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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Most persons who are familiar with 
the sights in large towns and cities, have 
seen the soldiers of the “Salvation Army.” 
With their neat uniforms of blue trimmed 
with red, their quiet, happy faces, and 
their modest, unassuming manners ; they 
travel about “ doing good.” Their work 
is done down in the slums and low places 
where crime breeds in dark, filthy alleys 
and gutters, and where hope and am¬ 
bition seem blown out like a wasted 
candle. You and I, with all our great 
desire to benefit mankind, would be 
likely to keep out of such places, and do 
the little we do for humanity in more 
comfortable quarters. Not so with the 
brave soldiers of the Salvation army. 
They recognized the fact that most of 
our churches find their work in the 
better classes of society. Way down 
below in the subsoil of society was their 
place, and they accepted it so nobly that 
since the days of Peter the Hermit, few 
movements of the human race have been 
more productive of good. 
* 
Two great principles of the Salva¬ 
tion Army we have always admired. 
They are after the young people, and 
they are not a bit afraid to carry their 
work into all places and grades of 
society. They stand by their colors 
wherever they go. They know that the 
baby of to-day is the parent of the next 
generation's man, and they want that 
baby on the right side. We have often 
seen the women of the Salvation Army 
selling their paper, “ The War Cry,” in 
saloons and evil resorts. All people know 
them and respect them, because they 
know that they are earnest and true. 
They also go to the houses of the rich 
and say what they have to say boldly and 
honestly. Here, for example, is a story 
told by Mrs. Ballington Booth at a 
dinner recently given by a rich society 
club : 
My little boy was looking at a picture last night, 
an allegory that was intended for the War Cry. It 
represented a boat manned by Salvation Army 
soldiers on a troubled sea in which were sinking 
human beings. The general of the Army was 
leaning from the stern of the boat and reaching 
out his hand to save a man. After looking at it 
closely, he said : “Mamma, what is grandpapa 
doing ? Trying to pull that man out of the water, 
or only shaking hands with him ? ” Now I am 
afraid that many of the churches have been doing 
a good deal of the shaking-hands business. They 
don’t get near enough to pull people out of the 
water. 
Now, what could be clearer than that 
point ? That sinking man had no use 
for the General's hand except as a handle 
to help him out of the water. It was 
“ Help ! ” rather than “ How do you do !” 
that he had in mind ; and he knew that 
the good old General could read his 
thoughts. 
Wei.i., what about all this? Here is 
your application. The It. N.-Y. would 
gladly be known as the War Cry of agri¬ 
culture. In the fight against ignorance, 
discouragement, laziness and greed, the 
principles of the Salvation Army are 
good enough for us. We are after the 
boys and girls. We want to interest 
them in better farming, for we realize, 
more and more, how much the future of 
this country will depend on the children 
who are now growing up in farm homes. 
A farm of 420 acres, having 12,000 fruit 
trees—apples, pears, peaches, cherries 
planted five years ago, can be bought this 
winter at a low price. The farm nearly 
adjoins the city of Chillicotlie, O., lies on 
fine rolling land well adapted to fruit 
culture and stock raising. The owner 
died and the land came into the hands of 
a corporation whose business is not farm¬ 
ing or fruit growing. It is a fine oppor¬ 
tunity for the right man. For full in¬ 
formation address A. C. Houghton, 61 
Wheeler Building, Columbus, O.— Adv. 
As a friend out in Antrim, Mo., says : 
Do not stop The R. N.-Y., for I am interested in 
reading it; then my little boy is beginning to read 
it, and I think that it is as good, if not better, than 
most papers for the old as well as the young to 
read. 
Now that man recognizes that his little 
boy’s character and mental habits will 
be largely determined by what he reads 
and thinks about. We know that is true, 
and that is why we try to make The R. 
N.-Y. clean and true. 
And right here we call your attention 
to this letter from a successful, self-made 
man. Our friends talk right up for us, 
you see : 
It has always seemed to me that a young man 
that reads The R. N.-Y. could never leave the farm 
to accept or enter any other profession without 
regret. It opens the way for higher education, 
pleasure and wealth. It shows agriculture and 
horticulture in the light of to-day, and leaves the 
reader in such a state that he must think of the 
possibilities and pleasures of the farm. But our 
farmers here, in eastern Ohio, are of middle age 
and older; the young men have gone from the 
farm. Why ? Just because their parents have 
not made such papers as The R. N.-Y. fireside 
companions, or let them even come into their 
homes. , frb patton. 
Ohio. 
