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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 2 
FARMING AND STARVING. 
Much is said now in these words, 
“ Farming does not pay.” Then men be¬ 
gin to argue to prove that there is no 
fortune to be made in farming. They 
continue disputing until disgust is 
aroused against this noble employment. 
I have often been amazed at the way 
farmers talk against one another; also 
at the manner in > hich they cry down 
the r business. If a merchant ran down 
his business as the farmer does, no one 
would be found to enter it. Although 
it is an undisputed fact that 90 per cent 
of the merchants of our large cities ex¬ 
pect to fail, and do fail before life ends, 
one does not find them giving up to 
despairing remarks. They move on brave¬ 
ly to their doom and die game ; while 
the farmer cannot possibly have before 
him such a dark outlook. 
Let us take a farm of 100 acres in a 
community where farms have double and 
triple that number of acres, so that tuis 
is called a small one. The land does 
not bring $50 an acre a mile or two from 
the railroad. It can be bought for $30 
par acre and less. This little farm is m 
the edge of a village. It is held at $100 
per acre. There is a mortgage on it of 
$0,000. The house is large, comfortable 
and well situated. The owners are old. 
The husband is dead. Now, suppose this 
farm is sold for the tip-top price of 
$10,000 ; when the mortgage is paid out 
of it, there remains $4,000 for invest¬ 
ment. On that amount the aged widow 
with a son and daughter go to live in a 
village. It would be a very small house 
they could rent for $100, and they would 
have only $100 a year left to live upon. 
They would certainly starve, or lose their 
self respect and dignity. As it now is, 
that farm stands between them and 
starvation ; because they can manage to 
pay the interest on the mortgage and 
live comfortably and with dignity. 
.TEKUSALKM. 
ANOTHER “ PRESERVING ” COMPANY. 
Will The Rural please make a few re¬ 
marks anent the “French Preserving 
Co.” in order that unsophisticated coun¬ 
try people may know where they “ are 
at.” The company has, I think, its head¬ 
quarters in Minneapolis, Minn. The “gen¬ 
eral manager” is now daily at the dry 
goods store of a firm in Rochester, N. Y., 
exhibiting the marvels of his system of 
“ doing up ” fruit. 
It is placed in baskets in a box or cup¬ 
board, nearly or quite air-tight; a supply 
of water, enough to cover it when it is 
“ done,” is also put in the box. A supply 
of the preserving compound in a saucer 
is added to the collection and set on fire 
—that is, the preserving powder is fired, 
not the box and its contents. The door 
is closed, and the fumes from the burn¬ 
ing powder arrest the germs of decay in 
the fruit, and also impart such properties 
to the water that it will remain sweet 
and good indefinitely. In a few hours 
the fruit can be placed in jars, not neces¬ 
sarily air-tight, and the medicated water 
turned over it. It is then warranted to 
keep for years—until the end of time, 
and afterwards, in fact. 
Packages are sold at present for 100 
cents, but later it is designed to sell 
family rights for $5. Spectators were 
allowed to smell at the glass covers over 
the cans of fruit, and these covers smelled 
so strongly of the contents that it was 
evident the proprietor of the “ preserv¬ 
ing powder ” had learned how to per¬ 
fume glass, as well as preserve perish¬ 
able fruit. When the fruit is to be used, 
the water is turned off, sugar is added to 
make a syrup, and then turned over the 
fruit. 
Inclosed is a “ dodger.” If The Rural 
knows anything about the company or 
the “ French Preserving Powder,” will 
it kindly make it known. The powder 
is said to be composed of seven ingredi¬ 
ents which are in daily use on every one’s 
table, but, of course, tbe formula is not 
made public. F. D. s. 
