Volume XIV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  18,1897.

Number  726

HATS,  CAPS  AND  STRAW  GOODS,

240  Devonshire  St.,  Boston.

Moore, Smith & Co.,

In  recognition  of  the  generous patronage with  which 
we  have  been  favored  by  our  W estern  trade,  and  in  an 
effort  to  meet  the  w ishes  of  our  custom ers  by  placing 
our  sam ples  w ithin  easy  reach  for  inspection,  we  beg  to 
advise  you  that  we  have  opened  a  W estern  office  for 
the  inspection  of  our  goods  at  the  corner  of  Monroe 
avenue and  Cadillac  Square  (Room   14,  Kanter building), 
in  the  city  of  Detroit.  W e  propose  to  keep  on  exhib i­
tion  there  a  com plete  line  of  Sam ples of our entire stock.
Mr.  M.  J.  Rogan,  our  W estern  representative,  will 
be  in  charge  of  our  office  at  D etroit  during  the  months 
of  A ugust,  Septem ber  and  October,  and  February, 
March  and  April— the  two  seasons  of  the  year  when  he 
will  not  be  on  the  road— during  which  m onths  he  will 
take  special  pleasure  in  show ing  you  our  fall  and  winter 
styles,  and  our  spring  and  sum m er  styles  w hether  you 
w ant to  buy or  not.

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D o  not  forget  that  Mr.  Rogan  will  be  in  D etroit 
during 
the  m onths  m entioned  and  that  he  w ill  be 
pleased  to  m eet  his  custom ers  personally,  or  hear  from 
them ,  as  well  as  to  extend to  them  any  favors  within  his 
power.  T hanking  you  for  past  favors,  and  trusting  that 
you  w ill  find  it  to  your  advantage  to  rem em ber  us  in  the 
future,  we  are,

Moore,  Smith  &  Co.
T h e  F ranklin  D erby  for  the  fall  of  ’ 97  is  a  big  suc­
Send  for sam ples— #18  and $21  per dozen  colors—  

cess. 
B lack,  Seal,  Green,  O x-B row n,  Benedictine.

V ery  sincerely  yours,

We  Manufacture 
Kersey  Pants—

L ook  over  our  line  before  placing  your 
order. 
Just  w hat  you  want  at  prices  you 
can  afford  to  pay.  O ur  salesm an  w ill 
call  if  you  w ish  it.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.,

Wholesale  Dry  Goods, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Good  Yeast  is  Indispensable

Fleischmann  &  Co.’s

Is the recognized standard of excellence.

Put up in  pound packages for bakers and  in tin foil for family use.

None genuine 

without  our

Yellow label 

and  signature

Prompt attention given to shipping orders.  Address orders for yeast to

FLEISCHMANN &  CO.,

Pour  Kinds  of  Coupon  Books

are  manufactured  by  us  and  all  sold  on  the  same  basis,  irrespective 
of  size,  shape  or  denomination.  Free  samples  on  application.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

CULL UP  YOUR  WIFE 

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by telephone from your store:

YOU  WILL  BE  SUQPBISED i

to  learn  at  how  little  cost  a 
perfect  telephone  line  can 
be  constructed  if  you  write 
us  for  an  estimate.  We  in- 
stall complete exchanges and 
private  line  systems.  Fac- 
tory systems right in our line. 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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Manufacturers of Fine Roll  Top  Butter  and  Grocery  Re-

,,  frigerators and Store Fixtures.  Kendallville. Indiana.

C O L D   S T O R A G E   A N D   C O O L I N G   R O O M S

Everybody  Guess!

We shall make an exhibit of our  CLYDESDALE  SOAP  at  the 
State Fair, including an enormous cake of Clydesdale as it  came 
originally from  the  frames.  Everyone  is  invited  to  register  a 
guess on the weight of  the  cake  and  the  nearest  guess  entitles 
guesser to a high grade bicycle, either man’s, woman,s or  child’s.

SCHULTE  SOAP  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

Premium given away with Clydesdale Soap  Wrappers.

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E X C L U S I V E   O E A U E R S   IN

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D K X R O IT .

J. A. MURPHY, General  Manager.

FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY. Counsel

The Michigan Mercantile fluency

Represented In every city and county in the United States and Canada.

SPECIAL  REPORTS. 

LAW   AND  COLLECTIONS.

Main  Office:  Room  noa,  Majestic  Building,  Detroit,  Mich.

N.  B.— Promptness  guaranteed  In  every  way.  All  claims  systematically^ and  persistently 
handled until collected.  Our facilities are unsurpassed for prompt and  jdicient  service.  Terms 
and references furnished on application.

Four Kinds 01 coupon Boone

are  manufactured  by  us and  all  sold  on  the  same 
basis,  irrespective of size,  shape or denomination.
Free  samples  on  application.

T R A D ES M A N   C O M P A N Y ,  Grand  Rapids.

.¿»¿»ESTABLISHED  1877¿»¿*

The above halftone was  taken  from one of our 6xio,  10  feet  high,  McCray  Sectional  Butcher  Cooler, 
finished with raised and moulded  panels.  We make this design either  in  plain  sawed  red  oak,  quarter 
sawed white oak,  cherry or mahogany, and finish either with one coat of varnish or a high  polish  finish 
to order.  We make an-extra effort  in fitting out  markets complete.  Write for prices and aiscounts.

S T Y L E   ©.

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Flour is as good  as gold  and will please your trade when

other grades will  fail.

EBELIN G’S   B E S T   XXXX

Flour  is  one  adapted  to  bakers  or  where  a  strong,  sharp  flour  is  wanted. 

Both  flours  are  manufactured  from  the  finest  spring  wheat  grown.

T ry  a  sample  car  of our  Flour  and  Feed.

JOHN  H.  EBELING,  Green  Bay,  Wis.

Volume  XIV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  18,  1897.

Number 726

M ichael  Kolb  &  Son
Wholesale Clothing  Manufacturers,

Rochester,  N.  Y.

Established Nearly One-half Century.

Write  our  Michigan  representative,  William 
Connor, Box 346,  Marshall, Mich., to call on you, or 
meet him as under  (customers*  expenses  allowed) 
and  he  will  show  you  best  line  of  Kersey  Over­
coats, strictly all  wool,  raw  and  stitch  edge,  at  $5 
and $7;  prices, tit,  quality and make guaranteed.

Tie  Preferred  B alers 
Life Assurance  Co.

Incorporated by

d A  A   MICHIGAN 
I V /  V /   BANKERS

Maintains a Guarantee Fund.
Write for details.

Home Office,  Moffat Bldg.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

F R A N K  E .  ROBSON,  P res.
TRU M AN   B. GOODSPEED, S ec’ y .

W e w ish  to 
establish 
a  branch oi 
our
business in 
every 
tow n  in 
M ichigan 
w here w e 
are  not now  
represented.

N o
Capital
Required.
MEN’S  SUITS 
OVERCOATS 
$4.00  to 
$30.00

AND

WRITE  FOR  INFORMATION.

WHITE CITY TAILORS,

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CHICAGO.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Private Credit Advices.

Collections made  anywhere 

in  the  United  States  and 

Canada.

Save  Dollars TRflDESmflN  COUPONS

Save  Trouble 
Save  Losses 

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GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
The  rapidity  of  the  increase  in  busi­
ness  activity  at  the  season  of  the  year 
when 
is  usually  dullest  is  so  great 
that  it  is  coming  to  be  considered  phe­
nomenal. 
Indeed,  it  would  seem  that 
the  many  who  have  deprecated the  com­
ing  of  a  boom  are  doomed  to  disap­
pointment,  for  the  astonishing  increase, 
if 
it  should  continue  much  longer  at 
the  present  ratio,  will  soon  bring  the 
into  that  undesirable 
country  fairly 
condition.  When 
it  is  considered  that 
the  low  prices  mean  the  handling  and 
production  of  so  much  merchandise, 
the  fact  that  records  of  bank  clearings 
are  being  broken  for  the  season  would 
argue  that  in  all except  prices  the  boom 
is  upon  us.  The  ratio  of  increasing 
bank  clearings  noted  last  week  is  still 
fully  maintained,  the  amount  being  9 
per  cent,  increase.  As  compared  with 
the  corresponding  week  of  last year,  the 
increase  is  35  per  cent.

The  condition  of  the  stock  market 
continues  to  furnish  a  significant  fea­
ture  of  the  situation.  The  attempts  of 
foreign  holders  to  break  the  market  by 
selling  resulted  in  two  slight  reactions 
last  week,  but  from  each  the  market 
came  up  with  a  bound  and,  on  the  av­
erage,  maintained  the  steady  increase 
of  the  past  weeks.  As  significant  as  the 
steady  appreciation  of  prices  is  the  ac­
in  the  share  trade,  which,  last 
tivity 
week,  amounted  to  3,463,620 
shares. 
The  average  closed  at  an  advance  of 
80 cents  per  share  for  the  week.

A  notable  feature  of  the  week  has 
been  the  thronging  of  buyers  to  all  the 
principal  centers  for  the  purchase  of 
goods.  This  has  developed  into  a  lib­
erality  of  buying  which  has  not  been 
seen  for  years.  Of  course,  the  reason 
may  be  found  in  the  favorable  crop  out­
look, 
low 
prices.

stocks  and  the 

depleted 

In  the  iron  and  steel  trade  there  is 
not  only  the  same  ratio  of  increasing 
activity  manifest,but  a  decided  upward 
tendency  of  prices  as  well.  Steel  billets 
have  been  advanced  75  cents  per  ton 
and  structural 
in­
creased  $2,  with  a  prophecy  of  still 
further  advance.

foims  have  been 

The  upward  course  of  wheat  has  been 
scarcely  interrupted  by  the  slight  spec­
ulative  reactions  which  have  been  un­
dertaken.  The advance  has  scored  about 
six  cents  and  the  activity  of  Western 
shipments  has  been  such  as  to  cause  a 
blockade  in  many  localities.

In  the  textile  situation  there  is  the 
same  encouraging  report  of  strengthen­
ing  prices  and  increasing  activity. 
It 
has  been  so  long  since  print  cloths  have 
been 
lists  of  rising 
it  marks  an  era  to  have 
prices  that 
them  fall  in  line.

included 

in  the 

Bank  clearings  for the  week,  $1,153,- 

000,000.  Failures,  214.

The  Grain  Market.

in 

lively 

Wheat  during  the  past  week  has  been 
extremely 
its  upward  flight. 
Although  receipts  were extremely  large, 
the  export  kept  pace  and  there  was  a 
decrease  of  about  4,500,000  bushels, 
where  last  year  it  showed  an increase  of 
about  600,000  bushels.  The  conditions

still  continue  very  strong  and  we  can 
record  an  advance  of fully  6c  per bushel 
since  our  last  review  of  the  market,  a 
week  ago.

The  foreign  situation  seems  to  beget­
ting  stronger,  as  has  often  been*  stated. 
The  newest  phase  which  has  turned  up 
is  that  England  has  already  made  quite 
a  shipment  of  wheat  into  France.  We 
notice  the  papers  all  seem  to  be  giving 
quotations  of  not  enough  wheat.  How­
ever,  we  think  that  ultimately  it  will 
equalize 
itself  and  that  there  will  be 
enough  to  go  around,  although  it  will  be 
at  considerably  higher  prices  than  what 
has  been  the  going  rate  for  the  last  few 
years,  as  the  visible  supply  has  almost 
in  the  United 
disappeared,  not  only 
States,  but  generally 
in  all  wheat-pro­
ducing  countries,  so  we  have  nothing  to 
fall  back  upon,  as  we  usually  have,  but 
must  depend  upon  the  present crop.  We 
might  mention  that  the  rye  crop 
in 
Europe 
is  also  deficient,  which  will 
have a  bearing  on  wheat.

We  will  give  a  comparison  as  regards 
the  visible  in  the  United  States,  which 
is  17,222,000 bushels,  against  45,876,000 
bushels  in  1896  and  63,994,000  bushels 
in  1894.  The  price  to-day  is  climbing 
near  the  $1  mark  and  it  may  possibly 
get  there  later  on,  but  our  opinion  is 
that  this  point  will  not  be  reached  in 
the  very  near  future.
to 

the  unfavorable 
weather  and  the  large  amount  in  sight, 
made  an  advance  of  ic  per bushel.  We 
might  state  here  that  there  is  18,427,000 
bushels  in sight,against 12,117,000  bush­
els 
in  1896  and  only  3,057,000  bushels 
in  1894.

owing 

Corn, 

Oats  have  been  losing  ground,  as  they 
are  quite  a  bit  weaker  than  they  were 
last  week.  At  present 
it  is  hard  work 
for any  person  to  predict  the  market,  as 
the  fluctuations  seem  to  vary  a  great 
deal  daily.

Receipts  in  Grand  Rapids  during  the 
week  were  106 cars  of  wheat,  11  cars  of 
corn  and  4  cars  of  oats.  This,  it  seems, 
has  been  the  banner  week  in many  years 
for  the  receipt  of  wheat  and  it  taxes  the 
mills  to  their  utmost  to  take  care  of  it. 
The  mills  are  paying  82c  for  wheat  to­
day. 

C  G .  A .  V o i g t .

Judgments  Agairst  Robb  &  Co.
The  Tradesman  regrets  to  note  that 
two  small  judgments  have  recently  been 
rendered  against  the  commission  firm 
of  W.  C.  Robb  &  Co.,  36  Woodbridge 
street,  west,  Detroit.  The  firm  is  com­
posed  of  W.  C.  Robb  and  Geo.  B. 
Pratt,  and,  pending  the  adjustment  of 
these  judgments,  the  Tradesman  feels 
impelled  to advise its patrons to exercise 
caution 
in  making  shipments  to  the 
house.

Australia  rejoices  in  a 

lady  million­
aire,  Miss  Edith  Walker,  of  Concord, 
Sydney.  She 
is  a  very  philanthropic 
lady,  and  has  given munificent  benefac­
tions  to  colonial  science  and  art.  The 
latest  achievement  shows  that  the 
lady 
has  peculiar  views  as  regards  spending 
her  money,  for 
it  takes  the  form  of  a 
handsome  donation  towards  resuming 
the  work  of  coral  boring  in  the  Pacific, 
with  a  view  to  deteimining  the  depth 
to  which  the  ccral  formation  extends.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—’The  European  market  for  raw 
sugar  has  been  fluctuating  during  the 
week,  with  an  upward  tendency.  At 
present  the  market  is  decidedly  strong, 
with  probable  further  advances.  The 
consumptive  demand  is  active.

Coffees— Prices  are  still  very  low,  and 
large  arrivals  are  reported  from  ports  of 
entry.  The  receipts  of  coffee  at  Rio 
and  Santos  thus  far  this  month  have 
been  far  beyond  all  previous  records, 
amounting  to  285,000  bags,  including
105.000  bags  at  Rio  and  180,000  bags  at 
Santos.  The  receipts  thus  far  this  sea­
son  have  been  464,000  bags  at  Rio  and
800.000  bags  at  Santos,  a  total  of  1,262,-
000  bags,  against  1,000,000  bags  last 
year  and  495,000  bags  in  1895.

Tea—Advices  from  Yokohama  are  to 
the  effect  that  teas  below  16c  a  pound 
have  advanced  ic,  making  a  total  ad­
vance  from  the  lowest  point  of  2c.  Teas 
above  17c  have  made  a  2c advance since 
the  first  of  the  month.

Provisions—Smoked  meats  are  higher 
and  the  market  is  strong.  Beef  hams 
and  dried  beef  also  continue  to  ad­
vance.  Lard,  both  pure  and  compound, 
seems  firmer  than  the  remainder  of  the 
provision  market,  and  developed 
a 
greater advance  last  week  than  meats. 
There  has  been  a  considerable  activity 
in  compound 
the  week, 
more  than  has  been  the  case  for a  year 
past.  A  week  or  two  ago  it  was  very 
difficult  to  sell  compound  lard,  on  ac­
count  of  the  low  price  of  pure.  At 
present,  however,  the difference  in  price 
ic  per  pound,  which  brings 
is  nearly 
compound 
lard 
into  the  market  again, 
and  has  made  the  movement  in  it  quite 
large.

lard  during 

it 

fruit 

Dried  Fruits— A  rather brisk  specula­
tive  demand  has  developed  for  future 
raisins.  The  estimates  of  the  Califor­
nia  crop  vary,  some  placing  the  crop 
at  4,500  cars,  the  same  as  the  crop  of 
1895,  and  others  at  3,500,  because  of  the 
heavy  dropping  of  the-  fruit 
in  some 
sections.  The  spot  stock  of  last  year’s 
raisins  in  California  is  said  to  be  very 
large,  but 
is  not  of  a  quality  fit  for 
the  trade,  and  will  probably  go  to  the 
wineries. 
Prunes  seem  more  to  be 
sought  after  than  anything  else  in  the 
cured 
line  in  California.  Good 
European  enquiries  and  purchases,  and
1 
crop,  make  a  foundation  on  which  the 
Coast  dealers  are  building  hopes  for 
better  prices.  Alaska  is  taking  the  re­
mains  of  the  spot  goods  on  the  Coast. 
Washington  and  Oregon  will  have  a 
large  crop  of  Italian  prunes  this  season.
is  fully  10c  per 
bu.  higher than  it  was  a  week  ago,  with 
every  prospect  of  a  continuation  of  the 
advancing  tendency  which  began  three 
or  four  weeks  ago.
Fish— Several  of  the  New  England 
and  Canadian  mackerel  fishermen,  dis­
couraged  bv  their  small  catch,  have 
abandoned  mackerel 
fishing  entirely. 
The  demand  for  mackerel  grows  better 
as  the  condition  of  the  market  grows 
more  apparent.  Cod  is  moving  out  bet­
ter  and  the  market  is firm.  Lake fish  are 
selling  well  and  the  stock  now being  re­
is  of  very  good  quality.  Prices 
ceived 
are  unchanged.  Salmon 
is  unchanged 
in  price,  with  a  good  demand.

Beans—The  market 

the  usual  “ heavy  dropping”   of  the 

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Woman’s World

Are  Women  Growing  Selfish?

Women  have  been  extolled  for  their 
unselfishness  so  long'that  it  comes  with 
a  shock  of  surprise  to  learn  that  their 
pet  virtue  has  at  iast  been  called  into 
question.  Nay,  it  has  been  more  than 
questioned. 
It  has  been  positively  as­
serted  that  woman  is  the  very  quintes­
sence  of  selfishness.  It  is boldly charged 
that  she  thinks  of  nothing  but  her  own 
pleasures,  amusements  and 
interests. 
She  is  accused  of  belonging to clubs that 
are  neither  more  nor  less  than  mutual 
admiration 
societies,  wnere-  women 
meet  together  to  glorify  their  own  sex 
and  formulate  plans  for 
its  advance­
ment.  Worse  than  that,  she  goes  off  in 
summer  to  the  mountains  or  seaside, 
leaving  her  poor down-trodden  husband 
to  swelter  in  the  city,  without  even  the 
reward  of  a  cool  smile  ora frozen glance 
when  be  returns  home  at  night  after  his 
arduous  day's  work. 
If  this  is  not  in­
grained,  hopeless,  conscienceless selfish­
ness,  the  critics  would  just  like  to  know 
what  it  is,  that's  all.

From  time 

immemorial 

it  has  been 
the  custom  of  woman  to sacrifice  herself 
whenever  she got  a  chance,  and  any  de­
flection  from  the  couise  she  was  expect­
ed  to  pursue  must  necessarily  occasion 
a  deal  of  comment.  Unselfishness  with 
her has  been  a  cult.  She  has  worn  it  os­
tentatiously,  and  flaunted  it  in  the  face 
of  the  world  with  a  feeling that  it  would 
make  good  any  other  deficiencies  or 
shortcomings.  She  has  courted  perse­
cution,  and  gone  out  of  her  way  to  be­
come  a  martyr.  She  has  accounted  it 
unto  herself  for  righteousness  to  do 
those  things  she  did  not  wish  to  do, 
and  to  leave  undone  those  things  she 
was  dying  to  do.  On  the  platform  of 
pure  and  unadulterated  unselfishness 
she  has  taken  a  stand,  and  defied  com­
petition,  and  now,  when  she  wishes  to 
climb  down  and  off  and  give  other 
people  a  chance  to  practice  the  virtue 
they  admire  so  much,  she 
is  cruelly 
misjudged  and  assailed.

It  must  be  admitted,  in  all  fairness, 
that  this  attitude  of  perfect  self-abnega­
tion  is  one  which  men have never  failed 
to  praise,  but  seldom  emulated.  Men 
have  always  taken  a  saner  view  of  life 
than  women.  A  woman  sacrifices  her­
self  in  a  thousand  needless  little  ways 
which  do  no  one  any  good,  but  when 
a  man  makes  a  sacrifice  it  is  big  with 
heroism,  and  counts.  A  woman  thinks 
she  is  being  good  when  she 
is  uncom­
fortable.  A  man  knows  people are much 
more  apt  to  be  good  when  they are com­
fortable.  No  man  with  a  full  purse and 
a  full  stomach  was  ever  an  anarchist.

is  all  right. 

The  truth  of  the  matter simply  is  that 
women  have  awakened  to the  fact  that 
they  have  been  overdoing  the 
self- 
sacrifice business.  A  reasonable amount 
of  unselfishness 
It  is  the 
sense  of  justice  with  which we recognize 
other  people’s  rights;  it  is  the  love  that 
makes  us  prefer  another to  ourselves;  it 
is  the  adorable grace  and  sweetness  that 
soften  a  strong  and  independent  char­
acter,  and  is  as  far different  as  possible 
from  the  lack  of  backbone  that  weakly 
gives  away  before  everything and every­
body.
It 

is  woman’s  natural  impulse  to be 
perfectly  unselfish  towards  those  she 
loves,  and  it  has  always  gotten  her  into 
trouble  from  the  days  of our  first  mother 
down. 
I  have  always  felt  that  Eve's 
mistaken  and  fatal  unselfishness  bad  a 
great  deal  to  do  with  the  disaster  in  the 
Garden  of  Eden. 
If  she  bad  only  been

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

But  no. 

Notwithstanding  this 

content  to  have  gobbled  down that apple 
by  herself,  and  say  nothing  about  it, 
like  a  man  would,  it  might  have  made 
very  little  difference. 
It  was 
such  a  good  apple—nobody  needs  to  be 
told  that 
it  had  a  most  engaging  and 
peculiar  flavor,  being  so  forbidden  and 
so  wicked—and  Eve,  with  the  dear  un­
selfishness  of  her  sex,  was bound  to  save 
the  best  bite  for  Adam.  And  he  did 
eat,  and  “ so  came  sin  into  the  world.’ ’
contre­
temps,  the  perfectly  unselfish  woman 
has  always  remained  the  ideal  of  man­
kind.  Theoretically,  she  is  only  a  little 
lower than  the  angels.  Practically,  with 
the  best  motives  and  the  most  exalted 
intentions,  she  has  done  more  harm  in 
a  week  than  malice  could  invent  in  a 
year,  for  she  is  responsible  for  develop­
ing  more  tyrant  husbands,  and  raising 
up  more  ungrateful  and  undutiful  chil­
fostering  more  grasping 
dren,  and 
selfishness 
in  other  people  than  every 
other agent  in  the  world  combined.

little 

That  isn’t  a  romantic  view  to  take  of 
the  subject,  but  it  is  the  truth  straight 
off  of  the  bat.  The  millennium  is  still 
some way  off,  and  the  perfectly  unselfish 
woman  reaps  what  she  has  sown.  She 
has  made  those  about  her  think  that  she 
is  of  no  consequence.  She  has  made 
them  overbearing  and  selfish,  and  she 
gets  her  reward  in  neglect  and  brow­
beating  and  contempt,  for  it  is  human 
nature  to  despise  what  we trample upon. 
This  should  not  be  thus,  of  course,  but 
it 
is  a  topsy-turvy  world,  my  sisters, 
where  we  get  precious  little  that  we 
don't  insist  upon  having.

Those  who  rail  against  the  selfishness 
of  the  modern  woman  are  fond  of  draw­
ing  comparisons  between  her  and  the 
ideally  unselfish  woman  of  the  past. 
Ah,  there  was  a  woman  for  you,  they 
cry.  There  was  unselfishness  in  all  its 
purity  and  beauty.  She  never  thought 
of  herself.  Did  she  spend  her  time 
running  around  to  clubs  and  studying 
this  and  that?  Did  she  leave  her  bus- 
band,  and  go  gadding  off  to  the  springs 
in  the  summer  because  she  felt  run 
down  in  health  and  didn’t  want  to  get 
nervous  and  witchy?  Did  she  ever 
mount  her  wheel  and  ride  off  in  the 
dewy  morning,  because  the  birds  and 
flowers  called  to  her?  Never,  never! 
idea  never  once  oc­
Such  a  monstrous 
curred  to  her. 
It  has  taken  the  selfish 
modern  woman  to  think  up  all  these  in­
iquities  of  self-indulgence.  The  wom­
an  of  the  past  was  so unselfishly devoted 
to  her children  that  she  was  content  to 
work  herself  to  death  for  them—and 
leave  them  to  the  tender  mercies  of  a 
stepmother.  She  did  not  care  that  she 
grew  old  before  her  time,  or  lost  her 
beauty,  or  got  dull  and  stupid  bending 
over  the  sewing  machine  or  the  cook 
stove,  if  her  children  went  forth  gayly 
decked  and  her  husband  bad  the  pud­
ding  lie  liked.  Of  course,  in  a  little 
while  she  became  merely  the  household 
drudge.  As  for  clothes,  any  old  thing 
if  Mamie  was  dressed  finely; 
would  do 
so  Mamie  walked 
in  silk  attire,  and 
mother turned  her  black  cashmere  and 
retrimmed her last year's bonnet.  Mamie 
played  on  the  piano  in  the  parlor,  and 
mother  washed  the  dishes in  the  kitchen 
sink.  As  for  pleasures,  nobody  ever 
thought  of  mother  and  pleasure  in  the 
same  connection.  She  bad  so  unselfish­
ly  denied  herself,  so  completely  effaced 
herself  and  her  tastes  and  desires,  that 
no  one  remembered  she  ever  had  any, 
and  her sacrifices were  accepted  without 
appreciation  and  without  gratitude.

Is  there  any  other story  on  earth  more 
pathetic  than  that?  Think  of  years  of

toil,  of  privation,  of  constantly  setting 
others  before  oneself,  and  for  reward 
children  who  scorn  mother’s opinion, 
who  have  outgrown  her,  who  are 
in­
different 
to  her,  who—pitiful  God! 
are  ashamed  of  her!  Surely  that  is  the 
bitterest  draught  ever  put  to  a  woman’s 
lips,  and  it  is  one  that  the  too  unselfish 
mother is  generally  called  upon  to  drain 
to  the  dregs.  Sometimes,  after  such  a 
woman  as  this 
is  dead,  her  children 
awake  to  a  tardy  knowledge  of  her  sac­
rifices,  and  write  columns  of  lovely 
obituary  poetry  about  her,  or  put  up  a 
sky-piercing  marble  shaft,  on  which 
they  emblazon  her  virtues;  but 
is 
doubtful  if  an  angel  takes  any  real  sat­
isfaction  in  post-mortem  love  and  ap­
preciation.  There 
is  no  other  place  in 
the  world  so  full  of  biting  sarcasms  as 
a  graveyard.

it 

It 

is  the  common  observation  of  all 
thinking people that  the  woman  who  has 
the  most  dutiful  children  is  the one  who 
insists  on  the  most  from  them.  Sillier 
woman  calls  her  selfish,  because  she  re­
fuses  to  sacrifice  herself  unnecessarily 
for  them.  She  arrogates  to  herself  a 
certain  place.  She  teaches  them  she  is 
always  the  one  to  be  considered,  and 
they  grow  up  to give  her  reverence  and 
love  and  respect.  Heaven  knows  the 
term  “ selfishness,”   as  applied  to  a 
mother  who  is  a  good  woman,  is  a  rel- 
tive  one.  There  are  plenty  of  oppor­
tunities  of  self  sacrifice  offered  her 
without  her hunting up vicarious ones.

feel,  and 

The  same  thing  may  be  said  of  the 
attitude  of  one’s  husband.  The  woman 
who  makes  a  slave  of  herself  gets  a 
slave's  pay  in  contemptuous  indiffer­
ence.  No  man  ever  cared  for  the  thing 
that  groveled  at  his 
those 
women  have  been  best  loved  who  have 
stood  up  for  their  rights,  and  at  every 
stage  of  the  matrimonial  journey  have 
demanded  courteous  treatment  and  a 
fair  divide  of  the  pleasures  and  per 
quisites  of  their  joint  partnership. 
It 
is  a  theory  of  the  perfectly  unselfish 
woman  that  she  must  bear  everything 
without  complaint.  She  must  put  up 
with  drunkenness,  and  ill-temper,  and 
abuse,  and not  a  murmur  must  cross  her 
lips. 
I  have  often  wondered  how  much 
these  evils  were  encouraged  by  this 
supineness  and,  if  women  had  the  cour­
age  to  kick 
like  men  would,  if  they 
couldn’t  remedy  them.  You  never  catch 
a  man  bearing  a  thing  until  he  has 
it.  A 
made  a  vigorous  protest  against 
drunken  woman  reeling  home 
is  no 
more  disgusting  than  a  drunken  man, 
yet  nobody  would  expect  a  man  to  put 
up  with  such  a  state  of  affairs  for  a  mo­
ment.  A  woman  knows  very  well  she 
isn't  going  to  be  pitied  and  forgiven,

and  the  result  is  she keeps sober.  I have 
known  a  man  who browbeat  and  bullied 
a  meek 
little  self-sacrificing  wife  into 
the  grave  called  down  and terrorized  in­
to  a  decent  and  considerate  husband  by 
a  determined  second wife.  Undoubted­
ly,  the  woman  who  is  imposed  upon has 
only  herself  to  blame.

Are  women  growing  selfish?  I  answer 
No.  They  are  beginning  to  realize  that 
there  is  a  middle  ground  between  be­
ing  a  monster  of  selfishness  and  a  door­
mat for  everybody  to  walk  over,  and  on 
that  middle ground they  propose to take 
their  stand.  But,  wherever  there  is  a 
clarion  call  to  duty,  wherever  love  lies 
wounded  and  bleeding  and  in  want  of 
succor,  wherever there  is  need  of  tender 
nursing  or  pitying  tears,  there,  in  the 
future,  as 
in  the  past,  will  women  be 
found 
last  at  the  cross  and  earliest  at 
the  tomb. 

D orothy  D ix.

The  “ wheat  king”   of  the  world  be­
longs  to  Argentina.  He 
is  an  Italian 
emigrant  named  Guazone,and  his  broad 
acres  are  situated 
in  the  south  of  the 
province  of  Buenos  Ayres.  His  crop 
occupies  an  area  of  66,270 acres.  He 
numbers  his  workmen  by  the  thousands 
and  each  one  receives  a  certain  share 
of  the  profits.  When  his  season's  crop 
is  harvested  he  fills  over  3,000  railway 
trucks  with  the  grain.

One  never  hears  of  the  losers;  it  is 

the  winners  who  do  all  the  shouting.

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25 cents per dozen; 
$1.50 per 100 

10 cents  per  dozen; 
75 cents per  100. 

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If 

Did you read our  effusion  in  last  week's  Tradesman? 
not, look it up on the front cover;  read it.  It may hit you.

But to continue on the subject  of  Silver  Polish.  There 
are  two  classes  of silver polish:  the "acid kind" and "our 
kind."  The first depends upon the action  of  acid  to  "eat 
off" the tarnish, dirt, etc. 
If it stopped right there it would 
be all right, but it dones't. 
It keeps right on " eating" until 
your  silver is  ruined.  "Our  kind"  is  a  natural cleaning 
preparation that cleans by friction and will  not  hurt  your 
ware in any way.  Our kind, thafs

SILVER  ¿torn

POLISH

is  packed  in  round  wooden  boxes  retailing  at  15  cents. 
Costs $1.00 per dozen.  Your jobber will fill your  order, or 
we will upon receipt of cash.

HASTINGS &  REM INGTON.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The  Commercial  Growth  of Los  An­

geles.
Written fo r the T rad esm an.

In  October  of  the  year  1875  I  found 
myself 
in  the  city  (?)  of  Los  Angeles, 
California,  at  that  time  only  to  be 
reached  on  horseback  or  by  steamer 
from  San  Francisco.  Cabin  fare  for the 
400-mile  run  was  $20. 
I  made choice 
of  the  coast  route  by  water;  and  one 
evening  boarded  the  steamer  Ventura, 
a  long  narrow  rakish-looking  craft  that 
had  done  service  for  Uncle  Samuel  in 
chasing  blockade  runners  during  the 
in  all  about  150 
Rebellion.  We  had 
passengers,  and  a 
large  quantity  of 
freight.

I  had  previously  engaged  as an assist­
ant  for six  months  in  a  real  estate  office 
in  Los  Angeles  at $50 a  month,  board 
and  lodging  included.  My  duties  were 
both  in  and  out  of  the  office;  and,  when 
out,  usually  with  a  good  horse  and 
buggy,  so  that  I  had  an  excellent  op­
portunity  to  see  and  study  the  city  and 
suburbs  in  every  direction.

My  employer  informed  me  that  the 
population  was  said  to  be  10,000—of 
which  I  soon  found  that  about  2,000 
were  strangers  and 
invalids—and  was 
made  up  of  many  nationalities,  Ameri­
cans  and  Mexicans  predominating,  the 
latter  speaking  the  Spanish 
langugage. 
The  commercial  business  of  the  city 
extended  from  100 to  200  miles  in  every 
direction  except  toward  the  west.  The 
stocks  of  goods  in  the  wholesale  houses 
were  not  only  large,  but,  to  an  East­
ern  man, 
inextricable  confusion. 
Money,  principally  gold  and  silver, 
was  plenty  and  credit  seldom  asked  or 
given.

in 

I  confess  to  a  feeling  of  disappoint­
ment  in  the  general  appearance  of  the 
city.  Situated  near  the  foothills  of  a 
mountain  range  on  the  southwest,  rich 
tableland,  smooth  as a  prairie,  extends 
northwest,  with  a  descent  of  several  feet 
to  the  mile—twenty  miles—to  the  Pa­
cific  harbor  of  San  Pedro.  This  har­
bor,  then  a  rambling  village  of  half  a 
dozen  dwellings,  three  or  four  large  and 
very  old  warehouses  and  one  or  two  re­
tail  stores,  was  connected  with  Los 
Angeles  by  a  passably  good  railroad. 
The  country  between  could  hardly  be 
called  inhabited,  as  the  land  was  held 
in  such  large  tracts.  At  that  time  San 
Pedro  was  a  veritable  mudhole,  which 
only  a  mule  team  or  a  steam  engine 
could  pull  out  of.  Within  four  or  five 
miles  of  Los  Angeles 
the  prospect 
changed.  The  land  was  cut  into  farms 
of  from  forty  to  100  or  200 acres,having 
really  good--and  many  of  them  modern 
—buildings,  generally  embowered  in  a 
dense  forest  of  shrubbery.

Cattle,  horses,  mules  and  hogs,  gar­
den  vegetables,  honey  and  semi-tropi­
cal  fruits  and  nuts  were  the  principal 
products. 
The  larger  proportion  of 
these  were  shipped  to  San  Francisco 
for a  market.  Little 
if  any  corn  was 
grown,  consequently  the  swine  were 
driven  to  the  foothills,  and  on  the 
mountain  sides 
in  autumn,  that  they 
might  be  fattened  by  eating  the  dwarf 
acorns  which  at  certain  times  literally 
carpeted  the  earth. 
Potatoes  were 
brought  from  Oregon,  800  miles  north, 
as  the  quality  was  poor  indeed  if  grown 
in  that  almost  tropical  climate.  Grapes 
of  good  quality  grew  in  abundance  in 
and  around  the  city.  At  the  time  of 
which  I  write  they  were  a  glut  on  the 
market.  Two  years  later,  a  raisin  fac­
tory  was  in  successful  operation  in  Los 
Angeles and  producing  carloads of  loose 
raisins  for  cooking  purposes.  Almonds, 
figs  and  English  walnuts  were grown  in

abundance  for  home  use,  but  not  as  yet 
for  export;  the  trees  seemed  to  be  in 
their  natural  element  of  climate.  The 
walnuts  were  of  the  finest  quality  I  ever 
saw,  either  before  or  since.  An eighteen 
year  old  orange  orchard  of  several  acres 
adjoining  the  city  on  the  west  was  in 
full  bearing,  and  a  source  of  large 
in­
come  to  the  young lady owner.  Lemons 
and  limes  were  also  grown  in  consider­
able  quantities  and  were  always  a  sure 
crop.  The  castor  bean  was  a  common 
roadside  weed,  thriving  and  producing 
abundantly  without  cultivation.  One 
gentleman,  several  years  previous  to  my 
visit,  noted  that  no  apples  were  pro­
duced  there,  although  in  good  demand, 
and  concluded  to  plant  an apple orchard 
instead  of  the  tropical  fruits. 
I  found 
his  orchard 
in  full  fruitage,  and  the 
quality  fairly  good ;  and,  when  oranges 
sold  at  30  cents  a  pailful,  I  noticed  the 
homegrown  apples  brought  40 to 50 cents 
for  the  same  quantity,  as  the  latter  were 
wanted  as  an  article  of  food  by  all 
classes.  The  country  was  also 
the 
natural  habitat  of  the  honeybee,  they 
continuing  their  labor  during  the  entire 
year,  for  it  is  literally  a  land  of  peren­
nial  flowers.  The  honey  is  of  fine qual­
ity  and  was  then  selling  in  50 or  100 
pound  cans at  8  cents  a  pound. 
It  was 
extracted  from  the  comb  by  centrifugal 
■ force.

The  city  plat  itself  was  anything  but 
convenient  to  a  stranger.  Most  of  its 
stretts  were  surveyed—if  at  all—with­
out  any  regard  to  width,  regularity  or 
symmetry,  many  of  them  being  too nar­
row  and  some  of  them 
terminating 
against  a  bank  or  hill  fifty  dr  seventy 
feet 
in  height.  Stores,  shops  of  all 
kinds  and  offices  were  found  isolated  on 
most  of  the  streets,  so  that  it  was  hard 
to  answer  the  question,  “ What  is  the 
main  street  of  the  city?”   Not  a  foot  of 
street  pavement  had  then  been  laid—to­
day 
it  has  over  thirty  miles.  As  a 
whole,  the  buildings  were  old,  and  in­
ferior  in  architecture  and  finish to many 
of  the  northern  cities  of  the  State,  al­
though  Los  Angeles  was  a  city  many 
years  before  the  beginning  of  San Fran­
cisco.

The  climate  of  Los  Angeles  is  one  of 
the  most  salubrious  on  earth,  and  that 
city  the  Mecca  for  thousands  of invalids 
from  the  Atlantic  Coast  who  find  a  tem­
porary  or  permanent  residence  there. 
Water  gushing  from  natural  springs, 
and  that  of  the  Los  Angeles  river,  fed 
with  melting  snow  and  ice  from  the 
mountains,  is of  superior quality. 
Irri­
gation  was  then,  and  probably  still  is, 
a necessity.  Only  three  days’  rain  dur­
ing  the  six  months  of  my  residence 
few  days  of  cloudy 
there  and  very 
weather!  “ Why,”   I  asked 
in  amaze­
ment,  “ does  not  this  old  tumble-down 
city  thrive  and  grow  and  prosper?”  and 
every  person  echoed,  “ Why?”   The 
land  close  about  the  city  could  then  be 
had  at  from  $40  to $100  per  acre  and 
large  city  lots  at  from  $50  to $300  each, 
and  still  real  estate  went  begging  for 
offers.

invest. 

