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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  J U L Y   3,  1 8 9 5 .

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checks are par in all markets.  The

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a n d  D eceit.

H ow  To T re a t In stan ces o f C arelessn ess 
As  has happened so often  before, Billy 
has given  me,  incidentally,  a  serviceable 
rule of action,  for use in a difficult situa 
tion,  which occurs over and over again to 
every employer.

Of course,  he did not offer it to  me  di 
rectly.  I acquired it by overhearing him 
in serious conversation with John Henry 
John Henry  is the younger brother whom 
Billy brought in  to take his own place.

“John Henry,” said Billy, very sternly 
, ‘You  shan’t  play  marbles  in  the alley 
with 
the  butcher’s  boy  but  this  once, 
The next time you do it  I am going to tell 
the Boss.”

“Why don’t you  tell  him  this  time?’ 
just 

“You’re 

sniffled  John  Henry. 
mean enough.”

“Because when you catch anybody  do 
ing something wrong,  you  owe  him  one 
more chance to do better,” said Billy,  ig 
noring  John  Henry’s  gibe. 
“That’s 
Scripture,  and it’s  common  sense,  too.”
“But  you  told on me when 1 forgot to 
mail the letters and yon found ’em in my 
overcoat pocket,”  whined the boy, trying 
to wriggle away from Billy’s grasp.

“That  was  a  different  matter,”  said 
Billy.  “I could see by the addresses that 
the letters were  important,  and  I  knew 
that a telegram might fix np  some of  the 
mischief you’d done. 
I hadn’t any  right 
to keep still in that  case.”

As Billy is a  man  of  his  word  and  I 
have heard  nothing  about  playing  mar­
bles in the  alley,  I  conclude  that  John 
Henry has mended the error of his ways. 
Meanwhile, I have adopted Billy’s policy 
of “giving one more chance,” unless I am 
sure  such  a  course  will  work  positive 
harm.

My first experiment was with the cash­
ier—a very careful young woman usually, 
but she  was. going to a concert,  the other 
night,  and  was  a  little  demoralized  by 
the prospect  of  the  evening’s  pleasure. 
She left the safe  unlocked  and  the cash 
in the drawer of her desk, instead of put­
ting it in the  vault, 
in  the  morning,  I 
showed her the watchman’s note, stating 
how he  had  found  things.  She  tamed 
very red and then pale.  “We won’t talk 
about it this  time,”  I said,  kindly.  “Or 
next  time,  either,”  1  added,  in a some­
what harder tone,  “but,  of  course,  there 
will not be any next time.”

There will not. 

I  am  convinced  that 
of all the possible cashiers  I  might  em­
ploy,  the one who was  forgiven  so  seri­
ous a blander is the least likely  to  leave 
the safe open  a second time.

The  next  case  was  somewhat  worse. 
One of the salesmen had a little  business 
connected  with  settling  up  his  father’s 
estate.  His father,  who  was  not consid­
ered  an  eccentric  man,  mast  have 
dropped  his  property  overboard  some­
where  down on the fishing bank,  leaving 
his executor to get it up as best he could.
I inferred  this  the  day after, from acci­
dentally  hearing  young  Robinson 
tell 
about his trip down the bay and  the kind 
of tackle he had  used.

1  asked  him  to  stop  a  minute  as  he 

went out to get his lunch.

“Robinson,”  said  1,  “I am a believer 
in  holidays,  and a still  firmer  believer  in 
always telling the truth.  The next time 
you  want  to  go  fishing  I  hope you will 
not involve your father’s  memory  in  the 
deceit.”

He stammered an  apology,  which 1 am 
sure he meant. 
I  was glad  my new rule 
permitted  me  to  give  him  one  more 
chance,  for  Robinson  is  a  bright  young 
fellow  who  will  go  right  if  kept  in  the 
way of it.  On  the  whole,  1 think Billy’s 
plan  the  best  possible  one,  not  only  as 
a  matter  of kindness and  justice,  but as 
one of  policy.  There  is,  as  Billy  said, 
the  best  of authority  for  such  a course, 
and  the right sort of man or  woman  will 
bear being forgiven  and  be  all  the  bet­
ter  for  it.  As  for  the  people  who  will 
offend again,  they  are  easily  sifted  out; 
and the  ones  who  dislike  yon  for  every 
kindness you do them,  are so rare as  not 
to be  worth  considering  in  forming  a 
general rule—but.

The  G rain  M arket.

exported, 

Wheat during the week has not  fluctu­
ated  as  much  as 
it  did  the  previous 
week.  Speculation  appears  to  be  in  a 
waiting mood.  Exports  have  not  been 
up to the maximum,  as  there  were  only 
1,946,403 
bushels 
against 
2,857,000  bushels 
the  previous  week. 
The exports during the crop year  ending 
June 29,  1895,  were  145,274,901  bushels, 
against 163,272,140 bushels in  1894,  191,- 
955,736 bushels  in  1893  and  225,665,812 
bushels  in  1892,  which  is  quite a differ­
ence.  According to all  present  calcula­
tions the United States  will  have  some­
thing less  than  100,000,000  bushels  ex­
portable  surplus.  Some  foreign  wheat 
countries  are  also  reporting a shortage. 
It is our opinion that the wheat from this 
country will  bring better prices  later  on 
than are now ruling.  Local  markets are 
still  above  Detroit,  with  a very  limited 
offering, and the mills depend largely  on 
car wheat.  Harvesting  has  commenced 
in the  Southern  winter  wheat  belt  and 
thus far,  according to  the  threshers’  re­
ports,  the  wheat  does  not  come  up  in 
quality or quantity.  However,  we  hope 
it will improve later on.

Corn  closed weak,  as  the  outlook  at 
present writing i3  very  flattering,  while 
the contrary is the case  with  oats,  as  all 
reports show that they  are  heading  out 
very  short.  The  receipts  during  the 
week were wheat, 36 cars,  4 cars of oats, 
but no corn was received.  This is some­
thing that has not happened  before in  a 
long time. 
Mr.  P lum b  S u cceed ed   by  Mr.  S anger.
D e t r o it ,  June  26—For  business  rea­
sons,  Mr.  Frank  Plumb has resigned  and 
Mr.  Henry P.  Sanger has been appointed 
Secretary of Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ 
Association.  His address  will be No.  48 
Jefferson avenue, Detroit.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

W. J.  G o u l d ,  Pres.

The  D rug  M arket.

Arsenic—There have  been  further  ar- 
1 rivals of white,  and with the market bet­
ter supplied,  buyers have less difficulty in 
filling their orders.

Balsams—Quotations for Central Amer­
ican  copaiba  are  unchanged  and a con­
tinued free jobbing  demand  is  reported 
for all varieties.  Tolu continues strong, 
but the market has been rather quiet and 
no  business  of  consequence  has  trans­
pired.  Peru  is also quiet and nominally 
steady.  Canada fir is dull and easy.

Caffeine—Without further  change  and 

fairly steady.

Chamomile  Flowers — An  unusually 
large  business  is  reported  in  new crop, 
the demand being stimulated by the com­
paratively low  prices.

Cocaine—It  is  intimated  that a firmer 
feeling is developing and there is a rumor 
current that manufacturers are  likely  to 
reach an  amicable arrangement.

Cod  Liver Oil—A fairly  good  business 
is reported for this time of the  year  and 
the demand is attributed  to  the  anxiety 
of buyers,  who  are  anticipating  higher 
prices.

Cream Tartar—Is meeting with  a good 
steady  demand and prices have  been ad­
vanced by manufacturers.

Gums—There  have  been  further  ar­
rivals  of  Curacoa  aloes,  but  all  were 
taken for export  and  the  market  is  not 
disturbed.  Asafetida  is  fairly  active, 
but without new  feature,  except  tnat  a 
large business was transacted  at the last 
regular sale in London for  American  ac­
count.  The  quality  of  the  goods  pur­
chased is said  to  be  inferior,  and  it  is 
doubtful whether  they will  be  admitted 
by  the  appraisers.  Camphor  continues 
decidedly firm,  with a  fairly  good  busi­
ness  and  sales  chiefly  by  refiners,  the 
stock in second  hands  being  about  ex­
hausted.  The tenor  of  foreign  advices 
continues strong and  a  further  advance 
in  prices is not unlikely.  Arabics are in 
good demand  for  consumption,  but trad­
ing is mainly in  the lower grades.

Nitrate of Barium—Is in brisk demand, 
and  with  the  spot  stock  exceedingly 
light,  sellers have advanced the price.

Rochelle Salts—The  upward  tendency 
of tartaric acid has influenced a  stronger 
feeling, and prices  have  been  advanced.
Sal Soda—Is  meeting with rather more 
attention  from  consumers,  and  both  do­
mestic and  foreign are ruling steady.

Seeds—The market for celery  is  irreg­
ular,  with reports conflicting, some claim­
ing  that values  are  stronger,  with  few 
sellers,  while  others  report  an  easier 
feeling,  due  to  freer  offerings.  Dutch 
caraway is firmer abroad  and sellers here 
have  advanced 
their  views.  Russian 
hemp  is  scarce  and  very  firm.  Poppy 
has been marked  up,  owing to higher im­
port cost.  Foreign sunflower  seed  is  in 
active  demand  for  consumption.  Cori­
ander  is  steady  under  a  good inquiry 
from consumers.

Money will be in the air  this  year and 
next,  for it will be the burden ot the pol­
itician’s song.  After that  it  may  grav­
itate to the pocket.

A Chicago physician  asserts  that elec­
tricity will  cure  insanity,  and  he wants 
permission  to  experiment  in  the insane 
asylum.

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

SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

S k etch es  of  P.  S tek etee  &  S ons’  F o u r 

H ustlers.

It is not  the  custom  of  T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n to  indulge  much  in  praise  of  its 
own work,  but it may not be out of place 
to say here that the group  herewith  pre 
sented has nothing to complain  of iD the 
way of handsome faces or in  the  skill of 
the engraver.  Two continents have fur­
nished the  subjects  of  the  picture  and 
Holland makes  the  first  contribution  iu 
the person of

F .   J .   M IC H M E R S H U IZ K N ,

who  was  born  in  the  Netherlands,  at 
Deventer, in the province of  Overisel,  in 
May,  1855.  During  his  boyhood  his 
father died, and an uncle  who was  com­
ing to America took him,  the youngest of 
four children,  at the age of  14,  with  him 
to  Allegan  county,  in  this  State.  He 
remained  with  this  relative 
for  six 
months, and then,  with the  spirit  of  in­
dependence  worthy  a  countryman  of 
William the Sileut,  he made up his mind 
to “paddle his own canoe.”

The  trial  trip  was  made  at  Grand 
Haven and,  after two years  in  that  city, 
employed as all  boys  are  in  mercantile 
houses,  the canoe was  paddled  one  day 
into  Muskegon.  For  six  years  he  did 
good  service as a clerk,  but, at the end of 
that  time, Grand  Rapids  attracted  him 
and,  tired of the canoe business,  he  took 
the  train  for  the  metropolis  of  Kent 
county,  where  Barrendamme,  Benjamin 
&  Bros,  were  looking  for  just  such  a 
mau.

Finding that the schools of Holland,  as 
well  as  the  little  schooling  he  had  re­
ceived  in Allegan county,  had  not  fitted 
him  for  the  duties  of  the clerk  he  was 
determined  to  be,  he  supplied  the  de­
ficiency  at  Swensberg’s  commercial col­
lege  at  the  night  school.  So equipped, 
the  life  of  the  clerk  went  on,  and  the 
eight years he passed with  the  firm  just 
referred to are proof enough  of  the  effi­
cient service rendered.

From that service he  entered  the  em­
ploy of P.  Steketee & Sous and  for  nine 
years  has  repeated  in  this position the 
good  record  he  made  in  the  old  one, 
where,  for the last five years, he has  ful­
filled the duties of city salesman.

Mr.  Michmershuizen was  married,  fif­
teen years ago, and has  two  children  to 
bless one of the pleasantest homes in  the 
city.

EGBERT  BUYERS.

Tne  land  of  the  tulip  and the wind­
mill,  of  culture  and  of  thrift,  was the 
home of the  ancestry  of  Egbert  Kuyers, 
who saw daylight first on this side of the 
sea,  within  the  limits of the Peninsular 
■State.  That is the same  as  saying  that 
he  went  to  the  public school.  No date 
is given  to the time  when  his school life 
was  ended,  but,  fairly  equipped for  the 
battle of life,  he girded on  his armor and 
did good  service,  first on  the  field  of  the 
grocer.  Tradition  is  silent  as  to  the 
length of  his  engagement  there,  but  it 
was  long  enough  for  hint 
to  win  his 
spurs,  so  that  when  the  time came for 
him 
to  enter  the  dry  goods  trade  P. 
Steketee &  Sons  found  him  armed  and 
equipped  for their service  and  sent  him 
forth conquering and to conquer.  There 
was  a  victory  to  be won in those towns 
which  are  claimed  by  Chicago.  There 
was ground to look after on  the  G.  K.  & 
I.  to  Big  Rapids—it  was  looked  after; 
and a part of the F.  & P. M. was assigned 
to him to  hold—and  be  holds  it.  Like

Henry of  Navarre,  where the  thickest of 
the fight is and the  greatest  victories  to 
be  won,  there  will  be  seen  the  white 
plumes of this successful salesman.

Married?  Call  some  evening  at  the 
pleasant home on Baldwin  street  for  an 
answer,  where  a  worthy  wife and three 
happy children will answer the  question 
better than the  writer can.

Well liked?  Sure.  A good  salesman? 
Been  with the Steketees’ eight years, and 
one whom the boys call  “a bang-up good 
feller!”

W.  H.  VAN  I.EEUWEN,  JR., 

is of home production,  having  been  born 
in  Grand  Rapids  about  27  years  ago. 
Wnat is his  extraction—the  Van  of  his 
siruame  is  an  unmistakable  sign  and 
links him closely  to  the  nobles  of  the 
past.  His  boyhood  was  passed  in  the 
city of bis birth  and  the  public  schools 
taught him  until  his  seventeenth  year. 
It  was a matter of choice  and  not  a  ne­
cessity;  and when the idea of a collegiate 
course was suggested to  him,  he  turned 
from the life of the scholar to the beaten 
path of trade and for the  first  five  years

into  the  department  of  the  salesman. 
Here, too,  he was a success, and one day, 
when  a  man  was  needed  for  the road, 
Dave picked  up his grip as if he had car­
ried  it  always,  and  another  Alexander 
had started out for another world to con­
quer.  That part assigned to him  he  has 
conquered already.  The province which 
he has subdued extends  from  Reed  City 
to  Petoskey,  north;  D.  L.  & N. east to 
Graud  Ledge;  C.  &  W.  M.  north  and 
west  to Grand  Haven; G.  R.  & 1 south to 
Kalamazoo, and Lake Shore south.  Like 
Caesar he demands hostages and they send 
them,  and,  whenever Dave strikes a  new 
province,  in ckte time comes back the  re­
port: I came,  1  saw,  1 conquered.

Married?  Nit.  Prospects?  Fair  to 
middlin’—so,  at  least, his  friends  say; 
and  they  say,  also,  that for a good, all­
round man the youngest of the  four  has 
no  need to be ashamed of his record as a 
successful salesman.

Human  nature  is  never a more inter­
esting study  than  when it  is  busy  about 
matters  pertaining  to  the  human stom­
ach.

F.  J.  rtlCtnERSHFIZFN. 

ROBERT  KUYERS.  W.  H.  VAN  LEEUWEN,  Jr. 
DAVE  M.  HOOQERHYDE.

after leaving school  he  worked  for  his 
father 
in  a  drug  store.  Better  to  fit 
himself for a commercial  career,  he took 
a course in a business college of the city, 
and then, after a little railroading and  a 
short engagement  as  a  book-keeper,  he 
enlisted  for  the  war,  with  the  house 
of P.  Steketee & Sons,  and  is ready,  like 
Tennyson’s “Brook,” to "go on forever.” 
He, too,  has a home of his  own, and if 
you  want to  kiss  the  prettiest  baby  in 
the whole family of Vans—in Holland or 
out of  it—just  ask  this  hustling  sales­
man  to let you see his little girl.

DAVE,

or, if the full name which is  never  used 
be insisted on,  Dave M.  Hoogerhyde,  is a 
native of Grand Rapids  and  is  22  years 
old.  When  he  was  8  years  of  age bis 
father  died,  and,  leaving  school  at an 
early age,  he began to earn his  own  liv­
ing as an errand boy. 
It would  be pleas­
ant to follow in detail  the boy’s progress, 
for interest always centers in any life  so 
beginning;  but  it  is  enough  to  say  that 
in due time he outgrew the  errands  and 
became  a  shipping clerk,  After awhile 
that career  closed,  and  the  door  opened

NOTES  BY  THE  WAY.

Written ( o r  T h k  T r a d e s m a n .

Given life as your  capital  stock,  have 
you  made  any  yearly  invoice  and  ren 
dered  a  satisfactory  statement  of  your 
business of late?  Does any  year’s  work 
show a profit,  or  loss?  What  discounts 
have  you  been  able to make in  the way 
of  meeting  promptly  and  cheerfully 
moral  obligations  which  came  in  your 
way?  What have you as office  furniture 
and  fixtures,  such  as  pleasant manners 
and  agreeable  ways?  What  kind  of  a 
balance  shows  up between bills receiva­
ble and  bills payable,  as favors shown or 
accepted  from  others?  How 
is  your 
bank account and  what is your insurance 
worth on the books  of  the  great  record 
keeper?  In  other  words,  with  life  as 
your capital stock,  what are your assets?
The best business man  in  the  country 
only  gets  his  board  and  clothes for all 
his  work  and  worry 
to  make 
money for the sake of  the  money  itself; 
and many of them,  lacking  the  common­
est business foresight,  let  grand  oppor­
tunities pass every year, which with their 
success  in  money  making,  if  taken  to­
gether, would make life  worth living.

trying 

A decent love of money is all  right,  as 
no sensible person doubts the efficacy of it 
as an adjunct  to  happiness;  but  it  is  a 
fact that those who possess the most of it 
do not seem to 
as well  provided  with 
it as one would suppose,  as  recent  inter­
views  with  some  of  the  richest men  in 
the country show;  wherein  they  all  ex­
pressed practically  the  same  sentiments 
—that  wealth  did  not  pay  for itself in 
comfort,  what it cost iu worry  and  care. 
However,  none  of  those  gentlemen  of­
fered to exchange his lot with  some  one 
less  fortunate  in  that  regard,  and  so 
shift  that  worry  and  care  to shoulders 
willing to try it.  Can  careless  handling 
of  their  capital  stock  of  life  have  had 
anything to do  with  the  results  of  the 
balance they  published?
*  *  *

Manuers, customs, and,  one  might  al­
most  say,  morals  are  only  a  matter of 
geography.  What  is  politeness  in  one 
part of the country is  gross  vulgarity  in 
another, and  mauy of the  things permis­
sible in one section are  not  only  repug­
nant  but marks of low  breeding  and bad 
blood in others.  The standpoint of judg­
ment  is,  therefore,  somewhat  strained. 
A residence of several years in the South 
brought  some  things  of  this  kind  into 
very amusing notice  and I trust one will 
be appreciated in  the  light  in  which  it 
was heard.

The habit of  snuff  dipping  is  still  in 
vogue to a great extent, pot  only  among 
the lower class of Southern  women,  but, 
too  frequently,  it  is  found  among  the 
well  educated,  refined  ladies  belonging 
to  the  old  families  of  “ befo’  the wah” 
period.  A Northerner can hardly realize 
a 
refined,  cultivated  woman  dipping 
snuff  and  expectorating  like  a  tobacco 
chewer; neither can  a Southern woman of 
the best class consider for a  moment  the 
possibility of a person of any  refinement 
using the slang which  we sometimes per­
mit,  unconsciously,  but which  we should 
condemn.

Imagine, if you can,  a  party  of  ladies 
over their fancy work  in  the  afternoon, 
discussing the merits of one of their own 
sex,  with a diversity of  opinion as to her 
social  standing,  among  them  those  of 
Northern birth and  education,  and,  also, 
those of  the  best  class  of  Southerners. 
This  woman—a  new  comer  from  the 
North—had been  heard  to  express  her­
self  more  emphatically  than  elegantly, 
and that was the matter most interesting 
the group.  One after another  expressed 
herself,  some  leniently  and  others  not; 
when,  finally,  a  genuine  old-time South­
ern  woman,  said  authoritatively,  “Let 
me tell you^ne  thing:  no  woman of any 
family or blood is going  to  say  ‘darn.’” 
And at the next instant she turned to the 
grate  which  is ever present  in  Southern 
households,  and  in  the language of Bill 
Nye on a  similar  occasion,  “essayed  to 
put out the fire.”

To the Southern  woman  the slang was 
as  great  a  shock  as  the  snuff  dipping 
habit was to the other,  and  the manners 
of geography  was again illustrated.

J a c q u ii.in e .

The  United  States  Agricultural  De­
partment has decided that  the  peanut is 
not  a  nut,  and  that  its  native home is 
Brazil. 
In the  South,  where it grows, it 
is known as tne  goober  pea,  the  earth- 
nut and goober.  The part  we  eat is  the 
seed, and the shell is a pod.

A  happy  heart  is  worth more than a 

pedigree as old as the bills.

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

3

THE  BACK  OFFICE.

Written f o r   T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

They are having a lively  time  over  in 
Piggville,  a growing town  of  some eight 
or ten thousand inhabitant.  As the warm 
weather came on, one or  two of  the  gro­
cers,  more by chance than anything else, 
were  together  and  after  comparing  the 
ills  of  grocer  life,  soon  came  to  the 
unanimous opinion that a majority of the 
evils to which human grocer flesh is  heir 
center  around  Saturday  and  Saturday 
night.  By 
five  o’clock,  everybody  is 
astir and from that time, so long as there 
is  any  Saturday, 
those  unfortunate 
tradesmen are on the jump.  The  result 
is, that by the time they go  to  bed  they 
are  too tired to sleep; and, to make a long 
story  short,  they  are  simply  used  up. 
Wasn’t there some way to  stop  this  tre­
mendous  wear  and 
tear?  They  con­
cluded there must be.  Smith  was ready, 
for one,  to shut up at nine  if,  in  closing 
the  door,  he  cut  a  customer  in  two! 
Brown  was  ready  to  do  the  same; but 
Robinson hung fire. 
If they  were  to  ac­
complish anything,  all  must  go  into  it. 
For himself,  he couldn’t  see  any  use  in 
shutting up at nine o’clock, or any  other 
exact time,  for  that matter, and let Jones 
grow fat on the  custom  which  belonged 
to somebody else.  Better have a meeting 
of  the  grocers,  and  so reach some con­
clusion in the matter.  Would he join the 
rest of “the assembled and met together” 
to shut up at 9 o’clock on Saturday night? 
Not he!

The  next  thing  to  do  was  to  call  a 
meeting  of  the  grocers  and  see  what 
could be done.  It was a success in every 
way.  There  were  resolutions  almost 
without end,  unanimously  adopted,  and 
the meeting broke  up with  everyone  re­
joicing in the prospect of  getting  to  bed 
the following Saturday  before  midnight.
The  result  was,  that  every  man  of 
to  see 
•  what the other  man  would  do,  and  the 
sulphurous  atmosphere  which  lowered 
over the grocery clerk’s bed  that  follow­
ing  Sunday  morning  was  not  a  fitting 
welcome for the first day of the week.

them,  Smith  excepted,  waited 

The next Monday morning,  there  were 
a great many  “I-told-you-so’s”  in  the air 
—except  in  Smith’s  neighborhood.  He 
said  nothing,  but  concluded - that  the 
name  of  the  town  would  have  to  be 
changed—it was too  youthful.  Then,  to 
the surprise of everybody,  he took off his 
coat and went out into the store  to  help 
wait on customers.  He  bad a great  deal 
to say to every one of them,  and,  if  any 
children came,  he was particular  to  look 
after their wants and to send them  away 
with some candy and to urge them to say 
to mamma that he wanted to see her.

That thing went on for the rest  of  the 
week.  By  Wednesday,  it  began  to  be 
noticeable that there wasn’t  any trade to 
speak of after five o’clock;  and on Satur­
day morning the ’phone kept a man busy 
taking  orders,  while  the  number  of 
women and children  who came crowding 
in,  right off  after  breakfast,  that  store 
had never seen before.

Well,  the result is that Smith’s grocery 
store  closed  that  Saturday  at  eight 
o’clock;  and he’s going to keep it  up  all 
summer.  Another  result,  wholly  un­
looked  for  when  he  began  this  move­
ment, is that every day at six o’clock the 
store is closed. 
It will  be  that  way  all 
summer,  he thinks,  but  I  am  willing  to 
make  a  prophesy  to  the  effect  that 
Smith’s  grocery  will  close  at  six  daily

and at eight o’clock  every  Saturday,  the 
year around.

He has lost  little  custom;  he  has  lost 
no  customers  and  the  P.I.G.s  in  Pigg­
ville  are  scratching  their  heads  and 
thinking about what Smith  did  and how 
he did it. 
I don’t mind  telling.  He had 
a good  trade  and  among  his  customers 
were some  of  the  best  people  in  town. 
When he went to clerking, that morning, 
every woman he waited on was told what 
he  wanted  to  do  and  why.  Then  he 
asked  her  if  she  would  be  willing  to 
help him in the matter  by  coming  early 
with her orders.  That’s  all  there  is  to 
it;  and Smith says his success in keeping 
Sunday is due to  the  women  who  were 
willing  to  overlook  any  inconvenience 
his plan necessitated on their part.

I wish there were more to  this,  for the 
sake  of  winding  up  in  regular . story 
fashion;  but,  in  place  of  that,  let  me 
urge the reader,  who is situated as Smith 
was,  to try his plan and  tell  the  readers 
of T h e  T r a d e s m a n  how he comes out.

*  *  *

The  Criterion  can  see  no reason why 
beer should  not be taxed,  as it  is  a  lux­
ury,  not a necessity.

And then that paper  goes  right  on  to 
say  that  the  tax  of  $1  a  barrel would 
yield  $33,000,000  annually  to  the  Gov­
ernment,  without a  thought, apparently, 
that a commodity  consumed  at  the  rate 
of  33,000,000  barrels  a  year must,  from 
that very  fact,  be  not  only  a  necessity 
but  a  very  great  one.  With  that  fact 
fixed,  it is not easy  to  concede  that  the 
tax, doubled if you  please,  would not be 
paid  by  the  consumers. 
It  might  be 
paid out of the excessive profits of some­
one, that is conceded;  but it can  be said, 
right here,  that  when  $1  tax is paid  on 
beer,  the fellow  who drinks the beer will 
be the one to pay it.  That  question  has 
been  fought  over  outside  of  beer  aud, 
when  the  account was squared,  the con­
sumer paid the bill;  and  when au article 
so necessary as  beer  is the one  in  ques­
tion—there you have  it—the necessity is 
taxed and the luxury goes scot free.

Read this:  A woman went into  a  shoe 
store the other day and  called  for a pair 
of shoes for a child  12  years  old.  When 
asked  why she did  not bring the child  to 
be fitted,  the reply  was  that the weather 
did not permit and she could not bring  a 
shoe, because,  up to that  time,  so  great 
had  been  her  husband’s  need  for  beer 
that  the  children  had 
to  go  without 
shoes.  Pressure  had  been  brought  to 
bear  upon  the  man,  and he bad signed 
the  pledge.  Since  then,  the  children 
had  been 
in  luxuries—shoes 
among  them—and,  if  the  pledge  was 
strong enough to hold,  it was barely pos­
sible  that  she  might  get money enough 
to have a pair herself.  This is a rare in­
stance;  and  in  those  cases,  where  the 
man insisted on  having  his  needed beer, 
the tax  of  $30,000,000  would  make  the 
children go barefooted until they were of 
age!

indulged 

The same thing holds true in regard  to 
whisky;  and  yet  these pessimists would 
pay the  whole  cost  of  carrying  on  the 
Government by taxing  beer  and  whisky 
and putting coffee and tea  and  sugar  on 
the  free  list!  Cranks?  Of  course  they 
are cranks,  and it is much  regretted that 
the Criterion is so high on that  unenvied 
list. 

R ic h a r d   Ma l c o l m  St r o n g.

Ramie is now  being  extensively  culti­
vated in the West Indies as  a  substitute 
for silk.

M en  of 
B u sin ess 
Want 
R esu lts!

In  the  shape  of  PROFITS,  for  money  and 
time  invested.

Tradesm an
Coupon

Are  Time-Savers, by  curtailing book-keeping 
Are  Error-Savers,  by  detecting  charges  lia­

ble  to  be  overlooked

Are  Money-Makers,  by  holding  customers 

down  to  an  arbitrary  line  of credit 

Are  NEXT  TO  CASH  in  the  system  they 
involve  and  the  losses  and  annoyances 
they  prevent

A re  W hat 
of B u sin ess  W ant

M

In  all  transactions  between  themselves  and 
customers  not  strictly  cash.  They  not  only 
save  time  and  money,  but  help to  hold trade 
through avoidance of annoying errors and dis­
putes  which  so  often  lose  customers  for  the 
merchant.

A  postal  card to  us  signifies  your 
desire to inspect  samples  and 
prices —  promptly 
furnished.

T r a d e s m a n   C o m p a n y
G r a n d   R a p i d s

4

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

AROUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Bellaire—O.  E. Close succeeds  Spicher 

& Close in the drug business.

Rockford—Greiner  &  Smith  succeed 
Hiram C.  Greiner in the grocery business.
Benton Harbor—Wellman & Lytle suc­
ceed Hiram  Wellman  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Reed  City — Adolph  Kautzmann  has 
sold his meat  business to  Adelbert  Wat­
kins.

Kalamazoo—Jerome  L.  Barhite  suc­
ceeds  Chas.  E.  Powers  in  the  grocery 
business.

Battle Creek—Wattles & Poole succeed 
Wm.  A.  Wattles  in  the  coal  and  wood 
business.

Mt. Pleasant—Sidney  A.  Yansice  suc­
ceeds Sidney Yansice  &  Co.  in  the cigar 
business.

Charlotte—Ida  (Mrs. J.  A.)  Hagerman 
succeeds  Hagerman  &  Burman  in  the 
grocery  business.

Homer—Burgess  &  Stilson  are  sue 
ceeded by Burgess & Dowker in  the gro­
cery and bakery  business.

Allegan—Sherwood &  Adams  succeed 
A.  W. Sherwood &  Son in  the  furniture 
and undertaking business.

Shelby—George Bunnell, of Reed City, 
has rented the Emmons building and will 
shortly open a new grocery store.

Dowagiac—Faber  &  Muench  will con­
tinue  the  merchant  tailoring  business 
formerly conducted by Jacob Faber.

Detroit—Barney  &  Meyer,  grocers, 
have  dissolved  partnership.  The  busi­
ness will  be  continued  by H.  F.  Barney.
Bradley—M.  A.  Ross has sold his drug 
stock and store building to E.  H.  Morse, 
of Wayland,  who will continue the  busi­
ness.

Hancock—Erickson  &  Nylund  have 
purchased the bakery business of Nelson 
& Strandell at this place and also atLau- 
rium.

Saginaw—D.  E.  Slawson  has  merged 
his hardware business into a  stock  com­
pany under the style of the Valley  Hard­
ware Co.

Hart—The firm of Comstock & Wheeler, 
commission  merchants,  has  dissolved 
partnership,  Mr.  Comstock  continuing 
the business.

Holland—Wm.  Deur  &  Co.  have em­
barked  in  the flour aud feed,  confection­
ery and cigar business  at  the  corner  of 
River and Seventh streets.

Mackinac Island—The  Common  Coun­
cil has decided to levy  a  tax  of  §30  per 
month  on  all  transient  summer  mer­
chants who do business  here.

Chapin—P.  W.  Holland  has  removed 
the  hardware  stock  he  recently  pur 
chased of E.  L.  Mort from  Elsie  to  this 
place,  where be will  continue  the  b u si­
ness.

Morenci—Geo.  E.  Smith  has  sold  his 
interest  in 
the  grocery  firm  of  L.  M. 
Smith & Son  to his brother-in-law,  C.  E. 
Willis.  The new firm  will  be  known  as 
Smith & Willis.

Jackson—E.  L.  Carey  has  moved  bis 
building and stock  of  groceries  and  fix­
tures to the corner of  First and Griswold 
streets—a much more  desirable  location 
than his former place.

Hudson—Our business men are making 
an effort to secure  the  Buchanan  screen 
works, of Hillsdale.  The  firm  offers  to 
come if the citizens will  provide  it  with 
a factory and  warehouse. 
It  employs  a 
large number of men and is,  apparently, 
doing a good business.

I  Saugatuck—The grocery  stock  of  the 
late  R.  Blink  has  been  purchased  by 
Chas.  Blink,  of  Holland,  who  will  re­
move to this place and continue the busi­
ness at the same location.

Springport—L.  Orrison  has  sold  his 
grocery and  bakery stock to H. L.  Boyce 
and  Lucius  Hosier  (formerly  of  Eaton 
Rapids),  who will continue  the  business 
under the style of Boyce & Hosier.

Overisel—The  general  firm  of  Benj. 
Voorhorst  &  Co.—composed  of  Benj. 
Yoorhorst  and  H.  Hulsman—played  to 
great luck last week,  the former welcom­
ing  a  10  pound  boy  and the latter a 10 
pound girl the same day.

Jackson—L.  D.  Lockwood’s  coal  and 
wood  business,  on  South  Milwaukee 
street,  changed hands  twice  in  one  day 
recently.  Mr.  Lockwood  sold to R. S. & 
A.  Wooliff and they sold the stock  to  M. 
Y. Parmelee,  who will close out the busi­
ness.

Lakeview—J.  Weiss has sold  his stock 
of dry  goods  to I.  Netzorg,  of  Mecosta, 
Mr.  Netzorg to have possession soon after 
the Fourth of July.  To  make  the  bar­
gain binding,  Mr.  Weiss and Mr. Netzorg 
have each placed $1,000 in the bank  as  a 
forfeit.

Big Rapids—The temperature  of a Big 
Rapids merchant was raised to  the  boil­
ing point recently by the  *ang froid of a 
customer  whom he had trusted to the ex­
tent of $25 on  promise  to  pay  when  be 
got work.  The man  got  employment  in 
March,  and  the  merchant  importuned 
him for his  pay  last  Friday.  The  man 
said be couldn’t pay just  then, as he had 
been  enlarging  his  barn,  and 
it  had 
emptied his purse.

Detroit—$.  S.  Seefred,  after  sixteen 
years  in  the  service of the Merchants & 
Manufacturers’  Exchange,  has  resigned 
the position of Actuary to engage in  other 
business,and Walters. Campbell has been 
appointed  his  successor,  the  change  to 
take effect July  1.  Mr. Campbell  will be 
assisted by D. J. Oakley, who has been ap­
pointed  manager  of  the  credit  clearing 
house,  and by E.  C. Howes, who will have 
charge  of  the  correspondence  depart­
ment.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Estey—Slagle & Connors have  finished 
their cut for the season  aud  shut  down 
their sawmill.

West Branch—The shingle  mills  here 
are running only about half time,  owing 
to a lack of stock.

New Holland—Jacob Van Dyk succeeds 
Peigrim & Van  Dyk in  the  manufacture 
of cheese at this place.

Northport—The  sbingie  mill  here 
shipped  250,000  shingles  to  Milwaukee 
last week and will ship 500,000 more this 
week.  The  plant  will  run  with  a  full 
force all  summer.

Oscoda—The Pack,  Woods &  Co.  saw­
mill has been closed down for some  time 
waiting for  logs  to  come  down  the  Au 
Sable  River.  There are  several miles of 
cedar jam ahead of their logs.

Saginaw—The  stave  business 

is  re­
ported dull, owing to the speculative  ad­
vance in the price  of  wheat.  Manufac­
turers here say that stocks  of  staves  are 
piling up and the demand  is light.

Saginaw—The A.  W.  Wright  Lumber 
Co.  is  receiving  logs  by  rail  from  the 
Mackinaw division,  and  its  sawmill  and 
planing mill are in active operation.  The 
company reports business as fairly  good. 
The concern has a steck of  timber  suffi­
cient  to  keep  the  sawmill  in operation 
two years yet.

Saginaw—There isarumor that a large 
concern  is  considering  the  project  of 
erecting a planing mill and  box  factory, 
but it  has  not  yet  assumed  sufficiently 
definite form to justify  more  than  pass­
ing mention.

Manistee—The  situation  in  regard  to 
lumber is a peculiar one.  With a  rising 
tide of  demand  and  an  increased  price 
for most other commodities, lumber seems 
to hang tantalizingly near the  low water 
mark.  Lumber  is  the  last  to  feel  de­
pression,  but we forget  about  that when 
times begin to improve, and think the in­
crease in value ought  to  come with  that 
for other commodities.

Lewiston—Lumbering  is  quite  brisk 
on the Lewiston branch of  the  Michigan 
Central Railway.  The Michelson & Han­
son  Lumber  Co. 
is  buying  logs  from 
along the line  of  the  Bear Lake  branch 
and the Mackinaw division, and  is  busy 
on  the Lewiston branch,  having  shipped 
3,000,000  feet  of  lumber  during  June. 
Smalleys & Woodworth, of Bay City,  are 
also cutting logs on this branch and ship­
ping to Bay City.

Manistee—Manistee 

is  right  on  the 
highroad  to  prosperity.  We  have  an 
assured cut  for  from  ten  to  twenty-five 
years yet for most  of  our  sawmills,  the 
salt industry a certainty  for  all  time  to 
come, a large tannery to  utilize the hem­
lock  bark  and  two  good  furniture  fac­
tories  using  a  small  measure  of  hard­
wood, and  we shall have  a  pulp  factory 
here before  long.  Recent  developments 
have  made  possible 
the  use  of  jack 
pine,  and even slabs and  edgings  can  be
utilized.  Hemlock,  which  heretofore 
has not  been  available  for  pulp  wood, 
may  be used quite  freely,  as  its  white­
ness and freedom from pitch recommeud 
it.

H ad  a  Big: T rade.

“ 1 thought you  said  you  bad  worked 
up a good trade here,” said the man who 
had just bought a drug store in  the hear­
ing of a Chicago reporter.
"So I had,”  replied the man,  who  had 
just sold. 
"1 put in six months working 
it up,  and its the best in  this district.”  •
"Best in this district!”  exclaimed  the 
purchaser.  "Why,  a  man  can’t  make 
enough  money  here  to  keep  his  shoe 
shined.”
“ Well,” admitted the other,  slowly;  "1 
didn’t say anything about making money, 
you know.”

"But you said you bad a big trade.”
"Yes; 1 said that.”
"Steady stream of people  coming  aud 
"1  recall  saying  something  to  that 
"Claimed that your  unfailing  courtesy 
"W'ell, 1  think  it was.”
"Then,  where’s 
the 

going most of the day.”
effect.”
to all comers  was responsible tor it.”
trade  now? 

I 
haven’t sold anything but postage stamps 
all day.”
"That’s  the  trade  I  referred to,” ex­
plained 
the  former  proprietor,  pleas­
antly.  “In  spite  of  your insinuations, 
sir,  when  I  left  this  place  it  had  the 
largest postage stamp trade in this ward, 
aud  if  you  have  lost  it,  it is your own 
fault.  By  the  way,  1  have  a  letter to 
mail  myself. 
If  you  would  like  my 
trade-----”
He was quicker than the  new  proprie­
tor and so escaped.

Attention is directed to  the  advertise­
ment of C.  Sengenberger,  in  the  Wants 
Column department of  this week’s paper. 
Mr.  Sengenberger  has  a  well-selected 
stock of staple and  fancy  groceries  and 
his fixtures are the finest of  the  kind  in 
the State.

Be on hand for new Japan Teas.  They 
are  now  seasonable.  Gillies’  Fans  are 
the best. 

J. P.  Visner, Ag’t.

U nsolicited  T estim onial  a s  to   P ro m p t­

n ess.
Secretary  Owen,  of 

the  Michigan 
Knights of the Grip,  is in receipt  of  the 
following  unsolicited  testimonial  from  a 
recent beneficiary of the organization:
Det r o it, April 22—1  beg  leave  to  ac­
knowledge the receipt from  Maj.  R.  W. 
Jacklin,  President,  of a  warrant  on  the 
Treasurer of the order  for  $500,  in  full 
payment of the death  benefit  under  cer­
tificate issued  to my late  husband,  Fred­
erick Miller.  Mr. Miller’s death, on March 
21  of  this  year,  was  very  unexpected, 
and  I  was  left  almost  entirely without 
funds wherewith to meet  the  necessarily 
incurred  family  expenses. 
It  was  not 
more than a week after his  death  before 
proofs were  prepared  and  forwarded  to 
you,  and  within a month  from  the  time 
of his death,  1  was in receipt of  the  war­
rant,  which is.  indeed,  at this  time  very 
acceptable.
1  assure you and your Association  that 
I  am  truly  grateful 
to  you  for  your 
promptness and  tor  the  kind  considera­
tion  shown  me. 

So ph ia  L.  Mil l e r .

PRODUCE  flARKET.

Beans—The market  is  quiet,  with  no  indica­
tions pointing to a decline and with strong prob­
ability  of  still  higher  prices.  Jobbers  quote 
IS.25 in small lots and about $2.05 in carlots.

Beets—New,  15c per doz.
Butter—Factory creamery  is slow  sale  at 16@ 
17c.  Dairy is in fair demand at  las 13c. with in­
dications favoring a higher range of values.

Cabbage—Maryland stock is lower than a week 

ago, commanding i t .50 | er crate.

Cucumbers—Home grown,  40c per doz.
Cherries—Sweet,  4c  per  qt.  Sour,  5c.  This 
week will be the flush of the  crop, which  is  es­
timated to be fully up to the average.

Eggs— Handlers pay  10c and  hold  at  1054® He 

in a regular jobbing way.

Onions—10c per doz.  bunches  for green stock. 
Dry stock from  the  South  commands  $1.25  per
bu.
Potatoes—Old  stock  Is about at an end,  about 
all the  1894 murphies left in the city having been 
closed out  Monday at 4.V» 50e per bu.  New steck 
has declined to $2 50 per bbl.  and  may go a little 
lower by the end of  the week  although  the  in­
dications point to a level market for a few days.
Raspberries—Black,  about  tic  per  qt.  Red, 
12y4c per qt.
Tomatoes—IKK- for  4  basket crate.
Wax Beans—$1.75 per bu  crate.
Watermelons--Georgia. 20®25c apiece, accord­
ing to size.  Receipts will probably  be  of  daily 
occurrence from now on, ns the crop  is  said  to 
be  to abundant.

