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maining strength; besides I did not think the 
Compound Oxygen had done her any good at 
home, and I did not think she stood any bet¬ 
ter chance by going there, but she clung to 
the idea as though it were her last, hold on 
life. Finally I consented to her going only 
because I thought she would be better satis¬ 
fied, and not because I had the slightest hope 
of her improvement. In her first letter after 
seeing Dr. Starkey, (it was only a few lines 
scrawled with a pencil) she wrote me that Dr. 
Starkey said she would have to stay there two 
weeks before lie could say whether t he treat¬ 
ment would benefit her. Before the time had 
elapsed she was feeling much stronger, and 
her appetite was far bettor, and by Christmas 
she could walk a dozen blocks. She remained 
in Philadelphia till April, having during that 
time but one bad turn, which, however, threw 
her back considerably. Since her return my 
wife has used the Home Treatment with con¬ 
tinued benefit.. Her weight in January, 1884. 
when she had been with you three months, 
was ninety-five and a half pounds, nud that 
was a great improvement on her condition 
when she went to you. The last time she was 
weighed here her weight was one hundred and 
fifeen pounds. When she went to Philadelphia 
she could scarcely walk a cross the floor without 
assistance: she can now walk a mile and ride 
horseback for five miles. She then coughed 
nearly all the time, with a good deal of expec¬ 
toration. Her cough is now much better, 
though it still clings to her. and the quantity 
of expectoration is comparative small. 
Her great improvement seems to me almost 
miraculous, and I attribute it to the Com¬ 
pound Oxygen, aided by a systematic, pru¬ 
dent life, and the abandonment of drugs. 
I fear I have written much more fully than 
you desired I should, but I have hoped that 
what I have said would lie of some benefit to 
sulfering humanity. With kindly remem¬ 
brance, I am 
Very truly, your friend, 
N. C. Manson, Jr. 
There arc very many people interested in 
the treatment which has done so much for 
these two ladies in Virginia. If you wish 
fuller information send to Drs. Starkey & 
Pa lex, 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, for 
their treatise, which is sent free to every 
applicant. 
Pissn'Uaww gUmtisinfl 
FROM THE 
TWO CASES IN VIRGINIA. 
In 1SS4 the mails brought to Philadelphia a 
grateful lettter from a gentleman of Lynch¬ 
burg, Va., who told the story of the cure of 
his daughter by the use of the Compound 
Oxygen Treatment after Vicing a sufferer from 
Inflammatory Rheumatism, beginning in her 
fourth year and lasting nine years. His letter 
was as follows: 
‘•Drs. Starkey & Palex. Dear Sirs:—My 
daughter has been using your Compound 
for five weeks. Within a week, she began to 
show signs of improvement; since then her re¬ 
covery has been remarkable. I have never 
seen anything to equal it. The action of the 
heart is quiet and soft.; there has been no sign 
of rheumatism; she sleeps sweetly all uigbt; 
has a fine appetite; has gained many pounds 
of flesh, and has considerable color; can walk 
all about the house, and has paid two or three 
visits in the neighborhood. 
“Very respectfully, C. V. Wixfrer .' 1 
About the time this young lady was finding- 
relief from her inflammatory rheumatism, 
another lady suffering from consumption be 
gau the treatment. She had tried other reme¬ 
dies without success, and the prospects for her 
future were gloomy indeed. 
In addition to her lung troubles she was a 
sufferer from curvature of the spine. Now, 
she can mute herself a comparatively healthy 
woman, and the happy wife of the mayor of 
that city. Her story is told partly by her 
husband and partly in a letter from herself. 
We give her husband’s letter below: 
Mayor’s Office, Lynchburg, Dec. 15,1885. 
Drs Starkey & palex. Dear Sirs—In 
stating what your Compound Oxygen treat¬ 
ment has accomplished for my wife, I am dis¬ 
charging a debt which I feel I owe to suffer¬ 
ing humanity. 
My wife lias long been in delicate health, 
and since her seventeenth year has beeu suf¬ 
fering from a curvature of the spine. This 
greatly weakened her and occasioned much 
pain and excessive nervousness. Notwith¬ 
standing this she further exhausted her 
strength aud prostrated her health by the 
usual round of pleasures of the fashionable 
world: late hours, parties, operas, and above 
nil the german. The result of this course was 
that her health was completely prostrated, her 
vitality exhausted, aud when on a Noth era 
trip in the summer of 1882, she contracted a 
deep cold, it settled on her lungs, and con¬ 
sumption was soon after the result. 
During the early fall of 1882, she began 
coughing considerable, and finding that she 
was fast losing tor strength aud flesh, early in 
Jauuary. 1883, Mrs. Manson, then Miss Field, 
set out from her home in Culpeper, together 
with her aunt and Dr. Rixey, for Philadelphia. 
