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G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  W E D N E S D A Y ,  J U L Y   2 4 ,  1 8 9 5 .

UP  W ITH  THE  LARK.

I 

M orning  M arket.

D isa d v a n ta g es  o f  S ellin g  G oods on  th e 
looked  at  my  watch  and,  reaching 
over, patted myself on the back.  It takes 
a bright,  smart,  active fellow  to  get  up 
at  4:30 o’clock  in the morning and  1  took 
a great deal of comfort in  recalling  what 
the  poets  have  said  about  “the  dewy 
freshness of the dawn,” and  that  sort  of 
thing. 
1 expected to wander around  the 
streets for awhile before  the  procession 
of market  wagons got  in,  but,  long before 
1  reached  Monroe  street,  the  sound  of 
traffic  reached  me and  I  hurried down  to 
the place where  market  wagons  most  do 
congregate  to  find  that  anybody  who 
didn’t  get  up  until  4:30  in  the morning 
didn’t amount to much 
1 thought there 
must beat least fifty  wagons  in  all  and, 
beginning  with  Monroe street,  I counted 
fifty-three in  the block  on  Spring  street 
between  Monroe  and  Louis streets,  and 
looked toward the  river, 
i didn’t count 
any  more  and  am  ready  to aver,  on  the 
honor of a quiil driver,  that  there  were 
something  less  than  500  in  and  around 
the  market  place.

It struck me as peculiar that  so  many 
of the wagons  were  empty.  Their  own­
ers had come in,  sold  their  produce,  and 
were going home.  That  was  suggestive, 
and  1  stopped  at  a  snug-looking  cart 
where a good-natured  looking man stood 
waiting to dispose of the rest of  his  load 
and  asked  him  how  long a drive he  had 
had that morning.

“Only  a  little  way  out,  a  couple of 

miles or so.”

“Gets yon up pretty early, doesn’t  it?’ 
“Not  so  very.  Three  o’clock  isn’t 

early this time o’  year.

“The dickens it isn’t!” said  1 to myself, 

as I sauntered along.

I struck my next man  on  Louis street, 

pretty well down.

“Had much of a drive  this  morning?” 
“Not so very much of a one.  I  live out 

about 13 miles.”

“Gets you up pretty early,  doesn’t it?” 
“Rather,  though  1  start  earlier  than 
I’m  one  of the 

there  is  any  need  of. 
fools who gets up early.”

“One touch of nature makes the whole 
world kin.”  Involuntarily 1 put oat my 
hand,  but concluded to wait.

“What time did you start?”
“I got up at a quarter to ten and fed my 
horses,  and then got my own breakfast— 
if you can call it  breakfast—and  started 
something after’ieven.”

1 solved that little sum  in  subtraction 
and concluded that  the  relationship  was 
all  right,  but  a  difference of five hours 
was  against  me  and  we  didn’t  shake 
hands.

“A quarter to ten!”
“Why, yes.  You  see,  this  is  the way 
it is:  A  farmer has a  particular  place  in 
the line and he’s got to get  here early,  if 
he  wants it.  You see,  if  he’s  there,  his 
regular  customers  know  where  to  find 
him,  and,  if he  ain’t there,  he loses their 
custom.”

“Isn’t there any  way  to  get  rid of this 

starting the day beforehand?”

“Yes,  but 1 don’t ever expect to  see it. 
What  Grand  Rapids  needs  is  a  public 
market.  Then  every  man  would  have 
his  place  and  be  coaid  start  at  a  de­
cent hour and be here  in  time enough for 
his earliest customer,  without  being  out 
all  night.  Have an  apple?”

1 took  the apple,  thanked  the  man  for 
the  fruit  and the information, and  went 
away,  and  i  am  free  to  confess  that  1 
don’t  want to be smart,  and  bright,  and 
active,  if I’m obliged  to  get up night  be­
fore  last  and  take  my  breakfast 
last 
night  in  order  to  get  my  place  in  the 
I’d  rather  stir up 
market  wagon  line. 
the question of a new  market house. 
$ 

Ra m bler.

T he  C onsum ption  o f  S u gar.

Some  very  interesting  statistics  con­
cerning the importation and consumption 
of sugar in  the  United States  have  been 
prepared  by  Worthington C.  Ford, Chief 
of the Bureau of Statistics  of  the Treas­
ury  Department.  The  figures  are  illus­
trated  by  diagrams,  which  show  at  a 
glance the  rate of  increase  and  the  pro­
portion one  year’s  importation  bears  to 
another.

The figures given  show that  there  has 
been  an  increase  for the  period covered, 
not only  in the absolute amount of sugar 
consumed,  which  would naturally  result 
from the growth  of  population,  even  if 
the quantity consumed  per inhabitant re­
mained stationary,  but  also  in  the  con­
sumption  per capita.  The total consump­
tion  in  1894  amounted  to  over  2,000,000 
tons,  which  was  more  than double  the 
consumption  for  tUe  year  1880.  Of  the 
total  amount consumed  last year,  a little 
over  1,700,000  tons  were  imported,  a 
slightly  larger  proportion  than  that  in 
1880.  The  consumption  of  sugar  per 
capita increased  from 43 pounds  in  1880 
to 63}£  pounds  in  1894,  an  increase,  as 
will  be seen,  of not  far from  50 per cent.
The  increase  in  the  consumption  of 
sugar  per capita is  particularly  interest­
ing,  as it proves  that the sugar trade can 
count not only on  a steady  increase,  due 
to  the  growth  of  population,  but  also 
upon a  gain  per  capita.  Notwithstand­
ing  the  growth  in domestic production, 
the  consumption  has  so  increased  that 
the proportion of  domestic  sugar  to  the 
total of sugar consumed  is  actually  less 
now than  it was in  1880.

Another interesting  showing  made  by 
the  statistics  of  Mr.  Ford  is  the coun 
tries  from  which  we draw our sugar sup­
ply.  In  1880,  the United States imported 
more  than  75  per  cent,  of  the foreign 
sugar consumed  from  the  West  Indies, 
while in 1894 very  nearly 50 per cent,  of 
the importations came from  other  coun­
tries than  the  West Indies.

The  two  Pettijohn  cereal  companies 
are engaged in  litigation  over  the  right 
to  use  the  name  Pettijohn,  not  unlike 
that which  the  Pillsbury-Washburn  Co. 
was  obliged to  undertake  to  protect  its 
title to the name  “Pillsbury’s  Best.” 
It 
is  alleged  that one of the companies  paid 
a party of the name of  Pettijohn $25 and 
gave one share of stock  for  the  purpose 
of  obtaining  the  right  to use the name. 
This is the allegation of the complainant, 
the Eli  Pettijohn Cereal Co.

NO .  6 1 8

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

Frank  P  M errill,  th e  Ith aca  F urniture 

D ealer.

The summer of  1860  was  on  the  wane 
when the  infant  wail  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  declared  his  dissatisfaction 
with the world.  New  York is his native 
State,  Chenango  his  county,  and  his 
birthplace was on a farm.

Here  be  passed  his boyhood and early 
youth,  making  the  most  of  the  public 
school  until he  was  17;  and,  ending  his 
school  days  with  a year at the academy, 
he entered  the office of Dr.  E.  S.  Walker, 
of Green,  N.  Y.,  and began  the  study  of 
dentistry.  Three years found him  ready 
for  his  work  and,  with  his  credentials, 
he  removed  to  Ovid,  Mich.,  where  he 
clerked  in  a  drug  store for a year.  He 
then  began  the practice of his  profession 
at  Hartford,  and  for  three  years,  while 
enjoying  a  successful  practice,  found 
time  to  perfect  himself  in  pharmacy. 
When  this  purpose  had  been  accom­
plished,  he disposed  of  his  dental  office 
and  went  to  Vanderbilt,  where  he  pur­
chased  a  drug  store  and  opened  a  den­
tist’s office in connection  with  it.  Here 
he remained a year,  removing  in  1885  to 
Ithaca,  where,  dropping  the  dentistry 
practice,  he opened a new drug store and 
gave to the business his undivided  atten­
tion.  Here  a  fire  put  an  end  to  three 
years’  of  prosperous  trade;  bat,  late  in 
the  same  year,  a  new  building  was 
erected,  into  which  he  put  a new  drug 
stock.  This  went  on  for  three  or  four 
years,  when his health began to give  way, 
and,  finally,  in March,  1892,  he  sold  out 
to  Robinson  &  Watson  and  traveled for 
six  months in  the West.  He  came  home 
with  health  restored  and  early  in  ’93 
formed  a copartnership  with  F.  M.  Scott 
and S.  E.  Perry  under  the  style  of  the 
Lansing  Woodenware  Co.,  to  conduct  a 
woodenware  business  at  Lansing,  of 
which  he  became  the  general  manager. 
In  November  of  the  same  year  the  firm 
sold out to Robson Bros.,  when  Mr.  Mer­
rill  returned  to  Ithaca  and  purchased a 
furniture  and  undertaking  establish­
ment,  which  he  is  conducting  success­
fully  at the present  time.

In  1885  Mr.  Merrill  was  married  to 
Miss Clara  Selieck,  of Paw  Paw.  He  is 
a Mason  and  a Knight of Pythias, being a 
charter member of Ithaca Division No.  39.
While it is not  possible to speak of the 
man in  the thick of the  fight  as  it  would 
be if the battle  were over,  it is safe to say 
that  Mr.  Merrill  has  won  his  spars. 
There are  ups  and  downs  in  every  con­
test and  he  has had them and  expects  to 
have  them  as long as the  battle  goes  on, 
but,  so far,  be has little  to  complain  of. 
He  has  a  good  home  and  a  prosperous 
business,  and he  wishes  it  distinctly  un­
derstood  that  there  isn’t  a  better  place 
to 
live  on  the  face  of  the  globe  than 
Ithaca—and a man  doesn’t  say  that  of a 
town unless he is  a  good  citizen  of  that 
town  and has a  warm place in  the  hearts 
of his fellow  townsmen.

A man never has so much  use  for  his 
watch as when listening to a long sermom.

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SU C C ESSFU L  SALESM EN.

W m . B oughton,  R ep resen ta tiv e  for  th e

C.  E.  Sm ith S h oe Co.

“In  that  district  of  merry  England" 
which 
is  known  as  Windsor,  a  town 
which takes  its  name  from  the  famous 
castie  which  is  one of the residences of 
the Queen,  Wm.  Boughton  was  born  on 
May  13,  1841.  There  are  few  towns 
fairer  to  look  upon  than  Windsor as it 
dots the English meadows at  the  foot  of 
the stately castle; there are none  so  rich 
as  she  in  historical  incident  and  royal 
story,  and the boyhood  passed  here  was 
keenly alive to all that  clustered  around 
the  royal  pile.  What  a  place  to study 
English  history,  in  the  shadow  of  the 
very  walls which  the  Conqueror  erected 
for his home!  Aud  what  boy,  born  and 
bred in the neighborhood of Kunneymede. 
would ever forget the Magna Cbarta after 
his feet had  visited  that  famous  valley 
and his eyes had  seen the very table upon 
which the precious document was signed!
Reared  among  such  scenes,  the  boy 
made the most of the schools of  Windsor 
until he  was 14,  when  he  began  bis  busi­
ness life as clerk  in a grocery store in  his 
native town.  On  reaching  his  majority, 
he left England for  America,  and  came 
to Detroit,  May  1,1864.  For two  months 
he was with his uncle on a farm atGrosse 
Pointe,  near Detroit,  and July 5th of  the 
same year he obtained a position as clerk 
in  the retail  shoe store of Stephen Smith, 
of  Detroit,  where,  with  him  and  with 
Stephen  F.  Smith  & Co.,  his  successors, 
he  remained  for fifteen  years—five years 
as clerk,  three years  as  shipping  clerk, 
and seven years on  the road,  the  firm,  iu 
the meantime,  having gone into  the  job­
bing  and  manufacturing  of  boots  and 
shoes.  On  the  failure  of  this  firm  he 
took a position  with R.  &.  J.  Cummings 
& Co.,  a wholesale shoe house of Toledo, 
with  Western  Michigan  as  his  terri­
tory,  remaining  with  them  for  eight 
years.

On  their  retiring  from  business,  he 
took a position, covering the  same  terri­
tory,  with  H.  S.  Robinson & Burtensbaw, 
of Detroit, 
lie  remained  with  this  firm 
and  their  successors,  H.  S.  Robinson  & 
Co., eight  years,  closing  bis  connection 
with  them  Feb.  1,  1893,  when  be took  a 
position  with the C.  E.  Smith  Shoe  Co., 
of Detroit.  Bis territory  comprises  the 
northwestern section of  the  Lower  Pen 
insula of Michigan,  the Upper Peninsula 
and a part of Wisconsin.

Twenty-five  years  ago  Mr.  Boughton 
took  his  first  degree  in  masonry  in  De­
troit.  He now stands on  the  32d  round 
of  the  ladder  in  the  Scottish  rite.  H- 
is  a  member  of  De  Molia  Commander) 
Knights  Templar:  of  Saladin  Temple. 
Nobles of the  Mystic Shrine,  as  w  II  a< 
an Elk—organizations, every one of them, 
whose  shields  are  emblazoned  all  over 
with  “Good  will  to men.”

It  is  to  be regretted  that  much  which 
might have been written  here,  aside  from 
the  business  career  which  has  been 
closely  followed,  has  been  proscribed. 
“Kind hearts  are  more  than  coronets,” 
and the story  which  tells of a thoughtful 
care for others cau never be out of place. 
It is pleasant to  remember, however, that 
those  who  read these lines and  are  inter­
ested  in  them,  will  be  sure  to  see  the 
part  which  has been omitted and  will  be 
just  as  sure  to  end  the  narrative  with 
“Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  to  the 
least of these,  my  brethren,  ye have done 
it unto Me!”

.♦urn  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

His  M other  S top p ed   Him.

From the Trade Magazine.
A successful  merchant,  not  long  ago, 
paid a short visit  to  his  native  town,  a 
thriving little place,  and  while  there  he 
was  questioned  by  bis  friends,  on  the 
general subject of success in  life.
“But  1  don’t  know  that  1  have any­
thing  to  say  except  that  industry  and 
honesty win  the race,”  he  answered.
“Your very example  would  be  inspir­
ing,  if you  would tell  the  story  of  your 
life,”  said  an acquaintance.  “Are  you 
not a self-made man?”

“ 1 don’t know about  that.”
“ Why,  I’ve heard  all  about your early 
struggles.  You  weut  into business  with 
Mr. Blank, when you  were about  17 years 
old—”
“Bo 1 did,  so  1  did.  But  my  mother 
got me tfie place,  aud  while  1  was  there 
she  did  all  my  washing  aud  mending, 
saw  that  1  bad  something  to  eat,  aud 
when  1 got discouraged,  told  me to cheer 
up and  remember tears  were for babies.”
“ While  you  were  workiug  for  Mr. 
Blank,  you  studied at night and educated 
yourself,----- ”
“Oh,  no,  not at all.  My  mother  heird 
my lessous every  night  while she did her 
work. 
1  remember,  one  night,  1 got so 
discouraged  1  dashed  my  writing-book 
into the fire,  and  she  burned  her  hands 
in pulling it out.”
“ Well,  it was certainly true,  wasn’t it, 
that  as  soon  as  you  were  able  to  run 
about you  bought  some  fruit  and  began 
to sell it at the railroad station?”
eyes 
successtul  merchant’s 
twinkled  aud  grew  moist  over  the  fun 
and  pathos of some old recollections.
“ Yes,”  he said  slowly,  "that  was  the 
way  1  first begau  to be  a  business  man, 
aud  1  should like to tell  you  a story  con­
nected  with  that  time.  Perhaps  that 
might do some one good to hear  it.  The 
second  lot  of  apples  I  bought  for sale 
were speckled and  wormy.  1  had  been 
cheated  by  the  men  of  whom  1  had 
bought them,  and  1 could  not  afford  the 
loss.  The night after 1  discovered  they 
were unfit to eat. I crept down the  cellar 
and filled  my basket as  usual.

The 

them.’ 

stammered 

“ ‘They look  very  well on the outside.’ 
1 thought,  ‘and perhaps none of the  peo­
ple  who  buy  them  will  ever come this 
way again. 
I’ll sell  them,  and  as  soon 
as  they  are  gone  I’ll  get  some  sound 
ones.’
“Mother was singiug about the kitchen 
as  1 came  up the  cellar  stairs. 
1  hoped 
to get out of the  house  without  discuss­
ing the subject of unsold  fruit, but in the 
twinkling  of  an  eye  she  had  seen and 
was upon me.
" ‘Ned,’  she  said  in  her  clear  voice, 
‘what  are  you  going  to  do  with  those 
specked  apples?’
1, 
.. .ye — sell 
ashamed to advance.
“ ‘Then you’ll  be a cheat,  and  i  shall 
be ashamed to call you  my  sou,’ she said 
promptly.  *Oh to think  that  you  could 
dream of such  a thing as that! 
then she 
cried  and I  cried,  and  I’ve  never  been 
tempted  to  cheat  since. 
1  have  suc­
ceeded  because  1  had energy  and indus 
try,  and  1  have  always  acted  ou  the 
square,  not only  with  my  employer  aud 
patrons,  but  with  my>eif.  Tuat’s  tbe 
hardest part of the  battle  to  earn.  No, 
my  friends, I have uothiug  particular  to 
say  about my early struggles,  but  l  wish 
you’d  remind  your  boys  aud  guls  that 
their  mothers  are  doing  tar  more  tor 
them  than they do for  themselves  Tell 
them,  too,  to pray that their mothers may 
live  long  enough  to  enjoy  some ot  the 
prosperity they have won  for  ttieir  chil­
dren,  for miue didn’t.”
iu  his  eyes  as  he 
walked away.

Tears  glistened 

‘The  Crack  Train  of the  World ”
A  proiniuent New York  merchant  and 
importer  of 
leather  goods  said   in  our 
heariug the other day,  "1  have  iraveled 
all  over  Europe and America,  ami  1 con­
sider  the  train  which  leaves  Chicago 
every day at 6:30 p.  m.  fur  St.  Paul  aud 
Miuueapolis,  via tbe Chicago,  Milwaukee 
& St.  Paul Railway,  ‘The Cractt  l’ra>u  ot 
the World.’ ”
In  which statement thousands ot others 
heartily concur.

O A N D IE 8.  FR U ITS  and  NUT8

The Pntnam Candy Co. quote-  a« Hows:

Bols.
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STICK CANDÍ.

Cass). 

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

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8 *
3 *
MIXED CANDY.

Bbls.
Standard.......................... ..................5 *
Leader.............................. ..................6
Royal.................................
.................. 6 *
Nobby...............................
English  Rock................ .................. 7
Conserves....................... .................. 6*
Broken Taffy.................. ... baskets
Peanut Squares..............
French Creams................
Valley  Creams...............
Midget, 30 lb.  baskets... 
Modern. 301b. 
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f  ahoy—In bulk

7
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Palls
6*
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Palls
Losenges,  plain......................................
..........   8*
printed....................................
..........   9*
Chocolate Drops........................................ ...  11@12
Chocolate Monumentals........................ .........  12
Gum Drops................................................. ...........  5
Moss Drops................................................. ...........  7*
Sour Drops................................................. ...........  8
Imperials....................................................
...........  9
pahcy—In 5 lb.  boxes.
Per Box

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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
.........65
Imperials.................................................
.......... 60
Mottoes.............................................
...........70
Cream Bar........................................
............ 55
Molasses  Bar..................................
............50
Hand  Made  Creams  __
....sc a so
Plain Creams..................................
__ 63@80
Decorated Creams.................................... ............ 90
String  Rock....................................
............ £0
Burnt Almonds........................... 
.  90©  25
Wlntersrreen  Berries..............................
............60

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CABAXKL8.

No.  1,  wrapped, 2 lb.  b o x e s ................ .........  34
No.  1. 
.................. .........   51
No. 2. 
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Medi.  Sweets—126.........................

.......   3  GO

LEMONS.

Extra Choice,  360
Fancy 36  ................
Extr  F»iic  ,360  . 
Extra choice,  300 
Fancy, 3 0 ) .............

Large bunches.........................................
Small nuache»  ............. 
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OTBBB  FO&KION  FBU1TS.
Figs, faucy  layers  16k 
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141b 
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Dates.  Fard, 10-lb.  b ox...........................
50-lb.  “ 
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Persian.  G.  M .50 lb  box.

extra 

BUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona.........................
[vaca.............
California, soft shelled
Brasils, new.........................................
F ilb e r ts......................... 
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V a in illa .  t r e n n h l P ..........................

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Chestnuts............... 
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Hickory  Nuts per  bu.,  M ich ...........
( V  ««•!»%  '"»• «HC**
Butternuts  per  bu............... 
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Black  Walnuts, per bu.........................

PUNVtS.
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Fancy, H.  P„ Game Cocks 
Fancy,  H.  P  , Association .
Choice.  H  P..  Extras..................

“  KoHkUO............
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KKK'H  MKATS.

BEST.

OarcAMh  .....................................................
Fore  quarters. 
Bind quarters.
Loins No. 3 __
Ribs................
Rounds  __
Chucks  ... 
Plates 

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

5 56
4  75
5  50

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Spring lambs.........  ....................................   7  8 ®

C arcass................................................. 

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AND  SHALL  PREVAIL»..-

Send  to  us for samples of Japan  l eas, any 

Several  firms  are  advertising  New  Crop 
le a s  at same  price as  last  year,  quality,  the 
finest  for years, etc.

Advices just  at  hand from  Yokohama, un­

der date of June  28th,  report  as follows:
First  Crop  Teas  cost  2  to  4c  per  lb.  over  last 
year,  and  are  inferior  both  in  leaf  and  cup qual* 
ity  as  compared  with  last  year's  crop.

Second  Crop  Teas  are  now  in  market,  “but 

there  is  nothing  enticing  in  appearance  or  cup. ’

TRUTH  IS  MIGHTY

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price  from  15c  up  to 35c.

Even  Change  Plug. 

(LIMITED.)

c s a s s a B s s a ffis s a B Q s

W e  are  in  position  to give  you  better  val­
New  Potatoes  are  sick.  W e  quote bo«( 
Lemons, choice  300s,  $3.75(^ 4.00.
W  rite  us  for  our  threat  offer  on  Sort's 

65c  per bu.  in  bulk,  $1.95 in  bbls.

It  is  an eye opener.

Hie Jas. Stewart Co.

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

THE  MICHIQ^JSr  TEMIDESMAN.

3

CAUGHT  ON  THE  FLY.

Written for The Tradesman.

One  who is in  the  habit  of  observing 
things that  escape  the  notice  of  the  in­
curious  throng  will  find  a never-ending 
source of instruction  and  entertainment 
in so doing.  Just now a sheet of  tangle­
foot has  become to me a school  of  infor­
mation, besides  furnishing  a  small  fund 
of  quiet  amusement.  As  I spread it on 
the  window-sill  “butter  side  up,”  with 
its sticky  surface  glistening  in  the  sun­
shine for very gladness at the prospect of 
“making a mash”  on no end of curiously 
inclined  and frivolous  winged  animals,  1 
wonder how  long a  time  will  elapse  be­
fore the first victim  will  succumb  to  his 
fate.  But scarce has  that  query  entered 
the chamber of thought  when a specimen 
of  Muscn  domestica  alights on the mar­
gin,  with one or two  feet  over  the  dan­
ger line,  and  to him  it  proves  enchanted 
ground.  While struggling in  vain  to  re 
treat,a sort of policeman of the genus For­
mica,  gigantic in size, comes to his assist­
ance and,  by  sheer strength, releases him 
from  the quagmire,  but only  to bear  him 
to  a  judgment  ball  to  meet  a fate only 
one degree less evil than that from which 
he  has  been  delivered.  Meantime,  in­
fatuated flies of every grade  are  buzzing 
over the tempting compound  and one  by 
one begin  to dot  its  surface,  displaying 
wonderous feats  in  athletics,  as  though 
each  had caught  his Tartar  and  was  de­
termined  to hold  him  in a catch-as-catch- 
can  wrestle  to  the  finish.  The  largest 
ones  seem,  for a time,  likely  to  win,  but 
the  under-hold  is a strong one in this case 
and  soon  each  boasting  Goliah  is  com­
pelled  to accept the decree of  inexorable 
destiny.  Often a pair of gay  gamboliers 
will  drop  simultaneous  and  a  furious 
buzzing  of wings fill the air with a shrill 
creaking sound,  like a jew’s-barp  played 
on  by  ghostly  unseen  influence,  which 
proves  to  be  the  death song  of the de­
luded victims to the chemical  siren’s  en­
chantment.  With  wings  bedrabbled  in 
the viscous mass,  scores  of  once  happy 
parasites accustomed to feed  on bounties 
to which they are not invited,  lie  on  the 
scene  of  disaster  bemoaning  their  ill 
luck,  or,  tired  with  fruitless  struggles, 
settle themselves to a rest that knows  no 
waking.  As in the case of humanity,  re­
morseless result has followed violation of 
natural law; and there is no kind-hearted 
Uncle Toby to pity their fate  and  rescue 
in  time  to  give  a  few  another  lease 
of life.  Even  a  tender-hearted  natural­
ist declines to interfere,since his sensitory 
nerves have been given so  many  reasons 
why the  law of retaliation should  be  en­
forced.  There  may  be  room 
in  the 
world,  as Toby says  to the  fly,  “for  me 
and thee,”  but,  as the “me”  is the major 
factor and the aggravating fly  the  minor 
one,  the court of last resort has no  mind 
to obstruct the course  of  justice  in  the 
latter’s behalf.

A  few  reflections  are  naturally  sug­
gested by the insect mass-meeting now in 
progress,  where  so  many  motions  are 
made with  no  regular  chairman  to  put 
the question,  and where,  though,  by par­
liamentary  rules,  a  motion  for adjourn­
ment is always in order, yet adjournment 
is a  physical,  impossibility.  This  sheet 
of tanglefoot represents one phase in the 
era of the  world’s  progress. 
In  former 
days,  when inventive genius was  in  em­
bryo,  the Miisca domestica was,  as  now, 
a  noun  of  multitude—the  housewife’s 
summer annoyance and  the  ever-present 
disturber of  the  bald-headed  deacon  in

his sanctuary  slumbers.  Nothing  but  a 
darkened  room  or  a  gauzy  canopy  en­
abled  the darling of the household to en­
joy  daylight repose,  the  necessary  tonic 
of  infantile  humanity. 
In  the  kitchen 
and the living-room a  crude  trap  in  the 
guise  of  a  glass  of strong suds,  capped 
by  a slice of bread  besmeared on the  un­
der side with  molasses,  was the usual de­
fense of  the  worried  housekeeper.  Be­
yond  this nothing  was done  except to re­
sign one’s self to the  inevitable and trust 
to Providence for  favorable conditions of 
temperature.

Some  philosophic minds  took  comfort 
from  the  belief  that  the  fly,  as a scav­
enger,  performed service which condoned 
to humanity  for offences  against  domes­
tic  peace;  but,  to-day,  public  opinion 
proclaims  him  not only a pest  but an out­
law  whose  destruction  by  fair  or  foul 
means  is  “a  consummation  devoutly  to 
be  wished.”  All  the  resources  of me­
chanical  skill and chemistry  are  used  to 
effect his annihilation  and  each  inventor 
proudly  advertises  his special scheme be­
fore a long-suffering public, and no sickly 
sentimentality  stands in  the  way  of  in­
ventions designed  for  that  purpose—the 
world  is  the  enemy  whatever  be  the 
casus belli.

It is only  in the laud  long  historically 
memorable  by  a  plague  of 
insect  life 
more terrible  than  modern  imagination 
can  conceive  that  a  superstition  exists 
among  the  peasant  population  guaran­
teeing  to  the  fly,  his  heirs and assigns 
forever  complete 
immunity  from  all 
harm,  however great the  sum of his  mis­
deeds.  For countless generations he has 
reveled 
in  this  license,  wherein  he  is 
never disturbed  in  his goings or his com­
ings,  his  downsittings  or  his  uprisings 
on  the  exposed  surface  of  the  human 
form.  Not  even  when  helpless  babes 
writhe  under  the  swarm  of  insect tor­
mentors settling to  their  savage  delight 
is one kind  hand raised  in defense of  the 
infants,  for  a  religion  of  fatalism  de­
clares each  insect as  hallowed  from pro­
fane touch  as the sacred Apis  or  the  no 
less  venerated  beetle.  The common and 
universal disease of Egypt being ophthal­
mia,  it gives  occasion  for  these  winged 
nuisances  to  do  their  most cruel  work. 
Whenever a question of  location  on  any 
part  of  the  person  is submitted to these 
freebooters,  “the  eyes  have  it.”  Upon 
the  imflamed  lids  of  all  sufferers  they 
greedily swarm,  carrying  to  the  system 
putrid infection from animal matter and, 
by  contact,  distributing 
the  disease 
broadcast among the  population.  Espe­
cially do helpless age and  infancy  suffer 
from 
this  senseless  superstition  en­
gendered by centuries of  ignorance  con­
cerning the laws of  health,  as well as  by 
a system of servitude  no  less  arbitrary.
But in this  blessed  land  nothing  that 
contributes to the smallest detail of com­
fort to the  individual  is  beneath  scien­
tific investigation.  The capital annually 
expended in  securing  the  maximum  of 
relief 
from  petty  domestic  winged 
plagues  aggregates  millions.  Kind  old 
Toby  may  be  content  with  the puerile 
ejaculation,  “Shoo fly,”  but  this  fin  de 
siecle requires  sterner measures,  not only 
to justify the progress of our  age  in  in­
vention,  but  also  to keep in  touch  with 
the ever-extending philanthropies of  the 
century.
And  now,  let  whoever  will raise the 
standard  of  revolt  against  the  blood­
thirsty Jersey musquito, with bis kindred 
allies,  which are as great a source of vex­
ation. 

Petek C.  Meek.

Doing-  M ore  th an   H e  P rom ised.

A story  is told of  a  Pittsburg  oil  pro­
ducer  who  was  putting  down  a  well, 
some  years  ago,  in  a territory that had 
never been tested  for oil.  He  was keep­
ing the fact a profound  secret,  in  order 
that,  in case he got a good  well,  he might 
without difficulty  secure  ail  the  leases 
he  desired  in  the  vicinity.  He  was on 
the  ground  himself,  watching  with 
great 
interest  the  indications.  Every­
thing pointed  to success.  Two  days  be­
fore the  well  was expected to  “come  in” 
he was called home.  Anxious  about the 
result,  he arranged  with his contractor to 
telegraph him as soon as the drill reached 
‘be  sand.  He  knew,  however, 
that 
secrets will sometimes leak out of a  tele­
graph  office,  and  so  he  told the driller 
that the sentence,  “Pine trees grow tall,” 
would mean that  he had struck oil.  The 
driller promised  to do as he  was ordered.

The  mingled  satisfaction  and  vexation 
of the producer may  be  imagined  when, 
two days  later,  he received the following 
telegram:  “Pine  trees grow tall.  She’s 
squirting clean over the derrick!”

In  1890  there  were  nearly  4,000,000 
women  and girls among the  class  called 
wage-earners  in  the United States.  Their 
number  has increased  in  ten  years  over 
1,200,000,  or more than  40  per  cent. 
In 
the  various  branches  of  trade  the  in­
crease  in  female  employes  was 263 per 
cent.  This is due  to  the  rapid  utiliza­
tion  of  women  as  accountants,  cashiers, 
clerks,  stenographers,  typewriters  and 
the  like.  During  the  same  period  the 
number engaged in the  professions show 
a great increase,  in  many  instances  the 
percentage  of  increase  being  far larger 
for women than  for  men.

A  great  many  people  claim  to  com­
mune  with  the  gods  who  cannot  com­
mune  with honest men.

IMPORTERS and 
WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN 

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BLANKETS, GINGHAMS, PRINTS and 
DOMESTIC COTTONSj—ima.  -

DRESS  GOODS,  SHAWLS,  CLOAKS, 

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y -   YVe  invite  the attention  ni  the  Trade to our 

Complete and  W ell  Assorted  Stock 
at  Lowest  Market  Prices.

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SPRING  &  COHPANY,  Grand  Rapids  3

Yes,  we’ve got  ’em !

Nove  ties and  Staples  in  Dry Goods 
K very thing in  Notions.
Hi ^  Line •  f G ents'  Furnishings.
All  th a t can  be desired  in  Yarns.

We a  e H eadquarters for

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Have you ever done  business  with  us: 
If not, 
let's get our heads  together  am i  see  w hat  we 
can  do.

I.W holesale  Dry  Goods.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Our Yarns and Underwear

Are now  in  stock, and  more coming  every  week.  Be  sure  and 
see  the  line  before bliving.

Our  Floor  Oil  Cloths

Can  be delivered  now  Qualities  Nos.  1,  2,  3A,  4.

Also  RUGS 

in  Qualities  1,  2,  3A,  best  line  we  have  ever 

shown and  at  prices  very  low.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons

GRAND  RAPIDS

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

4 :

ABOU N D   T H E   ST A T E .

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Suntield—W.  E.  VauAude has sold  Lis 

drug stock  to U.  L.  Hampton.

Charlevoix—John  McCabe succeeds  U. 

Gronell in  the meat  business.

Dowagiac—Jones & Kast  succeed  Geo.

D.  Jones in  the grocery  business.

Charlesworth—Chas.  W.  Chiistler  has
purchased  the  general  stock  ot  W.  C. 
Loomis.

Northviile—John  Highland  succeeds 
Highland Bros,  in  the grocery  and  meat 
business.

Ironwood—John Colenso  has  removed 
his confectionery  stock  trorn  Negaunee 
to this place.

Romeo—E.  A.  (Mrs.  Wesley)  Phillips 
has removed  her stock of boots auu shoes 
to lmlay City.

Douglas—J.  E.  Devine  succeeds  Riley 
& Devine  in  the  grocery  and  boot  and 
shoe business.

Port  Huron—Lamb  Bros,  have  pur­
chased the grocery  business of  Asrnau  & 
Son at this place.

Traverse City—E.  W.  Hatch  succeeds
E.  W.  Hatch  &  Co.  iu  the  agricultural 
implement  business.

Harbor Springs—U.  J. Atkinson, drug­
gist,  has removed  his  stock  from  Mich- 
igamtne to this place.

Alpena—C.  A.  McGregor  succeeds C.

A.  McGregor, Ageut,  iu  the clothing and 
boot and shoe business.

Clare—A.  J.  Doherty,  of  the  Coleman 
Hardware Co.,  has sold his interest in the 
business to J.  M.  & J.  E.  Doherty.

Lake Ann—O.  C.  Fish  has  opened  a 
branch jewelry  sloie at  Honor  under  the 
management ot  his sou,  Chas.  Fish.

Ithaca—D.  T.  Covert,  who  was  land­
lord of the  Ketan  House  for  about  ten 
years,  has opened a  new  hardware store.
Muskegon—Fred  Engle,  proprietor  of 
the  Muskegon  Galvanized  Iron  Works, 
has removed  to  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.
Freeport—A. J.  Miller  has  closed  out 
bis grocery  s  ock  to the other  merchants 
in  town  and  retired  from  business alto­
gether.

Romeo—E.  A. Phillips,  boot  and  shoe 
dealer here,  is closing out his  stock  and 
will establish  himself in  business  at  lm­
lay City.

Douglas—Riley &  Devine,  grocers and 
boot and  shoe  dealers,  have  dissolved. 
The business  will  be  continued  by  Jos.
E.  Devine.

Bellevue—C.  D.  Kimberly  has  pur­
chased  the grocery  stock  of  F.  M.  Cole. 
Claude seems  determined  to  monopolize 
business here.

Manistee—Chas.  E. Nungesser has pur­
chased  the  furniture  and  undertaking 
business of  Wm.  Nungesser and will con 
tinue the business at this  place.

Cold water—Keavin  Bros.,  dry  goods 
merchants,  have  uttered  ehattle  mort­
gages to the amount of $6,600  in  favor  of 
J.  V .  Farwell & Co., of Chicago.

St.  Clair—The boot  and  shoe  stock  of 
the  late  M.  Bazo  has  been  purchased  by 
George  Durkee and  takeu  to  Lapeer. 
It 
was bought  for 50 cents on  the dollar.

Traverse  City—W.  P.  Keuney  has 
taken  into  partnership  in  his  music  busi 
ness  Wm.  S  effens,  formerly  of  New 
York.  The tirm  name  will  be  Kenney  & 
Steffens.

Elmdale—L  E.  Lott  has  retired  from 
the  firm  of L.  E  Lott  &  Bro.,  general 
dealers.  The  business  will  be continued 
by the remaining partner under the style 
of H.  Lott.

Mancelona—W,  U.  Clark,  who,  until 
recently,  has  been engaged  in  the  furni­
ture trade at  this  place,  has  decided  to 
embaik  in  the  same  line  of  business  at 
Central  Lake.

