1904. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
869 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
With this issue we begin a new busi 
ness year for The R. N.-Y. On Novem¬ 
ber 30 of each year the books are closed, 
a balance taken, and a complete record 
made of the business and earnings for the 
preceding year. The details of this work 
take some time, but we hope to have it 
all complete shortly, and will be able to 
give our members and friends the result 
of our year's work together in as far as 
the result can be shown by business rec¬ 
ords. 
In the meantime we want to begin the 
new business year with a new enthusiasm, 
We are yet short of that hundred thou¬ 
sand regular subscribers, but \vc are gain¬ 
ing every week, and it is only a matter 
of time. To make it easy to interest new 
readers we will continue to send the paper 
for introductory purposes 
Ten Weeks for 10 Cents 
Speak to your neighbors about it when 
you see them, and if you can use some 
of the little envelopes tell us how many 
to send. We also want to remind our 
friends at this time that December is the 
best month to look after a club of sub¬ 
scribers. Many do this every year. If 
you can undertake to do something in this 
line, drop us a card and we will send you 
supplies. Perhaps you would like to have 
some good books to read during the Win¬ 
ter. For two or three days’ work getting 
up a club of subscribers for The R. N.-Y. 
in your own neighborhood you can earn 
some of the best books of either fiction or 
farm literature. Write for further infor¬ 
mation about it. 
YVe have just investigated a southern 
land scheme which presented one of the 
most windy propositions we have yet run 
up against. It comes from the bright and 
sunny State of Georgia. A local postmas¬ 
ter, a retired minister and an orchardist, 
secured an option on 5,000 acres of wild 
Georgia land, called themselves a com¬ 
pany, and with a combined capital of less 
than five thousand dollars proposed to 
promote a town. From their advertising 
copy, indeed, one would assume that a 
town already existed in fact, as well as 
on paper. Correspondents were invited 
to remit $5 or $10 to secure options on a 
town lot. As a matter of fact, there is 
no town except in the imagination of the 
promoters, and their interest is simply an 
option on land to which they have no 
title, except an option to buy, if they put 
rp the money within a given time, 
'llie advertising offered I he R. N.-Y., 
amounting to $300, came through a re¬ 
sponsible agency, and the pay for it was 
secure enough, but after investigation we 
were obliged to decline it, because the land 
could not, under the circumstances, prove 
a satisfactory investment to our sub¬ 
scribers. The strange part of it is that 
the men behind the scheme are fairly well 
regarded personally at home. YV r e refer 
to this case as one of the many of a sim¬ 
ilar nature that come to us; and as a 
word of caution to those who will no 
doubt see the advertising in other papers. 
During the past month we refused no less 
‘.ban a dozen advertising orders, and in 
some cases returned checks for advance 
payment, because the houses did not come 
up to the standard required by The R. 
N.-Y. 
Would you like to know in detail just 
how people who make a success of poul¬ 
try care for their hens? If so, write for 
our circular and specimen pages of l he 
Business Hen , 
A SATISFACTORY SMOKEHOUSE. 
Without wishing to provoke discussion, or 
take issue with what has already been said 
concerning the building of the smokehouse, 
I simply wish to give my experience for the 
benefit of others. Though this experience is 
limited to four years I trust it is ample to 
merit some consideration. Four years ago we 
built a smokehouse, believing it possible so 
to construct it that our meat could be kept 
therein in good condition until used. The 
size of house is 8 x 10 feet. We dug foun¬ 
dation 20 inches wide and same depth, filling | 
with fine stone until near the surface of the j 
ground. Upon this we built a wall three 
feet high, 20 inches thick, leaving space for 
door, laying stone in cement. We also ce¬ 
mented bottom between walls. Upon the 
walls we placed plank 20 inches wide for 
foundation of frame. Frame was six feet 
high, weather-boarded with good hemlock sid¬ 
ing, and ceiling tightly made with adjustable 
ventilator, also ventilated with screens at 
gable ends. Our house is dark, well venti¬ 
lated, free from mice, flies and injurious in¬ 
sects. Our meat is taken to the smokehouse 
on butcher day and remains there until used. 
We sugar-cure our meat, laying it on those 
broad sills where it remains until hung up 
to smoke. In smoking we use green or par¬ 
tially dried hickory or maple, allowing smoke 
.to escape from luffr.se, as smoke too closely 
confined becomes impure and is injurious to 
the meat. Our meat hangs in house until 
used, and is in a good moist condition. It 
molds somewhat, but this does not injure it, 
as the mold is easily removed. With the 
present house we are well satisfied. We have 
a desirable place to keep our meat, and by 
its use have economized considerable hard 
labor. j. ii. peachy. 
Pennsylvania._ 
A MULE EATS DIRT. 
I have mules in the South, some of which 
are inclined to eat dirt and their own ex¬ 
crement. One has to he kept tied up on that 
account, and this one c'annot he put on pas¬ 
ture or allowed to eat any green food, as it 
causes colic. The feed must necessarily he. 
for quite a while at least, corn, corn fodder 
and pea hay. w. si. s. 
Chicago, III. 
The mules are in need of phosphates. 
