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Causes of Failure in Business. 
Promises made that cannot be kept. In¬ 
ducements held out that do not exist. 
Claims that have no foundation. Great 
promise. Little result. So, when you see 
a firm prosper year after year, you know at 
once that these are not its business maxims. 
You will also see that they cannot be the 
principles of Drs. Starkey & Palen, for 
after 20 years of success with their Com¬ 
pound Oxygen Treatment they have a record 
of cures that is something wonderful. This 
record is not a private affair, locked up in 
the safe, or worse still one that does not ex¬ 
ist. On the contrary, you can see it. All 
you have to do is to send for Drs. Starkey & 
Palen’s Treatise on the Compound Oxygen 
Treatment. It is free to you. You will 
get it by return mail. This book contains 
a record of diseases removed, tells who 
have been cured and shows where they live. 
Send for it. Address Drs. Starkey & Palen, 
1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa., or 120 
Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal. 
It is filled with such testimony as the fol¬ 
lowing : 
Drs. Starkey & Palen: —“I have received 
remarkable benefit from the use of your 
Compound Oxygen Treatment. I was en¬ 
tirely cured of Neuralgia by it.” Mrs. G. 
W. Valentine, New Douglass, Ill., July 
30, 1889. 
Drs. Starkey & Palen: —“Your Com¬ 
pound Oxygen Treatment cured me of Neu¬ 
ralgia. I believe it saved my life.” Miss 
Maggie Hanna, Monkato, Minn., No¬ 
vember 15, 1889. 
Drs. Starkey & Palen:— “ By the use of 
your Compound Oxygen Treatment, my 
lungs which were badly affected, are per¬ 
manently cured.” Geo. S. Murphy, Cashier 
First National Bank, Manhattan, Kan. 
Drs. Starkey & Palen: —“I can truly say 
that your Compound Oxygen Treatment 
has helped my lungs wonderfully.”—Mrs. 
Jas. Sexton, Union Hill, Ill., September 
12, 1889. 
Drs. Starkey & Palen: —“ I had consump¬ 
tion of four year’s standing, and the doctors 
pronounced me incurable. But your Com¬ 
pound Oxygen Treatment made a well man 
of me.” James W. Ice, Commercial Point, 
Ill., January 15, 1889. 
Drs. Starkey & Palen:—"l have fully 
proved your Compound Oxygen Treatment 
to be unrivalled in its immediate effects 
upon throat troubles of any kind, asthma 
and catarrh.” Mrs. A. W. Mathewson, 
85 William Street, Providence, R. I., Oc¬ 
tober 22, 1888.— A dv. 
FOREIGN. 
Saturday, May 10, 1S90. 
Paper money has shrunken from about 
350, three months ago, to 145 a few days since 
in the Argentine Republic, and the period 
of mad inflation is fast coming to an end, 
but it will be a generation or more before 
the causes and results will cease to be a 
burthen on the people. Of course, great 
speculations were naturally to be expected 
during the excitement; but nobody was 
prepared to learn the truth—that the gov¬ 
ernment has been losing about $10,000,000 
(!!!) a year by embezzlement in the Custom 
House alone ! Well, well, though an antag¬ 
onistic administration has had four years’ 
time to discover any grave defalcations in 
the enormously greater financial transac¬ 
tions in this country during and shortly 
after the war; thank God ! no such disgrace 
to the government existed to be found out. 
Boulangerism is “dead” in France. A 
short time back his candidates carried most 
of the elections in Paris ; at the elections 
there last Sunday out of 58 Boulangist can¬ 
didates one was elected. Politicians who 
have been killed, however, come to life 
again in France as often as explorers do in 
Central Africa. 
Only 53 of the 7,893 hydrophobia patients 
treated by Pasteur have died. As the per¬ 
centage of deaths among those previously 
bitten was 15 9, it appears that he has saved 
1,265 lives. These at least will hardly de¬ 
nounce inoculation as a failure. 
AGRICULTURAL. 
SATURDAY. May 10. 1890. 
Representative Fowler, of New Jersey, 
has introduced a bill to levy a duty of 10 
cents a pound on all imported sugar of 
milk. 
A destructive tornado desolated portions 
of Hood and adjoining counties, Texas, on 
Monday, destroying crops, buildings and 
fences, and many lives. Reports from 
Young County say that a heavy hail storm 
fell there. The hail ruined ail crops and 
vegetation, wheat, oats and corn being 
completely beaten into the ground. The 
fruit crop in that section will be ruined. 
