VOL. XII. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  -I UNE  5 , 1 8 9 5  

NO.  611

M.  R.  ALDEN* ÆSEN  & 
Choice Creamery and  Dairy  Butter  W HOleS^-Ie  PrOQUCC

A  SPECIALTY

N orthern Trade supplied at  Lowest  Market  P ric! s.  We tiuv on track at point of 

shipm ent, or receive on consignm ent.  PHONE  1300.

93  and  95  South  Division  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

S W B B P S  HOTEL

MARTIN  L.  SWEET,  Proprietor.

HENRY  D. and  FRANK  H.  IRISH, JTgrs.

Steam h e it  in  every  room.  Electric  fire  alarm s  throughout  the  house.  Othei 

im provem ents  and  decorations  will  soon  m ake  it  the  best  hotel  in  Michigan.

S P E C I F Y   D A IS Y   B R A N D

is THE BEST

Pri

A T a n g el, 
C a r r o t ,  
S u g a r  B e e t ,   R u t a b a g a ,
es guaranteed as Low  as any  Responsible House in  the Seed Trade.

'T u r n ip ,

V S e e d s ,  

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Summer
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tfs.such as

MFD.  BY  A.W.J>ODCE,,

For  Sale  by  all  Jobbers  of  G roceries,  H ardw are  and  W oodenware.

Absolute 

Tea! !

:  THE  ACKNOWLEDGED  LEADER !
!  TELFER  SPICE  CO.,

SOLD  ONLY  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  Mich.

T h e r e   a r e   t h o u s a n d s   of S I G N A L S ,  
b u t   n o n e   so  g o o d   a s   t h e

“SIGNAL  FIVE”

A  Fine  Havana  Filler  Cigar  for  5  cents.
E.  BUSHn.AN,
523 John St.,  KALAMAZOO

F- E-BUSHnAN' A£en*’

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Hen  Dip 
Vermicide  (S)
D isinfectant  V-C

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A  Valuable 
Poin ter !

IT  V A N IS H E S   IN  S M O K E  

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For  $35-\  C .C ^

A   GOOD  T H IN G   F O R  
4th O F  J U L Y  OR  A N Y  
O T H E R   D A Y

Ask  your  G rand  Rapids  Traveling  Men 
about it.

WE  TRADE  EXTENSIVELY  IN

FARM  
S E  EU S

Millet,  Hungarian, 
Buckwheat,  Seed  Corn, 
Fodder  Corn,  Seed  Beans, 
Clover,  Timothy, and  Grass 
Seeds  of  every  description.

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  GO.

Seed Farmers, Merchants and Importers, 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

■îlilftïHf

Autzhatic Water Smc.

For THf Bon.FR AN;D: Engine  Arc TMS ENG N 

85,000  PKNHFRTHY ArTOMATK’ INJECTORS in tlfs*1, triviiur !.» 
ami  t »si Cup
P E N B E R T H Y   I N J E C T O R   C O .

tinder a  .! conditions  O ar J«-t 
S e«o fCR 
C«T«LOet(E. 

BRANCH  F.CTORY  <7 W INDSOR, ONT.

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W i r e   a n d  

I r o n   F e n c e s

BANK  AND  OFFICE  RAILING,  STABLE  FIX- 
T IR E S ,  W INDOW  GUARDS,  FIRE  ESCAPES,
WIRE  SIGNS,  Etc.  State  your w ants and send 
fo r Catalogue.

Heating  —  Plumbing

----------------IN  THE  LINE  OF----------------

Steam .  Hot  W ater or  Hot Air. 

IN  ALL  ITS  PARTS.

S h e e t   A le ta l  W ork

M>  FIRM  iN  [H E  STATE  HAS  BETTER  FACILITIES  OR  REPUTATION.  OUR

WoOi>  MAN f e l  o r a t e ,  g a s   a n d  e l e c t r ic   f ix t u r e   d e p a r t m e n t

is  pronounced  th e  FINEST  IN  THE  COUNTRY,  E a st  or  W est.

WEATHERLY  &  PULTE,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

C O Ä G R E S S

C ongress  C igars
CHOICEST AND HIGHEST GRADE  HAVANA TOBACCO

ARE  MADE  BY  THE  BEST  CUBAN  WORKMEN  FROH  THE

T h i s   B r a n d   of  C i g a r s   is  a  d e c i d e d   s u c c e ss .  T r y   t h e m .   S e n d   a 

s a m p l e   o r d e r   to  a n y   of t h e   f o l l o w i n g   J o b b e r s :
Hazeltine 
Ball-Barnkart  Putman  Co. 
Lemon  Wheeler Co.
Mussel man  Grocer Co. 
I.  M.  Clark  Grocery Co.
Putnam  Candy Co.

Perkins  Drug Co 

Judson Grocer Co. 

Olney 
W orden  Grocer Co.
A.  E.  Brooks & Co

MICHIGAN  B it   AND  LUMBER  CO.,

C1GA. HS

CEUli

Yes,  a  startling  advance,  and  it  is one of the signs  of 
and  factors in  returning  general  prosperity. 
It  means 
better  business,  larger  profits.  Your  customers  will 
want the  best  brands of  Flour, and we make the VERY 
BEST  ON  EA RTH .  W rite us for prices.

BRANDS- S u  nliffht,  Michigan,  Electric,  Purity,  Magnolia, 

Daisy,  Morning Star,  Idlewild,  Diamond.

SPECIALTIES— Graham Flour,  Wheatena Flour,  Buckwheat  Flour,  Rye 
Flour,  Rye  Meal, Pearl  Barley,  Wheat Grits, Rolled Oats,  Bolted  Meal, 
Feed  (Corn and  Oats),  Meal, Mill  Feed.

WALSH-DE  R00  MILLING  CO.,  " if “

GRAND RAPIDS, 

MICH.

18 and 19 Widdicomb  Bid.

N .  B.  C l a r k ,  Pres.
W .  D.  W a d e ,  Vice-Pres.
C.  U.  Cl a r k ,  Sec’y  and  Treas.

We  are  now  ready  to make 
contracts for bark  for  the  sea­
son of 1895.

T anglefoot “Hi [>
SEALED  STICKY  FLY  PAPER

YOUR  CUSTOMERS  WILL  ALL  PREFER  IT.

Correspondence Solicited.

Order th e   la rg e s t  q u a n tity  you can use and get the 

BEST  DISCOUNT.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL  JOBBERS.

PRICES  FOR  THE  REGULAR  SIZE. 

Per Box.............................. 38 cents  Per Case................................... §3  40 
In 5 Case lots,  per  case.........$3  30 
In  10 Case lots,  per case........  3  20 

j 

If  you  are  particular about  your  STICKY  FLY 

PAPER,  specify

TANGLEIOO T

5 «   x 9 inches.
..

dows and Fine Rooms.
a  case.

Particularly  adapted  for  Show  Win
25 Double Sheets in a Box,  15 Boxes ii 
Retails for 25 cents a box.
Costs §1.75 per case.
Profit  nearly  115  per cent.
Will  be a  Good  Seller.

Y o u r  C u s to m e r s   .  .  .

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of the KewYo r"k

insist upon having the brands of

Condensed

prepared  by  the

N e w   Y o r k   C o n d e n s e d   M i l k   C o m p a n y .

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-’'annE signature.

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ill  W/H  Y P   Because the  reliability  of them  is  unquestioned  j 
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and the purchase of same results satisfaetorilv

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It isn’t easy nor profitable to substitute 
inferior or unknown brands for

S T A P L E   G O O D S . 

D ° nj r y   lL

IT  HAS  NO  EQUAL. 

See  Price  Columns.

Also  m anufacturers 
of the

Crown,  Daisy,
Champion,
Magnolia,
Challenge  and  Dime

.  .  .  Brands of

C O N D E N S E D  
M I L K ,

• . . AND...

Borden's  Peerless
and...
Columbian

.  .  •  Brands of

E V A P O R A T E D
C R E A M .

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Commercial 
Credit  Co., Limited.

Reports  on  individuals for  the  retail  trade, 
house renters and professional m en.  Also Local 
A gents  F urn.  Com.  Agency  Co.’s  “Red  Book.” 
Collections handled fo r members. Phones 166-1030 

6 s  MONROE  ST.,  ORAND  RAPIDS.

INSURANCE  CO.

Organized

1881

Detroit,  Mich

PROM PT« 

CO N8IRV A TIV B, 

J .  W.  CHAMPLIN,  Pres.

W.  FRED  McBAIN, Sec.

J.  BRECHTING,  A r c h it e c t ,

79 W onderly  Building, G r a n d   Rapids. 

Correspond  nee solicited from 
parties who intend to build.

SMITH-HILL  ELEVATORS

Electric,  Steam   and  Hand  Power. 
PRICES  LOW.  HECHANISM  SIMPLE*
NOT  LIABLE  TO  OET  OUT  OF  REPAIR.

Call and  see  me  or  telephone  1120  and  1  will 
accom pany enquirer  to dozens of local  users  of 
o u r elevators. 

J.  C.  ftULBERRY,  Agent. 
K ortlander Building, G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

Makes a Specialty o f acting as

Executor of  Wills, 
Administrator of  Estates, 
Guardian of  Jlinors  and  In­

competent  Persons, 

Trustee  or  Agent

In  the m anagem ent of any  business  w hich  may 
be entrusted to it.

Any  inform ation  desired  w ill  be  cheerfully 

furnished.
Lewis  H.  Withey,  Pres.

Anton  Q.  Hodenpyl,  Sec’y.

5 AND 7  PEARL STREET.

The  Drug  Market.

Acids—Citric continues  seasonably ac­
tive and firm,  the firmness  being  largely 
due  to  the  strong position of the article 
abroad.  Tartaric  is  also  firm  under  a

MICHIGAN  K .  O F   G.

Quarterly  Meeting:  of  the Board of Di­

rectors  at  Lansing:.

At  the  regular  quarterly  meeting  of 
the Board of Directors, Michigan Knights 
of the  Grip, held  at  the  Hudson House, 
at Lansing, June 1, the following gentle­
men  were  present:  Directors  Peake, 
Wood, Tyler,  Hammill;  President  Jack- 
lin and Secretary Owen.
President Owen presented his financial 
report for the quarter, showing  total  re­
ceipts in the general fund of  $303.45,  all 
of which  had  been  turned  over  to  the 
Treasurer. 
In  the  death  fund  the  re­
ceipts were  $334,  all  of which had been 
turned over  to  the  Treasurer.  The  re­
port was approved by the  Finance  Com­
mittee  and  was  accepted,  adopted  and 
placed on  file.
Treasurer  Frost  presented  his second 
quarterly report, as follows:
GENERAL  f u n d .

B alance on h and  M arch  2.................... $432 63
Received  from   S ecretary.....................   296 45
Total  receipts.................................... #729 08

D isbursem ents,  ch’ks  Nos.  149-159 

$427  30
Balance on h a n d ....................................  $30178

DEATH  f u n d .

• 
Balance on hand M arch 2.................... *1550 45
Received from   S ecretary....................  334 00
I n te r e s t....................................................  
n  41
Total  receipts...................................*1895 86

P aid Mrs.  M attie S heriff..*500 00
Paid  Mrs. S ophia L.  M iller  500  00 

*1000 00
Balance on h a n d ..................................... * 895 86
This report agreed in every  particular 
with that of the Secretary  and  took  the 
same course.
Five proofs  of  death  were  Dresented 
and  approved  as  follows:  Fred Miller, 
Detroit;  N.  L.  Reed,  Kalamazoo;  Ellen 
M.  Raleigh,  Lansing;  N.  L.  Bouton, 
Pentwater;  Theo. 
Schultze,  Grand 
Rapids.
The claim  presented  by  the  heirs  of 
J. P.  Cawley, of Detroit, was  disallowed 
on  the  ground  that  deceased  had  per­
mitted his insurance to lapse by the non­
payment  of  assessments  No.  1  and  2. 
The only director voting in  the  negative 
of this  question  was  President  Jacklin, 
and that gentleman was requested by the 
Board to call on Mrs. Cawley and inform 
her of the action of the Board.
John C. Saunders  and  J.  A.  Weston, 
of  Lansing,  were  accorded  a  vote  of 
thanks for their effective work in procur­
ing new members for the Association.
A complaint was filed  by  A.  W.  Ryer- 
son against the proprietor  of  the  Samp­
son House,  at  Norway,  for  conduct  un­
becoming a  gentleman  and  a  landlord. 
Referred to the Hotel Committee.
The Secretary was  instructed  to  issue 
notices  of  assessment  No.  3  for  1895 
for $2.
The following  bills  were  allowed,  on 
the recommendation of the Finance Com­
mittee:
radesm an  Com pany....................................... «¡28
H erald of Commerce  P rin tin g  C o.. . . . . . . .   6
D avidJForbes....................................................'  43
Geo. F. Owen, salary account.........................  51
Geo. F.  Owen, express charges..................”
R.  W. Jacklin, attendance board m eetings .  7 
John R.  W ood,attendance board m eetings.  5 
Geo.  F. Owen, attendance board m eetings.  5 
*.  F.  Peake, attendance board m eetings...  3 
.  M.  Tyler,  attendance board m eetings...  4
The Board then  adjourned  and  call« 
upon Governor Rich,  by  appointment, t 
to  sign  the  Donovan  inte 
urge  him 
changeable mileage  book bill.
The next meeting of the Board will  b 
held  at  the  Hudson  House,  Lansin; 
Ge o .  F.  O w e n ,  Sec’y.
Sept.  6. 

similar influence and manufacturers have 
further advanced their quotations.

Alcohol»—The market has sustained an 

advance of 2c per gal.

Balsams—There  have  been  further ar­
rivals of copaiba,  which  remain  unsold, 
and  prices  from  first  han ds  are  again 
somewhat depressed;  in  a  jobbing  way, 
however,  prices are  maintained  under  a 
good consuming demand.  Tolu is  rather 
unsettled  and 
irregular;  an  increased 
demand has had a tendency to strengthen 
holders’ views.

Cocaine—Large shipments of  crude  to 
Hamburg have had a depressing effect on 
the markets,  and circulars have  been  is­
sued  announcing  a  decline  of  50  cents 
per ounce.

Cod  Liver  Oil—Has  continued  active 
during  the  week  with  prices  steadily 
hardening.  The  markets abroad are de­
cidedly stronger  and  sellers  in  Norway 
are not inclined to  offer  further  parcels 
at present.

Cream  Tartar—Is  ruling strong owing 
to the continued high cost  of  crude  ma­
terial,  and  manufacturers  have  further 
advanced  their quotations.

Cuttle  Fish  Bone—Is  in  much  better 
position,  and  prime  Trieste  is  steadily 
held with an active inquiry  from the con­
suming trade.

Dragons Blood—The  market  is  better 
supplied  with reeds,  and  prices have  de­
clined.

Gums—Asafetida is in  fairly  good  de­
mand,  but at  easier  prices.  Camphor is 
unsettled;  domestic  refiners and  import­
ers of foreign are  selling  sparingly,  not 
desiring to force business, in view of con­
tinued  strong advices  from  abroad.  On 
the  other  hand,  dealers  who are receiv­
ing goods on  contracts  at  the  compara­
tively  low  prices  ruling  three  months 
ago are inclined to realize  on  their  sur­
plus  stock.  The  position  of the article 
is considered to be  much  stronger  than 
early  in  the  season,  and  a  further  ad­
vance  is  expected  when  second  hands 
have disposed of their  offerings.  Chicle 
has declined,  and  there is  no demand  of 
consequence  and  the tone of the market 
is easy.

Leaves—Stocks of desirable  grades  of 
short bnchu are steadily diminishing,  and 
prices are ruling strong.  Coca  continue 
to  reflect  an  easier  tendency  under  the 
influence  of  increased  prospective  re-
ceipts.  Medium  grades  of  Tinnevelly 
senna continue to harden.  Supplies are 
not equal  to  the  demand,  and  extreme 
scarcity  is  anticipated  before  the  new 
crop is available.

Morphine—Is  quiet at the decline, and 
a  moderate  business  is  reported  in do­
mestic.

Opium—There  has  been  rather  more 
doing in single cases,  but there is no  ma­
terial change in the general  condition  of 
the market.

Quicksilver—A 

further  advance 

is 
cabled  from  London.  The market here 
is correspondingly higher and  most  sell­
ers have advanced.

Quinine—Firm, owing to higher  prices 

abroad for both bark and powder.

Roots—Shipments  of  ginger  from Ja­
maica  have  almost  ceased,  and  as  the 
seasonable demand is  very  good,  prices 
show a stronger tendency.

Seeds—The improvement  in  canary  is 
maintained  and  some  varieties  show  a 
further  advance.  Coriander  is  offering 
more freely.

Sponges—Very  little  has  been  heard 
from the vessels which  left  the  various 
ports for the fishing grounds; a few came 
in  at  Key  West  recently,  but  brought 
only small lots—in all about  $500  worth 
—and  they  were  quickly disposed of at 
very  high  prices.  During  the  coming 
month,  more  definite  reports  are  ex­
pected.

The  Hardware  Market.

General trade continues good and  buy­
ers are supplying their  wants with great 
freedom. 
It is  generally  felt  that  low 
prices have been reached  and  that  from 
now on,  we may  look for  advances in all 
lines of  hardware.  Jobbers  report  that 
the same condition  exists  among  manu­
facturers.  Quotations  are  being  with­
drawn and prices are quoted  “subject  to 
change  without notice.”  This  indicates 
a certain degree  of  confidence in the sit­
uation,  which  leads  to  the  belief that, 
for the present,  prices  will  not  be  any 
lower.

Wire Nails—The market  is  very  firm 
and  all  mills  are  working  in  harmony 
on  a  much  higher  basis  than  formerly 
prevailed.  All  quotations  are based on 
Pittsburg  freight.  We  quote 
to-day 
$1.30 rates f. o.  b.  mill  and  $1.45  from 
stock,  with  every  prospect  of  higher 
prices from stock shipments.

Barbed  Wire—Firm  and  advancing. 
All mills have  withdrawn the low  prices 
made and are quoting from  mill  as  fol­
lows:
P ainted.....................................................................  1 go
G alvanized.............................................................. *i 95
No.  9,  plain .............................................................  1 25
No.  9,  galvanized...............................................  1  60
The advance in raw  material,  as  well 
as  the  advance  in  all  kinds  of  labor, 
gives one confidence that the  figures will 
be maintained for this season.

Screen Doors  and  Windows—In  great 
demand and prices  are  firm.  Stocks  in 
jobbers hands are yet  complete,  but will 
not remain so long,  if the  demand  keeps 
up.

Other lines of hardware have advanced 
materially.  We  quote  the  present  dis­
count and price on a few lines:
G alvanized Iron  ................................ 
75 per cent.
Strap and T h in g e s...................................... 
B ar Iro n ................................................  1  50 per  bar
W indow glass  .....................................85-15 per cent.
Sisal Rope.............................................  
There  has  been  no  change  in  wire 

5 c

cloth or poultry netting.

Patent  Attorney  I.  J.  Cilley,  of  74 
Monroe  street,  answered  us: 
“Well, 
yes!  Business is  good.  When  there  is 
little to do  mechanics  mnst  think, and, 
thinking,  must  get  their  ideas  secured, 
and Uncle Sam’s patent office is  the  best 
place in the world to do it.”

A.  D.  Watson,  inventor  of  the  Mil­
waukee frog blocking for railway tracks, 
is exhibiting models of his device  at  the 
cigar store of B. J.  Reynolds.

65 per cent.

2

TETE  M CHIGAN  TRADESMAN1.

I

Business  is  a  broad  term. 

T h e  H u m an izing-  I n flu e n c e s  o f  B u sin e s s.
My theme,  “Some of  the  Humanizing 
Influences  of  Business,”  is  one to fill a 
volume,  for  justice  cannot  be  done  it 
in  a  short  time. 
It  is  one to command 
the efforts of  an  orator  rather  than  be 
talked at by an amateur.  The subject is 
one,  however,  upon  which  I  have  pro­
found  convictions,  for  I  firmly  believe 
that the general  trend  of  modern  busi­
ness is for good rather than for evil,  that 
in  its  various  details  it  is  humanizing 
rather  than  the reverse.  Humanity has 
made great progress in  the  centuries  of 
which  we have the history,  in all that is 
civilizing and enlightening  and  refining, 
and in  many  respects  the  chauges  that 
have  been  wrought in  the business field 
are a most  excellent  gauge  and  record. 
A single quotation,  like a flash  of  light, 
affords a conception of  what has been ac­
complished in this  regard:
“Once  war  was  business,  but  now 
business is war.”
Once the only business of the  world,  if 
we may believe what  has  been  written, 
was  the  business  of  war  and  pillage. 
But out of the more  humble  arts  always 
necessafy to man’s  welfare  have  grown 
great modern industries,  while  the  prin­
cipal war of the present period is the ag­
gressiveness of business interests.  Wars 
of the other sort,  it is true, we sometimes 
have as well,  but they are much  less fre­
quent than formerly and business,  in  its 
collective interests, exercises an  ever-in­
creasing restraint.  When  business  pro­
tests  against  a  war  nowadays,  govern­
ments  somehow  get  along  by  manage­
ment  through  the  diplomatic  bureaus. 
It is the exception that  proves  the  rule; 
business  sometimes  demands  a  war,  as 
witness  many  of  the  smaller  wars  of 
Great  Britain.  Again, 
the  principal 
fruits of wars of late are the  commercial 
advantages  gained,  as  witness  the  con­
clusion  of  the strife between Japan  and 
China.
It  means 
It means  occupation. 
that which we do. 
It means commerce and manufacture.  It 
includes banking,  transportation,  insur­
ance,  mining, etc. 
In the sense of occu­
pation  it  is  inclusive—but  it  matters 
little for the purpose of our argument  in 
what particular sense  we  take  it.  The 
evidences of  its  elevating  influence  are 
found everywhere.
To humanize  has  been  defined  as  fol­
lows:  To  civilize;  to  subdue  disposi­
tions to cruelty; to render susceptible  of 
kind  feelings.  Taking  the  first  defini­
tion,  “to civilize,”  which really embraces 
all the others,  we  have  as  the  meaning 
conveyed  by it: to reclaim from a savage 
state; to educate; to refine.  What  we are 
seeking,  then,  when  searching  for  some 
of the humanizing influences of business, 
is evidence of business serving to reclaim 
from a lower condition;  of  business  be­
ing an educator,  and of business  refining 
and purifying the world.
We have but to open our eyes,  let  our 
faces be turned which way  they  may,  to 
see  abundant  evidence  of  the good that 
business  is  doing  for  humanity.  What 
are the virtues that it does  not  promote? 
Consider these:  industry,  thrift,  frugal­
ity,  temperance,  truthfulness,  honesty, 
integrity,  morality,  fortitude,  prudeuce, 
courage,  patience,  justice,  forbearance, 
charity,  mercy.  Each and  all  of  these, 
as  well as others that  will  occur  to  the 
thoughtful  mind,  are  constautiy  in  play 
in modern  business, and whatever brauch 
of business  fails  to  recognize  or  regard 
even the least of these finds no respect in 
the community. 
It is  something  that  is 
sure  to  be  replaced  in  due  cour.-e  by 
another on  a higher and better plane.
Modern business prides itself  upon  its 
respectability and the esteem with which 
it is regarded by the best  element  in  the 
community.  To  be  respectable  a  busi­
ness nowadays must also  be  the  abiding 
place of all the virtues.
It may be urged by those who see noth -! 
ing in  business but the lust of wealth,  or 
a  means  to  an  end,  regardless  of  the 
character of the means,  that  the  virtues 
are  simply  affected  by  business  as  a 
means to an end, and  not  from  devotion 
to a principle.
We may admit all  this,  and  yet  make 
our point that  business promotes the vir-|
A ddress by A. O.  K ittredge  before  the  Insti  I 

tuea  to  the  benefit  of  mankind,  borne- 
times good follows  from  a  force  put  in 
motion  even  though  the  motive  that 
started the force  did  not  specially  seek 
that good.  Examples  can  be  found  al­
most  without  number,  but  a  very  few 
must suffice.  We sometimes regard tem­
perance as merely a  moral question  hav­
ing no  business  aspect.  We  sometimes 
go so far as to consider  its  advocacy the 
special  work of fanatics and  cranks,  and 
yet,  in illustration,  remember  what  has 
been  done  in  certain  sections  of 
the 
South.  Stringent temperance laws have 
been passed  by voters who  are  not  tem­
perance men in the usual  acceptation  of 
the  term,  but  who  for business, reasons 
have sought the  regulation of the  liquor 
traffic by law.  They have been influenced 
to do this by reason of the  menace to  all 
business interests of an  ignorant class at 
times inflamed by strong drink. 
In  this 
case,  then,  business has influenced légis­
lation  for the good  of  the  general  com­
munity.
Take the case of  a  large  manufactu.- 
ing  institution  which  was  induced 
to 
move to the neighborhood  of a large and 
growing city,  where  exceptional  oppor­
tunities  and  advantages  were  to be se­
cured.  Several hundred  men  were  em­
ployed  and  a  part  of the scheme was  a 
homestead plan by which workmen could 
secure houses  aud  garden  spots  at  low 
prices  and  upon  very  favorable  terms. 
After every required  condition had been 
complied  with  by  the  promoters of  the 
change, one more stipulation  was  made, 
aud that was that  restrictions  should  be 
put upon  all  the  property  involved,  in 
the deeds that  were to  pass,  so  that  no 
saloon could ever be established  upon it, 
nor  yet  within  one-haif  mile  from  its 
boundary  lines.  The  men  making  this 
condition  were actuated by  business rea­
sons solely.  They were  not  temperance 
men,  so-called, so  far,  at  least,  as  their 
own habits of living were in evidence,  but 
to get about  them  and  maintain  around 
them sober men they made the provisions 
described.
Business men may employ their  funds 
in  promoting  a  cnarity  in a  way to ad­
vertise  their  enterprise;  still  the  ben­
eficiaries are helped  just the same to the 
amount of the dollars subscribed.
But it is not always  an  unworthy  mo­
tive that brings the  virtues into business 
notice.  Men quickened  by  business  in­
terests  aud  brought  by  business  into 
sympathetic  contact  with  the  world  at 
large  are  ever foremost  in  responses  to 
calls of distress  and  suffering.  Witness 
what the business men of New York have 
done in days past, in shiploads of food to 
famine stricken Ireland;  in  vast sums of 
money  tor the yellow  lever  sufferers  in 
the ¡South;  in liberal  subscriptions to re­
lief luuds for the  victims  oi  forest  and 
prairie fires;  in relieving  distress among 
the worthy  poor iu the months following 
the panic,  and in contributions to organ 
ized charities everywhere.
Too many of us aie prone to look upon 
the dark side of business, upon the tricks 
and snares,  lorgeltiug  that  poor human­
ity—full of faults at  best—betrays  some 
of its weaknesses in whatever it attempts 
to  do.  We  think  of  banking  reflected 
from the character of a Shy lock.  We re­
member the small berries or  potatoes al­
ways at the bottom  of  the  basket^  with 
the larger ones on  top. 
¡Short  measures 
come to mind;  sand in the  sugar is  men­
tioned;  beans  in  the  coffee,  and  light 
weight in  the  scales  are  frequently  al­
luded to.  These,  however,  are incidents, 
not regular features of  busiuess.  These 
are the marked  exceptions to recognized 
business rules—not  the  practice  that  is 
approved,  and the very scorn  with which 
they are referred to shows  the  real  con­
ception  of  busiuess  in  the public mind, 
it is something honorable, not something 
essentially tricky.
if  he  who  makes  two blades of grass 
grow where but one grew  before is a ben­
efactor of his race,  then,  iudeed,  is  the 
man who establishes a factory,  or builds 
a railroad, or opens a mine,  thus  giving 
employment  to  those  unable to provide 
work  for themselves,  a  benefactor of his 
fellows, and  the  result  of  his  work  is 
humanizing.  The  world  is  better  for 
what he does,  although his action is only 
a business  enterprise.
Men are always benefited by discipline.

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Some  men  require  rigid  discipline  to 
keep  them  out  of  mischief  and  make 
good citizens of  them.  What better dis­
ciplinarian is there than regular employ­
ment in some business pursuit?  Many a 
boy wild in  his habits,  and ungovernable 
at home,  has been made  a  sober,  indus­
trious  man,  a  good  neighbor  and  a 
thoughtful citizen simply by the restrain­
ing and tempering influences of business 
exercised through an apprenticeship.

Business spreads science and makes its 
wonders  known  where  else  would  be 
primitive darkness.  Business carries the 
useful arts  to  benighted  regions.  Busi­
ness  is  an  educator,  specifically as well 
as  in  general,  as  witness  the 
trade 
schools and training schools in many dif­
ferent  branches.  Business  so  works 
upon the minds of the  men  who  devote 
their  lives  to  it,  influencing them to  do 
something  for  their  fellow  creatures, 
that in many cases they leave their accu­
mulations by will, not to  go  forward  in 
business alone, thus continuing the good 
begun  under  their  management,  but  in 
part to found  schools  or  libraries, or  as 
endowments to large undertakings in the 
interest  of  the  public weal.  Examples 
in  great  numbers  could  be  cited.  So 
numerous indeed are  they that  it  is  the 
exception at the present day to hear of  a 
very  wealthy  man,  in  this  country  at 
least,  who has not done something of the 
kind.  Kight here  in our midst we  have, 
among other  conspicuous  examples,  the 
Astor  Library,  the  Lenox  Library,  the 
Tilden  Library,  Peter  Cooper’s  great 
monument, the Cooper  Union,  the  New 
York Trade Schools founded by  Richard 
Auchmutty,  deceased,  and  subsequently 
endowed  by  J.  Pierpont  Morgan,  who, 
happily,  yet  lives  to  witness  the  good 
work his money is  doing.  There  is  the 
Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, the Wharton 
School of Finance and Economy, in Phil­
adelphia,  the  Carnegie  Music  Hall  in 
New York,  and the Carnegie Libraries in 
Pittsburg and other  towns,  the  Lick tel­
escope,  and the  Stanford  University  on 
the Pacific coast.
The list might be prolonged to include 
hundreds of similar instances  of  good to 
the  world  flowing  from  the  hearts  of 
business men, influenced  by  the  love  of 
humanity  which  has  been  fostered  by 
contact in  business  pursuits,  and  made 
possible by the fruits  of  honorable  and 
successful business careers.
Whatever cheapens a supply in demand 
by the people at  large  benefits  and  ele­
vates the race.  To  be exhaustive in  ex­
amples would be to cite the whole history 
of business.  Look at  the  progress of il­
lumination.  The oil lamp  and  torch  of 
classic 
the  lamp 
burning  whale  oil;  the  kerosene  lamp; 
gas,  and  electricity!  Each  of  these 
steps marks a business epoch,  and  what­
ever we have to-day better  than  the  an­
cients  had  is  to  the  credit  of business, 
for  men  developed  each  of  these  im­
provements while  following  their  busi­
ness  callings.  Take  it  in  the  field  of 
transportation,  restricting  our  view  to 
what  the  present  generation  has  seen: 
the  sailing vessel  and  the  steamship— 
the  Atlantic  liner;  the  old  stage coach 
and the modern express train of Pullman 
and  Wagner  cars;  the  transferrence  of 
goods in wagons over country  roads  and 
the freight express on steam  cars  of  the 
present day.  Take it in apparel:  the old 
domestic hand  loom and the modern  mill 
of  thousands  of  spindles;  hand  sewing 
and the  sewing  machine;  shoes  clumsy, 
heavy,  and dear because hand made,  and 
shoes  of  to-day,  neat,  comfortable  and 
cheap because factories have been called 
into play.  Take it in the conveyance  of 
intelligence:  the  personal  messenger  of 
ancient times and the letter  in  the  Gov­
ernment  mail  of  to-day;  a written com­
munication and relays of horses to hurry 
the message bearer forward and the tele­
graph and telephone of  to-day;  the  slow 
progress of the  mails  across  the  ocean, 
even  with  the  swiftest  boats,  and  the 
submarine cable conveying  by  the  elec­
tric spark.  Take it in literature:  only  a 
little while ago the order  of the day was 
few  books  and  a  small number of edu­
cated men;  the present  is the day of  the 
printing press,  with a  library  for  every 
man,  and all liberally  educated;  former­
ly it was town criers  and  village gossips 
for the spread of news among the people;

the  candle; 

times; 

now it is the  modern  newspaper.  Each 
and  all  of  these  are  distinct  business 
triumphs,  and  are  cited  in  evidence  of 
what  business has done toward elevating 
humanity  and  advancing  the  general 
good.
If we take it in any  other  field of nec­
essaries of life we find the same contrast. 
Machinery has superseded hand  labor  to 
the advantage of all;  the workman of to­
day has more creature comforts than  the 
king of only a short time ago.
In  luxuries  and  the  extreme  refine­
ments  of  life  the  contrast  is the same. 
All  this advance aud the humanizing and 
civilizing of  the  human  race  are to the 
credit of business.
Business  has  ever  been  foremost  in 
discovery,  in  exploitation,  in  promoting 
inventions  and  improvements,  and  in 
carrying the benefits of  trade—the inter­
change of commodities  into new parts of 
the world.
Let us consider  some  of  the  negative 
arguments.  When we establish reforma­
tories  we  straightway  begin 
to  teach 
trades and occupations.  To be an  “hon­
est”  and  reputable  citizen  a  man  must 
have  a  calling—a  business.  This  is  a 
tacit admission  that  business—using the 
term now  in  its  broadest  sense—is  the 
conservator of good  habits.  He  is  ben­
efited  by  learning  to produce, or to add 
the ffclue of labor  to  some  material,  or 
by doing  something  to  add  comforts  to 
what,  left unaided,  would be a cheerless 
existence.  Business serves a  good  pur­
pose as a corrector of bad habits,  as well 
as a conservator of good habits.
Let us think of  business for a moment 
I  would  not  de­
in a missionary sense. 
tract one iota from the  «redit that is due 
the  school  and  the  church. 
I  do  not 
forget the devotion and disinterestedness 
of missionaries and other  teachers,  but 1 
feel,  as a student of business,  that  busi­
ness as a force  for  good  often  has  less 
credit in comparison than is its just due.
Business  as  a  means  to  the end,  the 
elevation of mankind, is  in  constant  re­
quirement  by  the  teacher  and the  mis­
sionary.  No preacher ever  sent  to  con­
vert the heathen has  succeeded  in  mak­
ing consistent Christians out of them un­
til  he  has  instructed  them  slightly  at 
least  in  the  arts of civilization.  Along 
with the bible—and  sometimes as an  in­
troductory primer to the  good  book—he 
teaches  the  savage  the trade of a house 
builder,  or of a clothier, or of  a  farmer, 
or  perhaps  a  little  of each,  and enjoins 
upon him a proper  respect for the rights 
of his fellowmen.  He is to buy what  he 
needs beyond his own ability to produce, 
and not to steal.  He is  to  sell  his  sur­
plus  for the benefit  of  his  fellows,  and 
not to hoard or squander. 
In  short,  his 
first lessons in  the  virtues  are  business 
lessons-
The home missionary on the  East  Side 
in this city begins by  giving  his  pupils 
proper  business 
They  are 
taught  to  read  and  write, to be carpen­
ters and seamstresses, to  earn  money,  to 
expend It wisely,  to  husband  their  sav­
ings,  and to get  into  honorable  business 
connections.  Business is the  best means 
by which to attain the end in view—good 
citizenship.
There  is  very little in the world after 
all save business.  The occupations open 
to a young man to-day  include  the  pro­
fessions—law,  medicine  and  the  minis­
try.  Beyond these are the  army,  litera­
ture, teaching.  About all the rest,  in the 
estimation  of  the  average  man, is  em­
braced  in one great class—business.  Us­
ing  the  term  in  its  broadest  meaning, 
however,  and working  backward  in  the 
list,  we  find  it  is  all  business, for cer 
tainly there is the  business  of  teaching, 
the business  of  literature,  the  business 
of the  taw, and the business of medicine, 
because  the professional or literary  man 
who has not business tact  and  judgment 
is at a great  disadvantage  in  this  busi­
ness  world,  in  which  he  is  required  to 
live.
Without disrespect we  may  even  talk 
of the business of the ministry, and  go  a 
step  further and say,  with all reverence, 
that  no  church  ever  accomplishes  the 
greatest possible good  unless  its  affairs 
are  administered  upon  business  princi­
ples.
It  would  seem  then that business per- 

lessons. 

(Continued on page 6.)

T h r e e   T h i n g s  

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A r e   C o m i n g  I 

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1.  H O T   W B A T H B R

01  all  the  past  and  by-gone  advertising  fakes,  none  hold 

their own  with  the ever-present

P I C T U R E   C A R D .

Other “lakes”  come  and go, and  their whiskers  sprout,  turn 

gray aud  fall out, but the picture card  ever bobs up serenely, and 

when it comes to a

P I C T U R E   C A R D   a n d
F A N   C O M B I N E D ,

WHY--------

The children  want them,
The old folks  want them—for the children,
Grandma  wants  one,
The  fat man  needs  one,
The dude has to  have one.

And, remember, all  these  people  are  advertising  the  man  who 
gives^away  the  fans.

B U T   T H E Y   C O S T !

W E E D ,  

l  S H O U L D   S A Y   N O T !

Just see our late samples and  lead  the  procession  with an adver­
tising fan on circus day.

T r a d e s m a n

C o m p a n y

GRAND  RAPIDS

P E R K IN S   &  H E S S ,

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

Nos.  iM   and  124  Louis  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

DPAI  BBS  IN

WE CABBY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USB.

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Blisstield—The  Riverside  Milling  Co. 
has incorporated its  business  under  the 
style of the Blissfield  Milling Co.

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ABOUND  THE STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Clio—R.  B.  Parmelee  succeeds  G.  M. 

Long in the grocery business.
Ridgeway — Simon  Gould 

Chas.  H. Gould in general trade.

succeeds 

Evart—H. D. Johnson succeeds Robert 

Ponsford in the grocery business.

Otter  Lake—Paul  Fitzgerald  has  sold 

his drug stock to W.  T. Cummings.

St.  Louis—J. O.  Hilton  succeeds  Hil­

ton & Wise in  the lumber business.

Bay  City—The  Youngs  Grocery  Co. 

succeeds Opperman & Co.  at this place.

Calumet—J.  A.  Cruse  succeeds Cruse 
& Louden in the tea and coffee  business.
Clifford—Chas.  H.  Secor  has  removed 
his jewelry and  drug  stock  to  Hudson, 
Ind.

Marcellus—E.  P.  Castner 

succeeds 
Mohney &  Castner  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Concord—J.  H.  Dart  succeeds  Dart  & 
Bigelow  in  the  lumber  and  lime  busi­
ness.

Jackson—Pickles  &  Platts  succeed 
Chas.  Platts in the tish and  poultry  busi­
ness.

North  Muskegon—M.  P.  Nelson  suc­
ceeds John  Doherty  in  the grocery  busi­
ness.

Middleton—A.  B.  Armstrong  is  suc­
ceeded  by  J.  A.  Park & Son in general 
trade.

Constantine—Beecher Dentier has pur­
chased  the  grocery  business  of  A.  A. 
Red fern.

Battle  Creek—Zang  Bros,  are  suc­
ceeded by G.  F.  Zang & Son  in  the  gro­
cery business.

Saginaw—E.  E. 

Johnson  Bros, 
lime business.

Johnson 

succeeds 
in  the  coal,  wood  and 

Sherman—Wilson &  Foster,  hardware 
and implement  dealers,  have  dissolved, 
Thos.  Wilson continuing the  business, 
j  Central  Lake—E.  Davis  has removed 
his  stock  of  dry  goods,  clothing  and 
men’s  furnishing  goods  to  Washburn, 
Wis.

Charlevoix—Sarah  Mullen 

succeeds 
the estate of J. H.  Mullen  in  the  cloth­
ing  and  men’s  furnishing  goods  busi­
ness.

Sparta—Geo.  W.  French  will  remove 
his jewelry  stock  from  Belding  to  this 
place,  consolidating  it  with  his  stock 
here.

Eau  Clair—N.  V.  Lovell  &  Co.  suc­
ceed  B.  G.  Watson  &  Co.  in  the drug 
business  at  this  place  and  also  at  St. 
Joseph.

Ludington—B. J.  Goodsell &  Co.  have 
merged  their  business into a stock com­
pany  under  the  style  of  the  Goodsell 
Hardware Co.

Kalamazoo—J.  W.  Patterson,  formerly 
engaged in  the drug business at Elkhart, 
has  purchased  the  Roberts & Hillhnuse 
drug and stationery stock.

Shelby—The  H.  L.  Andrus  general 
stock  is being inventoried,  and  it  is  all 
but settled that Jesse Chapman  will take 
a half interest in the same.

Cadillac—J.  L.  Felton,  general  dealer 
at  Burnip’s  Corners,  has  removed  bis 
stock  to a point near this city,  where  he 
expects to establish a post office.

Charlevoix—W.  E.  Clark  has  pur­
chased bis partner’s interest in  the  firm 
of Clark & Mudge and  will  continue  the 
grocery  business at the same location  un­
der the style of W.  E.  Clark.

Saranac—E.  T.  White  has  purchased 
the interests of his partners in the cloth­
ing stock of Allen, Gamble &  White  and 
will  continue  the  business  at the same 
location  under his own name.

