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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
J AS. M. THORBURN & CO., 15 John 
Street, N. Y.—A catalogue of unusual 
merit on account of its careful and judicious 
selections. It opens with a list of gladioli. 
Among these are Lemoine’s Hybrids. Then 
come hardy lilies; then amaryllis, tuberous 
begonias, new cannas, dahlias, iris, paeonias, 
tube-roses, chrysanthemums, miscellaneous 
bulbs and roots,seeds of new flowers of merit. 
Then we have new and selected strains of 
vegetables, fertilizers, lawn-mowers, etc. 
Among the latter is the “New Model”—the 
13 inch cut, $7.50—20-inch cut, $13.00. 
A Handy Tool for Every Farmer.— 
This is what the Boston Knife Tool Company 
of Boston, Mass.,call the little implement they 
are now introducing. It is an exceedingly 
handy little tool for cutting and trimming 
bushes and vines. 
The Constitution of Milk.— Bulletin No. 
18 from the Experiment Station at Madison, 
Wisconsin. We regard this as one of the 
most important contributions to dairy litera¬ 
ture that has been published of late years. 
It is fully in line with the famous dairy stud¬ 
ies that have preceded it from this Station. 
We have only the space for a mere mention of 
the pamphlet this week. Next week we hope 
to review it at length. 
Corn Experiments.— This if the title of 
Bulletin No. 17 issued by the Kentucky Ex¬ 
periment Station. It is one of the most inter¬ 
esting of the purely scientific papers that the 
Stations have yet given us. Every farmer 
who undertakes to use chemical fertilizers 
finds himself confronted by the problem: 
“ What element of fertility does my soil need ?” 
It is quite possible to conceive of cases where 
farmers have applied fertilizing elements that 
were not needed. The land may have been 
lacking in but one element—perhaps potash or 
perhaps phosphoric acid. Insteadof knowing 
what was needed and supplying that one 
thing, such farmers may have applied small 
quantities of the needed element and larger 
quantities of substances already contained in 
the soil in abundance. How shall the farmer 
know his soil’s disease? This very question 
was propounded by the director of the Ken¬ 
tucky Experiment Station and answered by 
the crops in a most emphatic way. Corn was 
the crop taken for the experiment, and the 
grain was planted on equal-sized plots; on 
one plot no fertilizer was used, on another a 
mixture of phosphoric acid, potash and 
ammonia, on another' phosphoric acid and 
potash, on another phosphoric acid and am¬ 
monia, and on another potash and ammonia. 
The plots were carefully watched and the en¬ 
tire product of stalks and grain weighed. 
The results plainly showed that potash was 
the e ement needed in that particular soil. It 
might be well for farmers to read this bulle¬ 
tin and see how the tests were made. If they 
are to use chemical fertilizers at all, it will 
certainly pay to use them with all the skill 
and system possible. We may add to what 
has been said above, that the use of the pot¬ 
ash was attended with a greater degree of 
financial profit than that of any of the other 
fertilizers. 
Canadian Agricultural Experiments. 
—This volume is sent by Wm. Saunders, 
Ottawa, Canada. It contains a report of the 
yeai’s worn at the main experiment farm at 
Ottawa, and also short reports from branch 
farms located in Nova Scotia, Manitoba and 
N. W. Territory. One of the most interest¬ 
ing sections in the book is that containing the 
report of the experiments with poultry. So 
far as we know, this is the first station to 
attempt poultry experiments. Nothing be¬ 
yond a mere beginning has been made here, 
but it is hoped that this beginning may lead 
to the development of important and inter¬ 
esting facts. An egg record has been started, 
but as only a few months have elapsed since 
the opening of the experiment, no conclusions 
have been reached. It seems evident that 
hatching eggs can be successfully shipped 
from England, and it seems equally certain 
that the substance in which such eggs are 
packed may have something to do with their 
vitality. The eggs that gave best results 
were wrapped singly in paper and then pack- 
e 1 in bran. It stated that Canadian poultry- 
men strongly condemn the common practice 
of packing eggs in fine sawdust. Red Caps 
and Indian Games have not been found suit¬ 
able for a Canadian climate. They seem to 
lack hardiness. The standard varieties have 
given excellent results, the Plymouth Rock 
notably so. In a test for weight, a'P. R. 
