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December 23, 'iVMl. 
THE RURAIi NEW-YORKER 
HUMOROUS 
Irish boatman (surveying the solitary 
result of the day) : “It’s a foin fish for 
the size av ut; them’ll run about three 
to the pound.” Angler: “Hardly that, 
I should say.” Boatman: “Well, may¬ 
be the other two’d be a bit bigger.”— 
Punch. 
you 
5>> 
be glad 
Papa 
“Well 
Buy Your Home Furnishings and 
Building Materials 
Johnny : “Papa, would 
if I saved a dollar for you 
“Certainly, my son.” Johnny: 
I saved it for you, all right. You sai 
if I brought a first-class report from n 
teacher this week you would give rut 
dollar, and I didn’t bring it.”—Red F ^ 
“How is your mother this mornr ^ 
asked Mrs. Grey, of the small boy £<*• £ 
came with the milk. “She’s better, 
‘Can she sit up?” went on 
“No,” answered the literal 
down, but she 
Home Compan- 
Bare Factory Cost 
Save 45c to 70c on the $1.00 
—Over 2,000 Bargains 
answered. 
Mrs. Grey, 
youngster. “She sits 
stands up.”—Woman’s 
ion. 
It was a small but 
asked for a penn’orth 
local pharmacy, 
said the kindly 
acute boy who 
of pills at the 
“Certainly, my boy,” 
chemist. “Shall I put 
them in a 
responded 
I’m going 
Lost. 
box for you?” “O’ course,” 
the customer; “do you think 
to roll ’em home?”—Credit 
“Yes, that’s one of the leading lawyers 
for the reform movement.” “He looks 
like a man who would put his whole 
heart and soul into anything he under¬ 
took.” “You bet he does. Why, his 
bill for reform services during the last 
six months is $53,000.” —Cleveland Plain 
Dealer. 
His Better Half : “I think it’s time 
we got Lizzie married and settled down, 
Alfred. She will be twenty-eight next 
week, you know.” Her Lesser Half: 
“Oh, don’t hurry, my dear. Better wait 
till the right sort of man comes along.” 
His Better Half: “But why wait? I 
didn’t.”—The Throne. 
Willie has just received a severe 
spanking.—“Now, sir,” said his father, 
“you go straight over into the corner 
there and sit down.” A semi-humorous 
thought struck Willie; he stopped howl¬ 
ing, and a sheepish grin overspread his 
face. “Gee! pa,” he remarked, “isn’t 
that sorter rubbing it in?”—Boston 
Transcript. 
Voice from Doorway: “My dear 
sir, I have absolutely no objection to 
you coming here and sitting up half the 
night with my daughter, nor to you 
standing on the doorstep for three hours 
saying good night. But in considera¬ 
tion for the rest of the household, who 
wish to get to sleep, will you kindly 
take your elbow off the bell push?”— 
London Opinion. 
“I thought you sold your automo¬ 
bile?” “No,” replied Farmer Corntos- 
sel. “I traded the machine off for that 
horse over there.” ' “But you seem to 
have both the auto and the horse.” “Yes. 
I made a contract that he was to give 
me the haulin’ the machine out every 
time he got stuck or broke down. Fi¬ 
nally, he owed me so much that he 
turned the auto back as part payment.” 
—Washington Star. 
An American and a Highlander were 
walking one day on the top of one of the 
Scotch mountains, when the Scotchman, 
wishing to impress his boastful “cousin,” 
produced a famous echo to be heard in 
that place. When the echo returned 
clearly after nearly four minutes, the 
proud Scotchman, turning to the Yankee, 
exclaimed: “There, mon, ye canna 
show anything like that in your country.” 
To which the other replied, “I guess we 
can better that some, stranger. Why, in 
my shooting lodge in the Rockies, when 
I go to bed I just lean out of my window 
and call out, “Time to get up; wake up!” 
and eight hours afterward the echo 
comes back and wakes me.—London 
Truth. 