Charlotte—Gibbard  &  Whitford  suc­
ceed  Jos.  T.  Strother  in  the  boot and 
shoe business.

Hillsdale—E.  M.  Washburn & Co.  suc­
ceed  the  estate  of  Jas. Smith in the ice 
and coal business.

Flint—The boot and  shoe  stock  of  E. 
M.  (Mrs.  R.  H.)  Weller  has  been  closed 
on chattel mortgage.

Kalamazoo—Lewis  Bros,  have  sold 
their men’s furnishing goods business  to 
L.  B. Silverman & Co.

Mancelona—Théo.  F.  Scattergood  bas 
removed his jewelry  business  from  Mt. 
Pleasant to this place.

New Haven—Schuck  &  Achney,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  Henry  Schuck 
continuing the business.

Honor—Lewis  F.  Lane  has  removed 
his  grocery  and  provision  stock  from 
Lake Ann to this place.

Elweil—E.  L.  & J.  S. Gee have moved 
their  drug  stock  to  a  four  corners  2J£ 
miles south of Lakeview.

Elsie—P.  W.  Holland  has  purchased 
the  hardware  stock  of  E.  L.  Mort and 
will continue the business.

Jasper—Perdue  &  Patterson,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved  partnership,  the 
former continuing the business.

Vulcan—Henry Hastings &  Co.,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved.  The  business 
will  be continued by Otto  Marinelli.

Shelby—Van  Wickle,  Munson  &  Co., 
produce  dealers,  have  dissolved,  each 
partner continuing in the same  line.

Morley—C.  W.  Crimmins  has  pur­
chased the clothing and furnishing goods 
stock formerly owned by W. J. Pike.

Flint—Saunders  &  Terbush,  grocers, 
produce  and  meat  dealers,  have  dis­
solved, David H. Saunders succeeding.

Jackson—Wm.  H.  Oathoudt  has  pur­
chased the stock and fixtures of the Park­
er  &  Fleming  Co.’s  branch  grocery 
store and  will  continue  the  business  at 
the old location in the  Library building.
Lake Odessa—McKelvey  &  Townsend 
have bought two  lots  on  Fourth  avenue 
and will begin at once the erection of the 
largest  double  store  in  the  county. 
It 
will be built of stone  and  brick  and  oc­
cupied by their hardware stock.

Holland—Work  has begun on  the  new 
store  of  Boot  &  Kramer, 
the  contract 
having been awarded  to  D.  Strovenjans 
and John Hoek. 
It will be 26x80  feet in 
dimensions,  two  stories  and  basement, 
with Waverly stone front.  The building 
will  be completed by Sept 1.

St.  Louis—The  boot  and  shoe  and 
clothing store of D.  M.  Gardner has been 
closed  by  the  clothing  firm  of  Robert 
Butler & Co., of  Utica,  N.  Y.  Gardner 
has been in  business  here  for  the  past 
five  years,  coming  to  this  place  from 
Stanton. 
It is claimed that the liabilities 
will exceed the assets.  The stock is now 
being inventoried.

Howard  City—L.  R.  Gates,  who was 
arrested  at  the  instance  of  the  I.  M. 
Clark Grocery Co. on a  charge of emltez- 
zling goods upon which there was a chat­
tel  mortgage,  was  discharged  by the jus­
tice before  whom  he  was  arraigned  on 
the  ground  that  the evidence presented 
was  insufficient  to  warrant  his  being 
bound over for trial in  the Circuit Court.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS. 

Chelsea—Jas.  S.  Gorman  succeeds  J. 
A. Eisenmann  & Co.  in the cigar  manu­
facturing business.

Dundee—The  Dundee  cheese  factory 
resumed  operations  June  1,  having re­
built their plant  since  being  burnt  out 
some four weeks  ago.

Ludington—The i*ere  Marquette  Can­
nery has merged its business into a stock 
company  under  the  style  of  the  Pere 
Marquette Cannery Co.

Greenville—E.  J.  Gordon  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the  Gordon  Hollow  Blast 
Grate Co., also his interest in the Eureka 
Potato Planter Co., to R.  F.  Sprague,  L. 
W.  Sprague and Paul Van Deinse.

Detroit—The  Spaulding  Lumber  Co. 
incorporated  with  a  capital 
has  been 
stock of $5,000,  all  paid  in.  The  stock 
is held by Bell R. Spaulding,  484 shares; 
Ray  C.  Spaulding,  15,  and  Dewitt  C. 
Spaulding,  1.

Detroit—The Detroit Salt Co.  has been 
incorporated  by  J.  M.  Mulkey,  W.  F. 
Mulkey, and O. W. Mulkey, with a capital 
stock of $100,000 of which $10,000  is paid 
in.  All  of  the  stockholders  reside  at 
Hutchinson,  Kansas.

Sullivan—A.  B.  Clise,  who  has  been 
lumbering  here  for  several  years,  has 
completed his operations and  shut  down 
his mill.  This is the first time in  nearly 
eight years that the mill  has  been  idle, 
with  no  prospects  for  its  being put  in 
operation  at  an  early  date.  He  has 
shipped out his stock and is  winding  up 
his business.

Detroit—Don  A.  Locbbihler  &  Co.  is 
the style of a new corporation  organized 
last week for the purpose of manufactur­
ing hats and caps.  The  capital  stock  is 
$5,000,  of  which  $1,000 is paid in.  The 
stock is held by  Margaret  1.  Lochbihler, 
98  shares,  and  Don  A.  Lochbihler and 
Thomas E.  Moran each  1.

Menominee—Wm.  McPherson  &  Co. 
were the highest  bidders  for  stray  logs 
picked up this year by the stray log com­
mittee  of  the  Menominee  River  Boom 
Company.  This  year  the  logs  will  be 
sold  at  the  rate  of  $7.60  a  thousand. 
Last year the  highest  bid  was  $8,  and 
611,000 were picked up.

Bellaire—Thomas Tindle  &  Co.  have 
petitioned  the  board  of  supervisors  of 
Antrim county  for permission to  build a 
dam  across  Intermediate  River  at  this 
point,  the dam to be 10 feet  high,  with a 
log chute  10  feet  wide,  with  sufficient 
depth to supply three feet of  water.  The 
company manufactures hoops and staves, 
and the dam  is  wanted  to  increase  the 
water power for the mill.  Richard & Co. 
object to the dam, on the ground  that  it 
will  cut off their power, and  the  matter 
is in the air.

Manistee—The  promoters  of  the tan­
nery have been in  the  city  and  around 
the woods  for a  week or so and acknowl­
edge that this  is  the  best  location  they 
have  yet  seen.  With  300,000  cords  of 
bark in sight readily  available  by  team 
and rail,  and  with  the  best  location  in 
the country for shipment,  either  by  rail 
or water,  Manistee offers  ideal  facilities 
for location of an enterprise  of  that  na­
ture.  The promoters  have  gone to Ash­
land,  Wis.,  to see what they  have  to  of­
fer for another plant,  and  Traverse City 
has made  them  an  offer  to  establish  a 
plant in that neighborhood,  but  none  of 
them can guarantee  over  100,000  cords, 
while  Manistee  has  easily  three  times 
that quantity.

Use Tradesman Coupon Book».

C A J i J I E s ,  F itU IT S   a n d   MUT8 
T he P utnam  Candy Co. quotea a i follow ! :

STICK CANDY.
Cases

“ 
“ 

Standard,  per  l b ...............
H .H ......................
T w ist  .................
Boston  C ream .................... 
814
C ut  L oaf.............................
B ïtra   H  H ..........................  SK
MIXED CANDY.

Bbls.  Pails
7
7
8

6 
6 

Bbls. 
-.5 *  
..6  
• ■6#  
..7

614

baskets

S tandard.......................
Leader...........................
R oyal.............................
N obby...........................
English  R o ck ...........
C onserves....................
Broken Taffy...............
P eanut S quares...........
French C ream s...........
Valley  C ream s...........
Midget, 30 lb.  baskets 
M oderu. 30 lb. 

“
fancy—In bulk

“ 

Lozenges,  p la in .................................... .
p rin te d ..................................
Chocolate D rops.................................... .
Chocolate M onum entals.....................
Gum D rops...............................................
Moss D rops............................................. .
Sour D rops...............................................
Im perials..................................................
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.
Lemon D rops..........................................
Sour D ro p s.............................................
Pepperm int D rops...............................
Chocolate D rops................ .. 
.............
H.  M. Chocolate  D rops.........................
Gum D rops...............................................
Licorice Drops.........................................
A. B. Licorice  D rops...........................
Lozenges, plain........................................
p rin te d ............................. 
.
Im perials.................................................
M ottoes.............................................
Cream B ar.............................................
Molasses  B a r......................................
Hand  Made  C ream s.......................
Plain Cream s....................................
D ecorated Cream s......................... .
String  R ock..........................................
B urnt A lm onds..................................
W Intergreen  B erries......................

“ 

CARAMELS.

No. 1, w rapped, 2 lb.  boxes.................
No. 1, 
................
No. 2, 
.................

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

3 
2 

O RA NGES.

C alifornia Seedlings—150,176,230,216...
M essina  oranges,  200.............................
Medt. Sweets—126.........................
150,  176,200...................................................

LEMONS.
E xtra Choice,  3 u 0 ..................  
E xtra Fancy, 300  ......................................
E xtra Choice,  360  ...............................
Fancy, 360...........................
E xtra  Fancy,  360, g ilt p acking.............

..

BANANAS.

Large bunches............................................
Small b u n ch e s...........................................
OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.

“ 

ex tra 

“  aofc... 
“ 

Figs, fancy  layers  16tt>  ...........................  
“ 
..............
149>...............................
“ 
“  bags  ........................................  
Dates,  Fard, 10-lb.  b o x ............................... 
............................... 
“ 
Persian.  G.  M .50 lb  b o x ............ 
“ 
NUTS.

50-lb.  “ 

“ 

Palls
.........  8«
.........  9«
..  11@12
.......  12
.......  6
.........   7 >4
.......  8
.........  9

Per Box

......... 50
...........50
........60
...65 
... 
...........75
35®50
...1   00
...........75
.........60
......... 65
...........60
...........70
...........55
...........50
. .scaso
,..60@80
.......... 90
.......... 60
90@1  25 
.......... 60

34
51
28

.!.!!!  3  go
.......   3  00
....... .  3 25

......... 4  SO
.........5  0J
4  2S
.........  4  50
.......   6 00

1  75@2  25 
1  2501  50

13

6W
Ch  714
a  5
a   4Vi

“ 

“  
“ 
“ 

Almonds, T arragona....................... .
Iv aca..................................
California, soft  shelled
Brazils, new .........................................
F ilberts  ...............................................
W alnuts, G re n o b le ...........................
F re n c h ................................
Calif  No.  1 .......................
Soft Shelled  C alif.............
T able  N uts,  fa n c y .............................
ch o ic e .........................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ........... ..........
C hestnuts..............................................
H ickory N uts per  bu.,  M ich...........
Cocoanuts, fu ll sack s......................
B utternuts, per  b u .............................
Black  W alnuts, per bu......................
Fancy, H.  P .,8u n s .............................
“  R oasted...............
Fancy, H.  P., F lag s.........................
“  R oasted............
Choice, H. P.,  E x tras........................
“  R oasted...........

PEANUTS.

“ 
“ 
“  

“  
“ 
“ 

F R E S H   M E A T S. 

BEEF.

Carcass...........................................
F o re q u a rte rs. 
..........  ....................
H ind quarters..................................
Loins No. 3 ....  ..................................
Ribs........................................................
R o u n d s ...................... 
....................
Chucks  ................................................
P la te s ....................................................

D ressed.................................................
L oins......................................................
Shoulders  ...........................................
Leaf L a rd .......   ..................................

PORK.

MUTTON.

VEAL.

C a rc a ss.........
Spring lam bs

Carcass

3 65

a  5* 
a 7 a 5H 
a 7 
a a 6

6  a  8 
4  a  5 
8  a  9
a i o

5  a  6K 

8
8

.  s u a   6K 
.  8  a i o
.5* a  6

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

5

and make the  harvest  somewhat  earlier 
than  usual.

Corn holds its own fairly  well in price. 
Although the receipts  are  large,  the  de­
mand absorbs it  all.

The strongest on  the list is oats.  The 
extra hot weather is not  favorable to the 
growing crop,  and  many  predict  higher 
prices for that cereal.  The visible shows
2.000. 
the visible  at  52,244,000,  against  about
60.000. 
week last year.

000 bushels  for the  corresponding 

000 bushels  decrease,  which leaves 

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

C.  W.  Hearn has opened a grocery store 
at  Benzonia.  The  Worden  Grocer  Co. 
furnished the stock.

The Grand Rapids Mantel and Interior 
Finish Co.  will open  for business  June  7 
at 47 Fountain street.

Lamb & Tyler  have  embarked  in  the 
grocery business at  Ligonier,  Ind.  The 
stock was furnished by the Worden  Gro­
cer Co.

B.  F.  Yerden  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at 317 Plainfield  avenue.  The  Ol- 
ney & Judson Grocer  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

A.  A.  Flory  has  resumed 

the  meat 
business at his former location on Jeffer­
son avenue,  near the  corner  of  Pleasant 
street.

Hoekzema &  Brommel  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  377  East  street.  The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

M. Garvin  will shortly  open  a  grocery 
store at the corner of Straight  and  Wat­
son streets.  The Olney & Judson Grocer 
Co. has the order for the stock.

Chas.  E.  Green  has  sold  his grocery 
stock  at  1166  Wealthy  avenue  to  Wm. 
Barth and removed to  Lakeview,  where 
he  has  embarked  in  the  dry goods and 
boot and shoe business.

Henry and William  Siek,  late  of  To­
ledo,  have purchased the plant and  busi­
ness of the Grand  Rapids Steam  Bakery, 
at  the  corner  of  South  Division  street 
and Fifth avenue,  and will  continue  the 
business under the style of Siek Bros.

Hesseltine & Russell, dealers in picture 
frames and gasoline stove repairs  at  201 
South  Division  street,  have  dissolved 
partnership.  H.  E.  Hesseltine will con­
tinue the picture frame  business  at  the 
old  location  an d F.  S.  Russell  will con­
tinue the stove  repairing  business  at  40 
Fountain street.

The  plant  of  fixtures  of  the  Sweet 
Electric  and  Manufacturing  Co.  were 
sold at trustee’s sale last  Friday,  having 
been bid in by the Old National  Bank  in 
the interest of Chas. C. Kritzer,  who pro­
poses to organize a company at  Newaygo 
for the purpose  of  acquiring  the  assets 
of the defunct  company  and  continuing 
the manufacture of the appliances placed 
on the market by that corporation.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—Indications  point 

to  higher 
prices and,  unless all signs fail,  a higher 
level of values  will shortly  be witnessed.
Bananas—There is likely to be a  great 
deal of complaint concerning this item of 
fruit,  as  the  weather  has  been  so  ex­
tremely warm during the  past week that 
fruit that is shipped  in a half-ripe condi­
tion  is  liable  to  reach  its  destination 
over-ripe.  The  trade  outside  must  un­
derstand  the  condition  of  things  and 
make  allowances.  There  are  several 
carloads coming  into  this  market  every 
week,  but not  over  100  bunches  out  of 
each car are suitable for  reshipping, ow­
ing  to  ripeness.  Prices  are  liable  to 
range a little lower for a while,  as straw­
berries and other domestic fruits  curtail 
the demand for bananas.

Lemons—We are now  having genuine, 
old-fashioned lemon  weather, and prices 
are  advancing  with  a  hop,  skip  and 
jump.  Prices  to-day  will  not  rule  to­
morrow.  New  York auctions are fully $1 
higher than they were Friday, and, if the 
weather dees not grow  cooler  very soon, 
the retail  trade  of  Michigan  will be pay­
ing anywhere  from $8 to $10 per box  for 
stock needed during July.  As stated be­
fore in these columns,  none of the West­
ern  dealers  have  any  great  amount on 
hand,  for  which  fact  they  are  probably 
now  finding  fault  with  themselves. 
It 
will  be well  for the  retail  trade to lay  in 
from five to twenty-five  boxes at present 
prices,  as everything  seems  to  indicate 
that to-day’s prices will look cheap in ten 
days.

Oranges—Are  about  the  only  variety 
of fruit which is not advancing in  price. 
Domestic  fruits  and  vegetables  curtail 
the demand to a certain  extent,  and,  as 
there  are  yet  a  good  many  California 
varieties to come,  such  as Mediterranean 
Sweets,  Bloods  and  St.  Michaels,  the 
growers  want  to  dispose  of  them,  and 
find it necessary to reduce prices  a  trifle 
in  order  to  keep  them  going.  Messina 
fruit  is  also  considerably  cheaper  in 
New York,  but it is not as  safe to buy  as 
California  stock,  as 
the  hot  weather 
seems  to  affect  it  more,  and  the  fruit 
melts down rapidly.  There  is  likely  to 
be a  good  demand  for  Fourth  of  July 
wants,  and we do not believe  prices  will 
be lower than are quoted elsewhere in this 
paper to-day.

Figs, dates and  foreign  nuts  go  very 
slowly at present, and prices are decided­
ly  low.

The  latest  move  in 

the  Plainwell 
Church  Furniture Co.  matter  is  the  ap­
pointment  of  a  receiver,  so  that  some 
fresh  money can  be put into the business 
for the purpose of completing the  manu­
facture of the goods  partially  manufac­
tured.  Judge Hatch,  as  attorney for the 
Peninsular  Trust  Co.,  is  drawing  up a 
petition which he will present before  the 
Allegan Circuit Court  to-day  or  to-mor­
row,  asking  for  the  appointment  of 
Henry  Richardi  as  receiver,  with  ade­
quate authority to conduct  the  business 
under the direction and with the co-oper­
ation  of  the  Peninsular  Trust  Co.,  as 
trustee  of  the  general  creditors  of  the 
corporation.  The  gentleman  proposed 
for receiver is a young man  of  excellent 
business judgment and will, undoubtedly, 
do much  to  straighten  out  the  tangled 
condition  which  the  affairs  of  the  in­
stitution  have,  unfortunately,  assumed.
A.  W.  Weeks,  the  Lowell  dry  goods 

merchant,  was in town Tuesday.

The Grain  Market.

The  price  of  wheat  had  its  ups and 
downs  during  the  past  week. 
It  was 
really a  weather  market,  but  the  close 
was fully as much  as  the opening.  Spec­
ulation  is  not  as  fierce  as  it has been. 
The  country  element  has,  seemingly, 
withdrawn,  being  satisfied  with 
their 
gains.  So  they  quit  leaving  the  local 
speculators to work alone.

The millers in the  State are compelled 
to pay  way  up  for wheat in order to  get 
it.  We  hear  of  some  millers  who  are 
paying  Detroit  prices  in  order  to  get 
wheat, especially as many  farmers  have 
set their stake at $1  per bushel.  Perhaps 
they will get it,  but the export  of  wheat 
and flour will have  to  be  more  than  at 
present in order to elevate  prices to that 
poiut.  The decrease will not be as large 
this  week  as  it  has  been  in  previous 
weeks.  This hot and dry weather is  not 
exactly  what  farmers  wish  to  see  and 
has a tendency to force the growing crop

Standard  Brande  of Cigars.

the 

leading 

Mr.  B.  J.  Reynolds’  store,  corner  of 
Monroe  and  Division  streets,  is  head­
quarters  for  all 
factory 
brands  of  imported,  Key  West and do­
mestic  cigars.  Among  the  brands  for 
which he has  the  agency  are  the  “Gen­
eral Arthur,”  “Hoffman  House,”  “ Rob­
ert  Mantell,” “ Hotel  Brunswick”  in  do­
mestic  goods.

In Key West and New  York  clear  Ha­
vana  goods,  Julius  Eilinger  &  Co.,  M. 
Stachelberg & Co.,  Eugene Vallens &Co. 
and various other equally popular manu­
facturers  are  represented.  He  has  the 
largest  assortment  of  nickel  goods  in 
Grand Rapids.  Some  of  the  big  sellers 
are  the  “Key,”  “Spana  Cuba,” “Nine­
teenth  Century,”  “Mantilla,”  “ B.  J.  R. 
Perfectos,”  “Little Trooper”  and  “Hor­
net’s Nest.”
The trade is supplied at  lowest  possi­
ble  prices.

W a n ts   Column.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under  this 
head fo r tw o cents a w ord the first Insertion and 
one  cen t a word  for each subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisem ents  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
A dvance paym ent.

BUSINESS CHANCES.

OR  SALE — ONE  HALF  INTEREST  IN  A 
general  store  in  a  hustling  tow n  of  3,000 
population.  W ill inventory about $5,f00.  Only 
cash  offer  considered.  Obliged  to  sell  on  ac 
count  of  poor  health.  A ddress  No.  778,  care
M ichigan T radesm an.___________  

r ;8

OOD  OPENING FOR  BARBER SHOP, AND 
residence to  ren t  cheap  A ddress  No.  7:9, 

care M ichigan Tradesm an, 

779

OR  SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES; 
corner  location;  stock  in  good  condition 
and  business paying.  Good reasons for  selling. 
A ddress  Dr.  Nelson Abbott, Kalamazoo,M ich.776

nearly  new   steam   evaporator,  w ith  all  a t­
tachm ents;  seventy five bushels  capacity.  Ad 
dress W. H. N „ care M ichigan Tradesm an.  773

I  TOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A FIRST CLASS 
F OR  SALE  OR  R E N T -T H E   SAUGATUCK 

basket factory, fully equipped w ith m achin 
ery.  E nquire  of  John  T. Strahan,  G rand  Rap 
ids. 

774

775

OOD OPENING FOR DRY GOODS DE ALER 
w ith  $2,000  to  $5,000  capital, in  a  tow n  of 
1,000  inhabitants.  For  particulars  address  No. 
75, care M ichigan Tradesm an.______ 

F OR  SALE—d r u g  STOCK, CONSISTING  o f  

staple  drugs,  patent  m edicines,  stationery, 
blank books, wall paper, etc.. Inventorying about 
$4,000, for one h air cash and  two  years’  time  on 
balance.  Cash sales last year, $3,000.  Store  has 
steam  heat, electric lights, hot  and  cold w ater— 
everything in first class  shape—and  is  situated 
in  best town in U pper  Peninsula, in   m ining dis­
trict.  Reasons for selling, ill health, necessitat­
ing a rem oval  to a  w arm   clim ate.  A ddress No. 
769. care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

769

770

F o r   s a l e - g o o d  s t o c k   c l o t h i n g , d r y

goods and boots and shoes, at 60 cents on the 
dollar.  Best stock  ever  offered;  fine  location; 
w ill invoice about $5,000.  A ddress No.  770, care 
M ichigan Tradesm an 
Y y A N T E D —PARTNER TO  TAKE  HALF IN 
v v  
te restln  my 75 bbl.  steam   roller mill  and 
elevator, situated on railro a d ;  m iller p referre d ; 
good  w heat  country.  F ull  description,  price, 
terms and inquiries given  prom ptly  by address 
ing  H. C.  H erkim er,  Maybee,  M onroe  county, 
Mich.______________________________  
711
__________ MISCELLANEOUS._________
ANTED—SALESMEN  TO  SELL  BOSTON 
R ubber  Shoe  Co.’s  rubbers  in  M ichigan 
Salary  or  com mission.  A ddress  No.  783,  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 

F~   OR  SALE  CHEAP—COMPLETE  SET  TIN" 

ner’s  tools.  A ddress  P.  W.  H olland, Elsie, 
784
TOR  KENT—B. V. STORE, 523  SOUTH  D IVI 
sion  street.  Splendid location for furniture, 
bouse  furnishing, crockery or  gentlem en's  fu r­
nishing goods. Apply to Jo h n  C. D unton, 57 Lyon 
street. 

for fu rn itu re and  house  furnishings.  Only 
one in city of 3,500.  Chance of  a  lifetim e.  A d­
dress Lock Box 869, Belding, Mich. 

F OR  RENT—DOUBLE  STORE  BUILDING 
Hi RA NITE  AND  MARBLE  MONUMENTS, 

f  m arkers  and  all  cem etery  work.  Largest 
stock.  W rite  us  about  w hat  you w ant and  we 
w ill quote prices.  G rand  Rapids M onum ent Co., 
813 South Division. 

Mich. 

783

782

761

781

EN  TO  SELL  BAKING  POW DER IO   TH E 
grocery trade.  Steady em ployment, experi­
ence unnecessary. 
$75  m onthly  salary a n a  e x ­
penses or com. 
If  offer satisfactory, address at 
once, w ith particulars concerning yourself, U.S. 
Chem ical w orks, Chicago. 

757

A NTED —POULTRY,VEAL, LAMBS, BUT 
ter  and  eggs  on  consignm ent.  Ask  for 
quotations.  F.  J .  D ettenthaler,  G rand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

potatoes,  onions,  apples,  cabbages,  etc. 
Correspondence  solicited.  W atkins  &  Smith, 
84-86 South Division St., G rand  Rapids. 

■ ANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY, 
SITUATION  WANTED — REGISTERED  A s­

first-class  references; 
graduate in pharm acy  and  chem istry.  A ddress 
No. 780, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

sistant  pharm acist; 

760

780

673

C.  G. A.  V oigt.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were: 
wheat, 44 cars;  corn,  15 cars and but one 
car of oats.  The receipts of  wheat  were 
rather  less  than  the  usual  amount,  but 
above  the  average  of  corn,  while  the 
amount of oats is hardly worth  mention­
ing,  as it is the  smallest  number of  cars 
received  for  some  time,  probably 
the 
least in a year. 
They  Are  the  Friends  of the  Peddler.
At the meeting of  the  Common  Coun­
cil,  held on the evening  of  May  27,  the 
friends of the peddler made a determined 
effort to secure  a  reconsideration  of  the 
license schedule,  with a view to reducing 
the annual license fee  from  $30  to  $20. 
The  following  is  the  official  record  on 
the  subject:
Aid. Johnston moved th a t the vote of  Council 
at last session  fixing license  schedule  be recon­
sidered.
Lost.
Yeas — Aid.  Forbes,  Johnston,  Hatheson, 
Shaw,  Slocum,  Verkerke.
Nays—Aid.  Ball, Blssell,  Campbell,  Clark,  De- 
G raaf.  Dodge,  Emmer,  H ilton,  Hosken,  Logie, 
Pearl.  Saunders,  Tate,  T eachout,  W atson,  A. 
W urzburg, F. W urzburg.
The  vote  discloses  that,  on  a  “show 
down,”  six  aldermen  were  willing  to 
place 
the 
enemies  of  legitimate  methods  in  mer­
chandising by  according  peddlers  valu­
able privileges for  a  nominal  considera­
tion.  Reputable  merchants  would  do 
well to paste the names of these worthies 
in their hats,  for future reference,  to the 
end that their present terms as  aldermen 
may be  their  last.  By  their  votes  and 
their espousal of the cause  of  the  huck­
ster  they  have  shown  themselves  un­
worthy of the trust  reposed  in  them  by 
the business portion  of  the  community.

themselves  on 

record  as 

Dissolution Notice.

that 

Gra nd  Ra pid s,  Mich.,  Ju n e  1,  1895.
Notice  is  hereby  given 

the  co­
partnership of Failing  &  LeRoy, dealers 
in hardware,  doing  business  at  503-505 
South  Division  street, 
in  the  city  of 
Grand Rapids,  is  this  day  dissolved  by 
mutual consent.  Said  business  will  be 
continued by the senior  partner,  Joseph 
K. Failing,  who will collect  all  accounts 
and pay all debts of the  firm,  the  junior 
member,  Frank  J.  LeRoy,  retiring  from 
the firm.

J oseph  K.  F a il in g , 
Fra nk J.  L e Roy.
Mr.  Joseph  E.  Failing  started 

the 
above business  in  1883  under  the  well- 
known  name  of J.  K.  Failing & Co.  with 
a very small capital  and,  by  his  shrewd 
business management,  strict attention  to 
details  and  honorable  dealing,  has  at­
tained  a  phenominal success and is now 
entire owner of the business.  The stock 
comprises general  hardware,  house  fur­
nishing goods,  builders’  supplies,  paint­
ers’ materials, etc.,  and has grown  to oc­
cupy a  two-story  double  store  building 
at the corner of South Division street and 
Fifth avenue.  A host of business acquaint­
ances  join  T h e  Mic h ig a n  T radesm an 
in congratulations to Mr.  Failing  and  in 
wishing for a continuation of his success.
Ask J. P. Visner for  Edwin  J.  Gillies 
& Co.’s special inducements on early im­
port teas for June shipment.

Rubber and waterproof canvas thresher 
belts.  Studley & Barclay, Grand Rapids.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

CHAS.AJORRILLSC0.

Importers and Jobbers of

6

The Humanizing' Influences of Business.

(Concluded from  Page 8.)

meates every division and  part  of  life— 
that it is the handmaiden in  every  work 
of charity, of love, of benevolence, and the 
helper  in  every  missionary or school en­
terprise,  and  that  without  business  in 
one  sense  or  another  we  Gave  nothing 
whatever in this world that is worth hav­
ing.  Surely then,  if  this  be  true,  busi­
ness  is  doing  more  for  humanity than 
many have supposed.
We can for the moment afford  to  over­
look the sins committed  in  the  name  of 
business and to shut our eyes to the  mis­
takes of business men.
Said  a  gentleman  to  me  some  time 
in  a  conversation  bearing  some­
ago, 
what upon this subject:
“I regard  business as the  most  potent 
civilizing and  educating  force  that  the 
world  has  ever  seen  or  ever  will  see. 
Properly regarded,  business  is  the  path­
finder for schools and churches,  the road- 
maker for the arts,  the  standard  bearer 
for economic  science,  the  bodyguard  of 
liberty, 
the  balance  wheel  of  modern 
politics, the ever present reason for  gov 
ernment,  the active incentive to research 
and invention,  the  promoter  of  virtue, 
the discourager of vice,  and  the  conser­
vator of all  that  makes  men  better  and 
happier.”
These are strong  terms  to  use,  but  if 
these assertions are not true, how are  we 
to regard  history,  for  man has  advanced 
as business has  grown?  How  are  we  to 
content  ourselves  with  our  lives?  Are 
we mere money getters?  Or  are  we  ad­
vancing  the  cause  of  humanity  while 
pursuing  our  business  careers? 
For 
what are  we working?
1 have no sympathy  with those  who re­
gard  all  business  as  degrading—who 
stoop  to  trade  as  a  necessity,  feeling 
that they are  contaminated  by  commer­
cial  contact  and  defiled  by  monetary 
transactions, nor do I  regard  with  favor 
those who pretend a  belief  in  primitive 
simplicity and assert that everything  be­
yond gathering the fruit of the soil is  de­
basing—who hold themselves aloof  from 
their fellows and affect a life  of  contem­
plation—who refrain from an active part 
in  the  work  of  the  world because they 
are  better  than  the  world.  From  per­
sonal  contact  with  a few such I am dis­
posed  to  substitute  for  “convictions,” 
which  they  so  loudly  vaunt,  the  more 
homely word,  “laziness.”
With the poet 1 am sometimes  able  to 
find  “sermons in stones,”  but as  no  poet 
has  yet  written,  so  far as I know,  I can 
also find living sermons in railway trains 
and  hear  precept  upon  precept  in  the 
hum  of  factories.  A steamship is to me 
a  revelation  and  a bank a storehouse of 
winnowed wisdom.
In closing let me  leave  with  you  one 
or  two  thoughts  from  eminent  writers 
and speakers who have been  able  to  re­
gard business from  a  view  point  above 
rather  than  below,  and  who  have  had 
conceptions of the humanizing influences 
of  business.  Speaking  of  the advance­
ment of the race, Beecher said:
“Next to the  pastoral  came  the  agri­
cultural  life.  When  you  add  to  that 
the  manufacturing  phase  of  develop­
ment,  society  begins to fill out and needs 
but  wings  to  fly,  and  commerce  is  its 
wings.”
Charles  Sumner,  in  speaking  of  busi­
ness, asserted:
“The age of chivalry has gone; the age 
of humanity has come.”
Garfield, in eulogizing  business,  said: 
“Commerce links  all  mankind  in  one 
common brotherhood of  mutual  depend­
ence and interest.”
Addison, apostrophizing  busines  men, 
said:
“There are no more useful members in 
the 
than  merchants. 
They  knit mankind together in a mutual 
intercourse  of  good  offices,  distribute 
the  gifts  of  nature,  find  work  for  the 
poor and wealth to the rich  and  magnifi­
cence to the great.”
Joseph Cook, recognizing the humaniz­
ing effects of business, said:
“God is making commerce his mission­
ary.”
Occasionally we find  full  credit  given 
to business for what  it  really  is  to  the 
world,  as witness the following: 
“Business,”  says Feltham,  “is the salt

commonwealth 

of  life,  which  not only gives a grateful 
smack to it,  but dries  up  those  crudities 
j that would  offend, preserves from putre- 
j faction,  and drives off all  those  blowing 
I flies that would corrupt it.”

The  Bicycle  and  Health.

W ritte n  fo r Th b Tbadssman.

Going the rounds of  the  bicycle  press 
are  some  comments  of  a  French  physi­
cian  on  the  dangers  of  the  bicycle  in 
cases of old age,  heart  weakness  or other 
infirmities, ending with  the  astonishing 
advice  that  no  one should ride a bicycle 
without first consulting a physician.

Ever  since  the  wheel  came  into  use 
there  has been a prejudice against  it  oh 
the score of  danger  to  health  which  ex­
perience shows is not  warranted  by  the 
facts.  That  reputable  wheel  journals 
should continue to  foster  this  prejudice 
by publishing  such  statements  without 
comment is certainly  inexplicable.

It does not need the advice of  a physi­
cian  to  inform  any  one  suffering  from 
heart disease,  or a  person  of  old  age  or 
other 
infirmity  that  disqualifies  from 
exercise,  that it would not be  prudent to 
learn to ride the wheel,  and the idea that 
a physician  should  be  consulted  in  the 
matter by  anyone  in  ordinary  health  is 
too absurd to consider.

The fact of the matter is  the  wheel  is 
not  the  best  friend  of  the  physician’s 
avocation,  and,  while  it  should  not  be 
intimated  that  that fact ever  influences 
his advice,  the  temptation  is,  neverthe­
less,  one that should not be placed in his 
way by any who may have  been  contrib­
utors to  his  support  on  account  of  In­
firmities  resulting  from  laziness.  Any 
one who hasn’t common  sense enough to 
know whether it is good  for him to  ride 
the wheel without  “asking  the  doctor” 
would do well to quietly  stay  under  his 
advice.

The exercise of riding the  wheel  mod­
erately,  yet  rapidly  enough  for  enjoy­
ment and for  all  ordinary  requirements 
of transportation,  in the case of one  who 
is accustomed to it, is of no more  danger 
to  a  person  having  heart  disease  than 
any other exercise that could  be  named.
Immoderate exercise with the wheel  is 
not  physically  good  for  any  one,  any 
more  than  any  other  immoderate  exer­
cise,  but,  where one suffers from an over­
dose of the  wheel  as a  tonic,  hundreds 
are moping their lives away in inactivity 
and  weakness,  from  which  the  wheel 
would offer speedy redemption.

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W.  N.  F.

When a young  man  is  reported  short 
in  his  accounts  he  is put down as a de­
faulter. 
If he is long in his accounts  he 
is thought to be a bad book-keeper.
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KISSED  THE  BRIDE.

A  Chicago Drummer’s  Adventure With 

a  Cowboy.

A Chicago drummer  grew  confidential 
as he was talking with a party of friends 
in his club one day last week.  He  esti­
mates the expense of his  chatting at sev­
eral  hundred  dollars  already,  and  the 
account is growing.
“I was down  in  Raton,  N.  M.,  about 
ten years  ago,”  he  said,  “and  the  first 
thing I did after I had secured  my  room 
in  the excellent hotel  at  the  station  was 
to go down and see  an  old  acquaintance 
of  mine  who  had  come  up  from  the 
mines and  opened  a  combination  liquor 
saloon,  gambling house  and  dance  hall. 
We talked over old times until  it  was al­
most time for dinner, and I  started  back 
for the hotel.
“ 1 had gotten within plain  view of the 
crowd sitting out  on  the  broad  veranda 
waiting  for the dinner  bell to ring,  when 
I became conscious of the  approach  of  a 
little  blonde,  weazen-faced  cowboy  es­
corting  a  stout,  bleary-looking  woman. 
As we were about to meet,  1  said,  in my 
best  manner:

“ ‘Pleasant day,  partner.’
•“ Betcher life it’s a  pleasant  day,’  he 
answered,  with  some  effusion;  “’smy 
weddin’ day.’  Then,  with  an air  of evi­
dent pride  at  the  new-found  partner  of 
his joys and sorrows,  ” Smy wife.  Pretty, 
ain’t she?’
“I saw no reason why  I  should  insult 
a bridegroom  by telling him the trutn, so 
I  answered  that  she  was  very  pretty. 
Without  any  more  conversation  he 
changed 
subject  with  startling 
abruptness.

‘Kiss a bride.’

“ ‘Kiss ’er,’ he said. 
“Now, I didn’t  want  to  kiss  anybody 
at that time,  and  least  of  all  this  silent 
woman  who  stood  rocking  dreamily  on 
the arm of my new  acquaintance. 
I  be­
thought me of my old friend  as  a refuge 
in affliction and said:
“ ‘Let’s go  down  to  Bill’s  place  and 
drink her health.’
“ ‘Kiss, ’er  first,’  he  replied,  uncom­
promisingly.
“ ‘Well,’ I said,  ‘supposing  you take  a 
dollar and go  down  there  and  drink  to 
her health.’

the 

“ ‘Gimme dollar,’ he said.
“I  produced  the  dollar  cheerfully, 
thinking it mighty cheap  under  the  cir­
cumstances,  when  he  interrupted  my 
thoughts of self-gratulation with:

“ ‘Now kiss ’er!’
“ You all  know I’m a  bachelor  and an 
I am ashamed 
honest,  truth-telling man. 
to  say  that  in  my  desperation  1  lied 
shamefully.
“ ‘My  wife  is  right  up  there  on  the 
hotel  porch,’  1  begged,  ‘and  what  will 
she say when  she  sees  me  kiss  a  stran­
ger?’
“ ‘Tha’s alright,’  he  responded  cheer­
‘You  kissa  girl  an’ I’ll go up an’ 
fully. 
kisshure wife.’
“I had played my  last  card  and  could 
distinctly  see,  in spite  of  my  mortifica­
tion,  that he was fingering  his  weapons, 
a perfect arsenal of guns and  knives that 
pervaded  his  whole  miserable 
front. 
There was only one thing to do and I did 
it like a man. 
I  put  both  arms  around 
that frowzy  woman, in  front of the crowd 
on the veranda,  and kissed her  good  and 
loud.
“ ‘Thank  you,’  he  said,  and  our  ac­
quaintance ceased from  that moment.
“When I reached the  hotel  the  crowd 
rose as one man and followed me into the 
bar.  My  business  made  it  absolutely 
necessary for me to stay  in  Raton several 
days.  During  all  that time men 1 never 
saw  before and hope  never  to  see  again 
would  come  up 
to  me  and  whisper, 
‘Kiss ’er.’  The  amount  of money it cost 
me was fabulous.” 
Fire  Caused  by  Incandescent 'Lamps.
An investigation into  the  cause  of  a 
fire in a Winter  street  dry  goods  store, 
in  Boston,  recently, resulted  in  demon­
strating  that  an  incandescent  electric 
lamp will generate sufficient  heat  to  set 
inflammable material into  a  blaze.  The 
fire in question,  for which  a  still  alarm 
was  given,  was  caused  by  allowing  an 
incandescent lamp to  remain  for  a  few 
moments on  a pile  of cotton cloth  in  the 
packing  room.  The  person  in  charge,

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

left the  room  for  a  few  moments,  not 
dreaming but that  it  was  safe  to  leave 
the  lamp  on  the  cloth.  When  he  re­
turned  the  cloth  was  blazing.  The  fire 
was soon  put out,  and not  much  damage 
was done.
This  case  recalls  one  reported  from 
Louisville,  Ky.,  a few months ago, which 
demonstrates  the  same  thing.  The  fire 
started  while  the  window  dresser  was 
preparing  a  Christmas  snow  scene. 
The window  was  lighted  with  incaudes- 
cent  lights,  which  it  appears  had  not 
been  changed  for  a year,  except  when 
made necessary  by  accidental  breakage. 
The carbon in an incandescent globe  has 
a life of 600  hours,  and  as  it wears  out

the carbon  loop  offers  increasingly  less 
resistance to the current,  and,  therefore, 
increasingly more heat is thrown off upon 
the glass bulb and even  upon  the  metal 
stems  to which  the  globes  are  affixed. 
When a new light  is  attached  the  globe 
becomes  only  warm  under  continuous 
use,  but after it gets old  the  globes  are 
hot and  the  stems  attain  burning  heat. 
The  dresser  was  filling  the  floor  of  the 
window with  loose  cotton  upon  cheese­
cloth, 
to  represent  snow.  This  was 
packed  closely  arouud 
the  stems  and 
globes of the electric lights,  and  there is 
no  doubt  that  the  inflammable  cotton, 
touching  the  burning  hot  stems  and 
globes,  caused the fire.

