One-twelfth Of A Dozen

It is not every ono who knovvs how to ;ako advautage of the difference between Wholesale and retail prices. All up and own Broadway tho wholesale stores lisplay thesign, "No goods sold at re;ail," or the more emphatio aunotincetneut, "Pos'itively no goods at rotail. " nquiry at theso places will only bring out the assurance that everything is old by tho dozen, if tho stock be divisble in that way, bot as no ono wants a lozen hats, or a dozen neckties, or a dozen boxes of collars, or a dozen suits of clothes, the faot that the price by the dozen is abont 20 or 80 per cent less than he retail price is neither a very com'ortiug nor saving one. Tho ingenious gentlemen who are "in rade" have found ont a way to make retail purchases at wbolesalo rates aod ?e.t not transcend the commercial mie which prohibits wholesale men from engaging iu retail businuss. When these clever follows want a new necktio or ;wo, provided thero are no samples jandy, they send arouml for "one-quarter dozen cravats" of such aud snch a pattern, or two men who wear tho samo size gloves will make a pnrchase of ono sixth of a dozen, whilo it is related with mnch glee ataong the Baums and the Bergs that one smart Falesman put in a serionsly worded order for "onetwelfth of a dozen brown derby hats, extra qnality, size 1%.'" Ho got tho bat, and, moreover, he got it for $3. 27, while its retail price wonld have been $3.50.-