How would you like to walk into a big factory 
■where they make Roofing. Mlllwork, Paint, Furniture, Stores and 
almost every other kind of Building Material and House 
Furnishings and have the factory owner say to you: "Mr.-. 
you can have any one or all of these 2,000 and more articles for 
just what it cost us to make them. I won’t ask you one cent of 
profit. Just pick out the things you want." 
Well, that’s what our proposition amounts 
to, only you don't have to go to the trouble 
or expense of mnking a trip to the factory. ' 
We send you a Big Bargain Catalog which 
so perfectly pictures, describes and prices 
the 2,000 articles thut it’s easier to buy them 
than if you came to the factory. This way of 
‘’visiting” the factory costs you not one 
penny, for we send you our Bargain Catalog. 
A Few of the 
2,000 BARGAINS! 
Ready Mixed House 
Paint, $1.06 per gallon. 
Ready Mixed Barn Paint, 
78c per gallon. 
Buffalo Improved Wall 
Board, $2.35 per 100 feet. 
Genuine Tapestry Rugs, 
6x9, $5.59. 
Genuine Tapestry Rugs, 
9x12, $10.85. 
Complete Bed (includes 
Mattress and Springs of ex¬ 
cellent quality), $10.25. 
Famous Buffalo Roller- 
Bearer Rotary Washer, 
$5.35. 
This sale includes every¬ 
thing to furnish or build the 
home;over 2,000 Bargains. 
How This Is Made Possible 
Even the Manufacturer’s 
Profit Wiped Out! , 
You have saved a lot of money by buying 
f oods by mail-order. You saved all that the 
obber, wholesaler and dealer would have 
charged for their cost of doing business and 
all of the profit each of them made if you 
bought at home. You paid only factory cost, 
plus a manufacturer’s profit of 25 to 40 
per cent. But now, for the first time, you 
can buy Building Materials and House Fur¬ 
nishings for the bare cost of making. Yon 
do not pay the manufacturer any profit at 
all. The 25 to 40 per cent manufactur¬ 
er’s profit is wiped out, or, in other words, 
given to you. — „ »«*• 
vStove Bargains! 
] 650 handsome new 
f stoves, direct from fac¬ 
tories. at 35c on the dol¬ 
lar. Includes Cooking 
Stoves, Ranges, Wood 
Heaters, Coal 
/Heaters and 
Base Burners— 
I all going at half 
’ prices. We guar¬ 
antee every stove 
[ to be a fuel-saver and 
.to give lasting satis- 
’faction. Get catalog. 
Write for Bargain List Now! 
Nine out of every ten manufacturers fail in business, 
and in nearly every case it is because the manufacturer 
makes more goods than he can sell advantageously. He 
has his profits and capital tied up in surplus stock—good 
merchandise, but no immediate demand for it. To carry 
it another season meant heavy expense—Interest, Storage 
Charges, Insurance, Taxes, etc. 
Now, a big group of manufacturers have adopted a 
clever plan. They turn their surplus over to us. The Man¬ 
ufacturers’ Outlet Co., and we sell at cost of making. 
They pay us 4 per cent for selling and they realize in im¬ 
mediate cash 96 per cent. 
Means Huge Saving to the Public 
With the jobber’s, wholesaler's and retail dealer’s 
expense of doing business cut out, and four profits cut 
out, you pay but a small fraction of the regular retail 
price of these articles—sometimes but 30c on the SLOO. 
Each buyer is guaranteed that his purchases are fresh, 
new, fine quality goods, and that they will be safely and 
promptly delivered. So long as such guaranteed bar- 
J oins as these can be had, it would be the height of folly 
or a man to do any building or rebuilding, or for a 
woman to buy anything for the home without first look¬ 
ing at our Big Bargain Catalog. To get this most remark¬ 
able of all Bargain Lists, yon have only to drop ns a postal. 
Write us today and these sensational Bargain 
Offers will be in your hands as QUICKLY AS THE 
MAIL CAN TRAVEL. 