Every man that is a man wants his 
children to grow up into good men and 
women with a better opportunity than 
he had. Even a man who was forced to 
work when he should have been at 
school—as fell to the lot of many of us— 
will try hard to see that his children 
have the right sort of reading matter. 
We don’t hesitate to say that it is good 
business policy to have it known that 
The R. N.-Y. is after the young folks. 
We want their attention and a part of 
their minds, and we will guarantee not 
to injure them. And we try to talk 
straight to the point also. Simple science , 
fair facts and terse truths yiven in well 
weeded words. That is our motto. It 
seems to us that these sample notes from 
subscribers indicate that we are getting 
on the track : 
GOING TO THE WALL. 
I have been a farmer for 40 years with varied 
success. But declining health came with declin¬ 
ing years, and hired help, ate up all my profits, 
since we have had not only poor crops, but de¬ 
clining prices. Last spring I felt that I must go 
to the wall, and made arrangements to tide me 
over about two years when I felt that I must be 
dependent on my friends if life was given to me 
longer. A copy of The R. N.-Y. fell into my hands. 
I was interested and subscribed for it, and learned 
that I was farming too much, but not good 
enough—not the right kind of crops suited to my 
soil, market or condition of family help. I have 
braced up, and if I get as much help from The R. 
N.-Y. and fertilizers this year as last, I will be 
rods away from the wall. d. b. l. 
New Jersey. 
We are glad indeed to help in such a case 
as that. 
Let me say in justice to The It. N.-Y., that I, for 
one, subscribed nearly two years ago solely for 
the purpose of securing a Carman grape vine as 
a gift, because money could not buy these vines 
from the originator, Mr. T. V. Munson. But I have 
learned in The R. N.-Y. what I could not have 
learned in a California paper, and I calculate to 
remain a subscriber. w. P. 
California. 
Still we find a man now and then who 
says that The R. N.-Y. is “published too 
far East! ” 
I am a new subscriber to The R. N.-Y., but have 
read the other agricultural papers for years, and 
I would rather have The R. N.-Y. than all the 
others I ever saw, and I rather guess I have seen 
them all now, considering the size of my waste 
paper heap. We market gardeners get the “meat” 
in The R. N.-Y., while in the other papers, we get 
the husks. c. h. n. 
Cranston, R. I. 
A “ husk ” keeps one away from the 
meat. Pull it off. 
Now one more duty remains—a word 
about premiums. The winners of the 
$2 bills up to date are : 
Dec. 31.—W. S. Graves, Lackawanna Co., Pa. 
Jan. 2.—Jos. Shropshire, Cumberland Co., N. J. 
3. —C. M. Lusk, Broome Co., N. Y. 
4. —M. S. Shelters, Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
5. —Chas. Miller, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
There is $10 well and easily earned. We 
have given the list of prize winners for 
the last premium contest. Here we have 
a list of the prizes they finally selected : 
B. Kenyon, $25 in Cash. 
E. G. Packard, Fine Gold Watch. 
Monroe Morse, R. N.-Y. Sewing Machine. 
Jos. Morris, Kalamazoo Cutter. 
Isaac Alter, Crystal Creamer. 
S. M. Rector, Great Western Steamer. 
H. J. House, $15 in Cash. 
Parker Bristol, $10 in Cash. 
Theo. Bond, Ohio Fodder Cutter. 
There you have nine chosen men—chosen 
by Enterprise & Pluck. Bear in mind 
the present contest for 31 premiums— 
headed by that splendid Emerson piano. 
And now we conclude by placing the 
following note on The R. N.-Y. roll of 
honor. We gave this man credit on 
our books for commission on what we 
thought was a new subscription : 
I beg to say that both of the subscriptions re 
ferred to above were renewals, and I intended to 
so state in my letter inclosing the draft. You 
will, therefore, cancel any credit I may have. 
More than that, I would not accept any commis¬ 
sion, even if they were new subscriptions, and I 
shall be glad to send you such new ones as I can 
secure, without commission, as I consider the 
paper worth every cent it costs and more. I 
should be glad to place it in the hands of every 
farmer in the county if possible, and I would feel 
that I was amply repaid by the improvement that 
would surely accrue to the business in general. 
CHAS. F. GOODWIN. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
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IS WHATS WANTED. 
We make a business of growing them—farm 
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#150 in Prizes for best crops. 
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We have a baby 20 months old who was 
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I have been using your Mellin’s Food for 
my boy, nearly two years old, for the last 
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SEND for our book, “The Care and 
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TDCCQ fifll II plum, SPLENDOR prune, Van 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. NEW YORK 
Virginia Farms for Sale. 
500 improved and unimproved farms; 500 town lots 
and Villa sites. Will give the best bargains in the 
South. Claremont is a growing town on James River, 
Circulars free. 
