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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 4 
" GREAT SECRETS 
We have all heard of the goose that 
laid the golden egg, and got herself into 
serious trouble by laying it. We have 
often thought that no animal besides a 
goose would be foolish enough to go into 
such a business; but it appears that there 
are human geese who think that they can 
improve upon the business methods of 
Mrs. Hen. 
A party in this city who wants to sell 
eggs on commission, has sent out the 
following circular : 
PRESERVE EGGS AND GET RICH. 
Dear Sirs: We have a recipe for keeping eggs 
that has been used in this city for many years 
with perfect success. Several fortunes have been 
made by the great secret. Like all things of big 
value, it is easy enough after you know how. 
Eggs will keep sound and nice as long as they 
are kept in the solution; the cost is less than one 
cent per dozen. You buy eggs in summer for seven 
to eight cents, and sell them in the fall for 35 to 
40 cents. Do you ask a straighter road to for¬ 
tune than this ? Five hundred dollars this sum¬ 
mer in eggs means $2,500 in December. Invest 
this latter amount next summer, and in December 
you will be independent for life. 
Nothing pays so well as eggs. Make your own 
figures and you will be convinced. “ Fortune 
knocks at every man’s door once in his life.” This 
may be the last knock at your door. Will you let 
him in ? 
Sign the inclosed note and send to us with a 
self-addressed envelope (to avoid errors) and we 
will mail you the great secret that will make you 
rich in a short time. We ask no pay until Decern 
ber. No proposition can possibly be any fairer 
than this. 
If you don’t wish to avail yourself of a lifetime 
opportunity, please hand this letter to some one 
who wants to get rich quick. We await your 
favor. Very truly yours,- 
Our opinion is that there are, at least, 
15,000,000 able-bodied people in this 
country who would like to get rich, and 
it won't hurt their feelings a bit to say 
that the hen and this famous recipe laid 
the foundation of their wealth. The 
“inclosed note” binds the shipper to 
send the egg-preserving man four cases, 
or 120 dozens of eggs before Decem¬ 
ber 1, and these eggs are to pay for the 
recipe. 
The New York Produce Review tells 
us that the address given in the circular 
is that of a small lodging house, on the 
door of which is this sign : 
“ Furnished Rooms to Let! ” 
Certainly those who are caught by this 
common and flimsy bait, will show that 
they have “rooms to let” in the “upper 
story.” It is quite possible that there 
are solutions that will pickle or preserve 
eggs. Salt will do it fairly well, and so 
will lime water ; but it is nonsense to 
suppose that this party has discovered 
any great new secret in advance of other 
people who are in the egg trade. Tf you 
were to sign the note, and then have 
this man tell you to put the eggs in 
strong brine, there would be no escape 
for you—he could claim 120 dozens of 
your eggs, and make you deliver them, 
too. You would simply lose a whole 
year’s work of 15 or 20 hens, and know 
just about as much as you did before. 
Now what we wish to say is that the 
world is crowded with people who want 
to sell these “great secrets.” Every one 
of these propositions is baited with a 
promise of great wealth. You are going 
to make something out of nothing, or 
come pretty close to it, if you only fol¬ 
low instructions. Every scheme is a plan 
to cut across the corners and reach re¬ 
sults over previously unexplored ground. 
One man wants to tell you how to take 
nitrogen right out of the air and save 
your fertilizer bills. Another wants you 
to double the yield of butter in a given 
quantity of milk. Another can tell you 
how to lift yourself by pulling on your 
boot straps, and so on. The sharpers 
understand that most people want to 
make money and, therefore, they don’t 
advertise a recipe for happiness or good 
nature. Cash talks, and it is cash they 
are after. 
In the present circular, they draw it a 
little too strong ; still they will, prob¬ 
ably, get a good many eggs if we may 
judge from past experiences. There are 
many people left in the world who 
believe in luck. Some of them see or 
read about people who become rich in a 
short time. They don't know how it 
was done and, therefore, can’t realize 
that there was a fixed and certain rule 
of action that led up to it. There^are 
lots of great “secrets” locked up by 
Nature that the world is patiently wait¬ 
ing for. When they come, they will not 
be given to the world through any such 
circulars as the one we have quoted, and 
responsible men will be able to prove 
and explain them. 