PROVISIONS

The Qrand Rapids  Packing  and Provlslnn Co 

12  50 
«   75 
14 00
12 75
13 50 
13 50 
13  50
754
5546
3546
10

quotes as follows:
PO R K   ID  B A R R ELS.
M ess,............................  .................
Short c u t .........................................
Extra clear pig, short e n t.............
Extra clear,  heavy.........................
Clear, fat  back..............................
Boston clear, short cut..................
Clear back, shortcut.......................
Standard clear, short cut. best__
SAUSAGE.
Pork, links........................................
Bologna.....................................
L iv er.................................................
Tougue .............................................
Blood .................................................
(lead cheese.....................................
Summer  ........................................
Frankfurt*........................................
54
Kettle  R endered................................................. T</t
Granger  ................................................................754
Family 
................................................................  5»
Compound............  ..........................................   5^
Cottolene............................................................   654
Ootosuet............................................................. 
654
50 lb. Tins, 5tC advance.
20 lb. pails,  54c 
10 lb. 
“  %c 
“  %c
51b. 
31b. 
•*  1  C
Extra Mess, warranted zuo  lbs.......... 
7 00
7 o0
Extra Mess, Chicago  packing.................. 
Boneless, rump butts. 
................................... to 00
Hams, average 20 lbs............................................ 9R

smoked  meats—canvassed or Plain.

B E E F   IN  BARRELS.

.... 

LA RD .

“
“

“  
“ 

“ 
'* 
“ 

DRY  SALT  MEATS.

....  8J4
.......854
—MM
«54

16 lbs............................................lo
12 to 14 Ids.................................   10
picnic....................................................... 7
best boneless................................
....
..................
. . . .

»boulders...................................  
Breakfast Bacon  boneless 
Dried beef, ham prices  . 
Long Clears, heavy  ..........
Briskets,  medium. 
Half  barrels..............................................
Quarter barrels............................... ..........
K its.............................................................
TRIPE.
Kits,honeycomb  ...
Kits! prem ium ...............it 
1 Creamery,  rolls................................................. 16
tubs............... .................................. is
Dairy,.rolls........................................................ 1154
tubs....................   .................................. 11
1  11 

.......3 00
.  ...1  65 
.........90
76
15

PIC K L E D   PIG S ’  FE E T .

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

B U T T E R IN B .

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

. .. .  

“ 

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  market  holds  steady  at 
previous quotations,  and is, if  anything, 
a little stronger than last  week,  as  con­
cessions that were made then  have  been 
withdrawn.  The  demand  during  the 
week,  as  a whole,  has  been  less  active 
than last week.  There has  been  a  cur­
tailed  production,  and,  consequently, 
some  grades  of  softs  have  been  sold 
ahead  of  production,  it  is  said.  The 
Trust is said to have an  accumulation of 
granulated, but the independent  refiners 
are well sold up.  The  refiners  continue 
to talk firm prices,  but there  is  a  rather 
uneasy feeling among  brokers  generally, 
that the dullness,  lower  value  of  raws, 
and the low import cost of German  gran­
ulated  may  influence  a  decline  here. 
The importation  of  German  granulated 
has been  larger  than  usual,  and  rumor 
has it there is considerable brought  here 
that  cannot  be  located.  On  the  other 
hand,  it  is  argued  that  jobbers’  pur­
chases have been  very small for the  past 
seven  weeks and that, as stocks through­
out the country are extremely light, buy­
ers must enter the market  shortly.  The 
prediction is made that a good steady de­
mand will be in force during  July.  The 
Baltimore Sugar Refinery,  which was de­
stroyed by fire about three years ago, en­
tailing  a  loss  of  $1,300,000,  will  be re­
built,  the  stockholders  recently  voting 
$650,000 of new preferred stock  to  cover 
the cost of rebuilding  and  improvement.
Molasses  and  Syrups—Owing  to  the 
approaching  holiday,  the market for mo­
lasses is rather quiet.  Kettle molasses is 
in  best  request,  and  the  assortment  is 
daily growing smaller.  High-grade  cen­
trifugals  are  in  moderately  steady  re­
quest,  while  the  dark  low  grades  are 
much neglected.  The stock of open ket­
tle  goods at New Orleans is very light as 
compared with previous years,  while  of 
centrifugals there is a fair supply.  For­
eign  molasses  is  moving  quite  well  at 
strong  prices.  There is but little stock 
left on the Islands, and holders  are  ask­
ing exorbitant prices. 
It is said that the 
stocks  of  imported  molasses 
the 
United States  were  never  smaller  than 
they now are,  and the  outlook  seems  to 
favor  a  steady  range  of  values.  The 
market for syrups rules  quiet,  both  for 
export  and  home  consumption.  Stocks 
of the lowest and  very fine grades are ac­
cumulating in  the hands of refiners.  Job­
bers  are  bolding  off  in  expectation  of 
lower  prices,  as  they  consider  present 
values a trifle high.  Glucose is dull.

in 

Teas—New Japans and Formosas have 
been  on  the  market  now  nearly  three 
weeks,  but they are not  attracting  much 
attention and sell slowly.  The stocks of 
tea on the average throughout  the  coun­
try are supposed to be light, and it seems 
to be only a question of time when  busi­
ness must improve.

Spices—There  have  been  no  sales  of 
moment and the situation,  both here  and 
abroad,  shows  no  material  change,  al­
though advices  are  somewhat  irregular. 
The jobbing buyers are  confining  them­
selves  to  actual  wants,  and  enter  the 
market  as  often  as  necessary,  but will 
not  ant’cipate  to  the  slightest degree. 
On the full reports from the Holland sale 
both  nutmegs  and mace  have  developed 
more strength, and there  is  talk  of  fur­
ther advances in the  former.  Gloves are 
dull and  unchanged.  Pepper  has  been 
very quiet,  while the wants of  the  trade 
as  far  as  cassia  and  ginger  are  con­
cerned  are easily liquidated.  Prices are

5

Purely  Personal.

Thos. Curry, the  Hudsonville  lumber­
man, has returned from Mt. Vernon, Ala., 
where his son, John  B.  Curry,  has  been 
engaged  in  general  trade  for  the  past 
five years.

Sidney F.  Stevens  (Foster,  Stevens  & 
Co.)  leaves  Wednesday  for  Alexandra 
Bay,  where  Mrs.  Stevens  has  been for 
some time.  They  will  visit  Aurora  and 
other  points  in  New  York,  returning 
home in about three weeks.

Dan. C. Steketee  (P.  Steketee  &  Sons) 
begins  his  three  weeks’  vacation Satur­
day.  He will spend one week in Chicago 
and  the  remainder  of  the  time  at  the 
Doornink  cottage,  at  Macatawa  Park. 
Of course, he will  be accompanied  by his 
wife.

S.  S.  Trevett,  the  Traverse  City  tea 
dealer,  has reason to be proud of  the  re­
markable age attained by his  father  and 
mother,  who live  in  St.  Lawrence  Co., 
N.  Y.  Last  Monday  his  father  cele­
brated  his 101st birthday and his  mother 
has reached the ripe old age of 99.

B.  H.  King,  who came here about three 
months ago,  for the purpose of  taking  a 
partnership 
interest  with  C.  Sengen- 
berger,  has concluded  to embark  in  the 
grocery business on his  own  account  at 
the  corner  of  Union  street  and  Fifth 
avenue.

The American  Handle  Co.,  with  fac­
tories at Augusta, Mich., and Bridgeport, 
Ala.,  formerly a stock company,  has  be­
come the property of P.  J.  Coppens,  who 
was one of the principal  stockholders  of 
the former company.

Edwin  F.  Porter has sold his meat mar­
ket at  138  West  Fulton  street  to  John 
Quimby,  who will continue  the  business 
at the same location.

George  H.  Mosher,  of St.  Louis, Mo., 
undertook  to  prescribe  for  himself,  be­
ing ill.  He  drank a quart  of  soapsuds 
and,  after it,  nearly a quart of  kerosene 
oil.  He is cured  of all human ills.

A badly  written and  blotted check  for 
$1,000,000  gold  went  through  the  New 
York clearing-house, the  other  day,  and 
without question. 
It was drawn by Laz- 
ard Freres  in  favor  of  J.  Pierpont Mor­
gan & Co.

Use Tradesman Coupon  Books.

Include  a case of

In your next order to 
your jobber.

Pays  you  a  profit 

of 38  per cent.

Saves the consumer 

25 per  cent.

Chas. P.  Yisner, tea  and  coffee  dealer 
at  25  West  Leonard  street,  has  closed 
out his stock  and  retired from business.

DETROIT,  MICH.

T H E   M IC H IG L A JS r  T R A D E S M A N ,
without  change  on  the  entire  list  and 
may be quoted as strong.

the Fourth of July. 
It was voted to join 
the  procession;  that  the  paraphernalia 
should  be  dusters,  straw  hats,  a  small 
flag  on  the coat lapel  and a cane.  Two 
gentlemen were appointed  for each hotel 
to way-lay  unsuspecting  traveling  men 
and bring them into line;  and a commit­
tee was  appointed to call on  the  proper 
authorities to see if the street car service 
cannot  be  resumed  between  the  Union 
depot  and  Monroe  street.  Out  of  600 
traveling men, it is safe  to  predict  that 
there will be a goodly representation and 
that there will be no finer body of men in 
the line than they.

fellows;  but  what 

It is safe  to  predict  that there will  be 
no monkeying with the  band  wagon this 
year in celebrating the day that has made 
all  men  free.  Every  precaution which 
wisdom can  furnish has been  taken  and 
the long line will  parade the streets  with 
decorum  befitting the occasion.  It  must 
not be inferred, however,  that  this  con­
dition of things has  been  reached  with­
out  effort.  Early  in  the  game it was a 
question what to  do  with  the  traveling 
men. 
It  was  going  to  be  a  first-class 
parade  and  the  traveling  men  are  all 
first-class 
if  they 
should  take  it  into  their  heads  to  sit 
down and rest on the  curbstone  right  in 
front of the  Mayor’s office?  And what  a 
scandal  it  would  start  if  they  should 
come  out,  every  one  of  them,  with  a 
poker as the symbjl of the favorite game 
of the fraternity twenty years ago?  The 
minute they came in sight,  the air  would 
be so full of chips that the shovel brigade 
would have to be called out to clear a pas­
sage.  Well,  it came  mighty near break­
ing up the whole thing—did,  for a fact— 
and,  at 
last,  Aleck  What’s-his-name 
wanted  to  know  what  was  the  matter 
with splitting the ranks  of the Salvation 
Army right in two  and  sandwiching  the 
boys  in  there!  Aleck’s  brother  stren­
uously  opposed 
this.  The  Salvation 
Army  wasn’t  large  enough  to  do  any­
thing  of  the  sort,  if  the  boys  should 
make up  their  minds  to  make  a  break; 
but he didn’t see why they couldn’t make 
a sort of Washington pie  with  that  part 
of the procession—a layer,  say, of travel­
ing men and then  a  filling  of  Salvation 
Army jam, and soon, with the brass  band 
by  way  of  frosting.  He  thought  the 
thing would  be an  attractive  feature,  if 
not the best thing in  the  whole  line. 
It 
would carry out, in a suggestive way, the 
national  fondness for  pie;  and then,  too, 
it would be a dainty—not to  say  tasty— 
way  of  referring  to the man  whom time 
has  crowned  as  “first  in  war,  first  in 
peace,  and first in the hearts of his coun­
trymen;”  and  he pronounced  the  quota­
tion as if he were speaking  a  piece.  He 
was followed by a regular enfilade of ob­
jections.  Finally, the Nestor of the com­
mittee  secured  the  floor  and  remarked 
that  he  was  somewhat  acquainted with 
the traveling men and bis experience led 
him to suggest that they  give  that  body 
a  place  well  up  in  the  procession and 
trust to luck and a  kind  Providence  for 
the rest.  His  opinion prevailed;  and,  if 
there is any regret at the  nonappearance 
in the ranks of that kind  of  Washington 
pie,  it will be due,  not to that member of 
the Aleck  family  who proposed it,  but to 
the  traveling  men  who  decided  not  to 
cater to the public palate in  that  partic­
ular way.

Provisions—The tendency of  the  mar­
ket  for  hog  products has been generally 
to a better basis  during  the  week.  The 
firmness  set  in  early,  and  immediately 
following a  sharp  pressure  on  the  part 
of the packers  to  sell.  Those  who  had 
been  instrumental  in  breaking the mar­
ket turned about,  and the  marked  confi­
dence shown  resulted in  a substantial ad­
vance on all the  products.

Gripsack Brigade.

Hub Baker (I.  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co.) 
was  called  to  Youngstown,  N.  Y.,  last 
Thursday,  by  the  serious  illness  of  his 
mother,  who suffered  a  severe  shock  of 
paralysis and is not expected to live.

D.  E.  McVean  (Musselman Grocer Co.) 
is still kept off the road  by reason of the 
interference  of  Old  Rheum.  His  route 
is  being  covered  in  the  meantime  by 
John McCIeary,  who  has  taken  his  con­
tagious smile along with him.

Jacob  Yandenberg  succeeds  Richard 
Savage as city salesman for  the  Worden 
Grocer  Co.  Mr.  Yandenberg  was  for 
two years manager of Wm. Steele’s store, 
at Spring Lake; for ten years manager of 
the  Chippewa  Lumber  Co.’s  store,  at 
Chippewa Lake, and  for  the  past  three 
years has served as  city  salesman for H. 
Leonard  &  Sons.  “Jake,”  as  he is fa­
miliarly known,  is a faithful  worker and 
will,  undoubtedly, achieve success in his 
new  position.

At the annual meeting  of the Supreme 
Council of the  United  Commercial Trav­
elers,  held at Columbus,  Ohio, last week, 
the report of the  Secretary  showed  that 
there  had  been  fourteen  deaths during 
the past year and that the  present  mem­
bership was 3,056,  a  gain  over  last year 
of  48  per  cent.  The  following  officers 
were elected:  Supreme  Counselor,  R.  N. 
Hull,  Salina,  Kas.;  Supreme  Secretary, 
Charles  B.  Flagg,  Columbus;  Supreme 
Treasurer, W.  E.  Carpenter,  Columbus.
Cbas.  S.  Brooks  (Musselman  Grocer 
Co.)  has  always  prided  himself  on  his 
skill as a musician,  but since the absence 
of his wife on  her  summer  vacation  he 
has been taking lessons in  vocal  culture 
of M.  D.  Elgin,  in consequence of which 
he is more  than  ever  persuaded  of  his 
ability as a vocalist.  His favorite ballad 
is,  “Kiss me good  night, little  darling,” 
and  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
assures  Mr. 
Brooks’ customers that they will  enjoy  a 
rare treat if they  can  prevail  upon  him 
to treat them to exhibitions  of  his  skill 
in the musical  line.

About a year ago Oliver C.  Shultz  and 
Rev.  T.  DeWitt  Talmadge  boarded  the 
train  at Flint and  happened to travel to­
gether for several days, so that  they  got 
pretty well acquainted.  At Battle Creek 
they  were the  only  passengers  to  leave 
the train.  They bad hardly taken a seat 
in the bus for  the  hotel,  when  the  dis­
tinguished divine discovered  that he had 
left one of his  rubbers  in  the  car.  He 
was about to make a dash for the missing 
article,  when  his  traveling  companion, 
wishing to be of  service,  rushed after it. 
Thorough  search  failed  to  produce  the 
rubber and Mr. Shultz returned to find it 
in Mr.  Talmadge’s hand, who  remarked, 
by  way of explanation, that  he  had,  un­
consciously,  put  both  rubbers  on  one 
foot!

An enthusiastic meeting of Grand Rap­
ids traveling men was held in the parlors 
of the Livingston last  Saturday evening, 
to take action  on  matters  pertaining  to

6

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

B.  E.  PARKS,

DRAFTSMAN  and  ENGINEER,

Lock  Box  8o,  Grand  Rapins,  flieh.

Inventions uud Now  Ideas perfected 
Power Plants designed, erection superintended 
Steam  Engines indicated and power measured

R

UBEROID

EADYOOFING....

All  Ready to Lay.  Needs 
NO  COATING  OR  PAINTING

Thos.  E.  Wykes

COAL  AND  WOOD,
LIME.  SEWER  PIPE, 
FLOUR,  FEED,  Etc.

45  S.  Diviston  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

The  Trade is 
cordially  in­
vited towriti 
us  for  sum­
mer prices on

COAL
!.  P.  H ill  flii  III  It!  It.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A  

H 1 M B  S .
Wholesale Shipper

GOAL,  LIME,  GENEITS.

SEWER  PIPE,  ETC.

1  CANAL  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

COAl WHOLESALE
RETAIL
S. A  MORMAN & CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  fllCH.

LIME,  CEMENT,  HAIR,  SEWER 

PIPE, BRICK,  LAND  PLASTER, 

FIRE  CLAY.

We sell Alsen's German Portland Cement—the 

best in the world for sidewalk work.

Is  Odorless,  absolutely  Water  Proof,  will 

resist  fire  and  the  action  of acids.

Can  he  used  over  shingles  of  steep  roofs,  or 

Is  suitable  for  flat  roofs.

Will  OUTLAST  tin  or  iron  and is very much 

cheaper.

Try  Our  Pure

Asphalt Paint

For  coating tin,  iron  or  ready  roofs. 
Write for  Prices.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

_ ■ Director. 
in  pi i g r a d e   technical  school.  P r a c t i c a l   w o rk . 
A 
E le c tiv e  s y s te m . Summer courses. Gives d e g r e e s  or 
S. B * , E .  M.. a n d  Ph. D. Laboratories, shops, m ill, 
fatalogues free.  A d d re s s  
e t c .,   w e ll  e q u i p p e d ,  
****** ro ta r v   M ic h ig a n   M in in g  S c h o o l, T fo n c h fo n . Mi-  1

COMMISSION
MERCHANTS

And Jobbers in all  kinds of

FRUITS

Potatoes,  Butter and  Eggs

A Specialty.
< 'onsignments solicited.

Office St Jlidiuru
t E tT E R ,M oTg   » » » g j^ n e A D s
- T r a d e s m a n
COUNTER BIUS.  I  COMPANY,
C R A N D   R A P I O S .

42 Jefferson Avenue 
142  Woodbridge St.W.
DETROIT,  Mich.
S B B U S  -   P o t a t o e s   -   / S e a n s

We  handle  all  kinds  FIELD  SEEDS,  Clover.  Ttmotbv.  Hungarian,  Millet,  Ruck- 
wheat,  Field Peas, Spring Rye,  Barley,  Etc.  Buy  and  sell  Potatoes,  Beans,  Seeds,
Eggs,  Etc.  Gar lots or less.

EGG  CRATES  and  EGG  CRATE  FILLERS.

If you  wish  to buy or sell  write us.

M o seley ' B ro s.

2 6 -2 8 -3 0 -3 2  OTTAWA  STREET

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Jobbers  SEEDS,  BEANS,  POTATOES,  FRUITS.

Order for 4th of July— LEMONS,  WATER  MELONS, 
BOLOGNA,  KOSHER  SA OSAGE,  SMOKED  HALIBUT,

Cmei Fist anfl all M s of Cheese

---- OF----

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER, 
117-119  M onroe S t.,  rapids
SYMONDS’  WIRE &  IRON  WORKS

| |   L.  SYMONDS  DETROIT,  HICHIOAN.
A.  J .   s y m o n d s   Manufacturers of 

Phone  I Jm-'Zr.

Cstete y FenC"S and  Lain Furniture

CHAIRS,  SETTEES,  VASES.

VAULTS,  GATES,  Etc.

State your wants and send for  Catalogue.

M ercantile  A gencies  a n d   T heir  R ela­

tion  to   C redits.

the 

life.  But 

The  time  was  when 

it”  without  having 

Prom the Interstate Grocer.
the  mercantile 
agency was  like  a  prophet  in  his  own 
country in that it bad neither  profit  nor 
honor and  “the all-’round business man” 
looked upon it as occupying a very small 
corner,  it  any  part  at  all,  of  bis  daily 
business 
times  have 
changed  all  that; 
the  tremendous  in­
crease in the number of business  houses 
operating throughout  the  United States, 
meeting competition not  only from  those 
in this country,  but from foreign houses, 
not  a  dollar  of  coin  or  treasury  notes 
has  brought it  to  pass  that  the  day  of 
“the all-’round business man”  is,  at  all 
events,  rapidly  passing  away,  if  it  has 
not already  passed,  and  the  day  of  the 
specialist  in  the  various  branches  and 
departments of commerial  labor  has  ar­
rived. 
It cannot be  too  strongly  or  too 
frequently impressed upon  the  business 
public that  the whole work  of  the  mer­
cantile agency  consists,  not  in  forming 
and moulding public opinion as  to  cred­
its or in advancing its own  ideas,  but  in 
giving the  consensus  of  the  opinion  of 
the  commercial world. 
It  is  a  clearing 
house of information, gathering its opin­
ion  of  those  who  seek  credit  from  the 
commercial  world  from  hundreds  and 
thousands of different sources, assorting, 
arranging and  boiling it down and finally 
compiling  it 
into  the  few  brief  terse 
lines that find their  way  to  the  desk  of 
the credit man. 
Its aim  and object is to 
be to him a second mind,  to come in such 
close contact with bis everyday  life  that 
it would seem a matter fraught with dan­
ger to  the  credit of his house, if  not  an 
utter impossibility,  to  pass  intellgently 
and definitely upon  a  credit  and  “sleep 
well  upon 
first 
availed himself of that  summed  up  con­
sensus  of  opinion  which  is  termed  a 
“commercial report.”
There should be at all times the utmost 
harmony between the credit man and the 
mercantile  agency,  otherwise  they  will 
be  “as  a  house  divided  against  itself” 
and no good or benefit can result to either 
from 
the  relations  existing  between 
them.  There should be the greatest pos­
sible freedom  in the interchange of opin­
ions  and  facts;  the  credit  man  should 
not withhold any matter  of  interest con­
cerning  a  customer  about  whom  he  is 
making inquiry,  any  more than the mer­
cantile agency  has  u  right  to  withhold 
valuable  information  from 
the  credit 
man.  Above ail  things  it  is  necessary 
that the credit man  should,  in  his  rela­
tions with the mercantil  agency, divorce 
himself, as much as  possible,  from  that 
rush  and  hurry  to pass upon orders and 
get them through that is  one  of  the  po­
tent  factors of  the  present  day in mak­
ing an adverse balance in  profit and loss 
account at the wind-up  of the year. 
In­
vestigation  is  one  of  the  most delicate 
and  intricate  things  in  existence;  it  is 
the fundamental basis,  the  cement,  as it 
were, that holds together  the  whole  so­
cial and business fabric of the world;  un­
due haste cannot enter into it,  as  it  en­
genders  unreliability.  No  mercantile 
agency should be willing  to  go  before  a 
credit  man  with  its report until it feels 
that,  in so far as  human  agency  can  be 
absolved  from  error  and  to  the extent 
that all  reasonable  precautions  will  re­
duce the chances of  mistake,  it  has,  by 
taking time and making  careful  investi­
gation,  obtained  such  a  concensus  of 
opinion on the  subject  matter  before  it 
as  will  enable  the credit man to intelli­
gently pass upon or reject an order.
The credit  man  should  have  implicit 
confidence in the integrity and reliability 
It  is  almost 
of the mercantile  agency. 
professional in  its  capacity  and  should 
stand in as close, if not a closer, relation­
ship to the business as does one’s  lawyer 
or  family  physician  to  the  individual. 
There are times when its  judgment  may 
err and its information,  though  gathered 
with the utmost  care,  be  unconsciousiy 
gleaned from an  unreliable  source,  but 
so may the  lawyer,  though  using  every 
conscientious  effort  possible,  err  in 
judgment at times,  and  so  also  may the 
family physician, though  bound  to  you 
by close personal  and  professional  ties, 
make  a  wrong  diagnosis  and  err in his 
treatment of a case.  That care and con- 1

scientious effort have their effect, though, 
is  clearly  evidenced  by  the  fact  that 
prior  to  the  panic  of 1893-94 the Brad- 
street Co.  foretold to the  business  world 
on an average of from 91 to 93  per  cent, 
of  the  failures  that  occurred  in  each 
year.  During the panic, bringing,  as  it 
did,  unforeseen and unusual influences to 
bear upon general  trade,  there  was  an 
average prediction of from 70  to  71  per 
cent.
There is another side  to  the  work  of 
the mercantile agency  in  its  relation  to 
credits that is done so  quietly,  so  much 
without expectation  of  recognition,  that 
the  world  passes  it  by and hardly real­
izes the operation of this  silent  but  po­
tent factor. 
I refer to the  work  that  is 
done  in 
the  building  up  of  credits. 
Throughout the  civilized  world,  where- 
ever commerce has penetrated,  the  mer­
cantile agency has gone as a  vanguard to 
blaze the path for the pioneers and make 
straight the way. 
In every little village, 
hamlet  or  city  of  metropolitan propor­
tions it is constantly gathering  its  facts 
concerning the  gradual  increase  in  the 
wealth and  consequent  basis  for  credit 
of the various business firms  that  repre­
sent the bone and sinew  of  the  commer­
cial body of the world.  Through  its va­
rious channels it is disseminating  its  in­
formation,  broadening  the  markets  of 
the world,  facilitating the interchange of 
commerce, reducing the cost of  goods  to 
the  jobber, 
the  retailer  and  the  con­
sumer,  for,  selling with the feeling of se­
curity  that comes from an assured knowl­
edge  of  the  worth  of  the  debtor,  the 
creditor  is  satisfied  to  operate  on  a 
smaller  margin.  All  these  things  and 
others  the  mercantile  agency  accom­
plishes  with  the  support  and co-opera­
tion of the business  men  of  the  world, 
for it is essentially and in all particulars, 
of the merchants,  by the  merchants  and 
for the merchants.  R. S. Ch a m b e r s, 
Supt. BradstreetCo., St. Louis.

D octors’  Signs  in  a   G rocery  S tore.
Old Bill McCammon,  who  keeps a gro­
cery  store  in  the  suburbs  of Austin,  is 
one of  the  closest  men  in  the  State  of 
Texas.  He  abbreviates  his  words  in 
writing.  He  abbreviates  the  names  on 
the drawers and boxes of  the contents in 
his  grocery. 
Instead  of  painting  the 
names in full,  for  instance,  he  painted 
on  the  sugar  barrel  “Br.  Sugar”  for 
brown sugar,  and so on.
feeble-looking  stranger 
dropped  in  to  Mr.  McCammon’s  store, 
and,  looking around, asked:

One  day  a 

“is Dr. Prunes  in?”
Old  McCammon  stared  and  said  he 
reckoned  not.
“Is Dr.  Codfish  in,  then?”  asked  the 
stranger.
“No,  he is not,” said  old  McCammon, 
emphatically.
“Then tell Dr. Cherries I would like to 
see him,  if he is at leisure.”
“You get out  of  here.  1  believe  you 
escaped from the  lunatic  asylum.  This 
ain’t  no  medical college.  This is a gro­
cery,” retorted  old  McCammon,  getting 
red in the face.
“If this is a grocery, then you had bet­
ter  carry  back  them  doctors’  signs  to 
where you stole  them  from,”  responded 
the stranger,  strolling out.
the 
stranger  had  pointed  out,  and  for  the 
first time noticed the result of abbreviat­
ing the word  “dried” to “Dr.,”  for on the 
drawers 
letters  “Dr. 
Prunes,”  “ Dr.  Peaches,”  “Dr.  Codfish,” 
“Dr.  Cherries,”  “Dr.  Peas,”  “Dr.  Ap­
ricots”  and  “Dr. Beef.”

Old  McCammon 

looked  where 

large 

read 

in 

A woman  who has  traveled  largely  in 
Japan,  mentioned,  in the course of a lec­
ture,  the fact that the Japanese language 
does not contain an impolite word, hence 
there is no swearing in that  happy land. 
She also stated that osculation was an un­
known  pleasure.  As  the  audience  dis­
persed,  commenting  favorably upon dif­
ferent points,  an  old  woman  remarked, 
loud enough to be heard:  “ Well,  for my 
part, I prefer a country  where  they  kiss 
and cuss.”

Use Tradesman Coupon  Books.

GRAVE  GUARD.

T E Q £   M I C H I G ^ J S r   T R A D E S M A N ,

7

T h e  Necessity of  Usiner  Care  in  Buy­

ing.

The  most  prominent  position  in  the 
business world seems to  be  occupied  by 
the  seller.  The  daily  papers, 
trade 
journals and magazines,  in  their  adver­
tisements,  hold  up  the  seller  and  his 
wares,  while the identity  of  the buyer is 
ignored.

This submergence of the buyer was im­
pressed upon  me  on  a  recent  visit  to  a 
large  manufacturer  of  Massachusetts, 
from  whom  our  firm  (under  a  former 
management)  bad  purchased  thousands 
of dollars’  worth of goods, and  be it con­
fessed,  been somewhat slow  in  payment 
for  them.  We  could  no  longer  obtain 
the goods at anything like a price  to  en­
able us to hold our own.  The  object  of 
my  mission  was  to  regain,  if  possible, 
our lost position.

After conducting  me  through  the  im­
mense factory, I was  led  to  the private 
office,  where  a  large  volume  called  the 
“Test  Book”  was  produced.  Opening 
it,  my conductor  said:  "This  book con­
tains the  names  of  firms  who  show  in 
their dealings with  us  the  lack  of  the 
ability to buy  with  judgment.  Turning 
to your firm is this short history,  "Carry 
stock  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars.  Fair 
credit.  Buy too  much.  Slow pay.”

Closing the book and facing me, be con­
tinued:  "Young  man,  let  me  impress 
upon  you  the  importance  of  buying 
right.  Our record shows,  not only in the 
case of your firm,  but also in hundreds of 
others,  the utter disregard  of  the princi­
ples  underlying  true  business  policy; 
principles which  have  placed this estab­
lishment in its present  sound  condition, 
and which you  will  find  of  advantage in 
the conduct of your own business.

"Three qualifications are  necessary  to 

the buyer:

he sees it.

"First—A  thorough  knowledge of  the 

requirements of his locality.

"Second—To know a good  thing  when 

"Third—To buy goods at  their  value. 
To be familiar  with  the  wants  of  your 
customers—you must come in  close  con­
tact with them,  make  it  a  point  to  fre­
quently  leave  your  other  work  to wait 
upon them,  and study their wants.

"Anything well advertised will sell for 
a time.  To be able to tell  the true  from 
the false is the crucial  test of good judg­
ment.

"A buyer’s mind,  when  too  easily  in­
fluenced by outside relations,  rather than 
by  what  actually  exists,  can  be  taken 
from the consideration of truth—that  is, 
quality—but a man of accurate judgment 
cannot have a great flow of ideas, because 
the slighter relations making no figure in 
his mind have no power to introduce new 
ideas, 
therefore,  concentration  fathers 
decision.

"This book shows  that  the  eagerness 
to  buy  lower  than your competitors,  to 
get  the  extra  5  per  cent,  for  quantity, 
has  been  the  financial  ruin  of  many  a 
promising  firm. 
the  case  of  your 
house,  you have,  in the past,  placed  or 
ders with us that would  supply  your  lo­
cality  for  five years.  We  make a study 
of  such  cases  and  take  the earliest op­
portunity  to  close  their  account.  The 
profit  is  made  when  goods are sold,  not 
when bought.  Uad  we filled  your  large 
order we would be assisting to embarrass 
your house.”

In 

While returning home,  1  had plenty  of { 
time to think over what T had heard.  The ! 
first tiling i did  was to go over  the  slock ,

carefully,  to  find  where  the  principles 
laid down to me had  been  violated.  Al­
most  the  first  thing  I  saw  was a lot of 
wash  boilers  and  tea  kettles  with  tin 
bodies  and  copper  bottoms—several  of 
the tea kettles had  been returned, as they 
leaked where the two metals were joined.
The  salesman  said  it  was the water— 
too  hard;  the  foreman  of  the tin shops 
said the copper “eats” the  tin;  but  any­
one knows when water is placed in a ket­
tle  so  made,  galvanic  action is started, 
and the baser metal invariably succumbs. 
These  goods  had  been  warranted, so it 
was an easy  matter to weed our  stock  of 
them.
With  some items  we  were not so fortu­
nate,  but  the  lesson  was  learned,  and 
since  then  we  have  thanked  the manu­
facturer for his plain,  but kind advice.
A. M.  E m b e r.

D an g ers  o f Q u ack ery .

From the Boston Transcript.
Several  drug  stores have in their win­
dows  placards  which  read 
like  this: 
"Don’t  neglect  your  heart!  Take  Dr. 
Jones’ Heart Tablets.”
It  is  a  very  ordinary  advertisement, 
but it is ghastly to think of the  result  of 
Tom,  Dick  and  Harry,  all  over  the 
United  States,  "Taking  care  of  their 
hearts” with somebody’s nostrum,  which 
very likely  really  has  some  perceptible 
effect.
When one sees  such  evidences  of  the 
extent  to  which  patent-medicining  is 
carried  in  this  country,  one  does  not 
wonder at such  reactions against all med­
icine as the "mind cure” and  “Christian 
science.”  We  go  by  extremes  in  all 
things,  and these theories  represent  the 
swing of the  pendulum  in  the  opposite 
direction.
The law which governs the  universe is 
a law of  equilibrium  or  compensations; 
and  this law no doubt absolutely requires 
that while Tom, Dick and Harry are pre­
paring themselves for  heart disease with 
Dr.  Jones’  Heart  Tablets,  Mrs.  Tom, 
Mrs.  Dick and Mrs.  Harry shall be scorn­
fully  and  dogmatically  endeavoring  to 
convince  them  that  there  is  no  such 
thing in the world as heart  disease,  and 
by  their  very  scorn  and dogmatism,  of 
course,  confirming 
their  conservative 
husbands  in 
the  taking  of  the  drug 
which  already  they  are  secretly  suspi­
cious of.
In point of logic there  really  seems  to 
be  no  advantage  on  either  side  of  the 
family.  Tom,  Dick and  Harry  are fool­
ishly assuming that they  know  when  to 
take  medicine  without  consuming  the 
doctor;  and  Mrs.  Tom,  Mrs.  Dick  and 
Mrs.  Harry are just  as  foolishly  assum­
ing  that  they  know  better than the doc­
tor when not to  take  it.  So  both  sides 
may  be ignorant,  and  both  wrong.

Clothing  Merchants:

See our Fall and Winter Line of Ready-Made 
CLOTHING for all ages.  Every size and kind, 
most  replete.  Write  our  Michigan  Agent, 
WILLIAM  CONNOR,  Box  340,  Marshall, 
Mich., to call on  you—no  harm  done  if  you 
don’t  buy—or  meet  him  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Grand Rapids, Mich., on Friday, July 5. 
Customers  expenses allowed.

Michael  Kolb 

&  Son

CLOTHING  MANUFACTURERS, 

Rochester,  N.  Y.

SMITH-HILL  ELEVATORS

Electric,  Steam  and  Hand  Power. 

PRICES  LOW.  rtECHANISM  SIMPLE.
NOT  LIABLE  TO  GET  OUT  OF  REPAIR.
Call and  see  me  or  telephone  1120 and  I will 
accompany enquirer  to dozens of local  users  of 
our elevators. 

J.  C.  IIULBERRY,  Agent. 
Kortlander Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  TRADESMAN 

Has  a  FIELD  of  its  own.

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Advertisers get RESULTS.

dls.

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Attaints AND BITS. 

Hardware Price Cnrrent.
70
Snell’s ...........................................................  .. 
Cook’S................................................................  
40
25
Jennings’, genuine.......................................... 
Jennings’, im itation....................................... 50*10
dls.
Plrst Quality, 8. B. Bronse......................... ..  5 25
D.  B. Bronze...........................I  9 00
S.B. 3. Steel.............................  e  oo
D .B .Steel................................   to 00
allroad...............................................  * 
00  14  00
Jarden......................................................  net  80 00
-*tove...................................................................  
60
70
Carriage new list.............................................  
-............................................................. 40*10
Plow- 
Sleigh shoe........................................................... 
7

BABBOWS.

bolts. 

dls.

* 

BUCKETS.
BUTTS, OAST. 

Well,  plain  ......................................................* 8  25
(Up.
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................................  
7
75A10
WrMiirht Narrow 
Ordinary Tackle,  1st April  1892................. 
70
Grain, Wood b race.........................................sjqg 00
Grain, Wire brace  ....................................... ’gig  qo

SLOCKS.
CRADLES.

CBOW BABB.
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“ 
“ 

CAPS.

0BISBL8. 

CARTRIDGES.

per t> 
per m 

.......... 
 

CHALK.
COPPER.

4
Cast Steel 
65
Bly’s 1-10 
95
Hick’s C .P .............................................. 
85
« . » .......................................................... 
Musket 
go
........................................  
5*5
Rim  F ire-•  . 
.. 
Central  Fire.............................................. dls. 
25
dll.
Socket Firm er...........................  ... 
75*10
Socket Framing............  
............................  75*ie
Socket Comer..................................................   75*io
Socket Slicks..................................................   75*10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer..............................  
40
............13®12J4 dls. 10
White Crayons, per  gross 
Planished, 14 os cut to else...........per pound 
28
14x52,14x56,14x60 .......777............ 
26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...................
J,0
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................ ;. 
Bottom s..................................................  
38
 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..............................  
*50
Taper and straight Shank..............................  
so
Morse’s Taper Shank...................................  
50
Small sites, ser p o u n d ............................  
654
Large slies, per  pound  . 
06
.....................  
Com. 4  piece, 6 In.............................. dot. net 
60
Corrugated........................*...................... dii 
50
............................................  dls.  40*10
Adlustable 
Clark’s, small, »18;  large, «26........................ 
30
Ives’, 1, »18:  2, «24;  3,130............................... 
25
Dlsston’s .......................................................60*10-10
New American  ...........................................60*10-10
Nicholson’s ................................................. SO&IO-’O
Heller’s 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 50*10
28
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  34; 25  and  26;  27 
List 
16 17

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

GALVANIZED IRON.

piles—New List. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

DRIPPING PAMS.

ELBOWS.

DRILLS. 

(]lH.

dig.

diS.

12 

15 

 

 

 

.. 

18 

dls.

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

dls.
dls.

(enterprise 

Discount, 70

locks—doob. 

HAULS 
HILLS. 

KOLABSBS GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

’*  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.'s  Malleable*__  
•*  Landers,  Ferry *C li  M ..................  
** 
......................................... 

Stebbln’s  Pattern....................................... 
Stebbln’s Genuine........  
Enterprise, self  measuring 
NAILS

14 
gaugbs. 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s 
50
55
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings...............  
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.... 
Door,  porceleln, trimmings....................  
55
70
Drawer  and  Shatter, porcelain.............. 
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .......... 
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.*s.............................  
55
55
Branford’s .......................................................  
Norwalk’s .......................................................  
55
Adse Bye.........................................»16.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt Bye.........................................»15.00. dls. 60-10
Hunt’s ..........................................»18.50, dls. 20*10.
¿Us.
5c
Sperry *  Co.  s.  Post,  handled........................ 
dlS.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s 
4(3
40
gp
dll
80* lb
fis&io
30
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, oase 
1  90®l  85
Wire nails, base  ......................................1  75@l  70
60....................................................  Base 
Base
10
50........................................................ 
25
40........................................................... 
30..............  
25
 
85
20.........................................................  
16...........................................................  
45
12.........  
46
 
50
10.........................................................  
60
8 ....... 
................................................ 
7 * 3 ......... 
75
4 ............ 
90
3 
..................................................................  
2.......... ............................................... 
1  60
Fine 1  .......................................................... 
65
Case  10 
75
8 
5 
go
Finish 10 
75
90
6 
10
Clinch  III 
70
80
8 
6 
90
Barrel! \
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy .................................   C50
Sciota Bench 
.............................................   60*10
Sandnsky Tool  Co.’a, fancy.................... 
  ©53
Bench,first quality.... 
050
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood............ 
60

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

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PLANES. 

dlB.

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PA N S.

R IV ETS. 

Fry,  A cm e...............................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished.....................................dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned......................... 
60
Copper Rivets and Burs...............................   50—10
"A " Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
■-B’’ Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PA TEN T  PL A N ISH E D   IRON.

Broken pact*  a t   per  pound extra.

dlS.

 

■ A U J t M .

¿b
Maydole  *  Co.’s .........................................dls. 
Kip’s ............................................................. dls. 
2
Yerkes *  Plumb’s ......................................dls. 40*  10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..........................soc list 7 1
Blacksmltn'sSolid Cast  Steel  Hand.  ..80c40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,8 .................................. dis.60*10
State..... 
...................... per dos. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 454  14  and
314
X ............ ............. net
b
%............ ...... — net
834
* ............ ..............net
7V4
* ..........
............. net
754
............dls.

H IN G ES.

... 

HOLLOW WARE.

WIRE GOODS. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Pots....................................................................60&1C
Kettles...............................................................   60*1
Spiders  ...........................................................  6< * ;
Gray enameled.......«....................................... 40*  h
Stamped  Tin Ware...........................new list 7  *10
*1 <&io
Japanned Tin Ware........................... 
Granite Iron W are....................... new lis ”  
40
d  .  v.. 
dls
Screw  Byes...........................................................  go
Hook’s ....................................................................  qo
Gate Hooks and  Byes........................................ so
8tanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ........................<Hs.'‘o
Sisal, 54 Inch and la rg e r........  
mz
9
Manilla......................7......................'.I!
SQUARES.
di*
Steel and  Iron.....................................
Try and Bevels....................
M itre.......................................;;;;;; **.'

LEVELS.
ROPES.

SHEET IRON.

saws. 

dl*

Com.  Smooth. Coix
............. »3  50 %y  50
.............   3 50
2  6 >
............  4  05
2  70
............. 3 55
2 80
............. 3  66
2  90
......................  
U ^
..............3 75
8 00
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  lncher 

Nos. 25 to 26
No. 27.......... 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19,’86  ........................................dls.
Silver Lake, White  A ...............................u at
Drab A ......................... ; .  .  "  n 
White  B ......................'  > 
Drab B .................... 

¡5#
5,
«
30
Solid Byes............. ..................................pev toi  1 -1

** 
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Discount, 10.

SASH  W EIGHTS

SAND  P A P E R .

SASH  COBD.

 

 

 
 

T R A PS. 

wire. 

H and.......................................

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot, . 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot..  ! 
‘  Champion  and  Blectrlc  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot...............................................  

7
5 
*
$
i l l
Steel, Game....................... 
60*1
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s . . .............. 
5
Oneida Community, Hawley a  Norton’s.. 7C-10  10
Mouse,  choker.......................................15c per do»
Mouse, delusion................................. 11.35 per dCg
dl*
Bright M arket............................................ 
76*10
Annealed Market..............................  
7**10
Coppered Market...................................... 
 
 
Tinned Market.................................                        625*
ZJ

K red  Spring  Steel...............  

d  Fence, galvanised..............."   "   2 45
“ 

painted........................2  cs
An  SaMe...............................................dls. 
40*10
Putnam
dls.  05 
Northwestern..........................
dla. 10*10 
dls
W REN CH ES.
8u5n
Baxter's  Adjustable, nickeled........
Coe’s  G enuine...................................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural. wrought,
...  7?*10 
Coe’s  Patent, malleable....................
.  75*16 
Bird C ages..........................................
50
Pumps, Cistern...................................
.75*1  *5 
Screws, New List................................
Casters, Bed  a  ,d  Plate.........................................
50*10*1
Dampers, American............................ . .. ”   4(*io
Porks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.......  ..... 70

M ISCELLANEOUS.

