Volume  XV. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  1,  1897. 

Number  741

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Save your yeast labels and  tin-foil  wrappers  __

F R E E !  S I L V E R W A R E !  F R E E !
These goods are extra-plated, of handsome design and are made by one 
of  the  largest  manufacturers  in  the  United  States  and  will  wear  five 
years.  25 of Our Yellow Labels, attached to original  tin-foil wrappers, will 
procure one  Silver  Plated Teaspoon,  and  50 of same  will  procure  one 
of either, Table Spoon,  Fork,  Butter  Knife or Sugar Spoon.  For 75  you 
will  receive  one  silver  Plated  Steel  Table  Knife,  and  for  10 a  hand­
some Aluminum Thimble is given.

Present  labels,  attached  to tin-foil wrappers, at our office  in  this city, 
and  receive  premiums free of any charge in  return;  or  hand  labels, at­
tached to tm-foil wrappers, to your grocer, with  your name and address, 
and  premiums will  be delivered through him the following day.

Premiums cannot  be mailed  under any circumstances.

Detroit  Agency,  118  Bates St.
Grand  Rapids Agency, 26  Fountain  St.

F L E I S C H M A N N   &   C O .

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Who gets the  .  .  .
Oyster  Trade?

The man whose oysters are  the 
freshest and best flavored.
Who  loses other trade?

The man who sells fishy oysters 
diluted  with  ice  to  disgust  his 
customers.

Avoid  such  a  calamity  by 
using  our  Oyster  Cabinets. 
(See cut.)  They  are  lined with 
copper so you can use  salt with 
the-ice.  They  have  porcelain 
lined cans.  Send for circular.
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Economy Feed Cooler 
m Farmers’ Boiler

Most convenient, durable, effective, 
economical and cheapest Feed Cooker 
made.  A  ready  seller 
the  year 
around.  A  good  dealer  wanted  in 
every  town  in  Northern  and  West­
ern Michigan.  Write for prices.

A D A M S   &   H A R T ,

ia WEST BRIDGE  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

W H Y   N O T   T R Y   T H E M   N O W ?

F o r   E x a m p l e

Two  merchants  spend,  say  $300  a  year  (more  or 
less) for  advertising.  One  pays  his  money  to  news­
papers,  etc.;  the  other  invests  his  money  in  useful 
household articles and  presents them to his customers, 
also offers them  as an inducement for new ones.  Each 
method  costs  the  same,  hence  one  merchant  can 
make no lower prices than  the  other,  unless  one  can 
increase  the  volume  of  his trade.  Our system  will do 
this more successfully than  any other yet devised.

We  have  no  contracts  that  require  you  to  sign 
away  your  rights,  as  under 
the  “trading  stamp 
scheme.”  We have been  building  Advertising  Spe­
cialties,  at  our  present  location,  for  the  last  eight 
years and our method of doing business shows that we 
give good service, and has built  up  for us a big list  of 
customers,  including  a  large  number  of Tradesman 
readers, many of whom have patronized  us for several 
years.

If you believe  in  Advertising  and  want  the  best 

results for your money, write us.

Order  sent  on  60  days’  trial  subject  to  your

approval.  We want to send  you our new catalogue.

STEBBINS  MANUFACTURING  CO.,

LAKEVIEW,  MICH.

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G .  J.  J O H N S O N   C IG A R   CO.,  M frs.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Four  Kinds  of  Coupon  Books

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

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Cereal  Foods. 

Inquiries invited.

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Grocers  who  sell  Oysters  or 
Oyster  Crackers  should 
handle  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦

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They  are  the  finest  Oyster 
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It will  pay you to investigate  our  plans  and  visit  our  factories,  if you  are  con­
templating nuiiding a Creamery  or  Cheese  Factory.  All  supplies  furnisned  at 
lowest prices.  Correspondence solicited.

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Syracuse,  New  York.

Contractors  and  Builders  of  Butter  and  Cheese  Factories,  Manufacturers 
and  Dealers in Supplies.  Or  write

R.  E.  STURGIS,  General  Manager of  Western  Office,  Allegan,  JTich.

1.  A.  M U RPIIY, General Manager.

FLO W ERS,  MAY  &  MOLONEY, Counsel.

Special  Reports.

Law  and  Collections.

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

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fully  appreciate  them  and  know  their  value.
We  have  made  the  canning  of  peas  a  scien­
tific  study  and  feel  amply  repaid  by  the  re­
sults  obtained.  They  are  for  sale  by  all 
grocers.  Ask  for  them.

THE  ALBERT  LPflETH  CO.,  PlanitOWOG,  WiS,

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GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  1,  1897. 

Number 741

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Home Office,  Moffat Bldg.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

FRA N K E. ROBSON,  P res. 
TRUM AN  B. GOODSPEED, Sec’y .

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ing manufacturers in Rochester, N. Y., are

KOLB  &  SON

Our Spring Line ready—Winter Line still 
complete.  Best $5.50 all wool Kersey Over-, 
coat,  and  best $5 50 Ulster in market.  See 
balance  of  our  Fall  Line,  and  our  entire 
Spring  Line.  Write  our Michigan Agent, 
W illiam  C onnor,  Box  346,  Marshall, 
Mich, to call on you, or meet him at Sweet’s 
Hotel, Grand Rapids, Thursday and Friday, 
December  9  and  10.  Customers*  expenses 
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Commeicial  Reports.  Prompt  and 
vigorous attention to collections.

L.  J .  STEVENSON,  Manager,

R.  J .  CLELAND,  Attorney, 

411-412*413 Widdicomb Building,

Grand  kapids, Mich.

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fancy Calendars

The  Tradesman  Company  has  £ 
a large line of Fancy Calenders 
for  1898, to which it invites the 
inspection of  the  trade.  The 
Company  is  also  equipped  to 
prepare  and  execute  anything 
in the line of specially designed 
calendars,  either  engraved  or 
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SUC CESSFUL  SALESMEN.

John  A.  Hoffman, Candidate for Pres­

ident  of the  M.  K.  of  G.

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John  A.  Hoffman  was  born  on  a  farm 
near  St.  Johnsville,  Montgomery  county,
N.  Y .,  April  7,  1847,  his  father  being 
of  German  descent,  while  his  mother 
was  of  Holland  extraction.  When  he 
was  8  years  of  age  his  mother  died, 
when  his  father  and  family  removed  to 
is 
Michigan,  locating  on  a  farm  which 
now 
in  the  suburbs  of  Kalamazoo. 
In 
1861  the  father  died,  so  that  the  man­
agement  of  the  farm  and  the  care  of 
the  family  naturally  devolved  upoh 
John,  who  was  then  14 years  old  and  the 
oldest  child 
left  at  home.  He  carried 
on the  farm  two  years,  keeping  the  fam­
ily  together  and  attending  to  the  needs 
and  necessities  of  the  two  younger  chil­
dren  with  the  tenderness  of  a  father. 
In  1863  he  entered  the  tin  shop  of  Gail 
&  Perrin,  hardware  dealers  of  Kalama­
zoo,  where  he  served  a  thorough  ap­
prenticeship  and  subsequently  became 
foreman  of  the  establishment. 
Ten 
in  the  tinsroithing 
years’  experience 
business  naturally  stimulated 
the 
young  man  a  desire  for broader achieve­
ments and  a  more  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  world,  so  that  he  gladly  em­
from  Lawrence  & 
braced  an  offer 
Chapin,  manufacturers  of  farm 
imple­
ments at  Kalamazoo,  to  go  on  the  road. 
His  territory  comprised  the  Middle  and 
Southern  States  and  occasional 
trips 
through  the  Eastern  States.  So  suc­
cessfully  did  he  discharge  the  duties 
devolving  upon  him  that  four years later 
he  was  offered  a  very  much 
larger  sal­
ary  to  undertake  the  same  work  for  the 
Gale  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Albion. 
He  continued 
in  the  employ  of  this 
corporation  seven  years,  when  he  em­
braced  the  opportunity  to  travel 
jointly 
for  the  Butcher  &  Gibbs  Plow  Co.,  of 
Canton,  Ohio,  and  F.  E.  Myers,  manu­
facturers  of  pumps  and  haying  tools,  at 
Ashland,  Ohio.  His  territory  at  that 
time  comprised  the  entire  State  of 
Michigan,  Northern  Indiana  and  North­
western  Ohio,  and  so  successfully  did 
he  cover  the  territory  that  he  has  since 
been  made  manager  of  the  field,  with 
full  power  to  locate  agents  and  under­
take  such  other  work  as  is  frequently 
attended  to  by  the  home  office.  Mr. 
Hoffman  attributes  his  success  to  well- 
directed  hard  work,  constant  applica­
tion,  fair  dealing  with  his  fellow  men 
and  the  exercise  of  all  the  tact and good 
judgment  at  his  command.  On  the  as­
sumption  that  every  man  ought  to  have 
something  in  this  world  to  show  for  his 
being  here,  Mr.  Hoffman  has  invested 
his  surplus  savings  in  real  estate  and  is 
the  happy  possessor  of  several  tracts  of 
terra  tirma 
in  Kalamazoo  which  are 
destined  to  yield  him  handsome  returns 
as  business  improves  and  city  property 
enhances  in  value.

Mr.  Hoffman  was  married  June  27, 
1870,  to  Miss  Lizzie  Rollins,  of  Kala­
mazoo,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children 
—a  son  who  occupies  the  position  of 
collector  for  the  Michigan  National 
Bank,  and  a  daughter,  who 
is  now 
known  as  Mrs.  Geo.  E.  Foote,  of  Kala­
mazoo.  Mr.  Hoffman  and  family  re-

in  a  pleasant  home  at  516  South 

side 
West  street.

Mr.  Hoffman 

is  an  attendant  at  the 
Presbyterian  church.  He 
is  a  member 
of  Post  K,  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip, 
of  the  Michigan  Commercial 
Travelers’  Association,  of  the  A.  O.  U. 
W.  and  the  various  Masonic  bodies 
known  as  Kalamazoo  Lodge,  No.  22, 
Kalamazoo  Chapter,  No.  13  and  Penin­
sular  Commandry,  No.  8.

In  addition  to  being  a  popular  sales­
man,  highly  esteemed  by  his  friends 
and  associates,  he  is  an  excellent  busi­
ness  man,  his  business  acumen  and 
judgment  being  held 
in  great  respect 
by  his  employers  and  all  with  whom  he 
comes 
in  a  business  way. 
This  quality  naturally  fits  him  for  the 
position  which  he  and  his friends aspire 
to have him  hold—the  position  of  Presi-

in  contact 

It 

dent  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip,  which  calls  for  executive  ability 
of  a  high  order.  Three  months  ago 
it 
was  universally  conceded  that Frank  M. 
Tyler,  of  Grand  Rapids,  would  "be  the 
leading  candidate  for  the  presidency, 
but  when  that  gentleman  learned,  two 
or  three  weeks  ago,  that  Mr  Hoffman 
aspired  to  the  same  honor,  he  frankly 
stated  to  his  friends:  “ I  wish  it  under­
stood,  once  for  all,  that  I  am  not  a  can­
didate  for  the  presidency. 
is  not 
every  year  that  we  can  have  for  our 
President  a  man  of  such  excellent  busi­
ness  qualifications 
remarkable 
executive  ability  as  Mr.  Hoffman,  and 
I  therefore  feel  that  I  can  well  afford  to 
wait,  when  such  excellent  material  is  at 
our  disposal.  As  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors,  I  bold  over  another 
year,  so  that 
immaterial  to  me 
whether I am elected  this  year  or  next  "  
The  position  of  Mr.  Tyler  is  highly 
commended  by  his  friends  everywhere, 
and  from  present  appearances  there will 
be  no  other  candidate  in  the  field  than 
Mr.  Hoffman,  in which case  the  election 
will  probably  be  made  unanimously  by 
acclamation.

and 

is 

it 

A  city  has  as  much  right  and 

incen­
tive  to  raake  money  out  of its franchises 
as  private  individuals have.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—No  change 

in  quotations  has 
occurred  during  the  past  week.  The 
European  market  is  a  little  weak,  and 
still  about  ^ c  higher  than the American 
market.  There  is  no probability  that the 
domestic  market  will  advance  to  meet 
it  while  the  season  for  Louisiana  sugar 
lasts,  as 
is  to  the  Trust’s  interest  to 
keep  the  Louisiana  market  as  low  as 
possible.  The  domestic raw market  has 
been  steady  during  the  week. 
The 
consumptive  demand 
is  keeping  up 
very  well  for  the  season. 
It  is  not  so 
certain  at  present  that  the  next  fluctua­
tion  in  the  market  will  be  a  decline.

it 

Tea—The  market  is  steady,  but  with­
out  especial  feature.  Retailers  are  buy­
ing  only  for  immediate  needs,  and  the 
trade 
is  satisfactory,  although  rather 
lighter  than  usual.  The 
low  price  of 
coffee  has  a  tendency to diminish slight­
ly  the  tea  trade.

Coffee—Actual  coffee  seems  to  be  re­
lieved  somewhat  of  the  depression  of 
the  past  week  and  a  better  feeling  as  to 
prices,  as  well  as  an  improvement  in 
demand, 
is  noted.  At  present  values 
coffee  is  becoming  attractive  to  buyers 
from  a  speculative  point  of  view,  and 
on  this  basis  alone  a  healthier  tone  to 
the  market  could  reasonably  be  antici­
pated. 
is  no  longer  possible  for  the 
retail  trade  to  obtain  X XXX  package 
goods  through  the  channel  of  the  whole­
sale  grocer,  owing  to  concerted  action 
all  over  the  country  as  the  result  of  Mr. 
McLaughlin's 
to  adopt  the 
equality  plan  on  package  goods,  the 
same  as  Arbuckle  and  Woolson  (Have- 
meyer)  have  put  into  force.

refusal 

It 

Canned  Goods—While  there  has  been 
no  acutal  change  in  price,  tomatoes  are 
much  firmer,  with  advances  more  rea­
sonably 
is  also  firm 
and  gives  some  prospect  of  an  advance 
a  little  later.  Peas  are  very  dull,  and 
nobody 
interested  in  them,  barring 
an  occasional  enquiry.

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Dried  Fruits— Three  crown 

raisins 
are  lower  by  # c  and  two  crowns  by  %c 
than  last  quotations.  Layer  raisins  are 
not  affected  by  this  decline.  The  easy 
feeling 
is  confined  to  bulk  figs,  loose 
raisins  and  grapes.  The  movement  of 
dried  fruit  in  this  market  is  very  good 
at  present.  The  new  crop  of dried fruit 
is  exceptionally  good  in  quality.

Provisions— Hams  of  all  grades  have 
sold  very  well.  Prices have not changed, 
but  there 
is  a  general  belief  that  they 
cannot  get  any  lower,  on  account  of  the 
good  demand.  Old  stocks  in  packers’ 
hands  are  being  gradually  consumed, 
and  an  adavnce  seems  likely  at  an  early 
day.  Lard  holds  its  own,  and  the  mar­
ket  is  still  firm.  The  fancy  grades  are 
being  used  as  fast  as  produced.

Fish—Stocks  of  mackerel  are  down, 
and  there  is  every  indication that prices 
will  advance $2@3  after  the  first  of  the 
year.  An  advance  this  month  is  pos­
sible,  but  not  probable.  Cod  is  moving 
well  and  the  market  is  stiffening.  Lake 
fish  are  firmer  and  the  demand  is  good. 
The  demand  for  salmon 
is  only  fair. 
All  sorts  of  salt  fish  are  in  better  de­
mand  than  usual  at  this  season,  mainly 
because  the  catch  is  light.  Prices  are 
a  little  higher  than  the  average.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

D r y   G oods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Cottons— Staples  are  rather  inactive, 
with  a  steadiness  on  the  part  of  the 
bleached  lines.  The  brown  goods  mar­
ket  in  all  weights  of sheetings and drills 
and  in  ducks  and osnaburgs is irregular.
Printed  Fabrics and Ginghams—Show 
improvement  every  day  in  the 
marked 
wide  cloths. 
The  many  cuts  which 
have  been  made  in shirting sand mourn­
ing  prints  have  had  the  desired  effect 
and  have  stirred  buying,  which  in  turn 
has  exposed  the  limited  supply  of  these 
goods 
in  first  hands.  Present  prices 
are  sure  to  be  only  temporary.  Black, 
white  and  gray  mourning  prints  are 
selling  well,  and  percales  can  be  said 
to  be  in  demand,  but  not  at  as  high  a 
price  as  expected.  The  fancy  calico 
lines  are  being  opened  up  more  readily 
for  spring  and  business  from  the  road 
has  a  better  tone.

Dress  Goods— The  retail  trade  is  now 
in  better  condition,  and  has  shown 
more  readiness  to 
look  at  dress  goods 
than  they  have  heretofore,  and  the  job­
bers  have  received  considerable  encour­
agement.  The  cooler  weather  has  been 
largely  responsible  for  this,  by  reason 
of 
its  allowing  the  retailers  to  move  a 
portion  of  the  large  supply  they  bad  on 
hand.  Several  jobbers  are  investigating 
in  a  quiet  way  the  feelings  of  the  trade 
in  regard  to  prices  for  the  next  season, 
and  some  hope 
is  expressed  that  the 
mills  will  not  be  too  stiff.  They  think 
that  enough  more  goods  will  be  sold  if 
the  price  is  kept  within  certain 
limits, 
and  a  greater  profit  will  be  realized 
than  will  be  possible  if  the  price  is  put 
up  high.  Another  reason  for  keeping 
the  price  as  low  as  is  consistent  with 
the  cost  of  wool  and  the  manufacture  is 
that  there  seem  to  be  plenty  of  dress 
goods 
in  the  market,  and  there  is  no 
great  rush  for  them  anticipated,  and  the 
feeling  among  many  is that  it  will prac­
tically  shut  business  off  entirely 
if  too 
steep  an  advance  is  made.  Of  course, 
there  are  many  sides  of  the  question  to 
look  at,  and  this 
is  only  one  of  the 
views  expressed.  Another  side 
is,  ow­
ing  to  the  cost  of  manufacture  and  raw 
material,  and  prices  obtained  by  im­
porters,  that  they  ought  to  get  at  least 
15  per  cent,  advance  at  the  opening  of 
the  new season.

Hosiery—The  trade 

in  hosiery  has 
been  very  active  during  the past month ; 
in  fact,  it 
is  said  that  not  for  several 
years  has  the  volume  of  business  been 
so  good.  There  is  a  decided  advance  in 
the  cost  of  the  goods  that  buyers  are 
looking  at  now,  it  in  many  cases  tend­

ing  towards  the  finest  grades  manufac­
tured,  and  this  by  buyers  who  have  not 
for  two  or  three  years  looked  at  any­
thing  above  medium  grades.  More 
transactions  are  recorded  for  goods  over 
$3  than  have  been  known  for  three  or 
four  years,  and good-sized  lots  of  ribbed 
goods  have  been  moved  at  S3  to  $4.50.
Carpets—'The  manufacturers  quite 
generally  have  completed  their  new 
lines  of  samples,  and  the  agents  are  off 
on  the  road.  The  prices  for  Philadel­
phia  extra  super  ingrains  will  remain 
at  50c  until  further  notice.  This  de­
cision 
is,  no  doubt,  due  in  part  to  the 
announcement  of  the  manufacturers  of 
%  goods,  several  of  whom  have  notified 
the  trade  that  they  will  advance  prices 
January  15,  1898.  The  new 
lines  of 
samples  are  very  attractive  and  should 
meet  with  ready  sale.  The  manufac­
turers  anticipate  a  much  larger  spring 
business  as  compared  with  the  preced­
ing  year.  Stocks  are  very  small  in  the 
hands  of  the  average  retailer,  and  with 
general  business  improving  all  over  the 
country,  particularly 
in  the  large  cen­
ters,  there  should  be  a  good  demand. 
Some  salesmen,  while  taking  orders  at 
old  prices,  give  the  buyers  to  under­
stand  that  duplicates  will  be  filled  at 
value  at  time  of  delivery.

