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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 4 
What In Nervons Prostration? 
A condition reuniting from the over-expenditure 
Of vital force—living. In work or socley, “ beyond 
our means ” as far as brain and nerve power Is con¬ 
cerned. Its deplorable symptoms are thus graphi¬ 
cally described by a recent writer: "Nervous pros¬ 
tration Is as much to be dreaded as any disease 
which does not threaten speedy death. It Is most 
treacherous, producing a condition more painful 
than pain, a weakness weaker than extreme fatigue, 
despondency more dejected than the lowest of low 
spirits, an Instability of self-control destructive of 
confidence, making work, mental and physical, more 
distasteful to the once energetic nature that never 
knew weariness than to the constitutionally la/.y; 
while the exterior aspect Is one of health, and mus¬ 
cular strength for a single effort may not be Im¬ 
paired. Add to this a craving for sympathy without 
the means of eliciting It because It Is 1 mere nervous 
prostration.’" 
Is It to be expected that any medicine put Into the 
stomach can restore a person so afflicted ? Is It not 
more reasonable to look for help to natural means 
and methods ? 
The records of T)R8. Starkey & Pai.en, of Phila¬ 
delphia, discoverers and only dispensers of Com¬ 
pound Oxygen, abundantly prove that such Is the 
case. During their twenty-three years of wide prac¬ 
tice, thousands (literally) have, after trying every 
ther means attainable, found In Compound Oxygen 
the one thing needful to put them on the right side of 
the line of health and happiness. 
They constantly receive letters similar to this: 
“Drs. Starkey & Palen:—I take pleasure in 
recommending yourC. O. to anyone suffering from 
nervous prostration. I have realized from Its use a 
degree of benefit I had never expected. Overwork 
and weak lungs had almost brought me to the end 
of my rope. C. O. used regularly for three weekB 
cured a cough which physicians’ prescriptions had 
falled.for months to cure. In two months’ time I be¬ 
lieve my entire system was reconstructed. I weigh 
twenty pounds more than I did when I began Its use 
and feel as big as a house. I have always strenu¬ 
ously objected to the use of drngB and have never 
used them but by the advice of a physician or one In 
whom I had confidence. I like C. O. especially be¬ 
cause It 1 b not a drug. Hartweli. m. Ayer, 
Ed. Florence, 'limes, Florence, N. C.” 
Many of the most prominent and best known peo¬ 
ple In the country have had a like experience, and 
we aro at liberty to refer the Interested Inquirer to 
them. The treatment can be taken at home, and 
consultation before and throughout It Is free. Ad¬ 
dress, Drs. Htarkey A. Palkn, 1629 Arch Ht.. Phila¬ 
delphia, or Chicago, Han Francisco, New York and 
Toronto, Ont.— Adv. 
Bogus white lead would have no sale did it not 
afford makers a larger profit than Strictly Pure 
White Lead. 
HOW THE WATCHES AND OTHER PREMI¬ 
UMS ARE LIKED BY SUBSCRIBERS. 
My watch, got of you eight months ago, I have 
carried In my pocket every day since, when doing all 
kinds of farm work. It gives perfect satisfaction and 
Is Just as good a timer as I ever owned.—C. K. Pot¬ 
ter, Erie County, N. Y. 
The lamp Is the best, for the price, and we are very 
much Indebted to you for sending It. -Henry Times, 
St. Louis County, Mo. 
The telescope arrived to-day and I am well pleased 
with It. It Is much better than I expected to receive. 
—W. 8. Ferguson, Venango County, Pa. 
I am very much pleased with The R. N.-Y. knife. 
It Is of extra fine metal. Thank you. I have never 
got anything shabby from you.— C. A. Downing, 
Cass County, Mo. 
I received the telescope a day or two ago and the 
watch to-day, and am much pleased with them. 
Accept thanks for sending them so promptly.— Ja mes 
H. Patton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 
The Carman grape, received before Christmas, Is 
a little beuuty and all right. The Levin primer that 
came on January 28 and has been Industriously at 
work ever since, Is a daisy. I managed to break 
the spring the other day; but even *hen I cutup over 
700 cuttings In less than one hour. It has only one 
little fault: the point of the knife hits the rivet In 
the lower Jaw. This Is easily remedied, however, by 
wedging n piece of leather In the upper handle for 
the back of the knife to hit against 1% Inch behind 
the screw rivet. I never miss a chance to speak a 
good word for The IUthai. and American Garden 
ing.—D. II. Herron, M. D., Burleson County, Tex. 
