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THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
RETURNS.” 
Last week we gave you two columns 
f valuable advice and suggestion with 
hardly a mention of The II. N.-Y. When 
we give all o\ir own valuable space to 
advance the cause of Home and human¬ 
ity by giving the husband of the house¬ 
hold a hunch, you must expect an extra 
effort to make up our side of the story. 
It is Tjiio K. N.-Y.’s inning this week 
and we purpose to make as many runs 
as we can before shortstop space puts us 
out. We would like to know, though, 
how many men read last week’s depart¬ 
ment aloud to their wives and children. 
We are almost tempted to offer a prize 
for the best and truest account of the 
comments that article brought out. 
There ought to be some interesting read¬ 
ing in such reports. Let’s have the 
“returns.” At an election, the candidates 
cannot be said to start till the ‘ ‘i*eturns” 
come in. These “returns” are the re¬ 
sult of the voting. We purpose to give 
some of our own “returns” this week, 
and show how The R. N.-Y.’s campaign 
is turning out. 
Tw'o weeks ago, we told about our 
little “ .stickers.” The first “return” in 
this line was as follows : 
You may also send me some of those stickers 
you speak of in this week’s issue, and I shall 
stick them on :ny letters. I take more pleasure in 
reading Tub R. N.-Y. than any other paper I get. 
Ilollidaysburg, Penn. j. l. r. 
It is getting so now that we can hardly 
open a letter without finding a call for 
these “sticker.s.” We don’t liketou.se 
slang, but if we say that our readers 
seem to be “attached” to these stickers, 
you will recall the exact expression. 
What harm will be done if every person 
in the country is reminded of the fact 
that there is such a paper as The R. N.- 
Y., all ready for business ? These 
“stickers” will help in such work. Ry 
means of them, your tongue may find a 
large audience. 
And here is another “ return ” from an 
advertiser, who renews his “ ad ” : 
Here it is again ! Why ? Because ! I have re¬ 
ceived more inquiries and made more sales than 
through all my other advertisements. How often 
may I change the wording? k. r. suannon. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
That’s good news. We are always glad 
to see an advertiser prosper. They can’t 
do that with R. N.-Y. readers unless 
their goods are straight and honest. We 
have told you many times that, it will 
pay you to read every “ad” in the paper, 
and answer every one in your line. Ry 
that, we mean every one offering goods 
that you want. 
Here is a “ return ” of a little different 
nature, from a friend in Elmira, N. Y.: 
Please look on page 669, under Business Bits, 
and tell us -where 3.3 Little 13th Street is. Hay¬ 
seeds don’t make all the blunders. 
That’s correct. It’s “one onus.” Pick 
out others when you can, and call us 
down. We don’t expect to fatten on 
criticism, but we grow stronger on it. 
Flattery is “ pure fat.” Honest criti¬ 
cism is a “ muscle-maker.” We want a 
good balanced i*ation. 
And now this is what a man away off 
in Comanche County, Kan., says : 
Please pardon so long a personal letter, but 
someway, I feel as though you fellows were per¬ 
sonal friends. Of course I expect no reply, but 
here is to yoiir success. jackson. 
Why, bless your heart, man, we like to 
get your personal letters ! It is a pleas¬ 
ure for us to know what you think and 
feel about matters that interest you. In 
fact, you have no idea how much an 
editor is helped by knowing the real 
convictions and ideas of his readers. We 
feel proud of the fact that we can so 
gain your confidence as to be numbered 
among your personal friends. 
Now, then, we purpose to show you 
that The R. N.-Y. is not a sectional 
paper, but bi-oad enough to cover the 
whole country. We prove that by un¬ 
solicited opinions of people who know 
the paper well. And first glance over 
this: 
It seems to be the nature of the human animal 
to feel complimented when asked to see himself 
in print; but we are mostly “ modest” folk out in 
the backwoods, and shrink more or less from ap- 
j)earing before the public. (I am reminded to use 
that word modest, having just re.ad the “ As We Go 
To Press ” column in The R. N.-Y. of October 13). 
Indiana. J< L. M. 
Modesty is a great virtue. One can keep 
it pure, even when given an airing, so 
long as it is not crossed with Rad Taste. 
A drop of blood from the latter gives a 
scrub every time. 