Gloves— In  gloves  for  street  wear,  for 
ladies,  there 
is  the  same  tendency  to­
ward  matching  the  costume  worn,  and 
as  the  sleeves  of  ladies’  garments  notv 
are  so  long,  only  very  short  gloves  are 
being  worn.  Among  the  latest 
impor­
tations 
in  gloves  are  some  very  hand­
some  ones,  such  as  can  match  nearly  all 
prevailing  shades  of  goods  or  trim­
mings.  The  shade  of  glove  which  is 
the  most  worn  by 
ladies  now,  is  the 
deep,  rich,  red or ox-blood as it is called.
Neckwear— The  shapes  of  neckwear 
most  in  vogue  are  the  ascots,  puffs,  im­
perials,  narrow  four-in-hand  and  but­
terfly  ties;  there  is  also  a 
large  assort­
ment  of  smart  designs  in  the  new color­
ings,  petunia,  claret,  cobalt,  bronze 
green  and  royal  purple. 
The  white 
basket  cloth  butterfly  bow  tie  is  a  very 
new  and  exclusive  tie  for  dress  or even­
ing  wear.  There 
is  beginning  to  be  a 
tendency  toward  neater  effects  in  neck­
wear,  as  in  other things,  instead  of  the 
loudness  which  has  been  prevalent  so 
long*

Her  First  Cake.
She measured out the sugar 
Likewise the  milk and butter;
.To count the eggs correctly,
Of baking powder, which, you know, 
T h e n   sh e stirred   it all  tog e th e r 

With a very solemn air,
And she took the greatest care 
And to add a little bit 
Beginners oft  omit.
A n d   sh e  baked  it h a lf an  hour—

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The  Drug  Market.

Opium— The  market  is  very  firm  and 
has  advanced  rapidly  during  the  past 
week.  The  quality  of  the  crop  is  very 
poor  and  stocks  are  less  than  last  year. 
It  would  cost  over  $3  to  import  now.

Morphine— P.  &  W. 

is  as  yet  un­
changed,  but  N.  Y.  was  advanced  on 
the  27th  ult.  15c  per  oz.,  with  an  up­
ward  tendency  of  both  brands.

Quinine— Is 

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there  has  been  no  change  since  last 
week.

in  good  demand, 

Cincbonidia— This  article  has  been 
again  advanced,  owing  to  the  small 
yield.

Borax— Has  been  advanced  about  ic 

per  lb.,  with  an  upward  tendency.

Bromides—Potash, 

ammonium  and 
sodium  have  all  been  advanced  2c 
per  lb.

Balsams—Canada  fir 

is  steadily  ad­

vancing,  owing to small stocks.  Copaiba 
is  in  good  demand  at  full  prices.

Essential  Oils—All  are unchanged ex­
cept  spearmint  and  tansy.  Both  are 
lower,  on  account  of  full  stocks.

Linseed  Oil— Has  been  marked  up 
ic  per  gal.,  with  a  good  demand  for 
this  season  of  the  year.

The  application  of  a  non-union  mill- 
worker and  bis  wife  for  membership  in 
the  Baptist  church  at  Scottdale,  Pa., 
whose  congregation  is  largely  made  up 
of  striking  steel-workers,  was  rejected 
last  Sunday.  Non-union  men  not  only 
have  no  right  to  work  and  eat  and 
breath,  but  they  have  no  right  to  aspire 
to  heaven—at  least,  that  is  the  infamous 
doctrine  taught  by  the  trades  unions 
and  the  cardinal  principle  on  which 
hinges  the  conduct  of  every 
trades 
unionist.

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His  One-Sided  Bond  and  Contract 

Not  in  Unison.

Not  content  with  the  ordinary  profits 
of  the  wholesale  grocery  business,  the 
John  A.  Tolman  Co.  (Chicago)  has  for 
years  pursued  a  policy  of  obtaining 
money  from  its  traveling  salesmen  and 
their  bondsmen  for  alleged  shortages  by 
means  of  skillfully  drawn  contracts  and 
bonds  which  are  so manifestly one-sided 
that  they  have met  the  denunciation  and 
contempt  of  all  who  have  had  occasion 
to  investigate  them.  The  amounts  thus 
secured  from  Michigan  men  in  the  past 
dozen  years  probably  aggregate  $5,000, 
while  the  expenses  of  defending suits  of 
this  character  probably  amount  to  as 
much  more.  Thanks  to  the  Supreme 
Couit,  this  practice  is  now  at  an  end 
—at 
least  so  far  as  the  present  form  of 
bond  and  contract  are  concerned—the 
court  of 
last  resort  having  placed  an 
embargo  on  the  combination  which  will 
effectually  prevent  any  further  effort  to 
enforce  the  present  contract  and  bond 
by  legal  procedure. 
This  result  has 
been  reached  by  the  successful  outcome 
of  a  suit  brought  against  the  bondsmen 
of  Jos.  P.  Vtsner,  who  has  been  com­
pelled  to  stand  the  expense  and  annoy­
ance  of  two  trials  in  the  Kent  Circuit 
Court  and  two  appeals  to  the  Supreme 
Court,  the  final  appeal  resulting 
in  a 
decision  which knocks  the underpinning 
completely  out  from  under  the  Chicago 
litigants. 
is  under 
obligations  to  Hatch  &  Wilson,  attor­
neys  for  the  successful  defendant,  for  a 
transcript  of  this  decision,  which  was 
prepared  by  Justice  Moore,  as  follows:
This  case  involves  the  construction  of 
a  contract  of  guaranty.  The  case  has 
been  here  before  and  is  reported  in  69 
N.  W.  R.  649,  so  that a  full statement  of 
facts  will  not  be  necessary.

The  Tradesman 

The  contract  was  then  held  to  be  a 
valid  one,  but  it  was  also  held  that  the 
guarantors  were  not  liable  for  indebted­
ness  of  Mr.  Visner  to  the  guarantees 
arising  outside  of  his  employment. 
In 
the  last  trial  the  judge  followed  the  di 
rections  of  this  court,  and  the 
jury 
found 
in  favor  of  the  plaintiff.  De­
fendant’s  appeal.

The  questions  of  fact  in  the  second 
trial  are  the  same  questions  that  were 
involved  in  the  first  trial. 
It  has  been 
repeatedly  held  that  this  court  will  not 
review  its  previous  decisions  made 
in 
the  same  cause  on  the  same  state  of 
facts.  Mynning  vs.  D.,  L.  &  N.  R. 
R.  Co.,  67  Mich.  677;  Hickoxvs.  Rail­
way  Co.  94 Mich.  237;  People's Savings 
Bank  vs.  Eberts,  96  Mich.  396.
A  new  element,  however,  presents 
itself  in  the  case,  a  question  which  was 
not  raised  when  the  case  was  here  be­
fore.  After  the  first  trial  in  the  lower 
court  and  while  the  case  was  pending 
here,  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois  in 
a  similar  case  not  then  reported  held 
the  guarantors  not  liable.  John  A.  Tol­
man  Co.  vs.  Rice,  45  N.  E.  R.  496. 
It 
is  now  said  that,  notwithstanding  this 
court  has  so  construed  the  contract  as  to 
justify  the  action  of  the  Circuit  Court 
in  the  second  trial,  it  ought  to  reverse 
its  former  decision,  for  the  reason  that 
the  contract  of  guaranty  is  an  Illinois 
contract  and  should be construed accord­
ing  to  the  law  of  Illinois  as  declared  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State.

Is  the  contract  an  Illinois  contract? 
It  is  dated  in  Chicago;  it was  signed  in 
this  State  and  mailed  to  plaintiffs  at 
Chicago  from  Grand  Rapids,  and  by  its 
terms  the  guarantors  agreed  that  any 
amount  which  shall  become  due  upon 
the  contract  shall  be  paid  at  the  office 
of  the  plaintiff  in  Chicago.  Its  delivery 
was  required  before  the  plaintiff  would 
enter  upon 
its  undertaking  with  Mr. 
Visner.

We  think 

Illinois  contract. 
Baum  vs.  Birchall  et  al.,  24  Atl.  R. 
620;  Phoenix  Life  Ins.  Co.  vs.  Simons, 
52  Mo.  App.  357;  Milliken  vs.  Pratt, 
125  Mass.  374;  Beach  on Contracts,  592.
If  the  contract  was  a  Michigan  con­
tract  we  should  still  think  our duty  was 
to  construe 
it  as  we  did  when  it  was 
here  before.  It was not then claimed that

it  an 

the  contract  was  an  Illinois  contract and 
invalid  by  the  laws  of  Ulniois,  so  that 
the  question  now  presented  to  us  is here 
for  the  first  time.

The  law  is  well  settled  that  contracts 
must  be  construed  and  their  validity 
determined  by  the  law  of  the  country 
where  they  were  made  unless  the  con­
tracting  parties  clearly  appear  to  have 
had  some  other  law  in  view. 
“ If  valid 
there  the  contract  is  valid  elsewhere, 
and 
if  void  or  illegal  there,  it  is  void 
everywhere.  This  rule  is  founded  not 
simply  upon  convenience  but 
in  the 
necessities  of  nations  and  states,  for 
otherwise  it  would  be  impracticable  for 
them  to  carry  on  an  extensive  inter­
course  and  commerce  with  each  other. 
The  whole  system  of  agencies,  pur­
chases,  sales,  mutual  credits  and  of 
transfers  of  negotiable  instruments  rests 
on  this  foundation,  and 
in  sustaining 
the  principle  there  seems  to  bean unan­
imous  consent  of  all  courts  and 
jurists, 
foreign  and  domestic.’ ’  Beach  on 
Contracts, 
590;  Campbell  vs. 
Nichols  et  al.,  33  N.  j.  I.  ;  Guignon vs. 
Union  Trust  Co.,  156  111.  135.

Sec. 

There  are  exceptions  to  this  general 
statement  not  necessary  to mention now, 
tor  the  reason  that  this  case  does  not 
come  within  any  of  the  exceptions.

Does  the  fact  that  this  court  would 
hold  a  Michigan  contract  containing 
the  same  terms  to  be  a  valid  contract 
prevent 
its  following  the  construction 
given  to  the  Illinois  contract  by  the 
Illinois  court?
In  the case of  Waters  et  al.  vs.  Cox  et 
al.,  2  111.  App.  129,  the  court  held  that 
the  construction  given  to  a  Michigan 
contract  by  the  Michigan  courts  mu?t 
be  followed,  although  that  constructii n 
was  contrary  to  the  construction  given 
to  like  contracts  by  the  Illinois  courts.
In  the  case  of  Forepaugh  vs.  Rail­
road  Co.,  128  Pa.  St.  2i7,there  is  a  very 
full  and  able  discussion  of  the questions 
at  issue  here,  and  it  was  here  held  that 
a  New  York  contract would be construed 
the  same  as  the  New  York  courts  would 
it,  although  a  Pennsylvania 
construe 
contract  containing 
like  terms  would 
be  construed  by the  Pennsylvania  courts 
just  the  other  way.  There  is  no  great 
hardship  in  this.  The  plaintiff  insisted 
upon  having  an  Illinois  contract.  Now 
that  he  cannot  enforce  his  contract  in 
the  courts  of  Illinois,  is  it  just  or  right 
that  by  coming  before  the  courts  of  this 
State  he  shall  be  able'to  enforce  a  con­
tract  he  has  seen  fit  to  make  when  it 
is 
void  by  the  law  of  the  country  where  it 
was  made? 
l o   allow  this  to  be  done 
would  give  rise  to  great  uncertainty 
and  confusion.  Story  on  Conflict  of 
Laws,  Sec.  278,  quotes  with  approval 
the  opinion  of  Chief  Justice  Parker  in 
Blanchard  vs.  Russell,  13  Mass.  1  :
“ That  the  laws  of  any  state cannot  by 
any 
inherent  authority  be  entitled  to 
respect  extra territorially,  or  beyond  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  state  which  enacts 
them,  is  the  necessary  result  of  the 
in­
dependence  of  distinct  sovereignties. 
But the  courtesy,  comity  or  mutual  con­
venience  of  nations,  amongst  which 
commerce  has 
introduced  so  great  an 
intercourse,  has  sanctioned  the  admis­
sion  and  operation  of  foreign  laws  rela­
tive  to  contracts,  so  that 
is  now  a 
principle  generally  received  that  con­
tracts  are  to  be  construed  and  inter­
preted  according  to  the  laws  of  the state 
in  which  they  are  made,  unless  from 
their  tenor  it  is  perceived that they were 
entered 
into  with  a  view  to  the  laws  of 
some  other  state.  And  nothing  can  be 
more  just  than  this  principle,  for  when 
a  merchant  of  France,  Holland  or  Eng­
land  enters  into  a  contract  in  his  own 
country  he  must  be  presumed  to  he 
cognizant  of  the  laws  of  the  place where 
he  is  and  to  expect  that  his  contract 
is 
to  be  judged  of  and  carried  into  effect 
according  to  those  laws;  and  the  mer­
chant  with  whom  he  deals,  if  a  foreign­
er,  must  be  supposed  to  submit  himself 
to  the  same  laws,  unless  be  has  taken 
care  to  stipulate  for  a  performance  in 
some  other  country  or  has  in  some  other 
way  expected  his  particular  contract 
from  the  laws  of  the  country  where  he 
is. ’ ’
new  trial  ordered.

Judgment  should  be  reversed  and  a 
The  other  justices  concurred.

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Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Twin  Lake— Ezra  Averill  has  opened 

a  grocery  store  here.

Eureka— Walter  Burk  has  embarked 

in  the  hardware  business.

Lum—J.  H.  Baker,  general  dealer, 

has  removed  to  Melamora.

Gladwin— H.  A.  Marienthal  succeeds 

Marks  &  Marienthal  in  general  trade.

Port  Huron---- A.  B.  Carlisle  has
opened  a  candy  store  on  Huron  avenue.
Daggett— Dunham  &  Collette  succeed 
Westmen  &  Dunham  in  general  trade.
Mancelona— Herbert  Smith,  of  Leip- 
sic,  Ohio,  has  opened  a  harness  shop 
here.

Detroit— Geo.  E.  Angell  succeeds
in  the  confectionery 

Eckert  &  Angell 
business.

Manton—J.  C.  Hill  has opened a-meat 
in  connection  with  his  grocery 

market 
business.

Ravenna— F.  G.  Emmons  and  John 
Price  have  opened  a  meat  market  at 
this  place.

Millbrook— Chas.  Ward,  of  Amble, 
in  the  grocery  business 

has  embarked 
at  this  place.

Bay  City— L.  &  H.  Goeschel  succeed 
Meisel  & Goeschel  in  the  wholesale  gro­
cery  business.

Alma— Wright  &  Williard  succeed 
in  the  grocery  and 

Jehial  Woodward 
bakery  business.

Eaton  Rapids— Stirling  &  Crawford 
have  opened  a  meat  market  in  the  rear 
of  their  grocery  store.

Eaton  Rapids—J.  L.  Whittlesey  has 
engaged  in the  upholstering  business  in 
the  Stedwell  building.

St.  Joseph— Frank  Webber,  grocer  at 
this  place,  was  married  Nov.  25  to  Miss 
Viola  Willet,  of  Shelby.

Lansing—Seymour  A.  Rice  continues 
the  electrical  supply  business  formerly 
carried  on  by  Rice  &  Ward ell.

Boyne  City—J.  M.  Welis  &  Co.  have 
opened  a  book,  stationery  and  fancy 
goods  store  opposite  the  postoffice.

Morenci—John  Garnber  and  C.  F. 
Beach  have  purchased  the confectionery 
and  tobacco  stock  of  Geo.  Oldfield.
Coral—C.  E.  Van  Every,  of  Middle-1 
ville,  registered  pharmacist,  has  taken 
charge  of  the  drug store of H.  M.  Gibbs.
Ludington— Frank M.  Bentley,former­
ly  engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  has 
opened  a  wholesale  and  retail  oyster 
depot.

Addison— Southard  &  Gamble,  deal­
ers  in  dry goods,  groceries and boots and 
shoes,  have  removed  from  Waldron  to 
this  place.

Standish— Geo.  Grier  has  purchased 
the 
interest  of  his  partner  in  the  firm 
of  Pomeroy  &  Grier,  meat  dealers  at 
this  place.

Port  Huron— Mrs.  M.  Ferguson  has 
removed  from  Hamilton,  Ont.,  to  this 
place and  opened  a  bakery at  1014 Elm­
wood  street.

Lansing—Jacob  Simon  is  closing  out 
his  bazaar  stock  and  will  remove  to 
Muncie,  Ind.,  where  he  will  re-engage 
in  business.

Ludington—Joseph Hoare  has  sold  his 
bakery  to  C.  M.  Hilton,  proprietor  of 
the  City  bakery,  who  will  conduct  both 
establishments.

Caledonia—Chas.  Gildner,  formerly 
engaged  in  the  meat  business  at  Grand 
Rapids,  has  embarked in  the same busi­
ness  at  this  place.

Alma— H.  J.  Vermeulen  will  add  a 
line  of  boots  and  shoes  to  his  grocery 
business,  occupying  the  building  east 
of  his  grocery  store  with  same.

Port  Huron—J.  W.  Goulding  &  Co. 
will  celebrate  the  twenty-hist  anniver­
sary  of  their  embarking  in  the  bazaar 
business  by  an  anniversary  sale.

Saginaw—Barbara  (Mrs.  C .)  Hammel 
succeeds  J.  M.  Meyers  in  the  grocery 
business  at this  place.  Mr.  Meyers  also 
conducts  a  grocery  store  at  Cheboygan.
Grand  Ledge— Geo.  A.  Young  has 
purchased  the  North  Side  meat  market 
and 
leased  it  to  his  son,  William,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Lyons—G.  H.  Trefry,  who  conducts 
a  grocery  and  shoe  store,  is in  a  critical 
condition  on  account  of  an  attack  of 
rheumatism.  D.  L.  Boyden  is  in  charge 
of  the business.

Sturgis—John  Clapp,  formerly  of  the 
hardware  firm  of  Clapp  &  Bilsborrow, 
has  purchased  the  Geo.  Klesert  grocery 
stock  and  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

Fennville— R.  S.  Shiffert  has  rented 
the  store  building  adjoining  him  on  the 
west.  Double  doors  will  be  cut  through 
the  brick  wall,  connecting  his drygoods 
and  grocery  stocks.

Eaton  Rapids—W.  A.  Smith,  former­
ly  of  the  firm  of  Smith  Bros.,  meat 
dealers  at  Springport,  has  been  engaged 
by  Amos  McKinney  to  take  charge  of 
his  meat  market  here.

Escanaba— Sourwine  &  Hartnett  have 
opened  the  New  Hill  drug  store  to  the 
public. 
It  is  located  on  the  site  occu­
pied  by  their  old  drug  store  previous 
to  its  destruction  by  fire  last  May.

Grand  Haven—John  J.  Boer  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  to  Antony  Boet  and 
Bert  Bolt,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under  the  style  of  Boet  &  Bolt. 
Mr.  Boer  will  engage  in  other  business.
Calumet—E.  W.  Kruka  has  sold  his 
undertaking  business  to  Maurin  & 
Bano.  Mr.  Kruka will  devote  his  entire 
time  to  the  organization  of  Finnish 
Maccabee,  lodges 
in  the  Upper  Penin­
sula.

Montague-----Andrew  Wurtzler,  shoe
and  harness  dealer,  had  the  misfortune 
to  slip  and  fall  recently,  while  moving 
a  barrel  of  oil,and  fractured  three  ribs, 
which  will  confine  him  to  his  bed  for 
several  days.

Battle  Creek—Edwin  N.  Caldwell  has 
purchased  the  interest  of  G.  F.  Zang  in 
the  grocery  firm  of  G.  F.  Zang  &  Co. 
The  business  will  be  continued  by  Mr. 
Caldwell  and  Geo.  Zang,  Jr.,  under  the 
style  of  Zang  &  Caldwell.

Douglas—O.  R.  Johnson,  dealer  in 
drugs and  groceries,  has  sold  his  drug 
stock to  L.  A.  Phelps,  druggist at  Saug- 
atuck,  who  will  remove  his  stock 
to 
Douglas  and  consolidate  it  with  the new 
purchase.  Mr.  Johnson  will  continue 
the  grocery  business.

Menominee— Heman  L.  Vieth,  who 
has  been  conducting  a  paint  shop  here 
and  at  Marinette, Wis.,  has  made an  as­
signment,  Albert  Porth  of  this  city 
being  named  as  assignee.  The  esti­
mated  assets  are  $4,500  while  the liabil­
ities  are  not  more  than  $2,500.

