Volume XIII.

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY  5, 1896.

Number 646

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Correspondence solicited.  Law and collections. 

Reference furnished upon application.

Association M atters

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  F.  S. C a k l e t o n ,  Calumet;  Vice-Pres­
ident,  H e n r y   C.  W e b e r ,  Detroit:  Secretary- 
Treasurer, He n r y  C.  Min n ie ,  Eaton  Rapids.
Northern Mich. Retail Grocers’ Association 
President, J. F. T a tm a n , Clare ;  Secretary,  E. A. 
S to w e,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  Wis l e k , 
Mancelona.
Next Meeting—At Big Rapids, Feb. 4 and 5,18416.

President,  J.  W.  Mi:,l i k e n ;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer, J ohn T. B e a d l e .
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L eh m a n.

President.  C.  W in c h e s t e r ;  Secretary,  H o m er 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  W h ip p l e ; Secretary, G. T .C am p­

b e l l ;  Treasurer,  W. E.  C o l l in s.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

President, B y Ron C.  Hi l l ; Secretary,  W.  H.  P or­

t e r ;  Treasurer, J .   F .  H e l m e r .

Alpena  Business Men’s Association

President,  F.  W.  G il c h r is t ;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

P a r t r id g e .

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Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F .  B.  J o h n so n;  Secretary,  A.  M. 

D a r l in g ;  Treasurer, L. A. G i l k e y .
Grand Rapids Fruit  Growers’ Association 
R onan ;  Treasurer, H. O.  B r a m a n.

President,  R .  D .  G r a h a m ;  Secretary,  M .  W. 

Annual  Supper  of  the  Jackson  Gro­

cers’  Association.

Organized 

DetfOÎt, Midi.

Columbian  Transfer  Company

CARRIAGES 
BAGGAGE  and 
FREIGHT  WAGONS

■ 5 and 17  North  W aterloo St. 

Telephone 381- 1. 

Grand  Rapids.

This  Check  furnished  by  Preferred  Bankets 
Life Assurance Co., Lansing,  Mich.,  to  be  worn 
on  key  ring  to  identify  keys  if  lost,  also  to 
Identify the person in  case  of  accident  or  sud- 
dendllness. 
___________________________
Country  Merchants

Can save exchange by  keeping  their Bank 
accounts In Grand Rapids, as Grand Rapids 
checks are par in all markets.  The

Offers  exceptional  facilities to its custom­
er  , and Is  prepared  to  extend  any favors 
consistent with sound banking.

DANIEL  McCOY,  President.
CHA5.  P.  PIKE,  Cashier.

Detroit  Rubber  stamp  Go.

99  Griswold  St.

1—The 

Jackson,  Feb. 

fifth  annual 
social  meeting  of  the  Jackson* Retail 
Grocers’  Association  was  held  on  the 
evening  of  Jan.  30 at  A.  O.  U.  W.  hall. 
The  occasion  proved  a  gratifying  suc­
cess  and  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  ever 
held  by  the  Association.  About  250 
grocers  and  guests  were  present  and 
everyone  seemed  to  enjoy himself  to  the 
full  limit.  The  hall  was  beautifully dec­
orated  by  the  wholesale  grocers  with 
bunting,  flags,  lace  curtains  at  the  win­
dows,  and  tropical  plants  in  profusion 
around 
the  room  and  on  the  tables. 
Tables  were  laid  along  the  sides  and 
ends  of  the  hall  and  in  the  shape  of  a 
maltese  cross  across  the  hall.  The  As­
sociation  provided  the supper from their 
choicest  stock  and  supplemented  it  with 
an  abundance  of 
ice  cream,  oranges, 
cake  and  other  delicacies.

After  supper  President  B.  C.  Hill 
called  to  order,  extending  a  hearty  wel­
come  to  our  fifth  annual social,  assuring 
our guests  that  the  many  smiling  faces 
before  him  were  all  that  he  needed  to 
prove  the  success  of  the  occasion.  He 
then  announced  as  the  first  on  the  pro­
gram  a  selection  by  the  Delphia  man­
dolin  club,  consisting  of  seven  young 
ladies.  The  next 
in  order  was  a  solo 
by  one  of  our  best  local  talent,  J,  B. 
Foote.  The  President  then 
introduced 
State  Senator  Chas.  H.  Smith  as  the 
speaker  for  the  evening.  Mr.  Smith, 
on  rising,  was  greeted  with  hearty  ap­
plause.  The 
expressed  the 
pleasure,  he  felt  at  being  requested  to 
address  the  Jackson  grocers  at  their  an­
nual  banquet,  which  he  declared  was 
second  to  none  of  the  kind  he  had  ever 
witnessed.  His  remarks,  in  opening, 
were  full  of  witty  sayings  and  were 
heartily  applauded.  He  referred  to  the 
time  when  each 
individual  depended 
upon  his  own  exertions  for  his  subsis­
tence,  touching  upon  the  branching  out 
of  the  various  kinds  of  business.  He 
believed  that  the  classification  of 
labor 
and  production  had  much  to  do  with 
the  growth  of  civilization,  that  men 
have  attained  greater  results  by  con­

Senator 

line  of  busi­
fining  themselves  to  one 
line  was  dependent 
ness,  though  one 
upon  the  others.  He  said 
that  the 
prosperity  of  all  people  was  necessary 
for  best  results  in  all  lines  of trade,  and 
especially  the  grocers,  because  when 
all  the  people  have  remunerative  em­
ployment  they  are  able  to  buy  more 
groceries,  therefore  live  better  and  feel 
better  than  poorly  paid  workers.  The 
speaker  spoke  pointedly  of  our  city,  its 
facilities  and  its  resoucres;  of  its  rail­
roads  leading  to  every  point  of  the com­
pass ;  of  the  opportunity  to  purchase 
right 
in  our  own  city  everything  that 
may  be  necessary  for  health,  comfort, 
culture  or  ornament,  and  hoped  that 
the  citizens  of  Jackson  would  make  it  a 
point  to  buy  all  their  goods  from  re­
liable  Jackson  tradesmen,  thereby keep-! 
ing  the  money  where  it  will  help  our 
own  people,  and  encourage  the  dealers 
to  better  efforts  for  the  good  of  the  city. 
Mr.  Smith  said  that  he  firmly  believed 
in  organizations  like  that  of the grocers ; 
that  everything  under  our  Government, 
from  the  head  down  to  the  smallest  or­
ganization,  had  some  sort  of  govern­
ment  or  organization,  and  he  thought 
that  of  the grocers  should  be  as 
impor­
tant  as any.  He  believed  that  people 
in  trade  should  get  together  and  ex­
change  ideas ;  consider  methods  to  pro­
tect  themselves  against  many  evils  that 
come  into  all  branches  through  unscru­
pulous  and  dishonest  people ;  that  the 
man  that  locks  himself  up  in  his  own 
business  is  not a  benefit  to  a  town,  but 
will,  in  time,  become  a 
lunatic  or  a 
bankrupt  if  he  does  not  keep  in  the  line 
of  progress  in  this  fast  age.  Every  one 
has  an  influence  for good  or  evil.  The 
influence  for  evil  comes  by  ways  that 
are  dark,  but  good  intentions  and  right 
ways  will  all  come  into  the  light.  All 
organizations  have an  influence  and  he 
believed  that  the  influence  of  the  Gro­
cers’  Association  could  not  help  but  be 
for good  and  be  far  reaching.

Following  Mr.  Smith’s  address  came 
a  song  by  the  male  quartette,  which 
was  so  well  rendered  that  they  had  to 
respond  to  an  encore  by singing  “ Little 
Alabama  Coon. ”   This  concluded  the 
regular  program,  whereupon  D.  S. 
Fleming  made  a  few  brieÇ remarks  and 
moved  that  a  hearty  voté  m  thanks  be 
tendered  to  the  wholesale  grocers  for 
their  splendid  decorations,to  the  speak­
er and  to  the  musicians  for  their  kindly 
assistance 
in  making  the  fifth  annual 
supper  such  a  gratifying  success  as  it 
had  proved  to  be.  The  motion  was 
carried.

Much  of  the  success  of  the  occasion 
was  due  to  the  untiring energy of Chair­
man  Geo.  E.  Lewis  and  to Messrs.  Hill 
Bros.,  D.  S.  Fleming,  J.  F.  Helmer, 
M.  M.  Whitney,  M.  F.  Murray  and 
others  of  the  committees,  who  devoted a 
great  deal  of  time  in  arranging  details.

W.  H.  P o r t e r ,  Sec’y.

Fifteen  New  Members.

Owosso,Feb.  1—The  Owosso  Business 
Men’s  Association,  at  its  meeting  F ri­
day  evening,  voted,  with  only  one  ex­
ception,  in  favor of  the  single assessor’s 
making  the  assessment 
in  this  city. 
The  following persons were unanimously 
elected  new  members :  Dr.  J.  D.  Pat­
terson,  J.  B.  Glascow,  A.  J.  Patterson, 
C.  W.  Aiken,  G.  B.  Symes,  I.  H.  Keel­
er,  D.  J.  Gerow,  B.  S.  Stratton,  J.  H. 
Laverock,  Arthur  Whelan, 
J.  N.  Mc­
Bride,  A.  H.  Northway,  J.  E.  Clark, 
Charles  J.  Shaw  and  J.  B.  Castree.

Alpena’s  Business lien’s  Association.
Alpena,  Jan.  29—The  annual  meeting 
of  the  Business  Men’s  Association  was 
held  this  afternoon,and  F.  W.  Gilchrist 
was  elected  President  and  C.  L.  Par­
tridge  Secretary.

Program  for  the  Hardware  Conven­

tion.

The  following  program  has  been  ar­
ranged 
for  the  semi-annual  convention 
of  the  Michigan  Hardware  Association, 
which  will  be  held  at  Saginaw  next 
Wednesday  and  Thursday :

WEDNESDAY  MORNING.

tials.

1.  Roll  Call.
2.  Selecting  Committee  on  Creden­
3.  Recess  of  thirty  minutes.
4.  Reading  of  minutes.
5.  President’s  address.
6.  Report  of 

the  Secretary  and 

T reasurer.

7.  Adjournment.

WEDNESDAY  EVENING.

1.  Paper—“ The  Best  Method  of 
Creating  and  Maintaining  Harmony 
between  Local  Dealers.’ ’—Henry  C. 
Webber,  Detroit.
2.  Discussion.

THURSDAY  MORNING.

1.  Paper—“ Present  Method  of  M ak­
ing  Net  Profits  Now,  as  Compared  with 
Twenty  Years  Ago. 
T.  A.  Harvey, 
Saginaw.

2.  Discussion.
3.  Paper—‘ ' How to Overcome Compe­
tition  in  ihe  Sale  of  Inferior  Goods  by 
Irresponsible  Dealers.’ ’-—T.  Frank  Ire­
land,  Belding.

4.  Discussion.

THURSDAY  AFTERNOON.

1.  Paper—“ The  Retailer,  the  Job­
ber  and  the  Traveling  M an.” —Edward 
A.  Moye,  Marquette.

2.  Paper—“ The  Traveling  Man’s 
View  of  It. ” —Albion  F.  Wixon,  Mar­
quette.

3.  Discussion.
Thursday  evening  a  complimentary 
banquet  will  be  tendered  the  members 
of  the  Association.

Lansing  Grocers  Orgairze  for  Self- 

Protection.

Lansing,  Feb.  1—The grocers  of  this 
city  have  organized  the  Lansing  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  for  the  purpose  of 
mutual  protection  against  hawkers  and 
peddlers’  who  seriously 
interfere  with 
their  business.  They  will  endeavor  to 
have  the  city  construct  a  market  build­
ing  and  then  attempt  to  keep  the  hawk­
ers  off  the  street.  Hon.  F.  B. 
Johnson 
was  elected  President;  A.  M.  Darling, 
Secretary,  and  L.  A.  Gilkey  Treasurer.

“ Full  of  Interest,”

From the Owosso Press.

In  the  last 

issue  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman,published  at  Grand  Rapids, 
appeared  the  first  of  a  series  of  articles 
on  “ Grand  Rapids  in  1850,”   from  the 
pen  of  W.  S.  H.  Welton,  of  this  city. 
Mr.  Welton  moved  to  Grand  Rapids 
in 
1850 and, judging  from  the  first  number, 
the  series  will  be  full  of  interest.

The  cotton  industry  of  India  is  some­
what  concerned  over  the  project  of  a 
steamship 
line  connecting  Yokohama 
and  Mexico,  for  the  purpose  of  import­
ing  the  Gulf  States  cotton  into Japan via 
the  Mexican  railway  system. 
It  is  said 
that  the  enterprise  is  promised  a  sub­
sidy  by  the  Japanese  government.

Sprague,  Warner  &  Co.,  the  most 
prominent  wholesale  grocery  house  of 
Chicago,  have  merged  their  business 
into a  stock  company  under  the  same 
style,  with  a  capitalization  of  $1,000,- 
000. 

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Do  you  ever  stop  to  think?  Every 
in  Grand  Rapids 

wholesale  dealer 
handles  the  S.  C.  W.  5c  cigar.

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Including the  latest 
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We are now  showing

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Spiing  Styles  of

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Laces, Veilings,

Silks, Chiffon Trimmings

Straw  Hats,
Baby  Bonnets, 
Straw  Braids....

Flowers....

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Ornaments, 
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Who  Carry  the  Banner  of  Corl,

NINE  H USTLERS

Knott  &  Co.

FRED  J.  WRIGHT.

looks  very  much  as 
if  there  is  some­
thing  besides  luck  at  the  bottom  of  his 
success  as  a  salesman ;  and  the  matter 
had  better be  left  right  there.

Mr.  Tyroler  is  not  at  present  ready  to 
furnish  statistics in regard to housekeep­
ing  and  things  of  that  sort.  One  of 
these  days—but  that 
is  another  story, 
which  the  Tradesman  will  record  later. 
In  the  meantime,it  maybe  well  enough 
to  state  that  the  prospects  are  from  fair 
to  middling  and,  with.his usual “ luck, 
he  will  doubtless  come  off  .winner.

HARVEY  B.  HOLMES.

All  the  boys  born  in  town  do  not  find 
it  necessary,  or  even  desirable,  to  go 
somewhere  else  to  grow  up  with  the 
country.  Mr.  Holmes 
is  one  of  these. 
There  is  just  as  good  a  chance  to  get  a 
good  living  right  here  at  home  as  there 
is  anywhere  else—-better,  because  you 
don’t  have'the.'trouble  to  get  acquaint-

a  grave  undertaking  for  a  boy  of 
16  to 
begin  that  business  with  the  idea  of 
keeping  at  it,  but,  for all that,  nine  long | 
years  went  by  before  a  change  came. 
Then,  as 
if  passing  “ from  grave  to 
g ay,”   he  left  his  position  for  another 
with  Corl,  Knott  &  Co.  After  a  year 
of  service,  he  decided  to  go  to  Detroit 
| for  a  little  outside  experience  and  for  a 
year  and  a  half  was  engaged  with  the 
wholesale  millinery  house  of  Macauley 
&  Co., of  that  city.  He  found,  long  be­
fore  the  end  of  the  year,  that  he  wasn't 
“ to  the  manor  born,’ ’  and.  was  soon 
home  again,carrying  the  trunks  of  Corl, 
Knott  &  Co.,  where,  if  the  future  can 
be  judged  at  all  by  the  past,  he  will  re­
main  as  long  as  the  house  is 
interested 
in  the  latest  styles  in  hats  and  ribbons.
Mr.  Holmes  is  a  member of  the  K.  of 
G.,  is  an  attendant  of  the  Lutheran 
church  and  resides  at  98  Livingston

If  he  could  have  had  his  say  about  it, 
Fred  J.  Wright’s  birthday  would  have 
doubtless  been  put  down 
five  days 
earlier  or  two  days  later.  As  it  was,  it 
stands  on  the  calendar  Dec.  30,  1861— 
too  late  for  the  newcomer  to  be a Christ­
mas  present  and  too  early  for  a  New 
Year’s  gift.  The  event  took  place  at 
Port  Huron,  as  fine  a  town  to  be  born 
in  as  there 
is  in  the  State—outside  of 
Grand  Rapids.  There  was  no  need  of 
being 
in  a  hurry  about  getting  him  off 
to  school  and  the  beginning  of  school 
life  was  deferred  a  year.  Then  the  boy 
went  at  it  in  good  earnest  and  pegged 
away  at  his  books  until  he was  13-  That 
was 
long  enough,  he  thought,  and, 
sharpening  his  lead  pencil  one  day,  he 
took  upon  himself  the  duties  of  a  ma­
rine  reporter,  and  proved  so  much  of 
a  success,  boy  as  he  was,  that  he  re­
mained  in  that  position  until  the  ad­
vanced  age  of  15.  The  telegraph  office 
was  the  next  attraction,  which lasted  for 
a  year,  and  which  brought  him  to  his 
16th  birthday.

The  time  had  now  come to go to work, 
and  he  secured  a  place  with  the  whole­
sale  notion  firm  of  Barrett  &  Golding, 
of  Port  Huron.  The  next  sentence  tells 
the  whole  story:  He  stayed  with  that 
firm  for  sixteen  years.  Boys  cut  out  for 
chumps  never  ^stay 
in  one  place  that 
length  of  time.  Then  Mr.  Golding 
came  to  Grand  Rapids  to  enter  the  firm 
of  Corl,  Knott  &  Co.,  and  Mr.  Wright 
came  along  with  him,  making,  with 
the  three  years  here,a  continued  service 
with  Mr.  Golding  of  nineteen  years. 
Comment  is  unnecessary.

Mr.  Wright’s  road  experience  began 
during  the  last  five  years  with  Barrett 
&  Golding,  an  experience  which  has 
continued  ever  since.  His  territory 
is 
Eastern  Michigan.  April  15,  1885,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  E.  foster, 
and  their home  in  Port  Huron 
is  glad­
dened  by  two  children.  As  a  club  man 
Mr.  Wright  does  not  figure largely.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church 
and  goes  on  the  theory  that  these  two— 
the  home  and  the  church—are  all  he 
needs  or  cares  for.

R.  E.  TYROLER.

in  hand  and 

The  name  indicaes  an 

inhabitant  of 
the  Tyrol,  but  its  owner  was born  in  the 
capital  of  the  German  Empire,  Nov.  6, 
1874.  After  a  residence  of  five  years  in 
that  beautiful  city,  he  was  brought  to 
Grand  Rapids,  arriving here Christmas, 
In  due  time  the  schoolroom  took 
1879. 
him 
for  eight  years  did 
what  it  could  in  bringing  him  up  in  the 
way  he  should  go.  When  the  eight 
years  were  over,  he  found  an  opening 
for  a boy  of  his  age  and  attainments, 
stepped  into  it,  and  began  to  study  that 
part  of  the milliner business which came 
to  him  in  the  establishment  of J.C . Ken­
dall.  For  a  year  and  a  half  he  lived 
and  learned  and  did  both  so well  that, 
when  Mr.  Kendall  sold out to Corl, Knott 
&  Co.,  the  latter  wanted  the  boy  and  he 
kept  right  along  with  the  new  firm,  and 
is  with  them  now.  About  three  years 
ago  a  man  was  wanted  to  go  out  on  the 
road.  He  was  sent.  His  territory  was 
north  to  the  Straits.  Making  a  success 
of  it,  he  was  afterwards  given  territory 
to  the  south  as  far as Indianapolis.  Suc­
cessful?  Well,  there  seems  to  be  a  dif­
ference  of  opinion  about  that.  The 
young  fellow  himself  says  he  has  al­
ways  been  “ pretty 
lucky;’ ’  but  when 
others  who  ought  to  know  assert  that 
Tyroler  is  a  clipper  for  selling goods,  it

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firm  until  1890,  when  he  concluded  to 
strike  for  a  position  in  a 
larger  field. 
That  meant,  almost  necessarily,  Grand 
Rapids,  and  he  was  shortly  after  en­
rolled  among  the  traveling  men  of  Corl, 
Knott  &  Co.

That  change  was  made 

1890,  and 
Mr.  Wood  has  remained  with  the  firm 
ever  since.  His  territory  covers  Cen­
tral  Michigan,  and  on  that  account  his 
home  is  located  at  Lansing.

in 

o .   L .   H Y D E .

While  the  great  State  of  Ohio  has 
something  of  a  reputation  as  a  mother 
of  Presidents,  an  occasional  Buckeye 
reaches  manhood  without  becoming 
in­
fected  with  the  Presidential  fever,  pre­
ferring  to  serve  himself  and  the  State 
in  the  quieter  circles  of  business,  at 
home  or  abroad.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch 
is  a  native  of  Logan,  Ohio, 
where  he  was  born  in  1868,  on  Christ­
mas  day,  a  distinction  which  makes 
him  a  ‘ ‘ man  of  mark’ ’  to  begin  with. 
The 
schoolhouse  absorbed 
him  when  he  was  young  and tender,  but 
the  work  begun  at  Logan  was  trans­
ferred  to  Lancaster,  where  his  father,  a 
physician,  moved  with  his  family  when 
the  boy  was  11  years  old.

inevitable 

In  due  time  the  school  work  was 
over,  and  the  boy  started  for  Columbus, 
the  State  Capital,  for  a  job.  He  pre­
sented  his  credentials  at  the  wholesale 
dry  goods  house  of  Green,  Joyce  &  Co. 
at  the  age  of  14.  They  were  found  sat­
isfactory  and  the  boy  went  to  work. 
After two  years.he  decided  to  emigrate 
and  started 
for  the  North.  Reaching 
Detroit,  he  found  a  vacancy  in  the  re­
tail  dry  goods  house  of  James  Lowrie  & 
Sons,  one of  the  earliest  business  houses 
in  the  City  of  the  Straits,  and 
for  two 
3ears  served  them  with  his  best.  At 
that  time  the  wholesale  fancy  goods 
store  of  Herman  Weiss  wanted  a  man. 
Young  Hyde  went  over,  applied  for  the 
place  and  got  it.  He  stayed  there  five 
years,  and then  took  his  experience  and 
his  talents  to  the  men’s  furnishings  es­
tablishment  of  Kuttnauer,  Rosenfield  & 
Co.,  of  Detroit,  where  he  labored  for 
two  years.  Macauley & Co.,of the  same 
city, 
then  received  him,  when,  after a 
tarry  of  two  years,  he  came  to  Grand 
Rapids,  Dec. 
1895.  He  then  took 
the  position  he  now  holds  with  Corl, 
Knott  &  Co.

1, 

Mr.  Hyde  was  married  about  four 
years  ago  to'M iss  Charlotte  G.  Barin- 
ger.  He  is  a  Knight  of  the  Grip,  and, 
when  he  goes  to  church,  attends  the 
Episcopal  service.

O.  L.  Hyde 

W.  N.  Cutler 

R.  E.  Tyroler 

Harvey  B.  Holmes 

J.  E.  Post

A.  L.  Stevens

Fred  J.  W right

W.  N.  Corl

ed.  This boy  started  in  early.  He  was 
born  July  29,  1865,  started  for  school  as 
soon  as  the  law  allowed,  left home  at 
10  and  at  that  early  age began  the  man­
ly  art  of  looking  out  for .himself.

A   grocery  store  was  his  first  indul­
gence.  He  soon  found  that  that  kind 
of  work  was  a  capital  thing  for  those 
who  like  i t ; that  he  didn’t,  and  that  the 
best thing  he  could  do  was  to  get  back 
into  school  and  stay  there  just  as 
long 
as  he  could.  Of  course,  it  couldn’t  be 
long  at a  tim e;  and  so,  off and  on,  for 
the  next  five  or  six  years  he  worked 
a while and went to school a  while,as op­
portunity  offered,  until  he  was  16  years 
old.  Then,  with  the  old  couplet,  pos­
sibly,  upon  his  lips,  Good  bye,  schol­
ars,  good  bye,  school, ’ ’  etc.,  he  went  to 
work  for the  Powers  &  Walker  Casket 
Co.,  of  this  city.

It  looks  a  little  at  first  too  much 

like

street,  where  he  will  usually be  found
when  off  duty.  ______

FRED  H.  WOOD

Found  the  world  waiting for him some 
twenty-eight  years  ago  at  Muir,  Ionia 
county.  After  the  usual  preliminary 
years  "of  school  training,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  profession  of  the  drug­
gist  in  a  drug  store  of  his  native  town ; 
but,  after  some  little  experience  in  that 
vocation,  he  became  convinced  that 
other  lines  of  commercial 
life  would 
please  him  better and  he  obtained  a  po­
sition  in  the  dry  goods  house  of Cooper 
&  Putney,  at  Ionia.

This  was better  than  the  drug  store ; 
and,  after  sufficient  service  in  this  field 
of  trade,  he was  sent  to  Belding  to man­
age  a branch  store  for  the  firm  of  Coop­
er  &  Putney.  When  that task  was  done, 
he  returned  to  his old  position  in the es­
tablishment  and  continued  with  the

J.  E.  POST.

There  is  a  large  farm  in  Belding,  or 
near there,  where  J.  E .  Post,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  was  born  Nov.  30,  1869.  The 
farm  and  the  schoolhouse  kept  him  on 
the  move—and  only  those  who  have  had 
the  farm  experience  know  exactly  what 
that  means—until  1889.  Then  he  went 
to  Greenville—the  Greenville  High 
School  was  one  of  the  best  in  the  State 
—and  for two  good  years  was  under 
its 
wholesome 
That  done,  he 
entered  a  business  college  in  Detroit 
and,  with  one  year  more  of  study, 
broadened  his  usefulness 
in  the  busi­
ness  world.

influence. 

So  prepared  for  the  fight,  he  threw 
down  the  gauntlet  and  went  in. ’ ’  He 
entered  the  lists  for  Corl,  Knott  &  Co., 
and  for  the  first  six  months  did  consid­
erable  skirmishing  as  an  entry  clerk. 
Then  he  lowered  his  lance  and went lull 
tilt  at  the  wholesale  ribbon  department, 
including  window  decoration,and  at  the 
end  of  three  and  a  half- years  came  out 
a  victor.  Then  other duties  were added. 

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Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Flint—Frank Dallam succeeds Dullam 

Bros,  in  the  drug  business.

Manistee—Peter  Baum  has  purchased 

the  meat  business  of  C.  E.  Schwe.

Shepherd—Walter  &  Scott  .have  pur­
chased  .the  drug  stock  of  E.  G.  Patch.
Stanwood—C.  H.  Smith succeeds Bar­
nard  &  Smith  in  the  hardware business.
Alpena—Jas.  T.  Malloy  &  Co.  succeed 
las.  T.  Malloy  in  the  grocery  business.
Brooklyn—Palmer,  Coulson  & Co.  are 
J.  Ennis  in  general 

succeeded  by  E. 
trade.

Potterville—W.  H.  VanAuken  suc­
in  general 

ceeds  VanAuken  &  Espie 
trade.

Ludington—W.  W.  Reed  has  pur­
chased  the  wholesale  cigar  business  of 
N.  Joseph.

Pontiac—Waite  Bros.  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  dry  goods  stock  of Joseph 
F.  Stockwell.

Buchanan—Treat  &  Marble,  hardware 
implement  dealers, 

and  agricultural 
have  sold  out  to  H.  R.  Adams.

Wexford—J.  R.  Connine 

succeeds 
Geo.  Cook  &  Son  in  the  hardware  and 
agricultural  implement  business.

Adrian—J.  D.  Kinney  &  Co.,  house 
furnishing  goods  dealers,  have  dis­
solved,  J.  D.  Kinney  succeeding.

Owosso—Thompson  &  Mann,  hard­
Josiah 

ware  dealers,  have  dissolved, 
Thompson  continuing  the  business.

Clyde—Davison &  Hastings,dry goods 
and  boot and  shoe  dealers,  are  closing 
out  their  stock  and  will  retire  from 
trade.

Kalamazoo—Hartman  &  Ackley  have 
purchased  the  grocery  business  of 
Dailey  &  Walsh  and  will  continue  the 
business.

Hudson—L.  Barkman  &  Co.  have 
leased  a  store  building  here  and  will 
remove  their grocery  stock  from  Pitts- 
ford  to  this  place.

Bellevue—W.  A.  Young  is  adding  a 
line  of  groceries to his department store. 
The  stock  was  sold  by  Frank  H.  Clay 
(W.  J.  Quan  &  C o.)

Ypsilanti—Clayton,  Lambert  &  Co., 
dealers 
iron,  etc.,  have 
merged  their business  into  a  stock  com­
pany  under  the  same  style.

in  hardware, 

Athens—Wisener Bros,  have embarked 
in  the  hardware  business  here.  The 
stock  was  purchased  of  F.  A.  Fuller 
(Freeman,  Delamater  &  C o.)

Lapeer—G.  W.  Durkee  alleges  that 
the  boot  and  shoe  business  here  is  over­
done,  and  on  that  account  announces 
that  he  will  shortly  go  out  of  business.
Coleman—The  style  of  the  Coleman 
in  hardware, 
Hardware  Co.,  dealers 
harnesses 
furniture,  has  been 
changed  to  the  Coleman  Hardware  & 
Furniture  Co.

and 

Ceresco—Milton  Reed  has 

retired 
from  the  firm  of  Reed  Brothers,  general 
dealers  at  this  place.  The  business  will 
be  continued  by  the  remaining  partner, 
Frank  Reed.

Kalkaska—Lehner  &  Phelps,  hard­
ware  dealers,  have  uttered  a  trust  mort­
gage  for  about  $6,000  to  H.  E.  Stover, 
to  secure  creditors.  The  stock  will  in­
voice  about  $3,500,  besides  notes  and 
accounts.

Detroit—Harry  J.  Paxton,  who  was 
one  of  the  organizers  and original stock­
holders  of  the  C.  E.  Smith  Shoe  Co., 
has  withdrawn  from  that  concern  and, 
in  company  with  others,  has  organized 
a  new  shoe  house,  which  will  be  known 
as  the  Paxton-Laton-WilliamsCo.,  Ltd. 
Fred  H.  Williams,  Fred  C.  Andrew,

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

Minor  R.  Layton  and  Harry  J.  Paxton 
have  paid  in  $5,000  each  and  Charles 
L.  Warren  $1,000.  The  company 
is 
capitalized  at  $50,000,  of  which  $41,000 
has  been  subscribed.  The place  of  busi­
ness  has  not  yet  been  determined.

Ann  Arbor—H.  P.  Merritt,  who
has  been  manager  of  the  Goodspeed 
shoe  store  here  for  several  months,  has 
been  called  home  on  account  of  the 
death  of  his  father,  at  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Herbert  Newman  succeeds  Mr.  Merritt 
here.

Clarence  Bunton,  of  the  firm  of  C. 
B.  Bunton  &  Son,  Bear  Lake,  died  a 
few  days  ago  of  Bright’s  disease.  The 
young  man  was  well  known  and  rising 
in  business  and  his  death  will  be 
mourned  by  a  large  circle  of  acquaint­
ances.

Albion—Nathan  Davis,  who  for  six­
teen  years  conducted  a  grocery  store  at 
this  place,  selling  his  stock  two  years 
ago  to  his  son  and  embarking  in  the 
soap  business,has  purchased  the  Claude 
Goodrich  grocery  stock  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business.

Detroit—B.  Howard  Lawson  has 
been  admitted  to  a  special  partnership 
in  the  wholesale  dry  goods  house  of 
Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  contributing$40,000 
to  the  capital  stock,  this  arrangement 
to  continue  until  Dec.  31,  1898.  The 
firm  name  remains  unchanged.

Fremont—Fred  E.  Holt  succeeds  the 
grocery  firm  of  Holt  &  Tanner,  instead 
of  Wm.  W.  Tanner  as  erroneously 
stated  last  week.  Mr.  Tanner  has  not 
yet  fully  determined  on  his  future,  but 
will  probably  connect  himself  with  the 
furniture  business  in  some  capacity.

Hastings—Ira  Van  Valkenburgh  has 
filed  a  trust  mortgage  on  his  hardware 
stock,  naming  P.  T.  Colgrove  as  trus­
indebted­
tee.  The  amount  of  secured 
ness  is  $11,700,  $6,000  of  which 
is  al­
leged  to  be  due  to  Mrs.  Van  Valken­
burgh  and  $5,600  to  the  City  Bank. 
In 
addition,  there  are  unsecured  creditors 
to  the  amount  of  between $2,000  and 
$4,000.  The  trustee  has  instructed  Mr. 
Van  Valkenburgh  to  close  out the  stock.

flanufacturlng  flatters.

North  Adams—C.  H.  Rose,  who  was 
in  the  flouring  mill  business 

engaged 
at  Girard,  has  removed  to  this  place.

Lowell—E.  B.  Faud,  of  Ionia,  has 
rented  the  corner  store  in  Train’s  block 
and  will  move  his  cigar  factory  here.

Ionia—The 

Imperial  Knitting  Co. 
succeeds  the  Ionia  Knitting  Mills 
in 
the  manufacture  of  knit  goods  at  the 
House  of  Correction.

Ntgaunee—The  Johnson  Lumber  Co. 
has  purchased  3,500,000  feet  of  stand­
ing  timber,  near  dowry,  from  the  Lake 
Superior  Iron  Company.

St.  Johns—The  Cooper  Boiler  &  En ­
gine  Co.  and  Cross  &  Weller,  founders, 
have  merged  their  business  under  the 
style  of  the  St.  Johns  Iron  Works.

Evart—The  last  of  the  green  pine 
in  Evart 
township,  Osceola  county, 
about  60,000  feet,  has  been  cut  and  put 
into the  Muskegon  River at  this  place.
Marshall—W.  R.  Siinonds  has  taken 
a  position  with  the  Marshall  Furnace 
Co.  to  travel  on  the  road.  Bert  Smith 
will  succeed  Mr.  Simonds  at  C.  T. 
Cook’s grocery.

Zutphen—The 

Jamestown  Creamery 
Association  paid  a  dividend  of 
18  per 
cent,  on  the  business  of  1895—the  first 
record  of  this  kind  ever  made  by  a 
Michigan  creamery.

Au  Sable—The  H.  M.  Loud  &  Son’s 
Lumber  Co. ’s  bicycle  rim 
factory  is 
running  a  force  of  twenty  hands.  The 
rims  are  of  superior  quality  and  the 
product  is all  contracted  for.

Crooked  Lake—Lewis  Russell,  who 
operates  a  sawmill  near  this  place, 
will  finish  cutting  the  timber  in  that  lo­
cality  this  winter,  and 
is  looking  for 
another  location  for  his  mill.

Detroit—Articles  of  association  of  the 
Daly  Stamping  &  Manufacturing  Co. 
were  filed  and  suppressed  in  the  county 
clerk’s  office  on  January  30.  The  capi­
tal  stock  is $10,000,  all  paid  in.

Saginaw—E.  A.  Gyde,  who  operated 
a  stave  mill  here  several  years,  has 
picked  up  the  plant  bodily  and  it  is 
being  shipped  to  Aitkin,  Minn.,  where 
he  has  3,000  acres  of  timbered  land, 
enough  for a  four  years’  run.

Fremont—Frank  Bunker, of  Casnovia, 
interest  in  the  Darling 
has  bought  an 
flouring  mill  and  will 
Milling  Co. 
make  this  town  his  home.  He  is  a 
practical  miller  and  will,  doubtless, 
prove  a  valuable  accession  to  the  busi­
ness.

Ashley—Salliotte  &  Chittenden,  who 
have  Been  engaged 
in  the  stave  and 
lumber  business  here  since  the  town 
started,,  have 
dissolved  partnership. 
C.  E.  Chittenden  takes  the  plant  and 
mill  stock  and  will  run  it  to  its  full 
capacity.

Reed  City—Reed  City 

is  to  have  a 
robe  tannery.  W.  R.  Doughtery  and 
Henry  Outwater  are  the  proprietors. 
Reed  City  has  given  them  a  bonus  of 
$500.  Mr.  Doughtery  has  for  several 
years  been  connected  with  the  tannery 
at  Factoryville,  Mich.

Bay  City—The  situation  in lumbering 
is  brightening  up.  More  enquiry  and 
more  sales  are  being  reported. 
It  is 
also  believed  that  the  end  of  financial 
embarrassments  among 
lumber  firms, 
which  have  recently caused some lack  of 
confidence,  has  been  reached.

Whitehall—The  Eagle  tannery 

re­
cently  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
furniture  leather  and 
is  shipping  the 
bulk  of 
it  to  New  York.  A  large con­
tract  has  been  made  with  the  Waldorf 
Hotel  proprietors,  who  are  upholstering 
all  their  furniture  in  brown  leather.

Coldwater—A  company  has  been  or- 
gan'zed  to  carry  on  the  manufacture  of 
staves  and  heading  and  the  cooperage 
works  now  operated  by  C.  W.  Johnson. 
Capital  stock  is  $15,000.  Z.  G.  Osborn 
is  President,  John  Starr Vice-President, 
and  Harry  Saunders 
Secretary  and 
T reasurer.

Traverse  City—The  Traverse  City 
Lumber  Co.  is  rapidly  filling  its  banks 
on  the  Boardman  River  with  hemlock, 
it  will  get  in  about  10,000,- 
of  which 
000  feet. 
It  expects  to  begin  buying 
hardwood  in  a  few  days  but it  is  not  yet 
known  how  much  they  will  cut.  The 
mill  will  not  start  for  some  time.

Newaygo—Negotiations  are  pending 
for  the  sale  of  the  Kritzer  milling  prop­
erty  to  Chris  Pfeifle,  formerly  of  Ash­
land.  Mr.  Pfeifle  has  been  successful 
in  business  and  has  made a  success  of 
everything  he  has  undertaken. 
is 
hoped  he  will  get  hold  of  the  property 
and  again  put  it  in  a  flourishing  condi­
tion.

It 

Traverse  City—It  is  seldom  that  the 
fa 
Grand  Traverse  region  has  been 
for 
vored  with  such  fine  conditions 
logging  as  at  this  time.  There  is 
just 
enough  snow  in  the  woods  to  facilitate 
the  work  and  mill  men  are  taking  ad­
vantage  of  it.  Several  mills  have  prac­
tically  finished  getting  in  their  supply 
for  the  season,  and  with  one  exception 
all  of  them  are  running  full  time  and 
with  large  crews.  Hon.  Perry  Hannah 
speaks  very  favorably  of  the 
improved 
conditions  and  asserts  that  the  amount 
of  money  paid  out  for  timber and  labor 
100  miles  of
within  a 

radius  of 

this  city  will  exceed  $2,000,000.  The 
Traverse  City  State  Bank  has  paid  out 
during  the  past  month  an  average  of 
$5,000 a  day.  The  First  National  Bank 
has  averaged  about  $2,000 a  day  in  the 
same  period.  This  amount  of  money 
placed  in  circulation  about  here  cannot 
but  cause  much  improvement  in  every 
line  of  business  in  this  section.

Manistee—There  has  not been  at  any 
time  for  years  such  a  continuous  period 
of  favorable  conditions  for  logging  as 
has  prevailed  for  the  past  few weeks,or, 
indeed,  since  the  year  began. 
In  the 
vicinity  of  Freesoil  logging  operations 
are  especially  active  this  winter.  Be­
sides  the  local  mill  of Mandigold  & Ste­
vens,  which  is  buying  a  full  stock,  the 
Union  Salt  &  Lumber  Co.,  of  Stronach, 
is  running  camps  in  that  vicinity,  and 
is  loading  at  least  a  train  load  daily  on 
the  Flint &  Pere  Marquette for  transpor­
tation  to  Stronach.  At  Fountain,  Foster 
Bros,  have  a  smart  little  mill  running 
at  full  capacity.

is  owned  by 

Ishpeming—Work  is  being  pushed  on 
the  Lake  Superior  &  Ishpeming  R ail­
way,  which 
two  of  the 
Ishpeming  mines  and  which  will handle 
a 
large  amount  of  ore  this  year.  The 
new  ore  dock  now  building at Marquette 
will  be  the 
largest  on  Lake  Superior, 
having  a  width  of  six  tracks  and  being 
one-third  of  a  mile 
in  length.  The 
weather  is  milder  than  is common  dur­
ing  the  winter,  and  progress 
is  being 
made  on  the  grading  of the line.  It  will 
be  hauling  ore  at the  opening of naviga­
tion,  or  at  the  latest  by  June  1.  A  big 
is  being  made  through  a  mass  of 
cut 
rock 
in  Negaunee,  on  the  property  of 
the  Jackson  Iron  Co.,  and  in  this  cut 
at  a  depth  of  seven  feet  a deposit  of  ore 
was  encountered  a  few  days  ago. 
The 
size  of  the  ore  body  and  its  grade  are 
now  being  investigated  by  the  Jackson 
company.  This  is  by  no  means  the  first 
case  where  a  mine  has  been  first  found 
through  the  building  of  a  railroad,  and 
there  are  several  instances  where  con­
siderable  lenses  of  ore  have  been  found 
through  the  digging  of  wells.  One  of 
the  secrets  of  the  success  of  the  Minne­
sota  Iron  Co.  during  the  panic  period 
is  found  in  its  ownership  of  a  powerful 
fleet  of  vessels  and  its  own  railroad  and 
docks.  The  ore 
is  mined  and  trans­
ported  by  both  land  and  sea  to  its  des­
tination  by  the  company’s  own  forces. 
This  saving  of  transportation  expenses 
has  proved  a  big  item  to  the  Minnesota 
company.  The  three  large  mines  here 
own  vessels  for  transporting  the  ore  by 
lake,  and  they  now  propose having their 
own  rail 
line  from  the  mines  to  Lake 
Superior.  The  Cleveland-Cliffs  Co.  is 
the  sponsor  of  the  new  road,  which 
is 
to begin  hauling  ore  in  the  spring.

A  Start  in  Life  for  Four  Hundred 

Dollars.

Only $400 are  necessary  to get  a  start 
on  a  good  fruit  farm  in  Berrien  county. 
It  comprises  60  acres,  worth  much 
more,  but  for  which  I  am  willing  to  ac­
cept  $2,000—a  payment  of  $400  down, 
the  rest  on  easy  terms  of  time and inter­
est.  The  place  has  five  acres  of  apples 
good 
and  cherries,  with  buildings 
enough  for  a  man  just  starting. 
It  can 
easily  be  put 
into  good  shape  and  be 
made a profitable farm  for fruit growing. 
You  know  that  Berrien  county  is  one  of 
the b'est  places  in  the  world  in  which  to 
grow  fruit,  and  this  farm  can  be  made 
one  of  the  best  tracts 
in  the  county. 
Plenty  of  water  on  the  place.  Several 
applications  have  been  received,  but 
none  accepted  as  yet.  Your  chance  is 
still  good  but you  must  not  wait  much 
longer.  Address  Geo.  W.  Barnett, 
159 
South  Water  street,  Chicago.

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John  C.  Becker  has  opened  a  meat 

market  at 661  South  Lafayette  street.

Stadt  &  Glass,  grocers  at  281  Alpine 
avenue,  have  dissolved.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  Henry  Stadt.

Mrs.  D.  M.  Wood  has  removed  her 
grocery  stock  from  the  corner  of  Third 
and  Fremont  streets  to  505  Ottawa 
street.

A.  E.  Boardwell  has  embarked 

in 
the grocery  business  at  Montague.  The 
Mussulman  Grocer  Co. 
furnished  the 
stock.

in 

Grant  Bliss  has  embarked 

the 
grocery  business  at  Howardsville.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  I.  M.  d ark  
Grocery  Co.
”   Henderson  &  Robertson  have  em­
barked  in  the  grocery  business at Vicks­
burg.  The  Gluey  &  Judson  Grocer  Co. 
furnished  the stock.

M.  A.  Tuinstra  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock  at  32  West  Leonard street to Henry 
Heesen  and  H.  C.  Wendorff,  who  will 
continue  the  business  under  the  style 
of  Wendorff  &  Heesen.

Daniel  Marlatt,  formerly  engaged 

in 
the  grocery  business  at  95  Broadway, 
has  purchased  the  confectionery,  fruit 
and  stationery  stock  of  Samuel  Naivin 
at  115  Broadway  and  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.

Local  wholesale  dealers,  who  were 
formerly  opposed  to  a  universal  bank­
ruptcy  law,  owing  to  the  manifest  un­
fairness  of  the  original  Lowell  bill,have 
gradually  veered  around  to  the  support 
of  the  Torrey  bill,  the  present  measure 
before  Congress,  as  it  is  believed  that, 
in  its  amended  form,  it  is  fair  to  both 
creditor  and  debtor  classes.  The  most 
desirable  feature  of  a  universal  bank­
ruptcy  law 
is,  of  course,  its  abolition 
of  preferences.

