Every Dollar

Invested In Tradesman Company's 
COUPON BOOKS will yield hand 
some returns In saving book-keeping, 
besides the assurance that no charge 
Is forgotten.  Write
TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids

We can sell you
S. A. MORMAN & CO., 
1) Lyon SL, Grand Rapida, Mich.

LIME OR CEMENT.

com.

an y 

Plumbing  and  Steam  Heating; Gas 
and  Electric Fixtures;  Galvanized  Iron 
Cornice and  Slate Roofing.  Every kind 
of S h e e t  M etal  W o rk .

P u m p s  an d   W ell  Su pp lies.
Hot  A ir   F u rn aces.

Best  equipped and largest concern In the State.

C H A R L E S   H A N Z E L H A N N

B R O O M S   A N D   W H IS K S

M A N U F A C T U R E R   O F

99  P earl  S t ., 
G R A N D   R A P ID S .

D E T R O I T .   M I C H .

&  Pulte,

Weatherly 
li 597 ♦:♦I 
Parisian Flour
Parisian Flour

S O L E   A G E N T S .

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FOR

Our celebrated 

will be trade winners for  the 
merchants  who  know  them.

Christenson  Baking Co.,

Grand Rapids.

Volume  XIV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  23,  1896.

Snedicor & Hathaway

80 to 89 W. Woodbrldge St, Detroit, 
Manufacturers for Michigan Trade. 
M E N 'S   A N D   B O Y S *   G R A IN   S H O E S . 
C. E. Smith Shoe Co., Agts. for Mich., O. and Ind.
I  PERRINS ft NESS, T

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D R IV IN G   S H O E S .

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Number  692

CASH  PAID for round and racked hoops  at 
NOTICE TO HOOPPIBKEBS
shipping stations on D.. L. & N., C.  & W. M.t 
G. B & 1., T., S. <St. M., M. C., A. A., D., G. H. A 
M., M.  & N. E., L. S. & M. S. railroads.

ROUND  &   RACKED   HOOP  CO.,

4>3 Wfddlcomb Bldg., 

Grand Rapids, filch.

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We carry a stock of cake tallow for mill use.

Nos.  122 and  124  Louis  S t ., 

- 

Grand  Rapids. 

♦

O F TR IN ID A D  PITC H  LAKE ASPHALT

Write for estimates and full information to

R O O F S A N D F L O O R S

Warren Chemical & Manufacturing Co.,
IN  OUR  24  Y E A R S How much you have lost bv not sending or­

81 Fulton St., New York,  94 Moffat Bld’g, Detroit.
ders to us for our superior quality

Offices also In CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, TOLEDO. BUFFALO, UTICA, BOSTON and TORONTO.

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B A R C U S   B R O T H E R S ,  T lan u factu rers  an d   R ep airers,  M u sk ego n .

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1 D O fi’T   G E T   W E f
H. M. REYNOLDS & SON,
When In want of a new roof or repairs you can save money by employing 
skilled mechanics in this line.  We have representatives covering the State of 
Michigan regularly, °nd if you have a defective roof, drop us a card and we 
will call on you, examine your roof and give you an estimate of the cost of 
necessarv repairs or putting on new roof.  Remember  that we  guarantee  all 

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P R A C T IC A L   R O O F E R S , 

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH .

our work and our guasantee is good.

ESTABLISHED  1868.

town.

N E V E R   B E F O R E

Have we been able to show such an immense selection of Holiday Goods as this 

season.  Our counters are now iu shape to suit every one.

H an d k erch iefs—all  sizes,  all  prices—enough to supply the 

Good  D olls—Cheap  Dolls,  Long  Dolls,  Short  Dolls—in 

fact,  all kinds of  Dolls.

P ictu re  F ra m e s—Toilet Soaps,  Perfumeries,  Pins,  Fancy 

Combs,  Tidies,  Napkins,  etc.,  etc.

G e n ts ’  F u rn is h in g s—Large  line  of  Ties,  Shirts,  Collars, 
Cuffs,  Socks,  Umbrellas,  Gloves,  Handkerchiefs— 
in  fact everything you  need.
B U Y   N O W   W H IL E   S E L E C T I O N  

IS   G O O D   A T

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V o ig t , H e r p o ls h e im e r  &   C o . 

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Wholesale 
Dry Goods, 

^  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

P.  S T E K E T E E   &   SO N S.

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Hie  Lami  Giove  ano  mitten  Co.

PERRY, PICI., D. 5. H.

MANUFACTURERS OF

M M   MIME  6IIÏES  M D  W TTH8
This Company controls a large number of the latest and best inventions of Mr. 
L W. Lamb, the original inventor of the Lamb Knitting Machine, and all our goods 
are made under his personal supervision.
Merchants will consult their own interests by examining these goods before 
placing their orders.

Australian  Wools and  the  Finest Quality  of Silks.

Made  from  Pare  American  and 

IJESS

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PLUG AND FINE CUT
T O B A C C O
MUSSELMAN GROCER GO.,

only by

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

''Everybody wants  them." 

“ You  should  carry  them  in  stock.”  For  sale

C.  H.  AVERY.
Flour and Feei

«IANUFACTURNNS

ON

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MâlJll»  IN

GENERAL  MERCHANDISE.

L.  J.  TEOMAN.

•UYCAS ON ALL

Farm  Frodare.

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Tradesm an  Company,

Grand Rapids,

Gentlemen— Enclosed herewith find check for 

last shipment of coupon books,which reached us 
promptly.

Allow us to say that the coupon book system has 

become indispensable to us. as it enables us to 
hold our credit customers down to a cash basis.  We 
think ther books are simply immense and cannot rec­

ommend them too strongly.Yours truly,

m
C o f f e e ^
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A

» B E
PUREMALT

SUBSTITUTE
COFFEE
MANUFACTURED
BY
Kxeipp Malt Food Co.
Agent for Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.

F O R

C.  H.  ST R U EB E,  Sandusky,  Ohio,

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ALLEN  B.  WRISLEY  CO..

sell "oil cniii) Si”
It is a big. pure, full weight, solid  one 
pound bar US oz.) whi< b retails for o ily 
5 cents.  Gf-t (he price yi>u can buy it at 
stock DOLL SOAP
from y«»ur Wholesale Groc* r or his Agent, 
•ne trial ami you will always keep it in 
100 B-re in Box, $•*.60.  This Is a Cracker 
Jack to make a run on. and It will be a 
winner for yon both ways.
Manufactured only by
CHICAGO.
®@®®®®®®«®®00. 
L»
Simplest  and  Most  Economical 
Method  of  Keeping  Petit 
File and 1,000 printed blank bill heads..........$2 75
File and 1,000 specially printed bill beads... 3 25
Printed blank bill beads, per M ........................ 1 25
Specially printed bill heads, per M..................l 75
l

Accounts.

m

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Grand Rapids.
“ Not  Worth

! !

.The  dealer  who  sells 
D IA M O N D   C R Y S T A L  
S A L T   never gets  such  a 
reputation.
See Price Current.
IHUVilD CRYSTAL SALT CO.,  SL  Clair,  lick.

CHICAGO

T r a v e l e r s *   T i m e   T a b l e s .

Sept.  7,  189*

Eastw ard.

THROUGH  CAB SERVICE.

Going to Detroit.

Going  to  Chicago.

& Northern  R. R,

Muskegon via Waverly.

Returning from  Detroit.

and West  Michigan R'y

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CABS.

Returning  from  Chicago.

Saginaw, Alma and St. Louis.

Manistee, Traverse City  and  Petoskey.

i l l ?  A  N H   ^rBn*t Railw»y System 

Lv. G’d. Rapids...............ts:3uain 1:25pm til:00pm
Ar. Chicago....................... 3:0ui>ui 6:50pm t 6:30am
Lv.Chicago...................... 7:20am  5:UUpm til:30pm
xr. G’d Rapids................ 1:25pm lo:30pm t 6:10am
Lv. G’d. Rapids.................n:doam 1:25pm  6:25pm
ar. G’d. Rapids.................10:15aiu 
..............10:30pm
Lv. G’d Kai-ids..............  7:20am  5:30pm 
...............
Ar Manistee.................... 12:05pm 10:25pm ...............
Ar. Traverse City......... 12:40pm U:10pm 
...............
Ar. Charlevoix..............  5:15pm 
.............
.............. 
..............................
at. Peioskey...................  4:o5,>m 
Trains arrive from norm at 1:00p.m. and 9:50 
p.m.
Chicago.  Parlor cars on afternoon trains and 
sleepers on night trains.
North.  Parlor car for Traverse City  leave* 
Grand Rapids 7:30am.
tfivery day. 
Others week days only.

DETROIT,u»,.« June *8,1898

Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:ll0am 
1:30pm 5:25pm
Ar. Detroit..........................ll:4Uam  5:40pm 10:10pm
lv. Detroit...........................7:40am 
l:lopm 6:00pm
v.r. Grand Rapids.........12:30pm  5:2upm 10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:UUam 4:20pm Ar. G R 11:55am 9:15pm 
To and from Lowell.
lv. Grand Rapids......7:«uam  1:30pm  6:25pm
tr. from Lowell.............12:30pm  5:20pm 
..............
Parlor cars on ail trains between Grand Rap­
ids and Detroit and between Graud Rapids and 
Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.
Geo. DeIIaven, General Pass. Agent.
Detroit and Milwaukee Div.
 
LsIV/nl  1 mJ
tNo. 14  tNo. 16  (So. 18  »No. 82 
Lv. G’d Rapids.6:45am 10:10am  3:3ipm 10:45pm
Ar. Ionia...........7:40am U:l7am  4:34pm 12:30am
Ar. St. Johns, . b:25am 12: lupin  0:23pm 
1:57am 
Ar. Owosso... ,9:00am  1:10pm  6:(J3pm  3:25pm
Ar. K.Saginaw 10:50am 
.................  8:0upm 6:4uam
Ar. W.Bay C’y 11:30am 
................  8:35pm 7:15am
Ar. Flint..........10:U5am 
..................  7:05pm 5:40am
................  9:50pm 7:30pm
Ar. Pt. Huron. 12:U5pm 
Ar. Pontiac.. 10.53am  2:57pm  8:25pm  6:10am 
Ar. Detroit.. 11:5uam  3:55pm  9:25pm  8:05am 
For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pta___ 7:00am
For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pta.. ..12:53pm 
For G’d Ilaveu and Intermediate Pta.... 5:l2pm 
tDaily except Sunday.  »Dally.  Trains arrive 
from tne east, 6:35a.m., 12:45p.m., 5:07p.m., 9:55 
p.m.  Trains arrive from tne west, lu:U5a.m., 
3:22p.m., 10:15p.m.
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
IS parlor car.  Westward—No. 11 parlor car. 
No. la Wagner parlor car.
E. 11. Uuoues, A. G. P. & T. A.,
Chicago.
Ben. Fletcher, Trav. Pass. Agt., 
Jas. Campbell, City Pass. Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe St.
Northern Div.Leave 
Arrive 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 7:45am t 5:15pm 
i’rav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...t 2:15pm t 6:3oam
Cadillac.......... 
................................t 5:25pm tliuoam
Train leaving at 7:45 a.m. has parlor car to 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
Train leaving at 2:15 p.m. has sleeping car to 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
Southern  Div. Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati..........................................t 7: loam t 8:25pm
Ft. Wayne...........................................t 2:00pm t 1:56pm
Cincinnati ........................................* 7:00pm • 7:25am
7:10a.m. train has parlor car to CinclnnatL 
7:00p.m. train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. 
LvG’dRapids....................t7:35am tl:00pm t5:40pm
Ar Muskegon..................... 9:00am 2:10pm 7:U6pm
Lv Muskegon...:...........t8:IOam til :45am t4:00pm
ArG’d Rapids.................9:3uam  12:56pm 5:20pm
tBxcept Sunday.  »Dally.
Ticket Agt.Un. Sta.  Geo. Pass. A Tkt. Agt.

GRAND Rapids  & Indiana  Railroad

Every Merchant

Muskegon Trains.

GOING WEST.

A. A lm<)uibt, 

C. L. L ockwood,

Westward.

GOING EAST.

Who nses the Tradesman Company’s 
COUPON  BOOKS,  does  so  with  a 
sense  of security  and  profit,  for  ha 
knows be Is avoiding loan and annoy­
ance.  Write
TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapid*

Volume  X I V . ____________________________ GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  23,  1896. 

self  to  window  gazing  to  an 
extent 
which  not  many  years  ago  would  have 
been  considered  decidedly  countrified, 
to  say  the  least. 
Indeed,  the  general 
value  of  the  store  window  has  been 
greatly 
increased  during  recent  years 
on  account  of  the doing  away  with  the 
prejudice  which  characterized  the  look­
ing  into  shop  windows  as  an  indication 
of  plebeianism.  There are  now  none  too 
aristocratic  to  forego  this  pleasure,  at 
least  during  the  reign  of  St.  Nicholas.
From  year  to  year  the  elaboration  of 
the  holiday  window  has 
steadily 
progressed  until  it  would  seem  that  lit­
tle  more  could  be  done  to 
increase  the 
interest.  A  great  impetus  was  given  it 
during  the  World’s  Fair  year  in  the  in­
creased  use  of  the  electric  light,  not 
only  for  illumination,  but  for  decora­
tive  purposes,  to  which  it  is  especially 
adapted.  The  luminous  bulb  has  a 
beauty  not  possessed  by  the open  gas 
jet  and  its  mobility  and  absolute  safety 
enable  its  use in every  imaginable local­
ity  and  combination. 
It  may  be  em­
ployed within the window for the purpose 
of  illuminating  the  fabrics  and  general 
display,  or  it  may  be  placed  to  utilize 
the beauty  of  transparency,  or  for  deco­
rative  figures  and  designs,  even  ex­
tending  outside  to  the  street  front,  or 
across  the  walk.  A  notable  example  of 
the  latter  use 
found  at  the  front 
of  Voigt-Herpolsheimer’s  on  Monroe 
street,  where 
the  pedestrian  passes 
through  an 
illumination  which  would 
cast  Aladdin's  exhibits  into  the  shade. 
The  electric  lamp  is  peculiarly  a  factor 
in  the  holiday  time,  for  the  reason  that 
it  comes  when  artificial  illumination 
is 
necessary  for  the  greatest  length  of 
time.

is 

The  windows  on  the  principal  city 
streets  present  such  an  exhibition  as 
has  never  before  been  witnessed,  in  all 
the  trading  centers  of  the  country,  for 
the  reason 
indicated—that  the  art  of 
window  display  is  rapidly  progressive. 
The  result  in  the  attraction  of  observa­
tion 
is  all  that  could  be desired.  At 
most  hours of  the day,  and  particularly 
at  evening,  crowds  of  people  are  pass­
ing  simply  for  the  purpose  of 
looking 
at  the  exhibits,  much  as  they  would  do 
in  the  corridors  of  a  fair. 
Indeed,  a 
fair  exhibition  which  should  transcend 
that  to  be  seen  on  our  streets  at  this 
time  would  be  a  magnificent  one,  and 
the  fact  that  it  is  free  does  not  seem  to 
detract  from  public  interest.

But  of  course  this  is  not  the  ultimate 
object  of  all  this  display.  The  admira­
tion  for  the  visions  of  beauty  evinced 
little  value 
by  the  passing  crowd  is  of 
if  the  dealer  fail  to  bring  the 
identity 
of  his  particular  house  to  their  minds, 
or,  better,  to 
induce  his  fair  propor­
tion  to  come  in  and  purchase.  There 
are  too  many  exhibitions  which  fail 
in 
individuality,  or  which  suffer  from  the 
proximity  of  similar  ones.  The  win­
dows  of  two  adjoining  shoe  stores  on 
Monroe  street,  in  which  an  elaborate 
mirror  effect 
is  the  feature,  serve  for 
illustration.  These  are  so  much  alike 
that, 
they 
would  be taken  as  belonging  to a double 
store,  which  certainly  is  not a  desirable 
result  for  either.

to  the  average  observer, 

Number  692

Written for the Tradesman.

The  World’s  Industrial  Revival. 

The  English  industrial  magazines  are 
laying  material  stress  on  the  assump­
tion  that  the  world  is  just  now  ready for 
industrial  revival.  The  one 
a  general 
thing  which  seemed  to  have  been 
lack­
ing  to  complete  its  preparation  was  the 
adverse  condition  in  this  country.  The 
revival  in  England  has  been  in progress 
a  year or  more,  and  in  Germany  it  has 
been  even  longer.

For  many  years  past,  until  the  stop­
page  of  investments  by  the  Baring  fail­
ure  and  other  crises,  the  English people 
were  pouring  out  their  money like water 
through  a  sieve  in  the  purchase  of  rail­
road  and  other  industrial bonds destined 
to  suffer  from  insolvent  liquidation.  In­
deed,  the  wonder  has  been  that  they 
were  so  gullible  as  to  continue  the  easy 
prey  of  the  promoter  and  bond  seller  so 
long  after 
fellows  fall 
all about  them.  It  was  not on the United 
States  alone  that  the 
in­
vestor  was  lavishing  his  wealth.  South 
America  and  Australia  came in  for their 
share  and  other  localities  were  not  far 
behind.  But  the  great 
lesson  to  the 
English  investor  came  with  the  Baring 
collapse,  involving  the  South  American 
securities  in  1890,  supplemented  by  the 
Australian  break-up  in  1893.

seeing  their 

injudicious 

is 

than 

The  result  has  been  that  securities 
other 
first-class  Government  or 
municipal  bonds  have  found  a  cold  re­
ception  regardless  of  merit.  Thus  there 
has  been  a  congestion  of  capital,  espe­
cially  during  the  past  four  or  five years, 
just  now  getting  confidence 
which 
sufficient  to  bring  it  again 
indus­
trial  use,  it 
is  to  be  hoped  on  a  more 
careful  and  secure  basis.  The  promise 
of  demand 
is  especially  favorable  in 
Japan, 
Central  and  South  America, 
It 
China,  Australia,  India and  Russia. 
is  predicted  that  this  will  keep  the 
in­
dustrial  world  busy  for  several  years  to 
come. 

W.  N.  F.

into 

for  advertising 

A Buffalo  correspondent  writes :  Jacob 
Heering,  manager  of  the  Pleasant  Val­
ley  Creamery,  East  Saugatuck,  Mich., 
is  here  trying  to get  a  settlement  from 
Schurtze  &  Co.,  of  Perry  street.  This 
is  one  of  the  firms  who  spend  a  good 
and 
deal  of  money 
postage  stamps  and  give  a  long 
list  of 
references  to  deceive  shippers—but why 
is  it that  these  shippers don’t  make  the 
inquiries  before 
shipping  out  their 
goods?  Surely  we  have  plenty  of  good 
responsible  commission  merchants 
in 
Buffalo!  Mr.  Heeringa  says  he  will 
spare  no  time  in  enlightening  shippets 
of  his  State  regarding  his  transaction 
with  the  aforesaid  firm.

Chas.  H.  Berkey  has  undertaken  to 
merge  the  Automatic  Cycle  Seat  Co.  in­
to  a  corporation,  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $5,000. 
It  is  understood  that  Lucius 
E.  Torrey  will  have  the active  manage­
ment of  the  business.

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  Monday  evening,  it  was  decided to 
close  the grocery  stores  all  day  Christ­
mas  and  at 
10  o’clock  New  Year’s 
moining.

C o m m e r c ia l  C r e d i t   G o .,

(Limited)

E S T A B L IS H E D   1 8 8 6 .

Reports  and  Collections.

411*412-413  Widdicomb  Bldg, 

Grand  Rapids.

.T H E

F IR E *  
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

Prompt, Conservative, 5afe. 

Send for copy of our  pamphlet, “Laws  of  the 

T lie   M ic liio a n  T r u s t  G o , .

Ÿ •T.W.Champlin. Pres. W. FredMcBain, Sec.
Acts  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Guardian, Trustee.
state of Michigan on Descent and Distribution 
T h e ..... .PREFERRED
of Property.”
BANKERS
LIFEASSURANCE
COMPANY
Incorporated by 100 Michigan Bankers.  Pays 
all death claims promptly and in full.  This 
Company sold Two and One-half Millions of In­
surance in Michigan in 1895, and is being ad­
mitted into seven of the Northwestern states at 
this time.  The most desirable plan before ihe 
people.  Sound and Cheap.

.........of i^VICHlGAif

Home  office,  DETROIT,  Michigan.

Established nearly one-half a century.
All mail orders promptly attended to, or write 
our Michigan Agent, William Connor, Box 346. 
Marsh.,11, Mich., who will show you our entire 
line of samples.

C IT IZ E N S
T E L E P H O N E
CO M PA N Y

89-91  CAM PAU  ST.

State  Line  Connections

are furnished by this company to over 
sixty towns, among which a-e the fol­
lowing lines:
Muskegon, Berlin. Conklin, Ravenna 
and Moorland, by full co. per metall c.
Holland, Yriesiand. Zeeland, Hudson- 
viile aud Jenisonviile l y copper wire.
Allegan,  South  Haven,  Saugatuck, 
Ganges.
Lansing, Grand Ledge, Lake Odessa, 
Io n ia, Saranac, Lowell, Ada, Cascade.
St. Louis, St. Johns, Alma, Ithaea, etc.

H  StillkS.

Good  Service at  Reasonable  Rates.

Save Trouble 
Save Losses 
Save Dollars

Treiesmao Coupons

for 

GENERAL  TRADE  S ITU A TIO N .
Aside  from  the  retail  holiday  trade, 
which  has  been  large,  the  general  con­
ditions  have  been  those  of  readjustment 
and  preparation 
for  future  business. 
The  changes  caused  by  the  breaking  up 
of  the 
iron  combinations  and  the  de­
cline  in  hides  and  some other lines have 
caused  an  average  lowering  of  values. 
As  far  as  iron  is  concerned,  however, 
the  change is  to  reduce  the  prices  to  the 
natural  market  basis,  at  which  business 
will  be  possible.  These  changes  are 
considered  of  the  utmost  importance 
in 
future  business. 
the  preparation 
The  resumption  of  operations  in  facto­
ries  and  the  additions  to  force  still  con­
in  many  instances.  The  prepa­
tinue 
rations  for 
increasing  business  are  es­
pecially  active  with  some  of  the  largest 
iron-producing  concerns,  like  Carnegie.
The  speculative  stock  situation  has 
not  been  as  favorable,  on  account  of 
disquieting  suggestions  of  a  warlike 
character  in  Cuban  affairs. 
In  the  East 
the  financial  situation  continues  easy, 
with  plenty  of  money,  but  in  the  West 
sensations  have  been  caused  by the  fail­
in  Chicago 
ure  of  several  large  banks 
and  St.  Paul.  The 
in 
Chicago,  are  not  significant  as  to  the 
financial  condition,  for  the  reason  that 
the  cause  of  the  failure—the  misman­
agement  of  the  credits—had  been  sub­
jects  of  criticism  by  the  Comptroller 
for  a  year  or  more. 
In  the  St.  Paul 
failure  of  a  state  bank  with  §2,000,000 
capital  local  difficulties  in  realizing  on 
assets  seem  to  have  been  the  principal 
factor.
The 

iron  market  shows  an  average 
decline  on  account  of  the  reduction  of 
combination  prices.  Steel  rails  were 
reduced  $3  per  ton  and  billets $3.25. 
There  has  also  been  a  slight  decline 
in 
gray  forge  and  Bessemer  at  Pittsburg 
and  the  Southern  quotations  are  a  trifle 
lower.  On  the  new  bases  every  pros­
pect  is good  for  rapidly  increasing  de­
mand.

first  of  these, 

Wheat  has  advanced  again  slightly 
since  the  last 
issue  of  the  Tradesman 
and  is  holding  its  own  with  little  pros­
pect  of  material  change  until  after  the 
holiday  dulness.

improvement 

Cotton  is  lower  and  is moving rapidly, 
in  domestic  markets  and  for  ex­
both 
port,  but  the 
in  the  de­
mand  for  finished  products  is  still  very 
slow.  The  activity  in  wool  has  declined 
materially,  with  a  lower  tendency  in 
price.  Woolen  goods  trade  is 
inactive, 
on  account  of  the  holiday  season.

Hides  have  declined  further  in  price 
and  factories  report  orders  pretty  well 
completed.  Demand  has  been  checked 
by  the  fear  that the  decline in hides  will 
mean  a  cut  in  shoes.

Bank  clearings have increased slightly 
—2  per  cent,  over  those  of  last  week. 
Failures—359—were  22 
for 
preceding  week.

less  than 

The  Holiday  Window.

The  time 

in  all  the  year  when  the 
store  window  is  especially  an  object  of 
interest  is  the  holiday  season.  At  this 
time  the  utmost  of  effort  in  the  way  of 
preparing  the  exhibits  is  put  forth  by 
it­
the  dealer,  and  the  public  abandons 

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Bicycles

Some  of the  Improvements »Noted  on 

New  Wheels.

A  noteworthy  improvement 

in  many 
o£  ihe  coming  wheels  is  the  use ot  flusd 
joints  in  the  place  ot  gaspipe or thimble 
joints.  A  few  makes  have  had  tnis 
point  of  supenotity  in  the  past,  and  tbe 
in  tbe  appearance  ot  tbe 
improvement 
is  so  great  that  it  will  not  be 
bicycle 
surprising  it  it  is  widely  adopted, 
it 
has  been  said  heretoiore  that  with  flush 
joints 
it  was  not  possible  to  make  tbe 
brazings  perfect,  and  that,  theretore, 
joints  would  be  a  weak  point  in 
such 
the  machine. 
Ibis  difficulty  seems  to 
have  been  overcome,  however,  and  flush 
joints  will  be  the  rule  hereafter  on  a 
number ot  the  first-class  machines.  One 
has  only  to  compare a  bicycle  with flush 
joints  with  one  ot  the  same  make  hav­
ing  the old  style  of  connections  to  see 
the  superiority  of  the  new  arrangement. 

*  *  *

In  tires  the  only  improvement  of  note 
that  is  piomised  consists  in  the  rough­
ening  of  tne  tread,  which  is  believed  to 
afford  a  better  bold  wneu  the  rider  goes 
on  slippery  places,  and  is  less  liable  to 
allow  his  bicycle  to  slide out from uudei 
him  with  more  or  less  embarrassing  re­
sults.  Ib is  is  not a  new  idea.  Corruga­
ted  tires  have  been  used  on  some  types 
of  bicycles  for  several  years,  and  the 
departure  from  a  perfectly  smooth  out 
side  surface  has  been  gradually growing 
in  favor.  Two  or  three  makes  of  tires 
were  provided  with  corrugated  or  bas­
ket-work  treads  this  year,  and  the  com­
ing  year  will  see  still  greater  advances 
in  this  direction.  One 
tire-making 
company  has  given  up  smooth  tires  al­
together  and  will  put on  the  market  a 
tire  with  an  embossed  surface.  Another 
well-known 
concern,  not  wishing  to 
make  a  radical  departure,  provides  a 
corrugated  band  which  can  be cemented 
fast  to  any  tire  having  a  smooth  out­
side.  The  additional  weight  of  the 
bands  is  said  to  be so  little  as  scarcely 
to  be  taken  into  account  by  the ordinary 
so-called 
rider. 
“ puncture-proof’ “  bands 
that  were 
offered  to  bicyclists  two  or  three  years 
ago,  but  failed  to  attain  any  degree  ot 
popularity.

recalls 

This 

the 

*  *  *

substance. 

No  progress,  seemingly,  has  been 
in  the  production  of  unpunctur- 
made 
Two  or  three  such  are 
able  tires. 
offered  for  sale,  but  on  experiment  they 
do  not  give  entire  satisfaction.  The 
trouble  lies 
in  their  lack  of  elasticity, 
a  quality  that  can  be  secured  only  by 
the  proper combination  of  rubber  and 
fabric,  without 
the  addition  of  any 
other 
Even  with  well- 
made  rubber  tires,  of  kinds  that  are 
largely  used  and  popular,  it  is  found 
that  there  is  considerable  difference 
in 
the  effect  produced  on  the  rider  by  a 
long  trip.  With  conditions  as  nearly 
alike  as  may  be,  it  has  been  the experi­
ence 
in  some  cases  that  the  saddle  is 
felt  more  on  one  variety  of  tire  than  on 
another.  The  only  difference  that  can 
be  suggested 
is  the  difference  in  the 
resiliency  of  the  tires  and  the amount 
of  vibration  they  take  up.

*   *   *

There  will  always  be  fantastic 

ideas 
among  wheelmen,  but  the  fact  that  one 
man  has  successfully experimented  with 
a  notion  of  his  own  devising  is  no proof 
that  another  should  try  the  same  thing. 
One  of  the  most  fantastic  is  that  of  the 
man  who  does  away  with  a  tool-bag  by 
carrying  his  necessary  tools  inside  the 
frame  of  his  wheel  by  taking  out  hisj

seat post  and  dropping  them 
into  the 
aperture  thus  obtained,  first  placing  the 
articles  he  wishes  to  take  iii  a  long, 
narrow  bag.  Ninety-nine  people  out of 
loo  would  consider  it  far  more  trouble­
some to  do  this  than  to  carry  a  tool-bag 
in  the  ordinary  way. 
In  the  first  place, 
it  is  not  always  easy  to  remove  the  seat- 
post  when  it  is  a  tight  fit,  and,  besides, 
like  to  make  a 
most  riders  do  not 
change  in  it  when  it  is  once  set  at 
just 
the  right  place.  Moreover  it  is  impos­
sible  to  lossen  it  without  a  wrench,  and 
on  the  plan  described  it  becomes  nec­
essary  always  to  carry  a  wrench 
in  the 
pocket.  That 
in  more 
is  a  nuisance 
ways  than  one.  When  a  rider  carries  a 
pump,  cement,  plugs,  and  other  things 
needed  in  repairing, inside  the  frame  of 
his  bicycle  he  seems  to  be  taking  a 
large  amount  of  trouble  to  accomplish 
an  end  much  more  easily  attainable, 
for  there  is  no  rational  ground  for  ob­
jecting  to  a  tool-bag  attached  by  straps 
in  the  usual  wav.

Not  Likely  to  Be  Guilty.

Among  the advice  given  to  employes 
is,  “ Don’t  be  too  familiar  with custom- 
e is.’ ’  This,  it  will  be  found  as  a  gen­
eral  rule,  means,  “ Customers  may  not 
like  to  have  you  consider  yourself  their 
equal.”   Unfortunately  there  are  and 
doubtless  always  will  be a  class  of  peo­
ple  who  consider  themselves  superior  to 
their  fellow  mortals. 
It  may  be  because 
of  greater  wealth,  fancied  better  educa­
tional  advantages,  etc.  ;  or  possibly  it 
may  be  for  only  the  first  reason.  At  any 
rate,  it  is  more  than  likely  to  be  with­
out any  other  backing  than a better filled 
wallet  (acquired  possibly  through  trick­
ery  and  scheming  which  the  aforesaid 
clerks  would  scorn  to  enter  into),  which 
they  think  entitles  them  to  the  same 
amount  of  veneration  as  heathen  na­
tions  accord  their  idols.  No  clerk  who 
is  composed  of  the  material  from  which 
gentlemen  or  ladies  are  formed  would 
tor  a  moment  think  of  becoming  too 
familiar  with  a  patron. 
Indeed,  one 
so deficient  in  perception  as  to  be guilty 
of  such  rudeness 
is  not  a  fit  subject  for 
such  a  business  as  clerking,  which  re­
faculties, 
quires  superior  perceptive 
tact,  courtesy,  etc.  A  clerk  is 
just  as 
likely  to  be  able  to  detect  a  snob as 
any  other  species  of  the  human  race, 
and  is  not  at  all  likely  to  submit  to  in­
sult  to  further  conversational  abilities.

A  Few  Don’ts.

It 

Don’t  use  time  which  properly  be­
longs  to  an  employer  to  do  your  own 
is  about  equal  to  cribbing 
work. 
from  the  till.

that  they  don’t  know  what  they  want.

Don’t  try  to  make  customers  believe 
Don’t  wait  to  see  if  every  other  clerk 
won’t  rush  to  wait  on  a  customer. 
Just 
bustle  up  for  yourself,  and  you  will then 
have  a  clear  conscience.

imagine  that,  if  you  were  to 
Don’t 
the  business  would  go  to 
“ leave,”  
the  demnition  bow-wows.  The  head  of 
the  bouse  might  think  otherwise.
It 

Don’t  do  inferior  work. 

is  not 

honest.

it 

something,  if 
week.

Don’t  spend  all  your  salary.  Save 
is  only  ten  cents  a 
Don’t  “ chin”   store  secrets  with  any­
body  you  shouldn't. 
In  this  way  you 
will  leave  no  opening  for  competitors to 
get  in  a  wedge.

Don’t  argue  with  customers.  It  is  de­
cidedly  more  sensible  to  agree  with 
them  unless  actually  necessary  to  do 
otherwise.

Don't  be  afraid  of  being  behind  time 
occasionally  at  a  meal  in  order  to  make 
a  sale.  You  will  eat  with  a  better  relish 
when  you  do  sit  down.

A  cent  spent  in  answering  an  adver­
tisement 
investment 
which  leads  to  ten  thousand  fold results.

is  frequently  an 

If  people  want  to  run  down  their 
neighbors  without  being  accused  of 
slander,  let  them  ride  on  bicycles.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The  Desirability  of  Correct  Self- 

Measurement.

It 

To  take  an  accurate  measurement  of 
one’s  self 
is  an  easy  matter,  when  it 
means  nothing  more  than  the distance 
between  the  sole  of  the  foot  and  the 
crown  of  the  head.  We  may  be six  feet 
or  less—a  grenadier  or a  dwarf—but  be 
tbe  decision  of  the  tape  what  it  may,  it 
is  not  to  be  reversed  by  any  vanity  or 
ambition  of  our  own.  What  Nature  has 
decided  we cannot  change. 
It  is,  how­
ever,  a  fact  that  conceit  on  the one  side 
can  make  the  shorter  leg  the  longer, 
and  too  much  of  the opposite  quality 
make  the  longer  man  the  shorter of  the 
two.  We  have  all  met  the  man  who  is 
larger  than  he  looks,  and  the other  gen­
is  smaller  than  he  thinks 
tleman  who 
himself  to  be. 
is  not  a  matter  of 
much  concern  so  far  as  feet  and 
inches 
go.  The  mouse  may  pose  as  a  lion  and 
the  monarch  of  quadrupeds  be  as  mod­
est and  retiring  as  a  lamb,  but  when  we 
begin  to  estimate  on  abilities  on  such  a 
basis,  we are  apt  to  get  mixed up  in  our 
standards  and  arithmetic.  There  is  a 
good  deal,  however,  of  this  mixing  be­
ing  done.  The  man  who  thinks  too 
highly  of  his  imperial  personality  and 
the  man  who  errs  in  the opposite  direc­
tion  are  both  to  be  found  in  pants  and 
boots. 
In  either  case  the  mistake  is  a 
bad  one,  and,  as  a  result,  we  have  big 
tin  dollars  passing  as  cuirency  and 
some  genuine  gold  pieces  consigned  to 
the obscurity  of a  napkin.  Merit  squats 
on  a  three-legged  stool  and  pretension 
occupies  an  upholstered  chair.  The 
man  who  could  run  a  business  is  pack­
ing  boxes  and  the  person  who  ought  to 
be  sweeping  out  a  store  is  presiding 
over  its  business.  Men  who  ought  to  sit 
in  legislative  halls  are  pushing  a  broom 
or  driving  a  mule  in  tbe  street  depart­
ment  and  the  gentleman  with  more  col­
lar  than  brains  and  with  less  statesman­
ship  than  a  cigar  is  drawing  a salary for 
making  bad  laws. 
In  social  circles  the 
same  reversal  of  values  is  often  observ­
able,  and  even  in  the temple  of  God  the 
purest  of  men  may  be  in  the  back  seat 
and  others  in  strong  need  of  moral  san­
itation  adorn  the  highest  seat 
in  the 
synagogue. 
In  either  case  and  in  all, 
conceit  on  one  side  and  undervaluation 
on  the other  are  equally  a  misfortune 
as  well  as  a  mistake.  The  man  who  is 
on  his  knees  before  himself 
is,  of 
course, 
the  more  numerous,  but  the 
other,  if  not  often  to  be  found,  repre­
sents  enough  of  lost  value  to  society and 
himself  to  aggravate  a  situation 
in 
which  a  beggar  rides  the  horse  and  a 
prince  cleans  the  stable. 
It  is  true  that 
the  best  men 
in  the  world,  as  a  rule, 
think  the  least of  themselves,  and  that

humbleness  of  this  kind  is  as 
insepa­
rable  from  a  truly  noble  character  as  is 
brightness  from  a  diamond,  but  that 
in 
no  sense 
justifies  self-obliteraticn  or a 
false  estimate  of  personal  worth  or 
ability.  A  Peter  may  catch  fish  in  the 
Lake  of  Galilee  and  a  Burns guide a 
plough 
in  the  clay  of  Caledonia,  and 
neither  ipisses  his  mission,  the  one  as 
an  Apostle  and  the  other as  a  Bard.

in 

Lincoln  split  rails 

Illinois  and 
Livingstone  plied  the  bobbins  in  a  cot­
ton  factory,  but  the  one  did  not  decline 
a  presidency  or the  other  the  fame  of an 
explorer. 
In  each  instance  these  shin­
ing  names  on  the  roll  of  honor  were  as 
far  from  a  false  estimate  of  themselves 
as  the  zenith  is  from  the  nadir,  but  the 
candle  was  not  kept  under  a  bushel  or 
the  diamond  locked  up  in  a  casket. 
It 
is  true  that  among  the  profound  and 
pathetic  mysteries  of  human  life,  the 
philosophers  may  be  breaking  stones, 
statesmen  sweeping  streets,  poets  mak­
ing  shoes  and  philanthropists  digging 
coal.  Such,  however,  is  the  case,  and 
so  far  as  this  world 
is  concerned,  it 
may  always  be  so.  Every  flower js  not 
in  a  button  hole,  or  every  diamond  in  a 
breastpin,  and  perhaps 
is  the gold 
that  is  never  minted  and  the  nobleness 
that 
is  never  put  on  the  apex  of  a 
marble  column  that  constitute  the  true 
wealth  of  the  world.  Be that  as  it  may, 
it  is  better  to  be  an  undiscovered  stone 
in  Kimberly  than  a  paste  diamond  in 
Brooklyn.  The  trouble  with  us  nowa­
days  is  that the  paste  diamond  is  in  the 
majority.

it 

it 

It  may  be  fashionable  to  prate  about 
the  dynamics  of  ambition  and 
talk 
about  plenty  of  room  at  the  top;  but 
when  we  persuade  a  cranberry  to  be­
lieve  itself  a  watermelon  or  a  tin  horn 
that 
is  a  silver  cornet,  we  are  not 
exactly  in  line  with  what  is the opposite 
of  foolishness  and  delusion.  We  are  of 
the  opinion  that  there 
is  no  grade of 
ability,  high  or  low,  that  is  not  suscep­
tible  of  improvement  and  that  reason­
able  aspirations  in  that  direction  are  to 
be encouraged ;  but  when  the  possessor 
of  these  virtues  mistakes  a  gooseberry 
bush  for  a  pine  tree,  he  is  apt  to  throw 
away  his  life  in  attempting impossibili­
ties.  Many  a  young  man  who  is  pros­
pering 
in  a  small  but  well-managed 
business  has  mistaken  himself  for  a 
Stewart  and,  going  beyond  his  ability, 
has  made  a  wreck  of  a  coach  and  four, 
when  he  might  have  been  prosperous 
and  content  in  a  one-horse  shay.  Self­
measurement  under 
such  conditions 
might  have  saved  many  a  business  and 
many  a  man. 

Fred Woodrow.

liar  with.

A  solid  fact  is  a  hard  thing  to  hit  a 

♦♦♦ Clipper IBicycles...

Are the offspring* of a thoroughly equipped bicycle plant, a factory 
that has produced nothing’ but Bicycles for nearly a decade.  They 
are made by  e x p e r i e n c e d  experts in bicycle building*.  They are 
sold by practical riders, men who are up  in  the  business, who have 
devoted the best part of their lives in studying* the wants of bicycle 
riders; men who have given this branch of a great industry their un­
divided time and best energies for the past fifteen years.  Is it not 
reasonable to conclude that “side issue” bicycle makers are beginning 
where the  Clipper people' * left off years ago?  Before deciding on 
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VANILLA.

Some  Facts  Concerning  Its  Prepara­

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

tion  and  Sophistication.