The wise man is never persuaded to buy paint 
just as good” or “better” than 
Bogus! 
that is said to be “just 
Strictly Pure White Lead. 
The market is flooded with spurious white leads. The following analyses, 
made by eminent chemists, of two of these misleading brands show the exact 
proportion of genuine white lead they contain: 
Misleading Brand 
“ Standard Dead Co. Strictly Pure White 
Dead. St. Louis.’’ 
Materials Proportions Analyzed by 
Barytes 69.36 per cent. Regis Chauvenet 
Oxide of Zinc 34.18 per cent. A Bro., 
White Lead 6.40 per cent, St. Louis. 
Less than 7 per cent, white lead. 
Misleading Brand 
“ Pacific Warranted Pure [A] White Lead 
Materials Proportions 
Sulphate of Lead 4.18 per cent. 
Oxide of Zinc 46.04 per cent. 
Barytes 50 08 percent. 
No white lead in it. 
Analyzed by 
Lcdoux A (to., 
New York. 
You can avoid bogus lead by purchasing any of the following brands. 
They are manufactured by the “Old Dutch ” process, and are the standards: 
“ANCHOR” (Cincinnati) 
“ARMSTRONG & McKELVY 
“ ATLANTIC ” (New York) 
"BEYMEk-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh) 
“ BRADLEY ” (New York) 
“ BROOKLYN ” (New York) 
“ COLLIER ”. (St. Louis) 
“CORNELL ’’ (Buffalo) 
“ DAVIS-CHAMBERS ’’ (Pittsburgh) 
“ ECKSTEIN ’’ (Cine innati) 
“ .JEWETT ” (New York) 
“ KENTUCKY ” (Louisville) 
(Pittsb’gh) “FAHNESTOCK” (Pittsburgh) 
“ LEWIS ” (Philadelphia) 
“ MORLEY ” (Cleveland) 
“RED SEAL ” (St. Louis) 
“SALEM ’’ (Salem, Mass.) 
“SHIPMAN ” (Chicago) 
“ SOUTHERN ’’ (St. Louis and Chicago) 
“ ULSTER ” (New York) 
“ UNION " (New York) 
For sale by the most reliable dealers in paints everywhere. 
If .7°. u are K° in e to P aint - il will pay you to send to us for a'book containing informa¬ 
tion that may save you many a dollar ; it will only cost you a postal card to do so 
NATIONAL LEAD CO., 
1 Broadway, New York. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Lent. 
Eggs and fish. 
Poultry Is higher. 
Capons are lower. 
Spring lamb Is expensive. 
Onions are higher and scarcer. 
Frozen poultry Is again quoted. 
Cranberries are scarce and firm. 
Fancy apples are firm and higher. 
Bad weather for shipping produce. 
Florida oranges are dull, but no lower. 
The New York Food Exposition opens March 7. 
Houthern vegetables are an uncertain quantity at 
this season. 
Cold-storage houses aro being established all over 
the country. 
The sales of stearlne during the month of January 
aggregated 670,000 pounds. 
Two steamers with total cargoes of 46,000 sacks of 
Scotch potatoes are due here. 
Beans are firmer; arrivals have been light; the 
demand Is good, and prices of most kinds are higher. 
A Wisconsin butcher banged himself In his own 
Ice-box. He evidently wished to make sure of cold 
quarters—for his body, at least. 
Elmira, N. Y.. Is excited over the discovery of the 
fore quarter of a horse nicely dressed and wrapped 
up In a blanket, evidently all ready for market. 
Keports from Vermont Indicate that the farmers of 
that Htate have been selling their hogs dressed nt a 
less price than swine have been selling for alive at 
Chicago. 
Best grades of cheese are a little oil. Lower grades 
have been so much sought after on account, of tho 
high prices of boat, grades that they havo been well 
cleaned up, and aro firm at former prices. 
