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I received the check which you got for 
mu from Everyday Life Magazine, Chicago, 
for which please accept many thanks for 
your efforts in securing same to me. 
Pennsylvania. m. h. h. 
This man made an application for in¬ 
surance and paid $1. He didn’t get the 
])olicy, nor the $1 returned. We simply 
got the $4 for him. 
Received check to-day from G. Chessman 
& Co., Boston, Mass. w. n. u. 
New York. 
The amount of this bill was $'>.->, amT 
the complaint stated that there were other 
shipments from the same neighborhood. 
The firm’s rating would not seem to 
justify shipments on consignment nor 
on account. Cash transactions are rec¬ 
ommended. 
We sent to John P. Walton & Co., 54 
llooslc street, Troy, N. Y., 100 pounds 
hotter October, 1008, and never heard from 
them. The express agent here found they 
had closed their store at the time they got 
our shipment. We were sorry to lose it. 
Vermont. vv. m. x. 
We do not seem to have had any pre¬ 
vious experience with Messrs. Walton & 
Co.; and hope to have none in the future. 
We have not been able to do anything 
with this account. 
I have just finished reading tills last Is¬ 
sue and much enjoy your way of getting 
at tlie frauds and swindlers, and note tin* 
complaints of subscribers, but in the com¬ 
plaint of A. K. I>. against E. Schlosser & 
Co., he says 50 prints of butter weighed 
48*4 pounds, or plainly would cheat the re¬ 
tail buyers of almost half an ounce on 
each pound. Surely this even If sold by 
the print Is not right. A print should he 
an even pound. w. c. b. 
There is no disputing that argument. 
We do not know how this weight hap¬ 
pened to be 1 Zi pounds short, but 
we do know that the producer generally 
is inclined to heap the measure, that is, 
to give a little over rather than less. 
What do you know about the wonderful 
story of Capt. Hand and the stones he is 
selling for one dollar? 
SEVERAL INQUIRERS, 
We know it is a fake pure and simple. 
m The wonderful story is that lie picked 
up a lot of these stones while traveling 
in India. He would have you believe 
these stones had the magic powers of 
omnipotence. They cure sickness, re¬ 
veal secrets, furnish work, and make you 
rich, 
and 
all for one dollar 
. It 
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,’ould 
not 
seem 
that anv grown pc: 
rson 
w 
as in 
danger of 
biting on 
such a 
fake 
You 
can 
find 
lots of smooth stones 
in 
any 
sand 
bank 
, and they 
will save 
you 
jn 
ist as 
much pain as Capt. 
Rand’s 
fakes, 
and , 
save 
your 
dollar besi 
des. 
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that 
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also 
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as will 
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Si lssissippl. 
This has reference to the Sprague’s 1 
Merchantile Agency, 184 La Salle street, 1 
Chicago, 111. The contract calls for $25 , 
in advance as retainer. They guarantee j 
to collect $100 of the claims placed with j 
them or refund the $2."). Country people, 
and city people, too, for that matter, will 
have to learn that a guarantee <>f an ir¬ 
responsible concern is worthless. Money 
should never be paid in advance on such 
schemes. But business men as well as 
farmers have been caught on the collcc- 
tion fakes. It is similar to the advance 
fee collected by Ostrander for selling 
farms. The whole energy of the con¬ 
cerns are devoted to the collection of 
the advance fee rather than for any ser¬ 
vice to those who put up the money. 
And as to the return of the fee, you may 
as well look for the drop of water you 
put into a red-hot furnace. 