Reports received by the Illinois State De¬ 
partment of Agriculture from the more 
important wheat-growing counties of the 
State confirm the accuracy of the estimates 
made by the department on March 22, and 
show even a lower average condition than 
was made at that time. The area of winter 
wheat destroyed by floods will reach 38 per 
cent, of the area seeded last fall, and the 
condition of that left standing for harvest 
does not promise more than 75 per cent, of 
j»u average yield per acre. Taking the 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
State over, the condition of the wheat was 
nearly 55 per cent.'short* of*an average on 
May 1. The area seeded to spring wheat 
this season is hardly up to that of 1889. 
The Texas Dressed Beef and Packing 
Company has just closed a contract with 
the American agent of the Metropolitan 
Trading Association of Europe, by which 
the latter agrees to take 600 tons of dressed 
meat every two weeks, to be shipped to 
Europe by refrigerator steamers built by 
the English syndicate especially for this 
trade. The port of export will be either 
Galveston or New Orleans. 
The second annual sale of thorough¬ 
breds at Lexington, Ky., occurred on Mon¬ 
day. The colts were from the best farms in 
the State. For 52 head an average of $648.- 
60 was secured. The highest prices paid 
were $3,000, $1,500, $1,450, $1,400, $1,300, 
$1,050 and several for $1,000. 
Some of the parties who have been deal¬ 
ing in glandered horses near the New York 
and Connecticut line, have been arrested 
and fined. Large numbers of valuable 
horses have been infected. 
The Fort Worth Spring Palace for the 
display of the vegetable, flower, fruit and 
other products of Texas, opens to-days. 
New Jersey farmers say that large num¬ 
bers of crop-destroying insects are already 
infesting their fields. The grain aphis is 
particularly prevalent. 
Heavy frosts are reported from Northern 
Kansas, Illinois and Missouri May 6 and 7, 
and much apprehension is felt for the 
safety of the fruit. 
Canada has increased the duty on pork 
to two cents a pound, making it about 60 
per cent, ad valorem, 
Texas reports show the weather has been 
unfavorable for farm work, except in the 
southern portion of Central Texas and over 
the coast region, where work was well ad¬ 
vanced before the wet weather set in. A 
large percentage of cotton had been plant¬ 
ed, and was up. In lowlands some crops 
have been damaged from overflows, but the 
outlook is very favorable. 
During April the Minneapolis mills 
ground 539,860 barrels of flour, against 421,- 
130 barrels for April, 1889, and 688,800 bar¬ 
rels in 1888. The direct exports for April 
were 135,980 barrels, against 228,560 barrels 
in 1889, and 287,710 barrels in 1888. 
The Texas Farmers’ Alliance, it is re¬ 
ported, is short nearly a quarter of a million 
dollars through mismanagement. An in¬ 
vestigation is called for. 
It is reported that Germany is not indis¬ 
posed to relax the prohibition of American 
pork on the condition that the United 
States agrees to a concession in regard to 
German imports. 
The Milk Exchange has violated its un¬ 
derstanding with the Producers’ Union as 
to the price of milk, and has now fixed the 
price for May at two cents. The Executive 
Committee of the Producers’ Union has 
held meetings to consider what action shall 
be taken. Producers are divided in opinion 
a s to what action should be taken. Some 
favor fighting the exchange, while others 
who have small capital think the fight 
hopeless. The producers have the sympa¬ 
thy of the consumers, and it is difficult to 
see how the exchange could withstand the 
union if the latter should withhold its 
milk, as the members supply about three- 
fourths of the supply coming to this city. 
The lack of ice is a great hindrance to the 
farmers handling the milk successfully. 
Special Notice. —We are authorized by 
the Universal Weeder Co., North Weare, 
N. H., to say that as the season is getting 
late, in sections where they have no agents, 
they will send one machine by express, pre¬ 
paid, upon receipt of retail price, viz., 
Standard Weeder $10.00; Removable Tooth 
Weeder, $12.00. They do this, as orders by 
freight to distant points might not be 
received in season to secure the best results. 
See article in R. N.-Y. of April 26, page 273; 
also see advertisement in this issue on 
page 16. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, May to, 1890. 
Beans.— Marrows—New, <1 45®82 50; New Mediums 
choice, $1 95®82 00; Pea, $1 94®$ 1 95; Red Kidney. $4 00; 
White Kidney, choice,$2 35®82 40; Foreign Mediums, 
$1 50®$1 65; California Lima, #3 60®$-: Italian,$1 60 
®81 75. Green Peas. SI l)5®81 10. 
Buttkb— New—Elgin, beat, 19®20c ; Wealern, beat, 
13®19c; do prime, 15<*17c; do good, 12®14- do poor, 
10j«U; State, Dairy, half-tlrklns, tubs.best, 18®-c; do 
prime, 15®17; do One, 12®14; Welsh tubs, flne,15®16>$c; 
do good, 12®l4c. Western Imitation Creamery, best, 
18®14; do due, 10<812; Western dairy, tine, ll®12c; 
do fair, 9® 10c; do poor. 6®66$c; do factory,fresa. best. 
