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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 4 
THE 
LARGEST 
WHEAT GROWERS 
ALWAYS 
TO LEARN THE REASON, WRITE TO BRAD- 
As We Qo To Press. 
« OPPOSITES.” 
□ You will seldom find a person usingf 
tobacco excessively who does not also 
crave a stimulant of some sort. The use 
of tobacco leads to the use of liquor, 
though not in the way that is generally 
supposed. The science of the matter is 
that tobacco and alcohol have opposite 
effects on the action of the heart. One 
depresses or retards this action, while 
the other stimulates and increases it; so 
that a person with what is known as a 
“tobacco heart” craves some stimulant, 
and often ends by taking it to excess. 
Another curious result of this apparently 
beneficial use of opposites is seen in the 
use of small quantities of salt or quinine 
with sugar. A German chemist has just 
discovered that sugar’s sweetening prop¬ 
erties are actually strengthened when 
minute quantities of these opposite sub¬ 
stances are put with it. The explana¬ 
tion of this curious thing is that the salt¬ 
ness or bitterness excite the follicles of 
the tongue, and thus increase the sensi¬ 
bility of the organs of taste. In other 
words, the small amount of “ opposite ” 
stimulates the taste for the sugar. 
§ 2 5 
There is a fine chance here to go on and 
preach a sermon showing how the dis¬ 
appointments and troubles of life may 
make the happiness all the sweeter if 
we would only think so. There may be 
those who claim that the proportion of 
happiness is so small that it only serves 
to make the sorrow seem more bitter. 
We don’t believe that any man or woman 
has any right to make such a claim. 
Life is often hard and dull, but while 
the element of hope remains, you needn’t 
tell us that gall and bitterness are to 
have a majority. We wish to make The 
R. N.-Y. a standing protest against any 
such assumption. You will have to take 
your dollar somewhere else in search of 
arguments to prove that the “ opposites’’ 
are driving the comfort, profit and con¬ 
tentment out of the American farm 
home. You don’t catch us patting the 
farmer on the back j ust because he is a 
farmer, and we are making a living run¬ 
ning a farm paper. Not much 1 When¬ 
ever we see a fault in farm life, we pur¬ 
pose to hit it, and hit it hard. That is 
the “opposite,” which will make the 
hope and the faith seem all the stronger 
and sweeter. Let’s manufacture hope 
and faith. The raw materials are all 
about us. A brave heart, a good head 
and a strong will, are the machines we 
all need. § I | 
And of course we will all need a little 
oil and encouragement. We do and we 
just look to you to supply it. Ah, you 
say—those fellows are going to bring the 
whole thing down to a trade basis. Cor¬ 
rect I We are. We must have an “ op¬ 
posite” in order to sharpen the edge of 
our preaching. We don’t want to give 
you liquor or salt or quinine, but we do 
ask you to remember our August list of 
premiums. To tell you the truth we be¬ 
gin to think that you have an idea that 
The R. N.-Y. is so rich and prosperous 
that it doesn’t need the little bit of work 
that you might do on its subscription list 
without any harm to your own prospects. 
Lets get that idea right straight out of 
your mind. The R. N.-Y. can’t live un¬ 
less it enjoys your friendship and co¬ 
operation. If you want to kill us, very 
well—this is a free country and you can 
march with “ Preservaline,” Stephen H. 
Hayt and such folks if you like. We 
take it, however, that you are a friend 
of The R. N.-Y.—we hope so anyway. 
Such being the case, we take a friend’s 
privilege and say “Now then, here’s 
your chance to do us a good turn ! We 
want some more subscribers. We want 
them in August! We don’t ask you to 
work for nothing, but if you will turn 
your eye to page 481, you will see that 
we offer double pay.” Now if a little 
work in this line doesn’t make the paper 
better reading and more helpful to you— 
science is all wrong. 
§ g I 
The editor of a paper gets a heap of 
advice from his patrons. Most of it is 
well meant and often very helpful. The R 
N.-Y. has made many a successful stroke 
from the advice of its readers. For some 
reason, a favorite line of advice is The R 
N.-Y.’s duty in discussing the political 
situation. Some of our readers seem to 
feel that we are neglecting our duty in 
not discussing politics and telling our 
readers how they should vote, etc., etc. 
On the other hand there are those who 
write very much as follows. This note 
is from a friend in West Virginia : 
Do not let The R. N.-Y.’s columns be polluted 
with this political controversy. If It would only do 
any good, would teach us ho IT to grow better crops 
of corn, wheat, fruits, etc., or give us better prices 
for them I But will It 7 You will be flooded with 
letters, for every one of us thinks he knows Just how 
to run the Government; each of us has In his mind a 
tariff hill that wonld put to shame the McKinley or 
the Wilson Bill. Ours would start all the manufac¬ 
turers, give work to every one (even the tramps) and 
untold prosperity to the whole land. I believe In 
politics, but wonld as soon look for It In a religious 
paper as In The Rubal. 
Our own opinion is that this man has it 
about right. Our own experience is that 
when a man starts out to convert his 
neighbor and change his life-time habit 
of voting, about the only result is a good- 
sized row. When the Wilson tariff bill 
was first reported, we would gladly have 
discussed it honestly from the standpoint 
of the farmer, but as the thing has de¬ 
veloped, with Trusts and private inter¬ 
ests coming in awky ahead of patriotism 
and public good, we can’t see that the 
farmer is “ in it.” How he is to get “in,” 
we are not fully prepared to say, but one 
sure thing is that we purpose to leave 
the discussion of politics to the political 
papers. It will be a good thing for you 
to mention this fact to your neighbor 
when you go after his subscription. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Long Island growers have received good prices for 
their potatoes so far. 
Tennessee tomatoes have generally been poor this 
week and sold for low prices. 
Champion grapes, as usual, are of miserably poor 
quality, and are selling at low prices. 
The supply of watermelons has been extremely 
heavy, but even with the brisk demand It has been 
Impossible to keep up prices. 
A report gives Orleans and Niagara Counties, this 
State, less than a quarter crop of apples, but states 
that peaches promise a large crop. 
The United States Consul at Zurich, Switzerland, 
advises American cattle shippers to send surplus 
stock to that country as there Is a great scarcity of 
cattle this year. 
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