Harbor  Springs—Welling  &  Stein, 
dry  goods  dealers,  have opened a branch 
store at  Sturgeon  Bay  for a  short  time. 
From  that  place  they  will  go  to  Cross 
Village  for  a  few  days,  their 
intention 
being  to  get  acquainted  with  the  people 
in  the  smaller  towns  roundabout.

Detroit—David  F.  Mitchell,  Adelina 
Mitchell  and  William  H.  Mitchell  have 
uttered  a  chattel  mortgage  for  $5, too, 
running  to  Janet  D.  Mitchell  and Agnes 
Mitchell.  The  mortgage  covers  the  ma­
chinery,  wagons,  horses,  etc.,  of  Mitch­
ell  Brothers'  feed  mill,  corner ef  Second 
and  Larned  streets.

Jackson—Gallup  &  Lewis,  furniture 
dealers,  having  outgrown  their  present 
quarters  on  Cortland  street,  have  closed 
a  deal  whereby  they  obtain  possession 
of  the  entire  Champion  block,  except 
two  stores  on  the  ground  floor,  which 
they  will  occupy 
in  connection  with 
their  present  location.

Montague—The  Alfred  Allen  drug 
stock  and  fixtures  were  sold  at  chattel 
mortgage  sale  Nov.  24  to  Frank  Hoff­
man  and  Harvey  Morse,  both  of  Shelby, 
who  will  continue  the  business  under 
the  style  of  Hoffman  &  Morse.  The 
business  will  be managed  by Mr.  Morse, 
Mr.  Hoffman  retaining  his  present  po­
sition  with  the  produce  firm  of  Van 
Wickle  &  Lewis,  at Shelby.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Pharmacal  Co. 
has  uttered  chattel  mortgages  on 
its 
stock  at  95  and 97 Woodward a venue, ag­
gregating  $21,247.30.  The  first  mort­
is  for  $825  and  runs  to  Albert 
gage 
Meloche;  the  second 
is  given  to  the 
City  Savings  Bank,  for  $9,922.30;  the 
is  for $10,500,  running 
third  mortgage 
to  Farrand,  Williams  &  Clark 
and 
Williams,  Davis,  Brooks  &  Co.

It 

Jackson— Lynch  &  Co.  have  uttered 
chattel  mortgages  on  their  grocery  stock 
to  the  amount  of  $12,809.88.  Sprague, 
Warner  &  Co.  are  secured  for  $7,000, 
Franklin  Mac  Veagh  & • Co.  are  pro­
tected  to  the  amount  of  $395  and  the 
Jackson  Grocery  Co. 
to  the  extent  of 
$339.88.  Virginia  Lynch— evidently  a 
relative— is  secured  to  the  amount  of 
$5,075. 
is  asserted  that  the  stock 
will  not  inventory  over  $6,000.

Allegan—On  Jan.  1  the  firm  of  Hicks 
&  Davis,  dealers  in  agricultural  imple­
ments,  will  be  dissolved,  each  member 
engaging 
in  the  same  line  on  his  own 
account.  Until  then,  on  account  of  the 
new  building  which  will  be  erected  on 
the  site  of  their  present  location,  the 
business  will  be  divided,  G.  L.  Hicks 
occupying,  temporarily,  a store  building 
in  the  Parker  block  and  John  E.  Davis 
going  into  the  Peck  store  building.

Ludington---- The  grocery  stock  of
Robert Arnott,  Jr.,  who  made an assign­
ment  a  short  time  ago  to  Adam  Drach, 
was  sold  at  auction  to  Marshall  F.  But­
ters  for  $1,900.  This  price  is  consid­
ered  the  full  value  of  the  stock.  This 
amount  will  satisfy  the  claim  of  the 
First  National  Bank,  about  $1,650,  and 
pay  half  the  amount  of  one  $500  labor 
claim.  The  remaining  creditors,  some 
twenty  or  thirty  in  number,  with  claims 
aggregating  $1,500,  are 
left  out  in  the 
cold.

Manufacturing  Matters.

River  Rouge—W.  B.  Eming  will  op­

erate  a  sawmill.

ate  a  shingle  mill.

Nadeau—Carlson  &  Brooks  will  oper­

Pequaming—Chas.  Hebard  &  Son’s 
sawmill  has  closed  down  for  the  season, 
having  cut  27,000,000  feet  of  lumber 
this  year.

Manistee—Canfield  &  Wheeler  are 
putting  in  a camp  at Fife Lake  and  will 
get  out  4,000,000  or  5,000,000  feet  of 
logs  at  that  point.

Kalamazoo— Dan  Cohn, 

the  well- 
known  tailor,  will  close  out  his  business 
here  and  remove  to  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
and  enter  the  firm  of  Lamphert,  Sloman 
&  Cohn,  manufacturers  of  ready-made 
clothing.

Owosso—R.  N.  Parshall  has  his  new 
flouring  mill  on  South Washington street 
nearly  ready  for  business.  The  build­
ing  is  three  stories  high and  is equipped 
throughout  with  machinery  of  the  latest 
design.  Power 
is  furnished  by  a  50 
horse power  electric  motor

Lansing—The  corporation  heretofore 
doing  business  under  the  style  of  P.  F. 
Olds  &  Son  has  been  changed  to  the 
Olds  Gasoline  Engine  Works.

Onway—Thos.  Austin 

and  Perry
Thompson  are  preparing  to  put  in  a 
sawmill  and  shingle  mill  on  the  line  of 
the  new  railroad,  four  miles  from  this 
place.

Chassell— The  Sturgeon  River  Lum­
ber  Co.’s  mill  will  put  in  16,000,000 
feet  of  logs  this  season,  12,000,000  feet 
of  which  will  be  pine  and  the  residue 
hemlock.

Manistee— Buckley  &  Douglas  are 
shifting  around  their  camps  to  their 
winter  locations  and  find  that  prices 
are  satisfactory  enough  so  that  they  can 
afford  to  raise  wages  in  the  woods  from 
$5  a  month  upwards.

Menominee—The  cold  wave  has  shut 
down  the  last  of  the  sawmills  here. 
This  has  been  a  long  season  for  most 
of  them.  There  were  quite  a  number 
of  old  logs  carried  over  last  fall,  which 
gave  the  mills  an  early  start  last spring.
Sault  Ste.  Marie— Frank  Perry  is  put­
ting  in  five  miles  of  spur  track  to  con­
nect  with  his  logging  road,  which  joins 
the  Duluth,  South  Shore  &  Atlantic  at 
Strong’s  Siding,  in  Chippewa  county. 
The  spur  penetrates  a  fine  body  of pine, 
which  will  be  cut  this  season.  Logs  to 
the  amount  of  10,000,000  feet  will  be 
taken  out  to  the  Hall  &  Munson  Co. 's 
mills.  C.  B.  Smith  has  charge  of  the 
operation.

Explanation  of  the  “Oil  Episode”  at 

Clare.

Manistee,  Nov.  23— In  regard  to  the 
rejection  and  subsequent  approval  of  a 
carload  shipment  of  oil  at  Clare,  I  beg 
leave  to  say  that  1  inspected  the  oil  and 
rejected  it. 
I  made  several  tests  and 
found  it  practically  the  same  each time. 
Three  or  four  of  these  tests  were  made 
in  the  presence  of  the  company’s agent, 
A.  M.  McCoy,  who  well  understands 
the  working  of  the  tester.  The  oil  was 
afterwards  inspected  by  Mr.  Smith  and 
approved.  Mr.  Smith  thought  that  my 
thermometer  was  defective  and  I  have 
received  a  new  one  from  the  maker. 
Am  testing  the  other  by  it  as  I  have 
time.  The  oil  was  tested  in  the  usual 
way.  For  any  further 
information,  I 
refer  you  to  Mr.  Smith  at  Lawton.

F .  E .  W i t h e y .

Hon.  T.  R.  Smith,  State  Oil  Inspect­
or,  called  at  the  Tradesman  office  last 
Saturday  and  presented  a  plausible  ex­
planation  of  the  mistake  made  in  in­
specting  the  oil  at  Clare.  He  stated 
that  the  tester  used  by  Mr.  Withey  was 
defective  in  that  the  bulb  slipped  down 
four  or  five  degrees  without  being  no­
ticed  by  him  and  that  this  defect  in  the 
tester  was  the  cause  of  the  trouble. 
Since  then  Mr.  Withey  has  procured  a 
new  appliance,  so  that  further  errors  of 
this  kind  are  not  likely  to  occur  in  his 
district.  The  mistake  was  a  most unfor­
tunate  one  for  all  concerned,  inasmuch 
as 
it  caused  much  unnecessary  annoy­
ance  and  expense,  and  for  the  good  of 
the  oil  inspection  system  of  the  State, 
it  is  to  be  hoped  that  great  care  will  be 
exercised  to  prevent  a  repetition  of 
the  error.  Mr.  Smith  appears  to  be  es­
pecially  vigilant  in  protecting  consum­
ers  against  imposition  through  the  use 
of  uninspected  oil,being  appaiently  de­
termined  to  make  a  record  which  shall 
entitle  him  to  the  commendation  of  the 
people.

The  vertical  system  of  penmanship 
and  the  Roman  pronunciation  of  Latin 
are  amongst 
innovations 
adopted  by  the  Atlanta  schools.

the  new 

Phone Visner for  Gillies  N.  Y.  teas, 

•11  kinds,  grades  and  prices.

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip
Carroll  A.  Parker  has  opened  a  gro­

cery  store  at  18  Crescent  avenue.

Joseph  P.  Badour  has  removed  his 
grocery  stock  from  420  Henry  street  to 
252  Cass  avenue.

J.  W.  Letts  has  opened  a grocery store 
at  Bannister.  The  Lemon  &  Wheeler 
Company  furnished  the  stock.

W.  Stitt  has  re-engaged  in the grocery 
business  at  Hart.  The  Clark-Jewell- 
Wells  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

W.  W.  Ward  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Millbrook.  The  stock 
was  furnished  by  the  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman  Co.

Jack  Cozens  has  engaged  to  travel  for 
G.  F.  Faude,  the  Ionia  cigar  manufac­
turer,  covering  the  trade  of  Grand  Rap­
ids  and  Southwestern  Michigan.

Bailey  &  Barnard  have  purchased 
the  Pangborn grocery stock,  on  Stocking 
street,  and  removed 
it  to  265  Straight 
street,  the  former  location of  M.  Gavin.
Egbert  C.  Shay  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock  at  the  corner of  Fifth  avenue  and 
East  street  to  his  brother,  Carey  C. 
Shay,  city  salesman  for  the  Worden 
Grocer  Co.,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Northern  Spys  command  $3 
per  bbl.  ;  Jonathans,  $5 ;  Ozarks  (A ik .), 
84;  Etrus  (Ark.),  84.  The  demand  is 
the  high  prices  tending  to 
only  fair, 
decrease 
consumption  to  the 
lowest 
possible  limit.

Bananas—The  market  is  very  strong, 
and  a  good  demand  was  recorded  last 
week  for the  Thanksgiving  trade.

Butter—The  market 

is  off a  little  on 
both  factory  creamery  and  dairy  butter. 
More  roll  and  print  dairy  butter  is  now 
coming  in,  and  a  somewhat  less  propor­
tion  of  creamery.  The  market  is  fairly 
well  supplied,  and  the  demand  from 
local  retailers  has  shifted  from  cream­
ery  to  dairy  grades.  Separator  cream­
ery 
is  held  at  2i@22c,  while  dairy 
ranges  from  18c  for  extia  fancy  down  to 
io@J2c  for  cooking  grades.

Cabbage— Slow  sale  at $3  per  100.
Carrots—35c- per  bu.
Celery— 15c  per bunch.
Cranberries—The  market  is  stronger, 
owing  to  the  increased demand  incident 
to  the  Thanksgiving  season,  but  prices 
are  no  higher  than  a  week ago.  Jerseys 
command  87  and  Cape  Cods  and  Wis- 
-consins  fetch  87.50.

Eggs—Fresh  eggs  are  still  hard  to 
get,  and  the  market  for  them  has  ad­
vanced  2c  per  dozen  during  the  week. 
Several  sections  are  now  sending  fresh 
eggs  here,  but  the  aggregate  arrivals 
are  small.  Strictly  fresh  easily  fetch 
20c,  while  storage  stock  is  held  at  14c, 
case  count,  15c  for  candled  and  16c  for 
fancy  candled.

Game— Dealers  pay  $1  per  doz.  for 
rabbits,  81.20  per  doz.  for  No.  1  squir­
rels,  7c  for  carcass  venison  and  10c  for 
saddles.  The  shooting  season  for  veni­
son 
is  now  closed  and  dealers  must 
move  their  supplies  before the midnight 
of  Dec.  5.

Honey— White  comb  has  advanced  to 
12c  and  dark  buckwheat  has  sustained 
a  corresponding  advance  to  11c.

Lemons— A  few  Messinas  are  in  this 
country,  but  not 
in  this  market  yet. 
They  will  not  be  here  for  some  time, 
as  they  are  not  of  good  color.  Malagas 
in  light  supply  are  here.  There  is  little 
demand,  and  prices  are  unchanged.
per  lb.

Lettuce— Hot  house  goods  fetch  15c 

Onions—White  Globe  and  Red  have 
advanced  to  65c.  Spanish,  8i-75  per 
crate.

Oranges—The  market 

is  now  very 
well  supplied  with  this  fruit.  There 
are  a  few  Louisianas  in  the  market,  but

there  will  not  be  many  more.  Mexicans 
are  the  bulk  of  the  supply.

Potatoes—The  market  continues  to 
strengthen  and  the  average  paying price 
throughout  the  State  has  moved  up  fully 
5c  per  bu.  during  the  past  week.  Most 
of  the  shipments  of  Michigan  stock  are 
now  going  East,  especially  to  Boston 
and  nearby  points,  several  shipments 
having  been  made  to  Portland,  Me. 
Every 
indication  points  to  a  steady 
market  and  a  still  higher  range  of  val­
ues  as  the  season  advances.

Poultry— Hens  and  spring  chickens 
in  ample  supply  at  7@8c.  Ducks 
are 
in  fair  supply  at  8@gc.  Turkeys 
are 
are 
in  fair  demand  and  adequate  sup­
ply  at  ioc.  Geese  are  in  moderate  de­
mand  at  g@ioc.

Squash—81  per  100  lbs.  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes—Virginias  command 
83;  Illinois  Jerseys  fetch 83.75;  genuine 
Jerseys  are  held  at  84  50.
Potatoes  Strong  snd  Higher—Beans 

Dull  and  Lower.

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Nov.  30—Our  market 
has  finally  assumed  a  normal  condition 
on  potatoes.  The  accumulation  of  stock 
here  on  track  has  been  cleaned  up.  The 
tracks  began  to  clean  up  week  before 
last  and  by  the  first  of  last  week  the 
market  was 
in  a  very  fair  condition. 
During  the  week  any  surplus  of  stock 
was  picked  up  and  the  market  last 
week  closed 
in  better  shape  here  than 
any  time  during  the  potato 
season. 
Very  little stock was  available,  and what 
few  cars  arrived  sold  rapidly  and  at 
good  prices.  The  receipts  were  excep­
tionally  light  and  of  very  much  better 
quality  than  heretofore.  We  have been 
burdened  with  a  surplus  of  inferior  po­
tatoes  so  far  this  season,  the  quality 
being  exceptionally  poor,  there  being 
but  few  potatoes  of  fine  quality  offered, 
and  such,  even  during  the  most  de­
pressed  conditions  of  the  market,  found 
ready  sale  at  better  than  quotations.  We 
are  glad  to  be  able  to  say  that  the  mar­
ket  has  assumed  a  normal  condition, 
and  that  business,  both  for  shippers  and 
receivers,  is  on  a  safer  basis  now,  and 
we  trust  that  these  conditions  will  con­
tinue  throughout  the  remainder  of  the 
season. 
The  market  opened  strong 
this  week,  with  sales  reported  to-day  at 
higher  prices  than  at  Saturday’s  close. 
is  very  strong  and,  with 
The  market 
cold  weather 
in  the  North  and 
the 
weather  reasonably  cold  here,  we  look 
for  better  prices  to  prevail  before  the 
week  is  out.  Quotations  to-day  are  as 
follows:  Choice  to  fancy  Burbanks,  57 
@6oc ;  Snowflakes  and  Rural*,  selling at 
about  the  same  price;  sales  of  Hebrons 
to-day  are  reported  at  55@';7c;  Rose  at 
56c  and  one  car  sold  at  57.- '•  almost 
anything,  if  sound  and  clean,  is  salable 
readily at  from  52@56c,  and  the  stock 
has  to  be  very  common  if  sold  as  low as 
52c.  Even 
inferior  stock  is  salable  at 
50c  or  better.  This shows  a  better  mar­
ket  than  has  prevailed  here  since  the 
season  opened.  We  must  caution  ship­
pers  to  protect  their  cars  against  the 
cold.  Ship  as  far  as  possible  in  refrig­
if  refrigerators  are  not 
erators,  and 
available,  ship 
in  a  tight  box  car  and 
put  a  stove  in  the  car;  otherwise,  you 
may  have  a  sad  experience  to  relate  be­
fore  spring.

in 

The  market  on  beans  is  not  at  all  sat­
isfactory.  Shippers  are  holding  their 
beans  at  relatively  higher  prices  than 
buyers  are  willing  to  pay,  from  5@ioc 
per  bu.  higher,  and  this  prevents  any 
trading,  except 
instances  where  a 
buyer  is  forced  from  necessity  to  make 
a  purchase.  The  stock  of  beans  in  this 
market,  both 
last  year’s  crop  and  new 
beans,  is  ample  for  the  needs  of  the 
trade.  There  is  no  immediate  need  for 
any  beans  from  Michigan  or Wisconsin, 
and  in  the  absence  of  any  improvement 
in  the  demand,  the  outlook  is  not  fa­
vorable.  Shippers  at  primary  points 
claim  they  are  finding  a  better outlet 
than  shipping  in  this  direction,  and  are 
able  to  get  more  money.  This  source  of 
outlet  may  not  continue  for  any  great 
length  of  time,  and  they  may  be  forced 
to  look 
in  this  direction  for  a  market, 
in  which  event  we  look  for lower prices, 
and  unless  conditions  change  here  and 
the  demand 
improves  very  much,  we 
think  we  will  experience  a  lower  level

of  values  in  beans  very  soon. 
It  is  the 
time  of  year  when  the  trade  at  large 
over  the  country  are  giving  more  atten­
tion  to  fancy  holiday  goods  than  to 
staples,  and  a  commodity  like  beans 
is 
naturally  neglected  at  the  present  time. 
The 
improved  market  in  potatoes  and 
the  sharp  advance  latterly,  may  cause 
a  better  feeling  in  the  bean  market,  but 
it  will  be  temporary,  we  think.  Later 
on,  after  the  first  of  the  year,  when  the 
trade  get  down  to trading on a legitimate 
in  staples,  we  hope  to  see  some 
basis 
improvement 
in  beans,  but  not  until 
then. 

M i l l e r   &  T e a s d a l e   Co.

And  Still  They  Come.

Marquette,  Nov.  29—The  following 
are  the  most  recent  additions  to  the 
membership 
list  of  the  Lake  Superior 
Commercial  Travelers’  Club:

W.  J.  Gorsline,  Green  Bay,  Wis., 
with  Beals  &  Tory  Shoe  Co.,  Milwau­
kee.

F.  E.  Leonhard,  St.  Ignace,  with  J. 

C.  Michael,  Chicago.

H.  D.  Schall,  Beloit,  Wis.,  with  De­

troit  Stove  Works.

H.  J.  Derouin,  St.  Paul,  with  Geo. 

Benz  &  Son,  St.  Paul.

Aaron  Ponpeney,  St.  Paul,  with James 

Forester  &  Co.,  Dubuque,  Iowa.

E.  F.  Gengnagel,  Duluth,  with  Na­

tional  Cash  Register  Co.

Will  A.  Draper,  Green  Bay,  Wis., 
with  Weggenhorn  Bros.,  Watertown, 
Wis.

