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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I have not written to 
you for so long I guess you have nearly forgot¬ 
ten me. I go to school to my cousin. We have 
two miles to go. My father has a flue stand 
of Angel of Midnight coru, and the cows got 
in, and destroyed it all. Those flower seeds 
that we received from the Rural, were very 
pretty. The rest of the seeds did well. I 
have a sister living in Butte City, Montana 
and she likes it very well there. Our sleigh- 
- iug is all gone now, but I like to ride down 
hill, how do you like to ride down hill. We 
have a spelling match at our school every 
Wednesday night, but I do uot go. I would 
like to correspond with Maggie Sharpless. 
Your Niece, MINNIE JACOB v. 
Portland, Pa. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I was six years old 
last August, aud cannot write letters yet, so I 
asked my cousin Alice to write this for me. 
I live close to a large stream,Rutger’s Kill.and 
in the summer, Mamma lets me go fishing, 
but uot where the water is deep, so I can't fall 
in. Cousin Alice and I have lots of fun fish¬ 
ing. I don’t like to clean what fish I catch 
but I do like to eat them. Don’t you like to 
go fishiug. Uncle Mark* If you do you come 
and see Papa, and then I’ll show you the 
places where the big fishes stay. Papa is 
Vice President of the West town Farm and 
(lardett Club, but I don’t go to the meetings 
because 1 am too young. I have a little sled 
and Alice and I ride down hill and we have 
line times. From your little friend. 
Orange Co., cora smith Gardner. 
[Uncle Mark likes to fish when be is pretty 
sure of catching something. He will have to 
come out and try his luck with you. J 
Dear Uncle Mark: I would like to join 
the Cousins. I am a little girl seven years old. 
Papa takes the Rural. I like to read the 
Cousin’s letters. I weut to school last summer. 
1 read in the second reader. 1 have got over 
the scarlet fever. Your niece, 
Hartstown, Pa. lizzie mohr. 
Uncle Mark: I have been so busy attend¬ 
ing to my school work that I have had no time 
to write. What do the Cousins do on these 
cold winter evenings, I think it nice to 
gather around the fire and have one of the 
members read aioud. In the meantime, the 
ladies could be busy with some fancy work. 
No one knows how pleasant the evenings are 
when spent in this way until they have tried 
it. Let me meutiou some books that I think 
nice to read on these evenings. Any of Dick¬ 
ens' works are good and those persons who do 
not like his writings are sure to do so wtteu 
they are read in this manner. Where little 
folks are present., “Little Women” and “Jo’s 
B\ys” would be interesting to them and also 
to the older ones. “Count of Monto-Christo,” 
“John Halifax, Gentleman.” “Ivanhoe” and 
“The Sketch Book 1 ’are all good. Do you ap¬ 
prove of my choice Uncle Mark? Games arc 
nice where there is a large company. I will 
attempt to give one called the Spelling School. 
First, one member is chosen as the teacher hik! 
numbers all present. Then he or she (which 
over it be) says: “Prince of Paris lost his hat 
and number three (or any number he wishes 
to call) found it.” Where upon number three 
must immediately answer: “WhatHir, I Sir?” 
Teacher: “Yes Sir, You Sir.” No. 3. “No 
Sir, not I Sir." Teacher: “Who then, sir?’ 
No. 8, No. 1 (any number) Sir,” and if the 
number called fails to answer promptly he is 
ordered to the foot, aud the teacher begins 
again. It No. 1 answers, the teacher asks the 
same questions jus before. This play is very 
amusing; the object being to see who enu 
leave off head. Would some of the Cousins 
give some of the plays they know. I would 
like very much to know some new ones. I 
would also like to correspond with any of the 
Cousins upon the subjects—Literature aud 
literary duties; also upon Parliamentary 
practice. etta dickinson. 
Kankakee, Ills. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— I am 11 years old 
and would like to join the Y. JI. C. Papa has 
taken the Rural for four years. I like to read 
the Cousins’ letters. I live on a farm aud 
walk a mile to school. Papa was a soldier and 
got wounded in the arm yu the Red River 
campaign. I have a cat 11 years old. I have 
three brothers and five sisters. Yours truly, 
Nashua, N. H. agnes e. Dane. 
Beautiful colored Designs, printed on 
Ilemp Canvas, to be worked lu Raps, 
Yarn, etc. Semi for Catalogue and Price 
List. Agents wauled everywhere. A mcr- 
loan Hug Hittern Co,, lliddeford, Me. 
SHAMEFUL ABURE 
Heaped upon a Noted Englishman lor His 
Open Honesty. 
Wm. Ed. Robson, M. D„ L. R. C. S. I., M. 
K. y. C. P. 1., late of the Royal Navy, of Eng¬ 
land, lias got into professional trouble for 
writing the following opeu letter to the editor 
of the Londou Family Dad or: 
“I believe it to be the duty of every physi¬ 
cian to make known any means or remedy 
whereby sickness can be prevented, and it is 
for this purpose I write to give my experience 
both here and abroad. I ask the publication 
of the statement that people may lie warned 
before it is too late, to say to them that there 
is at hand a means by which they may be re¬ 
stored to perfect health. It is well known to 
the medical world, and, indeed, to the laity, 
that a certaiu disease is making a terrible 
havoc; that next to consumption it is the most 
fatal, and that when fully developed there is 
nothing to be done for the sufferer. 
