The Irish standard., 1895-11-16
JET 4 i i i s o VI POLISH.

on the iotna, dusty road With 9 some
what dreamy glow that seemed to In
vite repose IA the shade.
On tho porch Of the country store at
the "Center'' set two old and gray
! bearded men. Around . bend in the
I road beyond third old and gray-beard
cd man had Just ootne into sight. @s',H- !.
= '.He's s-comin', = said Isaac. s .5' =,
$50 he is,'' said Uriah. - " Z g ' ~ !.
The two old men turned in their chairs
]. TO watch the Others approach. As he
drew near they could see that he car
ried some round and shining object IN
his hand and that his face and clothes
were streakod with black. y = ss IT,: - {
!, Tho newcomer stopped before them
his face beaming with smiles, and with
an aar Of conscious pride held ont for
their inspection what proved to 30 9
highly-polished stove lid.
"There she Isl" he cried. ''The pref
TEST and cheapest stove polish ever in
vented. I know'd the u1innit I'd put
that taller and vinegar in the last batch
that I'd edt It," = 'r-~Ftt5"' +.
.Thunder!" exclaimed Uriah. in ad-
mlring wonder. -. = :. 8 t4'. o.. !
ut does look NICE said Isaac, blink
ing from one to the other.
"Nice!" echoed Jethro, the inventor,
scornful1y. why, it beats anything
of the kind ]. ever see. just you try
these stove polishes you git ont Of the
stores and you'll see the difference.
Why, this one shines brighter, poltshes
easier; there haint no dust about 1t,
and won't wear of for. Sit months.
Nice7 Umph!"
"Now, Jet" said Uriah, taking an ex-
ira chew Of finecut and leaning back in
his chair, "as you're the one that has
got this thing up, what's your idea of
getting It out? How has it got to be
made and soldY' >''''' '.''@%
WELL" said Jet, squaring himself
back, my idea is Just to take some Of
the stuff and go out and sell it,"
why, yes, of course, returned Uriah,
slowly, as If the idea had not occurred
to him before. "But what's it going to
cost?' -s'' q. - rs "}s
- Jet sat down on tho porch and got
down to business" In a way to excite the
admiration Of his listeners.
i've flggercd the whole thing out
and it just amounts to this: Il 1t will
cost just one cent q cake to make the
stove polish. We sell it for ten cents.
That gives us profit of twelve dollars
and ninety-six cents gross. Now.
each one Of us ought to sell q gross
every day, n1ebbe moro, but we'll put
it at one gross, to be on the safe side.
Now, say our expenses are three dollars
. day. That leaves us ton dollars day
profit, all but four cents, and that beats
farming all hollow" .st.s
s.. "Jet, old boy, we're with you!" cried
Uriah, alapping the other on the back.
"What's the first thing to be done?''
'Well, the first thing Is to order some
stuff to make up into polish, and !
thought I'd order about fifty dollars
worth. Then we must have some print
ing done"
'well, I'm going to the Forks to-mor-
row and I'll see to that" .@=s. 4.
"Then we must get some place to
make II, "fcontinued Jet.
IF my wagon shed was cleaned out
It would do first rate = said Isaac. "1'lh
attend to that"
.That's the ticketl''' (. cried Jet, ii en- !:
Enthusiastically. Il tell you, gentlemen,
we're bound to make something, out OF
this. Just to think, ten dollars day
IL nearly three hundred dollars 9
month, more money than we take IN
now in . year" I
q. ''That's TO-" aaid Isaac, rising slowly.