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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
“ALL SORTS.” 
We expected to talk this week about 
the “make-up” of Tjik K. N.-Y.—how 
the articles are selected ; what vv e want 
written and what tlie paper thinks of 
doing next year. Can’t do it—haven’t 
space enough. That talk about the 
cow’s digestion is so long that some of 
the “ ads” belonging on that page must 
go elsewhere, and that means less read¬ 
ing space. Thus you see how the “ads” 
subtract from our department. We will, 
therefore, give you a few interesting 
facts that have recently transpired and 
bide our time. The first note for our 
consideration is the following : 
We found a copy of your excellent paper in our 
carriage when ready to return home from our 
town fair, and liked it very much. Mus. E. w. 
Berlin, Conn. 
Accompanying this note was a $1 bill for 
a year’s subscription. You see that issue 
of The 11. N.-Y’. acted as its own agent. 
Some friend put it in that carriage, how¬ 
ever, and if we can find out who did it, 
we will give that person credit for one 
subscription on the premium account. 
So, whoever distributed papers at the lier- 
lin (Conn.) fair, will please speak up and 
receive full credit. Speaking of agents 
in this way reminds us that we have not 
printed the names of the $2 winners for 
some time. Here they are up to date. 
The persons named have sent the larg¬ 
est clubs on these respective days, and 
have been paid ^2 for each day’s premium: 
Oct. 23.—B. Kenyon, Fairfax Co., Va. 
“ 24.—P. K. Hoadley, New Haven Co., Conn. 
“ 25.—D. E. Hughes, Pierce Co., Wash. 
“ 26.—B. Kenyon, Fairfax Co., Va. 
“ 27.—Jos. Harris, Sanilac Co., Mich. 
“ 29.—W. Bentzien, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
“ 30.—Isaac Alter, Lake Co., Cal. 
“ 31.—C. C. Hess, Center Co., Pa. 
Nov. 1.—S. C. Garrett, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
“ 2.—G. H. Bates, Warren Co., Pa. 
“ 3.— L. B. Kichards, W^estchester Co., N. Y. 
“ 5.—M. E. Taylor, Allegany Co., N. Y. 
“ 7.—Isaac Alter, Lake Co., Cal. 
“ 8.—F. E. Bennett, Susquehanna Co., Pa. 
“ 9.—K. E. Stone, St. Clair Co., Mich. 
“ 10.—D. C. Thompson, Beaver Co., Pa. 
“ 12.—B. Kenyon, Fairfax Co., Va. 
“ 13.—Wbn. Pickhardt, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
“ 14.—E. G. Packard, Kent Co., Del. 
“ 15.—H. J. House, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
“ 16.—Monroe Morse, Norfolk Co., Mass. 
“ 17.—Jos. Morris, Sanilac Co., Mich. 
“ 19.—A. M. Colcord, Macoupin Co., Ill. 
“ 20.—B. Kenyon, Fairfax Co., Va., 
“ 21.—R. O. Bale, Sussex Co., N. J. 
“ 22.—E. W. Pratt, Plymouth Co., Mass 
“ 23.—F. H. Ives, Fairfield Co., Conn. 
“ 24.—E. G. Packard, Kent Co., Del. 
That makes a goodly list, and w'C would 
like to see your name there. Remember, 
this goes on every day. 
Another friend out in Missouri, sends 
a note in which he says :. 
I am very proud in conducting my first sub¬ 
scriber into the family of The Rural. I an» ever 
on the alert to say a good w-ord for The R. N.-Y'., 
my favorite paper. 
You are not half as proud as we are to 
have you do so. Now that your friend is 
with us, we will try to “ do him proud.” 
Missouri has just had a great political 
upheaval, but The R. N.-Y. is a candi¬ 
date that all can safely vote for. And 
here is still another thing that we shall 
talk somew'hat about when we get full 
space again : 
You are worthy of the thanks and compliments 
of every reader of The Rural New-Yorker for 
your bravery in writing and printing the first 1 H 
column on page 701. Please accept my sincere 
thanks. e. p. robinson. 