HO RSE  NA ILS.

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METALS.
P IG  T IN .
Pig  Large............................. 
..........  
Pig Bars................................................... 
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W EDNESDAY,  JD LY  3.

THE  DAY  W E  CELEBRATE.

The  nation,  to-morrow,  will  be  one 
hundred  and  nineteen  years  old.  The 
day  will be ushered in  by the booming of 
cannon,  the ringing of bells  and by  wav­
ing  dags—the  dearest  banner  that  the 
winds have  kissed or the sunshine bright­
ened.  There  will be a rallying of patriots 
the  country  over.  They  will  gather  in 
city halls and  leafy  groves,  with  martial 
music,  speeches  and  the  singing  of  na­
tional songs,  and the  day  will  be a  glad 
one and they  will rejoice in it.

From ocean  to ocean,  the  orators  will 
choose the same precious  theme.  There 
will  be  repeated  the  grievances  of  the 
colonies,  the  signing  of  the  American 
Magna Charta,  the  pitiful but heroic suf­
fering  at  Valley  Forge,  the  triumph  at 
Yorktown.  Perry  will not be  forgotten, 
and his famous  “ We have met the enemy 
and they are ours”  will  be placed side by 
side with  Lawrence’s “Don’t give up the 
ship,” and  the  “No  terms  but  uncondi­
tional surrender”  of  rebellion days.

The  growth  of  the  country  will  be 
treated  with masterly  skill.  A  handful 
of heroes on one side  will  become,  by  a 
touch  of  the  wand  of  time,  a nation  of 
seventy millions on the other.  The  “old 
thirteen” is now a  nation  of  forty-four, 
reaching from sunrise to sunset, with the 
hem of her garment trailing  between the 
tropics,  her  shoulders  clad  in  Alaskan 
sable and her brow bright  with a diadem 
of  stars!  Within  her  borders  are  the 
leading  wonders  of 
the  world.  Mont 
Blanc, the pride of  Europe,  loses his Al­
pine splendor in the opalescent light that 
plays on the loftier peaks of  the  Ameri­
can Rockies.  Niagara thunders, and  the 
waterfalls of the  Old  World are hushed. 
Switzerland unfolds  to  the stranger  her 
Alpine grandenr—America  swings  open 
the gates of the Garden of the Gods.  The 
Rhine ripples and  winds  between  banks 
guarded by castled crags, old  in  story— 
the Hudson glints and goes to sleep with 
the ghost of  Rip Van Winkle haunting its 
wooded shores.

To  the  whole,  there  will  be  but  one 
conclusion—we are the  mightiest  nation 
on the face  of  the  earth!  Our  glorious 
flag is known everywhere and everywhere 
is it greeted as  the  symbol  of  “the land 
of the free and  the  home  of  the  brave.” 
Our navy is the pride  of  the  nation  and 
the wonder of the  world;  and  all  that 
pertains  to  the  art  and  science  of  war

finds best expression in the glory that has 
crowned the arms of this Republic.

So the day comes and  goes;  and,  when 
the  speeches  are  all  over,  and  the last 
rocket has gone up,  and the last gun  has 
been fired, the thoughtful  citizen  of  the 
mightiest nation  under the sun will  won­
der, as he goes to sleep,  why  Spain  acts 
so;  why Germany and  Austria and insig­
nificant  Denmark  want  to  be disagreea­
ble;  whether  England cannot  be  coaxed 
or  hired  to 
let  Venezuela  and  Ni­
caragua alone and to live  up to the terms 
of that Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which she 
has,  so far,  utterly  ignored,  and,  above 
ail,  if anything cannot be  done to induce 
Turkey not to kill quite so many of those 
innocent-minded  Armenians  every  once 
in a while,  as she is now doing.

AFFAIRS  IN  THE  ORIENT. 

Matters  have  again  assumed  a  dis­
turbed aspect iu  the Far  East, and  it  is 
barely  possible  that  there may be fresh 
hostilities in that  quarter  of  the  world 
before  the  year  is out.  China has been 
induced  to reject the  proposition of Rus­
sia to take up the Chinese loan made nec­
essary  by the payment of the war indem­
nity,  and it is stated that this refusal has 
been due to promptings from  Great Brit­
ain and  Germany.

This * section of the  proposed loan by 
China carried  with  it  the  refusal  of  the 
grants  for  the  extension of the Russian 
Trans-Siberian railroad  through Chinese 
territory.  The acquisition  of a terminal 
for  the  railroad  and  a  suitable  naval 
station  was  the  principal  object  aimed 
at  by  Russia  in  intervening  between 
China  and  Japan,  and,  very  naturally, 
the  Russian  semi-official  press is indig­
nant at the  difficulties  which  have  sud­
denly developed in the way of the accom­
plishment of  Russian designs  in  the Far 
East.

Another  bit  of  news  has reached Eu­
rope from Asia,  which  has  created a de­
cidedly  warlike feeling,  to the effect that 
the  Japanese  are  fortifying  the  Liao 
Tung peninsula and  making  every prep­
aration  to  hold  it  against  all  comers. 
Japau  promised  to  withdraw  within  a 
reasonable time from  the  part  of  Man- 
chooria occupied by her troops during the 
war;  but it is probable that a  realization 
on  the  part  of  the  Japanese  that  their 
withdrawal  would mean  prompt occupa­
tion by  Russia  may  have  caused  a  de­
termination  not  to relinquish the strong 
positions  in  the  Liao  Tung  peninsula, 
particularly  Port  Arthur,  which  prac­
tically  commands  the  Gulf  of  Pichili. 
The Japanese in Manchooria  would be  a 
barrier  to  any  attempt  on  the  part  of 
Russia to seize upon portions of Corea.

It will  now  be interesting to watch the 
course Russia will  adopt,  should the re­
ports  as  to  the  fortifying  of  the  Liao 
Tung peninsula  by  the  Japanese  prove 
true.  The  change  of  Ministry  in Eng­
land may also have an important bearing 
upon  the settlement of any  new  compli­
cation  which may  arise in the Far East, 
the  more  particularly  as  there  existed 
considerable popular dissatisfaction with 
the  policy  of  the Rosebery  government 
with respect to the  peace  settlement be­
tween China and Japan.

An Illinois  woman  has  been suffering 
for two years with a bad  cough,  and was 
supposed to be dying from  consumption.
A few days ago she  coughed  up  a tooth, 
which  a  careless  dentist  had  dropped 
down her throat before the illness began. 
She is now improving rapidly.

THE  KNIGHT  OF  THE  ROAD.

In the dark ages  of  modern  trade  the 
drummer and  the  bummer  had  more  in 
common  than a jingling rhyme.  A  man 
who could do nothing  else was  sent  out 
on  the  road  with  the  hope  that  some 
timely accident would  take  him  to  that 
bourne from which  no  traveler  returns. 
Away from home and freed from  the  re­
straints  even  of  acquaintanceship,  the 
drummer and the bummer became one,  a 
disgrace to the  trade  and  a  leper  to  be 
shunned at ail  times  and  in  all  places. 
The old crusading days returned with  all 
the evils attending them.  Men  of  every 
grade,  tainted with  every  kind  of  evil, 
were found in the  ranks of the  drummer 
on the way to or from some  fancied  sep­
ulcher. 
It  was  a  life  of  lawlessness, 
bringing disrepute upon the  houses  rep­
resented;  and  after  that, as  in the olden 
time, only those men  were put  upon  the 
road who, having  earned  their  spurs  at 
home,  were sent  out  to  rescue  by  their 
stainless  lives  and  their  worthy  deeds 
the good name which the  world  of  trade 
had well-nigh lost.  They  came  in  time 
to be known as Knights of  the Road, not 
hummers, and the knights of  the  Middle 
Ages who brought back  from  the  plains 
of Palestine  the  idea  of  gentlemen  are 
fitly represented to-day by an order quite 
as worthy as  they, and  an  order  which 
can  furnish  as  many  men  after  whose 
names can  be  written  the  term  of  the 
almost-sainted  Bayard,  “a  knight  with­
out fear and without  reproach.”

from  his 

though he knew that  they  wonld  excite 
criticism 
former  political 
friends and  allies.  The  Grand Old Man 
reckons without himself when  he  prom­
ises to remain silent for the remainder of 
his days. 
It is best that he should speak 
when he has something to say.  Bismarck 
has talked a great deal since he quit talk­
ing. 

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T h e   T r a d e s m a n   publishes  in  this 
issue  the  first  of  a  series  of  stories 
pertaining to life in a  country  store. 
It 
is generally acknowledged that the coun­
try store,  while it  is  the  trading  center 
of the  neighborhood,  is  something  more 
than  that. 
It  is  the  clearing  house  of 
everything pertaining to  public opinion; 
and the man  who owns the country store 
and is a  success, exerts  an  influence  in 
the neighborhood  for  good or evil which 
cannot be calculated.  These stories  will 
record  this  influence.  Many  of  them 
will  be  simple  recitals, plainly  told,  of 
the  actual  happenings  in  the  stores  of 
city and country.  Many  an incident oc­
curs  in  a  country  store  which,  if  re­
corded  would  open  the  eyes  of  those 
who have erred  unconsciously;  and T h e 
T r a d e s m a n   would  earnestly  urge  its 
readers to send in the bare facts  of  sach 
incidents,  that  they  may  be  turned  to 
profitable account.

A  St.  Lonis  gas  company  is  giving 
away  gas  stoves  free  to  all  who want 
them.  The meters see that the company 
loses nothing.

This thought was pleasantly suggested 
by the proceedings  of  a  recent  meeting 
of  the  local  traveling  men.  They were 
to represent a  worthy  idea  in  the  cele­
bration of the Nation’s  birthday,  and  it 
was to  be  done  worthily.  The  full  re­
quirements of the time and  the  occasion 
were to be met and  they were to  be  met 
as gentlemen should  meet them.  A little 
by-play came up as  to  who  should  pre­
cede and who should  follow them on the 
line  of  march;  but  when  the  fun  was 
over,  the  Templar’s  idea  of  the  olden 
time was found to be the knight’s idea of 
to-day,  and the  honor  of  the  fraternity 
will  not  be  tarnished to-morrow by  the 
gentlemen  who  appear in straw hats and 
dusters.

It is not easy  to calculate the influence 
of such a  body  of  well-determined  men 
as this.  Going  and  coming  as they con­
stantly are,  between  the centers of trade 
and their ganglia in  town and village,  at 
the country crossroad  and in the  logging 
camp,  they carry with them  the  refining 
influences of  modern  civil  life,  and  do 
more to develop that life than  any  other 
single  agency  which  can  be mentioned. 
They are the  messengers  of  trade,  and 
the  colporteurs  of  intellectual 
life  as 
well, and the good  deeds  which  already 
emblazon the banner of  these Knights of 
the Road entitle  them  to  the  legend  of 
the  crusader,  In  hoc signo vinces.  May 
the modern  live as  long  as  the  ancient 
and  order,  may  its  usefulness  surpass 
that ot the olden time!

THE  VOW   OF  SILENCE.

It is announced that Gladstone intends 
never to speak again  either in the House 
of Commons or from  a  public  platform. 
Such  may  be  bis present intention;  but 
if a great crisis should  arise,  such  as  is 
at all times imminent  in  Europe, the ex- 
Premier  would  find  it  very  difficult to 
hold  his  peace.  Even 
the  Armenian 
question  aroused  him  to  such  a  pitch 
that  he  freely  expressed  his  views, al­

A S ign o f P atriotism .

The movement inaugurated some years 
ago by the Retail  Grocers’  Association— 
the  closing  of  all  the doors of trade at 
noon on the  Fourth  of  July—cannot  be 
praised  too  much.  There  are  a  great 
many  reasons  for  this  and  there  is  no 
need of trying to give  them  all;  but  the 
reason  leading  all  others  is,  that  it  is 
the  Fourth  of  July, 
the  day  of  days, 
when the tradesman, in company with the 
rest of the  liberty-loving  world,  should 
turn  his  back  upon  business  and  cele­
brate with all his might and main the day 
that that band of  patriots  in  Old  Inde­
pendence hall in Philadelphia signed the 
most important paper  that  the  daylight 
ever saw.  That’s one reason.

It  will  be  insisted  in  some  few  in­
stances that the time cannot be  afforded' 
The claim is untenable; but even,  admit­
ting it, a dealer has no right to forbid  or 
prevent  clerk  or  workman  of  any  sort 
from throwing up his cap  and  rejoicing 
over his freedom.

“It would  be a good deal  more sensible 
to take the money  wasted in powder and 
noise and nonsense and  turn  it  to  some 
practical account.”  So that’s the reason 
you are keeping open  on  the  Fourth  of 
July,  is it?  It  beats  all  how  the  same 
old characteristic  stays  in  a family gen­
eration after generation,  and  comes  out 
strong  at  the  last,  doesn’t  it?  That’s 
what yonr ancestor said about selling the 
ointment and giving it to the poor, about 
two  thousand  years  ago;  remember  it? 
That was  a  pretty  flimsy  reason  at  the 
beginning  of  the  first  century  and  its 
flimsier  at  the  end  of  the  twentieth. 
Don’t be a first  century man any longer. 
Shut  up  at  noon  to-morrow,  help  the 
boys celebrate;  and when the time comes 
to  sing  the  “Star  Spangled  Banner,” 
don’t let  one  voice  among  them  drown 
yours when you come to

“The land of the free  and the home of the 

brave.”

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ter in this life-story was  begun,  to  end, 
let us hope,  in  a prosperity as  unlimited 
as  that  invulnerable  material  to which 
reference has just been made.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A J 3 E S A L A J N
tered the dry goods  house  of  Talford  & 
Boyce,  with  whom he remained  until  he 
enlisted in  the  Tenth  Michigan  Cavalry 
for the war.  The rebellion over,  he  went 
to New York to learn the dry goods busi­
ness,  where,  for a year,  he held a respon­
sible  position  in  a  leading  house.  Re* 
turning then to Grand Rapids,  he  joined 
forces  with  Tyler  & Graham in starting 
the first jobbing house in  men’s  furnish­
ings  and  notions.  After  ten  years  he 
bought out the others  and  formed,  with 
Henry  Fralick,  the firm of A.  E.  Worden 
& Co.  After three  years,  Mr.  Fralick’s 
health  became impaired and  he withdrew 
from  business.  What  pleasing relations 
existed between  the members of this firm 
can  be readily inferred when the  surviv­
ing member,  looking backward across the 
years,  delights to recall the harmony that 
never was broken and the mutual  regard

With the record  finished  and  success 
secured,  the admirers of  both are eager to 
know  what  they  must  do to obtain the 
same rewards.  Let  us  read  a  little be­
tween the lines. 
In all the undertakings 
which have been  written down,  has there 
been a single failure?  Not  one. 
In  his 
business  life  has  there  been  a hint or a 
suspicion of anything unfair?  Not  even 
a breath. 
In business or out of business 
is  there  a  man  anywhere  who can  say 
with truth  that ever in public  or  private 
it has been hard  to  find  from  what  Mr. 
Worden  says  exactly  what  he  means? 
Let  him  who  thinks so,  try it.  Has  his 
citizenship  been  ever  called  into  ques­
tion?  There is  his soldier record; read it:

MEN  OF  MARE.

A.  E.  W orden,  P re sid en t  o f  th e   W o r­

d en  G rocer  Co.

If there is any value in  these  sketches 
of  the  world’s  busy  men,  which  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n  is giving from  time to time, 
it will  be  found  in  the  encouragement 
which  comes  from  reading  what  these 
men have done under  circumstances  un­
favorable,  if not forbidding.  It has been 
the  purpose  from  the  first  so  to paint 
these pen  pictures as to keep in the back­
ground,  if it appear  at  all,  the  thought 
that  the  end  and  aim  of  life—even 
of 
trade-life—is  necessarily  money. 
There is a  satisfaction  in  recording  the 
golden story  of a one and six  ciphers  as 
the  reward  of  an  industrious  life,  but 
even then there  must  be  something  be­
sides  the  gain-getting  to  win  and keep 
the  attention  of  the  reader. 
It  is  the 
hardships endured  and  the  dangers  en­
countered  and  overcome,  not the estate 
which  he left,  which  makes Washington 
the hero of the  American  schoolboy. 
It 
is  the  patient  plodding  and  the  brave 
grappling  with  early  poverty  which 
makes  Lincoln’s  pitch-knot,  ablaze  in 
the log  cabin fireplace, the torch thence­
forth of struggling genius,  not the salary 
he  was  receiving at the time of his mar­
tyrdom;  and yet,  it is  this  golden crown 
which is constantly held up to the young 
in the world of trade.  “That millionaire 
began  life  with  nothing.  This one was a 
fur-gatherer;  and  here  is  still  another, 
who began a boatman.  There is  no  end 
to  his  millions.  Go,  thou,  and do like­
wise.”  That is the  song  of  the  toiling 
masses, a song the world is weary of even 
as it  sings;  and  when,  not  long  ago,  a 
man  was found, piping  another  tune,  it 
was all the pleasanter for its strangeness 
and all the better for the healthy, whole­
some tone that sprang from every note.

It  was  not  far  from  Grand  Rapids 
where  this  boy was born.  On a farm to 
the east of the town  he first saw the sun­
shine,  something  over  forty  years  ago. 
His  stay  among  the apple orchards was 
not a lengthy one,  and he left the farm in 
his thirteenth year.  He went,  of course, 
to  the  public school—childhood’s birth­
right  in  the  United  States—and  when 
that  was  secured,  he  was  enrolled  as a 
student at the Academy in Grand Ropids, 
then under the charge of  Prof.  Franklin 
Everett.

it  was—-with 

I  want  to  tarry a little here. 

I want 
to  say  simply  but  earnestly,  that some­
where in these early  years  an  influence 
was brought to bear upon this boy which 
shaped  the  whole  of  his  after life and 
widened  that  life  until  its  horizon en­
compassed  the  world.  He  learned  not 
only to read,  but to love to read, and that 
love  has  grown  with 
the  years  and 
strengthened  with  them.  Whether  the 
farm-home  was  the  schoolroom—and  I 
think 
the  mother  for 
teacher,  or whether the  country  school, 
by some strange accident, was  taught by 
a teacher who knew her duty and  did  it, 
or whether the Academy—the  word  sug­
gests the thought—warmed into  life  the 
germ  which  has  borne such wholesome 
fruit, I cannot tell. 
1 only know that if 
the young men who read these  lines  and 
care to profit by them will  do  what  this 
man has done all his  life,  there  will  be 
brighter prospects for the rainy day than 
there  are  now  and greater promise of a 
life devoted  to something better than the 
mere making of money.

When his school days were over, he en­

A.  E.  WORDEN.

that  Las become a  most  sacred  memory.
For  the  next  ten  years  the  Worden 
Furniture  Co.  lived  and  prospered; and 
then  came  disaster.  Fire  burned  up 
the labor of years. 
It is to  be  observed, 
however—and  the  youthful  reader can­
not keep the fact too strongly  in  mind— 
that  grit  is  the  poorest  material  in  the 
world to burn;  and when  the  flames  had 
done  their  worst  and  nothing  was left 
but  grit,  there  was  found  on hand not 
only 
the  unusual  amount  the  boy  had 
started  with in early  life,  but  the  accu­
mulations, also, of  a number of decades; 
and while the smoke was waving its som­
bre plumes over the  funeral  pyre  of  his 
earthly possessions,  he  leveled the  ashes 
and,  with  them  for  a  plant-bed,  began 
the  sale  of  lumber. 
It  was  a  success; 
and when, a few months ago, the Worden 
Grocer Co.  was formed,  the  latest  chap­

and yet, the best remains to be  told—the 
love  of  reading  has  been  with  him  ail 
these years.

With  a  regret  that  he  did not take a 
liberal  course  of  study  when  it  might 
have  been  his, 
it  has  been  his  aim 
throughout his busy life to round as  best 
he could  by  self-culture what he believed 
he lacked.  The  corners  of  time,  which 
young men do not often  notice,  he  filled 
with study and  with  books.  He read the 
history  of  his  own  country. 
It  led the 
way to English history and  be gladly fol­
lowed.  The English is only one of a fam­
ily of nation  and  he  became  acquainted 
with the history  of  each.  He  soon  saw 
that history is but one  form  of  intellec­
tual development and he has  done  what 
he could to know the others.  When the 
business of the day was over,  leaving  at 
the office its troubles and its cares, he en-

tered the charmed circle of his books and 
gave himself up to their genial influence.
What  that  influence  has  been,  it  is 
needless here to state.  We can  only say 
to those  who  are  anxious  to  make  the 
most of these “Men of Mark”  that while 
money making narrows and  belittles and 
makes men  mean,  the  companionship  of 
books  broadens,  elevates  and ennobles. 
He who keeps company  with Motley and 
Prescott,  with  Buckle  and  Adam  Smith 
will not be found  unkempt in person nor 
uncouth in speech.  As  time goes by the 
value of the dollar  is  recognized,  but  it 
is taught  to know and keep its place. 
It 
is the means  of  living,  not  the  end  of 
life.  At best a servant  only when it has 
laid the table and lighted the library fire, 
its  work  is  done. 
It  may  go  to  bed. 
This  is the lesson  which such lives teach: 
“It  is  the  mind  that  makes  the  body 
rich.”  There is the world’s real wealth; 
and  the  boy,  be  he  farm  born  or city 
bred,  a clerk or a hod  carrier,  can,  if  he 
will,  get  what  he  will  of  these  real 
riches,  and  so  stand  unabashed  in  the 
presence of a king.

Has there been—is there  any  one idea 
that,  like the leaven in  the meal,  will se­
cure for another similar results?

One  cannot 

read—certainly  cannot 
study—a  life  lixe  this  without  seeing 
soon how free it is  from  chance.  Every 
move  is  so  much  thought  work.  The 
whole journey  was  thought  out  in detail 
before  buying  the  ticket,  and  the  rest 
followed with  the  certainty  of  sunrise. 
System—that  is  the  word.  Dry  goods 
was to be the business.  He  knew  little 
or  nothing  of  business  and settled that 
point  first.  The  practical  day’s  work 
did something,  but the  practical  night’s 
reading did as much more.  There was a 
settled  system  everywhere—and  some­
thing else:  a distinct understanding with 
himself that he  who had  thrown  system 
into the  work  was the only man  to be de­
pended on  to  carry  it  out;  and  with  a 
will as unbending  as  tempered  steel  he 
carried  it  out!  There  is  the  leading 
thought  which  controls  the  whole;  and 
whether we watch  its development in the 
world  of  business  or  in  the  scholarly 
pursuits whicn  have  been  a  pleasure  to 
him always,  there will  be found  the open 
secret of this man’s  success.  Ponder  it, 
you who are studying the  chances of  the 
world;  and  when you,  too,  have  gained 
the heights,  may your life say as this one 
says so plainly,  “ Do your  own  thinking, 
boys;  carry out your  own  plans,  and  fill 
up your empty time-corners  with  the  el 
evating  and  refining  companionship  of 
books.”

It  would  be  unjust  to  this  Man  of 
Mark,  whose portrait 1 have  been  trying 
to paint,  not to say that little  beside  the 
date  of  his  birth and the matter-of-fact 
changes  of  business  have  come  to  me 
from him. 
It  was only  when the hope of 
saying something for the benefit of others 
was  suggested  that  he  was  induced  to 
speak at all;  and  when  for  their  benefit 
he spoke of  what young  men could do  if 
they would;  of  what honesty,  and indus­
try,  and firmness of  purpose,  and  purity 
of life cau accomplish,  if  they  have  the 
chance;  and of his regret  that he did not 
see  soon  enough  the  advantage  to  be 
gained  by a business man  from a college 
course,  I  said  to  myself,  “Thy  speech 
betrayeth  thee,”  and  I have interwoven 
the “speech” with  the facts  which, with­
out the speech,  would  have  furnished  a 
too unvarnished tale.

R ic h a r d   Ma lco lm   Stro n g.

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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ' .

GETTING}  THE  PEOPLE.

A rt  o f R eaching  an d  H olding T rade  by 

A dvertising.

W ritte n  f o r T h e  Tradesman.

Some  years  ago,  a once white covered 
wagon, drawn by a  sorry-looking  couple 
of mules,  might have been seen dragging 
its slow  way across the Western prairies. 
On the dirty  and  dilapidated  canvas  of 
the  wagon,  he  who  ran,  or  walked,  or 
rode, might read  this emphatic  legend:

not to injure the  animal,  and have a boy 
in a window above to slowly raise the cat 
as the wondering pedestrian  approaches. 
Under the cat I would  hang  a  card  like 
this:

T h is  C at’s  Up.

OUR  CATSUP 
IS  DOWN

In price, and all other Groceries 

sold at bottom figures.

PIKE’S  PEAK 

OR  BUST!

The author of  this  was  a  bom  adver­
tiser. 
In these four  words  is  conveyed 
to the reader’s mind an immense  amount 
of  knowledge  and  eulightenment  as  to 
the  characteristics  and  intentions  and 
desires of the man  who gave vent  to  the 
screed.  “Pike’s  Peak  or  Bust!”  meant 
that  nothing  short  of  annihilation,  the 
death  of  his  mules  or  paralysis in  his 
own  legs  should  prevent  this  traveler 
from  reaching  the  goal  of  his  desires. 
These four words not  only  conveyed  Lis 
intentions  to  the  public  mind,  but they 
were a complete key to the character of the 
author.  They said,  as plainly as 1 now do, 
that that lonely emigrant was a man of un- j 
daunted  courage, 
iron  resolution  and 
stubborn  grit  and  pluck.  These  are 
characteristics which belong,  in  an  emi­
nent degree,  to the successful advertiser. 
“Pike’s Peak  or  Bust!”  said  more  than 
this: 
It  said,  “Inside  is  a  man of few 
words,  but  those  words  are  all  that  is 
needed and just what  is  needed  to  give 
his  whole  meaning  to  the  mind  in  a 
flash.”
This  characteristic  of  terseness is de­
manded in the successful ad.  writer.  He 
must be able to telegraph his meaning to 
the  public  brain,  over  the  wire of the 
eyes,  with the  lightning’s  own  rapidity. 
He must be able to  tell  the  people  that 
he’s bound to sell goods, good goods, just 
the goods the people must  have,  and  the 
only ones they  must  buy  to  be  satisfied 
and happy,  or “Bust!”  And he must also 
force the fact upon  them  that  he  won't, 
under  any  circumstances,  “Bust/”  He 
must  make  everyone  believe  that  it is 
necessary to their earthly happiness  and 
prosperity to buy and  use his  goods. 
In 
extreme cases, it is even necessary to con­
vince  them  that  perhaps  their  future 
state depends somewhat upon  their  pat­
ronage of  him.

As the “Pike’s Peak”,wayfarer traveled 
over  the  trackless  prairies,  urging  on 
with his whip the lagging animals whose 
motive power was to convey  him  to  for­
tune’s  field,  so  the  successful  seller of 
goods must get out among the buying pub 
lie  and  use  his  figurative  advertising 
whip over  the  shoulders  of  people  and 
goad  them  into  conveying  him  to  the 
promised  land of successful  business and 
competence.  And,  again,  like  the way 
worn traveler of  the  plains,  who  holds 
out the  inducements  of  food  and  water 
and rest to his weary animals as a reward 
for forwarding him on his way to the de­
sired goal,  so must  the  merchant  adver­
tiser hold out rewards of value  received, 
satisfaction in  use and  worth  in  quality 
of his goods, in return for the  assistance 
of  his  customers  in  helping  him  on  to 
“Canaan.”

If I really wanted the attention of those 
passing  on  the  walk  before  my  door,  1 
would take a nice,  sweet-tempered,  able- 
bodied Thomas-kitty,  make  an easy sus­
pensory bandage to pass  around  beneath 
his body,  attach  it  firmly  to cords so as

The cat will  thoroughly  enjoy  the bal­
looning,  or,  if he does  not,  get  a stuffed 
cat.  If you don’t sell an ounce of catsup, 
1’il guarantee  this  scheme  will pull like 
a cart  horse.

That  portion  of  the  year  has now ar­
rived  which  is  well  and  wisely  termed 
“fly-time.”  Why don’t you advertise
Fly  S afes  for 

Bald  h e a d s!

Fine line of Silk Office Caps, light  as 
a  feather.  Straw  Hats,  Derbys  in all 
the  fashionable  shapes,  guaranteed 
to keep flies, sun  and rain from  both 
bald and otherwise heads.
SCRATCHEfl  &  CO.
S’puse  people  will  read  it?  You 
needn’t guess again.  A “Fly Safe”  is an 
old article with a new name—new names 
sell goods.

I’ll wager that, if 1 conducted a “terror- 
to-the-young-man-out - with-his-best-girl- 
and no-money,”  callefT,  for  short,  an ice
cream parlor,  I’d advertise  lik9 this:
Divorce  in 

High  Life!

Miss Cream, formerly Mrs. Newmilk, 
has obtained  a  separation  from  her 
former partner, and the rich divorcee 
is  now  furnished  to  our  patrons  in 
the form of the FINEST ICE CREAM 
in the city.  Bring  your best girl and 
let hercarry the pocketbook.  Cream’s 
cheap—only  one  cent  for  a heaping 
spoonful—ten  spoons,  big  ones,  in a 
dish—all for 10 cents.

KOOLEn  &  CO.

Any  time 1 wished the attention of the 
superstitious, or auyoue  else,  to any lint 
of goods,  1 would say:
The  End  of th e 

............. W orid  !

Wo liiuel it, so that you can mark  which end 
you think  it  will  come out of.  The aim of the 
world of buyers is to come out at the "big end of 
the horn” in their purchases.  There is no ‘  little 
end" to our "horn of bargains."  There  is a "big 
end."  however,  and  yet  NO  END  of  desirable
"right-in-line" bargains in----

ALPHA  &  OriEGA.

There is no  h u m an  being b u t that like’» 
to look down a  hole.  Here’s  an  “adver­
tising bole” which  will  help  to puli  you 
“out of the hole,”  if,  by  dull  business, 
you happen to be in it:

He  Sees  It!

He’ll  Have  It! 
It’s  There!

Always at the Top— 

VALUES!

Always at the bottom—

PRICES

Yes,  w e’ve got  ’em  !

Novelties and Staples in Dry Goods 
Everything in Notions.
Big Line of Gents' Furnishings.
All that can be desired in Yarns.

We are Headquarters for

Have you ever done  business with us?  If not, 
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can do.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A restaurant man  can’t do  better than

to say,  in his window,

Are  not  sold  here.  Only  clean, 

BUG  SANDWICHES 
palatable meals served.

How would a benevolent, truthful, nice 
looking gentleman,  like  this, strike you, 
looking at you from the columns of your 
morning newspaper:
I  Solem nly  Aver

That Imever had so much satisfaction 
and  wear ¡from  a  pair  of  shoes as I 
found  in;those  I  bought  of  James 
Weans, and only $3 a pair.

1 have at hand  an  advertisement  sent 
in by a clerk at Jackson,  who  writes  the 
advertising for bis house.  He  says  this 
ad.  has never been  used,  and  wishes  my 
opinion.  1  would  much  prefer  to pass 
judgment upon ads.  in  practical use than 
upon figurative ads.  However,  the  pro­
duction  possesses  a good share of merit, 
so I will reproduce  it:
Has  It Struck You

That  no  one  can  give  the  satisfaction  in 
ease and wearing  qualities of Shoes wh.ch
----------  can?  We  have  Just  received  a
special lot of  Tan  Ladies’  Oxfords, which 
will prove quick goers and long stayers, to 
be sold at $1.50.  Will you look at them?

This  production  has merits which are 
shown  in  the  direct  connection  of  the 
opening line—the line  which is intended 
to act as a sledge-hammer in striking the
reader’s  eye—with  the  goods--------has
to sell.  This is a feature too  often  neg­
lected by ad-smiths.  When you have the 
attention,  you  must  “nail”  it  at  once 
with a “clincher” in the shape of  a  bar­
gain  the  people  want.  The  advertise­
ment lacks,  perhaps, in  special  descrip­
tion,  bnt this is covered  in the terse lan­
guage of the balance of  the  opening  in­
terrogation.  It is a fault of the head and 
not the heart,  evidently,  when J.  R.  says 
“Tan  Ladies”  shoes.  Ladies  are  some­
times 
tanned—either  from  bicycling, 
boating or other summer sport, and even 
in early youth by a  muscular exercise of 
“dad”  and  his  slipper  which  is  not 
“sport;”  but  when  I  come  to  “ Tan 
Ladies”  shoes, I must draw the line, as I 
am not  in  the  business  of  tanning  the 
fair  sex.  The  ad.,  however,  shows 
strength, originality and drawing power, 
which are the chief essentials  of  a  pay­
ing advertisement.

I would recommend all  ad.  writers  to 
keep  fairly  in  mind the opening of  this 
article,  “Pike’s  Peak  or  Bust!”  which, 
translated, means,  “Sell  goods  and  not 
Bust!” 

F dc.  F oster F u ll er.

Tacoma,  Wash.,  has  a  horse-canning 
establishment  which  cans  meat  espec-
ially for the French market.  The Cayuse 
Indian horse they use is a  very  different 
animal from the  old,  spavined,  broken- 
down  dray  horses  and  plugs  used  in 
Eastern and European localities.  A party 
of Chicagoans  were  recently  feasted  on 
“Cayuse,” and found, while coarse, it was 
tender and rather pleasant  to the palate. 
The  coarseness  of  the  fiber  makes  it 
easily detected.

T H E   M IC H J G L A J S T   T R A D E S M A N ,

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A  POTATO  POTENTATE.

H ow  a  Q rocer C arries BuBlneee into Po-

ta to   G row ing.

From the M&ncelona H erald .
Jess  Wisler  never  believes  in  doing 
things  by  halves.  “If  a thing is worth 
doing at all it is  worth  doing  well,”  is 
one  of  bis  business  maxims,  and  those 
who know him best must admit  that  his 
work is never slighted.
It  is  true  that  in  the  generally  ac­
cepted  term  Mr.  Wisler  can  hardly  be 
called  a  farmer,  and  our  tillers  of the 
soil would be apt to  smile  should  he  be 
classed as such,  yet  none  can  deny  but 
that his limited experience in farm  work 
has  been  wonderfully  successful.  No, 
Mr.  Wisler is not a farmer;  he is  a  busi­
ness  man,  pure  and  simple,  but he was 
one of the first to realize the adaptability 
of this soil and climate for potato culture, 
and the  superiority  of  Northern  Michi­
gan potatoes over those of other  sections 
is now generally admitted.  He believed, 
too,  that,  taken  one  year  with another, 
potatoes could  be g< own  here at a profit, 
and the fact that be has during  the  past 
few years made his potato  crops net him 
several thousand dollars,  must  be  taken 
as  evidence  that  farming—even  by  an 
amateur—can  be made to pay in this sec­
tion if  rightly conducted.
Mr.  Wisler  has  always  put  in  large 
crops,  renting  considerable  ground  for 
the purpose,  but this year he eclipses  aii 
previous  efforts  in 
this  direction  by 
planting 140 acres to  potatoes.  That  he 
is  a  progressive  sort  of  a  “farmer”  is 
shown  by the fact that he  has,  so far  as 
possible,  made machinery supplant man­
ual labor.  He has a machine for cutting 
his seed; another very ingenious machine 
for planting,  and  still  another  tor  har­
vesting the crop.  With the planting ma­
chine,  it is possible for a man and a team 
to plant and cover five  acres  a day,  and 
the digging machine  will  get over about 
the same amount of  ground.
Mr.  Wisler  markets  his  own  product 
and ships potatoes from  Maine to Texas. 
Of late,  he has devoted much time and at­
tention to the growing of  fancy varieties 
of seed potatoes  for  use  in  other  states 
and in this is meeting with flattering suc­
cess.
Regarding the superiority of  Northern 
Michigan potatoes  and  the  adaptability 
of the soil to grow them,  we quote from a 
report recently  sent  out  from  the Agri­
cultural College in this State. 
“ The  Northern  part  of  Michigan  has 
gained a  wide-spread  reputation  for  its 
It  is  greatly  favored  in  soil 
potatoes. 
and climate,  its potatoes excel in  quality 
and it has good facilities for reaching the 
large  markets,  while  the  never  failing 
demand among consumers  and  seedsmen 
for Northern grown seed potatoes, makes 
that region one  where potatoes should be 
one  of  the main crops.  The adaptation 
of  the  soil  and  climate  to various fruit 
crops  and potatoes  can,  we  believe,  be 
turned to a good account.
“Under  the  most  unfavorable  condi 
tions  of  cultivation,  the  average  yield 
per  acre  of  potatoes,  as  shown  by  the 
last census, is several per cent,  higher in 
the counties north of the pine lands than 
in the well cultivated parts  of  Southern 
Michigan.
“If the primitive methods used,  negli­
gent  culture  given,  and  general  slack­
ness,  in  growing  the  crop,  were  sup­
planted by systematic and  good  cultural 
methods,  such as knowledge of  the  best 
varieties, 
the  proper  time  to  plant  to 
avoid  drouths,  the  best  culture  to give 
them, 
the 
time  and  place  to  market  the crop,  we 
believe that that country  would  become 
a “potato belt” that could hardly be  sur­
passed.  A prosperous future for  North­
ern  Michigan  as  a  farming community 
can only  be assured by growing the crops 
which are adapted to the region.

improved  implements,  and 

It says:

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

P o  

t i Ì 

toB t ig 's

THE ECLIPSE
woler Spikier vim 1er or Dosier muta!.

IS  A  NEW  AND  VALUABLE  I/IPROVED

(Patented  1836.  Improved  1889.)

Especially adapted  for app ying  Paris Green Water. Powder Compounds, 
Plaster, etc., to  Potato V  ties a:  d other plants.
THE  ECLIPSE is manufactured in such a durable manner as to be practi­
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Sprinkler for all  purposes—in doors or out—and a  practical device indispens­
able for effectually destroying the Potato Beetle and other plant insects.

For  Sprinkling. 

For  Store  or  Floor.
For  Vines  or  Plants.

For  Dusting.

Acme Plaster Sifter
ESS! ID OPERATE ===== SIMPLE OKI DURABLE

FOR  POTATOES  AND  OTHER  VINES.

EIGHT  TO  TEH  ACRES  COVERED  PEG  OUT.

To  Operate  the  Sifter.

Place the square piece of Sheet Iron  with  points down over the 
agitator in the bottom.  Put  the  Plaster in  can  on  top  of  square 
piece.  This square piece takes part of the weight of plaster, which 
is very  heavy,  from  the  agitator  and  allows  it to work freely.  A 
slight turn of the wrist, easy or hard, as you  may wisli  much or lit­
tle plas er to be  delivered,  is  all  that  is  necessary,  to  opera'c  the 
sifter.

With  one  in  each  hand  a  man  can care for two rows at. once, 

covering from eight  to ten acres per  day.

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Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. 
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
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It gives a soul 
to the universe,  wings to  the mind,  light 
to the imagination, a  charm  to  sadness, 
gaiety  and  life  to everything. 
It is  the 
essence of order, and leads to  all  that  is 
good,  just  and  beautiful,  of which it is 
tbe invisible,  but  nevertheless  dazzling, 
passionate and eternal form.

Use Tradesman Coupon  Books.

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THE  USE  OP  "E S Q .”

A  T itle  W hich  E very b o d y   T hinks  He 

O w ns.

What is  an  esquire?  Not  one  in  ten 
thousand of the  people who  daily  make 
use of its  abbreviated  form  in  address­
ing letters has even  the  faintest  idea  of 
the real meaning and  importance  of  the 
term;  the majority oi them,  indeed, have 
probadly  never  given 
the  matter  a 
thought—no  more  than  they  have to the 
title  “Mr.”  or  “ Mrs.”  Still  less  is  it 
understood  by foreigners,  to  whom  it  is 
a never-failing source of  perplexity,  and 
who,  in their courteous anxiety to do the 
right thing, often add the word “esquire” 
in full to a  name  already  adorned  with 
the prefix of  “Mr.”

in 

RINDG

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
tesy,  weil-bred people  make  a  point  of 
dubbing  “esquire” 
those  of  their  ac­
quaintances  and  correspondents  who 
have  no  claim  to  the  title—frequently 
even 
their  communications  with 
tradesmen—they seldom make use of the 
word  amongst  themselves,  save  in  the 
most formal and  ceremonious  communi­
cations.  Thus,  you  may  address  the 
Duke  of  Norfolk’s  cousin,  Henry  How­
ard,  who,  besides being a member of  the 
Order  of  the  Bath,  is Minister Plenipo­
tentiary and first Secretary of the British 
Embassy at Paris, as  “Mr.” Howard with­
out danger  of  incurring  his  wrath;  but 
woe betide yon if you dare  use  the  pre­
fix “ Mr.”  in directing even  the  most  in­
formal communication to Harry Jones  or 
Thomas Smith.

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Strictly  speaking,  the word  “esquire” 
is  a  nobiliary  title,  a  fact  which  will 
doubtless astonish mauy of those worthy 
Americans  who,  while professing a truly 
republican  contempt  for  such  “gew 
gaws” as  honorific  distinctions,  make  a 
constant and daily  use  of  the  term. 
It 
is the English equivalent of  the  German 
“Edler” with the  particle  “ von,” of  the 
French  “gentilhomme” with the  particle 
“de,” of the Spanish  “ Hidalgo”  and  of 
the  Portuguese  "Fidalgo.”  Being 
nobiliary title, only a limited  number of 
people have a legal  right  thereto.  They 
may be divided into two classes, namely, 
those  who are esquires  by  virtue  of  in­
heritance  and  those  who  are  esquires 
ex-officio.  The latter comprise  duly  or­
dained divines of the Church of England, 
judges,  deputy  lieutenants  of  counties 
and  commissioned  officers  of  the  army 
and navy,  and lawyers.  The  nobility of 
these,  being ex-officio, is of a purely per­
sonal  nature and  cannot  be  transmitted 
to their  children,  who  have,  therefore, 
no  legal  right  to  their  father’s  title  of 
esquire.  The  other  esquires  are  either 
persons  who  have  received  from  the 
Crown  a  grant  of  aruioiial  beatings  or 
who  are  the  lineal  male  descendants, 
“ legally  begotten, of the original grantee 
of the coat of arms,” such,  for  instance, 
as  Mr.  Scrope,  of Danby,  whose ancestor 
in  13S9  was  able  to  prove  in  a  public 
court that his  nobility  was  far  superior 
to that  of  the  Grosveuors,  although  he 
himself remains “ti. Scrope,  Esq,”  while 
the present chief of the Grosvenors bears 
the title  of  Duke  of  Westminster.  Sir 
Bernard  Burke,  perhaps  the  greatest 
heraldic authority of the present century, 
declares  that  “peers,  baronets  and  es­
quires entitled by inheritance to armorial 
bearings  constitute  the  nobility  of  the 
country.”