I  suppose  every  one  knows  that  the 
vanilla  is  a  plant  which  belongs  to  the 
orchid  family.  That  used  for  commer­
is  artificially  grown,  a 
cial  purposes 
slip  being  attached—grafted, 
I  pre­
sume,  is  the  proper  term—to  the  lower 
part  of  the  trunk  of  a  tree.  The  aerial 
roots  spring  out and  attach  themselves 
to  the  surrounding  earth,  and  fiom  the 
earth  they  derive  their  food. 
In  color 
it 
is  a  dark  green,  the  flower a  pale 
green  and  about  two  inches in diameter. 
The  fruit 
is  a  slender  pod,  from,  say, 
four  to  ten  inches  long  according  to  va­
riety  and  quality.  This 
is  filled  with 
black  shining  seeds,  surrounded  by  an 
oily  mass  which  has  a  strong,  agreeable 
is  aromatic  in  flavor.  This 
odor  and 
bean 
is  gathered  late  in  the  fall,  when 
nearly  ripe.  The  process  of  curing  is 
tedious  and  delicate,  the  beans  being 
laid  gently 
in  rows  upon  a  mat,  care 
being  taken  that  they  shall  not  touch. 
They  are  left  in  the  open  air  during  the 
day,  being  turned  at  regular 
intervals. 
At  night  they  are  put  into  cauldrons, 
covered  with  blankets  and 
sweated. 
This  process  brings  out  a  thick,  sticky 
oil,  which  is  most  carefully  collected 
and  rubbed  on  the  bean  again  when 
the 
dried.  When  thoroughly  cured, 
beans  are  carefully  sorted,  tied 
into 
bundles,  and  wrapped 
lead  foil  or 
packed  in  metal-lined  boxes,  when  they 
are  ready  for  market.

in 

The  vanilla  is  native  of  Mexico,  the 
Its 
West  Indies  and  South  America. 
in  France, 
culture  has  been  attempted 
and  I  believe 
in  Southern  California, 
but  without  success.  The  best  quality 
comes  from  Mexico,  and  the  most  valu­
able  of  that flourishes  only  on  the  east­
ern  coast,  in  the  States  of  Vera  Cruz 
and  Oaxaca.  And  even  this  small  yield 
its  degrees  of  superiority,  the  best 
has 
always  falling 
into  the  hands  of  the 
very  few  manufacturers  of  high  grade 
extracts. 
The  whole  Mexican  yield 
will  rarely  exceed  135,000  pounds,  the 
average  cost  being $10 to $12 per pound.
The bourbon  vanilla  comes  from  the 
Isle  of  Reunion  and  amounts  to  about 
200,000  pounds  annually.  The 
finest 
samples are  little  inferior  to  the  Mexi­
can. 
is  much  used  in  Europe  and 
is  so  rapidly  coming  into  favor 
in  the 
United  States  that  it  commands  nearly 
as high  a  price  as  the  Mexican.

It 

The  South  American 

vanilla,  al­
though 
in  quality  and  much 
lower  in  price,  still  can  be  called  a true 
vanilla.

inferior 

Perhaps  the  most  utterly  worthless 
and  contemptible  of  all  substitutes  for 
true  vanilla  is  the  Tahiti  vanilla  bean, 
so  called.  When  these  were  first  offered 
for sale  in  this  country,  they were  most 
carefully  cured,  but  went  begging  at  75 
cents  per  pound.  Since  the  passage  of 
the  food  laws 
in  Michigan,  Ohio  and 
some  few  other  states,  the  demand  for 
Tahitis  has  so  far 
increased  that,  al­
though  they  are  now  much  more  care­
lessly  cured,  they  command  from  $3  to 
$4  per  pound,  and  the  demand  exceeds 
the  supply.  They  have  no  flavor  of 
vanilla  whatever  and  are  utterly  worth­
less  in  every  respect,  except  that  they 
bear the  name  of  vanilla,  and  therefore 
an  extiact  made  from  them  can  be  sold 
with 
in  this  and  other food 
law  states,  the  manufacturer  using  them 
guaranteeing  his  product  to  "m eet  all 
the  requirements of  the  Michigan  food 
law. ’ ’

impunity 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3

There  is  nothing  beautiful  or  excel­
lent  in  this  world  for  which  base  sub­
stitutes  have  not  been  found.  Vanilla  is 
no  exception  to  this  rule,  and 
in  its 
case  the  consumption  of  the  substitutes 
immeasurably  exceeds  that  of  the  genu­
ine  article.  True  vanilla  is  an  extreme­
ly  delicate  flavor,  known 
in  absolute 
purity  to  comparatively  few.  The  aver­
age  consumer  is  familiar  only  with  the 
common  substitute,  Coumarin  or  tonka, 
either  pure  or  in  combination  with  va­
nilla  of  low  grade,  or  some other substi­
tute.  Many  bottles  which,  prior  to  the 
passage  of  the  pure  food  bill,  bravely 
bore  the  label,  "Somebody’s  Pure  Va­
nilla  Extract,"  now  stand  in  the  back 
row,  branded  in  red 
letters,  "T o n k a," 
or  "A rtificial."   Point  of  fact,  I  have 
some  respect  for 
it 
doesn’t  parade  as  a  "silk   purse,"  but 
honestly  owns  to  being  the  proverbial 
"sw in e’s  e a r,"  and  no  one  of  any  dis­
in 
cernment  need  be  deceived  by  it,  as 
neither  flavor  nor  odor  is  it  nearly 
like 
vanilla.

tonka,  because 

another 

is  the  fruit  of  a 
in  Guiana.  The  fruit 

large  tree 
Tonka 
growing 
is  an 
oblong  pod  about  one  inch  long,  enclos­
It  has  a  strong, 
ing  a  single  bean. 
aromatic  odor  and  taste,  and 
is  used 
largely  to  flavor  tobacco  and  snuff  and 
to  make  "vanilla  extract”   with  which 
sometimes deceives  the best  of us.  E x ­
ample :  The  writer  recently 
indulged 
in  an  ice  cream  the  flavor  of  which  was 
not  unpleasant  but  entirely  new  to  her. 
She  asked  the  host  what  the  flavor  was. 
"W hat!”   said  the  gentleman,  "you  a 
vendor  of  high  grade  flavoring  extracts 
and  do  not  recognize  vanilla!”   Investi­
gation,  however,  proved  that 
it  was 
tonka  which  the  caterer had  bought  un­
der  the  name  of  vanilla. 
I  just  now 
remember 
example  which 
proves  that,  for  so  long  have  we  been 
the  victims  of  vile  concoctions  called 
vanilla,  some  have  even  learned  to  like 
the  base  imitation  better  than  the  real. 
I  sold  to  one of  the  leading  confection­
ers  a  gallon  of  as  fine five-year-old Mex­
ican  vanilla  as  was  ever  made.  He 
wrote  acknowledging  receipt  of  the 
goods,  but  said  that  he  sent  by  same 
mail  a  sample  of  some  he had  bought 
elsewhere  which  he  deemed  better,  and 
requested  us  to  match  it.  Upon  exam­
ination,  the  sample  was  found  to  be  a 
strongly  alcoholic  extract  of  Tahiti 
bean  with  the  addition  of  artificial  va­
nillin.  We  of  course  replied  that,  while 
the  extract  could  be  produced  at  one- 
third  the  price  of  that  which  we  had 
furnished  him,  we could  not  make  it  at 
any  price,  as 
in  the  State  of 
Michigan  would  be  an  infringement  of 
the  food  laws.

its  sale 

I  have  cited  these  two  examples  to 
show  how  even  learned  people  like  the 
confectioner,  the  caterer  and  myself can 
be  deceived,  and  with  what  care  the 
dealer  should  buy  and  the  consumer  se­
lect.

in  the  extract. 

The  adulterants  commonly  used  are, 
first,  artificial  vanillin.  This  is  chemic­
ally  identical  with  natural  vanillin,  or 
the  flavoring  principle  of  the  Mexican 
vanillas,  and  no  analysis  can  detect 
its 
presence 
It  has  an 
agreeable  flavor  and 
is  in  no  way  in­
jurious  to  health,  but  the  laws  of  this 
State  prohibit  its  introduction  into  ex­
tracts. 
I  looked  it  up  in  the  "D ispen­
satory,”   and  found  that  it  is  produced 
the  oil  of 
by  a  synthetic  process, 
cloves  being  used  as  a  basis. 
I  asked 
Mr.  Parkill,  the  popular  bachelor  drug­
gist  at  Owosso,  to  tell  me  what  vanillin 
is.  He  replied,  “ It  is  a  coal  tar  prod­
In
uct.”  

(Perhaps he  said  coal  oil.) 

either  case,  the  Michigan  housewife 
won’t  care  to  flavor  her  cake  with  it 
when  a  true  vanilla  can  be  secured.

Other substitutes  used  are  California 
wild  vanillas,  Pomponas,  caramel,  gum 
benzoin,  balsam  of  Peru  and  tolu,  oil of 
almond,and—will you believe it?—Turk­
ish  prunes. 
I  really  found  an  extract 
some  high-sounding  name 
bearing 
which  was  principally  prune 
juice—15 
cents  per bottle!

I  wish  every  dealer  and  every  con­
sumer  might  have  the  privilege  of  a 
visit  to  the  laboratory  of  some manufac­
turer of  high  grade  flavoring  extracts, 
and  see  there  the  thousands  of  dollars’ 
worth  of  raw  material,  all  the  best  of 
its  kind;  the  elaborate  and  expensive 
chemical  apparatus;  the  improved  ven­
tilating  system,  to  protect  the  extracts 
and  other  products  from  any  taint  of 
impure  atmosphere;  the  rows  of  pretty 
girls,  so  clean  and  sweet  you  could  eat 
them,  engaged  in  bottling,  labeling  and 
packing  the  goods.  Then,  when  you 
saw  mammoth  glass  vessels  holding 
enough  vanllia  to  flavor  the  ocean,  ap­
parently,  and  were  told  that  every  gal­
lon  cost  from  $6 to  $10  just  to  produce, 
and  that  it  must  stand  there  and  age  at 
least  three  years  before  it  could  be  bot­
tled  as the  highest  grade,  thus  adding  to 
its  cost  as  well  as  value,  you  would 
come  away  not  only  glad  to  pay  the 
highest  price,  but  convinced  that  cheap 
extracts  are  dear at  any  price.

in 

I  believe 

it  is  an  acknowledged  fact 
that  environment  has  much  or all  to  do 
with  the character  of  man ;  that classic­
al  music  elevates  the  mind  and  tends 
toward  developing  all  the  higher,  the 
better  elements  in  man’s nature.  Odors, 
also,  greatly  influence  and  bring  out  the 
esthetic  side  of  our  natures.  And  would 
it  be  possible  to  become  truly  refined 
if  we dwelt  constantly  amidst  the  odors 
of  beer and  onions?  Then,  by  seeking 
to  use  only  true  and  refined 
flavors, 
might  we  not  become  actually  better— 
imbued  with  a  desire  for  the 
become 
better  things 
life  and  less  inclined 
toward  the  sordid  and  earthy?  Do  we 
not  owe  it  to  those  for  whom  we provide 
food  to  give  them,  at  all  times,  the 
best,  however  small  the  portion  or  how 
ever  seldom  indulged  in,  yet  always  the 
very  best?  You  may  ask,  How  shall  we 
determine  which  is  the  best?  Well,  one 
thing  you  may  be  sure  of—no  good  ex­
tract  can  be  cheap.  This 
is  a  fact 
which  cannot  be  overcome.  When  you 
have  put  away  all  cheap  extracts,  you 
have  reduced  the  quantity  to  a  point 
where  there 
is  a  chance  to  study  the 
question.  Strength  is  no  sure  test,  be­
cause  not  long  ago  I  opened  a  bottle  of 
lemon( ?)  extract  found  upon  the  shelf 
of  a  customer  and,  to  test  it,  tasted 
it. 
Its  strength  might  be  described  in  the 
recital  of  this  story  read  in  the  "Home 
Magazine:”   A  colored  porter 
in  a 
Texas  hotel  swallowed,  on  the  sly,  a 
large  dose  of  muriatic  acid  which  his 
employer  had  been  mixing  when  sud­
denly  called  away.  And  all  the  African 
ever  said  about  it  was: 
" I   guess  that 
stuff  must  be  kind  o’  strong,  for  every 
time  I ’s  wipes  my  mouf  I  burns  a  hole 
lemon 
in  my  sleeve!”   So  I  guess  that 
was  "kin d  o’  strong,”   for 
it 
surely 
took  the  skin  off  my  lips. 
In  that  fla­
vors  are  so  essentially  a  luxury—a  com­
pliment  to  our  refined  and  cultured 
sense  of  taste—why,  then,  should  we 
try  to  satisfy  ourselves  with  stuff  that 
tastes  like  hair  oil—not  that 
I  ever 
tasted  hair  o il!—for  no  reason  than  an 
attempt  to  save  a  paltry  dime  once 
in 
If  it  be  true  that 
three  or  four  months? 
invest­
the  housewife  cannot  afford  an 

ment  of  25  or  50  cents,  then  far  better 
that  she  return  to  the  flavors  used by  her 
grandmothers,  and  grate  some  nutmeg 
in  her  custards  or  put  a  stick  of  cinna­
mon 
least 

pure  and  wholesome.Mrs.  W.  R. Allen.
Written for the Tradesman.

Real  Estate  Liabilities  of  Farmers. 

in  her  creams—that 

is  at 

It  is  extremely  unfortunate  that  a  sec 
retary  of  any  department  of  the  Govern­
ment,  in  making  out  a  report  to  the 
President  for  publication  and  general 
distribution,  should  he  forced  to  depend 
upon  statistics  so  meager,  unreliable 
and  misleading  as  those  within  the 
reach  of  the  Secretary  cf  Agriculture  in 
last  quarterly  report  upon  the  real 
his 
estate 
the  American 
farmer.

liabilities  of 

Your  correspondent,  W.  N.  Ful­
ler,  is  not  alone  in  taking  for  granted 
as  truthful  the  Secretary's  roseate  view 
of  the  situation,  that 72  per  cent,  of  the 
farm  property in the United States is  en­
tirely  free  of  incumbrance.  Newspaper 
editors  and  newspaper  correspondents 
have  fallen  into the  same  error  by  as­
suming  the  secretaries’  official  figures 
to be  correct.

laws  prevailing 

If  the  Secretary,  in  making  out his 
report,  had  taken  into  consideration  the 
tax 
in  many  states  in 
the  Union,  he  could  have  seen  how 
readily  his  statistical  information might 
mislead  him  and  convey  erroneous  con­
clusions  to  the  public.  Take  our  own 
State  of  Michigan,  for  example.  Real 
estate  mortgages  are 
taxable,  conse­
quently  but  few  mortgages are executed. 
Ironclad  contracts  between  the  parties, 
showing  but a  small  percentage  to  have 
been  paid,  take  the  place  of  deeds  of 
conveyance.  These  contracts  are  not 
required  to be  placed  upon  record  in the 
office  of  the  Register  of  Deeds,  and  do 
not  appear  there,  the  only  source  from 
which  the  Secretary  can  obtain  his  in­
formation.  Probably  not  more  than 
one-halt  of  the  real  estate 
indebtedness 
of  Michigan  is  spread  on  the  books  of 
the  Registers  of  Deeds.  Real  estate 
contracts  are  not  taxable,  and  money 
lenders  prefer  them  to mortgages,  which 
are  subject  to  taxation.  The legislation 
I  believe,  prevails 
taxing  mortgages, 
generally 
the  West  and 
Southwest.  In  the  North  Atlantic  States 
this  mortgage  taxation  does  not  prevail. 
Real  estate  transactions  are  all  placed 
upon  record,  and  the  Secretary’s  data, 
in  making  his report,  are easily obtained 
and  probably  correct.

throughout 

The  "curious  fact”   noted  by  your 
correspondent  in  his  article  in  your 
is­
sue  of  Dec.  q  would  seem  to be  no  fact 
at  all,  but  that  the  "general  impression 
prevailing”   that  the  West  and  South­
west  is  carrying  by  far  the  largest  real 
estate 
indebtedness  of  any  section  of 
the  country  is  much  nearer  the truth.

What  the  Secretary  says  of  the  effects 
of  the homestead laws where they exist is 
pertinent  and  truthful—that  the  compe­
tition  consequent  on  the  giving  of  lands 
is  an  injury  to 
to  homesteaders  gratis 
the  owners  of  costly 
farms.  But  we 
must  not  forget  that,  in  the  main,  they 
are  beneficent,  and  have  proved  an  im­
portant  factor 
in  pushing  the  emigra­
tion  and  civilization  that  force  the  Star 

of  Empire  westward.W. S. H. Welton.

Owosso,  Mich.

Now that  the  smoke  of  the  campaign 
has  cleared  away,  you  will  see  more 
smoke  from  the  S.  C.  W.  You  do  not 
need  silver  or  gold,  but  only  a  nickel  to 
get  the  S.  C.  W.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around the State

Movements  of  Merchants.

Lansing—R.  C.  Peez  has  purchased 

the grocery  stock  of  C.  L.  Bowman.

Bay  C ity -F .  C.  Kellogg  succeeds  E. 
Von  Hermann  &  Co.  in  the  drug  busi­
ness.

Brant—P.  E.  Willoughby  has  pur­
chased  the general  stock  of  Hamilton 
Winter.

Oscoda—Gowanlock  &  Dodds  succeed 
to  the  business  of  the  Iosco  County  Sav­
ings  Bank.

Otsego— D.  W.  Shepherd  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Fisher  &  Waters,  of 
Iron  River.

Saginaw  (W.  S .)—Jas.  Campau  suc­
ceeds  Campau  &  Doyle  in  the  confec­
tionery  business.

Detroit—Meier  Bros.  &  Co.,  stone 
contractors,  have  dissolved,  Hubert  A. 
Meier succeeding.

Saugatuck—Chas.  Blink  will  move 
his grocery  stock  to  Hamilton  and  add 
a  line  of  dry  goods.

Detroit—Thomas  Bros., 

Flugel 

Co.,  manufacturers'  agents,  are 
ceeded  by  Ibomas  Bros.  &  Co.

sue 

Charlevoix—R.  W.  Kane  has  pu 
chased  the  cold  storage  warehouse  of  S 
J.  Lobdell, 
the  consideration  being 
$1,000.

Detroit—Henry  Werner  &  Co.,  whole 
sale  dealers  in  rubber goods  and  manu 
facturers  of  rubber  shirts,  have  re 
moved  to  Pittsburgh.

Howard  City—Geo.  M.  Pratt  and  W 
H.  Campbell  are  now  proprietors  of  the 
restaurant,  grocery,  and  feed  store  for 
merly  owned  by  T.  M.  Lander.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Fred  Krause,  late 
manager  of  S.  Highstone’s 
geuera 
store  at  Bickford,  has  taken  a  position 
with  John  E.  Krafft  &  Co.,  of  this  city 
Muskegon—A.  B.  Payne  &  Son  hav_ 
sold  their  grocery  stock  to  Jacob  and 
Edward  Heethuis,  employes  of  th 
Muskegon  branch  of  the  U.  S.  Baking 
Co.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—C.  W.  Pickford  & 
Son,  the  well-known  dry  goods 
firm, 
are  preparing  to  dissolve  partnership 
S.  W.  Pickford  will  retire  and  go  to 
Washington,  D.  C ,  and  enter 
into 
business  there.

Evart-  Geo.  B.  Selby  has  purchased 
the 
interest  of  R.  P.  Holihan  in  the 
grocery  firm  of  McDougall  &  Holihan. 
The  new  firm  will  be  known  as  Mc­
Dougall  &  Selby.

Big  Rapids—N.  H.  Beebe  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner,  H.
E.  Frederick,  in  the  grocery  firm  of 
Beebe  &  Frederick,  and  will  continue 
the  business  in  his  own  name.

Big  Rapids—The  J.  H.  Megargle 
grocery  stock  has  been  sold  to  Mrs. 
Del.  Megargle,  who  held  a  mortgage  on 
the  goods.  The  sale 
included  horse, 
wagon  and  book  accounts.  Mrs.  Me­
gargle  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
old  stand.

Bay  City—McLaughlin  &  Magill, 
one  of  the  oldest  coal  firms  in  the  city, 
have  filed  chattel  mortgages aggregating 
£22,000.  The  first 
is  for  $11,539  and 
runs  to  F.  D.  Pierson,  trustee.  The 
second,  for $9,217,  runs  to  Peter  Peter­
son.  Poor collections  is  the  cause  of  the 
failure.

Cross  Village—A.  D.  Loomis  has 
shipped  his  stock  of  drugs  and  patent 
medicines  to  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.,  of  Grand  Rapids,  who  held 
a  mortgage  on  the  stock.  Mr.  Loomis 
wished  to  free  himself  and  suggested 
this  move,  which  the  mortgagees  ac­
cepted.

Sault  Sie.  Marie— 1 nos.  Lieaudrie  is 
in  correspondence  with  E.  E.  Sherman, 
of  Rochester,  Ohio,  with  a  view  to 
in­
ducing  him  to  open  a  cheese  factory  at 
this  place.

Lansing—The  crusade  against  the 
dealers  who  sold  tobacco  to  schoolboys 
in  this  city  has  finally  resulted  in  the 
conviction  of  one  of  the  number,  al 
though  two  were  discharged  on previous 
occasions. 
James  Spaniolo  was  con 
victed  of  selling  tobacco  to  a  boy 
years  old,  and  paid  a  nominal  fine.

Marshall—The  suit  of  F.  G.  Seaman 
against  the  city  of  Marshall  for dam 
ages  in the  amount  of  $283 04 resulted 
a  verdict  for  $188.69  damages.  The 
case  grew  out  of  the  flooding  of  the  cel 
lar  of  Seaman’s  drug  store  during  the 
heavy  rain  storm  of  July 
15,  last.  The 
complainant’s  attorney,  H.  E.  Winsor 
made  the  claim  that  the  city  sewer 
the  rear  of  ' the  Cook  block  was  not 
arge  enough  to  carry  off  the  water, 
hence  the  flooding  of  the  cellar,  which 
resulted  in  the  destruction  of  the  drugs 
stored  therein.

Manufacturing  Matters. 

Galesburg—The  Standard  Manufac 
turing  Co.  succeeds  S.  E.  Olin  &  Co 
in  the  foundry  and  wind  mill  manufac 
turing  business.

St. 

Ignace—Mulcrone  Bros,  are  en 
gaged  quite  extensively  in  cedar  opera 
lions  this  winter.  They  have a contract 
with  the  D.,  S.  S.  &  A.  Railway  for 
20,000 ties,  to  be  delivered  on  track  at 
Allenville.

Manistique—William  H.  Hill,  who 
has  been  Superintendent  of  the  Chi 
cago  Lumbering  Co.  for  the  past  thir 
teen  years,  will  sever  his  connection 
with  that 
institution  on  Jan.  1,  to  take 
the  position  of  General  Manager  of  the 
Spaulding  and  Menominee  Lumber 
Co.’s  business.  He  will  take  up  hi 
residence  at  Menominee.

Traverse  City—The  Traverse  City 
Lumber  Co.  has  taken  a  contract  with 
the  South  Side  Lumber  Co.,  of Chicago, 
to  cut  several  million  feet  of  maple 
umber  for  flooring,  and  will  begin 
work  as  soon  as  logs  can  be  secured.  In 
addition,  they  will  cut  12,000,000 feet 
of  hemlock.  This  will  mean  work  for 
many  extra  hands,  the  season commenc 
ng  earlier and  lasting  later  than  usual.
Traverse  City—Harry  D.  Alley  has 
closed  negotiations  whereby  he  becomes 
sole  owner  of  the  business  heretofore 
operated  under  the  name  of  the  Riley 
Sweers  Marble  &  Granite  Co.  The 
business  has  been  conducted  as  a  cor 
poration,  but  Mr.  Alley  will  dissolve 
the corporation.  Riley  Sweers  retired 
rom  the  company  some  time  ago,  but 
W.  H.  Foster and  W.  P.  Crotser  have 
just  sold  out  to  Mr.  Alley.

feet  of  maple 

Cross  Village—During  the  coming 
winter  the  Miller  Lumber  Co.  will  buy 
,550.000 
logs  and 
,000,000  feet  of  hemlock.  O.  H.  Shurt- 
eff,  J.  B.  McArthur and  A.  B.  Klise  & 
To.  will  each  buy  2.000,000  feet  of 
hemlock  logs,  in  addition  to  which  the 
latter  will  purchase 
1,500,000  feet  of 
maple  logs  and  1,500  cords  of  shipping 
ood.  The  Cary  Hoop  Co.  will  buy 
000,000  feet  of  elm  logs.

Cider  Makers  to  Meet  in  Toledo. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Tri-State 
dermakers  and  Producers  of  Fruit 
Indiana 
Goods  of  Ohio,  Michigan  and 
will  meet  in  Toledo on  Wednesday  and 
Thursday,  January  13 and  14,  with head­
quarters  at  the  Burnett  House.

No advance  on  Gillies  New York teas. 

Phone  Visner,  1589.

One  of  my  friends 

in  the  jobbing 
trade  tells  me  that the  most annoying

RANDOM  Rt.FLECTIONS.

I  met  a  lady  the  other day  in  the  so 
called  bankrupt  book  store  on  Monroe 
street,  which  comes  here  during  the 
holiday  season  every  year,  rakes  in  as 
many  «hekels  as  possible  by  sensational 
advertising  and  even  more  sensational 
methods,  and,  directly  after  New Years, 
packs  up  what  is  left  and  departs  with­
out  paying  a  penny  of  taxes  or  contrib 
uting  an  iota  to  the support  of  the  city 
—financially,  socially  or  morally. 
1 
asked  the  lady  what  she  was  doing 
there,  and  she  replied  that  she  was buy­
ing  books  for  her  Sunday  school  class, 
f  reminded  her  of  the  fact  that  I  had 
known  of  her  calling  on  Lyon,  Beecher 
&  Kymer  and  Palmer,  Meech  &  Co. 
several  times  during  the  year  for  adver- 
isements  for  a  church  publication  with 
which  she  was  connected,  volunteering 
the suggestion  that  it  would  be eminent­
ly  proper  for  her to  bestow  her  patron­
age  on  a  house  which had patronized her 
publication  during  the  year,  instead  of 
spending  her  money  with  a  foreign 
in­
stitution  which  had  no interest  in  Grand 
Rapids  and  which  would,  probably, 
not  be  here  the  next  time  she got  out an 
ssue  of  her  paper.  The  idea  of  rec 
procity  had  evidently  never  dawned 
upon  her  and  she  promptly  replied,  ‘ ‘ I 
would  patronize  the  other  stores  if  1 
could  do  as  well,  but  I  can  save  a  cent 
a  book  on  twenty  books,  and  20 cents  is 
worth 
in  these 
times. ”

you  know, 

saving, 

into  their  homes  without 

This  conversation  and  the  idea  which 
t  suggested  reminded  me  of  the  people 
who  are  consenting  to  put  free  Bell  tel 
phones 
proper  realization  of  what  their  action 
mplies.  Until  the  advent  of  competi 
on,  the  Bell  people  bled  the  town  un­
mercifully,  local  managers  standing  on 
their dignity  and  asserting  that even  as 
poor  service  as  the  Bell  people  were 
ving  could  not  be  afforded  at  any  less 
rates,  yet,  when  competition  actually 
came,  they  cut  theii  rates  in  two,  and, 
finding  that  they  are  unable  to  compete 
th  the  opposition  company  because 
of  the  inferiority  of  their  service,  now 
make  the  miscellaneous  tender  of  free 
phones  to  people  generally.  This  may 
be good  business  policy  on  the  part  ol 
the  Bell  people,  but  the  intention  of  the 
Bell  company  is  to  furnish  free  service 
only  long  enough  to  freeze  out  the  com 
peting  company,  and  every  man  who 
permits  a  Bell  phone  to  come  into  his 
home  or  place  of  business  thus  puts 
mself  on  record  as  not  being  in  sym 
pathy  with  400  of  his  fellow  citizens 
who  have gone  into  the telephone  busi­
ness  for  the  purpose of cutting telephone 
rentals  in  two,  and  his  action  in accept 
g  a  free  phone  is  a  rebuke  to  his  fel­
low  citizens  for  having  ventured  to cope 
th  a  monopoly,  thus deliberately plac- 
ng  a  premium  upon  the  methods of one 
the  most  unscrupulous  aggregations 
capital  in  the  country.  I  am  sorry  to 
Lite  that  some of  my  friends  have  been 
thoughtless  as  to  permit  themselves 
be  hoodwinked  by  this  scheme. 
I 
am  charitable  enough  to  believe  that 
they  have  done  so  thoughtlessly  and 
without  a  realizing  sense  of  the  conse­
quences  involved. 
I  commend  them  to 
the  homily  some  of  them  continually 
prate  relative  to  the  duty  people owe 
their  home town  and  home  people  when 
bestowing  their  patronage.  What  will 
apply  to  merchandise applies with equal 
force  to  telephones.

Same  as 

thing  he  has  to  contend  with 
is  the 
man  who  sends  in  an  order  for goods, 
last.”   This,  necessarily, 
involves  his  going  over  a  long  ledger 
account  and  tracing  up  the  details  con­
cerning  shipments  made,  sometimes 
many  months  previously.  In many  cases 
he  fails  to  get  hold  of  the  most  recent 
shipment  of  the  sort  and  sends  some­
thing  entirely  foreign  to  the  needs  and 
necessities  of  his  customer.  He  urges 
me  to  caution  the trade  on  this  point, 
assuring  me  that  any 
influence  the 
Tradesman  can  bring  to  bear  to  secure 
greater  definiteness 
in  giving  orders 
will  be  appreciated  by  the  jobber and 
also  result  in  more  satisfactory  service 
to  the  retailer.

Tales  Told  by  Travelers.

A  trio  of  commercial  men  were  oc­
cupying  chairs  in  the  lobby  of  the  Mor­
ton  House  one  night  last  week.  They 
had  been  discussing  a  little  of  every­
thing,  but  references  to  business  had 
been  few  and  far  between,  for  the  boys 
uowadays  do  not  “ talk  shop”   as  they 
did  in  the  days gone  by. 
“ L ife ,”   said 
the  salesman with  gray  hair,  “ is mighty 
uncertain,  and  so 
I  suppose 
that 
in  time  I  shall  come  face  to  face 
with  the  three  giants,  Old  Age,  Winter 
and  Poverty.  Now,  although  the  out­
look  is  not  a  rosy  one  for  me,  I ’ m  go­
ing  to  have  a  lot  of  fun  before  I  die. 
Some  Irishman  has  written :

“But since in wailing 
Tnere's naught availing,
But ileath unfailing.
Must strike the blow.
Thru for this eason,
And fora stasuii, 
i.et u- be uieriy before we go.”

luck. 

is 

The  boys  applauded  the  gray-haired 
salesman  and  be  continued:  “ I  never 
thought  that  we  should  drift  into such 
talk  as  this,  but  now  that  the  subject  of 
humor  is  on  tap,  I ’ll  tell  you  something 
tnat  happened  during  the  St.  Louis  tor­
nado  last  May. 
I  was  sitting  on  a  box 
in  front  of  a  business  house  near  the 
levee  and  on  the other  side  of  the  street 
stood  a  big  white  dog.  As  the gale 
came  off  the  river  into the street  the  dog 
attempted  to  weather  it  with  his  mouth 
wide  open,  and  the  consequence  was 
that  when  I 
for  the  canine  I 
found  that  the  wind  had  turned  him 
completely  inside  out.”
*   *  *

looked 

“ On  my  last  trip  to  Chicago,”   said 
No.  2,  “ I  found  my  watch  had  stopped, 
and  I  took  it  to  a  watchmaker  to  put 
it 
n  order.  The  latter  armed  his  eye 
with  a  microscope  and  continued  to  ex­
haust  my  patience  for  a  considerable 
time  examining  the  machinery  to  dis­
cover  the  difficulty.  At 
length  he  told 
me  he  could  do  the  timepiece  no  good 
unless  he  took  it  all  to  pieces.  To  this 
I  objected  and  carried 
it  to  another 
jeweler,  who,  a  good  deal  to  my  sur 
prise,  discovered  that  I  had  only  for­
gotten  to  wind  it  up.”

*  *   *

I  was 

No.  3  was  not  to  be  outdone  : 

“ On 
in  Grand 
Thanksgiving  Day 
Rapids  and  met  George  Owen.  George 
kindly  extended  me  an 
invitation  to 
dine  at  his  home  and  I  accepted.  He 
has an  ideal  home,  and  as  we  neared  it 
he  pointed 
‘ Do 
you  see  that  door  plate,  Jack,  with  my 
name  on  it?’ 
I  was  hungry,  very  hun­
gry,  and replied absent-mindedly,  ‘ I do, 
George,  but  a  dinner  plate  with  my 
dinner  on 
is  what  I  am  looking  for 
just  now. ’  ”

it  out  to  me,  saying: 

it 

The  mail  carriers  get  the  worst  of  it 
in  doing  errands  for  Santa  Claus.  They 
are  loaded  down  with  compliments  for 
other  people.

Grand Rapids Gossip

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  European  market  is  dull 
and  slightly  easier.  There  has  been  a 
slight  decline 
in  raws  abroad,  which, 
while  not  important  in  itself,  shows  the 
trend  of  the  market.  The  Trust  is  buy­
ing  but  little  raw  sugar,  refusing  to  pay 
the asked  price.  The  consumptive  de­
mand  is  rather  light,  as  is  usual  at  this 
season  of  the  year.

Tea—Notwithstanding  the  fact  that 
there  is  a  gap  between  sellers’  and  buy­
ers’  ideas,  there  is  no  disposition  what­
ever  to  shade  prices.  This  difference 
of  opinion  will  simply  prevent  anv 
more  business  being  done  this  year. 
Everything  points  to at  least  a  mainte­
nance of  present  prices,  with  a  possible 
advance  after  the  first  of  the  year 
Even  the  cheap  grades  are  being  held 
more  firmly.  The  retail  trade 
in  tea 
has  been  very  fair  for  this  season.  As 
yet  there  has  been  no  speculation  in  the 
market,  mainly  due 
to  scarcity  of 
money. 
It  is  hard  to  see  how  this  can 
be  avoided  after  the  first  of  the  year, 
especially 
im­
prove.  Speculation  would  unquestion­
ably  exercise  an 
influence 
upon  the  market.

if  general  conditions 

important 

institution. 

Coffee—The  sensation  of  the  week 
has  been  the  purchase  of  a  controlling 
interest 
in  the  VVoolson  plant,  at  To 
ledo,  by  the  sugar  trust,  which  has 
given  the  American  Sugar  Refining  Co 
the  control  of  that 
It  is 
generally  conceded  that  the  trust  has 
taken  this  step  in  order  to  punish  Ar- 
buckle  for  announcing  his  intention  of 
embarking 
in  the  sugar  refining  busi­
ness.  As  a  result  of  the  purchase,  the 
Woolson  people  have  announced  two de­
clines  of 
each  during  the  week, 
while  Ariosa  and  X X X X   remain  at  the 
old  rate.  Grocery  jobbers  generally  will 
stand  by  Arbuckle  and  McLaughlin,  be­
cause  they  realize  that  if  the  sugar  trust 
succeeds  in  controlling  the  coffee  mar­
it  already  controls  the  sugar 
ket,  as 
market,  they  will  have  new  troubles 
in 
impression  seems  to  pre­
store.  The 
vail  that  Havemeyer  will  bring  Ar­
in  that 
buckle  to  time,  but  whether 
event  the  controlling 
the 
Woolson plant  will  revert  to  the  original 
stockholders  or  whether 
it  will  be 
turned  over  to  Arbuckle,  is  a  matter  of 
considerable  speculation.

interest  of 

R ice—The  impression  prevails  that 
there  will  be  a  greatly  enlarged  demand 
in  all  styles,  both  domestic  and  for­
eign,  after  Jan.  i,  and,  in  view  of  the 
shortened  supply,  prices  be  materially 
affected.  Advices  from  the  South  note 
slight  enlargement  of  activity 
in  all 
points  along  the  Atlantic  Coast,  nearly 
local  operator  purchasing  freely 

every 

against  the  usual  “ January  rise.’ ’

Provisions—The  provision  trade  has 
developed  nothing  of  especial  note  dur 
ing  the  week  and  the  position  of  prices 
of  leading  articles  is  about  the  same  as 
a  week  ago.  Business  in  a  general  way 
is  rather  dull.  The  week’s  export  clear­
ances  of  product  were  liberal  of  both 
lard  and  meat.  A  noticeable  feature 
in  the  provision  trade  is  the  relatively 
low  price  of  speculative  articles  of 
product  as  compared  with  the  nonspec- 
ulative  cuts. 
In  the  instance  of  lard,  it 
is  well  understood  that  other  fats  not 
only  directly  compete  with  this  article, 
but  are  more  or  less 
introduced  into 
that  which  enters  commercial  channels 
a$ 
lard.  Under  such  conditions  the 
large  stocks  of  lard  have  been  brought 
in  sight  have
about—and  these  stocks 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

had  a  depressing  influence  on  values  of 
other  articles,  especially  such  as  are 
speculative.  Mess  pork  has  practically 
ceased  to  be  a  commercial  article,  and 
yet  has  continued  to  be  liberally  made, 
and  carried  for  speculative  purposes, 
serving  the  convenience  of  certain  in­
fluential  operators.  Perhaps  the  most 
unrighteous  shaping  of  affairs 
in  the 
speculative  articles  is  the  Chicago  rule 
governing  sales  of  short  rib  sides  for 
future  delivery,  which  admits  of  prac­
tices  calculated  to  unduly  influence  the 
market  prices  of  such  cuts.  Under  the 
rules  the  seller  has  the  right  to  deliver 
on  contract  meats  weighing  greatly 
in 
excess of  commercial  calls—say  80  and 
go  pound  sides,  while  the  demand  is 
ordinarily  for  sides  of  about  40  pounds. 
These  heavy  sides  can  be delivered,  un­
der  the  rules,  by  a  certain  fixed  dis­
count 
in  excess  of  60 
pounds. 
The  result  is  that  the  current 
quotations  do  not  represent  the  merit  of 
the  market  for  such  averages  as  con­
form  to  the  wants  of  the  trade,  and 
values  of  product  inevitably  suffer  more 
or  less  thereby.

for  averages 

Oatmeal—The  remarkable  decline 

in 
oatmeal  has  been  one  of  the  features  of 
the week,  standard  brands  having  been 
marked  down  goc  per  bbl.  The  Mus­
catine  concern  was  the  first  to  make  the 
cut  and  competing  manufacturers  have 
been  forced  to  drop  their  prices  to  a 
point  very  near  those of  this  company. 
The  cause  of  the  decline  is  said  to be 
the  dullness  of  trade  and  large  accumu­
lations  of  stock 
in  millers’  hands. 
There 
is  no  doubt  that  the  trade  in 
rolled  oats  has  been  excessively  dull  for 
for 
several  weeks.  The  dull  season 
cereals  is  now  on  and  will  last  at 
least 
two  months  longer.  The  real  reason for 
the  decline,  however,  is  not  believed  to 
be this,  but  rather  that  the  manufactur­
ers  were  too  hasty  in  discounting  the 
condition  of  the  market.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Local  dealers  hold  choice 

fruit  at $1^51.25  per  bbl.

Beans—Handlers  pay  4016150c 

for 
country  picked,  holding  city  picked  at 
6 o@ 70 C .  The  demand 
is  fair  but  the 
market  is  featureless.
Butter—Receipts  are  more  liberal,  in 
consequence,  of  which  the  market  has 
eased  off  a  trifle.  Fancy  dairy  now 
brings 
12c.  but  factory  creamery  has 
advanced  to  21c.
to  size  and  quality. 
are  quoting  $8  per ton.

Cabbage—40(f?5oc  pet  doz.,  according 
In  carlots  dealers 

Celery—15c  per  hunch.
'  Cider—$4  per  bbl.,  including  bbl.
Cranberries—Dealers  hold  Cape  Cods 

at $2  per  bu.  and  $6  per  bbl.

Eggs—Strictly 

fresh  candled  stock 
commands  20c.  Candled  cold  storage 
brings  16c.  while  candled  pickled  stock 
in  fair  demand  at  15c.  Supplies  ol 
is 
fresh  are  larger  than  a  week  ago.  State 
shippers  having  sent 
less  stock  East 
than  before,  owing  to  the  advent  ol 
cold  weather.
’"Grapes—Malagas  bring $6  per  keg  of 
65  lb.  gross.
Honey—Scarce  and  higher,  white 
clover  having  been  marked  up  to  13c, 
while  dark  buckwheat  now  fetches 
11c.
Nuts—Ohio  hickory  $1.50  per  bu.
Onions—Spanish  are  in  fair  demand, 
commanding  $1  25  per  bu.  crate.  Home 
grown  are  advancing,  being  now  held 
at  40@45c,  with  every  prospect  of 
reaching  75c  before  spring.

Potatoes—Without  quotable  change.
Squash  -Hubbard  is  stronger,  bring­

ing  $1.25  per  too  lbs.
Sweet  Potatoes—The  market  is  about 
the  same,  Baltimore  and  Virginia  stock 
commanding  $1.50  per  bbl  ,  while  gen­
uine  Jerseys,  kiln-dried,  bring  $2.50.

Edward  Armitage 

J. 
in  the  upholstering  and  drapery 

Biggs 
business  in  the  Wellington  Flats.

succeeds 

J. 

Regulating  the  Streets.

in  the  management  of 

Gradually  Grand  Rapids  is  assuming 
the  airs  and  manners  of  a  metropolitan 
its  street 
city 
affairs.  The  steps  which  are  taken 
in 
this  direction  are  extremely  cautious 
and  slow,  and  are  as  tentative  and  ex­
perimental,  most  of  them,  as  though 
there  were  no  examples  in  the  develop­
ment  of  the  older  cities  of  the  country. 
For 
instance,  ordinances  are  passed 
with  the  most  ridiculous  provisions, 
such  as  the  bell  ringing  section  of 
last 
summer’s  bicycle  enactment,  while  in 
more  experienced  towns  the  opposite 
requirements  are  made,  which  should 
have  served  as  a  guide.  The  public 
quietly  accepted  the  reasonable  provi­
sions  in  that  instance  and the remainder 
became  a  dead 
it  did  not 
comport  with  the  dignity  of  tne  law­
makers  to  repeal  them.

letter,  as 

A  more  recent  experiment  is the pass­
ing  of an  ordinance  for  the  clearing  of 
snow  from  the  sidewalks.  This  seems 
to  have  been  as  purely  tentative  as  the 
bicycle  enactment.  No  sooner  was  it 
published  than  the  public,  through  the 
city  press,  began  to  speculate  as to what 
it  meant.  At  the  first  snow-storm  its 
meaning  was  clearly  demonstrated  by 
the  arrest  of  a  large  number  of  the  best 
and  most  law-aiding citizens  for  not  lit­
erally  and  fully  complying  with  its 
im­
possible  provisions. 
These  promptly 
paid  their  fines  as a  tax  imposed  by  the 
blundering  ignorance  of  the  city  fathers 
—filial  duty  will  submit  cheerfully  to 
that  which  would  not  be  tolerated  in 
other  relations.  However,  the  Common 
Council  is  consenting  in  this  case  to the 
consideration  of  provisions  to  make  the 
law  possible  of observance.  Now,  there 
is  no  doubt  that  some  of  the  cities  of 
the  country,  situated  the  same  as  Grand 
Rapids 
in  this  regard,  have  practical 
snow-cleaning  ordinances  which  would 
have  been  placed  at  the  disposal  of 
in­
it  was  preferred  to  work 
quirers.  But 
the  problem  out  independently.

