1903 
ii9 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MARKET NOTES 
CANNED ASPARAGUS.—Large quanti¬ 
ties of this vegetable are canned in Cali¬ 
fornia. It is reported that the rust has 
appeared and is doing extensive damage 
in that State. For the past month experts 
have been studying the case, and growers 
are much alarmed as to the outcome. This 
is likely to upset the calculations of many 
who have already contracted their 1903 crop. 
Higher prices than ,last year are expected. 
Then one-pound tips sold at 11.70 per case, 
while $1.60 to $3.75 covered the range on 
2 '^-pound cans. 
COTTON.—Current prices are 9.05 and 9.3 
cents, respectively, for middling uplands 
and middling Gulf, nearly one cent above 
last year's figures. J^ast February's re¬ 
ceipts were very heavy, and the indica¬ 
tions are that this year will equal them, 
it might be expected that these heavy re¬ 
ceipts would make an extensive decline in 
prices. This is prevented by the strong 
position of the cotton cloth market, and 
the consequently active buying of mill men. 
If heavy arrivals were to continue after 
the larger mills become thoroughly stocked 
up the results would be different All that 
sustains the markets under present cir¬ 
cumstances is the call from exporters and 
home spinners. 
FRAUDS AND HUMBUGS.-A reader 
sends us bill of lading for 13 barrels of 
apples shipped last October to a certain 
Bradley Fruit Co., of this city, and says 
(hat he has not been able to hear anything 
from them. The methods of this concern 
liave been quite thoroughly ventilated in 
the public press. They appeared to do a 
wholesale gobbling-up business of this sort. 
When complaints began to come in we 
started to look them up. A “To Let” sign 
was on the store at the number given. 
Neither were they at the place to which it 
was said they had moved. Where they are 
now we don’t know, but they are quite 
likely to have made several changes of 
name and address in the few months that 
have elapsed. Considerable shrewdness is 
shown by people of this type in protecting 
themselves so that the law has no grasp 
on them. It often happens that only a gen¬ 
eral firm name is given, no individuals be¬ 
ing named. Everyone connected with it 
cun deny that he is a member of the firm 
or in any way holden for their debts. A 
common scheme is to imitate, or nearly 
imitate the name of some reliable concern, 
operate under this until they are found out 
and then change. Unless commission 
houses have a large capital it is practically 
impossible for out-of-town people to know 
whether goods sent them will be paid for. 
The mere recommendation of some bank¬ 
ing house amounts to little. There are ob¬ 
scure bankers who make a business of 
this sort of recommendation. When com¬ 
plaints come they move, the same as the 
commission men who they recommend for 
a fee. It w’ould be unjust to doubt a firm’s 
honesty merely because they have not a 
large capital. Some of the best sales are 
made by people with little capital but com¬ 
mon sense and business push. Good service 
may be done in every shipping district by 
farmers getting together and comparing 
experiences in regard to their season’s ship¬ 
ments. This discussion proves a valuable 
feature in farmers’ clubs and institutes. 
E’very shipper should be willing to let 
others profit by his experiences with pro¬ 
duce commission men, whether favorable 
or otherwise. w. w. h. 
NOTES FROM A PEDDLER. 
Fix your route and its day. Stick to them 
even in such weather as would daunt other 
men. Be so certain to come that your cus¬ 
tomers will “go by you.” It is sweet to 
hear that “This is Mr. Huckster’s day—he 
may be late, but he will surely come.” Keep 
your book and your customer’s in exact 
tally; get everything down, and let noth¬ 
ing be by word of mouth. When a custo¬ 
mer cannot pay all, take what you can get, 
then. Always carry at least $5 in change 
($10 in better), preventing the little delay 
scheme, not dishonesty, but reluctance of 
most good wives to “break into” a bill or 
gold piece. Announce a trip beforehand, 
what novelty will be brought next coming; 
you can thus load up closely. Keep in¬ 
formed on ruling prices, city, town and 
among your rivals. Consult with your 
wife on the prices. 
You will have to trust, but fix a limit 
according to the earning capacity of the 
house. Take in payment anything salable, 
rather than let the bill swell. If the bill 
becomes large, get a note for it; if you re¬ 
new it, charge interest, all like strict busi¬ 
ness. Do not believe “there is no sentiment 
in business.” Business is honeycombed 
with it, whether sweetened thereby or not. 
But set a tigure or profit which will cover 
your losses. If a customer has your money 
ready, in a cup, in the china closet, regu¬ 
larly, cherish that customer; who may be 
old-style, but it is the style which will not 
let its followers die in anybody’s debt. If 
a storekeeper will take your i)roduct at a 
fair price, do not sell to his customers, 
who, thus, are still yours. If. in preserving 
time, say, he takes largely of you, do not 
undersell him; but even refer your custo¬ 
mers to him. If you are out all day, dine 
at an inn, rather than even at a relative’s: 
for though you pay for your meal, fa¬ 
miliarity is established. Your other cus¬ 
tomers will be jealous. Partiality hinders 
if it does not hurt. 
