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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 5 
$50 IN CASH 
Awaits some one for less than three weeks’ work 
now. It is due to the largest club sent in by Janu¬ 
ary 1. Besides, if any one miss this, he is amply 
repaid for his work in other premiums 
and commissions. 
Have you forgotten this fine Elgin 
Watch that goes out every Saturday night 
for the largest club sent during the week ? 
Here is a cut of it again. Last week it 
went for a club of eight yearly subscrip¬ 
tions ; the week before it went for a club 
of two. It is plain that any one could 
earn it in a few hours. Remember, that 
renewals count the same as new names 
for these premiums. This is just the time 
now for subscription work. Can’t you 
take a day and look up a club ? 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
AS WE GO TO PRESS. 
" TEETH AND EARS.” 
About a year ago, I had something to say about 
deafness and the “anchylosis” or growing to¬ 
gether of the little bones in the inner ear. I have 
now to relate what, to me, is a singular and in- 
terestingfact—showing as itdoes how intimately 
connected are the j)arts of this wonderful ma¬ 
chine we call the human body. 
In my younger days, people thought that the 
legitimate ending for an aching tooth was a hole 
in the gum. In those days, teeth were pulled out 
at the least provocation, and it so happened that 
several of my teeth that ought to be still in my 
service were discharged years ago. Good den¬ 
tists at the present time never pull a tooth unless 
they can’t help it, and it is really wonderful how 
they can patch up some old molar and keep it at 
work. My opinion is that, 20 years from now, 
sets of false teeth will be almost unheard of. 
About a month ago, my friend, Dr. Blank, told 
me that I ought to have at least four new back 
teeth. I realized that every time I undertook to 
eat anything harder than potatoes; but where 
were those teeth to come from ? You can’t make 
them grow—like a crop of oats—that’s sure. 
The doctor proposed two plans; one was to bore 
a hole in my jaw and graft in a living tooth. 
That work is actually being done, and he agreed 
to guarantee it for, at least, live years! The 
other plan was to take one of my old stubs for a 
base, and to cement on to it a “ bridge” of metal 
containing two so-called teeth. I chose the 
latter plan, and he went at it. After much grind¬ 
ing and fitting and hammering, the “bridge” was 
in place and the toughest steak has now no ter¬ 
rors for me. 
But now comes the strangest part of the whole 
thing. There was this large piece of metal 
soldered to my jaw within two inches of my deaf 
ear. It wasn’t long before I found that I was 
shouting to myself. Whenever I started to talk, 
whistle or sing, an entirely new and metallic 
sound seemed to roll in upon my ear. I never did 
think that I was so noisy. No use talking—I 
could hear myself better than I could before that 
tooth was put in. 
Now I will freely say that my own voice has no 
particular charms for me except as an indication 
that I am to hear the voices of others more dis¬ 
tinctly -than I now do. The aurist tells me that 
the metal tooth has certainly increased my ability 
to hear my own voice. There are a number of 
cases where deaf people have had their upper 
teeth pulled out and a new set fitted on a metal 
plate put in. This has always increased or mag¬ 
nified the sound of their own voices. One of the 
best aids to hearing is the audo-fan, in which a 
metal edge is held against the teeth. The teeth 
and the ears are in close connection, and one may 
actually “hear with his teeth.” 
But what good will it do me to hear my own 
voice calling out like a fireman ? The outer pass¬ 
ages of the ear are no better than they were be¬ 
fore. How would you make your left hand equal 
to your right ? You would make it work and 
practice by putting your mind right on it and 
putting a part of your will into each finger joint. 
Now a deaf man should try to make himself hear 
by jiutting a part of his mind right into that 
little bone of the inner ear which is tied up by the 
“anchylosis”. The increased ring and rumble 
caused by that metal tooth close by my ear is 
exercise for it—that’s just what it is—and that 
exercise, in connection with other treatments, is 
one of the most hopeful things about it. I have 
heard of a man who was cured of a slight deaf¬ 
ness by simply gargling his throat! The con¬ 
stant working of the muscles of the throat 
opened up the little tubes that supply the inner 
ear with air, and exercised the ear itself. It would 
not surprise me at all if, in future treatment of 
deafness, use is made of metal plates in the 
mouth to magnify sound and thus stimulate the 
hearing. I don’t advise deaf people to have their 
teeth pulled out, but I certainly do urge them to 
adopt every rational device that will make the 
ears hear or exercise the muscles of the upper 
throat. 
