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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
OCT. 18 
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“Rough on Rogues” 
LOOKOUT 
ALMANAC 
LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE. 
plosive. You cannot move the world with¬ 
out power. 
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OCTOBER 
MOIldflV Look out for sparks and matches 
J that are tossed aside. A great 
deal of damage comes from these 
things. We learn of a sad accident that 
happened in an Austrian village. A farm¬ 
er’s wife was ironing in her kitchen. A 
spark flew out and set her muslin 
dress on fire. She rushed into the yard 
where the men folks were thrashing barley. 
In an instant, almost, the whole thing was 
in a blaze. The result was, that not only 
the farm buildings, .but a large number of 
houses in the little village were destroyed. 
The possibilities of a single spark are im¬ 
mense. Given the proper conditions, it 
will multiply at a fearful rate of compound 
interest. Look out for the sparks—do not 
let them grow. 
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TllPSdflV Look out that you realize the 
^ importance of making 
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A base hit, as all of our base-ball friends 
know, is what every ball player tries to 
make when he goes to bat. For the benefit 
of those who do not understand the terms 
of base-ball, we may explain that a base hit 
means hitting the ball so hard with the 
bat that it goes far out of reach of the 
players who try to stop it, so that the bats¬ 
man has ample time to run for a base. 
The object of the pitcher is to throw the 
ball so that the man at the bat cannot hit 
it. It is, therefore, a great victory for the 
latter to hit the ball fairly and knock it into 
the field. Make a base hit by knocking out 
the opposition. In order to do this, you 
must watch your chances carefully, and 
when one comes along that offers an oppor¬ 
tunity, hit at it with all your strength. 
Make a base hit! 
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Wednesday Look out that you learn the 
00 J proper lesson from the new 
Gifford gun, for the patent 
on which the Messrs. Colt, American gun 
makers, have just paid $1,000,000. The les¬ 
son is not for you to try to invent a $1,000,- 
000 machine—anything but that! The pe¬ 
culiar construction of the gun points the 
lesson. Apparently it is nothing but a 
small steel tube, containing nothing that 
we can see or handle. But it is literally 
charged with death. It contains liquefied 
carbonic acid gas, the same gas which we 
breathe from our lungs, but which, when 
liquefied, is one of the most powerful ex¬ 
plosives known. By pulling the trigger a 
single drop of this liquefied gas is forced 
into the breech of the gun, where it is in¬ 
stantly converted into a gas and develops 
a force equal to 500 pounds’ pressure on the 
square inch. Thus the bullet is forced 
from the gun at any desired velocity. There 
is no sudden explosion, no smoke, no noise, 
no heat, no recoil—a slight fizz is the only 
sound. Now, where is the lesson ? Here ! 
Fill your minds with facts and ideas that 
are solid and condensed. Condense them 
by thought and test them by common- 
sense application. Then pack them care¬ 
fully away in your head where, at an in¬ 
stant’s call, they are ready for use. The 
results of such thinking will move things 
when they get behind them. You carry 
your own explosive In your head. You 
are responsible for the quality of that ex¬ 
Thursdav L°°^ out for so called “ physi- 
J cians” who guarantee to cure 
2 3- consumption and fits. We ex¬ 
pressed our opinion regarding these folks 
a few weeks ago. To show the way they do 
business, we give some extracts from a cir¬ 
cular letter which they send to their 
patients. “Some time since you commenced 
a course of treatment for epilepsy, and as I 
have not heard from you lately, I am in¬ 
clined to think that a cure has been effected; 
or that you have delayed ordering more 
medicine until your means will permit you 
to continue the course. I fear that you do 
not fully realize the danger of delay, for 
when this disorder has developed its 
poison throughout the blood and nerves, 
it becomes one of the most dangerous dis¬ 
eases known. Each successive attack 
strengthens the hold of the disease upon 
the system, with paralysis as a probable re¬ 
sult. If others are dependent upon you, 
or you are dependent upon others, 
it is your duty to act before it is too late. 
I have given your case a thorough study, 
and now come again to your relief by prom¬ 
ising to cure you for life, by thoroughly and 
forever removing the epileptic element from 
your system, and this, I guarantee upon 
my word and honor as a parent and as a 
Christian gentleman. 