showed a marked superiority over specimens 
of the Wyandotte, Buff Cochin and Houdan 
breeds. The only crosses yet attempted are 
the following: Brahma cook on Plymouth 
Rock hens and Brahma cock on Black 
Minorca hens. The latter cross seems to 
promise the better results. Quite an interest 
iog test was made to ascertain the age at 
which pullets of different breeds would begin 
to lay. The following results were obtained, 
the figures representing the number of days 
that elapsed between the date of incubation 
and the date on which the first egg was laid. 
Houdan.214 days. 
S. P. Hamburg.215 “ 
Black Minorca.204 “ 
White “ 207 “ 
Black Hamburg....223 “ 
Andalusian...231 “ 
Plymouth Rock.. ..217 “ 
Buff Cochin.243 “ 
As some of our readers may be interested in 
the methods employed in feeding the birds, 
we make the following extract from the report: 
It must be remembered that this feeding was 
done in winter. 
“ The morning feed was varied, but always 
warm and known as “ soft.” It was composed 
of two parts shorts, one part corn-meal and one 
part boiled wheat. The hot water the wheat 
was boiled in was used for mixing the feed. 
To the mixture was added,almost; every morn¬ 
ing, a small Quantity of Cayenne pepper and 
bone-meal. Twice or three times a week meat 
scraps were substituted for the bone-meal and 
boiled wheat. At other times small potatoes 
and scraps of cabbage formed the greater 
part of the morning meal. On this variety 
the layers were fed barely enough to satisfy 
and never enough to gorge. Soon after, when 
the water was given for drink, a few hand¬ 
fuls of small wheat or ground meat were 
thrown into the chaff, always on the floor for 
the fowls to scratch in, every effort to keep 
them in activity being of paramount impor¬ 
tance. The noon meal was light and scat¬ 
tered in the chaff. The last feed of grain, also 
thrown on the floor, was liberally given and 
the layers sent to roost with a full crop to 
carry them over the long night fast. A cab¬ 
bage suspended from the center of the pen was 
also used as an incentive to exercise. Oyster 
shells (ground) and gravel were also supplied. 
The temperature varied from 30 to 45 and 50. 
On reaching the two latter figures the morn¬ 
ing feed was greatly reduced and more dry 
grain given. At the lower figure the chill was 
taken’cff the water given to the layers.” 
Cato. 
“ Every Man is presumed to know the Law. 
Nine-tenths of all Litigation arises from 
Ignorance of Law." 
VALIDITY OF A MARRIED WOMAN’S SEPARATE 
DEED OF REAL ESTATE. 
M. T. T., Elmira , N. Y .—If a married 
woman has a farm conveyed to her in her 
own right, can she legally convey the same to 
another party without the signature of her 
husband accompanying her signature in the 
deed ? The husband having been away for a 
dozen years, his whereabouts being unknown, 
and his signature unobtainable, can she con¬ 
tract for the sale of the farm and give a clear 
title to the purchaser. 
Ans. —A married woman in this State who 
is possessed of real estate as her separate 
property, may bargain, sell and convey such 
property and enter into any’ contract in ref¬ 
erence to the same with the like effects in all 
respects as if she were unmarried, and she 
may, in like manner, enter into such cove¬ 
nant or covenants for title as are usual in 
conveyances of real estate, which covenants 
shall bind her separate property in case the 
same or any of them are broken. Before 
1862 the husband’s consent in writing was 
necessary to complete the conveyance, except 
in cases where it could not be obtained by 
reason of his absence, insanity or other disa¬ 
bility, but now his consent is not necessary in 
any case. 
