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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 7 
The Agent’s Share. 
No old agent wins a premium this week ; both go to new men. 
Here they are : 
S3—JOHN TAYLOR JR Ontario. 10 Yearly Subscriptions. 
$3—J. S. STEEL. Indiana.2 Yearly Subscriptions. 
Some agents who won weekly premiums before, sent more 
names than Mr. Steel, but the second weekly premium goes every 
week to an agent who did not win another weekly premium this 
year. Less than two weeks are now left for the contest premiums 
of $25, $15, $5, and $5 guarantee for all clubs of 20 or more. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
AS WE GO TO PRESS. 
"CATARRH CURE." 
A lady who writes from Indiana, has 
provided us with a text this week, by 
sending the following letter : 
Some time last winter, I saw in The R. N.-Y. 
directions for home treatment for catarrh. 
Although I have kept all my numbers, I cannot 
find the article now. Will you kindly send the 
directions by mail ? 
Several other people have asked for 
this treatment, and as this is the season 
for colds and coughs, we shall go over 
this treatment once more. 
The word, “catarrh”, is used to desig¬ 
nate a number of diseases of the nose 
and throat. This “ treatment” will not 
cure them all, but where one is troubled 
with a “stopped up” nose, or a discharge 
of mucus from nose and throat, with a 
bad taste in the mouth, it will pay to 
give the plan a fair trial. Some so-called 
treatments advise drenching the nose 
with liquids, or breathing vapor or gas 
in through the mouth. Such advice is 
bad. The nose never was intended to 
have water poured into it, and the 
mouth was never intended for breath¬ 
ing. Treat the nose with dry substances, 
and do all your breathing through it. 
The two things you want for this treat¬ 
ment are bicarbonate of soda and vase¬ 
line. Use the bicarbonate as a snuff. 
Take a pinch of it between finger and 
thumb, hold it in one nostril, close the 
other and snuff hard. Then use the 
other nostril in the same way. This will 
make your nose sting, and your eyes 
water, but never mind that ! The soda 
will dissolve and loosen the mucus, and 
you will be surprised to see how your 
nose is cleared out at the next “ blow¬ 
ing.” When the soda has performed its 
part, smear the inside of the nostrils 
with vaseline. Use a small brush or the 
little finger, and work the vaseline well 
up into the nose—“snuffing” it well 
back. In some cases, where the mucus 
is quite troublesome, you will need to 
use the bicarbonate of soda on the back 
part of the upper throat. You might 
dissolve the soda and use it as a gargle, 
but a better way is to blow it in dry 
form in through the mouth. You will 
need help to do this properly. Put the 
dry soda in a small tin or paper tube, 
let some one push this tube through 
your mouth to within half an inch of the 
back of your throat, and blow gently 
through the tube. The dry powder will 
fly all over the upper throat, and give 
you far better results than would be the 
case if you dissolved the soda first. I 
want to warn you beforehand that, when 
that soda hits your throat, you will be 
the most surprised person in your neigh¬ 
borhood. My wife claims that the first 
time she blew the soda into my throat, I 
turned a complete back somersault 1 I 
will also state that I tasted soap for half 
a day—but I never tried anything that 
has helped my nose and throat as this 
simple treatment has. While it cannot 
be called a “cure” for all cases of 
catarrh, I am sure that it will, if persist¬ 
ently carried out, bring relief to many 
people who now suffer exceedingly. 
The trouble is that most people do not 
realize what the nose was provided for. 
Some folks appear to think that the only 
use of the nose is to detect good or bad 
odors. As well say that the only use of 
the mouth is to taste. The mouth was 
designed to receive food and drink for 
the stomach to utilize in building up the 
body. The nose was designed to receive 
air for the lungs to utilize. Strictly speak - 
ing, it is as much a perversion of Na¬ 
ture’s laws to draw air through the 
mouth, as it would be to take liquid food 
through the nose. Of course, the evil 
effects of mouth breathing would be 
slower, but in the end, they would be 
sure. I think that I am safe in saying 
that 90 per cent of the cases of “catarrh,” 
chronic sore throat, “bronchitis,” etc., 
were aggravated, if not caused, by mouth 
breathing. This home treatment will 
not amount to much unless you keep 
your mouth shut. Bicarbonate of soda 
three times a day, vaseline constantly in 
the nose, and the mouth shut on every 
possible occasion ! That is the simplest 
way to heal the nose and throat. 
And now, of course, you have been im¬ 
patiently waiting to see what business 
application will be made of this treat¬ 
ment. First, go and try it on yourself ! 