Thu American Ear ms Products Company 
wi nt into the hands of a receiver yester¬ 
day. The assets of the com puny arc said 
to he .$.'100,000. According to the peti¬ 
tioners the company failed to pay Interest 
on bonds In January and July. This 
amounted to $ 48 ,(too, it is said. In addi¬ 
tion there are liabilities of ,$80,000. The 
company was organized on February 15, 
1905. It was Incorporated in Trenton, 
N. J., and its object was the manufactur¬ 
ing and refining of butter. Among the com¬ 
panies acquired were W. E. Rons Company, 
Chicago; Illinois Creamery Company, El¬ 
gin. 111.; Eben E. Dudley, Michigan; Al¬ 
fred <;. Wassling, Kenton, O.; Bigelow But¬ 
ter Company, Boston; Purity Creamery 
Company, Chicago, and various creameries 
in Michigan. The combined annual pro¬ 
duction of the plants acquired was said to 
lie 20,000,000 Pis. of butter. The promoters 
in I "iidcd to fix the capitalization at .$17,000,- 
ooo and take in all the creameries of the 
country, but they struck a snag early in 
the Opposition of the Rockefeller interests, 
said to control the milk and butter prod¬ 
ucts of the United States, so their capital 
was limited to $1,500,000 common stock 
and $2,000,000 preferred. Bonds to the 
amount of $1,000,000, due in 1910, with 
Interest payable every six months, were is¬ 
sued. It is on these that the company j 
defaulted, claiming insufficient earnings. 
The above from daily newspapers may 
serve as a warning for those who are 
tempted to put their savings into the 
stocks and bonds of companies which 
issue millions of securities a;; glowing 
prospects. 
T'HE RURAL 
1 \ i-i that you would do what you can 
j i v, ..a p. opb* through your paper against 
a mo. s perni< ions medical fraud called 
Dr. Hau< he of oxydonor fame. Have you 
Ileard of him? This device which he calls 
oxydono:' ioxygen giver), and for which 
le gets $14, consists of a little metal hand 
to he buckled around the patient's ankle 
and connected by a cord with a small metal 
disk whi< h Is to he immersed in a basin 
of water for half an hour at a time. The 
device might cost perhaps 25 cents to man¬ 
ufacture, and he makes Ids deluded patrons 
believe that it will charge their whole sys¬ 
tems with a vast quantity of oxygen and 
cure any disease, however long standing, 
or intractable, or even fatal. It would 
seem as though ii moment's consideration 
would show even ignorant persons that the 
only way oxygon could possibly enter the 
system was through the lungs, hut 1 know 
positively that tills Sauelie lias swindled 
thousands of very poor, and very sick peo¬ 
ple out of $14 apiece for a perfectly 
worthless device. | have an idea that In¬ 
is advertising through the country papers 
mainly now, through fear of the Pure Food 
and Drugs law. If you can warn your 
readers against him, you will lie putting 
them under still greater obligation to your 
paper. Ills address was Chicago, Ill., at 
last accounts. an m. t> 
Ohio. 
There seems to be little to add to 
what this experienced physician has said 
above. Our own experience confirms 
what he says about the purchase of the 
fake by poor and sick people. In one or 
two cases reported to us we insisted on 
a refund of the money, and it was re¬ 
turned, no doubt under fear of exposure. 
I am in receipt of literature from the 
Securities Guarantee Company of America, 
15 Beacon ... Boston, Mass., which so¬ 
licits investments in the North American 
Spruce Lumber Company. Can you give 
me any information regarding their stand¬ 
ing? Is it sound, or is it a scheme to ob¬ 
tain something for nothing? i>. w. i. 
Connecticut 
Neither the Securities Company nor 
the lumber company has any rating in 
the authorities open to us, and we have 
not thought it worth while to go to the 
trouble and expense of a special investi 
gation. The literature of the company 
is in itself sufficient for us to advise 
some other source of investment. When 
you find a company with an authorized 
capitalization of a million or more, to be 
sold only in limited quantities to any 
one person, to be paid for in install¬ 
ments, and liberal guarantees, but with¬ 
out any rating, and no detailed tabulated 
statement of assets and liabilities, but 
with extravagant promises of future 
profits, then throw the illusive literature 
into the lire, and give the key to your 
cash box to your wife. The number of 
such opportunities to burn money is sim¬ 
ply astonishing. The surprise is that so 
many of them arc able to get money on 
such flimsy pretenses. j. j. n. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” Sec- guarantee page 10. 
PROOF 
That Farmers all over 
the World are Dis¬ 
carding Common 
Cream Separators for 
SHARPLES DAIRY 
TUBULARS 
We will mail to you, free, large pictures 
showing the immense number of common 
cream separators recently exchanged lor 
Sharpies Dairy Tubulars. These pictures 
would cover more than one page of this 
paper, and are positive proof that farmers 
all over the world are discarding common 
machines for Sharpies Dairy Tubulars. 
