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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 6, 1899 
Humorous. 
“ Why is there always a bird on silver 
money, Mr. Brown ? ” “ Merely a gentle 
reminder of how money flies.”— N. Y. 
Hines. 
It was an Irish surgeon who remarked 
that “the man who has lost his finger 
makes more noise about it than the man 
who has lost his head.”— Credit Lost. 
“ You don’t seem to have much to say 
about domestic affairs.” “You are mis¬ 
taken, Sir. I have a good deal to say, 
but I never get a chance to say it.”— 
Richmond Dispatch, 
He : “I have read that in the begin¬ 
ning it was woman who owned the 
trousers.” She: “And now she owns 
the man who owns the trousers.”— 
Cincinnati Enquirer. 
“ Now, Miss Ethel, remember you 
premised to answer truthfully any 
question I might ask ycu ” “Yes.” 
“ ITow many birthdays have you had ? ” 
“ One.”— Indianapolis Journal. 
“ Has the widow given you any en¬ 
couragement, Raymond?” “ Well, yes. 
When I asked her how long her husband 
had been dead, she said he had been 
dead just about long enough. 
Spats : “ Do you think the Cubans 
really know what they want ? ” Spin- 
nagle : “ Yes ; but it’s against their 
policy to tell us, for fear we’d give it to 
them and spoil their tun.' 1 ' 1 —Philadelphia 
North American. 
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Elocutionist (beginning to recite 
Longfellow’s famous pcem): “ Listen, 
my children, and you shall hear of the 
midnight ride of Paul Revere-” Im¬ 
patient Auditor: “What make of bicy¬ 
cle did he use ? ”— Tit-Bits. 
“ Aim high,” cried the clerical visitor, 
as he endeavored to rouse the moral am¬ 
bition of the bright-faced Sunday-school 
lads and lassies before him ; “ aim high!” 
“ Not much,” interrupted a small hoy on 
the front bench ; “ that’s what th’ Span¬ 
iards did, an’ see what happened to 
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“ When Bilford went West he told me 
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pulled himself together he would wrHe 
to me, but I have never heard from him.” 
“ Bilford was blown up in an explosion 
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Chicago Tribune. 
Miss Gusbinoton (to young widow, 
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“That is the fourteenth mourning^ccs- 
tume I have seen you wear in three 
days, and each lovelier and more be¬ 
coming than the other.” Young Widow : 
“ Oh, my dear, I have 40 ! But such a 
bother they were to have made. At one 
time I almost wished that poor, dear 
Samuel hadn’t died ! ”— Credit Lost. 
“ Now, boys, I have a few questions 
in fractions to ask,” said the teacher. 
“ Suppose I have a piece of beefsteak 
and cut it into 16 pieces, what would 
those pieces be called ? ” “ Sixteenths,’ 
answered one boy, after meditating a 
moment. “ Very good. And when the 
sixteenths were cut in half, what would 
they be ? ” There was silence in the 
class; but presently a little boy at the 
foot put up his hand. “ Do you know, 
Johnny ? ” “ Hash ! ” answered Johnny, 
confidently.— Credit Lost. 
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°R FARMERS 
CONTENTS. 
The Rubai, New-Yobkeb, May 6, 1899. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Odd Things About the Soil.339 
A Havrake Weeder.339 
A Small California Farm.340 
The Wheat Situation.340 
Wool Waste as Fertil.zer.310 
Oats and Peas.340 
Honey Locust for Fence Posts.341 
Chicory as a Weed.341 
How Much Fertilizer ?.342 
Analysis of Fish; Cow Peas. 342 
A Fertilizer for Potatoes.342 
A Fertilizer for Corn.342 
Draining a Southern Field.342 
Hope Farm Notes.343 
“ Back to the Lar d ”.343 
Test Seed Corn.313 
LIVH STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Anti-Color Legislation.339 
Holstein-Friesian Cattle.345 
What Dairy Crops?. 345 
A Wonderful Dairy Invention.340 
“Mutton Chops”.347 
Sheep in Kansas.347 
An Experiment with Hens.348 
Some New Hampshire Hens.348 
Nuts for Poultry.348 
Collar Gall on a Mule.349 
Poll Evil on a Horse.349 
Epileptic Fils in a Cow.349 
Milk Fever.349 
“ Hollow Horn ” in Cattle.349 
Removal of Afterbirth from Cow; Weak Sow; 
Piles in Pigs.349 
Mare and Sheep Out of Condition; Difficult 
Breathing in Pigs.349 
Sheep Shearing by Machinery. 349 
The“01eo” Business.349 
HORTICULTURAL. 
The Manufacture of Muskmelons.337, 338 
When to Cut Scions.338 
Prt pagatiDg Treesfrom CuttiDgs.338 
Why Seedling Apples Vary. 338, 339 
English Sparrows and Currants.339 
Spraying for Apple 8cab. 339 
Spraying Kerosene.339 
When to Sow Seed.340 
Frozen Peach Trees in Michigan.341 
Best Hedge Plant and Evergreen.342 
Strawberry Plants in Hills.342 
Killing Plant Lice in a Greenhouse.342 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 352, 353 
Women Sanitary Inspectors.353 
Women’s Clubs Out-of-Doore.353 
Two Mats and a Cake.133 
A Periodical Party.353 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Voice from the Klondike.. 
ComiDg Americans.... 
Pitching a Tank. . 
Monkeys and Cotton. 
Metal-EatiDg Insect. 
Handling a Boiler. 
Lizards in a Spring. 
Rurallems. 
Editorials. 
Brevities. 
among the Marketmen... 
Events of the Week. 
Markets. 
Business Bits. 
Bulletins Boiled Down. 
Humorous.. 
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