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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 30, 1908. 
HUMOROUS 
That fishes cannot dance is true, 
They cannot dance at all. 
The question is, What do they do 
When they get invitations to 
A stylish codfish hall? 
—Philadelphia Ledger. 
Small Boy: “I want some medicine 
to reduce flesh.” Drug Clerk: “Anti¬ 
fat?” Small Boy: “No, uncle.”—Judge. 
Curate (showing local big-wig over 
the new church) : “Yes, it’s a very fine 
building, but the acoustics are very bad.” 
Councillor Muggins (sniffing) : “Really? 
I didn’t smell anything!”—London 
Opinion. 
Laundryman : “I regret to tell you, 
sir, that one of your shirts is lost.” Cus 
tomer: “But here, I have just paid you 
12 cents for doing it up.” Laundryman: 
“Quite right, sir. We laundered it be¬ 
fore we lost it.”—Harper’s Weekly. 
Doctor: “The room seems cold, Mrs. 
Hooligan. Have you kept the ther¬ 
mometer at 70, as I told you?” Mrs. 
Hooligan: “Shure, an’ Oi hov, docthor. 
There’s th’ thing ini a toombler av 
warrum wather at this blissid minnut.” 
A New Roof Over 
Old Shingles F/S“ d <&. t 
tear off the old shingles—takes time, costs money. Save 
both—put on “Vulcanite” right over the old shingles-makes 
the roof better-lasts longer. Special long nails fasten it on 
for keeps. “Vulcanite” is the standard of two Continents 
with 60 years of service to prove its superiority. No tar or 
paper in its makeup. Best thing money can buy for old or 
new roofs. Cheaper than shingles or tin—needs no annual re¬ 
painting to keep it in repair; resists fire, acid, smoke, heat, cold, 
wet or dry. Before you build or repair you should get our 
I prices and free samples. You want the best roofing—we’ll give 
you several tests to prove which is best. Write today for free 
booklet, “The Right Roofing and the Reasons Why.” 
PATENT VULCANITE ROOFING CO., 
Dspt. 54,626-29 S. Campbell Ave., Chicago, III. 
or Franklin, Warren Go** Ohio, 
THE ROOF THAT LASTS LONGEST J 
Sea Green 6Purple Slate Roofs 
absolutely last forever. Being solid rock, they are spark 
and fire-proof. Reduce your insurance rate. Afford pure 
cistern water. Don’t require frequent painting and coat¬ 
ing like metal and composition roofing. Not affected by 
heat or cold. Suitable for all buildings, new or old. 
First cost— only a trifle more than short lived roofings. 
Let us settle your roofing question for all time. Don’t 
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US AT ONCE for our free book “ ROOFS.” It will save 
you money. Give us the name of your local roofer. 
THE AMERICAN SEA GREEN SLATE CO. Box 10, Granville, N. Y. 
« i mumsBrnsm 
—Judge. 
Old Lady (to conductor—her first 
drive on an electric tram) : “Would it 
be dangerous, conductor, if I was to put 
my foot on the rail ?” Conductor: “No, 
mum, not unless you was to put the 
other one on the overhead wire.”— 
Punch. 
“Johnny came might near choking to 
death the other day,” said Mrs. Lapsling. 
“He was eating popcorn, and he got a 
grain of it fast in his windpipe. At least 
that’s where I thought it was, hut when 
the doctor came, he said it wasn’t his 
windpipe, at all. The popcorn had lodged 
in his sarcophagus.”—Chicago Tribune. 
Gracious, Nora!” called the house¬ 
wife,, impatiently. “Isn’t dinner nearly 
ready?” “No, mum,” responded Nora, 
through the speaking tube, “it won’t be 
ready for two hours yet.” “Two hours! 
Why, what in the world is the cause of 
the delay?” “Why, mum, you said you 
wanted split pea soup, an, faith, it has 
taken me two hours an’ twinty min¬ 
utes to split 300 peas, an’ there are 479 1 
to he split yet. ' Oi counted thim me- 
self.”—Chicago Daily News. 
The brave ship was wallowing in the 
waves that threatened to engulf her at 
any moment. Hastily the captain 
lings, Cow Comfort 
Clean Cows 
These things with safe fastening, and perfect 
convenience in feeding, watering, cleaning 
and milking, make our 
Sanitary Stalls and 
Rotary Adjustable 
Stanchions 
Note 
■weights 
for raising 
mangers. A line of 
15 to SO mangers can be 
Instantly raised over cows’ 
heads for cleaning and watering. _ 
Concrete floor trough forms bottom of mangers. 
the most up-to-date and practical cow 
stablings in the world. 