Peutwater—Mr.  Daggett,  of  Daggett & 
Gregwer,  meat  dealers,  and  Eiva  F. 
Plummer,  also meat dealer,  have  merged 
their  business  under  the style of Plum­
mer & Daggett.

Linden—Allen  L.  Siehle,  jeweler  and 
dealer  in  musical  instruments,  has  ad­
mitted a partner,  and  the  business  will 
hereafter  be  conducted  uuuer  the  style 
of titeble & Mabouy.

Uarnetta—U.  Kazick  has  purchased 
the grocery  slock  and  broom  handle  fac­
tory ot Joseph A.  Geraud,  at  Yuma,  and 
will  continue  both  under  the  personal 
management of  bis sou.

Hastings—Fiederick Cassady  has  sold 
a half  mletest in  bis  meal  market to Wm. 
Roe,  sou  of  Henry  Roe,  the  veteran 
Nashville  meal  dealer.  The  new  firm 
will  be  known  as Cassady  & Roe.

Battle  Creek—D.  W.  Lovel,  who  re­
cently purchased the Laudreth seed sloie. 
has also  purchased  ihe  grocery  stock  of 
Frank  Manchester  and  will  move  the 
seed stock  in  with the groceries and  con­
tinue  both  hues.

Fenwick—H.  E.  Kaercher  has  pur­
chased C.  J.  i'hompsou’s interest  in  the 
firm ot  C.  J.  Thompson  &  Co.,  dealers  in 
groceries,  men’s  lurnishing  goods  and 
wail  paper.  Mr.  Kaercuer  will  continue 
ihe  business  iu  his own  name.

Frt-inoui—Dar,iug  <&  smith  will  soon 
take possession ot  their  new  brick  stole 
building  which  is  the  m o st  pretentious 
iructure  iu  the  place.  The  building  is 
44x 80  teet  iu  dimensions  and  two stones 
high,  including all  the  modern  improve­
ments.

Waylaud  (Globe)—Arthur  Visser,  who 
ruus a grocery  wagon  from Grand Rapids 
out through tue east  part  of  ibis  town­
ship,  met  with quite a loss  last  Monday. 
He  accidentally  set  fire  to  bis  wagon 
which,  with all  the slock,  was destroyed. 
Loss,  about $¿00.

Saginaw—The Beese-Little Coal  &  Ice 
Co.,  which  was  organized  several years 
ago,  has changed  hands,  W.  E. Goodman, 
who has  been  a member ot  the  company 
for some years,  and John  F.  Winkler, the 
well-known  ice  dealer,  purchasing  the 
entire  business.  The  name  of the new 
firm is Goodman <&  Winkler.

Muskegon—J.  D.  Sheridan,  the  drug­
gist against  whom  complaiui  was  made 
for selling  liquor  contrary  to  law,  had 
an examination  iu Justice  Losby’s  court 
Saturday  and  the  case  was  dismissed. 
Mr.  Sberidau  produced  the  records  ot 
his sales,  showiug that  he  had  complied 
with  the law  in every  respect.

Sherman—E.  B.  Stanley  has  uttered 
three  mortgages  on  bis geueral  stock— 
one for $1,000 to Thos.  Wilson,  to  secure 
him  for signing a bond; another  to  Wm. 
Barie & Son,  of East Saginaw,  for  $760; 
and  a  third  to  A.  C.  McGraw  & Co.,  of 
Detroit,  for  $2,158.  The  stock  and ac­
counts are estimated  to  be  worth  about 
$7,000.

Detroit—Last  week  a stranger  walked 
into a Gratiot  avenue shoe  store and  pur­
chased  a pair ot  expeusive  toolgear.  As 
soon  as he  had  them on  be  walked out  of 
the door  without paying  for  them.  The 
proprietor  had  his  back  turned.  How­
ever,  the  man  left  two  bundles  and  it 
was thought that be  would  soon  turn  up. 
He  didn’t,  and  the  bundles  contained 
only  hay.

manufacturing matters.

Grand Haven—The name of  the  Dake 
Engine  Manufacturing  Co.  has  been 
changed  to the Dake  Engine  Co.

Alpena—Rogers  «&  Fenton,  of  Ohio, 
are arranging to remove  their  stave  mill 
to Alpena.  They  have been  negotiating 
for  the  purchase  of  the Minor Lumber 
Co.’s river  mill.

Buchanan—Kompass & Stoll have  pur­
chased  a site at Niles on  which  to  build 
a furniture factory,  removing their  busi 
ness from  this city  as soou as  the  build­
ing is completed.

Petoskey—The  W.  W.  Rice  Leather 
Co.  will  at once begin the enlargement  of 
its  plant.  The  capacity  has  been  200 
sides per day, but in a few  weeks  it  will 
be increased  to 400.

Manistee—The  East  Shore  furniture 
factory  has  been  purchased  by  Joseph 
H.  Poor,  iu  behalf of  an  Eastern  syndi­
cate  which  will  operate  the  establish­
ment.  The deeds  were  transferred  sev­
eral days ago by  the First National Bank.
Kalamazoo— 1’he  Kalamazoo  Paul  & 
Overall Co.  is going  to locate a branch of 
its  factory  iu  some  village  iu  this  vicin­
ity,  and  Allegan  and  Otsego  are  both
hustling to secure it.  The company asks 
that a building  be  furnished  them,  with 
power  to  operate 
its  machinery  and 
lights.  The proposed  factory will  employ 
aoout  fifty men.

Detroit—The  Electric  Gas  Stove  Co 
has  tiled  articles  of  association.  The 
capital  stock is $25,000, one-halt of which 
is paid  iu.  The  1,250  shares  takeu  are 1 
held  as  follows:  Frank  T.  Dwyer,  550;
F.  F.  Palms,  William  A.  Dwyer, John  M.  j 
Dwyer.  Jeremiah  Dwyer  and  Geo.  U.  [ 
Barbour,  100  each;  Ezra  S.  Hoyt.  120; 
James Dwyer,  80 shares.

Detroit—The American  Pepsin  Crack-1 
er Co.  has uttered a chattel  mortgage for 
$1,254.53 to L.  B.  Clark,  as trustee  for  a 
number of creditors.  The  Detroit  cred­
itors  are:  Calvert  Lithographing  and 
Engraving  Co.,  Eagle  Paper  Box  Co., 
A.  Backus,  Jr.,  & Sons,  Jay  G.  Phillpot, 
William  P.  Holliday,  Evening  News  As­
sociation,  Phineas  E.  Atcbiuson  and 
Clark S.  Edwards.

Alpena—J.  G.  Wilson,  of  New  York, 
manutacturer  of  faucy  hardwood  block 
floors,  has  been  looking  for  a  location 
where  be  can  secure  the raw material. 
He is  favorably  impressed  with  Alpena 
and  makes  a proposition  to form a stock 
company  with  a capital  of $200,000, be to 
put  iu  $75,000  cash,  providing  Alpena 
citizens  turnish  the  remainder.  A  plant 
of  the capacity  indicated  would  give em­
ployment to 300 bands.

Manistee—There  has  never  been  a sea­
son  when  the  old  beads  u  the lumber 
business  were  so  much  at  sea  as  they 
are this  year.  There  are  all  the  symp­
toms of a good  trade,  and yet everything 
is exceedingly dull.  Piece stuff has  held 
at $8.50 all the  season  up  to  last  week. 
Ordiuarily,  even  in  good  times,  it  ad­
vances only  a shilling  at  a time,  but last 
week  it  took  a  jump  of  50  ceuts  all  at 
once.  Were 
iu  something  else  we 
would  be  better  satisfied,  as  piece  stuff 
cuts a very  small  figure with  us.

it 

Marquette—The  Munisiug  Railway 
Company  has  been  incorporated  to  con­
struct  a railway  from  Munisiug  harbor, 
30  miles  east  of  here,  southwesterly 
through the tract of hardwood  owned  by 
Cleveland and  La Porte,  lud., capitalists, 
ultimately connecting  with  the  Chicago 
&  Northwestern  Railway.  The  inten­
tion  is  to use the road  to  carry  the  tim-

ber  to  mills  on  Lake  Superior  and,  as 
fast  as  the  lands  are  cleared, 
induce 
settlers  to  farm.  As  this  is  probably 
one of the finest  tracts ot  hardwood  tim­
ber in existence  its  development  should 
mean  much  for this  region.  Tim Nester 
is  the local  head  of the concern.

M ovem en ts  o f  C lerks.

Morenci—Clare  Roosa  concluded  his 
long  term  of  clerking iu  E.  B.  Butler  & 
Co.’s  clothing  store  last  Saturday,  and, 
after à vacation of three  weeks,  will  go 
behind the counter in  the  dry  goods  es­
tablishment of S.  S.  Beatty  &  Son.

Elk  Rapids—Tommy  Hogan,  for  the 
last three years delivery  man  for  Butler 
& Co.,  has taken  the position in  the  gro­
cery  department of  the  Elk  Rapids  Iron 
Co.  formerly  occupied  by  R.  G.  Bruce.

D issolu tion   N otice.

The  tirm  of  Alden  &  Libby  was dis­
solved  by  mutual  consent  July  18,  1895, 
and  the  bu-iness  will  be  continued  by 
M.  K  Alden  and  E.  E.  Alden  under  the 
firm  name  of  M.  R.  Alden  & Co.,  in  the 
same  store,  93  and  95  South  Division 
street,  Graud  Rapids.

M.  R.  Ald en,
C.  H.  Libby.

Shaw’s  Lightning  Account Keeper,  in 
connection  with  order slips,  is gaining in 
favor.  C.  H.  Currey,  Owosso,  (three 
books) J.  S.  Powers &  Co.,  Minneapolis, 
aud  hundreds  of  others  in  the U.  S.  at­
test  to  its  merit  as  a  time  and 
labor 
saver.  Order slips  printed  with  carbon, 
and  leather  books  free.  Write for prices. 
J. C.  Shaw,  29 Canal  street.  Grand  Rap­
ids,  Mich.

Ti.e  pel sou  who is charged  with  an act 
ol  negligence  which  ha- caused an injury 
cannot  protect  Imuself  by  showing  that 
similar acts  were  customary  in  the com­
munity  where  he  lived.

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

J.  P.  Visner,  Ag’t.

PROVISIONS

SAUSAGE.

ru e errand  Rapids  PacKlug  and  Provision Co 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

4UOies as  follows:
Mess......................................................... —  
12 00
tl  50
Short C u t..................................... 
............... 
flxtra clear pig, short c u t  .......................  
13  50
Extra clear,  h e a v y ....................................
12  50
Clear, fat  back.............................................  
13  00
Boston clear, short c u t............................... 
Clear back, sh o rtc u t..................................  
12  5
Standard clear, short cut. b est................  
13  00
754
Pork, li n k s ................................................... 
Bologna  .........................  
554
........................... 
6
Liver.............................................................. 
Tongue  —  
814
..................................   ...........  
6
..........................................................  
Blood 
............................................
Head cheese 
10
.........  ............... 
Summer 
Frankfurt* 
714
............................................... 
Kettle  Rendered  ..................................................  714
G ra n g e r.....................................................................754
Family 
..........................................  5Hi
Compound 
C ottoleue... 
01*
................................  
Cotosuet...........................................  
 
50 lb. Tins,  *»c advance.
20 lb.  pails,  14c 
“ 
10 lb. 
“  %c 
5 lb. 
31b. 
I  c 
‘ 
Extra Mess,  w arranted 2U0  lb s...................  
Extra  Mess. Chicago  packing 
Boneless, rum p butts................................  
dam s, average 20 lb s ........... 

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

BEEP  IN  BARREL.*.
... 

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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

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

LARI).

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'0 0
7 uO
9  75
9 i

 

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16 l b s . . . . ......................................10
12 to 14 I D s ..............................1054

 

 

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DRY  BALT  MEATS.

PICKLED  Pies'  PEET.

p ic n ic ............................................................. 754
•■•esi b o n e le s s...........................................  854
 
S houlders. 
B reakfast Bacon  boneless 
.................................854
.........115a
Dried beef, ham prices  . 
Long Clears, h ea v y ............  
654
Briskets,  medium 
. , ........................754
H alf  b arrels...........................................................3  01
Q uarter b a rre ls ..............................   .................... 1  65
K its .............................................................................   «0
75
Kits, honeycomb 
Kits, premium 
65
Creamery,  ro lls.....................................................18
tu b s ......................................................15
D airy,  ro lls.............................................................1154
tu b s .............................................................11
1 

TRIPE.
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BUTTERINE.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

5

looked 

Spices—Next month an  active business 
is  expected,  and  with  the  renewal  of 
trade,  higher  prices  are 
for. 
From  the statistical  position of  the  vari­
ous articles there is  hardly  a thing on the 
list that does  not appear to be a purchase 
at  the  prevailing  prices.  Gingers  are 
quiet.  The supplies of African are large 
and  much  scattered.  There  is  nothing 
new  in  cassia,  trade  being  dull.  Mace 
and  nutmegs  are  dull  but  strong. 
In 
pimento  there  is  a  little doing in  prime. 
The  general  stocks  of  spices  are  low 
throughout  the  country,  but  at  selling 
centers there is  an  abundance,  particu­
larly of pepper and cloves.

Molasses—The market  for  fine  grades 
of New Orleans open  kettle and centrifu­
gal  is  strong,  and the demand  shows im­
provement,  the inquiry  from  dealers be­
ing quite large.  There  is  a  scarcity  of 
these  particular  grades,  and  prices  are 
firmly  maintained  and  advances are pre­
dicted.  Low  grade  centrifugals  are 
neglected,  there being no  sale  whatever 
for them.  Foreigu  molasses is in season­
able demand  and  is  held firmly.

Canned Goods—Very  quiet,  but  prices 
are  strong  on  nearly  all  varieties,  with 
red Alaska salmon  and  California  fruits 
somewhat  higher.

Lemons—The  really  fancy  marks  of 
sound stock  which  are  being  sold at  ihe 
Eastern  auctions  bring  good 
strong 
prices,  even  in  the  face of  the  fact  that 
there is any  quantity of common to choice 
fruit being sold  all the  way  from $2.50@ 
3.50 per box.  The  weather is  too hot  to 
warrant a hope of  lower prices for  some 
time,  and  the outside trade  is  assured  of 
a  better  profit  by  buying  the  higher 
priced  and  better  fruit  in  such  amounts 
as their needs require.

Oranges—Virtually  no  demand 

for 
them,  except for fruit and  confectionery 
stores.  The grocery  trade,  which  usu­
ally  handles  a goodly proportion of them, 
is devoting its  efforts  to  domestic  fruit 
almost entirely,  and the proximity of the 
peach  season  has  much  to  do  with  the 
stagnation 
in  oranges.  The  quality, 
also,  is  poor,  and even  the low  prices  do 
not  seem  to  be  successful 
in  moving 
them as freely as hoped  for.

Bananas—The demand  seems  to  have 
decreased  fully 50  per  cent,  during  the 
past ten  days,  caused,  undoubtedly,  by 
the large amount  of  berries  and  water­
melons now  to  be  obtained  at  very  low 
prices.  The commission  men  are  order­
ing sparingly,  as  the  hot  weather  melts 
the  fruit  so  fast  that,  with the scarcity 
of orders,  it  is difficult  to escape making 
a loss on them,  to say  nothing of the pos­
sibility  of  a  desired  profit. 
It is  more 
than  likely  that outside dealers will have 
some cause for  complaint, on  account of 
the over-ripeness  of  the  stock  they  re­
ceive  in  this  line,  but  the  wholesalers 
are trying to  be very careful  in  selecting 
fruit that they  believe will carry  well.

P u rely   P erson al.

W.  1.  Benedict,  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  W.  I.  Benedict & Co.,  druggists 
at  Beiding,  was  in  town  Sunday.  He 
came by the bicycle route.

GKAND  R APIDS  GOSSIP.

F. 

Skoning succeeds  E.  B.  Stevens  as 

local manager for L.  F.  Swift & Co.

James  Hines  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at  East  Bridge  street,  near  the cor­
ner of East  street.  The  WordeD  Grocer 
Co.  furnished  the  stock.

L. 

Chambers,  formerly engaged  in  the 

drug  business  at  Durand,  has opened  a 
drug  store  at  Ashley.  The Hazeltine & 
Perkins Drug Co.  furnished  the stock.

E.  E.  Alden  has purchased  the interest 
of C.  H.  Libby  in  the  firm  of  Alden  & 
Libby,  jobbers  in  butter and eggs at  93 
and 95 South  Division street.  The  busi­
ness  will  be  continued  by  M.  R.  Alden 
and  E.  E.  Alden  under the style of  M.  R. 
Alden & Co.

B. 

Barendse & Son,  dealers  in  general 

merchandise  at  561  Adams  street  (Oak­
dale Park),  have turned  their stock  over 
to their merchandise creditors and retired 
from  business.  The  manner  in  which 
the  firm  acted  in the premises is  highly 
commendable.

The  work  of  selecting  the  place  of 
holding  the  annual  picnic  of the Retail 
Grocers’  Association  is  now in the bands 
of a special  committee,  which  will,  prob­
ably,  announce  its  decision  Wednesday. 
Reed’s Lake is out of the race  this  year, 
for  the  reason  that  Manager  Swetland 
and the other caterers at that  resort  de­
cline to contribute anything toward meet­
ing the necessary  expenses of  the event. 
Advantageous offers  have  been  received 
from  three  railway  lines—from  the  D.,
G.  H.  & M.,  to take the grocers to Spring 
Lake or Grand  Haven;  from  the G.  R.  & 
I.,  to convey the party  to Muskegon; and 
from the C.  & W.  M.,  to carry  the crowd 
to Ottawa Beach,  and,  in all  probability, 
one of these offers will  be accepted.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—Prices  remain  unchanged,  the 
indications  favoring  a  steady  market, 
with  the  tendency  upward  in  sympathy 
with  the  firm  feeling  in  raw  sugars. 
Stocks in  the  country are still light, job­
bers  having  bought  to supply immediate 
requirements,  and  there  is  nothing ap­
parently to prevent a good steady demand 
from  now  until  the  end  of September, 
both  August and  September being gener­
ally  good sugar  months.

Tea—New teas are selling slowly, buy­
ers  not  being  disposed  to  take hold  to 
any extent.  The demand from  the coun­
try  shows no broadening tendencies,  not­
withstanding  the  fact  that  stocks  are 
iow.  There is nothing  in  the  situation 
to create a speculative  feeling.  The  war 
issue,  which is now  a thing  of  the  past, 
was  worked  for  all  it  was  worth,  and 
there are no arguments  that may  be used 
to induce buyers  to  operate  beyond  ac­
tual  requirements,  except  it  be the ex­
ceedingly  low prices that now  rule,  and 
the  feeling  that  prevails  that  any  ma­
terial  increase in demand  would  be  fol­
lowed  by  a  higher  range  of  values,  as 
present prices  are about  as  low  as  they 
can  go,  and in  spite of the  moderate  de­
mand they  are  quite  strong.  Stocks  in 
first hands are accumulating some, owing 
to the fact that arrivals  are  not  passing 
into consumption  as rapidly as  received.
Coffee—Brazil  grades  are  dull,  but 
values  appear  to  be  well  maintained. 
Mild  grades  are  relatively  in  best  de­
mand; all  good colony  coffees  are  show­
ing much  more strength,  while the poorer 
grades are neglected and somewhat weak.

Jno.  S.  Caswell,  general  dealer  at 
Pritchardville,  was in town last  Wednes­
day for the second  time in  ten years.  He 
has been engaged in trade thirteen years.

C. 

A.  Morrell,  the  Chicago  tea  and 

cigar jobber,  was in town  over  Sunday, 
the guest  of  his  cousin,  W.  F.  Blake. 
He  was  accompanied  by  his  wife  and 
daughter.

C.  A.  Price, Cashier of the  Ithaca  Sav­
ings Bank,  was married Tuesday  to  Miss 
Mary Look,  cousin of  S.  E.  Parish,  who 
was  formerly  engaged 
in  the  grocery 
business  at  Ithaca.  The  ceremony  oc­
curred at  the residence of Mr.  Parish.

G. 

Adolph  Krause  (Hirth,  Krause  & 

Co.)  left  Monday for Pittsburg, where he 
will  remain  a week,  thence proceeding to 
New York via the  Hudson  River  on  his 
way  to  a  fortnight’s  respite from  busi­
ness  cares  on  the New Jersey seaboard. 
Of course he is accompanied  by  his  wife.
Will S. Jones, Secretary and  Treasurer 
of  the  Commercial  Bulletin  Company, 
which  publishes  the  Minneapolic  Com­
mercial Bulletin,  was in  town  over  Sun­
day. 
It is claimed at the hotel  where he 
put up  that he went fishing very early  in 
the  week,  but none of Mr.  Jones’  friends 
give any credence to such a report,  as  he 
has never been  known  to  tell  any  fish 
stories—-or any other kind  of stories,  for 
that matter.

A  dozen  business  men  of  Coloma 
visited the city  last  Wednesday  for  the 
purpose of  petitioning the officials of the 
C.  & W.  M.  Railway to stop its fast trains 
at  that  point.  The  party  comprised 
Messrs.  E.  A.  Hill,  Geo.  W.  Grant, Jr., 
A.  H.  Sutton,  S.  W.  Hamilton,  Wm. 
Kreitner,  H.  M.  Marvin,  A.  J.  McCiung,
N.  Kibler,  N.  Kelley, John Schairer and 
J.  H.  Jones.  The  gentlemen  were given 
a respectful  bearing and  will  receive  an 
answer in  the near future.

G ripsack  B rigad e.

It i* stated as a fact that Chas.  S.  Rob­
inson  (Grand  Rapids  Packing  and  Pro­
vision Co.)  has finally  succeeded  in  be­
coming proficient  in  spelling  Dowagiac.
Oscar Baker  (Adrian)  has  resigned  his 
position  with  Baker &  Shattuck  and  ac­
cepted one with  Moreland  Bros. & Crane. 
S.  L.  Rice has resigned  his  position  with 
E.  M.  Kean &  Co.,  to  accept  the  place 
left vacant at Baker &  Shattuck’s.

O. 

E.  Rasmus,  who  has  acted  as  city 

salesman  for  the  Muskegon  branch  of 
the U.  S.  Baking  Co.  for  the  past  four 
years,  succeeds L.  C.  Bradford  as  gen­
eral  traveling  representative for that es­
tablishment.

Geo.  W.  Sevey,  formerly  engaged  in 
the retail grocery  business at  Herrington 
under the style of  Sevey  &  Herrington, 
has  engaged  to  travel  for  the  Telfer 
Spice Co., covering  the  available  towns 
on  the  D.,  G.  H.  *   M.  and  D.,  L.  & N. 
Railways.

The  Lansing  boys  act as though  they

intended  to  invite  the  K.  of G.  to hold 
the next annual  meeting  at  that  place. 
The  time  and  place  of  meeting will  be 
decided  upon  at  the next  meeting  of  the 
Board of Directors, which  will  be held  at 
Lansing the first Saturday  in September.
J.  S.  Hirth,  who has  been on  the  road 
the  past  year  for  Hirth,  Krause & Co., 
previous  to  which  he  served  the house 
seven  years  in  the  capacity  of  book­
keeper,  has taken  a position  with  A.  F. 
Galium  &  Son.  the  Milwaukee  tanners. 
The vacancy  thus  created  has been  filled 
by  the engagement of  Frank  M.  Gardner, 
formerly  connected  with  the  shoe  de­
partment of the  Hannah &  Lay  Mercan­
tile Co.

The  matter  of  increasing  the  death 
benefit  from $500 to $1,000  will  probably 
come  before the next meeting  of  the  K. 
of G. 
It  is  understood  that  President 
Jacklin  favors  such  an  innovation,  in 
which  case he  will  probably  recommend 
such an  amendment  to  the  comstitntion 
in  the course of  his annual  address.  So 
far  as  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ' s  information 
goes,  the  members  generally  advocate 
the change,  including an  increase in  the 
assessments from $2 to $5.

Merged  Into  a  Stock  Company.

Boss  &  Norton,  dealers in  carpets and 
draperies  at  110  Monroe  street,  have 
merged  their  business into a stock com­
pany  under the style of  the  Boss-Norton 
Company  for  the  purpose  of  enlarging 
their present business  and  adding  lines 
of  house  furnishing  goods.  The  corpo­
ration  has a capital  stock  of  $25,000,  of 
which $22,000  is subscribed and  paid  in, 
the  stockholders  and  amount  of  stock 
held  by  each  being as  follows:

 

 

.....  

A lfred  K.  Boss...................................... So,000
Chas.  E.  N orton...................................... 5,000
Jas. F. G rady........................................  5,000
Jas. F. Grady,  T rustee..........................1,250
Chas.  E.  Norton, T rustee....................  1,600
Mary A. M artin......................................  1,000
A lexander K ennedy............................. 
250
John  M urray.........................................  
250
250
M.  Francis G riffin................................. 
M.  S hanahan 
250
250
Thos. H efferan...................................... 
Chas* F. P ik e.......   ..............................  
250
E d.  C raw ford.......................................  
250
Wm. F.  H ake......................................... 
250
Gaius W.  P erkins................................  
500
Chas.  E.  Tem ple................................... 
250
250
Wm.  F.  M cK night...............................  
250
J.  K. Jo h n sto n ....................................... 
D ennis M cKeiver................................. 
500
250
II. A.  B ritt.............................................. 
A nton S tiller......................................... 
250
Wm. T.  M cG urrin................................ 
250
The directors  of  the  corporation  are 
Messrs.  Boss,  Norton,  Grady,  Shanahan 
and  Murray,  the officers being as follows:

President—Alfred  K.  Boss.
Vice-President—Chas.  E. Norton.
Secretary—Jas.  F.  Grady.
Treasurer—Chas.  E.  Norton.
The new house  receives a valuable ac­
cession  in  the  person  of Jas.  F.  Grady, 
who retires from  the  position  of  credit 
man  for  Spring & Company,  with  which 
house he has  been  identified over a dozen 
years,  and  will take an active part in the 
management of the business.  Mr.  Grady 
is  an indefatigable worker and will make 
bis  influence felt  among a large circle of 
friends and  acquaintances.

INCLUDE  A  CASE  OF

K O F F A - A ID
THE  KOFFA-AID  CO., 

to be used  in connection  w ith Coffee.  G uaranteed not 
to contain one particle of chicory or deleterious ingre­

It pays yon  a protit of 33 per cent.  Saves the consum er 25 per cent.

DETROIT,  MICH.

IM F  W   A  D T I F I   F  
I ^  L#  W  
/A ly ,  1  I b L L  

In  your  next  order  to  your  Jobber.

A 
** 
dients. 

M. 

S.  Scoville,  the  Kalamazoo grocer, 

was in town one day  last  week,  making 
arrangements  for  shipments  of  fruits 
during the remainder of the season.

Ben.  W.  Putnam,  President of the Put­
nam Candy Co.,  spent  last  week  in  Chi­
cago,  in  attendance  on  a convention of 
the confectioners of  the  Western  States.

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THE  MICHIGAIi  TKADES3ÆA2SI'

Clerks’  Corner
1  suppose,  when  1  tell  my  clerk  this 
morning  that  1  want  him  to do a little 
sweeping for  me,  that there will  be a bit 
of sarcasm  in  his tone  when  he  tells  me 
that  be  has  just  put  on  his collar and 
blacked  his  shoes—heels  and  all—and 
that  the  collar  and  shirt  will  get  the 
worst of it if he goes  to  sweeping  now. 
I  don’t  mind  the  sarcasm.  That  is  a 
pretty  bad  plaything  for  anybody,  and 
especially for a clerk. 
It’s  always awk­
ward to handle and it cuts one  way quite 
as badly as it does the other;  so,  for  the 
sake of keeping the collar clean in sweep­
ing, just take  it  oft'.  Better  take  your 
cuffs off,  for this  is  sweeping  and  from 
samples of your  work  which  I  have seen, 
it is something you never have  done. 
If 
I  were  you,  1  should  make a paper cap 
for  this  sweeping  business.  The  head 
needs  the protection and should  have  it; 
and  when  a boy combs  his hair  with  his 
fingers,  a  paper  cap  worn  in  sweeping 
time keeps clean  the  pillows  where  the 
same boy sleeps.

There seems to be an  idea  abroad  that 
sweeping  is  intended  to  take  the  dust 
from  the  floor  and,  after  a  journey 
through the atmosphere,  settle  it  evenly 
over everything the room contains.  This 
idea does not now prevail. 
Instead,  it is 
considered good  form  to remove  the  dirt 
as much as possible  with as little stirring 
up as possible and  land  it  as  quickly  as 
possible outdoors.  A  grocer must make 
some  concessions  to  the  wishes  of  his 
customers,  and  there seems to be a grow­
ing  prejudice  against  dirt  in  sugar  and 
other  articles too often exposed  in  a gro 
eery store.  Ladies, especially,  make the 
objection  and some  carry  the  matter  so 
far  as  to  say  bluntly  that  it  is simply 
outrageous  for  them  to  spoil  a new  pair 
of kid gloves in  handling groceries.  That 
is  what we are to guard against  and,  be 
fore the sweeping  begins,  cover  up  the 
counters and  the shelves.

If there is a sawmill in  your  neighbor­
hood,  have some sawdust ready.  Wet  it 
and sprinkle  freely  over  the  floor  and 
under the counters.  Then, take a broom 
and,  without  flirting,  sweep  with  the 
whole—not  one corner—of the broom  to­
wards the middle of the floor. 
In  sweep­
ing  under  the  counters  it  is  a  great 
temptation to make one fell  swoop.  Dou’t 
swoop  at  all.  Get  the  broom  into  the 
farthest corner and get all  the  dirt  out, i 
so that,  when the work is done,  you  can 
swear by it without fear  of  having  “the 
boss”  swear  at  it  and  you,  if he  looks 
under the counter later  on.

When  the dirt and  sawdust  are  swept 
into  a  pile  take  the dirt all up and  de­
posit  it  in  a  tight  box or barrel. 
1  say 
all,  for  nine  sweepers  out  of  ten  will 
take  up  almost  all  of  it  and,  with one 
sweep of the broom,  scatter the  “almost’’ 
all  around.

Then  take  a  light  cloth  and  wipe off 
the dust—not flirt it off,  for  it will  settle 
again  if  you do.  When  the cloth is  full 
of dust,  take it to the door to shake—out­
doors is the place for the  dirt,  remember 
that.  Begin  with the upper shelves and 
dust  down.  Then  take  the  counters. 
For the show cases  have a separate  cloth 
and,  if  there  is  any  metal  about  them, 
see that it has  its daily  rubbing. 
It will 
pay.

The  front  windows  and  the  sash  in 
the door need  washing every morning  in 
warm  weather and  they should be rubbed

until  they are bright  and  clear.  Finish 
up  with  washing  the doorstep  and  wipe 
it dry.

Slip into the back room; take  off  your 
cap;  wash  your  hauds  and  face;  brush 
your hair; take off your over  jacket;  put 
on your cottar and cuffs,  and go to break­
fast.  My  word  for  it,  you  will  have a 
sense of respectability you never had  be­
fore,  and as you come back  after  break­
fast  and  see  how  clean  and  wholesome 
everything  looks,  you’ll  find  yourself 
wondering how  those  other  fellows  can 
ever expect to get along  and  live  in  the 
dirty  plac, they do. 
If you  don’t believe 
it.  try it and  see. 

U n c l e   B o b .

ENFORCE  THE  LAW .

Written tor Thk Tradesman.

The  State  of  New  Turk  has had,  for 
several  years,  a law  prohibiting  the sale 
of  intoxicating  drinks,  on  Sunday.  At 
the time of its passage  through  the  New 
York  Legislature there  was a  great  deal 
of  satisfaction  expressed,  not  only  in 
New  York  State  but  throughout  the 
country,  and  the members from the rural 
districts  went  home 
from  Albany 
crowned  with  glory,  was  many  a 
"Now  we’ll  see!”  went  echoing  down 
the  Hudson  to  the  wicked  city  at  its 
mouth; but the wicked city  never  closed 
an  extra  bliud  and  never bolted  a single 
saloon door.

Some  months ago there  was a political 
earthquake in  Manbatten.  The  old  was 
rung  out  by  the  “wild  bells”  and  the 
“new”  came 
in  with  a  rush.  Among 
other departments completely  upset  was 
that  which  has  the  Sunday  law  in  its 
keeping; and  the head of the  department 
has made up  his mind that  no  intoxicat­
ing drinks shall be sold on Sunday in New 
York City.  The law  is euforced; and not 
lone  ago  two  representative  citizens 
called on the  Mayor to protest.  One as­
serted  that  if  the  people  had  supposed 
that  he,  the  Mayor,  would  enforce  the 
Sunday  law,  he  never  would  have  been 
elected  Mayor. 
The  other  declared, 
with  a  candor  as  remarkable  as  the 
statement be made,  that all that was ever 
expected of the law  was  an  outward  en­
forcement  of  it,  to  be  confined  to  the 
closing of the saloon’s front door,  and he 
respectfully  asked  the  Mayor  to  put  a 
stop  to  his  asinine  exercise  of  official 
authority.  Yet  New  York,  practically, 
is a dry city.

The statute  books of  Ohio,  some  time 
ago,  recorded a law to the effect  that the 
adulteration  of  food  is  a  misdemeanor 
with  a penalty.  And the adulteration of 
food  went right on.  Then  it so happened 
that a man  was  appointed  Commissioner 
who  found  the  law  and,  knowing  the 
need of its execution,  touched  it with the 
wand of authority and it became a  living 
power.  There 
is  cursing  to-day,  as  a 
consequence, 
in  many  a  retail  store, 
echoed  and  intensified  in  the  manufac­
turer’s office.  And  the  adulteration  of 
food in Ohio is on the wane.

Let  us hear the conclusion of the whole 
it  be  a 
matter:  Execute  the 
good one,  the country is benefited. 
If it 
be  a  bad  one,  its  enforcement  is  the 
shortest step to its  repeal. 

R.  M.  S.

law. 

If 

By  an  act  of  the  Legislature  which 
went into effect July  1,  days of grace are 
abolished in  Illinois on  promissory notes 
and other negotiable  paper,  such  instru­
ments  being absolutely  payable at matur­
ity. 
If a note falls due  on a holiday it is 
now  payable in  Illinois on the day after, 
instead  of  the  day  before,  as  was  the 
case.

H ow   He Is B elieved .

eye?

Blizney—How did  you  get  that  black 
Nizuog—1  rail against a door.
Blizney—Too bad,  old  man;  but  1  hope 
you gave the other fellow as  good  as  he 
sent.

It  Sold  th e  Soap.

Customer—Is this good  soap?
Dealer—Well.  mum. 

the  man  who 
writes  poetry about that soap gets 810,000 
a year.
Customer—My  sakes!  Gimme  a  dozen 
bars.

Many  a  young  man  wonders how  the 
world  could  get  along  without  him, 
while the  world  is  wondering how it gets 
along  with  him.

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J.  BRECHTING,  Architect, 

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Correspondence  Solicited 

from  parties  w ho  intend  to  build

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The  Bradstreet 
Mercantile  Agency
Proprietors.

THE  BRADSTREET  COMPANY 

E x e c u t i v e   i ) r k ic k s

27(1.  2S1,  2S3  B roadw ay,  X .Y . 

Offices in the principal cities of the United States. 
Canada an d th e European continent. A ustralia, 
and in  London,  England.

CHARLES  F. CLARK.  Pres.

G r a n d   R a p i d s   <  If f i c k -

Room  4.  Widdiounb  Bldg.

HENRY  ROYCE,  Supl.

The M agnificent New  Fast Steamships,

Via  D.,  G.  H.  &  M.  Ry. and GOODRICH LINE. 
ATLANTA  and  CITY  OF  RACINE
L e a v e   G rand  Rapids daily via 
II. A  M.  Ry.
Returning,  Leave Chicago  daily  at  7:30  p.  in., 
arrive G rand  Rapids 0:40 a. in.

a t 7:40 p. m .. arrive Chicago 6:3u a. in. 

GRAND  RAPIDS to  <£-, 
CHICAGO,  ONLY 

d’O - V 0  

C A   e n   FOR  THE  ROUND TRIP.  Stateroom 
Berth Included.  Through  tickets and 
stateroom  berths can  be had at the city office and 
depot o f the D., G.  H.  M.  By.,  Grand  Rapids: 
also at all stations on th e D.. G.  H.  &  M.  Ry.,  D.. 
L. & N.,  G.  R.  &.  I.  and T.  S.  &  M.  Rvs.

H.  A.  BONN,'

G eneral  Pass. Agent. 

Goodrich Trans.  C’o., Chicago.

UBEROID 
EAD Y
OOFING....

All Ready to Lay.  Needs
NO  COATING  OR  PAINTING

Is  Odorless,  absolutely  Water  Proof,  will 

resist fire  and  the  action of  acids.