Ohio. 
That article has excited considerable 
favorable comment, and we fully believe 
that thinking men in all political parties 
agree that some plan for a fairer division 
of the proceeds of labor must be devised. 
Let us now consider the following 
letter from a friend in Ohio. He heads 
it: 
“RETURNS FROM OHIO.” 
Well, yes ; I read “ Home Sweet Home” on page 
720, to my better half last week, and she smiled 
and said, “That’s good; that hits you,” etc. Then 
she said, “ That is not out of that old R. N.-Y'. ?” 
I said, “Yes, and now what do you say to my tak¬ 
ing The R. N.-Y. next year ?” She said. “ Well, 
you have paid out |4 or $5 now for that old R 
N.-Y., and I don’t see where it has ever done us 
any good.” I said, “Hold on now ; did you not 
tell me a few years ago, when I planted two dozen 
gooseberry bushes in the garden, that they would 
never do any good, and that your father had tried 
a half dozen once, and they were a failure ? Yet 
last year, you received $7.50 in money from the 
sale of surplus gooseberries from those very 
bushes, over and above what we canned and con¬ 
sumed on the table, and nearly $10 from this 
year’s crop ?” We, or I, intend to hand over in 
cash to my anti-R. N.-Y. wife, all the cash from 
sales of surplus fruit from our small fruit garden, 
till I have her convinced that it is not a waste of 
time or money to take The Rural. Now we have 
in our fruit garden, 125 gooseberry and 24 currant 
bushes, 70 hills of Shaffer raspberry, 95 grape 
vines, 61 plum, 41 pear, 6 quince, 3 peach and 2 
cherry trees. When they all get to bearing, and 
she gets the money for the surplus that is grown 
more than we can consume, I think she will then 
change her mind about that old R. N.-Y. W'hen 
she changes her mind, and will read The R. N.-Y., 
I am positive she will experience a change of 
heart. o. c. 
We think it will be our safest plan not 
to comment on that note. Wait till we 
have had our say about the wife’s place 
in the home ! When that is done, we 
don’t expect to find a single anti-R. N.-Y. 
wife on the list. 
Potatoes—Shorter Crop, Lower Price.—The 
R. N.-Y. reported the estimated yield of potatoes 
to be 200,000 bushels short of last year; and yet 
the price is considerably lower. Why is it? j. h. k. 
Smock, Pa. 
Ans.—I t may be that the crop is not so much 
short as was estimated. The New England crop 
is not short. Sweet potatoes have been extremely 
low in price, and have been largely used in place 
of Irish potatoes. This has tended to le.ssen the 
demand for the latter. Receijits have not equaled 
those of last year, but importations of foreign 
potatoes have been made much earlier. Usually, 
there is a considerable demand from the West 
Indies, but this is almost entirely lacking this 
year. The same is true with regard to the regular 
Southern demand. The duty is 10 cents per bushel 
less on imported potatoes than last year, or from 
27‘A to 30 cents per barrel. This is not far from 
the difference between last year’s prices iind 
those now prevailing. There are several elements, 
all tending to lower prices in spite of the reported 
short crop. 
THE BUSINESS AUN’S LUNCH. 
Hard Work and Indigestion go 
Hand in Hand. 
Concentrated thought, continued in, robs 
the stomach of necessary blood, and this is 
also true of hard physical labor. 
When a five horse-power engine is made 
to do ten horse-power work something is 
going to break. Very often the hard- 
worked man coming from the field or the 
office will “bolt” his food in a few min¬ 
utes which will take hours to digest. Then 
too, many foods are about as useful in the 
•Stomach as a keg of nails would be in a 
fire under a boiler. The ill-used stomach 
refuses to do its work without the proper 
stimulus which it gets from the blood and 
nerves. The nerves are weak and “ ready 
to break,” because they do not get the 
nourishment they require from the blood, 
finally the ill-used brain is morbidly wide 
awake when the overworked man at¬ 
tempts to find rest in bed. 