If a customer, paying as she takes, still 
owes, allude to the back money at Inter¬ 
vals and formally. As you will most likely 
see only the mistress of the house in your 
dealings, do not talk of business to the 
husband; women who “run the house” re¬ 
sent this “bringing in the man,” and what 
may be odd, so does the man. If “stuck” 
with goods, better throw them away if not 
carried home to the pigs, as gifts and 
sacrifices are not appreciated or, at least, 
hurt one from the shifting of prices. “The 
m.an with two prices” is out of place In 
peddling. When you must not travel alone, 
better a dog than your son, and better your 
son than the hired man. The man will get 
to know too much and will some day be 
tempted by the opposition, or even set up 
against you at the first parting. In any 
case do not let them handle any cash; bet¬ 
ter lose a payment that day, than lead 
them Into temptation. Purloining is bad 
enough, but some are apt to "make up” 
the “knocking down” by selling thing;s at 
a higher price, etc.; lying added to the 
pilfering to hid it. When selling at a mar¬ 
ket stand, try to arrange prices with your 
neighbors; may the looks of your truck 
give you the advantage. 
Oblige those old ladies who want out-of- 
the-way flowers, herbs, roots, plants and 
the like. There may be money in growing 
some of these. Anyway, if you are able 
to distinguish wild growths in demand, you 
will coin money if it is only calamus, dye- 
berries or “safe” mushrooms. Keep your 
wagon-dog on chain and perfectly under 
control: a customer’s child bitten, though 
it teased Grip, loses you that customer. 
Scrupulously examine horse and wagon 
overnight before your trip; for a break¬ 
down will lose your day, spoil your stock 
and disappoint your customers. Anything 
i.s not costly which saves you that last 
mishap. Your truck is your livelihood, but 
your customers are your life. Keep your 
word in the little matter to you, which 
may be of much moment to your custo¬ 
mer relying on you. If you are a week 
coming around, use the mail or express to 
send anything wanted right away; remit 
any balances thus; and by having your 
addresses on a card or envelope, accustom 
your customers to order of you in advance 
against your call. If you meet your cus¬ 
tomers out for a holiday, do not allude to 
business. h. l. w. 
Pearl River, N. Y. 
Would You Think It? 
Would you think it possible that you 
could be disappointed in the face of a wom¬ 
an whose shapely shoulders, and beauti¬ 
ful hair suggest womanly perfection and 
beauty ? Such disappointment comes 
not seldom when the face turned to you 
shows disfigur¬ 
ing blotches and 
blemishes. In 
general the 
cause of these 
eruptions is im¬ 
pure blood. 
Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical 
Discovery puri¬ 
fies the blood, 
and removes 
the corrupt ac- 
cumulationa 
which cause 
disease. When 
pimples, tetter, 
salt-rheum, boils, sores, and other results 
of impure blood, are perfectly and per¬ 
manently cured. 
«For three years I suffered with that dreaded 
disease eczema,” writes Mrs. J. Koepp, of Her¬ 
man, Oregon. »I was told to try Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical Discovery, which I did, and af¬ 
ter I had taken fourteen bottles I was perma¬ 
nently cured. It has been a year since I stopped 
taking your medicine and it’has never appeared 
since. I think your medicine a wonderful cure 
and hope others suffering as I did, will take it 
and be relieved of their suffering.” 
Some of the most remarkable cures 
effected by ” Golden Medical Discovery,” 
have been of scrofulous diseases, 
«I will forever thank you for advising me to 
take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery,” 
writes Mrs. Jas. Murphy, of Fonda, Pocahontas 
Co., Iowa. ”It has cured me of chronic scrofula 
. of twelve years’ standing. I had doctored for 
•! the trouble until I was completely discouraged. 
j I also had chronic diarrhea for twelve years. I 
am in good health now—^better than I ever was 
in my life, owing to Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical 
Discovery. I took .several bottles of the ‘ Discov- 
! ery ’ before I stopped.” 
j Accept no substitute for ” Golden Med- 
j ical Discovery.” There is nothing ”just 
I as good” for diseases of the stomach, 
■* blood and lungs. 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure di»- 
ziness and sick headache. 
the blood is cleansed. 
SPENCER^S 
HwcufoMm A five wire, large bale press, 
c, Guaranteed capacity 3 tons an hour. « 
TnBAIIIgator Box PpaM can bale 22 tons 
in 10 hours, or no pay. Write for catalogue. 
