Volume XIII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  29,  1896.

Number 671

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Official  Call  for 

the  G rocers’  Con­

vention.

Grand  Rapids,  July  25—The third  an­
nual  convention  ot  the  Northern  Michi­
gan  Retail  Grocers'  Association  will  be 
held  in  Pythian Temple,  Grand  Rapids, 
Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Aug.  5  and 
6,  convening  at  9  o’clock  on  the  day 
first  named.  Every  grocer  doing  busi­
ness 
is  invited  to  attend 
the  meeting  and  participate  in  the  pro­
ceedings  ot  the  convention,  as  matters 
of  great 
importance  to  the  trade  will 
come  up  for  discussion  and  action.

in  Michigan 

Owing  to the convention’s occurring at 
the  same  time as  the  Republican  State 
Convention,  those  who  desire  to  attend 
can  obtain  half  tare  tickets  at  any  rail­
way  station  in  Michigan.  Good  going 
Tuesday  and  Wednesday  and  good  re­
turning  Thursday  and  Friday.

is  earnestly  requested  that  those 
who  can  do  so  arrange  to  reach  the  city 
Tuesday  evening,  so as to  accept  the  in­
vitation  of  the  Grand  Rapids  grocers 
and  commission  merchants  to  visit  the 
Morning  Market  at  4  o’clock  Wednes­
day  morning.  The  Market  will  not  be 
a  large  one  Thursday  morning,  as  the 
Grand  Rapids  grocers  close  their  stores 
that  day  for  the  purpose  of  celebrating 
their  tenth  anniversary  picnic.

It 

It 

is  proposed  to  hold  business  ses­
sions  Wednesday  forenoon  and  after­
noon  and  Thursday  forenoon,  joining 
the  Grand  Rapids  grocers  in  their  fes­
tivities  Thursday  afternoon.  An  enter­
tainment  feature  will  be  provided  for 
the  evening  of  Aug.  5.  Just  what  it 
will  be and  where  it  will  be  given  will 
be  announced  later.

Among  the  special  topics  already  as­
signed  lor  presentation  at  the  conven­
tion  are  the  following :

Mutual  relations  of  grocer  and  fruit 
grower— Hon.  Chas.  W.  Garfield,  Grand 
Rapids.

laws  again— Robert 

The  exemption 
Johnson,  Cadillac.

Co-operative  buying  among  grocers— 

N.  H.  Beebe,  Big  Rapids.

Money 

in  the  potato  business—Jess 

Wisler,  Mancelona.

re-enactment  of 

What  steps  should  be  taken  to  secure 
the 
township 
peddling  law?— H011.  C.  K.  Hoyt,  Hud- 
sonville.

the 

My  experience 

in  shipping  produce 
outside  of  Michigan— E.  E.  Hewitt, 
Rockford.

How  the  food  laws  should  be  enforced 

— Hon.  E.  N.  Bates,  Moline.

Is  the  basket  branding  law  enacted  by 
the  last  Legislature  a  desirable  one?— 
John  W.  Densmore,  Reed  City.

The  Grange  and  the  P.  of  I.— What 

next?—John  E.  Thurkow,  Morley.

Is  it  desirable  to  pay  cash  for  produce 
instead  of  store  trade?— J.  H.  Schilling, 
Clare.

Some  rules  which  dairy  and  egg  ship­
pers  should  always  observe—M.  R. 
Alden,  Grand  Rapids.

The  dead-beat— New  thoughts  on  an 
old  subject— W.  D.  Hopkinson,  Paris.
The  proper  method  of  handling  fruit 

— Wm.  K.  Munson,  Grand  Rapids.

Should  the  sale  of  butterine  be  pro­

hibited?— J.  V.  Crandall,  Sand  Lake.

Should  the  retail  grocer  favor  the 
inspectors 
and  measures— F.  A. 

enactment  of  a  law  creating 
of  weights 
Sweeney,  Mount  Pleasant.

What  effect  has  the  sale  of  butterine 
on  the  price  of dairy  butter?—J.  Mason, 
Clare.

Thirty  years  a  merchant— O.  F. 

Conklin,  Grand  Rapids.

Salt—Chas.  F.  Moore,  St.  Clair.
Relation  of  wholesale  and  retail  gro­

cers— Wm.  Judson,  Grand  Rapids.

Believing  that  our  Association  is  des­
tined  to accomplish  much  good  for  the 
grocers  of  Michigan,  and  confident  that

like  doing  your  share  to 
you  will  feel 
assist 
in  the  good  work,  we  earnestly 
invite  you  to  be  present  on  the  occasion 
of  our  third  annual  convention.  Come 
one,  come  all ! 

E .  A .  S t o w e ,

(Grand  Rapids),  Sec’y. 

J.  F .  T a t m a n   (Clare),  Pres.

*  *  *

No  more  important  subject  will  come 
up  for  action  at  the  convention  than  the 
question  of  restricting  the  operations  of 
country  peddlers.  The  present  peddling 
law  is  practically  a  dead 
letter,  having 
never  been  enforced  to  any  extent,  so 
far  as  the  Tradesman’s 
information 
goes,  the  principal  reason  being  that 
there 
is  no  one  especially  detailed  to 
insist on  the  law's  being  observed,  as  is 
the  case  with  city  laws  on  the  subject 
in  the  principal  cities  of  the  State.  As 
a  consequence  of  this 
laxness,  peddlers 
have  ceased  to  have  any  respect  for  the 
law  and  overrun  the  country  in  all  d i­
rections,  slashing prices  on  staple  goods 
legitimately 
and  raking  in  trade  which 
It  is 
belongs  to  established  merchants. 
country 
estimated 
peddlers  make  their  headquarters 
in 
this  city,  starting  out  with  their  wagons 
every  Monday  morning. 
The  only 
remedy  for  the  abuse,  in  the  opinion  of 
the  Tradesman,  is  the  adoption  of  the 
township 
license  system,  which  has 
been  in  vogue  in  the  Upper  Peninsula 
for  several  years  with  very  satisfactory 
results.  Such  an  act  was  passed  by  the 
last  Legislature,  but  was  found  to  be 
void  after  the  Legislature adjourned,  on 
account  of  a  defect  in  the  title.  The 
subject  is  worthy  of  careful  thought  and 
will,  undoubtedly,  receive  due  atten­
tion  at  the  hands  of  the  convention.

that  over 

sixty 

*  *  *

Probably  no  more  meaty  paper will be 
presented  at  the  convention  than  that 
prepared  by  Hon.  E.  N.  Bates  on  the 
subject,  *4 How  the  food  laws  should  be 
enforced.”   Mr.  Bates  was  one  of  the 
earliest  advocates  of  tood  laws  and 
led 
the  agitation  for  such  measures  years 
before  the  present  Food  Commissioner 
knew  the  difference between pepper  and 
cocoanut  shells.  Mr.  Bates  was  Presi­
dent  of  the  Michigan  Dairymen’s  Asso­
ciation for  many years and actual experi­
ence  as  a  farmer,  dairyman  and  mer­
chant  enables  him  to  discuss  the subject 
understand ingly.

*  *  *

Probably  no  paper  will  be  more 
thoroughly  enjoyed  than  that  of  Hon. 
Chas.  W.  Garfield,  on  the  subject  of 
“ Mutual  relations  of  grocer  and  fruit 
grower.”   Mr.  Garfield  has  an  inter­
national  reputation  as  a  fruit  grower, 
having  devoted  many  years  to  fruit 
growing,  both  from  study  of  practical 
and  of  theoretical  standpoints,  and  the 
enthusiastic  manner  in  which  he  reads 
his  papers  and  delivers  his  speeches  in­
variably  carries  his  audience  with  him. 

*  *  *

While  the  Association 

is  somewhat 
restricted  as  to  name,  so  far  as  scope 
and  membership  are  concerned,  it  is 
probable  that  this  restriction  will  be  re­
moved  as  early  in  the  convention  as 
it 
is  possible  to  act  on  the  subject,  and 
that  the  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  As­
sociation  will  be  the  result. 
In  the 
meantime  no  grocer  need  stay  away

from  the  convention  for  fear  he  will  not 
be  warmly  welcomed,  for  every  grocer 
is 
invited  to  attend  the  meetings  and 
will  be  made  to  feel  at  home.  The 
Tradesman  hopes  to  see a  large  attend­
ance  of  representative  dealers,  and  will 
be  greatly  surprised  if  those  who  attend 
do  not  feel  well  repaid  for  the  time  and 
expense  involved.
Saved 

the  Bank  Several  Thousand 

D ollars.

Several  months  ago  an  agent  visited 
the  Bank  of  Prairie  du  Chien,  W is., 
and  persuaded  President  Kidd  to  buy  a 
bottle  containing  some  liquid.  He  re­
fused  to  tell  what  the  contents  were, 
but  assured  Mr.  Kidd  that,  il  his  safe 
were  blown  open  while  that  bottle  was 
inside,  the  thieves  would  not  remain  in 
the  vicinity  long  enough  to  secure  any 
booty.  One  whiff of  the  cork  persuaded 
Mr.  Kidd  that  there  was  merit  in  the 
scheme  and  he  paid  $10  for  the  bottle. 
Subsequent  events  showed  that  it  was 
money  well  spent.  The  buttle  was  her­
metically  sealed  and  placed  just 
inside 
the  safe  door,  and  was  there  when  the 
safe  was  blown  open,  a  tew  nights  ago.
The  explosion,  of  course,  shattered 
the  bottle  and  scattered  the  contents. 
When 
in  the 
morning  and  the  robbery  discovered,  at 
least  four  or 
it  oc­
curred,  the  room  was  so  full  of  a  chok­
ing,  unbearable  odor  that  it  was  almost 
impossible  to  remain  in  the room.  That 
it  was  effective  in  driving  the  robbers 
away 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that,  while 
nearly  $1,400  was  scattered  about  the 
vault  by  the  explosion,  the  burglars  got 
away  with  only  about  $500,  leaving  the 
rest,  including  the  steel  box  containing 
about $4,000,  untouched.

the  Bank  was  opened 

five  hours  after 

New  Factor  in  the  Meat  T rade. 

From the Grocery  World.

There 

is  a  new  factor  in  the  retail 
grocery  trade  which 
is  exercising  an 
important  effect  upon  the  canned  meats 
market,  and  which  is  partly  to  blame 
for  the  universal  depression  which  at­
tends  the  canned  meats  trade. 
It  is  the 
extent  to  which  grocers  have  begun  to 
handle  cooked  hams. 
It  is  only  of  late 
that  these  have  amounted  to  their  pres­
ent  importance.  At  present  nearly  all 
the  large  packing  houses  furnish  these, 
and  their  sale  has  become  an  important 
feature  of  the  grocery  trade.

into  direct 

From  the  first  consumers  manifested 
a  favor  toward  these  goods,  which  en­
tered 
competition  with 
canned  meats,  which  always  hitherto 
had  a  large  summer  trade.  The  cooked 
ham  is  cheaper  in  the  sense  that a small 
quantity  of  it  may  be  purchased,  while 
nothing  short  of  a 
large  can  of  the 
packed  meats  can  be  had.  All  dealers 
agree  that  these  hams  are  affecting  the 
sale  of  canned  meats  greatly.

It  is  hardly  expected  that  the  prices 
on  canned  meats  will  be  much  lower,  as 
they  are  very  near  rock  bottom,  and  the 
stocks  are  not  large.  Potted  meats  are 
lower  than  on  any  previous  occasion.

Hides  Are  W eaker.

Hides  are  weaker,  with  good  pros­
before  another 

pects  of  a  decline  of 
week.

“ Those  who  lie  down  with  dogs  get 
up  with  fleas, ”   thereby  rendering  the 
dogs  a  kind  service.  But  what  a  com­
ment  on  the  good  taste  of  the  fleas!

THE  MICHIGAN  TR A DESM A N

. 1  was  talking  with  a  shoe  manufac­
ture  regarding  the  method  of  selling 
goods,  and  be gave  me  the  result  of  bis 
experience  in  a  most  interesting  man­
ner.  He  said  it  was  always  his  desire 
to  sell  shoes  to  the  proprietor  of  a  store 
rather than  to  an  employe  who  was  del­
egated  as  buyer.  As  time  went  on  he 
had  more  emphatically  seen  the  advan­
tages  of  dealing  with  the  proprietor. 
Then  be  was  more  assured  that  his 
goods  were  purchased  upon  merit. 
It 
was  his  experience  that  when  he dealt 
with  the  buyer  the  financial  conditions 
put  forward  by  the  latter  seemed  to  be 
more 
important  than  the  values  which 
were  in  the  goods.  To  speak  plainly, 
the  manufacturer  told  Observer  that  a 
genteel  blackmailing  system  is  in vogue 
among  the  buyers  of  many  department 
stores  and  jobbing  houses,  and  that  the 
system  of  feeing  and  entertaining  buy­
ers 
for  the  favor  of  their  looking  over 
and  purchasing  goods  has  become  such 
an  evil  that  many  manufacturers  have 
, 
refused 
basis.  Manufacturers  who  put  thei 
goods  into  jobbing  houses or department 
stores,  after  being  obliged  to  pay  trib­
ute  to  a  buyer,  must  realize  that they  do 
not  have  a  very  secure  position.  Al­
though  the  loss  of  business  may  seem 
large  at  the  outset,  still  manufacturers 
will  find  it  much  more  to  their  advan­
tage  to  have  a line  introduced  by  reason 
of  its  worth  rather  than  by  the  payment 
of  fees  to  buyers. 
It  is  not  the  inten­
tion  of  the  writer  to  have  it  understood 
that  all  department  and  jobbing-house 
buyers  resort  to  the  methods  referred 
to 
It  is 
only  a  small  percentage  of  the  buyers, 
so  I  am  informed  by  experienced  man­
ufacturers  who  adopt  the  blackmailing 
tactics  referred  to.

in  the  purchasing  of  goods. 

to  do  business  upon  such 

*  *  *

“ The  public  does  not  analyze  close­
ly, “   said  a  retailer,  “ but,  if  they  did, 
they  would  readily  ascertain  that  the 
most  genuine  values  are  to be  secured 
from  retailers  who  are  not  burdened  by 
a  heavy  rent.  The 
least  value  for  the 
money  in  any  large  city  is  to be  had  in 
the  store  maintaining  the  greatest  rent. 
Goods  have  to be  marked  in  accordance 
with  the  expenses.  Of  course  every­
I  think  the  standard 
body  knows  that. 
shoe  men 
look  out  carefully  *or  re0*st 
for  in  most  of  the  cities  you  will  find 
their  stores  central,  yet  just  at  one  side 
of  large  travel. ’ ’  In  the  large  centers, 
did 
it  never  occur  to  the  reader  that 
there  must  be  an  enormous  profit  in 
neckwear  and  the  like? 
It  strikes  Ob­
server  that  some  of  the  most  expensive 
stands  he  ever  saw 
in  Boston,  New 
York,  Chicago,  Washington  and  Phila 
delphia  were  devoted  to  the  sale  of 
gents’  furnishings.

*  *  *

There  are  many  salesmen  who  run 
against  this  snag:  “ We  really  would 
like  to  use  your  line,  or  give  it  a  trial; 
but  we  are  satisfied  with  what  we  are 
using,  and  therefore  do  not  see  how 
would  be  desirable  to  change.”   That 
a  hard  point  to  overcome,  and  salesmen 
are  few  who  can scale it successfully.  At 
least  I  think  so.  There  are  not  many 
drummers  who  can  formulate  a  suffi­
ciently  strong  argument to make  a man­
ufacturer change  from a line of  kid  or 
supplies  which  please  him.  There  is 
no  sense,  sure  enough,  in  continually 
experimenting  when  a  manufacturer 
is 
pleased.  There  are 
times,  however, 
when  it  will  pay  a  manufacturer  to  con­
sider  new 
is  no  doubt 
upon  that  point.  There  would  be  no 
progress  were  the  contrary  true.  The 
long  depression  recently  passed  through 
has  given  so  much  time  for the  trial 
and  consideration  of  new  shoemaking 
appliances  that  many 
factories  have 
been,  in  large  part,  revolutionized.  The 
shoe  machinery  business  has  been  good 
about  all  of  the  time  during  the  dull 
spell. 

__________ _

ideas.  There 

Shoes  and  Leather
to  the

News  and  Gossip  of  Interest 
Observer in Shoe and Leather Facts.

T rade.

in  a 

Novelties  in footwear are  being  sought 
after by  the  trade  in  an  unprecedented 
manner.  Every  retailer,  jobber  and  de­
partment  store  is  seeking  for  something 
that  will  create  more  than  ordinary_  in­
terest,  and  the  brains  of  enterprising 
shoe  producers  are  being  taxed  nowa­
days 
in  endeavoring  to  supply  such  a 
want.  The  talk  that  has  been  heard  of 
late  regarding  manufacturers  coming 
together by  organization  and  deciding 
from  season  to  season  what  styles  shall 
prevail  has  been  simply  foolish.  The 
trade  is  not  what  it  used  to  be.  Up  to 
within  about  three  years,  our  manufac­
turers  presented  practically  the  same 
styles  in  footwear  from  season to season; 
but  since  that  time most radical changes 
have  occurred,  and  to-day 
it  is  some­
thing  that  is  original,  tasty  and  attrac­
tive  that  retailers,  jobbers  and  depart­
The  other  day, 
ment  houses  desire. 
while 
factory,  a  manufacturer 
showed  me  a  line  of  slippers  that  were 
being  completed  preparatory  to  being 
shown  to  the  trade.  They  were  a  dis- 
tinct  novelty,  and  I  do  not  believe  that 
anything  of  the  kind  has  been  ever  be­
fore  shown  to  the  trade  in  this  country. 
The  uppers  were  made  of  satin  of  vari- 
ous  shades  and  the  heels  were  covered 
with  a  different  shade  of  satin  from  the 
uppers.  There  were  pink  uppers  with 
blue  satin  covered  heels;  yellow  uppers 
with  blue  heels;  black with yellow,  blue 
with  yellow,  yellow  with  black,  etc. 
This  is  certainly  a  decided novelty,  and 
I  would  not  be  a  bit  surprised  if  the 
manufacturer 
referred  to  was  over­
whelmed  with  orders  on  this  line.  The 
goods  were  neat,  attractive  and  tasty, 
and  will  no  doubt  appeal  to  the  femi­
nine  eye  at  first  glance.  While  some 
people  might  think  this  was  going  to 
the  extreme,  it  is  my  belief  that  it  is 
such  novelties  that  stimulate  trade  and 
make  people  buy  shoes  when  they  are 
not  in  need  of  the  same.

I  happened  to  enter  a  manufacturer’s 
office  recently when he  was  looking  oyer 
the  rating  rendered  him  by  a  reporting 
bureau.  The  manufacturer  handed  the 
document  to  me  and  wanted  to  know 
if 
I  would  sell  goods  to  a  retailer  having 
such  a  rating.  After  scanning  the  doc­
ument  my  prompt  response  was  “ No.
I  asked  the  manufacturer  how  he  esti­
mated  the  value  of  the boot  and shoe  re­
ports  which  he  received  from  the  mer­
cantile  agencies.  He  stated  that  he  is 
willing  at  all  times  to  pay  for  full  in­
formation  regarding  the  financial  stand­
ing  of  people  with  whom  he  does  busi­
ness,  and  recognizes  that  it  is very diffi­
cult  for  the  agencies  to  get  the  kind  of 
information  which 
is  most  valuable 
He  also  noted  that  many  of  the  stand 
ingsof  firms and individuals  ended  with 
a  question  mark,  which  suggested  a 
special  report,  and that such requests for 
information  are  a  decided  source  of 
profit to  the  agencies.  The  manufac 
turer remarked that  ofttimes,  after  call 
ing  for  a  report on  the strength  of  the 
question  mark,  he  had  been  more  in 
doubt  concerning  the  standing  of  the 
firm  than  before  requesting  the  special 
information  suggested  by 
the  query 
mark 
in  the  book.  The  standing  of 
firms  depends  so  much  upon  their  own 
statements and upon the manner in which 
thev  view  assets  and  liabilities  that 
it 
is  very  difficult  to  secure  a  true  and  ac­
curate  report  upon 
the  condition  of 
tradesmen  throughout  the  country.  No 
doubt,  upon  the  whole,  the  mercantile 
agencies  do  good.  They at  least  satisfy 
the  feelings  of  a  large  number  of 
in­
dividuals 
fearful 
shrinkages  which  show  up  after  every 
large  failure  make  manufacturers  shud­
der.  So  long,  however,  as  trade  goes 
forward  as  at  present,  it  is  not  known 
what  better  system  of  information  con­
cerning  the  financial  standing  of  indi­
viduals  in  the  trade  can  be  devised. 
If 
people  mean  to  be  dishonest  they  can 
easily 
in  business 
which  is  done  at  such  long  range  as  the 
boot and  shoe  industry.

cheat,  especially 

trade,  but  the 

in 

OUR  SAMPLES  FOR  FALL  of

Boots,  Shoes,
Wales-Qoodyear  Rubbers,
Lumbermen’s Socks,

Grand  Rapids  Felt  Boots, 

Are  now  on exhibition at our salesroom,  and  in 
the hands of our travelers.  Kindly  hold for them.
HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.,

5  and  7  PEARL  STREET.

Rindge, Kalmbach &  Co.,

12,14,16 Pearl Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Oar Factory liqes are me Best Wearing Sloes on Eertn.

We carry  the  neatest,  nobbiest  and  best  lines  of job­
bing  goods,  all  the latest styles,  everything  up  to date.
We  are  agents  for  the  best and  most  perfect  line of 
rubbers  made— the  Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Co.’s  goods. 
They  are stars  in fit and  finish.  You  should  see their 
New  Century Toe— it  is  a beauty.

If you  want  the  best  goods of  all  kinds— best service 
and  best  treatment,  place  your  orders  with  us.  Our 
references are our customers  of  the  last  thirty years.

GOODYEAR 
GLOVE  RUBBERS

We carry a complete stock of all their  specialties  in  m*» 
Century,  Razor,  Round  and  Regular  Toes,  in  S,  N,  M  ||| 
and F widths, also their Lumberman’s Rubbers and Boots.
Either  Gold  or  Silver will suit  us—what we want  is 

your fall order for Rubbers.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

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DETROIT,  niCH., 

New  and  improved  PERFECTIONS  and  HURONS, 
With  extra heavy soles.  Will  wear like  Iron.

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THE  MIOHIGAN  TRA DESM A N

3

THE  FUNERAL  DIRECTOR’S   L O SS.
Written  fo r  the  T r ad esm an.

The  business  house  of  a  funeral  di­
rector  must  be  a  gruesome  place  for  a 
burglar  to  ply  his  vocation,  and  hardly 
one  to  be  selected  by  the  average  safe- 
breaker.

Undertakers,  as  a  rule,  seldom  locate 
in  towns  or  villages  so  small  that  they 
do  not  contain  a  banking  house  of  some 
kind,  and 
in  which  any  moderately 
large  sum  of  money  is  usually deposited 
daily;  but  the  following  incident,  relat­
ed  by  one of  the  ‘ ‘ perfesh, ”   occurred  in 
a  city  of  20,000  inhabitants.

“ I  was  of  good  and  respectable  par­
entage,”   began  the  burglar,  “ and  was 
given  a  more  than  ordinary  education. 
At  my  majority  I  was  at  work  in  one  of 
the  principal  safe  manufactories  of  the 
United  States. 
I  had  always  a  natural 
taste  for  working  in metals and  was  now 
in  a  position  to  gratify  my  ambition  to 
become  an  expert  in  the  business.  At 
the  age  of  24,  I  was  selected  from  the 
force  of  thirty  hands  to  expend  all  my 
time  and  talent  on  one particular branch 
of  the  work,  viz.,  the  locks  and  doors. 
This  was  many  years  ago  and  the  mod­
ern  improvements  had  not been dreamed 
of.  But  several  kinds  of  combination 
and  permutation  locks  had  been  patent­
ed  and  one  of  the  best  of  these  I  was 
placing  upon  our  hardened  steel  doors. 
No  ordinary  burglar,  however,  would 
have  thought  of  wasting  his  time  and 
taking  the  risks  with  such  a  lock;  con­
sequently,  our  sale  of  safes  was  large 
and  profitable.

in 

“  I  was  receiving  a  good  salary for my 
special  work  and  imagined,  like  many 
life,  that  I  was  a  favorite  of 
others 
Fortune  and  that  it  would  always 
last.
“ From  the  position  I  occupied it  was 
easy  to  fall  into  the  companionship  of 
the  sons  of  the  wealthy  classes,  and  to 
drift  with  them  into  expensive 
if  not 
objectionable—habits. 
The  alluring 
games  of  chance  soon  fascinated  me 
with  their  golden  favors. 
Intemperate 
habits  in  everything,  together  with  loss 
of  sleep,  soon  unfitted  me 
for  a  fair 
day’s  work  and  I  was  discharged.  Go­
ing  from  bad  to  worse,  I  soon  found 
myself  the  welcome 
companion  of 
thieves  and  gamblers,  and  often  not 
knowing  where  my  next  meal  was  to 
come  from.

“ Wandering  aimlessly  about  the  city 
with  a  favorite  companion  one  day,  we 
were  passing  the  shop  of  an  under­
taker.  My  chum  called  my  attention  to 
a  safe  which  stood  near  a  desk  and 
fronted  the  open  door  of  the  office,  and 
suggested  that  it  might  contain  money, 
of  which  we  were  both  in  great  need.

“   ‘ That  lock  and  door  are  both  my 
own  make, ’  said  I,  as  we  halted  a  mo­
ment to glance at  it,  ‘and  I  can  open  it 
in  five  minutes.’

“   ‘ You  don’t  say  that  you  can  open 
that  safe  door  in  five  minutes  without 
knowing  the  combination  of  the  lock?’ 
said  my  friend,  with  astonishment.

If  we  could  get 

“   ‘ I  certainly  can,’  I  answered,  ‘ al­
though  the  game  might  be  too  small  for 
into  the 
the  risk. 
room,  it’s  possible  ’twould  pay  to 
look 
into 
it,  on  account  of  this  smallpox 
epidemic.  Notice  that  the  back  door 
is  open,’  I  continued.  ‘ That  door  opens 
into  an  alley. 
In  passing  here  before 
when  that  door  was  closed,  I’ve  noticed 
a  heavy  lock  on  it  and  there’s  an 
iron 
bar across  it  on  the  inside. ’

“   ‘ Let’s  wander  around  to  the  alley 
look  over  the  situation,'  said  my 
in 

and 
companion,  ‘and  maybe  we  can  get 
to-night. ’

‘ ‘ The alley  seemed  deserted.  Coffins

and  their  rough  cases  and  rich  burial 
caskets,  finished  and  unfinished,  stood 
at  an 
incline  against  the  wall,  and  on 
low  tables  the  entire  length  of  the  room 
were  long  lines  of  those finished  for  im­
mediate  use,  silently  waiting  their  oc­
cupants.

“ As  my  eye  took  in  the  situation,  I 
conceived  a  bright  idea.  Taking  the 
arm  of  my  pard,  I  hurried  him  away 
and,  when  by  ourselves,  told  him  my 
plan  and  the  ease  with  which  that  safe 
might  be  examined.

‘ I  shall  put  on  my  rubber  shoes, ’ 
said  I,  ‘ and  shall  sneak 
in  that  back 
door  sometime  before 
it 
is  closed  for 
the  night.  Then  I’ll  crawl  under  one 
low  wide  tables,  where  no­
of  those 
body’ll  notice  me. 
If  I’m  discovered, 
I’ll  play  the  dead-drunk  dodge.  At 
precisely  midnight,  I’ll  enter  the  front 
office  and  open  the  safe.  At  that  hour 
exactly,  I  shall  expect  you  to  be on  the 
watch 
in  an  alley  or  hallway  on  the 
other  side  of  the  street.  You  shall  give 
me  a  certain  signal  that  you  are  there, 
and  we’ll  agree  on  another  should  any 
person  pass  the  building,  when  I’ll  get 
out  o’  sight.  Another  whistle  shall  sig­
nify  that  the  coast  is  clear.  We  may 
get  only  a  little  jag,  and  then  again  we 
may  get  a  good  big  pull.’  ”

*  *  *

“ I  had  quietly  crawled  under  the 
table.  Soon  afterward,  the  rear  door  of 
the  building  was  closed,  barred  and 
locked  for  the  night.  Customers  and 
others  were  coming  and  going,  and 
coffins  were  selected and  removed within 
feet  of  me  until  after  eleven 
a  few 
o’clock. 
I  began  to  think  I  was  to  be 
a  prisoner  for  the  night.

I  caught  a  few  words. 

“ Just  as  I  could  hear  talk  of  closing 
up  the  establishment,  an  elderly  man 
hastily  entered  and 
in  low  tones  con­
versed  with  one  I  imagined  to  be  the 
proprietor. 
‘ It 
was  impossible  for  me  to  get  here  ear­
lier,'  he  was  saying,  ‘ but  here’s  the 
money  I  collected  this  afternoon;’  and, 
from  my  hiding  place,  I  looked  toward 
the  desk  and  saw  a  roll  of  bank  notes 
pass  to  the  hand  of  the funeral  director, 
who  quietly  deposited 
in  the  safe. 
The  knob  clicked  as  it  fastened tjiebars 
in  place  and  then  all  parties  passed  out 
of  the  building,  leaving  the  one gas  jet 
full  blaze  in  the  office.

it 

“ The 

instant  all  was  quiet  on  the 
street,  I  crawled  out  from  under  my 
coffin  table.  Quickly  turning  off  the 
gas,  I  waited  for  the  low  whistle  of  my 
pal,  hearing  which,  I  went  to  work.

“ With  my  dark  lantern  in  one  hand, 
inside  of  my  five  minutes  I  had  all  the 
valuable  contents  of  that  safe  in  my 
pocket,  had  relocked 
it  and  was  cau­
tiously  unbarring  the  rear  door.  That 
done  and  the  key  withdrawn,  I  dodged 
back  to  the  office,  listened  an  instant 
and  heard  the  signal  from  my  pal  that 
the  street  was deserted.  Then  I  quickly 
relighted  the  gas  jet,  glided through  the 
rear  room  and  stepped  into the alley. 
I 
carefully  closed  the  door  after  me,  and 
plainly  heard  the  iron  bar  fall 
its 
place  in  the  bracket  as  I  did  so— I  had 
placed  it  in  such  a  position  that  I  knew 
it  would  when  the  door  closed.  Then  I 
locked 
it  and  placed  the  key  in  my 
pocket.
“ Everything  was  absolutely  as  when 
the  proprietor 
left  the  building,  save 
the  fact  that  the  key  to  the  rear  door 
was  missing—also  the  small  matter  of 
the  contents  of  the  safe.

“ That  small  roll  of  bank  notes  con­
tained  $350,  and  I  found  $45  more  in 
another  drawer—a  fair  night’s  work  for 
two  penniless  thieves.

“ But,  ye gods  and  little  fishes!  what 
an  inextricable  rumpus  it  kicked  up  in 
that  firm.  There  were  three  partners; 
and,  as  everything  was  found  in  such 
good  condition  the 
following  morn­
ing,  with  the  single exception  that  the

into 

party 

man  who  locked  the  alley  door  in  the 
evening  must  have  placed  the  key  in 
his  pocket  and  should  account  for  its 
loss,  it  was  supposed—and 
talked  of 
openly---- that,  for  some  unknown  rea­
son,  the  firm  had  robbed 
itself,  as  no 
outside 
could  have  entered, 
worked at the safe with the gas burning— 
the  police  on  duty  had  testified that  it 
was  burning  constantly  that  night—and 
left  the  building  with  the  safe  locked 
on 
the  same  combination  and  with 
every  door  locked  or  barred.  Detectives 
employed 
laughed  at  the  idea  of  any 
outside  parties’  being  implicated  and 
winked  significantly  at  each  other.

“ The  business  has  since  changed 
hands  and  the  newcomers  are  more 
careful  with  the  premises.

laughing  heartily. 

* ’ I  never  made  such  an  easy  haul  be­
fore,  nor  have  I  since,”   concluded  Mr. 
Burglar, 
“ I  can 
afford  to  crack  another  bottle  of  Heid- 
sick  at  the  remembrance  of  that  timely 
luck  when  both  of  us  were  minus  a  sin­
gle  dollar. “  

F r a n k .  A .  H o w i g .

successors to

REEDER  BROS.  SHOE  CO.

M ichigan  A gents for

and Jobbers of specialties  in  Men’s 
and  W om en’s  Shoes,  Felt  Boots, 
Lumbermen's Socks.

Lycoming  Rubbers  Lead  all  other 
Brands  in  Fit,  Style  and  Wearing 
Qualities.  Try them.

W .  A. M ed RAW   &  CO.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

P U B B E P S

A  Complete  Line of  Lumbermans,  Snag  Proof  and  Light  goods,  in  every 

style  and  width made, by the

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

The  largest and  most complete stock  in  the country.

Nothing but Rubbers.

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by  every  sound  merchant  in  Michigan  is  our  motto, 
•‘Cash  is  King.”  The  heavy  failures  that  are  taking 
place throughout the  State  at  the  present  time  show 
the folly of spreading out  and  trying  to  run  business 
upon  extended credits.
We have been taking in sail  for the  past  two years, 
and have finally  gotten  our  customers  into  line, and 
have  the  proud  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  not  a 
single  customer  of  this  company  has  gone  under 
this year.

We continue to pay spot cash  for all  purchases  and 
do not owe one dollar  for  merchandise  in  the  United 
States.  This is the reason we are in  shape  to  under­
sell every  firm  in  our  line  doing  business  upon  ex­
tended  credits and  long time.
We are upon  the  verge  of  the  greatest  crisis  that 
ever faced this country.  Are you prepared  to meet  it?
We quote this week  Extra  Fancy  Lemons,  300’s,  at 
S3  per  box;  Fancy,  300’s,  S2.50  per  box;  Michigan 
Full Cream  Cheese at 
cents;  Butter Crackers,  3^ 
cents;  Ginger Snaps in barrels, 3^  cents;  Best  Sodas 
in boxes, 3%  cents;  Rolled Oats,  Douglas  &  Stuart’s, 
$2.60 per barrel.

Cash with order in current exchange.

(LIMITED)
SAGINAW.  KICK.

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Around  the  State
M ovem ents  o f  M erchants.

Bay  City— P.  F.  Burn  succeeds  F. 

Bum  &  Co.  in  the  drug  business.

Traverse  City—Cole  &  Vlack,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  Vlack  succeed­
ing.

Harbor  Springs-Fitch  &  Carpenter, 
grocers,  are  closed  under  chattel  mort­
gage.

Rogers  J.  L.  McSpadden  &  Co., 
boot  and  shoe  dealers,  have  removed  to 
Detour.

Plainwell—Spencer  &  Andrews  suc­
in  the  bakery 

ceed  Geo.  T.  Andrews 
business.

Battle  Creek  W.  P.  Stringham  suc­
ceeds  Stringham  &  Lamb  in the grocery 
business.

Traverse  City—Mrs.  Lawrence  suc­
ceeds  Lawrence  &  Shepard  in  the  mil­
linery  business.

Leslie— F.  E.  Brown  succeeds  Shaw 
in  the  blacksmithing  and 

&  Brown 
painting  business.

Detroit—Julia  (Mrs.  Jacob) 

Illian 
the  grocery  business,  has 

engaged 
retired  from  trade.

in 

Munising—Temporary  quarters  of  the 
new  bank  have  been  established  in  the 
store  of  R.  Peters  &  Co.

Metamora  -Nichols  &  Son  are  suc­
ceeded  by  C.  S.  Nichols  &  Co.  in  the 
grocery  and  meat  business.

Lenox—C.  F.  Rice 

is  putting  up  a 
new  brick  building  for  a  drug  store  at 
Oxford.  The  contract  has  been  let.

the  remaining  partners  under  the  style 
of  Jewett  &  Knapp.

Cadillac—Gustafson  &  Johnson  have 
completed  a  20x28  foot  additicn  to  the 
rear of  the  store  building  they  recently 
purchased  of  M.  H.  Bond  and  have  re­
moved  their  plumbing  and 
tinware 
stock  to  that  location.

St.  Johns— L.  O.  Da  Foe,  proprietor 
of  the  Art  Bazaar,  who  commenced 
business  here  about  the  middle  of  Sep­
tember,  1895,  made  an  assignment  July 
21  to  H.  E.  Walbridge.  The  failure  is 
attributed  to  dull  times.

B o o n — The  H.  W.  Worden  stock  of 
general  merchandise  and  charcoal  plant 
was  bid 
in  by  J.  Cornwell  &  Son  at 
chattel  mortgage  sale.  The  new  owners 
will  continue  the  business  under  the 
management  of  E.  A.  Losie.

Houghton— Ed.  Emmons,  Manager  of 
the  Houghton  branch  of  the  Carlton 
Hardware  Co.,  is  on  a  vacation,  having 
gone  to  Pigeon  River,  on  the  North 
shore  of  Lake  Superior,  to 
investigate 
the graphite  beds  located  there  on  land 
he owns.