I Nails and 
Cement 
FREE 
1-ply Rubber Roofing, remnants, per 108sq. ft., 63c* 
2-ply, remnants. 73c; 3-ply, remnants, 83c. 1-ply Rub- 
ber Roofing, unlimited amounts, 98c; 2-ply, unlimited 
amounts, $1.26; 3-ply, unlimited amounts, $1.54. 
This roofing is fully guaranteed to be of the very 
highest quality—resists fire, water, snow, hail, heat, 
cold and acids; needs no painting; easy to lay ns car¬ 
pet; no tools needed but hammer. For Corrugated 
Roofing, see special prices In our catalog. (2) 
RUGS CURTAINS ■ MATERIAL 
HAROW 
PLUMBING .... 
11 ii 111in.* 
11 • i ■ 111111 
THE MANUFACTURERS’OUTLET CO. 
BUFFALO, N.Y 
Cuts faster. Uses less power. 
Portable—easy to set up. Absolutely accurate set. 
Quick return. One half the parts of other mills. 
The perfected sawmill of 56 years experience". 
Get our big, new catalogue on Sawmills, 
Steam Engines, Boilers, and Mill Equipments. 
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd., Box514. York Pa. 
Pulls Stumps 
Seven Feet Thick 
Monarch5teel Stump Puller, 
*- c " XtBOl * 
The mighty Monarch la made of highest grade 
Bessemer Steel in our own big factory. Outwears 
three ordinary pullers, Guaranteed 700 h. p. and 
against breakage. Only stump puller in the world 
equipped with genuine "Hercules 1 ’ Red Strand steel 
wire rope, the kind used by U. S. Government. 
Clears 1 to 5 acres a day. Used in all parts of world. 
Write today for Catalog and epecda.1 proposition 
ZIMMERMAN STEEL CO, . Dept H1U tone Tree, la. 
/■Earn $10 a days 
Sawing firewood, lumber, lath, posts, 
etc., on contract work. You can cut 
more and cut much easier with a 
Hertzler & Zook 
Portable 
Wood 
As low as 
Absolutely the cheapest and best saw 
made. Guaranteed fori year. 
Sold at factory prices—$10 and up. 
Save middleman’s prot ; t. Operates 
easier than other saws because 
stick is low and the saw 
draws it on as soon as it 
touches the saw. Only $10 
saw to which ripping table cau 
be added. Big money mukers 
and savers. Send for Catalogue. 
HERTZLER & ZOOK CO. 
Box 3 Belleville, Pa. 
$ 4t <tfc <& 
•H* Mr 
DOLLA 
in jw/-TREES 
S 3 
t ->♦ * 
PPlIffPKTIIlUP 
Right in your own grove — waiting for 
you to take them out. All you need is an 
“American” Saw Mill to cut that timber 
into lumber, which you can use yourself or 
sell at a good price. You can belt the 
“American” Mill to your farm engine and 
run it yourself, turning out first-class lum¬ 
ber faster and cheaper than any other mill. 
We’ve written a book—“Making Money Off 
the Wood Lot”—which tells a number of 
ways in which you will find an “American” 
Mill profitable. We want to send you a copy. 
Write to nearest office. 
American Saw Mill Machinery Co. 
129 Hope Street, Hackettstown, N. J. 
1582 Terminal Building, New York 
Chicago—Savannah—New Orleans 
This Forge Outfit at $3.60 Will 
Save Its Cost in 30 Days on Your Farm 
This Practical Farmer’3 Forge Outfit saves its 
small initial cost—only $3.60—in 30 days. With it 
you can do all your blacksmithing and repairing. 
Does equally as much work as any $10.00 forge 
ever made. One farmer writes: “I had never 
before built a fire in a forge, but now I do all my 
own blacksmithing and repairing and have in¬ 
vented a Horse Hoeing Machine and made 75 of 
them on the Fanner’s Forge.” Another writes: 
I wouldn't take $100 for mine, if I couldn’t get 
another.” 