It won’t hurt you a bit, and the chances 
are that, after a few trials, you will find 
yourself so much improved in voice and 
breathing capacity, that you will remem¬ 
ber that neighbor Jones is such a terrible 
mouth-breather that this bad weather has 
almost made him sick. You will walk 
over to tell him about this new treat¬ 
ment and, possibly, you will find that 
his farming is suffering from mouth¬ 
breathing, too. In other words, scrubs 
—animals, methods and ideas—are tak¬ 
ing his labor into their mouths, and lay¬ 
ing on mighty little meat and fat to pay 
for it. Our home treatment for such a 
case of mouth breathing, is a year’s sub¬ 
scription to The R. N.-Y. We expect to 
give you strong and forcible facts about 
what others are doing. That is the 
bicarbonate that dissolves the mucus. 
Then we shall come along with the sim¬ 
ple science or “ why ” of the matter. 
That is the soothing vaseline. What we 
want you to do is to go and blow the 
story of the value of this treatment right 
into your neighbor’s ear. Do it now ! 
Don’t wait! 
Some people will try this soda and 
vaseline treatment a few days, and then 
quit. Of course, it won’t help them. 
After 20 years of mouth breathing, how 
do you expect to wipe out the bad effects 
in 20 hours ? In like manner, some men 
will try to work The R. N.-Y. home 
treatment and quit. Don’t do it! Why, 
read this note : 
I have bought a farm, and saw an old Rural 
New-Yorkek dated 1884, in one of the barns; that 
is where I got the address. You will find $1 in¬ 
closed for the paper. j. t. 
West Auburn, Me. 
Now think of that! For 12 years 
that paper lay there undisturbed, until 
the man who needed the home treatment 
came along. Then see how quickly it 
started a cure ! Surely, if a 12-year-old 
paper alone can obtain a subscription, a 
grown-up man with our up-to-date 
paper, can also get one. You are the 
man ! We provide the paper! Where 
is the patient waiting for the cure ? 
Send us your neighbor’s subscrip¬ 
tion to The R. N.-Y. with his dollar 
and we will send him the paper.to 
January 1,1898, and send you your 
choice of these books: 
First Lessons in Agriculture, 
American Grape Training, 
The Business Hen, 
The Nursery Book, 
The New Potato Culture. 
All 
for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
THE RISE IN WHEAT. 
WILL IT BENEFIT FARMERS ? 
Probably one farmer in four sold during the 
recent rise in the price of wheat, some at the be¬ 
ginning, some at the highest point. I made not 
quite $15; my tax bill is $25 greater than last 
year. The majority of us must sell as soon as 
thrashed, owing to the scarcity of money. 
Catonsville, Md. p. b. c. 
This is no wheat country, and only a few acres 
are raised in this township or, in fact, in the 
counties near by. What little was raised was 
very nearly a failure, both as to quantity and 
quality. The only benefit we will receive from the 
higher price of wheat will be in the rise in prices 
for corn, oats, etc. w. w. H. 
Alden, III. 
Certainly a higher price for wheat would bene¬ 
fit the farmers of our neighborhood. About one- 
half of the wheat is unsold. Not much was sold 
at the increased price, for the farmers were not 
aware of the advance in price until it bad fallen 
again. I do not know how much money would 
come into our town on account of the advance in 
price. w. h. w. 
Annandale, Minn. 
Very little wheat is in first hands; all sold be¬ 
fore the advance. Not much wheat is grown 
here; our principal crop this season is corn. 
Oats were almost a failure. There were immense 
crops of hay and grass, also of all fruits except 
apples, which are only one-half a crop. If corn 
would advance, that is what we need; it is worth 
only 21 cents in our local market. I do not think 
that the increased price of wheat will bring 50 
cents into this township. s. B. m. 
Downs, Ill. 
The rise in the price of wheat benefited the 
farmer from 20 to 25 cents per bushel. I was not 
fortunate enough to get all the benefit; I was 
obliged to sell most of mine after it made a rise 
of 10 cents. Wheat is worth 60 cents per bushel; 
it was as low as 35 cents. I suppose that one- 
half or two-thirds of the wheat is still in the 
farmers’ hands, and being held for higher prices. 
I suppose that one-fourth of the wheat was sold 
before the rise in prices. n. g. h. 
Donegal, Kan. 
Very little wheat is grown in this township, and 
what was grown mostly passed out of the hands 
of the farmers before the rise. Considerable 
wheat was grown in western Iowa and, perhaps, 
one-half of it remained in the hands of the grow¬ 
ers when the rise came, but some of the farmers 
held too long, and prices are now down again. 
