1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
8i3 
PUBLISHER'S DESK. 
The letters that we have received dur¬ 
ing the last week justify our belief 
that the membens of Tke R. N.-Y. fam¬ 
ily are all interested in its work and 
success. The first to come was from a 
good Columbia County, N. Y., friend. 
He said: “I threw up my hands and 
shouted with joy on reading of the de¬ 
served success of the old R. N.-Y.” 
Here is another from the Western New 
York friend of 54 years’ (standing: 
I am glad to know that my favorite 
paper is growing in beauty, interest and 
prosperity—intense interest in the farmer 
and in untiring energy in pursuit of the 
ntscals. I wish you great success in your 
good work. JOHN voak. 
We are told by a correspondent from 
Hartwick,N. Y,,that it has been claimed 
on the part of some one interested in 
the American Farm Company that The 
R. N.-Y. had offered $25,000 for a iset- 
tl(emenjt of their suit tor alleged libel. 
The question is asked direct if we liave 
offered this or any other sum in set¬ 
tlement. For the information of all we 
amswer that we have not offered this 
or any other sum for such settlement, 
and furthermore, we shall not do iso. 
The Attorney-General of Ohio has 
brought suit against them to prevent 
their doing business in that State, and 
he writes that he believes they are not 
now trying to do business there. Suits 
have been brought against them in 
Illinois, and one sheriff in Pennsylvania 
hais closed out one of their places and 
saved local investors a part of their in¬ 
vestment. In other pans farmers, after 
learning of the nature of their business, 
have refused to carry out previous 
agreements, alleging fraudulent intent* 
and no attempt has been made to com¬ 
pel them to do so. 
During the last week we have had 
several inquiries from subscribers about 
the standing of mining and other con¬ 
cerns that offer capital stock for sale, 
guaranteeing large dividends. Our an¬ 
swer to all these must be that while 
we cannot assume to advise subscribers 
as to their individual inveistments, we 
always look with suspicion on invest¬ 
ments that promise too much. The 
guarantee is usually a fake. It can be 
no good if those making it are not re¬ 
sponsible. Remember that U. S. Steel 
stocks were (selling two years ago for 
about $50 a .share and paying at this 
price eight per cent on the investment. 
To-day the shares sell at about $10 a 
share. The inference is to buy only 
when you know what value is back of 
the shares, and what part of that value 
the shares represent. 
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, 
and Swine. 
We have some volumes of this book 
that have become slightly 'shelf soiled 
on one end. You would hardly notice 
it, but we cannot send them out at the 
regular $2 price of the book. As long 
as they last we will mail them prepaid 
to subscribers only on receipt of $1. 
This is Prof. Geo. W. Curtis’s great 
live stock book, with nearly 100 full 
page engravings. It is used as a text 
book in moist of the agricultural col¬ 
leges of the United States and Canada. 
Orders at this price will not be accepted 
from dealers or schools. Orders with 
$1 will be accepted as long as the soiled 
edition lasts from subscribers only. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
MARKET NEWS 
FIRE LOSSES for this country and 
Canada for October amounted to $10,409,800. 
The largest loss was $540,000, for the busi¬ 
ness section of Aberdeen, Washington. 
Other extensive fires were: Grain eleva¬ 
tor at Missouri Valley, Iowa, $250,000; ele¬ 
vator at Philadelphia, Pa., $240,000; whisky 
warehouse at Paducah, Ky., $260,000, and a 
rice mill at Beaumont, Texas, $157,000. 
APPLES are coming in freely, but the 
demand is good enough to keep them mov¬ 
ing. We do not remember previously seeing 
so much Oregon fruit on hand so early in 
the season. These fancy apples, mainly 
Spitzenburg and Jonathan, are bringing 
surprising prices. $2.75 to $3.50 per bushel 
box. The scarcity of barrels has led to 
some bulk shipments, which sell better 
than one might expect. It seems too bad 
to ship choice apples in this way as the 
damage is sure to be heavy. Yet it is 
better than letting the fruit rot. The 
trouble is that too many of those who 
handle bulk apples go at the job as though 
shoveling potatoes. This bulk stuff now 
sells at from one-half to one cent per 
pound and does very well for bakers’ use. 
NEW THREAD LAW.—To do away with 
the abuse of short weight or measure the 
New York Legislature enacted a law last 
Winter, in effect January 1, 1904, providing 
that all silk, cotton or linen thread or yarn 
on spools, balls, skeins or any other form 
of carrier, shall be distinctly labeled on 
spool or package, to show the weight C)r 
measure. If the label be not used, or if 
the thread fall short five per cent of the 
amount specified on the label, the manu¬ 
facturer, and anv dealer selling it, shall 
be liable to a fine of $20 for each spool or 
other package, half of the fine going to 
the person bringing the suit, and the rest 
to the State treasury. This is no doubt 
a useful law, but the provisions for en¬ 
forcement are such that it is likely to be 
salted down and forgotten, much the same 
as the short fruit package act, about which 
neither buyer nor seller feels sufficient in¬ 
terest to resurrect it. 
