1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
845 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Two incidents this week impressed us 
more than the usual occurrences of af¬ 
fairs. An old man was in our office. Ho 
has built up a large business—one of the 
most successful in his line from a finan¬ 
cial point of view—and has accumulated 
a reasonable fortune. In his advanced 
years now he is delegating the detail 
work of his business to trusted em¬ 
ployees and is enjoying his means in 
pleasure and recreation. He is in many 
ways a strong character, has been a 
hard worker, moderate in dress, not 
given to intemperance in drink, uses no 
tobacco, and without profanity in 
speech. He said to me: "Success means 
the money you get.” During the year 
the sole question with him has been 
which course will result in the greatest 
profit. At the end of the year the ledger 
balance is the barometer of the annual 
success. Without Christian faith or 
delicate moral sensibilities, yet in his 
business affairs he has managed to com¬ 
bine good sense and good judgment with 
a sense of the needs and requirements 
of his customers in such a way as to 
build up and maintain a profitable busi¬ 
ness. He is one of the most remarkable 
characters I have known. 
For the other incident, I was in the 
office alone with one of the most high- 
minded business men it has been my 
pleasure and delight to know. This man 
is slightly past middle life, and at the 
head of a comfortable business which he 
has made. He is nervous, restless, and 
ambitious with an extravagance of taste 
and a brilliancy of culture beyond his 
means to satisfy, yet with a purpose too 
lugh and a spirit too noble to measure 
I'.is daily acts by the standard of dollars 
and cents. “I had a letter,” he told me, 
■‘last week from a son in college who has 
just passed his twenty-first birthday, 
and it weighed me down with a new 
sense of a family man’s responsibility.” 
The boy has written the father that he 
had no concern for the future; that with 
the example of such a life as his father’s 
before him as a guide and encourage¬ 
ment he was prepared to face the battle 
of life without fear or trepidation. As 
my friend, in his rnodest and confiden¬ 
tial way, spoke to me of these things I 
could appreciate his estimate of a suc¬ 
cessful life. Money making is to it in¬ 
cidental and not even an essential ad¬ 
junct. He may not leave that college 
boy much money, but he has already en¬ 
dowed him with a richer inheritance. 
Experiences of this kind have more to 
do with the publishing of a farm paper 
than you may at first suppose. Not a 
day passes but a decision must be made 
between money and principle—a deci¬ 
sion that affects revenue of the paper 
and rights and interests of the members 
of The R. N.-Y. family. Somehow we 
prize the college boy’s letter more than 
the other’s standard of success. 
A Pennsylvania subscriber reports 
that he has not been able to collect his 
account against the Chippewa Commis¬ 
sion Company of Buffalo, N. Y. Let us 
again caution shippers not to send goods 
to commission merchants or anyone else 
until they have a satisfactory rating on 
them. 
A. J. DeMar, Silver Lake, Mass., is 
reported not worthy of credit. He has 
been an occasional advertiser in farm 
papers. 
Remember we want to send your 
neighbor who is not nffw taking Thf R. 
N.-Y. a 10 weeks’ trial subscription for 
10 cents. Tell him about it. 
_«_ 
Good Hen Records.—I t is almost im¬ 
possible for me to keep an egg record here 
at home, as my pens are continually being 
broken into for the selling of breeding 
stock, and the earliest that I ever had a 
pullet that laid was 4t4 months; a Wyan¬ 
dotte pullet. This stopped her growth en¬ 
tirely; she was always a small and under¬ 
sized pullet, and I believe this to be the 
case with especially precocious chickens. 
The most profitable bird I ever had has 
been the White Wyandotte, the most prac¬ 
tical and all-round bird brought before the 
.\merlcan people to-day. I have people 
who have written me that they have birds 
laying as high as 246 eggs, and I have heard 
from experiment stations in the West, that 
.state 203 eggs were laid by one pullet in 
10 months, but for some reason the hen 
died, and on being opened she was found 
to have been able to lay at least a dozen 
more eggs before laying her litter out. 
The record kept at the Utah Experiment 
Station is certainly authentic. 
Massachusetts. Arthur o. durton. 
NEW YORK HORSE SHOW. 