Owosso— The  C.  H.  Currey  grocery 
stock  was  sold  at  chattel  mortgage  sale 
July  20  to  Fred  Carpenter,  who  bid 
$1,150  for  the  stock  and  fixtures.  The 
goods  have  been  removed  to  the  Amos 
store,  where  business  will  be  continued 
under  the  management  of 
the  new 
owner.

Evans— M.  N.  Streeter,  formerly  en­
gaged 
in  the  dry  goods,  grocery  and 
meat  business,  has  sold  his  dry  goods 
and  grocery  business  to  M.  B.  Mills, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.  Mr.  Streeter  will  con 
tinue  the  meat  business  in  a building 
erected  for  that  purpose

Iron wood—G.  L.  Ziebur  &  Co.,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  Chas.  W.  Week.

Lake  City—D.  D.  Walton  has sold his 
grocery,  crockery,  flour  and  feed  busi­
ness  to  Jas. Berry,  formerly  of  Somerset.
Negaunee-  -Werner  Nikanderhas  pur­
chased  the  drug,  paint  and  oil  business 
formerly  conducted  by  Henry  E.  Elf- 
brandt.

Ludington—V.  Roussin  is opening,  on 
South Ludington avenue,  a two-story  and 
basement  general  bazaar  store,  to  be 
known  as  Roussin  s  Bargain  Store.

Baraga— Fred  Carrol,  who  has  been 
with  Hugh  Nesbitt  as  tinner,  has  re­
turned  and  taken his old  position  again. 
He  spent  two  months  looking  fora busi­
ness  location.

Montague— Rosen  Bros.,  the  Muske­
gon  clothiers,  have  opened  a  branch 
store  here,  including  lines  of  clothing, 
furnishing  goods,  hats  and  caps  and 
boots  and  shoes.

Cedar  Springs— Ed  Charles  has  re­
tired  from  the  firm  of  Milks  &  Charles, 
meat  dealers.  The  business  will  be 
continued  by  the  remaining  partner  un 
der  bis  own  name.

Rockford  Miss  C.  Addis  has sold her 
school  book  stock  to  J.  M.  Spore,  who 
will  continue  the  business.  Miss  Addis 
has  shipped  her  wall  paper  and  toy 
stock  to  Niles,  where  she  will re-engage 
in  business.

Detroit— Druggist  Franklin  P.  Rich 
ards  has  sued  the  Detroit  Railway  Co 
for  $10,000  damages.  Mr.  Richards 
was 
less  severely 
through  alleged 
ignorance  on  the  part 
of  the  motorman.

injured  more  or 

Detroit—The  Detroit  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  at 
its  annual  meeting  on 
July  27,  elected  the  following  officers 
for  the  coming  year:  Geo.  W.  Stringer 
President,  and  James  W.  Caldwell,  Sec 
retary  and  Treasurer.

L a n s in g — Reynolds  Bros,  will pull  out 
of  the  dry  goods  firm  of  Reynolds 
Jewett  it  K n a p p   August  1,  after  which 
time  the  business  will  be  continued  by

for  a 

Detroit— Stevens  &  Todd  have  been 
showing  a  $750  solid  silver bicycle  in 
their  window 
few  days.  Mr 
Stevens  says  it  attracts  more  attention 
than  any  windowful  of  patent medicines 
ever  did.  There  is  not  a  patent  medi 
Jne  in  sight  in  the  store,  and  the  gen 
tlemen  of  the  firm  believe  that  a  gdod 
drug  business  can  be  carried  on  entire 
ly  without  proprietary  or  patent  goods 
Hastings— Fred  L.  Heath  has  brought 
suit  against  W.  H.  Goodyear  to  recover 
damages  to the  amount  of $5,000 alleged 
to  have  been  caused  by  Mr.  Goodyear’ 
refusal  to  complete  the  contract  which 
the  two  gentlemen  signed,  whereby  Mr 
Goodyear  was  to  deliver to his  compet 
tor,  on  July  1,  his  stock  of  drugs  and 
stationery  at a  stipulated  figure and  also 
lease  Mr.  Heath his building  fora given 
term  of  years.  At  the  time  the  contract 
was  entered  into,  Mr.  Heath  was  con 
sideriug  moving  into  the  store  adjoin 
ng  Mr.  Goodyear’s,  but  upon  the  sign 
ing  of  the  contract  he  threw  up  b' 
option  on  the  other  building,  which 
now  occupied  by  Julius  Russell.  The 
result  will  be  awaited  with  interest.

Allegan— H.  Stern  &  Co.  were  the 
successful  bidders  on  the  stock  of  A 
Lipper  &  Co.,  which  was  sold at chattel 
mortgage  sale  July  21.  There  were 
three  other  bidders,  one  of  whom  was 
from  Detroit  and  another  from  Stanton 
The  price  paid  was  $5,000,  about  one 
half  the  estimated  value of  the  goods. 
The  purchasers  took  possession  at  once 
and  the  store  will  remain  closed  until 
Aug.  1,  when 
for 
business.  Mr.  Lipper  has  been  ap­
pointed  a  deputy  organizer  of  the  K. 
O.  T.  M. 
for  the  State  of  Missouri, 
with  headquarters  at  Kansas  City,  to 
which  place  he  will  move  his  family. 
He  will  enter  upon  his  new  work  about 
Aug.  1.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Al­
legan  many  years and  his  departure 
is 
a  matter  of  general  regret.

it  will  be  opened 

THE  M ICHIGAN  TR A D E S M A N

Manufacturing  Matters.

Hadley— S.  D.  Hemingway  has  pur 
chased  the  flouring  mill  of  C.  A.  Smith 
&  Son.

Eaton  Rapids—Q.  A.  Hughes  has 
leased  the  Island  City  mills,  taking 
possession  of  the  property  July  25.

Detroit— W. B.  Stone  has  sold  his 

terest  in  the  lumber  firm  of  W.  B.  Stone 
&  Co.  to  Frank  T.  Nichols,  of Lansing.
Pinckney— Klemm  &  Son  have  leased 
the  flouring  mill  at  this  place for  a  term 
of  years  and  will  operate  it  to 
its  full­
est  capacity.

Saginaw— Wall  &  Webber  have  de­
cided  to  erect  a  small  band  sawmill  on 
the  site  of  the  one  destroyed  by  fire  a 
few  months  ago.

Bay  City— S.  G.  M.  Gates, 

lumber 
manufacturer,  has  called  a  meeting  of 
is  creditors  for  July  29  for  the  purpose 
'  asking  for  an  extension.
Bay  City— Bradley  &  Hurst  are  suc­
ceeded  by  M.  B.  Bradley  &  Sons  as 
trustees  in  the  sawmill  an d  lumber busi­
ness at this  place  and  at  Deer  Park.

Muskegon—Case  &  Brown  have 
rented  a  store 
in * the Wierengo block 
and  will  manufacture  mattresses  there 
under the  firm  name  of  the  Peninsular 
Mattress  Co.

J a ck so n — Rufus  H.  Emerson,  Sidney 
Haywood  and  Melville  W.  Thomp­
son  will  start  a  new  bicycle  factory 
here.  The  capital  stock  of  the  com­
pany  has been  placed  at $40,000,

Reed  City—The  Reed  City  Novelty 
and  Excelsior  Works  is  building  an  ad­
dition  to  its  factory  55x60  feet  in  di­
mensions,  and 
boiier  and  engine. 
four  excelsior  machines  running.

It  will  soon  have 

is  also  putting 

in 

Marquette— The Dead River Mill  Co., 
one of  Marquette’s  principal  industries, 
will  soon  shut  down.  The  cause  as­
signed  is  the  unsettled  financial  condi­
tion. 
It  will  be  a  bad  blow  to  the  city, 
as  about  300  men  will  be  thrown  out  of 
work.

Beaverton—The Eastman  Lumber  Co. 
has  cut  up  all  its  stock  on  hand  at  the 
mill,  about  4,000,000  feet,  and  has  shut 
down  for  the  season.  The  mill  was  op­
erated  all  last  winter and  will  be started 
again  in  the  fall  as  soon  as  the  cutting 
of  logs  begins.

.n.  The 
incorporators  are  Perry  E. 
Phillips,  Albert  A.  Robinson  and  Geo.
L.  Robinson,  who  hold  each  50  shares 
of  stock.

Corunna— The  Common  Council  has 
decided  to  submit  to  the  voters  of  the 
city  on  August  1  a  proposition  to  give 
a  bonus  of  $6,000  to  Fox  &  Mason,  fur­
niture  manufacturers,  whose  factory was 
recently  destroyed  by  fire.  This  bonus 
will  consist  of  only  $1,000  above  the 
$5,000  which  the  city  will  receive  from 
thé  insurance  companies.  The  bonus 
is  to  be  secured  as  to  the  number  of 
men  the  firm  will  employ.  The  firm 
propose  to  rebuild  of  brick.  Under  the 
former  bonus  they  agreed  to  employ 
forty  men,  but  they  actually  employed, 
on  an  average,  sixty.

Ishp em ing— While  the  condition  of 
the 
iron  and  steel  trade  in  the  United 
States  is  not  of  the  best  at  present,  the 
iron-ore  trade,  which  is  the  primal  fac­
industry,  is 
tor  in  the  great 
in  much 
than  are  the  other 
worse  condition 
branches.  The  general  depression 
in 
business,  consequent  upon  the  hard 
times  of  the  past  and  the  uncertainties 
of  the  future,  has  rendered  the  demand 
for  Lake  Superior  ore  smaller  this  sea­
son  than  had  been  anticipated  by  the 
majority  of  the  mine-owners,  and 
in 
addition  to  this  the  stubborn  fight be­
tween  the  big  steel 
interests  and  the 
Bessemer  ore  combine  has  helped  to 
complete 
the  demoralization  of  the 
trade.  A  slackening  of  ore  shipments 
has  already  made  itself  plainly  felt  in 
marine  circles and  this  movement must, 
apparently,  be  accentuated  in  the  near 
future.  With  receiving  docks  piled 
mountain  high  with  ore  and  no  place 
to  store  further  cargoes,  and  with  the 
purchasing  continuing  in hand-to-mouth 
lots,  ore  shipments  in  the  large  volume 
noted  at  the  opening  of  the  season  are 
physically  impossible  from  lack of room 
in  which  to  dump  the  ore,  as  well  as  a 
decidedly  poor  policy  on  the  part  of 
producers.  There 
is  a  fair  business 
done  in  non-bessemers  which  are  not  in 
the  pool,  and  are  therefore  out  of  the 
fight,  but  deducting  this  business,  there 
is but  little  left  doing 
in  the  market, 
and  apparently  both  the  mining  com­
panies  producing  the  ore  and  the  steel 
companies  consuming  it  feel  confidence 
in  their  ultimate  victory.

Alpena— The  Huron  Handle  and 
Lumber  Co.  has  been  organized  for  the 
purpose  of  manufacturing  handles  and 
hardwood 
for  the 
plant  was  donated  by  Alpena  people. 
The  new  enterprise  will  employ  thirty 
hands and  is  expected  to  be  in  opera­
tion  within  thiity  days

lumber.  The  site 

Jackson-The  Michigan  Central  Rail­
road  Co.  is  preparing  to  build  a  side 
track  to the  purifier  buildings,  soon  to 
be  occupied  by  the  Jackson  Wheel  Co. 
The  wheel  company  has  several  car­
loads  of  machinery  on  the  way  here, 
but  it  is  probable  that  the  factory  will 
not  be  ready  for  business  before  Octo­
ber  1.

Fennville—John  F. 

Barron,  who 
failed  to  mark  the  capacity  of  the  fruit 
packages  he manufactured,  according  to 
law,  was  found  guilty 
in  a  Justice 
Court  and  fined  $25,  but  immediately 
appealed  to  the  Circuit  Court.  The 
object  of  his  arrest  and  prosecution  is 
to  test  the  law  relating  to  the  marking 
of  packages,  a  strong  attempt  to enforce 
which  is  being  made  this  season.

Detroit— The  Commercial Supply Co., 
organized  for  the  purpose  of  buying, 
selling  and  manufacturing  electrical 
apparatus and  machinery,  also  for  deal­
ing  in  bicycles,  filed  articles  of associa­
tion  July  27. 
is 
$10,000,  of  which  $1,500 has  been  paid

The  capital  stock 

Cash  Is  King  at  the  Soo.

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  July  27—July  4  I 
opened  up  my  new  Spot  Cash  Grocery, 
with  the  feeling  that,  by  my  refusing 
credit  to  old  friends and  customers,  my 
trade  would  be  very 
light.  Greatly  to 
my  surprise,  I  find  myself  unable  to 
wait  on  my  customers  as  fast  as  they 
come;  and,  while  others  are  complain­
ing  of  dull  trade,  I  find  that  mine  is 
steadily  increasing.  The  coupon  books 
are  of  great benefit  to  me  in many ways, 
being  especially  handy  for  children. 
I 
sell  the  books  at  a  liberal  discount  for 
spot  cash. 
I  found  them  equally  as 
handy  to  use  with  the  credit  system, 
but  under  no  circumstances  will  I  ever 
onen  up  any  book  accounts  again.

N.  C.  M o r g a n .

Ice  in  Car  Lots.

See  Consumers  Ice  Co.,  Grand  Rap­

ids,  Mich.____  

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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.

Gillies’  New  York  Teas,  all  kinds, 
grades  and  prices.  Phone  1589-  Visner.
The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

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E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

2  p.  m.— Hop,  Step  and  Jump.

T he  Grain  M arket.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip
Evert  Boersma  has  sold  his  peddling 

route  to  Meyer  &  Veenstra.

Leslie  L.  Grabill  has  opened  a  new 

meat  market  at  1167  Wealthy  avenue.

John  Worden  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Boon.  The  Worden  Grocer 
Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Schwader  &  Denise  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Alto.  The  Ball-Barn- 
hrat-Putman  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Geo.  H.  Remington  has  sold  his  gro­
cery  stock  at  603  Cherry  street  to  Chas.
W.  Payne  and  Floyd  H.  Payne,  who 
will  continue  the  business  under  the 
style  of  Payne  Bros.  Both  partners  are 
experienced  grocerymen  and  will,  un­
doubtedly,  achieve  a  full  measure  of 
success  in  their  new  undertaking.

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing  &  Pro­
vision  Co.  will  vacate  its  present  quar­
ters  Aug.  1  and  remove  its  office  to  33 
Ottawa  street,  shipping  all  orders  from 
its  warehouse  near  the  South  Yards. 
Nelson  Morris  &  Co.  will  retain  their 
refrigerator  room  where  it  is,  moving 
their  office  to  the  east  side  of  the  build­
ing,  so  as  to  be  directly  in  front  of  the 
refrigerator.

T he  Grocery  M arket.

in 

Sugar  (Shipping  List)  -The  demand 
ruled  only  fair  up  to  Thursday,  when 
some  improvement  was  shown  and  the 
market  appeared  steadier  in  tone.  The 
weakness  in  raws  has  rather  engendered 
a  feeling  in  the  trade  that  values  would 
It is  believed  that 
decline  still  further. 
the  stocks 
jobbing  hands  are  light 
and  that  purchases  should  continue  to 
be  steadily  made  for  some time to come, 
and,  should  raws  develop  any  firmness, 
very 
the  demand 
likely  be  heavy.  Granulated 
is  now 
selling  at  the  lowest  point  touched  this 
year,  and  should  the  price  reach  4>^c, 
it  would  seem  as  though  buyers  could 
not  do  better  than  to  purchase  supplies 
several  weeks  in  advance.

for  refined  would 

Lemons-  The  average  advance  dur­
ing  the  past  two  weeks  has  been  $1.25 
per  box.  The  advance  has  been  greater 
on  the  common  varieties,  good stock not 
having  advanced 
in  the  same  propor­
tion. 
In  consequence  of  the  poor  keep­
ing  quality  of  much  of  the  fruit,  stocks 
are  gradually  melting  away,  but  the 
quantity  in  jobbers’  hands 
is  so  large 
that  there  is  no  likelihood  of  a  scarcity 
for  some  time  to  come.

Canned  Goods—A  Baltimore  corres­
pondent  writes  as  follows:  “ The 
job­
bers  all  over  the  country  are  responding 
freely  to  the 
low  prices  made  on  the 
new  pack  of  canned  goods  in  this  mar­
ket  and  the  packers  are  very  much  en­
couraged  over  the  outlook.  So 
far, 
early  June  peas,  marrowfat  peas,  straw­
berries,  red  cherries,  white  cherries, 
raspberries,  gooseberries,  blackberries, 
pineapples  and  string  beans  have  been 
packed,  and  the  next  articles  to  follow 
will  be  blueberries, 
tomatoes,  corn, 
peaches,  and  so  on,  in  regular  order.  It 
is  gratifying  to  see  the  opening  prices 
on  all  the  articles  packed  up  to  date 
starting  on  such  a  low  basis,  because  it 
for  large  advances, 
will  give  room 
if  any,  chances  of  a 
little, 
with  very 
decline 
in 
the  prices. 
The  jobbers 
seem  to  be  taking  this  view  of  it,  judg­
ing  by  the  liberal  buying. 
It  does  not 
seem  possible  for  a  buyei  to  lose  money 
on  good  quality  peas,  either  early  Junes 
or  marrowfats,  or  on  any small fruits,  in 
buying  them  at 
the  present  prices. 
There  was  an  improvement  in  the  de­

for  tomatoes  during 

mand 
the  past 
week,  the  jobbers  realizing  that  stand­
ard  3-pounds  at  55c  and  2s  at  45c  are 
remarkably  cheap  and  entirely  safe  to 
buy  under  any  circumstances.  The  de­
mand  has  been  from  all  sections  of  the 
country,  and,  while  there  were  no  sin­
gle  orders  for  large  quantities,  the  or­
ders  for  500  cases  and  1,000  cases  were 
quite  numerous,  especially  for  the  2s. 
Futures  have  been  active. 
In  selling 
futures  at  $7}£c  f.  o.  b.,  Baltimore,  the 
packers  seem  to  be  taking  chances,  and 
the  opinion  is  that  developments during 
August  and  September  will  show  that 
buyers  have  made  profitable  purchases.
Provisions-  The  returns  from Western 
pork  packing  points  indicate  a  total  of 
225,000  hogs  killed  during  the  week, 
compared  with  230,000  the  preceding 
week,  and  150,000  for  the corresponding 
time  last  year— making  a  total of 6,225,- 
000  since  March  1,  against  5,215,000 a 
year  ago,  an 
increase  of  1,010,000. 
These  figures  do  not  suggest  much  of  a 
tendency  to  reduction  of supplies,  while 
they  continue  to  reflect  an  excess  over 
the  corresponding  time  last  year.  But 
the  advices 
indicate  some  lowering  of 
condition  of  current  offerings,  which 
may  be  taken  as  evidence  that  finished 
stock  is  being  closely  marketed.  Prices 
have  been  irregularly  reduced  and  av­
erage  about  10  cents  per  100  pounds 
lower  than  a  week  ago. 
In  view  of  the 
exceptionally 
low  position  of  prices  of 
hog  products  previously,  the  past  week 
has  been  a  notable  one  in  the  history  of 
the  trade  for  the  further  striking  reduc­
tion  of  values—the  close  at  Chicago 
showing  a  decline  of  57^  cents  per 
barrel  on  pork,  42^  cents  per  100 
pounds  on  lard,  and  37%  cents  on  short 
rib  sides,  for  September  delivery,  com­
pared  with  a  week 
aga  with  new 
records  established  for  the  low  point  of 
prices.  The  trade  is  in  a  more  or  less 
dazed  condition  under  the  succession  of 
surprises  and  severity  of  declines  with 
which  it  has been  confronted,  and  hope 
for  a  better  shaping  of  conditions  in the 
near 
future  has  almost  disappeared. 
The  abundance  and  cheapness  of  all 
kinds  of  food  products  in  all  portions  of 
the  country  have  more  or  less  curtailed 
the  necessities  concerning  cured  meats, 
and  the  excessive  accumulations  of  lard 
have  steadily  contributed  to  a  declining 
tendency  for  this  product,  attended,  as 
this  supply  is,  with  unusual resources of 
other  fats  without  corresponding  en­
largement 
in  absorption.  There  is  no 
indication  of  early  change  in  the  gen­
eral  tendency  of  the  market.

Oat  Meal— The  manufacturers  have 
advanced  their  quotations  50  cents  per 
barrel  and  the  market  is  still  strong 
with  further  advances  in  prospect.
Ice  to r  R efrigerator  C ars.

You  can  get  it  of  Consumers  Ice  Co., 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

The attention  of  the  State  Food  Com­
missioner 
is  called  to  the  apple  jelly 
now  being  placed  on  the  market  by  L. 
M.  Wolf,  the  Hudsonville general  deal­
er,  farmer,  dairyman,  stock  raiser,  axe 
helve  jobber and  all-round  good  fellow. 
Mr.  Wolf’s  product  in  the  jelly  line 
is 
decidedly  red 
in  appearance,  giving 
ground  for  the  suspicion  that  the  goods 
are  artificially  colored.

Flovd  E.  Bowen  and  J.  H.  Goodby, 
Jr.,  have  formed  a  copartnership  under 
the  style  of  Bowen  &  Goodby  and  em­
barked  in  the  brokerage  business at  De­
troit.  The  office  of  the  new  firm  is  lo­
cated  at  97  Jefferson  avenue.

Ure  Unkle  is  at  Bushman’s.

cers’  Day.

The  Committee  on  Sports—Julius  J. 
Wagner,  Fred  W.  Fuller  and  Frank  L. 
Merrill—of  the  Grand  Rapids  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  has  prepared  the 
following  schedule  of  prizes for the vari­
ous  sports  and  contests  which  will  be 
observed  at  Reeds’ Lake  on  Aug.  6,  the 
occasion  of  the  tenth  anniversary picnic 
of  the  organization:

9:30 a.  m.— Base  Ball.

Between  East  Side  and  West  Side 

11  a.  m.— Bicycle  Race.

Prizes for  this  race  kindly  donated  by 

clerks.

Winners,  $5.00.
Losers,  Cakes.

Red  Star  Yeast  Co.
First  Prize,  $5.00.
Second  Prize,  $3.
Third  Prize,  $2.

First  Prize,  $2.50.
Second  Prize,  $1.50.
Third  Prize,  $1.00.

First  Prize,  $2.50.
Second  Prize,  $1.50.
Third  Prize,  $1.00.

First  Prize,  $2.50.
Second  Prize,  $1.50.
Third  Prize,  $1.00.

First  Prize,  $2.50.
Second  Prize,  $1.50.
Third  Prize,  $1.00.

2:30  p.  m.— Sack  Race.

3  p.  m.— Hurdle  Race.

1  ¡30  p.  m.— Running  Race,  100  Yards. 

3130 p.  m.— Soap  Race.

Prizes for  this  race  kindly  donated  by 

N.  K.  Fairbank  Co.

First  Prize,  50  Bars  Copco  soap.
Second  Prize,  30  Bars  Copco  Soap. 
Third  Prize,  20  Bars  Copco  Soap.

4  p.  m. — Fat  Men’s  Race.

First  Prize,  $2.50.
Second  Prize,  16  Cans  Van  Camp’s 

Third  Prize,  8  Cans  Van  Camp’s 

Beans.

Beans.

4:304).  m.—Three  Legged  Race. 
First  Prize,  $2.50.
Second Prize,  25 Bars Grandpa’s Soap. 
Third  Prize,  15  Bars Grandpa's Soap.

5  p.  m.— Tug  of  War.

Between  East  and  West  Side  Grocers. 
First  Prize,  $5.00.
Second  Prize,  1  Box  Cigars.
4:30  p.  m.— Base  Ball.

Between  Wholesale  and  Retail  Gro­

cers.

Winners,  $5.00.
Losers,  Cakes.
The  Committee  has  promulgated  the 
following  rules  for  the  government  of 
the  contests:

1.  All  entries  for  prizes  are  confined 
to  wholesale  and  retail  grocers  and their 
employes  and  our  invited  guests.

2.  All  entries  from  employes must be 

endorsed  by  employers.

3.  Any  contestant  who  is  entitled  to 
enter  all  the  events,  and  who  has  been 
successful  in  two  instances  in  securing 
a  prize,  will  not  be  permitted  to  enter 
any  more  events.
4.  All  entries  must  be  made to Julius 
|j.  Wagner,  Chairman  of  Committee  on
Sports,  by  Wednesday  noon,  Aug  5.

Program m e  of  S p o rts  fo r  the  Butch­

e rs’  Picnic.

The  Committee  on  Sports  appointed 
at  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  butchers to arrange a programme 
for  the  annual  picnic  on  Aug.  6  com­
pleted  its  work  Monday  evening,  when 
the 
following  schedule  was  decided 
upon:

10 o’clock— Ball  game between whole­
sale  and  retail  butchers  for cash prize  of 
$10,  seven  innings  to  be  played  under 
captaincy  of  B.  Soper  (wholesale)  and 
W.  E.  Dykins  (retail).

12  to  1  o’clock— Lunch.
1  o’clock— Tug  of  war  for  prize  of 100 
Phil 

Frank  Haltzer 

and 

cigars. 
Smith,  captains.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

5

Prizes  to  be  Com peted  for  on  G ro­

1 

:i5  o’clock—Sack  race,  50  yards. 

Prizes,  $2  and  $1.

1  :3o  o’clock— Fat  men’s  race,  50 
less  than 

yards,  for  men  weighing  not 
2co  pounds.  Prize,  gold  locket.

1  :45  o’clock— Running  jump.  Prize, 

ham.

2  o’clock—One-half  mile  dash  at 

Lilley’s  track.  Prizes,  $5,  S3  and  $2.

2 ¡30 o’clock— Butchers’  delivery horse 
race,  one-half  mile.  Must  be  hitched 
to  horse  and  deliver  roast  of  beef  to 
Mrs.  Lillev.  Prize,  $5.

3  o’clock— Butchers’  driving  horse 
race,  one-half  mile  heats,  best  two  in 
three.  Prizes,  $10,  $5  and  $3.

3:30  o’clock— Ladies’  bicycle  race, 

one  mile  heat.  Prizes,  $3,  $2  and  Si.
I  4  o’clock— Men’s  bicycle  race,  one 
mile  heat.  Prizes,  $3,  $2  and  $1.

Everything  points  to  a  large  attend­
ance  and  a  most  interesting  program  of 
events  at  the  picnic,  providing 
the 
weather  is  favorable.

Wheat  has  been  on  the  up  grade  dur­
ing  the  past  week,  cash  red  advancing 
4c  and  Chicago  September  futures  3c. 
Winter  wheat  showed  more strength than 
spring  wheat  and  all  conditions  seem 
to  point  toward  what  the  writer  has 
often  predicted  in  previous  communi­
latest  re­
cations—higher  prices.  The 
port  as  to  the  amount  raised 
in  the 
is  406,000,000  bushels, 
United  States 
while  winter  wheat  in  many  sections 
is 
less  than  last  year.  Some localities  show 
an 
increase,  notably  Kansas,  but  the 
wet  weathe r  has  damaged  her  crop  to 
such  an  extent  that  some  of  it  is  badly 
sprouted.  From  the  best 
information 
we  can  get  the  spring  wheat  crop  is 
considerably  under 
last  year’s  enor­
mous  crop,and  the  crop  will  be  40  to  50 
per  cent, 
last  year.  While 
the  visible,  owing  to  the  large  exports, 
was  expected  to  decrease,  the  opposite 
happened, 
the  extent  of  399,000 
bushels,  leaving  the  visible  7,250,000 
bushels  more  than  at  the  corresponding 
time 
financial 
policy  be  firmly  settled,  prices  will  be 
io c   higher;  but 
confidence 
keeps  prices  down.  However,  we  hope 
this  will  be  changed  before  long,  either 
one  way  or  the  other.

last  year.  Should  our 

less  than 

lack  of 

to 

Corn  closed  about  2c  lower  than  one 
week  ago—the  reasons  have  been  given 
late—while  oats,  owing  to  the 
often  of 
unfavorable  weather 
for  the  past  few 
weeks  (being  too  wet),  have  advanced 
about  2c.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were: 
wheat,  41  cars;  corn,  7  cars;  oats,  6 
cars.  The mills are  paying  55c  for  both 
new  and  old  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

Flour  and  Feed.

io@20c  per  barrel 

The  flour  market  has  improved  some­
what  during  the  past  week,  prices  ad­
vancing 
for  both 
spring  and  winter.  The 
improvement 
is  partly  due  to  continued  unfavorable 
threshing  returns,  damages  to  the  wheat 
in  the  shock 
in  Ohio  and  Indiana  by 
frequent  showers  the  past  two  weeks 
and  a  decided  dropping  off  in  the  pros­
pects  of  the  growing  spring  wheat  crop.
There  has  been  an unusually  good  de­
mand  for  the  best  winter  patents  of  late 
and  most  of  the  mills  are  sold  short  for 
from  two  to  three  weeks  on  same.  The 
demand  for  second  patents  and straights 
low 
is 
improving,  while  clears  and 
grades  are  not  wanted  at  anything 
like 
fair  values.

Millstuffs  have  been  very  dull,  being 
taken  only  in  broken  carlots  and for im­
mediate  use  only.  W m.  N.  R ow e.

THE  M ICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

6

Hardware

A  Half  Day  in  the  H ardw are  Business. 
Shop  Man in Hardware.

Eighteen  years  old  and  fresh  from 
my  last  term  at  the  country school, I  had 
the  question  very  abruptly  put  by  my 
father,  "What  are  you  going  to do  for  a 
living?”

This  I  thought  very  easily  answered. 
To  be  sure  I  did  not  care  for  the  farm, 
but  having  several  uncles  engaged  in 
business  in  "our  town, ”   as  we  called 
the  village  nearest  the  farm,  what  more 
simple  than  to  work  for one  of  them? 
Being  a  relative  I  would  come  in  for 
any  soft  snaps,  and  the  other  fellows 
could  do  the  work.

There  was  Uncle joe,  the butcher,  but 
his  was  such  a  bloody  business  Uncle 
Clarence,  the dry  goods merchant.  No! 
that  was  too  effeminate,  and  the grocery 
business of Uncle Tom was too dirty.  But 
'Hardware, 
how  about  Uncle  John? 
tools  and  agricultural 
implements.”  
Why,  of  course,  that  was  the  business! 
Had  I  not  often  envied  my  cousin  on  a 
Saturday  afternoon,  laughing  and  flirt­
ing  with  the  country  girls,  as  they  car­
ried  out  to  the  wagon  their  father's pur­
chases?
I  could  hardly  wait  for  word  to  come 
from  Uncle  John,  but  finally  it  did,  and 
I  was  to  start  to  work  April  I.

The  evening  I  reached  my  uncle's 
house,  my  ardor  was  somewhat  cooled 
by  my  cousin  Jack 
telling  me  they 
opened  the  store  at  five  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  and  closed  at  nine 
the 
evening,  which  1  thought  too  much  like 
the  length  of  a  farmer’s  day  to  be  con­
genial.  However,  I  was  up  in  time  the 
next  morning  ready  to  be 
in 
the  mysteries  of  the  hardware  business.
My  uncle’s  store  was  well  located  on 
the  main  street  of  the  town.  Two  large 
show  windows,  one  on  each  side of  the 
entrance,  made  a  very  pleasing  impres­
sion.

initiated 

in 

In  the  one  on  the  right,  a  bicycle  and 
rider  made  up  of  tools,  stovepipe,  etc., 
caught  my  attention,  which  was  imme­
diately  distracted  by  the  display  in  the 
window  on  the  left.  A  figure  with  a 
wash  tub  for 
its  body,  axes  for  legs, 
ball  of  wool twine for a head,  brandished 
a  scythe  at  another  figure  similarly  con­
structed,  only  with  a  boiler  lid  for  a 
shield  and  armed  with  a  pitchfork.

While  cousin  Jack,  the  designer,  was 
unlocking  the  door,  he  explained  the 
display  as  representing  the  attack  of 
Spring  on  Winter.

The  first  thing  we  did  was  to  make  a 
display  on  the  sidewalk  of  plows,  cul­
tivators,  wheelbarrows, 
shovels  and 
rakes.  Then  we  mixed  up  a  bucket  of 
sawdust  and  water  and  swept  out  the 
store.  My  broom  sent  the  wet  sawdust 
flying along  the  floor,  scattering the par­
ticles 
into  the  nail  bins  and  on  the 
display  of  garden 
tools.  Acting  on 
Jack’s  suggestion,  that  I  wouldn't  make 
so  much  dust 
if  I  did  as  he  did,  I 
walked  backward  and  swept  toward  me.
Our  first  customer  wanted  one-half 
dozen  picks  and  handles. 
In  tying  the 
handles  together  I  noticed  Jack  left  one 
stick  out  a  foot  or  so  from  each  end  of 
the  bundle.  When  these  were driven  in 
I  could  see  there  was  no  chance  of  the 
bundle’s  becoming loose and the handles 
falling  out. 
Instead  of  cutting  the  cord 
—spring  twine  he  called  it—Jack  broke 
it  by  giving 
it  a  twist  around  his  left 
hand  and  a  quick  jerk  with  his  right.

As  the  next  customer  wanteid 

io 
pounds  of  8d.  wire  common  nails,  I  es­
sayed,  unaided,  to  weigh  them  out,  but 
the scales  wouldn’t  work.  I  put  in  more 
nails,  then  took  nails  out—the  customer 
asked  me  if  I  wasn’t  a  new  hand ;  said 
maybe  the  scales  would  work 
I 
wouldn't 
lean  on  the  platform.  When 
the  scales  finally  balanced,  I determined 
to  show  that  chap  a  thing  or  two  about 
tying  packages,  laughed  at  the  offer  of 
his  knife  and  his  fears  that  I would hurt 
my  band  on  the  twine.  Giving  it  a 
twist— just  like  Jack,  and  a  jerk.  Oh! 
how  it  did  hurt.  Besides the  wrench  my 
finger  got  it  was  raw  for  a  week.  The 
customes  cut  the cord with his knife,and 
as  he  went  out  made  a  remark  to  Jack 
that  made  my  face  burn.

After  breakfast  a  farmer  came  in  and

if 

¡ asked  Jack  bow  nails  were  selling. 
"W e ll,”   said  Jack,  “ That  depends  on 
the  size;  2od.wire  are  $3.35  per keg,  8d. 
S3.45. ’ ’  With  that  the  farmer  pulled  out 
a  copy  of  the  Weekly  Gazette  and 
^pointed  to  nails  quoted  at  $2.85.  Jack 
1 said  that  was  the  base.  The  farmer 
said  that  would  do  as  he  only  wanted 
the  nails  for  the  hog  pen,  and  base 
nails  would  do  as  well  as  any  that 
weren’t  so  base.  Jack  said  there  were 
no  nails  of  any  kind  at  $2.85.  Said 
something  about  adding  the  card  rate. 
It  was  a  great  mystery  to  me  and  the 
farmer,  who  did  not  buy  any  nails.  The 
hardware  business 
is  certainly  very 
deep.
About  ten  o’clock  Jack  took  me  to the 
warehouse  to  help  set  up  a  great  im­
provement  in  the  shape  of  a  corn  drill. 
Said  I  would  be  right  at  home  with 
it, 
which  was  true,  only  I  wanted  to  know 
what  was  the  use  of  showing  com  drills 
when  the  frost  was  yet  in  the  ground. 
Jack  said  that  was  the  way  things  were 
done  in  the  hardware  business;  blank­
ets  were  bought  in  July,  skates and sleds 
in  August,  ice  cream  freezers  and  lawn 
mowers  in  January.

We  were  about  through  with  the  drill 
when,  as  I  was  supporting  myself  un­
der  it,  reaching  with  my  left  hand  fora 
chair,  lack  accidentally  touched  a  lever 
and  one  of  the  points  came  down  and 
smashed  the  third 
finger  on  my  left 
hand.

I  now  had  two  fingers  disabled,  and 
it  lacked  yet  an  hour  of  noon.  While  I 
was  nursing  my  hand  1  had  time  to 
think  of  the  meat  business,  the  dry 
goods  and  the  grocery  business.  There 
surely  could  be  no  chance  for  broken 
bones  in  measuring  calico!
That,  after  all,  was  a  more  genteel 
and  refining  business  than  the  hardware 
trade.  Just  in  front  of  where  I  was  sit­
ting  was  the  gun  case.  Lem  Cooper, 
the  blacksmith,  came  in,  and  seeing me 
doing  nothing—he  shod  our  horses,  and 
I  knew  him  well—said,  "Lem m e  see 
that  gun 
looks  like  a 
Winchester.”  
I  opened  the  case  and 
got  out  the  gun,  handling  it as  well  as  I 
could  with  my  disabled  hand.  We  were 
standing  near  the  bicycle  window.  Lem 
said  I  had  the  gun,  but  I  know  better, 
any  way  there  was  a  report  and  a  44 
went  through  the  plate  glass  and  im­
bedded 
itself  in  the  window  sill  in  the 
second  story  of  a  lawyer’s  office  across 
the  way.

in  the  corner, 

lawyer  yelled  "m urder,”   some­
one  else,  "fire.”   The  town  bell  rang 
the  fire  alarm,  and  the  hose  cart  went 
out  High  street,  while  they  dragged  the 
engine  to  the planing  mill.

