Volume  XIII,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  17,  1896.

Number 665

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withstanding  the  causes  which  appar­
ently  added  to  the  visible  supply,  the 
general  stocks  are  again  on  the  down 
grade,  and,  as  there  is  no  prospect  of 
their  being  added  to  for many months  to 
come,  the  process  of  depletion,  com­
pared  with 
last  season,  must  become 
more  and  more  rapid,  until  the  strength 
of  the  statistical  position  will  become 
too apparent  to  be  resisted.

From  present 

indications,  the  revo­
lution 
in  Cuba  must  continue;  hence 
there  will  be  practically  no  crop  made 
in  the  island  during  the  coming  year. 
The  heavy  loss  in  production  represent­
ed  by  the  total  failure  of  the Cuban crop 
will  more  than  offset  any  increase which 
may  take  place  in  the  beet-sugar  crops. 
There  is,  therefore,  every  reason  to  ex­
pect  a  recovery  from  the  present  de­
pression  at  an  early  date,  as  well  as  a 
satisfactory  range  of  prices  during  the 
coming  season.  The  growing  Louisiana 
crop  promises  a  very  large  yield,  as  the 
stand  of  cane  is  excellent  and  the  crop 
is  making  fine  progress. 
It  is,  there­
fore,  to  be  hoped  that  prices  will  prove 
satisfactory, 
industry 
needs  a  few  prosperous  seasons  to  en­
able  it  to  fully  accommodate 
itself  to 
the  changed  conditions  brought  about 
by  the  loss  of  the  bounty.

the  sugar 

as 

The  Drug  Market.

Acetanilid—Quiet  and  steady,  with 

little  demand.
Acids—Fair 

unchanged  quotations.

jobbing  demand  with 

Alcohol—Prices  firm  with  good  trade 
demand  for grain.  Wood,  active  with 
unchanged  prices.

Balsams—Copaiba, 

but  no  material  change 

Arsenic—Quiet  with  unsettled  prices, 
in  quotations.
prices
firm.  Tolu  steady  with  small  offering. 
advances  have 
Reports  of 
strengthened  the  market. 
Peru  and 
Canada  fir quiet  and  unchanged.

foreign 

active, 

Beans—Vanilla,  the  promise of  strong 
is  being 

demand  and  improved  prices 
realized.

Cocao  Butter—Quiet  and  quotations 

unchanged.

Caffeine—Prices 

light  jobbing  demand.

unchanged,  with 

Cassia  Buds—Good  demand;  prices 

firm  but  unchanged.

Cocaine,  Muriate—Improved  demand 
has  strengthened  prices,  which  are  un­
changed.

Cod  Liver  Oil—Quiet  and  small  in­

quiry.

mand.

demand.

Colocynth  Apples—Quotations  un­

changed  and  small  demand.

Cubeb  Berries—Quiet 

jobbing  de­

Cuttle  Fish  Bone—Steady  with  firm 

Ergot—Market  continues  dull hut with 
prospect  of  improvement,  on  account  of 
short  crop. 

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Essential  Oils—'Prices  have  declined 
in  lemon  and  bergamot  and  the  general 
market  continues  quiet.

Flowers—German  camomile  has  ad­
vanced  25  per  cent,  in  two  weeks,  on 
account  of  crop 
American 
saffron continues unsettled with tendency 
to  lower  prices.

failure. 

Glycerine—Unchanged  with  fair  de­

mand  for  consumption.

Gums—Asafetida,  in  small  demand. 
is  quiet 

Camphor,  domestic  refined 
with  unchanged  quotations.

Leaves—Short  buchu,  fair  consump­
tive  demand.  Senna  is  in  strong  request 
on  account  of  small  crop  prospects.

Lycopodium—Prices  firm  but  without 

change.

Manna—Quiet  and  prices  unchanged.
Menthol—The  downward  tendency  of 
little  de­

prices  continues  with  very 
mand.

Morphine—Quiet  and  unchanged.
Opium—Quiet  with  no 

foreign  ad­

vices  to  influence  prices.

Quinine—Is  in  fair  consuming,  de­
mand  with  prospects  of  firmer  prices 
on  account  of  decreasing  stocks.

Roots—Jamaica  ginger,  firm  on  ac­
count  of  continued  scarcity. 
Ipecac, 
quiet  and  featureless.  Mexican  sarsa­
parilla,  firmer  on  account  of  decreasing 
stocks.  Colchicum,  dull  with  declin­
ing  prices.  Galangal,  new  crop coming 
in  in  prime  quality.

Seeds—General  market 

conditions 
quiet.  Canary,  unchanged,  small  de­
mand.  Dutch  caraway, 
fair  demand 
for  consumption.  California  mustard, 
same 
improved 
prices.  Coriander,  unsettled, 
irregular 
prices.  Celery,  quiet  and price tending 
downward.

jobbing  demand  at 

Spermaceti—Quiet  and quotations  un­

changed.

Sponges—Spot  market  in  small  quan­
tities  awaiting  the  crop  outcome,  which 
seems  to  promise  more  than  average.

Sugar  of  Milk—Quiet  and unchanged.

Effect  o f  Chinese  Competition.

“ The  Chinese  must  go,”   is the cry of 
the  journeyman  tailor  in  New  York,  for 
the  Mongolians  have  invaded  the tailor­
ing  trade 
in  their  mild,  unassuming 
way.  Many  small  tailor  shops  exhibit 
signs  announcing 
“ trousers  creased 
while  you  wait,”   so  that  the  owner  of 
but  one  pair  of  the  necessary  articles 
may  not  have  to 
lie  in  bed  or  wear a 
barrel  while  the  crease  is  being  put  in. 
The  price  charged  for  the  work  by  the 
In  the  last 
tailors  has  been  25  cents. 
few  months  the  Chinese 
laundrymen 
have  discovered  that  it  is  much  easier 
to  crease  a  pair  of  trousers  than  it  is  to 
polish  a  shirt.  The  result  is  that  num­
bers  of  them  have  embarked 
in  the 
business  and  cut  pressing  prices  to  10 
cents  for  trousers.  This 
is  a  big  thing 
for a  New  York  dude,  who  can,  for  ten 
cents,  have  his  only  trousers  creased 
while  he  waits,  without  trousers, 
in  a 
Chinese  shop.

Bread 

is  the  most  curious  material 
out  of  which  a  clock  has  ever been  con­
structed.  There  was,  and  may  still  be, 
in  Milan,  a  clock  made  of  bread.  The 
maker  was  a  native  of  Milan,  who  de­
voted  three  years  of  his time to the  task. 
He  was  very  poor,  and,  being  without 
means  to  purchase  the  necessary  metal 
for  the  making  of  a  clock,  he  set  apart 
regularly  a  portion  of  his  bread  each 
day,  eating  the  crust  and  saving the soft 
part.  To  solidify  this  he  made  use  of 
a  certain  salt,  and  when  the  various 
pieces  were  dry  they  became  perfectly 
hard  and  insoluble  in  water.  The clock 
was  of  a  fair  size and  kept  good  time.

A  woman  is  capable  of  sublime  sac­
rifices  of  self  in  great  matters,  and  of 
supreme  selfishness  in  little  ones.

TIM E  TO  QUIT.

Several  years  ago  the  Tradesman  ex­
posed  the  fraudulent  practices  of  the 
then  firm  of  Tucker,  Coade  &  Parker, 
in  consequence  of  which  the  house  was 
compelled  to  abandon  the  produce  com­
mission  business.

A  year  ago  the  Tradesman  felt  called
upon  to  warn  the  trade  against  F. 
J. 
Parker  now  landlord  of  the  American 
House,  at  Cadi lac—because  he  was  con­
ducting  a  swindle  shop  at  33  Ottawa 
street.  As  a  result  of  the  exposure, 
Parker  was  compelled  to  shut  up  shop 
and  leave  town,  at  which  time  he  ex­
pressed  much  repentance  for  kis  mis­
deeds  and  promised 
immediate  resti­
tution.  Up  to  this  time,  however,  the 
repentance  has  not  been  sufficiently sin­
cere  to  result  in  atonement.

This  week  the  Tradesman  deems  it  a 
duty  it  owes  the  trade  of  Michigan  and 
Indiana  to  expose  the  fraudulent  prac­
tices  of  one  of  the  most  dangerous  as­
sociations  of  swindlers  which  ever 
in­
fested  a  jobbing  market.  Aside  from 
the  moral  aspect  of  the  matter,  the  ex­
posure 
is  necessary  from  a  business 
standpoint, 
for  a  continuance  of  the 
piratical  methods  of  the  gang  for  any 
considerable  length  of  time  would  serve 
to  make  a 
large  number  of  dealers 
“ sore”   on  the  Grand  Rapids  market, 
while  the  influx  of  fruit  and  produce 
which  has  been  thrown  on  the  market 
with  no  intention  of  making  adequate 
returns  therefor—and  more  often  no  re­
turns  at  all—has  demoralized  the  mar­
ket  to  that  extent  that  reputable  dealers 
have  been  utterly  unable  to  obtain  full 
prices  for goods  purchased  or  sent 
in 
to  be  sold  on  commission.  The  Trades­
man  therefore  stands  in  the  twofold  po­
sition  of  protecting  the  country  trade 
from 
the 
credit  and  dignity  of  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  market.

imposition  and  upholding 

THE  SU GAR  SITU ATIO N.

in  the  European 

For  some  weeks  past  there  appears  to 
have  existed  a  veritable  feeling  of  de­
moralization 
sugar 
markets.  Prices  have  declined  steadily 
until  there  has  been  a  shrinkage  of 
fully  2  shillings  per  hundred  pounds 
from  the  high  figures  of  a  month  or 
more  ago.

The  most  remarkable  part  of  this 
heavy  decline  appears  to be  the 
inabil­
ity  of  any  of  the  accepted  authorities 
on  the  European  markets  to  assign  any 
sufficient  reason  for  the  depression. 
It 
is  true  that  visible  stocks  have  not  di­
minished  as  rapidly  as  was  expected, 
but  this  halt 
in  the  consumption  has 
been  more  apparent  than  real.  The 
stocks  were  increased  by  the  unloading 
by  refiners  of  large  surplus  stocks  of 
sugar  they  had  accumulated 
in  antici­
pation  of  an  advance,  which  stocks 
were  returned  to  the  visible  supply. 
The  actual  outturn  of  the  various  crops 
did  not  show  any  increase  over  the  es­
timated  production ;  hence  there  was  no 
expectation  of  any  increase in the stocks 
from  that  source.

When  the  liquidation  consequent  up­
on  the  recent  flurry  has  been completed, 
there 
for  a 
sharp  reaction from the depression.  Not-

is  every  reason  to 

look 

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

HELICAL 
PERMIERS!

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S E L L S   E A S IL Y  
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SlO O

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tg rW e are away behind on  our  orders  for  these  beautiful  wheels.  ‘*A  vital  point
you  can’t  resist—Helical  Tubing—see  that  twist.  W e  also  have  the
“Monarch,”  “America,”  “March,”  “ Outing,” 

famous

“ Envoy” and Others.
Our  Line  of Wheels  at  *50.00  and  *60.00  are 

Great Sellers.

ADAM S  &  HART,

Wholesale and Retail Bicycles,
NO.  la  W EST   BRIDGE  STREET.

2

Bicycles

Bicycle  Paths.

individual 

The  bicycle  is  coming  more  and more 
to be  a  factor  in  the  road  problem. 
Its 
sudden  leap  from  exceptional  use  as  a 
business  vehicle,  from  its more common 
use  as  a  means  of  sport  and  pleasure, 
to  almost  universal  use  for  all  purposes 
of 
locomotion  has  brought 
necessity for its recognition  in  thorough­
fares.  As  long  as  it  was  considered 
in 
the  light  of  a  pleasure  vehicle  only,  it 
never occurred  to  the  minds  of  any  but 
its  riders  that 
it  needed  a  place  other 
than 
it  might  find  in  the  few  properly 
improved  highways.

In 

Its  universality 

is  rapidly  placing  it 
on  a  different  basis.  The  spirit  of 
churlish  contempt  which  it so frequently 
encountered 
in  many  communities  has 
been  thoroughly  disarmed.  The  towns 
and  villages  which  seemed  to  delight  in 
enacting  annoying  prohibitions and  reg­
ulations  have  come  to  recognize  the  de­
sirability  of 
its  visits  and  such  laws 
have  been  changed  or  permitted  to  fall 
into  disuse.  And  not  only  so,  but  care 
has  been  taken  to  see  that  obstacles  are 
removed  so  that  it  may  find  a  conven­
ient  and  pleasant  pathway. 
Its  visits 
are  recognized  as  of  value  to  every 
in­
terest,  except  possibly  to that of saloons.
larger  towns  and  cities  the  ques­
in  the 
tion  of  giving  it  a  proper  place 
In 
streets  has  already  become  urgent. 
the  older  cities,  where  so many  of  the 
streets  are  paved  with  rough  granite 
blocks,  a  most  wasteful  and  baibarous 
arrangement  for  any  purpose,  the  prob­
lem 
In  many  such 
localities,  for  a  long  time  to  come,  the 
necessary  exclusion  of  the  wheel  will 
operate  to  the  injury  of  retail  trade,  to 
the  benefit  of  streets  presenting  a  prac 
ticable  surface.  The  matter  is  receiv 
ing  considerable  attention  in  the  press 
of  larger  cities,  and  practicable  routes, 
if  such  exist,  are  discovered  into neigh­
borhoods  afflicted  with  rough  pave­
ments,  and  are  minutely  described  for 
the  benefit  of  wheelmen  and, 
inci­
dentally,  of  the  localities.

is  a  serious  one. 

It  has  come  to  be  fully  recognized,  in 
most  cities,  that  future  street 
improve­
ments  must  be  made  with  reference  to 
the  requirements  of  the  wheel.  The 
new  vehicle  asks  no  odds  in cases where 
the  streets  are  to  be  provided  with  sur­
faces  of  reasonable  smoothness,  as  as­
phalt,  brick,  macadam  or  wood;  but 
where  there  are  rougher  surfaces  and 
streets  with  ordinary  gravel  and  cobble­
stone  gutters,  such  as  are  most  usual 
in  the  outskirts  of  new  cities especially, 
like  Grand  Rapids,  it  demands  special 
provision.  This,  I  say,  has  come  to be 
recognized. 
In  this  city  the  question 
has  been  taken  up  and  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  has 
the  en­
gineer  department  that,  in  the  prepara­
tion  of  all  plans  for  future  improve­
ments,  the  needs  of  the  bicycle  must  be 
considered.  An investigation  to  decide 
the  most  feasible  plan  providing  for 
special  paths,  either  at  the  center  of 
the  street,  at  the  sides  in  a  portion  of 
the  place  usually  occupied  by  the  gut­
ters,  or  between  the  curbing  and  side­
walks,  was  also  directed  to  be  made. 
This  is an  indication  of  the  considera­
tion  the  subject  is  receiving  in  all  the 
principal  towns  of  the  country .

instructed 

Little  has  been  accomplished  in  spe­
cial  provision 
in  country 
roads;  but  much  has  been accomplished 
in  the  way  of  providing  better  roads  for 
initiative.  As
all  purposes  through  its 

for  wheels 

in  the  city  highway,  it  asks  no  odds 
where  roads  are  properly  constructed  to 
accommodate  any  vehicle  traffic.  Much 
of  the 
improvement,  however,  stops 
short  of  properly  accommodating  any 
traffic  during  muddy  seasons,  though 
wagons  can,  of  course,  make  their  la­
borious  way  where  there  is  no  thorough­
fare  for  wheels.  In  such  instances—and 
they  are  still  so  numerous  as  to  consti­
tute  the  rule—attention  is being  turned 
to  making  the  side  path  practicable. 
The  wheel  is  a  most  efficient  auxiliary 
n  the  preparation  of  such paths;  and  it 
s  only  necessary to provide  a  surface  of 
gravel,  cinder,  or  other  material  not 
¡able  to  be  converted  into  thin  mortar, 
to  have  a  way  thoroughly  and  perma­
nently  compacted  through 
its  agency 
and  the  aid  of  pedestrians  that  will 
solve  the  problem  for  such  roads  at very 

ttle  expense.

N a t e .

News  and  Gossip  o f Interest to  Dealer 

and  Rider.

its  rare  appearance 

“ ordinary,”   although, 

So  many  new  riders  have  come  into 
the  field  in  the  last  year,  and  especially 
in  the  last  few  months,  that  it  is not sur­
prising  that  the  question  of  gears  is  not 
fully  understood.  Many  of  these  riders 
have  no  idea  of  what gear  they  are  rid­
ing,  and 
if  they  were  told  that  it  was 
63,  or 66,  or 68,  or  70,  the 
information 
would  convey  no  definite  idea  to  their 
minds.  The  terms  now  used  to  ex­
press  the  gear  of  a  bicycle  are  an  in­
heritance  from  the  time  of  the  old- 
fashioned  high  wheel—now  sometimes 
in 
called  the 
fact, 
in  public 
places  nowadays  makes it something  ex­
traordinary—when  the  size  of  the  wheel 
depended  on  the 
length  of  the  rider’s 
In  those  times  a  54-inch  wheel 
legs. 
was  a  common  thing—that 
is,  a  wheel 
54  inches  in  diameter.  When  the  safe­
ties  came  into  use,  they  were  geared  by 
the  wheels  over  which  the  chain  runs  so 
as  to  correspond  wth  the  old  idea  of  the 
diameter  of  a 
large  wheel.  Thus  a 
gear  of  70  is  the  same as to  the  distance 
covered  by  each  revolution  of the  pedals 
as  if  a  wheel  70  inches  in  diameter  was 
ridden—something  that,  would  be  pos­
sible  only  fcr  a  giant.  A  bicycle  with 
this  gear  advances  somewhat  over  three 
times  70 
inches  at  each  revolution  of 
the  pedals,  or  about  19  feet.  The  gear 
of  a  wheel  is  determined  by  the  num­
ber  of  teeth  on  the  large  and  small 
sprocket-wheels. 
ascertain  what 
the  gear  is,  divide  the  number  of  teeth 
on  the 
large  wheel  by  the  number  on 
the  small  one,  and  multiply  by the num­
ber  of 
in  the  diameter of  the 
rear  wheel.  Thus,  on  a  28-inch  wheel, 
if  there  are  twenty  teeth  on  the  front 
sprocket  and  8  on  the  rear one,  the gear 
will  be  70.

inches 

To 

*  *  *

It 

Many  riders  still  seem  to be  in 

igno­
is 
rance  of  the  “ rule  of  the  road”   that 
in  the  cycling  fra­
generally  accepted 
ternity. 
is  that,  in  passing  another 
wheel  or  a  vehicle  of  any  kind  going  in 
the  same  direction,  one  should  go on 
the  left  hand  side,  while  in  meeting  a 
vehicle  of  any  kind  (that is,  one coming 
in  the  opposite  direction) 
the  rider 
should  keep  to  the  right.  By  following 
these  simple  directions  the 
liability  to 
collision 
is  greatly  diminished.  Of 
course,  there  have  to be  exceptions,  but 
a  rider  who  goes  on  the  wrong  side  for 
any  purpose  should  feel  bound  to  ride 
slowly  and  to  exercise  the  utmost  care 
This 
is  especially  the  case  in  turning 
corners,  where  accidents  are  likely  to 
occur.  Nothing  is  more  deserving  of 
severe  condemnation  than  the  reckless-

Y o u r B u sin ess is  Incom plete

If you have not added to it a line of high-grade and reliable Bicycles.  True  as 
this is,  it is fully as true that  nothing  will  so  jeopardize  your  business and  reputa­
tion as a line of unreliable wheels, whose only virtue may be cheapness.

G A R LA N D   B IC Y C L E S

have  established  an  enviable reputation wherever introduced.  A Garland Agency 

contract is as good as greenbacks.

C.  B.  METZGER,

SUCCESSOR TO

PENINSULAR  MACHINE  COMPANY,

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  M IC H .

Weatherly
& Pulte,

99  Pearl St., 
GRAND  RAPIDS.

Plumbing  and  Steam  Heating; Gas 
and  Electric Fixtures;  Galvanized  Iron 
Cornice and  Slate Roofing.  Every kind 
of Sheet Metal  Work.

Pumps and Well Supplies.
Hot Air Furnaces.

Best  equipped and largest concern In the State.

Dodds’  Utility 
Cycle  Stai

Mfg’d byAlexander Dodds, 
Trade supplied by  Adams &  Hart,  Perkins & Rich- 
mond.  Brown  &  Sehler,  Frank  Nichols,  Studlcy  & 
Jarvis, and all the best dealers.

Grand Rapids.

Every  Dollar

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ness  of  some  youthful  riders  in  turning 
corners  at a  high  rate  of  speed.

*  *  *

is  noticeable  that  the  companies 
It 
who 
insure  against  bicycle  accidents 
expressly  stipulate  that  no  damages 
shall  be  collectible 
in  case  “ the  in­
sured"  is  violating  the  law  at  the  time 
an  accident  occurs.  Strictly 
interpret­
ed,  this  means  that  a  man  badly  hurt 
while  riding  on  the  left  side  of  a  street 
or  road  would  derive  no  benefit  from 
his  insurance  policy. 
Insurance  against 
bicycle  accidents,  by-the-way,  may  be 
obtained  at 
low  rates.  One  company, 
seemingly  well  conducted  and  financial­
ly  sound,  will 
insure  bicyclists  to  the 
amount  of  $5,000  at  the  rate of  $2  a  year 
for  each  $1,000.

*  *  *

A  man 

in  one  of  the  suburbs  found 
after  leaving  his  bicycle  alone  for  a 
short  time  that  some  one  had  opened 
his  toolbag  and  abstracted  the  tools. 
The  possibility  of  this  being  done  has 
occurred  to  the  minds  of  other  riders. 
The  tools  ordinarily  carried  on  a  wheel 
are  not  of  great  value,  but  the  loss  of 
them  may  be  the  occasion  of  serious 
annoyance. 
It  may  become  necessary 
in  time  for  toolbags  to  be provided  with 
locks  in  order  to  ward  off  the  depreda­
tions  of  persons  who are  mean  enough 
to  steal  their  contents.  Such  persons 
would  not  hestitate  to  steal  a  bicycle 
if 
they  had  a  fair  opportunity  to  do  so 
without  running  much  risk  of  being 
caught.

*  *  *

It 

New  things  continue  to  be  brought 
out  and  displayed  so  as  to  attract  the 
attention  of  wheelmen  and  possibly  a 
few  cents  or  a  few  dollars  from  their 
pockets.  One  of  the  latest 
is  a  new 
style  of  lock  for  the  chain  and  sprocket 
wheel. 
is  a  combination  lock  with 
three  tumblers,  and  the  purchaser  can 
make  his  own  combination,  and  as 
many  combinations  as  he  pleases.  The 
difficulty  with  such  a  lock  is  that  one 
might  forget  the  combination,  in  which 
case  the 
lock  would  have  to  be  broken 
before  the  owner could  do  any  riding. 
This  combination 
rather 
clumsy-looking  affair,  but,  as  it  is  made 
of  aluminum,  it  is  light  in  weight.  An­
other  novelty  is  a  bicycle  bell  attached 
to  the  outer  end  of  one  of  the  grips  on 
the  handle-bars.  A  small  rod  or  wire 
runs  through  the  grip  and  connects  with 
a  button  near  the  other  end  of  the  grip. 
The  button 
is  so  placed  that  it  can  be 
conveniently  pressed  by  the 
thumb, 
causing  the  bell  to  ring.

is  a 

lock 

They  Want  Bicycles.

To  show  the  extent  of  the  demand  for 
wheels  by  all  sorts  and  conditions  of 
men,  some  one  has  collected  the  fol­
lowing  advertisements  which  have  ap­
peared 
issues  of  different 
papers :

in  recent 

“ Wanted—A  good  second-hand  bi­
cycle  in  exchange for dancing  lessons.”
‘ * A   p o sta g e  sta m p   c o lle ctio n  fo r a  first- 
c la ss  w heel. ’ ’

“ Have  800  second-hand  chairs 

in 
good  order,  which  I  will  give  for  two 
bicycles  or  one  tandem. ’ ’

“ I  will  give  a  calf-bound  Encyclo­
for  a 

pedia  Britannica,  worth  $150, 
high-grade  bicycle. ”

“ Wanted— A bicycle  in  exchange  for 

an  organ  for  a  museum. ’ ’

“ Marine  oil  painting,  worth  $100  for 

a  bicycle. ”

“ A  fine  collection  of  Angora  cats 

in 

exchange  for  a  bicycle.”

The  dividends  paid  by  the  cotton 
mills  of  Fall  R iver  during  the  quarter 
just  ended  show  a  decrease  compared 
with  those  of  the  corresponding  quarter 
of  1895.

“ A  Place  for  Everything  and  Every­

thing  in  Its  Place.”

W ritten  fo r th e T radesman.

“ Good  morning,  miss.  Please  give 
me a  bar  of  soap,  a  ten  quart  pail,  and 
let  me  see  a  set  of  dishes—I ’m  in 
somewhat  of  a  hurry,”   said  a  lady,  as 
she  entered  a  Park  avenue  store,  the 
other  morning.

“ Yes’m, ”   and  the  girl  began  look­
“ Let  me  see—where  did  I  see 
ing. 
the  soap 
last?”   she  said,  under  her 
breath.  After  racing  backward  and  for­
ward,  looking  here  and  there,  she  man­
aged  to  find  a  bar  tangled  among  the 
hosiery.

“ One  bar,  did  you  say?”
“ Yes,  m iss.”
“ Oh,  yes  and  a  ten-quart  pail.  Well, 
it  beats  all,  anyway, ”   she  continued, 
talking  to  herself,  “ how  things  will  get 
muddled  up.  Where on  earth  did  Fred 
put  those  pails?  Come  to  think,  I  saw 
them  one  time  under  that first counter. ”
She  promenades  to  the  front  of  the 
store,  draws  out a  rusty  bottomed  pail, 
one  that  had  been  soaked,  along  with 
the  floor,  on  mornings  past  and  showed 
it  to  the  lady.

Ten  minutes  had,  by  this  time,  been 
consumed  in  this  wild  goose  chase,  and 
you  can  imagine  the  impatience  of  the 
customer.

“ This  way  for  dishes,  please.”
“ Well,  might  I  ask  whether  you 

keep  those  hidden,  too?”

“ Oh,  no,  here  they  are  now.  But I ’d 
looking  there, 
never  have  thought  of 
though,”   she  added  to  herself. 
“ But 
wait  a  moment—rather  dusty”   (wipes  a 
plate  with  her  apron). 
“ You  see,  it’s 
been  too  warm  to  keep  things  just  in 
trim ;  but  then, 
‘ the  boss’  ain’t  very 
particular,  so  we  clerks  make  work 
pretty  easy. ’ ’

“ Yes,  I  thought so, ”   replied the lady; 
but,  before  the  girl  had  the  dust  off  her 
plate  and  the  price  of  the  set  named, 
the  gong  on  the  car  sounded,  the  lady 
dropped  a  nickel  for  the soap,  hurriedly 
picked  up  the  bar  and thrust  it,  without 
its  having  been  wrapped  up,  into  her 
handbag  and  rushed  out  to  the  corner.
Any  impression  taken  with her?  Any 
Time?  Why? 
trade 
Because  there  was  no  system,  no  order, 
no  neatness—in  a  word,  no  business 
in 
that  store.

lost?  Money? 

Does  this  apply  to  yours? 

If  so  get 
to  work,  for  no  business  can  be  success­
ful  without  an  aim without  work,  system 
and  continuity,  based  on  “ A  place  for 
everything  and  everything in its place. ”

J a c k .

Bargains  in  Prints  and  Indigo  Blues.
We  have  25  cases  Standard  shirting 
prints,  all  new  work,  at  3 ^ c   and  10 
cases  Indigo  blues  at  4c.

P.  S t e k e t e e   &  S o n s.

The  man  who  got  rich  minding  his 
own  business  would  never  have  done 
it 
if  he  had  not been  a  persistent  reader. 
One  of  the best  ways  for  the  merchant 
to  know  his  own  business 
is  to  read 
everything  that  has  a  bearing  upon  it.

Grateful  for  past  favors,  I  announce 
full  line samples  Ready Made Clothing, 
Fall  and Winter trade,  ten  trunks  in all, 
Men’s,  Boys’  and  Children’s,  have  also 
closing  out  bargains  Summer  trade,  14 
years  with  MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON, 
oldest  Clothing  Manufacturers,  Roches­
ter,  N.  Y.,  prices,  styles, 
fit  always 
guaranteed.

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Box  346,

M ARSHALL,  MICH.

Will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, 

Thursday and  Friday, June  18 and  19.

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210 Jefferson  Ave.,

DETROIT, MICH.

Our  fall  and  winter  line,  which  comprises  500
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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Around  the State
Movements  o f  Merchants.

Detroit—Fox  &  Hoy  succeed  Fox 

&  Kushler  in  the  tailoring  business.

Seney—A.  E.  Grace,  grocer 

and 
meat  dealer,  has  removed  to  Munising.
Lake  Odessa—C.  G.  Loase  succeeds 
O.  A.  Lapo  in  the  hardware  business.
Harbor  Springs—The  Adams  Mer­
in 

cantile  Co.  succeeds  G.  C.  Adams 
general  trade.

Traverse  City—Lardie  & Ransom suc­
ceed  Geo.  W.  Lardie  in  the commission 
business.

Howell—Beurman  &  Marston 

suc­
in  the  grocery 

ceed  E.  M.  Beurman 
business.

Evart—O.  R.  Bush,  furniture  dealer, 
has  removed  his  stock to this  place  from 
Big  Rapids.

Bellevue—The  bazaar  and  grocery 
stock  of  W.  A.  Young  is  advertised  for 
sale  under  chattel  mortgage.

Traverse  City—E.  R.  Kneeland  has 
sold  his  meat  market  to  Black  &  Cole, 
who  will  continue  the  business.

Sparta—A.  B.  Way  has  purchased  the 
Hinman  drug  stock  of  Mrs.  Paige  and 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Blanchard—F.  E.  Standish,  druggist, 
has  admitted  a  partner,  and  the  busi­
ness  will  be  continued under the  style  of 
Standish  &  Doxsie.

Oscoda—Pack,  Woods  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  general  stock  to  Fish  &  Dun­
can,  who  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

Plainwell—A.  B.  Clark  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Wm.  J.  Olds,  who  has 
removed  the  stock  to  the  store  building 
occupied  by  him  as  a  grocery.

Detroit—W.  A.  Fuchs  &  Co.,  deal­
ers  in  church  and  society  goods,  have 
dissolved.  W.  A.  Fuchs  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  old  style.

Houghton—The  Hancock  Business 
Men’s  Association  has  decided  to  do­
nate  a  site  for  the  proposed  Finnish 
seminary  to  be  erected  there.  Finnish 
citizens  have  already  subscribed  $5,000 
towards  the  project.

Plainwell—John  D.  Wagner  has  sold 
his  clothing  stock  to  John  H.  Hitchcock 
and  Jos.  H.  Baldwin,  who will continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  Hitch­
cock  &  Baldwin,  Mr.  Wagner  retiring 
from  trade  altogether.

J.  Bigelow 

Kalamazoo—The  Bryant  Shoe Co.  suc­
ceeds  Barnett,  Bryant  &  Babcock  in the 
shoe  business.  The  directors  are  M.  J. 
Bigelow,  M.  B.  Barnett  and  W.  M. 
Bryant.  M. 
is  President, 
W.  M.  Bryant,  Vice-President,  and 
Mrs.  Barnett,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.
Ann  Arbor—The  Eberbach  Drug  Co. 
discovered 
16  that  William  F. 
Hanson,  one  of  their  clerks,  had  disap­
peared  and  taken  with  him  a  good  deal 
that  did  not  belong  to  him.  The firm  is 
said  to  be  the  losers  by  $200  or  more, 
but  they  don’t  tell.  So  far  the  officers 
have  not  traced  the  missing  clerk.

June 

Mears—A.  Mears,  administrator  of 
the  Charles  Mears’  estate,  has  sold  the 
general  stock 
formerly  owned  by  the 
late  Charles  Mears  to  W.  I.  Compton 
and  M.  D.  Girard,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  Comp­
ton  &  Girard.  Mr.  Compton  has clerked 
several  years  in  the  general  store  of  the 
Sands  &  Maxwell  Lumber  Co.,  at  Pent- 
water,  and  Mr.  Girard  was 
identified 
with  the  Mears  store  at  the  same  place.
Cadillac—The  man  who  put  in an  ap­
pearance  here  a  couple  of  weeks  ago, 
sailing  under  the  name  of  C.  W.  Wat­
intention  of
kins  and  announcing  his 

opening  a  wholesale  establishment  un­
der  the  style  of  the  Cadillac  Grocery 
Co.,  turned  out  to  be  a  confidence  man. 
He  managed  to  secure  several  ship­
ments  of  goods  on  consignment,  which 
he  reshipped  to  Grand  Rapids,  where 
he  disposed  of  the  plunder  at  slaughter 
prices.  Watkins  was  vouched  for  here 
by,F.  J.  Parker,  landlord  of  the  Ameri­
can  House,  who  pursued  a  similar 
swindling  campaign  at  Grand  Rapids 
about  a  year ago.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Menominee—Cody &  Addis  have  con­
log  30,000,000  feet  of  pine 
tracted  to 
timber  near  Munising 
for  Comstock 
Bros.,  of  Alpena.  The  logs  are  to  be 
cut  in  the  Burt is  mill,  at  Munising,  the 
contract  calling  for  the  completion  of 
the  job  within  the  space  of  two  years.

Detroit—The  Sleeper  Patent  Flexible 
Insole  Co  has  filed  articles  of  associa­
tion.  The  capital  stock  is $150,000,  all 
paid  in.  The  stockholders  a re :  H.  S. 
Robinson,3,400  shares ;  Geo. W. Sleeper, 
4,000;  Geo.  W.  Sleeper,  trustee,  3,000; 
Andrew  W.  Comstock,  3,400;  Richard 
G.  Elliott, 1,200  shares.

Detroit—The Zenner-Raymond  Disin­
fectant  Co.,  with  a  capital  stock of $25,- 
000,  of  which  $12,000  is  represented  to 
have  been  paid  in,  has  filed  articles  of 
association.  The  stockholders  are  R. 
R.  Howard,  A.  H.  Zenner,  Wm.  V. 
Moore,  F.  F.  Palms,  Cameron  Currie, 
Jas.  H.  McMillan  and  Clarence Carpen­
ter.

Houghton—The  rather  unusual  spec­
tacle  is  presented  of  a  mine  which  pays 
smaller  profits  as  it  grows  larger.  The 
Tamarack  copper  mine,  while 
its  No. 
3  and  No.  4  shafts,  collectively  known 
as 
the  North  Tamarack,  have  not 
proved  as  rich  as  was  hoped,  is  still  a 
richer  and 
larger  mine  than  ever  be­
fore,  but  instead  of  paying  $15  per  an­
num  in  dividends,  as  it  has  done  in  the 
two 
last  years,  will  pay  only  $6  this 
year,  a  semi-annual  dividend  of  $3, 
payable  the 
last  day  of  June,  having 
been  declared  last  week.

13,000,000  to 

Ishpeming—The  present  uncertainty 
is  causing  dis­
afflicting  other  trades 
quiet 
in  the  iron  and  steel  industries. 
The  prosperous  season  which  was  fore­
cast  from  the  busy  ending  of  the  season 
of 
1895  may  yet  be  realized,  but  the 
prospects  cannot  be  called  so  hopeful  as 
they  were  considered  at  the  beginning 
of  the  year.  The  production  of  iron 
and  steel  will  be 
large,  but  the  trade 
authorities  which*  predicted  an  output 
of 
15,000,000  tons  of  ore 
for  1896  will  be  very  likely  to  find  the 
actual  production  nearer  the 
11,000,000 
mark.  One advantage  reaped  by  the 
ore  producers  from  the  present  unset­
tled  condition  of  the  market  has  been 
the  reduction  of  freight  rates,  which 
have  shown  signs  of  great  weakness. 
From  present 
indications  the  mining 
companies  will  be  able  to  obtain  very 
reasonable  lake  freights  on  their  entire 
output  fur  the  year,  though,  as  usual, 
October  and  November  charters  will 
command  high  premiums,  as  there  is 
always  a  certain  amount  of  business, 
even 
in  the  dullest  seasons,  which  is 
held  until  the  last  possible  moment, 
paying  extra  freights  in  consequence.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—The  prospects  for 
the  development  of  the  water-power 
canal  are  brighter  now  than  they  have 
been  at  any  prevoius  time. 
In  a  recent 
interview  Vice-President  Clergue,  of 
the  Lake  Superior  Power  Co.,  said  that 
the  plans  for  the  larger  or  400-foot  de­
velopment  have  been  definitely  aban­
doned  in  favor of  a  work  of  smaller  di­
In  order  to  construct  a  canal
mensions. 

in  width,  only  a  half  dozen 
250  feet 
tracts  of 
land  more  than  the  company 
now  controls  will  be  required.  The 
company  now  holds  options  on  the  nec­
essary  additional  lots,  and  Mr.  Clergue 
says  they  will  be  purchased  before  the 
options  expire.  The  balance  of  the  op­
tions  held  by  the  company  will  be  per­
mitted  to  go  by  default.  The  company 
expects  to  begin  active  work  as  soon  as 
is  possible.  This  date  will  depend 
largely  upon  the  advice  of  the  com­
pany’s  engineers,  who  have  the  plans 
for the  extensive  work  nearly  completed 
and  who  are  expected  to  be  here  within 
a  few  days.  Mr.  Clergue 
is  positive, 
however,  that  actual  work  on  the  con­
struction  of  the  canal  will  be  com­
menced  this  summer,  and  that 
it  will 
be  rushed  with  all  possible  speed.  The 
construction  of  the  canal  contemplated 
will  develop  a  vast  amount  of  power 
and  will  be a  great  thing  for  this  city, 
as  it  will  lead  to  the  establishment  of 
manufacturing  plants  here.

