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How Swindlers Dodge the Law
Scfcoaes of Fleecing the Public Have Evolved from the
use to Gigantic Frauds, Wearing the Cloak
of Legitimate Business Enterprises.
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By EDWIN
Uuutt4 State Dkl-to
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EDWIN W. SIMS.
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For many years Chicago has been
the headquarters for the swindlers
and confidence men of the country
Chicago being the great railroad and
distributing center of the west,
strangers are drawn here in great
numbers and for many years they
have supported a large class of men
who live by their wits. Because of
the ease with which money is obtain
ed by various kinds of swindles the
swindler has flourished in Chicago
despite the utmost vigilance and activ
ity of the officers of the law both
state and federal. In devising
schemes, swindlers always have in
view two objects: First, obtaining
money for nothing; second, evading
the law. The ingenuity displayed by
these men is often remarkable. As
the attorney for one of them remark
ed after his client had been convicted:
"Jf that man had used the same in
genuity and persistence in legitimate
business that he has in inventing
swindles, he would now be a million
aire." The evolution of the swindling
game during the last 25 years is very
interesting. Twenty-five years ago
the swindler eked out a precarious
existence. His operations were con
lined to the shell-game, short-change,
fake-bet, green goods, gold brick and
other similar schemes. Usually these
schemes were worked upon country
people and only smalt sums could be
obtained. They also lacked another
important feature of the modern
swindle in that there was no provision
for a defense in court Swindlers who
worked these schemes depended anon
avoiding detection, but they could
make no defense to the scheme Itself.
This was a dangerous and cumber
some method of procedure and during
the last decade has been superceded
by the confidence game or scheme to
defraud in its modern form.
In the '90s these schemes began
to exhibit some of the elements of
their modern perfection. The method
adopted was to conduct the swindle
by an elaborate imitation of business
methods. An example will show the
great advance that was made over the
old method. The man would open
an office and Insert advertisements
in the papers stating that a business
firm with a large capital wished men
to represent it in various states at
substantial salaries. This would at
tract scores of men who would come
to the office. Bach victim would be
told that he had all the qualifications
necessary to conduct the business and
would be offered a salarj; of two or
three thousand dollars a year and
commissions, and would have some
state assigned to him. He would then
be told it was necessary for him to
make a deposit of two, three or five
hundred dollars, as the case might be,'
and a contract, shrewdly drawn,
would be presented to him to sign.
He would pay his way to Cleveland or
Milwaukee as Ohio and Wisconsin
were the states they usually gave
where his employer would pay no
more attention to him. When he j
would return and demand bis deposit
he would be shown the contract-vari
ous provisions of which he had not
kept &nd the money would not be
returned to him.
Another scheme was to advertise
for sale a partnership in an old and
established business. A set of fake
books, showing profits, would be pro
duced for the inspection of the vie
tir: &d be would pay $500 or $1,000
for a new partnership. Some pre
tense to conduct the business would
be made, but soon the business would
fail and the victim would be out of
his money. Schemes of this kind were
conducted in great numbers in Chi
cago during the latter '90s and up into
the first few years of the present
century, and millions of dollars thus
obtained from the credulous.
There was a weak point however,
in schemes of this nature. When the
swindler was haled into court he
could show no effort to conduct a real
'business. The defense was always
that .this was -not a crime but only a
failure to carry out a contract; but
the courts held that a contract other
wise legal, if used in connection with
a scheme to defraud, could not avail
as a defense. .
. Then the next step in the evolution
of modern swindling was taken to
meet this difficulty. The swindler j
would actually make a pretense of
carrying on a real business, and then
simply wear out his victim by various
conditions and annoyances. The
scheme in its present form is a clever
advance over all those previously
used. A swindler to-day is connected
in some way with a corporation of
some kind, and, whatever part he may
take, his profits are derived ultimately
from people who purchase the securi
ties of these corporations. In order
to avoid danger, the corporation will
have something. If it is a mining
corporation, it will actually have some
place that it calls a mine and it will
W. SIMS,
the De
be making some show of operating
It; if it is an oil company or any
other kind of a fake corporation, there
will be some show of activity. Under
this scheme, the victim has his share
of stock, and the mine, or the oil well,
or the plantation, or whatever it Is,
is there; and, according to the swind
ler, all the stockholder has to do is
to wait until the property is "devel
oped. This tends to keep the victim
from prosecuting, for. of course, a
prosecution would destroy the value
of the business, and it affords a de
fense in court.