If you desire to keep up with all the 
great agricultural secrets that are to be 
made plain, we advise you to keep your 
name right on The It. N.-Y.’s subscrip¬ 
tion list. In that way, you will get 
them all, and you will, also, see the 
wind let out of many humbugs. We 
make no secret of the fact that we have 
four excellent books to give away as re¬ 
wards to those who send us new sub¬ 
scriptions. It is, also, an open secret 
that we offer agents as favorable terms 
as does any other agricultural paper. 
Some secrets that are plain as a pike 
staff to one man may be a perfect blank 
to another. Here is a note from a sub¬ 
scriber : 
I would like to give you a conversation between 
myself and a member of the Grange, wbicb oc¬ 
curred last fall. Scene : Potato field—tops dead 
with rust. I asked him why he did not use Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture. His reply was that he used hog 
manure, and no boughten manure. 
That is a fair sample of it. That man 
didn’t know that the Bordeaux Mixture 
would cure the rust, because be had not 
been let into that “great secret.” Such 
a man might give 120 dozen eggs for that 
preserving recipe. 
The following from the New York Produce Re¬ 
view, a publication devoted specially to the mar¬ 
kets, so indorses what we have many times told 
our readers, that we are glad to give place to it: 
“ We wish to advise shippers not to take up with 
a new concern until very satisfactory references 
are secured. A man who cannot furnish these, is 
not to be trusted. It is always safe to steer clear 
ot any one who either, by circulars or personal 
letters, quotes a price considerably above the 
market reports that are published every day. 
Trade here is so adjusted that no receiver has 
much advantage over his neighbor, and it is 
simply imjiossible to realize much of a premium 
on consignments.’’ 
$U£jC£Ua»jC0U0 gulmti.oimb 
When a young couple runs away to get 
married half the world says : “ How 
Romantic!” the other half says: “ HoM 
silly!” But you can’t tell either way 
until the “ honey-moon ” is over. When 
this young couple get settled down to the 
regular hum-drum of life, they’ll manage 
all right and find solid happiness in any 
case, if they have good hearts and sound 
health. All depends on that. 
It’s wonderful how much health has to 
do with married happiness. Sickness af¬ 
fects the temper. You can’t be happy 
nor make others happy if you’re ailing. 
When you find yourself irritable, easily 
worried, beginning to “run-down” it’s 
because your blood is getting poor. You 
need richer blood and more of it. Your 
blood-making organs need to be vitalized 
by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov¬ 
ery. It imparts new power to produce 
an abundance of the healthy, red corpus¬ 
cles, and gives you a fresh supply of 
pure, rich blood. It’s a blood-creator; 
it is for everyone whose blood is impure 
or in a poor, “run-down ” condition. It 
prevents the germs of disease from get¬ 
ting a hold on your system. Even after 
disease is settled on you, it is driven out 
by the blood-creating properties of the 
“ Discovery.” It is a perfect cure for 
general and nervous debility, catarrh, 
malaria, eczema, erysipelas, scrofula and 
every form of blood - disease. It is’nt 
called a consumption-cure but even con¬ 
sumption,— which has its roots in the 
blood—is driven out by the “Golden 
Medical Discovery” if taken in time. 
The “Discovery” is the prescription 
of one of the most eminent physicians 
and medical writers in this country. 
THE WAY THE “U.S.” 
“WHIPS’THE“POOR “BABY.” 
“U. S.” people sued Mrs. Rowland because she chose the “Baby.” 
She beat them in both trial and appellate courts, and then sued them 
for expenses and the “storage” of the U. S. Machine. 
Five Corners, Cayuga County, New York. 
“We have used a ‘ Baby ’ No. 2 Separator twice a day for nearly 
two years. It is very easy to clean, not taking 10 minutes to take 
it apart and wash it. It is much easier and quicker washed than 
the U. S., and easier kept clean. Has no sharp flanges to cut your 
hand on. It is easily turned by hand power. With the He Laval 
we can make a pound of butter from lb pounds of milk any month 
of the year, while with the U. S. it takes 21 pounds of milk for a 
pound of Dutter. We gave both a fair trial, and decided we wanted 
the “Baby.” There were quite a number of people near me who 
tried both, but all took the De Laval after a few days’ trial. No one 
need be afraid to try the De Laval. We would give up our dairy 
if we had to do without the separator now. We separate as soon as 
it is milked and then the milk is warm to feed, and with some meal 
makes good calf feed.” Mrs. GEORGE ROWLAND. 