* 
But now, of course, you have been impatiently 
waiting to see how we can apply all this to The 
R. N.-Y. Well, here is one illustration: A farm¬ 
er’s wife away out in Illinois is a great friend of 
The R. N.-Y. A noted cattle breeder took dinner 
at her house recently—but we will now quote from 
her letter: 
“ He is a fine man, but not much of a reader 
except of markets and stock. He spent the day 
with us yesterday, and I read yen • p-Ucle, “ The 
Rope Walk,” in “As We Go tc i stss,” and I 
wound up by saying, ‘ Now Mr. D —, uive me $1 
to send for The R. N.-Y. 14 months to furnish one 
of those little rojjes or strands, and if you are 
sorry for it in three months, you have your dollar 
back.’ Out came the dollar bill ! He was per¬ 
fectly delighted with that article, and said that 
he did not want his money back; that piece was 
worth the dollar.” 
Now that was just like the-metal on the tooth. 
That man heard a new sound—something, per¬ 
haps, that he had not listened to in a long time. 
He will continue to hear it and, may be, there 
will be new music for him as the result of it. 
And now, here is what a New Hampshire man 
did: 
“A few days ago, a townsman called to look 
over my raspberries. I put in a good word for 
your paper, as I always do. The result was a 
subscriber (one year).” c. h. j. 
Now you see that townsman was stone deaf to 
the merits of The R. N.-Y. The sight of those 
raspberries made, his teeth ache for a chance to 
eat some of them. Our friend just filled them up 
with the gold of “ a good word” and right in an 
instant the other man heard the true ring of The 
R. N.-Y. “ A subscriber 1” What a happy re¬ 
sult that was ! 
And now to top it all off, here is a note from a 
man far off on his way to the Island of Java. He 
writes from Roumania and says : 
“ I go there to manage a large oil company, but 
feel that whex-ever I go, I must have The R. N.-Y. 
to read, otherwise I would feel lonesome without 
it. I hope on my arrival, about December 15, 
that I shall find The Rural waiting for me. I 
think this is the longest trip The R. N.-Y. has 
been called on to make; it will take 40 to 45 days 
to reach its destination. Wishing all success 
with your good paper.” neil Sinclair. 
Now here is an American—born and reared on 
a Yankee farm—who has wandered through 
Europe and Asia, and seen many strange sights. 
It would not be strange if he forgot about Ameri¬ 
can farming during his long absence, but he 
doesn’t want to do that. His ear has lost the 
sound of home voices, but here he is taking The 
R. N.-Y. like the deaf man with a metal tooth, 
because it stimulates his mental hearing and 
brings back old-time scenes and ideas. 
You see the point, of course ! Don’t you know 
some mentally deaf man who needs the metal of 
a new idea on his teeth ? We suggest The R. N.- 
Y. for a metal tooth. You turn demist for a 
short time and let the patient provide $1 for 
soldering on the tooth ! 
SECRETARY MORTON’S REPORT. 
The last report of Secretai’y of Agriculture Mor¬ 
ton is a mild document compared with some of 
his previous publications. Mr. Morton must be 
credited with an economical administration of 
his'department. The government has given him 
$11,179,455.45 during his term of office, and of this 
he has saved $2,066,661.19, which is now on hand. 
The application of civil service rules has helped 
very much in this economy. 