These pictures show just a short time 
accumulation of these discarded common 
machines. Write for these pictures nt once. 
Sharpies Dairy Tubular Cream Separators 
contain neither disks nor other contrap¬ 
tions, yet produce twice the skimming force, 
skim faster and skim twice as clean as 
common machines. Because Dniry Tubu¬ 
lars arc so simple, they wash many times 
ensier and wear several times longer than 
common separators. Tubular sales exceed 
most, if not all,others combined. Tubulars 
probably replace more common separators 
than any one maker of such machines sells. 
The World’s Best. World’s biggest separator 
works. Branch factories in Canada and 
Germany. Write for Catalogue No. 153 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO. 
WENT CHKHTEIt, I*A. 
Chicago, III., Nun Francisco, Cal., I’oriland, Ore. 
Toronto, Can., Winnipeg, Clin. 
( 1 I I I ■ , 
Hydraulic 
Thomas-Albright Co ., 
Cider Presses 
All sizes. We havo had 33 
years’ experience and 
can save you money. 
A I so Steam and Gaso- 
llno Engines, Boilers, 
Sawmills, etc. 
Catalogue 
Free 
NEW YORK, N.T. 
TT T T 
NEW-YORKER 
September ", 
Buy Your Roofing on Proof— Not Claim 
The one and only basis on which you can afford to choose your roofing is that 
of proof — proof of what it has done , not claims of what it may do. 
Do not be deceived by extravagant claims and high-sounding guarantees. 
They are merely made for lack of proofs of what a roofing has done. Insist 
upon seeing roofs that have given satisfaction for years. 
We can point out roofs of proof, right near you, where Neponset PAEOID 
Roofing has lasted as long as the highest-grade shingles. It has been on 
Government buildings, dairy barns, stables, poultry buildings and railroad and 
industrial buildings everywhere for over a decade. We have been in one line of 
business for over a century and the experience gained in all that time is buck of 
NEponseT PAROID ROOFING 
Neponset Roofing* enable you to choose 
the rooliug that best meets your needs. 
There are different roofings for different 
types of buildings. 
NEponseT PAROID Roofing for barns 
and general farm buildings. Slate in color. 
Does not taint rain water. Resists fire. 
For such poultry buildings, brooder 
houses, sheds and temporary buildings as 
require low-cost roofing, you will find that 
NEponseT RED-ROPE Roofing lasts three 
times longer than tarred felts. 
NEPONSET PROSLATE Roofing and 
Siding for residences and all buildings re¬ 
quiring an artistic roof or siding. Rich- 
brown in color, much more attractive and 
lasting than shingles. 
Each roll of Bird NEPONSET Roofing 
contains directions for laying and complete 
fixtures, including square inctal caps. 
NeponseT WATERPROOF Building 
Paper under clapboards, shingles, slate, 
inctal, etc., insulates against exterior cold, 
heat and dampness. It costs little and 
cuts the fuel bill one-third every winter. 
These are facts and not claims—write us and we will prove every statement 
Consult Our Building Counsel Department —tell us the nature of the buildings you 
propose to erect or repair, and we’ll send you the Bird NEPONSET Book which treats 
your special case. There are dealers in Bird NEPONSET Products everywhere. If you 
do not know the one in your locality, write us and we’ll tell you. 
F. W. BIRD & SON, 73 Neponset St., East Walpole, Mass., U. S. A. 
Established 1795* Originators of Complete Reach Roofinps and WaterProof Building Papers. 
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MAKE HENS LAYH 
I more eggs; larger, more vigorous chirks} 
heavier fowls, by feeding cut hone. 
I W tJW uauiijc latest model 
I WAHrl O BONE CUTTER 
cuts fast, easy, fine; never clogs. 
*10 D ays' Free Trial. No money In advance. Hook Irc-c. 
IWF.W.MANN CO.. Box le. MILFORD, MASS, m 
RICHLAND FARMS 
FREDERICK, MARYLAND 
.S'. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
S. C. JiLACK ORPINGTONS, 
- A Few Extra Cockerels. 