The  writer  had  discovered  one  origi­
nal  reason  for  faith  in  the  city,  yet  he, 
also,  had  little  to 
I  one  day 
called  the  attention  of  a  friend  to  the 
mucky  appearance  of  a  piece  of  vacant 
land  adjoining  the  city  on  the  ■ east 
where  the  native  grass  only  partially 
covered 
I 
thought,  indicated  springs  near  the  sur­
face;  but  I  soon  discovered  my  error. 
“ This,”   said  I,  “ is  certainly  bitumin­
indication  of 
ous  muck,  and  is  a  sure 
oil  beneath.”  
I was  laughed  at  and  as­
sured  that  there  was  no  petroleum  in

Its  first  appearance, 

it. 

that  part  of  the  State.  I  persisted,  how­
ever,  and  proposed  that  we  purchase  a 
few  acres  together.  The  project  was  re­
jected.  To-day,  more  than  a  thousand 
barrels  of  oil  are taken  from  that  spot 
of  ground  every  twenty  four  hours!

invest,  else 

Many  persons  who  had  passed  the 
best  years  of  their  lives  in  the  city  and 
possessed  gold  galore  beheld  none  of  its 
superior  advantages  nor  caught  even  a 
glimpse  of  its  wonderful  future.  A  few 
Eastern men,however—my kind  employ­
er,  Mr.  Morgan,  among the number—be­
held  its  destiny  so  clearly that the vision 
was  the  daily  burden  of  their  speech. 
But  these  far-seeing  men  had  no  money 
to 
it  would  have  been 
poured  out  like  water.  Their  faith  was 
based  upon  a  sometime  Southern Pacific 
Railway  to  the  East. 
“ You  just  wait 
till  the  Yankees  come  this  way  in  their 
palace  cars,”   said  Mr.  Morgan;  “ and, 
when  they  see  our advantages,  the  echo 
of  a  boom  will  be  heard  across  the  con­
tinent!  And  they  will  not  hesitate  at 
prices  for  real  estate  either. 
It  is  sun­
shine  we  are  selling,  and  the  land  is 
thrown  in!”   And  the  rush  came  and 
men  who  then  invested  in  a  few  acres 
only  are  now  millionaires;  and  modern 
Los  Angeles,  with  its  50,000  permanent 
its  hundreds  of  palatial 
population, 
homes  and  business  blocks, 
is  still 
growing  and  attracting  the  capitalists of 
the  continent.
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Which, taken at the flood, leads on  to fortune.’’

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Association M atters
Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J. W is l e b ,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 
A.  Sto w s,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
Tatman, Clare.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C h as.  F.  B ock, Battle  Creek;  Vice 
President,  H.  W.  We b b e r ,  West  Bay  City; 
Treasurer, He n r y C. Min n ie, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J oseph Kn ig h t;  Secretary, E. Ma r k s; 
Treasurer, N.  L.  K oenig.
Regular Meetings—First and third Wednesday 
evenings  of each  month  at German Salesman’s 
Hall.

Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association 
President,  E. C. W in ch e ste r;  Secretary, H omer 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehm an.
Regular  Meetings—First  and  third  Tuesday 
evenings of each month at  Retail  Grocers' Half, 
over E. J. Herrick’s  store.

Saginaw Mercantile Association 

President, P. F. T r e a n o b;  Vice-President. J ohn 
Mc B r a t n ie;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is;  Treas­
urer,  L ouie  S ch w erm er.
Regular  Meetings—First  and  third  Tuesday 

evenings of each month at Elk’s Hall.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Geo.  E.  L ew is ; Secretary,  W.  H. P or­

t e r ;  Treasurer, J.  L.  P eterm ann

Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F.  B.  J ohnson;  Secretary,  A .  M. 

D a r u n g ;  Treasurer, L . A .  G il k e y.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  Martin  Gafney;  Secretary,  E  F. 

Cleveland;  Treasurer, Geo. M. Hoch.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer, C. A .  Hammond.

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  Wh ipple ; Secretary, G. T. C am p­

b e l l ;  Treasurer.  W.  E.  C ollin s.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

President.  F.  W.  G il c h r ist:  Secretary.  C.  L. 

P a r t r id g e.

Grand  Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L. J. K a t z :  Secretary, P h ilip Hil b e r ; 

Treasurer. S. J.  Hi-ppo r d

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Movements  of  Merchants.

Negaunee— Will Conway  has  opened  a 

confectionery  store.

Beulah—Wm.  Huckle  succeeds  Lavin 

&  Huckle  in  the grocery  business.

Fremont— Darling  &  Smith  have  sold 

their  clothing  stock  to  Pierson  Bros.

Bay  City—Wm.  Walther  succeeds 
Kornwebel  &  Walther  in  general  trade.
Sturgis—Cooper  &  Hellenberger  suc­
ceed  E.  E.  Cooper  in  the  bakery  busi­
ness.

Flint—Geo.  M.  Stevens  has  taken 
charge  of  the  shoe  department  of  C.  D. 
Elmer.

Rosebush—Lanson  Wing  has 

pur­
chased  the  hardware  stock  of  Frank  E. 
Reeves.

Muskegon— Bassett & Co.  have opened 
a  grocery  store  at  141  W.  Western 
avenue.

Lyons— Miss  Clara  Cook  is  succeeded 
by  Mrs.  Rose  Sherwood  in the millinery 
business.

Benton  Harbor—J.  W.  Lundy  &  Co. 
succeed  Smith  &  Lundy  in  the  grocery 
business.

Maple  Rapids—W.  L.  Aldrich  &  Son 
succeed  Aldrich  &  Van  Sickle  in  gen­
eral  trade.

Mendon—C.  L.  Hasbrouck 

is  suc­
ceeded  by  O.  A.  Baird  &  Co.  in  the 
drug  business.

Caro—A.  J.  Ruby  continues  the  fur­
niture  business  formerly  carried  on  by 
Ruby  &  Gunsell.

Imlay  City— W.  H.  &  F.  S.  Messer, 
hardware  dealers  and  tinners,  have  sold 
out  to  E.  F.  Parker.

Stetson—Wm.  Fisher  &  Caplin  Bros., 
general  dealers, will  open  a  branch  store 
at  Scottville  Sept.  1.

Mendon—A.  P.  Emery,  who  was  ex­
tensively  engaged  in  the  sale  of  essen­
tial  oils,  died  recently.

Hartford—W.  A.  Lambert, 

formerly 
of  Reed,  has  opened  a  merchant  tailor­
ing  establishment  here.

Saginaw—John  Schneider  succeeds 
Goesmann  &  Schneider as  proprietor  of 
the  German  Tea  &  Coffee  Co.

Harrisville— D.  &.  B.  Stern,  dealers 
in  dry  goods,  clothing  and  boots  and 
shoes,  have  removed  to  Croswell.

Lake  Odessa— Simpson  &  Peer,  of 
Ionia,  are  considering  the  project  of 
ppening  a  branch  store  at  this  place.

Alma—Geo.  £.  Hutchins  has  pur­
chased  the  millinery  stock  of  Mrs.  L. 
Grosvenor  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness.

Port  Huron—The  Hawks  Mercantile 
Co.  has  purchased  the  Chatles  Ross  dry 
goods  and  notion  stock  of  Edson,  Moore 
&  Co.

Homer—The  drug  and  grocery  stock 
formerly  owned  by  Sinclair  &  Lee  has 
been  seized  by  virtue  of  several  chattel 
mortgages.

Barryton—S.  S.  Wilson  will  open  a 
hardware  store  here  about Aug.  25.  The 
stock  is  furnished  by  the  W.  Bingham 
Co.,  of  Cleveland.

Big  Rapids—The  S.  I.  G.  Clothing 
House  will'close  out  its  clothing  stock, 
but  will  continue  the  hat,  cap  and  fur­
nishing  goods  business.

Homer— Wm.  Waterman  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  and  bakery  outfit  to A.  D. 
Randolph,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness at  the  same  location.

Menominee—A  stock  company 

for 
the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes  has 
been  organized  here  and  will  build  a 
large  factory  here  soon.  Menominee 
capitalists  have  invested  $30,000,  while 
outside  parties  have  taken  $50,000.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Eaton  Rapids— Brown,  Neesley  & 
Co.,  formerly  of  Jackson,  have  opened 
an  upholstering  and  mattressmaking 
shop  on  North  Main  street.

Homer—The  grocery  store  and  meat 
market  of  John  Welch  has  been  closed 
for  lack  of  patronage.  Several  credit­
ors  are  on  the  anxious  seat.

Battle  Creek— H.  E.  Burt,  of  the 
jewelry  firm  of  Burt  &  Moody,  has  tak­
en  the  position  of  general  superintend­
ent of  the  Postum  Cereal  works.

Big  Rapids—The  L.  S.  Pressburg 
grocery  business  will  be  continued,  the 
same  as  heretofore,  under  the  style  of
L.  S.  Pressburg,  Administrator.

Ovid— Fred  Palmer,  of  Mt.  Pleasant, 
succeeds  W.  J.  Reid  as  prescription 
clerk  for  E.  D.  Beebe.  Mr.  Reid  has 
returned  to  his  home  in  Lansing.

Au  Gres—Jas.  Grimore  &  Co.,  gen­
eral  dealers,  have  merged  their business 
into  a  limited  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  Jas.  Grimore  & Co.,  Limited.

Portland— A.  W.  Nisbet,  who  is  now 
conducting  a  store 
in  Potterville,  has 
leased  the  Hinman  store  building  and 
will  open  a  stock  of  bazaar goods  about 
Sept.  1.

Bellevue—John  H.  York  announces 
that  he  has  changed  his  mind  in  regard 
to  the  removal  of  his  dry  goods  stock 
to  Eaton  Rapids  and  will  remain  in 
Bellevue.

Middleville— Putnam  Bros.,  who  re­
cently  sold  their  drug  stock  at  Kalama­
zoo,  have  removed  to  this  place  and  are 
negotiating  for  the  purchase  of  the  Sev­
erance  drug  stock.

Saranac— S.  M.  Crawford,  of  the 
hardware  firm  of  Benson  &  Crawford, 
recently  fractured  his 
leg  a  few 
inches  below  the  thigh  while attempting, 
to  mount  his bicycle.

left 

Hudson— H.  Lang,  who  has  been  en­
gaged  in  the  clothing  business  for  sev­
eral  years,  will  shortly  remove  to  Lex­
ington,  Ky.,  where he  has  leased  a  store 
building  adapted  to  the  clothing  busi­
ness.

Detroit— The  Bishop  Chemical  Co. 
has  been  organized  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $20,000,  held  by  Jerome  H.  Bishop, 
Richard  E.  Cabalan,  John  C.  Cahalan, 
James  Cahalan,  Wm.  Gartnei  and  John 
F.  Mclnnerey.

Central  Lake—Oroy  L.  Coulter  has 
retired  from  the  firm  of  Thurston  & 
Co.,  general  dealers,  and  taken  a  clerk­
ship  in  the  store  of  the  Cameron  Lum­
ber  Co.  The  business  will  be  continued 
under  the  same  style  by  Francis  H. 
Thurston  and  Geo.  L.  Thurston.

East  Jordan—Gordon  Beall,  proprie­
tor  of  the  Central  drug  store,  on  going 
behind  the  prescription  case  recently, 
stepped 
in  the  floor, 
usually  closed  by  a  trap-door,  and  fell 
about  a  dozen  feet  to  the basement.  His 
shoulder  was  badly  dislocated  and  he 
was  otherwise bruised.

into  an  opening 

Big  Rapids—Weisman & Williski,for­
merly  engaged  in  the dry goods,clothing 
and  boot  and  shoe  business  at  Honor, 
have  removed  to  this  place,  where  they 
will  continue  in  the  same  line under  the 
style of the  Chicago  Department  Store. 
The  dry  goods  stock  was  furnished  by 
Edson,  Moore  &  Co.  and  the  boot  and 
shoe  stock  by  the  C.  E.  Smith  Shoe  Co.
Belding— David  E.  Wilson  &  Co., 
who  have  dealt  exclusively  in  potatoes 
and  beans,  will  branch  out  as  dealers 
in  wheat,  rye,  corn  and  oats,  and  will, 
in  fact,  do  a  general  produce  business. 
They  have  taken  possession  of  the  old 
elevator  near  their  present  quarters, 
which 
is  being  thoroughly  refitted,  in­
cluding  the  addition  of  machinery  for 
hand  picking  beans.

Albion— F.  W.  Briggs,  of  Jackson, 
has  purchased  the  Cooper  &  Hunter 
stock  of  clothing  of  D.  E.  Bryson  & 
Co.  and  will  continue  the  business.

Detroit—The  Sainter  Tabor  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association  with 
the 
county  clerk,  and  will  carry  on  a  gen­
eral  trade  in  liquors,  cigars  and  tobac­
cos 
in  this  city,  on  a  capital  stock  of 
$25,000,  of  which  $10,000  has  been  paid 
in.  Leopold  Tabor,  of  Buffalo,  owns 
907  shares;  George  Rosenberg,  Milton 
Kuttnauer  and  Abraham  Marymont  one 
each.

Port  Huron—Local  bakers  have  de­
cided  to  advance  the  price  of bread half 
a  cent  a  loaf,  making  the  retail  price  4 
cents  straight.  Heretofore  it  has  re­
tailed  at  ttoo  loaves  lor  7  cents,  with  4 
cents  for  single 
loaves.  The  bakers 
claim  that  they  are  compelled  to  take 
such  action  owing  to  the  advance  in  the 
price  of  flour,  as  a  result  of 
increased 
price  of  wheat.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Kalamazoo—The  style  of  the  Feather- 
bone  Corset  Co.  has been  changed  to  the 
Kalamazoo  Corset  Co.

Buchanan—The  plant  of  the  Hatch 
Cutlery  Co.,  which  has been  idle over  a 
year,  has. started  up  under  new manage­
ment.

Ionia—G.  S.  Cooper  &  Co.  have  pur­
chased  the  mill  and  elevator  at  Bannis­
ter  and  will  handle  all  kinds  of  farm 
products.

Bannister—Great  Bros.,  of  Cleveland, 
have  purchased  the  stave  mill  of  E.  C. 
Bradford.  They  will  add  another  knife 
to  cut  staves  for  nail  kegs.

Alto—John  Layer  and  Robert  Stone 
have  formed  a  copartnership  and  will 
engage 
in  the  grain  business  Their 
elevator  is  in  process  of  construction.

Lyons—Jonathan  Hale  &  Sons  are  to 
erect  an  elevator  at  Six  Lakes,  where 
grain  will  be  bought  for  their  Lyons 
mills.  They  will  also  keep  a  flour  and 
feed  store  there.

Vernon— W.  D.  &  A.  Garrison,  flour 
mill  operators,  general  dealers  and 
bankers  at  this  place,  have  dissolved. 
W.  D.  Garrison  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  in  his  own  name.

Port  Huron—The  Cooley-Gould  or­
gan  factory,  after  being  idle  for  nearly 
two  years,  has  been  re-opened  by  John­
ston,  Anderson  &  Haller,who  will  man­
ufacture  doors,  sash  and 
inside  wood 
finish.

Jackson—The  Ames-Dean  Carriage 
Co.  has  been  organized  for  the  purpose 
of  manufacturing  cutters,  road  wagons, 
surreys,  traps,  phaetons  and  light  vehi­
cles  of  all  varieties.  Space  75x345  feet 
in  dimensions  has  been  leased  in  one 
of  the  buildings  of  the  United  States 
Oil  Stove  Co.

Flint—All  the  manufacturing  estab­
lishments  of  this  place  are  in  operation 
and  several  have  materially  increased 
their  forces.  The  sash  and  door  factory 
reports  its  sales  one-third  greater  than 
last  year.  The  hardwood  mill,  which 
cuts  wagon  stock,  has  largely  increased 
its  output.  The  six  concerns  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  vehicles  are  run­
ning  11  hours a  day.

in  case 

Benton  Harbor— Ballhouse  &  Struben, 
of  Kalamazoo,  offer  to  remove  their 
business  to  this  place 
the 
citizens  will  furnish  them  a  factory  rent 
free  for  one  year.  They  manufacture 
sulky  plows,  wheelbarrows  and  machin­
ery  for  purifying  water  in  boilers.  A 
committee 
is  making  a  canvass  of  the 
city,  with  a  view  to  ascertaining  the 
sentiment  on  the  part  of  the  business 
men.

Escanaba—Joerges  &  Jense,  manufac­
turers  of  hoops  and  handles,  have  dis­
solved,  Chas.  Joerges  succeeding.

Manistee— Local 

sawmill  operators 
are  getting  quite  stiff  in  the  backbone 
these  days and  are  not  willing  to accept 
prices  that  were  freely  quoted  a  month 
ago.  One  man  recently  offered  the  old 
figure  on  a  million of  stock, to  be  moved 
at  once,  but was  informed  that  he  would 
have  to  raise  his  bid  25  cents  if  he 
wanted  the  stock,  and,  as  a  conse­
quence  there  was  no  trade.  Most  of 
millmen  see  a  chance  to  make  a  little 
something  by  piling  up  piece  stuff,  and 
those  who  have  dock  room  are  putting 
all  their  surplus  in  that  line  of  stock.

East  Tawas—The  benefit  of  the  tariff 
law  to  Michigan  is  already  being  seen. 
The  Spanish  River  Lumber  Co.  has 
contracted  with  the  Tawas  Bay  Lumber 
Co.  to  saw  16,000,000  feet  of  Canada 
logs,  and  they  are  now  being  brought 
across  the  lake.  These logs  would  have 
been  cut 
in  Canada  but  for  the  tariff. 
The  mill  of  the  Tawas  Bay  Lumber  Co. 
is  running  day  and  night  with  a  full 
crew. 
It  is expected  that  the  Folsom  & 
Arnold  sawmill,  which  has  been  idle 
three  years,  wiil  be  put 
in  shape  for 
sawing,  during  the  winter,  and  cut  logs 
next  season  for  the  Spanish Lumber  Co.

Frank  E.  Bushman,  formerly  of  Kal­
amazoo,  and  for some  years  State  repre­
sentative  for  the  Ruhe  Bros.  Co.,  cigar 
manufacturers,  since  disposing  of  his 
business  at  South  Bend,  Ind.,  paid  a 
visit  to  his  former  employers,  during 
which  time  he  spent  considerable  time 
in  and  about  their  factory,  and  was  so 
greatly  pleased  with 
its  workings,  its 
large  capacity  and  completeness  that 
he  arranged  to  represent  them  in  Mich­
igan.  Mr.  Bushman  states  that the Ruhe 
Brothers’  factory  was  established 
in 
1856,  being  one  of  the  oldest  cigar  fac­
tories  in  the  country  and  at  present  one 
of  the  largest  and  most  complete  facto­
ries  in  Pennsylvania.  With  a  plant  like 
theirs,  they  can  turn  out  the  very  best 
goods  on  the  market.  The reputation 
they  have  gained  for  their  cigars  is 
second  to  none  and  they  are  continually 
increasing  their  capacity.  Mr.  Bush­
man  will  shortly  call  on  the  trade  of  the 
State  with  a  full 
line  of  Ruhe  Bros. ’ 
cigars  and,  judging  by  his  former  suc­
cess,  he  will  be  warmly  welcomed  by 
his  old  friends  and  acquaintances  in 
the  State  and  will  meet  with  that  suc­
cess  which  comes  to  those  who  furnish 
goods  with  merit  and  who  are  always 
working  for  the  best  interests  of  their 
patrons.

Wm.  Judson  (Olney  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.)  is  spending  a  week  at  Bear  Lake, 
the  guest  of  his  brother-in-law,  Willard 
Barnhart.  He 
is  accompanied  by  his 
wife  and  daughter.

Ask  Visner  for  Inducement on Gillies’ 

New  York  spice  contest.  Phone  1589.

L a B  for Gasoline Dealers

The  Law  of  1889.

Every druggist, grocer,  or other person 
who  shall  sell  and  deliver  at  retail  any 
gasoline,  benzine  or  naphtha,  without 
having  the  true  name  thereof  and  the 
words ‘’explosive  when  mixed  with  air” 
plainly printed  upon a  label  securely  at­
tached to the  can, bottle  or  other  vessel 
containing the  same,  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars.

We  are  prepared  to  furnish 

labels 
which enable dealers to comply with  this 
law,  on  the following basis:
1  M ....... .............75c
5  M ..... ..............50c 
per M
10 M..................... 40c  per M
20  M ..................... 35c  per M
50 M .....................30c  per M
Tradesman  Company,

Grand  Rapids.

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Grand  Rapids  Oossip
Ernest  C.  Welton  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Holton.  The  Lemon 
&  Wheeler Company furnished the stock.
John  R.  Dykstra  has  opened  a  gro­
cery  store  at  48  Prescott  street.  The 
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co. 
furnished  the 
stock.

Snyder  &  Wilson  will  engage  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Pewamo.  The Olney 
&  Judson  Grocer  Co.  has  the  order  for 
the  stock.

Abraham  Epstein  has  removed  his 
general  stock  from  206 Plainfield avenue 
to  Rockford,  where  he  will  re-engage 
in  business.

The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. 
has  sold  the  Watrous  drug  stock  at  Ne­
waygo  to  J.  A.  Damon,  who  will  re­
move  it  to  Weidman.

It 

is  Geo.  Stander,  not  Jacob,  who, 
in  company  with  Wm.  W.  Allgier,  pur­
chased  the  O.  D.  Price  &  Co.  grocery 
stock  at  220  Plainfield  avenue.

The  Grand  Rapids  Gas  Light  Co.  re­
ports  net  earnings  of  $5,957  during  the 
month  of July.  The  net  earnings  from 
Jan.  1  to  Aug.  1  were  $68,751,  a  gain 
of  over 8  per  cent,  as  compared  with 
the  same  period  last  year.

The  A.  J.  Brown  Co.  is  succeeded  by 
the  A.  J.  Brown  Seed  Co.,  with  a  capi­
tal  stock  of  $10,000,  of  which  $8,000 
is 
paid  in.  The  officers  of  the  new  cor­
poration  are  as  follows :  President,  Al­
fred  J.  Brown;  Vice-President,  Jas.  R. 
Wylie;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Henry 
Idema.  The  new  corporation  has  ac­
quired  all  the  stock  and  accounts  of  the 
former  corporation  and  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— Eating  varieties,  such  as 
Duchess  and  Red  Astrachans,  command 
$2@2.25  per bbl.  Cooking  grades fetch 
$i.5o@i.75.  The  demand  is  strong  and 
the  supply  is  limited.
Beets—30c  per  bu.
Blackberries—5c  per  qt.  The  season 
is  about  at  an  end  and  another  week 
will  probably  end  the  crop  for this  year.
Butter—Separator  creamery  is  strong 
at  i5J^cand  choice  dairy  is  active  at  12 
@I3C.  While  the  receipts  of  dairy 
grades  are  large,most  of  them  are  cook­
ing  grades, probably  due  to  the  fact  that 
buttermakers are now holding their prod­
uct  for a  higher  market.

Cabbage—$4@5  per  100.
Carrots— 30c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—$i@i.5o per doz.
Celery— I2@i5c  per  bunch.
Cheese— All makers  have  advanced  yi 
@ic  during  the  past  week  and  still 
higher  prices  are  looked  for before  the 
end  of  the  month.  Conditions  are  at 
present  very  fine 
for  cheeesmaking, 
pastures  being  good  and  the  weather 
cool.  Prospects  are 
for  a  very  good 
cheese  market  for  the  fall  and  winter 
season,  as  the  supply  is  not  heavy  and 
the  demand  is  greater  than  the  make  at 
present  prices.

ioc,  which 

Corn —Green,  6@8c  per  doz.
Cucumbers—50c  per  bu.
Eggs—Fancy  candled  have  advanced 
to 
is  a  full  cent  above  the 
market  a  week  ago.  The  supply  of  fine 
eggs  is  hardly  sufficient  for  the  demand 
at  present  prices.  The  egg  trade  has 
been  very  active.  Either  the  favorable 
weather  has  had  an  effect  in  making 
eggs  better  than  usual  at  this  season,  or 
the  supply 
is  shortening  more  rapidly 
than  usual  at  this  season.

Grapes—Concords  from  Southern  Il­

linois  command  25c  per  basket.

Lemons—The  market 

is  steady,  al­
though  the  weather  has  not  been  very 
warm.  Stocks  are  very  good  and  the 
movement  is  normal.

Melons—Sweet  „Hearts  and  Jumbos

from^Indiana  command” io@2oc.  The 
size  of  the  latter 
is  beyond  anything 
ever  seen 
in  this  market  heretofore, 
some  receipts  weighing  60  lbs.  Osage 
command  $i@i.25 per doz.  Cantaloups, 
large 
in  size  and  fine  in  quality,  are 
held  at  $i@i.25.  Little  Gems  have 
declined  to  5o@6oc  per  basket.

Onions—Dry  stock  has 

advanced 
again,  being  now  held  at  $1  per  bu. 
Green  are  about  out  of  market.

Oranges—The  movement  of  oranges 
is  light,  because  rather  out  of  the  sea­
son,  and  the  stocks  are  light.  There  are 
some  new  oranges  on  the  market  this 
week,  called 
the  Valencia  navels. 
They  have  the  color  of  the  Valencias 
and  are  of  a  late  variety,  while  they 
have  the  navel  of  the  regular  navels. 
These  are  a  very  superior  fruit  and  are 
likely  to  sell  very  well.

Peaches—Hale’s  Early  are  the  lead­
ing  variety  on  the  market  this  week, 
commanding  $i@i.5o  per bu.  They  are 
large  in size and  fine in  color and  flavor, 
but  the  supply 
inadequate  to  the 
shipping  demand  of  the  city.  The 
consumptive  demand  is  fully  supplied.
Pears— Bell  stock,  small  in size,  com­
mands  75@850  per  bu.  Larger  varieties 
fetch  Si@ 1.25.

is 

Plums—Some  purple  stock  has  begun 
to  arrive,  but  the  most  popular  variety 
so  far  this  season  is the new Abundance, 
which  commands  $i.25@i.75  per  bu. 
The  plum 
is  red  in  color,  fair  in  size 
and  possesses  an  excellent  flavor.

Potatoes—Local offerings are promptly 
taken  on  the  basis  ot  4o@5oc.  The 
is  advancing  in  the  face  of  in­
market 
creasing  receipts. 
is  a  lively 
shipping  demand  from  Chicago and also 
from  Eastern  points.  This  is  aiding  in 
holding  the  market  up.  The  prospect  is 
that  there  will  be  a  good  price  for  po­
tatoes  all  the  fall,  as  the  Northern  crop 
is  light  and  the  Southern  crop  is  by  no 
means  adequate  to  meet  local  demands.
Seeds—Timothy  commands  $i.35@ 
1.50.  Medium 
in  fair  demand  at 
$4.50@4.75.  Mammoth 
is  very  scarce 
at  $4.75@5-  Alsyke,  $4.go@5.  Crimson, 
$2.75@3.  Alfalfa,  $4.25@4.50.

There 

Squash—3c  per  lb.
Tomatoes— Home  grown  command  $2 

is 

per bu.

Turnips—30c  per  bu.
Wax  Beans—35@45c  per  bu.
Whortleberries—Receipts  are 

small, 
all  offerings  of  choice  finding ready pur­
chasers  on  the  basis  of  $3  per  bu.

Flour  and  Feed.

The  past  week  has  been  a  very  active 
one  in  the  flour  market,  but  buyers  are 
cautious  and  unwilling  to  follow  up  the 
advance 
in  wheat,  except  for  actual 
needs.  The  advance  has  been  so  rapid 
that  only  a  few,  comparatively,  got 
in 
in  time  to  secure  any  large  purchases, 
and  now  they  seem  afraid  to buy.  If  the 
foreign  demand  keeps  up  for  the  next 
few  weeks,  as 
it  has  done  for  the  past 
few  weeks,  present  prices  will  soon  look 
cheap;  and  if  advices  concerning  their 
real  needs  are  true,  we  may  reasonably 
expect  a  good  demand  throughout  the 
entire  crop  year,  which  will  prove  a 
great  blessing,  especially  to  the  farmer, 
as  the  advance  has  come  before  he  has 
marketed  his  crop.

The  city  mills  are  all  running  at  full 
capacity  and  are  booking  orders  daily 
for  future  shipments,  which 
insures 
their steady  opeiation  for  some  time  to 
come.

Bran  and  middlings  are  in  good  de­
mand,  with  prices  stronger.  Feed  and 
meal  are 
in  fairly  good  demand,  with 
prices  unchanged  for  the  week.

W m.  N.  R ow e.

There 

is  an  eminent  physician  in 
London  why  takes  the  position  that  the 
health  of  the  people  would  be,  on  an 
average,  better  and  the  duration  of  hu­
longer,  if  there  were  not  a 
man 
In 
practicing  physician  in  the  world. 
other  words,  he  favors  the 
idea  often 
tersely  expressed  in  the  words,  “ Physi­
cians  kill  more  people  than  they  cure. ’ ’

life 

MORNING  MARKET.

The  Change  to  the  New  Location  on 

the  Island.

in  that 

it  marks 

The  present  week 

is  notable  in  the 
history  of  the  Grand  Rapids  public 
market 
its  removal 
from  the  streets,  which  have  accommo­
dated 
it  for  so  many  years,  to  a  loca­
tion  prepared  for  its  special use.  After 
having  occupied  Ionia  street  two  years, 
the  growers  have  taken  their  positions 
and  begun  business  upon  the  site  which 
was  dedicated  to  market  purposes  Mon­
day.  On  account  of  some  misunder­
standing  as  to  charges  and  locations, 
the  number of  teams  is  less  than  usual, 
yet  there  are  enough  to give  a  sufficient 
appearance  of  animation and to indicate 
that,  when  the  attendance  resumes  its 
island  will  be  a 
normal  volume,  the 
busy  place. 
Tuesday  morning  there 
were  many  visitors  coming  and  going, 
including  business  men,  who  had  the 
curiosity  to  see  the  opening  before  go­
ing  to  their  work.

indicated 

The  dedication  exercises were  carried 
out  substantially  as 
in  the 
Tradesman  of  last  week.  After  a  mili­
tary  parade  and  drill,  the  crowds  gath­
ered  about  a  speaker’s  platform  which 
had  been  erected  for  the  occasion  and 
a  series  of  speeches  were  delivered  by 
the  city  officials  and  prominent  fruit 
growers  and  business  men. 
In  his  ded­
icatory  speech  the  Mayor  gave  an  ap­
propriate  review  of  the  official  acts 
which  had 
led  up  to  this  final  result. 
City  Attorney  Felker  followed  with  an 
exposition  of  the  objects  of  the  enter­
prise;  then,  after  some  reminiscences 
of  the  street  market  of  early  days by 
Hon.  Robert  Graham,  and  some  local 
references  by  ex-Alderman  DeGraaf,  of 
the  ward  in  which  the  market  is  situa­
ted,  Hon.  Chas.  W.  Garfield  gave an 
interesting  talk  on  the  advantages  to  be 
gained 
in  the 
enterprise,  and  gave  some  interesting 
accounts  of  his  visits  to  some  of  the 
great  markets  of  the  Old  World.  Homer 
Klap,  Secretary  of  the  Retail  Grocers’ 
Association,  gave  an  interesting  address 
on  behalf  of  that  body  and  advocated 
the  building  of  a  bridge  to  the  market 
from  the  West  Side,as  well  as  the  open­
ing  of  other  approaches. 
Addresses 
from  President  Hogadone,  of  the  Fruit 
Growers’  Association,  and  President 
Pierce,  of  the  Grand  River  Valley  Hor­
ticultural  Society,  and  from  Alderman 
Gibson,  who is  appropriately  termed  the 
Father  of  the  Market,  ended  the  exer­
cises.

in  hearty  co-operation 

Some  dissatisfaction  and  misunder­
standing  have been expressed on account 
of the  prices  demanded  for  the  rental  of 
stalls,  and  when  the  attempt  was  made 
on  Saturday  to  sell  them  at  auction,  it 
ended  in  failure,  although  some  spaces 
were  disposed  of  later.  Some  even  went 
so  far  in  the  expression  of  their  dissat­
isfaction  as  to  suggest  a  move  for  the 
opening  of  a  private  market  on  another 
site.  Of  course,  such  an  undertaking 
could  only  end  in  failure,  and  it  is  not 
probable  that  any  will  be  carried  much 
beyond  the  suggestion.

While  the  Tradesman  was  never  par­
tisan  in  the  advocacy  of  any  particular 
site,  and  looked  with  especial  disfavor 
upon  the  island  project,  on  account  of 
the  necesarily  large  cost  of  proper  im­
provements,  it 
is  of  the  opinion  that 
the  work  has  advanced  to  a  stage  which 
effectually  settles  the  question.  The 
present  market  may  prove  to be  a costly 
one  before  it  is  put  into  a  suitable  con­
dition  and the Augean stables separating 
it  from  the  city are sufficiently cleansed ;

It 

but,  when  the  task  is  accomplished,  the 
market  will  be  a  good  one  and  the  cost 
already  incurred  is  sufficient  to  warrant 
the  continuance  of  the  work.

is  unfortunate  that  the  matter  of 
rentals  could  not  have  been  put  on  a 
basis  to  meet  the  ideas  of  the  growers 
until  such  time  as  they  might  become 
educated  to  a  higher  one. 
It  is  not  too 
late,  however,  to  make  suitable  conces­
sions  and  when 
the  advantages  are 
sufficiently  demonstrated,  there  will  be 
no  trouble 
in  the  collection  of  a  fair 
revenue.
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  Retail  Grocers’  Hall,  Tuesday 
evening,  Aug.  17,  Vice-President  Wag­
ner  presided.

Wheeler  &  Kelly,  grocers 

at  183 
Broadway,  applied  for  membership  in 
the  Association  and  were  accepted.

The  Committee  on  Sports reported the 
receipt  of  cigars  from  B.  J.  Reynolds 
and  the  H.  Schneider  Co.  too  late  to 
make  official 
acknowledgment;  also 
that  the $10 contributed by Chas.  Kahler 
was  given  with  the  understanding  that 
it  would  be  made  the  prize  in  the  base­
ball  contest  Accepted  and  adopted  and 
the  Committee  discharged  with  thanks.
The  Finance  Committee  reported  the 
receipts  of  the  picnic,  so  far  as  collec­
tions  have  already  been  made,  which 
was  accepted.

The  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Trade  Interests  was  requested  to  notify 
the  city  mills  of  the  violation  of  the 
flour  agreement  by  Peter  Schuit,  who 
advertised  25  pounds  of  Lily  White, 
Calla  Lily  and  Crescent  flour  at  50 
cents, while  the  established  price  was  68 
cents. 
It  was  asserted  thht  Mr.  Schuit 
had  signed  the  flour  agreement  and 
that  he  should  keep  it  in  good  faith  or 
expect  to  abide  the  consequences—be 
cut  off  from 
local 
brands  by  the  city  mills  and  their  job 
bing  agents,  and  also  suffer  the  loss  of 
his  city  trade,  so  far  as  the  sale  of  his 
cleaned  currants  is  concerned.

the  purchase  of 

Homer  Klap  offered  the following res­
unanimously 

olution,  which  was 
adopted :
Resolved—That the  thanks  of  the  As­
sociation  are  due  the contributors  to  the 
picnic  fund,  and advertisers  in  the  pro­
gramme,  those  who  contributed  prizes 
and  all  who  in  any  way  contributed  to 
the  success  of  our  annual  picnic.

E.  C.  Winchester offered  the  follow­
ing  resolution,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted :
Resolved—That  the  thanks  of  the  As­
sociation  are due  the several committees 
which  undertook  the  work  of  preparing 
for  and  conducting  the  annual  picnic, 
rendering  the  event  one  to  be  long  re­
membered  by  reason  of  the  very  effi­
cient  manner  in  which  they  discharged 
the duties  devolving  upon  them.

Henry  J.  Vinkemulder  offered  the 
following  resolution,  which  was  unani­
mously  adopted :
Resolved —That  the  thanks  of  the  As­
sociation  are  due,  and  are  hereby  ten­
dered,  to  the  H.  J.  Heinz  Co.  for  the 
usual  contribution  of  badges  for  our 
eleventh  annual  picnic.
Resolved—That  the  Secretary  be  re­
quested  to  communicate  with  the  don­
ors,  expressing  the  thanks  of  the  Asso­
ciation  for  the  courtesy  thus  conferred.
Homer  Klap  offered  the following res­

olution,  which  was  adopted :

Resolved—That  the  sympathy  of  the 
Association  be  extended  our  Detroit 
brethren 
in  their  contest  with  the  co­
horts  of  peddlerdom,  and  that  they have 
our  best  wishes  for  a  successful  out­
come  of  the  agitation  now  being  con­
ducted  against  an 
impaitial  enforce­
ment  of  the  present  ordinance.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Electricity  comes  very  near annihilat­
ing  time  and  space. 
In  the  course  of 
time it will raise  the  mischief  with  eter­
nity.

6

Fruits and  Produce.
Enforcement  of Laws Against Adulter­

ation  of  Drugs  and  Foods.

found 

I  submit  a  proposition,  almost  self- 
evident,  that  for  the  management  of 
legal  measures  to check  drug  adultera­
tion,  a  good  body  of  representative 
pharmacists  are  and  will  be  more  com­
petent,  more  just,  more  considerate  and 
more  effectual  than  any  other  official 
body.  To  raise,  step  by  step,  the  gen­
eral  standard  of  purity  of  medicines 
and  to  stop  the  worst  impurities  in  a 
common  sense  way  is  the  proper  aim  of 
adulteration  law.  To  this  end  we  need 
just  the  same qualifications  that we retd 
on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  These  qual­
ifications  are, 
in  fact,  as  I  believe, 
more  likely  to  be  found  in  a  Board  of 
Pharmacy  than  elsewhere.  It  is  the  pro­
fession  of  pharmacy  that  has  built  up 
the  standards  of  purity  and  strength  of 
drugs  and 
the  methods  of 
analytical  determination.  It  is  the  duty 
and  privilege  of  pharmacy  to  correct  its 
own  deviations  from  its  own  standards.
Over half  of  the  state  laws  for the reg­
ulation  and 
limitation  of  the  practice 
of  pharmacy  have  a  clause  making 
adulteration  of  drugs  an  offense. 
In 
Wedderbum’s  compilation  of  pharmacy 
laws,  made  in  1893,  I  find  an  anti-adul­
teration  clause 
in  the  law  of  Col.,  D. 
C.,  Ga.,  111.,  Ia.,  Kan.,  Md.,  Mich., 
Minn.,  Miss.,  Neb.,  N.  J.,  N.  Y.,  N. 
C.,  N.  D.,  Ok.,  Ore.,  Pa.,  R.  I., 
So.  Da.,  Tenn.,  Va.  and  Wash. 
I  may 
have  overlooked  others.  All  of  these 
laws  make 
it  the  duty  of  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  to  enforce  them,  iqcluding 
these  provisions  against  adulterations. 
In  our  own  law,  and  in  most  others,  the 
provision  is  explicit.  “ The  Board  of 
Pharmacy  is  hereby  empowered  to  em­
ploy  an  analyst  or  chemist,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  examine  into the  so-called 
adulteration,  substitution  or  alteration 
and  report  the  result  of  his  investiga­
tions. ”   The  fines,  twenty-five  to  one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  would  go 
in 
liquidation  of  expenses  to  the  State  if 
not  to  the  Board.

Nearly  all  of  the  states  whose  phar­
macy  laws  have  clauses  against  adulter­
ation  of  drugs  have  other  laws  against 
adulteration  of  foods,  drinks and  drugs, 
these  other  laws  giving  no  dutv  to a 
board  of  pharmacy.  The pharmacy  law 
of  Ohio  has  no  anti-adulteration  clause, 
neither  has  that  of  Massachusetts  nor 
that  of  Wisconsin.  The  active  meas­
ures  to  check  adulteration  of  drugs  by 
law 
in  this  country  have  been  taken 
along  with 
foods, 
either  by  boards  of  health,  as  in  Massa­
chusetts,  or  by  dairy  and  food  commis­
sioners,  as  in  Ohio. 
In  Michigan,  the 
new  law  to  prevent  the  adulteration  of 
foods,  in  the  bands  of  the  Food  and 
Dairy  Commissioner,does  not  deal  with 
medicines  at  all,  leaving  these  to  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy.

like  measures  for 

The  Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner 
of  Michigan 
is  now  well  inaugurated 
and  was  handsomely  supported  by  the 
Legislature  at  its  last  session.  All  over 
the  world  foods  and  drugs  have  gone  to­
gether  in  suppression  of  adulterations. 
In  this  State,  then,  there  would  seem  to 
be  a  loud  call  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
to  fill  the  gap.  and  this  is  the  oppor­
tunity  to  prove  the  fitness  of  a  board  of 
pharmacy  to  do  this  service.