Purely  Personal.

E.  A.  Buckhout, 

formerly  engaged 
in  general  trade  at  Tallman,  has  taken 
the  management  of  C.  D.  Danaher’s 
general  store,  at  Dollarville.

of 

Frank  T.  Lawrence  (Putnam  Candy 
C o.)  has  gone  to  Big  Rapids  to  attend 
the  semi-annual  convention 
the 
Northern  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  A s­
sociation.

E.  Kraai,  buyer  for  Geo.  Hume  & 
Co.,  of  Muskegon,  has  been 
taking 
treatment  at  Mt.  Clemens  for  the  past 
three  weeks 
for  sciatic  rheumatism. 
His  case  is  a  very  serious  one,  but  re­
cent  reports  from  the  seat  of  war 
indi­
cate  an  improvement  in  his  condition.

S. 

A.  Sears  (New  York  Biscuit  Co.) 

has  returned  from  a  fortnight’s  trip 
through  the  East,  whither  he  went  to 
inspect  the  various  factories  of  the  cor­
poration  of  which  he  is  the local  repre­
sentative.  He  does  not  say  so,  but it  is 
within  bounds  of  reason  to  believe  that 
he  failed  to  find  a  plant which surpasses 
the  Sears 
completeness, 
cleanliness  and  economy  of  operation 
and  management.

factory 

for 

An  Albion  correspondent  writes:  “ S. 
M.  Rafter,  dealer  in  drugs  and  station­
ery,  is  a  devil  on  wheels,  always  trying 
to  get  a  drive  on  somebody  and  just 
as  tickled  when  others  get  one  on  him. 
Rafter  pjayed  he  was  sick a  whole  week 
and  last  Monday  told  his  clerk  he  could 
not  possibly  stay  at  the  store.  Folks 
noticed  he  was  very  nervous  and  really 
felt  sorry  for  him.  Greatly  to  the  sur­

prise  of  all,  he  came  back  to  the  store 
about 6  p.  m.,  said  he  was  all  right  and 
introduced  his  new  wife. 
You  can 
wager  a  hat  that,  had  the  fellows  on 
whom  he  has  always  played  pranks 
known  of  the  deal,  they  would  have 
locked  him  up  in  the  morning  or  done 
some  other  mean  .thing.  You  might, 
also,  mention  that  he  did  not  wear  cuffs 
during  the  wedding  ceremony. 
In  his 
haste  and  nervousness  he  forgot  them. 
The  bride 
is  Miss  Bessie  Russell,  one 
of  the  leading  young  ladies  of  the  city. 
Inasmuch  as  Rafter 
is  a  young  Irish­
man  whom  everybody  likes,  I  hope  you 
will  give  him  a  good  send-off.”

The  Grain  Market.

in 

1,250,000  bushels. 

To  say  the  past  week  was  a  surprise 
to  the  bears  would  be  putting  it  mildly. 
It  was  a  continued  advance from start  to 
finish.  The  advance  was  not  rapid  but 
was  steady  all  the  week.  The  exports 
were  not  as  large  as  last  week, 
into 
I’he  receipts 
about 
were  not  heavy,  especially 
the 
winter  wheat  section. 
It  has  been  re­
ported  that  the  receipts  of  spring  wheat 
were  also  falling  off  very  materially  at 
the 
initial  points.  The  amount  afloat 
for  the  United  Kingdom  and  the  conti­
nent  also  showed  a  large  decrease,being 
about  2,000,000  bushels  for  the  week. 
Liverpool  also  showed  a  large  decrease 
in  the  visible,  being  about  1,250,000 
bushels.  The  Argentine  shipments,like­
wise,  are  not  up  to  expectations.  The 
importing 
to  have 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  place  to 
get  wheat  from  is  the  United  States; 
and  the bears  were  again  jumping  over 
each.other  to  even  up  their  short 
lines. 
As  soon  as  they  have  supplied  their 
wants, 
prices  will  probably  remain 
about  where  they  are.  Later  on,  prices 
may  advance  a  little  more.

countries 

seem 

Corn,  as  well  as  oats,  remains  the 
same  as  at  the  commencement  of  the 
week.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were: 
wheat,  72  cars;  corn,  4  cars  and  7  cars 
of  oats.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t .

Flour  and  Feed.

Locally,  trade  has  been  good,  with 
sales  fully  up  to  the  average;  but,  gen­
erally  speaking,  flour  buyers  have  been 
waiting,  and  not  willing,  until  within 
the  past  day  or  two,  to  buy  flour  at  the 
advanced  price  asked,  in  keeping  with 
the  sharp  upturn  of  the  wheat  market. 
Some  good  orders  were  booked Saturday 
and  Monday,  however,  and  buyers  are 
beginning  to  believe  that  a higher range 
of  values  for breadstuffs  will  be  main­
tained,  at 
least  until  another  crop  is 
harvested.  The  advance  has been  sharp, 
the  market  being  broad  and strong  and, 
with  continued  good  export  demand,  a 
still  further  advance  may  be  expected. 
Should  our  markets  get  above  an  export 
basis,  a  reaction  would  be  in order;  but 
thus  far  foreigners  are  buying  steadily 
from  this  country  to  supply  their  needs, 
and 
if  reports  of  shortage  in  foreign 
crops  prove  to  be  true,  we  may  expect 
exports  to  increase.  Corn  and  oats  are 
firmer.  Feed  and  meal  prices  remain 
Unchanged  for  the  week  but  with  a 
strong  upward  tendency.

W m.  N.  R o w e.

The  S.  C.  W.  is  a  long  mixed  filler, 
Single  Connecticut  binder  and  Sumatra 
wrapper. 
If  you  have  no  jobber calling 
on  you  from  Grand  Rapids,  write  to the 
manufacturer,  G. 
Johnson,  Grand 
Rapids.

J. 

The  Grocery  Market.

Raisins—California  raisins are selling 
well 
in  a  small  way,  but  the  situation 
is  an  interesting  one.  Three  and  four- 
crown  stock 
inquired  for  most  and 
really  good  four-crowns  are  scarce  and 
are  very  firmly held.

is 

it 

is  certainly 

Rice—The  market  shows  no  quotable 
change,  but  demand  has  eased  up some­
what  within  tbe  past  few  days,  and  the 
outlook 
less  favorable  to 
holders.  As  prices  are  now  on  an  ex­
low  basis,  a  decline  seems 
tremely 
improbable,  yet  at  the  moment 
is 
difficult  to  see  how  prices  can  improve. 
There  is  still  a  considerable  quantity  of 
rice  in  the  South,  and  recent  develop­
ments  show  that  a  large percentage of  it 
is 
in  the  hands  of  outside  millers  in 
Louisiana  who,  up  to  the  present  time, 
have  not  been  free  sellers.  Offerings 
from  this  source  are  now  quite 
liberal, 
and  concessions are made to  move stock.
Canned  Goods—In  making  purchases 
buyers  are  actuated  by  positive  neces­
sity,  and  in  no  line  are  speculative con­
ditions  apparent.  The  changes in values 
have  been  of  an  unimportant  character, 
but,owing  to  the  failure  recently  of  sev­
eral  canners,  the  feeling  appears  to  be 
that  buyers  have  the  better of  the  argu­
ment, and  to  make  that more pronounced 
there 
is  considerable  pressure  to  sell 
shown  by  holders  of  one  or  two  articles, 
more  particularly  in  the  vegetable  line.
Provisions—The  receipts  of hogs have 
not  been  large,  yet  they  have  exceeded 
expectations  and  have  had  more  or  less 
weight 
in  the  easier  tendency.  Grain 
has  to  some  extent  helped  provisions  in 
preventing  more  material  concessions 
through the increased speculation  at  bet­
ter  prices.  The  most  serious  feature 
affecting  the  hog  products  has  been, 
however,  the  materialy  increased  stocks 
of  pork  and 
lard  at  the  West  for  the 
month.  These have  indicated  a  material 
falling  off 
in  export  interest,  by  reason 
of  the  recent  advanced  prices  and  the 
fact  that  large  stocks  are  held  abroad— 
bought  some  time  ago  at 
favorable 
rates.

Jackson  Jottings.

D.  S.  Fleming  (Parker  &  Fleming 
Co.,)  wife  and  daughter,  left  for  Cali­
fornia  Feb.  3.  They  will  visit  various 
places  in  California,  Oregon,  Washing­
ton  and  Colorado  during  their  absence, 
which  will  be  about  six  weeks.

A.  C.  Rannev  has  repurchased  the 
stock  of  groceries  and  fixtures in  his old 
location,corner  of  First  and  Greenwood 
streets,  and,  in  addition,  has  bought  the 
building.  He  expects  to  continue  the 
business  at  this  location.

O’Meara  &  Melling  have  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  and  fixtures  formerly 
owned  by  Flowers  &  Horr,  at  7!5  East 
Main  street,  and  will  continue  the busi­
ness.
CONGRESS  WILL  NOT  PULL  TOGETHER.
The  situation 

in  Congress  on  finan­
cial  and  industrial  questions is decided­
ly  unfavorable  to  the  business 
interests 
of  the  country.  The  development  of 
differences  between  the  houses  and  be­
tween  each  of  them  and  the  administra­
tion  is  very  discouraging  as  to  complet­
ed  action  on  either  the  currency  or  rev­
enue  questions.

Indeed,  if  it  were  not  of  such  serious 
significance,  the  manner  in  which  one 
branch  of  the  Government  replies  to 
another  with  an  entirely  different  prop­
osition  would  be  comical.  The  contin­
gencies 
treasury  depletion 
prompt  the  President  to  send  a  mes­
sage  urging  the  retirement  of  the  kinds 
of  currency  which  he claims are respon­
sible  for  the  continued  withdrawal  of

the 

of 

if 

gold.  The  House  promptly  responds  by 
passing'a  bill  for  increase  of  revenue 
and  another  for  short time bonds.  These 
come  before  the  Senate,  whose  commit­
tee  substitutes  a  bill  for  silver  for  the 
latter,  which,after  a  month's  considera­
tion,  is  passed,notwithstanding  the  cer­
tainty  that  it  must  not  only  meet  defeat 
in  the  House,  but, 
it  were  pos­
sible  to  pass  that  body,  would  receive 
the  veto  of  the  President. 
It  would  be 
difficult  to 
imagine  the  Government 
more  at  sixes  and  sevens  on  these  mat­
ters  than  it  is  now,  after  two  months’ 
steady  work  on  them.

It  was  thought  that  the  consideration 
of  the 
increase  of  tariff  would  have  a 
beneficial  effect;  but  that  subject  has 
scarcely  received  consideration.  The 
passage  of  the  bill  in  the  House  was  al­
most  without  debate  and  then  it  was 
side-tracked  for  matters  of 
intro­
duction.

later 

The  situation 

in  Congress  is  ample 
reason  for  the  continued  waiting  and 
uncertainty,  and  the  fact  that  there  is  a 
prospect  of  revival  in  spite  of  it  is  de­
cidedly  encouraging.

A  bill  has  been  introduced  in the New 
York  Legislature  for  the  encouragement 
and  regulation  of  the  use  of  the  canals 
of  the  State  for  floating  elevators,  which 
has  received  favorable  action 
in  the 
Committee.

Gillies  originated  5th  Ave.  New  York 

Coffees. 

I.  P.  V'isner,  Local  Agent.

p i  Gras

FEBRUARY  18,  1896

In accord.-inee with the fallowing < rogramme:
FEB  17.  Arrival of His  Majesty “Hex,’  King 
of the Carnival, on Royal  Yacht from the passes, 
escorted by  the  Royal  Flotilla.  At  night,  the 
Krewe  of  Proteus,  about  7  o'clock,  in  Grand 
Pageant on the streets, and  Ball  at  the  French 
Opeia House.
FEB.  is.  Mardi  Gras Day.  Grand  Pageant of 
His Majesty  “Rex,”  King  of  the  Carnival,  in 
Float Tableaux:  general masking on thestreets: 
parade  by  the  Phunny  Phorty  Phellows.  At 
night, the  “ Mistick  Krewe  of  Comus”  appears 
in street Pageant  of  beautiful  Tableau  Floats, 
and Comus  Ball  at  the  French  Opera  House; 
grand Reception and Rex  Ball  at  the  Imperial 
Palace.  Entertainm ents  and  balls  throughout 
the  city.  Only  reached  quickly  and  directly 
from Chicago by the
ILLINOIS  CENTRAL  R.  R.
AND  NFW 
“CHICAGO 
LIMITED”
Fast vestibule train makes the run  between  the 
two cities in 27 hours and  50  minutes, with  but 
one night on the road.
EXCURSION  TICKETS

ORLEANS 

To New Orleans, account of Mardi  Gras, will be 
on sale from Chicago  and  principal  stations  of 
the Illinois Central  Railroad north of Du Quoin, 
at greatly reduced  rates, on  February 10 to  Feb­
ruary  16,'good to return  until  March  14,  inclu­
sive.  Advantage of this can be taken  by  those 
desiring  to attend the session of the
CATHOLIC  WINTER  SCHOOL
of  America,  to  be  held  at  New  Orleans  from 
February  19 to March  14.
The a  tentlon of parties contemplating a visit to
FLORIDA,  MEXICO  AND  CALIFORNIA
is called to the desirability of making  the  jour­
ney via New Orleans,  taking in  the  Mardi  Gras 
en  route.
Tickets, specific rates and further information 
of agents of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  and 
connecting lines  or by addressing,  at  Chicago 
the undersigned. 
Gen'l Pass’r Agent.

A.  H.  HANSON,

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NINE  HUSTLERS.

[concluded  from  page  three]

The  city  trade 
in  his  lines  of  work 
came,  naturally,  to  him  and  he  was  re­
quested  to 
look  after  the  embroidery 
silks.  There  is  where  he stands  to-day. 
With  an  artistic 
idea  of  color,  and  a 
lively  sense  of  what  beautiful  effects 
can  be  produced  by  their  pleasing  com­
bination,  Mr.  Post  is  doing  much 
in 
making  the  city  attractive  by  his  pleas­
ing  designs.  His  work  speaks  for  him, 
and  it  tells,  in  no  uncertain  way,  that 
good  taste  lies  in the simple,  rather than 
in  the  complex,  either  in  color  or  com­
bination.

Mr.  Post  is  a  member  of  the  D ivi­
sion  street  M.  E.  church;  and,  while 
he  has  not  yet  walked  down  the  aisle 
of  that  edifice  with  Mendelssohn’s  fa­
mous  march  ringing  in  his  ears,  it  was 
made  evident  by  a tell-tale question  that 

‘‘Her bright smile haunts him still."

W.  N.  CORL.

When  it  was  suggested  to  Mr.  Corl 
that  he  ought  to  have  put  off  the  day  of 
his  birth—Dec.  31, 
1867—for  twenty- 
four  hours,  and  not  come  poking  along 
at  the  tail  end  of  the  year,  if  he  ever 
expected  to  be  a  traveling  man,  he 
made  the  timely  and  pertinent  reply 
that  the  traveling  man  who  doesn’t  ex­
pect  to  get  left  January  1  will  have  to 
take  time  by  the  forelock  by  getting 
ready  to  start  out  the  day  before.  Being 
bora  is no trifling matter,  and nobody can 
do  anything  in  this  world  until  that  job 
is  over  with.  Coining  to  town  on  the 
31st  made  him  one  day  ahead—an  ad­
vantage  he  has  managed  to  maintain 
so  far  in  his  career.

The  town  referred  to  was  Leesburg, 
Pa.,  and  in  that  State  6  years  is the  age 
for  going  to  school.  For  two  years  and 
a  half  he  encouraged  the  Pennsylvania 
teacher  all  he  could,  and  when  the  fam­
ily  moved  to  Akron,  Ohio,  he  gave  the 
same  attention  to  matters  educational 
as  he  had  in  the  old  Keystone  State,  un­
til  he  was  it.  Sickness then stepped  in 
living,  for  the  next  five  or 
and  made 
six  years,  a  rather  painful  business. 
It 
about swamped his school life,  and  when 
health  made  study  again  a  possibility, 
he  went  to  Cleveland  and  became  a 
student  at  the  high  school  there.

Two  years,  at  that  age,  soon  even 
things  up  in  a  good  school;  and,  better 
than  that,  it  made  the  boy  acquainted 
with  the  city  and  the  business  houses 
thriving  there,  so  that  when  study  wras 
over.it  was  a  comparatively  easy  matter 
to  pass  from  the  school  to  the  ware­
house.  An  opening  was 
in  a 
wholesale  millinery  house  in  Cleveland 
and  the  young  man  went  to  work.  For 
three  years,  he  remained  with  the  sime 
house.  He  became  fam iliar  with  his 
work  and  liked  it  and,  when  an  oppor­
tunity came  to  better  himself  by coming 
to  Grand  Rapids,  he 
it  by- 
joining  his  fortunes  with  the  house  of 
Corl,  Knott  &  Co.

improved 

found 

Something  like  a  year  ago,  there  was 
a  wedding  in  which  Mr.  Corl  was  par­
ticularly  interested,  the  other  party  es­
pecially  concerned  being  Miss Helen E. 
Osgood,  of  Grand  Rapids,  and 
the 
happy  home  set  up  at  17  Logan  street  is 
a  convincing  proof  that  marriage  is  not 
a  failure.

A.  L.  STEVENS.

Every  first-class  business  house  in  the 
Tri-State  country  feels  that  it must have 
a  representative  from  each  of  the  states 
included  in  the  combine,  and  when  the 
time  came  for  Indiana  to  be  admitted 
into  the  corps  of  Corl,  Knott  &  Co.,  it

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

He  began 

most  of  what  the  schools  could  do  for | 
him,  he  rounded  out  his  school  life  by 
taking  a  commercial college training for 1 
nine  months.  Then  he  was  ready  for 
business.
it  by  going  into  the  dry 
goods  store  of  W.  B.  Childs,  of  his  na­
tive  town,  and  made  a  good  thing  for 
himself  by  staying,  with  the  house  for 
four  years.  These  first  years are  almost 
always  fate-fixers. 
They  show  pretty 
clearly  the  bent  of  the  boy  and  are  sure 
to  develop  any  liking  he  may  have  for 
the  chosen  calling;  and 
four  years  in 
one  place,  especially  the  first  four,  are 
about  sure  to  tell  the  story.
With  this  as  a  preparation,  young 
Cutler  turned  his  back  on  the  home j 
chimney  and  went  to  Charlotte,  where j 
he  entered  the  dry  goods  house  of  A.  j 
I.  Baughman.  Three years  at  Charlotte 
paved  the way for  the  next  move,  which 
brought  him  to  Lansing.  Here he  filled 
a  position  with  Burnham  &  Co.,  a  dry- 
goods  firm,  which  he  retained  for  five 
y ears.  Then  he  made  up  his  mind  to

come  to  Grand  Rapids.  Spring  &  Com­
pany  were  his  first  employers,  and then, 
after  some  service,  on  the  first  day  of 
the  present  year  he  was  enrolled  on  the 
traveling  list  of  Corl,  Knott  &  Co.  Mr. 
Cutler  is  not  a  benedict  and  hopes  he 
never  will  be;  but  time  makes  great 
changes. 
spring  a  young 
man’s  fancy 
lightly  turns  to  thoughts 
of  love, “ and  the  prospects  are  still 
bright  for  a  coming  anxiety  on  his 
part 
in  regard  to  the  price  of  anise 
paregoric,  and  peppermint!

“ In 

the 

A case  is now  before  the  courts  of Ba­
in  litigation  for 
varia  which  has  been 
301  years. 
It  is  the  suit  of  the  town  of 
Burginn  against  the  lords  of  Thungen 
for  2,000,000  marks,  value  of  a  certain 
forest  of  oaks.

If  your  wife  could  buy  a  10c  article 
for  5c,  do  you  think  she  would?  Well, 
I  guess  so!  Why  Uon’t  you  buy  S.  C. 
W.  5c  cigar?

We are Selling Agents 

for  the

ONE  HAND,  AUTOMATIC.

These  Planters  are 

fitted 

with  Sheffield’ s  famous  pat­

ent  adjustable  seed  disc,  and 

spring  brass  cut-off.  The 

disc  revolves  similar  to  the 

disc  used  in  horse  planters, 

and  is  the  best  finished  and 

most  accurate  dropping  disc 

ever  used  in  corn  planters  of 

any  description.

The  American  Standard 

No.  4

4M

4

Is  the  general  favorite.  Fitted  with  the  medium 
dropping  disc.  The  sales  of  the  No.  4  exceed  those 
of  all  other  planters  now  in  use,  combined.

Foster,  Stevens &  Go.,

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began  to be  on  the  lookout  for  a  good 
likely  Hoosier.  The  man  wanted  was I 
found  at  South  Bend.  His  name  is 
Stevens—A.  L.  Stevens—born 
in  that 
lively  city  of  Hoosierdom,  Oct.  21, 
1872.

It 

There  was  no  particular  hurry  about 
this  boy’s  starting  out  in  life—certainly 
no  need  of  beginning  early  and  of 
jumping 
in  without  getting  ready—so 
the  boy  began  and  went  through  the 
usual  troubles  attendant  upon  keeping 
the  teachers 
in  an  amiable  frame  of 
mind,  with an  occasional  period  of  anx­
iety  in  the  home  circle. 
long 
time  to  keep  at  one  thing—from  the 
6th  to  the  senior  year  of  school  life— 
and  at  the  beginning  of  that 
last  year 
he  wanted  to  try  something  else.

is  a 

All  right—what?  Then  the  young  man 
sat  down  to  think  the  matter  over;  and, 
after  he  had  a  good  look  at  his  attain­
ments  and  another  at  his 
inclinations, 
he  rose  from  that  interview  with  him­
self  with  the  candid  belief  that  there 
was  a  first-class  physician  hidden  away 
somewhere and  that  it  was  his  duty  to 
bring  him  out.  He  wasn’t  the  only  one 
who  thought  the  same  thing,  and  he

FRED  H.  WOOD,

1  _....-..-

Of  Lansing,  who  was  ill  when  the  gr‘>up  por­

trait of Corl, Knott & C o's hustlers was taken.
began  his  post-academic 
career  by 
beginning  the  study  of  medicine.  For 
six  months  he  proceeded  on Pope’s  idea 
that  “ The  noblest  study  of  mankind 
is 
man,’ ’ and  then,  while  admitting  the 
general  truth  so  concisely  stated,  he 
that  he  would  pursue  the 
concluded 
study  from  a  commercial, 
rather  than 
from  a  physiological,  standpoint.  That 
decision  reached,  he 
left  the  doctor’s 
office  to  look  the  ground  over  for  some­
thing  else  to  do,  and  about  that  time  he 
heard  of  the  want  of  the Wolverines and 
came  up  with  the  hope  of  supplying  it. 
He  was  successful.  He  came a stranger 
and  they  took  him  in !  He  has  been  in 
for  three  years,  with  a 
that  condition 
fair  prospect  of  remaining  as 
long  as 
he  pleases.

Mr.  Stevens 

is  an  attendant  of  the 
Methodist  church.  His  home 
is  still 
in  South  Bend,  and,  while  he  does  not 
pretend  to  know  all  there  is  to be known 
about  a  beautiful  bonnet,  he  believes 
he  can  bring  out  something 
that 
line  one  of  these  days  which  will  win 
for  him  the  congratulations  of  even 
those  who  know  him  best.

in 

W.  N.  CUTLER.

North  Adams,  Hillsdale 

county, 
claims  the  subject  of  this  sketch  as 
one  of  her  children,  where  he  was  bora 
October  26, 
1868.  Having  made  the

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

Hardware

The  Art  of  Advertising.

From the New York Sun.

The  development  of  the  art  of  adver­
tising  during  the  last  four  or  five  years 
has  been  very  remarkable.  The  news­
paper advertisement  has  changed  radi­
cally  both  in  form  and  character. 
It  is 
no  longer  a  bald  and  dry  announcement 
of  a  private  business,  to  which  a  great 
part  of  newspaper  readers  gave  no  par­
ticular  attention,  but  has  become  an 
interesting  feature  of  the  journal  that 
compels  everybody’s  observation.

in 

them. 

in  appearance. 

Advertising  space 
it 

This  is  because  the  advertisements 
of  all  extensive  advertisers  are  now pre­
pared  more  carefully  and  skillfully  with 
regard  to  both  their literary construction 
and  their  typographical  display.  They 
are  better  written  and  they  are  more  ar­
tistic 
They  present 
more  attractively  and  strikingly  the  pe­
culiar  features  and  advantages  of  the 
business  or  articles  advertised.  They 
give  information  valuable  to  the  public 
in  a  form  and  a  manner that  make  it 
is 
readable  also. 
costly  in  all  newspapers  in  which 
is 
worth  while  to  advertise,  and  conse­
quently  such  business  announcements 
contain  only  the  words  necessary  to 
produce  the  desired  impression.  There 
is  no  redundancy 
Every 
word  is  made  to  te ll;  and  therein  is  the 
secret  of  the  most  effective  writing. 
The  expression  of  many  of  these  adver­
tisements  nowadays 
is  so  far  pictur­
esque  that  they  attract  the reader simply 
by  their  literary  art. 
In  typographical 
form,  too,  they  are  made  to  command 
attention.  No  reader  of  a  newspaper 
can  pass  them  by.  They  force  them­
selves  on  his  notice,  and  he  is  as  likely 
to  read  them  as  any  other  of  the  con­
tents  of  the  paper.
The  result  is  that  the  names  and  situ­
ation  of  New  York  business  houses 
which  are  large  and  regular  advertisers 
in  the  leading  journals  are  better known 
to  the  people  than  many  of  the most im­
portant  of  the  public  buildings,  and 
their  fame  extends throughout the Union 
and  even  reaches  to  foreign  countries. 
So  far  as  mere  publicity  goes,  they  are 
the  equals  of  the statesmen and  generals 
of  the  widest  distinction.  Everybody 
knows  of  them  and  of  the  departments 
of  trade  and  manufacture  in  which  they 
are  engaged.  Strangers 
in  town  visit 
their  establishments  from  curiosity,  if 
not  also  with  the  original  purpose  of 
making  purchases.  Residents  here who 
formerly  gave  little  or  no  heed  to  busi­
ness  advertisements  are  now  guided 
almost  wholly  by  those  announcements 
in  buying  supplies.

At  present  there  is  much  complaint 
among  small  dealers  with  a  merely 
neighborhood 
trade  that  these  great 
establishments  are  drawing  away  their 
business.  Of  course,  it 
is  so ;  but  the 
reason  why  such  concerns  are  monop­
olizing  trade  is  not  that  they  are  using 
any  unfair  means  to  absorb  the  patron­
age  of  their  petty  rivals.  They have  no 
monopoly  of  the  method  by  which  they 
draw  to  themselves  the  trade  formerly 
distributed  among  great  numbers  oi 
little  shops.  There 
is'  no  secret  about 
the  cause  of  their  vastly  larger  volume 
of  business. 
The  way  to  it  is  open  to 
everybody  else.  The  profitable  distinc­
tion  they  enjoy  was  secured  by advertis­
ing.  Except  for  it,  every  one  of  them 
would  now  be  doing  a  comparatively 
and  even  an  actually  petty  trade.  Their 
names  would  be  unknown  beyond  a 
limited  neighborhood  and  by  a  small 
number of customers.  Their gain,  also, 
thus  obtained,  has  been  for  the  public 
advantage,for  the  concentration  of  busi­
ness,  brought  about  because  of  the  dis­
tinction  secured  by  advertising,  has 
tended  directly  to  the 
of 
prices.  They  are  able  to  conduct their 
vastly  increased  business  with  a  much 
smalelr  precentage  of  cost.  Buying  in 
great  quantities,  they  can  buy  cheaper.
It  is  useless,  therefore,  and  it  is con­
trary  to  the  public 
interest,  to  attempt 
to  rqsist  this  tendency  to  concentration 
and  absorption.  The  houses  that  se­
cure  fame  for  their  business by conspic­
uous  and  persistent  advertising  will  go 
on  absorbing  the  trade  of their competi­

lowering 

is, 

The  present  very 

tors  who  do  not  use  that  means  of  ob­
taining publicity  and distinction.  That 
is  inevitable  and  it  is  irresistible.
interesting 

and 
striking  revolution  in  advertising  meth­
ods 
therefoie,  only  the  beginning 
of  a  development  which  Will  produce 
radical  changes  in  the  business  world. 
The  advantages  offered  by  the  widely 
circulated  and  influential  newspaper  as 
a  means  of  securing  publicity  for  all 
business  enterprises  are  only  beginning 
to  be  appreciated,  and  the  art  of  adver­
tising  has  only  lately  begun  to  receive 
its  importance 
the  careful  cultivation 
demands.

The  Hardware  Market.

In  some 

General  Trade—Continues  only  fair, 
as  dealers  are  not  disposed  to  buy  be­
yond  their  wants. 
lines,  such 
as  wire  cloth,  poultry  netting,  corn 
planters,  potato planters  and steel goods, 
dealers  are  placing  their  orders for early 
spring  shipment,  as  they  will  soon  need 
them,  and  it  is  believed  prices  on  them 
have  reached  the  bottom.  We  note, 
also,  in  Eastern  exchanges  that  there 
is  a  tendency  to  higher  prices  in  many 
lines,  as  steel  billets  and  pig  iron  have 
advanced  from  $i@ 2  per ton.

Wire  Nails—The  Wire  Nail  Associa­
tion  has  reaffirmed  the  present  price  for 
February,  but  has  given  notice  that  for 
March  wire  nails  will  be  advanced 
15c 
per  keg.  As  the  Association  has  com­
plete  control  of  the  market, it  is  evident 
it  can  do  as 
it  pleases;  and  it  is  be­
lieved  there  will  be  no  decline  during 
the  spring  months.  Dealers  who  buy 
for  this  month’s  shipment  will  save  15c 
per  keg.

Barbed  Wire—Is  firm  and  some  mills 
have  advanced  their  price  $1  per  ton. 
We  believe  this  a  good  time  to  buy.

Window  Glass—Is  firm,  although  no 

advance  has  taken  place.

Miscellaneous—Screws  are  firm  at  the 
present  discount.  Carriage  bolts  seem 
to  be  a  little  weak.  Carpenters’  chalk 
and  school  crayons  have  taken  a 
jump 
of  at  least  50  per  cent.,  owing  to  the 
control  of  that  line  of  goods  by  the 
American  Chalk  Co.

The  Telephone  Situation.

At  Alpena  the  Bell  people  offer  to 
put  in  500  Bell  telephones  free  for  one 
year, 
the  object  evidently  being  to 
knock  out  all  opposiiton.

last 

The 

in  Cheboygan,  when 

issue  of  the  Cheboygan 
Tribune  contains  the  following:  The 
Michigan  Bell  Telephone  Co.  is getting 
quite  liberal  where  it  is  brought in com­
petition  with  opposing  companies. 
Here 
it  had  the 
monopoly,  it  charged  exorbitant  rates 
and  gave  very  poor  service, until  a char­
ter  was  granted  Mr.  Dewey,  when  it 
knocked  off  25  per  cent,  of 
its  rates. 
Prior  to  that 
it  could  not 
afford  to  give  any lower  rates.  This  rate 
continued  until  W.  H.  Blake  was grant­
ed  a  charter  and  had  his  system  nearly 
ready  for  operation  when  the  monopoly 
gave  another  slump  in prices and offered 
to  furnish  service  for  one-fourth  what  it 
charged  when 
its  own 
way.  Does  any  person  believe  if  there 
was  no  opposition  it  would  have  been 
so  liberal?  Not  much.

it  had  things 

it  claimed 

At  Defiance,  Ohio,  Bell  telephones 
can  be  had  for three months for nothing. 
Twenty  contracts  of  that  kind  have  al­
ready  been  signed  and  more  are  being 
signed  daily.  The  agent  of  the  com­
pany  recently  sent  there  announces  that 
every  house  in  town  that  wants  a  tele­
phone  can  have  one  free.  The  cut  is 
due  to  the  organization  of  a  local  com­
pany,  which  has  secured  210 subscribers 
on  a  basis  of  $2  a  month  for  residences 
and  $3  a  month  for  stores.

Hardware  Price Current.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

Snell’s ................................................................ 
70
....................................25it 10
Jennings’, genuine 
Jennings’, im itation....................................... 60*10

AXES

First quality. S.  B. B ronze...........................   5  SO
First quality, I).  B. Bronze...........................   9  50
First quality. S. 1!. S.  Steel............................  0  25
First quality. 1).  B. Steel.........  ...................  10  25

BARROWS

R ailroad..................................................$12  00 -14  00
Garden......................................................  net  30  00

BOLTS

Stove................................................................... 
GO
G5
Carriage new list..  .........................................  
Plow....................................................................... 40*10 I

Well,  plain........................................................ $ 3 25

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

Cast Loose  Pin, figured..................................  
70
Wrought  Narrow...............................................75*10

Ordinary Tackle.

Cast S te e l............................................... per lb

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

CARTRIDGES

. per in 
. per m 
. per m 
. per m

Ely’s  1-10.... 
Hick’s C. F.
G.  D..............
M u s k e t...........

Rim  Fire...I 
Central  Fire.

Socket  Firmer....................................
Socket  Fram ing.................................
Socket  Corner....................................
Socket  Slicks.....................................

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

80
80
80 1

..........  
60
Morse’s  Bit Stocks.......  .................
Taper and Straight Shank............... ..............50 A  5
............5ÖA  5
Morse’s Taper Shank........................

DRILLS

ELBOWS

60
Com. 4 piece, 6 in ............................... doz.  net 
.......dis 
50
Corrugated  .......................................
.......dis 40*10
A djustable.........................................
EXPANSIVE  BITS
Clark's small, $19;  large, $26.......... ..............:o*io
Ives',  1. $18;  2, $24:  3. $30.................
25
FILES—New  List

New A m erican.................................. ............ 70*10
70
Nicholson’s ......................................... .............. 
Holler’s  Ilorsc  Rasps........................ ..............60*10

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

Nos.  16 to 20; 22 and 24: 25 and 26 :  27.  ... 
List  12 
16......... 

14 

13 

28
I.

IRON

GALVANIZED 
15 
GAUGES

Discount, 70

Stanley Rule and  Level  Co.’s ........................60*16

KNOBS—New List

Door, mineral, jap.  trimmings......................  
Door, porcelain, jap.  trim m ings................... 

71-
80

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye. 
.....................$16  00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eye.. . ...................................  $¡5  00. dis  60*10
H unt's...........................................  $18  50. dis  20*10

 

MILLS

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s . . ..................................  
Coffee,  P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables... 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & C lark''........ ........  
 
Coffee, Enterprise....................................... 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  GATES

Stebbin’s Pattern...............................................60*10
Stebbin's Genuiue............................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................ 
30

NAILS

50

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  \Vire.

Steel nails, base.....................................................  ~ 60
Wire nails, base.....................................................  2 55
10 to 60 advance..............................................  
8.
7 and 6.
4 ............
3 ..........
Fine 3 __
Case 10... 
Case  8—  
Case  6—  
Finish  10. 
Finish  8 . 
Finish  6 . 
Clinch  10 . 
Clinch  8 . 
Clinch  6 . 
Barrel  %.

1  20 
1  60 
1  60

PLANES 
fancy..........
Ohio Tool Co.':
Sciota Bench  .
fancy...
Sandusky Tool Co ’:
Bench, firstquality...................
Stanley  Rule and Level Co.’s 

PANS

Fry, A cm e.................................
Common, polished....................
RIVETS

.  @50 
.60*10 
.  @50 
.  @50 
60
110*10 
70*  5

Iron and  Tinned
topper

................................................................ 
60
Rivets and Burs.................................. 50*10

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

“A”  Wood’s patent planished,  Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
-‘B”  Wood's patent planished,  Nos. 25 to 27  9  20 

Broken  packages %c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Mavdole & Co.’s, new  list........................dis  33hi
Kip's  ............... ........................................... dis 
25
Ye rices *  Plum b's..................................  ..dis 40*10
Mason's Solid  Cast Steel.  .................30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel  Hand 30c list Hi* 10 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin W are........................... new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................  -.20*10
Granite  Iron  W are........................... new list 40*10
Pots.......................................................................60*10
K ettles................................................................60*10
Spiders  .............................................................. 60*10

HOLLOW  WARE

HINGES

6V4 
9 Vi

SQUARES

WIRE  GOODS

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3..................................   dis 60*10
2  50
State..............................................per  doz. net
B right.................................................................
Screw Eyes........................................................
Hook’s.................................................................
Gate Hooks and  Eyes......................................
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ...................dis
Sisal. Vi inch and  larger................................
Manilla............T.................................................
Steel and Iron...................................................
Try and Bevels..................................................
M itre..................................................................
com. smooth. 

LEVELS
ROPES

com. 
$2  60 
2  60 
2  SO
2  90
3 00 
3  10
30  inches

Nos.  10 to  14 
Nos.  15 to 17 
Nos.  IS to 21 
N os. 22 to 21 
N os. 25 to 26
No.  27.......
All sheets 
wide not les
List  acct.  19, ’8b...........................................dis
Solid Eyes.............................................per ton

1 o.  18  and  lightei 
than 2-10 extra.
SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

50
20 00
Steel, Game.................................................. 
60*10
50
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .......... 
Oneida Community, Hawley *  Norton's 70*10*10
Mouse, choker...............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................... per doz 
1  25

SHEET  IRON

’  TRAPS

3  90
4  00

$3  50

WIRE

 

 

WRENCHES

HORSE  NAILS

Bright  Market...................................................  
75
Annealed  Market............................................. 
"5
Coppered  Market..............................................70* 10
Tinned M arket..................................................  62J»
Coppered Spring  Steel.............. 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........................   2 25
Barbed  Fence,  painted..................................   >  90
Au Sable.......................................................dis 40&1C
Putnam ........................................................ dis 
5
Northwestern..............................................dis 10*10
30
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........
50
Coe's Genuine.......................................
80
Coe’s  Patent  Agricultural, wrought
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable......................
MISCELLANEOUS
50
Bird  Cages  .........................................
1*10
Pumps, Cistern...................................
85
Screws,  New List....................................... 
Casters,  Bed and  Plate.............................. 50*10*10
40* 10
Dampers, American...............................
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods 
600 pound  casks....................................
Per pound................................................

6 Vi 
0?i
I2H
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated' by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.............................................$ 6  00
14x20 1C, C harcoal...........................................  6 00
20x14 IX, C harcoal...........................................  7 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal............................................  7 50

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

TIN—Melyn Grade

METALS—Zinc

SOLDER

Each additional X on this grade. $1.75.

TIN  Allaway  Grade

10x14 IC, C harcoal...........................................  5 25
14x20 IC. C harcoal...........................................  5 25
10x14 IX, C harcoal...........................................  6 25
14x20 IX, C harcoal...........................................  6 25

Each additional  X  on this grade, $1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoa  ,  Dean................................   5  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal  Dean................................   6  00
10 00 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.........................
4  75
14x20 IC. Charcoal, All  way Grade.......
14x20 IX, Charcoal,  .vllaway Grade.......
9  50 
20x28 1C, Charcoal. Allaway Grade.......
11  50
20x28 IX, Charcoal,  Allawav Grade.......
BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE 

14x56 IX. for  No.  8  Boilers,  I 
14x50 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, (
C O  I  in;!!

C O I N !

per pound.

Should  be  n eatly and ac- 
cu: a ie ly   w rapped  before 
banking.  W e  m ake  the 
n ly  d evice  for  doing  it 
properly.

S u c c e s s fu l  B a n k e b s 

give  these to  ilieir depositors. 
If  you  prefer  to  buy, 
ask  a n y   stationer  for  them  or send  to  us for prices and 
free sam ples.
29  Grand River Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich.  U.8.A

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DEMERS

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life® Willi

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E .  A.  STO W E,  E d it o r . 

WEDNESDAY,  •  *  -  FEBRUARY a, 1896.

THE  FUTURE  TRADE  CENTER.
From  the  time  of  Edward  III.,  who 
so  encouraged  trade  that  he  has  been 
called  the  “ Father  of  English  com­
m erce,’ ’  the  English  nation  has been 
willing  to  consider  itself  the  commer­
cial  center  of  the globe.  Her merchants, 
like  those  of  the  ancient  cities  of  the 
Mediterranean,  have  whitened  every 
sea  with  British  sails,  and  there 
is  no 
country  and  no  climate  to  which  the 
English  flag  is  a stranger.  Hemmed  in 
by  the  ocean,  she  has  turned  her 
isola­
tion  to  practical  account,  until  the 
roadways  of  the  earth,  whether  of 
land 
or  water,  find  a  common  converging 
point  at  Liverpool  or  Southhampton. 
Her  energy  knows  no  bounds.  Wher­
ever  there  is  air  to  breathe  it  is  sure  to 
reach  English  lungs,  and  the  rich  red 
blood  so  strengthened  and  so  sustained 
is  ready, 
to  the  last  drop,  to  defend 
the  honor of  the  English  crown.
Strong,  however,  as  England 

is  to­
day,  it  may  well  be  questioned  whether 
her  importance  as  the  commercial  cen­
ter  of  the  earth  is  a  lasting  one.  The 
world  has  moved  since  the  woolsack 
took  its  permanent  place  on  the English 
bench,  and  none  faster  than  that  part 
which  pertains  to  business.  Westward 
the  star  of  empire  has  taken  its  way 
and  while,  so  far,  the  journey  has  only 
lengthened  the  converging  trade  lines, 
the  time  will  come,  if  it  has  not  come 
already,  when  these 
lengthening  lines 
will  snap,  if  they  are  not  shortened,  an 
event to  be  averted  only  by  a  movement 
westward  of  the  commercial  center  of 
the  world.

It 

is  not  reasonable  to  expect  that 
commercial  supremacy  will  remain 
in 
England.  The  star-led  empire  will  take 
with  it  its  own  capital,  and  the  com­
mercial  metropolis  will  not  remain  up­
on  the  banks  of  the  Thames. 
It  has 
been  there  too  long  already  for  the  ben­
efit of  all  concerned.  Once  considered 
beautiful  for  situation, it is so no  longer; 
and  the  trading  center  which  satisfied 
the  needs  of  business  in  the  time  of  the 
Plantagenets,when  only  one  hemisphere 
was  dreamed  of,cannot  remain  the  trad­
ing  center  with  America discovered  and 
populated,  and  with  Asia  and  Africa, 
then  almost  unknown,  teaming  with  un­
counted  millions.  The  stormy  Atlantic 
is  only  the  cradle  which  has  rocked  the 
infancy  of  a  mighty  commerce  yet  to 
be,  whose  keels,  coming  from  the  four 
corners  of  the  earth,  will  find  no  harbor 
for  their  treasures  in  the  English 
isles. 
Even  now,  the  future  ocean  basin  of

commerce  is  preparing  for  the  coming 
metropolis  of  trade—a  metropolis,  let  it 
be  noted, 
to  be  founded  somewhere 
on  the  Pacific.

The  contour  of  that  vast  ocean  has 
long  foretold  its  own  magnificent  des­
tiny.  Bounded  on  the  east  by  a  hemi­
sphere  of  republics,  the  last  phase  of 
Christian  civilization  and  the  best,  bor­
dered  on  the  west  by  the  continents  of 
Asia  and  Australia  and  the  East  India 
Islands,  with  glimpses  between  them  of 
Hindustan  and  far-off  Africa,  the  Pa­
cific,  sure  of  its  future,  waits  with  pa­
tience  for 
its  Golden  Age  to  begin. 
Above  the  Bosphorus,  even  now,  there 
Japan  and  China 
are  signs  of  dawn. 
are  already  astir. 
India  and  Africa  are 
conscious  of  the  coming  day,  and  S i­
beria,  where  the  Russian  Bear  has 
dreamed,  is  rousing  herself  from  sleep. 
To  meet  the  needs  of  this  increasing 
activity,  the  commercial  center  of  the 
world 
It 
anchored 
its  fleets  for  a  while  at  New 
York,  but  only  for a  while.  Like  Bal­
boa,  it  has 
rocky 
heights  upon  the  Pacific and  is hammer­
ing  upon  the  portals  of  the 
isthm us  to 
make  way  for  her  burdened  ships.  The 
land  of  the  sunset  has  caught  the  sound 
of  its  coming  and  has  thrown  wide open 
her  Golden  Gate  and  there,  upon  the 
eastern  shore  of  that  almost  boundless 
ocear,  the  continents  and  the  isles  will 
bring  tribute;  the  capital  of  one  hemi- 
sph ire  on  the  Golden  Horn  will  send 
greetings  to  the  other  at  the  Golden 
Gate, 
the  commercial  center  of  the 
world,  while  England,  for  years  the ac­
knowledged  center  of  trade,  will,  with 
her  prime  meridian,  serve  only  to  mark 
the  distance  that  center  has traversed  in 
passing  from  the  old  home  to  the  new.

its  westward  way. 

is  taking 

looked 

from 

the 

The  rapid  increase  of  immigration  is 
operating  to  bring  the  question  of  re­
striction  to  the  attention  of  Congress 
and  its  committees.  A  bill  introduced 
by  a  Massachusetts  member  to  require 
that  all 
immigrants  between  14  and  60 
shall  be  required  to  read  English  or 
some  other  language is receiving serious 
consideration  in  the  House  Committee 
on  Immigration.  A  'number  of  repre­
sentative  citizens  came  before  the  Com­
mittee  in  behalf  of  the  bill,  who  made 
an  effective  showing  in  its  favor,claim­
ing  that  the  Government  had  a  right  to 
make  such  restrictions,and that it  would 
tend  to  raise  the  quality  of  American 
citizenship  and  would  also  benefit  the 
to  maintain 
labor  market  and  help 
wages. 
important 
factor  in  the  solution  of  the  slum  ques­
tion 
is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  movement  will  result 
in 
completed  action  by  the  Government.

in  the  great  cities. 