The annual exhibition was held during 
the week ending November 21. The first 
two days of the week were rainy and the 
attendance small, but the crowds at the 
latter part made up for the lack. This 
show is something that people do not tire 
of, for the good reason that the finest spe¬ 
cimens of all classes of horses are to be 
seen here, and everyone likes to see a 
good horse. The fact that practically all 
of the animals are stabled under the ex¬ 
hibition hall, giving visitors an oppor¬ 
tunity to take all the time they care to 
in looking at the horses out of harness 
is a great advantage. With a catalogue 
one can tell just what he is looking at, 
and stable men are on hand to answer any 
reasonable question. While most attention 
is given to trotters, light roadsters and 
harness horses, about everything was rep¬ 
resented, from diminutive ponies to outfits 
from the street cleaning department, of 
which there were 16, horses well groomed 
and harness and carts shining. 
GUESS 
who it is?” 
The moth¬ 
er knows 
the touch 
of the soft 
hands too well to 
need to guess, and 
for the moment 
she enters into the 
playful spirit of 
the child and for¬ 
gets her toil and weariness. Then a 
sudden movement sends a thrill of pain 
through her and she realizes that though 
love may lighten labor it cannot lighten 
pain. 
Thousands of women who have suf¬ 
fered from backache, headache, and 
other consequences of womanly disease, 
have been made well women by the 
use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip¬ 
tion. It establishes regularity, dries 
unhealthy ^ains, heals inflammation 
and nlceration and cures female 
WMkncss. 
"Z cannot say enough la aralM of Dr. Pierce’s 
Pavorlte PreMription as It nas done me so mnch 
good," writes Mrs. Henry Harrell, of Tarboro, 
N. C., Boar lo^ «I was sWollea so I could hardly 
walk when “began taking the 'Favorite Pre¬ 
scription.* X also had uterine trouble and could 
Bcither eat aor sleep only as X took morphine. 
TtIm fbur dlnrent doctors and they all failed 
to do are any good, so one of my friends recom¬ 
mended Tonr” Favorite Prescription ’ to me and 
X took onw three bottles and am now well and 
hearty. <Stn do almost any kind of work.” 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are the 
most desirable laxative for delicate 
women. 
S|KVVll\.. 
C^irbl 
Spliivl^ 
Care These Blemlshet 
41(10 Hlnabone, hard or not* 
•nlaraementg, Sweenr. Knav 
irons,Fistula and Poll Evil 
isht cost and certain cores. 
Two big booklets tellins bow 
to do it sent free.Wi ite today. I 
rLKBING BB08., Chrml>U, 
S29 Cnioa 8to«kTsrdt,ChleaKO,IIL 
RUBEROID 
TRAM mark registered. 
ROOFING 
STANDARD FOR 
TWELVE YEARS. 
LASTS INDEFINITELY. EASILY 
APPLIED, 
AVEATHEB-PROOF, 
FIRE-R E SISTING. 
ManufaPtured solely by 
THE ST-VND.VRD PAINT CO. 
Dopartinent K. 
lOO William Street, N. Y. 
The Hero 
Feed Grinder 
is the best which money can buy 
for any kind of power from 2 
to 4 or S-horse power, because 
it grinds rapidly, making splen¬ 
did feed, table meal or graham 
flour, has AMPLE CAPAC¬ 
ITY for 4 or S-horse power if 
properly speeded, and WILL 
NOTCHOKE DOWN THE 
LIGHTEST POWER. We make 26 sizes and 
styles, all of equal merit but varying capacity, for 
all kinds of power and for all kinds of grinding. 
Send for free catalogue of Grinders, Cutters, 
Huskers, Shelters,Wood S.aws, Horse Powers, 
Wind Mills, Farm Trucks, Seeders, etc. 
Appleton Mfg. Co. 27 Fargo St., Batavia, Ill- 
^ I I...-—«.i—.■■■ II. J 
SEND US 
A COW, 
Steer, Bull or Horse 
hide, Calf skin, Dog 
skin, or any other kind 
of hide or skin, and let 
us tan it with the hair 
on, soft, light, odorless 
and moth-proof,for robe, 
rug, coat or gloves. 
But first get our Catalogue, 
giving prices, and our shipping 
tags and instructions, so as to 
avoid mistakes. We also buy 
raw furs and ginseng. ' 
THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 
1I6 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
ASheller I 
That Shells^ 
clean and lasts long. 
It’s one of many pat¬ 
terns (you probably 
recognize it)of famous 
FREEMAN 
Corn Shelters. 
Our little book shows and describes 
themall. Writeforit. Windmills,Feed 
Cutters, Wood Saws, etc., shipped 
straight from factory. Ask for catalog 102 j. 
