Volume XIV.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  30,  1896.

Number 693

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A Safe Cracker

In  your store

combining  healthful 
properties  with  de­
licious 
flavor  will 
win  trade.

Sears’ Saltine Wafers

Daintily crisp 

Finely salted 

Strictly pure

Particularly  fine

and.

Lead  in  every respect.

We wish all the greatest  prosperity for  1897.

NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.

GRAND RAPIDS.

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PERRY,  RICH.,  D.  S.  H.

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

HIM  SHADE  ELOYES  P   IÍ1ITTEHS

Made from  Pure  American and 

Australian  Wools and the  Finest Quality  of Silks.

This  Company  controls  a  large  number  of  the  latest and best inventions of Mb. 
1. W.  L a m b ,  the original inventor of the  Lamb  Knitting  Machine,  and  all  our goods 
aré made under his personal supervision.

Merchants  will  consult  their  own  interests  by  examining  these  goods  before 

placing  their orders.

We can sell you

MME OR CEMENT.

Snedicor & Hathaway

80  to 89  W.  Woodbridge St.,  Detroit, 
Manufacturers  for  Michigan  Trade.

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a .  A.  mUKMAR  «   W )..  M E N 'S   A N D   B O Y S '  G R A IN   S H O E S .
19 Ljob St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
( C. E. Smith Shoe Co., Agts. for Mich., O. and Ind.

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Better  than  ever.'"

Because  they  are  grown,  handpicked 
and  packed  by  an  experienced  force. 
They  have  thus  become  a  "Standard 
of  Excellence.”

Sold  by

W O R D E N   G R O C E R   CO. 
G R A N D   R A P ID S,  MICH.

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For only one cent you can  have  an  expert 
examine

YOUR  LEAKY

roof  and  tell  you  why  it  leaks  and  how 
much it will cost to “stop that  hole.”  We 
have had 28 years’ experience in this  busi­
ness,  and  are  reliable  and  responsible. 
We  have  men  traveling  all  the  time  and 
can send them to  you on short notice.  All 
kinds of roofs put on and repaired by

H.  M .  REYNO LDS  &   SO N,

G R A N D   R A P ID S   O F F I C E ,  C A M PA U   &   L O U IS . 
D E T R O IT   O F F I C E ,  F O O T  O F   T H IR D   S T R E E T .

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Wholesale  Dry  Goods, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

New stock  coming  in  ready  for January business. 

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Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Wholesale 
Dry Goods,

TR Y  H H N S ELM flN ’S  SUPERFINE.

CHOCOLATES  FOR  HOLIDAYS

Order  early  and be in the push.

Chocolate Nunkeys, 
Chocolate Montevidoes, 
Chocolate Clito, 
Chocolate She>l Bark, 
Chocolate Noogat, 
Chocolate Sour Orange, 
Chocolate Scar Lemon. 
Chocolate Marshmallow, 
Chocolate Angélique, 
Chocolate Almonds, 
Chocolate Filberts, 
Chocolate Pecans, 
Chocolate Walnuts,
Also a full  line of Confections 
in nil  its branches.

Chocolate Cherries,
Chocolate Brandy,
Chocolate Opera Drone,
Chocolate Opera Caramels,
Chocolate Peppermint,
Chocolate Wlntergreen,
Chocolate Raisins,
Chocolate Extra Praline. Assorted, 
Chocolate Extra Vanillas,
Chocolate Pineapple,
Chocolate Hand Made Small,
Chocolate Hand Made Large,
Chocolate Shoo Flies,
<■  HANSELMAN  CANDY  C O -

KALAMAZOO.  MICH.

T ravelers’  T im e -Tables*

CHICAGO

Sept.  7,  l8p4 

and West Michigan R'jr

Going to Chicago.

Muskegon via Waverly.

Returning  from  Chicago.

.v.  G’d. Rapids...........fi:3;tun  1:25pm  tl 1:00pm
vr. Chicago.................  3:0uum  6; 50 pm  t 6:30am
^V. Chicago................   7:20am  5:00pm  til :30pm
vr. G’d Rapids............  1:25pm  10:30pm  t 6:10am
Lv. G’d.  Rapids............  S:3uam  1:25pm  6:25pm
ir.  G’d. Rapids............I0:15aiu 
....  ..  10:30pm
uv. G’d Rapids...........  7:20uui  5:30pm  ...........
vr Manistee...............  12:05pm  10:25pm  ...........
at. Traverse City......  l2:-t0pm  il:lupm  ...........
Ar. Charlevoix..........   3:15pm 
........................
Ar.  Petoskey..............  4:wpm 
......................
Trains arrive from norm at 1:00p.m.  and  9:50 
p.m.

Manistee, Traverse City  and  Petoskey.

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPIN G   CABS.

Chicago.  Parlor cars on afternoon trains and 
North.  Parlor  car  for  Traverse  City  leave. 

sleepers on night trains.
Grand Rapids 7:3uaiu.

tEvery  day. 

Others week days only.

G C T D A I T
Ü L  1  I \ U I   I   y Lansing k Northern HR,

Going to Detroit.

Returning from Detroit.

Saginaw, Alma and St. Louis.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........ 7:U0am  1:30pm 5:25pm
Ar. Detroit....................11:40am  5:40pm 10:10pm
Lv. Detroit.................... 7:40am 
l:lupm 6:00pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids....... 12:30pm  5:2upm 10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:(J0am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 11:56am  9:15pm 
Lv.  Grand  Rapids........7:uuam  1:30pm 5:25pm
Ar.  from Lowell......... 12:30pm  5:20pm 
..........
Parlor cars  on all trains  between  Grand  Rap­
ids and Detroit and between Uraud Rapids  and 
Saginaw.  Trains run  week days only.

To and from Lowell.

THROUGH  CAB SERV ICE.

Geo.  DeHavbn,  General Pass. Agent.

GRAND ^rUD*C 

Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv.

System

Eastward.

tNo. 14  tNo. 16  tNo. 18  «No. 83 
Lv. G’d Rapids.6:45am  10:10am  3:3i ipm  10:46pm
Ar.  Ionia........7:40am  11:17am  4:34pm  12:30am
Ar.  St. Johns..b:25am  12:10pm  5:23pm 
i :57am
Ar.  Owosso__9:00am  1:10pm  6:03pm  3:25pm
Ar. E. Saginawl0:50am  ...........  8:0upm  6:40am
Ar. W. Bay C’y 11:30am 
...........  8:35pm  7:15am
Ar. Flint........10:06am 
...........   7:05pm  5:40am
Ar. Pt. Huron. 12:05pm 
...........  9:50pm  7:30pm
Ar. Pontiac..  10.-53am  2:57pm  8:25pm  6:10am 
Ar.  Detroit..  11:6Uam  3:55pm  9:25pm  8:06am 

Westward.

For G’d Haven and Intermediate P t.__  7:00am
For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pts__ 12:53pm
For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pts....  5:12pm 
tDaily except Sunday.  «Dally.  Trains arrive 
from the east, 6:35a.m.,  12:45p.m.,  5:07p.m..  9:56 
p.m.  Trains  arrive  from  the  west, lo:05a.m., 
3:22p.m.,  10:15p.m.
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlorcar.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. la Wagner parlor car.

E. H. Hughes, A. G. P. &T. A.,
Chicago.
Ben. Fletcher, Trav  Pass. Agt., 
J as. Campbell, City Pass. Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe St.

Manufactured by M U S K E G O N   M I L L I N G   C O .f  Muskegon, Mich.

S tric tly  

S tra ig h t 
F l o u r . . .

Board, Fairfield & Go.

Out Brands:  WHITE  FOAM,  GOLDEN  ANCHOR,  BELLE  OF  ALLEGAN, SNOW  FLAKE. 
Oar Specialties:  BUCKWHEAT FLOUR,  GRAHAM  FLOUR,  RYE  FLOUR,  BOLTED  MEAL.

ALLEGAN,  fllCH.

GRAND Ripide  k Indiana Railroad
Northern  Dlv. Leave  Arrive 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey A Mack., .t 7:45am t 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack.. .t 2:15pm t 6:3Uam
Cadillac................................. t 5:25pm til :10am
Train  leaving  at 7:45  a.m.  has  parlor  car  to 
Petoskey and  Mackinaw.
Train leaving at 2:15  p.m.  has sleeping  ear to 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.

Southern  Dlv.

Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati................................t 7:luam t 8:25pm
Ft. Wayne................................ t 2:00pm t 1:56pm
Cincinnati  ............................ .«  7:00pm * 7:25am
7:10a.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati. 
7:00p.m. train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

GOING  W EST.

LvG'd Rapids............. t7:36am  ft :00pm t5:40pm
Ar Muskegon..............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:U6pm
LvMnskegon..............t8:IOam +11:45am  +4:00pm
ArG’d Rapids............9:3uam  12:66pm  6:20pm
A.  ALuquisT, 

tExcept Sunday.  «Daily.
T ic k e t A gt.U n. Sta.  Gen.  Pass. <S Tkt.  A gt.

C. L.  L ockw ood,

GOING  EAST.

CHARLES  HANZELHANN

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

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

D E T R O IT .  M IC H .

Every  Merchant

Who uses the Tradesman Company's 
COUPON  BOOKS,  does  so  with  A 
sense  of security  and  prodt,  for  be 
knows he Is avoiding loss and annoy 
ance.  Write

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Oraod  Rapids

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SUBSTITUTE 

P U R E
M ALT
COFFEE
MANUFACTURED
Kmeipp Malt Food Co.

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C.  H.  STRUEBE,  S an d u sk y ,  Ohio,

Agent for Ohio. Indiana and  Michigan.

Established 1780.

Walter  Baker  &   Co.

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

Largest Manufacturers of

PURE,HIGH GRADE
COCOAS

AND

\Vi C H O C O LATES

on this Continent.

their manu fac i nres.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 
Trad’-M.rk
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  nutritious,  and  costs less  than  one 
cent a cnp.
Their Premium  No.  1  Chocolate, put  up in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best 
plain chocolate in the market for family use.
Their  German  5weet  Chocolate  is  good  to 
eat and good to drink.  It  is  palatable, nutri­
tions, and  healthful ;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Envers should ask for and be sure that they 
get the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
W a lte r   B aker &  Co.  Ltd., 

Dorchester,  Mass.

if yon want to get
The trade yon want to get.
You waot to get
Your advertisement into the trade getter, 
For the Tradesman  wants 
Yon to get the trade 
Yon want to get.

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Holland, Vriesland,  Zeeland,  Hudson- 
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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER 30,  1806,

Number 693

GREAT  EXPECTATIO NS.

Written for the Tradesman.

This  is  emphatically  the  land  where 
they  abound,  prosper  (for  a  time)  and 
vanish,  to  be  succeeded  by  others  o 
equal  magnitude,  often  more  alluring 
by  reason  of  a  certain  mental  mirage 
akin  to  the  atmospheric  phenomenon  so 
commonly  observed  on 
the  Western 
plains.  They  are  mostly  prominent  as 
connected  with  political  and  business 
matters.  There are  few  among  our 
in 
telligent  millions  who  have  not  at  some 
time  been  more  or  less  inclined  to 
in 
dulge  them.

The year  just  departing  has  witnessed 
the  contention  of  differing  political  ele 
ments  in  a  wide  field  of  active  discus 
sion.  The  test  of  the  ballot-box  has only 
resulted 
in  a  temporary  truce.  Each 
partisan  still  maintains  his  belief  am 
expectation.  One  is  sure  that  the  busi 
ness  millennium  is  near  at  hand,  since 
his  side  has  triumphed.  The  other  has 
as  firm  an  expectation  that  the  future 
will  show  this  victory  to  be  fruitless  h 
restoring  prosperity  and  he  can  see  ii 
it  no  thoroughfare  to  that  desired  con 
dition  until  his  own  pet theory  shall  be 
come  a  practical  controlling  National 
policy.

It  would  be  wiser  for  either  party 
indulging  great  expectations  to  reflect 
that  this 
is  a  great  country—too  great 
to  be  saved  or  ruined  in  one  or  two  cal 
endar  years.  A  review  of  history,  show 
ing  the  effects  of  changes  in  National 
policies,  and  also  the  panics  that  have 
periodically  caused  business  stagnation, 
will  tend  to  moderate  extreme  opinions 
or  undue  expectations.

It  is  true  we  have  bad  hard  times  for 
several  years,  which  have  been  felt  all 
over  the  country.  Yet  no  one  can  truly 
say  that  it  has  equally  affected  every  lo 
cality.  The  largest  business  and  man­
ufacturing  centers  were  the  first  to  re 
It 
ceive  the  shock  of  adverse  fortune. 
has  always  been  so  in  the  past. 
I  well 
remember  that  the  panic  of  1873—pre­
cipitated,  as  it  was,  by  over speculation 
finance—did.  not 
of  the  Napoleon  of 
reach  the  country  dealets  until 
long 
after  it  had  become  an  old  story.  It  was 
only  when  the  farmers  began  to  be  sen­
sible of  a  lessening  of  income,  and,  lit­
tle  by 
little,  reduced  the  volume  of 
purchases,  that  the  dealer who depended 
directly  on  their  trade  actually  ac­
cepted  the  panic  as  having  duly  ar­
rived.

So,  to-day,  we  may  view  the  business 
prospects  that  show  actual  signs  of 
im­
provement  in  a  conservative  temper  of 
mind  as  we  compare  the  present  with 
the  past.  One  may  well  acknowledge 
that  the  first  few  evidences  of  renewed 
industry  do  not  assure  universal  pros­
perity 
in  the  near  future,  since  “ one 
swallow  does  not  make  a  summei.”  
Our 
interests  as  a  people  are  closely 
united  and  reciprocal;  but,  as  this  is  a 
large  country,  it  takes  time  for  pros­
perity  to  travel  through  it  to  distribute 
the  favors  so 
long  needed.  Neither 
mistakes  of  policy  nor  shrewd  strokes of 
enterprise  can  mar or make,  to any great 
extent,  the  productive  capacity  of  a 
people  separated,  as  we  aie,  by  many 
degrees  of  longitude  and  latitude.  The

laboring  classes  of  our  manufacturing 
centers  are,  of  course,  sure  to  feel  the 
first  bounding  impulse  of  renewed  busi 
ness  health.  Confidence  restored  and 
capital  actively  employed  are  decided 
steps  toward  prosperous 
conditions 
Yet  too  much  eagerness  of  a  convales 
cing  patient  to  resume  the  normal  func 
tions  of  a  healthy  system  sometimes end 
in  a  relapse  which  proves  serious  if  not 
fatal.  This 
is  not  considered  the  age 
of  miracles  and  so,  while  sure  that  we 
are  on  an  upward  grade  in  the  direction 
of  better  times,  we  must  admit  that  Na 
ture,  our  necessary  ally,  takes  365  days 
to  make  even  one  visible  step  in  ad 
vance. 
As  our  farming  population, 
whose  prosperity  depends  on  Nature’s 
kindly  bounties,  must  wait  her  slow  but 
majestic  movement  before  they  can  ex 
pect  to  share  her  favors,  the  order  to 
advance  cannot  be  complied  with  all 
along  the  line.  It  may  take  two  or  more 
of  Nature’s  steps  to  bring  the  farmer 
well  up  with  the  procession.

The  country  dealer  may,  therefore, 
possess  his  soul  in  patience.  Too  much 
hurry  makes  worry,  and  worry  oftener 
makes  waste  than  wealth. 
If  we,  as  a 
people,  get  to  the  top  of  the  hill  Diffi­
culty  by  the  time  the  sun  gilds the dawn 
of  iqoo,  we  shall  do  as  well  as  any busi­
ness  man  can  reasonably  expect.  We 
may  not  all  get  there  at  the  same  time. 
So  let  none  of  the  lucky  ones  in  his  joy 
loosen  a  rock  that  may,  perchance,  fall 
and  hinder  the  ascent  of  those  who  are 
belated. 
It  is  well  to  mark  progress  as 
fast  as  made;  but  to  count  our  chickens 
before  they  are  hatched  is  not  progress. 
When  good  times  come  again  we,  per­
haps,  will  not  recognize  them  as  true 
to  sample  once  enjoyed,  since  we  now 
have  free  intercourse  with other nations, 
and  commerce  has developed new condi - 
ions  that  will  not  allow  the  former statu 
quo.

Good  and  bad  times  have  come  and 
gone  heretofore.  While  enjoying  the 
one  or  enduring  the  other,  time,  in  its 
remorseless  revolutions, has  changed rel­
ative  positions  until  we  can  never  find 
perfect  duplicates  of  either.  The  fluc­
tuations  of  business  may  yet  so  order 
that  the  millionaire  of  to-day  may  be 
the  peanut  vender  of  to-morrow.  The 
newsboy  of  1890  may become,  at the end 
of  this  century,by  sheer  merit,a railroad 
president,  or a  king  of  commerce  at  the
head  of a metropolitan department store.
Whatever  we do or  expect,  therefore, 
let  us  moderate  our  expectations  of  an 
future  as  an 
mmediate  prosperous 
anomaly  inconsistent  with  natural 
law. 
Let  us  try  and  convince  ourselves  how 
true  were  the  lessons  taught  in  early 
in  the  field  of 
active  business  or  gained  from  books, 
the  latter  embody  the  results  of  experi­
ence,  which 
is  the  foundation  of  both 
wisdom  and  wealth.

fe.  Whether  gleaned 

S.  P.  W h it m a r sh .

A  petition  to Congress  is  being  circu­
lated  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  asking  an 
appropriation  to  rebuild  the  war  vessel 
Constitution.  The  ship  is  now  guarded 
by  three  keepers,  who  are  kept  busy  at 
the  pumps  to  prevent  the  vessel  from 
sinking.

A  Premium  on  Slowness. 

Correspondence Trade Magazine.

In  a  grocery  store  not  very  long  ago  I 
chanced  to  overhear  two  conversations 
which  may  prove  suggestive  to  more 
than  one of  the  readers  of  this  journal. 
I  may  say,  in  parenthesis,  that business 
kept  me  there  and  that  it  was  impos­
sible  not  to  hear.

“ Well,”   said  a  newcomer  whose  ap­
pearance 
indicated  a  farmer,  “ I’ve 
come  to  pay  my  b ill;  how  much  do  I 
’we?”
*  A 
the 
ledger and  in  disputes  concerning  some 
of  the  entries  made  there  resulted 
in  a 
bill  of  §28.75.

full  half-hour 

spent  over 

it. 

“ I  suppose  that’s  all  right,”   com­
mented  the  farmer,  “ but  you’ll  have  to 
make  it  even  money.”
“ Really,  now,”   protested  the  mer­
chant,  ” 1  can’t  afford 
I’ve  done 
all  that  I  can  already,  and  these  are 
hard  times,  you  know.”
#4  “ That’s all  right,”   was the rejoinder, 
“ but  I’ve  been  trading  with  you  for  a 
long  while,  and  you  ought  to  be  easy  on 
your  old  customers.  Here’s  $28;  just 
give  me  a  receipt  in  full.”

“ Well,  as  it  is  you,  I’ll  do 

it,”   and 
the  receipt  was  given  as  the  money 
changed  hands.  Then,  as  the  farmer 
was  leaving,  he  continued: 
“ Here, 
let’s  celebrate.  Have  a  cigar?”   and  I 
noticed  that  the  choicest  box  was  pro­
duced.

Not  two  minutes  afterward  another 
man  came  in,  and  with  business  direct­
ness  purchased  a  bill of  goods.

“ How  much  is  it?”   he asked.
“ Eleven  dollars  and  twenty  cents. ”  
The  check  was  given  and,  with  a 
courteous  “ good  day, ”   the  gentleman 
departed.

Both  were  regular  customers.
One  man,  having  bought  §28.75  >n 
two  or  three  months,  was  given seventy- 
five  cents  and  a  cigar  for  paying  his 
bill,  and  nothing  was  said  01 
interest. 
The  other,  who  bought  §11.20  in  one 
order  and  paid  cash,  was  permitted  to 
pay.  Certainly  the  former  received  a 
handsome  permium  for  running  a  bill. 
Nearly  any  man  would  be  rather glad  to 
run  a  bill  if such inducements  were  held 
out  to  him. 
If  I  were  a  cash  customer 
of  that  store,  I  would  either  cease  cash 
payments  or go  where  cash  was  an  ob­
ject.

New  Plan  to  Stop  Sampling.

A  new  plan  to  prevent  sampling  has 
been  adopted  by  several  merchants  of 
Portland,  Ore.  A  fish  dealer  there  runs 
a  wire  up  through  his  counter  and 
shoves  it  into  a  huge  block  of  fish,  and 
then  labels  it  “ Electric  Fish.”   Any­
one  curious  enough  to  touch  the  fish 
with  his  fingers  receives  a  very  per­
ceptible  shock,  which  convinces  him 
that  the  fish 
is  correctly  labeled.  A 
local  dealer  in  pickles,  who  has  a dozen 
varieties  on  display  in  pans  set  on  top 
of  the  different  casks,  has  a  wire  run­
ning  along  with  a  branch  of  copper 
wire 
into  each  pan,  and  charges  the 
pickes  so  that  any  one  who  puts  a finger 
into  the  pan  to  sample  a  pickle  gets  a 
smart  shock.  Nobody  has  ever  tried  to 
sample  the  goods  a  second  time.
Propose  to  Abolish  Christmas  Gifts.
The  bakers  of  San  Francisco  have 
passed 
iron-bound  resolutions  against 
the  giving  of  Christmas  cakes  to  cus­
tomers  hereafter.  One  baker  stated  that 
it  cost  him  from  §400  to $500  this  year 
and  that  the  presents  usually  gave  dis­
satisfaction,  as  the  customers  generally 
found  fault  with  the  size  or quality  of 
the  cakes.

We  never  realize  how  much  we  are 
enduring  until  the  test 

capable  of 
comes.

2

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Getting the  People

Circular  Advertising.

The  day  of  the  cheap  handbill 

is 
past.  There  are  yet  some  who  have 
not  learned  the  utter  worthlessness  of 
the  print-paper  productions  which  used 
to be  thrust  upon  the  attention  on  the 
streets,  at  doorways,  in  hotel  lobbies— 
anywhere  that  the  distributers  might 
find  access—and  occasionally  enterprise 
is  still  represented  in  this  manner;  but 
to  most  the  fact  has  become  patent  that 
such  advertising 
is  utterly  worthless— 
that  the  instances  where favorable atten­
tion 
is  gained  are  more  than  counter­
balanced  by  those  where  the  impression 
conveyed 
is  one. of  disagreeable  intru­
sion,  fatal  to  favorable  results.  Thus 
there  has grown  a  prejudice  against this 
class  of  advertising  which,  unfortunate­
ly,  is  made  to  include  all  circulars.

is  rapidly  passing. 

Now,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  there  are 
circulars  and  circulars.  And  there  are 
many  ways  of  using  circulars.  The day 
of  the  cheap  handbill 
is  past;  and 
the  day  of  the  obtrusive  thrusting  of ad­
is  also 
vertising  matter  on  attention 
past,  or 
It 
is  a 
matter  of  observation  with  every  busi­
ness  that  there 
large  use 
of  circulars 
in  advertising,  if  indeed 
there  is  not  an  increasing  use.  But  the 
circulars  of  to-day  and  the  manner of 
their  use  are 
from  the 
is  also  a  significant  fact 
handbill. 
that  the  most  systematic  and  persistent 
use 
is  by  the  most  experienced  con­
cerns,  especially  those  manufacturing 
or  dealing  in  particular  lines.

far  removed 

is  still  a 

It 

Instead  of  the  unsavory  smelling  and 
worse  looking  sheet  whose  standard  of 
merit  was  legibility,  the circular of  to­
day  is a  work  of  art.  It  may  be  printed 
on  a  single  side  of  a  slip  of  paper,  or 
on  a  larger  sheet;  it  may  be  a  booklet 
or a  folder,  or other  attractive  or  per­
haps  novel  form,  but  it  is  the  exponent 
in  both 
of  careful,  painstaking  work 
matter  and  style  of  execution. 
If  the 
houses  using  such  matter  cannot  com­
mand  in  their  own  force  the  experience 
and  special  qualifications  for  the  prepa­
ration  of  this  kind  of  advertising,  they 
obtain  the  assistance  of  those  making  it 
a  specialty.  The  art  of  preparing  this 
sort  of  work  has  grown  rapidly  during 
the  past  few  years  and  most  of  the  first- 
class  printing  concerns  doing  such work 
lit­
have  specialists  for  the  artistic  and 
erary  designing  and 
for  illustrating. 
There  are  also  many  specialists  in  a 
few  of  the  principal  cities  who  are  suc­
cessful 
them­
selves,  some  of  whom  are  doubtlessly 
reliable  and  honest;  but  there  are  many 
others  who are  pretentious  and  emperic 
—who  claim  that  they  are  the  ones,  and 
the  only  ones,  who  are  competent  to  di­
rect 
in  all  advertising  work,  charging 
fancy  prices  and  volunteering  advice 
with  an  assurance  often  successful  in 
the  securing  of  a  large  clientage. 
In 
most  cases  the  work  could  be  better 
done  by  those  nearer the  field  of  opera­
tion,  and  so  cognizant  of  the  particular 
needs,  and  at  rates  more  nearly  com­
mensurate  with  the  service.

in  widely  advertising 

The  use  of  well-prepared  circulars  is 
growing  in  many  lines  of  trade.  Many 
manufactures  send  a  circular  to  all  pos­
sible  customers  every  month ;  and  the 
fact  that  they  continue  to  do  this  year 
after  year indicates  that  it  is  profitable. 
In  other  lines  a  quarterly  issue 
is  con­
sidered  sufficient.  Of  course,  it  is  need­
less  to  say  that  these  are  in  conjunction 
with  a  proper  system  of  newspaper  ad­
vertising.

But,  while  the  circular  may  be  espe­
cially  effective  in  particular  lines,  there 
are  few,  if  any,  where  trade  is  consid­
erable,  where  they  are  not  valuable. 
Every  dealer  should  find  in  what way he 
can  most  economically  and  effectively 
distribute  something 
in  this  line,  and 
should  put  a  special  sum  into the prepa­
ration  of  such circulars  at  such  frequent 
intervals  as  to  have  them  fresh  and  at­
tractive,  and  should  use  every  suitable 
opportunity  to bring  them  to  the  notice 
of  present  and  possible 
customers. 
There  are  many  ways  where  the  ex­
pense  will  be  nothing—in  correspond­
ence,  invoices,  etc.  But  there  should 
also  be  a  judicious  expenditure  of  post­
age  to  reach  those  not  already  in the list 
of  customers.  There  is  an  effectiveness 
in  such  attention  on  account  of  the  per­
sonal  recognition  which  in  many  cases 
would  be  lost  by  any  general  mode  of 
advertising. 

W.  N.  F u l l e r .

New  Scheme  to  Sell  Cigars.

The  advertisement  of  an  enterprising 
Southern  dealer  has  been  the  means  of 
raising  an  interesting  question  involv­
ing  a  nice  construction  of  the 
internal 
revenue  laws.  The  advertisement  ap­
pears  in  a  daily  newspaper  and suggests 
to  the  customer  the  convenience  and 
economy  of  leaving  the  purchased  box 
of  cigars  with  the  dealer,  who  will  de­
liver  one  or  more  cigars  when  called 
for,  the  feature  of  the  scheme  being  the 
claim  that  the  customer  “ won’t  smoke 
half  as  many“   as  if  he himself  acted  as 
the  custodian  of  the  box.

The  Collector  incloses  a  copy  of  the 
advertisement  to  the  Commissioner of 
Internal  Revenue,  with  the  statement 
that,  although  it  does  not  appear  to  be 
in  conflict  with  the  regulations,  it would 
seem  to  suggest  more  than  is  evidenced 
on  its  face,  and  at  least  raises  the ques­
tion  whether the  dealer  or  the  customer 
should  be  held  responsible  for  the  de­
struction  of  the  stamp  when  the  box 
is 
emptied.  The  Commissioner  has  ruled 
that,  under the circumstances presented, 
the  dealer  becomes  the  bailee,  who  re­
tains  possession  of  the  cigars,  and  who 
has  a  qualified  property  in  the  box suffi­
cient  to  render  him  responsible  for  a 
compliance  with  the 
internal  revenue 
laws 
in  destroying  the  stamp  when  the 
contents  are  exhausted.
Business  Men  United 

for  the  Com­

mon  Welfare.

Prom the Vermontville Echo.

The  Vermontville  Business  Men’s  As­
sociation  met  at  the  council  rooms  Dec. 
16 and  listened  to  the  reading  of  letters 
presented  by  Secretary  Snell  and  J.  N. 
Hawkins  encouraging  to  prospects  for 
a  flouring  mill.  Permanent  organization 
was  perfected  by  the  election  of  the 
following  officers:

President— Hon.  H.  G.  Barber.
Vice-President—C.  E.  Hammond.
Secretary  and  Treasurer—C.  S.  Snell.
‘ Executive  Committee— Frank J.  Esta- 
brook  and  J.  N.  Hawkins.

Any  person  desirous  to  promote  the 
improvement  of  Vermontville  and do all 
in  his  power  to  induce  the  erection  of 
mills,  factories,  stores  and  other 
im­
provements  may  become  a  member  of 
the  Association  by  signing  his  name  to 
the  constitution  and  by-laws.  Especial 
efforts  will  first  be  directed  to  the  re­
pairing  of  the  flour  mill  or  the  erection 
of  a  new  one,  as  may  be  thought  best, 
said  mill  to  be  provided  with  the  latest 
improved  machinery  for  manufacturing 
first-class  flour.  Surely  no  place  in  the
ountry 
is  more  in  need  of  a  good  flour 
mill  than  is  Vermontville,  and  if  a  mill 
will  pay 
in  any  locality  it  will  surely 
pay  here,  as  we  are  in  the  midst  of  a 
fine  wheat-raising  country,  with no good 
mill  in  the  county  nearer  than  Sunfield 
or  Eaton  Rapids  and  in  Barry  county 
at  Nashville.  There  is  no  doubt  that  a 
mill  that  can  make  good  flour will prove 
a  good  paying 
investment  in  this  vil­
lage.  Let  us  all  put  a  shoulder  to  the 
wheel  and  make  it  move.

Some Sensible Sample Advertisements.
The  Tradesman  commends  the follow­
ing  sample  advertisements as possessing 
merit  of  unusual  order and  strong  draw­
ing  power:

Our January 
Linen Sale

less 

than 

offers more  than  an  opportu­
nity to see and admire  an  ex­
traordinary  display  of  tine 
linens;  it  gives every  house­
keeper  in  this  city  a  chance 
to supply her linen needs at a 
quarter, and in some instances 
a  third 
regular 
prices.  That’s  because  we 
nave had this sale in view for 
‘ many  a  day;”  and  every 
time  an  unusual  linen  offer­
ing came to our notice  we  se­
cured it for the benefit of our 
customers.  How  well  we 
have  succeeded  in our effort 
to excel a 1 our previous linen 
sales we'll leave the public  to 
judge.  Certain  it is, if there’s 
a thing you need in  linens  it 
is  an  extravagance  to  over­
look  this  sale  These  prices 
should convince vou.

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When  we  buy our goods we look  o 
sharp  for  quality  and  workman-  Q 
ship. 
If  they  are  right  we  see  0 
about  the  price;  if  not,  10 cents  6
on  the  dollar  won’t  tempt  us  to  6
buy,  for we have a r  notation at  6
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Scolded  th e W om en.

“All those who have rubbers  on to­
night i old up their  hands,”  said  a
lecturing  physician 
to  his  New
York  audience  recently.  Only  a
few  of  the  great  crowd  held  up
their  hands,  and  then  the  doctor
gave  the  women  several  pieces of 
his  mind  for  bei  g  out on  a  wet 
night without rubbers.
We  have  all  the  good  kinds  of 
overshoes  for  both  women  and 
children.  Lowest prices rule.

Success  or  Failure«-*

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of  a  mercantile  business  is  in  the 
question of profits.  If goods are con­
stantly  sold  below  cost,  failure  is 
sure to come;  if  prices  are  marked 
way up, the people will not come but 
once, and trade is light.  Too high or 
too low  prices  means  failure.  Just 
where  the  turning  point  is  between 
too  high  and  too low prices, is hard 
to determine.  In marking our goods 
we  have  gone  low  instead  of  high. 
When  we were  in  doubt  where  the 
turning  point  was,  we  gave 
the 
public the benefit  of  the  doubt,  and 
so  we  can  sed  the  stuck  cheaper. 
You can easily prove  this by trading 
with us.

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will  be  common  in  Blankville 
during  the  next  two  weeks— 
that  is, if  the  people  test  the 
value  of  their  dollars  at  our 
store,  for  every  dollar  spent 
here  during  our  January  sale 
will buy so many goods the pur­
chaser  will  be  surprised.  We 
can t tell you a quarter of what 
you  ought  to  know  about  the 
sale  in  this ad, but if you come
to  the  stjre  you  won’t  more
than step inside the door before
you  will begin to see  more  bar-
gains  than  we  could  tell  you 
about  in  a  full  page  of  this 
just  to  prepare  yourself  in  a
measure, for what  you  will  see
y   when you visit  the store.  They 
won’t more than give you a hint,
however, of what we are  doing
at our January sale.

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paper.  Read this  list  of  prices

To S t a r t . . . .  
th e  N ew   Y ear

we  wifi  place  on sale to-day sev­
eral lots of shoes of various sorts, 
in broken si  es  shoes  that  have 
been among  the  best  of  the  sea­
son’s sellers-shoes that we  have 
retailed regularly at from $2 50 to 
13.50—at  one  price,  $2.4*1,  while 
the lots last.
invite  you  to  this  New 
Year’s feast.  Will you come ?

We 

T ro u ser 
U p . . .

An  extra  pair  of  trousers  is  a 
good  thing  to  have  around  the 
house, for trousers  need a rest as 
well  as  man.  You  undoubtedly 
have noticed how “tired” looking 
some trousers  are  that  you  meet 
on  the  street—perhaps yours  ap­
pear the same.  Anyway, that suit 
wi'l be greatly enhanced by a new 
pair bought at our establishment.

Free  Advertising  Opportunities. 

Correspondence Printers’ Ink.

Is 

If  I  were  a  storekeeper  I  would  never 
allow  a  package  to  leave  my  store  with­
out  an  advertisement  inside of it—some­
thing  for  the  shopper  to  read  when he or 
she  gets  home—a  card,  circular,  booklet 
or  something—and  I  would  change  the 
matter  of  it  every  month,  every  week, 
or  oftener  if  I  could.

it  generally  known  that  people 
don’t  care  about  carrying  parcels  that 
have  advertisements on  the  outside? 
Is 
it  not  becoming  generally  known  that 
the  shrewdest  shopkeepers  now  order 
their  wrapping  clerks  to  reverse  the 
packing  paper  so  that  the  name and  ad­
dress  of  the  store  is  inside  instead  of 
out?

Knowing  that  the  parcel is going right 
into  the  home,  is  it  not  a  good  oppor­
tunity  for  the  enterprising  merchant  to 
introduce  his  advertising  free  of  cost? 
A  neat  circular  or  booklet  would  fill  the 
bill  nicely.  Failure  to  put  advertising 
matter 
is  lost 
opportunity.

in  consumers'  parcels 

Wrappers  for  parcels  and  designs  for 
in 
package  labels  are  usually  inartistic 
effect and  barren  of  much 
information. 
Even  those  who  persist  in  advertising 
on  bags  and  wrappers  ought  to have bet­
ter  matter  thereon,  and  change  it  often­
er.  That  kind  of  advertising  should  be 
more  than  a  business  card,  and  first- 
class  in  its  preparation,  because it  costs 
nothing  to  place  or  distribute.  But, 
whatever  advertising  there  may  be  on 
the  outside  of  a  wrapper  or  package, 
there 
is  always  ample  room  to  store 
away  on  the  inside  of  it  plenty  of  read­
able  and  serviceable  advertising matter. 
And  the  wonder  is  that  more  merchants 
do  not  avail  themselves  of these free  ad­
vertising  opportunities.

The  only  smoke  the  insurance  agents 
are  not  afraid  of  is  that  of  the  S.  C.  W. 
5c  Cigar.  Best  on  earth—sold  by  all 
jobbers.

Bicycles

News  and  Gossip  Concerning  Wheels 

There 

and  Bicycle  Supplies.
is  a  demand  on  the  part  of  a 
considerable  number  of  riders  for gear 
cases,  and  some  of  the  manufacturers 
have  made  up  their  minds  to  meet  it,  if 
possible.  Hitheito  any  suggestion  of 
the  kind  has  been  received  with  little 
In  England,  on 
favor  in  this  country. 
the  other  hand,  gear  cases  are 
in  gen­
eral  use,  and  the  same  is  true  of  mud 
guards,  which  are  seldom  seen  on  this 
side  of  the  water.  The  principal  rea­
son  for  this  difference  is  doubtless  to  be 
looked  for  in  the  differing  climatic con­
ditions. 
it  rains  on  the 
slightest  provocation,  and  a  long  period 
of  fine  weather 
is  exceedingly  rare. 
English  riders  accordingly  have  to  be 
prepared  for  rain  and  mud,  and  equip 
themselves  with  means  of  protection 
against  both—with rubber coats or cloaks 
in  one  case,  and  mud  guards  and  gear 
cases 
in  the  other.  Mud  guards  were 
furnished  with  American  road  wheels 
two  or  three  years  ago  pretty  generally 
but  one  is  rarely  noticed  on  a  man's  bi­
cycle  now.  Gear  cases are  even  rarer, 
but,  nevertheless,  an  effort  is  now  being 
made  to  meet  whatever  demand  may 
exist.

In  England 

*  *  *

It 

There 

is  something  new  in  electric 
lamps,  and  a  patent  has  been  taken  out 
on  it. 
is  supplied  with  electricity 
produced  by  a  generator  attached  to  thé 
rear  fork,  with  an  armature  revolved  by 
a  band  running  from  a  grooved  wheel 
on  the  rear  hub.  The  inventor  contends 
that  when  going  at  a  moderate  speed  a 
light  of  normal  candle-power 
is  pro­
duced,  and,  of  course,  the  higher  the 
speed  the  greater  the  light.  The  ad­
vantage  of  this  lamp  over  other  electric 
lamps  is  that  the  weight  of  the  battery 
is  got  rid  of.  The  weight  of  the  ap­
paratus  for  the  new  affair  is  not  given, 
but  apparently  it  cannot  be  very  great. 
Only  a  bulb  would  be  needed  on  the 
head  of  the  wheel,  connected  with  the 
generator by  a  fine  wire.
*  *  $

The  principal  item  of  cost  in  turning 
out  a  new  model  each  year  is  that  en­
tirely  new  patterns  are  required,  and  to 
a  considerable  extent  new  machinery. 
The  manufacturers  have  felt  this  keen­
ly,  and  in  one  case at  least  a  method  of 
utilizing  the  patterns  of  the  previous 
year  has  been  hit  upon.  Bicycles  of 
the  pattern  of  the  ’96  wheels  are  to  be 
put  on  the  market  the  coming  year,  and 
sold  at  $75,  as  against  the  standard 
price  of  $100  for  the  model  of ’97.  They 
will  be,  so  it  is  said,  new  wheels,  and 
first-rate  in  every  particular,  save  that 
they  are  not  up  to  date.  This  is  one  of 
the  ways 
for 
lower-priced  bicycles  will  be  met.

in  which  the  demand 

*  *  *

for  a 

if  ever,  make 

Something  was  heard  a  number  of 
times  early  in  the  year  about  a 
leather 
tire  that  was  to be  superior  to  tires  of 
rubber  and  sold 
lower  price. 
Nothing  has  yet  come of these promises. 
The  leather  tire  is  not  yet  on  the  mar­
ket,  and  there  is  no  prospect  that  it will 
soon, 
its  appearance. 
The  concern  which  was  going  to  turn 
out  the  tires  in  large quantities  has  got 
into  financial  difficulties,  and  its  affairs 
are  likely  to  stay  tied  up.  Some  of 
its 
promoters  believe  as  firmly  as  ever  in 
the  feasibility  of  making  tires  of  sole 
leather,  properly  moulded.  A  man  hav­
ing  many  years’  experience  in handling 
leather  said  to  the  writer,  however,  that 
it  would  be  impossible  to make a leather

tire  that  would  answer  the  purpose. 
“ The  trouble,’ ’  he  remarked,  “ would 
in  condition 
be  in  keeping  the  leather 
It  would  be  cer­
after  it  once  got  wet. 
tain  to  get  hard  and  crack. 
I  have 
never  heard  of  any  preparation  that 
would  prevent  this.  See  bow  the  thing 
works  practically.  For  shafting  which 
is  under  cover,  leather  belting  is  used, 
but  for outside  work  you  will  find  rub­
ber  belting  used  almost  every  time. 
If 
a  leather  belt  cannot  be  so  treated  that 
it  will  stand  the  weather,  no  move  can  a 
leather  tire.  There  need  be  no  fear  that 
anything  will  supplant  rubber  for  that 
use.”   The  fact 
is  that  in  the  leather 
tires  proposed  some  time  ago  only  the 
outside,  or ‘ * shoe, ’ ’  was  to be of leather; 
within  this  was  a  rubber  inner tube  to 
hold  the  air.  Another  drawback  to  the 
leather tire,  therefore,  would  be the firm 
hold  which  the  single-tube 
tire  has 
taken  on  the  great  majority  of  riders. 
Single-tube  tires  are  so  well  made  and 
can  be  so  easily  repaired  that  the  field 
for  the  double-tube  variety  is  steadily 
narrowing.

