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rtsvVlGLtYou WRITE A POSTAL
50 q sIok one May Get Welt7

Semi no f1oncy-smply d postal card, wing
thc nntae of so,ie ono who needs help. Tell me
Then 4 will do this; will .arrnrgs with a
htsEist henr hin 30 that he my tax bx bot.
Ties pr: Shoops Restorative. fio inny ttlkc Y
Ii sS5S IL II fails. the dfussist Will Dlli Tho
ra oStA, tss WI n. thc w., YOU way +, ed he
Vince you i gis the only way 70 Induce nj
who heed help TO accept y ~ Il &. q. ~.
s W ~ Is the a eursS '5 @
ii In the, past IL gears I haye Furnished ny
Restorative 10 hundreds OF thouxandsN Or SICK
ones on Just those terms and 80 out Of have
paid gladly because they got we'll pay Just
az willing " when orc says haze ~; tai u,{ -
lifetithe's work. have perfected It ~ watch.
Ing results IN thousands nf tho inost dinicult
eases that physicians ever meet. Know what
Il MY sccess comes from strengthening weak
remedy I that does That. When an Of snn il
weak I bring back tte nerve power VIII h alone
opern tcs every vital organ 1t is like. II, Ing
an engine moro steam. give tho weak organ
power to do It's duty, una there is no other
way TO make n weak organ well.
Can you conceive OF q sick one who VIII
neglect such a treatment, when take tho ON.
Addrcss Dr. sshoop, box s2ss, Racine, WIS.
Mild cases. not chronic. are often cured With
ono or.two bottles AT druRgists. r
pR. sHooP'9 RESTORATIVE
Book ! on Dyspepsia Book for Women
Hook or, tho Kidneys Book 6 on rheumatism Z
4 Nh :i At the Doctors sRlsk I
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.BACTIMOREANS TURN
J. THEIR. FACES HOMEWARD

INQUIRY at the local railway OFFICES
Yesterday ELECTED the information mat
TIC travel from this city to the ire
stricken city was much greater tha ina me
usual tide. All Baltimore commercial
travellers travellers and people from mat Guy
travelling turned their faces l1omewara
10 ASCERTAIN the fate of property ana
friends and to Wow the ruins of the once
fair, city they, cali home. 3is
Al the Southern Railway offices IN
this clty yesterdaylit was stated that me
demand for tickets to Baltimore NAG
been much greater than usual some TWO
or three times create than the normal
travel. A number OF round trip tickets
! "a baltimore were sold to persons VINO
desired to reach the tflame-sWept, city,
fAt the ticket offices Of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac RailWay
Tie number Of tickets TO baltimore. SOLO
tIrr,ng the day was two, to three tlmes
tho average sales, Tho same conult1oHs
oxist al the seaboard Air Line Offices
X ii 1t is apparent that oil hni-
it;mora people scattered throughout me
country count are hnrrying homewnra, ~ many \.
c casss t I represent Wholesale houses, ne
fate of which is doubtful or on'y 700
well KNOWN = S.EF1tia fEtgRSf @8 n.
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STREET, LOOKING WEST FROM IHE sun orF'0E.
This street amasof as Howard sree.

