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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 21 
Rurallsms — Continued. 
the bean In question from the different seedsmen 
offering It, and, In each case, the seed proved Iden¬ 
tical with the Giant Horticultural In every respect. 
These same dealers received samples of this same 
bean for trial, and could have known the name under 
which It was Introduced if they cared to give ‘‘credit 
to whom credit was due." The samples bore the 
name, “Giant Horticultural.’, I am a hard-working 
seedsman In a small way, and Ond It bard to com¬ 
pete with the big Ushes who are trying to get all the 
trade. 
The Maryland vStation last year tried 
22 different kinds of tomatoes, nearly all 
of them of recent introduction. Terra 
Cotta made by far the heaviest yield, viz., 
131 pounds from 15 plants. Ten-ton 
yielded next—123 pounds ; Livingston’s 
Favorite, 111 ; New Stone, seed from 
Nichols, the originator, 109; the same 
from Livingston yielded but 63 pounds. 
OuK friends will have occasion to 
observe that Terra Cotta when ripe is 
never green about the stem and never 
cracks open. 
A Potato Experiment. —We have re¬ 
ceived the following interesting letter 
from L. B. Pierce, of Summit County, O. 
We hope that he will in due time favor 
our readers with the other end of the 
story : 
About January 21, I secured a Carman No. 1 pota¬ 
to, weighing 9 or 10 ounces. This was carried, thickly 
wrapped In paper, for eight days, and then, up.m 
my reaching home, laid on top of a barrel of pota¬ 
toes In the cellar. About the tlrst of March, the 
greenhouse which had been unused through the 
winter, was fired up, and the first thing put in when 
the house was warm, MaichS. was this potato cut 
Into 14 pieces and bedded in a box of rich compost 
To-day. March 26, I took out tne potato pieces, re¬ 
moved the sprouts and replanted the pieces In fresh 
compost. 1 found I had 10 shoots, about five Inches 
high, with a mass of roots equal to that of a good 
thrifty strawberry plant, to each sprout or shoot. 
These were potted In five-inch pots. I had nine of a 
smaller size, and these were potted In 3)i-lrch pots, 
and then 1 had 13 that were about two Inches high 
that were put Into three-inch pots, so I have alto¬ 
gether 32 potato plants already nicely rooted. Krom 
the 13 largest shoots 1 took as many cuttings, and 
these are planted In a six-inch pot partly tilled with 
compost and topped out with sand. lamnot^ure 
about these cuttings striking root, as the house Is 
tilled with onions, cauliflower and cabbages, and It 
will not be possible to give steady bottom heat, for 
there will be no fire on warm days and nights after 
this date. The sprouts were planted low down, and 
the pots filled only part full: It Is my Intention to 
nil the pots gradually and thus obtain offsets or 
suckers to the amount of three or more to each pot. 
It 1 do this. I shall have 128 hills from the potted 
plants. 1 hope to get 25 more from the potato pieces, 
as seven already show 18 sprouts too small to pot. 
This will make 163 hills ; 10 cuttings rooted would 
make 161; the pieces of potato, two to a hill would 
make seven mote, or 170 In all, and I think 1 have a 
chance to make the total up to 200 bills as It will net 
do to plant them out before May 24, With 200 hll s, 
or nearly that amount, I believe I can grow- COO 
pounds or 10 bushels and this Is w'hat I am striving 
for. Two of the strongest plants had each started a 
tuber, the size of a radish seed. This in 23 days 
from planting certainly shows a very early habit In 
the variety. 
Abstracts. 
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will not bite you. This is the principal 
difference between a dog and a man.” 
“ Nothing so needs reforming as other 
people’s habits.” 
“ Behold, the fool saith, ‘ Put not all 
thine eggs in the one basket’—which is 
but a manner of saying, ‘ scatter your 
money and your attention’; but the 
wise man saith, ‘Put all your eggs in the 
one basket and— watch that basket.''' 