*  

*  

1|C

An  inquiry  is  made  in  the  L.  A.  W. 
Bulletin  for  a  description  of  skirt  that 
will  permit  the  wearer  to  ride  a  dia­
mond-frame  wheel.  Perhaps  a  combi­
nation  of  skirt  and  trousers  which  has 
recently  been  patented  will  meet  the 
wants  of  the  fair  inquirer.  The  account 
given  of  this  nondescript  garment  says 
that  “ the  rear  portion  is  so  made  that it 
may  for a  part  of  the  distance  from  the 
waistband  down  be  readily  opened  and, 
when  the  opening 
is  closed  an  apron 
covers  the  skirt  opening  so  as  to  give 
the  appearance  of  an  ordinary  walking 
skirt. “  
If  this  description  is  not  com­
plete 
is  not  the  fault  of  the  present 
it 
writer.  He  has  not  seen  the garment 
and  has  no  desire  to  see  it.

*  *  *

It 

A  novelty  in  bicycles  has  been  got  up 
in  Germany. 
is  called  the  Eiffel 
tandem.  The  rear seat  is  at  the  ordi­
nary  height  from  the  ground ;  the  other 
rider  is  perched  aloft  some  twenty  feet, 
reaching  his  elevated  position  by  a  sort 
of  ladder,  presumably  after  the  man 
in 
the  rear  has  got  the  vehicle  under  way. 
There  must  be  considerable  difficulty 
in  keeping  the  machine  balanced.  Such 
a  vehicle  can  have  no  practical  use,  al­
though  it  is  suggested  that  the  rider  up 
is 
aloft 
in  a  position  to  keep  a  good 
lookout.

*  *  *

The  growing  vogue  of  the  wooden 
handle-bar  suggests  that  a  novel bar was 
put  on  the  market  this  last  year,  which 
met  with  a  small  degree  of  favor. 
It 
was  a  steel  bar  of  the  adjustable  type, 
covered  over  the  entire  surface  with  a 
preparation  of  cork,  so  that  it  could  be 
grasped  by  the  hand  equally  well  at  any 
point. 
It  was  believed  that  it  would 
contribute  to  ease  of  riding,  as  the  po­
sition  of  the  hands  might  be  frequently 
changed  without  bringing  them  in  con­
tact  with  metal  at  any  time. 
It  did  not 
go,  however,  and 
is  now  pointed  to 
mainly  as  a  curiosity.  Many  will doubt­
less  accept  the  wooden  bar  as  an  ad­
vance  on  the  steel  one,  but  most  riders 
will  admit  that  there  is  still  room  for 
improvement  in  the  grips,  and  that,  if 
it  can  be  found,  material  should  be  put 
into  them  that  will  absorb  the  vibra­
tions  more  than  the  average  grip  does, 
and  prevent  the  tired  feeling  that  fre­
quently  assails  the  palm  of  the hand and 
ball  of  the  thumb  after  several  hours' 
riding.

*  *  *

It 

is  agreed  on  all  hands  that  there 
wili  be  a  greater demand  for  tandems

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

next  year  than  ever  before.  This  year 
the demand exceeded the supply,  and the 
makers  were  unable  to  catch  up  with  it 
until  late  in  the  season.  There  are some 
new  1896  tandems in the market now that 
can  be  bought  at  a  reduction  from  the 
regular  price,  but  the  number  of  them 
is  not  large.  Perhaps  the  greatest  run 
on  tandems  for  1897 will  be  on  the  com­
bination  style—that  is,  a  diamond frame 
and  loop  frame  combined.  One  tandem 
shown  the  present  year  had  a  double 
loop  frame,  and  was  designed  for  two 
women  riders 
costume. 
There  are  evident  difficulties  in  mak­
ing  such  a  machine  strong  enough  to 
stand  the  wear  and  tear  to  which  it 
must  be  subjected.

in  ordinary 

*  *  *

The  bicycle  manufacturers  have  been 
unusually  prompt  in  getting  their  1897 
models  on  exhibition.  Not  only  are 
many  of  them  already  to  be  seen,  but 
some  of  the  makers  have  been  ready  to 
fill  orders  for  the  last  few  days,  and 
announced  that 
their  new  machines 
could  be  procured  in  time  for Christmas 
presents.

*  *  *

If  one  could  examine  a  bicycle  of  the 
kind  most  popular  six  or  eight  years 
ago,  he  would  have  a  realizing  sense  of 
the  improvements  that  have  been  made. 
The  easiest  way 
is  to  turn  back  to  a 
magazine  or  paper  of  half  a  dozen  years 
ago,  and 
look  at  the  illustrated  adver­
tisements.  Of  course,  pneumatic  tires 
were  then  undreamed  of,  and  the  latest 
ideas  in  frames  at  that  not  remote  day 
will  bring  a  smile  to  the  lips  of  those 
who  keep  abreast  with  what  is  going  on 
in  the  cycling  world  of  to-day.  The 
glowing  language  of  the  advertisements 
accompanying  the  cuts  also  has  a  tend­
ency  to  excite  mirth.  One  cannot  help 
wondering,  though,  if 
it  is  possible  for 
the  next  half-dozen  years  to  show  as 
marked 
improvements  as  have  been 
made  since  1890.

The  consumption  of  sherry  and  port 
in  England  has  decreased 
in  the  last 
seventeen  years  from  11,000,000  gallons 
per  year  to  4,700,000,  while  tea  shows 
an  increase  of  6,000,000  pounds  during 
the  same  period,  and 
light  wines  of 
nearly  2,000,000  gallons.

Facts  About  Buttons.

Everybody 

is  aware  of  the  button 
craze  now  sweeping  over  the  country, 
but  few  know  that  buttons  are  a  com­
paratively  modern  invention.  This 
is 
the  age  of  buttons,  says  the  New  York 
Journal.

We are  slaves  of  buttons.  Buttons  of 
high  and  low  degree,  ornamental  but­
tons,  useful  buttons,  campaign  buttons, 
bicycle  buttons,  club  buttons,  official 
buttons,  military  buttons,  navy  buttons, 
policemen’s buttons,  firemen’s  buttons— 
all  kinds  of  buttons,  not  forgetting  the 
evasive,  elusive  collar  button,  furnish 
proof  of  the  assertion.

The  people  of  the  United  States  un­
button  1,400,000,000  buttons every night, 
when  they  get  ready  to go  to  bed,  and 
the  next  morning  they 
the 
same  1,400,000,000  buttons,  unless  a few 
million  have  been  lost  in  the  struggle. 
Then  other  millions  of  buttons  must  be 
sewed  on.

rebutton 

In  the  fourteenth  century  there  were 
buttons—but  no  buttonholes—and  there 
wasn’t  a  button  factory  in  England until 
the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century. 
This  button  was  purely  ornamental,  for, 
lacking  a  buttonhole,  it  couldn’t  make 
itself  useful,  and  the  question  arises 
how  our  ancestors  managed  to  keep 
respectably  covered.

Of  course,  when  a  knight  appeared 
in  mail,  there  could  have  been  no  ap­
prehension  as  to  the  stability  of  his 
covering,  for  it  was  composed  of 
iron 
and  riveted  on,  but  how  did  a  High­
lander  keep  his  kilt  in  place?  Was  it 
firmly  skewered  with  a  bog-thorn  for  a 
safety  pin?  The  Romans  were  circum­
spect  in  this  regard.  Yards  and  yards 
of  material  employed 
in  their  togas 
were  wrapped  and  entwined  about  the 
wearers.

Two  hundred  years  ago  there  were 
not  as  many  buttons  in  the  whole  world 
as  one  will  find  to-day  in  the  smallest 
“ notion’ ’  store.  Each  one  of  these but­
tons  was  made  by  hand. 
It  was  not  un­
til  1745  that any  considerable  manufac­
tory  was  established. 
In  that  year  the 
famous  Soho  works  were  opened  at  Bir­
mingham,  England,  where  steel  but­
tons  were  made  of  such  beauty  and 
finish  as  to  command  a  price  of  $700 a 
gross,  or §5  each.

On  the  accession  of  George  III.  gilt 
buttons  became  fashionable,  and 
the 
price  varied from  a few shillings a  dozen 
to $100 apiece,  depending  on  the  char­
acter  of  the  work  and  the  depth  of  the 
purchaser’s  pocket.

The  first  button  factory  in  the  United 

States  was  established  in  1848.

J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. 

me Michigan Mercantile flgeneu

FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Counsel.

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notice and 
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T  0   the thousands of satisfied  Clipper  riders,  to  the  hun­
dreds  of  Clipper  dealers,  we wish  you  one  and  all  a 
prosperous year;  we thank you  heartily and sincerely for the 
many kind words you have said  in our behalf.  We appreciate 
your  patronage,  and  while we  have  done our  best  to  give 
you what you  have paid  us for, we realize that without  your 
trade we would  not be in existence as an organization.  We 
intend  to  reciprocate  by offering a  line  of  Clipper  bicycles 
from  which  you  may  select  that  which  best  suits  your 
requirements,  at  a  price  as  low  as  consistent  with  good 
material,  well  paid  labor,  and  a  fair  maker's  profit.  Our 
business will  be the building of Business Bicycles which  will 
be considered good  business to sell or ride.

Pratt 2SS. 

BY 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

4

Around  the State

Movements  of  Merchants.

Eaton  Rapids— C.  H.  Cowan  has  as­
signed his grocery  stock  to  Wm.  H.  Per- 
rine.

Bay  City— Tenny  &  Raymond succeed 
in  the  furniture  busi­

P.  W.  Gardiner 
ness.

Unionville— Kolb  &  Geyer  succeed 
Durkee  &  Kolb  in  the hardware and  im­
plement business.

Hillsdale—W.  W.  Donaghy  succeeds 
Donaghy  &  Co.  in  the  furniture  and 
undertaking  business.

Henderson—Dr.  S.  Ludlum  has  sold 
his  drug  stock  to  Dr.  Lumby,  the  trans­
fer  to  take  place  Jan.  i.

Benton  Harbor—Judson  E.  Rice  suc­
in  the  picture 

ceeds  Loomis  &  Rice 
frame and  wall  paper business.

Chesaning—The  Union  Supply  Co. 
succeeds  Fred  H.  Blakesley  in  the  mu­
sical  instrument  and  sewing  machine 
business.

Mulliken— Lawrence  &  West  have 
completed  a  cold  storage  warehouse  and 
will  shortly  embark 
the  egg  and 
produce  business.

Armada— Partch  &  Castle,  dealers  in 
implements,  buggies  and 
is 

agricultural 
carts,  have  dissolved.  The  business 
continued  by  Chas.  H.  Castle.

in 

Ionia— Bible  &  Thompson  have  sold 
their  grocery  stock  to  Amphlett,  San­
derson  &  Co.,  who  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.

Cadillac— Leslie  &  Co.  have  decided 
to  discontinue  the  sale  of  dry  goods, 
continuing  the  grocery  business  in  con­
nection  with  their  new  timber  enter­
prise.

Kalamazoo—Day  Bros,  have sold their 
drug  stock  to  C.  W.  Cook,  formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  retail  drug  trade  in  Grand 
Rapids,  but  for  the  last  three  years 
head  clerk  for  Geo.  McDonald,  of  this 
city.  Mr.  Cook  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

stock 

Detroit— Frank  Inglis  has  sold  his 
drug 
to  his  clerk,  Christian 
Purtscher.  Mr.  Purtscher  has  enjoyed 
the  reputation  for  some  years  of  being 
one  of  the  best,  if  not  the  very  best, 
drug  clerk  in  the  city.  Mr.  Inglis  will 
go  into  the  manufacturing  business.

Detroit— Articles  of  association  have 
been  filed  with  the  Register of Deeds  by 
the  Andrew  T.  Gray  Co.,  Limited.  The  j 
concern  has a  paid  up  capital  of $9,500, 
and 
is  to  exist  for  twenty  years.  The 
co-partners  are  C.  E.  Letts,  Charles  F. 
Osborne,  A.  T.  Gray,  John P.  Terns and 
Charles  A.  DeLong.  The  company  will 
deal  in  ice  and  ice  apparatus.

Manistee—Judge  McMahon has issued 
an  order  directing  C.  W.  Conat,  as­
signee  of  Karlson  &  Forsberg,  to  dis­
pose  of  their shoe  stock  at  wholesale  or 
retail,  whichever  he  may  deem  more 
advantageous  to  the  creditors. 
The 
Judge 
issued  another  order  directing 
the  assignee  to  permit  the  assignors  to 
first  claim  and  select  their  lawful  ex­
emption  of  $250  each.

Plainwell—Geo.  G.  Starr,  who  has 
identified  with  the  drug  trade  of 
been 
this  place  both  as  clerk  and  proprietor 
since  1880,  died  Dec.  19,as  the  result  of 
an  operation  for appendicitis performed 
Dec.  12.  Deceased  first  entered  the  em­
ploy  of  the  late  Morrison  Bailey,  where 
he  held  the  position  of  clerk  and  assist­
ant  until  the  fall  of  1888.  Deceased  and 
A.  L.  Thompson  then  purchased  the 
stock  of  Mr.  Bailey  and  began  business 
for  themselves.  This  partnership  con­
tinued  for  about  two  years,  when  Mr. 
Thompson  desired  to  sell  bis  interest.

It  was  bought  by  the  Arnold  brothers— 
Levi  and  George—who  became  silent 
partners  in  the  firm,  leaving  the  entire 
management  of the business to the junior 
partner. 
In  1892  deceased  bought  out 
their  interests  and  had  since  carried  on 
the  business  independently.  He was  an 
energetic  young  man  and  a  prosperous 
one,  whose  death  is  sincerely  regretted 
by  the  entire  community.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Holland—W.  A.  Holley,  head  millet 
at  the  Walsh-De  Roo  Roller  Mills,  is 
having  patterns  made  for  an 
improved 
grain  scale  of  his  own  invention.

Albion—C.  A.  Barber, 

formerly  of 
Montague,  and  bis  brother  have  estab­
lished  a  factory  here  for  the  purpose  of 
manufacturing  a  stove  polish  known  as 
the  Russian  Stove  Enamel.

keeping 

Manton—Williams  Bros,  are  running
last  block  factory  here  day  and 
their 
night, 
four  machines  con­
stantly  in  operation.  They  have  lately 
opened  a  branch  factory  at  Mesick, 
where  two  machines  are  kept  busy  ten 
hours  a  day.

Cash Transactions Only Recommended.
The  Tradesman  feels  called  upon  to 
caution  its  patrons  in  regard  to  Charles 
F.  Dickinson,  who  has  sent  out  a  large 
number  of  letters  and  circulars  during 
the  past  week  soliciting  shipments  of 
butter  and  eggs  and  quoting  prices  on 
eggs  considerably  higher  than  the  mar­
ket  will 
legitimately  warrant.  Mr. 
Dickinson  purports  to  do  business  at  27 
East  Fulton  street,  which  is  not  a  busi­
ness  place  at  all,  but  a  private  boarding 
house,  where  he  and  his  wife  reside. 
Mr.  Dickinson  is  a  young  man  about  27 
years  old  and  recently  came  here  from 
Chicago,  previous  to  which  he  claims 
to  have  lived  in  New  York  City,  where 
he  asserts  he  was  employed  by  A.  L.  & 
J.  J.  Reynolds  and  also  by  Matthews  & 
Willard.  He  recently  made  a  small 
deposit  in  the  Old  National  Bank,  but 
does  not  claim  to  be  possessed  of  any 
means  in  addition  to  this  sum.  His  let­
ter  heads  bear  the  name  of  the  Old 
National  Bank  as  reference,  but  the 
officers  of  that 
institution  assert  that 
such  use  of  the  name  is  entirely  unau­
thorized.  The  Tradesman  has  made 
diligent  effort  to  interview  Mr.  Dick­
inson,  without 
result,  and,  pending 
further  investigation,  the  patrons  of  the 
Tradesman  are  advised  to  deal  with 
Mr.  Dickinson  on  a  spot  cash  basis 
only.  He  may  be  all  right,  and  his  in­
tentions  may  be  honorable,  but  some  of 
his  methods  cause  the  Tradesman  to  re­
gard  him  with  suspicion.

Unfortunate  Experience  of  a  Clare 

Mercantile  House.

Clare,  Dec.  28—On  or  about  July  8, 
1895,  the  firm  of  Mason  &  Boyd  bought 
a  bill  of  fruits  from  a  gentleman  by  the 
name  of  Hill,  who  claimed  to  be  a 
member  of  the  firm  known  as  the  Sagi­
naw  Fruit  and  Produce  Co.,  successors 
to  O'Donald  &  Co.,  he  agreeing  to  de­
liver  the  goods  and  collect  for  same. 
The  same  Mr.  Hill  sold  four  or  five 
firms  in  Clare,  making  the  same  state­
ment  to  a ll;  also  stating  that  his  house 
intended  to  run  a  car  once  a  week 
through  Clare  and  could  save  merchants 
the  freight  at  least,  which  was  some 
inducement  to  merchants  to  buy  goods 
guaranteed  to be A i.  On  the 1 ith of July 
the  said  Hill  hired  a  dray  at  his  own 
expense and  delivered  the  goods  to each 
merchant,  having  receipted 
the 
freight  office  and  paid  the  freight;  but, 
on  examination,  the  goods  were  found 
to  be  very  poor  and  some  of  the  mer­
chants  even  refused  to  accept  them. 
Mr.  Hill  went  from  place to  place  and 
made  some  reductions  and  delivered the 
invoices  to  each,  collecting  and  re­
ceipting 
in  full,  excepting  one  firm, 
Mason  &  Boyd  being  one  of  the  firms 
that  paid.  A  short  time  afterward  a 
draft  was  made  on  them  by  the  Sagi­
naw  Fruit  &  Produce Co.  for the amount 
of  their bill,  $11.65,  which they refused, 
on  the  ground  that  it  was paid as agreed 
and  they  held  a  receipted 
invoice ;  be­
sides,  the  check  was  returned  to  them 
through  the  bank 
in  the  proper  way, 
endorsed  by  the  “ Saginaw  Fruit  and 
Produce  Co.,  pet  H ill.”

at 

The  Saginaw  house  thereupon  com­
menced  suit  against  Mason  &  Boyd 
in 
Saginaw  county  for  their  claim  in  full. 
The  case  came  off  Monday,  Dec.  21,  in 
the  Circuit  Court 
in  Saginaw.  Mason 
&  Boyd  wanted  to  show  that  Mr.  Hill 
made  the  delivery  of  the  goods  himself 
and  also  of  invoices  for  same,  but  the 
Court  positively  refused  to  permit  such 
evidence  to  be introduced and instructed 
the  jury 
in  O’Donald’s  favor,  as  Mr. 
O'Donald  claimed  to  be  the  Saginaw 
Fruit and  Produce  Co.  himself,  so  that 
Mason  &  Boyd  are  compelled  to  pay 
heavy costs  and  the  bill  again.

The  business  men  of  Clare  are  con­
siderably  put  out  over  the  matter and 
talk  of  discontinuing  business 
in  the 
Saginaw  Valley,as  they  don’t  knowhow 
soon  some  one  else  may  turn  on  them 
for  bills  paid,  and  don’t  consider  the 
chances  for  justice  very  good  in  that 
county.

Mr.  O’Donald  claimed  that  he  em­
ployed  Mr.  Hill  on  first  sight  and  knew 
nothing  as  to  his  antecedents. 
It  ap­
pears  as  if  it  is  about time business men 
should  try  and  call  a  halt  on  such  chi­
canery,  and  courts  should  try  and  pro­
tect  the  merchants  from  such  treatment, 
instead  of  encouraging  business  houses 
to  engage  total  strangers  and  sending 
them  out  to  “ do  up”   the  merchants  of 
the  country  and  get  done  up themselves, 
and  then  fall  back  on  the  merchant 
through  some  pretense  and  make  him 
stand  the  loss  that  is  unjust.

Ja m es  F.  T atm an.

A.  J.  Dayton  has  sold  his  drug  stock 
to  Wm.  Barth  and  Theo.  H.  Weskey, 
who  will  continue  the  business  under 
the  style  of  Barth  &  Weskey.  The  part­
ners  are  enterprising  young  gentlemen, 
who  confidently  expect  to  achieve  suc­
cess  in  their  vocation.

The  grocery  business  carried  on  at 
825  South  Division  street  for a  number 
of  years,  under  the  style  of  Geo.  H. 
Cobb  &  Co.,  will  be  continued  in  the 
future  by  Geo.  H.  Cobb  at  the  same  lo­
cation.

Harmelink  Bros. 

(Benjamin  and 
in  the 
Henry)  succeed  Archie  David 
grocery  business  at  300  South  Division 
street.

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.

How  Grape  Fruit  Has  Grown  in  Pub­

lic  Favor.

It 

Within  five  years  grape  fruit  has  be­
come  firmly  established  in  favor  in  the 
larger  cities,  and  the  demand  is  con­
stantly  growing,  yet  there  are  many 
grocers  who  scarcely  know  it  when  they 
see  it.

citrus 

Grape  fruit 

is  the  largest  and  most 
handsome 
fruit  grown,  many 
specimens  attaining  the  size  of  the 
Japan  melon,  so  well  known. 
is 
nearer  the  color  of  a  lemon  than  it  is 
that  of  an  orange,  but  its  outer  cover­
ing  is  as  smooth  as  satin  and  its  keep­
ing  quality  remarkable.  The  meat  is 
solid  and  the  flavor  is  tart,  but  beware 
of  the  snowy-white  inside  covering,  for 
that 
in  kidney 
troubles  and 
fevers,  physicians 
highly  prize  grape  fruit,  and  formerly 
many  patients  went  to  Florida  in  order 
to  make  use  of  it.  Now  the  trip  is  un­
necessary,  for that  purpose  at  least,  as 
the  grape  fruit  comes  to  the  patient  and 
others.

is  as  aloes.  For  use 

The  best  early  fruit comes  from  Nas­

in 

It 

sau  and  Jamaica,  but  some  very  fine 
Floridas  arrived  a  few  days  ago. 
is 
more  plentiful  this  year  than  last,  be­
cause  the  West  India  growers  were  un­
prepared  for  the  American  demand  for 
it 
last  year.  Until  after  the  Florida 
freeze  they  had  not  hoped  to  compete 
with  the  Florida  growers,  but  this  sea­
son  they  were  all  ready and  sent  their 
choicest  fruit  here.

The  grape  fruit  really  is  an  improved 
sort  of  shaddock. 
The  name  grape 
fruit  is  given  to  the  improved  sort  be­
cause  of  the  habit  of  growth  on  the tree. 
They  hang  in  bunches  of  three  or  four, 
and 
little  circular  marks  on  the  skin 
show  the  point  of  contact,  and  do  not 
indicate  decay  as  many  persons  think 
they  do.

Following 

the  West 

fruit 
Indies 
comes  that  from  Florida,  and 
lastly 
California  sends  her quota  of  it,  but  the 
latter  is  not  so  good  as  the  rule.  The 
season  thus  extends  from  October  to 
February  or  March.

How a Chicago  Manager Treats Light-

Fingered  Clerks.

“ No  greater  mistake  could  be  made 
than  to  impose  the  heaviest  penalty  for 
any  petty  thieving  that  may  take  place 
among  the  clerks,’ ’ said  the  manager 
large  State  street  store  in  Chi­
of  a 
cago. 
“ The  evil  is  not  eradicated,  the 
store 
is  not  benefited  by  such  a  course, 
and  the  culprit,  even  if  not  of  a  vicious 
natuie,  after  enduring  the  shame  of  ex­
posure,  is  likely  to  drift  or  be  driven 
into  the great  class  of  felons.  A  wiser 
course  for  the  store  manager  to  take, 
when  a  case  of  stealing  by  an  employe 
comes  to  his  notice, is  to  severely  repri­
mand,  pointing  out  the  dangers  of  such 
practice,  and  then,  instead  of  turning 
the  guilty  one  over  to  the  law,  send  him 
or  her  back  to  work  with  the  injunction 
to  make  the  best  of  opportunities  by 
honest  effort,  and  with  the  assurance 
that  the  matter  will  be  kept  strictly 
secret.  The  chances  are  ten  to  one  that 
that  clerk  will  in  the  future  prove  to  be 
one  of  the  best  in  the  store,  so thorough­
ly  will  he  realize  his 
indiscretion  and 
so  thankful  will  he  be  for  his  escape 
from  punishment.

“ I  speak  from  experience,  and  will 
cite  one  of  a  dozen  or  more  specific 
cases  that  I  have  had  to  deal  with,  and 
that  will  go  to  prove  what  I  have  said. 
The  head  of  the  cutlery  department 
once  called  my  attention  to  a  box  of 
pen  knives  from  which  two  had  evi­
dently  been  taken,  as  a  broken  box 
nevei  comes  from  the  factory  or  store­
room.  All  the  circumstances  led  to  the 
suspicion  of  a  stock  boy,  and  being 
confronted  with  the  charge,  he  con­
fessed. 
I  knew  the  boy  to  be  of  good 
parentage,  and  was  satisfied  upon  his 
own  statement  that  this  was  his  first 
offense.  That  lad  will  never  forget  the 
lecture  I  gave  him.  He  was  sent  back 
to  work,  and  nothing  more  was  said 
about  it.  For  a  time  he  was  watched, 
and  the  department  head  v/as  soon  con­
vinced  that  there  was  no  danger  of  a 
repetition  of  the  act.  The  boy  worked 
to  redeem  himself  in  our  eyes,  and 
in 
doing  that  he  worked  himself  up  to  be 
one  of  the  most  valuable  and  trusted 
clerks  in  the  store.

“ It  would  no  doubt  have been  less 
bother  to  have  discharged  him,  and 
many  others  who,  like  him,  have  de­
parted  from  their  naturally  honest  in­
stincts,  but  I  prefer  the  more  lenient 
treatment  of  such  cases— I  even  believe 
it  is  better  business  policy.”

It  is  very  generally  conceded  that  the 
Peninsular  Trust  Co.  has  made  a  ten 
strike  in  securing  the  services  of  Judge 
Perkins,  who  will  hereafter  devote  his 
entire  time  and  attention  to  that institu­
tion,  occupying  the  position  of  Treas­
urer.  Mr.  Perkins  has  been 
identified 
with  the  Probate  Court  of  Kent  county 
for  the  past  twenty  years  and  probably 
has  as  wide an  acquaintance among  the 
people  of  the  county  as  any  man  in  the 
city.

We  have  photographed  over  300 of  the 
Michigan  traveling  men.  Grand  Art 
Studio,  21  Canal  street.  T.  F.  Noble, 
proprietor.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Fruit  Market.

Lemons— It  is  now  possible  to  secure 
as  many  grades  of  stock  as  a  dealer’s 
needs  may  require  and  at  prices 
in 
keeping  with  the  quality.  The  importa­
tions  are  regular  and  quite  heavy, 
which  has  resulted  in  giving  buyers  the 
long  end.  There  is  no  reason,  however, 
why  any  dealer  should  anticipate  his 
needs  much  in  advance  of  the  require­
ments  of  regular  business,  as  arrivals 
continue 
in  usual  quantities,  and  the 
certainty  of  continued  low  prices  pre­
cludes  the  possible  boom  by  speculative 
purchases.  The  mild  weather  which  has 
characterized  the  winter  so  far  has  en­
abled  the  carriers  to  transport  the  fruit 
to 
frozen 
goods  have  been  practically  unknown. 
The  present  prices  of  local  jobbers  are 
low  and  are  probably  as  near  bed  rock 
as  they  will  be,  so  the  retail  trade  need 
have  no  hesitancy 
in  buying  a  two 
weeks’  or  thirty  days’  supply.

its  destination  safely,  and 

it 

Bananas— For  some  reason  there  has 
been  a  very  limited  demand  for  this va­
riety  of  fruit  for  a  few  months  past,  and 
local  commission  men  are  at  a  loss  to 
understand  why 
is  so.  During  the 
peach  season  the  demand  has  always 
been  light,  but 
it  has  usually  revived 
again  about  October  15  and  reached  the 
regular  volume  by  Christmas.  This 
year,  as  above  stated,  has  been  an  ex­
ception  and  no  one  seems  to  care  much 
whether  they  have  bananas  or  not.  As 
a  result  of  this  feeling,  carload  ship­
ments  to  this  market  have  been  very 
few  during  the  year  now  closing,  and 
there  is  nothing  to  warrant  a  belief  that 
much  improvement  over  present  condi­
tions  will  be  noticeable  before  the  ad­
vent  of  warm  settled  weather.  There 
is  too  much  risk  to be  assumed  in  or­
dering  carloads  where  there  is  any  un­
certainty  as  to  the  possibility  of  dis­
posing  of  them  quickly.  The local  Ital­
ian  retailers  buy  a  car  and  divide  it 
among  themselves  and  are  thus  enabled 
to  secure  the  benefit  of  lowest  prices 
and,  through  the  medium  of  the  retail 
demand,  derive  a  fair  profit,  without 
running  much  chance  of  loss. 
It  will 
probably  be  a  long  time  before  compet 
ing  fruit  dealers  of  this  city  conceive 
idea  that  they  are  “ kings”   in  the 
the 
business  and  order  as 
indiscriminately 
as  they  were  wont  to  do  two or  three 
years  ago.  At  that  time  a  few  importers 
fell 
into  the  habit  of  making  consign­
ments  and  those  who  bought  outright 
found 
it  “ hard  sledding”  to  meet  this 
competition.  The  result  was  a  demor­
alization  of  that  which,  under  proper 
methods,  would  have  proven  a  remuner­
ative  business.  The  importers  referred 
to  have  since  “ dropped  their  bundle,”  
as  might  have  been  expected,  and  the 
distributing  agents  have learned wisdom 
and  now  exercise  due  caution  in  the 
handling  of  such  perishable  commodi­
ties.

Oranges—There  has  been  a  most  de­
cided  decline  in  the  price  of  this  fruit 
during  the  past  week.  They  ruled  high 
up  to  and 
including  the  holiday  de­
mand,  but  since  Christmas  the  market 
has  broken  and  holders  are  disposed  to 
treat  prospective  purchases  most  leni­
ently.  California  Seedlings  are  being 
pushed  forth  rapidly  and  find ready  sale 
at  the  reduced  figures.  The  fruit  is 
well  colored  and  <in  a  very  short  time 
the  now  pronounced  acidity  will  have 
been  entirely  overcome  and  the  real 
California  orange,  in  all  its  palatable­
ness,  will  be  displayed  by  every  vendor |

of  fruit  from  one  end  of  the  country  to 
he  other,  and  at  prices  which  will  ap­
peal,  without  denial,  to  the  pocketbook 
of  every  passer-by. 
The  N avel-free 
from  seeds  and  representing  the  real 
cream  of  the  California  orchards— is 
coming  forward  slowly,  but the quantity 
will  soon  be  larger  and  adequate  to  the 
demand.  The  foreign  fruit,  such  as 
Messinas  and  Valencias,  is  entering  the 
New  York,  Boston  and  Philadelphia 
markets  in  abundance  and  is  being  sold 
very  cheap,  in  order  to  compete  with 
the  home  grown  fruit.  One  car  of  the 
Valencias  has  been  brought  to  this  mar­
ket,  but  sales  are  confined  almost  en­
tirely  to  the  street  vendors  and  such 
trade  as  finds 
incumbent  to  herald 
price  rather  than  value  in  order  to  at­
tract  purchaseis.  As  the  hoped-for bet­
ter  times  gradually  appear,  the  people 
will  use fruit  in  greater  quantities  and 
the  orange  trade  will  net  substantial  re­
turns  to  the  dealers  at  large  and  bring 
smiles  of  gratification  to  the  growers.

it 

Foreign  Nuts—Now  that  the  holiday 
demand 
is  over,  there  is  a  perceptible 
loosening  of  the  rigidity  which  charac­
terized  asking  prices  during  the  fore 
part  of  December.  This  applies  espe­
cially  to  filberts,  Brazils,  pecans  and 
French  walnuts,  but  the  easier  tone  is 
in  evidence  all  along  the  line  from  A  to 
Z.  Sales  will  be  slower  for  some  time 
and  purchases  will  be  made  in  small 
amounts,  while  sellers  will  be 
inclined 
list  quotations. 
to  shade  prices  from 
Black  walnuts  and  butternuts  are 
in 
good  supply  and  are  being  quoted at 5cc 
per bu.

Dates—Are  also 

lower,  owing  to 
larger  arrivals  and  a  curtailment  of  de­
mand.

institution 

Figs—Continue  to  sell  freely  at  un­
is  ex­

changed  prices.  The  quality 
ceptionally  good.
Statements  Based  on  Misinformation.
The  Giand  Rapids  Herald  recently 
interviewed  an 
individual  who  is  de­
scribed  as  a  “  well-known  business  man 
who  has  made  something  of  a  study  of 
municipal legislation and who has served 
in  the  State  Legislature”   on  the  much- 
mooted  subject  of  the Poor Commission. 
This  gentleman  objects  to  the  employ­
ment  of  Mr.  Le  Baron  as  investigator 
for  the  Commission,  on  the  ground  that 
he  “ received  his  education,  so  to 
speak,  in  the  employ  of  the Commercial 
Credit  C o.,”   which 
is 
charged  with  indiscriminately blacklist­
ing  people  who  are  unfortunate—all  of 
which  goes  to  show  that  the  gentleman 
is  discussing  a  subject  of  which  he  has 
no  knowledge  whatever.  The  Commer­
cial  Credit  Co.  furnishes  information  of 
an  advisory  character only. 
It gives  its 
subscribers  a  history  of  each  person 
applying  for  credit,when  asked  to  do  so 
in  the  regular  course  of  business,  per­
mitting  the  enquirer  to  form  his  own 
conclusions  as  to  the  character and  re­
sponsibility  of  the  applicant,  based  on 
an  accurate  knowledge  of  his  record  as 
disclosed 
in  his  dealings  with  other 
merchants.  There  is  a  vast  amount  of 
misinformation  rampant  in  the  land  on 
the  subject  of  commercial  agencies,  and 
the  Tradesman  commends  such  igno­
ramuses  as  the  gentleman  quoted  by  the 
Herald  to  a  careful  study  of  the  agency 
system  before 
in  such  un­
indiscriminate  con­
warranted 
demnation.

indulging 

and 

The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. 
has  the  order  for  the  drug  stock  of  Bug- 
bee  &  Roxburg,  who  have  arranged  to 
open  a  new  store  at  Traverse  City  early 
in  January.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  European  markets  have 
seen  some  fluctuations  during  the  week, 
both  upward  and  downward,  which  have 
netted  about  the  ruling  figure.  Foreign 
refined  seems  to  be  slightly  stronger. 
The  domestic  raw  market  is unchanged, 
being  quiet,  with  no  demand. 
The 
Trust  is at  present  buying  no raw sugars 
to  speak  of,  having  sufficient  on  hand 
to  last  some  little  time.  The  consump­
tive demand  for  sugar  is  very  small,  as 
is  usual  at  this  season.  No  increase  in 
trade  can  be  looked  for  prior  to  the  late 
spring.

Teas— Everything  seems  to  be  held 
firmly,  and  those  of  the  trade  who  wish 
to buy  are  compelled  to  pay  full  prices. 
A  circular  from  China,  received  during 
the  week,  states  that  the  combined  ex­
portation  of  country green  teas  to  both 
America  and  England  would  this  year 
not  exceed 
last  year’s  exportation  to 
America  alone.  Some  teas are  selling, 
probably  only  about  half  the ordinary 
Prices 
trade  during  other  months. 
show  no  particular  change  over 
last 
week.  The  most  conservative  of  the 
trade  now  expect  prices  to go no higher, 
even  though  a  considerable  volume  of 
business  should  ensue  toward  the  last 
of  January.

Provisions—The  provision  trade  has 
been  characterized  by  a  moderate  vol 
ume  of  cuirent  business  and  quietude 
in  speculative  operations.  The  changes 
in  range  of  prices  of  leading  articles 
have  not  been  striking.  There  is  much 
of  interest  manifested  in  the  question of 
probable  supply  of  hogs  to  be  marketed 
in  the  next  two  or  three  months  and 
later.  The  sources  of  supply  cover  so 
great  an  area,  and  the  changes  that  oc­
cur  from  time  to  time  in  the  tendency 
to  increase  and  to  decrease  the  raising 
of  such  stock,  thereby  shifting  the  basis 
of  larger  supplies,  render  it  difficult 
to  compass  the  question  with  any  de­
gree  of  certainty.  The  large  corn  crop 
of  1895  served  to  stimulate  interest  in 
production  of  hogs,  and  the  marketings 
for  the  eight  months  ending  Nov.  1 
were  without  precedent 
in  numbers. 
With  another  large  crop  in  sight,  low 
prices were  looked forward to by packers 
in­
and  others,  and,  as  a  result  of  this 
fluence,  with  also  fear  of 
losses  from 
maladies,  the  marketing  prior  to  No­
vember  was  especially  large,  apparently 
closely  up  to  the 
limit  of  marketable 
stock.  The  supply  since  October  has 
not  been  as 
large  as  the  trade  has 
counted  on,  and  prices  have  not  been  as 
low  as  looked  for. 
It  is  now  evident 
that  the  first  two  months  of  the  winter 
season  will  show  more  than  half  a  mil­
lion  short  in  the  packing—but  this  may 
be  made  up 
two 
months.

in  the  subsequent 

Molasses—Only  a  fair  trade  is  being 
done 
in  molasses.  The  supplies  are 
quite  fair,  and  the  scarcity 
in  finer 
grades  is  less  apparent  at  present,  ow­
ing  to  the  small  demand.  The  price  of 
the  lower grades  of  New  Orleans  has, 
in  New  Orleans,  declined  2c  per gallon. 
Advices  from  that  section  give  the 
im­
pression  that  after  the  first  of  the  year, 
when  the  demand 
increase, 
prices  on  finer  grades  will  advance.

should 

Rice— As  reported  last  week,  more  or 
less  business  is  being  done by  the  fore­
handed  in  the  securing  of  stock  against 
possible  advance  in  January.  Advices 
from  the  South  note  free  purchasing 
along  the  Atlantic  Coast,  but  almost 
painful  quiet  in  New  Orleans.  Cables 
from  abroad  note  drooping  tendency, 
but  unfortunately  this  welcome  news  for 
buyers  is  limited  to  stuff  that  enters  in­

5

to  manufactures  and  does  not  pertain  to 
styles  suitable  for  the  United  States. 
Fine  grades  are  firm,  and  unless  all 
signs  fail,are  likely  to  harden  and grad­
ually  advance  until  new  crop  can  be 
reached.

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat  has  been  advancing  slowly  but 
steadily since  our  last  report  and  we  are 
enabled  to  record  an  advance  of  2c  per 
bushel.  Trade  is  very  sluggish  and  the 
hand-to-mouth  method  is  pursued.  Had 
there  not  been  so  many  large  Chicago 
bank  failures,  also  the  failure  of  a  large 
Illinois  miller,  we  probably  would  have 
been  able  to  record  a  much  larger  ad­
vance.  The  world’s  shipments  were 
unusually  small,  being  3,784,000  bush­
els,  of  which  the  American  continent 
contributed  2,115,000  bushels.  The  vis­
ible  decreased  720,000  bushels.  From
the  above  standpoint  we  may  expect  to 
see  higher  prices.  We  do  not  think 
there  will  be  much  trading  until  after 
January  15,  up  to  which  time  we  do  not 
expect  to  see  much  change  in  prices. 
The  deliveries  from  farmers  are  merely 
nominal  and  we  can  see  nothing  to 
in­
crease  them  to  any  great  extent  until 
after  harvest.