•/. A. SPEMOEB, Box 60, Dwight, Him. 
UNION LOCK POULTRY FENCING 
HAS BEEN FULLY 
TESTED AND FOUND 
SUPERIOR TO ALL 
OTHERS. 
Will fit uneven 
ground w i t h o u t 
cutting. Every part 
can be stretched 
perfectly. Made of 
high grade galvanized steel wire. Ail horizontal 
lines are cable.s, making it stronger. J las line mesh 
at the bottom for small chicks. W’e also make 
extra heavy for gardens, lawns, etc. The largest 
poultry farms areusingthis fence—over 700 rods 
by Lakewood (N. J.) Farm Co. We pay freight 
and satisfy every one or no sale. Can ship from 
N. Y., Chicago, or San P'rancisco. Write for 
free^catalogof Farm, Lawn and Poultry Fencing. 
CASE BROS., Box 340, Colchester, Conn. 
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THE RESULTS 
of the exiierlences of a lot of practical farmers 
have been worked Into Page Fence. It’s a farmer’s 
fence, for all farm and stock purposes. 
PAOK WOVEN WIKK FENCE CO., AOKIAN, >1ICII. 
CERTAINLY IT IS 
Better to use a fence that will wear a lifetime than 
one which will give away in three to five years. If 
the Frost Fence Is put up right, it makes one of the 
best wire-fences in the world. Catalogue free. 
THE FK08T WIRE FENCE CO., Cleveland, O. 
SlKVVllV„. 
Cvirb® 
Spliivf 
Cure TheM Blemishes 
Also Bingbone, hard or soft 
enlargements, Sweeny, Knee- 
>mng,Fistula and Poll Evil. 
Ight cost and certain cures. 
Two big booklets telling how 
to do it sent free.Write today. 
FLBniNfl BROS., ChrmhU, 
833 Unloa 8 to«kTardf,Clileai( 0 ,III. ! 
Scratches, 
Grease Heel, 
Mud Fever, 
Hoof Rot aud 
Speed Cracks 
Cases where ulcerations extend with transverse 
cracks which open at every step and often bleed, no 
matter how complex, aggravated, deep-seated, or 
chronic. If treated according to directions as given on 
circular with every box, positively cured with 
VETERINARY PIXINE 
If a light application is used before speeding, driv¬ 
ing in wet, muddy or slushy weather, or In the snow, 
your horse will never have speed cracks, scratches or 
grease heel. 
It will keep the hoofs healthy, soft and in perfect 
form. 
For Old and Chronic .Sores, Etc. 
Heals collar and saddle galls, hopple chafes, ab¬ 
scesses, inflammatory swellings, sores and all skin 
disease, and restores the hair to natural color. In 
cases of emergency it is invaluable. 
This penetrating, stimulating, soothing, absorbing, 
antiseptic, healing ointment heals from beneath the 
surface by disinfecting the parts, subduing the inflam¬ 
mation and stimulating healthy granulation, not by 
drying and scabbing. 
2 oz., 25c.: 8 oz., 50c,: 5-lb. pkge , $4. 
At all druggists and dealers, or sent prepaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., TROY, N. Y. 
THE KELLY peOTHu 
in husk or out, mixed 
feed in any propor¬ 
tions, with or without 
clover, cotton seed, 
KafiBr corn, or any 
grain that grows. Has 
duplex 
grinding 
surfaces, 
andshows 
a greater 
capacity, 
per unit, 
of driving 
power than any 
other mill. 
Gives a uniform 
grist for stock 
feed of any de¬ 
sired flneness. 
, ^ . Every machine 
tested and guaranteed. Send for oiir new catalogue 
and Prof. Miles’ e.ssay '‘The Economy of Ground 
Feed,” free. THE O. S. KELLY CO., 
Dept. \. Spriiigfielil, Ohio. 
STEEL ROOFING 
FREIGHT CHARGES PAID BY US 
Strictly new, perfect. Semi - Hardened 
Steel Sheets, 2 feet 
Strictly new, 
eets, 2 feet wide, 0 teet long. The 
best Kooflnic, Sldln;; or Collin;; you cun use. 
No experience neees.sai-y to lay It. An 
ordinary iiamnier or hatchet the only 
toots you need. We furnish nails free 
and paint roofliig two sides. Comes 
either flat, corrugated or ‘-V” crimped. 