Mr. Morton says that a new office is needed, 
viz., a “ Director of Scientific Work.” He says: 
“No permanent and adequate direction and 
supervision is provided in the present organiza¬ 
tion of the department- It is not to be supposed 
that the Secretary of Agriculture, a member of 
the President’s Cabinet, even if a farmer and an 
experienced executive, will necessarily be a tech¬ 
nically trained scientific man. Even if he should 
be, he occupies the position only four years, and 
thus scarcely becomes familiar with the difficult 
and complex work of the department before he 
leaves it. The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 
is subject to the same conditions. Because he 
must represent the Secretary in the Administra¬ 
tion, he must go with the Administration.” 
The scientific work of the department ought to 
be in charge of some one who will continue in 
office from year to year without regard to any 
change in the national administration. Thei’e 
should be a settled policy and a settled official. 
Mr. Morton also says that the salaries of higher 
officials ought to be increased. During the past 
year, the government officials inspected 35,917,479 
live animals that were offered for sale as food. . 
Of this number, 89,399 were condemned. In the j 
same time, 23,164,858 carcasses were inspected, • 
and 41,003 were condemned. This meat inspection 
has proved a valuable help to the trade, and Mr. 
Morton would increase and extend it. 
Considerable space is given in this report to 
the cattle and meat trade of Great Britain. The 
people of Great Britain consume every year 
1 , 100,100 tons of meat, or about 100 pounds for 
each man, woman and child. About 75 per cent 
of this mountain of meat is produced at home, 
while the rest comes from America, Australia, 
Argentina and Europe. Vast quantities of frozen 
beef and mutton are sent from South America and 
Australia, but the English much prefer to import 
live animals and slaughter them. The chances 
are that the live cattle trade will develop, as our 
beef animals are superior to those from any 
other country except Canada. In 1895, Great 
Britain imported 1,421,356 live animals to be 
used as food. Of hog products, about 450,000,000 
pounds of ham and pork were imported during 
the same year. It is said that American bacon 
sells at a low price because it is overfat and too 
salt to suit the English taste. 
American horses are in growing demand 
abroad. There has been a perceptible increase 
in shipments during the past year. Mr. Morton 
also calls attention to the trade in American 
apples, though he tells nothing new about it. 
Considerable space in the report is given to 
describing the work done in the various bureaus 
[Continued on next page.) 
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and see what was 
coming from those 
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loss of appetite, 
wasting of flesh 
and energy you 
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disease to get a 
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The “Discovery ” is not called a con- 
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It is absurd to doctor them separately as 
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This is a bright little monthly, edited and 
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for$1.80. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, December 5, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Horse Shoe Farm Notes.799 
Corn or Hard Wood ?.800 
Homemade Windmill. 800 
Fuel in Nebraska.800 
Burning Corn in Nebraska.803 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Not All Success with Early Lambs.798 
Northern Cattle in the South ..799 
Crimson Clover Hay for Stock.800 
A Balanced Ration Worked Out.801 
Strong Food for Poultry.801 
Swelling on a Mare’s Neck.801 
Lumpy Jaw or Tuberculosis in Cattle.801 
The New York Livestock Show.805 
Feed and Care of a Dairy Cow.810 
Shall We Clip the Horse?.811 
Southern Cattle Fever.811 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Glimpse at Celery ville.797 
October Strawberries.798 
The Life of the Peach Borer.800 
The “ Strawberry Barrel ” and “ Black Bugs ” 801 
Strawberry Culture in Florida.801 
Fresh Sawdust as a Mulch.803 
Carman Potatoes Are Mealy.803 
Roses and Potatoes.803 
Strawberries Out of Season.803 
The Vineless Yam.803 
Calliopsis and Narcissus.806 
Protection for Climbing Roses.807 
Outdoor Chrysanthemums.807 
Exhibition Chrysanthemums.807 
Rose Notes.807 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.806 
The Noonday Rest.806 
Table Napkins.806 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Straw-burning Stove.800 
“ Divining Rods” and Hidden Treasure.801 
The Influence of Horticulture on Literary Life 802 
Gasoline Explosion.803 
Editorials.804 
Brevities.804 
Among the Marketmen.805 
Business Bits. .805 
As We Go To Press.808 
Secretary Morton’s Report.808 
Condensed Correspondence.808 
Markets.. 809 
Humorous.... .. 812 
