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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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THE PRIZE CLIPPINGS. 
Prizes are awarded this week to the follow¬ 
ing clippings: 
Connecticut Boys Hunt Came. 
The Greenwich News describes the outing 
of the “Sinowoy” tribe of boy Indians, who 
are Connecticut school boys in whom Mr. 
Ernest Thompson Seton is interested. 
The Sinowoy tribe numbered a score and 
they were enjoying themselves only as boys 
who imagine themselves to be Indians and 
great hunters could, when surprised on Sat¬ 
urday afternoon. Mr. Seton, after a cordial 
greeting, proceeded in his occupation of mak¬ 
ing a trail for the stuffed deer which the boy 
by his side carried along, and which was bid 
in the woods at tlie end of the trail under 
some tree or beside some rock, where it 
would require the eagle eye of a young Amer¬ 
ican to find it. The trail was made in the 
road by a piece of iron shaped like tlie roof 
of a deer, attached to a stick, and when the 
trail was taken to the woods corn was left 
on the leaves. This corn trail did tlie double 
duty of leading the hunters to the deer and 
later of providing food for the wild animals 
which make their homes in the woods. 
The boys were awarded points for first tak¬ 
ing the trail, for discovering it: after it had 
been announced as lost, for first sight of the 
deer, and for a heart wound with their ar¬ 
rows, the heart being marked by a circle on 
the canvas skin of the dummy. Each boy 
would lake a shot at the deer, and if none of 
the arrows stuck in it, they all would take 
five steps nearer and shoot again. When the 
first arrow stuck, all the shooting was done 
from that point. Six shots were allowed, 
and if the deer was not struck in the heart 
he was said to have escaped. Five deer were 
killed that afternoon, so it can be seen that 
there were some marksmen in tlie crowd. 
Mr. Seton says that some of the boys make 
the same mistakes as men do in hunting deer, 
they follow the trail too closely and do not 
look ahead far enough to perhaps see the 
animal in hiding. The one who killed the 
most deer was awarded the title of “Deer- 
slayer.” There was just as much fun for the 
boys in the morning when they went on a 
bear hunt, armed with clubs, following the 
trail of corn left by Mr. Seton, and each tak¬ 
ing a whack at the bear until the small bal¬ 
loon on its back, representing a vital spot, 
was broken with a bang. Later in the day 
the game of Indian spy was played, and at 
night, after a great day's sport, the tribe dis¬ 
banded to go to their several homes, more 
pleased with Mr. Seton and his methods of 
entertaining them than il would be possible 
to imagine. 
A Good Ben Davis Apple. 
East year the frnil growers held a conven¬ 
tion in a western city. It was devoted large¬ 
ly to a discussion, pro and con—mainly 
“con,”—as to the “Ben Davis” apple. Now 
the Hen Davis, by reason of its being large, 
red, fine looking, a prolific grower and an ex¬ 
cellent keeper, is a favorite apple among 
westerners who raise fruit for the market ; 
but the coarseness of its flesh and its lack of 
flavor and sweetness make it strongly dis¬ 
liked by those who judge an apple by its 
quality. Among tlie* apple growers in attend¬ 
ance at the convention was an eastern horti¬ 
culturist who had been especially severe in 
his denunciation of the Ken Davis, lie pre¬ 
sented figures showing that tlie exportation 
of American apples to Europe had fallen off 
lamentably of late years on account of the 
fact that most of t Deni were of this particu¬ 
lar variety, and that the people over there 
could not be brought to regard them with 
favor; and he urged that the convention set 
the seal of its condemnation on the Ben 
Davis and discourage its further growth and 
exploitation. A fruit-grower who had an 
orchard of several thousand apple trees, all 
of them of this particular kind, one morning 
handed him a magnificent looking specimen, 
bright red and of the largest size. 
“You think you know a great deal about 
apples,’ he said, with a sly wink at the 
others who were standing about. “Taste 
that and see fT you can tell what variety it 
is.” 
