The Van Buren press., 1894-11-10
The Other Side.

The foregoing observations, founded
on personal experience, had been Of
fered in the course OF general con-
versation upon the subject Of finding
things in pockets. One man listened
with amused interest and remarked
that there was another side to the
story. II brought out my light over
coat the other day, and, as any other
man would have done, felt in the
pockets" said he. "Of course there
was forgotten handkerchief, but
what interested me more was an un-
ope ned letter addressed to my wife's
sister in Ohio. 1t had never been
mailed. put on my thinking cap and
succeeded in recalling the fact that
one day in May my wife had given me
that letter with an urgent request
that l mail it on my way down town.
l didn't say anything about finding
the letter, but mailed it. If there is
any question about the delay I'll put
all the blame on the postal service"
II suppose every man has found In
his last years pocket the letter that
was to have been answered next day"
said another. II know thatI have"
A third man told the following, with
the unnecessary assurance that it was
strictly true: "One of our neighbors on
the W est side was a..druggist. Up tothe
time of his death he was supposed to be
carrying life insurance policy for
ten thousand dollars. The policy could
not be found among his papers either
at the store or at the house. The house
was rummaged from one end to thu
other, without success 1t seemed that
the insurance company would not ac-
knowledge the policy, claiming it had
lapsed from non-payment OF premiums.
Now it happened that he belonged to
a uniformed secret society. As the
lodge was to take charge of the funeral
it was thought best to have the de-
ceased wear his uniform 1t was taken
out of the box where it had been for
months and the man who was busting
it heard crinkls of paper. He thrust
his hand into the inside pocket and
there was the insurance policy. II
would have been worthless If the man
had died ten days later How 1t came
to be in the inside pocket Of that uni
form no one could guess"
03,44O Pills.
Great Scott! Foster, is It really
you?"
Certainly it's me or !, whichever
one you choose"
DO you know I hardly recognized
you? Have you been sick?"
Not exactly. You haven't seen me
for three years, have youp I've lost
forty pounds-been reducing for two
years."
'Reducing%
"Why, yes. Two years ago put my
self under the care of physician to bt
treated for obesity. He began giving
me small pills, eight pills at dose, dost
every hour. Haven't done anything fol
two years except count pills Iwake W
in the night and find myself saying
'One, two, three and SO on. take
pills the first thing in the morning
and the last thing at night. There arr
small pills scattered loose in tht
bureau drawers and / can find them il
any pocket. It's become such . mat
ter Of habit with me that don't have
to look at the clock. On the stroke
of the hour, out comes the bottle ane
find myself dropping eight pills inte
the palm of my hand. The pills havs
done the work, but l don't believe
can break away from the habit How
many of the things do you sup
pose l have taken? Just for fun the
other day made an estimate
eight at a dose, an average Of six
teen doses day, and 365 days in thu
year. Here are the figures"
With these words the emaciated mar
submitted the following:
l6 doses.
lat dose