The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-19
GRAVEYARD INSOEAHCE.

CompRnteB That do not EVEN EXAMINE
applicants, LII
READING, Pa, Augustl0.-The death
bed or 'gaYeyaTf mutual aid liisinsur-
ance, which traffic iss SO greatly ON the In
crease in Pennsylvania, recently received
an important addition. A new company
has just received It's charter from the State
Department at Harrisburg which proposes
to insure people without any medical ex'
animation whaisverl This entirely new
departure has been christensd by many
business men here ss "go.as-y ,u please"
insurance, and all persons outside Of 0
coffin or an iCeboT can secure policies, no
matter how old they are. Heretofore this
species OF gambling in human lie has
been conducted within meAgre pale oil
'deGency and out OF the boundaries
OF actual and deliberate fraud; but
now any dying man or woman can OBJ
tain policy Of insurance provided they
are strong enough to write or to raise D
hand TO touch pen Ia acknowledging
their signature 10 an application. There
are two classes, Glass is competed oil
those who are regularly examined BY med
ical men and who are insured on the mu'
tual or class system, 90 common ID this
Safe. Glass two 10 Composed OF members
who are notIequiied TO be examined. No
one enters this class that IL not fully post.
ed and informed as TO what he 10 doing
He must not expect Unexpectedly healthy
persons are going TO become members Of
this GLASS In the Goodwill Company. All
600 slCkly men are insured, cay for 81 ZOO
each, when one Of them dies the other 400
give 81 each. We collect that money, 10
tain small percentage iof our labor and
pay the balance 10 the beneficiary, which
will amount TO ab. $780, II there are
l 600 people In the i,lAss the beneficiary
will receive about $500 w E II
PRoEEAsloSAL INSURERS
The ordinary Graveyard insurance"
business has developed > new and e1tra.
ordinary profession. Men, Of sixty weary,
wotnand detected, are those SdoprGUtice
The iiew vocation. In private fbey are
cOmipFta bic AndIquits, we'll, aud good Tot
at least Eve or ted years more nt.llte. On
the Street they cough very much, cult.
vataia Dying look aud are very WIeiChed
specimebs Of humanity. They become
knowniaA good insu ,anCe sub scts. Agentt
privately advertise thtm among che green
hofpa who are dabblins IL lpeculAhys 10.
sufance, MI. \ is one u these dying men
on the elfeets. Y 10 q greeny who has
heen told about him, Says Y;N Why, Mr..
y, I'm glad to see you looking Bu,Eell, ]
hARs.a little business to lrausaot with you.
Would you low me 10 lake out q policy
Of 5000 OF %. 600 on your iite2 l will
reward you very handsomely x REPLIES,
with iseyere cough, tears inl his eysp,
greatly nervous and ,sgitsted, nMy deSf
cir, the doctors wouldn pass me. 4 b TOO
sick. My left lung Il clean Enns and the
right one IL nearly rotted Of. Irdeed,
they wouldn't pass me- lie no use-no
use. won't allow pyselt to be put In the
new go.aa.ynn,pleaEe cJnpAuy," Says Y,
"Well, Mi. Y, l win take the chances. u
you. will give yCur consent will awe you
$40 Caah aud psy you monthly install
ment besides. u can get you passed oil
right In Ave companieS, and you aud !
Gu, make good thing ont. OF H." Y II
y consents with a tremendous cough
Y laughs In his sleeve, takes Y where be
hiss been frequently examines before, y 10
passed, policy issued aud transferred, y
gets his $40 and goes home smiling Of bid
good fortune. At home he braces up,
lives we'll, enjoys bis meals and Calcul
lates about how much money be can earn
In his new business In the next fifteen OF
twenty yeais. X waits Ii vain Ior Y ID
die; meets him on the atreet, shakes
hands with him and congratulatee him OF
his healthy appearance. y understands
bis business and never faints. Y inward.
wardly rejoiCes and then curses that Y
don't drop dead ON the spot. The shArpS
who are posted continue 10 harvest the
Cropn tf "green ones" and thus the traffic
continues.
jAlsPkclMEN CASE.
This city is rapidly becoming one Of the
hotbeds Of this petariouS business. The