Can  be  used  over  shingles  of steep  roofs,  or 

is  suitable  for  flat  roofs.

W ill  OUTLAST  tin  or  iron  and is very  much 

cheaper.

T ry  Our  Pure
Asphalt  Paint

For coating tin.  iron  or  ready  roofs. 
W rite for  Prices.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  l  SON

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

1 Ask your hardw are dealer for it.

CHICAGO 

—Jane (6. IMS
A N P   W E S T   M IC H IG A N   R ’Y . 

TO  AND FROM   M U SKEGON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.
Lv. G’d  Rapids  0:00am  1:25pm  *6:30pm *11:30pm 
Ar. Chicago 
. .12:05pm  0:30pm  6:00am*  6:25am 
Lv.  Chicago....................7:2Cam  5:00pm  *11:45pm
Ar. G’d R a p id s ...........12:40pm  10:40pm  *6:30am
Lv.  G rand R apids........   6:00am  1:25pm  6:30pm
Ar. G rand R apids.........11:30am  5:15pm 10:40pm
T R A V ER SE C IT T .  C H A R LEV O IX   AND  PETO SK EY .
*8:00am  1:00pm  11 :C0pm
Lv. G rand  Rapids .. 
Ar.  M anistee....  12:55pm
4:00am
Ar. T raverse City 
Ar. C harlevoix.  *3:50pm 
6:30am
Ar.  Petoskey  .. 
7:00am
T rains arrive from  north at  5:30 am,  11:45am, 

..  * 1:20pm  4:50pm 
6:30pm 
*4:20pm  6:55pm 

1 :00 pm, *1  :30 pm.

P A R L O R   AND  8 L E E P IN 6   CARS.

Parlor Cars  leave  G rand  Rapids  6:00 am,  1:25 
pm: 
leave  Chicago 7:20 am, 5:00 pm.  Sleeping 
Cars leave G rand  Rapids  *11:30  pm ;  leave Chi 
cago *11:45 pm.
*Every day.  O thers week days  only.________

DETROIT, 

°ct  28  1894

____________L A N S IN G   &   N O R T H E R N   R .  R .

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. G rand  R apids..........   7:00am 1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. D e tro it........................11:40am 5:30pm  10:10pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  D etroit......................... 7:40am 1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. G rand  R apids...........12:40pm 5:2Cpm  10:45pm

T O   AND  FROM   SAG IN A W ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

Lv. G R  7:40am  5:00pm  Ar. G R. 11:35am 10:45pm

TO  AND FROM   LO W ELL.

Lv. G rand  R apids............  7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. from L ow ell................12:40pm  5 :20pm  ............

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

T rains  week days only.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  betw een  G rand R ap­
ids and Detroit.  Parlor ca r to Saginaw  on morn- 
Ingtrain.
_______L.  M.  F u l l e r   Chief Clerk. Pass.  Dep’t.
M i c h i g a n  (T e n t r a l

“  T ie Niagara Falls Route.’"

♦Daily.  All o thers daily, except Sunday.

D epart
A rrive. 
10 20 d  m ...........  D etroit  E x p re ss ...........7  00 a m
6  3 0 a m  
..«A tlantic  E xpress............. 11  20pm
11  45 am  .......New York E x p re ss...........  6 00 p m
Sleeping cars  ru n  on  all  n ight  trains  to  and 
from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  D etroit  a t  7:00  a  m, 
reaching  Detroit at  12:20 p  m ;  returning,  leave 
Detroit 4:35 p m ,a rriv in g  at G rand  Rapids  10:20 
p m.
Direct  com m unication  m ade  at  D etroit  w ith 
ajl through  trains e rst  over  the  M ichigan Cen­
tral Railroad  (Cauada Southern Division.)
A.  ALMquisT, T icket  Agent, 
_________ Union  P a s s e n e e r S t a t l O D .

De t r o i t ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   &  m j i

W A U K E E   R a ilw a y .
e a s t w a r d .

tN o.  14 tN o.  16 tN o.  18 •N o.

T rains Lt-ave
G’d  Rapids, Lv 6 45am 10 20am 325pm 1100pm
I o n ia ........... Ar 7 40am 11 25am 4 27pm 1235am
St.  Johns  .. Ar 8 25am 12 17pm 520pm 1 25am
Owosss  ---- Ar
9 00am 1 20pm ô 05pm 3 10am
E.  Saginaw . Ar
lu 50am 3 45pm 8 00pm 6 40am
.. Ar 11 3> am 4 35pm S 37pm 715am
Bay City 
......... Ar 10 05am 345pm 7 05pm 540am
F lin t 
Pt.  H uron.. Ar 12 05pm 5 50pm 850pm 7 30am
P o n tia c __ .Ar 1053am 305pm 8 25pm 5 37am
D etroit...  . Ar 11 50am 4 05pm 9 25pm 7 00am

w e s t w a r d .

“ 

“ 

“ 

For  G rand  H aven  and Interm ediate
Points  ........................................  ....... *8:40 a. m.
For G rand  H aven and  M uskegon....... tl :G0 p. m
t5  35 p.m .
For G rand  Haven  Mil.  and  Chi.........  *7:40 p .m .
For G rand H aven and M ilw aukee__ t!0:05 p. m.

“  Mil. and Chi. 

»Dally.

tD ally except  Sunday. 
T rains  arrive  from   th e  east,  6:35  a.m .,  12:60 
p.m„ 5:3u p. m .,  10: 4)  p.m.
T rains  arrive  from   th e  west,  6:40  a.  m.  8:15 
a. m.  10:10 a.  m.  3:15  p m   and 7:05 p.m .
E astw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  P a rltr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estw ard— No. 11  P&rlorCar.  No. 15 W agner 
Parlor Buffet car  No. 81  W agner Sleeper.

J as. Cam pbell. Cftv T*cket Agent-

. 

Ar.

SOUTHERN  D IV . 

G rand  R a p id s  &  In d ia n a   R.  R .
i 

Schedule in effect J u n e  23,1895.
northern  div. 
Lv. 

Ar.
Saginaw and i  ad illa c.............t7  00am 
t i l ' 30am
Trav. Cy. Petoskey &  M ack.... *8  00am  + 5 25pm 
T iav . Cy. Petos. & H arbor S p s.. .tl  40pm 
tlO  15pm
Saginaw and Reed  C ity............ t4  45pm  t i l   00pm
Petoskey and  M ackinaw .........tlO  45pm  t   6 20am
8 00 am train has  parlor  ears  for  Traverse City and 
Mackinaw.  140 pm train has buffet parlor car for Har­
bor Springs.  10 45 pm train  has  sleeping cars for Pe­
toskey and Mackinaw.
Lv. 
t   9  15pm 
Cin.  Ft. W ayne & K alam azoot  7  25am 
t   1  30pm 
Ft. W ayne and K alam azoo., .t  2  15pm 
Cin., Ft. W ayne & Kalamazoo*  6  00pm  *  6  FOam
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.
Lv. G rand  R apids.,.t7  25am 
Ar. Chicago................  2  40pm 
through coach and sleeping car.
Lv. C hicago............   t 6  50am 
Ar.  G rand  R apids...  1  30pm  B  15pm 
through coach and sleeping car.
Lv.Gd.RapidstT 25am 
t l  00pm  +8 30am  t  5  fOpm 
2 10pm  9  55am  7  O.pm 
Ar.M uskegon  8 50am 
Lv.M uskegont913am   t i 2 05pm  £> 30pm  t 4   03pm 
A r.Gd.Rapids 10 30am 
1 15pm  7  55pm  5 20pm 
C. L. LOCKWOOD,
A. ALMQUIST, 

t2  15pm  *11  40pm
9 05pm 
7  10am
215 pm train has through coach.  1140 pm train has 
t-3  00pm  *11  30pm
6  50am 
3 00 pm  train  has  through  coach  and  1130 pm has 

t  E xcept Sunday.  * D ailv. 

i  Sunday only.

M USKEGON T R A IN S.

CHICAGO  T R A IN S.

Ticket Agt. Uu. Sta. 

Gen. Pass.& Tkt.Agt.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

SHEDS, POTATOES, BEANS

We  handle  all  kinds  FIELD  SEEDS,  Clover,  Tim othy.  H ungarian,  Millet  Buck­
wheat,  Field Peas, Spring Rye,  Barley,  Etc.  Buy  and  sell  Potatoes,  B eans’ Seeds 
Eggs,  Etc,  Car lots or less.

EGG  CRATES  and  EGG  CRATE  FILLERS.

If yon  wish  to buy or sell w rite us.

nO SELEY  BROS.,
Fruits  and  Produce  j  L.  G.  DUNTON  i  CO.

Jobbers  SEEDS.  BEANS,  POTATOES,  FRUITS.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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Fruits and  Produce

CASH  VS.  rBADK.

Interesting1  Experience  of  a  Country 

Merchant.

W ritten for Th* T r a d e s m a n.

I  was greatly interested  in  the  sketch 
of S.  A.  Watt,  the Saranac  merchant,  in 
last week’s Tradesman,  especially  that 
portion of the biography  in  which  he  at­
tributed his success  largely  to  the  fact 
that he had  always paid  cash  for  what­
ever the farmer  had  to  oiler,  instead  of 
compelling him  to accept “store  pay.”

entirely  to  barter. 

When  1  began  business here years ago, 
what  little trade  I  had  with  the  farmers 
was  confined 
It 
worked  pretty  well  along at  first; in  fact, 
it was the only thing to do.  Nobody bad 
any money and  when  the eggs and  butter 
came  in,  I  took  them  and  the farmers 
took  it  out  in trade,  or,  in case of a sur­
plus, it stood on  their side of the account 
in the shape of a book credit or  due  bill.
That thing went on  in  that  way until  I 
got  tired  of  it; and I don’t believe  1  was 
half so tired as the farmers were. 
1  was 
a  little  better off than  they,  for I did get 
cash  for what produce  1 could  manage  to 
get to market;  but there  were  weeks  and 
weeks when  1 know the  majority of them 
didn’t see a dollar in  money.

It got so,  finally,  that in  some  way  or 
other they  rather  held  me  accountable 
for  that  state  of  things. 
If  there  was 
anything due them,  they  felt  as  if  they 
must  come  and  trade  it  out,  whether I 
had anything they  wanted  or  not,  and, 
if they  were in  debt to me, they felt more 
than  ever  in  duty  bound  to trade  with 
me; so that,  without  kuowing  it  almost, 
they  felt  as  if  in  some  way  1  bad them 
under my thumb and,  what  was  worse, 
was  always  ready  to  take advantage of 
the situation.

I can’t begin to tell you  what  a  lot  of 
little, mean,  narrow-contracted  men  this 
lack  of  money  made  of  us.  Each  was 
suspicious that the  other  was  trying  to 
overreach  him  and,  when  an  exchange 
had  been made,  there was  a good deal  of 
afterthought,  each  one  always  winding 
up with  the conclusion  that  the  farmer 
had  been  worsted  in  the deal.

I chewed on that for a good while  and, 
finally,  I  made  up  my  mind I couldn’t 
stand  it  any  longer.  Then  when I got 
ready,  and  one  rainy  day  when  I  had 
been  sent to a good deal hotter place than 
I ever expect to go to,  I said to a farmer, 
“I’ll  tell  you  how we’ll fix this: when 1 
want any more of your produce,  I’ll  pay 
you  for 
it  cash  down.  That  will  end 
that  transaction.  Then  when you want 
any of my goods, you’ll take them on the 
same terms—cash—if you  take  them  at 
all.  That will  end  all  this bickering and 
I’m  sick  and  tired  of  it.”  1  found,  on 
looking  over  the  man’s  account,  that 
there was  considerable in  my  favor;  but 
I was determined  to carry out my  plan  if 
I lost every cent of  it.

Well, that changed  things immediately; 
for, of course,  in  a country  store  what’s 
fair for Tom  is  fair  for Joe;  and  1  began 
to take a little  comfort  behind  my  own 
counter.  Before  that,  it  didn’t  make 
any difference how  poor the  stuff  was,  I 
had to take it;  but  buying for cash  was a 
different  thing.  Somehow,  I  was  ex­
pected  to be  particular  and  1  was.  Old 
Jake  Hewsou  came  driving  up one  day 
with a lot of  butter  that you could smell 
almost as  far  off  as  you  could  him. 
I 
didn’t buy  it.  Widow Wilson brought in

some eggs and  I  didn’t  want  them;  but, 
when good things came in,  I  took  them 
and  I  paid  the  money for them.  That 
was along in  the spring,  if  I  remember, 
and one July  morning,  almost  before  I 
was up,  one of the  farm  boys came  to the 
store  with  a  pail  of  blueberries  and 
wanted  to  know if  I’d  pay the money  for 
them. 
It  flashed  through  me like light­
ning what  was coming,  and  I  said,  "Yes, 
sir,  you  bring me good  berries—no green 
ones and no mashed  ones—and  I’ll  take 
all  yon  can  bring,  and  give  you  a  good 
price for them.”  Why shouldn’t  I?  Most 
of  the  money  would  come  right back  to 
me.  Before  8  o’clock  there  wasn’t  a 
child  in  the  neighborhood  old enough  to 
know a green  blueberry  from  a  ripe  one 
who wasn’t picking  berries.  That  went 
on as long as the berries  lasted and  hun­
dreds of dollars went  through  my  store 
in exchange for  berries which would have 
rotted on  the  bushes if I  had paid  “store 
pay” instead  of spot  cash,  as the pickers 
were mostly  children  for  whom  “store 
pay”  bad  little  attractions.

Well,  things  changed.  The  money 
gave them something to  think about and 
to talk about.  The farms  and  buildings 
began to pick  up and  the  farmers  began 
to get their  hair  cut  by  somebody  who 
knew how.  The  old  mistrust  died  out. 
The  boys  began  to  spruce  up  and  be 
somebody;  and if The Tradesman  were 
to send one of its men down  here  to-day 
to look  us over,  he’d  find as thrifty  a  lot 
of farmers as there is  anywhere  around.
Now  I  ain’t  going  to say that all  this 
came from  my getting  mad  and  making 
up my mind  that’t would  be cash nr noth­
ing;  but  I do  say  that  just  the  minute 
there was  a  way  fouud  to  get  a  little 
cash into the  neighborhood,  these things 
began  and  they have been  going  on  ever 
since.
In writing this communication I haven’t 
bothered  myself much about my spelling, 
or anything else,  for that  matter,  and  if 
you  find  anything in it that’s worth print­
ing,  and don’t mind  touching it up a  lit­
tle,  you are  welcome  to it.  Inasmuch  as 
you  had  touched  the subject  of  Cash  vs. 
Trade,  it  occurred  to  me  that  a plain 
statement of  practical  experience  along 
that  line  would  be of  interest to some  of 
your readers. 

Old Foot.

PRODUCE  riARKET.

Apples- -Home grown  Red A stricans  com mand 
$1.75 per bbl., w hile D uchess of O ldenburg are In 
active  dem and  at  75c  per  bu.  Red  stock from 
Tennessee, which  is m uch  better  size  and quni­
ty than  home grown, com m ands 12.25 per bbl.

Beans—The  dem and  has  been  very m oderate 
during the week  for  both  home  and  export  ac­
count, and  prices have  generally  ruled  in favor 
of buyers. 
In the absence of dem and prices have 
sagged off a trifle.

Beets—New,  15c per doz.
Blackberr e s —Law 'ons, 5>c per qt.
Rutter—Factory creamery- is in  better dem and 
a t 18(5 19c.  Dairy is in  im proved dem and at  15@ 
16c. w ith  indications favoring a higher  range of 
values.

Cabbage —Home grow n is now in am ple supply, 
com m anding 65(7/75c per  doz.  The size is small, 
but the quality is  fair.

Cherries—Nearly out of m arket, stray lots com­

m anding $1 50 per bu.

Cucum bers—Home grown, 35c per doz.
Eggs—H andlers pay  10c and  hold  at  10‘/2@ llc 

in a regular jobbing way.
Green Corn—15c per doz.
Onions—10c per doz.  bunches  fo r green stock. 
Dry stock from   th e  South com m ands  $1 per bu. 
Home grown brings the same figure.
Peaches — E arly  A lexanders  are  com ing  in 
freely, com m anding 75@.90c on the m orning m ar­
ket and about $1  for shipping dem ands.  The in ­
dications are that the crop will be large.  Hale’s 
Early will  begin to come in  nex t week.

P ears—Virginia  Bart etts  bring $1.25 per bu.
Potatoes—The m arket has gone to p eces. Early 
Ohio stock  from  Illinois and home  grown 
tock 
having declined to50ft>H0e p erb u ., with every el- 
m eut of w eakness in  the m arket.
Raspberries—Black,  about  5c  per  qt.  Red, 
10c per qt.  The crop is about a t an end.
Tom atoes—50<Si60e for 4 basket crate.
W aterm elons—12|4@20c  apiece,  according  to 
Wax  Beans—75c per bu. fo r home grown.

size a nd quality.

Our  shipm ents  of  ch erries  have  been  very 
heavy fo r the past week,  but presum e th a t some 
of o u r custom ers will  w ant  more  this week,  and 
we think  we  shall  have  Cherries  most  of  the 
week.  Prices w ill  be  about  $l.50(7/;t  75  per  bu. 
Also have them  in iu qt. cases, at 90c(u>$l percase.

Black Raspberries. il.OOto 1.10 per case.
Red  Raspberries,  very scarce.
W atermelons.  18@20c.
Tom atoes, $1.10@1.20 per 4 basket crate.
New Onions, $2.75 per bbl.
Potatoes. 90@i95c per  bu. 
If  any  decline  will 
give your order th e benefit.
Bananas. Green Onions.  New  Beets, Peas. Wax 
Beans.  Radishes,  cabbage and Celery  at  Bottom 
Prices
A  few  barrels  of  Pocket  Salt  left  at  prices 
quoted  on page 15 of this  issue.
Remember,  we  are  a  Mail  O rder  F ru it  and 
Produce  House,  and can  save  yon  money,  but 
you  m ust mail the  order.  Many  m erchants are 
doing this and are well  satisfied.  Better  try  it.

HENRY J.  VINKEHIULDEQ,
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in 
bulk  and  Garden  Tools.

Headquarters 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

We guarantee the  Highest 
M arket  Price  for  B utter 
and  Eggs.  If you have any 
to dispose of, let  us  know 
at once.

Yours truly,

42 Jefferson Avenue 
142  Woodbridge St.W.
DETROIT,  Mich.

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W EDNESDAY. JVI.Y 24.

IGNORANCE  OF  THE  W EATHER.
Probably  there is  no  greater  reproach 
upon  the  boa-tec!  scientific  progress  of 
this age than  the  niter  ignorance  of  the 
causes of  weather changes.  We are able 
to  talk  learnedly  about the affairs  of  the 
far-away  planetary  wot Ids,  but  when  in­
quiry  is  made  as  to  the  philosophy  of 
weather  and  the  causes  of  storms,  the 
wisest  man  can give  no  definite  informa­
tion.  He has,  indeed,  nothing  better  by­
way  of  explanation  to  offer  than  mere 
theory  and out-and-out  guesswork.

The notion  that  the destructive  storms 
which  visit the earth  are  born  or  origi­
nate  upon  its surface through the power 
of the sun to evaporate water,  and  cause 
the expansion  and  ascent  of  currents  of 
air,  is  every  day  seen  to  be  more  and 
more worthless for explaining  the causes 
of  weather  and  the  operation  of  storm 
forces. 
It-must be  remembered  that the 
atmosphere  which envelops the  earth  is 
like a vast ocean  whose  bottom  is  in  the 
depths of space,  and whose surface  is  at 
that of our  planet.

The surface of  this ocean of  air  meets 
that of tlie ocean  of  water,  and  the  latter 
is the plaything of the  former.  The tre­
mendous  forces  which  pervade  the  at­
mospheric  ocean  and  manifest  them­
selves in  wind  and electricity  play  with 
land  and sea,  and  at their  pleasure  pour 
out  upon  them  their dreadful energies.

When  this  atmospheric  envelope  is 
free from  dust and  vapor,  it  is  so  trans­
parent  that  the  rays  of  the  sun  pass 
through  it  without  communicating  to  it 
the  least  w_armth.  The  upper regions of 
space corresponding to the bottom  of the 
atmospheric ocean  are subject to extreme 
cold,  and  the rays of the sun  give  off  no 
heat  until  they  touch  something solid, 
such  as  the  surface  of  the  earth,  or  a 
cloud  made  up  of  the  vapor  of  water 
and the dust and smoke  which arise from 
the  earth.  These  clouds,  composed  of 
matter possessing  great  weight,  remain 
for days and  weeks floating in  the atmos­
phere  and  are  transported  many  thou­
sands of miles  until  they  encounter  con­
ditions which  bring them  down  in  rain, 
hail or snow,  without regard  to  the  sea­
son  of  the  year. 
In  midsummer, snow 
falls upon  all  high  mountains,  while  in 
far southern  latitudes  heaven’s  artillery 
and musketry discharge their icy missiles. 
The clouds show,  by  the  thousands  and

Evidently all  weather is  made  in  vast 
laboratories in  the upper  regions  of  the 
air.  There are  forces  capable  of  draw­
ing  up  and  transporting  to  the  places 
where it is wanted incalcuable quantities 
of the earth’s  water.  There  are  gener­
ated  heats  which convert the  water  into 
vapors so  attenuated  that  more  tons of 
it than  many  numerals  can  declare  re­
main  floating in  space,  while  at  another 
time a  cold  so  intense  is  created  that 
in  a moment of time water can be  frozen 
into solid  ice and  precipitated  upon  the 
earth.  What is it that prepares  the  tor­
nado  and  the  cyclone  and  hurls  them 
upon  those doomed spots  devoted  to  its 
wrath?

It is not difficult to imagine  that  these 
storms created  in  the  upper  abysses  of 
the atmosphere,  and charged  with  a par­
ticular electrical energy,  are percipitated 
upon 
localities  on  the  surface  of  the 
earth  to which  they  may  be  drawn  by  a 
special  attraction, while they are repelled 
from others where the electric conditions 
are not  favorable.  As a mere suggestion, 
this  would  seem  a  most  plausible way 
to accouut for the fact that  some  places 
are devoted  to catastrophe  from  storms, 
while others are left  untouched.

All  these  are  conditions  which  may 
only  be  conjectured  under  the  existing 
ignorance of the subject; but they can  be 
and they  should  be  investigated.  Just 
as  soou  as  it  becomes  known  that  all 
weather  is  made in  the  upper  regions  of 
space,  men  will  begin  to  climb  moun­
tains  and  ascend  in  balloons  to  study 
meteorology, 
investigations  at  the sur­
face  of  the  earth  only  tell  ns  of  the 
weather  that has already  fallen  upon  us 
from  the sky.  What is  needed  is  to  dis­
cover what is coming,  and  to  know  this 
it  is necessary  to  enter  the  laboratories 
where  the  weather is  made.

CLEAR  SID EW A LK S.

The spirit  of  reform  which is at  work 
in  New  York  City  has laid siege to the 
encumbered sidewalk. 
“Thou shalt not 
infringe  on  the  rights  of  the  passing 
crowd”  is  the  burden  of  the command­
ment. 
it  seems,  indeed,  as  if the decree 
had  not  come  too  soon,  and  dealers  of 
every class are more or  less  affected  by 
it.  The  dry  goods  merchant  has  found 
it  to  his  advantage  to  thrust  his glass 
showcase into the street to appeal  by his 
marked-down prices to  the thrifty passer 
by.  The grocer,  in  mauy  instances,  de­
pends  upon  the  sidewalk  for  his  chief 
display.  Barrels  and  boxes  and  often 
benches are made use of.  These  are put 
in  position  and  the  goods  are  piled in 
profusion,  and  often  in  confusion  upon 
them.  The barber’s pole and  the  tobac­
conist’s wild Indian are well-known forms 
of  street  obstruction,  while  the  sign 
which  the wind  storm  makes  dangerous 
swings and creaks at its own  sweet  will.
It  remains  to  be  seen  whether  the 
street obstruction in  any  form  is  neces­
sary  or  even  desirable.  The  fact that 
many cf our most enterprising dry  goods 
houses depend  wholly  upon  indoor  dis­
play  is a strong point in favor  of  the  or­
dinance. 
It is much to be doubted if the 
wooden  Indian  nowadays adds greatly to 
the sales of the cigar  store;  and  barbers 
have been  known  to succeed  without the 
bandaged  pole  to  tell  of  their  where­
abouts.  The grocer is the chief offender,

THE  illCHIGAJSr  TKAHESMAJST.
excepting  always  the  fruit  dealer,  and 
here will be found a difference of opinion 
among grocers,  while  almost  invariably 
the customer  will  be strongly opposed  to 
the sidewalk display.

millions of tons of  water they  pour  out, 
what  enormous  burdens  the  thin  and 
light atmosphere can  bear up  and  trans­
port.

The  reason  is  not  hard  to  find,  the 
leading  one  being  that  of  cleanliness. 
Dust  is  sure  to  invade  the streets and 
just as sure to fall upon  the  goods,  un­
less protected. 
In that case,  unless  the 
protection  be glass, the goods  are  better 
off inside.  Another  outside  evil  is  the 
exposure of the goods to  the  assaults  of 
animals.  With  the  display on the side­
walk 
it  is  next  to  impossible  to  guard 
against  the  evil,  and  many a basket of 
fine  fruit  has  been  ruined  on  that  ac­
count.

A clear sidewalk  will do away  with all 
these  objections.  The  first  advantage 
gained is  an  opportunity  on  the  part  of 
the  public  to  get  near the window—an 
utter impossibility  when  the goods cover 
the  sidewalk.  Another  gain  is  secured 
by  making the most of  the  window  dis­
play  and  so  inducing  the  customer  to 
come inside.  A third  advantage,  which 
the clerk  has already  thought of,  is  the 
saving  of  labor  the  first  thing  in  the 
morning and, most of all,  the  last  thing 
at night,  in carrying out and  bringing  in 
the goods and  the  bunches,  when  tired 
nature  rebels  against  doing  then  more 
than  what  is  absolutely  necessary.  So 
far as the public is concerned  there is no 
question.  A clear sidewalk  is  what,  on 
every account, is desirable,  and  it  will be 
the  source  of  considerable  surprise,  if 
the dealers themselves,  when  they  have 
adapted themselves to the change,  do not 
find that the ordinance  has  been  an  ad­
vantage to them.

NOT  AN  EASTERN  QUESTION.
Armenia  affairs  are  reaching  a  point 
which cannot be much longer  considered 
local.  Appeals have  been  made  by  the 
sufferers to  England,  and  Gladstone  has 
raised  his  voice  in  their  behalf.  The 
German  Emperor  has 
listened  to  the 
dreadful story and deplores the situation, 
but  the  atrocities  go  on.  Russia  hears 
but does not heed,  and,  finally,  to attract 
England’s attention to the desperate con­
dition to which the  country  is  reduced, 
500 young men at Van  have offered them­
selves for Turkish butchery to save their 
countrymen from slaughter.  When mat­
ters reach such a  pass  they  cease  to  be 
confined to the narrow limits of  a  Turk­
ish province,  and  every  quarter  of  the 
globe uncaps in  the presence  of  the  500 
young  men  of  Van  and  with  breathless 
interest asks,  “What is to be done  about 
it?”

There is no  need  of  raking  over  this 
Eastern question,  which has  been  beaten 
and  turned  and  beaten  again,  to show 
where the  responsibility  belongs. 
It  is 
simply  a  matter  of  fact  that wherever 
and whenever Turkey  has  had  anything 
to do with  government,  there  and  then 
the despot is sure to show  itself and  the 
implement  of  the  despot  is  the sword. 
That point settled,  the next  thing  to  be 
considered is whether  the  time  has  not 
come  to  break  the  sword and dethrone 
the despot.  That throne and  that sword 
have been in  existence  too  long.  They 
are more than  a  menace  to  civilization. 
They are and have been agony and death; 
and,  for the sake  of  outraged  humanity 
the  world  over,  the  peril  which  hangs 
over Armenia and her  brave  500  should 
at once be staid.

How  about  the  powers?  They  will

still  haggle  over  the  possession  of  the 
Bosphorus and Constantinople.  England 
will  tarn  pale at the  thought  of  her  be­
loved India.  Germany  and Austria will 
convulsively grasp  the  musket.  France 
will  advance her posts in Southern China 
and  look  longingly  in  the  direction  of 
Alsace and Lorrain.  Russia will  wonder 
if her beautiful dream of empire is  to be 
realized and  try  to  make  it  trne.  All 
this and  more  may  take  place,  but  the 
slaughter  of  defenseless,  peace-loving 
Armenia will  be over and the 500 men of 
Van,  like the 300 on  the  plains  of Mara­
thon,  will  go down  the aisles of  time to­
gether  and  show  that  the  spirit  which 
makes men  free has not degenerated.

That makes pleasant reading;  but what 
if  the  wearers  of  the crowns in Europe 
refuse to take such measures?  Must the 
brave  500  die? 
If  their  hands  are 
shackled  and  the  Turk  knows  this,  is 
there  no  power  on  earth  to  stay  his 
slaughtering sword?  It does  seem  as  if 
the world  was  large  enough  to furnish  a 
Christian  shield  to  protect Armenia,  and 
it does seem,  if the old  fight  between the 
Cross and  the Crescent is to be  renewed, 
that the strong arm of the Western world 
should  be the one to rescue the Christian 
from  the  Mahomedan  and  to  “re-estab­
lish  the  old  superiority of the Indo-Eu­
ropean over the  Semitic  family  of  man­
kind.” 

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BOYCOTTING  MONEY.

leadership.  But 

The Sovereign  of the Knights of Labor, 
ever since he succeeded in supplanting a 
man of some brains,  T.  V. Powderly,  has 
posed as one of the most  remarkable  ex­
hibits  of  mediocrity,  or  idiocy,  ever 
known  in  a position  of  notoriety  or  one 
claiming 
it  was  re­
served for his last  fulmination, ordering 
a boycott on  the National  bank  notes,  to 
demonstrate  to  what  extent  his  idiocy 
could  go. 
If he  was  the leader  of a suf­
ficient unmber to give his order  any  sig­
nificance,  it would  still  be supremely fu­
tile and  idiotic;  but,  under  his  brilliant 
administration,  the  Knights  of  Labor 
have dwindled down  to a paltry 50,000 or 
so  in  the  entire  country. 
If  any  con­
siderable portion of that  number  should 
respect such an order,  what  significance 
would it  have?

Still  the  most  ridiculous  feature  of 
this  manifesto  is in  the character of  the 
order—to  boycott a  considerable  part  of 
the legal  tender money  circulation of the 
country.  As though  he  would  expect  a 
creditor to refuse  to  accept  payment  of 
a debt  because  the  money  was  of  some 
particular form,  though readily exebang- 
able  into  any  other  form. 
Imagiue  a 
case where strenuous  efforts  had  finally 
compelled  the  payment  of  a debt  to be 
refused  on such grounds!

The inconsiderate  idiocy  becomes still 
more manifest in  the fact  that  his  com­
mand is  actually  treasonable  in  that  it 
is a command  to violate  the  laws  of  the 
country  defining  and  regulating 
legal 
tenders.  The practical  penalty of violat­
ing these laws,  that is,  to  refuse  to  ac­
cept when  legal  tender  is offered,  is  the 
loss of future interest and  costs  in  case 
of  suit.  Not  many  are  likely  to  thus 
violate the  law.

If  this edict  is  issued  for  demagogic 
effect and to  keep  prestige  with his con­
stituents,  he  must have a  very  low  idea 
of the average  degree  of  intelligence  of 
the members of the  Knights of Labor.

The cigarette still takes  the  lead  as  a 

deadly infernal machine.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

9

LB ABN  WISDOM  FROM  MARS. 
History  is  a  record  of  wars. 

If  the 
bloody conflicts between peoples of differ­
ent  races,  between  peoples  of  the  same 
races  iu different countries,  and between 
peoples  of  the  same  race  in  the  same 
country,  were left out of the world’s  an­
nals,  there would  be  no  history.  Wars, 
then,  are the chief  matter  recorded,  and 
military  leaders are almost the only  men 
to whose memory monuments are erected.
Savage  and  barbarous  peoples  do 
scarcely anything else  but  fight.  When 
they  become civilized, the people are but 
little weaned from their desire for blood­
shed and violence; but they have learned 
that wars are terribly costly,  and the dif­
ficulty of getting  money  with  which  to 
carry them on is the only thing  that  in­
sures  peace. 
In  all  probability,  the 
masses of the  people  in  Europe  would, 
with  little hesitation,  plunge their  coun­
tries into war if they  were  not  withheld 
by their leaders,  who  fear  to  lose  their 
thrones and  wreck  their kingdoms in  ill- 
advised hostilities.  But in  order  to  sat- 
ify the belligerent desires of  the  people, 
it is necessary  for  each  nation  to  carry 
on  conflicts of extermination in Asia  and 
Africa,  so that the thirst  for  blood  may 
be  satisfied.  Probably  there  has  never 
been  a moment when  peace reigned  upon 
the earth since the birth of  Christ.

its  shores 

In our own  hemisphere there has  been 
little  else  but  war.  When  the  whites 
first  reached 
they  found 
amidst the savage tribes,  which  were en­
gaged  in unceasing hostilities,  the  rnins 
of lost and forgotten  nations,  which  had 
possessed a high  degree  of  civilization, 
but which  had  been  destroyed  and  ex­
tinguished  from  the  face  of  the  earth, 
doubtless by bloody  wars.  If the various 
Indian  tribes  had  joined  forces,  they 
could easily have exterminated the whites 
who came to conquer them and take their 
country; bat  they  enjoyed  killing  each 
other  too  much  to  trouble  themselves 
about the white invader until  he  was  too 
strong to be successfully resisted.

After that the wars between the whites 
and the Indians made  pleasing  pastime, 
before and after the struggle of the  Rev­
olution,  while the bloody record  was  in­
terspersed  with  conflicts  between  the 
whites. 
In  the  Spanish-American coun­
tries  almost  incessant  civil  wars  have 
been  in  progress;  while,  perhaps,  the 
only really decisive opportunity the peo­
ple  of  this  great  republic  ever  had to 
show  their  fighting  qualities  was  when 
they spent four years,  from 1861 to  1865, 
in  slaughtering  each  other.  Three  de­
cades  have  passed  since  the  American 
people have had a satisfactory  war,  and 
the  time  cannot  be  long  before  some 
other  opportunity  for  action  must  be 
sought.

From all  this  it is  not  difficult  to  see 
that the human race appears to  take  the 
greatest  satisfaction  in cruel and  brutal 
actions and spectacles,  and, when people 
cannot have a war to occupy their serious 
attention,  they will  amuse  their  lighter 
moments with cruel sports. The Spaniards 
and Spanish-American people  still  cher­
ish the bull fight as their  favorite  diver­
sion;  while the other  nations,  including 
this great republic,  still  regard the prize 
fight  between  two  naked  human  cham­
pions as the choicest of all sports;  but it 
must  be  bloody;  there  must  be  heavy 
blows delivered to make  it  worth  atten­
tion.

Of course,  private  fights  and  conflicts 
between  unprofessional  individuals  are

full  of  interest,  and,  when  violence  is 
not available,  slander  and  scandals  are 
the next most interesting incidents.  Peo­
ple like to see  others (attacked  either  in 
person  or in  reputation—it makes  things 
lively.

Christianity has done all that ever was 
efficient to eliminate cruelty  and  banish 
the innate  love  of  bloodshed;  but  even 
its  benign  influences  have  worked  very 
slowly,  and it  looks  as  if  another  1800 
years  would  be  required  to  finish  the 
work.

The astronomers tell us of the wonder­
ful  industry and enterprise of the people 
of the planet Mars,  who,  although  they 
inhabit  a  globe  which  is  three-fourths 
land  and one-fourth  water,  while  in  our 
earth  the  water  vastly  preponderates, 
have so devoted themselves to the arts of 
peace  that  they  have  dug  numerous 
canals thousands of miles  long  and  hun­
dreds  wide  to  lead  the  water  through 
their  dry  deserts.  Mars,  from  its  red 
color,  was named  by the ancient  Romans 
from  their  war  god,  but the revelations 
of our telescopes  prove  that  the  people 
of  the  ruddy  planet  are 
thoroughly 
peaceable,  since,  instead  of  exhausting 
their energies  in  war,  they  have devoted 
them  to  the  construction  of  the  most 
beneficial  public  works.  Ours is the war 
planet.