Another important—and commendable 
—step  comes  from  the executive depart­
ment  in  the  decision  that  the  street 
cleaning  operations  shall  be  earned  on 
in  the  night  at  such  hours  as  the  streets 
are  not  in  use. 
It  is  strange  that Grand 
Rapids  has  continued  to  be  the  veriest 
in  this  regard  so  long.  The 
village 
street  cleaning,  as 
it  has  always  been 
carried  on  by  day,  has  always  been  in­
effective  and  the  cleaning 
force  has 
constituted  a  nuisance 
in  the  streets. 
The  better  method  might  soon  have 
been  learned  by  inquiry elsewhere,  how­
ever;  and  there 
is  also  much  to  be 
learned  as  to apparatus  and  methods  for 
properly  doing  this  work.

The  Grain  Market.

At  present  the statistics  and  all 

facts 
eading  toward  stronger  markets  are 
ignored.  However,  the  same  condition 
exists  now  that  existed  some  time  ago, 
when  prices  were  at  about  the  same 
point  as  they  are  now,  and  the  market 
advanced  6c  per  bushel.  The  visible 
shows  an 
increase  of  about  860,000 
bushels,  when  a  decrease  was 
looked 
for.  The  visible 
increased  2,500,000 
bushels  during  the  same  week  last  year. 
Notwithstanding  all  this,  we  are  com­
pelled  to  report  a  falling  off  of  about 
ic  per  bushel  on  both  cash  and  futures. 
Of  course, the  large  bank  failure  in Chi­
cago  probably  had  a  bear  effect  on  the 
market.  Otherwise,  the  situation  is  as 
strong  as  ever.  Farmers  are  more  in­
clined  to  sell, than  they  were  two  weeks 
ago  and,  should  we get  good  sleighing, 
considerable
we  may  expect  to  see 

wheat  offered,  which  will  probanly  clear 
up  all  held  back  by  farmers  in  this 
lo­
cality.  Of  course,  the  price  will  govern 
the  amount  moved. 
case  there 
should  be  a  sharp  upturn,  holders  will 
hold  what  they  have  on  hand,  expecting 
to  get Si  per  bushel.

Coarse  grains  are  flat  and  nothing  do­

In 

ing.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were: 
wheat,  31  cars;  oats,  2 cars ;  buckwheat, 
2  cars.  No  corn.

Millers  are  paying  85c  for  wheat.

C.  G. A. Voigt.

Flour  and  Feed.

The  flour market  has  been  steady  and 
firm  during  the  past  week,  with a rather 
light  volume  of  trading.  Both  buyers 
and  sellers  seem  content  to  wait  until 
after  the  New  Year.  Holders  of  both 
cash  wheat  and  flour  have  confidence  in 
the  future  and  are  not  pressing  the mar­
ket  with 
large  offerings.  Exports  of 
flour still  continue  to  be  very  large from 
both  coasts  and  serve  to  emphasize  the 
early  reports  of  shortage  abroad.  The 
city  mills  are  making  about  their  usual 
output  for  this  season  of  the  year and 
expect  an  active  and  continuous  de­
mand  after  January  15.

Millstuffs  are  practically  unchanged 
for  the  week.  Feed  and  meal  are  a 
trifle  weaker,  in  sympathy  with  corn.

Wm. N. Rowe.

Dialogue  in  the  Night.

A  traveling  man  in  the  upper  berth 
leaned  over  its  edge,  and,  jamming  his 
frown  firmly  down  on  his  brow,  cried 
in  a  harsh,  coarse  voice  that  was  audi­
ble  above  the  rattle  and  rumble  of  the 
engine.

“ H i!  you,  down  there.  Are  you 

rich?”

“ Heh?”   ejaculated  the  man  in  the 
swallowing  his 

lower  berth,  almost 
Adam’s  apple. 

“ Whazzer  mazzer?”

“ I  say,  are  you  rich?”
“ What’s  that,  sir!  Rich?  What  do 
you  mean  by  waking  me  up  in  the  mid­
dle  of  the  night  to  ask  me  such  a  ques­
tion  as  that?”

“  I  want  to  know—that’s  why.”
“ Well,  then,  confound  you,  I am rich. 
Now  I  hone  your  curiosity  is  satisfied 
and  you  will  let  me  go  to  sleep.”

“ Very  rich?”
“ Millionaire,  confound  you.  Now 
shut  up,  and-----”
in  torment  don’t 
“ Well, 
you  charter  a  whole  train  to  do  your 
snoring  in?”

then,  why 

Englishmen  after  American  Apple 

Lands.

A  representative  of  an  English  syn­
dicate  of 
fruit-growers  and  capitalists 
investigation  of 
has  been  making  an 
South  Missouri  as  an  apple-producing 
region.  The  investigation  was  ordered 
with  the  intention  of  colonizing  a  large 
section  of  that  pa11  of  the  State  with 

Swedes  for  the purpose  of  growing  ap­
actually been commenced  and  that ahout 

ples  exclusively 
learned  that  the  report  of  the  agent  will 
be  favorable  and  that  negotiations  have 

for  export 

80.000  acres  of  w  Id  land  are  to  he  se­
cured  at  ridiculously  low  figures—less 
than  75  cents  an  acre.

It 

is

John  H.  Goss,  grocer  at  217  East 
Bridge  street,  has  sold  his  stock  to  A. 
W.  Rush  and  J.  A.  McPhail, 
formerly 
of  Bay  City,  who  will  continue the busi­
ness  at  the  same  location  under the style 
of  A.  W.  Rush  &  Co.

All  traveling  men  do  not  agree  on  the 
silver  and  gold  question,  but  they  all 
agree  that  the  S.  C.  W. 
is  the  best 
nickel  cigar  on  earth.

Pawnbrokers  should  be  good  musi­
cians;  they  keep  time  with a  vengeance 
when  they  have  dudes’ 
for 
watches.

tickets 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits  and  Produce.

From the New York Produce Review.

How  to  Lime  Eggs.

Improvements 

In  gen eral'it 

We  have  had  some 

inquiries  from 
subscribers  as  to  the  proper  method  of 
liming  eggs. 
is  well  to 
observe  that  this  method  of  preserving 
is  gradually  declining  in  popular 
eggs 
favor. 
in  methods  of 
refrigeration  have  given  a  marked  pref- 
eience  for  stock  carried  in  cold  storage 
over  that  held  in  pickle,  chiefly  because 
the  refrigerator  eggs  are  more  available 
for  mixing  with  fresh  in  the  hands  ol 
dealers  and  grocers.  The  difference  in 
value  between  best  refrigerator  and 
best  limed  is  consequently  greater  than 
formerly,  especially  during  the 
fall 
months.  But  the  risks  of  carrying  in 
refrigerator 
somewhat 
greater  than  in  carrying  in  pickle,  and 
the  latter  method  certainly  preserves 
quality  for  a 
longer  period.  Conse­
quently  a  certain  quantity  of  eggs  will 
probably  continue  to  be  held  in  this 
way.
The  directions  for  liming,  to  the  best 

perhaps 

of  our  information,  are  as  lollows:

are 

it 

is 

inches,  put 

To  make  pickle  use  strictly  pure 
stone  lime,  fine  clean  salt  and  pure 
water  in  the following proportions :  Two 
to  three quarts  salt,  60  to 65  gallons  of 
water,  three-quarters  to  one  bushel  of 
lime.  A  pound  of  cream  tartar  added 
is  found  to  sweeten  the  pickle and  give 
the  shells  of  the  eggs  a  more  natural ap 
pearance  and  two  or  three  ounces  of 
saltpeter  is  sometimes  added.  There 
are  differences  of  opinion  as  to  the 
proper  proportions  of  salt  and  lime  to 
produce  the  best  results,  hut  the  range 
in  quantity 
is  about  as  stated  above. 
The  pickle  must  be entirely  free  from 
sediment.  Slack  the 
lime  with  a  por­
tion  of  the  water,  then  add  the  balance 
of  the  water,  salt  and  cream  tartar.  Stir 
well,  three  or  four  times  at  intervals, 
and  then  let  stand  until  well  settled  and 
cold.  It  is  very  essential  that  the  pickle 
should  be  stone  cold  before  using. 
Either  dip  or  draw  off  the  clear  pickle 
into  the cask  or  vat  in  which 
in­
tended  to  preserve  the  eggs.  When  the 
cask  or  vat  is  filled  to  a  depth  of  fifteen 
or  eighteen 
in  eggs  about 
one  foot  deep,  spread  over  them  some 
pickle  that  is  a  little  milky  in  appear­
ance,  made  so  by  stirring  up  some of 
the  very  light  lime  particles  that  settle 
last,  and  continue  doing  this  as  each 
foot  of  eggs  is  added.  When  the  eggs 
are  within  about  four  inches  of  the  top 
of  the cask  or  vat,  cover  them  with  fac­
tory  cloth  and  spread  on  two  or  three 
inches  of  the  slacked  lime  that  settles 
in  making  the pickle.  It is  of  the great­
est  importance  that  the  pickle  be  kept 
continually  up  over  this  lime.  For  put­
ting  the eggs  into  the  pickle  it  will  be 
convenient  to  have  a  basin,  punched 
quite  full  of 
large 
enough  to  hold  six  or  eight  dozen  eggs. 
The  edges  of  the  basin  should  be  cov­
ered  with  leather,  and  it  should  have  a 
handle  about  three  feet  long.  Fill  the 
basin  with  eggs,  put  both  under  the 
pickle,  and  turn  the  eggs  out;  they  will 
go  to  the  bottom  without  breaking. 
When  the  time  comes  to  market  the 
eggs,  they  must  be  taken  out  of  the 
pickle,  cleaned,  dried  and  packed.  To 
clean  them,  secure  half  of  a  molasses 
hogshead,  or  something 
like  it,  filling 
the  same  about  half  full  of  water.  Have 
a  sufficient  number  of  crates  to  hold  20 
to  25  dozen  eggs,  made  of  slats,  placed 
about  three-quarters  of  an  inch  apart 
Sink  one  of  the  crates  in  the  half  hogs­
head, take  the  basin  used  to  put the eggs 
into  the  pickle,  dip  the  eggs  out and 
turn  them  into  this  crate.  When  full, 
rinse  the  eggs  by  raising 
it  up  and 
down  in  the  water,  and,  if  necessary  to 
properly  clean  it,  set  the  crate  up,  and 
douse  water  over  the  eggs  with  a bucket 
or  hose.  Then,  if  any  eggs  are  found 
when  packing  from  which  the  lime  has 
not  been  fully  removed,  they  should  be 
laid  out,  and  all  the  lime  cleansed  off 
before  packing.  When  the  eggs  are 
carefully  washed,  as  before  described, 
they  can  be  set  up  or  out  in  a  suitable 
place  to  dry—in  the  crates. 
They 
should  dry  quickly  and  be  packed  as

inch  holes,  and 

Brick  vats  built 

soon  as  dry. 
It  is  essential  to  dry  the 
eggs  as  quickly  as  possible,  and  they 
should  only  be  taken  from  pickle  in  the 
most  favorable  weather  to  accomplish 
In  packing,  the  same  rules 
this  result. 
should  be  observed  as  in  packing  fresh 
eggs. 
in  a  cellar 
around  the  walls,  with  about  half  their 
depth  below  the  cellar  surface,  about 
four or five  feet  deep,  six  feet  long  and 
four  feet  wide,  are  usually  considered 
best 
for  preserving  eggs,  although 
many  use  and  prefer  large  tubs  made  of 
wood.  When  wooden  vats  are  used  they 
are  best  made  of  spruce,  though  pine 
answers  a  good  purpose.  Oak  should 
never  be  used,  as 
it  stains  the  eggs. 
The  place  in  which  the  vats  are built  or 
the  tubs  kept  should  be  clean  and 
sweet,  free  from  bad  odors,  and  where 
a  steady  low  temperature  can  be  main­
tained—the  lower  the  better,  that 
is, 
down  to  any  point  above  freeing.

The  details  of  handling  described 
above  may  be  varied  according  to  cir­
cumstances  and  the 
ingenuity  of  the 
operator.  The  essentials  are  to  secure 
proper  pickle,  thorough  coldness  before 
use,  perfect  quality  of  eggs  to  preserve, 
proper  conditions  of  temperature,  etc., 
while  holding,  and  rapid  cleansing  and 
drying  when  taken  out.

The  eggs  should  be  carefully  and  fre­
quently  examined  during  the  period  of 
holding 
in  pickle  and  if  any  signs  of 
souring  are  observed  the  pickle  should 
at  once  be  drawn  off  and  replaced  with 
fresh.  For  this  contingency  it  is  well  to 
have  the  vats  constructed  with  spigot! 
at  the  bottom,  which  will  permit  draw 
ing  the  pickle  off  without disturbing the 
eggs. 
Ladled  Butter  Worse 

than  Bogus 

.

Butter.

is  shipped 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  New 
York  State  Dairymen’  Association,  held 
at  Delhi 
last  week,  Major  Henry  E 
Alvord,  Chief  of  the  Dairy  Division  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture at  Wash­
ington,  asserted  that  the  stuff  called 
“ ladled  butter,”   which  is  produced 
large  quantities  in  the  West,  is  a 
such 
more  dangerous  enemy  to  the  dairy 
It 
dustry  than  oleo  or  filled  cheese. 
consists  of  poor  dairy  butter accumu­
lated  by  grocers  until 
it  becomes  so 
rank  they  can  hold  it  no  longer.  Then 
in  all  sorts of  packages, 
it 
nail  kegs,  shoe  boxes,  etc., 
the 
Tenderers,  where 
is  put  through  a 
cleaning  process,  melted  and  treated 
with  acids  to  rid  it  of  its  filthiness  ano 
then  precipitated  into  cold  water.  Next 
it  is  churned  with  a  little  new  milk  or 
buttermilk  and  then  packed 
in  clean 
boxes  and  shipped  to  city  markets  The 
speaker  described  the  residuum  he  had 
seen  from  the  process—old  rags,  wool, 
hair  pins,  suspender  buttons,  and  even 
bones  and  mutton  tallow.  He  considers 
this  a  very  dangerous  product  and  that 
the  consumer  ought  to  be  protected 
against 
Enormous  quantities  are 
shipped  to  New  York  and  it 
impos­
sible  to  detect  it,  for  it  has  been,  once 
upon  a  time,  butter  fat.  Even chemists 
have  their  limitations  when  it  comes  to 
detecting  such  a  product  as  this.

it. 

to 

is 

it 

from 

in  perfect  security 

The  cigarette  law  passed  by  the  Iowa 
Legislature  is  virtually  a  dead  letter 
in 
Burlington.  All  cigar  and  tobacco shops 
sell  the  little  smokers  openly and above­
board, 
the 
penalty  of  the  law.  This 
is  the  result 
of  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court 
regarding  original  packages.  Formerly 
cigarettes  were  shipped 
into  Burling­
ton  in  boxes  containing a  dozen  or  more 
packages  of  cigarettes.  Now  the Amer­
ican  Tobacco  Company  ships  the  pack­
ages 
loosely  thrown  into  an  uncovered 
basket,  the  company  assuming  all  risk 
of 
In  this  way  each 
package,  containing  from  ten  to  twenty 
cigarettes,  forms  an  original  package, 
and  may  be  purchased  by  the  consumer 
as  such,  with  perfect 
immunity  from 
the  penalty  of  the  cigarette  law.  The 
sale  of  cigarettes  has 
increased,  rather 
than  fallen  off,  in  Burlington  lately.

loss  by  pilfering. 

No  servant  has  ever  yet  been  instruct­
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Claus  and  say:  *  My  mistress  is  not  at 
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7

liding  with  something  every  once  in 
a  while. 
I  heard  him  go  the  whole 
length  of  the  cellar  twice,  evidently 
hunting  for  the  kerosene  barrel.  Once, 
as  he  passed  directly  under  my  feet,  I 
heard  his  head  get  a  smashing bump  on 
a  beam,  and  I  could  almost  hear  what 
he  said.

By and-by  he  came 

lumbering  up 
the  steps  with  the  customer’s  jug  full. 
As  he  set  it  down  on  the  counter 
it 
slipped  and  a  spoonful  or  so  jostled  out 
and  went  on  the  counter. 
I  saw  the 
customer  look  at  it a  minute  and  then 
stoop  and  smell  it.  The  grocer  was 
busy  trying  to  get  the  money  drawer 
open.
“  Look-a-here!”  shouted the customer. 
“ See  what  you  gimme! 
I  asked  for 
kerosene,  didn’t  I?”

“ Yep,”   feebly  answered  the  grocer.
“ Well,  what'd  you  gimme  vinegar 

for,  then?”

“ D-did  I  give  you  vinegar?”   stam­
mered  the  luckless  grocer.
“ Why,  cert’nly, ”   said  the  customer, 
in  an  aggrieved  tone.
“ Well!  well!  w ell!”   ejaculated  the 
grocer  surprisedly,  as  if  it  was  almost  a 
miracle  for  him  to  make  a  mistake. 
“ Now, 
I  wonder  how  I  came  to  do 
that!”   Then  he  climbed  down  cellar 
again,  and  bumped  about  for  several 
minutes  more  in  a  vain  hunt  for  the  oil 
barrel.
While  he  was  down,  I  happened  to 
glance  toward  the  back  of  the  store 
and  what did  I  see but the blue  kerosene 
I  went  to  the 
barrel  as  big  as  life. 
head  of  the  stairs.  When 
looked 
down,  there  he  was  sitting  on  a  box  at 
his  very  wits’  end.  After  he  heard  me, 
though,  he  pretty  soon  came  up  and 
drew  the  oil,  only  spilling  about  a  cup­
ful  over  the  floor.
“ I ’m  a-going  to  git  out  o’  this  here 
grocery  business,”   he  ejaculated,  sav­
agely. 

“ I’ m  sick  an’  tired  of  it.”

I 

I  hope  he  did,  I ’m  sure.

perspiration  from  his forehead;  “ I have 
only  been  here  four days. ’ ’

“ New,  eh?”   I  asked.
“ Y es,”   he 
durned  new ."

“ Where  were  you 

fore?”   I  asked.

said,  doggedly—“ too 

in  business  be­

whole  measly  trouble.”

“ Nowhere,”   he  said; 
“ that’s  the 
1  said  nothing  and  he  went  on:  “ You 
see,”   he  said, 
in  a  half  confidential 
tone,  “ I  had  to  take  this  blamed  place 
for  a  debt,  and  1  hadn't  nobody  to  run 
it,  so  I  just  says  to  myself,  ‘ Do  it  your­
self, ’  and  I  started  in.  Well,  I  always 
thought  keepin’  a  grocery  store  was 
easy,  but  say! 
I  don’t  know  nothin’ 
about  the  blamed  business—an’  I  don’t 
I’m 
want  to,  you  bet. 
in  hot  water 
from  mornin’  'till  night!”

Just  then  an  old 

lady  came  in  to 
know  whether  he  had  any  anchovies. 
The  newly-fledged  grocer 
looked  du­
bious.

I 

“ Ma’am?”   he  said.
“ Anchovies.  Have 
you  any  an­
chovies?”   repeated  the old  lady.
His  mouth  dropped  and  he  looked  at 
me  appealingly.  He  didn’t  know  what 
inchovies  were. 
looked  about  the 
shelves  but  I  didn’t  see  any,  and  I  hes­
itated  to  do  anything  to  expose  the  poor 
fellow’s  ignorance  before  his  customer, 
so  kept  still.

grocer. 
pound  of  them  this  morning.”

‘ Well?”   said  the  old  lady,  tartly.
‘ I  don’t  believe  we  have,”   said  the 
“ I  remember  selling  the  last 
The  old  lady  looked  at  the  man  curi­
ously  for  a  minute  and  then  went  out.
1  had  turned  my  back  around  and  was 
trying  to  choke  the  wild  howl  that  does 
dutv  for  a  laugh  with  me.

The  grocer  came  sheepishly  around to 
me
“ Was  that  all  right?”   he  asked,  un­

easily.

“ Was  what?”   I  asked.
“ Why,  tellin’  her  about  sellin’  the 

last  pound  of  them  things  she  said.”  

“ Pretty  near,”   I  said,  reassuringly; 
“ anchovies  are  sold  in  boxes  and  bot­
tles,  that's  the  only  difference.”

“ Oh,  well,”   said  the  grocer,  “ I ’ve 

done  worse. ’ ’
Then  a  customer  came  in  for  a  quart 
of  kerosene.  The  grocer  thought  he 
had  something  easy,  but  as  it  afterwar« 
proved,  it  was  the  first  call  for  kero 
sene  he  had  had.  He  plunged  blithely 
down  the  cellar  steps,  and  1  heard  him 
prancing  about  the  cellar,  sociably  col

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

GOTHAM   GOSSIP.

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

18—It 

New  York,  Dec. 

is  doubtful 
whether  retailers  in  this  city  have  ever 
had  so  prosperous  a  holiday  trade.  The 
crowds  are  simply  crushing  and the lone 
man  who  is  caught  in  the  throng  of  the 
gentler  sex  is  in  great  danger  of  having 
the  life  squeezed  out  of  him.  Every 
is  packed  to  suffocation  and  the 
store 
sales girls  look  ready  to  drop. 
Jobbing 
grocers  report  a  good  trade  and  the 
year  seems  about  to  close  with  a  good 
showing  on  the  right  side  after  all. 
There  seems  to  be  a  healthful  growth  of 
trade  and,  if  it  continues,  we shall enter 
the  new  year  with  rejoicings.

Coffee  shows  more  strength  and  quo­
tations  are  practically  higher by  ic  than 
last  week.  This  probably  is  only  a  tem­
porary  condition  of  affairs.  The  ac­
cumulation  of  Brazil  coffee  at  the  two 
ports  of  Rio and  Santos  is  so  great  that 
prices  must,  of  necessity,  remain 
low. 
Great  interest  is  felt  in  grocery  circles 
regarding  the  rumor  that  the  Sugar 
Trust  has  purchased  a  controlling  in­
terest 
in  the  Woolson  Spice  Co.  and 
would  compete  with  Arbuckles  in  the 
coffee  roasting  business.  The  story  can­
not  at  this  writing  he  confirmed,  but 
it 
seems  unlikely  that 
it  could  be  made 
up  of  whole  cloth,  and,  if  it  be  true,  we 
shall  see  some  lively  competition—until 
the  two  concerns  consolidate  “ in the  in­
terests  of  economy.’ ’  This  “ under­
standing  among  gentlemen,”   of  course, 
will  not  be  a  trust.  At  this  writing 
Rio  No.  7  coffee  is  nominally  ioc.  The 
supply  at  Rio  and  Santos  is  now  ovei 
million  bags,  while here and  on  the-way 
hither  the  amount  aggregates  693,272 
bags,  against  542,378 bags  at  the  same 
time  last  year.  East  and  West  Indian 
sorts  of  coffee  are  in  ordinary  demand 
and  no  especial  interest 
is  manifested 
by  buver  or  seller.  Sales  are  mostly  of 
small  lots  and  to  nearby  dealers.
Teas  are  mighty  dull.  The 

interest 
displayed  a  tew  weeks  ago  seems  to 
have  subsided  almost  completely  and 
matters  drag  along 
in  the  same  old 
style.  A  ship  arrived  Thursday  with 
about 
1,400,000  pounds  of  greens  and 
Formosa  Oolongs.  Sales  made  are 
seemingly,  only  for  everyday  wants  and 
no  one desires  to  carry  any  stock  over 
into  the  new  year.
Raw  sugars  are  selling  in  a  moderate 
way  at  nominal  quotations,  with  the 
trend  in  favor  of  buyers.  Refined  is  in 
better  request  than 
last  week  and  the 
volume  of  sales  will  aggregate  a  very 
respectable  total.  Prices  seem  to  bt 
steadily  adhered  to,  with  granulated  at 
4 # c .

The  demand  for  rice  is  good.  Deal 
ers  are  satisfied  and  the  market,  as  ; 
whole, 
is  very  encouraging.  Orders 
come  from  all  parts  of  the  country 
and,  while  the  sales  are  not  large  it 
particular  cases,  the  movement  is  one 
that  constitutes  a  very  respectable  total 
Choice  to  fancy,  5X@6c.
in  spices 
in  a 
it 
cargoes.  Prices  are  unchanged,  but,  i 
anything,  a  shade easier on some things

jobbing  way,  but  nothing 

There  is  a  moderate  trade 

The 

The  holiday  demand  for  molasses  has 
been  sufficient  to  make  a  steady  market 
for  the  better  grades  of  domestic  and 
prices  are  firmly  adheied  to.  No  great 
trade  is  being  done  in  old  stock.

syrup  market 

is  quite  well 
cleaned  up  on  the  bettei 
sorts  and 
prices are  firm.  Fancy  is  quotable  at 
22@25c,  but  the 
latter  buys  a  very 
choice  article  indeed.

Taking  the  last  three  months,  the 
canned  goods  business  has  been  fairly 
satisfactory. 
Just  at  the  moment  we 
have  an  active 
inquiry  for  tomatoes 
corn,  peas  and  salmon.  These  articles 
are  all  selling  very  well  and  there  is  no 
great  disposition  shown  to  haggle  over 
quotations. 
If  a  packer  finds  it  neces 
sary  to  sell  goods  to  meet  his  positive 
needs,  he  must  make  some  concession. 
New  York  gallon  apples  are  held  at 
$ i . 5o@ i . 7 5 ;  New  York  corn,  65@75c; 
Maine,  same  for  standard,  with  fancy 
up  to  q o c@ $ i  ;  tomatoes,  72>£@75@8oc.
Lemons  are  selling  at  very  low  rates. 
The  arrivals  have  been  greater  than  the

market  could  absorb  and,  as  old  stocks 
were  not  all  taken,  we  have  a  condition 
f  things  far  from  comforting  for  the 
mporter. 
It  is  said  that  the  California 
crop  this  year  will  be  nearly  300,000 
boxes.  Most  of  this  fruit  will  have  to 
he  sold  West,  as  it  cannot  compete  in 
price  with  the  Sicily  product.  Oranges 
re  in  fair  request.  Valencias  are  ar- 
iving  more  freely  and  the quality  is 
said  to  be  unusually  fine.  Bananas  are 
n  light  request,  as  it  is  rather  danger­
ous  to  handle  them  while  the  weather  is 
so  cold.  Firsts  are  worth  $i@t. 12%  per 
bunch.

Dried  fruit  is  moving  slowly,  except 
is 
in  fair  de­
For  California 

for  fancy  stock,  which 
mand  for  Christmas. 
raisins  there  is  an  upward  tendency.

The  butter  market  is  steady  and  best 
creamery  is  firm  at  22c.  As  the  supply 
s  light,  the  prospects  are  favorable  for 
present  or  higher  rates  to  prevail  for 
the  remainder  of  the  year.  For  stock 
that 
is  not  strictly  up  to  mark  the  de­
cline  is  sudden  and  the  enquiry  is  very 
imited.  Very  little  has  been  done  in 
the  way  of  export,  except  at  a  range  of 
3 K @ I 4C.
Best  full  c^eam  cheese  is  worth  io@ 
ioi^c.  The  market  is  fairly  steady,  but 
no  large  deals  have been  reported.

The  weather 

is  favorable  for  larger 
receipts  of  eggs,  which have accordingly 
been  received ;  but  the  market  remains 
firm  and  we  have  a  record  of  continued 
good  rates.  Western  eggs  are  worth 
22c  for  fresh  gathered.
Prices  of  marrow  beans  show  some 
weakness  and,  in  fact,  the  whole  line  is 
hardly  as  firm  as  a  week  ago.  Choice 
pea  beans  are  worth  $1.  California 
imas are  dull  at  $i.30@ i.35.

Stroller In Grocery World.

A  Day  With  an  Amateur  Grocer. 

grocery

I  thought  when  l  heard 

ago  that 
I  heard  a  man  say  not  long 
is  the 
the  grocery  business 
simplest 
“ Why,”  
trade  to  learn 
in  existence, 
do 
is  to 
he  said,  “ all  you’ve  got  to 
and—er— 
weigh  out  sugar  and  flour, 
him
and—. ”  
talk iner  that  he  had  never  been  a  gro­
cer  or he  wouldn’t  sav  what  he  did. 
The  grocery  trade  may  not  be  a  very 
complicated  thing,  but  you've  got  to 
learn  it  just  as  you have everything else.
I  wish  this  fellow  who  prates  about  the 
simplicity  of  the  grocery  business  could 
have  seen  what  I  saw  last  week  down  in 
a  little  Tennessee  town  where three gro­
ceries  hold  forth.  He  would  have  seen 
the  most  muddled  up  man  he  ever  saw, 
and  that  only  because  he  tried  to  run  a 
grocery  business  without  knowing  how.
I  had  to  go to  this  store  on  business.
I  had  been  there  several  months  before 
and  thought  I  remembered  the  proprie­
tor.  When  I  got  in,  however,  I  saw  a 
strange  man  there.  He  was  a  rather 
stout  middle  aged  man,  with  the  most 
of  his  head  bald.  He  hustled  about 
in 
a  flustered  kind  of  a  way,  making  him­
self  about  twice  the  trouble  he  need  to 
have  made.
The  store  had  several  customers  in 
when  I  got  there,  and  I  stood  by  the 
stove  for  several  minutes  and  watched 
the  grocer. 
I ’ve  seen  some  fearfully 
clumsy  men,  hut  as  I  stood  there  and 
watched  that  bald-headed  specimen  tie 
up  packages  I  decided  to  myself  that  I 
was  watching  the  clumsiest  man  I  ever 
saw.  He  was  tying  up  a  five-pound  bag 
of  sugar,  and  every  time  he'd  attempt 
to  deftly  twist  the  bag  around  so  he 
could  run  the  string  on  the  other  side, 
down 
it  would  go  with  a  splash  on  the 
counter.  He  tried  that thing three times, 
and  slump  it  went  every  time.  The  last 
time  as  he  picked  it up the sugar poured 
out  of  a 
little  hole  in  the  bottom,  and 
he  had  to  get  a  scoop  and  shovel  it  all 
up. 
I  could  see  the  poor  man’s  teeth 
grinding  even  from  where  I  stood,  but  I 
couldn’t  help  the  grin  I  gave  to save my 
life.  Three  young  ladies  were  waiting 
for  the  sugar,  and  they  took  the  whole 
proceeding  in  with  intense  interest.
Finally  he  got  the  thing  tied  up  with 
a  network  of  string  that  looked 
like  a 
cat's  cradle,  and  the  three  girls  went 
out.
“ You’re  not  the  man  I  saw  when  I 
was  here  last?"  I  said._
“ N o,”   he  said,  wiping  the  nervous

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WEDNESDAY,----- DECEMBER 23,1896.

JAPAN  AND  ITS  PO SSIBILITIES. 
Within  a  year or two,  the  Empire  of 
Japan,  from  being  a  far-off  land  in  the 
North  Pacific  Ocean,  too  remote  to  be 
important  factor  in  the 
considered  an 
industrial  and  commercial 
life  of  the 
United  States,  has  suddenly  risen  into a 
high  place  in  public  attention.

In  gaining  a  signal  victory  in  a  great 
war  in  which  both  land  and naval forces 
were  used  on  a 
large  scale,  over  the 
Chinese  Empire,  the  most  populous  na­
tion  on  the globe,  Japan  has  established 
a  military  and  naval  prowess that places 
her  among  the  great  powers  of 
the 
earth.

This  fact  alone  is  of  extreme  impor­
tance  to  this  country,  since  the  Ameri­
can  coasts,  in  the  event  of  war,  would 
be  exposed  to  attacks  from  the  powerful 
navy  of  Japan.  But  in  a  time  of  pro­
found  peace,  with  no  fear  of  trouble 
with  Japan,  the  industrial  condition  of 
that  country  becomes  a  large  factor 
in 
all  questions  which  affect  the  commerce 
and  manufactures  of  the  United  States.
The  Japanese  are  extremely  intelli­
gent,  ingenious  and  progressive,  fully 
alive  to  the  advantages  to  be gained  by 
the  adoption  of  Western—that  is,  Euro- j 
pean  and  American —ideas.  They  have 
already  introduced  improved  machinery 
and  processes  into  all  their  productive 
industries,  and,  with  their  cheap  and 
skilled 
labor,  they  are  showing  their 
ability  to  compete  with  other  peoples  in 
the  arena  of  the  peaceful  arts  as  well  as 
in  war.

Information  on  the  subject  of  Japan 
should  be  of  great  interest  to  the  people 
of  this  country,  and  in  this  connection, 
it  may  be  stated  that  the  Tradesman  re­
cently  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  one 
of  the  best 
informed  men  in  America 
on  affairs  in  Japan.
This  gentleman 

is  Prof.  Ernest  Fe- 
nollosa,  who  for  many  years  was  en­
gaged  in  teaching  in  the  Imperial  Uni­
versity  at  Tokio.  His  official  position, 
extensive  travels  and  long  residence 
in 
the  empire gave  him  unusual  opportu­
nity  for  acquiring  information  in  that 
country,  and  the opportunity,  which  was 
supplemented  by  bis  distinguished  in­
tellectual  ability,  large  culture  and  ac­
tive  energy,  was 
fully  availed  of  and 
used  to  the  utmost.

Among  the  many 

facts 
presented  by  Mr.  Fenollosa 
is  the  re­
markable  effect  wrought  upon  the  Jap*

interesting 

anese  by  their great  victory over  China. 
It  produced  in  them  an  intense  patriot­
ism  and  a  peculiar  revival  of  national 
and  race  feeling.  Before  that  war  they 
had  employed  many  foreigners  as  in­
structors  in  the  schools,  in  the  military 
service  and 
establish­
ments.  There  was  also  a  growing  dis­
position  to  adopt  the  dress  and  other 
peculiarities  of  Europeans,  so  that  the 
notion  was  rapidly  obtaining  currency 
that  the  Japanese  were  readily  submit­
ting  to  the  influence  of Western civiliza­
tion.

industrial 

in 

But,  since  the  war,  the  Japanese  have 
returned  to  their  national  dress,  they 
have  abandoned  foreign  social 
innova­
tions,  and,  while  retaining  foreign  ma­
chines  and  scientific  processes  in  their 
industries,  are  discharging  foreigners 
from  the  public  service  and  replacing 
them  with  educated  and  trained  Japan­
ese.  These  are  some  of  the  interesting 
facts  learned  from  a  distinguished  and 
most  able  observer,  and  they  must  make 
a  profound 
impression  upon  every 
student  of  the  relations  of  races  and na­
tions  to  the  world’s  development.

It  is  extremely  probable  that  China, 
learning  many  dearly-bought 
lessons 
from  the  recent  war  with  Japan,  will 
take  on  a  new  growth  upon  lines  of 
progress  hitherto  unknown  and  wholly 
disregarded  in  that  vast Empire,  and  in 
due  course  become  at  the  same  time a 
mighty  military  power,  as  well  as  a 
tremendous  factor  in  the  industries  and 
commerce  of  the  world.  China has prob­
ably 
Japan 
4 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .  The  co-operation  of  these 
nations  in  the arts  of  peace,  as  well  as 
in  those  of  war,  with  their swarming 
labor,  would 
populations  and 
make  them  extremely  formidable 
to 
what  are  termed  the  Western  nations.

4 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0   people  and 

cheap 

It  does  not  require  a  very active fancy 
to  picture,  in  some  not  so  very  distant 
future,  a  colossal  struggle  between  the 
East  and  the  West,  whether 
in  com­
merce  and  industries  or  in  war.  White 
men  have  conquertd  and  subjected  the 
red  and  black  races ;  but  they  have  yet 
to  try  conclusions  with  the  yellow. 
labor  and  a  swarming  popula­
Cheap 
tion  are 
in 
peace,  while  innumerable  soldiers  un­
der able  leaders  in  war  would  be  a  tre­
mendous  factor  in  controlling  the  des 
tmies  of  nations.  Here  are  live  themes 
for  the  statesmen  and  the  political  phi­
losopher.

formidable  competitors 

IRON C O M BINATIO NS ANDTRADE.
Perhaps  the  most  significant  happen­
is  the  break­
ing  in  industrial  circles 
iron  and  steel 
ing  up  of  the  various 
combinations  which  has  been 
in  prog­
ress  for  some weeks  past.  The schedules 
which  these  were  striving  to  maintain 
were  so  far  above  the  natural  market 
basis  that  they  operated  to  prevent 
business  when  other  conditions  were 
ready  for  it.

in  half. 

The  disparity  of  the  prices  which 
have  been  quoted  for  a 
long  time  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  they  have  been 
steadily  advanced  during  the  entire 
time  of  the  panic  depression.  The 
in­
flation  of  wire  nail  quotations  was  so 
great  that  when  the  collapse  came  the 
price  was  cut 
In  1893,  steel 
rails  were  quoted  as  low  as $20  per  ton. 
At  that time the combination was formed 
and  prices  were 
steadily  advanced, 
against  the decline  in  all  other  lines  ol 
trade,  until  they  were  held  during  the 
past  months  of  extreme  depression  at 
$28.  The  consequence  has  been  that 
consumption  has  declined  until  only 
800,000  tons  were  used 
last  year,  the 
roads  refusing  to  invest  on  such  a  basis 
beyond  the  most  imperative  needs  for 
repairs.

It  is  significant  that  in  the  collapse of 
the  pool  there  has  been  so  slight  a  de­
cline  in  the  price,  in  view  of  the  artifi­
cial  basis  which  had  been  so 
long 
maintained.  The  decline  has  been  onlj 
to  $25,  which  bids  fair  to  become  a 
basis  on  which  there  will  be a  decided 
improvement  in  demand.  The  ordinary 
domestic  consumption 
is  estimated  at 
2  000,000  tons,  and  the  small  output  of 
last  year  is  a  striking  indication  of  the 
effect  of  the  maintenance  of  the  artifi­
cial  prices  which  have  ruled  so  long.

There  is  little  doubt  that  the  present 
readjustment  in  the  iron  trade  is  clear­
ing  the  decks  for  healthy  business  ac­
tivity.  The  perfecting  of  facilities 
in 
ore  transportation,  both  by  rail  and 
water,  during  the  past  season,  whicl 
has  been 
in  progress  by  the  leading 
companies  has  put  the  production  on  ? 
basis  where  profit  can  be  realized  at 
prices  which  will  not  be  disproportion­
ate  to  the  general 
II 
the  influence  of  speculative inflation can 
he  kept  off  until  the advance  shall  b< 
warranted  hv  the  general  situation,then 
need  he  no  doubt  of 
iron  taking  its 
proper  place  in  the  procession.

industrial 

level. 

in  any 

One of  the  most 

important  measures 
under  consideration  by  Congress  at  the 
present  session 
is  the  Lodge  bill  for 
the amendment  of  the  immigration  ex­
clusive  act  of  i8qi by  adding 
illiteracy 
as  a  disqualification.  The  bill,  which 
has  passed  the  Senate,  provides  that  all 
persons  over  sixteen  years  of  age  shall 
be  subjected  to  an  examination  at  the 
port  of  entry,  by  reading  and  writing 
rive  lines  from  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States 
language  they 
may  select,  prepared  slips  being  fur­
nished  for  that  purpose.  The  provision 
is  made  to  except  the  wife  or other 
near  relatives  who  may  be  dependent 
on  an  admissible  emigrant.  There 
is 
also  a  provision  for  the  admission  of 
Cubans  during  the  present  war.  This 
bill is  a  substitute  for one  passed  by  the 
House 
the 
same  subject,  and  the  differences  are 
of  such  character  there  is  little  doubt  of 
the  bill  becoming  law.  This 
is  a  de­
cided  move  in  the  right  direction,  and 
ought  to  have  been  taken  so  long  ago  as 
to  have  prevented  the  great  accumula­
tion  of  material  in  the  great  cities  for 
the  purposes  of  anarchistic  agitation.

last  spring  bearing  upon 

CHEAP  MONEY.

The  great  object  to  be  attained  foi 
the securing  of  prosperity  in  this  coun­
try,  according  to  the  exponents  of  on< 
of  the  political  parties  in  the  recent 
campaign,  was  the  production  of  cheap 
money—that 
is,  presumably  of  suffi­
cient  money  to  make  it  low  in  value  as 
It  was 
compared  with  commodities. 
thought  by  many  that  all 
that  was 
needed  was  enough  money,  which would 
result  from  the  free  coinage  of  silver, 
while  others  perhaps  seriously  thought 
that  money  might  be 
safely  made 
cheaper  by  the debasement  of  the  cur­
rency  which  would  result  from  the  same 
means.

