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Lie Insurance. :

want policy on your life? Let me in
sure yoar-life2 and if YOU happen t(
strike "a sinags..or Rail8ay station
YOU are so beset by these fellows, yol
almost are forced into IA !policg, lin. self
defense. 1 was, told that in Newberr.
District TIA last /; winter, that there was sucl
good crop of them, that they went twt
on q horse. Although tie workmen art
many, the field 9s<extsssiVer ant"
thought little scribblms on the esubjec
would aot bepbpexious teYyqY. -noE un
palatabteao senleof your radH.E
In every a,hgwe % atthe@ days thu
first questIon Nmt Iatur4ly arses, il
ereaAy hopsYsilEit? SMeseEssenls t'
be inS life insurance. The agents al
make living, and some live in tin'
style; all the companies send OUT TsRort'
as being in healthy condition, hnan
cially; and, now and then, poor felio"
passes the dead line, and his family get
some money. -is-metey--t
all parties connected. The agent, II ne
is a bod { {aetNe andashiousT one, WI
get wellpaid. s gHes works as a commIs
sionef, Poor work poor pay. The com
panysihakesSnloney kRays ats otheeri
good, fat salaries, pays losses anu l.
ahead besides. This is done by com.
pound interest. They take the small
premiums received from various parties
Scattered over the territory they operate
in, andfs when, consolidated ~ make g
prettygood siiha; this they put sinto in,
vestmen q, ! ,Ssafe.andE rcliasle; aud com,
pound the interest every six months, or,
in other wordss they take your money
and make more out Of it than you posi-
bly, can. This cal, beadope by aIta!r,
legitimate transacti ion4-ne afraald ~aboU
is-and, finally, the insured makes
money, but must go dead To- VtAsrNIEh!s
Is the dark side of the pictare Me don't
like to look at or even think OF deatf,,
and some men When You talk to, them
about igqi,lg dead tSstors tpey :a can get ;e
any money, they are done Win LIE
insurance. So -
Some of our best citizens Eescruples
about lite einsurance-are n9tEatistleed rs
to its mod4s ,operoPdi. They have been
fooled and gulIed ,sognanch, ,'Aunt II thE
don't know which away to look tor Il
good thing-morevcr, not few! nave
taken <nipl5al ieiess paid one or two pre-
lniums, suffered their policies 10 lapse,
have become dfsg guSted. WithS life insur-
suce, and you could not bore them 2 worse i!I
Upon any subject except it were aLIet'
terry. The question arises just here,
what is the cause of all this cont!islonr:'
I answer, partly from igperaee4 and
partly from dsoeption,r,7 1:;n,~ry :,
Cur people should inform ttremsetvcs
uponihks sithject5 5auYrpersonty ty 2 stglittle
attention can understand all about ~;
1t is SO simple, a twelve year OLD school
boy can comprehend Y. Rp q
as a a sEpseuIatiosN E"ou sNsses Ys suts q policssand
expected to make not less than 20 to AZ
per cent-up0n the Investment, Lille IN. IN
surance is not a ft subject for specuia-
thatR I'd Ml,fienFis il h,iinbugged Z siFhs
tinaacaIh snea'dngs ifs mot ana invest
ment. 1t only pays on one condition
ne1tsi ns io,is as ae ySa he; ana, a. beyond 1thy
pcace or mind and laltdable satisfact tiofi'
in duty performance which it coniers,
the insurer must expect nothing. It's
real advantages are tubcrea ped by-9i llsI
crs. and Mt distant day Another
source of Soublerjs in the fact that 2
yoodsnan yosen tak 1eutet too nue!f IN
surstsce.S TiiHsNin1 StIeS BE Ina aers become
tlerangcd their policy falls due: they
can't meet the payment; it goes by the
board, and the whole system of life. ni-
surance is to suffer the blame, when no
bodYsfSto fhlanra IgNcent the man man NM ~
self. 0ripTbba4lYttIIe .agsnS III sSfrle de-
gree who was accessory to his false step:
Better insure for II small amount aud
keen it alive than fUr1aS larger amount
and be troubled to meet the payments
and i d3si;ss !1Iisl fsfs} cn4aslice Y!
surance: I mean paying half cash and
half l,otey It 81 the. tquintescence Of
folly; ruinous to the company and ru-
'aSus %ou s spals 5S eserS staf M3thont
material injury to yourself or family, or
only sS25 and have made up your mind
to insure, Just buy insurance tothat
amount and no HsoFe 90 CnIheeaash
plan. .,S.E ~ AE
reasonable man can possibly find any
obiecf0aif Id fife Sinsurane fcifher morail
lys selie eina,slg. .oB fnanGalaX@ ITS pracS
tical effects are constantly being seen.
It'helps to, ,s0ften the lamentations OF
the widoy and puts, bread in the reach of
tho orphan, and its benign Influences
are untold. l have heard some men say
they are convinced of the good results,
flowing from life Insurance, hut there
are 50 many companies, all claiming to
be tie bestI am az d 1ossfS Sknow what
onet5 Sabr,nisa. irst-Afall, look to
security. Lay aside all preiudices, and
henet overcome by:seetional feelings in
th!s important matter. Touch no conf
Dany that has not State Statutes thrown
around it, or in other words doing busi-
uesg wtYereethere7 is an INSURANCE DE.
partinei,tA Yhisis theL onlyIsiire. crit e.
rion of merit. After security, make the
hest trade where you cap fYr the least
outlay Of money. n
.s7'.,b f,fpaa 81. ~ ;""GRANGER.n", ",,o
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