Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
541 
Make More Money 
in High-Priced Crops 
Stump land is too expensive for any 
farmer to own. Clear your land with a 
All'S toe! Triple Power 
Siu.KR Puller 
Write for catal '* and special 
J introductory price.^ 8-year 
LI guarantee—30days* freetT'ai. 
|P“s» Hercules Mfg. Co. 
a 93028th St. 
Centerville, Iowa 
for a worse 
The god of 
heart with 
kerosene! If any of the water was not 
changed in this way it formed steam, 
which forced the oil up into the wick and 
gave a brighter flame ! 
$ $ * « & 
You may smile at this, but the chances 
are that you have in your day fallen flat 
jumble of words than that, 
cupidity has touched your 
the dishonest longing for 
something for nothing,” as it did with 
the farmer and his wife. 
“But.” said the great inventor, “do not 
he .satisfied with my complete scientific 
demonstration. I will give you ocular 
proof.” 
lie emptied the kerosene out of the 
lamp, and insisted on drawing a bucket of 
water himself, so there could be no de¬ 
ception. Then he filled the lamp nearly 
full with water and poured a little oil on 
top. He then produced a wick. The 
upper part was like most lamp wicks, 
while tlie lower part was of metal, cov¬ 
ered with cloth. This wick was inserted 
into the burner and put down into the 
water. Then the great inventor struck an 
attitude and said: 
“Now. madam, you know that lamp 
contains water! Light the lamp with 
this match. I will stake my reputation I 
as a scientist on the result!” 
The woman touched the match to the! 
wick, and I give you my word it did burn ] 
with a bright flame, and there was some 
little disturbance in the water. After 
the wick had flamed for a moment the 
stranger blew it out. looked at bis watch 
and said he had better be going on to ' 
meet liis wealthy friend. 
* * $ * * 
T rather hate to say it. but it was the 
woman who went after the bait first. She 
needed money and wanted things, and her 
quick mind saw that this “secret.” sold 
to the neighbors, meant a profit, such as 
they had never known before. 
“What would you charge for the right 
to sell it in this county?” she asked. 
The stranger eyed her shrewdly and 
sized up her husband. 
“Well, you are such fine, intelligent 
people that, if you will say nothing about i 
it. I will give you this territory. 20 lbs. j 
of the secret powder and 50 wicks for 
$100. If you haven't got the cash handy 
I might take any securities you happen 
to have at par value.” 
He felt sure that upstairs in that safe 
hole by the chimney were two coupon 
bonds of $50 each. The farmer and his 
wife had denied themselves in order to 
lend to the Government in its hour of| 
need. And the farmer and his wife 
glanced at each other. They were think¬ 
ing the same thing. You know the rest. 
Within 10 minutes the inventor bad those 
bonds in his pocket and they had the 
powder and a few wicks! The shadows 
were gathering in the sitting room, and 
the stranger said he must be on bis way. 
They urged him to stay for supper and 
meet the neighbors, but he told them lie 
had promised a Christian mother that he 
would always come home before dark to 
be with his invalid sister. So he rode off 
with many a bow and smile, and the 
farmer and his wife went around to call 
in the neighbors. 
<i * * * £ 
The farmer told them all to bring their 
lamps and witness the wonderful demon¬ 
stration. There were a dozen of them 
there. The farmer took out the wick, and 
every man and woman present satisfied 
themselves that the lamp contained water. 
Then the farmer proudly applied the 
match to the wick. Sure enough, it 
burned, and for a moment or so it gave 
good light, and some of those farmers ac¬ 
tually pulled out their money to buy 
some, of the powder. And then came the 
end. The flame suddenly dimmed and 
slowly faded away. It was done. There 
was nothing but water in the wick, and 
they never made it burn again, even when 
they nearly filled the lamp with the secret 
powder! All there was to it was the 
wick. The metal which “generated gal¬ 
vanic action” was a tiny box which held 
about a spoonful of kerosene. The wick 
pulled this up and made use of it. and 
while it lasted there was flame—and no 
longer. The “powder” was a combina¬ 
tion of charcoal, salt and cooking soda. 
Needless to say. the water was not made 
into kerosene. But the stranger got away 
with the coupon bonds and kept away. It 
did not- seem, possible that these hard- 
headed Yankees could be duped in that 
way. but they were. That fraud found 
their tend c spot and poked cupidity into 
it. There it united with credulity and 
certainly changed common sense into 
burning folly. That is easier than turn¬ 
ing water into kerosene. Ah, but you say. 
they won't catch me —I’m too sharp. I 
don’t know you very well, but here is my 
advice: When any man tries to get you 
to change your Liberty bonds for some 
“sure thing,” put the bonds in your pocket 
and run as you would for your life! 
II. \v. c. 
Hay Knife for Packed Manure 
1 have noticed several answers to the 
inquiry about handling packed manure, 
but no one has suggested our remedy. 
We use an ordinary bay knife with a 
notched blade, both indoors and in the 
barnyard, wherever we have packed 
manure, with great success; we cut down 
a strip two feet or less in width and 
then cut into blocks if desirable, by run¬ 
ning the knife at right angles to other 
cut. The hay knife. I believe, you will 
find to be the best tool for this purpose. 
Farmdale, O. a. b. p. 