There 

is  no  change  whatever  in  the 
price  of  coarse  grains,  nor  may  we  ex­
pect  to  see any  for  some  time,  as  specu­
lators  are  not  in  a  mood  to  trade  in  an 
article  which 
The 
same  is  true  of  rye.

is  overabundant. 

The  receipts  during  the  week  were 
rather  moderate,  being 34  cars  of  wheat, 
6  cars  of  oats,  1  of  rye,  but  no  corn.
Millers  are  paying  87c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

Flour  and  Feed.

stronger. 

Foreigners 

The  past  week  has  been  a  very  quiet 
one  in  the  flour  and  feed  market,  such 
as  might  be  expected  during the holiday 
season.  The  situation,  however,  is  daily 
becoming 
are 
steadily  buying  both  wheat  and  flour  at 
the  advanced  prices  and  have  already 
taken  and  chartered  vessel  room  for 
about  all  we  can  spare  until  another 
crop  is  harvested.  The  sharp  advance 
of  about  40  per  cent,  in  the  price  of 
wheat  and  flour  has  not  checked  buying 
orders  from  abroad,  as  many  supposed 
would  be  the  case,  and the  question  now 
is  (if  the  demand  continues)  how  much 
higher  prices  holders  of  cash  wheat  will 
demand.  The  outlook  is  certainly  very 
strong  and  prices  will,  no  doubt,  be 
well  maintained,  with  an  upward  tend­
ency.

Bran 

is  50c  per  ton 

lower  for  the 
week.  Feed  and  meal  are  steady,  with 
but  little  demand.  W m  N.  Rowe.

Purely  Personal.

W.  A.  Stebbins,  formerly  of  this  city, 
is  now  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
Lubroleine  Oil  Co.,  of  Baltimore.

J.  H.  Hagy,  for  a  dozen  years  in 
charge  of  the  sundry  department  of  the 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  but  for 
the  past  four  years  engaged  in  the retail 
shoe  business  on  Canal  street,  has  re­
turned  to  the  employ  of  the  old house  in 
his  former  capacity.

Oyster  Prices  Advancing.

In  the  East  oyster  prices  are  surely 
and  steadily  advancing,  but  during  this 
week  F.  J.  Dettenthaler,  of  Grand  Rap­
ids,  will  bill  those  famous Anchor brand 
oysters at  the  same  old  prices.  He  ex­
pects  to  profit  all  right  during  the  sea­
son  because  of  the  immense  quantities 
sold.

No advance  on  Gillies  New York teas. 

Phone  Visner,  1589.

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GOTHAM   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  Dec.  26—Christmas  com­
ing  on  Friday  leaves  us  with  a  market 
record  here  of  only  four  days,  and  prac­
tically  but  three.  During  that  time  we 
have  had  an  unchanged  market  and  a 
steady  volume  of  trade  with  jobbers 
generally.  This  trade,  however,  is  of 
a  holiday  nature  largely,  and  to  speak 
of  a  “ great  trade  revival”   is  to  talk  of 
something  that  does  not  exist. 
In  fact, 
the  reports  of  Dun  and  Bradstreet  are 
anything  but  encouraging.  They tell  of 
failures  and  shut-downs  and,  in  fact, 
are  distinctly  unfavorable.

Coffee  has  remained  pretty  well  sus­
tained  and  as  a  better state  of  affairs  is 
cabled  as  existing  at  primary  points,  it 
is  hoped  this  may  be  reflected  here. 
The  merry  war  between  the  sugar  and 
coffee  men  is  regarded  with  interest  by 
some  and 
indifference  by  others.  On 
the  street  former  prices  still  prevail.

The  sugar  market  is  almost  without 
change  either  for  raw  or  refined.  The 
demand  has  been  only  for  enough  to 
carry  the  purchaser  over  until  the  end 
of  the  year  and,  of  course,  the  supply  is 
sufficiently 
large  to  prevent  any  delay 
in  filling  orders.

Teas  are  about  as  dull  as  at  any  time 
on  record.  Prices  are  all  things  for  all 
teas.  The  auction  sales  attracted  few 
buyers,  who  seemed  to  take  only  a  per­
functory  interest  in  affairs.

The  demand  for  rice  has  been  quite 
satisfactory  for  the  few  working  days 
and  orders  have  come  to  hand  from 
quite  an  extended  section  of  the  coun­
try.  Prices  are  steadily  maintained  on 
the  former  basis  and  dealers  generally 
have  had  a  satisfactory  year.

In  spices absolutely  nothing  is  doing. 
Dealers  seem  to  have  abandoned  the 
street,  and  conditions  that  prevailed  a 
week  ago  are  in  vogue  now.

Canned  goods  are  very  quiet.  Al­
though  the  demand  has  been  nothing, 
prices  have  been  extremely  well  main­
tained  and,  altogether, 
the  year  goes 
out  with  a  better  condition  generally 
than  has  prevailed  for  many  months. 
Corn 
is  said  to  be  purchasable  from 
jobbers  at  a  lower  rate  than  it  can  be 
obtained  from  the  packers  themselves, 
as  jobbers  are  anxious  to  dispose  of  the 
accumulation  on  hand,  and  which  they 
obtained  some  time  ago  at  rates  below 
those  prevalent  now.

Lemons  and  oranges,  bananas,  pine

Farther  down  Broadway  a  window  in  a 
clothing  store 
is  fitted  up  as  a  room, 
and  in  this  a  man  walks  about  brushing 
his  hair,  adjusting  his  scarf,  and  oc­
casionally  taking  off and  putting  on  his 
coat.  This  does  not  interest  passers-by 
so  much  as  the  four girls  in  the  win­
it  attracts  always  a 
dow  up  town,  but 
fair  crowd.  Evidently  there 
is  more 
variety  in  a  few  of  these  living  figures 
than 
in  all  the  most  dazzling  displays 
that  have  been  arranged.

It 

is  usually  a  difficult  thing  for  the 
buyers  of  the  big  department  stores  to 
foresee  what  one  article  above  all  others 
will  prove  the  most  popular  with  small 
boys  who  have  reached  the  age  when 
they  may  claim  the  privilege  of  notify­
ing  their  parents  in  advance  what  they 
expect  for  Christmas  presents.  High 
rubber  boots  have  been  the  favorite 
in 
Brooklyn  this  last  week,  and  the  strong 
demand  for  this  special  article  found 
most  of  the  stores  unprepared. 
“ We 
sold  out  our  entire stock  of  boys’  rubber 
boots,”   said  one  manager,  “ and  when 
we  attempted  to  renew  it  we  found  that 
every  other  department  store  in  town 
had  had  the  same  experience.  Appar­
ently  every  boy 
in  Brooklyn  had  sug­
gested  that  such  a  present  would  be  ac 
ceptable.  Last  year  we  were  caught 
it 
the  same  way  on  small  stationary  en 
gines.  Until  Christmas  week  we  are  in 
the  dark  as  to  what  will  be  the  popular 
article  of  the  holiday  business,  but  I 
don’t  think  that  we  have  ever been  so 
badly  fooled  as  we  were  this  year  on 
rubber  boots. ’ ’  The  men  who  manu­
facture  cheap  novelties  for  street  vend­
ers  have  sold  quantities  of  stained  clay 
images  of  Li  Hung  Chang  this  last 
week.  Park  Row,  Ann,  Fulton,  and 
Vesey  streets  have  been 
lined  with 
vendeis  who  have  exhibited  these  im­
ages  as  their  most  popular  novelty.

In  one  of  the  down-town  streets  now 
fallen  from 
its  estate  as  the  residence 
is  a  small  gro­
of  fashionable  people 
cery  store  in  the  basement  of  one  of  the 
old-fashioned  dwelling  houses  that  are 
to  be  seen  on  either side  of  the  street. 
Most of  the  houses  about  it  are  given up 
to  boarders  and 
lodgers,  and  scarcely 
one  of  them  retains  the  old-time  claim 
to  exclusiveness  and  fashion. 
In  the 
window  of  the  little  grocery  store are 
some  mouldy  packages  of  spaghetti, 
dusty  cans  of  sardines,  and 
jars  of 
olives  that  have  evidently  long  waited 
in  vain  for  purchasers.  Apparently,  few 
purchasers  ever  enter  the  shop,  and 
those  of  the  neighbors  who  have  taken 
the  time  to  think  about  the  matter  won­
der  why  it  is  that  there  is  so  little  ap

°d  

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ign  green

Dried  fruits  are  moving  slowly  and  at 
what  seem  to  be  unprofitable  rates.  For 
the  very  finest  grades  there  has  been  a 
rather  good  movement,  but  the  week 
was  too  short  to  obtain  much  of  an 
estimate  as  to  the  general  volume  of 
trade  going  on.

appies  and  that iTneTf  tmC*  g e n e ^   g ™ «  
known  as  foreign  green  have  been  mov-  ^ tsd d o m   during  the  daytime does  the
ittle  door  with  an  Italian  name  painted 
ing  in  a  moderate  manner,and  probably 
on  it  swing  to  and  fro  to  admit  custom­
the  year  will  close  with  what  will  seem 
ers  or  anybody  else.  During  the  day­
to  be  a  slump  after  what  we  have  had 
light  hours  the  place  is  dull.  Few  of 
in  the  way  of  holiday  trade.  Prices  of 
the  neighbors  notice  this,  because  the 
lemons  are  very  low,  even  for  this  time 
boarders  and  the  lodgers  are  workers 
of  year.
who  leave  their  homes  early  and are not, 
as  a  rule,  away  from  them  late  at night. 
But  sometimes  belated  passers  are  sur­
prised  at  what  looks  like  an  appearance 
of  unusual  enterprise  on  the  part  of  the 
grocery’s  foieign  proprietor.  Hansoms 
then  stand  near  or  in  front  of  the  little 
shop,  and  a  light  burns  dimly  behind 
the  drawn  blinds  The  street  is  dark 
save  for  the 
light  that  comes  from  a 
hotel  not  far  distant,  and  when  smartly 
dressed  women 
issue  from  the  grocery 
and  step 
into  the  waiting  vehicles,  it 
surprises  even  more the  passers-by.  But 
these  things  happen  always  at  night, 
when  the  rest  of  the  houses  in the region 
are  asleep,  and  the  neighbors  see  noth­
ing  in  the  little  store  to  surprise  them 
beyond  the  fact  that  it  has  so  few  cus­
tomers  and  still  exists  on  its  stock  of 
spaghetti,  sardines  and  olives.

The  cheese  market  has  been  fairly 
active  and  for  fancy  September  make 
the  demand  was  especially  good,  both 
for  export  and  home  use.  Prices  are 
firm  and 
likely  to  remain  so  tor  some 
time.

Eggs  are  scarce  and  fetch  almost  any 
price. 
is  practically  impossible  to 
find  any  stock  worthy  the  name  of fresh, 
and  almost  any  price  is  paid  for  such 
goods.

Butter  is  firm  and  the  cold  wave  has 
had  the  effect  of  establishing  a  rate 
i@2c  higher  than  a  week  ago.

It 

illustrate 

The  store  windows  this  year  are  more 
living 
than  ever  before  decorated  with 
in  one  way  or 
exhibits  that 
another  the  wares  to  be  had 
inside. 
These  human  decorations  invariably  at­
tract  large  crowds,  and  are  evidently  a 
good  advertisement  for  the  shop-keep­
ers.  One  that  keeps  the  largest  crowds 
in  front  of  it  is  composed  of  four  young 
girls  playing  a  new  game,  and  they  do 
it  with  so  much 
evident  enjoyment 
that  the  people  watching  from  the  side­
walk  enjoy  themselves  sympathetically.

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done  on  an  f.  o.  b.  basis—the  only 
proper  method  of  selling  fruit.  Deal­
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are  to  be  practically  blacklisted.

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7

A  Pineapple  Cheese  and  What  Came 

of  It.

“ There,  girls,”   said  Peg  as  she  laid 
an  apoplectic  parcel  on  the dining room 
table,  “ there  is  probably the finest pine­
apple  cheese  on  the  isle of Manhattan !”
“ Pineapple  cheese?”   a  chorus  of dis­
may  and  derision  arose;  “ why  pine­
apple?  Why  not  Brie  or  Camembert 
or— ’ ’

“ Oh, 

I  know,”   said  Peg 

loftily, 
“ that  you  swells,”   with  a  bitter  em­
phasis  on  the  word,  “ affect  all  kinds  of 
evil-smelling  cheeses  with  your  after- 
dinner  coffee,  but  as  I  am  plain  and 
democratic 
in  my  tastes,  I  buy  pine­
apple cheese  wherewith  to  regale  myself 
when  I  come  in,  worn,  jaded  and  faint 
with  hunger after  my  day’s  toil. ”

Then  she  hung  up  her  sailor,  cut  off 
the  head  of  her  pineapple 
cheese, 
scooped  out  a  chunk  and  proceeded  to 
eat  it  like a  piece  of  cake.  Meantime 
we  three  jeered.

As  Peg  stood  there  greedily devouring 
her  cheese,  she  did  not  look  much 
like 
a  girl  whose  heart  was  broken.  She  was 
plump,  rosy  and  sturdy. 
She  curled 
her  hair.  She  was  as  different  as  pos­
sible  from  the  accepted  type  of  love­
lorn  maiden  wasting  away  to  a  prema­
ture  grave  from  disappointed  love.  Yet 
we  girls  knew  all  about  the  dreadful 
quarrel  Peg  had  with  Jack  Sheppard—a 
quarrel  that  broke  off  her  engagement 
and  sent  Peg  out  into  the  world  to  seek 
a  career.

We  four  girls,  Grace,  Eleanore,  Mar­
garet,  otherwise  Peg,  and  the  writer, 
have  a  tiny 
little  box  of  a  flat  uptown 
where  we  play  at  housekeeping.  We 
in  a  chafing  dish  and  the  fire  es­
live 
cape 
is  our  refrigerator.  Every  week 
or  so  we  are  visited  by  a  big  good-na­
tured  officer,  who  tries  to  look  stern 
when  he  states  he  will  surely  be  obliged 
to  arrest  us  if  we  do  not  keep  our  fire 
escape  clear  of  bird  cages,  vegetables, 
fruit  and  flower  pots.

Then  there  ensues  a  spasm  of  tidying 
up,  the  plants  and  birds  are arranged  in 
the  “ drawing  room, ”   as  we  call  the 
tiny  reception  room,  the  vegetables  are 
stored  in  the  kitchen  closet  and the fruit 
is heaped ostentatiously on the sideboard. 
But  someway,  gradually,  demoralization 
again  creeps  upon  us,  the  fire  escape 
allures  and  beckons  us  and  flaunts  its 
attractions  as  a  storehouse  before, us and 
we  again  succumb  to  its  fascinations.

Therefore  we  were  not  greatly  sui- 
prised  when  Peg,  after  satisfying  her 
healthy  young  appetite,  proceeded  to 
place  her  cheese  just  outside  the  win­
dow  upon  the  fire  escape.

“ Peg,  you are  crowding  the  refrigera­

tor,”   objected  Grace.

“ Do  you  want  a  call 

Flynn?”   asked  Eleanore.

from  Dan 

Dan  Flynn,  it  may  be  remarked  in 
passing,  is  the  policeman  who  period­
ically  cleans  out  our  refrigerator.

“ Dan  Flynn  won’t  see  it  to-night,” 
said  Peg  calmly,  “ and  I  may  eat  the 
rest  of  it  for  breakfast. ’ ’

This  silenced  us;  there  really  was  no 

argument  to  that  proposition.

We  adjourned  to  the  drawing  room 
and  while  Grace  prepared  an  article  on 
“ How  to  Turn  the  Back  Breadths  of  an 
Old  Silk  Skirt”   for  a  ladies’  magazine, 
and  Eleanore  ran  over  the  new  song 
she  was  to  introduce  in  her  next  role,  1 
gossiped  with  Peg  about  the  newcomers 
who  that  day  had  taken  the  flat  under 
us.

“ There  can’t  be  any  women,”   I  re­
marked,  “ for  there  wasn’t  a  rocking 
chair,  a  piano  or  a sewing machine,  and 
there  were  whole  cases  of  stuff  inciden­
tal  to  the accursed  sex  carried  in. ”

It  is by  this  term  we  are  accustomed 
to  speak  of  men  in  Peg’s  presence.  We 
feel  it  to  be  due  to  her.

“ Then  there  were  rifles  and  walking 
sticks  and  clubs  galore,”   I  continued, 
“ a  whole  arsenal.  I  counted  all  sorts  of 
weapons  excepting  a  gatling  gun.  Can 
they  be  social  highwaymen,  do  you 
think?’ '

likely  this 

“ All  men,”   said  Peg  oracularly, 
“ are  in  a  measure  social  highwaymen. 
Very 
is  an  organized  band 
of  cut-throats.  The  details  assuredly 
are  suspicious.  Grace,  you  know  the 
chief  of  police,  I  believe.”

“ I 

interviewed  him  once,”   drowsily 
came  from  Grace,  who  had  just  arrived 
at  the  sponging  and  pressing  stage  of 
her  article.

“ Very  well,  you  know  him,  then,”  
said  Peg  severely.  “ I  think  you  should 
call  on  him  and  ask  him  to  look  up 
these  creatures  and  see  whether  four 
unprotected  women  are  safe  in  living so 
near  them. ’ ’

“ Wouldn’t  Dan  Flynn  do  as  well  as 
the  chief?”   asked  Eleanore  lazily  hum­
ming  over  the  last  bar  of  her  song. 
“ You  see,  Peg,  the  head  of  the  depart­
ment  is  a  rather  busy  man,  and  as  Dan 
Flynn 
is  on  our  visiting  list,  it  might 
be  quite  as  convenient,  mightn’t  it?”
idle 
banter. 
in  deep 
thought.  Her  blue  eyes  grew larger and 
dreamier.  We  all  watched  her with  un­
disguised  admiration. 
She  was  so 
abominably  pretty.

But  Peg  made  no  answer  to  this 

She  sat  engrossed 

I  made  sure  that  she  was  wandering 
through  the  maze  of  memory  with  her 
lost  love,  and  ventured  to  rouse  her, 
hoping  she  would  rehearse  some  ro­
mantic  chapter  for one’s  delectation.

“ Peg,”   I  asked  softly,  “ of  what, 

dear,  are  you  thinking?”

“ I  was  wondering,”   said  she  with  a 
little  start,  “ whether  these  miscreants 
below  us  would  steal  my  pineapple 
cheese. ’ ’

in 

fearful  crash 

In  the  middle  of  the  night  we  were 
aroused  by  a 
the 
kitchen.  Grace,  Eleanore  and  I  rushed 
frantically  about,  confident  that  burglars 
were  upon  us.  After  scrambling  for 
matches  some  minutes,  with  cold  chills 
running  down  our  spines,  we  at  last  got 
a  light,  only  to  discover  Peg  wandering 
about  in  her  nightgown,  looking  very 
sheepish  and  nursing  a  broken  head.

“ I  got  up  to  see 

if  the  pineapple 
cheese  was  safe,”   she  explained,  “ and 
fell  over  the  clotheshorse,  which  some 
driveling  imbecile  had  left  directly 
in 
my  path. ’ ’

We  got  her  to  bed,  where  she  re­
mained  a  day  or  so  in  company  with 
vinegar  and  brown  paper,  smelling salts 
and  cologne.

Meantime  the  rest  of  us  often  met 
our  new  neighbors  on  the  stairs.  They 
certainly  did  not 
look  like  criminals. 
On  the  contrary,  they  were  decidedly 
prepossessing  in  appearance.  But  Peg 
persisted  in  believing  them  to  be house­
breakers,  and  to  have  special  designs 
upon  her  pet  cheese,  as the  eagle glance 
of  Dan  Flynn  had  not  yet fallen upon  it.
One  afternoon,  Peg,  being  quite  re­
covered  from  her  fall  and  dressed  in her 
most becoming  tea  gown,  sat  reading  a 
reprehensible  novel,  occasionally  look­
ing  up  to  state the  financial  loss  her  ill­
ness  had been,  to  say  nothing  of her loss 
to  the  artistic  world,  for  Peg  did  nice 
little  black  and  white  sketches  for  some 
of  the  newspapers.

Suddenly  she  threw  down  her  novel 
with  a  sigh.  “ Judith,  I’m hungry, ”   she 
announced;  “ I  think  I’ll  have  a  whack 
at  that  pineapple  cheese.  A  bit  of 
biscuit,  a  glass  of  milk,  and  that  cheese

will  save  my 
pick  in  the  kitchen.

life.  Come  on,  we’ll 

She  dragged  me  into  the  kitchen,  and 
telling  me  to  get  the  milk  and  biscuit, 
leaned  half  way  out  the  window  to 
reach  the  cheese,  which  stood  cheek  by 
jowl  upon the fire escape with Eleanore’s 
parrot.

At  that  moment  a  man’s  voice  floated 

up  through  the  soft  summer  air.

“ Look  at  that  fire  escape,  Harry. 

I 
tell  you 
it’s  an  outrage  the  way  some 
people  crowd  their  fire  escapes.  Looks 
like  a  tenement.  Why  in  the  mischief 
don’t  they  have  a  refrigerator? 
I’ll  bet 
my  head  there’s an  old  maid  upstairs. 
A  poll  parrot  and  a  pineapple  cheese! 
Well,  I’m  blessed.”

I  never  could  tell  how  it  happened. 
Whether  Peg’s  nerves  were  yet  shaky 
from  her  illness  or  from  rage  at  the  im­
pertinence  of  the  critic  below  stairs,  I 
cannot  say,  but  as  she  took  up  the 
cheese  it  slipped  from  her  hands,  shot 
through  the  opening  and  went  down 
whack,  bang  on  the  head  of  the  man, 
who, 
leaning  from  the  window,  was 
looking  up  to  condemn  the  condition  of 
our decidedly  disreputable  fire  escape. 
There  was  a  horrified  exclamation  from 
Peg,  a  muttering  as  of  distant  thunder 
from  below,  a  sweet,  imploring,  “ Oh! 
1  beg  your  pardon,”   and  Peg  came 
in 
through  the  window,  her  pretty  face 
as  red  as  fire  and  tears  standing 
in 
the big  blue  eyes.

“ The  beast!”   she  wailed,  “ did  you 
ice  40  cents  a  pound. 
hear  him?  And 
As 
if  we  could  help  being  poor.  An 
old  maid,  indeed!  I’ll  show  him.  And 
my  cheese,  my  beautiful  pineapple 
cheese.  Don’t  talk  to  me,  Judith,  I 
could  kill  him. 
I  wish  it  had  knocked 
his  handsome,  wicked  head  right  off his 
shoulders.”   And  to  my  great  amaze­
ment,  pretty  Peg  sat  down  on  a  kitchen 
chair and  wailed  aloud.

“ As 

if  he  hadn’t  made  me  trouble 
enough,”   she  sobbed,  “ to  come  here 
to  live,  and  dog  my  footsteps,  and  call 
me  an  old  maid,  and  steal  my  cheese.”
“ Who,  Peg,  who?”   I  cried,  almost 

shaking  her  in  my  excitement.

“ Who?  Why.  who  could  it  be  but that 
abominable,  detestable  Jack  Sheppard, 
dear  old  thing.  No,  no,  Judith,  I don’t 
mean  that. 
I  hate  him ;  I  despise  him. 
A  man  has  indeed  sunk  very  low  when 
he  steals  the  bread  out  of  his  former 
sweetheart’s  mouth.”
“ But  Peg,  dear,  it  wasn’t  bread,  and 
he  didn’t  steal  it.  You  dropped  it,  you 
know. ”

“ Well,  he  made  me  drop  it  with  his 
nasty  sneers  about  an  old  maid.  I  won­
der,  does  he  think  he’s  the  only  man  in 
the  world?  Anyway 
is 
Eleanore's,  and  if  you  are  my  friend, 
Judith  Faversham,  you  will  make 
it 
your  business  to  let  him  know  that  fact 
before  you  are  a  day  older. ’ ’

the  parrot 

In 

the  midst  of  this 

fusilade  of 
wounded  pride  and  dismay,  there  came 
a  pull  at  the  bell. 

I  opened  the  door
There  stood  Policeman  Dan  Flynn.
“ I  must  trouble  yez,  Miss,”   he  said 
gravely,  “ to  take  in  the  chaase  and  the 
burrud.  It  don’t  look  proper  at  all,  and 
I’m  surprised  that 
like  yez 
in  settin’  the  laws  at  de­
will  persist 
fiance. ”

ieddies 

But  Peg  was  before  him  like  a  whirl­
wind.  “ We’ll  take  in  Polly,”   shecried, 
“ and  as  for  the  cheese,  it’s  already 
been  taken  in.”

“ Not  foive  minutes  since,”   said  the 
officer  reproachfully,  “ wid  my  own eyes 
did  I  see  that  chaase  flaunting  itself  on 
your  fire  escape!”

live  downstairs, 

“ Well,  you  go  look  on  the  fire  escape 
laughed  Peg  hysterically. 
below,”  
“ The  men  who 
it 
seems,  have  not  enough  to  eat  or  to 
do—■”   purposely  raising  her  voice. 
“ They’ve  got  my  cheese,  Mr.  Flynn, 
and  it’s  a  case  of  highway  robbery,  and 
I  think  I  will  go  around  to  the  station- 
house  and  get  a  warrant  or something. ”
in 
amazement.  As  for  myself,  I  could  not 
speak  for  laughter.  And,  to  cap  the 
climax,  at  this  moment  up  the  stairs 
came  a  handsome  fellow  with  a  wicked 
gleam 
in  his  eyes,  and  bearing  on  a 
silver  platter  the  remains  of  Peg’s 
pineapple  cheese.

Policeman  Flynn 

looked  at  Peg 

“ Mr.  Sheppard’s compliments to Miss 
Seymour,”   he  said,  “ and  he  has  sent 
home  her  cheese.  He  begs  she  will 
count  the  pieces  and  see  whether  they 
are  all  here. ”

With  a  scarlet  face,  Peg  shut  the  door 
upon  Policeman  Flynn  and  the  young 
man,  leaving  the 
latter  to  explain  the 
situation  as  best  he  could  to  the  officer. 
A  burst  of  suppressed 
laughter  from 
the  hall  told  us  that  an  amusing  and 
satisfactory  explanation  was  being  sup­
plied.

“ Never,”   said  Peg,  stamping  asmall 
foot,  “ never  will  I  recognize  that  des­
picable  person,  Jack  Sheppard!  I  call 
you  to  witness,  Judith,  what  I  say!”  
Then  she  retreated  to  her  bedroom  and 
shut  the  door  on  the  tragedy  of  her  life

Next  day  I  came  home  early.  As  I 
let  myself 
in  at  the  side  door,  1  was 
startled  by a  low  murmur  of voices com­
ing  from  the  drawing  room.  Glancing 
through  the  half-drawn  portieres,  1  saw 
Peg  in  close  conference  with  one  of  the 
miscreants  from  below  stairs.
“ I  don’t  want  to  take  the  bread  from 
vour  mouth,  sweetheart,”   he  was  say­
ing,  “ nor  yet  the  cheese. 
I  will  be sat­
isfied  with  the  kisses.”

And  then  he  helped  himself.

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WEDNESDAY,

DECEMBER 30,1896.

it 

RAILWAY C O N S TR U C TIO N  IN  1896.
There  is  probably  no  interest  so  sen­
sitive  to  financial  disturbances  as  the 
railroads;  hence  it  should  cause  no  sur­
prise  that  the  records  of  railway  con­
struction  for  1896  should  show  no 
in­
is  very  gratifying 
crease ;  in  fact, 
that  no  large  decrease has  been  demon­
strated.  The  Railway  Age,  a  journal 
which  is  an  accepted  authority  on  rail­
its 
way  matters,  has 
usual  annual  compilation  of 
railway 
construction  during  the  year.  Accord­
ing  to  its  figures,  the  amount  of  new 
track  laid  during  the  period  under  re­
view  amounted  to  1802  miles,  or  exactly 
the  same  mileage  as  that  built  during 
the  preceding  year.  While,  therefore, 
no  progress  was  made,  there  was  no go­
ing  backward,  a  fact  which,  as  already 
stated,  should  be  considered  highly  sat­
isfactory  under  the  circumstances.

just  published 

that 

from  earlier 

When  the  year  opened,  the  financial 
outlook  was  favorably  regarded  and 
it 
was  generally  believed 
railway 
building  would  show  greater  activity 
than  it  experienced  for  some  years  pre­
vious  to  the  present  season.  As  a  mat­
ter  of  fact, enough  construction  was  pro­
jected  to  warrant  the  belief  that at  least 
2,500  miles  of  track  would  be  built. 
Everybody 
is  familiar  with  the  strin­
gency 
in  financial  matters  which  was 
precipitated  by  the  presidential  cam­
paign  and  the  silver agitation.  To  this 
cause,  the  Railway  Age  says,  must  be 
attributed  the  falling  off of  actual  con­
struction 
expectations. 
“ When  we  recall,”   adds  that  journal, 
“ the  conditions  of  distrust  and  fear 
that  overshadowed  the  country  for the 
greater  part  of  the  year,  the  wonder 
is 
that  men  could  be  found  willing  to  ad­
vance 
in  such  times  the  $25,000,000 or 
$30,000,000  which  the  construction  of 
even  that  mileage  involved. 
In  several 
cases  the  work  in  progress  was  stopped 
by  failure  to  obtain  the  funds  which 
had  been  provided,  and  the  completion 
of  the  unfinished 
lines  will  probably 
stand  to  the  credit  of  the  coming  year.
For  ten  years  past  railway  building 
has  steadily  diminished,  decreasing 
from  13,000  miles  in  1887  to  1,800  miles 
in  1896.  Of  course,  it  was  not  to  be  ex­
pected  that  track-laying  would  be  kept 
length  of  time  at  the  rate 
up  for  any 
large 
experienced  in  1887,  because  the 
mileage  laid  in  that  and  the  years 
im­
mediately preceding and following filled,

for  the  time  being,  the  wants  of  the 
country 
in  the  way  of  the  development 
of  transportation  facilities.  A  gradually 
diminishing  scale  of activity  from  the 
high-pressure  stage  of  1887  was,  there 
fore,  to be  looked  for.  The  small mile 
age  built  during  the  past  three  years 
however,  the  total  being  practically  the 
same  for  each,  unquestionably  reflects 
the  unfavorable 
financial  conditions 
which  have  existed,  rather  than  a  lack 
of  demand  for  further railway extension 
There 
instance,  that 
much  more  track  would  have  been 
during  the  year  just  closing  had  the 
money  been  forthcoming,  it  being  well 
known  that  considerable  work  actually 
commenced had to  be  stopped,  owing  to 
the  difficulty  experienced  in  financing 
new  ventures.

is  no  doubt,  for 

lai 

track, 

The  construction  of 

though 
small  during  the  year,  was  very  well 
distributed  over  the  country.  Out  of 
forty  nine  states  and  territories,  thirty 
eight  share  in  the  mileage  built.  Some 
states,  however, 
report  but  a  very 
trifling  amount,  several  being  credited 
with  only  a  single  mile  of  new  track 
California  heads  the 
186 
miles,  and  Louisiana  comes  second, 
with  154  miles.  The  South  received  ; 
good  proportion  of  the  new  track  built 
550  miles  being  credited  to  the  states 
usually  called Southern States.  The  total 
mileage  of  the  United  States  is  now 
little  more  than  182,800  miles.

list,  with 

CHANGES  IN  EXPORT  TRADE.
According  to  the  statistical  report  of 
the  Treasury  Department  for  the  first 
ten  months  of  this  year,  the  favorable 
conditions  of  the  export  and 
import 
trade  still  continue.  The  report  shows 
a  steady  increase  in  the  former,  with  : 
corresponding  falling  off  in  the  latter, 
Some  of  the  items  of  the  report  are  of 
much 
in  ex^ 
ports,  as  compared  with  the  corres 
ponding  period  of  last  year,  was  21  per 
cent,  and  the  decrease  in 
imports  was 
15  per cent.

interest.  The 

increase 

The 

increase 

important  gain  was 

Of  the  seventeen  leading  items  of im 
port  only three show  an  increase:  sugar, 
chemicals  and  drugs,  and  fruits  and 
nuts.  The  most 
sugar—over  $26,000,000.  Of  the  $89,- 
000,000  total  of  this commodity $26,000,- 
000  represents beet sugar, which is nearly 
five  times  the  value  of  the  imports  in 
increase  was  principally 
1895. 
from  Germany.  The 
in  the 
imports  of  cane  sugar  was from  Hawaii, 
East  Indies  and  all  the  sugar-producing 
countries  of  the  globe  except  Cuba, 
from  which  the  decline  was  to  less  than 
one-third  the  imports  of  the  preceding 
year,  or  $10,000,000,  against  $34,000,- 
000.  This 
is  a  sufficient  commentary 
on  the  effect  of  the  Cuban  war  on  her 
American  commerce.
The  next  largest 

item  of  import  is 
coffee,  which  declined  $18,000,000. 
Manufactures  of  wool  declined  $19,000,- 
000  and  the  raw  material  $12,000,000. 
Hides  and  skins  declined  over  one- 
import  of 
half,  or  $18,000,000.  The 
tobacco  tell  off  from  $14,700,000 
to 
$10,700,000,  on  account  of  the  Cuban 
situation. 
It  is  notable  that,  instead  of 
importing  flaxseed  in  large  quantities, 
as  has  been  usual,  the  United  States 
has  become  an  exporter.

The  most  prominent  increase  in  ex­
ports  has  been  in  breadstuff's—$40,000,- 
000—and 
cotton — $25,000,000— though 
the  list  showing  increase  is  a  long  one. 
Perhaps  the  most  significant  increase  is 
that  in  iron  and  steel  and  their  manu­
factures.  These  increased  $10,000,000. 
Among  the 
items  is  that  of  bicycles— 
$3,080,00c,  against  $158,000  for  1895.

is 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITU A TIO N .
Holiday  week 

is  generally  a  time 
when  there 
little  to  be  said  about 
trade.  Travelers  are  usually  off  the  road 
and  the  work  of  rounding  up  the  year’s 
business  by  inventory,  etc.,  and  of  mak­
ing  preparation 
future  takes 
precedence  of  the  consideration  of  cur­
rent  trade.  The general  outlook  is  with­
out  material  change.  There 
is  some 
disappointment  over  the  volume of busi­
ness  during  December,  but  this  is  on 
the  part  of  those  who  are  expecting  too 
sudden  a  bound  to  prosperous  condi­
tions.

fcr  the 

Since  the 

iron  combinations  have 
gotten  out  of  the  way  there  seems  to  be 
a  natural  movement  of  the  prices  in 
that  branch  of  trade  in  the  right  direc­
tion.  As  a  consequence  of  the  break­
up,  Bessemer  pig  declined  to  $10.50  at 
Pittsburg,  but  has  recovered  so  that 
sales  have  been  made  at $11.  Billets  de­
clined  to  $15  at  Pittsburg,  and  sold 
heavily  ai  that  price,  300,000  tons  hav­
ing  changed - hands.  Rails  are  quoted 
firm  at  $25,  the  new  price.  A  sale  of 
2,000 tons  of  sheet  bars 
is  reported  at 
Pittsburg  for  export  to  England  and 
there 
is  further  movement  in  the  same 
direction  from  the  Southern  furnaces.

While  the  movement  of  wheat  has 
been  duller  on  account  of  the  holiday 
season,  prices  have  been  more  than 
maintained  during  the  week,  scoring  a 
positive  advance.  The  movements 
in 
the  price  of  this  cereal  are  so  slight 
from  day  to  day  that  it  would  seem  as 
it  had  settled  upon  about  the 
though 
natural  basis,  which 
likely  to  be 
maintained.  Other  grains  are  firm,  in 
sympathy  with  wheat.  Exports  of  the 
latter  have  declined,  while  the  move­
ment  of  corn  continues  heavy.

is 

The  wool  market  has  pretty  well 
lost 
ts  activity,  as  manufacturers  are  slow 
n  buying,  on  account  of  the  continued 
lack  of  demand  for  the  finished  prod­
ucts.  Cotton 
lower  and,  while  the 
is 
price  of  prints 
is  unchanged,  the  de­
mand  is  very  unsatisfactoiy.  Hides are 
higher  again.

Many  seemed  to  expect  that  all  the 
conditions  of  healthy  demand  and  con­
sumption  would  be  immediately  man­
ifest  in  all  lines  of  trade.  They  did  not 
take  into  consideration  that  at  the  time 
of  the  beginning  of  the  revival  it  was 
too  late  for  general  fall  and  winter trade 
to  materialize  to any great extent.  There 
was  scarcely  preparation  for  it  on  the 
part  of  the  merchants  themselves;  and, 
as  to  the  consumers,  what  could  be  ex­
pected  from  those  who  were  just  begin­
ning  work  after  long  periods  of  idle­
ness?  There  was  an  accumulation  of 
pressing  debt—rent  and  other  claims  as 
well  as  those  of  the  merchants—which 
stood  in  the way of liberal buying.  Then 
it  seemed  decidedly  pleasant  to  feel  a 
little  money  in  the  hand  and  there  was 
a  greater  reluctance  to  part  with  it  than 
if  it  had  been  an  accustomed  sensation. 
After  the 
long  deprivation  money  as­
sumed  a  greater  value;  and  it  will  be 
some  time  before  people  are  educated 
up  to  the  normal  liberality  of  buying. 
In  fact,  the  lesson  of  this  deprivation 
will  produce  a  healthier  economy  and  a 
greater  care  as  to  credits,  which,  while 
tending  to  conservatism  in  trade,  will 
eventually  lead  to  better  conditions.

In  view  of  these  circumstances,  the 
general  reports  as  to  the  recent  holiday 
trade  are  decidedly  encouraging.  From 
every 
locality,  statements  are  to  the 
effect  that,  while  there  seemed  to  be 
manifested  a  greater  economy  as  to  the 
amount  of  purchases,  there  was  a  great­
er  trade  as  to  the  number  than  ever  be­
fore. 
In  view  of  all  the conditions,  this 
is  as  favorable  a  showing  as  could  be 
hoped  for.

In  many  ways  the  generally 

improv­
ing  conditions  are  becoming  evident. 
One  indication  is  found  in  the  improv­
ing  business  of  savings  banks  and  other 
depositories  of  money.  There 
is  re­
ported  a  decided 
increase  in  deposits 
almost  everywhere,  which  shows  that 
the  people  are  getting  money.  While, 
to  the  suffering  lines  of  trade,  the  in­
crease  in  its  use  may  seem  to  be  slow, 
it  is  no  less  sure  that  it  is  marked  by  a 
healthy  conservatism.

The  loud  talk 

in  the  Senate  on  the 
Cuban  situation  naturally  affected  the 
stock  market,  but  the  recovery  was 
prompt.  The  bank  failures  in  the  West 
and  Northwest  are  of  little  significance 
n  the  general  situation,  as  they  are  de­
pendent  on  local  causes.

Failures  are  32  less  than  last week,  or 

327.

A  HEALTHY  REVIVAL.

