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ftS the only pe«o n about the j
[Jctaallv » discourage the,
0 f life insurance agents,.
J Chicago Chronicle.
ciployes had one by one tal- j
the trap, but all the argn-1
fl he astute promoters had,
catch him. The managers
iff event insurance companies
0 f this man’s obstmaov of-
, r emium to any canvasser
mil succeed in bringing him
np.
mi who wouldn’t be insured
os t his patience because of
listency of the insurance
nit, unlike most people, -he
lge any money to get rid of
, repeated assnlts the wsur-
omoters abandomed the task,
loiiuueraent of the young maus
ming marriage was a signal,
r, for renewed onslaughts,
ich desired prise proved more
e than formerly and agreed
s return from the honeymoon
the question. To every
ie sanl:
it until I get back from my
,r trip and I’ll talk this matter
ram with you.”
heretofore unconvincable em-
iaff come to the conclusion that
time lor him to secure insur-
sit he was resolved Ijhat in
his colors he would have a
1 laugh at the expense ol his
i. When he returned he told
re of agents that they would
i outbid each other to get him
list and he appointed a certain
km the competition would take
His associates who had paid
l assessment learned ot the
i an 1 each, lamenting his easy
I t without demanding terms,
e l to be present,
bidding was spririted and
Commissions were cut down
ie low water line was ap
ed by every competitor. The
men who had succumbed to
urauce fever with such ease
at their obstinate friend was
way to get the same proteu-
ey enjoyed for half the money,
repetition-was brought to a
close by the arrival of an
whose abseuce had been noted
outset. He bore a message
be president of the company
was read aloud by the newly
d man. It was:
ll’ve been such a hard fish to
tat we have deoided to present
till a policy for the first year
it a single item of expense on
art.”
j
COLUMNS OK KHOMM IN THK SkY.
Toronto Mfiil and Empire: A
strange story comes from Priuce Ed
ward island. On Saturday last, about
the time a hailstorm was raging at
Union Road, George W. Ritchie, of
Charlottetown, observed a pheno
menon. Mr. Ritchie wbb driving
from St. Peter’s to Mount Stewart
and noticed ahead of him t.wo dark
columns extending downward from
the clouds. These columns resembled
smoke ascending from a chimney on
acalm day. Mr. Ritchie thought
little about the matter until he neared
Mount Stewart, when his attention
was attracted by seeing in the road
and along both sides ot it a great
number of young frogs. They were
green in color, and averaged about
one and one-half inches in length.
The place was dry and not the sort
of louality where frogs are usually
found. About three hundred yards
away was a mill-pond where frogs
congregate, and it is though that the
waterspout, passing over the place,
sucked-up the frogs and carried them
where they were found by Mr. Rit
chie.
BolUghlwi Afraid ol Com,
It will probably not surprise ottr
readers to bear that most. Spanish bull
fighters object to fighting cows. The
real reason may, however, astonish
them. A sportsmanlike objection to
persecuting a female animal has noth
ing whatever to do with It The fact Is
that the average toreador Is sincerely
afraid of a cow.
And he has good reason. The cows of
the half wild breed used for the arena
are inpcb quicker In their movements
than are the hulls. Their horns are
more pointed and more formidable.
They do not lower their bends to the
ground, shat their eyes and charge like
a locomotive upon the rails, but are
alert and ready to follow every move
ment of their persecutors. Their war
like tactics have been adapted not to
blind, bovine frontal attacks, but to the
strategy of active and cunning beasts
of prey, of which the human bullfighter
Is only a feeble mimic. If these cheap
Idols of the Spanish populace would
face young and active wild cows which
had Just been robbed of their calvea
they might perhaps forestall the butch
er, but they would, at any rate, do
something to earn their laurel*.—Pear-
snn’a.
WU.UKX IX POLITICS.
en wish to keep womeu out
pool of politics they will
II to make baste and give
ill they ask along these lines,
nr is no other way to stay
iilvanoe. Already the small
f the wedge has made its way
■’' the oak of resistance. In
ling, Colorado,Utab and Idaho
have full suffrage, including
for presidential electors. In
sis nmt Missouri women may
> petition on the granting of
s - In Delaware municipal
« exists in several towns. In
Ja women may vote on local
in - In a number of cities in
¥ork they may vote on the is-
i of bonds for public lmprove-
Iti Pennsylvania women
’to on local improvements by
ming for or against them.
tdl be a loss of time for the
>st league to try to get Mr.
10 I ,r °cee,J against his friends
ponsors under the provisions of
‘“ rmau not. It would be about
‘ -‘i as to ask Satan to t head a
■o against vi ce . Mr. Knox is
-fie attorney-generalship mere-
- e era blnments and dignity of
—Kansas City Times.
UXCKRSION TO J U K-OVVII.LE AND ST.
AUGUSTIN*:. ,
Wednesday, August 19th., via Plant
System.
Round trip from Bainbridgc $2 50
Leave Bainhridge - - 8:00 a.m.