I^et’s begin with California—read this 
note : 
It might well surprise you that I should Imj your 
only subscriber at this post-office. But this ought 
to be to your credit that j'ou have at the least, my¬ 
self. This is a mining town. The reason I be¬ 
came a subscriber is this : A few years ago, I 
bought 30 acres of fruit land in another ])art of 
this State. I had it planted and kejjt highly cul¬ 
tivated with a view of, in the near future, giving 
up mining and settling down there. As I knew 
nothing of agricultural or similar pursuits, I had 
to study the subject, and the choice of The R. N.-Y. 
as a teacher was arrived at after a trial of all the 
other farm papers in the United States. j. p. 
Grass Valley, Cal. 
Every man who dig.s in the soil is a miner 
—whether he aims to secure a portion of 
the earth in the form of coal or cabbage. 
We will now take a bee line back to 
the old Ray State : 
While I don’t need a farm paper, I have so far 
continued to take Tjie R. N.-Y., because it is so 
good that I have not yet been able to make up my 
mind to stop it. It is right ou the top shelf of ex¬ 
cellence in its real usefulness to the farmer, gar¬ 
dener and fruit grower. Its vigorous, incisive 
style is catching to its correspondents. Its col¬ 
umns are brimful of i>oint.s that set a man to 
thinking—pulls him together—makes him believe 
he can do it, and sharpens his appetite for more. 
The Rukal doesn’t give its readers corn on the cob 
—it takes the cob out. I have seen a great deal 
of farming. East, West and South, and fully be¬ 
lieve The R. N.-Y. is the best paper there is de¬ 
voted to its interest. f. k. 
Longmeadow, Mass. 
Of course we try to take the cob out. 
Our readers want gralu for their dollar. 
We aim to supplj’^ the muscle-makers in 
the form of suggestions—you get the fat- 
formers and fat by your own thinking. 
Now comes a word from New York 
State : 
The way you shjike the measure, heap it up, and 
sort what you offer for sale (viz. The Rxjkal) will 
make me a life-long subscriber. w. ii. b. 
Wayne County, New York. 
We wish yoti a long and prosperous 
life, with profits large enough to send a 
new subscription each year ! No scant 
measure for honest folks. 
The rounds are completed with this 
note from Florida : 
In spite of your being in the North, we find many 
valuable suggestions for our use here in Florida. 
The R. N.-Y. contains so much that is applicable 
to farm life in any part of the country, that it 
seems to me a great pity that every progi'essive 
farmer and fruit grower shouldn’t have it. u. u. 
Johmson County, Fla. 
What a pity, indeed ! We could do our 
share in handling that great list with¬ 
out a murmur ! Rut the end has come ! 
We could show you similar letters from 
every State in the Union ! The R. N.-Y. 
is a candidate for your patronage and 
favor! You may iww go and tell your 
neujhbor that, if he will subscribe now, he 
may have the remaining issues for this year 
and the whole of 1895 for $1 ! What more 
does he ask for ? 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Pure beeswax is steady at 30 cents per pound. 
Large quantities of garlic are imported from 
Italy. 
California wines are now being sold here at 
auction. 
European cables report the market steady on 
American apples. 
Michigan celery is coming in more freely, but 
is mbstly of only ordinary quality. 
The California fruit season is practically closed, 
tinless it be for grapes. This is about one month 
earlier than usual. 
Some fancy Keiffer pears have recently brought 
high prices, but some that had been held until 
overripe, were sold very low. 
An extensive poultry dealer in Illinois said that 
reports from all sections of that and other States 
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A Cough, Cold ok Soke Throat requires imme¬ 
diate attention. "Brown’s Bronchial Troches" will 
invariably give relief. 2oc. a box.— Adv 
E Bowker’s Animal Meal ^ 
^ Makes Hens Lay 3 
Because it furnishes the food elements that eggs —^ 
are made of in such a form that the production 
of eggs will not be made at the expense of the 
hen’s vitality; and this is ^ 
Because it also furnishes strength and health-sus- X 
taining food for the hen herself. m 
^ Animal Meal is a clean, sweet, and wholesome com- ^ 
bination of thoroughly cooked meat and bone, 
dried and finely ground, easily and quickly di- 
gested. It is 
^ Cheaper than Scraps, that is, more economical, be- ^ 
m ' cause it is more concentrated; it contains more —^ 
^ real food to the pound by at least twenty-five ^ 
^ per cent. It is 2^2 
Superior to Scraps, because it is cleaner, more ^ 
finely ground, contains more bone, and is practi- 
cally dry material. Scraps contain a large 
amount of water; and, indeed, some so-called —^ 
poultry foeds are nothing but finely ground ^ 
scraps. It is not economy to buy water for 
^ • meat. Bowker’s Animal Meal takes the place of —^ 
scraps because it furnishes meat; it takes the 
place of bone because it contains bone; it takes ^ 
the place of oyster shells because it furnishes 
It makes hens lay; 
It makes chickens grow. 
