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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 13, 1898 
Humorous. 
How should weeping willows be plant¬ 
ed ? In tiers .—Golden Days. 
Softlkigh : “ I wondah what makes 
mah eyes so weak ? ” Miss Mabel: 
“ They’re in a weak place.”— Life. 
“ Did the soldiers appreciate those 
nightshirts we sent them ?” “ I should 
say so; they used them to clean their 
guns.” —Chicago Record. 
The Judge (sternly) : “ The next per¬ 
son who interrupts the proceedings will 
be expelled from the court-room.” The 
prisoner (enthusiastically): “ Hooray ! ” 
— Puck. 
Tommy : “ Did you do much fighting 
during the war, Pa ? ” Pa : “ I did my 
share of it, Tommy.” Tommy : “ Did 
you make the enemy run ? ” Pa : “You’re 
right, I did, Tommy.” Tommy : “ Did 
they catch you, Pa?”—' Tid-Bits. 
Pride. —“ No, George, don’t ask me. I 
can’t go down the fire escape with all 
those people looking.” “You must. 
You’ll be burned to death if you stay 
here.” “I can’t help it, George. I 
wouldn’t go down that ladder for all the 
world. These shoes I have on are two 
sizes too big for me ! ”—Cleveland Plain 
Dealer. 
A Kalamazoo crockery dealer was 
just closing up his store for the day 
when one of his customers, a grocer, 
came in in a great hurry. “ Here,” said 
he, “ I packed this jar full of butter and 
the jar split from top to bottom. Per¬ 
haps you can explain the phenomenon.” 
“ O, yes, I can,” was the ready reply. 
“ The butter was stronger than the jar.” 
—Credit Lost. 
“Were you able to sell old Pillions a 
lot ?” asked the superintendent of the 
cemetery. The agent shook his head. 
“ He was afraid he might not get the 
full value of it,” he explained. “ But, 
hang it all, a man has got to die some¬ 
time !” exclaimed the superintendent. 
“ That’s what I told him, but he only 
answered : 4 Suppose I should be lost at 
sea. ’ ”—Chicago Evening Post. 
Father: “Now, see here! If you 
marry that young pauper, how on earth 
are you goiDg to live ?” Sweet Girl: 
“Oh! we have figured that all out. 
You remember that old hen my aunt 
gave me ?” “ Yes.” “ Well, I have been 
reading a poultry circular, and I find 
that a good hen will raise twenty chicks 
in a season. Well, the next season that 
will be 21 liens, and as each will raise 
20 more chicks, that will be 420. The 
next year the number will be 8,400, the 
following year 168.000, and the next 
3,360,000! Just think! At only 60 cents 
a piece we will then have $1,680,000. 
Then, you dear old papa, we’ll lend you 
some money to pay off the mortgage on 
this house .”—New York Weekly. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural Nkw-Yorkkk. Aug. 13. 1H98. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Are Corn Harvesters Successful ?.557, 558 
Were the Seed Oats Cooked ?.558 
“ Hard Life ” of the Hired Man.559 
Wheat Growing in Ohio.559. 560 
A Talk About Grasses. Part II.560 
llow to Use a Weeder.56.’. 563 
The Best Potato Seed.563 
Hope Farm Notes.563 
A Five-Ton Grass Crop. Part ill.505 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Angora Cat Possibilities.558 
The Ayrshire Cow.558, 559 
I logs in Orchards.561 
Dairy Notes from Ohio.570 
More About the Ram.570 
Managing the Bull. .571 
Remedy for Caked Udder.571 
Polled Durhams Again.571 
Handling the Ram.571 
Pork at the South. 571 
Testing Milk.571 
Selling Rich Milk.571 
Angora Goats Again.571 
A Horse That Does Not Sweat.571 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Notes on the Asparagus Rust.558 
Selling Fruit on Trains....558 
Effects of Cold on Fruit.558 
The Currant Crop.558 
Learning to Bud.558 
Currant Culture in Illinois.559 
Strawberries Retarded by Ice.560, 561 
Golden Hop Tree; Close Well.561 
Strawberry Growing in Texas.561 
Gold-bugs on Sweet Potatoes.561 
Bones and Grapes.561 
American Pomological Society.569 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.566 
Back from Cuba.566 
Mrs. Carey’s Floors.566 
Hot Weather Fare.566,567 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Portable English Machines.558 
Wheat Middlings for Humans.558 
What Katydid Doesn’t Do.561 
Bumble-Bees for Honey.561 
Ruralisms.562 
Editorials.554 
Brevities.564 
Among the Marketmen.565 
The Wards of the Republic.567 
Markets.568 
The War.569 
Humorous. 572 
