1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
To introduce the paper to new sub¬ 
scribers we will send The R. N.-Y. 
every week for 10 weeks for 10 cents. 
Get your neighbor to let you send his 
name and his dime. 
We never saw a time when there were 
so many schemes on foot to pick up 
country dollars without giving any fair 
equivalent as just now. Every mail 
brings letters and circulars from one 
quarter or another with letters of in¬ 
quiry about these plausible schemes. We 
have become so familiar with the ear¬ 
marks of the fakers that we would won¬ 
der how it is anyone could be caught by 
them, if it were not that we remember 
the days back on the farm when we our¬ 
selves had less to do with such things, 
and often failed to detect the roguery 
between the lines. These people often 
throw one off his guard by advocating 
some principle or policy that we are in¬ 
terested in, and know to be right. Co¬ 
operation is a favorite subject. They 
will talk on this subject until the tears 
literally run down their cheeks, and. 
wind up by asking you to send a mem¬ 
bership fee in cash. No matter what the 
scheme is, they always want cash at the 
end—usually a small sum, but send it 
and nine chances to one they will de¬ 
liberately write back making a proposi¬ 
tion for more, or offering you a commis¬ 
sion if you help them victimize some of 
your neighbors. An Ohio subscriber 
writes this week: 
I am sending you an advertisement which 
appeared in several agricultural papers; 
also some circulars, and would like to 
know if the firm is reliable. I answered 
their advertisement and was told that 
they were going to establish a branch of¬ 
fice here, and that I was to be their 
State representative at a salary of ?60 per 
month, but that first I must become a 
member of their association which would 
cost $3. In the meantime I had written 
one of their references and was told that 
they were perfectly reliable. I sent the $3, 
but now they want me to secure three 
members for them at a commission before 
I can get my monthly salary. This made 
me suspicious and led me to ask your ad¬ 
vice, as I have been a reader of The R. 
N.-Y. for nearly 10 years, and know of 
your fearless exposure of frauds. 
It is profitable enough to allow you a 
share of the three-dollar membership 
fee you extort from your neighbor and 
the promise of a position as State repre¬ 
sentative at a salary of $60 a month is 
rather an inducement, first for your own 
membership and afterwards for a turn 
at your neighbors. We venture the as¬ 
surance that any concern making such 
a proposition will promise the same 
thing, State representative and all, to 
every person who answers the adver¬ 
tisement. 
A gentleman signing himself Rev. J. 
H. Hargrave, recently of Wilkesbarre, 
Pa., and now of Scranton, Pa., but form¬ 
erly of Westchester Co., N. Y., makes 
application for a position with The R. 
N.-Y., citing qualifications in the way of 
diplomas from high institutions of 
learning and referring to Chauncey De- 
pew and other notables of New York 
State. We know that the Rev. Mr. Har¬ 
grave some years ago represented him¬ 
self as a realty holder in New York 
State and contracted obligations on that 
assurance which he has not since made 
good, nor has he made any explanation 
or apology for not doing so. There is 
no position, lay or divine, on TnE R. 
N -Y. staff for a man who neither meets 
his obligations nor offers an explanation 
for his inability to do so. 
Seed corn is going to be in great de¬ 
mand this year. Pew eastern farmers 
saved any seed last season. If you have 
any a little advertisement in The R. N.- 
Y. will sell it for you at a good price— 
if it s good. If it isn’t, don’t attempt to 
sell it. If you have anything else to sell 
or exchange you will find some one who 
wants to deal with you through The R. 
N.-Y. Nearly half a million people read 
t every week. An agent at a recent 
farmers meeting talked to 35 farmers 
one after another as they walked into 
the convention hall. Of this number 32 
were regular subscribers to The R. N.- 
Y. This may be more than meetings 
would average as a rule, but it shows 
that a large percentage of the progres¬ 
sive farmers of the country receive the 
paper regularly. 
We are asked to run an advertisement 
for a concern which says you can make 
$1,000 or more in a week selling patent 
rights to farmers. The cash came to pay 
for the advertisement. It went back, 
too, though some very lofty farm papers 
are carrying it. Who is the money com¬ 
ing out of to pay such fabulous profits? 
•‘Johnny, here you are at breakfast 
with your face unwashed!” “I know it, 
mamma. I saw the little things that live 
in water through papa’s microscope last 
evening, and I’m not going to have them 
crawlin’ over my face with their funny 
little legs!”—Credit Lost. 
“I suppose,” said a sympathizing 
neighbor, “that you will erect a hand¬ 
some monument to your husband’s 
memory?” The tearful widow replied: 
“To his memory! Why, poor John hadn’t 
any. I was sorting over some of his 
clothes to-day, and I found the pockets 
full of letters I had given him to post.” 
—New York Press. 
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' WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, N, Y. 
Don’t try cheap cough medicines. Get the best, pay the 
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Do you want to sell your farm ? 
Do you want to sell it quickly and with the least possible expense? 
Do you want to sell it at a reasonable price instead of sacrificing a good portion of its value? 
Do you want it sold without publicity ? 
If these are your wants, I can fill them. 
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W. M. OSTRANDER, 367 North American Building, Philadelphia. 
^ ^ „ Marysville, Ont., Dec. U, 1903. 
The Troy Chemical Co., Troy. N. Y. 
Gentlemen:—My horse was affected with a thoroughpin 
which rendered her almost useless, although a -valuable 
animal being one of a matched pair of roadsters. It was 
about the size of a goose-egg both inside and outside of 
the leg. I tried some of our best veterinary skill as well 
as different blistering medicines with no effect. I worked 
with it for about one year. Being a subscriber to the 
“Country Gentlemen” I saw your advertisement in it and 
determined to try it as a last resort as I was discouraged 
with everything else. When I had used the first bottle I 
saw a change. This encouraged me and I kept at it 
and completed a cure. I have no hesitation in saying 
that I believe “Save-the-Horse” is the best, and would 
advise all who have a horse so affected to use nothing 
but “Save-the-Horse”. I give you permission to use my 
name. Yours truly J. G. ALLISON. 
Columbus Grove, Ohio, Dec. 21, 1903. 
One-third of 'a bottle of “Save-the-Horse” cured my 
horse of a spavin that had been fired and blistered 
several times in the past two years. M. M. OSBORN 
, , , , , Califon, N. J. 
Less than two bottles “Save-the-Horse” made a per¬ 
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lameness. ADAM LANCE. 
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second Pottle improbable, except in rarest cases. Copy 
of booklet and guarantee sent upon application. 
$5.00, at druggists and dealers or sent express paid by 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., TROY, N.Y. 
All about the land of eunelflne, frnlta and flowara. 
Resources and romance. Ulus. Mag. 1 yr. trial, 25 c. 
The Western Empire, 76 Times Block, Los Angeles 
Straight Straw, Rye and Wheat Thrasher 
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bundles Can be changed 
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By Hand 
wasting time and strength? 
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