How  far  a  true  judicial  interpretation 
of  the  adulteration  clause  of  the  Michi 
«<>uId  carrv 
ea"  h 
its  ap-
k n o w   Whether  this
p  n 
application  will  prove  to  be  limited  by

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

the  words  “ with  the  intention  to  de­
fraud  or  deceive  the  purchaser,”   I  do 
not  know. 
In  the  greater  .number  of 
the  pharmacy  laws  which  carry  an adul­
teration  clause,  this  clause  begins  with 
the  words,  “ Every  registered  pharma­
cist  shall  be  held  responsible  fcr  the 
quality  of  all  drugs,  chemicals  and 
medicines  he  may  sell  or dispense,  with 
the  exception  of  those  sold  in  the  origi­
nal  packages  of  the  manufacturer,  and 
also  those  known  as  patent  medicines.”  
In  the  case  of  the  law  for  pure  foods  in 
the  State  of  Michigan,  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  State  has  decided that “ the 
Legislature  did  not 
intend  to  make 
intent  or  guilty  knowledge  a 
criminal 
necesary 
ingredient  of  the  offense. 
*  *  *  As  a  rule,  there  can  be  no 
crime  without  criminal  intent;  but  this 
is  not  by  any  means  a  universal  rule. ”  
It  is  a  question  as  to  the  intent  of  the 
it  is  not  reasonable  that  a  law 
law ;  but 
which,  as 
its  chief  end,  requires  pro­
fessional  knowledge  on  the  part  of  the 
pharmacist  should  make  ignorance  or 
inattention  a  release  from  the  penalty 
for  malpractice.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  man  who  adulterates  a  medicine,  or 
manufactures  it  below  a  standard,  ought 
to  be  called  to  account  earlier and  more 
severely than the man  who  merely  allows 
himself  to  be  the  salesman  of  the  same 
article.  At  any  rate,  a  board  of  phar­
macy  would  be  the  officers  of  best  serv­
ice 
in  bringing  the  law  to  bear  upon 
the  root of  the  evil.

A l b e r t   B.  P r e s c o t t .

What  a  Woman  Always  Says  About  a 

Trunk.

From the Nebraska State Journal.

“ When  a  woman  tells  you  a  trunk 

This  is  one  reason  why  so  many  mar­
riages  are  a  deadflat  fizzle  and  failure.
is 
light,  look  out  for  it.”   These  are  the 
words  of  a  baggage  expressman  and  he 
ought  to  know.  He  had  gone  to  a  house 
in  the  suburbs 
in  response  to  a  hurry 
call  and 
found  the  house  in  a  great 
bustle.  The  lady  was  going  to  leave 
town  in  an  bout  and  her trunk  was  up­
stairs and  had  to  be  brought  down  and 
“ It’s  not  very 
loaded  into  the  wagon. 
heavy,”   she  said  to  the  man,  whereat 
he  spat  on  his  hands and  called 
in  his 
helper.  He  bad  all  he  could  do  to  lift 
one  end.

“ I’ve  found  it  always  the  case,”   said 
he,  “ that  when  a  woman  says a  trunk  is 
light,  it’s  dead  sure  to  be  heavy,  and 
when  she  says  it’s  heavy  I  can  usually 
I  don’t  know 
handle  it  with  one  band. 
why  a  woman 
is  this  way,  unless  she 
thinks  I  charge  her  more  for  a  heavy 
trunk,  and  will never  find  out  how  much 
it  weighs  unless  she  tells  me. 
if 
that  is  so,  why  does  she  tell  me  that  .a 
light  trunk  is  heavy? 
I’ll  give  it  up.”

But 

The  Board  of  Health  of  San  Fran­
cisco  held  a  special  meeting  last  week 
for  the  purpose  of  taking  up  the  ques­
tion  of  the  use  of  salicylic  acid  as  a 
preservative  for commercial catsup.  Dr. 
Wenzell,  the  official  analyst  of 
the 
Board,  stated  that  salicylic  acid  in  food 
is  apt  to  retard  digestion,  but  not  to 
any  injurious  extent.  Upon  his  recom­
mendation, 
it  was  resolved  to  permit 
the  use  of  the  acid,  but  to  restrain  it  to 
the  proportions  of  eight  ounces  of  acid 
to six  gallons of  catsup.

The  California  Olive  Co.  has  filed  ar­
ticles  of  incorporation  The  principal 
place  of  business  is Los  Angeles  and  its 
purpose 
is  to  plant  olive  trees,  pickle 
and  cure  olives  and  manufacture  olive 
oil.

The  National  Lead  Company  is  re­
ported  to  have  earned  its  dividend  on 
the  preferred  stock  for  the  entire  year 
in  the  six  months  ended  June  30,  and  to 
have  $7,000,coo available  surplus. 
>
Appraiser  Wakeman  decides  that  silk 
rihhons-  are  dutiable  at  60  per  cent,  as 
hi*  trimming«,  <n l  not  at  50 per cent,  as 
siik  manufacture. 
The  matter  will 
doubtless  be  appealed  to  the  courts.

I 

SUMMER  SEED S

C  Crimson  Clover,  Alfalfa,  Timothy,  Red  Top,  Orchard  Grass,  Blue  Grass

TURNIP  SEED

Garden  Seeds and  Implements,  Lawn  Supplies.

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Ship your Butter,  Eggs, Produce and Poultry to

H E R M A N N   O.  N A U M A N N   Si  O O .

Who get highest market prices and make prompt returns.

Main Office, 353 Russell St. 

D E T R O I T '.  

Branch Store, 799 filch. Ave.

---------------=--------BOTH  PH ONES  1793. 

------------------------

Special  A ttention  to  Fruit  and  Berries  in  Season.

R e f e r e n c e s:  Detroit Savings Bank, or the trade generally.

Correspondence Solicited.

Aw ait  the  Merchant  who  offers 
his  customers  and his  neighbors' 
customers  the

Fresh and Seasonable

F ru its and  Vegetables j*

From  .  .  .

Vinkem ulder  Company.

P H O N E   555 
G R A N D   R A P ID S.

S E E D S

Established

1876

We  carry  large  stock  Field  Seeds—Medium,  Mammoth,  Alsyke,  Crimson,  Alfalfa  Clover  Seed'.
We buy and sell Beans, Potatoes,  Onions,  Cabbage,  Apples,  Pears,  Plums,  Peaches,  carlots  and  less. 

Timothy,  Orchard  Orass,  Blue Qrass  Redtop  Seeds.

Bushel Baskets ana Covers.

Peaches—Early Alexanders now in market.  Hale's and Rivers peaches will soon  follow.

Give us j our daily orders.

M O S E L E Y   B R O S ..

2 6 * 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   OTTA W A  S T R E E T , 

GRAND  R A PID S.  M ICH IG A N .

Wholesale Seeds, Potatoes, Beans, Fruits.

BUTTER
EGOS

Flandled  only  on  Com m ission.

On  Commission  or  bought  on  track.
M.  R.  ALDEN,  98  S.  Division  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

Harris & Frutchey

Will  buy  EGGS  on  track  at  your  station 
and  can  handle  your  BUTTER  to  good 
advantage.

60  Woodbridge  Street,  West,  Detroit,  Mich.

\  Right Quick
♦ 

♦  

We’ll get there with the

Right Goods

Michigan 
Free Stone 
Peaches

Large  and  Fine. 
Prices  Right.

SWEET  HEART 

. 
WATERMELONS 

Osage  Melons  and  Cantaloupes,  More  plentiful  and  cheaper.

Bananas, Oranges,  Lemons, Onions.  Radishes, Cucumbers, Tomatoes,
New  Potatoes,  Summer  Squash,  Wax  Beans,  New  Peas,  Cabbage.
BUNTING  &  C.O., Jobbers,

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

creamery,  and  from  this  the  descent  is 
rapid.

The  market  for  full  cream  cheese 

is 
about  steady,  although  dealers  are  anx­
iously hoping  for  an 
increased  volume 
of  business  before 
long.  There  has 
been  a  slight  advance  for  fuli  cream 
cheese,which  is  held  al8@8^c.
Western  eggs  are  worth  14c.  There  is 
an 
improving  demand  and,  as  the  ar­
rivals  show  fewer  eggs  that  are  dam­
aged, 
the  market  assumes  a  healthier 
appearance  all  around.

Beans  are  firm,  pea  beans  being  held 
at  Ji. i5@i.2o. 
It  is  said  that  the  J.  K. 
^rmsby  Co.  has  bought  the  40,000 
bags  of  California  limas  for  sale  there 
and  that  his  profit  will  be  a  very  hand­
some  one.  Here 
is  the  advantage  of 
having  a 
little  pile  of  “ rocks,”   as 
Armsby  has,  to  meet  the  situation.

Antiseptic  Fibre  Package  Co.,

Lard,  Butter, Jelly,  Mincemeat, etc.

Manufacturer  of  Packages  for  marketing 
Sealed air turht.
Pay for themselves in securing higher prices.

187-189 Canal St., 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

7

Elgin  System  of 
Creameries.

It  will  pay  you  to 

investigate  our 
plans, and  visit  our  factories,  if  you  are 
contemplating  building  a  Creamery  or 
Cheese  factory.  All  supplies  furnished 
at lowest prices.  Correspondence so* 
licited.

R.  E. STURGIS,

A llegan,  Mich.

Contractor  and  Builder  of  But­
ter  and  Cheese  Factories,  and 
Dealer in  Supplies.

R.  HIRT,  Jr.,

Market St., Detroit.

Butter  and  Eggs  wanted
W ill b u y   sa m e  a t  p o in t  o f  sh ip m en t, 
or  delivered ,  in   sm a ll  or  la rg e  lots. 
W r ite   for  p articulars.

A B S O L U T E

PURE GROUND SPICES, BAKING POWDER, 

BUTCHERS’  SUPPLIES,  ETC.

FOR  THE  TRADE.

THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY,

PHONE  555-

418-430  S.  Division  S t.,  Grand  Rap’ds.

Ciberai 
Advances

»partis $ frutebey 

Highest  Market 
Quick  Sales

When  you  ship  to <!*

Butter and

60 Woodbridge Street, West, 

DETROIT,  MICH.

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Aug.  14— It  gives  a  feel­
ing  of  pleasure  to  record  more  active 
markets,large  contingents of  buyers  and 
everything  moving  as 
it  did  “ befo' 
de  wah. ”  
Twenty  million  dollars, 
some  say,  will  be  spent  here  by  visit 
ors  this  fall,  and  trade  is  now  a  month 
earlier  than  usual.  Hotels  are  thronged, 
the  sidewalks  in  front  of  the  dry  goods 
concerns  are  piled  high  with  boxes  go­
ing-to  every  part  of  the  country,  prices 
are  firm  and 
in  many  cases  higher, 
everybody 
is  full  of  good  cheer—all 
these go  to  make  a  good  situation.

interior 

interest. 

Of  course,  with  a  supply  ample for all 
requirements—and  more, 
too—there
will  naturally  be  no  great  excitement  in 
coffee,  which  moves  along 
in  a  quiet 
roasters  and 
manner,  with 
dealers  showing  little 
is 
said  that  one  of  the  big  concerns,  pre­
sumably  Arbuckles,  has  been  a  large 
purchaser at  Rio  and  Santos.  The  mar­
ket  here 
is  on  a  basis  of  7#c  for  Rio 
No.  7. 
In  store  and  afloat  there  are 
741,000  bags,  against  497,000  bags  at 
the  same  time  last  year.  Mild  coffees 
have  met  with  pretty  good  request  for 
the  finer  sorts,  but  the  general  tone  is 
rather quiet.

It 

little 

sugar  being 

The  demand  for  refined  sugars  has 
been  fairly  good  and  prices  have  re­
mained  without  change  to  speak  of, 
is 
granulated  still  being  5c.  There 
very 
purchased 
ahead  of  present  needs,  unless  it  is  in 
the  Southwest,  where  the  freight  war 
has  conferred 
low  rates.  These  low 
rates,  by  the  way,  are  mistakenly  sup­
posed  to  be  a  blessing;  but  they  don’t 
last,  and 
if  they  did,  the  result  would 
be  disastrous.  When  ’tis  over,  the  com­
munities  now  enjoying  the  cut  rates 
will  be  squeezed  worse  than  ever  and 
thus  will  not  be  any  better  off  than 
now.

There  are  so  many  dealers  in  town 
that  even  the  tea  market  is  benefited. 
Sales  have  been  quite  satisfactory  dur­
ing  the  week,  and  for  once  there has 
been  some  approach  to  activity.  Prices 
remain  low,  however,  and  the  outlook 
is  not  favorable  for  any 
important  ad­
vance.  Reports  from  producing  coun­
tries  are  firm,  it  is  said,  but  there  need 
be  no  alarm  felt  over  a  tea  famine,  so 
far  as  this  country  is  concerned.

Activity  has  characterized  the  rice 
market  all  the  week.  Both  foreign  and 
domestic  have  been 
in  good  enquiry 
and  dealers  are  busy.  For  Japan,  4j^c 
is  paid.  Choice  to  fancy  domestic,  5# 
@6%c.
is  very  little  change  to  note  in 
spices.  Business 
is  of  an  everyday 
character.  Few  orders  have  come  from 
the 
interior  and  the  general  situation 
is  one  that  leaves  room  for the improve­
ment  which  will  certainly  come  a  little 
later on.

There 

is 

Good  to  prime  open  kettle  molasses 
is  held  at  I5@ i8c.  Open  kettle, 23@26c, 
The  market 
is  firm  for  good  qualities 
of  New  Orleans.  Business  is  improv­
ing  every  day  and  dealers  express  much 
confidence  in  the  future.  The  grocery 
trade  is  especially  in  evidence.
When  you  get  to  this  market  you  see 
a  change  that  was  utterly  unlooked  for 
and  one  that 
is  full  of  encouragement 
for  the  canned  goods  packer  and  his 
broker.  Tomatoes,  peas  and  corn  are 
all  higher  and  the  whole  market 
in­
clined  to  take  a  whirl  upward.  Toma­
toes are  from  5@7^c higher.  Excellent 
weather  is  now  prevailing,  and 
if  it 
keeps  up,  the  supply  of  canned  goods 
will  not  be  as  short  as  anticipated  a 
while ago.
Dried  fruits  are  firmer.  The  situa­
tion  improves  right  along.  California 
raisins  are  meeting  with  good  enquiry, 
and  here again  the  visiting  buyers come 
in  play.
Lemons are  about  25c  per  box  higher 
than  a  week  ago.  Oranges  are  firm, 
but  with  no  great  demand.  They  are 
kept  in  check  by  the  quantities  of  other 
fruits,  which  are  here  in  abundance.

There  seems  to  be  a  little  better  tone 
to  the  butter  market,  but  15c  remains 
for  best  Western
the  top  quotation 

Home  Catechism  Which  Hurts.

A  good  many  hundreds  and  even 
thousands  of 
long-suffering  husbands 
can  bear  sorrowful  testimony  to  the  fact 
that  this 
is  the  sort  of  catechism  the 
wives  of  their  bosoms  subject  them  to 
every  time  they  put  on  their  hats  to  go 
out  in  the  evening:

“ Where  are  you  going?”
“ Oh,  I’m  going  out  for  a  few  min­

utes. ’ ’

“ Where?”
“ Oh,  nowhere  in  particular.”
“ What  for?”
“ Oh,  nothing.”
“ Why  do  you  go  then?”
“ Well,  I  want  to  go;  that’s  why.”  
“ Do  you  have  to go?”
“ I  don’t  know  that  I  do.”
“ Why  do  you  go,  then?”
“ Because. ”
“ Because  what?”
“ Well,  simply  because.”
“ Going  to  be  gone  long?”

No.

“ How  long?”
“ I  don’t  know. ”
“ Anybody  going  with  you?”
“ No.”
“ Well,  it’s  strange  that  you  can’t  be 
content  to  stay  at  home  a  few  minutes. 
Don’t  be  gone  long,  will  you?”

’  No. ”
“ Now  see  that  you  don’t.”

The  Federal  Court  Against  the  Meas­

ure.

Decisions  have  been  discovered  that 
seem  to  show  conclusively 
that  the 
courts  will  refuse  to  affirm the anti-prize 
provision  of  the  new  tariff  law  forbid­
ding  the  insertion  of  prize  coupons  and 
other gift  devices  in  packages  of  ciga­
rettes  or  smoking  tobacco. 
The  courts 
have  held  that  no  unnecessary hardships 
should  be  imposed  in  the  collection  of 
the  revenue  and  it  is  claimed  that, 
if 
the Treasury Department were called up­
on  for  an  opinion  as  to  whether  the pro­
vision  is  necessary  to  protect  the  Gov­
its  collections,  a 
ernment 
negative  answer  would  be 
returned. 
The revenue  officers  will,  however,  en­
force  the  provision 
in  cases  where  ar­
ticles  are  inserted  in  cigarette  and  to­
bacco  packages  to  materially  increase 
the  bulk  or  otherwise  allow deception  to 
the  purchaser.

in  making 

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THE STRIKERS AND THE COURTS
The  greatest  interest  has  attached  to 
the  strike  situation  during  the  past  few 
days  on  account  of  the  legal  aids  which 
have  been  invoked by  both  the  parties 
to  the  controversy.  On  the  part  of  the 
strike  managers  especial  efforts  have 
been  made  to  turn  the  legal  steps  taken 
by  the  operators  to  their  own  advantage 
influencing  public  opinion  and 
by 
prejudice  against  the 
idea  of  govern­
ment  by  injunction.  For  several  days 
after  the  strikers  were  enjoined  from 
interfering  with  (he  operations  of  the 
Monongah  Coal  &  Coke  Company  or 
assembling  or  marching  on  its  grounds, 
there  was  a  tremendous  hue-and-cry  on 
the  part  of  the  strike  leaders  that  the 
injunction  was  aimed  at  the right  of  as­
semblage  and  free  speech.  This  was 
an  especially  effective  weapon  in  the 
hands  of  Debs  with  his  sympathizers  on 
account  of  his  experience  with  the 
courts  in  the  same  direction  as  an  out­
come  of  the  Pullman  strike  of  1893.

To  destroy  the  effectiveness  of  this 
manoeuver  on  the part of the strike lead­
ers  it  became  necessary  to  publish  the 
full  text  of  the  injunction, which showed 
that  nothing  was  enjoined  except  that 
which  would  be  manifestly  illegal  on 
the  part  of  the  strikers.  Thus  there  was 
only  left  the  opportunity  for  them  to in­
veigh  against government  by  courts 
in 
general,  and  against  the  principle  of 
interfering  with  lawless acts  before  they 
are  committed.  Surely  it  is  to  be  dep­
recated  that  it  should  be  necessary  to 
invoke  the  aid  of  courts  to  prevent 
the violation  of  law ;  but,  as to  the  right 
of  such  interference  when  other  means 
are 
insufficient—as  to  the  proposition 
that  there  cgn  be  no  jurisdiction  before 
the  crime  is  committed— it  is too absurd 
for  statement.

in  defying  both 

in 
In  the  management  of  the  strikers 
their  marching  and  endeavoring 
to 
coerce  the  workmen  who  have refused to 
come out  and  in  the  care  that 
is  taken 
to  heed  the  admonitions  of  the  courts, 
it  is  manifest  that  the  experience  of  re­
laws  and 
cent  years 
courts  has  taught  a  salutary 
It 
has  been  sufficiently  demonstrated  that 
there  is  no  public  sentiment  which  will 
endorse  defiance  of  law  under  any  con­
sideration.  So,  as  far  as  the  leaders 
have  been  able 
in  this  struggle,  they 
have  stopped  short  of  the  degree of  vio­
lence  likely  to  precipitate  actual  con­
flict  with  the  authorities,  and  have  dis­
countenanced  rioting  and  disorder.

lesson. 

They  have  been  ready  enough  to  en­
croach  upon  private  rights,and  to  inter­
fere 
in  every  way  possible  with  the 
operation  of  the  mines  under  these  lim­
itations.

judicial  authority 

Whatever  may  be  the  result  of  this 
struggle  as  to  the  main  questions  at  is­
sue,  it  can  hardly fail  to  bring  promi­
nently  before  the  people  the  question 
of 
in  the  preven­
tion  of  lawlessness  and  crime.  Much 
stress  has  been,  and  will  be,  laid  upon 
the 
invoking  of  the  authority  of  the 
courts  to serve  the  purposes  of corporate 
greed.  But  those  who  thus  attack  the 
authority for  enforcing  a  respect  for law 
it  in  this  way  only  because, 
are  doing 
is  a  vulnerable 
in  their  estimation,  it 
point  on  account  of 
the  popular 
prejudice  against  tyranny  of  any  kind. 
The  spirit  which  prompts  such  attacks 
is  no  less  the  spirit  of  anarchy than if  it 
were  more  open  in  its  assaults.  To  the 
law-abiding  there  are  no  terrors  in  any 
possible  exercise  of  judicial  authority 
subject,  as 
in  the  present  instance,  to 
the  well-defined  principles of  right.
AN  ACTIVE  SECRETARY.

The  present  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
Hon.  James  Wilson,  appears  to  be  de­
termined,  if  possible,  to  make  his  posi­
tion  other  than  a  mere  sinecure,  and  in 
this  purpose  he,  of  course,  will  have 
the  sympathy  and  active  assistance  of 
the  good  people  of  the  country,  regard­
less  of  politics.

is  his 

figure-heads 

Secietary  Wilson  has  an  idea  that  the 
agriculturists  are  not  doing  themselves 
in  the  matter  of  a  variety  of 
justice 
crops,  or 
in  attention  to  those  products 
of  the  farm  which  pay  best.  Then  he 
feels  that  the  foreign  market 
is  not 
sufficiently  studied  and  cultivated,  and 
intention  to  visit all  sections 
it 
of the  country  and  arouse  a  new 
inter­
est 
in  both  the  directions  indicated. 
The  secretaries  of  agriculture heretofore 
have  been  political 
or 
wordy  theorists,  while the  present  offi­
cer  seems  to  be  both  practical  and  a 
ideas.  We have  run  the  Agri­
man  of 
cultural  Department  since 
its  creation 
as  a  kind  of  campaign  annex  for  the 
benefit  of  Congressmen,through  the  dis­
tribution  of reports  and  seeds. 
In  other 
countries  the  department  of  agriculture 
is  altogether  different  from  ours.  There 
the  great 
interests  of  agriculture  are 
studied  and  promoted  and  the  agricul­
tural  bureaus  are  of  direct  assistance  to 
the  nation's  production  and  commerce.
It  is  Secretary  Wilson’s  idea  that  ag­
in  the  United  States  can  be 
riculture 
stimulated  along  profitable 
lines  and 
new  markets  be  obtained  through  the 
efforts  of  his  department,  as  is  the  case 
abroad.  As  a  preliminary  step,  he  is 
in  the  West,  and  later  will  be  in 
now 
the  South.  He 
is  attempting  to  post 
himself  as  to  the  conditions  and  needs 
of  the  American  farmers  in  all  parts  of 
the  country  and  then  proposes  to  formu­
late  plans  to  meet  these  wants. 
is  a 
great  work  this  new  cabinet  officer  has 
laid  out  for  his  department,  and  if  he 
is  but  partially  successful  he  will  be 
entitled  to  a  large  share  of  public  grat­
itude. 

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It 

labor. 

Contrary  to  a  pretty  well-diffused  no­
tion,  farm 
labor,  in  some  instances  at 
least,  pays  better  than  some  not  by  any 
means  undesirable  city 
The 
Consolidated  Iron  Mines  of  Duluth  the 
other  day  wanted  seventy-five men  to  go 
to  Hibbing,  but  could  not get  them  be­
cause  the  farmers  were  paying  higher 
wages  for  workers 
in  the  wheat  fields 
than  were offered  at  the  mines  or  were 
being  paid  in  Duluth.

PROSPECT  OF  REVOLUTION.
It  has  been  shrewdly  suspected  that 
the  great  standing  armies of  Europe  are 
maintained  as  much  for the  suppression 
of  possible  insurrections and revolution­
ary  movements  as  for  defense  against 
the  aggression  of  foreign foes.  No such 
purpose  is  avowed  when  appropriations 
are  asked  for  the  support  of  a  military 
establishment. 
It  would  not be  politic 
to  confess  any  doubt  as  to  the  popular­
ity  either  of  the  form  of  the  govern­
ment  itself  or  of 
its  personal  head. 
More  or  less  uneasiness  is  undoubtedly 
felt,  in  some 
instances,  on  both  these 
accounts;  but  the  subject  is  one  which 
sovereign 
the  representatives  of 
the 
authority  prefer  to  avoid. 
It  is  true
the  German  Parliament---- the
that 
Reichstag—is  occasionally  asked to pass 
stringent  election 
laws,  and  to  take 
other  severe  measures,  to  check  the 
progress  of  socialism;  but  even  the 
German  Emperor  would  be  slow  to  ac­
knowledge  that  the  security  of  his  im­
perial  throne  is  largely  dependent  upon 
the  strength  of  a  police  force  of  which 
the  army  itself is the  most  considerable 
part.

in  all  enlightened  countries. 

There  is  naturally  a  wide  difference 
between  the  German  and  the  American 
view  of  the  proper  limit  of  the  preroga­
tive vested in the Chief Executive;  still, 
there  must  exist  in  Germany  some  de­
gree  of  that  intense  aversion  which  all 
Americans  feel  for  a  government  whose 
ultimate  ground  of  authority 
is  simply 
military  power.  The  Europe of  to-day 
is  not  the  Europe  of  Louis  the  Four­
teenth, nor of Frederick  the  Great.  The 
old  idea  that  the  right  to rule  absolutely 
has  been  conferred  upon  certain  fami­
lies,  or  the  heads  of  certain  families, 
incred­
by  a  divine  decree  has  become 
ible 
In 
Russia,  perhaps,  the  ignorant  millions, 
cherishing  a  sentiment  of  profound  rev­
erence  for the  Czar  as  the  head  at  once 
of  their  church  and  State,  may  still 
cling  to  the  ideal  of  a  strictly  personal 
government  jure  divino.  But  education 
is  universal  in  Germany,  and  although 
it  has  been  remarked  that Germans even 
now  very  commonly  entertain  the an­
cient  feeling  of  loyalty  to  king and  em­
peror,  that  country 
is  too  much  under 
the  influence  of  modern  ideas  to  accept 
the  theory  of  a  theocracy  reposing  upon 
the  inalienable  royalty  of  the  Hohenzol- 
lerns.  The  young  Emperor himself  is 
probably  the  only  highly  educated  Ger­
man  who  does  not  understand  the  utter 
absurdity  of  any  attempt  to  return  to 
mediaeval  conditions—one  of  the  very 
few,  at  least,  who  do  not  thoroughly  un­
derstand  that  modern  society  is  a  pyra­
mid  which  rests  upon 
its  base,  and 
could  not  be  made  to  stand  upon  its 
apex.  There  seems  to  be  a  good  deal  of 
reason  to  doubt  that  he  really  believes 
that  government  now  depends  necessar­
ily  upon  the  consent  of  the  governed, 
although,  certes,  he, 
too,  has  been 
taught  that  he  must  occasionally  yield 
to  the  force  of  popular  opposition.  On 
the  other  hand,  it 
is  very  difficult  for 
Americans.brought  up  wholly  under the 
influence  of  their  own  institutions,  with 
free  speech  and  a  free  press,  to  appre­
ciate  the  strength  of  conservatism  in 
Germany.  The  average  American 
is 
not  apt  to  be  misled  by  the  reports  he 
finds  in  the  daily  press  of  disaffection 
in  that  country;  but  that  disaffection  is 
almost  wholly  confined  to  the proletariat 
—that  is,to  the  laboring  and  wage-earn­
ing  class 
in  the  cities.  The  bankers, 
the  wealthy  merchants,  the  small  shop­
keepers,  the  great  manufacturers  and 
the  better  paid  of  their  employes,  the

landholders, 

the  farmers, 

large 
the 
peasants,  and the homekeeping,  respect­
able  class  generally,  are  heartily  op­
posed  to  revolution,  and  very  generally 
inclined  to  support  the  existing  order. 
The  chances  are  that  they  would  ap­
prove  even  very  arbitrary  acts  on  the 
part  of  the  Emperor  in  the  interest  of 
social  repose  and  the  security  of  prop­
erty  rights.  He  says  and  does  things 
sometimes  that  appear  ridiculous  to  his 
own  countrymen  as  well  as  to  others; 
but  the  German  burgher  puts  them 
in 
his  pipe  and  smokes  them  without“d-iffi- 
culty;  for,  after  all,  they  have 
led  to 
nothing  serious,  and  the  young  must  be 
allowed  time  to  grow  old.  It  is  not  very 
pleasant, 
for  a  learned  pro- 
fessoi  or  an  accomplished artist to be re­
minded  by  a  war  lord  who  has  never 
served  a  single  caippaign  in  actual war­
fare  that the  lowest  soldier  stands  high­
er  in  the  empire  than  the  highest  civil­
ian ;  but 
in  Germany  everybody,  or 
nearly  everybody, who  is  physically  cap­
able  serves a  term  in  the  army,  and  so, 
for  the  most  part,  the  Emperor’s  words 
may  be  construed  without  offense.

indeed, 

in  the  United  States. 

The  people  of  the  United  States  have 
always  been  opposed  to the maintenance 
of  a  large  standing  army.  The  United 
States  army  is  called  a  skeleton  organi­
zation,  and  it  has  never  been  anything 
else,  except  in  time  of  war,  or for a  few 
months  at  most  after  the  conclusion  of a 
war.  Mr.  Cleveland  showed  how effect­
ive  even  a  small  Federal  force  might 
be  for the  purpose  of  suppressing  a  io- 
cal  riot.  He  was  unquestionably  sus­
tained  by  public  sentiment,  although  he 
was  severely  criticised  in  certain  quar­
ters.  But 
it  was  never  contemplated 
that  the  Federal  army  should  be  ordi­
narily  employed  as  a  police  force,  and 
certainly  the  country  would  not  consent 
to  have  it  largely  increased  for that pur­
pose.  No  party  would  venture  to  pro­
pose  a  step  of  that  sort. 
It  is,  there­
fore,  mainly  upon  the  militia  that  this 
country  must  rely  for  the  suppression 
of  riot  and  sedition.  The  militia  is,  in 
effect,  a  popular  military  organization 
or  system 
It  is 
essentially  a  volunteer  organization. 
The  troops  actually  enrolled  in  its ranks 
are  usually  perfectly  obedient  to  their 
officers;  but  the  whole  body  is  infused 
with  the  democratic  spirit,  and  would 
never  be  found  available  for any  pur­
pose  of  arbitrary  power. 
It  will  never 
act  except  under  law  and  in  the  name 
It  need  never  be  appre­
of  the  people. 
hended,  theD,  that  free 
institutions  in 
this  country,  will  be  subverted  by  an 
undue  use  of  military  power 
in  the 
hands  of  a  daring  and  unscrupulous  ad­
venturer.  There  is  no  possibility  of  a 
coup  d’etat  here  such  as  that  which 
made  Louis  Napoleon  an  Emperor  of 
France,  or  such  as  that  which  the  first 
Napoleon  employed  to  overthrow  the 
Directory  and to establish the Consulate. 
This  Government  will  not be overturned 
from  above;  and 
is  difficult  to  im­
agine  how  it  might  be  subverted  by  any 
sudden  popular  uprising.  There  may 
be  from  time  to  time  a  succession  of 
far  reaching  strikes,  and  these  strikes 
may  be  occasionally  attended  by  acts 
of  mob  violence;  but 
in  this  country 
popular  movements  are  sooner  or  later 
embodied 
in  party  organizations,  and 
every  great  public  question must  be  set­
tled  here  at  last  in  the arena  of  politics.
Prosperity  comes  to  a  man  when  he 
has  a  chance  to  earn  money,  and  has 
something 
left  to  spend  for  pleasure 
after  supplying  his  wants.  Prosperity 
never  can  come  to  a  loafer,  who  must 
always  be  a  beggar,  when  he  is  not  a 
crook.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

A  Barrel  of  Flour

9

GOLD  BRICK  SWINDLES

Apparently,  anybody  can be swindled. 
Business  experience  offers  no protection 
against  the  swindler. 
If  be  be  a  per­
son  of  sufficient  impudence  and  assur­
ance,  and  show  a  fair  knowledge  of 
the  enterprise  he 
is  trying  to  put  for­
ward,  he  will  have  no  more  difficulty  in 
imposing  his  nefarious  schemes  upon 
the  banker and  the  merchant  than  upon 
the  most  unsophisticated  dweller  in  the 
rural  districts.

information  and 

The  fact  is,  any  person  of  good  ad­
dress,  fair 
sufficient 
self-assurance  to  put  a  showy  exterior 
on  his  propositions  can  get  the  better 
of  almost  anybody,  no  matter  how 
shrewd  in  matters  of  finance.  Such  an 
operator  knows  how  to  arouse  human 
cupidity  and  to  play  upon  the  chords  of 
self-interest.  Only  make  the 
intended 
victim  believe  that  an  opportunity  to 
gain  a  great  advantage 
is  offered  to 
him,  and  to  him  above  all  others,  nd 
no  matter how  wild  the  scheme,  if  only 
it  be  plausibly  presented,  almost  any­
one  to  whom  it  is  presented  will  bite at 
the  bait.

Such  masterful  confidence  men  as 
James  Fiske,  Ives,  Ward,  Barnato  and 
other  Napoleons  of  finance  began  with 
nothing,  but  they  were able  to  gain  uni­
versal  confidence  and  to  retain  it  until 
the  enormous  bubbles  of  speculation 
which  they  had  blown  up  finally  burst, 
ruining  thousands  who  had trusted  them 
and  dealt  with  them.  Of  course,  oper­
ators  on  such  a  gigantic  scale are  not 
seen  every  day;  but  they  rise  up  every 
few  years;  while  not  a  day  passes  but 
in 
that  business  men  are  plundered 
a  lesser  degree  by  plausible and 
ingen­
ious  rascals.

Let  some  well-known  person of proper 
reputation  present  some  plan 
for  an 
honest  and  fair  business  enterprise,with 
a  reasonable  promise  of  moderate  but 
safe  returns,  and  be  will  be  repulsed,  if j 
not  actually  refused  a  hearing,  by  the 
average  capitalist  and  man  of  business; 
but  when  some  smooth  operator  comes 
with  a  scheme  that  promises  hundreds 
or  thousands  of  percentage  of  profit,  he 
will  have  little  difficulty  in  being 
lis­
tened  to.  Men  who  are  thoroughly  cau­
tious  and  wise  in  business  matters  with 
which  they  are  acquainted  are  often 
astonishingly  credulous  c o n c e r n i n g  
promises  of  vast  profits  out  of  enter­
prises  with  which  they  have  no  ac­
quaintance.

Many  examples  could  be  named  of 
the  wild  and  unreasonable  undertakings 
into  which  the  people  have  put  money 
and  lost  it,  but  experience  only  teaches 
those  who have  suffered  by  reason  of  it. 
At  every  moment  of  time  there  is  born 
upon  the  earth  an 
individual  who  is 
likely  to  furnish  opportunities  for the 
confidence  man  and  the  swindler,  and 
while  this'goes  on  there  will  be  no  lack 
of  unscrupulous  operators  to  take  ad­
vantage  of  the  fact. 
“ Hope  springs 
eternal 
in  the  human  breast,”   and  al­
most  everybody  hopes  to  get  rich,  and 
to  get  rich  suddenly. 
It  is  for this  rea­
son  that  even  the  most  unlikely  and  im­
probable  schemes  will  find  somebody  to 
risk  money  on  them.
“ The  present 
is  an  age  when  money 
has  tremendous  power  in  all  the  affairs 
of  life,  and  naturally  everybody  wants 
to become  rich  and  to  become  rich  rap­
idly.  This  is  an  age  when  all  sorts  of 
schemes  to  make  money  are  put  for­
ward.  Many  of  them  are  of  question­
able honesty,and not a few are positively 
dishonest;  but  they  all  find  patrons  and 
they  all  receive  countenance.  Those 
who  use  them  have  only  one  prime  ob­

ject,  and  that 
is  to  get  money.  The 
man  who  purchases  stolen  gold  bricks 
for  a  tithe of  their  supposed  value  suf­
fers  no  shock  to  his moral sense until he 
finds  he  has  been  made  the  victim  of  a 
smooth  thief,  and  only  then  he  seems  to 
realize  that  the  man  who  would  plunder 
the  Government  of  which he was  a  serv­
ant  of  its  gold  would  also  cheat  those 
to  whom  he  proposed  to  sell  his  ill-got­
ten  plunder.

It  is  evident  that  the  consumption  of 
beer  has  fallen  off  this  year,  whatever 
the  cause  may  be.  The  semi-annual 
reports  of  two  large brewing  and  malt­
ing  establishments  in  Chicago  and  Mil­
waukee  show  a  decrease  in  sales  of 
47,427  barrels,  and  the  total  output  of 
all  the  breweries  in  the Chicago internal 
revenue  district  decreased  120,751  bar­
rels  for  the  six  months,  and  although 
the  hot  weather has  increased  the  con­
sumption  somewhat.it  is  still  below  that 
of  the  corresponding  period  of  previous 
years. 
If  it  is  the  bicycle,  as  is  gener­
ally  supposed,  that  has  done  this,  the 
wheel 
is  not  likely  to  prove  the  wheel 
of  fortune  to  the  liquor  trade,  for  it  ap­
pears  to  be  the  best  ally  the  cause  of 
temperance  has  had  for a  long  time.

In  the  kingdom  of  Poland  there  was 
formerly a  law  that  a  person  convicted 
of  slander must walk on all-fours through 
the  streets  of  the  town,  accompanied  by 
the  beadle,  as  a  sign  he  was  disgraced. 
At  the  next  public  festival  the  delin­
quent  had  to  crawl  on  hands  and  knees 
under  the  banquet  table  and  bark  like  a 
dog.  Each  guest  was  at  liberty  to  give 
him  as  many  kicks  as  he  chose  and  he 
who  had  been  slandered  must  at the  end 
of  the banquet  throw  a  picked  bone  at 
the  culprit,  who,  picking 
it  up  in  his 
mouth, would  leave the room on all  fours.
The  officials of  the  weather bureau are 
at  work  compiling  statistics  going  to 
show  what  effect  the  various  brands  of 
weather have  upon  the health and moral­
ity  of  the  people.  Mr.  Moore,  the  chief, 
says  that  the  figures  already  collected 
show  that  there  is  a  decided  increase  in 
crime  during  hot  weather  and  he  feels 
that  the  investigation may develop  some 
interesting  facts  concerning  the  ques­
tion  of  criminology.

Government  ownership  of  railroads 
has  been  a  failure 
in  Brazil,  and  the 
government  has  offered  to  lease  its  en­
tire  system  of  14,000  miles  of  track  to 
any  responsible  company  that  will  pay 
a  bonus  of  $70,000,000  as  rental  of  the 
tracks,  rolling  stock,  and  other  property 
for a  term  of  fifty  years,  and  guarantee 
to  restore  them  in  good  order at  the  end 
of  that  period.

The  mayor  to  be  elected  in  Greater 
New  York  next  November  will  be  a 
potentate  of  great  power  and  influence. 
London’s  lord  mayor  is  not  a  circum­
stance  to  him.  He  will  have  a  patron­
age  almost  as  large  as  that  of  the  Presi­
dent  of  the  United  States,  with  a  pay 
roll  bigger  than  that  of  any  other  city 
in  the  world.

Packages  weighing  up  to  twenty-two 
pounds  and  measuring  not  more  than 
five  feet  cubic  are  now  transported  by 
the  French  postoffice  for 37 cents  to  any 
part  of  France.

Canada  wants  a  new  flag  of  her  own. 
She  ought  to have  it,  as  a  sort  of  annex 
nation.  The  duty  of  the  United  States 
is  to  give  her  all  the  protection  she 
wants.

Men  have  tried  to  be  orators  without 
intelligence  to  feel 

ideas  or  common 
their  eloquence.

Branded  like this one

Is  The  Best

That  money can  buy.

It  w ill  make  w hiter  bread  and  more  of  it  than  any  other  kind.

