Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-20
CASTOr'T CLOTHING.
IT PAYS 70 SEARCH THE POCKETS
AsID The Innings.

Bills, Coins and Letters Have a Way
of Hiding Them~e1yes--lixpar
of u Wan Who Buys Discarded tar
| ments-iiints TO TIE Careless.
"One can't buy castoT clothing for
many years without meeting s4!z,a
queer experiences remarked an Old
clothes man" the other day as he fun
! bled through tne pockets OF suit
which he had Just purchased for %
cents. "Of course aon't expect to
tind anything except maybe
! some old letters. But it pays to rlln
! through the pockets and feel the lin.
! Ing. Ii Il man Who lets his wife sell
his castoT Clothes only knew what
got lost in tie lining of his coat somp-
times he wouldn't feel so easy about
parting with them. \ man sticks i'm.
portant letters in his inside coal peck
ct, and some day when he wants, them
they are not there. He hunts anal
fumes around, but the letters don't
turn up. Then lie thinks ti.eg must
have been torn up or burned, nlid lie
forgets the matter.
but llflftDl ldlt isitt'iS you Sp tudt
way generally. They turn up somc-
times to accuse II man. They find their
way between the lains OF the coat OF
vest, and we fellows get hold of them.
II l wanted to go into the black mail
ing business l could make plenty Of
money. I've fouEd letters and papers
in castoT clothing that would make
pretty startling reading for some PEG
pie. or course when we get the clothes
by hunting up the address in the di-
rectory we can locate either the writer
or the one receiving it.
81 don't think that as a rule. women
sell their husbands castoH clothing
any more without going through all
their pockets. Maybe they've got into
the habit Of searching them so that it
becomes a second nature to them. So
1t is not in the pockets we tinl things.
It's in the lining. where they have
found their way gradually.
'.You know how easy it is for small
coins to work t!l"I way through IL hole
in the lining of 4 vest and snuggie
down in the coriiei of the cloth. Well
we pick "p Qt:ite Il number oi dimes
and nt4'te's ia this Way. Usually Il
vest i, !. small silver iAine. i"@aably
the WI g! a man feels something
there nl> t!li4l;s il y ;s!fy a button o.
some stcl! !i4;fs.r Gi ;,iayije !; lie:l&.-
and she H..,,i., bother ii, trying to
it oiit. Bal I'eilnie.i don't "e.... -. i
there nearly as readily - the di:aa Go.
'.In tHe s;;:1.a way Il oil VIII ;, mix
ed up i'll the iitin-s ot tie i::@::y.e. pocket
and finally disappear. il;t i:1an prol,
ably misses five or ten dollar bill
and thinks he 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 the old
clothes man 1t doesn't escape us.
We go through every inch of the lining
and examine the corners ana inside
carefully The bills we find in the
course of day will often more than
pay us for what we have given for aE
Of the clothes.
"Many men are eXtravagant in get
ting rid of their castOf clothing. They
have so many that they become Il nui-
sance to them. Sell them to the first
| uldI1 w iIO NOtiiCS tiIOiiS 10 t1t
way for them to dispose of their USE
less belongings. II the servants don't
take them. we get a fine pick at them.
For from 80 cents to dollar yon get
suit that will When brushed. steam
ed. cleaned and pressed easily bring
So to So. The clothes are not worn
much. but just soiipd and mllssed q lit
tie The trousers are stretched Il !.ttle
so they will bag at the knees Wen
used few days at 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 a ten dollar
BILL but several times I've found tWo
and five dollar bills and one dollar bill,
BY the score. Once | found d cheek
for 500, but as that was no good to
me | returned it to the owner and re-
ceiyed a dollar reward for my honesty.
The best fnd. however. was severa.
years ago, when | discovered bunch
Of railroad coupons between the lining
and inside cloth of one of these fancy
vests | suppose | might have cashcd
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 $l00 in
bills and commended me for my hon
esty. He had missed the coupons and
had advertised for them. Later l
found that he had offered reward of
$500 for their return. You can bet /
was mad then that didn't get. more
for returning them.
AS for important letters. I might
say that they come TO us IN dreyes.
Generally we rSar 'tiicin ana chuck
them in the fire. It's the best way. IF
man has lost a letter Which would
incrminate him lie doesn't like to have
~ +rr,, ,1n IT Will alyVayc yoPl, him,