The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23
An INSI RANCE ADJ STER.
QUEER PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED IN
The COURSE OF BUSINESS.

The Curious Side Of Human >atuT"
Value al Damaged Property Absurd
Notions Honesty aud Iri.k.ry.
The more l come in contact with ths
tenIala representative of this iay AMI stn
GRAFTON, th,. more am convinced that 81,
i, curious ami remarkable phr noaIenoa,
whi Il Remark from bliRie Young man
Who certainly coubi never have ,NIrrien 81
any very harsh treatment from the ~
naturally became the subject tor iuly,ti,i-
tlon.
"laout get excited continued he of ths
yellow nlu>tache, la lily lighting IA rtIarrtte,
y u are not L. la treated D. a 'ronlttnr
| am CONSIDERING lovely Woman at tn >
present moment solely from cuisines, paint
If view. My position in the al listers d.
partment of a tire Insurance company at.
fordS me opportunities IL study the female
character Al u variety OF phase, AMI n
peat that ItlS a comply AMI rtmarkatis
thing
~ on must strike queer ti,h of al sorts in
your line, suggested tho reporter as tho
young man paus,'L
Lot, oi them, WAS tho quick Response
Nothing nut queer fish It s,'uIs to Inc some
times, or else thu business l. peculiarly apt
to develop the queer side of human nature
cur o.licS us,Nl Ia insure among the foreign
RS over IN the Hester AMI Es,eN streets ten
enientN There's wLor, you run against
queer fish Such places rs they ara n,
IL fairly makes my n,se a,le 10 think II
them now Ihy are mostly tailors AMI
fur sewers AMI the like they are Il prolific
lot, AMI one room or two at most answers
for II family of from seven to tn to rat,
sleep and work IN. You may fancy tho
smells ono wuuht strike And the cat No
family over there is complete without tho
cat Tho eat does all tho mischief, too
The unfailins reason for all the fires il, tho
cat tipped over tho lamp II is AN cstab
lishei Joke among tho office, that take
these risks this ubiquitous and perennially
mschieNous cat OF the east slde bohemian
NAitE or DAMAGED riturtRrN.
Then arson /, u common crime in that
community suggested tho reporter
Arson improved, hut not unIur>tiunel
curious too, for they get very decent inr
nishinsS AMI excellent clothing AMI then
damage them Tor Tia insurance.
"Non insure anything ami every thing
>uppo,c'
"oh, yes that l., il it il specified
woman over IN Paterson tho other day
showed mo among the debris Of her liro "A
dad canary bird IN a llaekcnrd cage Shn
want Il compensation for its boss, hut tin,
company would not grant 1t. Il should have
been covered by a SPECIAL policy, rs they
often are. Parrots aro very commonly IN
surrd, and u woman not long ago asked n,o tu
Nrito in her policy, rs She put 1t, 4 ro,",
t,on for them goldfish, pointing toa conpleof
til" little sinners s,nlrming about IN u seven
inch glolc. told her iiro " luli never MI
thos" animals the creatures were pA,ping
then in their narrow quarters
1T, always the women that have the all
Suri notion, about insurance, although the
men are pretty nearly AZ bal about trying
10 increase the value ui damaged property
\ little sturehorpcr in tho Will, of hroJ,iyn
wa, partially burned ont last winter lie
kept hc,s chiefly, AMI all that were nlurel
We're Of the cheapest quality, hut his claim
for tho moicty ct stock burned was a good
round one.
Nov, you know, we don't make gifts To
the assured We simply indemnity. and
said to our friend, How, thl, These Other
"''' "' WIZ wv" sum W. W """t -"
want Tor tn tNo or tnir" h">', burned
Nh,' sail the old fellow, lowering HI
voice coniid,ntially, l tell you how dot
vas In dose hoN'' Keep my most ~.
l"n'lve lareS Dom lacts vas iihn Hike "A
cobWcb and all hanl made, ami 80 on TIL,
according t. hi, elaboration, nothing short
of the value of old ro,e point could com
pensata him. but tho company thought lit
irrehtly, finished tins young damage aI.
priiHof diyly 1T frequently DOES
HONEST WITH HONEST MtN.
Yet W. don Maggie We are honest with
honest men, Tut when W. tackle sono onr
trying to play sharp Wo ar" apt to s"o that
he on sh1 MS no moro than Ii" or She Is "a
titled hat Ito you THINK, nov, oI the
cheek dSoSellow down south whn actually
sent us up his policy sOahol with tho hrto
sen" with which, as 1t VA, aitcr"ard proved,
he had fired his property
80 return TO tho women. II u com
mon belief among then that they can got
no decentralization II their policy y hurne l.
AnI If their property !, not All destroyed
thcy think all clam Tor damages Is NUN
ted scores OF them have come to the Of
tco explaining that tho fire burned the
house ~ up, but most OF the furniture was
saved ~ they don't suppose they can col.
lect fntAing, bat they thought they d
como ami see, bccau,c Mrs so andso,
some neighbor, sail perhaps they could
That ) positive fact
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