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the interference of  European  powers  in 
American  affairs  have  been  ignored or 
evaded.  As  a  result  of  our  failure to 
make  good  our  pretensions, 
the  pro­
tection  accorded  American  citizens  re­
siding  abroad  has ceased to be effective, 
owing  to  the  contempt  in  which  our 
power has come to be  held  through  our 
uniformly  weak  and  vacillating  course 
in international disputes.

The  policy  of  isolation,  which  was 
good  enough  half  a  century  ago,  has 
ceased to serve onr purpose at  the  pres­
ent  time  and should be laid  aside as ob­
solete.  The people  demand  a  vigorous 
treatment of all  international affairs and 
the maintenance of  the  country’s  honor 
and rights at every cost.  A Secretary of 
State who would  have the courage to in­
augurate  such  a  policy  would  unques­
tionably  win  great  popularity,  and  he 
would,  moreover,  redeem 
the  country 
from  the  rather  undignified  position it 
now  holds  in  the  estimation  of  other 
countries.

A  VIGOROUS  FOREIGN  POLICY.
The death  of  Secretary  Gresham,  ne­
cessitating, as it does, the appointment of 
a  new  Secretary  of  State,  should  cer­
tainly  furnish  the  administration  with 
an  opportunity  to  remodel  its  foreign 
policy. 
It cannot be  denied that the ad­
ministration of the foreign affairs of this 
country  by  the  State  Department  for 
some years past has  been  unsatisfactory 
to the people,  whether  Democrats or Re­
publicans. 
It is but  justice to the mem­
ory of the late Secretary  to  say  that  he 
was not personally responsible for the un­
popular  course  of  his  department,  the 
attitude  of  the  Government  on foreign 
affairs having been the  result of the pol­
icy mapped out by the full Cabinet.  The 
administration should  recognize  that  its 
course has not met with popular approval, 
and,  as a new head must  be appointed  to 
the State Department, a  fitting  opportu­
nity is offered to make a radical change  in 
its attitude with  respect  to  our  foreign 
relations and to select a man  whose views 
as  to  a  foreign  policy  coincide  more 
closely  with  the  popular  demand  for 
more vigor and firmness in  our  relations 
with other countries.

Every  thinking  man  must  admit  that 
for the present the  country  is  not  pre­
pared to wage a successful  war with any 
of the first-class  powers  of  Europe,  ow­
ing to an insufficient naval  force;  hence, 
however able we may be  to  defend  our­
selves at home,  we are not  in  a  position 
to compel  absolute  compliance with  our 
demands where  the  interests  of  distant 
nations are concerned.  The difficulty of 
successfully attacking the United States, 
however,  and  the  wealth  and  resources 
of the country,  give  the  protests  of  our 
Government  much  weight  in  interna­
tional  affairs, and  were the State Depart­
ment managed by  an  able  diplomat, im­
bued with the belief in  the  necessity  of 
rigorously  upholding  American  rights 
and commanding respect  for the national 
flag, our prestige abroad  would  be  much 
greater and our power  more  formidable 
than they have  been  considered  of  late 
years by our neighbors.

It is a fact which  no  one  can  dispute 
that our citizens  residing or  traveling  in 
foreign  countries  have  suffered  injury 
and  outrage  without  proper  reparation 
having been exacted therefor by our Gov­
ernment. 
It is also well known  and  ad­
mitted that our demands with  respect  to

THE  IMPROVEMENT  IN  TRADE. 
The  events  of  the  past  month  have 
demonstrated very clearly that  the coun­
try has entered upon a period of decided­
ly better trade.  There has  been  a  phe- 
nominal advance in prices  of  nearly  all 
the leading staples  of  the  country,  and 
minor productions,  manufactures and, in 
fact,  nearly every article of merchandise 
entering  extensively 
into  consumption 
have materially improved in value.

While it must be  admitted  that  much 
of  the  late  advance  in  prices has  been 
speculative,  nevertheless the  causes  un­
derlying the  improvement  are  real  and 
substantial, and the general character of 
the  speculative  movement 
indicates  a 
complete return of confidence,  which ex­
tends to every section of the country.

There  are  many  persons  who predict 
that  wheat will advance to  81  a  bushel, 
but it must be admitted that such a limit 
appears entirely  improbable  at the pres­
ent  moment.  When,  however,  one  re­
flects that the great cereal  has  advanced 
from a point close to 50 cents a bushel to 
as high as 82 cents, it  seems  unreasona­
ble to fix a limit to the possible improve­
ment.  The advance in  wheat has caused 
a correspondingly large  improvement  in 
flour, that article being  about  $1.50  per 
barrel  dearer  than  it  was some months 
ago.  Although  corn  has  not  attracted 
the  attention  which  wheat  has  com­
manded during the  past  month,  it  has, 
nevertheless,  advanced  greatly,  with  a 
probability of still higher prices.

With such a phenomenal advance in its 
leading products,  the West cannot fail to 
experience a great improvement  in  busi­
ness,  and,  should  the  present  advance 
hold,  Michigan farmers will enjoy a sea­
son of prosperity greater than they  have 
experienced  in  many  years.  One  such 
reason  would  suffice  to  remove  a great 
percentage of the  distress  which  existed 
in  the West until  recently,  and  it  may 
confidently  be expected that the political 
unrest  and  discontent  which  have  pre­
vailed  in  the  country,  owing to the un­
favorable  trade  conditions  and  agricul­
tural  depression,  will  give  place  to  a 
more healthful  state of things.

A iate decision in a Chicago court says 
that  merchants  in  that  city  have  the 
right to use  three  feet  of  the  sidewalk 
before  their  stores  for  the  display  of 
their  goods,  or  to  lease  the  space  to 
others.

WASTE  OF PUBLIC  LANDS.

By  the  operation  of  the  homestead 
laws the opening of the IndiaD  lands for 
settlement  places  them  at  the  disposal 
of the first comers,  who  have  the  privi­
lege  of  taking  them  up  in  homestead 
claims.  Many of these  lands  are  valua­
ble, and in proportion to  their  value  do 
swarms of people wait on  their  borders, 
sometimes for years, cherishing the hope 
of  obtaining  this  value  for  nothing. 
When the  lands  are  finally  opened,  the 
race for claims,  with  its  attendant  suf­
fering,  hardship  and,  perhaps,  blood­
shed,  occurs,  in  which  the  professional 
claim jumper and  homestead  speculator 
usually get the valuable  lands,  while the 
weaker and  more  honest  home  seekers 
must return from the  race,  often  broken 
in  spirit,  to  become  tenants  of  poor- 
houses or dependants  on  public charity.
The operation of the homestead law is, 
no  doubt,  of  great  good  in  the  settle­
ment  of  new  regions  being  gradually 
opened up by  railways  and  public  im­
provements;  but the sudden  opening,  by 
public proclamation, of extensive regions 
comprising  valuable  lauds,  surrounded 
by settlement,  is a perversion of  the  in­
tent of those laws  and  a  reckless  waste 
of  the  public  domain  without  any  re­
turn.  The emigrant who  goes  into  the 
advance of civilization and improvement 
to make  himself  a  home  adds to the tax 
and revenue values of the  region  and  so 
of the country;  but it  is  ridiculous  that 
lands  which have been  kept  from  occu­
pation until  improvement  has  gone  far 
beyond them and left them as  islands  in 
the sea  of  civilization  must  be  turned 
over to the  unscrupulous  land  grabber. 
A suitable value should be  placed  upon 
such  lauds and  they  should  be put into 
the market.

If the Oklahoma,  Cherokee,  Kickapoo 
and other such  tracts had been treated as 
belonging to  the  Government  and  thus 
sold, 
those  regions  would  have  been 
settled  by  a  much  more  orderly  and 
thrifty  class  and  many  millions  would 
have  been 
treasury 
of the  Government—enough to  material­
ly affect the deficit question.

into  the 

turned 

This  is  a  matter  that  should receive 
attention from the  new Congress  before 
any more of the public  domain  is worse 
than thrown away.

FALSE FRIENDS  OF LABOR.

As might  be  expected, the  leaders  of 
labor organizations are loud in their con­
demnation of the action of  the  Supreme 
Court in denying  the  appeal  of  Eugene 
V. Debs for release from the sentence  of 
the lower court.  The  Amalgamated As­
sociation  of  Iron  and  Steel  Workers 
passed resolutions of sympathy for  Debs 
at  its  session  in  Cleveland  recently,  in 
which the statements were made that the 
“ pleasures of the court are the extent  of 
our liberties,” and  “thus is the issuing of 
injunction  further  encouraged  and  the 
common  people’s  rights  further  endan­
gered,” and “that we  regard  the  denial 
of his petition by the Supreme Court as a 
denial of simple justice.”

It  would  be  hard  to  imagine a more 
flagrant contempt of the  federal  judicial 
authority  or  one  with more serious con­
sequences in the violation of law causing 
interference in the transmission of mails, 
with riot,  bloodshed and vast destruction 
of property,  than the one for which these 
criminals were sentenced.  They dragged 
the cloak of labor in  the  mire of treason 
and  sedition in thus  using  it  to  protect

themselves  in  violating  the  expressed 
commands  of  the  court.  No  one  has 
shown,  or tried to show,  that they are not 
guilty of that contempt, or  that they are 
not  directly  responsible  for the terrible 
consequences.  The  only  defense  was 
that  the  corporations  at  which 
their 
blows were  aimed  were  responsible  for 
them.

This  man  Debs  and  his  associates 
stand convicted of the most  flagrant con­
tempt  of  judicial  authority.  The  Su­
preme Court has denied the petition ask­
ing that the outlaw—his  acts  made  him 
such—should be released  from  the  sen­
tence  of  the  Court whose  authority  he 
had defied,  a petition that  no  effrontery 
would have been sufficient  to  obtain  se­
rious consideration had it  not  been  pro­
tected  by the cloak of labor.  The degree 
of liberty that would satisfy the  authors 
of these resolutions could be nothing less 
than  anarchy. 
In  no  country  without 
the widest liberty amountiong to  license 
could the publication of such resolutions 
in  sympathy with  such  a  criminal  and 
in condemnation of the highest  courts in 
the land,  whose  authority  he  had  out­
raged, go unrebuked  and  unpunished.

Newfoundland  was  fully  expected  to 
enter the  Canadian  Dominion  onder  the 
pressure  of  her  financial  necessities. 
The terms were discussed at Ottawa, and 
the deputies from  the  Island  agreed  to 
them.  But  the  Provincial  Legislature 
voted a flat refusal, and  in  view  of  the 
hisses  with  which  the  delegation  was 
sent  on its way, it is impossible to doubt 
that the  Legislature  expresses  the  real 
feeling of the people.  Canada  has  been 
so unhappy in her relations with her sea­
board provinces that no one  can  wonder 
if Newfoundland refuses to  be  added  to 
their  number.  More  than  once  Nova 
Scotia has begun the legal steps required 
to take her out of the Dominion,  and  the 
other two are far from satisfied.  In fact, 
they are sundered from the main body of 
the Dominion by a long stretch  of  deso­
late  country  which  cannot  be  settled. 
They  have  little  intercourse  with  the 
central provinces  and  no  industrial  in­
terests in common. 
It would be far bet­
ter if they were to detach themselves and 
form a  confederation  of  their  own,  in­
cluding  New  Foundland.  That  would 
possess a common government  really  in­
terested  in  the  fisheries  and  shipping, 
which interest  all  four;  and  under  the 
aegis  of  England  it  might  grow  strong 
enough to make itself respected by all its 
neighbors.________________

The New York Tribune devotes consid­
erable space  to  an  enumeration  of  the 
various “crazes” now and  recently  prev­
alent  in  this  country.  Among  them  it 
classes the bicycle,  comparing  it  to  the 
roller-skating  craze  of  a  few  years  ago 
and predicting  its  early  termination  in 
the same manner.  Perhaps  it  would  be 
more absurd to class  the  telephone  as  a 
craze and predict its dying out.  Regard­
less of its use in the way of  pastime, the 
wheel is rapidly assuming  a  position  of 
great  economic  value. 
Its  availability 
and readines^or purposes of transporta­
tion make it almost a necessity to  every­
one  having  occasion  to  move  quickly 
from place  to  place. 
In  many  cases  it 
supersedes the use of a  horse,  to  whi ch 
it  is  superior  and  far  less  troublesome 
for most purposes.  Of course, the atten­
tion given the wheel,  owing  to  its  nov­
elty,  will diminish,  but this  will  be  ac­
companied by a still further  lowering  of 
prices, and soon the two-wheeled carriage 
will be no more an object of  notice  than 
its fonr-wheeled competitor—it Is scarce­
ly more in many localities now.

T H E   MICHIG_AJSr  T R A D E SM A N ,

THE  DEBS  DECISION.

One of  the  most  important  decisions 
ever uttered by the  Supreme  Court  was 
that handed down last  week in the  Debs 
case,  affirming the power  of  the  United 
States 
injunctions  against 
strikers who are  obstructing  the  opera­
tions of interstate  commerce.

issue 

to 

The  circumstances  of  the  case are of 
so recent a date that they  are still famil­
iar  to  the  reading  public.  They  grew 
out of the great railway employes’ strike 
at  Chicago,  in  April,  1894.  The  asso­
ciated  railway  managers  of  Chicago, 
fearing  a  strike  of  their  yardmen  and 
switchmen,  applied  to  Judge  Wood,  of 
the United  States  Circuit  Court,  for  an 
injunction  to  prevent  interference  by 
outside  parties  with 
their  employes. 
This  injunction  was  issued  and served 
on Eugene V. Debs, President, and others 
who were also officers,  of  the  American 
Railway  Union,  and  it  forbade  any  of 
those  persons  from 
inciting  railway 
hands to leave  the  service  of  their  em­
ployers.

Shortly  afterwards,  Debs  ordered  a 
strike of  the  members  of  the  American 
Railway Union,  which order was obeyed. 
The great strike  of  1894  has  gone  into 
history.  Everybody knows  how great  a 
matter that strike was,  and  bow  it was 
put down  by  the military  power  of  the 
United  States.  But,  in  the  meantime, 
Debs and his  principal  associates  were 
brought before  the  courts, charged with 
having committed  a  contempt,  and weft 
ordered to imprisonment for six  months.
Debs then sued out  a  writ  of  habeas 
corpus to have the question  of  contempt 
reviewed by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United States,  and it is this matter which 
has  just  been  decided.  That  tribunal 
declared that  Debs  was  in  contempt  of 
the United States Circuit Court  and that 
this court had a right to imprison him for 
contempt,  in  addition  to  the  further 
right to try  him  under  certain  statutes 
for having  engaged  in  a  conspiracy  to 
obstruct  interstate  commerce  and  the 
mails.

mails than  by  prosecution  and  punish­
ment for such  offenses, the  whole  inter­
ests  of  the  Nation  in  these  respects 
would be  at  the  absolute  mercy  of  the 
inhabitants of a single state.

“But,”  says  the  Court,  “ there  is  no 
such  impotency  in  the National Govern­
ment.  The  entire  strength  of  the  na­
tion may be used in any part of the  land 
for the  full  and  free  exercise  of  all na­
tional  powers  and  the  security  of  all 
rights  intrusted  by  the  constitution  to 
its care.  The strong arm of the National 
Government  may  be  put  forward 
to 
brush  away  all  obstructions to the  free­
dom of interstate commerce or the trans­
portation of the mails.  If the emergency 
arises, the  army  of  the  nation,  with  its 
militia,  is  at  the  service  of  the  nation 
to  compel  obedience  to  its  laws.

But  the  right  to  use  force  does  not 
preclude  the  right  to  use  judicial  pro­
ceedings,  and these may be  properly em­
ployed  where  there  is  no  urgent  emer­
gency.

to 

this  applies 

The  position  of.the  Federal  Govern­
ment  as  to  its  right  to  restrain  and  to 
punish  railroad employes, and any other 
persons  who  may  combine  to  prevent 
the  moving  of  interstate  commerce,  is 
thus plainly affirmed,  and, as it is certain 
that 
the  movement 
of such commerce by water as well as by 
land,  necessarily  it  embraces  interna­
tional commerce as  well as that between 
the  states.  Therefore,  men  who  in­
terfere with the loading of  ships  are  as 
much subject to the effects of  this  judg­
ment  as  are  railway strikers and mobs, 
and no discriminations  can  be  made  in 
any case.  The Court has  fully  declared 
the right of the  United  States  tribunals 
to  prevent  strikes  as  well  as  to crush 
them out, on  the  ground  that  they  are 
unlawful and that those  who  participate 
in  them  are  violating  the fundamental 
laws of the land.

It  holds 

The effect of this decision is  very  far- 
reaching. 
It  declares  the  right  of  the 
United States  to  intervene,  without  re­
gard to  state  rights  and  state  laws,  to 
brush aside all obstacles to the  transpor­
tation of  the  mails  and  the  conduct  of 
interstate  commerce. 
that, 
while under the dual system of state and 
National Government  each has  its  pow­
ers  and  province,  the  Federal  Govern­
ment  is  a  government  of  enumerated 
powers;  yet  within  the  limits  of  such 
enumeration it has  all  the  attributes  of 
sovereignty,  and,  in the exercise of those 
enumerated powers,  acts  directly  upon 
the citizen,  and  not  through  the  inter­
mediate agency of  the  state, but is fully 
authorized  to  employ  force  to  execute 
the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  the 
mandates  of  the  United  States  courts, 
without  waiting  for  or  consulting  the 
action of the state  government.

The Court declares that it  would have 
been puerile and  ridiculous  to  have  at­
tempted  to  stop  Lee’s  army  by  a  writ 
from a judicial  tribunal,  and  if  the  in­
habitants  of  a  single  state,  or  a  great 
body  of  them,  should  combine  to  ob­
struct interstate commerce  or  the  trans­
portation of  the  mails,  prosecution  for 
such  offenses  would  be  doomed  in  ad­
vance to  failure.  And  if  the  certainty 
of such failure were known,  and the Na­
tional Government had  no  other  way  to 
enforce the  freedom  of  interstate  corn-

The bill for the  building  of  a  second 
bridge across East River from New York 
to Brooklyn  has  passed  the  New  York 
Legislature  and  has  been  approved  by 
the councils of  the  two  cities  and  only 
awaits the signature of Governor Morton 
to  become  law.  The  first  Brooklyn 
bridge  cost  $15,000,000,  when  opened, 
and  subsequent  expenditures  brought 
the entire cost  up  to  $20,000,000. 
It  is 
thought  that,  on  account  of  improved 
methods and cheaper  materials,  the cost 
of the new one can be so  reduced  as  not 
to exceed $12,000,000.  Of the expense of 
the first bridge Brooklyn paid two-thirds 
and New York one-third.  As  the  cities 
are so nearly one now, it  is  proposed  to 
have them share equally  in  the  expense 
of the new  venture.

The  movement  inaugurated  and  car­
ried  on  in  favor  of  good  roads  by the 
disciples  of  the  wheel  is developing an 
importance that  is  being  recognized  by 
other  interests.  The  requirement  of  a 
suitable highway for  wheelmen  and  the 
persistence  with  which  they  have  set 
about  securing  such  highways  have 
drawn attention to the subject  and  have 
led to the formation  of  organizations  in 
its interest until the movement is spread­
ing over  the  entire  country.  Thus  the 
country merchant, the  one  who  is  most 
directly  benefited  by  the  movement— 
next, perhaps, to the farmer—is laid  un­
der  an  obligation  to  the  frisky  wheel 
which he scarcely recognizes.

REDISTRIBUTION  OF  POPULATION.
The Worcester,  Mass., Spy,  comment­
ing on  the  fact  that  the  greatest  num­
bers  of  the  unemployed  people  are  in 
cities, proposes a redistribution  of popu­
lation, 
that  people  can  be  sent 
where they are needed.

so 

The Spy argues that the  trouble arises 
from no excess of  population,  but  from 
the  excessive  crowding  of  people 
in 
cities,  and  it  expresses  the  belief  that 
the excess of city population  ought to be 
colonized on farming lands, and  finds  in 
the South a proper field  for  this  sort  of 
thing.  Says the Worcester  paper:

What are  needed  are  land  and  immi­
gration companies,  organized  by  North­
ern capital, to purchase suitable areas in 
the South, lay them  out  in  small  farms 
and sell them  to  settlers  on  the  install­
ment plan, and then select  desirable set­
tlers  from  among 
the  worthy  and 
industrious poor families of  large  cities, 
and aid them to  establish  themselves  in 
their  new  homes.  One-fifth  of 
the 
money worse  than  wasted  on  miscalled 
charities  every  hard  winter  in  great 
cities,  if  employed  in  such  practical 
philanthropies  as  these  suggested  cor­
porations  would  be,  would  do  much  to 
relieve  communities  of  their  burdens, 
while  enabling  thousands  of  worthy 
families  that  unaided  cannot  escape 
from the bondage of  their  environments 
to  become  owners  of 
their  homes 
and  independent,  self-respecting  and 
prosperous  citizens.

This  is  excellent  in  theory,  but  in 
practice such a policy  will  entirely  fail. 
The  remarkable growth of  the  cities  in 
the United States,  and for that matter  in 
Europe,  demonstrates  that  country  peo­
ple are constantly flocking  to  the  cities 
while  there  is  no  corresponding  flow 
from  the  cities  to  the  country.  The 
social  nature  of  human  beings  impels 
them to gather in  crowds.  They  tire  of 
the monotony and  loneliness  of  country 
life and are attracted  by  the  glare  and 
bustle  of  the  cities,  and,  having  once 
tasted  city  life,  no matter  how  serious 
its hardships and how severe its  require­
ments,  there are few who are  willing  to 
go back to the country.

The people who  are referred  to  in the 
article quoted above  are  those  who  live 
in the slums  and  poor  quarters  of  the 
great cities. 
It would  seem  to  be  most 
desirable if the  gloomy  and  pestilential 
tenement houses of such  cities,  crowded 
with  people  who 
live  by  precarious 
means  and  often  by  vice  and  crime, 
could be emptied  into  the  country  with 
its pure air and bright  sunshine;  but  in 
practice it could not well  be  done.  The 
great masses  of  these  people  would  be 
unfitted for country  life, and  not  a  few 
of them would consider the  transfer to a 
farm  where  they  would  be  forced  to 
work, as a  sort  of  penal  servitude. 
It 
should be remembered that Coxey’s army 
did not start from a great  city  to  march 
to the country,  but from  the  country  to 
march  to  a  great  city,  where  deluded 
men hoped to gain  free  benefits  from  a 
paternal government.

The  rich  lands  and  genial climate of 
the South offer excellent  opportunity  to 
industrious and thrifty  people  who  are 
willing to till the ground and  know  how 
to do it, and these  great  attractions  are 
already drawing people from  the  North­
ern and Western States.  But  these  peo­
ple do not come from the slums  of  great 
cities,  but  from  the country.  They are 
leaving  Northern  farms  for  Southern 
farms because they  find  more  favorable 
conditions.  City people do not willingly 
remove to the  country  except  for  short

periods of recreation and  change  of  air. 
But the people who do  this  are  not  the 
poor and unemployed.  They are not the 
people for whom farm colonies would  be 
desirable. 
It would be a great thing if a 
redistribution  of  the  population  were 
possible,  but it does not appear to  be  in 
any way practicable.

WORK  THEM  ON  ROADS. 

Massachusetts has  recently  been  giv­
ing much attention to the tramp problem. 
A commission has been appointed  for its 
consideration  and  the  only  solution  it 
has  been  able  to  offer  is  compulsory 
work.  One  of  its  recommendations  is 
that  every  town  shall  provide  lodging 
for tramps and  exact  work  in  payment.
In this line  the  State  has  undertaken 
the experiment on  a  large  scale,  by  the 
purchase  of  a  farm  of  2,000  acres  of 
cheap,  rocky  and  marshy  land,  capable 
of improvement,  to which it  is  proposed 
to sentence  the  worst  vagrants  for  two 
years and others for a  less  period.  The 
experiment promises something of  value 
if it shall demonstrate the  practicability 
of  compelling  these  idle  vagabonds 
to 
work,  but it would  seem  a  great  waste 
to use their labor  for the improving  of a 
few  acres  of  worthless  land—compara­
tively  worthless  even  after  it  is  im­
proved—when  there  is  such  a  crying 
need for this labor on the roads  of  every 
country  parish  or  road  district  in  the 
State.

If  such experiments could  be  made  in 
the  way  of  devising  a practical scheme 
for the  permanent  improvement  of  the 
highways  and  using  the  labor of these 
criminals—for  they  are  criminals—as 
well as others ordinarily  sent  to  houses 
of detention or penitentiaries, the  exper­
iments  would  be  in  the  direction  of  a 
positive advance.  The  time  must  come 
when convict labor shall  be used on pub­
lic  works,  instead  of being used in com­
petition  with  free  labor  in  manufactur­
ing, and any experiments in the direction 
of using vagabond labor in the same  way 
are worthy of  attention.

There are no public  works  so  univer­
sally  with us where the  need  is  so  con­
stantly  crying  as  the  public  highways. 
Any scheme for the  permanent  improve­
ment of these will  involve  the  prepara­
tion  of  material  and  other  preparatory 
work,  which  will  make  the  season  in 
which this labor can be  used extend over 
as  much of  the  year  as  it  would  on  a 
farm.

The political economist who will  pros­
ecute experiments  in  this  direction  will 
be  doing  the work of a true  philanthro­
pist,  and every day’s  work  thus  applied 
will be  adding  a  positive  value  to  the 
sum total of the  wealth  of  the  commu­
nity. 

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Some time ago a little girl in Brooklyn 
was run down by a  trolley  car  and  lost 
both her  feet.  She  sued  for  damages, 
and  got  a  verdict  for  $13,268.68.  The 
money was  deposited with  a  trust  com­
pany, and the court has now ordered  the 
company to pay the girl’s  lawyer,  as  his 
share of the  cash,  $7244.85,  leaving  for 
the cripple  but  $6023.83.  Probably  the 
division is according to law,  but it would 
be  hard  to  convince  the  average  lay 
mind that  it is a fair  thing.  The  jury, 
no doubt,  thought that the  cash  was  go­
ing to the cripple, and had  no  idea  that 
the  lawyer,  who  appealed  to  them  so 
strongly,  was  coming  in  for  the  lion’s 
share.

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JIM  JACKSON’S  STORE.

Written for the Tradesman.

“ You  couldn’t  give  me  work enough, 
could you,  to pay for a pair o’ shoes?  I’ve 
a considerable walk before me and  these 
don’t  look  as  if  they’d  bold  out  much 
longer.  Look a’  there!”  And a foot be­
longing to that period of youth when  the 
feet  get  ahead  of  the rest of the body in 
development  was put up on  the veranda 
where  Jim  Jackson,  the  village  store­
keeper,  sat  looking  over  the  morning 
paper while waiting for his breakfast.

It was a bad time to ask for a favor  in 
that  quarter.  The  fire  in  the  kitchen 
wouldn’t  burn,  and  the  breakfast  was 
late.  Jim was hungry,  and there  wasn’t 
any  news in the paper; and,  if there was 
anything in the world  he  “abominated,” 
it was “this  everlasting  begging,”  and, 
by the time the big foot came down  with 
a thump on the floor of the  veranda,  Jim 
was looking  over  his  spectacles  with  a 
scowl at the young  tramp.

“D’ yer want ter jar  the  house  down? 
Work  for  a  pair  o’  shoes!  Anybody’d 
think,  ter hear yer talk,  ’t  yer  could  do 
it in  half an hour.  No.  1 hain’t  got  no 
work  fer  yer.  One  boy’s  more’n  I kin 
git along with,  an’ ef yer’d git out o’  here 
lively an’ take ’im ’long with yer, I’d  be 
tempted ter gin yer a new  pair!”

“ 1 didn’t mean  to  work  in  the  store. 
Haven’t you any  wood to cut,  or  garden 
to make, or back yard to  clean  up—any­
thing,  I  don’t  care  what  it  is,  if  it’ll 
bring me a pair of shoes.  1 don’t care if 
they’ve  been  worn  if  i can get my feet 
into  them. 
I  need  them  so.”  And the 
boy looked ruefully at his foot  covering, 
which had long passed that period  where 
any hopes of relief  were to be looked for 
from the cobbler.

“Come  in  ter  breakfast,  Jim.  Who 
yer got  out  here?”  And  Mrs.  Jackson, 
comfortable in figure and  face,  appeared 
in the  doorway.

“ 1  hain’t  got  any  ol’  shoes,  hev  1? 
This  feller  wants  to  earn  a  pair, 
i 
hain’t got anything  fer  ’im  ter  do,  but 
I’m  willin’ he sh’d have anything  ’t  I’ve 
got through with, ef there  is  anything.” 
“What  yer  want  ter  do,  boy?  An’ 

where’d yer come  frum?”

“Anything; and 1 came from home—up 

in  the Spring Grove neighborhood.” 

“ Land  alive!  Yer  don’t  tell  me  ’t 
yer’ve  walked  ten  miles  this  mornin’! 
What’s yer name?”

“John  Steadman, 

if  you  know  any­
thing  about  Spring  Grove,  1  live  the 
second house after  you  come  to  the  red 
schoolhouse,  where the road forks.”

“ 1 haiu’t much acquaiuted ’n that part 
the country,  but ye’re hungry ’nough fer 
another  breakfast  b’  this  time,  an’ I’ll 
jes’  look an’  see ’f  there’s  any  ol’  shoes 
layin’  round loose’t yer kin  hev.  Come 
ter  breakfast  ’fore  everything  gits  stun 
cold.  Set right  down  here  an’  I’ll  git 
yer a plate. 
Jes’  help yerse’f.  A feller 
’t  walks ten mile ’fore six o’clock’s hun­
gry  er  1  miss  my guess.  W here’d yer 
say yer’d started fer?”

“Over  to  Green  River.  1  have  an 
uncle  over  there,  and  I’m  in  hopes  to 
find  that  he  has  something  that  1  can 
do.”

“Much ’f a fambly ter  hum?”
“ Yes,  ma’am; there are nine of us and 
I’m the oldest.  After  father died, about 
two years ago,”  (a shade  passed over his 
face)  “things haven’t been  going on very 
well,  so  I  thought  I’d  go  over  to  my 
uncle’s and see if 1 could  get  something

to  do.  A  little  will  help  a  good  deal 
sometimes, you know.”

By this time  Jim had  gotten  over  be­
ing hungry and,  while  Melindy  and  the 
boy talked, he listened and studied  him. 
He  saw  a  lad,  large  for  his  age—Mrs. 
Jackson  found  out  that  he  was a little 
over  fifteen—shoulders  inclined  to  be 
broad,  a round face,  black eyes and  dark 
hair inclined  to  curl.  Take  him  all  in 
all,  he was a good-looking boy.  He was 
poorly clad  but neat as  a  pin.  That,  in 
another, was a strong point with Jim and 
so he watched and listened.

“ What does yer uncle do fer  a  livin’?” 
“Oh,  he  lives  on  a  farm; and I don’t 
expect  he  will  want  to  keep  me  any 
longer than till I can find a  place where 1 
can  work  and  help them at home. 
I’ve 
got to find something, you see.”

“Yer  two  ’ve  ben  talkin’  so  much’t 
ye hain’t et anything yit an’ I can’t wait. 
Arter yer git through, ef yer’ll come over 
t’  the store, I’ll give yer a job o’  cleanin’ 
out  that  back  store. 
It’s  ben  needin’ 
on’t fer er long time.  Do  that  well,  an’ 
I’ll gin yer a pair o’ shoes right outen the 
store,  ef  there  hain’t  nuthin’  ter  find 
round  the  house.  Jes’  open  the  back 
door  from 
the  yard  an’  go  to  work. 
Yer’ll  find  ’nough  ter  do—I’ll  tell  yer 
that b’forehan’.”

Jim had hardly reached the front store 
when he heard the  back  door  fly  open. 
He chuckled to himself,  "A  feller’t  ’ll 
git that store round  where it ought ter be 
in  two  days  deserves  as  good a pair ’f 
shoes  as  there  is  in  the  house;  an’ he 
shall hev ’em. 
I  wouldn’t  undertake  it 
fer twice their wuth.”

John  Steadman  stopped  at  the  open 
door and looked upon as fine a sample of 
dirt and  confusion  as  his eyes bad ever 
beheld.  His first difficulty was to get in. 
Broken  boxes  and  barrels  piled  to  the 
ceiling  barred  the  doorway.  The  sun, 
shining  upon  an  eastern  window,  re­
vealed the fact that the  choked  doorway 
was  only  the  condition  of  the  whole 
room,  and the boy was  wondering where 
he  should  begin,  when  Jim,  calling 
through  a back  window,  asked  what  be 
thought about it.

“I’m  afraid  I  shall  have  to litter up 
your  dooryard,”  he  said,  “but  do  you 
care,  if I leave it all right?”

“Care?  No, I  don’t  care.  What  I’m 
thinkin’ on is that yer’ve bit off a  bigger 
piece *n yer kin chew!”

“Oh, that’s ali right, and as  soon  as  I 
can get a  foothold  in  there,  the  rest’ll 
take care of itself.”

So  Jim  went  to the front of the store 
and young Archimedes  went on  with the 
search of  where  to  locate  his  lever  to 
move this new world he had got into. 
It 
was no easy  task.  Every  board  was  as 
immovable as if vise held,  and the boxes 
and barrels,  full or empty,  were  as  firm 
in place as if they had grown there.  He 
went  around  and entered the back store 
from the  front;  but,  aside  from  a  few 
feet  of  space,  the refuse was as tightly 
wedged in there as at the back.

“How do you manage to  use  this back 

room for anything,  Mr. Jackson?”

“I  don’t  manage. 

It  jes’  sorter  got 
filled up an’  1  don’t  use  it—that’s  how 
’tis.  Goin’ ter gin it up?”

“ Why, you want it put in  shape, don’t 

you?”

“That’s what I said.”
“Well, then, I’m going to do it.”  And 

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around to the back,  Jim  found  the  boy 
plying  an  axe,  might  and  main,  upon 
whatever opposed him at the  back  door. 
That  settled  it.  A  dozen  strokes,  and 
the  place  for  the  lever was made;  and, 
when they were called in  to  dinner,  the 
back  store  was  what a back store ought 
to be,  and there wasn’t a splinter  in  the 
back yard to tell  of the stirring events of 
the morning.

“I don’t s’pose yer care  ter  tackle  the 
cellar,  do  yer?  I  don’t  b’lieve  I want 
yer  ter  do  it,  enyway,  to-day.  There 
was  a  good  day’s  work  in what yer’ve 
done this mornin’, an’ ef yer  say  so,  yer 
might cnm inter the  front store an’ keep 
yerse’f busy.  Ever  do  up  any  bundles 
er packages er anything o’ that sort?” 

“ No,  but I should like to try.  Mother 
always makes such a  fuss  if  things  are 
not just so,  that 1 think I  could  do  that 
kind of work fairly well.”

So the afternoon went by,  and the  boy 
showed  a  deftness  that  surprised  and 
pleased the store-keeper,  who, busy with 
his books,  could see, without  seeming to 
watch,  whatever  was  going  on  in  the 
store.  Once,  when Tom,  the  clerk,  was 
busy,  a  customer  came  in,  and  John, 
making an interrogation  point  with  his 
eyebrows, 
looked  at  Jim,  who  nodded 
and the boy waited on the customer.

The  next  day  the  cellar  was  looked 
after.  That was a long tiresome job and 
neither the first day nor  the  second  saw 
the eud of it.  After that, there were the 
rooms upstairs to be seen to, and by  that 
time Jim Jackson had made up  his  mind 
that  one  of  two  things was going to be 
done,  and  the  sooner  the  better—he 
would  either  keep  store  and  do 
it 
properly,  or  he’d  sell  out  and be done 
with  it.  One  of  the  first  things  to  be 
done was to have a talk with John.

"I’ve  ben  watchin’  yer,  John,  ever 
sence  yer’ve  ben  here,  an’  I’ve  ’bout 
made  up  my  mind  ter .keep  yer  right 
’long, ef yer’ll stay.  What  d’  yer say?” 
“I can’t tell you how  much  I  want  to 
stay,  Mr.  Jackson,  but  I’m  afraid  that 
you  won’t like me.”

“Not  like  yer!  Why  not,  I  sh’d  like 

ter  know?”

“Oh, because I can’t live where  things 
are  not  shipshape,  and,  after  I  had 
straightened  them  out  once, 
to  have 
them thrown again into confusion  would 
make  me  crazy.  Tom  never  puts  any­
thing  back,  and,  begging  your  pardon, 
Mr. Jackson, I think you  sometimes  for­
get to do it.”

The  man  threw  his  head  back  and 

laughed.

“That’s  right,  boy;  an’  that’s  why  I 
want  yer.  Ef  I  hire  yer  ter  foller  me 
’round  an’  keep 
they 
b’long, yer can’t complain.”

things  where 

“No; but I don’t want to  do  that  kind 
of  work. 
I couldn’t do it,  Mr.  Jackson; 
but, if you are  willing  to  try  the  other 
way,  I  shall  be  glad  to  stay as long as 
you want me.”

It was  a  bargain  and  John  Steadman 
went  to  work.  There  was  trouble  the 
first thing, for Tom, the clerk,  liked  the 
old way of dropping a thing where it  was 
used last and leaving it there, and,  when 
brought up short for it, he just “struck.” 
Then,  with “none to molest or make him 
afraid,”  the  new  clerk  inaugurated  a 
new  order  of  things  in  that  long-neg­
lected  store.  Jackson  thought  he  was 
up early,  but the new clerk was an  hour 
ahead of him,  and  he  wasn’t  obliged  to 
put  on  his  spectacles  to  see  what  had 
been going on.

The front windows had  been  the  first 
point  of  attack.  The  curtains, not put 
up properly in the  first  place,  not  only 
had always insisted upon  hanging awry, 
but had finally made  up their minds that 
they would not be raised or lowered and, 
left  to  themselves,  had  accumulated 
their  share  of  the  dust of the ages. 
In 
spite  of  a  brave  resistance,  they  were 
forced  to  surrender,  and  the  tattered 
banners  were  taken  to  the  back  yard 
where they were promptly burned.  The 
startled spiders,  without standing on the 
order  of  their  going,  went  at  once. 
Their  dusty,  fly-decorated  abodes  fol­
lowed,  and,  when Jackson came in to see 
what was  going  on,  he  found  that  the 
clerk had  a  squirt-gun,  made  out  of  a 
piece  of  lead  pipe,  and  was  playing a 
vigorous stream upon  the glass and win­
dow  casing  outside.  That  done, 
the 
windows  were  thoroughly  washed  and 
dried,  inside and out,  and, when the new 
curtains were put up and so  hung  as  to 
do  the  work  expected  of 
the 
“That’s a mighty  good  job!”  from Jack- 
son made the boy feel  well  paid  for  the 
extra work,  aside  from  the  gratification 
which  always  comes from  doing a thing 
as it ought to be done.

them, 

then 

You ought to have seen  Jackson  when 
that  part  of  the  job  was finished.  He 
stood  in  the  middle  of  the  store  and 
looked  around.  He  went  first  to  one 
window  and 
to  the  other.  He 
pulled the curtains down and rolled them 
up.  He rubbed his  finger  on  the  glass 
and looked at it.  Then he  went  outside 
and did the same  thing.  After  that,  he 
went across the street  and  walked  back 
and forth  two  or  three  times  with  his 
eyes on his own store windows and then, 
with a  “Wall, 1 swan!”  went  to  break­
fast.

When he came  back,  he  got a pail  of 
water and took it into that corner of  the 
store where the desk  was  located.  Put­
ting the books  aside  and  whatever  else 
was  liable  to  be  injured,  he  took  the 
squirt-gun and  went  to  work.  The  ef­
fect was greater  than  that  produced  by 
the  cleaning  of  the  front windows,  for 
that  part  of  the  store  supposed  to  be 
lighted by the rear window was far back, 
and,  when  the  light  came  pouring  in 
through  the  clear  glass,  it  brightened 
things at once;  but it also showed a con­
dition of things  hardly  to  be  imagined. 
That  was  all  right—John  would 
take 
care of that when he  got  to  it;  but  that 
corner—the office corner—he proposed to 
take  care  of  himself.  And  he  did. 
Never since the erection of  the  building 
had  anything  like  it  taken place inside 
of that railing, and,  when  the  work was 
done,  it  was  well  done.  Then,  when 
water had done its work,  there was such 
a clearing out of old  papers  and  arrang­
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before,  and it was followed  by  a looking 
up of accounts that  resulted  in  opening 
wide  Jim  Jackson’s  eyes  and in  “prop­
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“Wall, I swan!”  he  ejaculated  for the 
second  time;  and  when  John  asked, 
“ What’s up now?”  the only answer was, 
“Oh,  I’ve  jes’  found  out  what  a  near 
neighbor  Business  is 
to  Foolishness. 
Humph!”