The application of common sen.se in the 
treatment of the stomach and the whole 
system brings to the busy man the full en¬ 
joyment of life and healthy digestion when 
he takes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to 
relieve a bilious stomach or after a too 
hearty meal, and Dr. Pierce’s Golden 
Medical Discovery to purify, enrich and 
vitalize the blood. The “ Pellets ” are tiny 
sugar-coated pills made of highly concen¬ 
trated vegetable ingredients which relieve 
the stomach of all offending matters easily 
and thoroughly. They need only be taken 
for a short time to cure the biliousne.ss, 
constipation and slothfulness, or torpor, of 
the liver; then the “Medical Discovery” 
.should be taken in teaspoonful doses to in¬ 
crease the blood and enrich it. It has a 
peculiar effect upon the lining membranes 
of the stomach and bowels, toning up and 
strengthening them for all time. The 
whole system feels the effect of the pure 
blood coursing through the body and the 
nerves are vitalized and strengthened, not 
deadened, or put to sleep, as the so-called 
celery compounds and nerve mixtures do 
—but refreshed and fed on the food they 
need for health. If you suffer from indi¬ 
gestion, dyspepsia, nervousness, and any 
of the ills which come from impure blood 
and disordered stomach, you can C7ire 
yourself with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical 
Discovery which can be obtained at any 
drug store in the country. 
$750-00 h 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 for terms to local canvassers. 
Address 8. I. BELL & CO., Philadelphia Pa 
, IN PANT S-^d^I NVALI DS. 
trade fc.- orift MARK. 
THE ONLY PERFECT 
Substitute for Mother s Mi Ik. 
Detroit, Mich. 
GentlemenThe Michigan Churchman, a 
weekly religious paper here, would like to 
advertise your Mellin’s Food. We know it 
from expi-rience, and have the handsomest 
baby in Michigan, raised on Mellin’s Food. 
Rev. G. MottWilliams. 
Wilmington, Del. 
Gentlemen:—I have used your Mellin’s 
Food for my baby since weaning him, ana it 
has given me great satisfaction. 
Mrs. F. L. Gilpin. 
SEND for oup book, “The C’nre and 
Feeding of Infants,'’ mailed 
Free to any address. 
Doiiber-Goodale Go., Boston, Mass. 
Nerve 
Tonic 
Blood 
Builder 
.WILLIAMS' 
MEDICINE CO., 
Schenectady,N.Y. 
and BrockviIle,Ont* 
CUT 
THIS 
OUT 
and send it to us with your name and 
address and we will send you this 
watch by express for examination. 
A GUARANTEE FOR 6 YEARS 
sent with it. You examine it 
and it you think it a bargain 
pay our sample price SI. 98 
and it is yours. It is the hand¬ 
somest and best timekeeper 
in tlie world for the money 
and betterthan many watches 
sold for four times the price, 
eper W’ith every watch we 
rnLL send absolutely free 
of cJiarge a lovely gold plate 
chain and charm, also our big 
catalogue full of bargains. 
WRITE TO-DAV, this offer will 
not appear again. Address, 
THE NATIONAL MF6. 
& IMPORTING CO., 
334 DEARBORN STREET, 
Chicago. III. 
The Farmer Calendar Clock. 
Eight-day clock, half-hour .strike. 
Walnut polished case, carved top. Eight- 
inch dial. Height, 2.’) inches. This 
clock shows at a glance the hour of day, 
the day of the week, the day of the 
month, and the month of the year. 
The calendar requires no attention. It 
is perpetual, and requires only the or¬ 
dinary winding of the clock. This clock 
is made by the Ithaca Calendar Clock 
Co., Ithaca, N. Y., and is warranted in 
every w’ay. The price is §12. C. E. 