.soorfl hat has its beginning far back
IN tho last century. The most notab'e
~ the fires recorded, except those when
have DESTROYED theatres and hotels, are
8NsDecamber 8, 1s35-six hundred ware
sbousos DESTROYED in New York city; loss,
$40, COO.
general b postotilce and patent ONCE N
Washington, with 10000 valuable models
Anril ". l1S3s-Des truction of LIES bui'i-
Bings; covering 145 acres, IN Charleston
IS. G,
six buildings in New YORK clty' 'oss'
$4,000, 900. :, !, /, -,
April{ 10, 1s45-one thousand buildings
DESTROYED in Plttsburs; loss, $4,000, 900,
June %. 1Si5-Thirteen hundred build
inns and dwellings, destroyed in New
YORK. 500 acres covered; loss, $7.500,0OO;
thirty-fivc lives lost.
Tuly 10 MISREPRESENTATION of 200 stores
and dwellings, In New York; four lives
Sc, 600 property loss
soptember o, 1s4S-Six hundred BULL
ines, besides steamboats, and piers
burned at Albany NJ y, tweh'S-io'u'
acres; loss. S30000W.
NAV II, lSiJ-flllctli ID'oS'eS ~ '"'NNN'S1
and Itwenty.three steamboats, burned at
ST. Louis; estimated loss, $3,000,000
1s50-Four hundred buildings destroyed
In Philadelphia.
Nav as, is5l-Nearly $500 buildings de-
stroyed In, San Francisco; many lives
list; estimated loss, about S3'5OO,0 0o,
June 90, 1s5l-Flvo hundred buildings
burned in San francisco; estimated loss,
So, 0DO0O0.
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY De
STROYED,
December "a, 1s5l-C Congressional library
IN Washington burned; 5000 volumes
and works OF art DESTROYED
November s, ls51-rwelye acres burned
over in Syracuse, NJ ~; also buildings
destroyed loss, $1,000 600
October 5, 165s-New York Crystaa Pal
ace destroyed, with an Immense amount
of property on exhibition.
April &. 1865 richmond evacuation fire,
which destroyed larger part Of tho bnsl-
ness section Of the city,
Ju;Y 4, 1896 Portland, Me-, nearly wiped
out by fire; 200 acres burned over; 10000
people rendered homeless; l,T43 buildings
burned loss, $4,000, GOO,
October so, 1S1l-Cireat Chicago fire,
| burning over three and hall square
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BEYOND ALL
DESCRl|.P;T
Scenes Of Unutterablc Horror
and Dcsolatior i'll Bal +.
8timorc. "A
ACCOUNT OF EYE.W n . {: ISL
Richmond Man Who Got Here
Last Night Tells Of the
Great Fire.