Clark=Jewell-Wells  Co.,

Western  Michigan  Agents.

This  brand  has  always  taken  first  rank 
among  the  direct  importations  of  Japan 
grades  and  we  are  pleased  to  note  that  the 
quality  of  this  year’s  importation  is fully up 
to  the  usual  high  standard  of  this  brand, 
while  some  of our customers who are expert 
judges  of  tea  insist  that  it  grades  higher 
than  ever  before.  W e  propose  handling 
JE W E L L   C H O P   on  small  margins,  the 
same  as  heretofore,  on  the  theory  that  the 
nimble  sixpence  is  better  than  the  idle 

shilling.

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.,

Sole  Owners.

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

a n n u a l   a d d r e s s .

President  Phillips’  Message  to 

Michigan  Druggists.

the 

it 

in  other 

For  the  second  time  in  the  history  of 
this  Association  we  meet  in  this  Vicin­
ity.  Those  of  you  who  were  with  us  at 
the  last  annual  meeting  will  remember 
that  the  chief  interest  in  that  meeting 
seemed  to  center around  the  spot  where 
it  was  held— that  historic  old  ground 
which  has  been  dubbed,  “ the  fairest 
spot  on  God's  green  earth."  Hut  I 
find,  and  the  experience  is,  undoubted­
ly,  the  same  with  you  all,  that  the  more 
1  travei  the  more  of  those  “ fairest 
spots”   I  find.  And  now  we  have  come 
to  another  of  the  many  evidences  of  the 
handiwork  of 
the  great  Landscape 
Gardener  of  the  universe,  and  what  a 
is  to  many  of  us,  who  iiitle 
surprise 
realized  that  a  place  so  unique,  so  rest­
ful,  so  picturesque 
lay  so  near.  For 
the  second  time,  1  repeat,  we  have come 
to  this  vicinity.  What  changes  have 
taken  place  in  the  Association  in  four­
teen  years!  How  many  of  the  piilars j 
which  then  supported  the  structure have 
been  removed—some  by  the  hand  of 
Death  and  some to  become  supports  of 
other  organizations 
lines  of 
business.
As  I  look  over  the  faces  now  before 
me  I  find  comparatively  few  who  were 
with  us  in  Lansing  that November, 1883. 
This  is  a  world  of  change  and  we  can 
but  note  them  as  they  pass  by.  Among 
them  I  cannot  fail  to  note  the  sudden 
call  of  our  ex-Vice-President,  S.  P. 
Whitmarsh,  of  Palmyra,  who,  on  June 
21,  was  stricken  down  while  about  his 
daily  duties.  A  recent  pharmaceutical 
journal  says, 
in  commenting  on  his 
life,  that  his  aim  was  to  be an  ideal 
country  druggist.  At  least  two  of  our 
staunchest  supporters—corner  stones,  I 
might  say—have  left  the  ranks  of  retail 
pharmacy  to  join  other  ranks  in  more 
remunerative  callings.  We shall  always 
revere  their  names  for  the good  work 
they  have  done  and  wish  them  abun­
dant  success  in  the  other  fields  of  labor.
In  the  year  that  has  passed  there have 
been  a  number  of  storms  at  the  Capital 
which  bid  fair  to  work  havoc 
in  phar­
macy.  Among  them,  and  most  serious, 
were probably  House  bill  No.  66,  which 
allowed  physicians  to  register  without 
examination,  and  the  Coleman  bill, 
which  required  druggists  to  make  a 
complete  inventory  of  all 
liquors  on 
hand  each  month  and  imposed  a  heavy 
fine 
inventory  and  record  of  sales 
during  the  month  did  not  agree.  It  also 
prohinited  the  sale  of  all 
liquors  in 
original  bottles.  Owing  to  the  faithful 
work  of  the  Legislative  Committee, 
members  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
your  Secretary  and  some  members  out­
side  of  office,  the  skies are once  more 
clear,  only  to  gather  moisture  in  the 
two  years  to  come,  which  will  be  pre­
cipitated  upon  us again  by  coming 
in 
contact  with  a  current  from  some  ice­
berg  of  a  legislator at  the  next  session. 
The  report  of  the  Legislative  Com­
mittee  will  show  more  fully  the  extent 
of  these  disturbances  and  also  recom­
mend  some  needed  legislation.
The  Secretary  has  circulated  the  cor­
respondence  relative to  tax-free  alcohol 
which  was  sent  from  Washington,  and 
the  vari ous  letters  sent  to  Congressmen 
are  probably  familiar  to  you  all  and 
will  undoubtedly  be  mentioned  in  his 
report.
in  addresses  of  this 
nature  for  the  President  to  review,  from 
year  to  year,  the  status  of  pharmacy. 
What,  with  the  dispensing  of  medicine 
by  physicians,  the  cutting  of  prices  by 
department  stores  (of  course,  they  aré 
the  only  ones  which  cut),  the  cry  of 
substitution  by  the  manufacturer,  and 
the  sale  of  goods  to  the  arch  cutter  by 
jobbers,  the  slang  expression  ‘ ‘ Where 
are  we 
the 
only  description  of  the  situation  to  be 
given.

is  customary 

about 

echos 

at?”  

if 

It 

It 

is  much  easier  to  mention  these 
various  phases  of  our  situation  than  it 
is  to  suggest  successful  treatment  of 
any  one  of  them.  The  cutter and  the 
department  store  seem  to  have  come  to 
stay  and  the  matter of  fighting  and  leg­
islating  them away  seems about  as fruit­
less  a  task  as  that  of  attempting  to  lift

one’s  self  by  his  bootstraps.  Still,there 
are  those  who  are  sanguine  in  the  be­
lief  that  these  efforts  will  prevail.

in  some 

To  the  younger  ones  in  our  Associa­
tion,  1  would  point,  as  a  relief  from  ihe 
burdens  which  have  been  placed  upon 
the  back  of  the  retail  pharmacist  by 
these  existing  conditions,  to 
‘ higher 
education.”   Bacteriology,  physiologi­
cal  chemistry and  microscopy  are  fields 
wherein  the  pharmacist  may  explore 
with  the  prospect  of  a  greater amount 
of  future  pleasure  and  profit  in  store  for 
him  than  he at  present  knows. 
In  the 
modern  practice  of  medicine  the  diag­
nosis  of  disease  has  ceased  to  be  the 
“ feeling  of  the  pulse’ ’  and  “ looking  at 
the  tongue. ’ ’ 
The  physician  must 
know 
instances  all  about  the 
urine  (specific  gravity,  reaction,  sugar, 
blood,  pus,  urea,  etc.);  the  contents  of 
every  cavity  taken  by  aspirator  needs 
examining  as  minutely;  in  the  numer­
ous  infectious  and  contagious  diseases 
examinations  for  bacilli  must  needs  be 
undertaken;  the  microscope  is  again 
called 
into  play  in  the  examination  of 
The  skilled  physician 
tumors,  etc. 
should  be  and 
is  abundantly  able to 
carry  on  all  these  examinations,  but 
many  of  them  need  hours  and  days  of 
careful  study  and  watchfulness,  which 
the  busy  practitioner  is  unable  to  give 
to  them.  To  whom'  would  the  doctor 
more  gladly  turn  than  to  the  pharma­
cist  who,  by  careful  training  and  well- 
equipped 
laboratories,  would  be  ccm-' 
petent  to  work  out  these  painstaking 
details?  Then 
for  the  public  there  are 
water analyses,  food  analyses,  milk  an­
alyses,  etc.  I  think  I  am  not too  vision­
ary  when  I  predict  that  the  Twentieth 
Century  pharmacy  will  have 
its  micro­
scopical,  bacteriological  and  chemical 
laboratories  in  connection  (in  fact,  we 
have  at  least  one  instance  on  a  large 
scale  of  such  a  pharmacy  now),  and  1 
also  predict  that  the  “ higher  educa­
tion”   is to  be the  connecting  link  that 
reunites  pharmacy  and  medicine  on  the 
old  plane  of  reciprocity.

For 

the  druggist  of 

to-day—the 
“ merchant  druggist,”   as  he  is  more 
often  called— I  would  advocate  as  many 
side  lines  as  space and  capital  will  per­
mit.  I  would  also  advocate the  practice 
of  substitution  with  a  big  S.  Not  the 
mean,  contemptible,  criminal  substi 
tution  which,  when  Listerine, 
for  in­
stance,  is  prescribed  or  called  for,  dis­
penses  a  “ home grown”   product  of  the 
laboratory,  but 
in  the  Listerine  case— 
and  this  would  apply  to a  score  or  more 
of  secret  remedies  or  doctors’  patents—
1  should  advocate  putting  up  a  prepara­
tion  similar  to  the  ones  which  every 
manufacturing  concern 
in  the  count!y 
catalogues,  giving  it  some  euphonious 
name,  sampling  the  physicians  with 
it 
in  precisely  the  same  manner  in  which 
the aforesaid  houses  do,  asking  them  to 
use 
in  their  own  mouths  and  in  cuts 
and  wound's 
in  their  own  practice. 
Their  experience  will  dictate  to  them 
that  it  would  be  just  as  professional and 
that  the  beneficial  results  would  be  just 
as  pronounced  should  they  prescribe 
Eucathyline  as  though  they  wrote  the 
other  preparation. 
the  dental 
profession  can  be  worked  in  the  same 
(Of  course, I  am  not  speaking 
manner. 
of  one’s  own  neighborhood.) 
In  my 
own  experience,  we  get a  goodly  num­
ber  of  prescriptions  for  Eucathyline 
from  our  D.  D.  S.  Some  of  the  coal 
tar  derivatives  can  be  worked  in  the 
same  manner,  and  the 
‘ way”   is  just  as 
legitimate  and  honorable  as  the 
intro­
duction  of  my  line  of  goods  in competi­
tion  with  your  line  can  be.

Then 

it 

Then,  with 

the  general  public, 

I 
should  advocate  the  putting  up  of  your 
own  household  remedies  and  then  ad­
vertising  them  by  space  in  newspaper, 
circular,  booklet,  sample  or  otherwise, 
as  experience  and  locality  might  sug­
gest,  to  such  extent  that  the  customer 
will  “ get  what  he  asks  for, ’ ’  and  the 
article  will  not  be  Blain's  or  Rood’s, 
but  your  own.  That  is  the  substitution 
which  I  would  hold  out  to  you  as  legiti­
I  quote  from  a  recent  article  on 
mate. 
the subject  by  a  Western  man : 
‘ ‘ Every 
pharmacist  must  make  a  battleground 
of  his  own  neighborhood,  combat  the 
ready-made,  cure-alls  and  what-nots  as 
fiercely  as  he  would  the  cutter,  pay  less

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attention  to  the  sale  of  putty  "and  gum 
and  prove  to  every  physician "in his own 
neighborhood  that  his  own  preparations 
are  better  than  most  and  as  good  as  the 
best."  The  pecuniary  benefit  derived 
from  such  a  course  is  considerable,  but 
the  prestige  given  a  store  by  a  line  of 
remedies,  which  years  of  relentless  ad­
vertising  and  pushing  have  made  popu­
lar,  is  measureless.

the  United  States. 

The  struggle  for  the  adoption  of  the 
metric  system  of  weights  and  measures 
is  still  before  us,  and  it  is  the  opinion 
of  your  President  that  we,  as  an  Asso­
ciation,  should  take  sides  in  the  matter 
and  place  ourselves  on  record  as  favor­
ing  this  step  forward  in  universal  prog: 
It  took  four  hundred  years of  agi­
ress. 
tation  and  discussion  to 
secure  the 
adoption  of  the  Arabic  numerals  in 
place  of  the  Roman. 
If  any  member 
present  will  write  down  and  multiply 
LXXXVIII  by  XCIX,  he  will  readily 
see  that  the  ‘ ‘ new  way"  was  a  step  in 
the  forward  direction,  and yet  those very 
agitators  were  undoubtedly 
dubbed 
"cranks."  The  only  countries  now  of 
importance,  I  might  add,  which  have 
not  adopted  the  Metric  system  are  Eng­
land  and 
Even 
Mexico,  than  which,  by  the  way,  no 
nation  on  earth has  progressed  so  rapid­
ly  in  the  past  twenty  years,  has  the sys­
tem  in  vogue.  A  resolution  which  has 
been  adopted  by  some  associations,  and 
one  which  would  be  eminently  appro­
priate  for  us  to  adopt,  reads  something 
like  this:  Whereas,  Recognizing  the 
convenience  and  scientific 
importance 
of  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures,  therefore  be  it  resolved,  that 
we,  the  members  of  the  Michigan  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  fifteenth 
annual  convention  assembled,  unani­
mously  adopt  the  same  as  the  official 
system  of  weights  and  measures  of  this 
organization.  Be 
it  further  resolved, 
that  the  members  of  this  Association  be 
requested  to  make  use  of  the  metric 
system 
in  designating  weights  and 
measures  in  papers,  reports  and  com­
munications  presented  to  this  organiza­
tion ;  that  the  officers  and  committees 
be  instructed  to  employ  the  denomina­
tions  of  the  metric  system  wherever 
weights  and  measures  occur 
in  their 
circulars  or  reports.

in  his  address." 

A  leading  journal  tells  us  that  "any 
state  pharmaceutical  association  Presi­
dent  is  guilty  of  the  sin  of  omission 
if 
he  fail  to  mention  the  American  Asso­
ciation 
I  shall  go 
further  and  say  that  any  member  of  this 
Association  is  equally  guilty  if  he  does 
not  become  a  member of  the  American. 
Every  member  of  the  A.  P.  A.  gets  a 
direct  and  incalculable  benefit  if  he  at­
tends  the  meetings  of  that  body,  meet­
ing  and  listening  to  the old wheel horses 
of  the  profession ;  and  if  he  but  stays at 
home,  he  gets  a  volume  of  proceedings, 
in­
as  that  work  of  reference  is  almost 
dispensable,  including,  as 
it  does,  the 
report  on. the  progress  of  pharmacy, 
which,  in  the  present  volume,  contains 
over  five  hundred  pages,  embracing 
proceedings  of  the  various  state  asso­
ciations  (except  Michigan,  in  this 
in­
stance),  new  apparatus  and  formulae, 
new  remedies,  materia  medica,  includ­
ing  botany  and  microscopy,  inorganic 
chemistry, 
including  physics,  and  or­
ganic  chemistry;  in  short,  if  you  want 
to  keep  thoroughly  up-to-date,  among 
all  other  things  join  the American Phar­
maceutical  Association,  if  you  are  not 
already  a member;  attend  the  meetings 
if  possible,  read  the  proceedings  and 
keep  the  volume  always  at  hand  as  a 
reference  work.

The  advisability of a  permanent  place 
of  meeting  has  been  much  discussed  in 
this  and  other  organizations,  and  while 
the  new  place  of  meeting  each  year 
tends  to  furnish  new  members,  the  per­
manent  place  brings  out  the  greatest 
attendance.  My  recommendation would 
be  to  dispense  with  the  subscription 
which  is  usually  circulated  among  local 
druggists, 
jobbers  and  manufacturing 
concerns  and  prepare  a  program  of 
amusements,  each  member  to  pay  for 
his  coupon  tickets  to  all  when  he  regis­
ters.  The amount  would  be  small  com­
pared  with  railroad  fare  and  hotel  bills. 
This  would  forever  preclude  the  possi­
bility  of  the  Association  going  begging

for  a  "spot  on  which  to  lay  its  weary 
head. ”   I  would further recommend De­
troit  as  that  place  of  permanent  meet­
ing,  on  the  ground  that  the  greatest  at­
tendance  can  be  counted  on  at  that 
point.
is  the  opinion  of  your  President 
It 
that  it  would  be  much  better  to  fix  the 
time  of  the  next  meeting  before  ad­
journment,  instead  of  leaving  it  to  the 
Executive  Committee,  as  has  been  done 
in  several  instances  in  previous  years,  | 
for  these  reasons:  All  members  would  I 
then  know  for  the  whole  year  that  the 
State  meeting 
is  "such  a  tim e"  and 
can  arrange  their  business  affairs,  va­
cations,  etc.,  much  easier  than  they 
can  when  they  only  know  it  four  weeks 
beforehand. 
journals 
can  insert  the date in their tables of state 
meetings  for  months  previous,  thereby 
continually  reminding  the  readers  of 
said  date. 
The  Secretary  can  keep 
things  stirred  up 
like  manner  for 
three  months  previous  to  such  meeting, 
whereas  he  is,  necessarily,  crowded  for 
time  under the  present  method.

Pharmaceutical 

in 

A  state  society  is  almost 

I  would  further  recommend  that at our 
annual  meeting  a  list  of  four  names  be 
placed  in  nomination  for  every  vacancy 
occurring  on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  to 
be  given  to  the  Governor,  from  which 
to  select  such  members  of  the  Board. 
This  would  necessitate  a  change  of  the I 
by-laws,  probably,  and  I  would  recom­
mend  such  change.
indispen­
sable  in  the  present  age when more than 
ever  before  business  and  professional 
interests  need  a  constant  and  watchful 
eye  upon  them.  Nearly  every  trade,  oc­
cupation  and  profession  in  the  land  has 
its  association  or  organization. 
The 
proposed  legislation  in  the  last  session, 
and  experience  of  the  Ohio pharmacists 
with  their  ring  of  blackmailers  during 
the  past  year,  are 
illustrations  of  the 
constant  dangers  to  which  we  are  liable 
to be  subjected,  and  are  strong  remind­
ers  that  we  should  remain  banded  to­
gether  in  goodly  numbers  for  self-pres­
ervation ;  hut  the  fighting  of  evils  and 
unjust  legislation,  although  of  vital  im­
portance,  is  not  the  only  reason  for  the 
existence  of  a  vigorous  association. 
The  social  side  of  our  meetings  is  by 
no  means  a  non-essential  one.  The 
druggist’s  life  somewhat  resembles  that 
of  a  hermit.  His  hours  are  long  and 
the  confinement  close  and  constant,  by 
no  means  conducive  to  good  digestion 
and  a  composed  and  well-balanced 
mind. 
(And  what  occupation  has  more 
need  of  these?)  Now  the  recreation  and 
change  of  environment  to  be  had  while 
attending  these  meetings  is  worth  more 
to  the  penned-in  pill-pounder  than  he 
can  measure  by  any  denomination  of 
our  metric  monetary 
The 
brushing-up  one  gets  by  the interchange 
of  ideas  among  so  many  who  are  work­
ing  and  striving  along  the  same  lines 
is  worth  all  the  time,  trouble  and  ex­
pense  undertaken  in  attending the meet­
ings.  Therefore,  I  urge  it  upon  you,  if 
you  are  not  members,  become  such  at 
once;  and  if  you  are  so  fortunate  as  to 
belong  to  the  Association,  try  and 
in­
duce  every  druggist  of  your  acquaint­
ance  outside  the  ranks  to  fall  in  line.

system. 

George Winn,  a Windsor,  V t.,  jeweler, 
was  much  surprised  the  other  morning 
at  the  way  in  which  a  bat  with  three 
young  ones  got  away  from  him.  He  had 
found  the  four  in  front  of  his house,  and 
he  took  them 
in  and  put  them  on  a 
table.  The  old  bat,  which  had  shown 
fight, 
its  back  and 
feigned  death.  The little  ones  fastened 
themselves  to  it,and the  old  one  flopped 
instantly  and  flew  away,  taking  its  fam­
ily  along.

turned  on 

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you  should  find  a  sheet or a box or a case 
of 
it  unsalable,  write  to  the  makers, 
sending  sample  sheet,  and  if  they  find 
that  the  trouble  can  in  any  way  be  at­
tributed  to  any  fault  of  the  paper,  the 
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Shoes  and  Leather
Scheme  Which  Sold 

the  Goods  at 

the  Regular Price.

The handsome  large  plate  glass  win­
dow  of  721  North  Twenty-fii st street  was 
polished  to  a  degree  of  brilliancy  not 
often  attained  by  a  shoe  store  window 
away  from  the  down-town  section  of  a 
big  city.  Messrs.  E.  Z.  Fitte  &  Son 
are  sticklers  for  cleanliness  and  a  fly- 
speck  on  the  big  front  window  is  as  ir­
ritating  to  the  junior  Mr  Fitte as  a  red 
flag  to  a  bull.

Within  was,  as 

is  usual,  a  striking 
display  of  footwear  strictly  up  to  date 
and  of  the  first quality,  set  off  to excel­
lent  advantage  by  tasty  draping  of 
bright  pink  cheese  cloth,  puffed  and 
plaited,  and  relieved  here  and  there  by 
delicate  tracings  of artificial  vines. 
In 
the  center and  near  the  front,  setting  by 
itself  on  a  small  stand  covered  with  the 
fabric,  was  a  beautiful  specimen  of 
ladies’  footwear—a  dainty  green  shoe, 
in  the  latest  style  and  full  of  that 
cut 
indescribable  quality  called, 
for  the 
lack  of  a  better  name,  ‘ ‘ tone. ’ ’

These  days  of  bargain  sales  and  cut- 
in-half  prices  it  requires  a striking win­
dow  to  hold  the  feminine  gaze  if  there 
is  within  no  seductive  “ reduced  from’ ’ 
tag 
in  sight,  and  the  junior  Mr.  Fitte 
noted  with  pleasure,  not  unmixed  with 
pride  in  his  work 
in  the  window,  ttiat 
the  women  who  passed  that  way  were 
unable  to  get  by  without  a  longing  look.
Miss  De  Style  did  more  than  look. 
She  entered  the  store  and  greeted  with 
a  sort  of  business  smile  the  amiable 
junior  Mr.  Fitte,  who  came  forward 
briskly,  as  if  he  had  not  seen  her  com­
ing  reflected  in  the  polished  glass of the 
open  door.

in  the  window. 
it  the 

“ Please  show  me  a  shoe  like  that 
It  is  very 
green  one 
pretty. 
latest  thing?”   re­
Is 
quested  the  beauty  as  she  sank  wearily 
onto  the  settee  and began plying  her  fan 
with  vigor.

“ Yes, 

indeed,”   returned  the  junior 
Mr.  Fitte,  stepping  back  a  moment  to 
turn  on  the  electric  fan,  “ it’s  the  very 
latest  thing  out  and  is  bound  to  prove 
the  fad  this  fa ll;  in  fact,  we  have  only 
received  a  very  few  pairs  ourselves  as 
yet.  They  are  most  all 
in  the  larger 
numbers,  too,  and  I  fear  I  haven’t  your 
size.  However,  let  me  fit  you  with  a 
pair  of  these  light  tans and  when  I  once 
get  the  exact  fit  I  will  have  it  dupli­
cated  to  order 
in  the  green  and  the 
shoes  will  be  ready  for  you  day  after 
to-morrow. ”

“ My,  but  isn’t  it  warm?  That  breeze 
is  so  refreshing  1  could  almost  sit  here 
until  the  shoes  are  done.  How  can  you 
make  them  so quickly?  Are  you  sure  it 
won’t  be  next  week  instead  of  day  after 
to-morrow?”   chattered the young woman 
in  a  kreath.

The  junior  Mr.  Fitte,having  removed 
the  worn  but  trim  oxford  that  covered 
the  shapely  left  foot,  went  ahead  fitting 
his  customer  and  after a  moment,  ig­
noring  her  remarks  on  the  weather,  re­
plied,  “ Oh,  day  after  to-morrow  I  will 
have  them  ready  for  you.  The  shoe 
factories  are  fast  workers.  Why,  you 
will  hardly  believe 
it,  but  only  last 
month  a  pair of  shoes  were  made  com­
plete,  by  the  watch,  in  one  of  our  large 
factories  inside of  an  hour.”

Miss  De  Style  was  easily  fitted  and 
the  shoe  which  was  brought  her  from 
the  window  pleased  her  greatly.

“ Yes,  I’ll  take  them,  and  they  are  to 
be  ready  now,  day after  to-morrow  with­
out  fail,  remember,”   she  said  as  the

knot  was  tied  again  over  the  arched  in­
step.

“ Yes,  ma’am,  without  fail.  Thank 
you;  good  afternoon,”   responded  the 
junior  Mr.  Fitte  politely  and  then,  as 
she  disappeared  around  the  corner,  he 
laughed.

“ Father,”   he  exclaimed,  “ what  did 
I  tell  you?  Didn’t  I  say  it  was  all  bosh 
for  us  to  cut  the  price  on  those  light 
tans?  Where  is  the  green  stain?”

Up  the  street  three  blocks  Miss  De 
Style  met  her  particular  chum,  Miss 
Bonnie  Tonn.  “ O,  Bonnie,  dear,”   she 
gushed  as  she  removed  her  cherry  lips 
from  her friend’s downy cheek.  “ I have 
just  ordered  the  loveliest  pair  of  green 
shoes  from  Fitte’s!  Green,  dear,  and 
just  too  sweet,  and  they  are  to  be  made 
for  me  at  the  factory  and  they’ll  be 
ready  Thursday.  Oh, 
they’re 
swell. ”

but 

“ Get  a  bargain?”   enquired  Miss 

Bonnie,  briefly.

“ No-o—but they’re so  pretty.  They’re 

regular  loves—the  very  latest  thing.”

Meantime,  down  at  the  “ factory”   at 
721  North  Twenty-first  street  the  junior 
Mr.  Fitte  was  busily  occupied  in  mak­
ing  the  green  shoes  for  Miss De Style.

He  took  the  pair  of  light tans that had 
fitted  the  young 
lady  so  satisfactorily 
and  applied  a  coat  of  liquid  cleaner  of 
a  green  hue,  which  gave  the  kid  a  dull 
appearance,  removing  the  sheen  and 
luster  that  had  made 
it  so  handsome. 
Following  this  he  applied  a  coat  of 
green  stain  all  over  the  shoes,  and  in 
due  time  another,  completing  the  trans­
formation  with  an  application  of  green 
polishing  paste.  With  brisk  movements 
the  junior  Mr.  Fitte  brushed  up  a  high 
polish  and  smiled  to  himself  as  he 
painted  the  yellow  sole  a  dark  green 
and  murmured  to  himself,  “ Oh,  yes, 
we  will  have  them  all  ready  for  you  day 
after  to-morrow,  Miss  De  Style.”

That  evening,  on  the  desk  at  the  rear 
of  the  store,  reposed  a  neat  package  re­
sembling  greatly 
in  size  and  shape  a 
shoe  box.  On  one  side  was  written :

Miss  DeStyle,

4276  Vantyne  Place.

Paid.

“ Remarkably  quick  work  of  our  fac­
tory,”   commented  the  junior  Mr.  Fitte 
as he  tied  it  up.  “ I  think  it’s  a  mighty 
good  idea,  father,  don't  you,  that  stain­
ing  up  a  pair  of  light  tans  that  we 
couldn’t  sell  and  putting  them  in  the 
window? 
I  tell  you  Miss  De  Style 
wouldn’t  have  looked  at  those shoes  a 
minute 
if  they  bad  been  tans  unless 
there  was  a  tag,  ‘ Cut  from  $3  to  $2.19,’ 
on  them.  And  there  are  whole  lots  like 
her.  That  green  stain  is  a  good  thing 
and  the  beauty  of  it  is  that  with  it  and 
ox-blood  and  black  stains  we  can  keep 
all  the  shades  of  the  rainbow  with  little 
trouble.  One  pair  in  the  window  does 
it.”

“ Yes,”   observed 

the  senior  Mr. 
it  doesn’t  rub  off  within  a 

Fitte,  “ if 
week. ”

The  junior  Mr.  Fitte  continued  to 
scrub  his  verdant  bands  with  soap  and 
water  in  an  ineffectual  effort  to  remove 
the  emerald  stain,  and  said  nothing.

“ Oh,  aren’t  they  swell?”   ejaculated 
the  dashing  Miss  De  Style  two  days 
later,as  she  lifted  her  skirts slightly and 
looked  with  pardonable  pride  down  up­
on  the  trim  No.  3  with  its  bright  grass- 
hued  coat; “ but  Mr.  Fitte,  look  at  your 
hands.  Does  it  come  off  like that?  Oh 
dear  me,  I  can  never  wear them  if  it

...For this  Fall...

We are showing  the  strongest line of Shoes ever placed on 

this market by us.

Goodyear,—none  better.

We are just as  emphatic  about  our  Rubber  Line— Wales- 

Big  line  of  Lumbermen's  Sox.
Grand  Rapids Felt Boots are our Hobby.

Herold=Bertsch  Shoe  Co.

5  and  7  Pearl  Street, 

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Do  you  want  to sell  more Shoes?

Then buy Rindge, Kalin bach & Co.’s factory line—the line that will win 
and hold the trade for you.  We handle everything in the line of footwear.
We are showing  to-day  the  finest  spring  line  in  the  State—all  the 

latest colors and shapes.

can give you some bargains.

See  our  line  of  socks  and  felts  before  placing your fall order.  We 

We are agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and carry a very large 

stock of their goods, which enables us to fill orders promptly.

Our discounts  to October i are 25 and 5 per cent, on Bostons and 25,
5, and  10 per cent, on  Bay States.  Our  terms  are  as liberal as those of 
any agent of the Boston  Rubber Shoe Co.

Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co.,

12.14 and 16 Pearl St., 
Grand Rapids.

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and you will have  gained  the 
friendship  of  the whole  fam­
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in  doing 
this buy your children’s shoes 
from

I  H1RTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

Our  Specialties:

Children’s  Shoes,

Shoe  Store  Supplies,

Goodyear  Glove  Rubbers.

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W.  D.  W ADE,  Vice- 
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Pres.

Sec'y and  Treas.

We  are  now  ready 
to 
make  contracts  for  bark 
for the  season of 1897.
Correspondence Solicited.

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does;  they’ll  ruin  my  skirts;  oh  my, 
why  didn’t  you  tell  me!”

‘ ‘ Oh,  no,  no,  it  doesn’t  come  off. 

It 
won’t  hurt  your  skirts  at  all. 
You 
needn’t  be  alarmed  on  that  score,”   re­
turned  the  junior  Mr.  Fitte  nervously. 
“ I— you  see—that 
is—the  green  shoes 
require  a  good  deal  of  polishing  and 
when  these  shoes  came  in  this afternoon 
I  thought  they  would  look  brighter  if  I 
polished  them.  So  I  did,  and  this  new 
polish  stains  dreadfully.  By  the  way, 
Miss  De  Style,  if  you  will  send  these 
shoes  over  occasionally  we  will  be  glad 
to  polish  them  for  you.”

‘ ‘ Thank  you,  Mr.  Fitte,  you  are  very 
good. 
I  will  gladly  avail  myself  of 
your  offer  to  keep  my  shoes  green.  And 
will  you  send  the  oxfords  home?  I’ll 
wear  these.  G oodbye.” — F.  D.  Wood 
in  Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette.

A  Scotch  Pure  Food  Break.

Two  grocers  in  Armadale,  Scotland, 
were  recently  prosecuted  for  selling  as 
pure  butter,  according  to  the 
local 
analyst,  a  compound  containing  from  40 
to  46  per  cent,  of  foreign  fat,  but  which 
was  proven  to  be pure  butter  on  the  cer­
tificate  of  the  Edinburgh  city  analyst. 
The  local  analyst  subsequently  admitted 
his  mistake.  This,  it  will  be observed, 
is  just  a  duplication  of  what  recently 
occurred 
it 
would  hence  appear  that 
it  would  be 
wise  for  pure  food  authorities to be  cau­
in  these  matters  until  they  have 
tious 
some  experience 
in  the  character  of 
their  chemical  advisers.

in  San  Francisco;  and 

A  Liquid  Coffee  Essence  at  Last.
The greatest  chemists,  including  the 
immortal  Liebig,  who  was  a  devotee  of 
coffee,  have  for  a  century  exhausted 
their  skill 
in  trying  to  produce  a  true 
extract  of  coffee,one which, when diluted 
with  water,  hot  or  cold,  would  make  a 
drink  equal  in  every  respect  to  the 
in­
fusion  of  the  roasted  bean.  All  their 
efforts  were 
in  vain,  and  it  remained 
for  an  American  to  solve  the  problem. 
This  he  did  recently,  and  the  new  ex 
tract  is  called  Jamorio.  This  extract  is 
said  to  make  a  liquid equal  in  every  re­
spect  to  a  fresh 
in­
stantly.

infusion,  and  that 

Use  of  Waste  Cherry  Stems.

Cherry  stems,  that  part  connecting 
the  fruit 
itself  and  the  branch  upon 
which  it  grows,  are  an  article  of  com­
merce.  They  are  purchased  chiefly  by 
French  bakeries,  where  they  are  used  to 
convey  to  confections  the  cherry  flavor. 
The  chemical  property  that  does  this  is 
hydrocyanic  acid.  The  stems  sell  at 
retail  at  5  cents  an  ounce,  or  75  cents  a 
pound.  At  the  figures  a  man  engaged 
in  the 
industry  might  stem  the  tide  of 
adversity.

Fraudulent  Formula.

A  brand-new  swindle  is  out,  and  it  is 
said  that  many  persons  have  been  taken 
in  by  it.  The  swindle  is  in  the  sale  of 
a  formula  which 
is  claimed  to  make 
gasoline  non-explosive.  The  swindle  is 
not  attempted 
in  cities  to  any  extent, 
because  many  people  in  cities  use  gas 
stoves 
in  summer,  but  in  the  country 
and  small  towns  the  salesmen  are  said 
to  be  making  a big  thing  out  of  it.  .The 
formula  is  a  fake.

A  New  Utensil  for  Grocers.

A  new  combination  for  grocers’  use 
consists  of  a  funnel  with  a  plug  opera­
ted  by  a  thumb  lever  in  the  outlet,  for 
use 
in  measuring  liquids,  the  funnels 
being  made 
in  different  sizes  and  also 
with  a  graduated  scale  on  the  inside,  so 
that  when  the  desired  quantity  is  ob­
tained  the  plug  can  be  drawn  and  the 
liquor  flows  out  through  the  tube  at  the 
bottom.

In  France  it  is  a  punishable  offense 
for  anyone  to  give 
infants  under  one 
year  any  form  of  solid‘food  unless  such 
be  ordered  by  written 
prescription 
legally  qualified  medical 
signed  by  a 
man.

The  Courtesy  Due  Traveling  Sales­

men.

Wm. H. Young in Shoe and Leather Facts.

Speaking  about  the  best way to handle 
visiting  salesmen  so  that  they  may  not 
take  up  too  much  of  the  buyer’s  time, 
is  an  excellent  plan  to  let  the  sales­
it 
man  know  at  once  whether  one 
intends 
to  buy  from  him  or  not. 
I  do  not  ap­
prove  of  the  method  which  is  peculiar 
to  a  great  many  buyers 
in  ,Chicago,  of 
keeping  a  poor  salesman  running  after 
one  from  day  to  day  and guessing all the 
time  whether he  will  ultimately  get  an 
order  before  he  leaves  town.

The  buyer  should  always  recognize 
the  fact  that  a  salesman  is  under  con­
siderable  expense  while  he  is  running 
around  town,  and  probably  that  expense 
amounts  to  $10  every  day. 
If  he  is 
made  to  stay  in  the  city  a  whole  week 
the  amount  foots  up  to $70.

I  am  in  my  office  every  morning  from 
8  o’clock  until  11  o’clock,  and  I  am 
then  always  pleased  to  meet  the  boys.  I 
invariably  tell  them  on  the  spot whether 
their  goods  interest  me  or  not,  however, 
and  never  have  them  chasing  after  me 
as  if  I  were  a  rainbow, 
l  always  treat 
them  courteously,  and  invariably  do  so 
with  the  view  of  being  not  merely  po­
lite,  but  also  from  a  desire  to  be  gen­
uinely  kind,  if  possible,  and  to  make 
them  my  fiiends.

it 

Certain 

It  pays  to  do  so,  and  it  is  the  part  of 
wisdom  that  every  buyer should practice 
until  he  has  made  it  one  of  his personal 
characteristics.  To  illustrate  a  point  1 
desire  to  make,  I  will  suppose  the  case 
of  some  buyer  who 
is,  perhaps,  never 
churlish  to  visiting  knights  of  the  grip. 
Now,  whenever  the  boys  have  a  good 
thing  to  dispose  of  they  never  forget 
that  buyer.  They  enter  into  a  sort  of 
reciprocal  relationship  with  him,  as  it 
were,  and  go  to  his  office  whenever  they 
happen  to  have  something  in  the  nature 
of  a  bargain  and  ask  him  if  he  is  in  a 
position  to  gather  it  in. 
I  speak  from 
experience,  and  without  any  attempt  to 
eulogize  what  I  have  said with reference 
to  my  own  disposition  in  this  direction.
is  that  in  this  way  I  have 
I time  after  time  secured  my  share  of 
whatever  snaps  the  boys  happened  to 
have  in  their  grips,  and  which  never  in 
the  world  would  have  come  my  way  if  I 
had  been  characteristically  repellent 
in 
my  attitude  toward  them.  Therefore,  I 
believe  suavity  pays.  The  travelers  re­
it  as  a  strong  manifestation  of 
gard 
benevolence 
in  their  direction  when­
ever  they  perceive  it,  and  the  buyer 
is 
all  the  better  off  for  it,  because  he  is 
enabled  to  stand  in  closer  relation  with 
them 
in  business  matters  as  a  result. 
Then,  the  boys  require  a  certain  degree 
of  sympathy  sometimes  to  keep  up their 
stamina,  and  especially  is  this  the  case 
when  the  salesmen first  take  to  the  road. 
That  is  the  time  they  have  to  perform 
work  that  tells  on  the  nerves,  and,  if 
they  are  not  treated  with  at  least  a mod­
icum  of  fellow  feeling  by  those  they 
in  contact  with,  the  result  will 
come 
prove  anything  but  beneficial  to  them 
before  they  get  back  home. 
Indeed, 
an  old  man  will  break  down  altogether 
under  unfavorable  circumstances  of  this 
kind,  while  the  young man  will stand  it, 
perhaps,  because  he  will  not  be  con­
scious  of  the  hard  work  he  is doing.
Now,  look  at  the  buyer  who  is  other­
wise  than  genial  and  straightforward 
in  his  dealings  with  traveling  men,  and 
what  are  the  results?  One  of  the  results 
is  that  he  gets  the  “ go-by”   every  time 
the  boys  have  a  snap  to  offer.  He  never 
gets  a  snap ;  never  gets  the  chance  to 
get  it,  or  seldom  does,  anyway,  because 
he  does  not  deserve  it,  and that amounts 
to  the  same  thing. 
I  don’t  mean  to  in­
dicate  that  the  buyer  ought  to  pass  his 
orders  around 
indiscriminately  among 
the  salesmen  that  call  on  him from  time 
to  time.  Far  from  it.  Tom,  Dick  and 
Harry  should  be  eschewed  every  time, 
and  the  buyer  who  does  not  turn  them 
away 
is  simply  wasting  precious  min­
utes  and  working  indirectly  against  the 
interests  of  his  department.  But 
best 
he  should  be  willing  to  give  a  hearing 
to  every  drummer  who 
represents  a 
house  that  has  not  descended  to  an­
tiquated  methods  of  conducting  busi­
ness,  and  which 
is  well  known  for  its 
progressiveness  in  its  particular  sphere

of  activity. 
I  think  almost  everybody 
will  agree  with  me  here.  That  is  the 
point  that  I  have  endeavored  to  em­
phasize,  anyway.

The  Klondyke  Gold  Fields

Are  now  attracting  the attention  of  the 
whole  world,  and  the  results  of  placer 
and  quartz  mining  are  fully  equal  to 
the  finds  of  nuggets  in  the  early  Cali­
fornia  days,  and  extraordinary  induce­
ments  are  being  offered  to  prospectors, 
practical  miners  and  investors.
By  next  spring  the  gold  fever  will 
have  taken  possession  of  thousands  of 
people,  and  the  Western  roads  will  have 
all  they  can  do  to  transport  the  fortune 
hunters.
The  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul 
lines,  offer 
the 

railway,  and  its  connecting 
the  best  facilities  for  reaching 
Alaska  gold  regions.

address 
further 
Harry  Mercer,  Michigan  Pass.  Agt., 
Detroit.  Mich.

information, 

For 

LYCOrtlNQ,  35 and 5 off. 
KEYSTONE,  25 and 5 and  io off.

