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by the poor widow that, "The children 

 had gone too far in ordering, and ad- 

 ded that her husband had led a double 

 life, having a wife in St. Louis as well 

 as here in Buffalo, and instead of hav- 

 ing ten thousand dollars life insurance, 

 as she supposed, he had none, and she 

 was penniless. And there are lots of 

 such cases. 



In those times of distress and excite- 

 ment people are often careless about 

 expenses. You can't very well ask for 

 payment before the articles are deliv- 

 ered and it's hard hearted to send an 

 order C. O. D. or to call around the 

 next day with your bill. Looking at it 

 in a business way, without sympathy, 

 when you know the family is quite 

 poor, persuade them that very little is 

 necessary. When a number of friends 

 are uniting together to send a deceased 

 friend a design, get all you possibly 

 can. They won't miss it and it's a 

 worthy way to distribute wealth, and 

 distributed it is, as is the outlay for 

 all luxuries as well as necessities. 



No association or legislation or ad- 

 vice or admonition from pastor or 



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