Logical  Sequence  o f  an  Unfortunate 

Experience.

The  following  letter  from  a  Saginaw 
county  merchant  shows  the  radical  po­
sition  a  man  is  likely  to  assume  toward 
all  commission  merchants  when  he  has 
been  swindled  by  unworthy  members 
of  the  craft:

June 

St.  Charles, 

11 —I  am  much 
pleased  at  the  manner  in  which  you  ex­
pose  the  swindling  commission  houses 
in  your  city  and  Detroit,  and  as  I  now 
feel,  I  would 
like  to  see  nearly  every 
one  of  them  put  in  the  penitentiary  for 
life,  as  about  nine  out  of  every  ten  are 
swindlers. 
I  have  had  a  great  deal  of 
experience  with  so-called  good  houses 
and  have  been  swindled  by  them—even 
this  last  winter—and  will  mention  one 
or  two  instances. 
I  sent  some  nice  but­
ter  to  Buffalo  to  two  good  houses,  and, 
at  that  time,  the  grade  of  my  butter 
was  salable  at 
from  18  to  20  cents. 
After  waiting  for  some  time  for  an  ac­
knowledgment  of  my  shipment,  I  wrote 
one  of  the  houses  and  received  the  re­
ply  that,  if  I  had  put  up  the  butter 
in 
half  barrels,  it  might  have  been  sold  at 
full  quotations,  but,  as  it was,  part  of  it 
had  been  sold  at  18  cents  and  the  re­
mainder  would  be  closed  out  at once. 
I 
waited  about  two  months  longer and  got 
returns  for  all  at  10  cents  per  pound. 
The  butter  cost  me  15  cents,  so on  the 
lot  I  sent  I  was  out $23.68. 
I  wrote  the 
other  house  and  they  replied  that  they 
had  sold  most  of  the  shipment  and 
would  make  returns  in  a  few  days,  so  I 
waited,  but  not  hearing  fom  them,  I 
made  draft  on  them  through  the  Amer­
ican  Express  Company  for  the  amount 
of  my  shipment  at  16  cents  per  pound, 
as  they  had  written  me  that  most  of 
the  butter  had  been  sold  at  18  cents. 
The  draft  came  back,  with  25  cents  re­
turn  charges,  with the  notation  that  they 
did  not  remember  ever  receiving  such  a 
1  then  wrote  the  Brad- 
consignment. 
street  agency  at  Buffalo  and  they  re­
ferred  me  back  to  the  Detroit  office, 
and  the  Detroit  office  referred  me  to  an 
in 
attorney  who  did 
Buffalo. 
the 
attorney,  as  suggested,  and 
in  a  few 
days  received  a  letter  from  him,  stating 
that  he  had  presented  the  claim  to  the 
house 
in  question  and  that  they  admit­
ted  they  owed  me  $25.50,  and  not 
$34.25.  I  wrote  him  to  accept  the$25.50 
as  settlement  and  to  deduct  his  collec­
tion 
fees  and  send  me  the  balance. 
Now,  I  cannot  get  any  reply  from  the 
attorney  who  collected  the  account. 
I 
cannot  say  too  much against commission 
houses,  good  and  bad,  and  I  hope  you 
will  keep  on  agitating  this  subject  in 
your  valuable  paper  until  you  get  them 
all  in  State’s  prison,  where most of them 
deserve  to  be.  They  have  cost  me  sev­
eral  hundred  dollars’  experience  in  the 
past  five  or  eight  years,  and there seems 
10  be  no  redress  for  shippers.  By  all 
means  let  the  exposures  go  on!

I  sent  the  account  to 

their  business 

J.  H.  H ammill.

The  conclusions  of  the  writer  are,  in

the  estimation  of  the  Tradesman,  de­
cidedly  unjust,  as  it  is  manifestly  un­
fair  to  condemn  all  the  members  of  a 
craft 
for  the  shortcomings  and  mis­
deeds of unworthy  members.  The  trend 
of  the 
letter  should  be  a  warning  to 
reputable  commission  merchants  every­
where  to  unite  in  denouncing  dishonest 
methods and curtailing  the  operations  of 
questionable  houses,  as  failure  to  purge 
the  business  of  swindling  institutions 
naturally  causes  retail trade to  regard all 
commission  houses  with  suspicion.

The  statement  relative  to  Bradstreet’s 
Buffalo  attorney  calls  for  a  thorough  in 
vestigation  and  a  prompt  announcement 
of  the  exact  facts  in  the  matter,  in  case 
the  agency in  question  expects  the  busi­
ness  public  to  regard 
its  list  of  legal 
representatives  with  any  degree  of  con­
fidence.

Consummating  Arrangements  tor  the 

Jackson  Picnic.

Jackson,  June 

13—The  general  com­
mittee  on  the  fifth  annual  excursion  of 
the  Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
met  June  12  and  appointed the following 
sub-committees:

Location—L.  Pelton,  Geo.  E.  Lewis, 
J.  F.  Helmer,  J.  L.  Peterman,  B.  C. 
Hill.

Tickets—B.  S.  Mosher,  M.  M.  Whit­

ney,  M.  F.  Murray,  N.  H.  Branch.,

Badges,  Printing  and  Advertising— 
W.  H.  Porter,  H.  C.  Eddy,  D.  S. 
Fleming.

Transportation—D.  S.  Fleming,  C. 

G.  Hill,  P.  Haefner.

Entertainment—P.  Casey,  H.  Warner, 
Geo.  W.  Baker,  T.  E.  Howard,  M.  F. 
Cottrell,  M. 
I.  N. 
Branch.

J.  Cummings, 

The  Committee  on  Location  will  be­
gin  active  work  at  once.  All  of  the 
railroads  entering  the  city  are  anxious 
to  get  the 
largest  crowd  which  goes 
from  the  city  during  the  year  and  are 
very  active  in  showing  the  merits  of the 
different  roads  and  resorts.

Much discussion was  had by the gener­
al  committee  last  evening  in  regard  to 
the  different 
locations,  some  favoring 
joining  our  Grand  Rapids  brethren; 
some  perferring  Orchard  Lake,  while 
others  advocated  Devil’s  Lake,  Belle 
Isle  and  Baw  Beese  Park.  An  objection 
was  made  to  Grand  Rapids,  on  account 
of  the  transfer  and  loss  of  time 
in  get­
ting  from  the  Michigan  Central depot  to 
the  resort;  but,  as  the  committee  had 
no 
idea  of  the  intentions  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  grocers,  they  decided  to  wait 
until  they  had  a  proposition  as  to  how 
and  when  and  where  the  gathering  was 
to  be  held  in  or around  Grand  Rapids. 
The  committee  will  probably  visit  some 
of  the  resorts  next  week  and  be  able  to 
decide  on  a 
location  soon  afterward. 
There  are  many  things  to  consider  in 
connection with the management  of  such 
a  crowd  as  the  Jackson  grocers have had 
for  the  past  four  years.  They  have  al­
ways  tried  to  look  after  and  give  atten­
tion  to  every  one  of  those  who  attend 
the  excursions,  and, 
in  the  four  that 
have  been  held,  there  has  not  been  a 
single  person  injured,  and  they  hope  to 
maintain  this  record.
We  anticipate  a 

larger  crowd  than 
ever  this  year.  The  people  are  getting 
very  anxious  to  know  when  and  where 
we  are  going  and  have  been  talking  of 
it  tor the  past  three  months.  As  it  is 
the  event  of  the  year,  it  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at.

W.  H.  P o r t e r ,  Sec’y.

Prices  Reduced—Quality  Maintained.
John  Phillips  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  offer 
oak  show  cases,  highly  polished,  sev­
enteen 
inches  high,  of  double  thick 
French  sheet  glass  throughout,  bottoms 
covered  with  cotton  plush,  at  $1.75  per 
foot—the best  show  case  made  for  the 
money.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

Ure  Unkle  is  at  Bushman's.
Bushman  has  the  cigars.

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5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip
UNWORTHY  OF  CO N FIDEN CE.

Commission  Houses  Which  Are  Irre­

sponsible  and  Unreliable.

The  Tradesman  feels  called  upon  this 
week  to  warn  the  retail  trade  against 
the  following  commission  houses  pur 
porting  to  do  business  at  this  m arket:

Jared  O.  Smith.
Smith  &  Waidelich.
John  Waidelich.
C.  A .  Lamb  &  Co.
B.  F.  Striding  &  Co.
Some  of  the  reasons  for  warning  the 
trade  against  the  above  are  as  follows: 

JARED  O.  SMITH.

This  man  has  worked with the “  Lamb 
gang”  
for  several  months.  He  was 
identified  with  the  Lamb  and  Bunn 
crowd  when  they  used  33  Ottawa  street 
as  their  base  of  operations,  and,  until 
June  4,  he  was  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Smith  &  Waidelich,  meat  deal­
ers  and  alleged  commission  merchants 
at 
59  South  Division  street—which 
firm,  by  the  way,  succeeded  (by  means 
of  seductive 
letters  dictated  by  Frank 
J.  Lamb)  in  capturing  many  shipments 
from  country  merchants.  Smith  asserts 
that  he  had  no  voice  in  the  manage­
ment  of  that  department  of the business, 
which  was  engineered  by  the  senior 
Lamb,  while  Lamb  asserts  that  he 
worked  under  the  direction  and  control 
of  Smith.  Smith  formerly  owned  a  lot 
and two houses—one of which  is the fam­
ily  homestead—at 
142  South  Prospect 
street,  but  he  recently  changed  the  title 
to  his  wife—for  reasons  which  will  be 
readily  inferred  by  the  business  public. 
As  soon  as  Smith  sold  his  interest  in 
Smith  &  Waidelich  to  John  Waidelich, 
he  began  sending  out 
letters—Lamb 
says  he  dictated  them  for  him—solicit­
ing  shipments  from  the  country  trade. 
The  Tradesman  immediately  demanded 
a  statement  from  Smith  as  to  his  assets 
and  general  responsibility,  when  he  ad­
mitted  that  he  had  neither,  whereupon 
the  Tradesman 
informed  him  that  it 
would  be  compelled  to  acquaint  the 
trade  with  his  condition  and  denounce 
him  as  unworthy  of  credit  or  confidence 
until  he  paid  or  arranged  to  pay  every 
dollar  on  the  indebtedness  of  the  former 
firm  of  Smith  &  Wadelich.  He  pleaded 
earnestly  against  exposure  and  actually 
gave  up  a  $50  note  uttered  by  John 
Waidelich,  to  be  applied  on the account 
of  Jorgensen  &  Hemingsen,  of  Grant 
Station,  who  had  been  so  unwise  as  to 
consign  a  quantity  of  butter  and  eggs  to 
Smith  &  Waidelich.  He  refused,  how­
ever,  to  turn  over a  check  which  he  had 
in  his  possession,  and,  when  assured  by 
Hon.  O.  A.  Ball  and  the  editor  of  the 
Tradesman  that  he  was  not acting  along 
the  lines  of  fairness  and  frankness,  he 
sneaked  out  of  the  office  like  a  whipped 
cur.

SMITH  &  WAIDELICH.

This  firm 

is  no  longer  in  existence, 
but  dozens  of  Michigan  merchants  have 
ample  reason  to  regard  the  firm  with 
positive  disfavor.  Smith  and  Waidelich 
both  assert  that  Frank 
J.  Lamb  en­
gineered  the  commission  portion  of  the 
business,  dictating the letters,  receiving 
the  shipments,  disposing  of  the  goods 
and  making  returns  when  it was thought 
that  a  small  check  would  influence  a 
larger  shipment.  The  Tradesman  re­
gards  Waidelich  as  not  entirely  respon­
sible  for  all  the  crookedness  conducted 
in  the  back  end  of  his  establishment. 
He  is,  apparently,  a  well-meaning  Ger­
man  lad,  not  thoroughly  posted 
in  the 
ways  of  the  world  or  the  wiles  of  the

associated  with 

wary.  He  expresses  great  regret  that  he 
the 
should  have 
"tammed  rascals,”   as  he  expresses 
it, 
and  asserts  that  he  will  work  like  a 
slave  for  years  to  undo  the  wrong  to 
which he  has,  unwittingly,  been a party.

JOHN  WAIDELICH.

As  soon  as  Smith  &  Waidelich  dis­
solved  on  June  4,  Frank  J.  Lamb  began 
sending  out  the  usual  type  written 
let­
ters  over  the  signature  of 
lohn  Waide­
lich,  who  assets  that  Lamb  had  no 
authority  for  using  his  name  in  this 
manner;  and,  when  questioned  by  the 
Tradesman,  Lamb  could  not 
recall 
whether  he  had  ever  sent  out  any  such 
letters,  nor  could  he  recall  that  Waide­
lich  had  ever  given  him  any  authority 
to  use his  name  in  such  manner.

C.  A.  LAMB  &  CO.

Frank J.  Lamb informs the Tradesman 
is  the  “ Co.”  
that  C.  A.  Lamb’s  wife 
of  C.  A.  Lamb  &  Co.  and  that  she 
is 
worth  considerable  property.  A sa  wife 
is  not  competent  to  engage  in  business 
with  her  husband,  under  the  laws  of 
this  State,  Mrs.  Lamb  could  be  worth 
thousands  of  dollars,  yet  not  a  cent  of 
her  property could be  touched  by  credit­
ors  of  the  firm.  This  firm—having  the 
benefit  of  the  " ic y   eye  and stony  heart”  
of  Frank  J.  Lamb—has,  probably,  se­
cured  more  shipments 
from  country 
merchants  than  any  other 
irresponsible 
house  which  has  ever  done  business  at 
this  market.  Chester  Lamb  is  a  genius 
and  could  have  made  his  mark  in  the 
commercial  world  had he started  out  un­
der  different  auspices.

B.  F.  STRIFLING  &  CO.

Striding  asserted 

On  being  interviewed  by  the  Trades­
man,  Striding  asserted  that  his  partner 
is  Chas.  White,  of  367 }4  Clark  street, 
Chicago. 
that  he 
owns  a  house  and  lot  on  Gelock  street, 
Grand  R apids;  an  acre  of  land 
in  Be- 
nona,  Benzie  county;  three  mortgages 
on  farm  property,  aggregating $1,825 I  a 
section  of  land  in  Virginia,  worth  $20 
per  acre;  a  carload  of  lemons  in  the 
basement,  all  paid  for,  and $600  in  cash 
—yet  the  man  has  been  uncollectible 
for  years  and  has  the  reputation  of  be­
ing a  dead-beat  net.  Until  a  short  time 
ago  he  conducted  a  saloon  of  question­
able  repute  on  Kent  street.  Any  deal­
ings  with  him  or  his  firm  will 
involve 
the  probability  of  loss.

FRANK  J.  LAMB.

Standing  well 

in  the  background  is 
Frank  J.  Lamb,  whose  fertile  brain  and 
cunning  hand  have  conceived  and  exe­
cuted  some  of  the  most  clever swindling 
schemes  ever  devised.  A  dozen  years 
ago  Lamb  was  engaged  in  the  produce 
business  in  his  own  building  on  South 
Ionia  street,  but  whisky,  women  and 
loose  business  methods  caused  his  re­
tirement  from  business  about  six  years 
ago,  since  which  time  he  has,  evident­
ly,  acted  on  the  assumption  that  the 
world  owes  him  a  living  and  that  it 
makes  very 
little  difference  to  him 
whether 
it  be  an  honest  living  or  the 
other  kind.  The  fact  that  he  has  been 
able  to  engineer  questionable  deals  in 
other  men’s  names  for  years  without 
getting  behind  the  bars  himself 
is  the 
best  possible  evidence  of  his  exceeding 
shrewdness  and  cool  headedness.  He 
must  have  sequested  somewhere  several 
thousand  dollars  in  ready  cash,  as  it 
is 
noted  that  he  always  manages  to  raise 
any  necessary  sum  when  he  or  his  son, 
Chester,  gets 
in  a  tight  place  and  is 
given  the  alternative  of  "shelling  out”  
or going  to  jail.

Having  exposed  the  "L am b   gang”  
for  the  protection  of  the  retail  trade, 
the  latter  now  owe  the  Tradesman  a

Stocks  and  Corporations.

The  directors  of  the  Luce  Furniture 
Co.  have  declared  an  8  per  cent,  divi­
dend  from  the  profits  of  their  business 
during  the  past  year,  and  mailed  their 
for  one-half  the 
stockholders  checks 
dividend  Saturday.  The  same 
institu­
tion  paid  10  per  cent,  on the business  of 
the  year  before.

The  affairs  of  the  broken  Citizens’ 
Bank  of  Edwardsburg  appear 
in  worse 
condition  than  at  first  thought  by  the 
stockholders  as 
investigations 
progress. 
A  number  of  unexpected 
obligations  of  the  bank  have  come  to 
light,  and  the  most  the  officials  now 
hope  for  is  to  be  able  to  pay  the  depos­
itors  in  full.

their 

The  report  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Gas 
Light  Co.  for  May  shows  net  earnings 
of  $7,107,  an  increase  of  9.8  per  cent, 
over  the  net  earnings 
for  the  same 
period  last  year.  The  net  earnings  from 
Jan.  1  to  May  31,  inclusive,  were  $50, - 
per  cent,  over 
293,  an  increase  of 
the  earnings  for  the  same  period 
in 
1895.  The  bonds  (5  per  cent.)  of  the 
corporation  are  held  at  89@gi,  while 
the  stock,  which  is  now on  a  5  percent, 
basis,  brings  56@59*

New  Name  but  Old  Hands  at  the 

Helm.

The  business  formerly  conducted  un­
der  the  style  of  the  Belknap  Wagon  & 
Sleigh  Co.  has  been  merged  into  a  cor­
poration  under  the  style  of  the  Belknap 
Wagon  Co., 
the  capital  stock  being 
$50,000 and the stockholders  being Chas. 
E.  Belknap,  Herbert  P.  Belknap, 
Chas.  J.  Bousfield  and  Jas.  E.  Furman. 
The  directors  of  the  corporation  are 
Chas.  E.  Belknap, Herbert  P.  Belknap 
and  Chas.  J.  Bousfield,  and  the  officers 
are  as  follows:

President—Chas.  E.  Belknap. 
Vice-President—Chas.  J.  Bousfield. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer—Herbert  P. 

Belknap.

Everyone  who  has  ever  dealt  with  the 
institution,  which  has  had  a  career  of 
thirty  years’  usefulness  in  this  commu­
nity,  will  be  glad  to  know  that  the 
Messrs.  Belknap  have 
their 
affairs  into  good  shape  and  that  the 
business  is  to  be  continued  without  in­
terruption  or  curtailment.

gotten 

Flour  and  Feed.

The  flour  market  the  past  week  has 
been  very  much  unsettled,  because  of 
frequent  and  wild  fluctuations 
in  the 
price  of  wheat.

We  are  able  to  report  a  slight  im­
provement  in  trade  for  the  better grades 
of  flour,  while  clear  and  low  grades  are 
not  wanted  at  anything  like  fair  values. 
The  city  mills  have  been  running  most­
ly  on  orders  booked  during  May  for 
June  shipment,  buyers  either  anticipat­
ing  valuations  to  compare with the same 
period  of  last  year  or  wishing  to  secure 
their  supply before  the  new wheat comes 
into  market.

The  market  for  millstuffs  has  been 
very  quiet,  although 
local  trade  has 
been  better  than  might  have  been  ex­
pected.  We  anticipate  some 
improve­
ment  in  prices  during  July  and  August.
The  demand  for  corn  and  oat  feed, 
coarse  meal,  etc.,  is  very  limited,  as  is 
usual  at  this  time  of  the  year,  while 
values  have  a  downward  tendency.

W m.  N.  R owe.

Satisfied  customers  are  good  advertis 
ers.  Such  are  the  customers  who  use 
Robinson  Cider  Vinegar,  manufactured 
at  Bentor  Harbor,  Mich.  You  can  buy 
Robinson’s  Cider  Vinegar  from  the  I. 
M.  Clark  Grocery  Co..  Grand  Rapids.

Wait  for  Bushman,  of  Kalamazoo.

duty.  Those  who  have  been  caught  by 
the  Lamb  crowd,  and  have  not  already 
done  so,  should 
immediately  furnish 
the  Tradesman  full particulars,  together 
with  dates,  amounts  and  all  correspond­
ence,  while  those  who are  within  con­
venient  distance  of  the  city  should 
im­
mediately  come  to  Grand  Rapids  and 
swear  out  complaints  for  the  arrest  of 
the  offenders,  with  a  view  to  eradicat­
ing,  root  and  branch,  one  of  the  most 
disreputable  associations  of  swindlers 
which  ever  infested  a  decent  commu­
nity.  The  prosecuting  officers  are  aware 
of  the  bad  character  of  the  men  and  the 
disreputable  nature  of 
the  business 
they  are  conducting,  but  are  powerless 
to  act 
in  the  matter  until  some  one 
makes  the  necessary  complaint.  They 
announce  their  willingness  to  entertain 
all  valid  complaints 
and  prosecute 
same  to  the  fullest  extent  of  the  law.

The  Grain  Market.

The 

in  Chicago. 

The  wheat  market  has  been  very  wild 
during  the  past  week. 
It might  be  said 
that  it  ran  wild  for  several  days,  as  the 
prices  fluctuated  2@3C 
in  almost  less 
time  than 
it  takes  to  write  it.  The 
bears  were  finally  successful  in  depress­
ing  the  price  of  winter  wheat  about  4c 
in  Detroit  and  spring  wheat  fully  5c 
per  bushel 
fine 
weather,  which  improved  the  growing 
winter  wheat  crop 
in  many  sections, 
was  the  principal  reason.  The  disap­
pearance  of  the  Hessian  fly  (which  was 
almost  as  rapid  as  its  appearance)  and 
the  knowledge  that  the  rust  was  only 
on  the  leaves  of  the  wheat  and  not  on 
the  stalk  did  considerable  toward  de­
pressing  the  prices.  The  fine  rain  ben­
efited  the  growing  crop  and  also  assist­
ed  in  destroy ing the rust,  and  now many 
farmers  claim  that  the  injury from  the 
fly  and 
from  the  rust  will  be  only  a 
trifle.  The  exports  for  the  week  made 
a  good  showing,  being  2,992,000  bush­
els,  against  3,209,000  bushels  the  pre­
vious  week.  The  Argentine  shipments 
were  again  very 
only
1,048,000 
216.000  bushels,  against 
bushe’.s  the  corresponding  week 
last 
year.  To  offset  these  bear  arguments 
were  the  above  stated  improvement  in 
our  winter  wheat  and  the  enormous 
large  receipts 
the  Northwest, 
which  made  our  visible  decrease  only
661.000 bushels—rather  small—especial­
ly  as  last  week’s  decrease  was  likewise 
abnormally  small.  Again,  the  financial 
policy of  the country is,  as yet, unsettled, 
which  has  a  depressing  effect  on  grain 
values.  This  may  seem  strange,  never­
theless  it  is a  fact.

light,  being 

from 

as 

In  coarse  grain  there 

is  absolutely 
nothing  doing, 
speculation  has 
ceased. 
It  will  require  considerable 
crop  damage  on  corn  to  advance  the 
price.  To  give  the  reader  an  idea  of 
the  low  price  at  which  corn  is  sold,  we 
will  state  that  one  year  ago  cash  corn 
sold  in  Chicago  at  53^ c  per  bushel  and 
to-day  it  is  sold  at  27c.  Oats  sold 
last 
year  at  31 J^c  and  now  they  are  selling 
at  i7J^c.  No  wonder  there  is  no  coarse 
grain  moving.

The  receipts  were  better 

than  the 
previous  week,  being  44  cars  of  wheat, 
8  cars  of  corn,  and  5  cars  of  oats.  The 
mills  are  paying  60c  for  wheat

C.  G.  A.  V o i g t .

Henry  Hocksma  has 

leased  a  base­
ment  in  the  Kortlanderbuilding,  corner 
Grandville  and  Wealthy  avenues  and 
will  embark  in  the  butter  and  egg  busi­
ness. 

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Cyclone  value  in G illies’  (New York) 
Our  Jar  brand  Japan  tea.  Visner,  agent.

6

Hardware

The  Compia nts  of  Customers.

Lyle Merton in Hardware.

The  ideal  business  is  conducted with­
out  friction.  Everything  moves  along 
without  jar,  and  the  proprietor  is  never 
troubled  bv  strife  within,  or  complaints 
from  his  clients,  but  each  year,  as  it 
rolls around  to  its  close,  displays  one  of 
ideal 
prosperity  and  profit.  That  this 
inclined 
business  does  not  exist  we  are 
some 
to  believe.  There  are  always 
things  going  wrong,  even 
in  spite  of 
the  best  organized  effort;  and one of  the 
things  which  tends  to  cast  a  cloud  over 
the  business  prosperity  of  any  house  is 
the  complaints  of  customers.

No  matter how  perfect  the  system,  or 
how  closely  every  detail  is  attended  to, 
there  will 
little  misunderstandings 
and  disagreements  suddenly  crop  out, 
and  cause  some  customer  to  become 
dissatisfied  or  offended  at  the  manner
in  which  he  is  treated.

it  generally  calls 

The  cause  of  disagreement  may  be 
for 
but  slight,  yet 
prompt  and  careful  treatment  or a  cus­
tomer  is  lost.
When  the  cause  of  the  trouble  is 
known  it  is  more  easily  remedied.  But 
ofttimes  people  get  offended,  and  the 
business  man 
is  ignorant  that  there  is 
anything  wrong.  Every  business  man 
should  keep  a  close  watch  over  his 
books,  and  notice  when  an  account 
gradually  grows  less  and  less  until  it 
is 
ended,  or  an  otherwise  good  buyer  sud­
denly  ceases  to  buy.  He  should  make 
it  a  point  to  find  out  if  possible the  rea­
son,  and  if  he  is  as  shrewd  as  he should 
be  he  can  generally  do  so.

it 

By  making  outside  enquiries  or  by 
sending  a  messenger  to  the  person  in 
question  he  will,  in  most  cases,  learn 
that  the  party  is  buying  elsewhere  be­
cause  of  some  grievance.  This  griev­
ance  may  be  either  real  or  fancied. 
Very  often 
it  is  a  fancied  one,  and  a 
short  conversation  with  the  proprietor 
himself  will  generally  bring  about  a 
reconciliation.  But 
in  many  cases  a 
real  cause  of  dispute  does  exist,  and 
the customer has reason  to  consider  him­
self  unjustly  or  carelessly  treated.  Per­
haps,  when  buying  a  bill  of  goods  from 
the  traveler,  he  has  been  offered  special 
terms  by  way  of  dating  ahead  the  or­
der.  But  the  traveler  in  sending  in  the 
order  forgets  to  mention  the  fa c t;  or 
the  traveler  does  his  part  all  right,  but 
the  book-keeper  overlooks  the  traveler’s 
instructions  and  asks  payment  before 
he  should ;  or  a  traveler  from  a  rival 
house  calls  and,  finding  the  man  has 
bought  some  staple  line,  quotes  him 
a  price  away  below  what  it  should  be, 
and  what  he  knows  the  man  has  bought 
trouble  begins.  Of  all 
for—and  then 
the  causes  of  disagreement  this 
is  one 
with  which 
is  the  hardest  to  deal. 
Without  dilating  on  this  reprehensible 
practice,  which  violates  every  princi­
ple  of  business  decency  or  honor,  we 
are  often  confronted  by  it,  and  must  in 
some  way  deal  with  it,  in  order  to  re­
tain  our  client.  If  the  amount  is  not 
large  it  is  better  to  make  the allowance, 
at  the  same  time  explaining  the  matter 
as  best  you  can. 
In  a  matter  of  over­
charge  it  is  generally  the  better  plan  to 
jus­
make  concessions,  even  more  than 
tice would  demand,  rather  than not fully 
Some  people 
satisfy  your  customer. 
are  so  unreasonable  that 
it  is  hard  to 
satisfy  them,  but  it  pays  in  the long  run 
to  do  so,  even  if  there  is  not  any  profit 
left  in  the  transaction,  as  it  should  be 
made  an  invariable  rule  to  satisfy  every 
customer 
if  you  desire  to  retain  his 
trade  and  build  up  business.  A  dis­
satisfied  customer  'may  do  a  good  deal 
of  harm. 
If  he  kept  his  grievance  to 
himself  it  perhaps  might  not  make  the 
matter  so  bad,  but  beside 
losing  his 
trade  you 
lose  his  good-will,  and  this 
means  a  great  deal  to  anyone  doing 
business. 
If  you  get  a  former  custom­
er’s  ill-will,  he  can  do  you  a  great  deal 
of harm  if  he be  so disposed.

In  every  business  which  has  grown  to 
be  a  successful  one,  it  will  generally  be

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

is 

identified,  and 

Another  cause  of  dissatisfaction 

found  that  one  of  the  primary  princi­
ples  on  which 
its  success  has  been 
achieved  has  betn  to  retain,  as  far as 
possible,  the  good-will  of  every  one 
who  has  any  dealings  with  the  house, 
and  endeavor  not  to  engender  the  ill- 
will  of  any.
is 
refusal  to  make  donations  to  some  ob­
ject,  generally  religious,  with  which 
some  customer 
for 
which  he  may  be  soliciting  aid.  Leav­
ing  out  the  question  of  moral  obligation 
or  duty,  if  the  request  is  not  in  some 
way  responded  to,  offence  is  given  and 
trade  is  lost. 
It  pays  to  give  to  all  the 
calls  of  this  kind  purely  as  a  matter  of 
business. 
It  is  an  advertisement  of  the 
house  and  generally  pays  well.
instance  came  under  my  no­
tice,  where the proprietor  of  a  wholesale 
house  was  asked  to  contribute  to  a 
church  building  fund,  and  generously 
responded.  The  result  was  that  the 
asker  of  the  donation,  who  had  pre­
viously  bought  little  of  the  wholesaler, 
became  a  regular  customer  and  bought, 
largely; 
in  another  case  I  knew  of, 
a  wholesale  bouse  was  asked  for  a  do­
nation  of  this  kind  and  the  proprietor, 
though  he  could  have  well  afforded 
it,  refused  to  give  anything  and  turned 
the  matter  off by  writing  a  very  polite 
note.  But  his  politeness  failed  him  in 
this  case,  and  a  customer,  whose  trade 
was  worth  hundreds  of  dollars  during  a 
single  year,  was  lost,  and  no  amount  of 
coaxing  was  sufficient  to  bring  him 
back  again.

One 

The  demands  for  money  for  these  ob­
jects  are  very  frequent,  but  where  a 
client  of  the  house  is  in  any  way  con­
nected,  it 
is  the  surest  way  to  give 
something,  for  if  the  opposite  course  is 
chosen  it  is  almost  always  sure  to  cause 
offense.
Annual  Meeting  of the  Michigan  Hard­

ware  Association.

Eaton  Rapids,  June  12—The  first  an­
nual  meeting  of  the Michigan  Hardware 
Association  will  be  held  at  Detroit  on 
Wednesday  and  Thursday,  July  8  and  9. 
The  headquarters  of  the  Association 
will  be  at  the  Hotel  Cadillac,  where  the 
sessions  of  the  convention  will  be  held. 
An  excellent  program,  composed  of 
topics  of  vital  interest  to  the  hardware 
trade,  has  been  arranged.  After  the 
business  of  the  convention  has  been 
finished,  Thursday  afternoon,  the  social 
part  of  the  meeting  will  be  taken  up. 
A  banquet  for  Thursday  evening  and  a 
boat  ride  for  Friday afternoon are prom­
ised  by  the  wholesale  Detroit  trade. 
The  Association 
in  splendid  shape 
for  so  young  an  organization,  and  it  is 
expected  that  a  large  number  of  new 
members  will  be  taken  in  at  Detroit 
in 
July.  Further  information  in  regard  to 
this  convention  may  be  obtained  by  ad­
dressing  the  undersigned 
at  Eaton 
Rapids.

is 

H. C.  M in n ie ,  Sec’y.

Decorate  for  the  Fourth.

As  the  National  holiday 

is  near  at 
hand  it  is  the  duty  of  every  one in busi­
ness,  and  out  of  it,  for  that  matter,  to 
manifest  their  appreciation  of  this  an­
in  as 
niversary  by  celebrating  the  day 
patriotic  a  manner  as  possible. 
It  has 
been said that  of  recent years the observ­
ance  of  this  day  is  on  the  decline.  To 
refute  this  assertion  should  be  the  aim 
of  every  one,  and  particularly  those 
in 
business,  as  their  calling  brings  them 
into  greater  publicity  than  those  in  pri­
vate  life.  No  better  vantage  ground  for 
a  display  suitable  for  the  occasion  is 
offered  the  retail  merchant  than  through 
the  medium  of  an  appropriately  deco­
rated  window.

Alleged  Infringement.

Suit  has  been  filed 

in  the  United 
States  Court,  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  against 
Jacob  Moschel,  of  159  Peckam  street, 
Buffalo,  for  using  a  computing  scale 
which,  it 
is  alleged,  infringes  patents 
owned  by  the  Computing  Scale  Co.,  of 
Dayton,  Ohio.  A  similar  suit  has  been 
filed  in  the  same  court  against  the  Buf­
falo  Store  Service  Co.,  of  Buffalo,  and 
an 
injunction  asked  for  restraining  it 
from  further  selling  the  alleged  infring­
ing  scale.

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middlemen’s  profit. 
Write for prices and 
description  before 
purchasing  elsewhere.  Scales  tested  and  re­
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GOTHAM  G O SSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to

Special  Correspondence.

the  Market.

it 

New  York, 

inaugurate  a  very 

June  13—The  week  has 
been  an  uneventful  one.  Trade  in  job­
bing  circles  has  been  quiet,  but the  vol­
ume  of  business  done  has  not  been  alto­
gether  unsatisfactory.  The  number  of 
buyers  here  is  not  very  great,  and,  per­
haps,  the  most  descriptive  word  that 
can  be  used  regarding  the  situation 
is 
that 
is  a  waiting  one.  Waiting  for 
what?  Well,  no  one  knows,  but  some 
think  it  is  because  business  men  are  on 
the  anxious  seat  to  learn  just  what  the 
platform  of  the two  great parties will be. 
that  they 
New  Yorkers  are  realizing 
must 
lively  “ cam­
paign  of  education”   if  they  maintain 
the  position  they  have  held  for  so  long. 
This  applies  to  more things  than  one.
The  coffee  market  contains  less  of  in­
terest  than  for  a  long time.  Buyers  show 
absolutely  no  interest,  apparently,  and 
prices  are  maintained  with  great  diffi 
culty.  The  amount  of  Brazil  coffee 
afloat 
is  considerably  less  than  a  yea 
ago,  amounting  to  357,908  bags,  against 
last  year.  No.  7  Brazi’ 
578,213  bags 
closes  at  I3%c.  Mild  coffees  are  quiet 
and 
few  transactions  have  taken  place 
worthy  of  note.  Prices are,  practically 
unchanged  and  the  tendency  seems  to 
be toward  a  steady  range  for some  time 
Mocha  coffee 
2ij^@ 2i% c 
Padang  Interior,  23J^@24C.

is  worth 

little 

The  stereotyped  description  can  be 
varied  a 
in  the  tea  market  thi 
week.  The  offerings  at  auction  were 
not quite  as  large  as  usual  and the  offer­
ings  were  quite  closely cleaned  up.  The 
effect  was  good, 
for  next  day  on  the 
street  there  was  a  much  better  feeling 
and  quotations, 
for  once,  were  fairly 
well  adhered  to.  The  agents  of  Ceylon 
and India teas report a satisfactory trade, 
and  really  they  ought  to be  well  satis­
fied.  The  increase  in  the  consumption 
of  these  teas  is  marvelous.
The  sugar  market  has  been  quiet. 
Granulated  is  in  fairly good request,  but 
is  not  especially  lively.  Refiners  report 
a  delay  of  two  to  three  days  in  the  de­
liveries,  but  this  excites  no  wrath  as 
yet.  At  the  close  on  Friday  the  list 
price  of  granulated  was  an  even  5c. 
Raw  sugars  are  reported  weak both  here 
and  abroad.
“ “ First-class  molasses  brings full  prices 
and,  although  sales  made  are  mostly 
in 
small  quantities,  the  outlook 
is  excel­
lent  for  holding  to  the  present  range  of 
values.
lively, 
“ The  syrup  market  is  not  very 
but  enough 
is  doing  to  keep  matters 
from  stagnating.  Stocks  of  the  different 
kinds  are  ample  to  meet  requirements 
Prices  are  practically  unchanged.
^¿The  rice  market  is firm and sellers  are 
Erm  in  their  estimate  of  values.  While 
the  most  of  the  inquiry  is  for  the  better 
grades,  all  kinds  sell  quite freely within 
their  own  range  of  values  and  the  out­
look 
is  for  steady  prices  all  along  the 
line  for  the  rest  of  the  season.

