PULVERIZIN' Gr HARROW. 
CLOD CRUSHER and LgVELER. 
The Beet Tool In the world for preparlne Wheat 
Ground and for Summer Fallows. 
DUANE K. NASH:, Sole Manufacturer. 
niWWitn’i. New .Jcwcy. 
Brnnnli Olhci;) 340 S«»«»U« C lark St.. <TllCi«;o. 
N, B. —VTilligfl i» M»nur»’’ «nd olhrr •*'»,« »enl free 
to prrtiet who n»me «hi» p»p«r. , •' 
PteMUanmjs 
iu front of him, with this net, and then it is 
generally all day with the dog. These nets, 
by the way, would be very useful for catching 
liens and chickens. It is a great shame to try 
and catch hens as some people do, by running 
them down. The other day a wagon, which 
contained 17 of these stray dogs, broke down 
ou the street. The dogs got away. They ran 
so hard that people rushed into houses yelling 
“mad dog.” Several children were knocked 
down in the rush. The dogs were only too 
glad to get out of sight. They had no idea of 
stopping to bite people. 
can’t think they are altogether to blame. 
When I see a boy with every chance in the 
world, with a good home and kind friends, 
and every good influence about him, acting 
like a little ruffian, 1 blame him about twice 
as much as I do one of these ragged little city 
waifs. 
THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN. 
The warm weather lias a debilitating effect, 
especially upon those who are within doors most 
of tlio time. The peculiar, yet common, com¬ 
plaint known as "that tired feeling,” is the 
result. Tills feeling can ho entirely overcome by 
taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which gives new life 
and strength (o all the functions of the body. 
“I could not. sleep; had no appetite. 1 took 
JTood's Sarsaparilla and soon began to sleep 
soundly; could got up without that tired and 
languid feeling; and my appetite Improved.” 
E. A. Sanvokd, Kollt, Ohio. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Hade 
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mas*. 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
Oh, the children! Oh, the children! How they suffer, 
droop and die 
In the close and crowded city, when the days are hot 
and dry! 
How they gasp and groan and murmur, in their cease¬ 
less, voiceless prayer. 
For a bit of God's great bounty, for the blessing of the 
air! 
Rooms and houses paeked and reeking hold the 
children day and night, 
Shutting off the healthful breezes, with the sunshine 
and the light; 
Only noxious odors reach them, that can enter every¬ 
where. 
All the gases of the garbage, all the fever-laden air. 
There the dark Death Angel fans them, watching well 
their failing brea'h. 
Holds them, folds them in his arms until their eyes 
arc closed lu death. 
Oh, the coffins nightly filled, and oh, the hearses that 
by day 
Through the city’s narrow, nasty streets are driven 
fast away! 
Rrei zes blowing all about them, blowing freshly here 
and there. 
All the glory of the ocean, all the sweetness of the 
air; 
But the children ean not reach them—from the freest 
blesslugs barred. 
And we do not need to wonder that their lives are 
brief and hard. 
—-V. T. Sun. 
At quite a number of the fairs this fall, 
prizes will be giveu for educational exhibits. 
The Nebraska State Pair has a fine list of 
prizes in this line. Sets of writing books, com¬ 
positions, maps, and specimens of writing will 
be shown. I hope our boys aud girls will 
take part in these contests whenever they can. 
People are always glad to look at such work, 
and it does one good to prepare something 
that the public will examine. We are pretty 
sure to do our best when we feel that hundreds 
of people will examine our work. When I 
was quite a small boy I won a prize offered 
by the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals, for the best composition on How 
to Treat Horses Kindly. I have always been 
very proud of that prize. 
AUNT MAGGIE’S PHILOSOPHY 
I thought I would tell the Rural’s young 
folks about my California Aunt. Since I’ve 
been here 1 meet all sorts of persons of almost 
every nation, and from almost every State iu 
the Union. On New Year's Day we called ou 
Mrs. Martin. Aunt Maggie wished her “a 
merry Christmas and Happy New Year,” to 
which she replied, almost sullenly, 
“Well, it’s only a waste of words; I’ll never 
see any more pleasant times in this world; 
got to do my own work, wear a calico dress 
afternoons, times getting worse every day. 
John gets only three dollars and a half a day 
now, our two children to dress and educate. 
