THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 24 
492 
AS WE GO TO PRESS. 
" SQUIGACUMSQUEE.” 
The little boy’s front tooth became 
very loose one day last week. It was 
time for the tooth to come out. It had 
served its purpose. There was another 
and better one behind it. The women 
folks tied a string to this tooth, as the 
boy said he wanted to pull it himself. 
He thought it would hurt less if he 
pulled it with his own hand. When the 
string was tied on, however, his cour¬ 
age failed him, and he went around for 
two hours with that string hanging from 
his mouth! He would take hold of it 
now and then, but the imaginary pain 
was too much for him. 
One of the boys got after him and told 
him to look out for the “ Gobbleun ” and 
the “ Squigacumsquee.” These two 
awful animals were around just aching 
to get hold of that string and pull it the 
wrong way! The “Squigacumsquee” 
was a fearful thing that was able to 
swallow itself whenever cornered, and 
as for the “Gobbleun”—well, his do¬ 
ings were only to be related in whispers. 
Of course, neither of these animals ever 
touched good boys who were brave and 
did their duty, but that string certainly 
was a great temptation to an able-bodied 
Squigacumsquee. 
To make a long story short, the tooth 
came out without any help from the 
Squigacumsquee. The boy was surprised 
to learn that it did not hurt him. Just 
a little bite of pain and that was all. 
As for the Squigacumsquee, he has, 
probably, swallowed and digested him¬ 
self. The boy undertook to tell the little 
girl and the baby about him, but he got 
the account so mixed up that even the 
Gobbleun was disgusted and retired 
from business. 
I am now going on to say that lots of 
farmers in this land are like the little 
boy. Some old-time habit or notion 
gets so loose in their heads that it rattles. 
It ought to come out and give way to a 
better one; though necessity ties a string 
to it, they do hate to give the string a 
pull. Just like the boy, they go around 
with the string hanging out of their 
mouths, just even hating to put even the 
weight of a hand on it. First thing you 
know, a Squigacumsquee reaches out, 
gives that string a yank, and out comes 
the tooth with no pain to speak of. 
In my opinion, a Squigacumsquee is a 
good thing. He eats up the evil -and 
thus gives the good a better chance to 
grow. A Squigacumsquee is a thought, 
a suggestion, or an inspiration. No one 
ever saw this thing, but you will find 
him everywhere. Why, The It. N.-Y. is 
a favorite camping ground for him 
Just read what this man says : 
The R. N.-Y. seems to be ever on the alert to 
offer to its subscribers exceedingly rare bargains, 
not among the least oI which is its offer, on page 
461, of a combination set of tools. As an entirely 
disinterested party, I desire to say to my brother 
farmers that, even though they paid that new 
subscription out of their own pockets, they would 
find the investment one of the most profitable of 
their lives. In view of the fact that, at this busy 
season, many do not have the time to scan every 
page thoroughly, it is to be hoped that The R. 
N.-Y. will extend the time of its offer in order to 
give more of them a chance to avail themselves 
of it. Some years ago, circumstances compelled 
me to buy a similar outfit, because the man who 
usually did that sort of work for me preferred 
leisure to business, and I considered my own 
time too precious to await his inclination to 
work. Before I had the outfit 24 hours, I had 
done work for which, at his regular rates, I 
would have had to pay $1.40. It rained hard all 
that day, but it took only a part thereof to save 
the foregoing amount. Since then, I have saved 
several times the cost simply in the time it would 
have taken me to go to the shop. A stitch in 
time saves more than nine. It may save a valu¬ 
able animal and, possibly, a precious human 
life. I am fond of my meals, and am ever ready 
for them, but I would rather forego a number of 
them than to have to get along again without 
this combination of tools. J. c. senqer. 
Virginia. 
Now you see the point at once. Life 
is not just what you want it to be. Some 
old notion or idea has grown in ahead 
of your best desire. Like that boy’s 
first tooth, the old notion is loose, yet 
you hate to pull it out. Time has tied 
a string to it, but how you do hate to 
give that string a pull. It needs some 
well-meaning Squigacumsquee to come 
along to reach out and give the string 
the pull which you hate to give your¬ 
selves. This Squigacumsqee may be a 
book, an ice-cream freezer, a watch, a 
razor, or something else, and what we 
want to say is that The R. N.-Y. wants 
to be known as a Squigacumsquee fac¬ 
tory. The goods and the books that we 
offer for sale are first-class in every way. 
If they were not, we would never dream 
of letting them serve as Squigacum- 
squees. Enough said on this line. We 
have done our share. Now leave the 
string hanging loose so that the Squiga¬ 
cumsquee can get hold of it for a pull. 
And now what can you do on your 
side of the house ? There are, doubt¬ 
less, a few families left in your neigh¬ 
borhood where The R. N.-Y. does not 
visit regularly. The string is hanging 
out already, but it needs some one to 
give it a pull. Now why cannot you 
act as a Squigacumsquee in this matter? 