It  would  also  be  an 

It 

The  meeting  of  the  National  Board  of 
last  week  paid 
Trade  at  Washington 
im­
special  attention  to  questions  of 
proving the  channels of the  Great Lakes, 
and  of  opening  deep  draft  connections 
between  the  Great  Lakes  and  the  Miss­
issippi  and  Ohio  Rivers  and  the  Atlan- 
j tic,and  the  building  of an  interior coast­
wise  canal.  The  result  of  their  delib­
erations  was  the  recommendation  that 
the  Government  give  immediate  atten­
tion  to  these  enterprises  and  carry  them 
forward  as  rapidly  as  the  financial  con­
ditions  warrant.  As  a  means  of  reve­
nue,  a  tonnage  tax  on  all  vessels  of  for­
eign  register  was  recommended,  as  was 
also  the  policy  of  encouraging  private 
corporations  for  the 
improvement  of 
tributary  channels. 
The  Board  also 
urged  the  Government  prosecution  of 
the  Nicaragua  Canal  enterprise.

CHANGE  PROBABLE  IN  CUBAN  SITUATION.
The  story  of  the  Cuban  war,  as  it  has 
appeared  in  the  press,  has  been  decid­
edly  monotonous.  Shut  in  by  Spanish 
occupation  of  the  seaports,  the  news 
from  the  battlefields  has  had  to  pass  the 
censorship  of  the  Spanish  authorities. 
Actuated  by  the  dread  of  the  insur­
rection’s assuming  sufficient magnitude, 
or  appearing  to  do  so,  to  warrant  rec­
ognition,  the  utmost  care  has  been  ex­
ercised  to  prevent  Cuban successes  from 
first 
becoming 
news of  movements  has  almost 
invari­
ably  indicated  Spanish  victories,  gen­
erally  to  be  corrected  by  rumor  and 
news  through  private  channels.

Thus,  the 

known. 

During  the  past  two  years,  Spain  has 
sent  her  most  eminent  war officers  and 
armies,  numbering  no  less  than 
115,000 
men,  to  subdue  the  handful  of  insur­
rectionists,  as  she  would  have 
the 
world  believe,  which  has  been  defying 
her  authority.  Despite  the  efforts  of 
these  vast  armies,  the  country under  the 
control  of  the  rebels  has  steadily  in­
creased  in  area,  so that  now  they  con­
trol  a  greater  part  of  the  territory  of  the 
island  than  ever.  That  Spain  could 
keep  up  this  fiction  of  an 
insurrection 
so  long,  involving  armies  of  such  mag­
nitude,  with  every  precedent  and  with 
the sympathies  of  the  American  people 
in 
favor  of  recognition,  is  a  matter 
hard  to  explain.

impunity. 

trial,  with 

The  purpose  to  he  served  in  thus  put­
ting  off  such  action  as  far  as  possible 
is,  first, 
to  prevent  the  moral  prestige 
that  such  recognition  would  give  the 
Cubans,  and,  second, 
to  enable  the 
Spaniards  to  prosecute  the  war  accord­
ing  to  their  own  peculiar  methods.  As 
matters  now  stand,  every  Cuban  cap­
tured  by  the  royal  forces  is  a  traitor 
and  may  be  tried  and  shot,  or  shot 
without 
The 
leniency  of  the  retiring  commander, 
Campos,  in  such  matters  is probably one 
reason,  among  others,  for  his  recall.
Recent  events,  however,  indicate  that 
there  may  be  some  variety  introduced 
to break  the  monotony. 
Just  as  the  new 
commander  makes  his  promises  of  se­
verer  measures,  to  the  consternation  of 
those  sympathizing  with  the  insurgents, 
the  question  of  recognition  finally  en­
gages  the  attention  of  Congress.  While 
the  resolution  of  the  Committee  on  For­
eign  Relations  does  not  express  formal 
recognition,  it  does  call  upon  Spain  to 
accord  belligerent 
terms 
which  will  commit  the  Government  to 
see  that  the  new  commander  does  not 
go  too  far  in  ¡his  repressive  measures.
In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Govern­
ment  has  accorded  to  Spain  every  as­
sistance  she  has  asked 
in  restraining 
unlawful  expeditions,  and  that  this con­
gressional  interest  in  the  matter  comes 
so  slowly  on  the  heels  of  popular  sym­
pathy,  there  can  be  no  reasonable  cause 
of  complaint  on  her  part,  and  the  ex­
pression  of  wishes  for  humane  treat­
ment  of  the  rebels  will  have  a  strong 
moral  force.

rights, 

in 

Taken  altogether,  it  begins  to  look  as 
though  sometl ing  is  likely  to  happen  in 
Cuba.  Either the recent  reverses  which 
seem  to  have  overtaken  the  rebels  will 
continue  to  an  extent  which  will  dis­
courage  the  sympathizers and enable  the 
new  administration  to  quickly  put  down 
the  rebellion  before  aggressive  meas­
ures  are  stopped  by  summer  heat  and 
malaria,  or,  what  is  more  probable,  the 
rebels  will  keep  out  of  the  way  long 
enough  to  enable  the  new  commander 
to  exercise  his  promised  barbarity  to  an 
extent  that  will  arouse  the  half-hearted 
Cubans  at  home  and  the  sympathizers

in  this  country,  and  that  will  compel 
our  Government  to  act  upon  the  line  of 
policy 
indicated  by  the  recent  Com­
mittee  report.

This  is  a  question  of  immediate  sig­
nificance  to  the  business  interests of this 
country.  The Cuban trade, now paralyzed 
by  the  state  of  siege  to  which  the  island 
is  subjected,  had  become  of  great  im­
portance  and  was  rapidly  increasing. 
Not only  are  the  tobacco  and  sugar 
in­
terests  nearly  ruined,  but  the  fleet  of 
fruit  vessels,  which  was  rapidly  grow­
ing,  has  had  to  look  elsewhere  for  em­
ployment.  Cuba  is  the  natural  producer 
of  tropical  luxuries  and  necessities,  for 
the  Atlantic  seaboard  especially ;  and, 
when  it  is  remembered  that  it  is  Amer­
ican  capital  and  enterprise  which  were 
carrying  on  both  the  production  and  the 
trade,  it  will  be  seen  how  important are 
her  interests  in  the  matter.
INDUSTRIES  WAIT,  STAPLES  ADVANCE.
The  unsatisfactory  condition  of  in­
dustries  and  general 
trade  still  con­
tinues,  attributed  largely  to  the  uncer­
tainties  of  congressional  action.  At  the 
same  time,  the  advance  in  staples,  es­
pecially  wheat,  still  continues  without 
any 
indication  of  a  reaction.  There 
seems  to  be  a  general  feeling  that  in­
dustries  are  on  the  point  of  a  turn  for 
the  better,  as  soon,  at  least,  as  there 
is 
some 
indication  of  what  is  to  be  done 
by  Congress.

The  operations  of  the  combinations 
in  the 
industries  have  served  to 
strengthen  prices 
in  some  lines.  Pig 
iron  has  declined,  however,  and  the 
competition  of  Southern  works  gives 
some  trouble.  Prices  are  n . 4  per  cent, 
last  year.  Minor 
below  the  highest 
metals  are  slightly 
strengthened  by 
speculation.

iron 

Cotton  goods  continue  weak  and  the 
mills  are  discussing  the  curtailment  of 
production.  The  latest  outlook  is  a  lit­
tle  more  favorable  for  spring  demand. 
Woolens are  less  favorable,  on  account 
of  open  weather and  the  danger  of  large 
stocks  of  heavy  goods  being  left  over. 
Foreign  competition  in  the  woolen 
in­
dustry 
is  still  the  most  unfavorable 
factor.
The 

for 
staples  has  been  especially  noticeable 
in  the  South  and  on  the  Pacific  coast. 
The  export  of  corn  and  wheat  has  been 
especially  active  from  Southern  ports, 
and  the  newly  developed  South  African 
demand  for  flour accounts  for  the  activ­
ity  at  Pacific  points.

improvement 

in  demand 

There 

is  a  decided 

improvement, 
with  a  bullish  tendency 
in  the  Wall 
Street  markets.  Now  that  the  success 
of  the  new  loan  is  assured,and  the price 
of  exchange  at  a  point  to  cause  a  return 
of  gold  to  this  country,  there  is  a  better 
feeling  and  an  improvement  in specula­
tive  demand. 
The  greatest  advance 
has  taken  place  in  the  coal  stocks,  on 
account  of  the  agreement  apportioning 
production.

Business  failures  for  the  week  were 
large,  393  against  341  for  the  preceding 
week.

in  an 

increase 

The  prediction  made  that  the  settle­
ment  of  the  war  claims  of  Japan  would 
result 
in  the  price  of 
silver  was  not  realized  and  the  specu­
lation  instituted  on  that  basis  proved  a 
failure,  yet  since  February  of  last  year 
the  price  has  advanced  in  London  from 
27%d. 
to  3o ^ d .,  at  which  figure  it  is 
now  firm.  While  some  are  inclined  to 
attribute  the  rise  to  the  favorable  out­
look  of  silver  legislation  in this country, 
the  more  conservative,  considering  that 
the  rise  took  place  largely  while  there 
was  a  decided  leaction  on  the  subject, 
attribute 
increase 
of  gold  production throughout the world.

it  to  the  continued 

POLITICS  A S   A  CAREER.

The  problem  of  honest  city  govern­
ment 
is  one  of  the  most  important  in 
the  whole  range  of  American  politics, 
and  it  is  engrossing  the  attention  of  the 
best  intelligence  in  the  country.

life  or  sporting. 

The  San  Francisco  Examiner,  treat­
ing  the  subject,  expresses  astonishment 
that  American  young  men  of  wealth, 
instead  of  devoting  themselves  to  pol­
itics,  and  thereby  putting themselves  in 
a  position  to  render  some  worthy  serv­
ice  to  their  country,  give  themselves  up 
In 
to  society,  club 
presenting  this  view  of  the  matter  it 
is 
not  contended  that  men  who  are  born 
rich  are  more  honest  or  able  than  men 
who  are  born  poor;  but,  other  condi­
the  rich  man  can 
tions  being  equal, 
sometimes  give  better  service. 
The 
able  poor  man  cannot  afford  to  spend 
his  life  in  politics,  provided  he  wants 
to  be  honest.  From  a  money  point  of 
view,  politics  is  the  last  place  in  which 
an  honest  man  of  good  ability  should 
look  for  a  livelihood.

It  is  true  there  are  a  few  public  posi­
tions  in  which salaries are considerable; 
but  in 
the  present  state  of  politics,  it 
becomes  necessary  to  spend  the  greater 
part  of  the  money  before  it  is  earned, in 
order  to gain  any  sort  of political  prom­
inence  or  favors. 
In  most of  the  offices 
in  the  administrative  service,  where 
ability  and 
learning  are  required,  the 
salaries  are  commonly  inferior  to  those 
in  private  business.  Private  corpora­
tions  pay  from  $io,ooo  to $50,000  a  year 
for  the  kind  of  talent  that  the  city  and 
state  expect  to  get  for  $1,200 to  $4,000, 
It  is  plain  that,  if  the  city  or  state  gets 
an  able and  honest  poor  man,  it  cannot 
keep  him,  unless  he  puts  ambition  be­
fore  money.

is 

in 

It  is  not,  however,  in  administrative 
offices  that  the  state  loses  most  by  the 
exclusion  of  rich  men  of  ability  from 
the  conduct  of  affairs.  The  public  is 
fairly,  if  extravagantly,  served in  these. 
It 
legislative  offices  that  it  fares 
the  worst  for  want  of  them. 
It is  in  the 
legislature  and  the city councils  that  the 
greatest  temptations  to  dishonesty  are 
found.  The  acts  of  a  legislator or an 
alderman  are  acts  of discretion.  A  leg­
islator  cannot  be  called  to  account  be­
fore  a  court for an exercise of  judgment.
The  Examiner  aptly  argues  that  a 
fiscal  officer  who  should  pay  money  to 
B  when  a  warrant  was  drawn  in  favor 
of  A  would  be  taken  to  jail  and  his 
bondsmen  sued ;  but  a  member of  the 
city  council  who  votes  money  for  a  con­
tract to  C,  when,  as  a  matter of  right or 
of  public  policy,  it  should  be  given  to 
D,  cannot  be  called  to  account  for  his 
act,  unless 
it  can  be  proved  on  legal 
It  is  thus 
evidence  that  he  was  bribed. 
that  the  opportunity 
for 
those  jobs  and  steals  that  are  the  shame 
of  successive  legislatures  and  councils, 
and  cause  good  citizens  to  despair  of 
honesty  in  government.  The  members 
can  barter  away  the  public 
interests 
without  being  punished  for it,and  many 
of  them  yield  to  the  temptations  of  op­
portunity.

is  afforded 

It 

is  argued  that a  man  who  had  an 
abundance  of  money  would be less likely 
to  enter  into this  kind  of  rascality  than 
a  man  who  had  no  money.  An  aider- 
man  who 
is  ready  to  turn  thief  can 
make  several  thousand  dollars  during 
his  term  of  office  by  selling  his  vote 
when  street  car  franchises  are  being 
granted,  by  dickering  with  street  and 
sewer contractors  and  by "standing  in " 
with  attorneys  who  are  interested  in get­
ting  steals  and  jobs  through the council.
The  Tradesman  does  not wholly  agree

to  this,  because,  if  a  man  be.  a  rascal, 
he  will  be  one  regardless  of  his  condi­
tion.  Rich  thieves  are  just  as  ready  to 
steal  as  are  poor  ones,  and  a  poor  man 
can  be 
just  as  honest  as  any  other. 
Some  of  the  honestest  men  in  this  city 
or  country,  or  in  the  world,  are  poor, 
and  yet  they have resisted  all temptation 
to  dishonesty; but  when  a  poor  man 
is 
found  seeking  a  public  position  which 
has  no  salary  attached  to  it,  the  fact  is 
highly  suspicious,  and  there  is  no ques­
tion  that  political  careers  ought  to  be 
sought  by  young  men  who  can  give  tc 
them  time  and  study. 
In  England  the 
best  men  go  into  politics  as  a  profes­
sion, because  there  most  important  serv­
ice  can  be  given  to  the  country.  There 
young  men  are  taught  to  look  to politics 
as  the  most  desirable  career  the  empire 
affords. 
In  the  United  States  the  peo­
ple  who  consider  themselves the "upper 
classes"  affect  to  regard  office-seeking 
as  low,  and,  if  voting 
is  permitted,  it 
is  only  as  a  disagreable  duty.

This  is  all  wrong. 

In  a  government 
of  the  people  and  by  the  people  politi­
cal  duties  are  as  high  and  as  important 
as  the  defense  of  the  country.

DEBS  AND  TEM PERANCE.

The  Tradesman  has  been  critcised  in 
certain  quarters  for  its  strictures  on  the 
recent 
idol  offered  for  worship  by  the 
walking  delegates,  on  the  score  of  his 
prediction  for  the  associations  and 
in­
dulgences  of  the  bar-room  and  worse 
places. 
In  view  of  this  fact  it  may  be 
excusable  to  refer  to  the  matter  once 
more.

and 

other 

Mr.  Debs  came  to  Grand  Rapids  as 
the  guest  of  the  central  labor  union.  He 
was 
in  the  city  about  thirty-six  hours 
and  was  entertained  gratis  by  the  New 
Livingston  Hotel.  The  receipts  of  the 
committee  from  the  lecture  and  from 
subscriptions 
sources 
amounted  to  the  respectable  sum  of 
$331.15.  The  expenditure  exceeded  this 
¡amount  by  $47. 
In  the  discussion  of 
the  entertainment  committee’s  report  it 
transpired  that  the  amount  paid  for  the 
lecturer’s  services  was 
less  than  the 
"service s"  of  some  of  the ^members  of 
the  committee.  One  item  of  "in ciden ­
tals"  was  reluctantly  accounted  for  as 
"beer,  sardines  and crackers, ”   amount­
ing  to $38. 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  the 
"sardines  and  crackers”   furnished  by 
his  generous  landlord  would,  probably, 
be  sufficient  for  a  considerable  part  of 
his  requirements,  it  is  fair to  infer  that 
the  proportion  of  this  item  devoted  to 
“ beer”   would  preponderate.

largely  for  a 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  Debs  came  to 
Grand  Rapids  as  the  guest  of  the  worst 
element  of  the  association  of  "d e le ­
gates. ”   The proceeds of the undertaking 
were  employed 
grand 
"blow-out"  for  that  crowd  of  which  he 
was  a  congenial  member.  His  "p o s i­
tion  on  temperance"  in  his  lecture,  for 
which  he  received  congratulatory  letters 
from  the  Central  W.  C.  T.  U.,  and  his 
acknowledgment 
return,  thus  as­
sume a  humorous  phase.

in 

It  is  probable  that  Mr.  Debs’ 

lecture 
career 
is  effectually  ended.  The  un­
congenial  position  of  an  exponent  of 
morality  is  one  that  he cannot maintain, 
in  view  of  his  actual  moral  status  and 
qualifications.  The  fame  of  such  epi­
sodes  as  the  visit  here  and  at  Detroit 
has  already  put  an  end  to  his  mission 
on  the  platform.  It  is  said  that  he  will 
now  engage  in  editorial  work.  H is  ca­
reer  in  that  field  will  be  about  as  short 
as  the  other,  for  in  the  sphere  of  his 
qualifications 
is  not  a 
factor  and  there  are  no  vacancies  on 
the  editorial  staffs  of  the  brewery  and 
whisky  journals of  the  country.

literary  work 

MONOPOLY  AND  CONSISTENCY.
In  the  changes  of  economic  condi­
tions  there  always  results  hardship  to 
individuals.  The  advent  of  machin­
ery  and  the  operation  of  combinations 
called  monopolies  make  individual 
in­
terests  suffer,  and  work  hardship  to 
many  before  they  can  adapt  themselves 
to  the  new  conditions.  Yet  there  are 
few  who  would abrogate machinery,  and 
if  the  "m onopolies,"  with  all  that  they 
have  done  in  providing  cheap  transpor­
tation,  cheap 
illumination,  and  the 
cheap  conveniences  of  modern  life  and 
business,  were  to  be  abolished,  the  re­
sulting  changes  would 
convince  the 
most  radical  anti-monopolist  that  mo­
nopolies  are  not  wholly  bad.

of 

But  there 

is  an  aggressive 

class 
which  is  loud  in 
its  denunciation  of 
monopolies  and  monopolists.  This  an­
tagonism  is  urged  on  the  ground  of  the 
oppression  of  the  working  man  by  these 
monopolies,  not  only  on  account  of  the 
labor  by  modern 
displacement 
methods,  but  for  the  more 
immediate 
grievance  of  going  into  the  free  mar­
kets  for  their  purchase  of  labor.  The 
grounds  of  the  criticisms,  however,  are 
not  so  very  clearly  defined  and  seem  to 
rest  on  the  fact  that  the  objects  of  criti­
cism  are  "monopolies.”  
The  ones 
in  their  criticisms  are  the 
thus 
members  of  the  trades  unions.  The 
theoretical  basis  and  reason  for  the  ex­
istence  of trades unions  are the  improve­
ment  of  the  condition  of  the  laboring 
classes.  The  practical  results  striven 
for  by  modern  unionism,  however,  are 
the  monopoly  of  labor  and  dictation  of 
it  were  contemplated  to 
its  price. 
form  a  monopoly  of  the 
labor  of  the 
whole  country,  it  would be  an  undertak­
ing  of  some  magnitude  and  would  put 
all  other  monopolies  far  in  the  shade.

loud 

If 

To the  logical  mind  there is suggested 
an  inconsistency  on  the  part  of  organ­
ized  labor  in  its  critical  attitude  toward 
monopolies. 
In  its  practical  operation 
in  those  localities  where  it  obtains  an 
ascendency  it  constitutes  a  monopoly  as 
unscrupulous  and  ruthless  as  any  other 
ever  devised,  and  one  which  has caused 
far  more  suffering  among  the  laboring 
classes  and  those  dependent  on  them 
than  any  other  monopoly  or  than  re­
sulted  from  the  introduction  of  the  use 
of  machinery.

in 

they  are 

There  is  a  difference  in  the  methods 
and  pretensions  of modern unionism and 
the  other  monopolies  which  are  favor­
able  to  the  latter.  These  are  resulting 
conditions  of  competition 
trade 
which,  at  least,  are  honest  in  that  they 
do  not  pretend  to  be  actuated  by  phi­
lanthropy.  The  theoretical  idea  of  such 
monopolies 
is  that  they  are  combina­
tions  to  make  the  price  of  the  commod­
ity  they  control  as  great  as  possible.  In 
practical  operation 
subject 
to  the  economic  rules  of  trade and  com­
petition  and  an  undue  enhancement  of 
prices  brings  disaster.  The  only  suc­
cessful  monopolies  are  those  that  by 
economy  of  production  and  distribution 
furnish  the  article  or 
convenience 
cheaper  than  could  be  done  by  general 
competition.  These,on  the  other  hand, 
are  urged  on  the  plea  of  philanthropy, 
to  better  the  conditions  of  working 
men.  But  in  the  practical  operation  of 
unionism  the  arbitrary  principle  of 
monopoly  has  full  swing.  Prices  are 
fixed  without  regard  to  economic  con­
ditions,  and 
frequently  the  particular 
line  of  work  is  driven  from  the  locality 
to  others  subject to  the  normal  condi­
tions  of  trade.  Ordinary  monopolies 
sell  their  wares 
in  the  open  market. 
Unionism  demands  that  its  wares  shall

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be  purchased  to  the  exclusion  of  all 
competition,  on  penalty  of  all  the  moral 
it  can  command. 
and  physical  forces 
The  former  sell 
their  wares  because 
they  can  sell  them  cheaper  than  others; 
the  latter  because  where  it  has 
the  as­
cendency,  through  the  power  of  organi­
zation, it  can  prevent  others  from selling 
in  the  same  market,  even  if  it  result  in 
starvation.  There 
is  no  monopoly  so 
arbitrary,so  ruthless,so  infamous,  so en­
tirely  controlled  by  unbridled  selfish­
ness,  as  the  monopoly  of  union  labor.

A  HAPPY  MEDIUM.

itself 

No  question  of  national  importance  is 
more  firfnly  settled 
in  America  than 
the  separation  of  Church  and  State. 
Other  times  and  other  peoples  have 
shown  the  danger  of  such  connection, 
and  America 
is  not without  its 
instances.  All  these,  however,  have 
passed  away.  For  years  the  public 
thought has  been  rushing  to  the  other 
extreme.  Distrust  of  sectarian  tenden­
cies  has  hastened  the  movement,  and 
New  England,  where  the  minister  was 
sure  to  have  a  place 
in  the  school 
instance  where 
board,  has  scarcely  an 
that  dignitary 
is  now  so  recognized. 
The  separation  is  complete.

One  result  not  expected,  or,  at  best, 
looked  upon  as  a  matter  of  little  mo­
ment,  is  the 
introduction  of  the  worst 
elements  of  civil  life 
into  these  posi­
tions  of  trust  on  the  retirement  of  the 
clergy.  When  the  minister  went  out  the 
word  "p o litician "  went 
in  and  the 
change  has  not been  for  the  best.  The 
movement,  once  begun,  did  not  stop. 
More  and  more  have  the  lines  been 
drawn,  until  saints  and  sinners  alike 
have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the 
pulpit  is  the  only  place  in  modern 
life 
for  the  minister  except  at  the  altar  and 
the  bier.  Politics  detests  him,  society 
coddles  or  ignores  him,  business  toler­
ates  and  pities  him.

It  seems  now  that  the  limit  has  been 
reached. 
It  is  beginning  to  be  discov­
ered  that  a  mistake—and  a  great  one— 
has  been  made.  It  has  been  found  that, 
in  severing  the relations between Church 
and  State,  the  essential  idea  which  the 
Church  embodies  has  been  weakened, 
and  that  the  State  is  the  sufferer;  and 
an  attempt  has  been  made  to  restore 
something  of  the  old  relations  and  influ­
ences.

Philadelphia—the  effort  was worthy  of 
the  City  of  Brotherly  Love—found  that 
there  were  elements  in  the strike in  that 
city  which  common  means  and  methods 
could  not  reach.  The  contest  between 
the  car  companies  waxed  warm,  and, 
finally,  to  avert  a  general strike,  the d if­
ferences were submitted  to  a commission 
made  up  of  Bishop  Whittaker,  of  the 
Episcopal  Church;  Archbishop  Ryan, 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church;  Bishop 
Foss,  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and 
three  laymen.  The  result  has  proved 
the wisdom of  the  course adopted,  and  it 
remains  to  be  seen  whether  " a   happy 
medium”  
found  where 
Church  and  State  can  meet  on  common 
ground  and, without  detriment  to  either, 
consider  and  settle  for  the  public  good 
many  of  those  questions  of  policy which 
are  vexing  the  common  life  to-day.

cannot  be 

Trees  and  plants  grow,  thrive  and 
produce  best  when  the  earth  is  most 
often  stirred  up  about  their  roots,  and 
the  best  results  can  only  be  obtained 
by  such  stirring.  This  movement  itself 
is  sometimes  brought  about  by competi­
tion  in  business,  for  it  causes  the  trav­
eling  man  who 
imagines  he  has  a 
"c in c h "  on  his  trade  to  make  some 
exertion  with  the  hope  of  keeping  his 
trade,  when  he  sees  such  a  course 
is  a 
necessity  and  no  longer  a  theory.

Getting the  People

SOME  RANDOM  THOUGHTS  ON  WINDOWS.
W ritten  for the T r a d e sm a n.

location 

The  management  of  store  windows  is 
in 
a  matter  of  serious  consideration 
cities  where 
is  an  important 
factor  and  rents  correspondingly  high. 
The  advertising  value  of  the  window  is 
coming  more  and  more  to  be  realized, 
and  the  “ window  dresser,’  whose  du­
ties  were  formerly  relegated  to  the  most 
tasty  of  the  clerks—if,  indeed,  the  work 
was  not  trusted  to  “ the  boy  —is  an 
artist  whose  services  are 
in  demand. 
The  country  store  window  does  not  re­
ceive  as  much  consideration  as 
it  de­
serves.

is  made  paramount. 

In  the  management  of  the  city  win­
dow  there  is,  of  course,  a  great  variety 
in  the  degree  of  excellence,  and  espe­
cially  in  the  degree  in  which  the adver­
tising  value 
In 
frequent  instances  the  ambition  of  the 
artist  to  create  a  picture  which  shall  be 
a  “ dream  of  beauty"  is  indulged  at  t.ie 
expense  of  the  advertising  idea.  For 
certain  temporary  purposes  this  may  be 
admissible,  but,  as  a  rule,  the  window 
should  be  made  to  suggest  that  there 
are  goods 
in  the  store  to  be  sold.  To 
is  well  to  show  some  of  the 
do  this 
it 
articles 
in  the  display 
in  such  a  way 
that  they  will  attract  the  attention  of 
purchasers  and  lead  them  to  enter  the 
store.  The  mistake  is  frequently  made 
of  displaying  only  the  finest  articles 
of  a  class,  or  of  showing  even  finer 
goods  than  are  kept  on  sale,  or  than 
would  be  in  demand.  An  instance  will 
illustrate :  A  window  in  this  city  had 
been  carefully  dressed  to  show  corsets. 
The  “ center  piece,”   so  to  speak,  a 
more  or less charming dummy,  was fitted 
out  with  a  very  handsome  satin  corset. 
A  would-be  purchaser  entered  the  store 
and,  to  the  inquiry  for  such  goods,  re­
ceived  reply  that  “ they  had  none  in 
stock—did  not  carry  them—the  one 
in 
the  window  being  a  sample  for  show- 
only. “   Remarking  upon  it,  the  lady 
said  that  “ the  others  looked  so  cheap 
by  comparison  that  she  didn't  want any 
of  them.”

It  is  coming  to be  more  and  more  ap­
preciated  that  articles  attractively  dis­
played,  with  prices  attached,  are  the 
most  effective  for  the purpose of Getting 
the  People.  A  novel,  interesting  or at­
tractive  display  has  an  indirect  benefit 
in  making  the  front  of  the  store  the 
lodestone  for an  idle  crowd ;  but  in  the 
most  valuable  locations  this  use  of  the 
window  cannot  be  afforded  all  the  time. 
A  few  of  the  most  salable  articles  ar­
ranged  in  such  a  manner  as  to  fix  the 
attention,  made  the  salient  points  of 
the  picture,  with  an  apparently  reason­
able  price  suggested,  will  conserve  the 
advertising  vaiue  of  a  location  the  most 
effectually.

There  are also  show  windows  in coun­
try  stores,  but  in  too  many 
instances 
the  fact  that  they  are  of  any  use  for 
purposes  of  show  seems  never  to  have 
occurred  to  the  proprietor. 
If  the  glass 
is  kept  sufficiently  clear  of  dust  and 
cobwebs  to  serve  the  primary  object  of 
admitting  daylight  fairly  well,  its  pur­
pose  is  amply  served.  There  is  no 
lo­
cation  where  the  show  window  is  not  of 
value  for  advertising 
If 
there  were  such, 
the  consideration  of 
attractiveness  of  appearance  would  be 
sufficient to  warrant  the  utmost  care that 
the  window  should  not  present  a  repul­
sive  picture  of  dirt  and  rubbish,  dust 
and  flyspecks.  Possibly  excepting  the 
sugar barrel,  there  is  no  place  about  a

purposes. 

store  so  dear  to  flies  as  the  front  win­
dow.  It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  paper 
to  tell  how  to  keep  them  out;  but  no 
business  can  prosper  to  the  degree  of 
its  privilege  unless  they  are  kept  out.

The  picture  presented  by the windows  i 

of  every  store  should  be  a  matter  of  se­
rious  consideration.  If  the  arrangement 
is  such  that  they  can  be  used  for  the 
display  of  merchandise,  they  should  be 
utilized  to  the  utmost  advantage  for 
that  purpose;  and  in  every  location  the 
prime object  of  selling  goods  should  be 
kept  in  view  in  the  use  of  the  windows.
If  it  is  better  to  use  them  to  give a view 
of the stock displayed  in the center  of the 
store,  that  display  should,  of  course,  be 
arranged  to  show  to  the  best  advantage 
from  the  outside.

The  great  enemy  to  the  usefulness  of 
the  window  of  the  country  store  is  neg­
lect.  Deterioration  through  the  opera­
tion  of  dirt  is  so gradual  that  the  need 
of  care  too  frequently  exists  for  a 
long 
time  before  it  is  suggested  to  the  care 
taker.  Much  has  been  said—and  prop­
erly,  too—in  regard  to  care  of  back 
rooms,  out-of-the-way  corners  and  cel­
lars;  but  the  front  windows  are  as'  fre­
quent  places  of  neglect  as  any  part  of 
the  store; and the  effect  on  the  customer 
is  first,  in  the  order  of  time  at  least.

W .  N.  F u l l e r .

A  REM ARKABLE  RECORD.

The  formal  opening  of  the  new  quar­
ters  or  home  for  the  New  York  clearing 
house  was  a  subject  for  much  attention 
and  comment  by  the  papers  of  the  me­
institution,  a 
tropolis.  This 
financial  middleman  between 
the 
banks,  is  aptly  termed  one of  the  most 
powerful,  most  remarkable  and  most 
honorable  in  the  United  States.

great 

it 

Its  purpose,  of  course,  as  is  that  of 
all  similar 
institutions  throughout  the 
country,  is  to  secure  an  economy  of  la­
bor  and  time  and  the  use  of  money 
in 
effecting  exchanges  between  the  differ­
ent  financial  establishments  of  the  city. 
It  is  the  greatest  medium  of  exchange 
in  the  country,  transacting  a  business 
ranging  from  five  to  ten  hundred.mil­
lions  dollars  a  week.  During  the  past 
forty-three  years 
is  said  to  have 
handled  a  business,  in  its  peculiar line, 
of  eleven  hundred  billions  of  dollars 
in  extent,  or  an  average of  over twenty- 
five  billions  per  year.  The  most  re­
markable  statement,  however,  in  this 
connection  is  that  in  all  these  years  not 
a  cent  has  ever  been  lost  through  mis­
conduct or  mischance.
That  such  a  thing 

is  possible  dem­
onstrates  to  what  a  nicety,  what  an 
exact  science 
and 
financial  operations  have  been  reduced. 
The  men  at  the  head  of  such  an 
insti­
tution  and  in  its  directory  are  the  kings 
of  finance  in  this  country  by  reason  of 
right  and  ability  as  well  as  by  good for­
tune. 
is  not  astonishing  that  they 
know  how  to  manipulate,and  do  manip­
ulate  almost  at  their  will,  the  finances 
of  the  Nation.  The  crossroads  politi­
cians  who  set  their views  and  judgment 
and  plans,  in  financial  matters,  against 
the 
technical 
acumen  and  power of  men  who  handle 
twenty-five  billions  of  dollars  annually 
without  misconduct  or  mischance  are, 
to  say  the  least,  somewhat  at  a  disad­
vantage.  The  New  York  clearing house, 
representing  the  associated  banks  of 
New  York  City, 
is  about  the  biggest 
thing  in  America.

almost,  banking 

Biller Stamps. R“< S r p

experience, 

ability, 

..........99 Griswold  Street..........

It 

BO OK OF BO O K LETS—Chap.  II.

1.  Verily, 

I  say 
unto  you,  the  man 
who  hath  been  born 
in wisdom advertiseth 
his  wares  after  the 
manner of the coming 
generation,  and  get- 
eth  himself  a  Book­
let  which  describeth 
his  merchandise  in  a 
comely  manner  and 
with  conciseness,

2.  For  the  buyer 
who  readeth a  Book­
let  doth 
so  with 
much  pleasure  and 
enlighteneth his mind 
with due regard with- 
al  for  the  merits  of 
the  goods  and  chat- 
tels  therein spoken of.
3.  And, moreover,
I  say  unto  you,  the 
Booklet enableth the 
advertiser to say many I 
things  in  a  seemly 
manner which will be 
read  and  taken  heed 
of  by  the  people.

4.  For  therein  he 
may  be able to please 
the vanity of the read­
er,  and  by  his  logic 
he  disarmeth  the  an­
ger  which  anseth  in 
the  breast of  the man 
who hath  no  time for 
lengthy  parables.

5.  Yea,  verily,  I 
say  unto you,  that he 
whowritethand send- 
eth  out to  the  men of 
all  countries  Book­
lets which please  by 
reason of  their  terse­
ness  is  greater  than 
he  who taketh  a  city, 
for  he  commandeth 
the  trade of  all  cities 
and  of all  the  people 
in  those cities.

those 

6.  When th on set- 
test  thyself  down  to 
write 
thy  Booklet, 
let  thy  mind  dwell 
upon 
things 
which will interest the 
buyer of merchandise, 
for thereby  wilt  thou 
gain  praise  to  thyself 
and  profit to  thy  ac­
count.

7.  And when thou 
selectest  a  maker  of 
Booklets  to print thy 
publicity, be thou cer­
tain  that  thou pickest 
out  one  who  under- 
standeth his  business 
and  knoweth  how  to 
I make 
thy  Booklet 
attractive  to  thy  cus­
tomers,  for 
thereby 
thou  winneth half the 
battle.

—Selah.

The  Tradesman  Company  makes  a 
specialty  of  Booklets, for  Manufacturers, 
Wholesalers  and  Retailers.  A  special 
writer  is  employed  who  will  prepare the 
matter for the booklet if desired.

Tradesman  Company

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Petty  Pilferer.

that  amount 

Every  community  has  its  scum  and 
Milltown  was  no  exception.  Deacon 
White,  who  could  give  a  quarter  in  ■ 
charity  if  he  must,  but  who  much  pre- 
fered  to  contribute 
in 
prayer,  had  been  heard  frequently  to re­
mark  that  he  ‘ ‘ never  could  understand 
how  it  was  that  them there Pelseys could 
live,  year 
in 
plain  sight  of  the  sanctuary  and  be  the 
lazy,  shiftless,  good-for-nothing  pack 
they  had  been  ever  since  he  could  re­
member,  and  that’s  nigh  onto 
fifty 
years.  Take  old  Zibe.  Him  and  his 
old  harness  was  just  alike—all  tied  up 
You  couldn  t  put  your 
with  ropes. 
finger 
on  him 
anywheres  without 
tackling  a  string.”

in  and  year  out,  right 

While  the  Deacon’s  opinion  of  ‘ ‘ Old 
Zibe”   had,  without  doubt,  been  much 
twisted  by  certain  transactions  in  the 
way  of  barter  in  which  the  deacon,  who 
prided  himself  on  his  shrewdness,  had 
come  off  second  best,  it  must  be  admit­
ted  that  the  family were  a  bad lot.  The 
only  one  among  them—and  they  were 
‘ ‘ thicker’n  freckles” —was  Hile,  who 
seemed  to be  a  little  different  from  the 
rest.  He  and  Cy  had  grown  up  togeth­
er.  They  went  to  school  together  and, 
when  nobody  else  would 
set  with 
him ,”   Cy  showed  his  humanity  by  tak­
ing  the  outcast  in. 
It  was  no  Damon 
and  Pythias attachment,  that;  but,  after 
the  schooldays  were  over,  and  especial­
ly  after  the  store  was  opened  under Cy’s 
lounging 
management,  it  made  a  good 
place  as  long  as  the  store  was 
located 
at  the  old  place.  Then  Jane’s  quiet 
regime  began  and  a  good  deal  of  the 
lounging  dropped  off.  After  the  new 
store  was  opened,  the  rest  of 
it  went; 
but  once  in  a  while,  after  the  store  was 
shut  up,  and  a light  showed  that  Cy  was 
inside,  Hile  would  rattle  the  latch  and 
Cy  would  let  him  in,  and  the  two  would 
while  away  what  little  of  the  evening 
was  left.  Hile  liked  to  talk  and  Cy 
liked  to  listen,  and  the  two  managed  in 
that  way  to  pass  many  pleasant  even­
ings  together.

It  happened,  one  evening,  that  Dea­
con  White  had  brought 
in  some  of  his 
gilt-edged  butter  to  fill  an  order  which 
old 
lady  Walker  had  left  who  insisted 
that  “ even  Mrs.  White’s butter  wa’n’t 
fit  to  eat,  if  it  ’twa’n’t  put up  in moulds 
with  a  strawb’ry  and  a  strawb  ry  leaf 
on  top. ”   Mrs.  White  knew her custom­
er  and  sent  a  dozen  as  handsome  quar­
ter-pound  moulds  of  butter  as  human 
eye  ever  looked  at.  For  the  finishing 
touch  she  wrapped  each  mould  in  oiled 
in  the 
tissue  paper,  another  attraction 
eye  of  the  customer. 
The 
deacon 
reached  the  store  about  dark.  After  he 
went  out  Jane  and  Dolly  were 
looking 
at  the  butter and  admiring  it,  when who 
should  come  in  but  Hile  Pelsey.  It  was 
■ evident  that  the  dairy  art,  in  his  opin­
ion,  had  reached  its culmination  in  that 
butter.  He  looked  at  it  long  after  Jane 
had  got  tired  of  holding  the  cover  and, 
after  the  golden  balls  were  shut  from 
his  sight,  he  could  think  and  talk  of 
nothing  else.

That  night  after  supper,  Cy  went 
back  to  the  store.  There  was  the  famil­
iar  rattle .of  the  knob,  followed  shortly 
by  the  throwing  back  of  the  bolt,  and 
Hile  Pelsey  ‘ ‘ was  going  by  and  thought 
he’d  jest  drop  in. ”   At  first,  he  came 
into the  office;  but  Cy  was figuring over 
something  and  gave  short  answers  to 
the  few  questions  put,  so,  at  last,  to 
in­
give  Cy  a  chance  to  work  without 

terruption,  Hile  wandered  out  into the 
storeroom  and  helped  himself  to  the 
crackers.  That  suggested  a  slice  of 
cheese,  and  he  had  some.  That may  or 
may  not  have  recalled  the butter,  but 
the  box  still  stood  on  the  end  of  the 
counter and,  remembering  the  pleasing 
sight,  with  something  of  an  effort  he 
removed  the  cover  for another  look  at 
the  tempting  product  of  the  Deacon  s 
dairy.

taken 

leaf,  awakened  suspicion. 

The  taking  off  the  cover  of  the  but­
ter-box  attracted  Cy’s  attention  and, 
peering  through  the  office  window,  he 
saw  what, 
in  connection  with 
H ile’s  late  admiration  of  the strawberry 
and 
If  the 
fellow  wanted  a  chance  to  help  himself 
to  the  butter,  Cy  concluded there  wasn’t 
anything  he  could  part  with  easier. 
Tossing  his  pencil  on  the  desk,  he  said 
with  a  yawn,  “ There! 
I  believe  I ’ve 
worked  enough  for one  day.  I  guess  I ’ ll 
go  out  and  put  up  the  shutters  and 
spend  the  evening  with  you.  This  is 
the  second  time  Jim ’s  gone  off  and 
left 
me  to  do  his  work  and  I  guess,  aiter 
he’s  done  that  a  few  more  times,  he’ll 
hear  from  m e;”   and  Cy  stepped outside 
to  put  up  the  blinds.

guess,  Hile, 

That  was  H ile’s  opportunity  and  he 
improved  it ;  and  Cy  had  hardly got  the 
first  shutter  in  place  before  he  saw  Hile 
hastily  wrap  one  of  the  butter-balls 
in 
some  brown  paper  and  snugly  stow  it  in 
is  hat.  His  first  impulse  was  to  sing 
ut  tc  the  thief ;but  on  second  thought, 
e  hastily  finished  his  task  outside  and 
ame  in,  blustering  about  the 
increas- 
ng  cold,  shut  the  door  with  a  bang, 
acked  it  and  slipped  the  key 
into  his 
locket.
“ Wind’s  getting  ’round  into the north 
nd 
it’s  going  to  be  colder’n  thunder 
lefore  morning.  That  means  a  good 
fig  fire  for  those  potatoes  in  the  back 
tore.  Here!  give  me  that  poker;  and 
if  you  don’t  want  to 
reeze  to  death,  you’d  better  slip 
into 
hat  seat  there  in  the  corner  behind  the 
if  I  get  there  first,  you’ll 
itove, 
lave  to  say  ‘ Good  bye,  chair, 
for  thi 
:vening.  Now  I ’ll  swing  open  this 
jack  door—you  needn’t  move—there’s 
ust  one  place  where  the  draft  won’t 
ouch  me—and  give  the  potatoes  a 
:hance  and  then  I ’ll  haul  up  my  chair 
ind  we’ll  have  some  cigars  and  make 
jurselves  comfortable. 
I  tell you  what,
[  don’t  know  anything  that’ll  make  a 
'eller  hug  the  stove quicker  and  closer 
han  the  north  wind  when  it  starts  out 
jn  a  tear.  There  ain’t  anything  that’ll 
ceep  it  out;  and,  it  there’s  anything  I 
:an’t  stand,  it’ s  having  the  cold  boring 
into  my  marrer. 

for, 

'

like?’ 

“ Here,  Hile,  take  a  cigar. 

