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Food for Deal uprightly with all men, and they will repose confidence 



Plants m y 0Uj an( j soon become your permanent customers. 



Beware of him who is an office seeker. Men do not usually 

 want an office when they have anything to do. A man's affairs 

 are rather low when he seeks office for support. 



Trust no stranger. Your goods are better than doubtful 

 charges. What is character worth, if you make it cheap by credit- 

 ing everybody? 



Agree beforehand with every man about to do a job, and, if 

 large, put in into writing. If any decline this, quit, or be cheated. 

 Though you want a job ever so much, make all sure at the outset, 

 and in case at all doubtful, make sure of a guarantee. Be not 

 afraid to ask it; the best test of responsibility; for, if offence be 

 taken, you have escaped a loss. 



Business Laws in Brief. 



Ignorance of law excuses none. 



It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. 



The law compels no one to do impossibilities. 



An agreement without consideration is void. 



Signatures made with lead-pencil are good in law. 



A receipt for money paid is not legally conclusive. 



The acts of one partner bind all the others. 



Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced. 



A contract made with a minor is invalid. 



A contract made with a lunatic is void. 



Contracts for advertising in Sunday newspapers are invalid. 



Each individual in a partnership is responsible for the whole 

 amount of the debts of a firm. 



Principals are responsible for the acts of their agents. 



Agents are responsible to their principals for errors. 



A note given by a minor is void. 



It is not legally necessary to say on a note "for value received." 



A note drawn on Sunday is void. 



A note obtained by fraud, or from a person in a state of in- 

 toxication, cannot be collected. 



If a note be lost or stolen, it does not release the maker; he 

 must pay. 



The indorser of a note is exempt from liability if not served 

 with notice of its dishonor within twenty-four hours of its non- 

 payment. 



How to Treat Sunstroke. 



Take the patient at once to a cool and shady place, but don't 

 carry him far to a house or hospital. Loosen the clothes thor- 

 oughly about his neck and waist Lay him down with the head 

 a little raised. Apply wet cloths to the head, and mustard or 

 turpentine to the calves of the legs and the soles of the feet. 

 Give a little weak whiskey and water if he can swallow. Mean- 



