Catoctin clarion., 1910-03-10
THE ACME
ERADICATOR
BY CORNELIUS BARRY
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.

When my girl marries don't wish
her to marry a man who il liable to
slip up ON providing. | wish her to
have husband who can make mon
ey. When ! was your age my father
gave me thousand and told me to
use 1t and my wits together. Out Of
that Thousand I've made $2OOlW. No;
l can't give you Grace. You're not
sharp enough"
But | haven't a father to give me
$1,000" said George. Il haven't fa-
ther ut all
well. George" said the other. "l'll
tell you what I'll do. I'll lend you
dollar. Come and see me at the end
of a year. and If | find you've done
we'll with il I'll lend you Il thousand.
The dollar is only to try you without
making any serious loss. The thou
sand will be to set you up. Then II
after another year you have made
your thousand grow I'll throw in
Grace. don't mean that you must
make something out Of nothing, but
you must come pretty near it,
George took the dollar and his de-
parture without making any further
remark.
"t;race." said Mr.. Skinner one day
some months after this, "a man came
into the office the other day aud sold
me Il bottle Of some stuff for getting
grease out of clothes. I've spilled
some gravy on my coat. You'll hnd
the extractor in my bedroom closet. !
wish you'd bring it and take out the
gravy"
Grace brought a box containing
white paste and small bottle. After
reading the directions for application
on the label she scraped some OF the
paste ON to the grease spot Oh her
fathers coat. poured some OF the
iuuid from the bottle on to the paste
and rubbed it with Il cloth. The mix
ture formed frothy substance. which.
Oh further application of the liquid.
was easily rubbed away. But the
grease spot remained.
1t occurred to MIR. Skinner that he
had bccn done by the man who had
sold him the grease rradicator. Moth
ing in the world irritatrd the OLD
Ccntlcmau SO much as to find Il man
sharper than himself. Acme Grease
Eradicator" he exclaimed coniempin-
ously. reading from the label. IN bet
ii is Il swind2. and if II Is III 20
for the comjany that sells it. I'll bave
Ben IumiStou alalyZe It," Humiston
was Il young chemist and MIR. Skin
nerS nephew.
A few days later the analysis came
in. 1t WAS this: Soap and water
Soap ami water. ph, | reckon |
can get few thousand for Keeping
still anyway" remarked the old gentle
man. and. sending for his lawyer, he
commissioned him to see the Acme
Grease Fradicator people and find ont
what they We're willing to give for
keeping their 50, ret The attorney
did so and reported that the company
were now using II different rradicat"r,
that they would pay nothing for So
crecy and were too rich for MIR. Skin
ner to punish. They were turning "ut
tons of their cradicaturs daily. ana it
was sold in every city, town and ham
let in the country.
A few weeks after this his daughter
reminded him that the year he had
accorded her lover to make the dollar
he had given him Sprout was about to
expire. Mr.. Skinner remarked con
temptuously that the dollar hAd doubt
I,,,, f,,r .i1rlt tns
That evening George called and ten
dercd the loaned dollar.
well. George" remarked the lender
81 confess | never expected to see 1t
again"
You said. Mr. skinner that II |
made II grow you'd lend me Il thou
sand and if made that grow you'd
give me Grace"
so did. boy. Well. what have you
done with it:'
made Il million"
"A million grains Of sand"
"A million dollars"
Without regarding Mr.. SINNERS puz-
Zled look George told his story. With
the dollar he had received he bought
two cakes Of white soap for > cents
each The soap he cut into candles
and ran wick through each candle.
Five cents more he invested in bot
tie and flied it with pure water. FIFTY
cents more went for Il table. Then he
went to circus and began to take
grease spots off the clothes of the peo-
,,In 1n h, ,b,, b.,
made himself by spillinS his candle
grease" on the clothes and on the ap-
plication of wafer resulting Soapsuds
washed II ont. Such Il demand was
made for the grease pradicator that
dozens Of boxes could have been sold
If they had been on hand to sell. But
George took partner and the next
night did Il good business"
What did you call it?" asked Mr..
Skinner eagerly.
"The Acme Grease Eradicator."
Sold" exclaimed the old man.
I'VE are now selling real eradi-
Gator on the demand worked up with
the soap and water. and million
wouldn't buy the plant and the busi-
ness"
1t took Mr.. Skinner long while to
awake from the Stupor occasiOnpd by
his wonder, a long while to realize that
George was the Acme Grease Eradi-
Gator company and still longer to real
ize that he was not dreaming. Then
he said:
George. you're razor. You may
have Grace"
A Star That Winks.
There Is IN the constellation Pegasus