Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-20

1 and work wonders. They never issue any prescriptions in Latin, or prescribe | nauseating medicines. Just as soon
 as they lay their hands on patient
 he is different man. Diet promotes ] Quiet and both make many Merry. | These doctors are as closely allied as 1 triplets-they are naturally involved in l keeping man right. They preach that
 "a little care and a little sense will
 keep man from a lot of trouble
 They have no diploma or endorsement
 of the schools, but they are known by
 their good works.
 cannot look into the garden with | out noticing the bachelors buttons and | the pinks out in the cold, defying the | rain and the frost and the snow. but
 they do not seem to be having a very l enjoyable time of it. They are hanging on in the expectation of better days | by and by. They have a brave way of facing diversity and trying to look up hopefully to the February sun They | hold their color well, but they do not | feel the vibrations which mean flor ward march," in the floral realm. | They will get the wireless message of their career, and to multiply them selves a hundredfold In May, the goldhnches will be their guests and in August and September the title plants will begin to make leaf and to gather strength to defy the following winter. When it comes to dahias, the cata- logues claim they are true to name, but they seldom claim that they come
 true to color. The fact is, many of the finest dahlias do not hold true to color. It is commercial usage that a sporting dahlia like the Maid of Kent the Cuckoo, and Gabriel, are boomed
 upon the exceptional blooms, and noth-
 ing is said about their variability, or
 inclination to degenerate to the strong
 est color. The dahlia which holds true
 to the catalogue description is not so common as it should be. The fancy
 dahlias are unreliable because the
 character of the soil and the methods
 of cultivation affect the colors run
 ming them together until they do not
 look like themselves. It is a wise dah-
 lia grower that knows the soil and
 treatment which best fit his dahlias.
 Somehow, the more a man knows
 about dogs, the less he knows about
 hydrophobia. Those who handle all the
 stray dogs of big cities never have it.
 For 25 years the dog catcaers of Phil
 adelphta have been handling coco stray
 dogs annually, and in these 150. 900
 dogs not case of rabies has devel-
 oped. In the past 14 years 800. 900
 vagabond dogs have been gathered in
 at New York and none of the dogs
 Or the men handling them, though fre-
 quently bitten, ever had hydrophobia.
 Whenever there is a mad-dog scare,
 there is rabies round every corner,
 but George Angel, editor of Our Dumb
 Animals says not ono in a hundred of
 the mad dog cases reported in the
 papers Of New England have had a
 single fact to base them upon. A Philadelphia doctor has for years kent a standing offer of S1O0 reward to any
 one who will bring a case of hydro
 pnoDis under his observation. The money has never been clai.oed.
 On the 18th of February I saw crawling upon the pavement the cater pillar known as "the woody bear" and though well done up in fur he did moi appear to find conditions any more congenial than did the groundfog. But the warm days in February and March start up the hfbernating caterpillars and butterflies and the young grass hoppers, so 1t is not an unusual sight to meet them showing signs of activity at nidwinter in any year. We some times then see the ephemirfdae the insects which Metchihkoff saws die a natural death, and thus they become an exception in the realm of Gods animate creatures, most of whom be- come victims of accidents. It is a great surprise to some people to see a butterfly sailing over snowbanks on a mild day. but Vanessa Antiopa has Teen doing this for untold ages.
 l sometimes think that a phbnograph may be known by the company it keeps. It is not responsible for the character of it's selections or the poor way in which it reproduces them. It would be more pious instrument if. it could, but its expression of religious songs is limited, 2dthough it does them well Ragtimc music and vaudeville are the popular thing, rendered to ir- regular time. and the best songs and best music Is rarely heard, on them, unless it is in a home where the in- strument is run in strict accord with directions and with a better grade of records. It is surprising how bad a phonograph may become in bad. com pany, and how tolerant of, discordant sounds and cheap jokes the people are who listen to It.
 Don't you believe that opportunity only comes once to every person and then takes an eternal farewell. There IS no reason why anyone should be listening for opportunitys knock at the door, Opportunity is the handmaiden of every industrious worker who is way in the world for himself 1 There are doors and doors waiting to | be opened to the man who is ready to enter. It is work of preparation which l makes opportunity show up like the myth it is. Do not wait for oppor- 1 tunity. but forge ahead and let oppor- tunity take care of itself Opportuni- | ty meets efficiency at every corner. Prepare yourself to fit some place we'll | and the place will be there when you | are ready to fill it. Waiting for op- l portunity to knock once has been the | bane of more than one persons life.
 The conductor of a trolley car is no goat. He is so used to meeting folks | that he can size them up in great | shape He knows the man who got | put the wrong side of the bed, and the | who doesn't wear her hat | or have anything less than a ten dollar bill to pay her fare with | He knows how to take folks and how 10 allow for their irritability and gen. eral bad manners. He has been train ed to know the moment he sees a man whether his whiskers grow on his chin. pr are only just glued on. He cannot | always tell the age of a young 'un," and that is where the woman beats llHl OHCc m d WIllie- lie can tell whether two dollar bill Is counter ieit or whether Bob Shea's dog is worth $500. He is an information bu- 'eau as well as a kindly public ser rant.
 It has to be acknowledged that the is a necessity and that t is her office to fill a long felt want. The world cannot get along without Ter, and 1t doesn't want to. She doesn't always act as the regulator of sons-in-