S C. W. LEGHORNS -Lakewood Strain. 100 two 
1 year old, 75 cents ouch. -00 one year old, $1.00 
each. W. I). UADY, Weedsport, Now York. 
A PRIL S.C.W. Leoliorn Cockerels, $ 1.00. I 1 ' rom heaviest 
existing layers. "Mar-Dot" Pines, Hnnmionlon, N J. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM LEGHORNS 
250 acres devoted to the best in S. 0. W. Leghorns. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM, Box V, Havre dc Grace, Maryland. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS and INDIAN 
DllllkICD nilPI/C lor show, breeding and utility. 
nUNNtn UUlllw All stork sold on approval. 
SINCLAIR SMITH. Box 153, Soiitliold, Suffolk Co., New York 
in* 0 strain S. C. W. LEGHORN 
Breeding Mens at low price to make room. Also 
promising < lockerels cheap in quantities, it. I. Reds 
all sold. ST. MORITZ FARM, RAMSEY, N. J. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; heavy layers; May 
hatched cockerels and pullets $1.00 each. Catalog 
free. 0. 11. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
jxr 
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PEKIN DUCKS 
YOUNG STOCK AND 
Y K A K I. 1 N 0 8 
AT BAKtiAIN PRICES 
TO MASK ItOOM 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY 
FARM. New Rochelle, N. V. 
FOR QAI C—200 ROSE COMB BLACK MINORCA yearling 
EUR 0HLL liens, $1.00 each. Fine birds, great 
layers. F. X. ADAMS. Orwell, Ohio. 
Free Poultry Catalogue 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS. MARIETTA PA. 
T HE FARMER'S FOWL— Rose Comb Rods, host win tor 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland. N. Y. 
POULTRY PLANT FOR RENT. 
Owiiui of a fruit and poultry farm not wanting to l«»‘>k lifter 
tho poultry end, will rent tit* poultry plant, new nml up to 
date—Brooder houae, Inculmtor bonne, haying puna, Incu¬ 
bator*, outdoor Brooder*, etc* A complete and convenient 
plant, wlih or without neat four-room cottage; Now Jcraoy, 
near Now York City; healthy ami pfcaHnnt location; good 
market for egg* ami poultry. Ifor full partfculara nddrena 
II. I*. .11 OX LEY, ttJiO llroudwuy, N. Y. 
NEW YORK STATE FAIR 
SYRACUSE. SEPTEMBER 12TH TO 17TH 
Agricultural and Industrial 
Educational Features in all 
Exposition 
Departments 
Instructive and Entertaining 
Live Stock Exhibit to Excel Previous Years 
The exhibit of Farm. Brooding and Draft Horses 
will be one Of tho greatest in the history of tho fair. 
Noted hords have boon entered in tho Cattle 
classes, insuring a large exhibit in tho various 
classos. 
Agricultural Machinery and Labor Saving De¬ 
vices for uso on tlie farm and in the homo will he 
seen in greater numbers than ever. 
DAIRY PRODUCTS. The now features added 
this year have proven to ho popular ami an unusual 
largo entry has boon made in each section. 
The Fruit, Farm Produce, Flower and Domestic 
I lepurt inents promise to excel previous exhibitions. 
Enterics in those departments dose September .'id. 
Meiulav, Kept. T2th Tueoduv, Sept, l.'Ith 
PRESIDENT’S DAY EMPIRE STATE DAY 
Thursday, Sept. 15th Friday, Sept. 10th 
MILITARY DAY 
PRIZE WIN N FILS 
Wednesday, Sept. 14 th 
GRANGE DAY 
Saturday, Sept. 17th 
DAY AUTOMOBILE DAY 
Band Concerts each day by Arthur Pryor’s Famous Concert Band of 40 Artists. 
Grand Circuit Races. Great Open-Air Horse Show. Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane will 
make daily flights. Automobile Races Saturday. The Greatest Drivers and Fastest 
Machines are to compete. 
SE3NT3D FOH PRIZ3S LIST 
NEW YORK STATE FAIR COMMISSION, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 