It began to  be  noticed  that  a  change 
had taken place in the store.  Of course, 
when the new hand  “took  hold,” he was 
like the  new  broom  he  used—he  swept 
clean.  A  week  was  the  time  given  to 
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F. J.  Dettenthaler, 117-119  MONROE  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

what’s ter pay?”  They found  out at the 
first of the month  “ what  was  ter  pay,’ 
when they looked over  the  big  bill  Jim 
Jackson had had “the imperdence” to send 
in.  One would have thought  the  world 
was coming to an  end.  Old  Joe  Ripley 
looked over his  and  swore.  Ma  Ripley 
put on her specs and the  very  first  item 
“set  her  agoin’.” 
“That  there  calico 
hed ben paid fer  a  dozen  times—course 
It hed!  Jes’ as  ef  they  would  let  sech 
an account  run  fer  five  years!”  So  it 
went on to the end  and  wound  up  with 
Joe bitching up  “old  Bess”  and  he  and 
Merindy  “ walkin’  inter  Jim  Jackson.’ 
Well, Joe was  but  one  of  many,  and 
after it  was  all  over  and  quiet  reigned 
again in the store,  Jim  took  the  squirt 
gun,  tied a piece of blue  ribbon  on  each 
end and hung it up over  his desk,  where 
it hangs to this day;  and,  if you  want  to 
hear a good  story,  drop  in  there  some 
rainy day,  “ when ther’s little  ’r  nuthiu 
adewin’,”  and ask Jim to  tell  about  the 
lively times he had just before  he  made 
an ornament of that old  lead  squirt-gun.

S t e p h a n o f f .

The  Evolution  of  the  Trade  Journal.
From Tin and Terne.
The  evolution  of  the  trade  journal 
from 
the  feebleness  of  infancy  to  its 
present position  of  influence  is  a  most 
interesting study.  The pidneers  in  this 
now important branch  of  the  American 
press  were  generally  men  of  limited 
means and limited newspaper experience. 
Conditions were not altogether  favorable 
to attract the best talent.  The  possibili­
ties of  the  field  were  not  seen,  and  the 
facilities for  gathering  legitimate  trade 
news were  very meager.  Trade journals 
were looked upon as  a  luxury,  not  as  a 
necessity,  and their  early  promoters  re­
lied for support upon some  one  or  more 
leading houses,  with  the  understanding 
that  exclusive  favors were to  be  shown 
these sponsors in return  for advertising. 
Facts were  suppressed  aud  long-winded 
write-ups, like  two  grains  of  wheat  in 
two  bushels  of  chaff,  took  their  place. 
Consequently,  these  early  publications 
were  little  more  than  house  organs, 
whose columns were filled  with  fulsome 
panegyrics of this or that line  of  wares, 
and 
the  makers  and  venders  thereof. 
The bouses so flattered  were  coûtent  to 
pay  well  for  it,  without  looking  very 
critically into the extent of circulation, or 
thinking  what  effect  these  commercial 
pæons might have on intelligent  readers. 
It  was  cheaper  to  print  a  journal  by 
proxy,  they  thought.
these 
favored ones  could  not  but  lose  respect 
for such  venal sheets,  and the publishers 
themselves  learned  that  servility  never 
wins applause,  and that  a  trade  journal 
has  a  higher  mission  than  to  be  the 
mouthpiece of  auy house or combination 
of houses.  Always to  praise  and  never 
to blame or  criticise  foredooms  to  fail­
ure,  aud to  abuse  the  weak  and  flatter 
the strong is the habit  of  the sycophaut. 
Publishers  of  trade  journals  gradually 
came into  touch  with  the  entire  trades 
they  represented,  aud  as  their  horizon 
widened they saw clearly  that  the  value 
of a trade journal depends upon  its  bona 
fide circulation, and  to  obtain  this  pro­
gressiveness,  fearlessness and  independ 
ence must characterize  its policy.  They 
became  leaders  aud  organizers  in  the 
trades among which they circulated,cham­
pion  of  the  right,  chastisers  of  the 
wrong.
Such are  the  foremost  trade  journals 
in the land to-day.  They have  made for 
themselves a place  which  no  other  me­
diums  can  fill.  The  brightest  young 
men in  the  mercantile  world  to-day  are 
those who early learned the value  of  the 
trade  journal,  and 
its  pages 
gleaned the information  and  caught the 
ambition  that  is  responsible  for  their 
advancement.  Too often  managers  and 
heads  of  houses  neglect  opportunities 
which the underlings take  advantage of.

As  time  went  on,  however, 

from 

Use  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

MEN  OF  MARK.

William  H.  Strong,  of  the  Firm  of 

Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  Detroit.

W.  H.  Strong  was  born  at  Hartford 
Conn.,  in 1851, and when  old  enough  to 
go to school, attended the  public schools 
of that city,  including  the  high  school 
until he was  16  years  of  age,  when  he 
entered the employ  of  a  wholesale  and 
retail dry goods house  as  clerk.  He  re 
mained  with  that  establishment  nine 
years,  rising gradually by  degrees to the 
position of  commercial  traveler,  which 
pursuit  he  followed  for  the  last  two 
years he  was with  the  house.  Desiring 
to  broaden  his  field  of  operations,  he 
sought a location  in  the  West,  debating 
for some  time  as  to  whether  he would 
locate  in  Minneapolis  or  Detroit.  De­
ciding in  favor of the  latter  city,  he  ac­
cepted a  position  tendered  him  in  the 
then  wholesale dry goods house  of Chas. 
Root  &  Co.  Several  years  of  faithful 
service  as office  man  caused  him  to  be 
taken into partnership  in  the  firm,  and 
on  the  reorganization  of  the  firm  as 
Root, Strong  &  Co.  his  fidelity  to  the 
house was  rewarded by his name appear­
ing in the firm  name.  On  the  death  of 
Mr.  Root and a further reorganization of 
the house, the firm name became  Strong, 
i>ee &  Co.,  which  is  its  present  style. I 
Mr. Strong was for many years the credit 
man of the bouse,  but  now delegates the 
detail work connected  with that  position 
to other hands,  reserving to  himself  the 
general supervision of the  financial  part 
of the business.

In  addition to his  interest  in  the  dry 
goods business,  Mr.  Strong is Vice-Presi­
dent  of  the  Marine  City  Stave  Co., of 
Marine City;  the Huron  Lumber  Co.,  of 
Alpena,  and  the  John Davis Co., of De­
troit.  He is also a director in the Leland 
& Faulconer Tool  Co., of Detroit.

Mr.  Strong has been a  member  of  the 
Congregational church ever since he was 
a young man,  and ever  since  he came  to 
Detroit he has been  identified  somewhat 
prominently  with  the  First  Congrega­
tional church.  For  the  past  five  years 
he has been Superintendent of  the  Sun­
day  school  of  that  church,  comprising 
about 800 scholars.  He is also President 
of the Michigan  Christian  Endeavor  Un­
ion,  having been re-elected  to  that  posi­
tion at the  recent  annual  convention  at 
Bay City.

Mr. Strong traces  his  Yankee  lineage 
back 
to  1630,  during  which  year  his 
antecedents  on  his  father’s  side  came 
over  from  England,  and  possesses,  to  a 
marked degree,  the  distinguishing  char­
acteristics of the  Puritan—strong  religi­
ous  sentiment,  uprightness  in  business 
and  faithfulness  to  convictions.  Mr. 
Strong is a man of  pronounced  personal­
ity,  with strong likes  and  dislikes, quick 
to  form  an  opinion,  which  almost uni­
versally  proves  to  be  correct.  He has 
only one hobby, which is the acquirement 
of a  library—now  comprising 4,000  vol­
umes—and which is  constantly receiving 
valuable  accessions.  His  collection  is 
especially  rich  in  sociology,  which is a 
subject he has given  much  thought  and 
study  for  nearly  a quarter of a century. 
His  library  is  located  in  his  beautiful
home on Edmund  Place,  where  it  occu­
pies two rooms.  Retiring in disposition, 
energetic in  business,  faithful to his con­
victions,  loyal to his friends, Mr. Strong’s 
career presents a striking example of the 
self-made  man, of  which  Michigan  has 
many excellent representatives.

Engraving  Department

Anything for 
Any  Purpose

The dem and for the finest Illustrations o f all  kinds, 
as well  as for the finest  m echanical and ornam ental 
designs, Is constantly increasing and inciting to con­
tinual effort to  keep  the  lead  in  the  production of 
the best work.  To meet these dem ands, we are con­
stantly adding facilities and  im proved  m ethods. 

O IK   HALFTONE  ENGRAVINGS 

Are  unexcelled.

IN  PHOTO  AND  PHOTO  TIN T

Engraving for A dvertising D esigns,Buildings. Cards 
and  Letter  Headings,  we  are  m aking  plates  which 
will com pare  favorably  w ith  any  in artistic design, 
fineness and  printing quality.
For .Machinery and  M echanical  Designs,  our 

WOOD  ENGRAVINGS

are  from  the  hands  or  superintendence  of  an  en­
graver of the  longest experience o f  any  in  W estern 
Michigan.  We  challenge  com parison  w ith  any  in 
clearness, artistic effect.and in com plete and accur­
ate representation of the subject.  This  last feature 
is  im port  nt,  especially  in  cuts  of  patent  devices 
and m anufacturing specialties.  For such work, the 
1  st is em phatically the  cheapest,  for m ain  a meri-
torio US inventi«in  lias met  with failure  thri High  the
use c f 1oor ami
R  PR ie ES  ARI CORRECT.
lovenly and  inartistic plates  mav be  ob-
Whil
tain« <1 t lower prices,  perhaps. o u r  custom ers  fimi
it  11Rre satisfa«: tory to be assur» i  of first el ass  work
in  e f er\ respect . at  fair prices.
It  is
P ensure or us to answ er q u e s t i o n s
is to  the
b e s t >n cess for the work required, to give e sti mates
of COst
ind to st•ml  sam ples of work in si mil a r lines.

inartistic  engraving.

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C h e a p
Coupon
B ooks

has

in this en 
prices  and  low  grade goods, 
a  dem and 
isen  for  CHEAP  COUPON' 
BOOKS, w hich ea 
be  made and  sold at  a low er 
price than our sta 
id aid  tirades,  that  have  been 
on  the  m arket for
i  dozen  years  past  and  have
stood the  test  of  time.  We are  not  advocates  of 
cheap goods  in any  line,  and  we note that  those 
houses which  attem pt  to  build  up a  reputation 
by catering solely to  the  dem and  for low  grade 
goods,  seldom  make any money  and  soon  cease 
to cut  m uch  of  a  figure  in  the  business  world.
However,  if  any  of  our  custom ers  w ant  a 

cheaper  book  Ilian  our regular

t r a d e s m a n ,

SUPERIOR  or  UNIVERSAL

Grades,  we have it and  will eh 
|des and quote prices on  appli
ECONOMIC

-•rfully send > 
ition.  O ur

Book  is not quite  up  to  the  standard  of  its pre­
decessors,  but it's a heap  better  than  the  books 
sold  by other coupon  book  m akers for the same 
money. 
It  you  are  skeptical  on  this point,  we 
solicit a com parison  of  w orkm anship  and 
tations.

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Tradesman  Company
Grand  Rapids.........

Prom  Oood  to  Bad  and  from  Bad  to 

Good  Again.

The financial panic  of  1893,  with  the 
resulting  industrial  depression,  turning 
many  honest and faithful workers out of 
employment  and  producing  widespread 
distress, necessarily  caused  a  profound 
feeling of  dissatisfaction  and discontent 
among many classes of the people.

When the working  masses were forced 
to accept reduced  wages,  and  many peo­
ple who bad been generally  employed  in 
good situations were driven  to  idleness, 
the retail dealers,  who live chiefly on the 
wages  of  the  working  classes,  were 
among  the  first,  besides  the  workers 
themselves,  to experience trouble.  Their 
business  was  most  seriously  cut down. 
Next,  the wholesale merchants,  who sell 
to  the  retailers,  were 
the  sufferers. 
Their sales were heavily  reduced.  Next 
in  point of time  among  the  sufferers  by 
the depression were  the  manufacturers. 
Anticipating trouble,  they  had  stopped 
their  factories,  or were working with re­
duced  force  short  hours;  but,  never­
theless,  those  who  had  accumulated 
stock hoped to sell it off  readily, so as to 
be ready for the reaction  when it should 
come.  Their sales were to the wholesale 
merchants;  but these,  finding their busi­
ness  most  seriously  cut  down,  ceased 
buying from the  manufacturers,  or they 
purchased  with  caution  and  frugality 
only  what  they  were  certain  of  being 
able to sell,  so  that  the  manufacturers 
who were the  first  to  inaugurate  meas­
ures to meet the depression were the last 
to  suffer;  but  when  the  blow  came  to 
them  it  proved  to  be  heavy  enough, 
fully as heavy as that which had stricken 
all the other classes.

From this it will be seen that  the bulk 
of the business of the country is based on 
the  earnings of  the  working  classes,  so 
that,  when  their  wages  are  reduced  or 
stopped,  all branches of  commercial  and 
manufacturing  business  feel  the  blow. 
There are not less than  15,000,000 people 
in the United States  who  live on  wages. 
These include all the  workers,  from  the 
day laborers to those employes who work 
for a weekly or monthly stipend, or for  a 
yearly salary.

These 15,000,000 workers earn an aver­
age of, probably, SI.50 per day each, or a 
vast gross  amount  of  322,500,000  daily. 
They support  more  than  60,000,000 peo­
ple,  and it is plain  from  these facts that 
the  business  of  this  country,  of  every 
country,  is  based  on  the  wages  of  the 
working  masses.  Now  when,  by reason 
of an industrial  depression,  any  consid­
erable numbers of  these 15,000,000  work­
ers are forced to suffer,  it is  natural that 
they should become seriously dissatisfied 
with their condition,and should vent their 
ill-humor on all  who  come in  their way. 
When people suffer, they are not particu­
lar as to the cause, and are quite as likely 
to  attribute  their  misfortunes 
to  the 
wrong source as to  the right.  They  be­
come irritated and angry, and angry peo­
ple  in such cases are usually unreasona­
ble in a great degree.

When, however,  the  depression begins 
to pass away  and  better  times are expe­
rienced,  the  causes  of  the  general  dis­
content  disappear,  and  with  them  the 
discontent  itself.  With  the  return  of 
financial confidence, manufacturing, min­
ing and other sueh'productive  industries 
are started up*and»all  the  wheels  begin 
to  turn.  Labor, [of  all  sorts,  is  in  de­
mand;  the  people.’begin  again  to  earn 
wages and to* pay  their  debts to the gro­

1*EIE  MXCTHGEAJST  T R A D E S M A N .

13

cer,  the  butcher,  the  baker  and  to  all 
other classes of  merchants  who  furnish 
the necessaries of  life.  Mercantile busi­
ness,  in every branch,  revives  and  pros­
perity  is  restored.  No  one  any  longer 
wishes to quarrel  with  fortune  or to de­
nounce the imaginary causes of past mis 
fortunes. 
In the  opinion  of  mauy  men 
of varied experience,  we  are  rapidly ap­
proaching  a  period  of  higher  values, 
which will  bring about  a  resumption  of 
the prosperous times which existed  prior 
to the  panic. 

R a d ix .

A  Plea  for  Better  RoadB.

It 

income 

is  divided 

Everyone’s 

into 
two parts.  One of these be is compelled 
to make use of in  supporting  existence; 
the second part is disposed of in the way 
which  his  judgment  tells  him  will  be 
best.  This leads to the  inquiry whether 
our surplus  is  judiciously  spent.  A re 
we buying the  greatest  amount  of  com 
fort and  permanent  good  with  the  por­
tion  left  at  our  disposal?  Would  not 
model roads  be  of  greater  benefit  than 
our  tobacco,  liquor,  etc.?  Would  they 
not more than  balance the good times  we 
have hauling our produce through  rough 
miles  of  mud,  at  such  fearful  cost  in 
extra labor, repairs, horses,  oats,  and in 
wear and tear of conscience and damages 
to  character?
is  certain  that  bad  roads  make 
weak, struggling  churches and poor,  illy 
attended,  lifeless  schools.  They  neces­
sitate a life of seclusion, which  walls the 
path of social progress.
To  sum  up,  a  perfect  highway  is  a 
thing of  beauty  and  a  joy  forever. 
It 
blesses every home  by  which  it  passes. 
It brings into  pleasant  communion  peo­
ple who otherwise would  have  remained 
at  a  perpetual  distance. 
It  awakens 
emulation, cements friendship  and  adds 
new charm to social  life. 
It  makes  the 
region it  traverses  more  attractive,  the 
residences  more  delightful. 
It  stimu­
lates  a  spirit  of  general  improvement. 
Fields begin to look tidier, shabby fences 
disappear,  gardens  show  fewer  weeds, 
lawns are  better  kept,  the  houses  seem 
cosier,  trees  are  planted  along  its  bor­
ders,  birds  fill  the  air  with  music,  the 
world  seems  brighter,  the  atmosphere 
purer.  The country is awake, patriotism 
revives,  philanthropy  blossoms  as  sel­
fishness  fades  and  slinks 
from  view. 
The sehoolhouse and the church  feel the 
magic  influence—the  wand  of  progress 
has  touched  even 
them—the  old  are 
young  again,  the  young  see  something 
now to  live  for,  and  to  all  life  seems 
worth  the  living. 
The  daily  mail 
reaches  each  home.  The  rural  cosmo­
politan  “feels  the  daily  pulse  of  the 
world.”

Some genius has  invented  a  material 
made from  cornstalks  intended  to  take 
the place of cocoa-cellulose as  a packing 
between the exterior  and  interior  hulls 
of war vessels, through which a shot will 
pass without leaving a leak,  and  a board 
of naval experts has  been  appointed  to 
examine it.

G E T   R E A D Y   F O R   T H E

>VS
THE  ECLIPSE
WDler  Sprinkler  wiili  Siller  or  Dueler  Niocieni,

IS  A  NEW  AND  VALUABLE  IHPROVED

(Patented  1886. 

Im proved 1889.)

Especially adapted for  app'ying  Paris Green  W ater,  Powder Compounds 
Plaster, etc.,  to  Potato Vines and o th er plants.
THE  ECLIPSE is m anufactured in such a durable m anneras to be practi­
cally indestructible, and also so simplified as to be quickly and easily detached 
for  any  purpose  necessary,  m aking  it  th e  Cheapest  and  Most  Convenient 
Sprinkler fo r all  purposes—in doors o r ou t—and a  practical device indispens­
able for effectually destroying th e Potato Beetle and other plant  insects.

For  Sprinkling. 

For  Store  or  Floor.
For  Vines  or  Plants.

For  Dusting.

Acme Plaster Sifter

FOR  POTATOES  AND  OTHER  VINES.

EIGHT 19 TEH ACRES COVERED PER DAY.

To  Operate  the  Sifter.

Place the square piece of Sheet Iron w ith  points down over the 
agitator in th e bottom .  Put  the  Plaster in  can  on  top  of  square 
piece.  This square  piece takes part of the w eight of plaster, which 
is very  heavy,  from   th e  agitator  and  allows  it to work freely.  A 
slight turn of the w rist, easy or hard, as you  may wish  much or lit­
tle plaster to be  delivered,  is  all  th at  is  necessary  to  opera'e  the 
sifter.

W ith  one  In  each  hand  a  m an  can care for two rows at once, 

covering from eight to ten acres per  day.

!foTER&TEVEN$

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M s t R ° e

G R A N D   R A P I D S .

Catches  More  Flies

than any other Sticky Fly 
Paper and  pleases  every­
body.

Every  box  guaranteed 

by the manufacturer.

Costs no more than comj 

mon fly paper.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

14

GETTING  THE  PEOPLE.

Art of Reaching'  and Holding Trade by 

Advertising.

Some  more  experienced  than  I  may 
differ with  me when  1 say  that  footwear 
is one of the most satisfactory lines there 
is In trade to-day. 
It is so easy  to  keep 
the shelves looking nicely;  the  packages 
are  so  neat,  clean  and  symmetrical; 
there’s such a  vast fund of entertainment 
in studying the various phases of human 
nature engaged in selecting a  fit  for  the 
pet corns;  and,  lastly,  but not  “leastly,” 
by any means,  are  the  abundant  oppor­
tunities and material  for  advertising.  1 
would prefer,  any day,  to have the pleas­
ure of “Getting the People”  through the 
medium of a  new  and  original  plan  of 
advertising,  than  to  eat  a  square meal 
when I’m hungry,  and in boots and shoes 
there are  all  sorts  of  opportunities  for 
both  newspaper 
“ window 
catchers.”

talk  and 

-Just  now,  at  the  beginning  of 

the 
“sticky season,” I think  I should  try and 
make a run on  “yaller  brogans.” 
I  am 
led  to  believe  there’s  a  pretty profit in 
the goods,  they are attractive for window 
display and  therefore  the  proper  thing 
to  act  as  a  porous plaster in  “drawin”’ 
trade.

If you,  Mr. Shoe  Vender,  needed  some 
“leather  to  fit  feet,”  would  you  read 
this ad.?
Corns  Fitted 
While  You  Wait!

P erfect ease of sole and a clear conscience 
are r.o be obtained by  w earing our $3
“ YALLER  BROGANS”

Perfect in  Kit,  Perfect  in  Style, P erfect  in 
Quality.

BONIUN  &  TOOFEET,

E xpert Sole  F itters.
There’s nothing  in  the world  appeals 
so strongly to the  “tenderness”  of  men 
and  women  as  an  easy  pair  of  shoes. 
Anything,  therefore,  which  will  convey I 
the idea  to  the  prospective  buyer  that 
the shoes you have to sell him will  never 
cause the  wearer a moment’s  pain or  in­
convenience,  will  act as a powerful  mag­
net in drawing the  dollars  of  the  great 
public.

If I bad a nice line of ladies’ fine shoes 
and wished to attract the attention of the 
“ world’s  fair”  to  my  store, 
I  would 
“promulgate”  something after  this fash­
ion:
The  Crowning  Beauty 
Of  Lovely  Woman,

To u tter a paradox, lies in

Well  Booted  Feet
Ask ten  men  w hat  portion  of  a  w om an's 
‘■gear” they see first, and nine will answ er, 
"T he Lady's Shoes."

MORAL—O ur $3.50 Ladies'  F ine Shoes are made 
all  w idths and of th e best  m aterials.  They 
w ear well and w ill  fit any foot perfectly.

BUTTON  &  LACE,

Stylish  Footgear.

In  the  way  of  window  display,  so 
many  ideas  for  “pausing  pedestrians” 
in  their  daily  rush  come  into  mind,  I 
hardly know what  to  use  here  as  illus­
trations. 
I  imagine,  however,  that  if 
I were possessed  of  a  quantity  of  rub­
bers,  and wanted to  “push  them  along” 
to  my  fellow  men  and  women  in  ex 
change for a neat  profit,  I  would  try  this 
scheme for a day or so,  in my  window:

Ingredients—An old wash-tub,  a wash­

board,  and the dummy of a woman.

Place  the  tub  on  a  bench,  with  the 
washboard inside, as well as  some water, 
suds  and  a  few  clothes.  Rig  up  a 
“dummy,”  putting  an  old  calico  dress 
upon it,  get as ill-looking  a false face as 
possible,  and make the whole  figure out-

landish in the  extreme.  Put  “Madame 
Dummy”  before the  bench,  in  the  atti­
tude  and  act  of  “rubbing  out” 
the 
clothes.  Place a  string  of  the  rubbers 
to  be  sold  around  her  neck,  allowing 
them  to hang  nearly  to  the  floor  of  the 
window.  Also,  you  can  decorate  the 
tub with them,  and arrange  them in  any 
other fantastic  way  you  may  see  fit,  or 
novelty  suggests.  Now,  go 
to  the 
printer or the painter—it’s  only  the dif­
ference of an  “a”  and  “r”  between  the 
two—and  get  him to  make for you  this 
sign,  on  a  large  sheet  of  white  card 
board:

LADY  RUBBER

The only  G enuine  Specimen  outside  of 

home.  Ju st captured.  We also

RUBBER  LADIES,

G entlemen  and  Children  w ith the m ost 

durable goods.  All new  stock.

Hang  this  upon  the  dummy,  being 
careful to give the public a  side  view  of 
the  latter.  Will  you  stop  to  read  it? 
You  can  wager  your last share of stock 
in a summer  resort  that  you  will,  and 
that others will—people  with  money  in 
their pockets and  wet  feet—they’re  the 
ones you  want.

Attention is one  of  the  most  difficult 
things  in  the  world  to  obtain.  People 
are  so  busy  they  will  stop for nothing 
short of  a  “mental  earthquake.”  This, 
then,  is the “medicine” you must  use  in 
your advertising.  Explode something in 
the  pnblic  ear  every  day.  Keep  the 
drum sounding.  Don’t hesitate or slacken 
in the effort to  devise  some  new  means 
of “Getting the People.”  If you do, your 
neighbor will  get them and their dollars, 
as well. 
In the business  world  there  is 
a constant rush for  “first  place”  in  the 
thoughts of the buying people.  There is 
a  “first  place”  for  every  locality  and 
every  line of goods in that locality.  You 
will  hold it,  if  you  will  advertise  “dar­
ingly, 
truthfully,  steadily  and  origin­
ally.”

It seems to me that a  line  of  slippers 
would  make  a  nice  “ad.  stock.”  Ar­
range a  large  number  tastefully  in  the 
window, in  form  of  a  circle.  Running 
from one side, at the floor of the window, 
to about four feet high  on  the side wall, 
place  a  toboggan  slide,  made  of  light 
framework and covered  with  white  cot­
ton.  Also, scatter cotton in the window, 
to represent  snow.  This will  help  dis­
play the slippers nicely.  On  the  tobog­
gan slide place a small sled  or  toboggan 
—either will do—near  the  middle,  with 
a  large  doll,  dressed  for winter, seated 
thereon.  Standing below,  will  be placed 
a card like this:

We  Pay  HIGHEST  MARKET  PRICES  in  SPOT  CASH  and  fleasure  Bark 

When  Loaded.  Correspondence  Solicited.

BOSTON 
COnPANY’S

RUBBER SHOE
McG raw’s

Goods  arc  found  at

DETROIT

We  have the G reatest  V ariety of the  F reshest Goods, and th e L argest  Stock 

of any housx in th e U nited States.

A.  HERULD, 

F.  E.  WALTHER, 
SAM  H.  SIMMONS

A.  C.  WETZEL 

ARE  HUSTLING  THESE  DAYS  FOR  ORDERS  ON

w fli .RS-GnnnYFflR  r h r b f r s

THE  BEST  WEARING  BRAND  ON  EARTH,  for the

H e r o ld -B e r ts c h   S h o e   C o .,

5  and  7  Pearl  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

P.  S.  W rite  us care the bouse.

Reeder Bros. 

Shoe Co.

State Agents for Lycoming  R ubber Co.

Summer Slippers  for  the  Ladies,  “ Dad's 

S lipper," to use on bad  boys, and 

a llk in d s o f slippers.  Prices 

Down—V alues Up.

In  my  observation,  anything  which 
will attract  the  children  will  draw  the 
old  folks.  This  toboggan  slide  and 
“dollie” will surely catch the  sharp eyes 
of the  little  misses  at  once.  Then  if 
“ Mamma” does not see  the window,  the 
little girl says,  when  she  reaches  home: 
“Oh,  mamma,  you  ought 
to  see  Mr. 
Giovecalf’s windows.  He’s got the pret­
tiest little toboggan  slide,  with  just  the 
loveliest dollie on  a  sled,  and  oh,  such 
beautiful  slippers  all  around  it.  And 
say,  mamma,  my old slippers  look awful 
shabby.  Won’t  you  get  me  some  new 
ones?”
It’s “jest 
natur’”—human  “natur.”

So you see the “feelosofy?” 

F d c .  F o s t e r   F u l l e r .

LYCOHINGS are our FIRST QUALITY 
KEYSTONES are our Second Quality

Xine years ago these goods were not know n in 
M ichigan, and to-day they stand second  to none 
and are as well  know n as any.  A  great m any of 
the best retail m erchants in  Michigan and  Indi­
ana think they are the  best,  goods  made,  being 
m ade from  the  P urest  R ubber  and  on the  best 
style lasts, and are the  best  fitting goods in  the 
m arket.  O ur  trade  for  the  past  nine  years on 
these goods has steadily increased.
OUR  LEATHER  LINE  is  full  and  com plete: 
also an elegant line  of  FELT  HOOTS  and  SOX 
fo r fall.
See our salesmen—it  will  pay you to examine 
samples.

REEDER  BROS.  SHOE  CO.

QRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Bonus
Offered::::::

The citizens o f the village of VANDERBILT 
w ill  pay  a  liberal  bonus  fo r  a  Hardwood 
Factory 
th a t  will  em ploy  seventy-five 
m en o r more.

We have th e choicest of Maple, Birch and 

Basswood Tim ber.

Correspondence  solicited.

A r t h u r   L..  M o r s e
V A N D E R B IL T
O tsego  C o.,  M ichigan

U s e   T r a d e s m a n   W a n t s  C o l u m n

IT  REACHES  THE  PEOPLE.

THE  DESERTED  VILLAGE.

Effect  of  Mechanical  Progress  on  the 

Home  Life  of the Nation.

The village life of old  times  has  been 
the basis  of  many  an  iftyl  in  prose  or 
verse.  A  village  represents  the center 
of the isolated community,  made isolated 
by difficulties  of  transportation  both  of 
freight and  person.  Before  the  days  of 
MacAdam  every  mile  of  bowlder-in­
fested,  sandy and muddy roads exhausted 
man and beast alike who were concerned 
in  the  transfer  of  wagons  over  it. 
In 
England where, owing to the  very  large 
proportional  population,  traveling  was 
extensively  indulged in,  the  matter had 
become very serious in the  last  century. 
The great lumbering stage coaches would 
be dragged over roads  which  in the con­
temporary literature are described as ab­
solutely  terror  inspiring.  But  London 
was not then the  absolute  metropolis  of 
the country.  All  through the land there 
were prosperous  villages,  whose  inhab­
itants led cultured lives  and  very rarely 
journeyed to the large cities.

Then  MacAdam  evolved  his  plan  of 
making roads  with broken stone,  formu­
lating the curious precept that  no  stone 
must be used  which was too large  to  go 
into the mouth.  He would take  a  piece 
of road filled with bowlders,  and,  break­
ing them to fragments,  would  make  the 
road supply all or a great part of the ma­
terial required for its  own  construction. 
William Cobbett,  at the beginning of this 
century,  representing  the  agriculturist, 
inveighs against the use of the broad tires 
imposed  by the  authorities  upon  those 
who  traveled  upon the new roads which 
then began to traverse England in all  di­
rections.  These  roads  enabled  stage

® SE   MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

coaches to make ten miles  an  hour, and 
the population began at once  to  central­
ize more than before,  and  we  find  Cob­
bett again lamenting the  growth  of  the 
“ Wenn,” as he termed London.

When the  railroad replaced  the  stage 
coach,  the growth of London and  of  the 
great  cities  began  in  earnest.  Mean­
while,  in this country,  the New England 
States  had  become  filled  with  villages. 
The  white-painted  gable  houses  with 
green  blinds, 
the  village  green,  with 
town hall,  public school and church  fac­
ing it, had become characteristic features 
of these settlements.

to  a  certain  extent, 

For  the  better  intellectual  develop­
ment of the natives or  inhabitants of the 
villages,  lyceums  were  founded,  which 
arranged  for  courses  of  lectures  to  be 
given  on  various  subjects.  The  life 
seemed, 
ideal. 
There  is in  humanity  a  theoretical  de­
sire for repose  and  absence  of  strife,  a 
desire  which  in  many  cases  is  purely 
theoretical,  and  whose  exponent  was 
found in the New  England  villages  and 
in communities of the same type in other 
states.  The intellectual element of these 
places was responsive  to  the  life  of  the 
day,  and it is surprising how many of our 
greatest men came from  the villages.

To-day  the  change  is  complete.  The 
villages  are  being 
rapidly  deserted. 
When factories  began to be  built  of  the 
large scale,  they were  placed in  villages, 
but centralization has affected them also. 
They have  left  the  villages,  and  Lynn, 
Fall River and similar cities have become 
great manufacturing centers, each repre­
senting enough  industry  to maintain  all 
the villages in a state.

Some years ago  the  deserted  farms  of

New England  were made  the  subject  of 
investigation by the Governmept.  Farms, 
which long ago were the  objects of care­
ful cultivation, and  which  seemed to the 
owners to represent the acme of progress, 
have been  thrown  upon  the  market  at 
ruinous prices.  They are  gradually  be­
ing taken  up  in  part  by  French  Cana­
dians,  who  seem  to  bring  with 
them 
some of the frugal and industrious traits 
of the Old Country French farmer.  Now, 
the  deserted  village  takes  the  place  of 
the deserted farm as an object of interest 
and  of  solicitude.  The  young  people 
used to want to leave the  farm,  and  did 
it.  Now they want to leave  the  village, 
and are doing it.  Steam  railroads,  sup­
plemented  by  the  electric  road,  cause 
that which is really an  immense  area  to 
be subsidiary to each large city.

Mechanical progress affects all classes, 
and the inventor touches the life of every 
class.  The farmer  and  villager,  at  first 
sight,  would seem relatively  little affect­
ed by modern machinery.  But improved 
tools made farming more effective;  steam 
was applied to its processes,  cheapening 
them greatly; the railroads took the crude 
or raw  products  to  steam  mills,  ending 
the work of the country grist mills.  And 
now the railroad and  trolley  have  taken 
the personnel of the farm  and  village  in 
hand and  have  transported  them  to  the 
city, and village life, such as it was even 
thirty years ago,  is ended by the progress 
of  mechanical  art.  The  story  of  Con­
cord,  in Massachusetts,  with its  authors, 
Hawthorne,  Emerson,  Thoreau  and  the 
Alcotts,  will  hardly  ever be  told of  any 
future  village.  The  mechanic  and  the 
inventor  have  settled  the  question  for­
ever.

1 5
It would  be  hard  to  find  a  better  in­
stance  of  the  effect  of  mechanical  pro­
gress  upon  the  home life of a nation.  It 
may even have an  effect  upon  its litera­
ture, for the quality of books is certainly 
affected  by environment,  and the invent­
or,  scientist  and  mechanic  have  deter­
mined  a new  environment  for the active 
portion of humanity.

Vertical  Writing.

in 

From the Journal  of Education.
Vertical writing is a renaissance.  For 
many years,  especially in English-speak­
ing countries,  it is a notable  fact  that  it 
has  been  steadily  on  the 
increase, 
though  little  taught 
the  schools. 
Wherever absolute legibility  is  required 
in National  and State capitals, in govern­
mental  departments, 
in  offices  where 
valuable records are  kept  and  must  be 
accurately  and 
legibly  transcribed,  in 
England and our own  country,  it  is  be­
ing more and  more  insisted  on  that  the 
handwriting shall be vertical. 
In banks, 
in the offices  of  the  great  railway,  in­
surance,  and commercial corporations, in 
telegraph  offices,  where  actions  at  law 
are  founded  on  errors  in  transmitting 
and receiving important messages  due to 
slovenly writing, in'all  the  chiiograph- 
ical  centers,  vertical  writing  has  been 
gradually  shaping  and  changing  the 
handwriting of men who have  for  many 
years  been  writing  the  old  way. 
In 
many,  many  instances  the  question  of 
preference  as  between 
two  applicants 
for the same place  has  been  determined 
in  favor of the  vertical  writer, and upon 
that sole  acquisition.

He  Had  Change.

*

Tramp—Have  you  change  for  half  a 
dollar?
Gentleman—Yes.  Where’s 
the  half 
dollar? 
Tramp—I haven’t any,  but  I  thought 
if  you  bad  change for a half dollar you 
might have a dime or two for a poor man 
what’s seen better days.  All  the gents  I 
have asked for help said they hadn’t any 
change.

Rindge,Kalm bach 
C o .
AGENTS  FOR  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

12  14  a n d   10  P E A R L   S T R E E T ,   G R A N D   R A P I D S

N EED LE  TOE 

SHAPE.

ABOVE  ARE  SOME  OF  THE  NEW  SHAPES  OF  THE  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.’S  GOODS.  WE  CARRY  ALL  THE  NEW 
TOES  AND  STYLES,  AND  HAVE  AS  LARGE  AND  COMPLETE  A   STOCK  AS  ANY  JOBBER.  WE  SOLICIT  YOUR  BUSINESS 
AN D   WILL  GIVE  YOUR  ORDERS  PROM PT  AND  PAIN STAK IN G  ATTENTION.

WOMEN’S  LINDEN  NEEDLE  TOE. 

MEN S  BEWICK  NEEDLE  TOE.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

SAUCE FOR THE GANDER SHOULD BE SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE

A few years ago,  several  prom inent  m akers 
made double tube m en's w heels, using two small 
tubes, claim ing they  were  m ore  rigid  than one 
large  one.  To-day,  these  sam e  m akers  claim 
more  rigidity  in  large  single  tubes  for  men s 
light wheels,  yet  continue  to  indict  the  ladies 
w ith “ back  num bered"  double  lube wheels. 
If 
small  double  tubes  were  not  a  good  thing  for 
men s wheels, why should  they be  lo r ladies'?

i-asts, n r t i r

We  can’t  take  any  more orders for 
Ladies’  Clippers  and  fill  them  before 
July  ist.

BICYCLE
CLOTHING

O f all descriptions

We  are  Exclusive 
Agents  for

Boston  Patent 
Pants Co.

BICYCLE  SUNDRIES
BASE BALL and TENNIS GOODS
A gents  W anted

Commercial Aspect of the Bicycle.

W ritte n  fo r Th e  Tradesman.

Prices  on  the  various  lines  of  low 
grade wheels are now  higher  than  du 
ing the past two months.  This is caused 
by the  enormous  demand  for  this  class 
of wheels.  Not being of  standard  qual 
ity and  reputation, they  have  no  stand 
ard prices to be  adhered  to,  and,  there 
fore,  sell according to the call  for  them 
Doubtless, one of  the  causes which  led 
to such a  demand  as  now  exists  is  the 
fact that  this class  of  wheels  could  be 
purchased so cheaply earlier in  the  sea 
son.  At the two National  ’cycle  shows, 
the agents  for  these  manufacturers  al 
most fell over each other in  their  efforts 
to dispose of  the  output  of  the  respec­
tive houses.  One line was quoted as low 
as ¡531.75 to jobbers.  These  orders were 
filled without  difficulty  during  the  first 
three months of the selling season, at the 
end  of  which  time  the  demand  com­
menced  to  exceed  the  capacity  of  the 
factories and an  increase  in  prices  has 
been  found  advisable.  Another  reason 
is  the  embarassment  caused  the  manu 
facturers through inability to secure ma 
terial  for  their  workmen,  which  has 
necessitated  the  withdrawal  of  one  or 
two models  from the  market.  The very 
large  portion  of  this  class  of  wheels, 
which is always made very  early  in  the 
season,  enabled  all  dealers  to  fill  their 
orders  promptly  during  the  first  three 
months of the rush.
The  number  of  low  grade  wheels 
which are  selling  at  high grade  prices 
this season is  astonishing.  The  natural 
increase of  ’cycling  has  been  so  stimu­
lated by the $100  list  that  many  manu­
facturers  who entertained no thought  of 
entering  high  grade  competition  have 
been able to  dispose  of  their  output  at 
fancy  figures,  considering  the  grade  of 
wheels offered.  The  demand  not  being 
so great for mediums as for high and low 
grades,  the manufacturers of  the former 
have  been  enabled  to  fill  their  orders 
with  reasonable  promptness;  and,  for 
this  reason,  the  agents  for  high  grade 
wheels have lost a large number  of sales 
which  they  could  have  made,  had  not 
their  customers  become  disgusted  with 
the  delay  ip  the  delivery  of  their  ma 
chines  and  countermanded  the  orders. 
These sales are  not  entirely  lost  to  the 
high grade dealers,  however,  as the own­
ership and use of a  cheap  wheel  simply 
whets the appetite  of  the  rider  for  the 
best,  and numbers of  them  have already 
been  investigating  the  cost  of  an  ex­
change  for  good  machines.  But  very 
few  sales  are  altogether  lost,  because 
when  a  person  once  gets  the  “feVer, 
nothing will satisfy him but a bicycle.
All this activity in the ’cycle  trade,  in 
the face of  the  abominable  condition  of 
our average  country roads,  leads  one  to 
wonder what would be the  case  were the 
roads in as  good  shape  as  those  of  Eu­
rope. 
’Cycling on the  other  side  of  the 
“ big  water” 
is  also  enjoying  a  great 
boom; but it is  not  up  to  the  American 
standard.  The  fine  streets  and  boule­
vards of European countries  should tend 
to  a  remarkable  growth  of  cycling  in 
those localities,  but,  of course,  America 
is always ahead of  every  other 'country.
We will have the  good  roads  some  day.
A majority of the roads  in  Europe  were 
built  before  the  discovery  of  America. 
Some of the Eastern  States of the  Union 
are provided with fairly  good  thorough­
fares; due,  mainly,  to  the  efforts  of  the 
Eastern divisions of the League of Amer­
ican  Wheelmen.  The  League  was  or­
ganized in the East, and there its  largest 
membership still  exists.  The  founders 
of  the  organization  incorporated  into 
their  constitution  a  provision  for  a 
Roads Improvement  Bureau,  and  imme­
diately  set  to  work  to  secure  a  better­
ment of the public highways in America. 
The  result  of  their  work  is  shown  in 
some very fine  roads  along  the  Atlantic 
coast. 
In the West,  wheelmen  were not 
so  numerous  as  in  Massachusetts  aud 
New York and,  for this reason, not much 
has been done in  “good  roads”  agitation 
in  the  Western  States.  At  this  time, 
however,  there is no excuse  for  small  L.
A.  W.  memberships,  as  there  are  thou­
sands  of  wheelmen  in  every  Western 
State.
Some of the  largest  manufacturers  of 
biayoles in the East  long ago  recognized {

the value of good roads to their business, 
and have donated money and time  to  as­
sist the L. A. W.  in its work in the inter­
ests of ’cycledom.  That the liberality of 
these  manufacturers  is  appreciated  is 
shown in the almost exclusive occupancy 
of  the  Eastern  States  by  their  trade 
The present condition of the bicycle busi 
ness,  however,  does  not  warrant  any 
more methods of that sort to stimulate it 
no matter how badly  the roads  need  im 
proving.  While  the  Eastern  manufac­
turers  were  turning  their  attention  to 
improvement of the roads,  their Western 
brethren  were attending to the matter of 
improving  their  output.  The  West  un 
doubtedly took the lead in this direction, 
and forced  the  Eastern  trade  to  follow 
them or lose their market.  The first real 
light wheels of standard reputation  were 
made  in  Chicago.  Their  invasion  of 
Eastern territory  compelled  the  makers 
in that section of the country  to  “follow 
uit or pass.”  They preferred to follow 
suit and all but one are now  turning  out 
wheels which are models of lightness and 
strength.  To do this,  and do it properly, 
an immense  amount  of  capital  must  be 
invested.  This  being  the  case,  the loss 
of so many sales,  which might have been 
theirs but for the deplorable lack  of  ma­
terial  which  has  handicapped  them  in 
their efforts to supply their customers, is 
to be regretted.  They  have  the  capital 
invested  and  have  spent  thousands  of 
dollars  in  building  up a business which 
is recognized as one of the leading indus­
tries of the country, and  ought  to  have 
the legitimate results of their work.  But 
the  force  of  the  present  circumstances 
deprive  them  of  it  and the profit is en­
joyed by men  who have  not  one-quarter 
of  the  capital  invested,  and  who  have, 
heretofore, done nothing  to  advance  the 
interests of ’cycling. 
In  fact,  there  are 
men enjoying a good trade in bicycles to 
day who have, in the past, done their  ut 
most to place the industry “hors de  com 
bat."  While  all  monopolies  should  be 
discouraged, it is but fair  that  men  who 
have  built  up  a  trade  should  reap  the 
benefits of their labor and not have  them 
thrown  at  the  feet  of  others,  who  are 
making a cheap grade  of  goods  and  re 
ceiving  as  much  for  them  as  the  man 
who spends twice as much money in pro 
ducing a first-class article.
low  grade 
The  manufacturers  of 
wheels do not compete in the  least  with 
those  making  the  high grade machines. 
They occupy an altogether different field.
In  fact,  they  help  rather  than  hinder 
them.  They sell  bicycles  without claim­
ing them to be high grade,  aud  they  sell 
them  at  a  price  which  enables people, 
who  think  they  cannot  afford  a  high 
priced  wheel, 
to  become  wheelmen. 
They are  satisfied  with  the  article,  for 
they  have  never  had  anything  better. 
They ride  the low  grade  machine  until 
they chance to try the  running  qualities 
of  a  high-grade  wheel  owned  by some 
friend,  and,  nine times out of  ten,  this 
means  a  sure  sale  for  some  dealer  in 
high grades. 
If the  buyer  could  really 
not afford to pay  the  price  of  the  best, 
he would not  become a wheelman at  all. 
Thus,  the  fact  of  his  buying  a  cheap 
wheel does not compete with  the  maker 
of high grades.
One  manufacturer  of  actually  high 
grade wheels, only,  also makes a medium 
line.  Formerly, this firm  was  two  sep­
arate institutions, one  making  high  and 
the  other  medium  grade  goods.  The 
same people, owning a majority of  stock 
in  each  concern,  made  a  consolidation 
possible,  which  was  effected  in  con­
formity with the wishes  of the aforesaid 
majority.  All  other  high  grade  manu­
facturers make but  one grade of wheels.
It is generally  understood by them to be 
best for the trade not to  mingle  the  two 
lines  of  business,  which,  as mentioned 
above, occupy entirely different fields.
M o r r is  J .  W h it e .