There  is  nothing  new  in  spices.  The 
market  seems  to  be  moving along  in  the 
accustomed  channels  and  both  buyers 
and  sellers  are  waiting  for  something  to 
turn  up.  Values  are  practically  un 
changed.
In  canned  goods  there  is  a  short  pack 
of  peas.  That’s  about  the  only  thing 
we  have  heard  during  the  week.  Bro 
kers  report  a  very  quiet  state  of  affairs. 
Not  many  new  goods  have  been  re 
ceived,  as  yet.  Prices are  somewhat  un 
settled  for  new  stock.  New  tomatoes 
Maryland  pack,  have  been  offered  at 
60c,  f.  o.  b.  New  Jersey,  7o@72j^c  de 
livered  in  this  city.  One-lb.  Californi: 
fruits  are  a  new  thing  on  the  market 
They  can  be  retailed  at  10  cents.

There 

is  a  fair  demand  for  lemons 
andjprices  show  some  advance.  Oranges 
are*  in 
light  request.  Pineapples  are 
meeting  with  very little enquiry.and rule 
low.  Bananas  are  quiet.  While  the  ar 
rivals  here  have  been  much  smaller 
than  last  year,  prices  are  lower by  near 
ly  20  per  cent.  Taking  other  ports  into
consideration,  however,  the  total  arriv-1 ligious  liberty

als  are  as 
large  as  they  usually  are. 
Watermelons  are  coming  to  town  with 
some  freedom  and  range  from  $15 @25 
per  100.

Dried  fruits  are  dull  and  purchasers 
are  taking  only  enough  to  answer  pres­
ent  enquiries.  Prices  are  low  and  it  is 
hard  to  see  where  interested  parties  find 

profit  on  the  present  basis.
Butter  and  cheese  are  both  holding 
their  own  and  the  quality  is  much  bet­
ter  than  at  some  other  times.

Fancy  Michigan,  Ohio  and  Indiana 
eggs  have  sold  at  12c.  Nearby  stock  is 
held  at  I3@i3>£c.

The  Retailer’s  Credit.

i'rom the American Grocer.

Over  nine-tenths  of  the  retail  grocers 
sell  goods  on  credit,  and  most  of  the 
number  barely  make  a 
living,  and 
some  do  not  even  gain  that  reward  for 
their  service  to  the  community  The 
fault,  however,  is  not  so  much  with  the 
system  as  the  man.  Recently  we  met 
two  credit-giving 
store-keepers,  one 
satisfied  with  the  system  and  a  money­
maker,  and 
the  other  a  dissatisfied 
money-loser,  although  doing  a 
large 
trade  for his  location.  The  one  had  re­
duced  credits  to  a  system;  the  other 
frankly  admitted  lack  of  system  and 
“ too  easy  a  nature; 
inability  to  say 
‘ no, ’  or  make  collections.”
The losses of the  successful  credit-giv­
er  average  one-fourth  of 
1  per  cent., 
and  the  cost  of  book-keepers  and  other 
expenses  incidental  to  a  credit  business 
1  percent.,  making  a  total  of  1%  per 
cent,  for  the  risks  and  expensesof  cred­
its.  The  advantages  of  the  system  are 
so  many  and  great  that  they  outweigh 
the  cost  of  the  service  and 
justify  the 
adoption  of  a  credit  policy,  for  credit 
i customers  are  free  buyers  and  not  so 
paiticular  regarding  prices  as  the  cash 
buyers.

The  unsuccessful 

credit-dispenser 
finds  that  he  is  perplexed  and  subject 
to  great 
loss,  and  that  one-half  the 
amount  on  his  books  must  be  classed  as 
bad.  Many  of  his  customers  have  been 
owing  a  balance  for  a  year  or  over; 
they  trade  right  along,  but  instead  of 
decreasing  they  add  to  the  old  balance. 
He  says,  “ If  I  press  the  accounty r 
stop  it,  then  I  am  sure  to  lose  the entire 
account,  for  my  debtor  will  take  offense 
and  has  no  property  which  I can  attach. 
What  ought  I  to  do?”   We  feel  a  deep 
sympathy  for  this  dealer—a  hard-work- 
ng,  honest,  kind-hearted merchant,  and 
whose  case  is  typical  of  the  condition 
thousands.  The  trouble  with  this 
man  and  others 
is  that  they  place  too 
much  faith  in  human  nature;  have  not 
backbone  enough  to  say  “ no”   at  the 
start;  not  courage  enough  to  check  the 
growing  balance,  and  afraid  to  stop  the 
credit  for  fear  of  giving  qffense,  losing 
the  customer  and  what  he  owes.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

Snell’s ...............................................................  
70
Jennings’, genuine...........................................25&10
Jennings’, im itation........................................60410

A X ES

First Quality. S. B. B ronze...........................   5  50
First Quality,  D. B. Bronze...........................   9  50
First Quality, S. B. S. Steel............................  6  25
First Quality, D. B. S teel...............................  10  25

BARROWS

K ailroad..................................................$12 00  14  00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00

BOLTS

Stove................................................................... 
60
Carriage new list...............................................  ©
Plow....................................................... 40A10

BUCKETS

Well,  plain..................................  
BUTTS,  CAST
Cast Loose  Pin, figured.............. 
70
Wrought  Narrow...............................................75410

$ 3 25

 

 

 

 

Ordinary Tackle................................................ 

BLOCKS

Cast Steel..................................................per lb

CROW  BARS

70

CAPS

Ely’s  1-10...................................................perm
Hick’s C. F ............................................... perm
G. D ...........................................................per m
M usket......................... 
perm

 

CARTRIDGES

Rim  Fire,
Central  Fire.

.504
.254

CHISELS

Socket  Firm er... 
Socket  Framing. 
Socket  C orner... 
Socket  Slicks....

DRILLS

60
Morse’s Bit Stock 
Taper and Straight Shank.
Morse's Taper Shank....................................... 504  5

.50*

ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in..........................doz. net 
60
50
Corrugated...................................................dis 
Adjustable...................................................dis 40410

EXPANSIVE  BITS
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26............
Ives’, 1, $18;  2, $24; 3, $30.....................

.30410
25

FILES—New  List

New A m erican................................................
70
Nicholson’s ........................................................  
Heller’s Horse Rasps........................................ 60410

GALVANIZED  IRON

Nos.  16 t o 20;  22 a n d 24; 25 and 26;  27.  ... 
List  12 
16......... 

14 

13 

15 

28
17

Discount,  75

GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s.........................60416

KNOBS—New List

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

70
80

MATTOCKS

Adze Rye.........................................$16 00, dis  60&10
Hunt Eve 
............................. $15 00, dis  60&10
Hunt’s....'  ....................................   $18 50, dis  20&10

M ILLS

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s ............................. .  ■
Coffee, P. S.  4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables
Coffee, Landers, Ferry 4  Clark'*..............
Coffee, Enterprise........................................

M O LASSES  OATES

The  store-keeper  should 

insist  upon 
the  settlement  of  old  standing  accounts 
by  note  or  agreement,  and  enforce  the 
payment  of  running  accounts  at  some 
fixed  period,  and  coax  out  small  pay­
ments  from  time  to  time  on  the  old  ob­
ligation.
No  store  can  do  a  successful  credit 
business  that  does  not  investigate  as  to 
the  standing  and  responsibility  of  cus­
tomers,  establish  gradings,  and  have  a 
thorough  system  of  rendering  bills  and 
making  collections.  We  find  that  many 
do  not  take  off  the  balances  of  accounts 
more  than  once  or  twice  a  year. 
It 
ought  to  be  done  every  month,  and 
each  account  gone  over,  examined  and 
looked  after.
In  the  large  jobbing  firms  the  credit 
clerk  spends  hours  every  day 
in  going 
over  the  ledgers  and  noting  the  condi­
tion  of  every  account.  Why  should 
there  not  be  a  similar  inspection  by  the 
is  easier  to  stop  the  first 
retailer? 
delinquency  than  to  neglect  or  pass 
it 
over  in  silence.  The  customer  worthy 
of  credit  will  never  object  to  system 
and  the  enforcement  of  the  adopted 
method.  He  expects  his  account  to  be 
sent  in  regularly,  and  ought  to  be  made 
to  feel  that,  if  not  paid  by  a  certain 
date,  he  must  expect  a  visit  from  the 
collector.  Eternal vigilance  is  as  much 
the  price  of  freedom  from  losses  by 
credit  as  the  price  of  political  or  re-

It 

Stebbin’s Pattern...............................................60&J0
Stebbin’s G enuine.............................................60410
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................ 
30

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base................................................  280
Wire nails, base.................................
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  ..............................................................  
Barrel  %............................................................  1  75

1  60
1

,

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s.  faucy....................................  ©50
Sciota B ench......................................................60410
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy...........................
  ©fjj
Bench, first quality........................... 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood.............. 
60

 

PANS

Fry, A cm e....................................................*^«2**2
5
Common, polished...................................... 
Iron and  T in n e d ...................................  
60
 
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................  
w

RIVETS

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

“A”  Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 

Broken packages 54c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole 4  Co.’s, new  list........................dis
Kip»s  ...........................................................dis
Yerkes 4  Plum b's......... . ..................... 
di®
70
Mason's Solid Cast Steel......... 
• •- -^Oc list 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 40&10

10  20 
9  20

33«

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin W are............................new list 75410
Japanned Tin W are.................................. . ■ • -20*10
Granite Iron  W are........................... new list 40410

HOLLOW  WARE

Pots...................................................................... W&lO
K ettles............................................................... ....
Spiders 
...  .....................................................60410
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3..................................   dis 60410
State..............................................per  doz. net  2 50

HINGES

WIRE  GOODS

B right................................................................. 
Screw Eyes........................................................  
Hook’s................................................................. 
Jate Hooks and  Eyes...................................... 

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...................dis 

Sisal, % inch and larger.................................  
Manilla.......  .....................................................  

LEVELS

ROPES

SQUARES

80
<*;
©
80

70

5V4
*

80

Steel and Iron...................................................  
Try and Bevels..................................................
M itre..................................................................

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth,  com.
$2 40

2  90
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

Nos.  10 to  14.......................................$3  30 
Nos.  15 to 17 ......................................  3  30 
Nos. 18 to 21.......................................  3  45 
Nos. 22 to 24 ......................................  3  55 
Nos. 25 to 26......................................   3  70 
Ho.  27 ..............................................   3 80 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86...........................................dis 
50
Solid Eyes............................................ per ton  20  00

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

2 40
2 60
2 70
2 80

Steel, Game.................................................. 
60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley 4  Norton’s 70410410
Mouse, choker..............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion...........................per doz 
125

TRAPS

WIRE

Bright  Market.................................................. 
75
75
Anneal  d  Market............................................. 
Coppered  Market...............................................70410
Tinned Market..................................................  62«
Coppered Spring  Steel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........................   2 35
arbed  Fence,  painted..................................   2  00

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

MISCELLANEOUS

u Sable........................................................his 40&1C
utuam ..........................................................his 
5
Northwestern............................................... his 10410
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe's Genuine...................................................  
50
oe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  ..........  
80
loe’s Patent, malleable..................................  
80
Bird  Cages  .............................................................. 50
Pumps, Cistern..............................................  
75410
85
Screws, New List.......................................  
Jasters, Bed and  Plate.............................. 50410410
Dampers, American..................................  
40410
800 pound  casks....................................   . . . .  
614
Per pound......................................................... 
634
4 ® « ..................................................................   12«
The prices of them any otherqualitiesof solder 
n the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.............................................$ 5 25
14x20 1C, C harcoal...........................................  5  25
20x14 IX, C harcoal...........................................  6  25
14x20 IX, Charcoal............................................  6  25

TIN—Melyn Grade

METALS—Zinc

SOLDER

Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

TIN—Allaway tirade

10x14 IC, C harcoal...........................................  5  00
14x20 IC, C harcoal...........................................  5  00
10x14 IX, C harcoal...........................................  6  00
14x20 IX, C harcoal...........................................  6  00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. 

30

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean................................   5  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal. Dean................................   6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean...............................  10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allnway Grade..............  4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal,  Allaway Grade..............  5  50
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  9  00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Alla way Grade..............  1100
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, t per p0und ... 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers,  ( 1

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE 

9

TINWARE.

We carry a full stock of 

Pieced and Stamped  Tinware.

win. wmm & sons

manufacturers and Jobbers of TINWARi. 

Dealers  in  Rags,  Rubbers, Metals, etc.

260 5 .  Ionia St. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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E .  A.  STO W E,  E d i t o r .

WEDNESDAY,  -  -  •  JUNE  17,  1896.

THE  WONDERFUL  WHEEL.

The  bicycle  is  one  of  the  most 

inter­
esting  mechanisms  that  has  lately  en­
gaged  general  attention.  Under  the 
name  of  “ velocipede, “  or “ speedfoot, ’ ’ 
this  vehicle  has  been  a  subject  of  study 
and  experiment  for  centuries. 
The 
four  and  three-wheeled velocipedes have 
long  been  known ;  but  the  two-wheeled 
impracticable, 
speeder  was  considered 
because  of  the  supposed 
impossibility 
for  the  average  person  to  maintain  an 
equilibrium  on  a  machine  in which  the 
two  wheels  are  placed  one  before  the 
other,  revolving  in  the  same  perpendic­
ular  plane.

So 

long  as  people  were  satisfied  to 
theorize  on  the  subject,  the  entire  prob­
lem  of  balancing  one’s  self  on  the  bi­
cycle  was  so  formidable  that  it  was  left 
to  be  solved  by  tightrope  dancers  and 
other  such  professional  acrobats.  When, 
however,  the  apparent  impossibility was 
tackled  practically  by  plain  sort  of  peo­
ple  it  vanished  entirely,  and  now  per­
sons  of  all  ages,  conditions,  degrees  of 
physical  and  mental  development,  and 
of  both  sexes,  maintain  their balance 
on  the  wheel  with  such  ease  and  readi­
ness  that  they  positively  wonder  how 
anybody  ever  thought  it  difficult.

The  bicycle 

is  now  no  longer  a  lux­
ury. 
It  has  become  an  article  of  neces­
sity,  and  many  people  wonder  how  the 
world  has  gone  on  so  long  without  it. 
This  wonderful  wheel  is  now  ridden  for 
business,  for pleasure,  and  it  has  actual­
ly  become  an  active  remedial  agent  for 
diseases.

It 

is  extremely  likely  that  not a  few 
of  the  muscular  movements  of  the  hu­
man  body  have  been  lost  from  disuse. 
Life  under  modern  conditions  cannot 
fail  to  exert  a  large  effect  in  the  evolu­
tion  of  the  bodily  structure  and  func­
tions,  and  certain  offices  and  exercises 
which  were  once  required,  but  are  no 
longer  so  and  would  apparently  serve 
no  useful  purpose,  have  been  counter- 
developed  or  evolved  out  of  use.

There  seems 

little  doubt  that  the 
special  conditions  of  modern  civilized 
life  which  result  from  an  extraordinary 
prevalence  of  sedentary  habits  in  busi­
ness ;  the  general  riding  in  street  cars 
and  other  conveyances,  the  use  of  ele­
vators  to  supersede  the  walking  up  and 
down  stairs,  have  decreased  the  ordi­
nary  strain  upon  the  abdominal  muscles 
of  the  body,  and  have  finally  weakened 
them  from  disuse.  To  this  fact  must  be 
attributed  to  a  large  degree  the  preva­

lence  of  abdominal  disorders,  particu­
larly  in  women.

It  is  in  this  connection  that  the  use, 
the  moderate  use,  of  the  bicycle  has 
been  a  revelation.  At  first,  the medical 
men  were  disposed  to  criticise  this  e x ­
traordinarily  popular  machine  with  se­
verity,  and  to  prophesy  that  it  would 
create  not  a  few  causes  of  serious  dis­
ease. 
in 
this  where  the  bicycle  is  used  to excess, 
for  then 
is  a  most  injurious  affair; 
but  where  it  is  employed  in  a wise mod­
eration  it  has  produced  effects  on  the 
human  health  which  have  proved  to  be 
remarkably  beneficial.

They  are  not  disappointed 

it 

There 

is  good  reason  to  believe  that 
proper  exercise  with  this  machine  has 
brought 
into  exercise  muscles  which 
had  apparently  ceased  to  perform  any 
special  service,  and,  having  put  them 
in  active  relations  with  other  muscles 
which  are  ordinarily  employed,  has 
aroused  sympathy  and  stimulated  them 
to the  performance of  healthful  and  har­
monious  functional  duties.

But,  leaving  it  to  the  medical  pro­
fession  to  reason  out  the  physiology  of 
this  matter,  the  fact  remains  that  mod­
erate  and  prudent  exercise  with  the 
wheel  has  produced  beneficent  effects  in 
the  cases  of  many  persons  who  had  be­
come,  through  lack  of  proper  exercise, 
general  ennui  and  the  disorders  that 
follow  them, 
invalids  and  valetudina­
rians.

But  there 

is  one  effect  of  wheeling 
is  to 
that  is  its  greatest  drawback  and 
It 
be  most  carefully  guarded  against. 
is  the  tendency  to  fast  driving.  The 
motion  on  a  smooth  and  solid  road  is  so 
easy,  so  swift,  and 
is  attained  at  so 
little  cost  of  effort,  that  it realizes,  more 
than  any  other  motion,  the  idea  of  fly­
ing.  At  such  times  there  is  always  a 
temptation  to  increase  the  speed  to  the 
utmost,  so  that, 
floating 
lightly  along,  the  “ scorcher”   finds him­
self  straining  every  nerve  to  an  extreme 
tension,  and  driving  every  muscle  to 
the  last  point  of  his  strength  and  en­
durance.  This  sort  of  thing 
is  not 
only  positively  killing  to  all  who  per­
sist  in  it,  but  it  is  killing  to  the  unfor­
tunate  persons  over  whom  the  reckless 
riders  drive,  devoid,  apparently,  of 
every  human  feeling.

instead  of 

The  bicycle 

is,  without  doubt,  the 
most  popular  and  generally  used  ma­
chine  in  the  world,  with  the  exception 
of  the  watch,  and  the  day is  not  far  dis­
tant  when 
it  will  be  almost  as  univer­
sally  employed  as 
is  the  pocket  time­
piece.

The  Tradesman’s  usually  candid  and 
conservative  correspondent,  Mr.  Meek, 
in  giving  his  experience  in  getting  rid 
of  that  most  common,  most  diminutive 
and  most  aggravating  of  rodents,  the 
mouse,  makes  some  statements  which, 
if  his  integrity were not absolutely above 
suspicion,  might  possibly  be  doubted. 
In  the  case  of  the  untimely  demise  of 
the 
individuals  found  on  the  shelves, 
his  verdict  as  coroner,  like  many  ver­
dicts  of 
judges  in  other  courts,  might 
be  found  erroneous  on  further  investi­
gation ;  but  there  can  be  no  doubt  that 
the  efficiency  of  his  psychological  rem­
edy 
is  as  stated,  for  an  experience  of 
twelve  years  puts  that  fact  beyond ques­
tion.  It  might  be  a  query  why  he should 
let  so  valuable  a  remedy remain a  secret 
during  so  long  a  period  but  for  the  fact 
that  the  improbabilities  are  so great  as 
to  require  a  considerable  time  for  veri­
fication.  Of  course,  many  of  the  sub­
scribers  of  the  Tradesman  will 
lose  no 
time  in  trying  the  new  remedy,  and  the 
results  will  be  watched  with  much 
in­
terest.

TH E  EV ILS  OF  GAM BLING.

issue  which 

Gambling  may  be  properly  defined  to 
be  the  putting  up  of  a  money  stake  up­
on  an 
is  to  be  decided 
wholly  and  entirely  by  chance. 
In 
England,  whence  most  of  the  criminal 
I law  of  the  United  States 
is  derived, 
[betting  on  horse  races,  or  other  trials  or 
I games  of  skill,  is  not  prohibited,  pro­
vided  the  bets  be  not  made  in  a  public 
in  a  public  bar  or 
place,  particularly 
place  where  liquors  are  sold,  or 
in  the 
street.

At  all  times  men  have  exercised  the 
right  to  back  their  judgment  of  the 
speed  of  horses  or  of  the  skill  of  men 
in  contests  which  are  to  be  decided  by 
the  strength,  agility, 
intelligence  or 
other  proper  quality  of  the  contestants.
Staking  money  on  mere  matters  of 
chance  does  not  tend  to  encourage  any 
sort  of  excellence 
in  the  training  of 
men  or  animals,  but  is  a  mere  device 
to  gratify  a  demoralizing  passion  for 
gambling.  The  betting  on  chance  be­
comes  all  the  more  flagrant  and  demor­
alizing  when  it  is  carried  on  under  con­
ditions  where  the  conductors  or proprie­
tors  of  an  establishment  are  able  to  pro­
vide  an  arrangement  by  which  they  can 
take  bets  from  all  comers  and  hold  spe­
cific  advantages  over  all.

Such  betting 

Such  a  concern  is  a  poolroom,  where 
bets  are  taken  from  any  and  every  ap­
plicant  upon  horse  races  or  other  events 
which  occur  at  distant  places,  so  that  it 
is 
impossible  for  the  bettors  to  see, 
know  or  judge  of  the  skill  or  qualities 
of  the  contestants. 
is 
against  the  merest  sort  of  chance,  with 
no  room 
for  the  exercise  of  judgment, 
which  might  be  of  assistance  to  the 
persons  making  the  wagers. 
In  every 
such  case  the  bettor gets  nothing  for  his 
money,  save  a  possibility  of winning  by 
accident,  as 
it  were,  and  even  this 
slight  chance  being  at  the  risk  of  the 
honesty  of  the  persons  who  conduct  the 
gambling  establishment.

Without 

impeaching  the  honesty  of 
any  person  who  gambles,  whether  he  be 
the  conductor  of  the  game  or  stakes 
money  on  it,  the  entire  business  is  de­
moralizing  and  destructive  of  public 
order and  of  the  honesty  and  reliability 
of  many  who  indulge  in  it.  Attempts 
have  been  made  to  show  that  pool 
gambling  is  not more demoralizing  than 
is  dealing  in. stocks  and  wheat and  pork 
futures,  basing  the  claim  upon  the  fact 
that  such  dealers  have occasionally com­
mitted  suicide.
If  any  such 

line  of  argument,  be 
adopted,  it  must  be  extended  to  every 
class  of  business.  There  is  not  a  trade 
or  profession  which  can  guarantee  those 
who  practice 
it  against  pecuniary  dis­
aster,  against  bad  health,  against loss  of 
loved  ones,  against  insanity,  or  against 
any  of  the  evils  which  sometimes  drive 
men  to  lay  violent  hands  upon  them­
selves.  Commercial  statistics,  made  up 
from  the  experience  of  vast  numbers  of 
individuals  for  long  periods,  show  that 
90  per  cent,  of  the  men  who  enter  mer­
cantile 
later,  and 
only 
10  per  cent,  die  successful  and 
wealthy.

life  fail,  sooner  or 

As  to  dealing  in  commercial  products 
for  future  delivery,  there  is  no  paying 
something  for  a  chance  in  an accidental 
occurrence.  The  man  who  buys  wheat 
for  future  delivery  puts  up  a  fund  to 
bind  the  bargain  and  to  pay  the  ex­
penses  of 
insuring,  storing  and  other­
wise  caring  for  the  merchandise,  and  he 
gets  for  it  a  guarantee  that  the  wheat 
specified  in  the  contract  will  be  deliv­
ered  to  him  on  the  day  stipulated.  He I 
may  not  only  claim  delivery  of  the |

it 

This 

goods  at  the  time  contracted  for 
it,  but 
he  must  accept  delivery  at  that  time, 
unless  previously  he  shall  have  sold  out 
his  contract  to  some  other  party.
is  speculation,  because 

is 
trading  with  the  hope  of  making a profit 
on  the  purchase  or  the  sale;  but  that 
is 
in  every  com­
no  more  than 
mercial  transaction. 
The  man  who 
buys  to  sell  again  would  not  do  so,  e x ­
cept  for  the  hope  and  belief  that  he 
is 
it,  and,  with­
going  to  make  money  by 
out  such  buying  and 
selling, 
there 
would  be  no  commerce.

is  done 

Every  intelligent  merchant  looks  for­
ward  to  the  probabilities  of  the  crops 
and  of  other  matters  that  can  affect 
prices  of  the  commodities  in  which  he 
deals,  and  he  regulates  his  business  ac­
cordingly  and  makes  contracts  to  secure 
or  to  sell  merchandise  for  delivery  at 
some  future  time.  Based  on  this  judg­
ment,  other  dealers 
futures  make 
similar  contracts,  but  before  the  time 
comes  for  acceptance  or  delivery  they 
sell  out  their  contracts  to  other  parties. 
Their  deals  are based  precisely  on  those 
in  which  delivery  is  intended  and  exe­
cuted,  and  all  that  can  be  said  against 
them  is  that  they  are  speculating.  They 
are 
in  no  sense  gambling 
against 
chances  or  a  fraudulent  game.

in 

TRADE  SITUATIO N.

is 

The  continued  dulness  as  to 

large 
transactions  is  sufficiently  accounted  for. 
by  the  uncertainty  as  to  financial  dec­
larations  by  the  conventions.  So  that 
there 
little  to  report  beyond  a  con­
tinuance  of  the  conditions  of  last  week. 
There  was  a  tendency  to  recovery  of 
prices  from  the  low  ebb  of  the  preced­
ing  week 
in  flour,  lard,  sugar,  petro­
leum  and  tobacco,  while  the  steady 
downward  trend continues for wheat,  In­
dian  corn,  oats,  pork,  cotton and prints.
The  general  stagnation  on  account  of 
iron  combinations 
Sales 
can  only  be  made  by  a  guarantee  of  the 
prices  for  a  sufficient  time  to  come  by 
the  pools.  The  nail  pool  has  taken  in 
large  concerns  that  were 
one  or  two 
giving 
it  trouble,  which  has  strength­
ened  prices.  The  general  tendency  of 
prices,  however,  has  been  the  wrong 
way  and,  in  spite of further diminishing 
of  output,  stocks  are  accumulating.

continues. 

The  flurry  in  wheat  during  the  early 
part  of  the  week  was  followed  by  a  re­
turn  to  the  old  basis,  which  seems  to 
indicate  its  normal  condition.  Decline 
has  been  the  rule  with  other grains.

Cotton  and  woolen  goods  repeat  the 
same  old  story  of  broken  records  for 
low  prices,  and  still  downwards, 
in 
spite  of  rapid  curtailment  of  output. 
The  decline  in  raw  cotton  and  wool  has 
been  in  proportion.

Stock  markets  have  had little interest, 
apparently  waiting  for  financial  planks. 
Some  variation  in  prices  was  the  result 
of  rumors  of  a  Cuban  proclamation 
in 
the  way  of  depression  and  recovery  on 
account  of  prospect  of  gold  being  fa­
vored  at  St.  Louis.  Gold  exports  were 
$2,400,000  for  the  week.  Bank  clearings 
show  a  decrease  of  3  per  cent.  F ail­
ures,  234,  against  236 
for  preceding 
week.

As  an  evidence  that  the  market  proj­
is  still  alive  and  even  progressing 
ect 
in  the  right  direction,  it 
is  to  be  re­
corded  that  a  standing  committee  of 
the  Common  Council  has  been  appoint­
ed,  consisting  of  five  members.  The 
constitution  of  the  committee  would 
seem  to  indicate  that  there  will  be  in­
augurated  an  increased  rate  of  progres­
sion,  although  it 
is  scarcely  probable 
that  the  work  of  the  committee  will  re­
sult  in  the  preparation  of  the  market  in 
time  for  use  this  season.

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all of the following lines of goods:

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sii an. coffee Salmon M s

Sixty million pounds of Worcester Salt were consumed 
It  has  become  a 
last year in the United  States alone. 
household  word  from  Maine  to  the  Rocky  Mountains. 
Cheap and Imitation goods may flourish for a short time, 
but genuine merit is sure to win  in the long  run.

We are receiving large shipments of New Full Cream 
Ideal cheese has no 

Cheese  from  our  Ideal  Factory. 
superior, and but few equals.

Add a  50 lb. can of our bulk Coffee to your order.  We 
have  all  grades,  and  we  positively guarantee satisfac­
tion.  We handle O’Donohue’s full line.

We have made a leader of Brooms.  Ask  your neigh­
bor.  Do  you  meet  any  manufacturers  who  want  to 
make them for you at our prices?

This is the season for canned salmon.  Kinney’s Sal­
mon  Steaks  will  draw  trade.  They are very  fine;  all 
middle cuts.  We are agents for them.

I.  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co.,

Grand  Rapids.

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A  PSYCH O LO G ICA L  EXPERIM EN T.
W ritten  for the  T radesman.

Among  the  ills  that  afflict  humanity 
the  existence  of  animals  and  insects that 
prey  upon  vegetation  or  disturb  the 
comfort  and  security  of  householders 
furnishes  occasion  for  continued  meas­
ures  of  self-defense.  Traps  and  poison 
have  usually  been  relied  on  to  prevent 
the  ravages  of  the  former,  aided  by  an 
alliance  with  their  hereditary  foes  of 
the  same  genus.  Science  has  only  par­
tially  succeeded  in  destroying  the  mul­
tiform  germs  of  insect  life  by  the  aid 
of  chemical  combinations,  and  agri­
culturists  and  householders  are,  there­
fore,  obliged  either  to  wage  unceasing 
warfare  against enemies both visible and 
invisible,  or  to  suffer  serious 
loss  of 
profit  and  personal  comfort.  Defensive 
tactics  that  seek  total  extermination  of 
the  offending  cause  naturally  find  favor 
with  a  suffering  public,  but  each  year 
brings  new  recruits  to  the 
invading 
ranks  which  elude  the  best  efforts  of  in­
ventive  genius  to  overcome.  The  limits 
of  this  article  forbid  further  discussion 
of  the  general  subject;  but  a  relation  of 
my  experience  with  one  detachment  of 
the  grand  army  may,  perhaps,  be of  use 
to  some  readers.

Up  to  a  dozen  years  ago,  my store and 
dwelling  were  infested  with  colonies  of 
mice  from  cellar  to  garret.  Nothing 
eatable  escaped  their attention.  In  spite 
of  strychnine,  traps  and  the  services  of 
an  expert  mouser,  they  insisted  on  be­
ing  tenants  at  w ill-  though  not  the  will 
of  the  landlord.  About  that  time  a  tel­
ephone  was  placed  in the store,  connect­
ing  it  as  a  public  station  with  the  State 
I  soon  observed  that,  occasion­
lines. 
ally  of  a  morning,  one  or  two  mice 
lay 
dead  on  shelf  or  floor. 
In  accounting 
for  the  mystery  the  poison  theory  had 
to  be  discarded,  for  I  had  long  before 
abandoned  that  method of defense.  Sit­
ting  as  coroner  on  the  remains,  I  was 
inclined  to  the  opinion  that  the  sharp, 
sudden  ringing  of  the  call  bell  had 
something  to  do  with  their  case.  A 
casual  visitor  who  had  been  an  amateur 
student  of  medicine  suggested  muscular 
rheumatism  of  the heart,  since there was 
no  sign  of  violence  or  poison. 
I  was 
obliged,  however,  to  officially  sit  down 
upon  this  diagnosis,  because, 
though, 
referring  to  the  Latin  root,  “ muscular”  
was  a  proper adjective  to  apply  to  the 
corpus  sine  pectore,  yet  that  disease 
did  not  seem  to  fit  the  evidence  or  oc­
therefore,  was 
casion.  The  verdict, 
made  up  and  recorded  as  “ death 
from 
acoustic  shock  upon  the  nerve  cen­
ters.”  
I  was  confirmed  in  this  con­
clusion  by  the  fact  that,  while  putting 
up  prescriptions  in  the  small  hours,  on 
divers  occasions,  the  signal  bell  had  a 
similar  startling  effect  on  my  own  nerv­
ous  system.  As  the  mortality  in  time 
totally  ceased,  my  hopes  of  help  from 
electrical  science gradually faded,  and  I 
began  to  entertain  a  conviction  that  the 
long-sought-for  relief  must  be  found, 
not  in  annihilation  of  the  intruders,  but 
in  playing  upon  their  fears  by  some 
mysterious  agency  in  harmony  with  the 
principles  of  psychology.  Brain  struc­
tures may  vary,  but  the  theory  of  deter­
rent  methods  would  seem  to  apply  to 
animals  as  well  as  men,  since  fear  and 
disgust  are  emotions  common  to  each 
and  form  powerful  factors  in  motives 
impelling  to  action. 
In  searching  for  a 
proper  deterrent,  I  decided,  as  an  ex­
periment,  to  test  a  certain  combination 
of  drugs  that  would  appeal to  one  or  the 
other  of  these  mental  conditions. 
Its 
base was  arsenic,  compounded  with  in­
gredients  usually harmless  unless  taken

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

I  placed  a 

in  excess.  After  charging  a  mass  of 
commercial  putty  with  the  compound 
thoroughly  mixed, 
small 
quantity  in  each  of  a  score  or  more  of 
pill  boxes  and  distributed  them 
in  as 
many  out-of-the-way  corners.  To  my 
great  delight  the  result  was  conclusive 
and  satisfactory.  Emigration  at  once 
began,  and  continued  at  such  a  rapid 
rate  that,  in  forty-eight  hours,  not  a 
mouse  was  to  be  seen  or  heard  about 
the  premises.  Only  an  occasional  mew 
was  heard  from my disconsolate mouser, 
that,  deprived  of  his  natural  ‘rations, 
was  forced  to  climb  trees  and  forage 
among  the  feathered  tribe.

Thus,  psychology  solved  the  difficult 
problem,  notwithstanding  no  mark  of 
tooth  or  claw  appeared  to  show  that  the 
compound  was  eaten  or  even  touched. 
This  was, 
in  effect,  exchanging  one 
mystery  for  another;  but  I  am  content 
with  the  substitution,  because,  after  an 
experience  of  twelve  years,  it  has  kept 
both  store and house free  from  all  rodent 
depredations.  About  once  a  year,  when 
an  advance  colonial  agent  appears, 
I 
gather  up  the  containers  and  renew  the 
remedy,  which  has  not  yet  lost 
its  vir­
tue.

One  aggravating  pest  only  remains  to 
interfere  with  the  proper  condition  of 
certain  kinds  of  stock—that  is  a  colony 
large  black  wood  ants,  that  forage 
of 
around  my  syrup  bottles,  candy 
jars 
and  sugar  bins  whenever  the  tempera­
ture  exceeds 60 degrees  Fahrenheit. 
If 
any  reader  of  the  Tradesman  will  sug­
gest» a  deterrent  for this  foe  of  mercan­
tile  business  equal 
to  the  one  I  have 
described,  I  am willing  to  exchange  ex­
perience  with  him.  So  far,  all  the  ad­
vice  in  this  matter,  received  either  by 
speech  or  print,  has  proved  but  the  du­
plicate  of  Job’s  comforters.

P e t e r   C.  M e e k .

ENLARGE  TH E  VETO  POWER.
If  it  were  possible  for  the  President 
to  veto  separate  items  in  the-  appropri­
ation  bills,  it  would  doubtless  prevent 
such  wholesale  jobs  as  the  one  recently 
noted  by  the  country  in  the  passage  of 
the  river and  harbor  bill.  Meritorious 
projects 
and  needed  appropriations 
could  receive  executive  sanction,  while 
the  petty  robberies  could  be eliminated, 
and  without  the  probability  of  being 
passed  a  second  time  over  the  Presi­
dent’s  veto,  because  sandwiched  with 
really  necessary  measures.

Instead  of  taking  steps  to  have  this 
power  conferred  upon  the President,  the 
Congressmen  are  rather  disposed  to  cut 
off  the  veto  power  altogether.  They  do 
not  want  their  little schemes  exposed  by 
a  veto  of  specific  items.  They  would 
rather  see  the  entire  bill  defeated  and 
all  public  work  stopped  than  to  risk  a 
veto  of  their  individual  pet  measures. 
Spoils  and  not  patriotism  is  the  guid­
ing  principle.  Many  bills for  the  regu­
lar  departments  have  gone 
through 
loaded  down  with  objectionable,  and  in­
deed  questionable,  features  simply  be­
cause  the  evil  was  tacked  onto  the  nec­
essary.  It  is  a  favorite  scheme  with  our 
well-nigh  conscienceless  Congresses.

The  people  would  make  no  mistake 
in  demanding  greater 
latitude  for  the 
President’s  veto  and  insisting  upon  the 
necessary  amendments to give  the  Exec­
utive  the  pcwer  to  veto  a  part  or  the 
whole.  The  people  are  growing 
in­
different  to  their  interests.  Demagogues 
ignorance  until  the  coun­
have  misled 
try  suffers. 
If  there  is  not  soon  a reviv­
al  of  public  interest  in matters calcula­
ted  to  secure  purer  and  better and  more 
expeditious  and  economical  legislation, 
it  will  directly  be  too  late  to  obtain 
needed  relief  except  by  revolution.