Corn is our main cereal here, and it is now low 
enough—15 cents per bushel—with no prospect of 
a rise at present. Of course, the rise in price of 
wheat benefited the farmers who took advantage 
of the rise, and sold at the proper time. 
Crescent, Iowa. h. a. t. 
(Continued on next page). 
$tUmnanMu$i gUmtisiuQ. 
Knights of old—crusaders who went to 
conquer the world, could not hope to 
Succeed unless they were in virile, hearty 
health. A man cannot face difficulties if 
his stomach isn’t in good order. Di» 
ordered digestion will make a sluggish 
coward out of any man. It makes his 
mind stagnant, and he cannot think 
quickly enough to accomplish anything. 
It makes his movements slow, and takes 
all of the snap out of him. Every man 
in business in America has a fight on his 
hands just as much as ever had belted 
knight. It is a matter of life and death, 
just the same with him as it was with the 
crusader. Indigestion and all the ills 
that go with it, most frequently start in 
constipation. That keeps all sorts of im- 
f urities in the body, forces them into the 
lood, and so deranges the whole system. 
Constipation is one of the commonest 
ills, and to it are traceable most of the 
disorders that make people sick. Once 
it gets a firm hold on a man, it is most 
difficult to overcome it. Temporary re¬ 
lief can be obtained in a thousand ways. 
There are medicines on the market that 
will help as long as you take them. 
There is only one remedy that is a real 
remedy—that you don’t have to keep on 
taking forever. That is Dr. Pierce’s 
Pleasant Pellet*. The “Pellets” are 
tiny, sugar-coated granules, mild and 
efficient in their action. They effect a 
permanent cure. You don’t become a 
slave to their use, as with other pills. 
If you will send 21 one-cent stamps to cover 
cost of mailing only , we will send you free the 
most useful medical book extant. This is Dr. 
Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, in 
plain English ; a book of 1008 pages, profusely 
illustrated, the great expense of preparing which 
haa been covered by the sale of 680,000 copies 
at the regular price, $1.50 per copy. Address, 
World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Nrt. 66j 
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Twenty 
Years**.* 
For more than twenty years 
we have been telling how 
Scott's Emulsion overcomes the 
excessive waste of the system, 
puts on flesh, nourishes and 
builds up the body, making it 
the remedy for all wasting di¬ 
seases of adults and children, 
but it isn't possible for us to 
tell the story in a mere stick¬ 
ful of newspaper type. 
We have had prepared for 
us by a physician a little book, 
telling in easy words how and 
why Scott's Emulsion benefits, 
and a postal card request will 
be enough to have it sent to 
you free. To-day would be a 
good time to send for it. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. 
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the other paper. 
The Thrice-a-Week World- 
Gives plenty of reading for the long winter 
evenings. Besides all the important news of 
the world, it gives an excellent series of 
stories by great American and English au¬ 
thors—probably the greatest amount of real 
good fiction ever offered by a newspaper. A 
brilliant page of fun and illustrated articles 
in every issue. Three papers—six pages each 
—every week, 156 papers a year for $1. We 
will send it in combination with The R. N.-Y., 
for $1.65, both one full year. Send now and 
get both papers free for the rest of this year. 
Daily Press, New York. 
Many farmers now like a daily newspaper, in 
order to be well informed on news through 
out the country. The Press is one of the 
brightest New York Dailies. It is Republican 
in politics and a strong advocate of protec¬ 
tion. We can send it daily, and The R. N.-Y., 
weekly, both one year for $3. 
Daily Journal, New York. 
No other daily paper ever made so great a 
success in so short a time as the Journal. It 
gives all the news, and is one of the brightest 
and ablest papers of the Metrojjolis. It is 
Democratic in politics, and an able expounder 
of free silver. We can send it and The 
R. N.-Y 7 ., both one year, for $3.50. 
The Atlanta Constitution. 
This is the great national weekly of the South. 
It has, probably, done more for the South than 
any other paper has ever done for any part 
of the Union, and, naturally enough, the 
people in the South believe in it and go by it. 
But besides its devotion to the interests of the 
South, it gives all the news of all the world 
every week, and is a great family paper. It 
abounds in stories, fiction, romance, wit and 
humor, fun and puzzles. It is Democratic in 
politics, and a great exponent of Democratic 
principles. It gives 12 pages—84 columns— 
of reading matter every week, and all for 
only $1 a year. We are able to send it and 
The R. N.-Y., both one year, for $1.75. 
Strawberry Culturist. 
This is a bright little monthly, edited and 
published on a strawberry farm by a straw¬ 
berry grower. We can send it and The R. 
N.-Y., both one year, for $1.15. 