FURS.—The season has opened in a 
rather unpromising way, probably owing 
to the poor quality of the skins offered. 
At the recent London sale almost every¬ 
thing sold lower than last Spring; musk¬ 
rat, 15 per cent lower; mink and red fox, 
10; grey fox, 20; bear, 30, and wolf, 25. 
Among the furs offered were 12,000 raccoon; 
1,000 wolf; 113,000 muskrat; 850 grey fox; 
1,300 bear, and 4,500 mink. The prospects 
for skunk were so bad that the skins were 
withdrawn from sale. This poor beginning 
is no criterion that the sea.son will be a 
bad one, as furs taken in late Fall and 
Winter are sure to bring more. Made- 
up retail furs, however, have greatly ad¬ 
vanced in price, probably as a result of 
conditions noted. Any expensive fur gar¬ 
ment is worth more this year than last. 
HIGH-PRICED “GRUB.”—Reports from 
Dawson City, in the Klondike region, are 
that provisions will be very high this 
Winter. Water has been so low in the 
Yukon River that a number of provision 
steamers which were expected to reach 
Dawson before the close of navigation can¬ 
not get there. Potatoes are now $9 per 
barrel, mutton, 75 cents to $1 per pound, 
and other things in proportion. 
COTTON GOODS EXPORTS.—In spite of 
the high price of raw cotton and the con¬ 
sequent advances in manufactured goods, 
the export trade in drills, sheetings, etc., 
from January 1 to date, has been exceeded 
only once in seven years. The total value 
so far this year is $12,481,385. Our goods go 
to nearly every country in the world. It 
was thought that a largely increased busi¬ 
ness with China was assured, but the re¬ 
cent rise in prices has checked this trade. 
The possibilities of China as a market for 
manufactured cotton are not generally 
realized. With its population of more than 
four times that of the United States, and 
its preference for cotton as wearing ap¬ 
parel, especially among the middle and 
lower classes, it would seem to be a busi¬ 
ness worth working for. The Chinaman 
wants cotton goods. We can produce the 
cotton, spin and weave it to suit him. Hei-e 
is a wedge toward securing an “open door,” 
better than warships or diplomatic con¬ 
gresses. But he wants our goods without 
having allopathic doses of our manners and 
customs stuffed down his throat at the 
same time. These things, at least as many 
of them as are desirable, will be gradually 
absorbed as the result of trade tactfully 
handled. W- w. h. 
Babg Costs Too Much 
When the price paid is the niother’a 
health and happiness. The father 
doesn’t realize as he romps with the 
child what years of wifely suffering 
must be set against the baby’s laughter. 
Chronic invalidism is a high price to 
pay for the painful joy of maternity, yet 
it is at such a cost that many a woman 
becomes a mother. Such a price is too 
much because 
it is more than 
nature asJ;s. 
By the use of 
Doctor Pierce’s 
Favorite Pre¬ 
scription ma¬ 
ternity is made 
practically 
painless, and a 
quick convales- 
eiice is assured 
in almost ev¬ 
ery case. 
«I am plea.sed 
to give my testi¬ 
mony and wish I 
could find words 
strong enough to 
induce other suf¬ 
ferers to use Dr. 
Pierce’s Favorite 
Pre.scription.” 
write* Mrs. Wesley Guy, of Kemptville, Out., 
Box 6. ”For eight years after my little lioy was 
born I suffered with female weakness, al.so sore¬ 
ness in ovaries, especially on my right side, and 
pain in back. Was .so miserable sometimes did 
not know what I was going to do. Tried several 
doctors but derived no benefit until I began 
using Dr, Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. Had 
only used four bottles, also some of Dr. Pierce’s 
Antiseptic and Healing Suppositories, when I 
felt like another person. I recommend Dr. 
Pierce’s medicines to all my friends, If anyone 
wishes to write me I will gladly answer.” 
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription con¬ 
tains no alcohol and is entirely free from 
opium, cocaine and all other narcotics. 
The dealer who offers a substitute for 
” Favorite Prescription ” does so to gain 
the little more profit paid on the sale of 
less meritorious medicines. His profit 
is your loss; therefore, accept no sub¬ 
stitute. 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate 
the bowels. 
A NEW INVENTION! "* “•« 
MAKER 
$200 PER MONTH 
Write for Special offer to Men and Women, at home or traveling, 
all or part time, showing, taking orders and appointing agents 
for. UAKKIiiOK'S FE,AailC iVICK£K8t» OIB-CIAS 8X0VJBNf with or 
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Beautiful Blue Gas Flame. Hottest fire. Quick meals. We want Agents, Salesmen, 
and Managers in every State'. Biggest money maker ever offered. Enormous demand 
year round, in every city, town, village and among farmers. Customers deliglited. 
Write for catalogue—Most wonderful stove ever invented. 
ASPOONFUL OF OIL MAKES A HOGSHEAD OF FUEL GAS 
Oonerates Its own Oll-Oasi Fuel from kerosene 
or common coal oil. No wick, dirt, kindling, ashes. 
Splendid for baking. Makes fine Hearing 8tove for 
grooms, stores, oflices, with Radiator attachment. Over 
y .32,000 generators already sold. Sales last month enormous. 