“ A SANE speech dropped into a heated 
discussion acts chemically—it precipi¬ 
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“The only really popular thing is 
mediocrity.” 
“Charity begins at home, but vanity 
heads subscription lists.” 
“ I HAVE known an explosion to follow 
the dropping of an idea into an empty 
head.” 
“Some people join a church in the 
same way that they take out an insur¬ 
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reason.” 
- Farm Journal: “When good for¬ 
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looking through beer saloons for him.” 
“ The man that can’t stand being lied 
about is no good.” 
DON’T RUN THE RISK Of your Cold gettlug well 
of Itself—you may thereby drift Into a condition 
favorable to the development of some latent tend¬ 
ency. which may give you years of trouble. Belter 
cure your Cold at once with the help of Dr D. Jayne’s 
Expectorant, a good healing medicine for uM Coughs, 
Hjr* Lungs and Throats.—A efui 
Are You Sick ? 
Do you feel dull, languid, low-spirited, full- 
iK'ss or bloating after eating, tongue coated, 
bitter or bad ta.ste in mouth, irregular appe¬ 
tite, frequent headaches, “floating specks” 
lK!lore eyes, nervous prostration and drowsi¬ 
ness after meals ? 
If you have any considerable number of 
these symptoms you are suffering from 
Torpid Liver, associated with Dyspepsia, or 
Indigestion. The more complicated your 
disease the greater the number of symptoms. 
No matter what stage it has reachcKi Dr. 
Pierce’s Woldeu 3iedicul Discovery will 
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If not cured, complications multiply and 
Consumption of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, 
Heart Disease, Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, 
or other grav'e maladies are quite liable to 
set in and, sooner or later, induce a fatal ter¬ 
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Dh. Fierce’s Golden Medical Discov¬ 
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through that great blo’od-iiurifying organ. 
cleanses the system of all blood-taints and | 
impurities, from whatever cause ari.sing. It 
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neys, and other excretory organs, cleansing, 
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As 
an appetizing restorative tonic, it promotes 
digestion and nutrition, thereby building up 
both flesh and strength. 
“FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE.” 
Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is the 
fountain of health, by using Dr. Fierce’s 
Golden Medical Discovery, ’and good 
dig^tio/i, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, and 
bodily health and vigor will bo established. 
Golden Medical Discovery cures all 
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to the worst Scrofula, Salt-rheum, “ Fever- 
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poisons are, by its use, robbed of their ter¬ 
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Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrofulous 
Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint Disease, 
“ White Swellings,” Goitre, or Thick Neck, 
and Enlarged Glands. 
CONSUMPTION, WEAK LUNGS, 
SPITTING OP BLOOD. 
Golden Medical Discovery cures Con- 
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by its wonderful blood-purifying, invigorat¬ 
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Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Shortness of 
Breath, Bronchitis, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, 
Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred affec¬ 
tions, it is a sovereign remedy. While it 
i promptly cures the severest Coughs it 
I strengthens the system and purifies the 
. blood. 
I The nutritive properties of extract of malt 
j and cod liver oil are trifling when compared 
with those jiossessed by the “ Discovery.” 
It rapidly builds up the solid flesh and 
weight of those reduced below the usual 
standard of health by “ wasting diseases.” 
□YSPEPSOA. 
Rev. Cuarles Frosser of Mount Carmel, 
Kortlnmhcrland Co.. 
Pa., writes: “I was a 
great suirei-er from 
dysnensia, and 1 had 
suffered so long that I 
was a wreck ; life was 
rendered undesirable 
and it seemed death 
was near; but I came 
in contact with Dr. 
IMerce’s Golden Medi¬ 
cal Discovery anil ‘ Pel¬ 
lets.’ 1 took twelve 
bottles of ‘ Discovery,’ 
and several bottles of 
the ‘ Pellets,’ an<l fol¬ 
lowed the hygienic ad¬ 
vice of Dr. Pierce, anil 
I am happy to say it 
M'as indeed a cure, for 
life is worth living now. 
