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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 25 
If You Want Any of That $1,000 
premium money January 15, it is about time now that you were getting around 
among your neighbors for subscriptions to the Rural New-Yorker. Therj is 
this to remember. Most of the good friends who look after our clubs at their 
post offices, do not do so so much for the reward we can give them, as from a 
desire to have the paper looked after at their place. They also do a good thing 
for their neighbors, by saving them the trouble of sending subscriptions them¬ 
selves. We have, however, arranged the prize offers this year so that every one 
who sends a club of 10 or more names is sure to share in it, and those who 
make an effort for the larger clubs will draw good-sized checks. The time is 
now getting short. If you want a good slice of the $ 1,000 get out and do two 
or three days’ hustling. You will want some sample copies. Write for all you 
need. But be sure to take this number along, and show the many good and 
interesting things promised for next year on the 9th page. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
AS WE GO TO PRESS. 
" COMPLETE CIRCUITS 
A singular and terrible death was re¬ 
ported from Philadelphia last month. 
A colored man named Potter stopped 
under an awning to escape a shower— 
but let the Philadelphia Record tell the 
story : 
T While waiting, he walked to the window and 
began examining the pictures. His umbrella 
was under his left arm, while he grasped the 
handle with his right. He walked up and down 
in front of the window, and finally came to a 
standstill on the iron covering of a coal hole and 
immediately underneath the big electric light. 
As he stooped over to get a better look at the 
picture which had caught his fancy, he un¬ 
consciously raised the end of his umbrella until 
the point of the steel rod struck the iron rod pro¬ 
truding from the bottom of the electric lamp. His 
body, with the steel rod and the iron coal hole 
cover, immediately completed a circuit for the 
powerful current, and the other people under the 
awning saw Potter sink to the pavement without 
a murmur. 
You see, the moment he stood on the 
iron cover and the steel rod of his um¬ 
brella touched the iron rod, he 11 com¬ 
pleted a circuit ”, and the mighty force 
struck him dead I Had he stood any¬ 
where else, had he worn rubbers, had 
the handle of his umbrella been of wood, 
he would, probably, be alive to-day. The 
instant came when the circuit was com¬ 
plete, and quicker than a flash, the work 
was done. 
those things left 1 Good I Complete the 
circuit—send us the dollar at once—and 
we will do the best we can for you ! 
Steam’s up and time’s up ! Stand any¬ 
where you like, and touch us with your 
dollar ! 
AMONG THE MARKETMEN. 
WHAT I SEE AND HEAR. 
Whole acres of Christmas trees are now 
stacked up along the docks and pier-heads, and 
before many days, will be scattered far and wide. 
It seems as though never before have so many 
been received. The trade has assumed immense 
proportions. It’s a crop that isn’t exhausting 
the cultivated fields, either. 
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Hay receivers say that receipts have not been 
particularly heavy so far, as compared with 
other years, but ample for all requirements. 
Prices are ruling lower this year. The great bu'k 
of this season’s crop was below the average in 
quality, still shippers are holding for better 
prices. Larger shipments are expected as soon 
as the country roads improve, and lower prices 
are probable if supplies do increase to any great 
extent. 
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Supplies of celery seem to be very large, and 
most of it is fine-looking, but there is- a great 
deal of com plaint that much of it is not of good 
quality. It seems not to have been blanched 
sufficiently to make the flavor what it should be. 
Some say that the White Plume is responsible for 
this; that it takes a long covering with earth to 
make celery of fine quality, and this the White 
Plume doesn’t require. The Golden varieties 
seem to be very popular. 
Now there is one supreme instant in 
every complete transaction. Sometimes, 
we think the conditions are just right, 
yet results do not follow. The trouble 
is that the circuit was not complete. We 
take up this sudden and tragic death as 
an illustration, because it brings up a 
point that seems to be timely. Here we 
are at the end of another year. These 
dull, gray days we are having now are 
dispiriting—no doubt about it. It is 
the season for recuperation, and some¬ 
times such days are dull in the lonely 
farmhouse—resting under the shadow of 
some present or coming sorrow. 
It is, in one way, a mishap for the 
newspaper publisher that so many of 
his readers want to renew their sub¬ 
scriptions at the end of the year. In a 
season like this, we are likely to have 
dull and dreary days, and you know just 
how it is when a fellow feels blue and 
discouraged. He doesn’t make a com¬ 
plete circuit with the best things of 
life. He doesn’t stand on iron—his um¬ 
brella doesn’t touch the rod. Why, 
these gray days might get such a grip 
on your heart that you might actually 
think of letting The R. N.-Y. go next 
year. Of course, such a thing is hardly 
possible, but you might get way out of 
circuit with yourself, and go a little 
wrong. 
