Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 4, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 January 1901 — Page 6

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By M. B. MAN WELL.

w v V v V U X. X . CHAPTER III. (Continued.) "IVb or only chance, certainly!" Instantly agreed the last comer. "If we sflly-shally over the doing of it muck linger, we shall die like rats in a hole, as the guard says!" "Then we'd better tear these obstinate Tools off the engine and man it ourselves!" suggested a frantic passenger. "We can rash it through somehow!" "Not so!" -was the calm answer. "Oar enly chance in rushing the danger is the speed. Now, if I and you, all amateurs, man the engine and bungle the thing, the (hance is we should roast before hp got quite through the flames. 4Now, ladies and gentlemen" he turned courteously to the passengers surging round "I must ask you to trust your bodies to me, and your souls well, according to you' several creeds!" With a strangely harsh, empty laugh, the fitranger ascended the engine, turning his dark face to saj- peremptorily: "Take your places aboard the train Instantly, every man, woman and ! child? "Now, my frauds, 1 11 tuckie you!" He facetl round to thi engine men. So near was the train to the Art. that the heat was insufferable the face. of tlu men were almost skinned. "Warm work, my hearties, this!" the stranger said, almost cheerfully, as j he beat Iii' hot air slowly with waving hanrls, pre.-sed his face closer to the scorched vi.-Lges on the engine. "You get ofT this engine, mister!" furiously tx-.gan the driver. "I'll brain any mau who trits to boss " The wrathful words ended in a sudden sigh, and the driver's arms fell woftfy at his sides as the invader of the engine turned to tit stoker, a powerfully t)uilt mau. "lfou heard what uiy mate said, dldu't yer?" struck in the man. "You git off, or I'll I'll " There was the same singular collapse, the same Iamb-like attitude. Both grimy nun stood motionless and meek facing tho intruder. "Jimt 0," observed the last equably. Then, leaning over, his strident voice clanged harshly along the now shed: ' Every soul aboard? Keep all windaws and doors fast for your lives!" "What is it, (Jervis? Are we safe yet?" faintly whispfred CJlaudy. The girl, who had only seemed to shake off her curious attack of insensibility within the last few minutes, was star ing vaguely round the car. She wondered idlv whv most of tho I women were on their knees, and why the little children were clasped so frantically to their mothers. Surely the tiny creatures would be smothered lu such embraces. And why was f Jervis, her hasban'J, breathing in that curiously labored fashion, as if he had been running hard? Then she became aware, as he laid hla cheeks against her own, that his face was wet and cold, clammy perspiration. "Gerris!" she cried, a vague alarm Awakening her at last, "speak to me!" "Can't you pray, Gladdy?" whispered Gervis, and the clasp of his arms tightened round his wife. "Pray, Gerris? What do you mean?" wonderingly said Gladdy. And Gervis drew his brows together. And yet was it not better that she should know, poor little Gladdy in her newly wodded happiness? Outside the cars, now tightly closed, to fight the flames doggedly, were ; inrimly and rapidly making ready. The heat had become intolerable, and redly glowing sparks were showering down the blazing roof. The peril was already so deadly that there was no choice. A da&l for dear life must bo made! Suddenly a great tongue of flame darted Along the roof with a hissing sound. The haggard, white faces in th cars could distinguish every timber In the shed's wooden walls in the new glare. The fire was gaining with a deadly sureness. "Quick, men! We are taking our lives la our hands! Here, reach me that bale of waterproofing! We must dirlde It between ns to cover as much of our persons as we can!" It was a sharp, vibrating voice, with note of command, that hastily ordered. for Thea came the hoarse order which the cowed engineraen were meekly waiting. "Ready? Then go! Top speed!" The long train, with Its large cars, creaked and groaned; the tongues of flame darted upward hissingly; the burning rafters crackled and snapped; the smoke rolled along i:i heavy clouds that choked all who rod? on the illfated train. "God in His nircy, help us! We'r off!" The train was cutting Its way through the sheet of flame that had walled it in. CHAPTER' IV. It was ov?r this daring venture and over safely! Outside in the open, In the clear co!d air of the starless night, the long train drew np under the softly falling flakes of feathery snow. Half-paralyzed men and fainting women In the cars knew they were safe, and there was a brief hush, while sobbing thanksgivings broke from lips that seldom pray. Then there was a rush to examine the cars, which had, providentially, not caught fire. "So far as we knew, wo are all aved." was the thankful (homs that went round, as the passengers stood tiout on the snow stamping their feet "How on earth did we get our here, mate?" was the hoarse whisper from one of the blackened, smoked figures wrapped In waterproof on the engine. "I don't know!" was the answer. "I tiought we was bound to roast In the fire, but here we are! Beats all!" That'a eo; but we're safe: that's good, enough for me. anyhow!"