While  this  object  was  not  attained 

in 
just  the  manner  advocated,  it  seems  to 
have  followed  as  a  consequence  of  the 
election  to  as  great  an  extent  as  the 
most  sanguine  could  have-wished,  at 
least  of  those  who  expected  to  maintain 
the  par  value  of  the currency.  The  close 
of  the  campaign  threw  upon  the  market 
such  a  quantity  of  hoarded  funds  that 
there  has  been  an  embarrassment  of 
riches  ever  since.  The  rate has declined 
to  so  low  a  figure  that  large  quantities

have  been 
loaned  to  England—at  least 
$ 4 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0   through  the  purchase  of 
sterling  exchange  alone.  According  to 
the  cheap  money  theory,  we  ought  to 
have  been 
in  the  midst  of  a  decided 
boom  by  this  time.

To  the  careful  student  of  finance  this 
lesson  will  be of  value as  showing  that 
cheap  money  alone 
is  not  always  the 
sufficient  remedy  of  industrial  ills.  The 
steady  revival  in  manufacturing 
indus­
tries  which  has  followed  the  cessation of 
the  political  distraction  and  the  resto­
ration  of  confidence  has  not  been 
credited  to  the abundance  of  money  by 
any,  except  so  far  as  the  supply  has 
served  to  second  the other causes. 
It  is 
conceded  by  all  that  enough  money  for 
all  business  demands  is  requisite.  But 
there  is  vastly  more  importance  in  get­
ting  the  money  into  legitimate  healthy 
business  use.

It 

shipped  on 

large  profits, 

APPLE  EXPORTS  TO   EUROPE. 
That  large  exports  do  not  necessarily 
mean 
is  shown  by  the 
heavy  shipment  of apples  to  Europe  the 
present  season. 
is  estimated  that 
fully 
1,720,000  barrels  have  been  ex­
ported  thus  far  from  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  or 250,000  more  than  were 
exported  in  any  previous  entire  season. 
The  season’s  business,  however,  so  far 
as  prices  are  concerned,  has  been  about 
as  unsatisfactory  as  any  on record  A c­
cording  to  New  York  exporters,  vast 
quantities  of  apples  have  been  shipped 
his  Season,  which  netted  the  producers 
only  from  35  to  75  cents  per  barrel,  not 
to  consider  the  cost  of  labor  and  pack­
Instances  have  occurred  in  which 
ing. 
parties  who 
consign­
ment  have  actually  received  no  profit, 
but  have  been  forced  to  advance  money 
to  meet  expenses.  Speculators  have,  it 
is  claimed,  fared  no  better  than  grow­
ers.  One  thing  that  has  particularly 
cut  profits is  the  higher  charge for ocean 
freight  this  vear  than 
last.  The  pres­
ent  rates  to  Liverpool  are  three shillings 
per  barrel,  and  to  London  3s.  6d.  Last 
vear  the  Li vet pool  rate  opened  at  2s. 
9d.  and,  after  advancing  to  3s.,  subse­
quently  dropped to 2s.  6d.  The  London 
rate  was  practically  uniform  at  2s.  per 
larrel.  The  rate  to  Hamburg  this  sea­
son  for  shipments  already  made  has 
teen  75  cents  per  barrel,  but  on  Decem­
ber  shipments 
rate  was  75  cents  per  barrel.  A  special 
feature  of  the  export  trade  this  season 
nas  been  the  increase  in.shipments  to 
Germany.  The  German  markets  have 
taken  more  American  apples  than  ever 
before,  and  American  exporters  are 
generally  of  the  opinion  that  they  have 
gained  a 
those  markets 
which  will  result  in  greatly  extending 
>ur  trade  in  succeeding  years.

it  is St.  Last  year  the 

foothold 

in 

The  Southeastern  Railway  Company 
if  England  is  the  first  to  put  into  oper- 
t'.ion  a train  modeled  on  the  latest  prac­
tice 
in  this  country,  except  that  it  is 
made  to  accommodate  the  three  classes 
into  which  English  traffic 
is  divided.
I he  train  is  an  open  vestibule,  each  car 
having 
its  own  heating,  lighting  and 
iavatory  arrangements. 
It  has  taken  a 
iong  time  for  the  Briton  to  thus  prac­
tically  acknowledge  that  the  American 
way 
is  the  best  in  ihe  construction  of 
passenger  trains,  but,  now  that  he  has 
done  so,  it  will  probably  not  be long be­
fore  the  system  will  be  adopted,  on  all 
the  principal  roads  at  least.

There  is  increased  risk  from fires dur­
ing  the  winter  months.  See  that  you 
are  properly  covered  by  insurance.  Few 
can  afford  to  carry  their  own  insurance.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Written for the T radesman.

Side  Lights  on  the  Hard  Times. 

OVER-EDUCATION.

An 

intelligent  American,  who  has 
just  returned  to  his  native  land  after  a 
sojourn  of  some  years  in  Germany,  the 
other  day  remarked, 
in  conversation 
with  a  friend,  that  a  great  many  peo­
ple 
from 
over-education.  He  went  on  to  explain 
that  this  class  of  sufferers  had been edu­
cated  not  only  above  their  positions, 
but  even  above  their  prospects  or  rea­
sonable  expectations.

in  Germany  are 

suffering 

There  is  at  present  very  little  uneasi­
ness  on  that  score  in  the  United  States. 
Now  and  then  one  finds a  man  who  has 
somehow got  it  into  his  head  that  a  lib ­
eral  education  renders  a  man  unpracti­
cal  and  unfits  him  for  business.  Such 
a  man  has  usually  got along  tolerably 
well  without the aid  cf any  book 
learn­
ing  not  embraced 
in  "the  three  Rs, ”  
and  it  is,  perhaps,  not  unnatural  in  him 
to  imagine  that a  more  advanced course 
in­
of  study  might  have  converted  him 
to  a  pedant  or  a  visionary.  There 
is, 
however,  a  much  larger  number  of  men 
who  believe  that  they  might  have 
achieved  greater  results 
if  "early  ad­
vantages”   had  not  been  denied  to  them 
by  circumstances.  The  real  ground  of 
complaint 
is  not that 
there  is  too  much  education,  or that  too 
many  people  are  over-educated,  but that 
the  standard  of  popular  education  here 
is  below  the  level  of  honest  and  intelli­
gible  citizenship  in  a  free  country. 
It 
is  becoming  more  and  more  apparent 
that  the 
intelligent  voter  should  be  a 
man  of  cultivated  understanding  and 
extensive  information.  Practical  sagac­
ity 
in  a  small  line  of  business  may  be 
acquired  without  much  reading,  per­
haps ;  but 
in  this  country  the  great 
problems  of  statesmanship  are  submit­
ted  to  the  people,  and  the  prosperity  of 
the  nation 
is  largely  dependent  upon 
the  trustworthiness  of  their  judgment.

in  this  country 

fit  themselves 

In  this  country,  moreover,  there  is  a 
very  general  feeling  that  the  poorest 
people  should 
for  the 
highest  positions,  because  here,  in  the 
United  States,  position  is  so  commonly 
determined  by  fitness.  American  mil­
lionaires  have  been,  as  a  rule,  the  sons 
of  poor  men,  and  there  are  very  few 
great  fortunes  in  the  country  that  date 
beyond  the  recollection  of  men  still  liv­
ing.  The  rule  has  been  promotion,  a 
career  for talent  all  along  the  line.  It  is 
not  the  wealth  merely,  not  the  material 
powei,  not  even  the  civil  equality  of  all 
the  people,  that  constitutes  the  chief 
this  great  American 
happiness  of 
Union;  but  it  is  this  sublime 
inspira­
tion  of  hope  which  has  been  hitherto 
universal  in  the  breasts  of  all  its  youth. 
It  is  not the  best  thing  in  the  world  to 
be born  rich,  or  to  be  born  to  the  pos­
session  of  a  famous  name;  but  it  is cer­
tainly  a  great  good  fortune  to  be  born 
with  the  opportunity  of  securing 
inde­
pendence  and  winning  an  honest  re­
nown.  That  is  the  American  heritage, 
bequeathed  by  the  fathers  of  the Repub­
If  there  are dan­
lic  to  all  its  chilraen. 
gers  which  portend  the 
loss  of  this 
heritage,  those  are  the dangers  against 
which  a  wise  patriotism  will  seek  to 
guard  its  charge  with  the  promptest and 
most  efficient measures.

In  Germany,  as  in  the greater  part  of 
Europe,  there  is  no  such  general  herit­
age  of  opportunity.  Men  born  in  the 
peasant  class,  or  in  the  proletariat,  do 
not  commonly  expect  to  win,  and hardly 
strive  to  win,  the  great  prizes  of  life. 
Men  very  commonly  adopt  their fathers’ 
trades,  accept  their  fathers’  lots  in  life, 
almost as  much  as a  matter  of  course  as 
they  wear their fathers’  names.  Now  it

does  not  matter  so  much—at  least,  it 
cannot  be  so  poignantly  felt—that  one 
should  be  born  and  remain a clodhopper 
if  one  has  a  clodhopper’s  education. 
But 
in  Germany  learning  is  not  only 
very  thorough,  but  it  may  be  acquired 
at  a  very  small  expense,  and  so  it  hap­
pens  sometimes  that  a  man 
leaves  a 
German  university  with  a  wide  range of 
scholarship,  and  yet  with  the  smallest 
possible 
chance  of  getting  a  place 
which  would  be  regarded  as  suitable for 
an  educated  man  in  the  United  States. 
He  may  be  a  mathematician,  a  philolo­
gist,  a  metaphysician,  and  still  find 
it 
extremely  difficult  to secure employment 
as  a  waiter  in  a  hotel  or  a  restaurant. 
It 
is  not  a  strange,  then,  that  the  per­
centage  of  suicides  is  very  high  in  that 
country.  The  Germans 
love  learning, 
and  they  are  a  very  learned  people;  but 
Germany  has  not  provided  a  long  list  of 
high  rewards  for  scholarship.  Many 
thousands  of  highly  educated  men  there 
may  be  said  to  be  condemned  to  de­
spondency,  and  that  is  a  very dangerous 
condition  of  affairs. 
It  means  revolt. 
It  means  a  persistent  and  eloquent  ad­
vocacy  of  every  sort  of  revolutionary 
scheme.

THE  NA TIO N ’S  GROW TH.

The  total  vote  of  the  United  States 
cast  on  the  3d  of  November  of  this  year 
is, 
in  round  numbers,  13,732,000,  or an 
increase  over  the  presidential  vote  in 
1892  of  more  than  a  million  and  a  half 
votes.  The  increase  of  the  vote  in  1892 
over  that  of  1888  was  about  750,000.

The 

increase 

in  the  vote  is  a  very 
safe  criterion  for estimating the increase 
of  population  on  the  basis  of  one  vote 
to  five  citizens,  the  ratio  usually  recog­
nized.  The  growth  of  the  Nation,  there­
fore,  on  this  basis  may  be  placed  at 
from  3,750,000  to  5,750,00  in  population 
every  four  years. 
It  appears  that  the 
latter 
increase  has  been  accomplished 
within  the  past  four  years.  Taking  the 
mean  per  annum,  it  is  in  the  neighbor­
hood  of  one  million  new  people  added 
every  year  to  the  Nation’s  already 
im­
posing  numbers.  This  would  mean  for 
us  at  this  time  a  population  of  about 
68.000,000 and  will  show  a  total  in  1900 
of  about  72,000,000.  The  presidential 
vote  ought  to  reach  14,440,000  in  1900. 
The  most  rapid 
increase,  undoubtedly, 
in  the  West  and  South,  a  fact  that 
is 
may  have  a  decided 
influence  in  the 
elections  four  years  hence,  aside  from 
all  other  causes.

But  this  rapid  expansion of the Nation 
It  is  equally 
is  not  alone  in  numbers. 
as  striking  in  business. 
In  all  the  great 
cities  of  the  country,  trade  is  encroach­
ing  so  rapidly  upon  residence  portions 
that even  the  residence  localities are be­
ing  abandoned  to  the  insatiate  demands 
of  the  tradesmen  and  of commerce.  The 
in  Washington, 
Government  buildings 
and  throughout  the 
country,  erected 
only  eight  or  ten  years  ago  are  now  so 
uncomfortably  crowded  that  new  struc­
tures  have  to  be  built  or  rented.  The 
railroads  are  steadily  increasing  their 
already  wonderful  equipment  and  the 
most  astounding  development 
is  wit­
nessed 
in  all  the  avenues  of  life  and 
activity.  What  a  tiemendous  factor  the 
in  the 
United  States  must  become 
world’s  everyday  history  within 
the 
next  twenty  or  thirty  years!  The picture 
presented  to  the  imagination  is  a  daz­
zling one,  indeed.  And  yet  it  is possible 
to  construct  it upon purely mathematical 
lines—by  a  simple  grouping  of  facts 
and  figures.  Our  boast  that  we are,  all 
things  considered,  the  greatest  Nation 
on  earth,  is,  therefore,  not  without  good 
basis.

9

in  the  much 

ways  ere  this,  and  paid 
needed  funds.

* 

*

But,  hard  as  the  times  have  been 

for 
the  last  three  years,  there  are  plenty  of 
business  men  who  have  made  money, 
and  there  are  thousands  of  farmers  and 
others who  have  not  "gone  in  debt”   for 
a  cent’s  worth  of  goods.  Stringency  of 
the  money  market  pinches  the 
im­
provident  fellows  and  those  who  are 
doing  business  on  borrowed  capital. 
But  it  does  not  always  work  to  the  dis­
advantage  of  the  hustling,  pushing, 
wide-awake  business  man.  Goods  are 
to  be  bought  cheaply—much  cheaper, 
according  to  their  market  value,  than in 
times  when  money  is  easily  obtained, 
and  the  man  who  can  take  advantage 
of  these  "bargains,”   and  then  dispose 
of  them  to  his  customers  at  perhaps  a 
little  less  price  than  regularly  bought 
goods  can  be  sold,  is  the  man  who  will 
do  the  business, 
the  man  who  will 
make  the  money,  and  the  man  who  will 
in  be  the  best  shape  to  handle  a  " b ig ­
ger  trade”   when  the good  times  come. 
But  the  man  of  all  men  who  is  happy 
and  prosperous  nowadays 
is  he  who 
buys  for  cash,  sells  for  cash  and  at 
night  has  either  the  cash  or  the  goods 
to  show  for  his  hard  day’s  work.  To 
such  a  man  the  sheriff  has  no  terrors, 
the auction  block  no  dread,  his  days are 
days  of  happiness  and  his  nights  are 
filled  with  peace.  There  is  no  sorrow  in 
his  cup  of  life,  no  nervous  prostration, 
no 
insomnia.  His  days  glide  along 
like  a  quiet  rivet,  and  when  at  length 
he  is  gathered  to  his  fathers,  he  will  be 
folded  into  the  arms  of  Abraham,  and 
Isaac,  and  Jacob  (one  at  a  time,  of 
course),  and  the  words:  "H ere  ist  a 
man  dot  nefer shwintlet  his  greditors”  
will  be  his  passport  into  the  realms  of 

immortality.George Crandall Lee.

An  Apt  Answer.

There  is  an  Irish  porter  employed 

in 
a  large  shoe  house  in  New York—one of 
the kind  that  will  make  a  witty  reply  to 
any  sort  of question.  He  is  very  fond 
of  expressing  his  views  in  general  and 
has  great  admiration  for  his  arguments. 
It  he  fails  to  get  a  listener,  he  will  talk 
to  himself  in  lieu  of  something  better. 
A  member  of  the  firm,  being  annoyed 
one  day  at  his  constant muttering, which 
he  was  unfortunate  enough  to  hear,  sent 
for  him.

"S e e   here,  John,  did  it  ever occur  to 
you  that  your  constant  talk  and  mutter­
ing  is  a  great  annoyance  to  people  that 
happen  to  be around?  Why  on  earth  do 
you  chatter away  to  yourself,  anyhow?”
"Shure  I  have  two  raysons  for  doin’ 

that. ’ ’

"T w o  reasons!  Well,  what are they?”
"One  of  thim  is  that  I  loike  ter  talk 
ter a  sinsible  man,  and  the  other  is  that 
I  loike  ter  hear a  sinsible  man  talk.”

From the Pentwater News.

The  Old,  Old  Story.

is  the  method 

The  action  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Co. 
in  reducing  its  line  fee  between  Pent- 
water  and  Hart  was  not  unexpected. 
This 
it  has  adopted 
everywhere—rob the people unmercifully 
as  long  as  possible,  and  then  try  to 
freeze  out  every  other company  which 
attempts  to  give  the  people  service  at 
living  rates.

Foregone  Conclusion.

"S o   you  want  to  be  my  son-in-law, 
do  you?”   asked  the  old  man,  with  as 
much  fierceness  as  he  could  assume.

"W ell,”   said  the  young  man,  stand­
ing  first  on  one  foot  and  then  on  the 
other,  “ I  suppose  I ’ll  have  to be  if  I 
marry  Mamie.”

They  tell  a  story  on  one of  the  hab­
itues  of  the  Thunder  Bay  country. 
Times  have  been  pretty  hard  over  that 
way  as  well  as  in  other  parts  of  Michi­
gan  and  the  country  at 
large.  This 
man  awoke  one  morning  this  fall  and 
found  that  about  a  foot  of  snow  had 
fallen 
in  the  night.  He  was  short  of 
meat,  and  thinking  this  a  good  time  to 
secure  a  deer,  he  loaded  his  trusty  rifle 
and  prepared  to  sally  forth  into  the  for­
est  primeval.  But  his  outfit  of  winter 
footwear  was  somewhat  scanty.  The 
proceeds  of  his  iarm  had  been  barely 
enough  to  procure  the  necessary  sup­
plies  of  tea  and  tobacco,  and  not  a mer­
chant  in  that  part  of  the  State  could  he 
find  with  sufficient  "confidence”  
to 
trust  him  to  a  pair  of  rubbers  and  the 
accompanying long stockings.  But some­
thing  had  to  be done;  so,  gathering  to­
gether  what  gunny  sacks  and grain bags 
he  could  find, and  using  a  goodly  quan­
tity of hay wire in lieu of thread,  he final­
ly  rigged  up  an  outlandish  looking  but 
tolerably  comfortable  pair  of  moccasins 
and  sallied  forth.  Game  was  scarce, 
and  he  wandered  about  for  a  long  time 
without  success.  At 
length,  wearied 
and  disheartened,  he  started 
for  his 
cabin,  when  be  suddenly  came  upon  a 
strange  track 
in  the  fresh  snow.  He 
eyed  it askance  for  a moment,  and then, 
as  his  face  lighted  with  intelligence,  he 
exclaimed: 
and
started  silently  but  swiftly  upon  the 
trail.  The  track  seemed  to  have  been 
newly  made,  and  was  as  easy  to  follow 
as  a  sidewalk.  Pushing  ahead  rapjdly, 
he came  before  long  to  another and sim­
ilar  track  which  had  joined  the  first, 
and  nodding  his  head  knowingly,  he re­
marked : 
"T w o  of  ’em !”   and  hurried 
on.  The  hunt  had  now  assumed  an  in­
teresting  aspect.  The  snow  was  packed 
into  a  well-beaten  trail,  and"  expecting 
every 
instant  to  come  within  sight  of 
the  game,  he  carried  his  gun  at  full 
cock,  and  was  ready  to  cut  loose  on  the 
first  patch  of  fur  that  showed  itself. 
Stiil  hastening  on,  with  eye  and  ear  in­
tent,  be  was  suddenly  aware  that  an­
other  and  similar animal  had joined  the 
two  which  he  was  so  persistently  pursu­
ing,  and  just  as  the  expression,  "T h e  
woods  is  full  of  bear,”  had  arisen  to his 
lips,  he  was  struck  with  an  idea  and 
stopped.  He glanced  back  wearily  over 
his  trail,  then  gazed  mournfully  in  the 
direction  of  the  sun,  extended  one  foot 
and  made  a  track  in  the  unbroken  snow 
outside  the  trail,  and  as  he  shook  his 
head  sorrowfully  and  started 
toward 
home,  he  growled : 
" I t ’s  m e."

b ’gosh!”  

"B ear, 

*  *  *

is 

And  speaking  of  hard  times,  one of 
my  friends  who 
in  the  newspaper 
business  sends  me  a  copy  of  his  publi­
cation  this  week,  printed  on  one  side of 
a  gorgeous  piece  of  wall  paper.  The 
effect  thereof  is  somewhat startling,  and 
reminds  one  a  little  of  war  time  jour­
nalism.  He  says: 
"T h is  issue  may  in­
dicate  to  you  that  this  is  the  last  run  of 
shad,  but  don’t  you  ever  believe  it.  By 
the  time  the  readers  have  absorbed  its 
contents,  we  shall  be  rustling  for coin 
to  get  our  bundle  of  ready  prints  that 
is  waiting  us  in  the  province  of  Lake 
Ann,  with  a  draft attached  thereto.  This 
issue  is  intended  to  serve  two purposes : 
One  is  to  remind  those  in  arrears  that 
we  are 
in  need  of  funds,  but  can  get 
along  without  them.  The  other  is  you 
can  paper  walls  with  it and have regular 
wall  paper  with  ornaments  on.”  
It 
to  be  hoped  that  the  readers  of 
is 
that  paper  have seen  the  error of  their

IO

THE  CHRISTM AS  PICTURE.

How  a  Shrewd  Grocer  Started  an 

Artist  on  the  Road  to  Fame.

Although 

it  was  a  lovely  day,  with 
the  sky  bluer  than  an  English  sky  has 
any  right  to  be,  Jimmy  Sprowle  came 
away  from  his  interview  with  the grocer 
very  much  depressed 
in  spirits.  The 
interview  had  been  extremely  unsatis­
factory  from  Jimmy's  standpoint.  The 
grocer,  good  man,  was  not  in  the  busi­
ness 
for  his  health,  and  wanted  his 
money.  He  refused  point  blank  to  fur­
nish  Jimmy  with  any  more of  the  sup­
plies  of  life.  This  being  the  case, 
young  Sprowle  did  not  see  how  he  was 
going  to  manage.  He  had  been 
living 
on  that  grocer  for  the  past  two  weeks, 
and  the  tradesman,  beginning  to  get 
anxious,  had  made 
inquiries.  Not­
withstanding  the  fact  that  Jimmy 
lived 
in  the  most expensive  studio  buildings 
in  London,  the  grocer  found  reason  to 
doubt  that  he  would  ever get his money ; 
and  so  he  refused  further  credit.

Jimmy  was  very  much  disappointed 
because  his  friend  had  told  him  that the 
simple  address  of  the  Stilvio  Studios 
was  good  for any  amount  of  credit  with 
any  tradesman  in  London.  The  grocer 
was a  shrewd  man,  and  he  discovered, 
first,-that  Jimmy  was  not  a  tenant  ot 
the  Stilvio  Studios,  but  that  a  friend 
had  lent  him  his  two  rooms  in  that  pa­
latial  building,  whiie  the  friend,  a  land­
scape  artist  of  some note,  had  gone  ofl 
to  Switzerland  for  the  summer.  The 
grocer  further  ascertained  that  Jimmy 
was a  man  of  no  repute  whatever and, 
what  was  more  to  the  point,  had  no 
effects  and  no  customers.

it 

“ If  you  could  show me  an  order  from 
some  one,”   said  the  grocer,  “ even  a 
^ io   order  for  a  picture,  why,  then 
1 
might  let  you  have  a  little  tick.  But 
as 
is,  you  see,  1  have  no  chance  of 
getting  my  money;  and  I  can't  support 
the  unemployed  of  London,  you  know.”
The  attitude  assumed  by  the grocer 
was  so  reasonable  that Jimmy  could  find 
no  words  with which to combat  it ;  so  be 
left  the  place  with  bowed  bead  anu 
spirits  away  down  below  zero.  Life  was 
not  so  easy  a  problem as he had thought. 
He  imagined  that,  when  Brentwood  had 
so  generously  given  up  his  -studio  free 
of  rent  and  taxes to him,  he would surely 
have  no  difficulty  in  earning  at  least his 
daily  sandwich. 
But  two  weeks  of 
semi-starvation  had  shown  him  his mis­
take.  He  was  sure  of  a  place  to  sleep 
and  work  in  for  the  next  few  months; 
and  summer  was  coming  on,  so that  be 
needed  to  buy  no  coal,  and  that was 
something.

Rich  customers  sometimes  rapped  at 
the  door  of  his  studio,  but  they  were 
always  in  quest  of  some  other man,  and 
if  no  one  ever  came  to  even  look  at  his 
pictures,  what  was  a  young  man  to  dor 
All  he  wanted  was a  chance.  He  knew 
that  be  drew  better  pictures  than  many 
who  were  daily  refusing  work. 
But 
then,  of  course,  every  young  artist 
knows  that,  and  it  doesn't  count.  Thus 
he  meditated  bitterly  on  things  as  they 
were  until  he  came  to  the  door  of  the 
huge  Stilvio  Studio  buildings,  and there 
his  reverie  was  interrupted  by  a  small 
boy 
in  buttons,  who  asked  him  if  he 
knew  where  Mr.  Sprowle  lived.

“ Mr.  Sprowle?”   said  Jimmy,  in  sur­

prise;  “ I ’m  Mr.  Sprowle.”

“ Mr.  J.  Sprowle?”   said  the boy,  cau­

tiously.

Buttons.

“ Yes,  that  is  my  name.”
“ Then  here  is  a  letter  for  you,”   said 

As  Jimmy  took  the  letter  he  noticed

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

the  name,  the  Illustrated  Sphinx,  on the 
envelope,  and  his  heart  beat  high. 
Here,  perhaps,  might  be  an  offer  for 
work.  Even  before  he  took  the  letter 
from  the  envelope  he  looked  on  himself 
as  a  made  man.

The letter began familiarly,  “ My dear 
Sprowle,”   and  it  went  on  to  say that he, 
the  editor,  wanted  a  Christmas  picture 
in  Sprowle's  usual  style.

“ My  usual  style,”   said  Jimmy  medi­
tatively. 
“ They  must  have  seen  some 
of  my  pictures  at  the E arl’s Court Exhi­
bition. ”

The  sum  to  be  paid  was  ^300.  And 
again  Jim m y's  eyes  opened,  and  he 
whistled  a 
long  whistle.  The  editor 
would  give  him  until  the  last  day  pos­
sible  for  the  finishing  of  the  picture,  as 
he  knew  that  Sprowle  liked  plenty  of 
time.  That 
is  true,  thought  Jimmy, 
out  bow  in  the  world  did  he  know 
it. 
The  note  ended  by  naming  the day  on 
which  the  picture  must  be 
in  their 
hands  for  putting  on  the  stone.  There 
would  be  fifteen  printings,  the  editor 
said,  and  then  signed  himself,  “ Yours 
very  truly,  R.  Spending. ”   There  was 
a  postscript  to  the 
letter  which  said 
that  if  the  terms  and  time  were  suitable 
Mr.  Sprowle  was  to  intimate  the  same 
to  the  bearer.

Jimmy 

looked  at  the  boy  standing 
“ You 
is all 
I  shall  have  the  picture  ready 

there  so  respectfully  and  said: 
can  tell  Mr.  Sponding  that 
it 
right. 
for  him  by  the  day  he  names.”

When  the  boy  had  departed,  Jimmy, 
highly  elated,  and  with  the  letter 
in 
his  hand,  made  his  way  as  quickly  as 
he  could  to  the  grocer. 
"T h e re !”   he 
said  to  that  good  man,  who  was  aston­
ished  at  seeing  him  return  so soon; 
“ read  this  note  that  1  have just received 
from  the  editor  of  the  Sphinx.  As  a 
usual  thing,”   continued  Jimmy,  loftily, 
“ I  don’t  say  much  about  my  customers, 
but,  as  you« seem  to  be  a  little  afraid 
that  the  money  I  owe  you  will  not  be 
paid,  kindly  cast  your  eyes  over  that!”
The  grocer  adjusted  his  spectacles 
and  read  the  letter  twice.  Then  he 
turned 
it  over  and  over  several  times, 
doubtingly,  looking  now and then across 
his  glasses  at  Jimmy.

“ When  did  you get  this?”   he  finally 

said.

“ Just a  moment  ago.  The  boy  came 
with  it and  was  waiting  for  me  when  1 
got  back. ”

“ It  is  a  very  large  sum  for  one  pic­

ture,”   said  the grocer.

Jimmy  waved  his  hand  with  an  air  of 

the  utmost  superiority,  as  he  said :

“ Oh,  it’s  nothing  to  what  some of  us 
intend  to  raise  my  own  prices 

I 

get. 
next  year. ’ ’

“ W ell,”   answered  the  grocer,  who 
had  been  some  time  in  trade  and  had 
been  bilked  before, 
“ you  will,  of 
course,  have  this  stamped. ”

“ Stamped,”   said  Jimmy,  “ what  do 

you  mean?”

“ Why,  stamped  at  Somerset  House 
with  a  sixpenny  stamp.  It  is  not a  con­
tract  otherwise.”

“ Oh,  I  don’t  know  about  that,”   re­
marked  Jimmy.  “ I  never  have  these 
things  stamped. ”   But  he  did  not  add 
that  he  had  not the  sixpence.

“ It 

is  always  best  to  be  on  the  safe 
side,”   the  grocer  rejoined  cautiously. 
“ If  you  leave  this  with  me  I ’ll  have 
it 
stamped. 
I  am  going  to  the  Strand 
this  afternoon ;”  and he added carefully, 
“ I ’ll  charge  the  sixpence  in  the  bill.  A 
busy  man  like  you  won’t  want  to  bother 
with  these  things.  When 
is  all 
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are  paid  for  the  picture.”

“ That 

is  perfectly  satisfactory 

to 

m e,”   replied  Jimmy.

The  grocer,  folding  the document  and 
putting  it  in  his  pocket,  asked  what  he 
might  have  the  pleasure  of  sending  to 
his  rooms  in  the  Stilvio  Studios.

The  grocer  was  a  wise  man  in  his 
generation.  Before  banging  his  six­
pence  at  Somerset  House,  he  called  at 
the  palatial  offices  of  the  Illustrated 
Sphinx  and  asked  to  see  someone  in 
authority.  After  waiting  for  a  while  in 
a  room  where  copies  of  that  celebtated 
paper  lay  on  a  table  for  the  entertain­
ment  of  visitors,  a  man  came  in  and 
asked  what the  grocer  was  so good  as  to 
want.  The grocer  took  the  paper  from 
his  pocket  and  handed  it  to  this  per­
son,  saying:

“ Is  that  all  right?”
“ How  do  you  mean,  all  right?”
‘ I  mean,  are  you  going  to  pay  Mr. 

Sprowle  ^300  for  one  picture?”

Well, 

said  the  man  hesitatingly. 
“ I  can  hardly  see  how  that  concerns 
you.  How  did  you  come  by  this 
paper?”

‘ Mr.  Sprowle,”   explained  the  gro­
cer,  “ is  a  customer  of  mine,  and  a  new 
customer. 
I  am  not  just  exactly  sure 
of  payment.  He  showed  me  this  paper 
in  proof  that  people  bought  his  pic­
tures. * ’

The  man  in  authority laughed. 

“ Oh,
I  think  that  Mr.  Sprowle 
is  good  for 
any  credit  that  he  cares  to ask  of  you. 
You  supply  him  at  the  Stilvio  Studios, 
do  you  not?”

“ Y es,”   said  the  grocer.
“ Oh,  well,  you  may  make  your  mind 
easy  about  Mr.  Sprowle.  That  paper  is 
all  right.  He  will  get  the  £300 as  soon 
as  he  delivers  his  picture,  or  before,  if 
he  wants  it. ”

Thank  you,”   said  the  grocer,  and 
he  departed  to  expend  his  sixpence  on 
the  stamping  of  the  document.

Although  the  man  in  authority  won­
dered  that  so  celebrated  a  painter  as 
Sprowle  would  give  such  a  paper  to  a 
grocer,  he,  however,  knew  much  about 
artists,  and  was  well  aware  that  there 
was  no  accounting  for  what  they  might 
do.

The  grocer  handed  back  the  paper  to 
Jimmy  with  greater  deference  than  he 
had,  up  to  date,  shown  that  young  man. 
Jimmy  noticed  that  the  paper  had  a 
beautiful  red  stamp  embossed  on  the 
corner of  it.

"T h a t,”   said  the  grocer,  who  was a 
man  of  business,  “ makes  it  a  contract. 
You  could  not 
for  your  money 
otherwise. ”

sue 

“ Oh,  that’s  all  right,”   said  Jimmy 
nonchalantly,  as 
like 
this  one  dropped  in  on  him  every  day; 
“ I  have  no  fear about  the  money.”

if  commissions 

He  went  back  to  his  studio  and began 
to  plan  his  picture.  He  threw  his  heart 
and  soul 
into  the  work.  He  knew  the 
kind  of  thing  the  Sphinx  wanted.  A 
pictuie  of  a  pretty  child  with  a  dog  or 
a  cat.  This  represented  the  standard of 
art  attained  by  the  great  British  public 
at  the  end  of  the  century. 
It  must  be 
done 
in  flaming  colors  and  would,  as 
the  editor  had  written,  be  printed  on 
fifteen  lithographic  stones.

About  the  time  that  the  picture  was 
finished  Sprowle  received  word  from 
the  owner  of  the  studio  that  he  was  un­
expectedly  coming  home. 
“ Don’t  be 
afraid  that  you  will  be  evicted,”   Brent­
wood  wrote.  “ I  am  going  to  be  in  Lon­
don  for  a  day  or  two  only,  as  business 
calls  me  to  America,  where  I  will  re­
main  for the next  two or  three  months.

Nevertheless,  I  shall  drop  in on  you  and 
see  how  you  are  getting  on.”

“ Ah, 

Jim m y,”   he 

In  due  time  Brentwood  came,  and
looked  at  the  big  picture  on  the  easel.
said,  “ you’ve 
struck  the  right  gait  at  last.  That  is 
the  thing  that  pays.  French  art  doesn’t 
go  down  in  this  country.  And  you  have 
adopted 
the  true  British  style,  too. 
Where  are  you  going  to  exhibit?”  

“ Oh,”   said  Jimmy,  in  an  off-hand 
manner,  “ it  is  a  commission  and  is  not 
intended  for  exhibition.”

“ A  commission?  From  whom?”  
“ From the Illustrated Sphinx,”   quiet­

ly  responded  Jimmy.

Brentwood  whistled  an 

incredulous 
note before  he  said : 
“ By  George,  you 
are getting  on.  How  came  you  to  re­
ceive  a  commission  from  the  Sphinx? 
They  are  generally  satisfied  with  noth­
ing 
less  than  a  Royal  Academician. 
How  much  do  they  give  you  for  it?”  

“ Only a  little  matter  of  ¿300, ”   said 

Jimmy.

“ Look  here,  young  man,”   replied 
Brentwood,  earnestly,  “ I  dislike  very 
much  to  call  anyone a  liar. ”

“ Don’t  hesitate  on  my account,”  said 
if  you 

Sprowle.  “ Here  is  the  contract 
want  to  read  it. ”

Brentwood  took  the  paper  and  read  it 
Then  he  threw  back  his 

carefully. 
head  and  laughed.

“ You  don’t  mean  to  say,”   he  cried, 
“ that  you  imagined  for  a  moment  this 
was  meant  for  you?  How  did  it  come 
into  your  hands?”

Young  Sprowle  faced  his  friend  with 
a  look  of  alarm  stealing  over his counte­
nance.

“ Come 

into  my  hands!”   he  cried. 
“ Howshould  it  come  into  my  hands?  It 
was  sent  me  by  the  editor,  and  I  an­
swered  it. ”

“ Yes,  and  I  see  that  you  have  had 

it 
stamped  at  Somerset  House,  which  was 
wise. 
I  didn’t  think  that  you  had  so 
much  business  mingled  with  your  art, 
Jimmy. ”

“ Ob,  it  was  the grocer  who  did  that.
it.  He 

I  didn’t  know  anything  about 
said  stamping  made  it a  contract.”

So 

it  does,  but  you  don’t  mean  to 
say  you  did  not  know  that  this  was  in­
tended 
the 
academician,  who  has  the  whole  upper 
floor  of  the  Stilvio  for  his  studio?”

John  Sprowle, 

Sir 

for 

“ I  never  heard  of  him ,”   said Jimmy, 

blankly.

“ And  yet  you  pretend  to  practice  art 

in  Great  B ritain!”

Well,  you know, ”  protested Sprowle, 
“ I  am  better  acquainted  with  French 
art  than  with  English  artists. 
I  never 
heard  of  Sir  John  Sprowle.  Why  was 
the 
letter  not  addressed  to  Sir  John?
It  was  addressed  to  me—J.  Sprowle, 
Esq. ’ ’

“ Have  you  got  the  envelope?”
“ No;  I  tore  it  up.”
“ Ah,  I  see,  the  letter  was  written 

in 
A pril;  that  accounts  for 
it.  Sir  John 
got  his  knighthood  on  the 24th  of  May 
—in  the  distribution  of  birthday honors, 
you  know.  Well,  you  have  got  old 
Sponding  in  a  nice  box. 
I  should  like 
to  see  his  face  when  he  learns  the truth. 
Here  he  thinks  that  Sir John  Sprowle  is 
doing  a  picture  for  him,  when  down 
comes  an  unknown  Jimmy  Sprowle  on 
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is 
the  kid  and  the  dog,  and  I  want  my  lit­
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there  will  be  a  row  in  the  Sphinx  office 
when  Sponding  realizes  the  situation. 
It’s a  blessing  the grocer  had  that  em­
bossing  done on  the  paper.”

Young  Sprowle  sat  down  with  a  look

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of  despair  and  dropped  his  brush  on 
the  floor.

“ Are  you  really  in  earnest,”   he  said 
at  last,  “ and  not  chaffing  me?  Do  you 
think  the  letter was  intended  for another 
name?”

“ Why,  of  course  it  was;  you  haven’t 
really  any  doubt  about  it,  have  you?”  
asked  Brentwood.

“ This 

ping  his  brow. 
the  grocer? 
pounds!”

is  awful,”   said  Jimmy,  mop­
“ What  can  I  do  with 
I  owe  him  pounds  and 

‘ D o!”   exclaimed  Brentwood.  “ Why, 
bluff the  Sphinx out  of  the  ^300.  That’s 
the only thing to do.  You’ ve been waiting 
for your  chance  and  here 
it  has  come. 
Make them  take  the  picture.”

“ Oh,  that  would  not  be  honest,”   said 

Jimmy,  in  agony.

“ My  dear  fellow,  the  picture  will  be 
a  boon  to  Sponding  when  he realizes  his 
position.  You  see,  he  can't  help  him­
self,  the time  is  too  short;  besides,  the 
is  quite  as  good  as  anything 
picture 
that  Sprowle  has  ever  done  for  him. 
In 
fact,  after he gets over his anger,  Spond­
ing  will  be  mighty  glad  to  have  the pic­
ture  ready  for him—nice  new  paint  and 
all. 
I  have a  score  or  two  to  settle with 
the  editor of  the  Sphinx  myself,  arising 
out  of  some  dealings  we  had  when  I 
was  younger  and  more  foolish  than  I 
am  at  present.  This  affair  has  got  be­
yond you,  Jimmy,  my  boy. 
It  requires 
a  diplomat  to  deal  with  it.  You  must 
let  me  take  the  picture  to Sponding  and 
break  the  news  gently  to  him. 
I  will 
take  all  the  responsibility,  and  besides 
I  would  give  ¿300  to  see  Sponding 
when  he  learns  the  truth.  The  Sphinx 
has  plenty  of  money,  and  you  may  as 
well  have  some of  it.  You  must  stand 
by  your grocer,  Jimmy,  for  he  has  stood 
by  you. ”

Sprowle  sat  the 

image  of  despair, 
with  his  head  bowed  in  his  hands.  All 
his 
jauntiness  had  departed.  He  was 
crushed  under  the  blow  and  Brentwood 
was  very  sorry  for  him.

“ Come,  old  man.  cheer  up, ”   he  said ; 
“ finish  your  picture  and 
scrawl  the 
well-known  name  of  Sprowle  in  the  cor­
ner.  Choose a  frame  that  will  suit  the 
style  and  subject,  and  I  will  carry  it  off 
to  Sponding. 
In  fact,  I  think  I  see  the 
hand  of  Providence  in  the thing.  I  have 
come  home  just  in  the  nick  of  time. 
If 
you  had  taken  the  picture  to  Sponding 
yourself,  never  suspecting  that  you  had 
not  had  a  genuine  order  for 
it,  you 
would  have  gone  to  pieces  under the 
shock  of  the  discovery,  and  would  have 
meekly  brought  your  picture  back to the 
studio. ’ ’

Jimmy  groaned  but  did  not  answer.
continued  Brentwood, 
“ Besides,”  
“ your  picture 
is  ever  so  much  better 
than  any  the  other  Sprowle  would  have 
painted  for  the  Sphinx.”

“ Yes,”   said  Sprowle,  despondingly, 

“ but  it  isn’t  honest.”

“ Oh,  don’t talk  incongruities,  Jimmy. 
Honesty  and  the  editor  of  an  illustrated 
weekly  have  nothing  to  do  with  each 
other. 
It  will  do  Sponding  good  to  pay 
a  reasonable  price  to  a  young  atrist  for 
once  in  his  life.  You 
leave  the  matter 
to  me,  and  go  on  and  finish  the  pic­
ture. ’ ’

And  so 

it  came  about 

in  due  time 
that  Brentwood  took  the  painting  in  a 
hansom  down  to  the  office  of  the  Illus­
trated  Sphinx.  He  sent  up  word  to  the 
editor  that  he  had  come  with  Sprowle’s 
Christmas  picture.  He  was  at  once  in­
vited 
into  the  editorial  room.  A  stal­
wart  man  followed  him,  carrying  the 
huge  frame,  which  he  placed  on  the 
floor  with  its  back  to  the  wall.  Spond­

ing  did  not  recognize  Brentwood,  tak­
ing  him,  probably,  for  a  man  from  Sir 
John’s  studio.  Brentwood  cut  the  string 
that  surrounded  the  picture  and  uncov­
ered  it.