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The Stimpson Computing  Scale  Co.  begs 
to  inform  the  trade that they have recently 
re-organized  their company  under  the  laws 
of the state  of  Indiana,  with a capital  stock 
of $100,000, and that they are now building a 
new factory  in  the city of  Elkhart,  Ind., and 
which will be  ready for  occupancy  the  15th 
of June.  The officers of  the  new  company 
are  H.  E.  Bucklin,  Pres.;  Isaac  Grimes, 
Vice-Pres.;  Mell  Barnes,  Sec.  and  Treas.; 
Edwin  Finn,  General  Manager.  After the 
15th of  this month our address  will  be  Elk­
hart,  Ind.

Very truly yours,

Stimpson  Computing  Scale  Go..

ELKHART,  IND.

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Getting the  People

Art  o f  Reaching  and  Holding  Trade 

by  Advertising.

It 

What  a  man  says  is  important,  also 
that  he  does  not  say  the  same  thing 
twice. 
im­
portant  point  is  how he  says  it.

In  addition  to'this  another 

There 

is  the  truth. 

is  one  thing  the  people  want 
more  than  anything  else  in  an  ad,  and 
that 
is  just  as  wrong 
and  a  great  deal  more  injurious  for  a 
in  his  advertise­
merchant  to  falsify 
ments  than 
it  would  be  to  do  so  over 
the  counter. 
If  he  states  falsely  to  one 
person  it  is  bad,  but  if  he  prevaricates 
in  his  ad  the  whole  town  knows  it  soon­
er  or  later;  so  as  a  matter  of  policy  as 
well  as  morals  merchants  should  make 
their  ads  truthful.
* 

jfc  *

Some  years  ago  the  London  streets 
were  startled  by  the  gruesome  appari­
tion  of  a  hansom  cab  conveying  a 
dummy  corpse,  which  proved  to  be  the 
unlicensed  advertisement  of  an  Austral­
ian  melodrama.  A  little  later  the  cur­
iosity  of  the  city  was  aroused by  the 
appearance  of  a  coach  and  four,  bear­
ing  on  the  top  two  troopers  and  a  bush­
ranger—another advertisement,  also  un­
licensed,  of  another  Australian  play. 
The  iaw  that  forbids  such  displays  is  a 
salutary  one.

*  *  *

electric 

Electric  transparencies  carried  about 
by  men  for  advertising  purposes  have 
made  their  appearance.  The  transpar­
encies  are  about  three  feet  high  and 
two  feet  wide,  and  the  outside  covered 
with  advertisements.  Within  are  four 
incandescent 
in  red, 
blue,  green  and  white  globes.  A  stor­
age  battery,  strapped  about  the  waist 
of  the  bearer,  furnishes  the  illumina­
tion,  and  as  he  walks  along  he  alter­
nately 
the 
lights,  the  result  being  a  novel  effect  of 
rapidly  changing  colors,  thus  fulfilling 
the  purpose—that  of  attracting  ¡atten- 
tion.

extinguishes 

lighs  and 

lights 

*  *  *

“ Europeans  don’t  go 

in  for  news­
like  the 
paper  advertising  to  anything 
extent  that  we  do  here,”   says  the  New 
York  Sun,  “ but  they  take  the  shine 
right  off  Americans  for original schemes 
to  attract  attention  to  their  shop  win­
In  London,  Paris  and  the  larger 
dows. 
cities 
in  Belgium  the  shopkeepers  are 
continually  devising  catchy  advertise­
ments. 
Shoe  dealers,  hatters,  safe- 
makers  and  men  in  various  mercantile 
lines  do  the  business  up  best,  but  the 
confectioners,  pastry  men  and  other 
small  merchants  are  not  far  behind 
them.

“ A  shoe  dealer 

in  Brussels,  who 
makes  a  specialty  of  a  waterproof  shoe, 
keeps  a  pair  of  the  shoes  standing  in  a 
pan  of  water 
in  his  window  all  day 
long.  The  water  comes  just  up  to  the 
top  of  the  soles,  and  the  public  are  re­
spectfully  invited at  all  times  to  step  up 
and  feel  the  inside  of  the  shoes  and  see 
that they are perfectly dry.  Another  shoe 
dealer 
in  London  made  a  specialty  of 
shoes  for  ’bus  drivers,  and  his  greatest 
claim  for  them  was  that  they  were  un­
usually  warm.  He  kept  a  pair  of  shoes 
embedded  in  a  cake  of  ice  in  his  show 
window,  and  anyone  could  walk  in  and 
feel  the  inside  of  them  and  see that they 
were  warm.

“ A  hatter  in  Antwerp,  who  manufac­
tures  a  waterproof  silk hat,  keeps  one  of 
them 
in  his  show  window  suspended 
over  a  pan,  with  a  stream  of  water  run­
ning  over  it. 
I  never  passed  this  store 
once  without  seeing  a  crowd  of  people

in  front  of 

standing 
it,  and  I  don’ t 
doubt  that  this  scheme  brought  him 
many  a  customer  he  would  not have  had 
otherwise.

“ In  Paris  a  firm  of  safemakers  em­
ployed  two  men  to  stand  in  the  window 
of  their  place  all  day  and  hammer on 
the  lock  of  one  of  their  safes  with  huge 
sledge hammers.

The  novel  designs  that  confectioners 
and  pastry  cooks  get  up  and  put  in 
their  windows  attract  the  attention  and 
admiration  of  all  foreigners. Every  con­
fectioner  in  Paris  who  goes  in  for  win­
dow  advertising  at  all  has  a  big  Eiffel 
tower  of  candy  in  his  window;  but,  fine 
as  the  Parisian  displays  are,  they  are 
not  nearly  so  handsome  as  those 
in 
Brussels.  The  amount  of  cake  and 
candy  which  is  wasted  in  window  dec­
oration 
the  big  Belgium  cities  is 
amazing. 
I  can’t  see  what  use  the 
sweets  can  be  after  the  things are pulled 
apart,  and  certainly  no  one  can  have 
any  use  for  a  huge  castle  or  figure  made 
out  of  cake  and  candy,  unless  it  is  used 
as  a  centerpiece  on  banquet  table.

in 

“ I  have  noticed  in  New  York  of 

late 
a  tendency  among  small  retail  dealers 
to  emulate  the  foreigners  in  this  matter 
of  window  advertising.  A  Broadway 
shoe  dealer  is  advertising his waterproof 
shoes  like  the  Brussels  merchant.”

*  *  *

A  tall  man,  with  what  appeared  to  be 
the 
an  ordinary  silk  hat 
somewhat 
worse  for  wear,  walked  through 
the 
streets  of  New  York  the  other  night. 
Every  few  seconds  a  flash  of  light,  like 
a  halo,  would  startle  all  who  saw  him. 
Closer 
inspection  showed  a  clever  ar­
rangement  of  electric  lights  in  the  hat, 
with  a  wire  netting  where  the  silk ought 
to  be,  and  letters  announcing the virtues 
of  a  superior  brand  of  soap.  The  man 
accomplished  the  purpose  of  his  walk, 
in  some  manner  at  least.  A  crowd  of 
newsboys  followed  him,  hooting.  They 
may  not  be  good  customers  for  soap, 
but  they  gave  him 
comfortable 
sense of having made  a  sensation,  which 
is about  all  that  freak  advertising  ever 
does.

the 

A  small  shopkeeper  at  a  seaside  re­
in  Maine,  says  the  New  York 
sort 
Times,  hit  upon  a  very  clever  way  to 
advertise  his  wares.  Noticing 
the 
number  of  people ¡who  daily  wandered 
along  the  beach  to  pick  up  shells,  a 
new 
idea  struck  him.  He  got  a  lot  of 
nice  clean  flat  ones,  and  on  the  white 
inner  side  he  had  painted  in  red  ink 
his  name  and  address,  and  what  he  had 
to  sell.  Every  morning  he  sent  a  boy 
up  and  down  the  sand  with  a  basketful 
of  these  shell  cards  with  orders  to  drop 
them  along  the  beach. 
People  were 
sure  to  pick  them  up,  and  he  soon 
found  that  he  did  the  best  business  of 
any  of  the  little  shops  thereabout.

An  Original  Card.

Day  Bros.,  merchants  at  Lacon,  111., 
had  a  novel  window  display  last  week. 
Back  of  a  fence  in  a  show  window  was 
a  pair  of  shoes  marked  $2.50.  A  pla­
card  read :  “ How  can  you  get  this  pair 
of  shoes  without  climbing  the  fence  or 
opening  the  gate. 
inside.”  
People  stood  before  the  window and 
guessed,  and  “ agitated  their  think,”  
and  then  went 
into  the  store  and  in­
quired.

“ Buy  them,”   replied  John  Day,  and 

Answer 

a  good  many  bougnt.

Illustrated  Advertising.

Drop  a  postal  card  to  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  for  a  catalogue  of many  new 
and  attractive  cuts  of  different  sizes 
which  can  be  used  in  your  advertising 
displays  and  obtained  at  very  small 
expense.

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

miLUIIt’S PEW  SPffi

We assert that all goods put up under the above style are  not only 
genuine,  but that the selections for  the  manufactured  articles  are 
made from the highesCgrade of stock,  are  of  the  highest  possible 
grade of commercial purity,  and  packed  net weight  and  will  also 
be found always unsurpassed in style of package,  milling or manu­
facture.  As proof of this statement,  we  take  pleasure  in  submit­
ting the following testimonial from the State Food  Commissioner:

CHAS.  E.  STORRS,

Dairy and Food Commissioner.

Lansing, Mich., Feb. 2d, 1896.

. . .  

. . . .   „

E.  B.  MILL AR  &  CO., Chicago, 111.,

Gentlemen: 

The  December  number  of  the  Bulletin  of  this  departm ent 
contains  the  analysis  of  a  sample  of  Pepper from R. B. Shank A  Co., of 
Lansing, produced by your firm. 
In a re examination of this Pepper it has been found  that a mistake was 
made in classifying it as an adulterated product, which correction will be 
published in the next number of the  Bulletin.
Respectfully yours,

.  .. 

. . .

. 

(Signed) C.  E.  STORRS,

Dairy  and  Food Commissioner.

E. B. MILLAR & CO.,

Importers  and  Grinders.

CHICAGO.

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sales rooms from our old location to  30  North  Ionia  St.  (opposite  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman Co.), where we  have  enlarged  capacity  and  increased  facilities 
for meeting  the  requirements  of  our  customers.  Besides  being  the  largest 
handlers of vinegar in the State, we are headquarters for

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In 
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CLIM ATIC  SU IT .

New-Fangled  Apparel  to  Revolution­

ize  Men’s  Summer  Dress.

From the Chicago Herald.

in 

What  are  you  working at now?”   asked 
Harris  as  he  dusted  off  the  only  vacant 
chair 
Inventor’s  workshop  and 
glanced  with  some  suspicion  at  a  row 
of  jars  filled  with  loud-smelling  chemi­
cals. 
It  was  a  blistering  hot  day  and 
the  sun  beat  through  the dust-laden win­
dows  of  the  cozy  little  den  until  the  air 
quivered  with  the  heat.

‘ ‘ Pretty  hot  day,”   said  Inventor,  as 
he'poured  a  small  vial  of  anhydrus-am- 
monia 
into  a  saucer  and  watched  it 
evaporate.

‘ ‘ I  don’t  know  whether  it  is  or  not,”  
said  Harris,  as  he  mopped  a  perspiring 
brow. 
“ I  am  surprised  that  you  should 
make  such  an  assertion.  Hot  is  only 
a  relative  term.  What  is  called  hot 
in 
Chicago  would  be  deemed  cool  and  re­
freshing  on  the  Desert  of  Sahara.  You 
should  be  more  careful  in  your  use  of 
language. 
I  should  say  it  was  a  fairly 
warm  day  for  this  latitude  at  this  sea­
son  of  the  year.  I  am  not  informed  that 
it  breaks  any  re :ords. ’ ’

informed,”   said 

‘ ‘ There  are  many  things  on which you 
are  not 
Inventor. 
‘ ‘ The  man  who  will  compile  an  ency­
clopedia  on  the  things  you  do  not  know 
can  count  on  me  as  a  subscriber  and 
an  ardent  admirer.”

Having said  which Inventor continued 
his  research 
into  chemical  mysteries 
and  Harris  had  smoked  three  portions 
of  tobacco  with  such  fierceness  that  the 
blackened  corncob  pipe  radiated  heat 
like  the  surface  of  a 
locomotive  boiler 
on  a  cold  day.

same  time  a  party  of  boys  were  out 
skating  on  the  lake.  When  they  were 
out  about  ten  miles  summer  arrived. 
The 
ice  melted  so  fast  that  when  the 
rescuing  party  reached the  shore  several 
of  the  boys  insisted  on  going  in  swim­
ming.  Thrifty  restaurant  keepers  froze 
ice  cream  in  snow  drifts  in  their  back 
yards  and  served 
it  to  perspiring  cus­
tomers  who  sought  the  pleasant  shade 
of  the  awnings  in  front. ”

‘ ‘ What  has  all this  to  do  with  your  in­
vention?”   asked  Harris,  as  Inventor 
paused  a  moment.

“ I  have 

invented  a  suit  of  clothes 
which  can  keep  pace  with  our  modern 
clim ate,”   said  Inventor. 
‘ ‘ Our  race 
has  gone  along  for  centuries  without 
making  any  scientific  attempt  to  so 
clothe  itself  as  to  conform  to  climatic 
changes  and  conditions.^ 
In  the  winter 
we  pile  on  enough  cloth'ing  to  keep  out 
the  cold.  This  is  all  right  so  far  as 
it 
goes  and  is  a  fairly  scientific  method  of 
keeping  comfortable.  But  when  it  gets 
warm,  what  do  we  do?  Take  off  the 
heavy  clothes  and 
lighter 
ones.  Now,  that  is  no  way  to  do.  Heat 
is  positive 
its  action,  but  cold  is 
not.  You  can  overcome  cold—which  is 
simply  the  absence  of  heat—but  the 
mere  removal  of  clothes,  even  if  you  go 
to  the  extreme  of  removing  the  last 
garment,  will  not  make  you comfortable 
when 
the 
nineties.  You  must  meet  this  problem 
with  some  positive  remedy  and  I  have 
found  it.  Hereafter,  by  means  of  my 
autothermo - frigid - summer-winter  sys­
tem  of  clothing,  life  will  be  worth 
liv­
ing,  even  in  New  York.”

thermometer 

substitute 

*  What  is  the  theory  of  your system?”  
asked  Harris,  who  was  becoming  inter­
ested.

the 

in 

in 

is 

‘ ‘ What  do  you  think  you are  trying  to 
do?”   asked  Harris,  as  Inventor  con­
cluded  an  elaborate  mixture  of  fluids 
and  surveyed  the  result  with  a  compla­
cent  smile. 
In  the  moment  of  his 
triumph  Inventor  forgot  all  past  differ­
ences  and  became  talkative  and  affable.
‘ ‘ I  have  solved  one  of  the  greatest 
problems  of  the  age,”   said  Inventor, 
“ and  while  I  am  not  ready  to  make 
public 
its  details  I  am  willing  to  ex­
plain  to  you  the  theory  of  my newly dis­
covered  system.  The  mass  of  the  popu­
in  what  is 
lation  of  the  world 
lives 
called  the  temperate  zone. 
I  suppose 
they  are  called  temperate  by  reason  of 
the  fact  that  they  have  the  greatest  ex­
tremes  of  heat  and  cold.  As  a  matter 
of  absolute  fact,  the  highest  records  of 
heat  have  been  taken  in  latitudes  north 
of  Chicago  and  the  lowest  records  of 
cold  have  been  taken  south  of  the  Brit­
ish 
line.  Both  of  these  observations 
were  taken  from  the  same United  States 
weather  station.  As  I  now  recall  the 
figures they were  127 degrees in the shade 
and  60  degrees  below  zero,  a  range  of 
196  degrees.  This 
is  the  kind  of 
weather  that  is  served  out  to  the  people 
who 
temperate 
zone.”
“ That  is  not  my  fault,”   said  Harris, 
‘ ‘ and  I  am  willing  to  do  anything in my 
power  to  have  the  system  changed. 
What  has  all  this  to  do  with  your  latest 
discovery?”

inhabit  the  so-called 

“ It  has  everything  to  do  with  it,  said 
Inventor. 
‘ ‘ The  extremes  of  heat  and 
cold  are  becoming  more  marked,  es­
pecially 
in  this  country,  and  unless 
something  is  done  the  race  will  become 
extinct.  Have  you  noticed  that  we 
have  reached  a  point  where  we  have 
but  two  seasons  in  the  year,  winter  and 
summer?  That  is  a  fact  and  there  are 
scientific  reasons  for  the  same.  The 
‘ beautiful 
spring,  ethereal  mildness 
come, ’  and  all  of  that  tommy  rot  of 
which  the  poet  sang  fail  to  come 
in 
latter  years  of  the  century. 
these  the 
Spring  no  longer  lingers  in  the 
lap  of 
winter*  Summer  arrives  about  the  first 
of  April  and  before  winter  can  gather 
up  his  snowdrifts  and  blizzards  he  gets 
his  nose  sunburned  and  on  several  re 
cent  occasions  has  narrowly  missed  be­
ing  sunstruck.  Two  years  ago  a  Chi­
cago  man  was  caught  out  in  a  blizzard 
and  frozen  to  death.  This  was  on  a 
Wednesday.  The  funeral  was  held  on 
Friday  and  one  of  the  pallbearers  was 
prostrated  by  the  heat.  Of  course,  this 
was  an  exceptional  case,  but  it  is  what 
we  iftay  expect  any  year.  About  the

said 

its  rapid 

”  I  have  simply  adapted  some  well- 
known  principles,”  
Inventor, 
‘ ‘ and  combined  them  with  a  recent  dis­
covery  of  my  own.  The  cold  producing 
qualities  of  anhydrusammonia  are  well 
known  and  understood.  This  fluid  is 
only  another  name  for  pure  distilled 
ammonia  and 
evaporative 
powers,  when  exposed  to  the  air,  pro­
duce  intense  cold  by  absorbing  heat. 
I 
have  succeeded  in deodorizing ammonia 
and  have  invented  a  cloth  which  has  a 
wonderful  affinity  for  this fluid.  Under 
my  system  a  suit  of  this  material  will 
be  worn  next  to  the  skin  and  in  a  small 
pocket  will  contain  a  vial  of  anhydrus­
ammonia.  This  will  connect  with  a 
dial  or  indicator  shaped  like  a  watch, 
which  can  be  carriqji  in  the vest pocket. 
The  wearer  can  consult  this  and  by  the 
movement  of  a  small 
indicator  adjust 
his  temperature  to  any  required  degree. 
For  people  like  Senator  Tillman  I  shall 
make  special  sizes,  warranted  to  over­
come  tropical  heat.  An  ounce  of  anhy- 
drus-ammonia  will  see  a  baseball  fan 
through  a  twelve-inning  game  without 
the  dampening  of  a  shirt  collar.  The 
man  whose  only  aim 
is  to  ask 
the  question, 
for 
you?’  will  be  out  of  a  job.  One suit  of 
auto-thermal-summer-winter clothes  will 
last 
for  ten  years  and  the  annual  ex­
pense  for  ammonia  will  not  exceed  25 
cents.
‘ ‘ It  is  impossible  to  overestimate  the 
value  of  this  invention,”   said  Inventor, 
“ and  its  effects  on our  National life  and 
morals.  The  saving 
in  the  wear  and 
tear  due  to  profanity  alone  will  more 
than  defray  the  original  cost  of  a  suit. 
The  fat  citizen  can  await  the  advent  of 
summer  with  perfect  composure  and 
will  be  proof  against  a  St.  Louis  Aug­
ust. ’ ’
“ Suppose  a  drunken  man  turned  on 
the  cold  and  went  to  sleep.  Would  he 
freeze  to  death?”   asked  Harris.

‘ Is this  hot  enough 

in  life 

*‘ I  have  so  perfected  the  regulator 
that  the  ammonia  circuit  automatically 
closes  when  the  temperature  of the  body 
reaches  60  degrees. 
Is  there  anything 
else  you  would  like  to  suppose?”

A  Cool  Suggestion

To  your  customers 
is  an  attractive 
fan,  with  your  advertisement  neatly 
printed  thereon.  The  Tradesman  Com­
pany 
is  prepared  to  furnish  you  with 
fans,  at  the  lowest  prices consistent with 
good  goods. 
Send  for  samples  and 
prices.

You  can’t  fool
The  people  all  the  time

You buy  inferior  bakery  goods  because  they  are 
cheap and the salesman  who sells them is a “good 
fellow,” but the trade will  soon  learn which grocer 
keeps the best  goods  and  will  patronize  him.  Is 
it not so?

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j   Retails profitably at a  low figure.
|  Is in constant demand.
(  Is an all-around cake for every occasion.

Not  a  Single  Slow  Thing  about  It.

It is not made from poor flour, in­
ferior fruit and  rancid butter, but 
will bear the strictest analysis.

Its pleasing flavor recommends it to everyone.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

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sorry  that  we  didn’t  discard  any 
sooner  our  Stimpson  Computing 
Scale, which we  have used  only about 
six months.

Yours truly,

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Dealers in  general  merchandise.
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A  CENTURY  HENCE.

Excursion 

into 

the  Realm  o f  the 

Future  Grocery  World.

H.  F. Griffin in Grocery World.

One  sunny  afternoon  in  May  a  grocer 
sat 
in  his  store,  deserted  save  for  his 
presence,  in  a  small  village within close 
reach  of  a  large  metropolis.  His  busi­
ness  had  fallen  off  considerably  of  late, 
for  the  reason  that  the  town  now  con­
tained  four  rival  grocery  stores,  each 
bent  upon  securing  the  greatest  amount 
of  trade  through  the  medium  of  price 
cutting,  the  result  of  strong  competi­
tion. 
If  one  grocer  reduced  the  price 
on  any  class  of  goods,  his  competitors 
followed  his  example  and  in  most  cases 
went  a  trifle below  him.

The  patronage  cf  the  village  fluctua­
ted  between  the  stores,  now  rushing  to 
the  place  of  the one  where the  latest  cut 
had been  made,  only  to  surge back again 
to  the  grocer  who  cut  still  deeper  than 
the  others.  The  grocer’s  face  betokened 
uneasiness  of  mind  as  he  mused  upon 
the  tactics  of  his  competitors  in  reduc­
ing  prices  to  such  a  point  as  to  leave 
practically  no  profit  at  all,  and  his 
thoughts  were  of  how 
long  he  could 
continue  to  meet  the  reductions  and 
what  would  be  the  result  of  this  endless 
slashing  of  prices.
He  reflected  long  and earnestly  o n   the 
outcome  of  this  eternal  warfare,  until 
his  mind  grew  weary  of  the  strain.  At 
length  he  roused  himself,  and  remem­
bering  the 
jobber  to 
visit  his  establishment  when  next  in 
the  city,  he  resolved  to  take  the  first 
train  cityward  and,  while  there,  settle 
for  his  last  bill  of  goods.

invitation  of  a 

in 

ive  appearance.  Within  the  window 
the  sides  were  covered  with  mirrors. 
The  goods  were  arranged 
tiers, 
in  pleasing  variety,  and  the  reflection 
in  the  mirrors  doubled  the 
immensity 
of  the  exhibit  and  gave  to  it  a  tempting 
and  inviting  look.

The  grocer drank  in  the  details  of  the 
exterior  appearance  of  the  store  with 
envious  delight  and  then  joined  in  the 
throng  of  customers  entering  the  store. 
What  a  difference  from  the  ordinary 
grocery!  It  looked  more  like  a  banker  s 
office.  The  floor  was  of  oak,  highly  pol­
ished,  and  not  a  speck  of  dust  could  be 
seen  upon  it.  All  samples  of  goods were 
neatly  set  on  shelves behind the counters 
and  were  protected  by  movable  glass 
doors.  Electric  fans  kept  the  interior 
delightfully  cool.  The  same  force  was 
applied  to  racks,  on  which  were  dis­
played  goods  that  slowly  went  round 
and  round,  permitting  of  easy  inspec­
tion  by  customers.

in  manner. 

Seats  were  provided 

for  all  patrons 
and  their  wants  quickly  attended  to. 
The  clerks  were  polite,  cleanly  attired 
and  gentlemanly 
It  was 
surprising  how  quickly  business  was 
transacted.  A 
lady  would  enter  and 
take  a  seat.  An  indexed  catalogue  with 
prices  attached  would  be  handed  her  by 
the  polite  clerk,  who waited  respectfully 
for  her  orders.  She  would  state  what 
she  desired,  and,  after  paying  for  the 
same,  leave  her  name  and  address  and 
depart.  There  was  no  attempt  on  the 
part  of  the  clerk  to  persuade  her  to  pur­
chase  more  than  she  wanted,  nor  did 
he  say,  “ Anything  else,  ma’am?’ ’  and 
then  glibly  run  over  almost  the  entire 
stock 
in  the  store  without  pausing  to 
refill  his  lungs

is THE BEST «

Everybody claims  their’s  to  be.  Some  believe 
what  they  say;  some  know  better;  some  don’t 
know anything about  it;  but  you  want  to  know. 
You  ought  to  know  and  you  can know.  How ? 
Easiest  thing  in  the  world. 
Leave  it  to  your 
customers.  That’s  what  we  did,  and  that’s  why 
we sell  more flour than any other grocer- in  Michi­
gan  to-day.  The  flour  that suits them best  is the 
best, and that they  say  is

Ceresota

You  who  are  handling  it  know  that  is  right. 
Those  who  are  not  better  climb  into  the  band 
wagon while there is  room.

OIney & Judson  Grocer Co.,

Sole  Distributers for Western  Michigan.

Of trouble and loss might be 
saved  by  the  retailer  if  he 
would  buy  his  flour,  feed, 
bran,  corn  and  oats  and 
everything in the milling line 
in  mixed  car  loads  of  one 
firm.  There  would  be  less 
freight, no torn or soiled flour 
sacks,  no  shortages  and  no 
delays.  A great deal depends 
on how you manage the little 
things, and pennies are little 
things, but if you are trying to 
make a great deal of  money

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grocer.

the  co-operative  plan  was  adopted.’ ’

“ Y es;  that  is,  counting  from the time 

“ Been  established  long  in business?’
“ Not 
the  manager 
long,’ ’  replied 
*4 About  a  hundred  years.
repeated  the 
“ A  hundred  years?”  

The  clerk  made  out  a  list  of  what 
was  wanted,  which  was  sent  through  a 
pneumatic  tube  to  another  department, 
goods  were  packed  and 
where 
shipped,  and  dispatched  on  their 
jour­
ney  in  the  electric  wagon.  The  grocer’s 
amazement  grew  as  he  watched  these 
things  in  open-eyed  astonishment.  He 
approached  a  pleasant,  intelligent-look 
ing  -man  giving  orders  in  a  quiet,  au 
thoritative  way,  who  proved  to  be  the 
manager,  and  with  the  view  of  satisfy' 
ing  his  curiosity  engaged  him  in  con 
versation.

Station  after  station  was  passed  by 
the  train  bearing  the  grocer,  who,  in 
tent  upon  his  business  troubles,  had 
been  carried  far  past  his  destination. 
Discovering  this  fact,  he 
left  the  train 
at  the  next  station,  and  found  himself 
in  the  midst  of  a  great  city.  How  re­
markably  strange  was  this  place,  he 
thought. 
Everything  seemed  entirely 
different  from  what  he  had  been  ac­
customed  to. 
Street  cars,  carriages, 
wagons  and  vehicles  of  all  kinds,  pro­
pelled  by  electricity,  sped  with  noise­
less  rapidity  over  streets  of  even  sur­
face.  No  unsightly  telegraph  poles  or 
wires  marred  the  beauty of the thorough­
fares.  The  houses  were  all  built  of 
stone,  artistically  finished,  and  being 
of  even  height,  presented  a  handsome 
appearance.  The  stores  did  not  look 
like  stores  at  all,  as  he  had  known 
them.  No  goods  were  piled  upon  the 
pavement  to  obstruct  pedestrians.  Nc 
“ Never  took  much  stock  in  the  co 
announced  that  this  was  Blank’s
signs 
w  ______ ____ |  _______ o_____ |
operative  idea,’ ’  said  the  grocer;  “ but
famous  store  where  bargains  could  he j ,.^u  a p p ear  to  be  doing  a  mighty  good 
had  such  as  could  never  be  obtained  business.”
elsewhere.  There  were  no  placards  stat­
“ Very  few  businesses  are  not  now 
ing  that  goods  would  be  “ reduced  for 
conducted  on  the  co-operative  basis, ’ 
this  day  only. ”   All  that  could  be  seen 
said  the  manager,  “ and  experience  has 
in  the  nature  of  a  sign  was  a  small  alu­
shown  that  it  is  the  most  profitable  plan 
minum  plate  upon  the  outside  of  each 
of  conducting  a  grocery  store,  and  one 
store,  bearing  the  name  and  the  goods 
which  overcame  the  evils  of the  old  sys 
sold.
tern  of  independent  stores,  in  the opera 
He  walked  on,  admiring  many  new 
tion  of  which,  by  reason  of  the  fierce 
and  interesting  things  he  had  never  be­
competition,  men 
cut  each  other’ 
fore  seen  or  heard  of,  until  he saw  upon 
throats 
in  their  endeavor  to  undersell 
the  opposite  side  of  the  street  a  store 
one  another.  But  happily  those  days 
having  a  plate  bearing  the  words,  “ Co­
are  gone,  never  to  return.  Grocers,  as 
operative Grocery,  Branch  i, ”   at  which
well  as  other  merchants,  have  seen  the
he  gazed  curiously  Was  that  a  grocery I £ £ £   re'suTts  o f the“destructive  policy 
store? 
cutting  that  so  strongly  marked
t  certainly  did  not  look  like 
sBjn  the  evolution  of  trade
one.  Where  were  the  barrels  of  apples  h  Pfi 
and  the  boxes  of  soap  that generally  ap­
ideal  conditions  of  trans
peared 
grocery?
brushes  and  half  chests  of  tea?  What 
had  become  of  the  mackerel  keg  with 
the  briny  smell,  and  the  sack  of  coffee 
with  the  wire  guard  to  prevent  mis­
As  the  grocer  finished  speaking,  h 
chievous  urchins 
it?
attention  was  attracted  to  a  large  clock 
And  the  prunes,  dried  apples 
and 
which  at  the  moment  began  to  toll  the 
evaporated  peaches  that  were  supposed 
hour.  The  figure  of  Father  Time  moved 
to  tempt  passers-by to purchase?  Gone, 
across  the  dial  and  with  his  scythe 
all  gone;  and,  what  was  more  amazing, 
struck  the  gong ;  the  silvery  chimes 
was  the  absence  of  cards  announcing 
sounded  throughout  the store.  The  clock
that  tea  and  coffee  could  be  had  at  re- 
that  canned  peaches | was  a  masterpiece  of workmanship,  and 
duced  rates,  or 
were  one  cent  cheaper  than  any  other |  in  addition  to  possessing  an  astronom- 
store  could  sell  them. 
ical  chart,  illustrating  the  positions  of
large  polished  the  planets,  was  a  perpetual  calendar, 
its 
plate-glass  windows,  in  which  were  ar-  showing  the  day,  month  and  year.  The 
tistically  arranged  canned  and  bottled  | grocer’s  eyes  grew  large  and  his  mouth 
goods, 
just 
all  below  the  dial,  “ Wednesday,  May  13, 
lunches  and  table  delicacies  of 
kinds,  presented  a  cleanly  and  attract-11996.”

the  co-operative  plan  was  adcpted? 
asked  the  grocer. 
* ‘ I  never  read  any 
thing  about  it. ”

Where  were  the  brooms  and  act,n®   °   s  es  ‘

light I opened  in  astonishment  as  he  saw 

in  front  of  every  progressive  , 

-

. 

. 
“ Well,  how  did 

farinaceous  products, 

it  come  about  that 

The  store  with 

from  depleting 

towards  the 

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siege  of  low  prices  and  small  profits.
“ It  was  at  this  stage  that  the  co-op­
erative  idea  was  launched. 
It  did  not 
meet  with  much  favor  because  it  was 
not  thoroughly  understood,  and because, 
also,  one  or  two  attempts  had  failed,  by 
reason  of 
little  confidence  in  the  plan 
and  the 
lack  of  proper  management. 
But  something  had  to  be  done  to  pre­
vent  the  downward  tendency  of  prices 
and  to  raise  the  grocery  business  to  the 
standard  and  dignity  of  other  enter­
prises. 
In  desperation,  a  few  grocers, 
more  progressive  than the rest,  put  their 
heads  together  and 
issued  invitations 
for a  meeting  of  grocers,  to devise  ways 
and means by  which  to  better  the  condi- 
ons  under  which  their  stores  were con­

ducted.

This  meeting  was 

largely  attended 
and  the  advantages  of  organization were 
thoroughly  impressed  upon  the  grocers, 
and  the  result  was  they resolved  to  com­
ine  in  order  to  protect themselves.  As­
sociations  were  formed  by  neighboring 
grocers,  the  members  of  which  pledged 
themselves  to  keep  prices  at  such points 
as  to  allow  a  fair  profit on  all  goods, 
and  to  co-operate  with  one  another  in 
building  up,  instead  of  tearing  down, 
the  trade  of  each  other. 
This  was 
igidly  adhered  to,  and  a  new  era  of 
prosperity  was  begun  for  the  grocer. 
The  bitter  warfare  was  over.  Grocers 
no  longer  felt  a  dagger’s  point and  each 
recognized  in  the  other a  friend  instead 
of  an  enemy.  Knowing  by  bitter  ex­
perience  the  evils  of  the  old  system, 
none  would  undersell  the  man  who  was 
now his friend, formerly his competitor. ”  
‘ But  did  not  some  one  grocer  sell 
in  order  to  sell 

lower  than  the  rest 
more?’ ’  asked  the  grocer.

WONDER

WONDER

F A N C Y   R O L L E R   M IL L S  

SP R IN G   W H E A T

F L O U R

For Sale Only by

MUSSELMAN  GROCER  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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“Once tried*==always used.”

Although this flour has been in this market but  a  short 
time it has forced its way into favor  by  possessing  real 
merit.  W hat the consumer  wants  is  a  flour  that  will 
produce  the  greatest  quantity of light, delicious bread 
to the barrel.  “ Laurel ”  will do that in every instance.

Try it and be convinced.
We are exclusive agents for the sale of “ Laurel."

“ What 

is 

the  matter  with 

clock?’ ’  he  asked.
the  manager.

“ Nothing  that  I  can  see,’ ’  responded 
“ The  date,”   said  the grocer,  point­

your 

ing  with  his  finger.

“ 1996—that  is  correct.”
“ But  this 

is 

1896,”   persisted 

the 

grocer.

The  manager  turned  aside  to  hide  a 
smile. 
“ Pardon  m e,”   he  said,  a  mo­
ment  later,  and  to  convince  the  grocer 
showed  him  business  letters  and  news­
papers,  all  bearing  the  year  1996.  The 
grocer  was 
incredulous  for  some  mo­
ments  and  could  not  believe  that  100 
years  had  passed  of  which  he  had  no 
reckoning.  He  was  finally  convinced 
that  such  was  the  case,  and  the  conver­
sation  again  turned  to  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

“ The  best  way  to  reply  to  your  ques­
tion  as  to  when  the  co-operative  store 
began  to  engage  public  attention  and 
why  it  has  been  successful,  is  to  review 
a 
little  of  commercial  history,”   said 
the  manager.

“ In  the  beginning  of  the  present  cen­
tury  competition  was  as  bitter  among 
grocers  for  trade as  it  was  in every other 
line  of  business.  Every  grocer  tried  to 
undersell  his  fellow-grocer,  in  order  to 
accomplish  which  he  bent  his  energies 
to  selling  goods  at  a  lower  margin  of 
profit  than  anyone  else.  The  survival 
of  the  fittest  meant  that  he  who  could 
sell  groceries  at  the  smallest  possible 
margin  of  profit  had  the  best  chance  of 
succeeding,  paradoxical  as  that  might 
seem.  Prices  would  be  reduced  by  one 
grocer  to  such  a  point  that  he  hoped 
the  others  could  not  follow,  and  the 
public,  ever alert  to  buy  at  the cheapest 
store,  would  flock  to  his  place,  to  the 
exclusion  of  others,  he  expecting  by  the 
volume  of  his  business  to  regain  what 
he  had  lost  in  the  cutting  of  prices.

