528 
August 18 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
As We Go To Press. 
“ LITTLES.” 
A VKKY curious business is that of a 
diver—the man who goes far down under 
water into sunken wrecks, or to examine 
the ground under the sea. It is not such 
a dangerous business as one might sup¬ 
pose, if all the preparations are wisely 
made. The diver is fully protected so 
that he cannot possibly get wet, and 
over his head is a solid helmet into 
which air is pumped from above. A few 
weeks ago, a diver went down under 
water in New York harbor. After a 
short delay he pulled the signal rope 
violently. They raised him to the sur¬ 
face at once, and found that by some 
chance a fly had been left inside the hel¬ 
met when they screwed it on. There 
was no way to kill the fly or brush it 
away. It would have driven the man 
crazy in a short time if left in that hel¬ 
met. Imprisoned with that little fly 
down under the sea was worse than 
facing a bear out in the woods. 
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That story of the fly well illustrates 
the power of a very little thing when it 
has secured all the advantage of posi¬ 
tion. I have known a thought in a 
man’s mind—a little common idea—so to 
trouble and push that man that he was 
led to nobler and stronger exertion than 
he believed himself capable of. That 
thought was like the fly—it gave the 
man no rest until he did something to 
satisfy the feeling the thought started 
into life. And now for the usual R. N.- 
Y. application. Our August list of sub¬ 
scription premiums is going for ridicu¬ 
lously small clubs. Those books, watches 
and other goods are being actually given 
away. The thought that one premium 
was won by a man who sent one trial 
nubucription, should go with you where- 
ever you go—like the fly in the diver’s 
helmet. If you really want any of those 
articles, the memory of that one trial 
subucription should spur you up until you 
get a few subscribers and forward their 
names so the list will reach us on the 
proper day to secure the desired article. 
Of course we do not guarantee that every 
trial subscription will win a prize—we 
hope not, certainly. We bring that up 
to show what has been done, and to put 
a suggestion in your head like the fly in 
the diver’s helmet. The prizes last week 
were given as follows : 
August (i—J. W. Higgins, Union Co., N. J. 
August 7-Jno. F. Lake, Winnebago Co.. 111. 
August 8—Allen K. Yale, New Haven Co., Conn. 
August it - Oliver Smith, Franklin Co., N. Y. 
August 10-A. M. Hauilll, Orange Co., Fla. 
August ll-Hr. Jabez Fisher, Worcester Co., Mass. 
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A TRAIN of cars was recently stopped in 
France under singular circumstances. A 
freight car contained a quantity of cod 
liver oil. Some of this slowly leaked out 
and fell on the rail—greasing it so that a 
following train came to a standstill be¬ 
cause its wheels slipped on the oil. De¬ 
spite the use of large quantities of sand 
on the track and all the steam there was 
in the boiler, that train crawled at a 
slower pace than a man’s walk. Here is 
the lesson we would point out from this: 
The trouble with that train was that it 
was forced to follow in the exact track 
of its predecessor. Could it have run on 
a track an inch or two to one side the oil 
would never have bothered it. Some 
men are just like that train. They keep 
right in the old beaten tracks—in the 
ruts of former wheels and bump and 
thump, and waste their energy over all 
the mistakes of those who went over the 
track last. Many a farmer has stuck on 
the track through the “slick” reputa¬ 
tion of some fraud who went ahead of 
him. Get out on a track of your own. 
Get some individuality about you—don’t 
load yourself down with the blunders 
and leaks of others. In business, of 
course, this means eliminating the mid¬ 
dleman or dealing direct with consumers. 
In other words, advertise your goods in 
Thk R N.-Y. 
‘‘The Life of an Iron Roof 
or how long will it last ?” is the title of 
an instructive little book upon the pre¬ 
servation of iron roofing, sent free by the 
Cincinnati Corrugating Co., B. 16,Piqua,0 
The following note is sent by a good 
friend in New York State : 
Fred Grundy's answer to ** Gold Bug Farnaer” Is so 
timely and true, that we are to have it printed In our 
local paper- of course giving credit to Thk It N.-Y. 
Now that is a litttb thing, but it helps. 
