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November  Zo,  1'JlG. 
B»e  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
funded.  _  We  could  not  oven  light.  it,  It  claim,  however,  that  they  wrote  the  ehip- 
wnnlrt  hpllf'nn  n'uo  *UW  :,t  once  that  it  ,„.r  conveying  this  offer  of  the  Tailroad 
would  be  ot  no  use  to  me,  and  sent  it  hack  ...  ,  ,  ., 
at  once  and  asked  the  return  of  the  comPany  aud  receiving  no  reply  to  the 
nione.v,  but  the  only  reply  was  a  very  in-  letter  accepted  the  railroad’s  offer.  The 
soleut  letter,  and  have  never  received  the  shipper  claims  he  never  received  the  let- 
c ri'i l' V  w? '  V f,e  ni aster  Gou-  t,-r  in  question  and  refuses  to  accept  the 
cral  at  Washington  reporting  the  case  r,.„,  *  .  ,  ,,  T  „  1  .  , 
and  m**ive<l  a  reply  that  thtey  would  take  #>  'r  settlement.  »T.  f .  IiOib  Co.  take 
it  up  soon  as  practicable,  but.  have  not  exception  to  some  pointed  remarks  which 
heard  yet.  Now  I  am  wondering  if  those  the  shipper  made  in  some  of  his  letters 
(iVT  the  controversy  and  demand  a 
columns)  nave  entered  their  complaints  , 
at  Washington.  If  not  1  think  it  would  retraction  or  apology  before  settling  with 
aid  us  all  in  getting  redress  from  this  the  shipper  for  the  lost  potatoes.  This, 
concern.  (mbs.)  j.  e.  j.  the  shipper  refuses  to  do  and  there  the 
eu  or  .  matter  rests  while  J.  C.  Leib  Co.  have 
rLhe  eiideuce  is  overwhelming  that  in  their  possession  the  money  paid  by  the 
these  irons  do  not  prove  satisfactory  in  railroad  for  one-half  the  amount  claimed 
the  hands  of  farm  women.  When  sold  by  F.  W. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
Publisher's  Desk  has  five  shares  of 
Orange  Judd  Company  stock  for  sale.  It 
was  purchased  some  years  back  from 
Herbert  Myriek  by  a  woman  in  a  New 
England  State.  She  bought  it  relying 
on  the  advice  of  Mr.  M.vrick.  Her  son 
was  a  subscriber  to  his  paper.  American 
A  piicvTl  urint.  She  paid  110  per  eeut. 
above  par,  or  $000  for  the  five  shares  of 
$100  face  value  for  each.  It  has  paid  no 
dividend  for  more  than  two  years.  The 
stock  has  not  now  and  had  not  when 
bought  by  this  woman,  any  market  value. 
We  hold  that  Mr.  Myriek  is  in  duty 
bound  to  redeem  the  stock.  For  five 
months  we  tried  to  persuade  him  to  do  so 
without  publicity.  Now  we  are  obliged 
to  resort  to  the  court  of  public  opinion  on 
behalf  of  this  woman.  The  verdict  of 
that  court  will  be  a  judgment  for  $(>00, 
and  it  will  ultimately  be  paid.  Whether 
he  likes  it  or  not  no  publisher  with  a 
remnant  of  decency  can  do  less. 
I  / 
AILING  ANIMALS 
Arsenic  for  Horses 
Would  you  tell  me  how  much  arsenic 
to  give  a  horse  to  fatten  him  and  sleek 
him  up.  and  how'  often?  In  what  form  is 
it  given?  w.  d,  s. 
Pennsylvania. 
Plenty  of  good  feed  is  necessary  to 
plump  a  horse  after  bis  teeth  have  been 
put  in  order  by  a  veterinarian,  but  a 
tablespoonful  of  Fowler’s  solution  of  ar¬ 
senic  may  be  given  night  and  morning  if 
a  tonic  is  needed.  A.  s.  A. 
Be  Proud  of  the  shirt  you 
today —  the  Quality 
Will  you  tells  us.  through  Publisher’s 
Desk,  something  about  the  Riley  Shubort 
Grossman  Co.,  of  Chicago,  III.?  I  first, 
received  some  circulars  from  them,  also 
what  they  called  their  profit-sharing  cer¬ 
tificate.  They  claim  to  issue  a  large  cat¬ 
alog,  and  I  have  made  two  requests  for 
it,  but.  have  never  received  it,  I  receive 
from  time  to  time  circulars  describing  dif¬ 
ferent  goods  priced  ridiculously  low,  al¬ 
ways  with  the  talk  of  profit  sharing,  but 
am  inclined  to  think  that  they  are  just 
out  for  the  money.  f.  w. 
