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steamers 70 Central America.

Tacoma. July a2.-Special.-It Is reported
here today that a company has been or
ganized 10 run a line Of steamers rom
Puget sound 10 South and Central Amer
lea. and to build up the big trade that is
now awaiting the starting OF such a line
4 steamship has already been chartered
so Il Is said. for the first voyage, and will
be here IN two weeks. The charter was
made when the vessel was In Japan. Her
name Is not known. II is supposed she is
the big steamship Evsndale. now under
charter to the Northern Pacific Steamship
Company. and due here with a cargo OF
tea about Friday.
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>ax wheat Warehouse for Tacoma.

Tacoma July 2.-Special.-Oriers were
received today to close the contract Tor
piles for the new wheat warehouse on the
water front. c. q Pear Will let the con-
tract today for Loss piles. The foundation
is now being prepared for the warehouse.
which is 70 be i30x5oo feet tn size. II is ex-
pec;ed the building will he completed to be
used in September loading.
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Chicago. July 22.-The Century Road
Club OF Chicago. has allowed the follow
ing record. made by A. +. Smith, OF Chi
cago: Five hundred miles. days - hours
10 minutes; May 10 I; American record.
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Rancher.. Roy Runs Axay to Tacorna

Mount Vernon. July 9-SpeciaI-Frea
I. Tavlor. the I4-year-oIa son OF a rancher
on FfAalgo island. left home last Friday
taking horse with him as far as Avon
There he sold che horse and left FOR Scat
tic. The father supposes that the boy is
IN Seattle. and sheriff Parkinson has noti-
fed the chief 20 arrest him.
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An Insane Man From Port Angeles.

Port Angeles. July Especial -<Sa erif
DYKE leaves tomorrow morning for Sell
accom-. having IN charge Ernest DuCkner.
who today vas declared insane. HesteT-
day. while ihe funeral % Edward Phelps
was being held in the opera house. Luck
ner ma rShed un vhe aisle and fnterfeTed
with the services announcing that ne
Was one 81 Christs chosen disciples.
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Rad coin re~-cr Arrested IN Tacoma.

Tacoma july .s-SDs-IaI- -Iiustay Me-
son was arrested today by Deputv Mar
ShRl Bridges fer passing counterfe3t
money The money was passed on E
NJ. Summons a fruit dealer 81 racoma
mark. and was good imitation dollar.
-fuch ~ similar character has been in
,s-r-u}atson here lately.
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GentIemen.s singles.


plete below:
Gentlemen-s singles
L. PeEIy. bye: z. II Warner. bye
c. ". Saunders vs.. d. kelleher.
J. Brown VS. @. V. Cuppage.
c. VI. Austin vs.. William J. Whitthorne.
jr.
J. L. Dawson vs. G. II. Purdon.
II. r. Meserve VS.. o. ". Tidmarsh-
r. n Palmer VS.. p. A. Falkenburgh.
A X. Fisken Us. G.. W. White
w Marriott VS.. r. J. Fransioli.
J. V. Boyd vs. Phil Anderson.
III. Carstens VS.. Theodore Grfggs
J. T. Cole VS.. J. r. Fouikes-
W. II. Wright, byr: g. II. Rollins, bye;
Charles Power. bye.
Gentlemen's Doubles.
Russell and Hill. bye: Meserve and Pei
~, bye: Saunders and Cole. bye.
Marriott and Falkenburgh VS.. Tidmarsh
and Fransioii.
Palmer and Power. bye; White and Pur-
don. bye; Foulkes and Cuppage. bye;
Griggs and Brown. bye.
Ladies' Singles.
Miss Anderson. bye.
Miss J. q. Seymour Va. Mrs. Howell.
Miss Riley. bye; Miss Keown. bye.
Ladies' Doubles.
Miss Riley and Miss Gazzam VS.. Mrs.
Howell and Mrs. Kirk.
Mrs. A K. Fisken and Miss Bella Fis-
ken vs. Miss Anderson and Miss Keown-
On Saturday afternoon the winner OF
the tournament games Will play George A
Hurd the local champion, who holds the
Carter challenge cup.
The tournament begins ar 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning. and great preparations
have been made, the grounds being IN
splendid order. Tacoma, Victoria and
Olympia will be represented, and the tour
nament promises 70 be the most success
ful affair OF the kind ever given by the
s-llb
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Have tried Others. but ike Ayers
rast IS tne statement made over ard
over AGAIN ey those WAC testify 10 the
s,aveat aewavees from the use of Ayers
ssarsausrlllA- Disease never haa a create
enemy than this powerful blood purifier
Il makes the weak stroug.
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snnreme Court Decision.