Adams Basin, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—We do not know this partic¬ 
ular company, but have no hesitation in 
warning our readers not to buy or use 
this powder, whatever it may be. The 
“dodger” spoken of reads as follows, 
omitting the name of the firm : 
YOU ARE INVITED 
to call and examine the choice lot of Fruits and 
Vege.ables which are now on exhibition In our base¬ 
ment, put up by THE GREAT FRENCH PRESERV¬ 
ING PROCESS, In water, at an expense Of only One 
Cent a quart. It is the wonder of the atie—a wonder¬ 
ful discovery—some of the fruit having been put up 
more than two years ago, without Heat, Sugar, Acid, 
Alcohol or Air-Tight Cans. 
The General Manager of the Company owning the 
Discovery Is with us, and will explain the process 
free to all who call We will sell you a package of 
tbe Compound sulllclent to preserve 128 quarts for 
$1. Full instructions accompany each package. This 
Is the first time the public has ever had an oppor¬ 
tunity to sfeure any of this Compound at such a 
figure, as the price of a family right is $5.00, and we 
cannot guarantee to sell It long at the present price 
Without knowing just what the powder 
is, we don't believe the fruit will keep 
nor do we believe it will le wholesome. 
If it were possible to do such remarkable 
things with fruit our chemists would 
have discovered it long ago and our can¬ 
ning factories would long since have dis¬ 
carded their costly apparatus. It is 
absurd to say that some little two-cent 
“Preserving Company” has discovered 
a secret that has baffled the leading 
chemists of the world. Challenge the 
“ general manager ” to send a sample of 
his stuff to Dr. Collier of the Geneva Sta¬ 
tion for analysis. We can thus easily 
prove that it is harmless and if it is 
really a good thing he can get a patent 
on it and make a fortune. Let him sub¬ 
mit his stuff to the proper authorities 
for analysis or get out of the State. IIis 
“dodger” simply says he can preserve 
fruit. Nothing is said about the preserva¬ 
tion of the stomach. Is not the stomach 
more valuable than the fruit ? 
PRODUCERS WANT BIMETALLISM. 
It is surprising how often one hears 
intelligent farmers make such statements 
as the following in regard to the present 
financial situation and the proposed legis¬ 
lation in regard to it: “Ob, our repre¬ 
sentatives will fix up things to suit them¬ 
selves and we shall have to stand it.” 
“ This currency question is too deep for 
us farmers,” and the like. Now we need 
not stand any legislation which is unjust 
and unfair to the majority of our people 
if we act intelligej tly. The producing 
classes are in a majority in vhis country 
and deserve to be slaves if they will not 
be free. As to not understanding the 
silver question, this much any person of 
average intelligence should be able to 
see. The producing class support legis¬ 
lation favorable to bimetallism, while 
the non-producers—the Rothschilds and 
the aristocratic class of Europe, and of 
America also, oppose it Now, admitting 
that these two classes are equally intelli¬ 
gent, we have but to ask ourselves which 
is the more patriotic, which has the wel¬ 
fare of the people at heart, which are our 
friends, to decide which course is for our 
best interest. The people of the West 
have been awake to the gravity of the 
political situation. It is not that they 
have had greater grievances than we of 
the East; but because they have been 
less accustomed to bear them than we ; 
or perhaps many of them have had such 
a bitter experience with the greed and 
arrogance of tbe aristocratic class of 
Europe or of their would-be imitators of 
this country, that it has made them more 
alert to the interests cf themselves and 
their posterity. farmer s boy. 
Too Many Gophers. —The County Com¬ 
missioners of Wallace County, Kansas, 
lately offered a bounty of 10 cents per 
head for the scalps of gophers or striped 
ground squirrels. During the week fol¬ 
lowing the announcement there were 
brought to the County Clerk the scalps 
of over 13,000 of the animals, represent¬ 
ing $1 300. The Commissioners at once 
discontinued the offer, and have called 
a bond election to raise the necessary 
funds to pay for the scalps. Such a super¬ 
abundance of gophers and such industry 
on the part of their destroyers would 
soon bankrupt the courry m a period of 
financial stringency like the present. 
A NEW JERSEY MIRACLE. 