—

It is often  supposed that boys in grow 
ing keep ahead of girls;  but recent meas­
urements  disprove  this.  The  boys,  up 
to their eleventh year,  were found to run 
about a  quarter  to  half  au  inch  taller 
than the  girls.  They  were  then  over­
taken by the  girls,  who  surpassed  them 
iu  height  until  their  sixteenth  year, 
when the  boys  again  grew  faster  than 
the girls, and came to the front,  i—i  ■—i

W est  M ichigan  A gen ts

A lso   a  F u ll  L in e  o f

W ading  Pants  and 

Boots.

HOSE

BELTING
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One  Experience That of Many.

Written for The Tradesman.
‘‘Did yon ever realize  that,  of the vast 
army of retailers,  the percentage of suc­
cessful  ones  is  very  small?”  asked  a 
friend of mine a few days ago.

‘‘Yes,  I  have  noticed that fact,”  was 
my reply,  “ and 1 have  also  noticed  that 
each who contemplates embarking in the 
same business imagines he sees precisely 
how and where the others  failed, and he 
says to himself,  ‘I know just  the way  to 
avoid all those pitfalls.’ ”

“It is amusing to  observe,”  continued 
my friend,  “how wise(?)  the  uninitiated 
in business are and with  what  contempt 
they  view  the  struggles  to  succeed  of 
those  already  engaged  in  trade.  But 
those  who  possess  years  of  experience 
can afford to remain silent  at  such exhi­
bitions  of  false  wisdom,  knowing  full 
well 
that  'Ignorance  is  the  evil  and 
knowledge the remedy.’  Of  all  persons 
who venture into  the  whirlpool  of  mer­
cantile business and are lost  sight  of  in 
the  quickest  time,  those  who have pre­
viously been day laborers  or  farmers  of 
small  means  disappear  first. 
I  had  a 
neighbor,  a Mr.  Perley,  who  was  quite 
comfortable  on  a  farm  of  only  thirty 
acres;  that  is,  he  easily  made  a  good 
living for his family of  six persons,  kept 
out of debt and always had a few dollars 
—say $25—in his  purse.  He  had  often 
expressed a wish that he had just $250 in 
cash to invest in fruit trees,  in  addition 
to  those  he  had  bearing,  as he felt cer­
tain that would  place  him  on  the  high­
road to competence.  To accumulate that 
sum,  as he was then situated, seemed im­
possible.  At length,  fortune  seemed  to 
favor him.  A distant  relative  died  and 
bequeathed him  $650—more  than  twice

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

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the sum he had wished for. 
I supposed, 
then, that his farm would  receive an im­
petus it had  never  yet  felt.  But,  alas! 
To  my  neighbor  whose purse had never 
contained  more  than  a  paltry  dollars, 
this  sum  looked  inexhaustible.  The 
farm life,  with its daily round of feeding 
the stock, cultivating and  gathering  the 
small fruits,  marketing  the  poultry  and 
their products, the  honey,  etc.,  became 
distasteful and unbearable,  and  one day 
he leased his farm,  rented a store in  the 
suburbs of a city  and  purchased  a stock 
of groceries.

“I dropped in to  see  Mr.  Perley  soon 
after he commenced  business.  His fam­
ily was living in the second story  of  the 
building. 
In the  conversation  that  fol­
lowed he admitted that he  had  much  to 
learn about  the  business.  He  had  dis­
covered that  he  was  too  far  from  the 
center  of  trade,  but,  still,  he  thought 
that other things were in his  favor.  He 
congratulated himself in saving all clerk 
hire,  and the  rent  was  low—only  $20  a 
month  for  the  entire  building.  His 
sales,  however,  were  proportionately 
small.  Mr.  Perley  remained  in  that 
building only eight months, his  sales be­
ing too light to continue longer.

“When next I heard from  him,  he had 
removed  to a  small  village  some  miles 
distant.  His stock  of  goods  had wasted 
away,  until he  had  no  assortment  left, 
and neither money nor credit with which 
to stock  up.  He was  then  endeavoring 
to  make  some  arrangement  with  his 
tenant whereby he could get back  on his 
farm  once  more.  He  had  carefully 
avoided giving credit,  which,  in his case, 
was certainly in the line of wisdom,  but, 
owing  to  close  competition  all  around

him,  and to his entire  ignorance  of  the 
business, the small  profits would  barely 
allow him to  live  and  pay  current  ex­
penses.  He was  simply  consuming  bis 
legacy as fast as  possible,  while  receiv­
ing absolutely nothing for his own labor.
“Again I went to pay a visit to my  old 
friend and  neighbor.  He  seemed  much 
discouraged  with  the  outlook,  and  in­
formed me that, as his  tenant’s  lease  of 
the farm would not expire before another 
year, he would be obliged to  go  on  with 
the business, but  might  make  one  more 
change of locality.  Desiring to do him a 
good turn, 1 told him of a crossroads  set­
tlement in a rich  agricultural  neighbor­
hood fourteen miles distant from any vil­
lage,  where  there  was already a school- 
house,  a church and  a  blacksmith  shop. 
Having been there in person, I knew that 
the farmers for  miles  around. wanted  a 
general store  at  that  place,  and  would 
not only aid the right man in the erection 
of a proper building,  but  would  donate 
a lot for it fronting two  roads.  But  Mr. 
Perley had started  out  with  more  lofty 
ideas than  to  run  a  county  store.  He 
would  listen  to  no  argument,  and  my 
well-meant counsel was,  therefore,  lost. 
Long afterward,  he  acknowledged  that 
he ought to have acted  upon  my  advice, 
for he had seen the prosperity of another 
who availed himself of  that  opportunity 
and is now a highly prosperous merchant 
and,  besides,  has  the  post  office  in  his 
store.

“At  the present writing,  Mr.  Perley is 
again  my  neighbor  on  his  own  thirty 
acres  of  land.  Financially,  he  is  in  a 
little better condition than he was before 
his windfall of  $650;  he  admits  having 
gained a large amount of one thing, how­

ever,  by  his  venture—wisdom.  But he 
finds  true  happiness  for  himself  and 
family on the old farm—to which,  by the 
way,  he has added a score of broad acres 
—and will never again leave it to engage 
in  a  business  about  which  he  knows 
nothing.”

In drawing a moral  from  this  recital, 
which as truly pictures the  condition  of 
many a one to-day, a few  suggestions  to 
those who are about to  embark  in  mer­
cantile  business  might  not  be  out  of 
place.  Competition  never  was  greater, 
nor wouid a  dollar  ever  purchase  more 
than  it  will  to-day.  That  means  that 
there are fewer dollars  to  spend  in  the 
pockets of the small and most  numerous 
customers.  The old maxim,  “The  large 
fish eat up the little ones,”  is  particular­
ly applicable to  merchants  in  times  of 
depression.  Such being  the  fact,  those 
now  commencing  business,  more  espe­
cially those with limited  capital,  should 
avoid the competition of the  larger busi­
ness centers, and should  locate  in either 
small manufacturing  communities or  in 
isolated  settlements.  The  outlook  in 
such places is more hopeful  than  in  the 
large  trade  centers,  and  they  contain 
more  possibilities  of  success  for  the 
dealer with small capital.

In conclusion,  let me  say that it is the 
opinion of most that the commercial con­
dition of the United  States  has  reached 
its lowest limit and is surely  tending up­
ward. 

Frank  A.  Howig.

Observe a young  father  trying  to  ap­
pease a bawling baby,  and you  will  wit­
ness  enough  ingenuity in ten minutes to 
make you think that the man ought to be 
a big success as an inventor.

FIREWORKS

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Illu stra ted   a n d   N et  P r ic e   List* s e n t ‘on   a p p lica tio n .

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CHICORY  AS  A  BEVERAGE.

Its  Cheapness  Must  Eventually  Rec­

ommend Its  Use.

to 

formulate 

The history of public opinion concern­
ing some of the most ordinary matters of 
life is not less  curious  than  interesting. 
How much some of  our  favorite  articles 
of diet and drink were at their first intro­
duction  condemned  and  ridiculed,  we 
are apt  to  forget  in  the  daily  employ­
ment  which  we  now  make  of  them. 
Shortly after 1650,  both  tea  and  coffee 
were for the first time  employed in  Eng­
land;  not  until  many  years  afterward, 
had they become sufficiently  appreciated 
to merit the title of  popularity.  During 
this period of  novelty,  both  these  now 
most common drinks  suffered  the  oppo­
sition of scientists and the  invectives  of 
popular condemnation.  Only  after long 
and  persistent efforts,  were  their  advo­
cates  successful  in  demonstrating  the 
folly  of  these  ungrounded  prejudices 
and securing  a fair trial for tea  and  cof- 
- fee.  Such  reminiscences  form  only  a 
single  illustration. 
How  frequently, 
for  waut  of  knowledge  or  by  force  of 
prevailing  false  ideas,  the  introduction 
and  employment  of  inauy  of  nature’s 
gifts are  retarded!  The  people  of  this 
age,  however,  are  more  disposed  thau 
their ancestors to investigate  and  to  de­
liberate before forming a  decisive  judg­
ment.  The  more  this  spirit  of  impar­
tiality  is  maintained,  the  less  we  are 
likely 
false  decisions, 
which,  in a later generation,  are  sure  to 
be reversed.  We  must, however, in  the 
consideration of any new question, divest 
ourselves of any  earlier  formed  predis­
position;  especially  is  this  freedom  of 
thought  necessary  where  the  object  is 
suffering from the  disadvantage of an  ill 
name or misuse.
Until the present time chicory has been 
peculiarly  unfortunate  in  this  respect. 
By reason of its use in the United  States 
as an adulterative  ingredient  by  unscru­
pulous dealers, the American  public  has 
condemned it without  apparently  realiz­
ing its natural  properties,  its  legitimate 
uses,  and its claims  to  public  considera­
tion.  Not  only  has  chicory,  without 
doubt,  been  employed  as  an  adulterant 
for coffee and sold under that  name,  but 
even other  vegetable  products, undoubt­
edly injurious to health,  have  been  con­
founded  with  the  chicory  root.  A for­
mer  article  of  mine  upon  this  subject 
called forth a criticism in a leading Ameri­
can magazine,  where  once  more  expres­
sion was given to the common  error  that 
chicory is only fit for  an  adulterant  and 
it  was  classed  with  mixtures  of  “bran, 
flour, molasses,  and  even  sawdust.”  It 
might  be  interesting  to  know  that  the 
most common  adulterants  of  chicory  in 
Belgium are beet  roots  aud  acorns.  ' In­
deed,  last year,  there were  shipments  of 
acorns from this consulate to  the  United 
States;  probably 
for  a  purpose  very 
readily guessed.

It must,  however,  be observed that the 
Belgian government  considers  chicory  a 
perfectly legitimate drink,  on  an  equal­
ity  with  coffee  and  chocolate,  for  the 
adulteration  of  coffee,  chocolate,  and 
chicory and the sale of  such  adulterated 
articles  are  equally  forbidden  and  se­
verely punished by law.
The purport of  this  report,  therefore, 
is not to advocate the misuse  of  chicory, 
but only to fairly consider  its  legitimate 
employment.  The  object  is  not  in  the 
least to urge its substitution in the  place 
of tea or coffee,  but  rather  to  show  the 
harmlessness of its  use,  where  tea  and 
coffee may not for any  reason  be  drunk, 
or  where  the  economy  of  any  less  ex­
pensive  drink  would  give  it  an  advan­
tage.  This 
last  consideration  is  espe­
cially strong among the poorer classes of 
Belgium  and  might  recommend  it  to 
some  in  our  own  country.  Another 
thought—that  of  its  cultivation-in  the 
coast  regions  of  the  middle  Eastern 
States—has also been suggested by a cor­
respondent.
According to Junien,  the chicory plant 
is  to be  classed  with  the  Dicotyledones 
monopetates, a  family  of  the  vegetable 
kingdom.  From his analysis,  it appears 
that  chicory  constitutes  quite  an inter­
esting  species  of  the  family  of 
the 
llguliflore8 or  chicoraeces.  All  its  vari­
eties  are  indigenous  to  the  European

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continent,  and  can,  as we  have  seen,  be 
traced back to the  chicoree  sauvage  and 
the  chicoree  endive.  The  former,  com­
monly called small chicory,  is  especially 
cultivated for its  leaves,  which make an 
excellent  salad.  This  wild  chicory,  so 
called, is a very common perennial plant 
in Belgium,  and is frequently  cultivated 
It  has  a  fusiform  and  tap 
in gardens. 
root;  its stalk grows  3  feet  or  more  in 
height. 
It  is  abundant  along the roads 
and in the pasture lands  of this country. 
In the gardens,  it  develops  much  more, 
the height of its stalk  often  exceeding  6 
feet and its leaves  are  larger.  Very  in­
different to the  nature  of  the  soil,  this 
plant,  however,  prefers new  and  shaded 
It  is sown in the spring, some­
ground. 
times in beds,  but more  often  along  the 
borders. 
It only  requires  watering  and 
ordinary tillage and weeding.  The green 
leaves only  are  ordinarily  employed  in 
medicine  and  domestic  economy.  For 
this purpose,  it is  necessary to  cut them 
from  time  to  time,  thus  indusing  new 
and more tender  leaves  to  shoot  forth; 
the stalk,  too,  must  be  frequently cut in 
order to delay  as  much  as  possible  the 
florescence.  After  the  buds  have  ap 
peared,  the leaves are no longer  eatable. 
Wild chicory is also an  excellent  fodder 
plant. 
Its most  valuable property is its 
ability to grow in  the  worst  soils,  even 
such  as  are  barren,  chalky,  or clayey. 
Thanks to its long taproots,  it can  rest.-t 
dryness in light soih,  but it prefers deep 
soils,  rich in calcareous  matter and of au 
If  given  reasona­
average consistence. 
ble  care,  the  first  crop can  be gathered 
in  early  autumn,  and,  generally, 
two 
later  harvests  can  be  cut.  Although 
cattle may  be pastured on  this  plant,  it 
is generally preferable to cut it  for  con­
sumption in  the stable,  where it  may  be 
mixed  with  other fodder and thus avoid 
the  risk  of  imparting  to  the  milk  and 
butter a bitter  taste.  Almost  all  cattle 
eagerly hunt  the  plant;  cows,  which  at 
first  dislike  it,  rapidly  become  accus­
tomed to its taste.  By  reason  of its bit­
terness, it acts as  a  tonic,  and  animals 
which feed upon it are much  less exposed 
to cutaneous diseases.  Swine  are  espe­
cially fond of the roots.

Among  the  varieties  of  wild  chicory 
just  described,  the  most  important  is 
chicory  with  large  roots,  known  com­
monly as coffee chicory. 
It  is  a  peren­
nial  plant, whose bulky tap and fusiform 
root by torrefaction acquires a bitter  fla­
vor  and  an  aroma  which  is  not unlike 
that  of  sugar  converted  into  caramels. 
This is the variety that  is  daily  increas­
ing in commercial and  industrial  impor­
tance. 
In  Belgium,  it  largely  replaces 
coffee  in  the  lower  ranks  of  society. 
West  Flanders,  in  the  districts  around 
Courtrai  and  Roulers,  is  its  principal 
home.  The  method  of  its  cultivation 
greatly resembles that of the beet  From 
information kindly furnished me  by  the 
principal exporters to the United  States, 
I am enabled to  give  the  various stages, 
from the seed to the  prepared  condition 
of the root ready for  export ,or  even  to 
the completed manufacture of the granu­
lated chicory.

are  known  as 

The seeds,  which  are  very  small,  are 
sown  by  a  hand  drill,  three  rows at a 
time,  during  the  months  of  April  and 
May.  They  must  be sown at a distance 
of about  15  inches  apart.  The  amount 
of seed required per acre  is  from  3%  to 
pounds.  There are several varieties, 
or, rather, subdivisions,  of  this  variety. 
The  chief  two 
the 
wide-leaved  chicory  and  the  eel-headed 
chicory, of which the latter is considered 
the better.  The seed  is obtained by  re­
planting in the month of March,  the  old 
stalks being dug  out  during  the  preced­
ing  autumn. 
In  the  course  of  a  few 
weeks, these go to seed; each  plant gives 
about 300  grains  of  seed;  another  esti­
mate gives 530 pounds of  seed  per  acre. 
The normal price of seed is 23 to 27 cents 
per pound, although it is  generally  very 
difficult to obtain unless ordered  long  in 
advance,  as  each  cultivator  is  in  the 
habit of selling all his roots  except  just 
sufficient to reproduce seed  for  his  own 
private use.  A temperate climate  is  re 
quired.  A  vigorous  soil,  even  slightly 
clayey, produces the  best  chicory,  with 
the heaviest roots.  Sandy soils  also  are 
good, but the roots are generally  lighter. 
The soil must be plowed several  weeks in

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L a c e   C u r a i n s   a n d   D r a p e r y   S i l k s
- Correspondence and orders by m ail solicited.

N E L S O N - M A T T E R  
F U R N I T U R E   CO.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH .

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

JESS 

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advance. 
In case of a dry  season,  great 
care  must  be  taken.  As  soon  as  the 
plant appears,  weeds must  be  diligently 
removed.
About 60,000 plants are raised per acre. 
A crop of  from  11  to  14  tons  of  green 
roots is produced per acre.  The harvest 
takes  place  in  October  and  November. 
The roots  must  be  immediately  washed 
and dried,  and  then  may  be  preserved 
for  fifteen 
to  eighteen  months.  The 
seeds,  if put in a dry place,  may  be kept 
for  seven  years.  The  plant  has  no 
known diseases, but is subject to  the  at­
tack of  a  worm,  which  eats  the  roots. 
His plan of  operations,  however, is very 
regular,  as he proceeds from one  root  to 
the next in a  straight  line.  The  leaves 
immediately wilt,  and,  by  this  circum­
stance,  the  enemy  may  be  readily  dis­
covered  and  exterminated.  The  leaves 
of the plant generally  grow  in  a  small 
tuft, are  narrow,  and  do  not  exceed  10 
or 12  inches  in  lenght.  The  roots  are 
carrot shaped, slightly  larger, dark gray 
in color on the exterior and  nearly  dead 
white  in 
the  interior.  The  roots  are 
dried  on  perforated  racks  in  kilns  by 
means of coke fires, and then  are  cut  by 
machines into pieces of about  one  cubic 
inch.  They  are  known  in  common  as 
cossettes,  and  chicory  is  generally  ex­
ported to America  in  this  form.  After­
ward,  it  is  ground  and  sold  in  powder 
under  the  name  of  granulated  chicory. 
Almost all the grinding  and  preparation 
from  the  cossettes  is  now  done  in  the 
United States.
The expenses connected  with  the  cul­
tivation of the plant are  very  moderate. 
Field  laborers  here  earn  2  to 2% cents 
per  hour.  One  of my informants places 
the  cost,  without  rent  or fertilizers,  at 
$22 to $24 per  acre.  Another states that 
the selling price  of  the  crop  from  one 
acre,  after  washing  and  preparing  for 
drying,  including profits,  amounts to $60 
to $64 per acre.  Still  a  third  gentleman 
gives  me  the  following  statement:  An 
acre produces an average  of  12  tons  of 
raw chicory roots,  worth $5 per ton,  or  a 
total  value  of  $60  per  acre.  The  ex­
penses he gives per acre  are,  seed,  pre­
paration of the soil and cleaning,  $17.50; 
fertilizers, $17.50; weeding,  warehousing 
and  washing,  $3.75;  rent  of  land  and 
taxes, $8.75; total, $52.50, leaving an aver­
age profit of $7.50 per acre to the cultiva­
tor.  The amount of this profit,  however, 
varies according to rent,  price  of  labor, 
and fertilizers. 
In  America,  of  course, 
it would be much  less  than  in  Europe. 
The average cost price to the person who 
dries  and  cuts the roots into cossettes, as 
we observe, is $60  per  acre—that  is,  he 
pays $60 for 12 tons of raw roots; in  dry­
ing,  this weight is reduced to one-fourth, 
or  3  tons.  These,  after  cutting  into 
cossettes, he sells at an  average  price  of 
$31.50 per ton, or a total of  $94.50,  real­
izing an  increase to  cover  expenses  and 
profit of $34.50 on the produce of an acre, 
or $11.50 profit per ton.
Reverting again to the  history  of  this 
plant,  we learn that it was first employed 
as  a  drink  on  the  European  continent 
during the great blockade  of  Napoleonic 
times, when tea and coffee  could  not  be 
easily  procuced. 
Its use  seems  to  have 
originated in Holland, and to have spread 
from there to  other  nations.  After  the 
restoration of peace,  it  continued  to  be 
used by many in preference  to coffee,  al­
though  a  mixture  of  two-thirds  coffee 
and one-third  chicory  is  generally  pre­
ferred.  The  ordinary price of granulated 
chicory  in  this  market  is  3  cents  per 
pound, or about one-ninth of the price of 
coffee,  which sells here  at  23  cents  per 
pound  for  an  average quality. 
It  does 
not possess the  aroma  or exciting quali­
fies of coffee, but when drunk  with  milk 
makes  a  very  patatable  beverage. 
It 
cannot  be  said  to  have  any 
injurious 
effects,  while many advocate its use  as  a 
positive remedy  for  dyspepsia  and  indi­
gestion.
It must again  be  repeated  that  in  all 
continental  countries  chicory  is sold as 
chicory,  and is  protected by law against 
adulteration and  fraud.  Only  recently, 
a  royal  decree  was  promulgated 
in 
Belgium declaring the essential qualities 
of-pure chicory,  requiring  all  packages 
to be legibly marked with the name, and 
forbidding,  under  heavy  penalties,  the 
sale of any  adulteration  as  the  genuine '

article.  A similar  law exists  respecting 
coffee. 
If such legislation existed in the 
United  States, 
the  prejudice  against 
chicory  would soon disappear, and  when 
people  realized that they  received  what 
they thought they were buying.
Forty  years  ago,  chicory  was  little 
known  in  France;  at  present,  it  is  in 
general use.  Once the real use of the ar­
ticle in  its purity is known in the United 
States, 
the  consumption  will,  without 
doubt, increase  in  the  same  proportion 
as  it  has  done  during  this  century  in 
Europe.  Its cheapness, without the inter­
vention of any  deleterious  effects,  must 
eventually  recommend  it  to  our  use. 
We only need  to  consider  its  large  em­
ployment abroad,  the method  of  its  cul­
tivation and preparation, to  enable us to 
determine  that  there  is  no  substantial 
reason  for 
the  unfounded  prejudice 
which  has  heretofore  existed 
in  our 
country against chicory.

U.  S.  Consul at Ghent, Belgium.

H e n r y   C.  M o r r is ,

R em ark ab le  M em ory.
From the Stoves and Hardware Reporter.
An official of one of  the  largest  hard­
ware jobbing houses  in St.  Louis has the 
most remarkable memory  for  names and 
figures  I ever saw or  heard  of in mortal 
man.  He has charge of the  finances, in­
cluding  credits  and  collections,  and  I 
verily believe that  he  can  call  off  from 
recollection the exact  condition  of  each 
account on the books.  As these accounts 
run up into  thousands  in  number,  you 
can  readily  see  what  a photograph gal­
lery, figuratively speaking,  his  thinkery 
must be. 
I had been told of his prowess 
in this  way  but  wasn’t  altogether  pre­
It 
pared to believe what  was  told  me. 
seemed  incredible.  But  now  I am pre­
pared to apologize for  doubting  him. 
I 
was  in  the  office  the other day, talking 
with the head  of  the  house,  and  some­
thing was said  about  the  financial  man 
being  able  to  tell  from  memory  what 
each debtor owed and when  his  bill  be­
came due.  Right there I  remarked  that 
1 would like to witness a test  of  this  re­
markable  ability  to  look  into  a  book 
without  opening  it,  and—well,  I  was 
gratified.  I happened  to know a number 
of the  company’s  customers  and  I  put 
their  names,  fourteen  in all, on a piece 
of paper.  Then  the  financial  man  was 
called in and was asked to give  each  ac­
count as the name was  called  off to him. 
He did this without  a  moment’s  hesita­
tion  and  then  I was  given  an  opportu­
nity,  as I  thought,  to  see  how  badly he 
had  been  mixed  up.  But  he  wasn’t 
mixed  up  a  little  bit.  He  had  the 
amount exactly  right  in  each  case  and 
the  only  difference  between  his  memo­
rized memorandum and the books was the 
mistake of one day  in  the  date  of  pay­
ment for one account.  How  is  that  for 
mental arithmetic and  memory in a time 
when so much work is  done  by  machin­
ery?  He assured  me  afterward  that  he 
thought he could go through  all  the  ac­
counts and be as comparatively free from 
error.

Q uestio nable  B usin ess M ethods.

G o o d in g ,  May  31—We  are  interested 
in finding remedies for the ills that busi­
ness  is  liable  to.  The  thing especially 
on my mind now is the cutting  of  prices 
way below cost on some of our staple ar­
ticles  as  a  bait. 
It  may  be  legal,  and 
still it may be pure fraud.  What caused 
me just at this time to think  of  it  more 
especially was an advertisement 1 saw in 
the Detroit Free Press of May 21,  headed 
“A Big Drop in Sugar,” in  which  Sears, 
Roebuck & Co., of Chicago,  offered forty 
pounds of the very  best granulated sugar 
for $1,  and other groceries at proportion­
ately low prices.  The mail  is  just  now 
flooded with their circulars and many re­
spond by sending money to  them  which 
is  rightly  due  the  home  dealer.  This 
causes  a  good  many  to feel dissatisfied 
with those doing a straight  business, de­
void  of  such  baits.  With  the  well-in­
formed  man  such  things  cut  no figure, 
but the patronage of  the  larger  element 
is  what we dealers need and deserve.

M r s .  J. R.  H a r r is o n .

It  takes  9,000  breweries  to  supply 
England with beer, and  during  the  last 
year some 900 have been closed.

THE  MOST  POPULAR  BRAND  OF

P L U G   T O P A . C C O

In  M ichigan  to-day, and  has only been on 
the m arket fo u r m onths.  F or sale only by

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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

Park were to be improved,  without  cost 
to  the  owner;  sewers  and  pipes  were 
to be put through all the  streets, free  of 
charge.  An arc electric light was  to  be 
maintained at  every  street  intersection, 
without cost to  lot owners  or  cottagers; 
the  hotel—Hotel  Victory—located  at 
some distance from the  dock,  was  to  be 
reached by means of an electric railroad, 
a train of three  cars  starting  from  each 
end of the road every  five  minutes; and, 
during  the winter,  all the  cottages  were 
to be watched and taken care  of without 
expense to  the owner.

When the scheme had proceeded so far 
as to  be  considered  practical,  the  next 
step  was  the  formation  of  a  company, 
and,  this  having  been  done,  an  archi­
tect was called in  and  commissioned  "to 
make plans  for  a  hotel  that  would  be 
second to none in  the world  in  size  and 
magnificence!” 
I don’t suppose  that the 
poet had  in  mind  anything  but  Venice 
when he said he
“ Saw from out the w ave her structures rise
As from  the stroke of the  enchanter's  wand. ” 
But these things come to the mind of the 
visitor  as he approaches  the  island,  and

Hotel Victory certainly answers  the  de­
scription, for
“ She looks a sea yybele, fresh from  ocean 

Rising, w ith her tiara of proud towers 
At airy distance, w ith m ajestic motion,
A ruler of the waters and their powers.” 
The building  is  600  feet  wide by  400 
feet deep and covers almost six  acres  of 
ground. 
It  has  a  dining  room  155x85 
feet,  which can seat 1,000 persons.  There 
are  600  guest  chambers;  grand  parlors, 
with  numerous  private  parlors  and  re­
ception rooms;  a  large  amusement  hall 
with stage;  a  library,  a  reading  room, 
and a billiard room  for ladies,  and  those 
ten  thousand  and  one  comforts,  con­
veniences  and 
luxuries  which  modern 
hotel life demands.  The building  is  lo- 
! caied on the highest point of  the  island, 
eighty feet above the  lake  level,  upon  a 
tract  of  land  comprising  ninety-seven 
acres,  twenty-one  of  which  were  to  be 
turned into Victory Park.

It was easy to see that the  building  of 
such  a  hotel  with  such  surroundings 
would create a demand for building lots, 
and  the  company,  with  commendable 
forethought,  after  setting  aside 
the 
grounds for public use,  platted  the  rest

of Victory Park into 475 villa lots, about 
every one of which they were wont to re­
mark:  "It  can  be  truthfully  said  that 
every  lot  is  a good one,  and no mistake 
can be  made  in  selection.”  The  prices 
of these lots  ranged  from  $375  to  $650. 
It  should  be  said,  in  this  connection, 
that  the  company  stated:  "Every  lot 
could be sold in Cincinnati  or  Cleveland 
alone,  but we desire,  in  the  interests  of 
the future hotel  patronage,  to  distribute 
these lots among as many  towns  as  pos­
sible.”

So the plans were made  and the work­
men  were  set  to  work.  “The  fabric 
huge rose,” aud,  if not "like  an  exhala­
tion,”  it  was  near enough like it for all 
practical purposes,  and in  due  time  the 
grand ideal  was supposed to be sufficient­
ly realized,  and  the  8,000,000  were  in­
vited  to  select  their rooms.  They were 
not all taken—to be exact  about  it,  they 
were not all finished,  and,  for  some  rea­
son or other, the United  States  marshal 
had charge of the  hotel  before  the  first 
season  was  over.  Two  months  or  so 
ago, the property was sold,  and,  if  Cin­
cinnati and Cleveland still  cling  to their

HOTEL  VICTORY.

Graphic  Description  of  the  Mammoth 

Hotel  Fiasco at Put-in-Bay.

Written  fo r  THB  Tradesman.

Three years ago, a little earlier  in  the 
season than this,  while the summer plans 
of the vacation-world were  formulating, 
a special  announcement  appeared in the 
columns of the daily  press  to  the  effect 
that, on  June  29,  1892,  the  Hotel  Vic­
tory, on Put-in-Bay Island, would  throw 
open its doors  for  business.  To  those 
living in the  basin  of  the  Great  Lakes 
the announcement  was no surprise.  For 
years the islands of Put-in-Bay  had been 
known as one of the favored  spots of the 
earth,  where tired  humanity  could come 
and rest;  and  there  was  great  rejoicing 
when it was known that the plans  of the 
Put in-Bay  Hotel  Company  had  at  last 
matured,  and that the  summer life there 
would soon begin.

The place itself has  long  been  known 
to fame. 
It was here that Perry, in 1812, 
gathered  his  ships  and lay  in  wait  for 
the  British  fleet.  Here  he  fought  the 
great  naval  battle  of  Lake  Erie  and, 
when  it was over,  reported the  result  in 
the famous sentence:  "We have met the 
enemy and they  are  ours.”  This  may, 
at first,  have drawn the  crowds  of  sum­
mer  pleasure-seekers to  visit  the  place, 
but,  when interest in the  historical  inci­
dent  bad  been  satisfied,  surprised  and 
delighted  with their  surroundings,  they 
stayed to enjoy them longer. 
In scenery 
they found the best that land  and  water 
can do.  The  air  was pure and bracing, 
and the  limpid  waters  of  the  lake  told 
pleasant stories of what lay  in  store  for 
devotees  of  the  hook  and  line,  while 
those who like the bath  heard something 
to  catch  their  attention  in  the  ripples 
playing  upon  the  sandy  beach.  Year 
after year, this went on  and,  finally, the 
question came:  "Why not turn all these 
delightful  things  to  some  practical  ac­
count?”  Then  reason  went  to  work. 
He called  for  a  map  of  Put-in-Bay  and 
the  surrounding  country.  He  found 
that  the  islands  were  sixty  miles  from 
Detroit,  forty from Toledo,  twenty-three 
from Sandusky,  sixty  from  Cleveland— 
what a location  for  a  halfway  house!— 
with Buffalo at the other  end of the lake 
and  growing  towns,  some  of  them  al­
ready thrifty  cities,  on  both  shores  of 
this great inland sea.  These  cities were 
already  connected  by  lines  of  steamers 
and these lines  were  only  links  joining 
the network of railroads centering  at the 
cities.  The map-study was a  short  one, 
and  the fact  was  announced  that  these 
islands were  "at  the  very  door  of  over 
8,000,000 people, to whom it  is  the  most 
convenient  and  natural  pleasure  resort 
and resting place.”

That was enough.  Imagination strolled 
over 
to  Sunset  Rocks  and  dreamed 
his  dream.  The  windows  of  the  west 
were all  aflame,  and,  while  the  dreamer 
watched the fading light,
“ A non  o ut of the earth a fabric huge 

Rose like an  exhalation, w ith the sound 

Of dulcet sym phonies and voices sweet.

B uilt like a temple,  w here pilasters round 

W ere set. and Doric pillars overlaid 
W ith golden architrave.”

When 

those  interested  finally  "got 
down  to  business,”  it  was  decided  to 
build one of the  largest  and  most  mag­
nificent summer  hotels  on  the American 
continent!  There  should  be  an  exten­
sive and attractive park for the  free  use 
of the  guests  of  the  hotel;  a  system  of 
waterworks would supply the  hotel  and 
the  cottages;  all  the  streets  in  Victory |

^jp f  tljc  Unite»)  States  of America,

To

H E N R Y   K O C H ,   vour  o l e r l c s ,   attorneys,  ager  j, 
s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  Claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

it  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of

Greeting :

tDIjereas,

New  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Com plainant,  that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for 
the  District 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  Defendant, 
therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

to  be  relieved 

the  m atters 

touching 

ENOCH  MORGAN S  SONS  COMPANY,

Com plainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of 

the  designation  "S A P O L IO ”  as  a  trade-m ark  for  scouring  soap.

ttoui, ftljcrcforc, we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you, 
under 
the  pains  and  penalties  which  may  fall  upon  you  and  each  of  you  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  m anner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SA PO LIO ,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  sim ilar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with 
the  m anufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Com plainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

t

“ SAPOLIO,”  or  when  “ SAPOLIO”  is  asked  for,

that  which 
false  or  misleading  m anner.

is  not  Com plainant’s  said  m anufacture,  and  from 

in  any  way  using 

the  word  “ SA PO LIO ”  in  any 

mitnm,

[seal]

ROWLAND  COX,

Complainant's  Solicitor.

The  honorable  M e l v il l e   W.  F u l l e r ,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
in  said  District  of  New 
United  States  of  America,  at 
Jersey, 
thousand, 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

the  year  of  our  Lord,  one 

i6th  day  of  December, 

the  City  of  Trenton, 

this 

in 

[ s ig n e d ]

S.  D.  OLIPHANT,

CUrb

NOTHING  SUCCEEDS  LIKE  MERIT!

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
output  of  21,000  barrels;  and  another 
company  markets  1,000  barrels  of  salt 
herring,  400,000  gallons  of  herring  oil 
and  1,000  tons  of  fertilizing  material 
every  year.  The  Governor  reports  the 
codfish  banks  of  that  Territory  inex" 
haustible  and  halibut  “in  great  num­
bers;”  also  that  about  a  hundred  other 
species of edible fish are  to  be  found  in 
Alaskan waters.  From all this  he  natu­
rally concludes that “Alaska's food fishes 
will be a source of wealth for  all  time.”

Rocker  Washer

Has proved th e m ost satis­
factory of anyW asherever 
placed  upon  th e  m arket. 
I t is w arranted to w ash an 
ordinary  fam ily  w ashing 
of

■oo  Pieces in One  Hour 
as clean as can be washed 
on the washboard.
W rite forC atalogueand 
Trade Discounts.

------ THE------

ROCKER WASHER CO.. FURIMI.
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Our Lime  Rock

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Michael  Kolb 

&  Son

W h o l e s a l e   C l o t h i e r s

Rochester,  N.  V.

O ur  representative,  WILLIAM  CONNOR, 
of  M arshall,  Mich.,  w ill  be  pleased  to  call 
upon  th e  Trade  and  show   you  samples, if 
you will favor him  w ith a  line.

Mail orders prom ptly attended to.
WILLIAM  CONNOR  will  be  a t  Sweet s 
Hotel,  G rand  Rapids, on  Friday  and Satur­
day, next, Ju n e 7th and 8th.

Ruberoid
R eady
Rooting

It is  unaffected by great extremes 
of temperature  and  retains  its  elas­
ticity for  years. 
It  stands  250  de­
grees  of heat.  Will not run  at  any 
heat.
is  odorless,  absolutely  water­
It 
proof, resists fire  and  the  action  of 
acids  and  alkalies.
It  is not affected by  contact  with 
oil, steam or gases.
It is all ready  to  lay.  Needs  no 
coating or painting.
It  is,  what  has  for  many  years 
light,  easily  laid 

been  sought,  a 
waterproof roofing.

original idea,  it  is  barely  possible that 
they  can  have  all the lots they want—it 
may be at reduced rates.

judgment 

If, now,  the  question is asked,  “What 
is the real reason why  ‘the cloud-capped 
towers,  the gorgeous palace, like  an  un­
substantial pageant faded?’”  the answer 
is found in the  brief  statement,  “It was 
built  on  expectation.”  Reason  did  its 
work—good 
all 
through the scheme;  but this  and  other 
agents quite as important needed  money 
to  carry  out  the  plans.  This,  as  I 
understand, 
the  Hotel  Victory  never 
had. 
It sprang from hope,  it  was  built 
on  hope;  and,  when  the  time  came  to 
pay  the  bills,  that  kind  of  currency 
wouldn’t go.

found 

is 

Whether,  from what has  already  been 
done,  a  company  with  money  to work 
with will carry  out  the  original  design 
remains  to  be seen.  The location is  all 
right,  what has so far been done  is  well 
enough in its way,  and,  now,  if the right 
hands  get  hold  of  it,  there  is  still  a 
chance for  the  island  of  Put-in-Bay  to 
have “a hotel that  will be second to none 
in the world in size and magnificence.” 
Ric h a rd Maxcom Strong.