‘ Got 
jne?’  Keep  it  in  your  pocket  and  take 
jne  of  these.  An  agent  come  around 
here  t’other day  and,  after  I ’d give  him 
in  order,  he  says  to  me,  ‘ What  kind  of 
cigar  do  you 
‘ The  kind  you 
bain’t got,’  says  I,  ‘ and  wouldn’t  know 
it,  if  you  did  have—a  real,  genuine 
Havana,  that  you  couldn’t  get  a  whiff 
if  your  life  de­
of  gray  smoke  out  of 
pended  on 
it !’  That  sort  of  nettled 
him,  and,  after he’d  got  tired  of  swear­
ing,  says  he,  ‘ The  next  time  I  came, 
I ’ll  bring  you  a  box  of  cigars  and  make 
you  a  present  of  ’em—’  ‘ Don’t ,’  says  I, 
above 
‘my  stomach  ain’t  over  and 
strong  and  I  don’t  like  to  fool  with 
it’ 
—‘ and,  if  you  don’t  say  they’re  the best 
cigar  you  ever got  hold  of,  I ’ll give  you 
a  good  $5  b ill.’ 
I 
‘ that’s  the  kind  they  make  over to Light 
and  Puffum’s ;  and,  when  you  get  ready 
to  make  the  present,  just  go over  there 
and  get  a  box  of  their  Royal  Acorns

‘ M—hm, ’ 

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and  let  me  have  something  that’s  worth 
smoking!’

He  was  mad,  and  off  he  went  without 
saying  a  word. 
The  next  time  he 
came,  he  banged  this box  down  on  my 
desk,  and  says  he,  ‘ If  you  say  you  ever 
smoked  a  better  cigar  than  that,  you’re 
a  1—r ! ’ 
I ’ve  smoked 
just  three  of
I  guess  the  feller’s  right. 
’em,  and 
Take  such  a  night’s  this,  and 
just 
the  time  for  just  such  a  cigar,  and  so  I 
thought  we’d  better  try  ’em .”

it’s 

So  the  cigars  were  lighted,  the  story 
and  the  Havana  and  the  cold  outside 
lent  their  aid  to 
increase  the  comfort 
within,  and  H ile’s  tongue,  easily  set 
going,  began  and  kept  up  a  round  of 
the 
jolliest  stories,  without  a  sign  of 
the  discomfort  eagerly  looked  forward 
to by  the  avenging  Cy.

‘ ‘ This 

is  a  mighty  good  cigar,  Cy 
—blamed  if  ’tain’t;  and  I  don’t  know 
of  a  better  way  to  spend  the  evening 
than  to  get  down  into a  warm  corner and 
whack  away  at  one. 
It  comes  as  near 
comfort  as  anything  I  know  on.”

is! 

Just  see 

‘ ‘ That’s  right;  but, 

if  there’s  any  hot  water 

if  you  whack 
away  at  that  one  much  longer,  you’ ll 
burn  your  nose.  Throw 
it  away  and 
take  a  fresh  one  while  I  stir  up  the  fire 
—I  wonder 
in 
this  kettle.  One  of  Jane’s  hobbies  is 
having  a  kettle  of  water  steaming  all 
the  time  on  the  stove,  and, 
if  there’s 
any”   (looking  in)  ‘ ‘ there  is—any quan­
tity  of  it.  You  just  wait  a  minute  and, 
if  Jane  hain’t  hid  my  brandy,  we’ ll 
have  a  jolly  old  time  here,  all  by  our­
selves.  Here  she 
that 
color,  H ile!  Now,  with  some  hot water 
and  loaf  sugar  and  a  lemon—”   the  sen­
tence  was  finished  by  Cy’s  drawing 
in 
his breath  through  his  teeth. 
‘ ‘ If  this 
was  common  brandy,  Hile,  I ’d  ask  you 
if  you  liked  it;  but,  you  can  take  $20 
brandy—and  that’s  what  this  cost—and 
there  ain’t  anything  on  two  legs  that 
doesn’t 
it!  There!  Now,  you 
don’t  want  to  open  your  mouth  and 
gulp  that  down  as  if  ‘ twas so much com­
It’ ll  make  you  drunker’n 
mon  cider. 
a  fool, 
if  you  do;  but,  if  you  take  a 
little  sip  of  it  now  and  then—so-fashion 
—by  the  time  you  get  ready  to  go, 
you’ ll  be  good  and  warm,  an  you’ll 
keep  warm  all  the  way  home.

like 

So,  with  each  a  new  cigar  from  the 
wonderful  box, 
they  sat  puffing  and 
chatting  and  telling  the  funniest  kind 
of  stories,  and 
it  was  difficult  to  tell 
who  told  the  better.  As  the  brandy grew 
low  in  H ile’s  tumbler,  it  was  plain  to 
be  seen  that  things were working.  Little 
trickles  of  perspiration  began  to  ap­
pear  at  his  earlocks,  and  H ile’s  apol­
ogy  of  a  handkerchief  was  called 
into 
active  service.  After  awhile,  the  same 
manifestations  appeared  upon  his  fore­
head,  and  then  the  handkerchief  began 
to  travel  to  the  back  of  his  neck.

‘ ‘ A in’t  it  getting a leetle warm here?’ 
he  asked  once,  when  he  had  called  a 
halt  on  a  stream  that  had  started  down 
‘ ‘ I  hope  so,”   was  the  an­
his  back. 
‘ ‘ I  wouldn’t  have  those  potatoes 
swer. 
’em  from  up 
bit  for  the  world.  Got 
country  and  they’ re  the 
likeliest  lot  o’ 
potatoes  in  the  state.  Why  in  thunder 
don’t  you  take  your  hat  off,  if  you’re 
so  awful  hot?  Here !  let  me  have  it ; 
and  Cy  made  a  lunge  for  it.

‘ ‘ You 

Hile  jumped  out  of  his  reach  as 

if 
he  had  been  shot. 
let  my  hat 
alone!”   and,  with  both  hands  on  the 
crown,  he  pressed  it  down  hard,  almost 
over  his  ears, imagining that  would  help 
matters;  but  the  melted—and  m eltin g- 
butter  had  to  go  somewhere  and 
it 
spirted  all  over  him.  And  such  a  sight!
“ Whew!”   he  gasped,  mopping  his

face  and  neck. ”  
‘ ‘ Let  me  get  out  o’ 
this  hot  box!  Talk  about  freezing  your 
pertaters!  You’ll  roast  ’em  if  you  keep 
that  fire  up  much  longer!”
Once  he  was  out  ot  that 

‘ ‘ cosy  cor­
ner,”   the  fun  was  over,  and  Cy,  certain 
that 
left  of  the  butter, 
began  to  fix  the  fire  for the night.  That 
done,  he  put  out  the  lights  and  un­
locked  the  door,  and  the 
two  men 
passed  out  into  the  night.

little  could  be 

Conversation  languished,  but,  when 
Hile  left  the  storekeeper  at his gate,  Cy 
opened  u p :

‘ ‘ Well,  Hile,  good-night.  We’ve  had 
I  don’t 
a  pleasant  evening  together. 
know  when  I ’ve  enjoyed  myself  more. 
The  cigars  and  the  brandy  suffered 
some—but  your  hair  won’t  need  greas­
ing  for  some  time  to  com e;  and  I  cal­
culate  I ’ve  had  so  much  fun  out  of  this 
that  I  shan’t  charge  you  a  cent  for  the 
butter!’

Cy  laughed.  Hile  swore,  a  verbal  ex­
ercise  he  kept  up  until  he  was  out  of 
hearing,  and  all  the  way  home.

Needless  to  say,  there  was  no  more 
visiting  after  ‘ ‘ shutting-up-time”  
in 
one  Milltown  store;  and  Hile  Pelsey 
had  no  more  taste,  so  to  speak,  for Mrs. 
Walker’s  butter.

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

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since  the  close  of  the  war. 
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14:

Shoes  and  Leather
How  a  Box  of  Shoes  Brought  Luck 

All  Around.

When  Capt.  Hardy  heard  that  his 
young  sister  was  engaged  to  the  junior 
partner  in  a  shoe  house,his indignation, 
perhaps,  came  as  near getting  the  start 
of  him  as  it  ever  had  done  in  his  some­
what  easy-going  life.

“ The  idea  of  her  marrying  a  trades­
man  anyway,  and  worst of  all  one  in  a 
business  never  known  to  particularly 
distinguish  one  or  make  any  one  rich.
A  dry  goods  house  may  have  a  Stewart 
or a  Wanamaker.  Even  the  hardware 
dealers  sometimes  see  the  need  of  cer­
tain  mechanical  improvements,  and  by 
a  little  clever  thinking  get  up an  inven­
tion  of  some  value.  But  what  oppor­
tunity  does  the  shoe  trade  give?  None. 
The  wholj  business  is  all  done  on  one 
level. 
I  thought  the  girl  nad  better 
sense.

“ And  yet,”   suggested  his  wife,  “ you 
must  admit  that  they  are  not  all  alike. 
There  are  certainly  good  shoes ami poor 
ones.

in 

“ As  to  that,  this  grate  is nothing  like 
as  handsome  as  the  one  down  in  ti e 
parlor,  nor  did  it  cost  as  much;  but  the 
same  man  made  both. 
It’s  all  a  matter 
of  the  purchaser’s  pocketbook,  not  of 
the  maker’s  standing. 
Just show me,  if 
you  can,  a  living  shoeman  with  any 
standing  socially.  Or,  show  me  a  dead 
one  of  any  importance  in  history.  1  tell 
you,  that  girl  is  a  fool,  and  if  father  al- 
low's—but,of  course, if  it  suits the  rest  of 
them 
1  am  not  expected  to complain.
I  did  hope,  though,  that  Belle  would 
marry  a  man  of  some  value  to  the  com­
munity.”
“ Why,  Thomas!  As  if  the  commu­
nity  could  get along without shoes !  How 
could  you  get  along?  You  might  tie  a 
handkerchief  over  your  head  tor  a  hat 
or  use  your  dressing  gown 
lieu  of 
more  appropriate  clothing.  But  how 
you  could  ever  get  to  the  bank 
in  the 
morning  without  shoes  is  more  than 
1 
can  say.
“ Oh,  pshaw,  K ate’  You  know  very 
well  what  I  mean.  Of  course,  the  shoe- 
men  are  a  necessity  when  we  need 
them,  just  as  the  street  peddler  may  be 
a  convenience  when  he  happens  along 
with  some  trifle  you  are  just  wanting  in 
a  hurry.  At  other  times  they  are  a  con­
founded  nuisance.  What  I  mean  is  that 
the  shoeman,  like  "the  peddler,  is  of  no 
earthly  value  beyond  the  actual  produc­
tion  of  the  goods  he  receives  pay  for. 
In  other  words,  his 
influence  may  be 
measured  in  dollars  and  cents,  and  not 
in  neighborhood, 
finanical  and  social 
benefit.  But  I  see  you  are  all  against 
me,  so  like  a  dutiful  son  and  brother 
1 
will  ship  the  wedding  gift  and  wish 
them  joy.  Only  I  do  hope  if  that  clod­
hopper  comes  here  to  pay  us  a  visit,  he 
won’t  bring  his  bench  and  his  lasts 
with  him. ”
It  may  have  been  a  revelation  to  Mr. 
Hardy  that  anyone  but  a  banker  could 
be  too  busy  to 
in  a  wedding 
tour,  though  he  affected  no  surprise  on 
hearing  that  the  young  couple  had  set­
tled  quietly  down  at  home  without  the 
usual  preliminary  wandering.

indulge 

“ I  suppose,”   growled  Mr.  Hardy 

in 
the  fiercest  voice  he  could muster,  “ that 
he  feed  the  preacher  with  his  last  pair 
of  shoes  and  has  to  hurry  out  another 
pair  for a  possible  customer.”

Of  course,  Mr.  Hardy  supposed  noth­
ing  of  the  sort.  A  reference  to  the  Mer­
cantile  Agencies  had  greatly  mollified 
him  and  reports  agreed  that  his  new 
brother-in-law  was  connected  with  a 
finely-stocked  modern 
establishment. 
But,  inasmuch  as  he  had  been  so  out­
spoken  against the match at  the  start,the 
took  a  grim  delight  in  giving  voice  to 
such  ridiculous  inferences,  do  tell  the 
truth,  he  was  just  beginning  to  feel  the 
pressure  of  the  recent  panic  to  an  un­
comfortable  degree  and  was  willing  to 
divert  his  mind  from  his  own  business 
at  the  expense  of  the  young  man  who 
had  incurred  his  displeasure  by  marry­
ing  his  favorite  sister.

Indulgences  of  this  sort  may  for  a 
time  divert  the  mind  but  they  will  not 
divert  the  minds  of  clamorous creditors.

as 

Things  went  from  bad  to  worse  until 
the  prosperous  banker  suddenly  found 
himelf  casting  about  as  desperately  for 
financial  makeshifts 
the  most 
wretched  dead-beat.

Like  many  an  older  banker  he  had 
plenty  of  good  securities  to  meet  every 
obligation,  but  on  the  greater  part  of 
his  investments  he  could  not  realize 
in 
a  moment.  He  had  too  much  capital 
tied up  in  investments  for panicky  times 
like  these.

At  first  he  was  not  greatly  worried, 
expecting,  if necessary,  to be able to dis­
pose  of  his  better-class  securities  at  a 
reasonable  discount.  This  failing  him, 
he  offered  those  of  a  more  dubious  na­
ture  at  a  genuine  sacrifice,  but  there 
were  no  takers.  Then  he  made  out  a 
list  of  his  very  best  papers  and  offered 
them  at  prices  that  he  thought  would 
insure  their instant  sale.  Still  they  were 
not  taken. 
Capital  was  either  tied  up 
by  the  panic  or  shut  up  by  fear  of  it.

At  last  a  day  arrived  when  he  was 
notified  that  his  heaviest  obligation 
must  be  met  promptly  when  due,  at  the 
end  of  thirty  days.  Desperately  he 
seized  a  bundle  of  his  gilt-edged securi­
ties  and,  calling  in  person  on  a capital­
ist  of  his  acquaintance,  offered  them  at 
a  price  that  in  better times  would  have 
marked  him  as  a  candidate  for  a 
luna­
tic  asylum.

“ You  can  see  these  things  are  per­
fectly  safe,”   he  explained,  “ and  worth 
their  face 
in  gold  to  anyone  who  can 
carry  them  to  maturity.  But  the  fact  is,
I  can’t. 
If  I  could,  you  would  not  get 
a  chance  at  them  for  less  than  face.

To  all  of  which  the  capitalist  assent­
ed,  but  shook  his  head.  He  did  not 
dare  to  take  the  risk ;  was  practically 
retired  from  business,  but  still  had  a 
few  outstanding  speculations  that  might 
in  a  moment  call 
into  service  every 
available  resource.

“ Then  must  I  be  disgraced?”   shout­
ed  Hardy,  half  frantic  with  the  worry. 
“ For  no  one  will  be  ready  to  believe  in 
these  times  that  a  banker  can  be  honest 
though  unfortunate. 
I  must  either  pay 
up  every  dollar  on  demand  or  be 
bandied  about  the  street  as  a  common 
thief.”
“ If  you  will  let  me,  I  believe  I  can 
dispose  of  those  things  for  you,”   said 
the  old  capitalist 
“ I  have  a 
young  friend  who  desired  me  to  keep 
an  eye  open  for  a  good  investment  for 
ready  cash. 
If  that  will  suit  you  I  will 
communicate  with  him  at  once  and-let 
you  know  in  a  day  or  two.’ ’

finally. 

A  few  days 

later  when  Mr.  Hardy 
received  payment  for  his  securities  he 
found  himself  making  them  over  to  his 
brother-in-law,  the  shoeman.

“ How  does 

it  come, ”   he  asked  the 
old  man,  finally,  “ that  this  young  fel­
low  has  cash  when  none  of  these  great 
dry goods  houses  have  it? 
Is  his  busi­
ness  so  much  more  profitable?”

the 

“ Ah,  I  see.  And  so these  hard  times 
shoe 

“ Well,  hardly,  but  you  see  the  hard 
times  cut  their  business  down  a  good 
deal,  for  so  much  of  their  stock  goes  to 
luxuries,  while  people  have  to  have 
shoes  whether  they  can  afford  them  or 
not. ’ ’
make  no  difference  with 
trade?”
“ On  the  contrary  they  make  a  good 
deal  of  difference.  And  it  is 
just  be­
cause  this  young  fellow  was  quick  to 
recognize  the  difference  that  he 
is  un­
usually  successful.  He  tells  me  that  by 
closely  watching  the  columns  of  his 
trade  paper  he  made  up  his  mind  some 
time  ago  how  things  were  going  so,  in­
stead  of  loading  up  with  the  usual 
line 
of  new  goods  as  so  many  of  his  rivals 
did,  lie  persuaded  his  senior  partner  to 
lay 
cheap 
goods,  pay  cash  for  the same, and secure 
all  the  discount  there  was  in 
it.  Other 
houses  contracted  the  usual  supply  on 
the  usual  terms.  Now  this  concern  is 
quoting  prices  that  suit  the  hard  times 
and  getting  most  of  the  trade.”

large  proportion  of 

“ I  see,”   again  said  the  banker,  and 
retired  shortly.  That  evening  he  sur­
prised  his  wife  by  remarking:

“ I  heard  from  that  what’s-his-name 
that  Belle  married,  and  they  do  say  he 
is  doing  well.’ ’

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lady  quietly. 
“ Then  he  has  probably  sold that  pair  of

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HEYMAN  COMPANY

Just 

wholly  from  the  small  depositors  and 
they  were  well  grounded.  Almost  a 
crowd  was  gathering  at  the  front  await­
ing  the  opening  of  the  great  doors. 
Soon  they  would 
fill  the  place  and 
empty  the  till  and  then—

it  around, 

it  listlessly,  stared 

Even  the  fact  that  he  had  previously 
secured  the  heavier  creditors  would  go 
against  him  when  the  crash 
came, 
though  had  he  not  done  so  he must  have 
gone  down  days  before  and  the  small 
creditors  still  been  in  the 
lurch.  Like 
many  another  business  man he had  done 
everything  he  could  to  gain  time  in 
which  the  miracle  that  alone  could  save 
him  might  happen.  He  looked  up  at 
the  clock. 
fourteen  minutes  of 
opening  time.  The  messenger  came up 
from  behind  and  placed  a  box  of  shoes 
upon  the  desk  before  him.  Hardy 
in  amaze­
opened 
ment,  turned 
looked  at  it 
again  and  then  wheeled  suddenly  about 
to  face—not  the  messenger  he  had  ex­
pected  to  see,, but  an  entire  stranger.
“ Am  I  in  time?”   the  latter inquired, 
holding  out  his  hand.  “ You  see  I  only 
knew  of  your difficulty  by  last evening’s 
paper  (why  didn’t  you  call  on  me?) and 
came  by  next  train  with  what  loose 
funds  I  could muster  on  so  short  notice: 
the  joint  production  of  father’s 
indus­
try,  a  prosperous  business,  and  royalties 
on  a  patent  shoe  fastener  I  had the  good 
fortune  to  originate;  $25,000 
in  all. 
Will  it  help  you  out?  I  gathered  it  into 
that  shoe  box  in  my  hurry  at  first  and 
then  concluded  that  was  just  as  safe  a 
place  to  carry  it  as  any  I  could  think 
I of 
in  the  few  minutes  I  could  spare. 
No  one  dreamed  on  the  route,  I  ven­
ture,  that  that  box  was  full  of  green­
backs.  I  started  off  so sudden last night,
I  had  not  time  to  go  home:  sent  Belle  a 
telegram  that  important  business  called 
me  here 
I ’m  Belle’s  hus­
band,  by  the  way.  Shake!”

in  haste. 

Hardy  shook.  When  the  messenger 
in  with  his  shoes  he  was  still 
came 
relinquished  his 
shaking,  and  only 
grasp  to  shake  with 
the  messenger, 
much  to  that  individual’s  astonishment. 
Then  he  rushed  to  the  front  doors,  un­
bolted  them  and  swung  them  back  him­
self,  six  minutes  before  time,  and  ac­
tually  for  the  next  ten  minutes  stood 
there  shaking  hands  with  those  fright­
ened  depositors  who  were  coming  in  to 
get  their  money  or  ‘ ‘ bust  the  bank  and 
mob  him. ’ ’  Then  he  went  back  to  his 
private  office  and  put  on  his  shoes.
By  11  o’clock  the  run  was  practically 
over and  the  bank  in  the  end  more  than 
$400  ahead  on 
interest  sacrificed  by 
people  whose  deposits  had  run  less  than 
a  year.  The  next  day  some  of  these 
same  deposits  were  being  returned,  the 
owners  mentally  kicking  themselves  for 
having  in  a  moment  of  senseless  panic 
lost from  three months,  to nearly a year’s 
interest.  But  that  has  nothing  to  do 
with  our  story.

At  11  130  Capt.  Hardy  went  to  dinner 
and  his  brother-in-law  went  with  him. 
The  banker’s  wife,  was  not "told just  how 
the  two  men  were  brought  together,  but 
probably  she  guessed  enough.  Most 
wives  and  perverse  women  do.  At  any 
rate  she  found  an  early  opportunity  to 
ask  her  husband  whether  his. guest  had 
brought  his  bench  and 
lasts  with  him 
and  where  they  were  to  be  set.  To 
which  Hardy  replied  rather shortly:
in  the  parlor 

if 
he  wants  to.  And  now .let  us  have 
peace—and  dinner.” —Wilder  Grahame 
in  Boot  and  Shoe  Recorder.

’ 1 He  may  set  them 

shoes  and  is  hard  at  work  on  the  next 
pair. ”

There  was  just  a  shade  of  something 
in  her  voice  that  Hardy  did  not  relish, 
something  that  made  him  regard  her 
sharply  for  a  minute  and  then  bury 
himself  in  a  man’s  domestic  tomb,  the 
newwspaper.

Who,  at  the  beginning  of  the  late 
depression,  realized  how  serious  and 
persistent  it  was  likely  to  be?  Certain­
ly  not banker  Hardy,  though  in  its  very 
beginning 
it  had  given  him  a  lesson 
that  cost  him  days  of  worry  and  the 
sacrifice  of  his  best  stocks.  That  he 
had  further  cause  to  worry  did  not  seri­
ously  occur  to  his  easy-going  nature, 
until  the  substance  of  the  shadow  was 
at  hand.  One  of  the  bank’s  heaviest 
debtors  failed  on  the  eve  of  the  matu­
rity  of  the  obligation,  thus  effectually 
tying  up  for  »tim e  even  the  percentage 
likely  to  be  realized  indue  process.

Hardy  was  aghast,  as  he  had  been 
depending  on  this  claim,  considered  as 
safe  as  government  bonds,  to cancel  one 
against  the  bank,  soon  due.  Again  he 
tried  the  usual  methods 
for  raising 
funds  or  obtaining  an  extension  of 
time. 
Those  were  days  when  only 
ready  cash  talked  and  when  those  who 
did  not  have 
it  found  it  very  hard  to 
get.  This  has  been  called  the  age  of 
paper,  but  there  are  many  instances  on 
record  when  paper  was  not  allowed  to 
1894. 
figure  largely  in  the  business  of 
liberal  sacri­
Still,  by  hard  work  and 
fice,  Capt.  Hardy  finally  succeeded 
in 
floating  his  bank  over  the new difficulty. 
But  a  serious  thing  had  happened.

In  some  way 

it  was  noised  abroad 
that  he  was  in  deep  water and  liable  to 
fail  at  any  time.  A  banker  will  know 
what  that  report  means  in  such  times. 
One  morning 
it  occurred  to  the  teller 
that  more  than  usual  of  the  bank’s 
funds  were  being  called  out  by  the 
small  depositors.  By  noon  the  run  was 
pronounced. 
By  night  the  evening 
papers  declared  it  phenomenal.  Hardy 
chafed  at  this  publicity  and  exerted 
himself  in  keeping  the  news  from  his 
wife,  and  in  building  up  false  hopes  to 
keep  up  his  own  spirits.  That  night  he 
jour­
went  to  bed  inwardly  cursing  the 
nalistic  enterprise  that  would  bring 
in 
the  depositors  faster  than  ever.

That  night  a  young  business  man 
rushed  into  the  station  at  a  certain town 
and,  boarding  the evening  train,  started 
for  New  York  as  fast  as  the  railroad 
company  saw  fit  to  carry  him.  He  was 
plainly  dressed  and  carried  in  one  hand 
the  evening  paper  and  under  his  other 
arm  a  box  of shoes.  It  would  have  been 
evident  to  a  close  observer  that  he 
would  like  to  have  had  the  speed  great­
ly  increased  but,  the  representatives  of 
the  railroad  company  not  being  observ­
ing,  this  was  not  done.

The  next  morning  was  seen 

the 
unique  spectacle  of  a  prominent  banker 
—our  old  friend,  Hardy—going  to  his 
place  of  business  in  his  slippers.  Do 
not  jump  to  the  conclusion  that  he  had 
manfully  pawned  every  pair  of boots 
and  shoes  in  his  possession,to  piece  out 
the  meager  funds  with  which  he  must 
probably  meet  a  serious  run—by  no 
means.  He  had  simply  been  so  ab­
sorbed  in  the  business  uppermost  in  his 
mind  that  he  had  forgotten  to  make  a 
footgear—in 
change 
of 
fact  never
thought  of 
it  until  within  the  bank 
building.

is 

“ Before 

“ Perhaps 

just  as  w ell,”   he 
mused  after  his  first  shock  of  mortifica­
tion  had  passed  off. 
two 
hours  are  passed,  unless  a  miracle 
interposes, 
I  shall  have  to  make  a 
greater  sacrifice  of  my  pride  than  this ; 
so  I  may  as  well  be  getting  used  to  it.”  
But  he  sent  a  messenger  out,  none  the 
less,  for a  pair  of  shoes  and  then,  turn 
ing  to  his  desk,  was  wholly  absorbed  in 
balance  sheets,  etc.,  before  the  man 
had  closed  the  door  behind  him.

it 

The  subject  before  him  was  not  a 
pleasant  one,  though  it  was  highly 
in­
teresting.  Less  than  §900  left  in  the 
t ill;  not  a  dollar  coming  in  from  de­
positors  or  collectors  'and  the  prospect 
of  an  immediate  presentation  of  claims 
amounting  to  several  thousands.  The 
few  heavy  creditors  had  at  last  been 
secured  to  their  satisfaction  and  were 
not  clamorous.  His 
fears  were  now

A  farmer  of  Wabash,  Ind.,  attracted 
considerabe  attention 
in  that  city  just 
previous  to  the  holiday  season  by  offer­
ing  for  sale  a  quantity  of  watermelons. 
It  appears  that  last  summer  he  raised 
about  300  melons,  but  when  he  came  to 
market  them  the  price  was  so  low  that 
he  refused  to  sell,and  determined  to  try 
the  experiment  of  keeping  them  for  the 
Christmas  trade.  Accordingly  he  placed 
his  melons  in  a  cellar  from  which  the 
light  and  air  were  as  nearly  as possible 
excluded. 
is  said  that  but  thirty 
melons  of  the  lot  proved  unmerchant­
able,  and  the  balance  were  disposed  of 
at  a  'handsome  profit. 
The  grocers 
rapidly  disposed  of  them  at  2  and  3 
cents  per  pound.

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life 

this 

calling. 

It  has  never  been  proven,  beyond  all 
doubt,  that  the  air  we  breathe  and  our 
surroundings  have  much  to  do  with  the 
It  has  been 
future 
claimed,  in  accounting 
for  the 
ideal 
work  of  genius,  that  the  work  of  later 
life  shows  traces  of  earlier  influences 
is  as  far  as 
and  that,  possibly, 
theory  and  fact  agree. 
It  may  be  so, 
and  the  fact  that  the  farm  boy  climbs 
to  the  responsible  places 
in  city  life 
tends  to  confirm  it;  but,  after  all,it  has 
yet  to be  proven  that  early surroundings 
do  not  thus  influence  the  life 
in  daily 
contact  with  them ;  and,  therefore,  it  is 
asserted,  that  when  Emma  Brown  found 
that  hers  were  the  hands  to  provide  for 
her  own  wants  and  the  wants  of  others, 
the  hustling,  bustling  atmosphere  of 
Chicago,  where  she  was  born,  told  her 
in  no unmistakable  terms,  that  she could 
do  better  for  herself  by  finding  a  way 
through  the  fields  of  business  and  so 
win  the  better  returns  which  come  from 
following  the  unusual  course.

In  America  the  child—boy  or  girl—is 
early  brought 
into  the  companionship 
of  books.  The  home  life  often  antici­
pates  the  work  of  the  schoolroom,  so 
that, when  the  school  begins its task,  the 
drudgery  of  learning  to  read 
is  over 
with  and  the  progress  of  the  child  is  as 
pleasing  as 
it  is  rapid.  This  was  the 
course  followed 
in  the  Brown  family, 
so  that  when,  at  the  age  of  6  years,  she 
began  life  in  one  of  the Roman Catholic 
schools  of  her  native  city,  she  was  soon 
found  forging  ahead  and  easily  put 
down  among  the  best  in  the  class.

Here 

is  the  marked  difference  be­
tween  the  sexes  in  the  schoolroom:  the 
girl  always makes  it  the  business  of  her 
life ;  the  boy,  a  pastime.  She  goes  to 
learns 
study ;  he,  to  get  out  of  it.  She 
her  lessons;  he,  ‘never,  unless  he 
is 
compelled  to.  She  uses  her  memory; 
he,  his  wits;  so  that,  when  the  school­
days  are  over,  the  girl  is  better  pre­
pared  mentally  for  the  future  than  the 
boy.  She  can  write  a  better  hand,  and 
a  better  letter;  she  can  spell better;  she 
knows  how  to  express  herself better than 
he;  and  while  he 
is  hampered  by  his 
ignorance  for  years  after going  to  work, 
she 
is  still  forging  ahead  and  showing 
him  by  precept  and  by  example  that 
the  best  student  life  is  the  best  founda­
tion  for  a  business  life  that  a  candidate 
for  business  honors  can  have.

For  eight  years  the  school  life  went 
on.  Then  the 
father  died,  and  the 
child—she  was  scarcely  more  —found 
that  she  must  do  something  for  her  own 
support  as  well  as  for  the 
family.  She 
applied  for  a  position  in  the  dry  goods 
house  of  Root  &  Co.,  Chicago,  and 
went to  work.  It  is  commoner  now  than 
it  was  then  for  girls  to  be  found  in  the 
working  force  of  the  s tore  and  so  calls 
for  no  comment;  but,  for all that,  it  was 
no  easy  thing  for  the  ycung  girl  to  be 
on  her  feet  day  after  day  to dtf the  ex­
acting  work  required  of  her,  and  its 
commonness  now  does  not  prevent  the 
thought  that  it  is  hardly  right  for  the 
girl  to  take  up  quite  so  early  the burden 
of  life.

These  are  thoughts,  however,  which 
never  came  to  Emma  Brown.  She went 
into  the  store  to  work.  She  found  out 
what  was  required  of  her  and  did 
it. 
She  had  good  health,  a  clear  head  and 
quick  hands,  and  with  these  she  made 
a  lively  day  of  i t ; .an(^|[hen  the  work 
was  done,  went  home  to  rest 
in.the 
pleasant  home  she  was  helping  to  keep

up  and  to  get  ready  for  the  morrow. 
She  had  glad  days  when  the  work  was 
as  easy  as  the  laugh  was  hearty.  There 
were  dreary  ones  when  the 
lagging 
hours  went  slowly  b y;  but, 
light  or 
dark,  the  work  was  never  delayed,  and 
for  eight  years—from childhood to  wom­
anhood  the  house  of  Root  &  Co.  always 
had  one  woman  clerk  to  rely on who was 
always  at  her  post.

its 

in  body;  and, 

long  days  and 

Eight  years  was  a  long  tim e;  and  the 
thought  often  came  to  her  to  take  a  rest 
—a  good, 
long  rest—and  she  took  it. 
She  gave  up  her  place  in  the  store  and 
went  home.  She  became  a  person  of 
leisure.  She  read  some,  and  she  rested 
more.  She  traveled  a  little,and  so took 
i  practical  course  in  geography, 
illus­
trating  every  lesson  with  practical  ex­
perience.  She  grew  vigorous 
in  mind 
finally,  when  four 
and 
years  of  this  sort  of  existence  had  been 
enjoyed,  the  time  for  action  came  and 
she  was  ready  to  go  to  work.  At  what? 
The  old  life  behind  the  counter,  with 
its 
confinement? 
Never.  She  had  been  away  from  it  too 
long  to  think  of  returning  to  it.  There 
were  other  roads  in  mercantile  life  and 
she  would  find  one  or  make  one.  She 
hated  the  confinement  of  a  store;  but 
why  could  not  she  pursue  her  calling  as 
an  agent,  a  traveling  woman,  on  the 
road?  The  art  of  selling,  which  she 
knew  she  possessed,  she  could  practice 
as  well  by  going  from  place  to  place  as 
She 
she  could  behind  the  counter. 
would  do  it—that  is,  she  would  try 
it— 
which,  in  this 
io 
the  same  thing.  The  thought  had  no 
sooner taken  shape  in  Emma  Brown’s 
brain  than  she  proceeded  to  carry  it 
out.  She  went  to  Vouwie  Bros.,  Chi 
cago,  afterwards  the  Forest  City Baking 
Powder  Co.,  made  known  her  desires, 
and,  after  they  had  gotten  over  the  nov­
elty  of  the  idea,  they  thought  that  as  an 
experiment,  it  wouldn’t be  a  bad 
idea 
to  let  her  see  what  she  could  do.  They 
couldn’t,  of  course,  sign  any  contract— 
they  never  did  with  beginners—but  she 
could  take  a  route  and  they’d  pay  her 
what  she  proved  to  be  worth.

instance,  amount.,*. 

A  chance  was  all  she  asked  for and  in 
due  time  there  was  another  saleswoman 
on  the  road.  New  Buffalo  was  the 
scene  of  her  first endeavor.  There  was 
a  man  there  whom  the  house  had  been 
trying  to  sell  goods  to  for  a  long  time. 
She  probably  couldn’t  do  anything  with 
him,  but 
it  would  be  no  harm  to  try; 
and  with  this  for  a  send-off,  away  she 
went. 
It  would  be  easy to  write  down 
that  interview—the  first  in  her  new  ex­
perience—but the end is already guessed. 
She  came,  she  saw,  she  conquered,  and, 
with  a  delight  which  cheered  her  in 
many  a  subsequent  failure,  she  sent  a 
generous  order  to  the  house  to  be  filled.
That  was  in  1889,  and  from  that  date 
to  this,  in  season  and  out  of  season, 
Miss  Brown  has been  a  successful  sales­
woman  in  all  that  the term  implies.  For 
two  years  she  covered  the  trade of West­
ern  Michigan,  when  she  was  transferred 
to  Wisconsin  and  the  Upper  Peninsula, 
which  territory  she  has  traversed for five 
years,  without  interruption,  starting  out 
a  week  ago  on  her  sixth  year  over  the 
same  territory  and  her  eighth  year  with 
the 
‘ ‘ E. 
Brown,”   has  come  to  be  a  fam iliar  one 
on  the  hotel  registers  and  the  face  and 
figure  of  Emma  Brown  are  known  to the 
grocery  trade  over a  territory  nearly  500 
miles  in  length.
in  appear­
in 
ance,  resolute 
her 
in 
effort,  loyal  to  home  ties  and  the  asso­
ciations  of  her  youth,  Miss  Brown  has 
no  cause  for  complaint  over  the  record 
she  has  made  and  no  misgivings  over 
the  future  in  store  for  her.

in  manner,  positive 
likes  and  dislikes,  persistent 

same  house.  The  name, 

Stout  in  figure,  attractive 

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

É STIMPSON 
.  1
i  COMPUTING SCALES É

The constantly 
increasing  de­
mand  for  the 
Stimpson  Com* 
puting  Scales 
speaks  louder 
than words.

The workmanship and material are  unsurpassed, all  bearings 

of tool steel or agate and all  pivoted.

It is a well-known fact that bank  cashiers in figuring discounts 
rely wholly upon their printed  interest tables. 
Is not  the  average 
grocer’s clerk, who  in busy hours  is  trying  to  wait  upon  several 
customers at once, as liable to error as a bank  cashier?

Stimpson Computing Scale Co., Tecumseh,  Mich.

Grand  Rapids, Mich., Dec. 20th, 1895 
Gentlemen:  The scale I purchased from your Mr. .1.  M. Hayden, of this city 
five months ago, gives perfect satisfaction.  So  easy  to  operate  that  a  small 
boy that I had in my employ bought and sold butter from  farm ers  w ithout  a 
mistake. 
469 & 471'East street.

(Signed) M.  A. Cole & Co.,

Respectfully, 

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COMPUTINO  SCALES

MORE  THAN  19,000  IN  USE,

At  prices  ranging  from  $15  up­
wards. The style shown in this cut

$30.00

in 

which  includes  Seamless  Brass 
Scoop.
This  is  not  a  real  Computing 
Scale, it  being necessary to make 
mental  calculations.  It  is  also 
limited in capacity.  You can sell 
in  fractions 
the  following 
prices  per  lb. only:  3)4,  4)4,  5)4. 
6*4, 7)4,  8)4, 9)4,  42)4  cents.  This 
cannot be  avoided, on account of 
the construction  and  the  limited 
capacity in this style of  scale.  It 
Is  equal  in  every  respect  to  all 
scales of  this  style  sold  at  much 
higher prices. •
The  Computing  Scale  Co.,  of 
Davton, Ohio, brought suit in the 
United  States  Court  at  Detroit, 
Michigan,  against  The  Stimpson 
Computing Scale Co. forinfringe- 
ment of our Patents, and for  dam­
ages for such infringement.
If  the  infringem ent  is  proven, 
all users of  the  scale  will be  lia­
ble for  damages.

For advertisement of  our  World  Famous  Standard 
Market  DAYTON  COMPUTING  SCALES,  see  last 
page of cover in this issue.

The Computing Scale Co.

DAYTON,  OHIO.

Don’t  Be  Cute.

Don’t  be  too  cute.  Don’t  advertise 
yourself  as  a  brilliant  fellow. 
If  you 
do,  people  will  expect  bright  things  of 
you;  maybe  too  bright.

Don’t  strive  to  promote  the  opinion 
that  you  are  the  brainiest  man 
in  your 
line,  or  common  people  may  be  afraid 
of  your  “ amazing  smartness."  Again, 
it  leads  your  competitors  to  polish  up 
their  think  tanks  and  sharpen 
their 
lances  and  try  to  take  a  fall  out  of  you.
So  far  as  your  contact  with  the  pub­
lic  is  concerned,  it  is best  to  be as  hon­
est  as  the  fresh  egg.  If  you  are,  you  are 
as  palatable.  Be  as  frank  as  you  can 
afford  to  be. 
If  you  are,  people  will 
trust  you.  A  cute  man  they  may  trust, 
but  with  reservations 
The 
spontaneous  confidence  of  a  willing 
heart  goes  out  to  such  men  never.

always. 

Don’t  know  it  all,  for  if  you  do  you 
deny  yourself  frequent  opportunities  of 
learning  something,  and  a  know-it-all 
is  an  abomination  among  men.  Seek  a 
reputation  of  being  a  well-posted  man 
in  your  business,  a 
judge  of  goods,  a 
judge  of  values,  a  close  buyer,  and  ail 
that;  avoid,  if  possible,  the  imputation 
of  being  a  shrewd  seller.  Deny  as  em­
phatically  as  you  can  the  delicate insin­
uation  that  you  are  perpetually 
looking 
for the  best  of  it.  Deal  with  your  trade 
as  openly  as  you  dare.  Don’t  be  a 
sycophant.  Don’t 
toady,  but  be  on 
the  lookout  all  the  time.
Better  to  have  your  competitors  un­
derstand  you,  rather  than  otherwise. 
Let  them  foster  the  fancy  that  you  are 
not  in  it,  if  they  will, 
for  that’s  their 
fault.  Appear  indifferent  to  them  and 
their opinion,  but  watch 
’em.  Tickle 
them  with  the  feather  of  their  own  con­
ceit,  but  force  their  hand  when  they 
least  expect  it.  Don’t  mistake  this  for 
a  recommendation  of  trickery or duplic­
ity;  far  from  it.  But  if  competitors  are 
bent  on  hanging  themselves,  give  them 
all  the  rope they  need.

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
last  Tuesday 
evening,the  Committee  on  Hall  made  a 
supplementary  report,  which  was  ac­
cepted  and  the  Committee  given  further 
time,  with  power  to  act.
President  Winchester, 

J.  Geo.  Leh­
man  and  E.  A.  Stow#  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the 
fruit  growers  on  Friday  of  last  week  to 
discuss  the  question  of  uniform  fruit 
packages  for  the  ensuing  season.

The  resignation  of  A.  J.  Elliott  was 
accepted  and  Homer  Klap  was  elected 
Secretary  pro  tem.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Only  a  Policeman.

A  liquor  case  was  on  trial,  and one  of 
the  officers  who  had  made  the  raid  tes­
tified  that  a  number  of  bottles  were 
found  on  the  premises."

“ What  was 

in  the  bottles?”   asked 

the  judge  of  the  witness.
“ Liquor,  your  honor.”
“ What  kind  of  liquor?”
“ I  don’t know,  s ir.”  
“ Didn’t  you  taste  it  or  smell  it?”
* ‘ Both,  your  honor.
* ‘ What!  Do  you  mean  to  say  that  you 

.

are  not  a  judge  of  liquor?”

“ No,  sir;  I ’m  not a  judge. 

I ’m  only 

a  policeman.”
swering  any  further  questions.

The  witness  was  excused  from  an­

A  spirit  from  another  world 

is  said 
to be  coming to  Chicago and working on 
a  typewriter  through  the  mediumship 
of  Miss  Lizzie  Bangs.  If this  is  actually 
accomplished,  spirits  have  made  won­
derful  progress  since  the days when  they 
tried  to  communicate  with  friends  by 
rappings  and  table  tippings.  The  un­
fortunate  part  of  the  affair  for  the  un­
fact  that  the 
believing  world 
typewriting 
in  a  dark  room; 
but  judges  who  have  held  the  hands  of 
the  medium  while  the  sounds  of  the 
moving  keys  were  heard  are  satisfied 
that 
is  not  she'who  Bangs  the  ma­
chine.

is  done 

is  the 

it 

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

Millar’s Penano Spices

Gained the highest honors at the World’s Columbian Expo­
sition of 1893 th at have ever been accorded to an Exhibit of 
Spices known to  history—for  absolute  purity,  superlative 
flavor, perfect  milling,  superior style—scoring one hundred 
points for perfection  of  excellence in all.

£

Nothing but  a  comparison  will  demonstrate 
kthe true merits of these  goods.  Merchants  are 
kindly requested to send for samples  and  com­
pare them  with any line  of  spices  in  the  mar­
ket.  Quality considered,  prices are the lowest.

yj

E.  B. Millar & Co.,

Importers  and  Grinders,

CHICAGO.

Send  for  Housekeeper’s  List  of  Fine  Spices

G o o d   G o o d s   C r e a t e   ' T r a d e .

P o o r   G o o d  ss  K  i  11  T r a d e .

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♦   W ’e   IVI a  r i  o  f  a c t u  r e
Absolute 
Butcher  Spices 

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Absolute  Spices  for 
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GRAND  RAPIDS. 

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Travelers* Time  Tables.
Feb.  2,  1896
CHICAGO

and West Michigan R’y

Going  to  Chicago.

Returning  from  Chicago.

iluskegon  and  Pentw ater.

M anistee, Traverse  City  and  Petoskey.

Lv.  G’d Rapids............8:30am  1:25pm  *ll:30pm
Ar.  Chicago................  2:55pm  6:50pm  *  6:10am
Lv. Chicago......................7:20am 5:O0pm *11:45pm
Ar. G’d Rapids...............  1:25pm 10:25pm  *6:25am
Lv. G’d  Rapids............... 8:30am  1:25pm  6:25pm
Ar. G’d Rapids...............10:15am 
...............
Lv. G’d Rapids..............................  7:30am  5:30pm
Ar. Big  Rapids..............................10:15am 
.
Ar  Manistee............................ 
Ar. Traverse  C ity .........................12:40pm  11:10pm
Ar. Charlevoix  ........................   3:15pm 
..
Ar.  Petoskey...............................  3:45pm 
............
Trains arrive from north at 1:00.pm.,  10:00.pm. 
PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.
Parlor  Cars  leave  Grand  Rapids  1:25p.m.; 
leave  Chicago  5:00p.m.  Sleeping  Cars  leave 
Grand  Rapids *11:30p.m.;  leave  Chicago  *11:45 
p.m.  Parlor cars leave Grand  Rapids  7:30a.m.; 
leave Traverse City 4:20p.m.