Another title of  this  kind  which  is  a 
source  of  no end of perplexity and mis- ' 
use is the prefix  of  “honorable,”  which ! 
belongs by custom  and  unwritten law to 
the younger sons of earls  and  to  all  the 
children  of  viscounts  and barons. 
It is 
a distinction  purely  personal,  and,  un-  | 
like other titles of the same kind, cannot  i 
be shared by the wife if  she  happens  to ■ 
be the daughter of  a  commoner.  Thus, | 
Lord Carrington’s younger brother “Bill”  j 
is Colonel,  the Hon.  William Carrington,  I 
but his American  wife is plain Mrs. Car- ; 
rington,  without the  title  of  honorable.  ! 
And whereas Lord Cranbrook’s youngest 
is  the  Hon.  Mrs.  ' 
daughter,  Margaret, 
Goschen,  her  husband 
is  plain  Mr.  ! 
George Goschen,  and in  no  way  honora- ■ 
ble—I  mean,  of  course,  in  the  titular j 
sense.  The  prefix  in  question  is  used j 
only in addressing a letter, and never un- 1 
der  any  circumstances  upon  a  visiting j 
card, 
indeed,  the  youth  who was held 
by the  immigration  authorities  at  Ellis 
Island the other day,  and who claimed to 
be the son of  an  English  peer,  backing ! 
up his statements by the display of visit- | 
ing cards inscribed  with  the predicate of j 
honorable,  stamped himself ipso facto as ' 
a  vulgar  impostor. 
If  you  address  a 
letter to the son of a peer,  you  drop  the !
Mr.” and  merely  prefix  “The Hon.” to 
bis  Christian  name,  as,  for  instance,  I 
The  Hon.  Rupert  Craven.” 
the 
case of an  unmarried  daughter of a peer,  - 
the  same  rule  applies—you  drop  the j 
Miss”  and  content  yourself  with  pre­
fixing  “ The  Hon.,”  Lord  Alington’s 
youngest  daughter  being  addressed  in I 
correspondence  as  “The  Hon.  Mabel ! 
Sturt.”  But, if the peer’s  daughter hap- j 
pens  to  be  married,  then  the abbrevia- : 
tion  “Hon.”  is prefixed  to  the  predicate 
of  “Mrs.,”  thus:  “ The  Hon.  Mrs.  Har- j 
dinge.”

In 

Physicians, professors, actors, bankers, 
journalists,  manufacturers,  merchants, 
etc.,  are none of  them  entitled  ex-officio 
to the addition of the word  “esquire”  to 
their name, and cannot  put  forward  any 
claim or pretension thereto, 
if it  is  ac­
corded  to them it is  merely  by  courtesy, 
a wish to please them by addressing them 
with  a  title  which  does  not  belong  to 
them,  but for which they  long.  Just  on 
this  particular  ground  it  is  used  more 
frequently  in  addressing  people  of  this 
class  than 
those  who  are  esquires  by 
right.  The latter, sure of their  duly  de­
fined rank, are not so tenacious about the 
matter,  whereas  the  former are exceed­
ingly  sensitive  on  the  spbject,  and  are 
apt  to  resent  any  neglect  to  affix  the 
magic  “Esq.” to their patronymic  as  an 
ungracious reminder of the inferiority of 
their  social  status.  The  result is that, 
while from motives of delicacy and cour­

Besides  these, 

there  are  two  other 
classes of people who have a right to  the 
title of  “ honorable;”  not by  birth,  how­
ever,  but by  virtue of  their office.  They 
are the m^ids of honor  and  bed-chamber 
women of the Queen, and  colonial  legis­
lators.  Every  married  lady  who  joins 
the Queen’s household in  the capacity of 
a bed chamber woman, or youuggirl who 
is appointed maid of honor, becomes from 
that moment an  “ honorable,”  just as  if 
she were a peer’s  daughter,  and  retains 
the  distinction  throughout  her  life,  no 
matter how long  she  holds  her office  at 
court.  The colonial legislator is entitled 
to be addressed as  an  “ honorable”  only- 
while he retains his  seat  in  the colonial 
parliament,  and 
is  distinguished  from 
the peer’s son by the fact that in his case 
the “Hon.” is prefixed to the word “Mr.” 
Until a  few  years ago,  “honorables”  of 
this kind were debarred  from  using  this

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title  outside  of  their  own colony.  But 
just before Mr. Gladstone went out of of­
fice  for  the  last  time,  he  induced  the 
Queen to sign an order in council author 
izing  members  of  colonial  parliament 
and of governor’s councils, to style them 
selves “honorable”  in  England  as well 
thereby raising a perfect howl of  protest 
on  the  part  of  the  younger  sons  and 
daughters  of  peers,  who  denounced,  i 
the loudest and  most  virulent terms,  Mr 
Gladstone  as  the  iconoclast  of  Britis 
arlstocracv.

In conclusion,  it may  be  well  to  draw 
attention  to  the  distinction  that  ex’sts 
between  the  nobility  and  the  peerage, 
two terms that, contrary to general opin 
Ion, are by no means  synonymous,  since 
there  are  many aristocrats who not only 
are not peers,  but are even devoid of any 
title whatsoever.  This is a matter about 
which a great deal of  misconception pre 
vails,  particularly in  this  country.  The 
aristocracy  may  be said  to consist exclu 
sively of persons who  have  inherited  in 
a  direct  line  from  more  or less remote 
ancestors the right to  armorial  bearings 
originally  conceded  by  some  sovereign 
or other and duly  registered  by  the  va 
rious  official  colleges  of  heralds in  Eu 
rope.  Thus,  there are a  certain number 
of people in this country,  citizens of  the 
United  States,  who  may  justly  be  de 
scribed as members of  the  English  aris 
toeracy, owing to their  having  inherited 
through  lineal  male  ancestors the right 
to armorial  bearings  originally  granted 
to  the  founder  of  the  family  by one or 
another of the English  sovereigns.  The 
longer the line  of  ancestry,  the  greater 
the degree of aristocracy, and  mere titles 
weigh but little in  the scale  when placed 
face  to  face  with  sixteen  quarterings 
The  oldest  aristocracy  in  England,  a: 
also of Spain,  is untitled, an  instance  in 
point  being  that  of  the  Mr.  Scrope to 
whom I have referred;  the lineage of the 
Devonshire  Bulteels,  of  the  Chandos- 
Poles and of the Carews being  far  purer 
and  in  every  sense  of  the  word  more 
noble than that of the Dukes of Norfolk, 
Westminster  and  Portland.  They  are 
what  the  French  call  “gentilhomme,” 
and it was to this  meaning  of  the  word 
gentleman  that  King  George  referred 
when, forced  by his  Prime  Minister Pitt 
to confer a peerage upon a banker of the 
name  of  Smith,  he  exclaimed,  “I  can 
make him a lord,  but I  can’t make him a 
gentleman!”

Attend to your own business, and leave 
other  businesses  alone.  But,  however 
good a man you  may be,  you  cannot  at­
tend to your business unless you  know it 
and understand it thoroughly.  This can­
not be unless you have studied it by  per­
sonal and earnest  application, educating 
yourself unceasingly in every detail,  and 
made  yourself  familiar  with  its  every 
change and development.  You  will  not 
deserve to succeed, or have any  right  to 
expect  success,  unless  you  know  your 
own  trade  thoroughly;  and  the  knowl­
edge  of  to-day  will  not  do  for  three 
months hence.  You  must be up  to-date, 
familiar with the very  latest  matters  of 
interest  affecting  your business.  When 
the dealer understands all the  details  of 
his business, the employes  will  feel  the 
necessity of  faithfully  and  intelligently 
performing their duties.

Mistress—Bridget, just look at tbedust 
on the floor.  Why, you could  write your 
name in  i t !
Bridsret—Shore,  marm,  Oi’m not  liter­
ary, lotke j ou.

S ensible S u g gestion  W hich  W a s  P ro p ­

erly   A p p reciated

Barker is a frieud of mine in  the retail 
business with a good  trade,  but  he  isn’t 
up to all  the  resources  of  his  business. 
The  other  day  1  was  iu  his  store and 
found  him at his desk.

“Busy,  Barker?’’ 1 asked- 
“Not  very,  just  paying  a  bill,  that’s 
all,”  he replied as be shoved  a letter into 
an envelope and sealed the same. 

know.”

20 days  would cost you $3.37.

been?”
the bill  would  have  been but $588.” 

“ Discounting it.  Barker?”
“No,  it’s due to-day—30  days  net, you 
“ What’s the discount at  10  days?” 
“ Two per cent.”
“ What’s the amount?”
“About $600.”
“ 1 should think you  would  have  paid 
it in time to save the $13 discount  fcr  10 
days.  Didn’t you  have the money?”
“No,  not in  the shape to pay it.”
“ Well, you  might have  borrowed?” 
“ Yes,  but what good  would  that  have 
‘ Let’s figure it out.  On  the tenth day 
“ Yes.”
“ At 10 per cent,  per  annum,  $588  for 
“ Yes.”
“ Well,  then,  to-day,  instead  of  remit 
ting  that  $600,  as  you  are  doing,  yon 
would only  be paying  the  bank  $59  .27 
which would save  $8.73 for you,  without 
your turning your band over.”
“Oh,  well, $8 isn’t much on a $600 bill. 
“ It’s  something.”
“Oh.  yes.”
“ Well,  suppose  a  man  buys  $10,000 
worth of goods at 2 per  cent.  10 days,  30 
days  net.  By  paying  at  the  end  of  10 
days he saves $200, doesn’t he?”
“ Yes,  but  1 don’t buy  in  such  quanti 
ties.”  •
“ Hold on,  now. 
if the bill were $1,000 
he would  save $20?”
“Of course,”  answered  Barker,  as he 
shifted legs uneasily.
Well,  now, supposing you  were asked 
to pay $20 for $1,000 for  20  days,  would 
you pay it?  You’d think it rather steep, 
wouldn’t you?”

“ What has that to do with it?”
If  you  pay 
“It has all to do  with  it. 
n  ten  days you  give  your  creditor his 
money 20 days in  advance  of  the  30-day 
In other words,  he  gives  you $20 
limit. 
for the use of $1,000 for 20 days.”
“That’s so, and  the 2 per  cent.  10 days 
is equal to,  let’s  see,  why,  36  per  cent, 
per annum?”

“That’s what I’m getting at.”
“Then if I  borrowed  the  $980,  which 
the bill amounted  to  less  the  discount, 
paying interest at 10 per  cent.,  I  would 
be making a saving at the rate of  26  per 
cent,  per annum?”

beep gaining by the same percentage!” 

“Exactly.”
“And on  this  $600  bill  I  would  have 
“Precisely.”
“Barker  cogitated  a 

few  moments 
and I could see that he was  thinking the 
Suddenly  he  looked  up 
matter  over. 
and said,  “Smith,  the next time  you buy 
hat,  tell the hatter to  send  the  bill  to 
me.  1 never looked at the matter in that 
light  before  and  I  believe  I  have  lost 
money  by not giving the matter  the  con- 
ideration its importance demands.”

R a d ix .

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service and  who are  bound  to the dealer 
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fair treatment.  This sort of  trade is,  in 
fact, the dealer’s only  salvation.  Prices 
are more or less  demoralized  by the cut­
ters,  and  the only way that he  can  make 
his business profitable is by  the  forming 
and keeping of such a satisfied trade.  A 
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keeper asserted  itself,  aud  the offensive 
barrels  were  put  out  of the way before j 
the  neat  gingham  returned.  Then  the 
old  statement  that  “one  thing  leads  to 
another”  was once more illustrated.  The | 
place occupied  by  the  dirty  barrels  was 
dirtier  than  the  barrels  themselves—if 
that  were  possible. 
It  was  cleaned. 
Then  the  cleaning  extended  to the adja 
cent dirt,  until  Huxley,  fairly aroused to 
the  requirements  of  the  occasion,  an­
nounced  an  early  closing  aud a general 
cleaning out.

That, he supposed,  would satisfy  Jane 
Cragin.  Not  that  she  had  so  much  as 
said a word,  and Cy couldn’t name a sin-1 
gle instauce where she  had  even  hinted 
at such a thing as  dirt;  and  yet,  some­
how,  he  was  beginning  to  feel  uncom­
fortable  in  regard  to  his  own  personal 
appearance.  His collar  was dirty sooner 
and his cuffs—well,  he  didn’t  wear  any 
when  Tim  “ was  in  there”—didn’t  stay | 
clean 
frequently 
changed;  and  when, one day, he gave the 
boys  a  “talking  to”  for 
their  untidy 
habits,  there was a staring around which 
was simply laughable.

long,  and  so  were 

the 

Another change  took  place.  With  no ! 
women  about  the  store, 
language { 
sometimes  became  lurid  in  more  ways 
than one.  At first,  there  was  sufficient 
restraint to prevent unpleasantness, but, 
as the boys became accustomed to seeing 
Miss  Cragin  in  the  office,  they  got care­
less and,  one day,  went too far.  Huxley 
was at once called into the office.

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1 4

JA N E  CRAGIN.

W r itte n  f o r   T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

the  first  place, 

What a red  rag is to  a  bull,  so  was  a 
woman to Cy Huxley.  “I can’t ’bide’em. 
In 
they  don’t  know 
nothin’;  and then, to put the  button  on, 
they think they  know  it  all.  Always in 
the way and etarnatly puttin’  their  nose 
in  whether they have  anything to say  or 
I can’t ’bide  ’em,  and  1 don’t  want 
not. 
any  on  ’em  ’round  me!”  And  yet 
it 
looked as if Cy  Huxley,  the  store-keeper 
at Milltown,  must  have  a  woman  for  a 
book-keeper.  Tim,  the  man  who  had 
served  him  long and  faithfully,  was  go­
ing  into  business  for himself,  and Mill- 
town  was that  kind of a  place where the 
boys hurried to get away as soon as  they 
could.  That left nothing  but  ‘‘a  passle 
o’ gals”  and a few old men in the village; 
and so there he was with  that  big  store 
on his  hands  and  nobody to help him.  It 
looked pretty gloomy for him and,  as the 
time drew near for Tim to go, the fellow 
didn’t know which  way to turn.

“I  don’t  see  but  one  way out of it,” 

was Tim’s comforting remark.

“ What’s  that?”  was  the  eager  ques­
tion,  as of a drowning  man catching at a 
straw.

“Jane Cragin.  She ain’t over ’n above 
young,  but she’s spry as a steel  trap  an’ 
ther’ ain’t a man ’n these  parts—”

“Jane  Cragin!  Get  out  o’  this office! 
You ought to  know  better ’n to think o’ 
such a thing.  Jane Cragin!  Humph! 
I 
won’t have ’er!”

For  all  that,  as  the  time  went by,  it 
was found  that there was nothing else to 
be done. 
It  was a clear case  of  compul­
sion;  and  one  bright  morning the hated 
Jane Cragin stood at the desk in Cy Hux­
ley’s  establishment,  serene  and smiling 
as the morning itself,  but  with  no  non­
sense about her.  She  was not looked  at 
out of the corner of her  employer’s  eye. 
He  looked  straight at her and  with both 
eyes  wide  open.  He  came 
in  and 
watched  her  and,  when  she  did things 
not quite to his liking,  he  corrected  her, 
and  he  treated  her  as he would Tim,  if 
he had been  the  one  to  make  the  mis­
take.  Whatever  mistakes  were  made, 
however,  were  wholly of method.  Not a 
figure was found  wrong, and the woman’s 
handwriting,  plain  as  copperplate,  im­
proved  the  looks  of  the books wonder­
fully.

In addition to that,  the  little  office it­
self,  for  some  reason  or  other,  was  no 
longer dingy.  The ink wasn’t spilled nor 
was it spattered over everything, as it was 
under Tim’s regime.  The penholders did 
not look like  chewed  sticks  of  licorice, 
and the pens  themselves had  an airof re­
spectability  of  which 
the  gummed-up 
implements of the old  time  could  never 
boast.  When Cy  found his book-keeper 
mopping  the  office  floor  one  day,  when 
dull trade  gave  her  a  chance,  he didn’t 
say anything,  but it did occur to him that 
that  was  “doing  the  neat”  farther  than 
there was any need; but he kept his coun­
sel, and was determined to keep It so long 
as things went on  so  well  as  they  were 
then.

After awhile,  the contrast between  the 
office  and  the  store  became  so  marked 
that  Cy  began  to  be  nervous  about  it; 
and,  one  day,  when  that  Jane  Cragin 
stepped  out  of  her  parlor  to  wait on  a 
customer—"no nonsense about that Jane 
Cragin”—and  drew  away  her neat ging­
ham that it might not brush against some 
dirty barrels  that  flanked  her  way,  the 
indwelling spirit of  the  Milltown  store­

“I’m  here  to  keep  these  books,  Mr 
I  may 
Huxley,  aud  I’m trying my best. 
make a success of it and 1  may not,  but 
wish to  say  to  you,  right  now,  that if 
hear  any  more  such  talk  as  that Steve 
Simpson  made  use  of  just  now,  I shall 
put down my  pen  and  go  home—that’ 
all'”

Steve Simpson, five  minutes later,  put 
on his coat and  that  store  knew him  no 
more;  and that  was the last questionable 
“talk” which greeted JaneCragin’s ears 
So affairs prospered in  and around  the 
Milltown store,  and  with  the inevitable 
result.  Custom  increased;  goods  were 
better  and  profits  larger;  people  in  the 
surrounding towns were attracted to  the 
store  and,  going  away  well  satisfied 
brought  others,  who  were  similarly im 
pressed.

Of  course, Cy  Huxley was pleased, and 
he was wise enough to admit that women, 
once in a very great while,  do show signs 
of intelligence, and that Jane Cragin  was 
one of these; “ but,  land  alive,  she  can’t 
help  bein’  that—it’s  born  in  ’er—and, 
with that will o’  her’n,  she makes every­
thing bend to keepin’  clean;  but,  when 
you  come  right down  to  business,  she 
ain’t there—there ain’t any on ’em  there 
—they can’t.”

A few  minutes after reaching this wise 

conclusion,  he went into the office.

“See the  paper  this  morning?”  asked 

Jane Cragin.

market?”

“Yes; why?”
“Notice  what  it  said  about  the fruit 

“No;  what about it?”
“There won’t be an apple to be got for 
love  or  money  by  the  time  harvest  is 
over. 
I  noticed  in  a  trade  paper  that 
came here the other day that,  up  North, 
there’s  a  belt  of  country  where apples 
are rotting—there are so  many  of  them. 
Why not slip up there and see  what  you 
can do?  I guess it’d pay.”

Huxley 

left  on  the  noon  train.  He 
came back smiling,  the next  day.  Later I

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on,  in  December,  the  smile  broadened 
and when,  in January,  the  returns  were 
all in,  he laid a crisp  $100  bill  on  Jane 
Cragin’s desk,  with  the  remark,  “That’s 
your share o’ the deal,  Miss Cragin.”

From that  time,  the  proprietor,  some­
how,  found  it convenient to drop into the 
office  to  talk  over  matters  and things, 
and it began to be more and more  appar­
ent  that  Cy  Huxley  was  beginning  to 
“ ’bide ’em;”  that a  woman,  in  his  eyes, 
did  know  something,  even  about  busi­
ness,  and  that,  pushed  to  the wall,  he 
was  willing  to  acknowledge  that  Jane 
Cragin could even give him a pointer.

He had come in,  one  day,  to  do  that, 

when  the book-keeper began:

“ Hasn’t it  ever  occurred  to  you  that 
our quarters here are  getting  to  be  too 
narrow  and  too  dark  and  too  second- 
class, every way?”

“ Why,  no;  I  had’nt  thought  of  it. 
We’re  doing  well,  and  that’s  enough, 
ain’t it?”

“Not  when  you  can  do better.  This 
store isn’t central enough; and the build­
ing  never  was  intended for a store,  any­
way. 
It’s inconvenient,  no  matter  how 
you  look  at  it,  and  you’re  paying  too 
much rent.  Why not see if you can  bet­
ter yourself?”

“Where shall I look?  This is  the  best 

place in town.”

“It  is  now,  but  it  isn’t  going to be. 
’Squire  Hemingway  is going to put up a 
brick building on  the corner by  the  post 
office,  and  I  should  think it would  be a 
good  move  to  look  over  his  plans and 
have them  fixed to suit yourself and move 
in  by  the  time  the building is finished. 
That’s the way they do in  larger  places, 
nowadays.  You  don’t  have  to  pay any 
more rent and the ’Squire would  be  glad 
to have that  part  arranged  beforehand. 
It’ll  take  six  months,  or  thereabouts, 
probably, 
to  finish  the  building,  and 
that’ll be the time when  we  will have the 
smallest  amount  of  goods  on  hand,  so 
that anything ordered  could  be  shipped 
right  over  to  the  new  building  and  a 
double handling saved.  Why not go now 
and see what can  be done?  The  quicker 
it’s  settled  the  better.  What  do  you 
say?”

to  listen 

For answer, he put his hat on and went 
right over.  He  found  the  ’Squire  more 
than  ready 
to  him,  and  he 
brought  the  plans  back  with  him  for 
Jane Cragin  to look over.  Then the  fun 
began.  There wasn’t a line  that  wasn’t 
rubbed  out  at  least  a  dozen  times and 
which did not stand for the same number 
of very decided  expressions  of  opinion. 
When the paper  had been  “looked over,” 
the  architect  didn’t  recognize  his  own j 
plans,  and the only  person  in  the  wide 
world who knew all about them was Jane 
Cragin!

In  due  time,  the  building  was  com 
pleted.  The  fine  exterior  was  a  much 
needed ornament to  the  growing village, 
and, when its dwellers inspected  the new 
store,  they  went  away  saying that, for 
convenience,  for  light,  for  everything 
that goes to make such  a place attractive 
and desirable,  that  Milltown  store “ beat 
everything!”

When the erowd  had  gone,  Cy stepped 
into bis handsome  office,  threw  himself 
into his handsome  chair at his handsome 
desk,  looked .over to  Jane  Cragin, seated 
at a like handsome desk  and  looking  “as 
pretty as  a—as  a—well,  as  pretty  as  a 
piney,”  and said:

“Well,  Jane,  it’s  a  success,  an’  it’s 
your idea from  beginnin’  to  end.  Now,

THE  MICHIGAN  TKADES^IAK.

I’ll  tell  you  what  I  want—to-morrow 
afternoon,  let’s go  over  to  Parson  Wil­
lard’s  an’  git  married.  What  d’  you 
say?”

“Just the  worst thing  we  could  possi­
bly  do!  You’ve  a  good  thing here and 
you don’t  want  to  spoil  it. 
I’ve a good 
place here and  I  don’t  want  to  lose  it. 
So  much  for  that!  Then,  again,  you 
haven’t any  too much  liking  for  women, 
and,  as  for  men” (just  the faintest hint 
of a twinkle  sparkled  in  Jane  Cragin’s 
eye)  “ ‘I  can’t  ’bide  ’em. 
In  the  first 
place,  they  don’t  know  anything,  and 
then,  to put  the  button  on,  they  think 
they  know it all.  They  are  always  and 
everlastingly in  the way and  always  put­
ting their nose in  whether they have any­
thing  to  say  or  not. 
I can't’bide’em!’ 
I’ve got along here  with  you  better than 
I ever  expected to,  but that’s as far  as  I 
want  to  go;  so  we’ll  let  well  enough 
alone on  that  line  and  not  become  the 
talk of the town  by  making fools of our­
selves.  So much for that.  Now,  I’ve an 
idea which I’ve been turning  over  in my 
mind for quite a  while, and I don’t think 
I shall have a better chance to  ask  what

you  think  about  it.  The  business  has 
prospered,  we  know,  but  the  time  has 
come  for  the  house  to  make  a  little 
money;  and the only way to do that is to 
double up on  the capital.  You  can’t  do 
it and I can. 
I  haven’t been  working all 
this time for nothing,  and,  if you say so, 
we’ll start in  with  that amount  and  keep 
right on as we have  been doing—you out 
there and I  in  here—and I  have  an  idea 
that  we’ll  have  something  to  brag  of 
when  we  get  through.  What  do  you 
say?”

When  the  time  came  to  put  up  the 
sign, one might see, on  a  field  of  black, 
these letters in gold:

HUXLEY & CKAGIN.

and they do say that the  only  correction 
that  might  be  made  is  in  the  order— 
Cragin should stand  first.

R ic h a r d   Malco lm   S t r o n g.

One-third of the bicycles  sold  in  1895 
were for women’s use. 
In 1894,  the  wo­
mens’s bicycles were only 5  per  cent,  of 
the  sales.

Use  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

15

An  A m erican  B usiness  W eek.

From the American Economist.

for 

the 

demand 

To the city  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  be­
longs  the credit of  having  an  American 
week,  when  all  the stores are decorated 
with  American goods only,  all  the  prod­
uct and labor of Americans  being placed 
on  view  with  the  idea  of enticing cus­
tomers to purchase only American goods. 
This is an excellent  idea  for  more  rea­
sons than one.  and  it has  already spread 
to other places. 
If  successfully  carried 
out,  it  will not only help  the  immediate 
sale  of  our  own  products and manufac­
tures,  but it should tend to create a lively 
subsequent 
same 
goods. 
In  very many  retail  stores  it  is 
regarded as quite the proper thing to sell 
American goods as if  they  were  of  for­
eign  manufacture,  and  their  proper  dis­
play  upon  their  owu  merit  will  afford 
customers  an  opportunity  of  learning 
that they have not been  in  the  habit  of 
buying  something  that  was  English, 
French or German.  All  honor to Spring- 
field  for its  idea.  Let us have an Amer­
ican  week in every city,  town and village 
in  the  United  States.  Show  American 
goods,  buy American  goods,  wear Amer­
ican goods and eat American  food.  The 
first  week  in  July,  with  its day of Na­
tional independence,  would  be  a  fitting 
and a proper time for the occasion.
Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

®he i m i t o f

^ o f  tljc  U nitrii  States  of America,

G reetin g :

To

H E J N R Y   K O C H ,   your  c l e r k s ,   attorneys,  ager

s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

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

New  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant,  that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Com plaint  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  “ SA PO LIO ”  as  a  trad em ark   for  scouring  soap.

H o n ) ,   ( t l i c r c f o r e , «re  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 
e id e r 
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  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

“ 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 

The  honorable  M elville  W.  F uller,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  Stages  of  America,  at 
in  said  District  of  New 
Jersey, 
thousand, 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

the  year  of  our  Lord,  one 

i6th  day  of  December, 

the  City  of  Trenton, 

this 

in 

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in either direction,  each  the nucleus of  a 
new system of radiating highways;  thus, 
the extent of  territory  tributary  to  this 
town  was greatly lessened.  Trade dimin­
ished, 
the  town  went  backward.  The 
cause was laid  to the hard  times,  and  it 
is a question  whether the  real  reason  for 
the  decline  is  generally  known  to  this 
day.

Many  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s  readers 
can testify to the correctness of the state­
ment that towns  are  frequently  thus  in­
jured by railroads.  This is  the  case  in 
some instances even  when the road is the 
first  one  to  reach  the town.  1 have in 
mind a town on the  Lake Michigan shore 
which  had been  hoping and praying for a 
railroad  for  more  than 
twenty  years. 
During all that time the town was a flour­
ishing lake port and the center  of  distri­
bution  for  a  wide  extent  of  country. 
When its prayers were answered  by  the 
building  of  a  railroad,  the  result  was 
most  disastrous  to  its trade, and it will 
be many years before  it recovers  its  for­
mer prestige.

I do not wish to  be  understood as dep­
recating  the  building  of 
the  railway 
system of  the  country,  or  as  undervalu­
ing it as  a  factor  in  our  national  great­
ness. 
it is truth that  the great  cities  of 
the  country  are  great  by  reason  of the 
railway; but is it not a question whether, 
in the contribution  of  greatness  by  the 
railway 
to  the  larger  cities,  the  small 
towns do not sometimes suffer?

My object in thus referring  to  the  ef­
fect  of  too  many  railroads  for  small 
towns is to contrast it  with  the  effect  of 
building highways.  Suppose  that in the 
instances  referred 
to  the  money  that 
these railroads cost had been  invested  in 
the building of  permanent highways into 
the  country  naturally  tributary. 
It  is 
only necessary to suggest the  contrast.

1 have thought it  best to dwell at some 
length  on  the  economic  value  of high­
ways, as it  is  a  subject  of  pressing  im­
portance, especially to the mercantile in­
terests  of  country  towns. 
In  future 
papers  L  shall  endeavor  to  give  some 
practical  hints  as  to  the best way of se­
curing their improvement.  W.  N. F.

The time to begin  to  advertise is when 

business is slack.

U«e  Tradesman  Coupon  Book».

HINTS  ON  ROAD  IMPROVEMENT.

Written f o r  T h e  T r a d e s m a n .
11.

The most widely recognized agency  for 
the  development  of  new  towns—or,  for 
that  matter,  of  old  towns,  also—is  the 
railroad.  The intimation that this agency 
does not deserve the credit accorded  it a 
regards the larger towns  and  centers  of 
commerce would be nonsense; but the in 
timation  that  the  building  of  the  rail 
road  is  invariably  a  blessing  to  all  the 
towns it intersects may not be an  unrea 
sonable suggestion.  And  it  may not  be 
entire nonsense to say that  in  many  lo 
calities there are too many railroads, and 
that many towns of considerable size  en 
joying the conveniences  of  two  or  more 
competing lines would  be  better  served 
with but oue good road,  if a small part of 
the  cost  of  the  others  were invested in 
permanent highway  improvement.

The great movement of railroad  build 
ing  which 
immediately  succeeded  the 
civil  war,  and  which opened ail  the  vast 
West to settlement and civilization, seems 
to  have  attained  a  momentum  that has 
carried  it far beyond  the  needs  of  many 
localities,  and  far  beyond  the  ability of 
those  localities  to  support,  hence  the 
great  number  passing 
receivers 
hands, or under the hammer of the mort­
gage.

into 

This overdoing of  railroad  building  is 
to  be  accounted  for,  to  some  extent  at 
least,  by  the  fact  that  it  was so widely 
advertised as the  means  of  developing  a 
country.  All  were  familiar  with  the 
magical growth  of  flourishing  cities  in 
the so  recently  unknown  West,  and  the 
railway  was properly credited  with  this 
development,  hence  the  idea  that  rail­
roads,  and  more  railroads,  were  the 
great desideratum; so that  when the oily- 
tongued  promoter asked  for  aid  for  the 
building of his road his plea fell  on  will­
ing ears.

The story of voting  aid by bonds is  fa­
miliar to all. 
In cases  where there were 
legal obstacles to  such  aid,  all  sorts  of 
plans  were  devised  to  even  evade  the 
law. 
In a town not fifty  miles from this 
eity,  situated on a  railroad  amply  suffi­
cient for every requirement,  a  “compet­
ing  line”  crossing  the  former was pro­
jected.  The  town  was  not  empowered 
to vote aid to such  a  road  but  it  could 
raise money for the building  of  bridges. 
The law did not specify that they should 
not be railway bridges,  though the intent 
was  clearly  evident;  thus,  the  infatua­
tion for railroads led to the  actual  viola­
tion of law, an object lesson  not good for 
any community.

Nor  was  the  result  of this enterprise 
an  unalloyed  blessing.  Of  course,  in 
every such town  the hope  is  entertained 
that this will  be the town,  that  manufac­
tures  will grow up,  and,  of  course,  man­
ufactures must have competition in ship­
ment.  The idea seems to obtain that the 
railroads  will  secure  the  manufactures 
without regard to other  reasons for their 
existence;  and the future commercial  in­
terests of the town  are not  thought of in 
the hope  of  eventually  securing  manu­
facturing  enterprises  and  thus starting 
on  the  career  of  a  metropolis. 
In the 
case of the town referred  to,  the  build­
ing of a  second  railroad  was  a  serious 
blow to prosperity.  A moment’s thought 
will show the reason  of  this.  The town 
was  the  natural  center  for  highways 
radiating  over  a  wide  area.  When the 
new railroad  was  built,  it  was  quickly 
beaded  with  ambitious  centers of trade

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REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

J. C.  Neuman,  of J.  C.  Neuman  &  Co., 

of Dorr.

There is a general dealer down in Dorr, 
Allegan county,  who knows  how to keep 
store.  He has been at  it  now  for  some 
eight  or  nine  years only—the last three 
in  a  store  of  his  own—and,  while  he 
doesn’t entertain the  slightest  idea  that 
a knowledge of the trade and all that be­
longs  thereto  is  folded  up  and  snugly 
tucked away under his  hat,  a  report  of 
the  establishment  in  Dorr  and  of  its 
prosperity has reached T h e T r a d e sm a n , 
and,  with  that  for  a  starter,  when  the 
young man came  in  here  the other day, 
the  thumbscrew  was  brought  into  use 
with the following result:

About  thirty-five  years ago,  a German 
and his good wife left the fatherland and 
settled  in  Dorr,  Michigan.  Thrift,  the 
characteristic of  the  German  the  world 
over,  came  with  them  and  the  couple 
prospered.  When the farm  was  well un­
der  way,  a  store  was  opened  and  the 
double industry doubled  the  prosperity. 
Of course,  there  were  children  and  on 
April 29,  1866, a  boy  was  born,  known 
since  to  the  trading world  as J.  C.  Neu­
man.

evaporating industry begins  and  for  the 
next three months there  are  lively times 
at Dorr.

“Butter and  eggs?”
Rather a sappy question to ask about a 
country store;  but everything that comes 
into  this  net  is  fish.  Not only is there 
enterprise  enough  to  build  up  a  good 
trade in  butter and eggs,  but  it is said to 
be safe to ask for anything  from  a  fish­
hook to a piano down  there  and  with  a 
fair prospect of getting  it.  Then,  after 
the store is closed,  there is a creamery  to 
look after,  as well  as  one  or  two  other 
things as yet getting  under way and cal­
culated to bring in, by and by, some pretty 
fair returns.

“Nothing has been said about any wed­

ding day.”

There hasn’t been  any  as  yet.  Great 
Scott!  a  young  fellow  of  29  can’t  do 
everything  in  a  minute,  any more than 
Romulus  could  build  Rome  in  a  day. 
There is such a thing as having too many 
irons in the fire and the  one  referred  to 
is  rather  an  important  one;  but  never 
you mind,  for

be happy! 

The  mills  of 

they grind exceeding fine,”

the  gods  grind  slowly,  yet 
and one of these days there is going to be 
a  wedding  in  Dorr  that  will  be  well 
worth the attending.  Whether the store­
keeper there will  play  second  fiddle  on 
that interesting  occasion  remains  to  be 
seen,  but,  if he does and the event proves 
as prosperous as his other  undertakings, 
his  borders
aud prosperity in  the  home that is to be.
Here’s  to him!  May he  live  long  and 

It is needless to say  that  for  the  first 
year or two of his life, he milked.  After 
that, the farm kept him busy, with an oc­
casional lift at the store  when customers
were  plenty  and  help  scarce.  School 
time came and went and,  until  he was 20,  I there will still  be  peace  in
he  made  the  most  of the public school, 
with nine months  at  Swensberg’s  Busi­
ness College as a  fitting  wind-up.  Con­
cluding  then,  that  the  farm  was a first- 
rate plaee for those who  like  it,  he  fol­
lowed the beckoning finger  of  trade  and 
joined  his  fortunes  with those of Carrel 
& Fisher.  Two years and a half saw the 
end of that  engagement.  Then,  after  a 
three months’ dash into the wilds of Wis­
consin,  followed by a  summer  of  clerk­
ing,  E.  S.  Botsford,  a  store-keeper  at 
home,  wanted him and for three years be 
added largely to his  trade-knowledge,  so 
that, at the end of that time,  he  was able 
to  take  advantage  of  an offer and,  with 
bis sister,  went  into  a  general  store  at 
Dorr.

An ingenious application of the  horse­
shoe magnet  is found in  a  tack  hammer 
recently invented.  The head of the ham­
mer  is  of  the  ordinary  shape,  but  the 
pointed end is  divided  into  two  prongs 
nearly touching each other and  flattened 
at the tip.  These prongs are magnetized 
like the poles of  an  ordinary  horseshoe 
magnet,  and  when  the hammer is intro­
duced  into  a  box  or  paper  of  tacks it 
picks up one and holds it with  the  head 
against the flattened tip,  the point of the 
tack  directly  outward.  A 
light  blow 
fixes  the  tack  in  the  wall,  and it may 
then  be driven  in  with  the  other  end  of 
the hammer.  This does away  with hold­
ing  the  tack  at  the  risk of hammering 
one’s fingers.  The new woman  will save 
herself much  annoyance  and  suppressed 
profanity  by  doing  her  pounding  with 
the magneitc tack hammer.

On  a  New  Tack.

R.  M. S.

Waller Baker & Co. Liinlteii,

The Largest Manufacturers of

PURE,  HIGH  GRADE
C O C O A S  AND 

CHOCOLATES

on  this  continent, 

have received

HIGHEST  AWARDS

from  the  great

EXPOSITIONS

IN

Europe and America.
r A I I T i n i U   ■  In view of the many 
the 
labels and wrappers on our goods,  consum­
ers should make sure th at our place of man­
ufacture,  namely  D o r c h e s t e r ,   M a s s ,  
is printed on each package.

I  I w l w   ■  imitations  of 

SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.

Walter  Baker &  Co.  Ltd.  Dorchester,  Mass.
NOTHING  SUCCEEDS  LIKE  MERIT!

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Has proved the most satis­
factory of anyWasherever 
p'aced  upon  the  market. 
It is warranted to wash an 
ordinary  family  washing 
of

too  Pieces in One  Hour 
as clean as can be washed 
on the washboard.
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Manufacturers of

M o r g a n   &  Co.
AWNINGS, TENTS.
FLAGS AND CANVAS COVERS 
YACHT SAILS A SPECIALTY

187  Jefferson  Avenue 
DETROIT,  nich.

C h a s. A . C o y e
OS,

M ANUFACTURER OF

HORSE, WAOON and 
BINDER  COVERS. 

11  PEARL  STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

L.  G,  DUNTON  l GO.
Will  buy  all  kinds  of  Lumber— 

Green or Dry.

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

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

THE MICHIGAN BARREL GO.
Bushel  Baskets,  Cheese  Boxes, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH,

M ANUFACTURER  OF

Bail  Boxes,  Axle  Grease 

Boxes,  Wood Measures.

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Rubbers

ARE
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BEST

We carry a 
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CHE A P.  YO U CA N MAKE MON­
I  OFFER  YOU 
E Y  ON  THEM. 
Cabbage and Tomato Plants, "00 in  box. box  65c 
Sweet Potatoes and Celery Plants, 200 in box  80c
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Seed Onions, per  doz........ ..................................toe
Radishes, long or round, very fine, per doz.  10c
Asparagus, per doz............................................... 30e
Cucumbers,  per  doz............................................ 50c
Spinach, new,  per bu.......................................... 50c
Pie Plant, perbu  .................................................40c
Bananas, per  bunch................................ $1.50@2.00
Wax  Beans. Peas, Green  Beans,  Beets, Carrots 
and Strawberries at lowest market prices.
W earea Mail Order Fruit and Produce House. 
Am certain I can save you money.  Send me your 
mail  orders  and  yon  will  always  get  GOOD 
FRESH  GOODS.

Yours respectfully,

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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Spring  Rye.  Garden  Seeds 
in 
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Fillers.

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Mich.

“Where did he get his money?”
Where do you think he got it?  Do you 
suppose that one of the paternal  farms— 
there were a number of  them,  if  report 
be  true—was  sold  and turned into cash 
to set the boy up?  Not a bit of it.  Farm- 
bred—that term  will  begin to mean some­
thing if I hammer away at it long enough 
—he

"Hauled off his coat and rolled up his 

sleeves,”

and,  although Jordan  was  a  “hard  road 
to travel,”  he found work enough on that 
highway  to  more  than  “pay  his  keep,” 
and when the store was ready for him  he 
was ready for the store.  See?

Now,  if I can go  on  without  interrup­

tion, I’ll be obliged  to you.

He  went  into  a  general  store at Dorr 

where—

“Does be make a specialty of  any  cer­

tain line of  goods?”

That’s just what he does and, while he 
has a grocery trade that  would  compare 
favorably  with  many  a  store  in  town, 
his  well-kept  stock  of  dry  goods  and 
boots  and  shoes  has  made  this  Dorr 
store a favorite trading  place  for  goods 
in  both  those  lines.  That ought to sat­
isfy the average store-keeper—not so the 
man  we’re  talking  about;  so,  when  the 
fall of the year comes around,  the apple-

Where  the  Dollar  Belongs.

A dollar  in  the  cash  drawer  is  worth 
two  on  the  books.  There  are  always 
those to be found who are willing  to  get 
credit whenever they can,  and it requires 
very  careful  consideration  whether  to 
book goods or to have cash for  them.  A 
customer  who  is  worth  having  will al­
ways appreciate the advantage of paying 
cash,  and  it  is  to  the  interest  of  the 
dealer to encourage this class of trade by 
offering  special 
inducements.  Many  a 
man has been ruined,  and lost all that he 
possessed  by  giving  credit  indiscrim­
inately. 
It  is  easier  to  charge  goods 
than  to collect the money  for  them,  and 
the  credit  is  the  cause  of  many a man 
going  to  the  wall.  A  large  amount of 
money on the books may look  well  on  a 
balance  sheet,  but  it  does  not pay  the 
accounts as they become due.

A New Kind  of Shoe.

Customer—I  noticed some shoes in the 
window that you have labeled  “Temper­
ance  Shoes.”  What  kind  of  shoes are 
they?
Dealer—They are warranted not  to  be 
tight.

Use Tradesman Coupon  Books.

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i i t A Ü Ü & M A i S .

DID  YOU  NOTICE

18

CHICAGO  METHODS.

E xperience  o f  a   L ansing  M an  in  th e 

W indy  City.

W r i t t e n  f o r  T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

To the  inexperienced  salesman  allow 
me to say a few words which  may  prove 
to  him  both  interesting  and  profitable, 
particularly the latter,  does  he  contem­
plate  venturing  forth  with  his  wares 
among the practical  and  ambitious  clan 
known far and near as “the Chicagoans.” 
This race of people—for  such  they  may 
properly be called,  as  they  seem to pos­
sess egotisms and  proclivities  quite  pe­
culiar  to  themselves—have  imbred  in 
their very souls the  true  sense  of  mod­
ernism and,  I may say, monopolization— 
be there such a word—which are remark­
able  characteristies  of  this  progressive 
fin de siecle decade.

The banner under which they carry on 
their diversified enterprises might appro­
priately be lettered  with this  remodeled 
and significant motto:

Get all the wealth you can,
In all the ways you can,
From all the people you can.
Just as long as you  can.