Gulbransen Owners : 
Entertain and Educate 
Your Children 
There are many player r oll» 
especially made for entertaining 
children. More than thirty Mother 
Goose rhymes are set to music with 
the words on the roll. Game song 
rolls with directions for playing 
various games supply the music 
and the words to sing, such as 
Itiskit Itasket 
’Round the Mulberry Bush 
Farmer in the Dell 
London Bridge 
47 Kinds of Music 
for Gulbransen Owners 
Yes. more kinds of music than you 
perhaps knew exist all explained 
and listed in our new free book — 
music for every occasion, for every 
home, for every purpose, for every 
taste. 
"Good Times With Your Gulbran- 
een.” is the name of our new book 
which every player-piano owner and 
prospective owner should read. You 
simply cannot realize the variety of 
home entertainment offered by the 
Gulbransen until you see this book 
— free to you. Use coupon below. 
Gulbransen “ Pedal-Touch 
Imagine a player-piano so Easy to Play that 
you can pedal it easily with one finger—and 
make it play! A truly wonderful test, which 
the Gulbransen meets successfully. 
But mere ease in pedaling is not all. It is the 
right “feel ”— or “ pedal-touch”— that 
means everything in playing. Lightness, 
without a sign of uncertain, “trembly” touch. 
Nor do Gulbransen pedals ever feel stiffs re¬ 
quiring you to push hard. Nor are they 
mushy , with that “die away” feeling — 
forcing you to pedal fast just to keep the 
instrument playing. 
They have just enough resistance so you “get 
the feel of them” and they yield so readily 
To Gulbransen 
Owners 
Play softly. Try to see how 
softly you can play your Gul¬ 
bransen and you will get a bet¬ 
ter idea of its true richness and 
variety of tone. Have it tuned 
at least twice a year and the 
tone will improve. A fine in¬ 
strument deserves care. 
that playing is made effortless.This distinctive 
Gulbransen “pedal touch” makes the Gul¬ 
bransen Easy to Play with natural expression. 
“Pedal-touch” is as important to the player-pianist as 
the “key-touch” to the hand-pianist. For the pedals are 
“keys” to the player-pianist—practically his only con¬ 
tact with the instrument. Thus you pedal the Gulbran¬ 
sen as the music requires — gently or strongly—always 
leisurely, relaxed, enjoying the music. 
You would enjoy a Gulbransen. You could play it well. 
Its tone is live, resonant, singing. Just try one at our 
dealer’s store. 
You can locate him by the “ Baby at the Pedals”— 
actually playing the Gulbransen—in his window. And 
send coupon for free book, “Good Times With Your 
Gulbransen.” Tells all about the music available and 
the fun you can have. 
Nationally 
Priced 
Three models, all playable, by 
hand or by roll, sold at the same 
prices to everybody,everywhere 
in the U. S., freight and war tax 
paid. Price branded in the back of 
each instrument at the factory. 
White House Model, $725 Country Seat 
Model. $625 Suburban Model. $550 
Jfree booiTCOUPON 
1 
i 
Gulbransen Trade Mark Gulbransen-Dickinson Co. , 815 N. Sawyer Ave., Chicago 
The new book,“Good Times With 
Your Gulbransen,” sent free if 
you mail this coupon to 
GULBRANSEN-DICKINSON CO. 
815 N. Sawyer Ave., Chicago 
I I | Please check this square if 
1 I you now own a Gulbransen 
Player-Piano. 
I P“1 Check this square if you own 
I_| a player-piano of some other 
kind. 
! P“| Check here if you own a piano 
I |_| which is not a self-player. 
I For convenience use margin 
for your name and addr©^ 
“BROOKLYN CT Tf PWI TO 
BRAND” O VJ JL-iJL O w 1%. 
COMMERCIAL SULPHUR, 99 ! 4% pure, for spraying—insecticide pur¬ 
poses, potato blight and scab . 
SUPERFINE COMMERCIAL SULPHUR, 99>4% pure for dusting pur poses. 
FLOWERS OF SULPHUR, 1009c pure. Also Crude Nitrate Soda, Saltpetre 
and Muriate Potash. 
BATTELLE & RENWICK 
80 Maiden Lane, New York 
Write for price lists 
"E 
iOOK 
t 
: rEE 
imiiiiHi 
TIME SAVING 
GARDEN TOOLS 
nmniimniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii^ ^ v ^rjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiimiiiiHiiiiuiiiiiiiiiimiHiiiiHiiiiiuiiiu 
201 Handy Outfit ‘'1#^ Six Tools in One 
This is the most useful and practi- cal garden tool made. It is really 
six in one. It sows every kind and size of garden seed either in drills or in hillstfrom 
4“ to 24 r apart. As a cultivator it can be used with either single or double wheel. 
The hoes, plows, teeth and rakes can be used in turn as desired. Special features of this outfit are 100# 
accuracy in planting; .ion-blistering plow handle grip, full 16-inch wheel, easy working automatic seed 
coverer, swinging marker and adjustable furrow, opening shoe planting seeds uniformly at any 
depth desired. Write for Free Money-Saving Catalog, fully describing this and many other Tools 
that Hudson makes for Garden Use. _ U5J 
HUDSON MFC. COMPANY, Dept.515 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
Write for new Paint Book showing 
Larkin Paints, Enamels and Varnishes 
... actual colors, also valuable painting 
information. Money-saying offers of 
Roofing, Tools, etc., for the farm and home. 
You Get Factory Prices 
Larkin Paints, Enamels and Varnishes 
are made exclusively in our own factories. 
Sold to you at Factory Prices. Quality, 
durability and satisfaction _ guaranteed. 
Think now about your Spring painung. 
Write for FREE PAINT BOOK No. 17. 
Lxrkfzx Buffalo , N. Y. 