»Every day.  others week days only.
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L l C   1  K v J I   I   »Lansing  &  Northern  R’y 

12:05pm 10:25pm

Going to Detroit.

R eturning from  Detroit.

Saginaw, Alma and St. Louis.

Grand  Rapids...........7:00am  1:30pm 5:25pm
D etroit.......................11:40am  5:40pm 10:10pm
D etroit........................7:40am  1:10pm  6:00pm
,  Grand  Rapids.........12:30pm  5:20pm 10:45pm
. G  R 7:35am 5:00pm  Ar. G R 11:35am  11:00pm 
.  Grand  Rapids..........7:'«am  1:30pm  5:25pm
.  from  Lowell.  ........12:30pm  5:20pm 
>arlor cars  on all trains  between  Grand  Rap- 
i and  Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- 
; train.  Trains run  week days only.

To and from Lowell.

THROUGH CAR SERVICE.

Geo.  DeHaven,  General Pass. Agent.

......

DETROIT,

Grand  Haven  &

Milwaukee Railway

Eastward. 

tNo. 14 

tNo. 16  +No. 18  *No. 82 
Lv. G’d Rapids.6:45am  10:20am  3:25pm  11:00pm
Ar.  Ionia.........7:40am  11:25am  4:27pm  12:35am
Ar.  St. Johns. .8:25am  12:17pm  5:20pm  1:25am
Ar.  Owosso_9:00am  1:20pm  6:05pm  3:10am
Ar.E.Saginaw 10:50am  3:45pm  8:00pm  6:40am 
Ar.  Bay City.. 11:30am  4:35pm  8:37pm  7:151m
Ar. F lin t........ 10:05am  3:45pm  7:05pm  5:40am
Ar.  Pt. Huron. 12:05pm  5:50pm  8:50pm  7:30am 
Ar.  Pontiac..  10.-53am  3:05pm  8:25pm  5:37am 
Ar.  D etroit..  11:50am  4:05pm  9:25pm  7:70am 
For G’d Haven and Interm ediate  Pts— *7:00am
For G'd Haven and Muskegon................. tl :00pm
For G’d Haven,  Milwaukee and C hi.......+5:35pm
tDaily except Sunday.  »Daily.  Trains arrive 
from the east, 6:35a.m.,  12:50p.m.,  5:30p.m., 10:00 
p.m.  Trains  arrive  from  the  west,  10:10am., 
3:15p.m., 9:55p.m.
Eastward—No.  14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
car.  No. 8 Parlor car.  No.  92  Wagner  sleeper.
Westward—No.  11  Parlor  car.  No.  15 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81  Wagner sleeper.

W estw ard.

J a s . Ca m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

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Chas.  A.  Morrill  &  Co

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GRAND  Rapids  & Indiana Railroad

Northern  Div.

Leave 

Arrive
Trav. Cy., Petoskey & Mack__ +7:35am  t  5:15pm
Cadillac........................................ t5:25pm  til :35am
Saginaw........................................ +5:00pm  til :00pm
Petoskey and Mackinaw...........12:05pm  t   6:45am
train has through  cars  to  Saginaw,
and parlor car to Petoskey and  Mackinaw.  2:05 
p. m. train has sleeping for Petoskey  and Mack- 
inow.

7:35a.m. 

Southern  Div.

Chicago  Trains.

Leave  Arrive
Cin , Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo. t  7 :25am  19:15pm
Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo........ t   2:00pm  12:00pm
Cin., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo.*  6:00pm  *6:50am
Kalam azoo................................ *11:40pm  *9:20am
7:25a.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati. 
6:00p.m.  train has fleeping car to Cincinnati. 
12 :00pm  *11:40pm
Lv.  G’d  Rapids.........17:25am 
Ar. Chicago.................2:40pm 
2:00p.m  train  has  coach.  11:40p.m. train  has 
through  coach  and  sleeping  car.
Lv. Chicago................16:50am  13:00pm  *11:30pm
Ar. G’d  Rapids..........2:00pm 
3:00 p.m.  train  has  through coach  and  11:30 
p.m. has  through coach and sleeping car. 
Muskegon Trains.
Lv G’d R ap d is.............. 17:25am 1 1 :00pm  15:40pm
Ar  Muskegon.................  8:50am 
Lv Muskegon............... 18:00amtl2:05pm  t4:00pm
A rG ’d  Rapids................. 9:20am 
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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

BRIGHTER  D AYS  AHEAD.

The  Electric  Light  as  a  Factor  in 

the  Small  Town.

In  a  recent 

issue  of  the  Forum  a 
writer  bewails  and  dwells  upon 
the 
“ Doom  of  the  Small  Town,’ ’  picturing 
the  silent  tragedy  that  is  being  enacted 
in  many  towns  and  villages,  whence the 
voung,  the  hopeful,  the more ambitious, 
depart  to  seek  more  suitable  abiding 
places,  leaving  the  dullard,  the  ne’er- 
do-weel,  the  rich-in-purse-but-poverty- 
struck-in-soul  to  rust  on 
in  unhelpful 
existence.

In  a  recent  address  before  the  North­
western  Electric  Association,  Fred  De 
Land  discussed  this  topic  from  a differ­
ent  point  of  view.  Mr.  De  Land  has 
studied  the  subject  deeply  and  in  his 
address  cited 
to  prove  his 
assertion  that  the  electric  light had been 
the  forerunner of  prosperity 
in  almost 
every  small  town  in  which  it  had  been 
adopted,  and  gave,  as  an  example,  the 
case  of  a  certain  village,  as  told  by  a 
local  merchant,  who  said :

statistics 

“ Our  village  was  always  blessed  with 
natural  advantages  far  superior  to  those 
possessed  by  neighboring  towns,  but  we 
lacked  that  impulse  so essential  in  start­
ing  any  good  movement.  Following  the 
building  of  a 
railroad  through  our 
town,  much  business of  a  certain  kind 
was  transacted,  but  there  was no healthy 
growth.  The construction  forces  passed 
on,  the  undesirable  characters  who  al­
ways  flock  along  the line  of  a  new  rail­
way  moved  on  to  geeener  pastures  and 
the  town  resumed 
its  normal  dullness. 
Thirty  miles  away  a  village  having 
progressive  merchants,  who 
tactfully 
sought  the  trade  of  outlying  districts, 
rapidly  increased  in  population  and 
in 
wealth ;  and  there  our  own  townspeople 
would  go  and  make  all  but  the  smaller 
purchases.

“ So  our business  houses  decreased  in 
number  until  we  had  but  one  dry  goods 
store,  a  few  shops, 
three  groceries,  a 
saloon  or two  and  three  churches,  while 
the  weather-stained  fronts  of  buildings, 
large  and  small,  told  in  plainer  terms 
than  any 
language  could  express  that 
ours  was  a  town  of  gray-haired  toilers 
eking  out only  a  semi-decent  existence 
and  longing  for  the  days  to  come  when 
their  children  should  be  safely  settled 
in  one  of  the  larger  cities.

“ And  then  came  the crisis.  A  shrewd 
old  man  oí  wide  experience  and  broad 
views,  searching  for  the  right  climate 
where  his  last  days  could  be passed  free 
from  the  pain  and  distress  of  a  period­
ical  ailment,made  his  home inourtowm. 
Energetic,  full  of  resources,  tactful,  he 
gradually  won  the  good-will  of  the  vil­
lage  authorities  and  secured  a  franchise 
for  an  electric  lighting  plant  and  an  or­
der  for  six  street  lamps  for  a  long  term 
of  years.
“ Now, 

lamps  are  a  very 
small  number;  yet,  as  they  were  all 
hung  within 
sight  of  the  depot,  30 
days  had  not  passed  before  it  appeared 
as 
if  all  the  world  had  learned  of  our 
progressiveness  and  had  come  to  visit 
us.

six  arc 

“ And  with  this  influx of visitors came 
the  desire  to  spruce  up  our  belongings. 
Houses  dingy  from  neglect  were washed 
and  repainted, 
lawns  were  placed  in 
order,  trees  were  trimmed,  sidewalks 
repaired.  And  as  the  smallest  happen­
ing  in  a  village  is  dply  chronicled  and 
commented  on,  soon 
it  was  heralded 
throughout  the  State  that  an  abundant 
prosperity  was  being  showered  upon our 
town.  And  then  the  prosperity  actually 
came.

“ Quickly  others  came  to  enjoy  the 
overflowing  riches  that rumor accredited 
to  us,  and  since  that  time  we  have  ex­
perienced  a  regular  healthy  growth, 
while  our  young  people  are  brought 
in 
contact  with  and  are  in  position  to  en­
joy  every  advantage  afforded  the  chil­
dren 
largest  of 
cities.  Now  the  streets  are paved,  parks 
contain  every 
abound, 
modern  convenience,  taxes  are 
low, 
there  is  no  debt  and  the  average  value

in  any  but  the  very 

schoolhouses 

of  real  estate  is  five  times  what 
seven  years  ago. ’ ’

it  was 

This 

is  a  homely 

illustration,  but 
thoroughly  sensible  and  practical,  and 
one  that  many  a  village  resident  might 
profitably  ponder.

Bad  B'eaks  in  the  Hurry  of  Speech.
It  is  well  known  that,  in  the hurry  of 
speech  and  anxiety  to  be  polite,  one 
is 
very  often  liable  to  slips  of  the  tongue 
which  may  put  an  entirely  different 
construction  upon  the  sentence than  was 
intended.  For  example,  upon  arriving 
at  your  entertainer’s  house,  you  say, 
“ I  beg  a  thousand  pardons  for  coming 
so 
late,”   and  are  met  by  your  hostess 
with  the  words,  “ My  dear  sir,  no  par­
dons  are  needed ;  you  can  never  come 
too  late.”   At  an  evening  party  a  lady 
said  to  her  partner,  “ Can  you  tell  me 
who  that  exceedingly  plain  man  is  sit­
ting  opposite  to  us?”  
“ That  is  my 
brother.”  
“ Oh,  I  beg  your  pardon,”  
she  replied,  much  confused;  “ I  did  not 
notice  the  resemblance.”  
That  was 
it,  and  yet  was, 
putting  one’s  foot  in 
perhaps,  not  so  awkward  as 
it  might 
have  been.  After  a  certain  concert  a 
well-known  German  cantatrice  asked  a 
gentleman  to  whom  she  had  been  intro­
duced  how  he  liked  her  duet. 
“ You 
sang  charming,  madame.  But  why  did 
you select such a horrid piece of music?”
“ Sir,that  was written  by  my  late  hus­
band!”   “ Ah,  yes,  of  course. 
I  did 
not  mean—  But  why  did  you  select 
such  an  ass  to  sing  with  you?”  
“ Ach 
himmel,  that  is  my  present  husband!”  
A  lady  said  something  the  other  day  at 
a  friend’s  dinner  that  found  a  mark  the 
archer  little  meant.  There  were  several 
strangers  present,  and  in  response  to  a 
remark  made  about  a  certain  lady  of  a 
certain  age,  the  fair  guest  in  question 
exclaimed,  “ Why,  good  gracious!  she 
is  as  old  as  the  h ills!”   and  could  not 
imagine  in  the  least  what  had  caused 
the  general  consternation.  She  did  a 
little 
later,  however,  when  it  was  ex­
plained  to  her  that  two  maiden  sisters 
at  the  table,  whose  names  she  did  not 
catch  in  the 
introduction,  were  called 
Hill,  and  were  extremely  sensitive  on 
the  subject  of  age.  Much  better  unsaid 
would  have  been  part  of  the  address  of 
a  collector  for  charities,  who,  raising 
his  hat  to  a  lady  at  the  front  door,  be­
gan, 
I  am  soliciting  for 
home  charities.  We  have  hundreds  of 
poor,  ragged,vicious  children  like  those 
at  your  gate,  and  our  object  is—”  
“ Sir,  those  children  are m ine!”  and the 
slamming  of  the  door  finished  ihe  sen­
tence.  “ Here,  my  dear  husband,”   said 
a  loving  wife,  “ I  have  brought  you  a 
little  silver  pig  for  luck. 
It’s  a  charm, 
you  know,  dear,  to  bring  happiness  to 
a  house.”  
-“ Ah,  how  kind  of  you, 
darling!  But  why  should  I  need  a  little 
pig  to  bring  me  luck  when  I  have  you 
still?”   An  awkward  compliment  once 
rather  disturbed  the  harmony  of  a 
wedding  breakfast  given  by  a  substan­
tial  farmer blessed  with  five  daughters, 
the  eldest  being  the  bride.  A  neighbor­
ing  young  farmer,  who  was  honored 
with  an  invitation,  thinking,  no  doubt, 
he  ought  to  say  something  smart  and 
complimentary  upon  the  event,  address­
ing  the  bridegroom,  said, 
“ Well,  you 
have  got  the  pick  of  the  batch.”   The 
unmarried  sisters  ohould  have  appre­
ciated  the  intended  compliment  to  their 
married  sister,  but  the  speech  was 
risky. 
It  only  goes  to  show  that  one 
who  can  think  to  say  the  right  thing 
at  the  right  time  is  one  to  be  envied, 
and  that  one  who  cannot  open his mouth 
in  conversation  without  putting  his 
foot  in  it  should  try  and  keep  it  shut.

“ Madame, 

How  much  will  you  pay  for  imagina­
tion  this year?  Take  a  10c  cigar and 
a  S.  C.  W.  5c  cigar  and  see  if  you  can 
tell  the  difference  in  the smoke!  Try  it!

Friday  is  said  to  be  an  unlucky  day, 
and  England  should  take  notice  that 
Friday  is  the  business  day  of  the  Ven­
ezuelan  commission.

Short  of  change—the commercial trav­

eler  with  no  clean  shirt  in  his grip.

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19

Clerks’  Corner

A  Little  Sermon  on  a  Big  Subject.
“ They  tell  me,  you’re  on  the  Trades­
man?’ ’ 
(There  was  an  immediate  ad­
justing  of  eye-glasses  and  coat  collar 
and  a  perceptible  stiffening  of  the  dor­
sal  vertebrae.)
“ Yes,  s ir.”
“ My  boys  tell  me  you’ re  the 

‘ Uncle 
is  training  them  up  in  the 

Bob’  who 
way  they  should  go. 

Is  that  so?”

“ Well,I  wouldn’t  like  to  answer  that, 
but  I  can  say  this—that  occasionally 
I ’ve  noticed  that  an  idea  of  mine  has 
managed  to  slip  from  that  writer’s  pen. 
Why?”

“ Oh,  nothing  in  particular,  only  I ’ve 
noticed  that,  in  paring  the  boys’  finger­
nails,  you’ve  got  down  to  the  quick  now 
and  then;  but  that  s  all  right.  The 
young  folks  have  an  idea  that 
it’s  one 
of the  easiest  things  in  the  world  to  pull 
the  wool  over  the  ‘ old  man’s ’  eyes,  and 
I ’d 
like  to  give  you  a  hint  or  two  to 
work  up  when  you  feel  like  it.

“ Of  course,  there  ain’t  any  of  us per­
fect, but, after  a  man  has got his start and 
worked  himself  up 
into  a  prosperous 
business,  and  has  men  working  for him, 
he’s  been  all  through  the  mill  and 
knows  what’s  going  on  without  locking 
out  at  the  corners  of  his  eyes. 
I  used 
to  think  that  I  was  pretty  sharp  about 
having  fun  and  covering 
it  u p ;  but, 
when  I  see  the  boys  going  through  the 
same  old  performances  and  lying  about 
it  in  the  same  old  way, 
I  about  make 
up  my  mind  that  the  Bible’s  right when 
it  says,  ‘ There’s  nothing  new  under  the 
sun. ’

“ I ’ve  got  a  boy  now  who  is  ‘ going  it’ 
for  all  he’s  worth  playing  cards.  How 
do  I  know?  Humph !  He’s  been  at  it 
for over a  year.  I ’m  watching  him  with 
a  good  deal  of 
interest,  because  he’s 
getting  pretty  near  the  end  of  his  rope 
—that  is,  my  rope.  Talk  to  him?  You 
don’ t  know  young  men  between  18  and 
25  if  you  think  it  would  do  for  the 
‘ old 
man’  to  say  anything !  They  fly  all  to 
pieces  in  a  minute,  get  ‘ sassy’  and  off 
they  go. 
I  don’t  want  this  boy  to  do 
that.  I  like  the little  scamp.  He’s  been 
with  us,  now,  some  seven  or  eight  years 
and  I  sort  o’  like  to  have  him 
’round. 
I ’ve  had  an  idea  that  he  was  going  to 
get  over  this  and  that  then  he’d  be  all 
right.  You  see,  a  boy  has  to  have  a 
tilt  at  all  these  things,  just  as  he  had  to 
have  the  measles  and  the  mumps  and 
the  whooping  cough.  So  I  says,  ‘ All 
right,  let  him  have 
’em  and  get  over 
’em  just  as  soon  as  he  can.  Then when 
he  gets  all  over  ’em,  I ’ll  take  him  in 
hand  and  make  something  out  of  him ; 
but  there  ain’t  any  use  to  begin  until 
he  gets  through  his  nonsense.5  But  to 
tell  the  honest  truth  it  begins  to  look  as 
if  ’twas  all  up  with  him.

is 

“ There  are  three  of  us  that  get  to­
gether  once 
in  a  while  and  compare 
notes.  My  Tom  has  come  down  with 
card-playing;  Horton’s  Dick 
all 
broke  out  with  billiards  and  H igley’s 
Harry  is  all  bunged  up  with 
intermit­
tent  champagne.  A  good  many  boys 
will  have  a  little  touch  of  these  things, 
get  right  over  it  and  that’s  all  there 
is 
to  it;  but  these  fellers  ‘ ain’t  built  that 
w ay.’  They  can’t  be  satisfied  with  go­
ing  to  see  the  parade,  but  they’ve  got 
to  go 
into  the  big  tent  and  then  into 
every  side-show  on  the  grounds!  Hor­
ton  says  that  ‘ his  boy’s  coming  out  all 
right—D ick’s  getting  so  that  he  knows 
where  he’s  a t;’  but  I  don’t  know  about 
the  other  one—looks  dark. ’ ’

* * Do  you  mean  to  say  that  you  em­

ployers  keep  track  of  the  men  in  your 
employ?”
„‘ ' Well,  we  manage  to  get together and 
talk  things  over  once  in  a  while.  When 
I  get  tired,  I  like  to  saunter over  to  ‘ the 
Morton’  and  see  a  good  game  of  b il­
liards,  and  that  sort  o’  lets  Horton  out. 
Everybody  knows  that  Horton 
likes  to 
drop  in  at  ‘ the  Livingston'  once  in  a 
while,  and  that  keeps  Higley  posted; 
but  the  card  business  can’t  be  followed 
up  like  the  rest  and  I ’m  all  at  sea.  I ’m 
afraid  I  shall  have to let Tom go—I  hate 
to.  Brightest,  level-headedest  feller  in 
the  world—good  family  and  all  that  sort 
o’ thing;  but,  there 
’t is !  he’s  letting 
cards  run  away  with  him.  Well, 
I 
thought  I ’d  just  give  you  a  hint  and 
maybe  you  could  work  it  up  some  way 
and 
let  the  feller  read  it—d  know  he 
reads  your  stuff—and,  like  enough,  you 
could  say  something  that’d  set  him  to 
thinking. ’ ’

“ All  right,  I  will.  Good  day.”
‘ ‘ Good day. ’ ’
Now,  Tom,  see  here! 

You’re  no 
fool;  and,  if  you’ve  read  this  article 
down  to  here,  you’ ve  had  enough  to 
“ think  of  “ without  my  saying  a  sin­
gle  word.  For  the  sake  of  the  clerk  in 
general  I  would 
like  to  add  that  firms 
can’t  afford  to  have  men  work  for  them 
without  knowing  something about them ; 
that,when  they  find  a  man  to  suit  them, 
they  cling  to  him,  and  that  a  man 
weighed  in  their  balance  and  not  found 
wanting 
is  the  man  whose  future  will 
be  a  prosperous  one,  if  he  will  have 
it  so.

U n c l e   B o b.

Church  Donations  Denounced  as 

Blackmail.

Rev.  Sydney  Strong,  a  Cincinnati 
clergyman,  recently  took  occasion  to 
denounce  the  sort  of  oppression 
to 
which  merchants  are  subjected  in  great 
part  by  churches,  as  follows :

The  duty  of  the  pulpit  to  point  out 
injustice  is  almost  imperative  when  the 
church  practices  an ‘ injustice  on  those 
who  through  good  humor  or  fear  make 
no  protest.  The  churches  and  benevo­
lent  societies  are  in  the  habit  of  raising 
money  on  subscriptions,  solicitations  of 
practically  valueless  advertisements  on 
programs,tickets  for  entertainments  and 
articles  given  for  fairs  or  luncheons. 
The  burden  of  these  taxes  falls  most 
heavily  on  our  merchants.

A  merchant  is  likely  to  lose patronage 
if  he  refuses  to  buy  tickets  to  entertain­
ments,  and  thousands  of  dollars  are 
drawn  from 
individual  merchants  an­
nually  by  this  means.

It  is  too  much  like  obtaining  money 
under  false  pretenses.  An  unjust  pres­
sure  is  brought  to  bear  on  the  merchant 
that  is  little  short  of  blackmail.
Luncheons  are  an  unwise  and  expen­
sive  method  of  raising  money.  They 
pay  no  taxes  and  compete  with  restau­
rants  in  the  good  season  and  cut  the 
profits of  the  regular business  men 
into 
halves.
The  church,  for  its  own  sake,  cannot 
loss 
afford  to  enter  business  and  bring 
and  disorder  to  the  business  world.
itself 
A  church  should  never  permit 
to  come  into  the  attitude  of  a  pauper, 
but  if  you  listen  to  the  solicitations  for 
money  made  to  merchants  you  will  find 
that  the  churches  are  the  chief  beggars.

At  the  meeting  of  Western  drug 

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will  best  secure  their  maintenance.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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“ hustling”   will  be  done  to  effect  sales. 
More  salesmen  will  be  employed,  both 
locally  and  as  travelers,  and  much  more 
will  be  spent  in  advertising.  The cata­
logues  for  this  season  are  works  of  art, 
n  which  no  expense  has  been  spared, 
and  every  available  medium of reaching 
dealers  and  wheelmen  will be employed.
The  next  six  months  will  be  lively 
_imes  in  the  bicycle  world. 
It  is  inter­
esting  to  speculate  on  the  amount  of 
money  that  will  be  turned  over  in  this 
ndustry,  and  especially  as  it  is  consid­
ered  that,  in  its  magnitude,  it  is  almost 
the  creation  of  a  year or  two.

N a t e .

Tom  Reed’s  Advantage  as  a  Can­

didate.

From the New York Sun.

Hon.  Thomas  B.  Reed  and  the  Hon. 
jOseph  H.  Manley  are  not  dismayed,  al­
though  the  Morton  missionaries  and  the 
McKinley  missionaries  and  colporteurs 
travel  far  and Gen.  Harrison  is wreathed 
with  roses  and  romance  and Mr.  Allison 
smiles  winningly  and  shuts  up.  The 
men  from  Maine  have  a  tremendous 
card  up  the  sleeve.  The  number of  b i­
is  as  the sands  of  the  seashore, 
cycles 
is  more  or 
and  every  bounder  thereon 
less,  and  more  often  mere  than 
less,  a 
Dicycle  crank  of  the  first  degree.  Mr. 
Reed  on  a  wheel  is  a  sylph,  a  fairy, 
t  vision  of  grace  and 
fleetness,  a 
lightning,  a  wind  on  wheels.  He  is 
positively  the  only  candidate  who  car 
ride  the  rubber-legged  charger.  He  is 
the  one  and  only  absolutely  modern 
and  contemporary  candidate,  carefully 
revised  and  improved  up  to  the  modern 
standard.  Governor  Morton  is  a  stately 
figure  in  a  carriage  and  Gen.  Harrison 
on  the  platform  of  a  parlor  car  and 
Major  McKinley  on  the  stump,  and 
Mr.  Allison’s  mature  and  sturdy  charm 
would  be  well  set  off  on  an  elephant  or 
a  cam el;  but  not  a  mother’s  son  in  the 
collection can spin on the noiseless=steed. 
Wherefore,  Mr.  Reed  and  Mr.  Manley 
chuckle  internally  and  wait in the  assur­
ance  of  an  invincible  ally.

in  use 

The  rapid  increase  in  the  number  of 
wheels 
is  likely  to  complicate 
the  difficulty  of  finding  those which may 
be  stolen.  Every  one  should  be  careful 
not  to  leave  a  wheel  in  a  place  where 
it  could  be  carried  off  easily.  Stealing 
of  wheels  in  the  large  cities  has  been 
particularly  noticeable  in  the 
last  sea­
son,  many  thefts  having  been  made 
while  the  machine  stood  against  the 
side  of  a  house,  and  only  for  a moment, 
while  the  owner  was 
inside.  Again 
and  again  this  thing  has  happened,  and 
the  owner  has  come  out 
in  perhaps  a 
minute  or two  to  find  his  wheel  gone,  or 
to  catch  a  view  of the  thief  flying  down 
the  street  at  a  speed  defying  pursuit. 
Using  care  to be  provided  with  a  strong

locking  chain  is  of  Some  value  against 
petty  thieves,  but  there  is  no  device 
in 
general  use  which  will  guard  against 
the  professional. 
Eternal  vigilance 
is  the  price  of  the  “ safety.”

In  the  matter  of  handle  bars  the  ec­
centricities  of  curves  and  shapes  for 
1896  are  more  pronounced  than  ever. 
The  position  of  the  handle  bars  on  the 
new bicycles promises to turn out an even 
more  dyspeptic-looking  wheelman  than 
has  yet  been  seen.  A  very  large  per­
centage  of  the  wheels  have  handle  bars 
adjusted  extremely  low  and  curved  both 
downward  and 
forward,  compelling  a 
rider  to  assume  more  the  position  of  a 
frog  than  of  a  man.  For  the  sake  of 
preserving  human 
and 
identity,  cyclists are  earnestly  requested 
not  to  encourage  the  scorcher’s  pose  by 
using  this  sort  of  handle  bars.

gracefulness 

has 

invented 

A  good  time j s   coming  for  the  over­
worked  mothers  of  small boys.  A  benef­
icent  genius 
paper 
clothes,  which  are  said  to  be  durable, 
comfortable  and  warm.  An  experiment 
in  dressing  the  Japanese  army  in  these 
paper garments  is  now  being  tried,  and 
proving  highly  satisfactory.  The  shirts 
and  trousers  are  of  yellowish  paper, 
bound  with 
linen,  and  partly  pasted 
and  partly  sewed  together.  When  worn 
out  they  are  thrown  away  and  new 
paper garments  donned.  This  will  be 
a  great  scheme  for  mothers  with  small 
boys.  The  paste  pot  will  supersede 
the  sewing  macihne,  and  when  poor 
tired  mamma  comes  home  from the club 
and 
finds  Willie  with  a  hole  in  his 
trousers,  and  Johnny  out  at  the  knees, 
she  will 
just  call  for  the  paste  and  a 
sheet  of  paper  and  apply  them  where 
they  will  do  the  most  good,  covering 
rents  and  hiding  holes,  and  making  the 
patch  match  with  the  original  garment.

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Tubing  used  in  “ Premier”  

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The  Agent  who  sells  “ Premiers”   has  something  to  TALK 
ABOUT,  something  different  from  all  other  wheels.  No 
other  wheel  uses  Helical  Tubing. 
It  is  much  stronger,  also 
lighter  than  drawn  tube. 

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And  will  carry  the  heavy  riders,  too.  They  sell  readily  for  1 
$100.  Write  for  circulars.  We  also  have  a  splendid  line  of  1 
wheels—“ THE  WOLVERINE,”   at  $75.00  list.

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We  want  a  few  more  good  agents  in  territory 

not  already  taken.  Write  us  about  it.

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&  H ART  State Distributing Agents,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Mention  M ic h ig a n   T r a d e s m a n .

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T ransportation

BICYCLE  S A L E S   FOR

1896.

W ritten for the T r a d esm a n .
‘ The  bicycle  business,  this season,  will 
be  on  quite  a  different  basis  from  that 
of 
last  year.  The  result  of  a  demand 
then  so  far  in  excess  of  the  supply  that 
anything  could  be  sold  almost  without 
effort  has  been  that  the  manufacture 
this  year  commenced  early,  the  new 
patterns  being  sooner  decided  upon, 
and  the  factories  have  made  an  output 
almost  fabulous  in  quantity.___ 
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little  attention  was 
retail 
paid  to  attractive  display 
stores. 
The  demand  was  such  that 
stocks  disappeared  so  promptly  there 
was  little  to  display.  Locally,  there 
was  comparatively  little  extension  of 
agencies  and  retail  stores.

Last  year,  very 

in 

It 

is  estimated  that  the  output,  this 
year,  will  be  more  than  double  that  of 
last.’  It  would  seem  as  though  this  fact 
would  provide  for  any  possibilities  of 
demand,  and  probably  it  w ill;  but  the 
preparations  for the  season  are  so  early 
and  so  elaborate  it  indicates  that  a  tre­
mendous  rush  is  expected.

Also, 

Many  causes have  combined  to  create 
demand  this  season.  The  economic 
value  of  the  wheel  for  purposes of trans­
portation  was  not  fully  appreciated  un­
til  last  year.  Then  its  sanitary  value 
was  still  a  matter of  dispute.  This  may 
now  be  said  to be  fairly  settled.  The 
cra?e—the  demand  for  the  wheel  on  the 
score  of  pleasure  and  profit—is  still 
growing  apace. 
financial  and 
economic  conditions  have  so  far  im­
proved  and  confidence  is  so  far  restored 
that  many  will  venture  to  buy  who  did 
not  feel  able  to  do  so  last  year.  All 
these  factors,  taken  in  connection  with 
the  early  preparation  and  the  evident 
determination  to  advertise  and  push 
sales,  give  fair  promise  of  placing  the 
product,  if  they  do  not  even  create  an­
other  scarcity.  While  the  prices  are 
generally  about  the  same  as  last  year, 
there  will  be  much  more  effort  to  sell 
and  more  favorable  opportunities  will 
be  given  to  buyers.  Last  year,  sales  on 
installments  were  not  pushed,  because 
there  were  not  wheels  enough.  This 
year,the  stores  are  opened  much earlier, 
for  the  purpose,  among  other  reasons, 
of  affording  installment  buyers  an  op­
portunity  of  commencing  payments,  so 
that  they  may  have  their  wheels  as  soon 
as  the  season  opens.  This fact  will  have 
considerable  influence  on  the number  of 
wheels  sold.

Prejudice  against  the wheel  is  rapidly 
breaking  down.  Many  ladies  and  many 
professional  men  have  been  deterred 
from  buying,  for  the  reason  that  it  was 
thought  extremely  undignified  to  ride 
one.  So  many  of  these  classes—even 
old  gentlemen  who  are 
the  person 
ification  of  dignity—have  entered 
the 
ranks  of  the  wheelmen  that 
its  dignity 
is  fairly  vindicated.

The  number  of  retail  stores  being 
opened  is  far  beyond  precedent.  Not 
only  are  a  great  number of  exclusive 
stores  being  opened,  but  wheels  are  be 
ing  added  again  as  lines  in  connection 
with  others.  Hardware  stores, 
stance,  after  having  tried  wheels  some 
years  ago,  fought  shy  of  them  last  sea 
son.  Many  hardware  dealers  are going 
into  the  business  again.  There 
is  also 
quite  a  movement  in  that  direction  on 
the  part  of  furniture  dealers,  and  they 
are being  taken  up  by  many  others

for 

Prices  will  probably  remain  about  as 
last  year,  but,  as ^stated,  much  more

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A Fine Wagon is Your Best Advertisement

Spring,
Freight,
Express and 
Lumber Wagons.

Sole  m anufacturers 
of Belknap’s  P atent 
Sleighs.

Send  for  1896  Catalogue  to
Grand  Rapids.

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Woman’s  Industrial  Freedom.

The  growing  importance  of  woman’s 
labor,  her  general  equipment  through 
technical  education,  her  more  positive 
dedication  to  the  life  work  she  chooses, 
the  growing  sentiment that  an  educated 
and  skillful  woman  is  a better  and truer 
life  companion  than  an 
ignorant  and 
unskillful  one,  her  appreciation  of com­
bination,  and  the  general  uplifting  of 
the  sentiment  of 
integrity  in  business 
circles,  her  gradual  approach  to  man's 
powers  in  mental  work  alone,  her  pos­
sible  and  probable  political 
influence- 
all  these  combined,  working  along  gen­
eral  avenues  of  progress  and  of  evolu­
tion,will  bring  to  her  industrial emanci­
pation,  by  which  she  will stand, in  those 
callings 
life  for  which  she  may  be 
fitted,  on  an  equality  with  man.  As  she 
approaches  this  equality  her  remunera­
tion  will  be 
increased  and  her  eco­
nomic  importance  acknowledged.

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I  believe  that  the  industrial  freedom 
of  woman  will  tend  temporarily  to  a de­
crease  in  the  marriage  rate  and  an 
in­
crease 
in  the  divorce  rate;  but  I  am 
perfectly  free  to  assert  that  this does  not 
frighten  me  in  the  least.  As  woman  has 
the  power  given  her  to  support  herself 
she  will  be less  inclined to  seek the mar­
riage  relation  simply  for  the  purpose 
of  securing  what  may  seem  to be a home 
and  protection.  The  necessity  under 
which  many young  women  live,  of  look­
ing  to  marriage  as  a  freedom  from  the 
bondage  of  some  kinds  of 
labor,  tends, 
in  my  mind,  to  the  worst  form  of  pros­
titution  that  exists. 
I  cannot  see  much 
difference,  except  in  degree,  between  a 
woman  who  sells  her  whole freedom  and 
her  soul  to  a  man  for  life  because  he 
furnishes  her  with certain conveniences, 
and  one  who  sells  her  temporary  free­
dom  and  her  soul  for  a  temporary  re­
muneration.

But  a  happier  prophecy,based  on  log­
ical  reasoning  and  the  inevitable  teach­
ings  of  sociological  data,leads  us  to  be­
lieve  that  woman  will  secure  the  exten­
sion  of  her  opportunities  for intellectual 
work.  She  may  know  now  everything 
that  a  man  may  learn  if  she  so  desire; 
she  may  reach  any  intellectual  height; 
she  may  place  her  name  as  high  as  that 
of  any  man.

To  my  own  mind,  one  of  the  greatest 
boons,  and  one  of  the  surest  prophecies 
which  I  can  offer  as  a  result  of  the 
in­
dustrial emancipation of  woman,  will  be 
the  frank  admission  on  the  part  of  the 
true  and  chivalric  man  that  she  is  the 
sole  rightful  owner  of  her own being  in 
every  respect,  and  that  whatever  com­
panionship  may  exist between  her  and 
man  shall  be  as  thoroughly  honorable  to 
her  as  to  him.  The  inevitable  trend  is 
hastened  by  industrial  processes, 
first 
from  the  lowest  point  and  then  from  a 
It  is  a  sad  law,  perhaps, 
higher  plane. 
but  it  is  an  invariable  law,  that 
indus­
try,  in  its  march,  takes  no  account  of 
the  positions  that  it  overturns,  nor  of 
the destinies  that  it  modifies.  We  must 
keep  step  with  its  progress,  or  be  left 
upon the road.  It always accomplishes its 
work,  which is to  make  better goods at a 
lower  price,  to  supply  more  wants  and 
also  those  of  a  better  order,  or  to  se- 
cure  for  men  and  women  greater  com- 
forts  and  conveniences,  not  with  regard 
for  any  class,  but  having  in  view  the 
whole  human  race. 
Industry  is  this  or 
it  is  not  industry.  True  to  its  instincts, 
it  has  no  sentiment  in  it,  unless  it  is 
for  its  own  interest;  and  yet  such  is  the 
harmony  of  things,  when  they  are aban­
doned  to  their  natural  course,  notwith­
standing  the  selfishness  of 
industry, 
directed  to  its  own  good,  it  turns  finally

to  secure  the  good  of  all,  and,  while  re­
quiring  service for  itself,  it serves others 
at  the  same  time  by  virtue  of 
its  re­
sources  and  its  power.

C a r r o l l   D.  W r ig h t ,

U.  S.  Commissioner of  Labor.

A  Case  of  Thrift.

Robert  Downing,  recently  from  the 
Pacific  coast,  brings  back  a  character­
istic  story,  which  has  done  duty  before, 
but  which  is  still  good. 
It  seems  that 
in  San  Francisco  there  were  four  men 
of  different  beliefs  who  had  conceived 
peculiar  and  strong  affections  for  each 
other.  They  were  bachelors  and  broth­
ers  almost.  They  dined  together  daily, 
and  spent  their  evenings  together,  in 
friendly  games  of  cards,  or in  congenial 
amusements.  They  were  very  chummy. 
One  was  a  good  Catholic;  another  was 
a  square  Hebrew;  another  was  a  pro­
nounced  Baptist,  in  religion;  and  she 
fourth  was  an  agnostic,  not  knowing  or 
caring  what  the  others  believed,  and 
not  worrying  himself  about  his  own  fu­
ture  existence.  In  the  course  of  time 
the  unbeliever  fell  seriously 
ill.  The 
doctor  said  he  could  not  recover,  and 
his  friends  skirmished  for  spiritual  ad­
visers.  A  priest  came  to  him,  and 
offered  the  offices  of  his  church;  a 
rabbi  called  to  see  if  anything  could  be 
done  for  his  future  welfare;  a  minister 
appeared  to  talk  over  his  plan  of  salva­
tion  with  the  dying  man.  The 
invalid 
was  kind  to them  all,  but  assured  them 
and  his  friends  that  he  had  a  few  more 
days  to  live,  and  would  enjoy  himself, 
promising  to  pray  during  the  vntiole  Qf 
the  last  day  he  had  to  spend  on  earth. 
Then  he  set  about  making  his  will.  He 
had  some  means,  and  remembered  his 
friends  properly  and 
liberally;  but  as 
a  test  of  friendship,  or  to  gratify  an 
eccentric  notion,  he  provided  that  his 
three  surviving  friends  should  be  exec­
utors  of  his  estate,  without  bonds,  and 
requested  that  each  one  of  them  should 
put  $200  in  his  coffin,  to  be  buried  with 
him.  All  agreed  to  serve  as  executors, 
and  to  abide  by  any  conditions  imposed 
upon  them  in  the  will.  After  the  fun­
eral  the  member  of  the bar charged  with 
probating  the  will  assembled  the  three 
friends  and  executors.  To  the  Baptist 
“ Did  ycu  put  the  §200  in  the 
he  said: 
coffin  of  your  friend?’ ’ 
“ 1  certainly 
d id ,”   he  said. 
“ I  think  it  was  a waste 
of  money;  but  I  thought  it  was  my  duty 
and  I  put  the  sum  promised  at  the  feet 
of  my  poor  friend.”   To  the  Catholic 
the  member  of  the  bar  said,  “ Did  you 
fulfill  the  conditions  of  your  friend’s 
“ Indeed  I  did,”   said  the  party 
w ill?”  
addressed. 
“ I  gave  my  sacred  promise 
to  a  dying  man,  and  put $200 
in  gold 
in  his  coffin.”   Turning  to  the  Hebrew 
friend,  the  member  of  the  bar  said, 
in  the 
“ Mr.  Marks,  did  you  put  $200 
“ So  helup  me 
coffin  of  your.friend?”  
gracious,  Mr.  Lawyer,  I  d id !  I  put 
in 
for  $600  and  took  out  the 
a  check 
change !■”
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Deserved  Rebuke  for  Rudeness. 

From the Roxbury (Mass.) Advertiser.

A  quiet  rebuke  was  administered  to 
an  impolite  clerk  in  a  little  back  street 
butcher  shop  in  Roxbury  a  few  days 
ago.  A  lady  had  purchased  some  meat 
and  stood,.waiting  for  him  to  wrap  it  in 
paper  for  her.  He  did  so,  but,  instead 
of  handing  her the  package,  he  threw  it 
carelessly  upon  the  counter beside  her, 
not taking  any  notice  whatever  qf  her 
outstretched  hand.  Not  a  word  did  the 
customer  say,  but  instead,  ignoring  the 
hand  which  the  clerk  held  out  for  the 
money,  she  threw  the  coins  into  a  bas­
ket  of  vegetables  and,  in  a  most  com­
posed  manner,  left  the  store. 
It  was  a 
in  politeness,  for  the 
deserved 
clerk  and  his  sheepish  look  plainly 
in­
dicated  that  he  regretted  that  he had not 
placed  the  meat  in the customer’s  hand.
A  Paris  advertising  agent,  who  re­
cently  painted  the  front  of  his establish­
ment  a  brilliant  red,  has  been  sued  for 
damages  by  a  milliner,  a  jeweler and  a 
silk  merchant,  having  stores  opposite, 
on  the  ground  that  the  reflection  of 
color  makes  it  impossible  for  their  cus­
tomers  to  distinguish  the  colors  of  the 
goods  they  wish  to buy.

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Writes  a  party  wishing  to buy our cash trades 
upon 30 days’ time. We confess we are hard bitted; 
with more failures among  retail grocers during the 
past 60 days than we have seen  in  years,  we mean 
to be hard bitted.
will  make a  retailer feel  happy clear to his soles.

We  will  sell  goods  for  net cash at  prices that 

We are full  of good  trades,  and  will gladly send 
samples  and  quote  prices  upon anything  in  our 
line.
ies as can be found  in  Michigan.

We carry as handsome a stock of general grocer­

We  are  agents  for 5th  Avenue  M. &  J.  Coffee  for  the  Saginaw 
Valley.  We can  sell you  a good  fair  roasted  Coffee  in  50 lb. 
sacks for  12c.

We  have  some  elegant  trades  in  Japan  Teas  at  12^,  14, 

15,  16,  17,  18,  19  and  20c.

A  splendid line of  package  Dust  at  8c. 

Bulk  Dust  at  6  to  7c.

Send for samples, and let  us convince  you.

THE  JHPIES  STEWART  CO.,

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(LIMITED.)

SAGINAW, MICH.

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

22

GRAND  RAPIDS  IN  1850.

W ritten fo r   the T r a d esm a n .

CHAPTER  II.

