The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-03-22

4 BHH esnes ter fsr Tsssfy Tsan-nsy
10 lRvgsash psbssrx.


Bo.soa Herald
Z - for collecting sail The man
a. he rapidly ran over q DO u LIil-
4 AID returned al bot one m III
breast pocket. Il snpp0~e I'm a
sIcces.. Leasi siss | have follow
81 m har tErHiy years and .hai
ought ~ mean .Omefhinz
Are successful collectors a.
Hunerog, a. successful. book
a@-Hl>F asked a New York SEa
reporter.
"!Noi anywhere near. Hundreds
If people subscribe for = book 10
get nd Of the agent. Nobody pays
4 bIIl 10 get rid NJ a s.nllecior.'
What special abllIlIks are re-
quirej to secure success IN your
liner
None, and ye; al you ian name.
You must, first If al, be able TO
read men. Hardly n tao me-
can he approached the same way
There are men, Of cOurse, whO are
expecting me. and who promptly
write me q check for The amount
Any one could collect from them.
These are The minority. The lroH-
bic comes with the majority. That
includes lrsdesueH. lawyers. doc
tors, editors. professors, drum ner,,
Policemen. dudes aud everybody
else. Each must be approached
differently
Illustrate, please
We'll, take the cash If Tire law
yer who paid me $50 two hours
ago. 1t was an old debt. ard he
had stood The bows of a dozen
times. | Ess offered halt the
amount 10 collect it. located him
IN his office, went straight 10 his
door, and, on entering. asked if he
had been retained in The - case,
which Il now making such a fuss.
He hadn't been oi course, but he
vas iickIed A. lie idea. Then |
told him that The folks down at The
store were talking about how he
vas pushing 10 the front, aud II
gas because We knew lie VA do
ing 20 well That We presented The
bill. He counted me out the
money at once. Appealed to his
vanity, you know
What are The usnal excuses r.
Anything and everything. Go
10 some men with a bill for haY,
oats or coal and they want t. see
their wives about it. Others are
short, dispute The figures. will pay
Tomorrow. or inquire if We are on
the verge Of bankruptcy, that We
can't wait a few days. Here's a
bill paid this forenoon which is
three years old It's 4 iaiIUTs bill,
you see, for S4j. 1t vas for a SUIT
for a drug clerk. lie agreed 10
pay IN two week. | have called
upon him at least 100 times. For
a year he urged sickness, de3ih,
robbery and other excuses. Six
months ago he declared the bill
a aWiHdle and thai he had a
receipt fOTthe amount"
Sand how did you finally gel il r.
Told him that a drug firm out
West had written 10 quietly name
4 man 10 fill a lat position. 1t was
An uHtrufh, bat he had lied 10 Inc
800 times" ,
Are women good paw" ,
About one out Of twenty. let !
me present a bill Of s. 10 d woman ,
Who has $50 in her purse, aud her i,
Irsi thoughts Is to slave off pay ,
neut. One excuse brings on an ,
and when she finally makes ;
Up her mind to pay she pays IN in :
.iallments. | got S25 last week on =,
4 bill two years old against a wO- ,
man. She is a widow and 90 years =
Did. She had disputed The bill, T
forgotten il, looked for a receipt :
aud all that, and | had been patient :
and let her lake her time. Two :
LAYS ago, when | presented the Z
bill, she began 10 ~palaver; but | !,
ut her short by saying: Madame, ,
We don't need the money, Of course. =
put we supposed you would want :
clear up all such things before .
your marriage with the Senator !,
She knew had heard something. :
md she was dying 10 know what it :
vas, but she dared not ask, and the :
was promptly handed over. !,
ri bet she has hunted up the is =
mes Of every daily for a month !,
Jast to find out what | based my :
on.
"Are you ever insnlted and q
/;
Not very often, as l weigh $50
pounds and haven't the gentlest r
OUk in the world. l get it once
n a while though. | had . rent
Dill against an insurance man. He
IlOOd the boys off until they got n
discouraged, and one day | tackled
him. He denounced me as a rob-
Der, and added that | ought TO be {
Kicked down stairs. | asked him :
o try il, and he sailed in. | had !
beautifully Knocked out in {
hree minutes, and when he got up ,
re wrote me a check for The
mount"
And where are you bound for S
ust now - n
80 present this bill OF S22 to an c
,fice clerk who has stood it off
oUrleen months, although he want =.
ID credit foronly a week. It's shoes Z
or himself and wife and child. :
ioi the very best, you see. Twelve Q
shoes were none too rich for e
,fa Hood ~