My  business 

took  me  among  these 
strange people not long  ago,  and the na­
ture of it necessitated my coming in con­
tact with, to a greater or less degree, their 
various elements as  to social distinction 
This motto has  been  upheld  by  them  so 
persistently and for so long a  time  that, 
with but a slight exertion of the imagina­
tion, you can,  with the  naked  eye,  see it 
stand  out  on  their  every  feature,  and 
you can detect its principle in their every 
action and hear it  distinctly  pronounced 
in  their every utterance.

Upon  alighting  from  the  train  which 
carried me into the midst of this aggrega­
tion of  financiers,  my  attention  was at 
first attracted by a youth of menial garb. 
His presence was forcibly impressed upon 
me when  1 discovered that he had,  in  all 
apparent guiltlessness, wrenched my giip 
from my hand and  started  oif  toward  a 
rookery of a hotel, iust across the street. 
He seemed to  show no interest  whatever 
in  my own desires,  except  as  he  turned 
to inquire  if  I  wanted  my  trunk  taken 
over or left at the depot. 
I thanked him 
for his kindness and recovered, in a some­
what energetic manner, my property with 
which  he had  started off,  and,  after suc­
cessfully repelling the  attacks of a num­
ber  of  other  and  equally  as  persistent 
youths,  1 engaged a cab to take me to the 
hotel which 1 bad been accustomed to pat­
ronize when  in  the  city  theretofore. 
1 
passed a comfortable night and,  as 1 was 
very anxious to get out on the South Side 
as early as possible in  the  morning,  and 
deciding to breakfast after 1 reached that 
part of the city, I arose early and inquired 
of the clerk the amount of my bill.  I had 
been in my room  probably  three  hours, 
as the  train  reached  there  at about 3 a. 
m.,  having  been  delayed  by  a  wreck a 
few miles out of the city.  The  clerk re­
ferred to his books and informed me that 
#2  must  be  forthcoming. 
I  remarked 
that 1 bad only  been  there  a  few  hours 
and  would  breakfast  elsewhere.  “Two 
dollars,  please,” he retorted. 
I could not 
stand both injury and  further  insult,  so 
I paid  my bill  with no more  protest  and 
departed.

Taking a State  street  car, 1 thought  I 
would have my fare  ready,,  so  as not  to 
call forth the wrath of the  conductor for 
dilatoryness on my  part.  He reached me 
just as  I  drew  the  necessary  coin  from 
my vest pocket,  where  I  had  deposited 
several  for  convenience  sake.  Here  1

observed a new and somewhat novel  fea­
ture in the make-up of  these conductors, 
and before I left the city  I  discovered  it 
to be an incident of nearly  hourly occur­
rence.  Critically  inspecting  the  coin  1 
had given him,  he placed  it  between  his 
teeth,  seemingly  endeavoring  to  devour 
it.  After clinching it tightly in  this way, 
he removed it and  tried  to  bend it  with 
his strong fingers,  evidently adept at the 
experiment, at the same time scrutinizing 
me in such a way that 1  felt  as  if  I  had 
committed some crime for  which I would 
soon  be  committed  by  the  police.  He 
seemed more satisfied after this  pleasant 
proceeding  and,  pulling  the  bell  with  a 
jerk, passed on.

My first duty,  after I became refreshed 
with  some  delicious  fruit  and  a cup of 
good  coffee,  which  1  secured  at  a 43rd 
street restaurant,  was to look  around for 
a vacant building situated as near as pos­
sible  to  the  South  Side  railroad yards. 
After several hours of  tiresome  wander­
ing, 1 discovered just  such  a  place  as  I 
thought  I  would  want.  There  was  a 
card  on 
the  door  to  the  effect  that 
it  could  be  bought  or  rented  by  ap­
plying  at  a  certain 
real  estate  of- 
located  on  State  street,  which 
ficce 
was not far from there.  Accordingly,  I 
presented  myself  and 
inquired  of  the 
dealer in realties if the place in  question 
was  for  rent.  “Yes,”  said  he.  “Who 
are you?” 
I  handed  him the card of  the 
manufacturing  concern  I  was represent­
ing,  saying  that  I  was in  search of just 
such a place for warehouse purposes and 
inquiring the terms of rental. 
“How do 
I know you  are telling me the truth?” he 
asked,  ignoring  my  civil  question con­
cerning the rent asked fbr  the  premises. 
“How do I know but  what  you  want  to 
move in and burn the building down?  Can 
you give references?”  Although, by this 
time, I had become quite out of  patience 
with his wordly  way of  treating  custom­
ers,  I thought I could  afford  to  overlook 
his  incivility if I could make a deal  with 
him and secure a lease  of  the  building, 
for  there  was  no  telling  what  further 
success I might meet with.  “I  can  give 
you  the  best  of  references,  sir,”  I  re­
plied.  “Possibly  this  will  assist  you 
somewhat in determining whether 1 am a 
cutthroat or a thief,’’  and I drew from my 
pocket and handed him a letter addressed 
to  me  from the firm I  was representing, 
written on one of their letter  heads  and 
stamped and signed in the firm name.  He 
glanced suspiciously at the document and 
retorted that he did not know whether  it 
was  genuine  or  not.  Here  my  temper 
overcame my naturally peaceful  disposi­
tion  and,  remarking  that I was glad he 
had discovered that I had had  the  letter 
head printed and had  forged  the  signa­
ture, all for the  purpose  of  renting  his 
building and paying cash in  advance  for 
same (as I had agreed in the early part of 
our conversation to do), I hurried  out  of 
his place of  business.  An  hour  or  two 
later, I secured pleasant apartments with 
good board in the same flat and  near  the 
elevated road.  Here I sat down  to  pon­
der over the events of my  first  day’s  ex­
perience in dealing with the  people  that 
were  to  be  my  fellow  citizens  for  the 
next few months.

That  evening,  1  went  down  on 

the 
street and carelessly  strolled  into  an at­
tractive billiard hall,  where  a  pool  con­
test  was  taking  place.  Watching  the 
game, I entered into conversation with  a 
bright young fellow who worked, I after­
wards learned,  across the  street in  a sta-

s

O N   Y O U R   C R A C K E R S ?

SEARS’

UPERIOR

EYMOUR
T h a t   is  w h a t   it  m e a n s — 

“ THE  ACKNOWLEDGED  LEADER 
OF  C R A C K ER S!”
T H E Y

O r ig in a te d   in  M I C H I G A N  
A r e   M a d e   in  M I C H I G A N  
A r e   Sold   in  M I C H I G A N

And  all  over  the  World.

Manufactured  by

The  New  York  Biscuit Co.,

Successors  to  WM.  SEARS  &  CO.,

Grand  Rapids,  H ich.

The  Chimney 
Always Soots!

And  so do  we.  That is,  we always suit our cus­
tomers,  because  our  goods  always suit our  cus­
tomers’ customers,  and  so

c ^ ! f e   E verybody 

i s   S u ite d

Everybody likes this kind  of suits.
Let  us give you fits—with some of these suitings. 
There’s money  in  ’em.

Valley Gity

Milling Co.

G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ic h • * 

S o le   M a n u fa c tu r e r s   o f

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tionery store.  We became quite friendly 
in  the  course  of  a half hour.  Glancing 
’round the room, I  caught  the  eye  of  a 
well-dressed gentleman,  who  was appar­
ently  awaiting  this  opportunity  and 
beckoned  me  aside.  “Can  I  get you to 
do me a favor?”  he  asked.  “Depends,” 
said I,  suspicious at once,  after my day’s 
experience with his clansmen.  “ Here is 
$5  in  gold.  You  are  a  stranger  here, 
while I am well known.  Will  you place 
a  bet  for  me  on  that man chalking his 
cue?” 
I  replied that,  being  a  stranger, 
it  would hardly be proper for me to make 
myself conspicuous by  so  doing.  But  I 
saw  he  had  the  money,  and,  as every­
thing  seemed  straight  enough,  and  1 
wanted to  make  friends,  1  finally  con­
sented to do so, notwithstanding the fact 
that he was betting even on  a  man  who 
wa3  way  behind  in  the game. 
I  found 
no difficulty in  placing  his  bet  for  him 
and  returned  to  the  conversation  with 
my  friend,  midst  the  audible  remarks 
from  the  crowd 
that  “That  stranger 
must  have  ‘a  tip’  on  the  game.”  My 
friend  had  noticed  the  proceeding  and 
told me 1 had better inquire  of  the  man 
who gave me the money if it  belonged to 
him. 
I took  his advice and met with the 
indignant retort that he  “didn’t know as 
it was any of my business.”

Not  desiring  to  cross the bridge till 1 
came to it, 1 awaited the  outcome  of  the 
game,  assuring him that, if he  had  been 
exercising his full rights as a resident of 
Chicago, he would hear  from  me  again. 
His man proved to be a  black  horse  and 
pulled  out  of  the  game  with ease.  He 
pocketed 
the  money  and,  joining  a 
friend,  left the room,  saying to me, as be 
departed,  that he “ would  pay me for my 
trouble  some  day.”  What  trickery  he 
was up to  I  could  not  discern,  but  the 
circumstantial  evidence 
that  he  was 
guilty  of  some  “game”  was  very  con­
vincing.  By this time I was rather curi­
ous as to what  would next  present itself. 
The next day I was  somewhat in need of 
funds and started out  to  make some col­
lections on the  West  Side. 
I  called  on 
several of our customers  but found them 
all  in  possession  of  receipted  bills for 
the amount due the  firm,  signed  by  one 
of our salesmen.  This was discouraging 
and 1 thought I  would investigate.  The 
next customer I  called  on  told  me  that 
our salesman had  been there and  left in­
structions that,  if a  party  answering my 
description came there to collect the bill, 
they must not pay it, for he  would  have 
no authority  to  make  collections.  This 
staggered me somewhat. 
I  immediately 
visited our salesman,  whom I  bad  never 
seen before,  and  found  him  beastly  in­
toxicated.  Upon  accusing  him  of  the 
embezzlements and  demanding  a  settle­
ment without further delay, he very con- 
vivially invited  me  to  “step  across  the 
way and have  a  drink.”  Somewhat  as 
tonished  at  the  matter-of-course way in 
which he made light of  these  charges,  1 
left him till he could  be found in a more 
normal frame of mind.  Returning to my 
efforts to collect some money,  I entered a 
store where we had  placed several sales. 
Our remarkable  salesman had attempted 
to increase his wealth  here  and  had  ar­
ranged to return and receive  the  money 
that very afternoon.  After explanations 
and assurances that  I  was  acting  in  an 
authoritative capacity,  I secured a check 
from them for the amount due. 
I  asked 
them if they would kindly identify me to 
their banker by writing on  one  of  their 
cards that the bearer  was  the  person  to

whom the check  was made out.  “No, we 
can’t do it,” replied the  maker  in  a  de­
cidedly  vehement  manner. 
I  insisted
that  I  could  not  get  it  cashed without 
identification,  and  that  if they had confi­
dence  enough  in  me  to  make  out  the 
check,  they certainly could,  with all pro­
priety,  place  me  in  a  position  where  I 
could use it.  “No,”  he  persisted,  “ we 
never have done anything like that.”

The  following  day,  I  received  a tele­
gram from the firm,  wanting me to return 
to Michigan and take charge of the home 
office,  because of a vacancy  made by  the 
unexpected retirement of the formewtousi- 
ness manager.  This message was like a 
ray  of  sunshine  from  out  the  clouded 
heavens.  Accordingly,  I  boarded  the 
Eastbound train the next morning.  The 
last thing of interest  1  can  remember  of 
these  strange  creatures  of  the  Windy 
City  was  the  arrest  of  a  man  leaving 
there on the same train with myself,  and 
who sat just  across  the  aisle  from  me, 
for trying to pass  counterfeit  money  on 
the news agent.  The latter offered to sell 
me a book,  after we  were a few miles out 
of Chicago,  for S3.  He  appeared  again, 
just before 1 arrived  at  my  destination, 
and begged of me,  in  pleading  tones,  to 
take it for twenty-five cents.

Re x   R o n a l d  Ca s e .

Pen  Picture of Rockefeller.

John D.  Rockefeller,  of  Standard  Oil 
fame,  is  a  high-cheeked,  Roman-nosed 
man, of stolid appearance,  with  a  sandy 
mustache  streaked  with  gray,  and 
is 
quite bald on top.  He  is slightly on  the 
shady side  of  60.  At  school,  he  was  a 
playmate of “Boss”  Platt  and  ex-Secre- 
tary Tracy,  but his career is  of  his  own 
making.  He is popularly  reputed  to  be 
the  richest  individual  in  the  United 
States,  his  income  being  estimated  at 
something like $6,000,000 a year, or near­
ly $112,000 a week, yet  withal  he is both 
unassuming as to manner  and genteel in 
dress,  and affects the elevated railroad in 
preference 
to  a  carriage.  He  once 
gathered potatoes for 25 cents a day.  He 
also once gave a cold million to the  Uni­
versity of Chicago as a thank-offering for 
not  having  to  have  bis  toe amputated. 
Socially,  he has no ambitions to speak of.
Short Weight In  Syrups  and Molasses.
At the recent meeting of the  Arkansas 
Wholesale Grocers’  Association,  in Little 
Rock, the following significant resolution 
was  offered,  but  we  have  not  been  in­
formed that it was adopted:
W h e k e a s, It having come to the knowl­
edge of our Association that some  of the 
syrup  refiners  and  molasses  boilers  and 
shippers are resorting to the vicious  and 
dishonest practice of billing out a greater 
number of gallons to  each  package  than 
actually contained therein, therefore be it 
Resolved,  That  we  will  henceforth 
gauge the syrups and molasses purchased 
by us,  and when  we  find  we  have  been 
imposed  upon,  as  above  indicated,  we 
will  report  the  name  of  the offender to 
the Secretary of this Association, and up­
on receipt of such information the Secre­
tary shall report same to  the members of 
our Association.
Suggestions  for  a Grocer’s Show  Win­

dow.

Secure  the  handsomest  and 

A  three-months’  old  window  is not a 
credit to any grocer.  Nay,  more,  in  these 
days  of  life  and  competition a window 
changed  twice  a  week, or  oftener,  will 
be of positive benefit to any  enterprising 
merchant.  Here’s  a  suggestion  for  a 
window display for June.
largest 
jardiniere  you  can  find and fill it to the 
full  with  lovely  roses.  Arrange  some 
soft  crapey  material  of  an  appropriate 
color  on  the  floor of the window and in 
the  center  place the roses.  Around the 
roses, here  and  there,  place  baskets  of 
strawberries, arranging  the  material  so 
that nothing of the baskets shall be  seen 
but just the mass of berries as  if  resting 
on  this covering.  Such  a  window  with 
the roses and strawberries changed  from 
day to day will do for two or three  days.

J U S T   A R R I V I N G !

New Crop

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CURRENT  COMMENT.

A  Western  correspondent  finds  fault 
because so many Americans are  going to 
Europe  “to  squander  their  American 
dollars,” and gives as a reason that “they 
do  not  find 
their  own  country  good 
enough for  them.”  That  correspondent 
is  wrong.  The  American  doesn’t  go 
abroad for  any  such  reason.  The  time 
has  come—long  looked  for  and  longer 
hoped  for—when  he  can  visit  the  Old 
World if he wants  to.  We  didn’t  think 
be could go this  summer,  but  the  unex­
pected  happened—he  finds  he  can—off 
he starts. 
It is now or  never,  and  now 
it is.  Heaven  bless  him  and  give  him 
a  prosperous  voyage!  And,  when  he 
gets back  and  is  over  his  seasickness, 
just ask him if he  went  because his own 
country isn’t good enough  for  him;  and 
the question  needn’t  be  posponed  until 
the Fourth of July.  He’ll make  quite  a 
speech and he’ll wind up by saying some­
thing  like  this:  “One  of  the  pleasant 
things  about  going  away  from  home, 
generally,  is the getting  hack  again;  but 
i teli you.  if you  want to be so  glad  you 
can’t speak, just wait till you get in sight 
of  the  American  flag  at  Liverpool  or 
Southampton  on  your  way  home.  This 
country not good enough?  There  is  but 
one country  better, and  that’s  Kingdom 
Come;  and  there  is  nothing  that  will 
convince  a  man  of  that  like  running 
around  Europe  a  little  while—1  don’t 
care where  you  go.  Good  plan  to  see 
your  own  country  first?  Well, 
there 
may  be  something  in  tbai;  still,  if  1 
can’t  have my piece of mince pie without 
eating it right after  the  soup.  I’ll  take 
it  right  there;  aud,  after  I’ve  got  it 
down, come  around  and  bear  me  sing, 
‘My  Country,  ’tis  of Thee!’”  Not find 
their own country good enough  for them! 
There’s  a  fellow  who  wants  to  go  to 
Europe and can’t.

#  *  *

Why  is  it that dirt affects eatables but 
not tobacco?  The average man dropping 
a  piece  of  bread  or  meat  on  the  floor 
would  never think of picking  it  up,  but, 
let him drop a cigar or a plug  of  tobacco 
in  a dirty  street, and see how quickly  he 
will  pick  it  up, wipe it carefully and use 
it—Commercial. Tribune.

That isn’t hard; simply because tobacco 
is not an eatable. 
It is a  chewable  and, 
between  the  two,  there  is  a great gulf 
fixed.  A  dropped  cigar  is  nothing,  aud 
the mere fact of its goiug into the  gutter 
or  under  foot  doesn’t  hurl it a particle. 
It is simply a chewable.  A  little  obser­
vation  will  show  that  its  street experi­
ence has not  harmed  it.  The  tobacco  is 
just as dirty  as it ever was, and the street 
dirt is wiped off because it is, or may be, 
gritty and grit is  not  a  chewable.  The 
same tobacco may be  carried  about  in  a 
workingman’s pocket, encrusted with the 
daily accumulation of years,  and yet it is 
nothing uncommon  to see  the  half-con­
the  pocket, 
sumed  plug  taken 
passed 
and 
placed  again 
the  pocket  of  the 
owner.  Years  ago,  a  Green  Moun­
tain  user  of  the  weed,  having  made 
the  most  of  a  quid  for  the time being, 
would  deposit  it  where  he could easily 
find it later.  Sometimes a barpost would 
be  so  decorated,  sometimes the  window 
sill, and the habit became so common  as 
to occasion  no remark and  the  well-mas­
ticated quid  was  respected  for  the  sake 
of the owner.  A  mischievous boy in the 
neighborhood, one  day coming across  an 
unusually large accumulation on a  fence 
rail,  deftly  concealed  an  objectionable

from  mouth 

to  mouth 

from 

in 

its  commonness—is 

substance in  it and awaited resuits.  They 
were not sufficiently  gratifying  to  war­
rant a repetition of  the  mischief,  but  it 
serves  the  purpose  of  an  illustration 
here, for,  the uncbewable substance hav­
ing been removed, the same quid did good 
service  for  weeks  after.  Another  in­
stance—pleasanter to talk about  because 
of 
furnished  by 
chewing  gum.  Those  readers  familiar 
with  “starting”  the  spruce  gum  right 
from the tree know that it is no easy mat­
ter to get it into good condition,  so  that 
it is no uncommon thing  to  beg,  borrow 
or  steal  the  gum  which another’s jaws 
have  made  available;  hence  “swapping 
gum” is not only a mark of  disinterested 
affection,  but is a pledge of friendship as 
well,  and  a  refusal  to  exchange  the 
pledge,  when in good working condition, 
is looked upon as an unmistakable sign of 
“a  hot  friend  cooling.” 
Superlative 
niceness strongly objects to  this  promis­
cuous chewing,  for what it calls "obvious 
reasons;” but  to  children,  and  to  adults 
to the manner born,  the  reasons  are  not 
at all  “obvious,” a “hunk” of gum  being 
common property, to be made the most of 
and then stuck on chair,  window  sill  or 
ceiling  to  be  appropriated  by  the next 
happy  finder. 
It  goes  without  saying 
that one cannot do that with  the  eatable. 
Instances have been  known  where  beef 
had all the gift of continuance which  to­
bacco  and  gum  possess,  but,  while  we 
cannot,  with  composure,  even  think  of 
the beef in such connection,  certain  per­
sons find no  such  inconvenience  attend­
ing the gum or the weed; and  the reason, 
as we have said,  lies in the fact  that  the 
eatable and the chewable are  wholly  un­
like.  The  one  repels dirt and  whatever 
is of the  earth  earthy; the other is a part 
of the unclean  whole and is not, in itself, 
objectionable,  provided  it  be  free  from 
sand and gravel and vegetable substances 
resembling  them—it  is  simply  a  chew-
able and that is all there is to it.

*  *  *

Mr. A.  J. C.  Donelon  is  a  member  of 
the House of  Commons  from  Cork,  and 
when  he  read,  the  other  day,  that  Sir 
Julian  Pauncefote  had  been  saying 
something  pleasant  about  our  new 
steamer,  the St. Louie, the member from 
Cork  wanted to  know  whether,  in  view 
of the fact that such  action  on  the  part 
of a British  minister  to a  foreign  coun­
try was being utilized to  advertise a for­
eign company at  the  expense  of  British 
liners which had  invariably  proved  su­
perior to the  American  vessels,  both  in 
outward and homeward passages between 
England and New York,  the  government 
would  request  Sir  Julian  Pauncefote 
either to  substantiate  the  assertions  he 
had endorsed in the docket  or  withdraw 
his name therefrom.

*  *  *

In  view of the fact that  the  St.  Louis 
is about the first  out  and  out  American 
vessel  that  ha3  appeared  since  Mc­
Donough made a fleet out of  green  wood 
on  one  of  the  lakes  and  walloped  the 
British out of their boots with it, it seems 
a little odd to read that the British liners 
have  invariably  proved  superior  to  the 
American  vessels. 
If  the  first  steamer 
stirs up such a nest, it is  difficult to  tell 
what will happen  when  Johnathan  gets 
settled down to  the  business  of  making 
steamers that will go. 
In the meantime, 
it may be well to say that the cup  of  the 
yacht America is still on  this  side;  and, 
until  Sir  Julian  substantiates  or  with­
draws, the member from Cork  can  chew 
upon  that.

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« T H E   M IC IH G -A J S r  T R A D E S M A N ,

stronger sex has  imposed  upon  her, the 
new woman has made the best of the new 
conditions and entered the broad field  of 
human industry in competition with man.
The census  of  1890  showed  nearly 4,- 
000,000 female Americans  above the  age 
of ten years engaged  in  gainful  occupa­
tions.  The number of those occupations, 
as  catalogued  by  the  census  bureau, is 
221, and, much as  it  may  shock  Bishop 
Doane,  women  were  found  at  work  in 
every one  of  those  221  occupations  ex­
cept two, namely—the army and the navy, 
in which,  as yet,  there are no female gen­
erals, colonels, admirals or captains.

With those two exceptions,  there is not 
a single profession, occupation,  industry 
or trade in America in which women  are 
not to-day standing foot to foot, contend­
ing  and  competing  for  the  rewards  of 
skill and labor,  with American men.  All 
hysterical persons in pantaloons who are 
inclined to have conniption fits about the 
“new  woman” should put that big fact in 
their pipes and smoke it.

Between 1880 and  1890,  the number  of 
women  engaged  in  gainful  occupations 
increased nearly  twice  as fast as did the 
number of men. 
In  the  manufacturing 
industries alone, Over one million women 
are  employed.  There  are  over  300,000 
woman  teachers  to-day  in  American 
schools, doing  fully  three-fourths  of  all 
the training  and  teaching  of  the  rising 
generation.

In the  business of trade  and  transpor­
tation  a  quarter  of  a million American 
women  are  now  engaged  variously  as 
saleswomen,  book-keepers,  stenograph­
ers,  etc.  Over  10,000  of  them  are  in 
charge of telephone and telegraph offices. 
Other thousands  of  them  are  profitably 
engaged  as  manufacturers,  commercial 
travelers,  storekeepers,  hack  and  team 
drivers,  locomotive  engineers  and  fire­
men,  sailors,  pilots,  peddlers,  black­
smiths,  carpenters,  masons,  painters, 
plumbers,  butchers,  bakers  and  candle­
stick makers.

In 

the  professions,  the  census  found
4.000 women  on  the  stage,  11,000  more 
making money  as artists  and  art  teach­
ers, 35,000 more doing the same thing  as 
musicians  and  music  teachers,  nearly
5.000  practicing  medicine  and  surgery, 
and—most  shocking  of  all 
for  poor 
Bishop Doane—1,200 of  them  preaching 
acceptably in as many pulpits!

From all of which,  what  practical con­
clusion shall  we  draw?  Simply this,  as 
it  seems  to  me,  that  the  old order has 
passed  away  and  the  new  order  has 
brought  women,  of  necessity, onto  the 
same planes of ambition,  occupation  and 
necessary striving for employment, earn­
ings and profits as her brother man.  Be­
ing thus forced to bear equal burdens and 
responsibilities,  what is the  logic  corol­
lary of it all?  Plainly  this,  that  she  is 
eutitled to the same advantages in all re­
spects, and that she never can  get  until 
she holds the ballot; wherefore,  the  only 
definition  of  the  “new  woman”  that 
covers the case is that she  is  the  woman 
that is presently going to the polls  to  be 
a  very  useful  and  wholesome factor in 
public life, as she has always been in pri­
vate life.  Long may she wave.

T H E   N E W   W O M A N .

On the  Same  Plane  of  Ambition  and 

Occupation  As  Her  Brother.

The “new woman” is  a feature  of  the 
social  landscape  which  we  may  like or 
dislike,  but cannot ignore.  Still, no  one 
has yet furnished an  exact  definition  of 
her.

None  of  us  are  quite  sure  that  we 
should know her if we saw  her.  Who is 
the representative “new woman?”  What 
is her peculiar patent of novelty, and bow 
shall we surely distinguish  her  from the 
old woman?

Bishop Doane has a very  alarming  fe­
male in his mind when he talks about the 
“new woman.”  He believes she is going 
to paint the twentieth  century  red.  He 
talks of her  as  full  of  “wild  vagaries” 
and “blatent  assumptions.”  He  identi­
fies her as  a  woman  suffragist,  and  de­
clares that when she gets a vote she  will 
sell it.  He foresees that she will  “ wreck 
the hearthstone of domestic  peace,”  and 
that, as a  result  of  her  carryings-on  in 
politics,  we  shall  be  whirled  along  to 
some such catastrophe as the French rev­
olution.

But that is only  one  bishop’s  portrait 
of the “new woman” and it cannot be ac­
cepted as the average  conception of her. j 
The comic newspapers,  which  are apt to 
reflect the popular  fancies  of  the  hour, 
give much space to her,  and  the  general 
drift of their  pictures  and paragraphs is 
to the effect  that  she  is  a  very  capable 
and clever person,  who is  both  mentally 
and physically athletic.  They introduce 
her in the act of proposing for the hands 
of bashful  men.  They associate her with 
the bicycle and are inclined  to array  her 
in bloomers.

AH  th is  does  ex ce lle n tly   w ell  fo r  lig h t 
read in g ;  b u t  is  th e re   any  g rain   of  tru th  
in  th e   m orbid  assu m p tio n   th a t  floats  on 
th e   top  of  th is  b u b b lin g   stream   of  non­
sense,  to w it: 
th a t  social  ev o lu tio n   has 
p roduced  a  new   ty p e  of  w om an  destin ed  
to  m ake th e  old  ty p e   obsolete, and to p ro ­
vide  th e   A m erican  n atio n   w ith   a  brand- 
new   sty le   of  m other,  w ife  and  sw eet­
h e art,  th e   lik e  of  whom   th ey   n e v er  saw  
before.

1 think not.  The  women  of  every era 
are in  a  sense  new,  yet  essentially  the 
same.  Eve  w as'a  new  woman  when 
Adam first saw her,  and  there  has never 
been any  truly  new  woman  since.  All 
that have come after her have been chips 
of the old  block,  with  variations  which 
have  merely  denoted  changes in the en­
vironment of the whole race.

The “new woman”  is a  product,  so far 
as she is real at all,  of  the changed con­
ditions that have come  upon  both of  the 
sexes.

The whole face of the English-speaking 
world has  changed  within  the past fifty 
years.  We  have  obliterated the old so­
cial  and  industrial  order,  the  main fea­
ture of which was that man  monopolized 
all business pursuits,  while  the accepted 
lot of woman  was  to  marry  and  devote 
herself  wholly  to  domestic  duties. 
In 
the old days,  single  men  and  single wo­
men were such rare phenomena that they 
were regarded as  freaks.  That  state  of 
things is no more and  is. not  likely  ever 
to  return,  and  all  the  preaching  and 
scolding  that  may  be  done  against  the 
“new woman”  will not  change  the  fact 
that she is here to stay.

With the patience and pluck of her sex, 
plus its versatility and adaptability to all 
sorts of conditions which  the  physically

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We are a race of  fault-finders  and  yet 
nobody likes to be found fault with.  We 
cannot seem to gracefully play the  game 
of “Give and take” in this matter,  for  it 
seems  to  be  an  universal  weakness  of 
mankind to dislike  to  receive  criticism, 
and another equally universal  one  to  be 
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relations  of  influence  or authority with 
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parties.

But,  in our general relations  with  our 
fellowmen,  we  have  no  list  of  rules to 
restrict us in  committing  very  harmful 
and serious mistakes. 
If we do  not  vio­
late  the  laws  of  the  state  and  city  in 
which we live,  that is as far as we are re­
stricted; and yet our  lives  may  be  very 
full of that which is  injurious,  not  only 
to  ourselves,  but to others,  from a phys­
ical,  mental  or  moral  standpoint.  But 
the old saying,  “About the worst vice  in 
the world is advice.” seems to  be  tacitly 
accepted by us,  and so we seldom feel in­
clined to give advice,  and much  less  in­
clined  to  take  it,  especially  when it re­
lates to conduct.

The most acceptable reformers,  educa­
tors and teachers are  those  who  simply 
state facts in such a way that they  make 
their  own  appeal  to  us;  but  the  great 
army of fault-finders,  whose normal  con­
dition seems to be a chronic state of  dis­
content, do little good and much harm by 
this habit.  Nor is it necessary to express 
their discontent to have it felt.  Thoughts 
are things and send out,  with  their  sub­
tle power, either good or  bad  influences, 
whether put into words or not.

Now, while we  have  so  much  regard 
for grown people that we say all the  bad 
things we have to say about them behind 
their backs,  we treat  our  children  with 
no  such  consideration. 
In  our  anxiety 
to have  them  models  of  good  behavior, 
we  are  very  apt  to  make  too much ac­
count  of  their  little  imperfections  and 
misdemeanors,  and  thus  emphasize  the 
very  faults  we  would have them avoid, 
rather than  the  virtue  we  would  have 
them  possess, 
lustead  of  encouraging 
them  to good conduct by commending all 
that will bear  approval,  we  are  far  too 
apt to discourage them  by  making prom­
inent  their  failures  and  mistakes.  A 
tender and loving word  of  approval  will 
go much farther in  establishing a child’s 
love of right than  severe  censure.  The 
Christian  science  thought,  “Evil is only 
a  shadow  and  not  n reality,” would  he

But,  to go back to  the  children.  How 
often  a  visitor’s  attention  is  called  to 
some bodily or mental or  moral defect in 
a household  which  would  probably  not 
have  been  observed  had  nothing  been 
said  about  it.  Many  a  poor  child  has 
been made to  suffer  untold  humiliation 
from his faults or physical  defects being 
paraded before  others.  How  indelicate 
and  unkind  it  is.  Perhaps  he  is near­
sighted;  perhaps  awkward,  and does not 
know what to do with his  hands;  or,  he 
reads  poorly,  or  learns  with  difficulty 
and  is  behind  his  younger  brother  in 
school;  or,  has a very quick temper.  But 
is it  not  only  uukind  but  in  very  bad 
taste to speak of any  of  these  things  to 
others outside of the family?  And  I  am 
very  sure  they  should not be permitted 
to be mentioned,  even  in  the  family.  1 
have  seen  families  of  children  labeled, 
so to speak,  by  their  faults or peculiari­
ties,  and a sharp  contrast  cruelly  made 
between  this  child  who  possesses  this 
trait,  and that one who  does  not,  much 
to the injury of both children. 
Into  the 
receptive,  tender little minds,  that ought 
to  receive  only  pleasant  impressions, 
there fall  too often  the  harsh  criticisms 
that are seeds for bitter and lasting mem­
ories. 

H.  A.  R.
B egins  T ourist  P ro p e rty  In su ran ce.
The  local  office  of  the  Grand Rapids 
Fire Insurance Go.  has begun issuing  in­
surance  policies  on  tourist’s  goods,  in­
cluding personal effects of all sorts.  The 
policy covering all risks while  in  dwell­
ings, cottages,  hotels,  railway  stations, 
freight  bouses  and  store  bouses  and 
while being transferred by train,  boat  or 
other conveyances.  Persons  going away 
for the summer should secure  one  of the 
above policies before leaving.

There are a good many competent busi­
ness men  who have not  been  able  to  re­
veal their  capability  because  they  have 
been unable to straighten  out one or two 
problems in connection  with  their  busi­
ness, but as soon as some  one  can  point 
out where the  trouble  exists it serves  to 
make them more searching  and sharpens 
their  ability 
to  straighten  out  other 
equally as difficult  matters,  and  in  this 
way  they  develop  into  keen  business 
men.

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productive  of  good  results if held to by 
us  all,  in  our  relations  with  children, 
especially.  A good teacher,  when a mis­
take in spelling  or  arithmetic  is  made, 
does not call a great deal  of  attention  to 
the  mistake,  but  rather  to  the  correct 
method in the  example  and  the  correct 
spelling,  thus  getting  the  right picture 
and not the  wrong  one  impressed  upon 
the  young  mind.  A  teacher  would not 
say  to  a  school,  “Johnie  said,  ‘6x4  is 
22!”’  and  humiliate  and  discourage  the 
child  by  calling  the  attention  of  his 
schoolmates to his  ignorance,  but  would 
try to impress upon his  mind the correct 
statement.  1  do  not  think  we  realize 
how much approval means to us all, both 
young and old. 
I once  knew a lady who 
was suffering  from  nervous  prostration. 
The doctor to whom she applied,  in  try­
ing to ascertain the cause of this nervous 
condition,  discovered  that  she  lived  in 
constant fear of her  husband’s  irritable 
and fault-finding treatment of her..  This 
state of tension that  her  nervous system 
was in had  induced this condition which 
went under the name of nervous prostra­
tion.  The doctor was so  indignant  that 
he  bluntly  told  the  husband  the  real 
cause of his wife’s nervous state.

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AN  UNSUCCESSFUL  CLERK.

C onfessions  o f a  M an  W ho N ever M ade 

H is  M ark.

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The  town  of  Grange  contained  some 
fifty stores,  located  upon  the  two  main 
streets, which  ran  at  right  angles  with 
each  other.  They  ranged  in  size  from 
the  big  dry  goods  store  upon the main 
corner,  to the  little  groceries  and  meat 
shops near the  depot. 
It  was  a  bright 
day in  winter on  which I  set  out  upon 
my quest, and  as  the  town  was  full  of 
country  visitors,  the  scene was very  at­
tractive to the boy in  cowhides^nd Ken­
tucky jeans,  who hoped  that  the  begin­
nings of his fortune lay near at hand.
1  walked  the  whole length of Market 
street,  and  then  down  Main,  unable  to 
decide  which  place  offered  the  surest 
promise  of  success. 
I  had felt as large 
as my fellows at home,  but had dwindled 
several sizes since  entering  Grange.  Of 
course,  no one gave me a second thought, 
but it then seemed  as  if  all  the  spruce 
young people and the  solid old ones who 
happened to look in  my  direction  were 
wondering  wnere  the  new  specimen  of 
“gawk”  had  come  from.  My  feet  and 
hands had developed in size; my coat had 
grown  rusty, and trousers too short.  My 
heart stood still  at  the  mere  thought  of 
marching  into  one of those busy and at­
tractive places,  and boldly offering to be­
come a part thereof.
An hour spent in looking through store 
windows  and  dodging  from  opening 
doors  was  valuable  in  the teaching of 
humility,  but  brought me no  nearer  to  a 
situation.  1  believe  I  would  have gone 
home without the trial,  and  perhaps  de­
voted  the  rest  of  my  days  to  hay  end 
cordwood, had it not occurred to me  that 
diplomacy might accomplish  that  which 
mere courage was unable to attempt.
The  sheriff  of  the  county  was  a big­
bodied,  big-souled fellow  who  had  once 
lived  in  our  town  and  knew  me  well. 
Any  service  he  could  render,  I  knew 
would be gladly  given,  and  the  thought 
was  hardly  formed before I was looking 
for his office, in the lower corridor of the 
court house.
The sheriff was  in.  His  greeting  was 
cordial,  his  interest  was  warm,  and 
promise of assistance readily  given, 
“ 1 
don’t know just  where to look,”  he  said, 
“ but  I’ll  go  over  and  see  what can be 
done.  You come back  in  an  hour,  and 
I’ll report progress.”
At the expiration of the specified time, 
the now hopeful youth  was on hand,  and 
listened  to the report.  "There  is  a  dry 
goods  store  across  street,  Samson  & 
Crown,  who  think they  will need a clerk 
in  about a month.  One  ot  their boys in­
tends- to leave.  You  go over and ask for 
Mr.  Samson,  and tell  him  I sent  you. 
If 
he  likes  your  iooks,  you  stand 
first 
chance, on his promise  to  me.  Don’t be 
too pert  with him, and  don’t  stand  with 
your  finger  in  your  mouib.  Now  run 
along,  and good luck go with you.”
Mr.  Samson,  who  was  a  middle-aged 
bachelor,  was  found  back  by  the stove 
reading his newspaper.  He  talked  with 
me for a long time,  asking a  great  many 
questions,  and giving me  some  good  ad­
vice,  and  at  last  said:  “You  go home. 
Henry, and  1 will see what we can do for 
you.  One of our young  men  is  talking 
of leaving,  for the study of law,  and  we 
may call  upon  you.  Give  me  your  ad­
dress,  and  if  we  need  you.  we will  let 
you know by  mail.”
It was an anxious month that followed.
The mail came once each day  by  wagon, 
and  the  bag  was hardly  in the office be­
fore I  was before box 65,  to  see  if “Rod­
ney”  would drop a  letter  for me.  Many 
came  to  my  father on business matters 
but none for me;  and  I  began  to  believe 
that  the  fortunes  of  Samson  &  Crown 
would complete themselves  without  me.
One rainy day a  yellow  envelope  was 
banded out.  My heart beat rapidly, as I 
saw that it was  for  me,  with  a  Grange 
postmark,  I sat down  upon the bench on 
the postoffice porch,  and  read,  as near as 
I can now recollect,  words like  these:
Dear Henry:  We have a vaca'ncy now, 
and have concluded  to  give  you  a  trial.
Mr.  Laird says you are  honest  and capa­
ble, and your  chances  with  us  will  de­
pend upon  yourself.  We  will  pay  you 
?100 for the first year,  with your lodging, 
board and washing.  Please let  us  know

if  you  still  desire to come, and if so,  be 
on hand about the 15th of February.

Yours respectfully,

Sam so n & Ck o w n.” 

and 

that  day 

Many letters have fallen into my hands 
between 
this—some 
freighted with pleasant  things  and more 
with  tidings  of  loss  or  sorrow—but no 
one of them has so stirred and excited me 
as did  this. 
It was read  three  times  at 
that  sitting;  twice  on  the  way  home, 
and over and over to the  folks  at  home. 
Then  it  went  the  rounds  among  my 
schoolmates,  and  my  little  brothers  be­
gan to look up to me  as one set aside for 
important  things.  Upon  the  whole.  I 
did  not  feel  very  small myself. 
I will 
“ever forget  the  hearty  good  will  with 
which  Mark  Rowland received the news 
of  my  fortune,  and  the generous wishes 
with which he speeded me upon  my way.
A word of digression  here.  These  de­
tails,  taken  actually  from  the life of  a 
country boy  who  has  passed  on  into  a 
commonplace  man,  are  not  penned  for 
those who have found some royal road to 
wealth and honor. 
I  have  felt that they 
might touch a sympathetic  chord  in  the 
hearts of some men  who have traveled  a 
like  road;  recall  to  more  than  one the 
boyish hopes, the  aspirations,  the  priva 
tions of early life.  And  there is another 
c ass  whom  I  would  reach—the  young 
clerks  who  may  find  in  the failures of 
one of their kind, a warning against such 
courses as will lead to like  failures upon 
their part.

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My father  preserved  a  non-committal 
silence through all this  excitement.  He 
did  not  give  his  consent,  nor did he re­
fuse it.  My mother grieved  not  a  little 
to thin9that a second of her sons was  to 
leave  the  home-nest  over  which  she 
brooded with such loving care,  but  from 
the first  I  knew  that  her  judgment and 
sympathies  were with me.  The younger 
boys,  Frank  and  Charlie,  received  with 
seem  unutterable  any  suggestion  of  re­
fusal;  and  so, 
the  evening  of  this 
fated  day, I sat me down  by  the  kitchen 
table, and  wrote my reply.
Two weeks were yet  to  elapse  before 
the  time  set  for  departure,  but  on  the 
following  morning  I  drew from its cor­
ner in the attic the family trunk,  and  be- 
gan  to  pack.  The  boys  were on hand, 
with  ready  willingness  to  lend a hand.
We carefully dusted  it,  inside  and  out, 
lined  it with a loose newspaper, and then' 
looked about for the goods with  which it 
was to be filled.
The labor of packing was not  as  great 
as these preparations  would seem  to  im­
ply.  1 possessed two shirts,  but as I was 
wearing  one,  and  the  other  was in the 
wash,  neither was available for our  pur­
poses  just  then.  The trousers I had on 
were too old and  worn  for the  larger  de­
mands of Grange,  and so took no part  in 
our  inventory. 
(They  were  afterwards 
cut down for Charlie.) 
I  had  a  special 
pair of cassimere,  for  Sunday  wear,  and 
these  were  carefully  folded  and  laid 
upon the bottom of the trunk, unmindful 
of the fact that they must come forth  for 
the next Sabbath wear.  With these went 
a  pair  of  blue  army cloth  (cut down to 
my  size)  that  my  cousin  had  given me 
when he returned from  the  war;  in  my 
innocence I  felt that as long as the  cloth 
was good, nothing could  be  said  against 
the  brightness  of  their  blue.  A  half 
dozen books,  a bundle of trinkets,  and  a 
photograph  album  made  up  the  sum 
total of my goods, as  my  boots,  hat  and 
coat  were  needed  for  immediate  use 
Ihere was a great deal of expansive emp­
tiness about  that  trunk  when  we  shut 
down the lid.
Two weeks will  slip away,  even  when 
an  impatient youngster is watching their 
slow departure.  There  came, at  last,  a 
crisp morning in February,  when  the old 
gray  mare  and  buggy  were  brought 
around to the  door,  the  trunk  strapped 
on,  farewells  said,  and  the  journey of 
life  commenced.  A  near-by 
chum, 
George  Strohm,  had  volunteered  to  go 
along and bring the traveling outfit home.
A  drive  of  three  hours  saw  us  at the 
door of Samson & Crown,  and  when  my 
trunk was slipped under a back  counter, 
and I had seen George through his dinner 
and started for  home,  I  felt  myself  in­
deed  a  citizen  of the world,  and turned 
to the mysteries of  store-keeping  with  a 
zealous enthusiasm.