During  the  hubbub  I  made  for uncle’s 
barn,  jumped  on  my  pony  and  was back 
on  the  farm  in  time  for  dinner.
The hardware business may  be  a  great 
business,  but to my  mind,  there  is  noth­
ing 
like  the  quiet  and  content  of  the 
country  in  early  spring.

The 

To  Catch  the  Public  Eye.

From Stoves and  Hardware.

A  large  St.  Louis  hardware  dealer 

is 
a  firm  believer  in  the  efficacy  of articles 
of  unusual  size  as  a  means  of  advertis­
ing. 
In  a  window  devoted  to  table  cut­
lery  there  is  a  carving  knife  and  fork 
about  six  times  the  usual size.  Entering 
the  .store,  one 
is  greeted  by  a  monster 
tennis  racket  mounted  on  top  of  one  of 
the  shelf  cases.  In  almost  every  depart­
ment  one  finds  an  article  of  abnormal 
size.  Of  course, 
these  monsters  are 
rather  expensive,  but they  serve  as  good 
advertisements,  and can be  used  equally 
well  for  interior  displays.

A  very  simple  but  unique  manner  of 
displaying  knives,  scissors  or  other 
small  articles  is  to  attach  them  to  or­
dinary wire cloth,  which  can  be fastened 
between  the  floor  and  ceiling  of  the 
window 
the  sides,  or 
stretched  across  the  corner  of  the  win­
dow.  At  a  little  distance,  and  particu­
larly 
in  the  evening,  it  puzzles  one  to 
discover  what  the  goods  are  attached 
to;  they  seem  to  be  resting  on  nothing 
but  air.  The goods  can  be  attached  to 
the  wire  cloth  by  means  of  small  hooks, 
or,  better  still,  by  cutting  one  of  the 
small  squares  and  catching  the  article 
in  the  loose  end  of  the  wire.

"Since  things  in  motion  sooner  catch 
the  eye  than  what  not  moves,”   an

away 

from 

in  holes 

Easton  avenue*hardware  dealer  recently 
hit  upon  the  expedient  of  having  a  race 
between  rodents 
in  his  show  window. 
He  took  a  cracker  box  with  a  glass  top, 
and  put  it  in  the  window  with  the  glass 
front.  He  then  made  a 
towards  the 
wooden  disk,  and  boring  a  hole 
in  the 
center,  passed  through  it  a  round  stick. 
This  he  placed  in  an  oblique  position 
in  the  box,  the  ends  of  the  stick  mov­
ing 
in  the  top  and  bottom  of 
the  box.  After  catching  several  mice 
and  placing  them  in the box his "show”  
was complete.  In their efforts  to  escape, 
the  mice  would  mount  the  disk  and  as 
they  reached  the  highest  point  would 
cause  it  to  revolve.  They  followed  one 
another  and  made  quite  a  lively  race, 
keeping  the  disk  almost  constantly  in 
motion.  Around  the  box  a  number  of 
patent  mouse  traps  were  also  displayed 
in  the  window.  The  dealer  says  there 
was  a  crowd  around  the  window  all  the 
time,  that  people  came  blocks  to  see 
the  "race”  and  that he  is certain  he sold 
many  goods as a  result.

Can’t tip over. 
Safe, Strong 
and  Handsome.

NO  Advanced  Prices  on  Tinware  from 

Leonard’s.

The attention  of  the  trade  is  called  to 
the  strong  combination  of  all  tinware 
manufacturers, and  to the  usual  advance 
in  price,  which  is, of course, the object  of 
all  such combinations.  In  this connection 
Messrs.  H.  Leonard  &  Sons  of  this  city 
formally  announce  that,  owing  to  their 
orders  being  placed  several  months  ago 
in  anticipation  of  such  a  probable  com­
bination,  they  are  receiving  large  ship­
ments  of  Stamped  and  Pieced  Tinware  at 
the  lowest  prices  ever  made  on  these 
staple goods.

In  consequence  of  this  they  will  not 
advance their  prices at  the  present  time, 
and  they invite the  attention  of  all  deal­
ers to their quotations  in this line.  Should 
their catalogue  not  be  at  hand  they  will 
send  one  on  request  to  regular  dealers 
only.

3,000 Sold  in  this  m  
State last year. 
Use no other. 

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P A T E N T E D   A P R IL   3 0 t h ,   1 8 0 5 .

|| 

A   4-legged  tripod.  A  winner  from  the  start.

¿23  T U n   f T n lv   I  g d H p r   which adjusts  Itself to auy  uvevenness 
5)0 

jn  tjjC surface of the  ground.

I  lit»  v m IIj   L a U U C I 

¿2d 
V/fl 
¡*0 

T h o   f l n l v   I  a r id a i*  which does not require careful 
111C Ulliy  l.auuer adjustment before use.

The Onlir  I  arlrlnr  which does not fall  if one leg
I l i e   U l l i y   L f l U U t r   sJllk8 down  unexpectedly.

These  ladders  were  made  by  the 
Priestly  Wagon  and  Sleigh  Co., 
but as they have gone  out  of  busi­
ness, we have bought what stock they 
had, and are closing it out  at  a  re­
duced  price.  We  now  have  on 
hand as follows:

30  5 feet long.
50  6 feet long.
50  7 feet long.

And will  sell them at  15c a foot.

Get in  your orders at once if you want any.

FOSTER.  STEVENS l  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  MICHIGAN  T R A DE S M A N

7

The  W indow  Glass  Situation.

From St. Louis Stoves and Hardware Reporter.
Now  that  all  the  window  glass  facto­
ries  of  the  country  are  closed  down,  it 
is  possible  to  review  the  past  season 
with  some  degree  of  accuracy.  In  some 
respects  it  has  been  a  rather remarkable 
season.  The  duration  of  the  blast  in 
the  majority  of  the  factories  has  been 
about  thirty  weeks,  or  nearly  one-third 
less  than  for  the  season  of  1894-5.  Most 
of  the  factories  did  not  resume  opera­
tions  until  September  21  of 
last  year, 
three  weeks  after  the  usual  date.  There 
was  an 
idleness  of  six  weeks  during 
January  and  February,  and  all  but  a 
dozen  plants  shut  down  for  the  sum­
mer  on  May  29.  Notwithstanding  these 
facts,  there  has not been a corresponding 
reduction 
in  production  from  that  of 
1895.  While  but  1,300  to  1,500  pots 
were in  operation  in the preceding blast, 
1,550  to  1,648  pots  have  been  operated 
during  that  now  closed.  As  a  conse­
quence,  the production of  1895  6,  accord­
ing  to  a  competent  authority,  has  not

afford  to  reduce  the  rates  charged  when, 
they  had  no  opposition,  and  which  they 
claimed  was  as  low  as  service  could  be 
afforded,  and,  it  may  be,  like  here  in 
Cheboygan,  in  order  to  run  out  com­
petition,  they  may  put 
in  telephones 
tree.  However,  we  do  not  believe  the 
Muskegon  people  will  bite  at  the  bait. 
We  believe  that  they  will  do  as  the  peo- 
pel  of  Cheboygan  have  done,  stand  by 
the  home  company  that  reduced  the 
rates  to  a  reasonable  amount  and  at  the 
same  time  gave  a  much  more  satisfac­
tory  service.  The  Bell  company  might 
have  owned  the  earth and  had  things  all 
their  own  way 
it  had  given  good 
service  at  reasonable  rates,  but  the  peo­
ple  realized  they  were being  robbed  and 
were  ready  to  back  up  any  company 
that  would  afford  them  relief.  The  peo­
intend  to  stand  by 
ple  of  Cheboygan 
Blake.  They  know 
if  opposition  was 
run  out  that  they  would  again  be  at  the 
mercy  of  the  "octopus”   and  they  do 
not  propose  to  again  be  at  the  mercy  of 
that  company.  Free  telephones  are no

if 

G.W BARNETT.

ESTABLISHED  1866

J.M.BARNETT

Grand  R apids,  Mich.

Dear  S i r : —W ill  you  k in d ly   se n d ,u s  tw e n ty -fiv e   c o p ie s  o f  th e 
a r t i c l e   a p p earin g   in'  your  is s u e   o f  J u ly   th e   1 5 th ,  e n t i t l e d   "Hardware 
C le rk s’*  by  S idney  F.  Stevens?  We  d e s ire   them  f o r   d is t r i b u t i o n   a - 
mong  th e   em ployees  o f  t h i s   house. 

The  a r t i c l e   to   us  seems  to   be  one 

o f  g r e a t  m e rit  and  we  w ish  to   u t i l i z e   i t .

Vie  a ls o   w ish  to   in d ic a te   our  a p p ro v al  o f  th e   a r t i c l e   in   th e 

iss u e   o f  J u ly   22nd,  e n t i t l e d   “ C oncise  C re d it  C lip p in g s  fo r  C re d it 
Men’ s  C ranium s.”  We  do  n o t  know  when  we  have  b e fo re   seen  an  a r t i c l e ,  
the  length  o f  t h i s   one. 
th a t   in c o rp o ra te s   a s  many  good  p o in ts  co v erin g  
c r e d i t s ,  as  t h i s   one  we  have  re fe re n c e   to .

»„ry  t T O

been  300,000  boxes^under  the'figures  of 
the  preceding  year.

The  season  now  at  an  end  has  wit­
nessed  the  greatest  number  of  pots  in 
continuous  operation  that  has  ever  been 
known  in  the  history  of  the  trade.  The 
output  per  pot  has  been  fully  up  to  the 
average  of  previous  years.  The  demand 
this  year  has been dull,and  imports have 
been  much  heavier  than 
year. 
Stocks  in  the  hands  of  manufacturers 
are  now  believed  to  be  much  heavier 
than  has  been  thought,and are estimated 
at  a  million  boxes.  Those  in  the  hands 
of jobbers are estimated at 550,000 boxes. 
If  these  estimates  made  by  one  of  the 
leading  journals  in  the  glass  trade  are 
correct,  present  holdings  show  only  a 
slight  difference  from  those  at  the  end 
of  the  preceding  season.

last 

Free  T elephones  No  Inducem ent. 

From the Cheboygan Tribune.

The  Muskegon  people  are  wrestling 
with  the  Bell  telephone  octopus. 
In 
that  city,  like  in  Cheboygan  before  W. 
H.  Blake  put  in  the  Cheboygan  tele­
phone  plant,  the  Bell  Co.  has  had  no 
mercy  on 
its 
“ pound  of  flesh'*  from  all.  The people 
have  gotten  tired  of  contributing  ex­
tortionate  rates  and  have  taken  steps  to 
organize  a  home  company. 
It  is  prob­
able,  like  here 
if  the 
new  company  is  organized,  the  Bell  can

its  patrons,  demanding 

in  Cheboygan, 

OredfitTwan  fo r   Barnett  Bros.

inducement  to  our  people  to again  place 
themselves  at  the  mercy  of  the  noted 
octopus.

What  Som e  Know  About  It. 

Hogan— Fwhat  is  this  16  to  1? 
Grogan— It  is  a  law  they  are  tryin*  to 
pass  makin’  sixteen  hours  to  wan  day’s 
worruk.

“ Sweet  are  the  uses  of  adversity,”  
sings  some  poet.  Yes,  but  some  of  us 
are  getting  so  much  sugar  in  ours  that 
the  effect  is  sickening.

The  work  of  the  still—the  products  of 

a  deaf  and  dumb  institute.
The  Bradstreet 
Mercantile  Agency

THE BRADSTREET COMPANY 

Proprietors.

E x e c u t iv e  O f f ic e s —

279, 281, 283 Broadway,  N.Y.

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

CHARLES P. CLARK, Pres.

G r a n d  R a p id s O f f i c e —

Room 4, Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY R0YCE, SupL

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUdURS  AND  BIT5

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Snell’s.......................................................... 
Jennings’, genuine  ..................................... ©* 10
Jennings’, im itation.....................................60*10

AXES

First Quality. S. B. Bronze..........................  5 50
First Quality,  I>.  B. Bronze...........................  9 50
First Quality. 8. B. S. Steel..........................  
t> 25
First Quality. I).  B. Steel..............................  10 25

Railroad............................................. *12 00  14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00

BARROWS

BOLTS

BUCKETS

BUTTS.  CAST

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

Stove................................ 
Carriage new list..................................65 to 65-10
Plow............................................................ 

60
40.V 10

 

 

Well,  plain.................................................... *325

Cast Loose  Pin, figured.............................. 
TO
Wrought  Narrow...........................................75A10

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

. 

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

PATENT PLANISHED IRON 

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

Broken packages %c per pound  extra.

HAMMBRS

HOUSE  FURNISHINQ  GOODS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list.......................dis  33V$
Kip’s  ....................................................... dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s.................................... dis 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...................30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 40*10 
Stamped Tin Ware......................... new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................20*10
Granite Iron  Ware.........................new list 40*10
Pots.................................................................60*10
Kettles  ...........................................................60*10
Spiders............................................  
60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,3...............................   dis 60*10
State.......................................... per doz. net  2 50
Bright...........................................................  
80
80
Screw Eyes.................................................... 
80
Hook’s...........................................................  
Gate Hooks and Eyes..................................  
80

HOLLOW  WARE

WIRE  OOODS

HINGES

LEVELS

ROPES

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............................dis 70
Sisal. H inch and  larger.............................. 
Manilla....................................................... 
Steel and Iron............................................... 
Try and Bevels.............................................
M itre.............................................................

SQUARES

5H
9
*»•

70

4

Ely’s  1-10................................................per m  65
Hick’s C. F ....................... ..................per m 
55
G. D....................................................... per m  35
Musket...................................................perm 
60

CARTRIDGES

CHISELS

Rim  Fire.........................................................50*  5
Central  Fire................................................. 25*  5

Socket Firmer...............................................  
Socket  Framing..........................................  
Socket Comer............................................... 
Socket  Slicks................................................ 

80
80
80
80

DRILLS

Morse's Bit Stocks...................................... 
60
Taper and Straight Shank.............................50* 5
Morse's Taper Shank.................................... 50*  5
Com. 4 piece, Sin............................ doz. net 
60
Corrugated................................................ dis 
50
Adjustable................................................ dis 40*10

ELBOWS

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark’s small, *18;  large, $26........................ 30*10
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30.............................. 
25

FILES—New  List

New American...............................  
70*10
Nicholson’s.................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.....................................60*10

 

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

14 

13 

28
17

Discount,  75

15 
GAUGES

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

KNOBS-New List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  

70
80

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye..................................... $16 00, dis 60*10
Hunt Eye..................................... $15 00, dis 60*10
Hunt's.........................................  $18 50, dis 20*10

MILLS

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

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  OATES

Stebbin’s Pattern...........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine.........................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.........................  
30

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base............................................  2 80
Wire nails, base............................................  285
10 to 60 advance..........................................  
50
60
8...................................................................  
7 and 6............................................. 
 
75
4...................................................................  
90
3 ...................................................................   1  20
2 ....................................................................  1  60
Fine 3 ...............................   ........................ 
1  80
Case 10...........................................................  ©
Case  8...........................................................  
75
90
Case  6...........................................................  
Finish 10.........  
75
90
Finish  8 ....................................................... 
Finish  6 ....................................................... 
10
Clinch 10....................................................... 
70
Clinch  8 
.................................................... 
80
Clinch  6 ....................................................... 
90
Barrel  X.......................................................  *  75

 

 

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy.................................  @50
Sciota Bench.................................................60*10
Sandusky Tool Co’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, flrstquality.......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme................................................60*10*10
70*  6
Common, polished..................................  
Iron and T inned........... — ........................  
60
Copper Rivets and Bars...............................  
60

RIVETS

PANS

SHEET  IRON

 

 

WIRE

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

com. smooth,  com.
$2 40
2 40
2 60
2 70
2 80
290
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 
No.  27........................................  3 SO 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86.......................................dis 
50
Solid Eyes.........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game.............................................  
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley *  Norton's 70*10* 10
Mouse, choker............................ per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
I  25
Bright Market.................................. 
75
Annealed  Market......................................... 
75
Coppered Market...........................................70*10
Tinned Market................... ..........................  62J4
Coppered Spring  Steel................................. 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  .........................   2 25
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................   1  90
Au Sable...................................................dis 40&K
Putnam.................................................... dis 
5
Northwestern...........................................dis 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled....................  
30
50
Coe’s Genuine......... ..................................... 
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  .........  
80
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable...............................  
Bird  Cages.............................................  
M
Pumps, Cistern....................................... 
80
Screws, New List.................................... 
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate............................50*10*10
Dampers, American...............................  
40*10
600 pound casks..........................................  
6q
Per pound....................................................  Mi
V4@V4...........................................................  
12*4
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...........................  
$525
14x201C, Charcoal.......................................   5 ©
20x14 IX, Charcoal.....................  
 
6 ©
14x20 IX, Charcoal........................................   6 ©

 
Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

MISCELLANEOUS

TIN—Melyn Grade

METALS—Zinc

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

SOLDER

 

TIN—Allaway Orade

10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................   5 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal.......................................   5  00
10x14 IX, Charcoal.......................................  6  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal.......................................  6 00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............................  5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean..............................  6  00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................   10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5  50
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............  9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............  11  00
o
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for No.  9  Boilers, f per pouna'  ' 
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G R A N D   R A P I D S .

Otto C.  J.  Berntbal

New York Electro Plating & Mt’o 60.

Electro  Platers  In  GOLD,  SILVER,  NICKEL.  BRASS  and  BRONZE;  also  LACQUERING 

John  T.  F.  Hornburg

Gas Fixtures  Refinbhed  as  Good  as  New.

¿Vest  End jPearlrSt. 'Bridge.

3  doors  South of .Crescent  MIIIb.

Citizens Phone, 1517.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MIOHIQAN  TR A DESM A N

Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men

Published at the New Blodgett Building, 

Grand  Rapids,  by  the

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

ONE  DOLLAR  A  YEAR,  Payable in  Advance.

ADVERTISING  RATES ON  APPLICATION.

Communications invited from practical business 
men.  Correspondents  must  give  their  full 
names and addresses, not  necessarily  for pub­
lication, but as a guarantee of good  faith.
Subscribers  may  have  the  mailing  address of 
their papers changed as often as desired.
No paper discontinued, except  at  the  option  of 
the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid.
Sample copies sent free to any address.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office  as 

Second Class mail  matter.

When writing to any of our Advertisers, please 
say  that  you  saw  the  advertisement in the 
Michigan Tradesman.

E .  A .  STOW E,  E d i t o r .

WEDNESDAY,  -  •  -  JULY 29, 1896.

SIDEWALK  TRAFFIC.

The  selfishness  of  trade  is  nowhere 
seen  more  prominently  or  more  offen­
sively than when  it  sets  up  its  establish­
ment  on  the  sidewalk.  Tolerated  at 
first  by  an  indulgent  public,  it  proceeds 
at  once  to  abuse  that  indulgence  by  an 
aggression  so  open  and  so  defiant  as  to 
at 
last  call  down  upon  itself  the  ven­
geance  of  the  law.

The  first*  to  offend  in  this  direction 
were  the  store-keepers  themselves.  The 
window  having  failed  to  accommodate 
the  required  display  of  goods,  the  door­
ways  and  the  sidewalks  have  been made 
use  of—tentatively  at  first—and,  when  it 
was  found  that  the  sidewalk  could  be 
used  without  remonstrance,  show  cases 
have  been  pushed  still  farther  into  the 
public  domain,  goods  have  been  piled 
high  on  dry  goods  boxes,  signs  have 
been  utilized  by  hanging  goods  on  them 
and  awnings  have  been  made  to  do 
double  duty 
in  the  same  questionable 
way.  The  custom  of  taking  up  the 
sidewalk  for  purposes  of  traffic  having 
become  thus  established,  the  next  step 
became  an  easy,  as  well  as  an  almost 
inevitable,  one. 
If  the  store-keeper 
took  up  the  sidewalk  next  to  the  build­
ing,  a  part  of  the  public  highway which 
he  had  no  right  to  use,  was  there  any 
good  reason  why  the  vender  of  unpre­
tending,  but  no 
less  useful,  merchan­
dise  should  not  avail  himself  of  an 
equal  space  at  the  curbing?  The 
logic 
was  invincible;  possession  was  proven 
to  be  nine  points  of  the  law;  street 
traffic  became  an  established  fact  on 
both  borders  of  the  sidewalk  and,  when 
the  patience  of  the  public  became  ex­
hausted  and  protest  was made,  the vend­
er at  the  curbstone  and  the  merchant 
in  the  store  emphatically  declared  that 
they  knew  their  own  business  and  their 
own  rights,  and 
that,  if  a  meddling 
public  presumed  to  question  the  one  or 
interfere  with  the  other,  there  would  be 
a  test  case  for  the  courts  to  decide. 
Happily,  a  decision  has  been  reached : 
the  courts  have  found  that  a  sidewalk  is 
a  public  highway  and  that,  as  such,  the 
traffic  carried  on  there  is  an  infringe­
ment  of  the  rights  of  the  public,  to  be 
tolerated  only  so  far  as  the  public  itself 
shall  decide.

With  that  question  settled,  another 
comes  to  take  its  place:  There 
in 
every  city  worthy  of  the  name,  a  con­
stantly 
increasing  number  of  sidewalk 
traffickers.  These  men  pay little or noth­
ing  towards  the  expenses  of  the  c ity ;

is, 

often  they  do  not  pay  any  license;  they, 
are  competing  with  regular traders,  who 
pay  rent  and  taxes,  and  with 
licensed 
peddlers; 
their  stands  are  unsightly 
and  in  the  way;  they  obstruct  the  side­
walks ;  they  are  the  cause  of  much  of 
the  refuse  that  is  found  in  the  streets 
and  in  too  many  instances  become  in­
tolerable  nuisances,  and  the  sooner  they 
are  removed  the  better  for  the  street, 
the  better  for  the  public  welfare and  the 
better  for  the  trafficker  himself.

for 

It  has  been  asserted  that  the  privilege 
is  often  granted  in  order  to  give deserv­
ing  persons  a  chance  to  earn  a  living, 
and  that,  were  it  withheld,  these  per­
sons  would,  in  all  probability,  become 
objects  of  charity.  Granted.  Are  they 
any  less  objects  of  public  charity  by 
this  arrangement,  which  cannot  fail  to 
foster  the  idea  that,  in  some  unaccount­
able  way,  the  world  owes  them  a  liv­
ing,  which  they  are  willing  to  receive 
in  this  form  from  the  city?  But,  even 
admitting  the  charity 
to  be  a  com­
mendable  one,  is  it  necessary,  on  that 
account,  to  continue  the  charity 
indefi­
nitely?  How  long,  for  instance,  should 
the  city  grant  space  on  any  business 
street— Monroe  street, 
exam ple- 
free  of  charge? 
It will occasion  no  sur­
prise  to  those  knowing  the  value  of 
such  a 
locality  to  be  told  that  such 
rents  a  month  rise  high  into  the  hun­
dreds. 
In  a  city  many  times  smaller 
than  Grand  Rapids,  the  privilege  has 
been  sold  for $150 by  one  sidewalk  man 
to  another,  who  sold 
it  for  $200,  the 
buyer  of  which  earned  his  purchase 
money  from  his  sales  in  less  than  sixty 
days! 
Is  this  particular  form  of  pub­
lic  charity intended to reach quite so far?
that  the 
Tradesman  has  “ many  a  time  and  oft" 
referred  to  this  violation  of  the  city’s 
rights  and  privileges.  It  is  much  to  the 
point  that  a  condition  of  things  makes 
such  reference  necessary,  not  only  at 
home  but 
in  almost  every  city  in  the 
country.  The  cities  are  not  good  house­
keepers;  and,  when  such  housekeeping 
in  to  the  detriment  of  the 
is 
public  welfare,  protest 
is  welcome,  no 
matter  from  what  quarter  it comes.  And 
if  the  streets  are  to  be  the  pleasing  and 
healthy  thoroughfares  they  were  intend­
ed  to  be,  if  they  are  to  remain  the  free 
and  unincumbered  property  of  the  city 
for  the  use  and  enjoyment of its citizens, 
then 
is  high  time  that  something 
should  be  done  to  clear  this  public 
property  from  all  encumbrances,  and  to 
inaugurate  the  movement  by  removing 
from  the  sidewalk  every  fakir  counter 
which  has  been  too 
long  allowed  to 
block  the  way.

little  to  the  point 

indulged 

is 

It 

it 

The  Tradesman  bespeaks  a  prompt 
response  to  the  official  call  of the North­
ern  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion,  published  elsewhere'  in  this week’s 
paper.  Judging  by  the  class  and  num­
ber  of  papers  which  will  be  presented 
at  the  convention,  as  well  as the charac­
ter  of  the  men  whose  names  appear  op­
posite  the  subjects  assigned,  the  pro­
ceedings  will  be  of  such  vital  interest 
to  grocers  generally  that  all  grocers  who 
can  possibly  do  so  should make arrange­
ments  to  attend.

Don’t  fear  that  you  are  going  to  die 
unnoticed 
if  you  have  merit  that  de­
serves  to  be  discovered,  and  don’t  com­
plain 
if  the  discovery  is  delayed,  but 
work  and  wait  and  you  will  find  out 
that the real,genuine,  unadulterated  arti­
cle  is  being  sought,  and  some  apprecia­
tive  observer  is  going  to  light  on  you, 
some  day,  and  bring  your  endowment 
before  the  notice  of  an  admiring  world.

TRADE  SITUATION.

sold, 

favorable  this  week  than 

While  the  general  tendency  of  trade 
and  finance has  been  in  the  direction  of 
increased  prostration  amounting  almost 
to  panic,  there  have  been  some  notable 
features  that  have  given  reassurance 
and  the  conditions  may  be  said  to  be 
more 
last. 
This  is  owing,  principally,  to  the better 
feeling 
in  financial  circles  and  to  the 
improved  tendencies  in  wheat  and  oats. 
The  unfavorable  state  of  foreign  ex­
change  caused  a  sharp  increase  in  the 
outflow  of  gold,  so  that  the  exports  for 
the  week  amounted  to $5,050,000.  This 
reduced  the  Treasury  reserve  to  about 
$85,000,000,  and  made  the  question  of  a 
new  issue  of  Government  bonds  an 
im­
minent  one.  A  consulation  was  held 
by  the  leading  financiers of  the  country, 
and 
it  was  decided  that,  while  a  new 
it 
issue  could,  doubtless,  be 
would  be  an  unsafe  experiment 
in  the 
present  state  of  public feeling,  especial­
ly  as  affected  by  politics.  So  the  plan 
was  proposed  of  the  banks’  coming  to 
the  rescue  of  the  Treasury  by  the  ex­
change  of  their  gold  holdings  for 
legal 
tender  notes.  The  response  was  prompt 
and  sufficient,*immediately restoring the 
reserve  to  the  hundred  million  mark 
with  five  millions  to  spare;  and  assur­
ances  are  given  that  the  same  source  of 
supply  can  be  relied  upon  to  keep  the 
in  spite  of  any  probable 
reserve 
demands. 
is 
a  movement  on  the  part  of  the  bankers 
in  which  they  have  secured  the  co-op­
eration  of  the  principal  foreign  bankers 
of  the  country  to  devise  means  to  re­
strict  the  export  of  the  precious  metal.
In  the  wheat  situation  the  improved 
less 
outlook  for  prices  is  dependent  on 
favorable  crop  reports. 
recent 
rains  have  been  very  unfavorable  for 
harvesting  in  the  winter  wheat  regions 
and’have  been  injurious  to spring wheat. 
The  same  conditions  obtain 
the 
English  fields.  While  these  factors  op­
erating  against  the  effects  of  the  recent 
freight  reductions  on  Western lines have 
caused  only  a  small  advance,  the  feel­
ing  of  confidence  for the  future is  great­
ly 
increased.  The  same  causes  have 
operated  to  strengthen  the  situation 
in 
oats.  Corn,  on  the  other  hand,  has  de­
clined 
in  price,  on  account  of  the  in­
creased  movement  caused  by the  freight 
reductions  and  the  continued  prospects 
of  an  abundant  crop.  Other  produce 
continues  at  the  lowest  ebb-breaking 
the  low  records  still  the  rule.

In  addition  to  this,  there 

intact 

Tl.e 

in 

The 

iron  situation  shows  only  the 
questionable 
encouragement  of  con­
tinued  decline  in  output.  A  large  pro­
portion  of  the  iron  furnaces  are  blown 
out,  most  of  the  wire  and  wire rod  mills 
are  closed  and  structural  works  are  fol­
lowing  the  same  lead.  The  combina­
tions  are  still  struggling  to  maintain 
prices,  which  operates  to  hold  down  the 
natural  demand.

Textiles  are  probably  at  the  lowest 
ebb 
in  prices  in  that,  instead  of  mak­
ing  further  reductions,  works  are  clos­
ing  or  lessening  output.  Sales  of  wool 
in  the  principal  markets  are  the  small­
est  on  record.

Leather  and  hides  are  showing  the 
dulness  usual  at  this  season,  but  the 
comparative  outlook 
is  as  favorable  as 
could  be  expected.  Shoe  factories  are 
still  busy,  though  largely  on  old  orders.
The action  of  the  bankers  in  turning 
into  the  Treasury  caused  a 
their  gold 
decided  improvement  in  confidence 
in 
the  stock  market,  and  is  resulting  in  a 
strengthening  of  prices,  more 
than 
counterbalancing  the  unfavorable effects

of  the  populist  and  silver  conventions 
at  St.  Louis.

Bank  clearings  show  a  slight  increase 
over  the  preceding  week,  though  still 
remaining  below 
the  billion  point. 
Failures  show  an  increase  280  against 
255  for  last  week.

CHO OSIN G  A  CAREER.

We are fond of  satirizing  the possibili­
ties  of  American 
life  by  saying  that 
every  mother  who  bends  above  the 
cradle  of  a  man-child  believes  she  sees 
within  it a  future  President.  Deep  and 
all-pervasive  as 
is  the  national  ambi­
tion,  the  jest  passes  beyond 
truth. 
Few  women  hope  to  see  their  sons  Pres­
ident.  Fewer  still  realize  the  ambi­
tion,  but  every  mother  feels  she  has  the 
right  to  hope  to  see  her  sons  successful 
and  prosperous  men,  and 
there 
comes  to  her  no  more  anxious  moment 
than  when  she  is  called  upon to help her 
boys  choose  their  careers  in  life.

the 

so 

Her  experience  has  taught  her  that  so 
much  depends  on  a  wise  choice.  The 
highways  of  life  are  strewn  with  wrecks 
that  might  have  been  avoided  by  a  lit­
tle  consideration  of  natural  talents  and 
aptitudes.  There  are  innumerable  poor 
lawyers  who  would  have  made  good 
farmers;  starving  doctors  who  might 
have  been 
lawyers;  dull 
preachers  who  might  have  made  for­
tunes 
in  the  grocery  line,  and  unsuc­
cessful  merchants  who  would  have  been 
excellent  carpenters. 
It  is  the  old  story 
of  the  misfit  square  peg  in  the  round 
hole,  while  there  was  a  hole  it  would 
have  just  filled  waiting  empty  for  it.

successful 

It 

jostle 

left  to  get 

There  are,  of  course,  some boys whose 
careers  are  foreordained.  They  write, 
or  paint,  or  preach,  or  become  mer­
chant  princes  because  nothing  else  was 
possible  to  them ;  but  the  great  mass  of 
mankind  have  no  such  marked  talents. 
Thev  are  a  lot  of  unclassified  pegs,  and 
too  often  are 
into  round 
holes  or  square  holes,  as  fate  wills. 
Sometimes  they 
into  the  right 
places  and  are  successes.  Often  they 
get 
into  the  wrong  holes,  and  so  are 
doomed  to  failure  from  the  beginning.
is  here  that  mother-love  should 
intuition 
supply  the  knowledge  and 
that  will  help  her  half-grown  boy  to 
make  a  wise  choice.  A  thousand 
little 
things— straws  that  show  the  way  the 
current  of  his 
thoughts  blow— come 
back  to  her.  Very  likely  the  boy  him­
self  doesn’t  have  any  clear  idea  of  his 
own  desires 
It  is  his 
mother  who  recalls  childish  skill  with 
tools,  or  a  predilection 
for  making 
bread  pills,  or  a  knack  at figures,  or  the 
zeal  with  which  he  conducted  a  music 
store  in  the  nursery,  or  the  skill  with 
which  he  bargained 
for  gingerbread 
with  the  cook.  Such  scant  evidences  of 
what  New  England  people  term  “ fac­
ulty”   often  turn  the  wavering  balance 
in  favor  of  a  career  to  which  the  boy’s 
abilities  are  best  adapted.

in  the  matter. 

It  is  thus  the  wise  mother  serves  her 
son  at  his  utmost  need.  Unfortunate, 
indeed,  is  the  boy  whose  mother’s 
love 
so  blinds her that  she is  incapacitated  to 
judge  of  his  weakness  as  well  as  his 
strength.  ____________

The  merchant  who  buys  beyond  his 
utmost  needs  or  beyond  his  ability  to 
pay 
is  a  gambler;  and  his  offense  is 
worse  than  that  of  the  card  player,  for 
the  latter  stakes  his  own  money,  while 
the  merchant-gambler  risks  the  money 
of  the  confiding  jobbers  or  manufac­
turers  who  have  sold  him  goods.

The  successful  conduct  of  business  is 
daily  becoming  more  a  work  of  the 
head  and  less  of  the  hands.

THE  HALF-CIVILIZED.

Not  many  years  ago,  the  geographies 
classed  Japan  among  the  half-civilized 
nations  of  the earth.  To-day,  that same 
nation  is  furnishing  the  rest  of  the  civ­
ilized  world  an  example  in  push  and 
enterprise  which 
it  would  be  well  to 
emulate.

For  a  long  time,  a  steamship  line  be­
tween  the  Pacific  Coast  and  Japan  has 
been  one  of  the  needs  of  commerce. 
It 
would  be  reasonable  to  expect  that  the 
first  move  in  the  supplying  of  that  need 
would  come  from  the  foremost  commer­
cial  nation  in  the  Western  World ;  that 
long  ago  the  scheming  brain of the Yan­
kee  would  have  had  the  route  mapped 
out  on  paper,  and  have  had  the  money 
provided  for  the  undertaking. 
Instead, 
four  agents  of  Nippeon Youshen  Kaysha 
— the  Japanese  Mail  Steamship  Com­
pany—are  now  in  this-  country  for  the 
purpose  of  conferring  with 
railway 
managers  in  regard  to  the establishment 
of  a  steamship  line  to  be  operated 
in 
connection  with  some  northern  trans­
continental  railway  between  Japan  and 
Seattle  or  Portland.  The  transpacific 
steamship  line  has  already  been  deter­
mined  upon  and  the  American  terminus 
will  soon  be  settled,  the  whole  forming 
an  undertaking  worthy  the  brain  of  the 
most  enlightened  nation  of  the  earth, 
and  showing  that  Japan,  “ the  half-civ- 
ilized,’ ’  must  be  accosted  now  with  a 
milder  title  and  admitted  into  civiliza­
tion  with  all  its  rights  and  privileges.
is  not  the  first  instance,  nor  it 
is  the  first  time,  in  recent  years,  that 
this  country  has  heard  in  a  commercial 
way  from  Japan.  Our  best  schools  and 
colleges  enroll  among  their  numbers 
students  from that country ;  and  this  has 
been  going  on  for  years.  They  come 
here  to  be  educated  and  they  go  home 
when  the  course  of training is  over,  car­
rying  back  with  them  the 
ideas  which 
they  have  gained  from  coming  in  con­
tact  with  modern  civil  life.  Trade  has 
taken  a  hint  from  the  plans  adopted  by 
the  government,  and  the  Japanese  agent 
is  constantly  found 
in  the  important 
markets  of  the  world  observing and ask­
ing  questions  and  studying,  with  an 
acuteness  as  remarkable  as  it  is  unex­
pected,  the  problems  which  are  vexing 
to-day  the  commercial  world.  There  is 
in  America  now  an  agent  of  the  Jap­
anese  government  sent  here  to  investi­
gate  the 
industrial  and  manufacturing 
methods  and  products,  for  the  purpose 
of  stimulating  trade  with  Japan,  as 
well  as  for  the  good  his  knowledge  so 
gained  may  do  the  Japanese  manufac­
turer. 
Is  there  not  a  lesson  here  from 
“ the  half-civilized”   that  is  worth  the 
learning?