If the inhabitants of our earth, instead 
of  spending  centuries  in  slaughter,  in 
burning, and in the destruction of life and 
the  products  of  human  labor,  had  been 
constantly ehgaged in  adding to and  pre­
serving  the  wealth  their  exertions  had 
created,  what  a  wonderful  world  this 
globe of ours  would  be!  All  the  civili­
zation  of  antiquity  would  have been  not 
only  perpetuated,  but  constantly 
im­
proved  and  unceasingly  developed.  By 
this time all the secrets of  nature  would 
have been discovered, and all the myster­
ies of existence unrolled.  But the policy 
of all ages  and  of  every  nation  has been 
to destroy  all  that  came  before  it  and 
start  afresh,  and,  therefore,  so  much  of 
the past is lost  and  buried.  When  will 
the people of our earth  learn the  wisdom 
of the inhabitants of Mars?

A  Philadelphia  paper  tells  about  a 
wonderful mass of metallic  stone  iu  the 
mountains  of  Arizona,  which  is  at  all 
times charged so highly  with  electricity 
that to touch it is death.  Ail  during the 
night  the  stone  glows  as  though  with 
phosphorescent  tire.  The  paper  relates 
how a party of hunters chased a goat into 
the gorge,  where the stoue is,  and  saw  it 
killed by the electricity  and,  while  they 
watched,  a  huge  snake  undertook  to 
crawl over the stone and died  in  agony. 
Arizona has got a  treasure.  All  that  it 
needs is to  connect a big  wire  with  this 
rock and furnish the power to  its  towns 
and cities.

Justice  Brown,  of  the  United  States 
Supreme Court,  in an address to the Tale 
law students,  said:  “There  are  certain 
perils which menace  the  immediate  fu­
ture  of  the  country  and  even  threaten 
the  stability  of 
institutions.  The 
most prominent of  these  are  municipal 
corruption,  corporate  greed  and 
the 
tyranny of labor leaders.’’

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A  party  who  already  holds  pledged 
property to secure  his debt may  become, 
by consent of  the  parties  and  his  own, 
the  detainer  of  the  pledge  for another 
creditor of the  debtor,  after  the  expira­
tion  of  the  contract of pledge,  securing 
his own  debt.

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Getting the  People

Art  of Reaching  and Holding: Trade by 

Written tor The  Tradesman.

Advertising:.

At this season the merchant advertiser 
is  writing to a very different class of peo­
ple than  the one he reaches in the cooler 
months, although they occupy  the  same 
bodies and pass  by the same names.  The 
heated  term  changes  the  whole  buying 
nature of mankind and  womankind. 
In 
the  winter,  humanity  is  in  a  constant 
rush.  The cool,  enlivening  atmosphere 
creates  an activity and push which leaves 
but little room  for  anything  outside  of 
personal desires.

lu the “sunny summertime,” however, 
the  human  system  is  relaxed  from  its 
usual tension,  and the buyer is such only 
from necessity.  So,  therefore,  the  mer­
chant who gives publicity to his  sellable 
wares should do so in  a cool and refresh­
ing manner—in a  way  calculated  to  at­
tract  attention  from  its  very  crispness 
and suggestions of relief from  the super­
heated atmosphere.

It must be taken  into  consideration by 
the advertiser that  people  do  not  “run 
as they read,” but,  rather,  from  the  in­
fluence of Old Sol,  are prone to listlessly 
glance  at  the  newspaper  and magazine 
in  a  desultory  manner.  Each  languid 
woman,  or  man,  or  child,  cherishes  in 
his or her mind an  intense  desire for re­
lief from the drowsy heat,  and  anything 
in  an ad.  which strikes the  eye  as  being 
in any  way  an antidote  for  torridity,  or 
even  partial  relief,  is  eagerly  scanned 
and pondered over.

Aye,  that’s the rub—to  catch  the  eye 
and  attention  of  sweltering  humanity. 
This  once  obtained—no  matter  how,  if 
legitimately—and  the  grateful reader  is 
yours,  financially and otherwise, 
if you 
can  convince  the  people  that  you  can 
benefit them in  any  way  by  selling them 
your wares,  and relieve them of the sum­
mer “old  man of the sea,” which is some­
times  termed  “that  fired  feeling,”  you 
will  keep  them  for  all-the-year-round 
customers.

icebergs, 

Short,  crisp talks,  comprising for their 
subjects  something  to  suggest  coolness 
and comfort,  are good  “people  getters.” 
Embody 
icicles,  the 
snow, 
north  pole—anything,  so 
it 
long  as 
smacks of relief from  heat.  Seek to con­
vince the public that your  place of busi­
ness  is the most delightfully  cool  spot in 
the neighborhood,  and  make this true in 
fact.  This  will  lure buyers  even  better 
than  wonderful  bargains.

The show  window cau  be  made  a  val­
uable auxiliary  in  this  idea  of  coolness. 
Fill  the  rear and sides  with  anything  in 
the shape  of  green  plants  or  foliage,  if 
possible place a fountain  in  the  center. 
If this is  not  feasible,  you  can  certainly 
obtain  a  large,  clear  cake  of ice.  Put 
this in  a shallow pan.  arranging it so the 
waste may  be carried  out  below.  Some 
very  white cotton  will  be found  very  ef­
fective. 
If  you  are  a  clothing  dealer, 
set  a  boy  dummy  in  the window,  draw­
ing a sled,  making  the  surroundings,  in 
all  respects,  to  carry  out  the  idea  of 
frigidity.  Appropriate  cards  may  be 
scattered  about  among  the  goods  dis­
played.  Here are some samples:

DOESN’T  THIS  LOOK COOL? 
:
Come  in  and  see  how   low  o u r  : 
therm om eter  stands,  and  also  o u r  :

:  prices.

LIEUT.  PEAKY  IS  FOOLISH
To come back to this hot country. 
Come in and we  w ill  convince  you 
of this by  argum ent, and  also  that 
our prices are right.

COOLEST  SPOT  IN  TOWN !

Lowest Prices in T ow n!
Best Goods in T ow n!
Largest  Variety in Town!

COLD  COMFORT!

sittin g  on a cake of ice. eating an 
icicle,  and  looking  at  our  elegant 
assortm ent of low  priced goods.

The merchant  who carries out this idea 
of furnishing “cold comfort”  to the peo­
ple in  his  advertising,  is  the  man  who 
will have the summer trade.

Every ad.  should contain seme allusion 
to  articles  appropriate  for  the  season. 
This is  possible in any  line  of  business, 
even coal,  stoves and  furnaces.

Here’s an ad  for  a  coal  dealer which 

surely  suggests the north  pole.

EVOLUTION

Achoalday 
A  cold  day 
A  Coal  Day

W inter’s  com ing,  and  w ill  soon  be  here  to 
freeze your fingers and nip  your  toes  when  you 
clean the  walk  in  the  m orning.  Be  sure  you 
have  your  COAL  IN  before  the  w eather  is 
COLD  OUT.

o n ly  $6.00 a ton  for bright, clean n u t at

BLACK  DIAnOND  &  CO.

Here’s a little  suggestion  for  a  stove 

and hardware ad.

Badly Stove  In

Perhaps  your  stove  is  old  and  broken, 
perhaps you got  m arried  th is  spring  and 
hav en 't  a  stove  yet.  Perhaps  you  think 
la-cause it’s hot now it  never will  be  cold 
again.  D on't let any  of these these things 
deceive you.  You cannot  afford  to  use  a 
broken-dow n a Hair,  nor  yet  to  heat  your 
house w ithout a stove this w inter,’fo r'it is 
dangerous.  A nother  thing,  we are selling 
stoves  and  hardw are  at  bed  rock  prices 
just  now, because it’s  HOT, and  we  can't 
stand  haggling over  values.

STEEL,  LEAD  &  CO.

Brownie  Hams

in  our  m am m oth 

A  very  tine  stock  of  fresh  m eats  is  con­
stantly 
refrigerators, 
ready to be cut to  suit  the  buyer.  Every­
thing  daintily  kept  and  in  the  cleanest 
m anner.  Hams  of  all  weights.  Bacon. 
Tongue,  Pork  steaks  and  chops.  Beef  to 
boil  for cold lunches, everything to supply 
the fam ily or  the  picnic  party  at  low est 
prices consistent w ith the best  meats.

BEEFSTEAK  &  CO.

Oh, for a lodge in some vast  cavern,  where  ici­
cles abound,
Where  fans  and 
ice-cold  lemonade  are  often 
handed 'round.
Where the hum  of the mosquito  or  the  gnat  is 

Oh, there let me take w ings  and fly,  as  swiftly 

never heard—

as a bird.

We c a n 't furnish  a cavern, b ut we have a store 
w hich  is  cool  and  com fortable,  and  Fans  are 
plenty—in fact, we have them   to  sell,  in  every 
variety and at every price.  We  can  show  you, 
also, a' line  of S hirt W aists  which  are  the  most 
cool and delightful articles to   w ear  im aginable.

J.  C.  SPOOPENDYK.

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Their  popularity grows  each  day.  Made of the best  stock  obtainable

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Peninsular

Maifest

W e are back  of them  in  every  way.  Order one  lot and  you  will  want 

more.  They are the  Leading  Brands  of the State.

Musselman  Grocer  Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  ¡*1ICH.

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The Art of  Dressing

roolly an '1 tastily at  small  expeuse  Is 
not possessed by all w omen alike.  Yet 
any lady may obtain  stylish  garm ents, 
ready-to-wear and  up-to-date,  from our 
stock a t less cost than  to buy  the  same 
goods and make them  up  herself.  Try 
this  plan  w hen  buying  your  sum m er 
dresses.
There is no

COTTON,  FLANNEL  &  CO.

Greater Contrast

Between  redhot  iron and  icicles than 
between th e values  we  otter and  the 
prices placed  upon  the  goods.  This 
contrast is a m atter of  intense  in ter­
est  to  you,  for  money  saved  in  the 
sum m er helps to buy coal  in the w in­
ter.  A nother thing, we  handle  only 
such  goods  as  economical  and  far- 
sighted  buyers  w ant—strictly  pure 
and of the highest  quality.  Test  the 
w isdom  and  philosophy  o f  this  by 
seeing o u r lino.

RUSTLE  &  CO.

Barking Up the 

Wrong Tree====

It  is  just  as  foolish  to  look  for  high 
prices on our goods as it  is fo r  the  dog 
to seek the cat  w here  she  is  not.  Wo 
have plenty of goods  which  are w o r t h  
a h’gh  price,  but  we  are  bound  to  sell 
goods, somehow,  therefore  everything 
is  m arked  clear  down  to  the  bottom  
notch.  Don’t  fail  to look  up  the  right 
tree—we’re in  it.

LOWPRICE  &  BROS.

A  Curtain  Lecture

some time.  An  advertiser says,  “There’s 
no use in  using Jones’  paper as an adver­
tising medium. 
I  tried  it fora longtime 
and never got a customer from it.”  This 
remark  is often  made in  the  face  of  the 
fact that this  merchant’s  competitor  ac­
credits  Jone»’  journal  with  the  best of 
results  in  “getting  the  people.”  Here’s 
the meat of the  matter:  Too  many  mer­
chants depend on  the  paper to force cus­
tom  upon  them,  when  their  advertise­
ment  is  written  in  such  a slipshod and 
commonplace way that no  one  will  read 
it.  For this, the newspaper is condemned, 
when  in  fact  the  advertiser  should  lay 
the  whole  blame  on  his  own doorstep. 
Very few journals will  give  best  results 
unless  there  is  solid  meat and  merit  in 
the advertisement  and  goods  advertised. 
Bear  this  fact  in  mind  when  you  write 
your ads.  and  stop  at  nothing  short  of 
your  best.  Then,  you  may  rightly  look 
for results,  and  you  will  have  no  reason 
to blame the newspaper.

Fdc.  Foster Fuller

S u g g estio n s  for  M erchants.

See that your store is Jtept  bright  and 
clean  as a new  pin,  and  that  your  clean­
ing  is  done  at  the  proper  time,  either 
after your customers have  left  the  store 
or before they  atrive in  the  morning.  Do 
not  allow  your  porters  to  commence 
cleaning so late that your  customers  are 
in  buying  before  the  cleaning  is  done. 
Selling and cleaning can not go  on at the 
same time,  or,  if they do,  it is  at the  det­
riment of one or the other.

Do not do business  spasmodically,  one 
day  in  proper  form  with  a good system, 
and  the next day  in  a slipshod way  with­
out any  system.  If you  are going to have 
a system,  of course,  be sure  it  is  a  good 
system  and  that  it  is  enforced  ail  the 
time. 
It  is  steady  work  day  after day 
that  brings  success;  one  day  working 
with  a  form  and  the next day allowing 
your house to assume  a  lazy appearance 
will  never make you  a bright  future.

Novelties are one of those things which 
give  your  store  a  good  reputation  and 
which  bring  trade.  Novelties  sell  well 
early  in  life,  and  therefore  you  want  to 
be one of the first to introduce them, and 
after  they  have  run  their  course  you 
want to be the first one to get rid of them 
and get something else  that is  new.  Do 
not, however,  mistake oddities for novel­
ties.  There  are  some  things  that  are 
very odd,  but at the same  time  very  use­
less and  very  unattractive.  This  is  not 
he  kind  of  goods  you  want to get hold 
of.

Watch  the  bundle counter.  Watch it 
tor two reasons.  First  to  see  that  your 
bundles  are  delivered  promptly;  that 
customers are not kept  waiting for  their 
goods.  Next,  watch  the  bundles  care­
fully that the bundles are  not  soiled  or 
hurt.  Thousands  of  dollars  worth  of 
goods are yearly  made  unsatisfactory  to 
the purchasers by being soiled in handling 
after  they  have  been  bought  and  be­
fore they  have reached their  destination. 
It is your duty  as a  merchant to see  that 
your customers get  the  goods  in  just  as 
good condition  as  when  they  made  the 
selection.

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PURITY and  QUALITY  arc  the  twin  characteristics 

of our products.

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They  Please  and  Satisfy

the  Consumer  and  pay  the  I )ealer  a profit.

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ESTABLISHED  THIRTY  YEARS.

DETROIT,  MICH. 

If you  knew

The  satisfaction  given  to  yourself  and 
customers  by  selling  Highland  Brand 
Vinegar,  you  would  not  be  without it. 
Thousands  of  merchants  will  tell  you 
this.

H i g h l a n d   H r a n d   V i n e g a r  

i s   S u p e r i o r .

A milling firm in New  York  State  has 
been obliged to transfer its mill to a local 
bank,  and this misfortune may  serve  as 
a warning to other millers of  the  danger 
of a practice common in  some  localities. 
The  firm  purchased  wheat of farmers and 
gave due bills for flour against it.  In  the 
course of business the  wheat was ground 
and  the flonr marketed,  leaving  the  due 
bills still in  force against  the  purchases 
of  cheap  wheat.  Then  came  the  rise 
in  wheat,  and  the due  bills given  for  60- 
cent  wheat had  to  be  redeemed  in  flour 
made  from  90-cent  wbeat.  To  do this, 
the firm  bad to borrow extensively of the 
local  bank.  The  due  bills  redeemable 
in  flour at the option of the  farmer  were 
simply  “puts.”  It  is  a generous way of 
treating the farmers,  but it  is  a  danger­
ous practice.

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This will  insure peace in  the  fam ily  am] 
hard  b u tter  on  the  table  for  the  bal 
a lice  of  the  hot  w eather  besides.  th< 
food  saved  will enable your wife to spew  
a  few  weeks at some cool sum m er resort 
Try this peacem aker.

FREEZE’M  &  CO.

1  want to mention  a  matter  in  closing 
this article which 1 have had in mind for

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the  one  most  remarkable for the steady 
growth of wealth throughout  the  world. 
We very seldom  put these things together 
in  the relation of  cause  and  effect.  We 
prefer  to  attribute  our  growth  not  to 
mere material things,  but to the exhorta­
tions of our saints and sages, to the noble 
sentiments of our poets and orators.  Yet 
there  have  been  saints and sages,  poets 
and orators since  the  foundation  of  the 
world.  Noble sentiments and high ideals 
did not  wait for  our  day,  but  are  scat­
tered  all  over  all  ages—in  the  sacred 
books of the far-off Hindoos as well  as in 
the  pages  of  the  Bible—in  Plato  and 
Cicero  as  well  as in  Webster,  in  Brown­
ing and in  Shakespeare.
That wealth has something to  do  with 
our  progress  is  easy  to  see  when  you 
make  some  extreme  comparisons,  such 
as one might  make  between  the  earlier 
men,  whose bones  we dig  up  and  out  of 
whose surroundings  we  conjecture  their 
lives,  and  even  the poorest  creatures  in 
the poorest tenement  houses  of our day. 
Those  earlier  men  lived  their  lives  in 
daily  and  hourly  hand-to-hand encoun­
ters  with  death.  They  were  either 
pushed to the wall  or  pushed  somebody 
else to the wall.  There was little chance 
for social amenities  between  men  when 
the death of one  might  be  necessary  to 
the  life  of  the other. 
In that day there 
was no spare food  to give away, no spare 
clothing to share.  To-day there is abun­
dance—not tne abundance  we shall have 
in  the coming  ages—but  enough  and  to 
spare.  No panic can  be so great,  no crop 
failure  so  complete,  that  there  can  be 
auywhere in  the  whole  civilized  world 
wholesale  starvation,  and 
its  concom- 
itauts—the  black  death,  the  plague  or 
widespread  pestilence.
Contrast this  with  lands  that  are  not 
civilized—or  what  you  will  find  to  be 
much  the same thing—lands  which  have 
not accumulated wealth.  A  river  over­
flow 
in  China  means  not  merely  the 
deaths  which  are  caused  by drowning, 
but those which are caused  by  starvation 
and  the  pestilence  which  walketh  at 
noonday.  With no  railroads  to  convey 
supplies,  and no  supplies  to convey,  the 
innumerable hordes  can do nothing,  and 
hardly 
think  of  doing  anything,  for 
those  who suffer.  And  yet,  scholarship, 
such  as it  is,  is  the  foundation  of  dis­
tinction  in  that  realm of uncontrollable 
millions.  Our own  Mississippi  is as un­
controllable and  uneasy  in  its bed as  the 
worst Chinese river that  ever  flowed  re­
morseless  to  the sea.  We have  not  yet 
stayed  all its ravages,  though we  are  be­
ginning  so  to  do,  but  when they come, 
the surplus wealth  of  the  country  flows 
instantly  to  the  relief  of  the  unfortu­
nate.  and  starvation  and  pestilence  are 
warded off.  Without the  wealth of rail­
roads,  of  steamboats  and  roads,  succor 
would  be  impossible,  and  the  lands  on 
the great  American  river  would  be  shut

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THE  ACCUMULATION  OP  W EALTH.

P u n g en t  T h ou gh ts,  P lainly  E x p ressed , 

b y   H on.  T hom as  B.  R eed .

It may seem strange for a man  who has 
spent so little of  his  time in  the  accumu­
lation of  wealth as myself,  to assert  that 
the  most  important  thing  which a com­
munity can  do is  to  accumulate  wealth. 
It  is,  however,  more  suitable  for  me  to 
say 
it  than  some  millionaire,  for  he 
might be accused  of  defending  himself, 
which could not  be my  case.  Perhaps  1 
ought to go still  further and say  that  the 
accumulation  of  wealth  is  of  more im­
portance than all the other things put to­
gether  which  a community can  do.  You 
will  notice,  particularly  notice,  1 hope, 
that  1 do not say  the  individual,  but  the 
community—by  which  I mean  the nation 
—and perhaps  the  whole  human  race.

is  poor, 

A  man  may  get  wealth,  and nothing 
else,  and  that  man 
indeed. 
Another man may get  wealth,  and  with 
it win  self-reliauce,  an  approving  con­
science  and  a  love  of  his kiud—which 
may  bridge over the chasm  between  him 
and Lazarus—aud  the two  may  be  com­
panions in  Abraham’s  bosom.  Another 
man  may stake his  whole  life  against  a 
bare  living,  aud  hardly  win  it,  and yet 
may  have  the  tame  of  Goldsmith,  the 
strength and dignity  of Samuel  Johnson, 
or  live  like  Robert  Burns in the tender 
memories  of  all  the  world.  But  this 
world,  if it  were created  with  reference 
to  the  human  race,  was not created  for 
the  millionaire,  or  even  for  Goldsmith 
and  Johnson  and  Burns,  but  for  all  of 
us.
There  is  nothing like  the  equality of 
nature.  She  treats  geniuses  aud  tools 
alike.  They are both part of the  human 
race and nothing  more.
The  elemental  powers  cut  off  Andre 
Chenier,  by  the  guillotine,  who  might 
have  bloomed 
into  the  great  poet  of 
France, destroyed—in  a  drunken  brawl 
—Marlowe,  who  might  have  been  the 
rival  of  William  Shakespeare;  killed 
Burns  before  his  prime,  and  Chatterton 
in  his  marvelous  boyhood,  as  remorse­
lessly as they do the  rudest  laborer  who 
breaks stones  in  the  streets  or  the  sil­
liest butterfly that ever fluttered in a ball­
room.  Men  pass  away,  but  the  race 
goes on,  aud  what of glory  or  of  wealth 
we have missed  may  descend  upon  our 
children or our  children’s  children. 
In 
our  eagerness  to  console  ourselves  tor 
loss of  individual  wealth,  we  are  very 
much in  the habit of  talking  quite  con­
temptuously of lands  where  “ wealth  ac­
cumulates  and  men  decay,”  as  if  the 
wealth of a land  was the  cause  of  decay 
and  was a misfortune to the people.  We 
mix  up  our  individual  disgust aud our 
individual envy of those  who  have  what 
may  be  called  “ the  money  sense”  with 
the question of  the  combined  wealth  oi 
the nation,  which  is an eutirely  different
thing.
A  single  individual  man  might  grow 
rich,  and his riches be  of  no  help  what - ! 
ever to his towu,  for he might be a misei  j 
—a mere human  magpie,  collecting  golu  | 
and silver and  bonds,  instead  of  bits  ot 
tin and glass; but  the  whole  community 
cannot increase in wealth,  however badly 
it may  be distributed,  without the  whole 
community receiving the  benefit  thereol 
in  a  thousand  ways,  some  of  which  i 
shall enumerate.
Another source of confusion of thought 
comes from our not considering  theques 
tion of the accumulation of wealth  apart  1 
from  its distribution, which isau entirely 
different thing.  While  the  distribution  j 
is not  what  it  should  be,  and  certainly 
not what it will be,  still, even  under  our 
imperfect  system, 
the  greatest  good 
which  has  happened  to  the  world  ha> 
flowed from it.  Even if we should  nevei 
improve  our  system,  and  all  the  signs 
show that we are sure  to  do  it,  all  that 
will  be  said  in  this discourse would be 
absolutely  true.  Of  all  the  great  com­
forts and causes of happiness among  the 
rich,  the greatest  are  those  which  they | 
have to share with the  poor.  Railroads,  ! 
horse-cars,  pavements,  sewerage,  w ell-; 
lighted streets and  pure  water  must  be 
for all or for none.
We all admit the wonderful  growth  of 
civilization and the remarkable improve­
ment of the human race during  the  past 
cemtury,  and this  last  century  has  been

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To insist  upon wheu  placing^an

....ATiOOD  THING....
WBMONjS

Is  thatjthev shall  be  repacked  and 

sound.

Of course, that  costs a  little  more, but 

....IT  PAYS....

THE HUTHHII GUNDY GO., till«  IM S

S A I L I N G  
O N  L A N D !

Would  he  a  difficult  task  for  most  jie o jile ,  hut 
sailing on  the  * S- a  of  Success”  is  tli  daily  o c ­
cupation  of  all  those  wise  giocus  who  handle 
our famous

Lily
White
Flour

How  many  go down  on  the  River  of  D  uht,
When  a turn  of the  helm  would  send  them  about, 
Away from  the struggle and  daily distress,
Far out on  the  beautiful  “Sea of Success.1

Grocers,  turn your  helm  and  sail  with 
us on  this  beautiful  Sea.

MLEY CIÏÏ ILLIl CO.

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,   M ich

like a home as the street  itself. 
In  that I 
reign,  too,  came  in  pillows—heretofore i 
despised as only  fit for sick  women—and 
carpets  took  the  place  of rushes,  while 
dirt  and  dogs  measurably  disappeared 
into kennels.
One  of  the  greatest  civilizers  of  the 
world is something we  hardly  think  of, 
either  as  a  civilizer  or  as  wealth—the 
common country road.  Few  people ever 
think  how  much  roads  cost  us.  They 
represent the surplus labor of  centuries. 
They make  possible  the  transfer  of  the 
abundance of  one  region  to  supplement 
the want of another.  And  yet  the  mod­
ern road,  crossing the country  in  all  di­
rections,  traversable  by  carriages  and 
cars as well as beasts,  does  not  go  back 
to  the  times  of  good  Queen  Bess. 
In­
deed, 
in  her  reign,  thousands  might 
starve,  and  did  starve  in  one  county, 
while abundance  filled  the  granaries  of 
the  others.  Think  of  men,  women  and 
children starving from  mere lack  of  that 
form  of  wealth  which  we  call  roads in 
the days when Drake and  the  great  cap­
tains were scouring the seas  in search  of 
the Spanish galleons  and  Spanish  gold, 
and when the military might of  England 
hurled  back the Spanish  Armada and  all 
the power of  the  greatest nation  then  on 
the face of the globe. 
In the  very  heart 
of  London,  in  the  street  named  King 
street,  after the  King  himself,  the  only 
way one of the Edwards could  get  to  his 
Parliament was to fill  with great bundles 
of fagots the holes in the street.
All our great comforts  of  to-day  How 
from  accumulated  wealth.  What gives 
us the solid pavement on which we drive? 
We can march from one end of an  Amer­
ican city to the other at  mignight  in  se­
curity and safety,  in a blaze of light,  un­
der  protection  of  the  law.  A hundred 
years ago in London,  when  that city  was 
not  so  big  as  Philadelphia  now  is,  it 
would have been as hazardous an experi­
ment as it is for our Minister  to  stay  at 
Pekin  to-day,  and  for  similar  reasons. 
There  were  no  lights; no policemen; no 
sidewalks; robbers everywhere.  As  Lon­
don has grown  in  wealth,  outdoor  Lon 
don,  London  of  the streets  and  alleys— 
London as it belongs to all—has  felt  the 
civilizing power of  the  accumulation  of 
the past and the production  of  the  pres­
ent.  And  not  London  only,  but  every 
city,  great or small,  all over the civilized 
world,  has felt the stirring and  stimulat­
ing power of the increasing riches  of the 
world.
Our whole newspaper system, down  to 
the  very  paper  the  sheets  are  printed 
upon, would be possible only in a wealthy 
community. 
If the wealth of  the  world 
only allowed a  laboring  man  a  penny  a 
day,  as it did in the days  of  the  parable 
of the vineyard,  he would not have spent 
all  his money on  a daily paper,  even if it 
was as big as a  metropolitan  Sunday  is­
sue.  The advertisements and  the  cheap

in witb all  the horrors of  an  Asiatic  de­
vastation.
Perhaps 1  had  better  tell  you  what  1 
mean  by wealth,  for you  may  be  think­
ing of gold and  silver,  bonds  and  notes 
of hand,  stocks and  title deeds,  and  the 
things  that  are  put  into  safety deposit 
vaults  and  are  the  belongings  of  men 
who are the subjects  of  our  just  human 
envy.  That  is  not quite what is meant. 
By wealth,  I am going to mean—whether 
it be a scientific definition or  not—every­
thing  which  human  beings  have  made 
and can make to satisfy human  desires— 
whether  they  harness  the  rivers  to  do 
the work,  or turn coal energy  into steam, 
or use the subtle forces of  electricity  or 
the fertility of the  field,  or  the  products 
of the great ocean.
The first thing man  had  to do when  he 
got into the world  was  to  keep  himself 
it  was  a  pretty  hard  iob. 
alive,  and 
None of the other animals were  disposed 
to come in  and be eaten.  They  had to be 
caught,  and  they  were swift; they  had  to 
be killed,  and they  were not  gentle.  No 
fish  swam  ashore  to  be  broiled.  They 
had  to  be  pulled  out of the depths,  and 
very  slippery  they  were.  Fruits  were 
ripe  to-day and  rotten  to-morrow.  Fish 
and flesh and fowl  were  under  the  unre­
sisted law of  decay.  The  abundance  of 
yesterday  was  followed  closely  by  the 
dearth of to-morrow, and no man dreamed 
of  carrying 
into  the  depths  of  winter 
the fruitage of summer.  In a word, it was 
a  hand-to-mouth  struggle  with  death, 
hour by hour.  Think of a  creature  like 
man in those days,  hungry,  cold,  dodg­
ing snakes and tigers,  and bis  own  kind, 
living in  dens  and  caves  of  the  earth 
Gan you imagine in  him any of the  cour 
tesies of life?  Can  you think  of  him  as 
polite, as considerate,  as  respecting  the 
rights of others? 
In other words,  do you 
think he could  be much of  a  gentleman? 
Of course,  he might pull his forelock and 
duck  his  head  before  a  bigger  fellow 
with a larger club,  but that  would  not  be 
politeness,  but only  a  wholesome  dread 
of consequences.
Perhaps  you  may  think  this  a  fancy 
sketch,  and yet under our own flag, liable 
to  become  American  citizens  some  day, 
when  we want two Senators from Alaska 
to break  the silence of the  Senate  cham­
ber, there are tribes  who will not kill and 
smoke  salmon  enough  to  surely  carry 
them  through  the  season—though  the 
salmon rush up the river  begging  to  be 
taken—and rather than do another week’s 
work  will  risk  a  month’s  starvation at 
the end of the  season.
As  soon  as  the  race  of  man  learned 
enough to keep  itself easily  alive  it  be­
gan  to accumulate  wealth.  Pretty  poor 
picking  it  must  have  been  at  first!  If 
you and  1, just as we are now,  had  been 
looking at it we  should  have  thought  it 
was  accumulating  poverty.  But  every­
thing in this  world  is  relative.  Among 
people who  drink  with  their  mouths  in 
the  puddle,  a  hollow  gourd  is  wealth 
itself.  Within  my  time  a  calico  dress 
was not despised,  and a silk  dress,  with­
out  any  balloon  sleeves,  was  luxury 
indeed. 
1 noticed some time ago that the inven­
tory of the estate of a Maine pioneer,  200 
years ago,  summed  up  his  whole  ward­
robe,  Sunday  clothes  and  all,  at  about 
$7.50;  and the newspapers  are  just  now 
telling  you  of  a  beautiful  English  lady 
with  a  single  cloak  which  cost  $4,000. 
The difference seems  to  be  large,  but  it 
was wealth  in  both cases.
But,  however  hard  the early  struggle 
was,  however  prolonged  and  desperate, 
the moment man  began  to  have  wealth 
he began  to march  upward.  Most of the 
things  which  we can  be sure  have  shown 
themselves  in  our  modern  civilization 
came surprisiugly  late.  We  people who 
are  of  English  descent  think  that  our 
civilization 
is  the  civilization  of  the 
home, and most unjustly  think  no  other 
people had homes,  because they  did  not 
have the word.  Surely, if anything made 
the home and the home  life,  it  was  the 
chimney corner,  and yet the chimney had 
to  wait  until  the  reign of Queen  Eliza­
beth to  become  general  throughout  the 
English  realm.  Until  her  reign  it  only 
adorned the houses of the great,  and  was 
no chimney corner at all,  for  it  was  the 
mere  centering  place  of  the whole rout 
of retainers and serving men,  and  as  un

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“It’s  as  good  as  Sapolio,”  when  they  try  to  sell  you 
their  experiments. 
^ our  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get  you  to  aid  their
new  article. 

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W ho  urges  you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

Is  it  not  the 
public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and  judi­
c i o u s  advertising, bring customers to your stores whose 
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for  other  articles.