Delivered free of all eharpea to all points 
In the U. 8 ., east of the Mississippi River 
and North of the Ohio River 
$2.25 PER SQUARE 
Prle^s to other poInU on appileafinn. A square Qieaus 100 
square feet. Write for free Catalogue No. 57 
UilCACO HOUSE WRECKING CO., W. 3Sth and Iron Sts., ChlcaRC 
SavePainf Bills 
Instead of using Metal 
I Booting,which requires 
painting every 
two years, use 
Arrow Brand 
Asphalt 
Ready RoeHng, 
already sur¬ 
faced with gravel, and which need.s no p<ainting, 
ASPHALT READY ROOFING CO. Send for free 
130 Water St.. New York. samples. 
'll 7I I DRILLING 
W machines 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills. 'With engines or horse powers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS.. Ithaca. N. V. 
Cider Machinery.—Send for catalogue to Boomer & 
Boschert Press Co., IIS West Water St., Syracuse.N.Y 
PIRE 
We Issue a FREE 24-page book 
on the subject which you should 
read. Shows interesting photo¬ 
graphs from life, and contains 
new and valuable information 
of vital importance. This book 
contains facts which will enable 
you to effect a complete euro 
without pain, danger, oueratlon 
or detention from work. Tells 
how to work in perfeeteomfort 
while being e.ureil witliout tlie 
use of a clumsy, vise-like, 111 - 
litting tru.ss. The Ixiok is free. 
Don't iiut it off Write to-day. 
T-v o ktt Mery RIk 
Dence & Mery toleuo, o. 
RUPfU 
SURE CURE. 
Brooks’ Appliance. New 
discovery. Wonderful. No 
obnoxious springs or pads. 
Automatic Air Cushion. 
Binds and draws tlie 
broken parts together 
as yon wouhl a broken 
Unu>. No salves; nolyiupb- 
ol; no lies. Durable, cheap. 
Pat. Sept. 10, IDOr Sent on 
trial. Catalogue free. 
Brooks Appliance Co., Box 965, Marshall, Mich. 
“SAVE-THE-HORSE” 
(TKADE-MARK) 
Need one wonder why our written guarantee, which accompanies every hottle, 
was constructed so it is equivalent to a bond ’? 
Spring Valley, N. T. 
Gentlemen— About two months ago our mare 
became suddenly very lame in front leg between the 
the knee and fetlock, and after using liniments, it 
became no better, .so I concluded to try “Save-the- 
Horse”, as I reckoned no house could afford to give 
the guarantee you give on a worthless thing. 1 pro¬ 
cured the medicine and followed instructions to the 
letter and on the fifth day the laniele.ss was nearly all 
gone. Two days later 1 began driving her short dls- 
t iiices, and every day a little further, and kept up the 
treatment another week and since then the has not 
bsen lame a m'nute. 1 think It is a great remedy, and 
and have told a number of people about it. 'I'he price 
Is what kept me from trying It before, but now that 1 
have .seen » hat It lias done 1 think it is cheap. I have 
about two-thirds of the bottle left Wishing you the 
success that “ Save-the-Horse ” certainly deserves, 
lam. Yours very truly, Wm. F. KL’NTZ. 
Great Neck, Long Island. 
Gentlemen— On September 19, 1902. I procured a 
bottle of your “Save-the-Horse” for use on a bog 
spavin which bad begun to be very prominent, in fact 
I bPlleve it to have been about fully developed. The 
directions for use were adnered to minutely and be¬ 
fore the contents of the bottle were used the spavin 
was a thing of the past, and to-day not a sign of 
spavin or mark of any kind whatever remains. I 
appreciate the value of this remedy, and It has been 
my intention to advise you as to the result before but 
it has been delayed. Anyone Interested and doubtful 
of this cure as (I admit I was) may write me and ^ 
will state just what kind of a case it was. etc. 
Yours respectfully, H. A. BAXTER, 
Beal Estate, Insurance and Investments. 
Horse ean be worked with either shiu or ankle 
boots, a.s no harm can possibly come by either de¬ 
struction of hair or scalding of the limb. “Save- 
the Horse” can be applied in all conditions aud 
extremes of weather—hot or cold. 
POSITIVELY AND PERMANENTLY CURES 
BONE and Bog Si^avin, Ringbone (except Low 
Ringbone), Curb, Thoroughpin, Splint, Cappeil 
Hock, Shoe Boil, Weak and Sprained Tendons, 
and all Lameness. 
Contains no arsenic, corrosive sublimate or other 
forms of mercury, or any injurious ingredient. 
Cures without scar, blemi.sh or loss of hair. 
$5 PER BOTTLE. 
Written guarantee with every bottle, constructed 
to convince an 1 protect you fully. The need of sec¬ 
ond bottle is almost improbable, except in rarest 
cases. Guarantee covers effectiveness of 1 bottle. 
Copy of guarantee sent upon application. 
$5 a bottle at all dealei-s’ and druggists’, or sent 
prepaid by the manufacturers 
TKDY CHK.'VIIC.AL CD., Troy, N. Y„ Al frs. 