She was then excessively nervous, could not 
speak louder than a whisper, and was unable 
to sleep at all. She saw one of the leading 
allopathic physicians of Philadelphia, who 
told her she had consumption, and that she 
must leave at ouce for Aiken. S. C, By the 
middle of tlie month she was on her way 
there, and did not return until May. Though 
seemingly benefited for some considerable 
period during her stay, she had repeated 
spells which threw her back so much that 
when she returned she was much worse than 
when she left home. Soon after her return she 
went on to New York a ml consulted an eminent 
physiciuu there, who advised the phonic 
acid treatment, which she continued to use 
during the following summer, not withstanding 
its extreme, severity for some time with ap¬ 
parent success, though in the fall it seemed to 
lose its effect aud she discontinued its use, re 
turning to Aiken about the Middle of Novem¬ 
ber, 1884. It was then she first used the Com¬ 
pound Oxygen, aud when 1 went to see her at 
Christmas I found her considerably improved. 
I was prejudiced against the remedy, ami ad¬ 
vised her discontinuing its use, which in a 
great measure she did. From the beginning 
of the year 1884 she lost ground, till by Febru¬ 
ary she was ill. I was telegraphed for and found 
her suffering greatly from biliousness, fever 
and great weakness, I returned home to attend 
to attend to some business after a six days 
stay, only to be again telegraphed for. When 
she returned in May she was distressingly 
weak and thiu, aud <.liough she improved 
some during the summer, she never was hulf 
so well as she had been the year before, and 
about the middle of September she took a 
violent cold, which confined her to her tod 
aud promised very speedily to eud her life. 
Indeed for one or two days we thought she 
would not live to sec another; she did how¬ 
ever, rally slightly, and towards the end of 
the month insisted on going to Philadelphia to 
try the Compound Oxygen treatment. I op¬ 
posed the plan because I thought she could 
only live a very little while longer, under any 
circumstances, and a trip to Philadelphia 
would only wear out the sooner her little re¬ 
FLOWERS, 
Though there is snow on the ground to-day, 
it will not be long before the ground will be 
covered with nice, fresh, green grass; the trees 
will have on nice green coats, eik! the birds 
will be singing their songs. Then it will be 
time to see that our flower beds are made and 
seeds sown. Have you thought of it my 
Cousins 1 I am going to tell you about my 
first attempt at raising flowers. When Papa 
sent for garden seeds, he also scut for a dol¬ 
lar’s worth of flower seeds. I made up my 
mind that I would have some flowers that 
year; at least there was nothiug to liinder my 
trying to raise them. I was obliged to make 
my own flower beds, as Papa and Mamma 
were too busy to help me or give me any infor¬ 
mation on the subject. So I got my tools 
together, consisting of a wheel-barrow, spade 
and hoe. I spaded up places as large as I 
wished to have my beds. I then took my 
wheel-barrow to the Wood-pile and got some 
nice rich chip dust which I mixed with the 
dirt just dug up. I uext got some fresh loam 
which I mixed with that already ou the bed. 
Af ter the beds were nicely rounded up, I 
carefully broke all the hard lumps with my 
hands, leaving the beds smooth and mellow 
as any flower seed could wish. 
The shapes of iny beds differed. For my 
pansies I made a bed around a small ever¬ 
green tree, where it was niee and shady. For 
my cypress I made a round bed, in the centef 
of which I placed a pole with cross-pieces 
nailed on the top to which I could attach 
strings. My sweet peas were given a round 
bed with three poles tied together at the top. 
to climb on. The other beds were square aud 
rectangular. My dahlias load been planted in 
the front of the house, where they had the 
benefit of the sun. At an east door I had 
planted four o’clock's, and every morning as the 
door was opened, whiffs of seemed air would 
enter, making the morning more delightful. 
How nice they would be at one’s tod-room 
window. lu one of the beds at the side of the 
path I had planted gladioli. They did very 
nicely. In the opposite bed were seen weeds 
instead of poppies. My small bed of portulaea 
was covered with blossoms. I also had a rec¬ 
tangular bed of a miscellaneous collection- 
balsams, batchelor-buttons, petunias, etc. They 
were all very nice until my family of ducks 
found the bed. Ducks make very nice orna¬ 
ments for a barn-yard, but not for a flower¬ 
bed. My pansy bed svas the nicest of all my 
flowers; they were perfect beauties, so large 
and handsome. In fact, I think I made a suc¬ 
cess of my flower raising. I hope the Cousins 
will have as good luck. Will some of the 
Cousins tell me how they save pansy seed: 
how to take care of hyacinth bulbs after they 
blossom? They never do anything for me 
after they once blossom. e. m. d. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I thought I would give 
you a little history. We are now living on a 
farm and we have 80 head of cattle and five 
head of horses. We are now milking five 
cows. My brother aud I have two calves 
apiece. Ra is a great hand to take care of his 
stock, and he has got som e rye in. The other 
Cousins are writing about eats, so I will write 
about our dog. His name is Tige. Tige can 
dance, waltz, laugh, shake bauds, and speak 
for grub. He is a full-blood Shepherd. He is 
a very pretty dog and a very good dog to 
drive cattle. We think everything of him 
and would not sell him. ida davidson. 