The Adjustable Stanchions are of 
an entirely new type and have no 
equal. The only stanchions which 
enable you to line cows up on the gutter per¬ 
fectly. They adjust six inches either forward 
or back for cows of different lengths. They 
are steel, wood-lined, chain hanging and allow the most perfect freedom of movement of cows, standing or 
lying down. The Mangers (furnished any length) are strong sheet steel, reinforced by angle Iron and pro¬ 
vide for easy cleaning and indoor watering. Trough In cement floor forms bottom. Counter weights raise 
mangers over cows’ heads for cleaning trough and turning In water—the ideal arrangement forcleanllness 
and convenience. Stall Partitions are XX-ineh steel pipes. No overhead bracing. Room for all attentions, 
cows turn easily, easily keptclean.The whole is the mostopen^ncatest. cleanest, most convenient and sub- 
atantial cow stabling arrangement ever perfected, bar none. Write for free book of particulars. It will 
open your eyes on Ideal cow stabling. We make five styles of stanchions, steel and wood stalls, and full 
line of dairy supplies. Address 
The Kent Manufacturing Co., 
130 Kent St., Fort Atkinson. Wls. 
OHIO 
3-STROKE 
ALL STEEL 
SELF FEED 
2-HORSJE_HAX ll PRESS 
Send for 
"Balers’ 
HandBook” 
ree 
The fastest haler made. Lightest draft and easiest on horses and men. Large feed opening. Powerful 
feeder eliminates all danger In feeding. We also build Belt Power and One-Horse Steel Presses. Address 
THE OHIO CULTIVATOR CO„ Dept. 23, Bellevue, Ohio 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
INDRUROID 
ROOFING 
Requires no Coating or 
Paint- 
Acid and Alkali Proof. 
Elastic and Pliable Always. 
Strong and Tough. 
Absolutely Waterproof. 
Climatic Changes Do Not 
Affedt It. 
Practically Fire Proof. 
Can Be Used on Steep or 
Flat Surfaces. 
Any Workman Can Put 
It On. 
No Odor. 
Will not Shrink or Crack. 
Light in Weight. 
Does not Taint Water. 
Write for samples, prices 
and circulars. 
H. F. WATSON CO. 
ERIE, PA. 
Chicago, Boston. 
Mention R.N-Y. 
FIX your ROOF 
5cPer Square.- 
We will guarantee to put 
rusty, tin, Iron, steel, paper, felt or shingle root in 
perfect condition, and keep It In perfect condition 
for 6c per square per year. 
Th* Perfect Roof Preserver, Bakes old, 
worn-out roofs now. Satisfaction guaranteed 
or money refunded. Our tree roofing book 
tells all about It. Write for it today, 
die Anderson Manufacturing Co., Dept. 35, Elyria, nsia, 
A.VA. W JJtJi 
Roof-Fix 
Mills 
saw mills or wood working ma¬ 
chinery, send for our catalog. Our line is complete. 
Goods highest quality and prices reasonable. 
American Saw Mill Mch. Co., 129 Hopest..Hackettstown,N. j. 
New York Office, 1582 Terminal Building. 
Saw 
It you need anything in 
The WAGON to BUY 
structed. haves labor, annoy¬ 
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STEEL WHEELS iATo A N L ! 
Tour address on a postal will bring: you free catalog. 
The Geneva Metal Wheel Co 
Box 17 Geneva* Ohio. 
Havana Low Wagons 
All steel, made to last; wood gears also. Save high 
lifting, hard pulling, avoid cutting up fields. Tires any 
width up to 8 Inches. STEEL WHEELS furnished TO F11 
OLD 12 E a us. Write for free booklet. 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO., Box 17. HAVANA, ILL 
ordered a box of rockets and 
flares to be brought to the rail, 
and with his own hands ignited a 
number of them in the hope that they 
would be seen, and the passengers and 
crew rescued. ’Mid the rockets’ red 
glare, a tall, thin, austere individual 
found his way with difficulty to the skip¬ 
per and spoke. “Captain,” said he, “I 
must protest against this dare-devilish- 
ness. We are now facing death. There 
is no time for this kind of celebration.” 
—Weekly Telegraph. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and y**Ml get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
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Paint Bills 
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TEAS & COFFEES 
1 / NO GOODS 
/2 rlvIVLi AT RETAIL. 
FINEST TEAS from 19c. to to 37c. a lb. 
FINEST COFFEES from 11c. to 3Ge. alb. 
The supplying of Farmers, Granges, Institutions, 
Clergymen and large Consumers a Specialty. 
CONSUMERS IMPORTING TEA CO., 
P. O. Box 290. 66 Church Street, New York. 
Our Special Hard-Stiif- 
Springy-LIVE Steel 
The development of American Fence. The years of experimenting. The 
hundreds of thousands of dollars which we have invested in perfecting machinery 
and pioducingthe grade of special steel to make American Fence what it is today. 
•r' • , That IS a 1 
long story. 1 
What vitally interests 1 
- you is the result of this 
great outlay of time and money. 
~ What you want to know is that:— 
We have succeeded in producing a 
_ special steel that is perfectly adaptable for 
fence making. By the use of this special steel, 
galvanized by our perfected process, the value of 
to the user is greatly increased. We firmly believe it to be as near 
. absolute perfection as possible for the purpose. Wire drawn from the steelA 
i s hard but not brittle. It is stiff and springy but pliable enough to be properly^* 
not dead steel. So that every wire in American Fence^H 
---• spliced. It is live steel - - _ - 
as now made is a live wire, doing business all the time and 
Always absolutely reliable against emergencies. 
^Dealers everywhere—one in your town. See him—examine tl 
—test—compare—and judge the merits of the fence. 
American Steel & Wire Co., 
Chicago New York Dei 
San Francisco 