These  prices  are  for  present  use  and 
also for  fall  orders.  Our  representative 
will  call  on  you  In  due  time  with  our 
specialties in

Leather  Goods,  Felt  Boots,
Lumbermen’s  Socks 
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and  a  full  line of the  above-named  rub­
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orders.

Qeo.  H.  Reeder  &  Co.,

■ 9 South Ionia St.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Best  Milwaukee  Oil Grain

Dom Pedro Plow.................No.  521.
Bal  Unlined..........................No.  522.
Bal Lined.............................No. 523.
Creole   ...............;"............No.  1130.

Manufactured by

E  H.  STARK  &  CO.,  Worcester,  Mass.

Represented in Michigan  by  A.  B.  CLARK, 
Lawton, Mich., who will promptly  reply  to 
any enquiries concerning the line, or will send 
on approval sample cases or  pairs, any  sizes, 
any quantities.

Gordin’s Lightning
Scissors Sharpener

It is a daisy.  Quick seller.  Every lady wants one.  Lasts  a  life­
time.  The only  perfect sharpener made.  Will  sharpen  any  pair 
of shears or scissors in ten seconds.  Made of the finest tempered 
steel, handsomely finished and nickel  plated.
SELLS AT SIGHT because  every  lady  can  see  at  a  glance 
the  practical benefit she will derive from this addition to  her work 
basket.  Her scissors will always have a  keen  edge.
Put up one dozen on handsome 8x12 easel card.

$ 1.50  Per  Dozen.

FOR  SALE  AT  WHOLESALE  BY

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND,  RAPIDS,  HICH.

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FIFTEENTH  MEETING.

Summarized  Report  of  the  Grand 

Ledge  Convention.

The  fifteenth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso­
ciation  was  called  to  order  at  Grand 
Ledge  Aug.  3  by  President  Phillips, 
who  congratulated  the  members  on  the 
improved  attendance,  as  compared  with 
the  convention  held  the previous  year  at 
Mackinac  Island.

A.  B.  Schumaker  welcomed 

the 
druggists  to  Grand  Ledge  in  the  follow­
ing  well-chosen  words:

In  behalf  of  the  Mayor  and  citizens 
of  Grand  Ledge,  I take  pleasure  in  most 
heartily  welcoming  you,  as  citizens  of 
this  great  State  of  Michigan,  to  our 
beautiful  and  enterprising  village.  We 
are  glad  to  sze  so  many  of  you  here  and 
hope  your  stay  will  be a  pleasant  one. 
We  hope  your  meeting  will  be  of  profit 
to  you,  both  in  a  business  sense  and 
in 
a  social  way.  The  keys  of  the  city  are 
in  your hands  and  we  wish  you  to  make 
the  best  of  everything.  We  want  you  to 
ask  for  anything  you  wish;  and  I  can 
assure  you  that  the  Grand  Ledge  citi­
zens  are  proud  of  this  occasion  and  will 
spare  no  pains  to  show  you  that  we  are 
happy  to  have  you  convene  with  us  and 
to  assist  you  in  making  the  meeting  a 
happy  memory.

The  response  was  made  by  H.  J. 

Brown,  of  Ann  Arbor,  as  follows:

life  here. 

I  do  not  think  there  is  much  to  be 
said 
in  answer  to  such  a  frank  and 
friendly  speech  as  Mr.  Schumaker  has 
in  behalf  of  the  Mayor and 
just  made 
citizens  of  this  delightful  place. 
If  the 
people  of  this  city  are  glad  we  are 
here,  I  am  sure  we  are  glad  to be  here. 
Most  of  the  members  of  the  Association 
who  are  here  to-day  have  never  been  in 
this  particular  part  of  the  State  before.
I  have but  just  arrived  and  am both sur­
prised  and  enchanted  with  the  pictur­
esque  scenery  and 
I  have 
only  seen  a  little  of  Grand  Ledge,  but 
from  what  others  say,  I  judge that  it 
is 
a  beautiful  place,  and  am  sure  the  bal­
ance  of  what  I  expect  to  see here  will 
bear  me  out 
in  saying  truthfully  that 
the  place  is  grand  and  the people  alive, 
good-natured  and  enterprising. 
I  have 
but  one  complaint  to  make  regarding 
the  people  of  Grand  Ledge,  which  is 
personal:  When  I  was 
in  the  barber 
shop  this  morning  for  the  purpose  of 
being  shaved,  the  tonsorial  artist,  after 
he  had  finished  his  task,  calmlv  and 
dryly  enquired,  “ What  do  you  wish  on 
(Mr.  Brown  has  a  slightly 
your  hair?" 
bald  pate.) 
I  am  glad  to  have  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  Mr.  Schumaker and 
the  citizens  here  and,  in  behalf  of  the 
Association,  I  beg  leave  to  thank  him 
and  the  other  druggists  and  business 
men  of  Grand  Ledge  in  advance  for the 
honors  and  hospitality  shown  to  us.

President  Phillips  then  called  Vice- 
President  Webber  to  the  chair  and  read 
his  annual  address,  which  is  published 
in  full  elsewhere  in  this  week’s  issue. 
The  address  was  referred  to a  special

committee,  composed  of  H.  G.  Cole­
man,  H.  J.  Brown,  A.  B.  Schumaker 
and  Geo.  McDonald.

John  S.  Bennett,  of  Lansing,  called 
attention  to  the  danger  of  inimical 
liq­
uor  legislation  at  the  hands  of  the  Leg­
islature  and  urged  that  the  Association 
solicit  a  small  sum  from  every  druggist 
in  the  State,  such  contributions  to  con­
stitute  a  fund  to  be  kept  separately  by 
the  Treasurer  for the  exclusive  purpose 
of  maintaining  a  lobby  at  Lansing  dur­
ing  legislative  sessions.

Secretary  Schrouder  presented 

following  applications:

the 

George  O.  Young,  Lansing.
John  S.  Bennett,  Lansing.
J.  Frank  Spinning,  Lansing.
Fredrich  Weinman,  Lansing.
Robt.  S.  Kimmich,  Lansing.
A.  C.  Bauer,  Lansing.
John  J.  Sourwine,  Escanaba.
D.  S.  Halleck,  Detroit.
W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.
Henry  Heim,  Saginaw,  E.  S.
On  motion  of  H.  J.  Brown,  the  appli­
cations  were  approved  and  the appli­
cants  duly  elected  members  of  the  As­
sociation.

C.  N.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Trade  Interests,presented 
a  lengthy  report,  recommending  co-op­
erative  manufacturing,  and  an  amend­
ment  to  the  present  pharmacy 
law 
which  will  wipe  out  the  saloon  element 
on  certain  drugs,  the  enforcement  of  the 
amendment  to  be  placed  in  the  hands 
of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  report 
was  referred  to  a  special  committee, 
composed  of  A.  H.  Webber, A.  B.  Schu­
maker  and  Chas.  Mann.

F.  W.  R.  Perry  presented  the  annual 
report  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
which  was  accepted.

Prof.  Prescott  read  a  paper  on  “ En­
forcement  of  laws  against  the  adultera­
tion  of  drugs,”   which  was  ordered 
printed  in  the  proceedings.

The  second  session  was  held  in  the 
evening,  when  the  Committee  on  Presi­
dent’s  Address  made  the  following  re­
port :

Your  Committee  appointed  to  con­
sider  the  able  and  interesting  address of 
President  Phillips  would  report  that  it 
has  carefully  reviewed  same,  and,  from 
the  many  valuable  suggestions 
and 
recommendations which it contains, finds 
the  following,  which  we  think  should 
receive  special  consideration  and  on 
which  the  Association should take action 
at  this  tim e:

1.  His  recommendation 

regarding 
the popularizing  of  the  metric  system  of 
weights  and  measures  and  the  adoption 
by  the  Association  of  a  resolution,  as 
outlined  by  him,  to  that  end.

2.  His  recommendation  relative  to

one  place  for  holding  our  annual  meet­
ing.
3. 

His  recommendation  that  we  fix 

the  time  for  our  next  annual  meeting 
during  the  sèssion.

The  Committee  also  ventures  to  sug­
gest  that  the  time for the annual meeting 
be  the  Tuesday  following  the  first  Mon­
day  in  August.

The  Committee  also fully concurs with 
the  President  in  urging  all  members  to 
exert  themselves  in  extending the  mem­
bership  of  the  Association.

The  report  was  accepted  and  ordered 

printed  in  the  proceedings.

The  special  committee  appointed  to 
consider  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Trade  Interests  reported  as  follows:

We,  the  special  committee  appointed 
to  report  on  the  Trade  Committee’s  re­
port,  respectfully  submit  for  your  con­
sideration  the  following  recommenda­
tions :

1. 

to 

In 

In  regard  to  mutual  manufacture 
for  the  benefit  of  the  retail  druggist, 
we  coincide  with  the  recommedation 
made  by  the  President  in  his  address, 
as  we  think  the  matter  worthy of discus­
sion  by  the  Association.

regard 

individually 

2.  We  believe  the  druggists  should 
take  action 
in  waging  a 
persistent  warfare  against  any  and  all 
manufacturers  and  proprietors  who  are 
using  the  public  press  in  any  form  for 
the  purpose  of  creating  distrust  in  the 
minds  of  the  public  regarding  the  in­
tegrity  of  drugs,  medicines,  etc.,  dis­
pensed  by  them.  We  further  recom­
mend  the  selling  of  our own  prepara­
tions,  as  against  the  ones  so  adver­
tised.
3. 

legislation,  we 
recommend  that  the  Legislative  Com­
mittee  be  requested  to  take  up  the 
question  of  raising  funds  for the protec­
tion  of  the  retail  drug 
interests  of  the 
State  of  Michigan  in  the following man­
ner :  The  members  of  this  Association 
contribute  enough  money  to  circularize 
every  druggist  in  this  State,  asking  him 
for  the  purpose  of 
to  contribute  $1 
legislation. 
watching 
amount 
necessary 
is  estimated  at  $50  for the 
announcement,  the  amount  so  collected 
to  be  deposited  with  the  Treasurer of 
the  Association 
in  a  separate  account 
and  used  only  for legitimate purposes.

The 

In  regard  to  the  amendments  of  the 
pharmacy  law,  we believe  that  this  mat­
ter  should  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  a 
competent  committee  of  three  mem­
bers  and  the  present  law  so  revised 
that  it  will,  in  a  great  measure,  em­
body  a  protection  of  the  liquor  interests 
that  will  relieve  the  druggists  of  the 
odium  of  the  drug  store  saloons,  and 
that  the  prosecution  of  this 
law  be 
placed 
in  the  bands  of  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy, and  such  other  changes  made 
in  the  law  as  the  Association  deems  ad­
visable.

On  motion  of  H.  J.  Brown,  the  report 
was  accepted  and  laid  on  the  table  un­
til  the next  session.

John  S.  Bennett  invited  the  members

to  hold  the  next  annual  convention  in 
Lansing.

A  letter  was  read  from  the  Mayor  and 
druggists  of  St.  Joseph,  extending  a 
similar  invitation  for  that  place.

The following  invitation  was  received 
from  N.  S.  Boynton,  Mayor  of  Port 
Huron:

On  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Port 
Huron  I  herewith  extend  a  cordial  and 
urgent  invitation  to  your  Association  to 
hold 
its  next  annual  meeting  in  this 
city.  Should  you  decide  to  do  so,  I  can 
assure  you  that  nothing  will  be  left  un­
done  to  make  your  visit  here  an  enjoy­
able  one.

I  need  not  say  that  Port  Huron  is  a 
wide-awake  city;  its  people  active,  and 
their  hospitality  up  to  the  highest 
standard.  As  Port  Huron  is  not  fenced 
in  and  whitewashed  overhead,  we  have 
no  gates  to  open  or  bars  to  let  down. 
All  avenues,  highways  and  byways 
leading  into  the  city  are  open  to  every­
one.  You  can  come  by  wagon  road,  in 
ordinary  vehicles, 
in 
chaises,  or  on  the  festive  bicycle.  Or 
you  can  come  by  rail  in  luxuriant  cars 
from  any  quarter  of  the  State,  or  you 
can  reach  here  in  palace  steamers  from 
the  North  and  South  and  enjoy  a  ride 
on  the  Detroit  River,  Lake  St.  Clair 
and  St.  Clair  River, 
the  connecting 
link  in  the  great  waterway  of  commerce 
between  the  East  and  the  West.

carriages, 

in 

I  can  assure  you  that  the  attractions 
in  and  about  our  city  will  interest  you. 
Here  you  will  find  the  greatest  subma­
rine  tunnel  in  the  world,  running under­
neath  the  St.  Clair  River,  connecting 
(not  annexing)  Canada  with  the  United 
States.

If,  perchance,  circumstances  not  un­
der  your  control  should  require  a  quick 
trip  to  the  Queen’s  Dominions,  you  can 
be  transported  without  a  moment’s  de­
lay  by  the  under  ground  route, or  you 
can  take  a  ferry  boat,  a  steam  yacht  or 
a  row  boat  and  find  yourself  outside  of 
Uncle  Sam’s  country,  quickly  and  with­
out  form  or  ceremony.

It  will  be  worth  the  time  of  each  and 
every  one  of  you,  to  spend  a  few  days 
in  our  city.  Standing  on  the  banks  of 
the  St.  Clair,  or  seated  in  Pine  Grove 
Park,  so  finely  located  near  the  rapids, 
you  will  see  passing  almost  constantly 
up  and  down  that  beautiful  stream  ele­
gant  passenger  steamers,  monster  steam 
freighters,  immense  barges,  sail  vessels 
and  other  water  craft  the  combined  ton­
nage  of  which  is  greater than that which 
arrives  and  departs  from  all  the  other 
ports  of  the  United  States,  making  a 
panorama  not  soon  forgotten.

You  can  bathe  in  the beautiful  water 
which  flows  rapidly  down  that  river, 
wash 
it  at  the  same 
time  without  danger  of  results,  unless 
you  get  beyond  your  depth.

it  and  drink 

Our  hotel  accommodations  are  ex­
cellent.  The  Hotel  Harrington  ranks 
with  the best  in  the  State.  Our  electric 
street  car  service  is  unequalled,  while 
the  police  department  is  run  in  the 
in­
terest  and  for the  sole  benefit  and  pro­
tection  of  visitors.  The  chief and  the 
patrolmen will  be  hypnotized  during  the 
session  of  your  body.

in 

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in  order  to  ascertain 

If  you  desire  any  subjects  to  experi­
ment  on, 
the 
strength  and  utility  of  any  drug  or com­
pound,  they  will  be  furnished  gratu­
itously.  We  have  a  very  few  fossilized 
inhabitants,  and  a  few  chronic  kickers, 
whose  funerals  will  be  well  attended,  if 
your  mixtures  get  in  their  work  well.

Come,  by  all  means,  come.  Our live, 
active  citizens  will  treat  you right royal­
ly. 
If  you  accept  this  urgent  invitation 
and  hold  your  next  annual  session  in 
Port  Huron  and  do  not  find  things  just 
as  I  have  represented  them,  your  hum­
ble  servant  will  pay  the  freight.

Prof.  Stevens  then  entertained  the 
members  with  a  stereoptican  entertain­
ment,  illustrating  the  manner  in  which 
the  practical 
is 
taught  at  the  University.  The  enter­
tainment  was  thoroughly  enjoyable  and 
Prof.  Stevens  was  given  a  hearty  vote 
of  thanks.

side  of  pharmacy 

At  the  third  session,  which  convened 
Wednesday  morning,  Dr.  Prescott  ad­
dressed  the  Association  as  follows  on 
“ Sale  and  registration  of poisons:’ ’

in 

it,  it 

importance  of 

I  wish  to  call  your  attention  to  the 
the  American 
question  arising 
is 
Pharmaceutical  Association  which 
creating  so  much 
interest—so  much 
that  some  of  us  have  been  giving  new 
thought  to  the  subject  in  the  past  year 
—the  question  regarding  the  law  regu­
lating  the  sale  of  poisons.  When  we 
think  of 
is  a  subject  of  the  very 
importance,  inasmuch  as  the  re­
first 
sponsibility  and 
the 
pharmacist 
lie  almost  entirely  in  the 
sale  of  poisons.  We  all  understand 
that  a  registered  pharmacist 
is  such 
because  he  has  poisons  to  sell  to  the 
public.  We  know  that  there  is  scarcely 
any  distinction  between  medicines  used 
for  poisons  or  otherwise,  only  a  differ­
ent  degradation  between  medicines 
that  are  poisons  and  medicines  which 
may  be  said  not  to  be  poisons.  The 
public  naturally  holds  the  pharmacist 
responsible 
in  respect  to  the  furnish­
ing  of  poisons,  for  this  reason:  We 
have  a  State  law  for  the  regulation  of 
the  sale  of  poisons.  This  law  requires 
of  the  pharamcist  when  selling  a  poison 
that  said  poison  be  properly  labeled, 
also  that  the  pharmacist  keep  a  com­
plete  record  of  all  poison  sales,  the 
record  to  consist  of  the  name  of  the 
purchaser,  amount  purchased,  date  of 
purchase  and  the  use  the  purchaser 
intends  to  make  of  said  poison. 
In  my 
judgment,  the  poisons  sold  by  pharma­
cists  are  labeled  faithfully and  his  sales 
and  record  thereof  comply  as  well  as 
can  be  expected.  I  believe  Prof.  Stev­
ens 
voices  my  sentiment  regarding 
poison  furnished  on  the  prescription  of 
the  regular  physician. 
I  believe  these 
prescriptions  should  contain  no  other 
label  (unless  so  specified  by  a  physi­
cian)  and  that  no  other  legislation  is 
required  for  a  law  to  compel  the  regis­
tration  of  these  prescriptions,  the  law 
requires  that  there  shall  be  some  action 
taken  to  hold  the  purchaser  responsible 
for  his  act  in  the  purchase  of  poisons. 
The  danger  of  poisoning  applies  to  ac­

this 

into 

cidental  poisoning,  suicidal  and  homi­
cidal,  the  physician  to  make  the  proper 
enquiries  in  a  case  of accidental poison­
ing  or  poisoning  as  to  whether  the  pur­
chaser  was  of  sound  mind,  acting  in 
good  faith  and  capable  of exercising the 
right  of  a citizen  to  buy  such  medicines 
as  he  mav  want  in  the  treatment  of  dis­
eases.  The  pharmacist  has  a  certain 
responsibility  to  enquire 
such 
cases.  He  naturally  feels  that  it  is  a 
great  question  as  to  the  advantage  of 
registering  certain  poisons,  because  be 
says  he  cannot  help 
individual 
from  buying  poison.  The  pharmacist 
is  apt  to  confine  his  thoughts  to  this 
matter  of  the  second  many  purposes 
for  the  registration  of  poisons  to  avoid 
a  fuss.  Many  states  have  no  laws  re­
quiring  the  registration  of  the  sale  of 
In  some  instances  there  is  no 
poisons. 
poison 
law  of  any  kind;  nevertheless, 
many  pharmacists  in  those  states  keep 
a  careful  record  of  such  sales  and  are 
very  cautious  in  dispensing  such  medi­
is 
cines—an  act  of  their  own  which 
purely  voluntary  and  wise. 
If  we  are 
to  have  any  new  legislation  in  the  mat­
ter  of  the  sale  of  poisons,  I  would  rec­
ommend 
that  the  Association  fix  a 
schedule  of  poisons,  and  one  so  narrow 
that  every  pharmacist 
and 
could  and  would  strictly  adhete  to 
it. 
Secondly,  I  would  recommend  that  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
this 
same  law  in  hand  and  enforce  it  to  the 
letter.

simple 

take 

John  J.  Sourwine,  of  Escanaba,  then 
presented  bis  paper  on  “ How  to  pre­
vent  price-cutting,”   which  will  appear 
in  a  subsequent 
issue  of  the  Trades­
man.  The  plan  outlined  by  Mr.  Sour­
wine  was  endorsed  by  the  Association.
Election  of  officers  resulted  as  fol­

lows :

President—A.  H.  Webber,  Cadillac.
Vice-Presidents—W.  R.  Cutler,  Ionia; 
John  J.  Sourwine,  Escansaba;  C.  N. 
Anderson,  Detroit.

Secretary—Charles  F.  Mann,  Detroit.
Treasurer—John  D.  Muir,  Grand 

Rapids.

Executive Committee—A.  B.  Stevens, 
Ann  Arbor;  H.  G.  Colman,  Kalamazoo; 
W.  S.  Winegar,  Lowell;  E.  E.  Calkins, 
Ann  Arbor;  A.  B.  Schumaker,  Grand 
Ledge.

Delegate  to  National  Wholesale  As­
sociation  Convention—John  J.  Sour­
wine,  Escanaba.

The  Executive  Committee  reported 
that  it  had  found  the  reports  of  the  Sec­
retary  and  Treasurer  correct,  but  that 
the  Secretary’s  report  was  not  quite  as 
lucid  as  could  be  desired,  owing  to  the 
amount  of  goods  taken  in  exchange  for 
advertisements  in  the  proceedings  and 
announcements.  The  Committee  also 
recommended  that  both  officers  here­
after  furnish  a  satisfactory  bond.  The 
report  was  adopted.

On  motion  of  Prof.  Stevens,  the  sal­
ary  of  the  Secretary  was  fixed  at $225 
funds
per  year,  providing  there  are 

enough  in  the  treasury  to  warrant  such 
payment.

Co-operative  manufacturing  was  then 
discussed  at  some  length,  resulting  in 
the  appointment  of  C.  N.  Anderson, 
H.  G.  Colman  and  F.  A.  Thompson  as 
a  special  committee  to  take  the  matter 
under  consideration  and  report  at  the 
next  meeting.

Stanley  E.  Parkill  called  attention  to 
the  slurring references to the retail  drug­
gist 
in  the  daily  and  weekly  press, 
suggesting  that  if  druggists  would  Je- 
cline  to  use  the  columns  of  such  papers 
foi  advertising  purposes,  the  unkind 
items  would  quickly  disappear.

On  motion  of  Geo.  Gundrum,  every 
one  present  was  requested  to  contribute 
$1,  to create  a  fund  to  be  used for  print­
ing  circulars  and  mailing  one  to  each 
druggist  in  the  State,  soliciting  a  con­
tribution  of  $1  to  create  a  fund  which 
shall  be  used  for  legislative  purposes. 
The  result  was $26.

On  motion  of  Mr.  Church,  Mr.  Sour­
wine  was  unanimously  elected  a  dele­
gate  to  the  next  meeting  of  the National 
Wholesale  Druggists’  Association.

Prof.  Prescott  presented  the  following 
resolution,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted :

Whereas,  The  Michigan  State  phar­
macy  law,  in  Section  11,  provides  for 
legal  procedure  in  cases  of  adulteration 
of  medicines,  and

Whereas,  This  provision  constitutes 
the  Board  of  Pharmacy  as  State  officers 
for  procedure  against  adulteration  of 
medicines,  therefore

Resolved,  That  this  Association  re­
quests  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  take 
into  immediate  consideration 
its  duty 
in  the  execution  of  Section  n   of  the 
pharmacy  law,  and  that  we  pledge  to 
the  Board  our  moral  support  toward  a 
reasonable  policy 
legal 
measures  to  preserve  the  true  standard 
of  medicines  in  this  State.

faithful 

in 

Prof.  Stevens  then  read  a  paper on 
“ Chlorinated  Lim e,’ ’ which will  appear 
in  a  subsequent  issue  of the Tradesman.
At  the  concluding  session  of  the  con­
vention  the  Committee  on  Prize  Papers 
recommended  that  the §5  prize  for  the 
best  paper  on  pharmacy  be  awarded  to 
Prof.  Stevens,  and  that  the $5  prize  for 
the  best  paper  of  practical  interest  to 
the  retail  trade  be  awarded  to  Mr.  Sour­
wine.  The  report  was  adopted.

It  was  decided  to  hold  the  next  con­
vention  at  Port  Huron  and  the  date  se­
lected  was  the  first  Tuesday  after  the 
first  Monday  in  August.

On  motion  of  Mr.  Andenon,  a  hearty 
vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  the  drug­
gists  and  citizens  of  Grand  Ledge  for 
the  hospitality  shown  the  members  dur­
ing  the  convention.

On  motion  of  Mr.  Phillips,  Ed.  J. 
Rodgers,  of  Port  Huron,  was  elected

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Local  Secretary  for  the next annual  con­
vention.

A  vote  of  thanks  was  then  tendered 
Local  Secretary  Schumaker  and the con­
vention  adjourned.

While  discussing  the  qualifications  of 
a  traveling  man  in  a  party  of  friends  a 
few  days  ago,  a  veteran  traveling  man 
remarked:  “ An  unfortunate  quality  in 
is  bashfulness. 
a  traveling  salesman 
Not  a  common  one,  you  say? 
It  is, 
however,  to  be  found.  Shy  manners  are 
most  generally  the  result  of  a  faulty  ed­
ucation,  but  are  sometimes  inborn,  and 
caused  by  lack  of  self-confidence  and, 
in  a  measure,  by  over-estimation  of 
others.  Moreover,  bashfulness  is  oftener 
met  with  among  highly  cultivated  per­
sons  than  among  the  comparatively 
ig­
norant.  Some  very 
intelligent  people 
are  almost  childlike  in  their  timidity ; 
and  as  the  world  is  apt  to  judge  more 
by  the  exterior  than  by  the  true  per­
ception  of  worth,  it  is  not  an  easy  task 
for  such  persons  to  keep  up  or  to  reach 
the  social  standing  which  their  capaci­
ties  undeniably  merit.  On  the  other 
hand,  a  person  destitute  of  superior 
worth  or  excellence  is  often  seen to have 
the better of  them,  and  they  lose the  ad­
vantage  and  profits  which  life  offers  to 
those  who  have  the  confidence  to  seize 
them.  Very sensitive people  could  never 
be  successful  as  drummers.  When  bash­
fulness  is  inborn  it  is  difficult—almost 
impossible—to overcome  it,  even  by  the 
only  means  which  might  be  tried  with 
the  expectation  of  success,  namely,  that 
of  continually  mixing  with  other  peo­
ple.  But,  although  exaggerated  mod­
esty  and  timidity  are  undesirable  qual­
ities 
in  a  commercial  traveler,  ario- 
gance  and  haughtiness  are  no  less  ob­
jectionable  and  have  a  very  detrimental 
effect  on  business transactions.  An over­
bearing,  insolent  person  is  never  well 
liked  wherever  he  may  go.  He is treat­
ed  with 
if 
obliged  to  be  tolerated  at  all,  and  he  is 
gotten  rid  of  as  soon  as  possible. 
Furthermore, presumption  is  generally  a 
sign  of  stupidity.  My  young  fellow 
travelers  may  ask  themselves  how  they 
would  feel 
insolent  prig  intro­
if  an 
duced  himself  to 
them.  Nowadays 
storekeepers  have  many  and  various 
means  of  keeping  themselves  supplied 
with  goods,and  are  almost  overwhelmed 
with  applications  for  orders;  and,  be­
yond  question,  only  those  on  the  long 
list  of  commercial  travelers  who  under­
stand  the art  of  making  themselves  ap­
preciated  can  hope  to  be  prosperous.’ ’
A  drug  store  window  has a  display  of 
goods  marked :  “ Everything  that  baby 
needs. ’ ’ 
It  does  not  pretend  to  show 
everything  that  baby  wants  and  cries 
for.

impatience  or  contempt 

D E A L E R S —Turn  your  money  over!  The  enormous  amount  of  advertising  being  done

enables  merchants  to  make  quick  sales  and  fair  profits 
‘‘A   nimble  nickel  is  better  than  a  slow  dime.”

Don’t  load  up  with  dead  stock.

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JANE  CRAGIN.

End  of  the  Romance  Begun 

Milltown  Store.

in  the 

W ritten fo r th e T radesm an.

The  almost  miraculous  escape  from 
death,  and  the  shock  resulting  from  the 
loss  of  the  Doctor  and  Miss  Marchland, 
threw  Jane 
into  a  violent  fever.  For 
days  her  life  was  despaired  of  and  for 
weeks  fears  were,, entertained  that  she 
would  never be herself  again.„^Slowly, 
however, 
the  strong "constitution  she 
had  received  from  a  sturdy  ancestry  as­
serted 
itself  and  one  bright, October 
morning  the  partners  of  the  Milltown 
store  started  on  the  long  journey  east­
ward  across  the  continent. 
It  had  not 
been  a  long  time  since  she  had  come to 
that  bright  spot  in  the  wide  waste  of 
plains,  but  the  events  of  a  lifetime  had 
been  crowded  into  it.  Then,  she  bad 
looked  out  upon  the  green  of  the  early 
summer  “  in  maiden  meditation,  fancy 
free;”   now,  the  chill  fall  winds  com­
plained  of  an  ended  summer that  had 
brought  only  death  and  sorrow.

The  journey  was  made  with  but  little 
Si scorn fort,  and  when  the  station  near­
est  Milltown  was  reached  and  Jane 
looked  out  upon  the  autumn  splendor 
that  brighened  it  and  all  about  it,  a  bit 
of  the  crimson  that  dyed  the  maples 
crept 
into  her  pale  cheeks,  a  welcome 
sight  to  all  Milltown,  who  had  come  to 
the  station  to  give  a  hearty  home-com­
ing  to  the  two 
in  whose  welfare  they 
were  so  much  concerned.

covering 

The  welcome  was  boisterous  and 
hearty.  Cy’s  appearance  on  the  plat­
form  was  the  signal  for thiee  rousing 
cheers,  hardly finished  when  Jane’s  dear 
face  was  seen.  Then  the  cheers  were 
multiplied  by  three  and  a  tiger,  ‘ ‘that 
fairly 
lifted  the  hair  right  off’m  yer 
head J”   There  was  no  end  to  the  hand­
shakings  and  many were the expressions 
of  sympathy  and  condolence,  Amanda 
Bettis's  speech  to  Cy  being  the  most 
condensed  and 
the  most 
ground: 
‘ ‘ You  poor  critters!  There 
ain’t  one  on  us  that  don’t  feel  as  if 
you’d  come  to  us  right  from  Death’s 
door;  an’,  now’t  we  got  ye  back  where 
white  folks 
live,  we  ain’t  never goin’ 
to  let  ye  break  away  agin !  Josiah  says, 
‘ When  the  Lord’s  taken  the  trouble  to 
fix  up  a  place  way  off  in  one corner 
sumers  tor  cloudbusts  an  sicklones an’ 
likely  that  he’s 
sich,  ‘tain’t  anyways 
calc’latin'  to  hev  any  dumbed 
idjit 
botherin’  round  an’  gittin’  in  the  way!’ 
He’s  diggin’  pertaters 
ter-day  an’ 
couldn’t  leave,  but  he  tole  me  to  tell  ye 
that,  now  ye’ve  found  out  that^ye  ain't 
quite  so  alfired  smart  ’s  ye  thought  ye 
was,  an’  got  some  o’ 
conceit 
knocked  out  of  ye,  he  don't  know  any­
body  he’d  cabbage  to  quicker’n  he 
would  to  you;  an’  when  he  read  in  the 
papers  about  yer  fightin’  uv  the  flood 
with  one  han’  an’  savin’  uv  Jane  with 
t’other,  an’  both  on  ye  cornin'  out all 
right,he  jes’  made  up  his mind,  b’gosh, 
that  you’d  got  the  right  sort  o’  stuff  in 
ye.  An’  he  says  ef  ye  want ter set  in 
the  next  Legislater,all  ye  got  ter dew  is 
ter say  so!”

the 

This  was  not  the  only  way  that  these 
homely  people  took  to  let  Cy  and  Jane 
know  that  their  welcome  was  a  hearty 
one.  At 
intervals  all  the  way  from 
station  to  village  there  was  some  pleas­
ing  device,  some  cheery  word  which 
proclaimed  the  deeper feeling the sturdy 
New  England  character  is  always  loath 
to  show;  and,  when  the  carriage  turned 
into  the  business  street  of  Milltown, 
and  the  eye  took 
in  the  display  and 
still  better the  heart-work  behind  it,  to 
do  his  best  Cy  had  bard  work  to  keep

the  lump  out  of  his  throat  and  Jane  at 
once  embraced  the  privilege of  her  sex 
and  cried  to  her heart’s  content.  There 
There  were 
were  flags  everywhere. 
wreaths  and 
fall  flowers. 
There  were  ribbons  in  streamers  and  in 
knots,  and  Hello!  Jane’s  and  Hello! 
Cy’s  were  heard  in  a  continued  strain 
from  the  bend  to  the  store,  which  Sid 
had 
literally  covered  with  colors,  and 
sentiments  ‘ ‘ from  grave  to gay.”

festoons  of 

Then  the  store  was  transformed  into a 
reception  room,  with  Sid  and  Jim  to  do 
the  honors,  where  those  who  had  not 
welcomed  the  returned—and  many  of 
those  who  had—with  hearty  handclasp 
and old-fashioned  phrase expressed their 
delight  at  receiving  them  at  last  safe 
and  sound.

It  scarcely  need  be  said  that Jane  did 
not  resume  her place at  the  desk.  For 
weeks,  which  soon  became  months,  the 
thought  of  the old  work  seemed distaste­
ful  to  her;  and,  after a  great  many con­
ferences  with  Cy,  it  finally  seemed  best 
to  fit  Jim  for  the  place,  who  promptly 
refused 
it  unless  the  “ fitting”   should 
come  from  Jane.  Whether  by  nature  or 
design  on  the  part  of  the  learner,  the 
task  did  not  prove  an  easy  one  and 
Jane’s  sweet  face  brightened  the  office 
and  cheered  the  customers,  who  liked 
to  come  to  the  window  and  “ exchange 
the  time  o’  day”   with  “ the  best  busi­
ness  woman  in  the  kentry,  thet  hedbe’n 
the  makin'  o’  Cy  Huxley—an’ the  Mill- 
town  store  int’  the  barg’ in  ’f  the  trewth 
must  be  spoken.”   At  last,  in  spite of 
his  dulness,  real  or  feigned,  Jim  mas­
tered  the  books  and  Jane’s  life  as  a 
business  woman  was  over.

It  was  pleasing  to  see,  however,  that, 
as  the  store  missed  her,  the  interests  of 
the  little  village  increased  and  widened 
in  every  direction.  The  library,  which 
Cy  had  become  discouraged  over,  re­
ceived  new  books  and  renewed  life. 
The  church  societies,  which  had  waged 
unrelenting  war  upon  each  other  time 
out  of  mind, 
for  reasons  which  have 
never  been  satisfactorily  explained,  for­
got  to  contend  and  surprised  everybody 
to  confer  upon 
one  day  by  meeting 
methods  pertaining  to the  common 
in­
terest  and  parted,  after  accomplishing 
their  purpose,  without even  calling  each 
other  names!  This  state  of  affairs  con­
tinued  and  in  time  resulted  in the union 
of  the  two  churches,  so  that,  instead  of 
each  starving  a  minister,  both,  united, 
supported  one  respectably.

One  day,  Jane  found  time  to  step  into 
the  schoolhouse  and  see  what  was  going 
on  there.  That  one  visit  didn’t  satisfy 
her  and  she  went  again.  Then,  when 
the  term  had  closed  and  the  question 
came  up 
in  regard  to  the  teacher  for 
another  term,  everybody  had  come  to 
the  conclusion  that  Milltown  deserved  a 
teacher  who  understood  his  business. 
The  result  was  that  within  a  short  time 
the  “ Milltown  Academy”   became  the 
center  of  attraction  for  students  from 
all  parts  of  the  country  and  is,  to-day,  a 
leading 
These 
changes  did  not  all  come  about  in a 
day ;  but it is an acknowledged  fact  that, 
while  plans  had  long  existed  in  regard 
to  them,  they  never  began to  materialize 
until  Jane  Cragin  breathed  into  them 
some  of  her abundant  enthusiasm.

educational 

center. 

None  saw  this  more  clearly than Cyrus 
Huxley;  and  he  felt  more  keenly  the 
fact  that,  with  all  this  prosperity  going 
on  in  the  village  life  around  him,  there 
remained  still  one  barren  spot,  uncared 
for and  untouched.  A  year  after  their 
return  from  Colorado  went  by,  and  an­
other,  and  the  same  ache  and  unrest 
filled  his  heart.  He  watched  Jane  as 
she  went  her  daily  round of duty—for  he

wearer  he  had  saved  from  the  rushing 
torrent  of  an  angry  flood.

A  shadow  fell  on  the  ground  at  his 
side.  Looking  up,  he  saw  the  dear  be­
ing  who  made  it.

‘ * I  saw  you,  Cy,  and  I  wanted  to  walk 

“ Walk  with  me  always,  Jane,  won’t 

And  Jane  Cragin,  with  a  smile  upon 
her  happy,  upturned  face,  answered, 
“ Yes,  Cy,  always!”

And  that  long,  blissful  walk  began 

it 

with  you. ”

often  saw  her—and  it  seemed  to him the 
graces  of  her  womanhood  increased  the 
farther  she  became  removed  from  the 
influences  of  trade  and  the  store;  and, 
at  last,  when  he  was  feeling  one  day 
the  utter  loneliness  of  his  life,  and  won­
dering  what 
it  would  be  if  she  drifted 
wholly  away  from  him,  he  could  endure 
the  thought  no  longer and  went  out  to 
banish 
in  a  walk  under  the  green 
leaves  of  the  early June.  The  air  was 
sweet  with  roses;  and  he thought  of  the 
rich  red  one  whose  wearer  had  loved 
him  with  all  her  heart.  Then he  thought 
of  another  as  red  and  as  rich  whose

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J as. F. Ham m ell, Lansing;  Secretary, 
D. C.  Sla o h t, Flint;  Treasurer, C has. McN o lty, 
Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President, S.  H.  H a r t,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Mo r r is, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand  Counselor,  F.  L.  D a y ,  Jackson:  Grand 
Secretary, G. S. V alm or b, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, G eo.  A.  R e y n o ld s, Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

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

President,'A . F. P e a k s , Jackson;  Secretary and 
Board  of  Directors—F.  M.  T y l e r ,  H.  B.  F a ir - 
c h ild , J a s. N. B r ad fo r d , J. He n r y Da w l e y ,G eo. 
J.  He in ze lh an, C h as. S.  R obinson.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club.
President,  W.  C.  B row n,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F. W ixson,  Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Big  debts  come  from  big  promises.
Little  minds  make  the  biggest  dis­

play.

holes  in  a  barrel.

leap  over  reason.

Leaks 

in  business  are  like  gimlet 

If  you 

jump  at  conclusions  you  will 

Little  ideas  and  big  successes  neyer 

go  in  the  same  set.

If  you  are  afraid  of  yourself the  world 

will  be  afraid  of  you.

Success  is  coy  and  will  stay  with  you 

only  when  treated  well.

A  careless  salesman  will  have careless 

customers—about  paying.

The  sneer  of  the  man  who  won’t  pay 

his  bills  is  sincerest  flattery.

If  excuses  had  a  money  value,  some 

traveling  men  would  be  rich.

Watch  shaky  customers  more and your 
competitors  less  and  you  will  get  along 
better.

A  man  who 

intends  to  pay  his  bills 
is  never  afraid  to  ask  for  credit  before 
a  crowd.

Successful  traveling  salesmen  do  not 
"jum p  on’ ’  their competitors.  They  are 
too  busy.

If  all  that  glitters  were  gold,the  brass 
in  the  cheek  of  some  men  would  pay 
their bills.

A  salesman  should  care  more  for the 
interests  of  his  house  than  for  his  indi­
vidual  record.

Some  men  on  the  road  cultivate  their 
mustaches  more  carefully  than  they  do 
business  sense.

The  successful  man  with  peculiar 
If  he  fails  he 

ways  is  called  original. 
is  called  an  idiot.

The  man  who  knows  the  weak  side 
of  his  nature  and  is  afraid  of  it  is  usu­
ally  a  strong  man.

When  you  have  once  established  a 
good  trade,  hang  onto  it  like  a  colored 
preacher  to  a  fat  pullet.

Egotism  and  intolerance,  twin  sisters 
themselves,  are  ever  the  handmaidens 
of  tyranny  and  oppression.

These  ‘  don’t-give-a-durn”  customers 
will  bear  watching.  They  "don’t  give 
a  durn”   if  they  owe  you,  and  they  tell 
people  so.

