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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
‘'HOME, SWEET HOME.” 
\V» promised to give you a few mind- 
stirrers this week. They follow. They 
may not add a single name to Th?: R. 
N.-y.’s list, hut our friends are doing 
such noble subscription work just now, 
that we can spare one week’s space from 
the usual campaign argument. The cold 
weather will soon drive you into winter 
quarters, where you will be forced to 
see much of your family, and add to or 
detract from the happiness of your home 
by your personal behavior. We a.sk you, 
therefore, to make this mental picture 
in your mind : 
The top of a steep, muddy hill. The 
night is dark, drizzly and uncomfortable. 
The horses have pulled the wagon to the 
top, and are now resting for a moment. 
The farmer sits on the front seat look¬ 
ing down into the valley below him. 
The only thing that pierces the black¬ 
ness is a light about a quarter of a mile 
distant. It is shining from the window 
of the farmer’s home, and as he sits 
there in the dark and rain, a vision rises 
before him, and he sees as no other man 
on earth can see, just what the four 
walls of that home inclose. At such 
moments in a man’s life, great and 
solemn thoughts come to him, and he 
realizes like a flash how much the vision 
brought into view by that distant light 
means to him. What are his thoughts 
as he takes up the reins at last, and the 
horses move on ? Does he look forward 
eagerly for the first step within the 
circle of that light, or is there some 
vague longing tugging at his heart to 
remind him that some of life’s possibili¬ 
ties for happiness have leaked away ? 
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Put yourself in that farmer's place, 
my friend, and tell yourself honestly, 
what vision comes up to you, at such a 
time. Perhaps you see this : A neat and 
cozy room. The table is spread all 
ready for supper. Your wife sits with 
her work basket, making a baby’s dress. 
Her eyes are full of happy light, as she 
turns her head to listen for the sound of 
your returning wagon. The little boy 
is at the window ready to run out wdth 
the lantern as you drive into the yard. 
The little girl has put your slippers bj"^ 
the stove to w’arm, and now grandpa has 
her on his knee showing the picture in 
her little book, so interested that, for 
the time, he forgets the vacant chair be¬ 
side his own. There is love there pure 
and true. You have brought happiness 
into that home, and those people trust 
you and believe you to be a good man. 
As you pick up the reins and drive on 
to that light, you drink from the sweet¬ 
est cup of happiness that earth can ever 
bestow. 
Rut there is a shade on this vision. 
Maybe this is wdiat you see : The same 
room and furniture. The little girl has 
gone to bed. ^Vhy should she sit up to 
greet her father ? The little boy has 
been ordered to come out and help un¬ 
harness. Nothing like putting him to 
w'ork early. Grandpa sits fretting wdth 
the peevishness of age. Your wife sits 
there either sad-faced and melancholy, 
careless and indifferent, or bristling up 
like one who must be ever ready for a 
retort or some sharp, cutting speech. 
No love thei-e, I tell you. You shrug 
your shoulders, and your face grows 
hard as you slowly drive on. As you 
come nearer home, you say to yourself 
one of tw'O things : 
1. “ J wish I had a wife who coidd mahe 
my home happy ! ” 
2. “ Oh, if I could only live my life over 
again, and regain the confidence and love 
of my wife and children, how hajjpy that 
home would be 
One of these thoughts fills your mind. 
Complaint or self-reproach. Which is the 
more honest—which the more truthful ? 
We put that (question right home to 
you, sir! Don’t dodge it, my friend ! 
Don't look around to see if it hits neigh¬ 
bor Rrown or Cousin Keene or somebody 
else! “■ Thou aH the rmm ! ^ Go out in 
the barn and face yourself honestly for 
once, and nine chances out of ten you 
will end by saying, “ That hits me right 
in the heart, and 1 know it. I am a man, 
and it is my duty to set an example of 
patience, honor, honesty, love and good 
manners to my family, and I haven’t 
done it! 1 have shirked my duty as the 
head of my family, and have lost some of 
the happiest days out of my life.” 
That’s a good beginning ; keep it up ! 
Don’t you let old age come and take you 
by the throat and sternly say : “You 
have wasted your best energies chasing 
after wealth and power. Why didn’t you 
live so that gray hair would bring you 
true love and friend.ship ? What ambi¬ 
tion is there left ? A fig for your money! 
Far better the trusting love of one who 
hnows that you are faithful and true.” 