C.  A.  Laurier,  Marquette,  with  F.  C. 

Glocke,  Marquette.

S.  D.  Oppenheimer,  Detroit.
Lessing  Karger,  Houghton,  with  Nash 

&  Karger,  Houghton.

M.  F.  Stellwagen,  St.  Ingace,  with 

Stellwagen  &  Kynock,  St.  Ignace.

F.  W.  Dingley,  Ashland,  Wis.,  with 

Standard  Oil  Co.

H.  O.  McMain,  Marquette,  with 

Stone-Ordean-Wells  Co.,  Duluth.

Hides,  Pelts  and  Wool.

Hides  remain  scarce  and  firm,  the 
trade  being  governed  by  Chicago. 
There  are  so  few  cattle  killed  in  the 
State  now  that  the  take-off  cuts  but 
small  figure.

Pelts  remain  firm  and  high  in  price, 
with  wool  costing  above  what  it  wiM 
bring  on  the  present  market.  Some  one 
cleans  them  up  each  week,  so  there  is 
no  accumulation.

Tallow  remains  dull,  with  large  hold­
ings  of  old  stock  only  suitable  for  soap- 
ers,  while  fresh  goods  go  freely.

Wool 

is  unchanged,  with 

light  de­
mand.  To  effect  a  sale,  price  must  be 
conceded. 

Wm.  T.  Hess

Tips  on  Tipperary.

The  waiter  at  our  boarding-house  was  always 
Until  the  place  was  visited  by  a  man  from  Tip­
But  from  the  first  she  treated  him  in  a  manner 
And he didn’t find it needful to Tipperary time.

quite contrary,
perary;
most sublime,

The  German  Emperor  ascribes  his 
good  health  and  vigor  to  the  excellent 
advice given  him  by  his favorite doctor, 
and  he  has  learned  by  heart  the  latter’s 
“ rule of  life,’ ’  which  is as  follows:  Eat 
fruit  for breakfast.  Eat fruit  for  lunch. 
Avoid  pastry  and  hot  cakes.  Only  take 
potatoes  once  a  day.  Don’t  take  tea  or 
coffee.  Walk  four  miles  every  day, 
wet  or  fine.  Take  a  bath  every  day. 
Wash  the  face  every  night 
in  warm 
water.  Sleep  eight  hours  every  night.

It  seems  that  the  South  African  bank 
robber  kills  himself  when  caught. 
In 
this  country  he  wears  a  complacent 
smile  and  waits  with  confidence  for  the 
President 
to  pardon  him—and  he 
doesn’t have  long  to  wait.

The  voluntary  increase  or-  restoration 
of  salaries  on  the Gould  roads looks as if 
we  may  be  nearer  the  millennium  and 
the  Second  Advent than  we  imagine.

Dealers  Forced  to  Sell  on  Too  Small 

Margins.

Ante Lucem in American  Artisan.

The  cook  stove  trade  has  not  been  up 
to  expectations,  largely  owing  to  the 
good  weather  for  farm  work,  which  has 
kept  the  husbandman  hustling  all  the 
if  he  shall  start  the  spring 
time,  and 
work  of 
’98  behindhand, 
it  will  be 
through  pure  laziness,  as  surely  there 
can  be  no  possible  excuse  for  non-com­
pletion  of  the  work  of  1897  now.

I  have  met  one  party  or  firm  who  are 
fully  pleased  with  their  stove  business, 
at  least  they  so  declared.  For  years 
the  firm  sold  a 
line  of  high-priced 
trade-marked  goods,  which  the  makers 
have  always  claimed  were  the  best  on 
earth,  and  while  perhaps  some  money 
was  made 
in  the  way  of  margins,  the 
volume  of  business  during  the  times  of 
depression  continually  grew  less.  This 
year  the  house  made  a  new  and  radical 
departure  by  buying  a  few  medium 
grades  and  a  large  stock  of 
low  grade 
goods.  These  goods  they  put  upon  the 
market  at  small  margins,  and  claim  to 
have  outdistanced  all  their  competitors, 
doing  as  much  business  as  all  the  other 
town  dealers  combined.

Perhaps  the  other  dealers  are  willing 
to  concede  this  point  (numbers  sold) 
but  what  will  be  the  future  results  of 
their business  is  the question.  On  their 
medium  grade  goods  perhaps  no  seri­
ous  results  will  follow,  but  on 
their 
cheap  ones 
it  cannot  but  prove  most 
serious  within  a  short  period,  with  re­
sults  reaching beyond  the  surface.  The 
times  may  not  be  such  as  to  warrant 
large  purchases  of  highest  grades  of 
goods,  but  surely  the  consumer  cannot 
affoid  to  buy  the  very  cheap  ones,  es­
pecially  in  stoves.

The  house  referred  to  bought  from 
two  manufacturing  and  jobbing  houses 
(i.  e.,  people  who  both  make  and  buy 
to  sell),  and  from  a  regular  stove  job­
bing  firm,  and  bought 
identically  the 
same  stoves,  made 
in  the  same  shop, 
from  each  of  the  houses  dealt  with. 
There  were,  of  course,  slight  changes 
in  nameplates  and  trimmings.  This 
shows  how  well  they  are  onto  their  jobs 
as  buyers.

Price  was  the  only  point  considered, 
and 
is  reasonable  to  presume  some 
one  of  the houses sold  the  same  piece  of 
goods  for  less  than  the  other houses. 
With  all  their  experience  of  buying, 
the  country  dealer  often  comes  short 
in 
his  work  of  selecting. 
It  is  net  an  un­
usual  thing  to  find  the  same  stoves  in 
the  hands  of  two  dealers  in  a  town  mas­
querading  under  different 
names. 
Those,  of  course,  are  goods  bought from 
jobbers.  This  stove 
jobbing  business 
is  worth  some  attention,  both  from  deal­
er  and  manufacturer,  for  surely  they 
are  direct  and 
ruinous  competitors 
against  themselves.

Jones  buys  the  goods  from  a  jobber 
or  a  supposed  maker of  them  at  a  low 
price  which  he  thinks 
is  cheap,  and 
Thomas  buys  the  same  goods  under  a 
different  name  from  another  concern 
and  the  slaughter  begins.  Our  manu­
facturer  or  jobber cuts  the  price  to  se­
cure  the  business  and  gives  Thomas  a 
club,  and  Jones  cuts  under  and  sells 
less  all  profits,  and  this  is  business  of 
the  present  day 
seesaw 
game  goes  on,  and  seemingly  every  en­
couragement 
it  by 
would-be  jobbers  and  manufacturers. 
The  result  is  the  retail  trade  are  forced 
to  organize,  to  confederate  together,  to 
stem  the  tide  setting  in  and  prevent  a 
total  destruction  of  legitimate  trading.

idea.  The 

is  being 

lent  to 

it 

Saginaw  Bank  Changes.

Saginaw,  Nov.  30— The  Bank  of  Sag­
inaw,  one of  the  wealthiest  banks  in the 
valley,  finds 
it  necessary,  owing  to  its 
increasing  volume  of  business,  to  open 
a  branch  on  the  east  side,  which  will 
be  done  Dec.  6.  Asa  W.  Field,  late 
financial  man  for  Wellington  R.  Burt, 
has  been  selected  as  Cashier.

The  Second  National  Bank,  one  of 
the  strongest  financial 
institutions  in 
the  valley,  with  over 81.250,000  on  de­
posit,  has  decided  to  open  safety  and 
deposit  vaults,  and  also  a  special  sav­
ings  department  in  the  basement  of 
its 
bank  building.  Work  on  the  addition 
began  Dec.  1.

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Commercial Travelers
Regular  Quarterly  Meeting  of  the 

Board  of  Directors  M.  K.  of  G.
At  the  regular  quarterly  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  held  at  Lansing, 
Nov.  27,  there  were  present  President 
Hammeil,  Treasurer McNolty,  Directors 
Peake.  Palmer,  Tyler,  Stevens,  Streat 
and  Wood.

On  motion,  Director  Wood  was  ap­

pointed  Secretary  pro  tem.

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were 
read  and,  on  motion,  were  approved 
as  read

On  motion,  the  Board  proceeded  to 
select  a  Secretary  to  fill  the  unexpired 
term  of  D.  C.  Slaght.
It  was  moved  by  B.  D.  Palmer,  sec­
onded  by  C.  L.  Stevens,  that  F.  M 
Tyler  be  appointed  Secretary,  and  to 
turn  over  50 per  cent,  of  the  proceeds  to 
M rs.  S lag h t.
Director  Streat  nominated  Fannie  B. 
Slaght.

Director  Palmer,  with  the  consent  of 
the  seconder,  withdrew  his  motion  nom­
inating  F.  M.  Tyler.  No  objection  be 
ing  raised,  it  was  allowed.
by  D i rector  Streat:

The  following  resolution  was  offered 
Whereas,  We  believe  Mrs.  D  C. 
Slaght  should  be  considered  in  a  mone­
tary  way  for the  unexpired  term  of  her 
late  husband's  tenure  of  office,  and
Whereas,  The  hulk  of  the  monies  de 
rived  from  this  source  will  materialize 
during  the  next  thirty  days;  therefore 
be  it

Resolved,  That  we  will  request  that 
the  successor  to  the  late  D  CJ.  Slaght 
shall  pav  to  his  widow  66%  ner  cent  of 
the  monies  above  described  (see  Sec  1, 
Art.  X,  Constitution  and  Bv-Laws). 
Carried.  The  section  referred  to reads : 
“ The  Secretary  shall  receive  an  annual 
salary  of  one-fourth  of  the  amount  re­
ceived  for  dues  from  members  and  5 
per  cent,  of  all  assessments  collected.”
that  we 
amend  the  resolution  to  read :  “ We  re­
quest  the  successor  of  D.  C.  Slaght  to 
pay  Mrs.  Slaght  50  per  cent,  of  the  sal 
ary.”   Lost

Moved  by  Director  Tvler, 

A  general  discussion  of  the  matter 

ensued.

Moved  by  Director  Streat.  and  sun- 
ported,  that  we  now  proceed  to  a  ballot 
for  the  election  of  a  Secretary  to  fill  out 
the  unexnired  term  of  the  late  D.  C. 
Slaght.  Carried.

The  President  appointed  Directors 

Stevens  and  Streat  as  tellers.

With  the  consent  of  the  Board,  D i­
rector  Streat  withdrew  his  resolution 
nominating  Fannie  B.  Slaght  as  Secre­
tary  for the  unexnired  term.

Moved  bv  Director  Stevens,  and  sup­
ported,  that  we  now  proceed  to  an  in­
formal  ballot  for  Secretary.  Carried.

The  result  of  the  informal  ballot  was 
as follows:  Total  number  of  votes  cast, 
8,  of  which  J.  C.  Sauners  received  4.
T.  W.  Schram  2,  Geo.  F.  Owen  1,  F. 
M.  Tyler  1.

On  motion  the  Board  proceeded  to  a 
formal  ballot,  which  resulted  in  8  votes 
being  cast  as  follows:  J.  C.  Saunders, 
6;  J.  W.  Schram,  2  The  President 
therefore  announced  the  election of  John 
C.  Saunders  as  Secretary  for  the  unex­
pired  term  of  the  late  D  C  Slaght

The  President appointed the following 
a  committee  on  amendments  to  ihe  con­
stitution  and  hv-laws:  F.  M.  Tyler,  C. 
L.  Stevens,  Frank  Streat.

Moved  by  Director  Peake  that,  as  it 
will  take  ten  davs  for  the  incoming 
Secretary  to  furnish  an  indemnity bond, 
in  the  meantime  he  furnish  a  satis 
factory  personal  bond,  as  it is  necessary 
for  him  to  take  immediate  charge of the 
books  to  get  out  the  assessment  notices 
and  other  work.  Carried.

Moved  by  Director  Peake  that  the 
President  be  empowered  to  accept  and 
approve  a  satisfactory  indemnity  bond 
from  a  guarantee  company,  from the  in­
coming  Secretary.  Carried.

The  following  communication  was  re­

Kalamazoo.  Nov.  25—We  understand 
there  is  to  be  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  in  your  city  Nov.  27

ceived :

We  embrace  this  opportunity  to  pre­
sent  some  of  our  plans  and  arrange­
ments  for  entertaining  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  on  Dec.  28  and  29, 
that  you  may  see  that  we  are  doing 
everything 
in  our  power  to  make  this 
convention  one  of  the  most  successful 
ever  held  in  our  State.

We  have  secured  our  beautiful  Acad­
emy  of  Music  for  the  occasion.  The 
seats  will  be  removed  and  a  false  floor 
built  even  with  the  stage  for  the  ban­
quet  and  ball,  leaving  the  rest  of  the 
house  for  other amusements.  No  pains 
will  he  spared  in  decoration.  We  will 
have  several  orchestras,  as  well  as  other 
music.
The  hotels  are  alive  to  the  occasion. 
The  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the 
citizens 
in  general  are  aiding  us  in 
every  possible  way.  Our different  com­
mittees  consist  of  No.  1  men.  Twenty- 
five  or  thiitv  ladies  have  the  reception 
°f  ladies  in  charge;  in  fact,  everything 
possible  is  being  done  to  make  the  con­
vention  a  complete  success.
We  ask  as  a  special  favor  that  this 
matter  be  brought  before  your  Board 
and  that  you  urge  each  and  every  one, 
as  he  travels  through  the  State,  to  let 
what  we  are  doing  be  known,  and  urge 
all  traveling  men  with  their  ladies  to 
turn  out  for  a  good  time.

J n o  A.  H o f f m a n , 

Chairman  Executive  Committee.
On  motion,  the  above  communication 
was  received  and  placed  on  file,  with 
the  request  that 
it  he  printed  in  the 
proceedings  of  the  meeting.
sented  hv  Director  Tyler:

following  resolution  was  pre­

The 

Whereas,  It 

is  conceded  by  all  per­
sons  at 
interest  that  the  present  inter­
changeable  mileage  hook  is  not adapted 
to  the  needs  and  necessities  of  the  com­
mercial  travelers  of  Michigan;  and

Whereas,  We  learn  that  the  Michigan 
General  Managers  are  considering  the 
matter  of  replacing  the  present  book 
with  an 
interchangeable  hook  which 
shall  meet  the  requirements  of  Michi­
gan  salesmen ;  therefore  be  it

Resolved,  That  we  respectfully  peti­
tion  the  railroads  to  embody  the  follow­
ing  features  in  the  proposed  book :

1.  Good  on  all  trains  which  carry 
passengers  on  presentation  to  the  con­
ductor.

2.  Baggage  to  be  checked  to  desti­
junction  points,  except 

nation  through 
where  there  is  a  wagon  transfer.

3.  A  hook  sold  at  $20  flat,  with  the 
photograph  of  the  purchaser  and  owner 
on  the  cover,  with  signature,  descrip­
tive  punch  marks  of  the  purchaser,  or 
such  necessary  identification  as  the rail­
roads may desire.  If this cannot be done, 
then  a  hook  sold  at  $30,  with  a rebate of 
$10.  will  be  acceptable.
if 

the  Michigan 
roads  place  on  sale  a  book  embodying 
these  features,  we  will  give 
it  our 
hearty  approval  and  support,  and  be­
speak  for  it  the  cordial  co operation  of 
the  rank  and  file  of  the fraternity.  Car 
ried  unanimously.

Resolved,  That, 

The  Secretary’s 

report,  by  Mrs. 
Slaght,  was  presented  for  the  period 
from  Sept.  4  to  Nov.  26,  showing  re­
ceipts  as  follows:  General  fund,  $35; 
fund,  *844;  deposit  fund.  $13; 
death 
total,  $892, 
for  which  she  held  the 
Treasurer’s  receipts.  The  report  was 
approved  by  the  Finance  Committee 
and.  on  motion,  was  accepted,  adopted 
and  placed  on  file.

Treasurer  McNolty  reported  the  re­
ceipts  of the  general  fund  to  be  $310 60. 
Disbursements:  D.  C.  Slaght,  salary. 
S i 24  50¡exchange,  $645;  postage,  $40; 
M.  F.  Carlton,  stationery,  55  cents;  F.
[.  Pierson,  printing,  $13;  John  R. 
Wood,  printing,  $14  50;  F.  W.  Dalzell. 
S 7 1  1-  F.  Hammeil,  hoard 
cash  book. 
meeting,  $6.46;  D.  C.  Slaght,  $7  15; 
C.  McNolty,  S 3 . 54:  A.  F.  PeaKe  *5. 54; 
F.  M.  Tyler,  *9.50;  B.  D.  Palmer. 
S6  50;  C.  L.  Stevens,  $3.20;  C.  Mc- 
total,  *20665 
Nolty,  salary  *4676; 
Balance on  hand,  *22.95.  Death  Fund— 
receipts, 
*2,961  59; 
disbursements, 
*2000;  balance  on  hand,  $961.59;  de­
posit 
funri— receipts,  S117;  disburse­
ments,  $71  ;  balance  on  hand  *46. 
Total  amount  on  hand,  *1,543  54,  as  per 
certificate 
from  People’s  National 
1 Bank,  Jacksou.  Outstanding  check  of

ivilCHIGAN  TRADESMAN

*500  on  death  claim  not  yet  returned. 
The  report  was  read,  approved  by  the 
Finance  Committee  and,  on  motion, 
was  accepted,  adopted  and  placed  on 
file.

It  was  moved  and  supported  that  an 
appropriation  of  850 be  made  for  post 
age  for  the  Kalamazoo  convention  and 
a  warrant  was  ordered  drawn  in  favor 
of  John  A.  Hoffman,  Chairman  Execu­
tive  Committee,  for  that  amount.

J.  J  Frost,  custodian  of  the  K.  of  G. 
souvenir,  went  verv  fully  over  the  en­
tire  transaction  and  reported  the  ar­
rangement  made  for  completing  the 
hook,  which 
left  a  balance  of’ *20o  in 
his  hands,  which  he  turned  over  to 
Treasurer  McNolty  to  the  credit  of  the 
general  fund  The  above  report  was 
received  and  adopted.
The  following  death  claims  were  al­
lowed  and  ordered  to  be  paid :  J.  B 
Morehouse,  J  C.  Mvers,  Geo  H.  Rib- 
let,  A.  E.  Button.  Wm.  P  Hutchins, 
Geo  C.  Fletcher,  D  C.  Slaght.
On  motion,  the  following  committee 
was  appointed  to  draft  resolutions  unon 
the  de^th  of  our  late  Secretary;  Presi­
dent  Hammeil  and  Directors  Streat  and 
Wood.

The  Finance  Committee  reported  as 

follows:

Your  Committee  reports  meeting  at 
the 
Flint,  Nov.  26.  We  checked  up 
late  Secretary,  D.  C. 
accounts  of  the 
Slaght, 
found  them  correct,  and  all 
monev  due  the  Association  was  paid  by 
Mrs.  Slaght  to  the  Treasurer.  Mr.  M e  
Nolty,  and  the  effects  of  the  office  were 
turned  over  to  the  President.

On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted 

and  placed  on  file.

Treasurer  McNolty 

reported  that, 
after  paving  the  death  claims  previous­
ly  ordered,  there  would  be  less  than 
S5oo  in  the  death  fund.

On  resolution.  Assessment  No.  3  was 

ordered  to  be  issued  December  1.
The  personal  bond  of  John  C.  Saun­
ders.  Secretary  for  the  unexpired  term 
of  D.  C.  Slaght.  was  presented,  with 
sureties  in  Alfred  Ronk  and  J.  J.  Frost, 
as  a  temporary  bond  until  the guarantee 
bond  can  be  received.
On  motion  the bond  was  accepted and 

adopted.

The  Committee  on  Resolutions  on 
the  death  of  our  late  Secretary,  D.  C. 
Slaght.  submitted  the  following:

Whereas.  We  recognize  the  deep grief 
of  Mrs.  Fannie  B.  Slaght  in  the  loss 
of  her  husband,  late  Secretary  of  this 
Association,  we  hereby  extend  our  sym­
pathies  and  assistance  for  her  welfare 
in  the  hour  of  her  deep  affliction.

