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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 29 
THE 
Rural New-Yorker 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts., New York. 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Homes. 
ELBERT 8. CARMAN, Kdltor-ln-Cbtef. 
HERBERT W. COLLING WOOD. Managing Editor 
ERWIN G. FOWLER. Associate Editor. 
Copyrighted. ISOS. 
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able to THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. 
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office and State, and what the remittance Is for, appear in every letter. 
Money orders and bank drafts on New York are the safest means of. 
transmitting money. 
SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1893. 
Mr. Lusk, page 519, informs us, that the S. F. P. C. 
A. (too big a name to use in full) was unable to secure 
counsel to prosecute dishorning cases because the evi¬ 
dence is too much in favor of the usefulness of the 
operation. Most of those who protest against dis¬ 
horning have never seen it done, or own blooded stock 
which, if dishorned, would lose-credit in a “scale of 
points” to the amount given to good horns. The horns 
must go ! They are of no use. 
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We are very willing to give our Canadian friend space 
on page 510, in which to give his version of the par¬ 
doning of the anarchists. Were these men iustly dealt 
with ? That is the question. Granting that they had 
a right to talk and make fierce threats and protests 
against our system of government, who will say they 
had a right to destroy property or to conspire and 
actually kill officers of the law? They were hung or 
imprisoned because they killed or helped to kill. Is 
not that so ? 
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The questions from our California friend on page 
509, are interesting and we would like to have a wider 
discussion of them. The chances are that grain feed 
will not be very high this season, yet it is well enough 
to know how nearly hogs can be made to grow and 
thrive without grain. With pasture and pumpkins or 
squashes very fair pigs can be produce.1. But would 
not the pork cost less per pound if more money were 
paid out for grain ? That is the point and also what 
breed of hogs has the best chance in a pasture with 
least grain ? 
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“ Wife is assistant boss,” said a business man in a 
sarcastic tone, as he read that heading in a late Rural. 
“Of course; don’t you think that she should be?” 
“ No, sir; she should be a partner, a full partner, no 
assistant.” Isn’t this the position that every true wife 
should take ? She generally performs her full share 
of the labor, takes equal responsibility for losses, aids 
and encourages by her advice and judgment, as well 
as by her superior intuitions. Why shouldn’t she be 
a full partner, or, better, a special partner with special 
privileges and emoluments ? 
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llow much of the road belongs to the bicyclist ? 
His track is narrow, but if he has a right to run his 
machine at all, he has a right to run in safety. The 
other night, on a New Jersey road, a farmer came 
hauling a mowing machine behind his wagon. Two 
bicycle riders ran into the machine in the dark, and 
were thrown and quite badly hurt. The farmer 
claimed the whole road. Why? What right had he 
to it? The man propelling his own wheel has as 
much right to a clear track as the man who rides a 
wheel that horses propel. Why not ? 
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So, after all, the force of indignant public opinion 
aided by self-interest, has forced the management of 
the Chicago Fair to close the show on Sundays. The 
attendance on those days fe-1 off to an unprofitable 
extent, while exhibitors were loud in their complaints 
that their employees were overworked, and needed a 
day of rest once a week. There is little doubt that 
the decrease in the attendance was the main causd of 
the managers’ action, though they profess to have 
acted chiefly from moral motives and in obedience to 
public sentiment. Well—“All’s Well That Ends Well.” 
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Just as the laboring classes in America are bitterly 
denouncing Chinese, Hungarian and Italian cheap 
labor, so the same classes in Great Britain are vio¬ 
lently outspoken against the cheap labor from the 
Continent, especially Germany. Clerks, barbers and 
waiters are especially aggrieved by the influx of Con 
tinentai. competitors who are willing to work, at first 
at any rate, for a mere pittance—hardly enough to 
keep a native’s body and soul together. Isn’t it a 
trifle strange that, while the native population of the 
United Kingdom are emigrating by hundreds of thou¬ 
sands each year, the influx of poorer people from the 
Continent for permanent settlement is a factor of no 
small importance in the economy of the country ? 
Last year, for instance, 210,042 English, Scotch and 
Irish left their homes, of whom 150,000 came to this 
country; while in the same period 22,137 aliens from 
the Continent were traced up to their permanent 
homes in the United Kingdom. 
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A friend in New Jersey sends this characteristic 
note : 
The mosquitoes are so thick at this writing; one can nearly cut them 
with a knife as they fly. 
Another Jerseyman on page 511, devotes some ink 
to this pest. We have lived in New Jersey for many 
years and have never suffered greatly from mosquitoes. 