Sd" CHEAPEST-CIEANEST-SAFEST FUEL 
lOc to 30c a week should furnish oil gas fuel for small 
family for cooking. A gallon of kerosene oil costing 8c to 
10c will furnish oil gas fuel for a constant blue gas flame, 
hottest fire, for about eighteen hours. 
NO MORE BIG COAL BILLS foinTd* 
stoves, smoky oil wick stoves, dangerous gasoline stoves, 
etc. Our stoves are a delight—absolutely safe—will not explode. Simple, easily operated. Handsomely 
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We are the largest manufac¬ 
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Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. We 
guarantee our patent 
Grooved Tire Wheels to 
be the best made by anybody 
anywhere. Write us. 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. 
HAVANA. ILL 
CATTLE WATERING BASINS, 
S.CHENEyaSONs 
A LAdy can hetd Mm 
EE TRIAL 
the BEERY BIT ^ 
BITS IN ONE 
Cnres Klekem, Runaways, Pullers^ 
Shyorn, ete. Send for RU on Ten Days 
Trial and circular showing the four 
distinct ways of using it. 
IVuf. Q. Rcery, Pleasant Hill, Ohio 
* a STOCK FOOD 
if you own one of our 
Eonomical Feed Cookers 
The best and most durably made 
Cooker on the market. Bestforboil- 
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Uses little fuel snd bolds fire lonjrer than 
others. 4sUes,fTomlbbl. to 2^ bbl. Ouar* 
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I oold-rolled steel; large fire door takes In 
chunks; kettle of best quality new oast Iron 
(no scrap), smoothly finished. Free circular 
gives many other good points. Write now. 
TOLEDO PLOW CO., Dept. K, Toledo, O. 
COOK YOUR PEED and SAYB 
Half the Cost—with the i- 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldran.-^Emptie8 itt 
kettle in one minute. The eimpleat 
and beet arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy an* 
Laundry Stovaa. Water and Slaam 
Jacket Kettlea, Hog Soaldara, Cat- 
drons, etc. «• Send for oircnlara. 
D. B. SPEBBY a 00,. Batovia. lU. 
SpAvilv 
Care These Bleiolshes 
_ Also Ringbone, hard or soft 
anlargemonts. Sweeny, Knee- 
a Spmng.Fistnla and Pol) Evil. 
H M M Slight cost and certain cores. 
Two big booklets telling how 
to do it sent free.Writetoday. 
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SPAVIN CURE 
September 7, at the Fasig-Tipton sale at Sheepslieiui Bay, a yearling Iby feher-Excellonza was Iwing by Mr. 
William Eaatou. and when the animal was led into the ring he said:—“This horse has been suffering from a bog 
spavin, of which practically no trace remain-s. He was tivjited with that remedy called ‘Save-the-Horse,’ which all 
of you know, and it did save the hoi-so; that i.s, it cured him. Now, you know lots of great horses, Morello and 
others, were successfully raced, and there is no reason to exiH-ct that this colt will ever take a lame step. ’ The bid¬ 
ding opened then at $250, and the colt was sold for $800 to Mr. J. D. Smith. 
“Private Stables Jas. Galway, Race Track, Saratoga, N. Y. 
1 got a bottle of "Save-the-Hoi'se’’ first of Moseinan <fc Bro. of New York and used same on ringbone, curing it 
entirely. I next used‘Save-the-Hoi-se’on two splints and cured them. Have also u.sed it on a strained Pastern 
Joint, which made horse very lame; it cured this also. I pi csiict a great output of ‘Save-the-Horse.’ It has never 
failed to cure any case I used it on.” KOW.\lU) FEARS, Trainer for Jaa Galway, of 312 West 56th St., New York, 
the millionaire owner of Meltonian and many other note<l hoises. 
Cured hoi-ses are absolute certainties as to the possibility of the remedy for your own case. Such I'esuits 
as above by men whose reliability can be readily ascei-tained, have carried “SAVE-THE-HORSE” over skepticism, 
prejudice and uncei-taiuty. Send for booklet and copy of written guarantee, winch is as binding to protect 
you as the best legal talent could make it. No man need see his hoi-se suffer and become incapacitated. 
"SAVE-THE-HORSE” Positively and Permanently Cures BONE and BOG SPAVIN, THOROUGHPIN, RING¬ 
BONE, (except low ringlrone.) CURB, SPIJNT, CAPPED HOCK, WINDPUFF, SHOE BOIL, WEAR and SPRAINED 
TENDONS and ALL I.A.MENESS. Cures without scar, bleiiiisli or loas of hair. Contains no mertury or poisonotis 
substances. Can apj>ly in all conditions and cxtrenies of weather. Horses may be worked as usual. 
$5.00 per bottle. Written gua * iiu«; with every bottle given under seal and signature, constructed solely to 
satisfy and prelect you fully. Noi X of se<'ond bottle iniprebable, except in rai-est cases. 
$5.00 per bottle at all druggists’ and dealers’, or sent express prepaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., TROY, N.Y. Also manufacturers of Veterinary Pixino. 