Send for new Hand Catalogue No. 246, Separator Comparison 
Pamphlet, and “ Facts From Users,” constituting a complete education 
in ‘ sf’paratorology.” 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., 
WESTERN OFFICES: GENERAL OFFICES: 
ELGIN ILL. 74 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK. 
i“ SUCCESS” Jr. 
A R IMPROVED 
DIGGER L y POTATO 
DIGGER 
YOU WANT a digger 
that will please you. We 
, want to put 10,000 samples 
.ON TRIAL 
for introduction. 
FREICHT PAID. 
If your dealer cannot 
_ show you our improved 
_^“SUCCESS” send at once for particulars. 
! D. Y. HALLOCK & SON, Box805 York, Pa. 
BELLE CITY 
FEED AND ENSILAGE CUTTERS 
AretheMOST PERFECT 
cutters made. They are 
both hand and power 
and in all standard 
sizes. Carriers of 
any length can be 
attached. For 
running these 
and other farm! 
machinery we 
make a full 
line of Sweep and] 
Tread Powers. j 
Have also hand 
and barrel carts. 
Root cutters. Saw 
frames. Harrows, 
Cultivators, etc. iTsJWI 
Send for FREE v 
catalogue a n dLSak-i_ 
treatise on silos and ensilage. 
BELLE CITY MFC. CO. Box23, Racine, Wis. 
POTATO DICCER 
I W I I W Price Reduced for 1896 
HOOVER, PROUT & CO., Avery, O. 
LESMEN 
WANTED II 
to canvass for the sale of Nursery Stock ! Caslx 
—advanced weekly on all orders. Correspond¬ 
ence solicited. Address 
G. W. WIIITNEY & CO., Dansville, N.Y. 
A good local agent wanted in every town. 
DSnU C—Save money by building that new barn 
DkuIiv of plank. Cheaper, stronger, better, 
more durable, more convenient. 
A. L. WILLIAMS & BKO., Box 717, Bellefontaine. O- 
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Fruit Evaporator Wire Cloth 
WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE-CLOTH CO. 
Worcester, Mass. Chicago, Ill. 
Wrench 
When oiling your spring wagon and i 
keep your hands clean. Do not need i 
to touch the nut during operation , 
and do it all with one hand. Is the 
'BEST selling article ever offered ACENTS. 
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S Get sample at once and secure territory. Big profits. 
MIAMI 
BuggieS’Carriages> Wagons 
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Strong, Handsome, Iiow-prieed Goods. 
Fully warranted at prices which make money 
for you by saving one-third to one-half. A substantial top buggy, 
$44.25; an elegant family carriage, $67.50. We pay freight to 
points mentioned in our new Annual Catalogue, sent free. Write 
Miami Manufacturing Co., I if, W. 4th St„ Cincinnati, Ohio. 
STEEL 
HANDY WAGONS. 
The labor savers of the age. Only 28 and 34 
inches high. You save the lift, that saves 
your back Wheels have 4-ineh tire 
JUST THE THING 
for hauling over the farm. Is the 
BEST for Logs, Fodder, Wood, 
Manure, etc. We Make Metal 
WHEELS FOR WAGONS 
AND TRUCKS. 
All Sizes—fit any skein.... 1 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. Havana, Ills. 
0U ^vag°ns are GUARANTEED 
to carry 2 tons. We tell more 
about them in our FREE catalogue. 
Write us and get one 
TME FAMOUS 
QUINNIPIAG FERTILIZERS 
Are universally used with wonderful results. They are great wheat 
producers. Before ordering your fertilizers for fall use, inquire for 
the Quinnipiac. If not sold in your town, write us direct. 
BRANCH OFFICES: 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
THE QUINNIPIAC COMPANY, 
27 William Street, New York City 