Another scheme allied to this was
one in which a number of clever
swindlers cleaned up a large amount
of money. A man would advertise
that he had ample capital to invest
in the securities of corporations pro
vided a competent examiner, after
thorough investigation, makes a fav
orable report upon the proposition.
The victim is led to choose as the ex
aminer a confederate of theman with
capital. The examiner will receive
$500 to $2,500 for making the exam
ination, according to the size of the
business whose securities are to be
marketed; then, after getting the
money, he will make the examination
and return an unfavorable re
port, which releases the first swind
ler of his obligation to take the bonds
under the contract Then, of course,
the two divide the fee for. the exam
ination between them. This scheme
and one or two others very closely al
lied in principle were flourishing until
they fell into the hands of the federal
authorities here in Chicago.
This latter scheme, it will be ob
served, is more dangerous than the
selling of worthless stocks and bonds
to the public, for the reason that it
can be proved that the swindler was
not in the position to purchase these
bonds even if a favorable report had
been made. In the case of these cor
porations which exist in large num
bers and who are robbing the people
of the country of millions every year,
it is very difficult to secure conviction
of their promoters in a majority of
cases. When they are arrested and
brought into court, they are ready to
show that they were really carrying
on some kind of a business, and that
they have been simply unfortunate,
that expectations had not been realiz
ed, and that a business failure is not
a crime. The great difficulty is to
prove criminal intent
In the past both our state and fed
eral courts have so interpreted the
law against schemes to defraud that
they have been, able to suppress or
curb these .schemes, whatever form
they took. Just ''what is to be the at
titude of the courts towards the
swindler who poses as a promoter,
and whether they are to so interpret
the law that it can deal adequately
with this form of fraud, is at the
present time uncertain, as the courts
differ widely upon the subject. Some
of our courts arc now holding that
even if a promoter does issue a false
prospectus, and thereby induces peo
ple to invest in the securities of a
corporation, that this does not consti
tute a scheme to defraud, and that it
must appear beyond all reasonable
doubt that the defendant intended to
put the money thus obtained into his
pocket, and not into the business.
The difficulty of making this proof
has already been indicated. In Eng
land, this difficulty was met by a stat
ute (24th and 25th Vict, c 96, s. 94).
which is as follows:
"Whoever, being a director, man
ager, or public officer of any body
corporate or public company, shall
make, circulate or publish, or concur
in making, circulating, or publishing
any written statement or account
which he shall know to be false in
any material particular, with intent
to deceive or defraud any member,
shareholder or creditor of such body
corporate or public company, or with
intent to induce any person to become
a shareholder or partner therein, or
to entrust or advance any property to
such body coriiorate or nublic com
pany. or to enter into any security
for the benefit thereof, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and being con
victed thereof, shall be liable at the
discretion of the court to any of the
punishments which the court may
award, as hereinbefore last men
tioned." Under this statute, the difficulty Is
met by making it a crime to issue a
false prospectus. Some of our courts
have held that the issuing of a false
prospectus is a scheme to defraud
within section 54S0 of the United
States revised statutes. Other court3
however, hold to the contrary; but.
whether by judicial interpretation or
by legislation, it is absolutely essen
tial that the issuing of a false pros
pectus be made a crime before it is
possible to deal effectively with the
largest class of swindlers that now
prey upon the public.
While the United States govern
ment cannot directly prosecute
schemes to defraud; yet. If the mails
are used in the furtherance of the
scheme, the government can act As
most of these schemes contemplate
the use of mails, it is possible for the
government to proceed against them
under sections 5480 and 5440 of the
United States revised statutes. Sec
tion 54S0 provides that whoever de
vises a scheme to defraud and pro
motes it by opening correspondence
through the mails, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor: section 5440 provides
that if two or more conspire to com
mit the offense denounced in section
5480. they shall receive a still great
er punishment
Acting under the authority given by
these two sections, the post office de
partment and the United States dis
tant attorney's office for the northern
district of Illinois have for rears
waged a vigorous and relentless war
against all swindlers who make us
cf the mail service. The task present-
ed the authorities Is dlflcult one. i
In the first place, where the Basils
have been used,, the victim are wide
ly scattered, and it is dhncult to know
who has been swindled, nd the gov
ernment must choose its witnesses
from those who happen to make cost
plaint These witnesses are scattered
from Maine to California. It is neces
sary to bring them here for the pre
liminary hearing, then for the grand
jury session and once store for the
trial of the case. Much labor and ex
pense are necessary.