A thousand thanks for 
Rev. Prosser. your treatment, I en¬ 
close my photo. 
INDIGESTION—TORPID LIVER. 
E. M. Seavoi-t, No. 1*27 Sandusky St., Mount 
Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio, 
writes: “ I can heart¬ 
ily recommend your 
‘Golden Medical Dis¬ 
covery ’ to any one 
who is troubled with 
indigestion and torpid 
liver; 1 was that bad it 
was about chronic with 
me. All the other 
medicines could give 
me no relief; but at 
last, what come to my 
relief was that wonder¬ 
ful medicine, the‘Gold¬ 
en Medical Discovery.’ 
I could scarcely eat 
anything—it would put 
me in terrible distress 
in my stomach; 1 had 
a dull aching and grinding pain in my 
stomach with pain in my right side and back, 
and headache, bad taste in my mouth; at night 
I Wits feverish and the soles of my feet burned. 
I took four bottles of the ‘Discovery’ and 
two vials of the ‘Pellets.’ I am well and 
hearty and can eat as well as any body can,— 
thanks to your ‘ Discovery.’ ’’ 
ECZEMA. 
Jo.SEPii P. Delano, Esq., of TVarsaw, Rich¬ 
mond, Co., V'a., writes: “ ".* .... 
1 was tiiken with a dis¬ 
coloration of the skin 
on my legs and arms, 
which in a short time 
terminated in the most 
aggravated eczema. 
My sufferings were in¬ 
tense, and no relief did 
1 experience, until I 
commenced the use of 
your preparations. 
I have taken ffve bot¬ 
tles of the ‘Golden 
Medical Discovery,’ and 
more than that num¬ 
ber of the ‘ Pellets,’ and 
believe that 1 am en- 
tircly cured. 1 never 
feel the least itching, 
or burning, which was 
at one time so unbear¬ 
able. My appetite and digestion are sjilendid, 
and, althougli 1 will be seventy years old my 
next birthday. I am as hearty and strong as 
most men ot fifty.’’ 
Mr. G. Milton Sydnor, Druggist, of TFar- 
saw, Richmond Co., Fa., writes: “My friend, 
Mr. J. P. Delano, has requested me to write 
you in confirmation of his statement, which I 
cheerfully do. 1 know Mr. Delano personally 
well, and can testify to the correctness of his 
statemetit. 
His case of eczema was the worst that I had 
ever seen. I saw him often during the time 
he was afflicted, as he came to my store often 
after mediohie. Hepurcluisedthe ‘ Discovery ’ 
and ‘ Pellets ’ from me, and has been one of the 
strongest champions of your medicines, and 
thus aided me very much in their sale. I am 
quite sure that he has l)een the means of my 
selling several dozens of that preparation.” 
CATARRH OF TWENTY YEARS’ 
STANDING. 
.Tohn Weaver, of West Carrollton, Mont- 
yomery Co., Ohio, writes: “My catarrh was of 
about twenty yeare’ 
standing: my left nos¬ 
tril closed, I could not 
breathe through it; 
had a constant pain 
above my left eye 
night and day. I com¬ 
menced using Sage’s 
Gatarrh Remedy at 
the same time using 
the ‘Golden Medical 
Discovery ’; I used one 
jiackage and one bot¬ 
tle of ‘Golden Medical 
Discovery’ and I 
found great relief; af¬ 
ter using the second 
I thought all was 
right, but I began to 
feel the effects of it 
again, so I got the 
third and fourth packages, and I am satisHeil 
1 am rid of it. Since 1 commenced using your 
medicines, I have taken si.x bottles of Dr. 
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.” 
A 'Treatise on either Dyspepsia and 
Liver Disease, Blood and Skin Diseases, 
or one on Nasal Catarrh or on Consuinj)- 
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cents (stamps) for postage. 
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