AUG. 22 
Humorous , 
New York Trade Schools 
First Ave., 67th and 68th Sts., New York. 
Sunday School Teacher : “ Johnny, 
who was the prodigal son ? ” Johnny : 
“ Oh ! that was the fell w who went away 
a dude and came back a tramp.”— Harper's 
Bazar. 
How Tommy Grew in a Year.—V isitor: 
“ You’ve grown, Tommy, since last year.” 
Tommy (disdainfully): “ Oh, yes 1 Why, I 
onlycameupas high asmynecktie then.”— 
Clothier and Furnisher. 
Didn’t Want to be an Angel.— Poverty- 
stricken suitor: “ Be mine, Amanda, and I 
will treat you like an angel 1” Amanda : 
“ I should think so I Nothing to eat, and 
still less to wear. Not me I "—Figaro. 
First Statesman: “How is the official 
investigation into those boodle charges 
comiDg on ?” Second Statesman : “ Splen¬ 
didly, splendidly. We’ve succeeded in not 
finding out a thing.”—Veto York Weekly. 
Letting No Chance Slip.— Housewife: 
“ If you are not away from here in two 
minutes I’ll send for a policeman.” Hun¬ 
gry Higgins : “ Give me the ’arrant, ma’am. 
I’ll hunt one up for on’y ten cents.”— In¬ 
dianapolis J ournal. 
He: “Yes, darling, and it shall be the 
purpose of my life to surround you with 
every comfort and to anticipate and grati¬ 
fy your every wish.” She : “ How good of 
you Harry 1 And all on $12 a week, too.”— 
Vermont Watchman. 
Hurt His Finer Feelings.— Simmons : 
“ You seem to be at outs with Miss Figg.” 
Timmons:"Yes; on account of her disgusting 
addiction to slang.” “Slang t ” “So I said. 
You see, I asked her to marry me and she 
said ‘Rats.’”— Indianapolis Journal. 
Anxious to Know.—" Now, you never 
smell the odor of liquor on my breath,” 
said the young clergyman, expostulating 
with Staggers for his bibulous propensities. 
“ No ; what do you do for it ? ” asked 
Staggers with deep Interest.— The Epoch. 
It’s a Poor Rule, Etc.— Mind cure Doc¬ 
tor : “ Make up your mind there is no pain 
and there is none. Five dollars, please.” 
Patient (moving toward the door): “Make 
up your mind there is no payin’, and there 
Is none. Good morning.”— Yankee Blade. 
A Chivalrous Lad.— “ Mamma,” said 
Willie, “that little Susie Harkins called 
me a donkey to day.” “ What did you do ? ” 
“Well, of course I couldn’t slap a little 
girl, so I told Sister Mary, and she just 
scratched Susie out of sight.”—if arper's 
Bazar. 
Miss Emersonia Russell (from Beacon 
Hill): “ Don’t you think Mr. Bowles’s coun¬ 
tenance would arrest the workings of the 
interior mechanicism of a horologe ?” Miss 
Calumetia Porcine (from Michigan Ave¬ 
nue) : “ I don’t know. But I think it would 
stop a clock.”— Jewelers' Circular. 
“That was a mean trick of that dry 
goods concern.” “What did they do?” 
“Advertised ‘Circulars Given Away To¬ 
day,’ and all the women within 10 miles 
went down to get one. When they got 
there they found the circulars were printed 
ones, and not cloaks.”— Harper's Bazar. 
Retired Agriculturist.— Stranger: 
“Your farm has a prosperous look.” 
Farmer : "Wall, I ain’t complainin’. I’ve 
worked this ’ere farm night an’ day fer 
nigh onto forty years, an’ now I’ve about 
made up my mind to let ’er out on shares 
an’ retire from business. I’ve got money 
saved up.” Stranger: “Retire, eh ? What 
will you do with yourself then ? ” Farmer: 
“Same as they all do. I’ll become a 
weather prophet.”— New Jork Weekly. 
Day Classes commence January 4, 1802. 
Three months’ courses of Instruction in Plumbing, 
Carpentry and Stone Cutting, #85 each; In Bricklaying 
and In House, Sign and Fresco Painting. £40 each. 
Attendance last season 58«, the young men coming 
from 21 different States and from Canada. 
Circular, illustrated with photo engravings, mailed 
free on application. 
T7'/^\T> CJATF -Farm of 58 acres. A nice 
P vJIY Southern home within 
one mile of railroad depot: schools and churches. 
Splendid for fruit, excellent for a dairy farm and 
unsurpassed To* potatoes, as two crops can be raised 
in one season If not sold privately, will sell at auc¬ 
tion in parts or as a whole on Monday, October 5, 
next. Address JACOB BUCHI. Franklin, Tenn. 