Enough for lo hens 3 months, $1.00. 
Four times as much for $ 2 . 25 . 
^ Our interesting little book, “The Egg,” will be mailed free on re- ^ 
quest, showing the philosophy of animal feeding for hens and chicks 
and containing testimonials from practical poultrymen. 
^ The Bowker Company, 3 
43 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass. zS 
PaLMEE, EIVENBUEC} & CO., 
Snccessors to G. S. PALMBB. Bstabllshed 1869. 
Wholesale Commission Merchants. 
POULTRY AND CALVES A SPECIALTY. 
Also Butter, Bggs, Apples, Potatoes and Oranges 
166 Resde Street, New York, 
References: Chatham K atlonal Bank. 
I will get you extra prices for choice Sweet 
Potatoes,; also Pears and Apples, Peas, Pota¬ 
toes, and all vegetables. No use for poor goods. 
Write for Shipping Cards and Directions for packing. 
J. H. TlKNKKN, 32 Little 12th St., New York. 
CHOIGEaPRODUCTS 
Highest prices. No use for poor goods. Creamery 
Bntter In tubs and prints a specially. Live and 
Dressed Pouhry and Game, Hogs, Lambs, Calves, etc. 
Stencils, etc., on application. GAKNISK St CO., 
Produce Commission Merchants. 32 Little ]2tb Street, 
New York. Reference: Gansevoort Bank. 
Established since 1866. 
A. G. WORTH. SEND YOUR ®YAX. 
DRIED FRUITS 
(EVAPORATED OR SUXDRIED) 
To •\7%7'OH.TH dfts H-TT-AulNr, 
313 Greenwich Street, New York. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Dealers in all kinds of 
Game, Poultry, Furs, Ginseng, Etc. 
Best market prices with daily returns. We have the 
largest orders for LIVJE yUAlL. 
229 & 231 WASHINGTON STREET, NEW YORK. 
References: Any one In New York. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1876. 
SOMERS, BROTHER & 00. 
HE ADQUA-RTPIRS EOK. 
Fruits and Produce 
Receive and sell, in car load lots and emaller 
Quantities, all^roduets ol the Orchard, Garden, 
Dairy, H^ncry and Farm. 
Market Keports, Special Kefercnces, Stencils, etc., furnished 
free on application, 
611 Liberty Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
C:;7*lnquirles and Correspondence Inyitcd. 
$750-00 1 Year and All Expenses. 
We want a few more General Agents (ladles or 
gentlemen) to travel and appoint agents on our new 
publications. Full particulars given on application. 
If you apply please send references, and state busi¬ 
ness experience, age and send photograph. If you 
cannot travel, write us lor terms to local canvassers. 
Address 8. I. BELL & CO., Philadelphia Pa 
The Democrat and Chronicle, 
Rochester, N. Y. This is one of the very best 
weekly newspapers In western New York. Ten 
and twelve pages weekly. It Is a great news¬ 
paper In every sense of the word. Regular 
price, J1 a year. 
In combination with The R. N.-Y., 11.65. 
Hour of Song. 
There Is sufficient variety In the Franklin 
Square Song Collection to please singers of 
every grade, from the simple songs of the nurs¬ 
ery to those requiring culture and practice. It 
Is such a book as old and young, lettered and 
unlettered, may enjoy at almost any tloae. 
From 11, the children will pick up the songs 
with which their parents are so familiar, and 
keep alive the old songs we so dislike to forget. 
We would be sorry for the child who grew up 
unfamiliar with the old familiar tunes of the 
collecilois, and there are many new ones of 
scarcely less merit. Price, paper. 50 cents. Or 
given as a premium for two new subscriptions 
10 Thb Rural New-Yokkbu. 
FANCY FHUITS and VEGETABLES. 