O.vulcta. July @--Special.- The supreme
court has affirmed me tadEa2en, OF ne
lower court il the ease 81 William Wes+
a,reuart. - City % Caehalss. respond
Fnt.
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pet Cigarettes. -
"Tte old Dominion

The ol5 favor3tes can now r. soua4 II
every cigar store
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-23

Is he lAleS; novelty n oisavs'teA
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DRAWINGS FOR THE TOURNEY.
How Skilled Tennis Players VIII he
Matched I'm fhe Games.

The drawings for the olympic Tennis
Club tournament. which opens tomorrow.
were made yesterday, and are given COM
piefe below.
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,Vha uiaue Feature.

rha naval race FOR al corners. Ia which
..,tsrs. narxes. Jolly boats. gigs. Whalers'
= n,nnaee and a launch contested, vas
ne most fun provoking az al Ihs
fswneh. whleh belonged 70 The ROYAL A.
.e.- hAd sixty men aboard, forty row
- ard the rest coacherS, chAnty sing
r-s ana negro MINISTRIES. who had IN con
s.a,* uSs a marvellous collection az n
s.~ssr,anfs ,for making Giscor1 THIS haSe
"a, which brought 20 mind the pictures
- trs ola Roman galleys. made 5000
- a soste OF IRE weight she carried
a-s .s-,e ~ the thirt ~ TIRE eleven Graz,
-.s~as There was no end 81 run o.
sas~s 81 her and wherever she went
80 was prs.ty much az over the aaT-
- Nar fnn spread 70 the otAer eoa's'
"a ss- course was marked ~ apreAr'-
So tsvrhter. She had Tor aSGFeneaa
-. ,,,kea - Nc 4 puma. IKE ,as one
:. Irscsi park. but three tines ne sLfe,
ths race waved warm tse animal
80 ~a~eesIly rncpPei iown sai sroo'fiea
y. a. thougA,ful Keeper. Eaat ne 9e4ts
- ~, remember the Fun 'hey RAJ ias'
s.,,.~ssv onite as long as any 81 Iae
80 .slks on she saors goes withonf say
tag -.t.s-. - ~Ng-N
yates g chairman ard ). NA'-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
SELINSGROVE.

J. G.. Montgomery, Cashier Farm
er's National Bank. Cynthiana, Ken
tucky. was visitor at b. +. Greg
ory's last week Profs. Charles g.
Hendri"hs and VIM. Noetling have
returned TO Blool. soug to resume
their work at the Normal School. 49,.
TbeY NJ c. A at the University,
held n reception on Saturday eve
ming for the new students. a num-
her of addresses were delivered. ...
The "NIikado" cast and chorus con-
sis,iur of 80 voices rendered that
opera at this place on Tuesday eve
ming j. II. Kreeger of Middle
burgh was in town on Sunday ....
Philo Society will hold festival
shortly The .SuSquehdnna Jour-
nal will soon be published again by
the Posr in the interest of our Var
sitv. The return Of the students
has given livlier appearance to our
streets Will ii. Marks of Phila-
delphia is visiting his parents in
Sweet Hope. .. Mrs. II. f. Miller.
Ir, has returned from a visit to
friends in Schuylkill county 80, Miss
Maude Fritz of Williamsport is Wis
ting at Gregory's. Miss Liza
Swartz of Pittsburg is the guest of
her grandfather, Samuel Gember-
ling Miss Bertha Oakes has re-
turned from an extended visit TO
Lycoming county. 80. o. Gaugler
has returned from a visit to Harris,
burg and McVeytown Mrs. Cow
dry of Williamsport was the guest
of Mrs. Meyer of the East End, over
Sunday e, The Susquehanna Uni
yersity opened last Thursday and
rhe Public Schools on Monday
Win Nipple has left for Gettysburg
where he will attend school w.
II. Schoch and family are spending n
few days ut the Sea Shore.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
OF INTEREST TO LADIES.