Then, too, it is necessary far the
attorney who draws the, indictment
to go through correspondence and the
various conversations with the great
est care in order that he stay analyse
the scheme and determine exactly in
what the fraud consists, so that the
indictment may tie accurately drawn.
Then at the trial of the ease, the gov
ernment is, perhaps, confronted with
the fact that the scheme has been so
cleverly devised that direct intent to
defraud is impossible of proof, and re
sort must be had to circumstantial
evidence.
The records show, however, that
the government has very seldom lost
a case of this kind, and that swindlers
and confidence men stand in the
greatest fear of the federal authorities
because of the vigor of. prosecution in
the past If the law could he amend
ed as above suggested, undoubtedly
the government woald be able to.
reach and suppress a large majority
of the schemes to defraud that are
now operated from, this city. '
, One of the surprising things. in
connection with this subject, is the
credulity of the average person who
has saved a little money, and hopes
for large and immediate returns from
it It seems that there is nothing so
extravagant, so improbable, that the
people will not believe it If the stock
of any company had -any chance of
earning the dividends which these
promoters represent that it will, of
course it would be subscribed and
over-subscribed for at ence by the big
moneyed men, and would not have to
be peddled around at absurd prices
often as low as ten cents a share.
When this is suggested to the promo
ter, he always, states that the big
moneyed men karc trying to get hold
of the stock, but that it is not desired
that they should have ft, because they '
would then come into control or the
property; and the victim swallows the
explanation.
The swindler usually has a confed
erate to whom he refers the victim
who wishes to learn about his stand
ing and integrity; and it seems the
victim rushes right to this confeder
ate instead of going to banks or busi
ness men and making inquiries from
people upon whom he could rely.
Every prospective purchaser should
stop and ask himself the question:
"Why is this stock being peddled
around in this manner? Is it possible
that a good safe investment would be
so handled when so much money is
lying idle. ready for good investments
in the hands of men who are compe
tent to pass upon the safety of an
investment? Who are the men back
of this scheme and what are their an
tecedents? At what banks, or at what
established business houses are they
known as honest, conservative men of
business?"
Of course, the swindler has his
plausible answer to all these ques
tions, and the victim takes his explan
ation without making a thorough ad-
ditJonal investigation.
(Copyright by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Only One.
"At the unveiling of Rodin's bust of
Henley in Westminster abbey," said a
New York editor, "a number of good
stories were told about the great poet
"H. G. Wells praised Henley's con
duct of the New Review. Of course,
this periodical failed, yet it was un
doubtedly the best edited magazine of
the. last century- In it Henley intro
duced to the world new writers of
such distinction as Joseph Conrad,
Kenneth Grahame, W..B. Yeats, Mr.
Wells himself, and so on.
"One day as Mr. Wells and Henley
stood in the office of the magazine,
discussing rather sadly its gloomy
prospects, a funeral went by with slow
pace. ,
"Henley leaned out of the window
and looked at the funeral anxiously.
Then he turned to bis companion and
said, with" a worried frown:
" 'Can that be our subscriber?' "
Sunflower Seeds as Food.
The sunflower, which has been a
feature of cottage gardens for the
last few weeks, is an instance of the
poverty of our language, for while in
"tourneysol" and "gyrasole" the French
and Italians sum up the flower in a
single v.ord we have no name to de
scribe its well known characteristic.
We have, however borrowed the lat
ter word, and converted it into "Jeru
salem." to distingulsb-from its more
succulent rival the tuberous arti
choke the only helianthus which was
used for food. But in the Russian
Caucasus, as you remember from Tol
stoy's Caucasian stories, the eating of
the sunflower seed is a common habit
among the peasants. It provides such
gentle occupation as smoking, an aid
to contemplation, for some automatic
skill is needed to get the seeds and
reject the husk.
Rare Coin to Be Sold.