The beauty of The R. N.-Y. is that 
you can always complete the circuit 
with it. No matter where you stand, it 
requires only 100 cents—in paper, silver 
or gold—to make the connection. There 
is no time like the present for doing it 
We have lots of steam up at this end of 
the line, and we will guarantee a strong 
current of advice, suggestion, informa¬ 
tion, thought and sympathy all through 
1898. Just touch us with your dollar, 
and the circuit is complete. The only 
thing we want to kill is bad habit, 
wrong method or humbug around your 
home and farm. You don’t want any of 
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A correspondent of an English paper, writing 
from Buluwayo, South Africa, says that, at pre¬ 
sent, potatoes are selling at prices which ap- 
VYAT'Tfi No woman has 
- Jl'- - ' the right to be a 
helpless, sick, 
nervous, fretful 
burden to her hus¬ 
band. If she is, it 
is due to her own 
ignorance or neg¬ 
lect. If she will 
take proper care 
of herself and look 
after the health of 
the delicate organs that are the most import¬ 
ant parts of her physical make-up, she will 
soon be a healthy, amiable helpmate, in¬ 
stead of a burden to the partner of her Joys 
and sorrows. No women who suffers from 
weakness and disease of the distinctly wo¬ 
manly organism can be a good, helpful wife 
to an ambitious man. It is easy to keep 
these organs healthy and vigorous. 
The most wonderful medicine for women 
is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It 
acts directly on the organs that make her a 
woman. It cures all weakness and disease. 
It allays inflammation, soothes pain, and 
permits the tortured nerves to resume their 
natural condition. It stops all weakening 
drains and the woman who has hitherto 
been nervous, weak and fretful becomes 
robust, helpful and happy. Thousands of 
happy women, who were once pain-tortured 
and miserable, testify to its virtues. All 
good druggists sell it. 
" I write you these fevr lines to let you know 
the good your ‘ Favorite Prescription ’ did my 
wife,” writes Dennis H. Connelly. Esq., of Clear 
Water, Wright Co., Minn. “ Previous to mother¬ 
hood she was very sick. She could not do her 
own work until she took two bottles of ‘ Favorite 
Prescription.’ She took her Doctor’s medicine 
but it did her no good. Your medicine is the 
best my wife ever had.” 
Have you a good reliable medical book 
in the house? There ought to be one in 
every family in the world. Of all the med¬ 
ical books published there is not one so 
comprehensive and reliable as Dr. Pierce’s 
Common Sense Medical Adviser. In all its 
1,008 pages there is not one sentence that 
may not be readily understood. No phy¬ 
sician in the world has been a greater bene¬ 
factor than has Dr. Pierce. The best he 
knows is in this book. It is illustrated with 
over 300 plates and drawings. It talks about 
hundreds of ailments and tells you how to 
cure them. You may have this book for the 
cost o f "nailing it. If you want the book 
in paper covers send 21 one-cent stamps, 
to cover the cost of mailing only. For cloth 
cover send 31 stamps. World’s Dispensary 
Medical AasoeiatUs, luflhla, M. Y. 
proximate, in our money, 26 to 40 cents per pound; 
cabbages, 60 cents each; cucumbers, 80 to 85 
cents each; eggs, fresh, $2.25 to $2.50 a dozen; 
“ not guaranteed,” $1.10 to $1.15 per dozen; fresh 
milk (supply strictly limited), $1 50 a quart bottle. 
Still it is stated that, with plentiful rains, the 
soil is particularly adapted for cultivation. These 
prices ought to encourage agriculture. 
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One retailer was selling Catawba grapes for 10 
cents per small basket. The basket covers were 
ornamented with a colored lithograph telling the 
contents and the packer’s name and address. 
The grapes were large, fine clusters, in good, 
though not the best of condition. It would seem 
as though consumers ought to eat more grapes 
than they do at such prices. It would be inter¬ 
esting to know how much the grower received. 
The retailer must have handled them at a small 
margin, and it would be well if more retailers 
would be content with a smaller profit; it would 
largely increase consumption of fresh fruits, 
vegetables and other products. 
Some Canadian shippers have been using cases 
and half cases for sending fruit to England, in¬ 
stead of barrels. The cases hold 50 pounds each. 
It is claimed that higher prices have been real¬ 
ized there this year than for apples packed in 
barrels. Returns show that the half cases gave 
even better returns than did the cases. In all, 
the fruit came to hand in excellent condition. Of 
course, only the choicest fruit should be sent in 
these packages, and most growers wrapped the 
fruit carefully in paper. The prediction is made 
that, in time, all choice fruit from Canada will 
be packed in these cases. The Canadian apples 
are crowding apples from the United States, 
in the English markets, especially in a year of 
surplus. The Canadians study the wishes of the 
mother country, and our growers must do the 
same or be distanced in the race. 