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fore YOU The Ladies' Safe Protect
or" il is absolutely reliable, easily
adjusted, does not become misplaced
aud insures protection. Car be worn
when desired without observation or
knowledge OF another and prevents
disagrecablr annoyance under GER
tain conditions. II you use IL once
YOU will never be without it. lt is "a
faithful. safe aud reliable friend
whenever needed by special circum-
stance. requiring its use. IL is an ar
ticle every wOiiIdt. should X ep ready
for immediate use IL Is simple TO
use and inspires confidence to the
womau using IL. IL is reliable and
scientifically made. insui g. protection
without injury to heath. IA any good
physician would LAY. We are OF the
opinion that no article has ever been
made which will give "a much satis-
faction to the wo nan OF TO day ~
"The Ladies' Safe Protector. The
immense sales OF this a tee /, a. SUBJ
stantial Endorsement of our cl"im. DO
not therefore experiment win auy oi
the numerous unreliable articles as
il Is both dang, rous to health aud
expensive to do go Such experi-
menting can only result in loss of
time, disappointment aud dismal
failure. Lad es should remember
this before ordering other goods and
not waste their time and money on
inferior articles. The best Is al
ways the cheapest. "The Ladies
Safe Protector is sold under posi-.
tive guarantee to- u,e for one year.
with full directions and Is sent seal
ed in plain wrapper upon receipt Of
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IALTY CO., La Crosse. Wis.
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SWINEFORD.

r. the weather is favorable, Swine
ford will be well represented at the
Lawistown Centennial on Thursday
and Friday Andrew Heibster,
son of Henry Herbster, the merchant
miller. Of Penns Creek, spent few
DAYS at A. II. Ulsh's recently Miss
Kate Roush of Williamsport, spent
Sunday at this place, the guest OF
Miss Kate Renninger ... Mahlon
Dietrich. wife and child, of Campton,
Pa, and Levi Dietrich, wife aud
child, of Kline's Grove, Pa, spent
Saturday and Sunday at Henry
Dietrichs Il. G. Graybill and wife,
and Herman 5. Renninger took IN
the sights at the Williamsgrove pic
mic last week IA q. Bashoar and
wife of Adamsburg, spent Sunday
very pleasantly with the latter 5
parents, 4. II Ulsh and wife.
Samuel Bowen took in the Conven-
tion nj Harrisburg on last Wednes-
day . The Swineford Croquet Club
is patiently waiting for challenge.
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MT. PLEASANT MILLS.

II. c. Has, JOS. Helm and W. III.
Wenlt were the delegates to the
dsmocratic convention at Middle
blrgh, on Monday The c. +.
Society Of place is in hourishing
condition 1t pre- sent. The inter
eat manifested in the reading circle
s,em, ,p Zee very small Some Of
those enthusiastic teachers who
boone its organization should take
a hold and help il toned. f. Boyer
is at present engaged in the sale OF
m lions On Monday, W. A. Ba-
som in company with his sister Miss
Minnie and j. G.. Boyer started for
Backsburg, ;. G. where they ex-
psct to take up their abode. Mr..
BIsom expects to continue in the
Viowiny business under the firm
name Of the American View Co...
DE- " Rothrock is having well
drilled on his promises in town ....
Rev. Spohn is quite a taxidermist
He stuffed two large birds the past
week Mrs. Kurtz aud daughter
from Bridgeport, Conn, aud Miss
Kate Aucker from Nerdilla were
visiting at Abs. Roush's on Sunday.
THEADoRE.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