The sale of the rare "Miners' bank"
ten-dollar gold piece, struck in Cal
ifornia in 1S50. the feature of the auc
tion of old coins at Elder's, says the
Xew York Times. Collectors com
peted for this souvenir of the gofd
money of the pioneers. This goK! piene
was one of a series struck during the
gold fever days in San Francisco as
a substitute for regular United States
gold coins, of which in the west at
the time there was a great scarcity.
It is not known how many of these
coins are still in existence, but the
number is extremely limited.
Draws Young Men From Country.
The darfting of the yrui; :nen of
Germany into the army-hss a tendency
to draw them from tlje t.;n ry. for
after having lived in a large uly. with
its attractions and conveniences, the
return to the small village, where' life
is necessarily much slower and the
opportunities for entertainment much
lejs, the desire to return where there.
is better pay, shorter hours and more
diversity in life usually overpowers
Le home interest.
DEAR LITTLE CHAP.
?
Boh Say. -ma, were men very
scarce when yon married pa, or did
yon just feel sorry for him?
DOCTOR SAID "USE CUTICURA"
In Bad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Had Reached a Fearful
State His Order Resulted
in Complete Cure.
"When I was small I was troubled
with eczema for about three months.
It was all over my face and covered
nearly all of my head. It reached
such a state that it was just a, large
scab all over, and the pain and itching,
were "terrible. I doctored with an able
physician for some time and was then
advised by him to use the Cuticura
Remedies which I did and I was en
tirely cured. I have not been bothered
with it since. I used Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment but do not
know exactly how much was used to
complete the cure. I can safely say
that Cuticura did a lot 'for me. Miss
Anabel Wilson, North Branch, Mich.,
Oct 20. 1907."
OBJECT LESSON FOR CHILDREN.
Mayor Was Quick to See and Impress
Good Point
It was five minutes before noon.
The mayor and the state snperintend
end had spent an hour talking to the
children in an Ohio school, ,and just
before the stroke of the gong the
chairman of the local school commit
tee was called upon to follow them.
"Children," he said, pointing toward
the window, "as you go out from the
school in about two minutes yon will
see a gang of men who arc now shovel
ing cinders into a railway train. They
are earning $35 a month.
"Beside them is a timekeeper earn
ing $55.
"At the head of the train is an en
gineer getting $100, and over him Is
a superintendent getting two hun
dred. "What is the difference between
those men? Education. Get all you
can of it" Youth's Companion.
THEN IT LOOKED ABOUT RIGHT.
Coal Dealer Understood When Told
What Load Represented.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in one of
the last addresses that he made to his
Sunday school class before abandon
ing it, said of carefulness in business:
"Too many business men are care
ful oa one side, their own side, only.
Thus a coal dealer whom I used to
know shouted one afternoon to an em
ploye who was driving out of the yard:
"'Hold on there, Jim! That coal
can't have been weighed. It looks n
trifle large for a ton to me.
"Jim shouted back:
"This ain't a ton, boss. It's two
ton.'
' " 'Oh, all right.' said the dealer, in a
modified tone. 'Beg your pardon; go
ahead.'"
Duty Towards Others.
Not long ago a kindly disposed lady
endeavored to quiz a small boy re
garding his Sunday school lesson.
"Who is your neighbor?" she asked.
"The fellow who lives next door,"
was the ready response.
"But what is your duty toward your
neighbor?" persisted the lady.
"Oh, to keep an eye on "im," replied
the boy cautiously.
"Keep an eye on him? What for?"
"Just to see that he doesn't take
what don't belong to him," was the
confident answer.
The lady gave up.
FOUND A WAY
To Be Clear of the Coffee Troubles.
"Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit and finally his stomach
and kidneys got in such a bad condi
tion that he was compelled to give up
a good position that he had held for
years. He was too sick to work. His
skin was yellow, and I hardly think
there was an organ in his body that
was not affected.
"I told him I felt sure his sickness
was due to coffee and after some dis
cussion he decided to give it up. .
"It was a struggle because of the
powerful habit. One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try it.
and then it was easy to leave off
coffee.
"His fearful headaches grew less
frequent, his complexion began .to
clear, kidneys grew better until at
last he was a new man altogether, as
a result of leaving off coffee and tak
ing up Postum. Then I began to
drink it, too.