Some  men  who  haven’t  sense  enough 
to  couple  joints  of  stovepipe  or  lay 
carpets  think  they  can  become  success­
ful  traveling  salesmen.

concluded 

On  account  of  the  rain  which  pre­
vailed  Saturday  morning,  the  Grand 
Rapids  traveling  men 
to 
postpone  their  annual  picnic  until  Sat­
urday,  Aug.  28,  at  which  time  it  is  ex­
pected  there  will  be  a 
large  turnout. 
Special  efforts  are  being  made  to render 
the  programme 
interesting  to all  who 
attend.

When  a  man  thinks  more  of  his  bank 
account  than  his  honor,  he  is  bankrupt 
in the  latter.

M.  M.  Read  (E.  B.  Millar & Co.),  of 

Ypsilanti,  has  taken  possession  of  his 
new  summer  cottage  at  Ypsilanti  Re­
sort,  located  on  Portage  Lake,  six  miles 
north  of  Dexter.

Wm.  Boughton  (C.  E.  Smith  Shoe 
Co.),  who  has  been  confined  to  his  bed 
at  Butterworth  Hospital  for the  past  two 
weeks  by  a  recurrence  of  his  old 
trouble,  is  improving  so  rapidly  that  he 
expects  to  be  able  to  resume  his  work 
on  the  road  in  the  course  of  a  couple  of 
weeks.

Geo.  W.  Howell,  who  has  represented 
Merriam,  Collins  &  Co.  (Chicago)  in 
Western  Michigan  for  some  time  past, 
is  under  arrest  at  Muskegon  on a charge 
of  having  forged  the  name  of  a  repu­
table  person  to  the bond given  his  house 
to  secure 
it  against  his  failure  to  turn 
in  collections.  It  is  alleged  that  Howell 
is  several  hundred  dollars  short  in  his 
accounts  and  that  the  shortage  is  due  to 
the  pernicious  system  of  giving  rebates 
indulged  in  by  Mr.  Howell. 
If  the  al­
legation  is  correct—and  the  Tradesman 
is  assured  that  the  demoralization  inci 
dent  to  Mr.  Howell’s  visits  to  the  trade 
leaves  little  ground  for  doubt  on  this 
point—his  fate  should  be  a  warning  to 
other  salesmen 
in  the  same  line  who 
may  harbor  the  delusion  that  they  can 
keep  on  making  rebates  and  still  retain 
their  positions.

Local  railroad  men  assert  that  the 
new  interchangeable  mileage book  will 
be  on  sale  Sept.  1,  but  they  do  not  an­
ticipate  that 
it  will  meet  with  the  ap­
proval  of the traveling fraternity because 
of  the  obnoxious  provision  relating  to 
the  exchange  of  mileage  slips  for trip 
tickets.  It  is  asserted  that the local lines 
of  Michigan  voted  solidly  against  this 
provision,  but  that  it  was  insisted  upon 
by  the  Vanderbilt  interests—the  Michi­
gan  Central  and  Lake  Shore—who  suc­
ceeded  in  carrying  their  point. 
Inas­
much  as  all  Michigan  roads  will  con­
tinue  to 
issue  family  mileage  books, 
good  in  Michigan,  the  Tradesman  ad­
vises  those  members  of  the  fraternity 
who  do  not  travel  outside  the  State  to 
reject  the new book altogether and refuse 
to  have  anything  to  do  with  it,  as  it 
is 
the  product  of  bad  faith  on  the  part  of 
Michigan  railway  men  who  promised 
the  boys  a  ‘  satisfactory’ ’  mileage  book 
in  the  event  of  their staying  away  from 
the  Legislature. 
In  the  meantime,  the 
boys  should  remember  the  position  of 
the  Vanderbilt  lines  and  govern  them­
selves  accordingly when they have an op- 
portunty  to  divert any  freight—and such 
opportunities  sometimes  come  to  trav­
eling  men.

Interesting  Game  Between  Soo  Gro­

cers  and  Hardware  Dealers.

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Aug.  16— Hoops, 
bloomers  and  roller  skates  have  had 
their  day  and  we  are  in  the  midst  of  a 
wheel  craze,  yet  the  hardware and  gro­
cery  proprietors  and  clerks  had 
it  bad 
enough  to  lay  business  aside  and  ad­
journ  to  the  stone  yard  to  play  ball.

What  a  game  it  was!  Everybody  was 
captain  and  there  were  a  dozen  coach- 
ers  on  a  side.  There  were  glass-arms, 
has-beens,  charley-horse  and  ice-wagons 
galore;  and 
for  genuine  up-and-up 
noise-making,  tough  ward  kids  are  not 
in  it.  .
as  follows:

The  line  up  of  the grocery  team  was 

Dried  Apple  Aitken,  Tapioca  Pud­
ding  Mack in,  Egg  Shell  Royce,  An­
cient  Ham  Eddy,  Wafer  Shaped  Free- 
bum,  Herring  Bone  Ramsay,  Easy 
Bright  Miller,  Jaw  Breaker  Maloney, 
Asparagus  Woodhull.

" T h e   hardware  line  up  was  composed 
of  the  following:

Flue  Cleaner  Robbins,  Anti-Leak 
Ferguson,  Road  Scraper  Hernon,  Plan­
ished  Iron  Deyotte,  Strap  Hinge  Knee, 
Japanned  Screw  Barton,  Jack  Knife 
Slurton,  Jack  Rabbit  Frederick,  Car- 
rigge Jack  Thoenen.

The  score  at  the  end  of  the  sixth 

Umpire  Higgins  was the busiest  man 
in  town.  The  attendance  was  less  than 
999.
in­
ning  was  47  to  54  in  favor  of  the  gro­
cers.  The  hardware  side  was  composed 
largely  of  plumbers,  who  got  in  their 
work  well,  as  plumbers  usually  do. 
They  thought  they  had  a  lead  pipe 
cinch  on  the game  and  could  wipe  the 
joints  of  all  the  grocery  players,  as  well 
as  be  able  to  plug  the  ball  at every turn. 
In  this  they  were  disappointed.  They 
got  in  a  trap,  got  wiped  themselves  and 
were  piped  off by  the  rooters.

The  hardware  battery  was  pretty 
square.  The  pitcher  threw  corkscrew 
curves  and  scooped  in  everything  that 
came  his  way.  Whenever he  saw a  man 
napping,  he  shot  the  ball  to a  baseman, 
who  would  rake  it  in.  The  hardware 
catcher  showed  a  pretty  level  head,  the 
way  he  bandied  himself.  He  seldom 
spoke,  and  tackled  every  foul  fly,  tried 
to  brace  up  the balance  of  the  team  a 
bit,  plainly  saw  from  the  first  be  had 
no  snap,  yet in  the  face  of  it  all  he  bore 
up  well. 
The  spouting  on  the  stands 
and  track  did  not  make  him  lose  his 
sand.  He  knew  the  game  binged  on  the 
battery  and  so they  played  until the  end, 
when  darkness  compelled  the  umpire  to 
call  the  game  and  they all  filed  o u t- 
cranks and  all. 

Ouix.

HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

A. VINCENT, Prop.

Whitney House

Best  Hotel  in  Plainwell,  Mich.  Only  house  in 
town holding contract with Travelers*  Educational 
Association of America.
C h a s .  3ED. *Wf~iitney, P r o p .

Cutler  House  at  Grand  Haven.

Steam Heat.  Excellent Table.  Com­
fortable  Rooms.  H.  D.  and  P.  H. 
IRISH,  Prop*.

Northern  Hotel,

J.  L.  Kitzmiller, Prop.

Cor.  Grove and  Lafayette Sts.,  Greenville, Mich.

Hotel  Normandie  of  Detroit  Re­

duces Rates.

Determined to continue  catering  to  popular  de­
mand for good hotel accommodations at low prices, 
we  reduce  the  rates  on  fifty  rooms  from  $3.50  to 
$2 per day, and rooms with bath from $3.50 to $3.

The popular rate of 50 cents per meal, established 
when the  Normandie  was  first  opened,  continues.
Change of rates will  in no way affect the quality, 
and our constant aim in the future wiU be, as in  the 
past, to  furnish  the  best  accommodations  for  the 
rates charged.

Carr &  Reeve.

THe Hew Griswold House

Has NOT reduced its rates 
but has  100 of the

Gasoline  and  Similar  Explosives  Must 

Be  Labeled.

Grand  Rapids,  Aug.  16— Please  in­
form  me,  through  the  columns  of  the 
Tradesman,  if there  is  a  law  compelling 
those  who  sell  gasoline  or  naphtha  to 
brand  it  as  such,  so  that  it  will  not  be 
mistaken  for kerosene.  Several  deaths 
have  recently  been  caused  in  this  city 
by  people  filling  lamps  with  gasoline  in 
place  of  kerosene;  and 
if  there  is  no 
law  covering  this  point,  I  think  it  is 
time  such  a  provision  was  added  to  the 
statutes.  The  law 
is  very  strict  in  re­
gard  to  the  handling  of  Paris  green  and 
other  deadly  articles.  It  would  be  safe 
to  say  that  not  more  than  one  accident 
happens  by  a  careless  use  of Paris green 
to  a  thousand  from  gasoline.

E n q u ir e r .

The  Legislature  of  1889  took  up  the 
question  of  labeling  vessels  containing 
gasoline  and  enacted  one  of  the  shortest 
laws  on  the  statute  books,  as  follows:

Every  druggist,  grocer  or  other  per­
son  who  shall  sell  and  deliver  at  retail 
any  gasoline,  benzine  or  naphtha,  with­
out  having  the  true  name  thereof  and 
the  words  "explosive  when  mixed  with 
air”   plainly  printed  upon  a  label  se­
curely  attached  to  the  can,  bottle  or 
other  vessel  containing  the  same,  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  not exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars.

The  existence  of  this  law  is  not  gen­
erally  known,  but  the  Tradesman  finds 
that  it 
is  rigidly  enforced  in  a  few  lo­
calities  in  the  State.  The  frequency  of 
accidents  resulting  from  the  mistaken 
use  of  gasoline  certainly  affords  reason 
for the  observance  of  the  law.

French  newspapers  are  suggesting  a 
new  system  for  the  prevention  of  ma­
rine  accidents,  which  proposes  to  place 
strongly  smelling  chemicals  in  floating 
receptacles  to  be  attached  to  the  exist­
ing 
light  buoys  and  bell  buoys.  Cliffs 
and  dangerous  shoals  are  very  often 
hidden  by  thick  fog,  which  does  not 
allow  light  to  penetrate  nor  sound  to  be 
heard  until  too 
late,  while  the  strong 
smell  of  some  chemical 
substances 
would  be  carried  far  way,  and  would 
indicate  to  the  seafarer  with  a  keen  ol­
factory  sense  at  great  distance  that  he 
was  nearing  a  dangerous toast.

A  duty  is  not  to  be  shirked  because  it 
is  disagreeable;  but  if  it  can  be  made 
agreeable,  by  all  means  make  it  so.

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Drugs-=Chem icals

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MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires
-  Dec. 31, 1897
S. E. Pabkell, Owosso 
-  Dec. 31,1898
- 
F. W. R. Pkrby, Detroit 
-  Dec. 31,1899 
A. C. Schum ach er.  Ann  Arbor 
- 
Gbo. GinsDBmi, Ionia  - 
Dec. 3i, 1900
L. E. Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 
-  Dec. 31, 1901

President, F. W. R.  P e r b y , Detroit.
Secretary, Geo. Gcndbuh, Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
Aug. 24 and 25;  Lansing, S oy. 2 and 3. 
MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

Coming Examination Sessions—Sault Ste. Marie, 

ASSOCIATION.

President—A. H. Webber, Cadillac.
Secretary— Chas.  Ma s k .  Detroit.
Treasurer—J ohn D. Muir, Grand Rapids.

CALIX  CHLORATE.

Prize  Paper  Read  at  Grand  Ledge  by 

Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens.

Chlorinated 

lime  cannot  be  advan­
tageously  prepared  by  either  the  retail 
or  manufacturing  chemist. 
It  is  man­
ufactured 
in  enormous  quantities  by 
treating  freshy  slaked 
lime  with  chlo­
rine  gas,  which  combines  to  form  cal­
cium  chloride  and  hypochlorite.  Near­
ly  all  the  chlorinated  lime  is  imported 
from  England  and  Scotland. 
It  comes 
in  casks  containing  8oo pounds or more. 
These are  frequently  divided  into  kegs 
or  barrels  and  sent  out  to  consumers, 
or  it  may  be transferred  to  quarter,  half 
or  pound  packages.  Chlorinated  lime, 
unless  sealed  and  kept  in  a  cool,  dry 
place,  constantly 
As 
often  as  it  is  transferred  from  one  con­
tainer to another,  there  occurs  a  loss  of 
chloride.  By  the  time 
it  reaches  the 
it  cannot  be  expected 
small  consumer 
to  stand  the  highest  test.  Yet  there 
is 
no  excuse  for  the  deplorable  condition 
of  the  chlorinated 
in  the 
market  at  the  present  time.  Dr.  Squibb 
has  shown  that  chlorinated  lime  put  up 
in  amber  bottles  and  wrapped  in  paper 
kept  without 
loss  from  December  to 
March,  but  during  the  next  ten  months 
lost  8  per  cent.,  and  in  sixteen  months 
lost  9.5  per  cent.

loses  chlorine. 

lime  found 

When  chlorinated  lime  is  put  up 

in 
packages,  the 
label  should  bear  the 
date  of  packing,  also  the  per  cent,  of 
chlorine  available  at  that  time.  The 
U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  very 
justly  re­
quires  that 
it  should  be  of  a  definite 
strength  and  furnishes  an  easy  method 
of  estimation. 
interesting 
and 
instructive  to  review  some  of  the 
results  of  estimations  made  during  the 
past  ten  years  and  compare  them  with 
results  obtained  at  the  present  time.

is  both 

It 

standard, 

The  Pharmacopoeia  of  1880  states 
that  chlorinated  lime  should  contain  at 
least  25  per  cent,  of  available  chlorine. 
Dr.  Squibb,  in  1885,  referring  to  the 
above  requirement,  writes  as  follows: 
“ This 
adopted  thirty-five 
years  ago,  has  been  too  low  for  twenty 
years  past  The standard  strength  of  the 
British  manufacturers  has  long  been  32 
per  cent,  of  available  chlorine,  and 
it 
would  be  difficult  to  find  in  first  hands 
any  below  30  per cent.,  while  35  to  37 
per cent,  is  always  available  and  38  to 
40  per  cent,  is  not  very  uncommon.”

M.  M.  Schroeder,  in  1889,  gave  the 
results  of  the  estimation  of  eighteen 
samples  with  a  maximum  strength  of 
37.84  per  cent.  ;  minimum,  22.63  per 
cent.  ;  average,  29.83  per  cent.  Only 
three  specimens  were  below  the  stand­
ard  of  1880,  while  four  were  above  our 
present  standard.  Of the  eighteen  sam­
ples,  eight  were  in  bulk,  with  an  aver­
age  of  31.39  per  cent.  The  remainder 
were  in  packages,  with  an  average  of 
28.58  per  cent,  strength.

The  Pharmacopoeia  of  1890  increased 
the  standard  of  strength  from  25  to  35

from 

percent.  In  1892,Dr.  Squibb  examined 
eight  samples  obtained 
retail 
houses,  each  specimen,  with  a  single 
exception,  being  enclosed 
in  metal  or 
pasteboard  boxes.  Maximum,  36.4  per 
cent.  ;  minimum,  18.2  per  cent.  ;  aver­
age,  28.65  Per  cent.  Only  two  of  the 
samples  would  meet  the  requirements 
of  the  U.  S.  P.  With  one  exception  all 
were  above  the  standard  of  1880.

In  1895,  C.  H.  Wall  reported  the  re­
sults  of  nine  estimations:  Maximum 
strength,  38.36  per  cent.  ;  minimum, 
6.2  per  cent.  ;  average,  25.2  per  cent. 
Only  two  were  up  to  the  TJ.  S.  P.  re­
quirement.  Three  were  in  bulk,  with 
an  average  of  35.25  per  cent.  The  re­
mainder  were  in  pasteboard  boxes,  with 
an  average  of  20.34  per  cent.,  after 
successive  estimations.

J.  U.  Lloyd  reported 

in  October, 
1895,  an  average  of  20.51  per  cent., 
and  in  May,  1896,  an  average  of  31.47 
per  cent. 
Since  last  November  the 
writer  has  examined  thirty-two  sam­
ples,  with  the  following  results:

No.
I, 8.0 per cent.
No. 2
2.0 per cent.
No. 3! 14.7 per cent.
No. 4. 7-7 per cent.
5» 12.0 per cent.
No.
No. 6, 5.8 per cent.
No. 7. 17.6 per cent.
No. 8,
1.8 per cent.
No. 9. 7.6 per cent.
No. 10, *3-5 per cent.
No.
il, 14.3 per cent.
No. 12, 23  6 per cent.
No. 13. 31-3 per cent.
No. 14. 26.4 per cent.
No. 15. 20.2 per cent.
No. 16, 24.1 per cent.
No. 17, 14.1 per cent.
No. 18, 23.8 per cent.
No. 19. 20.5 per cent.
No. 20, 23.8 per cent.
No. 21, 26.8 per cent.
No. 22 27-3 per cent.
No. 23’ 31-0 per cent.
No. 24, 16.5 per cent.
No. 25. 28.9 per cent.
No. 26, 19 3 per cent.
No. 27, 18.9 per cent.
No. 28, 27.9 per cent.
The  first  ten  samples  packed 

in  this 
State  furnished  an  average  of  9.07  per 
cent.  The  first  eight  were labeled “ high 
test."  Just  why  they  wrre  so  labeled 
we  are  unable  to  understand.  All  weie 
in  metal  cans.

Numbers  11  to  15  inclusive  were  of 
one  brand  and  gave  an  average  of  26.16 
per cent.  The  labels  on  Nos.  11,  12 
and  13  furnished  the  following  interest­
ing  information :  “ This  being  put  up 
in  airtight  metallic  cans,  the  contents 
will  keep  for any  length  of  tim e.”  
If 
this  statement  were  true,  we  can  only 
infer  that  the  packers  must  have  put 
up  an  inferior  article,  as  every  sample 
was  below  the  U.  S.  P.  requirement. 
Numbers  16  to  22 
inclusive  were  of 
one  brand  and  all  in  pasteboard  boxes, 
with  an  average  of  22.9  per  cent  The 
remainder  were  in  bulk,  with  an  aver­
age  of  23.75  percent.  Nos.  6,  8,  14, 
15,  21  and  22  were obtained  from whole­
sale  houses;  No.  7  direct  from  the 
packer,  and  the  remainder  from  retail 
houses.  Number  26  was  from  a  100 
pound  keg,  opened  the  day 
it  was  re­
ceived  and  tested  at  once.  No.  23  was 
from  a  jar  which  had  been  opened  sev­
eral  months,  but  kept 
in  a  cool  place 
covered.  No.  24  was  the  last  of  a  100 
pound  keg.  No.  28  was  from  a  barrel 
which  had  been  opened  one  month. 
The  following  four  estimations  were 
not  included  in  the  above  report:

No.  29,  one-quarter  pound  metal  can, 

wet,  0.6 per  cent.

No.  30.  This  sample  had  been 

in 
stock  three  years and  kept  in  a  loosely 
covered  jar.  Sometime  previous  to  es­

timation,  it  had  been  transferred  to  a 
sealed  jar. 
It  was  represented  as  being 
a  very  good  sample,  because the  odor 
from  the  jar  was  very  strong,  but  on 
estimation  it  yielded  only  1.7  per  cent.
No.  31  was  the  last  of a  barrel  which 
had  been  in  stock  one  year,  dry,  yielded 
0.4  per  cent.

No.  32  had  been  transferred  from  a 
batter to  jars,  covered,  but  not  sealed, 
very  damp,  yielded  0.7  per  cent.

Many  erroneously  judge  the quality  of 
chlorinated  lime  by  the  odor,  which  is 
very  misleading.  Several  students,  de­
pending  upon  the odor as  an  indication 
of quality,  rejected  a  number  of  pack­
ages  containing  12  and  14  per  cent,  and 
accepted  a  partially  filled  jar,  the  con­
tents  of  which  contained  less  than  2  per 
cent.  A  number  of  the  poorest  samples 
examined  by  the  writer  gave  a  very 
strong  odor of  chlorine.  This  is  easily 
is 
accounted  for  when  we  reflect  that  it 
the  decomposed  hypochlorite  or 
free 
chlorine  that  produces  the odor and  not 
that  in  combination.  A  very  little  de­
composed  hypochlorite 
is  sufficient  to 
fill  a  large  jar  with  a  suffocating  odor 
of  chlorine.  No  reliance  can  be  placed 
upon  anything  short  of  a  chemical  es­
timation.  Wholesale  and  retail  houses 
alike  should  not  purchase  more  than 
can  be  disposed  of  in  a  few  months  and 
should  insist  on  having  a  standard  arti­
cle.

As  it  is  essential  to  the  preservation 
of  life  and  the  progress  of  the arts  that 
all  drugs  and  chemicals  should  be  not 
only  of  the  purest  character but  of  the 
required  strength,  it  becomes  the  chem­
ist  and  the  pharmacist,  as guardians  of 
the  public  welfare,  to  decrease,  so  far 
as  possible,  the  sale  of  inferior  articles. 
I  would  that  our  Association  might 
have  a  hand  in  this good  work.  Let  us 
begin  with  chlorinated  lime—an  article 
valuable  as  a  sanitary  agent  and  useful 
in  the  manufacturing  arts.  To  assist  in 
this  improvement  I  will,  until  our  next 
meeting,  analyze  and  report, 
free  of 
charge,  upon  every  original  package 
sent  me  by  any  brother  pharmacist  in 
our  State.  Let  us  refuse  to  handle  any 
brands 
the  standard 
strength,  and  soon  a  better  brand  of 
chlorinated  lime  will  he  upon  the  mar­
This  will  be  an  advantage both 
ket. 
to the health  and  the  commercial 
inter­
ests  of  the  State.

falling  below 

The  Drug  Market.

There  are  no 

important  changes  to 
note  this  week.  Trade 
in  this  line  is 
in  a  healthy  condition,  with  prospects 
of  a  large  fall  trade.

Opium—The  situation  is  unchanged. 
It  is  stated  that  there  is  enough  opium 
in  the  United  States  to 
last  eight  or 
nine  months,  but  a  large  portion  of 
this  is  not  fit'for  manufacturing.

Morphine—The  demand  is  large, with 

unchanged  prices.

Quinine—The demand  is  large  for  the 

season  and  the  market  is  firm.

Quicksilver—This  article  has  de­
clined.  This  may  affect  the  price  of  all 
mercurials.

American  Saffron— Has  again  de­

clined,  owing  to  large stock  on  hand.

Camphor—On  account  of  reduction  in 
price  of  crude,  refiners  have  reduced 
their  price 

per  lb.

Linseed  Oil— Is  very  firm  at  the  last 

advance and  in  good  demand.

For  making  a  common,  ordinary 
the  only 
Mother  Hubbard  wrapper, 
dressmaker  in  the  Klondike 
region 
charged  $5,  and  in  thirty  working  hours 
she  netted  $90 from  her  sewing.

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Special attention  given to Water, Bark and 

Urine Analysis.

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Manufacturers and  Jobbers,

260  S.  Ionia  St.

Grand  Rapids.

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35® 
Conium  Mac........... 
so
Copaiba..................   i  10®  1  20
Cubebse..................  
90®  1  00
Exechthltos...........  1  00®  l  io
Erigeron.................  1  00®  1  10
Gaultheria..............  1  50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  ® 
75
Gossippii,Sem. gal..  50@  60
Hedeoma.................  1  on@  1  10
Junipera.................   1  50® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis..................   1  20®  1  40
Mentha Piper.........  1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   2  10® 2 25
Morrhuse,  gal.........   1 ou®  1  10
Myrcia,...................   4 00® 4 50
Olive....................... 
75® 3 00
Picis  Liquida......... 
io@  12
PicisLiquida, gal...  @  35
Ricina....................  99® 1 04
Rosmarini...............  @  1  00
Rosas,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini..................   40®  45
Sabina..................  
90® 1  00
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  50®  55
Slnapis, ess., ounce.  @  65
Tiglii.......................  1  40®  1  50
40®  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  2Q
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
is®  18
13® 
Bichromate  ........... 
15
Bromide..................   48®  51
Carb....................... 
12® 
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16@  18
Cyanide..................   35®  40
Iodide....................... 2 60® 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  26®  28
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
8@ 
10
Potass Nitras........... 
7® 
9
Prussiate.................  20®  25
Sulphate po  ........... 
15®  18

Radix

Aconitvm............... 
20®  25
Althae.....................   22®  25
Anchusa................. 
io@ 
12
Arum po........  ........  @  25
Calamus................. 
20®  40
Gentiana........po.  15 
12®  15
Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  35
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  40 
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
15©  20
Inula, po................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po...............   2 00© 2  10
Iris plox —  po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  Vs...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po__  22®  25
R hei....................... 
75®  1  00
Rhei, cut.................  @  1  25
Rhei, pv..................  
75®  1  35
Spigelia................... 
35®  38
Sanguinaria... po. 40  @  35
Serpentaria............  
30®  35
Senega.................... 
35®  40
Simllax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............   @  25
Scillae............po.35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................  @  25
©  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
15@  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a...............  
12@  16
Zingiber j ...............  
25®  27
Semen
Anisum.........po.  15 
©  12
13®  15
Apium  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is.................... 
4® 
6
Carui.............po. 18 
10®  12
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Corlandrum............ 
8® 
10
Cannabis  Sativa....  3K@ 
4
Cydonium............... 
75®  1  00
Chenopodium........ 
io® 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2 00® 2 20
Fceniculum............   @ 
10
Ftenugreek, po........ 
7® 
9
LinI.........................  2K@ 
4
4
Lint,  grd....bbl. 2>4  3K@ 
Lobelia......... .........  35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian.  3%@ 
4
Rapa.......................  4)4® 
5
Slnapis Albu.........  
7® 
8
Slnapis  Nigra......... 
u@ 
12
Splritus 

Frumenti, W.  D. Co.  2 00@ 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti...............   1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharum N. E __  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli........  1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25© 2 00
Vini  Alba...............   1 25® 2 00
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............  
©  2 00
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage......  @  1 25
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__  @  1 00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
Carriage...............   @  1 00
Hard, for slate use.. 
®  75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............  @  1 40

Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................  @  50
Ipecac 
©  60
Ferri Iod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom..............  @  50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega....................  @  50
Scillae... 
®  50

.........  

 

 

niscellaneous

ScillseCo.................  @  50
Tolutan..................   @  50
Prunus virg............  @  50
Tinctures
Aconitum NapellisR 
60
50
Aconitum NapellisF 
Aloes....................... 
60
60
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
Arnica.................... 
50
Assafoetida............  
50
60
Atrope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
50
Benzoin..................  
60
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma................. 
50
Cantharides........... 
75
Capsicum.............. 
50
Cardamon............  
75
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1 00
Castor.....................  
Catechu................... 
50
Cinchona................. 
50
Cinchona Co_____ 
60
Columba................. 
50
Cubeba.................... 
50
50
Cassia  Acutifol...... 
50
Cassia Acutifol Co  . 
Digitalis................. 
50
Ergot....................... 
50
Ferri Chlorid urn__ 
35
Gentian..................  
50
Gentian Co.............. 
60
Guiaca.................... 
50
60
Guiaca ammon  __  
Hyoscyamus........... 
50
Iodine...................... 
75
Iodine, colorless__ 
75
Kino........................  
50
Lobelia...................  
50
Myrrh...................... 
50
Nux Vomica........... 
50
Opii......................... 
75
50
Opii, camphorated.. 
1  50
Opii,  deodorized 
 
Quassia................... 
50
Rhatany.................. 
50
Rhei......................... 
50
50
Sanguinaria........... 
Serpentaria............  
Ko
Stromonium........... 
60
Tolutan...................  
60
Valerian................. 
50
Veratrum Veride... 
50
Zingiber..................  
20
■dSther, Spts. Nit. 3F  30®  35
•¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2M@ 
3
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto..................   40®  50
4® 
Antimoni,  po.........  
5
Antimoni et PotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin..............
@  1  40 
10® 
Antifebrin 
.........
®  15
Argenti Nitras, oz .
®  50
Arsenicum.............
12 
Balm Gilead  Bud  .
38®  40
@ 
Bismuth  S. N........
1  40®  1  50 
Calcium Chlor.,  is!
9
@ 
Calcium Chlor., 54s 
10 
Calcium Chlor.,  j^s 
® 
12 @  75
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, af 
®  15
Capsici Fructus, po.
@  15
Capsici FructusB,po 
@  15
Cary ophyllus. .po. 15 
10®  
12 @ 3 00 
Carmine, No. 40  ..
Cera Alba, S. A F
50®  55
Cera Flava.........
40®  42
Coccus...............
@  40
Cassia Fructus..!
®  33
Centraría...........
® 
10 
Cetaceum............
®  45
Chloroform.............
60®  63
Chloroform, squibbs 
@  1  25 
Chloral Hyd Crst..
1  50®  1  60 
Choudrus................
20®  25
Ci nchonidine.P. & W 
20®  25
15®  22
Cinchonidine, Germ 
_
Cocaine..................   3 05® 3 25
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum...........
Crete.............bbl. 75
Crete, prep..............
Crete, precip........
9®
_
Crete, Rubra.........  
18®
Crocus.................. ! 
Cudbear.................  @
5®
CupriSulph............  
Dextrine.................. 
10®
Ether Sulph............  
75<a
Emery, all  numbers
Emery, po....... ......
6 
®30®
Ergota...........po. 40
35 
Flfllro  WhHa
Flake  White........... 
12®
15 
Galla........................ 
®
23 
Gambier.......... ...” 
8®
9 
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..  @
60
Gelatin, French...... 
35®
HH  <K>
Glassware, flint, box  “
60,  10A10
Less  than  box__
9®
Glue,  brown........... 
Glue, white............  
13®
Glycerina...............  
14®
Grana  Paradisi  __  @
Humulus................. 
25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @ 
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @ 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @ 
Hydraag Ammonlati 
® 
HydraagCnguentum  45®
Hydrargyrum.........   @
65®
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
Indigo.....................  
75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin..................   @225
Lycopodium........... 
40®  45
Macis 
65®  75
Liquor  Arsen et Hy­
dra rg Iod.............   @  25
10®  12
LiquorPotassArsinit 
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
3
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph.bbl  @  1%
Mannia, S. F  .........  
50®  60
Men-.ini  ..  .............  @ 2 40

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

40 
80 
10 
18
@  1  00
2 00 
1  00 
85 
50 
18
30
12

1  20

Morphia, S.P. AW...  1  95® 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.A
C.  Co....................  1  85®
Mosch us Canton__  @
65®
Myristica, No. 1...... 
Nux Vomica. ..po.20  @
Os  Sepia................. 
15®
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N.N.)4 gal.
doz........................  @
Picis Liq., quarts__  @
Picis Liq., pints......  @
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80  @
Piper Nigra.. .po.  22  @
Piper Alba__po.  35  @
Piix  Burgun...........  @
Plumbi  Acet........... 
10®
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10® 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
A P. D. Co., doz...  @
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
30®
Quassise..................  
8®
Quinia, S. P. A W.. 
28®
22®
Quinia, S. German.. 
QRinia, N.Y............   28®
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12@
SaccharumLactis pv  18®
Salacin....................3 00®
Sanguis Draconis... 
40®
Sapo,  W................... 
12®
Sapo, M.................... 
10®
Sapo, G....................  @
Siedlitz  Mixture__  20  @

1  25 
33 
10 
33
31 
33 
14 
20
3  10 
50
14 
12
15 
22

is
Slnapis....................  @ 
Sinapis, opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy,De
Voes.....................  @  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras..............  7  @  9
Soda Boras, po........  7  @  9
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1)4@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb......... 
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3H@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........  @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........ 
50®  55
SpV  Myrcia Dom...  @ 9 00
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl.  @ 2 42
Spts. ViniRect-Hbbl  @ 2 47 
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal  @2 50 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 52 
Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2%@ 
3
2®  2H
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
8® 
Tamarinds.............. 
10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae............  
42®  45
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 Oo
Zinci  Sulph............  
7® 
8

Oils

Whale, winter.........  70 
Lard,  extra...............  40 
Lard, No. 1................  

BBL.  OAL.
70
45
35  40

Linseed, pure  raw..
Neatsfoot, winter str

32
34
66
30

19

35
37
70
35

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, Pari8Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................
Universal Prepared.
[Varnishes

BBL.
LB
IX  2 @£
IX  2 @4
IX  2 @3
2X 2H@3
2% 2X@3
13® 15
70® 75
13H@ 19
13® 16
5ti@ 6
5 H@ 6
@ 70
@ 10
@  1 00
@  1 10
1  00®  1 15

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

Hazeltlne & Perkins 

Drug 60.
Sundry Department

C'Ct

W e  invite  examination  of  our  remodeled  and 
handsome  sundry  department  now  in  charge  of 
Mr.  J.  H.  Hagy.  We  display  in  sample  show 
cases  complete  lines  of  the  following  goods.

Perfumes 

Soaps 

Combs 

Mirrors 

Powder Puffs

Tooth,  Nail,  Hair, Cloth,  Infant, Bath, and 

Shaving  Brushes 

Fountain and  Family Syringes 

Tweezers 

Key  Rings 

Cork Screws 

Razors 

Razor  Strops

Violin,  Guitar and  Banjo Strings 

Atomizers

Suspensory  Bandages 
Toilet and  Bath Sponges

And  many  other  articles  too  numerous 

to mention.  Goods are up to date and prices right.

M in e  & Perkins Drug Go.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

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

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only, in such quantities as are u su allyJ^ h ased  by retail 
It is lm
ifu^clo^r  than

dealers  They  are  prepared  just before going to press and  are an  accurate index of the local  market. 
possible  to  give quotations suitable  for all  conditions  of purchase  and those below 
eraee 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.____________ _______ ____________

doz.  gross

AXLE  OR EASE.
Aurora......................... 55 
Castor Oil....................60 
Diamond......................50 
Frazer’s .......................75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
rtica, tin boxes............75 
Paragon.......................55 

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

X lb cans doz..................   45
% lb cans doz................... 
85
i 
lb cans doz...................  1  50

Acme.

w lb cans 3 doz................. 
% lb cans 3 doz................. 
1 
Bulk.

45
75
lb cans 1 doz.................  1  00
10

Arctic.

6 00
7 00
4 00
9 00
9 00
9 00
6 00

CHEESE.
Acme  .....................
Amboy....................
Byron......................
Elsie.......................
Gem.........................
Gold  Medal............
Ideal..................
Jersey......................
L.enawee.................
Riverside.................
Sparta.....................
Brick.......................
Edam......................
Leiden.....................
Limburger...............
Pineapple................43
Sap  Sago.................
CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German Sweet 
..........
Premium.............................
Breakfast Cocoa

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton. 40 ft, per  doz...........1 00
I Cotton. 50 ft, per  doz...........1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz  ........ 1  40
Cotton. 70 ft. 'per  doz....... .1  60
Cotton  SO ft  per  d o z ........1  80
Jute  60 ft  per  lot 
■*'
Jnw-.  72 M.  p~-  -In... 
95
Chicory.

Bulk 
Red

5

2V4
3
4

COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags....................... 
Less quantity................. 
Pound packages............  
CREAIT  TARTAR.

Strictly Pure, wooden boxes.  35 
Strictly Pure, tin boxes........  37

14 lb cans, 6 doz case....... 
38
% lb cans, 4 doz case.......   66
1 
lb cans, 2 doz ca-e.......  1  00
5 
lb cans, 1 doz case.......  5 00
6 oz Eng. Tumblers............  85

El Purity.

14 lb cans per doz............   75
14 lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
1 
lb cans per doz............  2  00

Home.

14 lb cans 4 doz case. 
% lb cans 4 doz case. 
lb cans 2 doz case
J A M O N
14 lb cans, 4 doz case 
 
14 lb cans. 4 doz case------ 
1 

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

Jersey Cream.

1 lb. cans, per doz.............  2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
85

Our Leader.

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

Peerless.

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

85

BATH  BRICK.

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

BLUING.

CONSIHsn)
^ C P E A R D s ;
6 l u i m G
1 doz. pasteboard Boxes... 
40
3 doz. wooden boxes.........  1 20

BROOn5.

So. 1 Carpet......................   1  90
No. 2 Carpet.......................  1 75
No. 3 Carpet......................   1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................  1  15
Parlor Gem.......................  2 00
Common Whisk.................  
70
Fancy Whisk.....................  
80
Warehouse....................  ..  2 25

CANDLES.

8s.......................................... 7
16s.........................................8
Paraffine;.............  
8

 
CANNED GOODS, 
rianitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........   1  00
Lakeside B. J ....................  1  30
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1 40 
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  66

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F air........................................}0
Good...................................... 12
Prim e.....................................12
Golden  ..................................14
Peaberry  ...............................15

Santos.

Fair  ...................................... 14
Good  .....................................15
Prime.....................................16
Peaberry  ...............................1"

Mexican  and  Guatamata.

Fair  ...................................... 16
Good  .....................................1
Fancy 
.................................. I®
Maracaibo.
Prime..................................... 20
Milled.....................................21

Java.

Interior.................................. 20
Private  Growth......................22
Mandehling............................ 24

Roasted. 

Mocha.
Im itation..............
Arabian  .................................24
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......................28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha —  28
Wells’ Mocha and Java......25%
Wells’ Perfection  Java...... 25%
Sancaibo.............................23
Valley City Maracaibo. 
... 18%
Ideal  Blend........................ 14
Leader Blend..................... 12
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brands
Quaker Arabian Mocha......31
Quaker Mandehling Java. .80 
Quaker Mocha and Java... 28
Toko Mocha and Java........25
Quaker Golden Santos.......21
State House Blend............. '8
Quaker Golden Rio............17

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.......................  11  50
Jersey.............................  11  50
ncLaughlin’a  XXXX........11  50

Extract.

Valley City % gross...... 
Felix % gross................  
Hummel’s foil % gross... 
Hummel’s tin %  gross... 

75
1  15
85
1  43

CATSUP.

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

CLOTHES PINS.

5 gross boxes  ........................ 40

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz In case.

Gall Borden  Eagle................. 6 75
Crown..................................... 6 25
Daisy.......................................5 75
Champion  ...........................4 50
Magnolia 
......................... .4 25
Challenge................................. 3 50
Dime........................................ 8 85

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom—   2 50 
500 books, any denom — 11  50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__2 50
500 books, any denom — 11  50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00

Economic  Grade.

p jmiiEg

Universal Grade.

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

denomination from $10 down.

Coupon Pass Books,

Credit Checks.

500, any one denom’n ......3 00
1000, any one denom’n ......5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch.......................  75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOMESTIC 
Snndrfed.......................  @ 3
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 4%

Apples.

California  Fruits.

Apricots.....................  9  @10
Blackberries..
Nectarines.................   6  @
Peaches......................   7%@ 9
Pears......   ...................8  @
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................   12
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes...... ..  @ 3X
90-100 25 lb boxes...... ..  @4
80 90 25 lb boxes...... ..  @
70 80 25 lb boxes...... ..  @5
60 70 25 lb boxes..  .. ..  @5%
50 60 25 lb boxes...... ..  @ 6%
40 50 25 lb boxes — ..  @7
30 40 25 lb boxes...... ■  @
% cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Prunes.

Raisins.

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

1  50
1 E0
2 75 
4% 
5
5%

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Patras bbls........................ @ 5%
V ostlzzas 50 lb cases........ @   53li
Cleaned, bulk  .................@ 7
Cleaned, packages..........@ 7%
Citron American 10 lb bx  @14 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @12 
Orange American 101b bx @12 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes..... 7%@ 8
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crown  ........  @9%
Sultana 3 Crown......... 93£@
Sultana 4 Crown.........   @
Sultana 5 Crown.........   @11%

Raisins.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

Farina.
Grits.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
B ulk................................  3
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s..........2 00
Barrels  ............................2 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drums..........1 00
Dried Lima  .....................  3
Medium Hand Picked.... 1  10 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported, 25 lb. box........2 50
Common...........................  1 90
Chester...........................   2 00
Empire  ...........................   2 20
Green, bu........................  80
Split, per lb........................  2
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........3 50
Monarch,  bbl..................... 3 25
Monarch,  %  bbl.................1 75
Private brands,  bbl.......3 00
Private brands, %bbl.......1 62
Quaker, cases.....................3 20
German...........................   3V4
East  India..........................  3
Cracked, bulk.....................  3
24 2 lb packages...............2 40

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

Fish.
Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

riackerel.