9®10c. do prime. 3®9c: do good, 7'<*a; do poor, 5 
®6>$c; Old butter from 3 to 7c. per pound less. 
Cpkksic.— state factory, fancy. 104I@llo; do uo tine, 
10®10-54c; do do. prime. lQ®10Mc; do uo, fair to good, 
8*si®94*e: Ohio, flat, prime.S!*j®H)c Sklraa Ilgnt 74$®9e: 
do medium 4^<a?c; do full, .®4o. New Cheesef rom 1 
to 1J< cent lower. 
Enos.— .Near by fresn, 1S4$3—c; Canadian. 13>$®—; 
Southern, 124$®l9c: Western, best, lS64®l8>ac; Duck, 
16®19c, Goose, 25®26c. 
Fruits.—Frksh.—A pples, per bbl. 83 25®85 00; Lem¬ 
ons, per box, $i 50®$4 50; Oranges, Florida, 8- 50^8700. 
Strawberries, 5®18e. 
Hay and Straw. -Timothy, best, S5®—c; do good, 
70®80o: do medium, 50c®60; Clover, mixed, 45®60c; 
shipping, 35®40c. Straw— No. 1 rye, 85®—c ; short 
rye, 40®50c, oat and wheat, 30®40c. 
Poultry. Dressed— TurKeys, mixed, per lb. 11® 
16c; Fowls, western, choice, 10®t014c; do common to, 
good, 9®10c; Ducks, spring, good, 24®25; Squab; 
white, per dozen, 83 50®84 00, do dark, do, 83 50mi$2 75: 
Chlckeus, spring, 13®22c: Fowls, near by, 10-ailc ; 
Capons, 16<*22c; Slips, I6®18c. Broilers, heavy, 25®33c; 
do. light, 35®37c. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per lb, 20®28o: 
Fowls near-by,per lb,10^®llc, do Western, per lb, 10 
®10>$c; roosters, per lb, 61*®7e ; Turkeys, per lb, 11 ® 
12 c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 70®88 90; Geese,West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 U0®$1 37. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes— Maine, per bbl. 82@$S; New 
Brunswick,$2 50®82 75; State do, $1 37®8212; Western, 
do, 81 25®$212; Bermuda, do, $4 00@$6 25; Florida, do, 
$3 50@$5 00; Scotch Magnum, per 163-lb. sack, $1 75 
®$2 00, Sweets do, $3 00@$5 00. Cabbage, per 100, 
810 0O®815 00. Turnips, per bbl, $150®8175; Onlons- 
Bermuda, per crate, 82 25; Havana, do do, 82 003$2 25; 
Squash. Marrow, 8SG0®$3 50; do Hubbard, 83 00^83 50; 
Tomatoes, per crate, 83 00®$5 00. Beets, per crate, 
81 00®82 01) ; Asparagus, per dozen, *1 00®82 25: Egg 
Plant, per bbl., 83 0o®$8 00; Kale, per bbl., 80 60®$0 75; 
Spinach, per bbl.. 81 00«82 60; Peas, per crate. *1 50® 
83 25; String Beans, per crate, 81 00® 83 00; Cabbages, 
Florida, per bbl., $2 00«$3 75. Cucumbers, per crate, 
$4 00@86 00. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—No trading In live cattle. Dressed beef 
firm at 6^®7%e. per lb. for poor to prime nat ive sides. 
Latest cable advices from London and Liverpool 
quote American steers dull at 94$®104(c. per lb. for the 
dressed weight, sinking the offal, and Ametl -an re¬ 
frigerator beef steady at scant 71$c per lb. 
CALVhS.—Market ruled steady for all sorts. Poor 
to prime Veals sold at #4@$5 624$ per loo lbs; Butter¬ 
milk Calves at 83®$3 so. Among the sales were Veals, 
145 lbs. average, at 85 50 per 10(1 lbs; do, 119 lbs. at 84.00; 
Buttermilk Calves, 103 lbs., at 83 50. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Sheep ruled dull and slow; 
Yearlings steady: Lambs lower. Poor to good clipped 
Sheep sold at *5 50®85 75 per I On lbs: unshorn do at 86® 
86 1246; clipped Yearlings at $5 50®$ ( ; unshorn do at 
8?a$7 40: Spring Lambs at 87<S83 50. Dressed mutton 
slow at 9®104$c. per lb Dressed Yearlings steady at 10 
®HRc. Among the sales were clipped Ohio Sheep, 83 
lbs. average, at 85 75 per 100 lbs; unshorn do, 89 lbs., at 
$6 6214: clipped State Yearlings, 73 lbs., at 86 80- do 63 
lbs , at $H 62 ]$; Ohio do. 74 lbs., at 6 374$; unshorn Ohio 
do, 77 lbs., at $7 40; Maryland Spring Lambs, 61 lbs., at 
88 50; do 58 lbs., at 87 374$, do 95 lbs., at $S 50. 
