The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-03-21

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| pleasure in informing you that you
are way Off What you don't know
about carpets would fill book. /"
"Bal you know all about 'em ~
Certainly. Every Intelligent
man does, especially it he is mar
red. Tlpe-try, as You ought tn
have known rol the last twenty-five
years, ranks next to Axmir ster."
at can't be-"
"Didn't | say il did? If didn't t
know why should | say soy First
comes hemp, then twoply and
three-ply ingram, and the last is
followed by Brussels, velvels, mo-
qrettes. tapestries and Axinin-
slerS. You'd better write them
down"
"Mr. Bowser you are wrong, as
| will prove to you. tapestry is
below body Brussels in grade and
price. can buy tapestry as low
as siXty-iive cents per yard"
''Oh, well, It's no use to dispute
with a bignt. You happened Ia
misspeak yourself and gel il that
way, and 50 you ae determined
10 stick it out. Wen drop the
subject D."
"Dire you meet me al the car
pei store this afternoon | de-
manded.
Dare | | should say | dare.
You can't bluff me in that way,
Mrs. BuwSer! III meet you there
al three o'clnck, and after you have
been made To sing small | hope
you will take the lesson to heart
and reap lis benefits, Bring The
measure of The 70 I'm with you"
| mel him al the hour named.
He looked at me in a plying way,
and | think he felt sorry for me
from the bottom of his heart.
ave want 10 look at some tapes
try carpet he said to the clerk as
We entered the elevator.
We were carried up two or three
flights, given seats at the windows,
and as roll after roll of carpet was
displayed The clerk snld
These are all new fall patterns
in tapestries, and The prices are
very low. can sell you any rat
tern on The floor for sixty cents"
Mr.. B0w>er's mouth gave a
witch al The lplt-hand corner, fol
lowed by a sudden contraction at
lhe right, and lie was little hoarse
as he observed:
"lf these are only sixty cents
then moquet' es can't be over
fOrtv.n
Il can sell you moqucttes as low
as $L75, bI you don't want 'em.
You want one for about 1925"
There was a spasmodic move
ment through Mr.. Bowser's entire
'ystem as he querlied:
"What is velvet worth +"
"Abonl two dollars"
"And body Brussels 2"
From a dollar up"
do you mean to tell me-" de-
manded Mr.. BOwser, as he rose,
"that tapestry is the cheapest OF
The lot ~
why, certainly"
Cheaper than velvet or mo-
quelle"
"Of course. Tapestry ranks only
one grade above ingram"
Il don't believe it! You are
certainly mistaken ~
"But | can't be. Any carpet
man in town will tell you The same.
Even your wife must Know that"
That finished Mr.. BOwser. The
last sentence also finished me. He
knew he was beaten, bnt he was
determined mol TO give in. lie
therefore swallowed the lump in
his throat anC said:
Il beg TO still differ with you.
You have gol the case turned end
Tor end, but | am too honorable to
lake advantage OF you. Ii is the
tapestry which is worth The seven
~ five instead Of the moqueltes.
Here's the pattern that suits us,
and | want eighteen yards. Make
the bill at fourteen shilling a yard"
"Very wei" /" replied the puzzled
clerk, aud the carpet was laid and
paid for on that basis, and it is
down to last until worn out. I've
had half a dozen lady friends droD
in and incidentally inquire why
we got such cheap, shabby car
pet, but they were no sooner gone
Than up bobs Mr.. Bowser, and
says:
There goes another numskull
It's mighty funny how you people
have let carpet men impose on
you for the last dozen years II
they'd tell you red was black, l
suppose you'd believe II.
Henry Ward Beecher made the
/ folloWiDp reply 10 young man