E. H. J\, Salem, Mass —A has a mortgage 
on B’s farm; C says he bought a wood lot in 
said farm of B, and he has cut the wood off. 
Can A collect the value of the wood from C. 
Ans. —We suppose the lot was not sold— 
only the timber thereon. If the land and 
timber were both sold, or if the trees only 
were sold, and A’s mortgage was properly re¬ 
corded, C is liable for damages, as he should 
have investigated the records before purchas¬ 
ing. Had he done so, he would have dis¬ 
covered that B could not give a valid title. 
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Tens of thousands of people go every year 
to Europe seeking health. The crossing of 
the ocean, with its storms and tempests, the 
inconveniences of travel, and the enormous 
attending expense, are no barriers whatever 
to those in search of health. 
The weary Ponce De Leon ceased not 
his wanderings in search of something to 
restore his waning life; the fair Floridas 
suggested a cure, but, alas! they failed him; 
the Elysian fields of the “Amazon” prom¬ 
ised all he wanted, but they gave him disap¬ 
pointment; the Isle of Cuba charmed him, 
he tarried, but again doomed to despair he 
journeyed on. 
Hundreds of thousands visit the springs, 
mountains, and various health resorts every 
year in search of health, while fully as many 
more come from the interior States to the 
sea to board every season, seeking nature’s 
boon. It has been estimated that sea¬ 
bathing in the summer has done more to 
recuperate ana cure men ana women suffer¬ 
ing with chronic diseases than all the doctors 
in the country, for there is no estimation of 
the value of sea-baths in chronic diseases. 
Yet the per cent, of cures is small; not that 
there is less virtue in sea water than in the 
days of Mahallian, when he bade the raging 
ocean 
CURE THE TROUBLED LAND, 
but the inconveniences of taking baths upon 
the beach, the cold chills often taken during 
and following these baths, counteract to a 
great extent the good of the baths 
The thousands who go abroad to Baden- 
Baden, and the famous Carlsbad, and waters 
of Nice, the pure and medicated rills of 
Switzerland, the lakes of Warsaw, the baths 
of Beyroot, and ancient fountains of Bagdud, 
all seekiug health, evidence two things,— 
first, that our country is a country of 
invalids, and, second, that but few of these 
invalids find what they are searching for. 
Ribwell, when dying, said be would give a 
million of money for a moment of time. Al¬ 
most any one would give all he possesses for 
his life, and almost all his possessions for his 
health, if through such expensive channels 
only these could be obtained. 
In reply to the question of “What value do 
you put upon health ?” Lord Erskine said, 
“It is my opinion that a man or woman is 
worth more to the world during three years 
of living if in good health, than in fifty years 
of half invalidism; for my part, I would 
rather live one year enjoying good health, 
than ten years half sick.” 
“As cold as the grave, and as dark aud un¬ 
certain the beyond, I would rather take my 
chances and go,” said the celebrated Dr. Jay, 
“than eke out the miserable existence of the 
invalid that so many do.” Such is evidently 
the feeling of most sufferers, and but for 
conscience, and the hope of improvement on 
the morrow, suicide would be a most com¬ 
mon occurrence. 
For hundreds and thousands of years men 
and women have been rendered helnless, or 
died at the end of years of suffering, with 
such diseases as Paralysis, Nervous Prostra¬ 
tion, Cancer, Consumption, Scrofula, Neu¬ 
ralgia, Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver 
diseases, with as great certainty as they would 
APR 43 
had the knife pierced their vitals. During all 
this time the world has been full of doctors, 
trying to relieve,to cure; some have been re¬ 
lieved and occasionally one cured, but the 
great 
ARMY OF AGES, 
numbering millions and hundreds of millions, 
have found no relief whatever from the phy¬ 
sician. It has ever been as it is to-day. 
Where one is helped, hundreds get no relief 
whatever. You will hear every day some one 
saying: I have tried a number of doctors but 
none of them has ever done me any good. 