The New Berlin correspondent of
the ,Saturddy Ne,cS says; "On We'd
nesday, 2lst, the college opened
with n fair attendance of students.
The opening address was delivered
by Supt. Z. G. BowersoX, who spoke
On the subject of Opportunities"
He spoke very huently and develop
ed the following points: Industrial,
social, sentimental, political. moral,
intellectual, educational, are our
present opportunities. The address
was practical and was listened to by
a large and Nppreciativc audience.
The college orchestra f.'shed the
music.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
MARRIED..

Aug. %, at Freeburg, by Rev. w.
A. Haas, VIM. J. McNutt of Philadel.
phia TO Bertha Blanche Meyer of
Freeburg.
Aug. %. by Rev. A. G. Nye, Har.
vev Bowersox of Franklin Twp. and
Malinda Bowersox of Centre Twp.
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no not be deceived.
- The following brands Of
White Lead are still made by the
"Old Dutch" process Of slow cor
rosion. They are standard, and
always
Strictly Pure
White Lead

The recommendation OF
Armstrong & McKelvy,"
"Beymer-Bauman,"
Davis-Chambers,"
"fahnestock,"
to you by your merchant is an
evidence Of his reliability, as lie can
sell ) on cheap rcady-mixed paints
and bogus White Lead and make a
larger profit. Many short-sighted
dealers do so.
For CoLoRs-Nntional Lead Co.'S Pure
White Lead Tinting ColoIs, one-pound can to
u .5-poUnd kcg OF Lead end mix your own
pants. Saves time and annoyance IN matching
shades, and insurCs the best paint that II IS
rosaitlc to put on wood.
send us a postal card and get our book on
uafuis end Colot-Clrd, free; It viii probably
save you good many dollars.
NATIONAL LEAD Co, New York.
pushurg Branch.
German National Bank Building Pitsburg.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

The following letters remain un-
called for in the Middleburgh Post
Office Mr.. A. T.. Risser, Rev. p. o.
Wagner, II. G. King (2), Mr.. Joseph
Phenix (2). Mr.. Simon Miller, Mr..
Pharus Helfrick, Miss Kate Gear
hart, Miss Myrtle Elliott, Mr.. Hen
ry Bigale. J. w. RuNKLE, p. NJ.
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DIED.

Aug. 2sth, in Centre townsh hip,
Mrs. Catharine Slutman. aged 73
years, II months and 3 days.
Aug. 10th, at Winfield, Jennie,
wife of Rev. j. G.. NJ. Swengle, aged
Il years, 3 months and 90 days.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
PAXTONVILLE.

Farmers are busy plowing for
seeding Austin Gift finished the
Snyder county Canal last week and
wishes to float logs as soon as he has
his splash dam finished. :. A festival
will be held at this place on Satur-
day evening. September 7th. The
people of Middleburgh, Beavertown
and Adamsburg are heartily invited.
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DR. j. C.. AMIG. ID. ID. :.
IlENIISI

Treating. filling. artificial teeth,
crown and bridge work. Teeth en-
tracted without pain. satisfaction
guaranteed Office moved TO the
new Bank Building.
MIDDLEBUVGH. PA.
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WORK WANTEp..n

