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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 20 
"PULLING 
A thoughtful man once saw a candy 
maker “ pulling'” molasses candy. It 
surprised him to see that the more the 
candy was pulled, the whiter it became. 
In fact, the color was nearly all pulled 
out of it. Why was that ? He scratched 
his head over it until he nearly became 
bald, and then asked a wise man who is 
supposed to know the theory of about 
everything. The answer was that the 
“pulling,” by multiplying the air cells in 
the candy, increased the number of re¬ 
flecting surfaces on a given area. In other 
words, the “pulling” greatly increased 
the number of mirror like surfaces, and 
reduced the area of shade. It was about 
the same thing as the white color of 
foam left by a vessel sailing rapidly 
through the water. The air spaces let 
in the light. 
* 
That is an interesting fact of science, 
and we can readily see how true it is in 
practical affairs. Our circumstances 
sometimes may be dark colored enough. 
The brave man takes off his coat, rolls up 
his sleeves, and begins to “pull” or work 
on that job. First you know, it grows 
lighter. It’s like a cloud rolling off the 
face of the sun. What does it ? “ Pull¬ 
ing.” Like the case of the candy, you 
open air spaces and in goes the light and 
air. The more you pull the more the 
darkness fades away, because the more 
chance you give for the light to get in, 
and prevent shade. The great secret of 
success in this life is 'pulling to the best 
advantage. You want to hitch right on to 
life’s difficulties with a short hitch. Be 
sure the harness is stout and that the 
whiffletrees will hold, and that there are 
mental, moral and physical muscle- 
makers in your ration. Then take a deep 
breath and GET UP ! You will start air- 
cells in that candy, and when you stop 
for another breath, you will be surprised 
to see how much lighter the color is. 
* 
Now the practical application of this 
scientific principle is found this week in 
these great premium chances. Time’s up 
on May 1. This is the last warning from 
us. The first half dozen men are making 
a beautiful race for that piano. The re¬ 
maining 25 men—at least some of them— 
seem to have grown weary of well doing. 
Their clubs are small, and their chances 
of getting a good prize areas dark as the 
original molasses candy. Now, gentle¬ 
men, a little—mind you, a little —good, 
hard pulling in the next few days, will 
let so many reflecting surfaces into that 
candy that it will sh ; ne like a star. We 
don’t use our valuable space to try to 
make this great scientific principle of 
“ pulling ” clear, just to have you sit on 
a nail keg and talk about it. We want 
you to apply the theory to your club of 
subscriptions. Here stands one of these 
great sweepstakes premiums just aching 
to be reflected on the surfaces of your 
candy. You have no idea how little real 
“ pulling ” is needed to let the air into 
that club of yours and double its winning 
capacity. Why, if you knew just how 
things stand with 25 of these largest 31 
clubs, you would get a move on you like 
a race horse, and every man in your 
township would either subscribe or take 
to the woods. But we don’t purpose to 
pull your candy for you. We have given 
you a fair statement of the real condi¬ 
tion of affairs. If you want to nurse all 
your chances in the shade, and keep 
them dax-k colored, that’s your own busi¬ 
ness ; we can’t complain. If, however, 
you want to lighten up the color and in¬ 
crease the reflecting surfaces of that 
club, get out and “ pull,” and remember 
that we advised you to do so. If you 
don’t see fit to read between the lines of 
this hint, your eyes ai-e past our help. 
We have tried to pull this information 
out in such a way that the light of under¬ 
standing will shine all through it. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Oranges are selling well. 
Parsley is in market from Bermuda. 
Florida cabbage is very high in price. 
Squabs are lower and the market dull. 
Veals have been higher, and trade brisk. 
Honey is extremely dull and slow of sale. 
Feathers are dull and prices continue low. 
The scent of the onion hangs ’round it still. 
Some cauliflower still comes from California. 
Asparagus is plentiful, and the demand limited. 
Fresh vegetables are becoming more plentiful. 
Tomatoes come from Florida, Havana and Ber¬ 
muda. 
The little game now in season finds a dull 
market. 
High priced meats increase the demand for fish 
and eggs. 
Hops are low, trade very light, and little demand 
for export. 
Lettuce comes from all quarters, and is grow¬ 
ing cheaper. 
Old onions are dull, and sell slowly at un¬ 
changed prices. 
Maple sugar is in light supply, but prices re¬ 
main unchanged. 
The bean market is a little dull just now, but 
receipts are light. 
And now the French will have no more of our 
good American lard. 
Higher prices for lemons are imminent. That’s 
bad for the lemonade. 
Chicago is the largest receiver of cattle of any 
market in the country. 
String beans and green peas sell for extremely 
high prices when choice. 
Cranberries are nearly out of market, and the 
few remaining sell slowly. 
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