All this goes to show that there is little virtue 
in medicine; scarcely can one be found 
suffering from any chronic disease, that the 
name of medicine will not disgust. You will 
hear on every hand the expression, “I have 
tried all kinds of medicine; they are 
no good! no good! no good!” 
Is it any wonder that in this progressive 
age, with theory of “excelsior” heard on every 
hand, that the progressive medical brains 
should break away from these old methods of 
treatment, that in search of health, and in 
the hope of giving health to others, they 
should concentrate the sun’s rays, bottle 
electricity, cultivate mesmerism, develop 
magnetism, and wrestle with the powers of 
mind? Is it any wonder that the progressive 
brains of the Nineteenth century should seek 
a new and shorter avenue to health and life, 
since the old drug systems for 4,000 years 
had proved 
SUCH A FAILURE? 
Most wonderful progress has been made 
during the last few years. Hygiene has 
been born with its multitude of blessings, 
and water, pure water, cold water, which for 
hundreds of years was looked upon as the 
scourge of the sick room, has proven to 
be the angel of comfort aud life to the sick 
aud dying. In the face of the bitterest perse¬ 
cutions electricity aud magnetism have been 
discovered aud proven to be among thq most 
effective curative agents of this age. The 
pow’er of concentrated suulight and heat to 
cure the germs of disease and restore the 
prostrated has neen demonstrated in the 
face of fiercest opposition. 
Perhaps the most distinguished progressive 
physician of this age, who has done more 
than any one else to break away from the old 
drugs, poisons, and instruments of torture, 
and introduce in their stead, more effective, 
humane, kindlier, and finer methods of cure, 
is Dr. R. C. Flower of Boston, Mass. 
Should 1 ask the question: Who has not 
heard of Dr. Flower? but few in our land 
could say, “Not I.” Though only a young man 
he has for years enjoyed the largest practice 
of any pbysiciau iu the world. The doctor 
has recently consummated the great desire of 
his life, iu tne building of a great Health 
Palace iu the heart of the city of Boston, 
on one of the most beautiful avenues. It is 
said that his Health Palace is the finest in the 
world, in fact the finest ever built in any 
world, as far as known. 
Here Dr. Flower has combined every phase 
of treatment containing any merit whatever 
one could find should he visit every health 
resort in the world. The following descrip¬ 
tion of Dr. Flower’s Health Palace we take 
from the Washington Post of Feb. 10, and 
while it is strictly true, it poorly does justice 
to the virtue aud beauty of this great enter¬ 
prise of the 19th century. 
On the secona floor, in addition to bed cham¬ 
bers, are private dining-rooms and parlors. 
On the first floor, large parlors, reception- 
rooms, conservatory of flowers, office, dining¬ 
rooms, oaf(5. news stands, telegraph oflices and 
reading-rooms aud in the rear of the build¬ 
ing professional offices. This floor beggars 
description. It is richly furnished and set iu 
jewels of the purest kind. It is very grand. 
Everything your eyes rest upon is artistic and 
superb. The wood carving of tho enormous 
arches, columns and pillars is the finest we 
have ever seen, and suggests the old Moorish 
palaces of the Orient. 
The building is lighted by electricity from 
top to bottom, and in all the rooms and halls 
are electric bells. Over 17 miles of electric 
wires rnn through the building. There are 
two large front stairways, three back stair¬ 
ways, and two elevators. The house is heat¬ 
ed by a new process, which changes the air iu 
every room of the building every three min¬ 
utes. making and keeping each room the tem¬ 
perature desired, aud keeping the floor of each 
room warmer than the ceiliug. 
In the large, deep half-basement is the bath 
department, which is evidently the most elab¬ 
orate bath establishment in all the country. 
Here are long rows of Russian aud Turkish 
bathrooms, electrical rooms, for all kinds of 
electrical treatment; hot aud cold seabath- 
rooms, sulphur-bathrooms, medicated-bath- 
rooms, numerous shampoo rooms, spacious 
bathroom parlors for sitting, 'reclining, aud 