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s V X Jt. f. "The sooner you peoplo get aboard the cars again the better." It was a courteous, almost conciliatory voice, but it was the same that a short time before had given the word of command that saved the trainful of human beings. Instantly th9 speaker was surrounded and a torrent of thanks assailed his ears. 'Tray, don't overwhelm me!" lie raised his long, lean hands deprccatingly. "What have I done? Merely suggested a way out of the difficulty." But his modesty was overruled. The overwrought passengers found an outlet for their agitation in demanding the name of their preserver, in order, they said, "to add it to our prayers. and teach it to our little ones." "My name is Paul Ansdell," politely said the stranger. Then he added hurriedly, as if to choke off any further questions: "I am a scientist by profession, and am at present traveling for material regarding a subject suggested by the society to which I have the honor to belong. I hope I have explained to your satisfaction, ladies and gentlemen." a distinct clement of mockery, which served to chill the warm gratitude of the passengei-s. In twos and threes they dispersed, some to get aboard the train into the shelter and comfort and warmth: others to stand in the snow and watch with awe the roaring flamtis now mercifully behind them. "The weather tonight is so dry-cold. ' even for the time o' year, that the ; lire has got a flrni hold. The who!e shed's doomed." said the guard. "It's j bin a wonderful deliverance from an : awfu! death, gentlemen. We've need to ' thank (Jod on our knees." The man looked round on the groups huddled together on the snow, which ; the roaring lire lighted up around I them. j And. indeed, the delivered passen- j gers were, each in his or her own way, j thanking (Jod. Here a youii mother, her oft arms j round a little child, knelt in the snow j murmuring. Near her a clergyman J was, with lipvS rapidly moving, thank- j ing Cod for his safety. Here, again, an iron gray-haired man fctood bowed for a few seconds to offer up his thanks for the frail invalid wife, the love of his youth, whom he had ju.-t lifted back into the car. It was indeed a solemn sight, the little thanksgiving service out on the snowy plains, upon whieh the grim mountains frowned clown through the small, dry Hakes of falling snow. "Now it strikes me we should do well to be getting ahead. The night is upon u. and I can tell you it will take us .'.11 we c.n to stand the co'.ds of midnight and early morning." It was the voice of Paul Ansdell that broke the spell. He w;;s standing with arms folded ou the rear platform of the cars, looking down with half-shut eyes upon the reverently bowed heads of his fellow travelers. No meaning for him had this communing with the Divine Creator, who had stretched out a helping hand in the grave peril. Had any cry brokeu from his lips to ascend on high it would have been the exceeding bitter one of the Psalmist: "Lord, why tastest Thou off my soul? Why indent Thou Thy face from me?" But it was many a year since this man had abandoned prayer. He was not an unbeliever iu one ense, for no man knew better than Paul Ansdell that there exists an over-ruling Power, who moves and shapes humanity at I His will. Otherwise it would have the wovsc for his fellow men. i seeing that Paul Ansdell held certain ill-gotten secrets that would have endowed himself with an illimitable dominion over the lives and the fortunes of other?. Hut as it was he gnashed his teeth over the checkmates that blocked his wicked way and protected his victims. So far the man had faith in his larger and bolder flights. The two aims he lived for were to win a colossal fortune, and to preserve his life as long as possible. To die. t0 crumble into dust, was to bim a hideous prospect, and he had no other his creed forbade all such. To save himself more than his companions he had put forth his utmost strength of will. He had succeeded strangely, even inarvelously. Paul Ansdell smiled contentedly as he leaned, strangely exhausted for a man who had simply lifted his voice, not his hands, to the rescue. He was congratulating himself that his will power was increasing enormously. Then he heard a hurried voice at his ear. "Mr. Ansdell, I've brought my wife to thank you for your splendid bravery in saving the whole lot of us," Gervis Templeton was saying earnestly, and his hand was pressing the shoulder of Paul, who wheeled sharply around, to glance for one swift second at the little shrinking figure behind Gervis. Then his eyes turned away to the flame-reddened snow. "Come, Gladdy, this is the hero of the hour. Haven't you a word to give him?" Gladdy must have heard her husband's urgent whisper, and yet she spoke not a syllable. Silently and wistfully the girlish bride was gazing up ! "ai" aif UL 1 " questioning that of the man who had saved her life. "Dear, say something!" In the lowered voice of Gervis there was a peremptory note. He was annoyed at hi3 wife's extraordinary awkwardness as much as he was puzzled. What could the man think of her? The thought crossed his mind as he took Gladdy's cold, small fingers in his to encourage her. But Paul's attention as well as Paul's eyes were being given to the outside world. "I fear wo're going to have a night of It, perhaps another chapter of accidents who knows? for the snow will be tremendously deep at certain curves I know of ahead," he said. And, under cover of his words, Gladdy drew her hand from that of her husband, and slipped back Into the draw-