It calls attention to The R. N.-Y. People 
see these quotations printed time after 
time, until they say, “ I guess I want 
that paper.” It is first-rate advertising, 
and almost every one of our readers 
could obtain more or less of it, for the 
local editor is usually glad to print 
articles that please his readers. Let u-^ 
have more of this work. Another man 
in Pennsylvania writes this way : 
Through the kindness of a friend, I have been 
placed in the family of Thk U. N.-Y., and have 
concluded to nave some of my neighbors and friends 
And out the good things you spread before your 
readers weekly. Will yo.i, therefore, send me sam¬ 
ple copies to be used at a farmers' picnic. If ycu 
can send me 25, 50, or even 100 copies, I think It will 
do you good. Send prospectus, and I will have some 
one look after the subscriptions. 
That’s the talk. The picnic was no less 
enjoyable to that man because he helped 
his neighbors and friends to a slice of 
knowledge about The R N.-Y. When 
he goes walking off with one of those 
fine watches or that sure shot rifle, 
his neighbors will call him “ lucky.” 
Lucky ? No only plucky. 
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It would be too bad to close this de¬ 
partment without some bit of practical 
advice that will be worth money to you; 
so here it comes. Our readers don’t care 
much for theory—they want experience 
and fact in these times of depression, 
and we are, therefore, pleased to give 
them a solid chunk of Pennsylvania ex¬ 
perience ; 
Ihave had a very successful year on my truck farm, 
and In my hennery; and owe much of my success to 
your valuable and practical Journal; each copy is 
full of the meat and fruits of practical experience 
that is Invaluable to successful farmers. It always 
flnds a warm welcome at my Ureslde, and many 
happy hours have we two spent together In trying to 
digest Its contents. The cobwebs are disappearing, 
and I see a golden sunlight In Thk K. N.-Y. to guide 
my footsteps. g 
Selin's Grove, Pa. 
Of course, you who are already a member 
of The R. N.-Y. family, know how true 
that statement is. We would like to have 
it shown to your neighbor who is not a 
subscriber, and if you can add a word or 
so to corroborate the statement, so much 
the better. 
And now we top off with the following 
extract from a private letter. This man 
had no idea he was writing for the press. 
He lives in Michigan : 
In regard to the growing of crops for profit, I must 
say that the strawberries have knocked out every- 
ihlcg else I have ever tried. You speak of a sign on 
the front gate; I did not need It this year, as my 
patch Is right by the road gate, and all that passed 
could see what we had. It was an advertisement In 
Itself. One would think there was a funeral down 
the road the mornings that we picked, while all said 
It was the flnest berry paten they had seen this sea¬ 
son, and some that It was the finest they had ever 
seen. The only trouble was that 1 did not have one- 
half enough to supply the demand, but I shall try to 
fix 'em up as fast as I can. 1 want their dollars, and 
1 think that a good way to get them. I set about 
6,000 plants this spring, and about 3,500 yesterday, 
and will pick the old patch another year. 
We have to say that the hankering for 
another man’s dollar is perfectly legiti¬ 
mate so long as you stand ready to give 
a dollar’s worth in return. If a man 
doesn’t think The R. N.-Y. worth a dol¬ 
lar, he can have his money back any time. 
If yon name Thk Bubal Nkw-Yobkkb to our 
advertisers, you may be pretty sure of prompt 
replies and right treatment 
r HE best investment in real-estate is to 
keep buildings well painted. Paint protects the house and 
saves repairs. You sometimes want to sell—many a good 
house has remained unsold for want of paint. The rule should 
be though, the best paint or none.” That means 
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You cannot afford to use cheap paints. To be sure of getting 
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“ATLANTIC” (New York). 
“BEYMER-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh). 
“ BRADLEY ” (New York). 
‘ BROOKLYN ” (New York). 
‘ COLLIER ” (St. Louis). 
‘ CORNELL ” (Buffalo). 
‘DAVIS-CHAMBERS” (Pittsburgh). 
‘ECKSTEIN” (Cincinnati). 
‘FAHNESTOCK” (Pittsburgh). 
‘KENTUCKY’ 
‘JOHN T.LE-VVIS & BROS.'cO.” (Phila.) 
“ MORLEY ” (Cleveland). 
“ MISSOURI ” (SL Louis). 
“RED SEAL ” (St. Louis). 
“SALEM ” (Salem, Mass.) 
“ SHIPMAN ” (Chicago). 
“SOUTHERN ”(St. Louis and Chicago). 
“ ULSTER ” (New York). 
UNION ” (New York). 
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