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pulp make  the  big  newspaper  possible, 
and  both these mean  wealth.  Of course, 
intelligence and  ability  to lead  had to be­
come  widespread,  but i lies  imply wealth, 
for  llie  w oi lit could  not  attord  to  teach 
its  boys  and  girls  to read  until it could 
affoid  to dispense with  their  services  on 
the farm and  at the bench and  loom.
How es.-eirial increasing  wealth  is  to 
iucieasing  progress,  this  generation  and 
the one  which  has just  passed away have 
had  belter  chances  to  know  than  any 
which preceded them—for our century  is 
the  eeutury  of  steam  and  electricity. 
Wealth  makes  possible  steam  cars  and 
eleciiieal 
telephones. 
railroads  and 
Noth  tig  else  can  do  it. 
If,  in  the old 
days  of  Q  eeu  Elizabeth,  all  had  been 
known  about steam  and engines and cars 
which  is  known  to day,  it  would  have 
been  an  utterly  useless  knowledge. 
There was  not  wealth  enough  in  those 
days to make a railroad  possible.  Every­
body  was too  poor to  travel,  except  the 
uobihty  and  gentry,  and  they  were  too 
lew  to  pay  the  enormous  cost  ot  rail­
roads.
Let  me give you  a few figures  to  show 
what  i  mean.  The  Union  Pacific  Kail- 
road Company,  which  is  not  very  pros­
perous in  this  present year tf  our  Lord, 
in the mouth of  October  last  past,  only 
one-twelltb ot  a year,  took  in  82,500,000. 
Two millions and a half were  the  entire 
revenue  for a whole year to Queen  Eliza­
beth!  The  people  in  that  sparsely-set­
tled  region  beyond  the  Mississippi  and 
this side of the  mountains  were  able  to 
pay  for one month’s railroad  service  the 
sum  winch  governed the  British  Empire 
a  whole  year, 300 years ago.  Whe.>  1  say 
to you  that  the gross  receipts of the rail­
roads ot  the  United  States,  even  in  this 
year of depression, would have supported 
300  kingdoms  of  Henry  Vlll.  1  have  no 
doubt  1  am  ridiculously  understating  the 
tacts.
Think what a blow  it would  be  to  the 
civilization of this  country  to  wipe  out 
the  wealth  which  is  in  railroads alone. 
Reverse the thought and think how much 
the wealth  accumulated  in  railroads  has 
added to the  happiness  and  progress  ot 
our  people. 
It  there  wen-  here in  this 
audience,  as  there  may  be,  some  man 
who crossed  the plains with three months 
of toil and  terror fifty years ago, he could 
make  the  contrast  in  language  which 
would  make  mine  seem  trivial,  indeed. 
We  have  substituted  for  what  equaled 
the horrors of a polar  expedition a three 
days’  pleasure  trip.  Yet  railroads  are 
tint  a small  part of  the  accumulation  of 
wealth of  which  1  speak.  Neither  rail­
roads,  nor street cars,  electric lights, nor 
well  paved  streets  would  be  possible 
without a wealthy community.
If 
t  me 
1  knew  enough,  and  you  had 
enough,  the morning sun  might shine  in 
on  us  before  we  finished. 
1  have told 
you  bow thousands starved in Elizabeth’s 
time,  with  abundance  clo-e  at  hand. 
Mark  the contrast  to-day.  We  know  no 
seasons or differences of  louaiiude.  The 
tropics are brought to  the  poies.  Every 
vegetable,  every fruit, comes from every- 
« here  to  everywhere.  Maine  goes  to 
Chicago,  t  000 miles,  for  her  daily  food. 
Loudon is gradually  coming  4.000  miles 
on  tlie  same  errand.  Nothing  makes 
this  possible  but  accumulated  wealth. 
Co-ily  railroads,  at 850,000 a mile; costly 
tiains  to  run  on  the road;  great steam­
ships to  plow the ocean,  and  large  cap­
ital.  are all  absolutely  essential.
Besides the advantages  which  have ac­
crued already  to us from  wealih,  we can 
see  others  in  full  sight.  The  electric 
road is  going  to  spread  out  our  cities, 
and  will  render possible a  suburban  life 
which  will  have the charms of  the coun­
try  with the social advantages of the city. 
It  seems likely to solve for  us  the  prob­
lem of tenement houses and the comforts 
of the poor.  There  is  something  in  the 
life of cities so dear  to  most  men  that, 
while in  all  ages  men  have  denounced 
cities, they could never keep  away  from 
them.  Don’t  let  any  man  delude  you 
with the idea that  cities  are  "social  ab­
scesses.”  Don’t you  believe it.  The  in­
stinct of mankind  for  countless  genera­
tions is too valuable to  be flung  away  on 
the  opinion  of any dreamer.  But cities 
have their faults  and the country  has  its 
faults.  Perhaps  we can  marry  the  city

and the country  together in such  fashion 
that the  faults  may  be  obliterated  and 
the charms of both may  be  preserved  to 
us.
But perhaps some  one  learned  in  his­
tory  will  say,  does  not  this  growth  in 
wealth  bring us  nearer  to  decay?  Car­
thage  was  mighty  and  is  a ruin.  The 
glory of Rome  departed  with  growth  in 
riches.  There  were  vast  Empires  ot 
Egypt and  Assyria,  and they have passed 
away.  But  the  wealth  of  Rome,  ot 
Egypt  and  Assyria  was  poverty  itselt 
compared  with  the  wealth  we  already 
have.  They  were nations of  nobles  and 
slaves;  we  are  all  freemen.  However 
faulty our  distribution of  property  may 
be,  it  is incomparably  more  just than  in 
the  days  of  the  fallen  empires.  No 
hordes  of  barbarians  hover  over  our 
boundaries to  watch  our dissensions and 
help  our  quarrels.  So  utterly changed 
are our conditions that  I  venture to pro­
phesy—being at a  safe distance from the 
event—that no such  fall  will  happen  to 
us.  Turning  and  overturning 
in  the 
early  ages of the  world  were  absolutely 
.ssential  to the progress of mankind.  To­
day  it is no longer so.  Peace is now  hav 
ing the victories of  war.
This fear of wealth as a national danger 
has  been  prevalent  in  all  ages.  The 
ministers  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  the 
Queen  herself,  though she had 3.000 rich 
dresses,  watched  with no little doubt  the 
growth of the use of  gorgeous apparel  in 
her court,  fearing  that  in  some  way  it 
impoverished  the  land.  But if England’s 
nobility  were  lavish,  her  yeomanry  be­
gan  also to  show s’gns  of  improvement. 
They no longer  lived  on  salted  fish,  in 
"rough and  wattled  farm-houses,” but in 
dwellings  of  "brick  aud  stone.”  Car­
pets and chimueys and  all  sorts  of  com­
forts  came,  too. 
In  fact,  wealth  is  a 
breeder  of  wealth.  Whoever  destroys, 
except  in  the  legitimate way of consump­
tion, 
accumulated  wealth — whoever 
burns a factory or tears up a railroad—is 
like one who kills  a  breeding  animal  or 
destroys seed corn.
With  all these advantages  which  have 
ueen enumerated  and  which  must  sug­
gest  to  thinking  men  so  many  of  like 
character that have  flowed  from  wealth 
after it has been  accumulated,  the  pur­
suit  of  wealth  has  led  to  a  thousand 
more.  What  tremendous  human  en­
ergies have been  put into  commerce,  the 
exchange of commodities among men!  In 
the  days  when  gold  and  silver  were 
thought  to  be  the  only  wealth,  what 
great  names  of  stalwart  captains  and 
world-renowned  navigators  burst 
into 
history!  These  men  were  not  students 
of geography seeking to fill out a volume 
or correct the  map  of  the  earth.  They 
had  a  good  honest  desire  to  get  this 
world's  goods,  and  the  attempt  made 
them good sailors,  great geographers and 
famous men.  Whoever has examined the 
terms  which  Christopher  Columbus  de­
manded  as  the  price  of  his endeavors, 
and the  honors  and  wealth  he  insisted 
upon as the reward  of  success,  will  see 
that that great man  was more concerned 
with  gear  than  with  geography,  and 
thought  more of mines of gold and mines 
of silver  than  of  the  roundness  of  the 
earth  or  the  situation  of  Cathay.  Nor 
does this self-seeking really detract from 
his  fame,  for the greatness of this world 
has been carved  out of the selfishness  of j 
men.
But while we may give  the  selfishness 
of this world its just  due,  we may thank 
Heaven that there are  lives  like  that  of 
Sir Philip Sydney,  which are  lighted  up 
by  the  glory  of  that  hoped-for  world 
where selfishness will pass forever away. 
But it has not been  in  commerce  alone, 
or in trading to far  seas,  that human en­
ergies  have  been  cherished  and  devel­
oped.  Wherever men,  released from the 
sordid pursuit  of  mere  existence,  have 
striven to satisfy their desires, the strug­
gle has called  into being  inventive  pow­
ers—powers  of  intellect  and judgment, 
and the whole mental armory and arsenal 
of progress.
In  nearly  every  state  in  the  Union 
there are a hundred  great establishments 
which require for their  management and 
success more  brains  than  have  been  put 
into the government  of many an empire. 
Nor is the education  and  mental  growth 
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parison  with  the  work  of  colleges  and 
churches.  Let  me  not  forget  to  say, 
though  1 do it in  but  few  words,  that not 
only  has the accumulation of  wealth ren­
dered  possible shorter hours of labor and 
more  leisure  for  all  mankind,  but  the 
still  further  accumulation  will  enable 
the  world,  without loss  of  fulfillment  of 
its desires,  to go still  further  in  that  di­
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tion of the wealth of thè  world,  it  is  cu­
rious  to  see  the  changes  which  it  has 
made in  the relative position  of  the  dif­
ferent  classes of men.  First  of all came 
the  warrior class.  So long  as  the  great 
object of living was to keepalive, so long 
as nations  warred continually,  his  place 
was  foremost,  and he  held  it  long.  But 
for  the  ameliorating 
influence  of  the 
priests,  his reign  would  have  been unen­
durable.  Then  when  peace  between  in­
dividuals  became  essential,  and 
the 
world could no longer afford to have men 
settle their own  quarrels,  and  the  pre­
servation of the rights of property began 
to be  the foundation  of  human  comfort 
and  happiness,  the  lawyers  and  politi­
cians  began  to  flourish  and  possess  the 
earth
Perhaps  in  no  country  in  the  world 
have  the  lawyers  and  politicians  had 
such  >way  as  in  the  United  States;  but 
they  are slowly,  but  surely,  giving  way 
to another  class.  The  business men are 
taking their turn,  and are possessing the 
earth.  And  this  is  for  the good of  the 
earth.  The warriors  bad  their day,  and 
we  owe  them  preservation  and  all  the 
progress  possible  in  their  day.  To  the 
politicians and lawyers we owe much.  1 
hesitate to say  this,  not  because  1  don’t 
believe it,  but  because  1  am  afraid  you 
won’t.  They gave us  fixed rules for  the 
rights of property,  aud  they  established 
the  gieat  boundaties  of  civil 
liberty. 
You  can  tell  what  part  each  plays by 
watching  what  absorbs  the  talent  of  a 
country.
In  the very old  days  all  the brains  of 
the  world were  uuder  the  casque  or  the 
cowl.  Then statesmanship and law took 
their turn.  But neither  war,  nor states­
manship,  nor  law  reaps  the  great  re­
wards  of  this  century.  The  engineer, 
the  projector,  the manufacturer, the rail- 
■ oad  man,  the merchant,  have placed  be­
fore them the highest  prizes  of  our day. 
lie in e,  what 1 may call in one word “bus­
iness”  is  more  and  more  absorbing  the 
brains of the country. 
1 don’t mean that 
business  gets  them  all,  for  1 don’t mean 
to count myself and  fellows out  of  court 
eu11rely, just yet.  Our services are  still 
needed,  but we  are no longer  the central 
figures of the world’s  progress.

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T H E   BA CK   O F F IC E .

W ritten for T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

Men,  young  or  old,  don’t  like  to  be 
jarred,  as  a  general  thing.  Such  phys­
ical surprises are always unpleasant,  and 
1  know  nothing  in  that  line  more dis 
agreeable than  the shock  from  an  unex­
pected  bicycle.

It is not to be  inferred  from  this  that 
the  Back  Office  is  at  all  averse  to the 
bicycle.  It is,  on  the  contrary,  classed 
among the  wheel’s  strongest  supporters; 
but it claims  that  there  are  limitations 
even  in  wheeldom  and that he who steps 
over those limits  is  not  wise—a  bit  of 
condensed  wisdom  due to a little  recent 
experience.  The street was  paved  with 
blocks several years ago  and  was bubbly 
—too bubbly  for agreeable  wheel  riding 
—and I  was  sauntering  along  the  well- 
paved  sidewalk.  There  was  a  ringing 
behind me. 
1  heard—or  half  heard—it. 
i certainly did  not heed  it,  for something 
else  was  claiming  my  attention  and  I 
came near being pushed  into  the  gutter. 
It was too much of a jar  and  1  rebelled 
The apology  was ready  and  I accepted it; 
but  I  felt  then,  and  still  feel,  that the 
place for the bicycle is in  the  street  and 
that the realm of the pedestrian  is not to 
be  invaded  because  part  of  the  pave­
ment  is  hubbly.  “Warning?”  Who  is 
to  warn me off my own  premise?

The  street  below  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ' s 
front  windows is  as  smooth  a  piece  of 
pavement as a cyclist would  care  to ride 
over.  It is inclined,  and the wheelers go 
down  the  street  like  a  flash.  At  the 
lower corners there is  more or less cross­
ing,  a condition of  tbiugs  which  should, 
naturally, check  the  flight of  the wheels 
—only 
it  doesn’t  always.  There  is  a 
hearty ringing of bells and  there is abun­
dance of dodging;  but  the  point  is  that 
the  persons  crossing  the  street  have 
rights which  the  wheelers  ought  to  re­
spect,  and,  too  often,  they  don’t, 
i 
know the other side has  claims  and  I’m 
ready to concede them.  When  it’s  wagon 
against  wheel,  I’ll  give  the  wheel  the 
benefit  of  the  doubt  every  time;  but 
when  it’s  wheel  against  person,  it is  the 
person  who is to have the  benefit  of  the 
doubt;  and  that,  1  think,  will  be found 
to be the public  opinion,  whenever  such 
opinion is expressed.

This  commercial  school, 

the  “com­
mencement”  of  which,  if  1  may  use  the 
old  college  word,  we are now celebrating, 
is  proof of  what  1  say. 
It has  been built 
up by  the  necessity  of  the  times, 
it is 
not  a training school  for  warriors, or di­
plomats, or politicians,  but  for  availing 
w h i c h   has  become,  in  the  progress of the 
world,  higher than  either.  Each  pupil, 
it  hi  lor  it,  will  b. come part of  the great 
army  of  workers,  which 
is  as  much 
charged with  the  welfare  and  progress 
of the  world  as those  who drew  a Bill  of 
Rights or  managed  a party,  or  fought  in 
the army ol  the Cru-aders,  or  charged  at 
Waterloi.
The  victories  of  pea.ce  are  no less re­
nowned  than  those  oflwar,  but  not yet 
the  victors.  The glamour which the bat 
th field  aud  the  couu  el  board  cast  over 
the  imaginations  of  tneu  has  not  yet 
passed  away,  and  may  never  pass away, 
yet  it may  well  be hoped  that  at  no  dis­
tant day the  names  of  James  Watt  and 
Sir Henry  Bessemer,  Cornelius  Vander­
bilt and Thomas A.  Scott  will  take  their 
places beside those of the  great  wa  riors 
and statesmen,  because,  like  them,  they 
did in their day  aud generation conspicu­
ous service for the progress of the humau 
race. 

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There is in  New  York State  what  has 
been  named  the  traveling  library.  By 
some  well-devited 
books  are 
brought to a locality,  retained  lor awhile 
and  theu  passed  on  to  the  next.  Too 
much cannot be said  iu  praise of such an
undertaking. 
It is  like water  iu  a desert 
and  the  green  grass  which  springs  up 
therefrom  is proof enough  that only  such 
fountains are  needed,  the  country  over, 
to make  it  blossom  like  the  rose.  One 
great fault to  be  found  with  the  farm  is 
that too little attention  is given to auius. 
and  instruct  the  young.  The same im­
pulse  which leads  the  boy  to  play  ball 
after a long,  hot,  tiresome day in the bar 
vest field  will drive him,  in  spite of  him­
self,  to the entertaining  book  and  maga 
zine.  The  question  has  been sometimes 
asked,  what  business a faimer  has  with 
a daily  paper,  and  the  best answer which 
has  so  far  been  given  is  that it is the 
best means yet devised  for driving into  a 
boy’s head  the fact that  the  farm,  if  he 
says so,  is the best place ou earth  to  liv- 
and  be  happy  in,  provided,  always,  lie 
has  a  liking  for  farm  work;  and  the 
traveling  library  will only  intensify  the 
fact. 

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by  overcrowding.  Window  dressing  is 
the same in  principle  as  newspaper  ad­
vertising. 
If there  is no open  space  for 
contrast,  if  too  many  objects  of about 
equal  prominence  are  presented  simul­
taneously to the eye,  the  whole  display 
entirely escapes the attention of the ever 
careless,  indifferent and  hurried  public.
This brings  us to the subject  of  news­
paper advertising,  which  all the highest 
authorities  admit  is  the  best  means  of 
gaining  the  publicity  which  attracts 
trade.  Let  me 
insist  here  upon  the 
special  importance  of  persistent  news­
paper advertising to the  retail shoe mer­
chant. 
I  use  the  word  persistent  ad­
visedly.  The wise merchant knows that 
the time to advertise is  all  the  time—in 
dull  times  as  well as good.  The motto 
of one of our great  advertising agencies, 
“Keeping everlastingly at  it  brings  suc­
cess,”  is gospel  truth. 
If  originality  in 
advertising  can  be joined to persistency, 
the  probabilities  of  profit  are  doubled 
and trebled;  and,  above  all,  let  the  de­
termination  be  made  at  the  start  and 
firmly adhered to,  that every  advertising 
promise shall  be  religiously  and  explic­
itly  fulfilled  to the buyer.

Then the question of the appearance of 
a store interior  is  quite  as  important  a 
point as any  we  have  mentioned. 
I  do 
not  believe that gorgeous  and  expensive 
fixtures and fittings are necessary to suc­
cess.  Modest  neatness  and  an  air  of 
cleanliness and  refinement  are  possible 
without any  great expense.  Frayed car­
pets,  rickety  seats  and  shelves,  dusty 
and  broken  cartons,  and  a  generally 
slovenly and  frayed-out  appearance will 
ruin  any shoe store,  no matter how  judi­
cious and  persistent  the  advertising,  no 
matter how  wise the  buying  or  how  at­
tractive  the  window  dressing  may  be. 
One hundred  dollars paid out for repairs, 
or for anything in  the  interest  of  neat­
ness  and  decency,  will  often  be worth 
ten  times  the  outlay.  Every  new  cus­
tomer  will  judge  your  store by appear­
ances. 
It will pay  you  to  see to it that 
the  first  impression  made  upon  new­
comers is a good one. 

Getthere.
A n oth er  P ullm an  In P en n sylvan ia.
The prospects are  reported  bright  for 
the town of Glassport,  Pa., projected two 
years  ago  by  the  United  States  Glass 
Company.  The concentration of the six­
teen  factories  now  scattered  about  the 
eountry,  at this town,  moving them there 
one at a time as fast as it can  be  accom­
plished  without interfering with the com­
pany’s trade,  will  be a great undertaking. 
It will require several years’  time  to  ac­
complish  this,  and  upon  its consumma­
tion  a community  of  25,000  people  will 
have been  built  up.  Arrangements  are 
now under consideration  for the erection 
of several thousand  dwellings  for work­
men,  which  will  be  constructed  on  the 
most improved sanitary principles.

Chauncey M. Depew recently remarked: 
*T  have  learned  from  observation that 
three things surely happen to a man who 
In 
works  steadily  without  relaxation. 
the first place,  he becomes nervous,  irri­
table  and  hard  to  get  along  with. 
In 
the second place,  the grade  of  his  work 
falls off.  and  he  is  liable  to  err  in  his 
judgment. 
In the  third  place,  he  dies 
suddenly, 
it is an  incontrovertible  law 
of nature.”

The man  who goes gunning  for  frauds 

should  be careful not to shoot himself.

Shoes and  Leather  ¡

H ow   To  V a k e   th e  S h oe  S tore  P op ular 

an d   P rosp erou s.

One  of  the  first pre-requisites of sue 
cess  in  the  retail  shoe  business  is  the 
carrying  of  the  largest  possible  assort­
ment,  in  proportion  to  the  capital  in­
vested.
The 

inany-mindtd  public  must  be 
suited,  and  ta-tes in  footwear  vary  to  a 
remarkable degree.  No  retailer  can  af 
ford  to  carry  but  one  or  two lines, no 
matter how desirable those lines  may  be. 
In  these  days  ot  keen  competition  and 
marvelous inventive  skill,  it  is  possible 
to  carry  the  lines  of  at  least  a dozen 
different  manufacturers or  jobbers, with 
the  greatest  variety  in  style  and price, 
yet all of them good sellers,  reliable  aad 
popular.

I  abstain  from  recommending  special 
lines,  as  it  would  be  impossible to pre­
pare a list which would  apply  in all local­
ities.  To do the buying successfully  for 
a  retail  shoe  store  one  must  not  only 
have  great  nicety of judgment, founded 
upou  a thorough  practical  knowledge  of 
shoes,  but  also  a  careful  study  of  the 
Ureal  needs,  which  depend  upon  the  cli­
mate,  the occupation  of  the  people  and 
other similar  matters.

The would-be customer seldom  has any 
choice as to the make of  shoes  which  he 
buys,  though,  of  course, certain  manu­
facturers  have  created  a  suffeient  de­
mand  for  their  goods  to bring a specific 
call  for  that and  no  other  make  from  a 
limited  portion of the  patrons.  Each in­
telligent buyer of shoes,  however,  knows 
what he  wants in size,  style and  quality, 
and,  if he cannot be suited at your  store, 
he is but  too  likely  to  leave  in  disgust 
and  never  cross  the  threshold  of  your 
place again.

is  of 

Next to a carefully-selected  and  well- 
assorted  stock I think  that  uniform  and 
unfailing courtesy on the  part  of  sales­
men 
the  highest  importance. 
Wealth and fine clothes are not  necessary 
adjuncts of the true gentleman.  A clerk 
on  twelve dollars a  week  may  not,  per­
haps,  be  likely  to  be a Chesterfield;  but 
he  may  be  a  gentleman  in  the  truest 
sense.  This  is the only  kind  worth  hav­
ing  for  shoe  salesmen.  They  not  only 
sell  more  goods  than  bores  or  knaves, 
but they  are more useful  in  every  way, 
and certainly much  more agreeable to the 
employer.  Even  if  such clerks expect a 
little higher  wages  than  persons  of  in­
ferior taste and  breeding, it  is cheaper  in 
the long run  to hire none but the best.

In  larger  cities, where ladies are to be 
waited  upon,  1  am  inclined  to  believe 
that  there  should  always  be  at  least  a 
few lady clerks.  There is  a  certain  in­
delicacy about the fitting of a lady’s  foot 
and ankle by some men,  from which  cer­
tain sensitive feminine natures  sincerely 
shrink.  The  Paris 
fashion  of  hiring 
lady attendants to fit the feet of ladies  is 
rightly coming into vogue to some extent 
here.

Good  show  windows  accomplish  much 
in  increasing  sales.  Volumes  might  be 
written  upon  this  subject  alone,  but  1 
will only make one or two suggestions:

Make your windows neat.
Make them  bright and pretty.
Do not  over-crowd  the  space  at  your 

disposal.

The last piece of advice is by no means 
the least.  1  have  seen  many  otherwise 
good  efforts  in  window  display spoiled

Agents  for  the

H oston  H u b h e r 
S h o e   Co.’s 
G o o d s

RIND6E
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Boots  and  Shoes

12,  14 and  16  Pearl  Street

M anufacturers and Jobbers of

We make th e best line of  Medium Priced Goods in  the 

m arket.  You can im prove your trade by handling our goods. 

LINDEN

NEEDLE  TOE.

Owing to the  Great  Advance  in  Leather,

Loots and  Shoes are necessarily m uch advanced  in  price.

R eeder  B ros.  S hoe  Go.

Have  a  great  many  tilings  purchased  before 
the  advance  that  they  are  still  selling a t old 
prices, and  balance of the line at  not one-half 
of the ad va  ce o f the cost to  m anufacture the 
goods to-day. 
It will  pay you  to exam ine  our 
line of sam ples when  our  representative  calls 
on you.

H e r o l d   =  B e r t s c h   S h o e   C o .
BOOTS,  SHOES «  RUBBERS

Manufacturers  and  W holesale  Dealers  in

5 and 7  Pearl  Street 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN
siate Agents wales-goodyear rubbers

We carry  in stock  Regular.  Opera, 
Piccadilly and Needle Toes.

We are prepared  to  furnish a  Rubber  of

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

17

G rand  R apids  R etail  G rocers’  A ss’n. 
President—B . W ntTE.
Secretary—K. A.  St o w e.
T reasurer—J.  G e o.  L e h m a n .

S ire  A ll  CA RD — liR A N U LA TED .

5Vi cents per pound.
4H pounds for 25 cents.
10  pounds for 50 cents.
20  pounds for $1.

J a c k s o n   R e ta il  G r o c e r s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 
P resid en t—B t r o n   C.  H i l l .
Secretary—W.  II.  P o r t e r .
T reasurer—J .   F.  H e l m e r .

SUGAR  CARD—  G RA N U LA TED .

5*4 cents per pound.
9% pounds for 50 cents.
19 pounds fo r $1.

N orthern  M ichigan  R etail  G rocers’  A s­

sociation .

President—J .   F .  T a t m a n , Clare.
Secretary—E.  A. St o w e.  G rand  Rapids. 
T reasurer—F r a n k  Sm it h . Leroy.

O w o s s o   B u s in e s s   M e n ’s   A s s o c ia tio n . 

President—A. D. W hipple.
Secretary—G. T   Campbell.
T reasurer—W.  B. Collins.

M ichigan  H ard w are  A ssociation . 

President—F. S. Ca r l e t o n , Calumet. 
V ice-President—H e n r y  C. W e b e r , Detroit. 
Sec’y Treas.—H en r y C. M in n ie , Eaton Rapids.

the defensive is too disgusting for candid 
consideration.  On the most  gentle  hint 
to this swindler that  a little  cash  on  ac­
count  would  be acceptable—even  though 
the request  be clothed in  the  most  polite 
and diplomatic language—he flies  into  a 
great passion,  assumed for the  occasion, 
and,  at once,  perfects  his  operations  to 
windle  the  wholesaler  and  demoralize 
trade.
The third-rate lawyer  and  pettifogger
always  on  hand  ready  to  advise the 
rogue  and  to  assist  in  hiding away the 
jobber’s  goods  in  barns,  cellars,  etc., 
here they  are kept for a few days  until 
the atmosphere clears a little,  when  the 
tolen  goods are  brought out  and  placed 
on the market at from  one-third  to  one- 
half their  value.  The swindler can  well 
afford  to  do  this,  as  all  he  has  in the 
goods is  the  freight  and  his  attorney’s 
fee.  That such a practice should  be  al­
lowed  in a civilized  country  like  ours  is 
astonishing,  but such will  be the case,  as 
has been  illustrated  in  two  little  cities 
In Charlevoix county  within ten days,  so 
long as wholesalers will allow laws  gov­
erning  their 
interests  to  be 
made and  executed entirely  in the inter­
est of thieves, swindlers and the law  fra­
ternity.  While they are paying  LOO cents 
on the dollar,  and the jobber  and  manu­
facturer  have  no  hand  in  making  the 
aws regulating their  business,  it  looks 
ts though  a premium  was placed  on  dis­
honesty. 

Observer.

immense 

H ard w are  D ea lers  F alling 

into  Line.
Eaton  Rapids,  July  20—Numerous 
applications for membership in the Mich­
igan  Hardware  Association  are  coming 
in  from  the  hardware  dealers  of  the 
State,  as there is a general feeling among 
the trade that,  by means of organization, 
valuable concessions  can  be  secured  for 
the trade at large.  The  membership  fee 
is $3 and the dues 83  per  year,  but  any 
dealer  joining  prior  to Jan.  1, 1896,  has 
his first year’s dues remitted.  Blank  ap­
plications  can  be  secured  by communi­
cating with the  writer.
The following  resolutions  were  unani­
mously adopted at the recent  meeting.
Whereas,  Our  President,  Mr.  F.  S 
Carlton,  has  been  directly  instrumental 
in  the  organization of the Hardware As­
sociation of Michigan; therefore  be it
Resolved,  That a vote of thauks  be  ex 
tended to him for his untiring  efforts  it 
this direction.
Whereas.  The various hardware jour 
nals of the United  States  have  extended 
the favor of their  co-operation  in  form 
ing the Hardware Association  of  Micbi 
gan; therefore be it
Resolved,  That a vote of thanks be ex 
tended to them  for their efforts in our be 
half.
Whereas, The  Hardware  Association 
of  Michigan  has  been organized;  there 
fore be it
Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  thi 
Association  be  instructed  to  notify  all 
the  hardware  journals  of  the  United 
States of the action  taken  and  that  they 
be  requested  to  insert  a  notice  of the 
same in  their publications.
Resolved,  That  a cordial  invitation be 
and  the same is  hereby  extended  to  all 
regular and legitimate  hardware  men  of 
Michigan to join  with us in  this  Associa 
tion  and  remit  to  the  Secretary  the 
amount of dues and membership  fee  and 
receive their  certificate  of  membership 

Henry C.  Minnie,  Sec’y.

D isg u sted   w ith  

th e  L axity  o f  L aw s 

R elatin g  to   C redits.

them 

East  Jordan, July 20—Legitimate re 
tail  trade  has  always  had  to  contend 
with  many  aggravating  conditions,  but 
few  are  bringing 
so  rapidly 
into a feeling of  contempt  for  the  gov 
erning powers  of  our  State  as  the  lax 
way  in  which  the  laws  are  framed 
which the wholesale and  retail  trade are 
interested,  and the ease  in  which  swin 
dlers and rogues  among  the  retail  fra­
ternity are shielded  in  their  dishonesty 
Nothing  looks  more  ridiculous  and  non 
sensical than the manner in which  whole 
sale  and  manufacturing  people—whom 
everyone knows to be wealthy and, conse 
quently,  influential—will  allow  a  swin 
dler to hang out  a  sign  which,  with 
letter head and  an  overstock  of  cheek 
constitute his stock in  trade.  The  man­
ner in  which  such  men  place  wholesale 
dealers  and  manufacturers  entirely  on

Grand  R apids  R etail  G rocers’  A sso cia ­

tion.

At  the  regular  meeting  of the Grand 
Rapids Retail Grocers’  Association,  held 
at the office of the Michigan Tradesman 
on  Tuesday  evening,  July  16,  Treas­
urer  Lehman  presided  in  the  absence  of 
resident White.
A communication  was received from A. 
J.  Elliott,  offering to act  as  manager  of 
the Association  at a stated compensation. 
The matter was discussed at some length, 
when  action  was  deferred  until  the next 
meetiug,  which  will  be the  annual  meet­
ing of the organization.

On  motion of Mr.  Van  Aurooy,  Aug.  8 
was fixed  as the date  of  the  annual  pic­
nic.
On motion of  Mr.  Pettit,  the  place  of 
meeting  was  left  to  a  committee  com­
posed  of  Messrs.  Lehman  and  Stowe, 
with  the  recommendation  that  Ottawa 
Beach  be selected.
On  motion  of  Mr.  Merrill,  the Secre­
tary  was instructed to communicate with 
E.  A.  Bishop  for  the  purpose  of  ascer­
taining  whether  the  Heinz  Co.  would 
like to furnish the  badges for this year’s 
picnic,  the same as heretofore.
On motion of  Mr.  Pettit,  a  resolution 
was adopted recommending  that the gro­
cery stores close all  day  the  day  of  the 
picnic;  and,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Van An- 
ro o y ,  the Secretary  was instructed to an­
nounce  this  arrangement  two  or  three 
times in advance of the picnic.
There being  no  further  business,  the 
meeting adjourned.

W ants  th e  Mall  R oute  C hanged.
St.  James,  July  12—The 

steamer 
Nellie,  which carries our mail  from Har 
bor Springs to St.  James,  is  a  little  too 
small  for the route and is considered  un­
safe  for passengers.  A  petition  was re­
cently gotten  up and  signed  by  all  the 
people here and at  Charlevoix  and  sent 
to  Washington,  asking that  the  mail  be 
sent us via Charlevoix  hereafter,  which 
would give us a direct mail three times a 
week,  as  parties  at  Charlevoix  stand 
ready to  put  a much  larger  boat on  the 
route.

Russia knows a  good  thing  when  she 
sees  it.  The  Pacific  Meat  Co.,  at  Ta­
coma,  has  received  an  order  from  the 
Russian  government for  5,000  barrels  of 
corned  beef,  to be delivered in October 
If Germany and poor little Belgium want 
to  find  fault,  let  ’em. 
If  the  Russian 
bear is not afraid of the  arsenic the Ger­
mans  claim  we  use  in  preserving  our 
beef  for  shipment  abroad,  why  should 
the phlegmatic German and the ingenious 
Belgian complain?

NOBLY  A N SW ER ED .

John  M cL ean’s   R eply  to  
C igarm akers.

th e  D etroit

The  senseless  strike  of  the  Detroit 
cigarmakers still continues,  but,  as all of 
the factories have resumed  operations in 
one form or another,  the  outcome  of  the 
strike is plainly forseen. 
It  will  be  re­
membered  that  the  workmen  aver  no 
grievance, so  far as  hours and wages  are 
concerned,  their  only  complaint  being 
that a few non-union  men  are  permitted 
to  work  on  5  cent  goods.  The employ­
ment  of  anything  but union serfs is, of 
course, a grievous crime  in  the  eyes  of 
union  men  and,  as a result of  the  strike, 
it is not unlikely  that  union  labor  will 
be  dispensed  with altogether  in most of 
the Detroit  factories.

The subjoined  communication,  sent  to 
the poor dupes  who  blindly  follow  the 
leadership of unscrupulous  leaders,  is so 
full of meat that The Tradesman  takes 
pleasure in  reproducing it  entire:

Detroit,  July  18—In  reply  to  your 
proposition  of July  16,  stating  terms  on 
which our  striking  employes  would  re­
turn  to  work,  we answer:
To  first  proposition,  that  we  employ 
none but union  cigarmakers and packers.
Up  to  date  we  have  never  inquired 
into a man’s religion  politics  or  frater­
nal  affiliations  when  he  applied to  us for 
work,  and  we shall  not  commence  now. 
That is a job that we  consider should  be 
delegated to some  interested  party.  We 
believe  that  every  man  has the right  to 
life,  liberty and the  pursuit of happiness 
according to  the dictate of his  own  con- 
cience and  personal  interest.
Second—You  demand  that  we  shall 
pay  the  union  scale  of  prices  of  both 
unions.
In  reply  will  say  that  on all  10-cent 
cigars made by  us for  fifteen  years  past 
we  have sought to procure  the most cap­
able workmen  we  could  find,  and  have 
invariably  paid  them  the  union  price, 
and have employed no one on  that  class 
of  work at a reduced  price,  although the 
price  paid  was 
largely  in  advance  of 
prices  paid  in  Eastern  cities  to  union 
men  with whom  we came  in  direct  com­
petition.
Less than  10 per cent,  of  our  product 
was of the 5-cent grade  on  which  we did 
not pay  the union  price.  But  we did pay 
more than  any competitors that we know 
of,  and  paid  so  much  that  we  could 
barely get our  money  back  on  them  in 
the  competitive  field.  No  factory  can 
pay or does  pay  union  prices  on  5-cent 
If they  did  they  could  not  get 
cigars. 
first cost for their goods,  unless they put 
in  worthless  tobacco  and  sold 
them 
strictly on account of the label,  in  which 
event,  which  is  largely  practiced,  the 
union  workmen repudiate  the  cigar as  a 
swindle and refuse to smoke them
Third—You demand that  we  conform 
to the apprentice law as provided in your 
by-laws.
In  reply  will  say that as  we have not 
bad an apprentice in our factory in  thir 
teen years,  and do not want  any,  we will 
not discuss that point.
In regard to your  verbal  statement  to 
the effect that every workman in  our em 
ploy  will  try  to  influence  sale  of  our 
products and thereby  largely  benefit  our 
business:
We  find  in  your  by-laws,  article  28, 
section  1,  the  following:  “Any  cigar 
maker who  shall  sell  or  deliver  cigars, 
solicit or  take  orders  for  his  employer 
shall  be  fined $5 for first offense and 810 
for second offense.”
Again in article 20,  section 1,  we  find: 
“Any  member  who  shall  procure  a job 
for another member, either by letter, per­
sonally,  or  otherwise,  shall  be fined 85 
for each offense.”
This  kind  of  fraternalism  we  do not 
care to affiliate  with.
For reasons given  above  and  because 
we  do  not  believe  that  we  are athletic 
enough to ride two  horses  at  once,  and 
that we cannot hold our established  trade 
if  we  use  the  label,  and  that  the pre­
judice of  10-cent  cigar  smokers  against 
the tactics employed in your  strikes  and

boycotts is so great that  we  should  lose 
their  patronage,  and  because  the  so- 
called  union shop  proprietors  report  to 
us  that  their  experience with the union 
is  unsatisfactory  where  the  union  has 
control,  and because that  while  we  fur­
nish  the capital  to run  the  business  that 
we believe we have the  right  to  control 
our  own  business,  we  respectfully  and 
firmly decline to accede to your demands.
Our  shops  will  open  next  Monday 
morning  to  all  our  old  employes  who 
wish to return to work  on  the  old  plan 
and union scale of wages that  they  have 
been receiving.
To such as do not desire to  return  we 
request that they call  and  remove  their 
effects from the  factory.

President Detroit Cigar Mfg.  Co.

John  McLean

T he  Grain  M arket.

During  the  past  week the wheat mar­
ket  was  of  a seesaw nature.  However, 
it closed about lc  higher.  Foreign  mar­
kets were the cause  of  the  advance,  al­
though the exports were of a  diminutive 
character and  foreigners  were  not  tumb­
ling over each other  to  stock  up  at  the 
present prices.  Reports  from the North­
west  show  that  the  crop 
is  damaged 
somewhat  by  smutt,  otherwise  there  is 
no change in the situation.

The visible decreased  754,000  bushels, 
which  is  about  half what was expected.
It  was  to  the  contrary,  as 
is  usual. 
When all the  dealers  were  anticipating 
lower markets, on account  of  the  small 
decrease,  it  was found  that  the  markets 
closed  at  the  top.  September  closed 
fully >ic higher than at the opening.

Owing 

the 
splendid  growing 
to 
weather,  corn 
is  creeping  to  a  lower 
level.  The  outlook  now is  for  a  larger 
crop than has been raised  thus far. 

Although  the  amount  raised  is  very 
mall  in  comparison  with  the  amount 
grown  in  former  years  oats  are  on  the 
down  grade.  Some  few  want  old  oats 
yet and  they  are  willing  to  pay  fancy 
prices;  but,  with  the  large  amount  in 
sight,  the present prices  look high.

The receipts during the  week  were  as 
follows:  wheat,  43  cars;  19  cars  corn 
and  eight  cars  of  oats.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

T he  M idsum m er  D u lln ess.

The  usual  midsummer  dullness 

in 
trade  has  not  been  sufficient  as  yet to 
make any  apparent effect on the boom  in 
iron and other  mining  industries.  Cop­
per continues to  advance  and  the  other 
metals are firm.  The  effects of the dull­
ness are perceptible in  the grain markets, 
causing a slight fall in  wheat  and  corn. 
It  is,  also,  apparent  in  manufacturing 
lines.  Cotton  has  had  a  slight  decline 
and  there  is  a  decrease  in demand for 
most manufactured products.

This decline is entirely a matter of sea­
its  slight  character  indicates 
son  and 
healthy  conditions 
in  the  advance  al­
ready  made.  Orders  have  accumulated 
in  the  iron  products  to  an  extent  that 
will  prevent  the  usual  summer  shut 
down in many works.

The principal  source  of  uneasiness  is 
the  continued  demand  for  increase  of 
wages.  Employes  are  quick  to  get  the 
idea of a boom but slow to note a decline, 
and  they  are  continuing to  demand ad­
vances,  without any  regard  to  the  sum­
mer dullness.  The  increase in the num­
ber  and  importance  of  strikes  keeps  a 
whip  over  the  manufacturers,  who  are 
reluctant to be interrupted in  improving 
conditions and  so the  demands  are  com­
plied  with to all possible  extent.  There 
is apparent danger  of  this  fact  forcing 
advance in prices to an extent which may 
' cause eventual reaction:

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Drugs==Chemicals

Stale  Board  o f  Pttarm Ar?,

One Year—George Gundrum,  Ionia.
Two Years—C. A. Bugbee, Charlevoix.
Three Years—8. E. Parkhill, O w o sso .
Pour Years—F. W. R  Perry.  Detroit 
Five Years—A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor.
President— C. A. Bugbee, Charlevoix.
S ecretary—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit, 
i reaau rer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Houghton,  August—;  Lansing, 
Nov 5.

M ich igan   State  P h a rm a ceu tica l  A w ’s .
President—A. 8. Parker, Detroit.
Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit.
Secretar— F. C. Thompson.Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Detroit, July 16,17,18 and 19.

G ran d   R a p id s  P h a r m a c e o t lc a )  S o c ie t y . 

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

H IN TS  ON  ROAD  IM PRO V EM EN T. 

Written for The Tradesman.
Y.

Having  selected  the  best  route  for  a 
highway and estimated the extent of  im­
provement  possible  to  make,  either  at 
once or  extending  over  future  years,  a 
careful survey and determination  of  in­
clines should  be  made. 
Intelligent  and 
careful plans will secure the largest  pos­
sible returns from  the outlay. 
If it is in­
tended  to  make  a  complete and  perma­
nent highway it  will, of course, be neces­
sary to have a complete survey  made  by 
a professional engineer  and  an  estimate 
of  all  necessary  grading,  filling,  etc., 
with  cost of draining,  surfacing or metal­
ing,  and rolling or compacting.

