Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-30
CASTOFF CLOTHING.
1T PAYS 10 SEARCH THE POCKETS
AND THE Innings.

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many yeurs without meeting soms
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 | don't expect to
dnd anything nothing except maybe
some old letters But it pays to run
through the pockets and feel the lin.
ing. If man who lets his wife sell
his CaStofr clothes only knew what
got lost in the lining of his coat some
times he wouldn't feel SO easy about
parting with them. \ man sticks i'm
portant letters In his inside Coaf p@..'G-
ct, and some day when be wants thcia
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 so that
way generally. They turn up some
times to accuse a man. They tind their
way between the lining Of the coat or
II | wanted to go into the blackmaI-
ing business | could make plenty Of
money I've found letters and papers
in castotI clothing that would make
pretty Startling reading fer some peo-
pie. OF coarse when we get the clothes
by hunting up the address in che di-
rectory we can locate either the writer
or the one receiving it.
Il don't think that, as a rule. women
sell their husbands castotf clothing
any more without going through all
their pockets. Maybe they've got into
the habit OF searching them SO that II
becomes q second nature to them So
It is not IN the pockets we find things.
It's in the timing. where they have
found their way gradually.
you know how easy It is for small
coins to work their way through hole
In tie lining OF a vest and snugsle
down in the corner OF the cloth. Well.
We pick up quite number OF dimes
aad niekelz in this way. Usually
vest is small silver mine. Probably
The wife Of man feels something
there and thinks II is only button or
some such thing. or maybe penny,
and she won't bother in trying 20 fish
il out But pennies don't work down
there nearly as readily as the dimes do.
I'm the same way bill will get mix
ed I'D in the lining Of the inside pocket
and finally disappear. The man prob
ably misses a fFe or ten dollar bill
and thinks be must have lost it or
spent it foolishlY. The matter escapes
his mind, the suit IS thrown TO one side
and some day it is sold to tire cid
clothes man IT doesn't escape us.
We GO through every inch Of the Iinins
and examine the corners and inside
carefully. The bills we find in the
course Of a day will often more than
pay us fer what We have given for al
Of the Clothes
MANY men are eXtravagant in get
ting rid Of their eastoff clothing. They
haze 80 maay thai they become nE.-
sanee to them. Sci them 10 the first
naa Who comes along Is the easiest
Way for them to dispose OF their use
less le8aagtnGs. II the servants don't
taxi tGeul, we get a tine pick at them.
For from 80 cents to dollar y0u get
Il suit that VIII when brushed, steam
ed. cleaned and pressed easily bring
So to s. Tie clothes are Dot worn
much. bat just soilpd and muSsed lit
tie. The trousers are stretched little
so they viii bag at the knees when
used few days al a time. \ 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 ten dollar
bill. but several times I've found two
and five dollar bills and one dollar bills
by the score Once found check
for 500, but as that was no good to
me | returned it To the owner and re-
ceived Il dollar reward for my honesty.
The best find however. VAS several
Years ago. when q ered bunch
of railroad coupons %een the lining
and inside cloth q a of these fancy
vests. suppose hight have cashed
the coupons an eeceived $1,000 for
them. bat there WAS some risk to such
Il proceeding. SO | concluded 10 turn
them over to the owner and trust to
his generosity. He gave me $500 IN
bills and commented me for my hon
esty. He had missed the coupons ana
had advertised for them, Later
found that he had offered a reward Of
$500 for their return. You can bet |
Was mad then that l didn't get more
for returning them.
AS for important letters. might
say that they come TO Us IN tiroyes.
Generally we read them and chuck
them in the fire It's the best way. IL
man has lost a letter which would
incriminate him he doesn't like to have
It turn up 1t Will always worry him a
little. but h,. lives in the hope that it IS
lost for good and gradually forgets it
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