“ What  do  you  think  of  it?”   he asked, 

standing  back.

Sponding 

looked  at  the  picture  and 
rubbed  his  hands  one  over  the  other. 
“ Splendid,  splendid,”   he  said  enthusi­
astically.  “ It 
is  in  his  very  best  man­
ner.  He  never  did  anything  better.”  

The  journalist  whistled  down  the  tube 

and  asked  the  art  editor  to  come  up.

it 

“ I  think 

just  what  we  want, 
Grime,”   said  Sponding,  when  the  art 
editor  put  in  an  appearance.

is 

“ It  will  be  the  most  popular  picture 

of  the  year,”   replied  Grime,  tersely.

“ Y es,”   said  Brentwood,  impartially, 
“ be  has  put  his  best  work  in  that  pic­
ture,  and  he  will  be  very  glad  to  hear 
that  you  are  satisfied  with  it.”  

“ Satisfied!”   cried  Sponding.  “ Tell 

him  that  we are  more  than  satisfied.”  

“ And  he  said  to  m e,”   continued 
Brentwood,  “ that he  hoped  you  would 
reproduce  it  in  your  very best manner. ”  
“ Oh,  tell him he need have  no fears on 
that  score.  We  owe  it  to  ourselves  and 
our  reputation  to have  it well  done.  We 
will  send  him  proofs  as  soon  as  it  is 
possible  to  obtain  them.”

“ Now  that  everything  is  so  satisfac­
tory,”   said  Brentwood, 
“ would  you 
mind  writing  out  the  check?  Three 
hundred  pounds,  I  believe,  was  the sum 
agreed  upon.”

He  drew  from  his  pocket  the  letter  of 

Sponding  and  handed  it  to  him.

“ Quite 

right,  quite 
Sponding,  glancing  at  it.

right,”   said 

“ Make 

it  payable  to  J.  Sprowle,  if 

you  please?”

“ Very  good,”   said  Sponding,  think­
ing  that  perhaps  Sir John  was a  little 
sensitive  about  his  new  title.  Writing 
out  the  check,  he  handed  it  to Sprowle’s 
representative.

“ He  asked  me  to  say,”   remarked 
in  his 
if  you  wanted  any  little 
very 

Brentwood,  putting  the  check 
purse,  “ that 
alterations  made  he  would  be 
pleased  to  put  them  in.”

“ Alterations!”   cried  Sponding.  “ Oh, 
dear,  no.  The  picture 
is  perfect  as  it 
stands.  I  wouldn’t  have  a  line  changed. 
But  still,”   he  continued,  with 
some 
hesitation,  as  he  critically  looked  at 
the  name  in  the  corner  of  the  picture, 
“ if  he  would  not  mind,  I  should  like to 
have  his  full  name  and  title,  Sir  John 
Sprowle,  on  the  picture.”

“ Oh,”   said  Brentwood,  raising  his 
eyebrows, 
“ I  don’t  think  he  would 
agree  to  that,  you know.  Why  should  he 
put  another  man’s  name  on  his  paint- 
mg?”

“ Another  man’s  name?”   said  Spond­

ing,  looking  up  inquiringly.

“ Certainly.  Why  should  he  put  Sir 
John  Sprowle’s  name  on  the  picture  in­
stead  of  his  own?”

“  Instead  of  his  own !  What  are  you 

talking  about?”   exclaimed  Sponding.

“ I ’m  talking  about  my  friend  Jimmy 

Sprowle  and  his  picture.”

“ You  mean  Sir  John  Sprowle,”   said 

Sponding.

“ Oh,  no,  I  don’t ,”   replied  Brent­
wood.  “ I  know  them  both,  but  Jimmy 
Sprowle  who  painted  this  picture  is  the 
tenant  of  my  studio.  He  is  the  man  to 
whom  you  sent  the  order,  you  know.”  

Sponding  stared  helplessly  at 

the 
young  man  and  said  at  last: 
“ I  don’t 
think  that  I  quite  understand you.  This 
picture,  of  course,  is  painted  by  Sir 
John  Sprowle?”

“ Oh,  dear,  no,”   said  Brentwood;

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If

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“ Sir  John  Sprowle,  capable  painter 
though  he 
is,  couldn’t  do  this  sort  of 
thing  so  well  as  my 
Jimmy 
Sprowle,  recently  of  Paris,  but  now  of 
London. ’ *

friend 

“ But,  hang 

it,  man,”   cried  Spond- 
ing,  full  of  wrath,  as  the truth  began  to 
break  over  him ; 
“ we  don’t  want  a 
picture  by  Jimmy  Sprowle,  of  London, 
or anywhere  else. ”

that 

“ Well, 

is  remarkable,”   said 
Brentwood  calm ly;  “ why  then,  did  you 
order  one  from  him?”

“ Order!  We  never  ordered  a  picture 
from  Jimmy  Sprowle,  whoever  he  may 
b e,”   said  Sponding,  contemptuously. 
“ We 
sent  our  order  to  Sir  John 
Sprowle,  of  the  Stilvio  Studios,  who 
was  at  that  time  plain  John  Sprowle, 
Esq.,  Royal  Academician.”

“ In  that case,  then,”   said Brentwood, 
quietly,  “ there  must  have  been  a  mis­
take  somewhere.  The  letter  you  sent 
was  delivered  to  my  friend at the Stilvio 
Studios.  He  painted  the  picture,  and  I 
have  the  check  for  it.”

“ The  check  will  be  of  no  use  to  your 
friend,”   said  Sponding,  angrily,  “ I 
will  stop  payment  at  once. ”

“ I wouldn’t do that,”  said Brentwood, 
slowly.  “ I  should 
look  at  the  matter 
calmly.  By  acting  hastily  you can easily 
make  yourself  the  laughing  stock  of 
London. 
If  I  may  venture  to  offer  ad­
vice  on  the  subject,  being  a  perfect 
stranger, 
I  should  advise  you  to  con­
sult  with  our good  friend  Grime  here, 
the  art  editor. 
I  don't  admire  this  sort 
of  picture  myself,  but  you  and  Grime 
seem  to.  You  both  know  it  to  be  a  good 
picture  of  its  kind.”

“ Picture! 

I  don’t  want  a  picture 
from  an  unknown  m an!”   cried  Spond­
I  shall  have 
ing,  indignantly, 
“ and 
nothing  to  do  with  it. 
It’s  a  trick—a 
fraud !  Take  the  wretched  daub  off,  in­
stantly !  Take 
it  back  to  the trickster 
who  sent  it !”

‘ Oh,  very  well,”   said  Brentwood,  ris­
ing;  “ every  man  knows  his  own  busi­
ness  best. 
I  may  say,  though,  that, 
legally,  my  friend’s  position  is  practi­
cally  impregnable.  However  the  mis­
take  has  occurred,  it  has  arisen  from no 
fault  of  his.  He  painted  the  picture 
in  perfect  goo 1  faith;  your  messenger 
brought  him  the  order,  and  he  returned 
an  answer  by  that  messenger. 
I  also 
happen  to  know,  through  an  interview 
with  a  mutual  friend  this  morning,  that 
the  grocer  whom  Jimmy  honors  by  re­
ceiving  credit  from,  took  this  letter and 
applied  here  in  person  to  see  if 
it  was 
all  right  before  giving  further accom­
modation  to  Jimmy.  He  was  assured 
by  some  one  in  this  office  that  the  letter 
was  perfectly  correct,  and  this  man  of 
business  fortunately  had  it  stamped  at 
Somerset  House,  as  you  may  see  by 
it. 
glancing  at 
I  am 
ready  to  go 
into  any  witness  box  and 
testify  that  both  of  you  have  expressed 
the  utmost  admiration  for  the  picture. 
So  you  can  easily  see  that,  by  making  a 
fuss,  all  you  will  do  will  be  to  make 
fools  of  yourselves,  for  you  must  cer­
tainly  pay  in  the  end  whether  you  take 
the  picture  or  not.  Aside  from  all this, 
you  know  as  well  as  I  do  that  you  must 
have  a  picture  for  your  Christmas  num­
ber,  and  that  it  is  now  too late  to  obtain 
a  suitable  one,  unless  you  take  some 
daub  that  no  one  else  would  have.  This 
picture,  as  you  well  know,  is as  good 
as  any  you  could  hope  to  get,  even  by 
ordering  at  the  beginning  of the  season ; 
as  Mr.  Grime  so  justly  said,  it  will  be 
the  picture  of  the  year. 
Jimmy  is  not 
an  unknown  artist;  he  has  a  great  rep­
utation  in  Paris,  especially  at  the cafes,

Furthermore, 

where  he  is  probably  better  known  than 
Sir  John  Sprowle  himself.”

“ But  the  thing  is  a  trick,”   repeated 
Sponding;  “ why  did  not  Sprowle,  your 
friend,  come  himself  with the picture?”
“ Too  busy, ”   said  Brentwood ; “ too 
many  commissions;  working  night  and 
day,  that  young  man  is.  The  thing  I 
fear  is  that,  when  I  go back  and  tell 
him  the  result  of  this  interview,  he  will 
not  let  you  have  the  picture  at  any 
price.  If  I  were  you  I  would  accept  the 
inevitable. 
I  speak  now  as  a  friend  of 
both  parties.  You  know  as  well  as  I  do 
what  pictures  are 
in  the  market  and 
available  for  a  Christmas  number  at 
this  time  of  the  year.  You  can  do  as 
you  please,  of  course,  but  if  I  were 
in 
your shoes  I  would  jump  at  the  chance 
of getting  this  picture.”

Sponding  and  Grime  consulted  with 
each  other,  and  then  they  gazed  long 
and  critically  at  the  painting.  Finally 
Sponding  said,  with  a  sigh :

“ I  suppose  we  cannot  help  ourselves; 
but  it  looks  suspiciously  like  a  case  of 
sharp  practice.”

“ I  may  tell  you,”   said  Brentwood, 
threateningly,  “ that  if  you  use  the  term 
‘ sharp  practice’  in  connection  with  my 
name,  you  will  pay  a  great  deal  more 
than  j£30G  for  it. 
I ’ve  stood  just  about 
all the  talk  I  am  going  to  on  this  sub­
ject. ”

“ It  need  go  no  farther,”   said  Spond­
ing,  coming  down  from  his perch.  “ We 
will  accept  the  picture  and  do  our  best 
with  it,  and  nothing  more  will  be  said 
about  the  matter.”

“ Very  well,  in  that  case  I  have  noth­
ing  more  to  say,  except good morning.”  

*  *  *

“ It’s  all  right,  Jim m y,”   said  Brent­
wood,  when  the  hansom  had  brought 
him  back  to  the  Stilvio  Studios.  “ It’s 
all  right.  Both  Sponding  and  Grime, 
the  art  editor,  were  delighted  with  the 
picture;  said  they  had  never  seen  any­
thing  equal  to  it. ”

“ Then  there  was  no  mistake,  after 

all,”   cried  Jimmy,  exultingly.

“ None,  except  on  my  part,  Jimmy, 
in  underrating  your  undeniable  talent. 
That  picture  will  be  the  making  of 
you. ’ ’

And  it  was. 

L u ke  Sh arp.

He  Was  Sure  It  Was  Good.

“ Drummers”   are  like  ministers  and 

doctors,  fond  of  chaffing  each  other.

“ I’ve  a  great  story  to  tell  you,  boys, ”  
said  a  drummer  to  a  group  in  the  cor­
ridor  of  the  Morton  House  the other 
“ 1  don’t  think  any  of  you 
evening. 
ever  heard  me  tell  it  before. ”
it  really  a  good  story?”   asked 
one of  the  party  doubtingly.

“ Is 

“ It  certainly  is.”
“ Then  I ’m  sure  you've  never  told 

it 

before. ’ ’

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

A ZZA M O N TI’S  ART.

It  Deals  with  the  Feet  of the  People 

From the New York Sun.

on  the  Stage.

In  Fourth  avenue,  just  north  of  Union 
Square,  New  York,  there  is  a  window­
ful  of  shoes.  That’s  not  remarkable. 
But  the  fifty  pairs  of  shoes  in  that  win­
dow  represent $5,000.  That’s  different. 
These great  mousquetaire  boots of snow- 
white  ooze  leather,  for  instance,  are— 
but there !  no  one  but Signor  Azzamonti 
himself  can  do  justice  to  these  products 
of  his art.
For  over  three  hundred  years  the 
Azzamontis  have  been  shoemakers.  No 
wonder  that  Giovanni  (who  calls  him­
self  John  since  he  came  to  this  country) 
knows  how  to  make  shoes  for  the  Car­
dinals  and  Bishops  of  stageland.  Gio- 
vann i's  great—great—great—grandfather 
used  to  make  the  shoes  for  the  really- 
truly  Cardinals.  As  long  as  the  nobles 
and  prelates  of  Italy  wore  shoes  upon 
which  the  Azzamontis  could  lavish  their 
genius,  the  family  served  them.  When, 
at  last,  all  art  and  individuality  disap­
peared  from  the  footwear of  the  people, 
these  men  still  stuck  to  their own  be­
loved  variety  of  last  and  made  the shoes 
for  the  mimic  people  of  the  theater.
Before  Giovanni  came  to  America, 
fifteen - years  ago,  he  shod  the  heroes 
and  heroines  on  the  Scala  stage.  Now, 
his  shoes  strut,  as 
it  were,  across  the 
stage of  the  whole  world.  The  queer 
cluttered  shop  which 
is  behind  that 
window  of  gorgeous  footwear  is  full  of 
interesting  things.  Here  are  dozens  of 
photographs  of  great  dramatic  and 
operatic  stars.  They  are  all  signed,  and 
most  of them  have  a  line  or  two  of  ap­
preciation,  whose  depth  may  be  ex­
plained  by the  fact  that  it  literally came 
from  their  feet.  Here 
is  Calve,  who 
inscribes  her  photograph  “ To  a  ver­
itable  artist,”   and  Ancona,  who  sends 
his  to  his  friend,  “ M’amico.”   There 
are  others  “ to  the  king  of  shoemakers”  
and  “ to  the  champion,”   and  “ A1  mio 
caro  amico,”   and  so  on.  Bernhardt, 
Irving,  Salvini,  the  De  Reszkes,  and  a 
score  of  great  singers  and  actors  recog­
nize 
in  this  Italian  shoemaker  a  man 
who  is  an  artist  as  they  are  artists.

There  are  hundreds  of  letters  from 
them,too.  One  from  William  H.  Crane 
acknowledged  the  receipt  of  some  shoes 
which  he  wore  as  Falstaff.

“ If  the  public  had  liked  Falstaff  as 
well  as  I 
liked  the  shoes,”   he  said, 
“ the  play  would  have  been  a  success.”
Signor  Azzamonti  is  a  small,  hollow- 
eved  man,  so  fair of  skin  and  of  hair 
that one  would  never  dream  of  his  com­
ing  from  Italy.  He  is  as  proud  of  be­
ing  the  shoemaker that  he  is  as  any  of 
the  famous  people  for  whom  he  works 
are  proud  of  their  triumphs. 
In  fact, 
sometimes  he  thinks  he  is  a greater suc­
cess 
in  making  shoes  than  the others 
are  in  wearing  them.

“ See  this  boot!”   he  exclaimed,  pick­
ing  up  a  mousquetaire  boot about  three 
feet  high. 
“ I  can  make  six  characters 
out  of  this,”   and,  kicking  off  his  slip­
per,  he  thrust  his  foot 
into  the boot. 
With  a  deft  twist here  and  a  push there, 
he  actually  made  that  one  boot  express 
several  characters,  from  the  devil-may- 
care  d ’Artagnan  to  a  courtly  exquisite 
and  a  stupid  lout  of  a  soldier.

“ You  see?”   he  said. 

“ But  the 
justice  to  the 
actors  don’t  always  do 
I  have  seen 
things  I  make  for  them. 
men,  great  actors,  too,  put  on  a  boot 
like  that  and  wear  it  so  that  they  made 
the  boot and  themselves  ridiculous.”

Then  he  picked  up  other  strange  and 
gorgeous  creations,  and  handled  them 
lovingly  while he  talked.

“ Here,”   he  said,  taking  up  a  high- 
strapped  boot  made  of  the  one-time 
coat  of  a brindie  cow,  “ here  is  a  shoe  I 
made  for  poor  Lawrence  Barrett  only 
four  days  before  his  death.  This  low 
shoe  with  the  turned-up  gold  tip I  made 
for  Salvini  to  wear  as  Othello.  This 
tiny  riding  boot was  made  tor  a 
l ’ttle 
boy  at  the  Academy  of  Music.  This 
red  morocco  mousquetaire  was  also  for 
Salvini.  Here’s  Lewis  Morrison. 
I 
built  him  up  two  inches  to  make  him 
the  same  height  as  Louis  James,  with 
whom  he  was  playing.  Do  I  often  do 
that? 
I  built  Mar­

I  should  say  I  do! 

garet  Mather  up  four  inches  when  she 
played  Joan  of  Arc.”

“ By  the  heels  principally?”
“ No,  inside  of  the  shoe.  Oh,  I  have 
my  own  tricks.  See  this  picture!”  
a  photograph  of  a  comedy 
showing 
feet  conspicuously 
actress  with  her 
crossed  on  a  hassock. 
“ That  woman 
was thought  to  have  a  very  bad  foot,  a 
foot  that  was  a  real  drawback  in  her 
parts,  in  most  of  which  she  wore  eithei 
tights  or  short  skirts.  Well,  it  was  my 
business  to  make  her  foot  look  pretty, 
even  when  it  wasn't.

“ There  was  Anna  Held,  too.  She 
it  was 
didn’t  have  a  bad 
I  studied  what 
spoiled  by  her  shoes. 
was  wrong,  made  my  own  last,  and  it 
was  another  foot  she  had. ”

foot,  but 

“ Do  stage  people  pinch  their  feet  to 

make  them  look  small?”

No.  They  have  to  act,  and  in  order 
to  act  properly  they  have  to be  comfort­
able. 
It  is  the  shape  of  the  shoe  more 
than  the  size  that  counts,  anyway.”  

Perhaps  actresses  have  small  feet 

and  don’t  need  to  pinch  them.”
“ That  depends.  You  won’t  find  any 
small  feet  except  on  the  variety  stage. 
Sometimes  a  young  chorus  girl  has 
them.  There’s a  foot  up  at  the  Casino 
now  that's  so  small 
it  looks  like  a 
Chinese  foot.  But  these  Shakespeare 
people  usually  have  a  good  dose  of 
feet. ’ ’

“ How  about  Bernhardt?”
“ Oh,  she  has  a  very  fair  foot. 

is 
pretty  slender,  and  she  wears  about  a 
number  four.  She  uses  a  good  many 
shoes.  When  she  was  over  here  last,  I 
made  her  sixty-six  pairs  of  shoes  in  as 
many  days.”

Do  you  go  and  take  the  measure,  or 

It 

do  the  people  come  to  you?”

“ They  come  to  roe  generally,  al­
though,  of  course,  in  the  case  of a great 
actress  or  singer  I  sometimes  make  an 
exception.  But  when  it  comes  to  mak­
ing  the  shoes  for  an  entire  company, 
they  come  to  me.  For  instance,  Mr. 
Daly  wants 
185  pairs  of  shoes  for  his 
production  of  ‘ As  You  Like  It.’  Well, 
if  the  people  come  here,  I  seat  myself 
comfortably  on  this  hassock  and  take 
If  I  did 
the  measurements  at  my  ease. 
that  at  the  theater,  they’d 
I ’d 
have  to  kneel  down  and  bend over.  I ’ve 
almost  ruined  my  back,  as  it  is.  I  can’t 
do  that any  more. ’ ’
“ What  are  these  shoes?”   picking  up 
two  pairs  of  odd-looking  sandals  with 
jingles 
in  the  heels,  and  extra  wooden 
soles.

laugh. 

“ They’re  Richard  Carroll’s  shoes 
from  ’ Brian  Boru. ’  I  have  to  put  new 
wooden  soles  on  them  every  week.  See 
how  these  are  split. 
If  an  ordinary 
shoemaker  made  these  for  him  they 
wouldn’t  last  an  hour, the  way  he'works. 
People  have  an  idea  that all  stage finery 
is  mere  tinsel,  but  I  can  assure  you that 
the  shoes are  not.  They  are  made  of 
the  very  best  materials,  and  are  put  to­
gether  with  much  more  care  than  even 
the best  street  shoes are.  Well,  you  can 
get  some 
it  from  the  price. 
There  is  a  pair  of  brown  ooze  mousque­
taire  boots  for  John  Drew.  Those  cost 
$25.  Here  are  the  boots  for  inferior 
characters  in  the  same  play.  They  are 
of  calfskin,  you  see,  and  they  cost  only 
$10.  However, 
if  there  are 
many  people  off  the  stage  who  realize 
that  the  chorus  people  often  wear $10 
boots.

I  doubt 

idea  of 

“ Here  is  a  beautiful  shoe,”   picking 
up  a  high-strapped  boot 
in  pale  pink 
leather,  trimmed  with  imitation  pearls 
and  jewels. 
“ That  pair  is  worth  $150. 
These  white  mousquetaires  are  worth 
$75.  Here  is  an  interesting  boot  repre­
senting  the  history  of  the  world.  And 
here  is  an  astrologer’s  boot.”

The  last  named  was  of  dark  green 
leather.  Carefully  drawn  figures  repre­
senting  the  signs  of  the  zodiac  had 
been  cut  out  of  gilt  leather  and  stitched 
over the  green.

“ People  have an  idea  that  these  fig­
ures  are  of  gilt  paper  and  are  simply 
pasted  on,”   said  Signor  Azzamonti, 
lovingly  handling  the  gorgeous  crea­
tion,  “ but  you  see  they  are  of  the  very 
best  quality of  leather,  and  are  beauti­
fully  stitched. 
If  we  did  not  make 
them  that  way  the  boots  would  fall  to 
pieces 
in  one  or  two  performances,

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From the Boots and Shoes Weekly.

The  Leather  Speculation.

whereas  you  can  see  by  this 
they  often  last  two  seasons.”

letter  that 

I 

love 

is  art,  and 

“ Do  you  ever  make  ordinary  shoes?”
He  shrugged  his  shoulders.
“ Sometimes,  but  I  don’t  like  it.  My 
in  the  theatrical 
heart  and  soul  are 
work.  That 
it. 
Everybody  on  the  stage  has  been  so 
poor,  though,  for  the  last  few years,  that 
we  have  to  take  anything  that  comes 
along. 
I  got  that  order  for  185  pairs  of 
shoes  for 
‘ As  You  Like  It’  the othei 
day,  and  that  means  a  rush  for  a  little 
while. 
inside 
of  two  weeks.  That 
isn’t  so  easy  as 
you  might  think,  even  though  I  have 
seven  men  to  help  me.  For 
instance, 
look  here.' ’

I  have  to  finish  them  all 

itself 

He  opened  a  box  and  showed  a  lot  of 
pieces  of  paper  in  which  were  pinned 
samples  of  brocaded  velvets  and  satins. 
Each  slip  of  paper contained  written d i­
rections.

“ I  had  to  match  every  one  of  these 
leather  of  the  same 
samples  with  a 
shade,  you  see.  That 
is  no 
small  task.  Next,  I  have  to  take  the 
measurements  of  every  one  of  those  185 
people.  Well,  if  you  know  anything  of 
stage  folks,  you’ll  know  that 
it  isn’t 
easy  to  do  that.  Here  it  is  almost  noon. 
The  women  were  to come at nine o’clock 
this  morning,  but  just  one girl  has  been 
here!  You  have  to  have  the  patience 
of  Job!  Ah,  here  comes  two.”

The  new  candidate  for  measurement 
sat  down.  Signor  Azzamonti  placed  her 
foot  on  the  book  and  preprepared  to 
draw  the  outline.

in 

said  the girl.

“ Don’t  make  my  shoes  broad-toed,”  
“ I'll  have  to. ’ ’
“ But  I  don’t  like  ’em broad,”   hastily 

removing  her  foot  from  the  book.
"   The  shoemaker looked up impatiently. 
“ I  have  to  make  them  to  suit  the  part 
and  not  to  suit  you,”   he  said. 
“ These 
shoes  have  to  have  puffs coming through 
slits  across  the  toe.  Well,  I  can’t make 
puffs  in  a  piccadiliy  toe,”   and  he  put 
the protesting  foot  back  in  its  place  and 
went to  work.

From Shoe and Leather Facts.

The  Successful  Tradesman.

“ Well  bought 

is  half  sold”   is  trite, 
but  true.  The  establishment  which  does 
not  have  a  careful  and  shrewd  buyer 
is 
not  likely  to  make  much  headway  even 
though  the  selling  department  be  con­
ducted  on  the  most  approved  lines.  No 
one  can  buy  successfully  who 
is  not 
fitted  to  do  so  intelligently,  and  intelli­
gence  can  only  come through  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  trade  conditions  in  gen­
eral,  and  an  acquirement  of  the customs 
of  the  establishment  for  whom  he  is 
buying 
in  particular.  The  successful 
salesman  finds  his  chief  happiness  in 
his  diligent  search  and  constant  vigi­
lance  for  the first offerings.  The market 
is  closely  watched ;  he  knows  as  a  mat­
ter  of  course  where  the  closest  sellers 
are 
just  where  to  look  for 
the  drives  and  bargains  which  are  to  be 
found.  The  chances  are  that  his  trade 
journal  occupies  a  very  conspicuous 
place  on  his  desk,  and  that  he 
is  even 
more  familiar  with  its  advertisements 
than  he  is  with  its  reading  matter.

located,  and 

The  successful  buyer  has  the satisfac­
tion  of  knowing  that  his  work  has  been 
well  and  thoroughly  done.  He 
is  pre­
pared  to  give  the  reasons  why  he  has 
placed  confidence 
in  the  goods  ulti­
mately  selected.  The  chances  are,  too, 
that  this  confidence 
is  shared  by  his 
clerks,  and  the  same  favorable  feeling 
is also  pretty  sure  to  be  felt  by  the  cus­
tomers  who  come  to  inspect  the  goods, 
and  are  brought 
in  contact  with  those 
who  sell  them.  The  merchant  who  has 
mastered  this 
important  detail  is  pre­
pared  to  meet  all  legitimate  competi­
tion.  Competition,  want  of  confidence 
and  financial  stringency  are  evils  that 
are  with  the  business  community  from 
time  to  time.  But,  separately  or  com­
bined,  they  are  not  half  so  detrimental 
to  a  man’s  trade  as 
is  poor  buying. 
When  a  *man  makes  a  mistake  in  this 
direction  he  does  well  to  confess,  at 
least  to  himself,  that  his  judgment  has 
been  in  error,  and  he  wants  to  look  out 
carefully  that  he  does  not  repeat  the 
error.
The  merchant  or  buyer  who  never |

makes  mistakes  does  not  live.  But  the 
man  who  can, if  he  be  so  unfortunate  as 
to  make  an  error,  turn  the  seeming  dis­
aster  into  success  and  profit  is  the  gen­
erally  successful  business  man,  and  the 
one  who  is  constantly  in  demand.

From Sewing Machine News.

Who  Read  Advertisements?

This  question 

is  quickly  answered. 
Everybody  reads  them.  You  have  heard 
this  one  or  that  one  say,  “ I  never  read 
advertisements,”   and  you  may have  un­
thinkingly  said 
it  yourself,  but  when 
you  did  you  always  felt  a  desire to mod­
ify  the  statement 
immediately  after­
wards. 
It  had  occurred  to  you  that  you 
did  make  a  practice  of  reading  a  cer­
tain  class  of  advertisements. 
They 
may  be  in  your  own  line  of  business— 
your  competitor’s.  You  read  them  to 
see  what  he  has  to  offer,  and  compare 
them  with  your  own.  But  perhaps  you 
have  none—that 
In  that 
case  the other  fellow  gets  all  the  benefit 
of  publicity,  and  you—no,  we  won’t say 
you  get  left—you  get  the  experience.  It 
is  to  be  hoped  it  will  prompt  you  to  ad­
vertise.  Be  assured  that  the  public  does 
read  advertisements.

is  too  bad. 

At  one  time  Frank  R.  Stockton,  nov­
elist  and  humorist,  was  unable  to  use 
his  eyes  for  several months.  His  friends 
had  to  read  to  him  and,  of  course,  se­
lected  such  matters  as  they  thought 
would 
interest  him.  When  'at  last  he 
was  able  to  read  for  himself  all  were 
exceedingly  curious  to  know  what  sort 
of  reading  he  would  call  for  first.  A 
great  shout  of 
laughter  arose  when  he 
eagerly called for advertisements.  These 
had  been  omitted  by  his  friends  and  he 
longed  to  see  some.  No  species  of 
lit­
erature  so  clearly  reflects  human  nature 
as  advertisements.  One  skilled  in  writ­
ing  or  reading  them  can  detect  the  very 
character of  the advertiser. 
In  the  ex­
travagant  ones  we  learn  what  to  avoid, 
and  the  worthy ones  teach  us many facts 
concerning  good  and  useful  things.

Not  all  of  us  read  advertisements  as 
attentively  and  carefully  as  we  should. 
Perhaps  this  may  be  true  of  all  our 
reading,  because  maybe  we  devote  too 
little  time  to 
it.  We  skim  over  too 
many  culumns  and  pages  in  the daily 
papers  or  the  trade  journal  to  permit  us 
to  grasp  all  as  completely  as  we should, 
yet  how  many  of  you,  our  readers,  do 
not  see 
just  what  the  other  fellow,  the 
company  that  does  not  make  your  ma­
chine,  has  to  say?  Very  few.  Then  is 
it  not  a  wise  plan  to adveitise  and  do 
it 
judiciously? 
Wouldn’t  you  miss  your  manufacturer’s 
it  were  dropped  from  a  sin­
“ ad”  
gle 
issue,  and  wouldn’t  you  miss  the 
other  fellow’s  just  as  quickly?

persistently 

And  still  you  say  you  don’t  read  ad­
vertisements.  Go  ’long!  You’re  only 
fooling.  But  we  are  not  easily  fooled.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.

Shoe  Advice.

and 

if 

Never  try  to  wear  a  shoe too  small, 
or  that  does  not  fit  when  you  first  put  it 
on ;  there  is  no  misery  more  nearly  dis­
tracting  than  a  shoe  that  hurts  the  foot. 
Never  let  your  shoes get  hard  and  d ry; 
don’t  let  them  run  over;  don’t  let  the 
heels  run  down;  don’t  dry  a  wet  shoe 
until  you  have  rubbed 
it  well  with  a 
flannel  cloth,  then  with  vaseline.  Never 
put near the  stove.  Half  a  peck  of  oats 
kept 
in  a  small  box  will  be  the  very 
cheapest  and  best  foot  form  for  a  wet 
shoe.  Fill  the  shoe  and  shake  the  oats 
down,  after  having  rubbed  and  oiled 
it,  and  set  in  a  dry  place  to  dry  grad­
ually.  When  dry  pour  the oats  back  for 
further  use.  Do  not  “ black  upon  black­
ing”   more  than  a  week  at  a time.  Take 
a  wet  rag  and  wash  the  shoe  at  least 
once a  week,  and  oil  over night  to  keep 
in  good  condition.  Never  handle  pat­
ent  leather  until  you  have  warmed  it. 
Never  wear  rubbers  with  good  shoes. 
Put on  old  shoes  in  wet  weather.  There 
is  no  part  of  the apparel  of  a  lady  or 
gentleman  which  should  be  more  scru­
pulously  neat,  or  that 
is  so  often  scan­
dalously  neglected.

We  have  cigars  to  burn.  G.  J.  John­
the 

son  Cigar  Co.,  manufacturer  of 
S.  C.  W.  5c  Cigar.

At  a  recent  ^meeting  of  the  United 
States  Leather  Co.  a  dividend  of  one 
per  cent,  was  declared  on  the  preferred 
stock,  payable January  2,  1897.

The  report  on  which  the  dividend 
was  based  states  that  the  company  has 
no  indebtedness,  except  the  §5,280,000 
bonds  which  remain  unpaid of the origi­
nal  issue  of  $6,000,000,  and  that  there 
are  $4,500,000  of  bills  receivable  falling 
due  within  sixty  days,  over  $1,000,000 
in  cash  on  hand,  and 
large  quantities 
of  hides 
in  process  of  conversion  into 
leather.  They  have  more  leather  in  the 
vats  than  they  had  at  the  beginning  of 
the  year.  They  have  much  less  in  the 
warehouses,  but altogether the aggregate 
holdings  are  larger  than  they  weie  in 
January.

The  annual  report  of  January  1,  1896, 
showed  that  the  company  at  that  time 
owed  a.floatiug debt  of  $3,000,000,  that 
their  bills 
receivable  amounted  to 
$3*I33>945-31.  and  that  the  cash  on hand 
was  about  the  same—a  little  less  than 
now.  Thus 
it  appears  that  the  com­
pany  has  paid  in  ten  months, 
in  addi­
tion  to  the July  dividend  of  $640,000,  a 
loan  of  $3,000,000  and  have  retired  of 
their  bonds $240,000,  making  a  total  of 
$3.240,ooo,  which  shows  an 
improve­
ment 
in  the  financial  condition  of  the 
company 
in  ten  months  to  the amount 
of $4,606,054.69.

In  this  connection  it  should  be  borne 
in  mind  that  the  one  per  cent,  divi­
dend  declared  is a disappointment.  The 
stock  has  declined,  and 
it  is  alleged, 
with  what  truthfulness  we  know  not, 
that  those  most  interested  in  this  com­
pany  would  not  permit  such  a  favor­
able  opportunity  to  pass  by  without 
manipulating  the  stock  to  their  own  ad­
vantage.  This  small  dividend  has  given 
many  people  a  chance  to  say  that  the 
object  of  the  directory  of  this  company 
is  to  tire  out the  stockholders  who  are 
not  directors  and 
induce  them  to  part 
with  their  stock  at  low  figures.

This  allegation  may  or  may  not  be 
true,  but  in  the  absence  of  evidence  in 
support  of  the  theory  it  would  doubtless 
be  fair  to  consider  that  the  dividend 
declared  was  the  most  the  conditions 
warranted,  and  wait  for further develop­
ments.

Illustrated  Advertising.

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

A  Born  Genius.

“ Well,  Scribbs  has  proved  himself  a 

genius  after  all. ”

“ What  has  he done?”
“ Quit  writing  poetry  and  opened  a 

candy  shop  next  to  a  schoolhouse.' ’

The  proprietois  of  an  English  medi­
cal  nostrum  announce  that  on  a  certain 
day  they  will  send  up  a  balloon  over 
London,from  which  a  number  of  checks 
will  be  thrown,  varying  from  $5  to  $50, 
which  will  be  cashed  at  the office  of  the 
concern.

15

This stamp  appears 
on  the  Rubber  of 
all  our  "Neverslip” 
Bicycle  and  Winter 
Shoes.

DO  YOUR  FEET  SLIP?

The “ Neverslip”   gives elasticity  and 
ease  to  every  step  taken  by  the wearer. 
It breaks the shock or jarring of the body 
when walking, and is particularly adapted 
to all who are obliged to be on their  feet. 
None  but  the  best  of  material  used  in 
their  makeup. 
Every  walking  man 
should have at least a pair.

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We buy these goods 
large 
quantities and are able to sell 
them at factory prices.  Corres­
pondence solicited.
TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

in 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

L A R G E S T   ST O C K   A N D   L O W E S T   P R IC E S .

WHOLESALE 
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PROVISIONS

61 Filer Street, 
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W ritten fo r the T radesman.

self.

JANE  CRAGIN.

M r.  Cyrus  Huxley  Scores  One  Him­

Sid 

For  several  days  after  the  dinner 
party,  the  proprietor  of  the  Milltown 
store  was  not  inclined  to  be  humorous. 
He  attended  strictly  to  business.  Any 
attempt  on  Jim ’s  part  more  than  to 
“ pass  the  time  o'  day’ ’ was  received  in 
freezing  silence. 
attempted  no 
pleasantry;  but,  when  the  time  came  to 
call  at  the  Walker  mansion and he asked 
if  it  wasn’t  about  time  to  make  the call, 
he  found  Mr.  Huxley  looking  him  full 
in  the  face  and  saying,  with  a  distinct­
ness  of  enunciation  which  left  no  doubt 
“ I  shall  call  this 
as  to  his  meaning: 
evening;  you  can  go  whenever 
you 
please. ’ ’

“ Well,  now,  Cy,  there 

isn’t  any  use 
in  your getting  mad  over  this.  The only 
thought  I  have  had about  this  matter  all 
along  I  haven’t kept  back,  and  I  don’ t 
see  why  you  are  coming  at  me  now 
in 
this  fashion.  You  know  as  well  as  I  do 
that  you began  by trying  to  make  me  a 
cat's  paw,  and,  when  a  fellow  sees  that 
part  given  to  him,  he  kicks  if  he's  the 
kind  of  htiman  being  he  ought  to  be. ’ ’
“ O,  he  does.  Well,  we’ll  say  then 
that  I  gave  you good  reasons  for  kick­
ing,  you’ve  kicked,  and  we’re  square. 
I'm  satisfied 
if  you  are;  and  I  don't 
know’s  I  care  to  open  another  account. 
Things  are  looking  a  little  squally «BE  in 
that  quarter 
just  now  and,  if  I  need 
anything  more  in  your  line,  I ’ll  drop  in 
and 
let  you  know;  in  the  meantime, 
you  and  the  women  folks  can  get  to­
gether,  compare  notes  and  have your lit­
tle  laugh  at  my  expense. 
It’ll  probably 
do all  three  of  you  good ;  and  what  I ’ve 
managed  to  get  out of  it  will  last  a  life­
time.—I  see  there’s  somebody  ’round 
there  by  the  cloth  counter  that  looks  as 
if  she  wanted  to  be  waited  on;  and  I'll 
say,  before  you  go,  that  I  don’t  want 
you  to  mention  this  to  me  as  long  as 
you  live. 
‘ Enough’s  as  good’s  a  feast’ 
—and  I ’m  full  clear  up  to  my  neck. 
That’s  a ll;”   and  he  left  the  office  with­
out giving  Sid  an  opportunity  to  say  a 
word.

Later,  that  same  day,  Mrs.  Walker 
and  her  niece  were  together 
in  the 
comfortable  sitting  room,  enjoying  that 
quiet  companionship  which  requires  no 
forced  entertainment.

“ I  suppose,”   remarked  Mrs.  Willow- 
by,  “ that  we  may  expect  some  callers 
this  evening.  Mr.  Huxley  may  not  be 
‘ up’  in  such  matters  but  Mr.  Benton  is. 
I ’m  half  curious  and  half  anxious  and 
just  a 
little  dreading  this  meeting, 
aunty. 
I  can’t  help  thinking  that  we 
overdid  the  matter  at  the  dinner  and 
I ’m  afraid,  if  I  were  in  Mr.  Huxley’s 
place,  I  should  let  you  know  what  1 
thought  about  it;  and  1  don't  believe  I 
should  try  to  do  it  ‘ over  and  above’—as 
you  say  here  in  New England—daintily. 
What  if  he  did  strain  matters?  He 
knows,  and  so  do  I,  that  I  haven't  lost 
a  minute's  sleep  on  that account,  and 
we are  not supposed  to  know  what  his 
intentions  are 
I'm 
afraid,  aunty,  that  the  man  has my sym­
pathies;  and  I  don't  know  but  what  I 
shall  have  to  tell  him  so.”

in  regard  to  Jane. 

“ Well,  my  dear,  I  hope  you  won’t  be 
needlessly  disturbed. 
I  hardly  think 
that  a  man  so  thoroughly  taken  up  with 
himself  as  our  store-keeper 
is  will 
bother  himself  much  about  anything 
else. 
instances 
where  the  wind  has  to  be  tempered  to 
the  shorn  lamb,  and  I  have  an  idea  that 
this  sheep  would  lose  a  good  part  of  his

isn’t  one  of  those 

It 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

upon  you,  Mrs.  Walker,  to  go  so  far be­
yond  the  punishment  called  for  as  to 
make  my  blunder  insignificant?  Was 
it  quite  necessary  to  make  a  dinner 
party  in  order  to  make  it  clear  that your 
niece’s  heart  had  not been  damaged  by 
any  undue  attentions  she  might have  re­
ceived?  And  are  you  quite  certain  that 
you  have  not  bioken  the  unwritten 
law 
of  hospitality  which  makes  a  host  re­
sponsible,  under  his  roof,  for  at  least 
It  may 
the  fair  treatment  of  his  guest? 
be  in  accordance  with  the  Evans 
idea 
to  say  to  the  guest  placed  at  his  right 
wbat  you  said  to  m e;  but  it  is  not  the 
Huxley  idea,  and  I  cannot  thank you for 
it. 
I  have  the  pleasure,  ladies,  of  bid­
ding  you  good  evening.”

Lord  Chesterfield  himself  could  not 
have  bowed  himself 
from  the  royal 
presence  with  greater  apparent  rever­
ence.  And  offended  royalty,  to  the  last 
indignant  quiver  of 
each  separate 
stately  curl,  could  not  have  sped  the 
parting  guest  more  icily  than  did  “ Old 
Lady  Walker. ’ ’

R ich ard  Malco lm  Strong.