Horror and confusion, unutterable and
understandable, frightfub and hideous II,
their extent have made Of Baltimore,
the Monumental City dreary aud
smoking waste OF charrcd debris and
3gnunt and toppling walls.
4 For two nights and a day the devoted
city has borne It's fiery ordeal amid
scenes OF such unimnginable awfuhiess
that the accounts OF eye-witnesses now
in Richmond are confessedly but beg
carly attempts ut a description that
cannot frame itself in adequate words.
Hundreds OF thousands of people, with
lines Of anguish drawn deeply across
their. faces, have stood for hours in the
midst OF the travail and the. terror watch
ing with fixed and staring eyes, wills,
the ierctage Of years wa 9 swept away.
Soaring, scorching, DESTROYING flames,
like huge and relentless pillows j, have
swept over the town, and rolled IA up,
cracking and jumping and roaring in the
high heavens. A rain Of fiery sparks
shot upwa I'd and then feG back commu-
nicatng the flames to: far and distant
spots until no place vas safe The roar
of dynamite was followed BY tho col
lapse OF some mighty structure, a mo-
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i1ontier ordered hts trunk and moved out.
Sunday night he tried to leave Baltimore.
2 hit could not. 8,The town was In a stntc
81 ,ipleayalu Crime @as rife, and no
trait1 was allowed to enter Or leave.
Yesterday, howevar. he; succeeded In get
TIM away and ut 1850 last night he
reached TRclimonh.
said MrsMnyer, twas horrible and beyond
MI t1sscriptiorl. One end OF the city was
cf1veiopad ini flames thatsho human agency
could check. "a black pail OF smoke dark.
cncd thd city and all tile surrounding ter
rltory. millions Of sparks were flying
In TIC tair; red hot tin WIS falling in
every direction and burning brands as
large as MY hat. The streets were mud
.dy with the recent snow and the streams
Of water from the fire hose. The people
were still standing stolldly around TIM
able to realize the sight.
laYou know moro than I can tell you
about the extent OF the fire and the
damage and so on. But soi1e Of the
sights witnessed were terrifying. saw
n maj, climb d high telegraph pole to
cut the wires. He slipped and fell and
was instantly killed. When he came
down the spur he wore stuck In the head
Of d feeble old man standing near. It
was intense gloom and dark In the smoke
and nshes. and ! could not sec the two
men distinctly, bit think they we're
hoth white. one fireman was killed. Not
n street car was running; there was not
a light in tho city.
"Pickpockcts flocked the streets and
,,,pd their trade witf,a busy and success
m hand, Thieves took advantage Of tho
4cxposure and tho, excitement to rob the
burning buildings. Some Of the hospitals
were burned. Tho sick were carried about
the city in ambunnces. Asl went away
~ r;nitel states troops arrived with gun
cotton "a be Used In blowing up the
buildinrs. soldiers .stalked about the
streets with changing arms. The town
was then under complete military con- con-
tro1 ~ ~. tu5iti 7t49 slg igGs si{
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SPECTACULAR FIRE
ATTRACTS THOUSAND / 5
CONTINUED From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
OF tho freight sheds the flremon fought
the fire effectively
An exciting phase of tho fire was the.
collapse of the building. which occurred
lust Twenty-Five minutes after the alarm
was sounded. The tall frame affair
weakened on It's western sldc, against
which the heat beat most, finally swayed,
cureened ana fell with II crash outward-
". tho other walls falIng inwurdly.
Several firemen We're sat Toned Just at the
northwest corner, and the alarm went
IN Immediately that Il man had been
caught under tho failing debris, Tho
report proved to be true, the men being
MI. Lawrence C. lIauke, OF engine COM
many No %, who has been several times
Injured In fires, the last injury being ~
tho Gallego Mills Just after Christmas.
Mr., Ilanke and several other members
of his company We're standing at The
corner. Al escaped injury save him,
and his hurts are slight, He was struck
or, tho forehead ana sustained also a
cut on the head. neither Of which Is at
all serious.
Was Used for Ice-House.
The loss OH the building vii, probably
reach 800 and may slightly exceed that
figure. The property belonged to tho
King estate, and So far as could be
earned was uninsured, II had long been
,lnoccupled, 1t was formerly used for
storing Kcnnebec Ice brought aboard
schooners Tho structure is II total loss
A The flames from tho burning house IL
Illuminated the terraces of Marshall Park
and the surrounding heights brilliantly,
showing that each terrace and every
point OF view was rhicklJ lined Win peo-
III. watching the Flames
Steamers .. s, 3 and I, and trucks I
and . were called out and all We're at
work The fire was oyer in forty mlnl-
utes.
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! y. x f Il . ~ Z
yment before rare and beautiful, tn cost
~ stone and marble. And still the fiery
flood rolled on--uncheckei, gunconquered
ana unconquerable-wthile man IN Il ms
iInpot ence, weak and exhausted, sunk
down helpless and disheartened.
Under the heavy pail OF smoke and
ashes that floated over the city tho
people stood Then from their halls
crowded forth the thieves and tho scum
OF the earth that, like g vampire feed
upon the blood OF a suffering and strlcK-
ell man, Men a day before wealthy5in
the wor.ls goods found themselves sud
denly ruined, wrecked In fortune and IN
spirit. Through the dark and smoky
streets hundreds of sick, from the. hos
pitals were carried from ono end OF tho
CITY to the other. Tho weary tramp
from, street to street had TO he made;
no street cars ran or Will run to-day.
At night, while tho overwhelmed people
huddled in their homes, the ony light
was the red and CHASTITY glare from the
burning buildings s "a
RICHMONDER'S ACCOUNT.
Two or three gentlemen reached Rich
mond yesterday afternoonSfro tho scene
Of the horrible fire. One Of them, Mr., w.
aB. Mayer. Richmond man, who went to
Baltimore Saturday on a visit, tells or
the terror and confusion mat mas para
lyzed tho section. 55 u
On Sunday morning when the flames
first broke out of IIurst's great place,
Mr.. Mayer was on his way to church
He went to the service. but was soon at
trncted tllerefrom by the din that soon
began to make itself heard. The eXplo-
sion Of gasoline had preceded the Hurst
fire. What caused It. nobody ever learned.
The IRE rapidly spread itself and cut
through the city the swath that has been
described in the press dispatches. Build.
ingafter building was met, overcome, and
left gaunt and charred ruin, a heavy
wind drove tho flames from point to
point, and an unimaglnable roar, sharply,
broken into every now, and then cloud
explosions. heralded the march OF the
fire. 31ar
fully 1--WE, hundred thousand people
were gathered in the streets" said MI.
Observation-Disclosures tricken and frightened
people, who gazed helplessly at sight
that was Fascinating, but awful. Througn
all the night they stood there, while me
fremen battlod without effect against the
I fiery enemy, li ..l3i
il Driven from, place to place, Mr.. Mayer
finally took up his residence In hotel
he considered far removed from the fire.
But tho heat began to Increase and the
windows to break. and again the Rich
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Hobokep. !, on June 90, 1900 Over $50 per-
sons LOST ,theirTlives, many Of whom were
on, board 4 the steamships sa "a an
Main. The property loss was 81 nearly earl So
On May 3, 1901, a great fire in Jack
sonville, Fla, which ragged Tor tW ven
tylfour hours, did $4,000, 600 damage,
3 Outside rof our own country. the sfel.-
~ fire in recent years occurred on No
v var 3D. 1897, in the Cripplegate district
az u london. 1t burned over four acres,
occupied mainly by business houses, ana
destroyed property valued atEao about $ 80
.nslfsll, - .0'A-' ft 81, WA IKE n ,i
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To Prove What sWAPROOT the Great Kidney Liver ana
Nav ta ve Sample Bottle BY Mail.

how
Us
the most hans eases vahs
merts
nook
known that
tosendfo
bottles att
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Thousands Of Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect IT.