This 

Not 

long  ago,  the  bicycle  manufac­
turers  read  with  a  chill  of  dismay  that 
the  Japanese  were  building  a  wheel 
which  could  be  sold  here  for  $12. 
Im­
mediately  there  was  the  usual  outcry. 
Bret  Harte’s  “ Heathen  Chinee”   was 
brought  forward  to  “ point  a  moral  and 
adorn  a  tale, “ and  the  Japanese  were 
heartily  consigned  to  a  spot  famous  for 
a  temperature  a  degree  or  two  above 
normal  summer  heat. 
It  was  found, 
however,  that  the  story  was  wholly  un­
true.  The  cheapest  bicycle  made  in 
Japan  costs  $35  and,  while  giving  good 
service,  is  not  as  good  an  article  as  the 
American  wheel. 
fact,  however, 
lost  sight  of—and 
which  must  not  be 
one  which  the  Tradesman  has  had  oc­
casion  to  mention  before— is  that,  while 
Japan  may  be  regarded  as  a  dangerous 
competitor  in  certain  lines  of  trade,  in 
entering  the  circle  of  civilized  life  and 
taking  the  position  there  which  it  is

A 

Most of  the  cottagers  at  Newport  this 
season  have  called  upon  grocers  for 
price  lists  and  exact  a  promise  that 
their  servants  shall  not  be  bribed.  The 
feeing  of  servants  has  been  Newport’s 
curse,  and  now  the  “ punishment”   is 
destined  “ to  fit  the  crim e.”   Merchants 
declare  that  they  could  not  retain  the 
trade  if  they  did  not  pay  a  fat  com­
mission  to  the  arrogant  servants  who 
pass  judgment  upon  the  goods  sent  to 
their  employers. 
If  the  servants  were 
not  “ fixed,”   the  hay  and  grain,  the 
meat,  groceries,  milk  and  vegetables, 
would  also  be  “ fixed”   in  order  to  show 
their  employers  that 
inferior  supplies 
had  been  furnished.  The  local  busi­
ness  man  is  a  person  deserving  of  com­
passion,  at  least,  even  though  he  has 
paid  fees  to  surly  servants  in  the  past 
to  enable  him  to  eke  out  an  existence. 
No  local  dealer  has  ever been  guilty  of 
retiring  from  business,  save  through  in­
solvency,  or  of getting  rich.  To be sure, 
they  struggle  along  with  heavy  financial 
loads  and  pay  taxes  to  enabje  Newport 
to  put  on  a  bold  front  as  “ the  queen  of 
watering  places,”   a  position  she cannot 
hold  save  at  the  sacrifice  of  her  per­
manent  population.  The  eyes  of  the 
people  are  opened  at  last,  and  the  fee­
ing  of  grocers  and  other  merchants  is 
to  be  stopped.

A  specialist  on  lung  diseases  recently 
prescribed  a  course  of  treatment  for  a 
woman  who  was  evidently  far  on  the 
road  to  consumption.  What  he  told  her 
to  take  was  all  sorts  of  strengthening 
foods,  such  as  rare  beef,  cream,  lots  of 
butter,  etc.  Besides  this,  he  directed 
her  to  eat  raw  eggs,  beaten  up  in  milk, 
until  she  could  bring  herself  to  take 
twelve  a  day.  This 
last  regime alone, 
is  be­
faithfully  carried  out,  has,  it 
lieved,  saved  another  consumptive. 
It 
has  helped  the  first  woman  greatly  as 
well. 

_____________

Disagreeably  projecting  ears  have 
been  successfully  manipulated  and 
im­
proved  by  surgical  skill.  A  crescent­
shaped  piece  of  cartilage  is  taken  from 
the  back  of  the  ear,  the  cut  sewed  and 
a  bandage  applied  until  the  wound  is 
healed,  when  a  properly-formed  ear  is 

i  the  result.

THE  MICHIGAN  TR A D E S M A N

her  evident  intention  to  take,  with  that 
adopted  Western 
civilization  must 
come,  as  an  inevitable  result,  the foods, 
manners  and  furniture  of  that  same 
Western  life.  These  Japan  cannot  fur­
nish,  and  these,  even  now,  she 
is  in 
want  of  and  asking  for.  Admit— what 
is  generally  believed— that  rice  is  the 
chief  article  of  food.  As  sure  as civili­
zation  itself,  the  rice  will  give  way  to 
wheat,  and  modern  life  in  Japan  to-day 
is  calling  for  American  flour.  Admit 
— what  is  an  undisputed  fact— that  the 
Japanese  house 
is  conspicuous  witn 
hard  floors  and  a  few  rugs.  The  new 
life  is  already  calling lustily  for  some­
thing  else;  and  this  something  else,  in 
the  form  of  carpets  and  furniture—civil 
life  does  not  sit  on  the  floor—must  also 
come  from  the  West.  Those  who  are 
acquainted  with  Japan  need  not  be  told 
that  she  has  little  wood  suitable  for 
masts  and  spars.  Where  better  can  her 
wants  be  supplied 
than  here  in  the 
United  States?

And,  in  whatever  trade  direction  we 
in  the  consideration  of  Japan,  it 
turn 
will  be  found that  the  advantage  is  not 
running  all  one  way ;  that  there  are  fa­
vors  to  give,  as  well  as  favors  to  re­
ceive,  and  that,  in 
the  exchange  of 
these,  we  can  learn  a  wholesome  lesson 
from  a  people  supposed,  only  a  genera­
tion  ago,  to be  half  civilized.

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BRANDS

Getting the People

W hat  to  Push  and  W hen.

Richard Wallace in Printers’ Ink.

One  would  naturally  think  that  store 
managers  knew  exactly  what  could  be 
best  pushed,  and  the  proper  times  to  do 
it,  but  we  often  see  a negligence  in  this 
respect  that  betokens  their  mismanage­
ment  or  ignorance.  Shoe  dealers gener­
ally  know  enough  to  hang  out  the  sign 
“ Rubbers”   in  wet  weather,  but  other 
store-keepers  are  not  usually  so  alert  to 
the  exigencies  of  business.  Wet weath­
er  is  suggestive  of  other  things  besides 
rubbers—umbrellas  and  mackintoshes, 
for  instance—but  the  dry  goods  stores 
and  clothiers  don’t always  avail  them­
selves  of  that  fact.

All  climatic  changes  bring  with  them 
special  requirements,  which  the  dealer 
in  such  goods  should  anticipate  and  be 
prepared  for.  He  should  be  quick  to 
push  his  stock  and  more  particularly 
persistent  in  doing  so  when  his  season 
for  selling  is  short  and his  field limited. 
Stocks  which  depend 
the 
weather  for  their  sale  should  be  ready 
for handling  at  an  hour’s  notice,  for  the 
seasons  in  this  country  often  come  be­
fore  they  are  due.  Hesitancy  in  push­
ing  a  stock  of  this  kind  when  there 
is 
a  demand  for  it  is  sure  to  mean  a  dead 
loss  to  the  dealer.

largely  on 

Important  events  oftentimes  create  a 
market  for  particular  goods,  and  the 
permanent  or  temporary  character of the 
event  will  determine  what  degree  of 
“ push”  
is  necessary  in  supplying  the 
demand  for  the  goods.  But  do  not,  if 
possible,  let  the  demand  exceed 
the 
supply.  Try  to  keep  ahead  of  all  or­
ders,  and  anticipate  any  kind  of  a 
'“ push.”   Better  to  have  some  goods 
left  over  than  run  short  when  there  are 
many  calls.  Better  to  have  the  reputa­
tion  of  possessing  enterprise  and  fore­
sight  than  the  name  of  lacking  these 
great  business  qualities.  There  is  really 
a  great  deal 
in  knowing  what  to  push 
and  when  to  push  it.

very  first 
impression  which  gives  a 
pretty  correct  keynote  to  every problem. 
If  a  man  applies  for  a  position  with 
his  bands 
in  his  pockets,  would  you 
hire  him?  Yet  I  have  seen  lots  of  ap­
plicants  do  this. 
Indeed,  I  think  that 
carelessness  in  regard  to  o n e ’s  appear­
ance, when  applying  for  a  position,more 
often  than  not  is  the  cause  of  his  re­
jection.  Only 
the  other  day  I  saw  a 
young  fellow  make  an  application ;  he 
was  neatly  dressed  and  nice  appearing. 
The  proprietor  afterward  turned  to  me 
and  said:  “ I  might  have  hired  him  if 
he  had  had  sense  enough  to  throw  away 
his  chew  before  speaking  to  m e.”  
Is 
there  any  excuse  for  dirty  hands,  ill- 
kept  shoes  or  clothes  unbrushed  at  such 
a  moment  when  a  man  (or  woman) 
surely  ought  to 
look  their best  if  they 
expect  to  be  successful?  None  what­
ever,  and  the  person  who  is  so  regard­
less  deserves to meet with no favor, while 
the  employer,  on  the  other  hand,  can­
not  be  censured  for  drawing  conclu- 
ions  and  acting  upon  his  first  impres­
sions.
I  remember  hearing  a  very  prominent 
merchant  in  London  who  prides himself 
upon  the  accuracy  of  his  first  impres­
sions.  He  was  a  man  who  was  guided 
almost  entirely  by  appearances.  One 
day  there  stepped  into  his  office  a  nice 
appearing,  sprightly  young  fellow  of 
about  25  years.  He  had  served  his  full 
time  as  an  apprentice,  knew  his  busi­
ness  thoroughly  and  could  furnish  high­
est  references.  The  old  man  asked  him 
several  questions,  and 
finally  began 
talking  in an altogether irrelevant strain, 
to:  “ I  see  you  wear  a 
which 
watch,  is  it  a  lever?”  
“ No,  sir,”   said 
the  applicant,  pulling  it  out  in  order  to 
show  him,  “  it’s  a  Geneva. ”   The  old 
man  embraced  the  opportunity,  ex­
amined  the  watch  and  actually  put  on 
an  extra  pair of glasses.  *4 Young man, 
said  he,  “ tell  me  the  meaning  of  all 
these  scratches  around  the  keyhole?”  
“ That  has  been  done  through  my  wind­
ing  it  up  in  the  dark.”   Alas,  the  old 
gent  was  not  to  be  deceived ;  he  knew 
it  was  an  unsteady  hand  that  did  it. 
There  was  no  vacancy  in  that  house  for 
him.
Keep  Politics  Out  of  Your  Advertise­

led  up 

Analysis  of  C hances.

Julius Fitzgerald in Printers'  Ink,

If  you  have  a  good  thing  to  advertise, 
an  article  that  the  public  wants  and  can 
use,  that  has  merits  beyond  all  other 
goods  of  its  class  and  that  you  offer  at  a 
fairly  reasonable  price,  your “ chances”  
of  success  are  good.
If  you  have  an  article  that  few  people 
can  use,  that  has  little  or  no  peculiar 
merit,  and  that  has  as  good  or  better 
competitors  at  an  equal  or  lower  price, 
your  chances  of  failure  are  pretty  good, 
too.
If,  having  a  good  thing,  you  have 
prepared  good  advertising  to  fit 
it,  ads 
that  strike  straight  from * the  shoulder 
and  are  written 
convince,  your 
chances  of  success  are 
considerably 
augmented.  And,  no  matter  what  kind 
of  a  good  thing  you  have,  if  your  ad­
vertising  is  slovenly  and  ignorantly  pre­
pared,  your  chances  of  failure  become 
paramount.
If,  having  the  good  thing  and  the 
good  advertising  matter,  you  then  dis­
play  good  sense  by  putting  your  ads 
in 
good  mediums,  your  chances  of  suc­
cess  are  pretty  well  assured,  in  spite  of 
any  or  all  opposition.  But,  granted  that 
your  goods  and  your  advertising  are  all 
that  the  most  fastidious  could  desire,  if 
you  place  your  ads 
in  inferior or  too 
costly  mediums,  you  altogether  under­
mine  your  favorable  chances.

to 

By  which 

it  may  be  understood  that 
failure  or  success  in  advertising 
is  not 
governed  by  chance  at  "all,  but  by 
sense,  skill  and  experience.  New  ad­
vertisers  may not  have experience  them­
selves,  but  they  can  .buy  the  guidance 
and  experience  of  others,  and  find  it  of 
great  value 
in  ruling  the  “ chances”  
of  success  or  failure.

Value  of  First  Im pressions.

From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

From  whatever  standpoint,  whether 
it  be  the  selection  of  goods,  the  hiring 
of  help,  or,  on  the  other  hand,  the  ap­
pearance  of  your  store  to  the  outside 
world,  the  way  you  show  goods,  the 
manner  you  advertise, it is,  as  a  rule,the

From Brains.

m ents.

But  there 

The  political  campaign  season  is  at 
hand 
From  now  until  November  party 
spirit  will  run  high  and  the  great  ques­
tions  of  the  day  will  be  discussed  with 
a  great  deal  of  heat  and  vigor.  Whether 
or  not  a  merchant  should  actively  en 
gage  in  politics  is  a  question which  can 
be  decided  best  by  the  merchant. 
It 
largely  depends  upon  local  conditions.
is  one  thing  no  merchant 
should  do:  He  should  never  allow  his 
political  prejudices  to  creep 
into his 
It’s  very  bad  adver­
advertisements. 
tising. 
It  displeases  the  people  on  the 
other  side  of  the  fence  and  prejudices 
them  against 
the  merchant  and  his 
store.
if  you  are  plumb  sure  that  Mc­
So, 
Kinley  will  be  thè  next  President  and 
that  his  election  will  bring  an  era  of 
business  prosperity,  or  that  he  won’t  be 
elected  and  that  it  would  be  an 
injury 
to  the  country 
if  he  were,  keep  your 
opinions  and  your  forecasts  out  of  your 
ads.  You  can’t  elect  him  or  defeat  him 
that  way,  and  you’ll  injure  your  busi­
ness.  Paste  this 
in  your  hat  where 
you’ll  be  sure  to  see  it  if  you’re  ever 
tempted  to  talk  that  way.

Hard  to  Get  a  C ertificate.

It  looks  as  if  Siegel,  Cooper  &  Co., 
when  they  open  their  New  York  store, 
will  have  difficulty  in  obtaining  a liquor 
tax  certificate.  Under  the  Raines  law 
to  sell  bottled  liquors  the  concern  must 
take  out  a  tax  certificate  subject  to  the 
approval  of  a  majority  of  the  private 
house  owners  within  200  feet  of  the  en­
trance  farthest  distant  from  the  liquor 
department.  The  property  owners  on 
Eighteenth and Nineteenth  streets,many 
of  whom  are  old  residents  of  those 
blocks,  strenuously  object  to  the  big 
store’s  being  erected  in  their  neighbor­
hood,  and  they  will  generally decline 
to  sign  Siegel,  Cooper  &  Co.’s  appli­
cation  for  a  certificate.

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1 1

it  will  be  possible 

is  able  to  locate  from  one  end  of 
cian 
his  line  breaks 
in  a  wire  or  cable  at 
great  distances  away.  When  magnetism 
shall  be  studied 
for  practical  uses  as 
carefully  as  has  been  electricity  by  the 
telegraphers, 
to 
knew,  by  the  use  of  the  needle,  not only 
the  direction  of  the  pole,  but  its  dis­
tance,  and,  if some  one  were  there,  sig­
nals  could  be  sent.  When  each  special 
magnetic  affinity  shall  be  known,  the 
same  sort  of  thing  can  be  done  in  sig­
naling  between  each  magnetic  sympa­
thy  and  its  affinity.

Already  there  are  human  beings  who, 
by  means of  soul  sympathy or  telepathy, 
can  communicate,  although  separated 
immense  distances  and  lacking  all 
by 
ordinary  means  of 
communication. 
They  possess  the  means  of  telegraphing 
without  wires.  The  laws  which  govern 
these  occult  processes  are  now  known  to 
but  few,  but  the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  ail  secret  things will be discovered 
and  the  mysteries  of  nature  and  life  un­
veiled. 

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M ysteries  Which  Shall  Be  Made 

Known.

justifies 

the  belief 

There  are  two  problems  which, 

The  extraordinary  progress  made  in 
last  few  years  in  the  adaptation  of 
the 
electricity  to  economic purposes encour­
ages  to  still  further  attempts  in  that  di­
rection,  and 
that 
many  other  discoveries  of  enormous 
value  are  in  the  reach  of  human  effort.
if 
solved,  would  confer  upon  mankind 
benefits  incalculable  in  amount  and  de­
gree.  One  of  these 
is  the  direct  and 
immediate  conversion  of  coal  or  carbon 
into  electric  power,  and 
is 
telegraphing  without  a  wire.  Much 
study  has  been  given  to both  these  sub­
jects,  and,  while  enough  has  been  done 
to  encourage  the  belief  that  a  solution 
in  a  practical  and  useful  form 
is  pos­
sible,  nothing  has  yet  been  done  to  es­
tablish  any  claims  to  the  attainment  of 
success  to  the  extent  of  any  economic 
value.

the  other 

It  is  computed that,  in burning coal  to 
generate  steam  for  power,  fully  80  to  85 
per  cent,  of  the  actual  energy  of  the 
coal  is  lost,  and  only  15  to  20  per  cent, 
of  the  power  is  secured.  At  present, 
electric  power  is  generated  by  the  oper­
ation  of  a  steam  engine  upon dynamos. 
Making  allowance  for  what  is  lost  in 
operating  the  machinery,  it  is  believed 
that  nine-tenths  of  all  the  power  is  lost, 
and  only  one-tenth  is  utilized.

Consider,  then,  how  enormous  would 
if  the  coal  could  be 
be  the  advantage 
into  electricity,  so 
directly  converted 
that  80  or  90  per  cent,  of  the  energy 
contained  in  it  could  be  secured,  while 
only  10  or  20  per  cent,  would  be  lost. 
The  vast  consumption  of  coal  points  to 
a  time,  no  matter  how  distant  appar­
ently,  when  all  the  wood  on  the  surface 
and  all  the  coal  stored  in  the  strata  of 
the  earth  will  be  exhausted.  Then  it 
will  be 
impossible  for  human  beings 
to  live  upon  a  planet  deprived  of  all 
material  for  the  production  of  artificial 
heat  and  light.

But  before  that  time,  without  doubt, 
the  means  for  the  direct  conversion  of 
coal  into  electricity  will  have  been  dis­
covered,  and  then  there  will  also  be 
known  methods  for  collecting  from  the 
atmosphere  all  the  carbon  gases  and  for 
consolidating  them  into  such  forms  as 
will  fit  them  again  for  all  the  purposes 
of  fuel.  Even 
if  all  the  wood  and  coal 
upon  this  planet  were  consumed,  there 
would  not  be  an  atom  the  less  of  the 
carbon,  which 
is  the  most  important 
constituent  for  heat  and  light-producing 
material,  and  it  can  all  be  made  avail­
able.

As  for  telegraphing  without  wires, 
what  a  blessing  that  would  be. 
It 
would  then  be  possible  to  send  mes­
sages  from  ships  on the ocean,  from  bal­
loons  in  the  air,  and  from  travelers 
in 
the  midst  of  deserts  and  howling  wil­
dernesses.  The  magnetic  needle,  which 
always  points  to .the  pole,  suggests  an 
idea  for  the  solution  of  this  problem. 
Some  mysterious 
influence  draws  the 
needle and  keeps it constant.  It  will  one 
day  be  discovered  that  magnetism  is 
not  a  single force,  but  an  assemblage  of 
manifold 
These,  when 
analyzed  and  differentiated,  will  be 
found  to  have  each 
its  own  special 
affinity,  attracted  by  that  and  always 
faithful  to  it.  This  once  known,  signals 
for  a  correspondence  of  these  two  sym­
pathies  will  be  arranged  by  making and 
breaking  the  circuit,  and  the  transmis­
sion  of  intelligence  will  be  possible.

sympathies. 

It  can  always  be  known  in  what  di­
rection  is  the  north  pole.  The  needle 
tells  us  this.  The  telegraphic  electri­

To  be  a  success 

in  these  times  we 
must  own  a  horn  and  toot it continually. 
To  get  a  front  seat  we  must  walk  in, 
push  our  way  past  slower  men,  and  take 
the  seat;  and  we  must  look  as  if  we  not 
only  owned  it,  but  had  a  mortgage  on 
all  the  private  boxes,  and  could  occupy 
any  one  of  them  if  we  so  desired.

The  man  who  wants  to  succeed  must 
struggle  for  a  front  seat,  even  if  he  has 
to  jostle  the  real  owner  and  put  his  um­
brella  down  on  his  soft  corn.  Once 
in 
a  while  he  may  be  set  back  where  he 
belongs,  but  he  will  get  in  front  oftener 
than  if  he  should  wait  to  be invited  for­
ward.

The  world  has  not  time  to  analyze 
character,  weigh  merit  and  decide 
as  to  the  relative  ability  of  men.  This 
is  a  fast,  hurrying,  rushing  world  of 
ours,  and  it  is  very  much  influenced  by 
the  value  that  a  man  sets  on  himself. 
‘ ‘ 1  am  a  great  orator,  or  a 
If  he  says: 
noted  scientist,”   the  world 
is  apt  to 
take 
it  for  granted  that  he  is,  rather 
than  go  to  the  trouble  of  holding  a  civil 
service  examination  of  his  merits. 
If 
he  says : 
‘ ‘ I  am  but  a  poor,  weak  worm 
of  the  dust,”   the  world  will  say:  “ You 
look  like  i t ;  get  out  of  the  way.”
T he  Grocery  T rade  Pays.

From the Amerlcau  Grocer.

the  grocery  trade  and 

The  semi-annual  statement  of  the  H. 
B.  Claflin  Company  shows  earnings  of 
four-tenths  of  i  per  cent.,  on  the  com­
mon  stock.  We  realize  the  advantages 
of 
its  allied 
branches  over other  lines  of  trade  when 
we  compare  the  results  of  a  great  dry 
goods  business  with  12  per  cent,  regu­
larly  paid  on  the  common  stock  of  the 
American  Sugar  Refining  Co.,  10  per 
cent,  by  the  Proctor  &  Gamble  Co.,  12 
per  cent,  by  the  Standard  Oil  Com­
pany,  6  per  cent,  by  the  New  York  Bis­
cuit  Co.  and  5  per  cent,  by  the  P.  Lor- 
illard  Company.

life; 

Dealers 

in  food  furnish  the  actual 
necessaries  for  sustaining 
they 
never  go  out  of  fashion;  are  in  constant 
and  steady  demand,  so  that  there  is  no 
loss  on  stocks  except  through  careless­
ness  or  other  unbusinesslike  methods. 
In  times  of  depression  and  panic  peo­
ple  must  eat,  but  they  can  and  do  econ­
omize  in  their  use  of  clothing,  furniture 
and  other  articles.  The  grocery  busi­
ness  is  safe  and  sound  and  has  suffered 
less  than  any  other  branch. 
It  has 
scarcely  felt  the  depression  of  the  past 
three  years. 

____

_ 

The  Ruling  Passion.

“ And  you  will  never  forget  me?”  
asked  the  girl  of  her  lover,  a  grocer’s 
assistant.
there  anything  more  to-day?”

“ Never,”   he  said,  absently. 

“ Is 

Early  to  business  tends  to  produce 

early  advancement  in  business.

Everything  in  cigars  at  Bushman’s.

THE  MICHIGAN  T R A DESM A N

1ER  1196  CROP

1<2

A  MAN’S   VENGEANCE.

It  was  a  stiff^climb  from  Pengelly, 
and  the  basket  of  fish  Isaac  Hocken 
carried  was  heavy.  At  the  top  of  the 
hill  he  was  fain  to  stretch  himself  on 
the  turf  and  rest  his  bent  old  back 
against  the  low  stone  wall  which  en­
closed  John  Tregon’s  field.

“ No  use  going  up  to  the  house;  John 
is  at  market,  and  the  missis’ll  be  turn­
ing  the  place  topsy-turvy, ”  he reflected. 
“ What  with  spring  cleanin’s  all  the 
year  around  and  the  dryin',  Bertha  has 
had  a  terrible  hard  time.  And  they  do
say  in  the  village-----well,  well,”   he
muttered,  checking  himself,  “ it  wasn’t 
to  be  expected,  with her pretty face,  that 
Jim’s  her  first  sweetheart.  And  if  Will 
Carter  deceived  her,  mebbe  she’ll  think 
the  more  of  him.  Jim  just  dotes  on  her. 
More  fule  he!  Bad  wives  are of  no  ac­
count  whativer,  and  supposin’  you  do 
hap  on  a  good  woman  and  it pleases  the 
Lord  to  take  her,  the  years  won’t fill the 
emptiness  in  you  she  leave  behind. 
I 
ought  to  know,’ ’ and  Isaac  heaved  a 
mighty sigh ;  “ I’veburied wives of both 
sorts—three  of  ’em .”
Not  a  breeze  stirred the  lifeless  calm 
and  the  midday  sun  poured 
fiercely 
down.  Presently  he  sought  the  shade 
of  a  spreading  tree  which  overhung  the 
wall  a  few  paces  from  him.  But  he  was 
no 
longer  solitary.  Voices  fell  on  his
ear— Bertha  Tregon’s  and  that  of  the 
man  who,  report  said,  had  jilted  her.
“  My  poor  Bertha !  You’ve  no  cause 
to  fear  me. 
I  know  exactly  how  it  was 
you  forsook  me  for  James Hocken.  But 
I  wrote  whenever  I  had  the  chance.

“ Not  a  single  letter  reached  m e." 
“ Because  your  mother  waylaid  the 

Despite  the  heat, 

postman. ”
W ill’s 
that  had  puzzled  him.

shivered. 
insight  was  making clear much 

Isaac 

‘ • Perhaps.  What  matters now? ’ ’ asked 
“ You  should 
It  would  have  been 

Bertha,  in  forlorn  tones. 
have  kept  away. 
kinder.”

“ And  let  you  continue  to  think  I  was 
false?  Lookee  here,  Bertha,  you  prom­
ised  to be  my  wife  before  ever  Hocken 
courted  you.  And  now  you  know  I’ve 
been  faithful  to  you—”

“ I  dursn’t  break  with  Jim.  Mother 
is  set  on  him.  Oh,  why  did  you  come? 
You’ll  get  a  fresh  sweetheart,  but  Jim 
won’t. 
feel  he  won’t.  And  I  shall 
keep  my  promise  to  him.”

But  Bertha’s love was unchanged ;  and 
to  the  breathless  listener  on  the  other 
side  of  the  wall,  W ill’s  tender  plead­
ings  were  the  knell  of  his  son’s  hopes.
What  girl  who  loved  him  could  resist 

I 

handsome  Will  Carter?

Gaunt  and  grizzled,  with  weather­
beaten,  strongly  marked  features,  he 
had  always  known  that  Jim  wasn’t  one 
that  a  girl  would  fancy.  And  Bertha 
had  only  accepted  him  at  her  mother’s 
bidding,  believing  that  W ill  was untrue 
It  was  all  so  plain  to  him  now. 
to  her. 
Poor  Jim !  even  a  flower that  Bertha  had 
plucked  was  precious  to  him.  Hadn’t 
he  found  a  rose  withered  and  dead 
in 
his  pocket?  And  all  his  love  in  vain! 
Isaac  whipped  out  his  handkerchief 
and  mopped  his 
if  Will 
hadn’t  returned—
But,  contrary  to  his  expectation,  the 
girl  was  firm  in  her  resolve.

face.  Yet, 

“ 1  won’t  listen  to  you,”   she  said  at 
last,  roused  by  Will’s  upbraidings. 
“ Jim  isn’t  to  blame—he  knew  nothing 
of  our  sweethearting—nor  am  I. 
It 
didn’t  enter  my  mind 
that  mother 
might’ve  got  your  letters.  How  should 
it?  As  if  you  alone  suffered!”   she  fal­
tered. 

“  Let  us  part  friends. ”  

“ Sweethearts  or  nothing,”   said  Will, 

gruffly.
With  a  swish,  swish  of  feet  through 
the  long  grass,  crawling  to  his  knees, 
old  Isaac  peered  cautiously  over  the 
wall.  Bertha  was  running  toward  the 
house,  and  Will  Carter,  with  his  head 
thrown  back,  striding 
in  an  opposite 
direction.

“ Bless  the  little  m aid!”   he  ejacu­
lated.  “ One  time  I  was afeared for Jim. 
But  he’s  got  a  good  grip o’ things.  Yes, 
plenty  more  sweethearts  for  Will, ”   he 
chuckled,  observant  of  the  pose  of  his 
head. 
in  the 
world  for  my  lad— Bertha  Tregon.  Mav 
my tongue be  slit  if  I  let  out  to  him. ”

“ And  there’s  but  one 

■   Rising,  Isaac  shouldered  his  basket 
and  proceeded  on  his  round.

The  old  fisherman  had been somewhat 

rash,  however,  in  his  conclusions.

By  her  own  admission,  Bertha's  de­
cision  had  been  prompted  solely by  fear 
of  her  mother  and  consideration  for 
James  Hocken.  But  if,  on reflection,  she 
were  still  willing  to  sacrifice  her  hap­
piness,  Will  Carter  certainly  had  no  in­
tention  of  yielding  to  her  weakness.

A  fine  seaman  of  whom  Pengelly  was 
proud,  for  the  past  year  Will  had  been 
on  board  a  yacht  cruising  in  the  Medi­
terranean.  But  for  reasons  best  known 
to  herself,  Mrs.  Tregon  had  discoun­
tenanced  his  suit,  and,  although  he  had 
every  confidence  in her,  Bertha’s silence 
had  inspired  misgivings  not  easy  to  al­
lay.  Once  more  free,  he  had  returned 
at  the  earliest  date  to  England,  and  at 
Plymouth,  where  he  landed,  had  met  a 
friend,  who,  among  other 
items  of 
Pengelly  news,  informed  him  of her  de­
sertion,  adding:

“ And  she’ ll  be  Mrs.  Hocken  in  a 

fortnight. ’

rage 

the  train 

But  the  house 

Determined  to  demand  a full explana­
tion  from  Bertha  herself,  Will  made  no 
comment,  but  his  laugh  was unmirthful. 
And  with 
in  his  heart  he  had 
hailed  a  passing  cab,  driven  to  the  rail­
way  station,  and  taken 
to 
Walebridge.  Thence  he  could  walk  to 
the  Tregons’.
in  view,  in  crossing 
the  field,  Will  espied  Bertha  in  the  gar- j 
den,  and,  with  a  muffled  ahoy!  sped  to 
the  tree  that  sheltered  old  Isaac.  She 
had  swiftly  joined  him.  Nevertheless, 
the  shock  of  his  return  was  visible  in 
her  white  face,  and  her  trembling 
lips 
would  frame  no  welcome.  Looking  at 
him 
imploringly,  her  blue  eyes  filled ; 
and,  longing  to  clasp  her  in  his  arms, 
the  reassuring  words  which,  while  en­
lightening  him, 
had  chilled  Jim’s 
father,  did  duty  for  the  reproaches  he 
had  come  primed  to  hear.

But  Will  had  taken  Bertha  by  sur­
prise,  and  between  her  dread  of  him 
and  terror  of  her  mother,  who  ruled  the 
Tregon  household  with  a  rod  of  iron,  he 
rightly  divined  that  she  had  caught  at 
the  readiest  means  of  escape  which,  in 
her  distraction,  had  presented  itself  to 
her.  Yet  his  faith  in  her  firmness  was 
limited ;  the  revival  of  fond  memories 
would  tend  to  lessen  her  mother’s  influ­
ence.  And  cunningly  calculating  that 
apparent  indifference  would  further  in­
cline  her  to  be  guided  by  his  counsels 
later,  he  devoted  a  week  to  his  friends 
and  generally  enjoying  himself.  His 
disappointment  treated  thus 
lightly, 
he  succeeded 
in  deluding  everybody, 
including  Bertha,  who  shed  bitter  tears 
in  secret  that  he  should  be  so  easily 
consoled  for  her  loss.  The  bare  sight  of 
James  Hocken  almost  maddened  her, 
and  she  had  to  hide  her aversion of  him 
and  listen  evening  after  evening  to  his 
dull 
in  another  week  she 
would  be  his  wife!
The  tree  beneath  which  she  and  Will 
had  parted  had  become  her  favorite  re­
sort.  Here  she  could 
indulge  in  the 
luxury  of  “ a  good  cry”   unrebuked; 
and,  grown  desperate  with  the  nearer 
approach  of  the  wedding  day,  sitting 
on  the  gnarled  roots  one  afternoon,  she 
burst  into  a  very  passion  of  grief.
A  face—W ill’s—appeared  above  the 

talk.  And 

wall.
Tregon?”   he  gravely  inquired. 
I  fetch  Mr.  Hocken  to  ’ee?”

“ Ahoy!  Whativer  s  the  matter,  Miss 
“ Shall 

I  hate  him !”   she 

“ I  hate  him! 

sobbed  hysterically.

“ That’s  bad,”   said  Will, 

sympa- 

thizingly. 
“ Up  to! 

“ What’s  he  been  up  to?’
Isn’t  he  old ;  isn’t  he  ugly ; 
isn’t  he  stupid !  And—and— I  hate  him ! 
I  hate  him !”   she  reiterated. 
“ And  I 
won’t  marry  him.  Mother  may  storm, 
but  I  don’t  care. ”

Will  vaulted  over  the  wall.
On 
the  day  appointed 

for  James 
Hocken’s  nuptials  the  whole  village 
flocked  betimes  to  the  church.  But 
neither  bridegroom  nor  bride  put  in  an 
appearance,  and  by  and  by 
it  was 
known  that  Will  Carter  and  Bertha 
Tregon  were  missing,  and  that  there 
would  be  no  wedding  at  Pengelly  that 
day.

Weeks  and  months  rolled  by,  and  no

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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  E lk­
hart,  Ind.

Very truly yours,

Stimpson Gomputino Scale Go.,

ELKHART,  IND.

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street.  He  was  looking  on,  and a  wom­
an  and  some  children  appeared  at  a  top 
window.  The  firemen  were  beaten  back 
by  the  blaze  below,  but  poor  Will—he 
won’t  tell  us  his 
surname— couldn’t 
withstand  their  cries,  and  he  climbed 
up  the  water-spout  onto  the  roof  with  a 
rope,  and  threw  one  end  to  them,  and 
had  actually  lowered  two of  the  children 
in  safety  when  the  walls  collapsed.  He 
was  picked  up  so  terribly 
injured  that 
we  had  little  hope  of  him.  But  he  has
done  splendidly. 

If  you-----”

But  Jim  was  halfway  across  the  ward. 
Oh,  Heaven!  to  think  that  this  poor 
mangled  wretch  was  “ handsome  W ill,” 
and  so  sorely  misjudged.  Leaning  over 
the  brave  fellow,  Hocken’s emotion  was 
hard  to  restrain.
“ Don’t  give 

’em  my  name,”   whis­
“ I ’m  maimed  for  life. 
pered  Will. 
And  I  wouldn’t 
’ve  poor  little  Bertha 
saddled  with  a  helpless  husband—not 
likely.  To  have  happened 
just  when 
the  tide  had 
turned!”   he  groaned. 
“ Where  is  she?”

* * She has reached  port before us, “ said 
Jim,  in  a  smothered voice. 
“ Don’t  ’ee 
take on,  W i l l h i s  own  tears were cours­
“ We’ll 
ing  down  his  rugged  cheeks. 
go  back  to  Pengelly. 
I  can  work  for 
both. ”

“ You  work  for  me!  You-----”
“ We  both  loved  her,”   Jim  reminded 
him.  “ If so  be  you’ll  trust  yourself  to 
me,  you  will  be  doing  me  a  favor.” 
Feebly  pressing  the  hand that gripped 
his,  Will  mumbled  indistinctly and has­
tily  covered  his  face.

D rum m ers  in  Germany.

The  State  Department  representatives 
abroad,  mainly  those  stationed  at  the 
European  cities  and  centers  of  trade, 
are  constantly  in  receipt  of  inquiries 
from  business  men  at  home  regarding 
the  methods  of  extending  commerce. 
Reports  are  sent  to  the  State  Depart­
ment  giving  this  advice,  but  somehow 
it  is  never  followed,  and  the  old,  ex­
pensive  and  unproductive  methods  are 
pursued.

The  Department 

in  receipt  of  a 
long  letter  on  this  subject  from  William 
D.  Warner,  the  United  States  Cousul  at 
Cologne.  His  letter  will  be  printed 
in 
a  forthcoming  number  of  the  Consular 
Reports.  He  writes  that  he  has  many 
inquiries  from  those  who  export  goods, 
and  that  nearly  all  complain  of  a 
lack 
of  results,  while  more  expensive  and 
inferior  material 
in­
stance,  in  English  houses.

is  bought, 

for 

is 

Mr.  Warner  says  this  is  due  princi­
pally  to  the  fact  that  American business 
men  rely  almost  entirely  upon circulars. 
They  plaster  Germany with printed mat­
ter,  all  of  which  is  ignored.  The  only 
way  to  engage  trade  is  by  direct  nego­
tiations,  by  personal  work.  He  advises 
the  sending  to  Germany  of  good  agents, 
intelligent  men  acquainted  with  both 
the  English  and  German  languages.  He 
warns  Americans also  not  to  stop  with 
the  establishment  of  relations  with  Ger­
man  agents  at  the  seaports,  but  to  send 
men  into  the  interior and  sell  direct  to 
the  merchants  of  German  inland  cities 
and  towns.
Mr.  Warner  says  he  appreciates  the 
cost  of  such  a  system,  but  he  suggests 
that  a  number  of  firms  might  combine 
and  secure  the  services  of  one  agent, 
who  should  travel  in  their  joint  inter­
ests.  He  cites  the  experience  of  one 
American  firm  which  followed  this  ad­
vice  and  sent  an  energetic  agent  out  to 
solicit  business.  The result was that  last 
year  the  agent  took  orders  for  $200,000 
worth  of  the  material  he  was  selling.