Willie says he’d like to go to an agricultural 
school, but I’m determined that uo boy of 
mine shall lower himself to be a farmer, so I 
sent 14-year-old Willie to R.’s Mercantile Col¬ 
lege; that’s so much more gentlemanly, you 
know; and Julia is at Mrs. French’s hoarding- 
school for young ladies; she wanted to learn 
millinery with the Misses Fisk, but, teaching 
is so much more refined,you know. She’s only 
17 and good-looking, too, if her mother does 
say it.” So she rattled on, with many a sigh 
for days that used to be, till our departure. 
I inquired of Aunty who she was and what 
she referred to, as we drove slowly home¬ 
ward. “Well,” said Aunty,"she is an old Cali¬ 
fornian. John Martiu used to get $20 per day 
in the mines. Mrs. Martin lived ac¬ 
cordingly. Now that the mines are not 
booming, you see how they live. 
8he has become a chronic eomplainer of hard 
times when there are thousands and thousands 
of people that would be glad of half his wages 
at present, aud still they would manage to lay 
up a few cents for a rainy day; their children 
would be taught to tie useful as well as orna¬ 
mental. 1 have very little sympathy for that, 
class of people who think they should have 
everything and somebody else do their work, 
while they spend every cent they have before 
they know where the next dollar is to come 
from. Had Mr. aud Mrs. Martin put away a 
portion of their wages when money was plenty 
they might, to-day be independent iu a home 
of their own, with all the comforts and many 
luxuries that make life pleasant and happy. 
Had Mrs. Martiu controlled her temper she 
might have been a pleasant, happy woman 
and useful neighbor. Had she given her chil¬ 
dren an education as their tastes and talents 
dictated, they might become useful and con¬ 
tented with their lot in life. “Now, dear, you 
haven’t seen as much of this world as l have. 
Take a lesson from thus morning’s visit aud 
don’t ruin yourself, your family, your friends 
nud your neighbors by being a whining, dis¬ 
contented woman, aud don’t make your own 
trials and troubles a perpetual subject at all 
times, to all company that comes iu for a 
social chat.” flora pyle. 
Los Angeles Co., Cal. 
[Your Aunt Maggie is just right about it. 
Life is going to be just what we make it. 
Most of us are entirely' responsible for our- 
selyes. I pity that hoy and girl. They would 
like to learn useful trades. When they come 
to earn their own living, or to try to earn it, 
they will have a struggle, because they will be 
in a crowd where there is little chance to 
rise.—u. M.] 
PURE MILK. 
. WARREN- 
"MViiLK BOTTLES 
tented March 23d, 18*0. 
an.-rd fur (he Delivery 
of Milk In Mil cities 
and Towns. 
A IONQ HEIOFO WANT 
AT IAST SUPPLIED. 
A. V. WHITEMAN, 
7‘i Murray St., NE1V YORK. 
onis snTTLyX^ 
WB£ wmhiFj 
A narruftMCllUf 
Most of the clerks and business men in the 
city eat light dinners. Breakfast is their best 
meal, always. Bread ami milk and oatmeal 
and milk are favorite dishes. Some men eat 
a piece of pie aud drink a glass of milk and 
then rush back to their business. There are 
many “coffee and cake” saloons near the Post 
Office. The “cakes” arc made of Hour and 
eggs. They are beaten into a batter nud 
cooked over a very hot fire. They are about 
an inch thick and three inches in diameter. 
They cost, five cents per plate. Some of the 
orders given iu these saloons seem queer the 
first time you hear them. You will hear the 
waiters calling “Beef And!” “Off the Grid!’ 
“Ham And!” “Beans Without!” “Put On 
One!” “Brown Two Plates!” and mauy other 
calls that, you would not understand at all. 
“Ham And” or "Beef And” mean that the 
customer wants a spoonful of baked beans 
with his meat. They never eat potatoes in 
these restaurants, but take baked beans 
instead. The beans are first soaked in water 
aud then baked in a shallow dish. When a 
customer wants a plate of beans he orders 
“Beaus Without!” These calls are all under¬ 
stood by the cooks and waiters, and it saves 
considerable talking to cut off extra words. 
I read these verses last Sunday, .sitting 
under a great free. I was cool and comfort¬ 
able. There was a good breeze blowiug down 
from the hills. The air was pure and fresh. 
The sun was sparkling over the woods. The 
leaves were shining like bits of looking-glass. 
The flowers aud grasses were nodding and 
dancing iu the breeze. Everything was so 
quiet and peaceful aud happy that 1 could not 
have understood what these verses meant if it 
had not happened that two days before I was 
obliged to walk through one of the lower 
wards of the city. There I saw these poor 
little children roasting iu the hot sun, gasping 
iu the stifling heat, drooping away Just like 
little flowers that are wilted by the drought. 