“ The  merchants  of  that  period,  I  be 
lieve,  had  a  fam iliar  motto  that  ‘ Com­
petition 
is  the  life  of  trade, ’  and  yet 
they  must  have  seen  that  it  was  usually 
the  death  of  the  competitors.  This 
constant  warfare  was  productive 
of 
If  Jones  and  Smith 
much  bitterness. 
were  grocers,  doing  business 
in  the 
same  neighborhood, 
they  would  be 
friends  to  all  outward  appearances,  but 
one  would  watch  with  the  eyes  of 
hawk  the  store  of  the  other  during  the 
day  for  possible  reductions,  and  each 
would 
lie  awake  at  night  racking  hi 
brain  to  devise  some  way  by  which  he 
could  undersell  the  other  and  drive  him 
out  of  business.

ignored 

fear  of 

“ This  deplorable  condition  of  affairs 
brought  in  its  train  another  evil.  Adul 
teration  was  the  order  of  the  day  in  all 
goods  not  passing  directly from  the  pro 
ducer  to  the  grocer.  Quality  was  for 
gotten  or 
in  the  creation  of 
cheap  articles  demanded  by  every  gro 
cer  in  order  to  undersell  his  rivals.  The 
consumer  suffered  by  the  adulteration 
of  goods,  and  the  grocer  suffered by rea 
son  of  the  constantly  declining  prices, 
the  small  margin  of  profits  and  the 
worry  occasioned  by 
further 
cutting  on  the  part  of  his  competitors, 
making  his  lot  a  most  unenviable  one
“ This  state  of  affairs  existed  over  all 
the  country. 
It  was  the  same  in  every 
city  and  town,  village  and  hamlet 
What  the  consumers  gained  by  the strife 
among  grocers  they 
in  the  poor 
quality  of  goods  sold  them,  but  neither 
had  yet  attempted  to  remedy  the  evils 
At  length,  in  order  to  protect  the  con 
sumers  and  to  raise  the  standard of  food 
products,  stringent  laws  were  passed 
making 
it  a  criminal  offense  for  any 
grocer  to  sell  adultertaed  food  products 
no  matter  who  was  primarily  guilty  of 
the  adulteration.  This,  to  a  great  ex 
tent,  prevented  further 
adulterations 
and  was  a  good  measure  for  the  benefit 
of  the  public.

lost 

“ The  cutting  of  prices  went  on  for 
some  years,  and  was  forced  to  such  a 
point  by  the  fierce  competition  that  the 
outlook  for  the  grocery  business  was 
anything  but  promising.  The  grocer 
who  could  reduce  his  personal expenses 
to  the  lowest  possible  limit,  deny  him ­
self  and  his  family  some  of the comforts 
and  many  of  the  luxuries  of  life,  and 
pay  the  lowest  possible  wages  for  help, 
had  the best  chance  of  withstanding  the

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HICHIGAN.

fallen,  where 

Cor.  Ionia  and  Fulton  Sts.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

To  Grocers  in  Grand  Rapids  and  dealers  generally:

WORDEN  GROCER CO.,

“ Certainly  not;  why  should  he?  He 
might  sell  more fora  day  or  for a  week, 
but  at  the  end  of  that  time he  knew  that 
all  others  would  follow  suit,  and  this 
meant  a  change  back  to  the  old  system, 
which  there  was  neither  peace  nor 
profit.  Confidence  begets  confidence, 
and  each  grocer,  having  confidence 
in 
himself,  had  confidence 
in  all  others. 
is  a  wonderfully  con­
Besides,  money 
vincing  thing,  and  the  profits  arising 
from  this  consolidation  testified  that 
it 
the  plan  by  which  grocers  were 
dragged  from  the  depths  of  the  pit  into 
which  they  had 
they 
like  animals  for  an  existence, 
fought 
onto  the  higher  plane  of 
living  profits 
and  allied  friendship.
“ The  beneficial  results  accruing  from 
the  association  of  neighboring  grocers 
proved 
the  possibilities  of  greater 
profits  by  the  co-operative  store.  The 
increased  earnings,  resulting  from  the 
lessening  of  expenses  by  reason  of  the 
pooling  of 
interests,  could  now  be 
plainly  seen  by  everyone,  and  the  co­
operative  store  of  the  present  day  was 
the  outcome.  A  dozen  grocery  stores, 
conducted  separately,  cannot  be  oper­
ated  as  economically  as  the  same  num­
ber of  stores  combined  under  one  man­
agement.  Each  store  keeps  at least  one 
book-keeper and  one  wagon.  These  are 
not  busy  all  the  time  and  mean  a  loss 
to  the  store.  Four  book-keepers  and 
four  wagons steadily employed  can  meet 
the  wants  of  the  dozen stores  combined, 
and  this  is  the principle upon  which  the 
co-operative  store  is  conducted.
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Why pay  enormous  prices  for  “ Entire  wheat” 
flour from  the  Eastern  States  when  you  can 
buy it  from  a  Michigan  mill,  equally  good, at 
a much  less  price?  We  have  special machin­
ery for  the  purpose  and  would  like  to  confer 
with you on the subject.

WIA.  C A LLA W   & SO N ,

is  the  most  profitable 
of  conducting  a  grocery  store  is 
denced  by  the  fact  that  this  cf 
took  place  nearly 
100  years ago 
the  grocers  have  not  yet  seen  fit 
back  to  the  old  methods,  in  which 
waged  war  upon  one  another  as  n

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into  the  sea  of  oblivion  by  the 
policy  of  price-cutting.”

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with  a  pang  of  regret  that  he  r 
he  had  fallen  asleep  in  his  owi 
and  dreamed  that  times  and  con 
had  changed;  and  the  fact  that  it  was 
only  a  dreamed  was  more  vividly  im­
pressed  by  the  customer refusing to  pur­
chase  what  she  had  originally 
intended 
to  buy,  because  “ it  was  two  cents 
cheaper  at  Mr.  Smith’s  store.”

A  woman  may  have  a  catalogue  of 
faults  as  long  as  a  m illiner’s  b ill;  but, 
bless her,  she’s  the test  thing  on  earth.

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Are now on exhibition at our salesroom,  and in 
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the  puzzles 

in  clover  puzzle  had  a  curious  history. 
The 
inventor,  Crandall,  put  it  on  the 
market  before  the  patent  had  been 
granted,  or,  in  fact,  even  applied  for. 
Other  people,  recognizing  the  value  of 
the  invention  from  a  financial  point  of 
formed  companies  and  began 
view, 
manufacturing 
in  even 
larger  quantities  than  Crandall’s  com­
pany  could  turn  them  out.  Crandall, 
of  course,  contested  for  his  rights  and 
injunction.  The  claim 
prayed  for  an 
was  put 
into 
interference,  which 
is 
along  process  and  one  which  tries  both 
the  patience  of  the  department  and  that 
of  the  attorneys.  The  unfortunate  part 
of  it  for  Crandall  was  that  the  craze  for 
the  puzzle  was  over  before  the 
interfer­
ence  was  settled.  This 
is  the  same 
Crandall  who  invented  the  famous  chil­
drens’  building blocks  with  dove-tailed 
edges,  which  had  such  a  run  and  are 
popular  even  to-day.  The  fifteen  puz­
zle  was  never  patented,  and  the  depart­
ment  has  no  information  in regard to  its 
inventor. 
it. 
Fortunes  were  made  by  it  for  half  a 
dozen  concerns,  and  most  of  the  profits 
were  pocketed  by  the  manufacturers.

Several  people  claim 

The  return  ball,  a  wooden  ball  fas­
tened  to  a  thin  strip  of  rubber,  with  a 
wooden  ring  at  the  other  end,  which 
was  patented  somewhere  in  the  sixties, 
had  a  rush  of  popularity  which  netted 
its  inventor $60,000,  ard  it  is sold wide­
ly  to-day.  The  patent  has  now  expired. 
The  flying  top,  a  round  tin  affair  with 
wings,  wound  with  a  string  and  shot  up 
in  the air,  made  a fortune for  its  invent­
or.  Several  years  ago  a  puzzle  ap­
peared  which  attracted  considerable  at­
tention. 
It  consisted  of  two  double 
painters’ hooks,  which, when fastened to­
gether 
in  a  certain  way,  could  not be 
taken  apart  except  by  one  who  had 
seen  it  done. 
It is  said  that  this  inven­
tion  came  about  by  the  merest  chance.
A  painter  was  standing  on  his  ladder 
scaffold  across  the  front  of  a house.  He 
had  occasion  to  use  a  pair of  the  hooks, 
and,  picking  them  up  hurriedly,  entan­
gled  them  in  such  a  manner  that  it  was 
several  hours  before  he  could  get  them 
apart.  He 
forthwith  had  drawings 
made  and  filed  an  application for  a  pat­
ent,  which  was  granted.  No  figures  are 
known  at  the  Patent  Office,  but  it  is 
supposed  that  he  made  a  large  sum  of 
money, 
for  the  puzzle  was  sold  for 
twenty-five  cents 
in  all  parts  of  the 
East,  and  it  cost  much  less  than  a "cent 
to  manufacture.

14,

MONEY  IN  LIT T LE  TH INGS.

Small  Inventions  That  Have  Brought 

Fortunes.

Washington Correspondence New York Sun.

if 

No  better  examples  of  the  importance 
of  small  things  can  be 
found  than 
among  the  records  at  the  United  States 
Patent  Office  in  Washington.  There  are 
to  be  seen  certain  small  objects  which, 
by  a  lucky  turn  of  affairs  or  perhaps by 
the  ingenuity  of  the  inventors,  have be­
come  known  throughout 
the  United 
States  and  even  throughout  the  world, 
and  have  been  the  means  of  filling  the 
pockets  both  of  the  inventors  and  their 
representatives. 
In  fact,  it  would  seem 
as 
inventors  of  small  objects  have 
been  far  better  paid  than  skilled  me­
chanics  and  engineers  who  have  spent 
months  and  years  in  perfecting  elabo­
rate  mechanisms.  Certainly,  ir.  propor­
tion  to  the  amount  of  work  done,  the 
lot  of  the 
inventor  of  small  objects  is 
more  to be  desired  than  that  of  the  man 
who  spends  the  best  part  of his  life  over 
an  elaborate  machine,  the  merits  of 
which  are  tardily  recognzied,  not,  per­
haps,  until  the  inventor,  through  worry 
and  sickness,  is  in  no  condition  to  en­
joy  the  fruits  of  his  toil.  It would  seem, 
also,  as  if  the  inventors  of  small objects 
which  have  paid  have  not,  as  a  rule, 
been 
inventors  by  profession.  They 
have  been,  for  the  most  part,  persons 
who,  by  sheer  luck,  have stumbled  upon 
an 
idea  which  somebody  else  has  rec­
ognized  as  a  good  one.  Without  the 
suggestion  of  this  “ somebody  else,’ ’ 
who 
is  usually  the  one  who  profits,  the 
great  idea,  though  born,  would  rarely 
grow  to  maturity.

A  story  current  at  the  Patent  Office  is 
told  of  an  old  farmer  up  in  Maine.  The 
children  of  the  old  fellow,  like  many 
other  children  before and  since,  had  a 
way  of  kicking  the  toes  out of  their 
shoes.  The  farmer  was  of  an  ingenious 
turn  of  mind,  and  he  cut  out  a  couple 
of  copper  strips  for  each  pair  of  shoes, 
which  were  fastened  over  the  toes  and 
between  the  sole  and  the  upper.  The 
plan  proved  so  successful  that  the  farm­
er  found  that,  where  he  had been buying 
three  pairs  of  shoes,  one  pair  would 
suffice.  There  happened  along  about 
this  time  a  man  from  the  city  with  an 
eye  to  business.  He  prevailed  on  the 
old  man  to  have  the 
idea  patented. 
This  was  done,  and  between  $50,000 
and  $100,000  was  made  out  of  it.  How 
much  of  this  the  old  man  got  is  not 
known,  but  it  is  presumed  that  the  pro­
moter  got  the  larger  part.  The  record 
at  the  Patent  Office  shows  only  the 
drawing  of  the 
invention  as  patented 
on  Jan.  5,  1858,  by  George  A.  Mitchell, 
of  Turner,  Me.

fine 

similar 

Anothei 

invention  which 
made  a  great  deal  of  money  was  the 
metal  button  fastener  for  shoes,  invent­
ed  and  introduced  by  Heaton,  of  Provi­
dence,  R.  I.  At  the  time  it  was  con­
sidered  a 
invention,  for  the  old 
sewed-on  button  was continually coming 
off. 
It  has  since  been  superceded,  to  a 
large  extent,  by  the Elliott fastener—the 
invention  of  an  Iowa man—which  is  put 
on  with  a  machine  which  takes  the 
wire  from  a  coil  and  the  buttons  from 
a  hopper,  working  automatically.

round 

By  a  comparatively  simple  arrange­
ment  the  shipping  tags  in  use  all  over 
the  country  to-day  were  made  a  possi­
bility.  The  chief  trouble  with  a  paper 
tag  was  the  almost  unavoidable  tearing 
out  of  the  tying  hole  before  the package 
arrived  at  its destination.  A  cardboard 
re-enforcement, 
in  shape,  on 
each  side  of  the  tying  hole  was  all  that 
was  necessary  to  make  the  shipping  tag 
a  success.  This  was  the  invention  of  a 
Mr.  Dennison,  of Philadelphia,  who  has 
made  a  fortune  out  of  a  lucky  five  min­
utes  of  thought.
The  division  of  the  Patent  Office 
which  examines  applications for  patents 
on  toys  and  puzzles  receives  more  com­
munications  in  regard  to  worthless  ob­
jects,  perhaps, 
than  any  other,  except 
some  of  the  divisions  on  mechanics, 
whose  officials  have  to  deal  with  crank 
inventors.  The  chief  examiner  of  the 
division  of  toys  cites  many  instances 
where  fortunes  have  been  made  on 
puzzles  and  similar  objects.  The  pigs

Rindge, K alm bach  &  Co.,

12,14,16 Pearl Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

the  rubber  vulcanizer. 

A  discovery  which  has been the means 
of  bringing  forth  a  number  of  inven­
tions,  both  great  and  small,  was  that  of 
Goodyear, 
It 
was  not  until  the  Goodyear  discovery  of 
the  vulcanization  of  rubber  in  1844  that 
rubber  could  be  used,  except  in  a  very 
primitive  fashion.  Then  it  was  found 
that,  by  the  use  of  sulphur  at  a  certain 
temperature,  rubber  could  be  moulded, 
shaped,  and  worked  into any  form.  Im­
mediately  after  this  discovery,  the  ap­
plication  clerk  at  the  Patent  Office  hav­
ing  charge  of  such  matters was besieged 
by  hundreds  and  hundreds  of  applica­
tions  for  inventions  with  the  Goodyear 
discovery  as  a  basis.  They  related 
chiefly  to  matters  of  form  in  which  it 
was  desired  to  work  rubber.  After  that 
time  the  rubber  blanket, 
the  rubber 
overshoe,  the  rubber band,  followed  one 
after  the  other  in  rapid  succession,  and 
since  that  time  there  has  not  been  a 
month  that  some  patents have  not  been 
granted  for  different  forms  of  rubber. 
Now applications  are  coming  in  at  the 
rate  of  four  or  five  a  month,  involving 
many  applications  of  the  pneumatic 
tubing  or  cushioning  "principle.  There 
are  now  pneumatic  blankets,  pneumatic 
pillows  of  all  descriptions,  pneumatic 
soled  shoes  for  running  and .jumping, 
and  pneumatic  car  fender  guards.

A  recent 

invention  which  has  come 
into  prominence  within  the  last  two  or 
three  years  is  the  tin  cap  on  the  top  of 
beer bottles.  This  appliance 
is  stead­
ily  taking  the  place  of  the  rubber  cork 
with  the  iron  thumb  lever. 
It  is  found 
that  the  sulphur 
in  the  rubber  cork  is 
acted  upon  by  the  beer,  with  the  result 
of  causing  the  rubber  to  deteriorate  and 
spoil  the  beer.  An  offer  from  some 
whisky  makers 
is  attracting  the  atten­
tion  of  inventors.  It  is  a  rewaid  of from

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Accidental

Discovery  of  the  Argand 

Chimney.

it 

$25,000  to  $50,000  for  an  appliance  on 
bottles  which  will  prevent  their  being 
refilled.  As 
is  now,  all  the  great 
whisky  and  beer  manufacturers  of  the 
country,  and,  indeed,  of  the  world,  are 
constantly  getting 
letters  from  people 
who  complain  that  they  have  received 
inferior  qualities  of  liquids  under  well- 
known  labels.  Of  course,  it  is 
impos­
sible,  without  some  such  appliance  for 
manufacturers  to  guarantee  the  contents 
of  bottles.  All  appliances  so  far  with 
this  end  in  view  have  been  unsatisfac­
tory.  The  chief  difficulty  seems  to  be 
to  make  the 
invention  practical  and 
cheap  enough  for  commercial  use.  The 
problem  has  been  solved  by  a  number 
of 
inventors,  but  at  too  great  an  ex­
pense,  for  it  has  seemed,  up  to  the  pre­
sent,  impossible  to  get  the  cost  below$2 
a  bottle.  Completed, 
appliance 
must  not  cost  more  than  2  or  3  cents  a 
bottle.

the 

Several  years  ago  a  patent  was  grant­
ed  for  an  addition  to  tin  cans  which 
made  the  opening  of  them  a  very  easy 
matter,  and  did  away  with  the  old-fash­
ioned  iron  can  opener.  The  can  had  a 
small  rim 
just  below  the  top,  bent  by 
machinery  at  an  angle  just  below  the 
breaking  point.  By  a  blow  on  the  top 
of  the  can  around  the  rim  the  top  would 
be  broken  off  with  a  smooth  edge.  This 
did  not  cost  the 
inventor  one  cent  a 
thousand  above  the  regular  price  of  the 
cans.  Armour,  the  Chicago  meat  man, 
as  soon  as  he  heard  of the invention,  or, 
dered  10,000,000  cans  to  pack  meat 
in­
to  fill  an  order  for  the  German  army. 
The 
inventor  of  this  can  made  a  for­
tune  in  the  first  six  months.  His  cans 
are  now  used  all  over  the  United  States 
for  oysters  and  fruits.

The  ordinary  wood  screw,  patented 
1846,  by  T.  J.  Sloan,  is  re­
Aug.  20, 
corded  among  the  simplest 
inventions 
that  have  made the  most  money.  Then 
screws  were  cut  by  machinery,  some  of 
which 
is  still  used  by  the  American 
Screw  Company,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 
But  the  patent  has  expired,  and the  new 
method 
invented  by  C.  D.  Rogers  has 
many  advantages  over  the  old.  Under 
the  Sloan  system,  the  skin  of  the  metal 
was  removed  and  the screw consequently 
weakened ;  now  there 
is  a  die  which 
rolls  the  screw  threads.

The  man  who 

invented 
the  brass 
spring  fingers  one  sees  on 
lamps  for 
holding  the  chimney  in  place  got,  for  a 
long  period,  a  royalty  of  $50,000  a year. 
William  A.  Thrall,  a  former  official  of 
the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway, 
patented,  June  1,  1886,  a  thousand-mile 
ticket  which  possessed  so  many  advan­
tages  that  it  has  been  adopted  by  many 
Western  roads.  Several  years  ago  Mr. 
Thrall  resigned  his  place  and  is  now 
living  on  a  royalty  of  $20,000  a  year. 
Within  the  last  two  weeks  a  patent  has 
been  granted  on  a  new  whistle,  used 
principally  by  bicyclers,  and  made  on 
the  principle  of  the  siren  or fog whistle. 
It  has been  largely  pirated  throughout 
the  country,  but  will  not be  put  into  in­
terference, 
for  the  patent  has  been 
granted. 
It  is  manufactured  by  a  firm 
in  the  East,  and  they  have  only  been 
able  to  supply  the  Eastern  trade.  The 
inventor  has  received 
for  some  time 
past  $5,000  a  month.  Among  musical 
instruments  for  general use the  autoharp 
has,  perhaps, made the most money.  The 
first  one  was  patented  in  1882.  Now  they 
are  sold  very  reasonably,  and  manufac 
turers 
sales  every 
month.  The  organette,  with  perforated 
paper  sheets,  is  another  of  the  money­
making  musical  instruments.

immense 

report 

The  Genuine  Article.

‘ ‘ I  am  beginning  to  have  doubts 
about  our  prospective  son-in-law,”   she 
said,  thoughtfully.
‘ ‘ Why?  What 
is  the  matter  with 
him?”   he  asked,  anxiously.
“ I ’m  afraid  that  his  title  is  spurious 
—that  he  does  not  really  belong  to  the 
aristocracy  of  Eruope. ”

“ Oh,  you  needn’t  worry about  that,”  
he replied,  with  evident relief. 
*‘ I  have 
good  reason  to  know  that  he  is  the  gen­
uine  article.  He  has  already  struck  me 
for  a  loan  of  $500,  agreeing  to  let  that 
sum  be  deducted  from  the  dowry  of  his 
prospective  wife  in  order  to  insure  pay­
ment  of  it. ’ ’

To  the  Egyptians  has  been  given  the
lamp,  but_it
honor '~ o f inventing  the 
seems  more  than  probable  that  they  re­
ceived  it  from  the  older  civilization  of 
lamps  originally  used  by 
India.  The 
the  Hebrews, 
the  Egyptians,  and  the 
Greeks  were  simple  flat  vessels  with  a 
small  handle  at  one  end,  and  at  the side 
a  little  projection  with  a  hole,  forming 
a  nozzle. 
In  the  back  was a larger open­
ing,  into  which  the  oil  was poured.  The 
oil  used  was  generally  vegetable,  but 
according  to  Pliny  it  was  sometimes  of 
liquid  bitumen. 

The lamp  commonly  used  in  Egypt  at 
the  present  time  is  a  small  glass  vessel, 
with  a  tube 
in  the  bottom,  in  which  is 
placed  a  wick  of  cotton  twisted  around 
a  straw.  The  common 
lamp  of  India 
is  a  small  earthen  saucer,  with  a  bit  of 
twisted  cotton  for  a  wick.  The  ordi­
nary  traveller’s  torch  or  lamp 
in  India 
is  a  bundle  of  strips  of  rags  on  the  end 
of  a  stick,  with  oil  poured  over 
In 
“ Bible  lands”   the  lamp  commonly used 
small  earthenware  plate,  with  the 
edge  turned  up  to  make  it  hold  a  small 
quantity  of  oil.

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Among  the  most  beautiful  ruins  of 
antiquity  that  have  been  preserved area 
great  number  of  Egyptian,  Greek,  and 
Roman 
lamps,  formed  of  clay,  metal, 
terra  cotta,  and  bronze.  The  museum 
at  Naples  contains  the  finest  variety  of 
specimens  to  be  found  anywhere.  These 
were  recovered  from  the  ruins  of  Pom­
peii  and  Herculaneum.*;  Some  lamps 
were  hung  with  chains  to  bronze  can­
delabra ;  some  were  supported  by  beau 
tiful  brackets.

In 

in  artificial 

1784,  Ami  Argand,  a  Swiss  resid 
ng  in  London,  made  an  entire  revolu­
tion 
light  by  inventing  a 
burner  with  a  circular  wick,  the  flame 
being  thus  supplied  with  an  inner  and 
an  outer  current  of  air.  To  Argand  we 
also  owe  the  invention  of  the  common 
glass  lamp  chimney.  He  was  very  de­
sirous  of  increasing  the  light  given  out 
by  the  lamp  that  he  had 
invented,  and 
to  that  end  had  made  many  experi­
ments,  but  alPto  no  purpose.

One  night,  as  he  sat  at  his  work  table 
thinking,  he  noticed  an  oil  flask  lying 
near,  off  which  the  bottom  had  been 
broken,  leaving  a 
long-necked,  funnel 
shaped  tube.  He  carelessly  picked  this 
up  and, 
thought," 
placed  it  over the flame of his lamp.  The 
result astonished  and  delighted  him,  for 
the  flame  became  a brilliant white light 
Argand  made  practical  use  of  the  "hint 
thus  given  him  by  devising  the  lamp 
chimney.

“ almost  without 

An  Accommodating  Landlord.

“ I  stopped  at  a  very  small  town  in 
Kansas a  few  years  ago, ”   remarked  A1 
bert  C.  Antrim  on  the  occasion  of  hi 
recruiting  trip  to  the  Grand  Rapids 
market  during  the  Christmas  holidays, 
“ I  had  been 
in  the  place  once  before 
and  knew  where  the  hotel  was. 
It  wa 
late  at  night  when  I  got  off  the  trail 
and  went  to  the  hotel.  .'After  repeated 
knocking  and  shaking  of  the  door,  the 
landlord  came  down  and  let  me in.  The 
next  morning  breakfast  was  not  ready 
when  I  got  up,  but  the  landlord  was 
ii 
a  good  humor  about  it,  saying:  ‘ Every 
body  is  sick  about  the  house.  You  are 
the  only  guest,  so  I  didn’t  get breakfast 
ready.’  He  went  out  into the  kitchen 
and  in  half  an  hour  served  a  very  good 
meal  for  me.  I  found  that  my  customer 
was  out  of  town,  so had  nothing  to  d 
but  stay  around  the  hotel  all  day.  The 
landlord  got  dinner and  supper  for  me 
and  I  asked,  ‘ Who  is  sick?’

“   My  wife,  two  children,  the  cook 

the  waiter  and  the  porter. ’

*  ‘ I  should  think  you  would  get  some 

one  else. ’

“   ‘ Can’t.  They  won’t  come.’
“   ‘ Why  not?’
“   ‘ Thev  are  all  afraid  of  the  small 
I ’m  the  only  one  who  hasn’t  got 

pox. 
it,  and  I  feel  the  symptoms. 
bed  to-morrow,  but  I  think  the  porter 
will  be  well  enough  to  run  the  hotel  by 
that  time.  He  is  sitting  up  to-day.’

I'll  be  1 

“ I  paid  my  bill  very  suddenly  and 
put  myself  under  medical  treatment 
when  I  reached  the  next  town.

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Some  Observations  on  Commission 

Merchant  Frauds.

Written for the  Tradesman.

While  it  has  not  been  my  misfortune 
to  suffer,  personally,  at  the  hands  of 
commission  sharks,  circumstances  have 
made  me  somewhat  fam iliar  with  their 
modes  of  operation,  and  I  take  pleasure 
in  complying  with  your  request  to  note 
a  few  suggestions  on  that  subject.  The 
peculiarities  of  the  commission  busi­
ness  make  it  especially liable  to  the  op­
erations  of  trade  swindlers.

There 

it  is  received. 

is,  perhaps,  no  other  line  of 
trade  that  presents  so  many  temptations 
to  dishonesty  as  are  met  in  the career of 
a  commission  merchant.  One  of  the 
is  the  condition  of  the 
most  frequent 
consignment  when 
It 
is  a  constant  tendency  for  the  receiver 
to  exaggerate  the  percentage  of  deteri­
oration  which  perishable  commodities 
undergo,  and  then, 
if  by  sharp  bar- 
gaining,  he  succeeds  in  making a favor­
able  sale,  it  is  easy  to  claim  and  take 
the  reward  for  his diligence and shrewd­
ness  and  no  one  is  the wiser. 
It  is  thus 
very  easy  for  a  dishonest  man  to fall  in­
to  the  practice  of  claiming  damage  and 
unsalability  and  compromising  with  the 
consignors  to  his  own  profit  as  the  cir­
cumstances  and  helplessness  of  those 
into  his  hands  will  permit. 
who 
This  temptation 
is  so  great  that  there 
are  very many established  concerns  with 
ample  ratings  and  excellent  references 
•who  are  giving  constant  cause  of  com­
plaint  from  victims  all over the  country, 
until  it  has  become  a  very  serious  prob­
lem  in  the  commission  trade.

fall 

It  is  more  particularly  of  a  different 
class  of  swindlers  that  I  propose  to 
speak  here— the  class  whose  operations 
you  have  been  exposing  in  the  columns 
of  the  Tradesman.  This  class  is  prin­
cipally  made  up  from  those  who  have 
received  a  training  in  the  school  of  dis-- 
honesty  referred  to  above.  Graduated 
from  this  by  circumstances,  usually 
business  failure, 
these  set  about  the 
careful  systematic  devising  of  unquali­
fied  swindling  operations. 
Indeed,  it  is 
necessary  for  a  commission  swindler  to 
have  had  experience  in  the regular com­
mission  business,  as  it  requires  a  prac­
tical 
familiarity  to  carry  it  on,  and  es­
pecially  to  effect  sales  of  the  consign­
ments.

The  usual  plan  of  operation  is  to  se­
lect  a 
locality  where  the  acquaintance 
of  the  chief  promoter  is  such  as  to  en­
able  him  best  to  dispose  of  his  plun­
der.  He  then  proceeds  to  devise  a  firm 
and  style,  keeping  his  identity carefully 
hidden.  For  this  he  takes  the  name 
and  address  of  some  irresponsible  rela­
tive  or  errand  boy  suitable  to  be  used 
as  a  tool  for  his  nefarious  purpose.  His 
next  proceeding  is  to  establish  a  credit 
for the  new  “ house.”   To  do  this  there 
is  an  account  opened  at  some  local 
bank,  with  sufficient  funds  to  make  a 
suitable  showing  on  the  books. 
It  does 
not  take  much  and  the  swindler  is  al­
ways  provided  with  sufficient 
ready 
money.  Suitably  printed  stationery  then 
being  provided  and a  type-writer  hired, 
he  is  ready  for  operations.  Cunningly 
devised  circular 
letters  are  prepared 
and  sent  to 
lists  of  the  most  probable 
victims  he  can  obtain.  Correspondence 
is  opened  and,  by  making  sufficiently 
favorable  offers  to  command  attention 
without  exciting  suspicion,  he  soon  be­
gins  to  get  business. 
If  the  consign­
ments  are  pretty  small,  for  trial,  and he 
sizes  up  his  victim  as  good  for  a  larger

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

is  with 

bite,  they  are  sold  and  generous  returns 
promptly made.  Then,  when the  venture 
is  large  enough  to  warrant  it,  the  fun 
begins.  Frequently  this 
the 
first  consignment.
Of  course,  it 

is  essential  to  success 
that  there  be  sufficient  reference.  The 
unpretentious  but  regular  business  at 
the  bank  provides  this.  Without  a  word 
to  the  bank  officials  the  letters  give  a 
reference,  in  the  printed  heading,  to 
the  bank.  The  inquirer  writes  and  the 
question  as  to  the  condition  of  the  ac­
count  warrants  the  bank 
in  answering 
that  their  dealings  have  been  satisfac­
tory.  This  disposition  of  the  matter  is 
the  shortest  and  most  natural,  and  the 
officials  never  mistrust  that  they  are 
parties  to  a  swindle;  and,  by  the  time 
the  inquiries  begin  to  be  so  frequent  as 
to attract attention,  the  “ firm”  will have 
gone  out  of  business  or  changed  its  ac­
count  and  reference  to  some other bank.
As  soon  as  this  firm  is  fairly  in  oper­
ation  steps  are  taken  to  establish  an­
other,  exactly  similar,  only  different. 
The  stationery  is  printed  on  a  different 
quality  of  paper,  in  a  different  kind  of 
ink.  Constant  variety  and 
ingenuity 
appear  in  the  preparation  of  the  letters, 
and a collection  of  such  that  I  have  seen 
front  a  “ group”   of  these firms  shows 
many  that  are  models  of  business  style 
and  brevity—calculated  to  deceive  the 
very  elect.

The  third  “ firm,”   the  fourth,  and  so 
on  are  put  into  operation 
in  the  same 
manner  as  the  circumstances  require. 
Addresses  at  residences,  with occasional 
removals  of  the  business  headquarters, 
give  sufficient  variety 
in  that  regard, 
and 
is  sufficiently  easy  to  get  dum­
mies  to  serve  for  the  names.  When  the 
operations  of  one  firm  have  progressed 
so  far  as  to  involve  danger  from  too 
close 
is  allowed  quietly  to 
disappear.

inquiry 

it 

it 

It will  be readily seen  to  what  an  ex­
tent  such  a  swindle  may  be  carried 
with  impunity.  The  victims  are  scat­
tered  over  a  wide  extent  of  country  and 
it  would  not  require  many  for  each 
“ firm”   to  make  the  business  profitable.
What  protection  can  be  found  against 
such  sharks?  The  protection  of  enlight­
enment.  The  condition  of  the  commis­
sion  business  brought  about by this class 
of  swindlers  and  the  others  referred  to 
gives  an  exceptional  opportunity  to  re­
liable  dealers.  The  operations  of  swin­
dlers are carried on exclusively by means 
of  private  correspondence  and  circulars 
—the  publicity  of  advertising  would 
be  fatal.  Thus  is  suggested  the  proper 
means  of bringing  reliable  houses to the 
confidence  of  shippers—let  them  adver­
tise. 
In  this  way  shippers  will  learn  to 
deal  only  with  well-known  and  well-ad­
vertised  houses.  And 
it  will  become  a 
more  essential  part  of  the  business  of 
shippers  to  learn  of  the  reliability  and 
permanence  of  their  correspondents. 
This  must  be  taken  up  as  a  careful 
study and  he  will  be  successful in avoid­
ing  loss  who  gives  it  the  most  system­
atic  attention.

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

His  Strong  Point.
said  Mrs. 

“ Absalom,”  

Rambo, 
“ have  you  time  to  take  this  carpet  out 
and—”

“ Don’t  ask  me  to  do  anything  to  that 
carpet,  Nancy,”  responded Mr.  Rambo.
* ‘ I  want  to  rest. ’ ’

“ I  think  you’re  always  wanting  to 
rest  when  I  ask  you  to  do  any  little 
job 
about  the  house,”   wrathfully  rejoined 
Nancy. 
“ You’d  be  worth  a  good  deal 
to  a  bicycle  m aker!”
“ Why,  my  dear?”
“  Because  you’ve  got  an  everlasting 

tire  on  you!”

E.  C.  STILES. 

C. H.  PHILLIPS.

S T I L E S   &   P H I L L I P S ,

Commission Merchants.

W holesale  F ru its and  Produce

Apples and Potatoes in Carload Lots a Specialty.

9  NORTH  IONIA  STREET. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

TELEPHONE  NO.  10.

ESTABLISH ED  1876.

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We have a  full  line  extra  choice  Common  and  German  Millet,  White,  Green  and  Scotch  Field 
Peas,  Clovers and Grass Seeds.  No. 1 Pine and  No.  2  Wbitewood Egg Cases.  No. 1  and No.  2 
Egg Case Fillers for Cold Storage and Shipping.  Write us for prices on  Lemons  and  Oranges. 
If;you have any  BEANS,  mail us sample.  Will be glad to trade at m arket price.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

Wholesale  Beans, Seeds, Potatoes, Fruits. 

26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa  St., Qrand Rapids, Mich.

Strawberries and New  Potatoes

We are  Headquarters for New 
Fruits and  Vegetables.........

R I l N T l M i i   &   T O  
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IX.  V U . ,  

20 and 22 Ottawa  street, 

......Grand Rapids,filch.

W e  G u a r a n t e e

our  Brand  of Vinegar to be an A B SO LU T E LY   P U R E  A P P L E  
JU IC E   V IN E G A R .  To any  one who  will  analyze  it  and  find 
any deleterious acids, or anything that is  not  produced  from  the 
apple, we will forfeit

ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS

We also guarantee It to be of not less than 40 grains strength.

J.  ROBINSON, Manager. 

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ROBINSON  CIDER  & VINEGAR  CO.,

BENTON  HARBOR,  fllCH.

S A L T  

S A L T

If you want anything in the line of  salt,  write  to  us  for  prices. 

It will be to your advantage to do so.

JOHN  L.  DEXTER  &  CO.,

12  G r isw o ld   S t.,  D etro it.

pebkihs k hess,  t

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 is s , Furs, Wool aim TaKow

We carry a stock of cake tallow for mill use.

Nos. 12 2  and  124  Louis St., 

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GrandRapids.

Fancy Lemons, 
New  Celery, 
Water  Melons, 
Bananas, 
Fruits  and 
Vegetables

.........O F ...........

F.  J.  Detteotlaler,

117 and  119 Monroe street,

Qrand Rapids.

FRUIT  and 
VEGETABLES ~ — -
are good and very cheap. 

Send your orders to

Henry  J.  VinKemuider.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Gnaranteed that prices will be  right

I  want you for a customer.

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

Commercial T ravelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

President,  S.  E.  Symons,  Saginaw;  Secretary 
Geo.  P.  Owen,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer.  J.  J 
F rost, Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President, J.  P. Cooper, Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Chancellor, H.  Ü.  Marks,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E dwin Hudson,  Flint;  Treasurer,  G eo.  A.  Rey­
nolds,  Saginaw.

Michigan  Division, T. P. A.

President, Geo.  P. Ow en,  Grand  Rapids ;  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  J as.  B.  McI nnes,  Grand 
Rapids.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Frederick  C.  Eberling,  traveling  rep­
resentative  for  John  Eberling,  of  Green 
Bay,  Wis.,  was  in  town  several  days 
this  week.

John  Smyth,  State  agent  for  the  R iv ­
erside  Yeast  Co., 
inspecting  the 
agencies  of  the  corporation  at  Luding- 
ton  and  Manistee.

C.  A.  Sams,  who  has  been  on  the 
road  some  time  for  the  A.  H.  Lyman 
Co.,  Manistee,  has  resigned  to  take  the 
management  of  J.  Hanselman’s  drug 
store,  at  the  same  place.

is 

Henry  B.  Grady,  who  traveled  twenty 
years  ago  for  the  then  wholesale  gro­
cery  house  of  Cody,  Olney  &  Co.,  has 
engaged  to  cover  the  Michigan  trade 
for  the  Michie  Tobacco  Co.,  of  Golds- 
borough,  South  Carolina.

A.  W.  Knapp,  underwear  buyer  and 
for  Strong,  Lee  & 
traveling  salesman 
Co.,  submitted to an operation for appen­
dicitis  at  Harper’s  Hospital  (Detroit) 
May  24.  He  is  rapidly  recovering  and 
will  soon  be  in  shape  to  resume  his  du­
ties  on  the  road  and  in  the  house.