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I vaa""". wflo had failed to ! ouer iiiituK iu "scuer of the tra' ' The car3 were moving o. o . eir journey once again, and the men were chatting to one another. "Not so bad for the first move In the game!" The triumphant words whlsperingly from the lips of Paul Ansdell as he sat alone in the smoking compartment, leaning back in his chair, his dark, baleful eyes watching the smoke wreath9 lazily rising over his head. CHAPTER V. Paul Ansdell was right in his surmises. The scientist, as a rule, was right somehow. The fine, feathery snow resolved Itself into a perfect blizzard a few hours later, and the train, after plunging through deep drifts, cutting its way gallajitly, was brought to a standstill. Fortunately they were close to a prairie station when the stoppage took place. "We must make the best of it," cheerfully agreed the passengers. "There's plenty to eat and drink aboard the train, thank goodness, and we can get out and stretch our legs without any danger of being lost in the snow, for it's hard as iron." "Will you come out and take a turn with me?" pleasantly asked Paul Ansdell, coming over to Gervis Templeton, who was staring disconsolately out of the window. Gladdy had chosen to remain in her berth for breakfast, and showed as yet no inclination to leave it. "I should like it above all things!" the young Englishman eagerly said. And presently the two men, wrapped up to the eyes, were tramping over the shining, snowy expanse beyond the little station. "Are you going to make any stay at Montreal?" asked Paul carelessly. "Not over a few days, to see tha place." was the answer. "I am taking my wife to England to spend Christmas in the old home, so our time is limited. Otherwise there's nothing I should like better than to winter in the Dominion. It's a glorious land, and (Jlaildy, my wife, would have reveled in the ice carnival and all thj 3ther delights of a Montreal winter. But it can't be helpted. My people are eager to see and know her. W have not been long married, you see," he added, a little lamely. "I know," curtly said Pant Ansdell. "I was in 'Frisco when your weddln took place: and I knew old Hiram Fairweather. your wife's father personally, I mean. A sharp, astute old chap. that. Made his pile, eh?" (To be continued.) INCOME OF KING. Tin Krfbuka of. I g3 n da Kecclv" Oulj AUI.-.O a Year. Probably there is no monarch living and. nominally at any rate, ruling a large kingdom, who has so small an income as has the "kabuka," or king of Uganda, who receives an annual sum of G50 from the British government. Actually, of course, Uganda, is a Pritish possession, and is administered entirely by Uritish officials, under the control of the foreign office, but in name at least, the kabuka la still the ruler of the country. The king is only quite a boy at present, and, so soon as he attains his majority, on the completion of his eighteenth year, he ill have his allowance, increased to JL'l.GOO a year, no mighty allowance on which to maintain the dignity of a reigning monarch. In addition to this annual pension the king of Uganda has received from the British government a grant of 250 square miles as a private "garden" surely one of the most extensive gardens to be found anywhere in tha world. This system of granting land to the leading natives has been very largely adopted by the British in Uganda, and all the king's family, together with the principal chiefs of the various tribes, have received tracts of country ranging from sixteen to fifty square miles, for their own particular use. In connection with this annual allowance to the king of Uganda it is Interesting to note the fact that at the present time the DritUh treasury ia providing pensions for relatives. Among these are the sultan of Zanzibar, one or two rulers of minor Indian native states, the ex-king of Ben In, and ex-King Prempeh, of Ashanti. in addition to relatives of Cetawayo," of Zululand; Thebaw of Burmah, and the late lamented IjObengula of Matabeleland. Golden Penny Magazine. SOME ARE ODD. Grogrnplilcal Nuiiim Out In Arkansas. A commercial traveler recently returned from a trip through Arkansas was speaking the other day of tho nomenclature of the towns and counties of that state. "As a township name," said he, "nothing seems