Warrants  were  ordered  drawn  for  the 
following  hills:  C.  McNoltv,  commis­
sions,  *17.66;  Mrs.  D  C.  Slaght,  salary 
on  commissions.  Sept.  4  to  Nov.  26. 
S51.15;  Mrs.  D  C.  Slaght,  postage,  ex­
change,  express,  $22.40;  John  R  Wood, 
printing,  *5  50;  C.  McNoltv,  board 
meeting,  *5  74;  F.  M.  Tvler,  *7  32; 
John  R  Wood,  *5  74;  B.  D.  Palmer, 
*5  07;  C.  L.  Stevens,  *5  54;  F.  R. 
Streat,  *4  08;  A.  F.  Peake,  *6 06.

The  Committee  on  Amendments  and 

Resolutions  reported  as  follows:
retary. ’ ’

Art.  4,  Sec.  1,  to omit  the word “ Sec­

Art.  4,  Sec.  2,  add  the  word  “ Secre­

tary. ’ ’
Add  to  Sec.  7:  The  Board  of  Direc­
tors  shall  elect  a  Secretary  at  the  first 
meeting 
in  January,  who  shall  hold 
office  for  the  term  of  one  year,  unless 
removed  for  cause,  and  any  member  of 
the  organization 
in  good  standing  is 
eligible  for  the  office.

On  motion,  the  above  amendments 
were  concurred 
in,  accepted  and  or­
dered  to  he printed  in  the  proceedings.
On  motion,  the  Board  adjourned,  to 

meet  at  Kalamazoo,  Dec.  28.
• 

J o h n   R   W o o d .
Acting  Secretary.

Detroit 

in  Line  with  Three  Candi­

dates.

Detroit,  Nov.  29—At 

the  regular 
meeting  of  Post  C,  Michigan  Knights 
of  the  Grip,  held  last  Saturday  evening, 
the  following  business  was  transacted : 
After  approving  the  minutes  and 
some  very  interesting  communications 
were  read  and  passed  upon, 
it  was 
moved,  supported  and  carried  that  the

Post  take  a  ballot  for  candidates  for  the 
several  State  officers  to  be  elected  at 
the  annual  convention  held 
in  Kala­
mazoo  on  Dec.  28,  when  the  following 
were  almost  unanimously  chosen :  For 
member  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  J. 
W.  Schram; 
for  State  Secretary,  M. 
Howarn ;  for  First  Vice-President,  W. 
4.  Bair.  The  boys  all  pledged  them­
selves  to  use  all  honorable  means  to 
elect  the  above  candidates.

A  committee  was  appointed  to  draft 
resolutions  of  condolence  upon 
the 
death  of  our  late brother,  Dell C  Slaght, 
compised  of  P.  Walsh,  John  R  W<od 
and  J.  W.  Schram.  The  report  of  the 
committee,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted,  is  as  follows:

Whereas,  It  is  appointed  for  all  men 
once  to  die,  and  death 
in  a  most  un­
pleasant  form  has  taken  from  our  midst 
and  the  State  organization  our much  re­
spected  Secretary  and  brother,  Dell  C. 
ail tght;  therefore  be  it
Resolved,  That  we  hereby  tender  to 
the  widow  of  our  late  brother  our  heart­
felt  sympathy  in  the  stupendous  and 
most  lamentable  affliction  that  has  be­
fallen  her.

Resolved,  That  we  desire  to  express 
in  the  strongest  ianguage  our  apprecia­
tion  of  the  services  of  the  deceased  to 
our organizition  and  that  we  regret  the 
withdrawal  from  the  world’s  stage  of  a 
good  fellow,  a  kind  friend  and  a  gener­
ous  nature.

After all  the  business  was  transacted, 
the  members  enj  tyed  one  of  the  most 
pleasant  evenings  in  the  history  of  the 
Post—something  new  and  novel  in  the 
line  of  socials,  called  a state  pie  social. 
Each  lady  brought  a  pie  with  her  name 
written  thereon.  Then  there  was  a  bag 
of  potatoes  neatly  done  up 
in  paper 
lady's  name  written  on  each 
with  a 
potato  to  correspond  with 
the  pie. 
Then  the  chances  were  sold  at  auction 
for  small  amounts,  the  bids  being 
lim­
ited.  The  gentlemen  had  to  eat  the pie 
they  had  purchased  with  the  lady  whose 
name  was  on  the  potato.  Then  each  pie 
was  named  after some  state  in  the union 
and  each  gentleman  was  required  to 
give  an  essay  on  the  state  which  his 
pie  represented.  This  sort  of  entertain­
ment  helps  the  boys  to  be brave and also 
adds  to  the  treasury  of  the  Post.

Post  C  holds 

its  annual  meeting  on 
Saturday  evening,  Dec.  11, 
for  the 
purpose  of  electing  officers  for  the  year 
1898 ;  also to make final arrangements for 
the  trip  to  Kalamazoo  on  Dec  27.

J.  W.  S c h r a m ,  Sec'y.

Resolutions  of  Respect— Bigelow  En­

dorsed  for  Treasurer.

Owosso,  Nov.  29 —At a meeting of Post
O,  held  Saturday  evening,  Nov.  27,  R.
P.  Bigelow  was  unanimously  endorsed 
as  a  candidate  for  Treasurer  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip.
was  unanimously  adopted :

The  following  resolution  of  respect 

“ We  know  how  vain 

Whereas,  In  view  of  the  loss  we  have 
sustained  bv  the  decease  of  our  brother, 
friend,  associate and  knight  of  the  road, 
Dell  C.  Slaght,  and  of  the  still  heavier 
loss  sustained  by  those  who  were  near­
est  and  dearest  to  him,  we  who  have 
known  him  for  years  can  say  with  sin­
cerity  that,  “ They  who  knew  him  best 
loved  him  most  ”   To  his 
stricken 
family,  we  wish  to  tender our  brotherly 
consideration 
it 
is  to  gild  a  grief  with  words.”   Broth 
ers,  another  member  of  our  order  has 
taken  his  endless  lav-off  Another  sam­
ple  case  has fallen  from nerveless hands, 
never  to  be  reclaimel,  and  from  over 
the  wire  there  will  come  no  message  to 
recheck.  Death  has  again  come  among 
us  and  taken  from  our  midst  one  whom 
we all  knew  and  loved.  While  we  can­
not recall  him,  let  us  always  cherish  the 
memory  of  that  great,  loval  and  gener 
011s  heart,  that  cheery  voice  and  strong 
true  hand  that  never  was  closed 
to 
worthy  charity,  yet  has  so  often  met our 
own  with  the  warm,  strong  clasp  of 
friendship  and 
therefore 
be  it

fraternity; 

Resolved,  That  the  heartfelt  testi­
monial  of  our  sympathy  and  sorrow  be 
forwarded  to  the  family  of  our  departed 
friend  by  the  Secretary  of  Post  O.

L,  K rob,  Sec’y.

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

Worden  Grocer  Co.

Importers and  Jobbers

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

The  past  year  has  been  a  record  breaker  on  many  classes 

of goods  represented  by'us.

The  sale  of American  Family  Soap  is  in  excess  of  any 
previous  year. 
This  is  due  to  the  fact  that  Jas.  S.  Kirk  &  
Co.  maintain  the  high  character  originally  established  for this 
soap  by  using  none  but  the  very best material  in  its  manufac­
ture.  T he  same  is  true  of  Dome,  White  Cloud,  Cabinet 
and  Tar  Soap.

Our  sale  on  Lakeside  Peas  has  been  far  in  excess  of any 
previous  year. 
This  speaks  well  for  them  and  ought  to 
suggest  to  those  who  are  not  using  them  to  begin  at  once  if 
they  would  have  the  best  in  the  market.

Our  stock  of  Canned  Goods  is  very  large  in  all  lines  and 

contains  the  best  things  to  be  had  in  any  market.

O ur  stock  of  Syrups  and  Molasses  is  complete  in  every 

detail.

Our  Quakeress,  Queen  and  Princess  Teas  are  very  pop­
ular,  and justly  so,  as  they are  the  best  that  can  be  procured 
in  Japan  and  are  imported  direct  by  us.

Our  Quaker,  To=ko,  State  House,  Mandelhing,  Golden 

Santos  and  Golden  Rio  Coffees  are  winners.

Our  Laurel  Flour  is  the  best  that  can  be  produced  from 

the  choicest  hard  spring  wheat.

This  is  also true of Quaker  Flour,  which  is  made  from  the 
best  grade  of  Michigan  winter  white  wheat.  There  can  be 
nothing  made  superior  to  it.

Our  stock  in  all  departments  is  large  and  we  trust-you  will 
draw from  it as  your  necessities  require.  W e  shall  endeavor 
to  merit  your  favors.

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WEDNESDAY.  •  •  •  DECEMBER  1,  1897.

THE  IN DUSTRIAL  REVIVAL.
The  naturalness  with  which 

the 
wheels  of  industry  resume  their  motion 
after  the  long years  of  idleness  makes  it 
seem  as  though  the  normal  condition 
had  been  constant.  Each  member  of 
the 
industrial  army  has  fallen  into  his 
position  and  has  assumed  the  contented 
demeanor  of  requited  labor.  That  this 
change  from 
the 
anxious  seeking 
for  employment  has 
taken  place  within  the  year,  mostly 
within  a  few  months,  is  a  fact  hard  to 
realize  by  those  who  have  been  among 
the  observers  and  participants  in  it.

idle  factories  and 

It  is  interesting  to  draw  the  contrast 
in  the  opening  of  the  winter  season  this 
year  as  compared  with  that  of  a  year 
ago.  At  that  time  there  was  the  reac­
tion  from  the  slight  stimulation  which 
resulted  from  the  election. 
It  was  ex­
pected,  during  the  campaign,  by many 
of  all  political  beliefs  that  the  result 
would  cause  a  more  or  less  substantial, 
although  perhaps  temporary,  revival, 
and  this  expectation  no  doubt  was the 
cause  of  the  movement,  which  lasted  a 
few  days  after  the  result became known. 
But  the  reaction  came  quickly  and  with 
the  winter  came  the  added  disappoint­
ment  on  account  of  the  failure  of  the 
“ McKinley  boom,”   and  the  cloud  of 
discouragement  and  distress  settled 
down  darker  than  ever.  There  were 
those  who  had  a  prophetic  insight 
into 
the  true  situation  who  began  prepara­
tion  for  the  revival  they  were  sure  was 
not  far  distant,  but  the  general  condi­
tion  was  that  of  disappointment  and 
foreboding.

In  all  parts  of  the  country  the  winter 
presented  serious  problems  as  to  the  al­
leviation  of  the  suffering  of  the  idle 
classes,  which  included  a  great  propor­
tion  of  the  artisans  and 
laborers.  The 
situation  here  in  Grand  Rapids  may  be 
taken  as  typical  of  most  localities. 
It 
will  be  remembered  that  unusual  efforts 
were  made  to  afford  organized  relief, 
and  the  work  of  filling  in  the  market 
site  was  provided  by  the  city  and  so 
managed  as  to  give  employment  to  as 
great  a  number  as  possible.  There  was 
very 
indication  of  improvement 
until  the  January  furniture  sales  gave 
some  encouragement  and  the  idle  facto­
ries  prepared  to  begin  operations,  mod­
erately.  here  and 
there.  As  spring 
opened  the  need  of  giving  employment 
to  as  many  as  possible  prompted  the 
early  starting  of  the  street 
improve­
ments,  which,  later  in  the  season,  were 
extended  to  an  unprecedented  degree

little 

As  compared  with  most  localities, 
Grand  Rapids  was  favored  in  the  early 
and  substantial  resumption  of  business 
activity.  Paradoxical  as  it  may  seem, 
the  fact  that  prices  of  furniture  had  be­
come  distressingly  low  was  favorable  to 
the  revival  of  the  industry  as  compared 
with  other  even  more  important 
indus­
tries  as  related  to  the  general  situation. 
Thus  there  was  a  good  deal  of  discour­
agement  that  the  iron  industry  persist­
ently  refused  to  respond  to  apparent 
conditions  of  improvement.  The  com­
bination  prices  had  been  maintained  so 
long  that  they  were  quite  generally 
thought  to  be  normal,  and  those  who 
recognized  the  fact  that  they were above 
the  proper  level  thought  that  the  revival 
would  soon  bring  the  market  up  to  that 
level.  But  the  weeks  dragged  on  with 
no  change  in  the  situation  until  finally 
there  came  the  break  in  prices  which 
brought  steel  rails,  billets,  ores  and 
other  forms  down  about  one-third  in 
price,  and  then  it  became  quickly  ap­
parent  what  had  hindered  the  improve­
ment  in  that  industry.  Prices  have  re­
mained  at  the  low  level  and  even  still 
further declined  in  many  cases,  but the 
increase 
in  consumptive  demand  has 
been  unprecedented. 
It  has  been 
found  that  improvements  in  methods  of 
mining,  in  transportation  and  in  pro­
cesses  of  manufacture  have  progressed 
until  we  can  compete  in  the  markets  of 
the  world  with  fair  margins  for  the 
manufacturers. 
In  the  furniture  indus­
try,  as 
in  many  others  not  affected  by 
combinations,  the  revival  has  been  ac­
companied  by  an  improvement in prices 
almost  from  the  beginning.

During  the  spring  months  there  were 
encouraging  indications  here  and  there, 
but  on  the  whole  there  was  a  general 
feeling of disappointment,largely caused 
by  the  iron  situation  and  by  the  condi­
tion  of  the  cotton  and  wool  industries. 
The  stock  market,  which  is  a  fair  index 
of  the  general  situation,  showed  no  im­
provement  until  the  first  of  May,  when 
the  advance  began,  which  continued 
without  reaction  until  October.  As  the 
season  advanced  and  the  prospect  of 
favorable  harvests 
increased,  the  gen­
eral  improvement  materialized  rapidly. 
The  shelves  of  the  merchants  through­
out  the  country  had  been  practically 
empty  for  a  long  time.  As  assurance 
became  manifest  that  there  would  be  a 
revival  of demand  with  sufficient  to  pay 
for  the  goods,  there  was  such  a  rush  to 
the  markets  as  had  never  been  known 
during  the  usually  dull  heated  term. 
The  number  of  buyers  flocking  to  the 
principal  markets  during  the  month  of 
August  was  greater than  had occurred  at 
any  time  for  several  years.  This  con­
tinued  until  the  stores  of  the  country 
were  made  to  resume  their  old-time  ap­
pearance  of  abundance.

during 

increase 

improvement 

The  continued 

in  employ­
ment 
in  all  the  principal  industries, 
with  the  full  realization  of  the  most 
sanguine  expectations  of  returns  at good 
prices  from  the  harvests,  has  given  a 
constant 
the 
autumn  months,  notwithstanding  the 
reaction  in  the  stock  market  which  re­
sulted  from  the 
inertia  of  the  upward 
Movement  carrying  prices  to  too  high  a 
level.  The  winter  opens  with  so  great 
a  contrast  with  the  conditions  of  a  year 
ago  that,  as  intimated  at  the beginning, 
it 
is  difficult  to  realize  that  such  tre­
mendous  changes  have  been  accom­
plished  in  so  short  a  time.

It  takes  a  deal  of  money  for  a  young 
man  to study  football  at  a  crack college.

Just  who 

From  time  to  time  some  supposed 
scientific  anthropologists  rise  up  and 
propose  that  the  human  race  shall  be 
improved  by  killing  off  all  the  feeble­
minded  and sickly-bodied and the  crim­
inal  classes  and  the  aged,  and  retaining 
only  those  who are  physically  and  intel­
lectually  vigorous  and  morally  decent.
is  to  select  those  members 
of  the  community  who  are  to  be  killed 
off  in  such  a  summary  manner  does  not 
appear,  but  as  the  possessor  of  such  ab­
solute  authority  would  have  to  be  en­
dowed  with  divine  attributes,  it  would 
be  difficult  to  find  any  person  to  whom 
the  people  of  any  community  or  coun­
try  would  commit  such  power  of  life 
'and  death.

Such  a  proposition  to  eliminate  sum­
marily  all  the  physically,  intellectually 
and  morally  weak  persons  in  the  coun­
try  would 
involve  the  dispensing  with 
all  processes  and  means  of  physical, 
mental  and  moral  reformation.  There 
would  be  no  need  of  physicians  for 
either body  or  mind  nor  for  the  cure  ot 
souls.  Charity,  mercy  and  pity  would 
be  blotted  out  of  human  life,  because 
there  would  no  longer  be  any  of  the 
weaknesses  or  lapses  that  would  call  for 
such  ministiations.

It 

Some  such  sort  of  human  ethics  has 
been  practiced  among  savage  peoples 
of  every  age,being  carried  to  the  extent 
of  killing  off  the  physically,  disabled 
and  the  aged. 
is  the  same  course 
pursued  by  wild  beasts,  which  turn  up­
on  their  sick  and  wounded  mates  and 
is  said  to  be 
put  them  to  death.  This 
specially  a  characteristic  of  wolves. 
It 
is  worthy  of  such  savage  beasts,  but  as 
a  policy  it  should  have  no  place  among 
civilized  and  Christianized  races.

In  this  connection  a  strange  narrative 
comes  from  the  United  States  Consul  at 
Nogales,  Mexico,  who  was  sent  to  in­
vestigate  the  fate  of  a  party  of  Ameri­
cans  who  were  reported  to  have  been 
murdered  by  the  Seris  Indians,  who 
inhabit  Tiburon  Island,  in  the  Gulf  of 
California.  There  seems  to  be  no  doubt 
that  the  party  in question were murdered 
by  those  Indians,  who  are  remarkably 
fierce  and  extremely  hostile  to  strang­
ers.  The  Americans,  who  were  seeking 
in  the  waters 
special  sorts  of  seashells 
of  the  gulf,  are  known  to  have 
landed 
on  the  island  and  were never  afterwards 
seen.

Consul  Long  reports  to  the  State  De­
partment  at  Washington  that  the  island 
of  Tiburon  is  one of the largest and most 
picturesque 
in  the  Gulf  of  California, 
and 
is  peopled  by  a  most  remarkable 
tribe  of  Indians,  who  are  noted  for their 
large  size  and  extraordinary  athletics 
on 
land  and  in  the  water.  Those  who 
have  witnessed  their  aquatic  sports—at 
a respectful  distance—declare that many 
of  them  can  actually  walk,  or  rather 
run,  upon  the  water  with  no  other  as­
sistance 
shoes. 
They  are,  writes  the  consul,  expert 
fishermen  and  huntsmen,  having  rigid 
ideas  as  to  the  maintenance  of  game 
preserves  on  their  island,  and 
limiting 
the  killing  of  game  under  severe  pen­
alties.

than  broad  rawhide 

These  Indians,  it  is  said,  destroy  all 
children  in  infancy  that  are  malformed 
or  appear  to  be  lacking  in  intelligence. 
In  this  way  the  standard  of  physical 
and  mental  conditions  in  both  sexes  is 
kept  very  high.  It  is  currently  believed 
that  at  one  time  the  native  women  were 
exterminated  to  make  room  fora  whiter 
and  superior  race .of  females.  The  nu­
cleus  of  this  race  of  higher  women  was 
formed  from  captives  made  at  various

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

impulse  of  the  general  revi­

KILLING   OFF  TH E  WEAK.

under  the 
val.

times,  extending  over  a  series  of  years, 
on 
land  and  water.  They  have  no 
schools,  but  each  home  has  a  system  of 
physical  training.  The  natives  guard 
their  shores  day  and  night  and  no  man 
■ is  allowed  to  penetrate  the  island,  even 
if  he  should  make  a  landing.  It  is  said 
that  no  epidemics  have  ever  prevailed 
on  the  island  and  that  disease  is scarce­
ly  known  among  this  extraordinary  peo­
ple,  so  that  the  men  and  women  are 
magnificent 
in  their  physical  endow­
ment.  No  man  or  woman  is  allowed  to 
live  beyond  the  age  of  70  years,  no 
matter  how  well  preserved  in  body  and 
mind. 
large 
percentage  of  the  women  have  a  trans­
parent,  peachy  complexion  and  deep 
auburn  hair.