WOMEN suffer untold misery because |
the nature Of their disease Is not always
correctly understood; iii many cases
when doctorlng, they are led to believe |
that womb trouble or female weakness \.
OF some sort Is responsible for thcir ills,
when Ii, fact dlsordered kldneys arc tho
chief cause OF their distressing trotbles.
Perhaps you suffer almost continually ilg Y
with pain In the back, bearing -down1l fee W
lngs. headache and utter exhaustion.
Your poor health makes you i n r Us
irritable and at times Respondent; But 'tlt
thousands of Just such suffering or bro
kcn-down women nre being restored W
henlth.and strength every day by the use
OF TILT wonderful discovery, Or. XII
1ners sswamp-Root. the great Kidney.
liver and bladder REMEDY. XII @ y NJ,
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THE III E|.LI'S;7.0f LOSSES |. J ). { /.
N BALTIMORE FIRE

HI CONTINUED From First Page.)
co., SIPS, 900.
~ HI SUTTON 6 Cos dry goods, ST.
M 500 900. a. s.
CHESAPEAKE SHOE 20, s1oo, 900.
g A.lF MILLER, clothing manu-
taoturers, $4,000 Il s5 it5ts
s. HALEL g. &C .,3boots and shoes 81 4o'.
900 ~
STRAUSS "a no 81; dry& goods, $25o, 900.
"a. c$MEYER g co., patent m dlenes
5$15o,o0o s h sIs 5. AZ ..s
MATTHEWS BROS, paper box manu-
facturers, $4,000 5; 81
STRAUSS, $EIsMAnl3& CO., shirt manu-
h .5 faoturers, 81 10000
NORTH n BROS. & STRAUSS bulIdlne,
s75,o stock about SIS 900.
STANDARD sUsPENDER# CO.; DANIEL
A. BOONE G. CO., liquors.. $4,000.
BRADLEY, 5kIRkHAM REESE CO., pa
pers, S75, 900.
GEORGE a. ETHEL, neckwear manutac-
turer; CHARLES l. .LINVllEI; j.
j. MURPHY, sewing silks. $4,000.
MCDONALD G. FISHER, wholesale pa
pers, 100000.
WILEY. BRUsTER G. co., dry GOODS;
F, W.. G. e, DAMNMANN, clothes,
s125,ooo. w.
HENRY oPPEN.HEIMER g CO., cloth cloth
Ing; vANsANT JACOBS 6 Co.,
shirts, SITS 900.
JOSEPH r. SToNERREAHEH q e,t o'
LEWIS SLAUER & CO., shirts, $4,000
CHAMPION SHOE MEG. CO.; Did6s'
;: scURWlN G. CO., shoes, 500 900.
sMENDELt Bros, ladies wrappers S'so'
.1 900. J, :,
RLAkENRURG, GERHAM g CO.., no. no.
lions, $125,ooo.
LEON, KEEN g. CO., dies cloaks;
= RYPRETzFELDER& CO., boots
and shoes, $125,ooo.
HOPKINS PLACE SAVINGS BANK s775'-
900,
COHEN 8 sAMuELs, hats and caps
rARM >s:ye 3 SONS, surgical Instruments
MIC 1 HAEI# Au1AcH 8 SONS, clothing,
MARs sIUe,o0v & ROSE, tobacco, 100000.
UNITED SHIRT AND COLLAR 81. CO. CO..
MACK pRos. & MACK, clothing; JOHN
a, GRIFFITH g. CO., tallors' TRIM
minus, $4,000 ,
STANDARD MEG. CO.; ELIAS colp'
Ian, neckwear nanItae ~ c, atpTvo
RELIAHLE p ~ RIN mres dr y. SUB.
SIMEON t!se NuEHERaER 6 Bro dry.
goods, 100000,
S. M.FLEIsHER, ladies and gents fur'
nshnas, $4,000, .oooo
o. s., WALLERSTElN, millinery, SoV,ooo'
THE RRAlNERD ARMSTRONG c co
sIIks; CARTER WEBSTER q GU
white GOODS, $4,000.
vocTs, QUAsT@& CO., clothing, $4,000.
wooplN. eALpWlN g co. dry eoods'
S15O.OOO fs9 H.5 t.
eo, T' Bin BROS, notions, $4,000.
EDWARD JENKINS g. SONS, coaches
\ and harness makers supplies, s'6o.''
,oH ms; BOYD & CO., notions, $780,.
LINTHIcUM RUBBER CO., st2s,ooo,
M i. BLUM g. BRO, clothing, $loo' ooo'
KlRSoN q. BRO. clothlna, 100000
EDWARD JENKINS g. SONS storase'
JAPLEY BRO, CO., w'naow SHADES
Phil. +. aEHERRMAN~& co, laees a. ard
embroIderlesi PHlll'Ps eHos' W.
dry goods, saoo,oNo,
ANON GREEN s. CO.. eotsoh ana o'n'
err offices, $4,000,
sADLER, ROWE & CO., hooks and sta
tIonery, $4,000,
GEORGE MAYO, manufacturer and pro'
prletary medicines, $4,000,
VANsANDT. JACOBS 6 co. shirts s0o''
cApTaIn 6 oREENRAuM, olothngi
cRUc,eLE STEEL CO., $4,000
CAREY Balm & SMITH, dry goodsi r,
n, KENT, spool cotton and threaa'
OF Inns ACME HAIL, $4,000,
coNsoLiDATED GAS CO., 100000
ARMsTRoNa,t CATER 8. CO., notions ana
millinery, $500 900 err,oE q
BROS, trunks; DoWELL,. HEL q
CO.: storaaoi M, g. y oPPEM ~ INV
En- s. SONS, Iewslry s1'ooo ooo.
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Why Swamp-R Root Gives
Strength.