While  dissatisfaction  is still expressed 
by  many  that  there 
is  not  a  decided 
boom  in  trade,  most  are  coming  to  rec­
ognize  the  fact  that  there  is  a  substan- 
al,  healthy  revival  all  along  the  line. 
Of  course,  it  naturally  followed  that,  in 
the  first  rush  after  the  settlement  of  the 
political  controversies,  there  should  be 
some  enterprises  which  presumed  upon 
the  “ good  time  coming”   to  too  great 
an  extent,  and  that  such  enterprises 
should  be  pushed  by  the  addition  of 
large  forces  to  an  unwarranted  extent, 
which  would  make  reaction  and  disap­
pointment  inevitable.  But  it  is  remark­
able  that  these  circumstances  have  de­
veloped  in  so  few  instances.  Not  only 
have  most  of  the  factories  which  thus 
seemed  to  be  presuming  too  much  been 
kept 
in  operation,  but  there  has  been 
general  addition  to  the  working forces 
all  over  the  country,  but  in  such  small 
numbers  as  to  excite  little notice.  Their 
aggregate  is  very  large,  and  the  fact  of 
the  steady  growth  of  these  is  more  as­
suring  than  the  more  showy  announce­
ments  of  great  undertakings.

but 

likely  to 

criticised; 

As  was  predicted,  the  wave of  feeling 
which  swept  over  the  country on account 
of  the  death  of  Maceo  has  quickly  re­
ceded. 
The  activity  manifested  by 
Congress  and  the  apparent  opposition 
of 
the  administration  at  one  time 
seemed 
lead  to  interesting 
complications.  Swayed  by  the  impulse 
of  feeling,  the  course  of  the  Attorney- 
General 
in  pronouncing  so  positively 
against  the  proposed  action  of  the  Sen­
ate  in  favor  of  the  Cubans  was  almost 
universally 
calmer 
thought  is  leading  many  to  believe  that 
be  is  nearly  right  in  his  position  and 
in  the  positiveness  of  its  assertion as far 
as  Cuban 
is  concerned. 
The  recognition  of  the  belligerency  of 
the  struggling  Cubans  would  be  a  vastly 
different  matter  from  the  recognition  of 
a  government  which  has  no  manifest 
existence.  Such  a  recognition  should 
have  been  accorded  at  the  time  it  was 
authorized  by  Congress  last  spring. 
It 
was  the  apparent  reluctance  to  thus  re­
gard  the  reasonable  wishes  of  Congress 
and  the  people  which  makes  them 
im­
patient  in  matters  of  a  more  radical  na­
ture  now. 
It  is  probable  that the recog­
nition  of  belligerency  would  soon  result 
in  the  materialization  of  a  government 
which  would  make  the  question  of  the 
recognition  of 
independence  a  reason­
able  one.

independence 

There  are  many  systems  of book-keep­
ing  in  vogue.  None  in  use  can  be  re­
garded  as  perfect  unless  the  book-keep­
er  is  honest.

Mi c h i g a n   t r a d e s m a n  

g

TH E   REAL  MEANING  OF  DEBT.
It  is  a  common,  but  false,  notion  that
a  country  or  community  in  which  there 
is  a  great  deal  of  borrowing  of  money 
by  the  people  is  a  country  plunged  in 
distress,  because  its  people  are  in  debt. 
When  people  who  are  engaged  in  busi­
ness,  or  in  conducting 
industries,  bor­
row  money  actively,  it 
is  a  sign  that 
they  are  carrying  on  extensive  opera­
tions.  They  can  get  money  because 
they  have  the  credit  necessary,  which 
means  that  they  have  property,  either 
in  the  form  of  securities,  or  merchan­
dise,  or  real  estate,  which 
they  can 
pledge  tor  the  loans.  They  can  profit­
ably  use  the  money  in  extending  their 
business,  and  so  they  borrow  it  where  it 
is  to  be  had,  and  money  is  always  to  be 
had  on  good  security.

The 

The  Baltimore  Sun,  which  has  been 
delving 
in  the  records  of  the  census, 
brings  out  some  figures  of  the  compara­
tive 
indebtedness  of  the  people  of  the 
several  states.  The  records  show  that 
in  New  York  City  alone  there  are  more 
mortgage  debts  and  debtors  than  in  half 
a  dozen  states  of  the  Union. 
The  lat­
est  available  census  returns  show  that 
the  mortgage  debts  on  farms  and  homes 
in  New  York  State  amount  to  more  than 
double  those  on  all  the  Southern  States 
from  Maryland  to  Texas,  although  the 
population  of  these  states  is  four  times 
as  great  as  that  of  the  Empire  State. 
The  mortgage 
indebtedness  of  New 
York  exceeds  by $60,000,000  that  of  all 
the  states  and  territories  west  of  the 
Missouri  River. 
four  typical 
Northern  and  Eastern  States  commonly 
spoken  of  as  the  creditor  States—New 
York,  Pennsylvania,  Massachusetts  and 
New  Jersey—owe  more  than  $60,000,000 
of  mortgage  debts  in  excess  of the simi­
lar  debts  owed  by  the  seven  Central 
States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Mich­
igan,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota  and  Iowa.
in  which  the 
mortgage  indebtedness  of  the  people 
is 
above $100,000,000—namely,  New York, 
Pennsylvania,  Illinois,  Ohio,  Iowa  and 
Massachusetts.  These  six  States  con­
tain  only  one-third  of  the  total  popula­
tion  of  the  United  States,but  their  peo­
ple  owe  more  than  one-half  of  the grand 
total  of  all  the  mortgage  debts  of  the 
country.  The  Southern  States,  all  added 
together,  with  a  population  of  22,000,- 
000,  have  a  total  mortgage  indebtedness 
of  $171,000,000.  The  single  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  with  only  one-quarter  of 
the  population,  owes  $211,000,000  on 
mortgages.  The  single  State  of  Illinois, 
with  only  one-fifth  of  the  population, 
owes  $177,000,000,  which 
is  $6,000,000 
more  than  the  aggregate  of  the  fifteen 
Southern  States.

There  are  six  States 

Now,  what  does  all  this  mean?  Do 
the  figures  show  that  New  York,  New 
England  and  Pennsylvania  are  about  to 
into  bankruptcy?  Not  a 
be  plunged 
bit  of  it.  Those  are  States 
in  which 
there 
is  the  greatest  amount  of  money 
to  the  head  of  population.  Those  are 
States 
in  which  the  people  have  the 
most  money  in  the  savings  banks.  They 
are  States  in  which  there  is  the  vastest 
commerce,  the  most  extensive manufac­
turing  and  the greatest  business  activ­
ity.  The  business  community  uses  im­
mense  amounts  of  money,  and  necessa­
rily  much  of  it  is borrowed.  When  no­
body  who  can  put  up  the  required secu­
rity  wants  to  borrow  money,  it  shows 
that  business  is  terribly  dull  and  times 
are bad.  When  the  banks  and  capital­
ists  are  busy  lending  money,  it  shows 
that  business 
is  active  and  times  are 
good.

Taking  mortgages  does  not  mean ruin

and  poverty,  but  growth  and  expansion. 
It  is  only  when  they  are  foreclosed  and 
sold  out  at  sheriff’s  sale,  as  the  result 
of stagnation and poor  business,  that  the 
mortgages  have  any  sinister character.

CENTRAL AMERICAN FEDERATION
After a  reasonable  delay for investiga­
tion  and  consideration,  the  President 
has  finally  recognized  the  union  of  the 
republics  of  Nicaragua,  Honduras  and 
Salvador,  under  the  name  of the Greater 
Republic  of  Central  America,  and  has 
received the credentials of the accredited 
diplomatic  representative  of  that  con­
federation. 
In  receiving  the  new  Min­
ister  and  Envoy  Extraordinary,  Mr. 
Cleveland  declares  that  the  recognition 
accorded  the  Greater  Republic  of  Cen­
tral  America  must 
in  no  way  relieve 
any  of  the  former Central  American  re­
publics  composing  the  union  from  the 
obligations  they  may  have  contracted  to 
the  United  States.

It 

This  formal  recognition  makes 

it 
clear  that,  in  the  opinion  of  the  admin­
istration  at  Washington,the  new  confed­
eration  of  Central  American  republics 
promises  to  be  permanent. 
It  is  true 
that  Guatemala  and  Costa  Rica,  two  of 
the  Central  American  republics,  have 
not  agreed  to  join  the  union,  a  fact 
which  makes  the  confederation  a  very 
much  less  important  combination  than 
it  would  be  did  it  include all the States. 
Guatemala  alone  has a  greater  popula­
tion  than  all  the  other  republics  com­
bined. 
is  believed,  however,  that 
the  success  of  the  combination  of  Hon­
duras,  Nicaragua  and  Salvador  will  ul­
timately  bring  about  a  general  confed­
eration  upon  some  equitable  basis.
join 

Costa  Rica  could  readily 

the 
union  without  sacrificing  anything  and 
without  having  any  claim  to  precedence 
over  the  other  republics;  but  in the case 
large  population 
of  Guatemala,  her 
compared  with 
the  othei  republics 
should  entitle  her  to a  larger  represen­
tation  in  the  federal  administration than 
the  other  States  are  accorded.  Here 
is 
where  the  difficulty  lies,  as  the  smaller 
States 
to  accord 
Guatemala  any  greater  recognition  than 
they  themselves  receive.

are  not  prepared 

The  people  of  the  United States would 
hail  with  satisfaction  the  consolidation 
into one  strong  State  of  the  five  Central 
American  republics.  Such  a  federation 
would,  in  all  probability,  put  an  end  to 
the  constant  revolutions,  as  well  as 
in­
ternational  wars,  which  now  stand  in 
the  way  of  the  proper development  of 
the  many  resources  of  that  part  of  the 
world.  This  country  does  a  large  trade 
with  Central  America,  but  the  traffic 
would  undoubtedly  be  much  larger  were 
the  conditions 
existing  there  more 
peaceable.  Were  matters  as well ordered 
in  Central  America  as  they are  in  Mex­
ico,  there  is  not  the  least  doubt  but  that 
considerable  American  capital  would 
seek  investment  there  in  developing  the 
valuable 
the  country. 
Railways  would  be  built  and  industrial 
enterprises  inaugurated,  so  that in  a few 
years  the  Central  American  States,  in­
stead  of  being  poverty-stricken  and 
feeble  as  they  now  are,  would  be  rich 
and  prosperous,  as  well  as  much  more 
important  politically  from  an 
inter­
national  standpoint.

resources  of 

It  is  proposed  that a  college  for  fire­
men  be  established  in  New  York. 
In 
such  an  institution  men  could  receive  a 
course  of 
instruction  in  scientific  fire­
fighting  by  the  most approved  methods. 
The  project 
is  being  advocated  by  a 
number of  prominent  business  men.

War  Spirit  of  the  American  People. 
The American people,  made  up  of  the 
most  adventurous  and  enterprising  rep­
resentatives  of  the  master  races  upon 
the  earth,  should  be,  by  virtue  of  de­
scent,  as  they  are 
in  fact,  among  the 
most  restless,  active,  rash  and  venture­
some  of  this  planet’s  inhabitants.

Among  the  peculiarities  of  the  Amer­
ican  people is a passion for conflict,com­
bat,  battle,  and  they  have  never  allowed 
more  than  three  decades  to  elapse  be­
tween  the  close  of  one  great  national 
war  and  the  commencement  of  another, 
while  innumerable  lesser  struggles  were 
almost  constantly  sandwiched  between 
the greater.

Before  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
which  forged  the  thirteen  original  colo­
nies  into  a  nation,  there  had  been  con­
tinual  warfare  with  the  French  on  the 
northern  confines,  and  with  the  wild 
Indians  who  inhabited  the  greater  part 
of  the  continent.  From  the  close  of  the 
Revolution  to  the  beginning  of  the  war 
of  1812-15  with  England,  barely  twenty- 
nine  years  elapsed.  From  that  last  war 
with  England  to  the  war  with  Mexico 
there  was  a  period  of  thirty-one  years, 
filled  up,  as  was  the  period  of  alleged 
peace  previous  to  it,  with incessant con­
flicts  with  the  Indians,  besides  the  war 
with  Algiers 
in  1815.  From  the  war 
with  Mexico,  which  terminated  in  1848, 
to  the  great  civil  war  of  1861-65,  the 
period  was  very  short,  but  that  was 
filled  up  with  the  bloody  conflicts  in 
Kansas  and  with  the  Indians.

in  1894, 

Since  the  close  of  the  civil  war,  a 
long  period  of  comparative  peace  has 
followed.  The  Indians  have  been wholly 
subdued,  and,  with  the  exception  of  the 
railroad  riots 
the  American 
people  have  had  no  opportunity  to  in­
dulge  their  passion  for  bloodshed  and 
violence,  save  in  the  limited  way  of  an 
occasional  lynching  bee.  Thus  it  comes 
about  that,  since  the  close  of  the  great 
conflict  between  the  states,nearly  thirty- 
two  years  have  passed  away,  the  longest 
intermission  of  peace  ever  known  in 
this  country.

It  is  evident  that  characteristic  un­
rest  of  the  American  people  and  their 
love  of  battle  have  had  but  little  oppor­
tunity  in  the  past  three  decades  for any 
gratification  or  indulgence,  and  the  sit­
uation  seems  to  be  getting  quite  unen­
durable, 
therefore,  the  Cuban 
trouble  is  apparently  about  to furnish an 
opportunity  for  an  outrush  of  the  pent- 
up  National  desire  for  war.  But  the 
American  people  are  not  wholly  united 
in  this.

and, 

It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  the  peo­
ple  of  this  country  never  have  been 
united  in  any  foreign  war. 
In  the  first 
revolutionary  struggle  there  was  a  large 
and  active  Tory  population,  which  not 
only  gave  sympathy  and  money  to  resist 
the  movement  for  independence,  but 
took  part  in  the  war on  the  British  side 
and  fought  against  the  patriots  who 
were  struggling  for  liberty.

In  the  second  war against  Great  Brit­
it 
ain  there  was  so  much  opposition  to 
that  Massachusetts, 
in  New  England 
Connecticut  and  Rhode  Island  refused 
to  furnish  troops,  and  on  the  15  of  De­
cember,  1814,  there  assembled  at  Hart­
ford  a  convention  of  twenty-six  dele­
gates  from  the  New  England  States  to 
devise  means  to  end  the  war,  without 
regard  to  the  other  states  of  the  Union. 
But  for  the  fact  that  negotiations  for 
peace  had  already  commenced  between 
the  nations,  the  treaty  being  concluded 
nine  days  after  the  assembling  of  the 
convention,  there  was  much  reason  to 
believe  that  New  England  was  medita-

ting  secession  and 
intended  to  put  it 
into  execution.  The  Mexican  war  was 
extremely  unpopular,  particularly  with 
the  Whig  party,  which  was  then  promi­
nent  in  American  politics.

There  never  was  but  one  war 

in  this 
country  which  brought  out  its  full  fight­
ing  strength,  and  that  was  the  terrible 
conflict  between  the  sections,  from  1861 
to  1865.  The  people  were  able  then  to 
glut  their  desire  for battle  in  slaughter­
ing  each  other,  and  that  conflict  cost 
more 
lives  and  more  money  than  did 
all  the  other  wars  of  the  Republic  taken 
together.  The  American  people  have 
never  at  any  other  time  displayed  so 
much  prowess  or so thoroughly exhibited 
their  fighting  qualities  as  they  did  in 
the  civil  war,  and  all  the  circumstances 
warrant  the  conclusion  that  they  never 
at  any  other  time so heartily appreciated 
their  opportunities  for  waging  a  san­
guinary  warfare  as  when  they  were 
fighting  each  other.

It 

is  a 

fact,  as  has  been 

seen, 
that  in  every  war  with  foreign  countries 
the  American  people  have  not  only 
shown  no  unanimity,  but  they  have 
been  seriously  divided.  The  same  sort 
of  divided  sentiment  exists  to-day  as 
regards  the  proposed  interference  by the 
United  States  with  the  war  in  Cuba. 
It 
is  probable  that  there  is  a  majority  of 
the  American  people  in  favor  of  a  war 
with  Spain,  but  the minority  opposed  to 
it  is  also  very  formidable.

There  is  one  circumstance,  however, 
which  has  not  been,  perhaps,  sufficient­
ly  considered.  As 
is  well  known  to 
those  who  are  egging  on  the  war  feel­
ing,  the  United  States  has  only  a  small 
naval  establishment  compared  with  its 
immense  coast  line  which  must  be  de­
fended,  and  which  has  not  a  modern 
fort  or a  modern  gun  in  position  for  its 
protection.  Under  these  circumstances 
it  would  be  entirely  possible  for  an 
enemy’s  warship  to  cruise  off  the  many 
thousand  miles  of  coast  line  and  bom­
bard  the  towns  and  cities  thus  left  un­
protected.  Of  course,  no  army  could 
land  and  penetrate 
into  the  country, 
and  the  damage  done  by  the  enemy 
would  be  confined  to  the  country  along 
the  coasts,  chiefly  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Gulf  waters. 
In  this  way  the  grudge 
which  the  West  seems  to  entertain  for 
the  East  could,  if  its  people  were brutal 
and  unnatural  enough  to  indulge  such 
feelings.be  satisfied  by  seeing  the  coast 
cities  of  the  East  thoroughly  humiliated 
by  having  to  pay  heavy  contributions 
or  suffer  bombardment.

It  is  not  likely  that  any  such  feeling 
as  has  been  suggested  exists 
in  this 
country,  although  the  American  people 
have  shown  that  they  love  to  fight  each 
other best  of  a ll;  but  it  is  certain  that 
the  people  are  hopelessly  divided  on 
the  subject  of  desiring  a  war  with 
Spain,  and  it  will  be  most 
interesting 
to  see  what  Congress  will  do as  to inter­
ference  in  behalf  of  Cuba. 

R a d ix .

Experiments  at  the  Philadelphia mint 
with  pure  nickel  for  the  5  cent  piece 
have  proved  that  that  metal  is  too  hard 
for  the  purpose.  Further  experiments 
are  to  be  carried  on  with  various alloys. 
The  pure  nickel  coins  are  said  to  wear 
very  well,  according  to  the  Swiss  and 
Austrian  mint  officials.

A  good  suggestion  comes  once  in  a 
while  from  the  Coal  City.  The  public 
is  called 
library  of  Pittsburg  has  what 
is  to 
a  "city  day.”   The  object  of  this 
have  the  city  officials  visit  the 
institu­
in  a  body  and  learn  something 
tion 
about  how  it  is  being  worked.

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TRIALS  W ITH   A  TRUNK.

Wife  of a  Traveling  Man  Tells of Her 

Experiences.

Girls,  should  one  of  you  ever  be  so 
fortunate  or  unfortunate  as  to  marry  a 
traveling  man,  never,  under  any  cir­
cumstances,  permit  yourself  to  be  in­
duced  to  use  his  trunk 
in  making  a 
journey.

Be  warned  in  time. 

It  would  be  bet­
ter  by  far  to  tie  your  belongings  up  into 
a  hundred  and  one  bundles  than  to  at­
tempt  it,  for  no  matter how  good  a  man 
you  may  think  your  husband,  his  trunk 
will  have 
imbibed  all  the  wickedness 
of  the  traveling  man 
in  general,  and 
will  do  the  most  unheard-of  things.  At 
the  very  moment  you  are  congratulating 
yourself  on  its  strength  and  durability, 
it  is  liable  to go  off  on  a  tear  with  your 
best  bonnet;  its  very age gives  it  an air 
of  respectability,  which  is  entirely  mis­
leading,  and  pasted  over  as  it  is  with 
express  companies’  cards,  covered  with 
scratches,  and  with  tags  dying,  it  looks 
“ experienced.”   And  so  it  is.

Such  a  one  was  my  husband's. 

I 
thought,  as  I looked at  it  musingly,  how 
long 
it  bad  been  his  companion,  how 
many  miles 
it  had  traveled  with  him, 
voyaging  the  ocean  to  London,  to Paris, 
to  Australia,  several  other  points  and 
home again. 
I  regarded  it  with  tender 
affection  and  awe.  O,  the  thought!

So  when,  in  our  early  married  life, 
my  husband  decided  that  he  could  get 
along  with  a  smaller  trunk,  and  sug­
gested  that  I  keep  the  old  one  in  my 
possession  and  send  him  such  articles 
out  of 
it  as  he  might  need  from  time 
to  time,  saying  that  in  case  I  wished  to 
make  a  trip  I  might  take  it,  my  heart 
bounded  with  joy.

“ Now,”   thought  I,  “ I  shall  have  a 
trunk  big  enough;  and  besides,  what 
woman,  I  would  like  to  know,  does  not 
in  being  thought  an  ‘ experi­
delight 
enced’  traveler,  and  what 
is  more 
destructive  of  such  an  impression  than 
a  small  new-looking  trunk?”

I  was  wild  with  delight,  and  woman­
like,  at  once set  about  planning  a  trip 
in  order to  take  that  trunk.  And  I  took 
it.

the 

But  ever  since  there  has  been  a  lurk­
in  my  mind  as  to  the 
ing  suspicion 
honesty  of  my  husband’s  intentions  in 
suggestion. 
making 
Perhaps, 
though,  he  did  not  realize  what  a  know­
ing  old  trunk 
it  was,  nor  what  a  close 
observer of  his  doings  it  had  been,  or 
he  would  not  have  trusted 
it  to  me. 
But  it  was  a  wicked  old  thing.  Why, 
even  the  key  was  imbued  with  its  own­
er’s  spirit  and  had  a  trick  of  leaving 
itself  at  home.
Well,  I  made  the  start  in  good  order. 
First  I  visited  a  small  suburban  town, 
consisting  of  dry  goods  and  grocery 
store,  postoffice  and  depot,  all  under 
one  roof,  and  a  platform without boards. 
When  my  trunk  was  dumped  on  the 
ground amidst a crowd of gaping natives, 
it  assumed  an  air  of  supreme  disgust 
and  contempt  that  filled  me  with  pride, 
but  it  showed  nothing  of  its  true  dispo­
sition.  It  was  loaded  into a two-wheeled 
cart  and  taken  to  the  home  of  my  en­
tertainer,  where,  though  it  still  retained 
this  ” air, ”   it  kept  within  bounds  and 
allowed  me  to  enjoy  myself 
to  my 
It  was  only  when  I 
heart’s  content. 
had  reached  the  country  bouse  of  an 
aunt,  five  miles  from  any  station at  all, 
that  the  trouble  began.

While  there,  my  husband  wrote  me 
to  meet  him  at  the  town  of  Thornburg, 
some  fifty  miles  distant,  for a  few  days’ 
visit,  “ and  bring  the  trunk,”   was  his 
last 
instruction.  Now,  I  never  could 
understand  what  demon  possessed  that 
trunk  to  want  to  stay  in  the  country— 
whether  the  deep  quiet  which  pervaded 
the  place  lulled  its  usual  activity  into  a 
state  of  rest,  or  whether 
simply 
scorned  to  be  moved  by  a  small  boy  of 
12  years  who  was  the  only  male  about 
the  place;  at  any  rate  it  obstinately  re­
fused  to  be  brought  out  of  the  best  front 
chamber  up  stairs,  and 
temptingly 
whispered  to  me  that  I  might  put  such 
articles  of  my  husband’s  as  I  thought 
in  a  valise,  and  take 
he  might  need 
them  to  him. 
I  took 
them,  his  best 
suit,  as  I  thought,  and  various  other ar­

it 

ticles. 
forethought,  and  set out  blithely.

I  congratulated  myself  on  my 

Upon  my  arrival  at  Thornburg  I  was 
met  by  my  husband,  whose  first  words, 
after kissing  me,  were:  “ Where’syour 
trunk,  dear?”

“ It’s  there,”   I  said,  startled.
“ Where?”  

looking  about  the  plat­

form.

“ Why,  at  my  aunt’s ,”   I  answered 
trembling. 
“ But,”   I  added  quickly, 
seeing  a  frown  gather  in his eyes,  “ I’ve 
brought  your  things  in  a  valise.”
Nothing  more  was  said  until  we 
reached  the  hotel,  when  he  wished  to 
see  what  I  had  brought. 
I  confess  it 
was  with  considerable  misgivings  that  I 
began  to  unpack  that  valise,  which  was 
greatly 
I  saw  the 
wrinkled  condition  of  the  “ best  suit,”  
but  a 
laugh  from  my  husband  caused 
me  to  look  up,  and  seeing  him  con­
vulsed,  1  asked  him  what  was  the  mat­
ter.

increased  when 

“ Why,”   said  he,  “ here  it is  the  dead 
of  winter  and  you  have  brought  me  my 
summer suit!”

He  teased  me  unmercifully  during 
my  stay  and  his  parting  injunction  was 
to  “ always  keep  the  trunk  with  you.”
I  returned  to  my  aunt’s,  and  after 
concluding  my  visit  with  her,  decided 
to  stop  over  Saturday  and  Sunday  with 
a  cousin,  who  resided  in  the  village  of 
St.  Jeans,  but a  few  miles  distant,  and 
then  proceed  to  the  home  of  another 
relative  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Percy- 
ville.

“ And  now,”   began 

this  wily  old 
schemer  of  a  trunk,  as  soon  as  it  be­
came  cognizant  of  my  plans,  “ what 
is 
the  use of  dumping  me  off  at  St.  Jeans 
and  dragging  me  through  the  place  for 
but  a  two days’  stay?  Why not  send  me 
on  to  Percyville?  My  former  master— 
with  a  peculiar  intonation—will  not  be 
up  over  Sunday,  and  you  might  as  well 
let  me go  on. ’ ’

I  was  struck  by  its  tone,  but  as  yet  I 
was  all  unsuspicious  of  it,  or  its  former 
master  either,  and  indeed,  as  the  latter 
had  already  written  me  that  he  would 
not  be  up  over  Sunday,  even  though 
it 
was  Christmas  Day,  I  readily  consented 
to let  the old  trunk  go  on  to Percyville, 
while  I  stopped  at  St.  Jeans,  arriving 
there  about  io  o’clock  Saturday  morn­
ing.

But  my  serenity  was  short-lived,  for 
after  tea  came  a  telegram  from  my  hus­
band  saying  that  he  would  be  up  Sun­
day  morning. 
I  went  to  the  depot  to 
meet him, and  his  very  first  inquiry  was 
for  the  trunk.
I  explained  to  him  that  I  had  let  it 
go  on  and  why—
“ Good  heavens!”   he  exclaimed,  *  we 
are  ruined,  ruined  for  all  time!  The 
‘ house’  has  telegraphed  me  to  come  in. 
is  to  be  a  meeting of the  stock­
There 
holders on  Tuesday and  I  am  to  lay be­
fore  them  advertising  matter  and  plans 
for  the  extension  of  the  business  next 
year,  and  everything  is 
in  that  trunk. 
Is  there  no  way  we  can  get  to  it?”

But  alas!  inquiry  developed  the  fact 
that  there  was  no  train  out  of  St.  Jeans 
until  the  next  day. 
It  was  snowing 
heavily  and  bitterly  cold,  and  to  reach 
Percyville  otherwise  than  by  rail  was 
entirely  out  of  the  question.  Nothing 
could  be  done  but  submit  to  the 
in­
evitable  and  wait  until  the  next  day.

The  next  day  we  started for Percyville 
on  the  first  train  out,  reaching  there 
about  2  o’clock 
in  the  afternoon,  my 
husband,  however,  going  on  to  New 
York.

After  hastily  greeting  my  relatives,  1 
flew  at  that  trunk,  got  out  all  the  adver­
tising  matter,  plans,  etc.,  that 
it  con­
tained,  made  them  into  a  package,  and 
rushed  off  to  the  postoffice,  where,  to  my 
horror  and  dismay,  I  was  informed  that 
there  was  no  mail  out  until  I  o'clock 
the  following  afternoon;  but  by  dili­
gently  questioning  the  uncommunica­
tive, 
I 
learned  that,  by  taking the evening train 
to  Leander,  I  could  there  have  my 
package  placed  aboard  the  eastbound 
mail  which  came  through  about  mid­
night. 
I  did  so,  and  it  was  with  a  feel­
ing  of  intense  relief  that  I  returned  to 
my  friends  at  Percyville.

little  postmaster, 

obstinate 

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sport  had  been  indulged  in  at  my  ex­
pense  concerning  the  trunk,  of  which  I 
had  now  conceived  a  perfect  nervous 
terror,  I  decided  to  return  home,  my 
husband  having  written  me  that  he 
would  be  at  home  in  a  few  days.

I  packed  my  trunk,  but  after  doing  so 
my  nervous  dread  of  it  was  so great 
that  I  was 
impelled  to  take  out  of  it 
again  my  most  precious  valuables  and 
put  them  into  a  small  valise,  remarking 
as  1  did  so,  that  “ there  is  no  telling 
what  the  old  thing  will  do  next.”
I  bade  my  relatives  good-bye,  and  as 
the  carriage  started  my  cousin  Esther 
laughingly  called  out  to  me,  “ Keep  an 
eye  on  that  trunk.”

Arriving  at  the  station,  my  trunk  was 
placed  upon  the  platform beside—lo and 
behold—another  one  just  like  it  in  size, 
age,  color,  scratches,  cards, 
tags  and 
all,  its  perfect  twin. 
I  could  scarcely 
tell  them  apart  myself,  except  by  their 
positions,  mine  lying  to  the  south  of 
the  other.
“ D ick,”   said  I  to  my  escort,  hand­
ing  him  my  pocketbook, 
“ get  my 
ticket,  please,  and  I’ll  watch  these 
trunks,”  for  I  knew  that if one traveling 
man’s  trunk  was  bad,  two  were  worse.
Dick  soon  returned  with  the  ticket 
and  I  watched  the  baggageman  as  he 
fastened  the  check  securely  to my trunk
I  stood  on  the  platform  a  few  mo­
ments,  regarding  the  trunks  curiously, 
wondering  whether  the  other  one  ever 
gave 
impatiently 
pacing  back  and  forth,  such  trouble  as 
mine  gave  me.  The  train  soon  came in, 
and  the  last  I  saw  of  the  two  trunks,  as 
I  stepped  onto  the  platform,  was  that 
they  were  being  put  aboard  the  cars.

its  owner,  who  was 

“ Surely,”   said  I  to  myself,  as  the 
is  all  right  this 

train  moved  out,  “ it 
time. ”

Three  hours 

later  I  arrived  at  the 
station  where  I  was  to  change  cars  for 
home.  After  getting  my  ticket  I  went 
around  to  the  baggage  room  with  a feel­
ing  of  complacence  and  confidence  to 
have  my  trunk  rechecked,  when—did  I 
hear  aright,  or  did  my  ears deceive me? 
—the  baggagemaster  coolly  but  politely 
informed  me  that  it was not  there.
“ Yes,  it  is,”   I  insisted,  but with  sink­
ing  heart,  for a  hasty  glance at  the  few 
trunks  in  the  small  room  convinced  me 
that  mine  was  not  among  them.

inconsolable. 

I  collapsed  completely  at  this,  the 
tears  starting,  to  my  eyes,  though  the 
baggagemaster  assured  me  that  it  would 
come,  perhaps  on  the  next  train.  But  I 
was 
I  thought  of  that 
traveling  man’s 
other 
trunk,  ^and 
shrewdly  suspected  that  the  two  had 
gone off  on  a  tear  together.
I  went  on  home disconsolately,  dread­
ing  the  hour  when  my  husband  would 
arrive.  He  came 
in  about  midnight, 
and  again  came 
that  fatal  question, 
“ Where’s  the trunk,  dear?”  as he passed 
into  the  dressing  room.
I  was  trembling  violently  but  I  made 
no  answer. 
I  pulled  the  bedclothes 
over  my  head  and  pretended  not to hear.
“ Where’s the  trunk,  Natalie?”  as  he 
came back.
“ Indeed,  Paul,”   I  answered  desper­
ately,  “ I  could  not  help  it,  the  old  vil­
lain  got  away. ”
My  husband  laughed  heartily,  which 
reassured  me,  and  I  was  soon  telling 
him  all  the  trouble  which  I  had  had 
with  his  trunk.
be  kindly,  “ never 
this 

there’s  no  damage  done 
mind, 
time. 
It  will  come  along  all  right.”
And  so  it  did.  Two  days  later,  about 
4  o’clock  in  the  afternoon,  it  came 
in. 
It  was  as  cool,  as  calm  and  as  uncon­
it  were the  best  be­
cerned  as  though 
haved  trunk 
in  the  world  and  hadn’t 
given  me  oceans  of  trouble. 
It  had  a 
few  more  scratches  and  one  ear hung 
loose,  otherwise 
it  seemed  none  the 
worse  for  its  tear.

“ Well,”   said 

“ Where  have  you  been,  you  old  sin­
ner!”   I  wrathfully  exclaimed,  to  which 
it  never  answered  a  word,  but  wickedly 
winked  its  loose  ear.

L e d a   H a st in g s.

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

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Lowest  Prices. . .

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No  matter what  may  be  your  requirements  in  the  line 
of printing,  there  is  an  establishment  in  Grand  Rapids  which
can  meet  your  requirements, 
The  establishment  is  known
as  the  .  .  .

Tradesman

Company

and  it  is  located  in  one  of  the  finest  office  buildings  in  the 
city,  the  .  .  .

New  Blodgett  Building

occupying  two  floors,  each  66  x  132  feet  in  dimensions,  which 
is  the  largest  floor  space  utilized  by  any  printing  establish­
ment  in  Western  Michigan.  Why  deal  with  establishments 
which  have  not  the  necessary  assortment  or  experience  to 
turn  out  first-class  work  when  the  same  money  will  buy  full- 
count,  full-weight,  artistic  work?  Remember  we have the  .  .

Largest  Floor  Space 
Best  Equipment 
Most  Complete  Facilities

The  Big  Merchant  and 
W. A. Lewis in Fame.

Tradesman.

the  Little 

There  was  once  a  prince  of  bluest 
lineage  who  was  very  poor;  but  as 
time  passed,  his  industry,  frugality  and 
persistence  won  him  an  immense  for­
tune,  which  he  utilized  in  the  construc­
tion  of a  magnificent  castle  that  was  the 
admiration  of  the  world.
..  *,^'ve  done  well,”   he  said  to himself. 
“ I’ve  engaged  in  business,won  renown, 
filled  my  purse  and  have  erected  this 
mammoth  castle  which  towers  above 
everything  else.  Moreover  it  makes  my 
present  position,  as  well  as  my  future, 
safe  and 
impregnable;  it  denotes  my 
strength,  awes  people  and  prevents  my 
being  besieged.’ ”   And  he  chuckled  to 
himself and  was  very  well  satisfied.

It  happened  that  the  land  all  around 
the  castle  was  occupied  by  hundreds  of 
bright,  clever  rodents  that  beheld  the 
walls  of  the  castle  while  they  were 
building.
“ What  will  we  do!”   they  exclaimed 
in  concert. 
“ That  keeps  us  out  of  the 
kitchen  and  the  pantry.  We  could avoid 
the  servants,  but  those  walls  are  to 
much  for  us. ’ ’
Every  night  the  rats  emerged  from 
their  holes  onto  the  lawn  and  looked 
up  to  the  veranda,  where  the  prince 
sat  with  his  friends,  eating,  drinking 
and  smoking.  They  heard  him  boast 
of  his  impenetrable surroundings,  heard 
him  narrate  what  a  great  man  he  was, 
heard  him  declare  that  nothing  now 
could  ruin  him.

Then  they  slunk  back  into  their holes 

and  discussed  the  situation.

One  night  a  wise,  cautious,  deter­
mined  rat  was  making  his  way  across 
the  lawn  when  the  prince  spied  him.

“ Get  out  of  here!”   he  shouted,  hurl­

ing  an  empty  wine bottle  at  the  rat.

The  rat  dodged  the  bottle,  sat  up  on 

his  hind  legs and  replied :

Why  do  you  attack  me?  What  have 
I  done  to  you? 
I  let  you  alone,  I  keep 
out  of  your  castle,  I  get  my  living  out­
side  your  domain  and  I  mind  my  own 
business.  God’s  green  grass  doesn’t! 
belong  to  you.  The  air  isn’t  yours. 
The  sun  shines  without  your  leave. 
You’ve got  all  you  can  do  to  mind  your 
own  affairs,  without  attempting to  make 
everybody  else  get  off the  earth!”
The prince  growled  and  bade his serv­
ant  bring  him  a  kettle  of  hot  water, 
which  he  dashed  at  the  rat,  who  dodged 
it  as  he  had  dodged  the  bottle.

“ I ’ll  set  traps  to  catch  you!”   shouted 
the  prince. 
“ I’ll  get  cats  and  terriers 
throw  poisoned  cheese  around. 
and 
You’re  a  nuisance,  and  I  despise  you!”
The  rat  disdained  to  reply, but smiled 
and  slowly  made  off  to  his  hole.  There 
he  gathered  about  him  his  fellows  and 
narrated  to  them  the  treatment  he  had 
received.  For  a  long  while  the  prince 
neither  saw  nor  heard  any  rats,  and con­
cluded  they  had  deserted  the  place,  and 
he  congratulated  himself  on  being  so 
powerful.  But  one  morning,  while  he 
slept,  the  walls  of  his  castle  fell  with  a 
crash.  He  was  hurled  from  his  bed 
through  an  open  window  out  to  the lawn 
amidst  a  cloud  of  stone  and  mortar.  As 
soon  as  he  could  sit  up  and  rub  his 
bruised  head  and  look  about,  he  beheld 
the  same  old  rat  sitting  on  a  block  of 
stone  near  by.
“ You  see,”   said  the  rat,  “ it  doesn’t 
do  to  ridicule  and  oppress  and  try  to 
exterminate  others.  For  days 
and 
nights,  in  our  own  quiet  way,  we’ve 
been  undermining  you,  until  your castle 
has  tumbled  down  over  your  head. 
Learn  to  attend  to  your  own  business, 
to  grant  others  some  rights  and  priv­
ileges,  for  the  smallest  and  most 
insig­
nificant  creatures  have  some  power. 
Now  you  may  thank  your  lucky  stars 
you  weren’t  killed;  but  we’ll  see 
if 
you’ve  gained  anything  by  abusing  and 
maltreating  your  weaker  neighbors.”

W.  C.  Coleman,  a  wealthy  negro of 
Concord,  N.  C.,  has  decided  to  build 
and  equip  a  cotton  mill  in  Concord  for 
the  double  object  of  teaching  and  giv­
ing  employment  to  negroes.  He  be­
lieves  that  negroes  can  be  employed  as 
cotton  mill  operatives  satisfactorily  to 
the  mill  owners  and  greatly  to  the  pe­
cuniary  advantage  of  the  negroes  them­
selves.

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JANE  CRAGIN.

M r.  Huxley  Scores Another Point with 

Himself.
Written fo r the  T b a d b s x a x .

The  bearing  of  the  Milltown  store­
keeper,  as  he  left  the  Walker  mansion 
after  his  call,  was  that  of  a  man  who 
has  done  a  disagreeable  duty  and  is 
thankful  that  it  is  over. 
If  he  had  not 
conquered  the  enemy,  he  felt  that,  as 
matters  now  stood,  there  would  be  some 
hesitation  to  renew  the  engagement, 
which  was  all  he  cared  for;  and,  that 
point  settled,  he  turned  his  attention  to 
the  next  development  in  this  interest­
ing  case.

As  he  passed  the  Neely  gate  he  saw 
Sid  evidently  intending  to  make  a  call; 
but  the  sore  spot  in  Cy’s  feelings  was 
not  yet  healed  and  he  passed  him  with 
barely  a  nod.  Once  in  the  office,  with 
his  feet  on  his  desk  and  one  of  his 
strongest  cigars  in  full  blast,  he  went 
over 
in  silence  the  call  he  had  just 
made.  Laughed  a  little as  he  recalled 
the 
jarring  he  had  evidently  given  the 
old  lady,  and  then,  after  a silence  which 
seemed  painful  even  to  himself,  he 
said :

“ After  all,  I  don't  know  but  that 
woman  is  right.  Somehow the beginning 
of  the  whole  business  wasn’t  anything 
to  be  proud  of. 
It  didn’t  start  right. 
Just  for  the  sake  of  finding  out  what  I 
might  have  known  I  couldn’t find  out  in 
any  such—well,  slobbering  is  the 
idea 
and  I  guess  the  word’ll  stand,  here  in 
the  dark— way,  I  started  in .”