.B y  careful  selection  a 

Here 

is  a  practical  example  for  the 
alleged  scientists  who  want  to 
improve 
the  human  race  on  a  basis  wholly 
physical  and  material.

abatement. 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITU A TIO N .
The 

large  volume  of  general  trade 
in  retail  lines, 
movement,  especially 
continues  without 
The 
realization  from  sales  of  farm  products, 
as  well  as  the  continued  good  returns 
from  steady,  remunerative  employment, 
is  becoming  an  active  factor  in  the  sit­
uation  in  that  there is  not only increased 
retail  buying,  but  old  debts  are  being 
paid  at  a  rapid  rate.  Collections  are 
generally  good  and  considerable  sums 
are  beginning  to  come 
into  the  great 
centers.  The  price  movement  during 
the  week  has  been  more  in  the direction 
of decline  than  the  other  way,  although, 
on  the  whole,  changes  have  been  slight.
in 
the  New  York  stock  market  continued 
until  near  the  close  of  last  week,  when 
there  was  a  considerable  movement, 
some  lines  scoring  a  considerable  ad­
vance.  The  increased  activity  has con­
tinued  this  week,  with  strong  indica­
tions  of  a  decided  change  as  pros­
pects  of  dividends  enter  into  thfe  ques­
tion,  but  general  speculation  continues 
dull  and  uninteresting.  The  balance  of 
trade  continues  heavily  in  favor  of  this 
country,  exports  exceeding 
imports  by 
$220,000.000  for  four  months,  but  the 
only  gold  movement  this  way  is  that 
from  Australia.

The  dulness  of  the  past  few  weeks 

The  wheat  market  scored  quite  an ad­
vance  during 
last  week,  reaching  the 
dollar  point  at  the  seacoast  markets, 
but  there  is  somewhat  of  a  reaction  in 
evidence  this  week. 
The  movement, 
both  for  export  and  in  primary  markets 
continues  very  heavy;  the 
former  is 
more  than  double  and  the  Western  re­
ceipts  are  more  than  three  times  those 
of  last  year.

While  the  tendency  of  the  iron  price 
movement  continues  downward, 
there 
is  not  only  no  abatement  in  activity, 
but  the  week  has  been  marked  by  the 
placing  of  an  unusual  number  of  orders 
in  all  the  markets.  It  is  significant  that 
tendencies  of 
with 
prices  wages  have  been  advanced 
in  a 
number  of  instances.

reactionary 

the 

The  textile  situation  is  without  ma­
terial  change.  The  wool  market  has 
been  generally  dull,  but  the  outlook  for 
spring  goods 
is  more  favorable  at  the 
mills.  Cotton  is  still  at  the  lowest,  5.81, 
with 
.The 
boot  and  shoe  movement  continues  un­
usually  heavy  and  the  tendency  of  hides 
and  leather  is  still  stronger. *

little  prospect  of  a  change. 

The  record  of  bank  clearings  is  in 
about  the  same  proportion  as  for  pre- 
ceeding  week,  making allowance  for  the 
holiday.  The  sum,  $1,058,000,000,  was 
17  per  cent,  less  than  for  preceding 
week.  Business  failures  were  236,  as 
compared  with  235  for  last  week.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W EALTH  AND  WORK.

combined, 

A  great  outcry  is  raised  from  time  to 
time  that 
in  this  country  the  rich  are 
growing  richer,  and  that  the  poor  are 
growing  poorer.  It  is the custom to dem­
onstrate  this  assumed  fact  by  pointing 
to  a  small  group  of  millionaires  on  one 
hand,  and  to  an  army  of  tramps  and 
unemployed  persons  on  the  other;  but 
between  these  two  extremes  there  is  a 
vast  body  of  people  who  make  up  the 
bulk  of  the  population,  but  who  are  not 
counted  at  all  by  the  calamity  howlers.
As  to  the  millionaires,  there are  a  few 
thousands  of  them.  The  number  was 
put,  a  few  years  ago,  at  4,000.  The 
tramps  are  vagabonds  who  refuse  to 
work,  and  who  live  by  robbery  and 
mendicancy 
begging  or 
stealing,  as  may  best  suit  their  pur­
pose,  and  following  from  choice courses 
of  idleness  and  degradation,  conform­
ing  their  habits  as  nearly  as  possible  to 
those  of  brute  beasts.  As  to  the  unem­
ployed,  they  have  been  suffering  the 
inevitable  consequences  of  the  great 
financial  and  industrial  panic  of  1893. 
The  hard  times,  causing  the  stoppages 
of  mills  mills  and  factories,  threw many 
out  of  employment,  which 
they  will 
gradually  get  back  as  conditions  im­
prove.  Those  panics  are  like  storms 
and  earthquakes.  They  are  the  result 
of  causes  beyond  ordinary  control,  and 
they  produce  disturbances  to  commerce 
and  manufacturing  which  only  time can 
set  right.  There  have  been  several  such 
panics 
in  this  country  in  the  lifetime 
of  men  now  living,  and,  as  all  the 
others  have  been  recovered  from,  there 
is  every  reason  to  believe  that  such  a 
result;  will  follow  the  one  from  which 
the  country  is  now  suffering.

information  from 

It  will  be  worth  while  to  appeal  to 
figures  to  discover  the  general condition 
of  the  American  people.  Commissioner 
of  Labor  Carroll  D.  Wright  furnishes 
such 
the  statistics 
gathered  by  the  Government.  These 
figures  show,  in  the  first  place,  that 
in 
proportion  to 
the  population  of  the 
United  States  the  lowest  classes  of  la­
borers,  reckoned  according  to  the  rate 
of  their  earnings,  are  steadily  decreas­
ing,  while  the  higher  classes  of  work­
ers,  wages  considered,  are  as  steadily 
increasing.  Commissioner  Wright, 
in 
an  article  on  the  riches  and  poverty  of 
the  people,  recently  printed  in  the  At­
lantic  Monthly,  divides  the  population 
into  four groups:

Of  one group  of  the  population,  com­
posed  of  farmers  and  planters  who  are 
proprietors,  of  bankers,  brokers,  manu­
facturers,  merchants  and  dealers,  and 
those  engaged  in  professional  pursuits, 
it  is  seen  that  they  constituted  10.17  per 
cent,  of  the  whole  population  in  1870, 
11.22  per  cent,  in  1880,  and  11.97  per 
cent,  in  1890,  showing  a  steady  gain  in 
the  proportion  of  this  high  class  of 
breadwinners  to  the  whole  population.
Making  another group,  composed  of 
agents,  collectors,  commercial  travel­
ers,  book-keepers,  clerks,  salesmen  and 
others 
in  kindred  occupations,  it  ap­
pears  that  in  r87o  they  constituted  0.91 
per  cent,  of  the  whole  population ;  that 
in  1880  the  percentage  rose  to  1.25,  and 
that  in  1890  it reached 2.15,  showing that 
in  this  class  of  persons  there  was  also  a 
constant  increase  in  relative proportion.
Making  still  another group,  including 
the  skilled  workers  of  the  community, 
such  as  clothing  makers,  engineers  and 
firemen,  food  preparers,  leather  work­
ers,  those  engaged 
in  the  mechanical 
trades,  metal  workers,  printers,  engrav­
ers  aid  bookbinders,  steam 
railroad 
employes,  textile  workers,  tobacco and

cigar  factory  operatives,  wood-workers, 
and  those  in  similar  mechanical  pur­
suits, ^the  result 
is  that  of  the  whole 
population  they  constituted  6.59  per 
cent,  in  1870,  7.18  per  cent,  in  1880, 
and  8.75  per  cent, 
in  1890,  showing, 
again,  in  the  skilled  trades  a  constantly 
increasing  relative  proportion.

Making  a  fourth  group, 

including 
agricultural 
laborers,  boatmen,  fisher­
men,  sailors,  draymen,  hostlers,  ordi­
nary  laborers,  miners  and  quarrymen, 
messengers,  packers,  porters,  servants, 
and  all  other  pursuits  of  like  grade,  it 
is  shown  that  the  reverse  is  true,  for 
although  this  class  of  workers  in  1870 
constituted  14.76  per  cent,  of  the  total 
population,  it  made  up 
in  1890  only 
13.44  per  cent.,  thus  demonstrating  that 
the  great  class  embracing  the  laborers 
of  the  lowest  order,  so  far as  wages  go, 
is  steadily  growing  smaller 
in  propor­
tion  to  the  population.

These  figures  demonstrate  that 

the 
vast  mass  of  the  population  between  the 
very  rich  and  the  very  poor  is  constant­
ly  being  placed  in  better  financial  con­
ditions.  As  to  how  many  of  them  be­
come  rich 
is,  of  course,  an  undeter­
mined  problem ;  but  that  many  of  them 
do 
is  certain.  Of  course,  everything 
depends  on  circumstances.  Some  en­
joy  exceptional  opportunities,  while 
others 
inherit  wealth;  but  the  largest 
numbers  of  those  who  become  wealthy 
in  business  do  so  by  the  exertion  of 
their  energies,  skill,  intelligence,  fru­
gality,  industry and  other  personal  qual­
ities.  That  is  all  that  can  be  asked 
in 
a  democratic  country,  where  every 
in­
dividual  is  given  an  opportunity  to  do 
his  best.

Money  in  this  republic  cannot  be  en­
tailed  or  fastened  in  the  family. 
It  so 
happens  that,  in  several  of  the  wealth­
iest  families  in  this  country,  the  heirs 
or  inheritors  are  men  of  business  and 
of  steady  habits;  but,  quite  as  often, 
wealth  that  has  been  accumulated in one 
generation  is  dissipated  and squandered 
in  the  next,  and 
in  that  way  it  is  put 
into  channels  through  which it must flow 
into  the  coffers  of  others.  Rich  men 
are  constantly  rising  to  the  surface,  and 
others  as  often  sink  beneath  it,  out  of 
sight.
If 

it  were  possible  to  confine  wealth, 
or  impound  it  in  the  possession  of  cer­
tain  families,  and  these  were  constantly 
maintained  in  the  ranks  of  the  million­
aires,  and  they  were  all  the  time  grow­
ing  richer,  while  few  or  none  were 
added  to  their  numbers,  it  would  then 
be  plain  enough  that,  while  the  rich 
were  growing  richer,  what  was  added 
to  them  must  be  taken  from  others,  pro­
vided  no  new  wealth  were  being 
created;  but  the  truth  remains  that  the 
general  stock  of  wealth  in  this  country 
is  being  added  to  at  a  very  productive 
rate,  and 
in  view  of  the  fact  that  the 
resources  of  this  great  republic  are  just 
beginning  to  be  developed,  it  can  be 
seen  that  there  are  still  enormous  op­
portunities  for  the  acquiring  of  many 
great  fortunes  without  taking  away  a 
cent  from  those  who  are  already  rich.

it 

When  it  is  considered  what 

immense 
profits are  now  being  made  by the farm­
ers  who  have  been  and  are  still  selling 
wheat  to  foreign  countries  for  the  past 
few  weeks,  by  which 
is  estimated 
that  many  hundreds  of  millions  of  dol­
lars  are  being  brought  here 
from 
abroad,  it 
is  seen  that  here  are  oppor­
tunities  for  the  rapid  accumulating  of 
great  fortunes  without  taking  a  dollar 
Irom what  was  already  in  the  possession 
of  others  here.  A like  fact  can  be  stated 
of those  who are  bringing  in  gold  from

the  mines  of  Alaska.  Here  is  wealth 
created  anew  and  taken  from  nobody.
The  official  figures  show  that  the  true 
valuation  of  the  real  and  personal estate 
of  this  country  for  each  decade,  be­
ginning  with 
in  1850, 
$7» 135*780.228,  or  $308  per  capita ;  in 
i860, $16,159,616,068,or $514  per  capita; 
in  1870,  $30,068,518,507,  or  $780  per 
capita;  in  1880,  $43*642,000,000,  or  $870 
per  capita ;  and  in  1890,  $65,037,091,197, 
or $1,036  per  capita.

1850,  was, 

At  such  a  rate  of  increase  there  is 
material  to  make  up  many  large  for­
tunes  without  robbing  anybody.  Un­
fortunately,  there  are  not  a  few  who  are 
not  willing  to  pay  the  price  of  success 
in  the  hard  work,  economy  and  stead­
fastness  of purpose necessary  to accumu­
late  a  fortune.  They  are  too  apt  to 
vent  their  own  dissatisfaction  and  dis­
appointment  in  denouncing  the  wealthy 
and  those  who  are  supposed  to  be  so, 
but  who,  like  railways  and  banks,  are 
working  with 
capital  borrowed  or 
gathered  from  many  individuals.

If  every  man  who  can  secure  employ­
ment  for  his  labor,  skill  or  intelligence 
would  employ  it  in  doing  his  best,  his 
whole  duty,  there  would  not  be  such  an 
outcry  about  calamity  and  poverty,  be­
cause  there  would  not  be  so  much  pov­
erty  or  pecuniary  distress.

AMERICAN  TRADE  RIVALRY.
Hon.  Charles  Ritchie,  President  of 
the  British  Board  of  Trade,  points  to 
the  shrinkage  which  has  taken  place  in 
the  British  trade  returns.  This  he  at­
tributes  not  to  increasing  German  com­
petition,  but  to  the  growing  rivalry  of 
the  United  States  in  the  world’s  mar­
kets.  He  pointed  out  that  the  new  tariff 
law  had  cut  down  the  volume  of  British 
exports  to  the  United  States,  and  would 
continue  to  make  inroads  into  British 
The  most  alarming 
foreign 
feature,  however,  according 
to  Mr. 
Ritchie,  is  the  fact  that  Americans  are 
securing  the  trade  with  European  coun­
tries  and  with  the  Orient  formerly  mo­
nopolized  by  Great  Britain.  Even 
in 
London  itself an  American  firm  has  re­
cently  secured  the  contract  for a  large 
amount  of  street  railway  supplies  in 
competition  with  British  firms.  Egypt 
and  Japan  have  purchased  in the United 
States  because  they  could do better there 
than  in  England.

trade. 

Germany 

is  seriously  contemplating 
the 
inauguration  of  a  commercial  war 
of  tariffs  with  the  United  States because 
of  the  serious  loss  of  German  trade  due 
to  the  Dingley  tariff  bill. 
In  a  recent 
speech  to  the  Austro-Hungarian  delega­
tions,  Count  Goluchowski,  the  Austro- 
Hungarian  Foreign  Minister,  declared 
that  European  countries  should  unite 
the 
for  common  protection  against 
growing  commercial 
rivalry  of 
the 
American  countries.

All  these  indications  pr  ve  that  the 
United  States  is  at  last  making  strides 
in  the  foreign  trade.  During  recent 
years  American  business  men,  finding 
the  home  trade  no  longer  sufficient  to 
absorb  their  manufactures and products, 
have  sought  an  outlet  abroad,  and  the 
success  with  which  they  are  meeting 
is 
attested  by  the  alarm  which  is  shown  in 
the  Old  World  at  the  evidences  of  a 
steady diversion  of  trade  from  its former 
channels  to  the  new  ones  created  by  the 
energy  and  pluck  of  Americans.

South  American  exchanges  repott 
that,  owing  to  the  great  scarcity  of  corn 
in  Paraguay,  the  government  of  that  re­
public  has  found  it necessary to suspend 
the 
import  duties  on  it  until  the  15th 
of  November.

9

DEFECTS  IN  TH E  JURY  SYSTEM .
One  of  those  stumbling  blocks  to  the 
prompt  and  speedy  administration  of 
justice,  which  is  found  concealed  now 
and  then  in the  American  jury  system, 
has  been  run  against  again  in  the  pros­
ecution  of  the  Guldensuppe  murderers 
:n  New  York—a  sick  juror  stopping  the 
trial  and  creating  the  necessity  for  be­
ginning  over  at  some  future  date.

There 

is  no  branch  of  nur  judiciary 
system  which could, profitably to society, 
stand  more  reform  than  this  same  jury 
system,  about  which  theorists  and senti­
mentalists  have  so  many  fine  things  to 
In  some  states  reforms  have  been 
say. 
accomplished,  both 
in  the  manner  of 
choosing  juries  in  the  first  instance  and 
in  the  regulations  as  to  the  return  of  a 
verdict. 
In  the  majority  of  the  Ameri­
can  commonwealths,  however,  the  old 
English  rules  still  prevail,  requiring, 
among  other  things,  an  unanimous  ver­
dict  by  twelve  men  and  the  beginning 
of  a  trial  de  novo  in  the  event  of  the 
sickness  of  a  juror or any  accident  tak­
ing  him  out  of  the  box.  The  facilities 
for  getting  one  or  more  men  on  the jury 
favorable  to  the  defendant  are  well 
known  to  all  who  have  any  practical 
knowledge  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
courts  and 
in­
stances  to  mis-trials  and  great  expense 
and  annoyance  to  society— if  not  to  the 
final  acquittal  of  the  prisoner,  when 
in 
fact  no  reasonable  doubt  of  his  guilt 
could  arise  from  the  proof.

innumerable 

lead 

in 

It  would  not  be  a  dangerous  innova­
tion  if  in  criminal  trials  a  majority  or 
two-thirds  of  the  jury  could  determine 
the  guilt  or  innocence  of  the  defendant. 
It  would  work  no  special  hardship 
upon  those  on  trial  if,  in  an  emergency 
such  as  that  occurring  in  the  New  York 
case,  the  court  were  permitted  to  pro­
ceed  with  eleven  jurors,  regardless  of 
the  wishes  or  objections  of  the  defense. 
Even  such  simple  reforms  as  these 
would  prevent  many  miscarriages  of 
justice  and  relieve  communities 
of 
much  unnecessary expense in the admin­
istration  of  the  criminal  law.

in 

the 

law,  are 

A further  reform,  one  already  adopted 
in  several  states,  would  be  to  take  away 
the  power  of  the  jury  to  assess  the  pun­
ishment  and  confine  the  jurors  simply 
to  finding  the  fact  of  “ guilty”   or  “ not 
guilty”   and  leaving  to  the learned  court 
the  responsibility of determining the de­
gree of the  crime  and  fixing  the  punish­
ment.  Manifestly,an  ignorant jury,  un­
in­
read,  especially 
capable  of  deciding  between  the 
legal 
degrees  of  crime  ard  weighing  the 
subtle  distinctions  created  by  a  mass  of 
precedents.
The  jury 

is  a  “ bulwark  of  liberty”  
with 
in  this  day and  time. 
This  is  an  era  of  progress  and  practical 
good  sense  and  a  sentimental  conserva­
tism,  or  traditional  reverence  merely, 
should  not  be  allowed  to  stand  in  the 
way of  reforms  for  the  better  security  of 
organized  society  against  the law-break­
ing  classes.

limitations 

The  Philadelphia  Board  of  Education 
will  probably  establish 
in  connection 
with  the  public  high  schools  a  “ school 
of  commerce,”   where  pupils  will  be 
taught  the  branches—chiefly  geography 
and  modern  languages—fitting  them  to 
engage  in  the  work  of  developing  for­
eign  trade.  Particular  attention  will 
be  given  to  the  South  American  field.

In  1816  the  value of  a  bushel  of  wheat 
in  England  was  equal  to that  of  a pound 
of  nails.  To-day  a  bushel  of  wheat  will 
buy  twenty-five  pounds  of  nails.

IO

■  i 

V  

■■

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shoes  and  Leather
Finally  Got  Rid  o f  the  Shoes.

A  rag  peddler  was  slowly  passing 
Mrs.  Algernon  Smith's  house  when  that 
good  woman  bailed  him.

“ How  much  tor old  shoes?”
“ Helluv  a  cent  a  pound,  for  vool  an’ 

cotton. 

1  gau't  puy  ole  shoes.”

“ but  won't  you  give  me  something 

for  them?”

“ Any  iron  or  pottles  you  vant  to  sell, 
lady?  You  vant  to  sell  does  tings  vat 
you  naf  on?  Helluv  a  cent  a  pount.  1 
gau  no  more  gif. 
I  vant  not  does 
snoes,  not  tor noddins.  Noddings else?”  
the 
window.  When  her  husband  came  home 
at  night  she  said :

indignantly  closed 

Mrs.  Smith 

“ Algernon,  1  want  you  to  take a  lot 
ot  old  snoes  I’ve  dcue  up  in  a  package 
and  throw  them  away.”

“ Why  don  t  you  give  them  to  the 

washerwoman?”   asked  Mr.  Smith.