A  German  court  has  decided  that 
electricity  cannot  be  stolen.  A  man 
was  arrested  on  the  charge  of  having 
stolen  several  thousand  amperes of  cur­
rent  by  tapping  a 
company’s 
mains  and  using  it  to  run  a  motor.  The 
court,  on  appeal,  ruled  that  “ only  a 
movable  material  object”   could  be 
stolen,  which  electricity  was  not,  and 
therefore  the  man  was acquitted.

light 

The  only  smoke  the  insurance  agents 
are  not  afraid  of  is  that  of  the  S.  C.  W. 
$c  Cigar.  Best  on  earth—sold  by  all 
jobbers.

Cider-Making  in  France.

The  United  States  Consul  at  Havre, 
in  the  course  of  a  report  on  cider  in 
France,  lately  published  at  Washing­
ton,  states  that  the  decline  of  the  grape 
crop 
in  France  has  led  to  increased 
attention  to  the  cultivation  of  apples 
and  the  production  of  cider.  Official 
statistics  show  that  678,000,000  gallons 
of  cider  were  produced  last  year  in  the 
country,  an  increase of  197,000,000  gal­
lons  over  the  preceding  year  and  365,- 
000,000 gallons  over  the average  for  the 
ten  preceding  years.  The  departments 
of  Manche  and  Calvados  alone  produce 
302,000,000  gallons.  The  Consul  de­
scribes  the  different  processes  under  the 
headings  as  lerments,  selecting  the  ap­
ples,  gathering the apples, preparation of 
the barrels,  crushing the apples,  pressing 
the  pulp, 
fermentation,  racking  and 
bottling.  As  to  ferments,  the  French 
have  a  proverb: 
“ No good  cider  with­
out  good  fermentation  and  good  fer­
ments,”   and  to  produce  good  cider  the 
fruit  must  be  ripe  and  fragrant,  averag­
ing  from  2  to  4  per  1,000 of  acidity, 
containing,  with  some  mucilage,  a  not­
able  quantity  of  tannin—3  to  4  per 
cent.—and  a 
large  proportion  of  sac­
charine  matter,  say  15  per  cent.  They 
generally  mix  several  varieties  of  ap­
ples,  so  that  the  merits  of  one  may 
compensate  for  the  defects  of  another. 
Care  in  gathering  and  storing  prepara­
tory  to crushing  seems also  to  be of great 
importance.  “ The  French  think  that 
absolute  cleanliness  is  more 
important 
in  fermenting  cider  than  in  fermenting 
wine,  and  they  think,  moreover,  that 
cider 
the  most  healthful  of  all 
drinks.”   Bottling  cider  also  has  be­
come  a  considerable  industry in France. 
As  evidence  of  the  growing  popularity 
of  cider  in  that  country  the Consul men­
tions  that  of  the  many  hundred  million 
gallons  made  last year  not  more  than 
500,000 gallons  were  exported.

is 

There are 113 poisonous drugs sold which must all be labeled as such, with the proper 
SA V E 300  PER CENT.
antidote attached.  Any label house will cnarge you but 14 cents for250labels, thesmall- 
est amount sold.  Cheap enough, at a glance, but did you ever figure it out—113 kinds at 
14 cents—115.82?  With our system you get the same results with less detail for less 
than one third the money.

fleece  before  he  found  out he  had" lost 
any  wool.  Traders  are not oversensitive, 
and  the  Huxleys,  at  least  so  far  back  as 
I  know  ’em,  are  no  exception  to  the 
general  rule.  To  tell  the  plain  truth, 
I ’m  expecting  to  see  a  little  of  the  old 
Van  Nostrand  episode  over  again,  and 
I ’m  curious  to  see  how  the  conceit 
taken  out  of  a  man  in  the  olden  time 
compares  with  the  modern  article.  Of 
course,  we  mustn’t  expect  the  elegance 
of  the  Kentuckian,  either  in  manner  or 
in  speech.  One  has  been  bred  to  all 
that  pertains  to  the  graces 
in  both, 
while  the  other  will  have  to  depend  en­
tirely  upon  his  mother  w it;  but  the 
shallow  nothingness  of  the  old  Colonel 
will pale  before the  sturdy  honesty of the 
store-keeper,  and  I  guess  the young man 
will  come  out  of  it  all  right.  There goes 
thejdoorbell,  and  if  it’s  Mr.  Huxley  we 
shall  soon  see  how  the  battle goes.”

The  sentence  was  hardly 

finished, 
when  Mr.  Huxley  was announced.  Had 
the  man  grown  in  stature  since  be  was 
there  last?  And  was  this  self-possessed 
gentleman  the  fellow  who  stood  so  awk­
wardly  before  them  on  the  evening  of 
the  dinner? 
It  was  the  same,  but  with 
a  difference;  and  intuitively  the  women 
recognized  the  difference  and  uncon­
sciously  bowed  profoundly  to  it.

* ‘ The  store-keeper beats the Colonel, ’ ’ 
thought  Mrs.  Walker,  “ in  the  early part 
of  the  engagement.”

“  Not a  single  reference to the weather 
so  far,”   thought  Mrs.  Willowby.  “ That 
never  happened  before,  and  I ’m  just  a 
little  anxious  about  what all  this means.
I  don’t  know  but  I ’m  willing  to  suffer, 
a  little  if  the  man  comes  out  ahead,  for 
I  do  think  we  used  him  outrageously. 
He  certainly  has  the  better of it so fa r;”  
and  the  beautiful  woman,  with  admira­
tion 
in  her  eyes,  joined  again  in  the 
conversation  which  was going  smoothly 
on  without  her.

“ It 

is  true  that,  so 

is  true,”   Cy  was  saying,  as  be 
bent towards  Mrs.  Walker,  his  left  arm 
resting  easily  upon  the  velvet arm of the 
chair,  “ it 
in 
Milltown,  we  have  no  standards to go by 
in  whatever  pertains  to  ‘ knowing  how;’ 
but  I  think,  after all,  in  the  absence  of 
such  standards,  one  can  always  rely  up­
on  the  uprightness  of  bis  intentions.”

far, 

“ That  may  be  true  to a  certain  ex­
it  often  hap­
tent,  Mr.  Huxley,  but 
igno­
pens—too  often,  I  think—that  an 
rance  of  the  standards  frequently 
leads 
to  most  disastrous  results.  The  hurt  in 
such  cases  is as  painful  as  if  it  were in­
tended. ’ ’

“ True,  Mrs.  Walker;  but  the  lack  of 
it  from  being 

intention  prevents 

the 
criminal. ”

The  pause  which  followed  might have 
become  awkward  if  the  caller  had  not 
risen  to go.

“ I  have  not  congratulated  you,  Mrs. 
Walker,  upon  the  success  of  your  din­
ner  party,”   Mr.  Huxley  went  on,  with 
a  tone 
in  his  voice  and  a  look  in  his 
face  which  indicated  that  the  real Cyrus 
Huxley  was  now  speaking,  “ because  I 
have  doubted  until  now  whether  you 
deliberatey  planned  and  determinedly 
carried  out  that  part  of  the  affair  which 
referred  so  pointedly  to  me.  That  doubt 
is  now  removed;  and  T  congratulate 
you  upon 
its  complete  success.  That 
you  had  good  reasons  for doing  wl^t 
you  did,  I  frankly  admit;  and  here  and 
now  I  acknowledge  my  mistake  and 
earnestly  beg  your  pardon. 
In  my  de­
sire  to  carry  out  my  own  designs  I 
selfishly  forgot  everybody  else and  did 
sacrifice  their 
interests  to  satisfy  my 
fancy;  but,  because  I  was  making  this 
incumbent
great  mistake,  was  it  really 

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SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

A.  W.  Knapp,  Representing  Strong, 

Lee  &   Co.

One  of  the  most  succcessful  managers 
of  wholesale  departments  in  Detroit 
is 
Alvah  W.  Knapp,  in  charge  of  the  ho­
siery,  underwear  and  men’s  furnishing 
goods  department  of  Strong,  Lee  &  Co 
Mr.  Knapp  is  one of  those  whom  con 
siderations  of  health  turned  from  the 
pursuit  of  a  more  studious  career  to  one 
of  trade,  to  which  his aptness  and  sue 
cess  show  him  to  be  naturally  well 
adapted.

The  father  of  our subject,  William  I 

Knapp,  is  a  native  of  Western  New 
York.  He  married  Elizabeth  R.  Green 
who  was  of  Scotch  and  Irish  descent 
Alvah  is  in  possession  of  a  copy  of  the 
history  of  his  father’s  family,  which 
traces 
its  lineage  back  to  the  fifteenth 
century,  where it  is  found  in  Holland at 
the  time  of  the  German  dominion  and

Michigan  Knights of the  Grip.

Commercial Travelers

President, S. E.  Symons, Saginaw;  Secretary 
Gko. F.  Owen, Grand Kapids; Treasurer, J 
P k o s t , Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association 
President, J. F.  Cooper, Detroit;  Secretary and 
Treasurer, D.  Mo rris, Detroit.
United  Commercial  Travelers of Michigan. 
Chancellor. H.  Ü.  Ma r k s, Detroit; Secretary 
E dwin  Hudson, Flint; Treasurer,  geo.  A.  Key 
n o l d s , Sagiuaw.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ Mutual  Accl 
President,  A. F.  Pe a k e, Jackson; Secretary and 
Treasurer,  G eo. F  Owen, Grand Kapids. 
Board of Directors—F.  M.  T y l e r ,  H.  B  F a in. 
child.  G eo. F. Owen, J  Henry  Da w ley,  G eo 
J.  Heinzklman, Chas. S.  Kobinson.
President,  W.  C.  B rown. Marquette; Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F.  Wixson, Marquette.'

Lake  Superior Commercial  Travelers’ Club

dent  Association.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Samuel  M.  Lemon  has  volunteered  to 
present  the  name  of  Geo.  F.  Owen  at 
the  Detroit convention.  Those who know 
Mr.  Lemon  and  are  familiar  with  h 
ability  as  a  public  speaker  are  antic 
pating  a  rare  treat.

indulging 

R.  N.  Hull  in  Ohio Merchant;  Com 
mercial  travelers  are  not  sitting  by  the 
wayside 
in  doleful  lamenta 
tions  and  waiting,  like  Micawber,  for 
something  to  “ turn  up.’ ’  They  kee] 
on  tab  on  the  weather  bureau 
in  refer 
ence  to  its  bearings  on  trade.  Rain  or 
snow,  bad  roads  and  blizzards  do  not 
dismay  them,  for  they  plough  through 
all 
in  quest  of  business,  at  all  times 
and  under  all  circumstances,  and  are 
simply  thankful  that  they  are  alive  and 
able  to  cope  with  the  difficulties  en 
countered.

17

Fred  H.  Ball  (N.  K.  Fairbank  Co.) 
has  removed  his  family  from  Hender­
son,  Ky.,  to  Kalamazoo.

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G.  R.  &  I.  Eating  House.

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52 S. Ionia St, Opposite Union Depot.
Steam heat,
Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. 
Rates, $1 50 to $2 00.
Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts.
GEO. H. SCHIXDIIETT, Prop
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.  Thev will 
conduct the Cutler House as a strictly first-class 
house,  giving every  detail  painstaking  at­
tention.
Commercial  House
Lighted by Electric1 ty. Heated by Steam.

Iron Mountain, Mich.
All modern  cofivenienc s.

Cutler  House  in  New  Hands.

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tion  to  enter  the  field  where  there  were 
larger  opportunities  was  too  great  for 
him  to  remain  in  a  small  town.

including 

February  1,  1896,  Mr.  Knapp  entered 
the  employ  of  Strong,  Lee  &  Co.  and 
has  entire  charge  of  his  departments,  as 
mentioned, 
the  buying  of 
goods  for  each  line.  His  acquaintance 
with  his  present  employes  began  in  his 
buying  for  Knapp  &  Parker.  Being 
impressed  with  his ability  inthatdirec 
tion,  Mr.  Lee  invited  him  to  take  the 
position,  and  the  firm  is  greatly  pleased 
with  his  success  in  changing  what  liad 
been  an  unprofitable  department  into 
one  of  the  lucrative  branches  of  the 
increase  in  sales 
great  business.  The 
for  September, 
1896,  over  the  same 
month  of  the  preceding  year  was  about 
75  per  cent.  Mr.  Knapp  has  achieved 
this  success,  of  course,  by  the  closest 
application  and careful thought.

While  Mr.  Knapp's  time  and  though 
are  prettty  well  occupied  by  business 
he  still  has  sufficient  to  devote  to the re 
quirements  of  his  social relations. 
Jan 
uary  25,  1883,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Ida  Sigler,  of  Leslie,  Mich.  They  re 
side  at  43  Davenport  street,  Detroit 
They  usually  attend  the  Baptist  church 
he  having  been  reared 
in  that  faith 
his  parents  belonging  to  the  “ hard 
hell”   branch  of  that  denomination 
One  line  of  social  duty  which 
is  par 
cularly  to  his  taste  is  that  of  music. 
He  has  given  considerable  attention  to 
vocal  music,  and  has  been  much  in  re 
in  that  line  wherever  he  has 
quisition 
ived. 
In  politics  he  has always  been 
i  Democrat  and  belongs  to  the  sound 
money  portion  of  that  party  at  present 
He  is  a  great  lover of athletic sports and 
whenever  business  requirements  per 
nit  he  manages  to  be  piesent  at  base 
hall,  football,  etc.

While  Mr.  Knapp  attributes  his  sue 
cess  to  hard  work,  he  thinks  that  he  h 
particularly  favored 
in  that  he always 
has  a  hearty  enjoyment  of  his  work 
The  man  who  must  urge  himself  in  hi 
ndertakings  is greatly  handicapped  as 
compared  with  the one  who  goes  into  i 
with  the zest  of  natural  enjoyment.

Program  for  the  Banquet.

John  McLean,  Chairman  of  the  Com 
nittee  on  Program  of  the  entertainment 
portion  of  the annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  at  De- 
roit  next  week,  favors  the  Tradesman 
with  an  advance  copy  of  the  topics  and 
assignments  arranged  for.  Mr.  McLean 
has  reluctantly  consented  to  act as  toast- 
naster,  which  will  be  a  matter  of  con- 
ratulation  among  the boys,  because  of 
the  feast  of  reason  and  the  flow  of 
oul”   which  will  necessarily  ensue. 
The  program  in  detail  is  as  follows:

Detroit.

J.  M.  Patterson, 
Invocation—Rev. 
Our  Guests—J.  B.  Howarth,  Detroit. 
The  Traveler—W.  F.  Blake,  Grand 

Rapids.

Rapids.'

Michigan—A.  O.  Bement,  Lansing. 
Personal  Peculiarities—M.  S.  Brown, 
The  Employer—S.  M.  Lemon,  Grand 

East  Saginaw.

The  Ladies—A.  W.  Stitt,  Jackson.
The  Absent  Ones—S.  E.  Symons, 
Recitation,  “ The  Old  Clock” —C.  D. 

East  Saginaw.

Henderson,  Detroit.

son.

Walsh,  West  Bay  City.

the  Knights—lohn 

Banquet  Scene—C.  H.  Bennett,  Jack- 
Cranks—J.  J.  Bush,  Lansing.
How  to  Greet 
The  Press—L.  S.  Rogers,  Detroit. 
Smiles— N.  S.  Boynton,  Port  Huron. 
Bright  Side of Traveler’s  Life—F.  R. 
Our Country—P,  Walsh,  Detroit.“

Streat,  Flint.

F.  E.  Bushman  has  removed  from 
Kalamazoo  to  South  Bend,  where  he 
has  purchased  the  stock  and  good  will 
of  the Liberty Cigar Co.,  118 West Wash 
ington  street,  and  also  leased  the  ciga 
privilege  of  the  Oliver  House.  He  will 
continue  business  at  the  former  location 
under  the  style  of  “ Bushman’s  Busy 
Bee  Cigar  Store”  
conducting  both 
wholesale  and  retail  departments.  Mr 
Bushman  is  an  energetic  salesman  whi 
knows  no  such  word  as  fail  and  his 
career  ir.  South  Bend  may  safely  be  set 
down  beforehand  as  successful.

From  present 

indications,  fully  fifty 
traveling  men  from  this  city  will  attend 
the  annual  convention  at  Detroit  next 
week.  With  a  view  to  doubling  the 
number,  an  urgent  appeal  has been  sent 
out  to  local  representatives  of  thefrater 
nity  to  attend  a  meeting  to  be  held  at 
Sweet’s  Hotel  on  Saturday  evening,  at 
which  time  the  Post  badges  will  be  dis­
tributed. 
It  should  be  remembered that 
Detroit  came  here  with  a  good  crowd 
two  >ears  ago,and  there is no reason why 
Grand  Rapids  should  not  return  the 
compliment  by  sending  ico  representa­
tive  men  to  the  Detroit  convention.

Annual  Meeting  of  Post  E.

At  the  adjourned  annual  meeting  of 
Post  E,  held  at  Imperial  hall  last Satur­
day  evening,  the  following  officers  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year:

Chairman—B.  S.  Davenport.
Vice-Chairman—Chas  E.  Hall.
Secretary-Treasurer—Frank  W.  Had­

den.

Chairman  Davenport 

subsequently 
announced  the  following  committees  for 
the  ensuing  year:

Executive—E.  A. 

Mills,  W.  F.  Blake.

Stowe,  L.  M. 

Entertainment—Chas.  I.  Flynn,  Frank 
J.  Delahunt,  Geo.  F. 

W.  Hadden,  P. 
Rogers,  Wm.  E.  Richmond.

Sergeant-at-Arms—A.  D.  Baker.

the beginning of the Spanish occupation 
when  the  name  was  spelled  Knob.

Alvah  W.  Knapp  was  born  Feb.  14. 
859,  his  birthplace  being  a  farm  in  the 
cinity  of  Warsaw,  New  York.  Thi 
arm  has  since assumed  great  value and 
become  widely  noted  as  the  location  of 
he  largest  salt  block  in  Western  New 
'ork,  operated  by  the  most  extensive 
corporation  in  the  business  in  that  lo­
cality.  Six  years  later  the  family  re­
moved  to  Dexter,  Mich.,  where  Alvah 
commenced  his  course  in  school.  His 
mily  again  removed,  about  two  years 
later,  to  Howell,  Mich.,  where  he  com­
pleted  his  school  work  by  graduating 
rom  the  high  school  in  1877.  At  this 
it  was  his  ambition  to  take  a  col­
me 
lege  course,  and he successfully  took  the 
examination,  receiving  certificate 
foi 
dmission  to  the  Rochester,  New  York, 
Diversity.  Poor  health  prevented  his 
ndertaking  the  course.  He  then  turned 
s attention  to  trade,  entering  the  em- 
. loy  of Hickey & Goodnow, a  prominent 
dry  goods  firm  in  Howell,  with whom he 
remained  five  years.

After  this  apprenticeship,  concluding 
that  he  was  able  to  take a  more  respon­
s e   position  in  the  business  world,  he 
went  to  Fowlerville,  Mich.,  and  formed 
a  copartnership  with  F.  D.  Parker,  who 
had  been  a  salesman 
for  Hickey  & 
Goodnow,  under  the  style  of  Knapp  & 
Parker,  dealers  in  dry  goods,  clothing 
and  carpets.  This partnership continued 
until  September,  of  this  year,  when  it 
was given up on account of Mr.  Knapp’s 
present  employment.  The business  was 
pleasant and  profitable,  but the  tempta­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Adulterate  in  the  Right  Way, 

Milkman—"Johnny,  did 

water  in  the  milk  this  morning?”

you  put 

New  Assistant—“ Yes,  sir.”
"D o n ’t  you  know  that  it  is  wicked, 

“ But  you  told  me  to  mix  water  with 

Johnny?”

the  milk. ”

into 

first  and  pour  the  milk 

‘ ‘ Yes,  but  I  told  you  to  put  the  water 
in 
it. 
Then,  you  see,  we  can  tell  the  people 
we  never  put  water  in  our  m ilk.”
GINSENG  ROOT

Highest'pf ice paid by
Write us. 

P E C K   B R O S .

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MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires

Drugs==Chemicals
18
Dec. 31. 1896
C. A. Bugbeb, Traverse City 
- Dec. 31, 1897
S. E.  Pa r k il l, Owosso 
- 
Dec. 31, 1898
P. W. R  Pe r r y, Detroit 
- 
- 
- Dec. 31, 1899 
A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor 
Dec. 3i, 1900
Geo. Gukdrum. Ionia  - 
President, S. E.  Pa r k il l, Owosso.
Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit.
Treasurer,  G eo. Guhdrum, Ionia.
Coming Examination Sessions—Detroit, Jan. 5 
and  6; Grand Rapids, March 2 and 3; Star 
Island (Detroit), June—; Upper Peninsula, 
Aug. —.
President, G. C. P hillips, Armada.
Secretary , B. Sckrouder, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, Chas. Mann, Detroit.
Executive Committee—A. H. We b b e r , Cadillac: 
H. G. Oolman, Kalamazoo;  Geo. J.  Ward, St. 
Clair;  A. B. Stevens, Detroit; F.  W.  R. 
Perry, Detroit.

MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

The  Drug  Market.

a 

is 

firmer 

Acids—There 

feeling 
among  sellers  of  carbolic  in  pound  bot­
tles,  and  prices  have  been  advanced. 
The  market 
is  firmer  for tartaric,  due 
to  reported  higher  values  for  crude  ma­
terial.

Arsenic—Powdered  white  is  still firm.
Balsams—A  stronger  feeling 
is  ex­
hibited  for  copaiba.  Tolu  is easier,  in­
fluenced  by 
late  additions  to  stock  in 
first  Lands.  Peru  is  firm,  although quiet. 
F ir  is  still  moving  fairly.

Barks—Bayberry  is  in  limited  supply 

and  prices  have  gone  up.

Cantharides—Some  attention  is  being 
lots  by  consumers,  the 

paid  to  small 
market  remaining  steady  in  tone.

Cassia  Buds—Demand  continues  good 
is  being 

and  the  concentrated  stock 
firmly  held.

Castor  Oil—There  is  a  strong  market, 
quotations  for  prime  having  advanced 
yic  per  pound.

Cocaine—Declined,  owing  to 

lower 

prices  for crude.

Cod  Liver  Oil—The  easy feeling men­
tioned  last  week,  in  connection  with  the 
decline  across  the  water,  has  resulted 
in  a  reduction  in  prices.

Colocynth  Apples—Request  fair  and 

holders  are  not  anxious  sellers.

Cream  Tartar—The  movement  has 
is 
in  tendency,  due  to  the  fact  that 

been  rather  slow,  but  the  market 
firmer 
argols  are  said  to  be  advancing.

Glycerine—Quiet.
Gums—The  most  noteworthy  feature 
in  this  department  is  the  unlooked-for 
decline 
in  prices  of  camphor  at  the 
hands  of  manufacturers.  Asafoetida  is 
seeing  a  more  active  and  stronger  mar­
ket,  due  to  cables  from  London  of  con­
tinued 
receipts  and  resultant 
small 
higher  prices.

Leaves—Tame  as  to  general  market. 
Coca,  easier,  on  account  of  abundant 
supply  and  limited  demand.

Opium—The  market  seems 

to  be 
firmer  in  tone,  but  reports  conflict  as  to 
actual  values.

Quicksilver—Business  is  confined  to 
small  lots  to  meet  current  wants  of  con­
sumers,  but  the  quotation  is  firmly  ad­
hered  to.

Roots—Nothing  of  special  interest  in 
any  description,  the  general  market  be­
ing  somewhat  quiet,  but  ruling  fairly 
steady,  however.  Aconite, 
it  may  be 
said,  has  gone  up.  Blood,  gentian  and 
mandrake  are  all  firm  at  the  recent  ad­
vances.  Bleached  calamus  is  firm ;  and 
German  dandelion  is  very  firm.

caraway 

Seeds—Dutch 

is  meeting 
with  a  good  sale.  Celery  is  exceedingly 
dull.  The  several  varieties  of  mustard 
are  receiving  more  or  less  notice.  Cal­
ifornia  brown,  firm,  due  to  scarcity.

Coriander,  market  is  active  and  prices 
are  steady.  Star anise  is  higher.

Sponges—Demand  is  unimportant,but 
the  tone  of  the  market  is  firm,  due  to 
the  influences  before  mentioned.

The  Concentration  o f Wealth.

At  the  close  of  the  civil  war,  while 
the  income  tax  which  had  been  pre­
viously  levied  was  in  operation,  and the 
incomes  of  wealthy  citizens  were  pub­
lished 
in  the  newspapers,  the  foreign 
pre§s  expressed  surprise  that  there  were 
in  the  United  States  so  few  persons, 
probably  not  more  than  a  score  or  two, 
who  had  annual  incomes  of  as  much  as 
.£20,000, or $100,000.

At  the  end  of  thirty  years  from  that 
time,  the  men  whose  incomes  amount  to 
10  per  cent,  on  $1,000,000, or  5  per  cent, 
on  $2,000,000,  have  been  figured  up  to 
be  as  many  as  4,000.

Four  thousand  millionaires  out  of  a 
population  of  70,000,000  is  not  a 
large 
number;  but  when  the 
increase 
in  a 
period  of  thirty  years  is  considered  it 
shows  that  the  concentration  of  wealth 
in  the  hands  of a few persons is going on 
at  a  rapid  rate. 
In  this  connection, 
some  studies made by Eltweed Pomeroy, 
and  published  in  the  December  Arena, 
concerning  the  concentration  of  wealth 
in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  are  inter­
esting.  His  figures  are  drawn  from  the 
assessment rolls and other official records 
of  that  State.

less  than  $1,000;  3, 

Mr.  Pomeroy’s  figures  deal  with  the 
following  classes  of  people: 
i,  those 
who  have  no  taxable  property ;  2,  those 
who  own 
those 
whose  property  ranges  from  $1,000  to 
$5.000;  4,  those  who  own  from  $5,000  to 
$25,000;  5,  those  who  have  $25,000  to 
$100,000;  6,  those  who  have $100,000  to 
$500,000; 7,  those who own over $500,000. 
The  returns  commence  with  the  year 
1830 and  are  brought  down  to  1880.  The 
statistics  so  gathered  show  the  follow­
ing,  according  to  the  deductions  of  Mr. 
Pomeroy:

In  fifty  years  the  masses  who  own  no 
taxable  property  have 
increased  from 
under 62 per  cent,  to 66  per  cent,  and  69 
per cent. 
If  this  goes  on,  in  the  year 
1900  they  will  be  over  72  per  cent.

The  millionaires  have  increased  from 
.002  per  cent,  with  8%  per  cent,  of  the 
wealth  to  .03  per  cent.with 
percent, 
of  the  wealth,  and  to  .08  per  cent,  with 
24  per  cent,  of  the  wealth. 
If  this  goes 
on,  in  the  year  1900  they  will  number 
about 
.15  per  cent,  and  own  about  31 
per  cent,  of  the  wealth.

The  number  of  small  property  owners 
less  than  a  thousand  have  de­
worth 
creased  from  under  20  per  cent,  to  12 
per  cent,  and  9  per  cent.,  and  their 
property  has  decreased  from  a  little 
over  4  per  cent,  to  under  2  per  cent., 
and  to 
If  this 
goes  on,  in  the  year  1900  they  will  be 
entirely  crowded  into  the  class  owning 
nothing,  and  their  places  will  be  filled 
from  the grades  above  them,  so that they 
will  number  about  7 ^   per  cent.,  and 
own  about  three-fourths  per  cent,  of  the 
wealth.

just  above  1  per cent. 

to 

The  rich  men  worth  between  $100,000 
.009 
and  $500,000  have  increased  from 
per  cent, 
.39  per  cent,  and  to  .50 
per  cent.,  and their wealth has increased 
from  nearly 
13  per  cent,  to  27^  per 
cent.,  and  then  decreased  to  26^  per 
cent. 
in 
the  year  1900 a  goodly  number  of  these 
men  will  rise  into  the  class  above,  some 
few  fall,  and  that  their  percentages 
will  probably  remain  about  the  same.

If  this  goes  on,  it  means  that 

The  moderately  well  off,  worth  from 
$1,000  to  $5,000,  have  remained  nearly

the  same 
in  percentage of  population, 
around  13  per  cent.,  but their wealth has 
decreased  from  nearly  21  per  cent,  to 
In  the  year  1900  many  of 
I2|^,  to  8%. 
them  will  have  sunk 
into  the  lower 
classes  and  their  places  will  be  filled 
from  the  upper  classes,  so  that  their 
number  will  be  about 
12  per cent,  of 
the  total,  but  their  percentage  of  wealth 
will  have  shrunk  to  5  per  cent,  or 6  per 
cent.

The  moderately  wealthy,  worth  from 
$25,000  to  $100,000,  have  increased  in 
percentage  from  %  per  cent,  to  \%  per 
cent.,  to \ }i percent.,  and their percent­
age  of  wealth  has  remained  nearly  sta­
tionary  between  the  first  two  periods, 
and  shown  a  slight  fall  at  the  third 
period. 
1900  they  will 
probably  occupy  the  same  relative  posi­
tion  in  the  population,  numbering about 
2  per  cent.,  but  their  wealth  will  be 
about  20  per  cent.

In  the  year 

The  exactly  middle  class  have 

in­
creased  from  4%  per  cent,  to  6  2-5  per 
cent,  to 6  4-5  per  cent.,  and their wealth 
has  decreased  from  30^  per  cent,  to  25 
per  cent,  to  18^  per  cent. 
In  the  year 
1900 they  will  probably  number the same 
percentage  of  the  population,  but  their 
wealth  will  have  decreased  to  15  per 
cent.

According  to  these  figures  there 

is  a 
progressive  increase  in  the  classes with­
out  wealth  or  with  very  small  average 
wealth  and  a  decrease  in  their  posses­
sions,  accompanied  by  a  small  increase 
in  the  classes  with  great  wealth  and  a 
in  their  possessions, 
great 
while  the  middle  classes  suffer  both 
in 
population  ratio  and  in  wealth  ratio.

Frank Stowell.

increase 

People  who  have  presents  to  buy  are 

talking  shop  a  great  deal.

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as can be made.
The filler is entirely long Havana of the 
finest quality—with selected Sumatra Wrapper.
Regalia Conchas,  4y, inch,  $58 00 M. 
Rothschilds, 
4% inch,  65.00 M.
Napoleons, 
5)4 inch,  70.00 M.
All packed 50 in a box.
We invite trial orders.
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i

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Sinapis.............
Sinapis, opt.................
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes...........................
Snuff,Scotch, DeVo
Soda Boras___
Soda Boras, po........
Soda et Potass Tart
Soda, Carb.............
Soda, Bi-Carb___
Soda, Ash...............
Soda, Sulphas___
Spts. Cologne........
Spts. Ether Co... 
Spts. Myrcia Dom. 
Spts. Vtni Re?t. bbl 
Spts. Vini Rect.4bbl 
Spts. Vini Rect.logal 
Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal 
Less 5c gal. cash 
Strychnia, Crystal...
Sulphur, Sub!.............
Sulphur, Roll...........
Tamarinds...................
Tereienth Venice...
Theobrom».................
Vanilla...........................
Zinc! Sulph.................
Whale, winter.............
Lard, extra.................
Lard, No.  1...................

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2 
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©  18 
@  30@  34@  34
626®  28 
14® 
2
3® 
5
34® 
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50®  55
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@ 2 47 
@ 2 49 
10 da^3.
1 40® 1 45 
24® 
3
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28®  30
42®  45
9 00® 16 Oo 
7® 
BBL.704035

8®   10 

Oils

8

37

19

Paints  BBL. 

LB.
H£ 2  @8 

32 
Linseed, pure raw.. 
35
Linseed, boiled.........  34 
Neatsfoot, winter str 
70
65 
38
33 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
Red Venetian...........
Ochre, yellow Mars 
2  ©4 
Ochre, yellow Her. 
Hi 2 @3 
Putty, commercial. 
24 24@3 
Putty, strictly pure 
24 24@3
Vermilion,  Prime
American................
13® 
15 75 2416 5* 5*
Vermilion, English
70® 
Green, Paris.............
15  @ 13® 
Green, Peninsuiar.
Lead, Red...................
5Q@ 
Lead, white................
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting, gilders’... 
70 90 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris Eng.
cliff.............................
1  00@ 1 40 
Universal Prepared.
1 00® 1 15
No. 1 Turp Coach.
Extra Turp.............
1 60® 1 70
Coach Body.............
2 75® 3 00 
No.  1 Turp Fum... 
Extra Turk Damar.. 
1 55® 1 60
Jap. Dryer,No. lTurp 1  10®   1  20
70®  75

1  00®  1  10 

Varnishes]!

5M@

60

Perru

Radix

Bacete.

Aniline

12® 

12® 

20  @

22

Acidum

@  1  IK 

50

Ammonia

Tinctures 

Potassium

Balsamina

@
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Extractum 

1  10®  1  20

20®
12®
22®
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1  0 @  1  10 
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24®
28®
11®13®14®16®

15® 18@  1  00@  2 00@  1 00© 85© 50@ 18@ 30® 7
10® 12
1 25 33 
30®
8®2V® 
10 82 28 30 14 26 
24® 
3 00® 
3 10 5014 
40® 
1215 
10® @

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, H. & P.
u. Co...........................
Picis Liq. N.N.4 gal.
doz................................
Picis Liq., quarts___
Picis Liq., pints........
Pil Ilydrarg...po. 80 
Piper Nigra...po.  22
Piper Alba___po. 35
Pilx Burgun...............
Plumbi Acet...............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Py rethrum, boxes II.
& P. D. Co., doz... 
Py rethrum, pv..........
Quassia;.........................
Quinia, S. P. & W.. 
Quinia, S.German..
Qujnia, N.Y.................
Rubia Tlnctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Saiacfn...........................
sanguis Draconls...
Sapo, W.........................
Sapo, M...........................
sapo. G...........................
siedlltz Mixture....

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.
MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
1 75® 2 00 
» Î S B î o ^ S Î S f i Â ï î i S S i S '^ .i ï ï i011 Co0*,b*’Fre“1 « * “ »
1 65® 1 90® 40
65® 80® 10
Scill» Co....................... 
Aceticum.......................I
Tolutan......................... 
50®  5060506060505060506050507550
Benzoicum, German
m*75®
Prunus virg.................
Boraci c...........................
®27®44®3@8®
Carbolicum.................
Aconitum Napellis R 
Citricum.......................
Aconitum Napellis F
Hydrocblor.................
Aloes...............................
Nitrocum.....................
Aloes and Myrrh...!
Oxalicum.....................
Arnica...........................
Phosphorium, dii...
10®@45®1*®
Assafoetida.................
Salicylicum..................
Atrope Belladonna.
Sulphurlcum............... 
......
Auranti Cortex........
Tannicum................... 1 4Ö® 1 6f
Benzoin........................
Tartaricum................... 
34 @  36
Benzoin Co..............”.
Harosma.......................
cantharides...............
4® 6
Aqua, 16 deg...............
Capsicum...................
Aqua, 2il deg...............
6® 8
Cardamon.............. 
.
Carbonas.......................
12® 14
Cardamon Co.............
12® 14
Chioridum...................
Castor.............................
Catechu.....................
I 00 50 50 60 50 50 50 50 50 50 35 50 60 50 60 50 7550 50 50 50 75 50 
Black............................... 2 On® 225
Cinchona....................’’
81® 10>
Brown ..........................
Cinchona Co..............
45® 5n
Red .................................
Columba.......................
Yellow........................... 2 50® 3 On
Cubeba........................**
Cassia Acutifol........
Cassia Acutifol Co .
13® 15
Cubeæe..............po. 18
Digitalis............. 
....
Junipenis.....................
6® 8
Ergot..............................
25® 3n
Xanthoxylum.............
Ferri Chioridum___
Gentian.........................
Gentian Co...............*
Copaiba. ... .................
60® 65
Guiaca.........................
@ 26n
Peru.................................
GuiacH ammon..........
40® 45
Terabin, Canada___
Hyoscyamns...............
65® 75
Tolutan.......... 
...........
Iodine.............................
Cortez
Iodine, colorless!!!.
Kino.................................
Abies, Canadian___
Lobelia...................["
Cassi»...........................
Myrrh......................!.’]"
Cinchona Flava........
Euonymus atropurp 
Nux Vomica...........
Opii.................................
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgin!..........
<>‘ ii, camphorated..
Qui Haiti, gr'd.............
Opii, deodorized....
I 50 50 50 50 50 50 60 
Quassia.........................
Sassafras........ po. 18
Rhatany.................."
Chous...po. 15, gr'd 
Rhei..........................;;;;
Sanguinaria . ...!”
Glycyrrhiza Glabra.
Serpentaria.................
Glycyrrhiza. no........ 
Stromonium..............
Hsematox, 15 lb box.
Tolutan..........................
Hsematox, Is...............
Valerian.......................
Hsematox, 4s.............
Veratrum Veride.!
Hsematox,  Ha............
Zingiber........................
Miscellaneous 
.¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 3F  30® 
20353834505 601 40 15 55 
Carbonate Precip... 
■¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
34®
Citrate and Quinia..
Ajumen.........................  2*4®
Citrate Soluble..........
A lumen, gro’d. .po. 7 
3®
Ferrocyanidum Sol.
Annatto......................... 
40®
Solut. Chloride........
Antimoni, po........ 
4®
Sulphate, com'l........
Antimoni etPotassT 
55®
Sulphate, com'l, by
Antipyrin................... 
@
bbl, per cwt............
............... 
@
Antifebrin 
Sulphate, pure.........
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
@
Arsenicum.................. 
10®
Arnica 
.........................
12® 14
Balm Gilead Bud .!  38® 
„
14 40
18® 25
Antbemis.. ...............
Bismuth S. N............t 00®  1  10
25® 30
Matricaria...................
Calcium Chlor., Is.
Calcium Chlor.,  %s 
Calcium Chlor., ws
hlor.. 54s. 
15® 20
Barosma.........................
Cantharides, Rus.po 
1075@  15®  15
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
Capsici Fructus. af 
18® 25
nevelly.......................
Capsici Fructus, po.
25® 30
Cassia Acutifol,Aix.
Capsici FructusB.po 
Salvia officinalis, Vs
C'aryophylius..po. 15 
12® 20
and 48.......................
Carmine, No. 40...
Ora Orsi................... ..
8® 10
Cera Alba, S. & F
50®40® 27 
Cera Flava................”
Coccus...........................
© 65
Acacia, 1st picked..
Cassia Fructus.........
Acacia, 2d picked..
@ 45
Centraria.......................
Acacia. 3d picked..
Jetaceum.................  ”
10 45 63 1 35 
© 28
Acacia, sifted sorts.
Chloroform.............!..
60®
Acacia, po.....................
60® 80
Chloroform, squibbs
14® 18
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28
15® 1 30
Chloral HydCrst.... -  W M____
Aloe, Cape___po. 15
@ 12
20®  25
Choudrus...................... 
@ 3o
Aloe. Socotri.. po. 40
Ciuebonidlne.P.&W  2i©  25
55® 60
Ammoniac...................
15®  22
Cinchonidine, Germ 
Assafoetlda___po. 30 
22®
Cocaine.........................  4  15® 4 25
551314 
50®
Benzoinum................. 
65
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
Catechu, Is...................
@
^reosotum................. 
@35
Catechu, 4s.................
@ 
Oreta.................bbl. 75 
Catechu,  14s.................
@  16
@ 
Creta, prep................... 
50®  55
Camphor»...................
9® 
Creta, precip............... 
Euphorbium..po. 35
@ 
Creta, Rubra............. 
@  1 no 
Galbanum..................... 
_
Crocus........................... 
50®
65®
Gamboge po............... 
@
Cudbear................... 
Guaiacum........po. 35
@  35@ 4 00 
-upri Sulph........................!! 
5® 6
Kino...............po. 64.U)
Dextrine...................... 
in® 
®  60 
Mastic...........................
Ether Sulnh................ 
-75®  90
@  40
Myrrh.................po. 45
Ornery, all numbers 
@ 
Opii.. .po. S3.30@3.50 2 35® 2 40
Ornery, po..................... 
@ 
Shellac........................... 
4<®  6"
Srgota..............po. 40  30®  35
Shellac, bleached... 
40®  45
Flake White.............. 
12®  15
Tragacanth................. 
50®  80
Gal la.............................. 
@  23
Gambier........................ 
8® 
@60
Gelatin, Cooper.. .. 
25
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Gelatin. French........ 
35®  60
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
20
Glassware, flint, box  60, lOAilO
Lobelia..........oz. pkg 
25
Less than box___ 
60
Majorum___oz. pkg 
28
Glue, brown.............. 
9® 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
23
Glue, white................ 
13®  25
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 
25
Glycerina..................... 
Rue....................oz. pkg 
39
Grana Paradis! ___ 
@  15
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
22
Ilumulus....................... 
25® 
25
Thymus, V. .oz. pkg 
llydraag Chlor Mite 
@  75
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
@  65
Calcined, Pat............... 
55®  60
Hydraag Ox Kub m. 
@  85 
Carbonate, Pat........... 
20@  22
Hydraag Ammoniati 
@  95
Carbonate, K. A M.. 
20®  25
Hydraagl'nguentum  45® 
Carbonate, Jennings 
35®  36
Hydrargyrum............. 
@  60
Icbthyobolla, Am... 1 25®  1 50
Indigo............................. 
75®  1 00
Absinthium................. 3 
25® 3 50
Iodine, Resubi.......... 3 80® 3 90
Amygdal», Dulc___ 
3<®  50
@  4 70
Iodoform....................... 
Amygdal», Amar» . 8 00® 8 25
Lu pul in 4.................... 
@ 2 25
Anisi..................................2 
2i® 2 30
Lycopodium............... 
50® 
Aurantl Cortex......... 2 40© 2 50
Macis............................... 
65®  75
Bergami!....................... 2 2 © 2 30
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
Cajiputi......................... 
70®  75
drarg Iod.................. 
@  27
Caryophylli.................  53®  58
LiquorPotassAreinit 
10® 
12 j 
Cedar.............................. 
35®  65
Magnesia. Sulph ... 
2® 
3
Chenopadii................... 
©  2 so
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
@ 
Cinnamouii................. 2 
25® 2 50
Mannia, S. F............... 
50®  60
Citronella..................... 
40®  45
Menthol......................... 
@ 3  50 I

Conium Mac.
.  35@  65
Copaiba..........
. i 15® 1 2 
Cubebse............
. 1 50® 1 60 
Exeohthitos .
. 1 20® 1 30 
Erigeron.........
• 1 20® 1 30 
Gaultheria...
1 50® 1 60 
Geranium, ounce...
@50®
Gossi ppii, Sem. gal..
Hedeoma.......................
•lunipera.......................!
1 50®  Î 
Lavendula..................
Li m< >n is........................’
1 30® 1 51 
Mentha Piper___...
1  6 ®  2  20
Mentha Verid.............
2 OF® 2 7!
Morrhuae. gal.............
! 9o@ 2 0Í®  50
Myrcia, ounce.............
Olive...............................
75® 3 00 
Pici* Liquida............
10® 
Picis Liquida, gal...
1 ®  35
Ricina...........................
99® 1 0 
Rosmarini.................."
Rosse, ounce...............
6 50®  8 50 
Succili! .........................
40®91® I 00 
Sabina........................’’
Salitili..........................[.
2 50® 7 Oi 
Sassafras.......................
5f@  63
sinapis, ess., ounce.
TlgHl............................... 1 40® 1 50
.,i»yme 
....................... 
4o@
Ipyme, opt................. 
@ i ho
Theobromas.............. 
ig@
•H-ltarb........................... 
15®
Bichromate 
............... 
13®
Bromide........................ 
  4«®
Carb............................... 
iaa
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
12®16®50®27®
Cyanide.
Iodide.............................  2 90®  3 00
Potassa, Bitart, pure  — 
Potassa, Bitart, com 
Potass N'itras, opt...
Potass Nitras..............
®8®7@25®15®
Prussiate.......................
Sulphate po...............
Aconitvm...........
Aith*............................;
Auchusa.......................
Arum po......................"
Calamus.......................
Gentiana..........po 15
Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 15 
12®16®
Hydrastis Canaden.
Hydrastis Can., po..
@15®15®1 65® I 75 
Hellebore,Alba, po..
Inula, po......................
Ipecac, po.................
Iris plox----po35®38
35@  40
Jalapa, pr.....................
40®  45®  35
Marantic 4s..........!."
 