Any intelligent man or woman seeking en-
plOymont and ambitious to make rom $40 10
$3.50 monthly, can secure same Dy addressing
Globe Bible Publishing co, ;a3 Chestnut ST..
Phila, Pa. No capital required. nor stamp fer
reply. Young man or woman wishing 10 earn
preferred.
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ambition come with perfect health, but
vanish before sickness and despair.
American women are, unfortunately,
particularly subject to those painful fe-
male diseases that are the cause of so
much hopelessness and misery.
Could all women realize the undeni-
able fact that they suffer unnecessarily,
how much brighter life would be!
Lydia T.. Pinkham devoted her life to
the study of female diseases and their
cause : and she discovered in the Vege-
table Compound an absolute remedy. 1t
succeeds in removing the cause of the
trouble
Women who rely more upon their own
natural common-sense, rather than on
the theories of their physicians, write to
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, and are
soon restored TO health.
Here is living example: "Four
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

CLOSING OUT
@SALE@
OF OUR
Furniture Department.
Our Entire Stock OF Furni-
turc and Bedding will be
closed out in the following
months at
Prices Never Heard Of Before.
Chamber Suits, s Pieces, marked
down from $1,000 to s25.00.
Parlor Suits marked down from
so to s25.
Sidcboards marked down from SO
to SIS.
Couches marked down from So to
SO.
Lounges marked down from 50 to- IS.
Fine Upholstered Rockers marked
down from S3 to SIS.
Bedsteads marked down from 81
to So.
Cane and Wood Seated Chairs
marked down from 81 to Sc.
Hall Rockers marked down from
81 to $40.
Ladies' Parlor Desks marked down
from SO to SO.
Parlor Tables marked down from
81 to So.
Looking Glasses, Easels, Pictures
and Picture Frames, Statuary, Has
socks, Rattan, Cane Seat and Back
and Wood Seat Rockers, Extension
Tables, ,Cupboards, Umbrella Stands,
Tea Tables, Commodes, Chifloniers,
Bureaus, Doughtrays, Wardrobes,
Stands, Mattresses, Bed Springs,
dc. Our stock of Carpets, Rugs,
Art Squares, Mating and Cocoa
Door Mats is the largest of any
house in the county, and all price
on these goods are marked down in
plain figures, and will be sold at Il
big reduction during the Closing
Out Furniture Sale. | am deter
mined to close out the Furniture
Department of my business, and
terms ON the above goods are prices
named will be cash or note with ap-
proved security.
w. II. FELIX,
Lewistown, Pa.
p. S.-All goods packed and de-
livcred in good order +. o. B.
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SHERIFF7S Sale OF
Valuable Real Estate!

by virtue OF Writ OF II. Fa. No. IS issued ont
q tue court o; Common Pleas and 10 me di-
rected WIN expose 10 public sale at the Court
House ir Mddeburgh on
saturday, September II, 1895,
AT one o'clock T.. NJ the following described
Real Estate 70 wit
All that certain meSsunge or lot OF ground sit
ultp IN the township OF Union. In the county OF
snyder, state OF Pennsylvania. bounded on the
Nortn by land OF David q Stahl, on the East by
land Oi Franklin RIFE, on the South by public
road and on the West ny land of Sewarius Her
rold ana wife, containing THREE (3) ACRES,
mCre or h'sS. whrrecn ara erected "A TWO
buildings.
seized taken into execution and 10 be sold as
the property OF John ). Stahl.
, sherirs ONCE. ALFRED sPECIT. sheriff.
Middleburgh. Pa, July 25. 1928.
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ne will dare with
m the rigors of
Ie frozen North,
nd encouragehim
! daring dangers
almost un-
surinount-
able.
~ Women
. are by ma
M ture ambi-
W tious ac-
m cording to
their ply
N steal and
. mental
Z strength.
Hope and
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
AMBITIOUS WOMEN
MAKE HEROES OF MEN.
She Will Brave Anything for the
tsa Man She Loves.

