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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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About the subscription season every year, 
a number of sharpers get up prospectuses and 
advertisements of new journals, with the in¬ 
tention of scooping in all the money tbeycau, 
and then bursting up or disappearing. To in¬ 
fluence the gullible and greedy, they offer ex¬ 
traordinary inducements to subscribers—in¬ 
ducements so extravagant indeed that any 
sensible person should be able to see at once 
that they are designedly meant to deceive. 
This year the number of such catch penny 
ago; the Monitor Publishing Co., or Ameri¬ 
can News Exchange and Mutual Press Associ¬ 
ation, Cincinnati, Ohio; or the Popular 
Monthly, Chicago, Ill. 
To Many Inquirers. —We have spoken in 
the same way of several of the following con¬ 
cerns more than once already; but from the 
fact that inquiries about them still keep com¬ 
ing in, it is evident that some of our friends 
either omitted to read or have forgotten our 
warnings: 
We do not recommend the Warren Manu¬ 
facturing Company, of this city, and we have 
already said so four times. The Reliable 
Manufacturing Compauy, Philadelphia, Pa., 
should be left severely alone, as we have al¬ 
ready advised half a dozen times. We cannot 
recommeud the Electric Manufacturing Corn- 
investigation of its character at home. Most 
of these humbugs give the number of the Post- 
otllce boxes to which letters and remittances 
are to be seut, without giving the street and 
number at which they themselves can be 
found, thus reuderiug it almost impossible to 
investigate their standing—usually a difficult 
matter even when the full addresses are given. 
Here are the names of some other concerns 
which we do not recommend. We would have 
something to say with regard to several of 
them, were it not that we are pressed for 
space, and we wish to at least caution our 
frieuds: The Union Publishing Co., Magne¬ 
tic Watch Co., Middlesex M’Pg Co., Ashland 
and South Framingham, Mass., Athol Pub¬ 
lishing Co., Athol, Mass.; Comet Publishing 
is a mere self-puffing sheet, or his “faith cure” 
or his “pleasant hygienic remedies.” The 
" Doctor" may effect occasional cures, but 
what charlatan does not? We have several 
times had occasion to advise our frieuds to 
have nothing to do with the Monarch Light¬ 
ning Raw. made by thoMounreh Manufactur¬ 
ing Co., Chicago, 111.: nearly a year ago we 
had to throw out the advertisement of this 
firm because we received so many complaints 
of the worthless uature of the implement. A 
large number of other papers coutimia to ad¬ 
vertise it, however, aud wo frequently re¬ 
ceive requests to expose the humbug lu this 
Department. 
Within the last week we have refused two 
' advertisements, aggregating #215.50, because 
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affairs is unusually great, and we warn our pany, Brooklyu, or the Medical Institute, 23 
friends against investing a cent with any of Tremont Street, Boston. 
them. Probably the most barefaced of these The Monarch Novelty Company, Cincinnati, 
concerns are the Ocean to Ocean, of Cincin- Ohio, is reported, on good authority, to be a 
nati, Ohio, aud the Globe of Chicago, Ill. The humbug. The Globe and Arcadia Manufac- 
attention of the Post Office authorities has turing Companies, of Boston, Mass., both of 
been called to these cheats, aud it is likely which advertise n : ce, light, pleasant work, by 
they will soon be black-listed. We cannot which #2 to #5 a day, or from $12 to $15 a 
recommend any of the following publications: week can easily and quietly be made at home 
The Farming World, Cincinnati, Ohio; the the year round, are sheer humbugs in their 
Interior Dollar Magazine, Charlotte, Mich.; professions. Neither gives an address where 
the Poultry Keeper and the Farm, Field and it, can be found in Boston, and there is little or 
Stockman, of Chicago; the Leisure Hour of no doubt but the two Jeremy Diddleia are 
the same city, whose advertisement we have one. Whenever you see an advertisement in 
just refused; the American Detective News- ! which the name and full address of the adver- 
paper Co operative Co. or the American tiser are not given, have nothing to do with 
Commercial Reporter Newspaper of Cincin- the fraud; for it is appealing to distant fools, 
nati, Ohio; the Illinois Agriculturist, of Chic- while taking all possible precautions to hinder 
Co.. Bloomington, Ill.; Enterprise Publishing we thought their appearance in our columns 
Co.; Parisian Photograph Co.; Peoples’ Paper might cause loss or annoyance to our friends. 
Publishing Co., and Welcome Guest, and Charles E. Parker and Henry A. Hayden 
Illustrated Monthly Miscellany, and Bay had a dispute here before one of the Police 
State Publishing Co,, Boston, Mass.; Paris Justices on Monday, from which it appeared 
Book Co., Chicago, Ill.; Guide Publishing Co., that Hayden had a pretended partnership 
Lincoln, 111.; Cincinnati Puli, Co., Cincinnati, with Charles R Parker for the sale of cheap 
Ohio. guns made from old Spoucer rifles. From the 
The Chicago Magnetiou Appliance Co. is disclosures made it appeared that the whole 
not recommended by Chicago papers. The trouble lies in an endeavor to get rid of a lot 
Agents’ Herald calls the “Globe Organ Co.,” of cheap rifles altered into shot-guns. Haven’t 
New Bedford. Mass., a “fraud,” and charac- you noticed the great number of advertise- 
terizes the statements sent out by the Sherman ments in all the papers of lalo offering very 
Telegraph Co., of Obcrlin, Ohio, as “impos- expensive guns for a song? Doesn’t this dis- 
1 sible.” We have received several complaints ] pute among dealers give a clue to the whole 
against True & Co., of Augusta, Me. We can business? A lot of worthless rifles, bought at 
by no means recommend Dr. Uriah Clark, public auction for a trifle, cheaply altered into 
Malden, Mass., or his Herald of Health, which shot-guns, are sold as something splendid! 