C U R R E N T   C O M M ENT.

The bitter fight between  the  old  sugar 
millionaire, Claus Spreckels,  and his two 
sons, Rudolph  and  “Gus,”  promises  to 
have  sensational  results.  These  sons 
have done many things recently to worry 
their father.  They  have  badgered  him 
with  lawsuits,  and recently in a suit by 
“Gus” scandalous exposures  were  made 
of Spreckel’s deal with  the  Sugar  Trust 
over  his  Philadelphia 
refinery.  Old 
Claus  was  dragged  into  the  witness- 
stand,  but he declined  to  answer  a  long 
list of questions propounded by his  son’s 
attorney.  This suit was for slander,  and 
now the father has opened fire on his two 
sons.  He has asked the  courts  to  com­
pel Rudolph to return  500  shares  of  the 
Paahua Plantation stock in Hawaii,worth 
half a million, which  was  given  him  by 
his father several  years ago.  Claus asks 
its  return  under  the  California 
law, 
which does not permit alienation of com­
munity property without  consent  of  the 
wife,  and Mrs. Spreckels did not sign  re­
lease  of  this  stock.  This  suit  cuts  off 
Rudolph’s  income  of  $5,000  monthly. 
The  father  also  demands  the return of 
the  revenue  of  this stock for two years. 
The  father  will  also  soon  begin  suit 
against “Gus” to cut off his income.  The 
object of these suits is to  impoverish the 
sons,  so that they may not have means to 
carry on the  legal  warfare  against  their 
father.  This family  battle in the  courts 
is  one  of  the  most repulsive sights the 
country has seen in many years.

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*  

*

apparently 

It  is claimed,  on 

good
grounds,  that the  Alaska  canneries  can 
supply the world  with all  the  salmon  it 
wants.  The  latest  report  of  Governor 
Sheakley,  recently  published,  gives  a 
list of twenty-two canneries  which  mar­
ket  together  nearly  700,000  cases  of
salmon a year.  Their combined  product 
in  1891  reached  almost  800,000  cases, 
“ which 
the  world
wanted,” says the Governor in his report. 
“The  market  declined,  and  since  then 
the canneries have pursued  a  more  con­
servative  course  and  have  endeavored 
not to overstock  the  market.”  Besides 
this great canning  industry,  Alaska  has 
twenty-four  companies  engaged  in  salt­
ing and shipping salmon,  with an annual

was  more  than 

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*  

*

Feed  must  be  bad  in  the  Chicago 
hotels,  when the rats  undertake to make 
a meal of the guests.  The people  in the 
Rossmore  were  awakened 
from  their 
slumbers by the loud cries  of  “murder” 
and  “help”  in  a  shrill  feminine  voice. 
Men in  various  sorts  of  night  clothes, 
with pistols in their  hands,  rushed  into 
the corridors,  and women  screamed  and 
fainted. 
It  was  soon  found  that  the 
cries came from the  room  of  Miss  Mary 
Sullivan.  The door was burst open by a 
big guest with a revolver,  and the  cause 
of the trouble ran  out. 
It  was  a  small 
rat,  which  had  jumped  up  on  the  bed 
and  bitten  Miss  Sullivan  on  the  end  of 
the  nose.  The  wound  was  trifling,  but 
the doctor was  sent  for,  and  he  cauter­
ized it.  The guests  then  went  back  to 
their  slumbers,  after  searching 
their 
rooms for rats.

*  *  *

A Cincinnati penny-in-the-slot concern 
concluded that Anderson,  Ind.,  would be 
a good place to carry on  business  in,  so 
they  located  there  a  dozen  machines, 
loaded with candies  and  chocolates.  A 
few days ago their agent  visited  Ander­
son to collect the nickels and replace the 
absorbed sweets.  He was agreeably sur­
prised to find 
the  machines  had  been 
doing an enormous business and were all 
empty of merchandise;  but,  upon  open­
ing them, expecting to find  some  $15  in 
each machine, he was  very  disagreeably 
surprised  to  find,  instead  of  nickels, 
nothing but round bits of  iron  of  about 
the same size and weight.

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*

“Carbide of calcium,” which  can  now 
be produced by the ton,  is a combination 
of coal (carbon)  and  lime.  The  combi­
nation  takes  place  when  the  two  sub­
stances are heated  together. 
If  water is 
dropped on  the  compound  so  produced 
and a match  applied,  the  resultant  gas 
will burn until  the water  is  exhausted. 
It is feared by some and hoped  by others 
that the  discovery  is  revolutionary,  as 
the gas burns with aflame “ which makes 
an electric light look a dull yellow,” and 
its cost is low.

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*  

*

A  large  fleet  of  excursion  steamers 
flocked  to  Chicago  to  compete  for  the 
business  attending  the  World’s  Fair. 
Most of these remained last  season  and, 
as a result,  the  excursion  business  was 
most  disastrous.  This  season  a  large 
number of them are scattering  to  points 
where there is any show for trade and,  as 
a  consequence, 
the  excursion  business 
will suffer everywhere.

*  

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#

A committee of the House of Commons 
of the British  House  of  Parliament  ap­
pointed for the purpose  of  investigating 
the matter has reported that a succession 
to the peerage disqualifies  the  successor 
from  membership  in  the House of Com­
mons.

*  

*  

*

The old-fashioned agricultural fairs  in 
California  have  become  so  unpopular 
that  they  are  likely  to  be discontinued 
and  their  place  taken  by  flower  carni­
vals and fruit  exhibitions.

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«THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

DID  YOU  NOTICE

S

THE  BACK  OFFICE.

Written for Ths Tradesman.

There is an  idea  too  much  abroad  in 
the  land  that,  after  an  organization is 
well  officered,  all  that  remains  for  the 
other members of the organization  to  do 
is  to  go  quietly  about  their  business, 
with never a peep  from  them  until  the 
time  for  complaint  comes,  when  they 
present themselves, loaded to the muzzle 
and proceed to fire at once.

During  the  few  hot  days  when  the 
windows were opened,  this came floating 
in on the prematurely heated air:  “ They 
just  elect  the  officers and leave them to 
do  all  —”  The  rest  of  the  sentence 
never reached me, but it is easy to  gues 
what it was.  The  ladies  were  on  their 
way home after a stormy  session,  it  was 
to  be  inferred,  of  some church society 
where  these  muzzle-loaded  guns  had 
been discharged,  and  were  evidently  de 
ploring  the  fact—which is so common 
one—that the few  do  all  the  work  and 
share all the credit,  when  there  is  any 
and take all the blame when the  attempt 
—whatever  it  be—does  not  turn  out  a 
howling success.

Of course,  in  church  matters,  “ where 
a lot of women run things,” nothing  else 
is to be expected; and yet  the  trouble  is 
not confined to them.  Last summer,  in a 
certain  corner  of  the  globe,  the  retail 
grocers  met  and  unanimously  voted  to 
close  early.  When  the  appointed  time 
came, they all waited for the other fellow 
to  lead  off,  the  result  being  that  the 
stores were still kept open until eight  or 
nine o’clock in  the  evening.  Everybody 
was  to  blame, and,  in the  quarrel which 
followed,  it  came  out  that  they all be­
lieved  it  was  an attempt to cheat a few 
grocers out of the trade after six  o’clock 
which belonged to them.

care of itself.  The  stomach  will  never 
get  mixed  up  with  the  brains,  nor  the 
toes  with  the  fingers;  but  each  part, 
working  harmoniously  with  the  other 
parts,  will strive  so  eagerly  to  do  that 
part well as  never  to  think  of  shirking 
and throwing upon another  the  work  or 
the 
responsibility  belonging  thereto. 
Brains  think,  hands  execute,  feet  sup­
port;  and  the  feet  that  would  rush  to 
the other extremity will be found mighty 
poor material for any  organization,  irre­
spective  of 
Pope’s  famous 
couplet has a  thought  which  the  mem­
bers  of  organizations  should  bear  con­
stantly in mind:
“Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well  your part.  There  all  the honor  lies.”

locality. 

It seems that the merchants of Buffalo, 
in hiring clerks,  take  a  country  boy,  if 
they  can  get  one,  every  time;  and  the 
Enquirer  wants  to  know  if  they  do it 
with the idea of controlling trade.

1 don’t think this is a  peculiarity  con­
fined to Buffalo,  and I  have an idea that, 
in general,  it will be found that the mer­
chant  is  tired  of  the  kind  of material 
with which the  city  too  often  supplies 
the  clerk  department 
If  a  messenger 
boy or a package deliverer is wanted, the 
city lad is desirable,  because he is famil­
iar with the  streets—more  so,  at  least, 
than  the  boy  fresh  from  the farm;  but 
there the superiority  ceases.  Of course, 
the  boy  comes  in  with  his hair full of 
hayseed and with the dust  an  inch thick 
on  his  cowhide  shoes;  but  those shoes, 
big as they  are,  have  brought in,  along 
with the boy’s clumsiness,  certain quali­
ties which ought  not  to  be  confined  to 
potato  patch  and  hay  field, but which, 
the merchants all  over  the  country  are 
beginning to  think,  are  found  there,  if 
anywhere.

there  came  a 

Over in Crosstown, the  traders  got  to­
gether and voted to have a picnic.  There 
was much enthusiasm.  Officers were ap­
pointed  and  committees  were  selected 
and the meeting broke  up  with  general 
goodwill.  Then 
lull, 
and, after a while,  when  one  man  more 
courageous than the rest spoke his piece, 
it come out that the President of  the  As­
sociation was to do all the  work  and  ad­
vance money to pay all  the  bills, and  he 
just didn’t propose to do it.  The  picnic 
didn’t come off and the young lady friends 
of  the  clerks,  for  weeks  after  that, 
couldn’t speak of the affair without  call­
ing that President “ a mean,  stingy thing 
—so there I”

I  don’t  know  but  the  great  trouble 
with  all  these  organizations  gotten  up 
for the general  benefit  lies  in  the  irre­
sponsibility  of  the  membership.  “You 
are the chairman of this  committee,  and 
what do you purpose to  do about  it?”  is 
a common question,  and,  “You’ll have to 
go  to  headquarters,  for  I  don’t  know 
anything about it,” is the answer equally 
common.  When  the  headquarters  are 
reached and the authorities are  appealed 
to, they have been  “ too busy to attend to 
it,  but the proper  committee  is  the  one 
to see;”  and  so  the  affair  zigzags  from 
from 
headquarters  to  committee  and 
committee  to  headquarters,  until 
the 
thing is  disgustedly  pronounced  a  fail­
ure.

Franklin’s old  fable—if  it  be  Frank­
lin’s—is too often forgotten  to-day.  Or­
ganization means something,  and,  if  the 
members understand that  they,  individ­
ually,  have  their  particular  function  to 
perform,  and  if  they  perform  it  to  the 
best of  their  ability,  the  rest  will  take

Not so with the farm boy. 
sled,  he can make it or go  without. 

The fact is that city  training,  however 
considered,  is narrowing.  There is much 
to  be  said  about  the  excellent  schools 
and about  the  boys  learning  early  the 
ways of the world; but,  after  all,  there 
is little, if any,  of that early throwing of 
the young fellow  on  his  own  resources 
which  means  so  much  to  him  in after 
life.  From his own  door  to  that  of  the 
schoolhouse, with nothing  at  either  end 
of the walk but books and lessons, is  the 
city  boy’s  world.  He  gets  into  the 
limited  round,  stays  there  and  has  no 
idea of getting out of it.  His lessons are 
mapped out  for  him;  fine  apparatus  in 
the hands of a skillful  teacher  explains 
what he does not  understand, and,  when 
the road happens to  get too  rough,  he  is 
lifted bodily over the difficulty  and  goes 
on his way rejoicing.
If he wants 
If 
he wants his hair  cut,  and  wants  Clip­
pers at the village to do  the  job, he  can 
take the quarter  he  earned  and  have  it 
done.  He can make the most of the win­
ter  school,  but  he’ll  have “them  there 
chores” to do just the same, and his jack­
knife is the only  assistant  he  will  ever 
have in the way of apparatus.  The least 
said  about  his  reading,  the  better, and 
his  writing  is  something  terrific;  but, 
when his school days are over,  there is  a 
practical something that  has  made  him 
ready 
the  emergencies  of  life, 
whether  he  goes  on  with  the  farm, or 
walks  to  the  city  some  morning  to be 
made  fun  of  by  the  dapper young city 
chap who, twenty-five  years  from  then, 
will  be  clerking  for  this  same  country 
boy whom he so thcroughly despises.
So,  if the Buffalo merchants are  reach­
ing out into the country for their  clerks,
I don’t believe it is with the idea  of  con­
trolling trade.  A better reason is behind 
the movement and  it  is  one  which  city 
parents would do well to  consider.

for 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

T H B E iS   LiOJLIjA R sS  A   W E E K .

Moral  Responsibility of  Employer  for 

Employe.

Written tor The Tradesman.
TX TA N TED —Salesgirls.  References required. 
» T 
Salary,  *3  per  w eek.  Call  between  the 
hours of 9 and 10 o’clock,  Monday m orning next
Does this sound familiar to any of you 
A  little  investigation  on  this  subject 
lately,  and I had what  the  Quakers  call 
“a concern laid upon me.”

How  can  a  girl  live upon $3 a week? 
Board, 
laundry,  etc.,  soon  make  sad 
havoc with  that  amount,  and  no  great 
luxury either, and where is the necessary 
neat apparel to  come  from?  Merchants 
do not want slovenly dressed  help  about 
them,  neither  do  customers  want  that 
sort to wait upon  them;  but  clothes  cost 
money, no matter how many of the  little 
makeshifts with which we  are  all  more 
or less familiar are brought in.

Deplore  the  fact  as  we may,  a fact it 
still  remains  that  girls  will  work  in 
stores and offices and endure  almost  any 
kind of hardship rather  than  go  out  to 
domestic  service.  The  question  of  re 
sponsibility for this state of things is too 
great  a  one  to  deal  with  here,  and, 
whether  the  mistresses or the maids are 
to blame—it is  probably  true  that  both 
are—we will take the fact as  we  find  it 
and  endeavor to deal with another phase 
of the subject.

Answering  this  advertisement  came 
scores of girls,  some living at  home  and 
wanting  the  money  for the pretty little 
articles of dress which  “father  can’t  af­
ford,”  others—alas  too  many!—needing 
it for their daily bread.

You  employers  who  have  daughters 
should  think how  far ¡53  a  week goes to­
ward  their expenses,  to  say  nothing  of 
board;  and,  unfortunately,  perhaps,  the 
poor girl loves  pretty  trifles  as  well  as 
the rich man’s daughter,  with not always 
the good sense as to their  importance  as 
a  factor  of happiness which long famil­
iarity with them  brings.  Handling such 
goods  day  after  day;  seeing  the  many 
buy  whom  she  knows  will  only  throw 
them  away  after  once  weariug,  and  the 
careless display of money which so many 
women  seem  to  consider  a  mark  of 
wealth;  seeing ladies paying for the fads 
of  the  hour  a  sum  far  greater  than 
her  whole  week  of  patient  work  will 
bring—having  this  daily 
thrust  upon 
her, I say,  what wonder that,  when  Sat­
urday night comes and her “envelope”  is 
handed  her,  the  amount  inside  looks 
pitiably small, and that the tempter finds 
in her desperate little heart ready ground 
for  the  seeds  of  wrongdoing?  Once 
started  on  the  downhill  path,  it  is  so 
much easier to go on than  to  turn  back;
and,  if she falls and the  time  comes_as
it nearly always does—when  she  is  dis­
covered 
taking  something  which  with 
greater  wages  she  could  easily  have 
bought,  and  disgrace  follows,  where  is 
any  sympathy  to  be 
the 
once innocent girl?

found 

for 

Employers,  your  responsibility  does 
not-end with  the  paying  of  the week’s 
wages and the closing  of  the  doors  Sat 
urday  night.  Your  force  of  help 
is 
somewhat of the nature of a  family,  and 
only in a lesser  degree  are  you  respon­
sible for their  moral  lives.  Most  busi­
ness  people—men  and  women  alike_
look upon the help employed in an estab­
lishment somewhat in the way they do the 
elevator, 
the  electric  light,  the  cash 
carrier,  etc.—only  as  a  means  to  fur­
ther 
I

individual 

interests. 

their 

do  nut  believe 
this  matter  suggests 
itself  to  people  in  business  as  much 
as  it  ought.  Employers  are  not  the 
hard-hearted  individuals  some  would
have us believe,  but  they  are  too  busy, 
in many cases, to give this the thought it 
deserves;  but  a  business  man  who  has 
success in sight has learned  to  listen  to 
suggestions, if he  does  not  always  fol­
low them.

Now  and 

then  a  large  donation  to 
some  college,  or  a  newsboys’  dinner 
seems to be  some  people’s  sole  idea  of 
doing good in  the world  and  then  they 
th iD k   they have discharged  their  whole 
duty.  Noble, these gifts, indeed, in their 
way,  and  would  there  were  more  of 
them;  but,  you who  have  the  three-dol 
lars-a-week clerks, did you never think it 
was the clerks who gave  this  money  in 
stead of you?  A little  more  a  week  in 
wages might necessitate a lopping  off  of 
some of  the  Christmas  charities,  which 
sound so  excellently  well  in  print,  but 
pour  clerks  would  be  enabled  to  live 
honestly where,  perhaps,  they  are  now 
tempted  to  do  otherwise.  And  think 
pon not the recording  angel  would  deem 
that the better deed of the two?

Do not hide behind the “law of supply 
It is true  that  there  are 
and demand.” 
plenty to take  the  places  of  those  who 
are there,  and for the same  money,  too, 
(more’s the pity!);  but, because  that  is  a 
fact,  does it follow that you are  justified 
in  hiring  clerks  for  less  than they can 
live on  honestly and  decently,  and  then 
giving to charity once a year to ease your 
conscience?

If the  theorist  is  right—and  we  hope 
he is—the  time  will  come  when  crino 
and misdemeanor will  be treated  as  dis 
instead  of  being  punished  and 
eases, 
bringing  disgrace.  And 
the  employer 
who places a sure temptation in the  way 
of his employe will be no more excusable 
than he who puts contagion in  his  store 
with the hope that the  help  will  not  be 
contaminated.

in 

In the  recent closing of the  Grand  Pa 
citic Hotel in Chicago,  great  prominence 
was given  by the papers to the  fact  that 
many  of  the  employes,  from  the chef 
down to the chambermaids,  had  been  in 
the  same  capacity 
the  house  for 
periods  varying  from  fifteen  to  twenty 
years. 
If the men and  women  employed 
were not faithful,  they  were immediately 
sent adrift; but,  when they  were,  appre­
ciation must have  been  freely  bestowed 
to have kept a force loyal  to  one  house 
so  long.  Whatever  the  secret  of  Mr. 
Drake’s  success  with  his  help,  It would 
pay others,  it would seem,  to learn it.

I  have in  mind one  place  here  iu  the 
city whicli  1  have heard spoken of in this
manner:  “Mr.-----’s help are all so loyal
to  the  house  that  it  inspires  one with 
confidence in his goods.”  Now,  there  is 
a reason for this, be it what  it  may,  and 
it proves that clerks  are  grateful  when 
they  have  the  incentive  to  be  so.  Of 
course,  a  merchant  with  a  large  force 
must, of necessity, occasionally get those 
who  are  unworthy,  but  they  are  soon 
dropped out  and  their  places  filled  by 
those  who  can  be trusted.  Almost any 
clerk  will  work  for  the  interest of her 
employer if she feels that he  appreciates 
her efforts, and  the profits will surely  be 
greater  when  all  are  working  for  the 
common good.

We deplore ill  luck,  but  there  is  not 
much in  it  after  all.  Cause  and  effect 
form  the  basis  of  all  things, no matter i 
how much  we would like to  think  other- *

Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  D EALERS  IN

Dress  Goods,  Shawls,  Cloaks,  Notions,
Ribbons,  Hosiery,  Gloves,  Underwear,
Woolens,  Flannels,  Blankets,  Ging­
hams,  Prints and Domestic Cottons.

We  invite  the  Attention  of  the  Trade  to  our  Complete  and  Well  Asserted 

Stock  at Lowest  Market  Prices.

Spring & Company.

Yes, we’ve got ’em !

N ovelties and Staples in  Dry Goods 
Everything in Notions.
Hig Line of G ents’  Furnishings.
All th a t can be desired in  Yarns.

We are H eadquarters for

Have you ever done  business w ith us? 
If not 
let’s get our heads  together  and  see  w hat  we 
can do.

W holesale  Dry  Goods,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Duck
Coats and Kersey
Pants

Wc  manufacture  the  best  made  goods  iu  these  lines  of 
any  factory  in  the  country,  guaranteeing  every  garment  to 
give entire satisfaction, both in lit and wearing qualities.  We 
are  also  headquarters  for  Pants,  Overalls  and  Jackets  and 
solicit  correspondence  with ^dealers  in  towns  where goods  of 
our manufacture are not regularly handled.
L a n sin g   P a n ts  &  O vera ll  Co.,

LANSING,  niCH.

Barn Telephone  1059.

Office  Telephone  loss.

SECURITY

Warehouse, 257-259  Ottawa  St.  Main Of’ce, 75 Pearl St.

floving,  Packing,  Dry  Storage.

EXOiveu.aCBusineM  Strictly'^ o ^ ^ e n fla j^ ° B a ^ g a g ^  Wagon*at a n ’hourgf'  F^S? ELSTON ^M gr!*^

G ra n d  R a p id s B ru s h  Co.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

B R U S H B S

O ur Goods are sold by all  M ichigan’Jobblng’Honsea

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

wise.  An employer whose  hefp  is  loyal 
to him has done something to make them 
so, and vice versa.  Pay living wages and 
demand good return; both sides  will then 
have the sense of  justice  which  renders 
easy  tasks  which  might  otherwise  be 
onerous.

It will not sound as large in the papers, 
of course,  as  would  the  annual  Christ­
mas gift,  but you will find yourself more 
in favor with  your  own  conscience,  if  I 
am not mistaken,  though  not  so  “great 
before men.”  Misfortune  may  come  to 
you as it  has  to  others,  and  even  your 
daughter may be placed  in like position. 
Scarcely can you imagine  that;  but  take 
the matter home to your  heart  and  keep 
in mind the “Do unto others.”

“Impractical,” you say? 

In a smaller 
way,  perhaps,  than  your  business  this 
has  been  tried,  and  it  works well; so 1 
may be excused for being a little  sure  of 
my position. 

J a c q u e l in e .

A point of interest to salesmen may be 
found in a late decision of the Minnesota 
Supreme Court wherein it was ruled that 
a  firm  receiving  orders  from  salesmen 
and accepting same without further com­
ment,  become liable for  the full commis­
sions on  the  sales  to  salesmen;  that  if 
orders are  rejected,  the  firm  should  at 
once  notify  salesmen  and not leave  the 
matter open to final settlement, as is fre­
quently done.

The regular  monthly  meeting  of  Post 
£  will  be  held  at  Elk’s Hall, Saturday 
evening, June 8.  Chairman  Lawton  de­
sires to meet every  member  of  the  Post 
on that occasion,  as he has  something  of 
unusual 
importance  to  impart  to  the 
membership.

WE  CARRY  A  LARGE  STOCK  OF

Sum m er  Qoods

C h a l lie s ,  L a w n s ,  

O r g a n d i e s ,  

D im ities, 
P r i n t s ,

C re p e s ,
G i n g h a m s ,   S a t e e n s .

t h e   M I C Ï Ï I G A l S r   T R A D E S M A N .

2 9

Bank Notes.

Edward  C.  Dayton,  for  several  years 
Cashier  of  the  City  National  Bank  of 
Kalamazoo,  has  been  elected  President, 
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of 
his  father,  Hon.  C.  S.  Dayton.  W.  R. 
Beebe,  who  has  served  the  bank  for  a 
number of years,  was elected Cashier.

H.  R.  Wagar  has  sold  his  banking 
business  at  Stanton,  together  with  his 
stone  front  bank  building  and  all  fix­
tures and furniture complete,  to Charles 
W.  French,  of  Pontiac,  and  Josiah  E. 
Just,  of  Ionia,  who  will  continue  the 
banking  business  there  under  the firm 
name of C.  W.  French  &  Co.  The  new 
firm  has  also  purchased  the  furniture 
and  fixtures  of  the  Chapin  bank  and 
rented  the  Chapin  building  and  will 
move their bank to that building,  believ­
ing it to be a more desirable location.

Everything fo r th e

Field and Garden
Clover,  Medium  or  Mammoth,  Al- 
syke, Allalfa  and  Crimson, Timo­
thy,  Hungarian  Millet,  Peas  and 
Spring  Rye.  Garden  Seeds 
in 
bulk and Garden Tools. 
Headquarters  for  Egg  Cases  and 
Fillers.

128  to  132  W.  Bridge  St.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

EATON,  LYON A CO

20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

A l l e g a n , ’M ich.

The Ideal 
Clothing  Co.

Thoroughly  renovated,  repaired  and  refu r­
nished  from  kitchen  to  garret. 
It is the in ten ­
tion of th e landlord« who is an old traveling man) 
to make the house a  veritable  home  of  com fort 
and good cheer to th e traveling public.

E.  0.  PHILLIPS.  P i
F O R   R E N T .

Manufacturing  Property  with  Power, 

One  Store  and  several fine  Offices.

A PPLY  TO

WM.  T.  POWERS or J.W. SPOONER

Room 34, Pow ers’ O pera House Block.

Are Leaders in th e ir Line.  They m anufacture a com plete 

line of

CHEAP  AND  flEDIUM  PRICED  PANTS,

•••"(IDEAL) - -
r
The  Best Quality  in all grades.  As  a  result  of  this,  they  have  ju stly   earned  the  reputation  fo 
Shirts  and  Overalls  Reclaim to excel, few to 
Duck  Coats  and  K ersey Fants  (¡af,v.,nakc a'l>e
You should see th e ir WATERPROOF  HUNTER’S   DUCK COAT,  No. 909.  It  is a gem and  meets 
the requirem ents of all Sportsmen.
T heir Fall and W inter line for ‘95 and '96 is now com plete  and  ready  for the  inspection of  the 
close buyer.  We sell direct to dealers.

Good,  H onest  Work,  P erfect In F it  T heir

26  an d   28  L O U IS   ST. 

T h e   Id eal  C lo th in g   Co.,
A t

That  Grand  Rapids  Sells  Lots  of

D o You K now
D rv  Goo r 1s t9   P rices,
A lso I

G R A N D   R A P ID S

If you  cannot wait for our 
traveling men,  write  us for 
Samples.

WE  GIVE 

MAIL  ORDERS 

PROMPT 

AND  CAREFUL 
ATTENTION.

Sum m er  JJnderwear

P. Steketee & Sons

W h o l e s a l e   D r y   G o o d s

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  

-  

-  

M I C H I G A N

O v e r s k i r t s ,   C o rsets, 

S t r a w   H a ts ,

O u t i n g   C aps, 

AND  A  GENERAL 
WELL  ASSORTED  STOCK 
OF  SUCH  GOODS  USED  IN 
THE  STATE.

THE  MICHia^JST  TRADESMAN.
parison  with  earnest,  active,  practical 
business men in larger lines of  trade.

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30

Drug D epartm ent

S tate  B oard  of P h arm a c y . 

One T ear—George  Gundrum ,  Ionia- 
Two Years—C. A. Bugbee, Charlevoix. 
TbreeTears—S. E. Parkhill, Owosso.
Four Tears—F. W. R  P erry.  Detroit 
F ire T ears—A. C. Schum acher, Ann Arbor. 
P resident—Fred’k W .R. P erry, Detroit.
S eoretary—Stanley E. Parfcill, Owosso. 
Treasurer—Geo. Gnndrnm, Ionia.
Com ing  Meetings—Detroit  (Star  Island), 
Lansing, Nor 5.

M ic h ig a n   S t a te   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A a a ’n . 
President—A. 8. P arker, Detroit.
Vloe-President—John E. Peck, Detroit.
T reasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretar— F. C. Thompson. Detroit.

G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 

President, John E. Peck; Secretary, B. Schrouder.

T H E   D R U G G IST’S  O PPO RTU N ITY .

Written for The Tradesma*.

It is more  than  twelve  years  since  a 
few  enterprising  pharmacists  of  this 
State organized an association for mutual 
improvement  in  the  line  of  their  pro 
fession,  and also for  mutual  commercial 
benefit.  Up to the present  time,  out  of 
nearly 3,500 registered  pharmacists  and 
assistants throughout the State, less than 
one-seventh are  sustaining  active  mem 
bership in the  Association,  and  of  this 
small number  less  than one-tbird attend 
its  annual  gatherings. 
There  must 
surely be a reason for this apparent lack 
of interest, and it would  seem that away 
might be devised to  awaken  the  enthu­
siasm  of  this  class  of  useful  citizens 
(who  have  been  so  long  employed  in 
serving the  public  within  narrow  limits 
that  they  have  forgotten  their  relative 
duties  to  each  other)  and  for  the  ad­
vancement of the interests  of  pharmacy 
as a  profession.  Quite  a  large  propor­
tion of druggists are located permanently 
outside  of  the 
large  cities.  Routine 
work  has  occupied  their  attention, and 
it has given  but little opportunity  to  be­
come  acquainted  with  the  progressive 
developments in  pharmacology that  im­
mediately concern them,  and with the im­
provements in methods obtained through 
organized  effort  to  protect  their  com­
mercial  interests.

Many  druggists  read  trade  journals, 
thus  keeping  somewhat  in  touch  with 
the  progress  of  events  in  the  outside 
world;  but there are  too  many  who rest 
on their oars,  floating  quietly  down  the 
stream of time, content to  let  their men­
tal and social horizon be  bounded  by the 
territorial limits of their own local trade. 
Were it not for the fact  that  the  travel­
ing  salesman  comes  along  occasionally 
to  enliven  the  monotony  of  existence, 
they might be as those living  “out of the 
world and  by the world  forgot.”

It is not because they  lack mental cul­
ture, Social disposition or commercial en­
terprise that so many  who might become 
efficient members  of  the  State  Associa­
tion refrain from  active  participation in 
efforts  to  benefit  the  interests  of phar­
macy.  They are  public spirited in their 
own localities,  beiDg liberal in  contribu­
tions to  local  enterprises;  and  they  are 
prompt to serve the public with the new­
est  products  in  the  line  of  medicine. 
What they need is an  impulse  that shall 
lift them out of the plodding daily round 
into a fresher and more  exhilarating  at­
mosphere,  where  are the men who meet 
to exchange  the  experience  acquired  in 
spheres of larger  activities,  and  where, 
also,  they  can  inspect new manufactur­
ing processes, view  displays  of  finished 
products, receive information that books 
and trade  journals  cannot  supply  and, 
lastly,  acquire  the  solid benefits only to 
be gained by personal  contact  and  nom-

Let  a country  druggist  break  loose, 
for a time,  from  the  dull  details  of  his 
home  business,  mix  socially  with  the 
men  who  control 
the  greater  of  the 
world’s exchanges—let  him,  I  say,  en- 
joy the exhilarating effect  of  an  annual j 
meeting of the State Association,  and  he 
will find this experience  a  better  reason 
for  future  active  co operation  than  all 
the  arguments  that  can  be  offered  in 
print in favor of general organized effort.
It may be that  some, in  various  parts 
of the State,  feel  indisposed  to  join  the 
Association  because of an  idea  that it is 
controlled by  a  certain  few  to  further 
their own commercial purposes. 
I  have 
heard  opinions  that  hinted  in  this  di­
rection but  am  sure  they  can  have  no 
foundation in  fact.  So far as I  can  see, 
there has been  no  discrimination  either 
practiced or intended to  advance any in­
terests but those of  the  whole  member­
ship.  No  one  is  debarred  from  a  free 
expression  of  opinion  on  any  subject 
that comes up for  discussion,  and  every 
facility is extended to  enlarge  one’s  cir­
cle of  acquaintance,  both  commercially 
and socially.

As to the location of  the annual  meet­
ings, each part of the State  has,  in turn, 
opportunity  to  try  to  secure  the  privi­
lege of enjoying this  advantage,  if  it  be 
an  advantage.  Detroit’s  hospitality  is 
always  offered,  but  in  deference  to  the 
wishes of any other  city.  Other  places 
may freely divide the  honors,  if  so  dis­
posed and a  wish  is  expressed  by  their 
representatives.

The meeting in  Detroit  this  year,  be­
ginning  with  July  15,  if  attended as it 
should  be by druggists from all  parts  of 
the State,  will more  than  repay  all  who 
will  take  the  interest  to  attend.  New 
features of entertainment and instruction 
will be furnished in  the  Auditorium,  be­
sides the usual  discussions,  reports  and 
papers in the various sessions.

I  appeal 

to  all  druggists  who  have 
pride in their work,  especially  to  coun­
try  druggists who, like myself,  have  too 
long  been  satisfied  with  the  quiet  per­
formance  of  home duties,  to make a new 
departure  for  once.  Leave  the  dreary, 
weary monotony of  selling  and  dispens­
ing and spend at least a part of one week 
in  freshening  the  mental  faculties  by 
mingling with bright  minds,  and  where 
all may give and  receive the best there is 
in them,  and return to  their  homes  bet­
ter and wiser for the opportunities  there 
enjoyed. 

s.  P.  W h i t m a b s h .

Grape  Fruit  as  a Tonic.

From the Popular Science News.

This  fruit  is  an  admirable  tonic,  as 
well  as  a  most  appetizing  breakfast  or 
luncheon relish.  A doctor says  that the 
sharp stimulus  of  fruit is the best thing 
to set the digestive  organs  in  order  for 
the day,  and  the  peculiar  properties  of 
grape  fruit  give  it  marked  medicinal 
value.
When eaten at luncheon it is  prepared 
in a different way than for breakfast serv­
ice.  For the  second  meal  the  contents 
of two halves should  be scraped  out, the 
seeds and  tough  cone  of  dividing  skin 
taken out  and  the  pulp  and  juice  thus 
obtained used to  fill  one  of  the  halves, 
which  it  will  just  about  do.  A  table­
spoonful  of  sugar  and  one  of  rum  or 
sherry mixed with  the  juicy  pulp  adds 
the  perfecting  flavor.  At  breakfast, 
with the long pointed orange  spoon,  the 
meat  is  eaten  out  as 
that  of  an 
orange,  and  very  little  sugar  is  used, 
many  persons  preferring  none,  on  the 
ground that its  full  medicinal  value  is 
better obtained.

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F i rewo r ks8emi £ Sie of net

prices.
Fishing  Tackle  and  Sporting  Goods.

A  Full  Line of INSECTICIDES, such as Paris  Green,  London  Purple, Blue Vitriol, Etc.

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Pop  Corn  Goods!

Our  Balls are the Sweetest and Best in  the market.
200 in  Box or *100 in  Barrel.

Penny  Ground  Corn  Cakes  in

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W holesale  P ric e   C u rre n t•
Advanced—Cod Liver Oil, Cream Tartar, Gambler, Salacine, Sugar Milk. Alcohol. 
Declined—Balsum Peru, Gum Kino, Cocaine, Borax.

ACIDUM .
A ceticum 
....................
Benzoicum  German..
Boracic 
........................
Carbollcum ................
C itricum ......................
H y d ro ch lo r..................
Nitrocum 
....................
O x a lic u m ........................
Phosphorlum  d ll.........
Salley Ileu m ..................
Sulphurlcum................
Tannicum ..................... 1
Tartarlcum..................
AMMONIA.

m   10
65®  75 
15
£2®  32 
41®  44 
3® 
5
10®   12 
10®   12 20
65®  70 
IX®  5 
40®1  60 
30®  33

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Aqua, 16  d eg................ 
6
4® 
20  d eg ................  
6® 
8
Carbonas  ......................  12®  14
C hiorldum .................. 
12®  1»

ANILINE.

Black.............................. 2 00®2 25
Brown............................   80@100
B ed.................................  45®  50
Y ello w ...........................2  50@3 00

BACCAN.

Cubeae (po  25)......... 
£
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BALSA MUM.

20®  25
¿ 1   8

Copaiba.........................   45@
Pern............................... 
Terabin. Canada  ... 
T olu tan ........................ 

©3 00
45®  50
40 ©  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian...........
Casslae  ...........................
Cinchona Plava  ...........
Euonymus  atropurp...
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po... .
Prunus V lrglnl..............
Qulllala,  grd..................
Sassafras  ..............
Ulmus Po (Ground  15).
BXTBACTUM.
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra..
“ 
p o .......
Haematox, 15 lb. box
Is...........
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“  HB..........
54».............
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Carbonate Preclp.......
Citrate and Qulnla 
Citrate  Soluble.. . . .  • 
Ferrocyanldum S ol.  •
Solut  C h lo rid e.........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
pure.............

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24®  25 
33®  35 
11®   12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17

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®   50 
®   15
®

FLO R A .

A rn ica........................... 
A nthem ls...................... 
Matricaria 
........ 

f2®  14
‘8®  25
18®.5

F 0 1 JA .

Barosma 
Cassia  A cutifol,  Tin- 

.............•■■■•  14@  30
|

nlTOlly  ....„.■ 

" S t O T ? : ..'? .  m   »
UraUrsi 
8®  10

...................... 

OUMMI.

“ 
“ 

>■ 
•• 
“ 
•< 

®   «0
Acacia,  1st  p ick ed .... 
a   40
ad 
... 
sd 
®   30
.... 
®   20
sifted sorts 
p o ....................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb,  {po. 60).  .  50®  60 
“  Cape,  (po.  30)...  @  12
®   50
Socotrl,  (po.  60). 
.
Catechu, la, (Vis, 14 54», 
16)............................... 
©   L
A m m onlae.................... 
j®@
Assai ceti da.  (po 40) 
35®  40
Bensom um ....................  ?o®  °°
Camphor*.....................   50®  54
Buphorblum  p o .........   35®  10
Gafbanum......................
Gamboge,  po................   65®  so
Gualacum,  (po  35)  .. 
@ 3 0
Kino,  (po  2  50).........  
@2  50
M a stic...........................  @ ? 0
Myrrh,  (po. 45)............   @  40
Opll  (po  3  10®3 30).. 1  flO®2 00
Shellac  .........................   40®  60
40®  45
T rigacan th ..................  50®  80

bleached-----  

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uxbba—In ounce packages.

A bsinthium .............................  25
Bupatorlum.............................  20
Lobelia......................................  25
Majorum..................................  2°
Mentha  Piperita....................  28
  26
R ue.............................................  *
Tanaoetnm, V .........................   «
Thymus,  V ...............................  25

V lr ......................... 

maonbsia.

Calcined, P at................  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............   20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate,  Jennlng5. 
35®  36

OLBUM.

Cubebae.....................   1  60®1  70
Exechthltos................  1  20®  1  30
Erlgeron............ .......... 1  2G@ 1  30
G aultherla.................... 1  50@1  60
Geranium,  ounce.  .  .  @ 7 5
Gosslpll,  Sem. g a l.......  60®  70
Hedeoma  ......................1  25@1  40
Jumper!.........................  50@2  00
Lavendula...................   90®2  00
Llm onls................... 
1  30@1  50
Mentha Piper......................l  85@3 00
Mentha Verid....................1  80@2 00
Morrhuae, g a l...............1  60®1  75
Myrcla, ounce..............   @  50
O live..............................   90@3  00
Plcls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10® 
12
R icin i........................... 
88®   96
Rosmarini............  
1  00
Rosae,  ounce......................6 50®8 50
Succlnl...........................  40®  46
S abina...........................  90@1  00
Santal  ........................... 2 50@7 00
Sassafras.......................   50®  55
Sinapls, ess, ounce__  
®   65
@1  00
T iglll...............  
T h ym e...........................  40®  60
@ 1  60
1 heobromas................   15®  20

opt  .................. 

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POTASSIUM.

B IC a r b .......................  15®  18
Bichrom ate..................  11®  13
Bromide.......................  
45®  48
Carb................................   12®  15
Chlorate  (po.i7@19)..  16®  18
C yanide.........................   50®  55
Iodide.................................. 2  9G@3 00
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  24®  26 
Potassa, Bltart, com ...  @ 1 5
Potass  Nltras, opt  —  
8®   10
Potass N ltras..............  
9
7® 
P ressiate.......................   25®  23
Sulphate  po..................  15®  18

RADIX.

A conltum .....................   20®  25
Althae.............................  22®   25
A nchu sa.......................   12®  15
Arum,  po.......................   @  25
Calamus.........................   20®  40
Gentlana  (po. 12).......  
8®   10
Glycbrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35).....................  
@  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  p o.......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po...................   1  30@1  40
Iris  plox  (po. 35®3S) 
35®  40
Jalapa,  pr.....................   40®  45
Maranta,  X *................  @  35
Podophyllum, po.........  15®  18
R hei..................................  75@1 00
“  out.........................  @1  75
“  p v...........................  75@1  35
S plgella...........................  35® 38
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentari».................. 
50®  55
S en ega...........................  55®  60
Slmllax, Officinalis.  H @ 4 0
M 
@  25
Sclllae,  (po. 85)...............  10® 12
Symplocarpus,  FoBtl-
dus,  po.......................   @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.80)  ®   25
15®  20
German... 
lnglber a ....................... 
18® 20
Zingiber  3  .................... 
18® 20

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SRMBN.