Anything  for  a  Change.

“ I  want  a  pound  of  butter,”  said  Mr. 

Spudds  to  the  grocer.

“ Yes,  sir;  the  real  or the imitation?”
, „ “ Which, kind  was  it  you  gave  me  day 
before  yesterday?”

“ That  was  the genuine.”
“ Then  I’ll  take  the  imitation  this 

time.”

______^_________

tidings  could  be  gleaned  of  the  couple. 
They  had  clean  vanished,  leaving  no 
clew  to  their  whereabouts.  Mrs.  Tre- 
gon’tf  tongue,  sharpened  to  a  double- 
edged sword, was ready to slay friend  and 
foe  alike  who  alluded  to  her  daughter. 
And  the  dumb  misery  of  Jim’s  plain 
face  was  pitiful  to  see.  Old  Isaac’s 
heart  ached  for  his  boy. 
If  he  had only 
prepared  him  for  the  blow!

Curiosity  was  at  length  appeased.  An 
acquaintance  of  the  runaways  visited 
London,  and  returned  with  a  woeful 
story.  She  had  seen  Bertha,  who  had 
confided  to  her  that,  after  being married 
at  a  registry  office,  Will  and  she  had 
decided  to  go  to  America,  but  while 
looking 
in  at  a  shop  window  he  had 
been  robbed  of  his  savings,  and  that 
subsequently  they  were  reduced  to  great 
straits.  Then  he  had  brought  her  the 
welcome  news  that  he  had  obtained  a 
berth  on  a  steam  launch,  and  the  next 
morning  he  bade  her  good-bye  to  go 
aboard,  since  when  she  had  never 
clapped  eyes  on  him.  Mrs.  Pegg  also 
said  that  Bertha  had  refused  to give  her 
address.  But  Jim  ascertained  that  she 
had  met  her  at  Rotherhithe,  and  that 
was  enough  for  him. 
“ I’m  off  to  Lon­
don,’ ’  he  announced,  when  he  came 
downstairs,  after  pacing  the  floor  the 
livelong  night. 
“ I  shall  niver  rest 
until  Carter and  me  are  face  to  face.’ ’ 
“ Thee  be  a  fule,  Jim,’ ’  his  father, 
who had  been  disturbed  by  his  monot­
onous  -tread  overhead,  said  peevishly. 
“ If  you  must  stir  in  this  business,  find 
Bertha. 
It’d  be  a  charity.  For  all  her 
sharp  temper,  her  mother’s  frettin’  her­
self  into  the  grave.  Take  what  money 
you  want  out  o’  my  old  leather  b a g ; 
only promise,  lad,' ’ noting the sullen fire 
in  his  deep-set  eyes,  “ not  to  meddle 
w i’  W ill.”

*' Trust  me  to  find  Bertha!  But  she 
would  be  destitute,”   he  said  hoarsely.
4‘ And  she  may  have  become  a  shame  to 
her kith  and  kin.  And  in  that  case  no 
promise  would  bind  me,  father.  I'd  ’ve 
his  life  if  I  swung  for  it.”

But  Pengelly  was  convinced  that  Will 
had  betaken  himself  to “ foreign parts.”  
And,  recalling  this,  old  Isaac  was  en­
couraged  to  hope  that  Jim  would  be  de­
nied  the  opportunity  for  vengeance.

the 

Jim  had  been  in London three months ; 
his  quest  had  been  unsuccessful;  yet  he 
continued 
principal 
thoroughfares, tram ping  north, south, east 
and  west  in  turn.

to  haunt 

He  was  crossing  Westminster  Bridge 
to  his  lodgings  when  a  woman  crouch­
ing  by  a  lamppost  ahead  of  him  fell 
forward 
in  a  heap  and,  hastening  his 
steps,  he  endeavored  to  raise  her.  But 
with  the 
light  falling  on  the  pallid, 
hunger-pinched  face,  a  groan  escaped 
him.  His  quest  of  Bertha  Carter  had 
ended.
At  that  moment  a policeman came up. 
“ Poor soul!  she’s dead,”  he  said,  at 
*'Better  so  than  the  leap into 
a  glance. 
the  water  she  was  bent  on. 
I’ve  had 
my  eye  on  her  since  7  0  clock.  She 
seemed  dazed.”

, 

, 

The body  was  conveyed  to  the  mor­
tuary,  and  the verdict at  the  inquest  was 
in  accordance  with  the  medical  testi­
mony,  that  death  was  due  to  starvation.
Outwardly  calm,  his  sole  thought  to 
avenge  Bertha,  Jim  staggered  out  of  the 
court. 
,
inquiries  for  the  man  who  had 
His 
robbed  him  of  the  one  jewel he  coveted, 
to  cast  it  from  him,  at  length  elicited 
that  a  seaman  answering  to  his  descrip­
tion  of  Carter  was  homeward  bound 
from  Singapore.  Thenceforth,  knowing 
neither  hunger  nor  weariness,  he  was 
watchful  of  new  arrivals  at  the  docks.

His  desire  for  revenge  was  by  now  a 
monomania.  And 
to-day  be  had  a 
strange  prescience  that  Will  and  he 
were  soon  to  meet.  Self-absorbed,  in 
crossing  the  street  he  was knocked down 
by  a  dray,  and,  stunned,  conveyed  to  a 
hospital.

On  recovering  consciousness,  his  first 

request  was  for  his  discharge.

“ Not  yet  a  while,”   said  the  nurse. 
“ But  you  won’t  be  dull.  That  poor 
chap  yonder,”   indicating  a  bandaged 
object  in  a  distant  bed,  “ has  been  ask­
ing  for  you.  You  don’t  recognize  him? 
No  wonder!  He  was  brought  in  months 
in  St.  Thomas  s
ago— after  the  fire 

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ster  in  buying  a  horse,  is  well  suited  if 
the  purchase  looks  neat  and  sturdy.

♦   *  *

the 

A great reason for the constant  changes 
of  some  riders  from  one  type  of  bicycle 
to  another  emphasizes 
fact  that 
every  rider  should,  before  purchasing 
a  bicycle,  possess  some  knowledge  of 
what  he  is  buying.  Some of  the  cheap­
est  wheels  on  the  market  are  the  best 
looking  but  hard  riding,  and  indifferent 
care  of  a  cheap  grade  bicycle  will  in  a 
short  time  loosen  its  joints,  weaken 
its 
frame  and  head,  and  throw  the  wheels 
out  of  running.

*  *  *

These  points  are  the  most 

important 
to  investigate  in  getting  a  new  bicycle.
A  wheel  which 
is  ridden  extensively 
throughout  this  country  and  also  abroad 
is  a  machine  fitted  with  a  truss  frame. 
This 
is  a  distinctive  feature  with  the 
wheel,  the  one-inch  diagonal strut being 
bifurcated  at  a  point  about half from the 
saddle  pillar  lug  to  the  crank  bracket. 
The  two  tubes  are  of  smaller  diameter, 
and  enter  the  bracket  at  either  end, 
forming  a truss,  which assists  the  lateral 
rigidity  of  the  crank  bracket.  This 
feature  is  at  once  apparent  to  a  bicycle 
expert.

*  *  *

Farmers  in  the  suburbs  of  Grand 
Rapids  are beginning  to  “ post”   thebi 
cyclers,  some  with 
favoring  placards 
and  others  quite  otherwise.  A  number 
of  dairy  farms  around  the  city,  which 
have  never  done  any  retail  business  be­
fore,  have  placards  out  announcing  that 
milk  is  for  sale  to  wheelmen,  the  prices 
varying  from  3  to  5  cents  a  glass.  An 
old  farmer  who  looks  upon  the  wheel 
with  a jaundiced  eye  has  this  sign up  in 
his  front  yard  nailed  to  a  tree: 
BICYCLE  RIDERS  DONT  ASK  FOR 

W ATER  YOU  WON’T 

G IT  IT.

Not  far  away 

lives  another  farmer 
whose  picket  fence  has  been  much  used 
as  a  bicycle  rack  while 
the  weary 
wheelmen  rested  on  the  grassy  terrace 
in  front.  Now  this  terrific  warning  or­
naments  the  fence:

BICYCLISTS  PUTTING  TH EIR 

WHEELS  IN  TH E  FENCE  WILL 

G ET  PUNCTURED.

is  claimed  to  give  special  rigidity  to 
the  bicycle.  A  special  feature  on  an­
other  wheel 
its  half  circular  pedal 
cranks.  This  point  is  a  very  noticeable 
one,  and  is  claimed  to  give  more  power 
in  the  downward  throw  when  riding.

is 

His  G reat  Schem e.

“ Great  scheme!”   he  exclaimed  en­
“ There’s  a  mint  of 
thusiastically. 
money  in  it  if  we  can  only get  it  started 
with  the  proper  backing. 
it’s 
something  entirely  new,  too.”

And 

“ What  are  you  talking about?”   asked 
the  man  who  always  likes  to  throw  cold
water  on  everything.

“ A  bicycle 

insurance  scheme,  ’  re­

plied  the  enthusiast.

“ Chestnuts!”   exclaimed  the  other; 
not  only  a  chestnut,  but  the  worst 

kind  of  one.”
“ Oh,  I  guess  you  don’t  grasp  the 
idea,”   returned  the  enthusiast. 
“ My 
plan  isn’t  to  insure  bicycles  or  bicycle 
riders,  but  to  insure  pedestrians  against 
both.  They’re  the  ones  who  stand  most 
in  need  of  insurance  at  present.”  

“ Quite  right, ”   admitted 

the  other, 
“ but  you’d  have  to  make  the  rates  so 
high  as  to  be  almost  prohibitive  or  else 
you’d  lose  money  on  the  scheme.”

And  the  enthusiast  sighed, 

for  he 

realized  that  it  was  even  so.
W hat  He  Meant.

. 

, 

“ My  son,”   said  the  greybeard,  “ you 
are  about  to  go  forth  now  to  do  battle 
with  the  world.  ’

“ Yes,  father,”   answered  the  young 
man. 
, ,
“ One  of  the  first  things  you  should 
learn,  my  boy,”   the  old man continued, 
“ is  to  learn  to  say  ‘ no.’

“ I  think  I  understand.”
“ I  dunno  whether  you  do  or  not.  The 
point  I  am  trying  to  get  at  is ^ that  the 
habit  of  saying  ‘ naw’  and  ‘ nit’  was  all 
right  while  you  were  in  college,  but  it 
ain’t  the  correct  thing  for  a  business 
man. ”

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Bicycles

News  and  Gossip  of Interest to  Dealer 

and  Rider.

Horsemen  judge  a  thoroughbred  ani­
mal  by  his  action,  conformation,  and 
pedigree,  and  on  somewhat  similar 
lines bicycle  riders  pick  out  the  espe­
cial  make  and  style  of  wheel  they  deem 
nearest  to  perfection,  substituting  for 
pedigree  the  reputation  attained  by 
some  particular  make  of  bicycle. 
In 
many  respects  bicycles  are  like  horses. 
The  best  are  expensive,  and  they  can 
Convey riders  over  some  great distances. 
Where  the  two  are  radically  different  is 
that  the  horse  eats  and  must  be  fed  at 
the  expense  of  its  owner,  while  the  cost 
of  keeping  a  bicycle  is  trifling.

*  *  * 

i

Where  action,  conformation,  and  ped­
igree  count  in  the  selection  of  a  horse, 
finish,  model,  weight,  and  reputation  of 
the  manufacturer  count  with  the  par­
ticular  purchaser  of  a  bicycle  to-day. 
Bicycle  riders  are  similar  to  horsemen 
in  a  great  many  respects.  The  experi­
enced  driver  who  can  afford  to  main­
tain  a  stable  of  horses  will  have nothing 
but  the  best  of  animals. 
It  is  the  same 
with  expert  wheelmen.  Experienced 
riders  only  want  to  use the best  make  of 
wheels.  With  families  where  two  or 
three,  with  one  expert  as a  mentor,  ride 
bicycles,  only  high grade wheels  will  be 
found.  The  present  high-scale  of  prices 
that  is  maintained  by  reputable  dealers 
in  bicycles 
leaves  an  opening  on  the 
market  for  some  very  cheap-grade  and 
inferior  wheels,  but  among  the  pur­
chasers  of  such  it  will  be  noticed  that 
flew  riders  are  in  the  majority.

At  present  the  bicycle  industry  has 
reached  such  a  stage  that  there  is  no 
such  thing  as  the  best  bicycle.  There 
are  half  a  dozen  or  more  good  high- 
grade  wheels  on  the  market  that  have 
special  features  claiming  popularity, 
while  all are  equally  well  made  and  sat­
isfactory.  Still 
it  must  be  admitted 
that  out  of  the  great  mass  of  people  us­
ing  bicycles  only  about  one-third  un­
derstand  the  construction  and  mechan­
ical  parts  of  a  wheel.  Take persons  rid­
ing  the  most  approved  models,  and  it 
will  be  found  that  only  a  small  percent­
age  know  the  technical  terms  for  the 
small  parts  of  the  wheel,  or,  in  the  case 
of  a  mishap,  few  can  repair  a  break. 
According  to  bicycle  experts,  this  lack 
of  technical  knowledge  is  calculated  to 
put  riders  to  all  sorts  of  inconveniences 
at  unexpected  times.

♦   *  *

To  the  ordinary  bicycle  rider  all 
In  general  construc­
wheels  are  alike. 
tion,  such  as  height,  gears,  and 
length 
and  shape  of  handle  bars,  this  is  man­
ifestly  correct,  but  quite  a  number  of 
the  well-known  makes  of  to-day  have 
distinguishing  features  which  are  at 
once  apparent  to  the  expert  and  the  bi­
Some  firms  attempt  to 
cycle  student. 
put  characteristic 
their 
the  form  of  special  colors. 
wheels 
For  some  time  this  plan  worked  suc­
cessfully,  but  the  similarity  of  the 
different  hues  now  on  bicycles  is  cal­
culated  to  embarrass  the  average  patron 
of  the  sport.

features  on 

in 

*  *  *

It  is  safe  to  say  that  the  average rider 
knows  only  the  diamond  from  the  drop- 
frame  wheel.  The  rider  who  buys  a 
wheel  merely  bceause  it  is  recommend­
ed  by  sortie  friend 
invariably  knows 
nothing  of  the  special  features  of  the 
like  the  young­
different  makes,  and, 

Down  East  this  year  a  firm  of  manu­
facturers  has  been  turning  out  a  wheel 
the  oval  fork  sides  of  which  enable  ex­
perts  to  distinguish  its  make  among  a 
Another  wheel  will  provoke 
crowd. 
comment  and  make  itself  known  by 
its 
patent  hubs,  which  have flauges  so  de- 
siened  as  to  allow  of  the  use  of  tan­
gent  spokes  straight  from  the  head  to 
the  nipple.  A  wheel  which 
is  turned 
out  in  Massachusetts  has  a  peculiar  and 
at  once  distinguishing  feature. 
The 
center  frame  tube 
is  curved,  and  the 
lower  portion  is  carried  forward  with  a 
| curve  to  the  crank  bracket  instead  of  in 
a  straight 
is 
claimed,  takes  the  strain  of  the  pedal­
ling  lengthwise  of  the  grain  of  the  steel 
tube,  carries  the  sprocket  wheel  well 
forward  and  allows  the  use  of  a  long 
chain,  which does  away with  the  alleged 
strain  upon  the  rear  frame  braces.

This  curve, 

line. 

it 

*  *  *

Several  other  wheels are manufactured 
which  have striking individual  features, 
while  color  of  tires  and  spoke  attach­
ment  are  features  of  one.  The  crank 
fastening  of  another  at  once  strikes  the 
eye  as  being  singular  and  odd.  Another 
has  the  rear  triangles  of  the  frame 
reaching  from  the  saddle  post  connec­
tion  to  the  crank  bracket  barrel,  made 
of  one  continuous  piece.  This  feature

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

T h e  D oorstep  Politicians  o f  Whey 

C orners.
Written  for the T r a d e s m a n .

lamp 

It  was  evening.  The  sun  had  gone 
down  and  another  day’s  labor,  with 
its 
ever-varying  results,  was  ended.  The 
big  oil 
in  the  corner  store  was 
lighted,  and  the  first  doorstep politician 
had  arrived  and  secured 
the  choice 
seat.  The  first  comer  always  secured 
this  seat. 
It  was  a  convenient  seat; 
and  to  make  sure  of  it  was  a  sufficient 
inducement  to  come  early.  *  The  fellow 
who  occupied  this  place  did not  have  to 
get  up  and  stand  aside  every  time  a 
customer  passed  in  or out  of  the  store; 
furthermore,  the  broad  threshold  made 
a  more  comfortable  seat  than  the  sharp, 
narrow  window  ledge  on  either  side, 
where  the  other  fellows  had  to  sit.

corner  grocery,  Tim 
is  never  absent ; 
and,  when  the  weather  is  fair,  he  is  al­
ways  to  be  found,  as  described,  sitting 
on  the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk,  his 
back  against  the  tie-post,  his  short  fat 
legs  stretched  out  into  the  street,  and  a 
cloud  of  tobacco  smoke  enwreathing  his 
grizzled  old  head.

in 

Tim  Dolan  takes  a  daily  paper. 

It 
is  a  democratic  paper  and  Tim   reads 
every  word 
it.  He  commits  it  to 
memory  and  swears  by  every  word  in 
it—advertisements  and  all.  Ed  Slashet 
takes  a  republican  paper,  and  he  is 
quite  certain  in  his  own  mind  that  he 
is  more  enlightened  on  the  principles 
of  good  government  than  his  benighted 
neighbor,  Mr.  Dolan.  Jimmy  Gimble 
doesn’t  take  a paper.  He chews,  listens, 
asks  questions,  and,  when  not  bothered 
too  much  by  customers  passing  in  and 
out  the  store,  occasionally  ventures  an 
opinion  of  his  own.  Sometimes  he  gets 
excited  and  forgets  “ where  he 
is  a t,”  
and  then  someone  has  to  remind  him 
that  a 
like  to  pass  throuh 
the  doorway.

lady  would 

leaders. 

The  fellows  who  have  gathered  on  the 
window  ledges  are  the  rank  and  file. 
They  smoke,  chew  and  listen  to  the  dis­
cussions  of  the 
Sometimes 
these  discussions  rise  above  their  in­
tellectual 
level,  and  then  they  lose  in­
terest  and  indulge  in little  talks  of  their 
own  on  matters  quite  within  their  own 
scope  of  understanding,  such  as  dog 
fights,  “ boss”   trades, 
local  “ scraps,”  
barnyard  “ events,”   grubs,  bugs  and 
other  “ varmints,”   also  neighborhood 
gossip— past,  present  and  of  the  to- 
come.  Of  course,  there  are  two  or  three 
who  preserve  a  stolid  silence.  They 
are  there  every  night,  perched  on  those 
window  ledges,  always  sullen  and  si­
lent,  and  always  remaining  until 
long 
after  the  store  is  closed  and  the  leading 
characters  have  wended their way  home­
wards.

On  this  occasion,  it  was  Ed  Slashet, 
the  village  blacksmith,  who  was 
the 
lucky  possessor.  After dropping  himself 
comfortably,  he  brought  to  view  an  old 
clay  pipe  and  began  to  scrape  the  black 
nicotine  paste  out  of  the  bottom  of  the 
bowl.  After  the  scraping  process  it  re­
quired  several  corn-splinters from a  new 
broom  within  reach  to  clear  the  flue and 
open  up  the  draught.  When  he  had 
filled  it  with  a  fresh  supply  of  shavings 
cut  from  a  black  plug,  it  took  nine 
matches  and  some  vigorous  sucking  to 
“ start  it  a g o in g .’ ’  At  this 
juncture 
Man Number Two arrived and took a seat 
beside  the  blacksmith  in  the open  door­
way.  Of  course,  he  would  be  compelled 
to  get  up  occasionally;  but  customers 
were  not  numerous  and  he  would  rather 
suffer  this  inconvenience than  sit  on  the 
three-inch  window 
ledge,  where  he 
could  not  cross  his  legs  or  lean  back 
with  his  hands 
locked  over  his  knees. 
This  man’s  name  was  Jimmy  Gimble. 
His  wife  owns  a  small  house  on  one  of 
the  back  streets  and  Jimmy 
lives  with 
her  and  does  odd  jobs  here  and  there, 
such  as  killing  pigs,  cleaning out  wells, 
splitting  wood,  etc.  Jimmy  was  not  en­
cumbered  with  a  pipe;  but,  after  seat­
ing  himself,  he  leaned  back through  the 
open  door,  throwing  out  his feet towards 
the  tie-post to  preserve  his  equilibrium, 
and  drew  from  the  depths  of  his  coat­
tail  pocket  a  dirty  black  plug  of  to­
bacco,  from  one  end  of  which  he  bit  off 
an  inch  and  a  half,  cubic  measure.  By 
this  time,  a  third  man  had  seated  him­
self  on  the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk. 
His  altitude  was  not  impressive  to  the 
beholder  but  he  was  great  in  circum­
ference;  and,  when  he  sits  down,  he 
can  cover  more  sidewalk  than  any  other 
man  in  the  village.  He  was  a  reckless 
dare-devil  of  a 
lumber-shanty  pugilist 
in  his  palmy  younger  days  and  had  fur­
nished  storage  capacity  for  many  a  gal­
lon  of  “ red  e ye;’ ’ but  he  quit 
the 
devil’s  service  when  about  forty,  got 
married,  joined  the  church  and  settled 
down  in  his  native  village.  His  rela­
tives  gave  him  a  life  lease  of  a  house 
and  garden 
in  the  village  and  a  few 
acres  of  sickly  soil  nearby.  This  man’s 
name  was  Timothy  Dolan  and  he  is  one 
of  “ the  characters”   of  the  village.  He 
works  his  quarter-acre  garden  because 
it 
is  on  the  main  street  of  the  village, 
where  he  can 
lean  on  his  hoe-handle 
“ Oh,  they’re  used  to  it,”   he  replied; 
and bark  at  every  one  who  passes  by. 
“ that’s  the  country  of  it,  you  see.  The 
The  old  habits  of  association  cling  to 
family  of  that  fellow  sitting  in  the  open 
him,  and  so  he  has  the 
land  outside 
doorway  squirting  tobacco juice  all  over 
worked  for  him  on  shares.  When  Tim 
everything  do  all  their  trading  with 
is  not  smoking  he 
is  either  eating  or 
me,  and  so,  of  course,  he  thinks  he  has 
sleeping;  and,  wherever  two  or  three 
a  perfect  right  to  blockade  the  store  or 
are  gathered 
let  the  time,
do  anything  else  he  takes  a  notion  to.”  
place  or  occasion  be  what  it  may,  there 
“ But  couldn’t  you  do  a  little  home
will  Tim  be  found  in their midst.  When 
the  doorstep  politicians  gather  in  the  missionary  work  on  the  sly  that  would 
evening 
lit-

These  fellows  work  out  on  the  farms 
somewhere,  and  every  night,  after  “ the 
chores”   are  all  “ done  up,”   they  strag­
gle  across  the 
fields  to  the  village, 
where  they  sit  and  stare  idiotically  into 
the  face  of  every  woman  or  girl  who 
passes  by.  When  the  lights  are  all  put 
out,  and  the  last  footfall  dies  away  in 
the  distance,  these  night  hawks  get  up, 
yawn,  stretch  themselves  and shuffle  out 
of  the  village.  Very  seldom  do  they 
crawl  into  their  nests  before  midnight, 
although  they  must  crawl  out  again  be­
fore  five  o’clock  in  the  morning.  This 
class  of  farm  help  are  “  razzle-dazzled”  
in  the  upper  story ;  and,  when  taken  to 
task  by  any  member  of  the  family  for 
being  out  late  nights,  they  look  owlish 
and  try  to  create  an  impression  that 
they  were  * ‘ out  on  a  lark ’ ’  and  had  * ‘ a 
regular  old  tear  of  a  time. ”   Of course, 
they  go  back  every  night  with  their 
skins  full  of  the  latest  gossip ;  but  their 
brains  are 
to  wag  their 
tongues  aright  and  they  never  can  tell 
anything  as  they  heard  it.

lady  customers  com­
plain,  sometimes,  at  being  compelled 
to  pass  through  that  gang  out  there 
in 
order  to  enter  your  store?”  
I  asked  the 
grocer,  one  night.

in  front  of  Phineas  Brown’s  have  a  tendency  to  mend  matters  a 

“ Don’t  your 

too  weak 

together, 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

tie?  Our  foreign  missionaries  accom­
plish more difficult tasks than  this  would 
appear  to be.  Why,  if  I  were a lady,  I’d 
see  you  and  your  grocery  dumped 
into 
Baffin’s  Bay  before  I’d  wade  through 
such  filth  and  run  such  a  gauntlet  as 
that. ’ ’

“ Why,  you’re  in  the  country,  man!”  

said  the  almost  offended  grocer.

I  said  no  more  but  made  up  my  mind 
to  keep  an  eye  on  this  precious  crowd 
for  a  few  nights.

This  introduction  will  suffice  for  the 

present.  More  anon. 

E.  A.  O w e n .

A  Question  of  Sm ell.

“ Papa,  what  makes  this  cheese  smell 

so?”

I  persume. ”

“ The  process  by  which  it  was  cured, 

(After  some  moments  of  profound 
it 

cogitation)— “ Papa,  what  would 
smell  like  if  it  hadn’t  been  cured?”

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THE  M ICHIGAN  TR A D E S M A N

Clerks’ Corner

Detailed  Account  of  T he  C areers  of 

T hree C lerks.
Correspondence Grocery World.

Sermons  to  clerks  on  moral habits are, 
as  a  rule,  wasted  space,  because  they 
usually  deal  in  generalities  which  glide 
over the  head  like  badly  aimed  arrows. 
During  the  past  week,  however, 
the 
writer has  received  the  news  of  the fail­
ure  of  a  young  grocery  clerk  who  was 
well  known  to  him 
in  years  gone  by, 
and  his  unfortunate  collapse  brings  to 
mind  so  large  a  flood  of  similar  recol­
lections  that  probably  the  recital  of 
some  of  them  here  may  serve  to  help 
some  clerk  who  is  growing  careless con­
cerning  his  moral  habits.
The  clerk  whose  fall 

is  mentioned 
above  was  one  of  the  brightest  boys  the 
writer  ever  knew.  Ten  years  ago  he 
entered  the  employ  of  a  grocer  in  a 
small  New  Jersey  town  as  errand  boy, 
his  idea  being  to  learn the business.  He 
was  steady  as  well  as  bright,  and  the 
entire  town,  who  liked  him,  joined  in 
prophesying  for him  a  bright  business 
future.  For  two or  three  years  the  boy 
was  as  steady  as  a  clock,  and  then  he 
approached  the  age  which  is the settling 
or  the  unsettling  period  for  a  young 
little.  He 
man,  and  began  to  lapse  a 
was  then  about  sixteen  years  old,  and 
he  fell 
into  bad  company. 
In  a  short 
time  he  acquired  a  taste  for  beer.  A 
little  later  he  was  found  in  the  woods 
one  Sunday  morning  dead  drunk.  The 
town  was  scandalized  and  the  boy  made 
several  efforts  to  reform.  He  didn’t 
SbCCeed.  When  he  was  about  twenty- 
one,  he  met  with  a  serious  accident 
while  intoxicated,  and  for  several  years 
thereafter  was  as  straight  as  anybody 
could  wish.  Some  friends  set  him  up 
in  business,  and  he  started  out  well. 
The  first  year  of  his  business  the  writer 
knew  that  he  netted  in  round  figures 
§i,ooo.  His  prosperity  went  to  his 
head  and  the  old  habits  awoke.  Last 
week  his  friends  received  notice  that 
the  sheriff  had  sold  him  out.  The young 
man  himself  had  disappeared,  nobody 
knew  where.  He  simply  drank  his 
business  to  pieces.  The  habits  formed 
In  youth  had  cropped  out  to  cause  his 
failure  in  after  years.

The  writer  knew  another  young  gro­
cery clerk,  not  so  bright.  After he  com-

iileted  the  public  school  course,  his 

ather  sent  him  to  a  business  college 
and  gave  him  a  thorough  education 
there.  When  he  graduated  he  took  a 
place 
in  his  father’s  grocery  store  as 
book-keeper  and  clerk. 
This  young 
man  also  got  into  bad  company,  and 
the  result  thereof  was  that  about  ten 
months  ago  he  was  lodged 
jail, 
charged  with  embezzling  nearly  §200 
from  his  own  father. 
Sunday  poker 
games  were  the  cause.

in 

life  had  been  spent. 

Several  weeks  ago,  the  writer,  who 
has  an  extensive  acquaintance  in  Dela­
ware,  visited  a  certain  town 
in  that 
State,  in  which  several  early  years  of 
his 
In  the  one 
grocery  store  of  the  place  there  was, 
years ago,a clerk nicknamed “  Brighty, 
who  was  recognized  by  everybody  as 
one  of  the  brightest  young  men  in  the 
town.  He  was  a  natural  orator  and,  by 
a  quick  process  of  assimilating  infor­
mation  wherever  he  found  it,  had  be­
come  marvelously  well  informed for  one 
of  his  age and surroundings.  Evil habits 
were  not  the Nemesis of this young man. 
He  seemed  to  lack  ambition,  and  has 
simply  wasted  every  one  of his  splendid 
talents 
in  that  little  country  town  as  a 
grocery  clerk.  The  man  hasn’t  even 
had  sufficient  ambition  to  engage  in 
business 
the 
writer  knows  of  at  least  three  offers  of 
capital  he  has  had  from  well-to-do men. 
On  this  recent  visit  to  the  Delaware 
town,  the  writer  was  not  surprised  to 
see  “ Brighty”   still  weighing  sugar  and 
measuring  molasses.  His 
abilities 
seemed  as  bright  as  formerly,  so  far  as 
the  writer  could  tell,  but  there  they 
were,  rusting  out  for  want  of  use.  His 
salary  is §7  per  week,  and  he  is  nearly 
forty  years  of  age.  Had  that  man  had 
ambition,  he  could  have  made  himself 
head  and  shoulders  above  his  fellows, 
for  his  talents  were  exceptional.

for  himself,  although 

Another 

case,  somewhat  different, 
comes  to  mind.  Before  becoming  ac­
quainted  with  this  the  writer  had  al­
ways  believed  the  various  accounts  of 
poor boys  who,  by  close night study,  had 
risen  in  the  world  to  be, 
to  a  certain 
extent,  exaggerated.  Since  the  details 
of  the  present  case  have  come  to  his  at­
tention,  however,  his  attitude 
is  no 
longer 
incredulous.  The  young  man 
who  is  the  hero  of  this  case  was  natur­
ally  dull  and  slow  of understanding.  He 
was  not  an  idiot but  required  sometime 
to  grasp  things.  He  took  service  in  a 
grocery  store,  and  nobody,  not  even  his 
parents,  expected  him  to  amount  to 
much. 
“ Jim  is  too  slow  to  get  out  of 
his own  road,”   was  at  one  time a stand­
ing  charge against  him.  This boy,  with 
all  his  sluggishness,  had  an  over-mas­
tering  ambition.  He  did  the  very best 
he  could  as  a  grocery  clerk,  working 
until  the last  horn  blew  and  always will­
ing  to  do  a  favor for anybody.

The  grocery  business  held  no  interest 
for  him,  however,  and  he  therefore  did 
what  every  young  man  in  similar  cir­
cumstances  ought  to  do— laid  plans  to 
get  out  of  it.  He  bought  some  books 
on  veterinary  medicine  and 
studied 
them  every  chance he  got.  By the  time 
he  had  spent  five  years  behind  the  gro­
cery  counter  he  had 
enough 
money  to  take  a  course  in  a  veterinary 
college  of  medicine.  When  the  writer' 
saw  him  last  he  was  the  leading  veter­
inarian  in  a  county  of  100,000  people, 
and  stated  that  his  income  for  1895  had 
been  between  $3,500  and  $4,000.

saved 

Moral:  Good  habits  and  ambition 
will  bring  success  to  any  young  man  on 
earth.

The  Shoplifting  Mania.

From the Chicago  Chronicle.

One  of  the  most  interesting businesses 
carried  on 
in  Chicago—that  is,  inter­
esting  for  those  who  are detected  in  it— 
is  the  shoplifting 
in  the  large  retail 
stores.  Merchants  say  they  would  rather 
be  routed  out  properly  once  in  a  while 
by  fire  than 
to  keep  on  the  continual 
watch  for  these  pickpockets  and  pilfer­
ers  who  infest  their  premises.  It  would 
seem  that  there  has  been  no  way 
to  get  rid  of  them.  Exposures,  fines 
and  threatening  of 
imprisonment  do 
not  scare  some  of  them  in  the  least  and 
a  number  are  taken  up by  the  detectives 
in  the  same  store  more  than  three  or 
four  times.  They  will  go  back  again 
just  for  the  small  matter  of  stealing  a 
paper of  pins,  treasuring  it  as  revenge.
Dry  goods  merchants  all  along  State 
street  complain  bitterly  of  the  Chicago 
law  courts. 
“ We  have  literally  nothing 
to  protect  us,”   said  one  manager,  “ for 
the  courts  seem  to  take  up  the cases as  a 
pastime,  either  impose  a  small  fine  or 
acquit  the  party  as  falsely  accused,  and 
before  the  week 
is  out  they  are  right 
back  plundering  whatever  they  can  get 
their  hands  on.  Shoplifting  in  Chicago 
will  not  stop  until  the  courts get cleaned 
up.  We suffer from  $500  to  $2,000  actual 
loss  by  them  a  year,  and  we  have  noth­
ing  to  insure  us  from  this  but  our  own 
detective system,  which  carries on a sort 
of  court  marital  and  scares  the  victim 
by  exposure 
from  entering  the  store 
again.  Sometimes  it  works,  but  you 
just  saw  me  go  through  the  pockets  of 
this  woman  (a  thief  was  guarded  in  the 
office  when  the  reporter  entered 
it), 
which  tells you  more  often  it  does  not 
work.  This  is  the  second  time  I  have 
had  this  woman  in  three  months.  She 
seems  to  be  out  of  the  common  run  of 
thieves,  and  I  forgave  her  the first time, 
but  I  shall  publish  her  in  all  the  papers 
to-morrow.  We  have  a  right  to  do 
this. ”

Another  manager  said :
' ‘ Some  of  the  best  dressed  men  and 
women  in  our  stores  are  detectives,  and 
they  go about'examining and buying,  the 
same  as  our  usual  customers.  We  are 
bothered  a  good  deal  at  our  glove  sales, 
for  women  seem  to  want  gloves  more 
than  anything  else.  Our  clerks  them­
selves  are  pretty  good  detectives,  and 
our  floor  walkers  do  not  go about asleep. 
Cases  come  under  our  notice  every  day 
or  so.  We  take  the  goods  away  from 
the  shoplifters,  or,  if  they  want  to  buy 
them  after  detection,  we allow them  that 
privilege.  Yet,  if  they  have  once  stolen

is 

Nor 

we  always  know them  and watch them. ”  
it  always  the  women  who  are 
numbered  as  these  unfortunates.  Men 
also  have  a  desire  for  gloves,  handker­
chiefs  and  neckties,  which they  adroitly 
secrete 
in  their  overcoat  pockets.  A 
man  must  go  through  the  same  court- 
martial as a  woman.  Nevertheless,  there 
is  a  class  of  men  who  claim  they  steal 
through  necessity, 
lack  of  work  and 
starvation  making  them sell stolen goods 
to  buy  the  small  wants  of 
life.  The 
stores  which  conduct  a  grocery  depart­
ment  are  visited  every  day  by  the  same 
people  about  lunch  time  for  samples  of 
the  goods  given  away,  a  small  cup  of 
beef  tea,  a  dish  of  breakfast  cereal,  or 
a  pinch  of  cheese  and  cracker often  fur­
nishing  the  only  meal  they  have all day.

wnoiesaie cioiDing Manuiaciurers,

ROCHESTER,  N. Y.

Mail  orders  promptly  attended;to  or write  ru r 
representative,  WILLIAM  CONNOR,  of  Mar­
shall, Mich., to call upon you  and  you  will  s«e 
a replete line for all sizes and ages or  meet  him 
at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids.  He  will  be 
there  from  Thursday,  July  30th,  to  Thursday, 
Aug. 6th.  Customers’ expenses allowed.

Found  His  Medicine.

“ Baby  was  taken  very  bad  while  you 
wuz  out,  mum,”   said  the  new  servant 
girl.
“ Is  he  better  now?”

“ Oh,  dear!”   said  the  young  wife. 

“ Oh,  he’s  all  right  now,  but  he  was 
bad  at  first!  He  seemed  to  come  over 
quite  faint,  but  I  found  his medicine  in 
the  cupboard. ’ ’

“ Found  his  medicine!  Good  gra­
cious!  What  have  you  been  giving  the 
child?  There’s  no  medicine  in  the  cup- 
broad. ’ *
It’s  written 
on  it. ”

“ Oh,  yes,  there is  mum. 

And  the  girl  triumphantly  produced 

a  bottle  labeled  “ Kid  Reviver.”

