A Quaint Shop

On one cf the up town cross screets that are nov. almost entirely given up to business thete is auanlique shop owned by a man vho is a good salesman. He deals in o lel .silver aud old jewelry and steers cloar pi furuiture. In his cases are rings that he alleges date back a thousand years or more. Some of tbem, according to the dealer, were found with Egyptian mummies and others have beeu handed down in old Scotch families. "I ameureof making a sale, " hesaid, "if I can only get a woman to look at my goods. How do I do it? Why, it's easy enough. Every wonian has old jewelry or old silver in sonie form, and I always teil customers that I will exchange new goods forold. That catones them every time. They will see something in my case that they want and after looking at it they are bound to turn up in a day or two with some old rings or some silver to exchange for it. New York is not a very good place for dealers like mysolf, however. Antique gold aud silver interest comparatively few people. For instance, take rings. There are only a few people in this city who make any pretense of collectiDg things. It is an expensive luxury, but to my mind there is nothing more attractive in the line of old jewelry than rings. In London and Paris a dealer may sel! many riugs to collectors, but here we must keep them for our own ment."-