New  York. 
These  profit-sharing  schemes  are  a  de¬ 
lusion  and  a  snare  as  far  as  the  pur¬ 
e-baser  of  goods  is  concerned.  The  pro¬ 
moter  can  get,  money  faster  and  easier  by 
this  route  than  pursuing  a  legitimate 
trade  and  selling  goods  at  a  fair  margin 
of  profit.  The  amount  paid  for  stock  or 
membership  in  these  schemes  is  all 
"profit”  to  the  promoters  of  it,  and  all 
loss  to  the  one  parting  with  the  money. 
wear 
kept  up.  Exclusive  design 
and  Fadeless  colors. 
Heaves ;  Defective  Sight 
What  is  best  heaves  cure  for  horse,  and 
what  is  good  for  failing  eyesight?  Horse 
is  12  years  old.  n.  F. 
Ohio. 
Heaves  is  incurable  when  established 
but  the  distress  may  be  relieved  by  giving 
advertised  remedies  or  the  treatment 
often  prescribed  here.  If  you  care  to  give 
us  full  particulars  about  the  case  we  may 
be  able  to  prescribe  helpful  treatment  but 
we  canuot  do  so  otherwise.  A.  s.  A. 
Carry  our  usual  guaranteed:  "Stand¬ 
ard  in  Quality,  Fabric  and  Work¬ 
manship.” 
HALLMARK  patterns  are  not  only 
Distinctive  and  Exclusive,  they  are 
Indgnthrine  Colors  —  Guaranteed  Tub, 
Perspiration  and  Sun  Proof.  Your  dealer 
lias  them. 
HALL,  HARTWELL  &  CO.,  Makers,  Troy,  N.  Y. 
Blood  in  Milk 
1  have  a  two-year-old  heifer,  which 
freshened  for  the  first  time  last  April, 
has  been  in  apparent  good  health  until 
the  last  few  days ;  she  gives  bloody  milk 
from  one  front  quarter  There  is  no 
swelling,  no  temperature,  no  bruise.  The 
milk  seems  to  become  bloody  near  the 
finish  of  milking  the  quarter.  F.  it.  w\ 
New  York. 
A  careful  examination  no  doubt  will 
show  that  growths  in  the  milk  duct  in  the 
affected  teat  bleeds  from  irritation  by  the 
milker’s  hands.  It  may  be  possible  to  re¬ 
move  the  growths  by  operation.  If  this 
cannot  be  done  by  your  veterinarian  bet¬ 
ter  dry  off  the  milk  secretion  in  that 
quarter.  a.  8.  a. 
What  do  you  think  about  this?  Please 
print,  answer  in  your  paper  if  you  desire. 
New  York.  c.  K.  8. 
The  letter  referred  to  is  a  demand 
made  by  the  Federal  Reporting  and  Ad¬ 
justing  Association  on  account  of  an  al¬ 
leged  subscription  to  TJp-Ta-I >nte  Farm¬ 
ing,  Indianapolis,  Iud.  Wc  have  pre¬ 
viously  shown  the  schemes  by  which  this 
paper  and  its  publisher,  .T.  A.  Everitt,  se¬ 
cured  names  of  country  people,  to  which 
to  mail  the  paper.  This  collection  agency 
system  of  trying  to  frighten  people  into 
paying  for  (he  paper  which  was  not  de¬ 
sired  or  ordered  is  evidently  part  of  well 
devised  plan.  Our  advice  to  farmers  is 
not  to  pay  for  publications  which  come 
to  their  homes  without  their  consent.  As 
a  rule  such  papers  arc  a  danger  to  the 
morals  and  finances  of  the  family  because 
of  the  indecent  and  swindling  advertise¬ 
ments  they  contain. 
I  wrote  you  sometime  ago  about  a  cow 
and  heifer  I  bought  from  Joseph  C.  Gas- 
key  of  Itichmondville,  N.  Y.  He  has  not 
done  as  he  promised  he  would.  I  am 
sending  one  of  his  letters  go  you  can  see 
for  ymtrself.  I  never  have  gotten  any¬ 
thing  hut  promises  since  lie  shipped  cinv. 