The  banana 

is  said  to  be  the  most 
prolific  of  all  food products,  being forty- 
four  times  more  productive  than  pota­
toes  and  131  times  more  than  wheat.

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GHRISTENSON'S XXX BUTTER

CHRISTENSON  BAKING  CO.

Manufacturers  of  Crackers 
and  Sweet  Goods.......

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

W e  G t a a r a n t e e

our  Brand  of Vinegar to be an A B SO LU TE LY  PURE  A PPLE  
JUICE  VIN EGAR.  Tc r.ny  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. 

ROBINSON  CID ER   &  V IN E G A R   CO.,

.  BENTON  HARBOR,  fllCH.

Will you allow uS to give you

A  POINTER

The S. C. W. is the only nickel 
cigar.  Sold  by  all  jobbers 
traveling from Grand  Rapids.
We do not claim  this cigar to 
be  be'ter  than  any  10  cent 
cigar  made,  but we  do  claim 
it t • be as  good  as any 5  cent 
cigar that is sold for a  nickel.

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Is  what  you  should 
tdvise  your  custom­
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

Commercial T ravelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President,  S.  E.  Sym ons,  Saginaw;  Secretary, 
Geo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  J. 
F r o st, Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, J.  F.  C o o per,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D.  Mo r r is, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Chancellor, H.  U.  Ma r k s,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E d w in  Hudson,  Flint;  Treasurer,  G e o.  A.  R e y ­
n o l d s,  Saginaw.

Michigan Division, T. P. A.

President, G eo.  F. O w en,  Grand  Rapids;  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  J a s .  B.  M cIn n e s,  Grand 
Rapids.

G ripsack  Brigade.

Have  a  care 

in  the  blowing  of  your 
horn,  lest  you  drive  your  customers  out 
of  hearing.

The  business  of  the  world  moves  by 
rapid  transit  and  the  commercial  trav­
eler  is  its  motive  power.

M.  O.  Smith,  of  Saranac,  has  engaged 
to  travel  in  Western  Michigan  for  the 
Cleveland  Co-operative  Stove  Co.

Show  to  the  trade  what  you  have  and 
use  argument.  *  If  your  line  and  argu­
ments  are  strong,  then  you  are  likely  to 
make  sales.

As  the  population  of  Mother  Earth 
increases,  so  in  number  grows  the  com­
mercial  traveler  and  exercises  an  influ­
ence  in  the  building  up  of  nations.

If  everybody  would  make  a  success  of 
the  road  it  would  be  an  unhappy  world 
— for  half  the  joy  of  success  is,  alas,  in 
the  thought  that  we  are  smarter than our 
competitor.

The 

laws  of  progression  apply  to 
business  with  the  same  exactitude  as 
they  encircle  man.  A  business  must 
progress  or  retrograde. 
It  cannot  re­
main  at  a  standstill.

Clark  F.  Williams,  who  has  been 
traveling  for  a  year  and  a half  for D.  E. 
Prall  &  Co.,  of  Saginaw,  is  now  em­
ployed  in  the  same  capacity  by  Fred. 
Brundage,  of  Muskegon.

A  first-class  traveling  salesman  is  one 
whose  word  of  honor  goes  with  every 
transaction  and  whose  modesty  is  more 
conspicuous  than  his  cheek—a  gentle­
man  in  every  sense  of  the  word.

Make  it  your  business  to  become  con­
versant  with  the  standing  of  every  one 
in  the  trade  over  the  territory  which 
you  cover,  ir.  order  to  avoid  unpleasant 
complications with  irresponsible parties.
traveler  should 
commercial 
Every 
consider 
it  a  solemn  duty  he  owes  to 
society  and  himself  to  possess  himself 
of  a  wife  to  share  his  joys,  divide  his 
sorrows  and  aid  him 
in  spending  his 
large  salary.

Wm.  G.  Wilson  is  putting  in  a couple 
of  weeks 
in  the  city  in  the  interest  of 
the  soap  department  of  Armour  &  Co. 
Mr.  Wilson 
is  assisted  by  a  bevy  of 
young  ladies  who  are  making  a  house- 
to-house  canvass of the residence portion 
of  the  city.

Buyers  who  abuse  traveling  salesmen 
always  lose  by 
it.  A  pleasant  refusal 
to  the  commercial  traveler  is  often  re­
membered 
longer  and  prized  higher 
than  an  ungracious  order.  There  is  no 
capital  so  profitable  as  a  pleasant  man­
ner  and  courteous  speech.

Chas.  W.  Payne,  who  has  been 

iden­
tified  with  the  Musselman  Grocer  Co. 
for  the  past  four  years,  has  resigned  his 
position  as  traveling  salesman  and  is 
succeeded  by  John  M.  McClary,'  who 
has  been 
identified  with  the  office  de­
partment  of  the  house  for  the  past  two 
or  three  years.

“ Hustling”   is  not  always  visible ac­
tivity.  One  salesman  may  be  seen  tear­
ing  down  the  street  with  his  sample

case  in  a  great  splutter  and  yet  do noth­
ing,  while  another  sits 
in  a  chair  in 
front  of  his  hotel  and  evolves a  success­
ful  scheme * for  securing 
then 
walks 
leisurely  to  his  customers  and 
makes  sales.

trade, 

There 

is  a  hotel  not  far  from  the 
"copper  country”   where  fruit  on  the 
is  seldom  seen,  even  when  blue­
table 
berries  are 
io  cents  per  quart.  One 
traveler  mustered  up 
the 
other  day  to  ask  William  why  it  was 
that  there  was  no  fresh  fruit  on  the 
table.  William  replied :  “ My  wife  and 
I  don’t  care  much  for  fruit  anyway.”

courage 

Wm.  Boughton  (C.  E.  Smith  Shoe 
C o .),  who  went  to  England  in  June  to 
spend  a  month  with  his  aged  mother, 
sailed  from  Liverpool  on  the  New  York 
luly  18  and  is  expected  home  every  day 
now.  Mr.  Boughton  writes  his  friends 
that  the  ocean  voyage  and the temporary 
respite  from  business  have  greatly 
im­
proved  his  health,  which  will  be  wel­
come  news  to all  who  know  him.

One  hundred  and  fifty  Jackson  travel­
ing  men  and  friends  went  to  Baw  Beese 
Lake  Saturday  on  their  annual  outing. 
Sports  of  all  kinds were indulged in,  but 
most 
interesting  was  a  ball  game  be­
tween  Jackson  and  Hillsdale  traveling 
men,  in  which  the  score  stood  14  to 5  in 
favor  of  Jackson.  On  arrival  at  the 
grounds  Conductor  Geo.  Mogford,  of 
the  special  train,  was  presented  with  a 
handsome  pair  of  slippers,  E.  P.  At­
wood  making  the  presentation.

Traveling  men  are  looking  always  on 
the  bright  side  of  things— they  have  be­
come  optimistic.  They  report  that  the 
late  rains  in  Texas  have  closed  the 
mouths  of  the  croakers,  and  all  admit 
that  the  conditions  of  the  cotton  crop 
could  not  be  better  for  this  season. 
This  means  more  than  might  appear on 
the  surface.  Traveling  salesmen  are 
well 
informed  as  to  trade  conditions, 
as  they  travel  over  the  country  and  are 
in  a  position  to  know  the  situation  ac­
curately. 
It  is,  therefore,  significant  if 
these 
live  men  regard  the  outlook  for 
business  bright,  for  when  they  talk  en­
couragingly 
is  safe  to  assume  that 
business  is  picking  up  or  soon  will  be.
Annual  Picnic  o f  the  Grand  Rapids 

it 

Traveling  Men.

The  annual  basket  picnic  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  traveling  men  will  be 
held  at  Alger  Park,  Reed’s  Lake,  Sat­
urday  afternoon  and  evening,  Aug.  8. 
The  exercises  will  open  at  2  o'clock 
sharp  with  a  ball  game  between  the 
wholesale  grocery  boys  on  one  side  and 
the  field  on  the  other.  Chas.  Brooks 
will  captain  the  former  and  John  M. 
Fell  will  captain  the  latter,  having  se­
lected  as  his  assistants  Will  Pipp, 
Henry  Pipp,  Will  Richmond,  Frank 
W.  Hadden,  Ben  Meeker,  Fred  Osterle, 
Frank  Price  and  Dave  Hoogerhyde.

The  second  event  will  be  a  fat  men’s 
race  50  yard  dash 
the  first  prize  be­
ing  a  box  of  cigars  and  the  second 
prize  a  year’s  subscription  to  the  Mich­
igan  Tradesman.

The  third  event  will  be  a  lean  men’s 
race,  the  first  prize  being a box of cigars 
and  the  second  prize  a  year’s  subscrip­
tion  to  the  Michigan  Tradesman.

The  fourth  event  will  be  a  young 
ladies’  race,  the  first  prize  being  a  box 
of  perfume  and  the  second  prize  a  box 
of  candy.

The  fifth  event  will  be  a  married 
first  prize  being  a 
the  second 

ladies’  race, 
piece  of 
prize  a  box  of  candy.

fine  china  and 

the 

The  sixth  event  will  be  a  tug  of  war 
between  sides  chosen  by  Jas.  N.  Brad­
ford  and  Manley  Jones.

Supper  will 

then  be  served  in 

the 
grove,  after  which  E.  C.  Adams  and 
Cornelius  Crawford  will  entertain  the 
assemblage  with  exhibitions  of  the  art 
of  legerdemain.

Later  in  the  evening  a  dancing  party 
will  be  arranged  at  one  of  the  resorts  or 
club  houses  at  the  Lake.

The  Committee  on  Amusements  has 
selected  the  following  special  commit­
tees  to  officiate  at  the  picnic :

Sports  L.  M.  Mills,  A.  I).  Baker, 

Joe  Finkier.

Supper  Joe  F.  O.  Reed,  Chas.  F. 

Ballard,  John  M.  Shields.

Badges  C.  L.  Lawton,  A.  T.  Driggs, 

Ralph  Blocksma.

Dancing-  Will  Richmond,  Geo.  F. 

Rogers,  Frank  Hadden.

Judges— Wm.  R.  Foster,  E.  A.  Stowe, 

Geo.  F.  Owen.

It  is  hoped that the several committees 
will  get  together  promptly  and  arrange 
their  work  so  that  there  may  be no hitch 
in  the  proceedings.

That  there  may  be  no  misunderstand­
ing  as  to  who  is  expected  to  attend 
the  picnic,  the  Tradesman  is  requested 
to  state  that  all  traveling  men  are  in­
vited  to  be  on  hand  with  their  ladies, 
and  that  a  cordial  invitation  is  also  ex­
tended  to  the  traveling  men  of  neigh­
boring  cities  and  towns  to  join  with  the 
Grand  Rapids  boys  in  celebrating  the 
event.  Transient  traveling  men  who 
may  be  here  at  the  time  of  the  picnic 
are  also 
invited  to  participate  in  the 
pleasure  of  the  occasion.

The  Sewing  Thread  Amalgamation.
The  thread  combine  continues  to  be 
an  absorbing  topic  of  interest  among 
English  drapers  and  merchants.  The 
industry  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  so 
far  as 
it  can  be  learned,  has  not  been 
affected,  and  no  changes  are  expected 
in  the  immediate  future.

The  final  stage  of  the  amalgamation 
proceedings  between  Coats  and  Clark, 
of  Paisley,  has  been  reached,  and  the 
extensive  thread  mills  of  Clark  &  Co. 
are  open  for  work,  having  been  closed 
for  valuation  purposes.  The  total  valu­
ation 
to  be  over  $8,000,000. 
There  is  a  new  mill  building  of  50,000 
spindles,  which  was  commenced  before 
the  amalgamation  was  decided  upon.

is  said 

One  thing  which  the  trust  was  large­
ly  instrumental  in  bringing  about,  or 
hastening  at  least,  was  the  organization 
of  London  drapers  to  check  the  extreme 
in  the  retailing  of  sewing 
competition 
thread.  The  rise 
in  price  after  the 
formation  of  the  trust  made  it  necessary 
to  do  something,  and  an  agreement  has 
been  entered 
into  which  will  allow  a 
reasonable  profit  to  drapers.  The  ad­
vance  in  the  schedule  of  prices  that  has 
been  made  has  not  met  with a great deal 
of  adverse  comment,  only as it  is  an  in­
dication  of  what  may  be  expected  in the 
future.

The  Picnic  Season.
From the '  hicago Grocers' Criterion.

From  all  parts  of  the  country  come 
entertaining  accounts  of  picnics  and 
excursions  given  under  the auspices  of 
the  various  grocers’  associations.  To 
the  members  of  the  various  organiza­
tions  these  outings afford most delightful 
times,  and  as  the  pecuniary  results  are 
generally  satisfactory,  they annually add 
quite  a  respectable  sum  to  the  funds 
in 
the  treasury  of  the  respective  organiza­
tions.

The  social  features  of  these  events 
are  both  amusing  and 
entertaining. 
They  bring  business  men  and  their 
families 
into  agreeable  personal  rela­
tions  with  each  other,  and,  in  short, 
they  are  among  the  most  agreeable 
features  of  associations  and  association 
work.

The  Cincinnati  grocers  have had their 
outing,  and  in  addition  to the good time 
they  have  over  a  thousand  dollars  to 
add  to  the  funds  in  the  hands  of  their 
Treasurer.  The  Minneapolis  associa­
tion  had  a  delightful  day  at  Lake  Min­
netonka  and  will  net  nearly  a  thousand 
dollars.  Other  associations  East  and

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West  have  met  with  similar  good  for­
tune.

The  Chicago  association,  which  now 
has  a  membership  of  nearly  a  thousand, 
will  have  its  picnic  a  little  later  in  the 
season,  July  30  being  set  for  that  event. 
It  promises  to  be  the  best  and  most 
largely  attended  picnic  ever  given  by 
the  association.  Extra  pains  are  being 
taken  by  the  committee  having  the  ar­
rangements  in  charge,  so  that  all  will 
have  a  thoroughly  good  time  throughout 
the  day.

Big  Pay.

One  dollar  each  for  every  agent  you 
appoint  for  us.  Brown  &  Co.,  Mus­
kegon,  Mich.

COMMERCIAL  HOUSE

Lighted  by  Electricity.  Heated  by  Steam. 

Iron  Mountain,  Mich.
All modern conveniences.

* 2   P E R   D A Y .

IRA  A.  BEAN,  Prop.

THE WIERENQO

E.  T.  PENNOYER,  Manager,

MUSKEGON,  MICHIGAN.
Steam Heat. Electric light and bath rooms. 
Rales. #1.50 and #z 00 per day.

HOTEL  BURKE

G.  R.  &  I.  Eating  House.

C A D ILLA C ,  M ICH.

All modern conveniences.

W. 0.  HOLDEN, Mgr.
C. BURKE, Prop. 
Cutler  House  in  New  Hands.
H.  D.  and  F.  H.  Irish,  formerly landlords at 
the  New  Livingston  Hotel,  at  Grand  Rapids, 
have leased the Cutler House,  at  Grand  Haven, 
where  they  bespeak  the  cordial  co-operation 
aud support of the traveling  public.  They  will 
conduct the Cutler House as a strictly first-class 
house,  giving  every  detail  painstaking  at­
tention.

CLIFTO)! POSE

Michigan’ Popular Hotel.

Remodeled and  Refitted Throughout.

Cor.  Monroe  and  Wabash  Axes.,

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.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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D rugs==Chem icals

STATE  BOARD  OF PHARMACY.

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

- 

-  C. A. B u g b e e, Traverse City
- 
S. E. P a b k il l ,  Owosso
F. W. R. Pe r r y ,  Detroit
- 
-  A. C. Sch u m ach er,  Ann Arbor 
* 
G eo.  G  undrum, Ionia

- 

President, C. A. B u g b e e, T j averse City. 
Secretary, F. W. R.  Pe r r y , Detroit. 
Treasurer, G eo. Gu n d r u m , Ionia.

Coming Meetings—Marquette, Aug. 7 and 8.

Lansing, November 4 and 5.
MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

. 

„ 

., 

IS.  P.  W h itm ar sh,  Palmyra;

President, Geo. J. W a r d , St. Clair.
_  
Vice-Presidents  q  @  P h il l ip s,  Armada. 
Secretary, B. Sc h r o c d er, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, W*. D u po n t, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—F.  J.  W u r zb u r g ,  Grand 
Rapids;  F. D. Ste v e n s, Detroit;  H. G. C olm an, 
Kalamazoo;  E. T.  W e b b ,  Jackson;  D, M. Rus- 
hkll, Grand Rapids.

The  Drug  M arket.

Acetanilid— Demand  still  slow  and 

only  of  a  jobbing  nature.

irregular. 

Acids—Tartaric  continues  unsettled 
inactive 
and 
and  without  special  feature.  Fair  con­
sumptive  demand  for  oxalic.

Salicylic 

is 

Alcohol— Good 

seasonable  demand 
for  moderate  quantities  of  grain,  but  no 
noteworthy  features  to  report.  Wood 
is 
into  consuming 
moving  quite 
channels  and  export  demand 
is  also 
good.

freely 

Arsenic— Powdered  white,  market 

quiet  but  firm.

Balsams—All  varieties  of 

copaiba 
continue  firm  and  dealers  regard  the 
consuming  demand  as  entirely  satisfac­
tory.  Tone  of  the  market  is  stronger  for 
tolu,  bulk  of  the  lightened  stock  being 
controlled  by  but  one  holder.  Peru, 
fairly  steady  demand. 
Canada  fir  is 
attracting 
for 
both  old  and  new,  but,  as  old is thicker, 
purchasers  give  that  the  preference.

considerable  attention 

Barium,  Nitrate— The  consumptive 

demand  is  fair  at  the  recent  decline.

Beans— No  new  developments 

for 
vanilla,  but  tone  is  still  firm  under  the 
strengthening 
last 
week, 
jobbing 
business.  All  descriptions  of  tonka 
still 
continue  quiet  and  nominally 
steady.

there  being  a  steady 

tendencies  noted 

the  business 

Cacao  Butter— All 

in 
progress  is  comprised  in  small  sales  of 
bulk.  Prices  are  firmer,  under  the  in­
fluence  of  light  available  stock 
in  first 
hands.  The  total  offerings  at  the  next 
regular  auction  sales 
in  London  and 
Amsterdam  on  August  4  will  probably 
not  be  more  than  forty-five  tons.  There 
is  a  moderate  jobbing  demand  for cakes 
in  12-lb.  boxes.

Caffeine— Quiet,  under a  limited  job­
un­

remain 

Prices 

bing  demand. 
changed.

Cassia  Buds— Jobbing  trade  only  is 

reported  but  values  are  still  firm.

Cocaine,  M uriate— Light  demand 
from  consumers  for current  wants  only. 
General  quotations  are  about  the  same, 
being  moderately  steady.

Codeine— Stronger 

among 
feeling 
manufacturers,  owing  to  the 
influence 
of  the  recent  improvement  in  opium,  a 
number  of  makers  having  marked  up 
quotations  during  the  past  week.

Cod  Liver  O il—Quite  a  seasonable 
demand.  There  is,  apparently,  an  un­
dertone  of  firmness,  as  the  disposition 
to  cut  prices  seems  to  have  been  aban­
doned.

Colocynth  Apples— Market  is  firm  for 

all  varieties.

Cream  Tartar— No  changes  as  to  an 

improvement  in  the general  market.

Cubeb  Berries—Values  are  somewhat 

nominal  and  demand  is  rather quiet.

Essential  Oils— An  authority  states

in  the 

that  the  favorable  weather  conditions  in 
Bulgaria  have  resulted 
largest 
output  of  rose  oil  for  twenty-five  years, 
the  yield  aggregating  740,000  meticals 
(about  125,000  ounces),  being  260,000 
meticals  more  than  last  year.  One-half 
the  crop 
is  said  to  have already been 
taken  by  firm  holders  at whatever  prices 
producers  shall  agree  upon  at  their  next 
regular  annual  meeting.  As  to  cinna­
mon,  market 
is  reported  quiet  for  all 
descriptions  and  quotations  remain 
generally  the  same.

Flowers— New  crop  German  cham­
omile  appears  to  be  the  only  article  re­
ceiving  attention.

Gums— Domestic  manufacturers  of 
refined  camphor  have  advanced  prices, 
under  the  influence  of  the  better  feeling 
across  the  water.  Japan  and  English 
are  conformably  higher. 
It  is  reported 
that  refiners  have  bought  up  all  the  spot 
stock  of  crude.  Large  shipments  to  ar­
rive  of  curacoa  aloes  have  modified
natur-
buyers’  views  and  the  market 
ally  somewhat  easier.

Leaves— Leading  varieties  are  meet­
ing  with  only  a  moderate  trade  demand 
and  there  are  no  mentionable  changes 
in  the  general  situation.

Lycopodium— Fair  demand,  prices 

same.

Manna— Dull,  featureless,  quotations 

nominal—such  is  the  market.

Morphine— The  firm  feeling  noted 

last  issue  is  still  in  evidence  and  man­
ufacturers  have  advanced  their quota 
tions  ioc  per  ounce.

Opium— The  purchase 

of  mostly 
broken  lots  has  been  the  distinguishing 
feature  since  last  week’s  report.  From 
the  fact  that,  if  any  cables  have  been 
received  since  then,  their  purport  has 
not  been  made  public,  the  supposition 
is  that  the  recent  advance  abroad  has 
not  been  fully  maintained.

Quicksilver— Market  quiet,  no  change 

in  values.

Quinine—The  market  is  only  moder­
ately  active,  there  being  nothing  to  re­
port.  A  steady  feeling  seems  to  pre­
vail.

Roots— Stronger  tone  for  ipecac.
Seeds— Italian  anise  finds  a  fair  de 
mand  from  consumptive  trade.  All  va 
rieties  of  canary  are  easy.  Dutch  car 
away  is  lower,  owing to the  fact  that  the 
first  shipment  of  new  crop  is  due  next 
week.  There  has  been  a  recent  decline 
in  producing  markets,  giving  rise  to 
the 
impression  here  that  the  current 
crop 
is  considerably  larger  than  ship 
pers  in  Holland  have  reported.  Mustard 
is  still  disappointingly  quiet  as  to 
in 
quiry 
Californi 
brown  shows  a  fractionally  lower  range 
Market  for  coriander  is stronger.  Celery 
is  still  in  limited  seasonable  request.

consumers. 

from 

Seidlitz  Mixture— Demand  is  quieter 
in  other  tartar 

owing  to  easy  feeling 
preparations.

Spermaceti— Appears  to  be  some 

quiry  for block.

Sponges—Consuming  demand  season 
ably  light.  There  are  no  new  features, 
either  here  or  at  primary  points.  Prices 
steady.

Sugar  of  Milk— The active  demand  of 
last  week  has  abated,  the  general  situ 
aticn  of  the  market  otherwise  remain 
ing  the  same.

Strontia,  Nitrate— Consuming demand 

moderate.

The  Kind  It  Was.

Lawyer—What  is  your  gross  income
Witness— I  have  no gross  income.
Lawyer— No  gross  income?
Witness— No,  I  have  a  net  income, 

am  in  the  fish  business.

Unreliability  o f  Alleged  Formulae. 

From the National Druggist.

The  National  Druggist  has  for  years 
declared  that  the  so-called  “analyses”  
of  organic  mixtures  and 
compounds 
such  as  constitute  the  majority  of  pro 
prietary  remedies  are  frauds  of  the  first 
water,  and  that  the  formulae  derived, 
or  claimed  to  have  been  derived,  from 
such  analyses  are  the  veriest  guess­
work  intended  merely  to  produce  a  sub­
stance  which  should  imitate  the  general 
physical  characteristics  (  appearance, 
taste,  smell)  of  the  genuine  article 
sufficiently  closely  to  deceive  the  un­
wary  customer.  To 
illustrate  the  utter 
unreliability  of  this  class  of  formulae 
we not long since took  from  the  columns 
of  an  Eastern  contemporary  two  recipes 
for  one  and  the  same  preparation,  a 
widely  advertised  and  popular  proprie­
tary  remedy,  and contrasted them side by 
side,  showing  the  enormous  differences, 
not  only 
in  the  amount  of  each  ingre­
dient  used,  but 
in  the  number  and 
character  of  the  ingredients  (one  hav­
ing  5  and  the  other  13  items,  of  which 
only  3  were  in  both  formulae). 
It  was 
plain  at  a  glance  that,  if  one  of  the  so- 
called  formulae  was  correct,  the  other 
was  enormously  wrong.  The  prepara­
tion  alluded  to  is  but  one  of  hundreds 
that  have  suffered  at  the  hands  of  the 
unscrupulous  and  conscienceless  scoun­
drels  who  pose  as  ‘ ‘ chemists’ ’ and  “ ex­
perts,”   but  whose  occupation  differs 
only  in  degree  from  that  of  Kidd  or 
‘ Robin  the  Rover.”  
Is  it possible,  we 
are  asked,  that  chemistry,  with 
its 
vaunted  triumphs,  is  unable  to  separate 
the  constituents  of  such  mixtures  or 
compounds,  and  tell  us  exactly  what 
they  are?  Let  us  show  you  what  you 
ask :  Chemistry  can  tell  us  exactly  how 
much  carbon,  oxygen,  hydrogen,  nitro 
gen,  etc.,  are  contained  in  any  given 
substance. 
It  can  separate  the  potas­
sium  and  sodium  salts,  the  sulphur,  the 
'ron,  and  the  other  elementary  sub­
stances.  But  what  chemistry  cannot  do 
s  to  tell  us  to~what  plants  these  various 
substances  belong. 
that, 
with 
infinite  pains,  a  man  thoroughly 
skilled  in  the  art  may  separate  out  the 
alkaloids,  and  may  say  very  probably 
such  and  such 
vegetable  substances 
were  present  in  the  compound.  Further 
than  this,  unless 
in  very  exceptional 
cases,  no  chemist  of  to-day  who  values 
his  reputation  would  venture  to  go.

true 

is 

It 

Chicago  detectives  are  on  the  lookout 
for  a  petrified  man.  An  Iowa  farmer 
some time  ago  lost a  stone  man  and 
on  the  hunt  for  him.  He  is  willing  to 
pay  $100  for  the  petrified  man  and  half 
as  much  for  the  capture  of  the  uncon­
scionable  person  who  stole  him.  Chief 
of  Police  P.  Johnson,  of  Des  Moines, 
sends  out  this  description  of  the  petri­
fied  man: 
is  5  feet  8  inches  tall

‘ ‘ He 

and  weighs  325  pounds.  His  right  leg 
has  been  cut  off  at  the  knee,  and  on  the 
ittle  finger  of  the  left  hand  there  is  a 
gold  ring.”   This  is  a  hard  case.

Man  is  the  greatest  of  all  works,  yet 

every  man  is  his  own  architect.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

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The  Etiquette  of  Gum 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
ing the obstinacy of a stick of gum.  In the first 
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 Farnam’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 pepsin  is 
equally valuable for stomach disorders.  To use 
this gum regularly after meals  there  can  be  no 
question  as  to  the  ultimate 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 
good jobbers.

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Advanced -Po. Opium, Morphia.

Declined—Turpentine.

Acidum
Aceticum................. $
Benzoicum, German
Boracic....................
Carbolicum.............
Citricum.................
Hydrochlor.............
Nltrocum................
Oxalicum...........»..
Phosphorium,  dil...
Salicylicum.............
Sulphuricum...........
Tannicum..............  1
Tartaricum..............
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg...........
Aqua, 20 deg...........
Carbonas................
Chloridum.............
Aniline
Black..........................2
Brown....................
R ed ........  ..............
Yellow...................... 2
Baccae.
Cubesee...........po. 18
Juniperu8................
Xanthoxylum.........
Balsam um
Copaiba...................
Peru.........................
Terabin, Canada —
Tolutan....................
Cortex 
Abies,  Canadian —
Cassis  ....................
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillaia,  gr’d .........
Sassafras.................
Ulmus...po.  15,  gr'd 
Extractum 

Glycyrrhiza Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza, no......
Hsmatox, 15 lb box
Haematox, I s ...........
Hsmatox, 4 s .........
Hsmatox, Ms........
Ferru
Carbonate  Precip.. 
Citrate and Quinia.
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com'l......
Sulphate,  com'l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure  ......
Flora
Arnica  ...................
Anthemis................
Matricaria..............
Folia
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.................
Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 
Salvia otBciualis, 14s
and 4 s .................
Ura Ursi...................
Qummi 
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sorts.
Acacia, po...............
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28
Aloe, Cape__ po. 15
Aloe, Socotrl.. po. 40
Ammoniac..............
Assafcetida__po. 30
Benzoinum............
Catechu, Is..............
Catechu, 4 s............
Catechu, 4 s............
C am p h o rs............
Euphorbium.. po.  35
Galbanum................
Gamboge  po...........
Guaiacum......po. 35
Kino...........po. »3.00
M astic....................
Myrrh............ po.  45
Opii.. .po. »3.40@t3.6u :
Shellac....................
Shellac, bleached...
Tragacanth ............
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg
Lobelia........oz. pkg
Majorum__ oz. pkg
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg
Rue...............oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined, Pat...........
Carbonate, Pat........
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings
Oleum
Absinthium...........
Amygdals, Dulc__
Amygdalae, Amars .
Anisi.......................
Auranti  Cortex___
Bergamii.................
Cajiputi...................
Caryophylli...........
Cedar.......................
Chenopadii............
Cinnamonil.............
Citronella.  __   __

75®
@
•mt>
44®
3®
8®
1P@
@
50@
I »40®
36(0!

4# 
6(ft- 
12® 
12®

13®
6@
25®

45®
®

28®
11®
13@
14®
16®

12®
18®

18®
25®
12®

14®

22®

®

Lavehdula...........

Conium  Mac...........
35® 65
10 Copaiba...................
90®  1  00
80 Cubebae.................... 1  50®  1 60
Exechthitos........... 1  20®  1 30
40 Erigeron................. 1  20®  1 30
46 Gaultheria.............. 1  50®  1 60
Geranium,  ounce... @ 75
10 Gossippii, Sem. gal..
50® 60
12 Hedeoma................. 1  25®  1 40
15 Junipera.......... 
... 1  50® 2 00
90®  2 00
K Li monis................... 1  30®  1 50
1  60 Mentha  Piper........ 2 25®  3 00
38 Mentha Verid......... 2 65@ 2 75
Morrhuae,  gal......... 2 00® 2 !0
Myrcia, ounce.........
® 50
6 Olive.......................
75® 3 00
8 Picis  Liquida.........
10® 12
14 Picis Liquida, gal...
© 35
14 R icina....................
91® 96
Rosmarini......... ...
@  1  00
Rosse,  ounce........... 6 50®  8 50
2 25 Succidi...................
40® 45
1  00 Sabina...................
90®  1 00
Santal...................... 2 50®  7 00
3 00 Sassafras.................
50® 55
@ 65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.
Tiglii....................... 1  25®  1  30
.................
8 Thyme 
40@ 50
30 Thyme,  opt.............
@  1 60
Thèobromas...........
15@ 20
Potassium
50
2  60 Bi-Barb....................
15® 18
Bichromate  ...........
13® 15
80 Bromide...................
48® 51
Carb.......................
12© 15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c
16® 18
18 Cyanide...................
50® 55
12 Iodide...................... 2 90®  3 00
18 Potassa, Bitart, pure
29® 32
30 Potassa, Bitart,  com
@ 15
Potass Nitras, opt...
8@ 10
12 Potass Nitras...........
7@ 9
10 Prussiate.................
25® 28
12 Sulphate  p o ...........
15® 18
15
Radix
Aconitvm................
20© 25
25 Althae......................
22® 25
30 Anchusa .................
- 12@ 15
12 Arum po...................
@ 25
14 Calamiis.................
20® 40
15 Gentiana........po  15
12® 15
17 Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 15
16® 18
Hydrastis Canaden .
@ 30
Hydrastis Can., po..
@ 35
Hellebore, Alba, po..
15® 20
Inula, po.................
15@ 20
Ipecac, po................ 1  65®  I 75
Iris plox__po35©38
40
Jalapa, pr................
40® 45
* Marànta,  4 s ___...
@ 35
25 Podophyllum, po__
15® 18
r/ Rhei  .......................
75@  1  00
* Rhei, cut.................
®  1  25
Rhei, pv...................
75®  1 35
14 Spigelia...................
35® 38
Sànguinaria... po. 15 @ 15
25 Serpentaria............
30® 35
Senega....................
55® 60
Similax,officinalis H
@ 40
20 Smilax, M................
@ 25
Seillæ..............po.35
10® 12
25 Symplocarpus, Foeti-
30
dus,  po.................
@ 25
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 @ 25
20 Valeriana,  German.
15® 20
10 Zingiber a ................
12® 16
Zingiber j ................
23@ 25
Semen
65
45 Anisum......... po.  20
@ 15
35 Apium  (gravefeons)
14@ 16
28 Bird,Is....................
4®
6
80 Carui..............po. 18
10© 12
18 Cardamon................ 1  00®  1 25
12 Coriandrum............
10
m
30 Cannabis  Sativa__ 34@ 4
60 Cydonium...............
75®  1 00
25 C’henopodium  ........
10® 12
55 Dipterlx  Odorate... 2  90®  3 00
13 Foeniculum............
® 15
14 Foenugreek, po........
6® 8
16 L in i.........................
4
34®
50 Lini,  grd__bbl. 24
34@ 4
10 Lobelia  ...................
.35® 40
1  00 Pharlaris  Canarian. 34®
4
70 Rapa.......................
5
44©
35 Sinapis Albu...........
7© 8
3 00 Sinapis  Nigra.........
11® 12
65
Spiritus
40
2  60 Frumenti, W.  D. Co. 2 00® 2 50
60 Frumenti,  D. F. R.. 2 00® 2 25
Frum enti................  1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75@ 3 50
Saacharum N.  E__  1  90© 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli........  1  75@ 6 50
Vini Oporto....-......   1  25® 2 00
Vini  Alba................  1  25® 2 00

40®  45
50®  80

2 50®  2 75 
@  2 00
®   1  10
®

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  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
Syrups
Acacia.................... 
®  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber...................  @  50
@  60
Ipecac....................  
Ferri Iod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom.............. 
®  50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega....................  
@  50
©  50
Scillse....................... 

@  1  40

20®
20®
35®

3 25® 3 50 
30®  50
8 00® 8 25 
2 60® 2 70
2 30® 2 40
3 00® 3 20
70®  75
53®  58
35@  65
@ 2 50 
2 25® 2 30 
55®  60

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

1 9

Morphia, S.P.A W... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co..............
Moschus Canton 
Myristica, No.  1. 
Nux Vomica... po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin  Saac, II. &  P
D. Co...................
Picis Liq. N.N.Hgal
doz.......................
Picis Liq.,quarts...
Picis Liq., pints___
Pil Hydrarg..  po.  80 
Piper Nigra... po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Pilx  Burgun...........
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opi 
Pyrethrum, boxes II
& P. D. Co., doz..
Pyrethrum,  pv__
Quassiae...............
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.

1  75® 2 00
1  65® 
1  90 
40 
@ 
65@ 
80 
@ 15®
10 
18
1  00

@ 
@ 
@ 
© 
@ 
© 
10® 
1  10®

2  00 
1  00

85
50
18
30
12
1  20

Sinapis....................
@  18 
Sinapis, opt............
@  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy, De
Voes......................
@  34
Snuff, Sco tch.De Vo's
@  34
Soda Boras..............
7  @  10
Soda Boras, po........
7  @  10
Soda et Potass Tart
26®  28 
Soda,  Carb..............
2 
14® 
Soda,  Bi-Carb........
5
3® 
Soda,  Ash..............
354® 
4
Soda. Sulphas........
© 
2 
Spts. Cologne.........
@ 2 60 
Spts.  Ether  Co......
50®  55
©  2 00 
Spts.  Myrcia Dom..
Spts. Vini  Rect. bbl 
® 2 41 
Spts.  Vini Rect.4bbl 
@ 2 46 
Spts.  Vini Rect.lOgal 
@ 2  49 
Spts.  Vini Rect.  5gal
@ 2 51
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
10 Sulphur,  Roll........
2 © 24
42 Tamarinds............
10
8 ®
40 Terefenth  Venice..
28® 30
40 Theobromae.........
42® 45
14 V an ilia................... 9 00® 16 On
26 Zinci  Sulph...........
7®
8
3  10 
Oils
50
BBL. GAL.
14 Y\ hale, winter........
70
70
12 Lard,  extra...........
53
60
15 Lard, No.  1............
43
40
a Linseed, pure  raw.
41
36
22

Less 5c gal. cash  10 days 

Linseed,  boiled......  
38 
43
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
70
36
Spirits Turpentine..  31 
Paints  b b l . 
l b .
Red Venetian........ 
14  2  @8
Ochre, yellow Mars.  14  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
14  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  24  24@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  24  2%@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13®  15
75
Vermilion, English.  70® 
Green, P aris...........  15  @  24
Green,  Peninsular..  13® 
16
Lead, Red................  54®  54
Lead, white........... 
54®  54
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders'...  @  90
®  1  00
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
@  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

cliff.............. 

Paint your buildings with

Prepared Paint
Made  By  A.  M.  DEAN.