Helpless for Years with Locomotor Ataxia 
and Uhxumatism. His Case Pro¬ 
nounced Hopeless by the Leading Phy¬ 
sicians of Sussex County 
(By Special Correspondence to the N. Y. Press.)J 
The busy little village of Branchville, 
N. J., ha* been the scene of a modern 
miracle. Chas. F. Struble, a well-known 
and prosperous farmer, living on Home¬ 
stead farm, in Frankford Townbhip, a 
few miles from Branchville, is just now 
the chief subject of discussion through¬ 
out Sussex County. 
The Press is always up to date in its 
news, both political ana medical, and 
has procured the following from Mr. 
Struble’s own lips: 
“ I have been troubled with rheuma¬ 
tism off and on for 20 years. I have 
tried all kinds of medicines and treat¬ 
ments. I hive taken sulphur baths at 
Hamurg, N. J., Newton, N. J., and in 
New York City with a doctor who 
charged me $2 50 a bath each day. An 
English doctor treated me with a gal¬ 
vanic battery at Rockaway, Morris Coun¬ 
ty, N. Y. I have tried many doctors 
None of them did me any permanent 
good. I used all kinds of liniments I 
cou d hear of, but without avail. 
“About two years ago I was taken 
much worse, and my doctor said I had 
locomotor ataxia of the spine, and that 
the chances were against me. After 
treating for a time he finally gave me 
up and said he had done all he could for 
me. 
“ The cords of my limbs were drawn 
as tight as the cords on a kettle drum, 
and 1 had such cramps in my limbs that 
1 suffered terrible pain. My feet were 
cold all the time. I had to use a hot- 
water bag and heated bricks to my feet, 
but even then I could not get any relief. 
“ Finally 1 heard of Dr. Williams’Pink 
Pills for Pale People, and 1 commenced 
taking tbem on February 5, 1893. I 
found in three days’ time that the cords 
in my legs began to ‘let up,’ my feet 
began to get warm, I began to eat and 
sleep well, and in one month I had 
gained six pounds. The numbness in 
my limbs began to leave me, too, and to¬ 
day I feel like a new man, and cannot 
say too much in praise of Dr. Williams’ 
Pink Pills. I am able to walk and do 
some work, and all this is after using 
only nine boxes of Pink Pills I feel so 
grateful for my recovery that I am glad 
to let the public know what these pills 
have done for me.” 
In ordei to emphasize his story, Mr. 
Struble made the following affidavit: 
Sworn and subscribed before me this 
13th day of April, A. D., 1893. 
Ira Loss, Justice of the Peace. 
Justice Coss evidenced his interest and 
good feeling by the following certificate: 
I hereby certify that all that Mr. Stru¬ 
ble says regarding his rheumatic and 
other troubles I believe to be true and 
correct. Ira Coss, Justice of the Peace. 
On the farm with Mr. Struble live his 
two adult sisters. Miss Annie M. Stru¬ 
ble made the following statement: 
•• Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale 
People have done wonderful things for 
my brother. He was in a helpless cohdi- 
tion when I left him on January 12 last, 
and when I returned on March 25 I found 
him cured. The most remarkable thing 
about the case,” she continued, “ is the 
curing of his lameness. Of course I 
wanted to know all about the causes of 
such a wonderful change, and I learned 
from him and my sister and others, that 
during my absence he had been using 
the Pink Pills, and that his recovery was 
attributed solely to them.” 
Miss Mary E. Struble said : “I saw my 
brother m all the stages of the disease, 
lie began improving as soon as he began 
taking the Pink Pills. When my sister 
went away in January he was appar¬ 
ently at death’s door, and nobody seemed 
to have any hope for him. He certainly 
had little or none for himsi If, and he 
was very despondent in spite of all ef¬ 
forts to cheen him. He declared that he 
felt better as soon as he began taking 
the Pink Pills, and to no one who, like 
myself, was attending him day by day, 
there could be no doubt that they, and 
they alone, were the cause of his im¬ 
provement. Why, all other things he 
had tried he had abandoned for they 
had failed to do him the slightest good. 
