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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 16, 1898 
Humorous. 
Thk Spaniard sighed, “ my latest tight 
I fear won’t bear analysis ; 
My weapons wouldn't work aright 
Because of pen paralysis.” 
—Detroit Free Preen. 
“ I wo.NDKH how many of the recon- 
centrados will be saved?” “Probably 
all those who have been converted.”— 
Puck. 
Father: “ Well, my son, did you break 
the new horses so they would stand 
steam ?” Son : “ No, father, but I broke 
the carriage .”—New York Weekly. 
Vihitok : “ You are a little mite, Willy; 
now tell me when you grow up, what 
will you be?”* Willy (after pausing a 
few seconds): “ I’ll be bigger .”—Adame 
Freeman. 
“ Have you heard the report from 
Washington that the Navy Department 
has advertised for 500 cats?” “No; 
what for?” “ To take the Canaries.”— 
Credit Lost. 
Barber : “ Shall 1 take a little of the 
ends of your hair off, sir ? ” Customer : 
“ Yes, I think you would better take it off 
at the ends, unless you can get it out of 
the middle .”—TUI Bite. 
“ The Thompsons can’t decide what to 
name their twins.” “ Well, if the twins 
resemble their other children, they 
should call one Vesuvius and the other 
Terror. ”—Chicago Record. 
“ I don’t see why you like a little short 
creature like me,” said Miss Sawedoff, 
the millionairess. “ Oh, I do,” said Por- 
per. “I’ve often been a little short 
creature myself.”— Harper's Bazar. 
Why isn’t kissing one way to remove 
paint ? Why isn’t a boil in the pot worth 
two on the neck ? Why doesn’t the 
father of twins serve two masters ? Why 
isn’t a begging letter more or less touch¬ 
ing .—Chicago Ncwe. 
“ The man who owns the farm next to 
mine is the luckiest fellow I ever saw.” 
“ What are you talking about ? There’s 
no such thing as luck.” “There isn’t, 
hey? Then will you kindly tell me how 
it happened that he bored for water and 
struck oil, while I bored for oil and 
struck water ? ”—Detroit Free Preee. 
Dixon : “ I don’t believe young Short- 
leigh is half as extravagant as people 
say he is.” Ilixon : “ Perhaps not, but 
I’ve noticed that he has a suit of clothes 
for every day in the week.” Dixon: “ Is 
that so ? Why, he always had the same 
suit on every time I met him.” Hixon : 
“ Well, that’s the one .”—Credit Lost. 
A somewhat reckless youth, who had 
enlisted for the war, and had spent his 
time in camp in writing home for money, 
finally sent this telegram as a “clincher”: 
“ Father: Leg shot off in sham battle. 
Send all funds you can.” To this the old 
man replied : “ Son : Don’t know your 
number, but wooden leg goes to you by 
express. If it doesn’t fit get camp car¬ 
penter to plane it. Pest love. All well 
here .”—Atlanta Constitution. 
Now tbe weather man in happy, 
And rejoices in his lot; 
For he reads the war dispatches, 
Then gets up and makes things hot. 
—Chicago Record. 
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CONTENTS. 
Thk Rural Nkw-Yorkkr, July 16, 1898. 
FARM TOPICS. 
TheWeederon Beaus.41)4 
Cow Peas in Tennessee.494 
Traveling Ensilage Cutters.494 
Changes in Dakota.494 
A Tub Silo in Quebec.495 
The Colorado Potato Beetle Abroad.495, 49)1 
Cow Peas in July.497 
Great Divide Potato; Wragg Cherry.497 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Cost of a Hen.494 
Something About Homer Pigeons.497 
Automatic Milk-Weighing Machines.497 
Chickens In the Flower Beds.497 
Dr. James Law on Tuberculosis. (Concluded). 506 
The Story of a Creamery.506, 507 
More Fat Milk Notes.507 
Fish as Stock Food...507 
Killing Rats.507 
Humbug Cows.507 
Bicycles and Horses.507 
The Nose Test.507 
Western Cattle.507 
A Guernsey Man Talks.507 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Black-Knot on Plums.493, 494 
Tomato Plants from Cuttings.494, 495 
What About the Strawberry Bed ?.496 
A Late Crop of Peas.496 
Biting and Sucking Insects.496, 497 
How to Bud a Seedling Lemon.497 
Peaches That ComeTrue from Seed.497 
Raising Potted Strawberry Plants.497 
Strawberry Notes.498, 499 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.502 
The Balanced Ration (Concluded).502 
An Embroidery Case.502,503 
Household Hints.503 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Giving up Meat.494 
Sun Cholera Cure. 495 
Higher Education in Agriculture.496 
A Strange Insect; the Fish-Moth.497 
Phosphoric Acid for Humans.497 
Ruralisms.498, 499 
Hope Farm Notes.499 
Editorials. 500 
Brevities.500 
Among the Marketmen....501 
The Government’s Official Seed Tests.501 
Stay Away from Alaska.501 
Business Bits.501 
The Craig Colony at Sonyea (Concluded).503 
Markets.504 
The War.505 
Humorous... 508 