so popular as a name ending in 'creek.' There are Beech, Mill, Barren, Dutch, Iong, Big. Peter, Clear, Pierre, Flat, Crooked, Sugar and Day creeks scattered through the state as townships. There are Eagle and War Eagle townships, and one is named after Grover Cleveland. Yell is both a township and county name, but the people are not particularly noisy in those places, In spite of the name. Many names are reminders of the old French occupation, such as Petit Jean, Terre Noir, Fayette, Lagrue, De Bastrop and St. Francis, names of townships. Sugarloaf seems to be a popular name for towns in Arkansas, why, I do not know; and one community calls itself by the intensely prosaic name of Railroad. Colonel Bowie, he of the celebrated knife, has his name perpetuated by a township name, and so has Daniel Boone and Bryan. The population of Arkansas Is now ninety times what it was when the first census was taken of it, in 1820, but the increase has been slow In the last decade compared with previous ones. The population has increased In tho last ten years only 1G!4 per cent, whne in the ten years before the Increase was over 40 per cent" "But the world never forgives," observes one of the characters in a popular novel, "It is only God and out mothers that can do that

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Of the nation's four great monuments to the northern soldiers cf the civil war, New York has two or, rather, it. will have upon the completion of the Temple of Fame on Riverside Drive, the coiner stone of which was laid the other day in that city. The other memorial is the beautiful arch at the Plaza entrance to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Tins cost the old city of Brooklyn $L'5U.0U0, while New York's monument will cost $190,000. Cleveland has a soldiers' monument, the actual tost of whieh was $210,000, though legal tights over the site, etc., brought tbe total cost up ? 10,000 more. And finest and most costly of all is tho towering shaft which Indiana has just completed in her capital city of Indianapolis, and which cost the state $700.000. The present site of New York's monument i tho fourth which has been agreed upon. Cleveland Monument, Cleveland passed through a longer and bitter fight before Cuyahoga county's monumeut was erected and dedicated. The project w:is -broached first in 1S79, and the site suggested was the center of tbe Public Square or Monumental Park. For tight years the idea of a civil war monument languished, and in 1SS7 the project was revived by the choice of the southeast section of the square, which necessitated the removal of Commodore Perry's monument. The men of the G. A. H. and the county commissioners who had control of the public parks couldn't agree on the site or upon the designs for the monument and its erection. The controversy was taken into the courts,

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Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent, dhector of the gymnasium at Harvard university, has just brought before the scientific French XOoman at the Har. Mme. Petit, the first woman to qualify for the legal profession in France, is said to be a winsome, pretty, Tery feminine woman, altogether unlike the traditional "new woman" whose novelty con sists chiefly in imitating the manners of a man. When the original woman lawyer of France took the barrister's oath in the court of appeals ' 1 ill at Paris last week a great crowd had Mme. Petit. assembled to see the strange spectacle of a woman going through the ceremony which gave her the right to practice in the law courts of Paris. She went to the court accompanied by her husband. The crowd expected to see a tall creature with a frowningly severe face, which, if not ugly, must be at least plain. Her voice they expected to be guttural and manlike. But In all this they were disappointed. The

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and the various decisions sometimes favored one side and sometimes the other, but the final victory was won by the (J. A. H. In the spring of 1S91 the monumeut commission took possession of the site, and then began a year's fight, sometimes hand to hand, in which the jolice several times took part. Actual work on the site was begun in August, 1 S.r2, and on the tenth of the next month came the anniversary of Perry's victory. Now It was discovered suddenly that Perry's statue had been neglected shamefully for SO years, and the opponents of the site for the so'diers' monument made a fine outcry over the coming removal of the Peny monument, and Cleveland awoke on the morning of Sept. lu to find that for the first time in 21 years the Perry monument was decorated with flowers. After every one had a gooJ laugh over this and it was thought that peace had been restored W. D. Hoyt of Manchester, N. II., who owned property on the square, sought to enjoin the commission from putting up the monument on the ground, as