“ I 

I  thought 

There  was  a  long  silence.  The  cigar 
glowed  and  the  office  grew  scant  of 
oxygen.  There was  a  getting  up,  and  a 
pacing  back  and  forth,  and  a  sound 
now  and  then  very  like  a  sigh.
just  can’t  put  myself 

in  Jane’s 
place,’ ’  he  said  at  last;  “ and  there  is 
no  need  of  it  anyway.  The  whole thing 
makes  me  sick.  Just  getting  that  pack 
of  letters,  to  say  nothing  about  the  silly 
stuff  that  I  furnished 
'em,  just  makes 
me  disgusted  with  m yself;  and  that’s 
the way Jane felt.  As  Mrs.  Walker said, 
Jane  saw  right  through  it  and—by thun­
der! 
I’ll  bet  a  thousand  dollars  that 
that  old  woman  got  a  hint  from  Jane 
Cragin  about  having  that  dinner!  Yes, 
sir,  that’s  just  what  she  did,  confound 
her! 
’twas  mighty  strange 
there  was  an  Evans  in  the  whole  con­
founded  pack  smart  enough  to  take  up 
and  carry  through  anything  like  that. 
Yes,  sir, 
that’s  one  of  Jane’s  capers 
right  straight  through.  No  wonder  it 
hurt  so. 
It  always  does  when  it  comes 
from  her.  She  goes  straight  to  the  bone 
every  time.  Humph!  Well!  Now  I’m 
sorry  I  didn’t  give  that  old  woman  a 
worse  going  over  than  I  did. 
I’m  glad 
Jane  did  it,  though!  There’s  something 
like  justice  in  that;  and  the  harder  she 
hits  the  more  chance  there  is  of—of—.
I  wonder  what  sort  of  a  crowd  that  is 
out  there. 
I  fancy  that  Granny  Walker 
made  up  that  yarn  about  those  fellows.
I  don't  believe  Jane  ever  in  the  wide 
world— I  don't  care 
it  was  in  the 
Garden  of  the  Gods—jumped  into  that 
Smith’s—hang  a  Chicago  lawyer,  I  say! 
— arms.  That  Walker  fellow  better  send 
for  his  wife  and  not  be  bothering  other 
folks  aDout  her;  and  as  for  that  Day— 
O,  d— n  doctors,  anyway!  I’d like to see 
him  trying  that 
little  game  of  his  of 
holding  Jane  at  arm’s  length  and— I’ll 
bet  anything  that  that 
is  some  of  the 
trimming  that  that  hateful  old  woman 
pinned  on  for  the  sake  of  telling  the 
story! 
I  wonder  if  I  turned  color  when 
she  said  that  horrid  thing  about  Jane’s 
pulling  up  his  muffler;  but  that  was  the

if 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

capsheaf  to  the  whole  business  when 
she  said  they  didn’t  count  the  number 
o’  times  she  fixed  it  coming home!  And 
then  the  little  cussed,  tickled-to-death 
laugh  she  gave  after  she  said  it !  That's 
the  time  I  wanted  to  strangle  her;  and, 
if  I’d  had  a  hold  o’  that doctor’s muffler 
just  then,  I'd  a  twisted  his  durn  neck 
off—yes,  I  would!  Six  feet  and  well 
proportioned!  Well,  I’m  five  feet  ten, 
and  almost  a  half,  so  he  hasn't  so  much 
to  brag  of  in  that  direction. 
I  guess, 
though,  I’m  not  up  to  him  in  the  other 
matters— mere  trifles.  I  never  could  get 
even  mother  to  say  that  I'm  handsome; 
and  Old  Lady  Walker  hit  the  nail  on 
the  head—and  that’s  why  it  hurt—when 
she  said  that  I  was  a  country  gawk,  and 
that,  once  Jane  got  her  eyes  on  a  man, 
that  would  be  the  last  of  Jane  Cragin! 
Jane  Day—damnation!”

While  he  was  thinking  these  things— 
and  saying  them—the  cigar  had  gone 
out  and,  dashing  the  traitorous  Havana 
to  the  floor,  he  lighted  another and,  like 
a  moving  Vesuvius,  began  an  excited 
walk  about  the office.  It  was  too  small— 
he  had  to  turn  too  often—and  finding 
his  way  out  between  the  counters,  he 
strode  up  and  down,  up  and  down, 
when Sid,  coming  home  late  and  seeing 
the  moving  light  in  the  store,  looked  in 
and  saw  the  proprietor  walking  his end­
less  round.  Had  it  been  daylight  their 
eyes  would  have  met  through  the  glass 
panel.  Once—only  a  few  days ago—the 
boy  would  have  rattled  the  door  until he 
was 
let  in ;  but  now,  with  a  little  bit­
terness 
in  his  heart,  he  turned  away. 
For a  moment  Cy  watched  him,  with  an 
imprecation  on  his 
lips,  and  then,  as 
if  grappling  with,  and  throwing  from 
him,  the  devil  that  prompted  the  curse, 
he  rushed  to  the  door  and,  opening 
it, 
called  out,  “ Sid,  come  in  here.”

“ Not by  a  jugful!”
“ O,  none  o’  that,  boy.  We  can’t 
either  of  us  afford  it— I  less  than  either. 
There!”   turning  the  key;  “ now  sit 
down  where  we  can  be comfortable,  and 
listen  to  me. 
in  on  this 
thing  all  over  again  and  I  want  to  start 
right. 
I  didn’t  treat  you  as  I  ought  to 
have  done,  and  I  beg  your  pardon,  Sid, 
with  all  my  heart. 

I’m  starting 

I— ”

“ O,  that’s  all  ri— ”
“ Don’t  stop  me.  It’s  taken  me  hours 
to  admit  that  I’ve  been  making a cussed 
fool  of  myself;  but  I  have—I  acknowl­
edge  it;  and  now,  come  what  will,  I’m 
going  to  have  the  satisfaction  of  know­
ing  that,  if  I  get  what  I  want,  it  will be 
honest  and  aboveboard,  and  because 
I’ve  fought  for  it  man  fashion,  asking 
no  odds  and  taking  no odds.  You  heard 
what  Mrs.  Walker  said ;  and  I  tell  you 
now  I  could  have  throttled  you  when  I 
saw  that  twinkle  creep  into  your  eyes 
—about  Jane’s  never  seeing  any  first- 
class  men. 
I’m  afraid  she’s  right. 
Anyway,  I’m  going  on  on  that  lead. 
I’m  going  to  give  her a  chance  to  put 
me  side  by  side  with—er—them  fellers 
we  heard  about  at  the  dinner.  And,  if 
I  can  hold  my  own,  well and good ;  and, 
if  I  can’t” —he  probably 
swallowed 
some  smoke,  which  strangled  him,  for 
he  coughed  and  his  voice  was  unsteady 
—“ if  I  can’t,I'll  give  up  beat,and  bear 
the beating  like  a  man. ”

“ What  do  you  mean  by  letting  Jane 

compare  you  with  them?”

“ Just  what  I  say— I’m  going  out 
there.  You  and  Jim  can  run  the  store 
well  enough  for a  week  or  two—longer 
if  it’s  necessary—and  I’m  going  to  Col­
I’m  going  to  see  what 
orado  Springs. 
there  is  in  what  Mrs.  Walker  said 
If 
I’m  a  ‘ way-back,’  then  I  want  to  know 
it;  if  I’m  only  a  little piece of  a  man,

I  want  to  know  that,  and,  if  I’m  be­
hind  the  others—especially  that  Dr. 
Day!  then  I’m  going  to  equal  even  Dr. 
Day,  after  I  see  what  is  needed  and find 
out  how  to  remedy  the  case. 
I  know 
he  is  a  physician,  with  the  training that 
goes  with  the  profession;  I  know  he has 
money  and  position,  if  what  that  tor­
menting  old  woman  said  is  true,  and  I 
know  that  I  can’t  hold  a  candle  to  him 
in  good  looks,  but,  by  hooky!  I  know 
that  Jane  Cragin  has a  warmer  place  in 
her  heart  for  me  to-day  than  she  has  for 
any  doctor!  And,  if  I  can  only  show 
her  that  I’m  not  the  fool  that  I’ve given 
every  sign  of  being,  I’m  pretty  sure  of 
keeping  myself  in  that  warm  corner.  I 
don’t  mind  telling  you  that  the  odds  are 
all  against  me,  in  some  respects;  and  I 
don’t  mind  saying  that  disgust  isam ild 
term  for  the  feeling  that  Jane  has  for 
me  this  minute;  but  she  can’t  feel  half

so  strongly  as  I  the  utter  contempt  for 
the  whole  detestable  business.  And 
that’s  the  one  little  hope  that  I  have  to 
build  on.  Now,  I’m  going  to  begin  to­
morrow  to  straighten  things  so  I  can 
leave  on  Monday. 
I’m  simply  going 
away;  and  nobody  is  to know where  I’m 
going  but  mother  and  you.  Write  to 
me  once  a  week—you  can  write  to  me, 
if  you  wouldn’t  to  Jane!—about  the 
business,  and  wire  me 
if  there’s  any 
trouble. 
I’m  sorry,  Sid,  that  I  treated 
you  so;  but  you’ll  forgive  me,  I  know. 
Good  night,  or  rather  good  morning;”  
and  with  a  hearty  handshake  they  went 
home.

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A  Column  of Surprising  Figures. 

W ritten fo r  the T rad esm an.

An  excellent  article  by  John  Gilmer 
Speed,published  recently  in  the  Ladies’ 
Home  Journal,  is  brimful  of  startling 
statistical 
information  pertaining  to 
America’s great  commercial metropolis, 
New  York  City.  The  following  figures 
are  taken  from  the  article  in  question :
The  writer  states  that  New  York  is 
the  most  luxurious  city 
in  the  world, 
and  that  vast  expenditures  are  made  on 
mere  living,  with  an  elegance  and  ab­
sence  of ostentation  unknown  in  any  of 
the  capitals  of  Europe.  The  figures 
given  apply  to  the  old 
landmarks  and 
not  to  the  Greater  New  York  of  the  fu­
ture.  With  a  population  of  1,800,000 
and  a  total  aggregate  wealth  of  $6,762,- 
282,904,  every  man,  woman  and  child 
would,  if  the  wealth  were  equally  dis­
tributed,  be  the  owner  of  $3,756.82,  a 
showing  not  equaled  by  any  city  in  the 
world.  But  this  vast  wealth  is  not,  and 
never  will  be,  equally distributed.  The 
very  rich,  the  rich,  the  prosperous,  and 
the  well-to-do,  whose 
incomes  range 
from  $7,500  a  year  to  any  indefinite 
amount  exceeding  $100,000,  constitute 
but  26,000  of  the  1,800,000  of  the  pop­
ulation.  The  comfortable  class,  or  those 
income  of  from  $5,000  to 
having  an 
$7,500,  are  1,000 
in  numbers. 
Those  in  receipt  of  incomes  ranging  all 
the  way  from  $2,500 to  $5,000  number 
50,000,  and  are  put  down  as 
‘ ‘ the  un­
comfortable  class,”   because  they  ape 
the  rich  and  cover  a  luxurious  living 
without  the  requisite  means  of  gratify­
ing  their  desires.  We  now  come  to 
‘ ‘ the  contented  poor,”   a  mighty  host 
with 
less  than  $2,500.  They 
have  no  aspirations  to  keep  up  with  the 
rich 
living,  and  they  are 
much  better  off  on  less  money,  for  there 
is  no  need  for  them  to  waste  their  sub­
stance 
in  show  and  pretense  of  luxury. 
Beneath  this  class  is a substratum—“ the 
submerged  poor,”   as  Mr.  Speed  terms 
them—those  who,  from  various  causes, 
self-support.  This 
are 
class 
in  every  large 
city,  but  the  writer  asserts  that  the  pro­
portionate  number  of  this  unfortunate 
class  in  New  York  does  not  keep  pace 
with  the  growth  of  the  city,  although 
he  says  there  are  depths  of  poverty 
equaled  only  in  London  and  that  there 
are  localities  where  the  population  is 
more  dense  than  in any  other  city  in  the 
world.

is  too  numerous 

incapable  of 

in  style  of 

incomes 

less 

The 

architects’ 

Now  as  to  some  of  the  items  in  New 
York’s  expense  account  as  given  by 
this  writer:  The  lawyers  receive  an­
nually  $20,400,000,  and  the  physicians 
and  surgeons $11,328,000  for  their  pro­
fessional  services.  The  clergymen  re­
ceive  $3,000,000,  and  the  brokers  about 
$13,020,000. 
fees 
amount  to  $2,665,000,  while  the  yearly 
expense  of  keeping  the  teeth  of  New 
York’s  people 
in  proper  condition 
amounts  to  $t,600,000.  Dressmakers’ 
bills  foot  up  $2,772,000,  and  the  tailors 
come  in  for  $3,150,600. 
last 
two  estimates  the  cost  of  materials  is 
not  included. 
‘ ‘ Made  to  order”  clothes 
cost  the  people  of  New  York  about 
$11,845,200,  or  but  little  more  than their 
“ doctor  b ills;”   but 
the  great  mass 
wear  “ ready-made”   clothing,  and  the 
annual  cost  of  this  is  put  down  at  $80,- 
000,000.  Add  to  the  last  two  mentioned 
the  $10,000,000  which  is  paid  for'furs, 
and  we  find  the  total  aggregate  cost  of 
clothing  to  be  $102,000,000.

In  these 

We  are  told  there  are  fifteen  social 
clubs 
in  New  York,  which  altogether 
have  12,500 "members,  who  pay  in  an­
nual _dues  $75o,oooTbesides”house bills

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

13

amounting  to  $1,500,000.  Of  course, 
there  are  hundreds  of  social  clubs  in the 
city  besides  these  mentioned. 
The 
fifteen  own  real  estate  valued  at $6,000,- 
000,  and  the  interest  on  this,  added  to 
the  sums  mentioned,  brings  the  annual 
expense  up  to  $2,500,000,  or  $200  for 
each  member.  A  $2  dinner  would  be 
considered  a  modest  meal  at  any of New 
York’s  finest  restaurants,  and  $600  for 
a  dinner  for  twelve  persons would not be 
looked  upon  as  an  unusual  event.

The  New  Yorkers  have  not  only  a 
taste  for flowers  and  jewelry,  but possess 
the  means  and 
inclination  to  gratify 
these  tastes.  For  the  former  they  pay 
$3,500,000 — $2,500.000  being  “ blown 
in”   for  cut  flowers  and  $1,000,000  for 
growing  plants— while 
annual 
jewelry  bills  amount  to  $20,000,000.

their 

Car  fares  are  small  matters,  yet  they 
make  a  respectable  showing 
for  the 
year— $27,000,000,  of  which  $12,000,000 
goes  to  the  elevated  roads.  This  is  for 
internal  travel.  What  they  spend 
in 
home  travel  outside  the  city  the ingenu­
ity  of  Mr.  Speed  was  unable  to  deter­
mine;  but  the  amount  spent  in  foreign 
travel  was  a  matter  quite  easily  deter­
mined.  Some  28,300  New  Yorkers  visit 
Europe  each  year,  at  an  average  in­
dividual  cost  of  $125  for  the  round  trip. 
This  makes  a  total  of  $3,537,500  for 
steamship  tickets  alone.  That  the  ex­
penses  abroad  of  the  average  New 
Yorker  do  not  fall  short  of  $1,000  will 
not  be  disputed  by  those  who  have  trav­
eled  extensively. 
the 
sum  spent  in  Europe  amounts  to  $31,- 
837.S°°-  Let  us  hope  that  this  foreign 
drain  on  the  resources  of  the  city  and 
country  at  large  is  offset  by  a  broaden­
ing  of  mind  and  a  more  generous  un­
derstanding  on  the  part  of  those  who 
dispense  this  last  amount.

This  granted, 

The  stomachs  of  New  York  are  en­
dowed  with  a  capacity  of  storing  away, 
during  one  short  year,  4,691,464  barrels 
of  malt  liquor.  This  seems  almost  in­
credible,  for,  if  the  guzzling  of  beer 
were  equally  distributed,  every  indi­
vidual 
in  the  city,  from  the  smallest 
babe  to  the  oldest  grandsire,  would  be 
compelled,  in  some  miraculous manner, 
to  get  outside  of  more  than  two  and  a 
half  barrels!  At  five  cents  a  glass,  the 
cost  of  this  beverage  would  amount  to 
$40,366,590.40;  but,  as  it  is  not  all  sold 
at  this  rate,  the  annual  cost  is  probably 
about $30,000,000. 
In  addition  to  this

moderate allowance  for beer,  $90,000,000 
is  spent  for  wine  and  spirits.  There 
are  8,500  places  where  intoxicants  are 
sold ;  and,  carrying  out  the  figures  on  a 
that  every 
per  capita  basis,  we  find 
man,  woman  and  child 
in  New  York 
spends,  annually,  $66.66%  for  drink, 
or  about  18  cents  a  day.  The  average 
for  the  whole  country  is  given  as  only 

Si 3-74-

New  York  supports  twenty-five  yacht 
clubs,  which  own  about  2,000  yachts  of 
various  descriptions.  These  yachts  cost 
about $20,000,000,  and  it  costs  another 
$20,000,000  to  keep  them  in  commis­
sion.  Some  members  of  the  New  York 
Yacht  Club  spend $25,000 on their yachts 
during  the  season,  while  others  keep 
their  yachts  in  commission  throughout 
the  year  at  an  annual  cost  of  $100,000; 
but,  taking  all 
the  yachts,  large  and 
small,  the average annual  sum  spent  on 
each  is  about  $10,000.

Fashionable  New  Yorkers  spend  more 
money  on  yachts  than  on  horses.  About 
600  families  pay  $1,500,000  annually  to 
the  job-masters,  who  furnish  two-horse 
carriages,  with  coachman  and  footman, 
at  the  rate  of  $300 a  month.  More  than 
1,000  other  families  keep  up  establish­
ments  of  their  own  at  an  annual  cost  of 
at  least  $3,500,000.  This  brings  up  the 
total  for  private  carriages  to  something 
like  $5,000,000  and  does  not  take 
into 
account  the  sum  paid  for  cabs  and driv­
ing  and  saddle  horses.

If  Mr.  Speed’s  figures  are  correct, 
New  York  spends  more  money,  annual­
ly,  on  her  churches  than  on  her  theaters 
and  playhouses.  The great  city  spends 
every  year  for  “ sweet  Charity’s  sake”  
$9,000,000,  while  her  people  and  the 
strangers  within  her  gates  spend  only 
$5,900,000  on  theaters,  operas,  concerts 
and  music  halls.  The  city  officially 
gives  something 
like  $4,500,000  every 
year  for  the  support  of  her  charitable 
institutions,  and  this 
is  supplemented 
by  another  $4,500,000  supplied  by  the 
churches,  the  societies  and  by 
individ­
uals.  The  per  capita  expenditure  on 
charity 
is  about  $5,  a  fact  that  makes 
New  York  the  most  charitable  city  in 
the  world.  About  67,000  New  York 
families are  said  to  be  daily  engaged  in 
some  work  of  benevolence.  As  before 
stated,  New  York  pays  her  preachers 
$3,000,000  annually.  Leaving 
interest 
on  church  property  out  of  the  question, 
it  requires  a  further  sum  of $3,000,000 to

luxurious, 

meet  current  expenses;  and  thus  we  see 
that  gay, 
pleasure-loving 
New  York  pays  every  year  at 
least 
$100,000  more  for  the  support  of  her 
churches  than  she  does  for  her  stage 
amusements.  “ This,”   says  Mr.  Speed, 
in  his  closing  paragraph,  “ will,  no 
doubt,  surprise many; but it is likely that 
this  article 
is  full  of  surprises,  for  the 
truth  is  pretty  nearly  always  stranger 
than  fiction. ”

It 

Mr.  Speed’s  article  is  certainly full of 
surprises. 
is  a  wonderful  array  of 
figures,  and  displays  much 
ingenuity 
in  arranging  and  presenting  cold  statis­
tics  in  a  manner  that  startles  and  inter­
ests  the  reader. 

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in 
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W HO  LOSES  T H E   MORE?

Effect  of Too  Much  Domination  from 

Labor  Agitators.

Geo. E. B. Putnam in Boot and Shoe Recorder.

This 

is  an  age  of  discontent.  The 
contented  man  is  as  scarce  as  the  hon­
est  one  ever  was  in  the  time  of  Diog­
enes.  The  uneasy  spirit  permeates  the 
entire  social  and  industrial  system. 
It 
is  no  more  noticeable  in  the  humblest 
wage-earner than  it  is  in the millionaire 
wage-payer.  Each  man,  whatever  he 
may  have,  wants  more.  You  do  and  so 
do  I. 
I 
probably  always  will.

I  want  a  great  deal  more. 

*  *  *
is  shown 

This  spirit 

in  the  daily 
papers  in  the  reports  of  labor  disputes. 
The  workmen  are  dissatisfied,  and  too 
many  are  prone  to  use  the  harshest 
measures  first,  then  want  conciliatory 
measures 
is  a  good 
dog,  but  hold-fast  is better.  It  is  easier 
to  say  “ strike”   than  to  endure  uncom­
plainingly  the  evils  which  the  strike 
will  bring—the  suffering,  the  penury, 
the anger  and,  frequently,  the  violence. 

later.  Now,  brag 

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town 

Only  a  week  ago  a  firm  which  had  for 
thirty  or  forty  years  done  business  in  a 
Massachusetts 
leased  a 
factory 
elsewhere,  and  is  now  moving 
its  ma­
chinery  to  the  new  location.  Do  you 
know  the  reason  why? 
It  was  because 
there  was  a  plan  to  boycott  people  who 
worked  in  the  factory.  Here was  a  firm 
which  for  nearly  two-score  years  had 
given  employment  to  a  large  number  of 
men  and  women 
in  that  town.  They 
turned  out  6,000  pairs  of  shoes a  day. 
You  know  how  many  hands  that  means. 
You  know  about  how  many  dollars  a 
week  in  wages  it  means,  also.

*  *  *

The firm  posted  a  schedule  of  wages 
at 
its  door.  Every  man  and  woman 
who  wanted  to  work  at  those  wages  ac­
cepted  the  schedule. 
If  they  were  dis­
satisfied,  they  need  only  say  so and give 
up  their  jobs.  A  comparison  of  prices 
paid  by  this  film  and  those  of  other 
firms  proved  that  they  were  as  high  as 
any  and  higher  than  many.  But  the 
In 
labor  people  declared  a  boycott. 
other  words,  they  made 
it  unpleasant 
(to  say  the  least) 
for  anybody  who 
worked  there  who  did  not  belong  to 
their  union.  The  result  was  that  it  in­
terfered  with  the  work  of  the  factory, 
and  the  firm  simply  shut  up  the  factory 
and  went  elsewhere.

*  *  *

Now  I  don’t know  that  the  firm  will 
be  any  better  off  in  the  new  location 
than  they  were 
in  the  old,  but  I  do 
know  that  the  workers  in  the  old factory 
are  a  great  deal  worse  off  than  they 
would  have  been  had  the  firm  stayed 
there.  Some  of  them  have  been  in  that 
factory  ever  since  they  started  out  fiom 
school.  They  have bought  houses  there, 
and  have  no  other  homes.  Now  that 
the  factory 
is  likely  to  close,  what  are 
they  to  do?

♦  *  *

In  Lynn  last  July  a  strike  was ordered 
im­
against  a  shoe  manufacturer.  He 
mediately  bought  land 
in  Boston  and 
erected  an  immense  factory.  Now  that 
he  is  all  ready  to  move  away  from 
Lynn,  the  Board  of  Trade  is  trying  to 
induce  him  to  stay  there,  and  the  strik­
ers  have  declared  the  strike  off  and  are 
willing  to  return  to  work  for  the  manu­
facturer.  Thus  400  hands  have  each 
lost six  months’ wages,  the manufacturer 
has  been  hampered  in  his  business,  and 
been  to  a  heavy  expense  in  building 
and  moving 
into  a  new  factory.  But 
who  has  lost  the  more?  The  wage- 
earner or  the  wage-payer?

*  *  *

Perhaps  you  may  know  the  name  of 
Loring  A.  Robertson,  a  multi-million­
aire  who  died  a  few  years  ago in Brook­
lyn.  Here  is  an  account  of  the  closing 
of  his  tannery  at  Cold  Spring. 
It  is  to 
the  point,  and  the  story  will  bear  repe­
It  was  told  by  one  who  was  as­
tition. 
in  busi­
sociated  with  Mr.  Robertson 
ness  and 
is  doubtless  true 
in  every 
particular.

*  *  *

leather  business  was  dull,  and  a  good 
many  Western  establishments  had  shut 
down.  One  day  a  number of  stalwart 
looking  fellows  called  at  the  New  York 
office  and  sent  one  of  their  number  in 
‘ We  were  work­
to  see  Mr.  Robertson. 
ing  in  the  West,’  he  said,  ‘ but  the  tan­
nery  where  we  were  employed 
shut 
down.  There 
is  nothing  to  do  in  that 
region,  and  we  have  come  to  you,  as 
the  largest  tanner 
in  this  part  of  the 
country,  for  work.’

“ Mr.  Robertson  went  out  and 

looked 

them  over.

“   ‘ Call  to-morrow,’  he  said. 

The 
next  day,  bright  and  early,  the  men 
were  there.  They  were  taken  into  Mr. 
Robertson’s  employ  and  sent  to  Cold 
Spring,  where  was  located  one  of  the 
half  dozen  tanneries  owned  and  con­
trolled  by  him. 
letter 
was  received  from  the  superintendent 
at  that  place,  in  which,  speaking  of  the 
new  men,  he  said  that  all  except  three 
or  four  refused  to  join  the  union.  No 
attention  was  paid  to  this.  A  week 
later,  in  another  letter,  the superintend­
ent  urged  that  Mr.  Robertson  request 
the  new  men  to  join  the  union.

In  a  few  days  a 

*'  * 

*

“   ‘ They  can  join  or not,  just  as  they 
like,’  was  the  millionaire’s  reply.  An­
other  week  passed.  Mr.  Robertson  was 
informed  that  the  men  at  Cold  Spring 
demanded  that  the  newcomers 
join  the 
union.  A  grim  smile  was  his  only  an­
swer.  The  Cold  Spring  laborers  held 
a  meeting  and  their  ultimatum  was  for­
warded  to  their  employer. 
It  was  in 
substance  this:  Unless  the  new  men 
who  refused  to  join  the  union  are  dis­
charged,  we  will  go  on  strike.  They 
set  the  day  when  the  strike  would  be- 
gin.

“   ‘ Bring  me  the  Cold  Spring  ac­
count,’  said  Mr.  Robertson  to  his  head 
book-keeper.  Turning  the  pages  rap­
idly,  he  called  the  man who had brought 
him  the  message  from  his  fellows.

“   ‘ Do  you  see  that?’  he  exclaimed. 
‘ For  years  I  have been running  the  Cold 
Spring  tannery  at  an  annual 
loss  of 
some  S2o,ooo,  simply  because  I  did  not 
want  to  shut  down  the  place  where  I 
learned  my  trade  and  discharge old  em­
ployes,  some  of  whom  worked  at  my 
side.  Now  you  threaten  to  shut  down 
the  place;  very  well.  The  new  men 
will  not  be  compelled  to join the union. ’ 

*  *  *

“ The  man  was  frightened  by  his  em­
ployer’s  demeanor  and  hastened  back  to 
Cold  Spring  to  tell  his  fellows  that  they 
had  made  a  mistake.

“   ‘ Notify  the  superintendent  at  Cold 
Spring,’  said  Mr.  Robertson  to  his  sec­
retary.  ‘ to  send  all  the  machinery,  the 
hides  and  the  leather to  the  Hornells- 
ville  tannery. ’

“ Summoning  the  man who bad charge 
of  his  insurance  business,  Mr.  Robert­
son  said:

“   ‘ As  quickly  as  possible,  cancel  all 
policies  on  our  Cold  Spring  property, 
the  tannery,  the  houses,  the  school  and 
the  church. ’  The  man 
looked  at  Mr. 
Robertson  in  surprise.

“   ‘ I  mean  what  I  say,’  this  emphat­
ically.  Word  came  shortly  from  the 
Cold  Spring  superintendent 
that  the 
machinery  and  the hides  and the leather 
had  all  been  removed.

“   ‘ Now,’  was  the  order, 

‘ send  the 
men  at  Cold  Spring  to  me.  Notify  the 
others  that  they  are  discharged  and  tell 
them  to  vacate  their  houses  at once. ’
A  delegation  came  to  New  York  and 
pleaded  with  Mr.  Robertson  to  keep 
them  and  not  to  turn  them  from  the 
only  homes  they  had  ever known.  Their 
pleadings  were  in  vain.  Despairingly 
they  returned  and  removed  their  few 
effects  to  the  village.  Once  more  sum­
moning  his  insurance  man,  Mr.  Robert­
son  inquired:

“   ‘ Have  all  the  Cold  Spring  policies 
been  cancelled?’
* ‘  ‘ They  have. ’
“ A  final  order was  dispatched  to  the 

Cold  Spring  superintendent.

“   ‘ Burn  all  the  buildings  and  report 

to  me here. ’

“ Within  a  few  hours,  tannery,  dwell­
ing  houses,  school  and  church  were 
smouldering  ruins.”

*  *  *

1 ‘ It  was  about  ten  years  ago.  The

That’s  the  story.  There’s  a  moral

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

it 

it 

is  so  obvious  that  I 
attached.  But 
is  needless  to  repeat  it  here. 
think 
Perhaps  you 
remember  a  prominent 
shoe  manufacturer  in  Lynn  who gave up 
business  a  year  or  two  ago  rather  than 
fill  the  orders  he  had  at  less  than  the 
goods  would  cost  him.  His  is  no 
iso­
lated  case  in  regard  to  condition,  but  I 
can  tell  of  a  number  of  cases  where 
manufacturers  will  run  their  factories 
on  goods  which  will  not  bring  what 
they  cost  to  produce.  They  are  not  all 
actuated  by  philanthopic  nor  sentimen­
tal  motives,  either.  They have built  up 
their  trade,  they  have  erected  factories, 
they  have  found  good  workmen.  They 
don’t  want  to  lose  their 
trade;  they 
don’t  like  to  lose  their  workmen,  they 
prefer  to  have  the  machinery  running 
rather  than  rusting.  But  few  of  them 
have  the  patience  of  Job.  They  won’t 
stand  too  much  domination  from 
labor 
agitators.

*  *  *

The  danger  signal  is  swinging.  Will 
those  for  whose  benefit  it  is lighted heed

it,  or  will  they  go  right  along  in  the 
way  which  they  have  been  doing  foi 
years? 
I  trust  the  signal  will  be  effec­
tual.

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Just be certain that politeness 
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They’ll always be treated well.
To wherever goods you sell.
And if you’d win reputation 
With the p-.-ople far and near,
Give good value for their money—
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is

Some  of the  Essentials  to  Success  in 

a  Mercantile  Career.

Every  boy  has  an  ambition  to  suc­
ceed,  and  generally  has  fixed  ideas  as 
to  a  choice  of  vocation.  He  usually 
hopes  to  reach  a  position  in  life  some­
what  above  that  secured  by  his  father, 
his  aim  being  high  or  commonplace ac­
cording  to  the  source  of  his  inspiration. 
These early preferences,  however,  rarely 
count  for  much,there  being  too  large  an 
element  of  chance  in  the  final  selection.

*  *  *

The  brilliant  boy  does  not  always 
make  a  successful  man.  On  the  con­
trary,  most  of  our  leading  merchants 
were  not  precocious  in  youth,  but  were 
more  fortunate  in  being  endowed  with 
a  fair  share  of  ability  and  a  wealth  of 
common  sense.  The  qualities  so  strik­
ingly  apparent 
in  the  successful  man 
probably were not recognizable  in  youth. 
Environment  and 
ideal  are  important 
factors 
in  developing  the  individual. 
Home  training  has  a  great  influence  on 
the  success  of  a  young  man.  Honesty, 
frugality,  self-respect,  consideration  for 
others,  order,  neatness,  application  and 
self-reliance  cannot  be 
inculcated  too 
early  into  the  heart  and  mind  of  the  fu­
ture  merchant.

*  *  *

though 

Given  these qualities,  then,  how  shall 
you,  a  young  man  on  the  threshold  of  a 
mercantile  career,  most  surely  win  your 
way  to  the  highest  place  commensurate 
with  your  ability?  Be  on  hand prompt­
ly  at  the  opening  hour.  Do any  work 
assigned  to  you,  no  matter  how  seem­
ingly  unimportant  or  menial,  in  an 
in­
terested  and  painstaking  manner.  Go 
at 
it  as  though  you  were  not  afraid  of 
it.  Remember  that  dirt  will  not  soil 
your  manhood, 
it  may  your 
hands.  Study  the  best  method  of  do­
ing  your  work,  asking  questions  if  nec­
essary.  Become  proficient,  even  in  the 
most  uncongenial 
'giving  your 
best  thought  to  the  task  before  you. 
Try  to  feel  as  much  interest  in your em­
ployer’s  business  as  though  it  were  your 
own.  Carefully  observe  the  rules  of  the 
house. 
to  superiors, 
courteous  and  agreeable  to  all,  yet 
maintaining  that  dignity  which  comes 
from  seriousness  of  purpose.  When 
the  task  assigned  to  you  is  finished,  ask 
for  further  orders  or  help  another  in  his 
work.  Though  your  wages  be  but  50 
cents  a  day,  remember  your  time  is  not 
your  own.  Be  absolutely  sure  to  carry 
out  instructions.  Let  your  superior  feel 
that  an  order given  to  you  may  be  dis­
missed  from  his  mind.
*  *  *

respectful 

labor, 

Be 

After  you  have  been  for  some  time 
employed  at  certain  work  study  new 
methods  of  arrangement  and  dispatch, 
and  when  well  worked  out  in  your  own 
to 
mind  modestly  suggest  the  plans 
your  superior.  You  will 
find  that 
it 
pays  to  think,  to  plan  and  to  do.  Cul­
tivate  the  habit  of  thinking,  and  this 
training  will  so  develop  your  mind  as 
to  make  you  of  much  more  value to your 
employer.  Keep  your  eyes  and  ears 
open.  Do  not  meddle 
in  other  men’s 
affairs,  but  be  interested  in  everything 
that  is  for  the  welfare  of  the  business. 
If  your  home  training  has  been  good 
you  will  not permit  wastefulness  in your 
own  work,  and 
if  you  have  the  right 
stuff  in  you  it  will  hurt  you  to look upon 
the  wanton  waste  of  others.  Be  temper­
ate 
in  all  things.  You  must  become 
master  of  yourself  before  you  can  hope 
to  master  a  business.  Do  not  be  dis­
couraged  if  the  head  of  your department 
does  not  treat  you  as  your  gentlemanly 
instincts  tell  you  he  should.  Work  on

faithfully and  honestly,  and  if  some  day 
you  hold  his  position  you  can  then  show 
how  a  man  may  give  orders  and  still  be 
a  gentleman. 
If.  your  employer  fails 
to  show  that  he  appreciates  your  efforts 
or  your  ability,  do  not  be  disheartened, 
but  push  on  doing  your  very  best  work. 
Real  ability,  plus  application,  is almost 
certain  to  force  its  own  recognition. 
If 
you  have 
it  and  your  employer  is  not 
wise  enough  to  see  it  another  will.  On 
the  other  hand,  if  your  employer  has 
shown  his  appreciation  of  your  worth by 
an  advance  in  position,  do  not  let  your 
energy  or  ambition  wane.  True ambi­
tion  is  never  satisfied  and  your  promo­
tion  should  but  serve  as  a  stimulus  to 
higher  purposes.

*  *  *

The greatest  good  coming  out  of  this 
faithful  attention  to  detail  is  often  no 
more  apparent  to  the  young  man  at  the 
time  than  was  the  value  of  his  studies 
in  school.  He  perhaps  gives  his  best 
thought  to  the  business because  he  be­
lieves  it  to  be  his  duty  to do  so,  but  by 
so  doing  he  becomes  expert  in  these 
minor  matters.  All  the  time,  too,  he 
is 
in  mind  training  that 
taking  a  course 
will  be  of  incalculable  value  to  him 
in 
after  years.  When  the  time  comes  that 
a  man  of  this  stamp  is  put  in  charge  of 
others,  he  will  #be  the  more  valuable  to 
the  firm  and  the  more  reasonable  in  his 
requirements  from  those  under  him  for 
having  had  actual  experience 
in  the 
work  which  he  is asking them to  do.  He 
will  be  such  a  pacemaker as  will stimu­
late  his  subordinates  to their best efforts.

Real  success 

*  *  *
is  never  reached  at  a 
single  bound.  Your  ideal  merchant  has 
won  his  position  by  the  way  of  paths 
as  rough  and  rugged  as  any  that  you 
will  be  called  upon  to  tread.  It  is  a 
right  and  honest  purpose  to aspire  to be 
one  of  the  owners  of  a  business,  and 
with  this  end  in  view  you  cannot  com­
mence  too  early  to  accumulate  a  capi­
tal.  Young  men  must  learn  to  save  just 
as  they  learn  other  lessons. 
If  you  can 
save  but  50  cents  a  week  let  it be  50 
cents,  but  save  something;  and  as  time 
goes  on  and  opportunity  presents  itself, 
you  will  be  the  stronger as  a  man  and 
more  valuable  as  an  employe  for hav­
ing  a  bank  account  of  your  own.

*  *

A  proper  use  of  the  evenings  is  of 
essential  importance.  Youth  must  have 
recreation  and  pleasure,  and 
if  not 
found 
in  healthful,  proper  ways  they 
will  be  sought  in  other  directions.  The 
young  man  who  for  the  first  time  finds 
himself  free  from  home  influences and 
parental  restraint  must  be  of  strong 
mind  or  temptation  will  master him  at 
some  point.  The  uncongenial  air  of  a 
boarding  house  does  not  encourage  a 
young  man  to  spend  his  evenings  there 
unless  he  has  resources  within  himself. 
If,  then,  you  aim  to  make  the  most  of 
yourself,  keep  physically  and  morally 
strong.  The gymnasium  and  the  literary 
club  are  both  open  to  you  and  will  both 
help  you.  Contact  with  helpful  society 
will  broaden  you. 
If  you  are  not  nat­
urally  fond  of  reading  and  study,  make 
a  practice  of  devoting  a  certain  num­
ber of  hours  a  week  to this work.  Thirty 
minutes  a  day  given  to  study  will  in  a 
few  months  have  added  so  much  to your 
store  of  information  and  taste  for  read­
ing  that  you  will  never  again  look  upon 
it  as  a  work  or  hardship.  The  study  of 
a  foreign  language  in  this  manner  will 
be  found  interesting  and,once acquired, 
will  add  much  to  your culture  and  your 
capital.  The  results  possible  from  the 
small  but  frequent  savings  in  time  or 
money  will  be  equally surprising.

Even  if  it  were  possible  for  a  young 
man  to  follow  a  set  of  rules  laid  down 
by  another,  he  would  not  reach the same 
place 
in  the  pathway  of  success.  He 
would  fall  short  or  go  farther,  accord­
ing  to  his  natural 
But 
while  it  is  not  possible  for  every man  to 
make  a  brilliant  name  for  himself,  yet 
by  application  and  determination  he 
can achieve  a  higher  measure  of success 
than  another  who,  with  the  same natural 
ability,  is  content  to  float  with  the  cur­
rent. 

E d w a r d  B.  Bu t l e r .

limitations. 

A  Coat  That  Won’t  Leak.

A  peculiar  coat  has  been  invented  in­
tended  to  take  the  place  of  the  ordinary 
waterproof,  and 
in  the  wearing  of  it 
every  man  literally becomes  a rain pipe.
The  features  of  this  coat  are two-fold. 
In  the  first  place  it  is  intended  to  pre­
vent  the  rain  from  penetrating  the  front 
opening  of  the  garment,  and,  secondly, 
if  the  rain  should  be  driven  or  blown 
between  the  openings,  a  peculiar  pipe­
like  arrangement 
is  formed  when  the 
coat  is buttoned,  by  means  of  which  the 
water  flows  down  from  the  coat,  without 
wetting  the  wearer.

The garment  is  made  of  heavy  water­
proof  cloth.  An  opening  at  the  middle 
of  the  neck  extends  diagonally  down­
ward,  curving  to  a  point  almost  under 
the  right  arm.  The  lower  portion of this 
opening  extends  from  that  point  to  the 
bottom  of  the  garment.  This  opening 
is  made  in  a  peculiar  manner. 
Instead 
of  fastening 
in  the  usual  manner,  the 
coat  buttons  on  both  the  outside  and 
inside  of  the  opening.  By  this  means, 
when  the  coat  is  buttoned  one  edge  fits 
within  the  other,  and 
it  is  practically 
impossible  for  the  rain  to  penetrate  it.
If  by  any  chance  the storm should find 
an  entrance,  the  overlapping  edges  of 
the  opening  are  arranged  in 
lJ  shaped 
form,  lined  with  rubber,  making  a  reg­
ular  drain  pipe  which  reaches  from  the 
neck  of  the  wearer  to  the  bottom  of  the 
garment.  By  this  means  the  water  finds 
a  ready  means  of  escape.  To  save  the 
cloth  from  becoming  heavy  and  soaked 
with  the  rain  there  is  a  sort  of  double 
upturned  collar,  which  runs  all  around 
the  neck,  just  like  a  house  gutter,  for 
the  purpose  of  collecting  rain  and  al­
lowing 
it  to  run  off.  This  double  or 
secondary  collar  connects  with  the  rub- 
ber-lined-with-pipe  arrangement  in  the 
front.

Around  the  body  of  the  coat,  just 
above  the  pockets,  and  like  the  collar 
leading  into  the  rubber  lined  openings, 
is  a  raised  welt  slightly  higher  at  the 
back  than  in  front.  The  water  which 
strikes  the  coat  below  the  collar  is  led 
by  this  welt  into  the  rubber-lined  open­
ing  in  front  and  so  out,  thus  avoiding 
that  which  every  man  detests,  namely, 
heavy  rain-soaked  coat  edges.

