er: so pay tbe closest attention to your lessons 
in elocution. uncle mark.] 
the Cousins. I have not been living here very 
long, and cannot toll about farming as much 
as the other Cousins. We moved hereabout 
a year ago, one mile from town ; papa has 185 
acres of laud; the Wabash River runs through 
here, and the Wabash Railroad, too. Papa 
has got 47 cows and calves and seven head of 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I live about three 
miles from the A tlantic Ocean. My pa has 
taken the Rural for a great many years, and 
likes it very much. 1 like to read the letters of 
The Little Lad's Easter Ride 
the cousins very much. 1 am IS years old, and 
iiuve one brother w ho is 10 and one sister who is 
4 years old. Last year my Pa gave my brother 
and me a little grouud; we raiseJ several kinds 
of peas; among them Pa gave us the Rural 
Peas. The Rural Peas were so good that we 
thought we would save some of the seed. We 
also raised tomatoes, onions and potatoes. 
My father has three horses, three cows, two 
calves, six pigs.and about 50 chickens. Mother 
planted the Rural Treasures and had a nice 
lot of flowers. Do not forget me in the Free 
Seed Distribution, for I would like to join the 
Y. H C. Yours truly, 
WILLIE W. LEONARD. 
Monmouth Co., N. J. 
[[ wonder if Willie knows that there are 
thousands of people who never saw the ocean, 
aud so can he ve uo idea of its vastuesB? Aud 
does he recollect how much joy aud peace 
the sight of it gave our good President, when 
they carried him to Elberon? uncle mark.] 
horses. He is going to get some seeds from the 
Rural New-Yorker, aud will give us chil¬ 
dren one-half acre of land, and 1 am going to 
try aud beat t he Cousins raising garden vege¬ 
tables. 1 have a horse, and can ride very 
well. 1 like to live on a farm a good deal 
better than in town, and L think young folks 
can have lots of fun on a form if they just 
think so. I am eight years old, and would 
like to join the Y. H. C., if you think I will 
make a good member, aud then I will tell you 
next Summer how 1 get along with my garden. 
Warren Co., lnd. geo a. gemmer. 
[We welcome you to our Club, and think 
yours a very well written letter for a boy only 
eight years old. —uncle mark.] 
Uncle Mark:—I go to school this Winter; 
I study grammar, reading, geography, writ¬ 
ing, and arithmetic. We have a good teacher. 
My leg is well; it was 31 days before I could 
step on it without crutches; one of the hones 
was broken. We have splendid times eating 
the walnuts in the evenings after all the chores 
are done. We are wintering 100 cattle, 15 
horses, 38 hogs, and 70 sheep. I have nine 
little calves to feed milk aud oats. We milk 
13 cows. 1 milk from two to four of them. 
Humboldt Co., Iowa. orris french. 
[ We congratulate you upon the short time 
that you were disabled; for often many 
months passes before a broken leg gets suttl 
ciently strong to bear one’s weight. We think 
it is exceedingly pleasant, to gather around the 
tire on a winter’s evening, aud eat apples, and 
nuts, having a good talk and laugh, to help 
digest them.— uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I would like to join 
the Y. H. C. I am 15 years old. We live 
one half mile from town. We have a nice 
school house two aud oue-half stories high. 
(50 scholars attend this Winter. Onr Garden 
Treasures were lovely, especially the poppies. 
The crops were very good iu our neighborhood. 
1’n had over 300 bushels of potatoes this year. 
Three and-one-half miles from here is a 
string of lakes the largest is two miles across 
and is called Round Lake. There is a nice 
grove around it, and we often have picnics 
there in the Hummer. 
There are no trees around here except those 
that have b en set out. We have a nice grove 
around our house. I have two brothers out in 
Montana, buying furs of the Iudiuns. They 
spent last Summer iu the National Park. They 
wrote there were many specimens of petrified 
tilings, Buch as trees, leaves etc., and the most 
Dear Uncle Mark:—1 would like to join 
your Club and be one of the Cousins. I um 
eleven years old aud have been going to 
school about one year. I have two cows, and 
oue calf, and a dog named Ben Butler. I had 
|fff%PI)RE$ 3 ™ 
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A CHANCE to secure a first-class Farm 
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WIQF MANr-T^ s „:° 
If lUL III fill the past year a 
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UUUUM I The Company has also 
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FOR SALE. 