ESPECIAL To our LADY REAprRsl
When an ambitious woman loves n
man she will spur him to heroic efforts.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

months ago l ,u, -sa,,,
was unable to
stand on my ~ d y,
feet. had " NJ. Y,
falling of the M n
womb, kidney Y N
trouble, and ~
Inflammation N K. "a "
of the bladder; ~
the backache S,lA ~
and bearing ASNS.1LLE
down pains
were dreadful. My physician could give
me no relief. A friend said, try Lydia
y. Pinkhdm's Vegetable Compound.
Well, l did. Oh, If every suffering
woman would do the same, they would
be cured, cured absolutely and entirely,
rs / ami" Mrs. WM. NJ, MoREY, 70
Seymour ST., Pittsfeld, Mass.
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Lewistown, Pa.
p. S.-All goods packed and de-
livered in good order +. o. B.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-18

agent at the White Mountains, and during
the winter was travelling passenger agent
for that company. In the winter OF 1875 so
the Central Vermont railroad sent him to
Europe to instruct the railways there in
our system OF checking baggage. On his
return he went to Chicago where he was in
the Office Of j. W. Midgeley, freight com.
missioner OF the Southwestern railroad pool.
In 1882 he was appointed New England
passenger agent Of the Canadian Pacific
railroad, and year later resigned, to &C.
cept the position Of New England passen-
ger agent of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad, with headquarters at Bos-
ton, where he remained until 1891, when he
was appointed station agent of the Central
vermont, at Montpelier In the summer Of
1884 he was appointed superintendent of
the Montpelier and White River division.
The efficient manner in which Mr.. Thomp-
son has conducted the affairs Of the Central
Vermont railroad at the capital since he has
had them in charge has won for him a
large number OF friends among the business
men, who sincerely regret his departure
Among the improvements that have been
made at this station through the agency OF
Mr.. Thompson have been putting on a
night telegraph operator, putting in a new
Y" at Montpelier Junction and building
several miles OF sdetrack at MONTPELIER
and Barre, which have greatly facilitated
business. Mr.. Thompson will 90 to his
new position with the best wishes Of a host
OF friends in Montpelier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-18
As to Fire Insurance,

When in December, 1892, the New
England Insurance Exchange devised
and undertook to put into operation it's
eighty per cent co-insurance scheme,
the WATCHMAN took very decided
ground against the scheme. Time has
justified the WATCHMAN and proved
the soundness of it's arguments against
the clause. One of the stoutest sup
porters of the Exchange in the course
it had adopted was H. M. Mcfarland
of Hyde Park, a prominent under
writer in the state, with whom we had
sharp tilt on the subject. In recent
article in The Standard, Boston in
surance paper, Mr.. Mcfarland says:
1T is good for man when he sees the
error OF his ways to acknowledge it. When
the eighty per cent clause was put forth by
the Exchange, believing, as / do now, in
the theory Of the rule and the justice OF its
application under certain conditions, /
championed it in Vermont. Now, after
having observed its practical working for
several years in our state, am convinced
Of my error. While 1 am fully satisfied
that the rule cannot but be just and advan
tageous in its application where almost
every loss, conhagrations excepted, is par
tial loss, just as fully believe that its APP
plication to Vermont, where nearly all
losses are either total or exceed eighty per
cent of the value, is pernicious. Especially
Ia this true in the face OF declining values OF
real estate which have generally prevailed
in country districts for the past twenty
years or more. The PRONUNCIATION of this
rule took out OF the hands Of the local agents
the exercise of one OF the greatest safe.
guards against fire loss that can possibly
exist, the requiring the insured to carry
such part Of his risk as will make a total
loss be to him something to be dreaded
rather than more or less successful sale OF
his property to the insurance company. In
TACT, under the present rule premium is
offered in reduced rate II the insured will
carry insurance TO the amount OF ninety per
cent of property value. This is only a little
higher bid for the property insured, a little
larger premium offered for that rascality
which manifests itself altogether too often,
when conditions are such that personal in.
terest demands it, either in positive crimi-
nality or in that gross negligence induced
by prospective pecuniary gain which
though not a statute offence, is alike dis.
astrous to the insurer"
The president of the leading fire in
surance company in the state, in re.