Arrive at Jacksonville - 4:15 p. m.
To St. Augustine, rate 75 cents ad
ditional. Don’t fail to visit Atlantic
Beach, the modern seashore resort of
the South, 21 miles trom Jacksonville.
Tickets good returning on all reg
ular trains including special train
leaving Jcaksonville 9:00, Wednes
day July 21st.
Call on any Plant System agent
or address R. L. Todd, D. P. A.
Montgomery, Ala., or T. J. Bottoms,
T. P. A., Thomasville, Ga.
Photographs!
G. H. Chistensen, the photogra
pher, is back in hia old stand, and
will be pleased to give any one any
thing in the line of photographs. 2t.
R.C. Allen. Slg Nusabaum. 8. R. Brinson
ALLEN & COMPANY.
Flip lI2SUf$I$E
BAIN BRIDGE, - GEORGIA
A Siller', Monimrel.
A big tnillstoue mouutuynl over a
modest, miller's gmv? is a unique sight
n -ar Ura.vtown. o. The millstone Is lo
cated In the center of uu old laM-ylnp
ground and can be seen a tullo away,
coining down the hill.
It umrks the last resting place of a
happy miller of the old school who
knew not the cures or, worries of a ris
ing or falling grain market, but who
ground his corn and wheat for bts
neighbors and lived contentedly on his
small profits.
Chiseled on the hack of the monu
ment la this poem:
A MIXER'S MONUMENT.
(A roUljton* taken hrani li!a tnill-J
lfciMttfi this «n>m- * miller lieu
Who left Hie world he,err the rim
Ol modern vriyp a, mektn# flour
And hence puseed many a hippy hod*.
He was not fill CKl to
Nor on Chleajro's mowrmnt waft.
He did not cure foe foreign trade.
But sold Jits neighbors ill he mad*.
Cibles and teli-Rnm* were rare,
Th„ markets did tv-t irv:*-- rim —.-—t.
Small wa, Ids mill, hia profits round;
Clear was his head, Ms slumber* sound.
Hr envied none, he was envied not
And died contented with Mt lot
—Cincinnati 8tar.
Jlntrlmnnv In Olllrert Islandt.
Wertneu of Hu* Gllheri islands being
merely regarded as earth- or any other
property, writes Arthur Inkeraley In
The Overland Monthly, the matrimoni
al knot Is ■easily tied nad Just as easily
untied. If a man fancies a girl, lie
seizes her by the hair of the bead,
wherever she may be. despite her pro
testations. and drags her away to his
home. Her resistance Is not often seri
ous, the pretense of refusal being due
to the coquottUhness Inherent In the
sex. When the couple reach the house
of the gi-ooru, a wedding feast Is fur
nished forthwith, to which all the Im
mediate friends of the bride and bride
groom are Invited. But an acceptance
of the Invitation Implies the contribu
tion of Rome viands to the entertain
ment Matrimony Is attended by no
further ceremony than this. When a
htishnnd grows weary of his wife, he
simply orders her to leave him. and If
she does not he turns her out of doors.
Never Left (he Hoad.
An old negro In a nelghlxu-hood town
arose In prayer meeting and said:
“Bredderln and slsterln, I been a
mighty mean nigger In my time. I had
a heap er ups and downs, specially
downs, since 1 J*tned de church. I stole
chickens and watermilllns, 1 cussed,
I got drunk. I shot craps, I slashed od
der coons wld my razor. 8nd I dODe er
sight cr odder things: but. t*ank the
good Lowd. bredderln and slsterln. I
never yet lost my religion!" — Bine
Ridge (Ga.) Post.
The Movie* 1’lant.
A very queer plant belongs to tbe
pea family and Is called tbe “moving
plant" on necount of the manner In
which Its leaves turn around of their
own accord or go by Jerks! without be
ing touched or In any way disturbed.
Sometimes only one or two leaves on a
plant will be affected: at other times
they will all perform Jumps and gyra
tions simultaneously. It 1s observed
that the movements are most energetic
when tbe thermometer marks about SO
degree*.
Why Prnnoe Lam BthlflA
Frenchmen do not want to rule; they
want to live. The pursuit of life, of
laughter, of charming sensations, of
Intelligent apprehensions, of Individual
development of character—It may all
he more Important more vital to hu
man existence than the preoccupation
to rule oneself and others, to make
laws and to fight.—Bteevens’ “Glimpses
of Three Nations."
The Single Thongh*.
“All." sighed the fond mother, “two
souls with but a single ibought 1"
“Yes,” echoed paterfamilias, “and
less than one dollar. I don't know how
they’re going tc> make It, .Mary, Dniest
er—perhaps that single thought they’ve
got Is that papa's gclDg to pul up for
two.”—Denver Times.
In (be Otrroy*.
There was once upon a time an
Egyptian king, so It Is said, who built
a pyramid and died of melancholy. His
Dante was Dumopa. The memory of
his tragic history I* perpetuated every
time we say we are “in (lie dumps.”
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