-
hind by a record sum of £20,000
paid to Dr, Dimsdale, a Hertford-
shire physician, for inoculating the
Empress Catherine of Russia and
her son. Besides this fee, a. life pen-
sion of :0500 e. year was granted to,
the lucky man, Sir Morel] Macken-
zie received £12,000 for his attend-
ance on the Emperor Frederick.
Mackenzie was famous •alilre for his
high fees and for his generosity in
treating people for nothing. Those
who could pay had to pay, and pay
well, but artists and literary people,
and any whose purses were small, he
charged nothing.
There is no more striking contrast
than between the early and dater
earnings of a great doctor. Sir
James Paget, whose life, recently
publisi;ed, attracted so much atten-
tion,
ttention, was an instance of this. Dur-
ing the first few years he scarce
earned enough to buy bread. For
sot en years Iris largest income was
5:23 18s, Until be had been a sur-
geon for sixteen years it never ex-
ceeded £100. After 1851 his income
rose stcndily till it reached £1.0,000
a year. Then be gave up operating
and it fell at once to £7,000, and
then slowly decreased.
Sir .lames Simpson earned nothing
at rrst. Yet when he was thirty the
hote's were filled with his patients,
and his practice. was worth thou-
sands a year to them,
Sir Erasmus Wilson, the famous
s': in specialist, was so well off that
he could spend £10,800 on a hobby
lie brincing over Cleopatra's Needle
to T'ngiand, and 5.80,000 on a
charity like the new wing and chapel
for the Sea Bathing Infirmary at
Mary te, Sir Erasmus Wilson died
in 188.1, leaving £180,000.
SIR ANDREW CLARK
is said to have seen 10,000 patients
annually, and in his time had prac-
tically,
rao-tically every famous mans under hire.
Ile always took what was offered as
a' Inc, sometimes 5,500, sometimes
two guineas. Be is said to lave
once received 5:5,000 for going to a
patient at Cannes from London, He
was Sir. Gladstone's physician,
Great doctors have a recognized
fee of a guinea a mile for travelling
to see patients outside their usual
radius. One of the present King's
late physicians, when the King was
Prince of Wales;- r'eceiv'ed for four
wee,' attendance at Sandringhaur,
when the Prince had typhoid fever, a
baronetcy and £10,000.
When one goes from these big men
to the rank and file o1 the medical
:.p.,..,rm,,.vowi,os,mu>'eoetnar+m.m 14....ws5sawvr.
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