A Not only does Swamp Root bring new
life und activity to the Kidneys, the
cause of the trouble, but by strengthening
the kitlncys,it acts as n general tonic and
food for the entire constitution.
The mild and extraordinary effect 9 8
the ord-famous kidney and bladder
remedy, swampRoots Is soon realized ~
1t stands the highest for its wonder tut
cures Of tho most distressing cases. - ~
trial will convince any one--and you may
.hnyo d sample bottle sent free by mall.
In taking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root;
YOU afford natural help to Nature, for
Swamp Root Is tho most perfect healer
and gentle aid to the kidneys that has mas
over been discovered Don't make an VI
mistake, but remember the name. Swamp a. "a
Root, Dr.. Klimer's Swami Root. and theS
address. Blnghamton, n. VI on every
bottle. ., {fl 5f ff.tsSS3 St
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Other Fires.

On April &c, 1900 the Il Ottawa and Hull
fire occurred. The flames practically de-
stroyed the companion city Of Hull and.
8leaping across the Ottawa River, burned
partSof the Canadian capital itself. The
jDss was Sl7.ooo,0OO and at least seven
PEOPLE persisted.
Al fire occurred on the pier OF the North
&c r1na Z Lloyd Steamship Company at
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Summer Streets. It spread rapidly to the
north and east, consuming everything In
iits path, until noon of the following day,
when It was subducd. Ordinary appi-
nnces for fighting fire were. Of no avail
andidynanite was finally resortcd toto
check the path bf the cnnflngrat Ion. Six
lty-five acres were laid waste, fourteen
lives were lost, 800 buildings were de-
istroyed. The property loss was $780, oO, :
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TRIP TO MEXICO
Mr., and Mrs, 7, w, Gentry VIII
Leave To-day for Mexico.

Mr..and Mrs IT, w, Gentry VIII leaYe
on the Southern road this morning nl lnr
atrp OF mSnth t. Mexlc9 San in Antonio M
and, Laredo. and vii spend two weeks y. n
IthnnS cfty of Mexlc N Il. Gent try mas 1usI
returned from a trip TO- Canada
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rrE Rc1MOND

