The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-10

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Zone can't buy castor clothing FOR
many years without meeting some
queer experiences remarked an .old
clothes man the other day as be FUN
bled through the pockets Of suit
which he had Just purchased for 30
cents. "of course l don't expect 10
find anything nothing except maybe
some old letters. But It pays to run
through the pockets and feel the In
ing. II a man who let's his wife sell
his castoff CLOTHES only knew what
at lost In tile lining Of his coat some
times he wouldn't feel SO easy about
parting with them. a man sticks lIn.
.poftant letters In his inside coat pock.-
ct, aud some day when he wants thcu
they are not there. He hunts and
fumes around, but the letters don't
turn up. Then he thinks they must
have been torn up or burned, and he
forgets the matter.
But important letters don't 60 that
way generally. They turn up some.
times to accuse man. They find their
way between the lining of the coat or
vest, md we fellows get hold Of them.
II wanted to go into the binckmaii,
ing business could make plenty OF
money. I've found letters aud papers
In CASTOR clothing that would make
pretty startling reading for some peo-
pie. OF course when we get the clothes
by hunting up the address in tue di-
rectory we can locate either the writer
or the one receiving 1t.
Il don't think that, as rule, women
sell their husbands castoff clothing
any more without going through all
their pockets. Maybe they've got into
the habit of searching them so that II
becomes second nature TO them. So
II is not in the pockets we find things.
Its in the lining. where they have
found their way gradually.
"You know how easy 1t is for small
coins TO work their way through hole
in the lining of vest and suuggle
down in the corner OF the cloth. Well.
we pick up quite number of dimes
and nlckels in this way. Usually n
vest Is a small silver mine. Probably
the wife of n man feels something
there and thinks 1t is only a button or
some such thing. or maybe penny.
and she won't bother In trying to tish
1t out But pennies don't work down
there nearly as readily as the dimes do.
In the same way a bill will get mix
ed up In the lining Of the inside pocket
aud finally disappear. The man prob
ably misses fiye or ten dollar bill
and thinks he must have lost 1t or
spent i fooishly. The matter escapes
his mind, the snit is thrown 10 one side
and some day It is sold to the old
clothes man. 1t doesn't escape u.s.
We go through every inch of the lining
and examine the corners and inside
carefully. The bills we find in the
course OF day VIII often more than
pay US for what we hive given for all
Of the clothes.
MANY men are extrayagant in get
ting rid of their cnstoff clothing. They
have 50 many that they become nut
sance to them. Sell them to- the first
man who comes along Is the easiest
way for them to dispose of their use.
less belongings. II the servants don't
take them. we get fine pick at them.
For from 80 cents to dollar you get
suit that will when brushed, steam
ed. cleaned and pressed easily bring
SO to IS. The clothes are not worn
much, but just soiled and mussed lit
tie. The trousers are stretched little
so they will bag at the knees when
nsed few days at time. A man
with plenty of money won't stand that
He viii order his wife or valet to sell
them.
THE greatest amount ever found
In money In one coat was ten dollar
bill, but several times I've found two
ana Eve dollar bills and one dollar bills
by the score. Once found check
for 500, but as that was no good to
me ! returned 1t to the owner and re-
ceived dollar reward for my honesty
The best find, however, was several
years ago, when discovered a bunch
of railroad coupons between the lining
and Inside cloth of one OF these fancy
vests. suppose might have cashed
the coupons and received $1,000 for
them. but there was some risk to such
a proceeding. So concluded to turn
them over TO the owner and trust to
his generosity. He gave me 500 in
bills and commended me for my hon
esty. He had missed the coupons and
had advertised Tor them. Later I
found that he had offered a reward OF
$500 for their return. You can bet ]
was mad then that I didn't get more
for returning them
"As for important letters. / might
say that they come to us in droves.
Generally we read them and chuc3
them In the fire. It's the best way. II
man has lost letter which would
lncrimiuate him he doesn't like to have
It turn up. 1t viii always worry him
little, but he lives In tile hope that 1t is
lost for good and gradually forgets it."
Washington Star.
Funerals For the Health.
At funeral in Glnsgow a stranger
who had taken his seai in one Of the
mourning coaches excited the curiosity