One of the tin.id Stock Farm* Iti Central Nebraska, 
comprising tTfid Acre*, admirably adapted to Stock 
l{ulsl"g and Funning purpose*, situate.I IS miles 
from the City of Kearney, six mile* from Kirn Creek 
Hindoo, oil tlio Union Put-1 lie H. K. Three never-fall¬ 
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painted ami In Hue order Sheds lor Sim head of 
stock. ID) acres fenced in 3a0 aercs under cultiva 
Hon. Price til per acre. Implement*, stock and 
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BaDiilo Co., Nebraska. 
FOR SALE.-Fruit Farms In the ranious Fruit 
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Bailey A Umilord Makunda, Jackson Co., Ill. 
BOUGHT 
A FARM 
FOR SALK 
A very valuable FRUIT FARM of 2*i acres. One mile 
from village or Castleton. 1,200 fruit trees In bear¬ 
ing. Uulldlugs large and In first-class order. For 
particulars, inquire of E. W. GKIFFEN, 
40 State Siruel, Albany N. Y• 
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lurRo llln.traied IC-tvtRC, lil oaluinn Ufurnrr and Family pturer. 
The Cricket on the Hearth, flir Three Mnnlli*. mid to 
crerr MilworitHir wo will also .end, t ree and onKi-gald, Six 
Charming Book*, eneh onnlnluluan raimpletn UrxMilim. novel 
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printed from large, clear tj jM'tm Rood, paper. Til" .1 tics Arc a - 
follows : I)vn i Thorne, by the Author of • l.ord l.ynneV Dhole" 
The Two UeaUntra, liy Vltlii* Collins ; Pantnn Unrlnnft Ihiui/h- 
ter, by Hie M u Ir.-V; _ The Heir In A,'h> ry , by Mi.. Henry Wood ; 
.Vila* tinnier, by Qtorirc F.Llot, sod CVu.in ilennj, by Anthony 
Trollop*. The /Intone hundred ptrione re'iiondtnii (o this ad- 
vertibemene irill eneh ferriee, in addlthnl to the jnl/n t and hooka, 
an element. Solid Gold Chased Bund King. In oiwe , fret. 
TM» great oBbr l« made to Introducenur psper Into a"w homos. 
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$1.0(1. StiiitfarUon gnitranUrd or money rrfond' -i. Address. 
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No 1 * - F : "‘ki for *1.00 V,.I Both - n ' 
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This Is the bnt nflnr ever snide by any Itlintilr nw ‘ *• 
cootpsny. ROYAL CARD CO., Northford, Conn. 
“ Superior Quality c ards. 
Sand 10c. tor » pm k of NO of our New 
Embossed Card* for ISS5, or if you 
w lib to get up * club, si'll Jus It namos and 
,1.00, and keep the remaining 
Filly Cent* for your trouble. 
Royol Curd Co., Nurlhford, Ct. 
m ** Hidden Name, Knihn**eil sod NcwChromo 
M V I Card*, nsmslu new typ*. nn Llegn nt -IS page 
Jl I I Gilt hound Floral Autograph AlhinnwiUi 
#11 I quotations, la page XUtratifitad Premitmi 
■ail I mid Pt-ieoList ami Agent’n CniivttBuingOutfit 
A aU lor 15o. SNOW « CO., Jfortdon, Conn. 
ontllDP Star Churns. Rapid Icecream Freezers,Im 
orfllN 0 proved Tree Tubs, all made of cedar. Send 
nullDUO for Illustrated circular and prices. *'letn- 
uHUnrlO. en tv Dunliur, Kliilailelpliin. I’a. 