There are localities eveiy where that seem to be favor¬ 
ite pastures for them. The use of kerosene on stag¬ 
nant pools and ponds has been found very useful in 
thinning out the pests. The trouble is to app’y it 
practically. * * 
The beauty of a home garden is that vegetables 
can be made ready for cooking within a few moments 
after they are growing in the soil. This short period 
between full lifeandthe stove constitutes “freshness,” 
which is the quality that fancy customers are most 
ready to pay for. Last year, in describing his “New 
Celery Culture,” Mr. Robert Niven told us how he suc¬ 
ceeded, by artificial means, in prolonging this period 
of freshness. His celery was packed, roots down, in 
water tight boxes, with water enough to keep them 
moist. In this way the plants did not wilt, but re¬ 
tained their crispness and flavor. The same treatment 
will help preserve asparagus. Why not try this phase 
of the water cure—you people who are trying to 
develop a home market ? 
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There are several ways of solving this wheat ques¬ 
tion now that the price is low. Here is one outlined 
by a southern Ohio farmer : 
I have just thrashed my wheat crop of 22% acres, and with 7 bush¬ 
els per acre on 10H acres, and 2(% bushels on 12)6 acres, or an average 
of 31 bushels tor the farm. I And that I caanot raise wheat at present 
prices—60 cents at the mill, the very best offer; so I sha 1 push potato 
growing a little harder, plowing under rye and cow-peas (the former 
In May and the latter sn winter) and let that year of manuring take 
the place of the two years clover demands—one for an unprofitable 
wheat crop to precede it, and one for Itself. 
This man, you see, proposes to make money in 
wheat by not growing it. If many more would do the 
same thing, we would all be better off—those who can 
grow something else as well as those who cannot. 
Will rye and cow-peas take the place of clover without 
fertilizers ? * * 
Here is that old fraud Bain at his old tricks again. 
The following letter comes to us in a round-about way 
with a request that we print it : 
Mr. Editor: 
1 have just used the last of the fruit that I put up last summer. I 
did not heat or seal the fruit, just put It up cold. Get fresh fruit, 
wash It clean, put In common three or four-gallon earthen jars and 
press It down as much as you can without Injuring It. Take two 
ounces of compound extract salyx, which you can get from any drug¬ 
gist, dissolve It In four gallons of boiling water; when cool pour on 
enough to cover the lrult. Tbe salyx prevents fermentation and the 
water keeps the air from the fruit, 1 put up 20 gallons of strawberries. 
23 of raspberries. 40 of peaches and 17 of grapes and did not lose a gal¬ 
lon. Every jar kept perfectly fresh. The fruit looked and tasted 
just as it did when picked. 1 keep boarders and they all thought my 
fruit the nicest they ever ate. belDg much finer than canned fruit. I 
tnlnk It strange that every one does not put up fruit In this way. as it 
Is certainly elegant, and so cheap and healthy. MRS. c. D. raker. 
That’s the same old game that has been played so 
many times. The compound extract of salyx is 
salicylic acid, a substance highly injurious to health 
in the proportion named. The object of the frauds is 
to get this innocent letter printed in the papers so 
that some thrifty souls will try to find where the 
“ Extract of Salyx” can be bought. It is a humbug 
and fraud no matter what papers print it. The end 
of this interesting recipe comes in the following note 
from the postmaster at Wheeling, W. Va. 
This name Is ‘•flctltous.” The man operating the salyx fraud under 
the name of Mrs. C. D. Baker was arreeted at Zanesville, O., which 
prevented him from receiving the mall from this Alice. 
W. J. W. COWBE.V P. M. 
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An experiment in road-making by convict labor, 
under the law passed during the last session of the 
legislature, is now under way near Clinton Prison, 
Plattsburg, N. Y. There are 150 convicts at work 
grading the road which is 26 feet wide from curb to 
curb, rising one foot in the center above the level of 
the gutters. The natural foundation is rolled down 
solidly, and covered with crushed stones of three 
grades. On the bottom are the coarsest, averaging 
about two inches in thickness, those in the next layer 
are about half an inch, and on top are the smallest, 
running down to sand and fine clay. Each layer is 
rammed firmly and rolled. The layers are 10 inches 
thick in the middle of the road, and eight at the sides. 
At the outset about $2,000 were expended for ma¬ 
chinery, etc., out of the appropriation of $10,000, and 
it is expected that the balance will be sufficient to 
construct two miles of the road this season. Should 
the undertaking prove successful, it is believed that 
annual appropriations will be made to continue the 
work. May not the solution of the puzzling problem 
of profitable employment of convict labor without 
injury to free labor lie in this direction ? 
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BREVITIES. 
Of all tbe flowers from roses down to tansy, 
There's nothing hits me like unto the pansy. 
Them little posies- jest like people s faces— 
Keep noddin to ve in tbelrproper plsces. 
Frond, patient, smilin’, hapj.y, sweet an’ sour, 
Why, I can sit an’ watch 'em by the hour. 
An’ note their changes: when the skv Is bright. 
They jest beam out with cheerfulness and light; 
But let a cloud come skipping o'er the sun. 
An’ off their lace the happy look will run. 