Not only is there a prospect of the United 
States producing the sugar to sweeten its own 
lemonade, but it is, also, furnishing a good many 
of the lemons to make the lemonade. It is, per¬ 
haps, a good thing that we are producing more 
lemons. Imports have been much smaller than 
ordinarily, and these domestic lemons are needed 
to supply the demand and to keep down the price. 
The supply comes largely from California, and 
has been gradually working its way farther east¬ 
ward, till many have now reached this coast. 
They have largely supplied the demand in the in¬ 
terior, so that the imported ones are mostly dis¬ 
tributed in the East. The size of the California 
lemon crop has been increasing rapidly, year 
after year, and it is estimated that next year’s 
crop will be double that of this year. f. h. v. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
In Capetown, South Africa, eggs are quoted at 
48 to 72 cents a dozen. There is a great demand 
there for good butter and cheese, and Canadians 
are securing a good deal of this trade. 
Denmark annually purchases a good many 
horses abroad, and first-class American draft 
animals will sell there for $150 to $350 each. 
Horses of Danish breeding are sold largely to 
France. 
The maple has solid reasons for the affection 
with which it is regarded by Canadians, in addi¬ 
tion to its sentimental significance. The annual 
production of maple sugar in the Province of 
Ontario amounts to 5,665,796 pounds, according to 
the census of 1891, the value of this being nearly 
$500,000. One Ontario farmer estimates that the 
yield of 10 acres of maple trees amounts, when 
converted into syrup and sugar, to about $10 an 
acre annually, and in addition to this, there is 
an annual growth of wood suitable for farm and 
fuel use. The timber is valuable, too, for cabinet 
making and interior decoration. 
weighs 190 lbs. 
Guaranteed just as represented in the 
illustration or money will he refunded. 
Hundreds sold. No complaints. 
Rrookwoorl Farm, Lower Squankum, N. J., June 12, '97. 
GRANITE STATE EVAPORATOR CO. 
Gentlemen:—I consider the Granite State Cooker 
purchased from you a valuable addition to the numerous 
needs of the farm. We use it for hog ami duck feed at 
present, and find it clean, efficient and expeditious. 
Last winter it more than paid its cost in its handy treat¬ 
ment of the 11 hot-mess ” for the industrious hens. 
Yours very truly, 
ALFRED E. JENNINGS. 
DOUBLE ITS VALUE The value of 
-- food given to 
poultry is represented by the eggs produced 
by the fowls. If giving fowls properly 
cooked loot! will double the egg product, 
and will also cause them to take on flesh, 
then it is well worth consideration by the 
poultryman. The. 
Granite State 
FEED COOKER 
AND HEATER 
can he used to great advantage for cooking 
all sorts of chicken feed. It will double the 
food value of corn and other grains. With 
it clover hay can be steamed, chopped fine 
and fed to fowls, and they will consume it 
greedily and with as much benefit as they 
will fresli clover if a little corn meal is 
mixed with it to make it palatable. Send 
for circulars containing full description 
and testimonials. Made in 7 sizes: 25 gal¬ 
lon, $12; 50 gallon, $17; 100 gallon, $24. 
Sold on installments if desired. 
We publish a book, “Cooking Food for Slock," 
which we will send free if you mention 
this publication when you write. 
The Granite State Evaporator Co. 
560 Temple Court, New York City. 
YOU GET LOTS OF FUN 
Out of a camera. You can soon learn to take pictures of your friends or family \ 
of animals or scenes from nature. You can get the camera 
now for a little work. It need not cost you a cent. 
THE CRESCENT. Adapted for dry plates or . THE PEEK-A-BOO. Fitted with the highest 
films. Equipped with an achromatic lens ground ( grade Achromatic Lens. Holds three doable 
from the finest imported glass. Takes a picture S Plate Holders. Makes pictures 3 Hx4l4. Adapted 
3x3. Is adapted for instantaneous or time ex- ^ to Instantaneous, Time or Flash-Light Work, 
posure. We will send you this camera for a club ? We will send you this camera for a club of 12 
of 6 new subscriptions to The R. N.-Y. at $1 each.o { new subscriptions atjBl’each. 
Five Dollars forLthe Best Picture. 
April 1 we will give a prize of $5 for the best picture made from one of these 
cameras. The camera must be secured for a club of subscriptions as above, and the 
picture must be taken by an amateur who has had no previous experience with a 
camera. The prize picture will be printed in The Rural Nkw-Yobkeb. Any 
other pictures that are offered in competition will be paid for at regular rates, if 
we can use them. Get to work at once; you should have one of these cameras by 
Christmas. Send the picture any time before April 1 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