If less than a  complete highway, only, 
is  possible,  the  plans  appropriate  to the 
work should  be as  carefully  made,  even 
though it may  not be possible  to  employ 
professional  skill.  The  usual  practice 
of sending men  and  teams  to  the  worst 
places to make an  embankment  by exca­
vating ditches,  without regard to inclines 
or levels,  may,  in  the course of years, ef­
fect  varying,  though  slight,  degrees  of 
improvement, 
intelligent  direction  of 
the work  would  secure  far  greater  and 
more immediate  results.

The first matter to  be considered in  all 
In case 
road  improvement  is drainage. 
of sandy or gravelly  soil,  this is a simple 
matter—properly  graded  side  ditches 
with suitable outlets are amply sufficient; 
but,  even  in such  soil,  it is essential that 
tbe road and ditches be carefully graded, 
with  a sufficient  fall  to carry tbe  surface 
water  rapidly  and completely away  And 
if  this  be  necessary  in  such  soil,  bow 
much  more in  heavier  or  less  absorbent 
soil.  Lack  of  attention  to  this  matter 
of grading usually produces the series  of 
elongated  pools  of  muddy  water,  so fa­
miliar to us all,  strung  along  on  either 
side of the road  for  a  considerable  time 
after every  rain.  These  keep  the  road 
soaked  full of water  by  capillary  attrac­
tion,  and  it  falls  an  easy  prey  to  the 
destructive tire and  hoof.  No  section of 
road should  be made  perfectly  level. 
If 
tbe ground  be level,  it should  be  graded 
in  a  series  of 
inclines,  both  for  the 
ditches  and  the  surface  of  the  road,  of 
not 
inch  to  every  120 
inches.  This inclination should  be  car­
ried  such  a  distance  as  may  be  found 
practicable,  without too much grading or 
moving of earth,  taking  into  considera­
tion the finding of proper outlets  for  the 
ditches at the bottom of  the  inclines,  by 
the building of culverts  or  other  means.
Usually there  will be found more  than 
sufficient  provision  for  inclines  by  the 
natural  unevenness  of  the  country. 
In 
such cases care should  be used  to secure 
as uniform inclines as possible, either by

less  than  one 

for  a 

taking advantage of  the  natural  confor­
mation  in  locating the road,  or by grad­
ing to some extent,  when  practicable  or 
consistent with outlay.  As often as  pos­
sible,  provision  for  draining  the  water 
from  tbe  ditches  entirely  away  from 
tbe  road  should  be  made.  Where  the 
road  is 
located  on  land  which  slopes 
across it,  culverts must be  built  to  take 
the  water through  from  the upper ditch. 
When stone is procurable,  these  may  be 
cheaply constructed  by digging the drain 
to fbe  proper  level  and  placing  stones 
along  the  bottom 
foundation. 
Build  a  low  wall  on  each  side  of this, 
either by standing  stones  on  edge  if  of 
proper form,  or  if not,  laying them to tbe 
best  advantage,  and  then  covering  them 
with  stones that  will extend  across from 
one wall to the other.  Pill in  with  stones 
large enough not  to fall  through  opening 
and  theu  with  smaller  oues,  finishing 
with earth  or gravel. 
If a stone  culvert 
is  not  practicaole,  earthen  or iron  pipe 
should  be  used—wood  is  too  perishable 
in such a place.  Larger  culverts,  where 
tbe water to  be  provided  for  is  consid 
erable.  may  be  made  of  dry 
stoue 
where it is easily  procurable,  or  if  very 
large,  of  masonry  laid  in  cement. 
If 
there  is  not  sufficient  stone  it  may  be 
necessary  to  use  brick  or  cement. 
In 
very heavy  soils the  provision  for carry­
ing  the  water  away  from  tbe  ditches 
must be  more  frequent than  where  it  is 
more porous.

When  a  road  crosses  a  low  swampy 
place not amenable  to  drainage  at  rea­
sonable cost,  it may beneceessary  to con­
struct some kind  of  an  embankment  to 
raise  the  road  above  tbe  level  of  tbe 
swamp. 
It is frequently  useless  or  im­
practicable  to  do  this  by  filling  with 
earth  or  even  stone,  as such  places  will 
genera  ly engulf solid  materials  to au  al 
most indefinite extent  before  there  will 
be an appreciable  result. 
In  such  cases 
it may  be necessary  to use  what seem  to 
be temporary  means,  such  as laying logs 
or poles across and  covering  with  earth, 
or,  what  is  easier  and  sometimes  even 
more  effective,  tilling  with  boughs  of 
trees and  then  earth.  Such  means  will 
frequently  bridge over the  difficulty  un­
til it is  possible to effect drainage, or un­
til tbe  swamp  is  naturally  drained  by 
clearing the forests.

Care in  providing suitable  drainage  is 
the first essential for permanence.  Every 
dollar expended  in  taking  advantage  of 
natural,  or in making  durable  provision 
for artificial, drainage is invested  for per­
manent  dividends 
in  improved  condi­
tions.  Water in  a road, either  liquid, or 
solid  in  the form of ice,  is  the  arch  en­
emy.  Fight it without compromise.

W.  N.  F.

CU RREN T  COM M ENT.

Suppose 

you’ve  noticed  how 

the 
American  petroleum  is  walking  right 
away with the  Russian  article?  In 1890 
the  American  consumption  was 403,000 
cwt.  and  tbe  Russian  was 123,000 cwt. 
(this  was in  Denmark)  and  last  year  the 
American climbed up to 737,000  and  the 
Russian  went down to 74.000. 
If things 
keep on  that  way  much longer,  we  shall 
have  to  take  the  Goddess  of  Liberty 
from  New  York  harbor  and set her up 
somewhere on the other side.

*  *  *

Chicago grocers are kicking because tbe 
cracker  manufacturers  use  too  much 
pasteboard  in  packing  their  product.  A 
pound  of  packing  for  every  10-pound

box of crackers,  they insist,  is too much. 
That’s  all  right.  “Turn  about  is  Fair 
play.”  Chicago had her  turn  two  sum­
mers  ago;  and  it  is  a  pity if she can’t 
stand,  by  this  time, a little  extra  paste­
board. 
It’s  going to take tbe rest of tbe 
world a long time to get  even  with  Chi­
cago and she might just as  well make up 
her mind  to it now as any  time.

*  »  *

Tbe  apricot  business  in  Pomona  has 
been  hit  in  tbe  neck.  Last  year 3,000 
tons was the yield and  this year it settles 
down to a beggarly 1,400.
*  *  *

South Carolina  has  about  settled  tbe 
question  tbat  tea  can  be  raised  within 
her limits,  and  now  Florida put forth the 
claim  tbat  figs can  be  successfully  culti­
vated 
If  it’s 
creditable  to  make  two  blades  of grass 
grow  where one grew  before,  what  is  it 
to produce a whole harvest of  figs  where 
there weren’t any?

land  of  flowers. 

in  the 

*  *  *

The  wheel  makers  have  been  doing 
their level  best to throw  the  Studebaker 
Wagon  Co.  out  of  business,  and now it 
looks as  if  that  company  might  return 
the  compliment  with interest.  Rumors 
are  abroad  that the company  are getting 
ready  to  contest  next  year’s  bicycling 
trade. 
In  that case there  will  be fun  for 
somebody.

*  *  *

It is about time tbe  United  States  was 
taking some steps  in  the  matter  of  the 
unfortunate Negro colonists, who are held 
in  slavery in  the State of  Durango,  Mex­
ico.  Several  reports  of  their  wretched 
condition  have  come to  public  notice  of 
late through escaped Negroes from there. 
Dr.  H.  Follenger,  a  prominent physician

of Sau  Antonio,  was recently  sent  down 
there  to  investigate  the  matter,  and  he 
reports that the half  has  not  been  told. 
The  unhappy  Negroes  are;ikept  under 
armed guards,  fed  and housed worse than 
beasts and compelled  to work like slaves. 
Fully  half of  them  are  sick  and  many 
have died of  want,  ill-treatment and dis­
ease.  These  Negroes  are  citizens of the 
United  States,  and  if  there was ever  a 
case that called  for prompt  and  efficient 
interference by  the  Government,  this  is 
one.

*  *  #

In  an  address at  a  Fourth  of July flag 
raising  at  Northampton,  Mass.,  Rev. 
Father  Boyle,  a  Catholic  priest,  said: 
“This is a country  where  the people are 
the sovereigns. 
It is a country  of  equal 
rights,  and is the  epitome  of the world’s 
aspirations for the  best that is  in human 
government.  To-day  we  recall  more 
vividly than on any  other  the  sacrifices 
and the  heroism of the colonists.  Here, 
in this land,  all can  worship  God  in  ac­
cordance  with  the  dictates of their con­
sciences.  There is no place for any  man 
in  this country  who wants  any other flag 
but  tbe  starry  flag.  There  is  no place 
for anyone who wants  to  sow  tbe  seeds 
of discord.  Tbe stability of this country 
depends  not  only  upon 
intense 
patriotism,  but on  the moral and political 
character of its  people.  A man  who  re­
fuses to  go  to  the  polls  is  as  much  a 
traitor  to  his  flag  as  he  who turns his 
back on it in  the time of battle.”

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W h o lesa le   Frioe  C u r r e n t•

Declined—Morphine

t C l D H .
Aeetlcum 
8® 10
....................  
65®  75
Benzolcum  German 
15
Boraclc 
.......................  
Carbollcum ..................  
22® 32
41® 44
C ltrlcum ........................ 
3® 
5
Hydrochior 
Nltrocum 
•  10®  12
O xallcnm ............ ...........  10®  12
20
Phosphorium  d ll......... 
Salley Ileu m ....................   55® 65
Sulphurlcum..................  
lli®  5
Tannicum ............................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum..................... 
33® 35

........... 

AMMONIA.

" 

Aqua,  16  d eg ................... 
4®  6
6®  8
20  d eg...................  
Cardonas  ........................  12® 14
Chiorldum ......................  12® 14

A N IL IK * .

Black.................................... 2 00©2 25
Brown...............................  8001 00
Red....................................   45® 50
Y ellow .................................2 50@3 00

 

. 

Cnbebae..........................1  50®1  60
Bxechthltos................  1  20@1  30
Brlgeron........................1  20@l  30
Gaultherla 
...................1  50@1  60
Geranium,  ounce. 
©   75
Gosslpll,  Sem. g a l.......  60®  70
Hedeoma 
..................  1  25®l  40
Jumperl.........................  50@2  00
Lavandaia 
............ 
90@2  00
Llm onis..........................1  30©  50
Mentha Piper 
...........  2  25®2 30
Mentha  Verld 
1  R0@2 00
. . . .   1  75®1  80
Morrhuae, gal 
Myrcla. ounce...  .......  @  50
O liv e............................  
90@3 00
Plcls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
R icin i........................... 
88®  96
Rosmarini............ 
1  00
Rosae,  ounce.................6 50®8 50
Succlnl...........................  40®  45
S abin a...........................  90@1  00
San tal  ........................... 2  50®7 00
Sassafras.......................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess. onnee. ...  @ 6 5
T lglll.............................. 
®1  00
T h ym e..........................   40®  50
..................  @5  60
1 heobromas.................   15®  20

opt 

r‘ 

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po  25)............ 
Junlperas........................  
Xantnoxylum ................ 

20® 25
8® 10
25® 30

BALSAJCTJM.

Copaiba...........................   45® 5J>
Peru................................. 
0® 9J:
Terabln. Canada  —  
45®  50
T olutan...........................   50® 55

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian....................  18
Casslae  ....................................  J*
Cinchona Flava  ................  
18
Euonymus  atropurp.............
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po...............  20
Primus Vlrglnl........................  J»
Qulllala,  grd...........................  10
Sassafras  ....................... 
}*
Uimus Po (Ground  15).........  15

 

B X T R A C T U *. 
Glycyrrhlsa  Glabra..
po .  .........
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
Is.................
)4s..............
54«..............
FN R B U

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Carbonate Preclp.......
Citrate and Quinla
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocyanldum Sol  ■.
Solnt  Chloride  ..........
Sulphate,  com’l ...........
pure............... 

" 

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

®   15 
@3  50 ®  80 
®   50 
@  15
«*  ■

FLO R A .

A rn ica...........................  JJ®  J*
A nthem is......................  18® _~
Matricaria 
18©  5

........ 

FO LIA .

Barosma 
Cassia  A cutifol,  Tin-

......................  14®  30
n lv e lly .  ....................  18®  ®
A lx.  25®  30
„
»
8®  10

“ 
“  1 
Salvia  officinalis,  >4« 
and  Vis 
.................... 
UraUrsi 
.................... 

s u m m i.

“ 
» 
“ 
11 

®  60
picked 
Acacia, 1st 
®   4(
2d 
“ 
... 
3d 
@  3f
“ 
.... 
©   20
sifted sorts.. 
p o .....................   60®  8t
50®  60
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60). 
@  J*-
“  Cape,  (po.  20) -. 
Socotri,  (po.  60) 
®   50
Catechu. Is. (54«, 14 54«i
©
16)............................... 
A m m oniac....................  55®  hi
Assafcetlda,  (po.35; 
30®  35
Bensoinnm  ..................  5u@  m
...........  58®  60
Camphors 
Buphorblum  po  .........   85® 
ip
. . . . . .   @2  50
Galbanum. 
Gamboge,  po................  65®  70
Gualacum,  (po  35) —  
®   *
Kino,  (po  2  00)......... 
@2 00
Mastic  ...........................   @  80
Myrrh,  (po  45)............   @  40
Opll  (pc  3 00®3  20) .1   85@1  20
..................  40®  60
Shellac 
4C®  45
T ragacanth..................  30®  80

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bleached  —  

 

A bsinthium ...................  
25
Bupatorlum.............................  *0
Lobelia......................................  *
Majorum..................................   *8
Mentha  Piperita....................  28
25
 
*
R ue.........................................  • 
Tanacetum, V .......................  
“
Thymus.  V .......................  
25

V ir ............. 

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m a o n b s i a

Calcined,  P a t ................   55® oj.
Carbonate,  Pat 
2 ®  ®
. 
Carbonate.  K. A  M 
3 ®   25
Carbonate.  Jennlng5. 
35®  *

..........  

OLBtm.

...  2  5u@3  oi. 
Absinthium 
30®  5i-
Amygdalae, Dulc 
Amydalae. Amarae —  8 oo@6  25
A n lsl................................1  9 ® 2 00
Aurantl  Cortex.......  1  80@2 00
......................3  00@3 20
Bergamll 
C allputi..........................  
60® 65
Oaryophylll....................  75®  80
C ed a r...............................  35® 65
C henopodll.................. 
®1  60
C innam on!)....................1  4'@1 50
C ltronella......... 
50©  60
Conlnm  M ae........ 
35®  65
Copaiba 
80©  90

... 

POTASSIUM .
15®  18
B lC a r o ..................... 
Bichrom ate..................  11®  13
Bromide....................... 
45®  48
Carb............................  
12®  15
Chlorate  (po. !7@19)..  16®  18
Cyanide.........................  50®  55
Iodide.............................2  90@3  00
24®  26
Potassa, Bitart,  pure. 
@ 1 5
Potassa, Bitart, com .. 
8®  10
Potass  Nltras, opt  ... 
Potass N ltras.............. 
7® 
9
Prusslate....................... 
-5®  23
Sulphate  po  .... 
15®  18

@ 3 0

(po. 35)............ 

20®  25 
22®  25 
12®  15 
@  25 
20®  40
8®   10
16®  18

Aconitum
Althae__
Anchusa  . 
Aram,  po. 
Calamus
G entlana  (po. 12)....... 
G lychrrhiza, (pv. 15). 
H ydrastis  Canaden,
15®  20
Hellebore,  Ala.  po  .. 
Inula,  po  .............. 
15®  20
Ipecac,  p o ............  
1  30@1  40
35®  40
Iris  plox  (po. 35®38) 
Jalapa,  p r ...................  
40®  45
M aranta,  14s .............. 
@  35
Podophyllum , p o ........   15®  18
Khel 
' .........................  75@1  00
“  o u t.........................  @1  75
“  p v ...........................  75®1  35
S p ig ella.....................  
35®  38
25).  @ 2 0
Sangulnarla,  (po 
so®  55
S erpentarU .................. 
Senega 
55®  60
..............  
Slm llax, Officinalis.  B  @ 4 0
©   25
S dllae, (po.  85) 
10®  12
Symplocarpns, 
dus,  po.......................  @  35
V aleriana,  Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
15®  20
German  . 
inglber a .................. 
18®  20
Zingiber  J .............. 
18®  20
SUM BN.

M 
....... 
Fcetl-

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.. 

O   15
Aiiisnm,  (po.  20) 
14®  16
Aplnm  (graveleons).. 
Bird, I s .......................  
4®
Carol, (po.  18)  ......... 
10®  12
C ardam on.....................1  00©1  25
O orlandrom ..................  12®  14
4®
Cannabis S atlva. 
C? (ionium 
75©1  00
10®   12
chenopodlum  
Dlpterix Odorate 
1 80@2 00
@ 1 5
Foeulcnlum 
Foenugreek,  po 
6®
L i n '..............................   3y»®  4
Lint. grd.  (bbl. 8)4' ■ 
3)4® 4
35®  40
Lobelia 
4®
Pharlaris Canarian 
k a p a ............................  4)4® 
5
Slnapls  A lbn............ 
7®
11®  12

N igra —  
SPIR ITU S.

•• 

D. F.  R 

Frum entl, W ..D .  Co  2  0u@l m
2  00@2  25
1  25@1  50
Jnniperis  Co. O. T 
1  65@2  00
............  1  75@3  50
Saacharnm   N.  B .......... 1 90®2 10
Spt.  V lnl  G alll..............1  75@6 50
Vinl O p o rto ................... 1 25@2 00
Vlnl  A lba.......................1  25@2 00

“ 

“ 

SFOHOB8.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
Carriage............ .........2  50®2 75
N assau  sheeps’  wool
*  00
carriage  .................... 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage........... 
1  1«
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
c a rriag e.....................  
86
Grass sheeps’wool car
rla g e ........................... 
$5
75
Hard for  slate  u se... 
Yellow  Reef, for  slate
u s e .............................. 
140

SYRUPS.

A c c a u a ....................................
Zingiber  ..................................  SO
Ipecac.......................................   ?u
Ferrl  Io d ..................................  50
A urantl  Cortes.......................   50
Rhel  A rom ..............................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis................  60
....................................  50
Senega 
i S d lla e ..................................... 
50
50
Toratan 
50
Prnn  » 
so

............................. 
‘rg 
................ 

“  Co......................... 

TIN CTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

P 

Co.......................  

Aconitum  Napellis R ...........  60
Kft
A loes............................ ! .....'   60
and  myrrh...................   60
A rn ica.....................................   50
Asafoetlda................................ 
0
Atrope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin....................................  60
„  “ 
CO..............................   50
Sangulnarla............................   50
Barosm a..................................  50
Canth arides............................   75
Capsicum ................................  50
Ca  dam on................................  75
Co.............................  75
Castor.............................................1 00
Catechu....................................  50
Cinchona  ................................  50
.  60
Columba..................................  50
C onlum ....................................  so
Cnbeba.....................................   50
D igitalis..................................  50
Ergot.........................................  50
G entian...................................   50
Co................................  60
G ualca.....................................  50
60
ammon.................  
Z ingiber..............................  
50
Hyoscyam ns......................... 
50
Iodine................................. ..  .  75
Colorless.................... 
75
Ferrl  Chlorldnm...................  85
K in o .........................................  50
Lobelia.....................................  50
Myrrh..................................... 
50
Nux  Vom ica..........................   50
O p ll..........................................   85
50
Aurantl Cortex.....................      50
Q uassia...................................   50
Rhatany  .................................   50
R h el.........................................   50
Cassia  A cutifol.....................   50
Co................  50
Serpentaria............................   50
Stramonium............................   60
T olutan....................................  60
ValerlaD..................................  50
VeratrumVerlde...................   50

“  Camphorated................ 
“  Deoaor..................................2 00

‘ 
‘ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

* 
“ 

sqnlbbs 

T‘ 
ground, 

10;  14s,  12)................  @ 
po 

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

(po.
7 ).................................  
4
Aunatto.........................  40®  50
Antlmonl, po.............. 
5
et Potass T.  55®  60
A ntlpyrln.........................  @1 40
Antlfebrln.....................  @ 1 5
@  53
Argentl  Nltras, ounce 
Arsenicum ...................  
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  B ud.... 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............1  20@1  80
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4e
9
Cantharldes  Russian,
..................................  @1 00
©   15
Capsid  Fructus, a f.. 
po—   @ 1 5
B po. 
@  15
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15) 
10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40...............  @3 75
Cera  Alba, 8. A F .......  50®  55
Cera  Flava...................   40®  4:
Coccus 
........................   @  40
Cassia Fructus............  
©   25
Centrarla.......................  @ 1 0
Cetacenm.....................   @  40
Chloroform..................  60®  68
®1  25 
Chloral Hyd Crst 
.. 1  15®1  30
C hondral......................... 20®  25
Clnchonldlne, F.  A  W  15®  20
German  3)4®  12
“ 
C ocaine........................ 5  O'@5  25
uu.'a i, 
ilsi,  dls.  per
65
.................... 
cent 
Creasotnm................ 
©  35
®  
Creta,  (bbl. 75).......  
2
prep.............. 
“ 
5®
9®  11
preclp......... 
®
*'  Rubra —  
50®  55
r o c a s......................... 
Cudbear 
®   24
... 
Cuprl Sulph..................  5 @ 
6
D extrine.......................  10®  12
Ether Sulph..................  75®  90
Emery,  ail  numbers.. 
®  8
6
po  .................... 
®  
Brgota, (po.)  40 ...........  30®  35
Flake  W hite................  12®  15
G alla.............  ............... 
®   23
Gambler.........................  8  ® 9
Gelatin,  Cooper........... 
®   60
French........... 
30®  50
Glassware  flint, by  box 80.
Less than box  70.
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  16
“  White  ................   18®  26
G lycerine......................  13®  20
Grana Paradlsl............  
®   22
Humnlns.......................   25®  55
Hydr&ag  Chlor  Mite. 
®   79
®   69
“ Cor 
Ox Rnbrnm  @  89 
®   99
Ammonlatl 
Unguentum 
45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............  
®   65
Ichthyobolla,  Am ..  ..1  25®1  50
Indigo............................   75@1  00
Iodine,  Resnbl........... 3  80@3 90
Iodoform.......................  
®4  7T
L upulin.........................  @2 25
Lycopodium ................  60®  65
M a d s .............................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod....................  @  27
Liquor Potass ArslnltlB  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Manola,  8. F ..............  

1)4).................................ai4®  4

60®  68

« 
“ 
“ 
“ 

** 

“ 

“ 

S.  N. Y.  Q.  A

Morphia, S.  P.  A W. 

1 65@1  90 
C.  Co.......................   1  55@1  80
Moschus  Canton.........  @ 4 0
Myrlstlca,  No  1 .........  66®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia.......................   15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H.  A P. D.
C o................................   @2 00
Plcls  Llq, N.»C„  % gal
doz  .............................  @2  00
Plcls Llq., q uarts.......   @1  00
p in ts...........  @  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22). 
@ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @  3
Pllx Burgun..................  ®  
7
Plumbl A c e t................  10®  12
Pulvls Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv........... 
20®  30
8®  10
Q uasslae.....................  
Qulnla, S. P. A W  ... .34«@39)4 
27®  37
S.  German.  . 
Rubla  Tlnctoram__  
12®  14
Saccharam Lactls p v . 
18®  20
Salacln.......................... 2 50@2  60
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
Sapo,  W .................. 
12®  14
a  M..........................   10®  12
@ 1 5
©  20
®   18
“  opt.....................   @  30

. 
Seldlltz  M ixture.......  
Slnapls...........................  

G  ... 

'* 

Y o e s ............................... 

Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
®  34
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  34
Soda Boras,  ip o.6)4-9)654® 
9
Soda  et Potass Tart...  24®  25
Soda Carb....................  1)4®  2
Sdda,  Bl  Carb..............  
5
3® 
Soda,  A sh........................3)4® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.............. 
®  
2
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®  55
“  Myrda  Dom ....  
®2 no
l*  M yrda  Im p.....   @2 50
2  53
*•  Vlnl Rect. bbl  .. 
2 58
)4bbl. 
“ 
“  “ 
“  “ 
“  10 gal. 
2 61
“  “ 
“ 
5 gal. 
2 63
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal........1 40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl...............   2)4®  3
R oll.................   2  @  2)4
Tam arinds...................  
8®  10
Terebenth V enice........  28®  30
Theobrom ae................45  @  48
V anilla.........................9 00016 00
Zind  Sulph..................... 
7®  8
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter  ......... 
70
70 
Lard,  extra.............. 
60 
64
Lard, No.  1..................  40 
45
Linseed, pure raw 
61 
54
(6
63 
Linseed,  Dolled.. 
Neat’s  Foot,  wtntei
7i
65 
strain ed .................. 
Spirits Turpentine... 
35 
40

OILS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

b b l .  

p a i n t s . 

l b .
Red  V enetian................ 1 *   2©3
Ochre, yellow  M ars...  IX  2®4
“ 
Ber.........IX  a@8
Putty,  commercial__ 2)4  2)4®3
“  strictly  pure.......2)4  2X@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 ..................5X®6
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
W hiting,  Gilders*......... 
@90
1 
White, Paris  American 
W hiting,  Paris  Eng.
c l if f ..............................  
1  40
Universal  Prepared  ..1  C0@1  15 
No.  1  Turp  Coach___1  10@1  20
Extra Turp...................160@1  70
Coach  Body................. 2  75@3  00
No. 1 Turp  Furn.........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp............................. 
70@75

VARNISHES.

OCCUPIES 

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GROCERY  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.

Acme.

A X L E   O R E A SE .
Mica 
.........................  70 
Aurora.......................   55 
60 
Jastor Oil................  
Diamond....................  50 
Frazer’s .................... 
75 
Paragon 
..................  55 

doz  gross
8  00
600
7  00
5  50
9  00
600

B A K IN G   PO W D E R . 

‘ 

“ 

lb 

“ 
>• 

1  “ 

“  ___ 

“ 
............. 

Our Leader,  V* -b cans 

.........
BLUING . 

Vi lb  cans......... 
1 lb cans 

Arctic.
4  doz  “ 
2 doz  “ 
1  doz  “ 
Vi  #>  “ 
l *> 

MID.  :auB. 3  doz  ... 
2 : b . 
................  
1 lb. 
B alk.........................................  
¡4 lb cans 6‘doz  case........... 
M lb  “ 
1 
“ 
5  lb  “ 
Red Star, 5* B>  cans............  
............. 
Van  Anrooy’s  Pure.
M lb. cans, 6  doz  case....... 
M lb.  “  4  doz.  “ 
lb.  “  2  doz.  “ 
1 
Teller’s. M lb. cans,  do*. 
Vi lb.  “ 
" 
“  
•• 
1 lb.  1 

45
75
1 00
10
55
.........1  10
..............200
.........9  00
40
75
1 40
85
.......   1 65
3  2-
45
95
1  50
45
75
1 50

... 
BATH   B R IC K .
2 dozen in case.
E n glish ..............................
Bristol....... 
Domestic............  
Arctic, 4 os  ovals 

Mexican Liquid, 4  oz. 
“ 
BROOM S,
......... 

6n
Gross
...........3 60
“ 
80s 
6  75
pints,  r o u n d ............9 oo
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2  75 
«  No. 3, 
4  "0
3  oo
*•  No. 5, 
“ 
•  8  »
“ 
8 oz...........  s  So
No. 2 Hurl............  
19°
.  2  0U
No. 1  “ 
No. x Carpet............
*  50
No. i 
“ 
*  51
Parlor Gem............  
85
Common W hisk.................... 
Fancy 
....................
—   2  85
W arehouse.... 
b r u s h e s .
Stove,  Nr.  1 ...................  
1  *
“  10.................  ...  1  51
1  7!
“  16...................... 
H;oe Koo'  Scrub, 2  row 
si
U oe Root  Scrub, 8 row 
i  & 
. 1 5 :
P&k&ettG  gOOSe 
... 
C A N D LES.
iu
a o a i  so  lb. boxes 
40 
Sta: 
---- 
9
PariSne  .......   —  
It)
-*
Wicklog 

i os b a ll..................4  5t

“ 
.......  

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

......... 

OASM KU  GOODS, 

>■ 
• 

“ 
“ 

“ 

1 

- 

. 

“ 

“ 

11 
« 

“ 
“ 

Salmon
“ 

Macxerel
2  lb  .......  

Little Neck.  1  lb ................ 

“ 
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

n a b .
Clams
i  20
2  lb .....................1  30
—   2 is
Standard, 3 lb .. 
Standard,  l i b .......................   80
21b....................  145
Lo osiers.
Star,  1  lb .............................  2 30
8 35
2  lb ........................... 
P ic n ic ,lib ...................... 
2  •*»
2  90
2 lb .......................... 
Standard, 1 lb. 
..............  
1  10
210
.. 
..................  ¿  A
Mustard.  2 lb 
Tomato Sanee.  2 lb .............. 2  25
.225
Soused, 2  lb ................  
Colombia River, 9at —  
1  go
tails.........   1  ,5
Alaska, R ed........................... 1  30
pink............................1  2>
Kinney’s,  flats.....................   1 9
Sardines.
American  Vss......... 
Q 4
/i s ...................   ®   6
© 9
Imported  M*................ 
@  3
Vis  .......  
Mustard  %*................ 
©   7
Boneless 
.................. 
u
«  4
Brook  8, lb 

Prso>
t r o l ls .
Apples.
3 a... standard 
io r z  state, gallons 
Sim iurgh.
Apricots.
Live oak......................  
1  40
Santa  Crns...................  
1  40
1  50
Lusk’s .........  ................  
1  40
Overland...................... 
Blackberries.
85
F.  A  W ........................... 
® l  15
Rod.................................. 
W hite............................. 
1  40
1  15
B rie................................. 
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie................................  
1  00
1  06
California...................... 

Cherries.

90
3  u-

Gages.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Peaches.

1  10
1  00
1  40
1  40
®1  55

Gooseberries.
Com m on.......................  
P ie ................................. 
M axw ell....................... 
Shepard’s .................... 
California............  
Monitor 
....................
O xford................  
......
Pears.
Dom estic.......................  
1 0
1  25
Riverside.......................  
Pineapples.
Common........................ 1  00®1  30
Johnson’s  sliced ......... 
2  50
2  75
grated......... 
Booth’s sliced ..............  @1  5)
®2  75
grated............  
Com m on.......................  
1  10
Raspberries.
R ed.................................. 
95
Black  Hamburg........... 
1  40
1  10
Erie,  black  .................. 
Strawberries.
L aw rence.....................  
1  25
1  76
Ham burgh.................... 
Erie................................ 
1  05
9i
Terrapin........................... 
Whortleberries.
B lueberries.................. 
85
M eats.
Corned  beef 
...  a 35
..............  
Roast beef 
2  3S
................  
Potted  ham,  Vi lb ........................ 1 30
89
........... 1  0
35
95

“  Vi lb ___  ____  
tongue, Vi lb 
V4 lb ............ 
chicken, & l b .......... 

Quinces.

“ 
V egetab les.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

. 

 

Beans.

“ 

“ 
*’ 

......  

Peas.

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless............i  15
French style........ 2  00
Limas  ...................1  25
Lima, green 
1  15
soaked.........................  70
Lewis Boston  Baked............. 1  35
Bay State  Baked..........................1 25
World’s  Fair  Baked............. 1  25
Picnic Baked  .........................   95
Hamburgh................................   1 15
Livingston  E d en ........................1 00
P urity.......................................   90
Honey  D ew ...................................1 25
Morning Glory
Soaked.................................. 
tsi
Hamburgh  marrofat............. 1  00
early June 
..1 2 3
“ 
Champion E n g..I 20
“ 
“ 
petit  pois............1  41
.. 1  65
fancy  sifted 
“ 
ed  ..................................   F6
75
Uar?!s standard.................... 
Van«  amp’s  marrofat.........  1  10
early J u n e ....  1  so 
a m  er’s  Early  Blossom  ..  1  25
French........................................... 2 15
Mushrooms.
19®2!
French...........................  
Pumpkin.
E rie..................... 
90
Squash.
Hubbard........... .......................1  15
Succotash.
Hamburg................... 
1  So
Soaked
Honey  D ew .............................1 so
B rie.....................  
1  35
H ancock................................  
go
E x celsio r.,..« —. . . . . .  
E clipse................................ 
 
Hamburg.— ............................. 1 30
Gallon  ...  ........................ 
2  10
CHOCOLATE.

Tomatoes.

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Baker’s.

German  >weei........................ 
Premium.................................  
B'eazfasj  Cocoa___ 
C H EESE.
AmOoy 
Acme..............................  
Jersey...........................
Lenawee......................
R iverside....................
Gold  Medal  .......
Skim ....................
Brick.......................
Edam  .......................
L eiden ................
ulmfcurger 
Pineapple 
Roquefort 
Sap  Sago
Schweitzer, Imported 

10
10
10
10
10
6®7
11
1  00 
20 
©15 
®24 
©«5 
©18 
©34 
©14

domestic

“ 

•• 

Blue Label Brand.
........
Triumph  Brand. 

CATSUP.
Haif  pint  25 bottles
2  75 
Pint 
4  50
Quart 1 doz  bottles
3  50
Half pint, per  doz............ ..1  35
Pint, 25r.bottles.................... ..4  50
Quart  per  d o z .................. ..3  75

CREAM   T A R T A R
Strictly  pure.......................
3L>
T elfers  Absolute...............
30
Grocers’................................ 15®25
CLOTHES  P IN S. 

. 

D aisy  B rand.

5 gross boxes...................40© 15

so

85

23
37

45

COCOA  SH ELLS.

351b  bags.........................  ©3
Less  quantity.......  ........  ©3V4
Pound  packages............ 6K®7

C O FFEE.

G reen.
RMb
Fair 
.................._   .
.1 8
Good...........................
.19
Prim e......................
.21
Goiden.......................
..21
Peaberry..................
.23
Santos.
Fair.............................
.19
Good..........................................20
P rim e........................................22
Peaberry  ................................. 23
Mexican and Gnatamala.
Fair............................................21
Good....................................   ..22
Fancy........................................24
Prim e........................................23
M illed ...................................... 24
25
Interior............................  
Private Growth................ 
  27
M andehling...................... 
.  28
Im itation................................. 25
Arabian.................................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

R oasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Vic. per lb. for roast­
ing and  15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
Arbuckle..............................  21  SO
J e r se y .............................. 
21  30

P ackage.

I i o n To f f e e
In 1 lb. Pack ages .WithoutGlazing
s.WithoutGuzing
16 F u ll O u n c e s  N e t 
S e t
21  3=10
Cases 100  lbs.
C abinets 120 lbs. Same P rice, 
90 *  E x tra  for  C a b in e t s.
M c L a u g h lin ’s  X X X  X .  21  SC 
E x tr a c t.
Valley City  Vi  gross 
75
Felix 
1  15
Hummel’s, foil,  gross 
  1  65

.... 
 

60

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C L O T H E S   L IN E S .

100 packages in  ca*e
60 packages In case  __
CHICORY.
Bulk.. 
..................... 
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Red 
otton  sc ¿i
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85
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7

4 doz. In case.

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

Peerless evaporated cream  5  75 

COUPON  BOO KS. 

“Tradesman.’

I  1  books, per hundred  ...  2 00 
....  2 50
8  2 
8 3 
...  8 00
1 5  
....  8 00
4  00
810 
820 
....  6 00

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. per  hundred

2  50
3  00
3 50
4  00
5 00
6 00

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820

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....  3 50
»  2 
....  4 00
§ 8 
....  5 00
* 5 
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...  6 00
820 
....  7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
2uu books or  over..  5  per  ceni 
5U/ 
1000 
COUPON  PA SS  BOO KS. 
LCan  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down. |
20 books...........................  1 1 0 0
 
2  00
50 
..............................  3  00
100  “ 
250 
 
6  25
500 
 
10 00
...................  17  50
1000 “ 
500, any one  denom’n .......83 OO
500
1000,  “ 
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2000,  “ 
....  8 00 
Steel  punch 
75

C R E D IT   CHECKS.

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Butter.

Soda.
.... 