 
...
Podophyllum, po.”. 
22®  25
75® ] on
gbei............................... 
Rhei, cut....................... 
®  1  25
Rhei.pv......................... 
75@lSK
Smgelia.......................... 
35®  38
Sanguinarla.. .po. 25  @ 
Serpentaria.................  30® 
Senega........................... 
40®  45
®  40
Similax, officinalis H 
Smilax, M.....................
8‘ ill»...................po.35
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus, po.......................
10®@®15®
Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana, German.
Zingiber a.....................
Zingiber j.....................
Anisum........:.po.  15
12®@B®4®
Apium (graveleons)
Bird, is...........................
Carui..................po. is
Cardamon.....................  1 
1  75
Coriandrum................ 
rum
»» 
inm34® 
Cannabis Sativa..
4
Cvdonium.................
75® 1 00 
Chenopodium___
Diptenx Odorate.
2 90® 3 00
Fieniculum................. 
®
Foenugreek.po.......... 
6®
.......................  24® 
4
Uni grd....bbL24  34® 
4
Lobelia......................... 
35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian.  34® 
Rapa...............................  4%® 
5
Sinapis Albu............... 
g
7® 
Ji@ 
J2
Siuapis Nigra............. 
Spi ri tu s
Frumenti, W. U. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti, D. F. R.. 2 00® 2 25
Frumenti.....................  1  25®  1 50
J 11 ni peris 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
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage....................... 2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps wool
carriage.....................
2  00 
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage........
1  1085651 40
Extra yellow slieeps’
wool, carriage___
Grass sheeps’ wool,
carriage.....................
Hard, for slate use..
Yellow  Reef, for 
slate use...................
Acacia...........................
®  50@  50
Auranti Cortes..........
Zingiber.........................
5060 50 50 60 50 
~ 
Ipecac...........................
Ferri Iod.......................
®®©50®
Rhei Arom...................
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega...........................
Scili»..............................

10®   12 
I  
10

riagnesia.

10®   12

12
26
55

Gummi

2
5
11
8

12
8
6

9

®

35

@ 
r 

10 
70 

55

55

Flora

Folia

20
35

@

®

50

Syrups

Semen

10®

Herba

Oleum

to ® 

14

®

4

Goioanes id  
T ollet Waters
Holiday  Trade

Finest quality In bulk tor

W hite  Rose  Cologne 

W hite  Rose  Cologne  second quality 

Germ an  Cologne 
Eau  de  Cologne 
L ila c  Sp ray  Cologne 

Violet  Cologne 
Lavender  W ater 

Lavender  W ater second quality 
Violet  W ater second quality 

Violet  W ater 

.

.

.

Florida  W ater 
Ocean  Sp ray  Cologne

.

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GAL.

$ 6 .0 0

4 .0 0

6 .0 0

3 - 5 0

4 .0 0

6 .0 0

6 .0 0

4 .0 0

6 .0 0

4 .0 0

4 .0 0

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

Peas.

Sago.

Grits.

Farina.

Wheat.

Hominy.

Rolled  Oats.

Lima  Beans.

Pearl Barley.

Maccaroni and Vermicelli.

FA R IN AC E0 U5   GOODS.

3
Bulk............................................ 
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s..............2 25
Barrels ......................................3 25
Flake, 501b. drums...............1 50
Dried.......................................... 
334
Domestic, 10 lb. box..........  60
Imported, 25 lb. box............2 50
Common.................................... 
134
Chester......................................  2
Empire ..................................... 
234
Green, bu....................................  90
Split, per lb............................. 
234
. .425
bbl ...
Rolled Avena,
37*
Monarch, bbl.
. .213
Monarch. 34 bbl.............
bbl.... .350
Private brands.
Private brands,34 bbl.... .2 01
...s 20
Quaker, cases.
...325
Oven Baked...
German..................................... 
4
East India............................ 
33<
Fish.
Cracked, bulk......................... 
3
24 2 lb packages.....................2 40
Cod.
Georges cured................
Georges genuine..........
Georges selected..........
Strips or bricks............. 5
Halibut.
Chunks.....................................
Strips.......................................
Herring.
Holland white hoops keij 
Holland white hoops bb.
Norwegian............................
Round 100 lbs.........................  2 50
Round 40 lbs.........................  1 30
Scaled.......................................... 
12
nackerel
No. 1 100 lbs............................. 11 50
No. 1 40 lbs.............................  4 9>
No. 1  10 lbs.............................  130
No. 2 100 lbs.............................  8 Oil
No. 2 40 lbs.............................  3 F0
No. 2 10 lbs............................. 
95
Family 90 lbs..............
Family 10 lbs................
Sardines.
Rnsslan kegs............................ 
56
Stockfish.
No. 1,1001b. bales.................  1034
No. 2,100 lb. bales................  834
Trent.
No. 1100 lbs.............................  4 75
No. 1 40 lbs.............................  2 20
6353Fam 
No. 1 10 lbs.
No. 1  8 lbs.
No. 1  No. 2
5 75 
100 lbs.............. 6 50
2 60 73 61
40 lbs 
..........2 90
1  10 35 31
lOlbs....... 
80
8 lbs ............. 
67
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

@ 4 
@ 434 
@ 5 
@ 8

Whltefish.

2 00 

Souders’ .

Oval bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best 
in the  world 
for 
the 
money.
Lemon.doz
2 oz..........  75
4 oz..........1 50

Regular 
Grade 

.1 50 
.3 00

GUNPOWDER.

Rifle—Dupont’s.
Kegs.................................................4 00
Half Kegs......................................2 25
Quarter Kegs.......... 
...............1 25
1 lb cans........................................  30
34 lb cans......................................  18
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
Kegs..................... .......................4 00
Half Kegs......................................2 25
Quarter Kegs..............................1 25
1 lb cans........................................  34
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.
Kegs.................................................8 00
Half Kegs......................................4 25
Quarter Kegs................................2 25
1 lb cans...... ................................  45
Sage..................................................  15
Hops................................................  15
Madras, 5 lb boxes.................  55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes___  50
15 lb palls......................................  30
17 lb pails......................................  40
30 lb pails......................................  60
Condensed, 2 doz ....................1 20
Condensed, 4 doz.....................2 25
Pure..................................................  30
Calabria........................................  25
Sicily................................................  14
Root,................................................  10
Ideal, 3 doz. in case.................2 25

HERBS.
INDIGO.
JELLY.
LYB.
LICORICB.
MINCB MBAT.

nATCHES.

Mince meat, 3 doz in case. .2 75 
Pie Prep. 3 doz In case..........2 75
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur..............................1 Si
Anchor Parlor............................1 70
No. 2 Home..................................1 10
Export Parlor............................4 00
Sugar house...............................10@12
Ordinary.....................................12@14
20
Prime.......................................... 
Fancy 
...................................... 
30

nOLASSBS.
Blackstrap.

Cuba Baking.

Porto Rico.

2 oz . ...  75
3 oz..........1 00
4 00...........1 40
6 oz..........2  00
No.  8...2 40 
No. 10. ..4 00 
No. 2T.  80 
No. 3 T.l 35 
No. 4 T.l 50

CO FFEE.

BAKING  POW DER.

^LuiriCi

CLOTHES LINES.
AXLE GREASE.doz.  gross
Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz.............1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz.............1 20
Aurora.................................55 
6 00
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz.............1 40
Castor Oil..........................60 
700
Cotton, 70 ft. per  doz.............1 60
Diamond............................50 
5 50
Cotton. 80 ft, per  doz.............1 80
Frazer’s ... .......................75 
9 00
Jute, 60 ft. per doz.................  80
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
9 00
Jute, 72 ft, per doz.................  95
Mica......................................70 
8 00
CLOTHES PINS.
Paragon..............................55 
6 00
45
5 gross boxes 
COCOA SHELLS.
20 lb bags............................... 
234
Absolute.
Less quantity....................... 
3
Pound packages................. 
4
34 lb cans doz........................... 
45
CREAn TARTAR.
34 lb cans doz......................... 
85
Strictly Pure, wooden boxes. 35 
I 
lb cans doz........................... 1 50
Strictly Pure, tin boxes .. 
.  37 
Acme.
34 lb cans 3 doz......................... 
45
Green.
34 lb cans 3 doz....................... 
75
Rio.
1 
lb cans 1 doz.......................  1  00
Fair.................................................... 17
Bulk................................................ 
10
Good...................................................18
El Purity.
Prime.................................................19
34 lb cans per doz................. 
75
Golden ..............................................20
34 lb cans per doz................ 1 20
Peaberry 
..........................................22
1 
lb can« per doz...............  2  00
Santos.
Fair .....................................................19
Good 
..................................................20
Prime.................................................22
Peaberry 
..........................................23
ÜAX0N
Mexican and Guatemala.
Fair .....................................................21
45
34 lb cans 4 doz case.. 
.. 
Good ...................................................22
34 lb cans 4 doz case.. .. 
85
Fancy 
..............................................24
lb cans 2 doz case..........  1 60
Maracaibo.
Home.
Prime...................................................23
34 lb cans 4 doz case.......... 
35
Milled...................................................24
55
34 lb cans 4 doz case.......... 
90
lb cans 2 doz case.......... 
Java.
Interior.............................................. 25
Our Leader.
Private Growth..............................27
45
34 lb cans....................................... 
Mandehling......................................28
75
34 lb cans....................................... 
Mocha.
l 
lb cans................................... 1 50
Imitation..........................................25
BATH BRICK.
Arabian 
............................................SB
Roasted.
American....................................... 70
Quaker Mandehling Java__31
English.............................................. 80
Quaker Mocha and Java.........29
Toko Mocha and Java...............2“
BLUINO.
Quaker Golden Santos..............23
State House Blend.......................22
Package.
Below are given New York 
prices on package coffees, to 
the wholesale  dealer 
which 
CgNSgMsn)
freight 
adds the local 
from 
New York  to your  shipping 
point, giving you credit on the 
invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer pays from the 
1 doz. Counter Boxes... 
. 
40
market in which he purchases 
12 doz. Cases, per gro.......... 4 50
to his shipping point, including 
weight of package. 
In 60 lb. 
BROOITS.
cases the list is 10c per  100 lbs. 
above the price in full cases.
No. 1 Carpet................................. 1 90
Arbuckle...............................  16 50
No. 2 Carpet................................. 1 75
Jersey.......................................  16 5t
No. 3 Carpet................................. 1 50
flcLaughlln’s XXXX..........16 50
No. 4 Carpet................................. 1 15
Parlor Gem................................. 2 00
Extract.
Common Whisk....................... 
70
Valley City 34 gross......... 
75
Fancy Whisk............................. 
80
Felix 34 gross....................... 
I 15
Warehouse....................................2 25
Hummel’s foil 34 gross... 
%
Hummel’s tin 34 gross... 
1 43
CANDLES.
Knelpp Malt Coffee.
Hotel 40 lb boxes..........................934
1 lb. packages, 50 lb. cases  9
Star 40 lb boxes.............................834
1 lb. packages, 100 lb. cases  9
Paraffine..........................................834
CANNED QOODS. 
4 doz. in case.
rianitowoc Peas.
Lakeside Marrowfat............. 1 00
Lakeside E. J............................. 1 30
Lakeside. Cham, of Eng.... 1 4b 
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 65
CATSUP.
pints.
Columbia, 
Columbia, 34 pints.................2 50
Acme.........................
@  1034 
Amboy.....................
i@  1034 
Carson City..........
Gold Medal...........
Ideal.........................
10@  1034 
Jersey.......................
@  1034 
Lenawee.. .......
@  934
Oakland County.
Riverside...............
i@  1034 
@  lo @  1034 
hpa'ta.......................
Springdale ... 
.
®  9@  75 @  19 @  15 @  95 
Brick.......................
Edam........................
Leiden......................
Limburger..............
Pineapple..........
Sap Sago— .........
BulkRed
German Sweet................................22
Premium.............................................31
Breakfast Cocoa............................42

N. Y. Condensed Milk 
brands.
Gail Borden Eagle. 
Crown 
Daisy 
Champion 
Magnolia .
Dime

Peerless evaporated cream.6 75

CONDENSED  M ILK.

Walter Baker St Co.’a.

CHOCOLATE.

C H E E SE .

Chicory.

@  10 

@  10 

@   20

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.
50 books, any denom___ 1 50
100 books, any denom___ 2 50
500 books, any denom___11 50
1,000  books, any denom_20  00
Economic Grade.
50 books, any denom___ 1 50
100 bonks, any denom___ 2 50
500 books, any denom 
II 50
1,000-books, any denom 
20 00
Universal Grade.
fo books, any denom___ 1 50
100 books, any denom___ 2 50
50) books, any denom___11 50
1.000 books, any denom___ 20  00
Superior Grade.
50 books, any denom___ 1 50
100 books, any denom___ 2 50
500 books, any denom___11 50
1.000 books, any denom___ 20  00
Coupon Pass Books,
Can*be made to represent any 
denomination from 110 down.
20books ..................................  1  00
50 books......................................... 2 00
100 books.......................................... 3 00
250 books..........................................  6 25
500 books..........................................10 00
lOOObooks..........................................17 50
Credit Checks.
500, any one denom'n........ 3 00
1000. any one denom’n........ 5 00
2000, any one denom’n...........8 00
Steel punch............................. 
75
DRIED FRUITS—DOnESTIC 
Apples.
Sundrled...............................  @334
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 4
California Fruits.
Apricots.............................1034®
Blackberries....................
Nectarines.......................  6 @
Peaches................................ 734® 9
Pears......... .......................  @
Pitted Cherries..............
Prnnnelles........................
Raspberries......................
California Prunes.
100-120 25 lb boxes.... 
90-100 25 lb boxes.... 
80 - 90 25 lb boxes....
70-80 25 lb boxes.___
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.. . 
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.
40 - 50 25 lb boxes ...
30 - 40 25 lb boxes___
34 cent less In hags
Raisins.
London Layers 3 Crown. 
1  60
2 50
London Layers5 Crown. 
Dehesias 
3 50
........................... 
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose MuscHtels 3 Crown 
73¿
Loose Muscatels 4Crown 
FOREIGN.
Currants.
Patras bbls..............................@  434
Vostizzas 50 lb cases..........@  > %
Cleaned, bulk .......................@  634
Cleaned, packages..............@ 634
Citron American 101b bx @14 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @12 
Orange American 101b bx @12
Ondura 28 lb boxes.........  @  734
Sultana 1 Crown...............  @834
Sultana 2 Crown.............  @9
Sultana 3 Crown...............  @934
Sultana 4 Crown...............  @934
Sultana 5 Crown...............  @1034

Raisins.

534
634

Peel.

30

5
3

POTASH.

New Orleans.
18
Fair......... .................................. 
g2
Good............................................ 
24
Extra good............................... 
27
Choice........................................ 
........................................ 
Fancy 
Half-barrels 3c extra.
PICKLES
/Tedium.
Barrels, 1.200 count...............  8 50
Half bbls, 600 connt...............  2 25
Small.
Barrels, 2,400 count...............  4  50
Half bbls, 1,200 count...........2  75
PIPES.
Clay, No. 216.............................  1  70
Clay, T. D. full connt......... 
65
Cob, No. 3....................................  1
48 cans in case.
Babbitt’s............. ..................... 4  00
Penna Salt Co.’s........... 
” [  3  00
RICB.
Domestic.
Carolina bead...........................  634
Carolina No. 1 ................... 
Carolina No. 2.............. 434
Broken................................... 
Imported.
Japan, No. 1..............................  534
Japan. No. 2.............................  5
Java. No. 1....................... 
4 v
Table .................................................534
SALERATUS.
Packed 60 lbs. in box.
Church’s.......................................3  30
Deiand’s.......................................3  15
Dwight’s............................... 
3  30
Taylor’s.........................................3 00
SAL SODA.
Granulated, bbls...................1  10
Granulated, 100 lb cases.. 1 50
Lump, bbls............................... 
Lump, 1451b kegs...............[1  10
SEEDS.
Anise.......................................... 
is
Canary, Smyrna................. 
Caraway...................................  JO
Cardamon, Malabar .....  80
Hemp. Russian..................... 
Mixed Bird............................. 
Mustard, white................. 
Poppy ........................................ 
Rape............................................ 
r
Cuttle Bone...........................20
SNUFP.
Scotch, in bladders.................  37
Maccaboy. in Jars.....................  35
French Rappee, in jars........  43
SYRUPS.
Corn.
Barrels........................................ 
Half bbls................................. 
lo
Pure Cane.
Fair ............................................ 
ifl
Good............................................  20
Choice.......................................  25
Whole Sifted.
Allspice ........................................  9
Cassia, China in mats..........  10
Cassia, Batavia in bund... 20
Cassia, Saigon in rolls..........32
Cloves, Amboyna...................15
Cloves, Zanzibar.......................  9
Mace, Batavia..........................60
Nutmegs, fancy.......................60
Nutmegs, No. 1.......................fo
Nutmegs, No:  2....................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 9 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12 
Pepper, shot..............................10
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice .......................................12
Cassia, Batavia....................... 22
Cassia, Saigon............................35
Cloves, Amboyna......................20
Cloves, Zanzibar........................15
Ginger, African........................15
Ginger, Cochin..........................20
Ginger, Jamaica........................22
Mace, Batavia.........................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste.....................25
Nutmegs,..............................40@'0
Pepper, Sing., black.... 10@14
Pepper, Sing., white____15@18
Pepper, Cayenne................17@20
Sage................................................18

SP IC ES.

4
434
034
5

1

4

14

SALT.
Diamond Crystal.
Cases, 24 3-lb boxes.................. 1 60
Barrels, 1"0  3 lb bags............2 75
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags............2 50
Butter, 56 lb bags.....................  65
Butter, 20 14 lb bags................3 00
Butter, 2801b bbls....................2 50
Common Grades.
100 3 lb sacks.................................2 60
60 5-lb sacks.................................l 85
28 11-lb sacks...............................l 70
Worcester.
lb. cartons......................3 25
50 4 
115 2(41b. sacks...........................4 (JO
60 5 
lb. sacks...........................3 75
lb. sacks.....................  3 50
22 14 
lb. sacks...........................3 50
30 10 
281b. linen sacks......................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.......................  60
Bulk in barrels............................2 50
Warsaw.
56-lb dairy In drill bags........  30
28-lb dairy in drill bags........  15
Ashton.
56-lb dairy in iinen sacks ...  60 
Higgins.
56-lb dairy in linen sacks. 
.  60 
Solar Rock.
56-lb sacks...................................  21
Common Pine.
Saginaw ........................................  60
Manistee 
......................................  60
SODA.
Boxes.............................................. 5V4
Kegs, English............................. 4*
STARCH.

Diamond.

Common  Corn.

Common Qloss.

Kingstord’s  Corn.

Klngsford’s Silver  Gloss.

40 1-lb packages.........................  6
20 1 lb packages............................6*4
40 1-lb packages......................... 6(4
6-lb boxes ................................. 7
64 10c packages ....................5 00
128 5c packages......................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. 5 on 
20-lb boxes................................... 5
40-lb boxes .................................
1-lb packages........................... 
tv.
3-lb packages...........................  4*»
6-lb packages .........................  51*
40 and 50 lb boxes.....................  2(4
Barrels .........................................  234
SOAP.
Armour's Brands.
Armour's Family................... 2 70
Armour’s Laundry............... 3 25
Armour's Comfort ............... 2 80
Armour’s White, 100s.......... 6 25
Armour's Whit-. 50s.............  3 20
Armour's Woodchuck ___2 55
Armour’s Kite en Brown. 2 00 
Armour's Mottled German 2 40
Single box..........................................2 85
5 box lots, delivered.............2 80
10 box lots, delivered.............2 75
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.'s Brands. 
American Family, wrp’d...3 33
American Family, plain____3 27
Lautz Bros. A Co.’s Brands.
Acme.....................................................2 85
Cotton Oil..........................................5 75
Marseilles.............................................4 00
Master...................................................3 70
Henry Passolt’s' Brand.

Laundry.

Single box.......................................2 85
5 box lots, delivered..............2 80
10 box lots, delivered..............2 75
25 hrtT trits flpMvpred 
2 65
Thompson A Chnte’s Brand.

Single box......................................3 00
5 box lot, delivered................2 95
10 box lot, de'lvered...............2 *5
85 box lot, delivered.................2 75

1  00

110

Meal.

SUGAR.

Scouring.

Allen B.  Wrisley’s lLauU».

Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars...3 15 
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars.. ..2 35
Uno,  100 $£-Ib. bars..................2 80
Doll. 100 10-oz. bars.................2 25
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz........ 2 40
Sapolio, hand. 3 doz...............2 40
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 00
Domino*......................................... 4 87
Cubes.........................................’ .4  62
Powdered ....................................4 62
XXXX Powdered.................  .4 75
Mould A....................................  .4 62
Granulated in bbls....................4 37
Granulated in bags..................4 37
Fine Granulated........................4 37
Extra Fine Granulated..........4 50
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .4 50
Diamond Confec. A................4 37
Con fee. Standard A.................4
No.
.4 00
No
2...............................
.4 UU
No. 3...................................
.4 00
No. 4 .....................................
.3 94
No. 5. ...............................
.3 87
No. 6................................
.3 81
No. 7 ...
3 7 >
No.No
8...................................3 69
No. 10.......................................
.3 56
No. 11.................................
.3 50
No. 12........................................... 3 44
No. 13...................................
.3 37
No. 14.................................
3 31
No. 15........................................... 3 25
LeaA Perrin’s, large........475
Lea A Perrin s, small.
Halford, rarge...........................3 75
Halford small................................2 25
Salad Dressing, large.........4 55
Salad Dressing, small.........2 65
G. ,1. Johnson’s brand

TABLE  SAUCES.

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

1...

Oranges.

VINEGAR.

S. C. VV................................................35 00
H. A P. Drug Co.’s brand.
Quintette..........................................35 00
Clark Grocery Co.’s brand. 
New Brick........................................35 00
Leroux Cider............................
Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain. 
Robinson’s Cider, 50 grain.
No. 0, per gross.. 
No. 1, pergross. 
No. 2, per gross.
Fruits.
No. 3, pergross...........................  75
Fancy Seedlings
@4 25
Mexicans 150-176-200 
Cal. Seedlings............ 
@3 5j
@3  00
Strictly choice 360s.. 
@3 00
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 360s.................. 
@
Ex. Fancy 300s.......... 
@3 50
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, Choice Layers
101b............................. 
Figs, New Smyrna
201b............................. 
@13
Figs,  Naturals 
in
@7
30 lb. bags,................ 
Dates, Fanis in 10 lb
boxes......................... 
Dates, Fards in 601b
cases ......................... 
Dates, Persians, G.M.
K., 60 lb cases, new 
@ 6(4
Dates,  Sairs  60 lb 
cases ......................... 
@ 5*4

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

Bananas.

Lemons.

@ 8
@ 6

@10

21

5(4

7

5(4

1

@10
@13

@50
@50

Oats.

Hay.

45

50

5(4 

5(4 

@ 7
@ 7

@ 8

Lards. 

@30
@45

@1214
@ 5

6(4
6(4
8 

New Corn.

@90
@00
@55

5
6
6(4
6
9
6

Barreled  Pork.

Feed and Millstuffs.

@75
@35
@75
@55
@60
@65
@50

u ia m s  aliti Feeüálu iis

Provisions.
MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Candies.
Stick Candy.bbls. pails
Swift 
Company quote as
Wheat.
follows
Wheat......................... 
85
.......... 
Standard....................... 
5S<@  7
Standard H. H.......... 
5J£@  7
Winter Wheat Flour. 
.....................................
Mess 
Standard Twist........ 
6 @  7
8  00
........................................
Back 
Local Brands.
Cut Loaf....................... 
7(4@ 8(4
Patents..............................................  5 25
§ 50
Clear back ......................... 
cases
_ 
Shortcut................................. 
8 50
Second Patent..................      4  75
Extra H.H.................. 
@  8*
Straight......................................  4  55
...........
Pig 
11 50 
Boston Cream.......... 
@ 814
.....................................
Bean 
Clear....................................................  4 00
Mixed Candv.
Family .....................
Graham 
...................... 
4  45
9 0C
Competition................ 
@  0
Buckwheat................... 
3  75
Dry Salt Meats.
Standard....................... 
@ 614
Rye ...........................................I!'  300
Bellies...................................
Leader ......................... 
Subject to usual cash dis­
Briskets ...............................
Conserve....................... 
count.
Extra shorts.......................
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
Ribbon........................... 
@  ™
Smoked Heats.
ditional.
Broken ......................... 
Hams, 12 lb average ___
Cut Loaf....................... 
@  8
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Hams, 14 lb average 
...
9>49«
English Rock............. 
@  8
Quaker,  %s................................  4 65
Hams, 161b average........
Quaker, (4s......................................  4 65
Kindergarten............ 
@ 814
Hams, 20 lb average........
@  9
trench Cream.......... 
Quaker, (4s.................................  4 65
Ham dried beef .................
Dandy Pan.......... 
.. 
Shoulders (N. Y. cut). 
.
Spring Wheat Flour. 
Valley Cream............ 
Bacon, clear...................................
Olney A Judson’s Brand.
Fancy-In Bulk.
California hams................. 
Ceresota, (4s..............................  5  00
Lozenges, plain......... 
@ 814
Boneless hams.....................
10(48(410(4
Ceresota,  54s..............................  4  90
Lozenges, printed.. 
@  814
Cooked ham.........................
Ceresota, (4s.............................,  4  80
Choc. Drops............... 
11  @14
In Tierces.
Choc. Monumentals 
Ball-Barnhart Putman's Brand
Compound...
Gum Drops................. 
Grand Republic, (4s.......................5 00
Kettle..............
Moss Drops................. 
@714
Grand Republic, (4s.......................4 90
55 lb Tubs___
.advance 
Sour Drops................... 
@  814
Grand Republic, (4s.......................4 80
80 lb Tubs___
advance 
Imperials..................... 
@814
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
50 lb Tins___
.advance 
Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes.
Laurel, (4s.................................  4  90
201b Pails... 
.advance 
Lemon Drops............. 
Laurel,  14s........................ 
" 4 an
10 lb Pail
. advance
Sour Drops................. 
Laurel, (4s........................* ” ”  4  75
lb Pails............advance 
X
@60
Peppermint Drops.. 
3 lb Pails............advance 
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s Brand.
Chocolate Drops___ 
@65
Parisian, (4s.
5 00 4 90 
Sausages.
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
Parisian,  54s___
Bologna................................. 
Gum Drops................. 
Parisian, (is___
Liver.......................................... 
4 80
Licorice Drops.......... 
Frankfort................... 
@50
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Pork..................................... 6(4
Bolted.......................................
Lozenges, plain___ 
Blood 
...................................... 
Granulated..........
Lozenges, printed.. 
@60
2 0U11 50 
Tongue................................... 
Imperials..................... 
Head cheese......................... 
Mottoes......................... 
St. Car Feed, screened___
Cream Bar................... 
@;.o
Beef.
No. 1 Corn and Oats..........
Molasses Bar............. 
Extra Mess.................................  7 00
No. 2 Feed.........................
II 00 
10 50 
Hand Made Creams.  80  @90
Boneless ................................10  00
Unbolted Corn Meal..!. " 
10 50 
Plain Creams.............  60  @80
Romp.......................................  10 50
Winter Wheat Bran... 
. 
9 00
Decorated Creams.. 
Winter Wheat Middlings
Pigs’ Feet.
I 
„ 
10  00
String Rock................. 
Screenings.................................  8  00
Kits, 15 lbs............................. 
80
Burnt Almonds........ 1  25 @
(4 bbls, 40 lbs............................. 1 50
The O. E.  Brown Mill Co. 
Wintergreen Berries 
(4 bbls, 80 lbs.............................  2 80
quotes as follows:
Caramels.
Tripe.
No. 1 wrapped, 2 lb.
Kits, 15 lbs.............................. 
boxes......................... 
Car lots........................................23
54 bbls, 40 lbs..............................  1 40
No. 1 wrapped, 3 lb.
Less than car l o
s 25 
t
(4 bbls, 80 lbs.............................  2 75
Fresh Meats.
boxes......................... 
Casings.
No. 2 wrapped, 2 lb. 
Car lots........................................22
Pork......................... ...
18
boxes 
...............
Carlots, clipped......................24
Beef rounds.................
Less than car lots................. 25
Beef middles...............
Sheep...............................
860
Butterlne.
No. 1 Timothycarlots.......... 10 50
Rolls, dairy 
No. I Timothy, ton lots ... li  00
Solid, dairy
Carcass.............................5  @ 7
Rolls, creamery................. 
Forequarters................. 4  @ 6
12(4
Solid, creamery................. 
Fish and O ysters
Hind quarters..............  6 @ 7*4
Loins No.  3.............  
Corned beef, 2 lb................2 00
Fresh.Fish.
Corned beef, 14 lb...............14 00
Roast  beef, 2 lb.
Per lb.
Chucks....................... 
4  @ 5
Potted ham, 
(4s.
Whitefish.....................
!  00 60 
Plates 
...............................  @ 4
(4s.
Potted ham, 
Trout.......................
@ 8
Deviled ham, 
*49.
Black Bass.................
1  00 60 
@ 1015
Dressed..............................  31,4© 4
Deviled bam, 
(4s.
Halibut.......................
@
Loins .................................6*@  7
Potted tongue 54s.
Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4
1  00 60 
»boulders.........................  @ 5
Pott-d tongue (4s.
Bluefish.........................
@ H
Leaf Lard.........................  @ 5(4
Live Lobster.............
@ 18
Boiled Lobster..........
@ 20
Cod.......................
hides  and
Pelts.
@ 10
Crackers.
Spring Lambs.................  6(4@  7(4
Haddock...................
@ 8
No.  1 Pickerel..........
Perkins A Hess pay as fol-
@ 8
Carcass 
544®  7
... 
lows:
Pike...........................
Hides.
Smoked White..........
@ 8
Green
Red Snapper...............
@ 13
Part cured...................
Col River Salmon.. @ 12(4
@ 6(4
Full Cured...................
iMackerel 
...................
. 6 @ 7
@ 20
Dry................................. • 5 @7
The N. Y. Biscuit Co. quotes 
Oysters in Cans.
as follows:Butter.
Kips, green................. • 4(4@ 5(4
F. H. Counts...............
@
Kips, cured.................
. 6 @ 7
F. J. D. Selects..........
@
Seymour XXX............................  6
Calfskins, green___ ■ 5(4© 7
Selects...........................
@ 22
Calfskins, cured___ . 6(4@ 8
Seymour XXX, 3 lb. carton  6(4
F. J. D. Standards.. @ 21
Family XXX.............................  6
lleaconskins .............
.25 @30
Anchors........................
@ 18
Family XXX, 3 lb carton..  6*4
Pelts.
Standards.....................
@ 16
Shearlings...................
Salted XXX...............................  6
5@  10
Favorite ......................
© 14
Lambs...........................
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton...  6(4 
25©  50
Oysters in Bulk.
Old Wool....................
Soda.
4d@  75
Couuts............................
1 75
Soda XXX ................................  6(4
Furs.
Extra Selects..............
1 60
Mink.............................
Soda XXX, 3 lb carton___  6(k
30© 1 10
Selects............................
1 40
Soda, City....................................  7^
Mediums.......................
Zephyrette.................................   10
Skunk...........................
40©  80
Baltimoie Standards
Long Island Wafers.............  11
Muskrats...................
8©  12
Clams 
...........................
1 25
Red Fox........................
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton .. 12
80@ 1 25
Gray Fox......................
Oyster.
Shell Goods.
30©  60
Nuts.
Cross Fox.........
Square Oyster, XXX.............  6
Oysters, per 100............. 25@1 50
2 5 @ 5 10
Badger.................
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1 lb carton.  7
Clams,  per  100............. 90@1 00
26©  50
Farina Oyster. XXX.............  6
Cat, Wild....................... 2l@  30
Cat, House...................
SWEET OOODS—Boxes.
i0@ 
s.0
Animals.......................................  1114
Fisher.............................3 00® 5 00
Lynx.................................1 O’ @ 2 00
Bent's Cold Water.................  12
Belle Rose.................................  8
Martin, Dark................1 00® 2 50
Cocoanut Taffy.......................  9
Mrirtin, Yellow..........
65@ 1 00
Almonds, Tarragona..  @12(4
Otter................................ 4 5U(£# 7 50
Coffee Cakes.............................  8(4
Almonds, Ivaca.............  @
Wolf...........
Frosted Honey.........................  12
1 i0@ 2 00
Almonds, California,
Bear 
..............................7 00® 15 < 0
Grabs m Crackers .................  8
soft shelled.................  @13
Beaver............................ 2 0o@ 6 00
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  7 
Brazils new.....................  @8
Deerskin, dry. per lb
Ginger Snaps, XXX city...  7 
15®  25
Filberts ...........................  @u
Deerskin, gr’n, per lb
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  7 
10© 12(4
Walnuts, GreDobles ..  @13
Wool.
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  7
Walnuts, Calif No.  1.  @10
W ashed 
...
Ginger Vanilla.......................  g
.10  @16
Walnuts, soft shelled
Unwashed...................... 5  @12
Imperials......................................  8(4
Calif...............................  @12
Jumoles, Honey.....................  11
Table Nuts, fancy___  @12
Tallow...........................
Molasses Cakes.......................  8
. 2 @ 3
Oils.
Table Nuts, choice...  @10
Grease Butter..............
Marshmallow .........................  15
1  @ 2
Pecans, Small.................  @ 6
Switches 
.......................- 1(4@ 2
Marshmallow Creams........ 16
Pecans, Ex. Large___  @12
Ginseng............................2 50@2 7b
Pretzels, hand made........  8(4
Pecans, Jumbos...........  @14
Pretzelettes, Little German  6(4
Hickory Nuts per bu.,
Sugar Cake...............................  8
Ohio, new.....................  @2 00
Sultanas......................................  12
Cocoanuis, full sacks  @4 00
Sears’ Lunch................................  7^
Butternuts per bu___  @  60
Sears’ Zephyrette..................... 10
Black Walnuts per bu  @ 6 0
Vanilla Square......................... 
8(4
Eocene ...........................
Vanilla Wafers.....................  14
@10(4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
@ 8(4
Pecan Wafera...........................  16
Fancy, H.  P., Game
W W Michigan.............
Fruit Coffee.................................. 10
@ 8
COCks.............................  @  4»£
High Test Headlight.
@ 7
Mixed Picnic...........................  10(4
Fancy, H.  P., Flags
D„ S. Gas.........................
Cream Jumbles.......................  11^4
Roasted.........................  @ 7
Deo. Naptha.................
Boston Ginger Nuts..............  8(4
Choice, H. P., Extras.  @4(4
Cylinder.......................
.30  @38
Chimmie Fadden................... 10
Choice. H. P., Extras,
Engine............................11  @21
Pineapple Glace....................... 16
Roasted .......................  @5(4
Black, winter...............

Crockery and
Glassware.
AKRON STONEWARE. 
Butters.
(4 gal, per doz___
50
1 to 6 gal., per gal________  H
8 gal., per gal....................... 
10 gal-, per gal........................ 
12 gal., per gal.......................  6(4
15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 
20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal., 
lo 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
Churns.
2 to 6 gal., per gal................ 
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 
Milkpans.
(4 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 
Fine Glazed Milkpans.
(4 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 
Stewpans.
(4 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 
Jugs.
(4 gal., per doz........................  40
(4 gal., per doz........................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal................. 
6(4
Tomato Jugs.
(4 gal., per doz.......................  70
I gal., e..ch............................. 
Corks for (4 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
(4 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 
Sealing Wax.
5 lbs. in package, per lb... 
2
LAMP BURNERS.
No. 0 Sun............................. .. 
No. 1 Sun..................................”  50
No. 2 Sun..........................................75
Tubular........................................’  50
Security, No.  1..................." ’ 
65
Security, No. 2..................... 
85
Nutmeg ..................... 
 
Arctic..................................................  1 15
LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common.
_______ 
Per box of 6 doz.
No. 0 Sun..........................................  1 75
No. 1 Sun....................................’ 1  88
No. 2 Sun............................................2 70
First Quality.
Sun, crimp top,
No. 
0 
wrapped and labeled_____2  10
No. 
crimp  top,
1 Sun, 
wrapped and labeled___ 2 25
2 Sun, 
No. 
crimp  top,
wrapped and labeled....  3 25 
XXX Flint.
No. 
Sun, crimp top,
0 
wrapped and labeled___  2  55
No. 
1 Sun, 
crimp top,
wrapped and labeled. ..  2  75 
No. 
crimp top,
2 Sun, 
wrapped and labeled___  3  76
CHIMNEYS—Pearl Top.
No. 1 Sun,  wrapped and
labeled........................................3  70
No  2 Sun, wrapped  and
labeled..........................................  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and
labeled............................. 
4 gg
No. 2 Sun, “Small Bulb,”
80
for Globe Lamps................. 
La Bastle.
No.  1 Sun. plain bulb, per 
doz .
1 251 50 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per
doz ............................................
No. 1 Crimp, per doz___!"
1 35 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.............
1 60
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
No. 2, Flint (80c doz)...........4  40
Doz. 
OIL CANS. 
1 gal tin cans with spent..  1 60
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
Pump Cans.
5 gal Rapid steady stream. 9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule.....................jo  50
5 gal Home Rule.....................12 00
5 gal Pirate King...................9  50
LANTERNS.
No. 0 Tubular.........................  4 25
No.  1 B Tubular...................  6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash.............o 30
No. 1 Tub., glass fount.... 7  00 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14 0C
No. 3 Street Lamp ............  3  75
LANTERN OLDSES.
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............ 
1 26
LAMP WICKS.
No. 0 per gross.................... 
 
No. 1 per gross..........................  25
No. 2 per grow.....................j. 
No. 3 per gross........................ 
Mammoth per doz................. 

Rounds.....................  5(4©  6(4

Carcass.......................5  @ g

Canned  Meats.

niscellaneous.

@  9
@   8*4

8(48
13

Peanuts.

Mutton.

Barrels.

45
45
40

9

6

75

3(4

Pork.

Veal.

Beet.

8  @12

@  9

20
38
58
70

Clerks’ Corner

22

How  the  Clerk  Can  Secure  Personal

T  rade.

In  the  art  of  modern  merchandising 
that  attribute  which  is  termed  personal 
advertising  is recognized  as  most  essen­
tial  to  the  ultimate  success  of  every 
effort that  is  made  to  gain  patronage. 
All  endeavors  to  secure  trade  can  be 
thwarted  by  impolite  service,  unintelli­
gent  service  and  unwilling service.  The 
clerk  behind  the  counter 
is  the  pro­
prietor’s  representative.  He  is  the  man 
who  touches  the  public  in  the  proprie­
tor’s  name  and  whatever  he  does  the 
proprietor  of  a  shop  is  responsible  for. 
If  the  clerk 
is  content  to  be a  mere 
automaton  who  passes  out  goods  and 
passes 
in  money,  he  will  find  that his 
services  do not  increase  in  value.  He 
does  not  know  what 
commendation 
means,  and,  no  matter  how  hard he may 
plead,  the  salary  that  he  receives  does 
not  increase.