HOGS.—Market steady at 84 30@$4 65 per 100 lbs. 
BURLINGTON ROUTE. 
HOME-8EEKERS’ EXCURSIONS. 
The Burlington Route, C., B. & Q. R. R., 
will sell on Tuesdays, April 22nd and May 
20th, Home Seekers’ Excursion Tickets at 
Half Rates to points in the Farming Re¬ 
gions of the West, Northwest and South¬ 
west. Limit thirty days. For folder 
giving details concerning tickets, rates and 
time of trains, and for descriptive land 
folder, call on your ticket agent, or address 
P. S. Eustis, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent, 
Chicago, Ill.— Adv. 
MARKET NOTES. 
Tomatoes are in light supply. 
Cucumbers bring good prices. 
Onions are dull and prices weak. 
The barley market favors buyers. 
Good cabbages are scarce and wanted. 
String beans are very fine, and sell well. 
The demand for rye exceeds the supply. 
The poultry market is dull for everything 
alive. 
New squash has appeared, but sells 
slowly. 
There are large sales of foreign oranges 
and lemons. 
A large part of the receipts of hay are 
under prime. 
Good, long rye straw sells for as much as 
the best hay. 
Spring lambs still bring fair prices, but 
sheep are dull. 
Cheese is somewhat lower, though the 
supply is not large. 
Spring chickens dressed are in demandat 
well sustained prices. 
About 50 bales of hops were sold at Utica 
last week for 15 cents. 
Corn brings slightly higher prices, some 
being bought for export. 
The market for veal calves is good con¬ 
sidering the large receipts. 
Green peas are becoming plentiful and 
prices are gradually dropping. 
The trade in hops is very quiet, an occa¬ 
sional lot being taken for export. 
A large number of beeves, and consider¬ 
able dressed beef have been exported during 
the week. 
There is a good demand for eggs which 
are strictly fresh, and prices for such have 
advanced. 
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Large sales of oats for export have mate¬ 
rially increased prices and strengthened 
the market. 
Receipts of potatoes continue heavy, and 
prices are slightly lower for everything ex¬ 
cept the best grades. 
Michigan apples bring highest prices, 
Northern Spy being most in demand, with 
Russets weak and Tower. 
The “ option sales ” of wheat in this 
market, May 8, were 4,936,000 bushels; 
actual sales were 26,000 bushels. 
Pineapples are becoming plentiful and 
are very fine. One on exhibition at a West- 
side fruit store weighed 10X pounds. 
Cheese at Utica sold at nine to 9 % cents, or 
about three-fourths of a cent below last 
year’s price. At Little Falls the price 
was 8% to nine cents. 
The recipts of butter are moderate, and 
as there is a good demand there is little 
accumulation ; stock must be choice, how¬ 
ever, to bring outside quotations. 
The best strawberries come from Charles¬ 
ton and North Carolina. Some are arriving 
from Maryland, and large quantities from 
Norfolk. South Jersey will begin to ship 
in a few days. 
Liverpool cablegrams say that beef and 
pork are in poor demand. Hams in good de¬ 
mand. Bacon in fair demand. Cheese in 
fair demand. Tallow in poor demand. 
Lard—Spot and futures in poor demand ; 
prime Western spot and May easy at 32s. 
3d.; June and July easy at 32s. 6d. Wheat 
in poor demand. Flour in fair demand. 
Corn—Spot in poor demand; futures In 
S iod demand; mixed Western spot and 
ay steady at 3s. 6}fd .; June steady at 3s. 
6%d ; J uly steady at 3s. 7%d. Hops at Lon¬ 
don—Pacific Coast—Nothing offering. 
Readers of R. N.-Y. will please the ad¬ 
vertisers and benefit the paper by always 
mentioning it when writing to advertisers. 
HOW DOLLARS ARE MADE! 
Fortunes are made every clay In the booming towns 
along THE QUEEN Sc CRESCENT ROUTE. 
Cheap Lands and Homes in Kentucky 
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi 
and Louisiana. 
2.WX) (XX) acres splendid bottom upland timber and 
stock lands. Also the finest fruit and mineral lands 
on the continent for sale on favorable terms. 
FARMERS! with all thy getting get a home In 
the suuny South where blizzards and lee clad plains 
are unknown. THE QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE IS 
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