Georges cured............  @3%
Georges genuine.......   @4
Georges selected........  @5
Strips or bricks........  5  @ 8
Chunks.....................- . . .  
10
Strips................................ 
9
60 
Holland white hoops ket 
7 50
Holland white hoops bb!
Norwegian.....................
Round 100 lbs..................   2 50
Round  40 lbs..................   1  30
Scaled............................... 
13
Mess WO lbs......................  11  50
Mess  40 lbs.  ...................  4 90
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  30
Mess  8 lbs....................  1 07
No. llOOlbs............. 
9 75
No. 1  40 lbs......................  4  20
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1  13
No. 1 
93
No. 2 100 lbs.....................   8 00
No. 2  40lbs.................. 
3 50
95
No. 2  10 lbs...................... 
Sardines.
56
Russian kegs............
Stockfish.
No. 1,1001b. bales...
No. 2 ,1001b. bales...
Trout.
No. 1100 lbs......................  4 00
No. 1  40 lbs......................  1  90
No. 1  10 lbs..............
No. 1  8 lbs..............
Whltefish.

8 lbs...................  

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs...........  6 40  5 00  1  75
40 lbs.......... 285 
230  100
10 lbs........... 
33
79 
•  8 lbs...........  66 
30
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

65 
55 

 

Jennings’.

D. C. Lemon
D.C. Vanilla 
75 
2 oz.
2 oz.,
.1  20 
3 oz.
..1 00 
...1 50 
3 oz.
4 oz..
..1  40 
4 oz..
...2  00 
6 oz.. 
...3 00
6oz..
2  00 
2 40 
No.  8. 
No.  8  4 00
4 00
No. 10.
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  2T.  80 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No.  4 T.l  5o
No  4 T.2 40
Sage.....................................  15
Hops...................................   15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes............   56
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes__  50
15 lb  palls............................  50
301b  pails............................  83
Condensed, 2  doz  ..............1  20
Condensed, 4  doz.............2 25

HBRBS.

JELLY.

INDIGO

LYE.

Senders’.

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  Grade 
Lemon.
}z.........1 50
9Z.........3 00

LAVORINO

«

DAYTONO; 1

SALBRATU5.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

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

SAL SODA.

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

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes..................1 50
Barrels,  100  3 lb bags........ % 75
Barrels.  40  7 lb bags........ 2 40
Butter, 28 lb. bags...............  30
Batter, 56 lb  bags...............   60
Butter, 20  14 lb bags........... 3 00
Butter, 280 lb ‘bbls...................2 50

Common Grade*.

100 3 lb sacks............................ 2 60
60 5-lb sacks............................ 1 85
2811-lb sacks...........................1 70

Worcester.
lb. cartons..............3 25
50  4 
115  2%lb. sacks....................4 00
60  5 lb. sacks.......................3 75
2214 lb. sacks...................... 3 50
3010 lb. sacks.......................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks................   32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Balk in barrels.........................2 50

GLUE.

per doz.
Jackson Liquid, 1 oz......... 
65
Jackson Liquid, 8 oz.........
Jackson Liquid, 3 oz.........   1  30

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs  ................................... 4 00
Half Kegs.................................2 25
Quarter Kegs............................1 25
' lb. cahs.........   .................   30
% lb. cans............................  18
Kegs  .:.....................................4 25
Half Kegs.................................2 40
Quarter Kegs............................1 35
' lb. cans.............................   34
Kegs......................................... 8 00
Half Kegs......   ...................4  25
Quarter Kegs...........................2 25
1 lb. c a n s..........................  45

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

LICORICE.

Pare.....................................  80
Calabria.............................   25
Sicily...................................   14
Root.....................................  10

MASON FRUIT JARS. 

Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 4 75 
Quarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss 5 00 
Half gal. 1 d’z. b’x, p’r gr’ss 7 00 
Fruit Jar Rubbers, p’r gr’ss  25 
Mason Caps only, per gross 2 25 

Glass Cover Fruit Jars.
“The Best” Fruit Keeper. 

Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 5 50
alf gal. 1 d’z b’x, p’r gr’ss 7 75

guarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss 5 75 

MINCE MEAT.

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

I1ATCHBS.

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

rtOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

Black.  ............................. 
11
14
F air.................................. 
Good................................  
20
24
Fancy  ............................. 
Open Kettle......................25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra.

PIPES.

Clay, No. 216...........................  1 70
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
Cob, No. 3..........................  1

65

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s.................................. 4 00
PennaSalt  Co.’s......................8 00

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  3 75
Half bbls, 600 count...........  2 40

Barrels, 2,400 count...............   4 75
Half bbls, 1,200 count........  2 90

PICKLES.
rtedlnm.

Small.

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................  6%
Carolina  No. 1..................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4%
Broken...............................  3

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  5%
Japan,  No. 2.... ..........—   5
Java, No. 1.........................  4M
Table..................................  5%

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in drill bags......  30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......   15

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Solar Rock.

56-lb  sacks..........................   21

Common Fine.
 

Saginaw................ 
70
Manistee  ............................  70

 

SBBDS.

A nise.................................  18
Canary, Smyrna..................  4
Caraway............................  10
Cardamon,  M alabar......   80
Hemp,  Russian...............   4
Mixed  Bird......................  4%
Mustard,  white.........   ... 
6%
Poppy  ................................ 
8
Bape................................  
5
Cattle Bone......................  20

SNUFF.

Scotch, In bladders............   37
Maccabov, In jars................  35
French Rappee, In jars......   43

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  .............................   9
Cassia, China in mats..........10
Cassia, Batavia in bund__ 20
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........ 32
Cloves, Amboyna................ 15
Cloves, Zanzibar.................  9
Mace,  Batavia.....................60
Nutmegs, fancy...................60
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black...  9 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12 
Pepper,  shot........................10

Pare Ground In Bulk.

Allspice  ..............................12
Cassia, Batavia...................22
Cassia,  Saigon..  ................ 35
Cloves, Amboyna................20
Cloves, Zanzibar..................15
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin...................20
Ginger,  Jamaica..................22
Mace,  Batavia.....................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste..................25
Nutmegs,......................40@50
Pepper, Sing., black.... 10@14 
Pepper, Sing., white— 15@18
Pepper, Cayenne........... 17@20
Sage......................................18

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.............................   20
Half  bbls.........................  22

Pare Cane.

Fair  .................................  16
Good................................   20
Choice.............................   26

SODA.

Boxes..................................5%
Kegs,'English......................4K

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

SOAP.
Laundry.

Armour’s Brands.

Armour's Family..............  2 70
Armour’s  Laundry...........  3 25
Armour’s White, 100s........  6 25
Armour’s White, 50s.........   3 20
Armour's Woodchuck...... 2 55
Armour’s Kitchen  Brown.  2 oO 
Armour’s Mottled German  2 40

J A X O N
Single box.................................2 75
5 box lots, delivered...........2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65

JUS.  S.  KIRK  l CO.'S BRANDS.

American Family, wrp’d... .3 33 
American Family, unwrp’d.3 27
Dome..................... 
3 33
Cabinet..................... 
2 20
Savon........................................2 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__ 3  00
Blue India, 100 % lb................. 3 00
Kirkoline..................................3 75
Eos...................................... 3  65
One  box  American  Family 
free with five.
Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

 

 

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf..................................5 63
Domino....................................5 50
Cubes...................................... 5 2'
Powdered  .......................... 5 25
XXXX  Powdered.............   .5 38
Mould  A.................................. 5 25
Granulated in bbls...'  ........5 00
Granulated in  bags.................5 00
Fine Granulated......................5 00
Extra Fine Granulated.......5  13
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5  13
Diamond Confec.  A........... 5 00
Confec. Standard A................. 4 8s
No. 1
No
2...............
No. 3...............
No. 4  ..............
No. 5...............
No. 6...............
No. 7...............
No. 8...............
No. 9...............
No. 10...............
No. 11...............
No. 12...............
No. 13...............
No. 14...............
No. 15...............
No. 16...............

................4 7j
............... 4  75
............... 4 75
............... 4 t9
............... 4  63
............... 4 50
............... 4  44
............... 4 38
............... 4 31
................4 25
............ 4 1«
..............4 06
............... 4 00
............... 3 94
..............  3 81

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single box........!.. ............2 80
5 box lots.............
10 box lots.............. ............2 70
25 box lots............................2 60
Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands.

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large......4 75
Lea A Perrin’s, small......2 75
Halford,  large................ 3 75
Halford small..................2 25
Salad Dressing, large......4 55
Salad Dressing, small......2 65

TOBACCOS.

Single b o x .........................265
5 box lots, delivered......... 2  60
10 box lots, delivered........2 50
Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  ..2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__3  75
Uno, 100 3£-lb. bars.............2  50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............2  05

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 do z..... 2  40
Sapolio. hand, 3 doz..........2  40

Washing Powder.

100 12 oz pkgs.....................  3 50

STARCH.

ICingzford’z  Corn.

40 1-lb packages..................   6
20 1 lb packages.................. 6«
Klngsford’s Silver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages...................  6(4
6-lb boxes..........................7

Diamond.

64 10c  packages  ...............5 00
128  5c  packages................ 5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00 

Common  Corn.

20-lb boxes..........................  4(4
4%

hrtTpp 

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages......................  4
3-lb  packages.....................   4
6-lb  packages.....................   4(4
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   2(4
Barrels  ...............................  2%

STOVE POLISH.

No. 4, 3 doz in case............  4  50
No. 6, 3 doz in case............  7 20

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand.
New  Brick..........................35 00
Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s b’d.
Governor Yates, 4M in....... 58 00
Governor Yates, 4(5£ in..___65 00
Governor Yates, 5(4 in....... 70 00
Monitor.............................. 30 00

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brand.

Quintette........................... 35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

S. C. W...............................35 i
H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

CIQAR

Star Green..........................35 00

Miscellaneous Brands.

American Queen................35 00
Mallory...............................35 00
Michigan............................ 35 00
Royal Knight.....................35 00
Sub Rosa.............................35 00

VINEGAR.

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

WICKING.

N o. 0, per gross....................  25
No. 1, per gross....................  30
No. 2, per gross....................  40
No. 3, per gross....................  75

Fish and  Oysters

Per lb.
Whitefish...............
@ 8
T rout...................... @ 8
Black Bass.............. @ 10
Halibut.................. @ 15
Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4
Bluefish.................. @ 10
Live Lobster.........
@ 18
Boiled Lobster........ @ 20
Cod........................
@ 10
Haddock................. @ 8
No.  1  Pickerel........ @ 8
Pike......................... @ 7
Smoked White........ @ 8
Red Snapper........... @ 10
Col  River  Salmon.. @
Mackerel 

.............. @ 12(4

Oysters in Cans

F. H. Counts........... @ 40

Shell  Goode.

Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
Clanu,  per  100.........   90@i  00

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails
Standard................. 
6(4©  7%
Standard H. H.......  
6(4© 7
Standard Twist......  6  @ 8
Cut Loaf................. 
@  8(4
cases
Jumbo, 32 lb  .......... 
@6(4
@814
Extra H.H.............. 
Boston  Cream........ 
©

Mixed Candv.

@ 614
Competition............ 
Standard................. 
@  7
@ 7*4
Leader  ..................  
@7(4
Conserve................. 
g ?y al.....................  
@7H
Ribbon.................... 
@
Broken..................  
@
Cut  Loaf....................   @ 8
@
English Rock.........  
@ 814
Kindergarten.........  
French  Cream........ 
@ 9
Dandy Pan.............  
@10
Valley Cream.........  
@13

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......  
© 9
Lozenges,  printed..  @ 9
Choc.  Drops...........  11  @14
Choc.  Monumentals  @12
Gum  Drops............  
@5
@714
Moss  Drops........... 
Sour Drops.............. 
@ 814
Imperials...............  
@ 8(4

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
@50
Sour  Drops............  
@50
Peppermint Drops..  @60
Chocolate Drops  ... 
@60
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
'@75
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops  @50
Lozenges,  plain....  @50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@50
Imperials...............  
@50
^k55
Mottoes............. 
Cream Bar.............. 
@50
Molasses B a r.........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @90
Plain  Creams.........   60  @80
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock............  
@t¡o
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  .................

@30
@45

Choice Naples.

Rodis.

Fruits.
Oranges.
160s.......................... 
20°s..........................  
160 Imperials........... 
200 Fancy................ 
St. Michaels.
150-176-200............... 
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 360s.............. 
Ex.Fancy 300s........ 
Bananas.

@3 50
@3 75
@4 50
@5 00
@4 50

@3 75
@4 00
@4 *5
@4  50

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 
@
@12
@6
@8
@6

Medium bunches... 1  25  @1  50
Large bunches........1  75  @2 00
Figs, Choice  Layers
101b...................... 
Figs,  New  Smyrna
14 lb boxes...........  
Figs,  Naturals  in
30 lb. bags,............ 
Dates, Fards in 101b
boxes..................  
Dates, Fards in 60 lb
cases  ...... ............ 
Dates,Persians,H.M.
B., 60 lb cases, new  @ 5(4
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ..................  

@4

Nuts.

Almonds, Tarragona..  @1214
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled.,.........   @
Brazils new...............   @714
Filberts  ....................  @10
Walnuts, Grenobles ..  @1214
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @10
Walnuts,  soft shelled
Calif.......................  @12
Table Nuts,  fancy__  @11
Table Nuts,  choice...  @10
Pecans, Med...............  @
Pecans, Ex. Large__  @10
Pecans, Jumbos........   @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @3 50

Ohio, new...............   @

Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  @  7
Fancy,  H.  P„  Flags
Roasted..................   @ 7
Choice, H. P., Extras.  @ 4
Choice. H. P.,  Extras,
Roasted  ..............  @6

Grains and Feedstuffs

P r o v i s i o n s

Wheat.

Wheat.................................  82

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents............................. 5  05
Second  Patent..................   4 65
Straight...........................   4 45
Clear..................................4  10
Graham  ...........................   4 49
Buckwheat.......................  3 40
R ye..................................  3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand.
Quaker,  14s........................  4 55
Quaker, 14s.......................  4 55
Quaker, 14s........................  4 55

Spring  Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best %a...........  5 45
Pillsbury’s Best }|s...........5  35
Pillsbury's Best (4s...........  5 5
Pillsbury’s Best J4s paper..  5 25
Pillsbury’s Best j*s paper..  5 25
Ball-Bamhart-Putman's Brand.
Grand Republic, 14s.......... 5  50
Grand Republic, 14s.......... 5  40
Grand Republic, 14s.......... 5  30
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 14s..................  5 50
Gold Medal Ms...................5  40
Gold Medal 14s..................5  30
Parisian,  14s......................  5 50
Parisian, 14s...................... 5  40
Parisian. ¡4s......................   5 30

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 14s......................  5 50
Ceresota, 14s......................  4 40
Ceresota, 14s......................  4 30
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, (¡¡s...............
Laurel, (¿s.................
Laurel, (4s...............

5  50
4  4U
4 30

Meal.

Feed and Millstuffs.

Bolted..........................
Granulated.................

.  1  50
.  175
St. Car Feed, screened  ... 13 50
No. 1 Com and  Oats........ .12 50
Unbolted Corn Meal....... .12 00
Winter Wheat  Bran...  .
.  9 50
Winter Wheat Middlings. Ii  00
Screenings..................
.  9 OO
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co.
quotes as follows:
Car  lots.........................
.  32
Less than  car lots........... .  34
Car  lots....................
Carlots, clipped....... ........■  24(4
Less than car lots...........

New Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy carlots...... 9 50
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__.10 50

Crackers.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:

Butter.

Seymour XXX..................   4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  4(4
Family XXX......................  4
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  4(4
Salted XXX.......................  4
Salted XXX, 31b carton...  4J4 
Soda  XXX  .......................   4
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton....  4(4
Soda,  City.........................  5
Zephyrette.........................  9
Long Island Wafers.........   9
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  10

Soda.

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX........  4(4
Sq. Oys. XXX, t  lb  carton.  5(4
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   4
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  9
Bent’s Cold Water............   13
Belle Rose.........................  6
Cocoanut Taffy.................  8
Coffee Cakes......................  8
Frosted Honey..................   10
Graham Crackers..............  6
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  5 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  5 
Gin. Snps,XXX home made  5 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  5
Ginger  Vanilla.................  7
Imperials..........................   g
JumDles,  Honey...............   10
Molasses  Cakes.................  g
Marshmallow  ..................   12
Marshmallow  Creams......  13
Pretzels,  hand  m ade......  g
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake.......................  6
Sultanas............................  10
Sears' Lunch......................  6
Vanilla  Square...............  
7
Vanilla  W afers...............   12
Pecan Wafers....................  12
Mixed Picnic....................   10
Cream Jumbles................   11(4
Boston Ginger Nuts..........   6
Chimmie Fadden  ............   9
Pineapple Glace................   12
Penny Cakes......................  6
Marshmallow  Walnuts__  13
Belle Isle Picnic...............   10

Sausages.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as

follows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess  .............................
9 00
Back  ..  ........................
9 50
Clear  back.....................
9 75
Shortcut.........................
9  50
12 75
Pig..................................
Bean  ..............................
8 50
Family  ..........................
9 00
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................
6(4
Briskets  .  ......................
6
Extra shorts..................
5M
Smoked  neats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  __
10
...
Hams, 14 lb  average 
9%
Hams,  161b  average......
9(4
Hams, 20 lb  average......
8(54
Ham dried beef.............
16(4
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  .
Bacon,  clear.................6(4©7(4
California hams............
ÎM
Boneless hams...............
8(4
Cooked  ham..................
11
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound......................
4
Kettle............................
6
55 lb Tubs.........advance
80 lb Tubs......... advance
H
50 lb T ins......... advance
H
20 lb Pails......... advance
(4
10 lb Pails......... advance
5 lb Pails.-........advance
%
3 lb Pails......... advance
1
Bologna.........................
5
Liver...............................
654
Frankfort..................
6(4
Pork.........................
6(4
Blood  ...........................
6
Tongue  .......................
9
Head  cheese.  ................
6(4
Extra  Mess.................... 7 00
Boneless  ..................... 10 50
Rump..........................
11 00
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs..............
SO
H  bbls, 40 lbs................. 1  50
(4  bbls, 80 lbs...............
2 SO
Kits. 15 lbs.................
H  bbls, 40 lbs................. 1  40
(4  bbls, 80 lbs................. 2 75
Pork.............................
18
Beef  rounds...................
4
Beef  middles.................
9(4
Sheep.............................
60
Rolls, dairy..................
10
Solid, dairy..................
9(4
Rolls,  creamery__:....
13
Solid,  creamery............
12(4
Canned  Meats.
Corned beef,  2 lb......... 2 00
Corned beef, 14  lb......... 13 50
Roast  beef,  2 lb......... 2 00
Potted  ham,  Ms.........
60
Potted  ham. 
(4s......... 1  00
Deviled ham,  Ms.........
60
Deviled ham, 
(4s.........
1  00
Potted  tongue  m s.........
60
Potted  tongue (4s...........
100
—

«interine.

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.
Carcass..................
.  6  @ 7(4
Fore quarters.........
.  5  @  6
Hind  quarters........ ■  7(4@ 9
Loins  No.  3............
.  9  @12
Ribs........................
.  8  @12
Rounds..................
6(4© 7(4
Chucks.................
4  @ 5
Plates  ....................
@ 3
Pork.
Dressed..................
@  4(4
Loins  .....................
@ 7
Shoulders.................
©  6
Leaf Lard...............
.  5(4® 8
Mutton.
Carcass..................
.  7  @ 9
Spring Lambs...  .
.  9  @10
Veal.
Carcass  .........  ..... •  Î  @ 7(4

Hides  and Pelts.
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol-

lows:
Hides.
Green..................   .
.  6  @ 7
Part  cured..............
@ 7(4
Full Cured.............. •  7?á@ 8*
D ry ........................
.  8  @  9
Kips,  green............
.  6  @ 7
Kips,  cured............ ■  7*@ 8(!i
Calfskins,  green__
Calfskins, cured__ .  8(4©10
Deaconskins  .........
.25  @30
Pelts.
Shearlings..............
Lambs....................
Old  Wool...............
Oils.
Barrels.
Eocene  ..................
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt 
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D., S. Gas.................
Deo. Naptha...........
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Crockery  and

Glassware.

Butters.

AKRON STONEWARE. 
(4 gal., per doz.................  50
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5(4
8 gal., per g a l.................  6(4
10 gal., per gal.................. 
6(4
12 gal., per gal..................   6(4
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 

Churns.

Milkpans.

2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
5(4
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 

54 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  5(4 

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

(4 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  5(4 

Stewpans.

54 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 
H gal., per doz.................   40
(4 gal., per doz..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
6(4

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

(4 gal., per doz.................  70
1 gal., each...........;......... 
7
Corks for (4 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
(4 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stoue cover, doz...1  00 

Sealing Wax.

First  Quality.

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0  Sun..........................  45
No.  1  Sun.......................... 
50
No. 2 Sun.......................... 
75
Tubular............................. 
50
Security, No. 1..................  
65
Security, No. 2..................  
85
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
Climax...............................  1 50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................  1 75
No.  1  Sun..........................  1 88
No.  2  Sun..........................  2 70
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and  labeled__  2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled. . .   2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  8 75
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

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

top,
top,
top,

La  Bastie.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ........  ......................  1 25
No. 2 Sun,  plain bulb,  per
doz  ................................   1 50
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1 35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz....... .  1 60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........  3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz).. 
..  4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........  4 70

Rochester.

Electric.

OIL CANS. 

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)____  4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1 25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  65
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  2 87
3 gal galv iron with spout.  4 00 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  5 00 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 6 00
5 gal Tilting cans..............9 00
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00

Pump  Cans

LANTERNS.

5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home R ule.....  ...... 10 50
5 gal Home Rule...............12 00
5 gal  Pirate  Bang..............  9 50
No.  0 Tubular..................   4 25
No.  1 B  Tubular..............  6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp..........  3 75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents...........  45
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15  cents.........   45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35].................... 
40
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each............   1 25
No. 0 per gross...................  20
No. 1 per gross................... 
25
No. 2 per gross  .................   38
No. 3 per gross..................  58
Mammoth..........................  
70

LAMP  WICKS.

22

Hardware

Some  Hardware  Snags  and  How  to 

Remove  Them.

At  the  present  time  we  realize  that 
there  are  many  obstacles and hindrances 
in  all  lines  of  trade  to  such  a  much-de­
sired,  and  we  are  inclined  to  think  for­
tunate,  state  of  affairs.  Trade  has  a 
great  deal  to  contend with—the financial 
depression  of  the  times,  owing 
in  a 
large  measure  to  the  recent  campaign, 
changes  in  administration,and unsettled 
political 
issues,  opposition,  competi­
tion  and  numerous  other business  evils, 
commonly  called  business  snags,  that 
must  be  encountered  and  overcome 
daily.  A  hardware  dealer  has  to  have 
capital,  brains,  experience  and  a  good 
share  of  business  enterprise  and  energy 
to get  to  the  top  these  days.  However, 
we  do  not  despond,but  anticipate  better 
things  for  the  future.  Our 
fathers, 
mothers  and  teachers  were  ever  wont  to 
impress  us  with  the  fact  that  “ The road 
to  success 
is  steep  and  strewn  with 
many  difficulties.”   Cheer  up,  then; 
we  are  undoubtedly  on  the  right  road.

Speaking  of business  snags,  I  regard 
competition  as  one  of  them.  We  recog­
nize,  of  course,  that  there 
is  such  a 
thing  as  legitimate  competition.  We  do 
not  wish  to  be  a monopolist  or  “ cock  of 
the  walk"  in  any  community,  realizing 
that  a  fair  degree  of  competition  is 
healthful,  in  that 
it  is  a  stimulus  in 
business  and  suggestive  of  enterprise 
in  a  thriving  locality.  There  is,  how­
ever,  a  reckless  competition,  and  this 
is  the  snag  I  have  reference  to,  a  reck­
less  competition  that  is  indulged  in,  to 
the  demoralization  of  prices.  We  are 
all  aware  that  there  are  dealers  in  some 
towns  who,  because  they  have  capital, 
have  no  compunction  about  driving  a 
rival  out  of  business  by  a  systematic 
cutting  of  prices  on  leading  articles, 
and  more  especially  on  staple  goods. 
They  seem  to  be  utterly  wanting  in  the 
spirit  of  public,  or,  rather,  local  inter­
est,  that  would  tend  for a  regard  for the 
business  welfare  which  ought  to  be  fos­
tered  and  preserved  among  mercantile 
men  in  business  centers.

This  brings  to  mind  another  business 
snag  or  evil,  one  whose  harassing  influ­
ence  has  been  felt  throughout  this  coun­
try,  more  especially 
in  the  West,  and 
which  may  be  considered  as perhaps our 
most  formidable  adversary. 
I  refer  to 
department  stores.  They  have  been  the 
subject  of  much  earnest  consideration 
and  consultation  on  the  part  of  the 
business  men  of  the  Northwest.  Peo­
ple  generally  seem  to  be  in  sympathy 
with  the  retail  dealers,  but  not  to  the 
extent  that  they  are  willing  to pay  a few 
cents  more  for  an  article  than  they  can 
get 
it  for  at  the  bargain  counter of  a 
department  store.  The  universal  senti­
ment  is  strong  against  this  hindrance  to 
legitimate  business  and  local  prosper­
ity.  Let  me  quote  a  few  remarks  on 
the  subject  from  a  trade  paper:

The  opposition  to  the  great  depart­
ment  stores 
is  taking  a  tangible  form 
that  promises  to array  the  best retail  in­
terests  of  the  country  against  this  giant 
monopoly.  It  is  the  universal  sentiment 
that  there 
is  just  at  present  especial 
need  that  efforts  be  made  everywhere  to 
revive  trade  and  place  our  manufactur­
ing,  mercantile  and  financial  interests 
on  a  firm  footing.  To  such  progress  the 
department  store 
is  an  obstacle,  and 
legitimate  business  should  not  be  ham­
pered  by  the  demoralizing  policies  of 
such  establishments,  which,  avoiding 
the  burdens  and  responsibilities  com­
mon  to  the  regular retailers,  keep within 
no  settled  boundaries  of  action,  depend 
on  others  to  carry  stock  and  pay  ex­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

penses,  destroy  adjacent  real  estate  val­
ues,  and  take  the  cream  of  the  retail 
trade  from  the  men  who  have built  up 
and  still  maintain  the  real  business  of 
the  country.

Thus  it  is  evident  that  others  realize 
how  unequal  is  the  contest and  are  anx­
ious  for a  solution  to  the  difficult  prob­
lem.  Has  it  not  been  proved  more  than 
once  in  the  history  of  our  country  that 
centralization  of  power  in  one  or a  few 
individuals 
is  not  only  contrary  to  all 
ideas  of  democracy,  but  also  a  threat 
against  national  power?  The  same  ar­
gument  holds  good  in  reference  to  in­
stitutions  that  do  business  on  piratical 
principles. 
They  are  a  menace  to 
trade.  Therefore,  for  the  sake  of  the 
many,  as  opposed  to  the  selfishness  or 
cupidity  of  the  few,  department  stores 
should  be  suppressed.

Another  snag 

looms  up  in  the  inter­
ference  with  our  trade  on  the  part  of 
manufacturers  and 
jobbeis.  We  are 
glad  to  say  we  personally  have  nothing 
to  complain  of.  Nevertheless,  it  is  a 
grievance  which  some  dealers  have. 
The  selling  of  goods  and  quoting  of 
prices  direct  to  the  consumer  constitute 
the  worst  kind  of  opposition  and  hurt 
the  retailer  more  than  hard  times,  crop 
failures  or  anything  else.

Again,  another  evil,  one  that 

is  not 
common  to  hardware  dealers  only,  but 
is  a  source  of  annoyance,  if  not  worry, 
among  merchants 
in  various  lines  of 
business,  is  the  lack  on  the  part  of  the 
people  of  what  may  be  termed  local 
patriotism  or  loyalty,  and  I  am  sorry  to 
say  that  business  men  are often to blame 
in  that  they  often  thoughtlessly  encour­
age  it.  Take,  for  instance,  a  druggist 
who  allows  his  wife  to  send  to  Milwau­
kee  for  a  steel  range  and  trimmings  for 
a  new  house.  A  good  hardware  house 
is  right  in  the  same  block,  pleasant  re­
lations  otherwise  existing  between  fam­
ilies  and  dealers.yet  that  druggist  has  a 
kick  coming  because  the  hardwareman 
allows  his  wife  to  go  to  Green  Bay  to 
take  advantage  of  a  sale  there,  in  buy­
ing  wall  paper  for  her  new  house.

We  merchants  are  aware,  or should  be 
if  we  are  not,  that  the  prosperity  of  the 
place  in  which  we  live  is  of  vital 
im­
portance  to  us.  Our 
influence  should 
be  directed  toward  strengthening  and 
building  up  the  resources  of  our  own 
town  and  in  the  protection  of  home  in­
stitutions.  Not  alone  this,  but we  should 
impiess  that  opinion  upon  our  families 
and  friends.  How  many  here  who  do 
not  know  of 
instances  where  business 
men  allow  their  wives and  daughters  to 
buy  out  of  town,  even  encouraging  them 
in  the  practice,  because  they  can  save a 
few  dollars?  Nevertheless,  these  same 
men  expect  the  patronage  of  the  wives 
and  daughters  of  other  local  dealers.  1 
tell  you  there  is  no  surer  way  than  this 
of  destroying  confidence  and  creating 
business  jealousies  in  a  community.

J.  A.  Wie k ie .

Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.

The  Hardware  Business  of  To-day.
In  my  opinion  the  hardware  store  of 
to-day  differs  vastly  from  the  old  one  of 
twenty  years  ago. 
I  can  picture  the 
average  hardware  store  of  that  time  as 
dark,  dingy,  gloomy,  poorly-lighted 
and  uninviting,  and  then  note  the  con­
trast  as  you  step  into  one  of  the  hard­
ware  stores  they  are  building  and  ar­
ranging  now.  A  hardware  store  can  and 
should  be  made  as  attractive and  invit­
ing,  even  to  ladies,  as  a  dry  goods, 
millinery  or 
jewelry  store,  and  I  am 
glad  to  note  that  every  year  there -is  a 
forward  movement 
in  the  direction  of 
making  them  so.

This  is  a  progressive age,  and  a  man, 
to  keep  up  with  the  procession,  must 
study  up  and  employ  new  methods  to 
display  and  arrange  his  goods  so  as  to 
attract  the  attention  of  the  people.  An 
attractive  store  front,  with  a  tasty  win­
dow  display,  which  ought  to  be  changed 
often,  will  make  a  favorable  impression 
on a passer-by and  invite him to come in, 
and  once 
in,  if  properly  handled,  you 
can  probably  make  a  customer  of  him. 
Particular  attention  should  be  paid  to 
keeping  the  stock  clean  and  in  order. 
There 
is  always  some  time  during  the 
day  when  there  are  no  customers  to  be 
waited  on  that  can  be  employed 
in 
cleaning,dusting  and  rearranging  goods 
on  shelves  or  on  the  floor,  and  thereby 
help  you  to  more  quickly  wait  on  cus­
tomers  in  busy  hours.

The  hardware  business  of 

to-day 
could  not  be  carried  on  successfully 
and  profitably 
in  the  same  manner  it 
was  twenty,  fifteen  or  even  ten  years 
ago,  as  competition  has  been  growing 
sharper  and  profits  have  been  growing 
smaller  year  by  year;  in  fact,  so  much 
so,  that  to-day  many  articles  are  being 
sold  for  less  money  than  the  profits  for­
merly  made  on  them.  For  instance, 
Universal  wringers  used  to  retail  at  §8, 
leaving  a  profit  of $1.75  to  $2  each;  to­
I  re­
day  the  retail  price  is $2  or  less. 

items.  Then,  on 

member  selling  6-quart  plain IC pressed 
dairy  pans  at $4  per dozen,  leaving  75 
cents  to  gi  per dozen  profit,  while  now 
they  sell  at  75  cents  per  dozen,  netting 
12  cents  to  15.  cents  per  dozen  profit. 
The  first  barbed  wire  I  sold  at  12  cents 
per  pound,  leaving  2  cents  to  2%  cents 
per  pound  profit,  and  I  could  mention 
many  similar 
the 
other  hand,  you  take  the  growing  tend­
ency  of  dealers 
in  other  lines  to  put 
in  some  lines  of  hardware,either  to help 
keep  up  their  diminishing  profits  or use 
as  trade-catchers. 
I  know  of  instances 
of lumber dealers selling building paper, 
nails,  paint  and  also  house  trimmings, 
and  selling  them  at,  or  nearly at,  cost in 
order  to  catch  the  order  for  lumber,  on 
which  they  would  make  larger  profits. 
Dry  goods,  grocery  and  notion  stores 
have  put  in  5  cent  and  10-cent  counters 
of  hardware,  besidespocket  knives  and 
tinware.  Drug  stores  are  selling  cutlery 
and  fishing  tackle.  Bicycles are  sold  in 
all  kinds  of  stores  and  shops,  even  in 
butcher  and  barber  shops,  and  last,  but 
not  least  of  all,  is  the  department  store, 
with  almost  every  thing  in  the hardware 
line  where  there 
is. any  profit  for  the 
legitimate  hardware  dealer.^ 

*"

Q.  P. ^S h a f e r .

-  -- 
Appleton,  Wis.

Woman’s  tongue  is  her  sword,  which 

she  never  lets  rust.

T h is  is  our  FRUIT  AND  DELIVERY  WAGON.  Furnished  with  Fruit 
R acks  when  desired.  T h e  B est  is  none  too  good. 
See  this  and  our 
com plete  line  of  hand  m ade  Harness,  Carriages,  etc.

W rite  for  new  catalog.

BROWN  &  SEHLER,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Corn Hooks

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The  Brooks  Corn  Hook.
The Carver Corn  Hook.
The  W.  C.  &   Co.  No.  1  bright. 
The  W.  C.  &  Co.  No.  2  blued.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Low-Life  Wedding  in  Switzerland.

Written for the  Tradxbxan.

The  other  day  I  saw  something  in 
Bern  which  pales  any  records  from  the 
Wooly  West  of  Uncle.Sam’s  dominion.
I  had  found  my  way  to  the  famous 
Muenster,  as  all  good  “  Baedekerites”  
do,  and  paid  my  entrance  fee,  when  I 
noticed  that  everybody  who  entered  the 
church  directed  his  footsteps  to  a  small 
chapel  at  the  left.  So  I  followed  suite, 
and  took  a  front  seat  near the door.  The 
church  warden,  in  a  parti-colored  robe, 
was  seating  several  people  when  I  en­
tered,  but  he  came  to me  soon  afterward 
and  said  with  a  most  peremptory  man­
ner  that  I  did  not  belong  there.  So  I 
quietly  withdrew  to  the  second  row  and 
waited  for  him  to  invite  me  to  a  back 
seat.  People  continued  to  come,  who 
were  shown  to  the  front  seats,  which 
formed  a  semi-circle  about  the  high 
pulpit  or  reading  desk,  and  I  became 
quite 
indignant  that  such  partiality 
should  be  shown  to  ordinary  citizens  of 
Bern. 
I  noticed  that  the  warden  was 
especially  polite to  the  gentlemen,  tak­
ing  their hats  and  hanging  them  on  the 
pew  posts and  setting  the  umbrellas 
in 
the  corner.

A  Sabbath  stillness  pervaded 

the 
place. 
I  looked  across-the  isle  at  some 
other  travelers with  Baedekers,and  won­
dered how they enjoyed wasting  so  much 
precious  time  in  seeing and  doing abso­
I  was  tempted,  once 
lutely  nothing. 
or  twice,  to  get  up  and 
leave,  then 
it  and  decided  to 
thought  better  of 
choose  this  time  for  resting. 
I  read 
the  texts  on  the  walls,  I  examined  the 
stained  glass  windows  and  looked  for 
frescoes,  but  in  vain;  there  was nothing 
to  wonder at  or admire.  Everybody  else 
seemed  to have  come  to  the  same  con­
clusion  and  resigned  themselves  to  the 
inevitable.

At  last,  the  painful  silence  was  bro­
ken  by  the  twelve  strokes  of  the  clock 
and  the  merry  peals  of  the  bells.  There 
was a  slight  rustle  and  in  walked a min­
ister  in  the  robes  of the church.  I recog­
nized  him  at  once  as  the original  of 
many  photographs  I  had  seen  in  the  va­
rious  shop  windows.  On  his  appear­
ance,  everybody  seemed  to  get  up  and 
move  toward  the  altar. 
I,  too,  was  in 
the  act  of  doing  the  same  thing  when  I 
changed  my  mind.  For  the  first  time  I 
noticed  these  people  were paired offl ike 
Noah's neighbors.

schedule 

limited  express 

The  minister  ascended  the altar  stairs 
and  performed  the  wedding  ceremony 
on 
time. 
When  he  asked  the  all-important  ques­
tion,  “ Will  you  take  this  woman  to  be 
your  lawful  wife,  etc.?”   there  was  a 
hearty  chorus  of  Yeses  in  bass  voices, 
and  the  sopranos  soon  chimed  in  and 
completed  the  duet.

There  each  man  stood  holding  his 
bride's  hand, 
there  was  the  distin­
guished  preacher  intent  on  his business, 
there  were  the  travelers  in  bedraggled 
clothes  and  with  ungloved  hands, watch­
ing 
intently  the  proceedings,  and  back 
in  the  darkest  corner were  some  simple 
fellows  standing  as  witnesses.  They 
seemed  as  unconscious  as  everybody 
else  that  their clothes  had  been  bought 
at  the  bargain  counter and  worn  for  the 
past  ten  years,  through  rain  and  snow, 
wind  and  mud,  to  town  on  market 
days.  Yes,  and  they  seemed  as  su­
premely  unconscious  of  their  hair being 
faded  on  top  from  the  sun,  or  their 
hands,  in  their  present  position,  being 
unnecessary  luxuries.

The  service  had  almost  reached  its 
climax, when  there  was  a  slight  click  in 
the  direction  of  my  neighbors across the

aisle.  Their  faces  assumed  horrified 
expressions  as  they  tried  to  secrete  a 
kodak 
in  the  folds  of  a  shawl  between 
them!

But  the  service  was  not  interrupted. 
The  couples  knelt  in a semi-circle about 
the  altar  as  the  minister  prayed,  “ Lead 
us  not  into  temptation,"  and,  “ Give  us 
this  day  our daily  bread.”   When  they 
stood  up,  they  were  man  and  wife.

There  had been no wedding  march,  no 
rustle  of  white  satin  gowns  or gentle 
flying  of  tulle  veils.  No  giving  away 
in  marriage,  no  kissing  of  brides 
or  congratulating  ot  grooms.  The  kind­
ly  white-haired  old  minister  put  on  his 
velvet  cap  and  came  down  the  chancel 
stairs  with  his  arms  full  of  parchments, 
which  he  distributed  to 
the  newly 
wedded  couples.  Within  a  minute  the 
chapel  was  empty.  Yet  within  the  past 
five  or  six  minutes  had  twelve  people 
made  the  solemnest  possible  promise, 
and  perhaps  sealed  their  fates  for  all 
time  to  come.