Parker, CoL 
[I hope you give Tige plenty of reasons for 
laughing aud not one for crying. Most of us 
are like him in speaking for our dinner. 1 
wish 1 could see him dance.—u. >L] 
Dear Uncle Mark: 1 shall be 12 years old 
this month. 1 live in the center of Block 
Island ou a small farm. My Papa is purser 
on the steamer George W. Danielson, which 
carries the mail to Newport three times a 
week. In the Summer X go to carry Papa to 
the steamer every morning and go to bring 
him home nights. I eau harness a horse and 
drive one. I wonder if many of the Cousins 
can do that. We Lave four oxen, four cows, 
four calves, four pigs, one horse and a flock of 
about liilPlymouth Rocks. I have a little sister 
Florence seven years old: she wants to join, but 
she cannot write. I will write more next 
time about the Island, if you wish me to. 
Yours truly, susie R. ball. 
Block Island, It. I. 
[Florence can join too. Every farmer girl 
should know how to harness a horse, just as 
every farmer boy ought to know how to mend 
bis mittens. Your Papa must be proud of his 
little girl.—u. M.] 
Letters Received from MaggJu Sharpless; E. Em- 
erv: John C. Hicks; Florence Wood; Josh; A. Johnson; 
Rozetla Bartley; A. C. Miekllban; Edward B. Kelly; 
Anna P. Pareus, Willie Wilkin; Florence L. Hoffman; 
Patrick H. Donovan. 
OF THE 
A total income of over sixteen million one hundred 
thousand dollars, and payments to policy-holders of 
nearly eight million dollars. 
Interest income, over three million dollars, being 
about Rife per cent, on average net assets, and nearly 
four hundred thousand dollars In excess of losses by 
death. 
Market value of securities, over three million three 
hundred thousand dollars In excess of their cost. 
Liabilities, both actual and Contingent, provided for, 
and a Divisible Surplus by the Company 's standard of 
over seven million dollars; Surplus by the State stand¬ 
ard, over thirteen million dollars. 
An Increase of nearly two million dollars 
in income, over three millions in surplus, over 
seven millions in assets , and of over thirty 
millions of insurance in force. 
SUMMARY OF REPORT 
BUSINESS OF 1885 
Received in Premiums. 
Received lu Interest, Rents, etc... 
Total Income 
Raid Death-claims. $2,999,109.61 
“ Endowments. 741,764.47 
" An nuities. Dividends, aud for 
Policies purchased. j.uio.'.to.ivi 
Total 1’n.id Policy-holders 87,681,873.75 
New Policies issued. 18,566 
New Insurance Written. $69,521,452.00 
CONDITION, JAN. 1, ISNti. 
Cash Assists.300,864,331.32 
♦Divisible Surplus, Co.’s Standard. <7,064.478.18 
■FTonttne ” “ " 3,128,742.77 
Total Surplus, " “ 8I0.1NS.215.90 
Surplus by Mute Standard, 813.225.053.94 
Policies In Force... 
Insurance in Force. S259,674,500.00 
PROGRESS IN 1SS5. 
Excess of Interest over Death-losses, $099,960.07 
Increase In Income. 1,880,697.35 
Increase In Surplus. State Stuudai cl, 8.313.707.48 
Increase In Assets. 7,580,567.75 
Increase In Insurance Written. 7.036,902.00 
Increase lu Insurance In Force. 80,291,914.00 
* Exclusive of the amount specially reserved as a con¬ 
tingent llubillty to Tontine Dividend Fund. 
Over and above a 4 per cent- reserve on existing 
policies ol lluit class. 
pTI UU Instant relief. Final cure in to days, and 
* imio. never returns. No purge, no sal vc, nosiip- 
tository. Sufferers will learn of a simple remedy, 
'ree, by addressing t’. .1. MAHON, 
7S Nassau Htreer, N. Y. 
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Brewster’s Patent Bein Holder. 
Ilk* your lines are where you put them—not under 
ft ■ horses’ feet. One agent sold 12 doz. In live days; 
one dcuh-r sold six doz. In 15 days. Samples 
aJ worth $1.50 stuck. Write for terms. 
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OF THE 
Non forfeit iny- Ton t ine Lim ited-Endowment 
Policy. 
FIRST ADVANTAGE. —Insurance for a definite 
amount, or for an amount Increasing with each 
premium paid, as desired. 
SECOND ADVANTAGE.—A Definite Cash Endow¬ 
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the end of Endowment aud Tontine periods, which 
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