Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-05-13
CASTOFF CLOTHING.
lT PAYS TO SEARCH THE POCKETS
AND THE Innings.

AND THE Innings.
Bills, Coins and Letters Have a Way
of Hiding Themselves-Experie
of Man Who Buys Discarded GAR
ments-Hints to the Careless.
Zone can't buy CASTOR clothing for
many years without meeting some
queer experiences" remarked an "old
clothes man" the other day as he fun
bled through the pockets of suit
which he had just purchased for 80
cents. "Of course l don't expect to
find anything-nothing except maybe
some old letters. But it pays to run
through the pockets and feel the lin
ing. If man who let's his wife sell
his CASTOR clothes only knew what
got lost in the lining of his coat some
times he wouldn't feel so easy about
parting with them. A man sticks i'm
portant letters in his inside coat pock-
ct, and some day when he wants them
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 a man. They find their
way between the lining of the coat or
vest, and we fellows get hold of them.
II wanted to, go into the blackmail-
ing business could make plenty Of
money. I've found letters and 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 the d.
rectory we can locate either the writer
or the one receiving it,
II don't think that, as rule, women
sell their husbands caston clothing
any more without going through all
their pockets. Maybe they've got into
the habit of searching them 80 that it
becomes a second nature to them. So
It is not In the pockets we find things.
It's in the lining, where they have
found their way gradually.
"You know how easy it is for small
coins to work their way through hole
In the lining Of vest and snuggle
down in the corner Of the cloth. Well,
We pick up quite a number Of dimes
and nickels in this way. Usually q
vest is a small silver mine. Probably
the wife Of a man feels something
there and thinks it is only a button or
some such thing, or maybe a penny,
and she won't bother in trying to fish
u out But pennies don't work down
there nearly as readily as the dimes do.
In the same way bill will get mix
ID up in the lining Of the inside pocket
and finally disappear. The man prob
ably misses q five or ten dollar bill
and thinks he must have lost it or
spent it foolishly. The matter escapes
bis mind, the suit Is thrown to one side
and some day 1t Is sold to the old
clothes man. 1t doesn't escape us.
We 60 through every inch Of the lining
and examine the corners and inside
carefully. The bills we find in the
course Of a day will often more than
pay US for what we have given for all
Of the clothes.
MANY men are exravagant In get
ding rid Of their CASTOR clothing. They
have 80 many that they become a nui-
Dance to them. Sell them to the first
man who comes along is the easiest
way for them to dispose Of their use
isss belongings. II the servants don't
take them, we get a fine pick at them.
For from so cents to a dollar you get
suit that will when brushed, steam
Cd, cleaned and pressed easily bring
p to s.. The clothes are not worn
much, but Just soiled and unused lit
tie. The trousers are stretched little
70 they will bag at the knees when
used a few days at time. A man
with plenty Of money won't stand that.
He will order his wife or valet to sell
them.
'The greatest amount ever found
In money In one coat was a ten dollar
bill, but several times I've found two
and five dollar bills and one dollar bills
by the score. Once l found check
for 500, but as that was no good to
ne I returned it to the owner and re-
eeived dollar reward for my honesty.
The best find, however, was several
years ago. when I discovered bunch
II railroad coupons between the lining
md inside cloth of one of these fancy
vests. I suppose l might have cashed
the coupons and received $1,000 for
them, but there was some risk to such
L proceeding. 50 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 for them. Later I
found that he had offered reward of
300 for their return. You can bet
was mad then that didn't get more
Tor returning them. :. .....
"As for important letters, might
ny that they come to US in droves.
Generally we read them and chuck
Them in the flre. It's the best way. II
! man has lost a letter which would
lncriminate him he doesn't like to have
4 turn up. It will always worry him q
little, but he lives In the hope that It IL
| lost for good and gradually fOrgetS It. =