These  coats  can  be  worn  on  the  street 
in  wet  weather 
if  one  so  desires,  but 
they  are  principally  intended  for  driv­
ing.

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

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

successors to

REEDER  BROS.  SHOE  CO.

Michigan Agents for

and Jobbers of specialties  in  Men’s 
and  Women’s  Shoes,  Felt  Boots, 
Lumbermen’s Socks.

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

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

Pingroe

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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.

PING REE &  SMITH,  Manufacturers.

Duplicating  Sales  Books

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

J   Pads
Acme  Gash  Sales  Book 
Nine  Inch  Duplicating  Book 
Twelve  Inch  Duplicating  Book

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

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

LARGEST  STOCK  AND  LOWEST  PRICES.

WHOLESALE 
GROCERIES  AND 
PROVISIONS

\F. C. Larsen,

61  Filer Street, 
Manistee,  Mich.

Telephone No. 91

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Interesting  Incidents  Connected  with 

the  Purchase  of  Butter.

W ritten  fo r  th e T r ad esm an.

She  is  a  little  woman  with  dark  ha 

in  my  accustomed 

and  piercing  black  eyes.  She  usually 
makes  pretty  fair butter,  and  I  did  not 
think 
it  necessary  to  examine  it  that 
particular  time,  as  I  supposed  I  knew 
just  what 
it  was.  So  I  weighed  the 
basket 
easy  and 
graceful  manner,  and had removed about 
a  third  of  the  rolls  therefrom  when 
ran  upon  a  snag.  One  of  the  pats 
looked  as  though  it  had  been  sprinkled 
with  black  pepper. 
it  over 
carefully  and  found  two  dark  blotches 
on  the  bottom. 
The  next  roll  also 
looked  bad—very  bad.  A  third  was 
mashed 
had  the  appearance  of  an  unwashed  po 
tato.  The  others  were  in  various  and 
varied  stages  of  decrepitude,  and 
made  me  tired  to  look  at  them. 
I  was 
about  to  carry  the  basket  back  to  its 
owner  with  the  editorial  chestnut  that 
was  not  available,  when  I  thought of 
something  else,  so  I  called  Mrs.  Ebe 
ling  back  to  the  butter  room.

in  a  little  on  one  side,  and 

I  turned 

“ What  do  you  suppose  has  happened 

to  this  butter?”   I  asked.

‘ ‘ Why,  I  don’t  know!”   she  replied 
in  some  surprise.  “ Is  there  anything 
wrong  with  it?”

I  pointed  out a  few  of  its  most salient 
characteristics,  and  she  pondered  deep 
ly over  the  matter.  At  length  she  said 

‘ ‘ Why,  it’s  two  churnin’s.”
“ I  thought  as  much,”   I  replied.
She  seemed  to  think  that  would  end 
the  matter,  and  that  I  would  take  i 
without  further  parley,  so  when  I  told 
her  that  I  could  use  the  last  churnings 
but  that  the  first  was  not  suitable  to  our 
requirements, 
deeply 
grieved,  and  said:

seemed 

she 

I  put 

“ That butter  is  all  right. 

it 
down  cellar an’  it’s  kinder  dark  there 
an’  the  children  was  playin’  there,  an’
I  suppose  they  knocked  the  basket  over 
into  the  potato  bin.  That’s  mos’  likely 
how 
it  happened.  That  won’t  hurt  it 
none. ’ ’

I  admitted  that  the butter  was  not  in­
jured  in  the  least,  but  explained  that  it 
was  nevertheless  unsalable,  and  that  1 
should  be  utterly  unable  to  use  it.

‘ ‘ The’  wouldn’t  nobody  kick  on 

that,  would  the’ ?”

‘ ‘ I’m  afraid  they  might.  People  are 
getting  so  particular  nowadays  that they 
kick  on  most  everything.”

Well,  all  you  have  to  do  is  to  jest 

scrape  them  spots  off.”

‘ ‘ I  know,  but  I  am  pretty  busy  just 
now,  and  I  haven’t  time. 
I  tell  you, 
though,  you  might  scrape  it  off  your­
self.”

I  could 

if  I  was  to  home. 

I’d  a 
done  it  if  I'd  a  noticed  it,  but  I  didn’t.
I  guess  you  can  see  to 
it  all  right, 
though. ’ ’

But,  being  of  an  unusually  hard  and 
to  have 
calloused  nature,  I  declined 
anything  more  to  do  with  it,  and  Mrs. 
Ebeling  finally  received  back  the  un­
desirable  rolls,  though  she  seemed  un­
able  to  see  why  folks  wouldn’t  ‘ ‘ just  as 
lief  have  them  as  any.”

That  was  one  of  the  most  peculiar 
cases  I  ever  saw. 
I  had  always  thought 
her  a  very  neat  housekeeper,  and  the 
fact  that  her  butter  has,  with  this  one 
exception,  always  appeared  perfectly 
clean,  must  have  been  more  a  matter  of 
chance  than  design.

*  *  *

I  didn’t  think  so  much  about  it  then 
as  I  have  since,  for  we  were  all  very 
busy,  and 
it  came  along  naturally  in 
the  way  of  business.  I  felt  sorry  for  the 
boy,  for  he  was  very  poorly  clad,  and

the  day  was  bitter  cold.  He  had  on  a 
thin  cotton  waist,  and  I  am  sure  that 
the  wind  cut  him  cruelly.  He  had  some 
butter 
in  a  little  basket—think  per­
haps  four  pounds  of  it—and  he  wanted 
to  sell  it.  It  looked  like  lard.  Had  that 
light,  bread-doughy  appearance  that  we 
so  seldom  see  in  butter  nowadays,  and 
that  condemns 
it  as  quickly  and  a 
thoroughly  as  any  one  bad  trait that but 
It  was  so  bad  that  it  was 
ter  can  have. 
abominable. 
It  was  an  atrocity  in  but 
ter.

It  had  been  made 

in  a  hot  kitchen 
and  then  allowed  to  stand  around  in  the 
dust,and  it  looked  as  though  poured 
to  a  pan  while  warm,  after  the  manner 
of  maple  sugar.

We  told  the  boy  as  kindly  as  possible 
that  we  could  not  use  it,  and  he  went 
quietly  away.  After  he  had  gone  I  be 
gan  to  ask  myself if  we  oughtn’t  to have 
bought  it.  His  folks  were  poor,  as  I 
well  knew.  They  had  many  children, 
and  doubtless  the  little  things  lacked 
proper and  sufficient  food  for  this  cold 
weather.  My  conscience  troubled  me, 
and  I  kept  an  eye  out  for  the  boy, 
thinking  I  would  buy  his  butter  when 
he  came  back,  and  then  make  soap 
grease  of  it.

Presently  I  saw  him  going  toward 

home  with  his  basket.

‘ ‘ Hello,  boy!”   I  called. 

sell  the  butter?”

‘ ‘ You  bet!”   he  replied. 

what  all  I  got  for  it!”

“ Did  you 

‘ ‘ Jes’  see 

And  coming  over  to  where  I  stood,  he 
showed  me  that  his  basket  was  half 
filled  with  tin  watches,  rubber  dolls, 
toy  trumpets  and  a  lot  of  those  cheap 
wooden  rattletraps  such  as  mankind 
erroneously  regards  as  suitable  Christ­
mas  gifts  for  poor  children.

‘ ‘ Is  that  all?”   I  asked  blankly.
'A ll!”   he  repeated 
in  amazement.
I  should  say  it  was.  How  much  d ’ you 
pose  a  feller  ought  ter git  fer  three 

pounds  an’  a  half  o’  butter?”

*  *  *

Those  merchants  who  live  in  a  coun 
try  where  eggs  are  coin  and  butter  i 
legal  tender  often  run  upon 
incidents 
aggravating  in  the  extreme,  but  which.
the  softening  light  of  tim e,  turn  into 
com edies,  and  are  recounted  with  gusto 
round  the  office  stove  on  storm y  even 
ngs  when  the  pip e  exhales  its  fragrant 
odor,  and  naught  occurs  to  m ar  the  har 
mony  of 
the  dull 
ckening  profanity  of  the  oldest  inhab 
tant. 

G e o r g e  C r a n d a l l  L e e .
Minneapolis  Flour  for  Export. 

the  occasion  save 

It 

that 

Flour  has  been  sold  recently  by  the 
inneapolis  mills  to  go  to  Australia 
and  also  to  South  Africa.  This  is  a 
most  unusual  thing. 
is  also  a  fact 
that  the  mills  on  the  Pacific  Coast  are 
booked  several  months  ahead  for all  the 
flour  they  can  ship  to  Asia.  There  is 
not  an  exporting  country  in  the  world 
that  raised 
its  usual  surplus  of  wheat 
on  last crop,  and  the  above facts  would 
indicate 
India  and  Australia, 
which  are  generally 
large  exporting 
countries,  did  not  raise  enough  for their 
own  consumption.
Interesting  Nut  Experiment  in  Florida.
A  Florida  fruit-grower  has  recently 
in 
conducted  a  singular  experiment 
pecan  culture  by  grafting  upon  hickory 
trees,  the  result  being  a  small  supply  of 
the  nuts  at  the  end  of  three  years  from 
the  time  of  grafting.  As  the  pecan  tree 
grown  from  the  seed  requires  from  nine 
to  twelve  years  to  come  into  bearing, 
the  result  of  the  experiment  is 
im­
portant.  The  Texas  pecan  crop  this 
year  is  worth  half  a  million  dollars.

Portland,  which  already  possesses  by 
far  the  best  and  largest  park  system  of 
any  city  in  Maine,  has  just  bought  ovet 
200,000  square  feet  more  for  that  pur­
pose.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the drip. 

President,  S.  E.  Sym ons,  Saginaw;  Secretary 
Gbo.  P.  Ow b n,  Grand  Rapids ;  Treasurer,  J.  J. 
F ro st, Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, J.  P. C oo per, Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Mo r r is, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Chancellor. H.  U.  Ma r k s,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E dw in Hudson,  Flint;  Treasurer,  G bo.  A.  Re y ­
n old s,  Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

Treasurer, G eo.  P.  Ow en.  Grand Rapids. 

President, A. P .  P e a k e , Jackson:  Secretary and 
Board  o f  Directors—P.  M.  T y l e r ,  H.  B.  P a ir - 
c h ild ,  G eo.  P. Ow en,  J.  He n r y  Da w l e y ,  G eo. 
J.  He in ze lm an, C h as. S.  Robinson.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club.
President,  W.  C.  B rown,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. P.  VVixson,  Marquette.

Annual  Report  of  Secretary  Owen  to 

the  Knights  of the  Grip.

Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  29—A  year  ago 
our  total  membership  was  1818.  During 
the  year  we  have  admitted  200 active 
members  and  138  honorary  members, 
making  a  total  of  2,146. 
In  the  mean­
time  fifteen  members  have  died  and  140 
have  been  stricken  from  the  books,leav­
ing  a  total  of  1,991—a  net  gain  of  173. 
This  is  not  as  large  an  increase  as 
last 
year,  but  last  year 
it  cost  $1  to  join, 
while  this  year  it  has  cost  $3  To  call 
your attention  to  the  fact  that  this  is the 
worst  year,  in  a  business  way,  ever 
known  would  be  repeating  something  of 
I  would 
which  you  are  all  well  aware. 
here  say  that  thirty-seven  who  came 
in 
last  December  and  paid  Si  have  never 
paid  anything  since.

Assessment  No.  1  for  1896 was ordered 
by  your  Board  of  Directors  January  15, 
to  close  Feb.  15.  From  this assessment 
I  received  $3,180.

Assessment  No.  2 was ordered June 15, 
to  close  July  15.  From  this  assessment 
I  received  $3,186.

I  received  from  assessment  No.  3  of 

1895,  $40.

I  have  also  received  up  to date on No. 
3 of  1896 (the present assessment) $1,390, 
making  total  receipts  in  the  mortuary 
fund  of  $7,796,  all  of  which  I  have  re­
mitted  to  Treasurer  Frost  and  I  hold his 
receipts  therefor.

I  have  drawn  warrants  for 

twelve 

death  claims,  as  follows :
No. 22, Beneficiary of Albert  L.  Field......... $ 500
No. 23, Beneficiary of .lames  T. Avery........  50u
No  24, Beneficiary of Fred S. Clark............   500
No. 25,  Beneficiary of Wm.  Tracey..............  500
No. ¿6, Beneficiary of Wm. M  Patton.................  500
No. 2?, Beneficiary of J.  B. Zink..................  500
No. 28, Beneficiary of W  G.  Hazelrigg.......   500
No. 29, Beneficiary of Geo. E. Dyer..............  500
No. 30, Beneficiary of O. E. Cartwright.......  500
No. 31, Beneficiary of Walter Saxby............   500
No. 32, Beneficiary of Niel J.  Browne.........   500
No. 33, Beneficiary of Geo  M. Stone............   500
Total.....................................................16,000
I  would  say  here  that  there  have  been 
three  deaths  since  our  Board  meeting 
on  Nov.  21— Edward C.  Keuthan,of Chi­
cago ;  Daniel  Loeb,  of Toledo,  and Carl 
A.  Rensch,  of  Kalamazoo.  We  have 
sufficient  cash  in  the  Treasurer’s  hands 
to  pay  these  claims.  The  thoughtful 
action  of  your  Board  in ordering Assess­
ment  No.  3  payable  in  December  has 
placed  your association  in  a  position  to 
pay  these  claims  at  once,  and  it  does 
not  leave  a  debt  banging  over  your 
heads  for  the  new  administration  to 
take  care  of.

I  wish  to  express  my  thanks  to  you 
all  for  the  prompt  payment  of  your  as­
sessments. 
is 
small,  but  this  small  donation  has  put 
many  of  our  brothers’  widows  and  or­
phans  beyond  want.

The  amount  to  each 

The  total  receipts  from  dues  and  ap­
plication  fees  during  the  year  have 
been  $1,569,  all  of  which  has  been 
turned  over  to  the  Treasurer.

The  expenses  of  the  Secretary’s  office 

have  been  as  follows :
Postage  account.............. .........................*270 85
Fire proof safe...........................................   40 00
Grip tags....................................................   30 30
Secretary’s salary........................................  793 40
Stationery and  printing.............................  350 47

This  includes  the  certificates  sent out, 
which  aie  permanent  and  will  not  have 
to  be  furnished  again.  The  engraved 
plate  which  had  to  be  made  to  print 
them  from  was  expensive  but  will 
last 
a  lifetime.

Our  association  to-day 

The  expense  of  holding  the  meetings 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  during  the 
year  was  $150.46.  This 
is  the  actual 
expenses  of  the  members  of  the  Board 
for  railroad  fares  and  hotel  bills  while 
in  attendance.  We  have  had  five Board 
meetings.  President  Symons,  Secretary 
Owen,  Treasurer  Frost,  Directors  Wood 
and  Palmer  attended 
five  meetings. 
Directors  Peake  and  Tyler  attended 
four,  and  Director  Streat attended three.
in  better 
standing  than  it  has  ever  been.  While 
we  have  not  had  as  large  an  increase 
in  the  membership  as  we  have  in  some 
years,  yet  raising  the  cost  of  admission 
to  $3  certainly  makes 
it  more  stable. 
Previous  to  this  year  a  great  many paid 
$1  to  join  during  December  for  the pur­
pose  of  attending  our  annual  meeting, 
banquet  and  ball,  and  never  intended, 
when  they  joined,  to  stay  in  or  pay  a 
single  assessment.  Our  assessments 
were  never  paid  as  well  as  they  have 
been  this  year,  although  the  business 
depression  has  affected  them  all.

is 

1  think  there  has  never  been  a  year 
when  so  few  complaints  from  members 
have  been  received.  The  grievances  as 
regards  the  railroads,  the  ’bus  lines  and 
the  hotels  have  been  very  rare.

There  seems  to  be  a  general  desire 
from  all  our  members  for  an 
inter­
changeable  mileage  book,  and  I  think 
that  your  Railroad  Committee  should 
urge  and 
insist  that  one  should  be  is­
sued—and  at  once.

It 

interest 

Another  subject  that  seems  to  have 
deep  and  widespread 
is  the 
time  of  holding  our  annual  meetings. 
The  general  feeling  seems  to  be  that 
they  should  he  held  sometime  during 
the  summer  months.  The  objection  to 
holding  them  at  this  time  of  the  year  is 
that  they  can  only  be  held 
in  large 
cities,  as  in  cold  weather  there  must  be 
large,  warm  halls.  Again,  it is at  a  sea­
son  when  a  great  many  of  the  boys  are 
making  changes  or are  not  fully  settled 
for  their  next  year’s jobs.  A  great  many 
are  kept  at  home to help  their  firms  in­
voice.  A  great  many  are  making  their 
annual  visits  to  distant  friends,  or  their 
friends  are  making  them  the  usual  an­
nual  visits. 
is  the  holiday  time, 
when  many  of  us  are  blowing  in  the last 
nickel  for  presents  for our  loved  ones. 
It 
is  a  season  when  our  usual  parade 
must be  made—sometimes 
in  a  blind­
ing  snowstorm.  These  are a  few  of  the 
many  objections  I  hear  raised,  whereas 
in  the  summer  we  could  hold  our  meet­
ings  at  any  summer  resort  or  in  smaller 
cities.  The  weather  would,  ordinarily, 
be  fine.  The  expense  for  halls,  car­
riages,  etc.,  would  not  be  necessary; 
and  there 
is  no  time  during  the  sum­
mer  but  that  the  boys  could  take  a 
couple  of  days’  time  without  material 
injury  to  their  business.  Our attendance 
would  be  larger  and,  therefore,  our 
largely 
social 
in­
creased— which,  in  my  estimation, 
is 
a  very  important  feature  of  our  Asso­
ciation. 
I  hope  that  there  will  be  an 
expression  here  to-day  that  will  give 
your  Board  an  opportunity  to  meet  your 
wishes  in  this  matter.

feature  would  be 

toward 

I  wish  to  express  my  thanks  to  the 
Vice-Presidents  and  the  several  com­
mittees  for  the  loyal  assistance  they 
have given  me  in  watching  the interests 
of  the  association. 
I  wish  to  express 
to  President  Symons  my heartfelt thanks 
for  the  noble  service  he  has  given  our 
organization.  He  has  always  been  alert 
to  everything  that  tended 
its 
prosperity.  To  Treasurer  Frost  words 
cannot  express  my  feelings.  He  has 
been  awake  at all  times  to  the  financial 
wants  of  the  association.  To  do  busi 
ness  with  him  is  a  pleasure,  as  his  sys­
tematic  business  methods  are  always 
right  and  tend  to  strengthen  any  organ­
ization  he  may  be  connected  with.  To 
the  Board  of  Directors  I  wish  to express 
my  thanks  for  their  hearty  co-operation 
in  all  matters.  Their  wise  judgment 
and  foresight  have  been  to  me  a  guid­
ing  star. 
In  all  of  our  business  trans­
actions  of  the  last two  years,  their  sound

is 

loyalty  to  our 
judgment  and  unselfish 
in  me  the 
membership  have  created 
most  ardent  admiration.  Brothers,  look 
well  to  the  selection  of  your  Board  of 
Directors,  for  the  life  of  your  associa­
tion 
in  their  hands.  While  we,  as 
members,  may  make  mistakes  and  say 
and  do  things  that  would  be detrimental 
to  our  growth  and 
life,  if  you  have a 
sound  Boaid  of  Directors,  your  associa­
tion  will  thrive  and  prosper;  and  I  can 
proudly  say  to-day  that  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  as an organization, 
stands  at  the  head  of  all  traveling  or­
ganizations  in  America.
One  year  ago  *1  requested  and  urged 
you  not  to  remit  currency  to  your Secre­
tary.  You  have  heeded  well  my  re­
quest,  for  to-day  I  am  not  getting  to 
exceed  5  per  cent,  in  cash.  When  I 
took  the  office,  two  years  ago,  at  least 
40  per  cent,  of  the  remittances  was 
in 
currency.  This  takes  a  great  responsi­
bility  from  your  Secretary  and  makes 
it  much  more  secure  for  you.  Continue 
the good  work!

Let  me  here  call  your attention  to  one 
of  the  amendments  which  has  been 
placed  before  you  by  your  Directors 
in 
regard  to  membership.  It  has  been  said 
to  me  that  we  are  taking  in  members 
who are  not  commercial  travelers.  Your 
President  and  Secretary  have  to  pass  on 
in  their  hands. 
the  applications  put 
When  a  blank 
is  properly  written  up 
and  is  endorsed  by  two  of  our members, 
what  can  they  do  but accept it?  We  may 
not  be  personally  acquainted  with  the 
applicant  and,  after  he  is  accepted  and 
enrolled  as  a  member,  we  find  out  that 
he  is,  in  the  strict  sense,  not  eligible  or 
worthy. 
Your  President  and  myself 
have  closely  scrutinized  every  applica­
tion  coming 
into  our  hands,  and  have 
been  obliged  to  refuse quite  a  number, 
although  they  were  properly  endorsed. 
We  hope  that  this  amendment  will pass, 
as 
it  will,  in  a  measure,  take  the  re­
sponsibility  from  the  hands  of  your  two 
leading  officers.  Look  well  to  the  ap­
plications  that  you  endorse.  We  cannot 
be  too  careful.

In  conclusion,  I  wish  to  thank  each 
and  every  member  for  the  courteous 
treatment  I  have  received at your hands. 
If  I  have  erred,  it  has  been  the  fault  of 
the  head  and  not  of  the  heart. 
I  have 
tried  to conduct your matters in a prompt 
and  businesslike  manner;  and  on  my 
good  wife  has  a 
large  part  of  the  re­
sponsibility  fallen.

G e o .  F.  Ow en,  Sec’y.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Manley  Jones 

(Lemon  &  Wheeler 
Company)  is  spending  the holidays with 
his mother at Vernon. He is accompanied 
by  his  family.

Will  C.  Church,  for several  years  with 
Nelson,  Baker  <&  Co.,  of  Detroit,  has 
taken  a  position  with  Fairchild  Bros.  & 
Foster,  of  New  York.

A.  W.  Peck  (Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.)  has  been  spending  the  week 
in  the  house,  assisting 
in  the  work  of 
taking  the  annual  inventory.

C.  H.  Hi I, man,  for  the  past  two  years 
with  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins Drug Co., 
has  engaged 
cover  Southwestern 
Michigan  next  year  for  Lord,  Owen  & 
Co.,  of  Chicago.

to 

Dell  T.  Sutton,  a  traveling  man  re­
siding  in  Detroit,  recently  slipped  and 
fell  on  the  ice  in  front  of  the  Weddell 
House  in  Cleveland.  He  was  taken  to 
St.  John’s  Hospital,  in  that  city,  where 
it  was  found  that  he  had  sustained  a 
fracture  of  the  left  leg  and  other  in­
juries,  none  of  which will prove serious.
St.  Johns  Republican:  E.  P.  Wal­
dron,  who  was  tendered the appointment 
of  Deputy  State  Treasurer,  says  he  is 
not  a  candidate  for any  office,  having 
enough  private  business  to occupy  his 
entire  attention.  Mr.  Waldron  would 
make  a  first-class  official  in  any  capac­
ity,  but  has  undoubtedly  taken  a .wise 
course  in  determining  to 
leave  politics 
alone,  so  far  as  to  office  holding,  and 
devote  his  energies  to  business.

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the 
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Mu­
tual  Accident  Association,  held last  Sat­
urday,  Jas.  N.  Bradford  was  appointed 
a  director,  to  take  the  place  of  Geo.  F. 
Owen,  who  became  a  director  ex-officio 
when  he  was  elected  Secretary  of  the 
organization. 
The  election  of  Mr. 
Bradford  is  looked  upon  as  a  tribute  to 
the  active  interest  he  has  always  mani­
fested  in  the  welfare of  the  association.
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Michi­
gan  Commercial Travelers’ Association, 
held  at  Detroit  last  Thursday,  Secretary 
Morris  reported  a  decrease  in  the  mem­
bership  from  565  to  550,  but  an  increase 
in  the  cash  balance  from  $11,365.17  to 
S.  H.  Hart  was  elected 
$19,706.35. 
President  of  the  organization,  which 
is 
a  guarantee  that  the  work  will  be 
pushed  with  much  vigor  during  the 
coming  year.  Maj.  R.  W.  Jacklin  was 
endorsed  for  Adjutant-General,  and  a 
resolution  was  adopted  pledging 
the 
members  to  work  for  the  enactment  of 
a  law  permitting  the  railroads  to 
issue 
interchangeable  mileage  books.

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

Drugs°=Chemicals

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. 31,1896
C. A.  B ug b e e.  Traverse City 
-  Dec. 31, 1897
S. E  Pa r k il l ,  O wosso 
F. W. K. P e r r y . Detroit 
-  Dec. 31,1898
- 
A. C.  Schum ach er,  Ann  Arbor 
-  Dec. 31,1899 
Geo. G u n d r cm ,  Ionia  - 
Dec. 31, 1900

-------  
- 

President, S. E. Pa r k il l ,  Owosso.
Secretary, F . W. R.  P e r r y , Detroit.
Treasurer, G eo.  Gu n d r u x ,  Ionia.
Coming  Examination  Sessions—Detroit,  Jan.  5 
and  6;  Grand  Rapids,  March  2  and  3;  Star 
Island  (Detroit),  Ju n e—;  Upper  Peninsula, 
Aug. —.
MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President, G. C. P h il l ip s,  Armada.
Secretary, B .  Schrouder, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, C h a s.  Man n, Detroit.
Executive Committee—A. H. W e b b e r , Cadillac; 
H. G. C o l x a n ,  Kalamazoo;  G eo.  J.  W a r d ,  St. 
C l a ir ;  A.  B.  Ste v en s,  Detroit;  F.  W.  R. 
P e r r y , Detroit.

The  Drug  Market.

Acids— No  quotable  change 

in  any 
description,  excepting  oxalic,  the  com­
bined  manufacturers  abroad  having 
lowered  the  contract  prices  for  deliver­
ies next  year,  and  hence  the  spot  mar­
ket  is  correspondingly  lower.  The  ad­
vance  in  carbolic  is  well  maintained.

Balsams—Copaiba,  market  strong  and 
prices  tending  upward,  in  consequence 
of  good  consuming  demand  and  light 
stocks.  Tolu,  no  change  in  values  but 
there  is  an  unsettled  feeling.  Fir  is 
quiet but  may  be  called  fairly  steady.

Beans—Market  very  firm  as  to  all 
varieties  of  vanilla  and  holders  are  not 
anxious  sellers.

Cocaine—Quiet.
Cod  Liver  Oil— Since  the  reduction 
mentioned  last  week,  the  consuming  de­
mand has improved  somewhat,  owing,  in 
part,  to  the  colder  weather.

Cream  Tartar—There  is a  firmer  tone 
to  the  market,  due  to  the advance  in 
argols across  the  water.

Essential  Oils—Dead as to  the general 
market,  but  an  improvement  in  demand 
is  confidently  expected  with  the  usher­
ing 
in  of  1897.  Bay  has  declined. 
Cajeput  has  advanced.

Gums—Camphor,  fair  seasonable  de­
mand,  at  the  reduced  values  alluded  to 
in  last  week’s  issue.  American  refiners 
are  utterly  at  a  loss  to  explain  the  posi­
tion  of  crude  in  London,  and  are 
in  a 
Micawber  mood.  Asafoetida,  tendency 
of  the  market  is  upward.

Juniper  Berries— Steady.
Leaves— No  special  changes  to  note 
in  prices.  All  that  can  be  said  is  that 
short  buchu  and  senna  are  about  the 
most  active  of  anything  in  this  depart­
ment,  but  even  these  show  little  more 
animation  than  a  last  year’s bird’s-nest.

Opium-  Rather  dull.
Qu i n i ne— Steady.
Roots—The  recent  advances  in  aco­
nite,  doggrass,  culvers  and  German 
dandelion  are  being  sustained.

Seeds— Holders  of  foenugreek  have 
put  up  values,  on  account  of  the limited 
supply.  Coriander 
in  reasonably 
good  request  and  firm.

is 

Sponges—The  undertone  of  the  mar­
ket  is  firm,  due  to  similar  conditions  at 
the  various  sources  of  supply.

Sugar  of  Milk—Powdered  is  still  ex­
ceedingly  scarce  and  the  leading  brand 
is  firmly  held.
Who  May  Be  Classed  as  Successful 

Written fo r the T rad esm an.

Merchants ?

It  is  easier  to  follow  the  career  of  an 
unsuccessful  dealer,  and  detect  the  mis­
takes  that  have  culminated  in  failure, 
than  to  explain  why  his  neighbor  who 
started  with  him  in  the  race  under  sim­
ilar  conditions  remains  solvent;  just  as 
onlookers  at  chess  can  see  the  errors  of I

the game  more  clearly  than  the strategic 
moves  that  lead  to  final  triumph.

In  determining  who  are  the successful 
ones  and  how  they  became  such  it  is 
important  to  consider  the  meaning  of 
the  term  success.  For  want  of  fixed 
definitions  men  are  apt  to  differ  widely 
in  conclusions.

life  spent 

If  success  in  any  enterprise  involving 
the  element  of  chance  means  the  acqui­
sition  of  immense  wealth  during  a  life­
time  and  the  handling  of  it  down  to 
posterity  unimpaired, 
the  names  of 
very  few mercantile  men  could  be  fairly 
enrolled.  But  if  we  measure  the results 
of  a 
those 
achieved 
in  other  useful  occupations, 
the  number  of  successful  ones  is  many 
times  multiplied.  Most  men,  upon start­
ing 
life,  are  content  with  moderate 
expectations.  A  home  and family,  with 
means  to  maintain  them  in comfort,  and 
a  reasonable  accumulation  for  old  age 
are  all  that  the  average  man  usually 
hopes  for.

in  trade  by 

in 

Admitting  the  truth  of  these  state­
ments,  we  shall  find  among  country 
dealers  the  successful  ones  largely  in 
evidence.  They  may  not  all  be  gifted 
with  shrewd  business  faculty,  so  nec­
essary  in  the  conduct  of  large  commer­
cial 
ventures.  Their  ambitions  are 
usually  scaled  to  moderate  dimensions, 
according  to  each  individual  tempera­
ment.  You  will  see  many.of  this  class 
marked  high  on  the  commercial  record. 
Their  credit 
is  good,  because  seldom 
used  and  never  abused.  Their  stocks 
are bought with  judgment  gained  by  ex­
perience  and  knowledge  of  what 
is 
needed  by  customers,  with  the  most  of 
whom  they  are  personally  acquainted. 
If  trade  is  dull,  they  possess  their  souls 
in  patience,  having  no  hank 
indebted­
ness  to  force  special  sales  at  sacrifice  of 
fair  profit.  When 
improve, 
they  have  the  wherewithal  to  meet  in­
creased  demand.  And  they  intelligently 
watch  the  changing  conditions  of  trade 
and  adopt  every  new  method  that  can 
be  used  to  advantage.
Always  believing 

in  and  practicing 
the theory so tersely expressed by Micaw­
ber,  that  an  excess  of  outgo  beyond 
income  means  misery,  and  that  an  ex­
cess  of  income  over outgo  means  happi­
ness,  they  seldom  find,  in  summing  up 
each  year’s  business,  a  balance  on  the 
wrong  side  of  the  ledger.  Panics  that 
seriously  affect  wholesale  houses  and 
upset  the  plans  of  larger  retail  concerns 
in  the  great  centers  of  trade  spend  their 
force  before  reaching  them,  or  touch 
them  with  the  least  financial  jar.

times 

Upon  the  stability  and 

integrity  of 
this  class  a  large  share  of  general  com­
mercial  prospeiity  depends. 
Their 
conservatism,  wisely  adjusted  to  the 
varying  conditions  of  supply  and  de­
mand,  helps  many  large  producers  and 
distributers  to  make  fair  margins  of 
profit.  Each  town  has  several  of  such 
dealers,  who  have  made  a  success  in 
trade  by  applying  the  rules  that  should 
guide  the  managers  of 
larger  enter­
prises. 
In  short,  whether  recognized  as 
such  or  not,  they  have  a  right  to  be 
classed 
list  of  successful  mer­
chants,  because  they  use  capital  wisely, 
maintain  a  high  standard  of  commer 
cial  honor  and  work  heartily  for the best 
interests  of  the  locality  wherein  their 
lot  may  be  cast.  Their  sons,  being 
well  trained  to  habits  of  industry  and 
frugality,  often  gain  positions  of  honor 
and  profit  in  larger  fields  of  mercantile 
competition.

in  the 

Thus,  in  summing  up  the  answer  to 
the  first  question,  it  appears  that  the 
successful merchant is the one who enters 
on  his  work  intelligently and  conducts 
his  business  by  safe,  economic  meth­
ods,  with  profit  to  himself  and  all  con­
cerned,  whether  his  capital  be great  or 
small.  And  the  best  sphere  for  his 
growth  and  development  is  away  from 
the  large  city  where,  free  from  its waste 
and  worry,  he  can  have  better oppor­
tunities  to  hold  every  advance  that  may 
be  gained. 

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

The  Drug  Clerk.

From the Pha  maceutical Era.

Some  of  the  metropolitan  papers  have 
recently  been  giving  a  little  editorial 
attention  to  the  drug  clerk.  On  the 
whole,  there  is  little  to  object to  in their 
utterances  upon this  subject.  They find 
the  drug clerk a  hard-worked and poorly- 
paid  individual,  and  they  are  to  be  sup­
ported  in  their  urging  that  some  meas­
ure  be 
instituted  whereby  the  hours  of 
labor  in  the  drug  store  may  be  lessened 
in  number,  and  the  clerk  receive  re­
muneration  more  justly  commensurate 
with  the  value  of  his  services  and  the 
responsibility  of  his  office.

It  is  gratifying  that  these papers seem 
at  last  to  have  had  their  eyes  opened, 
for  they  now  state  emphatically  that  the 
drug  store  is  no  longer  the  certain  road 
to  wealth  that  it  was  when  paragraphers 
bunched  the  druggist  with  the  plumber 
and  the  iceman  as  a  practitioner of  ex­
tortion.  The  newspapers  can  do  a good 
work  if  they  will  educate  the  public  a 
little,  to  the  effect  that  druggists  are not 
extortionists; 
their  business 
affords  merely  a  bare  living,  and  that 
the  profits  from  the  prescription branch, 
where  special  knowledge  and  skill  are 
attained  only  through  great  expenditure 
of  time,  labor  and  money,  are  much 
lower 
in  proportion  than  the  profes­
sional  remuneration  of  lawyers  and  doc­
tors,  with  which,  however, 
it  should 
stand  upon  the  plane  of  equality.

fact, 

in 

But  while  correcting  this  error  to 
some  extent,  these  papers  are  apt  to  fall 
into another  in  the  other  direction.  For 
instance,  one states that,  with  the lessen­
ing  of  the  profits  of  the  calling,  there 
has  come  a  distinct  deterioration  in  the 
character  of  the  assistants  hired  to  put 
up  prescriptions,  and  that  “ Benjamin 
Harrison’s  theory  that  a  cheap  coat 
makes  a  cheap  man  may  not  be  wholly 
tenable,  but  a  cheap  drug  clerk  is  apt 
to  have  a  hand  in  preparing  a  shroud.”  
Such  a  statement  as  this  is  one  of  opin­
ion  only,  and  there  are  no  facts  to  back 
it  up.  On  the  contrary,  the  drug  clerks 
of  to-day  are  better  educated  and  better

qualified  than  ever  before.  Our  colleges 
of  pharmacy  are  raising their standards, 
giving  better 
turning  out 
better  and  more  competent  men.

instruction, 

To  be  sure,  the  drug  trade  has  fallen 
upon  evil  days,  but  let us hope that some 
of  the  serious  evils  of  which  it  com­
plains may be ultimately,  if not  quickly, 
removed,  and  among  these  be  included 
the very serious ones of poor pay and long 
hours  of  service  for  the  drug  clerk.

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6  @ 
6  @ 
26® 
1*4® 3® 
3*4® 
@ 
@ 
50®

@ 2

10 days.
1  40®  1 
2*4© 
2®  i 
8® 
28® 
42®
9 00® 16

Whale, winter..
Lard,  extra__
Lard, No. 1......

BBL.  o  AL.
70
70 
40 
45
35 
40

19

32 
34 
65 
33 

35
37
70
38

BBL. 
L B .
1* 2  @8 
144  2  @4 
1*  2  @3 
2*4  2 *4@3 
2*4  2*4@3
13®70®
15
13®  16
5Q@  5*4 
5*4®  5*4 
70 
90 
1  00
@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

@
@

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
Linseed, boiled...... 
Neatsfoot, winterstr 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
Paints 
Red Venetian........
Ochre, yellow Mars 
Ochre, yellow  Ber. 
Putty, commercial. 
Putty, strictly  pure 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............
Vermilion, English
Green, Paris.........
Green,  Peninsular.
Lead, Red..............
Lead, white............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders’... 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................
Universal Prepared.
Varnishes]

No. 1 Turp Coach
1  10®   1  20
Extra  Turp........
1  60®  1  70
Coach Body........
2 75® 3 00 
No. 1 Turp Puro. 
1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk Damar
1  55®  1  60
Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  75

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.
-Fennugreek Seed.

Declined—Oil Bay.