The eastern man bit—or tried to bite — 
into it. He found that its exterior was a 
thin shell of papier-mache, while its interior 
consisted entirely of cork. 
“Yes,” lie said with a countenance who iy 
unmoved. “I know what it is. It's a Hen 
Davis, but it's the best one I ever tasted.”— 
Youth’s Companion. 
Cold in New York State. 
The Earlville Standard gives an account 
of samples of ore found near Georgetown, 
Madison Co., N. Y. Samples of tDo ore are 
said to give over $6 worth of metal to the ton : 
Belief that gold existed in the hills and 
ravines of Georgetown has been rife from tDo 
earliest days. In proof of this, notice the 
clause near the end of the Baldwin mort¬ 
gage sale:—“except gold and silver mines, 
which are reserved for the State.” Most of 
the original deeds contained this clause. 
Search for gold in these hills has been made 
at different times but with no noteworthy 
success so far as known. That these investi¬ 
gations extended back to the days of Muller, 
the mysterious French settler, Is quite prob¬ 
able. On the hank of the stream are yet 
remains of a large deposit of ashes, from 
which Mr. I.oftus years ago fertilized the 
hop yards and lias since drawn many loads 
for other purposes; this has been accepted 
as the residue of one of the asheries so com¬ 
mon in the new country, although no tradi¬ 
tion as to its original ownership or that an 
ashery was located there lias been handed 
down. Mr. Loft us opened this up a little 
some weeks ago at the suggestion of two 
college men who bad been attracted by rumors 
of gold, and the presence among the ashes 
of large quantities of the rock which is 
supposed to be impregnated with the precious 
metal prompted the surmise that the pile 
of debris may have been made in pursuing 
the primitive method of separating gold from 
the rock by heat. The Muller mills, stores 
and settlement were located some distance 
below; here some explorer may have pursued 
bis search for the yellow mineral in com¬ 
parative seclusion and perchance with some 
success. Stranger things have happened than 
that some one may some day strike a bonanza 
in tlie Georgetown gold mines. 
STRAWBERRIES IN WESTERN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
The strawberry crop for 1904 is about all 
gathered at this date, July 16. On the whole 
in tliis section of Massachusetts it has been 
a good paying crop, much better than the 
average. Last year was the poorest crop I 
ever grew, and it was my fiftieth year in 
growing strawberries. I do not remember 
a single year before this that so few of the 
blossoms were killed by the late frosts; in 
fact, I do not remember seeing a single blos¬ 
som that was frostbitten. Last year in sec¬ 
tions nine-tenths of tDo blossoms were killed, 
but in a short distance from that spot only 
one-half of them were destroyed. I have par¬ 
ticularly noticed the variation of different 
varieties tliis year. Some that we have 
counted on as sure previously have this year 
been almost a failure, owing to the wet 
weather when in blossom, so the pollen was 
not distributed evenly in strong staminate 
varieties. But if it be true tliat the pollen 
from one stalk of corn will not fertilize the 
corn that grows on its own stalk, but is de¬ 
pendent on the pollen from its neighbor, it is 
not strange that the staminate varieties of 
strawberries must have good weather that the 
pollen may be carried to others. 
Excelsior is still the earliest, but it is 
small and very acid, with me, not very pro¬ 
ductive. Clyde is extremely productive, but 
must not be allowed to grow too thick, or 
(lie fruit will decay badly in a wet season. 
Marshall is usually a shy bearer, but this 
year it did better with me than ever before. 
I consider it the standard of excellence for 
everything except productiveness. Miller did 
not do well this year, but in 1002 and 1903 
it was one of my best. The wet weather at 
blooming time prevented proper pollenization, 
causing the last of the berries to be very 
small and imperfect. Challenge did extreme¬ 
ly well; berries were large and lots of them. 
