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Show Ortaln of I.lfs Inturaiiee. "I don't bnve to bnve my life Insured," In-sured," anld the business man to tbe ngent, 'but I do want o know how llfo Insiintnco originated. Cnn yon ' ''I meV" "I cnn." tbe agent an- awcred. "It originated III 1700 In London. lu tbnt year there waa formed tbe first llfo Insurance company. com-pany. It wna called the Amlcnble Society So-ciety for a Perpetual Aaaurnneo Office. Of-fice. It wua a uiuiuul benefit concern, hach member, without reference to age. pnld a fixed admission fee and a fixed annual rhnrge per share on one to three shares, and nt the cud of t year a portion of the fund accumulated accumulat-ed waa divided among the heirs of those who had died. In accordance with the number of abarea each dead person bad held. Out of thla company, with Ita crude nnd Imperfect method, llfo Insurance na It exist to-day baa grown. Did you, by the way, know that emperor and kings cnn rarely got tbelr Urea Insured, ao (rent la tho, peril of ntsnsslnntlon that they aland In?" 1'lilladclphla Record. |