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FridHV this s °l emn assurance, and 
J with the absolute certainty of en- 
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joying those comforts of which you 
have been deprived, is it not worthy of a 
special effort on your part ? If your means 
are limited, do not hesitate for a moment 
to appeal to your friends for assistance; 
for in this, your hour of need, they cannot 
resist your appeal. As proof of my desire 
to assist you as far as practicable, I hereby 
agree to forward six pint bottles of- 
upon receipt of $12. I, furthermore, promise 
to return your money in case satisfactory 
benefit is not derived, or to furnish a fur¬ 
ther supply if you will agree to pay $3 
more one year after you have been thor¬ 
oughly cured. My promise I will sacredly 
keep.” This letter always proves very ef¬ 
fective with a certain class of people. Many 
a poor wretch has been induced to send his 
hard-earned money for this medicine which, 
while it may relieve him for a time, will in 
the end leave him worse off than before. 
The letter we have quoted from is printed 
so cunningly that it will pass with many 
people for a written sheet. The same thing 
is sent to hundreds of people every year. 
What folly, what wrong to say to honest 
men : “ I have given your case a thorough 
study.” Let such letters alone. They 
bring you nothing but false hopes. 
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SfltlU’dflV Look out for a fraud out in 
p ^ Galesburg, Ill., who wants to 
2D. S eii township lots at a big fcrice. 
Several of those big Colorado land swindles 
have collapsed, by the way. Of course, 
any scheme that offers to give something 
for nothing is bound to collapse. * * * 
Look out again for “green-goods” men. 
They are evidently preparing to do a big 
business in their stuff. Two Alabamians 
have just had an adventure with “green- 
goods” men in this city. The two South¬ 
erners came up last year to buy some 
“green-goods” and were cheated. This 
year they came to get revenge. To aid 
them they brought between them four big 
horse pistols. When the “green-goods” 
men displayed their wealth the Southern 
army drew their pistols and called upon 
the enemy to “deliver.” The result was 
that the Alabamians captured $1,700 worth 
of good money and a lot of green paper. 
But before the Southerners could get out 
of town the police arrested them and took 
the $1,700 away, but a confederate is re¬ 
ported to have escaped with several 
thousand dollars of plunder. There is now 
a lawsuit pending to see who owns the 
money. The “green goods” men are not 
likely to come forward and claim their 
property.__ 
The editor of the Orange County 
Farmer, after a visit to the New York Ex¬ 
periment Station, and an investigation of 
what is there going on, has this to say of 
the Director. “We believe Dr. Collier to 
be a man of integrity, thoroughly capable 
of filling the place he holds and the esprit 
de corps of the whole establishment is, be¬ 
yond question, all that could be desired. 
We do not desire to ‘go further and fare 
worse.’ Let us be patient and be just.” 
The R. N.-Y. wants to be “patient” and 
wants to be “just.” That is precisely 
what it does want. We thought it was 
unjust to be patient any longer. 
Poultry Yard. 
CAPONS AS MOTHERS. 
Mr. Geo. Q. Dow says capons, with a 
little training, make the best of mothers, 
taking most excellent care of 20 or 30 
chickens at a time, and keep at it all sum¬ 
mer, and get large and fat themselves. 
Being so much larger aud stronger than a 
hen, they can do much more for the chicks, 
and twice as many can live under them. 
The way to make them good mothers is 
as follows : When the capon has reached 
the age of nine months he is old enough to 
assume maternal duties. If you have chicks 
ready, catch the capon and pluck a few 
feathers out of his breast, and at the same 
time switch him lightly with a cedar twigor 
any that will sting him a little. The ob¬ 
ject of this is to cause his breast to itch. 
Put him in a dark box about two feet 
square aud low enough to prevent him 
from standing up. Then put two or three 
chicks in with him He will probably kill 
these, and when he does he should be 
taken out and switched again on his 
breast, after which he may be put back 
in the box and more chicks be given him. 
At this time he will probably be glad to 
have them with him, as nis breast will itch 
so that he will like to have them huddle 
under him, aud will cluck to them eagerly, 
and treat them as kindly as an old hen. 
He should be kept under the box for 24 
hours with the chicks, which should get 
a few bread-crumbs and water, and care 
should be taken to have the capon far 
enough from the old hen to prevent the 
chicks from hearing her call. The next 
day he may be kept in au open coop, and as 
many chickens may be given him as is de¬ 
sirable. They should be kept there for sev¬ 
eral days, after which he and the chicks 
may be allowed to roam where they choose, 
and then he will take better care of them 
than the mother, for he will never wean 
them. Other chicks may be given him 
from time to time, but always at night, and 
at the same time the chicks that are large 
enough should be taken from him. In this 
way one capon will bring up a good many 
chickens, and the hen’s time is not lost. 