January 31, 40.000 pounds of stearlne which had 
been shipped to Europe were Imported back to this 
country—an Illustration of the stagnation of the 
market, and the great paucity of hog products. 
The output of flour from Minneapolis mills last 
woek showed a doorcase of over 11,000 barrels. The 
production was 163,785 barrels, against 176,166 the 
week before, 171,630 for tho corresponding time In 
1892 and 112,000 In 1891. 
Butter Is dull. Receipts are only moderate, but 
the demand doesn't seem to Increase as much lower 
prices would seem to warrant. Dairy butter Is 
SEEDS AND GRAPE VINES READY. 
The new bean that we had planned to 
distribute among’ subscribers this season 
iB the old favorite Dutch Caseknife 
greatly improved by many years’ selec¬ 
tion. But as the crop was cut short by early 
frosts, we now announce with pleasure 
that we have secured a stock of the creat 
novelty, Burpee’s Dwarf Black Lima, 
from W. Atlee Burpee fa. Co. of Phila 
delphia, of which we will send a packet 
to any yearly subscriber who sends the 
three cents for mailing. The mailing 
has begun. 
The tomato seed from the Carman’s 
selections from 200 cross-bred varieties 
is now being sent out. Cost of mailing 
two cents. 
The Carman grape vines are being 
mailed to all sections where the climate 
is suitable for planting ; the rest will 
follow as soon as the weather will permit. 
Cost of mailing eight cents. 
The supply of Narcissus bulbs is ex 
hausted. 
We have secured a lot of Pearl tube¬ 
rose bulbs, and will send six of them pre¬ 
paid to any yearly subscriber who sends 
eight cents for the cost of mailing. The 
retail price of these bulbs is five to seven 
cents each. They are among the most 
beautiful garden flowering bulbs and are 
easy of culture. 
We especially request applicants for 
the gift seeds and plants to write for the 
same on a piece of paper, separate from 
other orders, and accompanied by the re¬ 
quisite amount in postage stamps. It 
will facilitate matters very much in our 
office, as the seed distribution receives at¬ 
tention in a separate department, and 
the regular departments .are being 
worked to their utmost capacity. 
Deserving Confidence. No 
article so richly deserves the 
entire confidence of the commu¬ 
nity as Brown’s Bronchial 
T roches. Sufferers from 
Asthma and Bronchitis should 
scarcest, an<l held with most firmness. The Boston, tCV them. ThcV are Universallv 
Chicago and Philadelphia markets are reported qnlet ' ] * 
and steady. considered superior to all other 
Eggs are lower at this writing, and dealers show a 
disposition to keep the price down If possible, but the 
recent cold weather, Interrupted traffic, Increased 
consumption during Lent, and the high prices of 
meats will have a tendency to prevent any disas¬ 
trously low figures. Still, lower prices must be ex¬ 
pected before long. 
About hops, the Watervllle Times says thatscarce- 
ly anything Is doing; the few lots marketed are com¬ 
mon grades and bring only about 20 and 21 cents; 
very few samples of choice grades are being shown 
and all dealers report such holders as still refusing 
market prices. If choice hops wore thrown on the 
market owing to the present condition of things they 
probably would not bring over 22 cents. 
articles used for relieving 
Coughs and Throat Troubles. 
“WAY DOWN UPON THE” 
FLORIDA 
PENINSULA is 
a FRONT-FRISK 
township of high, healthful land, dotted with clear 
lakes, free of marsh, filled with Northern people. 
No negroes, no liquor, no malaria; whore plnoapples. 
lemons and oranges grow best, and fresh vegetables 
are gathered all winter. Homes sold on Installments 
so cheap I “The Florida Homeseeker,” monthly, 
tells all about It. Sample Free. Write 
O. M. CROSBY, Editor, Avon Park, Florida. 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL, 8hr “'”‘’ 
greens, Roses, Hardy Plants, FOR SPRING 
Kver- 
PI.ANTING. 
XI I U/AklftCD 9. DADDV Mt. Hope Nurseries. 
THE EMPIRE 
iFire cheap. Catalogue free. 
STANDARD FENCE MACHINE. 
Fight Years of Success. Weaves both farm 
and lawn fence. Every farmer can build his own 
lonce better and cheaper than he can buy. 35 
to 50c. per rod complete. One man can build 
60 rods a day. Works perfectly over hilly ground 
and with any kind of pickets. Over 12,000 in use. 