RUSSELL & GO.’S 
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te «“A 5 Sssr«rd!K »a£n;o.,v 
We will send von a watch or a chain 
BY MAIL CIK KkPILKSS, C. O. lb, to bo 
/\V_!L exaiiunr-tl before paying an y money 
r-iSA '""11 1 not Mutlsfaetory .tetunted at 
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for tlje Doutig. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
fr l\ .n tll “ UDcle Mark ” let 
an Auntie tell his 
f~\ y young folks of a queer 
Morning Giorj' wo once 
\x/’Jlfi iJlfj Jl j had? We called it our 
“Crazy Morning 
\jfc ill! Ql|[ Jl [ ®^ or y*” came up be- 
Ijtl, tween tbe bricks in an 
W out-of-the-way corner 
ul a «ty yard. My 
^ ' \^-r jjlsf'V')youngest son, then a 
SivVvnc>) to years, claimed 
1 J r, it aud trained it to the 
b l} fence. When it com- 
Q_) menced to bloom, the 
children came to me several tiuios saj’ing it 
had different colored flowers on it every day, 
so 1 watched it with them, first carefully ex¬ 
amining it to see if there was more than one: 
but, no, it was a single plant. It would have 
red flowers on it one day, white the next, and 
blue the third day. Thus it continued till 
late iu the season, when it bore all three colors 
at ouce. I intended to have saved some of the 
seed, but failed to do so. The next year an¬ 
other Morning Glory came up near the same 
place, aud when it bloomed its flowers were 
white, but each day they differed, having one 
day a red stripe, next a blue oue and then no 
stripe at all. aunt em. 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I have seen so many 
little Cousins write to you, that I thought I 
would write a letter and get acquainted with 
myself, raising two bushels of onions, and some 
peas, and some asparagus. I sold the onions 
for 75 cents a bushel. Mamma planted the 
Rural and Market Garden Peas, and saved 
them all for seed this year. We tbauU you very 
much for them, as they are abont two weeks 
earlier than our earliest peas; also for the 
Gardeu Treasures. We had a beautiful flower 
garden. I would like to tell you how it was 
laid out, but am afraid it would make my let¬ 
ter too long. You wanted to know what part 
of the paper we liked best. I like this part of 
the paper best; papa says he likes it all the 
best. He put the posters that you sent us up 
in the post-office. 
Your affectionate nephew, 
Cedar Co , Neb. jamer m. Johnson. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— My father takes the 
Rural Nkw-Yorkeu. I like to read the 
Cousins’ letters very much. I would like to 
join the club of Cousins. I am 13 years old. 
Our farm borders on Gull Lake (a beautiful 
lake iu Kalamazoo Co.) Father built a fish 
house, and put it on the ice as soon as it was 
frozen over strong enough to hold it. There 
are a great many very fine fish caught iu this 
lake. 1 go to school and study history, arith¬ 
metic, geography, algebra, civil government, 
grammar, writing and spelling, and expect to 
take elocution lessons before long. I am very 
fond of flowers, and would like some of tbe 
seeds you send to the Cousins. Hoping you 
will consider me worthy to become a member 
of your club. I will sign myself 
MINNIE MILLS PA UGH. 
Kalamazoo Co., Mich. 
[it is very pleasant to be able to interest and 
amuse our friends, and perhaps there is no 
way more acceptable than being a good read- 
are going to send my sister and me. a box of 
petrified things. Next time I write I will tell 
you aud the cousins about them. 
Yours truly. oora ramsdell. 
Deuel Co. Dakota Territory. 
[We will all enjoy a letter telliug of your 
petrifactions from Moutaua It seems very 
wonderful that plants and animals are turned 
to stone, aud that we find them, often hun¬ 
dreds of years after they heve died. 
UNCLE MARK ] 
PijyreUanrou.s Advertising. 
Scrofula 
Probably no form of disease Is so generally dis¬ 
tributed among our whole population as scrofula. 
Almost every individual lias this latent poisofi 
coursing bis veins. The terrible sullerings en 
(lured by those afflicted with scrofulous sores 
cannot bo understood by others, and their grati¬ 
tude on finding a remedy that cures them, aston¬ 
ishes a well person. The wonderful power of 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
In eradicating every form of Scrofula has been so 
Clearly and fully demonstrated that It leaves no 
doubt that, it Is the greatest medical discovery of 
this generation. It is tuudo by C. I. HOOD & CO., 
Lowell, Mass..and is sold by all druggists. 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
THE FARMER’S HEAVY DEBT. 