The capon is always at home with a large 
family of chicks, after he is broken in. 
LOOK OUT FOR ROUP. 
With the advent of October roup will 
come. The weather will be changeable, 
going from hot to cool and vice versa. 
The birds will get chilled from the sudden 
changes or get wet from a cold rain, and in 
many other ways they will catch cold 
which will develop roup. Cures are in¬ 
numerable, and every breeder seems to 
have a certain one of his own. This article 
is not written for the purpose ot giving 
such people light. The old breeder has his 
remedies and knows how to apply them, 
but* my object is to help those who have 
just started in the business with their first 
case of roup. 
The first symptoms to be noticed are 
sneezing, frequent opening of the mouth 
and gaping in a sleepy style, and frothing 
at the eyes, and possibly a watery discharge 
from the nostrils. This is what may be 
termed the “ distemper stage.” Catch the 
affected birds and put them in a warm 
room by themselves. Procure a sewing- 
machine oil can, fill it full of commou lamp 
oil, to which add five drops of fluid car¬ 
bolic acid. Catch the bird and inject a few 
drops,—after shaking the can up well,—in¬ 
to each nostril, which, if discharging, 
should be cleaned out by washing with 
milk-warm water, and also inject a few 
drops down the throat. Treat twice daily ; 
one or two days will suffice. After the bird 
has recovered put it back with the others 
at night. By putting it back at that time 
it will become accustomed to the chauge iu 
temperature ere morning, and the chauge 
is not then so great as iu day-time. 
If the heads are swelled aud the eyes 
closed up, the disease has a little tighter 
hold upon them. Wash their heads well 
with warm water and Castile soap, drying 
them well with a cloth. Then treat as 
before, except that you should apply to the 
head and eye lids an ointment made by 
adding a few drops of laudanum and tur¬ 
pentine to a tea-spoonful of lard, and 
mixing thoroughly. If the throat is cank¬ 
ered,—that is, if a cheesy substance 
has gathered about the tongue aud the 
sides of the throat on the inside—the bird 
is in what we might call the third stage of 
the disease. Remove this substance with 
a small hair-pin. It will cause the afflicted 
parts to bleed: but no matter, do the work 
well: wash the moutli out, aud sprinkle 
thickly burnt or boiled alum, powdered 
fine, on the affected parts. Apply the coal- 
oil to the nostrils. Treat twice daily while 
they are sick. Feed whole grain, dropping 
all soft food. Give them fresh water spar¬ 
ingly, and to it add sufficient tincture of 
iron to color it well. Never allow a healthy 
fowl to drink from the vessel until it has 
been thoroughly cleansed. An ounce of 
prevention is worth a pound of cure, we 
are told; therefore, if there is any possi¬ 
bility of your poultry-house being damp 
and musty, clean it at once; fumigate it in 
the day-time by burning sulphur, keeping 
the door and windows closed for a while. 
Disinfect it with crude carbolic acid—a 
tea cupful to a gallon of water, well 
sprinkled around everywhere in the house. 
If the floor is of earth,put a foot of sand on 
the bottom; if of wood, less will suffice. 
The sand will absorb the moisture, damp¬ 
ness and odors arising from the droppings. 
Keep your eyes always open for roup. 
Cull Out Now. —October is a good 
month to cull out and grade up your young 
birds. In every breeder’s yard at this sea¬ 
son there are always more or less culls, 
both males and females. I mean by culls, 
birds off in color, points, etc., so much that 
they are valueless as breeders, and, as a 
matter of course, not fit to ship. Take the 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, for instance. 
There goes a cockerel too light in color of 
plumage for a breeder, because the black 
is so scant that the color runs. There goes 
a pullet that is nearly black in plumage, 
has bad willow legs and a very dark beak. 
Moreover, you will find some with crooked 
breast-bones, badly wry tails, deformed 
beaks, etc. Out of this lot a farmer can 
select some good cockerels for crossing, or 
pullets for laying, and those witn crooked 
breast bones and deformed beaks can go 
into the pot. October is the month when 
whoever keeps a mixed-up flock should 
pick up bargains from the fanciers who are 
culling out. One should not neglect to do 
this, as it is all foolishness to feed such 
rubbish, and, besides, the good birds want 
the feed and room of the inferior fowls to 
enable them to spread out and develop into 
fine birds. The longer one feeds a “ cull ” 
the oftener he will have to go down in his 
pocket for cash to purchase feed. Again, 
cull out! Don’t stand on the point of do¬ 
ing it, but do it. E. P. c. 
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