Their food is deficient in bone-forming ele¬ 
ments and the system is upset, (live each 
mule a handful of fine ground bone every 
day. If this is not possible, feed wheat 
bran or linseed meal with the corn. 
Comb IIoney Pi;kb.—I t seems to be a 
popular theory that the greater part of our 
comb honey on the market is artificial. 
Whether this is due to the so-called Wiley 
lie or not, I can't say, but for the misin¬ 
formed I will state that the machine has 
still to be born that will make artificial 
comb. If such a thing was possible, it 
would be a grand thing for the bee keepers, 
not with the intention of defrauding the 
public, but it wotdd mean a larger output 
of real honey, stored in artificial comb. It 
takes seven pounds of digested honey to 
make one pound of comb, with the bee’s 
labor thrown in. So. Dr. Wiley, whenever 
you see a hox of comb honey you can be 
quite certain that our little scientists, the 
bees, have made it complete from top to 
bottom. Man has made the flying machine, 
wireless telegraphy and numerous other in¬ 
ventions, but has yet to imitate our little 
mathematician, the bee, in making comb. I 
say mathematician because they have solved 
the problem of storing the most in a given 
space. A close study of the comb reveals 
to us the fact that Hod’s ways through bis 
creatures are wonderful. 
New Jersey..mux h. noutihtp. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
t N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee, page 8. 
It is much easier for a woman to confide 
in the average man than in the average 
woman. She knows that the man will re¬ 
spect her confidences and keep them to 
himself. He is strong, has more experience 
of the world and can help the woman who 
needs advice. There is every reason -why 
women should not trust their delicate 
constitutions in the hands of unskilled 
persons. It requires a thorough medical 
education to appreciate and understand 
the womanly organism. When a woman 
has ills and pains that she cannot bear 
—when life seems dark for every woman, 
she should confide her troubles to a 
physician of standing in the community, 
or one who has a national reputation. Cer¬ 
tainly it would not be the part of wisdom 
to confide in an ignorant person without 
medical education simply because she was 
a woman. There is every reason why she 
should write to some great specialist, one 
who has made the diseases of women a 
specialty for a third of a century, like Dr. 
R. V. Pierce, founder of the Invalids’ Hotel 
and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo. N. Y. 
All his correspondence is held sacredly con¬ 
fidential, and he gives his advice free and 
without charge. 
So uniformly successful has Dr. Pierce’s 
Favorite Prescription proven in all forms 
of Female Weakness, Prolapsus, or Falling 
of Womb, and Leucorrhea, that, after curing 
the worst cases of these distressing and 
debilitating ailments, Dr. Pierce now feels 
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in 
cash for any case of these diseases which 
he cannot cure. 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets should be 
used with "Favorite Prescription’- when¬ 
ever a laxative is required. 
IF YOU WANT CASH 
FOR YOUR 
REAL ESTATE OR BUSINESS 
I CAN GET IT. 
No Matter What Your Property Is Worth, or in 
What Town, City, State or Territory It is Located. 
I do not expect to convince you by my adver¬ 
tising alone that I am better equipped to make 
a quick cash sale of your property than any 
other real estate man, but I DO expect to con¬ 
vince you that it will be to your advantage to 
write to me and tell me your requirements, so 
that 1 will have an opportunity to explain to 
you my business methods and submit a definite 
plan for converting your property into cash. 
The statements in the average advertisement 
are somewhat exaggerated ; in many advertise¬ 
ments GREATLY exaggerated; but in some, 
simply plain statement of facts. Of course, I 
cannot expect you to believe that my ads. 
belong to the last-named class without giving 
you some tangible evidence. That is why I 
want you to send me a description of your 
property, so that I can tell you in a plain, 
straightforward manner just how I would han¬ 
dle it, how much commission I would charge 
you, and why I could, in all probability, sell it 
more quickly than any other real estate broker. 
I don't want you to simply take my word for 
ANYTHING. I want to give you POSITIVE 
PROOF of my ability before any agreement 
whatever is made between ns. 
If you want to buy any kind of a farm, home 
or business, in any part of the country, tell me 
your needs. 1 will guarantee to till them 
promptly, and save you some money at the 
same time. Remember, that while you are 
writing me, someone else may be offering, 
through me, a property that exactly corre¬ 
sponds with your requirements. 
W. M. OSTRANDER, 367 NorthAme icanB,d8 
PHILADELPHIA 
Gas and Gasoline 
ENGINES 
Made from V/s to 
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Honestly and 
solidly con¬ 
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7000 in use; have 
all the good 
features erow- 
ot our 
lug out 
14 Years Continuous Experience 
Simple and durable. We have something new 
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TIIK AMERICAS SCALE 0>., 
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buys tha baa: 
2-horsa gaso- 
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complete with water and gaso¬ 
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Snap spark ig¬ 
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generator. 
Forged 
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57 North Jofforson Streot, Chicago, HU 
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THE MASTER GASOLINE ENGINE. 
At 
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the price we offer this engine, you cannot afford to buy elsewhere. Write for particulars 
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P 
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Five Horse Power, $150.00 
WOOD SAWING OUTFITS ON WHEELS r e H^ e ^’ 88S 
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3o well built that their durability is yet to be determined, engines which were sold 
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