1 consider it one of the best I ever grew ; it 
lias all the good points. I think it equal to 
Marshall in quality, and with me will yield 
four quarts to the Marshall's one. Belmont 
is one of the has-beens, and has seen its best 
days. Bulmch is still one of the old stand¬ 
bys; with me one of the best for dollars, 
but a little soft for distant market. Brandy¬ 
wine is a good eating berry if allowed to 
hang on the vines till it is perfectly ripe, but 
does not pay me to grow for fruit. As there 
is a call for the plant, we grow them to fill 
orders. Glen Mary is another of my money¬ 
makers; it always has done well for me. 
Niek Ohmer I shall cross off my list, as 
it is not productive with me, and there Is but 
little call now for the plant. What I have 
said of Nick Ohmer will apply to New York. 
Sample is another of my money-makers; al¬ 
ways does well. I am much pleased with 
President; it is very large and productive, no 
small ones; even the last picking are large, 
Dnt it is not of the best quality. It. is pretty 
hard to get all the good points in one berry. 
Commonwealth is the new late berry that 
was pnt out last year from Beverly, Mass. 
On July 9 there were two quarts on exhibi¬ 
tion at Horticultural Hall in Boston with 
two quarts of the North Shore, being the only 
four quarts on the tables. The Common¬ 
wealth berries were very large and handsome. 
I fruited it this year, lint did not grow ber¬ 
ries that were as large as those that I saw 
in Boston. 
Latest is a seedling of mine that always 
does well. It is very productive; not so large 
as the Commonwealth, but with me a week 
later on the same land. Pan-American is the 
new everbearing strawberry that was first 
disseminated in 1903. It is a persistent 
bloomer and fruiter. We pluck the early blos¬ 
soms so that the plants may grow strong for 
later fruiting. If the blossoms are allowed 
to mature in August the plants continue to 
iruit until November with a little protection 
on cold nights. Tuey are a sport from the 
Bismarck. Not only the parent plant bears 
fruit, but as soon as the new plants have 
three or four leaves they blossom and bear. 
1 have fruited many varieties that were called 
everbearing, but 1 never fruited any that 
was worthy of the name until I bought the 
Pan-American. 1 paid $10 per dozen for my 
first lot of plants. s. u. wauukn. 
.Middlesex Co., Mass. 
B buck's Old Glouy Pea.—S eeds curious 
in appearance, apparently not all wrinkled. 
Planted May ~<j ; needs close staking; vines 
slender but healthy; quite prolific; about two 
feet. First picking 30 days; still bearing 
and some blooms. Quality good; not as 
sweet as Grauus, but well worthy a trial. 
We shall plant it another season. Heroine, 
Queen, Shropshire Daisy planted same time; 
pods just formed, so Glory is much earlier. 
Maine. F. c. c. 
Other Worlds. 
Our sole knowledge of the peo¬ 
ple on other worlds and how far 
the people there differ from our 
inhabitants, can only be guessed by 
comparison with animal nature on this 
small sphere of ours. More important 
to us is a knowledge of ourselves. 
"Know Thyself” was an old Greek 
thought. How to take care of one’s 
own body is not so simple as some think; 
the human mechanism is a wonderful 
thing and requires watching. 
One man who has done more to teach 
the American people how to care for their 
bodies than almost any other, is Dr. R. V. 
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., the Author of the 
"Common Sense Medical Adviser.” Pie 
says : It is not the quantity of the food 
eaten which produces strength and health 
(for some people can keep strong on a very 
meagre diet), but it is how much food is 
absorbed and assimilated by the blood and 
carried to nourish every organ of the body. 
It is, therefore, vitally necessary for the 
body that the stomach be in a healthy 
state. If disease of the stomach, or what is 
called "stomach trouble,” prevents proper 
nutrition then the heart, liver, lungs, and 
kidneys do not get proper food—they are 
not fed on rich red blood, and in conse¬ 
quence, begin to show signs of distress. 