It was a sad sight. How the hot sun poured 
down iuto the narrow streets and lanes. I 
could feel the heat from the stones and bricks 
even through my shoes, aud these poor little 
children ran about with bare feet. Not a 
breath of breeze was stirring. The hot air 
was tilled with dreadful smells from gas aud 
sewerpipes. I he houses were dark and dirty. 
There were terrible saloons at every few steps; 
in trout of them leedy-looking men with 
bloated faces and red eyes wc-re loallng. I 
looked into one room. The walls were black 
aud dirty. There was no carpet on the floor. 
The old stove was broken and the table was 
covered with grease. A great, man lay on 
the bed iu one corner. I think he must have 
been drunk by the way he looked. A woman 
was washing at a tub by the stove. She had 
a pipe in her mouth. A little lame girl sat on 
a stool bolding a little shadow of a baby. 
The rent of the children were out on the 
streets playing in the hot sun. It was a sad 
sight. 1 felt glad to think that all my boys 
and gil ls can get out into the pure air and 
suushine while they are growing. I guess if 
our hoys and girls could see these poor little 
waifs they would be thankful euough for 
home and friends. 
Kor Poultry Fencing. 
7-S or ONE CENT FOR S INCH MICSW NO. 19 WIRE, 
EVERYTHING FOR THE POULTRY YARD. 
Hatchers and Brooders. 
Send for Circular lirnckner & Evans, 
:>> VESKY STREET. N. Y. CITY 
JMISI.V Kill, t'Ol.ANn-riUNA, 
<'h«*xti»r While. Hi rkshirc A; York- 
*liirc I'lxv Southdown, l ot-wold 
nnd Oxford Duwn .Shrfpnntl l.nmb* 
Scotch t'ollcy Shepherd l>ojr» and 
Knurr Poultry. Bend fort Atnloguo 
W.A.TIKK I1CKPKX ACO.rblU.Pa 
Too many people that I know, depend upon 
patent medicines this hot weather. If they 
eat too much, or work too hard, or throw 
themselves out of health in some other way, 
they rush to patent medicines. I think it’s 
pretty hard to drink health out of a bottle. 
Health is too free and big to he bottled up. I 
believe iu curing disease before it has a chance 
to break out. For that, reason I try to take 
care of myself. I look out that I don’t eat too 
much. 1 make sure of all the sleep I eau get, 
and I try to be as good-natured as possible. 
These three rules are pretty simple, but they 
help out health wonderfully. When boys und 
girls get in the habit of depending upon pat¬ 
ent medicines early in life, they will have 
hard work to get away from it. I was iu the 
patent medicine business when I was a boy. 
It was on a pretty small scale though. The 
old man I lived with thought the essence of 
health lay in waluut leaves. I used tospoud 
the whole spring stripping the young leaves 
from waluut trees. These leaves were chopped 
up and put into a Little eider press. This press 
was operated by means of a long oak sapling. 
My job was to provide the weight, by sitting 
on this sapling. There I would sit aud watch 
the juice i un out of the press. This juice was 
mixed up with water and molasses and liottled; 
or it was dried iuto a sort, of tar and put, in 
wooden boxes. I never heard of any wonder¬ 
ful cures resulting from the use of this “ Wal¬ 
nut Extract,” but people used to tliiuk it 
helped them, for they came back year after 
year to pay for it.. It made a very bitter dose, 
1 know. 
Read “Henoftcial Results of Sum¬ 
mer Fallowing ’, 1 by Henry Stewart, 
Mailed free to farmers who name this pa¬ 
per. Address 
DUANE 11. NASTT, Millington, N. J 
THE UNION HORSE-POWER 
ll.-u.lh.. Uruj>tTWl w h.-.U- DUI7HLK (IP-AUKII. Ml RODS. 
C. .“ , ^UIIU.KI) USAKI.M1S,anti UTU. TKKA1I. 
I MON Thresher Separator unit ('Irnm-r, 
Premia in l-’arinGriMli'Iill* l-’ceill'litters. Ac. 
W.L. llOVKK A HIM).. 1*11I LA 1»K l.l’II 1 A, PA. 
Home good people in the city have organ¬ 
ized what they call a “Fresh Air Charity.” 