The  rural  beauty  of  the  Valley  City 
at  that  early  day  was  the  pride  of 
its 
cultured  citizens.  They  had  brought 
refinement  with  them  from  their  East­
ern  homes  and  all  their  new  surround­
ings  bore  evidence  of  their  intention  to 
retain  it. 
The  broad  river  dividing 
the  city  rushed  down  the  rapids  in 
twice  as  large  a  volume  at  any  time  of 
the  year  as  it  now  has  at  its  best.  The 
hills  that  rose  abruptly  on  the  east  side 
from  Canal  street  were  dotted  over  with 
tastily  built,  handsomely  painted  cot­
tages.  The  level  plain  that  spread  out 
on  the  west  side,  as  seen  from  the  hills, 
was  equally  as  attractive,  with 
its  scat­
tered  comfortable  homes  and  beautiful 
gardens,  occupying  two  blocks  in  width 
from  the old first—and  then only—bridge 
across  the  river,  up  to  the  old  horseshoe 
dam,  that  made  the  best  water  power  in 
Michigan.  1  was  particularly  struck 
with  the  well-arranged  balconies,  lat­
ticed  porches  and  delicate  outside 
touches  that  characterized  the  residen­
ces,  no  matter  how  humble. 
I  could 
not  at  first  account  for  the  contrast,  in 
this  respect,with  other  Michigan  cities, 
but  I  soon  learned  that 
it  was  largely 
due  to the  exquisite  taste of  my  friend, 
Peter  R.  L.  Peirce,  who  was  the  only 
architect  and  draughtsman  then 
living 
in  Grand  Rapids.  Every  line  he  made 
was  a 
line  of  beauty  and  everything 
he  undertook  proclaimed  him  a scholar, 
a  gentleman  and  a  man  among  men.

in  broken 

ice-breakers 

It  was  a  favorite  amusement,  in those 
good  old  days,  for  the  citizens,  old  and 
young,  to  gather  on  the  old  bridge, 
when  the  river broke  up  in  the  spring, 
and  watch  the  ice go  out. 
It  was  ex­
citing  to  feel  the  staunch  old  structure 
tremble  when  the  great  cakes  would 
crash  against  the 
and 
pass 
fragments  through  the 
arches  on  their  way  to  Lake  Michigan. 
Another  source  of 
amusement  was 
watching  the  Indians  at  their  sturgeon 
fishing 
in  the  spring.  Their  skill  in 
managing  their  canoes  on  the  swollen 
rapids  was  wonderful.  Balanced  with 
a  moccasined  foot  on  either  edge  of  the 
canoe,  watching  for  the  sluggish  fish 
that  formed  so  important  a  part  of  his 
subsistence  during  the  year,  a 
long 
spear  in  his  hand,  his  squaw  sitting 
the  stern,  paddling  or  poling  the  light 
skiff  against  the  strong  current,he made 
a  striking  picture.  During  the  fishing 
season,  the  plain  on  the  West  Side  was 
dotted  with  their  white  tepees,  where 
the  dressing,  drying  and  smoking  proc 
esses  were  going  on.  You  may  be  sure 
the  odor  in  that  vicinity  was  anything 
but  agreeable.  Dried  and  smoked,  the 
in  smell  and  taste
sturgeon  resembles 
he  halibut  of  commerce. 
I  have  "no 
doubt  it  sometimes  is  identical.

to 

Much  merriment  was  often  caused  by 
the  mishaps  of  our  ambitious  white 
boys,  who  tried 
imitate  the  red 
man’s  skill  in  his  method  of  pursuing 
his  livelihood. 
I  am  reminded  of  an 
incident  of  the  kind  which  furnished 
sport  for  a  whole  bridgeful  of  specta­
tors.  The  sturgeon  were  plenty  and  as 
many  as  fifty  canoes  of  Indian  fisher­
men  were  on  the  rapids.  A  couple  of 
boys,  who,  with  their  father,  kept  a 
candy  store  on  Canal  street,  started  out 
to 
imitate  their  dusky  brothers’  mode 
of  fishing,  whicli  was  to  paddle  up  the 
rapids  to  a  point  as  near  the  dam  as 
possible,  then  turn  the  canoe  crosswise 
of  the  river and float  down stream, meet­
ing  and  spearing  the  fish  as  they  were 
ascending  the  rapids.  The  boys  got  on

very  well  in  paddling  up  the  stream.
It  was  when  they  undertook  the  floating 
down  act  that  trouble  began.  They 
managed  to  keep 
in  the  canoe  until 
nearing  the  bridge;  but  they  had  not 
taken  into  account  the  long 
ice-break­
ers.  Floating  broadside  against  one  of 
them,  they  took  a  plunge  into the  river, 
their  canoe  starting to  make  the  journey 
to  Grand  Haven  alone.  Neither  of  the 
former  occupants  could  swim,  and,  had 
not  several  Indian  canoes  hurried  to  the 
rescue,  the  accident  might  have  been 
more  serious  and  have  cut  short  the  ca­
reer  of  one  of  the  most  reckless  finan­
cial  scoundrels  that  ever  served  time  in 
an  English  prison.

Twice  each  year, 

the  merchants 

and  Christianizing 

life ;  others,  less  careful 

reaped  a  harvest  in  the  Indian  trade 
in  the  spring  fishing  season,  when  they 
came  out  of  their  lodges  at  the  North 
with  the  products  of  their winter’s hunt­
ing  and  trapping,  and  again  at  the  reg­
ular  Indian  payment  time  in  the  fall. 
The  more  prudent  of  them  exchanged 
their  hard-earned  peltry  for  the  neces­
saries  of 
for 
the  future,  chose  shawls  and  flamboyant 
calico  and  gewgaws  of  various  kinds, 
with  which  to  delight  their  brunette 
consorts.  The thriftless  and half-breeds 
bartered  the  results  of  their  toil 
for 
“ skit-a-wo-bo”   (bad  whisky)  and  a 
plentiful  supply  of  pipes  and  tobacco. 
Civilizing 
the 
American  Indian  have  generally  proved 
a  failure.  He  takes  kindly  to  all  the 
vices  of  his  white  brother,  but  turns  a 
deaf  ear  to  his  moral  teachings.  The 
gathering  in  of  some  1,500  Indians 
in 
the  fall,  to  receive  their annual Govern­
ment  annuities,  made  a  few  weeks  of 
lively  work 
for  the  merchants,  and 
beads,  blankets and  gaudy  fabrics  filled 
the  show  windows.  Generally,  the  In­
dians  were  good 
judges  of  what  they 
wanted  to  purchase  and  liberal  buyers. 
They  were  bimetallists  naturally  and 
would  take  nothing  but  coin  in  change. 
They  usually  received  about  $8  in  cash 
per  capita,  besides  their  annuity  of  ra­
tions.  Some  of  them,  with  their  plu­
rality  of  wives  and 
large  families,  re­
ceived  large  sums  of  money.  Cob-mo- 
sa,  the  ruling  chief  of  the  Ottawas,  was 
the  more  or  less  happy  spouse  of  an 
even  dozen  squaws,  each  with  her  chil­
dren  dwelling 
in  her  own  tepee.  He 
was  a  powerfully  built  brave,  towering 
“ six  feet  in  his  stockings” —if  he  wore 
hose—and,  as  he  strutted  around  in  his 
paint  and  feathers,  looked  the  typical 
savage  blended  with  the  veritable  auto­
crat.  You  may  be  sure  the  merchants 
used  all  honorable  means  to  induce  the 
red  man  to  leave  most  of  his  money 
in 
their keeping  and,  needless  to  say,  they 
generally  succeeded  in  their  efforts.

In  my  next  chapter  I  shall  talk  of  In­
dian  traders  and the circulating medium 
in  use  in  those  early  days.

W .  S.  H.  W e l t o n .

Owosso,  Mich.

It  is  noticeable  that  many  of  the  b i­
cycle  manufacturers  are  advertising  to 
furnish  one  of  the  several  new  styles  of 
intended  to  take  the  place  of  the 
seats 
old  suspended 
looks  as 
though  this 
innovation  was  likely  to 
make  a  complete  revolution  in  the  mat­
ter of  support  for  the  rider.

saddle. 

It 

A  Pennsylvania  court  has  ruled  that 
any  man  who  writes  a  risk  for  a  com­
pany  which  it  accepts 
is  de  facto  an 
agent  of  the  company.

Detroit

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0. E. Brown Mill  Co.
HOY

S H IP P E R S   OF

In  Carlots.

Western Michigan  Agents  for 
Russell &  Miller Milling Co. of 
West Superior,  Wis.

Office  9  Canal  St.,

Grand  Rapids.

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No salt. 

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No yeast.

Warranted  to  Contain  no  Injurious  Chemicals.

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Muskegon  Milling  Co.,

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MUSKEGON,  MICHIGAN.

Don’t 
Lie...

Awake  nights figuring  out  some 
increasing  sales  and 
plan  for 
making  more  money. 
Sleep 
nights and  write  to  us  daytimes 
for prices  on  mixed  carloads  of 
Spring and Winter Wheat Flour, 
Bran,  Middlings,  Corn,  Oats, 
Meal,  Feed,  Rye,  Buckwheat, 
or  anything  else  in the  milling 
line.  You will be so well pleased 
with  the  result that  you  can  re­
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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

THE  BACK  OFFICE.

There  may  be  a  crumb  of  comfort 

in 
knowing  that  our  misery  is  somebody’s 
else’s,  but  only  a  crumb.  The  headache 
and  the  heartache  are  not  relieved  by 
other  headaches  and  heartaches,  nor  by 
a  knowledge  of  their  existence,  and, 
while  sympathy  comforts, it  does  not  re­
move  the  pain.  A  stroller in the'Grocery 
World,  of  Philadelphia, 
tells  about  a 
grocer  who  dropped  into the  theater  the 
other  night,  and  was  forced  to  leave  be­
fore  the  play  was  over,  because  he  saw 
around  him  so  many  of  his  customers 
from  whom  for  years  he  had  been  vain­
ly  trying  to collect  what  they  owed  him. 
Anger  got  the  better  of  him,  and,  with 
a  mental  fist-shake  at  these  disturbers 
of  his  peace,  he  left  the  theater  in  dis­
gust—and  there  are  others !

A  splendid  theater  has  just  been  fin­
ished  in  Toledo,  Ohio.  Built  with  the 
leading 
idea  that  it  was  to  be  the  best 
of  its  kind,expense  was  made  a  second­
ary  matter,  and  the result is simply won­
derful.  It  was  not expected  that it would 
be  a  rival  of  the  Grand  Opera  House  in 
Paris,  but 
it  must  be  admitted  that, 
judged  by  the  standard  of taste,  the  To­
ledo  theater  is  not  behind  that  distin­
guished  structure.  Of  course,  the  new 
building  has  been  the  talk  of  the  town 
and  for  months  the  grand  opening  was 
the  leading  topic  of  every  circle. 
It 
took  place  on  Christmas  night.  The 
seats  were  secured  at  a  premium,  the 
first  choice  going  at  $250;  and,  when 
the  curtain  rose,  the  brilliant  building 
was  only  surpassed  by  the  brilliant  au­
dience.

“ Did  you  go  to  the  opening  of  the 
Valentine  last  night?’ ’  asked  one  busi­
ness  man  of  aonther,  on  the  way  down 
town  the  next  morning.

“ No,  I  didn’t. 

I  wanted  to  see  Joe 
Jefferson,  but,  when  I  knew  that  some 
dozen  or  two  had  bought  high  .priced 
tickets,  and  those  same  dozen  or  two 
have  been  owing  me  for  a  year  or  two 
right  along  for  goods  which  I  can’t  get 
’em  to  pay  for,  it  made  me  so  mad  that 
I  thought  I ’d  better  keep  aw ay!”

It  is  evident  that the Philadelphia and 
the  Toledo  merchants  can  shake  hands.
The  same  thing  occurred,  in  1893,  in 
more  aggravated  forms.  Almost  every­
body  went  to  the  World’s  Fair,  and 
many  with  the  least means were the most 
determined  to  go,  and  did  go.  The 
following  is  one  incident of many  which 
took  place during  that  unhappy  summer 
and  fa ll:

“ I  have  a  little  bill  which  I  would 

like  to  collect  this  morning.’ ’

“ A ll  right;  leave  the  bill  and 

I ’ll 
pay  as  soon  as  I can  get  ’round  to  it. 
I 
ought  to  have  paid  that  before,  but  the 
fact 
is  I  went  to  the  Fair  and  I  spent 
all  the  money  1  could  get  hold  of.  Tell 
the  old  man 
fix  him  up  pretty 
soon. ’ ’

I’ll 

More  than  one  tradesman  was  unable 
to  go  to  the  Fair  on  account  of  just  that 
kind  of  customer.  Provoking  as  the 
above  reply  was,  it  was  civility  itself 
in  comparison  with  another  which  was 
called  forth  by  repeated  requests  to  pay 
up ;

“ See  here,  young  fellow,  there  isn  t 
any  use 
in  your  bringing  that  bill  in 
here  again  for  quite  a  while.  You  say 
to  Smith  & 
Jones  that  I ’m  going  to 
leave  for  the  Fair  at  three  o’clock  this 
afternoon, to  be  gone  a  couple  o’  weeks. 
If  they  want  to  know  why  I  can’t  pay 
them  before  I  start,  you  can  just  tell 
them  that,  if  I  pay  every  bill  that  the 
wind  blows 
I  can’t go;  and

in  here, 

I ’m  going  to  the  Fair  anyhow—that’s 
the  long  and  short of  it!”

In  the  line  of  pure 

could  hardly  be  a  better 
the  reply  was  one  actually  given.

impudence  there 
instance;  and 

Is  there  any  remedy  for  this  financial 
disease? 
It  seems  not.  The  truthful 
trader  will  show  with  wrath  the  ac­
counts  still  unsettled  on  his  books  and, 
when  asked  if  the  delinquents  are  still 
among  his  customers,  will 
answer, 
“  Yes,  but  what’s  a  fellow  to  do?”  

The 

landlord 

Nothing,  of  course. 

In  physical  ail­
ments  common  prudence  suggests  a  re­
moval  of  the  cause  to  which  an  evil  is 
traced;  but  this,  it  seems,  cannot  be 
applied  to  matters of  finance.  So,  if  the 
Browns  won’t  pay  their  bills,  that  is 
simply  the  end  of  it.  The  world  owes 
them  a  living,  and  the  trading  frater­
nity  is  the  agency  to  pay  the  world’s 
indebtedness  to  them. 
grocer 
groans  in  spirit—but  keeps  the  Browns' 
table  supplied  with  the  luxuries  of  the 
season.  The 
frets  about  his 
rent—it  remains  unpaid  just  the  same. 
The  dry  goods  merchant,  the  shoemak­
er,  the  tailor,  the  milliner,  “ the  butch­
er,  the  baker,  the  candlestick  maker,’ ’ 
also  ye  washerwoman,  grumble  and 
growl  over  unpaid  bills—but  keep  right 
on  wondering  where 
It 
will  end  when  these  people  get  tired  of 
working  for  nothing  for  the  Browns  and 
stop.  Stopping  to-day  will  prevent  loss 
to-morrow;  and  the  only  thing  which 
will  bring  the  Browns  to  terms is a well- 
delivered  “ N o,”   straight 
the 
shoulder,  as 
This  talk  of 
“ What  can  a  fellow  do?’  is  sheer  non­
sense.  There  is  nothing  which  will  do 
the  Browns  more  good  than  to  be 
brought  promptly  to  tim e,  and,  until 
the  trading  world  is  willing  to  do  that,

it  will  end. 

it  were. 

from 

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here  will  always  be  people  at  the  thea­
ter  and  other  places  of  amusement  who 
are  determined  to  be  there  at  the  ex­
pense  of  those  tradesmen  who  so  will­
ingly  furnish  the  means.

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

Some  of  the  wheels  shown  at  the  New 
York  Exposition  eclipsed  in  finish  any­
thing  ever  attempted  in  the cycling  line 
before.  The  opinion  seems  to  he  gen­
eral  that  the  exterior  finish  for  the  com­
ing  wheel  will  be  something  other  than 
enamel.  Enamel,  no  matter  how  care­
fully  put  on,  is  bound  to  come  off  after 
a  certain  amount  of  usage.  One  cannot 
handle  a  wheel,  no  matter  how  careful 
he  may  be,  so  as  to  avoid  this.  Many 
seem  to  think  that  a  gun-barrel  finish 
will  be  used  more  in  the  future,  while 
still  others  argue  that  this  sort  of  finish 
does  not  fill  the  bill.  There  was  one 
wheel  at  the  Exposition  finished  with 
a  kind  of composition,  and the effect was 
beautiful.  If  appearance  is  trustworthy, 
the  finish  ought  to  prove  to  be  a  lasting 
one.  The  frame 
like  a  com­
promise  between  a  gun-barrel finish  and 
an  enamel.  One  wheel,  which  was  ex­
hibited  in  a  rather  out-of-the-way  place 
in  one  of  the  balconies,  was  a  model 
of  beauty  and  grace,  but  owing  to 
its 
situation  did  not  attract  as  much  atten­
tion  as  it  would  have  done,  had  it  been 
on  the  main  floor  of  the  Garden. 
It 
was  finished  with  a  kind  of  onyx,  and 
the  makers  guarantee  that 
it  is  more, 
lasting  than  either  the  gun-barrel  or 
enamel  finishes.

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Solid  Mahogany  and  Walnut,  from  £200  down  to  the cheapest  that  are 
made. 

Side  Boards,  in  all  styles  and  woods,  from  $8.00  to  $100.

....Dining Chairs....

No.  2.  Oak and  H ahogany Finish 

$5.25 w o rth  $8.00.

’ 

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°  

In  Cane,  Leather  and  Spring  Seats,  from  $ 1 0   per  dozen  to  $10  apiece.
Extension  Tables,  Library  Tables,  Lounges,  Couches,  Parlor  Goods,  in
fact  everything  made  in  the  furniture line  and  all  at  Cut  Rate  Prices,  no.  238.  Oak and nahogany  Finish, 

$3.50  w orth  $6.25.

Special  Sale  ot  800  High  Grade  Fancu Rockers  and Chairs

Will be offered this week.  No such opportunity wss ever offered the citizens of the State to secure

Furniture at such low  prices.

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Commercial T ravelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President,  S.  E .  S ym o n s,  Saginaw;  Secretary, 
G eo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  J. 
F r o st, Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, J.  F. Co o per,  Detroit:  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D.  Mo r r is, Detroit.

G ripsack  Brigade.

Roy  Angell,  of  Belding,  has  gone  on 

the  road  for  the  Belding  Shoe  Co.

Wm.  Logie  (Rindge,  Kalmbach  & 
is  on  his  way  home  from  a  six 

Co.) 
weeks’  tour  of  the  Pacific  coast.

Goods  are  well  sold  when  the  profits 
are  satisfactory  to  the house  and  when 
the  customer  is  satisfied  with  his  pur­
chase.

As  a  rule  every  traveling  salesman 
should  consider not only  the  buyer’s  cir­
cumstances,  but  also  his habits  and gen­
eral  capacity.

The  Belding  Cigar  Co.  is  represented 
on  the  road  by  two energetic salesmen— 
Richard  Hale,  who  covers  the  trade 
south  of  the  D .,  L.  &  N.  Railroad,  and 
G.  W.  Atwood,  who  calls  on  the  trade 
north  of  that  line.

The 

self-respecting  traveling  man 
does  not  remain  long  in  the  service  of 
is  not  open  and  above­
a  firm  which 
board 
in  all 
its  transactions, 
for  he 
does  not  feel  obliged  to  extenuate  or 
apologize  for  every  mean  action  of  the 
house.

The  monthly  meeting  of  Post  E, 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  will  be 
held  at  Sweet’s  Hotel  on  Saturday even­
ing  of  this  week. 
It  is  hoped  that  the 
attendance  will  be  large,  as  matters  of 
vital 
interest  to  the  Post  are  to  come 
up  for  discussion  and  action.

John  M.  Moore  has  severed  his  con­
nection  with  Spring  & Company,to  take 
the  position  of  traveling  representative 
for  Lyon  Bros.  &  Co.,  Detroit, 
in 
Wisconsin  and  Minnesota. 
In  conse­
quence of  the  change,  Mr.  Moore’s  ter­
ritory  will  be  covered  by  other members 
of  the  traveling  force  of  the  house,  Jos. 
Finckler  taking  the  larger  portion  of 
the  territory.

F.  M.  Witbeck,  formerly  engaged 

in 
general  trade  at  Millburg,  is  now  on  the 
road  for  the  Bucher  &  Gibbs  Plow  Co., 
of  Canton,  Ohio,  and  F.  E.  Myers  & 
Co.,  of  Ashland,  Ohio. 
In  conjunction 
with  John  A.  Hoffman,  of  Kalamazoo, 
who  also  represents  the  same  compan­
ies,  Mr.  Witbeck  covers  Michigan, 
Northern 
Indiana  and  Northwestern 
Ohio.  Mr.  Witbeck  is  an  energetic  and 
aggressive business  man  and  will,  un­
doubtedly,  achieve  success  in  his  new 
vocation.

the 

A  firm  should  not  too  closely  circum­
scribe 
its  traveling  representative  by 
tightly-drawn  restrictions  if  it  is  desir­
ous  that  perfect  confidence  should  exist 
If 
between  the  two. 
firm  has 
enough  confidence 
in  the  man  to  send 
him  on  the road  to  represent its  interest, 
he  should  be  given  a  reasonable latitude 
which  will  lift  his  work  above  the  per­
functory  service  of  the  hireling.  Be­
ing  thus  trusted,  he  will  exhibit a  per­
sonal  devotion  which  will  produce  re­
sults  far beyond  the  practice  of  an  un­
generous  and  mistrustful  employer.

The  highest  type  of  character 

is  re­
quired  of  the  traveling  salesman,  who 
is  the  direct  personal  representative  of 
the  wholesaler  or  manufacturer  to  the 
customer.  Hence  the  representative 
must  be  unquestionably  honest  to  de­
serve  the  confidence  of  his  employer. 
Of course,  there are  exceptions  to  this I

Grand  Rapids,  Feb. 

standard  of  need  once 
in  a  while,  but 
there  are  bad  Free  Masons,  unworthy 
ministers  and  faithless  bank  cashiers, 
and  there  will  be  crooks  in  all  positions 
of  trust  until  the  millennium 
is  estab­
lished.  Yet,  in  view  of  their  vast  num­
ber,  over  300,000  in  the  United  States 
alone,  it  is  overwhelming  testimony  of 
the  high  character  of  the  commercial 
traveler  that  he  is  so  rarely  exhibited 
in  impeachment  of  his  character.
M onthly  Report  of  Secretary  Owen.
1—Thirty-nine 
additions  to  our  list  of  active  members 
and six  additions  to  our  list  of  honorary 
members  were  made  during  the  month 
of  January,  as  follows:
ACTIVE.
H.  D.  Nash,  Jackson.
F.  A.  Gaddrem,  Port  Huron.
W.  F.  Taylor,  Saginaw,  E.  S.
W.  F.  Brown,  Detroit.
F.  H.  Manchester,  Battle  Creek.
F.  T.  Colver,  Lansing.
J.  J.  Bush,  Lansing.
G.  B.  Elliott,  Jackson.
D.  J.  Dailey,  Lansing.
J.  Seibel,  Lansing.
E.  P.  Tracy,  Lansing.
J.  H.  Cowley,  Lansing.
J.  P.  Cummiskey,  Detroit.
F.  G.  Hooper,  Saginaw.
W.  G.  Bailey,  Lansing.
L.  M.  Patterson,  Lansing.
E.  S.  Holdridge,  Lansing.
J.  B.  Chapman,  Detroit.
E.  B.  Wood,  Lansing.
A.  Hilborn,  Benton  Harbor.
J.  J.  Ludwick,  Lansing.
F.  L.  Cook,  Lansing.
S.  S.  Renshaw,  Detroit.
J.  H.  Earle,  Benton  Harbor.
R.  E.  Donovan,  Ionia.
N.  W.  Voorhees,  Adrian.
F.  M.  Scott,  Ithaca.
S.  G.  Goodridge,  Reed  City.
A.  P.  McPherson,  Jackson.
Geo.  Forrester,  Chicago.
J.  B.  Paisley,  Yale.
S.  L.  Harrington,  Holly.
J.  C.  Ewing,  Saginaw.
L.  O.  Da  Foe,  St.  Johns.
M.  M.  Levy,  Jackson.
C.  A.  Nesbitt,  Cleveland.
N-  Soloman,  Chicago.
Geo.  H.  Johnson,  Chicago.
Chas.  R.  Dye,  Battle  Creek.

HONORARY.

E.  M.  Richards,  Battle  Creek
Chas.  A.  Patullo,  Grayling.
D.  Townsend,  Ft.  Wayne.
E.  J.  Brant,  Benton  Harbor.
S.  Blarkmore,  Vassar.
A.  M.  Decker,  Lakeview.
Up  to  this  date  1,617  members  have 
paid  the  annual  dues  for  1896,  and  540 
members  have  paid  assessment  No.  2, 
which  does  not  expire  until  February 
15.  This  is  the best  showing  ever  made 
by  the  Association,  and  I  congratulate 
the  boys  over  their  promptness,  as  it 
bespeaks  an  abiding  faith  in  the  solid­
ity and  permanence of  the  Association.
A  somewhat  remarkable  coincidence 
has  occurred 
in  connection  with  our 
death  benefit  fund—Jan.  27,  1895,  Fred 
Sheriff  died  at  Saginaw,  and  Jan.  27, 
1896, 
Jas.  T.  Avery  died  at  South 
Haven. 
in  good 
standing  and  their deaths  were  the  only 
losses  occurring  during  the  months  of 
January  of  1895  and  1896.

Both  were  members 

Our  death  fund  is  in  very much better 
shape  than  it  was  a  year  ago,  when  we 
carried  three  death  losses,  occurring  in 
December,  over  into  1895.  Last year  we 
had  but  one  death  in  December,  that  of 
A.  L.  Field,  whose  indemnity  was  paid 
promptly  in  January.

Altogether,  I 

feel  that  our  members 
are  to  be  congratulated  over  the  condi­
tion  of  the  Association  and the excellent 
showing  made  of  its  finances. 
1,077 
members  pay  the  $2  death  assessment 
within  the  next  fifteen  days,  so  that  we 
shall  have  as  many  members  in  good 
standing  on  Feb.  16  as  we  had  on  Jan. 
1,  I  shall  be  more  than  pleased.

If 

Geo.  F.  Owen,  Sec’y.

MEN  OF  MARK.

H ubert  H aftenkam p,  Ju n io r  flem b er 

of  W .  C.  Hopson  &  Co.

There  was  a  story  in  the  old  school 
reader of  the  long  ago  of  a  boy  who,  on 
visiting  the  Natural  Bridge  in  Virginia 
and  finding  that  some adventurous youth 
had  clambered  to  an  almost inaccessible 
height  and  carved  his  name  high  up  on 
the  rock,  was  seized  with  a  burning  de­
sire  to  leave  his  name  the highest on the 
list.  The  task  done,  he  found  that  he 
could  not  retrace  his  steps,  and  that  his 
only  hope  of  safety  was  to  climb  to  the 
top  of  the  cliff  by  cutting  a  place  in 
the  soft  rock  for  his  feet. 
It  was  a 
painful  journey.  Once  when his strength 
was  almost  gone  and  a  glance  down  had 
set  his  head  a-whirl,  a  cheering  word 
from  below  was  all  that  saved  him ;  and 
then,  with  the  strength  which  belongs 
only  to  despair,  a few  more strokes from 
his  worn-out  knife  blade,  one  final 
grapple  with  the  passive  rock,  and  the 
boy,  self  saved,  fell  fainting  upon  the 
summit.

It  may  be  only  a  story,  but  there  is 
much  in  it  to  suggest a comparison  with 
many  of  the  records  found 
in  the  col­
umns  of  the  Tradesman  of  the  lives  of 
earnest  men.  They  all  climb  easily  and 
thoughtlessly,  with,  or  without, 
“ a 
boost”   at  first  from  some  one  below; 
they  slip  and  catch  and  pull  themselves 
up,  and  the  sun  shines  and  the  world  is 
bright  as  the  future  i s ;  but,  by  and  by, 
when  the  heights  are  reached  and  the 
real  struggle  begins,  there  is no helping 
hand, 
is  not  always  a  cheering 
voice,  and  slowly  and  painfully  the toil­
er  upward  makes  his  way,  to  fall  faint­
ing  at 
last  upon  the  perilous  height  it 
was  his  ambition  to  reach.

there 

‘ ‘ boost. ’ ’  The  schoolhouse, 

It  is  among  these  upward  toilers,  the 
determined  few,  that  the  name  of  Hu­
bert  Haftenkamp 
is  written.  Born  in 
the  Netherlands,  October  23,  1861,  of 
parents  whose  hands  were their only  for­
tune,  his  upward  climb  began  without 
the 
the
American 
stepping-stone  to  success, 
scarcely  saw  him,  for  the  first  six  years 
of  his  life  were  spent  in  the  old  coun­
try,  and,  when  he  came  to  Grand  Rap­
ids 
in  April  of  ’67,  the  schoolroom,  at 
first,could  hardly  help  the  little  Nether- 
land 
lad  whose  ear  and  tongue  were 
strangers  to  English  speech ;  and  there 
is  nothing  more  despairing,  even  to 
hopeful  chijdhood,  than  to  be  stranded 
upon  the  rocks  and  shoals  of  a  foreign 
language.  The  breakers,  however,  were 
kind  to  the  tiny  Netherland  skiff,  and 
it  was  not  long  before  he  was  safely 
landed  and  making  use  of  his  recent 
acquirement 
in  the  business  capacity 
of  carrying  and  selling  papers.

It  was  his  first  attempt  to  climb,  a 
common  enough  method,  and,  with  this 
for  a  starter at  9  years  of  age,  the strug­
gle  for  life  began.  For  three  years  he 
kept at  it—in  school  when  he  could  be 
there,  and  with  his  papers  when  school 
for  the  day  was  done.  Then,  at 
12,  he 
increased  his  wages  by  going  to  work 
for  the  Grand  Rapids  Brush  Co.  For 
two  years  he  worked  there,  gathering 
strength  and  gaining  stature 
for  his 
next  rise,  and,  finding  a  foothold  in  the 
factory  of  the  Michigan  Barrel  Co., 
where  he  made  grease  boxes,  up  he 
went.  He  stayed  there  for  three  sea­
sons,  which,  to  all  intents  and purposes, 
means  three  years.  The  next  climb 
brought him  into the  factory  of the  Ber- 
key  &  Gay  Furniture  Co.,  but  a  mo­
mentary  foothold, 
it  seems,  for  soon 
after  he  secured  a  place  in  the  working 
force  of  De  Graff,  Vrieling  &  Co.’s

sash  and  blind  factory.  A  year there 
was  long  enough  for  him  to  find  a  place 
a  little  nearer  the  hope  of his heart,and, 
with  a  delight  words  fail  to  express, 
he  took  the  place  offered  him  in  the G. 
R.  &  I.  depot.

It  may  have been  a mere fancy, caught 
he  never  knew  where  or  when,  but  the 
boy  had  waked  up  one  morning,or  gone 
to bed  at  night,  with  the  earnest  desire 
to be an engineer.  So,  as  his acquaint­
ance 
in  his  new  position  increased,  it 
was  especially  towards the neighborhood 
of  the  engineer;  and,  one  day,  when  he 
believed  he  was  equal  to  the  next  place 
he  had  been  diligently  cutting  for  that 
upward  climb,  he  asked  for  a  position 
made  vacant  in  the  ranks  of  the  train­
men.

it,  Hubert, 

“ I  can’t  do 

I  simply 
can’t.  I  want  you—I ’ll  tell  you  so  much 
—and  I  believe  you  could  fill  the  place 
better  than  the  man  I ’m  going  to  put 
in ;  but,  the  fact  is,  you  are  too  young, 
and  that’s  the  only  reason  I  can't  take 
you.

The  knife  didn’t  drop  from his grasp, 
but,  in  his  disappointment,  he  was 
tempted  to  throw  it  down.  One  thing 
was  certain—if  the  engine  was  denied 
him,  there  must  be  something  to  take 
its  place,  and  the  sooner  he  found  it the 
better.  He  wasn’t  going  to  waste  any 
time  in  chance-work,  and  the  thing  for 
him  to  do  now  was  to  learn  a  trade. 
With  this  thought  he  went  on  with  his 
work  and  then,  after  a  year  had  passed 
in  the  depot, went  over  to  the  sheet  iron 
works  of  Shriver,  Weatherly  &  Co., 
where  he  entered  as  an  apprentice. 
That  meant  four  years, 
three  for  the 
trade  and  one  as  a  round-up—a  tiger, as 
it  were—and  then  he  became a workman 
in  the  sheet  metal  works  of  W.  C.  Hop- 
j son.

He 

remained  there 

for  a  while. 
Then,  believing  that  the  time had  come 
for  the  life-climb  to  begin,  he 
located 
the  Galvanized  Iron  Works,  at 12  Huron 
street,  with

H.  H A FT EN K A M P 

forged  ahead. 

over  the  door and  went  to  work.  For  a 
year  he 
It  was  easy 
climbing  now,  and  when  the  suggestion 
came  from  his  former  employer  that  the 
two  houses  should  join  forces  and  for­
tunes,  there  was  a  hearty  assent, and  the 
two  thrifty  establishments  were  com­
bined under the firm name of W.  C.  Hop- 
son  &  Co.,  at  the  corner  of  Campau and 
Louis streets, where, to-day  the two enter­
prising  men  are  pushing  a  thriving 
business for  all  they  are  worth.

low  heel. 

Mennonites  of  Manitoba  wear  a  san­
dal  consisting  merely  of  low  vamp  and 
no  quarter,  but  having  a 
It 
is  made  of  split  or  buff. 
_____ _
Cutler  House  in  New  Hands.
H.  D.  and  F.  H.  Irish,  formerly landlords at 
the  New  Livingston  Hotel,  at  Grand  Rapids, 
have leased the Cutler House,  at  Grand  Haven, 
where  they  bespeak  the  cordial  co-operation 
aud support of the traveling  public.  They  will 
conduct the Cutler House as a strictly first-class 
house,  giving  every  detail  painstaking  at­
te n tio n ________

Bridge  Street 

...House...

Corner  of  Bridge  and 
Kent Streets,

Grand  Rapids, Hich.

Rates  $1  and  $1.50   per d ay.

Best  House  in  the  S tate 
for  the  iloney.
E. FULLERTON & CO., Props.

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Dr ugs==Chem icals

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.

One Year— 
- 
Two  Years— 
Three Years— 
Four Years— 
Five Years— 

C. A.  B u g b e e , Charlevoix
- 
- 
S.  E.  P a r k il l , Owosso
F. W. R.  Pe r r y ,  Detroit 
-  A. C. S ch u m a c h er,  Ann Arbor 
G eo.  G u n d ru m , Ionia

- 
- 
- 

- 

President, C. A. B u g b e e , Charlevoix. 
Secretary, F. W. R.  P e r r y , Detroit. 
Treasurer, G eo. G undrum,  Ionia.

'loming Meetings—Grand Rapids,  March 3 and 4.
Detroit (Star Island), June 23. 
Lansing, November 3.

MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

. 

, 

( s.  P.  Wh itm a r sh .  Palmyra;

President, G eo. J. W a r d , St. Clair.
Vice-Presidents  -j  q  g  P h il l ip s ,  Armada. 
Secretary, B. S ch ro u d er, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, W * . D upont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—F.  J.  W u r z b u r g ,  Grand 
Rapids;  F .  D.  S t e v e n s, D etroit;  H. G .C o lm an, 
Kalamazoo:  E. T.  We b b ,  Jackson;  D.  M.  R u s­
s e l l , Grand Rapids.

The  Drug  Market.

Acetanilid—The  market  continues  to 
develop  a  stronger  undertone  and  values 
have  been  further advanced.

Acids—German  benzoic  is  firm  at  the 
recent  advance  and  holders  offer  spar­
ingly.  The  position  of  tartaric  is  de­
cidedly  strong,  and  a  further  advance 
is  expected.  Carbolic 
is  ruling  firm 
with  an  upward  tendency.  Salicylic  is 
unchanged.  Oxalic  continues 
in  fair 
demand  and  is  steady.

Alcohol—Grain  in  moderate  quanti­
ties  is  finding  a  fair  consuming outlet at 
steady  prices,  but  the  market  is  devoid 
of  new  features.

Arsenic—The  spot  market  continues 

in  strong  position.

Balsams—A  continued  fairly  active 
jobbing  trade  in  Central  American  co­
paiba  is  reported  at  steady  prices.  Tolu 
is  rather  quiet  and,  notwithstanding 
the  small  available  stock  and  good  sta­

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

tistical  position,  offers  of  limited  quan­
tities  for  resale  by  out  of  town  holders 
tend  to  keep  prices  down.

Cacao  Butter—Bulk  has  ruled  quiet 

and  is  nominally  steady.

Caffeine—The  market continues  to  re­
flect  an  easier  tendency  and  the  situa­
tion 
is  somewhat  unsettled,  owing  to 
competition.

Cassia  Buds—Continue  to  move  fairly 
jobbing  way,  with  prices  ruling 

in  a 
steady.

Cocaine—Is  without 

important  de­
mand,  and  the  market  remains  dull, 
with  values  unchanged  and  nominally 
steady.

there 

is  more  or 

Codeine—The  consuming demand  has 
been  rather  slow,  and,  with  stocks  ac­
cumulating, 
less 
anxiety  to  sell  by  both  domestic  manu­
facturers  and  agents  of  foreign  makers.
Cod  Liver  Oil—Continues  in  fairly 
good  demand  for consumption,  and  the 
justify  better 
situation  abroad  would 
prices  here,  but  outside  lots  of 
inferior 
quality,  which  have  been  pressing  for 
sale  some  time  past,  have  tended  to 
retard  any  advance.

Cream  Tartar—The  market  is steadily 
hardening,  with  manufacturers’  prices 
firm.  Foreign  markets  for  crude  mate­
rial  are  also  stronger  and  it  is  reported 
that  argols,  in  addition  to  being  scarce, 
are  receiving  attention  from  speculators 
abroad.

Cubeb  Berries—Continued  dullness  is 
the  leading  feature  of  the  market  and 
quotations  remain  nominal.

Cuttle  Fish  Bone—All varieties  are  in 
active  request  for  consumption  with 
values  ruling  firm.

Essential  Oils—Bergamot  is  advanc 
ing  abroad  ar.d  the  tendency  here  is 
upward.  Citronella  is  stronger.  San­

derson’s 
lemon  has  been  marked  up. 
Orange  has  been advanced.  Pennyroyal 
is  stronger.  Peppermint  is  easier.

Flowers—Considerable 

interest  has 
been  manifest  in  American  saffron  and 
the  market  continues  very  unsettled 
with  prices 
irregular.  Arnica,  chamo­
mile  and  other  descriptions  are  without 
important  variation.

Glycerine—Is  unchanged,with  a fairly 
steady  movement  to  manufacturing  con­
sumers  and  values  continue  firm.

Gums—No 

further  change  has  oc­
curred  in  Curacoa  aloes,  and  the market 
has  ruled  quiet.  Asafetida  has  met 
with  a  good  seasonable  demand,  but 
stocks  are  abundant,  with  no  likelihood 
of  scarcity,  as  there 
is  a  large  direct 
shipment  on  the  way  from  Calcutta. 
Camphor 
is  ruling  strong  at  full  pre­
vious  prices,  but  business  is  restricted 
by  the  limited  offerings.  The  foreign 
market  for  crude  has been  irregular.  On 
Monday  last  the  syndicate  suddenly 
dropped  the  price  to  162s,  and 
imme­
diately  entered  the  primary  market, 
bought  up  about  2,800  packages,  and 
the  quotations  were  again  advanced  to 
the  former high  figures.

Leaves—All  varieties  are  held  at  pre­
vious  prices, but, aside  from  a  continued 
steady  movement 
in  short  buchu  and 
senna,  the  market has  a  rather  tame ap­
pearance.

Lycopodium—The  market  is  slightly 
easier,owing  to accumulating stocks,and 
prices  have  been  reduced.

Menthol—Is  slow  of  sale  and  barely 

steady.

Morphine—Manufacturers’  prices  are 
is 

unchanged  and  a  moderate  business 
reported.

Opium—Opinions  differ  materially 
regarding  the  future,  some  anticipating

lower  prices  and  others  sanguine  that 
higher  figures  will  prevail.

Quicksilver—There 

is  no  particular 
activity,and the  market  has  ruled  quiet, 
with 
jobbing  quotations  nominally 
steady.

Quinine—A  continued  good  demand 
is  reported  by  manufacturers  and agents 
of  foreign  makers,  with  prices  steady.
Roots—The  general  market  is without 
particularly  new  feature  and  no  changes 
of  consequence  have  occurred  in  prices 
of  leading  descriptions.

Rochelle  Salts—Have  been  advanced 

1  cent  per  lb.

Seeds—There  are  no  changes 

in  ca­
nary  and  the  market  has  ruled  quiet. 
Dutch  caraway  is  very  strong  for  spot, 
but  the  outlook  for  the  next  crop  is very 
favorable.  California  brown  mustard 
is  firmer  and scarce.  The  improvement 
is  in  part  due  to  higher  rates  from  the 
Pacific  Coast.  German  rape  has  been 
advanced,  owing  to  higher  prices  in  the 
primary  market.

Seidlitz  Mixture—Is  higher,in  sympa­
thy  with  other  tartar  preparations  and 
manufacturers  have  advanced  quota­
tions.

Sugar  of  M ilk—The  spot  stock  of 

powdered  is  almost  exhausted.

Spermaceti—Is  quiet  and  easier.

An  Italian  sea captain  has found  that, 
by  having  a  number  of  holes  in  the  bag 
of  sail,  the  power  of  the  wind  is  ma­
terially  increased.  He  says  that  it  acts 
to  prevent  a  cushion  of  dead  air gather­
ing 
is  reported  that 
actual  experiments ‘with  the  perforated 
sails  show  an 
increase  of  25  per  cent, 
and  over  in  the  speed  of  the  vessel.

in  the  sail. 

It 

n C / ^ I / > C   HEADACHE...........•
K t i w I V   ^   ...............POWDERS
Pay the Best Profit.  Order from yonr jobber

HUGH  LYONS & CO.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

WINDOW  and  STORE 
DISPLAY  FIXTURES,

PAPIER  HACHE  F0RH5,  WAX 
AND  LYONS’  PATENT

FIGURES
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27

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Acid Benzoic, Cream Tartar, Rochelle Salts.

Declined—Turpentine.