“ bhe  won  t  have  them—says  they’re 
not  her  kind  ot  shoes,”   was  the answer.
lney  are  all  either  too  large  or  too 
small,  the  heels  are  too  high,  and  they 
are  tne  wrong  number. 
1  offered  them 
to  a  tramp  and  he  said  when  he  weut 
into  the  shoe  business  be  would  let  me 
know—he  wasn't  buying  misfits  yet.”

“ 1  like  his  impudence.  Where  are 
they?  1  11  rhake  snort  work  of  them," 
said  Mr.  Smith,  and  he  took  the  big 
bundle  his  wile  gave  him  and  went  out. 
In  htteen  minutes  he  was  back.

“ So  you  got  rid  ot  them,”   said  his 
wife  joyfully. 
“ 1  think  there  was  an 
accumulation  of  six  years  in  that  lot. 
Some  of  them  I  had  given  to  people 
who  were  begging  at  the  door,  but  I  al­
ways  found  them  again  next  day  in  the 
lot.  Old shoes  are  lute  cats— if  you  send 
them  away  they  always come  back.”  

“ The  cat  won’t  come  back 

this 
“ 1  dumped 
tim e,"  said  her  husband. 
them 
in  a  vacant  lot  and  ran.  After 
this  when  you  buy  a  pair  of  new  shoes 
leave  your  old  ones  at  the  store.”

Next  morning  as  Mrs.  Smith  was  do­
ing  her  house  woik- the  doorbell  rang.
" 1   gutss  maybe  you’ve  had  a  bur­
glary,”   said  the  cheery  voice  ot  a  man 
who  stood  on  the  steps  and  seemed  in  a 
hurry. 
this  bundle,  with 
your  name  and  address  on  it,  when  1 
was  looking  over  my  lot  to-day.

“ 1  found 

Smith  took  the  crowd  in  and  told  his 
story—how  they  bad  put  those  shoes 
in 
the  garbage  box  and  had  them  turned 
out  again,  bow  they  had  tried  to  sell 
them  or give  them  away  and  finally  to 
lose  them.  Then  he  showed  the police to 
the  basement  and opened  the door  of  the 
turnace,  where  the  shoes  were  being 
cremated.  Then  be  produced  some bot­
tles  with  long  necks  that  were  sent  for 
his  birthday,  and  for  half  an  hour  he 
was  busy  pulling  corks.  After  some 
little  time  he  released  Mrs.  Smith  from 
the  coal  cellar.

“ Are  they  gone?”   she  gasped.
“ The  police?”
“ No,  no;  the  shoes.”
“ Every  scrap  reduced  to  ashes.”  
They  embraced and happiness,reigned 

in  the  Smith  household.

Shortage  of  Shoes  in  Transit. 

Scotts,  Nov.  24—VVhat 

is  the  proper 
course  to  pursue  in  the  following  case?
1  bought  a  bill  of  shoes  in  Kutztown, 
Pa.  They  were  about  two  weeks  on  the 
road.  When  they  arrived  here,  the  box 
was  in  good  condition,  but  upon  open­
it,  we  found  five  of  the  cartons 
ing 
minus  the  shoes. 
I  wrote  the  manufac­
turers  in  regard  to  the  shortage and they 
claim  they  must  have  left  the  factory 
just  as  they  were  billed,  as  they  never 
ship  an  empty  carton.  To  whom  are 
we  to  look  for  the  shoes?  Please  let  me 
know  how  1  am  to  proceed  in  this  case.

J .  A.  R ic h a r d s o n . 

The  proper  course  to  pursue  is  to  re­
quest  the  shipper  to  send  you  the  origi­
nal  bill  of  lading  and  also  an  affidavit 
setting  forth  the  fact  that  the  cartons 
were  filled  when 
the  shipment  was 
made.  Attach  to  these  documents  your 
freight  receipt  and  also  an affidavit  set­
ting  forth  the  exact  condition  of  the 
shipment  when  it  reached  you,  includ­
ing  statement  of 
the  shortage.  Turn 
these  papers  over  to  your  local  agent, 
taking  his  receipt  in detail  therefor. 
It 
may  take  several months  to complete the 
investigation  the  Grand  Trunk  System 
will  institute  in  the  matter—sometimes 
a  couple  of  years  elapse  before  the 
claim  departments  of  the  several  trans­
portation  companies  over  which 
the 
shipment  was  made  are able  to  locate 
the  loss  and  arrive  at  a  conclusion  as  to 
which  company  shall  be  held  respon­
sible  for  the  payment.  The  amounts 
thus  retained  by  the  railway  companies 
must  be  enormous 
in  the  aggregate, 
probably  amounting  to  many  millions 
ot  dollars  in  the  entire  country.  Large 
shippers  frequently 
intimate  that  the 
slowness  in  adjusting  claims  is  due  to 
the  deliberate  intention  of  the  railway 
companies  to  retain  possession  of  the 
people  s  money  as  long  as  possible,  but 
this  view  is  not  entertained  by  all  ship­
pers,  those  who  are  most  familiar  with 
the  amount  of  red  tape  involved  in  ad­
justing  claims  of  this  character 
insist­
ing  that  the  delay 
is  due  more  to  the 
system—or 
lack  of  system— involved 
than  to  the  deliberate  intention  of  the 
railways to  withhold  the  money  of  their 
customers  as  long  as  possible.

We  Manufacture

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and  ^   D.  S., also  Men’s Oil Grain and  Satin Calf in  lace 
and  congress in  2  S.  and  T.  and  %.  D.  S., all  Solid—a 
good  western shoe at popular prices.

W e  also  handle  Snedicor  &  Hathaway Co.’s shoes in 
Oil Grain and  Satin. 
It  will  pay  you  to  order  sample 
cases as they are every one of them a money-getter.  We 
still  handle our line of specialties in  Men’s and  Women’s 
shoes.

We still  handle the best .rubbers— Lycoming  and  Key­

stone—and  Felt  Boots and  Lumbermen’s Socks.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Boots  and  Shoes

Our  Lines and  Prices  for fall are right.  W e carry 
a  full 
line  of  Warm  Goods—Felt  Boots  and 
Socks;  also,  Boston  and  Bay  State  rubber goods. 
Your business is solicited.

The  shingle  production  of  the  Pacific 
is  taking  on 
important  propor­
Coast 
tions, 
the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad 
having  brought  east  from  Washington 
in  nine  months  of  the  present  year 
2,264,000,000,  an  increase  of  about  40,- 
000,000  over  last  year.  A  larger  gain 
still  is  predicted  for  the  year  ensuing, 
under  the  stimulus  of  a  revival  in  the 
building  trade  which  is  now  felt  gener­
ally  throughout  the  country.

The  old 

log  cabin  which  George 
Washington  built, 
in  Clarke  county, 
Va.,  in  1748,  and  in  which  he  learned 
the  craft  of  Indian  warfare, 
is  still 
standing,  although  it  is  fast  falling  into 
decay.

We  believe  the  boy— and 
if you  look  over  our  line  of 
Warm  Goods,  you  will  be­
lieve  us, too.

Our  general  line  of  Foot­
wear  never  was  stronger  in 
the  history  of  our  business, 
“and these are our busy days.”

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ARE  warm!

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Mrs.  Smith  took  the bundle and feebly 
thanked  him.  When  Algernon  came 
home  she  told  him.  He  said  there  were 
more  ways  of  killing  a  cat  than of chok­
ing  her  with  butter,  and  after  supper 
he  took  up  the  bundle  and  went  out.

He  knew  of  a  nice  dark  place  down 
near a  church  where  he  could  slide 
in 
and  drop  that  load  of  shoes  without  be­
ing  seen.  He  had  taken  the  precaution 
to  tear  off  the address  and  had  changed 
the  shape  of  the  bundle.  As  he de­
posited 
in  the  archway  of  this  dark 
corner,  a  heavy  hand  was  laid  on  his 
shoulder.

“ No,  you  don’t.  No  abandonment  of 
the  lutle 
innocent  when  you  get  tired 
of  your  own  flesh  and  blood.  H.ck  up 
the  poor  tning  now,  or  1  11  club  ye.”  

it  was  the  new  policeman  on  that 
beat,  and  he  didn't  know  Mr.  Smith. 
He  listened  to  his  explanations  with  a 
must  aggressive and  unbelieving  air.

it 

“ Leuime  see  the  k id ,”  he demanded, 
and  when  the  “ kid "  proved  to  be  kid 
shoes  ne  grew  still  angrier.

“ I’ve  a  mind  to  run  ye  in  for  dis­
turbing  the  peace  and  resisting  an 
officer. 
’  he  said,  but  finally  permitted 
Smith  to  take  his  bundle  and  go  home 
the  next  night  a  smudge  came  out  ol 
the  Smith  s  chimney  and  the  neighbors 
held  their  noses.  About  midnight  a 
loud  rapping  was  heard  at  the front door 
and  a  light  in  the  basement  was  hastily 
extinguished.  Mr.  Smith  answered  the 
summons,  while  Mrs.  Smith  hid  in  the 
coal  cellar.  A  patrol  wagon  full  ol 
policemen  was  at  the  door.  One  of 
them  was  on  the  steps.

“ Are  you  running  a  glue  factory  here 
license?”   he  angrily  de­

without  a 
manded  of  Smith.

“ No,  sir.”
“ Tnen  what 

is  that 

infernal  odor? 
Your  neighbors  have  telephoned  that 
you  were  making  yourself  a  nuisance 
and  want  you abated. ’ ’

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

11

Love  May  Laugh  at  Locksmiths,  But 

Not  at  Tight  Shoes.

“ An  easy  conscience  is  an  excellent 
thing,  in  woman  or  in  man  either,”  
said  Cassandra  the  other  night. 
“ But 
for  the  comfort  of  the people around you 
it’s  nothing  to  an  easy  shoe!”

“ What  do  you  know  about  either?”  
demanded  the  Scoffer  and  he  glanced  at 
the  tip  of  Cassandra’s  shapely  foot.

“  It’s  a  queer thing,  too, ”  resumed our 
prophetess  without  noticing  the  inter­
ruption,  “ that  in  so  many  people  there 
is  a  family  resemblance  between  their 
feet  and  their  conscience.  Some  feet 
seem  to  have  scruples  against  beauty; 
so  do  some  consciences.  These  feet 
have  a  sense  of  guilt,  thrilling  and  de­
licious,  hut  nevertheless guilt,  when they 
are  gracefully  clothed.  The  consciences 
that  go  with  these  feet  have  the  same 
sense  of  guilt 
in  the  midst  of  beauty 
and  pleasure.”

“ But  you  just  said— “ interrupted  the 
Scoffer,  which  was  unwise  in  him,  for 
Cassandra  interrupted  in  her  turn.

“  I  said  that  I  would  almost  rather as­
sociate  with  people  that  wear easy shoes 
than  with  those  who  have  easy  con­
sciences.  Maybe  the  conscience  doesn’t 
have  nerves;  I  don’t  know.  But 
little 
toes  and  big  toes  and  all  the  middle- 
sized  toes  are  liberally  equipped  in  this 
line.  Talk  about 
love  that  levels  all 
things!  People  ought  to  think  more 
about  tight  shoes  that  upset  all  things, 
even  love  itself.  Can  a  man  make  love 
when  he  is  pinching  his  feet  with  tight 
shoes?”   she  demanded  impressively.

“ Were  you  asking  me?”   enquired 
the  Scoffer. 
“ Because,  if  you  were,  I 
can’t  tell  you.  I’ve  never  done  either. ”  
impa­
tiently.

Cassandra  waved  her  hand 

“ Oh,  of  course  we  know  vou  couldn’t 
in  any  kind  of  shoes!”   she 

make  love 
exclaimed.

“ I  might  do  my  wooing  at  Kneipp 

cure,”   remarked  the  Scoffer.

“ Can  you  never  be  serious!”
“ I  was 

just  offering  that  as  a  sug­
“ Maybe  I’m 
gestion,”   apologetically. 
not  serious  enough, 
though.  Do  you 
think  it  would  solemnize  my  tempera­
ment  if  I  wore  a  size  or  two  smaller?”  
and  the  Scoffer  looked  critically  at  his 
shining  patent  leathers.

“ I  think  it  would  do  you  good to wear 
some  embroideted  canvas 
slippers,”  
said  Cassandra  with  a  twinke  of  amuse­
ment.  “ I  reckon  I’ll  make  you  a pair.”  
“ I  know  the  kind,”   said  the  Scoffer. 
“ They  have a red  and green  deer’s  head 
on  a  chocolate  ground.  May  I  ask  why 
you  prescribe  canvas  slippers?”  

“ Because  you’re  just  like  your  patent 
'said  Cassandra  promptly. 
leathers,”  
“ You’re  artificial, 
in  the  first  place. 
I’ve  noticed  that  people  with  a  mania 
for  patent  leathers  always  are.”

“ Will  you  pardon  me  if  I  make  a few 
notes?”   politely  asked  the  Scoffer  as  he 
took  out  a  pencil.

“ And  you’re  all  shut  up  within  your­

self,”   proceeded  Cassandra.

“ All  shut  up,”  ruminated the  Scoffer. 

"Does  that  happen  to  mean  stingv?”  

“ Oh.  no!  oh  no!”   protested  Cassan­
dra. 
“ It  means  that  you  are  not  sym­
pathetic ;  that you are secretive; that— ”  
“ One  moment,  please!”   scribbling 
away. 
“ I  don’t  want  to  lose  any  of 
these  pearls  of  wisdom.  Secretive,  you 
said?  Next.”

“  And  you  are hard on the  surface,and 
hard  through  and  through, ”   defiantly.
“ Maybe  the  milk  of  human  kindness 
might  he  good  for  my  patent  leather 
disposition,”   murmured  the  Scoffer,  as 
he  made  a  note  referring  to  hardness.
Cassandra  flushed  a  trifle,  but  made 

no  comment.

“ And—”   she  began.
“ Is  there more?”
“ Y es,  one  more  point.  You  are  not 
dull,  neither  vou  nor  your  leather.  You 
shine—according  to  your  ability  to  do 
so. ”

“ Behold  the  lump  of  sugar!”  said the 
Scoffer. 
“ But  so  adulterated!  Dear! 
dear!  How  about  the  size?  Would 
you  advise  a  change?”   with  an  air of 
concern.

“ No,  don’t  think  so.  You  don’t  wear 
tight  shoes;  that 
is  evident.  You  are 
too  nonchalant.  You  are  a  cynic,  but 
you  are  not  flighty. ”

“ No,  I  don’t  soar  much.”
“ You  know  what  I  mean. 

that  you  are  equable.”

I  mean 

“ In  other  words,  bovine?”
“ As  you  please.”
“ And  to  think  that  it’s  all  because  I 
wear  No.  8 
instead  of  No.  6 or  No.  7! 
By  the  way,  is  that  the  meaning  of  the 
phrase,  ‘ at  sixes  and  sevens’ ?”  

Cassandra  laughed.
“ Have  you  noticed  an  improvement 

in  the  feminine  temper?”   she  asked.

‘ You 

laughed 

just  now,”   said  the 
Scoffer.  * ’ The  atmosphere  seems  to  be 
clearing. ”

Cassandra  promptly  frowned.
“ I  meant  during  the 

years,”   she  said,  stiffly.

last  twenty 

“ Twenty  years?”   repeated  the  Scof­
fer. 
“ Let  me  think.  Why,  yes,  I 
fancy  there  is  an  improvement.  I  know 
that  the  little  girl  next  door  to  me 
twenty  years  ago  used  to  tear  my  hooks 
face  on  occasions. 
and  scratch  my 
Nothing  of  the  kind  has  occurred 
for 
some  time  now.  Yes,  I  think  there  has 
been  a  decided  improvement.”

to  be  sensible!”   exclaimed 
Cassandra.  “ A  shoe  dealer told me  that 
the  average  woman  wears  a  shoe  at least 
two  or  three  sizes  larger  than  she  wore 
twenty  years  ago. ”

“ Try 

age  woman  wears?”

“ What  size  did  he  say  that  the  aver­
“ No.  5.”
“ What  a  novel  experience  for  you, 
Cassandra,  to  find  yourself  below  the 
average!”

“ Flattery—and  from  you!”
“ Not  at  all. 

It  was  only  one  of  my 
patent  leather  opinions, ”   sarcastically.
“ I  am  surer”   resumed  Cassandra, 
waiving  further  discussion  of  the  point, 
“ that  if  women  wear  larger  shoes  now­
adays  their hearts  are  also  larger  and 
their  tempers  more  even 
If  I  were  the 
Judge  in a  divorce court I should remand 
— is  that  what  you  call  it?—remand  the 
case  for  six  months,  meanwhile  requir­
ing  the  husband  and  wife  to  be  meas­
ured  by  a  Commisioner  of  Public  Feet, 
and  to  wear  the  shoes  ordered  bv  the 
official.  If,  at the  end  of  the  six  months, 
they  still  wanted  the  divorce,  I  would— 
consider  it. ”

“ Would  you  ‘ remand’  any  other  cases 

for  the  same  purpose?”

“ Oh  ves ;  ever so  many.”
“ How  about  the  lovemaking  to  which 

you  referred?”

“ That’s  very 

important,”   said  Cas­
sandra.  “ I  don’t  know  why  people  are 
so  blind.  Now,  you  take  the  summer 
girl.”

“ I’d  rather  not,  please.”
’ Cassandra  made  a  grimace. 
’ ’ “ Everybody  knows  how  susceptible 
she  is  to  any  old  lovemaker.  The  rea­
is  plain  enough.  Take  her at  the 
son 
seashore.  She  goes 
in  bathing  either 
w:thout  anv  shoes  at  all  or  with  onlv 
soft  canvas  slippers.  Under  those  cir 
cumstances  she’s  able  to  fall  in  love 
with  almost  anybody.”

May  I  take  vou  down  to  Conev  Is­
land  next  spring?”   solemnly  asked  the 
Scoffer,  again  taking  out  his  note  book. 

Cassandra  blushed.
“ What possesses you?”   she demanded. 
“ Nothing  and  nobody,”   said  the 
“ It  is  the  prospect  of  my  pos 

Scoffer. 
sessing  those  canvas  slippers  ”

“ If  you  are  going  to  he  so susceptible 
to  their  influence  I  think  you would  hot­
ter  take  an  intermediate  course  of  calf 
skin. ”

“ And  becnmp  just  like  the  rest  of  the 

common  herd  of  calfskins?”

“ Oh,  you  wouldn’t .”
“ Why  not?”
Cassandra 

Scoffer,  but  said  nothing.

looked  at  the  feet  of  the 

“ Whv  not?"  he  repeated.
Still  she  looked  at  his  shoes,  but  she 

did  not  speak.

* ‘ Out  with  it!’ ’
“ You  will  have  it?”
“ Y e s ,”
“ Well,  because  vou  have  a  cynical 
fondness  for  thin  souls.  They  go  with 
patent  leather  characters.”

“ Is  that  all?”
“ Ob,  I  didn't  hesitate  on  account  of 
the  sentiment,  but  because  of  the pun !”  
“ I  see.  Not  sympathy  for  me,  but 

resrect  for  yourself.”

“ Yes. ”

tion?”

“ May  I  be  so  bold  as  to  ask  a  ques­
“ Oo  on. ”
“ If  you  have  so  much  confidence  in  a 
comfortable  shoe  as  a  moral  agent,  why 
don’t  vou  wear one  yourself?”

Cassandra  opened  her  eyes  wide.
“ But  I  do!”   and  she  drew  her  skirt 

back  and  showed  her  trim  foot.

“ The  evidence  of  your gu ilt!”   said 

the  Scoffer.

you. ”

“ It’s  perfectly  comfortable,  I 

tell 

tales! 

‘ Fairy 

“ Comfortable? 

fairy 
tales!’  ”   chanted  the  Scoffer 
“ Why, 
I’ye  seen  the  reallv  ‘ comfortable’  shoes 
in  the  windows.  They  are  just  as  broad 
at  the  toes  as  in  the  middle  of  the  foot. 
Look  at  the  way  yours  taper.”