in the recent New York case, that it would ait off his light and air, and he was defeated speedily, and in the spring of 1S93 work was resumed and carried on so expeditiously that on July 4, 1S94, the monument was dedicated. The legal light had cost the city $10.000. Indianapolis Has the Finest. The first appropriation for the monument in Indianapolis was made in 1S87. Early in the following year the commissioners selected from among 70 designs for the monument that submitted by Bruno Schmidt of Berlin. Work began that year, and in August, 1SS9. the corner stone was laid. The world a strength machine which cmbodies in an intricate and wonderful manner all the forms oT exercise which C c-ti Iii I lOTi'le r tct -1 rv distinguished lawyer in Paris was present and made way for a sweetfaced little woman dressed in a street costume of a fashionable make. She was given a private dressingroom to put on her court robes, which had been especially prepared for her by her dressmaker and were coquettish and piquant. Mme. Pet it's carter will be watched with peculiar interest by tbe mein hers of the French bar. Combination Dresser. The inventor of the novelty shown below explains the device as intended for a rest or support for the various articles of clothing, which embodies in one article a large number of special features, thereby rendering the chair especially desirable for an apartment of small size. Among its numerous uses and utensils we mention the trousers presser and hanger, fixed and adjustable mirrors, alarm clock, coat hanger at the back, hangers for shirts, ties, collars, etc., and hat support The lower compartment Is arranged for shoes and rubbers and a blacking outfit, together with a foot-rest, to b

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monument stands in Governor's Circle, two squares east of the Capitol. It rises to the height of 2GS feet, and at 220 feet there is a lookout which affords a fine view of the city. The monument has its own electric plant, which furnishes the jower to run the elevators and for the lights. The monument takes the form of a shaft, surmounted by a bronze figure of "Miss Indiana," twenty-eight feet high. On the east and wpt sides of the base of the shaft are the groups of statuary representing War and Peace, and which are the largest groups of figures cut from the rough stone' in the world. About these groups are figures cast in bronze, emblematic of the army and navy. On the plazas surrounding the monument are bronze statues of George Rogers Clark, the explorer, and Governors "William Henry Harrison, Oliver P. Morton and James Yv'hitcomb. The UrooMyn jrch. The designer of the Brooklyn Arch was John H. Duncan, the man from Now Orleans who designed also the magnificent Grant monument on Riverside Drive, New York. Work was begun on the arch in 18S9, and it was dedicated in October, 1K02. the ceremonies aiding in the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery. The material is granite, and the arch stands eighty fret High, the total width being the same, and the archway fifty feet high and thirty-five feet wide. The arch is crowned by a group of statuary by Macmonnies representing the navy. On either abutment of the side of the arch that faces the park will be a group of Macmounics statuj ary. One of these groups is iu place, ! but is not completed. go to the highest development of man. The machine is called an inomotor. It has as yet been seen by only a few physical experts, but bj' them it is pronounced a wonderful machine. Dr. Sargent worked on his invention four years, and he feels that in it he has a plan of exercise and development which will revolutionize gymnasium work. The machine is described best as a pair of levers connected by four adjustable rods with a sliding seat and a sliding foot rest, which are in turn connected by a power applying crank to crank on a gear or sprocket wheel. It aims not only to strengthen the principal muscles of the body in the best and most natural way, but also to bring them into action at one time, so that the heart and lungs will get plenty of work to do without fear of overexertion or strain. Every movement of the feet, arms, trunk and legs add to the propelling force: tho exercise is pleasant and enjoyable, and the muscles of the operator may be used simultaneously or relaxed at will. In addition to these qualities the machine acts especially on the back, waist and abdominal regions, which boom the weak points of the American people, and does away with round shoulders used when blacking tho shoes. With the aid of the numerous devices provided it would be possible to dress j with great rapidity and neatness withj out the necessity of moving about tne ! room to pick up the various articles o! NEW ARTICLE OF FURNITURE, apparel as needed. There Is a place tox every garment and it is just as easy to place them on the rack as It Is t lay them on the chairs and other furniture.