C RACK ERS.
Seymour XXX................ 
oYt
seymour XXX.  cartoon  . . .   6
5Vi
Family  XXX 
6
Family XXX,  cartoon 
Salted  X X X .................. 
5 ,
6
Salted XXX,  cartoon 
.. 
B o sto n ................................. 
64
sears  Tea......................... 
6Vi
5u
Soda.  XXX 
Soda XXX. carton..................  6
Soda,  c ity ..........  
7
3
Soda,  Duchess 
Crystal W afer..........................iqll
.......  11
Long  Island Wafers 
S ster.
......... 
6
City’Oyster. XXX............  
6
Farina  Oyster__ _ 
6
S w eet  Goods.
Iced Coffees  .........................  9
G nger Snaps......................\  g
Graham  Crackers 
...  . 8  
Oatmeal Crackers. 
....  8
Pretzels................................ ”  g
Molasses  Cake................  
Sugar  C a k e ..............  
C EM EN T 

’jy„
714

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Major’s, per gro.

V»oz s iz e ...812  00 
1  oz siz e ...  18  00
Llq.Glue.loz  9  60
Leather Cement 
1  oz size ...  12 00 
2  oz size...  18  10
Rubber Cement 
2  oz siz e ...  12  00

«Vi
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8£

gvi
854
654
6V4

DRIED  FfcUITS 

Domestic.

Peaches.

Apples.
Nundrled,................. 
Evaporated, SO lb. boxes 
Apricots.
. 
California In  bags 
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.........................
Nectarines.
701b. bags...........................
251b. boxes..............  .......
Peeled, In  boxes.............
 
Cal. evap.  “ 
 
In bags......... 
“ 
Pears.
California In bags 
... 
California boxes............. 
Pitted  Cb ernes.
Barrels..............................
50 lb. boxes 
...............
•25  *•
Prunelles
gn lb.  boxes......................
Raspberries.
In  barrels 
..............
501b. boxes.......................
.......................
25 lb  “ 
Raisins.

“ 

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.
................................   3Vi
..................................   4
----------- ------   5

2 crown 
8 
4 
2  crown......................................354

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Loose Muscatels In Bags.

F o re ig n .
Curran ts.

Patras,  bbls......................  @254
Vostlzzas, 50 lb.  cases.........  2%

Schuit’s Cleaned.

25 lb.  boxes............................   5J4
51 lb.  boxes  ...........................  5
1  lb.  packages 
..............   6

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Raisins.

Peel.
as 
“  “ 
25  “  “ 

Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb.  boxes  12 
Lemon 
8
Orange 
10
Ondnra, 29 lb  b oxes.. 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia. 30  “
California,  100-120................  4Vi
90x100 25 lb. bxs.  5Q
. . 6
80x90 
70x80 
6 Vi
60x70 
.  7V4
Vic less In bags.

©   6
©   6%

Prunes.

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D ISIN F E C T A N T .

Zenoleum, 6 oz  ....................  2  00
Zenoleum, qts.............................  4 OR
Zenoleum,  <4  gal.......................   7 20
Zenoleum,  gal............................12 (0

F I s  t*—sa lt.

Cod.

“ 

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Halibut.
............ 
Herring.
“ 
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Georges cared..................  4
Georges genuine...............  5
Georges selected...............  5%
Boneless,  bricks......... 
6 \
Boneless,  strips................   654©S
11©12
Sm oked....... 
Holland, white hoops keg 
80 
bbl  10  0
Norwegian  .........................  11  00
Round, Vi bbl  100 lbs  .......  2  55
Vi  “  40  “ 
.........  1  30
Scaled  ....................................   13
Mackerel.
No. 1,100 lbs..............  
12 00
5  50
No. 1,40 lb s .................... 
No. 1,10 lb s.................... 
1  ?5
No. 2,  100  lb s.......  
9 on
No. 2,40  lbs.................................  3 97
No. 2,10  lb s.................................  1 «5
Family, 90 lb s........................
.............
Russian,  kegs........................ 
No. 1,  Vi bbls., 1001 bs...................4 25
No.  1  54 bbl, 40  lb s.......................1 95
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs  ..  .......... 
No  1, 8 lb  k its.................... 

56
48
No.  1  family
Vi  bbls,  100 lb s.............87  00 '2  50
Vi  “  40  “  ............. 3  lO'LSO
101b.  k its.....................  
85 
40
“ 
710  35
81b. 
........  ...........  
p l y   P A P E R

Sardines.
Trout.

Whlteflsh.

10  lbs 

55

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LA RG E  SIZE.

D W A R F  SIZ E .

25 dbl. sbts. Id box, pr. bx. 8  38 
P er case of  10 boxes...........  3  40
25 double sheets In  box, 
g *1
Case of 10  boxes..................  1  25
Case of 20  boxes..................  2  50
COM BINATION  CASE.
5 boxes Large  Decoy I 
12 boxes D w arf Decoy (■•••*’*  41 
F A R IN A C E O U S   G O O D S. 
115 lb. kegs......................  
2Vi
W alsh DeRoo &  Co.’s .......  2  00
Barrels — . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2vi
G rits........................................  3 Vi
Dried................................. 
6 Vi
M accaronl and V ermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. b ox___ 
55
Im ported........................10Vi®l 1
Pearl Barley.
E m p ire .....................................3V*
C hester........................................254

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

Lima  Beans.

. 

1VIM  C h erry   P h o sp h ate.

40 oz.  size 

per doz.  $8

Peas.

Green,  bu............................   1  10
2Vi
Split  per l b ....................  

Rolled  Oats.

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Schumacher, bbl................   84  60
Vi bbl..............   2  44
Monarch,  bbl  ......................  3  90
Monarch, Vi  bbl..................2  10
Quaker,  cases......................  3  20
Oven Baked........................... 3  25
Lakeside.................................  225

G erm an..................................   3
Bast India...............................  314

Sago.

Wheat.

Cracked...................................   3
F L A V O R IN G   EXTRACTS. 

Soudera*.

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

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2oz 
...g   75 
4 os  ....  1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 o z .........81 20
4 o z..........2 40

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

X X  Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz...... 81  75
4 oz...... 3  50

J en n ln g a .

Lemon. Vanilla 
120
2 oz regular panel.  75 
2  00
4 oz 
...1   50 
3  00
6 oz 
...2  00 
No. 3  taper--------- 1  35 
2 00
No. 4  taper............ 1  50 
2  50

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G U N PO W D E R .
Rifle—Dupont’s.

K egs...........................................3  25
Half  kegs................................. 1  go
Quarter  kegs..........................1  10
1  lb  can s..................................  30
Vi lb  cans................................   18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

K egs...........................................4 25
H alf  kegs.......................  
.2  40
Quarter kegs........... 
. .  1  35
1  lb c a n s__   . 
...  34

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

K egs......................................... 11  00
5  75
Half  kegs  ........  
Quarter kegs............................8  00
1  lb  cans.....................   .......  
60

H E R B S.

S a g e ..................... 
H o p s.............................. 

IN D IG O .

Madras,  5 lb. b o x e s .........  
S. F.  2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 

16
16

55
so

JE L L Y .

15  lb. palls 
“
17  “ 
30  “  “

................  
............  
LICO RICE.
....................................  

®   44
©  65

Pure. 
so
Calabria............................... 
25
g o lly  
..................................  12
Root............ ..............................   10

LY E.

Condensed,  2  doz..................1  20
4 doz..................2  25

“ 

M IN CE  M EA T.

Mince meat, 3 doz. 
in case.  2 75
Pie Prep. 3  doz.  in case____2 75

M EA SUR ES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon................................   81  75
Half  gallon.........................  1  40
70
Q uart.............................   .. 
P in t........................................ 
45
Half  pint  ...........................  
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 g allon ........................ .......  7  00
Half g a llo n .........................   4  75
Q uart....................................   3  75
Pint 

.....................................  2

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2 1

M A TC H ES.

Columbia  Match Co.’b  Brands.
Columbia Parlor...................II  25
XXX Sulphur..................   ..  1  00
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
Mo. 8  su lp h u r ..............................l 65
Anchor  parlor...............................1 70
No. 2 home 
Export  parlor...............................4 00

............................1  10

M O LASSES.
Blackstrap
Sugar h ouse........................ 
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary............................... 
Porto B lw .
P rim e..................................... 
F an cy............................ 
 
New Orleans.
F air........................................  
Good  ..................................... 
Extra good............................ 
Choice 
...............................  
F an cy... 
............................ 
Half  barrels 3c.extra 
O IL   CAMS.

14
19
20
80
18
22
27
32
40

Crystal Valve, per doz.......   4  00
Crystal Valve, per gross 
36 00

P IC K L E S.
Medium.
Barrels, 1,200  cou n t..
Half bbls, 600  count.
Small.
Barrels, 2,400  count 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
P IP E S .

@4  25 
©2  65
5  25 
3  15

Clay, Mo.  216...........................1 70
«  T. D. fu ll count............   70
Cob, No.  8 ................................ 1  20

PO T A SH .

48 cans In case.
B abbitt's............................  
Penna Salt  Co.’s ......... 

4 00
8 00

R IC E .
Domestic.

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Carolina head............................5V4
NO. 1............................5
No. 2 .........................   4)4
Broken.....................................  3)4
Japan, No. 1.............................5)4
No. 2..............................5
Java.................................— -  5
Patna..........................................  4)4

Imported.

“ 

SPIC E S.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

11 
“ 
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A llspice....................................
Cassia, China In m ats.........  9*
Batavia In bund — 15
Saigon In  rolls......... 32
Cloves,  Amboyna.................. 22
Zanzibar.................... 11 Va
Mace  Batavia......................... 7u
Nutmegs, fan cy......................65
“  No.  1...........  
60
“  No.  2......................   55
Sr, Singapore, black 
10
Pepper
white  ..  20
shot.............................16
“ • 
Pure Ground In Bulk.
A llsp ice....................................}5
Cassia,  B atavia...  ...............18
and  Saigon.25
Saigon........ .............. 35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
Zanzibar.«...............18
Ginger, African..................... 16
*■  Cochin.....................  20
J a m a ic a .................. 22
“ 
Mace  Batavia.........................65
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .22
“  Trieste........................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................75
16
Pepper, Singapore, black 
“  Cayenne.....................20
Sage...........................................26
•  Absolute” In  Packages.

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A llsp ice.........................   84  156
Cinnamon  ....................  84  155
Cloves.............................  84  155
Ginger,  Jam aica.........  84  1  55
A frican............   84  1  55
Mustard.........................   84  155
Pepper.........................  
84  155

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STAR C H . 

Klngsford's Corn.

“ 

Klngsford’s Silver Gloss.

20 1-lb packages.....................   6)4
40 1-lb 
...............  --■  654
40 1-lb.  packages  ..................62£
6-lb. boxes.............................   7)4
20-10  boxes.............................
40-lb 
1-lb packages  .........................5
8-lb 
.........................   5
i>3£
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes................   334
Barrels......................................  354

Common Corn
“ 
Common Gloss
“ 
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SO D A,

SALT.

B o x e s..........................................5)»
Kegs, E nglish............................4M

Diamond  Crystal.

“ 
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Cases, 243  lb. boxes.........*  1  60
Barrels, 320  lb s..................  2  50
1152)4 lb bags  ...  4  00
lb  “  ___  3  75
60 5 
....  3  50
3010  lb  “ 
Butter. 56 lb  bags..............  
65
3  50
“  20141b bags  ........... 
“  280 lb  b b ls .............  2  50
“  ...............  2 25

2241b 
Common Grades.
•2  10 
100 3-lb. sacks................
1  90
60 5 lb. 
..................
28 10-lb.  sacks......................  1  <5
30
56 lb. dairy  In drill  bags 
28 lb. 
56 lb.  dairy In linen sacks 
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks

Ashton.
Higgins.

Warsaw.

76

“ 

“ 

“

Soiar Bock.

56  Is.  sacks....................... 

22

Common Fine

Saginaw 
Mani* tee

Scotch, in   bladders.......
M accaboy. In ja rs ___
French Rappee, in  J a r s ..
8 A L E R A T C S .

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

C hurch’s ...............................  3 30
DeLand’s .................................3  15
Dwight’s ...................................3  30
Taylor’s ....................................3  00

S O A P .

L a u n d r y .

A llen B. W risley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb............3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb ................3 90
W hite Borax, 100  34-lb.........3 65

Proctor & Gamble.

“ 

Concord....................................3  45
Ivory, 10  oz.............................6 75
L enox............  
..................   3  65
M ottled  G erm an....................3  15
Town T a lk ....................................3 25

6  o*....................................4 00

D lngm an Brands.

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

Jas. S. Kirk <& Co.’s  Brands.

“ 

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American  Fam ily, w rp’d. .13 33 
p la in ...  3  27 •
N.  K.  F alrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa C laus................................  3 90
B rjw n,60 b ars.............................2 10

80  bars  ......................3  10

“ 
Lautz Bros.  & Co.’s  Brands.

A cm e............................................. 3 65
Cotton O il.......................  
•  6 00
M arseilles......................................4 00
Master 
.............................4 00
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands

 

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S i l v e r ................... 
3  65
Mono 
•  ..........................3  30
Savon  1 n proved....................2  50
Sunfiitwc ..................................I   80
Gobi en 
.................................. 3  25
Eccuom .cal  ....................  ..  2  25

Henry Passolt’s Brand.

A tlas, 5 box lots,  d e l. 

. 

«3 60

S c o u rin g

2  40 
2 40

Sapolio,  kitchen,  3  doz.

hand.3 •’oz

“ 
W A S H IN G   P O W D E R

LA  BESTS

H0 , <u.k. g . -  i.i c a s t...........  3  35

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New 

i-.i*  
prices on sugars, to  w hich  tbr 
w holesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  invoice  for 
the  am ount  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the m arket  in w hich 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point, including 20  pounds  for 
the w eight of the barrel.
D om ino.................................  8®
Cut  L oaf................................  J  31
C u b es........................................4  91
P ow dered..............................   8  00
XXXX  Pow dered................  5  18
G ranulated 
4  82
Fine G ranulated..................  4  62
E xtra  Fine G ranulated...  4  7a
Mould  A  ................................ 4  91
Diamond Confec.  A ...........  4  62
Confec.  Standard  A ...........4  o0

 

 

No.  4......................................  4  0.
No.  5........................................4  31
No.  6.............................................4 25
No.  7.....................................   4  16
No.  8  ....................................  4  12
No.  9...........................  •  •••  4 06
No.  10............................................. 4 1»
No.  11.............................................3 94
No.  12....................................  3  87
No.  13...........................................  3 75
1  No.  14...........................................  8 jw

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4
7
80
4
4)4
9
8
4)4
80

SEEDS.
A n ise ........................... 
Canary, Smyrna........... 
Caraway 
............. 
Cardamon, Malabar 
Hemp,  Russian  . . . .  
Mixed  B ir d ................ 
Mustard,  white  ......... 
Poppy............................. 
R ape..............................  
Cuttle  bone.................. 
SAL  SO D A.
Granulated,  bbls......  
Lump, bbls 

•* 

.........  1H
751b  cases.........  1)4
...........................  1)4
1451b kegs.....................1)4

“ 

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels...................................... 22
Half bbls...................................24

Pure Cane.

Fair...........................................  15
G ood.........................................  20
Choice.......................................  25

T A B L E   SAUCES.
“ 

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

“ 

«mall 

.. 

.  2

TEA8.

©17
©20

©17
©20

SUN CUBED.

japan—Regular.
P a ir.................................... 
G ood.................................. 
Choice..............................24  ©26
Choicest.......................... 32  @34
D u st.................................10  @12
F a ir.................................... 
G ood.................................. 
Choice......................... ...24  ©26
Choicest.......................... 32  @34
D ust................................. 10  @12
BASKET  PULED.
Fair 
...............................18  @20
iholce...............................  
«.holcest............................ 
■4 f tra choice, wire leaf  @40

©25
@35

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Edw. W.  Ruhe’s Brands.

Signal  F ive.................................35 (0
H  R  R.......................................  35 00
Mr.  Thomas 

—   3>t0

... 

G. J  Johnson's  Brand.

s   C. W .................................   3-. 00

B. J. Reynolds’ Brand.

Ho  n et’s N est.....................#35  03

F in e  C u t.

• 

p .  Lorillard  A  Co.’s Brands.
Sweet R u s s e t...............  @25
T iger............  
30
D. Scotten  &  Co's Brands.
60
H iaw atha........... 
32
C u b a.................... 
R ocket.......................  
30
Spaulding & Merrick  s  Brands.
S terlin g .........................

Private Brands.

C h erry ............................   @3-
Bazoo.............................  @30
Can  Can.........................  
&'-•
N ellie  B ly.....................24  @2r
Uncle Ben.............. — 24  @25
M cG lnty.......................
25
)i bbls........... 
C olum bia......................... 
Columbia,  d ru m s........... 
Bang  U p ........................
Bang up,  drum s 

“ 

24
*3
1»

P lug.

Sorg’s Brands.

S p earh ea d .........................  
............................... 
Joker 
N obbyT w ist....................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
K y lo ..................................... 
H iaw atha............................  
Valley C ity ........................ 

F lnzer’s Brands.

Old  H onesty...................... 
Jolly T a r.............................  
Lorlllard’s Brands. 
Climax  (8  oz., 41c).. . .  
Green T u rtle ...................... 
Three  Black Crow s... 

39
-•
40

25
38
34

40
32

30

39
27

J. G.  B utler’s Brands.

—  

Something G ood......... 
38
H eart. 
36
Out of  S ight...................... 
Wilson &  McCaulay’s  Brands.
Gold  Rope.........................  
Happy T ho u g h t........... 
37
M essm ate...........................  
No T a x ................................  
Let  G o................................. 

24

43
32
31
27

Sm oking.

Catlln’s  Brands.

......................  ■ 

Kiln  d rie d ............................17@18
G olden  Show er.......................19
H untress 
-26
.................29@30
M eerschaum 
A merican Eagle Co.’s Brands.
M yrtle  N avy............................40
Stork 
................................   30
G erm an .................................... 1®
F ro g ..........................................*■
Jav a,  %a fo il...........................32
B anner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
B an n er...................................... j®
B anner C avendish..............   36
Gold C ut 
............................... 30

. 

S m o k in g —Continued. 

Scotten’s Brands.
 

W arp ath .............. 
14
Honey  Dew..............................26
Gold  Block..............................30
F.  F.  Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless.....................................26
Old  Tom ...................................18
S tandard ................................   22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
H andm ade............................... 40

Brands

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

 

Rob  Roy..................  
26
Uncle  Sam........................ 28@32
Red Clover............................... 32

Spaulding & Merrick.

Tom and J e rry ......................  25
T raveler  C avendish.............38
Buck H orn...............................30
Plow  Boy..........................30@32
Corn  C ake............................... 16
P. Lorillard &  Co.’s  Brands
A lligator 
............................30
Red  Cross.................................30
Rose L e af.................................30
S ensation.................................32

V IN E G A R .

H ighland  B rand  ..............   12)4

W E T   M U STA R D .
B ulk, per gal  ...................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz In case...  1  75 

Y EA ST.

 

 

 

D iam ond..........  
75
E ureka....... 
1  10
M agic........................................1  06
Yeast  Cream  .........................1  00
Yeast Foam 
....................1  00

W O O D E N W A R E .
 

Tubs, No.  1............ 

4  00
“  No. 2............................  3  tO
“  No. 3................................3 00
Palls, No. 1, two hoop. 
95
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ..  1  10
Bowls, 11 In ch ......................  
80
...................... 
“ 
90
“ 
.......................  1  25
.......................  1  80
“ 
H ID E S   P E L T S   a n d   F U R t 
Perkins  <6  Hess  pay  as  fol­

18  “ 
15 “ 
17 “ 

“ 

“ 

H ID ES

PE L T S

W OOL.

W H EA T.

40 
10 

...........   1 

M ISCELLANEOUS.

PL O U B   IN   SACKS.

cu re d .........12  Q 13)4

lows:
G re e n .......  ..................  S)4@7 )*
Part  C ured.................. 
@8
F ull 
..................  S H 3  9/4
D ry................................  9)4411
Kips, green 
.............  6H@  7)4
“  cu re d ....................  8)4@io
Calfskins,  g reen .......   9 * Q ll
Deacon sk in s............   2  o  3'
Shearlings......................  5  «■  20
Lambs 
..........................10  @  30
Oid  W ool..................  
W ash ed ..................... 
U n w ash ed ..................... 5  @13
T a llo w ...........................  3  @ 4
Grease  butter 
Switches 
..............  
1)4@ 2
..................2 0**>  2 25
G inseng 
G R A IN S  a n d   F E E D S T U F F 8 
O ld.........................................   66
N ew ......................... -............  63
•P atents  ..............................   4 50
Second P a te n t....................  4  00
S traight................................   3  fO
C lear......................................  3  60
•G rah am ..................... 
3 6»
B u ck w h eat............ ............   4  50
Rye.........................................   3  75
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count. 
.
Flour in  bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
B olted......................................  2 35
G ranulated........................ 
St. Car  Feed,  screen e d .. .121  00 
St. Car Feed, unscreened.  20  50
No.  1 Corn and  O ats.........  20  00
No. 2 S p e c ia l.......................  39 50
U nbolted Corn  M eal.........  19  60
W inter W heat  Bran  .........  16 00
W inter W heat M iddlings.  17 00
Screenings  ...........................  It 00
Car  lo ts.................................... 49
Less than  car  lo ts................52
Car  lots  ...................................31
Less than  car lots  .................35
No.  1 Tim othy, car lots  ... 17  50 
No. 1 
18  00

 
F E E D   AND  M ILL8TU FFB.

H A T.
ton lots 

co BN.

M EAL.

OATS.

“ 

F IS H   A N D   O YSTERS.

FHEBH  F IS H .
Whlteflsh 
........................  @ 8
T rout 
.........................   @ 7)4
@15
Black  B ass.................... 
H a lib u t,.........................  13415
@  6 
Ciscoes or H erring
@12)4
B lnefish.........................
Live  lobster,  per lb ...
Boiled lobster..............
Cod
H addock.......................
No. 1  Pickerel
P ik e ................................
Smoked  W hite
Red  Snappers  ............
Colum bia  River  Sal­
mon  .............................
M ackerel. 
-----
Shrim ps,  per g a l.........
SH E L L   HOODS
Oysters, per  HS*........  1
Clams

12
@ 8 
@  8 
@  7 
@  7 
15

1  25
&@1  50 
75@1  00

18@25 

OYSTERS— IN  CANS.

F. J. D ettenthaler’s Brands. 
40
35

F alrbaven  C ounts—  
F . J. D.  Selects........... 

  2 60

i is

 

a* go

C R O C K E R Y   A N D   G L A S S W A R E  

lamp  bubnebs.

 
N o .u a u n ..........................................................  
42
No. 1  “ 
..........................................................   48
No. 2  “ 
io
..........................................................  
so
T u b u la r...........................................  
Security.  No. 1.....................................................   65
Security,  No. 2.....................  
gg
N utm eg.........................................................................50
A rctic.............. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.—6 dOS. In bOX.

 

Per box.
No. 0 S u n ................................................................... j  g5
No. 1  “ 
.............................................................’.  2  60
No. 2 
No. 0 Sun, crim p top, w rapped and labeled..  2  10
No. 1 ........................ 
...2   25
No. 2  “ 
.  .3  25
No. 0 Sun, crim p  top, wrapped and labeled.  2  .'5
N o .l 
...2  75
...3  15
No. 2 

“ 
“___   ‘ 
XXX F lint.
“ 
“ 

F irst quality.

•• 
“ 

“ 
“  

*• 
“ 

" 
“ 

“ 
“ 

‘ 
“ 

“ 

;• 

 

Pearl top.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 1 Sun, w rapped and  labeled...................   3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
......................4  70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................... 433

No.  1, Sun,  plain  b u lb ...........................................3 40
No. 2, 
...................................... 7.4  4o

F ire Proof—Plain Top.
“ 

“ 

“ 
La Bastie.

“ 

“ 

“ 

No. 1  Sun, plain  bulb,  per doz...........................1  26
No. 2  “ 
...........................1  50
No. 1 crim p, per doz..............................................1  35
No. 3 
“ 
.............................................. 1  60
Rochester.

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

“ 

 

Electric.

................ 4

M iscellaneous.

No.2, lim e (70c d o z ) .........................  
No.  2 flint  (80c d o z )......................................... 7.4  40
Doz.
Ju n io r, R o c h e ste r...............*................................  50
N utm eg ....... 
............................................. 7   15
Illum inator B ases........................... ...................... 1  00
Barrel lots, 5 doz  ...................................................  90
7 in. Porcelain Shades........................................7 l   uO
Case lots, 12 doz......................................................  90

Mammoth Chim neys for Store  Lamps.

Doz. 
No.  3  Rochester,  lime . . .   1  50 
No.  3  Rochester, flint. 
..1  75 
No.  3  Pearl top or Jew el gl’s .l  85 
No.  2  Giobe iucaudes. lim e...l  75 
No.  2  (Cube  Infancies, flint..  2 00 
No.  2  Pearl  glass.......................2  10 

OIL  CAMS.

Box

4 20
4 80
5 25
5 10
5 85
6 OO

Doz
] bo
1  gal  tin cans w ith spout.................................. 
1  gai  galv  iron,  w ith spout...................................... 2 00
i   gai  galv  iron  with spout 
...........................3  25
3  gal  galv  iron  with spout............................ 
4 5p
5  gai  E ureka,  w ith spout...................................  o 50
5  gal  Eureka  with  faucet........................................  7 00
@  15
5  gal  galv iron  A  &  W 
...........................   759
5  gal  Tilting  Cans,  M onarch.........................   10 5u
©   8
5  gal  galv Iron N acefas.....  
9 ou

......... 

Pum p Cans.

3  gal  Home R ule.........................................................10 60
5  gal  Home lin ie....... ........................................... 12 0C
@ 2
3  gal  U oodenough.....................................................12 00
5 gal  Uoodenough  ..............................  
5  gal  P irate  King 

.......................................... 10 00

 

LANTERN  GLOBES.

No. 0,  Tubular, cases 1  doz.  each.....................  45
No. 0, 
......................   45
No. 0, 
......................  40
No. 0, 

“ 
“ 
“ bull’s eye, cases 1 doz ea ch . 1  25

“  2  “  “ 
bbls 5 
“  “ 

LAMP WICKS.
No. u,  per  gross.................................................... 
20
No. 1, 
....................................................   2S
.....................................................  3;,
NO  2, 
No. 3, 
....................................................   65
Mammoth,  per doz..................  ...........................   75

“ 
“ 
“ 
JELLT  TUMBLERS—Tin Top.
24  “ 
18  “ 

1  60
M Pints,  6 doz in  box, per box  (box 00)... 
“  bbl,  ■*  doz  (bbl 35)_____  20
H 
“  box,  “ box  (box 00)___  1  80
H 
)4 
“  bbl,  “  doz  (bbl 36)........  
22
B utter  Crocks,  1 to 6 g a l.................................  06
)4 gal. per  d oz.................................  60
Jugs,  )4 gal., per d oz...........................................   70
07
Milk Pane, ft gai., per  d o z.....................  
60
72

1 to 4 gal., per g al.................................... 
........................... 

STONEWARE—AKRON.

6  “ 

1  “ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

STONEWARE—BLACK BLAZED.

I 

“ 

“ 

... 

B utter Crocks,  1  and 2 g a l............................. 
Milk Pans,  )4 gal. per  doz..... .......... ............  

** 
F R U IT   JA R S.
Mason—old  style, p in ts......................................
quarts....................................
h alf  gallons.......................
M ason—I  doz.  in case, p in ts.............................
q u arts........................
h alf  gallons..............
D andy—glass cover, p in ts..............................

6)4
65
78

q u a r ts ............................ 10 60
h alf  gallons..................13 60
OILS.

The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follow s: 

B A R R ELS.

Eocene.
XXX W.  W.  Mich.  H eadlight  ...
N aptha...........................................
Stove G asoline..............................
C ylinder...............  
.............
E ngine.........................................
Biack,  w inter................................
Black, sum m er...............................

Il H 
9
@  5 *  
@ 1.* 
@38 

31

12  @21 «)* 

8X

FROM  TA N K   WAGON.

Eocene............................................................ 
9
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  H eadlight..................  
7
Scofield, Shurm er  A  Teagle  quote  aa  follow s:

BA R R ELS.

.  ........................................................ 11)4
 
9)4

Paiacine. 
Daisy W hite............................................  
 
Red Cross, W W  H eadlight.................................  9
N aptha  ................................................................. 
 
Stove G asoline........................................ 
Paiacine.............................. 
16
Red Cross W W  H eadlight.................................  7

FROM  TA N K   WAGON,

 

 

 

13 CO

10)4

11)4

T he  C ragin  T ob acco  C ure.

Written for The Tradesman.

When  the  firm  of  Huxley  &  Cragin 
were fairly settled in  the new brick store 
on  the corner by  the Milltown post office, 
Jane  Cragin,  the  junior  member  of the 
firm,  stated,  with  a distinctness not to be 
misunderstood,  that no tobacco  was to be 
used  anywhere about the building.

Huxley  thought  the  idea a good one if 
it  could  be  carried  out  but  expressed 
some doubt  about that.  So far as he him­
self  was concerned,  he  bad  made  up  his 
mind  to quit  smoking anyway and,  as for 
chewing,  nobody  this  side  of a goat ever 
ought to think  of such  a  thing;  besides, 
with  the  pertinacity  of  the  sex,  in con­
junction  with  that  leading  trait  of  the 
Huxley family,  he  hadn’t  entirely  given 
up  the  idea  of  making  a  wife of Jane, 
for ail of  her decided  “No,”  so that  any­
thing  he could  do to  win  her  favor  was 
sure to  be done.

The only  one  about  the  concern  who 
furnished  signs of  vigorous  kicking  was 
Jim  Uankson.  He  went  over  the  traces 
with  both  feet.  No  woman  this  side  of 
a certain  locality  of the  highest  tempera­
ture  was  going  to. boss  him.  See?  He 
did  his  work  and  be  did  it  well.  That 
was  as  far  as  Miss Jane  had any  control 
over  him,  and  when,  one  morning,  he 
found 
in  the  storeroom  on  the  upper 
floor a staring  placard

:  TOBACCO STRICTLY  FORBIDDEN.

he astonished  the other man  at  work  up 
there by  walking  up  to the posted  notice 
and  plastering  it  with  a well-masticated 
“cud”  of  ample  dimensions. 
It  wasn’t 
in a place  where Jane often  went and the 
unseemly  sight  was allowed  to remain  as 
a warning to all aggressive  females  who 
should  dare  to 
interfere  with  certain 
manly privileges.

The very  next  day—the  unexpected 
always happens—who should come  up to 
the storeroom  but Jane Cragin  and,  nat­
urally,  the plastered  placard at  once  ar­
rested  her attentiou.

“Jim,  come  here  with  your  basket. 
Joe,  fetch  a shovel.  Now,  then.  I don't 
know which one of you  did  the  disgust­
ing thing aud  1 don’t care.  At  any  rate, 
it has been  there long enough  to  dry  on, 
with both of you  up  here,  and  one is just 
as bad  as the other.  Jim. shovel  the cud 
down,  aud you,  Joe,  hold  the  basket  to 
it.  There!  Now,  put  it  on  the 
catch 
elevator. 
I’m not going to give either of 
you  a  chance  to  lie  about  it,  so  1  won’t 
ask  who  the  pig  is;  but  you  two must 
make up your minds  that  that  thing  up 
here again  will cut  both  of  you  adrift.” 
And  Jane  went  downstairs,  her  little 
heels clicking expressively—a trick  com­
mon  to the sex when  under excitement.

“Guess  we’ve had enough o’  that,”  re­
marked  Joe,  after  the  basket  bad been 
taken  to  the  rubbish  box  in  the  back 
yard.

“Yes,”  was  the  reply,  “but,  for  all 
that,  we chews right  along,  allee  samee. 
We’d better tell  her,  though,  that  we’ve 
‘swored off,’  and then  we’ll do as  we’ve a 
mind  to, confound  her!”

There  were  no  more disfigured cards. 
A  new  one  was  put  up in the place of 
the  original;  but  the boys  went right on 
with their chewing and “Jennie,” as they 
dubbed  her  behind  closed  doors,  was 
none the wiser for it.  Some  weeks  after 
the  “cud”  occurrence,  Jim  was  taken 
sick.  Several  days  went  by.  Finally, 
Miss Cragin  went  over  to  see  him.  He 
was in a raging  fever.  She found him in

THE  MICHIOAJST  TRADESMAN.

a little cooped-up room  which  bad  been 
partitioned off in the loft  of  a  barn,  and 
she  was  obliged  to climb a flight of lad­
der-like  stairs  to  reach  him.  The  bed 
was  dirty;  the  single  pillow—with  the 
help  of  the 
it  could  be 
called a pillow—wasn’t  quite black; on a 
cast-off  wasbstand  in  one  corner  was  a 
washbowl,  half  full  of dirty  water,  and 
articles of clothing  were  scattered  pro­
miscuously  about the room.  There,  un­
der the hot roof,  he lay,  alone.

imagination 

One  glance  was  enough  for  Jane 
Cragin.  Hailing a boy,  she sent for Joe, 
and,  by  the  time  the  doctor  came,  he 
found  a  room  fit  to  enter  and  a  little 
woman  ready  to help  in the coming  fight 
with the fever.

“Now.  doctor,  there is no  use* in  tell­
ing  me  how  sick  this  boy  is.  What  I 
want  to  know  first  is,  can he  bear mov. 
ing?  My  room  is  all  ready  for him  and 
the  quicker  we  can  get  him  into it the 
better.  Can  be stand  it?”

Half an  hour later found  the  poor  fel­
low  in  a room fit to be either sick or well 
in.  He  wasn’t  in  a  condition  to notice 
things much,  but the clean  bed  and  the 
cool  sweet  room  and  the  restful  quiet 
comforted  him.

Long  weeks  of  weary  watching  fol­
lowed;  but Jane proved equal  to  the last 
emergency,  as she had  to  others  before. 
After  a  long  while  Jim  began to mend 
and afte'r another long while he  was  “ up 
and  out  and  at  it,”  and  ready  to  fall 
down  and  worship  the  woman  who,  in 
spite  of  the  busy  work at the store,  had 
pulled  him  through  the  severest  illness 
be had ever had  in  his life.

“And  so he didn't chew any  more?”
That’s  the  bad  part  of  it—he did; in 
fact,  he chewed  more than  ever,  but  he 
was careful  about  it and  so did not offend 
the  woman  to  whom  he,  perhaps,  owed 
his life.

One  day.  when  trade  was  dull,  Miss 
Cragin took  the opportunity  to  settle  ac. 
counts  with  the  back  store.  Things 
needed  “straightening” and.  when in  the 
“straightening”  mood,  Jane  always 
worked  alone.  Joe  was  out  collecting, 
Jim  was in the upper story, Cy  was  tak­
ing  care  of  the  front  store  and  Jane 
“went at it”  in  the back room.

Where  in the  world  was so  much  dust 
coming from?  Not from  her  work  and, 
besides,  dust  didn’t  have a chance even 
to  collect  in  the  back store those days. 
The  elevator  door  was  open  and  Jane 
saw,  or fancied  she  saw,  something  re­
sembling  sifted  dust.  Had  that  Jim 
neglected  that  room  upstairs  until  the 
dirt  was raining down  the elevator?  She 
went  to  the  elevator  door  and  put  out 
her  band  as  one  does  to  find  out if it 
rains. 
She  had  scarcely  spread  her 
palm  when spat down on it  came  one  of 
Jim  Hankson’s fattest tobacco quids!

It would  be  hard  to tell  whether fright 
or anger  was  uppermost  in  the  scream 
which  penetrated every part of the build­
ing. 
It isn’t hard  to tell  which  predom­
inated  as  the  people  within  hearing 
rushed  in  to see  what the matter was.

Recognizing  the voice,  and  utterly un­
conscious  of  being  the  cause  of  the 
tragedy  that  was  evidently  going  on, 
Jim  Hankson  came  tearing  down  the 
stairs two steps at a time and  burst  into 
the  back  store.  He  found  Jane Cragin 
white as a sheet.  Like  Macbeth  in  the 
walking  scene,  she  was frantically rub­
bing her  “little hand  which  all  the  per­
fumes  of  Arabia  could never sweeten,” 
and  was  mumbling  something  in  her

N B B S O N -M A  T T B R  

BU R N / TU R B  

jjg> 

CO.

MAKERS  OF  FURNITURE

FOR  CITY  AND COUNTRY HOMES

SELL  FURNITURE  AT  RETAIL....
33-35-37-39  CANAL ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS

Bedroom  Suites,  Sideboards,  Bookcases,  Chairs,  Tables, 
Chiffoniers,  Couches  and  Lounges,  Upholstered  Parlor 
Furniture,  Lace Curtains and  Drapery Silks.

Correspondence and O rders by Mall solicited.

NELSON-MATTER FORNITORE CO., Grand  Rapids. Mick.