Chapman, Peruville, N. Y., is special 
agent. We wdll give this elegant clock 
for a chib of 20 new subscriptions. It is 
an ornament to any home, and if the 
women who read The R. N.-Y. could see 
it, there would be little peace in the 
house until one of these clocks was on 
the shelf. It would make a handsome 
Christmas present. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
SPECIAL OFFER No. 81. 
Tabular Driving Lamp, 
IT is the only practicable and 
perfect driving lamp ever made 
IT will not blow nor jar out. 
IT gives a clear, white light. 
IT looks like a locomotive head 
light. 
IT throws all the light straight 
ahead from 200 to 800 feet. 
R.E. Dietz 
Buy a pair of our Driving Lamps at the regular 
price, and we will have sent to you, free of charge, 
for one year, any one of the periodicals named below 
Cut this and send it to us for full particulars. 
^(UiimurpoUtan, Current Ldterature, Demorest’s, Frank 
Lestie'n Popular Monthly, Godey's, lAppincotVs, Mun- 
sey'g, Outing, Revietu of Hevieujs, Scientific American, 
Scrihner's, St. Nicholus, Youth's Companion, Harpers, 
Cultivator and Country Gentleman. 
BRICE OF TWO LAMIAS, $6.00. 
CAME OF 
The Newest and Best Yet 
By Mail for 2S cts. 
Don’t fail to get one of your dealer, or of 
Greenfield Novelty Co. Greenfield, Mass. 
PATENTS 
Thomas P. Simpson.Washlngton, D.C 
No attorney’s fee until patent ob¬ 
tained. Write for Inventor’s Guide 
THE 
Cows Demand 
that their owners shall make effort to educate them¬ 
selves In Dairy Truth. For years they have furnished 
the main revenue of the farm, and now demand that 
the owner invest one dollar a year as a subscription 
to Hoard’s Dairyman, that he may receive the 
varied experiences and teachings of the most success¬ 
ful dairy farmers In the country. 
THE 
Cows Deserve 
your attention on this matter and appeal to you 
for more intelligent care, feeding and breeding, and 
handling of their products. They want you to recog¬ 
nize the fact that the experiences of successful dairy¬ 
men will help you. Study your business, for by In¬ 
creasing your knowledge you Increase your revenue, 
and In other ways make your life worth living. Dairy 
farming is like handling edged tools that cut only 
profits when improperly directed. 
THE 
Cows Are Right! 
And common sense demands that every farmer who 
expects to make money from his cows shall spend at 
least a dollar a year for his own guidance and Instruc¬ 
tion. Tlie Editors and Correspondents of Hoard’s 
Dairyman are practical men trained In the dairy 
business. The paper is recognized as the leading 
dairy paper of the world. It is crammed full every 
week with the very cream of dairy thought and ex¬ 
perience. 
Tlie Rural New-Yorker rtiaders sliould take 
advantage of our clubbing rate with Hoard’s 
llairyman, whicli enables us to send both 
papers one year for 1*1.70. 
Send for Sample Copies to Hoard’s Dairy¬ 
man Fort Atkinson, Wis. 
The Rural New-Yorker Sew¬ 
ing Machine. 
You have often wondered why a little 
sewing machine should cost from §45 to 
§50, while the cost of making it is less 
than §20. The reason is simple enough. 
The selling agent gets the larger share. 
In order to save this middleman’s profit, 
we offer subscribers only, THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER machine at manufact¬ 
urers’ prices. It has all the latest at¬ 
tachments, and is warranted for 10 
years. High arm, self-setting needle, 
automatic bobbin, and is light running. 
Oak or walnut woodwork, and five 
drawers. A complete set of attachments 
and instruction hook with each machine. 
This is a handsome machine, and is 
guaranteed to give satisfaction in every 
particular, or money will he refunded. 
Price, delivered, §19.50; or with one 
year’s subscription, §20. Or we will 
send it, freight paid, and a club of 10 
new subscriptions for one year, for 
§24.50. Address 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