Some day there will be a vacancy in 
your family. Death may thrust in his 
sword, or the child of whom you are so 
proud may run counter to your will, and 
leave you in anger. What then, my 
friend ? Will your money, your power 
or your self-esteem hold back the over¬ 
whelming flood of memories such a hole 
in the home will let through ? We ask 
you that as a friend, and we challenge 
you to read this column right through, 
aloud, in the presence of your family, 
with the understanding that you will per¬ 
mit a fair and honest discussion of the 
points here made. Your wife is at fault, 
too ? Wait ; we'll attend to her case 
later. You must take your medicine 
first. In the writer’s household, the fol¬ 
lowing officers have been elected : 
President.Wife. 
Vice President .. Raby Daughter. 
Secretary.M other-in-law. 
The writer fills the positions of assist¬ 
ant financial manager and chairman of 
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of all cases of consumption can, if taken in 
the earlier stages of the disease, be cured. 
This may seem like a bold assertion to 
those familiar only with the means gener¬ 
ally in use for its treatment; as, nasty cod- 
liver oil and its filthy emulsions, extract 
of malt, whiskey, different preparations of 
hypophosphites and such like palliaiives. 
Although by many believed to be incura¬ 
ble, there is the evidence of hundreds of 
living witnesses to the fact that, in all its 
earlier stages, consumption is a curable 
disease. Not every case, but a large per¬ 
centage of cases, and we \>cY\e\c, fully p8 
per ce7it. are cured by Dr. Pierce’s Golden 
Medical Discover}’, even after the disease 
has pi'ogressed so far as to induce repeated 
bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering 
cough with copious expectoration (includ¬ 
ing tubercular matter), great loss of flesh 
and extreme emaciation and weakness. 
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases 
reported to us as cured by “Golden Med¬ 
ical Discovery ” were genuine cases of that 
dread and fatal disease ? You need not take 
our word for it. They have, in nearly every 
instance, been so pronounced by the best 
and most experienced home physicians, 
who have no interest whatever in mis¬ 
representing them, and who were often 
strongly prejudiced and advised against 
a trial of “Golden Medical Discovery,” 
but who have been forced to confess that 
it surpasses, in curative power over this 
fatal malady, all other medicines with 
which they are acquainteu. Nasty cod- 
liver oil and its filthy “emulsions” and 
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these 
cases and had either utterly failed to bene¬ 
fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for 
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey, 
and various preparations of the hypophos¬ 
phites had also been faithfully tried in vain. 
The photographs of a large number of 
those cured of consumption, bronchitis, 
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal 
catarrh and kindred maladies, have been 
skillfully reproduced in a book of i6o 
pages which w’ill be mailed to you, on re¬ 
ceipt of address and six cents in stamps. 
You can then write those cured and learn 
their experience. 
Address for Book, World’s Dispensary 
MEDIC.4L Association, Buffalo, N. Y. 
$ 15.2° to $40.2° a Week 
can te made working for ns. Of special Interest and 
value to all farmers. Spare bonis can be used to 
good advantage. S. 1. BELL & CO., Pblla., Pa. 
the committee on taking care of the 
baby. There is no patent on this ar¬ 
rangement. You may u.se it in your 
family if you like. 
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And now, friends, it does seem too bad 
to leave The R. N.-Y. out entirely. We 
have used some strong language this 
week. You may call it too strong, but 
we have no desire to weaken it, for we 
considejr the ideal American farm home 
as the most likely place to provide the 
Americans who are to make our future 
country what it should be. Let us all 
sacrifice something for the Jwme. And 
now let us close with this note from a 
friend in Illinois : 
I am mucb pleased to learn that you intend to 
give more attention to tbe culture of flowers, and 
to greenhouse work. Why not give some attention 
to landscape gardening so far as farm homes are 
concerned ? Every week I have been sending 
some of my papers after I have read them, to two 
The N. Y. World. 
The New York Weekly World, has just changed 
its weekly Into a twlce-a-week paper, and you 
can no w get the two papers a week for tbe saone 
old price - $1 a year. The news from New York 
fresh every three days. 
In combination with The U. N.-Y., $1 65. 
Atlanta Constitution. 
This Is tbe great progressive Democratic weekly 
of the South. It Is a strong advocate of South¬ 
ern Interests, and is a reliable authority on 
Southern enterprises and development. Regu¬ 
lar price, tl. 
In combination with The 11. N.-Y. 11.60. 
Detroit Free Press. 
There are few people in the United States who 
have not laughed over the jokes and humor of 
the Detroit Eree Press, either direct from its 
own columns or in clippings from It in other 
papers. It is a great family paper. Regular 
price, $1 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., $1.75. 
The Practical Dairyman. 
The only dairy and creamery journal published 
In the East. K. C. Powell, Editorial Writer; 
B. C. Bliss, Editor Creamery Department; Geo. 
E. Newell, Editor Cheese Department. Best 
dairy writers In America contribute. Regular 
price, 50 cents. 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., $1.35. 
The Ladies’ Home Companion. 