C.  D.  Beale,  general  Western  agent 
for  the  Coats’  Thread  Co..  Chicago,  is 
making  a  tour  of  the  State  with  their 
Michigan  representative,  J.  W.  Sleight. 
Mr.  Beale  spends  his summers at Spring 
Lake,  on  the  banks  of  which  he  has  a 
ten  acre  farm  and  a  beautiful  summer 
home.

Another  death  has  occurred 

in  the 
ranks  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip—Geo.  E.  Dyer,of  Sutton,  Quebec, 
who  passed  away  May  29.  His  mem­
bership  number  was 3,104 and he  was  in 
good  standing  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
The 
insurance 
is  payable  to  his  two 
granddaughters.

At  the  meeting  of  Post  E,  Saturday 
evening,  the  Entertainment  Committee 
—composed  of  Chas.  J.  Flynn,  Frank 
W.  Hadden  and  A.  E.  Baker—was  in­
structed  to  designate  the  date  and  place 
of  the  annual  picnic  and  make  all  nec­
essary  arrangements.  The  Committee 
has,  as  yet,  had  no  meeting  to  consider 
the  subject,  but  the indications  are  that 
John  Ball  Park  will  be  selected  as  the 
place  of  holding  the  picnic,  the  pleas­
ant  event  of  last  year  still 
lingering  in 
the  memory  of  all  who  participated  in 
the  anniversary.

Mancelona  Herald:  Said  a  traveling 
man  a  day  or  so  ago,  “ I ’ ll  venture  the 
assertion  that  there 
isn’t  a  town  in 
Michigan  where  the  hard  times  are  felt 
less  than 
in  Mancelona.  T h is,’ ’  he 
continued,  “ is  not  only  my  opinion  but 
is  the  opinion  of  a  number  of  traveling 
men,  representing  different 
lines  of 
business,  whom  I  have  talked  with  and 
who  all  agree  that  your  people  have 
mighty  little  to  complain  of  in  the  way 
of  hard  times  or  a  scarcity  of  money. 
Your  iron  furnace  and your factories  are 
running  full  time  and  the  operatives 
don’t  know  what  it  means  to  skip  a  pay 
day.  The  past  winter  was  a  prosperous 
one  for  your  merchants,  thousands  of

dollars  being  paid  out  here  for  cord- 
wood  and  logs,  and  the  result  is  that 
money  has  been  kept  circulating  here 
while  the  merchants  uf  other  towns  and 
cities  have  been  doing  a  losing business 
\ e s ,”   he  said,  “ you  are 
right  along. 
in 
luck,  but,  unfortunately,  there  are 
many  here  who  have  failed  to  compre­
hend  and  to  appreciate  this  fact. ”

In  some  respects  the  American  com­
mercial  traveler 
is  a  potent  influence. 
He  carries  with  him  the  latest  city chit­
chat,  and 
if  he  be  a  young  man,  per­
haps  the  latest  slang  or  the newest funny 
story. 
It  has  been  said  that  a  noted 
American  after-dinner  speaker  depends 
largely  on  that  class  for  his  humorous 
stories;  at  all  events,  the  commercial 
traveler  has  studied  the  art  of  pleasing, 
and  he  is  a  welcome  figure  at  the dreary 
country  hotels,  where  he  pauses  for  a 
little  time 
in  his  rapid  flight  through 
the  sections  remote  from city influences. 
In  some  respects  he  is  an  oracle  on 
mooted  points,  and  his  dictum  on  many 
phases  of  business  or  politics  carries 
much  weight. 
the 
commercial  travelers  of  the 
country 
were  unanimously  to  favor  the  passage 
of  the  proposed  bankruptcy  act,  and 
were  to  back  their  opinions  with  com­
mon-sense 
arguments  wherever  they 
should  go,  it  is  hardly  too  much  to  say 
that  in  a  short  while  the  demand  for  the 
favored  action  would  soon  show 
itself 
in  all  sections  of  the  country.  Shrewd 
politicians of  National  fame have  in  the 
recent  past  declared  that  popular  opin­
ion  in  the  West  upon  public  questions 
like  the  tariff  has  been  largely  affected 
by  the  commercial  travelers  who  have 
passed  through  that  section,  and  there 
is  strong  ground  for  such  belief.

instance, 

for' 

If, 

Pine  Egg  Cases  a  Nuisance.

Pine  egg  cases deserve a place,  along­
side  of  No.  2  fillers,  on  the  shelf  where 
the  antiquities  of  the  egg  trace  are  pre­
served  to  gratify  the  curiosity  of  future 
generations.

The  trouble  with  pine  for  egg  cases 
is  that  it  is  very  liable  to  impart  a  bad 
flavor  and  smell  to  the  eggs.  This  oc­
curs  in  the  presence  of  moisture.  When 
eggs  come  out  of  a  cold  refrigerator  car 
into  a  warm  atmosphere  they  become 
damp—often  wet—from  condensation ; 
so  does  the  case  itself.  This  causes  the 
pine  to  emit  a  strong,  pungent  odor, 
which  taints  the  eggs.  The  same  effect 
is  noticed  in  damp  and  muggy  weather.
We  have  observed  a  number  of  in­
stances  lately  where  eggs  in  pine  cases 
have  been  returned  from buyers,  on  the' 
ground  that  they  were  “ tasty,”   though 
apparently  fresh  and  sound. 
Investiga­
tion  has  shown  that  the  trouble  was  due 
entirely  to  the  absorption  of  the  pun­
gent  pine  aroma  from  the  wood.

in 

For  holding 

ice  house  the  pine 
case 
is  absolutely  tabooed;  and  even 
for  ordinary  use  in  marketing  stock  for 
current  demands 
it  is  a  detriment  un­
der  any  but  the  most  favorable  condi­
tions. 
It  is  best  to  pack  stock  in  such 
a  way  as  to  give  it  the  benefit  of  every 
outlet,  and  so as  to  avoid  all  accidents.
The  white  wood  case  is  far  the best 
case  made  and  should  be  universally 
adopted,  at  least  for  packing  stock  of 
first  quality.  A  white  wood  case  with 
medium  fillers  and  a  No.  1  filler  at  top 
and  bottom layer  is  free  from  objection, 
and,  if  properly  packed,  should  prevent 
many  of  the  losses  which  often  harass 
the  less  careful  packer.

S U C C E S S F U L   SA LESM EN .

John  R.  Oxnard,  Representing  Strong, 

Lee  &  Co.

John  R.  Oxnard  was  born  at  Guelph, 
Ont.,  Oct.  2,  1864,  his antecedents being 
English  on  his  father’s  side  and  French 
on  his  mother’s  side.  His  father  was  a 
railroad  man,  having  been  for  many 
years  connected  with  the  Grand  Trunk 
system,  and,  although  Mr.  Oxnard  had 
an  opportunity  to  follow  the  footsteps 
of  his  father,  he  chose,  instead,  a  com­
mercial  career.  When  15  years  of  age 
he  turned  his  feet toward Detroit,  where 
he  found  employment  as  entry  clerk 
in

the  then  wholesale  dry  goods  house  of 
Chas.  Root  &  Co.  Two  years  later  he 
was  promoted  to  the  position  of  assist­
ant  manager  of  the  dress  goods  depart­
ment,  and  two  years 
later  he  was  re­
warded  for  faithful  service  by  being 
given  a  position  on  the  road,  which 
position  he  still  occupies,  covering  the 
trade  of  Southern and Central  Michigan, 
with  satisfaction  to  all  concerned.

Mr.  Oxnard  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  being 
a  member  of  the  lodge  at  Reading, 
Hillsdale  county.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Toledo  Traveling  Men’s  Associa­
tion  and 
is  a  communicant  of  Grace 
Episcopal  Church,  Detroit.  He  is  not 
yet  married,  but  the  reason 
for  this 
condition 
is  not  readily  apparent,  as 
thousands  of  less  handsome  men  have 
led  fair  ladies  to  the  altar.

Mr.  Oxnard  attributes  his  success  to 
everyday  hard  work.  He  carries  his 
grip  six  days  a  week  and  has  never 
been  known  to  complain  because  of 
overwork.

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Prints  declined  slightly 

last  week. 
The  mills  are  closing  down  to  allow 
stock  which  is  piled  up  to  be  sold  out.
All  kinds  of  wash  goods  are  low  in 

price.

Ginghams,  both  staple  and  fancy,  are 
jobbers  quoting 

in  price,  some 

off 
staples  at  4^c.

Flannels  are  selling  quite  freely  for 
fall  delivery  on  account  of  the  very  low 
prices  at  which  these  goods  are  quoted.
Cottons,  both  bleached  and  brown, 
continue  low  in  price.  Lawrence  L.  L. 
will  not  be  sold  after  this  season,  as  the 
makers  have  turned  their  machinery  on 
hose  and  underwear,  claiming  that  the 
profits  are  better  in  that  line.

Taffeta  rustles  still  find  ready  sale,  as 

well  as  percales  and  silesias.

A  wise  business  man  is  never  guilty 
of  doing  wrongly  the  same  things  for 
which  he  finds  fault with his competitor.

A  woman  is  a  hero  by  the  mere  fact 
of  her  sex ;  fortunately  for  the  rest  of 
it.  |
the  world,  she  doesn’t  usually  know 

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COMMERCIAL  HOUSE

Lighted  by  Electricity.  Heated  by  Steam. 

Iron  Mountain,  Mich.
All modern conveniences.
$2  P E R   D A Y .

IR A   A .  B E A N ,  Prop.

Cutler  House  in  New  Hands.
H.  D.  and  F.  II.  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
tention.

HOTEL  BURKE

G.  R.  &  I.  Eating  House.

CADILLAC,  MICH.

All modem conveniences.

C. BURKE,  Prop. 

W. 0.  HOLDEN, Mgr.

S E L L   THESE

C IG A R S

and  give  customers  good 

satisfaction.

CLIFTON HOUSE

Michigan’ Popular Hotel.

Remodeled and  Refitted Throughout.

Cor.  Monroe  and  W abash   A v e s.,

CHICAGO.

Moderate  rates  and  special  attention  to  De­
troit and Michigan  guests.  Located  one  block 
from the business center  Come and see us.
GEO.  CUMMINGS  HOTEL CO.,

Geo. Cummings.  Pres. 
Geo. Cummings is an Honorary  member  of the 

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

It is a  big,  pure,  full  weight,  solid  one 
pound bar  (16 oz.)  which retails for  only 
5 cents.  Get the price you can  buy  it  a’t 
from  your  Wholesale  Grocer  or  his 
Agent.  One trial  and  you  will  always 
keep it in stock.

DOLL  50A P

103 Bars in  Box, $2.50.  This is a  Cracker 
•lack to make a run on. and  it  will  be  a 
winner for you  both ways.

Manufactured only bv

ALLEN  B.  WRISLEY  CO.,

Drugs-=Chemicals

ST A T E  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.

One Y e a r- 
Two  Years— 
Three Years- 
Four Years— 
Five Years—

C. A. Buobee, Charlevoix 
S. E.  P akkill, Owosso 
F.  W. R. Pbbry, Detroit 
A  C. Schumacher,  Ann Arbor 
G eo.  Gundrum, Ionia

President, C. A. Bugbee, Charlevoix. 
Secretary, F. W. R.  Per r y, Detroit. 
Treasurer, G eo. Gundrum, Ionia.

Coining Meetings—Detroit (Star Island), June 23.

Lansing, November 3.

MICHIGAN  ST A T E  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

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IS.  P  Whitmarsh.  Palmyra, 

President. Geo. J. Ward, St. Clair. 
Vice-Presidents  -J q   q  P h illips,  Armada. 
Secretary, B. Schrouder, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, W *.  Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—F.  J.  WuRZBURG,  Grand 
Rapids;  F. D. Stevens, Detroit;  H. G .Colman 
Kalamazoo;  E. T.  Webb,  Jackson;  D.  M. Rus 
sell. Grand Rapids. 
______________

How 

to  Advertise  a  Country  Drug 

Store.
Helmbold in Printer’s Ink.

About  three  years  ago  I  availed  my 
self  of  an  opportunity  to  purchase,  “ on 
easy  terms,”   a  drug  store 
in  a  little 
country  village.  The  store,  then  estab 
lished  four  months,  was  about  paying 
expenses,  and  must  be  pushed  in  order 
to  yield  daily  bread.  A  general  appli­
cation  of  the  business  methods  learned 
in  the  city  might,  in  the  course  of 
years,  have  brought  success,  but  such 
did  not  meet  present  demands.

their  city  offices  a  letter  from  me  quot­
ing  oil,  gasoline,  mineral  waters,  etc.. 
etc.,  in  original  packages,  freight paid.
A  fair  percentage  send  me  their  orders 
in  preference  to  leaving  them  in  the 

ity,  and  the  cost  is  trifling.
Not  long  ago  I  obtained  a  polling  list 
and  sent  out a  hundred  postal  cards  to 
as  many  farmers  advertising  my  condi­
tion  powders.  Each  seemed  to  think  1 
had  sought  him 
individually  and  con­
sidered 
it  a  compliment.  Needless  to 
say  the  goods  are  going  rapidly.

Circumstances  alter  cases,  and  as  the 
young  lawyer  said,  “ cases alter circum­
stances.”   Study  the  people  you  want 
to  deal  with,  and  don’t  bother  about  the 
others  nor  about  the  general  rules  ot 
advertising,  if  there  be  such.
“ The  Old  Man.”

Correspondence Truth.

Were  I  the head  of  a 

large  concern, 
or  the  responsible  executive  officer  of 
a  great  corporation,  whether  my  age 
were  twenty-seven  or  seventy-two, 
I 
should  want  all  my  employes  or  subor­
dinates  to  call  me  “ The  Old  Man, 
not,  of  course, 
to  my  face,  or  when 
they  were  addressing  me,  but  among 
themselves,  or  when  they  spoke  of  me 
to  their  friends. 
“ His  M ajesty,”   “ His  Royal  High­
ness,”   “ His  Excellency,”   and  the  like 
all 
indicate  that  the  persons  to  whonj 
they  are  applied  possess  power,  but,  in 
this  commercially  democratic  age  and 
country,  the  one  appellation  of  undis­
puted  autocracy  is  “ The  Old  M an.”  

,  , T.  .

Applied 

to  the head  of  a  concern,  it 
frequently  indicates  love,  generally  re­
spect,  and  always  complete  submission 
to  authority.  It  is  as  free  from  any  sug­
gestion  of  age  as  is  “  Reverend. ”  
It 
is  never  given  when  there  is  a  question 
of  authority  or a  smouldering  rebellion 
against  it.

When  “ The  Old  Man”   says  a  thing 
that  settles  it ;  there  are  no questions  to 
be  asked ;  there 
is  no  comment  to  be 
made.  When  “ The  Old  Man”   does 
something,  or  fails  to  do  something, 
there  is  no  criticism  to  be  indulged  in. 
is  the  one  person 
“ The  Old  Man”  
about  the  establishment  who 
is  abso­
lutely  his  own  master ;  whose  coming 
in  and  going  out  are  unhampered ; 
whose  encouraging  word  carries  real 
weight,  and  whose  reprimand  indicates 
real  danger;  to  whom  “ sir”   is  a  right 
and  not  a  courtesy.
And 
when,  through  his  half-closed  private 
office  door,  he  hears  the  boys  term  him 
thus kindly,  let  him  congratulate  him­
self  that  loyalty  is  in  his  service  and 
that  he  has  attained  the  acme  of  dig­
nity.

live  “ The  Old  Man! 

Long 

Bishop.

Every  man  has  a  right  to  acquire 
legitimate  means  of 
in­
No  man  has  a  right  to  use  his  posses­

property  by  the 
activity,  foresight, 
heritance.
sions  to  oppress  bis  lellow-men.

invention  and 

of  his  own  labor. 
a  capitalist.
to  oppress  his  fellow-men.

Every  man  has  a  right  to  the  profit 
In  that  respect  he  is 
No  man  has  a  right  to  use  his  labor 
Every  free  man  has  a  right  to  refuse 

to  work  for  another.

No  man  has  a  right  to  prevent  an­
other  from  working  when  and  for  whom 
he  will.
Every  man  is  accountable  to  God  for 
the  use  of  his  time,  labor,  and  their 
outcome,  wealth.

The  run  of  sardine  fish  on  the  Maine 
light,  and  even 
coast  continues  very 
the  few  packers  whose  factories  are 
in 
operation  cannot  get  enough  to  keep 
going.  Since  the  season  opened,  six 
weeks  ago,  there  have  not been  enough 
fish  caught  to  supply  one  factory,  it  ir 
said. 

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The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

Two  distinct 

classes  were  to  be 
reached,  the  resident  farmer  and  the 
wealthy  summer  cottager  from  the  city 
Clearly,  two  widely  different  methods 
were  necessary.  My  clean  windows 
bottles  and  cases,  while  a  necessary  ad 
iunct  to  citv  trade,  filled  the  country | 
man  with  awe.  The  polished  floor  was 
incompatible  with  the  real  estate  on  his 
boots.  He  had  always  bought  his  few 
drugs  at  the  general  store,  where  he 
could  spit  without  moving 
from  his 
tracks.  The  window  displays  attracted 
a  few  farmers  and  more  loafers.  About 
half  could  read  the  cards  and  labels. 
They  said  I  was  catering  to the  city 
people  and  the  city  people  passed  me 
by  as  a  country  druggist.
Be­
I  wanted  both  ‘ * the  worst  way. 
ing  a  firm  advocate  of  printers’ 
ink,  I 
tried  circulars,  distributing  them  about 
the  village  and  wrapping  them  with 
goods.  No  doubt  they  did  some  good, 
but  did  not  pay  for  the  printing  and 
necessarv  detail.  The  principal  county 
paper circulates  among  about  two  hun­
dred  farmers 
in  my  section  and,  al­
though  a  rather  expensive  way  to  talk
to  that  number,  I  engaged  a  two-inch 
space  on  first  page  by  the  year,  coaxed 
the  publisher  for a  neat border,  and  ad 
vertised  one  specialty  at  a  time,  keep 
ing  my  name  and  location  prominent.
While  perhaps  no  one  had  ever  sold 
enough  of 
its  specialty  to  pay,  contin­
ually  it  showed  the  farmer  that I wanted 
him  and  that  I  had  what  he  wanted. 
Once 
in  the  store  I  made  him  feel  at 
home,  and  he  came  again.  He  soon 
learned  the  use  of  the  cuspidor,  and 
that  I  was  interested 
in  him  without 
having  time  to  visit  much.  The  farm­
ers  now  come  from  miles about,  passing 
other  stores,  and  their  trade 
is  well 
worth  the  trouble.
All  this  cuts  no  ice  with  the  wealthy 
summer  residents.  They  brought  most 
of  their  supplies  from  the city.  I bought 
a  little  typewriter  for  eight  dollars  and 
made  a  hectograph  for  about twenty-five 
cents.  With  these  I  wrote  a  number 
of  letters  to  the  people  I  wanted,  offer­
ing  them  Pratt's  Astral  Oil  by  the  bar­
rel  at  a  price  that  saved  them  money 
and  inconvenience.  Received  an  order 
next  dav,  and  am  now  supplying  a 
goodly  number  with  that  article.

Every  two  or three  weeks  I  send  out 
a  short  letter  offering  some  one  article 
and  quoting  the  price,  and  every  batch 
I  have  worked  up  a  nice 
pays  well. 
trade 
line  of  candies 
thorugh  a  letter to  the  ladies.
In  spring,  just when  people  are  mak­
ing  arrangements to  take  possession  of 
their  summer  homes,  they  receive  at

in  a  certain 

SOL. S M IT H  R U S S E L L

WM.  TEGQE, Manufacturer, 127 Jefferson  Ave.,  Detroit.

CIGAR

I®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®«

TRY  HANSELM AN’S

Fine  Chocolates  and  Bon.Bons
HANSELMAN  CANDY  CO.,

Goods which are sure to please.  Once used always used.  Sold  by 

all dealers.  Also fruits, nuts and  fireworks.

KALAMAZOO,  MICH.

WE CREATE THE DEMAND
J,ECTRlc  FILE LÜHE

This ad.  below will  run  in all the leading  State papers.

W£ S£FL//VO TH£ £>#/££ 
/£ /VOT SA  r/S SA CTO/? Y

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y & i//?  Ü /?L /G G /S T  £O fi/T .  TA/r£A/oor//£R.
L ’E S ?T H E  ELECTRIC PILE CURECO.. LAKEV1EW MICH.

'( / £ £ £ 0 0 £ S  //or //£££ /T,  S£/ZO  TOUS.

Pays the Druggist a Handsome Profit.

Order of your Jobber.

WHITE SEIL

Batavia M id  Fruits

and  Fruit  Juices

the best in the world, 
guaranteed

ABSOLUTELY  PURE.

■ I 8  Cl

CHICAGO. ILL.,

Sole  Agents for the United States.

The  Etiquette  of  Oum  Chewing.
More properly speaking there are certain rules, 
not etiquette as some  would  have  it,  to  be  ob­
served In abstracting  the  sweetness  and  reduc­
In the first 
ing the obstinacy of a stick of  gum. 
place one should have an object  in  view. 
It  is 
more than probable that chewing gum merely to 
keep the jaws in operation will  not produce any 
marked  benefits. 
If  one  is  troubled  with  dis­
ordered  stomach,  however,  the  right  kind  of 
gum will not only correct the  trouble,  but  keep 
the  breath  from  becoming offensive.  There is 
but one gum made that is  really  meritorious  as 
a medicinal gum, and that is  Farnurn's  Celery & 
Pepsin.  Mr. J.  F. Farnam of  Kalamazoo, Mich., 
is  the  most  extensive  grower  of  celery in the 
world,  and  his  knowledge  of  that  toothsome 
plant has been turned to account in the  form  of 
the  pure  essence  of  celery  which he has incor 
porated  with  pure  pepsin  into  chewing  gum 
Celery  is a splendid nerve remedy and pepsiu  is 
equally valuable for stomach disorders.  To use 
this gum regularly after meals  there  can  be  no 
question  as  to  the  ultim ate recovery from indi­
gestion or  any  other  form  of  stomach  trouble. 
Druggists  and  dealers  generally  are  finding  a 
ready  demand.  The  trade  is  supplied  by  all

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

Wisdom  from  the  Lips  of a  Methodist 

W rite for price list to

HEADACHE............
P f c i w K   ^   ...............POWDERS
Pay the Beet Profit.  Order from your Jobber | good Jobbers

A PERFECT 
WHISKY.

Hulman &  Beggs,

Sole  Proprietors,

Terre  Haute,  Ind.

A . E. McGUIRE, DAVE McGANN, Michigan Rep 
resentaiives. headauarters at Grand  Rapids,  Mic

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

19

Linseed,  boiled.......
Neatsfoot, winter str 
Spirits Turpentine..
Paints
Red V enetian.........
Ochre, yellow Mars 
Ochre, yellow  Ber. 
Putty, commercial. 
Putty, strictly  pure 
Vermilion,  P r i m e
American.............
Vermilion,  English
Green, P a ris ..........
Green,  Peninsular.
Lead, Red...............
Lead, w hite............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders'... 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
c liff........................
Universal Prepared.

45
42 
70
65 
33 
40
BBL. 
LB'
114  2  @8 
IK  2  @4 
IK  2  @3 
2*4  2*4@3 
2*4  2*@3
13®
15
70®
15  @
13® 
5*4®  554 
5*4®  554
10 
90 
1  00
@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

@

Paint your buildings with

Prepared Paint.

BBL.
BBL.  GA
70
53
40
40

70 I 
60 
43 I 
43

506 S.  BURDICK ST., KALAMAZOO,  Mich.
W rite for samples and prices. 

It is the m ost durable 

paint made.

1  65®  1
1  55®  1 

® 
65@ 
® 
15®
@  1  00

@
@
■
@10®
1  10®  1

Sinapis......................  
18
@ 
30
Sinapis,  opt.............. 
@ 
Snuff, Maccaboy.De
Voes........................ 
@ 
34
Snuff,Scotch.DeVo’s  @  34
10
Soda Boras...............   7  @ 
Soda Boras, po.........  7  @ 
10
Soda et Potass Tart. 
26®  28
Soda,  Carb...............   1*4® 
2
5
3® 
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........  
Soda,  Ash.................  3*4® 
4
Soda, Sulphas..........  
@ 
2
Spts. Cologne............ 
@ 2  60
50®  55
Spts.  Ether  Co........  
Spts. Myrcia Dom... 
@ 2 00
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. 
@ 2  49
Spts. Vini Rect. *4bbl  @  2 54 
®   2 57 
Spts.  Vini Rect. lOgal 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal 
@ 2  59 
Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®. 1  45
Sulphur,  Subl..........   2*4® 
3
Sulphur,  Roll......... 
2®  2*4
Tam arinds...............  
8® 
10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae.............. 
42®  45
V anilla.....................  9 00@16 Oo
7® 
Zinci  Sulph.............. 
8

37©
30®
35©
12®
24®
3 00© 3  10
Oils
40® 50
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
12 Lard,  ex tra............
10®
@ 15 Lard, No.  1..............
20  @ 22 Linseed, pure  raw.

Morphia, S.P.& W ... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co................
Moschus Canton 
Myristica, No. 1. 
Nux V om ica.. .po.20
Os  Sepia...................
Pepsin  Saac, II. & P
D. Co.....................
Picis Liq. N.N.*4 gal
doz....................
Picis Liq., quarts 
Picis Liq., pints.
Pil H ydrarg.. .po.  80 
Piper N igra.. .po.  22
Piper Alba__ po.  35
Piix  B urgun............
Plumb!  Acet..........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opi 
Pyrethrum, boxes H
& P. D. Co., doz.
Pyrethrum,  pv__
Q uasste.................
Quinia, S. P. & W. 
Quinia, S. German
Quinia, N.Y..........
Rubia Tinctorum. 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin.................
Sanguis Draconis
Sapo,  W ...............
Sapo, M.................
Sapo. G.................
Siedlitz  Mixture.

I  00 
50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
60

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Gum Camphor.

50 
50 
50 
50 
75 
50 
1  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 20
30®
35 
34@
38
3
!*4@3®
4
40©
50
4®
5 
55®
60
1  40 
15
@ 
10®  
12 
38®  40
1  00®  1  10 
9
10

@ 
@ 

35® 

75
50®  60

Conium  Mac............ 
65
Copaiba........................ 
90® 1  00
Cubebae......................  1 
50©  1 60
E xech th ito s............  1  20@  1  30
E rigeron...................  1 
20®  1 30
G aultheria...............   1 
50©  1 60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
Gossippii.Sem. gal.. 
25©  1 40
Hedeoma...................  1 
50® 2 00
Junipera....................  1 
Lavendula..................  
9n@ 2 00
Limonis.....................  1 
30®  1 50
Mentha  Piper.........  2  25®  3  00
Mentha V erid.......... 2  65® 2  75
Morrhuae,  gal..........   2  00®  2  10
@  50
Myrcia, ounce..........  
75® 3  00
Olive.......................... 
Picis  Liquida.......... 
12
10® 
Picis Liquida, gal...  @ 3 5
R ic in a ...................... 
96
91® 
Rosmarini...............  
@  1  00
Rosee,  ounce............  6  50@  8  50
S u ccin i..................... 
40® 
45
90@  1  00
S abina..................... 
Santal.........................  2 
50® 7 00
Sassafras................... 
50@  55
@  65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
Tiglii...........................  1 
25®  1 30
50
Thyme 
...................  
@  1  60
Thyme,  o p t.............. 
Theobrom as............ 
20
Potassium
Bi-Barb...................... 
15® 
18
15
13@ 
Bichrom ate.............. 
Bromide....................  
48®  51
12® 
15
Carb.......................... 
16© 
18
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
Cyanide..................... 
50©  55
Iodide.........................  2 
90@  3 00
Potassa,  Bitart, pure  30@  33
15
@ 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
8© 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10
Potass Nitras............ 
9
7© 
Prussiate................... 
25@  28
Sulphate  p o ............ 
15@ 
18

40@ 
15® 

Radix

Scillae Co...................
T olutan.....................
Prunus virg..............
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes..........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rn ica......................
A ssafcetida..............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex.......
Benzoin.....................
Benzoin Co...............
B arosm a...................
Cantharides............
Capsicum ............
Cardam on...........
Cardamon  Co..........
Castor........................
Catechu...................
Cinchona...................
Cinchona Co............
Colum ba...................
Cubeba......................
Cassia  Acutifol.......
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
D igitalis...................
E rgot.........................
Ferri Chloridum __
G entian.....................
Gentian Co...............
G uiaca.....................
Guiaca ammou........
Hyoscyamus............
Iodine........................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino.........  ...............
Lobelia.....................
Myrrh.......................
Nux Vomica............
O pii............................
Opii, camphorated..
Opii,  deodorized__
Q uassia....................
Rhatany....................
Rhei...........................
S anguinaria............
Serpentaria..............
Strom onium ............
Tolutan...........   .....
V alerian...................
Veratrum Veride ... 
Zingiber....................

T

Semen

niscellaneous 

10@
®50®
40®
@

20®  25
Aconitvm ................. 
Althae........................ 
22@  25
A nchusa................... 
15
12©  
@  25
Arum po....................  
20® 
C alam us................... 
40
15
12® 
Gentiana........ po  15 
16@ 
18
G lychrrhiza.. .pv. 15 
® 
30
Hydrastis Canaden . 
@  35
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore,Alba, po.. 
15®   20
Inula, po................... 
20
15® 
Ipecac, po.................   1  65@  I  75
Iris plox —  po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r.................  
40®  45
Maranta,  J^s............ 
@  35
Podophyllum, po__  
15@ 
18
R b e i.......................... 
75®  1  00
Rhei, cu t................... 
© 1 2 5
Rhei, pv..................... 
75@  1  35
Spigelia.....................  
35®
Sanguinaria... po.  15  @
Serpentari a .............. 
30®
Senega...................... 
56®
@
Similax,officinalis H 
Smilax,  M.................  
@
S ciite............. po.35 
10©
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po................... 
©   25
Valeriana,Eng. po.30  @  25
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ................. 
16
12@ 
Zingiber j ................. 
23@ 
25

Anisum..........po.  20  @ 1 5
14® 
Apium  (graveleons) 
16
Bird, Is......................  
6
4® 
C anti.............. po.  18 
10®  12
Cardamon.................  1  00@  1  25
8@ 
Coriandrum.............  
10
4
Cannabis  Sativa__   3**® 
Cydonium................. 
75®   1  00
C henopodium ........  
10® 
12
D iptenx  O dorate...  2  90© 3 00 
Foeniculum 
__  
^
®  
15
Fcenugreek, po......... 
6®
8 
Lini.......................   2*4©
4
Lini,  g rd.... bbl. 2*4  3*4®
L ob elia....................  
40
35@ 
4
Pharlaris  Canari an.  3*4® 
5
R ap a..........................  4*4@ 
Sinapis Albu............ 
7®  
8
Sinapis  N igra..........  
li®  
12
Spiritus

.¿Ether, Spts. N it.3F 
•Ether, Spts.  Nit. 4 F
Alum en.....................
Alumen, gro’d .p o
Annatto.................
Antimoni,  po.......
Antimoni et Potass
A ntipyrin..............
A ntifebrin............
Argenti Nitras, oz
Arsenicum.............
Balm Gilead  Bud 
Bismuth  S. N .  ... 
Calcium Chlor.,  Is 
Calcium Chlor.,  *4s
Calcium Chlor.,  54s 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
1 . 
Capsici  Fructus, af 
Capsici Fructus,  po 
15 
Capsici FructusB.po 
15 
Caryophyllus..po.  15
12 
Carmine, No. 40.......
3 75
Cera Alba,  S.  & F
Cera Fla v a...............
42 
Coccus......................
40 
25 
Cassia Fructus.........
Centraria...................
10 
Cetaceum..................
45 
®60®
63 
Chloroform...............
1  35 
Chloroform, squibbs 
_
Chloral H ydC rst.... 
15®   1  30
Chondrus.................. 
20® 
25
Cinchonidlne,P.&W 
15® 
20 
14
Cinchonidine, Germ  7  @ 
Cocaine.....................  5  30®  5  50
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum..............
Creta...............bbl. 75
Creta, prep...............
Creta, precip............
Creta, Rubra.
@
50®
C rocus......................  
Cudbear
©5®
_
 
Cupri Sulph. 
Dextrine.................... 
10®
75@
Ether Sulph.............. 
Emery, all  numbers  @
Frum enti, W. I). Co.  2 00®  2  50 
Emery, po.......  .......  
@
Frum enti,  D. F.  R ..  2 00®  2 25
Ergota..............po. 40 
30®
F ru m en ti.................   1  25©  1  50
Flake  W hite............ 
12®
Juniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
Galla.
1  4ÎXGJ  ö OU
1  90i§l  2  10 Gambier....................
9
8©
© 60
In  ?tO Gelatin, Cooper..  .
1 
30© 50
1  25©  2 00 Gelatin, French.......
60,  10*10
00 Glassware,  flint, box
Less  than  box__
60
Glue,  brown..........
9© 12
Glue,  white  .........
13© 25
2 50® 2 75 G lycerina.................
19® 26
© 15
Grana  Paradisi  ..
©   2 00 Uumulus................
25© 55
© 75
Hydraag Chlor  Mite
@ 65
@  1 10 Hydraag Chlor  Cor.
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
© 85
© 95
® 85 Hydraag Ammoniati
HydraagUnguentum 45® 55
@ 65 Hydrargyrum..........
© 60
® 75 Ichthyobolla, A m ... 1  25©  1  50
Indigo........................
75©  1  00
®   1 40 Iodine, Resubi......... 3 80© 3  90
Iodoform...................
@ 4  70
Lupulin.....................
© 25
© 50 Lycopodium............
60© 65
© 50 Macis......................
65© 75
© 50 Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod...............
@ 60
@ 27
© 50 LiquorPotassArsinit
10© 12
@ 50 Magnesia,  Sulph__
2©
3
50@ 60 Magnesia, Sulph,bbl
© 1*4
© 50 Mannia,  S.  F ............
60® 63
© 50 M enthol.....................
@ 5  50

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage.................
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage.................
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  Re e f ,   for 
slate  use...............
Syrups
A cacia......................
An rant i Cortes.........
Zingiber....................
Ipecac......................
Ferri Iod...................
Rhei Arom...............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega ......................
Scillae.........................

 

10
80
15
40
46
5
10
12
15
65
5
GO
40

6
8
14
14

25
00
50
00

15
8
30

50
60
45
80

18
12
18
30
2o
12
10
12
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15
25
80
50
15
2
35

14
25
25

20
25
30
20
10

65
45
35
28
80
18
12
30
60
25
55
13
14
16
50
10
00
70
35
00
65
40
30
60
45
80

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
22
25
36

50
50
25
00
40
20
75
60
65
50
60
60

HAZELTINE 
& PERKINS  • 
DRUG CO.
D R U G S

Importers  aod Job b ers of

Gdemifiais ami  Patent medicines

Dealers in

Paints,  Oils 
and  Varnishes

Full line of staple  druggists’  sundries.
We  are  sole  proprietors  of  Weath­

erly’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  pur­

poses only.

We  give  our  personal  attention  to 
mail orders  and  guarantee  satisfaction.
All  orders  shipped  and  invoiced  the 
same  day  we  receive  them.  Send  a 
trial order.

I

IIZELTIIE I  PERMIS  DRUG  to.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

G R O C E R Y  P R I C E  C U R R E N T .

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are" for the trade only,  in such quantities as are usually purchased  by retail 
dealers.  They are prepared just before going to press and  are an  accurate index of the local  market. 
It is 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 
our aim to  make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers.

COFFEE.

COUPON  BOOKS.

F A R IN A C E O U S   G O O D S .
..1  00 

3 doz. in case, per doz..

Blscuitine.

Farina.

.. 

Grits.

3
B u lk ...............................
VValsh-DeRoo  Co.’s — ..2 00
Barrels  ............................ ..3 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drum s— ..1  50

Hominy.

Lima  Beans.
Dried  ..........................
• 
* 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
. . 6 0
Domestic,  10 lb. box.  .
Imported,  25 lb.  box — ..2 50

Peas.

Pearl Barley.
Empire  ..........................
C h ester..........................

. . 2 %  
..1&@2
. .  90 
Green,  b u ......................
. . 2 1 4
Split,  per lb .................
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl — ...2  80 
Rolled Avena, 54bbl — ...155
..1  45
Monarch.  14  bbl..........
..2  10
Private brands,  bbl..
Private brands, 14bbl..
Quaker, cases............... ...3  20
Oven  Baked.................
" 2 2 5  
Lakeside  ......................
*  A 
G erm an.......................... ••• 
* 
3/4
East  India.................
Wheat.
Cracked, bulk................ •  • 
2 
24 2 lb packages............ • •  2  40 

Sago.

(
Be

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1

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Le 
Oi
Fi
Ti

Li
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T<

F i s h .

Cod.

Georges cured.............  @ 414
Georges  genuine........   @ 6
Georges selected.........  @614
Strips or  bricks.......... 6  @ 9

Halibut.

Trout.

Herring.

ITackerel.

.Sardines.
Stockfish.