Acidum
Aceticum...................8
Benzoicum,  German
Boracic......................
Carbolieum ..............
C itricum ...................
H ydrochlor..............
N itrocum .................
O xalicum .................
P h o s p h o riu m ,  d l l . ..
Salicylicum..............
Sulph uricum ............
T annicum ................
Tartarieum...............
Ammonia

Aqua, 16  deg..
Aqua, 20  deg..
Carbonas.........
Chloridum —

Aniline
Black.......... ............. .
B ro w n .....................
R e d ..........................
Y ellow . 
................
Bacca.-.
Cubeffie............po- 25
Juniperus.................
Xantnoxylum ..........
Balsamum

¡  8@ $  
75®
®
26®
44@
:m  
íoé 
10@
2il
@  
55®  65
5 
IK® 
1  40®  1  60 
36w* 
40

4®
6®
12®
12®

2 00® 2  25 
80®  1  00 
45®  50
2 50® 3 00

20®8®

25®

®
40®
75®

Copaiba..................... ‘  45f
Peru.................-........
Terabin, Canada —
Tolutan......................
Cortex 
Abies, Canadian —
C a sste ......................
Cinchona Flava.......
Euonymus  atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini.........
Quillaia,  gr’d ..........
Sassafras................. .
U lm us...po.  15,  gr'd 
E x tra c tu m  

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza,  po.......
Hsematox, 15 lb box.
Hsematox, I s ............
Hsematox, (4s...........
Hsematox, Ms..........
Ferru

Carbonate  P recip.. - 
Citrate and Q uinia.. 
Citrate Soluble— .. 
Ferrocyanidum  Sol.
Solut.  Chloride.......
Sulphate, eom’l .......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per ew t..........
Sulphate,  pure  .......
Flora

A rn ica-----
A nthém is. 
Matricaria

Folia

24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

14
15 
17

15 
3 50 
80

12®
18®
18®

20®  30
18(^  25
25®  30
„
20
42® 
10
8®  
60 
40 
30 
20 
80 
18 
12 
30 
60 
35 
55
13
14 

Barosma..................... 
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly... .. .   ....... 
Cassia Acutifol,Aix. 
Salvia officinalis, Ms 
and Ms................... 
U raU rsi...............   •• 
Gummi
@
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
@
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
@
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sorts.
Acacia, po................  
  60®
14®
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28 
Aloe, C ape___ po.  15 
®
Aloe, Soeotri.. po.  40 
©
Ammoniac...............  
55®
Assafcetida___po. 35  30®
B enzoinum .............. 
50®
Catechu, Is................ 
@
@
Catechu, Ms.............. 
Catechu, Ms.............. 
@
Camphorse...............  
63®
10
®
Euphorbium.  po.  35 
®   1  00 
Galbanum.................
70 
65®
Gamboge  po............ 
35 
Guaiacum........po. 35 
©
50 
Kino............po. $2.50 
@
65 
M astic......................  
@
40 
M yrrh............... po. 45  @
20 
Opii  .  po. $3.00®3.20 2  15®
6" 
4<@
Shellac.....................
45 
40®
Shellac, bleached..
80
50®
Tragacanth ............
Herbs

16 68 

~5
20
25
28
23

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
Lobelia.........oz.  pkg 
Majorum — oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip. .pz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg
R ue................oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V  .oz. pkg 
flagnesia.
Calcined, Pat............ 
55®  60
Carbonate, P at......... 
20® 
22
20® 
Carbonate, K. A M .. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  o0

22
25

Oleum

Absinthium ..............  3 25®  3 50
30® 
Amvgdalse, Dulc—  
50
Amygdalae, Amarae .  8 00®  8 25
Anisf..........................   3 00® 
3 10
Auranti  Cortex.......  2 30®  2 40
Bergamii...................  3 00® 
3 20
£5
70@ 
Cajiputi..................... 
60®  <0
Caryophylli.............. 
65
Cedar.......................... 
35® 
@  1  60
Chenopadii...............  
Cinnamonii................ 3  10® 
3 20
Citronella------------  
80
75® 

@
@
@

niscellaneous 

1  00 
50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50

35® 65 Scillae Co...................
Conium  Mae..........
80® 90 T olutan.....................
Copaiba...................
1  50@ 60 Prunus virg..............
Dubebse.....................
1  20® 30
E xechthitos..........
Tinctures
1  20® 30 Aconitum N apellis R
Erigeron.................
1  50® 60 Aconitum Napellis F
S aultheria..............
® 75 Aloes..........................
Seranium ,ounce...
60® 70 Aloes and Myrrh__
Glossi ppi i, Sem. g al.
1  25®,
40 Arni c a ......................
Hedeoma.................
Junípera.
50® 2  00 
A ssafcetida..............
DO® 2 00
Lavendula...............
Atrope  Belladonna.
1  30®  1  50
Limonis...................
Auranti  Cortex.......
2 25®  3 00 
Mentha  Piper.........
Benzoin.....................
2  65® 2  75 
Mentha Y erid........
Benzoin Co...............
1  75®  1  80
Morrhnse,  gal.........
B arosm a...................
®   50
Myrcia, ounce.........
Cantharides.........  .
90®  3 00 
Olive........................
Capsicum ............
Picis  Liquida.........
10®  
12 
Cardam on................
@  35
Picis Liquida, g a l..
.
Cardamon  Co__  
91®  96@ 1 00 
R ic in a ...................
Castor........................
Rosmarini...............
Catechu..............
6  50® 8  50
Rosse,  ounce.
Cinchona...................
40® 45
S u ccin i.....................
Cinchona Co............
90© 1  00
S abina.....................
Columba...................
Son ta 1........................  2 50@ 7  on
Cubeba......................
50® 55
Sassafras...................
Cassia  Acutifol.......
© 65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
@  1  00
Tiglii..........•  .............
D igitalis...................
40© 50
T hym e......................
E rgot.........................
© 1  60
Thyme,  o p t..............
Ferri Chloridum __
lb® 20
Theobrom as............
G entian.....................
Gentian Co...............
Potassium
G uiaca..... ................
15® 18
Bi-Barb......................
Guinea ammou........
13© 15
Bichromate  ............
Hyoscyamus............
45® 48
Bromide....................
Iodine........................
12® 15
Carb..........................
Iodine, colorless__
16© 18
Chlorate..po. 17@19c
Kino...........................
50® 55
Cyanide.......... \ .......
Lobelia......................
Iodide........................2 90® 3 00
Myrrh.........................
32© 35
Potassa, Bitart, pure
Nux  Vomica............
® 15
Potassa,  Bitart,  com
O pii............................
8® 10
Potass Nitras, opt...
Opii, camphorated..
9
7®
Potass Nitras............
Opii,  deodorized__
25® 28
Prussiate...................
Q uassia.....................
15@ 18
Sulphate  p o ............
Rhatany....................
Radix
Rhei...........................
S anguinaria............
20© 25
Aeonitvm .................
Serpentaria..............
22® 25
Althse........................
Strom onium ............
12® 15
A nchusa...................
Tolutan......................
© 25
Arum po....................
V alerian...................
20© 40
C alam us...................
Veratrum V eride...
8® 10
Gentiana........ po.  12
Zingiber....................
16® 18
G lyehrrhtza.. .pv. 15
© 30
Hydrastis Canaden .
© 35
Hydrastis Can.,  po..
35 
Atther, Spts. Nit. 3F 
30@ 
15® 20
Hellebore,Alba. p o ..
iEther, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
31®
38 
15® 20
Inula, po...................
Alum en.....................  2M@
3
Ipecac, po.................   ! 65® 1  75
3® 
4
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7
35® 40
Iris plox__ po35@38
40®  50
A nnatto...................
40® 45
Jalapa, p r.................
Antimoni,  po..........
4® 
5
© 35
55®  60
Antimoni etPotassT
Maranta,  Ms ............
Podophyllum, po— 15® 18
@  1  40 
A ntipyrin...............
7b© 1  00
A ntifebrin...............
If 
© 
Rhei  ..........................
© 1  75
Argenti Nitras, oz ..
@  53
Rhei, c u t...................
75®  1  35 
Arsenicum................
R hei.pv.......
8®  
10 
35®  38
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Bud  ..
Spigelia.......
po.
Bismuth  S. N ..........
Sanguinaria. 
JO®  1  30
®50®
20
9
Serpentaria .
Calcium Chlor.,  Is.. 
©
55®
10
Calcium Chlor.,  (4s. 
Senega.................
©
® 12
II
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms. 
Similax,officinali
®®
©   i 00
Cantharides,  Rus.po 
SmUax, M.................
10®
@ 1
C'apsici  Fruí tus. af.
Scillae............. po.35
® 15
Capsici Fructus,  po.
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
© 15
Capsiei FructusB.po 
@
dus,  po...................
10® 12
Caryophyllus..po.  15
Valeriana,Eng. po.30 
®15®
@ 3 75
Carmine, No. 40.......
Valeriana,  German.
50® 55
18®
Cera Alba, S. A F
Zingiber a .................
40© 42
Cera Flava................
Zingiber j .................
@ 40
Coccus......................
Semen
© 25
Cassia Fructus......
15
®
Anisum..........po.  20
© 10
Centraría...................
16 
14®
Api um  (graveleons)
@ 45
Ce tuce um...-..............
6
4®
Bird, Is......................
60® 63
Chloroform...............
10®
12
Carui..............po. 18
©   1 25
Chloroform, squibbs
Cardamon.................  1  00®  1  25
1  15®  1 30
Chloral Hyd Crst__
8®  
Coriandrum.............. 
10
20® 25
Chondrus..................
Cannabis  Sativa__  
5
5® 
15® 20
Cinehonidine,P.&W 
Cydonium................. 
75®  1  00
3(4© 12
Cinchonidine, Germ
10® 
12
C henopódium ......... 
5 05¿3> 5
Cocaine....................
Dipterix  Odorate...  2  90®  3  00
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
65
Foenieulum.............. 
©  
15
© 35
Creosotum................
8
6® 
Fcenugreek, po........  
2 
@ 
Creta.............. bbl. 75
4
L in i............................  3(4® 
Creta, prep...............
@ 
5
Lini,  g rd__ bbl. 3(4  314® 
4
9® 11
Creta, precip............
35®  40
L obelia..................... 
Creta,  Rubra............
5
4® 
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
50® 55
C rocus......................
5
R ap a..........................  4^@  
© 24
C u d b ear...................
8
Sinapis Albu............ 
7® 
6
5@ 
Cupri Sulph..............
Sinapis  Nigra..........  
11© 
12
10® 12
Dextrine....................
75® 90
75®
Ether Sulph.............. 
Spiritus 
8 
Emery, all  numbers
@ 
Frum enti, W. D. Co 
6
Em ery,po....*  .......
@ 
Frumenti,  1).  F.  It..
30® 35
Ergota........... po. 40
F ru m en ti.................
12® 15
Flake  W hite............
Juniperis Co. O. T ..
® 23
Galla..........................
Juniperis Co............
8®  
Gambier....................
9
Saacharum  N.  E —
© 60
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..
Spt.  Vini G alli........
30® 50
Gelatin, French.......
Vini Oporto............
60, 10&10 
OQ i  Glassware, flint, box
Vini  Alba...............
60
Less  than  box__
9® 12
Glue,  brown............
13® 25
Glue,  w hite..............
19® 26
75  G lycerina.................
® 22
I  Grana  Paradisi  __
25® DO
Humulus...................
79
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
@
69
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
©
@ 89
Hydraag Ox  Rub’m. 
® 99
Hydraag Ammouiati 
4a® 55
Ilydraag Cngueu turn
@ 65
Hydrargyrum..........
1  25® 50
Icbtbyobolla, A m ...
75® 00
Indigo........................
3 80® 3  90
Iodine, Resubi.........
®  i 70
Iodoform...................
® 2 25
Lupulin.....................
60® 65
Lycopodium............
65® 75
Macis..........................
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
@ 27
10® 12
; 
LiquorPotassArsinit 
2(i®
4
Magnesia, Sulph.. 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
© 1H
60® 63
Mannia. S. F ...
®  5  5(
M enthol............

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’wool
carriag e...............   2  50® 2  75
Nassau sheeps  wool
@  2 00
carriage.................  
Velvet extra  sheeps’
@  1 10
wool, carriage....... 
Extra yellow sheeps’ 
®   85
wool,  carriage—  
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
65
carriage.................  
@
@
Hard, for slate u se.. 
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use................ 
®
Syrups
A cacia......................  
Auranti Cortes......... 
Zingiber..................... 
Ipecac..............  
Ferri Iod................... 
Rhei  Arom...............  
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega....................... 
Scill®......................... 

2  00®  2 50 
2 00®  2  25 
1  25®  1  50 
1  65®  2  00 
1  75®  3 50 
1  90®  2  10 
1  75® 6  50 
1  25®  2 00 
1  25®

©
@
@
@
@
50®
@
@

drarg Iod__

@

Morphia, S.P.& W ... 1  75© 2 00
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
1  65@ 1  90
C.  Co......................
© 40
Moschus Canton__
65® 80
Myristiea, No.  1.......
© 10
N ux Vomica... po.20
15® 18
Os  Sepia...................
Pepsin  Saac, II.  & P.
© 1  00
D. Co......................
Picis Liq. N.X.(4gal.
® 2 00
doz...........................
@ 1  00
Picis Liq.,quarts__
@ 85
Picis Liq:, pints.......
© 50
Pil  Hvdrarg...po.  80
© 18
Piper N igra.. .po.  22
® 30
Piper  Alba__ po.  35
7
Pi ix  Burgun............
®
10® 12
Plumbi  Acet............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1  10® 1  20
Py rethrum, boxes II.
@ 1  25
& P.  D. Co., do z...
20® 30
Pyrethrum,  pv .........
8® 10
Q uasste.....................
37® 42
Quinia, S. P. &  VV..
30® 40
Quinia, S. German..
Quinia, N.Y.............. 32(4© 37(4
12® 14
Rubia T inetorum ...
24® 26
SaecharumLactis py
Salacin...................... 2  50® 2  60
40® 50
Sanguis D raconis...
12® 14
Sapö,  W ....................
10® 12
Sapo, M......................
© 15
Sapo. G......................
Siedlitz  M ixture__ 20  @ ■

Sinapis......................
Sinapis, opt..............
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes........................
Snu ff,Scotch, DeV o's
Soda Boras...............
Soda Boras, po.........
Soda et Potass T art.
Soda,  Carb...............
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
Soda,  Ash.................
Soda, Sulphas..........
Spts. Cologne............
Spts.  Ether  Co.........
Spts.  Myrcia D rm ...
Spts.  Yini  Rect. bill.
Spts. Vini Rect.(jbbl 
Spts. Vlni Rect.lOgal
Spts. Villi Rect.  agal

43
40
® 18 Lard, No.  1...............
43
40
@ 30 Linseed, pure  raw ..
45
42
Linseed,  boiled...  .
@ 34 Neatsfoot,  w i n t e r
65
70
strained.................
© 34
42
36
7  © 10 Spirits Turpentine..
10
7  @ 
Paints
BBL.
LB.
28
26®
2 Red V enetian.........
IK  2 ©8
1(4®
5 Ochre, yellow  Mars.
IK  2 @4
3®
IK  2 ®3
4 Ochre, yellow  B er..
3(4®
2 Putty, com m ercial.. 2Vi  2}4©3
©
2Yf  23i@3
© 2  60 Putty, strictly  pure.
50© 55 lerm iliou,  P r im e
13® 15
American...............
(5) 2  00
70® 75
® 2  49 5 ermilion.  English.
© 2  54 Green, P a ris ............ 14  @ 20(.;
© 2  57 Green,  Peninsular.
13© 16
© 2  59 Lead, Red.................
5M@ 5K
Lead, w hite............
5(i@ 5K
Whiting, white Span
© :o
© 90
Strychnia, Crystal... 1  40® 1  45 Whiting,  gilders’...
©   1  00
3 White, Paris A m er..
Sulphur,  Subl..........
\\ hiting, Paris  Eng.
2® 2 Vi
Sulphur,  Roll.........
1  10
8® 10
c liff........................
Tam arinds...............
@
28® 30 Universal Prepared. 1  00® 1  15
Terebenth Venice...
42®  45 
Theobromse..............
V anilla.....................
9  00®16 On
7©
Zinci  Sulph..............

Less 5c gal.  cash

Varnishes

10 days.

2(4©

8 No. 1 Turp C oach... 1  10®  1  20
Extra  Turp.............. 1  60® 1  70
Coach Body.............. 2  75® 3 00
BBL. GAL. No.  1  Turp  F urn__ 1  00®   1  10
70 Extra Turk Damar.. 1  55@ 1  60
70
70® 75
60 Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp
53

Oils

Whale, winter..........
Lard,  ex tra..............

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We  are  sole  proprietors  of 
Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh 
Remedy.
We have in stock and offer a full 
line  of  Whiskies,  Brandies,  Gins, 
Wines and  Rums.
We  sell  Liquors  for  medicinal 
purposes only.
We  give  our  personal  attention 
to mail orders and  guarantee  satis­
faction.
All orders  shipped  and  invoiced 
the  same  day  we  receive  them. 
Send a trial  order.

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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 im­
possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av­
erage 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

CHOCOLATE.

W alter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sw eet.......................... 23
Prem ium .....................................30
Breakfast  Cocoa.......................41

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton. 40 ft, per  doz..........   95
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dez............1  15
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz............1 35
Cotton, 70 ft. per  doz............1 55
Cotton. HO ft, per  doz............1 95
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz..............  80
Jute, 72 ft,  per  doz...............  95

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes..............................50

Peerless evaporated  cream .5 1

COUPON  BOOKS.

Raisins.

.  ?@8
Ondura 29 lb boxes....
Sultana 20 lb boxes....
.  @6«
Valencia 30 lb boxes..
@7M
F A R IN A C E O U S   G O O D S .

... 

... 

Peas.

Farina.
3
B u lk .............................
Grits.
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s... ...2 00
Hominy.
.. .3  25
Barrels  ........................
Flake, 50 lb.  drum s...
...1  50
Lima  Beans.
.  . 
4
Dried  ..........................
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
...  60
Domestic,  10 lb. b o x ..
...2   50
imported.  25 lb.  box.'.
Pearl Barley.
Empire  ........................
C h ester........................
Green,  b u .....................
Split,  per lb .................
Rolled  Oats.
Schumacher,  bbl.......
Schumacher,  Vi bbl...
Monarch,  bbl..............
Monarch,  Vi  bbl.........
Quaker,  cases..............
Oven  Baked..............
Lakeside  ...................
G erm an........................
East  India.................
W heat.
Cracked, bulk..............
24 2 lb packages...........
Pettijobn's Best..........

... 
...3  35
...1  80
...1  50
...3 20
...3  25
...2  25
4
3Vi
... 
... 
3
.. .2 40

Breakfast  Food.
Buckwheat Flour.

2
.  90

Sago.

2Vi

Excelsior  Self Rising.

Case of 2 doz................
Five case  lots..............

..  1  90
. .1  75

AXLE  GREASE.
doc.
Aurora...........................55
Castor O il.....................60
Diamond.......................50
Frazer’s ........................75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
Mica.......... ....................70
Paragon........................ 55

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

Acme.

85 
1  50

Arctic.

75 
1  00 
10

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
lb cans doz..............
Vi lb cans doz..............
1 
lb cans doz..............
Vf lb cans 3 doz............
Vi lb cans 3 doz............
1 
lb cans 1 doz............
Bulk................................
K lb cans 6 doz case ..
Vi lb cans 4 doz case 
.
1 
lb cans 2 doz case ..
5 
lb case 1 doz ease ..
54 lb cans 4 doz case..
>4 lb cans 4 doz case..
lb cans 2 doz case..
Our Leader.
Vi lb cans......................
Vi lb cans............................. 
1 
Vi lb cans............................. 
Vi lb c a n s............................ 
1 

1  10 
2  00 
9 00
45 
85 
1  60
45
75
lb cans.............................  150
40
75
lb c a n s...........................   1  40

Red Star.

JaXon

1 

BATH  BRICK.

2 dozen in case.

BLUING.

A m erican...................................70
English........................................60
Gross
3  60 6 75 
9 00
2  75
4  00 
8  00 
4 50
3 60 
6  80

Arctic 4 oz ovals 
Arctic 8 oz ovals 
Arctic pints round
Arctic No. 2 sifting box.
AsoHn V o  9 Riftine
Arctic No. 3 sifting box.
Arctic No. 5 sifting box.
Arctic 1 oz ball...............
Mexican liquid 4 oz.......
Mexican liquid  8 oz.......
BROOITS.
No. 1 Carpet..............
No. 2 Carpet..............
No. 3 Carpet..............
No. 4 Carpet..............
Parlor G em ..............
Common W hisk.......
Fancy Whisk............
Warehouse...............
CANDLES.
Hotel 40 lb boxes.......................10
Star 40 lb boxes.........................  9
Paraffine.....................................10

2  20 
2 00
1  75 
1  60
2  50 
85
1  00 
2 50

CANNED  GOODS. 
Manitowoc  Brands.

Lakeside Marrowfat........   1 00
Lakeside E. J .......................  1 30
Lakeside, Champ, of Eng...  1  40 
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  65 

CATSUP.

Bine lab el Brand.

Half pint 25 bottles............  2 60
Pint 25 bottles......................  4 25
Quart 1 doz. bottles..........   3 00

Triumph Brand.

Half pint  per doz................   1 35
Pint 25 bottles......................  4 50
Quart per doz......................   3 75

CEMENT.

Major's, per gross.

% oz size___12 00
1  oz size___18 00
Liq. Glue.loz  9 60
Leather Cement,
1 oz size........12 00
2 oz size........18 00
Rubber  Cement. 
2 oz size__   2 00

CHEESE.

Am boy......................   @  12Vi
Acme..........................   @  12
Jersey........................  @  12
Lenawee....................  @  12
Riverside...................  @  12V4
Gold  Medal.............. 
12
Skim  ........................  8  @  10
Brick..........................  @  11
Edam .........................   @1  00
Leiden.......................  @  20
Limburger................   @  15
Pineapple..................   @  24
Roquefort.................  @  35
Sap  Sago.......................  @ 
Schweitzer,imported  @  24
Schweitzer,domestic  @  14
5
Bulk 
Red 
7

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

Chicory.

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F a ir............................................. 18
G ood............................................19
P rim e..........................................21
Golden  ...................................... 21
Peaberry  ...................................23

Santos.

F air  ............................................19
Good  ..........................................20
P rim e..........................................22
Peaberry  ...................................23

Mexican  and  Guatam ala.

F air  ........................................... 21
Good  ..........................................22
Fancy 
...................................... 24

Prime
Milled.

Java.

Interior................................ 25
Private  Growth.........................27
Mandehling............................... 28

Mocha.

Im itatio n ...................................25
Arabian  .....................................28

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Vic.per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for  shrink­
age.
A rbuckle..........................  18  95
Jersey.................................  18  95

Package.

Iion To f fe e

• 

In  1 ft. P a c ka g es .Without Glazims.
16 Full Ounces  Net.
Cases 100 lbs.1  Equality  Price 

60  *  )  less 2c  i>er lb.
C abinets 120 lbs. Same P rice . 
9 0 *  Extra  for Cabinets.
ricLaughlin’s  XXXX..........21 3

E x tra c t.

Valley City Vi g ro ss....... 
Felix  Vi  gross..........  ...... 
Hummel’s foil Vi gross... 
Hummel’s tin Vi gross... 
COCOA 5HELLS.

75
1  15
85
1 43

201b  bags............
Less  quantity__
Pound  packages.

CREAfl  TARTAR.
Strictly p u re ......................  
30
30
Telfer’s  Absolute  ............  
Grocers’................................15@25

CONDENSED  MILK.
4 doz. in case.

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co.’s 
brands.
18
Gail Borden  Eagle...............7 40
C row n..................................... 6 25
D aisy.......................................5 75
Champion  ..............................4  50
Magnolia 
..............................4  25
Dime 
.....................................3  35

“ Tradesm an.”

$  1 books,  per  100 ...............   2  00
$  2 books, per  100 ...............   2  50
$ 3 books, per  100 ...............   3  00
$ 5 books, per  100 ................  3  00
$10 books,  per  100 ...............   4 00
$20 books,  per  100 ...............   5 00

“ Superior.”

$  1 books, per  100 ................  2  50
$ 2 books, per  100 ...............   3  00
$  3 books, per  100 ...............   3  50
$  5 books, per  100...............   4  00
$10 books, per  100 ...............   5  00
$20 books, per  100 ...............   6 00

F I S H .

Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

Georges cured.............
@
@  6
Georges  genuine........
@  6Vi
Georges selected.........
Strips or  bricks.......... 6  @ 9
14
Chunks..........................
11
I  Strips............................. __  
i  Holland white hoops keg. 
70
!  Holland white hoops  bbl.  9 00
i  Norwegian...................
...  2 55
|  Round 100 lb s..............
...  1  30
Round  40 lbs..............
Scaled............................ __  
14
ITackerel.
...  13  00
!  No.  1  100 lbs................
...  5  50
No. 1  10 lbs................. ...  1  45
No. 1  40 lbs................
...  n   75
No. 2 100 lbs.................
...  5  00
No. 2  40 lbs.................
...  1  32
No. 2  10 lbs.................
Family 90 lbs................
Family 10 lbs...............
Sardines.
Russian kegs................ __  
55
Stockfish.
No. 1 ,1001b. bales....... ....  10Vi
.... 
8Vi
No. 2,100 lb. bales....
...  5  25
No. 1  40 lbs................. ...  2  35
No. 1100 lbs.................
No. 1  10 lbs.................. ... 
68
No. 1  8 lbs................. ... 
57
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs............  8 00  7 00 
3 00
40 lbs............  3  50  3 10 
145
85 
45
10 lbs............ 
95»
8 lb s......   79
71 
39
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

W hltefish.

Trout.

Souders’.
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

Coupon Pass Books,

“ Universal 
3  00
$  1  books, per  100...
3 50
$ 2 hooks, per  100...
4 00
$ 3 books, per  100...
5  006 00 
$ 5 books, per  100...
$10 books, per  100...
$20 books, per  100...
00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over...  5 per cent 
500 books or over.. .lOJper cent 
1000 books or over.  ,20;per cent 
Can be made to represent any 
20 books...................................  1 00
50 books..................................   2 00
100 books..................................   3 00
250 books..................................   6 25
o500 books............................. 10  00
1000 books................................... 17 50
500, any one denom’n .......3 00
1000, any one denom’n .......  5 00
2000, any one denom’n .......8 00
Steel  punch.......................... 
75
DRIED  FRUITS.

denomination from $10 down.

Credit Checks.

D o n e sT ic .

Apples.

Sundried..........................  @ 4V£
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 7 
Bxs  Bgs

California Goods.

Apricots...........................10  @
Blackberries....................
N ectarines......................   7  @
Peaches............................   8  @
Pears.................................  8Vi@
Pitted Cherries...............
Prunnelles.......................
Raspberries......................

Raisins.

Loose M uscatels.

2 Crown............................   @ SVi
3 Crown.............................  @ 3%
4 Crown.............................  @  1%

FOREIGN.
C urrants.

Schuit’s   Cleaned.

Patras bbls......................   @ 3Vi
Vostizzas 50 lb cases....  @  3% 
25 lb boxes.......................   @ 5
50 lb boxes.......................   @ 4%
1  lb packages.................  @ 6
Citron  Leghorn 25 lb  bx  @13 
Lemon Leghorn 25 lb bx  @11 
Orange Leghorn 25 lb bx  @12 

Peel.

Prunes.

25 lb boxes.

California 100-120............  @ 5
California  90-100............  @ 5V4
California  80-90..............  @  6V<
California  70-80.............   @094
California  60-70.............   @  ~H

K cent less.ln bags

Jennings.

Lemon  Vanilla 
120

2 oz regular panel..  75 
4 oz regular panel 
I  50 
6 oz regular panel. !2  00 
No.  3  taper................ 1  35 
No.  4  7aper...................1 50 

FLY  PAPER.
Tanglefoot. 
‘•Regular” Size.

Less than one case, per box  • 32 
One to five cases, per case..  2 75 
Five to ten cases, per case.  2  65
Ten cases, per  case............  2 55
Less than one case, per box 
13 
One to ten cases, per case..  1  45
Ten cases, per  case............  1  40

“Little” Tanglefoot.

FURNITURE 

Cleaner  and  Polish. 

Henderson’s “ Diamond.”

 

1  75

Half P in t............... 
P in t...............................................3 50
Q u a rt............................................5 40
Half Gallon...............................   7 75
G allo n ........................................ 14 40
Sage.........................................   15
H ops........................................  15

HERBS.

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

 

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

K eg s............................................. 3 00
Half  Kegs..................................... 1 75
QuarterKegs..........................1  00
1 lb  cans.................................  30
Vi  lb  cans...............................  18
K egs.................. 
4  00
Half Kegs.................................... 2 25
Quarter  Kegs..............................1 25
1 lb  cans.................................  34
K eg s.....  ................................8  00
Half Kegs.....................................4 25
QuarterKegs............................... 2 25
45
lib  cans........................ 
Madras, 5  lb  boxes..............  55
S.  F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes__   50

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

INDIGO.

 

JELLY.

LYE.

15 lb  pails...............................   32
17 lb  pails...............................  38
30 lb  pails...............................  58
Condensed, 2  doz  ................1  20
Condensed,  4  doz.......................2 25
P ure.........................................   30
Calabria  .................................  25
Sicily..... 
14
Root.........................................   10

LICORICE.

 

 

MINCE  MEAT.

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

nATCHES.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9  sulphur.........................1  65
Anchor  Parlor.......................1  70
No. 2  Home............................ 1  10
Export  Parlor.......................4 00

JTOLA5SES.
Blackstrap.

Sugar bouse.........................10@12

Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

O rdinary..............................12@14
20
P rim e................................... 
Fancy  ................................. 
30
F a ir.......  ............................ 
18
22
G ood.................................... 
Extra good.......................... 
24
C hoice................................. 
27
Fancy  ................................. 
30

New Orleans.

Half-barrels 3c extra.

OIL CANS.

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

PICKLES, 
riedium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  3  75
Half bbls, 600count............  2  00
Barrels, 2,400 count............  4  75
Half bbls,  1,200 count........ 2  50
Clay, No.  216.........................   1 70
Clay, T.  D. full count......... 
65
Cob, No. 3.............................   1  20

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ...............................  4  00
PennaSalt  Co.’s .................   3  00

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head......................   5V4
Carolina  No.  1  ...................  5
Carolina  No. 2.....................  4Vi
Broken...................................  3

2 00
3 00
2 00
2 50

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1........................   4J£
Japan.  No. 2........................  4V<
Java, No. 1............................  5V4
Java, No. 2............................  4 Q
P a tn a ....................................   4

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls............... 1  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases. .1  50
Lump, bbls.......................... 
1
Lump, 1451b kegs............... 1  10

SEEDS.

A n ise ...................................  13
6
Canary, Smyrna.................  
C araw ay.............................   10
Cardamon,  Malabar.........  80
4
Hemp,  Russian...............  
Mixed  B ird........................  
4Vi
6Vi
Mustard,  w hite.................  
8
Poppy  ................................. 
R ap e.................................... 
4
Cuttle Bone........................   20

SYRUPS.

Corn.

B arrels.................................  15
Half  bbls............................  17

Pure Cane.

Fair  ....................................  16
Good....................................  20
C hoice.................................  25

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  .................................  9Vi
Cassia, China in m ats........... 10
Cassia,  Batavia in  bund___15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls......... 32
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Maee,  Batavia.......................70
Nutmegs, fancy..................... 65
Nutmegs, No.  1..................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  2..................... 55
Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 
Pepper, Singapore, w h ite.. .20
Pepper,  shot...........................16

Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice  ...........................10@12
Cassia, B atavia......................17
Cassia,  Saigon.......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Ginger,  A frican....................15
Ginger,  Cochin..................... 20
Ginger,  Jam aica................... 22
Mace,  Batavia................60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste................... 25
Nutmegs, No.  2.............. 50@60
Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 
Pepper,Singapo re, whitel5@18
Pepper, Cayenne............17@20
Sage..........................................18
“ Absolute”  in  Vilb.  Packages
Allspice...............................   65
Cinnamon...........................  75
Cloves..................................   70
Ginger, Cochin..................   75
Mace..........................................2 10
M ustard...............................  75
Nutmegs................................... 2 10
Pepper, c ay e n n e ..............  75
Pepper, white  ...................  75
Pepper, black shot............  60
Saigon........................................1 50

STARCH. 

Kingsford’s  Corn.

Common  Corn.

20 1-lb packages.....................  6Vi
40 1 lb packages.......................6Q
Kingsford’s Silver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages.......................6Vi
6-lb boxes  ..............................7
20-lb boxes............v  ...........   5 yt
40-lb  boxes..............................  5)^
1-lb  packages.......................... 4Vi
3-lb  packages........................  4V4
6-lb  packages.......................... 5M
40 and 50 lb boxes.................   23£
Barrels  ...................................  2%
Boxes........................................5V4
Kegs, English........................   43£

Common Gloss.

SODA.

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes....................1 60
Barrels,  F'0  3 lb bags.........2  75
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags......... 2 50
Butter, 561b  bags.................   65
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags..................3 50
Butter. 2801b  bbls..................... 2 50

Common Grades.

100 3 Hi »«ok»............................... 2 60
60 5-lb racks................................ 1 85
28 11-lb sacks........................ i  70

60

60

W arsaw.

56-lb dairy in drill bags.
28-lb dairy  in drill bags.

56 lb dairy In itnen sack: 

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks 

Solar  Rock.

56-lb  sacks............... .............   22

Common Fine.

Saginaw  —   ........................  85
Manistee  ...............................  85

SNUFF.

Scotch,  in bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, in ja rs .................   35
French Rappee, in  jars  ....  43

SALERATUS.

Packed 60  lbs. in  box.

Church’s ................................ 3 3C
Deiand's 
.............................. 3  15
3  30 
Dwight’s ...............................
3  00
Taylor’s .................................

* 

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

. ...35  00

B. J. Reynolds’ brand.

^S. c. w ...............
Hornet’s N est........................35 00
Q u in tette...............................35 00
New  B rick.............................35 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.
Clark Grocery Co.’s brand. 

SOAP.
Laundry.

Dingman  Soap  Co.’s brand.

Single  box........................... 3  95
5 box lots,  delivered...3  85
10 box lots,  delivered...3  75
N. K. Fairbank A Co.’s brands
Santa Claus......................... 3  50
Brown, 60 bars....................2  00
Brown, 80 bars....................2  90
i  Gowans & Sons’ Brands.
C row ...............................
German Fam ily............
American  Grocer  100s. 
American Grocer  60s..
N. G.................................
Mystic  White...............
Lotus  ............................
Oak Leaf........................
Old Style........................
Happy D ay.....................

..  3  10
..  2  15
..  3  25
..  2 So
.3  30 
..  3  80
..  3  9i'
.  3 30
3  10

»XON

Single  box............ 
• •
5 box lots, delivered. 
10 box lots,  delivered
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.'s  brands. 

. ..3   25
...3  20 
...3   10

American  Family,  wrp’d ...3  33 
American Family,  plain —  3 Si 

Lautz Bros. &  Co.’s  brands.

Acme  ......................................® j®
Cotton  O il...............................’? i?
Marseilles................................ 4 ®®
...3  70
M aster.

Henry Passolt’s brand.

 

Single box 
^
5 box lots, delivered..........3 2?
10 box lots,  delivered..........3
25 box  lots, delivered..........3  10
Proctor & Gamble’s  brands.

Concord..................................|   i®
Ivory, 10 ..................................J  *5
Ivory,  6oz............................ 4
Lenox...................................."  r?
Mottled German.................. 3 bo
Town T alk............................ 6  w

Allen B.  Wrisley’s brands.

Old Country 80  1-lb.............3 30
Good Cheer 60  1-lb.............. 3 90
White Borax 100 34-lb......... 3 65

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o z .......2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 d o z ...........2  40

STOVE  POLISH. 
Nickeline, small, per gro. 
4 00 
Nickeline, large,  per gro...  7 20 

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large....... 4  75
Lea & Perrin's, sm all----- 2  <5
Halford,  large................... 3  75
Halford sm all.....................2  2o
Salad Dressing,  large....... 4  55
Salad Dressing, 3mall.......2  6o

VERMICIDE.

Zenoleum,  6 oz....................  2 00
Zenoleum,  q ts........................4 00
Zenoleum, 54 gal..................  7 20
Zenoleum,  gal......................12 00

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

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino........................................5 6®
Cut  Loaf...................................... 5 50
C ubes........................................... 5 12
Powdered  ..............................5  12
XXXX  Powdered.......................5 25
Mould  A ......................................5 12
Granulated in bbls..................... 4 87
Granulated in  bags....................4 87
Fine G ranulated.........................4 87
Extra Fine G ranulated....... 5 00
Extra Course G ranulated.. .5  00
Diamond  Confec.  A..................4 81
Oonfec. Standard A ....................4 15
No.  1........................................... 4 56
No  2............................................4 56
No.  3............................................4 56
No.  4  .....................................4  44
No.  5...........................................4 31
No.  6........................................... 4 25
No.  7 ..........................................4 25
No.  8........................................... 4 25
No.  9........................................... 4 18
No.  10............................................4 12
No.  11............................................4 00
No.  12.........................................  3 94
No.  13........................................... 3 87
No.  14...........................................3 81
No.  15........................................... 3 56

WASHING  POWDER.

jaJfyeMa

100 packages in  case............3 35

WICK1NG.

No. 0, per gross......................   25
No. 1, pergross......................   30
No. 2, per gross......................   40
No. 3, per gross.......... ...........  <3

CRACKERS.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co. 

B utter.

as follows:
Seymour XXX.....................
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton
Family XXX........................
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..
Salted  XXX..........................
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton 

juote

•554

Soda.

Soda  XXX  ..........................
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton....
Soda,  City...........................
Crystal  W afer.....................
Long Island  W afers..........   1
L. I.  Wafers, 1 lb carton  .  1

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX..........
Sq. Oys. XXX,  l  lb  carton. 
Farina Oyster,  XXX..........

SWEET  GOODS—Boxes
A nim als...............................   '
Bent's Cold.W ater..............  '
Belle  Rose...........................
Cocoanut Taffy...................
Coffee Cakes............*..........
Frosted Honey.....................
Graham Crackers............• -
Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city... 
Gin. Snps,XXX home made 
Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped..
Ginger  V anilla...................
Im perials.............................
Jumbles,  Honey.................
Molasses  Cakes...................
Marshmallow  .....................
Marshmallow  Creams.......
Pretzels,  hand  made  .......
Pretzelettes, Little German
Sugar  Cake..........................
S ultanas...............................
Sears' Lunch........................
Vanilla  Square...................
V anilla  W afers.................
CA ND IES.

@50
Sour  Drops..............
@60
Peppermint Drops..
@65
Chocolate Drops__
@75
H. M. Choc.  Drops..
@50
Gum  Drops..............
Licorice Drops.........1
@@50
A.  B. Licorice Drops 
@55
Lozenges,  plain —  
@60
Lozenges,  printed..
@60
Im perials.................
@65
M ottoes.....................
@•0
Cream  B ar...............
@50
Molasses Bar
Hand Made Creams.  80 @90
Plain  Creams..........   60 @80
@90
Decorated Cream s..
©60
String Rock..............
Burnt Almonds.......1  25
@55
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels.
No.  1 wrapped, 2  lb.
b o x es.....................
No.  1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes  .....................
No. 2 wrap, ed, 2  lb.
boxes  ...................

@30
@4a

—

FRUITS.

Fancy Navels

@11
@  6
@ 8
@  6
@ 5
@ 4tt

Oranges.
Mexicans
150...............................
126.............................
150...............................
176-200........................
Valencias
Cases of 420 and 714.
Lemons.
Strictly choice  360s..
Strictly choice  300s..
Fancy  360s...............
Extra 360s.................
Fancy  300s...............
Extra 300s 
..............
Bananas.

2 75
2  75
3 00
3 50
5 00
@2 75
@3 00
@3 50
@3 75
@3  50
@4  00
A  definite  price  is  hard  to
name, as it varies according  to
size  of  bunch  and  quality  of
fruit.
Small  l unches........ 1  00 @1  25
Medium  bunches... 1  25 ©1  50
Large bunches.........1  75 ©
Foreign Dried  Fruits.
Fig-.  Fancy  Layers
20 lbs..................... 
13 %
Figs, Choice  Layers
101b........................
Figs,  Naturals 
in
bags,  new ..............
Dates, Fards in 101b
boxes.....................
Dates,  Fards in 60 lb
c.ises  .....................
Dates,  Persians,  G.
M. lv., 60 lb cases..
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb
cases  .....................
NUTS.
©13
Almonds, T arragona..
Almonds, Ivaca..........
@
Almonds,  California,
©12H
soft  shelled..............
@  9
Brazils new'.................
@10
Filberts  ......................
Walnuts, Gren., new .. @12
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. @12
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
©12
Table Nuts,  fancy—
Table Nuts,  choice... @  9 54
Pecans, Texas 11. P ...  7 @ 8
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
@1  25
O hio..........................
Cocoauuis,  full  sacks @4  00
@  50
Butternuts  per  bu —
Black  Walnuts per  bu @
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
Cocks............... ........
Fancy,  11.  P.,  Game
Roasted.....................
Fancy, 11.  P., Associa-
tio n ...........................
Fancy,  if. P.. Associa-
tion Roasted............
Choice,  11. P., Extras.
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,

C alif.......................... @

©   6

7vi
@ 6
@  714
@
©  

.
Fish and  Oysters

as follows

Stick  Candy.

Mixed Candy.

Standard............
Standard H.  H .. 
Standard Twist. 
Cut  Loaf............
E xtra H .H ...............  
Boston  Cream......... 

bbls.  pails
654@ 
6tt@ 7lA 
654@  1*54 
754® 854 
cases
@854
@854
bbls.  pails
554®  654
Standard................... 
654@  754
Leader  ..................... 
R oyal........................ 
654®  754
Conserves.................  
654@  754
7  © 8
Broken  ..................... 
K indergarten..........   754®  854
©  9
French  Cream......... 
Valley Cream..........  
@12
Pails 
©  854 
@  9 
1154101I3 
@1254 
@ 5 
© 8 
@ 8 
©   9
Per Box
@50

Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops............
Choc.  Monumentals
Gum  Drops..............
Moss  Drops..............
Sour Drops...............
Imperials 
Fancy

In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Fancy - In Bulk

Lemon  Drops.

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
@
@
18®
@
@
@
@
@
@
®
@
@
@
@16®

W hitefish.................
T ro u t........................
Black Bass...............
H alib u t.....................
Ciscoes or H erring..
Bluefish.....................
Live  Lobster..........
Boiled Lobster........
C o d ............................
Haddock...................
No.  1  Pickerel.........
Pike............................
Smoked W hite.........
Red Snapper............
Col  River  Salmon..
Mackerel 
...............
Oysters, per  100.......... 1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  100 ..........   90@1  00

Shell  Goods.

O ysters.

Per Can.

F. J. D ettenthaler’s Brands.

Fairhaven  Counts—   35@
F. J.  D.  Selects..........   30@
........................  25@
Selects 
F. J. D...........................   22@
Anchors........................  20®
Standards.....................  18@
F a v o rite ......................   16®«

C ounts......................
Extra Selects..........
Medium  Selects.......
Anchor  Standards..
Standards.................
Scallops  ...................
C lam s........................
Shrim ps.....................

Per  Gal. 
@2  00 1
@1  65 1
@1  30
@1  10
@1  10
@1  75
@1  25
@1  25

Oscar Allyn’s Brands.

Per  Can. 
40@
30@
25@
22@
20@
18@
16@
Per  Gal. 
@2  00 
@1  75 
@1  50 
@1  20 
@1  10
Grains and Feedstuffs

W heat.

70

4  25 
3  75

W heat....................................
W inter  W heat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

P a te n ts......................
Second  Patent.........
Straight......................
Clear..........................
Graham 
.................
B uckw heat..............
R y e ...........................
count.
ditional.

3 25 
3  35 
2 70
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
Flour in bbls.,25c per bbl. ad­
Worden Grocer Co.’s Bra’'d.
Quaker,  ?gs..........................   3 VO
Quaker, 54s ..........................   3  90
Quaker,  54s...........................3  90
Olney  At  Judson  Grocer  Co.'s 
..  3  95 
Ceresota,  ijs ....................
..  3  85 
Ceresota, 14s ....................
.  3  75
B all-Barnhart- Putman Co.'s
Grand  Republic,  ?gS....... ...  3 95
Grand  Republic, 14s..  .. .  .  3  85
Grand Republic,  l,s ....... ...  3 75
Lemon A  Wheeler Co.'s Brand.
Parisian,  5gS.........................  3 95
Parisian, 54s........................... 3 85
Parisian,  54s....................  ■ ■  3

Spring  W heat  Flour. 

Brand.

Brand.

Meal.

B olted..................................   1
G ranulated..........................  2 00

Feed and  Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__ 13  00
N o. 1 Corn and  Oats.......... 12  50
Unbolted Corn  Meal.......... 12  25
W inter Wheat  B ran.......... 11  00
W inter Wheat  Middlings.. 12 00
Screenings............................ 11  00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:
Corn.

Car  lots.................................  31
Less than  car  lots..............  33

Oats.

Hay.

Car  lots.................................  23
Less than  car  lots..............  25

Hides.

No. 1 Timothy, ton lots  ...16  00 
No. 1 Timothy carlots........ 14  25
hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
G reen................................4 @ 5
Part  cured...................  @554
Full Cured.......  ..........  5  @ 6
D ry ...................................5 @ 7
Kips,  green...................   4 @  5
Kips,  cured...................  5 @ 6
Calfskins,  green........   5  @ 65*
Calfskins,  cured.........  554®  7
Deaconskius  .............. 25  @30
Shearlings..................... 10 @30
L am bs............................20 @50
Old  Wool...................  40  @75
Washed  .......................10  @17
U nw ashed.....................  5 @13

Wool.

Pelts.

@ 3<4 
@ 2

Tallow ...................
Grease B utter.......
Switches  ..............
Ginseng.................
Furs
M ink..........
C oon..........
Skunk.........
Rat,  Winter 
Rat,  F all...
Red F ox__
Gray F ox...
Cross F o x ..
B adger.......
Cat, W ild...
Cat,  Hou-e.
Fisher........
L ynx..........
Martin.........
O tter..........
W olf..........
Bear............
B eaver.......
Opossum... 
Beaver casto 
Deerskins, dry

ITiscellaneous.
...  3 
.  I 
.  1
.2 50@2  90
30®  1  25 
25@  70
40®  90
14
9@ 
3@ 
9
1  00®  1  25
40®  60
2 00®  5  00
20®  50
40@  10
10©  
20
4  00®  6 00 
1  00© 2 50
.......  1  50© 3 00
.......  5 00© 9 00
......   1  00@ 2 00
.......  5 00® 15 00
.........  3  00® 7 00
10© 
........  
18
per lb  3  00® 8 00 
per lb 
15@  25

10  75
11  25
11  50
11  00
12  00

PROVISIONS.
The  Grand  Rapids  Packing
and Provision Co. quotesasfol-
lows:
Barreled  Pork.
Mess  ...............................
Back  ...............................
Clear  back  ....................
S hortcut..........................
I’ig....................................
Bean  ...............................
Family  ............................
Dry Salt  Meats.
B ellies.............................
Briskets  ..........................
Extra  shorts...................
Smoked  neats.
Hams,  12 lb  average  ...
Hams,  4 lb  average 
..
Hams,  16 lb  average —
Hams, 20 lb  average__
Ham dried beef  ............
Shoulders  (N.  Y. cut).
Bacon,  clear...................
California  ham s............
Boneless ham s...............
Cooked  ham ...................
Compound,  tierces.......
Family,  tierces..............
G ran g er..........................
Kettle  (our  ow n)..........
C ottolene........................
Cotosuet  ........................
50 lb T in s .......... advance 
20 lb Pails.......... advance 
10 lb Pails.......... advance 
5 lb Palls.......... advance 
3 lb Pails.......... advance 

6 Vi
6
5
954
954
9%
9
954
6Vi
8
634
854

5
oH
6 Vi

Lards.