Conium  Mac........... 
35®  65
Copaiba...................   i  15® 1  25
Cubebae.....................  l  50@ 1  60
Exechthitos............  l  20© 1  30
Erigeron..................  1  20@ 1  30
Gaultheria...............  l  50® l  60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippli, Sem. gal.. 
50@  60
Hedeoma.................  1  <X@  1  10
Junipera...................  1  50© 2 00
9i©  2 00
Lavendula.............. 
Limonis....................  1  30® 1  go
Mentha Piper........ 
l  6(@ 2 20
Mentha Verid.......... 2 6F@  2 75
Morrhuae,  gal.........   1  90©  2 00
Myrcia,.....................  4 00® 4 50
75® 3 00
Olive  .  ................... 
Picis  Liquida......... 
lo@  12
©  35
Picis Liquida, gal... 
Ricina....................  99®  1 04
®  1  00
Rosmarini............... 
Rosse,  ounce...........  6 50© 8 50
Succini..................  
40®  45
Sabina..................  
90®  1  00
Santal.......................2 50®  7 00
sassafras.................  58@  63
@  65
sinapis, ess., ounce. 
riglil.......................  1  40®  1 50
rhym e.................... 
40@  50
rhyme,  opt............   @  1  60
rheobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
i5@ 
jg
gj-Barb.................... 
ig@ 
Bichromate  ........... 
15
Bromide.................. 
48@  51
-arb.. 
12@  15
.................  
3hlorate..po. 17@19c 
16®  18
pyanide..................   50®  55
Iodide.....................   2 90@  3 00
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
27@  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
©  15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
8©  10
Potass Nitras........... 
7© 
9
¡»russiate.................  25@  28
sulphate po  ..  ......  
15@ 
is

Radix
iconitvm.............. 
20®  25
¡Utha.....................   22©  25
4nchusa................. 
12@ 
15
\.rum po..................  @  25
Calamus.................  20©  40
ientiana........po  15  I2@
>lychrrhiza. ..pv. 15  16®  18
iydrastis Canaden .  @  35
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  40
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
15®  20
nula, po................. 
i5@  20
pecac, po...............   1  65®  I  75
ris plox.... po35@38  35®  40
lalapa, pr...............   40@  45
©  *5
tfaranta,  14s........... 
»odophyllum, po__ 
22®  25
75®  1  00
?b ej....................... 
ihei, cut.................  @  1  25
ihei, pv..................  
75®  1  35
jpigelia................... 
35®  38
Sanguinaria...po. 25  @  20
Serpentaria............   30®  Ss
lenega.................... 
40®  45
Similax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............   @  ¿5
>«11®..............po.35 
10®  12
Symplocarpu8, Foeti-
dus,  po.................  @  25
©  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
15®  20
’aleriana,  German. 
¡ingiber a...............  
i6
13® 
¡ingiber j ...............  
25®  27
Semen

13® 
4® 

tnisum..........po.  15  @  12
Lpium  (graveleons) 
15
lird, Is.................... 
6
larui..............po.  18  10®  12
lardamon...............   1  2S@  1  75
loriandrum............ 
8® 
10
Cannabis  Sativa....  3*4® 
4
¡ydonium............... 
75©  1  00
ihenopodium........ 
io® 
12
lipterlx  Odorate...  2 90® 3 00
pceniculum............   @ 
10
’cenugreek, po.......  
7® 
9
•ini.........................  2*4® 
4
-mi,  grd— bbl. 2*4  3*4@ 
4
-obelia..................  
35®  40
’harlaris  Canarian.  3*4@ 
4
¡apa................. 
..  4*4© 
5
inapis Albu........... 
8
7® 
inapis  Nigra......... 
n® 
12
Spiritus

’rumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00@ 2 50 
’rumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00@ 2 25
'rum enti...............   1  25@  1  50
uniperis Co. O. T..  1  65@ 2 00
uniperis Co..........   1  75® 3 50
aacharum N. E ....  1  90® 2  10
pt. Vini Galli........  1  75@ 6 50
rini Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
rini  Alba...............   1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
iorida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
iassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............   @  2 00
'elvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage......  @  1  10
¡xtra yellow sheeps'
wool,  carriage__  @  85
rass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............   @  65
lard, for slate use..  @  75
ellow  R eef,  for
slate  use..............  @  1  40

Syrups

c a d a ....................  @  50
.uranti Cortes........  @  50
ingiber..................  @  50
pecac.................... 
@  60
erri Iod.................  @  50
:hei Arom..............  @  50
milax Officinalis...  50®  60
enega....................  @  50
cilia......................   @  50

niscellaneous

@
@  50
60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
50

Scilla Co.................
Tolutan..................
Prunus virg............
Tinctures 
Aconitum N a pel 1 i s R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloesand Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafoetida............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin..................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cant ha rides...........
Capsicum...........
Cardamon..........
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor.....................
Catechu..................
Cinchona............... ’
Cinchona Co...... . . .
Columba.................
Cubeba....................
Cassia Acntifol...!
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
Digitalis...............
Ergot......................
Ferri Chloridum__
Gentian..................
Gentian Co...........
Guiaca..................
Guiaca ammon.......
Hyoscyamus........
Iodine............. ......
Iodine, colorless..!.
Kino........  ..............
Lobelia...............!
Myrrh....................!
Nux  Vomica...........
o p ü ...................... ;;
Oi-ii, camphorated.
Opii, deodorized__
Quassia..................
Rhatany...............
Rhei........................!
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentaria............
Stramonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride ...
Zingiber..................
.-Ether, Spts. Nit. 3F  30®  35
¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2*4® 
3
Alumen, gro’d..po.7 
3® 
4
Annatto................. 
40®  50
Antimoni,  po.........  
4® 
5
AutimonietPotassT  55©  60
Antipyrin.............. 
@  1  40
is
@ 
Antifebrin.  ........ 
©  55
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
Arsenicum...........  
10@ 
12
Balm Gilead  Bud  . 
38@  40
Bismuth  S. N........  1  00®  1  10
Calcium Chlor.,  Is..  @ 9
Calcium Chlor., *4s.  @ 
10
Calcium Chlor.,  *4s.  @ 
12
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  75
Capsici  Fructus, af.  @  18
Capsici Fructus, po.  @ 1 5
Capsici FructusB.po  @  15
10© 
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12 
@ 3 75
Carmine, No. 40.... 
Cera Alba, S. & F  .. 
50®  55
Cera Flava.............. 
40@  42
Coccus....................•  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  27
Centraría.................  @ 1 0
Cetaceum................   @  45
Chloroform............. 
60@  63
©  1  35 
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  15®  1  30
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Cinchonidine,P.& W  20®  25 
Cinchonidine, Germ  15®  22
Cocaine..................   4 15® 4  25
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct. 
65
Creosotum............. 
@  35
@  2
Creta.............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, preclp........... 
9® 
11
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus.................... 
50®  55
Cudbear.................  @  24
CupriSulph............  
5® 
6
Dextrine.................. 
10® 
12
Ether Sulph............  
75®  90
Emery, all  numbers  @ 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
Ergota.......... po. 40  30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla........................  @  23
Gambler.................. 
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper.. . .   @ 6 0
Gelatin, French...... 
35®  60
Glassware, flint, box  60, 10&10
60
Less  than  box__ 
9® 
Glue,  brown........... 
fc.*
Glue, white  ........... 
13®  25
Glycerina...............  
19®  26
Grana  Paradis!  __  @  15
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  75
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @  65
Hydraag Ox Rub'm.  @  85
Hydraag Ammoniati  @  95
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  60
Ichthyobolla, Am...  1  25®  1  50
Indigo.....................  
75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 80® 3 90
Iodoform.................  @470
Lupulin...................  @ 2 25
Lycopodium........... 
50®  55
Macis.......................  65®  75
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod.............   @  27
LiquorPotassArsinit  10® 
12
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
3
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  1*4
Mannia, S. F ........... 
50®  So
Menthol...................  @350

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31

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2 3
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U
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if
3C
2i
15
1C
15
15

25
3C
15
14
15
1?

15
2 25
80
50
15

35

14
25
30

20
25
30
20
10

65
45
35
28
80
18
12
30
60
25
55
13
14
16
55
10

1  0070

35
1  0060
40
! 40
»'
45
80

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
22
25
36

I 50
50
I 25
! 30
! FO
! 30
75
58
65
! 50
: 50
45

2  00
1  00

1  90 
40 
80 
10 
18

1  75®
1  65® 
@ 
65® 
@ 15®

Morphia, S.P.& W... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica... po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N.N.*4gal.
doz........................
Picis Liq.,quarts__
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80 
Piper Nigra... po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  as
Piix  Burgun..
Plnmbi  Acet.........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opi 
Pyrethrum, boxes H
& P. D. Co., doz..
Pyrethrum,  pv__
Quassia...............
Quinia, S.  P. & W. 
Quinia, S. German
Quinia, N.Y.........
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin...............
Sanguis Draconis
Sapo,  W.........
Sapo, M...............
Sapo, G...............
Siedlitz  Mixture.

2  00 
1  0085 
50 
18 
30
12 
1  20
1  25 
33 
10 32 
28 
30 
14 
26 
3  10 
50
14 
1215
22

@
10®
10®

8@ 
27® 
23® 
2*@ 
12© 
24® 
3 00® 
40® 
12® 
10®
20  @ 

O d d s E n d s
Drug Fixtures

of  Second-hand

in  good  condition

m *

Two  Sets  Drug  Drawers

With  Pulls  and  Labels

¡£3 *

Six  Show  Cases

Three  feet  to  six  feet

turn

gj  Scales,  Wall  Paper Trimmer, 
Sponge  Baskets,  Shelf Bot= 

Ü§}  ties,  etc.,  etc.

For  sale  cheap.

Hazeltine &  Perkins 

Drug Co.,

Wholesale  Druggists,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

G R O CER Y PR ICE  C U R R E N T .

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

COUPON  BOOKS.

CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes 
COCOA SHELLS.
20 lb  bags....................... 
Less quantity................. 
Pound  packages............  
CREAI!  TARTAR. 
Strictly Pure, wooden boxes.  35 
Strictly Pure, tin boxes.. . .   37

...... 45
214
3
4

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

P air.........................................17
Good....................................... 18
Prime......................................19
Golden  .................................. 20
Peaberry  ............................... 22
Pair  ....................................... 19
Good  ..................................... 20
Prime..................................... 22
Peaberry  ............................... 23
Pair  .......................................21
Good  ..................................... 22
.................................. 24
Fancy 
Maracaibo.
Prim e..................................... 23
Milled..................................... 24
Interior.................................. 25
Private  Growth......................27
Mandehling............................ 28
Im itation............................... 25
Arabian  .................................28

Mocha.

Java.

Clark  Grocery  Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue....................30
Jewell’s Maracaibo...........30
Well’s Mocha and Java......26
Well’s Perfection  Java......26
...................... 23*4
Sancaibo 
Valley City Maracaibo....... 20*4
Ideal  Blend........................ 17
Leader Blend..................... 16
Worden Grocer Co.'s Brands
Quaker Mandehling Java..3! 
Quaker Mocha and Java... 29
Toko Mocha and Java.......2“*
Quaker Golden Santos..  .  23
State House Blend.............22

Roasted.

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  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 
weight  of  package.  In  60  lb. 
cases the list is 10c  per  100  lbs. 
above the price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................  16 50
Jersey.............................   16 50
flcLaughlin’s  XXXX.......16  50
Extract.
Valley City *4 gross 
75
Felix *4 gross...............  
1  15
85
Hummel’s foil »4 gross 
. 
Hummel’s tin *4  gross... 
43
Kneipp Malt Coffee.
1 lb. packages,  50 lb. cases  9 
1 lb. packages, 100 lb. cases  9
CONDENSED  MILK.
4 doz. in case.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__  150
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 books, any denom___ 2 50
500‘books, any denom___11 50
l,000>books, any denom___20 00

Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom....  1  50
100 books, any denom....  2 50
500 books, any denom....11  50
1,000 books, any denom...120 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,

denomination from 810down.

Can be made to represent any 
20 books  .........................  1  00
50 books...........................  2 00
100 books...........................  3 00
250 books...........................  6 25
500 books........................... 10 00 I
1000 books........................... 17 50 {

Credit Checks.

500, any one denom’n .......  3 00 !
1000, any one denom’n .......  5 00 I
2000, any one denom’n .........8 00
Steel punch....................... 
75
DRIED FRUITS—DOftESTIC 

| 

Apples.

Snndried.......................   ©3 y2
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 4

California Pruits.

Apricots.....................10*4@
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  6  ©
Peaches......................   7*4© 9
Pears..........................   ©
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................

California Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes.........   ©
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   © ¡ju
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @ 5%
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   © 6*4
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  © 6*4
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   @ 7*2
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @ 754
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........   @
14 cent less in bags
Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown. 
London Layers 5 Crown.
Dehesias  ....................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown

1  60
2 50
3 50 
5V
%

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Patras bbls......................
Vostizzas 50 lb cases......
Cleaned, bulk  ...............
Cleaned, packages.........

© 4% 
© 4 % 
© 6JÍ 
@ 6*

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
Bulk................................   3

Farina.
Grits.

Walsh-DeRoo Co.'s.........2 25

Hominy.

Peas.

Lima Beans.

Pearl Barley.

.............................   3*4

Barrels  ............................3 25
Flake, 501b.  drums.........1  50
Dried 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported, 25 lb. box....... 2 50
Common......................  .. 
154
Chester............................  2
Empire  ............................ 
2*4
Green,  bu.........................  90
Split,  per lb...................... 
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl........4 59
Monarch,  bbl.............. 
4 */0
Monarch.  *4  bbl..............2  25
Private brands,  bbl__  3 75
Private brands, *4bbl......2  13
Quaker, cases 
................3 20
German............................  4
East  India.......................  3*4
Cracked, bulk..................  
3
24 2 lb packages............... 2 40

Wheat.

Sago.

214

F ish.
Cod.

Georges cured............  @4
Georges  genuine.......   @414
Georges selected........  © 5
Strips or bricks.........  5  @  8

Halibut.

Herring.

10
Chunks............................. 
Strips................................ 
P
60
Holland white hoops keg 
Holland white hoops  bbl  8 00
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs..................   2 50
Round  40 lbs..................   1  30
Scaled............................... 
14
No. 1 100 lbs.....................   11  50
No. 1  40 lbs.....................   4  90
No. 1  10 lbs.................... 
1  30
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 00
No. 2  401b8.....................   3 50
No. 2  10 lbs...................... 
95
Family 90 lbs....................
Family 10 lbs....................

rtackerel.

Sardines.

80 
67 

73 
61 

Trout.

Stockfish.

10 lbs...................  
8 lbs...................  
Whlteflsh.

Russian kegs.................... 
56
No. 1,1001b.  bales............  10*4
No. 2.100 lb. bales...........  
8*4
No. 1100 lbs......................  4 75
No. 1  40 lbs.....................   2 20
No. 1 
63
No. 1 
53
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
10.) lbs...........  6 50  5 75  2 00
  ......  2 90  2  61  1  10
40 lbs 
10 lbs........... 
35
8 lbs........... 
31
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.
Jennings  . 
D.C. Vanilla
2 oz.......1  20
3oz.......1  50
4oz..  ..  2 00
6 oz.......3 no
No.  8.. .4 00 
No.  10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No.  4 T.2 40 
D. C. Lemon 
2 oz .  ...  75
3oz.......1  00
4 oz.......1  40
6 0 Z..........2  00
No.  8  .  2 40 
No.  10.. .4 00 
No.  2T.  80 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No.  4 T.l  50

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co.’s

brands.
Gail Borden  Eagle................. 7 40
Crown..................................... 6 25
Daisy.......................................5 75
Champion  .......................... 4 50
Magnolia  ............................4 25
................................ s 35
Dime 

Peel.

Citron American 101b bx  @14 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange American 101b bx  @12

Raisins.

Ondura 28 lb boxes.......
Sultana  1 Crown........
Sultana 2 Crow n.........
Sultana  h Crown...........
Sultana  4 Crown........
Sultana 5 Crown....

@  7*4 
@ 9*4 
© 9 
@ 9*4 
@ 9*4 
@10*4

Peerless evaporated  cream.5  75

AXLE OREASE.

Aurora........
Castor Oil.. ............... 60
Diamond... ............... 50
Frazer’s __
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
Mica.........
............... 70
Paragon...
............... 55

doz. gross
6 00
7 00
5 50
9 00
9 00
R00
6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

H lb cans doz..............
*4 lb cans doz.............. ... 
1 

45
85
lb cans doz.............. ...  1  50

Acme.

ii lb cans 3 doz............
45
H lb cans 3 doz............ ... 
75
lb cans 1 doz............ ...  1  00
1 
Balk.............................. ... 
10
34 lb cans per doz........ ...  75
% lb cans per d o z ...... ...  1  20
1 
lb can« per doz........ ...  2  00

El Purity.

JAXON

M lb cans 4 doz case.. 
*4 lb cans 4 doz case........ 

..  45
85
lb cans 2 doz case........  1 60
35
55
90

14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
lb cans 2 doz case........ 

Home.

Our Leader.

14 lb cans.......................... 
14 lb cans.......................... 
l 

45
75
lb cans..........................  1  50

BATH  BRICK.

American............................... 70
English....................................80

BLUING.

Co n densed
ê BSÆ1 doz. Counter Boxes......

40 
12 doz. Cases, per gro........
4 50
So. 1 Carpet.......................  1  90
So. 2 Carpet.......................  1  75
So. 3 Carpet.......................  1  50
So. 4 Carpet.......................  1  15
Parlor Gem.......................  2 00
Common Whisk................. 
70
Fancy Whisk.....................  
80
Warehouse.........................2 25

BROOnS.

CANDLES.

Hotel 40 lb boxes................... 9*4
Star 40 lb boxes......................sy,
Paraffine... 
.....................8*4

CATSUP.

CANNED GOODS, 
riauitowoc  Peas.
Lakeside Marrowfat...
1  00
Lakeside E.  J ..............
1  30
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng.... 1 40
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1  65
Columbia, 
pints......
.4 25
Columbia, % pints......
.2 50
CHEESE.

Acme  .....................
10*4
Amboy....................  9«@ 103£
Carson City....... .
© 10
Gold  Medal............
10
Ideal..................
@ 10*4
Jersey.....................
© 10*4
Lenawee.................
© 9*4
Oakland County.....
© 10
Riverside.................
© 10&
Sparta....................
© 10
Springdale...........
© 10*4
Brick.......................
© 9
Edam......................
© 75
Leiden..................... @ 19
Limburger...........
© 15
Pineapple....... 
60 © 95
Sap Sago................. @ 20
Bulk
5
Red
7

Chicory.

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

CLOTHES LINES. 

W
German Sweet..
Premium.....................
31
Breakfast  Cocoa
42
Cotton. 40 ft, per  doz........ 100
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz........ 120
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz........ .1  40
Cotton, 70 ft. per  doz........ 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz............
80
Jute, 72 ft,  per  doz.............
96

Souders*.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon, 

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

Regular 
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz......... 1 20
4 oz.........2 40
XX  Orade 
Lemon.

2 oz 
..  1  50
4 oz.........3 00
XX  G rad e 
V a n illa .

2oz 
4 oz 

1 75
3 50

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs.................
Half Kegs.........
Quarter Kegs__
1 lb  cans...........
*4  lb cans.........

4  00 
.2 25 
1  25 
30 
18

New Orleans.
F air.............................
Good............................
Extra good..................
Choice.........................
Fancy  ..................... ’ ’
Half-barrels 3c extra.

PICKLES
rtedium.
Barrels, 1,200 count__
Half bbls, 600 count.
Small. 
Barrels, 2,400 count 
Half bbls,  1,200 count

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216..............
Clay, T.  D.  full count 
Cob. No. 3..................
POTASH. 

48 cans in case.
B ab b itt’s .............
Penna Salt  Co.’s'
RICE.

Domestic.
Carolina bead...........
Carolina  No. 1  . 
Carolina  No. 2 .......
Broken..................

Imported.

Japan,  No. l .........
Japan.  No. 2...
Java, No. 1...........
Table  ............... ................

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 c a n s.............................   45

SALERATUS. 

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.
Church’s ................
Deiand’s ............................
Dwight’s .............................
Taylor’s ...................J 
.......
SAL SODA.

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

18
22
24
27
30

3 50

4  50 
2 75

1  70 
65 
I

4 00
3 00

6*5
4*3

5*5
4M
5*4

.3 3C 
3  15 
3 30 
3 00

13
4
1080
4
4*4
6*4

13
15

16
20
25

HERBS.

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

INDIGO.

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

JELLY.

15 lb  pails............................  30
17 lb  palls............................  40
30 lb  pails............................  60

LYE.

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

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................  30
Calabria.............................   25
Sicily...................................   14
Root.....................................  10

MINCE MEAT.

Ideal, 3 doz. in case............2 25

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

nATCHES.

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

nOLASSBS.
Blackstrap.

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

Cuba Baking.

Ordinary...........................12@U

Porto Rico.

Prim e............................... 
............................ 
Fancy 

20
30

Scotch, in bladders............   37
Maccaboy, in Jars............ ”   35
French Rappee, in  Jars......  43

SEEDS.
A nise.......................
Canary, Smyrna.......
Caraway.................
Cardamon,  Malabar
Hemp,  Russian......
Mixed  Bird........
Mustard,  white....!
Poppy  .....................
Rape........................
Cuttle Bone......... . . .
SNUFP.

SYRUPS.

Corn.
Barrels............
Half  bbls..............

Pure Cane.
Fair  ..........................
Good..........................
Choice.................  . . .
SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  .............................   g
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...................E0
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,  Saigou.....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..............  20
Cloves, Zanzibar..................15
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin...................30
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......................................is

SODA.
Boxes.....................
Kegs, English.........

5*
4M

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.
Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes.........
.1  60
.. -•2 75
Barrels,  1“0  3 lb bags 
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags__ .2 50
Butter, 56 lb  bags............
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags........
.3 OO
Butter, 280 lb  b b ls.........
.2 50
Common Grades.
100 3 lb sacks....................
60 5-lb sacks..................
28 tl-lb sacks............
Worcester.

.2 60
. 1  85
.1  70

50  4  lb. cartons............
.3 25
115  2Xlb. sacks...............
.4 00
60  5  lb. sacks...............
.3 75
22 14  lb. sacks...............
3 50
30 10  lb. sacks...............
3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.............
.  32
56 lb. linen sacks.............. ..  60
Bulk in barrels................
.2 50

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

56-lb dairy in iinen  sacks

Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common Fine.

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks
56-lb  sacks.......................
Saginaw..........................
Manistee  .........................

.  30
15

.  60

.  60
.  21
.  60
.  60

Diamond.

6
.  ex
.  ÖV<g

Kingsford’s  Corn.
40 1-lb packages...............
20 1  ib packages...............
Kingsford’s Silver  Gloss.
40 1 lb packages...............
6-lb  boxes  ..................... .  7
64  10c  packages  ............
.5  00
128  5c  packages  ......... .
.5  00
32 10c and 64 5c packages. .5 U0
Common  Corn.
2o-lb  boxes....................... .  5
40-lb  boxes  ....................... .  \\
1-lb  paesage»
3-lb  packages 
6-lb  packages 
.. 
40 and 50 lb boxes 
Barrels......... 
SOAP.
Laundry.

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

Common Gloss.

4%
4X
&Î4

..

Armour's Brands.

Armour's  Familv.............. 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  B
rn .  2  no
Armour's Mottled .German  2  10

Siugle  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
Acme  .................................. 2 85
Cotton  Oil............................5 75
Marseilles............................. 4 00
Master..................................3 70

Lautz Bros. A  Co.'s Brands.

Henry Passolt's Brand

Single box..........................
5 box lots, delivered..........2 80
10 box. lots,  delivered..........2 75
9 65
25   K e y   'n tf i  d p H rP T T ii 

Thompson A Chute’s Brand.

Single box..................... 
3 00
5 box lot, delivered............2 95
10 box lot, delivered............2 86
25 box lot. delivered............ 2 75
Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars...3  15
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars__2 35
Uno, 100 %-lb. bars............. 2 80
Doll, 100 10-oz. bars............ 2 25

Allen B.  Wrisley’s Brands. 

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

Grains and Feedstuffs 

P ro v isio n s.

Scouring.

SUOAR.

........5
...... 4
...... 4
...... 4
...  .4
...... 4

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d oz......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..................
Domino.................
Cubes........................
Powdered  ............
XXXX  Powdered......
4  75
Mould  A..................
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
No.  1........................
......4  00
No  2.......................
......4 00
No.  3.......................... ......4 00
No.  4  ......................... ...... 3 94
No.  5.......................... ......3 87
No.  6.......................... ......3 81
No.  7 ......................... ...... 3 7a
No.  8.....................
...... 3 69
No.  9.......................... ......3 62
No.  10..................
3 56
No.  11........................
.  ...3 50
No.  12.......................... ....  3 44
No.  13..........................
....3 37
No.  14.....................
...... 3 31
No.  15..........................
...3  25

TABLE  SAUCES.

L ea &  P e rrin ’s,  la rg e ......... 4 75
L ea A  P e rrin 's, s m a ll. 
.. .2  75
H alfo rd ,  large  .....................3  75
Halford small................... 2 25
Salad Dressing, large....... 4 55
Salad Dressing, small.......2 65

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

VINEGAR.

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

S. C.  W.................................35 i
Quintette.........................35 i
New  Brick...........................35 i
Leroux Cider..........................:
Robinson's Cider, 40grain....: 
Robinson’s Cider, 50grain.  ..; 
No. 0, per gross.................... 
i
No. 1, pergross.................... 
i
No. 2, per gross....................  ‘
No. 3, pergross.................... 
'
Fish  and  O ysters

WICKING.

Fresh Fish.

Oysters in Cans.

Oysters in Bulk.

Per lb. 
Whitefish..............
©  u 
T rout....................
©  8 
Black  Bass  ...........
©  10 
Halibut.................
©  15 
Ciscoes or Herring.
©  4
Bluefish.................
©  II 
Live Lobster.........
©  18 
Boiled Lobster......
©  20 
Cod.......................
©  10 
Haddock...............
©  8 
No.  1  Pickerel......
©  8 
Pike.......................
©  6 
Smoked White......
©  8 
Red Snapper.........
©  13 
Col  River Salmon. 
©   12 % 
Mackerel 
............
©  20
F. H. Counts...........  ©  35
F. J. D. Selects........  ©  27
Selects....................  ©  22
F. J. D.  Standards..  ©  21
Ancbois..................  ©  18
Standards......... .....   ©  16
Favorite  ................  ©  14
Counts....................  
1 75
Extra Selects..........  
1 60
Selects..................... 
1 40
Mediums................. 
1 10
Baltimore Standards 
95
Clams  .................... 
1 25
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  1U0.........  90@1 00
Alierton  A  Haggstrom  quote 
a-  foil  ws:
“P.AB.’’  Standard..............1 10
Standard  ............................ 1 00
Plain Select. 
...............1 40
Extra Select.  ......................1 60
N. Y.  Counis........................ 1 7-1
Clam“ ...................................I 25
Favorites..............................   14
Plain Standard.....................   16
B.  W.  P.  Standard 
..........  18
P. & B.  Standard  Best......  20
Plain Select..........................   22
Extra Select..........................   30
N. Y.  Counts......................   35
Large Rockaway, per  100.  .1 25
Medium Rockaway per 1  0..1  00
Blue Point, per 100..............1 00
Clams, Little Neck.........90©l 00

Snell Goods

In Cans

Per gal

Bulk 

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

Mixed Candv.

Fancy—In Bulk.

bbls.  pails
Standard................. 
5%© 7
Standard  H.  H..... 
5%@ 7
Standard  Twist.....  6  © 7 .
Cut Loaf................. 
7%@ 8%
cases
Extra H. H.............. 
@ 8%
@8*4
Boston  Cream........ 
Competition............ 
© 6
©  6%
Standard................. 
Leader  ..................  
@ 7
Conserve................. 
©7
Royal...................... 
©7%
Ribbon.................... 
@
Broken  ..................  
@8
Cut  Loaf................. 
@8
English  Rock......... 
© 8
Kindergarten......... 
© 854
French  Cream........ 
@9
Dandy Pan.............  
@10
@13
Valley Cream......... 
Lozenges, plain...... 
© 854
Lozenges,  printed.. 
© 8%
Choc.  Drops...........  11  @14
Choc.  Monumentals  @12%
Gum  Drops............  
@5
@ 7!4
Moss  Drops............  
Sour Drops.............. 
@ 8%
Imperials...............  
@ 8%
Lemon Drops.........  
@50
Sour  Drops............  
@50
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate Drops__ 
@65
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
Gum  Drops............ 
@¿5
@75
Licorice Drops........ 
@50
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain__ 
@55
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@60
imperials...............  
@60
Mottoes..................  
@65  .
Cream  Bar.............. 
@ 0
Molasses B a r.........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @90
Plain  Creams.........  60  @80
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
@60
String Rock............  
Burnt Almonds......125  @
Wintergreen Berries 
@55
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes..................  
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  .................
Fresh  M eats.

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

@30
@45

Beef.

Carcass...................  .5   @7
Fore quarters..............  4 @6
Hind  quarters............  6 @7%
Loins  No.  3.................  8 @12
Ribs...............................7 @9
Rounds.....................   5%@ 6%
Chucks.....  .........  
4  @5
Plates  .......................  @4
Pork.
Dressed......................33£@  4)4
Loins.........................6*4@
Shoulders..................   @4)4
Leaf Lard..................   @5%
Carcass..................... 5  @6
Spring Lambs............ 6)4@ 7)4
*%©  7
Carcass 

Veal.
__  

Mutton.

Crackers.

Wheat.

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents.............................   5 25
Second  Patent..................   4  75
Straight............................  4 55
Clear................................  4 00
Graham 
......................  4  45
Buckwbeat....................!.  3 75
Rye  ..................................   3 00
Subject 
to usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand.
Quaker, %s........................  4  65
Quaker, %s.......................   4 65
Quaker, %s........................  4  65

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 
Olney A Judsou’s Brand.

Ceresota, %s......................  5 00
Ceresota, %s......................  4  90
Ceresota, %s......................  4  3.5
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand.
Grand Republic, %s.......... 5  00
Grand Republic, %s.......... 4  90
Grand Republic, %s...........4  80
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, %s.........................  4  90
Laurel, %s.........................  4  80
Laurel, %s.........................  4  75
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Parisian,  %s................. 
  5  ou
Parisian, x s......................   4  mo
Parisian.  %s......................   4  go

Bolted  :.... 
Granulated

Feed and Millstuffs. 
St. Car Feed, screened  ...
No. 1 Com and  Oats........
No. 2 Feed........................
Unbolted Corn Meal........
Winter Wheat  Bran........
Winter Wheat Middlings.
Screenings......................
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mil 
quotes as follows:

11 50 
11  00 
10 50 
10 50 
9 00 
10  00 
8  00 
I  Co.

New Corn.
Car  lots..............
Less than  car  lots__
Oats.
Car  lots..................
99
Da riots, clipped..........
...  24
Less than  car  lots........ ...  jfi

...  23*4

Hay.

fio. 1 Timothy carlots...
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots

..10 50

@3 50
@3 25
@2 75
@3 00
@3 25
@3 50

F ruits.
Oranges.

Fancy  Seedlings

Mexicans  150-176-200
Cal. Seedlings.........
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s..............
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Bananas.

Soda.

Oyster.

Butter.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

SWEET  GOODS—Boxes

as follows :
Seymour XXX..................   6
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton
Family XXX....................
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton.
Salted XXX......................
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton..
Soda  XXX  ......................
Soda XXX, 3 lb  carton...
Soda,  City............ ..........
Zephyrette.......................
Long Island  Wafers........
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  .
Square Oyster, XXX........
8q. Oys. XXX, 1  lb carton
Farina Oyster,  XXX........
Animals..........................
Bent’s Cold Water...........
Belle Rose.......................
Coco&nut Taffy...............
Coffee Cakes....................
Frosted Honey.................
Graham Crackers  ...........
Ginger Snaps, XXX round 
Ginger Snaps,XXX  city..
Gin. Snps.XXX home made 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped
Ginger  Vanilla  ...............   8
Imperials............................  8%
JumDles,  Honey...............   11
Molasses  Cakes.................  8
Marshmallow  ..................   15
Marshmallow  Creams......  16
Pretzels,  hand  made  ......  8%
Pretzelettes, Little German  6%
Sugar  Cake.......................  8
Sultanas............................  12
Sears' Lunch......
Sears’ Zephyrette.................. 10 ”
Vanilla  Square.................. 
8%
Vanilla  Wafers  ..............  14
Pecan Wafers...................... 16
Fruit Coffee........  .............  io
Mixed Picnic....................  10%
Cream Jum bles.................  11)4
Boston Ginger Nuts...........  8%
Chimmie Fadden..............  10
Pineapple Glace................   16

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

A  definite  price  is  hard  to
name, as it varies according  to
size  of  bunch  and  quality  of
fruit.
Medium bunches... 1  25 @1  50
Large bunches........1  75 @2 00
Figs, Choice  Layers
101b .....................
Figs,  New  Smyrna
201b......................
Figs,  Naturals 
in
30 lb. bags,............
Dates, Fards in 10 lb
boxes..................
Dates, Fards in 60 lb
casés  ..................
Dates,Persians,G.M.
K., 60 lb cases, new
Datés,  Sairs  60  lb
casés  ..................
N u ts.

@10
@13
© 7
© 8
©  6

@ 5X

Almonds, Tarragona.. @13
Almonds, Ivaca.........
@12
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............ @13
Brazils new...............
©  7%
Filberts  ....................
@10
Walnuts, Grenobles .. @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. @10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif....................... @13
Table Nuts,  fancy__
@12
Table Nuts,  choice... @10
Pecans, Med............... @10
Pecans, Ex. Large__
@12
Pecans, Jumbos........ @14
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............
@2 00
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks @4  00
Butternuts  per  bu__ @  60
Black Walnuts per bu
©  60
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
Cocks.....................
Fancy,  II.  P.,  Flags
Roasted..................
Choice, H. P„ Extras.
Cboice. H. P.,  Extras.
Roasted  .................

© 4%
©  7
© 4X
© 5%

2 1

Crockery  and

G lassw are.

Butters.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 
X gal., per doz.................  50
5X
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
8 gal., per g a l.................  6X
10 gal., per gal.................. 
6%
12 gal., per gal..................   6%
15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
2 to 6 gal., per gal............
5%85
Churn Dashers, per doz... 
60
5X
X gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  5X 

X gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 
Fine Glazed Milkpans.

Milkpans.

Churns.

Stewpans.

X gal. fireproof, bail, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz. 1  10 
X gal., per doz.................   40
X gal., per doz..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  

Jugs.

6%

Tomato Jugs.

X gal., per doz.................  70
1 gal., e.ch ...................... 
7
Corks for X gal., per doz..  29 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
X gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...I  00 
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  -  2 

Sealing Wax.

LAMP  BURNERS.

No.  0  Sun.......................... 
45
No.  1  Sun.......................... 
50
No.  2  Sun.......................... 
75
Tubular..................
50
Security, No.  1........
Security, No. 2...................  85
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
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
60
No.  0 Sun, 
No.  1  Sun, 
No.  2 Sun, 

crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled....  2  10 
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled__
2 25
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled 
3 25

First  Quality.

XXX Flint.

2 55
2 75
3 75

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

crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled...
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled__
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................3  70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamps............
80

La  Bastie.

No.  1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   1  25
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   j  50
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  06
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........4  70

Electric.

OIL  CANS. 

LANTERNS.

Pump  Cans,

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........4  40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  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  0u 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  5 00 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 6 00
5 gal Tiltiug cans..............  9 00
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule............... 10  50
5 gal Home Rule............... 12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  0 Tubular.................. 4  25
No.  1 B  Tubular..............  6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 0 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No.  i2 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp  ........  3 75
LANTERN OLOBES.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1  doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz.
each, box 15 cents........... 
45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls  5  doz.
each,  bbl 35....................   40
No. 0  Tubular,  bull’s  eye, 
I  25 
cases 1  doz.  each... 
LAMP  WICKS.
No. 0 per gross................... 
20
No. 1 per gross................... 
25
38
No. 2 per gross................... 
No. 3 per gross...................  58
Mammoth per  doz............. 
70

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

Sausages.

Barreled Pork.

Smoked neats.

follows:
Mess  .............................   8 00
Back  .............................   8  75
Clear back  ....................  8 50
Shortcut.........................  8 50
Pig..................................  11  50
Bean  ............................. 
7 75
Family 
..............................9 00
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
5
Briskets  ......................... 
5
Extra shorts..................  
4%
Hams,  12 lb  average___ 
934
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
914
Hams, 16 lb average...... 
ox
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
8%
Ham dried b e e f............  
10%
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
5x
Bacon,  clear..................  
7
California  hams............  
514
Boneless bams................ 
8%
Cooked  ham................... 
10%
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound...................... 
4^
Kettle.............................  
ax
55 lb Tubs...........advance  %
80 lb Tubs...........advance  %
x
50 lb T ins...........advance 
20 lb Pails...........advance  %
10 lb Pails...........advance 
\
5 lb Pails...........advance  %
3 lb Pails...........advance 
1
Bologna......................... 
5
Liver............................... 
6
Frankfort....................... 
6%
P ork.............................  
654
Blood  ............................ 
6
Tongue.......................... 
9
Head  cheese..................  
6
Extra  Mess........................   7 00
Boneless  .......................  10 00
Rump.............................  10 50
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
so
X  bbls, 40 lbs.................  1  go
X  bbls, 80 lbs...............   2 80
Kits, I d  lbs........... .......... 
75
X  bbls, 40 lbs.................  1  40
X  bbls, 80 lbs.....................   2 7b
Pork...................  .........  
Beef  rounds..................  
Beef  middles............  
Sheep.................................  
Butterine.
8%
Rolls, dairy................. 
Solid, dairy.................... 
8
Rolls,  creamery............  
13
Solid,  creamery............  
12X
Corned  beef,  2 lb........... 2 CO
Corned  beef, 14  lb.......... 14  00
Roast  beef,  2 lb.........   2 00
Potted  ham,  %s.........  
60
Potted  bam,  Xs.........   1  00
Deviled ham,  %s.........  
60
Deviled ham,  Xs.........   1  00
Potted  tongue Xs __  
60
Potted  tongue Xs.........   1  00

Canned  Meats.

Pigs’ Feet.

Casings.

is
3x
8

Tripe.

Beef.

Furs.

H i d e s   a n d
P e l t s .
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol-

lows:
Hides.
Green......................
Part  cured..............
©  6 %
Full Cured.............. ■  6%© 7%
D ry .........................
.  5  @  7
Kips,  green...........
•  6V6© 7l/z
Kips,  cured............
■  6  © 7
Calfskins,  green__
.  5%@ 7
Calfskins, cured__
•  6%@  8
Deaconskins  .........
.25  @30
Pelts.
Shearlings..............
5@  10
Old  Wool.................
4<k&  75
Mink........................
30@  1  10
Coon.........................
25©  70
Skunk.....................
40©  80
Muskrats..................
8©  12
Red Fox...................
80©  1  25
Gray Fox................
30©  60
Cross Fox  .............. 2 5 © 5 (0
Badger.....................
2r@  50
Cat, W ild................. 20@  30
Cat, House...............
l0@ 
i0
Fisher............... .......3 00@ 5 00
Lynx........................ 1  0 © 2 00
Martin, Dark............ 1  00© 2 50
Martin, Yellow____ 65(if).  1  UO
Otter......................... 4  50© 7 50
Wolf........................ !  10© 2 00
Bear  ....................... 7 00© 15 « 0
Beaver...................... 2 00© 6 00
Deerskin, dry. per lb. 15©  25
Deerskin, gr’n, per lb
10®  12%
Washed 
................. .10  @16 
Unwashed...............
.  5  ©12
Tallow..................... .  2  © 3
Grease Butter.......... .  1  © 2
Switches  ..............
.  i%@ 2
Ginseng.................... .2 50@2 75

niscellaneous.

Wool.

Oils.
Barrels.
Eocene  ....................
@10%
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdll
©  8%
W W Michigan.........
©  8
High Test Headlight
© 7
D., S. Gas..................
© 9
Deo. Naptha..............  ©  8%
Cylinder................... 30  @38
................ 11  @21
Engine 
Black, winter............   © 9

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

22

Hardware
The  Hardware  Market.

General  trade  during  the  holiday  sea­
son  is  always  quiet,  especially  between 
the  two  holidays.  The  majoiity  of  mer­
chants  at  the  present  time  are  busy 
with  their  inventory,  and  as  this  is  the 
case  with  almost  all  branches  of  trade, 
there  are  but  few  people  looking  around 
to  see  where  they  can  buy  goods.  This 
condition  has 
its  effect  upon  the  re­
tailer  and  follows  on  into  the  jobber,  as 
well  as  the  manufacturer.  The  indi­
cation  to  place  orders  for advance  ship­
ments 
is  not  as  marked  as  the  jobber 
might  wish,  as  in  many  cases  it  is  hard 
to  convince  the  retail  buyer that there is 
a  chance  of  an  advance.  We  believe, 
however,  that  goods 
in  many  lines  are 
as  low  as  they  will  be,  and  the  dealer 
who  is  in  shape  to  anticipate  bis  wants 
and  not  deprive  himself  of  securing  the 
cash  discount  will  not  make  a  mistake 
in  anticipating  his  wants  in  a  moderate 
way.

Wire  Nails— During  the  past week the 
volume  of  business 
in  nails  has  been 
quite  moderate,  as  the  trade  are  limit­
ing  their  purchases  to  early  require­
ments.  As 
is  usually  the  case  in  win­
ter,  the  demand  for  nails decreases,  and 
dealers,  being  aware  of  this  fact,  are 
supplying  their  trade  from  their  stock 
on  hand  and  only  replenishing  it  when 
absolutely  necessary.  There  is  but  lit­
tle  change to  note  in  price on  wire nails 
and  there  does  not  seem  to  be  any  indi­
cation  of  their  being  higher  for  the 
present.  The  low  price  on  the  raw  ma­
terial  and  the  open  market  now  prevail­
ing  will  prevent  an  advance  as  long  as 
this  condition  exists.

Barbed  Wire— There  is  no  change  to 
note  in  this  commodity  and,  while some 
orders  are  being  taken  for  future  ship­
ments,  such  orders  are  not  coming  in 
with  as  much 
freedom  as  formerly. 
There  is  no  change  to  note  in  price,  al­
though  the  general  tone  of  the  market 
is  weaker.

Rope—The  demand  for  rope  is  light 
and  the  prices  remain  stationary.  We 
quote  sisal  rope  at  6c  per  pound  and 
man ilia  at  8@gc.