"Although I was never as bad off
as my husband, I was always very
nervous and never at any time very
strong, only weighing 95 lbs. before
L began to use Postum. Xow I weigh
115 lbs. and can do as much work as
anyone my size. I think.
"Many do not use Postum because
they have not taken the trouble to
make it right .1 have successfully
fooled a great many persons who have
drunk it at my table. They would
remark, 'You must buy a high grade
of coffee.' One young man who clerked
in a grocery store was very enthusias
tic about my 'coffee.' When I told
him what it was, he said, 'why I've sold
Postum for four years but I had no
idea It was like this. Think 111 drink
Postum hereafter.'"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mi-h. Read "The Road to Well-
vumV in pkgs. "There's a Reason." j
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VIRGINIA MERCHANT RID OF A
,- VERY BIQ QRAVEL STONE.
Another Remarkable Cure of Serious
Kidney Trouble.
C, L. Wood, a prominent merchant
of Fentress, Norfolk Co., Va., was suf
fering some months
ago with frequent at
tacks of hard pain In
the back, kidneys
and bladder and- the
kidney secretions
rere4 r re g n J a rl y
scanty or profuse.
Medical treatment
failed to cure him.
"At last." says Mr. Wood. "I began
using- Bonn's Kidney Pills, and before
one box was gone. Lwent through four
days of Intense pain, finally passing a
stone, one-half by five-sixteenths of an
inch in diameter. I haven't had a sign
of kidney trouble since."
Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box.
Foster-MIIburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
ART LONG, CREDIT SHORT.
"What docs your brother do for a
living?"
"He's an artist."
"I know, so am I. But what docs he
do for a living?"
Why Sloan's Liniment and Veterinary
Remedies Are the Best to Use.
Let me tell you why Sloan's Lini
ment and Veterinary Remedies are
the safest and most practical on the
market to-day. In the first place, Dr.
Earl S. Sloan is the son of a veterin
ary surgeon, and from his earliest in
fancy he was associated with horses.
He bought and sold horses while
yet very young. He practiced as a vet
erinary for 20 years and has battled
successfully with every disease to
which that animal is subject
All his remedies are the result of
experiments made to save life or re
lieve suffering while he was practic
ing his profession.
Any reader, by writing to Dr. Earl
S. Sloan, 615 Albany Street, Boston,
Ma3s.. will receive "Sloan's Treatise
on the Horse," free. This book tells
how to treat horses, cattle, hogs, and
poultry.
Both Worked Well.
A correspondent sent this "pome"
to the New York Sun: Jack Spratt be
neath his hat concealed a shining
pate; his wife she wore a budding
beard, most foeful to relate. Apothe
cary shops they sought in utterest
despair. "Sure Hair Restorer" Jack
then bought; his wife bought "Anti
Hair." One night some sprite in dire
delight the bottles did misplace, and '
Mrs. Jack applied, alack. Jack's lotion
to- her face. While Jack, alack, took
from the rack a bottle on which read:
"Depilatory, Use -with Care" and
doused it on bis head. Jack Spratt
beneath his hat now sports a lion's
mane, his wife is hsppy, for her face
is soft and smooth again.
Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Many Can Appreciate.
Mrs. Enpeck I wonder why It It
that Jokes about the squabbles of mar
ried people have such a run!
Mr. Enpeck I I don't know, my
dear, unless it is that so many people
are married. Kansas City Times
Lemon, Chocolate and Custard Pies.
It does not require an experienced cook
to make good pies from "OUR-PIB." Just
the proper proportions of all ingredients
are In the package ready for immediate
use. At grocers. 10 cents per package
Order a few packages to-day.
Great beauty and great virtue are
always inaccessible except to those
who strive, who learn to accept, un
derstand and enjoy them. Sterne.
That Dry Hacking Cough
needs attention. Ask your druggist
for Brown's Bronchial Troches which
will quickly relieve the. cough.
Be proud of the achievements or
others. Their success is making your
work worth while.
We Sell Guns and Traps
Buy Furs & Hides, ortan them forrobesand
rugs. N. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis.
Nevada seems apt to forge to the
first place in the production of pre
cious metals.
