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Show One en th Clerk. The women of the Yankee elate! may think they nn clever at driving bargtiliia, but the claim la mado that In tluilirle Uvea a woman without a parnllel for commercial wit. Haveral montha ngo ahe cniered a large) department de-partment atore In Now York City to buy a yard of Bilk, which the clerk told her would coal her thirty-five cent. Her purchase left a rem nant of one and oue half yarda. The) clerk auggeated lhat ahe buy th rem- I nam I "What will you take for It?" aaked I tbe Uuthrl woman. I "Twenty cents, madam," replied th I clork politely. Ij "Well, I'll lake It, but you can I keep the yard you've Just torn off." Jj Tho clerk waa etaggered for a mo. j mont, but. appreciating the humor of " Ir the propoaol, amlllngly nuulo the ea 11 change. Not the leaat merit of thla f atory la that it la true. Uitheran Ob f aervor. I |