W RITE  FOR  PRICES 
ON  ANY  SHOWCASE 
NEEDED.

5 5 .  5 7 .  59.  6i 

Canal  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS

Show   Cases, 
Store  Fixtures, 

Etc.

NEW  CIGAR  SHOWCASE.

HI IV 

,

PHILLIP’S  SHOW  CASES.
J.  P H I L L I P S   &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

Established  1864.

J.  T   M U R P H Y ,

99  NORTH  IONIA  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS

TELEPHONE  738.

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

‘‘SIGNAL  FIVE”

A  Fine  Havana  Filler  Cigar  for  5  cents.

C r *  
C D .   W  •  Iv L J l i e ,   CHICAGO. 

\ I /   D l   ! H E   Maker, 

F.  E.  BUSHflAN, Agent,

523 John St.,  KALAMAZOO

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

E xp erien ce  T eaches.

married or  single?
months.
in  the lining of your vest.”

Tailor (measuring customer)—Are you 
Customer—I have  been married  a  few 
“Then  you  will  want  a  secret  pocket 
“What for?”
“That  shows  how  short  a  time  you 
have  been  married.  You  will  need  a 
place to put a  little  change  where  your 
wife can’t find it.  You  see  I’m  a  mar­
ried  man  myself.”

F ailed  to   A p p reciate  It.

Editor—Did  you  see the complimentary 
notice  1 gave you yesterday?
Grocer—Yes,  and  1 don’t want another. 
The  man  who  says  I’ve  got  plenty  of 
sand,  that milk  1  sell  is of the first water, 
that there are no flies on  my  sugar,  and 
that  my  butter  is  the  strongest  in the 
market,  may  mean  well,  but  he  is  not 
the man  1  want to flatter  me  the  second 
time.

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MANUFACTURERS  OF

B R U S H E S

Our Good« are sold  by all  M ichigan Jo '  king Houses.

Absolute

Tea!

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

...Tile  Acknowledged  Leader...
TELFER  SPICE  CO.,

SOLD  ONLY  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  Mich.

“Sorry for what?  Spitting  on  me,  or 

lying to  me?”

“Both,  Miss Cragin.  One’s  as  bad  as 
the  other,  and  they’re  both  as  bad  as 
they can  be.  Ever since  you  took  care 
of me when  I  had the fever,  it  seems  to 
me  I  can’t  do enough  for you,  and then 
to—to  pay  for  it  in—in—in  that  way!” 
(There was a  quiver  in  the  voice.)  “I 
do  wish  you  would  try  me again,  Miss 
Cragin;  won’t you?”

There was no resisting such penitence.
“Are you ready  to  promise  me  again, 
on your honor,  that  you  never  will  use 
tobacco  again,  either  smoking or chew­
ing?”

“I’ll say it under oath,  if you  want  me 

tol”

“You  needn’t do that;  but I’ll tell you 
one thing, Jim  Hankson”  (with  auster­
ity),  “if I ever  know  of  your  breaking 
this promise,  you’ll  never  have a chance 
to break another to me!”

The  promise  has  never  been broken; 
and,  if anybody in  Milltown  wants a lit­
tle left-handed fun,  he has only  to  show 
Jim  Hankson a plug of  tobacco  and  ask 
him if he’ll have a chew!

Richard Malcolm Strong.

A couple of young  Russians  who have 
been some years in this country,  to  keep 
out of the Russian  army,  and  have made 
money,  wanted to go back  the other day. 
Their father was  dead  and  their mother 
begged them to  return.  But  they  were 
afraid of that conscription.  They exam^ 
ined the military  regulations,  and  fouud 
that persons  who  were  minus  seven  or 
eight tpeth  were  exempt.  At once  they 
repaired to a  dentist,  had  the  requisite 
number of teeth  removed,  and  started on 
their way to Russia rejoicing.

wrath  which  might  or  might  not  have 
been,  ‘'Out, damned spot!  Out, 1 say!” 

“What’s  the  matter,  Miss  Cragin? 
What’s happened?” and, with a solicitude 
not to be mistaken,  he  tried  to  take  her 
hand.  She started  as if stung.

“You—you beast!  Don’t touch  me!  It’s 
bad  enough  to  be  spit  upon,  but your 
touch  is—ugh!  you—you!”

Language  failed  and  poor  Jim,  with 
heart  forgetting 
to  beat,  stood  with 
white face looking from  one  to  another 
and asking  with  quivering  lips  what  it 
all  meant.  Nobody  could  answer,  for 
nobody  knew  except  Jane  Cragin  and, 
until  she  got  her  hand  clean,  nothing 
could be  expected  in  that  quarter. 
In 
the  meantime,  things  were looking black 
for Jim.  Huxley especially  was growing 
savage and Joe  was  beginning  to  mani­
fest a  belligerency  which  betokened  ill 
for the bewildered  clerk.

“The matter is just this,” said Jane,  at 
last.  “I put out my  hand in  the elevator 
shaft to see if the dirt  was  coming  down 
and  that—that—that  thing spit a quid of 
tobacco into it!”  and,  with  the  air of  an 
outraged  empress,  Jane  Cragin  swept 
into the front office.

No  one  laughed,  because—well,  sim­
ply  because no one cared  to  laugh  while 
she  was  present,  out  of  sympathy  for 
her;  in  her absense,  no one dared,  out of 
healthy  respect  for  a  pair  of  clinched 
fists  on  the  ends  of  James  Hankson’s 
strong arms.  There  was a lively  getting 
away  where the rights  of  American  cit­
izenship  could  be exercised and the laugh 
which followed  announced  a safe arrival.
Poor Jim!  Life didn’t seem  to have any 
attractions just then.  If he hadn’t prom­
ised  her  that  he  would  “swear  off,” it 
wouldn’t have been  quite  so  bad;  if  he 
hadn’t kept on  when  he  went back to  the 
store,  after  she  had  saved  his  life,  the 
lamentable thing  never  would  have hap­
pened,  and  the idea  of  her  putting  out 
her  hand  in  just  that way, just in  time 
to—but he couldn’t complete the thought! 
Hardly  knowing  what  he did,  he  opened 
the office door as  little  as  possible  and, 
squeezing through,  stood  there  without a 
word.  There  was an  ominous  sound  to 
Miss Cragin’s pen  as  she  felt  his  pres­
ence  and  it  did  seem  to  him  that  its 
scratching would  never stop.

“What do you  want?”
No comfort for  him  in tone or manner; 
but the tongue  was  pleasanter  than  the 
pen—just  then  it  was music in  his  ears.
“1—I— 1  want  to—to  tell  you—Miss 
Cragin—that I’m—I’m  just  as—as  sorry 
as  1 can  be!”

BORDEN’S  PEERLESS  BRAND

E V A P O R A TE D   CR EA M

Is  pure  milk  reduced  to  the  consistency  of  cream,  light  in  color,  natural 

It  cannot  be  compared  with  any  unsweetened  milk  or  evaporated  cream 

in  flavor.

heretofore  oflered.

It  is  not  dark  in  color. 
It  is  not  disagreeable  in  flavor. 

It  does  not  thicken  with  age.
It  does  not  spoil.

'Prepared  and guaranteed  by  the  . . . .

NEW  YORK  CONDENSED  MILK  COJTPANY

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Special  Correspondence

th e   M ark ets.

New  York,  July  20—Truth  to  tell, 
there is a dull period  upon  us—so  dull, 
in fact, that it can  hardly  be  explained. 
Buyers  are  conspicuous  by  their  con­
tinued absence and orders by  mail are  of 
only  a  “sorting-up”  character. 
It can­
not be possible that stocks with  retailers 
are very large,  but, just  the  same,  they 
are not coming to town in great numbers. 
Dealers are hopeful of  something  better 
shortly,  but  the usual  midsummer lull is 
being 
intensified  this  season.  Prices 
have  not  advanced 
largely,  and  the 
whole  line  of  groceries  presents  about 
the cheapest run of goods to be found.

from 

A  great  effort 

is  being  made 

The sale of refined sugar has been very 
limited this  week  and  transactions  are 
disappointing.  No  changes  have  been 
made  in  granulated.  Every  prospect is 
for  advancing  rates  in  all kinds.  The 
war in Cuba is an  important  factor  and 
from all  points come reports  of  prospec­
tive lessened supplies.
Not much has been done in  coffee  and 
the chief transactions  have  consisted  in 
changing contracts.  A  large part of the 
crop seems to  be safe in the hands of  the 
bulls and they can  manipulate  things  to 
suit  themselves.  Total  amount  afloat, 
496,634  bags,  against  339,253  bags  last 
year.  Nominal  value is  15J^c for  No.  7.
to 
strengthen  the belief that tea is bound  to 
advance,  but  buyers  do  not  show  any 
anxiety.  Accounts 
producing 
points  certainly  favor  better rates  than 
have 
lately  prevailed.  Auction  sales 
have not attracted a great deal  of  atten­
tion and teas have sold  in about the same 
way  as for a long time  past.
The supply of  rice  is  well  under  the 
control  of  individuals.  The  market  is 
well  sustained,  both  for  domestic  and 
foreign.  Prospects  are  for  the  largest 
crop  ever  gathered  in  this country,  say 
10,000,000  bushels.
Spices show  no  change  and  very  few 
transactions have  taken  place,  these  be­
ing  at  rates  which  are  on  the  basis  of 
those prevailing for a long  time.  At the 
close the market can  be called steady.
Molasses  and  syrups  are  steady  and 
pretty well under  control.  The  demand 
is not  large,  but  is  expected  to  improve 
with cooler weather.
Canned  goods  have  been  in  a  little 
freer movement and  for future  corn  and 
tomatoes  several  brokers  report  a good 
trade.  New  York  State  peas,  string 
beans and Alaska salmon  have  been  the 
three leading items of interest.  The pea 
pack  of  Western  New York is reported 
as  about  60  per  cent,  of  a  full  crop. 
Canned  horse  is  here.  The  supply  of 
Oregon caynses  is  large  and  cheap.  A 
big reduction  in the acreage  of  tomatoes 
is credited to Maryland. 
In  fact  the  re­
duction  is as great as 40 per cent.
Butter is  in  slow  demand,  except  for 
the very finest creamery,  and that  is  not 
in 
large  supply.  Quotations  have  re­
mained pretty much the same  lor several 
weeks,  the best Elgin  being worth  1634 @ 
1734 c.  Finest  lots  of  fresh factory are 
worth 12@1234c.
Receipts of cheese  are  not  very  large 
and  this  is  the  only reason  why quota­
tions are as well  sustained  as  they  are. 
Exporters  show  very  little interest,  and 
what they do take is of  a  grade  not  ex­
cellent. 
full  cream,  colored 
cheese fetches about 834c.
Eggs meet with slow sale and  for  best 
Western  13c  is extreme.  Receipts have 
been sufficient to  meet  all  wants  and  a 
large part of the arrivals shows the effect 
of heat.
lemons  has  grown 
lighter,  although a few concerns seem  to 
be doing  an  excellent  trade.  Choice  to 
fancy Sicily are worth  from  $3@ 4.25  per 
box.  Sicily oranges  are in  small  supply 
and light demand,  being quoted  at  S3.15 
@4.  Pineapples  attract  very  little  at­
tention and are  worth  from  $4@10  per 
100.  Bananas  are  in  fair  request  at  a 
range of  $1.12>4@1.50  for  firsts.  Fresh 
California fruits are in  large supply and, 
upon the whole,  the  market tends down­
ward.
Beans are in moderate demand and the 
market is weak.  Pea beans, $1.85@2.10.

The  demand  for 

Small, 

The  D ru g  M arket.

Acids—The  general  jobbing  business 
continues  of  a  satisfactory  character, 
with prices as  a  rule  fairly  steady,  the 
only exception  being a decline in the bet­
ter grades of boracic.

Alcohol—Nearly all  the distilleries are 
closed,  less than  half a dozen of any con­
sequence being in  operation,  and  stocks 
are steadily deereasing;  corn  is about  2c 
per bushel higher and there are other in­
fluences  which  would  naturally  tend  to 
strengthen  the  situation,  but  competi­
tion,  resulting from  existing  differences 
between  the  various  distilling  and dis­
tributing interests,  is too keen to prevent 
demoralization.

Balsams—Copaiba, tolu  and  Peru  are 
all ruling quiet but steady at  unchanged 
prices,  with 
the  limited  business  re­
ported almost wholly of  the  jobbing  or­
der.  New crop Canada fir is coming for­
ward  in  small  lots  to  fill  orders  pre­
viously placed,  but  there is  little  or  no 
fresh  business  reported.

Caffeine—Is easier and  prices  of  bulk 

have been reduced.

Cod  Liver  Oil—The  available  spot 
stock is said  to be  lighter  than  for many 
years,  and,  with a continued fair demand, 
together with strong  advices  from  Nor­
way,  the  outlook is decidedly  favorable 
to higher prices  when  the  active  season 
begins.

Ergot—The  market 

is  steady  with 
prices  unchanged.  According to London 
mail advices to  hand this week,  the  new 
crop of Spanish will be small.

Essential  Oils—There  is  more  or  less 
activity  in  anise and  cassia  with  prices 
firm.  Bergamot is stronger  in  sympathy 
with  primary  markets  and  values  have 
been  advanced 25c per lb.

Flowers—American  saffron 

is  about 
the only article in this department calling 
for  specific  mention.  The various hold­
ers are not inclined  to show  their hands, 
and  it  is  difficult  to  say  what  could  be 
done in  a  large  way.  Advices  to hand 
from Mexico report two  more  shipments 
on  the  way,  and  they  are  expected  to 
further  demoralize  the  situation  when 
they arrive.

Leaves—All  varieties  are in about the 
same position as noted  last week, and the 
increasing scarcity and  upward tendency 
of Tinnevelly  senna  are fully confirmed.
Opium—The  market  is  in  about  the 
same  condition  as  noted  last week, ex­
cept that during the past few days an im­
proved demand has developed.

Quinine—At the  Amsterdam  bark sale 
on Thursday about 65  per  cent,  of  the 
offerings were sold at  unchanged  prices, 
although one cable  reported %d per kilo 
lower.  There has been a  good  consum­
ing demand for quinine,  but the  bulk  of 
the jobbing orders are said  to have  been 
diverted to manufacturers’  agents,  who 
report  considerable  business  at 
full 
prices.

Seeds—Canary is weaker  in  sympathy 
with lower quotations  from  abroad  and 
Smyrna has declined;  other varieties are 
nominally  unchanged.  Russian  hemp 
is very  scarce,  and prices have  been  ad­
vanced.  Millet  is  fractionally  higher, 
owing  to  steadily  decreasing 
stocks, 
and holders have marked  up  their  quo­
tations.  California  brown  mustard 
is 
becoming scarce,  and as no  more  is  ex­
pected  from  the Pacific Coast  until  next 
crop,  values  are  hardening  and  sellers 
have advanced  prices.  Celery is weaker, 
owing to efforts to realize by  speculative 
holders.  Stocks  are  very  much  scat­

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tered and outside of the two former  prin­
cipal holders there are many  small oper­
ators in the article for the first time  and 
the latter are said to be the cause  of  the 
unsettled  and  unsatisfactory  condition 
of the market.

in 

The persistency  with  which the Span 
ish  officials 
this  country  protest 
against filibustering  keeps  the  adminis­
tration  on  the  qui vive to take all  possi­
ble steps to  prevent it and  to  compel  re­
spect to  the  neutrality  laws. 
It  is em­
inently proper that such steps should  be 
taken  and it is certainly prudent to ward 
off any  possible  claims  for  damages  on 
account  of  the  violation  of  those laws; 
bnt the whole agitation actually increases 
the difficulty. 
It serves  to advertise the 
fact of  such  expeditions  and  those  ad­
venturers who are  looking  for  such  en­
terprises  are  thus  attracted  to  them. 
The customs  officials  are,  doubtless,  as 
jealous as they can  be,  but  the  spirit  of 
Cuban sympathy  pretty  effectually  neu­
tralizes their efforts to enforce  the  com­
mands  of  their  superiors. 
It  is  quite 
evident,  from the numerous reports, that 
filibustering  is  increasingly  active  and 
that  Cuba 
in 
strength and  gaining  in  confidence  and 
prestige. 
It  is  certainly  probable  that 
the final settlement will  be some kind  of 
a  compromise  with  independence  as  a 
condition,  even  if a money  consideration 
is given for it.  The hopelessness of suc­
cess,  combined  with  Spanish  cupidity, 
will eventually make that country a will­
ing party  to negotiations for a settlement 
on some such basis.

is  rapidly 

increasing 

TO  CLOSEJJP  AN  ESTATE

Good  Furniture 
Business.....

Established  1887.  Always  good 
growing business.  Occupying new build­
ing  in  prosperous  city  of  100,000  people. 
Large territory  tributary  to  it.

W ell  selected and complete stock of all 

kinds of  Household  goods.

Yearly business of ¿>50,000 can  be done. 
Will  be sold at a  bargain.
Address  No.  1000.  care  M ic h ig a n  

T r a d e s m a n .

Are  You  Looking 

.....for  Business?

W e offer for sale

The WiGhigan Iron Works Plain

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Buildings,  Machinery,  Foundry  and 
Boiler  Shop,  with  Tools,  Patterns  and 
good  will  of the business.  Located  right 
in  center of the  city,  on  the  bank  of  the 
river and  near the  railroad.  Now  in  op­
eration  and  doing a fair business.

Size  of  ground,  160 x  170  ft.  Machine  Shop, 
one  story.  00 x 05  ft.  Foundry.  00 x 60  ft.,  two 
cupolas.  Boiler and  P attern  Shop, two  stories, 
50 x  100 feel  Blacksmith  Shop,  in  rear,  5'> x 00 
ft., two  forges.  Engine Room. 33 x 20 ft.  Engine 
and  Boiler ot  75  horse  power  capacity.  Vacant 
ground for storage, 60 x 100 ft.

W ill be sold cheap and on easy terms,  to  close 
G rand  Rapids.  Mich. 

WM.  T.  POWERS & SON,

an estate, 
By Wm. T.  P o w e r s ,  Survivor.
For  Bargains  in  Real  Estate, 
in  any  part  of  the  State, 
write to...................

G. W .  A m es

106  Phoenix  Block 
BAY  CITY,  MICHIGAN

606

k et;  splendid 

B U SIN ESS  C H A N C E S .

W a n ts  C o lu m n •
F o r   s a l e —g r o c e r y   a n d   m e a t   m a r
I ilOU SALE O REXc RANGE—SO ACRE FRUIT 

location,  doing good  busi­
ness:  best of reasons  for  selling.  A ddress  527 
W est W ilkins S t., Jack-on.  M ich. 

and  stock  farm   ten  m iles  from   city  for 
stock of m erchandise.  A ddress  L.  &  Co.,  667 
8070
M adison avenue. G rand Rapids. 
OR R EN T—IN   LIVE TOWN IN  M ICHIGAN 
dry goods store ¿5x82 feet, plate glass front. 
Can  be rented w ith L 16x25 feet.  Only one other 
dry goods store in tow n  of 1,800, w hich  has  two 
paper  m ills  em ploying  over  400  people;  also 
chair factory em ploying over  125  people  W eek­
ly pay-roll of all factories, $3,000.  Good reasons 
for vacancy.  F or term s address W .  C.  Edsell, 
Otsego, M ich. 
YKTANTED—’TO BUILD FIVE-STORY BLOCK 
v v   50x  00 feet on  my  lot,  34  South  Division 
street, to suit ten an t w ishing to  re n t for  a  term 
of years.  Location one of the finest in  th e  city 
for w holesale house or  for  m anufacturing  and 
jobbing com bined.  Only  about  ten  rods  from 
Union depot.  W ill m ake term s reasonable.  Ad­
dress Edw in Fallas, G rand Rapids. 

chandise in a grow ing tow n  of  3,000.  Good 
clean  stock.  W ill  inventory  $5,0  0.  A nnual 
sales $25.001.  W ill be sold cheap  for  cash.  A d­
dress No. 799, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

Fo r   s a l e —s t o c k   o f   g e n e r a l   m e r -
■ IMBEKE1)  pAXD  FOR  SALE  OR  E x ­
FOR  SALE—d r u g   STORE.  GOOD  LOCA- 

change fo r clean stock  of groceries or fu rn ­
ishing  goods.  A ddress  Pisbee  Bros.,  Paris, 
Mich. 

tion, cheap.  Good reasons for selling—ow n­
E nquire of J.  G. Jackson,  43 

er not a druggist 
P earl street, G rand  Rapids. 
db  J A A   BUYS  80 ACRES (ONE-HALF PRICE) 
d p T l/V   ten  acres  cleared,  good  log  house, 
eighty  rods  from   Rhodes,  M ich.  A ddress  M. 
Bentley, Rhodes, Mich 

802

£08

809

800

799

801

OR  SALE—ESTABLISHED  DRUG  BUSI- 
ness in  boom ing  N orthern  M ichigan  tow n. 
O wner has interests  in  the  South,  m aking it ne­
cessary to close o ut  this  business.  Correspond 
ence  m ust  be  prom pt. A ddress  No.  803,  care
M ichigan T radesm an. 
803

I TOR  SALE—TH E DANIELS STOCK OF ttRO 

ceries.  Best location  and  cheapest  re n t  in 
take 
F ixtures  th e 

lished.  Stock  w orth  about  $4,860.  Will 
fiye sixths  of  inventory,  cash 
best.  A ddress Box 97, T raverse City, Mich.797

tow n.  S trictly  cash  business  and  w ell  estab­

F o r   s a l e —s t o c k   o f   d r u g s ,  b o o k s ,

w all  paper,  in   one  o f  th e  best  tow ns  in 
Southern M ichigan.  Invoice about $4,000.  Term s 
easy, if   secured.  W ould  sell  one-half  interest 
to right party.  A ddress,  w ith  particulars,  No. 
79?, care M ichigan T radesm an. 

798

796

OR  SALE—TH E  FIN E ST  STOCK  OF  GRO- 
ceries and fixtures in  the State of M ichigan. 
F ix tu res p ut u p in sections so  they can be fitted 
to  any sized store.  W ill sell fixtures  separately, 
If so desired.  Also  first-class  panel  top  wagon 
and good  delivery  horse.  Liberal  discount  al­
lowed  on  original  cost.  A ddress  C.  Sengen- 
berger, 250 E ast F ulton street. G rand Rapids. 795
hotel, furnished complete,doing a good busi­
ness, to exchange for a  good farm .  A ddress W. 
H. N ., care M ichigan Tradesm en. 

For  exchange- large  new  brick

ies in good tow n, w ell located. 

TOR  SALE-STO CK   OF  CLEAN  GROCER 
Inventories 
from  $1,800 to $2,000.  Best of reasons for selling. 
A ddress No. 785, care M ichigan Tradesm an.  785 
OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES-; 
corner  lo catio n ;  stock  in  good  condition 
and  business paying.  Good reasons for  selling. 
A ddress Dr. N elson A bbott, Kalamazoo,Mich.776

Fo r   s a l e —d r u g   s t o c k , c o n s i s t i n g  o f

staple  drugs,  patent  m edicines,  stationery, 
blank books, w all paper, etc., inventorying about 
$4,000, fo r one h alf cash and  tw o  years’ tim e  on 
balance.  Cash sales last year, $8,000.  Store  has 
steam  heat, electric lights, hot  and  cold w ater— 
everything In first-class  shape—and  is  situated 
in  best tow n In U pper  Peninsula, in   m ining dis­
trict.  Reasons for selling, ill health, necessitat­
ing a rem oval to a   w arm   clim ate.  A ddress No. 
769. care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

769

ANTED—PARTNER TO  TAKE  H ALF IN- 
terest In m y 75 bbl.  steam   roller m ill  and 
elevator, situated on railro a d ;  m iller p re fe rre d ; 
good  w heat  country.  F ull  description,  price, 
term s and inquiries given  prom ptly  by address­
ing  H. C.  H erkim er,  M aybee,  M onroe  couDty, 
Mich. 

BJOOD  OPENING FOR  BARBER SHOP, AND 

«  residence to  re n t  cheap.  A ddress  No.  779, 

care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

779

7n

M IS C E L L A N E O U S .

Fo r  SALE—FOUR  (4)  STANDARD  coun­

te r  m arble  platform   Dayton  com puting 
scales;  have been  used  b ut  a  few   m onths;  all 
in   good  order.  A ddress  H oyt  Scale  Co.,  At- 
lanta, Ga._____________ 
Y *T E  BUY ALL KINDS SCRAP IRON, M ETAL, 
▼ V 
rags, sh irt and  overall cuttings  an d   ru b ­
ber.  W rite fo r prices.  Wm. B rum m eller & Sons, 
260 S.  Ionia  St., G rand Rapids. ’Phone 640.  804

805

ner’s tools.  A ddress P.  W.  H olland, Chapin, 

Mich.___________________________________ 784

$  m arkers  and  all  cem etery  work.  Largest 
stock.  W rite  us  about  w h at  you w an t and  we 
w ill quote prices.  G rand Rapids M onum ent Co., 
818 South Division. 

F or  sale  cheap—complete  set  tin
H'R A N IT E   AND  MARBLE  MONUMENTS, 
■ ANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY, 
For  sale—$j,uoo  nice  clean  stock of

potatoes,  onions,  apples,  cabbages,  etc. 
Correspondence  solicited.  W atkins  &  Sm ith, 
81-86 South Division St., G rand  Rapids. 

boots,  shoes,  clothing  and dry  goods a t 50 
cents cash on  the dollar  of the  wholesale  cost. 
Address No. 810, care Michigan Tradesman.  810

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BARGAIN  CASE

Retails for Over 100 per cent. 

Costs  $5.00

PROFIT.

Contains 2^  dozen  25  cent 

ize  (at  $2  per  dozen), $5.

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

P o ta  to B  u g s
T H E   E C L IP S E
i n
  Sprinkler  will)  Siller  or  Dosier  A itte m .

IS  A  NEW  AND  VALUABLE  I*1PR0VED|

(Patented  1886. 

Im proved 1889.1

Especially adapted  for  applying  Paris Green  W ater,  Powder Compounds, 
Plaster, etc., to Potato V ines and o th er plants.
THE  ECLIPSE is m anufactured in such  a durable m anner as to be p racti­
cally indestructible, and also so simplified as to be quickly and easily detached 
fo r  any  purpose  necessary,  m aking  it  th e  Cheapest  and  Most  Convenient 
S prinkler for all  purposes—in doors or o ut—and a  practical device  indispens­
able for effectually destroying the Potato Beetle and o th er plant insects.

For  Sprinkling. 

For  Store  or  Floor.
For  Vines  or  Plants.

For  Dusting.

FREE!

~y2 doz.  15-cent  trial 
bottles,  one  forty  oz. 
$1  bottle, tw o  glasses, 
one  tray,  signs,  cou­
pons, posters, etc..  300 
coupons  to  advertise 
w ith.

The 40  ounce  bottle 
m akes 80qts.,  o r  1,000 
glasses.  Keep a pitch­
er m ixed and  serve to 
all  your  custom ers  a 
sample  free,  and  you 
will sell  a  case  every' 
day.

Special  Triple  Ex­
tract,  for  soda  foun­
tains  and  soft  drink 
trade,  In  one  gallon 
bottles, price ?3.  Will 
make  13  gallons  fine 
syrup at a cost of „nlv 
•0 cents a gallon.

ORDER  OF 
YOUR  JOBBER

For  sale  bv  th e fob  ! 
lowing  w h o l e s a l e  
lealers:

Grand  Rapids
Ollier  A  .1 udson  Gro-  | 
< or Co.
Cumuli  A  Wheeler  t  o.
•Ins-elman G rocer i  n.
I.M.Clark  i ; rocery Co. 
Vorden Grocer Co. 
iall-lbirnhart-l’ui- 
nia n  Co.
iazeltim   a  Perkins 
Drug  Co.
’iitnum  Candy (Jo.
.  E  Brooks A  Co.

Saginaw

Wells-Stone  Mere.  Co 
las.  Stew art  Co..  Ltd 
Symons Bros.  A Co. 
Mfclze, Sm art A  Co.
D. E.  Prall A  Co.
G.  A.  A lderton.
•I.  P.  Derby.

Bay  City 

W.I.  B rotherton A  Co. 
It.  P. G ustin Co.
Meisel A Goeschel.
W .  Bay City 

Walsh  A  Tanner 
Kalamazoo
Desenberg A Co.
Muskegon
Geo  Hume A Co.
I-'red Brundage.

.John F.llalladay A Co. 

Battle Creek 
ndsm ark,  Durand 
& Co.

E P T diM i

fXTXACT FORM

ATABLE SPOONFULL MAKES A QUART

D IRE CTIO N S:

Can  be  used  with  either  hot  or  cold  water. 

One teasponnfnl  extract,  three  of  sugar,  or sweeten  to 
taste in tumbler water.  Drink  freely as you would  lemon­
ade. 
For 
Coughs,  Colds,  Sore  Throat,  etc.,  use  hot.  Never  drink 
water  without  adding a few drops  of extract, as it  will des­
troy all Cholera and germ  diseases,  rendering im pure water 
harmless. 
To  make  the  beverage  in  larger  quantity, use 
i  gal.  of water. 2 to 4 ounces extract,  1  pound  sugar.  Never 
mix  in  tin  vessels.

A  GREAT N ERVE TO NIC.

Invaluable  Iw   Nervousness,  Headache,  ¿Sleeplessness, 
Dyspepsia,  Rheumatism, Stomach,  Lever and  Kidtiey troub­
les.  Read  circular.  None genuine without signature.

Daily  use  will  positively  prevent  any disease from gam-
’  foot  hold on the system,  as if is one of the best  known

PRICE  25c., MAKES  16  QUARTS
$ 1 .0 0   S IZ E   M A KES  80  QUARTS,

SEP  QUOTATION'S.

Acme Plaster Sifter
« 0  OPERATE  =====  SIMPLE and  DURABLE

FOR  POTATOES  AND  OTHER  VINES.

EIGHT  Hi  IES  ACRES  COVERED  PER  DAT.

To  Operate  the  Sifter.

Place the square piece of Sheet Iron w ith points dow n over the 
ag itato r in th e bottom .  Put  the  Plaster in  can  on  top  of  square 
piece.  This square piece takes part of th e w e ig h to f  plaster, which 
is very  heavy, from   th e  agitator  and  allows  it to work freely.  A 
slight  turn o f th e w rist, easy or hard, as you m ay wish m uch o r lit­
tle plaster to be  delivered,  is  all  th a t  is  necessary  to  operate  the 
sifter.

W ith  one  in  each  hand  a  m an  can care for two row- at once, 

covering from  eight  to ten acres per  day.

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

Catching Rain Water

is a familiar practice in sections where 
the  regular  water  supply  is  too  hard 
for use. 
Its softness and purity make 
it  very  desiral.de  on  wash  day.  The 
mic  results can he  derived  l>v  usimr

M anufacturers of

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

187  Jefferson  Avenue 
DETROIT,  riich.

W illiam   Connor

AGENT  FOR

MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON 

W holesale Clothing flanufacturers

ROCHESTER,  N.Y.

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W ill  be  at  the  Im perial  Hotel,  CHICAGO,  with 
his full line of sam ples, from   Monday, .1CLY 15, 
to  M onday.  JULY  22,  and  will  en tertain   his 
friends and the trade who call upon him .

The Im perial Hotel is only a one  m inute  w alk 

from  the  M ichigan C entral  Depot a t Chicago.

W illiam  Connor  w ill  be  at  Sw eet's  Hotel, 
GRAND  RAPIDS  T hursday,  Friday  and  Satur­
day, JULY  25,26 and 27  instant.

It  makes the hardest water soft,  makes  the  clothes white  without  in-
jtiring them,  and  reduces the labor of washing one-half.  Ask the grocer
for  it- 

OLNEY  &  JUDSON  GROCER  CO.,

W holesale A gents, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WIEEIA 

JOBBER  OF

M ,

2 6 - 2 8   L o u i s   S t r e e t ,  G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   M I C H .

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In  prices  should  be  appreciated  by every  merchant,  especially 
when  nearly all  raw  material is advancing and the price of goods 
is  more likely to  go up than  down.  Hut  we  are  always  to  the 
front  with  the  Lowest  Market  Prices,  and  quote  here  a  few 

reductions  which  have  been  made

ince our Catalogues were  printed.

Spring Catalogue, No.  117.
H a m m o c k s   No.  13  Rockawav.  per  do/.
No.  13  Mexican,  per doz. 
No.  14  Mexican,  per doz. 
No.  13  Mexican,  per doz. 

P a g e   134  Garden  and  Floral  Sets

No.  40,  10 cent  size,  per  doz. 
No.  43,  13  cent  size,  per  doz. 
No.  33,  25  cent  size,  per  doz. 
No. 60,  50 cent  size,  per  ]><>/. 
No.  70. Si  size,  per doz.
No.  43.  Spades onlv,  per doz.
EXTENSION  WINDOW  SCREENS.
18  in.  Iliadi.  30 in. open,  per doz.
36  in. open,  per doz. 
18  in.  high. 
24  in.  high, 
tigli,  30  in. open,  per doz', 
24  in.  hi:
;h. 36  in.  open,  per doz. 
-30 ill.  hi; 
36 in. ojien,  per doz. 
to in.  high.
tigli,  44  in. open,  per doz.
WINDOW  SCREENS,
ADJUSTABLE 

100 
110 
120 
130 - 
do
ito

To close out all  Numbers  in  Stock.

1.  10—  20  x 22 G  x 28.  per doz.
>.13  20  x 26'j  x 32,  per doz.
1.  20  24  x 22 !;  x 28.  per doz.
1.  30  24  x 26 G  x 32,  per doz.
1.  40 
  x  22 G  x 28,  per doz.

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40
8q
20

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5  5°
6  oo
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I  8;

2  30 
-  75

2  00 
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P a g e   08

Mourn

Catalogue  118.

Iz. $6

rd.

 

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;  Poachers, 6  in.  rtd. 
kers,  assolici  case 
kers, opn. stk. less  10 
Steam  Cookers,  No.  3, 
Steam  Cookers,  No.  4 
No.  1.1) in,

Muffalo  1 
Puritan  (_ 
Puritan  C 
Arnold’s 
Arnold’s
Perfection Cake Ti 
No.  2,  10 in.  round, 
No.  200,  oblong,
No. 800, oblong, 
Flaring  Pails,  Tin- 
10 qt.  IC  Tin  F lar’g  Pails,  per dc 
8 qt.  IC  Tilt  Flar'g  Pails,  perch 
Covered  Pails,  1  pint,  per doz.
Covered  Pail 
Covered  Pail 
Covered  Pail 
Covered  Pail 
Covered  Pail 
Assortment 
1  quart,
'2 quart,
3 quart,
4 quart,
5  quart,
6 quart.

1  quart,  per  doz.
2  quart,  per  doz.
3 quart,  per  doz.
4  quart,  per  doz. 
6 quart,  per  doz. 
doz.  each, as belo

Pag e  go  Nutmeg  Graters.  Edgar,  per doz.  $ 

%   sheet,  eb.  hdld,  size  4  x  6'^  in. 
Zinc oilers,  1  pt.  rd.  Reaper,  new 
Mason  fruit  jar  Rubbers,  per gro 
Wash Hlrs.No.j.flax met.firepf.bot 
Insect  Powder Guns,

P age  101-  W ire  Vegetable  Boilers,  7  in.
W ire  Vegetable  Boilers, X  rn.
Wire  Vegetable  Boilers  o  in. 
Flvtraps,  Balloon.
Flytraps.  Harper's, 
Flour  Sifters.  Electric-, re g . 23c size-.

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Page  126  W<mk1  Tubs,  NU.  I,  1:
4  30 
3':i  j
W (MX1  Tubs,  Nu.  2.  11
3  63 
Wooci  Tubs.  Nn.  3. s:
36
3  10
1 
Common  W ood  Pails,  2  hoop. 
Corninoli  Wood  Pails,  3  hoop, 
1
Common  Wood  Pails,  2  hp.  pr.ioo  8 
1
Bushel  Baskets. 
Diamond  Baskets,  3  dozen, 
1
( )v.  Spit.  Clothes  Bskts..  sml.28 in.  3 
4
Medium.  30  in. 
Large.  32  in. 
4
Star  ( )i'l  Stoves
No
No
No
No
No

2  3'_-  in.wks.ea.
2  4 in.wks,  ea.
3  4 in.wks,  ea. 
•,4  3Gin.wk.ea.

single  Stove 
single  Stove 
single  Stove 
double Stov

4,  double Sto ve,4-4  in. wks.t

P a g e   138

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30

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28

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3  00 

Total  for case
Globe  Pot.  Bug-Sprinklers. 

iseof  Monroe  Asstmt,  S3  83 
6  73

If  you  have  not  received  our  NO.  118 CATALOGUE,  drop  us a  card  and  we  will  mail

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