They gather up these poor little city children 
aud sein I them iuto the count,rv for two or three 
weeks. Nobody can tell how the little chaps 
enjoy this vacation. I saw a company of 
them on the train the other night. One little 
fellow was going to drink all the milk he 
could. That was bis idea of happiness. An¬ 
other was guiug to fish, another meant to 
eut nothing but apples. So they went on tell¬ 
ing what they meant to do. They were sure 
to have a good time. Some of them find good 
homes in the country. They go into families 
where thole are no little boys and girls. Per¬ 
haps the children that used to be in the fami¬ 
ly have died or perhaps they have grown up 
iuto men aud women aud gone out into the 
great w orld. At any rate, there is a vacant 
place iu the family that these little people can 
fill and all are made better by having it filled. 
rgS’irfcK f6s?Wi rtSsSs&st Sss. 
EMPIRE DRILL CO. SHORTSVILLE.N.Y. 
EVERY FARMER 
HE BEST XN HIS OWN 
is the IpsH MILLER 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS, 
A man in an English town played a sharp 
joke recently. He advertised for cats. These, 
he said, were to lie taken to the islaud of St. 
Helena which was overrun with rats and 
mice. On a certain day ull who hod cats tei 
sell were to bring them to a certain house. 
Boys, men and children came from all points 
bringing cats and kittens. Nearly 3,000 pets 
were thus brought. When they came to the 
house it was found to he empty; it was all a 
joke. Then the people turned all the cats 
loose. I guess that towu bad cats euough for 
a while. That was a poor joke. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I would like to join 
the Y. H. C. My father has taken the Rural 
over 30 years and my oldest brother is taking 
it now. I am 12 years old and like to read 
the letters from the Cousins very much. We 
planted some water-melon seeds and they 
came up nicely. We have one canary and 
it is a singer. We raised about 150 chickens, 
11 ducks aud three Guineas, There were only 
a few flowers in the Garden Treasures that 
came up; because it, was so dry. 1 have three 
brothers aud three sisters. If this escapes the 
waste basket it, will do pretty well. 
Your Niece, 
Morris Co., Kaus. nkttie s. biqlin. 
[The letter did “pretty well” you see. Your 
father must know us pretty well by this 
time. Now if we had our irrigation plans 
worked out the flowers would be beautiful.-— 
U. M.j 
I always feel very sorry for these poor little 
city children. They might grow up into good 
men and women if they only had good 
chances. I often see the newsboys and boot¬ 
blacks fighting on the streets; many of them 
steal. Almost every day I see a policeman 
dragging one of them off to the Htaiioii-housc. 
1 must say that 1 feel a great pity for the 
little fellows. If they had good homes, and 
plenty to eat, and warm clothing, or if they 
had good parents to tell them the difference 
between right and wrong, aud be kind and 
patient with them, I should feel more like 
blaming them for their bad ways. As it is, I 
Corn Mil (tier nud l-X-l. Iron KVcd Mill »o»l in your •ben- 
lug uil griudlug home, thu* aavlpg toll tad t*Mmog to *na 
from ihftirui vim. Tfalmrorfc mu bedim* rainy, Mindy days, 
urhcti mil dikir wu»It U aunpendr.il o*» the Karin. The * wnc 
will out corn •talk*, *uw wood, fun churn aud grlnd*»tou«. pump 
wulei, nte. . a 
Wt* maiiafkctnr*? rH* HuItuditT %ndnri) GfWjW * na 
I’uiupW Wind MIIU.I.X-I,Corn sUr-U.-ra. LX-LIron 
Feed Mllte l-X-l, MtulL Cutn-ra. M r- Howere. J»<A*. 
Haw TiiMc*, Standard Haying Tout!, e«U«l*tlng of Antl r notion. 
Rttir >lbk\ Huhrl and Ko«l IUy Carrier*. Harpoon »ud Ornppio 
Holm- Huy Korku. Pulley- nud Kloof Hook*. AHnafull nut oi 
Tank*, Tank Fixture* und Pump* Tor Karin, Ornamental, Village 
and Hallway purpoitc*. Head for catalogue aud price*. 
Jt< lluble A arc nt* wanted iu all unaaalgncd territory. 
b. 3. WL\D ENGIHK A PUMP CO.. Batarla, Ill. 
Stray city dogs are always caught and sent, 
to the dog pound. People are afraid of “mad 
dogs.” Mauy dogs are forced to wear muzzles 
so that they could not bite even if they should 
go “mad.” Several men make a business of 
catching dogs. They go around iua wagon. 
They have big nets fixed at the ends of long 
poles. When they see a stray dog they reach 