®   15
Anisum,  (po.  20) 
14®  16
Apium  (graveleons). 
Bird, I s .............................. 
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18).................  10® 12
Cardamon............................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum....................  52®  14
Canuabls Satlva...........  4® 
5
Crdonlum.......................   76®1 00
Chenopodlum  ..............   10® 12
D lptenx Odorate  ........1  80@2 00
Foenlculum .......   .......   @  16
Foenugreek,  p o........... 
6®  
8
L in i.................................. 3h ®   «
Lini, grd.  (bbl.8)4)..  3)4®  4
Lobelia.............................  85®  40
Pharlaris Canarian.... 
4® 
5
R ap a................................ 4)4® 
5
Sinapls  A lbu.................  
7®  8
N igra............   11®  12

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Frumenti, W .,D.  C o..2 00@2  50
D. F. R ........ 2  00® 2  25
1  25@1  50
Juniperls  Co. O. T — 1  65@2 00
.............1  75©8  50
Saacharum  N.  B ..........1  S0Q2 10
Spt.  Vini  Gall!............. 1  75©6 50
Vini Oporto........................1  25©2 00
Vini  A lba...........................1  25@2 00

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage....................2 so@2  75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
2  00
carriage  .................... 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage........... 
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
85
carriage.....................  
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ........................... 
65
75
Hard for  slate  use —  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e ..............................  
1  60

50@3 00

00@2 00
00©3 20

A bsinthium ................... 2 
Amygdalae, D ulc.........  30®  50
Amydalae. Amarae —  8  00@8 25
A n lsl................................1 
Aurantl  Cortex.........  1  80@2 00
Bergami!  ......................3 
C aryophyill..................  75®  80
Cedar  .............................  35®  65
C henopodli..................  @1  60
C innam onil....................1 
C itronella......................  @  45
Conlum  M ac................  36®  65
Copaiba, ........................  80®  90

4C@1 50

SY RU PS.

A cca cla ....................................  50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ipecac.......................................   60
Ferri  Iod..................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes.......................   56
Rhei  Arom..............................   50
Similax  Officinalis................  60
___  50
Senega......................................  60
Sclllae.............................   58
*  Co.........................   50
Toiatan...........................  50
Pranas  vlr*.............................  60

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TINCTURBS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

" 

** 

Aconitum  Napellls R ...........  60
F ...........  50
A loes.........................................  60
and  myrrh....................  60
A rn ica......................................  50
AsafoBtlda................................  O
Atrope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin....................................  60
Co..............................   50
Sanguinaria.............................  50
Barosm a..................................  50
Cantharides.............................  75
Capsicum ................................   50
Ca dam on...............................   75
Co.........................   75
Castor............................................. 1 00
Catechu....................................  50
C inchona................................  50
Co.........................   60
Colum ba..................................  50
C onlum ....................................  50
Cubeba.......  ...........................  50
D ig ita lis.................................  50
Ergot.........................................  50
G entian....................................  50
Co................................  60
G ualca......................................  50
ammon.....................  60
Z ingiber............ .....................  50
Hyoscyamu8 ...........................  50
Iodine.......................................   75
Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chiorldum...................   35
K in o .........................................  50
Lobelia.....................................   50
Myrrh.......................................   50
N ux  Vom ica..........................   50
O p ll..........................................   85
“  Camphorated..................  50
“  Deodor..................................2 00

“ 
“ 

“ 

AurantlCortex.......................   50
Q uassia....................................  50
Khatany  ..................................  50
R hei...........................................  50
Cassia  A cutifol......................  50
Co................   50
Serpentario.............................  50
Stramonium.............................  60
T olutan....................................  60
V alerian..................................  50
VeratrumVeride...................   50

“ 

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

** 

* 
“ 

T‘ 
ground, 

“ et Potass T.  55®  60

ASther, Spts  Nit, 8 F ..  35®  38 
“  4 F ..  38®  40
A lum en........................... 2)4®   3
3® 
4® 

(po.
7).................................. 
4
Annotto.........................  40®  50
Antimoni, po................ 
5
Antlpyrin.....................   @1  40
Antlfebrin.....................  @  25
Argenti  Nltras, onnce  @  53
Arsenicum ...................  
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  B ud.... 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N .............. 1  20® l  80
Calcium Chlor, ls,  ()4s
10;  Me.  12)................  @ 
9
Cantharides  Russian,
po........................
@1  00 
Capslcl  Fructus, a f...
@  15 
©   15 
Bpo.
@  15 
10®   12
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)
Carmine,  No. 40........... 
@ 8 75
Cera  Alba, S. A F .......   50®  56
Cera  Flava...................   40®  42
C occus..........................   @  40
Cassia Fructus............  
©   25
Centrarfa....................... 
©   10
©   40
Cetaoeum...................... 
Chloroform ..................  60®  68
squlbba.. 
@1  25
Chloral Hyd Crrt........1  1501  30
C hondral......................  20®  25
Cluohonldlne, P.  A  W  16®  20
German  8)40  12
C ocaine........................5 39®5  50
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
oent  ............
Creasotnm  —
Creta,  (bbl. 75)
“  prep.......
preclp 
“ 
“  Rubra
C rocus.......
Cudbear 
Cuprf Sulph 
D extrine...
Ether Sulph..................  75®
Emery,  all  numbers. 
©
po  ....................

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Gelatin,  Cooper........... 
©
French.............  300
Glaaaware  flint, by  box 80.
Less than box  70.
Glne,  Brown................ 
9 0
“  W hite..................  130
G lyoerina......................  ISO
Grans Paradlal............  
©
Humnlna.......................   960
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite.. 
O  
“ Cor  ... 
O 
Ox Rubram  @
Ammonlati..
45®
Unguentum.
Hydrargyrum............... 
_
.1  2S©1  50
lehthyobolla,  A m .. 
Indigo..............................  7501 00
Iodine,  Resubl.............3 8003  90
Iodoform........................  @4 70
Lnpnlln.......................... 
0 2  26
Lycopodium ................  60®  66
M o d s .............................  70®  76
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod ....................  @  97
Liquor Potass Arslnltil  19®  19 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Xuwial air.'/.'.'.'."'.'. *60^   B

& 

“  

p in ts...........  

S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S. P. A W. 

1 75@2  CO 
C.  Co.......................   1  65@1  90
Moschus Canton.........  @  40
Myrlstica, No  1 .........   66®  70
N ux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia.......................   16®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
C o................................   @2 00
Plcls Llq, N.*C., % gal
doa  .............................  @2  00
Plcls Llq., q uarts.......   @1  00
&   85
P ll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)___  @  3
Pllx Burgun..................   @ 
7
Plumbl A c e t................  10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doa.......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  p v ............   20®  30
8®  10
Q uasalae.......................  
Qulnla, S. P. A W ........3434@39)4
S.  German__   27®  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum.......   120  14
180  20
Saccharam Lactis pv. 
Salacln........................... 2  60@2  60
Sanguis  Draconla.......   40®  50
Sapo,  W .........................   12®  14
M...........................  10®  19
®   15
G ........................... 
Seldllts  M ixture__ _ 
©   20
S in ap ls......................... 
©   18
@  30

opt.

“ 

Snnff,  Maccaboy,  De
V o ea ...........................  @  34
Snnff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  34 
Soda  Boras,  (po. 6V4-9)6V»@ 
9
Soda  et Potass Tart...  24®  25
Soda Carb....................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb..............  
5
3® 
Soda,  A sh........................3)4® 
4
Soda, Sulphas..............   @ 
2
Spts. Ether C o ............   50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom .....  @2 00
@ 2  50
“  Myrcla  Im p...... 
2  57 
“  VlniRect. bbl... 
2 «2
)4bbl. 
“ 
*•  “ 
“  “ 
“  10 gal. 
2 65
“  “ 
“ 
5 gal. 
2 67
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal....... 1 40®1  45
Sulphur, Subl...............2&@  3
R oll................ 2  @  2)4
Tam arinds.................... 
8®   10
Terebenth V enice.......   28®  80
Theobrom ae................45  @  48
V anilla...  ..................9 00@16 00
Z lnd  Sulph.................. 
8
Bbl.  Gal
70
65
45
11
(3
71
40

Whale, w inter............  70 
Lard,  extra..................  60 
Lard, No.  1..................  40 
Linseed, pure raw —   59 
Linseed,  boiled..........  61 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................. 
65 
Spirits Turpentine—   35 

OILS.

7® 

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paints. 

bbl.  lb.
Red V enetian................IX  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ IX  2@4
“ 
Ber.........IX  2@8
Putty,  commercial 
2X  2)4 @3
“  strictly  pure....... 2)4  2X®8
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .....................  
13@15
 
Vermilion.  E nglish....  ®@72
20)4@27
Green, Paris...............  
Green,  Peninsular........ 
13® 16
Lead,  red.......................   5X®6
w h ite ..................5M®6
@70
Whiting, w hite Span... 
Whiting,  Gliders’ ......... 
@90
1 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting.  Paris  Bng.
c l if f ..............................  
1  40
Universal Prepared  ..1  C0@1  16
No. 1  Turp  Coach___1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................... 160@1  70
Coach  Body..................2  75@ 8  00
No. 1 Turp Furn......... 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
Turp............................. 

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W h ite.........................
1  15
B rie............................
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Gages.
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B rie.......... 
...............
1  05
California......................
Gooseberries.
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Com m on.......................
Peaches.
1  00 
P ie .................................
1  40 
M axw ell........................
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Shepard’s ....................
©1  55
California......................
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Oxford............................
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Dom estic........................
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Johnson’s  sliced ......... 
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grated......... 
2  75
Booth’s sliced.............. 
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Quinces.
1  10
Ommon.......................
Raspberries.
95 
Red..................................
1  40 
Black  Hamburg...........
1  10
Brie,  black  ..................
Strawberries.
1  25
L aw rence......................
1  75 
H am burgh....................
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Brie.................................
Terrapin......................... .
Whortleberries,
85
Blueberries..................
M eats.
2 35
Corned  beef 
...............
Roast beef 
...........................2 35
Potted  ham,  A lb ..................1  25
“  A lb ....................  70
tongue,  A lb .............. 1  35
A lb .............  75
chicken, A  lb ........... 
95

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Hamburgh  string]ess...........1  15
French style.......2  00
Lim as................... 1  25
Lima,  green............................ 1  15
soaked.........................   70
Lewis Boston  Baked............1  25
Bay State  Baked................... 1  25
World’s  Fair  Baked............1  25
Picnic Baked...........................   %
H am burgh..............................1  15
Livingston  E d en ..................1  00
P u rity.......................................   90
Honev  D ew ............................1  25
Morning Glory
Soaked.................................... 
75
Hamburgh  marrofat.............1  30
early Jnne  ■  . . . I   50
Champion E ng.. 1  40
petit  pols............1  40
fancy  sifted — 1  65
Soaked......................................  85
Harris standard......................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early Jn ne......130
Archer’s  Early Blossom __1  25
F rench.................................... 2  15
Mushrooms.
French.......................... 
19©21
Pumpkin.
B rie.....................................  
 
90
Sqnash.
Hubbard........... — ................. 1  15
Snccotaah.
Hamburg................... 
1  30
 
Soaked................................. 
 
Honey  D ew...................................1 80
B rie................................................. 1 85
H ancock..................................   80
E xcelsior....... .........................  80
Eclipse..
Hamburg-—. . . - - . - . ................... 1 30
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German Sweet..................... 
Premium............................... 
Breakfast  Cocoa................
C H E E SE .
Amboy...........................  
Acm e..............................  
Jersey............................. 
Lenawee........................ 
R iverside...........................  
Gold  Medal  ................. 
............................. 
Skim 
Brick...... 
 
 
Edam......... 
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L eiden ................  
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L lm on rger.................. 
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doz
.........  55
60
....... 
.........  50
....... 
75
...................  65
.......  55
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6  00
7  00 
5  50
9  00
7  50
6  00
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9  00 
..........
5  tb  “  
“  
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Red S ta r, A ®>  can*...........
75 
...........
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1  40
45 
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O ur  l.e a d e r,  14  .b  c a n s.
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l  do* 
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45 
35 
1 50 
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75 
1  50

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2  doz. 

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BLUING. 
A rctic, 4o*  ovals................  3 60
.......
80*pints,  round.........
9  00 
2 75 
No. 2, sifting box. 
4  00 
No. 3, 
8 00
No. 5,
l o i ball  ....................«503 60 
6  80

Mexican Liquid, 4  oz.
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Palmetto,  goose 
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Hotel. 40 lb. b o x e s ............
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Paraffine  .......   ....................
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Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

.1  20 
.1  90
Standard, 8 lb ......................... 2 26
Standard,  l i b .......................  80
21b..................... 145
Lobsters.
.2  45 
Star,  1  lb ..................
.8  50 
2  lb ..................
Picnic, 1 l b ...............
.2  00 
.2 90
21b...............
Mackerel
Standard, 1 lb ......................... 1  10
2  lb ....................... 2  10
Mustard,  2 lb  ....................... 2  25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb .............. 2  25
Soused, 2  lb ............................ 2 25
Salmon.
Columbia River, H a t.......... 1  80
“  »alls.........  1  05
Alaska, Red 
......................1  30
p in k ...........................1  20
Kinney's,  flats  ..................... 1  1
Sardines.
American  14s.................... 
ft
A s............ ...  . 
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Imported  14*.......................   ©
As  ......................  013
Mustard  44*  .......................   ©
Boneless 
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Brooc  3, lb
F ru its.
Apples.
3 lb. sta n d a rd .........
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Hamburgh,
Live oak................  . . . .  
Santa  Crus.................... 
Lusk’s .............................  
Overland...................... 
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F. A W ........................... 

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Family  XXX.....................
Family XXX,  cartoon...
Salted XXX.......................
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ...
K enosha...........................
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Butter  b iscu it................
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D om estic.

Peacbes.

Apples.
Snndried.................. 
6'
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
7!
Apricots.
California In  bags..  ..  7A®8 
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
8
Blackberries.
In  boxes.........................
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags  .........................
25 lb. boxes........................  
Peeled, in  boxes............. 
Cal. evap.  “ 
 
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California In  bags.......
California boxes............
Pitted  Cherries.
Barrels..............................
50 lb. b o x e s......................
26  “ 
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Pm nelles.
gn lb.  boxes 
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Raspberries.
In  barrels.........................
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501b. boxes 
25 lb  “ 
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Raisins.

 
Pears.

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Loose  Muscatels In Boxes,
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2 crow n ..................................  3A
8 
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2  crown  .................................... 3A
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Curran ts.

Raisins.

© 6  
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Ondnra, 291b. boxes.. 
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Sultana, 20 
Valencia. 30  “
Prunes.
California,  100-120 ................  3A
90x100 26 lb. bxs  5 A 
. . 5A
80x90 
70x80 
6A
60x70 
• 7
S ilv e r....................  —   7©10
Zenoleum, 6 oz  ...................   2 00
Zenoleum, qts.......................   4  OS
Zenoleum, A  gal..................  7  20
Zenoleum,  gal......................12 CO

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Bloaters.

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a   »  40  “ 
Mackerel.

H alibut.
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Herring.
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Yarmouth...............................
Georges cured....................  4
Georges genuine...............5
Georges selected...............  5A
Boneless,  bricks...............6a
Boneless,  strips................ 6£© 8
11©12
Sm oked........... 
Holland, white hoops keg 
80
bbl  1 0 10
Norwegian...........................  11  00
Round, A bbl 100 lb s.........  2 55
........     1  30
Scaled....................................  13 A
No. 1,  100 lb s...............................12 00
No. 1, 40 lb s...................................5 50
No. 1,  10 l b s ...............................1 35
No. 2,100  lb s...............................10 «0
No. 2,40 lbs.................................  4 30
No. 2,10  lb s.................................  1 15
Family, 90 lbs........................
10  lbs  — ...............
Russian,  kegs........................ 
55
No. 1, A bbls., lOOlbs............4 25
No.  1 A bbl, 40  lb s................1  %
No. 1, kite, 10 lbs..............  
56
No  1,81b  kite.................  
48
No.  1  family
A  bbls, 100 lb s............17  25 2  50
A  “  40  “  ............   3  20  1  30
101b.  k its...................... 
40
“ 
35
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F L Y   P A P E R .

Sardines.
Trout.

Wblteflsb.

8» 
73 

lb. 

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Regular Size.

Per box___38c.  Percase. .83  40
In  5 case lots, per case—   3  30
In 10 case lo ‘s, percase___3 21
“Little Tanglefoot.”
Retails, per b ox....................
Costs,  p ercase......................  1  75

XiABOB  SIZ E .

D W A R F  SIZ E .

Lima  Beans.

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

25 dbl. shts. In box, pr. bx.  8  38 
Per case of  10 boxes...........  3  40
25 double sheets In  box,
Case of 10  boxes..................  1
Case of 2i  boxes..................  2
COM BINATION  CASE.
5 boxes Large  Decoy I 
...
2 boxes Dwarf Decoy j  ”  ® 
FA R IN A CEO US  GOODS. 
2A

115 lb. kegs...................... 
Walsh DeRoo  &  Co.’s .......   1
Barrels  . . . . . . — ............... 
2A
G rits........................................  SA
Dried................................. 
5A
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box___
Imported....................... 10 A©11
Pearl Barley.
Empire......................................  3A
Chester................................ 
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Green,  bu.............................  1
Spilt  per l b ....................  
Schumacher, bbl................   84
A bbl..............   2
Monarch,  b bl.......................   4
Monarch, A  bbl.....................2
Quaker,  cases......................  3
Oven Baked.............................8'
German..................................   <
Bast India............................... 
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Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

2A

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B onders’.

Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best In the world for the money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

dos
2 os  . . . I   75 
4o s  .. . .   1  50

Regular 
Vanilla.

dos
2 o z ........81  20
| 4 OZ......... 2 40

XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 o z........81  50
4 o z..........3 00

XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz........81  75
_____  4 oz........3  50
J en n in g s.

oz regular panel . 7 5  
1 50 
__ 
2 00 
No. 3  taper.............1  35 
No. 4  taper.............1  50 
N orth rop ’s

Lemon. Vanilla 
1  20
2  00
3  00
2 00
2  50

Lemon.  Vanilla, 
1  10
U75
1  20
2  25

oz  oval taper  75 
oz 
1  20 
“ 
oz regular  “
85 
1  60 
oz 
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Rifle—Dupont’s.

K egs.........................................3  25
Half  kegs...............................1  90
Quarter  kegs........................1  10
1  lb  can s..................................  30
A lb  can s.................................  18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

K egs........................................ « 25
H alf  kegs...............................2  40
Quarter kegs.........................1  35
'  lb c a n s ..................................   34

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

K egs.......................... . 
........11  00
Half  k e g s .............................5  75
Quarter k egs.........................3 00
60

lb  can s................................. 

H E R B S .

Sage  ........................................
Hops.........................................

IN D IG O .

Madras,  5 lb. boxes...........
i.  F ., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes..

15  lb.  palls. 
30  “  “

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LICO RICE.

Pure............................................  80
Calabria....................................   25
Sicily..........................................  1*
Root...........................................   10

LY E.

Condensed, 2  d os................. 1  20
4 do*................. 2  25

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M IN CE  M EA T.

Mince meat, 3 doz. In case.  2  75 
Pie Prep. 3  doz.  In  case... .2  75

M ATCH ES.

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Columbia Parlor..................#1  25
XXX Sulphur.................. . 
100
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9  sulphur  .......................1  65
Anchor parlor........................J 70
No. 2 hom e.............................. 1  *0
Export  parlor  .......................4 00

M EA SU R ES.
Tin, per dosen.

1  gallon................................  
J®
Half  gallon.........................   1  40
Q u art..................................  
»0
P in t........................ 
45
 
Half  p in t ............................ 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 g a llo n ................................   7  00
Half g a llo n .......................... 
J  75
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CREA M   T A R T A R .
30
Strictly  pure.........................
Telfer’s  Absolute................  
30
Grocers’ .................................15©25

CLOTHES  P IN S.

D a isy   B rand.

gross boxes  . . ...........40©45

COCOA  SH ELLS.

351b  bags.........................   ©3
Less  quantity 
Pound  packages  .........  6A©7

...............  @3A

C O F F E R  

G reen.
RMk

Santos.

Mexican and Guatemala.

Fair......................— ...............18
Good.......................................... 19
Prim e........................................21
Golden...................................... 21
Peaberry 
................................ 23
Fair............................................19
Good..........................................20
P rim e........................................22
Peaberry  ................................. 23
Fair............................................21
Good..........................................22
Fancy........................................24
Prim e........................................23
M ille d ...................................... 24
Interior............................... 
.25
Private Growth...................... 27
M andehllng............................28
Im itation................................. 25
Arabian.................................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

R oasted.

P ack age. 

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  Ac. per lb. for roast 
lng and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.
M cL augh lin ’s  X X X I  .  £1  30 
Lion. 60 or 100 lb.  case —   21  30
Arbuckle..............................  21. 30
J e r se y ..................................   21  30
Valley City A  gross  —  
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil,  gross  —

E xtract.

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Red.....................................
CLOTHES  L INES.
Cotton,

r t ...
60 ft...
61» ft...
70 f t ...
¿50 « . . .
60 ft
72 n - .

...per «lo».  1  25
140
... 
1  60
175
1  90
85
1  00

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4 dos. In case.

N. Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gall Borden Eagle..............   7  40
Crown....................................... 6  25
80
D aisy..........................................5  75
Champion..............................   4  50
Magnolia 
...............................4  25
D im e..........................................3  35

8A
Peerless evaporated cream  5 

COUPON  BO O K S.

 

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Half  pint, 25 bottles.............2  75
Pint 
4  SO
Quart 1 do* b o ttles....................8 50
Half pint, per  doz...................... 1 85
Pint, 25 bottles............................. 4 50
Quart  per  doz  ...................... 8  75

Triumph Brand.

“Tradesman.’
I  1  books, per  hundred 
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Schuit's Cleaned.

Patras,  bbls............  ®2A
l Vostlzzas, 50 lb.  cases  .......2
25 lb.  boxes.............................  4
1  lb.  packages  ....................   4A
Citron, Leghorn, 26 lb. boxes
“
Lemon 
“ 
Orange 

25  “ 
25  “ 

Peel.

“ 
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JO

2  00 
2 50 
8 00 
8 OP
4  OU
5 00

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RICK .
Domestic.
Carolina head.............
No. 1.............
No. 2.............
Broken.................— .
Imported.
Japan, No. 1..............
“  No. 2.................
Java...............................
Patna........................... .
SPICK S.

5X5
4 *3*
61455
4*

M O LASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar house.............. . 
- 
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary............................... 
Porto Rico.
P rim e....................................  
F an cy------- 
F air........................................  
Good  ............ 
 
Extra good............................ 
Choice 
...............................  
F an cy... 
............................ 
Half  barrels 3c.extra
P IC K L E S.

Raw Orleans.
 

 

 

 

Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  cou n t... 
Half bbls, 600  con n t.. 
Barrels, 2,400  connt. 
Half bbls,  1,200 connt 
P IP K S.

Small.

14
16
20
80
18
22
27
32
40

@4 00
©2 50
5 50

3 25

Clay, No.  216................................. 1 70
Cob, No.  8 ...................................... 1 20

“  T. D. f  nil count.............  70

PO T A SH .

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ....................................  4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s ......................  3 00

Whole Sifted.

“ 

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11 

Pure Ground In Bulk.

A llspice....................................  9X
Cassia, China in m ats.........  9ft
Batavia In bnnd — 15
Saigon in rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
Zanzibar....................11X
Mace  Batavia..........................70
Nutmegs, fan cy...................... 65
No.  1.........................80
No.  2 .........................55
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
w h ite...  .20
shot..  ........................16
A llsp ice.....................................15
Cassia,  Batavia...................... 18
and  Saigon.25
Saigon.......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
Zanzibar....................18
Ginger, African...................... 16
Cochin.....................  20
Jam aica................... 22
Mace  Batavia..........................65
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .22
Trieste.......................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................... 75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16 
B .r  w U te .........24
Cayenne...................20
Sage........................................... 20

“ 
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•’Absolute” In Packages.

14s
A llsp ice.........................   84  155
Cinnamon...............  
84  155
Cloves.............................  84  1  55
Ginger,  Jam aica.........  84  1  55
A frican............   84  1  55
Mustard.........................   84  155
Pepper...........................   84  155
Sage......... 

84

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Kingsford's Corn.
..................

20 1-lb packages......................
40 1-lb 
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss.
401 -lb.  packages....................
6-lb. boxes............. 
...........
20-lb  boxes...............................
40-lb 
...........
1-lb packages...........................
8-lb 
...........................
6-lb 
...........................
40 and 50 lb. boxes................
Barrels......................................

Common Corn
“ 
Common Gloss
“ 
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............... 

6 X 
6*4

5%
5)4
5

55143*

3X

Boxes 
....................................... 5)t
Kegs, English...........................4M

SO D A ,

SALT.

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224 lb 

Diamond  Crystal.
Cases, 243  lb. boxes......... 8  1  60
2  50
Barrels, 320  lb s..................
115 2X lb bags — 4  00
3  75
....
lb  “ 
60 5 
3010  lb  “ 
3  50
....
65
Butter, 56 lb  bags..............
3 50
“  20141b bags...............
2  50
“  280 lb  b b ls .............
225
“ 
.............
Worcester.
.84 CO
115 2X-lb sacks................
3 35
60 5-lb 
“ 
....................
.................... .  3  50
“  
3010-lb 
...................... .  3  30
22  14 lb.  “ 
320 lb.  bbl............................. .  2  50
8 lb  sacks......................... .  32X
60
100 3-lb. sacks...................... .12  10
...................... .  1  90
60 5-lb. 
28 10-lb.  sacks.................... .  1  75
30
56 lb. dairy In drill  b ags.. 
16
28 lb.  “ 
.
75
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.
75
56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks
22
56  lb.  sacks.........................
90
Saginaw  ..............................
90
Manistee  ..............................

Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

linen acks................
Common Grades.

Ashton.
Higgins.

Warsaw.

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SE E D S.
A n ise ..........................
Canary, Smyrna.......
C araway.................... .. 
Cardamon, Malabar.
Hemp.  Russian....... .
Mixed  Bird...............
Mustard,  white  ___
Poppy .........................
R ape...........................
Cuttle  bone..............
SN U FF .

@13
4
7
80
4
4X
9
8
4X
80

Scotch, In  bladders. ............ 37
Maccaboy  In jars__ ............ 35
French Rappee, In Jars.......43

SALER A TUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church’s .................... ........... 3  30
DeLand’s ................... ............ 3  15
Dwight’s .................... ............ 3  30
Taylor’s .....................
............3  00

SEELY’S  EXTRACTS.

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M.  8  90 doz.
2  “  N. S.  1  20  “
2  “  F.  M.  1  40  “

Vanilla.
1 oz. F:  M.  1  50 doz.
2  •’  N .  S.  2 00  “
2  “  F. M. 2  50  “

810 20 gro
12  60  “
14  40  “

16  20 gro
21  60  “
25  50  •’

Rococo—Second Grade.

2 oz................75 doz......  8  00  “

2 doz.........  1  00 doz.. ...10 50  ■’

Lemon.
Vaailla.

SO A P.
Laundry,

G.  R. Soap  Works Brands.

“ 
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Best German Family.

Concordia, 100 M lb. bars...3 50
5 box  lots........... 3 35
10 box lots...........3 30
20 box lots........... 3 20
601-lb. bars..............................2 25
5 box  lo ts................................2 15
25„box;iots.................................2 00
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.
Old Country,  80  1-lb..............3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb ................. 3 90
White Borax, 100  M U>..........3 65

Proctor A Gamble.

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Concord....................................3  45
Ivory, 10  o s............   ...........  6  75
6  o s................................4 00
Lenox....................................  3 66
Mottled  German....................3  15
Town T alk...............................3  25

Dingman Brands.

Single box...............................3  95
5 box lots, delivered...........3  85
10 box lots, delivered.........3  75

Jas. S. Kirk A Co.’s  Brands. 

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American  Family, wrp’d.,83 33 
p la in ...  3 27
N.  K.  Fairbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.............................3  90
Brjwn,60 bars........................2  10
80  bars  ......................3  10

“ 
Lautz Bros.  A.Co.’s Brands.

A cm e........................................ 3  65
Cotton OH.................................6  00
Marseilles................................ 4  00
Master  ......................................4 00
Thompson A Chute Co.’s BrandB

Silver......................................  366
M on o......................................3  30
Savon. Improved..................2 50
Sunflow er.............................2  80
G olden....................................3 25
Economical  .........................2  25

S couring.

S ap olio, kitchen, 3  d o z...  2 40 

hand, 3 doz...........2 40

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SUG AR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars, to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  invoice  for 
the  amount  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point,including 20  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Domino.................................  K  3)
Cut  Loaf....................................5 31
C ubes.........   ........................... 4  94
Pow dered................................. 5 00
XXXX  Powdered.................  5 18
G ranulated..............................4 62
Fine Granulated...................  4 62
Extra Fine Granulated...  4  76
Mould  A ................................... 4 94
Diamond Confec.  A ............  4 62
Confec. Standard  A .............4  5C
No.  1.....................................  4  37

No.  4.. 
No.  5.. 
No.  6. 
No.  7. 
No.  8. 
No.  9. 
No.  10. 
No.  11. 
No.  12. 
No.  13. 
No.  14.

4  37 
4  31 
4  25 
4  18 
4  12 
4  06 
4 00 
3  94 
3 87 
3 76 
3

56

“ 

SAL.  SO D A.
Granulated,  bbls........
751b  cases
................
Lump, bbls 
1451b kegs.........
SYRUPS.

“ 

Barrels............................
Half bbls.........................

Pure Cane.
F a ir.................................
G ood................................
Choice............................

Corn.

IX
1M
IXIX

22
24

15
20
25

T A B L E   SAUCES.

“ 

Lea A Perrin’s, la r g e .........4  75
sm all.......   2  75
Halford, la r g e ........................3  75
sm all......................  2  25
Salad Dressing,  large  .  ...  4  55 
2  66

“ 
•• 

«mall 

B A SK ET  F IR E D .

jap ah—Regular.

TEAS.
F a ir ..............................
@17
G ood.............................
@20
Choice........................... 24 @26
Choicest....................... .32 @34
D u st................................10 @12
BUM OURKD.
@17
F a ir..............................
@20
G ood.............................
Choice........................... ,24 @26
Choicest....................... .32 @34
D ust............................... 10 @12
F a ir.............................. .18 @20
@25
Choice...........................
@35
Choicest.......................
@40
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOW DER.
Common to  fa ll.......... .25 @35
Extra fine to finest— .50 @65
Choicest fan cy............ 75 @85
@26
Common to  fair......... .23 @30
Common to  fair......... .23 @26
Superior to fine........... .30 @35
Common to  fair......... .18 @2e
Superior to  fine.......... 30 @40
F a ir..................................18  @22
Choice...................... 
  24  @28
B est....................  
40  @50

E N G L IS H   B R E A K F A S T .

rO U N G   HYSON.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

TOBACCOS.
Congress  Brand.

C igars.
Invincibles 
....................... 880  00
Imperials....................................  70 00
P erfectos............ .................. 6i  00
Boquets 
........................... 55  OO
Signal  F ive.................................35 10
Comrade 
Mr.  Thomas............................... 35 OO

Edw. W. Ruhe’s Brands.^

.......................   35  00

G. J. Johnson’s Brand.

S. C. W..................................  35  00

F in e Cat.

 

P. Lorillard A Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet................   @25
.30
Tiger............................... 
D. Scotteu A  Co’s Brands.
60
H iawatha...................... 
3«
Cuba............................... 
R ocket........................... 
30
Spaulding A Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling........................  
30
Private Brands.
Cherry............................   @3-
B azoo.............................  @30
Can  Can.........................  @27
N ellie  B ly....................24  @25
Uncle Ben.....................24  @25
M cGinty........................ 
5
X bbls........... 
25
Columbia.........................  
Columbia,  drums........... 
Bang  U p ......................... 
Bang up,  drums............. 
Sorg’s Brands.

F la g .

“ 

24
23
20
19

Spearhead.......................... 
Jok er................................... 
Nobby T w ist.......................  
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo...................................... 
Hiawatha............................ 
Valley C ity ........................ 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty......................  
Jolly Tar.............................  
Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax (8  oz., 41c)--------- 
Green Turtle...................... 
27
Three  Black Crows... 
J. G.  Butler’s.Brands.
Something Good......... 
38
Out of  Sight...................... 
W ilson;* McCaulay'8  Brands.
Gold  Rope.........................  
Happy T h o u g h t....... 
37
M essmate...........................  
No T ax................................. 
Let  Go................................. 

S m okin g.

Catlln’s  Brands.

Klin  dried............................17@t8
Golden  Shower.......................19
Huntress 
................................26
Meerschaum  ..   .................29@30
American  Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  N avy..  ...................... 40
Stork.......................................   30
German .....................................15
F ro g ..........................................32
Java,  %a fo il...........................32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner...................................... 16
Banner Cavendish.................36
Gold Cut...................................30

39
27
40
25
38
34

* 1
32
39
30

24
43
32
31
27

S m o k in g —Continued.

Scotten’s Brands.

Brands.

W arpath................................... 14
Honey  Dew..............................26
Gold  Block..............................30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless.....................................26
Old  Tom...................................18
Standard.................................. 22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade............................... 40
Rob  Roy...................................26
Uncle  Sam........... ............ 28@32
Red Clover............................... 32
Tom and Jerry........................ 25
Traveler  Cavendish............. 38
Buck Horn...............................30
Plow  B ov..........................30@32
Corn  Cake............................... 16

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding A Merrick.

V IN E G A R .

40gr..................................  @8
50 gr.................................  @9

81 for barrel.

W ET  M USTARD,
Bulk, per g a l ...................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz In case...  1  75

YEAST.

Diamond..................................  75
Eurek«....... 
1  00
Magic....................................... 1  00
Yeast  Cream..........................1  00
Yeast Foam  ...........................1  00

W O O DEN W A R E .

TubB, No. 1.............................  5 75
“  No. 2.............................  4 75
“  No. 3.............................4  00
1  25
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Palls, No. 1,  two-hoop.. 
Bowls, 11 Inch.......................
........................ 
90
........................1  26
.......................   1  80
H ID E S  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­

IS  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 

Hinas.

lows:
G reen.............................  6  @7
Part  Cored.................. 
@JX
Full 
....................  8  @ 9
Dry..................................  6X@ 8%
Kips, green  ..................  5  @ a
cored....................  7X@ 9
Calfskins,  green.........  7X@ 9
cured.........11  @13
Deacon skins................10  @25

“ 

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides X off.
PXLTS.

Shearlings......................   5 @  20
Lambs  ........................... 10  @  30
Old  W ool..............  
40  @  75
WOOL.
W ashed............................ 8 @14
U nw ashed.....................  5 @12
T allow ............................  3 @ 4
Grease  butter  ..............  1 @ 2
Sw itches.......................   1X@  2
Ginseng 
..................... 2 0u@2  25
G R A IN S and  FEED STUFFS

KiscHLLANBone.

8 j 
80

No. 1 White (58lbJtest) 
No.  2 Red  (60 lb.  test) 
PLOUR  IN  SACKS.
«Patents................................   4  70
Second Patent....................  4  <0
Straight................................   4  00
Clear......................................   3  70
•Graham...............................  4  00
B uckw heat.........................   4  50
R ye.........................................  4  Ml
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis-
count.
Flour lu  bbls., 25c per bbi. ad
ditional.
Bolted....................................   2  50
Granulated.................  
  2 75
St.  Car  Feed,  screened.. .8 2 1  00 
St. Car Feed, unscreened.  22 50
No.  1 Corn and  Oats.........  22 00
No. 2 S p ecia l......................  20  50
Unbolted Corn  Meal.........21  50
Winter Wheat  B r a n .......   15  00
Winter Wheat Middlings.  16  00
Screenings  ..........................  14  00

FEED  AND  MILL8TUFFB.

MEAL.

 

OOBN.

Car  lots................................... 55X
Less than  car lo ts............... 60

OATS.

Car  lots  ....... .......................... 35
Less than  car lo ts.............. 37

BAY
No.  1 Timothy, car lots — 10  50 
No. 1 
ton lo ts.........1150

“ 

FISH   A N D   OYSTERS.

FRESH  FISH.
Whltefi8h 
....................
T r o u t.............................
Black Bass.........
H alib ut,.........................
Ciscoes or Herring —
Blueflsh.........................
Fresh lobster, per lb ..
Cod 
...............................
Haddock........................
No. 1 Pickerel.............
P ike................................
Smoked  W hite............
Red  Snappers..............
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ......... ..................
Mackerel........................
Shrimps,  per g al.........
SH E L L   GOODS
Oysters, per  100...........
Clams.

@   8 
@  7X 
12X@15 
18(82 > 
@ 6 
@12X 
Id
10
@  8 @ 8

£0 
1S@25 
1  25
1  25@1  50 
75@1  00

OYSTERS— IN  CANS.

F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands.
40
36

Falrhaven  Counts.... 
F . J .D .  Selects........... 

CROCIA E R  k  A N D   U L A sstV  A R E

LAMP  BUKHBBS.

 

l a m p   c h im n e y s .—6  d o s . in box.

NO. 0 Sun............................................................... 
40
No. 1  “  ..................................................................   4 ,
No. 2  “  ..................................................................   65
Tubular................................................ 
60
Security.  No.  1......................................................  60
Security,  No.  2......................................................   &6
N utm eg.....................................................................  50
Arctic......................................................................... 1  25
Per box.
No. 0 Sun 
-----  1  75
No. 1  “ 
. . .   1  88 
No. 2  11
....  2  70
No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.. 
.2  10 
No. 1  “ 
.2  25 
No. 2  “ 
.3  25
No. C Sun, crimp  top, wrapped and labeled.  2  60 
No. 2 
. ..3  80

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.

“ 
** 

“ 
* 

* 
“

“ 

“ 

“ 

»•

“ 

“ 
Pearl top.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................... 8  70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
......................  4  70
.....................   4  8S
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 

“ 

Fire Proof—Plain Top.
“ 

N o.;i, Sun,  plain  bulb.........................................3  40
No. 2, 
.........................................4  40
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.........................   1  25
........................... 1  50
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz..............................................1  35
No. 2 
“ 
.............................................. 1  60
Rochester.

“ 
La Bastie.

No. 1, lime  (65c d o z)................................................... 3 50
No. 2, lime  (70c d o z).....................  
4  00
No. 2, flint  (80c doz)............................................   4  70

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Electric.

35

Miscellaneous.

No.2, lime (70c d o z )............................................. 4  io
No.  2 flint  (80c d o z ).............................................4  40
Doz.
Junior, R ochester.................................................  50
N utm eg..................................................................... 
is
Illuminator Bases..................................................1  00
Barrel lots, 5 doz  ...................................................  90
7 in. Porcelain Shades.......................................... 1  00
Case lots, 12 doz......................................................   go

Mammoth Chimneys for Store  Lamps.

Box

5  25

4 20
4 80
5 10
5 85

Doz. 
No.  3  Rochester,  lim e ........... 1  50 
No.  3  Rochester, flint.  . . . . . .  1  75 
No.  3  Pearl top or Jewel gl’s. 1  85 
No.  2  Globe lucandes. lim e...l  75 
No.  2  Glebe Incandes. flint.. .2  00 
No.  2  Pearl glass....................... 2  10 

O IL   CANS.

6  00
Doz
1  gal  tin cans with spout...........................  
1  60
1  gal  galv iron, with spout.....................................2 00
2  gal  galv iron with spout  ...............................3  25
3  gal  galv iron with spout...........   ................   4  50
5 gal  McNutt, with spout......................................  6 00
5  gal  Eureka, with spout......................................  6 50
5  gal  Eureka with faucet......................................   7 00
5  gal  galv iron  A  A W   ....................................  750
5  gal  Tiltiug  Cans,  Monarch...........................10 50
5  gal  galv iron Nacefas....... 
..................  9 00

 

Pump Cans.

3  gal  Home Rule....................................................... 10 50
5  gal  Home Rule...............................................  12  00
3  gal  Goodeuough.......................  
12  00
5  gal  Goodenough  ............................................ 13  50
5  gal  Pirate  King  ...........................................   10  50

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

LA N TER N   GLOBES.
No. 0,  Tubular,  cases 1  doz. each.....................  45
“ 
No. 0, 
45
“ 
2  “ 
No. 0, 
bbls 5  “ 
“ 
40
No. 0, 
bull’s eye, cases  1 doz each. 1  25
LAM P  W ICKS.
No. 0,  per  gross.....................................................  
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
No. 3, 
Mammoth,  per doz................................................  