Get hold of the string some day and give 
it a yank that will land the paper straight 
into that vacant family. W hy cannot you 
fix it so that we can visit at that house for 
the rest of this year ? It won’t cost very 
much. Wheat is going up in price, and 
potatoes and butter promise to bring 
more money than they have for the 
past two or three years. Pull the string. 
Make yourself a first-class Squigacum¬ 
squee for just once, and you may take 
our word for it, that you will never need 
to swallow yourself in order to avoid the 
consequences. 
Beetle-Proof Potatoes. —I have noticed that 
some varieties of potatoes seemed to be disliked 
by the beetles, but in every case it was a variety 
that was unfit for table use. I don’t think that 
the parent bug tastes every plant on which she 
lays eggs, as they are found on all kinds of plants 
that may be growing among the potatoes. I 
don’t believe that the larvae will leave a hill of 
any variety and travel any distance in search of 
another. In a field planted to several varieties, 
the slow-growing kinds are the last to come up, 
therefore have fewer eggs deposited on them, 
and afterwards appear to be bug-proof ; but 
when a whole field is planted to this variety, it 
seems to lose its bug-proof qualities. The Blister- 
beetle, which is a great traveler, will sometimes 
destroy one or more varieties in a field without 
touching another variety right alongside ; but I 
never knew of a variety escaping that was fit to 
eat. We have had no fungus blight here for six 
years, but the fire-blight is very troublesome, 
and I know but one variety that has withstood 
it for a series of years, and it is an unnamed 
seedling of the Empire State. e t. 
Ohio. 
A woman’* looking-glas* 
does not lie to her. If she 
> looks carefully and own# 
the truth to herself, she 
will acknowledge that 
it shows to her, as it 
s shows to others, a face 
full of the ugliness of 
suffering and pain. If 
a woman wants her 
mirror to reflect a pain- 
free face she should 
take proper care of 
her womanly self. 
She should see that 
the organs that 
are distinctly fem¬ 
inine are kept 
free from weak¬ 
ness and disease. By nils means only 
:an a woman remain fresh-looking and 
ittractive. 
Women may erase from their faces the 
lines of suffering by using Dr. Pierce’s Fa¬ 
vorite Prescription. Over 90,000 women 
have testified in writing to its marvelous 
merits. It acts directly on the womanly or¬ 
gans. It makes them strong and healthy. 
It cures all weakness and disease. It allays 
inflammation, soothes pain, and calms and 
steadies and invigorates the pain-raeked 
nerves. It prepares for wifehood and moth¬ 
erhood. It does away with the discomforts 
sf the expectant period. It insures baby’s 
health and makes its advent easy and al¬ 
most painl« 6 B. All good druggists sell it. 
“ I am going to write aod tell you the benefits 
I have received from taking your medicines,’’ 
writes Hr 8 - J- B - Clough, Box 203 , Lisbon, Grafton 
Co., N. Hampshire. I am the mother of a nice 
baby four and a half months old. He is a perfect 
child and weighs about eighteen pounds. If you 
remember I wrote you about a year ago about my 
condition. I cannot give too much praise to your 
‘ Favorite Prescription ’ as it saved me a great 
deal of suffering. I got along remarkably well, 
this helnir mv first babv.” 
“Knowledge is power.” In a thorough 
knowledge of the human body lies the 
power that will at last stamp out weakness 
of the body and mediocrity of mentality. 
Dr. Pierce has taken a long look into the 
future through his “Common Sense Medi¬ 
cal Adviser.” It is full of just such knowl¬ 
edge as will do the family the most good. 
This book of over 1000 pages and finely il¬ 
lustrated has had an unprecedented sale. 
About 700,000 copies have been sold at $ 1.50 
per volume. Now it can be had in paper 
covers for at cents in one-cent stamps. In 
fine French cloth for ten cents more. Ad¬ 
dress, World’s Dispensary Medical Associa¬ 
tion, Buffalo, N. Y. 
is one of the three im¬ 
portant ingredients of 
a complete fertilizer; 
the others are phos¬ 
phoric acid and nitro¬ 
gen. Too little Potash is sure to result in a partial crop 
failure. 
An illustrated book which tells what Potash is, how it 
should be used, and how much Potash a well-balanced 
fertilizer should contain, is sent free to all applicants. 
Send your address. 
GERflAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. 
Save Money ! We Sell Direct to Farmers I 
Why not economize ? 
Pure Raw Bone Meal.to 
Scientific Corn & Grain Fert...* 
Scientific Economy Fertilizer . > 
Scientific Tobacco Fertilizer.. 5 
Scientific Potato Fertilizer— y. 