niles destroying 1850 buildings kllling
2rr1 persons md rendering $500 home
lesp; loss over 500, OOo,o 900.
November q, isT2-ureat fire of Boston:
over 500 buildings, di sfxty-five acres OF
the mcrcnntlc section, destroyed loss
4 $50 OOo, 600. vi y.
INV q, 1sfa-Thc most notable previous
Baltimore fire, extending over portlohs
X Of park, Clay and Sara toga Streets, de-
stroying two churches, Ill other buildings
aud causing a loss Of $3.50, 900.
,tunc. 1Sso--seattle, Wash, dcstroyed'
loss, 10000, 900.
Novembcr. 1ss,- Great property loss,
estimated ut IS, COO, 600, By fire at Lynn
Mass. i. H.. ,.3
Boston IN the dry goods district.
f,ctotor q. 1SD2--Irire loss of S6,OOO.OW
M milwaukee; forty-slx acres were
burned over, cuusng loss OF s6ooo,ooo.
t7.Decetnbcr Q, 1S13-tlre on South Paca
street Baltimore, burned out the heart
ioflthe block bounded By Paca, German
Greene and 11otnbard Streets, causing
soss or 100000 In three hours.
BIG RECENT DISASTERS.
J,,ne go 1tu0-,rho North German Lloyd
ricrs and steamers burned ut llobok en-
N. j.; 100 lives lost; property loss wv
100000. ~ IA I'll
May 8, 1nol-rhirteen hundred houses IS
SIN hotels and MI public buildings, coy
crlnp 13O city books, burned at Jackson-
tvi1ie. FLA. !; 600 rendered homeless; loss
estimated at from So, 0oO,ooO to s150oo,o0o.
February 9, 1o02--Totlr acres ruined by
fire In heart Of Waterbury, Conn; nun
dreds homeless; loss, 100000.
February 0. 1902 Paterson, NJ j.. swept p
Nv firc: twcnty-sx acres burned, l,ooo
Families home,ass: public buildings. then
tres, churches. business houses ana ooo
dwellings destroyed; loss. $40, coo, 600.
April 3, 1oo2r welyo hotels an, and twenty sl,
BUSINESS establishments destroyed at At
,lntlc CITY, N. j.; loss, $3.50, 900.
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Didn't Know Had Kidney Trouble.

I had tried so many remedies without thcr
having benefited me that was about dis
cournged. but In d few days after taking your
wonderful swnmp-Iloot began to feel better
was u,t OF hnnlth and run down generally:
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HOW .AeoUT-YoUR FIRE IN TRANCE .ftt
Are YOU accepting ION trust the n
1policics OF fire insurance brought to yoltgH
by n man who asks that you I've q MN IN \
some OF your businessman the more No V
needs that consideration tho less he q
knows a bout what he is doing-or do you
investigate tho ability Of tho companllte,siiI
slpsuring (?) you to mako good ~ their
promises to pay? lISss
Scores Of alleged insurance companteSt
nrc to-day issuing absolutely wort
policies. Scores nro honest enoush u, D9' lSS3
on the ragged edge OF bankruptcy, ane ne 4
even though they might pay your claim.
Won could not expect a liberia set dement,,
and there Is always the possibility or tea4 III
fault. -,
S. II you buy protection ana pay your {
{premlums, you arc entitled to absolutely,
sound indemnify. II you give your ~ X
.surance away for charity and take credltjjtt
In payment Of the premiums, the apolleS1at
gof .uny old company is good enou Eli for J II
Vol. 1T IS not necessary that u COM 8
rany should be lnsolventH to make It's ppr1s
Icy undesirable. A great conflagratio,n &
like that which occurred IN chicago m
1871: Boston, 1879: Jacksonville, Fla, wa 4
terbury, Conn.,, and Paterson, N. j., IN
recent years, and Baltimore Yesterday
may be repeated in Richmond to'morrooW.s
and might wreck some small companies
II,
hazardous business. and company may
lie safe to-day and bankrupt In three
months There were over one hundred q
thousand fires in the United States last IT
year. ana they destroyed property worth
100000 900, You carry Insurance because 4
ycur time may como next. Make sura Il
for yourself that your Insurance policy 4
viii he worth It's face value when the Y
fro comes. and when the loss or dam Y
age IS sustained. The man who pays
for Insurance should see for himself ina x
he gets a proper return for his money
thar Is, absolute Indemnity. Your IN.
surance protects boths your capital and
ycur credit, You would not allow soods 4
t. go out of Your store without taking 4
every precnution to make sure thatS vow
would get your money. To accent 2 poll III
lev is equivalent to giving credit 70 q
company for n year, (Adapted from an II
advertisement Of Best Insurance Ra-3s
ports.") 4;