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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 25 
Theme insurgents In Cuba have limt H«;nt iih a 
“ warm wave” as an expression of their thanks 
for Uncle Bain's recent “ resolution ” In their 
favor. March gave us an awful dance, and April 
was little better to begin with, but thin warm 
spell has made ua forget all thepaat bad weather. 
The roada have dried out, and the treea are be¬ 
ginning to take leave of their long, lazy apell. We 
are all glad to Hue aprlng again. 
Probably the happiest people In America Just 
now, are a half dozen of The K. N.-Y. agents who 
are after thoae premiums. For the paat few weeka, 
they have chafed at home—unable to get about 
over the bad roads. Now that April, In one of 
her kinder mooda, haa dried the badneaa out of 
Home of the highways, these men have taken a 
fresh atart. There are but a few days left before 
May I, and we all know how the firat warm days 
do act hope and good nature to sprouting in a 
man's heart. These men are going right out to 
gather in the sprouts while they are fresh. We 
have a good deal to any about potato sprouts In 
thla Issue. You will notice that the surest sprouts 
are those which have stood in the light for some 
time, and have grown steadily along. Home of 
these men who have been thinking for a long 
time about taking Tiik It. N.-Y., are now likely to 
have sprouts on their mlnda. This warm, pleas¬ 
ant weather will start them up. Oo at them now 
while they are feeling glad, and before the nun- 
shine getH to be aueh an old atory. Last chance 
for the piano and organ. Forward , march! 
We have been a little crowded of late, and have 
not had quite so much room In which to “goto 
preas” aa we would like. We have not been Idle, 
however. You don’t feed an asparagus plant, 
you know, while It is sprouting but long before, 
while It Ih storing up food In Hh roots. That’s 
what we are doing, and you may expect ua to 
bloom out this summer at a great rate, of course 
you understand that we are after trade, and we 
assume that you are after the same thing -so 
that we may safely travel the same road. 
Now wr ought to aay one thing about Tint H. 
N.-Y. J>et this mau In New York .State aay It 
for ua : 
“ I received fully one dollar’s worth of Informa¬ 
tion from the Humple copy you sent me a few days 
ago, and have come to the conclusion that it la a 
good paper to have around the farm and ofllee." 
And In order that there may be no favoritism, 
let this New York State woman also talk : 
“Inclosed you will Hud some questions. Tint 
K. N.-Y. has more wheat and less chalf than any 
other paper I see.” m. y. t. 
We can stand lots of wheat In the form of new 
subscriptions. _ 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Maple sugar la dull at eight cents per pound 
for pure. 
Most old vegetables are extremely dull and are 
being rapidly crowded to the wall. 
The extreme hot weather has hurt the apple 
market. Demand has decreased, and prices have 
gone much lower under pressure to sell. 
Hot weather, heavy receipts, and a limited de¬ 
mand have nearly wrecked the butter market. 
At this writing, the best creamery Is selling at 1(1 
cents. 
A grain and trade congress Is to be held In 
Charleston, K. O., April 211. This Is emphatically 
a Southern movement, and Its object Ih the dis¬ 
cussion of means to Increase, export and Import 
trade, manufactures, the consumption and dls- 
Iribution of agricultural products and manufac¬ 
tured gooda, etc. 
Florida strawberries are running poor, and 
supplies from Charleston are increasing. Liberal 
supplies are. expected from the latter place, and 
later from North Carolina. The crop of the latter 
State Is reported to be large. The refrigerator 
berries are the only ones that arrive in good 
order this weather. 
This has been a tough week On the markets for 
dressed meats and poultry. The dressed calf 
trade has been completely demoralized. Arrivals 
were large, and a large part were spoiled and 
sour, and those that were not could not be kept 
for any length of time. The supply of live calves 
was also large, and the price was low. Spring 
lambs shared In the general wreck, and sold for 
what they would bring. 
The Hrst weekly telegraphic crop report of the 
season waa issued on Tuesday. Winter wheat is 
reported as in excellent condition In Nebraska 
and Eastern Kansas and la much improved and 
looking well in Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Ten¬ 
nessee and northern Ulinoia. I .CBS favorable re- 
portH are received from Wisconsin, Michigan, 
Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and por¬ 
tions of New York, In Home of which States It haa 
been badly winterkilled and la generally In poor 
to fair condition. No corn has yet been planted 
north of the Ohio River. In the Southern Stales, 
corn planting is practically completed. Cotton 
planting la now quite general in the northern por¬ 
tion of the cotton belt, is well advanced in the 
southern portion and the early planted la coming 
up ; In Florida, planting is nearly llnlshed. 
gUiSCfUancoutf 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The UcitAL Nkw-Youkisu. 
The Indian medi¬ 
cine man cures by 
charms and incan¬ 
tations. He fright¬ 
ens away the “evil 
spirit” who causes 
tlie sickness. He 
does all sorts of 
things that civilized 
people would call 
idiotic and barbaric, 
but the civilized 
folks are not so very 
much ahead after 
all. They do just 
as foolish things at 
does the medicine 
man. They go along 
carelessly, and al¬ 
low the little sickness to grow into the 
big sickness. They allow constipation to 
grow into indigestion, heartburn, dizzi¬ 
ness, headache, insomnia, and a Hundred 
other distressing conditions. They do 
this frequently because they do not know 
the cause of their trouble. It is a pretty 
safe rule to look for the source of q-ioths 
of human sickness in this one simple and 
appallingly prevalent trouble. Another 
foolish tiling that smart people do is to 
take some alleged remedy for constipa¬ 
tion and keep on taking it, day after day, 
month after month and year after year. 
Perhaps it is better to take the medicine 
than not to take it at all, but of course If 
they stop taking it, their trouble will 
come back. This last statement Is true 
of every other medicine prepared for this 
purpose except Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pel¬ 
lets. One "Pellet” is a gentle laxative, 
and two a mild catharic. They are gentle 
and efficient in their action, permanent 
in their results. You don’t become a 
slave to their use, aa with other pills. 
The People’* Common Sente 
Medical Adviser, in plain En- 
S liuh, or Medicine Simplified by 
.V. Pierce, M. D . Chief Consult 
ing Physician to the Invalid*' Ho¬ 
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