Will  you  please  see  what  you  can  do  for 
me?  If  he  doesn’t  send  papers  by  re¬ 
turn  mail  I  atn  going  to  put  it  in  a  law¬ 
yer’s  hands.  W.  M.  W. 
New  York. 
The  recent  record  of  Joseph  C.  Caskey 
in  cattle  transactions  is  such  that  we 
feel  a  warning  to  our  people  is  neces¬ 
sary.  He  is  either  so  lax  in  his  busi¬ 
ness  methods  or  has  so  little  regard  for 
his  promises  and  his  customers’  interests 
that  we  no  longer  regard  him  worthy  of 
the  confidence  or  trade  of  our  people. 
Our  records  show  another  case  where 
money  was  scut  to  Mr.  Caskey  for 
calves :  was  held  more  than  a  year  with¬ 
out.  making  shipment  of  the  animals; 
and  finally  the  services  of  a  lawyer  had 
to  be  employed  to  get  a  refund.  In  an¬ 
other  case  he  hires  a  superintendent  to 
take  charge  of  his  dairy  and  refuses  to 
pay  railroad  fare,  as  agreed  in  advance. 
Tn  view  of  the  variety  of  complaints  about 
Caskey  Farms  there  must  be  a  reason  for 
them. 
Eye  Disease 
I  have  a  three-year-old  colt  which  had 
wolf  teeth,  and  it  affected  liis  eyes.  I  had 
them  removed  hut  his  eyes  do  not  seem 
to  get  any  better?  Can  you  tell  me  what 
to  do  for  them?  C.  E. 
New  York. 
“Wolf”  teeth  never  have  any  effect 
upon  the  eyes.  Such  teeth  are  merely 
little  vestigial  anterior  premolars  and  are 
of  no  importance  whatever.  The  colt  in 
all  probability  has  periodic  opthnhnia 
(moon  blindness)  and  that  is  incurable 
and  ends  in  blindness  of  one  or  both  eyes 
from  cataract.  If  you  care  to  give  us 
full  particulars  about  the  eye  trouble  we 
may  be  able  to  suggest  treatment  which 
will  give  some  relief.  a.  s.  a. 
Your  Ten  Soldiers 
Ben  Franklin  said  that  everybody 
owned  ten  ftood  fi&htin£  men — five 
on  each  hand. 
Can  you  afford  to  risk  their  useful¬ 
ness  with  clumsy,  makeshift  gloves? 
A  Hansen  on  your  hand  is  its  best 
and  cheapest  equipment  for  work, 
motoring,  cycling,  driving  or 
general  wear.  ‘‘Built  Like  a  Hand." 
Several  arrests  were  made  in  Utica 
recently  of  men  who  advertised  to  cure 
almost  any  bodily  ailment.  In  six  weeks 
they  bad  cleared  about  $32,000,  hut  two 
of  the  men  are  now  under  indictment. 
Jerry  Ciffune,  alias  Dr.  Griffin,  was  ar¬ 
rested  in  Rochester  for  the  same  alleged 
fake  medical  business  and  is  said  to  have 
taken  in  $2,202  during  October.  Give 
these  so-called  medical  wizards  a  wide 
berth. 
John  A.  Richardson  represented  him¬ 
self  as  a  salesman  for  a  Seattle  machin¬ 
ery  house.  His  plan  was  to  call  on  pco-  more,  Aid,,  on  March  2a.  I  weigher 
pie  in  a  neighborhood  and  state  that  his  those  potatoes  and  there  were  183 >4 
firm  had  a  lot  of  used  machinery  which  f  abmifl&sl 
was  being  sold  at  reduced  prices,  but  it  more  for  them  than  1  did.  Can  you  col 
was  necessary  to  advance  freight  charges  lect  this  for  me?  Enclosed  find  letter  1 
in  order  to  get  any  of  the  machinery.  He  rccen  <-d  about  the  weight  acknowledging 
i  .  .  ...  .  .  , ,  the  steamer  delivered  this  sack  full 
succeeded  in  getting  considerable  money  pioaS(.  rot.urn  papers  if  you  cannot  col- 
before  people  became  suspicious,  but  he  lect  anything.  F.  w. 