Address EMPIRE MACHINE COMPANY, Richmond, Ind. 
REACH THE SUMMIT OF SUCCESS IN 
Farming, Gardening and Fruit Culture 
By a proper and liberal W™ r- rt TP | | | n O 
use of the celebrated ■ C* t\ 9 I In I As EL IV *3) 
Made by the old-established MANUFACTURERS, 
CLEVELAND DRYER COMPANY 
13, 14 and 15 Wick Block, 
CLEVELAND, OHIO. 
Largest crops of Wheat, Grass, Oats, Corn, Barley, Rye, Clover, Buckwheat, Onions, Cabbage, Toma¬ 
toes, Potatoes, Celery, (Strawberries, Grapes, Apples, Peaches, and In fact everything that grows In or out of 
tho ground, are produced abundantly and profitably by their well-known and A IAV A YS RELIABLE 
brands of Fertilizers. 
THE 
! 
Canada TJnleached Hard-wood 
Acknowledged the most satisfactory fertilizer. 
We have best facilities for supplying our customers 
first quality at low prices. 
48-page pamphlet free. Write for prices to 
munroe, deforest & co., 
62 Arcade Block, Oswego, N. Y. 
OLDS’ SEED POTATOES 
ere second to none. We have all the best varieties. 
We grow all our own stock. Our crop last year was 
line. No rot. 40-pago Catalogue, .with points for 
growers, free. L. L. OLDS, Clinton, Wls. 
ninPN nilFPN Raspberry Plants by dozen or 1000. 
ULLK.Ii yULLIi Poach Trees, all sizes. Aspar¬ 
agus Roots, Osage Plants, General Nursery 
Stock. (Send list wanted for Spring.) 
.1081A1I A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa. 
W A * TEI)—Man In each City and good Country 
goods, 
ences., 
own to open small office and handle my 
Moderate salary to start. Stamp and refer- 
A. T. MORRIS, Cincinnati, O. 
CHOICE PLANTS. 
Old and new varieties of the heat Otsego, Prize and 
Dayton Strawberries,Lovett and Kansas Raspberries. 
Description of the new Sanford Blackberry. Cata¬ 
logue, with testimonials, free. 
CHARLES W. GRAHAM, Afton, N. Y. 
CANNING 
Farnbam, N. Y 
MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. 
D. G. Trench Co., Chicago, III., and 
Mention this paper, 
t i 
THE WENTZELL.’ 
^Strawberry Plants tor sale by the Originator, 
F. ft. WENTZELL, Monroeville, N. J. Ready for 
shipment April 16. $1.00 per dozen. 
OTRAW BERRY PLANTS — Largest Stock and 
O Lowest Prices. Si.aymakbk A Son, Dover, Del 
UIICC S1TB RHK CA1TSOT USTK HOW 
Wlrl. YOU DO IT rou TIIK HOMY. 
$|() fioyi a |tt.00 Improved Oxford 
VI L Hewing 
kble, l 
work,) 
attachment* f 
ytara. Buy d tract bum our factorj,and mt, diklua 
and axtulk profit. Send for KBSX CATtLOUUBo 
OKU. COJU’ASXe OKI”! T 64 C1UCAU0* ILL. 
OLD COINS 
»18,888 Paid 
For 149 Old Coins. Have all 
you get, coined before 1878, 
& send 2 stamps for Ulus- 
trated list. Shows the 
highest prices paid. W. 
YON BERGEN, 95 Bcollay 
Square, Boston, Mass. 
WANTED. 
RHEUMATISM. 
To any person 
su fieri n g with 
RHEUMATISM 
In any form, Lumbago, or Neuralgia, I will gladly 
give, without charge, Information that will lead to a 
complete cure, as It has In mv case, and hundreds of 
others. 1 have nothing to sell or give, only direct you 
to a cure. Address F. W. PARKHURST, Fraternity 
Publisher, Box 1501, Boston, Mass. 
CLAREMONT Land Association, sar?y‘c^v*., 
Offers OOO choice farms; 8,000 handsome town lots 
on James River, with terms to suit purchasers. Free 
otrooier 