Ca JLDS & CALDWELL CO., Mfrs. 22 & 24 N. Canal St. Chicago,III 
A SOLID STEEL FENCE 
CATF -A farm 
I Ull dAJLJJJ. and DELIGHT¬ 
FUL, HOME, near Milford. Dei., 1L£ miles from 
Railroad Station. 8,500 Peach, 5<0 Apple. 100 Cherry, 
and 100 Pear Trees ; 100 Grape Vines Walnut, Butter¬ 
nut and Madeira Nuts in bearing with other nut trees 
from one to eight years old. Large yard filled with 
choice shade trees. The buildings are : Eight-roomed 
house, two new barns with shed, and new four- 
roomed Cottage. Price, $4,50". Any one desiring to 
avoid severe winters and secure a desirable home 
may address Box 235, Milford, Del. 
MADE OF LArMINULU iVI L I ML. 
Far RESIDENCES, CHURCHES, CEMETERIES, FARMS GARDENS, Gates, Arbors, Window Guards, Trellises, 
Write for Illustrated Catalogue. No. lO. CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO. 
Hardware Men keep it. Give name of this paper. 116 Water St., Pittsburgh, Pa- 
TTIRGINIA FARM. “ Kedlicld.’’-Fine Farm 
V and handsome residence. 700 acres of rich, 
smooth land, adapted to grass and clover; well 
watered and fenced: large brick Mansion of 14 rooms, 
finished in solid oak and walnut. Ample Barns and 
'Outbuildings In good repair; near Depot, Churches, 
Schools and best society; large lawn shaded by 
grand old forest trees; eminently healthy; House 
cost $12,000. Photographs If desired. Price, $11,1X10. 
W. G. STEVENS, Houston, Va. 
GOOD Fertilizers we make bring 
BIG retuems by producing increased 
CROPS •f adl kinds. 
Send for Circular, descriptive of our OLD RELIABLE Super-Phosphates and special Fertilizers. 
THE CLEVELAND DRYER COMPANY, No. 15 Wick Block, Cleveland, Ohio. 
rjTHK DU BOIS DITCHING FLOW.-Fur- 
1 Ished at short notice. Price. $15. Manufactured 
by GEORGE W. DEAN, Ithaca, N. Y. 
llll-l | riippi |P 04 „ Kinds, Water. Gat. Oil. 
MJ L I I 0 U I I LI Lv Mining, Ditching, Pump. 
t!ng,Wind&Steam Mach’y. Encyclopedia 25c. 
■ " ■■■■"TheAmericanWellWorks,Aurora,III. 
11 - 13 S.Canal St., CHICAGO,ILL. I . . u 
Elm Street, DALLAS, TEXAS. \ Branch Houses - 
THE ONLY REUABLE 
_DIGG ER IN THE 
lil^WoRLD 
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE Gold-Plated‘Badges, 
highly enamelled and finished, 40 cents each : 3 
for $1; 1 dozen. $:i.50. Cash with order. Address all 
orders to J. E. RUE, (B. A.) P O. Box 4, Littleton, N. C. 
of Vl 
Proof 1 l 
Before Buying. \\ 
P OUR some water In the sleeve holding V 
the end tight as here shown or any- 1 
where else where there is a seam, and see If j 
It is watertight There are goods in the market 
that look very nice, but will leak at every seam. 
We warrant Tower’s IMPROVED Fisb 
Brand Slicker to be water tight at every 
seam and everywhere else; also not to peel or 
stick, and authorize our dealers to make good 
any Slicker that falls In either point. There are 
two ways you can tell the Genuine Improved 
Fish Brand Slicker. 
I st. A Soft Woolen Collar. 
2d. Tbl? Trad* $^arK (below.) 
Watch Out *** Lowe#, 
forboththese points! 
Send for Catalogue free. ^ 
A, J. TOWER. Mfr., Boston, Mass. I- 
FARQUHAR VIBRATING SEPARATOR 
. HFNn POR r.ATAlDOLJI 
senp fo * circulars. 
Pruyn Manufacturing Company, 
BOX A, HOOSICK FALLS. N. Y 
Iddrc. A. Ii. KARQUHAK, York, P«. 
CANADA M A |J ■■■ 
UNLEACHED jQk M J" 
HARD WOOD ® ™ *** 
Nature’s Own Fertilizer. 
Send for Sample, Prices, Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to THE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH 
CO., Loudon, Ont., Canada, or South Sudbury, 
Mass. 
JUNIOR 
WINDMILL 
“Money make* the mare go, and 
breeze operates the Ideal Junlor—a little 
buys it. Ask lor catalogue tree. 
STOVER MFC. CO., 
502 River Street. FREEPOR1 
THE NEW 
DOCTOR BAILEY 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, August 22, 1891. 