Chunks................................  
13
10
Strips.................................... 
55
Holland white hoops keg 
Holland white hoops  bbl.  6  50
Norwegian..........................
Round 100 lbs.....................  2 30
Round  40 lbs.....................  1  10
Scaled................................... 
10
No. 1 100 lbs........................  13  00
No. 1  40 lbs........................   5  50
No. 1  10 lbs........................   145
No. 2 100 lbs........................   8  00
No. 2  40 lbs........................  3  50
No. 2  10 lbs........................  
95
Family 90 lb s......................
Family 10 lb s......................
Russian kegs...................... 
55
No. 1 ,1001b. bales..............  1014
No. 2,100 lb. bales.............  
8V4
No. 1100 lbs........................  5 50
No. 1  40 lb s........................  2 50
0
59
No. 1 No. 2 Fam
2  00
100 lbs ..........   7  25
1  10
40 lbs ..........   3  20
35
88
10 lbs ..........  
31
8 lbs ..........  
73
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.
Jennings’ . 
D.C. Vanilla
2oz........1  20
3 0 Z . . . . . . 1   50
4 oz........2 00
6 
oz....3 <10
No.  8. ..4 00 
No.  10.  .6  00 
No.  2 T.l  25 
No.  3 T.2  00 
No.  4 T.2 40 
D. C. Lemon

1U IDS........................
8 lb s........................

6 75
3 00
83
71

W hiteflsh.

 
c
 

6

Ç
5
&

“ Tradesman.”

8  1 books,  per  100 ................  2  00
8 2 books, per  100 ...............   2  50
8 3 books, per  100 ...............   3  00
8 5 books, per  100 ...............   3  00
810 books,  per  100 ...............   4  00
820 books, per  100 ...............   5  00

“ Superior.”

8  1 books, per  100 ...............   2  50
8 2 books, per  100 ...............   3  00
8  3 books, per  100 ...............   3  50
8  5 books,  per  100 ...............   4  00
810 books, per  100 ...............   5  00
820 books,  per  100 ...............   6 00

“ Universal.”

8  1 books, per  100 ..............   3 00
8 2 hooks, per  100 ..............   3 50
8  3 books, per  100 ...............  4 00
8 5 books, per  100 ...............  5 00
810 books, per  100 ...............   6  00
820 books, per  100 ...............   7  00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  tt>  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or o ver...  5 per cent 
500 books or o ver.. .10 per cent 
1000 books or over.  .20 per cent

Coupon Pass Books,

Can be made to represent any 

denomination from 810 down.

20 books 
50 books. 
100 books. 
250 books. 
500 books. 
1000 books.

1  00 
2 00 
3 00 
6 25 
10 00 
17  50

Credit  Checks.

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—DOnESTIC 

Apples.

Sundrled..........................  @  314
E vaporated 50 lb  boxes.  @  614

California  Fruits.
Apricots...........................  9  @11
Blackberries....................
N ectarines......................   514@
Peaches.............................  5  @14
Pears.................................  814®
Pitted Cherries...............
Prunnelles.......................
Raspberries....................

California  Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes...... •  @  4M
90-100 25 lb boxes....... ..  @  4&
@ 5
80 - 90 
lb boxes......
@ 514
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.......
60 - 70 25 lb boxes..  .. ..  @ 6
50 - 60 25 lb boxes....... ..  @  6M
40 - 50 25 lb boxes-----...  @ 7M
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.......
M cent less lu bags 
Raisins.

London Layers...........1  00@1  25
3H
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Luoxe Musc «tels 3 Crown 
4
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
5

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Patras bbls.......................... @  33£
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.........@  4
Cleaned, bulk  ....................@ 5
Cleaned, packages............ @  514

S juders’.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz......... 1  20
4 oz......... 2 40

tlEGA Nr 
Flavoring  !

DAYTON.(L ’

4 oz  . 
FLY  1  APER. 
Tanglefoot. 

‘■Regular” Size.

“Little” Tanglefoot, 
13 
ss than one case, per box 
le to ten cases, per case..  1  45
n cases, per  case............  1  40

FURNITURE 

Cleaner  and  Polish. 

Henderson’s “ Diamond.”

Half P in t................................   1 75
P in t...........................................3 50
Q u a rt.....................................  5 40
Half G allon...........................  7 75
G allo n .................................... 14 40

GELATINE.

Knox’s sparkling.................... 1 10
Knox’s acidulated..................1 20

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

K eg s......................................... 4 00
Half Kegs................................ 2 25
Quarter Kegs..........   .............1  2S>
1 lb  cans.................................  30
>4  lb  cans...............................  18
K egs.........................................4 00
Half Kegs................................2 25
Quarter  Kegs..........................1 25
1 lb  cans.................................  34
K egs........................................8 00
Half Kegs................................ 4 25
Quarter Kegs...........................2 25
lib  cans...................................  45

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

JELLY.

INDIGO.

Sage.........................................   15
H ops........................................  15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes..............  55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes__   50
15 lb  palls...............................  36
17 lb  pails...............................   44
30 lb  pails...............................  66
Condensed,  2  doz  ................ 1  20
Condensed, 4  doz.................. 2 25
Pure.........................................   30
Calabria  ................................   25
Sicily.......  ..............................  14
10
Root.

LICORICE.

LYE.

MINCE  M EAT.

nATCH ES.

Mince meat, 3 doz in  case. .2 75
Pie Prep. 3 doz in case.........2  75
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9  sulphur.........................1  65
Anchor  Parlor.......................1  70
No. 2  Home............................ 1  10
Export  Parlor....................... 4  00

nOLASSBS.
Blackstrap.

Cuba Baking.

Sugar house......................... 10@12
O rdinary..............................12@14
P rim e.............. 
20
Fancy 
30

Porto  Rico
 
 
...............................  

New Orleans.

F a ir ...................................... 
G ood....................................  
Extra good.......................... 
C hoice................................. 
Fancy  ................................. 

Half-barrelB 3c extra. 

18
22
24
27
30

PICKLES.
(Tedium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 coant............  3  60
Half bbls, 600 count............  2  30
Barrels, 2,400 count............  4  75
Half bbls,  1,200 count.........  2  88
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
Penna Salt  Co.’s .................  3  00

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head......................   614
Carolina  No. 1  ...................  5
Carolina  No. 2.....................  414
Broken..................................   254
Japan,  No. 1........................   5
Japan.  No. 2 ........................  4M
Java, No. 1............................  4*
Java, No. 2............................  4M
P a tn a ....................................  4

Imported.

SALERATUS.

Packed 60  lbs. in  box.

SAL SODA.

Church’s .................................3  3C
Deiand’s .................................3  15
Dwight’s .................................3  30
Taylor’s ...................................3  00
Granulated, bbls................1  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 1  50
Lump, bbls.......................... 
1
Lump, 1451b kegs................1  10
A n ise ...................................  13
Canary, Smyrna.................  
6
C araw ay.............................   10
Cardamon,  M alab ar.......  80
Hemp,  Russian...............  
4
Mixed  Bird........................ 
414
614
Mustard,  w hite.................  
Poppy  ................................. 
8
R ap e....................................  
4
Cuttle Bone........................   20

SEEDS.

SNUFF.

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

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.................................  14
Half  bbls............................  16
Fair  ......................................   16
G ood....................................  20
C hoice.................................  25

Pure Cane.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure  Ground in Bulk.

Allspice  .................................  914
Cassia, China in m ats.......... 10
Cassia,  Batavia in  bund__ 15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna.................. 15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Mace,  B atavia......................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
Allspice  ...........................10@15
Cassia, B atav ia....................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
N utm egs,.........................40@60
Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 
Pepper,Stngapo re, whitel5@18
Pepper, Cayenne............17@20
Sage........................................ 18
“ Absolute”  in  Uhl.  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
I'epper, black shot...........   60
Saigon........................................1 50
“ Absolute  ’’Butchers’  Spices.
Wiener and Frankfurter__ 16
Pork Sausage. . . : .................16
Bologna and Smoked S’ge. .16 
Liver S’ge and H’d,Cheese..l6

Peel.

Citron Leghorn 25 lb  bx  @13 
Lemon Leghorn 25 lb bx  @11 
< »range Leghorn 25 1 b bx  @13

Raisins.

Ondura 29 lb boxes__
@
Sultana 20 lb boxes.... ..7  @8
Valencia 30 lb boxes.. •  @

EGG  PRESERVER.

Knox's, small size................4  80
Knox’s, large size.................9  00

Peerless evaporated  cream .5  75

No.  2T.  80 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No.  4 T .l  50

Green.
Rio.

F a ir............................................. J8
Good...........................................
P rim e......................................... 21
Golden  ...................................... 21
Peaberry  ...................................23

Santos.

Fair  ............................................19
Good  ..........................................20
P rim e..........................................22
Peaberry  ...................................23

Mexican  and  Guatamala.

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

 

Maracaibo.

........................................23
Prime 
Milled..........................................24

Java.

In terio r......................................25
Private  Growth.........................27
Mandehling............................... 28
Im itatio n ...................................25
Arabian  .....................................28

Mocha.

Roasted.

Quaker Mocha and  Jav a.......32
Toko Mocha and Java.............28
State House Blend................... 25
A rbuckle..........................  21  30
Jersey.................................  21  30

Package.

! 5 J ? n ( J > f f e e
to 1]lll^£M K5.ÌÉnB»i€u2m
©0<9*.©u"cxa  Hit.
( g tf u to o  lbs.i  Equality  Price
$0  -  j  less ac  per lb.
C abinet* 120 lbs. Same Price . 
9 0 *  Extra  for Cabinets.
ricLaugblin’s  u i x  
KOFFA-AID.

- 

ul  30

Extract.

3 doz in case.........................  5  25
Valley City  14 g ro ss....... 
75
Felix  14  gross.................  
1  15
85
Hummel's foil  14 gross.. 
Hummel's tin 14  gross 
1  43

CONDENSED  MILK
4 doz. in case.

N.  V.  Condensed  Milk  Co, 

brands.
Gail Borden  Eagle................... 7 40
C row n..........................................6 25
D aisy...................................... 1
Champion  ..............................4  50
Magnolia 
..............................4  25
Dime 

3 35

AXLE  GREASE.

doz.  gross

Aurora............................ 55 
Castor O il.......................60 
Diamond........................50 
Frazer’s ......................... 75 
IXLGolden, tin  boxes 75 
Mica................................70 
Paragon..........................55 

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

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

Acme.

M  lb cans doz..................... 
14 lb cans doz..................... 
I 
M lb cans 3 doz................... 
14 lb cans 3 doz................... 
1 
Bulk.......................................  
1 
14 lb cans 4 doz case......... 
14 lb cans 4 doz case........  

45
85
lb cans doz....................   X  50
45
75
lb cans 1 doz...................  1  00
10
lb cans per doz case....  1  50 
45
85
lb cans 2 doz case.........  1  60

Dwight’s.

JaXon

Home.

M lb cans 4 doz case......... 
14  lb cans 4 doz case......... 
lb cans 2 d  <z case......... 
1 
lb cans......................... 
4  
14  lb cans............................  

35
55
9(J
45
75
.........................   1 50

Our Leader.

lb c»ns. 

BATH  BRICK.

American...................................70
English................................. — 8£

BLUING.

CONDENSED 
' p m O s  
LuiMG

1  1I07.  ■muter  »  oxes...  . 
40
12 ■!• 7.  C'a  es  per gro.........  4  50

mtoons.
■el 
t .arpet 
i  arpet. 

2  0
1 6-
..............  1  50
1  20
8a

......... 

4 Carpet...................... 
'•■rlur G em .................................2 0)
mmon W hist 
aey W hisk............................... 1 00

CANDLES.

iutei  40  i  b >xes.
Star 40 i’o boxes............... 
Paraffine 

. 
CANNED  OOODS. 
Tanitowoc  Peas.

91
814
:<t

.2  50

CATSUP.

Lakeside  M arrowfat..........   1  00
Lakeside E.  J ......................   1  30
Lakeside. Cham, of E ng....  1  40 
Lakeside  Gem  Ex. Sifted.  1  65 
UUIUUl'Hn 
J * l ll l/B. . . .
Columbia  M  pints__
CH EESE.
Amboy......................
Acme  ........................
E lsie ..........................
Gold  Medal..............
Id e a l..........................
Jersey........................
Lenawee...................
Riverside...................
Sparta......................
Brick..........................
E d am ........................
Leiden........
Limburger. 
Pineapple... 
Sap  Sago...

@ 714
W "Vt
@ 8
@ 714
@ 714
@ 714
@
@ 714
@ 10
@1  00
@ 2 0  
@ 1 5  
@ 2 0
...............   @  18
Chicory.
5
........................ 
...................... 
7

Bulk 
Red 

CHOCOLATE.

W alter Baker & Co.’s.

CLOTHES LINES.

German Sw eet.........................22
Premium....................................31
Breakfast  Cocoa..................... 42
Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz..........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz..........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz..........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz..........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz..........1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz..............  80
Jute, 72 ft,  per  doz...............  95

gross boxes........ , ...............45
214
3
4

CLOTHES  PINS.
5 
COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags...  ...................  
Less quantity................... 
Pound  packages.............. 
CREAn  TARTAR. 
Strictly Pure, wooden boxes.  35
Strictly Pure, tin boxes.........   37
T artarine..................................25

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

21

SA LT . 

Diamond  Crystal.
Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes..........
.1  60
Barrels,  1"0  3 lb bags__ .2  75
Barrels,  4u  7 lb bags__ .2 50
Butter, 56 lb  bags..............
•  05
Butter, 20  14  lb  bags.........
.3  00
Butter, 2801b  bbls............
Common Grades.
100 3 lb sacks......................
60 5-lb sacks......................
28 11-lb sacks.....................

.2  60
. 1  85
.1  70

Worcester.

.4  UO
115  2%lb. sacks.................
.3  75
lb. sacks.................
60  5 
3  50
lb. sacks.................
22  14 
.3  50
30 10 
lb. sacks.................
.  32
28 lb. linen sacks...............
56 lb. linen sacks............... ..  60
.2  50
Bulk in barrels..................
.  30
56-lb dairy iu drill bags...
.  15
28-lb dairy lu drill bags...
56 lb dairy in linen  sacks.

Warsaw.

Ashton.

.  60

Higgins.

56-lb dairy  in  linen  sacks

Solar  Rock.

Common Fine.

56-lb  sacks..........................
S aginaw .............................
Manistee  ............................
B oxes..................................
Kegs, English.....................

SODA.

.  60

85
85

.  5%
.  444

STARCH.
Diamond.

64 10c  packages  ................ 5  00
128  5c  packages..................5  00
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. . 5  00 
20 1-lb packages.....................  6%
40 1 lb packages.....................  6)*

Kingsford’s  Corn.

Kingsford’s  Silver  Qloss.
401-lb packages.....................
6-lb  boxes  ............................1

Common  Corn.

Common Qloss.

20-lb  boxes.............................   5
40-lb  boxes.............................  4%
1-lb  packages........................  4%
3-lb  packages........................  4%
6-lb  packages........................  5%
40 and 50 lb boxes.................   2 *
Barrels  ...................................  254

SUMMER  BEVERAGES.

Wild Cherry  Phosphate. 

“ Little Giant” u case,  2s-15e  bot­
tles ..............................   2  50
“ Money  Maker" case,24-25C and
24-15C bottles..............   5  00
FrPe  with  above.  Large  Bot­
tle, Easel and Advertising  Mat­
ter.
Concentrated Extract  for  Soda
Fountain, per gal........2 00
Root  Beer Extrai t,  3  doz  case,
$2  25, per doz  ............ 
75
Acid  Pbo.-phate,  8  oz.,  per
doz..............................  2  00
Beef, Iron and  Wine, pints,  per 
doz................................  3 00
Thompson’s 
Wild  Cherry 
P h o s p h a t e  
‘ H u m m e r  
Case" 
c o n- 
tains  3  doz. 
Be  8  oz  bot- 
1 1 e s, 
00. 
)ne  Big  Bot­
tle  Free.  24 
>z.  50c  size, 1 
loz. t,o a  case 
4 00.  Special 
Soda  Foun- 
ain  Extract 
oer gal. $2  00. 
Big  Demon­
strator 
con­
tains  15  doz. 
Be size, 1 doz 
>0c size, 1 jug 
and  fixtures. 
See add.

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

S.  C.  W ....................................35 00
Q uin tette...............................35 00
New  B rick.............................35 00
Absolute..............................  35  00

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

SOAP.
Laundry.

Gowans A Sous’ Brands.

Crow ........................................ 3 10
German Fam ily....................  2 15
American  Grocer  100s........3  30
American Grocer  60s.......  2 75
Mystic  W hite.......................  3 80
L o ta s .....................................  3 9"
Oak Leaf................................  3 00
Old Style..................................3 20
Happy Day............................  3 10

JtXON

Single  box...................................3 00
5 box lots, delivered...........2 95
10 box lots,  delivered...........2 85
Lautz  Bros. &  Co.’s  brands.
A cm e...........'..........................3 25
Cotton  Oil...................................5 75
Marseilles.....................................4 00
M aster..........................................3 70

Henry Passolt’s brand.

Single box..........   ..................3  00
5 box lots, delivered............a 95
10 box  lots,  delivered........   2  85
25 box  lot«  dp*ir.*red 
■»  5
American  Family,  wrp’d  .  3  33
American  Family,  plain___ 3 27

Jas. S.  Kirk A Co.’s  brands. 

Thompson A Chute's Brand.

Single  i .ox 
........................... 3 00
5 box  lot, delivered............2  95
10 box lot. de'ivered............2  .-5
25 box lot, delivered............2  75
Allen  B.  Wrisley's  brands.
’for  special  quotations  on 
Old Country ask traveling man.
Doll,  10 i b ars........................ 2  50
Good Cheer 60  1-lb...............3  90

SUQAR.

VINEGAR.

T A B LE  SAU CES.

W O L V E R I N E
Single box, delivered 
.......3 25
5 box lots,  delivered..........3  00
10 box lots,  delivered.........2  90
25 box lots,  delivered  .........2  80
Scouring.
Sapolio. kitchen. 3 d o z ...... 2 40
Sapolio  hand. 3 doz 
2 40
Lea & Perrin's,  large....... 4  75
Lea A  Perrin’s, small.  .. .2  75
Halford,  -urge  ..................3  75
Halford sm all.....................2 25
Salad  Dressing,  large....... 4  55
Salad Dressing. Small....... 2 65
Leroux Cider............................. 10
Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain ..  .10 
Robinson’s Cider. 50 grain.  ..12 
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the  local 
•reight front  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 hisshipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf................................5 56
Domino................................. 5  44
C ubes.....................................5  18
Powdered  ............... ............. 5  25
I  XXXX  Powdered................5  31
Mould  A................................5  18
Granulated  in bbls.............. 4  94
Granulated in  bags.............4  94
Fine G ranulated..................4  94
Extra  Fine G ranulated......5 t6
Extra Coarse G ranulated.. .5  06
Diamond  Confec.  A...........4  94
Confec. Standard A............4  81
No.  1.....................................4  56
No  2.....................................4  56
No.  3.....................................4  50
No.  4  ....................................4  44
No.  5.....................................4  44
No.  6.....................................4  31
No.  7 ...................................4 25
No.  8.....................................4  18
No.  9.....................................4  06
No.  10.....................................4  06
No.  11.....................................4  00
No.  12....................................  3  94
No.  13.....................................3  87
No.  14.....................................3  56
No.  15..................................... 3 31
No. 0, per gross......................   25
No. 1, pergross......................   30
No. 2, per gross......................   40
N o.3,pergros8......................   75

WICKINQ.

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

C arcass.......................... 5
F orequarters................3
Hind  quarters............  6
Loins  No.  3.................   9
Ribs................................. 7
R ounds......................   6
t ’hucks................... 
4
Plates  ..........................  2!
Pork.
D ressed.......................... 4
Loins 
..........................
Shoulders  ...................
Leaf Lard.....................
C arcass..........................5
Easter Lambs..............
Carcass 

.........................5

Mutton.

Veal.

@ 8 

@  4 
@12 
©   9 
@ 7 
@  5 
4@ 3
© 4l| 
@  7 
©  514 

@  6

@  614 
@10

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails

Mixed Candy.

Standard................... 
Standard  H.  H......... 
Standard Twist....... 
Cut  Loaf................... 
Extra H. H ...............  
Boston  Cream......... 
Standard................... 
Leader  ..................... 
Conserve................... 
R oyal........................ 
Ribbon......................  
Broken  ..................... 
Cut  Loaf................... 
English  Rock.......... 
Kindergarten..........  
French  Cream......... 
Dandy  Pan........  
Valley  Cream.......... 

6  @ 7
6  @ 7
6  @  7
7%@ 814
cases
@814
@ 814
@ 7
@ 714
@ 8
@ 714
@
@
(tit
@ 814
@ 814
@ 9
@,10
@13

Fancy  In Bulk.

Lozenges,  plain....... 
@  814
@  8*/t
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Choc.  Drops............  12  @14
@13
Choc.  Monumentals 
Gum  Drops.............. 
@ 5
@  814
Moss  Drops.............. 
Sour Drops...............  
@814
Imj>erials.................  
@ 9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops..........  
@50
Sour  Drops.............. 
@50
@60
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops__  
@65
@75
H. M. Choc.  Drops.. 
Gum  Drops..............  35  @50
Licorice Drops........ 1  00  @
@50
A.  B. Licoric-e Drops 
@55
Lozenges,  plain__  
@60
Lozenges,  printed.. 
im perials................. 
@60
@65
M ottoes..................... 
Cream  B ar.......; ___ 
@.,0
I  Molasses B a r ..........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @90
Plain  Creams..........   60  @80
Decorated Cream s.. 
@90
@60
String Rock.............. 
Burnt Almonds.......1  25  @
Wintergreen Berries 
@55
Caramels.
No.  1  wrapped, 2  lb.
b o x es..................... 
No.  1 wrapped, 3  lb.
b o x es..................... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  ___ ____ __
Fish and  Ovsters

@30
@45

Fresh  Fish.

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 
...............
Shell  Goods.
Oysters, per  100..........
Clams,  per  WO..........

8 

@  8 
@   8 
@   8 

@ 
@  1214 
15@
@  4
©  10 
@  15 
@  17 
@  10 

@  7
@  7
@

1  25@1  50 
90@1  00

Crackers.

B utter.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:
Seymour XXX.....................  5)4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  5?4
Family XXX........................   5J4
Family  XXX, 3 lb  carton. 
534
514
Salted XXX....................
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton 

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda  XXX  ....................
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton.
Soda,  City......................
Crystal  W afer...............
1014
Long Island  W afers__
L. 1. Wafers,  1 lb carton 
12
Square Oyster, XXX..........   5
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.  6
Farina Oyster,  XXX..........   5
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
A nim als...............................  10
Bent’s Cold W ater..............  12
Belle R ose............................  8
Cocoanut  Taffy...................  8
Coffee Cakes........................  8
Frosted Honey.....................  11
Graha m Crackers  ..............  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  6 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city ...  6 
614
Gin. Snps,XXX home made 
I Gin.Snps.XXX scalloped..
6*4
I  Ginger  V anilla...................
8
|  Im perials.............................
8
JumDles,  Honey.................
11
Molasses  Cakes...................
8
Marshmallow  .....................  15
Marshmallow  Creams.......  16
Pretzels,  hand  m a d e .......  8
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake..........................  8
S ultanas...............................  12
Sears' Lunch........................  7
..10 
Sears’  Zephyrette..
Vanilla  Square.......
.  8 
Vanilla  W afers__
14
Pecan  W afers...................... 1514
Fruit C- ffee..........................  10
Mixed Picnic ..  ..................  10j4
Pineapple Glace..................  1514

Grains and Feedstuffs
W heat.................................... 
60
Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Wheat.

Local  Brands.

P a te n ts.................................  4  10
Second  Pateut.....................  3  60
Straight...............................  3  40
Clear
3  00 
Graham 
...........................
3 25 
B uckw heat.........................
3  00 
R y e ......................................
2  65 
Subject  to  usual  cash 
dis-
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  %s..........................   3  55
Quaker, 54s ..........................   3  55
Quaker,  14s....................  
  3  55

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 
Olney A Ju d so n ’s Brand.

Ceresota,  %s.................. ....  4  05
Ceresi-ta, %s..................
...  3  95
Ceresota, %s..................___  3  90
Ball-Barnhart-Putman' s Brand.
Grand  Republic,  %s__ ...... 4  05
Grand  Republic, Ms..  ....  .  3  95
Grand Republic,  %s__ ...... 3  90
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  %s..........
....  4  00
Laurel,  54s ...................
....  3  9b
Laurel,  %s..................... __ 3  85
Lemon A  Wheeler Co.'s  Brand.
Parisian,  %s.  ..
----4  05
Parisian, %s..................
...  3  90
Parisian.  %s.................. ....  3  90
William Callam & Sons  quote 
as follows, delivered  in  Grand 
Rapids:
Wood...........................
4  00 
10 lb. cotton sacks__
4  00 
l-16s..............................
3  85 
3  75

Entire Wheat Flour. 

Feed and  Millstuffs.

2 00
13  50 
13 00 
12  00 
12  5u
9  50
10  00 
9  00
The  O.  E.  Brown  . Mill  Co. 

Meal.
B olted......................
Granulated 
.............
St. Car Feed, scree  ed 
No.  1  Corn and  Oats...
No. 2 Feed................... .
Unbolted Corn  Meal..
Winter Wheat  Bran..
W inter Wheat Middlings
Screenings.................
quotes as follows:
Corn.
Car  lots................................ 31
Less than  car  lots.......
Car  lots..........................
Less than  car  lots.......
No.  1  Timothy,  to» jots 
No. 1 Timothycarlots..

34
21%

Oats.

Hay.

13  HO 
12  00

F r u i t s .
Oranges.

Fancy  Seedlings

4  00

Medt. Sweets............
150-176-200...............
Messinas 200s...........
Lemons.
Strictly choice  360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy  360s...............
Fancy  300s...............
Extra 300s 
..............
Bananas.

@3 25
@3  5n
@3  75
@4  00
@4  25
A  definite  price  is  hard  to
name, as it varies  according  to
size  of  bunch  and  quality  of
fruit.
Medium  bunches... 1  25 @1  50
Large bunches.........1  75 @2 00
Fig“,  Fancy  Layers
20 lbs................. 
1 Figs, Choice  Layers
10 lb..............
Figs,  Naturals 
in
bags,  new ..............
Dates.  Fards in 101b
boxes....................
Dates,  Fards in 601b
Cases  ....................
Dates,  Persians,  G.
M.  K., 60 lb cases..
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb
cases 
...................

Foreign Dried  Fruits.
12 @

@10
@  6
@ 8
@ 6
@ 5%
@ 4

O i l s .
Barrels.
Eocene  ........................
@10^
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
@  8%
W  W M ichigan............
@  8
High Test H eadlight.. @  7
D.. S. Gas......................
@ 9%
Deo.  N ap th a...............
@  8%
C ylinder...................... 30 @38
Engine..........................11 @21
Black, w inter..............
@  9
Black, summer............
@  8%
Eocene..........................
@  8%
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
@  6
D. S.  Gas.....................
@ 7

From Tank  Wagon.

Barrels.

Scofleld,  Shurmer  & Teagle

@11 b'ft
@10%
@  8%
©  8
@  7

quote as follows:
]  Palacine......................
1  Daisy  W hite...............
|  Red Cross. W.  W........
Water  White H dlt__
Family  Headlight  ...
Red Cross S.  Gasoline  @10%
Stove Gasoline............  @  9%
N aphtha......................  @  8)4
P alacine......................   @9%
Red Cross W.  W ........   @ 6
Gasoline......................   @7%

From  Tank  Wagon.

P r o v i s i o n s .

8 00
9 00
9  ou
8  00
0  00

5
5
9%
9%
9
8%
9%

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing
and  Provision Co. quotes as fol-
lows:
Barreled  Pork.
Mess  .................................
Back  ...........................
Clear  back........................
S hortcut...........................
Pig......................................
Bean  ................................
Family  .............................
Dry Salt  Meats.
B ellies...............................
Briskets  ...........................
Extra  shorts.....................
Smoked  Heats.
Hams,  12 lb  average  __
Hams,  14 lb  average 
...
Hams,  16 Id  average.......
Hams, 20 lb  average.......
Ham dried beef...............
Shoulders  (N.  Y. cut).  .
Bacon,  clear....................
California  ham s..............
Boneless ham s.................
Cooked  bam ....................
In Tierces.
Compound........................
Fam ily...............................
G ran g er...........................
Musselman’s Gold  Leaf..
Worden's Home Made...
Worden's  White Clover.
Cottolene..........................
Cotosnet  ..........................
55 lb Tubs.......... advance
80 lb Tubs.......... advance
501b T in s .......... advance
20 lb Pails.......... advance
10 lb Pails.......... advance
5 lb Pails.......... advance
3 lb Pails.......... advance
B ologna...........................
Liver..................................
Frankfort..........................
P o r k ..................................
Blood 
Tongue  .............................

10%
4%
4%
5%
Wi
634
5%
0V2

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

Sausages.

Lards. 

H
H
\
%

1
5
6
6

10
9

Beef.

Tripe.

Casings.

Pigs’  Feet.

6
Extra  Mess......................  7 00
Boneless  ......................... 11 00
Kits,  15 lbs........................
80
%  bbls, 40 lbs...................  1 65
%  bbls, 80 lbs...................  3  00
Kits,  15 lbs........................
75
%  bbls, 40 lbs.......... ........  1 50
%  bbls. 80 lbs...................  2 75
P o rk ..................................
25
Beef  rounds.....................
5
Beef  middles...................
7
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy.....................
Solid,  dairy..............
Rolls,  cream ery..............
Solid,  cream ery..............
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2  lb .......... 2 00
Corned  beef,  15  lb .......  .14 00
Roast  beef,  2  lb .......... 2 00
Potted  ham.  % s..........
75
Potted  ham.  %s..........   1 25
Deviled ham, 
54s..........
75
Deviled ham,  %s..........   1 25
Potted  tongue  %s  __
75
Potted  tongue %s 
1 25
hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess 
pay IS  fol-
lows:
Hides.
G reen.....................
Part  cured............
Full Cured............
D r y ........................
Kips,  green..........
Kips,  cured..........
Calfskins,  green..
Calfskins,  cured..
Deacouskins  .......
Pelts.
Shearlings ..  .......
...  5 @  10
L am bs...................
...15 ©   25
Old  Wool..............
..  4u @  75
Wool.
Washed
.10  @15 
Unwashed
@12
T allow ..........................2  @2%
Grease B utter..............  1  @ 2
Switches  .....................  1%@  2
Ginsene 

...  3 @ 4
@  5
...  5 @  6
...  5 @  7
...  3 @  4
...  n @ 6
...  4 @  5%
...  6 @  7%

.....................2  50(fÄ2  90
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca..........
Almonds,  California,
soft  shelled..............
Brazils new .................
Filberts  ......................
Walnuts, Gren., new .. 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
C alif..........................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table  Nuts,  choice... 
Pei ans, Texas H. P ... 
Hickory  Nuts per bu„
Ohio  ........................
Cocoanu's,  full  sacks
Butternuts  per  b u __
Black  Walnuts per bu 
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
Cocks........................
Fancy.  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted.....................
Fancy, H. P., Associa­
tion Roasted............
Choice, H.  P„  Extras. 
Choice,  H. P.,  Extras, 
.................

niscellaneous.

@3 50
@

@12 
@10 
@  9

Roasted 

2r> @30

@  7
@

@13

@12% 
@  7% 
@ 10 
@ 12 
@11

5%

Crockery  and

Glassware *
FRUIT  JA R S. 

Mason—old style, pints... 
Mason—old style, q uarts.. 
M ason—old  style, % gal.. 
Mason—1 doz in case,  pts. 
Mason—1  doz in case. qts. 
Mason—1 doz iu case,% gal 
Dandy—glass  cover, qts.. 
Dandy—glass cover, % gal 
LAM P  BURNERS.

6  15 
6  75
8 75
6  40
7 00
9  00 
w  00
12  00

No.  0  Sun.........
No.  1  Sun.........
No.  2  Sun.........
Tubular............
Security,  No.  1.
Security, No. 2.
Nutmeg  ..........
Arctic................
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.

top,
top,
top,

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

No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crim p 
No.  2  sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
I  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.

No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and
No.  a  Sun,  wrapped  and
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
Fire Proof—Plain Top.

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

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

La  Bastie.

No.  1  Sun.  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ....................................  1  -a
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ....................................  1  50
No.  1 Crimp, per doz......... 
1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.......... 1  i'<0

Rochester.

No.  1,  Lime  (65c doz).........3  50
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz). 
..  4  00
No. 2, Flint  (80c  doz).........4  70

Electric.

OIL  CANS. 

Pump  Can.«

Miscellaneous. 

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  .......  4  00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz).........  4  40
Doz.
Junior,  Rochester.............. 
50
15
Nutmeg  ............................. 
Illuminator  Bases..............  I  00
Barrel  lots. 5 doz...............  
90
7 in.  Porcelain Shades__   1  00
Case lots.  12  doz 
90
Mammoth  Chimneys for  Store 
Lamps.  Doz.  Box 
No. 3 Rochester, lime  1  £0  4  20 
No. 3 Rochester, flint  1  75  1  80 
No. 3  Pearl 
top,  or
Jewel  glass............  1  85  5 25
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
lim e.........................   1  75  5  10
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
f l i n t ........................  2  00  5  85
No. 2 Pearl glass.......2  10  6 m
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  60
1 gal gulv iron with  sj out.  2 uu
2 gal galv iron with  spout  3  25
3 gal galv iron with spout.  4  50 
.  6  50 
5 gal Eureka with spout 
5 gal  Eureka with fau cet..  7  09 
. 7  50 
5 gal galv iron A  A  W. 
5 gal Tilting cans,  M’n’c.h  10  50 
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas 
..  9  00
3 gal  Home Rule................. 10  50
5 gal  Home  Rule................. 12  00
3 gal Goodenough............ 
lu 50
5 gal Goodenough........  
12  00
5 gal  Pirate  King............... 9 50
No.  •  T ubular.__  
..  4  5l
No.  1 B  T ubular............... (5  0C
No.  13 Tubular Dash 
....  <_> 00 
No.  1 Tub., glass fo u n t...  7  00 
No.  12 Tubular, side  lamp. 13  00 
No.  3 Street  Lamp 
3  75
LANTERN GLOBES.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1  doz.
each, box 10 cents:............ 
No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz.
each, box 15 cents............  
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls  5  doz.
each,  bbl 35....................... 
No. 0  Tubular,  bull's  eye, 
cases 1  doz.  eaci 

45
45
40
1  25
24
No. 0 pergross... 
... 
No.  1  pergross......... 
6
.......  
50
No. 2 per gro«s..................... 
80
No. 3 per gro„.»................... 
75
Mammoth  per doz 
JELLY  TUMBLERS-  Tin  Top. 
%  Pints,  6 doz  iu  box.  per
box  (box  00)  ...................  1  70
% Pints. 20 doz in  bbl.  pei
doz  (bbl  35)......................  
23
%  Pints,  6 doz in  box, per 
box  (box  00)... 
....  1  90
% Pints, 18 doz  in bbl,  per 
25
doz (bbl  35). 

LAMP  WICKS.

LANTERNS

.. 

2 2

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

THE  HOUSE  ON  THE  HILL.

“ A  pretty  hot  day  for  the  first  of 
April,  mother,”   said  Lemuel  Gerry, 
who  was  washing  his  face  and  Bands  at 
the  kitchen  sink.

“ Yes,  if  it  holds  this  weather,  you 
and  your  pa  ll  have  to  h’ ist  the  cook 
stove  out  into  the  back  room.”

The  odor  of  fried  salt  pork  filled  the 
close  kitchen,  and  Mrs.  Gerry  looked 
flushed  and  tired  as  she  placed  a  huge 
dish  of  potatoes,  in  their  jackets,  on 
the  table,  in  the  middle  of  the  room, 
calling  out  her  daughter,  Aurelia,  who 
was  a  miss  of  some  fifteen  years,  to 
take  up  the  biscuit  and  put  the  syrup 
pitcher  on  the  table.  She  turned  away 
from  the  little  glass  between  the  win­
dows,  where,  for  the  last  ten  minutes, 
she  had  been  admiring  the  pretty  face 
reflected  from  its  clear  surface.
“ Come,  hurry,”   said  Lem,  " p a   and 
I  have  had  a  hard  forenoon’s  work  and 
I ’m  hungry  as  a  bear.”

"Come,  Lemuel,  we  won’t  wait,  and 
’ Relia,  you  set  the  children  up  and 
I ’ll  pour  out the  tea.”
" I t ’s  too  bad  for  you  to  get  so  he’t 
up,  mother,”   said  Lemuel,  who  was 
sitting  down  to  eat  in  his  shirt  sleeves, 
"bu t  we  shall  catch  it,  probably,  with 
real  cold  weather 
’lore  the  month’s 
gone. ’ ’ 
come  in?”   inquired  Mrs.  Gerry.

"W hat’s  the  reason  your  pa  don  t 

"O h,  he's  out  talkin’  with Atkins  un­

,

der  the  maple.

"T h at  makes  me  think;  where  have 
them 

you  and  your  pa  been  haul in 
stones  all  the  forenoon?”

"U p   on  the  h ill,”   said  Lemuel,  but 
he bent his head a little lower,  as  if wish­
ing  to  conceal  his  face.