“Physicians and scientists have long been 
trying to throw light upon the cause, and if 
possible, find in nature a medicine for this 
fatal malady. They have shown, absolutely, 
that the blood-purifying organs of vital im¬ 
portance are the kidneys, aud that wheu they 
once fail, the poison which they should take 
out of the blood is carried by the blood into 
every part of the body, developing disease. 
“Iu my hospital practice in England, Iudia 
and South America, and also while a surgeon 
in the Royal Navy of Great Britain, I gave a 
great deal of attention to the study of diseases 
ot the kidneys aud urinary organs, aud found 
that not only was the cure ot' chronic Bright’s 
Disease hopeless, but that kiuuey disease was 
remarkably prevalent; much more so than 
generally known, aud was thecaiLseof the ma¬ 
jority of cases of sickness, and further, that 
the medical profession has no remedy which 
exerts any absolute control over these organs 
iu disease. 
“Some time ago,wheu I had a case which re¬ 
sisted all regular treatment—which is very 
limited—complicated with the passing of 
stones from the kidneys, much against my 
will I permitted my patient to use Warner’s 
safe cure, of which I had heard marvelous re¬ 
sults. Iu his ease the result was simply mar¬ 
velous, as the attack was a severe one, aud de¬ 
velopment very grave, for an analysis showed 
per cent, of albumen and granular tube 
casts. 
“The action of the medicine was singular 
aud incomprehensible to me. I had never 
seen auythiug like it. The patient recovered 
promptly, and is to-day a well and healthy 
man. This stimulated my inquiry into the 
merits of the remedy, aud after analysis 1 
found it to lie of purely vegetable character, 
harmless to take under all circumstances. 
“Casting aside all professional prejudice I 
gave it u thorough trial, as I was uuxiousthat 
my patients should be restore d to health, no 
matter by what medicine. 1 prescribed it in 
a great variety of eases, Acute, Chronic, 
Bright’s Disease, Congestion of the Kidneys, 
Catarrh of the Bladder, and in every instance 
did it speedily effect a cure. 
“ For this reason I deem it my duty to give 
to the world this statement regarding the val¬ 
ue of Waruer’s Safe Cure. 1 make this state¬ 
ment on facts I am prepared to produce and 
substantiate. 1 appeal to physicians of large 
practice who kuow how common aud decep¬ 
tive diseases of the kidneys are, to lay aside 
professional prejudice, give their patients 
Waruer’s sate cure, restore them to perfect 
healtn, earn their gratitude, and thug be true 
physicians. 
•• 1 am satisfied that more than one-half of 
the deaths winch occur iu England are caused, 
primarily, by impaired actiou of tue kidneys, 
aud the consequent retention in the blood of 
the poisonous uric and kidney acid. War- 
tier's safe cure cause's the kidueys to expel this 
poison, checks tue escape of albumen, relieves 
the inflammation and prevents illness from 
impaired aud impoverished blood. Having 
had more than 17 years' experience iu my pro¬ 
fession, I conscientiously and emphatically 
state that I have been able to give more re¬ 
lief, and effect more cures by the use of War 
tier’s safe cure than by all the other medicines 
ascertainable to the profession, the majority 
of which, I am sorry to say, are very uncer¬ 
tain iu their action.” 
“Isn’t that a straightforward, manly let¬ 
ter ?” 
“ Indeed it is.” 
“ Well, but do you know the author has 
been dreadfully persecuted for writing it?” 
“ How so? What has he done to merit it?” 
“Done? He has spoken the truth‘out of 
school,’ and his fellow physicians, who waut 
the public to think they havu a monopoly in 
curing diseases, are terribly augry with him 
for admitting professional inability to reach 
certain disorders. 
“That letter created a wonderful seusatiou 
among the titled classes and the public. This 
arred the doctors terribly. The College of 
Surgeons and Queen’s College, from which 
institution he was graduated, asked for an ex¬ 
planation of his unprofessional conduct, and 
noli fled him that unless he made a retraction 
they would discipline him. 
“The doctor replied that ho allowed his pa¬ 
tients to make use of Warner’s safe cure only 
after all the regular methods had failed , and 
when he was satisfied that there was uo passi¬ 
ble hope for them. Upon their recovery, after 
having used Warner’s safe cure, he was so 
much surprised that lie wrote the above 
letter to the Family Doctor. He regretted 
that the faculties found fault, with his actiou 
in the matter,but ho could uot conscientiously 
retract the facts as written to the Family 
Doctor. 
“The faculties of both colleges replied that 
unless he retracted they should cut biin off, 
which would naturally debar him from again 
practicing his profession , and also prevent 
his securing another appointment in the Roy¬ 
al Navy’” 
The illustrious doctor’s dilemma is certainly 
an uupleasant one, emphasizing as it does, 
both his own honesty, and the contemptible 
prejudice and bigotry of English medical 
men. The masses, however,having no sympa¬ 
thy with their nonsense, keep ou using the 
remedy he so highly recommends and get well, 
while the rich aud able depend upon the preju¬ 
diced doctors and die! 
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