Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-03-05

brain and cure appendicitis at the same
time. After tho blank N received. 81 be-
Ing the charge for Il. letter follows say
ing that for $40. $50 or s75. as the exigenoy
OF the case may demand. the treatment
will be sent. However. whatever the
symptoms. the same treatment was pre-
scrlbed-''Do not eat butter"
Some OF these schemes are Matched IN
Washington and 30 cleverly are they
wordod IN their literature that the i'm
precision Is given that they are conducted
under the government guarantees. and fro
quently with the assistance OF the SCI
entific Departmental OF the government
Tho letters IF. s. Sc" in many cases are
appended to the name OF the author OF
prescriptions and auack nostrums. These
letters simply mean that the party using
them Is FELLOW" Of the Society OF Sci
ence. Letters and Arts OF London, the
payment Of s. allowing the use OF the
letters.
Halt for Easy Money.
A fow years aeo "a big business was
conducted by concern which offered to
the public for 81 finely executed por-
trait OF George Washington. engraved by
expert government engravers. The ma
jority OF those who received for this
amount the portrait Of George Washing
ton engraved on a s-cent postage stamp
felt too foolish to complain. so the BUSH
ness continued for some time before IL
was stopped.
Land schemes, mining and bond get
rich-qulck schemes thrive like green bay
trees. though many Of them seem 30 abb
surd on their face that II IL difficult to
believe that people would pay attention
to them.
During the year ending June, 1914. 1880
lottery enterprises were suppressed. judge
Lamar says;
MANY OF these schemes are most
vicious. posHessing all the vices and all
lurements inherent in the ordinary lot
terry. and In addition to their harmful in
fluence they opened vide the door to
fraud. Because OF the skiIlf1l and In
aenious manner In which they were
framed in attempts 70 evade the law. u
ID possible to detect the lottery features
only after the plans have been carefully
studied and fully analysed, some OF the
elaborate and intricate bond Investment
schemes reduirins the services Of expert
accountants for weeks IN a single case"
Besides these various workaday
schemes. Uncle Sam Ia the possessor OF
hundreds OF sentimental and heart-rend-
ing matrimonial letters unique I'm their
kind. which he has collected from nnatrf-
moniai bureaus. These agencies for
Cupid come In for large share OF his
attention. for he likes a square deal In
all such cases. Woe be 10 the individual
who tFifles with the affections OF any OF
His people. whether they be is or 7Ol II
il remarkable how many people take an
invisible chance at matrimony by means
Of the mails and send along their guar
antoed checks to close the transaction
The inspectors Of the department find
these cases very hard TO unearth. as
wounded affections are delicate things
10 deal with.
Uncle Sam often finds It difficult 70
prosecute these dispensers Of enchanting
beauty recipes and prescriptions. The
promoters have monopoly In the get
rich-aulck part OF the scheme. and are
able TO employ legal talent TO defend them
when they are hailed before the depart
ment to show cause why a fraud order
should not be issued against them
Washington Star.