Six sizes, for hand, 
a— — .— horse and 
TTliillfli steam * 
W*M machino 
ipgjjinlp made with a 
jO |]f drawing 
|||> and shear- 
I (Ull it Great 
! !' I|||i piil saving 
: of p 0w er 
ijijl jj:': iR and increase 
i'ii I f II of capacity. 
I .0 Scud for circular* 
'<% and cataloguo. 
LIVE BTOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Successful Creamery Business. 
More About Cheap Pork Making. 
The Cheese of the Future. 
Weight of the Cheapest Pork. 
A Summer Poultry Talk. 
Cleaning Out the Poultry House. 
A Mighty Plague of Mites. 
FARM TOPICS 
j Made only by 
Iames PLOWCO. 
Boston and Now York. 
The Owner and the Tenant. 
Bracing up the Down W heat. 
A Saw-Fly Borer in Wheat.....«. 
Something About Subsoiling. 
Fertilizer for Grain. 
A Question for Farmers... 
Keep Up Your Fence.. 
My Best Wheat Yield. 
City Partners for Farmers. 
Firing Out the Moles .. 
Shall We Paint Shingle Roofs?. 
A Perfect Wheat Seed Bed. 
A Huckleberry Picnic. 
Good Advice to City Workers. 
My Rural No. 2 Potatoes. 
Elevator for Bagging Grain. 
Herse Powers . 
Saving Cutter Knives. 
A Mosquito Trap. 
The Sripman Engine. 
Some Roumanian Farming. 
Side Shows on the Farm. 
Some More Side Issues. 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Notes for August.-. 
Wanted a Perfect Market Strawberry. 
Mr. J. M. Smith’s Irrigation. 
Grape Fertilizers, Strawberries, etc. 
The Flea Beetle. 
Cabbage Lice ... •... 
Strawberries for Home Use. 
The Hardiest Peaches. . 
Location in the Fruit Bu-lness. 
Dried Bananas. 
Bananas for Food. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
The Care of Oil Stoves . 
Our Economy Column. 
Just How to Can Vegetables. 
Guests as They Come to Us. 
About Canning Plums. 
Recipes for a Peacn Year. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
How Much Gold Drainage Can we Stand ?, 
That I and Loan Scheme Again. 
Editorial. 
Brevities . 
Here’s Business for You... 
Agri'-ultural News.. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Crop and Market Notes. 
A Long Island Harvest Home. 
Humorous. 
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compactly and conveniently fifty- 
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receipt of 75 cents. Address 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Timk8 Building, New York. 
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Raws Eneines—3 to 15 Horse Power, mounted or on base plat*. 
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Jones’ Winter Fife, American Bronze, On¬ 
tario Wonder. New Australian, Fnrly Red 
Clawson. Golden Cross, and all 6TAM1AI1I) 
sorts that have proven themselves the hardiest and 
most productive Wheats now grovvn in the United 
States. Our New Fall Catalogue, giving history, 
description and prices, sent free to all who write for It 
JOHNSON &. STOKES, Seedsmen, 
PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
WIRE PICKET FENCE MACHINE. 
Lowdfu's Perfection. Latest improved best field 
machine in the world. Kvcry farmer his own 
fence builder. Costs 30 to 35 cents a rod. best 
Post Auger made. Wire and Pickets for sale. 
For large illustrated catalogue address 
L. C. LOWDEN, Indianapolis, Ini., TJ. S. A. 
'Warranted tlio most perfect Force-Feed 
Fertilizer Drill in existence. Send for 
circular. A. B. FAROUHAR, York, Pa. 
DiiT ranwN-™- 
rill unUWliKs 
PLANTS. All Varieties 
83 sr Descriptive List Free. 
Address T. J. DWYER, Cornwall, N. Y. 
nm 8 THE ZIMMERMAN 
-- The Standard Machine. 
Differentsizesand prices. Illustrated Catalogue fVeo. 
THE BLYMYEli IllON WORKS CO., Cincinnati,O. 
No. 410 Boys’ IkellKlit Pocket Knife 
only 50 cents. I^uliett’ Fine Scissors. 
Send for our new catalogue. True Apol¬ 
lo Bing; Itiuor, tiest in the world, $2.00 
LING & LODGE, Madison, Ind. 
PURE UNLEACHED. 
Order direct from Canada. 
S3T Write for free pamphlet. 
,F. R. XiAXjOR, Dunnville, One. 
WOOD 
ASHES 
T. V. MUNSON, DENISON, TEXAS. 
■nTfM7T5C! —Write us for prices 
DitfUJiilvu. and discounts. 
WM. GLOBE’S SONS, Rising Sun, Ind. 
Headquarters for Parker Earle Strawberry, Bril¬ 
liant, Campbell, Rommel and Herman Jnegcr 
Grapes. Descriptions and Brices on Application. 