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G rand  R apids  R etail  G ro cers' A ss’n. 
President—E. White.
Secretary—B. A. Stowe.
Treasurer—J. Geo. Lehman.

8UeAK  CARD—GRANULATED.

554 cents per pound.
454 pounds for 25 cents.
10  pounds for 50 cents.
20  pounds for 11.

Ja c k so n   R etail  G ro cers’  A ssociation. 
President—Paul  W.  Haefner.
Secretary—W. H.  Porter.
Treasurer—J .   P .   H e l m e b .

SUGAR CARD—GRANULATED.

554 cents per pound.
954 pounds for 50 cents.
19 pounds for II.

N o rth ern   M ichigan  R etail  G ro cers’  A s­

sociation.

President—J. P. Tatman, Clare.
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Kaplds. 
Treasurer—Prank Smith, Leroy.

O w osso  B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation. 

President—A. D. Whipple.
Secretary—G. T. Campbell.
Treasurer—W. E. Collins.

Advantages  of  Organization  Among 

Grocers.

Minneapolis,  Minn.,  June  25—The 
Retail Grocers’ Association of Minneapo­
lis is regarded as one of  the  leading  or­
ganizations  of  retail  merchants  in  the 
country. 
It  has  in  force what is known 
as  the  card  system  of  selling  staples, 
such as sugar,  flour, oil and bread,  and is 
now perfecting an agreement on  package 
coffees.  The success of  the  Association 
seems  to  be  in  its ability to maintain a 
selling  price  on  these staples.  The or­
ganization has been in  operation  several 
years,  and,  apparently,  has  passed  the 
point  where  there  is  opportunity  for 
failure.  When  the  Association was first 
organized,  an  earnest  worker for retail 
merchants  showed  the  grocers  the  bad 
effects of cutting prices on  the  aforesaid 
staples,  which constitute  fully  one-half 
of the entire retail grocery  business. 
It 
was  shown  that,  if  a  reasanable profit 
could  be  made  upon  these  staples, the 
number of failures would be  very  much 
decreased,  as  it  would  enable  grocers 
who thought it necessary to cut the price 
of  these  goods  to  make  a  legitimate 
profit instead.  The idea was at once met 
with  approval  by  the  more substantial 
element  in  the  trade  and  a  committee 
was appointed to wait upon  the  jobbers 
and secure their co-operation.  The  job­
bers furnish a bond of $1,000,  payable  to 
the Retail Grocers’  Associatiou,  provid­
ing they forfeit their agreement  by  sell­
ing  any  staples  on  the  list to retailers 
who cut the price.  Co-operation  was  se­
cured  with the St.  Paul jobbers,  and  the 
result is that a retail dealer in either city 
cannot  obtain  a  pound  of  the  goods 
above mentioned  who does not sell at the 
card price.
The Association employs a paid  Secre­
tary,  whose duty it is to report to all job­
bers in the two cities  the  names  of  any 
retail grocers who cnt  the  price.  These 
names are posted in a conspicuous place, 
and  the  jobbers  will  not  sell  a  cutter 
until  his name is stricken from the black­
list.
The card or selling price  is  named  by 
a  disinterested  party  and  fluctuates ac­
cording  to  the  jobbing  price;  in  other 
words,  if sugar was jobbing to-day at 4% 
cents and should advance  to  5 cents,  the 
retailer’s  price  would  immediately  be 
changed  and  printed postal cards  would 
be at once sent out to the retail  trade  of 
both cities,  naming the new selling price.
The plan  has  been  so  successful  that 
the  grocers  of  Minneapolis  have  been 
able to bring into line one of  the  largest 
department  stores  in  the  West,  forcing 
it  to  conform  to  the  card price.  This 
certainly shows that the plan is  not only 
an admirable one,  but that it is also pow­
erful in  its workings.
In Minneapolis there are about  400  re­
tail grocers, and it  is  estimated  that  on 
sugar, flour and oil alone, the profits last 
year aggregated $150,000,  where,  before, 
these goods had been sold  at cost or at  a 
loss in many cases.
Other Northwestern cities, like Duluth, 
Superior,  St.  Cloud,  etc.,  have  similar 
agreements,  and they  have in every  way 
been  a  great  success.  The  sugar  card

Wil l  S.  J ones.

Ja c k so n   G rocers  to  Picnic  a t  D iam ond 

L ake.

J ackson, 

and  Lewis—reported, 

Jane  27—An  adjourned 
meeting of  the  Jackson  Retail  Grocers’ 
Association was held at the  office  of  the 
Association June 26, President  Byron C. 
Hill  in  the  chair.  After  roll  call  and 
disposal of minutes of previous  meeting, 
the subject of the annual  excursion  was 
taken  up for discussion.  The Committee 
appointed  June  6—Messrs.  Fleming, 
Hill 
through 
Chairman  Flemine,  what 
they  had 
learned  of  the  different  resorts,  their 
facilities and conditions.  Mr. Hill made 
a supplementary report in regard to some 
of  the  points  that  had  not  been  men­
tioned.
After  a  thorough  discussion  of  the 
matter, it was by motion decided to make 
Diamond Lake, on the Air Line  Division 
of  the  Michigan  Central  Railway,  the 
place for holding the  fourth  annual  ex­
cursion  and  picnic  of  the  Association, 
the date being fixed for August 8.
The  following  Committees  were  ap­
pointed to arrange and complete  the  de­
tails  necessary  for  a  successful  and 
pleasant occasion:
General  Committee—D.  S.  Fleming, 
Chas. G.  Hill, Geo. E.  Lewis.
Committee on  Tickets—B.  S.  Mosher, 
J.  F.  Helmer,  L.  Pelton,  M.  F.  Murray.
Printing 
and  Advertising—N.  H. 
Branch,  M.  M.  Whitney.
Entertainment—P.  W.  Haefner,  P. 
Casey,  Harry Warner.
Invitations—M.  J. Cummings, Geo.  W. 
Baker,  M.  F.  Cottrell.
Badges—W.  H. Porter.
The President made  the  following  ap­
pointments on  committees  for  the  year:
On  Trade  Interests—B.  S.  Mosher, J. 
Frank Scott, C. G.  Hill.
On Entertainment—P.  W. Haefner,  N. 
H.  Branch, M. F.  Murray.
On Transportation—D.  S.  Fleming,  C. 
G.  Hill,  Geo. E. Lewis.
Auditing Committee—L.  Pelton,  J.  L. 
Peterman,  B. C.  Drake.
The special committee appointed to ar­
range with the grocers to take part in  the 
Fourth of July parade reported that  they 
had seen a large proportion  of  the  trade 
and  that  they  would  nearly  all parade 
with from one to half a dozen  wagons, if 
the  parade  could  be  made in the after­
noon.  The  committee  were  granted 
further time  and  instructed  to  procure 
printed banners to attach to  the  wagons 
advertising  the  grocers’  annual  excur­
sion.
On  motion,  the  monthly  meeting  in 
July  was  postponed  from  July  4  to 
July 11.
No  further  business  appearing,  the 
meeting adjourned.

W.  H.  P o r t e r,  Sec’y.

A nnual M eeting  o f th e  O w osso B.  M.  A.
Owosso, June 29—The annual election 
of officers for the  Business  Men’s  Asso­
ciation  for  the  ensuing year resulted  as 
follows:

President—A. D.  Whipple.
Vice-President—O.  L. Sprague.
Secretary—G. T. Campbell.
Treasurer—W.  E. Collins.
Executive  Committee—Jas.  Osburn, 
C. D. Stewart,  W.  H.  Lingle.
The Association  endorsed  the  project 
of a fair being held by  the  County Agri­
cultural Association the  second  week  in 
September.
The  matter  of  furnishing  cuts  for  a 
prospective publication  was  referred  to 
the Advertising Committee.

Going  One  B etter.
Mrs.  Sharppe—“I’m  goin’ 

to  stop 
tradin’ here,  an’  deal  with  Lightweight 
& Co.,  the  new  firm  across  the  street. 
He lets his customers guess  at  the num­
ber of beans in a bag, an’ gives  a reward 
for the correct gness.”
Mr.  Quicksale—“My  dear  madam,  if 
you’ll continue to  give  us  your  custom, 
we’ll  let  you  guess  at  the  number  of 
beans in two bags.’’

THU  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
CLERKS’  CORNER.
enables the retailer to  make  an  average 
of 10 per cent.;  the flour  card  a  certain 
amount  per  sack;  the  oil  card  about 
three  cents  per  gallon;  the  bread  card 
from 2 to 2J^ cents per  loaf.

I  understand,  as  well  as  any of yon 
young  fellows  can  tell  me,  that  you 
clerks  don’t  have  any  too  easy a time. 
There are two sides to every question and 
it’s  one  side  or  the  other, unless  any­
body  wants  to  climb  np  and sit on the 
top rail of the  fence—and  we  all  know 
what is thought of that fellow.

Just, however, to bring things down to 
something practical, I want  to ask yon if 
you don’t  think, honestly, that the wom­
an was right the other day when she went 
to  the  boss  and  complained  that  your 
hands were altogether  too  dirty  to  put 
up the goods she  ordered.  Tou  had,  of 
course,  been  on  the  keen  jump all the 
morning,  and  yon had been into a dozen 
different things in as many  minutes, and 
a  fellow  can’t  go  around  with  a  towel 
hang  to  him;  bat,  after  all,  we  come 
right down to the same old question, and 
I want you to tell me, out and opt,  if you 
wouldn’t  have  washed  your  hands had 
you been going  in  to  breakfast  instead 
of doing up Mrs. Smith’s groceries?  You 
think  you  would.  Well,  I  thought so. 
Then Mrs. Smith was right, and,  while it 
did  seem  a  little  tough  to  have her go 
straight to  “the old man,” it would  have 
been  a  great  deal  tougher  if  she  had 
kept  away  from  him  and  gone  some­
where else to do  her trading.  The “old 
man” “ went  for”  you—no  doubt  about 
that—and  “called  you  down”  in  great 
shape; but,  if you deserved  it,  you  have 
only  yourself  to  blame  and  it  remains 
for you to devise some way to keep clean 
if yon hope to stay in the store.

I  won’t insult you by asking if you  are 
careful about having a thorough toilet in 
the  morning,  but  will simply say that I 
know store boys who  are  not.  Some are 
willing  to  wash hands and give the face 
a wipe like a cat but  the  hands  are  not 
clean; nor are the finger nails taken  care 
of,  while  the  neck  and  other  exposed 
parts which should start out clean in the 
morning are as dirty as they well can be.
Did  you  ever,  since  yonr  life  in  the 
store began,  forget to brush your hair?  I 
know it is shingled—clipped,  if  you  say 
so—but,  if  Mrs.  Smith finds some short 
specimens of yoar locks in her powdered 
sugar,  don’t you know  what  a  fuss  she 
will  be  sure  to  make?  The  wise  boy 
“foreseeth the evil  and hideth  himself,” 
or—what is  much  better—preventeth  it 
by a vigorous  nse of the  hairbrush  once 
a day at least.

Would  you  put  me  down  among  the 
overnice, if I should say  that  the major­
ity of clerks,  whether  boys  or  men,  are 
too forgetful of their boots and shoes?  I 
say to  yon  frankly  that  of  two  boys  I 
would take to  work  for  me the one  who 
blacks  his  shoes—and  I  am  just  that 
fussy that I want him to  black  the heels 
of his shoes,  as well  as  a  little  spot  on 
the uppers.  What do yon think about it?
1 might go oa with  this,  for  there  are 
many  things  which  come  to me, in this 
connection,  which  ought  to be said, bat, 
after  all,  the  talk would be to bat little 
purpose  unless  I  can  hear  from  the 
clerks themselves and find out what they 
think  about  it.  These  evils  exist  in 
every store in the land  and  ought  to  be 
removed.  Let  us  have  a  friendly  talk 
about  them.  Let  ns  air  them  in  the 
Clerks’  Column  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n — 
both sides,  for,  as  1  said,  there  are  al­
ways  two—and  let  each  of  the  many 
clerks  who  read  this  feel  that this de­

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p a rtm e n t belongs  to him ,  to   m ake  u se  of 
fo r  th e   com m on  good.  W hom   w ill  we 
h e ar  from   first? 

U n c l e  B ob.

Marshall—Wm. R.  Simons, the  plump 
and good-looking  clerk  with C. T.  Cook, 
was  married  June  25  to  Miss  Nettie 
Brooks,  an estimable  lady  of this place. 
The happy conple took with them a good­
ly supply  of  old shoes,  etc.,  to Chicago. 
Not having  adequate  room  in  the inside 
of the trunk,  their friends nailed several 
pairs of old  shoes  on  the  outside,  com­
pletely covering the trunk.

Benton Harbor—M. E. Schier has a new 
clerk in his dry goods store in the person 
of  Herbert  W.  Wheeler,  formerly  con­
nected with the dry  goods establishment 
of his father,  W.  H.  Wheeler,  of  Cedar 
Springs.

T h e  H a rd w a r e   M a rk e t.

General  trade  continues  fairly  good, 
although  the  extreme  dry  weather  has 
had its effect.  Prices  in all  lines are ad­
vancing,  and with the  beginning  of  the 
last  half  of  the  year  we  can  look  for 
many changes on all kinds of shelf hard­
ware,  as manufacturers have  been  wait­
ing to see if the advance in raw  material 
gave evidence of permanency.  Those who 
are best informed on the subject feel that 
the advance has come  to  stay  and,  such 
being the case, the  part  of  prudence  is 
to make  up  their  new  cost  and  selling 
prices  on  that  basis.  While  crops  in 
Michigan,  in  some  lines,  are  not  what 
might  be  wished,  the  general  average 
will be good  and,  in  other  parts  of  the 
country,  a general return to a  revival  of 
business  is  noticeable. 
It is time for a 
turn in the  tide, and  the  feeling  gener­
ally is that the turn has commenced.

Wire  Nails—The  manufacturers  seem 
to have their affairs fully in hand and are 
thus enabled to bring prices up to a  pay­
ing basis.  They  meet  each  month  and 
make  a  price  for  the  month following, 
and, while the July price  is  fully  estab­
lished, they all claim to be fully  sold  up 
and  will soon  meet  again  and  establish 
the  August  price.  Every 
indication 
points to still higher  prices.  Dealers do 
not want to get  it  into  their  heads  that 
all this advance goes iato the  mill  man’s 
pocket, for it does not, as labor has  been 
advanced from 15 to 20 per cent,  and  all 
material  going into the manufacture  has 
had  a  corresponding  advance.  Prices 
now being quoted from  stock are  $1.90@ 
1.85.

Barbed Wire—The same condition,  ne­
cessitating better prices,  exists with  the 
barbed and plain  wire  manufacturers as 
with the nail  men.  While  the  advance 
has been quite marked—prices averaging 
50  cents  above 
former  figures—still 
higher  prices  are  prophesied.  Jobbers 
at present are quoting  painted barbed at 
$2.05 and galvanized barbed at $2.40.

General Remarks—It  is  quite  difficult 
at present to keep prices quoted np close 
with the  markets,  as  all  manufacturers 
only  name  prices  snbject  to immediate 
acceptance  by  return  mail.  Sheet  iron 
has  advanced  20c  per  hundred  pounds. 
Axes  are  down  for  an  early  advance. 
Files are sure to go higher.  Bar iron ad­
vanced $2 a ton the past week.  A dealer 
will  study  his  interest  by  not  quoting 
prices in any large  quantity of goods un­
til he finds oat what he can get them for.
Indianapolis, Ind., grocers report trade 
better  than  at  the  corresponding  time 
last season.  The backward condition  of 
fresh vegetables led to  an  increased  de­
mand  for canned goods.

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T H E   JVLHJillGr^JM

D r u g   D e p a r tm e n t*

S tate  B oard  of  F b a r m a tj.

One Y ear—Georg© Oundrum ,  Ionia.
Two Years—C. A. Bugbee, Charlevoix.
Three Years—8. E. Parkhill, Owosso.
Four Years—F. W . R  Perry,  Detroit 
Five Years—A. C. Schum acher, Ann Arbor.
President— Fred’k W  R. P erry, Detroit.
Secretary—Stanley E. P arkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Geo. Oundrum, Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Detroit  (Star  Island),  June  24; 
Lansing, Nov 5.

M ichigan  State  P h arm aceu tical  Ash’d. 
President—A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit.
T reasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secret* v—F. C. Thom pson.D etroit.
Next Meeting—At Detroit, July 16,17,18 and 19.
G rand  R apid a  P h a rm a c e u tica l Society. 

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

A nnual  M eeting  o f th e   B oard  of  P h a r­

m acy.

De t r o it ,  June  28—At 

the  annual 
meeting of the State Board of Pharmacy, 
held at the Star Island  House this  week. 
Secretary Parkill presented an interesting 
report,  showing tnat there are  3.,104  reg­
istered  pharmacists in the  State,  and 339 
assistants.  During  the  past  year  the 
Board examined 232  applicants  for  reg­
istered pharmacists  and  seventy  for  as­
sistant pharmacists,  and  101  were  given 
certificates as registered  and  forty-three 
as assistants.
Secretary Parkill  also  stated  that  the 
Board  had  prosecuted  thirty-seven  per­
sons for violations of  the  pharmacy  law 
and had secured the conviction  of  twen­
ty-eight,  who  paid 
fines  and  costs 
amounting to $505.13.
Of the registered pharmacists  116  and 
of the  assistants  fifty-five  failed  to  re­
new  their registrations and were dropped 
from the register.
During the two days’  session the Board 
examined  ninety-two applicants and the 
following  passed  as  registered  pharma­
cists.
B.  T.  Baerr,  Port  Huron;  D.  H.  Bee­
son,  Three  Oaks;  Henry  Bowerfind, 
Adrian; A. W.  Brown, Big Kapids;  C.  H. 
Brown,  Detroit;  F.  H.  Camburn,  Bliss- 
field;  F.  E.  Chadwick,  Detroit;  A.  F. 
Cragg, Dresden,  Ont.; F.  S.  Dean,  Niles; 
George  Doehne,  Jr..  Ann  Arbor; G. A. 
Doty, Detroit; C. S.  Elliott,  Detroit; E. J. 
Fletcher,  Grand  Rapids;  F.  Glass,  Jr., 
Jackson;  F.  A.  Francis,  Yale;  Robert 
Goodfellow, Clio; G.  Goodwin,  Escanaba; 
W.  A.  Hall, SaultSte. Marie; C. DeJonge, 
Zeeland;  E.  L.  Knopp,  Saginaw;  J. C. 
Knight,  St.  Joseph;  D.  L.  Livingston, 
Detroit;  H.  A.  Main,  Tekonsha;  F.  M. 
Marsh,  Lyons; G.  W.  Messenger,  Spring 
Lake;  N.  G.  McBean,  Detroit;  M.  F. 
Nichols,  Ohio; Delia O’Connor,  Ann  Ar­
bor;  W.  D.  Patterson,  Port  Huron;  J. 
Przybylowski,  Detroit;  L.  A.  Raider, 
Newaygo;  E. G.  Reese,  Ohio; H. C.  Rein­
hold,  Detroit;  E.  E.  Sherrard,  Detroit; 
J.  E.  Simpson,  Detroit;  Samuel  Swart- 
wont, Marshall; C.  F.  Vaughan,  Mance- 
lona; Peter Vennenia,  Menominee;  G.  J. 
Wain, Detroit; G.  H.  M. Watson,  Detroit, 
E.  B.  Williams,  Ann  Arbor;  A.  H. 
Young,  Detroit; E. M.  Wallace,  Detroit.
The following assistants  passed:  J.  P. 
H.  Bradshaw,  Davison;  J.  A. Bickneli, 
Detroit;  W. A. Crabb,  Nashville;  Ida M. 
Covey,  Detroit;  Henry  Chavey,  Detroit; 
W.  B.  Fortier,  Detroit;  A.  J.  Holman, 
Detroit;  11.  C.  Kraus,  Lansing;  Henry 
Keubn,  Detroit;  Milo  KayJor,  Indiana; 
E.  E.  Lucas,  Ann  Arbor;  J.  J.  Masse, 
Chatham, Ont.;  E.  1.  Martin,  Capac;  A.
E.  Morrish.  Sault  Ste.  Marie;  K.  McIn­
tosh,  Detroit;  D. C.  Nale,  Detroit;  C.  J.
F. Schroeder,  Detroit;  W.  C.  Schroeder, 
Grand  Rapids;  R.  B.  Taber, Benton  Har­
bor;  T.  E.  Taggert,  Marlette;  A.  E. 
Wright,  Detroit;  S.  B.  Young,  Carson- 
ville.
Election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year resulted  as follows:
President—C.  A.  Bugbee,  Charlevoix.
Secretary—F.  W.  R. Perry,  Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.

T heir  B usiness  M ethods.

“ Well,” said Bill  Yuss,  “I’ve  taken  a 
powder for my headache,  a pellet for my 
liver and a  capsule  for  my  gouty  foot. 
Now,  what  puzzles  me  is,  how  do  the 
blamed things  know  the  right  place  to 
go after they get inside?’*

The Life Blood o f T rad e.

1  am  frequently  met,  in  the  public 
prints and elsewhere,  with the statement 
that money is the  life blood of trade  and 
that the scarcity of it causes an impover­
ishment of the body politic similar to the 
impoverishment  of  the  human  body  re­
sulting  from  a  deficiency  of blood. 
In 
my  opinion  this  statement  has  no  real 
basis.  Money,  indeed, circulates through 
the  country,  and  so  does 
the  blood 
through  the body,  but there the analogy 
ends.  Neither  in  composition  nor  in 
function does money resemble blood  any 
more than it does the air because  the  air 
moves in currents,  or the  waters  of  the 
ocean  because  they  also  fiow  from one 
place to another.

The  blood  of the human  body is food, 
digested and liquefied,  so that it may eas­
ily circulate through the system  and  re­
pair  the  waste  of  muscle  and  tissue 
caused by respiration  and  muscular  ef­
fort.  As  it  traverses  the  arteries  and 
veins,  it  deposits,  wherever  they  are 
needed,  the particles which  serve  to  re­
place  those  which have been destroyed, 
and it requires, itself, to be constantly re­
plenished  by  fresh  supplies  of  food. 
Money, on  the contrary,  as it passes from 
hand  to  hand,  loses  nothing  itself and 
adds  nothing  to  the  country’s  wealth. 
Scattering it broadcast over a field  would 
produce  no  crops;  burying  it 
in  the 
ground would not make that ground more 
fertile.  Coin  may  be  piled  mountain 
high  on  a  city  lot  without  showing  a 
house  as  the  result,  and  tons of it will 
satisfy  neither  hunger,  thirst,  nor  any 
other human want.

this 

end, 

The blood  of  industry  is  really  com­
posed of the various  commodities which, 
transported from point to  point, serve to 
repair the destruction caused by  the ele­
ments,  and to increase the  acenmulation 
of  objects  desirable  for  human  enjoy­
ment.  The most important of  them  are 
those  which minister  to  physical  needs, 
and  furnish  the  food  and  the  drink, 
without  which  animal  life  cannot  be 
sustained.  For 
railroads, 
steamers, and  the  innumerable  vehicles 
drawn by horses,  are busy  from morning 
to  night  gathering  up  supplies  at  the 
points  where  they  are  produced  and 
transporting them to  other  points where 
they are consumed.  Next  to these  come 
fuel  for  cooking  and  heating  purposes, 
which, in like manner,  must be  gathered 
up  and  distributed.  Then,  again,  we 
need the shelter of houses,  which  are ex­
posed  to  the  ravages  of  fire  and  flood, 
and to the slower destruction of rain and 
frost.  The  materials  for  constructing 
and repairing these and  other  buildings 
have to  be  made  in  one  place  and  em­
ployed in  another.  Clothing,  furniture, 
books,  ornaments,  and  all  the  myriad 
other  objects which  wear  out  and  need 
to be renewed  from  time  to  time,  must 
also  be  conveyed  from  the  producer  to 
the  consumer.  Thus,  by  day  and  by 
night,  the country is  alive  with  streams 
of commodities  passing  to  and  fro,  and 
which are no sooner consumed  than they 
are replaced  by  fresh  supplies,  just  as 
the blood of  the  human  body  circulates 
from spot  to  spot,  repairing  the  losses 
caused by bodily activity,  and  is  itself, 
in turn, replenished by fresh food.

So  far,  indeed,  as  money  facilitates 
this circulation of nutritious and repara­
tive  material,  it  may  possibly  be com­
pared to the  water  in  the  blood,  which 
gives it fluidity and serves as a vehicle to 
carry  along  its  really  useful  particles.

A  P e tty   S w indler.

A  man  representing  himself  to  be  a 
salesman in the  employ  of  McKesson  & 
Robbins,  of  New  York,  has  “ worked” 
several druggists in Indiana  and  Illinois 
for small sums ranging from  75  cents to

He was exposed and  nothing more was 
beard of him until  quite  recently,  when 
he  “turned  up”  at  Birmingham,  Ala., 
with the same scheme.
He borrows tbe price  of his fare to the 
next town,  where he  expects  (?)  a remit­
tance to be awaiting him.
As the amount lost is  small  the  drug­
gists  usually  do uot interest themselves 
in the matter enough to  assist in the  ap­
prehension  of  the  prisoner,  but  the 
house  whose  name  he  uses  is annoyed 
by his actions and  would  be  pleased  to 
get him entangled iu  the  meshes  of  the 
law.

A  crusade  has  begun  in  New  York 
against the sale of bogus  metal for  ster­
ling  silver,  and  several 
leading  mer­
chants of New York  have  been  indicted 
for violating the State law which forbids 
the  sale  of  any  article  stamped  “ster­
ling”  unless it contains 925 in every 1,000 
parts of pure silver, or stamping “solid” 
unless it is nine-tenths  fine. 
It was dis­
covered in New York  that  a  large  pro­
portion  of  the  silver  goods  on  sale 
stamped  “sterling”  and  “pure  silver” 
contain 
less  than  one-fourth  of  that 
metal,  and some as little as 4 per cent.

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MILWAUKEE,  WIS.
Whotesale  Distributors.
J.  A.  GONZALEZ,

^Michigan  Representative

A   h a n d y   t h i n g   to  h a v e  
T h e y   a r e   v e r y   h a n d ­

s o m e

T h e y   a r e   h a n d y   to  g e t 
A t  a n y  h a n d y  s t o r e  

E v e r y   h a n d y   t r a v e l i n g   m a n   sells  t h e m  
If y o u   h a v e   a   n i e k l e   h a n d y —t r y   o n e

But  even  this  comparison  fails  to sub­
stantiate the analogy claimed  for money. 
The water in the  blood  is  dissipated  in 
the  course  of its circulation, just as  the 
rest of the blood  is  dissipated. 
It  goes ' 
off by perspiration  or  passes  by  way  of 
the kidneys.  Money, on  the contrary, is 
subject to the wear  and tear of handling 
only when it is in the shape of  coin  and 
notes.  The  far  greater  quantity  of  it 
which exists as bank credits is indestruc­
tible  by  physical  agencies.  The  water 
in the blood of trade is more  fitly  repre­
sented by the  vehicles  of  transportation 
by which commodities are  carried about, 
and  with these money has no analogy.

The exposure of this  fallacy  is  neces­
sary,  because  the  mistaken 
idea  that 
money  is  really  financial  blood  and  is 
convertible into wealth as  animal  blood 
is  convertible  into  flesh  and bones,  lies 
at the bottom of much of the clamor now 
heard  in  the  land  for  the  creation  of 
more money.  No  country  can  get  rich 
by  merely 
increasing  the  volume  of 
money in circulation. 
It can do  it  only 
by creative industry and  by  steady  hard 
work.  To encourage  the  delusion  that 
a large volume of money is the one thing 
needful  for  financial  prosperity,  is  no 
less  a  political  than  it is an economical 
blunder.  The truth  will eventually  pre­
vail, and when  it does  prevail those who 
have endeavored  to suppress it  will  meet 
with the reprobation they deserve.

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Os.  Sepia......................  15©  18
Pepsin Saae, H. & P. D.
C o..............................   @2 00
Plcls Llq, N.tC., *4 gai
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........  ©  85
©  50
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80).. 
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22). 
©  1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__  
©  3
Pllx Bnrgun.................  ©  7
Plumbl Acet 
.............  
If©  12
Pulvls Ipecac et opll.. 1  io@l  20 
Pyrethram,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., dos.......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........   20©  30
Q uasslae.................... 
8©  10
Quinla, S. P. A W 
..  34a@39*4 
27© 37
8.  German.  . 
Ruble  Tinctorum.......  12©  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
18® 20
Salacln.........................2 50@2  60
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40©  50
Sapo,  W .......................  
ia@  14
11  M  .......................   10©  12
©  15
 
“  G 
Seldllu  M ixture........  
©  20
Slnapls.........................  
©  18
“  opt.................... 
®  30

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Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................
©  34
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  ©  34
9
Soda  Boras,  (po.6V4-9)6* 4 ©  
24©  25
Soda  et Potass T art..
Soda Carb..................
1*4©  2
3©  5
Soda,  Bl-Carb............
Soda,  Ash.................... 3*4©  4
Soda, Sulphas............
©  2
Spts. Ether C o ............ 50©  55
“  Myrcla  Dorn....... @2 00
@2 50
“  Myrcla Im p........
“  Vini Rect. bbl  ..
2  55
2 R>
“  *4 bbl.
“ 
“ 
“  10 gal.
2 63
2  65
“ 
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5 gal.
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal....... 1 40© 1  45
Sulphur, Subl............. 2)4©  3
Roll............... 2  @  2*4
Tam arinds..................
8©  10
Terebenth Venice....... 28®  30
Theobrom ae............... 45  @  48
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph.................
7©  8
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, w inter...........
70
70 
Lard,  extra.................
60 
65
Lard, No.  1.................
40 
45
Linseed, pure raw __ 61 
54
.
Linseed,  boiled.. 
(6
63 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................
70
65 
Spirits Turpentine...
35 
40

OILS.

“ 

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paints. 

bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian............... 1%  2©8
Ochre, yellow  Mars.... IK  2©4
Ber.........1*  2@S
“ 
Putty,  commercial__ 2)4  3*4@3
“  strictly  pure.......2*4  2M®8
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................  
13@15
70@75
Vermilion.  English__  
Green, Paris............... 
20*4@27
Green,  Peninsular....... 
13@16
Lead,  red ......................5)4®6
“  w h ite...................5 >4 @6
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
Whiting,  Gliders’........  
@90
1 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
c liff............................  
1  40
Universal Prepared  ..1  C0@1  15
No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra T urp.................. 160@1  70
Coach  Body.................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  F u rn ........ 1  00@1  10
E utraTurk Damar . ..  1  55©1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................... 
70®75
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A C I B t i* .

A ceticum ................... 
10
Benz oleum  German..  6 y@  75
15
......................  
Boracic 
C&rbollcum  .  ............... 
22© 32
C ltrlcum ....................... 
41© 44
H ydrochlor................. 
3© 
5
.....................  10© 12
Nltrocum 
O zallcum ......................   10©  12
Phoaphorlum d ll........  
20
Sallcyllcum...................  55© 65
Sulphurlcum...............  114©  5
Tannlcum ..........................1 40@1 60
Tartarlcum .................. 
33© 35

AMMONIA.

*• 

Aqua, 16  deg............... 
4©  6
6©  8
20  deg...............  
Carbonaa  ......................  12©  14
Chiorldum .....................  12© 14

-  A N ILIN B .

Black..................................2 00©2 25
Brown...........................  80©1  00
Red..................................  45© 50
T allow ...............................2 50@3 00

BACCAB.

Cubeae  (pc  25)........... 
Junlperos....................  
Xantnoxylnm............ 
BAL8AMUM.

20® 25
W
&

Copaiba..........................  45®„
Peru................................  
Terabln. Canada  —  
T olutan......................... 

,_@3 99
4a@  oO
50© 55

Abies,  Canadian..........
Cas8lae  .........................
Cinchona P la v a ..........
Euonymus  atropurp... 
Myrlca  Cerlfera. po....
Prunus V lrginl.............
Quill ala,  grd.................
Sassafras  ......................
Ulmus Po (Ground  15).

“ 
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Glycyrrhlsa  Glabra..
po............
Haematoz, 15 lb. box  .
Is............
>4«..........
*8..........
rX B B C
Carbonate P red p ........
Citrate and Quinla
Citrate  Soluble............
Ferro cyanldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure.............

“ 

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

®  15 
@3  50 
©  80 ©  50 
©  15 
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a   7

mOBA.

r  oi.i a.

A rnica.........................   J2@  14
Matricaria 
18©25

....... 

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Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin- 

............• • • • •  14©  30

nlvelly ......  • • • ••• •  J3®

Alx.  25©  30
and  *4s......................  12©  20
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  fcs
lira Ural 
.................... 

*•  Cape, (po.  20) 

euiufi.
picked... 
Acacia, 1st 
2d 
... 
“ 
3d 
.... 
“ 
sifted sorts... 
p o ..........  80© 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60).. 

©  60
©  40
©  30
©  20
80
50©  60
®  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  ©  50
Catechu, Is, (J4s, 14 14«.
16)..............................   ©  13
Ammo n ite ...................  55©  «0
Assafcetlda, (po.35; 
30©  3a
Bensoinum..................   5°©  55
Camphor»  ..................   58©  60
Kuphorbinm  po  ........   35© 
io
Galbannm....................  @2  50
Gamboge,  po...............  65©  70
Gualacum,  (po  85)  .. 
©  30
Kino,  (po  2 00)......... 
@2  00
M astic..............  
 
©  80
Myrrh, (po. 45) —  —   ©  40
Opll  (po  3 00©3  20). .1  85@1  60
Shellac  .......................   40©  60
4t @  45
Tr.sgacanth.................  50©  80

“ 
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bleached....... 

Absinthium ...........................  25
Bupatorlum...........................  20
Lobelia....................................  25
M ajorom................................  28
Mentha  Piperita..................   28
«  V lr...........................  26
Rue..........................................   33
Tanacetum, V ........................  22
Thymus,  V ............................   25

M A 8R B SIA .
Calcined,  P at............. 
55©  6u
Carbonate,  P at...........   20©  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20©  25 
Carbonate, Jenning5 
35©  36 

onscii.

Absinthium ................ 2 50@3 00
Amygdalae, Dole  ..  ..  30©  50 
Amydalae. Araar&e— 8 00@8 25
A n lsi............................. 1  90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex...........1  80®2 00
Bergamli  .....................3 00©3 20
C ajlputl...................... 
60©  65
Caryophylll.................  75©  80
C ed ar...........................  35©  65
Chenopodll.................  @l  60
Clnnam onll..................1  40® 1  50'
Cltronella....................  45©  50
Conlum  Mac...............  35©  65
Copaiba.......................   80©  90

Cubebae.........................1  50©1 60
Exechthltos  ............  1  20© 1  30
Erlgeron.....................  1  20@1 30
Gaultherla 
.1   50@1 60
Geranium,  ounce.  .  .  © 7 5
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal......   60©  70
Hedeoma  ..................  l  25@l  40
Ju m p ed .......................   50@2 00
L avendula..................   90@2 00
Llmonls........................1  30©1  50
Mentha Piper 
............1  85@8 00
Mentha  Verld..............1  R0@2 00
Morrhuae, gal..............1  75@1  80
Myrcla, ounce.............   ©  50
O live........................... 
90@3 00
Plcls Llqnlda, (gal. 35)  10©  12
R icini............................ 
68© 96
Rosmarini...........  
1  00
Rosae,  onnee................6 50®8 50
Succlnl...........................  40© 45
S abina.........................  90@1  00
Santal  .........................2 50®7 00
Sassafras.......................   50® 55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__   @ 6 5
Tlglll............................  @1  00
T hym e.........................  40©  50
opt  ................   @1  60
Theobromas.................. 
15© 20

r‘ 

POTASSIUM .
15©  18
BICarb.....................  
bichrom ate.................  11©  13
Bromide.................... 
45©  48
Carb.............................. 
la©  15
Chlorate  (po. 17@19)..  16©  18
Cyanide.......................   50©  55
Iodide................................ 2 96@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  24©  26 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass  Nltras, opt......  
8©  10
Potass Nltras............... 
7©  9
Pressiate......................  25©  28
Sulphate  po.................  15©  18

B A D IX .

Aconitum ....................  20©  25
Althae...........................  22©  25
A nchusa......................  12©  15
Arum,  po......................  ©  25
Calamus.......................   20©  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)....... 
8©  10
Glychrrhlsa, (pv. 15)..  16©  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35).................... 
©  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inala,  po.....................   15©  20
Ipecac,  po....................1  30@1  40
Iris plox (po. 35®38)..  35©  40
Jalapa,  p r....................  40©  45
Maranta,  )4s...............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15©  18
Rhel................................  75@1 00
“  ent.......................   @1  75
“  pv...........................  75© 
Splgella.........................  35© 38
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  ©  20
Serpentarla....................   50© 55
Senega...........................  55© 60
Slmllax, Officinalis.  H  ©  40 
©  25
M 
Sdllae, (po. 86).............   10© 12
Symplocarpus,  Fosti-
©  35
dns,  po...................... 
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
15©  20
German.. 
Ingiber a ..................... 
16® 20
Zingiber  ) ....... 
20
18© 

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8BK BK .
. ■  ©  15
Anlsnm,  (po.  20). 
Aplnm  (graveleons)..  14©  16
Bird, Is........................... 
4© 6
Carol, (po. 18)...............   10© 12
Cardamon..........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrnm...................  12© 14
5
Cannabis Satlva  —  
Cydonlnm......................  75©1 00
Chenopodlnm 
............  10© 12
Dlpterlx Odorate  ....... 1  80®2 00
Foenlonlnm................  
©  15
Foenngreek.  po......  
6©  8
L in i................................»WO 4
Lini, grd.  (bbl. 3*4)..  3*©   4
L obelia.........................   35© 40
4©  5
Pharlarls Canarian. . .  
R ap a.............................   4M©  5
Slnapls  A lba................ 
7©  8
N igra...........   11©  12

1 

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D. F. R -. 
 
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Frumenti, W., D.  Co.  2 00©2 50 
2 00@2 25
1  25©1  50
Jnnlperls  Co. O. T —  1  65@2 00
1  75©8  50
Saacharnm  N.  B .........1  90@2 10
Spt.  Vini  Galli............ 1  75©6 50
Vini Oporto...................... 1  2S@2 00
Vini  Alba......................... 1  25@2 00

 

SPOKSBB.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
oarrlage......  
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
oarrlage  ..................  
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.......... 
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage.................... 
Grass Bheeps’ wool car
rla g e ......................... 
Hard for  slate  use—  
Tellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e ............................ 

2  50©2  75
2  00
1  10
86
65
75
1  40

A c ca d a .................................   50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................  60
Ferri Iod................................  50
Aaranti  Cortes......................  50
Rhel  Arom............................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis...............  60
....  50
Senega...................................   50
Sdllae.....................................  50
“  Co.............................. 
50
TOiQtan..............................  
50
50
Pranas  rlrg  ....................  

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Aconltum  NapelllsR. 
F.
Aloes............................
and  m yrrh........
A rn ica.........................
Asafoetida....................
A trope Belladonna__
Benzoin.......................
Co..................
Sangulnarla...............
Barosm a............. ........
Cantharides.............
Capsicum....................
Ca  damon....................
Co................
Castor...........................
Catechn......................
C inchona....................
Co.................
Columba......................
Conlum .......................
Cubeba.........................
D igitalis......................
Ergot.............................
G entian....................... .
Co....................
G ualea.........................
ammon...........
Z ingiber......................
Hyoscyamns................
Iodine.........................
Colorless...........
Ferrl  Chiorldum..........
K in o ...........................
Lobelia..........................
M yrrh...........................
Nux  Vomica...............
O pll...............................
“  Camphorated........
“  Deodor..................
Auranti Cortex............
Q uassia....................... .
Rhatany  .......................
Rhel...............................
Cassia  Acntlfol...........
Co___
Serpentarla..................
Stramonium..................
T olutan.........................
V alerian......................
Veratrum Verlde..........
M ISCELLANEOUS

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po....  © 
B po. 

/Other, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  35©  38 
“  4 F ..  88©  40
Alnm en.......................   2)4® 3
(po.
3© 
7)................................ 
4
Annatto.......................   40©  50
Antlmonl, po............... 
4©  5
et Potass T.  55©  60
A ntlpyrln....................  ©1  40
Antlrebrln....................  ©  15
Argentl  Nltras, onnee  ©  53
Arsenicum..................  
5©  7
Balm Gilead  B ad__  
38©  40
Blsmnth  S.  N ............. 1  20@l  80
Calcium Chlor, Is, (*4s
10;  )48,  12)...............  © 
9
Cantharldes  Russian,
p o ..............................  ©1  00
Capsid  F radns, a f...  @  15
is
©  15
Caryophyllns,  (po.  15)  10©  12
Carmine,  No. 40..........   ©3 75
Cera  Alba, S. A F .......  50©  55
Cera Flava..................   40©  42
Cocons.........................  ©  40
Cassia Frnotni...........  
©  25
Centrarla......................  ©  10
Cetaoenm....................  ©  40
Chloroform................  60©  68
Squibb*  .  @1  25
Chloral Hyd ( h it........ 1  15©1  30
C hondros....................  20©  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15©  90
German  8 Kffi  12
Cocaine...................... 5 0:@5  25
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
65
cent  ........................ 
Creasotnm ...............  
©  35
©  2
Crete, (bbl. 75)....... 
prep.............  
5©  5
p red p .......... 
9© 
ll
Rnbra.................  @  8
Croons...............  
50©  55
Cudbear.......................  
©  24
Capri Snlph.................  5 ©   6
D extrine........  
 
10©  12
Ether Snlph.................  75©  90
Emery,  all  numbers..  ©  8
po....................   ©  6
Brgota,  (po.)  40 ..........  80©  35
Flake  W hite...............  12©  15
G alla............................  
©  23
Gambler.......................  8  @ 9
Gelatin,  Cooper..........  ©  60
F rench...........   30©  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box  70.
Glue,  Brown.............  
9©  15
“  W hite.................  18©  25
Glycerine....................   13©  20
©  22
Grana Paradlsl...........  
Hnmnlns.................  . 
25©  56
©  19
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite. 
©  69
“  Cor  ... 
Ox Rubram  ©  89
Ammonlatl. 
@  99
Unguentum 
45©  55
Hydrargyrum.............   ©  65
lihthyobolla, A m ..  ..1  2S©1  50
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resnbl...........3 80@3  90
Iodoform......................  ©4 70
Lnpnlln........................  @2 25
Lycopodium...............  60©  65
M a d s ...........................  70©  75
Llqnor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................  
©  27
Llqnor Potass ArslnltlB  10©  12
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Mannla,  S .F ...............   60©  63

1*4).........................  