S. Freeman & Sons Mfg. Co., 
Racina, Wlsconaln. lyl 
a 
Factory Price 
Direct to You 
We are the only general merchandise house 
which owns, controls and directly manages a 
vehicle factory. We build our vehicles from 
the ground up and know what’s under the paint. 
We add but one small profit to the cost of ma¬ 
terial and labor, hence our customers are getting 
a better made job in a finer finish and at a lower 
price than can possibly be secured elsewhere. 
?1Q.80 
"LEADER” Road 
Wagon — Imitation 
leather trimmed: 
carpet, wrench and 
sh^ts; just as illustrated, 
description. 
Write for further 
$oei.5o 
'25- 
“CHALLENGE” 
Buggy—24 In. body, 
cloth trimmed: top, 
back and side cur¬ 
tains, storm apron, 
carpet and shafts. 
Write for details. 
We also have better grades up to the very best 
and most stylish that can possibly be put together. 
Vehicle Catalogue Free. Send for it 
today. It will give particulars about the alxjve 
work. It also illustrates and describes the 
newest and best line of Runabouts, Stanhopes, 
Buggies, Phaetons, Surreys. Carriages, Carts, 
Spring Wagons, etc., ever quoted direct to the 
buyer, it explains the difference between good 
and unreliable work—between the hand-painted 
and the dipped buggy—and also explains our 
Guarantee of Satisfaction and 
50 Days’ Trial Offer. 
Send a postal today for our Vehicle Cat. No. El. 
Montgomery Ward4-Co. 
Chicatfo 
A special circular quoting our entire li-e of 
Sleighs, Sleds, etc., will be sent at the s. -3 
time, if you request it. 
Portable Saw Mills 
with Engines and Boilers Complete- 
Made in seven sizes, friction feed, cable 
lightning gig, patent chain set works and 
improved dogs. AJAX CENTER 
CRANK ENGINES are constructed 
with especial reference to the peculiar 
work required of them. This com¬ 
bination of engine and nilU 
makes the best sawmill 
outfit on earth. 
A. B. Farquhar Co., Ltd. 
York, Pa. 
Raglatorad Trad# Mark 
SPAVIN CURE 
LOU DILLON, i:58i 
World’s Champion Trotter, 
Driven by Millard Sanders, 
Makes a mile In l:6tI4 
at MemphMi. Ten., 
Octakei 21, 1903. 
PLANTERS HOTEL, C. M Davks. Pkoprietou. 
Troy Chemical Company, Troy. N. Y. Iaiuisiana. Mo.. November 2, lUai. 
DeaI t Slits—Inclosed, find draft for $5.00, for which please send me at once, bottle of “Save-the- 
Horse.” It has done good work on my horses tendons: also splints. But on a horse that has a curb. 
I can’t see that it has reduced or removed that much. c. M. DAVIS. 
I’LANTEUS HOTEL, C. M. Davis, Puopuietok. 
Troy Chemical Company, Troy, N. Y. Louisiana, Mo., November 0. ItKKi. 
GEXTLE.MEX —The curb on my horse, that I was complaining about your medicine, “Save-the 
Horse ” not removing, has disappeared, as if by magic. It was of two veafs standing. You can’t tell 
he was ever curbed. Only used one bottle. Yours trulv. C. M. DAVIS. 
need see his horse suffer and become IneiUMcitated. 
intly (hires BONE and BOO SPAVIN, THOkOUOHPIN, RINO 
PPED HOCK, WINDPDFF, SHOE BOIL, WEAK aud SPlluifED 
“8AVE-THE-HOR8E” PoeitiTely and Permanently 
BONE, (except low rlngboneJOURB, SPLINT, CAPPE _ , _ __ 
TENDONS and ALL LAMENESS. Cures without scar, blemlf^ or lose of hair. Contains no mertory or pwissaous 
xubstances. Can apply in all ixindltlons and extremes of weather. Horses may be worked as usoaL 
$5.00 per bottle, ijl Written guai^'ntee with every bottle given under seal aoa Mgaaton. oonatmeted soiaty to 
uitisfy and protect you fully. Nee* of second bottle improbable, exoept In rarert oaaea 
$5.00 per bottle at all dmggiirte’ and deaden)’, or sent e x p r es s prepaUd. 
TROY CHEMICA L CO. , TRO Y, N.Y. Atoo nia nafmtoaara^ V»f rina^PlxIna. 