has  now  been  arrested  on  the  charge  of  Maryland. 
obtaining  money  by  swindling  methods.  We  have  been  endeavoring  to  collect 
There  is  generally  an  epidemic  of  these  the  value  of  the  10y,  bushels  of  potatoes 
schemes,  and  no  doubt  some  one  else  will  for  this  subscriber  since  early  last  May. 
work  it.  The  consignee,  J.  C.  Leib  Co.  of  Balti- 
Some  time  ago  I  saw  in  your  “Pub-  mo*e’  Md”  insist  .tha,t  on,ly  the  nmouut 
fisher’s  Desk”  columns  items  regarding  paid  for  wen-  received  and  entered  claim 
the  “Peerless’  flatiron  (Cincinnati,  in  behalf  of  the  shipper  against  the  Ral- 
Ohio).  I  have  lmd  a  similar  experience  timore,  Chesapeake  &  Atlantic  Railway 
with  them.  They  have  sent  me  from  .  .  .  „  ,  ,  ,  ,  ml* 
time  to  time  advertising  matter  to  the  Co;  for,  tlu  mi8smg  1(>%  bushels.  The 
effect  that  they  had  a  perfect,  opetating  railroad  was  unable  to  show  delivery  on 
flatiron  that  could  be  handled  by  anyone  the  full  shipment  but  instead  of  acknowl- 
and  lit  as  readily  as  a  candle.  They  edging  the  full  responsibility  offered  to 
reduced  the  price  to  $•>  as  a  trial  flatiron,  . t  ~ 
and  we  sent  the  money  on  the  condition  \ oa  J  ’’  /0  basis.  Leib  &  Co.  ac- 
that  if  u  trial  was  not  satisfactory  the  cepted  this  settlement  without  authoriza- 
iron  should  be  returned  and  money  re-  ion  from  the  shipper  to  do  so.  The  firm 
Ringbones 
I  have  a  mule  said  to  have  “ringbone” 
in  front  feet.  1  am  told  this  can  be  cured 
at  home  by  attentive  treatment.  Will  you 
give  your  advice?  Mule  cannot  walk 
safely  for  the  least  obstruction  stumbles 
him.  and  when  once  down  his  fyet  are  so 
sore  he  cannot  help  himself  lip  at  all. 
Tennessee.  .  8.  D.  t. 
If  the  mule  is  lame  from  ringbone  of 
both  forefeet  we  cannot  give  you  any  en¬ 
couragement.  Such  lameness  may  be  re¬ 
lieved  by  "high  unnerving”  in  a  horse,  hut 
in  mule  this  cannot  safely  he  done  as  the 
hoofs  are  liable  to  slough  off.  Firing  and 
blistering  by  a  qualified  veterinarian  may 
help  a  little  and  should  be  tried.  a.  8.  A. 
Free  Book  describes  many 
of  the  500  styles;  gloves  - 
and  mittens,  lined  or 
unlined. 
Ask  about  the  cozy 
Staysoft  Gaunt - 
mitts  for  children. 
If  your  dealer  is  not 
supplied,  write  us. 
Anyway,  be  sure  to 
write  for  free  book. 
O.  C.  Hansen 
Manufactur¬ 
ing  Co. 
136-H  Detroit  St. 
Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Hard  Milker 
I  have  a  Guernsey  cow  that  is  a  very 
hard  milker.  Is  there  any  remedy  to  get 
the  milk  from  her  easier?  She  gives  a 
big  lot  of  milk.  L.  B. 
If  there  is  a  stricture  of  the  milk  ducts 
close  to  the  tip  of  the  teat  treatment  will 
help,  but  if  the  trouble  Is  high  up  in  the 
teat  we  should  not  interfere.  Treatment 
consists  in  inserting  a  teat  duct  dilator 
expanding  it  as  far  as  necessary,  holding 
it  there  for  a  minute,  then  withdrawing 
it:  from  the  teat.  Repeat  this  operation 
0  to  8  times  at  intervals  of  two  minutes 
and  repeat  every  two  or  three  days  until 
the  cow  milks  satisfactorily.  The  dilator 
must  be  sterilized  before  using  by  boiling 
and  should  be  immersed  in  alcohol  until 
again  nwdedi  a.  s.  a. 
Hansen 
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