20
28
3t,
65
76

JE L L Y   TU M BLERS— Tin Top.
X Pints,  6 doz in  box, per box  (box 00)...  1  60
•*  doz  (bbl 35)____   20
24  “  “  bbi, 
X 
“ 
6  “  “  box,  “  box  (box 00)__   1  80
X 
X  “ 
18  “  ”  bbl,  “  doz  (bbl 35)........ 
22
STONEW ARE— AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 g a l..................................  06
X gal. per  doz.........................   60
“ 
Jugs, X gal., per doz.......................................  
70
07
“  1 to 4 gal., per g a l.................................... 
Milk Pans,  x  gal., per  d o s..............  
60
“ 
........................... 
72

1  “ 

... 

“ 

“ 

“ 

1 

“ 

“ 

6X
65
79

STONEW ARE— BLACK  G LAZED.
Butter Crocks,  1  and 2 gal.......................
Milk Pans,  X gal. per  doz.......................
...........

“ 
F R U IT  JA R S.
Mason—old  style, pints......................................  7  %
quarts...................................... 7  75
half  gallons.......................   9  75
Mason—1 doz. in case, pints..............................   7  50
qnarts.........................   8  00
half  gallons................10 00
Dandy—glass cover, pints..................................10 50
q u a r t s .....................................11 00
half  gallons....................14 00
OILS.

The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows:

B A R R ELS.

Eocene........................... 
....................
XXX W. W.  Mich.  Headlight..................
Naptha...........................................................
Stove Gasoline.............................................
Cylinder........................................................8 1
Engine...........................................................12
Black,  winter.. 
Black, summer.

10 
8X @ 9X 
@11X @38 
@21 9X 8*

FROM  TA N K   WAGON.

BA RR ELS.

Eocene........................ 
8X
........................ 
ÖX
XXX W. W.  Mich.  Headlight.................. 
Scofield, Shurmer  A  Teagle  quote  as  follows :
P&laclne......................................................... .........11
...........10
Red Cross, W W  Headlight.....................
.........8X
.....ux
........10X
Naptha.........................................................
Stove Gasoline.............................................
..........9X
...........  ex

FROM  TA N K  WAGON,
Red Cross W W Headlight............  

3 4

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

IS MAN  DEGENERATING?

Is the human  race,  that  portion  of  it 
which has reached  the  highest  point  of 
civilization,  degenerating,  physically, 
intellectually, morally?

It is so  claimed,  and  a  somewhat  re­
markable book by a German psycho-phy­
siologist,  Max Nordau, has recently been 
written to prove the  assertion. 
It is not 
intended here to attempt a review of this 
book,  but to  make  some  brief  examina­
tion  of  the  conditions  upon  which  the 
charge of degeneration  is based.

Man is an animal above  all.  He is  an 
intellectual  and  moral  being,  which  all 
other  animals  are  not,  and  he has a ca­
pacity  for  progress  and  enjoyment  in 
many intellectual and spiritual exercises. 
All literature,  all art and  all  science are 
the results of  the  exertion  of  his intel­
lectual faculties,  and all religion and the 
entire code of  morality  are  the  expres­
sions of his spiritual nature.

Nevertheless,  with  all  these  lofty  en­
dowments,  man does not forget that he is 
an animal and,  despite  many  individual 
exceptions, it must not  be  lost  sight  of 
that the chief care of mankind is for  the 
promotion of bodily  comfort  and  enjoy­
ment.  Every discovery in science is val­
ued only in  proportion as it can  be used 
to increase  the  facilities  for  the  enjoy­
ment  of  physical  life.  The  electrician 
who creates his wonderful appliances for 
the transmission of news,  for  the illumi­
nation of our houses and cities,  for med­
ical purposes,  and  for  the  many  other 
economic uses of the  subtile  and  poten­
tial agent with  which  he  deals,  derives 
his importance and his pecuniary rewards 
from the fact that he  ministers chiefly to 
the  comfort  and  enlargement  of  bodily 
enjoyment.

The engineer who supplies  the  means 
of rapid travel, and  who by draining and 
sewering cities  improves  their  sanitary 
condition, contributes largely to  the  life 
and health of the body, which he relieves 
from  laborious  locomotion  and  rescues 
from the poisonous influences of filth and 
damp.  All  the sciences of medicine and 
surgery are devoted wholly  to benefiting 
the physical condition of man,  while  the 
labors  of  the astronomer in the celestial 
regions of space are valued only  as  they 
produce the almanac by  which  the  ordi­
nary business of the days  may  be  regu­
lated,  and  the  means  by  which  ships 
carrying cargo for  the  use  of  the  body 
may  be  navigated  upon  the  trackless 
seas.

Nearly  all the triumphs of mechanical 
genius are devoted to the manufacture of 
fabrics in  which to clothe and  adorn the 
body, or to the  preparation  of  food  for 
its  nourishment.  True,  much  money 
and great pains are expended  in  provid­
ing  for  and  promoting  the  intellectual 
and spiritual needs  of  civilized  people; 
but mind and spirit do not get  the  bene­
fit of a tithe of the  intellectual  and  ma­
terial wealth that is  expended  upon  the 
conditions  of  bodily  existence. 
It  is, 
then, upon the basis of  these  facts  that 
it  must  be  acknowledged  that  man’s 
animality  and  physical  nature  weigh 
heavily upon him.

There  are  two  classes  of  the  human 
race that are particularly borne down by 
their  animal  functions.  The  first  of 
these is the savage and primitive type of 
man.  He knows little  beyond his phys­
ical faculties, and the facts of animal life 
make  up  the  greater  part  of  his exist­
ence.  He lives to eat  and  drink, and  to 
fight the enemies of his tribe.  His mor­

als are usually of a low  standard;  but he 
is,  to a large extent, kept from bodily ex­
cesses by the  hardships  of  his  mode  of 
existence.

The struggle among savage peoples for 
the  means  of  feeding  and  clothing  the 
body is so  intense  that  it  consumes  the 
physical  energies  and  leaves  little  sur­
plus strength to be devoted to  the indul­
gences of material  life. 
It is only  when 
to idleness  and  wealth  is  conjoined  the 
highest civilization,  creating  the  condi­
tions known as luxury, that the other ex­
treme  of  physical  indulgence,  which 
amounts  to  debauchery, 
is  possible. 
Thus it comes about  that the lowest sav­
agery and the highest civilization are ca­
pable of producing the  lowest  stages  of 
morality.

The present,  as has been  shown,  is es­
sentially  an  age  of  luxury.  The rapid 
creation of great fortunes  through  spec­
ulation  and  by  the  aid  of  laws  which 
specially favor the  organization  of  com­
binations of capital and financial monop­
olies  has  brought 
into  existence  a 
wealthy  class  above  all  necessity  for 
work or for taking thought for  the  mor­
row.  Here  are  wealth  and  idleness 
closely associated with  all  that  civiliza­
tion  can  contribute  to  heighten  enjoy­
ment,  and  apparently  with  no  object 
save  to  enjoy,  and  this  enjoyment  is 
chiefly bodily  indulgence.  Under  these 
conditions  there  is  no  limit  to this in­
dulgence,  save  that  imposed by the con­
dition of bodily vigor.

There have been in  the  history  of  the 
world  many  periods  when  luxury  and 
vice rose to the height of a  surging  tide 
which  swallowed  up  the  social and po­
litical power of nations.  Vivid  pictures 
have  been  painted  by  both  sacred  and 
profane  historians  of  the  floods  of  de­
bauchery in which the imperial power of 
Babylon and Nineveh went down.  Later 
came the extinction of the Roman power, 
which  had  for  more  than  a  thousand 
years dominated the world  and  stood  at 
the head of  the nations of  the earth.

It is a law of human nature that  when 
the highest gifts  of  civilization  are  en­
tirely subordinated to mere  bodily  uses, 
there supervenes a fever  of  luxury  that 
carries off all  upon  whom  it  seizes,  and 
thus human  society  reaches  its  highest 
point only to totter to a swift fall and be 
succeeded by  rugged  and  vigorous  bar­
barism.  The glory of  the  Chaldees’  ex­
cellency fell before the  tierce  hordes  of 
the  Medes  and  Persians.  The arts and 
sciences,  the high culture  and  depraved 
abominations  of  Rome  at  the  crest  of 
civilization,  were swept  away as  by  the 
wind  before the tremendous manhood  of 
the northern Barbarians.

But the decay of men now is vastly more 
swift and deadly than ever it  was  in  all 
the centuries from Babylon to Rome. 
In 
that enormous lapse of  time  there  were 
not  known  in all the civilized  world any 
of the potent and baneful drugs  that  to­
day  are  used  to  destroy  nervous  force 
and break down the human  constitution. 
Men  from  early  times  had  fermented 
beverages,  but never alcohol or  distilled 
liquors.  The  wines and beers of the an­
cients  had  an  intoxicating  element  of 
from  3  to  10  per cent, of their volume. 
The whisky,  brandy, gin and  rum  of  to­
day  carry  40  to  50  per  cent,  of  al­
cohol,  not  to  speak  of  adulterations 
which aggravate its  power.  Then  there 
are all the  wonderful  opiates  and  anaes­
thetics  which  chemistry  has  evoked. 
They are  numbered  by  the  score,  and

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keeps this  Soap  in  stock,  and 
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in  his own  family, and will tell 
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ELLEN  B. WRISLEY CO. 479  TO  « 5   FIFTH  AVE. 

CHICAGO.

Laundry  Soaps,  Toilet  Soaps,  Perfumes  and  Glycerine.

TEE  STAR  CLEANER  AND  FABRIC  REB0ÍAT0R

Most Useful, Best  and  Greatest 

Labor-Saving Preparation 

of the Age.

M anufactured Expressly fo r Cleaning 

C arpets,  Rugs,  C urtains,  Glass,  W oodwork,  U phol­
stered A rticles,W oolens, Silks, Satins, Plush Goods, 
H ats,  Kid Gloves and all kinds o f F ine Fabrics.

Price to the Trade.

P er  dozen 
Per gross..

Retails at 25 cents.

F or C irculars and Rates address

CANTON,  OHIO.

Monday  is  wash  day  in  three-fourths  of  the  I 
homes  in  America.  Probably  that’s  why  it's I 
called“ ” 1 '  mr— —"  **“ 
use of

H ing is lightened greatly  in many homes by 

Blue Monday 

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’

I I   U/UJ/tt*  LAAC UIULIIL*» ILL 

Why not in yours?  It washes the clothes in every
V» AAJ  AAUL AAA  J'UUAOi 
Does not  injure either the fabric or the hands. 
Try it when you wash again.  You can get it at 
any store. Send for catalogueof beautiful pictures.

I sense of the word—makes them clean and white. 

GOWANS & SONS,  Buffalo, N. Y.

CTy

science has so cheapened their prodnction 
that  they  are  in  reach  of  the  poorest. 
They  are  all  nerve  poisons,  which  are 
the  daily  resort  of  those who  desire to 
drown sorrow,  ease pain,  soothe nervous 
irritation,  and  transform  misery 
into 
pleasure or insensibility.

The ancients who adopted the motto of 
Sardanapalus,  “Eat, drink and  love;  the 
rest’s  not  worth  a  fillip,”  did  not have 
to contend against the  Insidious  and  re­
sistless forces of alcohol,«tobacco, opium, 
cocaine,  the  chloroforms  and  ethers,  a 
terrible  array  of  nerve  destroyers,  the 
underminers  of  minds  and  morals,  the 
powerful allies of decay and  death.

Human  endurance  to-day  is  fighting 
against  odds  which  the  ancients  never 
knew. 
In  antique  times  the  gradual 
blight  of  death  fell  on  all,  men  and 
women alike. 
It  was  reserved  for  this 
modern  age  to  create  causes which de­
stroy the men first and  leave  the  women 
to rule,  a destiny  more humiliating than 
was ever imposed  on  men  before.  The 
vast masculine energies that  might  have 
been potential for  good  have  been  con­
sumed by drink and drugs and will never 
be computed; but the amount can be reck­
oned up in the  fact  that  the  weak  and 
nerveless hand of the  once king of earth 
is relaxing its grasp upon the  scepter  of 
dominion,  and to woman  is control  to be 
resigned.  The  time  to  the  consumma­
tion will not be  long.  Man’s  surrender 
is woman’s opportunity.

F r a n k  S t o w e l l .

CUBRENT COMMENT.

One of the  latest  novelties abroad is a 
cigar  or  cirarette  holder  for  non-smok­
ers.  This  curious  article  is  made  as 
much for a joke as for  those  who,  while 
not smokers  themselves,  associate  with 
inveterate  consumers  of  the  weed  and 
don’t liRe to  refuse  a  cigar  from  their 
friends.  The  makers  also  advertise  it 
for the use of  ladies  when  on  the  stage 
in scenes  where they are called  upon  to 
smoke, even  if  the  taste  and  odor  are 
disagreeable to them.  The  holder  is  so 
constructed  that  a  valve 
inserted  be­
tween the tube of the holder  proper  and 
the mouthpiece will actuate a feathering 
membrane.  While  the  inhaling  of  air 
through  the  mouthpiece  will  set  the 
cigar  glowing  and  actually  withdraw 
smoke  from  the  cigar,  this  smoke will 
only  go as far as the  membrane,' no taste 
of the smoke permeating  the  latter.  As 
soon as the action ceases,  the  little mem­
brane resumes its  first position,  and  the 
smoke is  forced  out  through  the  valve 
without ever having reached  the  mouth 
of the  apparent  smoker.  The  greatest 
fun derived from this holder  is  the  pre­
senting of it to  a  smoker  not  aware  of 
the  nature  of  the  gift.  The  antics  of 
such  a  victim  attempting  to  get  his 
smoke out of  one  of  these  holders  are 
truly sidesplitting.

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An unusual line of business  furnishes 
a living  for  a  man  in  Washington.  He 
owns a  large  number of bulldogs,  which 
he  rents  to  owners  of  houses  who  go 
away 
in  the  summer.  Each  dog  is 
chained in the back  yard  and  intruders 
are given a very cordial  reception.  The 
dogs are effective guardians of the prem­
ises intrusted to their care.  The rent of 
the  dog  is  but  $3  a  month,  and  the 
owner,  who is known  as  Bulldog  Doug­
lass, goes the rounds each  day and feeds 
the animals.  Up to the present time  no 
better  way  of  protecting  property  has

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAJST.
been  discovered.  Private  and  special 
policemen cut no figure in the city where 
politicians  live.

WALTER BAKER &  GO.

The Largest Manufacturers  of

*  

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in 

“A distinguished specialist,”  says  the 
American  Practitioner,  has  carefully 
noted  the  difference  between 
twelve 
families of drinkers and twelve  families 
of temperate persons during twelve years, 
with the  result that he found the  twelve 
drinking  families  produced 
those 
years fifty-seven children,  while the tem­
perate ones were  accountable  for  sixty- 
one.  Of the  drinkers  twenty-five  chil­
dren died  in  the  first  week  of  life,  as 
against six on  the  other  side.  The  lat­
ter  deaths  were  from  weakness,  while 
the  former  were  attributable  to  weak­
ness, convulsive  attacks,  or  oedema  of 
the  brain  and  membranes.  To 
this 
cheerful record is  added  five  who  were 
idiots;  five were so stunted in growth  as 
really to be dwarfs;  five when  older  be­
came  epileptics;  one,  a  boy,  had  grave 
chorea, ending in  idiocy;  five more  were 
diseased and  deformed,  and  two  of  the 
epileptics 
inheritance, 
drinkers.  Ten  only  of  the  fifty-seven 
showed  during  life  normal  disposition 
and  development  of  body  and  mind. 
Fifty of  the  children  of  the  temperate 
families were normal  in every  way.

became, 

by 

PURE,  HIGH  GRADE
COCOAS AND 

CHOCOLATES
on  this  continent, 

have received

HIGHEST  AWARDS
¡Industrial and Food

from  the  great

EXPOSITIONS

IN

Europe and America.
U n lik e  th e   D u tch   P rocess 

no  Alkalies  or  other  Chemicals or Dyes 
are  used  in  any  o f  their  preparations. 
Their delicious

BREAKFAST  COCOA

is absolutely pure and soluble, and 

costs less than one cent a cup,
SOLO BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.

•UTE« BAKER ft CO. DORCHESTER. HASS.
C h a s . A,. C o y e

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The growing of  tobacco  in  California 
has gone  beyond the  experimental  stage 
and  the  weed  will undoubtedly  become
one of the great staples of that State.

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*

A Paris police court, the other day, was 
filled to overflowing by  the admirers who 
crowded there to  hear  Sarah  Bernhardt 
take an oath.  An action for  recovery of 
a  debt  alleged  to  be  due  was  brought 
against her by  a  horse  dealer,  who  bad 
petitioned  that  she  might  be  put  upon 
oath.  The judge asked her  whether she 
could swear that she  had  paid  the  bill. 
The great tragedienne,  raising  her hand, 
according to French  custom,  replied,  “1 
swear  it.”  Admirers  say  that  she  was 
never more natural. 
Judgment  was  ac­
cordingly given in her favor.

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M ANUFACTURER OF

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HORSE, WAGON and 

BINDER COVERS.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

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C H IC A G O  

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A N D   W E S T   M IC H IG A N   R 'Y .

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids...............7:15am  1:25pm  *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago 
..................1:25pm  6:50pm  *7:20am
Lv.  Chicago....................8:25am  5:00pm  *11:45pm
Ar. O’d Rapids.............. 3:05pm  10:25pm  *6:25am
Lv. Grand Rapids.........  7 :25am  1:25pm  5:30pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.........11:4? am  3:05pm 10:25pm

TO AMD FBOM  MUHKKOON.

TR A V E R SE  C IT Y .  CHARLEV O IX   AMD  PE T O SK E Y .

7:30am  3:15pm
Lv. Grand  Rapids .. 
Ar.  Manistee.............  12:20pm  8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City__  
1:00pm  8:45pm
Ar. Charlevoix......... 
3:15pm  11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey__  
3:45pm  11:40pm
pm.

Trains arrive from  north at  1:00  pm and  10:00 

PA R L O R   AND  SLEEFINO  CARS.

Parlor  car 

leaves  for  Chicago  1:25pm.  Ar­
rives 
from  Chicago  10:25pm.  Sleeping  cars 
leave  for  Chicago  11:30pm.  Arrive  from  Chi­
cago 6:25am.
♦Every day  Others week days  only.________

DETROIT,

L A NSING   &  N O R T H E R N   R .  R .
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand  Rapids.........  7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar.  D etroit............ .........11:40am  5:30pm  10:10pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  Detroit.....................  7:4tiam  1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.........12:40pm  5:20pm  10:45pm

T O  AMD  FROM   SA GINAW ,  ALMA  AMD  ST.  LO U IS.

Lv. G R  7:40am  5:00pm  Ar. G R .ll :35am 10:45pm

TO  AMD  FROM   LO W ELL.

Lv. Grand  Rapids............   7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. from L ow ell................12:40pm  5:20pm  ........ ..

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand  Rap­
ids and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on mom- 
lug train.

Trains  week days only.

GEO.  DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.

/Michigan (Tentra!

“  Tie Niagara Falls Route.”

(Taking effect  Sunday,?May 27,1894.) 

•Dally.  All others dally, except Sunday. 

Arrive. 
Depart.
10 20n m ...........  Detroit  E xp ress..........7 00am
5 3 0 a m ............»Night  Express.............11  20pm
11  45  am .........New  York E xpress...........  6 00 pm
Sleeping cars  run on  all  night  trains  to  and 
from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at 7:00 a m;  re 
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm ,arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  conimiinicalloH  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains eest  over  the  Michigan Cen­
tral Railroad  (Canada Southern Division.)
A .  A l m ^ u i s t , Ticket Agent, 
Union  PassengerStatlon.

EASTWARD.

W A H R  EE  R ailw ay.__________________

■ ETR O IT,  G R A N D   H A V E N   &  M il 
tNo.  14 tN o.  lb tNo.  1» •No.
645am
7 40am
8 25am 
900am
10 50am
11 Siam 
10 05am 
1205pm 
1053am 
LI 50am
WESTWARD.

Trains Li ave 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
I o n ia .............Ar
St. Joh ns__ Ar
O w osso.........Ar
E.  Saginaw..Ar
Bay C ity.......Ar
F lin t ............ Ar
Pt.  Huron... Ar
P on tiac.........Ar
Detroit...........Ar
For  Grand  Haven  and Intermediate
*8:40 a.  m.
 
For Grand  Haven and  Muskegon....... t l :> u p.  in
I 
“  Mil. and Chi..  +5:35 p.  m.
|  For Grand  Haven,  Mil.  and  Chi........  *7:40  p. m.
;  For Grand  Haven and M ilw aukee.... tl0:05 p. m.

1020am 
1125am 
1217pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
605pm 
8 00pm 
637pm
7 05pm 
850pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

1100pm 
1235am 
1 25am 
3 10am 
640am 
7 15ara 
54  am 
730am 
537am 
7 oí «un

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Points 

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«Dally.

tDaily except  Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35  a.m.,  12:60 
p.m., 5:30 p. m.,  10:uu  p.m.
Trains  arrive  from  the  west.  8:40  a,  m.  8:15 
a. m.  10:10 a.  m.  3:15  p m  and 7:05 p. m. 
Eastward—No.  14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
•ar.  No. 18 Parlor  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper, 
i  W estward— No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 
•arlor Buffet car.  No. 81 Wagner Sleeper.

J ab. Ca m p b e l l . City Ticket Agent.

Grand Rapids Ai Indiana»

TRAINS  QOIH4  NOBÍB.

North
For T ra v erse C ity , Petoskey  a n d  S ag in aw ----7:1« a.  tr
h or Saginaw..................................................
For  P eto sk ey   and  Mackinaw....................... 6:86  m.
Leave going 

T RA IN S  GO IN G   SO U TH .

Leave got¡  g 

For  Cincinnati................... .......................... 7:26a.m.
For K a la m azo o  and  Chicago........................ 2:1« ^  m.
For  Fort Wayne and  the  Bast......................2:15 p.m.
For Cincinnati  .............................................  .  p.m.
For  Kalamazoo  and Chicago......................*11 .*0  p  m

Chicago v ia G.  R. to I. R.  R.

Lv Grand Hapids.......... 1:26 am   2:16 pm 
Arr  Chicago................. 2:40pm  #;06pm 

•114« pm
7:i0am
2:16 p  m  train  has through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 

Car and coach.

and Coach.
Lv  Chicago 
;  Arr Grand Rapid, 
I 

li .40  p m train daily,  through Wagner Sleeping Car 
11:30pm
7:20am
3  SO  p  m  has  through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor  Dar 
113 0  p m  train dally .through  Wagner  Bleeping  Oar

3:30pm 
(:16pm 

6:60am 
2:60pm 

M u skegon, Grand R apids & In d ian a ■ 
r Muskegon—Lea.e. 
9:60am
7:28  am  
1:00pm 
1:16pm

F ro m   Muskegon—Arrive.

South.

It is said there is a cat  in  Boston  that 
has learned to  be  extremely  tidy.  She 
lives  in  an  office,  and  when  meat  or 
bread or any food is given to  her  to  eat, 
it  is  usually  spread  out  on  a  piece  of 
paper.  When she has  finished  or  eaten 
all she  cares  to,  she  carefully  and  pa­
tiently folds the  paper  into  a  package, 
skillfully  using her paws and her  mouth 
to accomplish  it.  When  she  has  made 
this into as neat a  package  as  she  can, 
she  carries  it  to  some  out-of-the-way 
nook, where  she  puts  it  away  till  she 
wants to finish it. 
It  is  only  in  Boston 
that such intelligence  could  come  to  a 
cat.

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It has remained  for  a  Chicago  physi­
cian  and  nerve  specialist  to  make  the j 
discovery that a diet of  prunes  tends  to 
the conservation of morals and  acts as  a j 
preventive  of  crime.  The  discovery  is . 
one that will not only gladden  the  heart 
of the  prune  grower,  but  also  will  be 
welcomed by all whose efforts  are  being 
directed toward  the  establishment  of  a 
better order of things.

A  Brooklyn  woman  fell  out  of  a 
fourth-story window the other day.  She 
was not much hurt and her first question 
when  she 
recovered  her  breath  was 
whether  her  bonnet  was  on  straight. 
That was no new woman,  but one  of  the 
dear old kind. 

>

WRITE

HIßTH,  KRAUSE  l  BO.,

MICHIGAN  STATE  AGENTS, 

for Catalogue.

D eaerai  Passenger and  T tc k e tA g .n l.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GOTH AM  GO SSIP.

N ew s  from   th e  M etropolis— Index  o f 

th e  M ark ets.

Special  Correspondence

N e w   Y o r k ,  June  1—When  a  holiday 
in this  town  comes  on  Friday  or  even 
Thursday,  trade  takes  the  rest  of  the 
week off,  as  a  matter  of  course.  This 
week 
the  weather  lends  an  additional 
item to make trade  dull  and, altogether, 
the week has been very much broken up. 
The one item of any  importance  in  gro­
cery circles has  been  the  better  feeling 
in canned goods—poor,  despised  canned 
goods  which  have  been  under  the  ban 
for lo, these  many months.  The  season 
is certainly backward,  so  far  as  regards 
peas  and  tomatoes—nearly  a  fortnight 
late,  in  fact.  Tomatoes  appear  to  be 
tending upward, but they  are  an  uncer­
tain plant.  Just when you think there are 
none,  the vine  has  grown  as  high  as  a 
house,  and the fruit is  measured  by  the 
bushel  on  each. 
¡Stocks  seem  ample, 
but there is an excellent demand  and,  by 
the  time  new  stock  arrives,  the  carry­
over  will  be  much  smaller  than 
last 
year,  in all probability.

Newton Dexter, of whom  we  have  all 
heard,  and who is now an alleged “attor­
ney,”  has  been  making  some important 
discoveries about the fineness of  the  sil­
verware  sold  at  the  department stores, 
lie  made  over thirty purchases, and had 
the stuff analyzed at the U. S.  Assay  of­
fice,  finding  it  below  the State require­
ment.  Among the firms who  have  been 
selling such ware  are  R.  H. Macy & Co., 
Hilton,  Hughes  &  Co.,  Ehrichs,  Stern 
Bros., etc.  The  question is whether the 
manufacturers or the  merchants  are  the 
guilty  parties. 
If  one  thing  found  in 
the  department  stores  is  “below  the 
standard,”  may not the same  be  true  of 
ten thousand  other  things?  Dexter  has 
always  been  an  ardent champion of  the 
retail grocer—for revenue  only—and  we 
hope  he  will  place  the  blame  exactly 
where it  belongs.
Extensive frauds have  been  shown  to 
have occurred in the fruit trade sales,  as 
sample boxes exhibited as fair specimens 
of the whole cargoes seem  to  have  been 
selected  from the very  choicest  and  the 
best “put on  top,”  like  the  strawberry 
humbug.  This  is  nothing  new,  but  it 
seems to be a little worse than  usual  and 
the matter has caused a  great  rowdedow 
between  importers  and  buyers.  The 
California fruit men,  too, have been hav­
ing some angry  words  and  war  seemed 
inevitable  between  two  auction  houses 
when  it  was  all found to be a misunder­
standing,  and matters have resumed their 
normal  condition.

The  coffee  market  shows  very  little 
change.  The  demand  is  slack and buy­
ers have not been here in great numbers. 
Jobbers have done  very  little,  owing  to 
lhe  intervening  holiday,  and  there 
is 
scarcely  a  decent  sized  sale  to  record. 
Mild  sorts  are in light request.  Rio No.
7  coffee  is  worth  at  the moment 15J£@ 
16c.  There  are  afloat  562,894  bags, 
against 305,117 bags last year.
The  sugar  market has been so dull as 
to cause some comment.  The  demand is 
light and all orders  are  promptly  filled. 
It  was  thought  that  trade  on  Tuesday 
and Wednesday would be good, in antici­
pation of a closed market  Thursday,  but 
orders were few and far between.  There 
has been no change in quotations  during 
the week.
The molasses market has been steadily 
improving for a month  and  it  is  now  a 
very  hard  matter  to  find any first-class 
open  kettle  goods.  Foreign  molasses, 
too, is very firmly held,  and  dealers feel 
much  encouragement.  Prime  New  Or­
leans is worth  30c.
light 
stock  and  quotations  are  firm  at  un­
changed rates.
Rice is firm  and  steady.  The  market 
shows no signs of a break,  either for do­
mestic or foreign.  Holders are confident 
of a good market all the  season  and  are 
not inclined to make any concessions.
The spice market is scarcely  as  active 
as  previously  reported  and the demand 
from grinders has fallen off somewhat.
There has been a falling off  in  the  de­
mand  for  butter  since  last  week,  and 
this, together  with  the  extremely  warm 
weather,  has depressed prices.  For best

Syrups  are  in  comparatively 

Elgin I8}£c is the very top and it is  alto­
gether  likely  that  this  will  hold  but  a 
short time.
Cheese is in  better  position  than  last 
week and the outlook is not quite so  dis­
couraging,  although there  is  very  little 
profit  in  present  quotations.  There  is 
something  of a scarcity in small  size full 
cream,  which bring for fancy 7&c.
Western eggs are worth  13>ic  and  for 
fresh stock the demand is good.
Foreign green fruits are  meeting  with 
excellent inquiry and the dealers  are  In­
clined to feel quite encouraged.  The de­
mand has not extended very far from the 
city,  but  local  trade  has  kept supplies 
from greatly accumulating.
New potatoes are  arriving more freely 
and  the  market  for  old  has  gone  to 
pieces. 
It is said that in Maine potatoes 
are selling at 40c per barrel  which  were 
fetching $1.50 three weeks ago.
J Beans and peas are  in  better  position 
than a week ago, and holders  are  firmly 
clinging  to  quotations  which have  pre­
vailed for ten days.
The  gay  and  festive  fire  cracker  is 
with us again and the  demand  grows by 
what it feeds on.  The rush for fireworks 
and  “anything which will make a noise” 
is large and,  within  a  fortnight,  prom­
ises to be such that it  will take great en­
deavors to meet it.

D eath  o f a  P ioneer M erchan t and   L u m ­

berm an.

From th e P entw ater News.
Chas. Mears, whose  name  is  familiar 
to  everyone  in  this  part  of  Michigan, 
passed away at his home in  Chicago  last 
Thursday at the ripe oid age of 81 years.
Mr. Mears was  one  of  the  early  pio­
neers of this shore, coming  to  Michigan 
In  1838,  when 
from  Middlesex,  Mass. 
Muskegon was scarcely a hamlet  and  all 
north  of  it  a  wilderness,  Mr.  Mears 
pushed  his way  up  the  shore  to where 
Whitehall  now  is,  and  began  business 
fifty-seven years  ago  by  establishing  a 
small waterpower sawmill  about  a  mile 
from the  present  site  of  Whitehall.  A 
town  was laid out later and called Mears, 
under which name it flourished for years. 
The good people of  the  town,  however, 
later  decided  to  change  the  name  to 
Whitehall.
Although coming  to  Michigan  practi­
cally  without means, Mr.  Mears was suc­
cessful in business from  the  very  start. 
Whenever he could he bought pine lands, 
and it was not many years until  he  had, 
aside from the one  at Whitehall,  a  mill 
at  Duck  Lake,  Muskegon  county,  two 
mills at Pentwater,  a  big  steam  mill at 
Hamlin,  Mason  county,  and  a  sawmill 
and  grist  mill  at  Lincoln,  just  above 
where  Ludington  now  stands,  besides 
the  one  at  Mears  station,  this  county, 
which is still running.
It  was  in  the  ’50s that Mr. Mears be­
gan  operations  in  Pentwater, putting in 
two  sawmills,  a  store  and  a  boarding 
bouse on the  grounds  now  occupied  by 
the  furniture  factory  and  vicinity.  A 
town was platted  and  called  Middlesex, 
and for years a big business was done  in 
lumbering, long before Pentwater  had  a 
railroad or even a  channel  into  the  har­
bor, 
the  lumber  being  loaded  outside 
from bridge piers, some  of  the  piles  of 
which  may  still  be  seen  in  the  water 
north of the north pier.
Some eleven years  ago  Mr.  Mears  be­
came interested in the brick  and  tile  in­
dustry at this place and began operations 
in that line  with  a  company  under  the 
firm name of The Middlesex Brick &Tile 
Go.,  which gave promise, at one  time,  of 
becoming an  industry  of  immense  pro­
portions.
Nine years ago  Mr.  Mears  again  em­
barked in the mercantile business  in  the 
Hodgson building,  afterward  buying  the 
brick block now occupied by S. E. Russell 
in conducting the business.
Although having been quite feeble  for 
a  number  of  years,  Mr.  Mears,  while 
physically  unable  to  transact  a  great 
deal of  business, apparently retained his 
faculties to the very last, and was a close 
reader  and  thoroughly  conversant  with 
general affairs.

A.  M. LeBaron,  city  representative  of 
the Commercial Credit Co., Ltd.,  has  re­
turned from a four weeks’ visit to Lever­
ing,  where  he  was  engaged  in  general 
trade for several years.

D an gerou s E lectric W iring.

The many recent fires caused  by  care­
less  and  defective  placing  of  electric 
wires are making property  owners  more 
careful in selecting the most  responsible 
and  careful  people  to  do  the  wiring. 
The Fox building, the Widdicomb  build­
ing, N. A. Fletcher’s  residence,  and,  in 
fact,  the majority  of  the  new  buildings 
are  being  wired  by  the  Grand  Rapids 
Electric  Company,  whose  office  is  at  9 
South  Division  street.  This  company 
also carries a very complete line  of elec­
tric  supplies  and makes  a  specialty  of 
electric fans,  of which there is a wonder­
ful variety to meet the needs of  all  peo­
ple and purposes.

P R O V IS IO N  8

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

LARD.

BAUSASB.

PO RK   IK   BA R R ELS.

quotes as follow s:
Mess................................................................ 
Short c u t ....................................................... 
Extra clear pig, short cu t......................... 
Extra clear,  heavy.....................................
Clear, fat  back............................................. 
Boston clear, short cut..............................  
Clear back, shortcut.................................. 
Standard clear, short cut. best................  
Pork, links.................................................... 
Bologna.........................................................  
Liver.............................................................  
T on gu e.........................................................  
B lood.............................................................  
Head ch ee se................................................  
Sum m e r ................................................................ 
Frankfurts.................................................... 
Kettle  Rendered______
G ran g er.............................
F am ily...............................
Compound.......................
Cottolene...........................
Cotosuet.............................
50 lb. Tins, >4 C advance. 
20 lb.  palls, He 
101b. 
“  3£C 
5 lb. 
“  » c  
3 lb. 
'■  1 c  
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.....................
Boneless, rump butts...................................
smoked meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs...................................
16 lbs...................................
12 to 14 lbs...........................
picnic...............................................
best boneless....................................
Shoulders....................................................
Breakfast Bacon  boneless..........................
Dried beef, bam prices................................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
Briskets,  medium.......................................
Half  barrels...............................  ..............
Quarter barrels............................................
Kits..............................................................
Kits, honeycomb.........................................
Kits, premium............................................
Creamery,  rolls...........................................
tubs...........................................
Dairy,  rolls.................................................
tubs..................................................

PICKLED  Pies'  FEET.

BEEP  IK BARRELS.

DRY  SALT  MEATS.

BUTTER INK.

TRIPE.

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13 00
12 25
14  00
13  00
13 50
13  50
13  50
7tt
5*4
6
8tt
6
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7*
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7  00 
7 oO 
10 00

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L   G.  DUNTON  l  GO.

Will  buy  all  kinds  of  Lumbar— 

Green or Dry.

Office  and  Yards,  7th  St. and  C. & W. M. R. R. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

PRODUCE  riARKET.

A sparagus—25c per doz.  bunches.
Beans—The im provem ent  reported  last  week 
has  continued.  The 
increased  dem and  from  
jobbers and  the  continued  light  receipts  have 
resulted  in  higher prices, the m arket for m arrow 
beans,  im ported  medium   and  pea  beans  being 
about 5c higher.  There  is also  a  generally  bet­
ter feeling throughout the interior  of  th e  S tate 
and the trade seems inclined to look upon higher 
price i as one  of  th e  probabilities  of  the  near 
future.

B utter—In am ple supply at  12@15c  for  choice 

dairy. 

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Beets—New, $1.25 per crate of 2 to 3 doz.
Cabbage—Missouri  stock  com m ands  $1.50  per 

crate. 

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Cauliflower—$1.50 per doz.
Cucum bers—Home  grow n  are  now  in  am ple 

supply, com m anding 35@40c per doz.

Eggs—H andlers pay  10c and  hold  a t  11c  in  a 

regular jobbing way.

O nions—10c per doz.  fo r green stock.
Potatoes—Old stock  is weak and lower, selling 
in small  quantities to the  retail  trade  a t  45@50c 
per  bu.  New  stock  is  com ing  in  freely from 
C alifornia and  the  South,  com m anding  $1.25@ 
1.50 per bn.

P ieplant—10c for 75 lb. basket.
Radishes—Round or Long,  10c per doz.
Spinach—35c per bu.
Straw berries—Baltim ores, 

lie:  M ichigan,  YHit 14c. 
prices  will  go  lower. 
tinues, prices will probably go  higher.

10c:  C incinnati, 
In  the  event  of  rain, 
If  the  hot  w eather cou.- 

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.
B U T T E R   W A N T E D  Ï

Prices  quoted  on application.

 

 

On following goods:

N O T E   L O W   P R I C E S
Mrs. W lthey’s Home Made Jelly, made  with 
boiled cider,  very  fine.  Assortment con­
sists  of  Apple,  Blackberry,  Strawberry,
Raspberry and C u rran t:
30-lb.  p a ll..........................  
70
20-lb. p a il................................................................. 
50
17-lb.  p ail................................................................ 
45
15-lb. p all.................................................................  
40
1  qu art Mason  Jars, per  doz.........................   l  65
1  pint  Mason  Jars,  per  doz.................... 
l  25
Per case, 3 doz.  In  case......................................3  60
Mrs. W ithey's Condensed M ince Meat,  the
best made.  P rice per  case  ......................... 2  40
Mrs.  W ithey’s bulk m ince m eat:
40-lb. pail, per  lb ...................................................  6
25-lb. pails, per lb .................................................   6J4
12-lb. pails, per lb .................................................  6tt
2-lb. cans, per doz................................................  l  40
5 lb. cans, per  d oz...............................................  3  50
P int Mason Jars, per  d o z ............. 
..................  125
Q uart Mason Jars, per  doz  ............................. 2 00
Pure Sweet Cider, in bbls., per g a l................   1254
Pure Sweet Cider, In less quantities, per gal  14 
M aple Syrup, p in t Mason Jars, per  doz. 
1  40
Maple Syrup, q u art Mason Jars, per  d o z__   2  25
Maple Syrup, tin, gallon cans, per  d oz.........  9 00
Peach M armalade, 20-lb pails  ... 
...............  1 00
Peach  M armalade in pt.  Mason ja rs, pr d z ..  1  20 
No  1 Egg Crate  Fillers, best  In  m arket,  10
sets in case, No. 1 Case  in c lu d ed ................   1  25
No.  1  Egg Crates w ith fillers  com plete......... 
33
Special prices m ade on  ICO Crate lots.
I m ake Syrups and quote you  Refiners’ prices:
W hite S ugar D rips, tt  bbls.................  per gal 
32
“ 
1 and tt gal. pails  “ 
53
Honey Drips, tt  bbls  .............................  “ 
“ 
26
•  1 and tt  gal.  p a ils.........“ 
“ 
44
EDWIN FALLAS,q r a n md, crha p ,D 5

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Rubber Footwear
G. L, WEMR i GO,

E X C L U S I V E L Y

161-163 Jefferson  Avenue, 

DETROIT,  MICH.

WOONSOCKETS 
RHODE  ISLANDS
W ide Toe, M edium Toe, N arrow Toe, 
P iccadilly Toe.

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B.  J.  R E Y N O L D S

GflA.NOR A P I D S

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C a n   y o u   a ffo rd   it  t h e s e   h a r d   t im e s ?  
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C om puting
Seale-—

D r o p   u s   a   c a r d  if y o u   w a n t  to  k n o w  
h o w   w e   c a n   stop  the  leaks  in  y o u r  
b u s in e s s .

THE COMPUTING SC ALE CO.,  Dayton,  O.

(1  SAMPLE  SET  OF  OUR  FIN

Porcelain  Toilet  S e ts  Haviland*sEePt%d China

COLUMBIA  DECORATED  TOILET  SET.

Each piece in this lovely pattern  is a model of grace and beauty.  We 
have a variety of decorations,  namely:  White and Gold, Assorted Colors, 
Pearl, Brown and Green, and Enameled and  Gold  Illuminated, at the fol­
lowing prices for  12  piece  sets:

Columbia, white and  gold, 
Si2  00
Columbia Triumph, assorted colors, gold  illmtd.  13  00 
Columbia Triumph, enameled roses, gold  illmtd.  14  00 
Columbia Primela, enameled  floral, gold illmtd.  14  00

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NO.  9267  PATTERN  HAVILAND  i  CO.'S  FINE  FRENCH  CHINA.
Rich decorations, delicate spray  of  Lavender  and  Yellow  Flowers in 
scattered style, Gold Stippled Handles (Platters and Bakers new oval shape).

LIST  PRICE  PER  SET  98  PIECES,  $56.00.

These goods can be had in any quantities desired.  As easily matched 

as common white ware.

List  Prices  Subject  to  Discount•  Write  for P rices.

H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids

