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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 28, 1898 
Humorous. 
Notwithstanding the poet, 
When all has been said, 
“ Be it ever so humble, 
There’s no place like ”—bed. 
Harper's Bazar. 
Justice : “You are charged with steal¬ 
ing Colonel Julep’s chickens. Have you 
any witnesses ? ” Uncle Moses : “ I heb 
not. I don’t steal chickens befor’ wit¬ 
nesses .”—Modes and Fabrics. 
Little Benny : “ Mamma, please let 
me hold the baby for a minute.” Mother: 
“I am afraid, Benny, you might let her 
fall.” Little Benny: “ Well, if she does 
fall she can’t fall very far .”—lex as 
Sifter. 
Georgie : “ Mamma, I’m just sure you 
don’t give me enough cake.” Georgie’s 
mamma : “ What makes you think that, 
my boy ? ” Georgie : ’Cause Tommie 
Simpson said I was a pie face.”— Cleve¬ 
land Plain Dealer. 
Mrs. Dusenberry : “ It’s dreadful to 
be disappointed in love.” Mr. Dusen¬ 
berry : “There is something a great 
deal worse than that.” “ What for in¬ 
stance ?” “ To be disappointed in mar¬ 
riage .”—Texas Siftings. 
“You remember Joe Morgan, dear, 
who went West a few years ago?” 
“ Very well, indeed.” “ He has just died 
and left his widow $100,000.” “Oh, 
Hiram ! And I wanted you to move West 
so bad at the same time .”—Credit Lost. 
Mrs. Youngmother (summering in the 
country): “John, I have got to send 
word to that farmer not to bring any 
more of this milk for the baby.” John : 
“What’s the matter with it?” Mrs. 
Youngmother : “ Why, there’s a regular 
scum on it every morning .”—The World. 
Peddler : “ Excuse me, sir, but I am 
introducing a new kind of hair-brush.” 
Perkins : “ Much obliged to you, but I 
don’t care to be introduced to a new 
kind of hair-brush. I have all I can do 
getting along with old kinds of hair¬ 
brushes, and really haven’t the time to 
meet new kinds.” Peddler: “ But this 
brush will restore the hair.” Perkins : 
Mrs. Burton Harrison, 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorkeb, November 28, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Learn to Use Good Tools.781 
Sales Days for Country Produce.782 
The New* Y T ork Agricultural Department and 
“Oleo”.783 
How Does the Silo Benefit the Cornstalk ?.784 
How to Use Fish.785 
Do Chemicals Injure the Soil?.785 
Corn Meal or Cotton Seed for Manure.785 
Do Street Fairs Pay the Farmer ?.789 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Feeding Steers in Wisconsin.782 
Kainit for Salting Stock.785 
ThatlOO-Heu Ration.785 
Southern-Grown Poultry Food.785 
Breeding for Sex.786 
Those Butter Prizes.786 
Incubators Are Not Toys.787 
The New’ York Horse Show.789 
Oil Meal for Live Stock. 794, 795 
Southern Cattle Fever.795 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Grafting Machine.782 
Colorado Second-Crop Strawberries.782 
Notes on Floral Novelties.783 
Some Sweet Potato Experiments.784 
Forcing Asparagus in Winter.784 
The Scurfy Bark-Lice on Apples.784 
Some Fruit Queries.785 
Peaches in Canada.786 
Flavor of California Peaches.786 
Southern-grown Peacll Trees.786 
Crimson Clover and Strawberries.786 
Some New Tomatoes.787 
Protection and Propagation of Roses.791 
Prize-winning Chrysanthemums.791 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.790 
Angelica’s Making-over. 790 
Washing Lamp Chimneys.790 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Rural School Problem.782 
A Pump to Heip the Pipe.785 
IIow to Make Cider Vinegar.785 
Lumbago and Similar Ailments.787 
Ruralisms.787 
Editorials.788 
Brevities.788 
Among the Marketmen.789 
Business Bits.789 
Where Are the Potatoes ?.792 
Crop and Market Notes.792 
Markets.793 
Humorous... 796 