JXSV ONK "BROMO QUININE
Ttati LAXATIVE BBOM.tQClMNK. Look for
the inaure ol B. W. GROVE. Uvxl tLa WorlS
aver to Cere a CuM la One liar. lie.
Put It out of the power of truth to
give you an ill character. Marcus
Antoninu3.
Lewis' Single Binder straight . cigar
made cf rich, mellow tobacco. Your deal
er or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
Every woman thinks she has a right
to make a fool of some man.
Drink Garfield Tea at night! It insures a.
normal action of liver, lnrtnrrn ritomarh
and bowels, and overcomes constipation.
Too many people .feather their nests
with borrowed plumes.
Mrs.
Syraa.
Tor calMrea teeUaar. cofkeas the mama.
auajsaaa.
ascabauis.
Political conventions seldom go un-bossed.
" '-iifiaaaP? waaac
HE KNEW.
aaanaaavaw
Father Yes. you're a regular little
pig! Wouldn't give your brother any
of that candy. Do yon know what a
little pig is?
Kid Er or sure er pig
bog's little boy.
Traveler's Picture Becks.
Picture books for the benefit of trav
elers are kept in the Paris police sta
tions. It frequently occurs that for
eigners lose things which they are
unable to describe, because 'of their
unfamlliarity with the French lan
guage. The picture books contain rep-
rresentations of various articles, and
the inquirer has only to turn the
leaves and point out the illustrations
which resemble the property he lost.
- Deafness Cannot Be Cured
ty ItcjI applications, a taey caaaot teach tin d:
axed pvwUoa of tha ear. Taera t uaiy m .r
care lealseaa.ia4 taat Is b coutltat.osal reiaediea.
DeaTBesa la earned by aa ialamed cuaditt of tha
raucous llala or tbe Eustachian Tube. Wsea tab
tubeU iallaraed yuaaavea nmblfagauaodor lia-
Uun, beariajr. will be destroyed furerer: alae cae
oot of tea' are caased by Catarrh, which I notbluj
but aa latamed e adltloa of the nine ma surface.
We will give One HanJred O Hare for aay rate of
Peafneaa (canted by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Haifa Catarrh Cure. 8nlf.rnfreimr.frec.
F. J. CHEXEV CO., Tlei. O
Fold br I)ragrlt. 3c
Take Uall'a Family PIIU for conatlpauos.
Crusher for Papa.
"Chalmont, you don't know your
geography lesson at all to-night." said
Gunson, Sr. "When I was your age I
could answer practically every ques
tion in the book."
"Well, pa." retorted Gunson, Jr., "I
guess you had some intelligent person
.to help you with your horns work."
The Pe-ru-na Almanac in 8,000,000
Homes.
Tbe Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has
become a fixture in over eight million
homes. It can be obtained from all
druggists free. Be sure to inquire early.
The 1908 Almanac is already published,
and the supply will soon be exhausted.
Do not put it.off. Speak for one to-day.
The Other Side.
Landlady Are you so particular
about having a quiet room because
you sleep in the daytime?
De Toot No. maam. I practice on
the flute several hours a day, and any
other sound jars on my sensitive soul.
Harper's Weekly.
By following the directions, .which
are plainly printed on each package of
Defiance Starch, Men's Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try it, 16 ox. for 10c, sold by
an good grocers.
Side by Sid?.
Hewitt I have stood by that fellow
a good many times.
Jewitt I guess, you have at the
bar.
FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Disease? permanently cured by Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $2.00
trial bottle and treatia. Dr. R. H. Kline.
Ld.. 901 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
No man is born without faults," out
he lives best who has the fewest.
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Sometimes the man who was born
a fool gets bravely over it
Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. Miny
smokers prefer them to 10c cigars. Your
dealer or Lewis' Factory. Peoria, 111.
Only a stupid woman doesn't know
when to act stupid.
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mehded by the Well-informed of the
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laxative is the wefl-known Syrup ef Fin
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factored by the CaUfornia Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for aale by sttksdingdrngjjsti.
WINCHESTER
Shotgun Shells
iLreaderandMRepeater"and
Repeating Shotguns
make a killing combina
tion for field.fowl or trap
shooting. No smokeless
powder shells enjoy such
a reputation for uniform
ity of loading and strong
shooting qualities as
"Leader" and "Repeater1
brands do, and no
shotgun made shoots
harder or better then
the Winchester.
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