306 N. BURDICK ST., KALAMAZOO,  Mich. 
Write for samples and prices. 

It is the most durable 

paint made.

27@ 
8® 
37® 
30® 
35® 
12® 
24® 
3 00® 
40® 12® 
10®
20  @ 

HAZELTINE 
& PERKINS » 
DRUG CO.

Im p o rters  an d   J o b b e r s   o f

DRUGS

Chemicals  aqi  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

IZELTDiE & PEU DRUG Co.

GRAND  R A PID S.

niscellaneous

®
Scillae Co.................  
Tolutan...................  @
Prunus virg............  
@
Tinctures 
Aconitum NapellisR 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafcetida............
Atrope  Belladonna
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantbarides...........
Capsicum...........
Cardamon...............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
I  00 
Catechu.................
50 
Cinchona.................
50 
Cinchona Co...........
60 
Columba.................
50 
Cubeba....................
50 
Cassia  Acutifol......
50 
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
50 
Digitalis......... .......
50 
Ergot.......................
50 
Ferri Chloridum__
35 
Gentian...................
50 
Gentian Co..............
60 
Guiaca....................
50 
Guiaca ammon........
60 
Hyoscyamus...........
50 
Iodine......................
75 
Iodine, colorless__
75 
Kino........  ..............
50 
Lobelia..................
50 
Myrili......................
50 
Nux Vomica...........
50 
Opii.........................
75 
Opii, camphorated..
50 
Opii,  deodorized__
I  50 
Quassia...................
50 
Rhatany..................
50 
Rhei.........................
50 
Sanguinaria...........
50 
Serpentaria.............
50 
Stromonium...........
60 
Tolutan.......... .........
60 
Valerian.................
50 
Veratrum Veride ...
50 
Zingiber.................
20
.(Ether, Spts. NH.3F  30®  35
•¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen...................  2M& 
3
4
3® 
Alumen,gro’d..po.7 
Annatto................... 
40®  50
Antimoni,  po......  
4@ 
5
Antimoni etPotassT  55®  60
Antipyrin..............  
@ 140
®  15
Antifebrin.............. 
Argenti Nitras, oz ..  @  55
Arsenicum........  
10®  12
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  00®  1  10
Calcium Chlor.,  Is 
@ 9
Calcium Chlor., 4 s 
@  10
Calcium Chlor.,  j<s.  @ 
12
Cantharides, Rus.po  @ 
75
Capsici  Fructus, af.  @ 
li
@ 1 5
Capsici Fructus, po 
®  15
Capsici FructusB.po 
10® 
CaryophyIlus..po.  15 
12
@ 3 75
Carmine, No. 40.... 
Cera Alba, S. & F  .. 
50®  55
Cera Flava.............. 
40®  42
Coccus.................  
@  40
Cassia Fructus....!!  @  25
Centrada.................  @ 
io
Cetaceum.............  
@  45
Chloroform..........  
60®  63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  35 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  15®  1  30 
Chondrus............... 
20®  25
Cinchonidine,P.&W  15®  20 
Cinchonidine, Germ  7  @  14
Cocaine.................   5 30®  5 50
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
65
@  35
Creosotum.......... 
Creta..............bbl. 75  @  2
Creta, prep.............. 
5
® 
9®  11
Creta, precip........... 
Creta, Rubra.........  
@ 
8
Crocus....................  
50®  55
Cudbear.................   @  24
CupriSulph............  
5© 
6
10®  12
Dextrine.................. 
75®  90
Ether Sulph............  
Emery, all  numbers 
8
Emery, po......  ....... 
6
Ergota...........po. 40  30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla........................  
®  23
Gambier..................  
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper.. . .   @ 6 0
Gelatin, French...... 
30®  50
Glassware, flint, box  60, 10*10
Less  than  box__ 
60
9® 
Glue,  brown........... 
12
Glue,  white  ........... 
13®  25
19®  26
Glycerina................ 
Grana  Paradisi  __ 
15
Humulus.................  
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  75
Hydraag Chlor Cor 
@  65
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  85 
Hydraag Ammoniati  @  95
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  60
Ichthyobolla, Am...  1  25®  1  50
Indigo...................... 
75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 80® 3 90
Iodoform.................   @ 470
Lupulin...................  @ 2 25
Lycopodium........... 
60@  65
65®  75
Macis.......................  
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
@  27
drarg Iod.............. 
LiquorPotas8Arsinit  10®  12
Magnesia, Sulph__  
2® 
3
Magnesia, Sulph.bbl  @  1%
Mannia, S. F ........... 
60®  63
© 5 50
Menthol................... 

® 
® 

@ 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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

The  nrices  auoted  in  this  list  are  for the  trade  only,  in  such  quantities  as  are  usually  purchased  by retail
Healed  Thev  areorepared  just  before  going to press  and  are  an  accurate  index  of the  local  market. 
It  is im- 
n S e   to rive quotatfons suitable  for all  conditions of purchase,  and  those below are  given as representing av­
erage  nrices  or average conditions  of purchase.  Cash  buyers  or those of strong credit usually  buy closer  than 
thole  who  have  p o o f 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.__________ _________________ _
New Orleans.

COUPON  BOOKS.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

Lima Beans.

Pearl Barley.

Biscuitine.
Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

loz. in case, per doz......1  00
B ulk................................. 
3
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.'s.........2 00
Barrels  ............................ 3 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drums........ 1  50
D ried...............................  
4
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box.......2 50
Empire  ............................  
254
Chester...........................15i@2
Green,  bu.........................   96
Split,  per lb......................  
Rolled Avena,  bbl.......3 60
Monarch,  bbl..................3 25
Monarch,  14  bbl............. 1  75
Private brands, 
bbl... 3  10
Private brands, !4bbl..... 1  68
Quaker, cases..................3 20
Oven  Baked.................... 3 25
Lakeside  .........................2 25
German............................  
4
East  India........................ 
314
Cracked, bulk................... 
3
24 2 lb packages...............2 40

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

214

Fish.
Cod.

Georges cured............  @4
Georges  genuine........  @5
Georges selected........  @6
Strips or bricks.........   6  @9

Halibut.

Herring.

Chunks.............................
Strips.................................
55
Holland white hoops keg 
Holland white hoops  bbl.  6 50
Norwegian.......................   „ ^
Round 100 lbs...................  2 30
Round  40 lbs...................  4  16
Scaled...............................  4014

llackerel.

No. 1 100 lbs...........................  13 00
No. 1  40lb s ....................  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 lbs....................
Family 10 lbs....................

Sardines.
Stockfish.

Trout.

Whlteflah.

10 lbs...................... 
8 lbs...................... 
No. 1 No. 2
6 25
2 80
TO
65

55
Russian kegs....................  
No. 1,1001b. bales............   1014
No. 2, 100 lb. bales............ 
814
No. 1100 lbs......................  5 50
No. 1  40 lbs............ .........  2 50
70
No. 1 
59
No. 1
Fam 
1  90 
100 lbs — ...  7 25
1  06 
40 lbs__ ....  3 20
34 
10 lbs__ .... 
88
30
8 lbs  ... .... 
73
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.
Jennings’. 
D.C. Vanilla
2 oz....... 1  20
3oz.......1  50
4 oz..  ..  2 00
6 OZ......... 3  no
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

“Tradesman.”

$  1 books, per  100 ..............  2 00
8 2 books, per  100 ..............  2  50
$ 3 books, per  100 ..............  3 00
$ 5 books, per 100 ..............  3 00
$10 books, per  100 ..............  4 00
$20 books, per  100 ..............  6 00

“ Superior.”

$  1 books, per  100 ..............  2 50
$ 2 books, per  100 ..............  3  00
3 books, per  100 ..............  3 50
_ 5 books, per  100 ..............  4  00
$10 books, per  100 ..............  5 00
i20 books, per  100 ..............  6 00

‘Universal.
3 00 
$  1  books, per  100...
3  50
$ 2 books, per  100...
$ 3 books, per  100 ..............  4 00
$ 5 books, per  100 ..............  5 00
$10 books, per  100 ..............  6 00
$20 books, per 100 ..............  7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following
q u ant’ty discounts:
200 books or over..  5 per cent 
500 books or over... 10 per cent 
JOOO books or over.  20per cent

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from $10 down.

Can be made to represent any 
20 books  ..........................   4 00
50 books...........................   2 00
100 books...........................   3 00
250 books...........................   6 25
500books................................¡0 00
1000 books........................... 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.

Sundried.......................  @ f $
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 644

California  Fruits.
Apricots.........................6  @11
Blackberries..................
Nectarines.....................   5V4@
Peaches..........................  5  @14
Pears...............................  844©
Pitted Cherries..............
Prunnelles.....................
Raspberries..................
California  Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes.........  @  4«
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   ©  fK
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @5
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........  © 5V4
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........   © 6
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   @ 6V4
40-50 25 lb boxes.........  ©  7J4
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........   @  75£
^  cent less in bags 
Raisins.

London Layers..........1  10@1  40
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown  414
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown  5#
Loose Muscatels 4Crown  6

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Patras bbls....................... © 4
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........©  414
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @ 514
Cleaned, packages........... © 6

Peel.

Citron Leghorn 25 lb bx  @13 
Lemon Leghorn 25 lb bx  ©11 
Orange Leghorn 25 lb bx  @12

Raisins.

Ondura 29 lb boxes.......  © _
Sultana  1 Crown...........  @614
Sultana 5 Crown...........  @8
Valencia 30 lb boxes —   ©

EGG  PRESERVER.

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

Souders'.
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

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

F air................................... 
Good.................................  
Extra good........................ 
Choice..............................  
Fancy  .............................. 

Half-barrels 3c extra. 

18
22
24
27
30

PICKLES.
{Tedium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  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

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina bead.....................  644
Carolina  No. 1...................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  444
Broken................................  244
Japan,  No. 1......................   5
Japan,  No. 2..... 
414
Java, No. 1.........................   4M
Java, No. 2.........................   4M
P atn a.................................  4

Imported.
 

 

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

SEEDS.

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 nise................................  13
Canary, Smyrna................ 
6
Caraway...........................  10
Cardamon,  M alabar......   80
4
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
444
Mixed  Bird......................  
Mustard,  wbite................ 
644
Poppy  .............................. 
8
Rape................................. 
4
Cuttle Bone......................   20
Scotch, in bladders........... <  37
Maccaboy, in jars................  35
French Rappee, in jars......   43

SNUFF.

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels..............................  14
Half  bbls.........................   16
Fair  .................................  16
Good.................................  20
Choice.................   ..........  25

Pure Cane.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice  ..............................  944
Cassia, China in mats......... 10
Cassia, Batavia in bund__15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........32
Cloves,  Amboyna................15
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 10
Mace,  Batavia.................... 70
Nutmegs, fancy...................65
Nutmegs, No.  1...................60
Nutmegs, No.  2...................55
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .10 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .20
Pepper,  shot........................16
Allspice  ........................ 10© 15
Cassia, Batavia...................17
Cassia,  Saigon..  ................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................15
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 10
Ginger,  African................. 15
Ginger,  Cochin...................20
Ginger,  Jamaica................. 22
Mace,  Batavia..............60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste................. 25
Nutmegs,...................... 40@60
Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 
Pepper,Singapore, whitel5@18
Pepper, Cayenne...........17@,20
Sage.......................................18
“ Absolute” in  44>b.  Packages.
Allspice............................   65
Cinnamon.........................  75
Cloves...............................   70
Ginger, Cochin.................  75
Mace...................................... 2 10
Mustard............................   75
Nutmegs................................ 2 10
Pepper, cayenne.............  75
Pepper, white  .................   75
Pepper, black shot...........  60
Saigon.................................... 1 50
“ Absolute  “ Butchers'  Spices.
Wiener and Frankfurter__ 16
Pork Sausage........................16
Bologna and Smoked S’ge..l6 
Liver S’ge and H’d Cheese.. 16

FLY  PAPER. 
Tanglefoot.

“Regular” Size. 

* 

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

“Little” Tanglefoot.

GELATINE.

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

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

K egs.....................................4  00
Half Kegs.............................2 25
Quarter Kegs........................ 1  25
1 lb  cans..............................  30
14  lb cans............................   18

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

K egs.....................................4 00
Half Kegs.............................2 25
Quarter  Kegs.......................1  25
1 lb  cans..............................  34

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

K egs...... ............................. 8 00
Half Kegs.............................4 25
Quarter Kegs........................2 25
lib  cans.....................  
45

 

HERBS.

INDIGO.

JELLY.

LYE.

Sage........................................  15
Hops......................................  15

Madras, 5  lb  boxes.............  55
S. F., 2, 3 and5 lb boxes....  50

15 lb  palls............................   35
17 lb  pails............................   44
30 lb  pails..............................   65

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

LICORICE.

Pure......................................  30
Calabria  ..............................  25
Sicily......................................  44
Root........................................  16

MINCE MEAT.

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

HATCHES.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No. 9 sulphur................. 
1 65
Anchor  Parlor..........................1 70
No. 2  Home...............................1 10
Export  Parlor..........................4 00

 

iTOL ASSES. 
Blackstrap.

Cuba Baking.

Sugar house.......................10@12

Ordinary........................... 12@14
Porto Rico.
Prim e...............................  
20
Fancy 
............................  
30

COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags........................ 
Less quantity.................  
Pound packages............. 
CREAn  TARTAR. 
Strictly  Pure, wooden boxes.  35 
Strictly Pure, tin boxes...  .  37 
Tartarine 

..........................25

|44
3
4

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F air........
Good......
Prim e__
Golden  .. 
Peaberry

Santos.

Fair  ........................................46
Good  ......................................|6
Prim e...................................... “
Peaberry  ............................... ...

Mexican  and  Guatamala.

Fair  ..................... 
21
good  ...................................... ¡2
Fancy 
...................................M

 

Maracaibo.

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

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

Im itation....................... 
25
Arabian  ..................................28

Quaker Mocha and Java......32
Toko Mocha and Java........... 28
State House Blend..................25

Package.

Arbuckle........................  20  80
Jersey................. 
20 80
IlcLaughlin’s  XXXX........ 20  80

 

KOFFA-AID.

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

3 doz in case......................   5 25

Extract.

Valley City 44 gross......  
Felix 44 gross................. 
Hummel’s f oil 44 gross... 
Hummel’s tin 44  gross... 

CONDENSED  MILK
4 doz. in case.

75
1  15
85
1  43

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co.’s 
brands.
Gail Borden  Eagle............ 7 40
Crown......................
5 75 
Daisy.......................
4  50 
Champion  ...............
4 25 
Magnolia 
...............
3  35
Dime

AXLE GREASE.
doz.
Aurora........................ j®
Castor Oil................... 60
Diamond.....................60
Frazer's......................75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
Mica............................70
Paragon...................... 65

gross 
6 00
7 00
5 50 
9 00 
9 00

8  00
6  00

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

M lb cans doz...............  
44 lb cans doz................... 
1 

45
j®
lb cans doz...................  1  60

Acme.

X lb cans 3 doz................. 
44 lb cans 3 doz.................
1 
Bulk.................................... 

45
lb cans 1 doz.................   1  ou
40

Dwight’s, 
lb cans per doz ..
JaXon

44 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
44 lb cans 4 doz case........ 

45
85
lb cans 2 doz case........  1  60

1  50

Home.

44 lb cans 4 doz case. 
44 lb cans 4 doz case. 
I 
lb cans 2 doz case.
Our Leader.

11 lb cans..........................  
44 lb cans..........................  
l 

lb cans...............................   1 60

45
75

BATH  BRICK.

American................................70
English.................................... 86

BLUING.

c p e i s p
^ pearC ^
B L u i f t u

Ti doz. Counter Boxes..... 
40
12 doz. Cases, per gro........  4 50

BRoons.

No. 1 Carpet............................  2 00
No. 2 Carpet............................   1 65
No. 3 Carpet............................   1 50
No. 4 Carpet............................   1 20
Parlor Gem............................   2 00
Common Whisk.................  
Fancy Whisk...........................  1 00
Warehouse................................2 25

85

CANDLES. 

.944
Hotel 40 lb boxes..
Star 40 lb boxes.................  .  814
Paraffine................................9

CANNED GOODS. 
ITanitowoc Peas.

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

CATSUP.

Columbia, 
pints...............4 25
Columbia, *4 pints..............2 50

CHEESE.
Amboy....................
Acme  ......................
E lsie.......................
Gold  Medal............
Ideal.......................
Jersey......................
Lenawee..................
Riverside.................
Sparta....................
Brick................. .
Edam.......................
Leiden.....................
Limburger..............
Pineapple..............
Sap Sago.................
Chicory.
.... 

Bulk 
Red 

8
©
©  84
©  8 
©  8 
©
©  8 
©  8 
©  10 
©1  00 ©  20 
©  15 
©  20 
©  18

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

5
7

CHOCOLATE.

Waiter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sweet.......................22
Premium.................................31
Breakfast Cocoa....................42

CLOTHES LINES.

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.............   96
5 gross boxes..........................45' Peerless evaporated cream.5 75

CLOTHES PINS.

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Grains and Feedstuffs

Provisions.

Crockery  and

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.
Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes............ 1  60
Barrels,  1"0  3 lb bags 
.
50
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags...
Butter, 56 lb  bags  .........
..3 00 
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags......
..2 50
Butter, 2801b  bbls.........
Common Qrades.
.2 60
100 3 lb sacks...................
60 5-lb sacks........................1  85
28 11-lb sacks......................1 70

Worcester.
50  4  lb. cartons—
115  2)41b. sacks......
60  5  lb. sacks........
22 14  lb. sacks......
30 10  lb. sacks........
28 lb. linen sacks......
56 lb. linen sacks......
Bulk in barrels.........
Warsaw.
56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy in drill bags......   15

Ashton.

Higgins.

56 lb dairy in linen  sacks 

60 

Solar Rock.
Common Fine.

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks 
60 
56-lb  sacks...........................  22
Saginaw  ..............................
Manistee  ............................
Boxes...................................
Kegs, English......................  4*

SODA.

STARCH.
Diamond.

Klngsford’s  Corn.

64 10c  packages  ................5 00
128  5c  packages...............» ou
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00 
201-lb packages...................
40 1 lb packages...................
Klngsford’s Silver Oloss.
40 1-lb packages............  
6-lb boxes  .........................  7
Common Corn.
20-lb boxes............................  ■}
40-lb  boxes..........................
4)4
l-lb  packages.
1’iW 
it/
-- 
3-lb  packages......................  **
6-lb  packages......................
40 and 50 lb boxes...............
.... .... •••• .... ••
RopprIiS 
SUMMER BEVERAGES.

Common Gloss.

6V4

Wild Cherry Phosphate. 

“Little Giant”  case,  2815c  bot­
tles ............................  2 50
“ Money Maker” case,24-25c and
24-15C b o ttle s .................  5  00
Free  with  above.  Large  Bot­
tle, Easel and Advertising  Mat­
ter. 
_  .
Concentrated Extract  for  Soda
Fountain, per gal....... 2 00
Root  Beer Extract,  3  doz  case,
7o
Acid  Phosphate,  8  oz.,  per
do*.............................  2 00
Beef, Iron and Wine, pints,  per
3 00
doz.

25, perdoz............ 

. 

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

s. C. W...................................*  00
Quintette................................35 00
New  Brick.............................. 35 00
Absolute............. 

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

35 00

 

SOAP.
Laundry.

Gowans & Sons’ Brands.

Crow.................................... 3  10
German Family.................   2  J5
American Grocer  100s....... 3  30
American Grocer  60s........2  75
Mystic  White....................   3 80
L otus...................................%  *!
Old Style.............................. 3 2»
Happy Day.........................   2  iu

Henry Passolt’s brand.

Single box................................. 3 00
5 box lots, delivered..........2 95
10 box lots,  delivered..........2 85
26 box lots, delivered..........2 75

jaxon

Single  box.
5 box lots, delivered. 
10 box lots,  delivered.

.3 00 
.2 95 
.2 85

Lautz Bros. & Co.’s  brands.

A cm e......
Cotton  Oil 
Marseilles. 
Master__

......................... 3 25
.4 00 
.3 70
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.'s  brands. 
American Family,  wrp’d...3 33 
American Family, plain__3 27

Thompson A Chute’s Brand.

Single box.................................3 00
box lot, delivered........... 2 95
10 box lot, delivered.  ........ 2  85
25 box lot, delivered............2 75

Allen B.  Wrisley's brands. 
For  special  quotations  on 
Old Country ask traveling man.
Doll, 10n bars............................ 2 50
Good Cheer 60  l-lb................... 3 90

Single box, delivered 
...
5 box lots,  delivered__
10 box lots, delivered......
25 box lots,  delivered___

.3 25 
.3 00 
2 90 
.2 80

Scouring.

...2 40 
...2 40

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..
Sapolio. hand. 3 doz......
TABLE  SAUCES.
Lea & Perrin’s,  large__
Lea & Perrin’s, small
.3 1
Halford,  large.........
Halford small....................2 25
Salad Dressing, large....... 4 55
Salad Dressing, Small.......2 65

VINEGAR.
Leroux Cider..........  
..........  10
Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain..  .10 
Robinson’s Cider. 50 grain.  ..12 

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf............................... 5 25
Domino.................................5 12
Cubes....................................4 87
Powdered  ........................... 4  87
XXXX  Powdered.................5 0u
Mould  A...........................  .4  87
Granulated in bbls............... 4 02
Granulated in  bags..............4 62
Fine Granulated.................. 4 62
Extra Fine Granulated...... 4  75
Extra Coarse Granulated
. .  4  62 
Diamond  Confec.  A__
.  4  50 
Confec. Standard A......
...4  37 
No.  1............................
4  37
No.  3............................ ....4   31
No.  4  ........................... ...4  25
No.  5 ........................... ....4  18
No.  6............................ ...4   12
No.  7 ........................... ... .4  06
No.  8............................ ..  4  00
No.  9............................ . ..3  94
No.  10............................ __ 3 87
...3 81
No.  11............................
...  3 75
No.  12...........................
.  3 69
No.  13....
.. . .3 56
No.  14...........................
No.  15............................ ....3  31
WICK1NG.
No. 0, per gross...... .
....  25
....  30
No. 1, per gross............
....  40
No. 2, per gross.............
No. 3, per gross....................   75

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass......................5  @ 654
Fore quarters.............  3  @4
Hind  quarters...........  6  @ 8
Loins  No.  3................  9  @12
Ribs............................ 7  @9
Rounds....................   554@ 654
Chucks................. 
4  @5
Plates  ......................   254@ 3
Pork.

Dressed......................  4
L oins.........................
Shoulders.................
Leaf Lard...................
Mutton.

Carcass......................5
Easter Lambs.............  7

@ 4>4 
@  8 @  5)4 
@  554

@ 6 
@ 8

Veal.

Carcass  ...................   554@ 654

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

@

Mixed Candy.

@5
@ 814
@ 814
@9

Fancy —In Bulk.

Fancy—in  5  lb.  Boxes

bbls.  pails
@ 7 
standard............
0  @ 7 
Standard  II.  II.. 
6  @ 7
Standard Twist. 
7y*@ m
Cut Loaf...........
c a se s 
Extra H. H..............
@ 8 V» 
Boston  Cream........
@ 8)4
@ 7
Standard.................  
@  7)4
Leader  ................... 
Conserve.................  
® 8
@ 754
Royal...................... 
Ribbon....................  
@
@
Broken  ................... 
Cut  Loaf.......... 
@
English  Rock......... 
@ 8)4
Kindergarten....... * 
French  Cream....... 
@9
Dandy Pan.............  
@10
@13
Valley Cream........  
Lozenges, plain..... 
@ 814
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@814
Choc.  Drops...........  11  @14
Choc.  Monumentals  @13
Gum  Drops... 
Moss  Drops. 
Sour Drops... 
Imperials...... 
Lemon  Drops
Sour  Drops............
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops..
Gum  Drops............
Licorice Drops........
A. B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain__
Lozenges,  printed..
Imperials................
Mottoes..............
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar  .........
Hand Made Creams.
Plain  Creams.........
Decorated Creams..
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds...... 1
Wintergreen Berries 
Caramels. 
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes ...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes ...................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  .....  .........
Fish and  Oysters
Per lb.
Whitefish................  @  8
T rout......................  @  7
Black Bass..............  @  8
H alibut...................1254®
Ciscoes or Herring..  @  4
Bluefish...................  @  10
Live Lobster.........   @ 18
Boiled Lobster........  @  20
Cod.........................  @ .  10
Haddock.................   @  8
No.  1  Pickerel........  @  6
Pike.........................   @  6
Smoked White........  @  7
Red Snapper...........   @
Col  River Salmon..  @
Mackerel 
..............  @
20
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  >00 .........   90@1  00

@50 
@50 
@60 
@65 
@75 
@35 
@75 
@50 
@55 
@60 
@60 
@65 
@50 
@50 
80  @90 
60  @80 
@90 
@60 
25  @ 
@55

Shell  Goods.

Fresh Fish.

@30
@45

Crackers.

Soda.

Butter.

Oyster.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:
Seymour XXX...................  554
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  5%
Family XXX......................  554
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  594
Salted XXX.......................   554
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton  ..  594 
Soda  XXX  ........................  6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  654
Soda,  City.........................   7
Crystal  Wafer...................1054
Long Island  Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12
Square Oyster, XXX.........   554
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb  carton.  654
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   554
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................   1054
Bent’s Cold Water............   12
Belle Rose.........................  8
Cocoanut Taffy.................  8
Coffee Cakes......................  8
Frosted Honey...................  11
I Graham Crackers  ............   8
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  654 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  654 
Gin. Saps,XXX home made  654 
I Gin. Snps,XXXscalloped..  654
Ginger  Vanilla.................  8
Imperials...........................  8
Jumóles,  Honey................  11
Molasses Cakes.................   8
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Pretzels,  hand  made  ......   854
Pretzelettes, Little German  654
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sultanas............................   12
Sears’ Lunch......................  754
Sears’ Zephyrette................10
Vanilla  Square.................   8
Vanilla  W afers................  14
Pecan Wafers— ..............   1554
¡ Fruit Coffee..........................10
Mixed Picnic.....................  1054
I Pineapple Glace................   1554

Wheat.

Wheat...............................

Local Brands.

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 
P atents..............................
4  00 
Second  Patent...................
3 50 
Straight............................
3 30 
Cl«
2  80
...........................  3 00
Graham 
Buckwheat.......................   3 00
R ye........................  
2  50
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls.,25c p "   bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer < '•».'»  Brand.
Quaker, 54s........................:;t>
Quaker.  ‘4 s ........................  :•  : u
Quaker.  Us....................... 
::
S pring  Whea 1  F lour.

 

Oil.. >  A  -lllllSD! S  If ran«!.

Ceresota. 
......... ................  3  85
Ceres  1».  }4*.......
..............  3  75
Ceresm ».  '•*»
..............  3  70
Hall-Bin illuni  i'ui "  îui's  Brand.
G rand  Reptil-lie.  'a>............3  85
Granii  Kepi».  ic.  ;4 s............ 3 75
.  3  ;n
G rand  Kupnulic.  ' js. 
o.’s  llr-uid.
W orden  (.r»cer
..............   3  ;5
Laurei.  V
Laurel.  5t> 
...............  3  *>.>
.......
Laurel,  1 
Lemon A 
Parisian. 
Parisian. 
3  65 
Parisian.
3  55
Bolted................................   1 70
Granulated.......................     1 

Meal.

Feed and  Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__13 00
No.  1 Corn and  Oats.......... 12 50
No. 2 Feed.......................... 12 00
Unbolted Corn  Meal.......... 12 00
Winter Wheat  Bran........... 9 uO
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 10 00
Screenings..............................  8 CO
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:
Corn.
Car  lots................................31
Less than  car  lots.............  33
Car  lots..............................  2154
Less than  car  lo ts...........  23

Oats.

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__ 12 00
No. 1 Timothycarlots.........10 50

Fruits.
Oranges.

Fancy  Seedlings 

Medt. Sweets  126...
150-176.....................
Messinas 200s...........
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s..............
Fancy  300s..............
Extra 300s  ..............
Bananas.

4  50
5 00

@3 00 
@3 25 
@3 50 
@4 00 
@3  50

@12
@10

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

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
Figs,  Fancy  Layers
20 lbs...................
Figs, Choice  Layers
101b......................
Figs,  Naturals 
in
bags,.....................
Dates, Fards in 101b
boxes...................
Dates, Fards in 601b
cases  ...................
Dates,  Persians,  G.
M. K., 60 lb cases..
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ...................
O ils.

@ 75 
@   6

 

5

95

5
5

1054

10 00

Beef.

The  Grand Rapids  Packing

Sausages.

1014
10)4
IOI4
10
10

and Provision Co. quotes as fol­
lows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess  ..............................
Back  ..............................  8 50
Clear back  ....................   8 25
Shortcut......................... 
7  25
Pig................................ 
Bean  -.............................
Family  ...........................
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies....................... 
Briskets  ......................... 
I  extra shorts.............  
Smoked  Heats.
Homs,  12 1b  average  .... 
lloins,  I i lb  average 
..
Homs,  161b  average......
II .ms, 201b  average......
Horn dried beef..............
s.ionlders  (N. Y. cut).  .
bacon,  clear..............
! California  hams............
Boneless hams................
•  nuked  ham...................
Lards.  In Tierces
•  i-ru pound......................
Family............................
K eltic................................
.Uti'selman’s Gold Leaf.. 
Worden's  Home Made. .. 
Woolen's White Clover.
Colb ■ ne
( 'otosuet 
. advance 
55 lb T u b s .. 
.advance 
so lb T u b s .. 
.advance 
50 lb T in s  .. 
.advance 
20 lb  P a ils .. 
.advance
10 lb  P a ils ..
5 lb Pails..........advance
3 lb Pails......... advance
Bologna.........................
Liver...............................
Frankfort.......................
P o rk ...............................
Blood  ............................
Tongue  ..........................
Head  cheese...................
Extra  Mess....................
Boneless  ...................
.11 00
Pigs’ Feet.
80 
Kits, 15 lbs.................
1  65
54  bbls, 40 lbs...........
54  bbls, 80 lbs.................   3 00
Kits, 15 lbs...................
54  bbls, 40 lbs..............
54  bbls, 80 lbs..............
P o rk ............................
Beef  rounds................
Beef  middles............
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy.................
Solid,  dairy................
Rolls,  creamery.........
Solid,  creamery.........
Canned  Meats
1  90 
Corned  beef,  2 lb......
13 00 
Corned  beef, 15 lb......
1  90
Roast  beef,  2 lb......
Potted  ham,  54s......
1  25 
Potted  ham,  54s......
75 
Deviled ham,  54s......
1  25 
Deviled ham,  54s......
75 
Potted  tongue 54s ___
1  25
Potted  tongue 54s......
Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green.........................   354® 454
Part  cured.................   @  054
Full Cured...................  5 @ 6
Dry  ............................   5  @7
Kips,  green................  354@ 454
Kips,  cured..................  0 @ 6
Calfskins,  green..........  4 @554
Calfskins, cured..........  6 ® 754
Deaconskins  .............25  @30
Shearlings...................  5 @  10
Lambs..........................15 @  25
Old  Wool.................   4o  @  75
Washed 
....................10  @14
Unwashed...................  5 @11
Tallow.........................  2 @ 2J4
Grease Butter..............  1 @ 2
Switches  ...................  154@ 2
Ginseng......................2 50@2  90

rtiscellaneous.

Casings.

1  50
2 75

Hides.

Tripe.

Wool.

Pelts.

Glassware.
FRUIT JARS.

Mason—old style, pints...  5  75 
Mason—old style, quarts..  6 00 
Mason—old  style, )4 gal..  8 00 
Mason—1 doz in case, pts.  6 25 
M ason—1 doz in case, qts.  6 50 
Mason—1 doz in case,54 gal  8 50 
Dandy—glass  cover, qts..  9 00 
Dandy—glass cover, 54 gal  12 00 

LAMP  BURNERS.

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

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

wrapped and  labeled__   2  10
wrapped and  labeled—   2 25 
wrapped and  labeled....  3 25 

top,
top,
top,

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

wrapped and  labeled__   2 55
wrapped and  labeled—   2 75 
wrapped and  labeled__   3 75

top,
top,
top,

First  Quality.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 
XXX Flint.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 
CHIMNEYS,
Pearl  Top.

labeled............................   3  70
labeled............................   4 70
labeled............................   4 8s

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

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

La  Bastie.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................  1  ‘5>
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................  1  60
No.  1 Crimp, per doz............1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz............1  >¡0

Rochester.

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

Electric.

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......  4 00
4  40 
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)... 
Doz. 
Miscellaneous.
50 
Junior,  Rochester......
15
Nutmeg  ......................
Illuminator  Bases......
1  00 
90 
Barrel  lots, 5 doz........
7 in. Porcelain Shades.
1  00 90
Case lots, 12  doz.  .
Mammoth  Chimneys for  Store 
Lamps.  Doz.  Box 
4  20 
No. 3 Rochester, lime  1 50 
4  80
No. 3 Rochester, flint  1  75 
No. 3  Pearl 
Jewel  glass...........  1  85
85  5  25
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
5  10
lime.......................   1  75
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
5 85
flint  ...... 
2  00
6 00 
No. 2 Pearl glass...... 2  10
Doz.
1  60
1 gal tin cans with  spout
1 gal galv Iron with  spout.  1  75
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  3 00
3 gal galv iron with spout.  4  00 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  5 00 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet  6 00
5 gal Tilting cans............   9  00
5 gal galv Iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00

OIL  CANS.

top,

 

Pump  Can.*

5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9  00 
5 gal Eureka uon-overllow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10  50
5 gal Home Rule................12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King........  ...  9 50

LANTERNS

From Tank  Wagon.

Eocene  ...................... @10M
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
® 8)4
W  W Michigan.........
@ 8
@7
High Test Headlight.
D., S. Gas...................
@ 9)4
Deo. N aptha.............
@ 8)4
Cylinder................... 30 @38
Engine...................... 11 @21
Black, winter...........
@  9
@ 8)4
Black /summer.........
@ 894
Eocene......................
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
@ 6)4
@7
D. S.  Gas...................
Scofield,  Shurmer 
quote as follows:
Barrels.
Palacine...................
@11)4
@10)4
Daisy  White............
Red "Cross, W. W......
@  8)4
Water  White Hdlt__   @  8
Family  Headlight—   @7
Red Cross S.  Gasoline  @1054
Stove Gasoline...........  © 954
Naphtha...................  @  854
Palacine.....................  @954
Red Cross W.  W........  @ 654
Gasoline...................   @ 754

From  Tank  Wagon.

A Teagle

@13
@

@ 65( 
@10 
©12X 
@11
@ 
@12 
@10 
@ 55: 
@ 9 
@10

Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca.........
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............
Brazils new................
Filberts  ....................
Walnuts, G ren.,........
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table Nuts,  choice...
Pecaus, Small............
Pecans, Ex. Large —
Pecans, Jumbos........
Hickory  NutBperbu.,
Ohio.......................
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 
Butternuts per  bu —  
Black Walnuts per bu 
Peanuts. 
.,  Game
Fancy,  H.  F
@-5)4
Cocks........
.,  Flags
Fancy,  H.  F 
@ 7
Roasted —
Associa- 
@ 7
d.........
, Extras. @  4)4
,  Extras,
@ 6

@3  50
©
@

Roasted

No.  0 Tubular...................4  50
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6 00
No. 13 Tubular ....................    00
No.  1 Tub., glass fount...  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.  each........ 
LAMP  WICKS.

45
45
40
1  25
No. 0 per gross................... 
24
No. 1 per gross...................   S6
50
No. 2 per gross................... 
No. 3 per grous................... 
80
I  Mammoth per doz............. 
75
JELLY  TUMBLERS-TIn  Top. 
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box  (box  00)  .................   1  55
54 Pints, 20 doz in  bbl,  per
doz (bbl  35)....................  
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Are  coining  now. 

Prices as follows:

Fancy Duchess.....................$1.50 to $1.75 
Sweet Bough.........................   1.50 to 1.75 
Red Astrachan......................   1.25 to 1.50  per bbl., 454 bu.
Good Cooking.........................  l.( 0 to 1.26 
Water Melons............................................15c to 18c each.
Little Gem Musk.................................... 75c to 80c basket.
Osage Musk........................................ $1.25 to $1.35 crate.

per bbl., 4V4 bu.
per bbl., 4)4 bu.
per bbl., 4)4 bu.

Potatoes...........................per bu., 35c
Beets................................per bu., 40c
Turnips........................... per bu., 40c
Onions.......................per bu., 60c
Wax Beans...................... per bu., 60c

dikes............ per doz.. 20c to 25c
Celery............................ per doz., 15c
Corn 
...................... per doz., 10c
Cabbage........per doz., 60c to 70c
Radishes, Onions and Carrots,
per doz., 10c
Above prices are low.  We always make low prices.  We are a Mail 
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have prompt attention and benefit of any decline in prices.