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN-.

G ROCERY  PR IC E  CU RREN T.

The prices quoted in this list are for the  trade only, in such quantities as are usually  purchased  by retail  dealers.  They are prepared just before 
going to press  and  are an accurate  index of  the local  market. 
It is impossible to give  quotations  suitable for all conditions of  purchase, and those 
below are given  as  representing  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of  strong credit  usually  buy closer than 
those who  have poor  credit.  Subscribers  are  earnestly requested  to  point  out  any  errors or omissions, as it is our  aim to make  this feature of  the 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

CREAM   TARTAR.
Strictly  pure.......................
T elfers  Absolute...............
Grocers’...............................15©25
CLOTHES  PINS. 

D aisy  B rand.

COCOA  SHELLS.

5 gross boxes   
............40©45
35 lb  bags.......................   ©3
Less quantity 
Pound  packages...........6£©7

©31a

COFFEE.
G reen.
Rlah

F air.................... _ ............... 18
Good....................................... 19
Prim e......................................21
Golden....................................21
Peaberry 
.............................23
Santos.
F air.........................................19
Good....................................... 20
Prim e................................’. .22
Peaberry  ...............................23
Mexican and Guatemala.
F air.........................................21
Good....................................... 22
Fancy...................................’[24
Maracaibo.
Prim e.........................  
23
M ined..............................;;;;24
Interior.................................. 25
Private Growth.....................27
M andehllng......................  28
Im itation...............................25
Arabian..................................28

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

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To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  14c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.
M cL an g h lln ^X X X X ..  ¿1  30 
Lion. 60 or 100lb.  case....  21  30
Arbuckle............................  21  30
J e rse y ................................  21  30
E xtract.
Valley City  *  gross 
75
.... 
'olix 
1  15
Hummel’s, foil,  gross........   1  85
“ 
tin 
........2 86
CHICORY.
..  5
Bulk............................ 
Red..................................  
7
Cotton,  40 ft.......... per dos.  1  25
140
160
1  75
1  90
85
1  00

50ft...........  
80ft...........  
TOft...........  
80 f t...........  
so ft........... 
72 ft-........  
4 doz  if   "fiec-.

c o n d e n s e d   m i l k .

CLOTHES  LINES.

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Gall Borden Eagle.............   7  40
Crown.....................................e  25
......................... 5  75
.......................   4  50
..........................4  25
......................3 35

Peerless evaporated cream 
COUPON  BOOKS

A X LE  GREASE.
doz
.......  70
Mica  .............
.......  55
Aurora..........
.... 
60
J as! or Oil.......
Diamond........
.......  50
Frazer’s .......... __  
75
.......  55
Paragon 
..  ..

gross
8  0C
6 00
7  00
5  50
9  00
6  00

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it id.  jails. 3  dos—
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s u lk ..............................
Arctic.
)t £» cans 6'doz  case.
>4 lb  “  4 doz  “
1  lb  “ 
a doz  “ 
5  1b  “  1  doz  “ 
Red Star, it a> cans 
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*  lb. cans, 6  doz. case.  .
4  doz.  *  —
“ 
*  lb. 
1  lb. 
“  2 doz.  “  —
Van  Anrooy’s  Pure,
34 lb. cans, 6  doz  case
*  lb. 
1  doz.  “ 
.  .
2  doz.  “
1  lb. 
reiter’s.  *  lb. cans,  dos
*  lb. 
lib .
*  lb  cans__ . 
1 lb cans 

Our Leader,  34 -b cans.  .
...
BATH  BRICK . 
2 dozen In case.
...  ..........  - ■

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75
1  SO 
10
55 
1  10
2 00 
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85
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3 25
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85
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75
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Bagllsb 
Bristol....................
Domestic...........
Arctic, 4 os  ovals

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80s 
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"  No. 2, sifting r»ox.
“  No. 3, 
So. 5, 
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..  70
60
Gross
3 60
.  6 75
.  9 00
.  2  75
4  00
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Mexican Liquid, 4  oz....... .  3  60
8 oz......... .  6  80
.  -- .  1  90
............... .  2 00
2  1
... .  2  50
............ 
2  50
35
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1  25
1  50
1  75
85
Aims a-:«n berao, 2  row
äk*  .-vim  scrub, S row  .. 1  25
1  ao
Pa,metto,  goose.................
10
Hotel. 40  ib. boxes...........
Star,  40 
.......—
Paradise  .............................
WlCklng 
............................
C A S S  E li  k U<  D8. 

CANDLES.

*• 
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Little  Neck,  1 Id.. 

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1  20 
1  90

“ 
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21b.

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“  2  lb .................
Ciam Chowder.
Standard, 8 lb ......................
Cove Oysters.
-i*oa»rd,  l i b  
.................
21b.....................
LoDsters.
■stài,  i   ib ....................................
r*ll

80 j
1  4t
2 45 
8 50 
2 ¡JS 
2 90
M scierei.
btaudafd, 1 lb.  .................  .1  10
2  lb ...................  2  10
Mustard,  2 lb  ........
.  2  25 
.  2 25 
Tomato Sauce,  21b.
Soused, 2 lb ............. .
.2 25
Salmon.
1 80 
Columbia River, fist 
“ 
tails
i  n5 
..1  30 
Alaska. Red..............
..1 i -»
pink.............
Kinney’s,  flats..........
Sardines.
American  * s  ...............   @  4
,4a............   © 6
........................  ©  9
Imported 
©  3 
4*
Mustard  4£s  .............
©  7
B o n eless.................
Trout.
Brook  8,  lb
F ru its.
Apples.
3 id. standard 
fork State, gallons 
H a m b u r g h .
Apricots.
Live oak..............  .
Santa  Crus..................
Lusk’s ...........................
Overland....................
Blackberries. 
F. &  W.........................

1  40 
1  40 
1  50 
1  10
85

90 
3 (tu

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Cherries.

“ 
“ 

Pears.

a i
1
1

Gooseberries

1
1
1
1
1
1
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Red................................ 
W hite.......... ................ 
B rie............................. 
Damsons, Bgg Plums and Green 
Gages
E rie.......................
California.
Common 
............
Peaches.
P ie...............................
M axw ell......................
Shepard’s ..................
California....................
Monitor 
..  ...............
Oxford..........................
Domestic......................
Riverside......................
Pineapples.
Common....................... l  oo@l
•Johnson's  sliced
2
grated.........
2
Booth*8 sliced.............
@2
grated  ..........
@2
Quinces.
Common 
....................
Raspberries.
Red................................
Black  Hamburg..........
Brie,  black  ............
Strawberries.
Law rence..................
Ham burgh.............
Brie...............................
T errapin.........................
Whortleberries.
Blueberries.................
Meats.
Corned  beef  .............
Roast beef 
...............
Potted  ham,  *  lb __
Is ib ............
“ 
.
tongue,  *  lb 
•* 
* l b ........... 
chicken, ¿ l b  
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Vegetables,
Beans.

“ 
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1  05

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95

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Peas.

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Hamburgh  stringless  ........ l  15
French style....... 2 00
Limas  ................. i  ©
Lima,  green  ......................... i  15
soaked.......................   70
Lewis Boston Baked............ 1 25
Bay State  Baked................... 1  25
World’s  Fair  Baked............ 1  25
Picnic Baked.........................   95
Corn.
Hamburgh 
........................... 1  15
Livingston  B den..................1 00
Purity 
...................................   go
Honey  Dew..........................j  25
Morning Glory
Soaked 
(¡0
Hamburgh  marrofat............1  30
early June 
..150
C ham pionBng..l  40
petit  poll...........1  40
fancy  sifted  ...l  *j
Soaked  ................................  
fg
Harris standard
VanO*mp’*  m arrofat........   1  10
early Ju n e ....... 1  §0
Archer’s  Early Blossom  ...1  25
French  ..................................2  15
French......................... ....  -19©2i
B rie.................................. 
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H ubbard.......... .....................j  jg
Hamburg................ 
1  3
Soaked - -.  --------------- 
go
Honey  Dew............................  30
B rie........................................1  35
Hancock  ................................  go
Bxceislor 
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Eclipse
Hamburg............ ....................1  30
Gallon 
  2 5

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

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Baker’s.

2
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German Sweet................... 
Premium........................... 
Breazfa»’  nncoa... 
CH EESE.
A cm e...... 
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Jersey........................... 
Lenavre 
R iverside..................  
Gold  Medal  ...............
Skim  ............................... 
B rio:............................. 
B d a m ..........................  
Leiden 
Llmbnrger 
Pineapple 
Roquefort 
Sap  Sago 
Schweitzer, Imported. 

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Triumph Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles............ 2  75
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles  ............ 8 50
Half pint, per  doz.....................1 35
Pint, 25rbottles........................... 4 50
Quart ;per  doz  .....................8 75

D R IE D   FRUITS 

D om estic. 

Apricots. 

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

Apples.
Sundried,...............
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California In  bags 
Evaporated in boxes.  .. 
In  boxes
0 lb. bags  .......................
25 lb. boxes  .....................
Peeled, In  boxes............
"al. evap.  “ 
............
“ 
In bags........
Pears.
California In bags 
California boxes............
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels............................
..............
50 lb. boxes 
26  ••

Peaches.

“ 

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ib.  boxes

Prunelles 
Raspberries.

6*

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In  barrels
501b. boxes......................
........................
25 lb.  “ 
Raisins.

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.
2 crow n................................   s *
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4  M 
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2 50 
8 00 
8 00
4  UU
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3 00 
8 50
4 00
5 00
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13 00 
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8 50
8 2 
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5 00
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6 00
810 
. 
820 
7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
arc  subject  to  tbe  following 
quantity discounts:
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G0t> 
1000 

.10 
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COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
|Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down.
20 books.......................   8  1  00
50 
100 
250 
500 
1000 

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C RE D IT  CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n 
1000.  “ 
“ 
2000,  “  “ 
Steel  punch 

IS 00 
5 00
.. 
. .  8 00
............ 
75

“ 
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Batter.

CRACKERS. 
Seymour XXX...............
6
Seymour XXX. cartoon 
•  6*  
Family  XXX  ...
..  6 
Family XXX,  cartoon...
•  64 
Salted XXX  .................
6
Salted XXX,  cartoon
64
Boston...........
•■*
Sears" Tea.
«*
Soda,  XXX
6
Soda XXX. carton............
..  6*
7
soda. city
Soda  Duchess
8
Crystal W afer.................. ■  10*
Long  Island Wafers 
..11
S. Oyster  XXX..
6
City Oyster. XXX............
6
Farina  Oyster................. ■  6

Oyster.

Soda

...

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

Sweet  Goods.
Iced Coffees 
G nger Snap»..................
Graham Crackers
Oatmeal Crackers.___
Pretzels .......................
Molasses  Cake..........
Sugar  C a k e ........
CEM ENT.

Major’s, per gro.

9
.  6
.  8
..  8
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Loose Muscatels In Bags
“  

2  c ro w n ..................................3*
..................................334
8 

Foreign
Currants.

“ 
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©   6 
©

Prunes.

Schuit’s Cleaned.

D I8IN  FECTANT.

Patras,  bbls. 
@2%
............ 
.  2% 
Vostlzzas, 50 lb.  cases 
25 lb.  boxes  .......................  5*
51 lb.  b o x e s.........................  5
1 lb.  packages  ...................6
Peel.
Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb.  boxes  12 
“ 
25 
“  “ 
8
Lemon 
Orange 
25  “   “  
“ 
10
Raisins.
>ndura, 29 lb  boxes 
Sultana, 20 
“
Valencia. 30  “
California,  100-120 ...............  334
90x100 25 lb.  bxs. 5*
80x90 
.5 3 4
634
70x80 
60x70 
7
.. 
7©10

“ 
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Silver 
Zenoleum, 6 oz  ..................   2 00
Zenoleum, qts............................. 4 OS
Zenoleum, *   gal.................  7 20
2 00
Zenoleum,  gal.....................12 (0
3 00
6 25
10 00
Yarmouth............................
17 50
Georges cured..................   4
Georges genuine..............5
Georges selected..............  534
Boneless,  bricks................6*
Boneless,  strips...............   ev©s
U©12
smoked  .. 
Holland, white hoops keg 
80 
bbl  10  0
Norwegian.........................  11  CO
Round, *  bbl 100 lbs........   2 55
.........  1  30
Scaled.................................   13
No. 1,  100 lbs........................ 12 00
No. 1,40 lb s...............................  5 50
No. 1,  10 lbs..............................   1 35
No. 2,100 lbs.............................  9 00
No. 2, 40 lbs...........................3 9U
No. 2,10 lbs...............................  1 ng
Family, 90 lbs................
10  lbs  . . . . . . . .

14  “  40  “ 
Mackerel.

Halibut.
Herring.

FISH --Belt 

Bloaters.

Cod.

. 

Sardines.
Trout.

Russian,  kegs......................  
55
No. 1, *  bbls., lOOlbs............ 4 25
No.  134 bbl, 40  lbs...............1  95
No. 1, kits, 16 lb s.........................  56
48
No  1, 8 lb  kits................... 
No. 1  family
K bbls, lOOlbs............87  00  2  “
40  “  .............3  10  1 20
lib.  kits.................... 
lb.
FLY  P A P E R .

Whlteflsh.

85
71

Vt oz size...812 no 
1  oz size...  18 00
Liq.Glue.loz  9 60
Leather Cement
1  oz size...  12 00
2  oz size...  18  no
Rubber Cement 
&  oz size . ..  12 00

Regular Size.

3er box__ 38c.  Per case.
In  5 case lots, per case... 
In 10 case lo s, per case... 
“Little Tanglefoot.”
Retails, per box.................
' osts.  i«*r case...................

Peas.

“ 

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  bu...........................  1  10
Split  per I b ...................  
2*
Schumacher, bbl..................84 60
*  bbl..............2 44
Monarch,  bbl......................   3 90
Monarch, *   bbl....................2 10
Quaker,  cases.....................  3 20
Oven Baked............................8 25
Lakeside...............................   2 25
G erm an................................   3
Bast India.............................  8*
Cracked.............................. 
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FLA VO RIN G   EXTRACTS. 

Wheat.

Sago.

Bonders*.

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

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

dos
2os  ... .8  75 
4 o s-----1  50
Regular 
Vanilla.

dos
2 oz.......81  20
4 oz.........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz........81 50
4 o s.........8  00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 o z....... 81  75
4 oz......... 3 50

1 20
2 00
3 00
2 00
2 50

Jen n in g s.
Lemon. Vanilla 
2 os regular panel . 7 5  
4 os 
...1  50 
60s 
...2  00 
No. 3  taper............. 1  35 
No. 4  taper............. 1  50 
G UNPOW DER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

“ 
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Kegs............................................. 3 25
Half  kegs.................................... 1 90
Quarter  kegs............................. 1 10
1  lb  cans................................  30
*  lb  cans............................  18
Kegs............................................. 4 25
Half  kegs....................................2 40
Quarter kegs............................... 1 35
1 lb c a n s......... 

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

...  34

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs............................................11 00
Half  kegs....................................5 75
Quarter kegs. 
3 00 
1  lb  cans.......
60
Sage 
..................
Hope......................................
Madras,  5 lb. boxes...........
3. F ., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 

IN D IG O .

H BBB8.

K O FFA -A ID .

IOO packages in case__
60 packages in  c a se .... 
JE L L Y .
15  lb. palla  .................
“ 
17  “ 
...............
80  “  “ 
.................
LICO RICE.
Pure................................
Calabria..........................
Sicily...............................
Root................................
LYE.
Condensed, 2  dos.........
4 dos........

© 38
© 44
© 65
80
25
12
10
...  1 20

M INCE  M EAT.

LA RGE  SIZ E .

d w a r f  s i z e .

25 dbl. shts. In box, pr. bx. 8  38
Per case of  10 boxes..........   3 40
25 double she°t8 In  box,
Case of 10 boxes.................  1  25
Case of 21  boxes.................  2 50
COMBINATION  CASE.
5 boxes Large  Decoy I 
« 
.. 
2 boxes Dwarf Decoy \ 
'91 *
FARINACEOUS  g o o d s . 

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

115 ib. kegs.......................... 
Walsh DeRoo  A  Co.’s .......  1  85
Barrels — . . . . . . ................ 
G rits...................................  
Dried.................................... 
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
Imported...................... 10 *@11
Pearl Barley.
Bmplre......................................3*
Chester.................................  

Lima  Beans.

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

2*

M EASURE8.
Tin, per dosen.

 

2*
g*
6*

gallon..............................   81  75
Half  gallon..........................  1 40
70
Q uart................................... 
P in t.....................................  
45
40
Half  p i n t .......................... 
Wooden, for vinegar, per dos.
. gallon....................  
  7 00
Half gallon..........................  4 75
p a r t....................................  3 75
$
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M ATCHES.

Colombia  Match Co.’s  Brands.
Colombia Parlor....................... §1 28
XXX Sulphur...........................   1 00
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands. 
i t>5
Mo. 9  sulphur 
Anchor parlor.............................i 70
No. 2 home  ........................... 1  10
Export  parlor  .......................4 00

MOLA8SES.
Blackstrap
8oKarhonse.............. 
Cuba Baking.
O rdinary...............  
Porto KIcj.
P rim e.................................. 
F ancy___ _ 
........ 
F a ir...................................... 
Qood  .................................. 
Extra good.......................... 
Fancy............  
..
Hair -barrels 3c.extra
PIC K L ES.

New Orleans.

. 

14
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20
ao
is
¿a
27
40

Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  conni... @4  25
Half bbls, 600  count.. @2 61
Small.
Barrels, 2,400  count
5 50
Half bbls, 1,200 connt
3 1»
P IP E S .

Clay, No.  216..................
....1  70
“  T. D. full connt__ ...  70
Cob, No.  8  ....................... ...1  20

POTASH.

48 cans In case.
Babbitt’s ..........................
Penna Salt  Co.’s .............

4  00
3 00

R IC E .
Domestic.

Carolina head..................
“  No. 1..................
“ 

..  5K
....5
N o.2................... ...  4*
Broken.............................. ■  3*
Japan, No. 1.....................
. 6 *
s   No.2...................... ...  5
Java............................... —  5
Patna................................
4*

Imported.

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice............................. • 
9*
Cassia, China in m ats__ -■  9*

“ 

“ 
“ 

Pepper, Singapore, black 

Batavia In bond__18
Saigon In rolls....... 38
Cloves,  Amboyna........ ........88
Zanzibar..................11*
Mace  Batavia........................70
Nutmegs, fancy.....................85
“  No.  1......................... 60
“  No.  2......................... 55
.  10 
“ 
white  ..  .80
shot........................... 16
“ 
Pure Ground In Balk.
15
Allspice.................... 
Cassia,  Batavia.....................18
and  salgon.85
“ 
Saigon......................35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboy n a ................88
"  Zanzibar  .........  
18
Ginger, A frican.....................16
5  Cochin.........   .......  80
Jamaica  ................88
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................66
Mustard,  Bug. and Trieste. .88
“  Trieste......................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
“   white........24
“ 
“  Cayenne...................80
Sage.........................................80
Absolute” In  Packages.

“ 

Me  Me
A llspice..........................  84 156
C innam on....................   84 155
Cloves.............................  84 1  55
Ginger,  Jamaica  .........  84 1  55
A fric a n ..........  84  1  55
Mustard..........................  84 1  55
Pepper..........................  
84 1  55
Sage......... 
. . .  
84
STARCH. 

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Klngsford's Corn.

 

 

“ 

Klngsford’s Silver Gloss.

80 1-lb packages....................  6%
401-lb 
....................   6M
6%
401-lb.  packages  ......  
6-lb. boxes...........................   754
Common Corn
80-lb  boxes...........................  5?i
40-lb 
“ 
 
5*
Common Gloss
1-lb packages........ ................ 5
“ 
8-lb 
.........................  5
6-lb 
5M
 
“ 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  334
Barrels............................ —   334
Boxes 
....................................5*
Kegs, .English..........................4)4

80D A ,

 

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

 

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Butter, 56 lb  bags.............  

Cases, 84 3  lb. boxes........ I  1  60
Barrels, 380  lbs.................  2  50
115 2*4 lb bags  ...  4  00
lb  “  ___   3  75
60 5 
3010  lb  “ 
....  3  50
65
“  80141b bags..............  3 50
“  880 lb  b b ls............  8  50
“  224 lb 
2 85
Worcester.
115 2M-lb sacks..................... 14 (.0
3 if
605-lb 
“ 
3010-lb 
“ 
3  50
22  14 lb.  “ 
3  30
)801b. bbl.............................   2 50
8 lb  sacks............................32*
60
100 3-lb. sacks....................... 68 10
60 5-lb.  “ 
1  90
8810-lb. sacks.....................   1 75

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

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

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56 lb. dairy In drill  bags.. 
881b. 
. 
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks. 
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks.. 
56 lt>.  sacks  ....... 
.. 
Saginaw 
Manistee 

Ashton.
Higgins.
Soiar Rock.
. 
Common Fine.

SNUFF.

30
.6
75
75
88
flu
90

Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccaboy  In ja rs............... 35
French Rappee, In Jars 
.48 
SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

SOAP.
L aundry,

G.  R. Soap  Works Brands. 

“ 
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1 “ 
Best German Family.

Concordia, 100 34 lb. bars.. .3  50
5 box  lots......... 3 35
10 box lots.........3 30
80 box lots....... 3 80
601-lb. bars......................... 2 85
5 box  lots........................... 8  15
25.box.lots............................2 00
Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.
Old Country,  80  1-lb.......... 3 80
Good Cheer, 601 lb..............3 90
White Borax, 100 34-lb..........3 65

Proctor A Gamble.

“ 

Concord................................3 45
Ivory, 10  oz.........................6 75
6 0 *..........................  4 00
Lenox.................................   3 65
Mottled  German................. 3  15
Town Talk........................... 3 85

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. .13  33 
plain...  3 27
N.  K.  Falrbank A Co.’s Brands.
Santa Clans.........................  3  90
Br jwn, 60 bars.................... 2  10
** 
80  bars  ...................3  10
Lautz Bros. A Co.’s Brands.
Acme....................................3 65
Cotton Oil....... 
6 00
Marseilles............................ -i  00
Master 
................................4 00
Thompson A Chute Co.’s Brands

......... 

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

SEEDS.
A n ise...........................
Canary, Smyrna.......
Caraway 
Cardamon. Malabar.  . 
Hemp,  Russian 
Mixed  Bird 
Mustard,  white
Poppy ...............
R ape....................
Cuttle  bone....
Grannlated.  bbls..
Lump, bbls 

@13
4
80
4
4M9
64M30
SAL  SODA. 
IKH
751b  cases.
.........................  1*
.«m

1451b kegs............ 

“ 

SYRUPS.

Corn

 
 
«T A B L E   SAUCES.

Barrels.........................  
28
Half bbls.............................  24
Pure Cane.
F air........................................   15
Good..........................  
20
Choice............... 
25
 
Lea A Perrin’s, larg e........ 4 75
small.......  2 75
Halford, la rg e .................... 3 75
small  ................  .  2 25
Salad  Dressing,  large  .  ...  4  55
•m all.......2  «5

“ 

“ 

TEAS.

Japan—Regular.

F a ir..............................  @17
Good............................   @80
Choice............................84  @88
Choicest 
.....................32  @34
Dust 
...........................10  @18
SUN OTTBSD.
F a ir..................................  @17
Good................................   @20
Choice............................ 24  @86
Choicest.........................38  @34
D ust.............................. 10  @13
F a ir................................18  @20
Choice..............................   @25
!  hoicest...........................  @35
ttra choice, wire leaf  @40 

BA SK ET  F IR E D .

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Congress  Brand.

Invincible» 
...................... $80 00
Imperials..................................  70 00
Perfectos............................. 61 00
Boquets 
.........................  55 00
Signal  Five...............................35 (0
R  R .  R.....................................  35 00
Mr.  Thomas 

Edw. W. Ruhe’s Brands

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

G. J. Johnson’s Brand.

S  C. W.............................. .  35 00
Ho  net’s Nest..................

B. J. Reynolds’ Brand.

F in e  Cut.
i*.  Lori Hard x Co.’s Brands.
@25
Sweet R u ss .................
Tiger............
30
D. Scotteli &  Co*8 Brands.
Hiaw atha..........
60
32
C uba...........................
Rocket.......................
30
Spaulding A Merrick  s  Brands.
30
Sterling........................
Cherry........................... @32
@30
Bazoo ...........................
Can  Can........................ @27
Nellie  Bly....................24 @25
Uncle Ben................... 24 @25
27
McGlnty......................
25
*  bbls..........
Columbia......................
Columbia,  drum s..........
Bang  Up.........................
Bang up,  drum s............

Private Brands.

24
23
20
19

“ 

F lag .

Spear 
Jok 
N 

Sorg’s Brands.
ad ...................
.........................
..oy Twist..................
Scotten’s Brands.

39
27
40

Flnzer’g Brands.

LorlUard’s Brands.

J. G. Butler’s.Brands.

h  awatha....................
38
34
v alley C ity.................
40
Old  Honesty................
32
Jolly Tar......................
39
Climax (8  oz., 41c)__
Green Turtle...............
30
Three  Black Crows...
27
Something Good........
38
Heart.. 
36
24
Oat of  Sight...............
Wilson  &  McCaulay's Brands.
Gold  Rope...................
43
Happy Thought.  ____
37
Messmate....................
32
No T ax.........................
31
Let  Go.........................
27
S m o k in g .

__

Gatlin’s  Brands.

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

Kiln  dried......................... 17@18
Golden  Shower................. .19
Huntress 
.26
Meerschaum  .................... 29@30
American Eagle Co.'s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy..........................40
Stork  ............................. 
30
G erm an.................................. 15
F ro g .......................................32
Java,  Ms foil......................... 32
Banner Tobacco Co. s Brands.
Banner....................................16
Banner Cavendish............... 36
Gold Cut 
..............................30

4 06

Silver 
............. ..................   3 65
Mono 
.. 
.  ......................330
Savon  In proved.................  8 50
Sunf.owc r ............................ 2 80
Goluen 
...............................3  25
Eccnom.cal  ....... 
..  .  2 85

Henry Passolt’s Brand.

Atlas, 5 box lots,  del 
Scouring
hand,3 *oz............2 40

Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 40 

...  63 60 

“ 

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New 

prices on sugars, to  which  tbe 
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 80  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Domino...............................  65  31
Cut  Loaf...................................  5 31
C ubes..........................................4 9t
Powdered.................................   5 00
XXXX  Powdered....................   5 18
G ranulated................................ 4 68
Fine Granulated......................  4 68
Extra Fine Granulated...  4  ?&
Mould  A  ..............................  4 94
Diamond Confec.  A.............4 62
Confec. Standard  A ............ 4 50
No.  1....................................   4 37
No.  2 .........................................  4 37
No.  3........................................   4 37
No.  4.........................................  4 ¿7
No.  5........................................   4 31
No.  6 ........................................4 85
No.  7......................... .  ....  4  18
No.  8.......................................... 4 12
No.  9.........................  
 
No.  10........................................   4 1»
No  11..........................................8 94
No.  12..........................................3 87
No.  13.......................................... 8 75
NO.  14........................................  3 56

 

 

Sm oking—Continued. 

Scotten’s Brands.

W arpath.................................14
Honey  Dew............................26
Gold  Block............................30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 

Brands

Peerless.................................. 86
Old  Tom................................ 18
Standard................................ 28
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade............................. 40

LeldersdorCs Brands.

Rob  Roy.................................86
Uncle  Sam...........  ......... 28@32
Red Clover............................. 38

Spaulding A Merrick.
Tom and Jerry......................
Traveler  Cavendish............ 38
Buck Horn.............................30
Plow  Boy........................30@32
Corn  C a k e .......................   .16

VINEGAR.

Highland  Brand

W ET  MUSTARD.

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

12*

YEAST.

Diamond..........
__   75
1  ( 0
Eureka.......
Magic............................... ...  1  00
Yeast  Cream  ....................... 1  00
Yeast Foam 
...  1  00

...........

13  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 

Palls, No. 1, two-hoop..
Bowls, 11 Inch................

WOODEN W A RE.
Tubs, No. 1...................... ...  4 00
“  No. 2...................... . 
3  £0
“  No. 3...................... ...  3 00
95
1  10
“  No. 1,  three-hoop . 
80
90
..............
“ 
................. ..  1  25
“ 
“ 
.................
1  80
H ID E S  PELTS  and F l  R»
Perkins  A  Hess  pay as  fol
lows:
Green ........................... G*@7*
08
Part  Cured.................
Full 
........   .......  g* 3   9*
Dry..............................   8*311
Kips, green 
..............  6*@  7*4
“  cured.................. 8*@io
Calfskins,  green.......  9*311
21 @35
Deacon skins........
No. 2 hides *  off
PELTS

cured... ...12 @13*

H ID ES

“ 

“ 

75 
75

WOOL

WHEAT.

MISCELLANEADUS.

Shearlings............... ...  5 @  20
Lambs 
............... ...10 @  30
Old  Wool............... .  40 @  15
W ashed................... ...  0 @’8
Unw ashed.................  5 @13
Tallow .................... ...  a Q  4
Grease  b n tte r........ .  1 @  2
Switches
i*@   2
Ginseng 
...  2 0O®2 25
GRAINS and  FEED STU FF? 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red  (60 lb. test) 
PLODS  IN  SACKS.
•Patents..............................   4 90
Second P atent...................  4  4j
Straight..............................   4  30
Clear....................................  4  0j
•Graham .............................  4 00
B uckw heat........................  4  50
Rye.......................................  4 00
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flonr In bbls., 25e per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Bolted..................................  3 50
Granulated.........................   2 75
St. Car  Feed,  screened... $23 £0 
St. Car Feed, unscreened.  *2 00
No.  1 Corn and  Oats........   2i  00
No. 2 Special.....   ............  20  50
Unbolted Corn Meal........   2G  50
Winter Wheat  Bran  .......  It  50
Winter Wheat Middlings.  16 00 
Screenings  ........................  1100
Car  lots.................................. 53
Less than  car lots..............  5o
Car  lots  .................................33
Less than  car lots  ...........  37
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 17  50
No. 1 
20 00

HAT.
ton lots  .. 

FEED AND MILLSTUFFS.

MEAL.

co BN.

OATS.

“ 

F ISH   AND  OYSTERS.
PBBSH  FISH.
..................   @ 8

Whltefiab 
T ro u t...........................  @  7*
Black Bass..................  
@15
H alibut,.......................   18321
@  6 @12* 
Ciscoes or Herring.
Blneflsh........................
Fresh lobster, per lb.
16 
Cod 
....................
12@ 8 
Haddock......................
@ 8 © 7 
No. 1 Pickerel............
Pike..............................
Smoked  W hite..........
©  7 
Red  Snappers.............
15
Columbia  River  Sal­
£5
mon ........................... 
Mackerel......................   18@25
Shrimps,  per gal.
1  25
Oysters, per  lofl  .......  1  25@1  50
Clams 
75@1  00

SH E L L   OOODS

O TSTEBS— IN  CANS.

F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands.
40
35

FalrUaven  Counts__  
F . J. D.  Selects.......... 

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSW ARE

LAMP BDBNEBS.

N o.l  “  ............................................... 
4"
No. 2  “  ..............................................................   65
T ubular.............................................................   so
Security.  N o .l__ ^........................ . 
.  60
Security,  No. 2.  ...................  ". '.'. '.. '... '.I '.......  80
N utm eg........................................................50
Arctic..................................................................... .  ]5

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—6 dOZ. In bOX.

“ 
“ 

« 
•* 

“ 
• 

P e r^

First quality.
“ 
» 
XXX F lin t
“ 

No. 0 Snn................................................. 
“  ..............................................................1  88
No-2 
................................................. . .
No. 0 Snn, crimp top,  wrapped and labeled. ..210
NO. 1  “ 
a  at,
NO. 2  “ 
• •  3  25
No. C Sun, crimp  top, wrapped and labeled.  2 60
o  0,1
No. 1  -  
g}
N o.2  “ 
3 70
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled............ 
“ 
No. 2  “ 
............ 
4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.............  
'  4  gy
No.  l.S un,  plain  bulb...................................... 3  40

Pearl top.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Fire Proof—Plain Top.

i> 
.. 

“ 
■< 

•* 
.. 

■. 
.. 

“ 
“ 

La Bastle.

11 

11 

11 

..........  

Rochester.

No. 1 Snn, plain bulb,  per doz.........................1  25
1  50
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.....................................I  36
No. 3
1  60
No. 1, lime (65c doz)............................. 
3  50
No. 2, lime (*0c doz)............... . .  . . . 
..............4  00
No. 2, flint (80c doz).................................... ‘  . "4  70
No.2, lime (70c d o z ).................................... 
4  ifJ
No.  2 flint (80c doz)............................. . . . ” ‘ ‘4  40

Miscellaneous.
Junior, R ochester......................  
Do^‘,
Nutm eg....... 
........................‘....................  15
Illuminator Bases..................................... 
i m
Barrel lots, 5 doz  ....................................................90
7 In. Porcelain Shades...........................I  00
Case lots, 12 doz...............................   
90

Electric.

Mammoth Chimneys for Store  Lamps.

O IL  CANS.

Doz.
No.  3 Rochester,  lime    ___   1  5u
No.  3  Rochester, flint............. 1  75
No.  3  Pearl top or Jewel gl’s.l  85 
No.  2 Globe Incandes. lime...l  75 
No.  2  Globe Incandes. flint. .2 1»
No.  2  Pearl glass......................2  10

Box 
4  20
4  80
5 25 
5  10
5 85
6  00
Doz
1  gal  tin cans with spout.............................  
,
60
2 (5)
1  gal  galv iron, with spout.................  
2  gal  galv iron with spout  .............................3  25
3  gal  galv iron with spout........... 
4  50
5 gal  McNutt, with spout.................................6  to
5 gal  Eureka, with spout.........  ...............  
g 59
5  gal  Eureka with faucet................ ’""  .......  7  (HJ
5  gal  galv iron  A  A  W 
................  ,-50
5  gal  Tilting  Cans,  Monarch . . . . ..................10 5 1
5  gal  galv iron Nacefas..... 
9  qu
3  gal  Home Rule...
5  gal  Home little...
3  gal  Goodenough.
5 gal  Goodenough 
5  gal  Pirate  King  .
No. 0, 
No. 0,
No. 0,
No. 0,

45
4*>
bbls 5  “ 
4il
bull’s eye, cases 1 doz each. 1  25
LAM P W ICK S.

Tubular, cases 1 doz.  each...................

.10  50 
i2 0C 
I3.OO 
.13 
10

LA N TER N   OLOBES.

Pump Cans.

........   * 

..... 

“

“

2b
65

1  00 
.  30 
1  80

per  gross

No. 1,
No  2,
No. 3,
Mammoth,  per doz

“
“

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ bbl, -‘ 
“ box, “ 
" bbl, “ 

JE L L Y   TUM BLERS— 1Tin Top.
24  “ 
6  “ 
18  “ 

*  Pints.  6 doz  In box, per box  (box 00)...
K 
doz (bbl  35).. ..
“ 
*  
box (box 00) __
*   “ 
doz (bbl 35)___
STONEW ARE— A KBON.
Butter Crocks,  l to 6 gal................................
“ 
*  gal. per  doz........................
Jugs, *  gal., per doz......................................
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal.................................
Milk Pans, *  gal., per  doz....................
“ 
.................... . 

1  “ 
STONEW ARE— BLACK  « L A Z E D .

60
72
Butter Crocks.  1  and 2 gal........................... 
6*
Milk Pans, *  gal. per  doz................................  65
79

“ 
F R U IT  JA B S.
Mason—old  style, pints..................................   7 25
quarts...................................  7 75
half  gallons.......................  9 75
Mason—I doz.  in case, pints............  ............  7 50
quarts.........................   8 00
half  gallons..............10 CO
Dandy—glass cover, pints..............................  10 50
q u a rts............................11  00
half  gallons..................14 00
OILS.
B A R R ELS.

The Standard Oil Co  quotes as follows:

.... 

“ 

1 

“

 

FROM  TA N K   WAGON.

9
 
Eocene.......................... 
XXX W. W.  Mich.  Headlight.................  
7
@ 9 *
Naptha...................................................... 
S tove Gasoline........................................  
@ li*
........................  31  @38
Cylinder................ 
12  @21
Engine................................................. 
Black,  winter...........................................  
h*
Black, summer.......................................... 
8)4
Rnrpnp 
0
XXX  w’.’w.  Mich.  Headlight.
7 
Scofield, Shurmer  A  Teagle  quote  as  follows:
Palacine................................................................ 11*
Daisy White.........................................................1  *
Red Cross,  W W  Headlight..............................   9
N aptha..................................................... 
9*
Stove Gasoline.....................................................11*
Palacine.................................................................10
Red Cross W W Headlight.................................. 7

FROM  TA N K   WAGON,

B A RRELS.

 

8 0

THE MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

transactions  of 

The  M en  W ho  H andle  th e   M oney.
The  business 

the 
United States,  as they  pass  through  the 
banks of  about  eighty  cities,  large  and 
small,  amount  to  something  like  one 
thousand million dollars a week.  Stated 
in figures, it is $1,000,000,000.

The banks  in  these  cities  settle  their 
business with each other  through a  sys­
tem of exchanging checks and  paying in 
actual money  the  balances  that  remain 
after the swapping of checks.  This sys­
tem is known as  the  clearing-house  set­
tlement,  and is  a  great  convenience  to 
the banks,  saving  them  the  trouble  of 
paying in detail the  numerous  checks or 
orders for money drawn on them by their 
depositors.

There are,  in  round  numbers,  eighty 
cities  which  use 
the  clearing-house 
methods,  and their business transactions 
will average about $1,000,000,000 a week, 
as has been already stated. 
In  order  to 
settle  up this  enormous  business,  only 
about one-tenth  of the  whole,  or  $100,- 
000,000,  is paid  in  actual  money;  while 
the other $900,000,000  is  disposed  of  by 
exchanging checks,  a  sort  of  barter  be­
tween the several banks,  and in this way 
the vast sum of $1,000,000,000 a week, or 
$52,000,000,000 a  year,  is  passed  in  the 
payment of the commerce  and  manufac­
tures  of  this  great  country,  with 
the 
handling of  but  about  one-tenth  of  the 
whole 
in  money,  say  $100,000,000  a 
week, or $5,200,000,000 a year.

It is seen from the foregoing  that only 
about one-tenth of  the  business  of  the 
United States is carried  on  with  money, 
and that the balance is done by a  system 
of  the  exchange  of  written  orders  for 
money.  From this it is apparent that all 
the  great  transactions  are  conducted 
without money,  without the  payment  of 
a single dollar of  Government  currency. 
If a merchant has to pay  for a carload of 
wheat,  for  a  thousand  bales  of  cotton, 
for a cargo of coffee, or for a  street  rail­
way  franchise,  or  for  anything  which 
calls for a  considerable  sum  of  money, 
not a  dollar  of  coin  or  treasury  notes 
passes in the transaction, but the amount 
is paid by a check on  a bank.

Thus it is plain that  the  rich  men,  or 
those who engage  in  large  transactions, 
do  not  handle  any money.  A dollar to 
them is only  a  representative  of  value. 
It is only the unit that aids them in figur­
ing up the transactions of the day.  Their 
wealth  is  not  money  hoarded  up  in  a 
vault; but consists of houses  and  lands: 
of merchandise in  store  and  warehouse; 
of ships on  the sea and boats on the river; 
of factories,  which are turning  out  arti­
cles of necessity or  luxury;  of  shares  of 
stock in railways,  insurance  companies, 
banks  and  other  securities.  As soon as 
the  rich  man  accumulates  some  thou­
sands of actual dollars,  they go  into  the 
business  to  work  for  their  owner  and 
bring him in  his legitimate profit.

Therefore, the  man  of  large business 
does not spend  his time in  caressing  his 
gold  or  in  counting  over  and  over his 
treasury  notes.  His  wealth  is  repre­
sented by various products of human  in­
dustry, while actual money is but a small 
part of it,  and from this it  will  be  seen 
that it makes but  little  difference  what 
sort of dollars are in  actual  circulation, 
if his business prospers  and  his  wealth 
increases at a  fair  percentage,  so  little 
does the great business man  have  to  do 
with the actual money.

But if the rich man does not handle the 
dollars, and, therefore, can  afford  to  be 1

indifferent to their real  quality,  there  is 
another  person  to  whom  the quality of 
the money is of the greatest consequence. 
That  person 
is  the  workingman.  His 
wealth  is  his  labor.  He  banks  not  on 
capital stored up in vaults or represented 
by houses and  merchandise  and  stocks; 
but on his  muscular  strength,  his  skill 
in  his  trade  and  his  sound health.  At 
the  end  of  every day, or every week or 
month,  his strength, skill and  health  are 
converted into so  much money under the 
name of wages,  and,  being forced to  live 
and support his family upon  those  earn­
ings,  he wants his wages in the  best dol­
lars that are made.

If a man’s  wealth increases at the rate 
1 of 10 per cent, or  20 per cent,  a  year,  it 
makes not the  slightest  difference  what 
sort of money is in circulation. 
It is not 
money  that  enriches  him,  but  the  in­
crease  of  his  substance,  an 
increase 
which  goes  on  independent  of  money. 
But the workingman  is  not  earning  on 
the basis of a percentage of wealth.  His 
labor is valued in  dollars, and he is paid 
in dollars,  and it makes the greatest pos­
sible difference to him if there be any de­
crease  in  the  value  of  the  dollars  in 
which he is paid.

As  has  been  shown,  but  about  one- 
tenth of the business  of  the  country  is 
done  with  money, and that is the money 
that is paid for labor.  The  workingman 
must have actual cash,  and so there must 
always  be  money  enough  to  pay  him. 
There are 15,000,000  wage-earners in the 
United  States,  and 
their  wages  will 
average $2 a day each.  Then there must 
be in actual existence  money enough  for 
the payment of these 15,000,000 workers. 
There will be required $30,000,000 a day, 
or $180,000,000 for  a  week  of  six  days, 
and  this  is about  all  the money there  is 
actual  need  of.  Of  this,  $100,000,000 
does  the  business  of  the  cities  where 
there are  clearing-houses, and  the other 
$80,000,000 
slowly 
through the country where there are few 
banks and no  clearing-houses.

circulates  more 

Thus  it  is  plain that the workingmen 
are the people who handle  all the money 
and  who have the very  greatest  interest 
in  the  demand  that  it  shall  be  of  the 
highest purchasing power attainable. 
It 
is the  workingman  who  will  suffer  the 
greatest injury in the event of the money 
of the country  suffering  any  fluctuation 
by  reason of contraction  or  inflation and 
he should resist every  effort, on the part 
of  any  class  of  people  or any political 
party, to pauperize  him  by  resorting  to 
either extreme. 