This Is a monthly paper full of good things for 
the ladles, young and old, containing stories 
from the best writers, helpful household hints 
and fancy and decorative work. Regular price, 
50 cents. 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., $1.30. 
California Orchard and Farm. 
This Is a monthly paper devoted to Pacihc 
Coast Rural Industry, with Dairying, Orchard¬ 
ing and Poultry-raising Departments. Regular 
price, 50 cents. 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., $1.25. 
The Queen of Fashion. 
Most valuable Ladles’ Fashion Journal pub¬ 
lished for the money In the world. Handsome 
Illustrations each month of all the latest cele¬ 
brated McCall Bazar Glove-Flttlng Patterns, 
besides general news of Interest to any family. 
Patterns and styles always reliable and strictly 
up-to-date. A Free Pattern to each new sub¬ 
scriber. Regular price, 50 cents. 
In combination with The B. N.-Y., $1.35. 
Ohio State Journal. 
Issued twice a week; is the leading newspaper 
of Ohio, printing more Ohio news than any 
other, and reaching nearly every post-oiHce In 
Ohio the same day of publication. Regular 
price, $1. 
In combination with The B. N.-Y., $1.75. 
children of a prosperous farmer in northern 
Illinois. Among the papers I send, are The R. 
N.-Y., Gardening, and numerous seed and plant 
catalogues in their season. It would do your 
heart good to see what these children have done 
in the way of a fruit garden, and landscape gar¬ 
dening. It would do credit to an amateur. They 
not only supply the table with small fruits in their 
season, but furnish all the near neighbors. lYhat 
astonished me the most was the arrangement of 
their “ front yard,” so-called. In addition to a 
large supply of beautiful flowers, they have a 
very successful water garden. With money made 
from berries they have purchased a lawn mower 
and put it to good use, too. This has all come 
through the matter pertaining to gardening and 
floriculture sent them by me. So I have come to 
think that after all, there is something to work 
and live for. 
That’s the point exactly ! Start the 
young people in the right way ! Let 
them see how much pleasure and beauty 
life has in store for them. You might 
possibly spend a dollar to good advan¬ 
tage by .sending The R. N.-Y. one year 
to some such home. 
The Weekly Kansas City Star 
Addresses the farmer as a business man and a 
citizen. Doesn’t tell him how to farm, but how 
to sell, and where and when, and keeps a vigi¬ 
lant eye upon his rights as a shipper, producer 
and taxpayer. All the news, too, and plenty 
of “good reading ” for the family. Now read 
In 100,000 farm houses. Regular price, $1. 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., $1.20. 
The Elgin Dairy Report. 
The dairy market paper. FuDllshed every Mon¬ 
day Immediately after the close of the Elgin 
Board of Trade. Complete and reliable market 
Information. Regular price, $1. 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., $1.70. 
Farm Poultry. 
The best poultry paper In the world It teaches 
how to prevent and cure poultry diseases; how 
to bring the pullets to early laying; how to 
make hens lay the most eggs; bo v to build the 
best houses and yards, and how to obtain the 
most profitable breeds. Semi-monthly. Regula 
price, $1. 
In combination with The B. N.-Y., $1.75. 
The State. 
This Is the oldest evening paper In Richmond, 
Ya. The weekly has eight pages, and contains 
all the State and general news. Regular price, $1 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., $1 50. 
The Milwaukee Weekly Sentinel. 
This is the only Wisconsin paper publishing 
regularly tbe proceedings of farmers’ Institutes 
held In Wisconsin during tbe fall and winter 
months. No better paper for complete State 
news Is published. 
In combination with The B. N.-Y., $1.50. 
Gleanings in Bee Culture, 
This 36-page semi-monthly devoted to bees, 
honey and home Interests, Is acknowledged to 
be the leading journal of Its class. Those who 
keep bees cannot afford to be without It, while 
many, no longer Interested in bees, consider 
the Garden and Home department of so much 
value, that they continue subscribers. Regular 
price, $1. 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., $1 75 
Farm Journal. 
Every one knows this bright monthly paper. 
There Is nothing else like it. It is unique and 
original. Regular price, 50 cents. 
In combination with The B. N.-Y., $1.20. 
Green’s Fruit Grower and 
HOME COMPANION. A monthly paper: edited 
by Charles A. Green, who has a national repu¬ 
tation as a practical horticultural writer. Prof. 
H. E. Van Deman, formerly Chief of the De¬ 
partment of Pomology at Washington. P. C. 
Reynolds, L. B. Pierce and other first-class 
writers contribute to its columns. It scould be 
In the home of every fruit grower. Regular 
price, 50 cents. 
In combination with The B. N.-Y., $1.25. 
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