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information 

Liability  fo r  Loss  on  a  Potato  Deal.
St.  Charles,  June  30—I  wish  to  ask  a 
a 
legal  way 
little 
in 
through  your  valuable 
journal.  One 
year  ago  a  gentleman  came  here  from  a 
town 
in  Central  Michigan  and  wished 
me  to  buy  potatoes  for  his  firm  and  to 
pay  for  the  same  with  my  money.  He 
was  to  inspect  the  potatoes  and,  as  soon 
as  they  were  loaded,  agreed  to  pay  me 
55  cents  per  bushel.  I  paid  50  cents  per 
bushel  for  the  potatoes  and  he  was  to 
pav  me  5  cents  per  bushel 
for  my 
money  and  time. 
I  purchased  four  or 
five  carloads  and  he  paid  for  them  at 
once.  Finally,  I  had  two  loads  put  on 
track  on  May  1,  1895,  which  he  ac­
cepted.  informing  me  that  the  firm  did 
not  have  any  shipping  orders  at  the 
time  but  would  send  same  in  a  day  or 
two 
I  thereupon  made  draft  on  them 
for $572.20  (being  the  amount  of the two 
cars  at  55  cents  per  bushel),  which  they 
refused. 
1  then  went  to  see  the  gen­
tleman  who  had  represented  himself  as 
a  member  of  the  firm,  and  when  I  en­
quired  as  to  the  reason  of  the  draft’s 
being  returned,  he  informed  me  that  he 
was  only  buying  for  the  firm  and  had 
nothing  to  do  with  the  draft. 
I  was 
thunderstruck,  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
he  had  told  me  he  was  a  member  of  the 
firm.  However,  he 
informed  me  that 
the  draft  would  be  all  o.  k.  The  firm 
assured  me  that  they  would  take  care  of 
the  potatoes  in  a  few  days,  hut  failed 
to  do  so  and  the  shipment  was  left  on 
track  for  about  forty  days  until  demur­
rage  to  the  amount  of  $41  was  due  the 
railroad  company.  This  gentleman  then 
shipped  the  potatoes  to  Toledo  and  sold 
them  for  what  he  could  get,  which  was 
$308.95,  after  deducting  freight,  etc.
I  paid  $572.20  for  the  two  carloads  and 
received  $349  95 ;  being  $222.25  out  on 
the  deal.  Now,  I  wish  to  enquire  if  I 
can  proceed  against  this  man,  who 
came  here  and  represented  himself  as  a 
member  of  the  firm,  and  is  worth  $5,000 
free  of  any 
incumbrance,  and  after­
wards  stated  that  he  did  not  belong  to 
the  firm  (I  have  witnesses  who  heard 
him  say  that  he  was  a  member  of  the 
firm),  for  obtaining  goods  under  false 
pretenses  and  compel  him  to  pay  the 
balance  of  $222.25  due  me?

Now,  Mr.  Editor,  perhaps  I  am  ask­
ing  too  much  of  you  in  regard  to  this 
matter,  but  I  wish  to  drive  out  all  these 
swindlers  who  go  around  the  country 
defrauding honest people of their money. 
for  what

Please  accept  my  thanks 

you  have  already  done.

J.  H .  H a m m i l l .

This  letter  being  a  little too indefinite 
on  some  points  to  enable  the  Trades­
man’s  attorneys  to  prepare a satisfactory 
opinion  on 
the  merits  of  the  case, 
further  facts  were  requested,  with  the 
following  results:

St.  Charles,  July  8— In  reply  to  your 
esteemed  letter,  accompanied  by  one 
from  your  legal  advisers  in  reference  to 
a  further  explanation  of  the  matter  re- 
fered  to  them  by  you  in  reference  to  the 
matter  I  enquired  about  in  my  letter  of 
June  30,  I  would  say  that  I  only  tele­
phoned  the  banker  at  his  residence,  as 
he  wished  me  to  draw  against  a  bill  of 
lading,  which  I  refused  to  do.  He 
then  asked 
if  I  doubted  their  financial 
responsibility,  and  I  replied  that  they 
were  strangers  to  me  and  that  I  had  a 
perfect  right  to  make  the  enquiry.  He 
informed  me  that  he  alone  was  worth 
five  times  the  amount  of  the  draft,  to 
say  nothing  of  the  firm’s  responsibility, 
so  I  drew  on  the  bill  lading,  which  was 
paid  promptly  at  their  bank. 
I  sold 
them  six  or  more  cars  afterward  and 
made  drafts  against the bills lading,  and 
they  paid  them  promptly  on  presenta­
tion  at  the  bank  until  I  sold  them  the 
two  cars  in  question,  which  was  about 
May  1.  The  gentleman  referred  to 
in­
spected  the  potatoes  and,  after  I  had 
loaded  the  potatoes  onto  the  cars,  in­
formed  me  that  he  had  no  shipping  di­
rections,  but  would  send  same  as  soon 
as  he  returned  home. 
I  made  draft  on 
the  firm  for  my  pay,  which  they  dis­
I  then  saw  the  person  who
honored. 

claimed  to  be  a  representative  of  the 
firm  who  purchased  the  potatoes  after 
the  draft  was  returned,  and  he informed 
me  that  he  had  nothing  to  do  with  the 
matter,  as  he  was  only  buying  for  the 
firm. 
I  then  related  how  he  had  repre­
sented  himself  to  me  as  being  a  mem­
ber  of  the  firm,  which  fact  he  denied, 
referring  me  to  the  firm  for  substantia­
tion  of  his  statement.  They 
informed 
me  that  he  had  made  arrangements  at 
Toledo  to  have  the  potatoes  shipped 
there,  and  would  pay  for  same  at  once, 
and  had  so  written  the  agents at  the 
place  of  loading,  but  this  he  failed  to 
do.  After  waiting  about  six  weeks,  he 
finally  shipped  them  to  Toledo  and  sold 
them  at  a 
loss  of  $220,  and  paid  me 
only  the  amount  he  realized  on  the sale, 
which  left  a  balance  due  me  of  $220. 
The  name  of  the  firm  is  Fred  L.  Mark 
&  Co.,  Clio,  Mich.,  and  the  banker 
was  said  to  be  interested  in  the  matter, 
but  as  soon  as  a  decline  in  the  market 
took  place,  he  slid  out  and  said  he  only 
furnished  money,  on  security,  to  the 
gentleman  who  purchased  the  potatoes, 
but 
informed  me  that  the  gentleman 
mentioned,  John  Greenlee,  was  one  of 
the  firm.  Mr.  Greenlee  refused  to  do 
anything  further  in  regard  to  the  matter 
after  the  draft  was  returned,  stating that 
he  did  not  belong  to  the  firm  ana  was 
only  hired  to  buy  foplhem,  so  I  do  not 
know  who  this  company  is.  They  are 
engaged 
in  business  at  Clio  and  Mr. 
Greenlee  is  said  to  be  worth from $3,000 
to  $4,000. 
It  was  simply  a  decline  in 
the  market  which  caused  them  to  refuse 
to  pay  for  the  shipment.

J.  H .  H a m m i l l .

On  the  above  statement  of  facts  the 
opinion  of  the  Tradesman’s  attorneys  is 
as  follows:

Regarding  the 

inquiry  of  John  H. 
Hammill  :  Mr.  G.,  representing  him­
self  to  be  a  member  of  the  firm  of  M.  & 
Co.,  bought  potatoes  of  Mr.  H.  The 
potatoes  were  shipped  on  shipping  or­
ders  received  from  M.  &  Co.  through 
G.,  and  H.  made  drafts  on  M.  &  Co.  | 
with  bill  of  lading  attached.  Several  of 
these  drafts  were  paid.

About  May  1  Mr.  H.  bought  two  car­
loads  of  potatoes  under the contract with 
Mr.  G .,  but,  the  market  declining,  M. 
&  Co.  refused  draft  drawn  on  them  for 
the  two  carloads  of  potatoes.  Mr.  H. 
talked  with  Mr.  G.  about  it  and  G.  de­
nied  having  stated  that  he  was  a  mem­
ber  of  the  firm  of  M.  &  Co.,  but  was 
hired  to  buy  potatoes  for  them.

The  two  carloads  were  afterwards 
shipped  to  Toledo  and  sold  and  the 
proceeds  thereof  turned  over  to  Mr.  H., 
but  the  price  received  was  about  $220 
iess  than  the  agreed  price  at which  they 
were  sold  to  Mr.  G.  tor  M.  &  Co.

The  question  is,  can  Mr.  H.  recover 
the  balance  and  from  whom?  H.  can 
recover  the  balance  and  he  can  recover 
it  either  from  M.  &  Co.  or  from Mr.  G. 
G.  held  himself  out  to  be  the  agent  of 
M.  &  Co.  M.  &  Co.  apparently ratified 
his  representations  by  accepting  and 
paying  drafts,  sending  shipping  orders, 
etc.,  and  afterwards  stated  that  he  was 
hired  to  buy  potatoes  for  them.  They 
would,  therefore,  be  bound by  the  terms 
of  bis  contract  for  the  purchase  of  the 
potatoes  and  would  be  liable  to  pay  the 
agreed  price.  On  the  other  hand,  H. 
sold  the  potatoes toG.,  believing  him  to 
be  a  member  of  the  firm  of  M.  &  Co. 
He  had  no other  information  as  to  who 
composed  the  firm  of  M.  &  Co. 
In 
dealing  with  G.  he  relied  upon  this 
statement,  as  he  had  a  right  to.  This 
statement  alone  would  not  bind  M.  & 
Co.,  but  would  render  G.  liable  in  an 
action  of  tort  or  deceit.  G.,  however, 
denied  that  he  stated  that  he  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  M.  & Co.  ; and so 
the  fact  whether  he  did  so  state  would 
be  a  question  for  the  jury,  and the court 
would  charge  the  jury that,  if they found 
that  G.  so  stated  that  he  was  a  mem­
ber  of  the  firm  of  M.  &  Co.,  and  H. 
relied  upon  that  statement  in  dealing 
with  him,  G.  would  be 
liable  to  re­
spond  in  damages.

When  a  fond  parent  has  to  get  up  at 
midnight  to  walk  the  floor  for  the  en­
tertainment  of  his 
infant  heir,  be  can 
easily  fancy  himself  in  the  “ land of  the 
midnight  sun. ’ ’

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Trading 

in  coffee,  both 

New  York,  July  25— Trade  continues 
inactive. 
Very*  few  orders  come  to 
hand  by  mail  or  from  buyers  here.  Of 
course,  a  dull  period  is  always  looked 
for  during  July  and  August,  and,  add­
ing  to  midsummer  inactivity  a  hot cam­
paign,  the  result  is  anything  but  satis­
factory.  There  is  some  consolation  in 
knowing  that  the  grocery  trade  is  as 
good  as  any.  Prices  are  low,  and  the 
profit  must  be  microscopic,  but  so  it 
is 
with  all  lines.
in  the  Ex­
change  and  on  the  street,  is  very  slow.
Rates  are  pretty  much  unchanged,  but 
is  toward  a  lower 
the  whole  tendency 
large  crops 
basis.  The  prospects  of 
continue  good.  Prices  are  4@6c 
lower 
than  a  year  ago. 
In  sugar  there  has  been  a  trifle  more 
activity  displayed  during  the  week  and 
orders  have  come  in  in  quite  a  satisfac­
tory  number.  None  are  particularly 
large  and  they  are  all  “ to  be  shipped 
immediately.”   Very 
little  delay  has 
been  experienced  and  the  refiners  are 
well  up  to  demand.  There  has been  no 
particular  change 
in  the  card  of  quo­
tations.
In  teas,  the  sales  at  auction  were 
fairly  well  attended  and  buyers  were, 
occasionally,  interested  in  what  was  go­
ing  on;  but,  taking  the  market  as  a 
whole,  it 
is  only  a  repetition  of  the 
same  old  story.  The  market  is  full  of 
trash  and  people  seem  to  be  fond  of  it.
Rice  dealers  report  a  very satisfactory 
condition  of  affairs  and  this  is  a  gleam 
of  light  in  the  darkness.  Prices,  both 
for  foreign  and  domestic,  are  practical­
ly  unchanged,  but  are  very  firmly  ad­
hered  to.  The  supply  of  choice  Japan 
is  not  very 
offerings  are 
quickly  taken  at  prevailing  rates.
Spices are  inactive,  although the mar­
ket  might  be 
in  worse  condition.  A 
few  good  sales  have  been  made  and,  as 
the  season  advances,  it  is  likely  we  will 
see  rather  more  satisfactory  prices  than 
have  prevailed  for  some  time.

large  and 

.

the  dictates  of 

new  companies  that  have  been  organ­
ized  to  do  this  work  give  their  services 
for $12  a  year,  though  the  usual price  is 
$25.  When  the 
fashion  of  creasing 
trousers  came  in  a  few  years  ago,  some 
of  the  small  tailors found that they  could 
make  more  money  in  pressing  clothes 
than 
in  manufacturing  them,  and  then 
the  cleaning  and  pressing  companies 
were  organized  to  do  this  work  on  a big 
scale  and  at  reduced  prices.  Two  years 
ago  several  of  the  leading  tailors  an­
nounced  that  creased  trousers  were  to 
be  no  longer  the  proper  thing.  They 
found,  however,  that  the  crease  was  not 
a  mere  fad  of  fashion. 
It  improved 
the  set  of  trousers  and  it  gave  them  a 
long  life.  Consequently  the  crease  has 
stayed,  despite 
the 
tailors. 
An  old  swindling  game  is  again  be­
ing  worked  successfully 
in  Brooklyn 
and  New  York  by  a  dark-skinned  Cu­
ban,  who  alleges  that  he has just arrived 
from  Havana.  He  dresses  like  a  sailor 
and  speaks  but  little  English.  He  car­
ries  half  a  dozen  boxes  of  cigars 
wrapped  in  a  piece  of  canvas,  and  he is 
cautious  about  uncovering  them.  His 
usual  method 
is  to  enter  a  business 
place  and  tell  a  story  of  how  he  was 
persecuted 
in  Cuba  by  the  Spanish 
soldiers  and  forced  to  flee  for  his  life 
As  he  interests  his  listener  he  pulls  a 
cigar  from  his  pocket  and  offers  it  to 
him  to  smoke.  There  is  no  doubt  about 
this  sample  cigar. 
It  is  pure  Havana 
The  smoker  naturally  asks  him  where 
he  may  obtain  more  cigars  of  the  same 
brand,  and  with  a  great  show  of  secrecy 
the  Cuban  shows  his  six  boxes of cigars. 
The  are  of  the  same  size  and  color  as 
the  sample  cigar,  and  the  Cuban  asserts 
that  he  smuggled  them  in,  and  as he  •“ 
n  hard  luck  he  wants  to  sell  them  at 
sacrifice. 

This 

finds 

scheme  works  very 
cely,  and  after  the  Cuban  has  depart 
ed  with  the  money  for  his  cigars  the 
purchaser 
that  he  has  been 
swindled.  His  cigars  are  not  stuffed 
with  sawdust,  nor  are  they  filled  with 
tobacco,  but  they  are  unsmokable.  This 
is  an  old,  old  swindling  scheme  that 
has  been  exposed  time  and  again,  but 
recent  complaints  show  that 
still 
thrives.

it 

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, 

, 

In  molasses  choice  grocery  grades  are 
wanted  and  are  rather  limited  in  sup 
ply.  No  changes  have  been  reported 
Primary  markets  report  a  feeling  of 
considerable  strength.

Syrups  are  practically  unchanged 
Sales  are  few  and  for  small  parcels  to 
tide  over  until  the  season  of buckwheats
sets  in. 
In  canned  goods  not  the  least  interest 
is  displayed  by  anybody  for  anything, 
present or  future.  A   big  pack  of  toma 
toes  and  corn  is  imminent,  although  1 
great  amount  of  rain 
in  New  Jersey 
threatens  some  destruction  in  that  State 
among  tomatoes.
A  better  demand  exists  for  lemons 
and  some  part  of  the  big  supply  is  be 
ing  worked  off.  Oranges  are 
light 
request. 
.  ,
job 
bing  request  and  prices  are  firm.  For 
choice  marrow  the  range  is  about  $1.1 
Pea beans,  $i.o2^@i.o5.
For  butter  the  demand  is steady,  and 
upon  the  whole,  the  market  is  in  better 
condition  than  for  several  weeks.

in 
Beans  and  peas  are  in  moderate 

,

. 

. 

full 

Small  size, 
, 

Cheese  is  steady.  Receipts  are  only 
cream,
moderate. 
5>£@7c. 
. 
.
Eggs  are  firm  for  the  best  grades,  but 
other  kinds  are  dragging  and  sell  for 
“ anything  you  can  get.”
Provisions  are  quiet  and  lower.  Lara 
is  worth  only  I'Ac.  Mess  pork,  $7-5° 
@8.25. 
Associations  that  are  organized  to 
do  valet  duty  for  low  annual  dues  for 
bachelors  and  men  who  want  to  have 
their  clothes  properly  cared  for  have 
been  multiplying 
and  consequently 
cutting prices.  These associations agree, 
for  a  fixed  price,  to  keep  the  subscrib­
er’s  clothes  in  good  condition,  so  far  as 
pressing-  and  cleaning  and  a 
little 
it,  and  they  charge 
mending  will  do 
about  one-third  as much  for  the  work  as 
a tailor  would.  Their  collection  wagon 
calls  once or  twice  a  week  to  get  the 
subscriber’s  box 
in  which  his  clothes 
that  need  pressing  have  been  placed 
and  several  days  later  they deliver  them 
in  quite  good  condition.  Some  of  the

There  is  one  part  of  the  world where 
the  lighting  of  a  cigar  indicates  a  be­
trothal. 
In  Siam  a  person  wishing  to 
become  betrothed 
to  the  girl  of  his 
choice  offers  her  a  flower,  or  takes  a 
light  from  a  cigar  or  cigarette  if  she 
happens  to have one  in  her  mouth ;  and, 
thereupon,  provided  there  is  no  imped- 
iment  in  the  birth  months  and  years  of 
the  respective  parties,  steps  are  at  once 
taken  to  arrange  for  the  payment  of  the 
dowry. 
The  families  of  bride  and 
bridegroom  have  each  to  provide  at 
least  £200. 
In  Calabria  and  in  certain 
parts  of  India  a  lighted  taper  or  alight­
ed  pipe  betokens  the  acceptance  of  the 
suitor  for  the  hand  of  a  lady  in  mar­
riage. 
In  Siberia  it  is  the  custom  that, 
when  a  suitor  has  been  accepted  by  a 
girl,  she  presents  him  with  a  box  of 
cigars  and  a  pair  of  slippers,  as a  sign 
that  he  is  to  be  master  in  the  house.

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

, OF

F. J. leitninier,

117 and 119 Monroe street.

Grand Rapids

F.  J.  ROHRIG,  Jr.,

Wholesale  and Retail Dealer in

HAY 111 sm

Recleaned Oats a Specialty.

I Mack Ave. and Belt Line,

DBTROIT

WASHES,  WORKS,  MIXES  AND 

COLORS  RAND1D  OR  OFF­

COLOR  BUTTER.

Just the thing  for general  stores, 
Address  orders  or  enquiries  to

THE  CHURN  COMPANY,

BELLEFONTWNE,  OHIO.

AKRON  STONEWARE.

We have full stock  all  sizes  crocks,  milk  pans 
lugs, preserve  jars  and  tomato  jugs.  Are  you 
prepared for  the  extra  fruit  season?  Mail  or­
ders shipped quick.

JELLY  TUITBLERS.

Tin Tops.

P40  MORE  BROKEN  EGGS 

Every Grocer Who Uses

(No. 1 Holds One Doz. Eggs.)

THE  DUPLEX  EGO  CARRIER

In which to deliver eggs to customers 

SAVES  MONEY.

Every family should have a  Duplex  in which 
to keep eggs in ice boxes or  refrigerators  or  on 
panfry*shelves.  For sale  by  all  wholesale  gro- 
cers and jobbers in woodenware.
QEO. H. CLEMENTS, 42 River St., Chicago.

Ass’t bbls. containing 12 doz. V4 pt., 19c......82 28
Ass't bbls. containing  6 doz. Vi pt., 21c......  128
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Vi pint, in barrels 20 doz., per doz................8  19
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Vi pint, in barrels 18 doz., per doz................  
Vi pint, in boxes 6 doz., per box....................j®
14 pint, in boxes 6 doz., per box....... ■ •••—   1  p
No charge for boxes -’nd cartage.  Prices  sub­
ject to change without notice.  Mail orders to

Barrels, 35 cents.

H  LEONARD  l  SONS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

M.  R.  A L D E N
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98 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

For  Highest Cash Prices  correspond with

Muskegon  Hay Baling  Co.,
46 and 48 Mason Ave. and 88 and 90 Delaware St., 

Muskegon, Mich.,

Dealers in  FLOUR, FEED, SHINGLES and Salt.

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A  Word  to  the  Young  Men.

From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.

Yet, 

Granted,  young  man,  that 

it  is  your 
inning— that  the  business  world  in  this 
age  revolves  chiefly  tor  you  and  around 
you  and  by  the  grace  of  your  sovereign 
ability. 
in  your 
capacious  and  scornful  ear.  Don’t  go 
too  fast.  Don’t  despise  the  unfortunate 
wretch  who  has  made  his  fortune  and 
now 
indulges  in  the  sin  of  being  over 
50  years  of  age.  You  may  inadvertently 
grow  old  yourself  some  day.

just  a  word 

Of  course  you  have  no  use  for  the 
slow-going,  old-fogy  notions  of  sound 
business  that  have  built  up  every  great 
establishment  in  the  past.  Everybody 
knows  you  have  a  better  scheme,  an 
electric  —  cyclonic  —  chain  —  lightning 
method  that  will  win  out  in  no  time. 
But  have  consideration  for  the  propri­
etor  whom  you  honor  with  your  service. 
Don’t  let  him  see  that  you  know  more 
in  a  minute  than  he  knows  in  a  month. 
It  may  hurt  his  feelings.  It  is  not  brave 
or  manly  to  make  any  creature  need­
lessly  suffer  from  a  sense  of  inferiority. 
The  old  gentleman  is  doing  the  best  he 
can.  Hide  your  own  superior  powers 
behind  a  cheerful  smile,  and  even  work 
industriously  and  honestly 
lor  the  es­
tablishment  that  is  blest  by  having  you 
—just  as  if  you  were  no  wiser  than  the 
“ boss”   himself.  You  can  thus  have  a 
rare  and  rich  joke  all  to  yourself.

If  it  be  not  too  bold  a  saying,  young 
man,  pray  condescend 
to  appear  to 
learn  things  from  time  to  time.  Lock 
in  your  bosom  the  proud  iact  that  you 
know 
it  all,  and  pretend  to  be  still  a 
step  or  two  behind  the  learning  stage. 
Even  make  a  show  of  taking  some  good 
advice  from  a  man  who  was  in  business 
It  always  com­
before  you  were  born. 
forts  an  old  fellow  to  think  he 
in­
To  those  who  have 
structing  youth. 
grown  gray 
in  business  and  have  kept 
their  grip  on  the  helm  of  progress  there 
is  nothing  so  sad  as  to  find  a  mere 
fledgling  already 
in  advance  of 
them.

Just  lie  low;  put  your  talent  on  ice  to 
it  dark.  Salt  down 
season,  and  keep 
some  of 
the  despised  ad vi  e  and 
methods  of  the  old  generation,  and  lay 
it  away  where  it  can  be  found.  Then  if 
you  ever  find  anyone  about  your  size 
who  is  too  callow  or  fresh,  it  may  come 
in  handy.

far 

is 

Fruits  and  Produce.

. 

_

Apples-  15Ì525C  for  choice  eating  va­
rieties,  such  as  Duchess.  Cooking  stock 
commands  io@i5c.

are  more 

Beets—25@3oc  per  bu.
Blackberries—Cultivated  and  wild
Butter— Receipts 
liberal 
than  they  have  been  for  several  weeks, 
due  to  the  improvement  of  the  pastures 
and  also  to  the  fact  that  producers  and 
dealers  are  not  holding  back 
their 
stocks,  in  expectation  of  higher  prices. 
Choice  dairy 
is  in  fair  demand  at  12c, 
while  creamery  is  in  ample  supply  at
15c. 
are  now  sold  on  the  same  basis—6@8c 
per  qt.  for good  stock.

Cabbage—S3.5o@4.50  per  100  heads.
Carrots—25@3oc  per  bu.
Corn,  Green—7@90  per  doz.
Eggs—The  proportion  of  poor  eggs 
which  come 
in  with  most  shipments 
from  the  country  is  increasing,  so that 
shippers  usually  receive  from  5@yc  for 
their  consignments. 
candled 
stock  is  in  fair  demand  at  9c,  while 
ordinary  candled  brings  8c  and  seconds 
(bakers’  grades)  fetch  6@7c.
Muskmelons— Little  Gem,  65c  per 

Fancy 

doz.  Nutmeg,  75c.  Osage,  $1.10.

Onions—Green  Silver  Skins  are  in 
large  supply,  commanding  8c  per  doz. 
bunches.  Dry  stock  has  declined,  be­
ing  easily  procurable at  6o@75c  per  bu.
Peaches—Alexanders  are  a  thing  of 
the  past  for  this  season.  Early  Rivers 
are  coming 
in  large 
quantities,  bringing  5o@6oc  per  bu. 
Hale’s  Early  are  also  beginning  to  ar­
rive,  commanding  65@75c  per bu.

in  rapidly  and 

Pears— 75c @$1  per  bu.
Peas—Champion  Marrowfat,  60c  per 

bu.

Plums— Lombard,  $1.50^1.75  per bu.
Potatoes—30c  per  bu.
Summer  Squash—2c  per  lb.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Tomatoes— Home  grown  is  beginning 
to  arrive,  commanding  3@4C  Per  lb. 
The  price  will  probably  be  quoted  by 
the  bushel  next  week.
Watermelons—Missouri  stock  are  in 
ample  supply  at  io@i8c,  according to 
size and quality.
Whortleberrries—$2  perbu.  for  choice 
dry  stock.

To  Control  the  Borax  O utput.

Chicago,  July  20— By  a  deal  which 
has  just  been  consummated  between  the 
representatives  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
Borax  Company,  whose  principal  office 
in  this  city,  and  Redwood  &  Sons, 
is 
chemical  manufacturers  of  Cornwall 
Works,  Kensington Green and Belvedere 
Mills,  Belvedere,  Kent,  Eng.,  the borax 
output  of  the  world  practically  passes 
into  the  hands  of  one  international com­
pany,  to  be  known  in  future  as  the  Pa­
cific  Borax  and  Redwood  Chemical 
Works,  Limited.  By  the  terms  of  the 
deal  all  the  lands  and  buildings  in  the 
United  States  and  at  Belvedere,  Kent, 
and  the  products  of  crude  borax  in  Col­
orado,  Nevada,  California  and  Oregon, 
the  good  will,  stock  in  trade,  machin­
ery,  book  accounts,  utensils, 
tools  and 
trade  marks  appertaining  to  the  busi­
ness  pass 
into  control  of  the  new com­
pany.  The  capital  stock  is  $2,500,000. 
The  principal  offices  of  the  new  com­
pany  will  be  in  England,  but  this  will 
not  affect  the  standing  of 
local 
branch,  which  will  remain  in  control  of 
the  output.

the 

C ause  of  the  Lemon  D epression.
The  general  opinion  among New York 
lemon  importers  as  to  the  cause  of  the 
depression  in  the  market  is  that  the  un­
satisfactory  state  of  the  business  is  due 
largely  to  unusually  heavy  importations 
of  the  fruit  this  season. 
It  is  estimated 
that  the  total  imports  into  this  country 
thus  far  this  year  have  exceeded  those 
for  the  corresponding  period  of 
last 
year 
ioo, 000  to  1,000,000  boxes. 
The  fruit  this  season,  moreover,  has  not 
possessed  good  keeping  qualities. 
In 
addition  to these  influences  the  weather 
in  June  was  unseasonably  cool,  which 
resulted  in  a  greatly  decreased  demand 
for  the  fruit.  The  advances  made  by 
some  parties  to  shippers  in  Sicily  have 
also,  it  is  urgtd,  increased  the 
impor­
tations  and  thus  aggravated  conditions.

from 

Grain  Buyer  W anted.

it 

location,  as 

Alto,  July  27—Why  can’t  the  Trades­
man  send  us  a  grain  buyer?  This  is  an 
excellent 
is  the  natural 
rail  outlet  for  a  large  grain  raising  sec­
tion.  A  suitable  site  can  be  obtained 
of  the  railway  company  free  of  charge. 
All  we  ask  is  a  man  of  good  character 
who  has  enough  capital  to  erect  and 
equip  an  elevator  and  conduct  the  busi­
ness  successfully.  The  sooner  we  find 
such  a  man  -and  he  finds  us 
the  better 
we  shall  be  pleased. 

X.

Florida  O range  T rees  Thriving.
A  special  from  De  Land,  Florida, 
says  that  the  orange  trees  are  growing 
at  such  a  tremendous  rate  that  many 
trees  will  be  as  large  by  next  winter  as 
they  were  before  the  freeze.  The  sum­
mer  rainy  season 
is  always  their best 
time  for  growing.

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.

Stephen  Smith,  a  Bloomington  mer­
chant,  is  responsible  for  the  following, 
which  says  more 
in  a  few  words  than 
anything  run  across  in  months:  “ The 
most  aggravating  thing  to  contend  with 
is  the  merchant  who  doesn’t  know  how 
to  advertise  without  cutting  the  life  out 
of  prices. ”

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

Bushman  has  the  cigars.

Filling  a  Long-Felt  W ant.

From the Pharmaceutical Era.

While  the  average  American  has been 
hugging  the  belief  that  soda  water  is 
one  of  the  characteristic  institutions  of 
his  own  country,  an  enterprising  Briton 
has  generated  a  happy  thought  which 
apparently  pushes  the  business—ap­
paratus,  ideas  and  all— over 
into  the 
next  century  somewhere.  He  has  in­
vented  some  small,  steel,  pear-shaped 
cartridges,  about  five-eighths of  an  inch 
in  diameter,  for  holding  carbonic  acid 
gas  compressed  at  sixty  atmospheres. 
The  cartridge 
in  a  mouth­
piece  attached  to  a  siphon  bottle  filled 
with  water,  and  a  cap  is  closed  over  it. 
In  completing  the  closure  a  tiny ebonite 
plug 
in  one  end  of  the  cartridge  is 
punctured  and  the  gas  escapes  into  the 
bottle.  Twelve  of  the  drops  weigh  three 
ounces,  and  five  hundred  of  them  can 
be  packed  in  a  cubic  foot.

is  placed 

in  this 

invention,  and 

There  is  something  peculiarly attract­
ive 
it  is  to  be 
regretted  that,  like  so  many  marvelous 
things,  it  has  its  existence  in  a  far-off 
country.  At  present  we  must  content 
ourselves  with  speculations  as  to  the 
great  changes  which  it  may  work  in  the 
soda  water  business, 
the  word  “ car­
tridge”   itself  being  strongly  suggestive 
of  a  shot  tower  or  a  powder  mill  as  the 
soda  water  factory  of  the  future.

Then  there  is  a  consuming  curiosity 
to  know  about  those  “ ebonite  plugs.”  
Will  they  render  the  cartridge  so  secure 
from 
inadvertent  discharge  that  our 
summer  girl  can  safely  carry  them  in 
with 
the  bonbons  and  chewing  gum? 
Will  it  be  safe  to  carry  them  in  the  hip 
pocket  with  the  other  bait  while  on  a 
fishing  expedition?

What  if  the  baby  should  get  hold  of 
one—a  circumstance  full  of  apprehen­
sion  as  to 
its  outcome  and  one  which 
could  not  be  regarded  with  equinamity, 
unless  the  baby  belonged  to  a  neighbor 
—and  the  newfangled  soda  water  was 
cheap ?

Conscience  is  not  a  reliable  monitor 

unless  it  is  well  educated.

If  in  the  market 
correspond  with 
us.  We  are  the 
largest  shippers 
in  Michigan.

ALFRED J.BROWH CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS.

Ciderine
$3 per dozen.

20 years upon the market.  Is a reliable 
and harmless  preservative,  keeping  the 
Cider  absolutely  sweet  or  “just  where 
you want it.”
Dealers  can  make  a  good  fair profit; 
sell  an  article  that  keeps,  not  spoils 
Cider,  please  your customers  and  make 
trade.
P. S.  Look  out  for imitation  Preservative  put 
up  to look like ours, and offered “just as good.” 
Buy the genuine and have no trouble.

ALL JOBBERS.

Manufactured solely by

THUM  BROS.  &  SCHMIDT,

S 4  C A N A L   S T R E E T ,
G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

Association Matters

Michigan  Hardware  Association

President, H b n r y C.  W e b e r , Detroit; Vice-Pres­
ident. Chas. F. Bock,  Battle Creek;  Secretary 
Treasurer, He n r y  C. Min n ie,  Eaton Rapids.
Northern Mich. Retail Grocers’ Association
President, J. F. T atm a n, Clare;  Secretary,  E. A. 
Sto w e,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  W is i.b r , 
Mancelona.
Next Meeting—At Grand Rapids,  Aug.  5  and  6, 
1896.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
H o l l y ;  Treasurer, C. A. Ham m ond.
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association 
President,  E. C. W in c h e st e r ;  Secretary, H om er 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L eh m an.
Regular  Meetings—First  and  third  Tuesday 
evenings of each month at  Retail  Grocers’ Hall, 
over E. J. Herrick’s store.

President,  T hos.  T.  B a t e s ;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association

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

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

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

President, B yr o n C. H i l l ; Secretary, W. H.  P or­

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

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

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

P a r t r id g e.

Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association

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

D a r l in g ;  Treasurer, L. A. G il k b y .

WANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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"  furnishing goods, stationery  and  groceries. 
Good reasons  for  selling.  For  particulars  ad­
dress Lock Box 1, Clarksville,  Mich. 

1  drugs  and  fixtures.  Will  invoice  about 
$1.500.  Will  be  sold  extremely  cheap.  F.  E. 
Turrell, Bellaire, Mich. 

IjV)R  SALE—ONE  OF  THE  BEST  PAYING 
1  little grocery  stocks  in  the  city  of  Muske­
gon.  For  particulars  address  A.  B.  Payne  A 
Son. Muskegon. 
16
I ¡'OR  SALE—SMALL  STOCK  CLOTHING, 
IAOR  SALE—MCE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
I “ ¡'OR  SALE—GOOD  PAYI NG  GROCERY 
.  store  and  stock  in thriving town.  Address 
51
E. D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich. 
Exceptional  offer—the  business
men of Dorr  offer  a  two-story  frame  mill 
building  and two  acres  of  ground  to  an  expe­
rienced  miller who  will  erect  an  engine  room 
and  equip  the  plant  with  power  and  roller 
process  machinery.  Address  J.  C.  Neuman, 
Dorr, Mich. 

I ¡'OK  SALE—STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GRO- 

1  eery stock, invoicing about $1,400, located in 
live Southern Michigan town of l,200iuhabitants; 
good trade, nearly all cash.  Reasons for selling, 
other business.  Address No. 607, care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

907

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MISCELLANEOUS.

______________  

\ \ T  ANTED — DRUG  STOCK 
INVOICING 
TV  from $1,500to $2500, in  exchange  for  pro­
ductive real estate.  Address No. 75,  care  Mich­
75
igan Tradesman. 
For  exchange- two  fine  improved
farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
m a n ^  
ANTED—HARDWARE  STORE.- EXCEL- 
lent  location,  eight  miles  from  any  con 
siderabie trading  point.  Vacant  store  adapted 
to business can be rented for  $100.  For  further 
particulars address Geo. W. McKee,  Alto,  Mich.

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70

WHEELMAN’S  ROAD  BOOK  OF  KENT 

and  Ottawa  counties,  containing  new 
bicycle paths and other roads,  sent postpaid on 
receipt  of  10  cents.  Address  Road  Map,  199 
North Division St., Grand Rapids. 

■ O  EXCHANGE—A  REAL  ESTATE  MORT- 

gage of about $900 and a chattel mortgage of 
about $800 for a stock shoes or dry  goods.  Both 
mortgages are  first-class  security.  Address No. 
70, care Michigan Tradesman. 
A A  cash and 40-acre improved farm  to ex- 
d p lU U  change for stock  of  boots  and  shoes. 
Bentley A Co.,  Bentley, Mich. 
r p o   EXCHANGE—FIRST-CLASS  FARM  OF 
JL  135  acres,  one  mile  from  live  city  Central 
Michigan,  for  stock  of  merchandise  or  store 
building.  Address G. D., care Michigan Trades­
man. 

WANTED—LOCATION  FOR  HARDWARE 
store In good town with good surrounding 
farming  country.  Address  No.  65,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
65
W ANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  GOOD  GRAND 
Rapids  real  estate  for  stock  of  mer­
chandise.  Address  No.  969,  care  Michigan 
969
Tradesman. 
Brick  store  for  rent,  Nashville,
Mich.  Best  opening  in  State  for  general 
stock.  Address  W.  A.  Aylsworth,  79  Clark 
56
street, Chicago,  111. 
Butter,  eggs;  poultry  and  veal
Shippers should wr.te Cougle Brothers, 178 
South  vi ater  Street,  Chicago,  for  daily  market 
reports. 
26
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

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