What else could hsve put him on his 
feet again ? We don’t wonder at his en¬ 
thusiasm for the Pink Pills.” 
George J, Bowman, the proprietor of 
American Hotel at Branchville, said; 
“ All that Mr. Struble says in reference 
to the Pink Pills I know to be true. In 
fact, he can’t say too much about them, 
for they have undoubtedly saved his 
life.” 
At the Branchville drug store, chief 
clerk Henry Beeiner remarked : “I have 
no doubt that Dr. Williams’ Pink Piils 
have cured Mr. Struble.” Joseph H. 
McDonald, the proprietor of the General 
Store of Branchville, and Postmaster 
Knox expressed themselves in similar 
terms. 
Pink Pills for many years previous to 
their general manufacture were used as 
a prescription. At first they were chiefly 
prescribed for impure blood and general 
weakness. Now they are found to be a 
never-failing specific for such diseases 
as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, 
St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, 
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after 
effect of La Grippe, palpitation of the 
heart, pale and sallow complexions, aod 
all diseases of the blood, such as scrofula, 
chronic erysipelas, etc. 
They are also a specific for troubles 
peculiar to females such as suppres¬ 
sions, irregularities, and all forms of 
weakness. They build up the blood and 
restore the glow of health to pale and 
sallow cheeks. In men they effect a 
radical cure in all cases arising from 
mental worry, overwork, or excesses of 
whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in 
boxes (never in loose form, by the dozen 
or hundred, and the public is cautioned 
against numerous imitations sold in tnis 
shape), at 50 cents a box, or six boxes 
for $2.50. and may be had of all drug¬ 
gists. or dirt ctby mail from Dr. Williams’ 
Medicine company, Schenectady, N. Y 
or Brockville. Ont.— Ado. 
HARVEST 
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ST. LOUIS via the 
BURLINGTON ROUTE 
AUGUST 22, SEPTEMBER 12, 
OCTOBER 10, 
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To all points in NEBRASKA, KAN¬ 
SAS, COLORADO, WYOMING, 
UTAH, NEW MEXICO, INDIAN 
TERRITORY, TEXAS, MONTANA. 
Tickets good twenty days, with stop¬ 
over on going trip. Passengers in the 
East should purchase through tickets 
via the BURLINGTON ROUTE of their 
nearest ticket agent. For descriptive 
land pamphlet and further information, 
write to P. S. EUSTIS, Cen’l Passenger 
Agent, Chicago, III. Form Ad-lUl ■*» 
MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. 
D. G. Trench Co., Chicago, Ill., and 
Farnham, N. Y Mention this paper. 
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Achromatic Telescope. 
Few things are more interesting or 
useful in both leisure and busy moments 
in the country than a 
good telescope, or harder 
to find. We believe that 
we have in this a thor¬ 
oughly good telescope 
that we can offer to our 
subscribers in con¬ 
fidence that it will give 
satisfaction. When ex- 
tended it is over 16 
inches,and, when closed, 
6 % inches in length. On 
a clear day you can dis¬ 
tinctly see time on a 
tower three miles away. 
The moons of Jupiter 
can be seen with it. The 
telescope tubes are 
made from heavy pol¬ 
ished brass; the body is 
covered with morocco, 
making a thoroughly 
substantial instrument. 
It is achromatic; that is, 
does not blur the vision 
by a confusion of colors. 
Retail price, $4.50. Our 
price, prepaid, with a 
year’s subscription, 
$3.50 ; with a renewal 
and a new subscription, 
$4.25. We test each one 
before sending it out. 
The user must remember that the tubes 
should he pulled out full length, and 
the adjustment to the eye made only 
with the section nearest the eye piece, 
moving it out and in as necessary. 
THE RURAL FURLTSH TN<4 rn 
Oor, Pearl and Chambers Sts., New York., 
