Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-11
CASTOFF CLOTHING.
IT PAYS 70 SEARCH THE POCKETS
AND THE Innings.

0ills. Ceans and Letters Have Q way
Of Hiding The en,seIves-Ex n, experiences
of . Man Who Buys Discarded Gar
nSnts-Hints to the Careless.
Zone cant buy castoff clothing for
many years without meeting some
queer experiences" remarked an "old
clothes man" the other day as he fun
bled through tue pockets Of suit
which he had just purchased for 80
cents. "Of course don't expect to
and anything-nothing except maybe
some old letters. But it pays to run
through the pockets and feel the lin
Ing. II man who let's his wife sell
his castoff clothes only knew what
got lost in the lining Of his coat some
times he wouldn't feel 80 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. aud 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 OF
| Ii | wanted to go into the black mali
| Ing business | could make plenty Of
money I've found letters and papers
| in castof 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 a 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 it
becomes 4 second nature to them So
1t Is not in tue 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 a hole
in the lining of a vest aud Snuggle
down in the corner of the cloth. Well.
we pick up quite number of dimes
| aud nickeis in this way. Usually a
vest is small silver niue. Probably
the wife of man feels something
there and thinks 1t il only q button OF
some such thing. or maybe 4 penny.
and she won't bother in trying to tisl,
1t out But pennies don't work down
there nearly as readily as the dimes do.
In the same way bill will get mix
ed up in the lining Of the inside pocket
and finally disappear. The man prob
ably misses 4 five or ten dollar bill
and thinks he must have lost it OF
| spent it foOlishly. Tue matter escapes
| his mind, the suit IL thrown to one side
and some day it is sold to the 'os6
clothes man 1t doesn't escape us.
We go through every inch Of the lining
and examiue the corners and inside
carefully. The bills we find In the
course Of day will often more than
, pay us for what we have given for al
, OF the clothes.
MANY men are extravagant in get
ting rid of their castoff clothing. They
! have so many thar they become nE.
| 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. If the servants don't
take them. we get fiue pick at them.
For from so cents to dolar you get
a suit that will when brushed. steam
ed cleaned and pressed easily bring
So to So The clothes are not worn
much but just soilesi and mussed lit.
tie. The trousers are stretched little
80 they will bag ut the knees when
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 I ever found
In money in one coat was ten dollar
bill. but several times I've found two
aud ave dollar bills and one dollar bills
By the score. Once | found check
for 500, but as that was 40 good to
me l returned it to the owner and re.
cetved dollar reward for my honesty.
The best dud. however, was secera!
years ago, when | discovered a bunch
OF Railroad coupons DcLWccu Luc IlAlAS
aud inside cloth Of one Of these fancy
vests suppose might have caahed
the coupons and received $1,000 for
them but there was some risk to such
u proceeding So concluded to turn
them over to the owner and trust tn
bis generosity. He gave me 500 In
biIls and commended me for my hon
esty, He had missed the coupons and
had advertised tor them. Later l
found that be had offered reward Of
$500 for their return. You can bet
i, was mad then that didn't get more
Tor returning them.
GAS for important letters. might
say that they come to Us in drovea.
Generally we read them and chuck
! them In the fire It's the best way. X
man has lost letter which would
lncriminate him he doesn't like To have
1t turn up. 1t will always worry him
little but be lives In the hope that 1t ID
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