Not Afraid Of Girard

A man who had just set up in tho hardware business and who had been a clerk where the eccentric millionaire, Stephen Girard, had been in the habit of trading, applied to him for a share of his patronage. Girard bought of him, but when the bill was sent in he found fault and marked down the prices. "Cask of nails," he growled, "which I was Offered for so and so. You have charged so and so, and you must take it off." "I cannot do it," said the young merchant. "But you must do it," roared Girard. "I cannot and will not," was the final reply. Girard bolted out, apparently in a rage, but soon after sent a check for the whole bill. The young man began to icleut and say to himself : "Perhaps hewas offered them at that price, but it is all over now. I am 6orry I did not reduce the bill and gct it out of him on something else. His trado would have been worth a good deal to me." By and by, Girard camo again and gavo aim another order. The young man was very courteous and said ho was almost sorry he did not reduce tho former bill. "Redue a billl" exclaimed Girard; "had you dono it I would never trado with you again. I merely meant to see if you had cheatcd me." - Detroit Free Press. Mr. Gladstone is very methodical. Not cnly are his books arranged in tho most orderly and convenient way, but he has one desk for his private correspondence, another for public affairs, and another at wbich he conduets his historical and Ilonieric