CITIZENS LAND B. L. & D. CO.. Claremont. Va. 
SAVE MONEY ON FRUIT PLANTS. 
Strawberries a specialty. 3 Farms. Immense stock. A 
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plants by the 100,000 to all sections of the U.S. every 
year, and save many men much money. Nurseries buy 
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O. A. E. BALDWIN, V St., Bridgman, Mich. 
RASPBERRY PLAIITsHaSW**-. 
Write for prices, stating quantity wanted. 
II. C. KING, Willow Creek. Tompkins County, N. Y. 
GREENVILLE STRAWBERRY. 
Wonderfully productive. The acknowledged leader. 
Send to the originator for catalogue of this and many 
other fruits. Address 
E. M. BUECHLY, Box 944, Greenville, O. 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
-The largest handler 
__ of American- 
grown Crimson Clover Seed in the United States, 
is JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Grower and Jobber, Mil¬ 
ford, Del. Write for prices. 
OLDS’ SEED If?T ES 
Fob Potatoes, we have the great ’94 introductions, 
Cabman No. 1, Ibisii Daisy and The Great Divide. 
also, about all the standard varieties, but better than all, 
U/nDI n’0 C A ID Best Potato we ever grew, 
YlUnLU U I Alii. All Things Considered. 
For Seed Corn, we have Queen of the Field, 
considered the best yellow dent for this latitude, 
For Seed Oats, The Lincoln, a great-yielding, new 
variety. Catalogue Free. |_, L. OLDS, Clinton, RockCo.Wis. 
CARMAN No. 3, 
00 cents per pound, $40 per barrel, prepaid: Carman 
No. 1. $1.25 per peck, $13 per barrel; Ohio Jr.. Chicugo 
Market. Everett, American Beauty, Vick’s Early Ad¬ 
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Irish Daisy, Orphan. Dutton. Favorite. $4 per barrel: 
Maggie Murphy, Freeman. Early Puritan, New Queen. 
Sunrise, Early and Late Hebrons, Rochester Peach- 
blow, Monroe Seedling. American Wonder, White 
Elephant, St. Patrick, White Hose, $3.25 per barrel; 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2, Green Mountain. White Star. 
$2.50 per barrel. 1 am taking orders for spring, one- 
half cash with order, balance when shipped. 
C. E. KELLEY. Newark, N. Y. 
CONSUMPTION 
To the Editor— Please inform your read¬ 
ers that I have a positive remedy for the 
above named disease. By its timely use 
thousands of hopeless cases have been per¬ 
manently cured. I shall be glad to send 
two bottles of my remedy free to any of your 
readers who have consumption if they will 
send me their express and post office address. 
T.A.Slocum, M.C.. 183 Pearl St.. New York. 
Thompson’s 
SOWS CLOVER, 
TIMOTHY, ALFALFA, 
RED TOP, FLAX, 
and all kinds of 
CRASS SEEDS 
Weight 40 lbs. 
Send for circulars. 
GRASS 
SEEDER 
Sows any Quantity. 
Evenly, Accurately, 
IN WET DRY 
AND WINDY 
WEATHER. 
20 to 40 
Acres Per Day 
0. E. THOMPSON & SONS, 
17 River St., Ypsilanti, Mich. 
OUIt PUMPS have Automatic Agitators and do it 
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Medium Red Clover Seedu£M5X,S» 
new crop seed, in new bags, at $7 per bu. Also care¬ 
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varieties. J. E. WILLARD, Belvidere, Ill. 
FERTILIZERS 
■ HUBBARD & CO.. 10 Lie 
I—Special brands for all 
crops. Dealers and con¬ 
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HUBBARD & CO., 10 Light St., Baltimore, Md. 
We ship our best 
Screened Canada 
Unleached 
Hardwood 
ASHES 
at bottom prices. Analysis and Weight Guaranteed 
Address THE FOREST CITY WOOD ASH CO., 
No. 9 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass 
Free 
fertilizers in the winter time- 
freight paid. Write for particulars, 
giving references and shipping point. 
POWELL FERTILIZER & CHEM. CO. 
Powell’s Fertilizers, 
BALTIMORE, MD. 
ODORLESS GUANO 
MINERAL UUAHU 
delivered at your 
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#20.00 per ton. 
Agents wanted in every farming town. Send for 
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Better Crops 
result from use of fertilizers rich in potash. Most fertilizers do not contain 
Sufficient Potash to Insure the Best Results. 
The results of the latest investigations of the use and abuse of potash are told in our books. 
They are sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you 
dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. 
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