"W hat  for?”
"T h e re ’s  pa  cornin’,  ask  him,  he’ll 

make  it  plainer  to  you  than  I  can. ”

But  it  was  some  minutes before  Mrs. 
Gerry  referred  to  the  matter;  then  jt 
was brought  to  her  mind  by  Aurelia  s 
exclamation  of  her  father’s  looking  un­
usually  tired.

“ Y es,”  he said,  "h aulin ’  rocks such  a 

for?”   in­

quired  Mrs.  Gerry.

day  as  this  is  pretty  tough.”
it 

"What  are  you  doin’ 
" T o   stone a  suller,”   he  replied. 
"W hy,  I  thought  you  intended  settin’ 
this  house  back  and  buildin’  on  this 
spot,  but  I  don’t  know  but  I ’d  as  lief 
go  up  on  that  h ill;  it’s awful  sightly, 
though  there  ain’t  no  trees,  and  these 
are  so  nice  and  shady. 
I  declare  we’ll 
have  to  set  some  out  up  there  right 
away.  But  what  made  you  decide  to 
go  there?”
" I   ain’t  goin’  up,  leastways  not  to 
live,  jest  yet,  but  I  s’pose  I  might  as 
well  out  with  the  whole  story  now  as 
I  don’t  calc’ late  to  build  for 
any  time. 
myself  this  spring, 
is  so  hard, 
and  city  folks,  you  know,  are  glad  to 
take  them  old  farm  houses  around  here 
to  live  in.  Now,  I  expect  they’d  ruther 
little  cottage  and  pay  a 
have  a  neat 
good  price  for 
it,  and  I ’m  goin’  to 
build  'em  one,  and  next  spring  we’ll 
have  a  little  more  money  to  put  inter 
our  own  house.  Atkins’s  got 
it  all 
planned  out—a  piazza,  with  crinkly 
gingerbread 
it.  He’s  quite 
a  a-architect,  Atkins  is.  What  do  you 
think,  mother?”
and  fork  and  was  staring  at  him  as 
he  had  lost his  senses.

Mrs.  Gerry  had  dropped  her  knife 
if 

'round 

times 

I  won’t  stand 

"B u ild in ’  on  my  land,  the  land  my 
father  left  me,  and  not  sayin’  a  word 
to  me  about  it,  and  not  goin’  to  build 
for  us  this  spring? 
it ;”  
and  bursting  into  tears,  she  rose  from 
the  table,  went  to  the little bedroom  and 
shut  the  door.
" I  
knew  jest  how  she’d  feel  when  she  had 
her  mind  made  up  for  our  own  new 
house.

" I   told  ye so,  father,”   said  Lem. 

Mr.  Gerry  said  not a  word,  but  took 
his  hat  and  went  into  the  barn,  while 
the  children,  who had  never  seen  their 
mother 
in  tears,  sat  looking  at  each 
other  in  amazement.

Aurelia  got  up  with  a  cup  of  tea 
and  followed  her  mother. 
"D o   drink 
your  tea,  mother,”   she  said,  her  own 
eyes  glistening  with  tears. 
"Y o u ’ll 
feel  better. ’ ’

She  took  the  cup,  though  her  hands 

were  trembling,  and  said:

" I   s’pose  I  was  foolish  to  give  away 
so,  but 
’twas  so  sudden,  and  I ’m  all 
he’t  up  and  tired,  and  I  s ’posed  we  was 
goin’  to  have  our  new  house right away ; 
but  there,  Aurelia,  you  go  and  get  the 
little  boys  ready  to  go  back  to  school 
and  you  go  right  along  with  ’em  and 
not  touch  the  dishes. 
I  shall  get  up  by 
and  by. ’ ’

But  she  heard  Aurelia  clearing  up  in 
the  kitchen.  She  heard  Lemuel  say: 
" I   told  him  how 
it  would  be,  but  he
thinks  his  way 
is  the  only  way, ”   and 
she  arose *  and  went  out  where  they 
were.

" I ’m  glad  for  you,  Lem, 

"T hen  you  knew  it,  Lemuel?”
" Y e s .”
"W hy  didn’t  you  let  me  know?  He 
had  no  right  to  do  it.”
" I t ’s  no  use  for  me,  or  for.you,  to 
say  a  word,  mother. 
I  found  that  out 
long  ago,  and  I ’ve  made  up  my  mind 
to  get  out  of  this,  and  as  soon  as  Bob 
Ely  gets  me  a  chance  I ’m goin’  to  Lan­
caster  in  the  machine  shop,  for  ’ Lecty 
Bowen  has  promised  to  marry  me,  and 
I ’m  goin’  to  make  a  home  for  her.  She 
shall  not  come  here,  even  if  father  con­
sents  to  a  new  house.
’ Lecty’s  a 
good  girl,  she’s  got  money  in  her  own 
right,  as  I  had,  and  I  know  you  will 
never  get  it  away  from  her,  as  your 
father  got  mine,  but,  I’ll  tell  you—Oh, 
there,  I ’ve  got  to  be  patient,  but 
it’s 
awful  hard.  Why,  Lem,  I ’ve  worked  so 
hard  in  this  little  house  and  every  year 
he’d  say—‘ Well,  next  year we’ll  be  out 
of  this  and  you 
room 
enough. ’  Jest  think  of  how  you  chil­
dren  have always  had  to  sleep  in  the old 
garret,  partitioned  off  with  quilts. 
It’s 
a  shame,  with  all  our  money.  There, 
he’s  zallin’  ye.
" I   don’t care,  let  him  call  a  while.  I 
wish,  as  soon  as  you  can,  you  would  go 
over  and  see  ’ Lecty.”
to  this  conclusion?”

" I   will,  my  boy.  When  did  she  come 
"L a s t  night.”
"O h,  dear,  Lem,  I ’ve  always  thought 
that 
if  I  could  have  a  decent  house, 
with a parlor and  a  spare  sleepin’  room, 
and  a  black  silk  dress,  I  shouldn’t  want 
nothin'  else. ”
"Y o u   shall  have  a  nice  silk  dress  to 
wear  at  my  wedding,”   said  the  young 
man  gaily,  kissing  his  mother,  "fo r  I 
shan’t  be  married  till  I ’m  a  little  mite 
forehanded,  I  tell  you.”

shall  have 

"Com e,  Aurelia,  it’s  time  you  was 
goin’ ;  make  much of  your schoolin’,  for 
I  expect  every  day  your  father’ll  take 
you  out,  the  same  as  he  did  Lem uel,”  
said  Mrs.  Gerry.

Then  she  went  to  her  round  of  duties. 
The  kitchen  floor  must  be  scrubbed,  for 
she  had  not  time  in  the  morning,  and 
after  that  she  was  obliged  to  lie  down 
on  the  old 
lounge,  which  was  in  one 
corner  of  the  kitchen,  where  she  gave 
herself  up  to  the  bitter  thoughts  and 
indulged  in  another  fit  of weeping.

It  was  three  o’clock,  when  the  outer 
door  unceremoniously 
and 
"A u n t”   Roxana  Going,  as  she  was 
called,  walked  in.

opened 

"W al,  wal,  somethin’  new  to  see  you 
layin’  down—don’t git up for me.  Abner 
was  goin’  down  to the village and  I  rode 
along with  him and  brought my  knittin’, 
because  I  reckon  he’ll  stay quite a spell. 
I  did  want  to  know  what  you  changed 
your  mind  for and  was  diggin’  a  suller 
up  on  the  hill? 
I  all’ers  s ’ posed  you 
calc’lated  to  stay  here,  with  a new addi­
tion  to  the  front. ’ ’

"W ell,  people  change  their  mind 

sometimes,  don’t  they?”

I  don't 

"Y e s,  but  M is’  Gerry,  you  do  look 
real  kind  o’  peak-ed. 
like 
them  red  spots  on  your  cheeks.  You 
family  died  with  con­
know  all  your 
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jest  get  some  clover  tops  and  steep  ’em 
and  sweeten  with  honey,  that’s  good  for 
night  sweats,”   said  this 
Job’«  com­
forter.

Mrs.  Gerry  rose  and  replied  angrily: 
"When 
I  am  in  consumption,  I ’ll  ask 
a  doctor’s  advice.”   Then  she  went  to 
the  stove,  kindled  a  great  wood  fire  and 
set  about  preparing  cup  custards  for 
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looked 

made  and  set  out  into  the back  room  to 
cool.  The  sky  had  become  clouded  and 
the  atmosphere  so  cooled  that her  efforts 
were  attended  with  less  discomfort  than 
in  the.morning.  But  her  whole  nature 
was 
in  revolt  against  the  unjust  pro­
ceedings  of  her  husband,  and  when,  in 
one  of  his  trips  to  and  from  the  qyarry, 
he 
in,  and  asked  her,  half 
sheepishly,  if  she  wouldn’t  like  to  ride 
down  to  the  village  after  supper  and 
buy  her  a  new  dress,  she  repelled  his 
evident  attempts  at  reconciliation  by 
replying  shortly,  “ No,  I ’ve  got  calico 
dresses  enough.
By  six  o’clock  the  rain  was  falling 
fast,  and  Abner,"Aunt  Roxana’s  son, 
had  hastened  to  the  village  to  take  his 
mother  home,  refusing  Mrs.  Gerry’s 
invitation  to  stay  to.  supper,  for  which 
the  extra  cooking  had  been  done.  The 
old 
lady  was  inclined  to  “ resk  it,”   as 
she  said,  and  stay,  for  she  enjoyed  go­
ing  out  to  tea,  and  really  wanted  to 
know  more  about  the  new  house  on  the 
hill,  but  she  told  Abner  somewhat  con­
fidentially,  “ that  if  ever  a  woman  was 
plannin’  to  have  her  husband  marry  a 
second  time,  M is’  Gerry  was.  And 
he’s  so  worldly  about  doin’  everything 
and  gettin’  ready  for  the  new  house, 
you  mark  my  words,  he’s  buildin’  for 
some  other  woman,”   which  was,  in  a 
measure,  true,  but  not  in  the  sense 
in 
which  she  interpreted  it.

Mr.  Gerry  announced  after  supper 
that,  rain  or  shine,  he’d  got  to  go  and 
see  some  workmen,  and  that  he  prob­
ably  couldn’t  get  back  much  before  ten 
o’clock.

Mrs.  Gerry  didn’t  sit  up  for  him, 
but  was  glad  to  be  alone  and  think 
for 
a  little  while  without  interruption.  As 
Mr.  Gerry  drove  home  alone  he  in­
dulged  in  soliloquy,  something after this 
fashion:
I  think 
I ’m  right.  She  ought  to  be  lookin’  out 
about  savin’  for  old  age.  We don’t know 
what’s  cornin’  to  us;  but,  I  vum,  she’s 
been  a  good  wife,  and  I  s’pose,  seein’ 
’twas  her  property,  I ’d  orter  said  some­
thin’  to  her  about  it."  But  Atkins  says

“ I ’d  no  idee  she  was  so  sot. 

he  knows  of  a  party  what  he  thinks  will 
take 
it  off  my  hands  if  I  want  to  sell, 
and  then  she  shall  have  her  new  house 
and  her  dress.  Bless  me!  I  didn't  think 
she  had  so  much  feel in’  about  clothes 
till  I  heard  her  talkin’  to  Lem uel;  but 
git  up,  Fan,  we  shan’t  git  home  to­
night.”

The  house  on  the  hill  was  finished 

in 
due  season,  but  there  seemed  to be great 
difficulty  in  securing  a  tenant.

The  city  people  said,  who  came  to 
look  at  it,  that  they  didn’t  want  a  house 
to 
live  in  in  the  country,  and  the  old 
farmhouses  afforded  them  shelter  from 
the  rain  and  at  night,  which  was  all 
they  wanted,  so  it  was  the  5th of August 
before  anyone  was  settled,  and then  only 
for one  month.  Mr.  Gerry’s  disappoint­
ment  was  very  great.  His  wife  forbore 
any  allusion  to  his  mistake,  nor  did  she 
intimate  anything  regarding  their  new 
house.  The  heat  of  summer  had  been 
intense,  her  work  was  really  more  than 
she  had  strength  to  do,  and  she  became 
apparently  indifferent  to  everything  but 
her  daily  routine  of  drudgery. 
“Her 
cough  and  the  pain  in  her  side 
in­
creased,  and  Lemuel, 
in  vain,  urged 
her  to  consult  their  old  family  physi­
cian.  She  had  recourse  to  some  cough 
drops,  which,  as  they  contained  opi­
ates,  rendered  her  comfortable,  and  her 
family  pleased  themselves  with 
the 
thought  that  she  was  getting  well.

Joel  Gerry  had  done  considerable 
thinking  during  the  summer  and  some 
very  profitable  conclusions  were  the  re­
sult.

About  the  middle  of  September,  he 
“ Lemuel,  when  are  you  going  to 

said : 
be  married?”

‘ ‘ As  soon  as I  can  earn  money  enough 
to  buy  a  home  for  my  w ife,”   promptly 
replied  Lemuel.
board  and  clothes.

‘ Why,  you  get  as  much  as  I  do,  your 
“ But  that  is  not a  home for my wife. ”
“ Why,  don’t you calc’late  to  live  with 

us?”
“ No,  s ir;  I ’ve  partly  engaged  to  go 
to  Lancaster  to  go  to  the  machine  works 
I
this  winter. 

I  can  get  good‘ pay  and 

shall  be  very  prudent. 
'Lecty  has  some 
money  and  we  mean  to  have  a  home  of 
our  own. ’ ’

Mr.  Gerry  stared  at  his  son  as  if  he 
had  gone  suddenly  demented.  “ Well,  I 
don’t  know  as  I  blame  ye  much.”

“ I  don’t  mean  that  my  wife  shall  be 

a  slave,  as my  mother has always been.

Mr.  Gerry  winced,  visibly. 

“ You 
needn’t  be  sassy  to  your  elders,”   he  re­
plied,  and  walked  out  of  the  shed. 
Presently  he  returned ;  Lemuel  was  still 
grinding  the  tools  which  he  had  been 
“ Look  here,  Lem,  what’ll  you 
using. 
charge  a  month  to  work  for  me? 
If  you 
go away I can’t find  anybody  that’ll  look 
out  for  my  interests  as  you  do,  and  it 
will  worry  your  mother  to  have  you  go. 
You  put a price and  let’s settle this thing 
right  up. ”  
It  was  now  Lemuel’s  turn 
to  look  surprised.  Mr.  Gerry  continued: 
“ Your  mother  ain’t  very strong.  I  think 
that  house  on  the  hill  came  pretty  near 
bein’  the  death  of  her,  and  I ’m  sorry 
I ’ve  never  said  it  before,  but  I ’m  goin’ 
to  say  it  to  her  as  soon  as  I  can  get  my 
pride  humbled  a  little  more.  Now, 
my  idea  is  this:  I ’ve  got  enough 
laid 
by,  though  more’n  half  belongs  to  your 
mother,  by  good  rights.  You  go  and 
get  married  to  ’ Lecty  right  off  and  go 
to  keepin’  house  on  the  bill,  if  it  suits 
her. 
I ’ve  got  men  settin'  out  trees  up 
there  now,  so  'twon’t  be  so  hot  in  sum­
mer,  and  I ’m  goin’  to  get  out  the  stuff 
for  our  new  house this  fall  and  winter, 
so  it’ll  go  right  up  in  the  spring. 
I ’ve 
engaged  Jennie  Ross  to  come  out  and 
work  for  us,  so  your  mother  won’t  have 
nothin’  to  do  but  get  well.  She’s  goin’ 
to  take  things  easy  the  rest  of  the  time, 
or  I ’ll  know  the  reason  why.”

The  young  man  bad  turned  red  and 
“  Father  Gerry,  is  this 

pale  by  turns. 
you?  Do  you  mean  it?”
“ Course  I  mean  it,”   answered  he, 
trying  to  speak  carelessly,  but  his  eyes 
were  full  of  tears. 
“ I  ain’t goin’  to 
keep  Roxana’s  tongue  waggin’  about 
my  killin’  my  wife  and  ill-treatin’  my 
family  any  longer. 
I  s ’pose  she  ain’t 
been  fur out  of  the  way. 
I  don't  know 
what  I ’ve  been  thinkin’  about  m yself.”

“ Father,”  

interrupted  Lemuel, 

“ I 
want  to  tackle  right  up  and  go  and  tell 
’ Lecty.  She said  the  other  day  she  was 
a  good  mind  to buy  the  cottage,  but  I 
wouldn’t  let  her.
Lem  goin’  down  to  the  village?”

“ Jo-el,”   shouted  Mrs.  Gerry, 

“ No;  want  anything?”
“ Y es;  I  was  goin’  to  send  for  some 

“ is 

more  cough  drops.

Joel  went  in.  She  was  making  pies, 
laid  his  hand  on  her 
as  usual.  He 
“ Louisy,  I ’ve  heerd  you  say 
shoulder. 
that  Jenny  Ross  was  the  only  woman 
you  could  ever  stand  to  do  your  work 
for  you. 
I ’ve  engaged  her  to  come  and 
help  this  winter,  ’cause  there’s  goin’  to 
be  a  weddin’  and  a  new  house  in  the 
spring—there’ll  be  new  dresses  to  make 
for  you  and  Aurelia,  a  new  carpet  for 
the  parlor,  and  so  forth.
“ Joel  Gerry,  have  you  gone  clean 
crazy?”
“ No,  Louisy,  I  hain’t,  now. 
I  hev 
been,  I ’ll  admit,  but  my  reason’s  kind 
‘ While  the  lamp  holds  out 
o’  returnin’. 
to  burn, ’  ye  know.

She  turned  and  went  to  her  place  of 
refuge,  the 
little  bedroom,  where  all 
her  children  had  been  born,  and  where 
many  times  in  the  day  she  had  gone 
in 
secret  to  ask  strength  and  help  from  the 
never-tailing  source.

“ I  think  Joel  must  be  goin’  to  be 
taken  aw ay,”  she  said.  “ He  don’t  look 
nateral,  and  he  don’t  seem  nateral. ”

Spring  came  early  and 

the  new 
house  was  rapidly  approaching  com­
pletion.  The  family  still  occupied  the 
“ old  part,”   but  Mrs.  Gerry  spent  much 
time  with  the  newly  married  couple, 
who  were  enjoying  the  comforts  of  the 
house on  the  hill.

Jennie  Ross  assumed  the  care  of  the 
housework,  and  Mrs.  Gerry  said  that, 
for  the  first  time  in  her  married  life,  of 
nearly  twenty-five  years,  she  had  time 
to  fold  her  hands  in  peace  and  quiet­
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some,  but  she 
laughed  at  all  attempts 
that  were  made  for  her  to  be  under  the 
care  of  a  physician,  though  Aunt  Rox­
ana declared that she had  “ the real,  gen-

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oine  hectic  flush.”   She persisted that it 
was  spring  fever;  that  yellow  dock  and 
dandelion  bitters  would  set  her  up  all 
right.  Mrs.  Lemuel had made  all  plans 
to  go  to  the  seashore  with  her  as  soon 
as  they  should  be  installed  in  the  new 
part,  which  was  nearly  completed.

One  morning she informed  ’ Lecty  that 
she  knew  why  she  didn’t take  so  much 
interest 
in  her  new  house  as  she  ex­
pected ;  she  said  it  had  been  kind  of 
revealed to her  that  Joel  was  to be  taken 
away. 
I  thought  I  should  be 
the  one  to  go,  but  it  ain't  so,  I  don’t 
think. 
It’s  Joel.  He’s  growed  to  be 
such  a  saint  that  I  ain’t  hardly  ac­
quainted  with  him.  Think of  his  buyin’ 
me  a  new black  silk !  T ain’t  like  him 
at  all.

“ First, 

“ Aunt  Roxana  says  she  never  did  see 
anything  like  the way  Gerryshave  come 
up  lately.  She  thinks  the  talk  she  made 
about  Father  Gerry  aid  some  good, ”  
answered  ’Lecty.

“ And  she’s  about  right,  though  she  is 
a  meddlesome  old  thing,”   answered 
Mrs.  Gerry.

“ I ’ve  heered  that  folks  always  give  a 
party  when  they  move  into  a new house.
I  should 
like  to,  and  I  mean  to  invite 
Aunt  Roxana  and  let  her  see  that  I ’m 
alive,  and  that  I  can  show  her as  hand­
some  a  parlor  and  as  good  a husband  as 
they  make  nowadays.  But  it  does  seem 
strange  what  made  Joel  turn  around  all 
to once. ’ ’
“ I  had  a  vision,  I  think,”   said  Joel, 
who  had  just  come  in.

“ Vision, ”   answered Jennie  Ross,  “ I 
should  think  you  did. 
I  haven’t  any 
great  opinion  of  a  man  who  will  about 
kill  his  wife  with  hard  work,  and  then, 
when  he  begins  to  think  he’s  in  danger 
of  losing  her,  turn  ’round,  so’s  to  keep 
her  drudgery  a  while  longer.”

Mr.  Gerry  was  about  to  reply,  when 
saying: 
Mrs.  Gerry  touched  her  arm, 
“ Hold  on,  Jennie. 
If  ever a  man  was 
truly  penitent,  and  trying  to  live  down 
the  past,  that  man  is  my  husband,  Joel 
Gerry. ’ ’

Mr.  Gerry  could  hardly  speak,  but  he 
finally succeeded in saying: “  I  dreamed 
just  before  we  built  the  new  house,  that 
we  had  moved  in,  and  Louisy was about 
giving  a  party,  when  all  to  once  she 
was 
layiri’  in  a  handsome  coffin,  with 
flowers  all  'round  her,  and  a  new  black 
silk  dress  on ;  then  she  sat  up  and  said : 
“ I ’ve  got  all  I  ask  for—a  new  house,  a 
nice  parlor,  and  a  black  silk  dress,  but 
I  wish  I  had  a  good  husband.”   When  I 
waked  up  I 
felt  so  queer,  and  that 
dream  haunted  me  for  days,  and  I  made 
up  my  mind  that,  if  the  Lord  would 
spare us,  she  should  have what she asked 
for. ’ ’

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—Contrary  to  general  expecta­
tion,  the  entire  line  was  marked  down 
a  sixpence  Friday, 
in  response  to  a 
similar  decline  in  raw  goods in Europe, 
and  Monday  morning  brought  another 
decline  of  the  same  amount  along  the 
entire  line.  The  market  is  still  weak 
and  uncertain  and  the  price  may  go 
still  lower  before  the  upward  movement 
confidently  predicted  by  many  authori­
ties  puts  in  an  appearance.

Oatmeal—The  American  Cereal  Co. 
has  reduced  the  price  of  Rolled  Avena 
20c  per  bbl.

Cheese—The  markqt 

quotations  average  about 
a  week  ago.

is  weak  and 
lower  than 

Lemons—Prices  are  weak,  owing  to 
the  prevailing  cool  weather,  which  has 
restricted  the  demand  very  materially. 
Unless 
rises,  still 
further  declines  may  be  looked  for  in 
the  near future.

temperature 

the 

Tea—Prices  are  without  material 
< hange.  While there  is little probability 
of  any  further  declines,  it  appears  un­
likely  that  values  can  be  worked  up  to 
a  higher basis.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

!•-.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

Everything  in  cigars at  Bushman's.

CO N FID EN CE  GAM E.

How  the  Lamb  Gang  Secured  Posses­

sion  o f  a  Stock.

One  of  the  shrewdest  deals  ever  en­
gineered  by  Frank  J.  Lamb  was  the 
last  week,  of  the  Averill 
purchase, 
furnishing  goods  stock,  located 
in  the 
Jenks building,  on South Division street. 
It  appears  that  Chester  Lamb  owned  a 
farm  in  Kentucky,  about  twenty  miles 
south  of  Cincinnati.  He  obtained  the 
property  in  a  trade  and  was  anxious  to 
dispose  of  it  in  the  same  manner.  He 
therefore  placed  the  sale of  the  property 
in  the  hands  of  a  man  named  Chas.  E. 
Roland,  who  proceeded  to  work  up 
Averill  for  a  trade.  The  latter  was  not 
anxious  to  make  a  deal  unless  he  could 
exchange  the  real  estate  for cash, where­
upon  Roland  claimed  to  have  found  a 
man  who  would  pay  $10,000 
for  the 
land,  on  the  alleged  ground  that  oil 
had  been  discovered  on  the  property. 
Roland’s  proposition  was  that  he  and 
Averill  should  take  a  joint  deed  for  the 
property,  meet  the  alleged  purchaser  in 
Cincinnati  and  divide  the  proceeds— 
Averill  to  receive  $5,000  for  his  stock 
and  Roland  to  receive  $5,000  for  en­
gineering  the  deal.  The  bill  of  sale 
was  placed 
in  the  hands  of  B.  F. 
Strifling,  to  be  turned  over  to  Chester 
Lamb  when  Strifling  received  a  tele­
gram  from  Averill  telling  him  that  the 
deal  had  been  completed  by  the  pay­
ment  of  the  money.  Averill  and  wife 
and  Roland  left  for  Cincinnati  on  the 
Thursday  morning  train,  when  Lamb 
immediately  took  possession  of 
the 
stock,  Mrs.  Chester  Lamb  holding  the 
fort  during  the  daytime.  During  the 
afternoon  Chester  selected  enough  stuff 
from  the  stock  to 
last  a  man  a  half 
dozen  years,  and  a  short  time  after 
Strifling  came  in  and  went  through  the 
stock 
in  the  same  manner,  selecting 
what  he  wanted.  About  10 o’clock  that 
evening  the  store  was 
invaded  by  a 
number  of  men  who  had  been  selected 
by  Lamb  for  the  purpose  of  packing 
the  stock,  and  by  daylight’  everything 
had  disappeared  except  the  showcases 
and  fixtures.  Part  of  the  goods  were 
taken 
to  Ada  and  the  remainder  to 
Grandville,  both  shipments  being  made 
to  John  C.  Sincoe,  Toledo.  Chester 
Lamb  met  the goods  at  Toledo,  and  re­
shipped  them  to  Cincinnati.  The  only 
slip  in  the  cog  was  a  chattel  mortgage 
lease  which  was  held  by  landlord  Jenks, 
who  notified  the  Lambs  that,  if 
the 
goods  were  not  returned  or  an  arrear­
age  of  $150  rent  paid  within  an hour,  he 
would  proceed  against  them  criminally. 
It  is  needless  to  remark  that  the  rent 
was  paid.  In  the  meantime  the  Averills 
and  their  representative  arrived  in  Cin­
cinnati,  but  no  cash  purchaser  for  the 
land  put 
appearance.  Mrs. 
Averill  returned  by  first  train  and  Mr. 
Averill  came  back  as  soon  as  he  could 
pawn  his  watch.  They 
immediately 
placed  their  case  in  the  hands  of  At­
torney  Jamieson,  who  laid  the  facts  be­
fore  the  Prosecuting  Attorney,  who  au­
thorized  the  issuance  of  a  warrant  for 
Chester  Lamb  on  a  charge  of  grand  lar­
ceny.  The  sheriff  at  Cincinnati  has 
been  telegraphed  to  lodge  him  in 
jail, 
pending  the  arrival  of  the  local  sheriff, 
and  the  other  members  of  the  gang  may 
be  apprehended  on  charges  of  conspir­
acy.  The  deal  is  one  of  the  most  cun­
ningly  devised  schemes  ever  executed 
in  this community,  and plainly  discloses 
the  length  to  which  the  Lambs  will  go 
and  the  chances  they  will  take  when 
the  opportunity  of  securing  possession 
of  a  considerable  property  is  presented.
in

The  fixtures  and  showcases 

in  an 

left 

the  store  in  the  Jenks  building  were 
sold  by  Lamb  to  J.  A.  Holland, 
Jr., 
for $100.  Holland  claims  they  are  worth 
$700.  Creditors  of  Averill  replevined 
the  property  Monday  on  the  ground  that 
Lamb  never  had  any  title  thereto.  This 
serves  to  further  complicate  the  matter, 
as it may open the way for another charge 
against  Lamb.

Later—The  plunder  has  been 

located 
at  Cincinnati  and  is  now  in  the  posses­
sion  of  the  sheriff,  who  is  in  hot  pursuit 
of  Chester  Lamb  and  expects  to  capture 
him  before  sundown.

Fruits  and  Produce.

in 

It  will  be  noted  that  the  Tradesman 
exposes  a  number  of  irresponsible  com­
mission  merchants 
this  week’s 
paper.  The  disclosures  this  week  are 
confined  to  Grand  Rapids operators,  but 
within  a  short  time  due  attention  will 
be  given  the  Detroit  market,  which  is 
cursed  with  a  large  number  of  irrespon­
sible  and  unreliable  dealers  in  the  pro­
duce  line.

Asparagus—So  scarce  as  to  be  nearly 
is  com­
in  readily  commands  30c  per  doz. 

out  of  market.  Such  stock  as 
ing 
bunches.

Beans—The  demand  is  so  small  that 
there has been another decline  in  prices.
Beets—20c  per  doz.  bunches  for  home 

grown.

Butter—The  market  is  without  mate­
rial  change,  dealers  being  permitted  to 
make  their  own  selections  of  choice 
dairy  on  the  basis  of  10c,  while  factory 
creamery  is  in  moderate  demand  at  14c.
Cabbage—Home  grown commands  75c 
in  fair  de­

per  doz. 
mand  at  $1  per crate  of  2  doz.

Illinois  stock 

Cherries—Sour  fruit  brings  $1.50  and 
sweet  fruit  commands $1.75.  The  crop 
is  large,  but  the  canning  demand is  un­
usually  large.
35@40C 
Illinois  stock,  25@3oc  per 

Cucumbers—Home  grown, 

is 

per  doz. 
doz.

Eggs—The  market  is  dull  and  prices 
are  not  so  strong  as  a  week  ago.  Local 
handlers  hold  candled  stock  at  10c  per 
doz.

doz.
4@5c  per  lb.

Egg  Plant—$1.50  per  doz.
Green  Onions—Silver  Skins,  12c  per 
commands 
Lettuce—Outdoor 
Melons—Nutmegs 
$1.50 
per  doz.  A  carload  of  Georgia  water­
melons is due  to  arrive  the  latter  part  of 
the  week.  The  stock  will  be  sold  on  a 
basis  of  25c  apiece.

stock 
command 

Onions—Mississippi  stock  commands 
$1  per  bu.  in  bags or bbls.  Home  grown 
stock  is  no  longer  marketable.

Peas—June,  75c  per  bu.  Marrowfat 

stock,  $1  per  bu.

Potatoes—Old  stock  still  commands 
20c,  but  the  tendency 
is  downward. 
(new)  commands  75c 
Missouri  stock 
per  bu.,  but  the  price  will,  in  all  prob­
ability,  go  still  lower  before  the  end  of 
!he  week.

Radishes—Charters  command  8c  per 
doz.  bunches.  China  Rose  bring  10c.
Raspberires—Black,  8c  per qt.  Red, 

ioc  per qt.

Strawberries—No  stock  to  speak  of 
in  after  the  present  week. 

will  come 
Present  offerings  bring  4@6c  per  qt. 

String  Beans—75c  per  bu.
Tomatoes—California stock  (wrapped) 
commands  $1.25  per  4  basket  crate. 
Mississippi  stock  brings  $1  per 4 basket 
crate.

Wax  Beans—Home  grown,  $1  per bu. 

Illinois  stock,  $1  per  bu.

in  Chicago  this 

The  project  to  hold  a  Cotton  States 
exposition 
fall'  has 
fallen through.  Some time ago Tennessee 
requested  that  the  exposition  be  post­
poned  until 
1898,  and  asked  the  other 
Southern  States  to  concur  with  this  re­
quest.  The 
in­
tends  to  hold  an  exposition  of  its  own 
this  year  was the  cause  of  the  desire for 
the  postponement,  and  when  the  ap­
proval  of  the  other  states  interested 
was  secured,  the  Chicago 
committee 
felt  they  could  but  acquiesce.

fact  that  Tennessee 

WANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

' 

50

W ILL  EXCHANGE—N E W   S T O C K   OF  
staple millinery goods for shingles or lum­
ber.  Mock  consists  of  velvet  ribbons,  silk  rib­
bons, laces, tips and plumes (mostly black), crepe 
de chene,  illusion,  velvets,  velveteens, etc.—no 
flowers  or  ornaments.  Address  Desenberg  & 
Schuster,  Kalamazoo. 

E.  D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich. 

’  store  and  stock  in thriving town.  Address 
5t

IjMMt  SALE—GOOD  P A Y I N G   G R O C E R Y  
I ¡'OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND  FIXTURES, 

invoicing about 81,500, in best city in N orth­
ern  Michigan.  Best  of  reasons  for  selling. 
Address Drugs, care Michigan Tradesman.  42 
n p o   EXCHANGE—FOR  LIVERY  OR  GRO- 
X   eery stock 80  acre  improved  farm  in  fruit 
belt, Newaygo county.  Z. V. Payne, Reed City, 
Mich. 
e p O   EXCHANGE—FOR  STOCK  GOODS  OR 
X   improved farm, title perfect, 360 acres farm ­
ing  land  in  Crawford  county.  Z.  Y.  Payne, 
Reed City, Mich. 

I T o r  

s a l e —s t o c k   o f  

f u r n is h in g
goods,  hats,  caps,  boots  and  shoes,  with 
good store fixtures and good trade;  stock nearly 
all new:  grand chance  for  right  party:  popula­
tion, 1,600 ;  400 men employed in factories;  good 
farmiug  country 
'round  about.  Terms  easy, 
Dart  cash.  Address  No.  45,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

43

44

45

1 

I ¡'OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND  FIXTURES;

invoicing about 82,000.  Can be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Surrounded by  best  farming  country 
in  Michigan.  Best of  reasons  for selling.  Ad-
dress No. 36, care Michigan Tradesman. 
36

WANTED—TO EXCHANGE A  NEW SEVEN 

room house  and  lot  in  Grand  Rapids  in 
first-class  shape,  with  fine  plastered  cellar, 
price, 81,500, for stock shoes.  Will  pay  a  small 
cash  difference.  Address  box 
iff,  Bowling 
Green, Ohio. 

i~  ¡'OR  SALE—STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GRO- 

cery stock, invoicing about 81,400, located in 
live Southern Michigan town of 1,200 inhabitants; 
good trade, nearly all cash.  Reasons for selling, 
other business.  Address No. 907, care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

907

37

MISCELLANEOUS.

F o r   s a l e —a   f ir s t -c l a s s  h a r d w a r e

and implement  business in  thriving  village 
in good farming community.  Address Brown A 
Senler, Grand Rapids, Mich.  ___________ 881
A   GOOD  PHYSICIAN  (REGULAR  GRADU- 
ate)  would like to hear of  a  good  location. 
Address M.  D., care Michigan Tradesman.  47
I ¡'OR SALE  A  LOT  OF  MEN’S  FALL  AND 

1  winter underwear  in  merino, natu? al  wool 
and fleece lined;  20dozen  pairs m en’s, women’s 
and  children’s  rubbers  and  Alaskas,  well  as­
sorted, and a  few  dozen  Jersey  overshirts,  all 
for 50 cents  on  the  dollar.  A  good  chance  to 
sort  up.  Converse  Manufacturing  Co.,  New­
aygo, Mich. 
4g
W ANTED—LOCATION FOR A BANK.  COR- 
respondence confidential.  Address Bank­
49
er, Marine P. O., Detroit,  Mich. 
I ¡'OR RENT—CORNER STORE WITH SHELV- 
IpOK  RENT—BRICK  BUILDING  IN  NEW- 
Bu t t e r ,  e g g s ,  p o u l t r y   a n d   v e a l

ing,  counters,  etc.  Excellent  location  for 
first-class grocery.  Dunton Rental & Collection 
Aeency, 63 Lyon St., Grand Rapids, Mich.  46

Shippers should write Cougle Brothers,  178 
South  Water  Street,  Chicago,  for  daily  market 
reports. 

berry, Mich.  Best  location  in  the  village 

tuck, Newberry,  Mich.________ 

Specially adapted  for  drug  trade.  J.  A.  Shat- 

26

41

23

ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, PO- 
tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, etc.  Cor­
respondence  solicited.  W atkins,  Axe  &  Co., 
94-86 South Division St., Grand Rapids. 

WANTED, BY APRIL 1—A LINE OF GOODS 

for Lower  Michigan  or  Upper  Peninsula; 
last six years in  Upper  Peninsula;  the  highest 
reference to character and ability.  Address No. 
970, care Michigan Tradesman. 
970
W ANTED  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  SHIP- 
pers of butter and eggs  and  other  season­
able produce.  R. Hirt, 36 Market street, Detroit.
________________________________________ 951
WANTED—SEVERAL  MICHIGAN  CEN- 

tral  mileage  books.  Address,  stating 

price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman.  869

For Sale!
FEED  MILL

Brick,  Steam Roller

Known as the Ostrander  Mill,  situated 
in the village of Willis,  Washtenaw Coun­
ty,  Mich.,  fully equipped with  Elevators, 
Bins,  Hopper,  Scales,  Etc., for handling 
grain, on Main Street, and runs to Wabash 
rail  road grounds, with side track.  Sixty 
horse power engine  and  boiler.  Liberal 
terms.  Address,

JOHN  P.  KIRK,  or
TRACY  L .  TOWNER,  Trustee*.

Ypsilanti,  Mich.

