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Show INVESTMENT IN MOTH BALLS Hanner of Using the Preventive That Proved to Be a Signal 1 Failure. A Stato street druggist', telling of tho quaint characters whom he encounters In his business, recently said: "Lato one afternoon one of tho 'ould sod' ambled up to the counter. 'Hov yez ouythlng good to kill moths?' he asked, relates tho Chicago Record-Herald. "'Yes,' said I, 'wo havo motb balls, tho best reemdy known.' "'Give mo tin cints.' worth, thin," nays ho. "I made up tho packago, handed it to him, end ho ambled out again. I had forgotten all about my customer until about lour o'clock tho noxt aftornoon, when I was forcibly reminded of tho transaction ot tho day before. After I had waited on my customors In their turn 1 walked ovor to another counter coun-ter and was thero confronted with my moth-ball investor. Without giving mo tlmo to make an Inquiry, ho sold: " 'Are yez tho young mon that sold mo thlm things ylstiddy?' showing mo tho lomalns of about half a dozen of the white balls. "I answered In tho affirmative, and also lnqulrod what tho trouble was. " Av all tho con games I'vo run up against In mo tolmo, this batos thlm all,' he said. 'To think of onyono running run-ning n decent down-town store selling the lollies of thlm things to kill moths with, or onythlng else, for tho matter of that. They might bo nil right for playing marbles, but for klllln' moths, nlvor. I may not bo as young as yez aro, young mon, but I'm Just ns stlddy, nnd I want to toll you wan thing. If yez cun show mo tho man or woman that can throw wan of thlm balls qulclc enough to kill a moth I'll not only ate Ivlry wnn of thlm yez havo in stock, but I'll say nothing about tho picture tho ould woman nnd meself broke In tho folno little gnmo yez would hnvo us play.' " |