F r a n k  S t o w k ll.

The most hopeful  scheme for reaching 
the north pole  that  has  ever  been  sug-
gested is that proposed by M.  Andree  of 
going in a balloon. 
Its success  depends 
on 
the  correctness  of  the  aeronaut’s 
theory that he can guide  his machine by 
means of sails  and  trailing  ropes.  The 
balloon  is already in course  of  construc­
tion in Paris,  and  will be  made  of  5,000 
yards of silk,  worth $11,000.  M.  Andree 
expects to start in July of next year, and 
hopes, with favorable winds,  to reach the 
pole in  forty hours,  and to spend a month 
making  accurate  surveys  of  the  whole 
polar region.  The  project  Is  favorably 
regarded  by  many  scientists,  and 
is 
awakening profound interest  in  Europe.
A pretty  girl  is  a  pretty  thing  on  a 
bicycle.  She sits up straight and smiles. 
A young man  makes  a  disagreeable  ex­
hibition of himself by  stooping forward, 
bumping  himself,  and  appearing  to  be 
in distress.

C A N D IE S ,  F R U IT S   a n d   NUTS 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows :

STICK   CANDY.
Cases

“ 
“ 

Standard,  per  lb ..........
H .H ..................
Twist  .............
Boston  Cream...............
Cut  Loaf....................... ... 
Extra  H  H...............  

854
. ..  354
MIXED CANDY.

Bbls.
Standard..........................................5%
Leader..............................................6
Royal................................................0*
Nobby...............................................7
English  Rock................................. 7
Conserves...... ................................. 6 »4
Broken Taffy......................baskets
Peanut Squares..................  
“  7
French Creams................................
Valley  Creams................................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets...........................
“  • .............................
Modern. 301b. 
fancy—In bulk

5 
6 
6 

Bbls.  Palls.
7
7
7
8

Palls
8*
7 *
8
9*
7J4

u a

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fancy—In 5 lb.  boxes.

Falls
Losenges,  plain.................................................  8)4
printed.............................................   9ft
Chocolate Drops..........................................  11@12
Chocolate Monumental».............................  12
Gum Drops............................................... .........   5
Moss Drops.........................................................  7*4
Sour Drops.........................................................  8
Imperials............................................................  9
Per Box
Lemon Drops........................................................50
Sour D rops........................................... 
50
Peppermint Drops................................................60
Chocolate Drops...................................................65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops............................ 
75
Gum Drops.............................................  
35@50
Licorice Drops..................................................1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................... 75
Losenges, plain.....................................................60
printed................................................65
Imperials...............................................................60
Mottoes.
70
Cream Bar...................
.............55
Molasses  Bar.............
............ 50
Hand Made  Creams..
.. ..«@,90
Plain Creams.............
__ 6J@80
Decorated Creams__
............90
String  Rock...............
............60
Burnt Almonds..........
90@’  25 
Wlntergreen  Berries.
..........60

“ 

CARAM RLS.

No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes..........................  34
N o.l, 
51
Mo. 2, 
28

3 
2 

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Medt. Sweets—126........................ 
150, 176, 200............................................... ....... 

.......  325
3 50

LEM ONS.

Extra Choice,  360  ............................................ 5  50
..  6  or. 
Extra Fancy, 360
..  6  50
5  50
..  6 00

CHICAGO 

—June 16,1895
____________ AND  W EST  M ICHIG A N   R ’T.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO A N D  FROM   M USK EG O N .

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids  6:00am  1:25pm *6:30pm*11:30pm 
Ar.Chicago  .12:05pm  6:50pm  [6:1,0am*  6:25am 
aT’ SEm ?*0.* ...............7:21 am  5:00pm  *ll:45pm
Ar. G d Rapids............12:40pm  10:40pm  *6:30am
Lv. Grand Rapids........  6:00am  1:25pm  6:30pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.........11:30am  5:15pm 10:40pm
Lv.Grand  Rapids..  *3:00am  1:00pm 
ll:i0pm
Ar.  Manistee........ 
-^r- Traverse City—   * 1:20pm  4:50pm  4:00am
S a rle v o ix ........   *3:50pm  6:30pm  6:30am
Ar.  Petoskey—  
7:00am
l:S)r pm%ai % epm0ID  nortb at  5:30 am,  l,;45am,

T R A V ER SE C IT Y .  CH A RLEV O IX   AND  PETO SK EY

*4:20pm  6:55pm 

12:55pm

PA R L O R   AND  S L E E PIN G   CARS.

Parlor Cars  leave  Grand Rapids  6:00 am. 1:25 
pm.  leave  ( hicagu 7:20 am, 5:00 pm.  Sleeping 
Cars leave Grand Rapids  *il:30  pm:  leave Chi 
cago *11:45 pm.

♦Every day.  Others week days  only,

HETKOIT, 

°ct 2811884

__________ LANSING  St  NORTH KRN  R . B„

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT

Lv- Grand Rapids........   7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit  ...................11:40am  5:30pm  10:10pm
ii:& a p id 8::;:::iIS
LvT OR*? :40am
T 
Ar. from Lowell...............12:40pm  5:30pm

n   T O  AND  FfcOM  LO W ELL.
RaPi1<i8...........   7:00am  1:30pm  5:35pm
THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

„ 
Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Ran 
° *'  Parlor car t0 SaE‘naw on mom- 

Ingtram ? 

~  

. 

Trains  week days only.

_________GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.
M i c h i g a n  (T e n t r a l
De„a rt
Arrive. 
72 ? “ ......... ?v.trSU  ®x Pres8 ............7 00Pa m
5 30 a m ........ . .»Night  Express........... lj  20 p m
H  L   am  ...... New York E xpress.... 
6 00 n m
»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.P 

“ Tie Niagara Falls Route.“

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  commnnicatloH  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains eeat  over  the  Michigan Cen­
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. ALMquisT, Ticket Agent, 
Union  PasseneerStatiop.

TA ETRO IT,  GRAND  HAVEN  & 
U  WA UK KE  R ailw ay.
EASTWARD.

Trains Lt ave

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 •No.

M l)

*  

P E A N U T S.
Fancy, H.  P., Game Cocks  ..
“  Roasted...
Fancy, H.  P , Association .
“  Roast jd ..
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............
“  Roasted

“ 
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“ 
“  

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@  7 A 
©
@
@
@

FRESH   MEATS.

BEEP.
Carcass.....................................
Fore quarters.........................
Hind q u a rte rs.......................
Loins No. 3......................... 
.
Ribs..........................................
R ounds......................  ...........
Chucks  ...................................
Plates ......................................
PORK.

Dressed ..
Loins.......
Shoulders 
Leaf Lard

....  5  @ 7 
....  3*@  4 
. . .   8  @ 9  
. -  .  @10 
... .  8  @12 
...  6H@ 7)4 
....  SK® 5 
....  3X@ 4

©  5* 
8*
7
8

MUTTON.

C arcass......................................................5)$@ 654
Spring lambs............................................. 8  @10

Carcase 

V EAL.

.................................................  .554  @  6

G rand  .Rapids  &  In d ia n a   R .  B .

Ar.

SO U TH ERN   D IV . 

Schedule in effect June 23,1895.
Lv. 
NO RTH ERN   D IV . 

Ar.
Saginaw and Cadillac............+7 00am 
t i l   30am
Trav. Cy. Petoskey & Mack__ *8 00am  +5 25pm
Trav.Cy.Petos.&Harbor Sps.. .tl  40pm 
tlO  15pm
Saginaw and Reed  City............t l   45pm til  00pm
Petoskey and  Mackinaw.........tlO 45pm t   6  20am
8 00 am  train  has  parlor  cars  for  Traverse City  and 
Mackinaw.  110 pm train  has bullet parlor car for Har­
bor Springs.  1015 pm tra in   has  sleeping cars  for Pe­
toskey and Mackinaw.
Lv. 
Cin.. Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoot  7 25am 
t   9  15pm 
Ft. Wayne and Kalam azoo...t  2  35pm  t   1  30pm 
Cin., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo*  6 00pm  *  6 60am 
Kalamazoo................................*11  40pm  *  9 20am
7 25 am train  has parlor  car  to  Cincinnati.  6 00  pm 
train  has sleeping cars to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and 
Louisville.
t i   15pm  *11  40pm
Lv. Grand Rapids...t7  2iam 
Ar. Chicago...............  2 40pm  9 05pm 
7  10am
215 pm train  has through coach.  1110 pm tra in  has 
through coach and sleeping car.
t3 00pm  *11  30pm
Lv. Chicago............  t6 50am 
Ar. Grand Rapids...  1  30pm 
6 50am 
9  15pm 
3 00 pm  tra in   has  through  coach  and  1130 pm  has 
through coach and sleeping car.
Lv.Gd.Rapidst7 25am 
tl 00pm  J8 30am 1 5  50pm 
Ar.Muskegon  8 50am  2 10pm  9 55am  7 03pm 
Lv. Muskegont913am  tl2 05pm  $6 30pm  1 4 03pm 
Ar.Gd. Rapids 10 30am 
1  i5pm  7 55pm  5 20pm 
C. L. LOCKWOOD,
A. ALMQUIST, 

t  Except Sunday.  • Daily.  1 Sunday only.

MUSKEGON T R A IN S.

CHICAGO  T R A IN S.

Ticket Agt. Un. Sta. 

Gen. Pass & Tkt.Agt.

BANANAS.

Small bunches.

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

extra 

Figs, fancy  layers  161b  ..............
*T  “ 
“ 
30ft.................
“  141b..................
“ 
“  bags  ....................................
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box.................
“ 
.................
Persian.  G.  M.50lb  box.
" 

50-lb.  “ 

“ 

NUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Almonds, Tarragona......................
Ivaca................................
California, soft  shelled
Braslls, new.......................................
Filberts  ...........................  ..............
Walnuts, G renoble.........................
French..............................
Calif  No.  I __ .•...............
Soft Shelled  Calif............
Taoie  Nuts,  fancy...........................
choice..........................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P . , ............... ...
Chestnuts...........................................
Hickory Nuts per  bu.,  Mich..........
Cocoanuts, full sacks....................
Butternuts, per  bu...........................
Black  Walnuts, per bu....................

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W ESTW A R D .

5@2 25 G’d  Rapids,  Lv 6 45am 11.20am 3 25pm 1100pm
Ì5 01  50 Io n ia ............Ar
7 40am 1125am 4 27pm 1235am
St.  Johns  ...A r 8 25am 12 17pm 520pm 1 25am
Owossd........Ar
900am 1 20pm 605pm 3 10am
E. Saginaw  Ar 10 50am 3 45pm 800pm 6 40am
Bay C ity.......Ar 11 30am 4 35pm S37pm 715am
F li n t........... Ar 10 05am 3 45pm 7 05pm 5 46 am
654 Pt.  H uron...A r 3205pm 5 50pm 850pm 730am
©   754 P ontiac........Ar 1053am 305pm 8 25pm 5 37am
Detroit..........Ar 11 50am 4 05pm 925pm 7 00am
Q  5
©
For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
Points  ............................................... *8:40 a.m .
For Grand Haven and  Muskegon.......tl :00 p. m
“  Mil. and Chi..  t5  35 p. m.
For Grand Haven,  Mil. and  Chi........   *7:40 p. m.
For Grand Haven and M ilwaukee.... +10:05 p. m. 
tDally except  Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35  a.m.,  12:60 
p.m.. 5:30 p. m.,  10: jU  p.m.
Trains  arrive from  the  west.  6:40  a.  m.  8:15 
a. m.  10:10 a.  m.  3:15  pm .  and 7:05 p.m .
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.  No. 82 Wagner Sleeper.
Westward— No. 11  Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. 
______________ -Ta b . C a m p b e l l . City Ticket Agent.

q,  1 
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@  8 
@10 
@15 
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@12 
@13 
@11 
@  9 
@11

»Dally.

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T H E   MICHIO.AJSr  TRADESMAN.

3 1

Pop  Corn  Goods!

Our  Balls are the  Sweetest and  Best  in  the  market. 
*¿00  in  Box  or  ‘100  in  Barrel.

P en n y  Ground  Corn  Cakes  in

M o l a s s e s   S q u a res

MILTON  KERNS.

T raveling  R e p resen tativ e  fo r  W .  H.

W ilson & Co., L an c a ste r, Pa.

Milton Kerns dates bis entrance to this 
vale  of  sunshine  and  tears  from  1848, 
when he happened along on  a  farm near 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  made  himself  so 
much at home that  they  concluded  that 
he’d  better  stay.  Fourteen  years  is  a 
long enough time to find  out  if it’s to  be 
the farm or something else, and about the 
time his 14th year had  fairly  started  in, 
it  was  something  else,  and  off to Pitts­
burg he went.  The  first thing he struck 
was  a  bookstore. 
It  didn’t  make  any 
difference  to  him  what  it  was—all  he 
wanted  was  a  foothold.  That  he  got 
and $3 a week,  with his  “keep”  thrown 
in.  Of course,  he  didn’t  know  much— 
wasn’t  expected 
to  do  much—but  he 
staid,  and grew,  and kept  his  eyes open, 
and  learned; 
that 
most  of  our  boys  haven’t  got  onto  yet 
and that is to  get  back  from  an  errand 
sometime  within  twenty-four  hours,  to 
keep ’em from dragging  the river for his 
body!  Well,  they liked him and  he  was 
with ’em  three  years,  and  one  day  the 
book-keeper left and the old man chucked 
Milt,  right  into  the  vacant  place.  Do

learned  something 

as boy and book keeper.  Then he started 
out as traveling salesman for a wholesale 
grocery, and for  five  years  the  grocery 
trade had a hustler who meant  business. 
At that time DilworthBros., of Pittsburg, 
reached  out  after  a  traveling  man  and 
got hold of  Kerns.  There  is  where  he 
first struck tobacco.  He  went  in to  see 
about the place and one  of  the  partners 
said,  “What do  you  know  about  repre­
senting our cigar  factory to the  jobbing 
trade?” 
the  reply, 
“ but if you have good cigars  which  you 
want to sell  at  right  prices,  I  can  sell 
them  for  you.”  They  told  him  to  go 
ahead, and he went,  and  he  kept  going 
for twelve good, solid years.  As  a  gen­
eral rule, when a man  stays  as  long  as 
that with a firm, it means something.

“Nothing,”  was 

A year or so ago W.  H  Wilson  &  Co., 
of Lancaster, Pa.,  made  him  a  proposi­
tion and he took them up  and  he’s  been 
with them  long  enough  to  put  his  £1- 
Puritano in the show cases  of  thousands 
of dealers  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Boston is his  banner  town,  although  he 
makes a pretty  clean  sweep  throughout 
the New  England  States;  and so  taking 
is his  way  and  so  convincing  is  his  ar­
gument that  some  people  are,  possibly, 
led to believe^that the cigars he’s selling 
are made from some of  the  tobacco  that 
Sir  Walter  Kaleigh  raised  in  Virginia 
and sent to England  to  he  made  up  for 
the Boston market and  were  shipped  to 
Boston direct on the Mayflower!

Married?  Yes.  Four  years  more’ll 
fix him  for  his  silver  wedding,  and  if 
half the people  who have  used his goods 
send  him  a  silver  tobacco-something, 
there won’t be silver enough  in the coun­
try to repair a damaged 10-cent piece.

How has be done it?  A  little word  of 
four letters is  the  best  answer  to  that
question—P-U-S-H.

Im p o rtan t  C hem ical  D iscovery.

There  has  been  much  talk  lately in 
chemical circles  of  a  certain  discovery 
which promises  to  revolutionize  certain 
industries.  Some years  ago  Mr.  T.  L. 
Wilson,  while  working  with  an  electric 
furnace, and endeavoring  by  its  aid  to 
effect  the  reduction  of  some  refractory 
metallic  compounds,  noticed that a mix­
ture containing lime and carbon  (the lat­
ter in the form of coal  dust),  under  the 
influence  of  the  intense heat of the arc, 
fused  down  to  a  heavy  semi-metallic 
mass,  which,  having been  examined  and 
found  not  to  be  the  substance  sought, 
was  thrown  into  a  bucket  containing 
water.  The  strange  results  which  fol­
lowed its contact with the water attracted 
his notice.  A gas was abundantly  given 
off, which was subsequently identified as 
acetylene,  the  fused  mass  having  been 
calcium carbide.

though 

Acetylene, 

long  known,  had 
been little more than  a  chemical  curios­
ity.  After the discovery that it could  be 
easily  obtained  by  the  means  as above 
described,  experiments were  made  with 
it as an illuminant, and these have,  it  is 
alleged,  been quite successful.  The car­
bide  is  now  being  produced  on a large 
scale  in  North  Carolina,  and  attempts 
will  be  made  to  introduce  the  gas  in 
place  of  coal  gas,  it being cheaper and 
giving a whiter flame.

Further,  if acetylene be passed through 
a tube heated  to  a  certain  temperature, 
it is decomposed into benzol, and at other ! 
temperatures  other  products.  Benzol 
furnishes the starting point  for  the  for­
mation of the anilin colors, and  vast pos­
sibilities may open up  in  this  direction. |

J

MILTON  KERNS.

you know,  that  fellow  went  right  along 
with it without a bit of trouble?  Did, for 
a fact,  and kept  right along at it for five 
years.  At first,  when he  was “the boy,” 
he made up his mind that he didn’t know 
any too much and  straightened  that  out 
by  going  to  night  school.  He kept up 
the  night  school  three  or  four  years. 
Perhaps  that was  where  he  learned  his 
book-keeping,  but he says he picked th at' 
up.  He helped the old book-keeper some 
and in that way  worked  into  it  so  that 
his books were  always  as  straight  as  a 
string.

During this  time an  amusing  incident 
occurred.  An acquaintance of  his  went 
to  one  of  these  business  colleges  and 
came home ready  to  keep  the  books  of 
the  world.  One  day  he  came  down to 
the bookstore and  wanted  Milt,  to  help 
him.  The  poor  fellow  was  all snarled 
up and couldn’t find head  nor  tail to  the 
tangle and that  self-taught  farmer’s boy 
went at it and  unraveled  it  in  less  than 
no  time.  You  don’t  want  to  talk  busi­
ness college to Kerns!

He staid in the bookstore  eight  years,

W e   h a v e   no  n e w   T e a s   d u e   in sid e
of  3 0   d a y s .  W e   h a v e   o n   h a n d   a
big  lin e  of  la s t s e a s o n ’s  T e a s.  T h e y  
a r e   t h e   B est  V a l u e   in  th is   S t a t e   a t  
t h e   p r ic e s   w e   w ill  sell  t h e m   a t.

«

Send for samples from  13c up to 35c for the 
finest  Tea ever imported into  Michigan.

We offer the  best Mocha and Java Coffee in 
the  market,  in  1  lb.  packages,  under  Do­
sons brand,  at  30c*.

We have a  big  drive  in  a “Canuck”  Soap, 
costs $3.10  per  box,  100  bars, equal to  many 
brands sold  at $3.50.

JAMES  STEWART GO., LTD.

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

I H E   M IOHJLQAJNÎ  T R A D R lfiM A lN i

3 2

QOTHAM GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index of 
Special  Correspondence

the  Markets.

N e w  Y o k e, June  29—There  has  been 
no  “dull  sickening  thud,”  but,  notwith­
standing  this,  the  intelligent  observer 
can see that trade in  the  wholesale  gro­
cery line in this city has  dropped during 
the  week  and,  at  the  moment,  is  ex­
tremely quiet.  There is  a  lull  ominous 
of firecrackers  and  flags,  and,  with  the 
outgoing of the Fourth in a blaze of gun­
powder,  it  is  confidently  expected  will 
come the reaction with its crowded stores 
and  hurrying  salesmen.  Preparations 
are making for a splendid fall trade and, 
unless all signs fail, our  merchants  will 
be fully justified in making  these  prepa­
rations.
Coffee  is  depressed.  Buyers  are  not 
in  sight.  There  is  an  impression  that 
quotations are too high and  that  a  reac 
tion must  ensue,  but, on the other hand, 
holders are not at  all  disposed  to  make 
concessions,  and thus the matter  stands. 
Sales  from  first  hands have been almost 
nil, and  buying is of  an  everyday  char 
acter.  No. 7 is held  at  15X15%c.  The 
amount  afloat  is  594,115  bags,  again 
278,558  bags  the  same  time  last  year. 
Holders  of  East  India coffee seem to be 
slightly encouraged,  but  the  demand  i 
not  active.  Stocks  are  not  excessive 
Padang  Interior  coffees  are  held  at  _ 
range of 27@28c and  fancy  Javas at 28@ 
31c.  Orders from out of town  for  coffee 
do not indicate any great scarcity of sup 
plies among interior merchants and there 
appears to be a  disposition  prevalent  to 
let the future take care of itself.
The refined sugar market has been dis 
appointing and orders have beenfew and 
It was  thought  to  be  an 
far between. 
assured thing that by  this  time  the  de 
mand would exceed the supply,  but such 
is not the case. 
It  may  be  that  buyers 
are expecting  a  decline,  but,  whatever 
the  reason,  it  is  certain  that the trade 
languishes. 
¡Some rumors of  foreign  re 
fined coming in in appreciable quantities 
have  been  floating  around  the  market 
but only about 15,000 tons have been  im 
ported.  This would not be a drop in the 
bucket, of course,  but it shows that it  is 
a  factor  worth  considering.  The  price 
has  ranged,  for  the  imported,  at about 
4^c.
Teas are dull.  The  new crop does not 
show up very  well as to quality  and  the 
last sales at  auction  indicate  a  decline* 
all around of about lc.  No large private 
transactions  have  occurred,  and,  alto 
gether,  the market can stand a good  deal 
of improvement.
The rice market remains firm and hold 
ers are seemingly satisfied with the trend 
of affairs.  Stocks in the interior seem to 
be reasonably large,  but rates,  both  here 
and at producing points,  are firm and the 
outlook is for a  good  trade  ail  the  fall. 
For the moment trading  has  been  some­
what checked by the severe  storm.
Syrups and molasses need propping up. 
Buyers  are  few  and  far  between,  but 
holders adhere to quotations and feel that 
they are justified  in so doing.  Some fair 
orders  have come by mail,  but, as a rule, 
the situation is rather a waiting one.
Canned goods are improving  and  each 
week  betters  the  situation.  The  pea 
pack in Baltimore has closed with a pack 
said to be from 30 to 50 percent, short of 
an average pack and  every  indication  is 
for better  prices.  The  timely  rains  of 
the past  few days  will  give  encourage­
ment to tomato packers,  who  had “ made 
their mouths up”  for  a  pack  averaging 
about half the  usual  output. 
It  is  not 
likely the acreage is as large as last year, 
but there will be enough tomatoes for all 
requirements.  Reports  as  to  the  peach 
crop  are  conflicting,  but  it  seems to be 
the general opinion that it will be a good 
deal smaller than last year.
Dried  fruits  show  very  little  anima­
tion,  and  7Js'c is about the  extreme  rate 
for fancy evaporated apples.
The butter market has been moderately 
active.  Arrivals show  considerable  de­
fective stock and a good deal of the finest 
has  gone  into  cold  storage.  Exporters 
have taken some 500 or 600 tubs at a rate 
varying from 10@l6c.  Fancy  creamery 
is worth 18c and brings that without  any 
trouble.  State and Pennsylvania extras, 
17K@18c.

Eggs  remain  about  unchanged, 

Cheese is doing better  and  the market 
shows  a  few  bright  spots.  Fancy  full 
cream,  large size  State  cheese  is  worth 
8@8&e.
the 
best  Western  bringing  13c,  and  stock 
must  be  exceptionally  good  to  bring 
this.
There  is  a  large  supply  of  new  po­
tatoes and  the  market  is  dull  at  about 
$2@2.50  per  bbl.  Old  potatoes,  $1.50 
@ 2.
Beans  are  dull  and  weak.  There 
seems  to  be  a  very  limited  demand. 
Marrow are worth  about  $2.50  and  me­
diums, $2.  Pea beans are worth $2.15.
Provisions  are  steady  and  active. 
Pork, $13.50@14.25 for  mess;  beef, $8.50 
for  mess.
A  committee  of  delicatessen  store­
keepers  called  at  police  headquarters 
yesterday  and  asked  President  Roose­
velt to see that the Sunday  law  is  fully 
enforced.  They  complained  that  some 
storekeepers  kept  their  places  open  all 
day  Sunday.  The  committee  was  anx­
ious that delicatessen and  grocery stores 
should be  kept  closed  all  day  Sunday. 
Commissioner  Roosevelt  informed  them 
that the law allowed such stores  to keep 
open until 10 o’clock.  He assured them, 
however,  that the  police would  see  that 
the stores closed at 10.
Arrangements for the Meeting of Hard­

ware Dealers.

It has been definitely decided  that  the 
meeting  of  the  Michigan  hardwaremen, 
for  the  purpose  of  forming an associa­
tion,  will  be held in Detroit,  on  July  9. 
Such responses have come from the vari­
ous parts of the State as to  indicate  that 
the gathering will be large and representa^ 
tive.  Headquarters  will  be at Hotel Cad­
illac.  A standard rate has been secured 
from the railroads of  one  and  one-third 
for the round  trip,  conditional  on  there 
being  at  least  100 representatives at the 
meeting,  and that each,  when buying  his 
ticket at the starting point,  secure  from 
the ticket agent a certificate for  endorse 
ment  at  the  meeting. 
It  seems  almost 
incumbent upon every dealer in the State 
to be present, as the  occasion  is  one  of 
great interest to the trade in many  ways. 
Details of  information  can  be  obtained 
from  F.  S.  Carlton  (Carlton  Hardware 
Co.), Calumet.

Look Out  For Him.

P a l m y r a ,  June  29—A   “slick”  stran­
ger,  well dressed and probably  not  more 
than 23 years old, was a guest at the Hotel 
Nase a couple  of  days  ago.  Going  into 
the store of N. J.  Ganun  &  Co.,  be  pur­
chased  of  the  obliging  clerk  a  pair  of 
shoes, a shirt,  hat, neckwear  and several 
minor articles,  promising to pay for them 
the following day with a check which  he 
expected  would arrive by mail.  Return­
ing to his room at the hotel, to put on his 
new purchases, shortly  after  supper,  he 
saw  Wilbur  Spark,  proprietor  of  the 
Junction  House, coming  into  the village 
on his “ bike,” of whom he  had  engaged 
board the day previous  for  a  week,  and 
left  without  settling.  Fearing  trouble, 
the stranger silently but quickly took his 
departure, and was soon lost in the gath­
ering darkness.
Excursion to Toronto via. D., G. H. & M.
On account of  the Pan-American  Con­
gress  of  Religions  and  Education  at 
Toronto,  the D., G.  H.  &M. Railway will 
sell excursion tickets to Toronto  and  re­
turn at $10.35  for  the  round  trip,  good 
going July 16 and 17 and return limit un­
til Sept.  1,  provided tickets are deposited 
with agent of  terminal  lines at  Toronto 
on  or  before  July  31.  For  particulars 
apply at D. and M. city office, 23  Monroe 
street, or D.  and M. depot

J as. Ca m p b e l l , City Agent.

The  New  York  Biscuit Co.  has  aban­
doned the use of dairy butter altogether, 
and  from  this  time  on  will  use factory 
creamery  butter  only,  in  the  manufac- 
I ture of sweet goods.

Money and Nerve.

A  Washington  philosopher  observes 
that It is a very good thing  in this world 
to have money,  but if you  haven’t money 
—well, some kinds of  nerve  are  a  very 
good  substitute  for  i t   For  instance, 
there’s a young fellow who is  not  as  in­
timately  acquainted  with  the  look of  a 
dollar  as  he’d  like  to  be,  but  he  has 
something as good.  He wanted a pair of 
shoes once upon a time.  He  went into a 
shoe  store  and  was  fitted.  Then  he 
asked the price of the shoes.  “Four dol­
lars,” said the  proprietor.  “Take  them 
off,”  was  the  young  man’s resigned re­
ply.  “Take them off. 
I can’t  pay  that 
much. 
I haven’t  got  it.”  “What  have 
you  got?” 
“Two  dollars.”  The  pro­
prietor  gathered  up  his  shoes  indig­
nantly, and  the  young  man  started  for 
the door.  Before he  reached  it the shoe 
dealer was at his elbow.  “You can have 
the  shoes,”  he  said,  “ but  it’s  robbery. 
It’s way  below  cost. 
I  just  give  them 
away.”  The  shoes  were  wrapped  up. 
The  young  man  waited  till  the  string 
was tied and they  were  under  his  arm. 
Then he  gave  the  dealer  a  $5  bill  and 
asked for the  change.

Modern Storekeeping.

“My wife’s concluded not to keep them 
shoes,  and  you  can  give  me  back  the 
money; they cost $2.50.”
“But they never  came  from  here, Mr. 
Brown,”  replied  the  clerk,  who  had 
been  through  three  annual  inventories 
and thought be knew  a  little  something 
of what goods were being carried  by  the 
store.
‘Yes, she did; she got ’em back in  ’91, 
time of the big firemen’s parade,  had  ’em 
charged,  and  I  paid for ’em when  I sold 
my ’93 wool.”
The  clerk  consulted  the  ledger,  and 
found  the  old  man’s story true, and,  as 
the  store’s  pet  newspaper  phrase  was, 
“Your money back if  you  want  it,”  the 
old man got his $2.50,  and  the  returned 
shoes went in  with a lot marked 75 cents.

Women  Clerks  in  Grocery  Stores.
The President of the  Philadelphia Re 
tail  Grocers’  Association,  who  has  a 
thriving grocery  store  in  Philadelphia, 
has replaced his  male  clerks  with  neat 
young  ladies.
The  reasons  given  for  making  the 
change are that young ladies, as  a  rule, 
are handier and  more  deft  in  weighing 
out and wrapping packages,  and in many 
cases  are more  polite  and  attentive  to 
customers.  They are also neater  in  the 
majority of  cases,  male  grocery  clerks, 
as  a  rule,  not  taking  too  much  pains 
with their personal appearance.

Plenty of Customers for Them.

A  West  Side  shoe  dealer  whose  or 
tbography does not  keep  pace  with  his 
business  enterprise  did  not  expect  the 
overwhelming rush of customers  that  he 
got after displaying  this  sign  conspicu­
ously 
in  his  window  over  a  heap  of 
leather heel protectors:

HELL PROTECTORS 1 

15 cts.

Let Him  Walt.

Mrs.  Harduppe—John, the grocer from 
where we used to live has found  out  our 
address.  He called with that last year’s 
bill and was real impertinent.
(hotly)—Impertinent, 
was he?  Weil, now,  we’ll  let  him  wait 
for his money.

Mr.  Harduppe 

You may swallow  your  wrath,  but  it 

is sometimes hard to digest it.

Wants  Column.

Advertisements  will  be  Inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each subsequent  insertion 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 26 cents' 
Advance payment.

B Ü 8IN E 8S  CH ANCES.

■plOR  SALE—THE  FINEST  STOCK  OF  GRO- 
JL  ceries and fixtures in the State of Michigan. 
Fixtures put up in sections so  they can be fitted 
to any sized store.  Will sell fixtures  separately, 
if so desired.  Also  first-class  panel  top  wagon 
and good  delivery  horse.  Liberal  discount  al 
lowed  on  original  cost.  Address  C  Seneen- 
berger, 250 East Fulton street. Grand Rapidsf 795 
OR  EXCHANGE —LARGE  NEW  BRICK 
hotel, furnished complete,doing a good busi­
ness, to exchange for a  good farm.  Address W 
H. N., care Michigan Tradesmen. 
789
F 1Un h . ^ L Br STUUK.  OF  u k .n k r a l   m b r -
ln * growing  town  of 3,000  Will
1 
inventory about 85,000.  Best  store  and location 
m n * D  Address No. 793,care Michigan Trade?-
man* _ 
r | lli  Rx p HANGR  — 360  ACRES  FARMING 
*“  Crawford  county,  Mich.,  close  to 
railroad and county seat, for improved farm -a l­
so  village  lota  in  fine, flourishing  villages’  in 
Missouri  and  Tennessee,  for  horses,  bngates
Reed C U y i^ cl?0 6"'  Addres8  H'

______  

93

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■ ANTED—A  GOOD  LOCATION  FOR  DRY 

goods,  clothing  and  boot and shoe  store 
Aoaress No. 792. care Michigan T r s r iJ m ^   9!  '
XpOR SALE—NICE CLEAN STOCK O -  HAKD- 
.  ,ware;,Invoicing about  •«,«•  0, in  good  enter 
prising village of TOO or 800 inhabitants  situated 
on two railroads-G rand  Rapids  & Indiana and 
W abash; also a stock of agricultural implements 
Tradesman?11"  Address 
791> care Michigan
"CIOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  CLEAN  ORo p k p
L h Ä r n ? -  
Y55* 
'.  Best of reasons for selling
Address No. -8o, care Michigan Tradesman.  795’
TT0 ® »ALE-DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES' 
location;  stock  in  good  condition 
yffiibusiness paying.  Good reasons for  selling. 
AddresB Dr. Nelson Abbott, Kalamazoo,Mich 776
jlOK  SALE—DRUG STOCK, CONSISTING OF 
patent  medicines,  stationery, 
aJfSn 
Pape*'. etc., inventorying about
84,000, for one half cash and  two  years’ time  nn 
balance.  Cash sales last year, W,«10  store has 
steam heat, electric lights, hot  and  cold water 
everything in first-dais  sh ap e-S n d Is  situated
trtcte8tR e rn ln FPl**  Peninsula, in  mining dis­
tric t  Reasons for selling, ill health, necessitat­
in'? a removal to a  warm  climate.  Address No 
769. care Michigan Tradesman. 
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ANTED—PARTNER TO  TAKE  HALF IN- 
my 75 hbl-  steam  roller mill  and
good  wheat  country.  Full  description,  price 
in£I Har d 
.Promptly  by address
Hwklmer,  May bee,  Monroe  county
/■■lOOD  OPENING FOR  BARBER SHOP, AND
e ^ L ïïîiL ? 10®  m r!,Dt  cheaP  Address  N¿.  779, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

779

769

M l SCELLA NEOUS.

f

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794

W A N T E D -A T   ONoE,  R E G I S T E R E D  
„ 
Pharmactst,  well  recommended  and  ca-
i ?  H 
8tore.  Address
F  H. Whitney, Wayland, Mich. 
XVTANTED—YOUNG  REGISTERED  PHAR 
v v  maci8t. well recommended, who can build 
up a business ln a new  store.  Address  No  too 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
7»   ’
|10K  SALE  CHEAP—COMPLETE  SET  TIN 
ner stools.  Address P.  W. Holland, Chapin,
Mich
784
|   > RANITE  AND  MARBLE  MONUMENTS.
and  ail  cemetery  work.  Largest 
stock.  Write  us  about  what  you want and  we
M8 Bonm iMririSn 
Rap,d8 MonU“ ent7£°"
lLTEN  TO  SELL  BAKING  POW DERIO  THE 
“   7-  grocery trade.  Steady employment, experi­
ence unnecessary.  $75  monthly  salary andex- 
penses or com. 
If  offer satisfactory, address at 
once, with particulars concerning yourself, U.8 
< hemical \v orks, Chicago. 
'1X7'ANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY 
vv 
potatoes,  onions,  apples,  cabbages,  etc 
Correspondence  solicited.  Watkins  &  Smith 
81-86South Division St., Grand  Rapids. 
673
■ AN 1ED—EVERY  D R U G G I S T   J U S T  

757

starting In business and every one already 
started to use our system of poison labels.  What 
has cost you 915 you can now  get  for  94  Four 
teen  labels  do  the  work  of  113.  Tradesman 
Company,  Grand Rapids.

For* Bargains  in  Real  Estate, 
in  any  part  of  the  State, 
write  to................

G. W. Ames

106  Phoenix  Block 
BAY  CITY,  MICHIGAN

F O R   R E N T .

Manufacturing  Property  with  Power, 

One  Store  and  several fine  Offices.

APPLY TO

WM. T.  P0W E R 8 or J.W . SPOONER 

Room 34, Powers’ Opera House Block.

6 foot length

W E 
KNOW
YOU

Patented Feb.  12,  1895. 

WILL  WONDER how  you  ever  got  along  with 
that  old-style  counter,  once yon have seen  and 
used  “ SHERER’S .”   Finished  and  framed  in 
Oak, substantial and made to last, it displays the 
goods  attractively  and  keeps  them  secure  and 
clean. 
First-class  and  up-to-date  in  every re­
spect.  Standard  height, 33%  inches;  length, as 
desired,  from  3 ft. 8 in., to  12  ft.  Send  for  de­
scriptive  testimonial  and  nrice  list  to the Sole 
Manufacturers, 
37  River  St.,  Chicago.

SHERER  BROTHERS,

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CONDENSED MILK.

VT1

The  GAIL  BORDEN  EAGLE  BRAND

H a s   N o  E q u a l.

Sold  b y   a ll  w'o  aw ake  and  conscientious  dealers.

A L L   OF  THE  BRANDS

prepared  by  the

New  York  Condensed  Milk  Company 
are  guaranteed  in  quality  and  sold  at  the  lowest  possible  prices 
consistent with proper maintenance of our usual high standard. 

For Quotations see Price Columns.

Also  manufacturers
of the 

—«i

Crown,  Daisy,
Champion,
Magnolia,
Challenge and Dime
.  .  .  Brands of

CONDENSED 
M ILK ,

• . . A N D . . .

Borden's Peerless
a n d . .   .
Columbian

. .  .  Brands oí

EVAPORATED
CREAM.

Tanglefoot

SEALED STICKY FLY PAPER

YOUR  CUSTOMERS  WILL  ALL  PREFER  IT.

PRICES  FOR  THE  REGULAR  SIZE.

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

If  you  are  particular about your  STICKY  FLY 

PAPER,  specify

T A N G L E F O O T

4 X 9 inches.

dows and Pine Rooms.
a  case.

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

Order the largest quantity you can use and get the 

BEST  DISCOUNT.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL  JOBBERS.
COAGRBSS

th e   F I N E S T  
I N D I S P U T A B L Y  
H A V A N A   C IG A R  in  A M E R I C A

Dealers who are desirous of adding an  exceptionally fine  Havana Cigar to their stock 
will  find  it to their interest to send  a sample order to  either of the following Jobbers.
Ask their  Salesmen  to show you  samples  of the

BALL,  BARNHART  A 

PCTMAN  CO.,

Wholesale Grocers

LEMON  A  WHEELER 

CO.,

Wholesale Grocers

CIGARS

Tie Braflstreel Mercantile Apcy,

T he  tirad  stre et  Com pany, P rops.

Exeeotive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, NT

C H A R L E S  F .  C L A R K ,  P res.

Offices  n the principal cities of the United 
States,  Canada,  the  European  continent, 
Australia, and In London, England.

Grand  Rapids Office,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY  ROYCE, Snpt.

CO.

MUSSELMAN  GROCER 
Wholesale Grocers
I.  M. CLARK  GROCERY 
Wholesale Grocers

CO.

HAZELTINE  A  PER­

KINS  DRUG  CO.

Wholesale Druggists

PUTNAM  CANDY  CO. 
Wholesale Confectioners

OLNEY  A  JUDSON 

GROCER  CO.

Wholesale Grocers

A. E.  BROOKS  A  CO. 
Wholesale Confectioners

WORDEN  GROCER  CO. 
Wholesale Grocers

M. H. TREUSCH & BRO.
Wholesale Cigars

than any other Sticky Fly 
Paper and  pleases  every­
body.

Every  box  guaranteed 

by the manufacturer.

Costs no more than com 

mon fly paper.

The M oney-Sa ving S ca le

PAYS  FOR  ITSELF

Every two  months and  makes  you  *500  per cent,  on  the invest­
ment. 

It prevents all errors in  weighing and

STOPS  THE  LEAKS

in your business these hard times.  You  can  not afford  to  be 
without one.

YOU  NEED  IT!

S E E   W H A T   U S E R S   S A Y .

BOSTON  STORE.

118-124 State st.. anil 77-79 Madison St., 

C a s h   M e r c h a n d is e .

Chicago. Dec. 31,1894. 

The Computing Scale Co.. Dayton, Ohio: 

G e n t l e m e n :  We have had  your  scale  in  use  I 
since  November  24,  1894, in  our  butter,  cheese  I 
and  meat  department.  We  tind  them to do ev 
actly  what  you  claim.  Our  clerks can wait  on  | 
more customers and assure them accuracy in ev 
ery  respect.  We  can  recommend  them  as  the  I 
most economical scale in use  for  meat  markets ' 
and groceries. 

Yours truly,

B o sto n  S t o r e .

•T. \V.  WHIT EL EY  A  SON,

| Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, etc.

Bonaparte, Iowa, April 22,  1895. 

G e n t l e m e n : 

Dayton Computing Scale Co., Dayton, O.:
In reference  to  yours  of  recent 
date regarding the Computing Scales which you 
sent  us.  permit  us  to  state  that  they have ex­
ceeded our  expectations,  giving  us  the  utmost 
satisfaction.  We consider it one of our greatest 
conveniences in our store, and knowing it, as we 
nowr do and  from  the  experience  we  have  had 
from its usage  in  the  store,  we  would  not  dis­
pense with  it for ten times its value.  Any ordi­
nary clerk, with common school  education,  csn 
expedite business  equal  to  two  or three clerks, 
and we prize it as  one  of  our  foremost  fixtures 
in our store.  We consider and feel that ours has 
paid for itself in two months.

Yours truly,

.1.  W.  W iiit e l e y  A  Son.

Investigate the  Dayton  Computing Scale.  For further particulars call  or  write

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HEIGHT  25  INCHES

No.  60;»—2  B u r n e r  
Step Individuai Gen­
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No.  611»—3  B u r n e r  
Step Individuai Gen-
erator.......................6 00
No. 60—2  Burner  Step 
Single Generator...  6 50 
No. 01—3  Burner  Step 
Single Generator...  7 50 
No. 00—2 Burner. high 
fiat top ind. genert'r3 30 
No. 67—3 Burner, high 
_ fiat top ind. genert'r 4  50 
No. 02—2 Burner. high 
fiat top, sin.  gen't'r 4 30 
No. 03—3 Burner, high 
fiat  top, sin. gen't'r 5  40 
No. 08—2  Burner,  low 
fiat top. ind. gen't'r 2  75 
No. 69—3  Burner,  low 
fiat top, ind. gen't'r  4 00 
No. 64—2  Burner,  low 
fiat top, sin.  gen't’r  3  75 
No. 05—3  Burner,  low 
fiat top, sin.  gen't'r 5 00 
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SINGLE  GENERATOR  JUNIOR.

Height 14 Inches

Special  Juniors

2 Burner  Low..........*2  25
2 Burner High...............3 00
3 Burner  Low............   3 50
3 Burner High.............  4 00
The Burners used on all 
Michigan Gasoline  Stoves 
are  the  simplest,  most 
powerful  Burner  used on 
any Junior Stoves.
No charge for crates  on 
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or  Hunting  Parties.