Bone and Meat Fertilizer <, 
You save $10 to $12 on every ton of Fertilizer you buy from us. Per ton 
Ammonia. 4 to 5 p.c. Phos.Acid, 22 to 25 p.o.$22 
Ammonia, 2 to 3 p.c. Phos.Acid, 8 to 10 p.c. Potash. 1J^ to 2^ p.c. 16 
Ammonia, 2k> to 3!4 p.c.Phos.Acid, 10 to 12 p.c. Potash, 3 to 4 p.c. 20 
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Ammonia, 4!^ to 6 p.c.Phos.Acid, 13 to 15 p.c.18 
FOR SAMPLES AND BOOK WRITE 
THE SCIENTIFIC FERTILIZER CO,. P. 0. Box 1017.708 Bingham Street. Pittsburg. Pa. 
Farmers, 
Gardeners and 
Fruit Growers 
To economize should freely use the time 
tested reliable brands of FERTILIZERS 
we manufacture. The goods Increase 
quantity and improve quality of Grain, 
Grass, Vegetables and Fruit, and make 
healthy Trees , Vines and Shrubs. 
Brands for all soils and all crops. 
tff~ Some prefer making their own “ home 
mixings.” for such we always keep in stock the 
Chemicals and crude materials required. 
THE CLEVELAND DRYER CO., 
No. 130 Summit Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 
$20 Phosphate for Wheat and Grass 
Sold to farmers direct. We have no agents. Senp 
jvr Circular. Low prices for car-load lots. 
YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, York, Pa. 
| BA H Farmers wishing to fertilize and im- 
\ m | IYI Ci prove their laud, should send at once 
and get a car-load of Pure White Rock Lime. Ana¬ 
lysis per cent pure Carbonate Lime. Price only 
$1.50 per ten. Shipped to any part of the country in 
good tight box oars. Address WHITE ROCK LIME 
AND CEMENT CO.. McAfee Valley, N. J. 
Kills Prairie Dogs, Woodchucks, Gophers, and Grain 
Insects. 
“ Fuma ” Carbon Bi-Sulphida Did It. 
“I treated 600 Inhabited (prairie dog) holes two weeks 
ago, and not a hole opened up.”— Richard Kesuch. 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet. It is beautiful, 
Interesting, readable, and wlli Bave you money. 
EbTVAkl) K. TAYLOK, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Harvest Excursions! 
MIG. 3 AND 17, 
SEPT. 7 AND 21, 
DOT. 5 AND 19. 
To the Farm regions 
of the West, North¬ 
west and Southwest. 
Round trip tickets will 
be sold ou dates named 
at allC., B. &Q. stations 
_ _ and at many Eastern 
points at about half fare, good for 21 days, stop 
jver allowed ou going passage. Ask your local 
igent for particulars. 
GO WEST AND LOOK FOR A HOME A handsome 
illustrated pamphlet describing NEBRASKA sent 
free on application to P. S. EUSTIS, Geu’l Pass. 
Agt.,C., B.&Q. R. R.. 
, Chicago. 
Another Chance 
for a Watch. 
Here is the best bargain we have yet 
offered in a low-priced man’s watch. It 
has seven jeweled movements, straight 
line lever escapement, cut compensated 
balance, safety pinion. Plates damas¬ 
keened in nickel. White hard enamel 
dial with depressed seconds and black 
marginal figures. The case is dust- 
proof polished silverode (that looks like 
silver and wears better). Has 10 k. gold- 
filled crown. We have secured a special 
price on a lot of these watches. The 
jobber’s price is S3 50. He sells to re¬ 
tailer, and you pay $5 00 for them at the 
jewelry store You may send us one 
new subscription and $3 50 , and we will 
send you the watch by return mail, and 
the paper for a year to the new sub¬ 
scriber so that the watch will cost you 
only $2 50 We guarantee this watch to 
keep good time, and return the money, 
if you are not satisfied, but you will be. 
We want the new subscriptions, and if 
you want a watch, now is the time to get 
it The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
YOU WANT THIS OUTFIT? 
SOLDER 
SOLDER IRON 
WHENCIi 
[HEELPLATES' 
BRISTLES 
RIVETS 
'needles’ 
Rubber 
cement] 
It need cost you only $1.25. There are 44 first-class tools and materials, as 
shown in cut, for repairing shoes, rubber, harness and tinware. We ship them 
from the factory by freight, in neat 
wooden boxes, weight 20 lbs. You 
neglect small breaks because you have 
no tools to mend them, and forget it 
when you go to town. Another stiteh 
breaks, another rivet loosens, and the first 
thing you know the shoe is worthless, the 
tin pail is beyond repair, and the harness 
gives way, all with loss of time and ex¬ 
pense. This complete outfit need cost you 
only $1.25, though the regular price is 
$2.50. Send us one new subscription from 
one of your neighbors and $2.25, and we 
will send you the complete outfit. Of 
course, the neighbor gives you the $1 for 
the paper, so it will cost you only $1.25. 
This must be a new subscription. The 
price is less than it costs us, but we are 
willing to pay for the work in getting the 
new subscription. We cannot send it at 
this price with a renewal. We make this 
price only for the month of July. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York 
HEELPLATES 