*  *  *

The  employe,  no  matter  bow  low  his 
position,  can  compel  the  employing 
power  to  pay  him  full  value  tor his 
services. 
It  tbe  value  is  low,  the  salary 
is  low;  if  the  vaiue  is  good,  there  will 
be  a  bid  tor  it  and  wnen  a  clerk  finus 
that  his  services  are  in  demand  he  can 
generally  secure  much  more  pay  than 
cierks  of  ordinary  standing  get.  The 
clerk’s  prestige 
in  his  ability  to 
command  trade.  He can  secure,  through 
the  medium  of  a  personal  following,  a 
good  salary,  and,  furthermore,  he  is 
in 
a  position  to  enter  business  on  his  own 
hook,  with  every  reason  to  feel  sure  ol 
success.

lies 

* 

* 

*

it 

It 

is  another  matter. 

is  the  desire  of  every  ambitious 
clerk  to  secure  personal  trade.  How  to 
do 
There  are 
some  general  rules  to  observe,  but  uo 
man  can  be  successful  in  securing  trade 
unless  he 
is  endowed  by  nature  with 
that  pleasing  disposition  which  will 
win  for  hint  the  triendship  of men.  The 
clerk  who  attempts  to  build  up  a  fol­
lowing  must  select  the  class  of  men that 
he  desires  to  deal  with. 
is  em­
ployed  in  a  shop  where  popular-priced 
goods  are  sold,  be  finds  himself  thrown 
among  men  who  occupy  positions  not 
far  removed 
from  his  own.  He  can 
meet  this  class  of  trade  on  a  social 
basis,  but  when  he  has  to  meet  gentle­
men  of 
leisure  or  of  business,  men  of 
wealth,  education  and  refinement,  then 
the  task  that 
is  set  before  him  is  sur­
rounded  by  many  difficulties. 
in 
studying  the  characteristics  of  the  peo­
ple  that  we  wish  to  sell  to that  we  find 
our most  difficult  task.

If  he 

It  is 

* 

* 

*

in 

If  the  clerk  will  take  a  book  and  note 
down 
it  the  name  and  address  of 
each  man  he  waits  on,  and  then  put 
down  what the  man  likes  in  neckwear, 
etc.,  he  will  soon command a knowledge 
of  his  patron’s  tastes  that  will  become 
invaluable  to  him.  When  an  old  cus­
tomer  comes 
in  the  clerk  knows  just 
what  to  show  him.  He  greets  him  by 
name,  he  makes  the  customer  feel  com­
fortable  and  can  sell  him  with  ease. 
After  the clerk  has  commenced  to  build 
up  this  personal  following  he  can  ex­
tend 
it  by  adopting  methods  that  will 
keep  him  in  touch  with  his  customers. 
If  you  have a  customer  who  buys certain 
things  at  certain  times  in  the  year,  re­
member  the  dates  and  articles,  and  if 
the  customer  does  not  come 
in  drop 
line  and  tell  him  that  you  have 
him  a 
new  lines  of  the goods  in  which  he 
is 
interested  and  ask  him  very  politely  to 
call.

* 

* 

*

You  will  find  that  every  man  you  sell 
to  has  a  hobby:  some  are  fond of  bright 
scarfs,  some  like  peculiar  styles 
in 
shirts,  some  cannot  bear  lisle  hosiery, 
others  cannot  wear  silk  underwear. 
in  wheeling, 
Others  are 
others  in  tennis,  others  are  socially 
in­
clined.  Then  there 
is  the  man  who 
loves  dress,  who  wants  to  have  the  very 
latest  This  man  ought  to  be  your  best 
customer.  Tell  him  all  about  styles, 
show  him  goods  before  they  are 
in  the 
shop  long.  Make  him  believe that  he  is

interested 

the  only  one  who  will  see  the  stuff  un­
til  it  is generally  displayed.  You  can 
flatter a  well-dressed  man  by  appealing 
to  him  for  points.  Make  him  believe 
that he  knows  more about dress than you 
do.

*  *  *

When  you  have  succeeded  in  securing 
a 
little  trade  your  employer  cannot 
afford  to 
lose  you.  You  are  part  and 
parcel  of  the  establishment.  Your serv­
ices  will  steadily 
in  value. 
There 
is  no  limit  to  salary  when  it  is 
based  upon  a  just  estimate  of  service. 
The  better  the  service  the  better  the 
pay. 
If  you  have  never  made  an  at­
tempt  to  secure  trade,  it 
is  time  that 
you  commenced.

increase 

How  Not  to  Succeed  in  Business.
Drink  intoxicating  liquors  and  smoke 
and  chew  tobacco;  the  more  the  better. 
This  will  dull  your  brain,  ruin  your 
health  and  use  up  all  of  your  spare 
lunds.  Three  sure  ways  of  missing 
success.
Never  black  your shoes,  seldom  brush 
your  clothes  or  hat,  allow  your  shirt 
and  collar  to  become  dirty,  and  do  not 
be  too  particular  about  keeping  your 
hands  and  huger  nails  clean.  Cleanli­
ness  is  a  sign  of  prosperity,  and  should 
ue  strictly  avoided.

Always  be down  in  the  mouth.  Never 
let an  opportunity  go  by  of  telling other 
people  ol your hard fuck.  Whine  a little. 
This  is  a  good  way  of  convincing  those 
that  might  otherwise  help  you  that  you 
deserve  just  what  you  are  getting,  and 
is  sure  death  to  success.

Cultivate  a  bearish  disposition.  A 
little  rudeness  will  often  cause  a  splen­
did  opportunity  to  slip  through  your 
hngeis.  This  has  not  prevented  some 
men  from  succeeding,  but as  a  ’ ’ start­
er’ ’  down  the  bill  of  success  it 
is  hard 
to  beat.
When  you  make  an  appointment,  be 
sure  to  come  late.  This  will  show  those 
with  whom  you  have  dealings  that  you 
are  not  to  be  depended  on.
lazy.  Diligence  means  success. 
Idle  away  your  time.  Loaf  around  tbe 
street  corners,  with  both  bands 
in  your 
pockets  and  an  old  pipe  in  your  mouth, 
and  watch  the  successful  men  go  by. 
This  will  let  them  know  just  what  kiud 
of  a  man  you  are,  and  will  prevent 
them  from  troubling  you  with  offers  of 
employment.
Be  timorous.  Act  as  if  you  were quite 
certain  you  have  no  business  ability. 
A  courageous,  self-reliant  man  always 
succeeds.  Besides,  tbe average  business 
man  will  take  you  at  your own estimate, 
very  properly  thinking  that you  ought 
to  be  the  best  judge  of  your own ability.
Success never wooes a grumbler; there­
fore,  grumble.  Always  be  finding  fault 
with  your  work,  your  salary,  or  your 
employers.  With  a 
little  practice  you 
can  make  this  very  effective  in  driving 
success  from  you.
For a  man  of  average  ability  any  one 
of  these  rules,  if  closely  followed,  will 
be  sufficient;  but great  ability  may  re­
quire  the  use of  two  or  more.  Let  each 
one apply  according  to  individual need, 
and  failure  will  follow  as  certainly  as 
night  follows  day.

Be 

Do  Your  Best.

Do  the best  that  is  in  you  whether 

it 
is  appreciated  or not.  Your  conscience 
will  be  at  ease,  for  you  will  have  the 
satisfaction  of  knowing  that  you  did 
right.  When  opportunity  favors,  secure 
a  position  where  ability  receives  recog­
nition  and 
is  paid  for  accordingly. 
Don’t  get  into  the  dumps  and  think, 
because  one  employer  hasn’t 
sense 
enough  to  know  a  good  thing  when  he 
sees  it,  that  every  one  looks  through  the 
same  glasses.  Many  good  employes 
have  become  mere  plodders 
through 
falling 
just  this  way  of  thinking. 
It  would  certainly  seem,  though,  that 
one  who  had  the  ability  required  to 
make  a  first-class man of business  ought 
to  be  capable  of  not being  downed  by 
such  a  small  matter as  lack  of apprecia­
tion.

into 

i, 

After  Nov. 

1896,  the  retail  cigar 
dealers  will  give  you a  light  every  time 
you  buy an  S.  C.  W .  5c Cigar.  This offer 
remains good  until  further notice.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fig. 7«3.  No.  XI}<.

A   large number of  hardware dealers handle

OHIO PONY CUTTER
THE OHIO  LINE  FEED  GUTTERS
This cutter is for hand use only, and is a 
It is adapted to 
strong, light-running machine. 
cutting Hay, Straw and Corn-fodder, and is 
suitable for parties keeping from one to four or 
five animals.
There is only one size, and is made so it can 
be knocked down and packed for shipment, thus 
securing lower freight rate.  Has one 11J4 inch 
knife, and by very simple changes makes four 
lengths of cut.
We also have a full line of larger machines, 
ADAMS & HART, General Agents, Grand Rapids.
both for hand or power.  Write for catalogue 
and prices.

Made by S IL V E R   M A N 'F ’ G  CO.,

Salem,  Ohio.

HAND  SLEIGHS

At prices much lower than 
the  manufacturers’.

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Send  for our catalogue.

Foster. Stevens & 60.,

Grand  Rapids.

MICHIGAN

HIEROGLYPHIC  BOOK-KEEPING.

Reminiscences  of  “Old  Truckee,”  the 

Pioneer  Bridgeton  Merchant. 

Written for the Tradesman.

In  the  early  days  of American pioneer 
life  opportunities  for  the  acquirement 
of  the  conventional  education,  usually 
considered  requisite  for  carrying  on 
business  undertakings,  were  compara­
tively  rare.  The  more  common  educa­
tion  was  that  of  the  forest,  and  it  oc­
casionally  happened  that  when,  in  the 
development  of  the  country,  one  edu­
cated 
in  the  school  of  the  woodsman 
undertook  to  carry  on  some  of  the  more 
civilized  avocations,  he  found  himself 
handicapped  by  the  lack  of  sufficient 
literary  knowledge  to  conduct  the  sim­
plest  business  enterprise. 
In  many  in­
stances  this 
lack  was  made  good  by 
strong  natural  qualifications,  and  the

varied  by  a  little  trading  with  the  In­
dians.  As  years  passed  on  and  civiliza­
tion  began  to  develop 
in  the  region, 
Mr.  Truckee  began  to 
include  some 
white  customers  among  his  clientage, 
and  eventually  opened  a  store  in  the 
thriving  town  of  Sand  Creek  or,  as  it 
was  known 
later,  Bridgeton,  on  the 
Muskegon  River  nine  miles  below 
Newaygo.  A  considerable  lumber busi­
ness  was  carried  on  at  that  point,  one 
of  the  principal  operators  and mill own­
ers  being  I.  D.  Merrill.  The  town  has 
now  been  deserted  for  many  years.

in 

Mr.  Raider  relates  that  he  became 
acquainted  with  the  Sand  Creek  mer­
chant 
1856  and,  through  business 
dealings,  became  familiar  with  his  pe­
culiar  methods 
book-keeping. 
Through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Raider,  a 
specimen  taken  from  one  of  the  books, 
evidently  dating  during  the  prevalence

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SQUARES

9

CARTRIDGES

CHISELS

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

TRAPS

WIRE

50

50

50

HINGES

WIRE  GOODS

DRILLS

ELBOWS

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS 

CAPS

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

HOLLOW  WARE

SAND  PAPER 

SASH  WEIGHTS

LEVELS

ROPES

AUGURS  AND  BITS

HOUSE  FURNISHING  QOODS

..per lb

Hardware  Price  Current.

TRADESMAN
Snell’s.........................
70
Jennings’, genuine.............................
.....................25*10
Jennings’, imitation.......................
.....................60*10
AXES
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............
...................  5 00
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...........
...................  9 50
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel..........
...................  5 50
First Quality. D. B. Steel...............
..................... 10 50
BARR0W5
Railroad...............................
....$12 00 14 00
Garden...........................................
BOLTS
Stove .......................................
Carriage new list...........................
Plow.........................
40*10
............ 
Well, plain.............................................
$ 3 2570
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................
Wrought Narrow...............................
Ordinary Tackle...............................
70
Cast Steel.................................................
Ely’s 1-10............................................
465553560
Hick’s C. F. ......................................
G. D............................................................
Musket......................................................
Rim Fire..................................................
50* 5 
Central Fire.........................................
25* 580808080
Socket Firmer.................................
Socket Framing.............................
Socket Corner.................................
Socket Slicks...................................
60
Morse’s Bit Stocks.................................................... 
50&  5
Taper and Straight Shank........................... 
Morse’s Taper Shank......................................". .50* 5
Com. 4 piece, 6-in......................................doz. net 
55
Corrugated............................................................. 
1 25
Adjustable............................................................,'dis 40*10
EXPANSIVE BITS
Clark’s small, $18; large, $26.................
30*10
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3. $30.........................
FILES—New List
New American..............................................
70*1070
Nicholson’s......................................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps.................................
.60*10
GALVANIZED  IRON 
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 
13 
List 12 
16
14 
15 
2817
Discount, 75
GAUGES
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..............................60*16
KNOBS—New List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........................... 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings....................... 
80
MATTOCKS
Adze Eye..................................................$16 00, dls 60*10
Hunt Eye.................................................$15 00, dis 60*10
Hunt’s.......................................................$18 50, dis 20*10
MILLS
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s................................................ 
40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables... 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark's..................... 
40
Coffee, Enterprise................................... 
 
 
MOLASSES OATES
Stebbin’s Pattern....................... 
60*10
 
Stebbin’s Genuine......................................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring................................. 
Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.
Steel nails, base......................................................... 
1  70
Wire nails, base.......................................................... 
1 go
20 to 60 advance.......................................................... Base
10 to 16 advance........................................................ 
8 ad vance..................................................................... 
6 advance..................................................................... 
20
4 ad vance..................................................................... 
3 advance.................................................................... 
2 advance.............................................................. 
 
Fine 3 advance...............:....................................... 
Casing 10 advance..................................................... 
Casing 8 ad vance..................................................... 
25
Casing 6 advance..................................................... 
Finish 10 advance ............................................... 
Finish 8 advance...................................................... 
 
Finish 6 advance........................................... 
 
Barrel  % advance........................................................ 
85
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................................  @50
Sciota Bench................................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co’s, fancy.................................  @50
Bench, first quality....................................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood................. 
60
Fry, Acme...............................................................60*10*10
Common, polished............................................. 
70& 5
Iron and Tinned...................................................... 
60
Copper Rivets and Burs.......................................... 
60
“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. 
Maydole & Co.’s, new list..........................................dis 33M
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
go
Bright....................................................... 
 
 
Screw Eyes..................................................................... 
80
Hook’s.............................. 
go
 
 
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................................... 
  80
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......................dis 
70
Sisal, % inch and larger........................................  6
Manilla............................................................................. 
80
Steel and Iron............................................................... 
Try and Bevels............................................................
Mitre................................................................................
SHEET  IRONcom. smooth, com.
Nos. 10 to 14..................................................$3 30 
$2 40
Nos. 15 to 17. ........................................... 3 30 
2 40
Nos. 18 to 21.......................................... 
2 60
. 3 45 
Nos. 22 to 24 ...............................................  3 55 
2 70
Nos. 25 to 26.................................................. 3 70 
2 80
No. 27........................................................ 380 
290
All sheets No. 18 and lighter,”over_30 inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List acct. 19, ’86...................................
dls
Solid Eyes......................................................per ton 20 00
Steel, Game............................................................ 
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s............ 
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70*10*10
Mouse, choker.....................................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion.................................per doz 
1 25
Bright Market............................................................
75 75 
Annealed Market......................................................
Coppered Market........................................................
70*10 
Tinned Market............................................................
62 V4 50 
Coppered Spring Steel...........................................
Barbed Fence, galvanized.................................
Barbed Fence, painted..........................................
2 20 1 85
Au Sable................................................................................dis 40&1C
Putnam...................................................................................dis 5
Northwestern......................................................................dis 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled........................... 
30
Coe’s Genuine.............................................................. 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ............. 
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable.......................................... 
80
Bird Cages................................................
508085
Pumps, Cistern...................... 
...............
Screws, New List.....................................
Casters, Bed and Plate.........................
50*10*10
600 pound casks........................................
Per pound....................................................
The prices of the many otherqualitiesof solder 
in the market indicated by private brands vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.................................... 
$5 75
14x20 IC, Charcoal.....................................................  5 75
20x14 IX, Charcoal....................................................  700
Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.
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.
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.......................................  5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal. Dean .....................................  6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.....................................  10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, All«way Grade.................  4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.................  5 50
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............... 
9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade................. 11 00
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, fper pound
9
Pay the highest price in cash for
RUBBER  BOOTS  AND  SH O ES, 
fDoropofferonapostal  “ Any  Old  Thing.”
Every Dollar
pany’s  COUPON  BOOKS 
Tradesman Company,

will  yield  handsome  returns 
in saving  book-keeping,  be­
sides 
that 
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M IXED   RAUS,
OLD  IRON  AND  I1ETALS.

PLANES
PANS
RIVETS

GRAND RAPIDS.

WM.  BRUMMELER  &   SONS,  GRAND  RAPIDS,

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

Dampers, American......................

Invested in Tradesman Com­

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE

the  assurance 

05
10
30
45
70
50
15
35
‘>5
35
45

TIN—Allaway Grade

ROOFING  PLATES

70

40

30

30

MISCELLANEOUS

TIN—Melyn Grade

METALS-Zinc

SOLDER

12K

charge 

is 

HAMMERS

NAILS

First  line,  5  lbs.  pork  $1,  3  lbs.  sugar  42c,  3  lbs.  sugar  34c.
Second  line,  1  necktie  35c,  12  hens’  eggs  20c.
Third  line,  l/ 2  lb.  fine-cut  tobacco  50c,  12  hens’  eggs  20c.
Fourth  line,  1  box  matches  10c,  4  lbs.  sugar  56c,  1  gal.  kerosene  30c. 
Fifth  line,  1  lamp  $1,  1  lb.  plug  tobacco  60c.
Sixth  line,  1  bushel  [?]  65c,  2  lbs.  crackers  20c.
Seventh  line, 
Eighth  line,  50  lbs.  flour $1.75,  yi  lb.  plug  tobacco  50c.
Ninth  line,  1  shoestring  2c,  50  lbs.  flour $1.75.

,1b.  fine-cut  tobacco  52c,  1  spool  thread  8c.

business  career  was  made  a  success 
in 
spite  of  the  usual  set  forms  of  com­
merce.  There  are  many  stories  of  those 
who  have  used  curious  or  remarkable 
expedients  for  the  keeping  of  accounts, 
a  frequent  one  being  the  exercise  of  a 
wonderful  memory,  in  which  the  trans­
actions  of  an  extensive  business  were 
accurately  recorded  and  kept  ready  for 
instant  reference.  Others 
employed 
various  devices  and  symbols  for  the 
record  of  transactions,  which  were  usu­
ally  unintelligible  to  any  but  them­
selves.

J.  F.  A.  Raider,  the  Newaygo  drug­
gist,  furnishes  the  Tradesman  an  ac­
count  of  a  notable  instance  of  quite  an 
extensive  business  carried  on  by  one 
who  was  without  education,  but  who 
seems  to  have  had a considerable knowl­
edge  of  figures and  to  have  been  a  care­
ful  and  systematic  accountant  without 
being  able  to  write  a  word 
in  any 
language.  Among  the  early  comers  to 
Grand  Rapids  some  time  in  the  thirties 
was a  young  Frenchman  known  as  Jos­
eph  Truckee.  Nothing  seems  to  be 
known  of  his  stay  here,  which  termi­
nated  by  his  going  North  to  the  Muske­
gon  River  with  Martin  Ryerson,  the 
well-known 
lumberman,  where  he  en 
in  hunting  and  trapping,  later
gaged 

of  war-time  prices,  is  given  herewith.
Mr.  Truckee  carried  on  his  business 
until  he  was about  65 years of  age,  when 
he died,  after a  short  illness,  and  it  be­
came  necessary  to  settle  up  his  affairs 
and  administer  the  estate.  The  task 
was  undertaken  by  Henry  D.  Wood­
ward,  afterward 
judge  of  probate  for 
Newaygo  county. 
In  the  discharge  of 
his  duties  be  found  it  necessary  to  learn 
the  meaning  of  the  symbols  employed 
by  Truckee,  in  which  he  probably  had 
assistance  from  the  merchant  before  his 
death.  The  translation  of  the  characters 
here given  was  furnished  to  Mr.  Raider 
by  Judge  Woodward.

The  specimen 

is  a  curious  example 
of  a  combination  of  picture  signs  with 
apparently  arbitrary  characters.  Where 
the  object  could  be  represented  by  a 
picture,  these  were  employed  and  signs 
were  invented  for  the  rest. 
It  is  an ex­
ample  of  the  manner  in  which  many  of 
the  primitive  languages  probably  came 
into  existence.

Mr.  Truckee  is  described  as  an 

in­
telligent,  gentlemanly-appearing  man 
nearly  six  feet  in  bight.  He  married  a 
squaw;  and  their  son  Antoine  was  a 
worthless  character,  whose  whereabouts 
are  unknown.  The  merchant  has  been 
dead  fifteen  or  twenty  years.

W. N. Fuller.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 4

MEN  OF  MARK.

Wm.  M.  Adams,  of the  Firm  of Adams 

&   Hart.

All  those «who  claim  the  Western  por­
tion  of  Central  Michigan  for  their'  na­
tivity  are  yet  comparatively 
in  early 
life,  for  it  is  not  so  many  years  since 
this  region  was  a  wilderness,  inhabited 
by  roving  savages  and  bearing  the rep­
utation,  in  the  older  settled  portions  of 
the  country,  of  consisting,  principally, 
of  malarial  swamps  nut  tit  for  the  re­
quirements  of  civilization.  Thus,  when 
the  parents  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
emigrated  from  Ohio  to  the  vicinity  of 
Eaton  Rapids  in  1853,  the  reputation  of 
this 
locality  for  salubrity  had  scarcely 
yet  been  vindicated.  The  action  of  the 
State  Legislature  changing  the  seat  of 
government  from  Detroit  to  Lansing 
had  been  taken  but  six  years  before  and 
the  new  capital, 
forest 
broken  only  by  the traditional swamps— 
some  of  which  better  deserved  the name 
of  prairies,  however—could  scarcely  yet 
be  called  a  town.  To  the  sojourner 
in 
those  regions  to-day,  it  seems almost in­
credible  that  the  time  of  the develop­
ment  of  one of the finest farming regions 
in  the  country  has  been  so  short.

located 

in 

Lansing,  a  young  man  of  quite  similar 
educational  and  business  experience 
and  tastes,  came 
into  the  firm,  giving 
it  the name and organization it still bears 
of  Adams  &  Hart.  The  business  has 
continued  a  rapid  growth  and  new  lines 
have  been  added  until  its  wholesale  de­
partments  have  sent  a  large  number  of 
traveling  salesmen  all  over  the  State. 
Mr.  Adams’  part  of  the  work  is  the 
oversight of  outside  sales,  especially  in 
(arm  machinery  and  carriages,  while 
Mr.  Hart  gives  more  attention  to  the 
inside  work  and  the  pushing  of  the  bi 
cycle  branch,  which  has grown  to  large 
proportions.  The  firm  handles  nothing 
hut  first-class  goods, "as  a  few  of  the 
uames  of  some  of  their  manufacturers 
imply  —  Studebaker  Bros.,  wagons; 
Clark  &  Co.,  carriages,  Lansing;  S.  L. 
Allen  &  Co.,  celebrated  Planet  Junior 
implements,  Philadelphia;  Gale  Manu­
facturing  Co.,  plows;  American  Cycle 
Co.

October  28,  1891,  Mr.  Adams was mar­
ried  to  Miss  Kate  Pray,  a  daughter  of

132, 

bian  Chapter,  No. 
in  each  of 
which  he  has  held  important offices,  and 
has  recently  been  elected  High  Priest 
of  the  latter.  He 
is  also  a  member  of 
Tyre  Council,  No.  10,  and  of  DeMolai 
Commandery,  No.  5.  Mr.  Adams  was  a 
charter  member of  the  West Side  Build­
ing  and  Loan  Association  and  has 
served  as  one  of 
its  directors  during 
nearly  all  of  the  eight  years  of  its  exist­
ence.

invested 

The  money 

in  starting  the 
business  of  Adams  &  Hart  was  entirely 
the  savings  of  each  of the members from 
their  salaries  as  employes,  and 
the 
business  has grown  up  on  this  founda­
tion  without  help.  The  large  success 
they  have  already  achieved  is  a  monu­
ment  of  their 
integrity, 
and  the  promise  of  the  future  is  suffi­
cient  for  ordinary  ambitions.

industry  and 

Goen  Orge  Describes the  Last  Knight 

of the  Grip  Dance.

all 

Didn’t  go  to  the 

traveling  men’s 
dance  last  Saturday  night?  Well,  you 
missed  a  circus—yes,  an  actual  circus! 
George  Rogers  was  there  with  his  men­
agerie—not all  of  it—he’s  got  a lot more 
— whole  houseful  o’  circus  get  ups;  but 
he  had  enough  there  to  make  a  horse 
laugh.  Me  laugh?  Yes,  that’s  a  horse 
on  me.  Well,  first  we  had  the  Grand 
March—prettiest  thing  you  ever  saw! 
'Twas  a  reg’lar  flag  dance.  First,  them 
that  didn’t  dance  held  strips  o’  red, 
white and  blue  from  side  to  side,  over 
the  heads,  an’  they  marched  under that. 
Then  each  one  was  given  a  flag,  an’ 
we carried  those  around,  marchin’  an’ 
countermarchin’,  you  know—oh,  but  we 
did 
look  pretty,  I  tell  you—specially 
me 1  Then,  after  that,  you  know,  they 
had  big  flags—great  big 
flags,  you 
know—so  big.  An’ 
they  held  those 
crossed  at  the  top,  an’  we  marched  un­
der those—nicest  effect  you  ever  saw— 
just  the  finest!  Next  was  a  quadrille. 
The  curtain  was  raised  on  the  stage— 
you  know  they  got  a  little  curtain  up 
there,  like  a  stage;  an’  there  was  Ad 
Baker—he  had  the  cymbals.  Delahunt 
had  the  horn—one  o’  them  big  horns 
that  a  fellow  sits  inside  of,  you  kn ow - 
winds 
’round  him,  you  know. 
George  Rogers  spieled  the  base  drum, 
and  Charlie  Flynn  snared  the  snare. 
Lemme  see—there  was  two  more  drums 
—who  the  doose  had  them drums?  Well, 
no  matter.  The  orchestra  played  fine's 
a  fiddle  all  the  time,  you  know,  while 
this  here  bogus  orchestra  kept  up  their 
tootin’.  Kept  time?  Yes,  like  a  drove 
o’  cows.  When 
that  quadrille  was 
quadrilled,  there  was  a  Jumbo  waltz— 
reg’lar  Jumbo,  life  size.  He  was  all 
covered  with  gray what-you-call  it—gray 
felt.  Delahunt  was  the  trunk  and  Flynn 
—Flynn  was  the 
tail  end.  George 
Rogers  was  the  keeper  of  this  double 
drummer  elephant,  an’  he  keeped  to 
perfection.  His  royal  pachydermship 
pranced  around 
in  great  shape,  you 
know.  His  front  heels  kicked  down, 
an’  his  rear  heels  kicked  up,  an’  his 
trunk  swished  aro'nd  an’  made  all  the 
women  climb  up  on  their  chairs  like  a 
mice  or  a  hooker  cow  as  after 
’em. 
Waltz?  Yes,  he  waltzed  fit  to  break  his 
ole  legs  in  two.  After  de  Jumbo  come 
de  hawses—2  of 
’em,  count  ’em,  2  of 
’em.  They  was  a  pair o’ high flyers,  an’ 
their  names  was  Georgie  Rogers  an’ 
Charlie  Flynn.  They  was  the  real  ar- j 
tide,  I  tell  you.  No,  they  didn’t  have 
any  keeper—they  keeped 
theirselves. 
They  was  real  knowin’  eqines.  The) 
waltzed,  they  raced an’  they  raced  thun­
der!  Yes,  we  had  the  most  fun  we’re 
had  yet,  an’  all  due  to  Gwage  an’  his

circus.  Great  ole  boy, 
that!  What! 
You  ain’t  goin’  to  print  what  I  said? 
Well,  put  ’t  in  y’ r own  words  don’t  get 
it  two  fer’too  fer-bat-tim,  you  know. 
So  long!

James  B.  Furber,  formerly  with  the 
Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture  Co. 
and  the  Grand  Rapids  Seating  Co.,  but 
now 
in  charge  of  the  school  seating 
department  of  the  Manitowoc  Seating 
Co., 
is  spending  the  holidays  with 
friends  in  this  city  and  with  his parents 
at  Hopkins  Station.  He is  accompanied 
by  his  wife.

The 

fracture 

its 

B U SIN E SS  CH A N CES.

Advertisements  will  be  Inserted  under  this 
head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion 
and  one  cent  a  word  for  each  subsequent  in* 
sertion.  No advertisements taken for less than 
>5 cents.  Advance  payment.

Wm.  Haggstrom  (Allerton  &  Haggs- 
trom)  had  the  misfortune  to  break  the 
bones  of  his  left  arm  at  the  elbow  last 
Thursday  night. 
is  a 
severe  one,  on  account  of 
location, 
but  the  patient  is  doing  as  well as could 
be  expected  under  the  circumstances.

WANTS COLUMN.
ipuK SALK—FINEST MEAT  MARKET IN 
(>rand Rapid-,  hiving established  trade 
among best people.  Don't apply u .less  you 
have j'J.OOO ready cas'i.  Good reasons for sill­
ing.  Address No. 163, care Michigan Trades­
man 
163
fjVJK .>AL,K—A GOOD DRUG AND NOTION 
store in  Elkhatt  county, 
Indiana.  No 
pharmacy law.  T. P. Stiles, Milleisburg, Ind.
_________164
L'OK i!AT7ii—A COMPLETE GKO, EKY bUSI- 
P  ness, stock, good will and lea-e of store, es­
tablished nearly twenty years, located on best 
business street in Kalamazoo, Mich.  Proprietor 
has other inteiests demanding his time and at­
tention.  Will invoice peihaps !3,0J0 to *3,500. 
Address at once, P. A. Duffle, Kalamazoo, Mich.
________________________________165
kw house, splendid  location and 
rented to desirable tenant. 
ill trade for 
siock of goods in any live town of  2,000 or over. 
Addiess Lock Box  2?. Lnwell. Mich._________58
Rubber  stamps  and  rubber  type.
Will J. Weher, Muskegon, Mich._______tao
\17ANTED—1TO BUY STOCK OF GENERAL 
**  merchandise; piefersame locate! within 
a ange of twenty-five miles from Grand Rapids. 
Will pay cash and good real estate for same. 
Address C. A , care Michigan Tradesman.  157
tpOR SALE-STORE BUILDING, GENERAL 
stock and fi\tur s, located on country cross 
r ads, surrounded by good farming country. 
V\ ill sell cheap.  Address No. 155, care Michigan 
Tradesman 
,jjg
Drug stock for sale—the be»t Lo­
cated subuiban store in Kalamazoo, Michi­
gan.  Stock is clean; rent low.  Address Ha*el- 
tlue & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
____________________________ ___________________13S
ipOR SALE  AT  A BARGAIN THE WAT- 
rous’ drug slock and fixtures, located at 
Newaygo.  B' st 1.cation and stock in the town. 
Enquire of Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.. Grand 
Rapids, Mich.___________ 
tjjg
IpOR SALK—IMPROVED  80 ACRE FARM IN 
Oceana county:  or would  exchange for 
merchandise.  Address 380 Jefferson Avenue, 
vluskegon.___________ 
| ,y
UX)K EXCHANGE—TWO FINE IMPROVED 
X. 
farms for stock of merchandise; splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
W f ANTED—SITTATION  BY REGISTERED 
V  oiuggist, fourteen years' ex|>erience and 
-ob<‘r. P. H, G . care Michigan Tradesman, las
tv  salesman by man of twenty years’ expe- 
ieme.  Best <>f references 
E. H  Poole, 475 
Ma Ison svenne. Grand  Rapids 
Isg
\A TANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK IN  A 
v v  cluthing. shoe or general store by a young 
man of 25.  Best references. 
Six years’ expe­
rience.  Address No. 145, care Michigan Trttdes-
lnai1-_____________________________ ____________  145
VI/ANTED TO CORRESPOND WITH S1IIP- 
tt  pers of butter and eggs and other season- 
tble produce.  R. Hirt, 36 Market street, Detroit. 
 
___________________________ 
W>!
WANTED—SEVERAL  MICHIGAN 
CKN- 
tral . mileage  books.  Address,  stating 
»•lee. Vlndex. care Michigan Trade-msn.  SflB
rnn nrilT  A gr>od brlck building, admi-
illn rlf Nl *  rably adapted to the furniture 
lUll l\Lll I .  business.  Location first-class 
... 
iu a city of l'\0o0.  An excel­
lent opportunity for a wide-awake man.  For 
particulars, address
Lock Box 511. 

\\T a n t e d  — p o s it io n   a s   t k a v e i.inc.

M ISCELLAN EO U S.

M o n m o u th ,  111.

J .  s. c.,

 

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William  M.  Adams  was  born  on  a 
farm  near  Eaton  Rapids,  Sept.  24, 
1858.  His  earliest  education  was  in  the 
primitive  district  schools  of  that  early 
time 
in  the  settlement  of  the  country. 
In  these  schools  and  in  the  usual  life  of 
the  farmer  boy  were  laid  the  founda­
tions  of  a  strong  mental  and  physical 
character.  At  the  age  of  17  he  entered 
the  high  school  at  Eaton  Rapids.  After 
finishing  his  course  there,  he  entered 
the  Agricultural  College,  at  Lansing, 
joining  the  class  of  1884.  To  pay  the 
expenses  of  his  education,  he  had  taken 
up  the  work  of  teaching  soon  after  en­
tering  the  high  school.  At  this  time 
it 
was  the  ambition  of  the  young  man  to 
take  a  special  course  and  adopt  teach­
ing  and 
for  his  career. 
His  experience 
is  one  of  those  who, 
when  the  cherished  ambition  is  blight­
ed,  is  led  to  probably  greater  success 
in  another  direction.

literary  work 

After a  year  in  college,  during  which 
the  intemperate  ambition  of  the  student 
had  disabled  his  eyes  for  continued  lit­
erary  work,  he  was  compelled  to  forego 
his  ambition  and  turn  his  attention  to 
other  means  of 
livelihood.  The  first 
opening  which  presented  was  that  of 
salesman,  in  the spring of  1882,  for Ault- 
man,  Miller  &  Co.,  at  their  branch 
house  located  at  Lansing.  His  genial 
manners  and  pleasant  address  readily 
won  the  acquaintance  of  the  best  trade 
and  he  soon  showed  his  ability  to  suc­
ceed  in  the  new  line  of  work.  Proving 
himself  both  capable  and  trustworthy  to 
his  employers,  new  and 
larger  respon­
sibilities  were  entrusted  to  his  care,  re­
sulting 
in  his  being  promoted  a  few 
later  to  the  superintendence  of 
years 
his  company’s  business 
in  Western 
Michigan,  which  position  he  resigned 
in  business  on  his  own  ac­
to  embark 
count.  A  few  months 
later—in  the 
spring  of  1888—he  entered  into  partner­
ship  with  Isaac  D.  North,  of  Dimon­
dale,  under 
the  style  of  Adams  & 
North,  continuing  to  handle  farm  ma­
chinery.  The  first  work  of  the  new firm 
was  the  building  of  the  store  at  the west 
end  of  Bridge  Street  bridge,  where  the 
business  is  now  located.  A  large  local 
trade  was  quickly  built  up,  but  after  a 
year  Mr.  North's  failing  health  com­
pelled  him  to  retire  from  the  firm,  Mr. 
Adams  assuming  the  entire  business.
The  following  year.  Geo.  W.  Hart,  of

Esek  Pray,  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Eaton  county.  Miss  Pray  spent  her 
earlier  years  on  the  farm,  attending 
district  school,  and  then,  on^her father’s 
removal  to  Charlotte  to  serve as  County 
Treasurer,  she  entered  the  high  school 
and,  after  graduation,  attended  Olivet 
College  and  took  up  the  work  of  teach­
ing.  This  led  to  the acquaintance  with 
Mr.  Adams.  They  began  their house­
keeping  on  the  West  Side,  but  about  a 
year  ago  bought  the  handsome  resi­
dence  at  No.  12  Antisdel  court,  where 
they  now  live.  They  have  one  son  2j£ 
years  old.  They  are  regular  attendants 
of  Park  Congregational church,  of which 
Mrs.  Adams  is  a  member.
In  politics,  Mr.  Adams 

is  an  ardent 
Republican.  During  the  recent  cam­
paign  the  firm  made  a decided sensation 
by  occupying  large  space  in  the  news­
papers  with  political  advertisements.

The  subject  which  perhaps  comes 
nearest  to  being  a  hobby  with  Mr. 
\dams 
is  Masonry.  He  became  a 
member  of  this  fraternity  in  1888,  join­
ing  Doric  Lodge,  No.  342.  He  has 
filled  nearly  all  the  offices  of  this 
lodge 
and  has  been  Worshipful  Master  the 
past  two  years.  His  experience  in  this 
office  is  remarkable  in  that  during  the 
two  years  the  lodge  received  more  pe­
titions  for  membership  and  conferred 
more  degrees  than  before  in  ten  years, 
and  probably  more  than  any  other  lodge 
in  the  State.  He  became  Royal  Arch 
Mason  in  Grand  Rapids  Chapter,  No. 
7,  and  later a  charter  member of Colum- i

I f you  want  to get 
The  trade  you  want  to  get,
You want  to  get
Your  advertisement  into the trade getter, 
For the  Tradesman  wants 
You  to get  the  trade 
You  want  to get.

SOAP

i is  wha*  you 
should 
advise  your  custom* 
ers.  People who have 

used  it  say  it  is  the  B E S T .

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TR Y   HflNSELM flN’S  SUPERFINE

GHOGOLATES  FOR  H O U D A Y S

Order  early and be in the push.

Also  a full  line of Confections 
In  all  its  branches.

H A N S E L M A N   C A N D Y   C O ..

K A L A M A Z O O ,  M IC H ,

Chocolate Nunkeyg, 
Chocolate Montevidoes, 
Chocolate Clito, 
Chocolate Sbe'l Bark, 
Chocolate Nougat, 
Chocolate Sour Orange, 
Chocolate S'ur Lemon, 
Chocolate Marshmallow, 
Chocolate Angélique, 
Chocolate Almonds, 
Chocolate Filberts, 
Chocolate Pecans, 
Chocolate Walnuts,

Chocolate cherries,
Chocolate Brandy,
Chocolate Opera Drous,
Chocolate Opera Caramels,
Chocolate Peppermint,
Chocolate Wimergreen,
Chocolate Raisin«,
Chocolate Extra Pralines Assorted, 
Chocolate Extra Vanillas,
Chocolate Pineapple.
Chocolate Hand Made Small,
Chocolate Hand Made Large,
Chocolate Shoo File«,

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DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING  AND  LUBRICATING

OILS

N A P H T H A   AN D   G A S O L IN E S

1883
1885
1888
1895
1896

In which  we  produce  more  Coupon 
Books than all the other manufactur­
ers in the country  combined.  These 
facts,  speak  louder  than  words  and 
conclusively  prove  that  our  books 
must have been the best in  the  mar­
ket for the past thirteen  years  in  or­
der to have secured this demand.

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH AVE., 

Bulk  works  at  Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee,  Cadillac,  Big 

ORAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Rapids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington,  Al­

legan, Howard City, Petoskey and Reed City.

H ighest Price  Paid for  Em pty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  B arrels.

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TO ORDER  A T  ONCE  FROM   YOUR JO B B E R   A  QUANTITY OP

Borden’s 
Peerless Brand 
Evaporated Cream,

A   PU R E,  W H O LESO M E,  THOROUGHLY  ST E R IL IZE D   U N SW E ET EN ED   CO N D EN SED   M »  
ON  WHICH  YOU  CAN   M A K E   A   GOOD  PROFIT.

Prepared and guaranteed by the NEW YORK CONDENSED MILK CO.. New York.

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SOLD  B Y   A L L  T H E  LEADING  W H O L E S A L E   GROCERS.

Foa  quotations S ee  Price  Columns.
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J\  Little  Reflection

will  show  you  that  there’s  sound

business  economy  in  using

The  Daytop  Copiputipg  Scale

«  THE  MONEY  WEIGHT  S Y S T E M  of  this  scale  avoids  costly  mis-  ^

takes,  and  the  head-scratching,
y p   pencil-gnawing,  nerve-nagging  delays  and  uncertainties  of  figuring  the  value  within  the  head  or  on  paper,  and
permits  the  proprietor  or  his  clerks  to  wait  upon  customers  with  greater  rapidity  on  account  of  the  confidence 
of  being  right.

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Name

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In Time of Peace Prepare for War

Our New Hub Runner.

Winter  is  coming  and sleighs will be needed.
We make a full line of

P a n   Deiivem and 

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WRITE  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

The  Belknap  Wagon  Co.,

GRAND  R APID S.  MICH.