It 

Window  Glass—There  has  been  a 
general  resumption  of  the  window  glass 
factories. 
is  estimated  that  by  the 
first  of  the  year about  1,400  pots  will  be 
in  operation. 
It  is  reported  that  no  ad­
vance  in  prices  will  be  made  by  manu­
facturers  before  the  middle  of  January, 
beyond  which  time  no  glass  will  be  sold 
by  members  of  the  Manufacturers’  As­
sociation.  The  prices  with  the  jobbers 
in  this  locality  are  from  70 and  5  to  70 
and  10  per  cent.,  according  to 
the 
quantity  wanted.

in 

Stocks 

Skates— Owing  to  the  cold  weather 
which  has  prevailed  largely 
in  Michi­
gan,  the  demand  for  skates  has been 
unprecedented. 
jobbers’ 
hands  have  been  broken  and  it  has been 
difficult 
in  many  cases  to get  prompt 
shipments  from  factory.  Notwithstand­
ing  this  shortage,  there  has  been  no 
change  in  prices,  jobbers  and  manufac­
turers  continuing  the  low  prices  which 
have  been  prevailing  up  to  the  present 
time.
The  Workmen  Live  in  Their  Work. 
The  poets  have  always  compared  the 
movement  of  time  to  the  flowing  of  a 
stream,  a  rivulet  or  a  river—something 
forever  passing  away,  yet  never  ex­
hausted.  When  one  questions  closely 
the  aptness  of  the  simile  it  is clear  that 
time 
is  taken  as  synonymous  with  hu­
man  life,  the  course  of  history,  but  not

the 

as  co-terminous  with  the  biography  of 
any  individual  being  in this world.  The 
individual  life  is  symbolized  in  poetry 
by  the  successive  seasons  of  the  chang­
ing  year—the  springtime’s  hope  and 
promise, 
summer’s  complete  ex­
pression  of  vital  energy,  the  autumn’s 
golden  harvests,  and  the  winter’s  sum­
mons  to  fireside  communings.  Your 
life  and  your  neighbor’s  life  are but  as 
flowers  that  bloom  in  their  season ;  the 
life  of  your  family  began  in pre-historic 
ages  and  will  be  indefinitely  continued.
The  community  and  the  corporations 
which  are  its  creatures  are  types  of  this 
permanence 
in  evanescence.  Towns, 
cities,  metropolitan  masses  of  houses 
and  multitudes  of  working  and idle peo­
ple  spring  up,  grow  and  dwindle.  They 
have  their  day,  so  to  speak;  but  it  is  a 
long  day,  and  in  the  perspective of  the 
individual  human  life  it 
is  seemingly 
illimitable.  There  are  dead  and buried 
cities  whose  streets  rang  in  unrecorded 
centuries  to  the  roar  of  commerce  and 
the  tumult  of  civic  strife;  hut  their 
greatness  was  the  product  of the hunger, 
the  unrest  and  the  aspiration  of  united 
generations,  and  the  end  of  their  far- 
reaching  power must  have  appeared  in­
conceivably  remote  to  any  single  ob­
server  of  their  growth.  Time  flowed 
through  their  streets,  bearing  away  one 
man’s  fortune,  while 
it  added  to an­
other’s  wealth,  sweeping  by  with  the 
debris  of  the  past  while  it  ie£t  still,  ap­
parently  secure, 
the  foundations  of  a 
constantly  rising  civilization.  Nothing 
that  Macaulay  wrote  has  so  caught  the 
fancy  of  his  wide  world  of  readers  as 
his  picture  of  the  future  New  Zealand­
er,  seated  on  a  crumbling  arch  of  Lon­
don  Bridge  and  musing  over  the  silent 
ruins  of  that  city  of  cities  on 
the 
Thames.  But  men  no  longer  believe  in 
the  possibility  of  another  dismantled 
and  abandoned  Baalbec  or  Thebes. 
Modern  conquerors  are  too  wise  to  pil­
lage  and  raze  a  great  metropolis  to  the 
ground.  The  opulent cities  of  the  pres­
ent  age  reach  after  trade  and  control 
the  routes  of  commerce.  They  are  no 
longer  left  stranded  by  the  discovery  of 
new  lands  and  the  diversion  of  enter­
prise.  As  the  intellect  of  man  enables 
him  to  adapt  himself  to  every  climate, 
and  to  recover and  increase  the  fertility 
of  his  outworn  fields,  the  commanding 
I commercial  genius of  a  New  York  or  a 
London  traverses  all  the  highways of the 
seas  and  makes  itself  at  home  in  every 
mart.  These  mighty  emporiums  copy 
each  other’s  improvements,  appropriate 
each  other’s 
inventions,  and  printing 
forbids  that  they  should  ever  lose  any 
useful  art.
In  old  and  quiet  country  villages  the 
changing  lapse  of  time  is  less  evident.
Those  apart  from  the  crowded  routes 
of  trade  and  traffic  are  dependent  upon 
local  an  neighborhood  patronage.  They 
grow  or  they  dwindle  slowly;  but  in 
them  also  the generations  succeed  each 
other,  and  in  the  graveyard

its 

its  preachers, 

features  of  the 

The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
The  old  church,  the  old  school-house, 
and  other  venerable  buildings  of  brick 
or  stone  strike  the  common  mind,  en­
ter 
into  the  common  consciousness,  as 
enduring 
landscape. 
One  does  not  think  of  them  as  subject 
to  decay,  and  hardly  even  as  the  fabri­
cations  of  human  hands.  But  the  town 
has,  nevertheless,  its  man-made  history, 
and 
teachers  and 
other  leaders  have  given  it  an  atmos­
phere  which  enters 
its  life. 
Every  community,  whether  great  or 
small,  the  village  as  well  as  the metrop­
olis,  wears  some  individual  expression 
which  vivid  intellects  and  strong  wills 
have  impressed  upon  it. 
It  is  true  only 
in  a  sense  unintended  by  the  poet  that 
the  individual  withers  while  the  world 
is  more and  more.  “ The  workmen  die, 
the  work  goes  on, ”   is,  indeed,  a  true 
saying;  but  it  is  true  only  in  a 
limited 
sense.  The  workmen  live  in  their  work, 
and  time  cannot  carry  off  with 
its 
wrecks  the  influence  of  true  words  and 
noble  deeds. 

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Grand  Rapids.

A large number of hardware dealers handle

THE OHIO  LINE  FEED  GUTTERS

OHIO  PONY  CUTTER

Fij.  783-  No.  11)4.

Made by SILVER  M AN'F’G  CO.,

Salem, Ohio.
This  cutter  is  for  hand  use  only,  and  Is  a 
strong, light-running  machine.  It is adapted to 
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 1154  inch 
knife,  and  by very  simple changes  makes  four 
lengths of cut.

We also have a  full  line  of  larger  machines, 
both  for  hand  or  power.  Write  for  catalogue 
and  prices.

ADAM S  &  HART,  G eneral  A g en ts,  Grand  R apids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN 

23

Tribute  to  the  Traveler.*

He travels and expatiates; as the  bee 
From flower to flower, so he  from  land  to land: 
The manners, customs, policies of all 
Pay contribution to the store he gleans.

The  sentiment  seems  appropriate  and 
applicable  to  the  commercial  traveler, 
but  it  is  one  thing  to  “ expatiate”   to  a 
poor  defenseless  merchant  when  you 
have  him  in  a  corner,  and  another  be­
fore  a  large  audience  which  has  you  at 
its  mercy.

My  friend  Stowe  publishes  a  “ yaller- 
in  Grand  Rapids, 
covered”   paper  up 
called  the  Michigan  Tradesman. 
In 
his  “ Gripsack  Brigade”   column  a short 
time  ago  he  took  occasion  to  say  that  a 
serious  mistake  had  been  made  in  the 
preparation  of  this  program,  and  that 
“ there  is  only  one  subject  on which Mr. 
Blake 
is  thoroughly  posted,  and  that  is 
a  topic  on  which  he  is  admirably  fitted 
to  talk,  both  by  association  and  experi­
ence—the  simple  topic  of  girls. ”

it  apparently 

That  reminds  me 

Now,  the  topic  is  all  right  enough.  It 
is  a  beautiful  one,  yet  who  but  Stowe, 
of  the  Tradesman,  would  dare  call 
“ girls”  a “ simple”  topic?  I will not ex­
patiate  on  that  subject,  as  1  know  I 
could  not  do  it  justice,  but  I  would  like 
to  inform  my  editorial  friend  that  girls 
are  not  only  not  simple,  but  he  will  find 
— when  he attains to my  “ experience” — 
that  they  are  both  compound  and  com­
plex.  The  trouble  is  that  Brother  Stowe 
is  envious  because  I  have  four  nice 
girls  and  he  has  only  one—boy.  The 
boy  isn't  to  blame,  however,  and  if  he 
grows  up  a  good  boy,  I  may  let  him 
have  one  of  my  girls  later  on—that  is, 
if  he  promises  never  to become  an  edi­
tor  or,  hardly  ever,  a  commercial  trav­
eler. 
that  “ The 
is  the  topic  assigned  me 
Traveler”  
and,  as 
is  not  confined 
solely  to  the  commercial 
traveler,  I 
might  mention  that  “ there  are  others.”  
No  doubt  the  most  welcome  of  all  is 
the  traveling  paymaster.  He  is  beloved 
—not alone  for his  charming personality, 
but  especially  for  his  intrinsic  value. 
The  missionary  who  travels  to  the  an­
tipodes  to  convert  the  heathen  is  also 
beloved,  but 
in  his  case  not at  all  for 
intrinsic  value,  but  for  his  well  fed 
his 
personality.  Then  there 
is  the  travel­
ing correspondent,  who throws his search 
light 
into  all  the  dark  places  of  the 
world.  He  knows  no  fear;  crime  flees 
before  him;  he 
is  the  beacon  light  of 
knowledge  and  “ the  manners,  customs, 
policies  of  all  pay  contribution  to  the 
store  he  gleans.
The  world  is  better  for  such  travelers 
as  Christopher  Columbus,  Sir  John 
Franklin,  John  C.  Fremont,  Doctor 
Livingstone,  Paul  Du  Chaillu;  and 
there  are  women  travelers  of  whom  we 
speak  in  veneration,  such  as  Clara  Bar­
ton,  who  has  but  recently  borne  the 
glorious  badge  of  the  Red  Cross  into 
the  blood-drenched  homes  of  wounded 
and  tortured  Armenia  and  applied  her 
balm  of  Gilead  to  suffering  humanity 
there.  Travelers,  as  a  rule,  are  good 
Samaritans. 
the 
world  makes  them  broad  gauged  and 
sympathetic. 
I  might  refer  in  detail  to 
the  different  kinds  of  travelers  who  ap­
pear  to  my  mind,  and  recite  their  pe­
culiarities,  but  as 
is  a  subject  of 
much  magnitude—and  I  am  gratefully 
cognizant  of  the  fact  that  my  time  is 
limited— I  will  confine  my  remarks 
more  closely  to  the  brand  known  as 
“ commercial  travelers,”   and  I  might 
say,  by  way  of  preamble,  that  the  rela­
tions  between  the  firm  and  its  traveling 
representative  should  be  of  such  a  cor­
dial  nature  as  to  attain  the  best  results 
for  the  benefit  of  both.

Their  contact  with 

Dean  Hodges,  of  Cambridge,  says 
that  no  man  has  a  greater  provocation 
to  distrust  the  Christianity  of  the  busi­
ness  world  than the commercial traveler. 
His  reputation  for  honorable  dealing 
is 
his  best  capital,  yet  sometimes  be  puts 
aside  his scruples—thinks,  perhaps,  that 
he  has  a  foolish  and  misleading  con­
science—and 
is  tempted  to  prevaricate. 
Of  course,  this  is  the  exception  rather 
than  the  rule,  for  with  fourteen  years’ 
experience  on  the  road 
in  telling  the 
truth—and  otherwise— I  can  safely  say 
that  “ Honesty  is  the  best  policy, 
and 
I  have  often  observed  that  the  average
♦Response  by  W.  F.  Blake  at  annual  banquet 

it 

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

knight  of  the  grip  (present  company 
excepted,  of  course)  has  acquired  a 
habit  of  telling  the  exact  truth  that 
amounts  almost  to  a  disease.
I  have  found  that  the  traveling  man 
is  looked  upon  generally  as  a  sort  of 
privileged  character.  The  clerks  in the 
retail  stores  are  inclined  to  envy  him. 
They  observe  that  he  dresses  well,  stops 
at  the  best  hotels  (when  there  are  any 
best),  rides  on  the  cars  and,  apparently, 
has  nothing  to  do  but  pull  out  his  ordei 
book,  copy  off  the  fat  list  of  wants  re­
served  especially  for  him,  treat  the  pro­
prietor,  the  clerks  and  himself  to  good 
cigars,  tell  a  good  story  and  say  good­
bye  for  thirty  days.  They  think  the 
course  of  his  life  is  smooth  and  easy— a 
sort of  ball-bearing,  pneumatic-tire  life, 
as  it  were—and  their ambition  is  to  ob­
tain  a  position  on  the  road  where  they, 
too,  may  find life  one  continual  round  of 
pleasure.
“ I’ve noticed—more’n likely so have you—
That things don’t happen as you want ’em to.”
They  have  not  read  between  the  lines 
and  discovered  that  only  the  few  suc­
ceed ;  that  the  life  they  have  to  lead 
takes  them  away  from  their  homes  for 
days  and  nights,  away  from  their  fam­
ilies  and  away  from  their— best  girls; 
that  even  the  best  hotels  are,  in  some 
places,  hovels;  that  their  beds  are  not 
always  beds  of  down,  and  that,  more 
often  than  otherwise,  their  four-course 
dinners  consist  of  ram,  lamb,  sheep  and 
mutton. 
They  do  not  see  (in  their 
dreams)  the  long,  cold,  wet  and  muddy 
drives  through  swamps  or  woods  ten 
miles  to  an  interior  store,  only  to  find 
the  buyer  has  gone  fishing  and  “ didn’t 
leave  word  about  an  order. ’ ’  Perhaps 
you  pass  the  day  without  an  order,  and, 
therefore,  the  night  without  sleep  in  a 
cold,  nervous  sweat.  Business has  been 
bad  for  some  time  and  you  are  dread­
ing  the  receipt  of  a 
letter  from  the 
house,  even  though  you  are  short  of 
cash.  At  last,  however,  it  arrives  and 
it  tells  you  to  brace  up  and  not  get  the 
blues.  Your  employer  is  a  sort  of mind 
reader,  had  read  your  discouragement 
between  the  lines  of  your  last communi­
cation  to  the  house  and,  being  a  fair 
man,  is  inclined  to  do all  he  can  to  aid 
you.  You  find  enclosed  a  draft  for  an­
other  month’s  expenses,  and  then  you 
don’t  feel  so  much 
like  committing 
suicide.  The  sun  shines  again  and 
“ all  the  clouds  about  our  house  are 
in 
the  dark  bosom  of  the  ocean  buried.”  
The  traveling  man's  life  is  full  of  ups 
and  downs,  but  there  are  many  sunny 
spots  or  it  would  be  unbearable.
1  might  expatiate  on  his  many  vir­
tues,  but  the  innate  modesty  of  our  clan 
As  to  his  shortcomings— 
forbids  me. 
“ Sufficient  unto  the  day 
is  the  evil 
thereof. ’ ’

1  have  not  said  a  word  about  that 

in­
vasion  of  our  ranks  by  the  lady traveler, 
but  I  assure  you  we are  willing  to  em­
brace  her  also. 
I  have  met  none  but 
who  are  an  honor  to  the  profession  and 
should  be  welcomed  to  it,  for  the 
influ­
ence  of  a  good  woman  sheds  luster  and 
dignity  and  gentleness  wherever  she 
goes.

There  was  a  time  when  the  commer­
cial  traveler  occupied  but  a  small  space 
on  this  firmament  of  ours;  when  his 
reputation  was  not  very  savory;  when 
he  thought  it  necessary  to  indulge in the 
use  of  intoxicating  liquors  with  his cus­
tomer  in  order  to  get  him  mellowed  up 
to  the  buying  point,  and  when  to  be 
known  as  a  commercial  traveler  (or 
drummer)  was  synonymous  with 
losing 
caste  in  society.  But  time  changes  all 
things  and  from  the  days  when  “ Sam 
Slick,  the  Yankee  clock  peddler, ”  trav­
eled  through  New  England  and  Nova 
Scotia,  sold  his  wares  and,  as  Judge 
Haliburton  tells  me,  moulded  public 
opinion,  he  has  gone  forth  to  battle  and 
to  conquer.  Under  the  influence  of  his 
genial  spirit  the  cares  and  perplexities 
of  the  business  world  surrender.  He  is 
to-day  a  man  of  ideas;  thoroughly  up- 
to  date ;  a  disseminator  of  knowledge ; 
faithful  to  his  employers  and  their 
in­
terests,  yet  a  staunch  friend  to  his  cus­
tomers;  his  heart  full  of  charity  for  the 
afflicted,  and  a  patriotic  defender  of 
his  country.

For he who’s doomed o’er waves to roam,
Or wander on a foreign strand,
Will sigh whene'er he thinks of home,
And better love his native land.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS AND BITS

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

BARROWS

BOLTS

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

60
Stove...................................................... 
Carriage new list....................................65 to 65-10
Plow.......................................................  
40&IO

BUCKETS
Well,  plain.......................... 

BUTTS,  CAST

*325

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

BLOCKS
Ordinary Tackle...................... 
CROW  BARS
Cast Steel................................ 

 

 

..per lb 

70

4

CAPS

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

CARTRIDGES

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

Socket Firmer.................  
Socket Framing.......................................... 
Socket Corner..............................................  
Socket  Slicks...............................................  

 

 

80
80
80
80

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

CHISELS

DRILLS

ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
Corrugated.............................................. 
Adjustable........................................................ dis 40*10

55
1  25

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark’s small, 118;  large, $26........................30&10
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30  ............................ 
25

FILES-New  List

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

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

13 

14 

28
17

Discount,  75

15 
OAUGBS

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

KNOBS- New List

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

70
80

MATTOCKS

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

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s............................. 
40
 
40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables... 
40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark's...............  
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 
30
Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30

MOLASSES  OATES

MILLS

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base................................................  1 70
Wire nails, base................................................  1 80
Base
20 to 60 advance................................ 
05
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
10
8 advance.................................................... 
6 advance...................................................  
20
30
4 advance.................................................... 
45
3 advance................................................... 
70
2 advance.............................................. 
 
50
Fine 3 advance................................... 
 
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
35
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
Finish 10 advance  ...  ............................. 
a5
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
45
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
Barrel X advance..........................................  85

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy......   .......................   @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, firstquality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60

Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
Common, polished.................................. 
70* 5

PANS

RIVETS

Iron and Tinned........................................  
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages Vic per pound  extra. 

60
60

HAMMERS

Maydole *  Co.’s, new  list............................... dis 33V6
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

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS

HINGES

WIRE  GOODS

HOLLOW  WARE

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20*10
Granite Iron  Ware.........................new list 40*10
Pots................................................................60410
K ettles..........................................................60*10
Spiders......................................................... 60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3...............................  dis 60*10
State......................................... per doz. net  2 50
Bright..........................................................  
80
80
Screw Eyes................................................... 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................................. 
80
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
70
Sisal, V4 inch and  larger.............................   6
Manilla......................................................... 
9
Steel and Iron.............. 
80
Try and Bevels.............................................
M itre...........................................................

LEVELS
ROPES

SQUARES

 

 

SHEET  IRON

 

WIRE

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIOHTS

com. smooth,  com.
*2 40
2 40
2 60
2 70
3 70 2 80
2 90
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,‘ over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14....................................$3 30 
Nos. 15 to 17...................................   3 30 
Nos. 18 to 21...................................   3 45 
Nos. 22 to 24...................................   3 55 
 
Nos. 25 to 26....................... 
No.  27 .........................................   3 80 
widenot less than 2-10extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86........  ............................dis
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game............................................  
60*10
50
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's 70*10*10
Mouse, choker.................. .".__ per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1  25
Bright Market............................................  
75
Annealed  Market........................................ 
75
Coppered  Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market.............................................  62Vi
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ..........................   2 20
Barbed  Fence,  painted....................................  1 85
Au Sable..................................................dis40*lC
Putnam.................................................. dis 
5
Northwestern......................................... dis 10*10
Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled  ..................  
30
Coe’s Genuine.............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  .........  
80
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
Bird  Cages...........................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
80
85
Screws, New List...................................  
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American............................... 
50
600 pound casks.  ........................................ 
6)4
Per pound................................................... 
64i

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

SOLDER

V4@Vi...........................................................   12Vi
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by private  brands  vary
according to  composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal...........................   ......... * 5 75
14x20 iC, Charcoal........................................   5 75
20x14 IX. Charcoal........................................   7 00

Each additional X on this grade, *1.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, *1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean...............................  5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean  .............................   6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................   10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  5 50
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........... 
9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   1100

BOILER SIZE TIN  PLATE

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, ( per P°una  - - 

d 

„
8

WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS,  GRAND  RAPIDS,

Pay  the  highest  price  in  cash for

MIXED  RAOS,
RUBBER  BOOTS  AND  SHOES, 
OLD  IRON  AND  nE TA L S.
a s ; ,. ‘ r '  “ Any  Old  Thing.”

Every Denar

Invested in Tradesman Com­
pany’s  COUPON  BOOKS 
will yield  handsome  returns 
in saving  book-keeping,  be­
that 
sides 
no 
forgotten. 
Write

the  assurance 

charge 

is 

Tradesman Company,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

24

Looking  Forward  in the  Grocery  Busi­

ness.
Stroller In Grocery World.

There’s  a  retail  grocer  up  in  Bucks 
County  who  has  some  pretty  startling 
ideas— ideas  that  are  against  his  own 
interests  in  a  good  many  ways. 
I  was 
in  his  store one  day  last  week,  and  he 
unloaded  several  of  these  ideas  on  me. 
I  m  not  going  to  tell  this grocer’s name, 
or  even  where  his  store  is,  for  every 
reader of  the  Grocery  World  would want 
to  throw  him  off the  earth. 
I  expect  if 
I  were  to  tell  who  this  grocer  is,  the 
trains  up  that  way  for several  days after 
the  paper appeared  would  be  crowded 
with  retail  grocers  with  knives  in  their 
boots.

The  talk  came  about  in  this  way: 

I 
was  standing  at  the  door  of  this grocer’s 
store  looking  up  the  street,  when  a 
peddler  came  driving  along.  He  had 
teas and  coffees.

“ There  goes  a  fellow  I  don’t  suppose 
you  have  much  use  for,”   I  observed,  as 
the  peddler  passed.

“ Oh,  I  don’t  know,”   said  the grocer,  j 

rather  indifferently.

I  looked  around  at  him 

in  consider 
Indifference  toward  the 

able  surprise. 
peddler  was  so  different  from  what 
had  been  accustomed  to.
said.

‘ ‘ It’s  what  we’re all  coming  to,”   he 

“ What  do  you  mean?”
“ Well,  I’ll  tell  you. 

I’m  a  pretty 
young  man,  and  I’ve  studied  the  sub­
ject  a  little,  and  I  believe  that 
inside 
of  fifty  years  there  won’t  be  any  jobbers 
or  retailers  either.  That  is,  I  mean  re 
tailers  like  myself.”

I  always did  get  rattled  in  the  pres 
ence  of  lunatics,  so  I  moved  a  step 
nearer the  door.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

They’ll  deal  directly  with  each  other  i: 
fifty  years  or  I’m  a  liar!”
lence.
asked.

I 
looked  at  the  man  a  minute  in  si 
“ How  long  have  you  had  this?”  
“ Had  what?”
“ This  delirium?”
“ He  laughed.
“ That’s  all  right,”   he  said,  “ you 

wait.  You  just  wait  fifty  years.”

“ My  dear  man,”   I  said,  “ do  you 
know  of  a  manufacturer  on  this  earth 
who  is  equal  to  the  task,  not  only  of  at 
tending  to  the  many  details  of manufac 
ture,  but  also  of  superintending  the  ac 
tual  selling  of  his  goods  all  over  the 
country?  Why.it  would  be  an  utter  im 
possibility.  No  man  or  set  of  men 
could  do  it. ”

“ Well— ”   began  the  grocer.
“ Now,  hold  on,”   I  interjected,  “ I let 
little  song;  you  let  me 

you  sing  your 
sing  mine.

“ There  will  always  be  middlemen,”  
I  went  on,  ‘ ‘ for  the  reason  that  the  one 
man—the  manufacturer—will  never  be 
able  to  do  the  work  himself.  There 
will  always  be  retailers,  too,  because the 
jobber  will  never  be  able  to  do  the work 
of  selling  the  consumer  as  well  as  the 
retailer.  Both  the  jobber  and  the  re­
tailer  are  part  of  the  great  scheme  of 
distribution,  and  you  can’t  dispense 
with  either. ”

“ All  right,”   said  the  grocer.  “ You 

just  wait  fifty  years. ”

“ Well,”   1  said,  “ I’m  perfectly  will­

ing  to  do  that. ”

1  have  forty-nine  years,  eleven months 

and  twenty-one  days  more  to  wait.
Difference  Between Cheese and Grind­

The  Produce  Market.
Apples— Local  dealers  hold 
Beans— Handlers  pay  4o@5oc 

choice 
fruit at §i@i.25  per  bbl.
for 
country  picked,  holding  city  picked  at 
is  fair  but  the 
6o@7oc.  The  demand 
market  is  featureless.

Butter— Receipts  continue to increase, 
in  consequence  of  which  the  market.has 
eased  off  considerably.  Fancy dairy still 
brings  12c,  but  factory  creamery  has de­
clined  to  2IC.

Cabbage—40(8500  per  doz.,  according 

to  size  and  quality.

Celery— 15c  per  bunch.
Cheese—The  market  has  ruled  very 
quiet  during  the  week.  Buyers  are  not 
apt  to  take  in  much  cheese  at  this  sea­
son  under  any  circumstances.

Cider— £4  per  bbl.,  including  bbl. 
Cranberries— Dealers  hold  Cape  Cods 

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

Eggs—On  account  of  liberal  receipts 
due  to  the  prevalence  of  warmer 
weather—strictly 
fresh  stock  has  de­
clined  to  18c,  despite  which,  an  alleged 
egg  dealer  has  been  sending  out  ietters 
to  the  trade  offering to  secure  20c.  The 
Tradesman  has  frequently  cautioned  its 
readers  to  beware  of  any  house  which 
offers  to  pay  above  the  market  for any 
staple  article,  as  such  methods  almost 
invariably  stamp  the  dealer  as  fraudu­
lent.  Storage  eggs  are  very  quiet,  and 
although  the  supply  is  quite small,  there 
is  sufficient  stock  available  for  the  de­
mand,  and  prices  of  this  grade  of  eggs 
have  not  changed  during  the  week,  be­
ing  still  held  at  16c,  with  pickled  stock 
at  15c.

Grapes— Malagas  bring  $6  per  keg  of 

65  lbs.  gross.

“ That’s  what  we’re  coming  to,”   re 
peated  the  grocer,  with  great  earnest­
ness,  “ and  if  you  live  fifty  years  longer 
you'll  see  it.  Why,  the  jobbers  are  on 
tbcirlast  legs  now,”   he said,  vehement­
ly. 
“ I’ll  bet  a  consumer  can  go  into 
any  wholesale grocery  store  in  Philadel 
phia  and  buy  goods.  He’ll  have  to  bu* 
a  good-sized  quantity,  but  he'll  get  thi 
goods  all  the same.  You mark my words, 
the  jobbers  are  doing  this  because  they 
see  the signs  of  the times. ”
„ " M y   dear  man,”   I  said,  mildly 
“ you’re  away  off.  The  wholesale  gro 
cer  that  sells  the  consumer  in  Phila 
delphia  is  the  very  rare  exception,  and 
not  the  rule at  all.  I ’ve  seen  consumers 
who  wanted  to  buy  big  stocks  of  goods 
turned  down  time  after  time,  and 
know  what  I’m  talking  about.”

“ Well,  it’s  all  right,”   he  said,  no 
wise  disconcerted. 
“ You  wait.  You 
see  if  the  jobber ain’t  out  of  existence 
in  fifty  years.  Why,  all  these  manufac­
turers  are  beginning  to  sell  the  retailers 
straight.  They  have  no  use for the  job­
ber,  because  they  can  save  his  profit  by 
selling  us  direct.  What  can  the  jobber 
do?  Nothing!”

“ I  believe  that  the  time 

any  retailers  in  fifty  years,  either.”

“ But  you  said  that  there  wouldn’t  be 
“ Well,  I  mean  that,  too,”   he  per­
sisted. 
is 
coming  when  the  manufacturers  will 
deal  direct  with  the  consumer  by  hav­
ing,  say,  their  own  wagons 
in  every 
own.  What  will  the  retailers  be able 
to  do  then? 
I  could  take  a  grocery 
wagon  and  go  on  the  streets  to-day,  and 
I’d  save  75  per  cent,  of  my  store  ex­
penses.  Look  at  Armour!  Don’t  he 
have  his  retail  places  all  over  the  coun­
try?  Even 
if  there  are  regular  retail 
stores,  in  fifty  years  they’ll  be  run  by 
the  manufacturers 
jointly;  you  see  if 
they’re  not.”

Phew!”   I  said;  “ if  I  were  a  retail 
grocer  and  felt  like  that,  I  believe  I ’d 
leave  the  business  and  get  into  some­
thing  else. ”

is  a good  while. 

“ Why  would  you?”   he  asked.  “ Fifty 
years 
I  don’t  expect 
to  be  alive  when  that  time  rolls  around. 
And  then  I  may  be  wrong, ”   he  said, 
modestly.

“ That’s  so,”   I  said,  hopefully.
“ I ’ve  looked  pretty  closely 

into  the 
signs  of  the  times,”   he continued,  “ and 
if  they  mean  anything,  they  mean  that 
the  middleman 
is  not  in  it!  And  by 
middleman  I  mean  every  man  who 
comes  between  the  fountain  head—the 
manufacturer  —   and 
consumer.

the 

stone.

incident 

Velzey,  Dec.  26— I  was  pleased  to  see 
the  article  on  Mr.  Truckee  in  your  last 
week’s  issue,  but  Mr.  Raider has  omit­
ted  one  amusing 
in  Mr. 
Truckee’s  book-keeping.  At  one  time 
he  sold  a  man  one  grindstone  and  one 
cheese.  Afterward,  on  sending  the  bill 
for  collection,  he  sent  it  for  two  cheese. 
Of  course,  the  bill  was  disputed.  On 
looking  over  his  books  he  saw  his  mis­
take  and  apologized  by  saying  that  he 
forgot  to  put  the  hole  in  the  grindstone.

VV.  J.  B a r n u m .

Among  the  resolutions  passed  by  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor  at  its re­
cent  session  at  Cincinnati 
is  one  de­
manding  that  all  railway  cars  not  carry- 
ng  the  mails  shall  be  forbidden  to  dis­
play  signs 
indicating  that  they  do  so. 
That  is  to  say,  such  cars  must  advertise 
whether  they  are  under  the  protection 
of  the  Federal  laws  for  the  safety  of  the 
mail  service,  or  simply  those  governing 
the  relations  of  common  property. 
If 
the  resolution  means anything,  it  means 
that  such  property  must  advertise  the 
extent  to  which  it  is  liable  to  the  dep­
redations  of  the  riotous  mobs  of  organ- 
zed  labor  in  times  of  disturbance.  The 
ight  way  would  be  to extend the stricter 
revisions  for  the  protection  of  all  com­
mon  carriers  and  manufacturing  enter­
prises  as  well.

Men  and  women  have  each 

their 
phere  in  society.  Woman  may  be  fitted 
to  fill  man’s  place,  but  man  cannot  fill 
woman’s.  So 
if  woman  enters  man's 
iphere  there  must  remain  in  society  a 
place  unfilled,  a  work  undone.

Don’t  get  ashamed  of  your  station 
in 
fe !  Don’t get ashamed  of  your  busi­
ness!  Don’t  get  beyond  your genera­
tion!  Don’t  get  too  big 
for  your 
clothes!  Don’t  get  too  proud  for  your 
purse!

Baltimore  proposes to copy the ancient 
Greeks  and  have  a 
the 
greatest  thing  in  the  way  of a  carnival 
of  sports  ever  held  in  America.  It  has 
been  suggested  that  the  carnival  beheld

stadium, 

After  Nov.  1,  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.

Honey— Scarce 

and  higher,  white 
clover  having  been  marked  up  to  13c, 
while  dark  buckwheat  now  fetches  11c. 
Nuts—Ohio  hickory,  gi.50  per  bu. 
Onions— Spanish  are  in  fair  demand, 
commanding  $1.25  per  bu.  crate.  Home 
grown  continue  to  advance,  local  deal­
ers  having  been  offered  5o@6oc  for  car- 
lot  shipments  during  the  past  week.  In 
a  small  way  sales  are  made on  the  basis 
of  65c.  These  prices  are  for  choice 
stock  of  good  size. 
Inferior  stock  is 
sold  as  low  as  35@4oc.

Potatoes— The  market 

is  still  very 
flat,  with  no  present  prospect  of  an  im- 
piovement  until  the  seeding 
season 
opens  up  in  the  South.  This  begins  the 
latter  part  of  January,  at  which  time 
the  Tradesman  confidently  expects  to 
see  a  marked 
in  values 
and  a  corresponding  improvement in the 
demand.

improvement 

Squash— Hubbard 
ing  §1.25  per  100  lbs.

is  stronger,  bring­

Sweet  Potatoes—Genuine  kiln-dried 
Jerseys  are  in  good  demand  at §2.50  per

W A N T 5  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

171

belt corner  in  Carson City, Mich.;  south front; 

f|H)R RENT—STOKE ROOMS ! !  I AM BUILD- 

ing a brick block of four store rooms  on  the 
two rooms are leased to merchants heie;  wi.l be 
ready for occupancy January  i5, 1897;  rooms are 
21x13x90  feet,  with  cement  basement  sewer 
water,  toilet  n o i u s ,  electric  lights,  furnaces, 
14-foot  wide  stone  pavement,  entiie  plat«  glass 
11 onts with deep side lights, recess eutrance, and 
fancy tiling; elegant new counters and shelving: 
rent only  *25 per month;  population,  2,0u0;  one 
bank;  another  is  needed  and  citizeus  will sub­
scribe;  shoe  store  also  wanted.  Carson  City 
located on the Grand Trunk Railroad, is a splen­
did town  and  surrounded  by a superb farming 
community.  Address  John  A. Gardner,  Carson 
City, Montcalm Co.,  Mich. 

ITRiK SALE—GOOD  SET OF  FIXTURES  FOR 

grocery store, including  *18  Enterprise  cof­
fee mill, show cases, Howe and Faitbank scales 
lamps,  oil  tank,  candy  trays,  cracker  case! 
cheese safe, etc., etc.  All  modern  and  in  good 
shape.  Will be sold cheap for cash or  bankable 
paper.  Address No  168, care  Michigan  Trades- 
man_______________ ' ________________ 168
W ANTED—TO  BUY  A  GOOD  WATER I 
power flouring  mill.  No  steam  need  ap- 
P1?-  Also  a  good  drug  stock  from  *3,0U0  to 
*•,(00.  N.  H.  Winans,  Tower  Block,  Grand
Ra’,ids-_______________________  
'T'O EXCHANGE— FOUR VILLAGE  LOTS  IN 
X  good town near Grand Rapids for  furniture 
stock.  Will  pay  cash  for  the  difference, 
if 
necessary.  Address  G,  care  Michigan  Trades 
man. 
170
Fo r  sa l e—f in e s t  m ea t  m a r k et  in
Grand  Rapids,  having  established  trade 
among  best  people.  Don’t  apply  unless  you 
have  *2.000 ready  cash.  Good  reasons  for  sell 
ing.  Address  No.  163,  care  Michigan  Trades 
u s
man. 

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store  in  Elkhart  county, 

W ILL PAT CASH FOR CLEAN STOCK GRO- 
cries.  State in first letter price,  sales  and 
rent.  W. J. Henwood, Niles, Mich. 
I'OK SALE—A  GOOD  DRUG  AND  NO t'lON 
Indiana  No 
pharmacy law.  T. P. Stiles, Millersburg, ind.
New  h o u se,  s p l e n d id   location  and 
rented to desirable  tenant.  Will  trade  for 
stock of good8 in any live town  of 2,000 or over 
158
Address Lock Box 22, Lowell. Mich. 
,l45£EK  STAMPS  AND  RUBBER  TYPE. 
!<  W ill ,1.  Weller,  Muskegon, Mich. 
loo 
RUG  STOCK  FOR  SALE—THE  BEsT  LO- 
cated suburban  store in Kalamazoo,  Michi­
gan.  Stock is clean;  rent low.  Address  Ha-el- 
tine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids,  Mich. 
US

_________________  
rous’  drug  stock  and  fixtures,  located  at 
Newaygo.  Best location and stock in  the town 
Enquire of Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.. Grand 
Rapids, Mich._____  

IT'OR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN  THE  WAT- 
ITHP ®ALK—IMPROVED  80  ACRE  FARM  IN 

Oceana  county;  or  would  exchange  for 
merchandise.  Address  380  Jefferson  Avenue 
Muskegon. 
1 ,¡7  *
UOR  EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
, 
farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades-

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MISCELLANEOUS.

167 

VI^ANTED—POSH ION AS STENOGRAPHER 
TT  and book-keeper by  young  man  who  has 
had  several  months’  experience  iu  mercantile 
lines.  Salary  not  material  at  first,  advertiser 
being actuated by  desire  to  secuie  an  npportu- 
nity to identify  him-elf  with  an  establishment 
in which there is a chance to advance.  Address 
No-  ;K7- care Michigan Tradesman. 
YYTANTED—SITUATION  BY"REGISTERED 
fourteen  years’  experience and 
sober,  P. H. G., care Michigan Tradesman.  16a 
YXTANTED — POSITION  AS  TRAVELING 
" f  salesman by man  of  twenty  years’  ex ne- 
rience.  Best  of  references.  E.  H  Poole,  475 
Madison avenue. Grand  Rapids. 
159
W B U~ Sl Tl;AT10N  AS  CLERK  IN  A 
V 
.ihln.g’ shoe or general store by a young 
man  of » - B e s t  references.  Six  years’  ex pe 
rience.  Address  No.  145,  care Michigan Trades-
g y p ____  
V*/-AN TED  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  S111P- 
Pe™ °f butter and eggs  and  other  season 
able produce.  R. Hirt, 36 Market street, Detroit.
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_ mileage  books.  Address,  stating
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145

a«o

$100,000 

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in  a  hard  or  soft  wood  manufacturing 
business  with  some  one  having  experi­
ence  and  capable  of  assuming  manage­
ment  tu  every  detail  of  plant  now  in 
ope  ation,  within  100  miles  of  Buffalo, 
two lines of railroad, splendid  shipping 
facilities  easily accessible to forest lands 
of Pennsylvania.  Private R  R. switches, 
electric  light  plant  and  perfect  equip­
ment.  Original  cost  nearly  *300,000. 
fifth  largest  in  the  United  States.  To 
some pen-on  who  will  organize  a  com­
pany for  manufacturing  wood  mantels, 
desks, bank and office furniture, etc.,  an 
exceptional opportunity.
See letter  on  file  wiih  Grand  Rapids  A 
Furniture Manufacturers’  Association.  A 

For further particulars  address 

BLINN  YATES,  Agent, 

640 Ellicot Square, 

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Buffalo, N. Y.  ♦

5ELL  THESE

CIG ARS

and  give  customers  good 

satisfaction.

CARRIAGES,  BAGGAGE 
AND  FREIGHT  WAGONS
■S and 17 North Waterloo St., 

Telephone 381-1_______________ Grand RapWa.
i l  A’  *•  An Engraving of (he 
HalJof the Mysteries, also large Catalogue 
or  Masonic  books  and  goods  with  bot- 
'tom  prices.  New  Illustrated  Historv  of 
r reemaso- ry for Agents. 
lie ware of the 
IPU1™!18 Masonic* books.  REDDING &  CO., 
Fubllshers and Manufacturei s of Masonic 
Goods, 212 Broadway, New York.

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We carry a stock  of cake tallow for mill  use.

Nos.  122 and  124  Louis St..

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will be trade winners for  the 
merchants  who  know  them.

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Warren Chemical & Manufacturing Co.,

OF TRINIDAD PITCH LAKE ASPHALT

Christenson  Baking  Co.,

Write for estimates and full Information to

Grand  Rapids.

81  Fulton  S t.,  New  York, 

94  Moffat  Bld’g,  Detroit.

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

IN  OUR  24 YEARS How  much  you  have  lost  bv  not  sending  or­

ders  to  us for our superior quality

BARCUS  BROTHERS,  flanufacturers  and  Repairers,  M u sk egon .

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Office and  W orks,  BUTTERWORTH AVE., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

Rapids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington,  Al­

legan, Howard City, Petoskey and Reed City.

ffN  Highest Price  Paid for  Empty  Carbon and  Gasoline  Barrels.

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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
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permits  the  proprietor or  his  clerks  to  wait  upon  customers  with  greater  rapidity  on  account  of  the  confidence 
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