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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 9, 1898 
Humorous. 
The days are getting longer. 
Yet one, alas ! would think, 
As the sun grows tierce and stronger, 
They would shrivel up and shrink. 
— Washington Star. 
“That dog certainly seems almost 
human at times,” said old Mr. Fussy. 
“ Yes,” replied Mrs. Fussy. “ He growls 
over his food quite as much as you do.”— 
Tit-Bits. 
Sub : “ I’ve told her repeatedly that I 
wan ted steak rare.” He: “Oh! well, I 
suppose she thinks that whatever is 
worth doing at all should he well done.” 
—Credit Lost. 
“ Can you tell anything by looking at 
my hands?” “Yes; I should infer— 
looking closely at your hand—that a 
heavy war tax had been levied on soap.” 
—Chicago Record. 
Manila straw hats will be the patri¬ 
otic thing this Summer season. One 
thing will be certain, this sort of patri¬ 
otism will be something to blow about. 
—Adwns Freeman. 
“ I’d like to hear ‘Joe’ Lei ter repeat 
the Lord’s prayer.” “Why?” “I have 
a curiosity to know how he would get 
around ‘ Give us this day our daily 
bread.’ ”— Chicago News. 
“ Who wrote of the seven ages of man, 
Johnny?” “William Shakespeare.” “And 
are there seven ages of woman?” “I 
guess so ; but she sticks by one of ’em all 
the time.”— Harpers Bazar. 
“ What is woman’s sphere ?” inquired 
the lady with a loud voice. And the 
dyspeptic man looked up wearily and 
answered : “The same as in every other 
case, I suppose ; the earth if she can 
get it.”— Detroit Free Press. 
Mr. Si.impurse (after a decided refusal): 
“ I know what the matter is. It’s be¬ 
cause 1 am poor. You would marry me 
if I were rich.” Miss Gailie (thought¬ 
fully): “Perhaps so, but you would have, 
to be very, very rich.”— New York Weekly. 
Customer : “ I see you are recommend¬ 
ing a new brand of condensed milk. Is 
it better than the others?” The boy 
(who is to sever his connection on Satur¬ 
day night): “No, ma’am; but we make 
a cent a can more than we do on the 
other kinds.”— Puck. 
“Where is your mother, Johnnie?” 
“Playing golf.” “And your aunt?” 
“ She is out on her wheel.” “And your 
sister ? ” “ She is training for the foot¬ 
ball game.” “ Then I’ll see your father, 
please.” “ He can’t come down now. ne 
is upstairs, giving the baby a bath.”— 
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farm TOPICS. 
The Carman Potato.478 
Small Steel Elevators. 478 
Potatoes and Frost.478 
Use of a Grain Header.478 
Hard Life of the Hired Man.478, 479 
When Wheat Is Ripe.480 
A Round or a Square Silo.480 
How to Sow Crimson Clover.481 
Killing Canada Thistles.481 
Hope Farm Notes.483 
Grain Farming in Nebraska.485 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Duplicate Twin Calves.477 
The Age of a Hen.477, 478 
Mapes on Poultry.478 
Sheep-Shearing Machine.478 
Manufacturing Big Egg Records.478 
Formalin as a Milk Preservative.480 
A Farm Bounded by Water. Part V.480 
Does Fat Milk Pay ?.490, 491 
Dr. James Law on Tuberculosis.491 
Forkfuls of Facts.491 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Bees and Grapes.478 
Irrigation for Strawberries.478 
Fall-Dug Peach Trees Died.479 
A Flower that Blocks Navigation.479, 480 
“Terra Fusus ” for Preserving Fruit.481 
Budding Cherries; Varieties on Wild Stocks.. 481 
Budding Cherries and Quinces.481 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.486 
The Balanced Ration.486 
The Wife’s Savings.486 
A Substitute for Flour.486, 487 
The Picnic Lunch Box.487 
Hints on Rug-Making.487 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Suspension Foot Bridge.478 
How’ to Dig Artesian Wells.480, 481 
Value of a Gasoline Engine.481 
Making Most of Hydraulic Rams.481 
Improving a Vegetable Cellar.481 
Homemade Whale-Oil Soap.481 
Ruralisms.482, 483 
Editorials.484 
Brevities.484 
Among the Marketmen.485 
Business Bits.485 
The Craig Colony at Sonyea.487 
Markets.488 
The War. 489 
Humorous. 492 