Sausages.

B ologna..........................
Liver................................
F rankfort........................
P o r k ................................
Blood  .............................
Tongue ...........................
6
Head  cheese...................
Extra  Mess.................... .  7  00
to  00

Beef.

Pigs’ Feet.

Tripe.

80
Kits, 15 lbs......................
Ja  bbls, 40 lbs................. .  1  65
54  bbls, 80 lbs................. .  3 00
75
Kits, 15 lbs......................
%  bbls, 40 lbs................. .  1  50
Vi  bbls, 80 lbs................. .  2  75
2_
5
7

Beef  rounds...................
Beef  m iddles.................

Casings.

Butterine.

10tt
10

Rolls,  dairy...................
Solid,  dairy....................
Rolls,  cream ery............
Solid,  cream ery............
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2  lb ......... .  2  10
.14  00
Corned  beef,  15  lb .......
.  2  10
Roast  beef,  2  lb .......
75
Potted  ham,  54s.......
.  1  25
Potted  ham,  54s.......
75
. 
Deviled ham,  54».......
.  1  25
Deviled ham,  Vis.......
75
Potted  tongue 54s .......
.  1  25
Potted  tongue 54s.......

554
54
tt
%
%
1
5 *
6
7Vi
6 Vi

F R E 5 H   M E A T S .

Beef.

C arcass........................5  @ 7
@ 9
Fore quarters..............
Hind  quarters............ 3  @  8
Loins  No.  3................. »  @10
Ribs............................... 8  @12
Rounds  ......................
itt@   654
@  5
chucks...................
Plates  .......................... 3  @ 354
Pork.
4Vi
D ressed........................
L o in s........................... 7  @  7 Vi
®  6
Shoulders.....................
Leaf Lard..................... @ 7
C arcass........................ 454®  ott
Spring Lambs.............. 5  @  654

M utton.

Veal.____

O I L S .

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes 

as follows:
Barrels.
Eocene  ........................
@11 
@  9 
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
@  8?i 
W  W M ichigan............
© 8 
High Test H eadlight..
@ 9% 
D., S. Gas......................
@ 8)4 
Deo. N ap th a ...............
@38 
C ylinder......................30
Engine......................... 11
@21 
@  9
Black, winter.
Black' summer............
@  854
Eocene.......................... @  954
@  6-4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt.
@ 7
D. S.  Gas......................
Scofield,  Shurmer  & Teagle

From Tank  Wagon.

Barrels.

quote as follows:
Palacine......................
Daisy  W hite...............
Red Cross, W. W........
Water  White Hdlt —
Family  Headlight —
N aphtha......................
Stove Gasoline............

©12
@11
@  954
©  9
@ 8
@  854
9 Vi

From  Tank  Wagon.

P alacine......................
@10
Red Cross W.  W ......... @  654
@ Ttt
Gasoline......................

29

Crockery and

Glassware.

LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0  Sun........................ 
45
. 
50
No.  1  Sun.............................  
No.  2  Sun.............................  
75
50
Tubular................................. 
Security, No.  1..................... 
65
Security, No. 2..................... 
85
50
Nutmeg  ............................... 
Arctic....................................  1  15
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun.............................  1  85
No.  1  Sun.............................  2 00
No.  2  Sun..............................2  80

F irst  Quality.

No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

wrapped and  labeled__   2  10
wrapped and  labeled___  2 25
wrapped and  labeled__   3 25

top,
top,
top, 

XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

wrapped and  labeled__   2 55
wrapped and  labeled__   2 75
wrapped and  labeled__   3  75

top,
top,
top, 

CHIMNEYS,
Pearl  Top.

Sun,  wrapped  and
No.  1
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and 

labeled.............................   3  70
labeled...............................  4  70
labeled.................................4  88

Fire Proof—Plain Top.

No.  1 Sun, plain bulb........   3  40
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb........   4  40

La  Bastie.

No.  1  Sun. plain  bulb,  per
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
No.  1 Crimp, per doz..........
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........

doz  ....................................  1  25
1  50 
doz
1  35 
1  60

Rochester.

No.  1,  Lime  (65c doz)........
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz)..
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........

3 50
4  00

Electric.
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)
4  00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........   4  40
Doz.
Miscellaneous.
50
Junior,  Rochester........
15
Nutmeg  ..........................
Illum inator  Bases.........
1  00 
90 
Barrel  lots, 5 doz..........
7 in.  Porcelain Shades.. 
1  00 
90
Case lots,  12  doz__ ___
Mammoth  Chimneys for  Store 
Lamps.  Doz.  Box 
4  20 
No. 3 Rochester, lime  1  50 
4  80
No. 3 Rochester, Hint  1  75 
No. 3  Pearl 
top,  or
Jewel  glass..............  1 85
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
lim e...........................  1 75
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
flint  .......................... 2 00
No. 2 Pearl glass........2  10

5  10
o  85 
6  l 0
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  60
1 gal galv Iron with  spout.  2 00
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  3  25
3 gal galv iron with spout.  4  50 
5 gal Eureka with spout...  6  50 
5 gal  Eureka with faucet..  7  00
5 gal galv iron A &  W .......7 50
5 gal Tilting cans,  M'n’cb  10 50 
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas__   9 00

OIL  CANS. 

Pump  Cans.

3 gal  Home Rule....................... 10 50
5 gal Home  Rule....................... 12 00
3 gal Goodenough......................10 50'
5 gal Goodenough..................... 12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King...............   9  50-

LANTERNS.

No.  0 Tubular....................   3  75
No.  1 B  T ubular...............   6 00.
No. 13 Tubular Dash.......... 5  50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__   7  00
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 12 00 
No.  3,Street  Lamp............  3 25

LANTERN GLOBES.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents............ 
45
No. 0 Tubular, cases 2  doz.
each, box 15 cents............ 
45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls  5  doz.
each,  bbl 35....................... 
40
No. 0  Tubular,  bull’s  eye, 
cases 1  doz.  each............  1  25

LAMP  WICKS.

24
No. 0 per gross..................... 
. 6
No.  1 per gross..................... 
No. 2 per gross..................... 
50
No. 3 per gross..................... 
80
Mammoth per doz.............. 
75
JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin  Top. 
54 Pints, 6 doz  in  box,  per
box (box  00)  ...................   1  70
54 Pints. 20 doz in  bbl,  per
doz  (bbl  35)....................... 
23
54  Pints,  6 doz in  box, per
box  (box  00).....................  1  90
»4 Pints, 18 doz  in bbl,  per 
doz (bbl  35)....................... 
25

30

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

ADVERTISING  A  PHARMACY.

Pertinent  Suggestions  on  an  Impor­

tant  Subject.

In  this  age  of  sharp  competition 

in 
business,  success  does  not  and  cannot 
come  to  those  who  ignoré  in  toto  any 
form  cf  advertising.

There  may  have  been  a  time  in  days 
of  old  when  a  pharmacy  needed  only 
the  traditional  “ drug  mortar”   sign  to 
indicate  its  presence  to  draw customers, 
who  were  expected  to  regard 
it  as  a 
necessary  blessing,  and  heaped  great 
favor  upon  it;  but 
is  not  so  in  this 
day.

it 

Pharmacy,  through  energetic  compe­
tition,  aside  from  its  semi-professional 
aspect,  has  resolved  itself  into  a  com­
petitive  business  undertaking, 
requir­
ing  for  success  the  same  industrious 
energy,  originality,  and  businesslike 
methods  as  are  necessary  to  any  other 
class  of  legitimate  business.  To  attain 
this  success,  it 
is  absolutely  necessary 
to  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the 
age 
in  which  we  live;  and  one  of  the 
chief  ones  is  to  advertise.  We  cannot 
all  agree  as  to  the  particular  methods 
to  pursue,  but  none  can  deny  the  neces­
sity  of  familiarizing  the  public  with our 
names  and  businesses ;  and 
it  is  with 
regard  to  some  of  the  methods  that  may 
be  employed  that  this  paper  is  written.
Classing,  as  we  must,  pharmacy  as  a 
business  pursuit,  we  must  take  our 
place  as business  men  aS  well  as  phar­
macists,  and  honestly  and 
legitimately 
compete  for  that  success  which  all  de­
sire.

In  the  newspaper  we  have  a  great 
medium  through  which  to reach the peo­
ple,  and  in  this  respect  to  our  original­
ity  belong  the  results.  To  show  enter­
prise  the  “ ad .”   must  be  changed  fre­
It  must  be  catchy,  in  order  to 
quently. 
attract;  and  sincere, 
in  order  to  im­
press.
The 

local  reading  columns  are  the 
most  read,  therefore  the  best  place  to 
locate  the  “ ad.  ;”   and  a  proper  use  of 
those 
line  locals  may  be  found  very 
profitable.  Special  preparations  of  your 
own  manufacture,  or  the  agency  of  a 
line  of  remedies,or  of  any  line  of  goods 
that  you  may  carry,  may  be  advertised 
with  better  results  than  the  common 
“ ad .”   of  the  business  in  general  The 
latter  form 
is 
passed  over  by  the  reader,  while  the 
other  form  is  sure  to  touch  a  responsive 
chord 
in  the  heart  of  some  ai 1er  or 
would-be  purchaser.

is  unimpressive,  and 

As  a  means  of  direct  advertisement, 
and  one  that  produces  immediate  re­
sults,  the  show  window  should  not be 
ignored,  as  is often  the  case.  True,  the 
colored  globes  are  a  necessary feature  to 
indicate  the  pharmacy,  and  I  will  do 
homage  to  the  time-honored  custom  by 
leaving  them  in-the  window;  but,  aside 
from  these,  the  opportunity  is  a  grand 
one  to  display  the  energy  and  the cater­
ing  qualities  of  the  house,  incidentally 
reaping  the  reward  of  increased  sales 
resulting  therefrom.  A  few  dollars  ex­
pended  in  providing  the  window  with 
neat  carpets,  curtains,  drapery  or  any 
other  feature  necessary 
impart  a 
dressy  appearance, wi 11  be  found to have 
been  wisely  spent;  for  then,when  a  line 
of  goods  is  displayed,  the  surroundings 
will  be  such  that  not  only  is  an  attrac­
tive  appearance  presented,  but  the  arti­
cles  are  shown to their fullest advantage.
The  display  should  be  changed  week­
ly ;  and  in  so doing  you  must  keep  up­
permost 
in  mind  the  fact  that  you  are 
attempting  something  that  will  catch 
the  eye  of  the  passer-by.  Therefore,  be

to 

as  unique  and  original  as  possible  in 
the  arrangement;  and,if  possible,  avoid 
a  mixed  display,  as  it  is less impressive 
than  an  exhibition  of  a  quantity  of  one 
particular  line  of  goods.

large  dealer 

The  display  may  be  supplemented 
with  a  neat  sign  calling  attention  to  the 
quality  or  price,  or  to  the  fact  that  you 
are  a 
in  that  article  and 
consequently  able  to  supply  all  de­
mands;  and  this,  In  its  turn,  will  have 
the  effect  of  creating  inquiries  and 
in­
creasing  the  sales.  Occasionally  dis­
play  a 
line  of  crude  drugs,  chemical 
glassware,  or  a  still  in  operation,  etc., 
etc.  ;  fcr  such  exhibitipns  are  specially 
indicative  of  the  pharmacy,  besides 
arousing  the  curiosity  of  the-  people— 
always  interested  in  the  mysteries 
in­
cidental  to  a  pharmacy  or  a  laboratory.
Passing  to  another  form  of  direct  ad­
vertisement—that  of  distributing  free 
samples  of  articles  of  your  own  manu­
facture—I  can  speak 
in  the  highest 
terms.  If  the  preparations  are  meritori­
ous,  the  result  will  be  found  very  grat­
ifying.  For  instance,  put  some  sachet- 
into  small  envelopes  print*d 
powder 
especially  for  the  purpose—bearing 
its 
name,  the  announcement  of  its "quality, 
and  your  own  name  as  the  manufactur­
er;  then  carefully  distribute among your 
patrons.  Not  only  is  a  demand  sure  to 
be  created,  but  the  fact  of  your  enter­
in  presenting  such  an  article 
prise 
impression  on  the  minds  of 
leaves  an 
many  people,  and  your 
industry  will 
very  likely  be  rewarded  accordingly.

Tooth-powder,  face-powder  and  many 
other  specialties  may  be  profitably 
in­
troduced  in  the  same  manner;  and  such 
opportunities  for  associating  your  name 
with  popular  articles  should  not be  neg­
lected,  for 
it  bespeaks  energy  on  the 
part  of  the  house.  Every  opportunity 
to  present  your  name  to  the  public 
should  be  availed  of,  providing  the  ex­
pense  does  not  bar  and  that  it  is  legiti­
mate.  Avoid  sensational  methods  or 
any  form  which  tends  to  be  deceptive, 
for  we  all  know  that  a  reputation for  in­
tegrity  and  honest  business  methods 
is 
essential  to  the  success  of  any  business 
house.

I  think 

it  quite  pertinent  to  the  sub­
ject  to  say  something  regarding  the 
management  of  the  store.  No  form  of 
advertising  equals  that  which 
is  ob­
tained  gratuitously  from  the  people  who 
patronize  you,  in  their  intercourse  and 
associations  with  their 
friends—their 
commendations  of  your  accuracy,  skill, 
and  honesty ; hence the  necessity  of  your 
careful,  kind,  and  conscientious  treat­
ment  of  all  who  enter  the  store.  See 
that  your  employes,  besides  possessing 
the 
required  skill,  possess  also  the 
proper  interest  in  the  business to  regard 
their  every  action  as  a  responsible  one, 
in  attending  to  the  wants  of  customers; 
affable  and  pleasing  manners  are 
fea­
tures  greatly  noticed  by  patrons,  and 
leave  a  permanent 
impression  on  the 
minds  of  many  people.

Create  a  reputation  for  being  accom­
modating,  and  always  try  and  fulfill  the 
wants  of  a  patron.  Show  great  defer­
ence  to  their  wishes  when  they  pur­
chase,  and  avoid  a  common  method  of 
pushing  something 
“ just  as  good;”  
your  patrons  will  then  form  a  personal 
respect  for  you,  which  the  other method 
will  not  obtain. 
If  they  did  not  desire 
the  article  called  for,they  would  not  ask 
for  it;  and  if  they  are  willing  to  accept 
a  substitute,  they  will  make  the  fact 
known,  and  then  the  home-made  article 
may  be  advantageously  offered.

Believe  in  making  every  feature 

in 
its  cleanliness  and  the

the  store—from 

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HERKIMER,  N.  Y.

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Oysters
O Y S T E R S

In can or bulk—all grades.
OSCARMXYN,
Phone  io o i.
106  Canal  S t. 

WOLVERINE
Given best of  satisfaction 

for eight years.

BRAND

Old  Reliable

ANCHOR  BRAND

All  orders  receive  prompt  attention  at  lowest  market  price.  See  quotations  in  price  Current.

F. J.  DETTENTHALER,  U7.||9  Monroe  S t.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Seasonable  Goods

Sweet Potatoes, 
Apples, 

Cranberries, 

Celery, 

Malaga Grapes. 

Bananas, 

Figs, 

Chestnuts.

Pop Com,

------- Send  in your orders to ensure choice selections.-------

BUNTING  &  CO.......... -  a"d “

Established  1876.

SEEDS We have choice line Field  Seeds.  Prices low.  Can 

fill orders promptly for Medium, Mammoth, Alsyke, 
Alfalfa, Crimson Clover;  Tim othy, Redtop, Orchard 
Qrass, Kentucky Blue brass SEEDS.
Large quantities Seeds  should  be  sown  this  sea­
son if the farm er expects to prosper.
We buy Beans in carlots or less. 
If beans  to oifer 
write us.  Send sample.

nOSELEY  BROS.,

26-28-30 -32  OTTAW A  STR EET 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Jobbers  BEANS.  SEEDS.  POTATOES,  FRUITS.

The  Monroe  Doctrine

Is  very  popular  in  America  just  now. J

Are  very  popular  in  Michigan,  also  in several other states, 
also  in  several  foreign  countries,  and  this is all  so because 
farmers  in  our section all  sow and grow the best of wheat  and 
we make  it into the best of flour.

Write us and get our prices on FLOUR and FEED  . . . .  

The  Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co. 

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SPECIAL  OFFER!

We have one hundred barrels of nice  sweet

EXTRA  MESS  BEEF

OUR  OWN  PACKING

Which we offer subject to being unsold at

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If you are  likely  to  need  any  Beef 

Per Barrel.  Terms, spot cash. 
NOW.  This offer will not be open after this week. 

■   within a short time you will consult  your  own  interests  by  buying
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The  law  of  Georgia  allows  confeder­
ate  veterans  to  peddle  anything  but 
whisky,  sewing  machines  and  lightning 
rods  without  a  license.  When  the 
law 
was  passed  recently  imposing  a 
license 
of  S200  on  dealers 
in  cigarettes,  the 
veterans  quickly  saw  their  advantage 
and soon  almost completely monopolized 
the  business,  many  of  them  setting  up 
stands  and  doing  a  big  business.  The 
regular  tobacconists  made  a  fuss  and 
got  the  matter before  the Atlanta  courts, 
which  have  decided  that  the  vets  have 
no  rights  under  the  law  to  have  regular 
stands,  as  their  liberty  is  for  peddling 
only.  However, 
they  think  that  they 
have a  pretty  good  thing  anyway.

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Cow  Butter  and 
Hen’s  Eggs  §

I can supply a lim ited number  of  custom­
ers with choice butter and  fresh eggs,  and 
solicit correspondence with merchants who 
prefer to deal direct with  the  buyer,  thus 
saving  the profits of  the  middleman.  Al­
legan,  Barry,  Kalamazoo  and  Van  Buren 
counties are noted  for  the  superiority  of 
the dairy  products—I draw  supplies  from 
all  four  counties. 
In  writing  for  quota­
tions,  please  mention  name  of  grocery 
jobbing house with whom you are dealing.

A.  B.  CLARK,

Plainwell,  Mich.

SELL  THESE

£  CIGARS

and  give customers 
GOOD  SATISFACTION.

NICKBWNE

A  nODERN  WONDER.

$4.75  for  Alsyke,  S3-5°  for  Crimson  and 
S4.25@4-75  for  Alfalfa.  Timothy  com­
mands  S i-85 
for 
Choice.

for  Prime  and  $2 

Squash—j4@ ic  per  lb.  for  Hubbard. 
Sweet  Potatoes—The  market 
is  un­
changed,  Illinois  Jerseys  bringing  S4 
per  bbl.  and  $i-35  per  bu.

Advertising  Rhymes.

Mary  had  a  little  lamb,

Its  fleece  was  white  as  cotton,
And  everywhere  that  Mary  went,

The  lamb  it  went  a  trottin’.

She  went  to  Schaefer’s  shop  one  day, 

The  lamb  it  went  there,  too;

Alas,  it  never  came  away,
’Twas  cut  up  lor  a  stew.

“ Little  drops  of  water,
Little  grains  of  sand,
Make  the  mighty  ocean 
And  the beauteous  land. ”

Little  calves  and  lambkins,

Steers  and  hogs  and  sheep 
Make  the  mighty  market 
That  Hustler  Brothers  keep.

California  olive  growers  say  that  a 
big  demand  will  keep  2UP  this  season 
in 'th e   Eastern  States  for  California 
olives,  and  practically  the  whole  prod­
uct  of  the  State  is  already  sold.  Orders 
for  California  olives  have  come  from 
many  old  and  conservative 
grocery 
houses  in  New  York,  Boston,  and  other 
Eastern  cities,  whose  proprietors  say 
that,  now  the  Caifornians  have  mas­
tered  the  art  of  pickling  the  fruit,  the 
native  product  will  drive  the  foreign 
olives  out  of  Eastern  markets.

South  Carolina  has  passed  a  bill 
which  puts  the 
life  of  any  and  every 
dog  in  the  State at the mercy of any per­
son  who  may  catch  it  away  from  home. 
Dogs  off  their  owners’  property  may  be 
killed 
for  committing  any  sort  of  a 
“ depredation,”   and  the  killer  is  judge
and  jury. 

_____

The  commercial  traveler  must  have 
sufficient  nerve  to  cope with difficulties 
confronting  him 
if  he  desires  to  suc­
ceed. 
_____  

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In  China  a  woman  may  be  divorced 

for  talkativeness.

Duplicating. . .  
Sales Books

We carry in stock the following lines 
of  Duplicating  Sales  Books,  m anu­
factured by the Carter-Crume Co.:

J  Pads
Acme Cash Sales Book 
Nine Inch Duplicating Book 
Twelve Inch Duplicating Book.
We buy these goods  in  large  quanti­
ties and are able to sell them  at  fac­
so­
tory  prices.  Correspondence 
licited.

Tradesm an  Company

GRAND  RAPIDS.

neatness  of  the  packages  sent out,  to  the 
politeness  and  skill  of  the  employes— 
a  standing  advertisement. 
it be 
said  that  Mr. 
Jinks  has  the  cleanest 
store,  the  best  clerks,  and  the  best qual­
ity 
increasing 
trade  will  be  the  consequence.

in  everything;  and  an 

Let 

Acquire  a  reputation  for accuracy  and 
care  in  dispensing,  both  in prescription 
work  and  in  ordinary  sales.  Acquaint 
your  patrons  with  the  fact  that  your 
poisons  are  kept  separated  from  the 
mass  of  medicines,  and  that  therefore 
the  chance  of  mistake  is  reduced  to  a 
minimum.  Allow  no  package  to  go  eut 
unlabeled  or  carelessly  wrapped, for  that 
indicates  carelessness—a  feature  which 
should  be  absent* from  the  pharmacy.

Secure  the  confidence  and  good-will 
of  physicians,  the  benefit’  of  which  is 
patent  to  all  pharmacists;  and,  as  a 
means  of  so  doing,  a  very  important 
is  to  allow  them  to  understand 
thing 
in  your  store  are  kept  none but 
that 
chemicals. 
first-class 
Catering  to 
physicians 
is  an  art  which,  if  carefully 
cultivated,  leads  to  most  flattering  re­
sults ;  and 
it  behooves  every  pharma­
cist  to  diligently  cultivate  an  art  which 
so  directly  on  his  business  and 
bears 
which 
is  essentially  a  mode  of  adver­
tising.

A r t h u r  B.  T homas.

PRODUCE  flARKET.

Apples—Greenings  are  about  the  only 
Michigan  variety  still  on  the  market 
and  easily  command  $2.75  per bbl.  The 
trade  is  well  supplied  with  Ohio  fruit— 
Rome  Beauties, Baldwins, Greenings and 
Smith’s  Ciders—which  bring  $2@2.25 
for  choice  and  $2. ; o@2.75  for  fancy.

Beans—The  market  has  declined  this 
week,  owing  to  absence  of  export  de­
mand  and  lightness  of  trade  for  home 
consumption.  The  receipts  have  been 
small  but  the  extremely  dull  condition 
of  trade  has  been  responsible  for  the 
concessions  which  have  been  made. 
Another  depressing  factor,  and  an  im­
portant  one  at  that, is  the  large  quantity 
of  California  beans  which  are  finding 
their  way  to  market  and  which  interfere 
with  the  sale  of  Eastern  grown  beans. 
The  California  crop  is  enormous.

Butter—The  market  continues  dull 
and  featureless.  Fancy  dairy  brings 
14c  but  good  choice  commands  I2@i3c. 
Creamery  shares  the  depressed  feeling, 
having  sold  as  low  as  iqc.

Beets—25c  per  bu.
Cabbage—The  warm  weather  of  the 
past  week  has  brought  in  a considerable 
amount  of  stock,  mostly  of  an 
inferior 
character,  which  has  caused  a  decline 
in  the  market  to $2@3  per  100.

Celery—12 J^c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cider—i2 ^ c   per gal.
Cranberries—In  fair  demand at $8@ 10 
Jersey  are 

per  bbl. 
plentiful  at  $2.25^2.75  per bu.  box.

for  Cape  Cods. 

Eggs—Receipts  continue 

large  and 
the  selling  price  has  dropped  to  15c, 
with  strong  probability  of  still  lower 
quotations,  unless  a  cold  wave  comes 
along. 
.
is  held  at  >6 
per keg  of  60  lbs.  net.

Grapes—Malaga  stock 

Hickory  Nuts  (Ohio)—Small,  $1.25 

per bu.,  large,  $1  per bu.
Honey—Dealers  ask  i 5 @ i 6 c  for white 
clover and  I3@I4C  for  dark  buckwheat. 
Lattuce—12c  per  lb.
Onions—Spanish  command  about  $1 
per  crate  of  40  lbs.  Hon e  grown  are 
dull  and  slow  sale  at  25c.

Pop  Corn—Rice,  3c  per  lb.
Potatoes—The  daily  papers  have  had 
considerable  to  say  of  late  over  the  re­
cent  action  of  the  freight  agents,  in  re­
ducing  the  classification  of  potatoes 
from  fifth  to  sixth  class.  As  a  matter 
of  fact,  the  reduction  is  merely  a  bag­
atelle  and  cuts  so  little  figure  that  ship­
pers  see  scarcely  any  advantage 
in  the 
change.  To  most  points  the  change 
means  a  reduction  of  from  6  mills  to  12 
mills  per bu.—too  minute  a  change  to 
afford  much  relief.
Seeds—Clover  command  §4-75@5  *or 
Mammoth,  $4-5o@4. 7Q 
for  Medium,

It Is absolutely the  only  pol­
ish that will not  dry  up  in 
stock,  or become hardened.

:®<§xs>

We will refund  the  purchase 

price if it does not  please.

®®>®

Every  box  is  guaranteed  to 

the trade and  consumers

If  vour  jobber  doesn’t 

keep  it, write

TRACY & WARREN, Grand Rapids Agents, 737 Mich. Trust Co. Bldg.

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Absolutely  the  Highest  Grade  of

Our  goods  are  full 
size  and  are  guaran­
teed  not to leak.  The 
pails are made almost 
straight,flaring enough 
to  pack  conveniently. 
Send  for  price  list of 
general line of tinware. 
Write for price.

Win.  BRUmmELER  S  SONS,
Pieced  and  Stamped Tinware.
Grand  Rapids.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

S P R IN G   W H E A T   F L O U R

Manufactured.

Ball-Barnhart=Putman

Company,

SE E   QUOTATIONS 

IN  PRICE  CURRENT. 

Sole Distributors,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index 

of  the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.
New  York,  Feb. 

1—During  all  of 
January  there  was  hardly  a  day  too  cold 
to  sit  on  the  benches  in  the  park,  and 
it  may  be  that  some  of  our  jobbers  in 
groceries  so  spent  their time.  Might  as 
well,  for  there  was  no  great  rush  in  the 
stores,  and  trade  has  again  been  disap­
pointing  during  the  week  just past.  But 
there  are  coming  better  days.  Congress 
may  adjourn—and  many  things  may 
happen.
Of  all  the great  staples  coffee  is, prob­
ably,  the  most  unsatisfactory  as  to  posi­
tion.  The  article  is  accumulating  and 
the  quotation  of  Rio  No.  7  Las been 
dropped  to  13^0.  There  are afloat  550,- 
877  bags,  against  489,650  bags  at  the 
same  time  last  year.  Mild  coffees,  too, 
are seeking purchasers,and finding none, 
or  at  least  very  few,and  concessions  are 
made  in  order  to  effect  sales.

Teas  still  extremely  dull  and  yet  of- 
erings  of  the  very  best  sorts—whether 
of  China,  Japan,  India  or  Ceylon—sell 
at  remunerative  rates.  It  is  with  teas  as 
with  all  other  things.  There  is  room 
at  the  top,;  but  so  vast  is  the  accumula­
tion  of  the  veriest  trash  here  that  no  re­
lief  can be  looked  for  in  the  near  fu­
ture.  The  more  the  question  is 
looked 
into  the  more  desirable  it  would  seem 
to  be  to  place  some 
judicious  duty  on 
teas.  A  good  Ceylon  tea  is  worth  about 
45c  and,  if  one  pays  less,  he  gets—what 
he  pays  for.  So  long  have  the  consum­
ers  of  the  country  been  used  to  50  cent 
tea  that 
is  a  big  task  to  sell  them 
anything  better.

it 

Sugar  is  an  aristocrat. 

Its  belongings 
The  Trust  is  doing 
are  gilt  edged. 
some  fine  work,  of  course,  but  the  posi­
tion  is  undoubtedly  stronger  than  it  has 
been  for  years.  All  reports  from  Cuba 
are  disheartening,  and  from  Europe 
come  stories  of  diminished  beet  output, 
and,  altogether,  the  outlcok  is  one  for 
continued  firmness.  Those  qualified  to j 
speak  say  we  may  confidently  look  for 
higher  prices  right  along.

Molasses 

is  strong  for  the  better 
grades  and  the  supply 
is  well  in  the 
hands  of  the  few  who  are  most  interest­
ed.  Demand,  while not  very  active,  is 
still  sufficient  to  prevent  anything  look­
ing  toward  a  decline,  and  no  lower 
prices  are  anticipated  this  season.

Syrups  are  somewhat  unsteady.  One 
day  the  demand  seems  to  be  excellent 
and  then  will  come a  relapse ; but,  upon 
the  whole,  sales  are  satisfactory  and 
quotations  such  as  show  a  satisfactory 
profit  to  refiners. 
Choice  to  fancy,  16 
@ 22C .

Rice  remains  firm  and  holders  are 
pleased  with.the  prospect,  as  they  have 
been  for  some  time.  They 
know a 
good  thing  when  they  see  it”   and  that 
thing 
is  rice.  Orders  are  coming  in 
from  all  sections  and  there  is  very  little 
fault  found  with  prices.  Rice  is  what 
is  wanted  and  we  must  have  it, ’ if  it 
does  come  high.

Spices  are  meeting  with  more  and 
more  demand.  Prices  here  are  very 
low—even  below  rates  at  prevailing 
points  on  some  things,and  it  is  certain­
ly  a  favorable  time  to  stock  up.

Canned  goods  are  at  a  standstill. 

In 
all 
lines  there  seems  to  be  a  partial 
paralysis,  and  the  supply  of  everything 
is,  apparently,  large. 
It  is  hoped  that 
the  corn  packers  will  show as  conserva­
tive  a  spirit this  year as  they  did 
last, 
and,  if  the  output 
is  correspondingly 
small, there  may  be  profitable  returns  to 
canners  this  fall.

California  oranges  have  been  selling 
so  cheaply  that  there  is  some  talk  of  a 
good  deal  of  frosted  fruit  being  placed 
here..  Whether  this  is  so or not,  the  de­
mand  for  Mediterranean  has  fallen  off 
greatly  and  prices  are  lower.  Lemons 
are  in  light  demand,  but prices  show  no 
change  and  it  is  not likely  there  will  be 
any  lower  quotations.  Pineapples  are 
very  dull.  Stocks  are  light  and  prices 
are  firm.

Fancy  grades  of butter are  worth  21c. 
The  demand 
is  of an  average  charac­
ter.  Stocks  seem  sufficiently  large  to 
supply  all  orders and  the  amount  com­

in 

is  ample and  the quality 

ing  to  hand 
excellent.
is  a  fair  trade  in  cheese  and 
There 
most  of  it  is  for  the  better  sorts.  The 
export  trade  is  light  and  will  not aggre­
gate  over 6,000  boxes  for  the  past  fort­
night.
Eggs  have  arrived  in  such  quantities 
as  to  preclude  any  thought  of  higher 
prices  for  the  present.  Near-by  fresh 
stock 
is  worth  i6^@ i7C.  At  primary 
points  the  accumulations  seem  to  be 
large  and  the  weather  has  been  most 
favorable  for  the  * * crop.

Choice  pea  beans  are  worth  1.30; 
medium,  choice,  $1.30©  1.3214;  mar­
row, $ i . 4o@ i . 4214.  There  is  a small job­
bing  demand  and,  altogether,  the  mar­
ket  is  lacking  in  strength.

just  now,  and 

insulting  retort 

New  York  has  more  than  its  share 
of  tramps 
it  has  been 
suggested  that  this  may  be  one explana­
tion  of  the  unusual  number  of  robberies 
and  assaults 
the  streets.  Women 
who  live  up  town  on  the  east  side  near 
the  Park,  a  neighborhood  that  has  not 
heretofore  been  popular  with  tramps, 
say  that  suspicious-looking  loiterers  are 
frequently  found  on  the  streets  in  the 
daytime,  and  they  don’t  hesitate  to stop 
women  with  a  demand  for alms. 
If  the 
woman  happens  to  be  alone  and  there 
is  no  policeman 
in  sight,  she  is  very 
likely  to  receive  an 
if 
she  refuses  the  demand.  There  are  a 
lot  of  beggars 
in  the  down-town  dis­
tricts  also,  who  seem,  in  the  past  two 
or  three  months,  to  have  established  a 
right  to  beg  at one particular place with­
out  police 
People  who 
use  the  Park  place  station  on  the  Sixth 
avenue  road  have  become  familiar  with 
the  face  of  a  woman  who  stands  just  at 
the  top  of  the  stairs  leading  to  the  up­
town  station.  She  is  about  50  years  old 
and  she  seldom  speaks.  For  an  hour or 
more  every  afternoon  when  the  crush 
is  greatest  she  stands  there  with  her 
hand  outstretched  for  money.  Her  face 
has  assumed  the  expression  of  the  pro­
fessional  beggar,  and  when  she  is  ques­
tioned  she  mumbles  an  answer  that 
is 
unintelligible.

interference. 

Review  of  the  Sugar  flarket.

Detroit,  Feb. 

1—The  past  week  has 
developed  decidedly  the  full  strength  of 
the  position,  as  it  affects  raws.  While 
there  have  been  sales  of  centrifugals  at 
3% c  during  the  week,  holders  generally 
have  demanded  4c,  and  at  present  writ­
ing  the  majority  of  offerings  at  this 
price  have  been  withdrawn.  Foreign 
markets  have  ruled  very  active  and 
strong,  with  substantial  gains  for  all 
descriptions.  There 
in 
the  crop  outlook  in  Cuba  and  little like­
lihood  that  recent  estimates  of 
100,000 
tons  will  be  exceeded.

is  no  change 

Refined  has  ruled  steady,with  spasms 
of  sharp  demand.  The  absence  of  list 
changes, 
in  the  face  of  the  increased 
cost  of  raws,  has  a  tendency  to  discon­
cert  buyers  and  the  volume  of  business 
has  been  light,  all  things  considered.  It 
seems  to  be  the  general 
impression 
that,  when  refiners  secure  an  adequate 
supply  of  raw  material,  the  market  for 
their  product  will  move  up  quickly  (at 
present  the  working  margin  is 
J4@ X C 
below  normal). 
It  is  possible,however, 
that  before  the  expected  advances  are 
announced we may experience unlooked- 
for  declines,the  comparatively  light  de­
mand  encouraging  such  manipulation 
of  prices  to  counteract  the  strength  of 
raws.

The  question  of  supplies 

is  a  very 
important  consideration  at  this  time, 
and  particularly  so  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  this 
is  a  cane  sugar  consuming 
country.  Our  refiners  melted  approxi­
mately  two  million  tons  of  raw  sugar 
during  the  past  year,  of  which  less  than 
one  hundred  thousand  tons  was  beet. 
The  loss  of  the  Cuban  crop,  therefore, 
presents  a  serious  problem  and  has 
led 
to  purchases  of  cane  in  all  producing 
countries,  but,  if  estimates  prove  well 
founded,  at  least  a  half  million  tons  of 
beets  must  be 
imported  to  supply  our 
requirements  for  this  campaign ;  and, 
in  this  connection,  it  must  be  borne 
in 
mind  that  our  tariff  provides  for  i-ioc 
additional  duty  on  sugar  imported  from 
bounty  paying  countries.  It  is  claimed, 
also,  that  our  refiners  cannot  work  beet

raws  economically,  the  process  costing 
them  about  %c  per  pound  more  than 
cane.
All  things  considered,  the  position  is 
a  wonderfully  strong  one and  practically 
assures  a  steady  upward  rise  during  the 
season.  For the  immediate  future,  how­
ever,  we  venture  no  decided  opinion, 
the  refined  sugar  market  being  best  de­
scribed  as  capricious.

Feb.  3—The  week  opens  with  prices 
i - i 6 c  lower  from  cut  loaf  to  No.  7  *.n' 
elusive  (except  No.  3)—balance  of 
list 
being  unchanged.  The  general  posi­
tion  is  unchanged.

W .  H.  E d g a r  &  S on.

REnOVAL  NOTICE.

loth 

*  On  February 
inst.  we  will  re­
move  our general  office  from  the  Ham­
mond  Building  to  our  new  office  and 
Wholesale  Department  building  on  20th 
street  and  M.  C.  R.  R .,  where  we  will 
be  pleased  to  meet  all  of  our old patrons 
and  new  ones  as  well. 
It  will  be  our 
pleasure  to  meet  our  friends  when  they 
come  to  our  city,  and  will  endeavor  to 
make  their  visit  both  pleasant  and 
profitable  to  them.  We  decided  upon 
removing  our  office  from “ down  town,’ ’ 
where  we  have  been  established  during 
the  past  37  years,  to  be  nearer  the  base 
of  our  operations,  in  order  to  give  to 
our  business,  in  all  its  details,  our close 
personal  attention. 
It  will  be  our  aim 
to  maintain  the  high  standard  of  excel­
lency  for  Provisions  which  we  have  so 
long  enjoyed,  and  to 
improve  where 
possible.  Our  motto  will  be  “ Per­
fection.”   We 
respectfully  solicit  a 
continuance  of  the  patronage  of  the 
in  the 
public,  so generously  bestowed 
past,  and  hope,  by 
treatment, 
prompt  execution  of  orders  and  a  high 
standard  of  goods,  to  merit  a'contin­
uance of  it.

Our  office  will  be  supplied with direct 
wire  of  the  Postal  Telegraph  Co.,  Long 
Distance  Telephones  Nos.  1  and  1335- 

fair 

Very  respectfully,

HAMMOND,  STAN DISH  &  CO., 

Detroit,  Mich.

911

936

946

‘  drygoods  or  general  m erchandise;  or  will 
sell  cheap.  Geo.  Kirtiand,  1151  So.  Division 
street, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.______________942

acres improved:  or will exchange  for  good 
city propert}.  G.  H.  Kirtiand, 1151  So.  Division 
street, Gr  n"d Rapids,  Mich. 

IpOR RENT-STORE.  FINE LOCATION FOR 
I NOR  SALE  CHEAP—125  ACRE  FARM,  101 
I NOR  SALE  FOR  CASH—ALL  THE  FURN1- 
I NOR SALK-STOCK OF HARDWARE, ABOUT 
1  $6,000,  in  Jackson,  Mich.  Address  L.  C. 
W ANTED-TO  EXCHANGE  GOOD  HOUSE 

'  ture  and  four-years’  lease  of  best  paying 
hotel In city of Jackson.  Address  L.  C.  Town­
send, Jackson, Mich. 

and  lot, with seven rooms  and  line  plas 
tered cellar,  in  Grand  Rai ids,  for  stock boots 
and shoes.  Will pay a cash difference.  Address 
Box 87, Bowling Green, Ohio.________% 

Townsend, Jackson,  Mich._______________ 947

I NOR  S.iLK—NICE  STOCK  OF  DRUGS 
IN 
Northern Indiana;  town of 600  in  splendid 
farming  country;  no  pharmacy  law ;  price, 
$1,500.  T. P. Stiles,  Millersburg. Ind.______934
WANTED-TO BUILD  4   FINE  BLOCK  50x 
100 feet, five stories and  basement,  on  lot 
34,  South  Ionia  street,  for  responsible  tenant 
wishing to rent  for  term  of  years.  Rent  very 
reasonable;  location,  one  of  the  finest  In  the 
city for  wholesale  or  m anufacturing  business, 
being  within  10  rods  of  Union  D. pot,  Edwin 
Fallas, ait» Livingston street, Grand Rapids. 939

I F  YOU  HAVE  A  GROCERY  STOCK  AND 
fixtures which you wish to'sell, I will buy the 
same for  cash.  All  business  strictly  confiden­
tial.  Address  Box 533, Gran 1  Rapids, Mich.  932
fNOR  SALE—CLEAN  GROCERY  STUCK  IN 
I NOR  SALE—A SMALL STOCK OE GENERAL 

1  city of 3,000 inhabitants.  Stock and fixtures 
will inventory about $1,500.  Best location.  Ad­
dress  No. 933. Care  Michigan Tradesman.  933

merchandise  in  best  farming  country  in 
Michigan.  Best  reasons  for  selling.  Address 
Lock  Box 9,  Woodland,  Mich. 
n p o   EXCHANGE—FIRST-CLASS  REAL  ES- 
X  tate for stock of  groceries  or  general  m er­
chandise.  Address  Box  1296,  Benton  Harbor, 
Mich. 

tNOK  SALE-STAPLE AND  FANCY  GRO-

cety stock, iovoicingabout $1,400, located in 
live Southern Michigan town of l,200inhabitants; 
good trade, nearly all cash.  Reasons for selling, 
other business.  Address No. 907, care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
WILL  BUY  WC.LL-SELECTED 
• a v "   stock of bazaar and  holiday  goods 
in  a town  of  1.800  population.  Good  farming 
trade;  location on the main  corner  of town;  all 
g"odsnew ,  just opened  Nov.  9,  1895.  Rent,  $8 
per  month;  size  of  store,  24xJ5.  Poor  health 
reason forselling.  Address, J.C lark, care Mich­
igan Tradesman. 

I NOR  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  HARDWARE 

and implement  business in  thriving  village 

in good farming community.  Address Brown 
Senler, Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
881

888

908

907

931

WANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

950

:  stand for  grocery  business.  Living  rooms 
above if desired.  John C.  Dunton, Grand  Rap­
ids. 

i pOR  RENT—EXCEPTIONALLY  GOOD
I NOR  SA LE-FEED   AND  FLOUR  MILL;

water  power,  12  foot  head,  two  Laffell 
wheels;  good  building.  36x00,  two  stories  and 
basement, which is of stone 
two sets burrs;  all 
in good order: located on Michigan Central Rail­
way, at Leoni,  M ichigan;  two  acres  laud  with 
property.  Call or address,  E.  Larzelere,  Leoni, 
Mich. 

.  good  town  with  good 

I NOR  SALE—SMALL  LIVERY  STOCK  IN 

trade  Reason  for 
selling, other business.  Address,  No.  94-,  care 
Michigan Tradesman.___________________ 948
rpo  EXCHANGE  -THE  BOOTS, SHOES, RUB- 
X   bers,  hats  and  caps  of  a  general  stock, 
amounting to about $2,560, for pine  lumber, lath 
and shingles.  For particulars, address  No.  945, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

F'OR  SALE—HORSES,  WAGON ANDSLEIGH, 

adapted to  sale  of  cigars  and  tobaccos  to 
Grand Rapids city  trade.  Position  as  salesman 
with good salary goes with outfit.  Address No. 
943, care Michigan Tradesman. 

919

945

943

MISCELLANEOUS.

952

YET ANTED  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  SHIP- 
TV  pers of butter and eggs  and  other  season­
able produce.  R. Hlrt, 36 Market street, Detroit.
951

motor,  new  or  second-hand.  Tradesman 
Company, New  Blodgett  Building,  Grand  Rap­
ids. 

WANTED- ‘ 2  HORSE  POWER  ELECTRIC 
INOlt  SALE—FORTY  FEET  7  FOOT  OAK 

1  part tion  with  crackle  glass  and  sliding 
door, u^ed only a few months.  Will sell cheap. 
Tradesman  Company,  New  Blodgett  Building, 
Grand Rapids. 
YET ANTED—SITUATION  AS  REGISTERED 
TV  assistant pharmacist, first-class references. 
Address No. 940, care Michigan Tradesm an.940

W ANTED-412'MERCHANTS AND OTHERS 
to send me an  order  for  Rubber  Stamps. 
Will J.  Weller.  Muskegon, Mich. 
938
W ANTED—POSITION  BY  AN  EXPERI- 
enced registered  pharmacist fam iliar with 
all details of retail  drug  business.  Will  accept 
any  kind  of  position.  Address  No.  913,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
913
YY7ANTED—SEVERAL  MICHIGAN  CEN
VT 
tral  mileage  books.  Address,  stating 
price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman.  869 
EXT ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS,  POULTRY, PO- 
tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, etc.  Cor­
V V 
respondence  solicited.  Watkins, &  Axe,  84-86 
South Division street, Grand Rapids. 

953

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