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D. M. ERSKXNE. jr. CHICAGO ILLINOIS. 1 That we sell purchase money mortgages. ’ That we make no clxarge'fm‘ ,m, lag taxes, looking after special‘assasswénhs, exclusive agency of the property: Th'at our long practical expelience in the business needs and at the same time enables us to satisfactorily How to Ca'rry'an Umbrella. Perhaps you don’t know? If so, I’ll tell you. ' *‘ If you ar'e’in the country, Where there' Is plenty' of mum, the knowl- edge -_w'1_ll be of no use to y01‘1,zmd you had better not waste yom: tune in reading this article. I But if you are in the city you will 8 find it practically to your advantage to study the rules laid down. ' To begin at the beginning: 138 sure End pullryour "but well ~ down over your eyes béfme you start I out with your unfinella Button up 1 your cOat. If it is oolcivweathei tie on a mufller If you chew tobacco take (a. fresh quid.. Slum the am: when you go out of your house. It will give' people inside a clea’r under- standing of the fact that vim me proprietor and have a right to slam your ownglooi‘ as much as you please. After ybn ep out on the cro‘wded sidewalk, t at your umbrella. under ’ your orm, and try and have th‘tw) points stick out equally, befoie an behind at right tuglos with your body. It is alwnys wall when you dré purchasing. to buy as long so you can get It will be likely to last longer, as well “‘0 stick out Surther when you ore «trying it w... We desire owners of property in Th at w That we pay particulalr attention to the‘r'enting of property. That we have made and will cuntinue to make safe and profitable Then walk :3 fat as 1°“ m. The tutu the Better. Poo’plo m the oiti nlwa (0 hat [or [at time will our- hkn than. ‘ lurybody who huh: impndmo b pull up behind you wil 9 par That we loan money on improved property That our facilities for attending to a Finally: That we give brouxim attentibn, amt make reasdnable charges Your patronage is'solicited. e do a. gelieral rearestaté business. 18116311 (01 1t by 11 poke from‘tlu 1111b hrellu “you carry behind; and (way- body yuu 111101, will met a poke from the umbrella you curr) 111 from; I'm arranged in this way 1111 1111111191111 :1ct1-1 can the punciplc oi 11 110111111 ender, 11nd like old Gmndpn 113111111131 g1111,kills equally well at. both 6111111., If u mmlu boy. or ,tvgo 11110111de knucked OVBI, 11«1_11111tter ! It will 1611111 small boys to stay at home and pick up chips for their mother‘s. "No business, out in the stifleet [getting in the way of people’ 3 umbrellas! . If it 11111111 spread your umbrella and hold it well (lbwn in frm1to£ you. People who are naming the otl101 way must keep their own lookout. Of bourié you will be going with your flee to the storm 01m always is. If you phi; anybody’ 3 eyes Out, it Mon’ L be your faultâ€"they should lmve got out of the way when they saw you com'ingl 7 If your umbrella becomes entan- gled in h lady' a lnceai or fringeu, don’t stop to disentangle it. Tea. along Serves her right to: wearing 1 such fooleriesl ‘ Make your own way, no matter who ainkn or swim. and most Iikely you will die rich, and all your relu- the. wilrbo boilihgover with qu at your rt“. and «fair fluid employ meat I 3 year to come in fighting on! tho Mayan hunch behind. -â€"‘ In! Mn. "I N. Y. Wufly.\ and about Chicago to bear in mind thggigllowiug facts, viz: 3 in the business we are engaged, places us in a to satisfactorily meet them. lurgé business are unsurpassed r at the lowest current rates. Paddle Your Own Canoe; Judge's. gave his son a thousand dollars, telling him to go to college and gradmxte. The son returned Int t' 0 end of the Freshinnn's year with-! out: a. dollar and with ueverul ugly‘ habits. 'About film c1089 of the, vucuv fi’mx‘ thG’judge said 10 his 5011:, “ Well,~Willi»un, are you going to college this year? ” « ' “Have‘nu money, father." ‘-‘But- I gave you athouxjmul1101â€"" lists t9 graduatepn!“ , , VI “That's all gone, father. ” “Very well, my son; it; was all I could giVe you; ym1 can t stay hale. You must now pay your own way i the .woa'ldff ' ' ' ’ A new lightihmk‘o in‘t‘lprm tho/vie- ion of (the ypung man He accom: modated himeeif to the situation; he left home made his Way through ‘college, and graduated at the head of his classâ€"iatudiéd law, beomne (iov. _of the State of New York} entered the cabinet 0f the Préei’dlerit of the ‘ United States, and ”made a record fer himself that will, not soon die, being no other than William H. Sewai‘d. The nggd but astute Illinois farmer ' keeps an b‘nrometer, nor does he put his trust in the groupd-hog, but he {knows when spring appfopchos. by 'seding'his sons who have “rived M. mtnbood, prepare to lone home, A!- m d winter of "npongiug" on thc old man. investments for capitalists. as for all business entrusted to our care. or attending to' insurance, where we have position to readily understand yOui A Misguided Book Agent. A book agent entered “a open door of a snug Pittnfield, Muss” cot,- tnge one day last week, and nodding to a trimrbright looking little woâ€" man who sat sewing by the window, commenced vuluhly to descunt on the merits pf a great work which he was for the’firat time giving 111ml- kind an opportunity to purchase. It was-a diutiunary,‘family physican', universal biography. cook book, short hand instruvtnr, and contain- ed, besides, '0. (letnilul history of'evé- ry important event that has transâ€" pired in the worldyfroxn the apple incident and Adam’s {all to Credit rMobiher and the ' fall of Congress. The work cuntainud 5,000 hhaptera, all with running titles. The agent_ a‘ftér talking on the’general excel- ‘ ‘lencea of the volume about five min- utes, commenced on the headings of those chapters, and as the woman I did not "any a word to interrupt him i he felt that he was making a conâ€" . quest, and A118 rattled away so that 1 she shouldn’t have a chance to say no It took him nearly half an hour and as he breathlessly went on the sweat started on his forehead, and, he made ctinvulsive grasps at his col- lar, and when he finished he had hardly strength enough left to put on o bewitching smile and hand her his ready pen whorewith to subscribe her name in the book. She took the pen, but instead 01 putting.her {mto- graph on his list she lifted a scrap of paper from her work box and wrote in phin letters: “ In um um DUI." Hnuid not a word. bat tbs unnttonblc thing: tint he looked, as ' he tux-nod to the door. would All I FRFD. S. ERSKINE E R S SKINE BROS.