Outwardly these signs may be pimples 
and eruptions on skin, pale face, sleepless 
nights, tired, languid feelings, or, by reason 
of the nerves not being fed on pure blood, 
they become starved, and we receive a 
warning in the pain we call neuralgia. 
Rheumatism, too, is a blood disease. After 
years of practice and study Dr. Pierce 
found that an Alterative Extract, which he 
named "Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis¬ 
cover}’,” made from the extracts of several 
plants, invariably produced a tonic effect 
upon the system. It helped the process of 
absorption of the healthy elements in the 
food and increased the red corpuscles of 
the blood, as well as eliminated the poisons 
from the system. 
Business is business. No time for head¬ 
aches. Constipation causes them. Doctor 
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure them by cur¬ 
ing the cause. Laxative and mild. 
GARTS 
OF MANY PATTERNS. 
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WATER TANKS, 
Park and Lawn 
SETTEES. 
12 different and hand¬ 
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to date and best of 
their kind. 
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Manufacturers, 
Office, 1 7 State St., 
SKW YORK. 
HORSE POWERS*, 
THRASHERS Woofl 
and CI&ANERS 
OneAtwo-horseThrashingOutflts. Level P||TTCQC 
Tread, Perfect Governor, Feed & Ensilage bill I LllO 
Write for catalogue. 
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EUREKA INDESTRUCTIBLE FENCE POSTS. 
Cheap as cedar. Made where used. No freight to 
pay. Great Inducements to Agents to work territory. 
For terms, etc., address, with stamp, 
J. VV. WYNKOOP. K. R. No. 4, Krie. Pa 
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Catalogue free. 
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41 Cortlandt Street. New York. 
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Lowest Rates and many unusual privileges. 
Special $15.00 rate on certain dates. Full 
information on application to local Agents, or 
' It. 10. Payne, General Agent, 291 Main St., 
Buffalo, N. Y., or A. \V. Ecclestone, D. P. A., 
38.” Broadway, New York. 
$50 00 California and Return, 
Personally Conducted 
Special trains from Chicago to San Fran¬ 
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Pacific and North-Western Line leave Chicago 
August 18th and August 25th. Itinerary in¬ 
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and Salt Lake City. Low rates, choice of routes 
returning. Tickets on sale daily August 15th 
to September 19th. Two fast trains daily over 
the only double track railway between Chi¬ 
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direct route across the American continent. 
The Overland Limited, solid through train 
every day in the year. I.ess than three days 
en route. Low rates from all points. Write 
for itineraries of special trains and full in¬ 
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nue, Chicago, Ill. 
New York State Fair* 
SYRACUSE, SEPTEMBER 5-10, 1904. 
$65,000 in Premiums and Purses. 
Tue agricultural display will exceed all former exhibitions in quality and variety. 
Live Stock Exhibit 
will be one of the most interesting features of the fair. A third prize has been added in the Sheep 
and Swino Departments. 
Poultry, Pigeons and Pet Stock. 
New coops have been putin and more prizes than last year are offered. 
The Implement Display 
will exceed the unusual tine exhibitor last year. This department Is receiving more attention each 
year from the farmers and manufacturers of agricultural implements. 
The Domestic Department 
will Interest the ladles as new classes have been added bringing the department up to date. 
Farm Produce. 
Thlsdlsplay promises to be larger than ever and will be one of the most attractive features of tne fair. 
Dairy Exhibit 
will do np to its usual high standard and promises to be larger tnan ever. 
Fruit and Flowers 
will Interest all who attend the fair. The frultdeslgnswlll be an attractive feature In Itself. The 
Flower display will equal any exhibit ever given at the fair. Entries in the Live Stock Department 
close August 8th; In all other departments August 2i)tb except machinery, which closes on Sept. 5th- 
Send For Prize List. 
ALBANY, N. 
JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT 
CURES THE WORST COLDS. 
For 73 years the Standard Cough Remedy. 