Special Winter Offer 
Until March 31, 1912, we offer 1 Farmer’s Forge 
complete, $3.60, or 1 Farmer’s Forge, 1 anvil and 
vise combined and 1 pair of tongs, all 
for $5.40. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed or 
Money Refunded 
Our Farmer’s Forges 
sold 14 years ago are 
still giving entire satis¬ 
faction. Our forges have 
hearths 24x26 inches. 
llf£ in. blowers, 
run easy and have 
all the first-class 
qualities of high- 
priced f o r g e 8 
Fully warranted. 
Orders shipped 
promptly. Writo to¬ 
day.Send stamp for 
catalog No. 11 and 
testimonials. 
C.A.S. FORGE WORKS 
SARANAC, MICHIGAN 
t MAOCBv 
ncCAS Force works 
S.ranAc.Micm . i 
P.TCNT r rr,PI—C I 
-$360 ■* 
Grind Your Corn-Husks and All 
Alfalfa.CloverHay, Wheat Screeninsrs.sheaf 
1 / oats, rye, Kaflir corn, x wheat, barley. 
Bhell corn, cotton Beed, wet, dry or oily are all 
ground to meal on the “Bull Dog” Grinder. 
Highest Grade of Corn and Buck- 
wheat Table Flour in One Grinding 
And you can prove it. 10 Days’ FREE 
Trial Given. State size of engine and 
Write for catalog and samples today. 
1 Lett Manufacturing Company 1 
204 E. Road, Crown Point, Ind.. 
RUSTPROOF: BULLSTRONG: PIGTIGHT 
Fences for horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens.etc. 
Special low bargain prices. We pay the freight. 
Ornamental Lawn Fences and Gates 
Send for catalog Brown Fence & Wire Co. 
and sample Bept, 59 Cleveland,Ohio 
HI TSELMA N F ENCE 
Sold direct''to you at factory 
prices on 30 days trial. Save 
the dealers profit. Farm, Hog 
and Poultry Fence at from 
1 1 Y% CENTS A ROD UP. 
All wires are heavily galvanized 
80 rod spool of Ideal galvanized 
Barbed Wire $1.40. Write 
-day for large free Catalog showing 
100 different styles and heights of fencing 
Box 230 KITSELMAN BROS. MUNCIE, IND. 
No Stump Too Big 
For The Hercules 
Stumps 3 and 4 feet across and larger, with 5 to 12 foot tap roots come out like 
weeds when the Hercules All Steel Triple Power Stump Puller is hitched to them. 
Let us show you many actual photos and letters from men who use the Hercules^ 
Why don’t you pull the stumps and grow crops Instead of paying taxes on land 
that yields nothing. Now is the time. Our special price to first 5,000 
buyers saves you big money on first-cost. Stumps get harder to 
pull every year. You lose half the land value and S7O0 in crops 
every year stumps stand. 
Triple Power—All Steel—30 Days Trial 
3 Year Guarantee—Special Price Offer 
Triple power means more than tho pull of a locomotive. All steel means 60% 
lighter weight, 400% more strength than any cast iron or "semi steel” puller 
ever made. Accurate machining and turning means smooth running and 
light draft. Double safety ratchets mean safety to men and team. 3 year 
guarantee means replacement of any broken castings. Pullanacre of stumps 
a day easy with the Hercules. When yourstumpsarepulled, do work for your 
neighbors or rent machlneat a nice profit. Whynotinail postal at once for 
new introductorylmoney-saving proposition and Interesting free book? See 
photos and letters. Head about profits owners are making. Get facts and 
figures that will post you on best ecoi's to raise on virgin land where stumps 
6 tood. We’ll show you how to make $1281.00first year on 10 acres of stumps 
and 6750 every year after. Mail postal quick. T r | ...... , . 
.Hercules’Manufacturing Co., 130 17th St., Centerville, Iowa. 
Stumps like this easy 
for the Hercules 