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It I Neither an Art Nor a n Flffof III Uri-etlim;. Blushing and pallor result from the sudden action of the mind on tti nervous system; if tbe mind 13 forewarned and prepared for emotion, beth habits may be overcome; but when th nervous system is highly strung it ii a difficult task. Blushing Is neither an art nor a sign of ill-breeding, and it is just as natural for some folks to blush on occasions as it is for others to turn pale on other occasions. Ths small blood vessels which connect ths arteries and veins in the body form, particularly over the checks, a very fine network through which ordinarily the blood passes in ncrmal volamo, leaving only tbe natural complekioo.. When some sudden emotion takes FJ5sesion of the heart iti- ..ction increases and tiie blood Hows much more quickly through the entire c-.urse of the body, causing, as a les-nlt, a sort c:f electric shock which is notiimg more than a ru h of bloo i throng! Hie veins; the color or blush icsulting H caused by the unusual amount of lood ju.t beneath tbe delicate MirfaCC cf the slin. The cause that produce this condition are -joy, anger, sfcaiae. On the other hand, sudden horror, remorse or fear inthiemcs the nerves which control certain blood vessels, and the face becomes white as a result. MR. AYERS NOT DEAD. Vtt Much Alive mix I Ont M-lth a Llwc Telling How Ho A :. SuvcL Minneapolis, Minn., Dir. 20. (Spofial.) Few who knew how ill Mr. A. E. Avers of tliLs city bad !ecn witli Bl ight's Bi.se ae and Din betes ever expected he could live. Four doctors gave him but three or four days to live. lie recovered through the prompt and continued ue of a well-known remedy, and has given the following letter for publication. It is dated at Bath. N. Y where Mr. Avers now resides. Soldiers and bailors' Home, Hath. N. Y. Dodds Medicine Co.. BV.iTalu. X. V.: Dear Sir. I wish to tell you what Dodd's Kidney Fills hnve don-.' for in :. As far as 1 am concerned they are I he Ijest in the world, for tiny not only saved my life, but they have gives me new life and hope. 1 lived in Minneapolis for forty-nine yejjs, .ii1 am well known there by many people. I suffered severely with Blight's Disease and Diabetes. Four weil-'irnwr. ;l Keekens gave me up to die. In fact they gave me only three or four d;iys at th longest to live. I had spent nearly everything I had in the effort to save my life, but seeing an advutisement of Dodd's Kidney Fills. I scraped what was nearly my last half dollar, sent to the drug store and bought a box. I had very little hope of anything ver doin? me any good, as from what the four doctors had told me, it was now a matter of hours with me. I commenced to take the I ills, and from the very first i hey helped me. I took in all about loity boxes. I doubtless did not need so many, but I wanted to make sure, and after all, $1'0 :.s a small amount of Money to remove the sentence cf death ;:nd save one's life. I have since rnomniended Dodd's Kidney Pills to hundreds of people, and I have yet to hear of the first one that did not find them all that you claim for them. I can remember of two people to whom I had recommended Dodd's Kidney Fills, and who afterwards said te me that they received no benefit. I asked to see their Pill boxes, and behold, instead of Dodd's Kidney Pills, it wa.. 's Kidney Pills, an imitation of the genuine Dodd's, avA not the real thing at all that they had been using. I gave each of them an empty pill box that Dodd's Kidney Pills had been put up in, so that they could make no more mistakes, and they afterwards came to me and told me that they had bought and used the genuine Dodd's Kidney Pills, and wore c ure d. I still continue to use the Pills oand on. and would not be without the.T if they weie $".0 a box. I think tLt every old gentleman in the world would be b-aithier and better if ht wemld take one after each meal. I wish I could think of words strong enough to express to you my gratitude for what your Medicine has done for me. It is not often, I suppose, that a man who is gtaring death right in th face, is permitted to live and tell of the means which saved him, and as that is my position, my heart Is overwhelmed with thankfulness to Gcd for His mercy to me in permitting me to see the advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills, when it seemed that I was beyond all earthly power to save, that I cannot express my real feelings. If anyone doubl? the statement I have made, they may write to me, and I will try and prove to them that all I have said in this letter is true, and more than true. There are hundreds of Ioople in Minneapolis who know all about my case and the way Dodd's Kidney Pills pulled me through, when 1 had been friven up by the four doctors of Bripht's Disease and Diabetes, and had practically lost all hope. You are at liberty to publish this testimonial v hich I give you from the lwttom of my heart, and I sincerely wish that I could find the right words to express my feelings of gratitude to you and to Dodd's Kidney Pills, for my restoration to life and health. (Signed) A. 12. AYERS, I-ite of Minneappolis, now at Soldiers r.nd Sailors' Home. Bath, N. Y. Mr. Aers is only one of thousands ef acted gentlemen who say that their '.ives have been pro'onged and their doc lining years made worth living by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. drain Snt A r Hie I'arlfle. A new departure in the grain exporting business of the country has come to light on the Pacific coast. This is the charter of the British steamer illenturrct to load wheat on Puget sound for F.urope by way of the Orient and the Suez. This will be the first experiment in this manner of routing and is the forerunner of a regular lin-1 of steamers in the trade. The Glenturret is to load 2,000 tons of wheat and G.000 tons of freight for Japan. China, India and other Orient ports. The Genlochy, a sister ship to the Glenturret. is now en route to Puget sound for wheat, and will be routed the same way.