*  *  *

It  was  raining  and  everybody  waited 
at  the  church  portals—not  for  carriages, 
but  for  pleasanter  weather.  As  I  turned 
my  steps  toward  my  hotel,  one  of  the 
couples  I  had  noticed  specially 
in  the 
church  walked  just  ahead  of  me.  While 
all  the  others  had  looked  ready  for  mar­
ket  or  trade,  this couple  had  made  some 
pretense  at  getting  ready.  He  had  on 
a  brand  new  suit  of  seal  brown  tweed 
which  had  never  seen  London,and  some 
brown  cotton  gloves.  His  hair  was 
newly  cut  and  he  wore  a  large bon- 
bonniere  of  artificial  orange  blossoms. 
She  had  on  a  plain  black  wool  gown, 
with  plenty  of  white  ruching  about  col­
lar  and  sleeves,  while  her  smooth  and 
shining  hair  was  crowned  with  a wreath 
of  the  same  quality  of  orange  blossoms. 
They  walked  along  quietly  and  scarce­
ly  spoke  except  when  they  stopped  to 
admire  an  American  eggbeater  which 
was  being  sold  on  the  streets.  He  car­
ried  his  large  cotton  umbrella,  she  her 
smaller  size,  and  they,  in  jolly  Uncle 
Sam's  domain,  could  easily  have passed 
themselves  off  as  utter  strangers.  Nev­
ertheless,  one  felt  sure  they  were  the 
envy  of  all  observers.  All the merchants 
in  the  queer  arcaded  streets  of  Bern 
seemed  to  be  standing  in  their  door­
ways,  and  the  pretty  girl  clerks  to  have 
suddenly  nothing  to  do.  Hundreds  of 
wistful  eyes  followed  eagerly  their  foot­
steps  and  many  a  sigh  was  suppressed. 
My  way  was  another  way,  so  I  turned 
thoughtfully  in  the  other direction, wish­
ing  them  many  goodly  blessings,  for  I 
never  expected  to  see  them  again.

But 

there 

in  the  afternoon  when  I  visited 
the  Historical  Museum, 
they 
were,  just  ahead  of  me,  entering  the 
doors. 
It  was  free  day  at  all  the  muse­
ums,  and  special  rates  on  the  railroads 
were  being  offered  on  account  of  a  fes­
tival  being  held  in  Bern,  so  the groom 
did  not  have  to  go in debt  so  much  as  is 
usual  in  order to  bring  his bride  home. 
They  looked  much  the  same  as  before 
dinner  except  that  the  bride  had  ex­
changed  the  wreath  for  a  simple  hat, 
and  was  carrying 
it,  as  well  as  “ her 
man’s”   flowers,  in  a  brown  paper  par­
cel.  He  still  wore  the  same  brown 
gloves,and  his hands did not  so much re­
semble  “ canvassed  hams’ ’  as  the  coun­
try  variety  smoked  to  a  turn !

They  went through  the Museum exam­
ining  everything  as  seriously  as  if  they 
were  judges  at  a  country  fair.  This 
was  the  greatest  day  in  their  lives,  the 
day  which  they  had  looked  forward  to 
so  long.  How  they  had  longed  for  it 
and  worked  for  it,  yet they  moved  along

as  slowly  and  solemnly  as  mourners at a 
funeral.  Were  they  overawed,  over­
whelmed  or simply  bored? 
She  could 
not  have  been  more  than  twenty-two, 
yet  her  forehead  was  already  deeply 
furrowed.  But  she  looked  patient  and 
long-suffering,  ready  to  wash  dishes, 
scrub,  work 
in  the  hayfield,  saw  wood 
or  qxert  herself  in  other  wise  to  please 
her  liege  lord  and  master,  while  he, 
good-natured  fellow,  would  never  ob­
ject.  To-day,they  were  striving  hard  to 
enjoy  themselves.  To-morrow the  duties 
of  life  would  be  resumed  with  new  zest, 
and  they  would  live  the  old,  old  story 
with  its  infinite  variations.

Za id a  E .  U d e l l .

Geneva,  Switzerland.

We  love  handsome  women  from  in­
clination,  homely  women  from  interest, 
and  virtuous  women  from  reason.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUdURS  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&10
Stove...................................................... 
Carriage new list....................................  70 to 75
Plow.......................................................  
50

Well,  plain.................................................. |  3 25

Cast Loose  Pin, figured............... 
70&10
Wrought Narrow..........................................70&10

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

 

 

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

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

70

4

65
55
35
60

80
80
80
80

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

CARTRIDGES

Rim Fire....................................................... 50& 5
Central  Fire................................................. 25& 5

CHISELS

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

DRILLS

ELBOWS

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

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
55
Corrugated.............................................. 
1 25
Adjustable............................................... dis 40&10

EXPANSIVE  BITS

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

FILES-New  List

New American.............................................70&10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................CC&iO

QALVAN1ZED  IRON

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

13 

14 

Discount, 75_to 75-10

28
17

15 
OAUaES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................60&16
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
70
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
80

KNOBS—New List

MATTOCKS

 

 

NAILS

Adze Eye.....................................$16 00, dis 60&10
Hunt Eye....................................$15 00, dis 60&10
Hunt’s........................................ $18 50, dis 20&10
Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base............................... 
1%
Wire nails, base...........................................  1 75
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
06
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
8 ad vance...................................................  
10
6 advance...................................................  
20
4 advance......... .........................................  
30
3 advance .................................  
45
70
2 advance................................................... 
50
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
35
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
Finish 10 advance  ..................................... 
25
35
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel X advance...........................................  85

I Finish  8 advance........................................ 

 

23

40
40
40
30

MILLS

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

MOLASSES  OATES

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

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................  @50
60
Sciota Bench...............................................  
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
Iron and Tinned  ........................................ 
60
60
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 

RIVETS

PANS

 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages %c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

HINGES

HOUSE  FURN1SHINQ  GOODS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list.....................dis  33%
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 Mst40AIQ 
Stamped Tin Ware......  ............... new list 75&10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20&10
Granite Iron Ware........................ new list 40&10
HOLLOW  WARE
Pots__
............................................ 60&10
Kettles
..................   .................. ...60&10
Spiders
............................................ 60&10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3...............................  dis 60&10
State.........................................per doz. net  2 50
Bright..........................................................  
80
Screw Eyes..................................................  
80
80
Hook’s.......................................................... 
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................................. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .................dis 
70
ROPES
Sisal, % inch and  larger----
Manilla.................................
SQUARES
Steel and Iron.............................................. 
Try and Bevels.........  ...............................
Mitre...........................................................

WIRE  GOODS

5%8

LEVELS

80

SHEET  IRON

WIRE

TRAPS

com. smooth.  com.
$2 40
2 40
2 60
2 70
2 80
2 90
over  30 inches

All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter, 
SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

Nos. 10 to 14................................ .$3 30
Nos. 15 to 17............................— .  3 30
Nos. 18 to 21...............................
.  3 45
Nos. 22 to 24................................ .  3 55
Nos. 25 to 26................................ .  3 70
No.  27....................................... .  3 80
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86......................................dis
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game............................................  
60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........................  50
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's 70&10& 10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1  25
Bright Market............................................  
75
Annealed  Market........................................ 
75
Coppered Market..........................................70&10
Tinned Market............................................   62%
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ........................   2 05
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................  1 70
An Sable..................................................dis 40&1C
Putnam...................................................dis 
5
Northwestern.........................................dis 10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
50
Coe's Genuine.............................................. 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought...................  80
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
Bird  Cages  ........................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern...................................... 
80
Screws, New List................................... 
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate...........................50&10&10
50
Dampers, American............................... 
6%
600 pound casks........................................... 
Per pound.................................................... 
6%

MISCELLANEOUS

HORSE NAILS

METALS—Zinc

WRENCHES

SOLDER

%@%....................................................  12%
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, C h a rc o a l................................  
TIN— A lla w a y   Grade

E ach ad ditional X on this grade, $1.25.

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

Each additional X on this grade, 11.50. 

7  00

 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean...........  ..............  6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5 50
20x281C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   11  00
„
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers,) P®1 P°und- • • 
8

BOILER SIZE TIN  PLATE 

24

Saginaw  Grocers Score Their Seventh 

Success.

Saginaw.  Aug.  13— The  retail  grocers 
of  Saginaw  have  a  remarkable  rgpord 
as  entertainers  on  the  occasion  of  their 
annual  picnic,  but  never  before  have 
weather  and  all  other  conditions  com­
bined  to  make  the  day  a success  in  such 
a  fortunate  manner  as  yesterday.

The  spectacle  of  two  rival  excursions 
starting  from  one  depot  at  one  time  was 
a  novel  one.  It  was  marked  by the noisy 
accompaniment  of 
the  enthusiastic, 
self-constituted  ticket  seller,  who  strove 
by  all  means  to  ensnare  the  doubtful 
picnicker.  Rival  bands  rent  the  air 
with  competing  selections  at  the  F.  & 
P.  M.  depot  before  the  start,  and  the 
puffing  and  whistling  of  rival  engines 
combined  to  make  the  scene  a  memor­
able  one.

The  grocers’  excursion  went  in  two 
sections  of  ten  coaches  each.  A  moder­
ate  estimate  places the  number  of  peo­
ple  at  1,400  and  they  made  noise-and 
gladness  enough  for  twice  that  number. 
The  trip  of  both  sections  was  without 
incident,  and  upon  arriving  at  Port 
Huron,  the  excursionists  scattered  about 
to  enjoy  themselves  as  their tastes dicta­
ted.  Some  went  to  Sarnia,  some  to 
Huronia  Beach,  some  to  the  base  ball 
game,  some  down  the  river to  St.  Clair, 
some  to  Stag  Island,  and  others  to  va­
rious  parts  of  Port  Huron.  The  major­
ity,  however,  went  direct  to  Riverside 
Park,  where  the  picnic  and  games  oc­
curred.

The  feature  of  the games  was the  fast 
time  made  in  the  bicycle  races,  break­
ing  all  amateur  records  for  Port  Huron. 
There  was  more  pure  fun  caused  by  the 
comical  efforts  of  the  contestants  in  the 
footraces  and 
in  the  fat  men’s  race. 
The  officers  of  the  day  were  Charles 
Schwartz  and  F.  L.  Keating,  starters 
and 
judges,  F.  Spatz  and  F.  Crowley, 
timers.and  George  Holcomb,announcer. 
After  the  regular  program  had  been car­
ried  out,Starter  Keating  announced  that 
one  event  had  been  forgotten,  the  old 
maids’  bicycle  race,  and  asked  if  there 
were  any  entries.  One  comely  maiden 
rode  up  to  the  front  of  the  stand  who 
would  not  be  taken  for  one  who  would 
naturally  enter 
in  that  class,  amidst 
roars  of  laughter  from  the  crowd.  The 
results  of  the  various  events  were  as 
follows:

One-mile  bicycle  race,  open  to  gro­
cers  only—Otto  Rohde,  Saginaw,  first; 
George  Holcomb, 
Saginaw,  second; 
F.  Spatz,  Saginaw,  third.  Time,  2:15.
One-mile  bicycle  race,  open  to  gro­
cers’  clerks only,  B.  Gain,  Port  Huron, 
first;  A.  Hammel,  Port  Huron,  second; 
W.  Foster,  Port  Huion,  third.  Time, 
2 :25.
One-hundred  yard  footrace,  open  to 
grocers  only—C.  W.  L.  Wartenberg, 
Saginaw,  first;  G.  Holcomb,  Saginaw, 
second;  O.  Rohde, 
third.  Time,  11 
seconds.

Fat  men’s  race,  50 yards—G.  Hill, 
Port  Huron,  first;  J.  J.  Williams,  Port 
Huron,  second;  P.  P.  Hiller,  Saginaw, 
third.  Time,  6  seconds.

Delivery  boys’  100-yard race— W.Rey­
nolds,  Port  Huron,  first;  L.  Flint,  Port 
Huron,  second;  A.  Hammel, 
Port 
Huron,  third.

10130  and  the 

The  first  train  to  return 

left  Port 
Huron  at  7:30,  and  arrived  in  Saginaw 
at 
last  one  left  at  9 
o’clock,  and  arrived  here  about  mid­
night.  The  first  train  contained  the 
members  of  the  Saginaw  baseball  team 
and  the passengers  were  entertained  by 
selections  by  an  octet  composed  of 
Messrs.  Ganzel, Moore,  Hennhager, Sny­
der,  Cole,  Irwin,  Tarbill  and  Beville. 
All  the  popular  songs  of  the  day  were 
rendered 
in  a  pleasing  manner and  the 
performance  concluded  with  a  comedy 
sketch  entitled,  “ A  Hot  Time  in  a 
Colored  Camp  Meeting,”   by  Snyder 
and  Moore.

Adrian,  Aug. 

Death  of a  Veteran  Adrian  Merchant.
16— Hon.  John  R. 
Clark, 
founder  of  the  firm  of  Clark, 
Mason  &  Co.,  wholesale  grocers  and 
packers,  has  passed 
into  the  Beyond. 
He  had  been  confined  to the house  since 
January,and  had  been  in  a  critical  con­
times  since.  He  re­
dition  several 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

tained  consciousness  almost  to  the  last, 
and  his  end  was  peaceful.

Mr.  Clark  was  born in Ontario county,

in  1840 

N.  Y.  (which  county  is  now  known  as 
Wayne),  September  4,  1822.  He  came 
to  Adrian  with  his  parents  in  the spring 
of  1836,  and  has  remained  here  ever 
since.  He  graduated 
from 
Brewster’s  select  school,  and  then  en­
tered  his  brother’s  store  as  a  clerk,  re­
maining  in  that  capacity  until  1841;, 
when  he  became  a  partner  in  the  busi­
ness.
In  1847  he  puicbased  his brother’s  in­
terest 
in  the  business,  and  erected  a 
brick  store  on  Maumee  street,  in  which 
he  carried  on  general  merchandising 
until  1853,  when  his  health  failed.  He 
then  sold  out  to  Col.  L.  F.  Comstock 
and  A.  H.  Wood,  and  purchased  and 
moved  upon  the  Pease  farm  in  Madison 
township.  During  the  years  1854  and 
1855  he  erected  the  finest  farmhouse 
in 
the  county  at  that  time.

In  1853  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
A.  H.  Wood,  and  embarked  in  the  dry 
goods  business,  which  they  continued 
until  1S59,  when  he  bought out  his  part­
ner’s  interest,  and  carried  on  the  busi­
ness  himself  until  1863,  when  he  closed 
out  and  decided  to  give  his  attention  to 
farming  and  stock  dealing.

In  1866  he  became  interested  in  the 
erection  of  the  Madison  cheese  factory, 
and  was  its  President and  Manager  for 
three  years.  He  was  elected  supervisor 
of  Madison  township  for  five  years.

In  1858  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  and  was 
chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Mines 
and  Minerals,  as  well  as  served  on 
four other  committees.

In  1874  he  ^sold  his  farm  to  A.  H. 
Russell,  and  moved to  this  city.  In  1871 
he  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  cheese 
business  with  Henry  F.  Shattuck,  and 
afterward  in  the pork  packing  business.
In  1877  Clark  &  Shattuck  admitted  to 
the  firm  as  partner  the  late  Lafayette 
Ladd,  and  continued  the  copartnership 
until  1878,  when  E.  L.  Baker  was  ad­
mitted  and  the  firm  of  Clark,  Baker  & 
Co.  entered  upon  a  prosperous  career 
in  the  wholesale  provision,  cheese  and 
pork  packing  business.

In  1875  Mr.  Clark  was  elected  aider- 
man  of  the  Fourth  ward,  and  was  re­
elected  in  1877.  Politically,  he  was 
in 
life  an  old-line  Whig,  and  cast 
early 
his  first  presidential  vote 
for  Henry 
Clay.  Since  the  organization  of  the 
Republican  party  he  was  affiiliated with 
it  and  gave  it  earnest  support.

April  8,  1846,  Mr.  Clark  was  married 
to  Miss  Emily  E.,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Wadsworth,  of  Adrian, 
by  whom  he had  four  children,  only  one 
of  whom,  Mrs. 
Ira  Z.  Mason,  is  now 
iving.
Low  Rate  Excursion to  Northern  Mich­

igan  Resorts.

Trains  will 

Wednesday,  Aug.  25,  is  the  date  for 
our  popular  excursion  to  the  Northern 
resorts  this  year. 
leave 
Grand  Rapids  via  C.  &  W.  M.  Railway 
at  7  a.  m.  and  1 ¡15  p.  m.  The  round 
trip  rate 
is  only  $4  to  Petoskey,  Bay 
View,  Charlevoix  or Traverse City,  with 
return 
limit  to  Sept.  3.  Full  particu­
lars  given  by  agents  and  posters.

G e o   D e H a v e n ,  G .  P.  A.

The  New  Peddling  Law  to  Be  Dis­

tributed  Soon.

Kent  City,  Aug.  11— In  the  Trades­
man  of  July  7  I  found  a  copy  of  the 
new  law  imposing  licenses  upon  ped­
dlers  driving  through  the  country. 
I 
have  repeatedly  called  our  township 
clerk’s  attention  to  the  matter,  but  no 
attempt  has  been  made  to  enforce  the 
law.  He  says  the  board  can  do  nothing 
until  they  receive  a  copy  of  the  law  and 
from  Lansing. 
the  necessary ¿^blanks 
Now,  can  you 
in  any  way  assist  us  in 
hastening  this  matter?  The  law  is  ex­
plicit,  but  what  the  town  board  wants 
is  instructions  from  the  proper  source.

A.  H.  Saur  &  Co.

The  Tradesman  immediately  submit­
ted  the  enquiry  to  the  Secretary  of 
State,  receiving  the  following  reply:

in 

Lansing,  Aug.  16— I  have  your  letter 
of  Aug.  13,  together  with  enclosure 
from  A.  H.  Saur  &  Co.  There  is  a 
weak  point 
in  our  method  of  publish­
ing  the  laws,  especially  those  which 
have  been  given  immediate  effect.  Un­
til  the  present  session,  never  before 
in 
my  experience 
legislative  matter 
has  the  Legislature  authorized  or  al­
lowed  the  publication  of the immediate- 
effect  acts 
in  any  form.  This  year  a 
bill  was  passed  at  the  suggestion  of this 
Department,  but  the  distribution  of  the 
immediate-effect  acts  was 
limited  to 
circuit  judges,  county  clerks,  prosecut­
ing  attorneys  and  a  few  others.  No  pro­
vision  whatever  was  made  for  notifying 
township  boards  of  a  change  in  the  law 
relative  to  hawkers  and peddlers,  or,  in­
deed,  of  a  number  of  other  important 
changes.  However,  the  State Treasurer 
had a small  edition  of the law,as passed, 
printed  and  distributed  to  those  who 
asked  questions  in  regard  to  the  matter. 
This  Department  has  also  sent  out  three 
or  four  hundred  copies.

The  Public  Acts  will  be  out  and 
placed  in  the  hands  of  township  officers 
in  the  course  of  a  week  or ten days,  and 
in  that  manner  the  law will be thorough­
ly  published. 

Jos.  W.  Se l d e n , 

Deputy  Secretary  of  State.

WANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

I TOR  SALE—A  STORE  BUILDING  AND 
dwelling combined  at  Levering, Mich.  An 
A1 place for  a  general  stock.  A.  M.  LeBaron, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
369
BEST- LOCATION FOR GRIST MILL IN THE 
State.  Good  grain  region.  Location  and 
building  will  be  given  outright  to  man  with 
$4,000  capital.  Address  for  particulars  J.  C. 
370
Neuman. Dorr, Mich. 
'1*7'ANTED—AGENCY FOR WESTERN  NEW 
Vt  York  for  permanent  staple  line.  Sell  to 
retailers.  Address  Buffalo,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

I OWN  SEVERAL  GOOD  FARMS  LOCATED 

in Ringgold and Union counties, Iowa.  The 
be»t grazing country in  the world—right  in  the 
midst  of  the  celebrated  Blue  Grass  region  of 
Southern Iowa.  All have  No.  1  good  soil  and 
can't  be  beat  for  grain  and  stock  raising.  I 
want to trade any  or  all  of  these  farms  for  a 
well  established  store.  Write  at  once.  A.  O. 
Ingram, Monnt Ayr, Iowa. 
fTTO EXCHANGE—160 ACRES OF  HEAVIEST 
A  hardwood timber  land  in  Michigan,  finely 
located, clear title, for  stock  goods.  If  differ­
ence will pay  cash.  Address  Z.  V.  Payne,  St. 
Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich. 

373

367

371

Bu sin e ss o pe n in g s—m en h a v in g mod-
erate capital at  their command, with  expe­
rience, who seek advantageous openings  in  dry 
goods,  cloaks,  millinery,  clothing,  merchant 
tailoring, hats and caps, gentlemen's furnishing 
goods,  shoes,  notions,  groceries,  crockery,  or 
any other department of  trade,  may  find  it  to 
their advantage to correspond with me, with the 
view  of  taking  an  interest  in  a  department 
store.  L. A. Sherman, Port Huron,  Mich.  374

I TOR  EXCHANGE —A  WELL-ASSORTED 

'  drug stock that  will  inventory  $1,200  for  a 
stock of  groceries.  Addrers  John  Cooper,  340 
Woodworth avenue, Grand Rapids. Mich.  366 
OR  SALE—MEAT  MARKET  DOING  A 
cash business.  Will sell • heap for cash.  I. 
Frankford, Insurance and Real Estate,  53  West 
Bridge Street.  Phone 1236. 
fTTO  TRADE—A GOOD FARM, STOCK, TOOLS 
X  and crops for a stock of goods.  Wm. Neilan, 
Ferry, Oceana Co., Mich._______________365
STORE TO RENT AT LAKE ODESSA, BRICK, 
location  very  best;  fine  chance  for  general 
372
store.  E. F. Colwell, Lake Odessa. 
I ¡TOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK 
INVOICING 
’  about $700.  Best location in Northern Mich­
igan.  Address  Drugs,  care  Michigan  Trades- 
I TOR  SALE-STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 

1  chandise in  a  good  location  in  a  growing 
town.  Good  business.  Will  rent  building. 
Reason  for  selling,  poor  health.  For  further 
particulars inquire of  or write  to  I.  J.  Wigent, 
Watervliet, Mich. 
YX7TLL  SELL  MY  FOUR  DEPARTMENT 
VV  stores of general  merchandise, as  I  must 
retire  from  business.  Here  is  a  fortune  for 
somebodv. 
Julius  H.  Levinson,  Petoskey, 
Mich. 

man. 

353

359

362

364

3>8

I TOR  SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  GROCERIES 

'  and  crockery,  enjoying  cream  of  trade  in 
best growing city in  Michigan.  Lake  port  and 
center  of  fruit  belt.  Patronage  mostly  cash. 
Rent,  $50  per  month,  with  terminable  lease. 
Stock and fixtures will inventory $3,500, but  can 
be  reduced.  Reason  for  selling,  owner  has 
other  business  which  must  be  attended  to. 
Business established five years and made money 
every year,  Answer quick if  you  expect  to  se­
cure this bargain.  Address  No. 358,  c .re  Mich­
igan Tradesman. 

t TOR SALE—CLEAN NEW STOCK GENERAL 

merchandise,  located  in  brick  building  in 
growing town, surrounded by excellent farming 
country.  Established  trade.  Address  No.  334, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
334
PARTIES  WISHING  TO  BUY,  SELL  OR 
exchange  real estate  or  merchandise,  any 
quantities  or  description,  can  depend  upon 
Townsend  &  Morous,  of  Jackson,  Mich.,  for 
318
quick and responsible  dealing. 

I TOR  SALE—ONE  100-HORSE POWER SLIDE 

valve engine, especially  adapted  to sawmill 
work,  and  fitted  with  a  Nordberg  Automatic 
Governor.  Can be seen running any  week  day 
at Wallin Leather Co.'s tannery,  Grand  Rapids.
313

■ ANTED—PARTNER  WITH  $2,000  FOR 

one-half interest  in  hardware, stoves and 
tinshop, plumbing  and  furnace  work  and  job­
bing, roofing,  etc.  Have  several  good  jobs  on 
hand and a well-established trade;  best location 
in heart of city.  Address Box  522,  Big  Rapids, 
Mich. 
298
WANTED—WE  ARE THE  OLDEST, LARG- 
est and best laundry in the  city  of  Grand 
Rapids.  We  do  considerable  business  out  of 
town and  want more of it.  We  want  good  live 
agents in towns wher* we  do not now have any. 
Wre pay  a  liberal commission and  give  satisfac­
tory service.  Terms on  application.  American 
Steam Laundry, Otte Brothers, proprietors.  289 
ETOR  EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
JC  farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
73
W ANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
dally.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca. Mich. 
______________ .  249

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

Ï¡'REE—OUR  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON  PAT- 

ents.  Cilley  &  Allgier,  Patent  Attorneys, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.________________339

MISCELLANEOUS.

■ OUNG  MAN,  COMPETENT  BOOK-KEEP- 

er, understands  double entry,  desires  posi­
tion.  Best  of  references  furnished.  Address 
W., care Michigan Tradesman. 

347

Attention  is  directed  to  the announce­
ment  published  elsewhere  in this week’s 
paper  to  the  effect  that  the Schulte  Soap 
Co.  has  arranged  to  make  an  exhibit  of 
its  celebrated  Clydesdale  brand  at  the 
State  Fair  to  be  held  in  this  city  the 
first  week  of  September.  In  addition  to 
the  regular  exhibit,  the  company  will 
have  on  exhibition  an  original  cake  of 
soap  as  it  comes  from  the  frames,  and 
an  opportunity  will  be  given  every  per­
son  who  visits  the  fair  to  register  a 
guess  as  to  the  exact  weight  of  the 
mass,  the  one  whose guess  comes  near­
est  to  the  exact  weight  to  receive  a 
high  grade  bicycle.  Mr.  Cooper,  the 
local  representative  of  the  house, 
is 
sending  out  invitations to his customers, 
requesting  them  to  make  their  head­
quarters  at his  exhibit  during  the  fair, 
and  those  who  know  Mr.  Cooper  and 
the  large-hearted ness  of  his  employers 
are  assured  that their  welcome  will  be 
cordial  and  complete.

Everybody gum ;

W e  shall  make  an  exhibit  of  our  C L Y D E S ­
D A L E   S O A P   at  the  State  F air,  including 
an  enorm ous  cake  of  Clydesdale  as  it  cam e 
originally  from  the  fram es.  E veryon e 
is 
invited  to  register,  a  guess  on  the  w eight  of 
the  cake  and  the  nearest  guess  entitles  the 
guesser 
to  a  high  grade  bicycle,  either 
gentlem an’ s  or  lad y’ s.

Schulte Soap Co., Detroit, micb.

P rem iu m   given  aw ay  w ith   C lydesdale  8 o a p   W ra p p e rs.

E stablish ed  1 8 5 0 .

Sells
Best

Because  it  salts  best, 
tastes best, keeps best— 
is  best.  D IAM O N D  
C R Y S T A L   SA L T .

See Price Current.

Diamond Crystal Salt Co., St. Clair,Mich.

The  Leader  of  all  Bond  Papers
Made from New Rag Stock, 
Free 
from  Adulteration, 
Perfectly Sized,  Long  Fiber

| Magna Charta 

Bond

A paper that will withstand 
the ravages of Time.

Carried  in  stock  in  all  the 
standard sizes and weights by

TBfiDESinHH COJHP0NY

Hannfactnrer’i Agent,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

For Sale at  Public Auction:
The plant of the McBain Creamery Co., at McBain, 
Mich.,  on  the  ist  day  of October,  1897. 
Cost 
$3/00.  Good as new.  Run only two months.  W ill 
sell building1  and  machinery  separately  if  desired. 
Terms,  10%  cash  day  of  sale,  balance  60  days  if 
desired.  Full particulars by addressing

J.  O.  PA CKA R D ,  Sec*y.

Vogel  Center,  Mich.

QUEEN  &  CRESCENT

During  the  Tennessee  Centennial 
and  International  Exposition at Nash­
ville,  Tenn.,  a  low  rate  special  tariff 
has  been  established  for  the  sale  of 
tickets from  Cincinnati  and  other ter­
minal points on  the Queen & Crescent 
Route.
Tickets are on  sale  daily  until, fur­
ther  notice  to  Chattanooga  at  $6.75 
one way or $7.20  round  trip from Cin­
cinnati,  the  round  trip  tickets  being 
good seven days  to  return;  other tick­
ets,  with  longer  return  limit,  at  $9,90 
and at $13.50 for the round trip.

These  rates  enable  the  public  to 
visit  Nashville  and  other  Southern 
points  at  rates  never  before  offered. 
Vestibuled trains of the finest classare 
at  the  disposal  of the  passengers, af­
fording a  most  pleasant  trip, and  en­
abling one to visit the very interesting 
scenery and  important  battle-grounds 
in  and  about  Chattanooga,  Lookout 
Mountain and Chickamauga  National 
Military  Park.  Tickets  to  Nashville 
to visit  the  Centennial  can  be  repur­
chased at Chattanooga  for $3.40 round 
trip.  Ask your ticket agent for tickets 
via Cincinnati  and  the Q.  &  C.  Route 
South, or write to  W. C. RINEARSON, 
Qen'l Pass. Agent, Cincinnati.

PETOSKEY  and
MACKINAC 
EXCURSION

G .  R .  &   I.

CHICAGO “4W£J£‘!E.r'

A u g .
2 4 t h .

$4.00
and
$5-oo

C.  L.  LOCKWOOD,

The Annual Ten-Day Excursion to North­
ern  Michigan  via  the  Grand  Rapids  & 
Indiana R’y will be run on Tuesday, Aug. 
24.  Tickets  will  be  Sold  from  Grand 
Rapids at rate  of  $4.00  round  trip  to  Pe- 
toskey or  Traverse  City,  ai^d  $5.00  round 
trip  to  Mackinac.  Tickets  to  Mackinac 
will admit stop off at Petoskey either going 
or returning.  Tickets  will  be  sold 
for 
trains  leaving  at  7.45  a.  m. and 2.20 p.  m. 
Good returning until Sept.  2.  For  further 
information  apply  to  G.  R.  &  I.  ticket 
agents or

SHIP  YOUR  FREIGHT 
AND  TRAVEL  via the

CHICAGO

AND  ALL  POINTS  WEST.

Leave flUSKEGON at 6:oo p.  m. 
Leave GRAND HAVEN at 9.00 p.  m. 
Daily, arriving in  CHICAGO the  follow­
ing  morning  in  time  for  the  outgoing 
trains.

THIS  IS THE  SHORT  LINE  TO CHICAGO.

Passengers should see that their tick­

ets read via this popular line.

Through  tickets  to  all  points  via 
Chicago  can  be  had  of all agents on 
D., G.  H.  &  M.,  C.  &  W.  M.  R’y, T.,
S. &  M.  R’y, G.  R.  &  I. R.  R., and of 
W. D.  R o s ie ,  Agent  Goodrich  Line, 
Muskegon, orN.  R o b b in s, Jr., Grand 
Haven.

H.  A.  BONN,  Qen’l  Pass.  A gent,

CHICAGO.

Travelers*  Time  Tables.

Going  to  Chicago.

Muskegon.

Returning  from  Chicago.

Lv. (wRapids..8:35am  1:25pm  *6:25pm  *ll:30pm 
Ar. Chicago— 3:10pm 6:50pm  2:0uam  6:40am 
Lv. Chicago................  7:20am  5:15pm • 9:30pm
Ar. G’dRapids........... 1:25pm  10:45pm  * 4:00am
Lv. G'd  Rapids..............8:35am  1:25pm  6:25pm
Ar.  G’d Rapids..............  1:25pm 5. ¡5pm  10:45am
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix,  Petoskey  and  Bay 
Lv. G’d Rapids...........  7:30am  11:30pm  5:30pm
At. Traverse City......  12:40pm  5:00am  11:10pm
Ar. Charlevoix...........  3:15pm  7:30am  ......... .
At.  Petoskey..............  3:45pm  8:00am  ............
Ar  Bay View..............  3:55pm  8:10am  ...........
Parlor cars  leave  Grand  Rap ds 8:35  a m  and 
1:25 p m; leave Chicago 5:15 p m.  Sleeping cars 
leave Grand  Rapids  *11:30 p m;  leave Chicago 
*9:30 p m.

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.  CHICAGO.

View.

TRAVERSE  C ITY  AND  B A Y   VIEW .

Parlor  car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:30  a  m; 

sleeper at 11:30 p m.

»Every  day. 

Others week days only.

Geo. DeHaven, General Pass. Agent.

June 30 ,  1897.
GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway

Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav. C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 4:15am  *10:00pm 
iTav. C’y, Petoskey A Mack., .t 7:45am  t  5:10pm 
Trav. C’y, Petos. Aliar. Sp’gs.t 2:20pm  t  9:10pm
CadUlac...................................t  5:25pm til:10am
Petoskey <Sc Mackinaw........ 
til :10pm  t   6:30am
Train  leaving  at  7:45  a.m.  has  parlor  car  to 
Petoskey and  Mackinaw.
Train leaving at 2:20 p.m. has parlor car to Pe­
toskey, Bay View and Harbor Springs.
Train leaving at 11:16 p.m. has sleeping cars to 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati........................................... t  7:10am  t 8:25pm
Ft. Wayne............................................t  2:00pm t 2:10pm
Kalamazoo........................................... t 7:00pm  t 9:10am
Cincinnati, Louisville & Ind..*10:16pm  * 4:05am 
Kalamazoo.......................................... { 8:06pm |  8:50am
i :10a.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati. 
2:00p.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Fort  Wayne. 
10:15p.m  train  has  sleeping  car to Cincinnati, 
Indianapolis and Louisville.

Muskegon Trains.

GOING w est.

LvG’d Rapids..............t7:35am tl:00pm +5:40pm
Lv G’d Rapids..........................  {9:00am $7:00pm
Ar Muskegon............... 9:00am  2:10pm  7:00: m
Ar Muskegon...........................  10:25am  8:25pm
Ar Milwaukee, Steamer...........  4:00am
g o in g   e a s t .
Lv MUwaukee, Steamer.........  
7:30am
Lv Muskegon............. t8:10am  til :45am  t4:10pm
Lv Muskegon.......................... { 8:35am  {6:35pm
ArG’dRapida............9:30am  12:55pm  5:30pm
Ar G’d Rapids........................   10:00am  8:00pm
tExcept Sunday.  »Dally.  {Sunday only. 
Steamer leaves Muskegon daily except  Satur­
day.  Leaves MUwaukee  dally  except  Saturday 
and Sunday.
A.  A lm q u ist, 
Ticket Agt.Un. Sta.  Gen. Pass. A Tkt. Agt.

C. L.  L ockw ood,

CANADIAN p“'"‘

BAST  BOUND.

Lv. Detroit............................ +11 ;45am  *11:35pm
Ar.  Toronto.'..........................  8:30pm  8:15am
Ar. Montreal...........................   7;20am  8:00pm
Lv.  Montreal..........................   8:50am  9:00pm
Lv. Toronto.............................  4:00pm  7:30am
Ar. Detroit..............................10:45pm 
2:10pm
D.  McNicoli, Pass. Traffic Mgr , Montreal.
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.

W EST  BOUND.

D E T D A I T   Grand Rapids & Western. 
1 /E  1 K v I  I  , 

June 37.1897.

DULUTH, South Shore and Atlantic 

Railway.

Going to Detroit.

Returning from  Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........ 7:00am  1:30pm  5:35pm
At. Detroit.................  11:40am  5:40pm  10:20pm
Lv. Detroit....................8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......  1:00pm  5:20pm  10:65pm
Lv. G R 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Gao.  D kHa v en .  General Pass. Agent

/ i n   A  v r n   Trank Railway System
v l l v / \ i  v a J   Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & 1.)til :10pm  t7:45am
4:20pm
Lv. Mackinaw City..........  7:35am 
5:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace..................  9:00am 
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie........  12:20pm 
9:50pm
10:40pm
Ar. Marquette................   2:50pm 
Ar. Nestoria....................   5:20pm 
12:45am
Ar. Duluth............................................. 
8:30am
Lv. Duluth............................................  16:30pm
Ar. Nestoria.......................... tU:15am 
2:45am
Ar. Marquette....................... 
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie..............  3:30pm 
...
Ar. Mackinaw City...............   8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. H ib b a r d ,  Gen. Pass. Agt., Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.

EAST  BOUND.

(In effect  May 3,  1897.)

WEST

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t 6:45am..Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..t 9:55pm
tlO'.lOam......... Detroit  and  East..........t 5:07pm
t 3:30pm..Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..tl2:45pm 
*10:45pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada...* 6:35am 
* 8:35am....Gd. Haven  and  In t Pts....* 7:10pm 
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:22pm 
t 5:12pm  Gd. Haven MU. and Ohi 
tlO:05am
* 7:40pm.... Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi__* 8:15am
tlO :00pm........Gd. Haven  and MU..........t  6:40am
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 15 Wagner parlor car.
»Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

E. H. Hushh, A. G. P. & T. A. 
Bin . F le tch e r, Trav. Pass. Agt, 
J a s.  Ca m pb e ll, City Pass. Agent 
No. 23 Monroe St

MINNEAPOLIS, st- Pan,^ ä n,Ä

y.

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G- R. 6c I.)................. t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City....................................4:20pm
Ar. Gladstone..............  
9:50pm
Ar. St. Paul..............................................   8:45am
Ar. Minneapolis................................ ....  9:30am
Lv. Minneapolis.....................................  t6:30pm
Ar. St. Paul.............................................  7:20pm
Ar. Gladstone.........................................   5:45am
Ar. Mackinaw City.................................  11:00am
Ar. Grand Rapids...................................   10:00pm
W. R. Ca lla w ay, Gen. Pass. Agt., Minneapolis. 
E. C.  Ov ia t t, Trav. PaBS.  Agt., Grand  Rapids

BAST BOUND.

The  Stimpson 
Computing  Scale

This  Patent  Ink  Bottle  FREE 
To  Fly  Button  Dealers

pong's

Simplicity,  accuracy,  weight  and 
Value  shown  by  the  movement  of 
one poise.

It  is  the  acme  of  perfection  and 

not excelled in  beauty and finish.

We have no trolley or tramway to 

handle.

We  have  no  cylinder  to  turn  for 

each price per pound.

We  do  not  follow,  but  lead  all 

competitors.

We  do  not  have  a  substitute  to 

meet competition.

We do not indulge in  undignified 
and  unbusinesslike  methods 
to 
make sales—we se*l Stimpson scales
on their merits.

Agents of other companies would 
not have to spend  most  all  of  their 
time  trying  to  convince  the  trade 
that  our  scale  was  no  good  if  the 
Stimpson did  not  possess  the  most 
points of merit.

AH we ask  is  an  opportunity  to  show you the Scale  and  a  chance to convi 
ir  claims  are  facts.  Write us and give us the opportunity.

ou that

The  Stimpson  Computing  Scale  Co.,

ELKHART,  IND.

Represented in  Eastern Michij 

R.  P.  BIGELOW , 

Owosso.

Represented in Western Michigan by 

C.  L.  SE N SE N E Y ,

Grand Rapids.  Telephone  No.  266.

They consist of six  thick  circular  sheets  of  green  poisoned  pa­
per three and one-half  inches  in  diameter,  with  red  label.  The 
sheets are  used in  small  saucers,  and  having  no  corners,  are  so 
cleanly, compared with large square sheets  of  CATHARTIC  Fly 
Paper, that carry the poisoned liquor to outer  side  of  dish.  Will 
kill  more  FLIES or ANTS than any poison made.  A neat counter 
display box, holding three dozen, costs  you  go  cents,  retailing  for 
$1.80.  Each  box  contains  a  coupon,  three  of  which  secure  the 
Ink  Bottle free by mail;  will never be troubled with thickened  ink 
while using it;- you would not part with  it for  cost  of  Fly  Buttons. 
Should your jobber fail  to supply your order, upon  receipt  of  cash 
we prepay express.

Sold  by  tbe  leading jobbers of tbe 
United  States.  Order from  jobbers.

The  Fly  Button  Co.,

Maumee, Ohio.

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It  is  the  Money-Weight  Scale  System 

made  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  by  The  Comput­
ing  Scale  Company.

It  has  simplified  weighing  systems  and 
is  a  source  of  profit  to  a  merchant  and 
pleasure  to  his  customers.

These  Profit-saving  Systems  are  em­
bodied  in  scales  of  different  sizes  and 
kinds,  to  suit  all  your  needs.

W e  are  always  pleased  to receive an in­
vitation  to  personally  call  upon  or  write 
you  more  information.  Tell  us  on  a 
postal  card  whether  we  can  write  or  call 
upon  you.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio.