An', like a man that wrinkles no his brow 
When trouble comes, them leaves are crinkled now. 
An' so they change, from sorrow up to gay, 
An' back again the whole day long; I say. 
We sot no use for any other flowers 
Except them pansies In that yard of ours. 
Look in! 
Debt means sweat. 
Unclean, feel mean. 
De-fence for defense. 
You need a white wash. 
Give us tame, not game pigs. 
The gentle pig makes the pork. 
Make use of your lawful prav. 
Keep It dark ! the cow’s stable. 
They begin to “ eay you notice. 
Soap yourself and then rub It in! 
Let cows and pastures be dry together. 
The worst may be first—until they burst. 
IN this sad drought, throw check rains out. 
Come off your perch unless It Is hand-made. 
The sole destroying and soul Inspiring earth 
No ticks no Texas fever. Draw a check on them. 
What sheep can be happy without roots In winter ? 
Quitting your knitting Is what makes profit flitting. 
Why not take hold of the crank and help turn him right? 
A chronic desire for a tonic has de-stred many a family. 
Chapman planes the Bordeaux mixture slab on page 513. 
Too many poultry men plant lice when they sell old birds. 
Would that the Wall Street bulls would feed on wheat awhile. 
A “tile” on a man’s head has often drained the sense out of his 
brain. 
When you try to fortify yourself with spirit, you join the Devil’s 
garrison 
Sulhhur will whiten many things, but It will not bleach out the 
black knot. 
" Does time hang heavy on your hands?” Take a stitch In It. and 
save holding nine. 
It seems that Christian patience Is as necessary as a good nozzle In 
spraying potatoes. 
Which hog? The one that needs least grain, or the one that will 
give best profit on most grain ? 
Too many people come home from farmers' meetings with heads 
that may be called “returned empties.” 
Does Mr. Wyckoff ask too much of a Leghorn pullet when he expects 
her to get out of the shell, grov up and lay 100 eggs Inside of one 
year? 
Wall Street bulls and bears upset the arguments of our friend 
on page 508; for they thrive better the more tnelr business Is done “on 
tick.” 
Chas. W. Garfield says the asparagus would take a promtnent 
place as a decorative plant for the lawns, even if It were not an edible 
vegetable. 
Make the wrong right! Make the wrong right! Don't let It hide In 
the darkness of night; chop off your pride, don't let It hide all of your 
justice and love out of sight. 
Those Virginia dogs that attend church regularly (page 510), do you 
suppose they could be guilty of killing sheep ? Do human beings 
ever leave the church In the lurch ? 
The old sow ought to be about the quickest and surest money 
earner on the farm. Wnat Is the objection to putting all the proceeds 
from one sow into books for the children ? 
France and Germany are well supplied with first-class agricul¬ 
tural colleges, yet Prof. Hlllgard notices that very few of the gradu¬ 
ates ever go back to the farm as tillers of the soil. 
Mr. Roberts, page 507, wants the Government to pay a good-sized 
bounty to enaole him to grow the Gandy strawberry. Mr. Taber 
writes that he sold 1100 worth of Gandys In one day. 
Some of the Insects in Brazil are of such brilliant colors that, 
mounted on gold, they are used as ear rings and other ornaments 
What objection to using tbe potato bug for the same purpose ? 
The trouble with peas and oats sown together for hay seems to be 
that people get in a hurry and want to rush them In with as little 
curing as Timothy gets. This will not do. The mixture needs a 
longer cure. 
The seal upon your can of fruit must strike It while It's hot, or elie 
our friends bacteria will drive It all to pot And when you open up 
the can let little time be spent, because It takes but little time to 
make the thing ferment. 
WE have just put two good loads of oat hay In the barn. The oats 
were cut when the “grain was In the milk ’ and cured just like grass. 
The horses prefer It to Timothy. We can now sow millet on the 
stubble for another grass crop. 
“I never see that team working on your farm—useless Isn't It? ’ 
“ We have no work for It at home and yet it supports all the rest.” 
“ How f o?” “ We keep it at work on the town streets, where it earns 
enough to buy all the grain needed for the other stock!” 
IS the two-mlnute trot er here? The other day, with the aid of a 
running mate, a bicycle sulky and a kite-shaped track at Kirkwood, 
Del., Agnes P., trotted a full mile in the marvelous time of 2.0.‘IV*. 
There was a widespread opinion among the spectators that with a 
faster running mate, the record would be lowered still further. 
A man who travels a great deal among farmers In different parts of 
the country says he can always tell whether the husband or wife Is 
boss In a household. If the barn is large and the house small, the 
man is boss; but where the hjuse Is fine and the barn dilapidated 
“the gray mare Is the better horse.” Where a good new house and a 
line barn are seen, It may be taken for granted that the husband and 
wife have about equal authority—either can boss the hired man, as 
they are full partners. Does our readers’experience agree with this 
man’s observation ? 
