March  5 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Magee’s  Emulsion 
The  Haps  and  Mishaps  of  a 
Hill  of  Corn. 
shuddered  the  middle-sized  one's  sister. 
“  I  hope  we  shall  never  have  to  pass 
another  such  night.  We  can  be  sure  that 
that  worm  will  never  bother  us  again. 
Willie  made  quick  work  with  him  ;  but,” 
she  continued  sorrowfully.  “  not  soon 
enough  to  save  this  poor  fellow,  and  he 
would  have  made  a  splendid  stalk  of 
corn.” 
“What  can’t  be  cured  must  be  endured,” 
quoted  the  little  one.  “  I  guess  we’re 
safe  enough  now  that  the  crow  and  the 
cut-worm  have  taken  their  share  of  this 
hill.  But,  oh,  what’s  this?”  and  well 
might  he  ask.  With  a  tremendous  rush 
of  wings  a  blackbird  had  come,  and  be¬ 
fore  a  word  could  be  said  he  had  jerked 
up  the  middle-sized  one,  roots  and  all,  so 
suddenly  that  his  sister  was  almost  taken 
along  ;  off  went  the  bird  again  as  quickly 
as  he  came,  with  the  poor  plant  in  his 
mouth. 
“  This  is  terrible,”  thought  the  little 
one,  as  he  tried  to  comfort  the  poor  sister, 
who  was  almost  wild  with  grief  at  the 
fate  of  her  brother,  and  at  being  left 
alone  in  the  world.  “  Misfortunes  never 
come  singly,  but  now,  as  there  are 
only  three  left,  perhaps  we  shall  not  be 
troubled  again.” 
It  seemed  as  if  this  would  be  the  case, 
as  now  the  weather  was  warm  and  our 
three  friends  were  growing  at  a  rapid 
rate.  Fatty  could  not  resist  indulging  in 
some  big  talk  as  to  the  great  things  he 
would  do  when  he  grew  up,  and  taunting 
the  other  two  friends  on  their  being 
smaller  than  he.  There  really  was  con¬ 
siderable  difference,  as  Fatty  was  several 
( Continued  on  next  page. ) 
No  other  proprietary  medicine  has 
the  endorsement  of  Physicians  to 
the  same  extent,  or  Is  used  In  Hos¬ 
pital  practice  with  so  large  a  per¬ 
centage  of  satisfactory  results.  No 
other  remedy  has  cured  so  many 
cases  of  CONSUMPTION  and  other 
Pulmonary  Diseases. 
SCROFULA  Is  entirely  eradloated 
from  the  system  by  Its  use 
It  Is  as  easy  to  take  as  Maple  Syrup 
or  Honey,  and  can  be  retained  by 
the  most  delicate  stomachs  without 
Nausea. 
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HOW  FATTY  LOST  HIS  PLACE. 
( Concluded .) 
None  could  answer  ;  they  hardly  dared 
to  breathe  as  the  worm  crept  along, 
hoping  that  they  might  not  be  seen.  But 
the  enemy  had  a  sharp  sense  of  smell, 
and  it  came  straight  for  our  friends. 
What  a  terrible  moment  it  was,  as  it  got 
to  them,  and  they  could  see  it  moving 
around,  with  its  strong  jaws,  picking  out 
the  one  that  would  make  it  the  best  sup¬ 
per,  as  we  see  it  at  Fig.  91. 
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The  Terrible  Cut-Worm.  Fig.  91 
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CORN  PLANTERS 
It  got  to  Fatty  first,  and  as  it  took  a 
little  nip  from  the  tender  stalk,  the  big, 
conceited  coward  gave  a  yell  that  fright¬ 
ened  the  enemy  away. 
“  I  wouldn’t  cry  like  that  if  I  was  being 
killed,”  murmured  the  little  one. 
“Nor  we  either,”  said  the  middle-sized 
twins. 
By  this  time  the  terrible  cut- worm  had 
got  among  them  and  soon  had  selected 
its  victim,  which  was  a  nice,  quiet  fellow 
they  all  liked.  He  was  very  brave,  but 
could  not  keep  back  faint  moans  of  pain 
as  the  cruel  jaws  worked  nearer  to  his 
tender  heart.  It  was  a  terrible  time  for 
them  all,  as  they  were  entirely  unable  to 
aid  their  doomed  friend.  So  the  minutes 
passed  until  the  worm  had  satisfied  its 
hunger,  and  left  the  remains  of  its  poor 
victim  lying  on  the  ground  among  his 
friends.  The  worm  then  burrowed  into 
the  ground  for  its  daily  sleep,  and  the 
poor  little  plants  spent  the  rest  of  the 
night  over  the  body  of  their  friend,  dis¬ 
cussing  the  awful  things  that  were  hap¬ 
pening. 
“I’m  sick  of  this,”  said  one  of  the 
twins. 
“I  wish  we  could  kill  it,”  added  the 
other. 
“  What  a  coward  Fatty  is,”  another 
scornfully  cried. 
“  It  is  just  like  the  proud  thing,”  re¬ 
plied  the  little  one.  Fatty  hung  his  head 
and  said  never  a  word  until  daylight, 
when  he  joyfully  exclaimed. 
“  Here  comes  Farmer  Gray.” 
Mr.  Gray  had  come  out  to  inspect  his 
cornfield,  and  he  began  to  look  anxious 
as  he  saw  that  a  considerable  amount 
would  have  to  he  replanted. 
“  I  am  afraid,”  he  said  to  his  little  boy, 
Willie,  who  was  with  him,  “that  our 
chance  for  the  prize  is  not  very  good,  so 
much  has  been  drowned  out.  Why, 
what’s  this?”  as  he  came  to  the  hill 
where  our  friends  were  impatiently 
waiting. 
“  One,  two,  three  !  here  are  half  a  dozen 
hills  where  something  has  been  eating 
off  the  plants.  I  didn’t  expect  I’d  he 
bothered  with  cut-worms  this  wet  sea¬ 
son,  but  it  must  he  that  pest  that  has 
been  eating  these  plants. 
“  I’ve  found  our  enemy,  father,”  called 
out  Willie,  who  had  been  stirring  round 
the  soil  in  the  hill  where  the  worm  had 
gone  to  sleep.  “Just  see  what  an  ugly 
thing  it  is.  I’m  going  to  kill  it ;  may  I  ?” 
“Yes,  my  boy,  you  can,  and  I’ll  give 
you  a  penny  for  each  one  you  find  and 
bring  to  me.” 
The  hoy  spent  some  time  in  the  corn¬ 
field  and  found  quite  a  large  number  of 
cut-worms,  which  he  quickly  rendered 
harmless,  while  his  father  went  away  to 
see  about  replanting  the  missing  corn. 
“  Well,”  said  Fatty,  who  had  got  over 
his  scare,  “  I  am  glad  that  ugly  thing  has 
been  killed.  Did  you  fellows  see  how  I 
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“You  scare  him  indeed  :  it  was  you  that 
were  nearly  dead  with  fright,  Now  you 
brag  of  what  you  did.  If  I  were  such  a 
coward,  I’d  keep  still.” 
“  Oh,  what  a  horrid  monster  that  was  !  ” 
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