A. Way, Navarino. N. Y , iu 18711. was sf 
lbcted with neuralgia, ringing sensation in 
his ears, haekiug cough, pain in the back, ir 
regular urination, dropsy, nausea, aud spasms 
of acute pain in the back. Then came chills 
and fever. The doctors gave him tip, but. 
after using 23 bottles of Warner’s Safe Cure, 
he said. “1 am hula, hearty and happy." On 
June 29tb» 1884, he writes, "My health was 
never better. I owe my existence to Warner's 
Safe Cure.” Cure permanent. 
rn. _____ - . _ 1J ERE It is. Just what ovi ry 
lioily Is waiting for: No 
Meed u t lu'liifr out of t»w iiirw, 
\ %Qf, nu\v ilirtl > <>n imIi Lfftn lluntli't d 
Kgtr liKMtlmtoi for SH.Oti. and 
IrVbroiler? for flfteeh Cent* 
olid :t* l them fu»m *ixty to 
JrySryyfllfl'li x*vcnty*flve o<• nl> i-jirb. This* 
l IDtTibjitorhftJ 1 iioiiiarluncrj' to 
cgc'I CHAtoSfR pet out ol order.*«n«l Ispmeliuiil 
inevery himiw. The e»rfc rhum- 
, . | Ib I'Upi*operlv ventilated,while 
1 t he wut«***l n t lu» t :uik slipping n n 
n evell, nioUt Jinjit. t'lrwlur* fn*». 
61) Dcurbtirn Street* Clllcnvtf HI** 
TEXT FOR A SERMON TO EVERYONE 
Rkv S P. 8 mith (Universa] 1st), of Marble¬ 
head. Mass., suffered for years from bilious 
attacks and gall stones. In January, 1883, he 
was cured by Warner’s Safe Cure. June 2d, 
18X4. he says, "There has been no return of 
tbe bilious troubles: I have not experienced 
tbe least pain or suffering since my restora¬ 
tion by Warner’s Safe Cure.” Cure perma¬ 
nent. 
GOLD MEDAL, PALIS, 18781 
BAKERS 
Warranted ahsnlutrly jiuro 
Cocoa , from which the excess of 
Oil hnB been removed It has l/tree 
time h the strength of Cocoa mixed 
with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, 
and is therefore far more economi¬ 
cal, coating less than one cent a 
cup• It Is delicious, nourishing, 
strengthening, easily digested, aud 
admirably adapted for Invalids aa 
well ns for persons in health. 
(Sold by Grocers everywhere. 
W. BARER & CO., Dorckesler, Mass. 
A WOMAN’S HAPPY RELEASE. 
Mrs.E. F DOl.LOFF, t-averhill. Muss , Aug. 
0th, 1881, said she had been cured of inflamma¬ 
tion of tbe bludder ny five bottles of Warner's 
Safe Cure. December 34th. 1884, Mr. Dolloff 
wrote: "Mr-*. Dolloff bus never seen a sick 
day from that inflammatory disease since 
Warner’s Safe Cure cured her in 1881.” Cure 
permanent. 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO’S 
NEW IMPROVED 
as* P* Used by best Cream- 
6—{ II | I VVanca and Dairies BE- 
■ ■ CAUSE it la theStrong- 
f \ I f \ O est, tho Purest, the 
La V# IX Brightoetand tho Best. 
-IT WILL NOT- 
Color the Buttermilk or Turn Rancid, 
rant contains no Acid or Alkali.JW 
It la not our old Color, but a new one *o prepared 
In reflnod oil, tluit it cannot cluiugo. 
— MAKES — 
rarBEWA KK of Imitations, and of all other oil 
colors, lor they got rancid and spoil the butter. 
See that our trado mark, a dandelion blos¬ 
som. Is cm tho box, and tho eignatur® ol Wells, 
lUohnrdaon & Co., Is on thebottlo and TAKE NO 
OTHER. If the dealer \/|TI I \A1 
doc* not keep It, wn to g tLLU VI 
us to know whoro and , 
liowtogct it Witlmut, I I T ET LJ 
oxtrnexpenso. I ■ ■ w 
8old by druggists, grocers and inerehnnte. 
™ Four sizos, 150. 260. 60o. *1.00. r 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Burlington, Vt. 
a garden last Summer, and tended to it all 
Francis L. Dow, Assistant Police Marshal, 
Taunton, Mass., three years ago was cur^d nf 
stone in the kidney and bladder by Warner's 
Safk Cure, and in June, 1884, he wrote. *‘I 
have not seen a sick day since I began War¬ 
ner’s Safe Cure and never felt better; have 
curious thing was a petrified Indiuu. They gained eighteen pounds,” 