“ But  not  to  a  point.  It’s  all  nonsense 
to  think  that  a  shoe  must  have  as 
liitle 
shape  as  a  slab  of  wood  in  order  to  be 
comfortable. 
is  more  comfortable 
when 
it  has  a  graceful  outline.  Any 
body  would  think  that  the  supply  of 
beauty  had  given  out  before  the  Lord

It 

designed  our  feet;  that  is,  if  He  looked 
at  some  of  the 
‘ common  sense’  shoes 
that  are  flaunted  in  our  faces  ”

’ Then  it’s  really  ail  right  for  your 
foot  to  taper  gracefully?”   asked  the 
Scoffer.

’ Of  course. ”
"And  to  arch  under  the  instep?”
“  Perfectly  ”
“ And  to  have  that  little  curve  in  the 

heel?”

“ Yes,  ves!  if  it  isn’t  too  high.”
“ Oh,  Cassandra,”   said  the  Scoffer 
fervently,  “ when  you  tell  me  good  news 
like  that  I  think  I  could  make 
love  to 
you  without  going  to  a  Kneipp  cure,  or 
thinking  of  canvas  slippers!”

“ Don’t  be  such  a  goose!”   said  Cas­
sandra. 
You’re  too  amiable.  What 
vou  need  is  a  Welsh  rarebit  Hand  me 
the  chafing  d ish y

The  Japanese  law  requires  that  no 
play  shall  continue  more  than  eight 
hours  at  a  time  and,  therefore,  contin­
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You are not at all  particular where you sell  it— 
where the orders come from so long as  you  get 
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with the delivery of the goods.  You only want 
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Isn’t  that  true? 
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

C le rk s’  C orn er
The  Rest  of the  Back  Talk. 

Written for the T radesman.

in  the  next  evening. 

“ I  am  afraid,  Mr.  Boslwick,  that  I 
can’t  piece  on  exactly  where  I  left  off 
last  night,”   I  said  to  that  gentleman 
as  he  came 
” 1 
remember  your  saying  that  you  wished 
that  you  had  my  knack  to  get  on  the 
right  side  of  this  young  fellow,  Morris; 
and  1  am  afraid  you  will  be  disap­
pointed  to  hear  me  say  that  there 
isn't 
any  knack  about  it.  You  must  remem­
ber,  in  the  first  place,  that  my  relation* 
with  him  are  purely  incidental.  He 
is 
responsible  to  me  for  nothing  and  1 
have  no  claim  on  him  whatever.  So 
far,  for  certain  qualities  which  you  can 
see  as  well  as  I,  I  have  been  pleased 
with  the  boy and  have  let  him  see  that 
I  am  pleased  with  him  and  that  1 
like 
to  be  with  him. 
If  I  should  change 
places  with  you  or  should  enter  into  re­
lations  with  him  which  would  give  me 
the  right  to  dictate  to  him,  in  any  way 
whatever,  it  may  be  we  should  not  get 
along  together  any  more  pleasantly  than 
you  and  he  do.

“ Should  you  and  I  change  places,  1 
should  make  up  my  mind  whether  1 
was  willing  to  go  through  with  what you 
will  have  to  go  through  with  if  he  stays 
in  your  employ.  You  speak  so  kindly 
of  him  from  a  friendly  standpoint  that 
I  believe  you  want  him  to  stay  with 
you,  but  always  with  the  lurking 
idea 
that  you  are  in  some  way  to  make  him 
over.  The  conditions  are  these:  You 
have  been  together  for  six  months.  Hr 
is  a  good,  likely  fellow.  He  isn’t  lazv. 
He  has  good  sound  common  sense  and 
you  like  him.  Furthermore  you’d  like 
to  do  the  handsome  thing  by  him,  i) 
he’d  only  settle  down  and  try  to  make 
something  of  himself.  Now,  if  I  wert 
to  step  into  your  shoes  to  morrow  m o rn ­
ing,  I  C3n  tell  you  what  I  think  I should 
do.  It  may  not  be  the  right  way,  but  n 
would  be  my  way.

“ Before  sleeping  to-night  I  should 
decide  to  stop  mixing things. 
It should 
be  either  business  or  friendship,  and  1 
should  make 
it  business.  Friendship 
hasn’t  any  place 
in  trade  relations. 
Morris  is  worth  a  certain  sum  for  a  cer­
tain  day's  work.  Pay  him  that;  and 
when he  does  extra  work,  pay  him  for  it 
without  obliging  him  to  ask  for 
it.  A 
six  o'clock  he  goes  to  supper  and  so  d< 
you.  From  then  until  opening  tim* 
in  the  morning,  he  wants  nothing  to  do 
with  you  and  specially  does  he  not  wai t 
you  to  have  anything  to  do  with  him. 
Respect  that  want  until  such  time  ai 
he  manifests  a  desire  to  change  thes* 
You  haven’t  been  doint 
relations. 
that.  Because  you  have  a 
liking  fen 
him,  you  have  been  doing  this  thinp 
and  that,  with  the  hope  of  buying  his 
friendship,  when  you  ought  to  know  at 
your  time  of 
life  that  a  purchased  re­
gard,  big  or  little,  is  the  flimsiest  thine 
on  the  face  of  the  earth. 
If  you  havt 
any  little favors  to  dispose of,  turn  then 
in  bis  way  as  you  would  turn  them  over 
to  any  other  acquaintance;  and  tfhove 
all  things  don’t  think  the  boy  is  under 
everlasting  obligations  to  you  therefor. 
Especially  are  you  not  to  expect  a  re­
turn  of  such  favors.  If  you  do,  it  shows 
what you  did  them  for,  and  you  ought  to 
be disappointed.  Another thing you  may 
as  well  be  prepared  for  is  some  pretty 
direct snubbing for your proffered favors, 
if  not  a  blunt  refusal  of  them.  That 
will  test  your 
‘ liking’  as  well  as  any­
thing  I  know  of  and  will  show  you  what 
your  real  feeling  is.  If it  is  the  genuine

thing,  you  will  feel  a  little  bruised  in 
the  sentimental  region,  but  you  will 
bide  your  time,  read  over  what  St.  Paul 
says  about  charity,  and 
'never  weary 
of  well  doing. ’

“ It  will  take  some  time  for  Morris  to 
in  you,  it  will  take 
notice  the  change 
hint 
longer  to  decide  whether  you  are 
honest,  but  a  strict  attention  to  your 
own  business  will 
in  time accomplish 
the  purpose.  One  of  these  davs  he  will 
turn  towards  ybu  a  little  of  his  better 
side;  and  then  you  can  venture  to  show 
interest  enough  in  him  to  ask  where  he 
rooms  and,  later  on,  to give  him  a  call 
if  you  can  find  him  in.  There  is  where 
outside  interest  comes  in.  You  can  in 
many  ways  make  better  his  environ­
ment.  It  won’t  hurt  you,  or  decrease  his 
regard  for  you,  if  you  add  a  little  to 
the  appearance  or  the  comfort  of  his 
room.  He  needn't  know  you  did  it 
He  is  benefited  by  it  and  you  will  be  a 
oetter  man  for  it  and  will  stand  higher 
in  vour  own  esteem.

“ This,  Mr.  Bostwick,  is all  there  is to 
it.  The  tide  turned,  the  rest  will  take 
<:are  of  itself;  only  you  must  be  honest 
and 
straightforward  and  aboveboard 
with  the  young  fellow  and  treat  him  al­
ways  as  you  would 
like  to  be  treated 
vnurself,  the  real  secret  of  the  whole 
matter.  To  be  plain  with  you,  I  donJt 
believe  you  can  do  it. 
It  will  take  too 
long;  but 
if  you  can,  and  will  keep  at 
it,  I’ll  say  that  you  have  some  very 
ornmising  material to  work  with  which 
w  11  furnish  you  the  richest  returns.”

The  last  time  I  played  billiards  with 
Morris,  boys,  be  said  that  he  wassmok- 
ng  one  of  Bostwick's  best  and  that  the 
old  man  gave  it  to  him !

R ichard  Malcolm  Strong,

L o t  o f  W o rk in g   M e n .

The  lot  of  working  men  is very differ 
it  was  a  hundred  years 
ent  from  what 
I  igo.  They  are  better  fed,  better  clad, 
and  certainly  better  educated.  They 
in 
ive  in  more  comfortable  houses  and 
more 
Their 
nours  of  labor  are  shorter,  their  oppor 
i uni ties  for  recreation  and  instruct! or 
are greater,  and  they  enjoy  more  of  tbt 
luxuries  of  life.  They  have  made public 
parks,  free  libraries  and  cheap  litera 
iure.

surroundings 

sanitary 

To  bring  about  these  ameliorations 
here  have  been  many  contributory  in 
fluences  at  work, 
religious,  political 
and  social.  But  the  one  great  cause, 
without  which  philanthropy  could  havt 
ione  li(tie.  has  been  the  invention  and 
-xtended  use  of  machinery  and  rail 
ways.  The  mechanic  has  been  abroad 
The  hard  labor  has  to  he  done as hereto 
fore,  hut  as  time  goes  on  the  mechanii 
auses  more  and  more of  it  to  be  done 
the  cranks  and  cog 
dv  machinery, 
wheels  undertaking 
the  mechanical 
rudgery,  and  setting  free the  sentient 
Linking,  it  being  for  higher  and  more 
intellectual  pursuits  — I’rc f  Ryan.

When  the  Prince  and  Princess  of 
Wales  were  visiting  an  exhibition  in 
London  recently,  on  reaching  the  dairy 
department  the  Princess  remarked  to 
ihe  manager:  “ I  have  always  heard 
that  the  best  butter  in  England  comes 
from  Denmark.  Is  it  true?”   The  man­
ager  hesitated  a  moment and  then  said: 
“ N o ,your  Highness;  Denmark sends up 
the  best  princesses,  but  Devonshire  the 
best  butter. ”

A  Boston  man  is still  taking daguerre­
otypes,  and  has  been  doing  so  over 
half  a  century.  He  insists that,  in  spite 
of  all  modern  processes  in  photography, 
they  remain  the  most  correct  likenesses 
ever  produced.

1

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1 I
if Cbe Best flour

This lard  is what its name  implies and  is guaranteed to be  absolutely  pure.

in  the  world  isPilisbury’s Best

It  is also an economical  flour from the fact that  it will yield  50  to  60  loaves 
more pe  barrel than  any  Winter  Wheat  flour.  F< r  this  reason,  and  be­
cause it makes a handsome loaf of bread, all  first-class  grocers  prefer  it  to 
any other flour.

glark-jewell-Ulells go., Brand Rapids.

Western  micbigan Agents.

__ _______________ MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN 

13

STARLIGHT.

Tragic  End  of  An  Attempt  to  Civilize

a  Savage.

You  remember  Starlight,  of  course. 
You  remember  her  dark,  piercing  eyes 
and  her  long,  black  hair,  and  the  look 
of  almost  fierce  animation  which  took 
possession  of  her  face  as  she  pleaded 
her  cause.
Perhaps  you  heard  her  in  New  York 
at  the  Cooper  Union,  and  possibly  you 
listened  to  her  eloquent  words  as,  like 
a  Sioux  Joan  of Arc, she  told  her  dreams 
in  Handel  hall.

Well,  wherever  you  heard  her,  you 
will  never  again  listen  to  that  pleading 
voice  which  was  raised  in  supplication 
to  the  white  man,  asking  him,  for  the 
sake  of  a  common  Maker,to  be  just  and 
kind  to  the  Indian,  and  to  be  as  his 
elder  brother.  For  Starlight 
is  dead, 
having 
lived  only  long  enough  to  dis­
prove  her  own  philanthropic  doctrine. 
The  Starlight  that  vou  knew  was  not 
the  Starlight  who  died  in  Dakota  last 
year—died  there  at  the  hands  of  a 
drunken  Indian  whose  squaw  she  was 
and  who  had  inherited  all  that  beautv 
and  grace  and learning and polish which 
Prof.  Gerrald’s  wife  had  attained  in — 
but  perhaps  it  will  be  best  to  tell  the 
whole  story.

*  *  *

intellectual,  an 

Starlight,  born  of  Indians  and  sharing 
a  dirty  blanket  with  a  dog  which  was 
destined  for  a 
future  meal,  passed 
through  a  chrysalis  of  barbarism  and 
emerged  an 
inspired 
woman.  After  a  kindly patron  had  sent 
her  to  Carlisle  for  education,  and  after 
Prof.  Gerrald  had  become  her  husband 
and  the  sharer  in  her  dreams, vou  would 
have  looked  deeply  into  her  life  with­
out  finding  anvthing  suggestive  of  the 
dog  and  the  blanket  and  the  tepee  be 
side  the  frozen  creek.  Starlight as Mrs 
Gerrald  became  the  admired  friend  of 
men  and  women  of  great 
learning,  and 
her  portrait  was  printed  in  the  news 
papers,  and  the  addresses  which  she 
delivered  were  all  fully  reported.  When 
she  lectured  her  advertising  matter al­
ways  announced  that  the  sneaker  would 
be  Mrs.  Gerrald,  wife  of  Prof.  Gerrald. 
known 
in  Sioux  as  “ Starlight, ”   and 
thousands  came  to  listen.  Still,  if  her 
life  was  quite  different  from  the  lives of 
those  Sioux  squaws  who  still  lived  be 
side  the  creek  and  chopped  wood  and 
performed  other  duties  of  a  similar  sort 
such  as  fa'l  to  the  lot  of  a  conscientious 
squaw,  Starlight  did  not  forget  the  peo 
pie  of  het  birth.  Her  lectures  were  al' 
calculated  for  the  advancement  of  her 
red  race,  and  with  a  measureless  depth 
of  learning  she  would  plead  the  cause 
of  the  disinherited  and  despised  red 
man.  She  asked  her  hearers  to  accord 
him  bis  day 
in  court--to  give  him  a 
chance,  and  to  try  to  believe  that  the 
stories  of 
and j 
bloodthirst  were  untrue.  She  sought  to 
uplift  and  to  save  her  race,  and  Prof. 
Gerrald, 
loving 
anthropological  enquiry,  supported  her 
fully  in  her  earnest  efforts  to  show  that 
if  given  an  opportunity,  the  man  of  the 
moccasin  might  vet  become  the  man  of 
the  market  and  the  yardstick  and  the 
dollar  sign.  Starlight  was  in  demand. 
Women’s  clubs  called  for  her,  and manv 
chapters  of 
Indian  Rescuers  were 
formed  because  of  her  persuasive  words 
and  her  sweet 
face.  Whenever  the 
question  of  Indian  aid  was  up,  Starlight 
was  invited  to  give  her  views,  as  a  fair 
example  of  what  an  Indian  can  become 
if  civilized  and  befriended.  She  was 
considered  as  an  authority  on  Indian 
matters —she  and  her  husband,  for  his 
researches  were  quite  as  productive  of 
knowledge  as  was  her  experience.  That 
is  why  the  two  of  them  were  sent  to  the 
Dakotas  when  the 
last  uprising  oc­
curred.  You  remember  (do  you  not?) 
the  prayers  which  followed  Starlight 
and  her  good  and  learned  husband,  and 
the  many  predictions  that  these  two 
would  he  able  to  settle  the  whole  thing, 
and  possibly  by  some  magnificent  coup 
civilize  the  entire  Sioux  nation  over 
night?

loving  his  wife  and 

vengefulness 

inborn 

*  *  *

It 

is  my 

intention  to  pass  over  the 
details  of  their  settlement  in  the  camp 
of one  band  of  the  hostiles.^Starlight,

acting  as  a 
living  passport,  conveyed 
the  Professor  readily  into  the  village  of 
the  men  of  bad  heart,  and  a  tepee  was 
given  over  to  their  uses. 
I  am  almost 
tempted  to  tell  of  the  hundreds  of  good 
things  the  Professor  was  able  to  do  to 
endear  himself  to  the  Indian  rebels  and 
to  prove  that  the  ways  of  the  whites 
are  not  necessarily  the  ways  of  harsh­
ness. 
like  to  speak  of  tb»* 
ministrations  of  Starlight  herself,  and 
of  the  message  of  peace  and  enlighten­
ment  which  she  carried  to  the  stern  and 
painted  men,  but  I  must  forego  such 
recital  and  haste  to  the  day  after the 
battle.

I  should 

*  *  *

You  know  the  white  man’s  end  of  the 
story, 
for  you  have  read  the  news­
papers,  and  certainly  there  were  manv 
daring  spirits  among  the correspondents 
who  rode  out  with  the  general  that  De 
cemher  morning. 
But  you  have  not 
heard the  Indian’s  part  of it.  You  have 
not  heard  how  one  fainting  messenger 
came  rushing 
into  the  far-away  camp 
gasping  an  inarticulate  sentence  about 
blood  and  bullets  and  death  and  horror, 
to  be  followed  a  little  later  bv  another 
messenger,  who,  besides  being 
in  a 
fainting  condition  from  exertion,  was 
also  wounded,  and  who  told  of  the  kill­
ing  of  women  and  of  papooses.  You 
have  not  heard  of  the  frost  of  dread 
which  settled  upon 
the  village  and 
chilled  every  heart  as  runner  followed 
runner  and  each  related  a  more  terrible 
=tory  of  that  encounter  on  the  creek 
hank,  when  soldiers  who  were  captors 
turned  upon  their  prisoners  and  butch­
ered  them  because  of  the  fear  which  an 
insane  medicine  man  had  aroused  by 
his  silly  and  meaningless  action 
in 
throwing  a  handful  of  earth  into the air. 
The  last  messenger  was  Prof.  Gerrald, 
who  had  been  visiting  the  other  and an­
nihilated camp  and  who  told the storv  to 
the  people  of  his  own  camp—or  rather 
that  of  his  wife—and  showed  the  blood- 
re1  souvenirs  which  he  had gathered be­
fore  his  departure.  Like  most  white 
men,  the  Professor  had  a  weakness  for 
mementos  of  great  events,  and  he  had 
naused  after  the  slaughter  to  take  a 
ghost  shirt  here  and  a  hracelet  there. 
These  things  he  displayed  in  the  camp 
to  which  Starlight  had  hrought  him 
It  had  been  a  fatiguing  day  to  the  Pro­
fessor and  he  sought  the  shelter  of  his 
tepee  early,  carrving  his  bundle  of 
souvenirs  with  him.  He  tossed  them 
into  a  nook,  and.  forgetting  the  bloodv 
excitement  of  the  dav,  turned  over  into 
a  well  ordered  slumber.  He  was  among 
friends.

*  *  * 

*

The  fire  died  to  a  sullen  red  glow 
before  the  flap  of  the  tepee  shuddered 
under  the  band  of  another  person.  Then 
the  cloth  was  pulled  back  and  a  form 
was  projected  through  the  opening. 
It 
was  the  form  of  a  woman—of  Starlight, 
who  had  been  communing with  the head 
men  of  the  band—Starlight,  the  sweet­
faced 
lecturer  who  had  told  thousands 
and  hundreds  of  thousands  of  the  basic 
goodness  of  the  Indian  race.  Starlight 
noiselessly  entered  the  tepee  which  was 
her own  temporary  home.  How  kindly 
was  the  desire  to  refrain  from  waking 
her  tired  husband !  She  approached  the 
little  bundled  bed  of  blankets 
and 
raised  the  cover  to  nestle  beside  him 
when  that  dark  and  piercing  eye  fell 
upon  that  strange  packet.  She  was  cu­
rious  and  crept  over  to  it,  and,  draw 
mg  it  from  the  shadow,  brought  it 
into 
the  light  of  the  dving  fire.  Strangely 
enough,  she  had  not  seen  that  package 
of  souvenirs  before.  She  opened  the 
bag,  for  she  had  the  curiosity  of  a 
woman,  even  although  she  was  an  edu­
cated  Sioux.  She  shook  it,  and  from  it 
dropped  a  fabric  thick  wi  h  the  blood 
of  the  man  who  had  worn  it.  That 
was  a  ghost  shirt.  She  gasped  and  laid 
the  package  upon  the  ground  and stared 
at  that  shirt.  A  man  of  her  race  had 
worn  it.  She  looked  again  at  the  bun­
dle,  and  investigated  it  with  her  hands. 
A  little  moccasin,  red  with  the  blood  of 
an  Indian  babe,  creased  under  the  ner­
vous  clutch  of  her  fingers,  and  a  long- 
bladed  Indian  knife,  crimsoned  by  the 
life  current  of  its  former  Indian  owner, 
offered 
its  haft.  That  blood  was  the 
blood  of  an  Indian  shed  by  a  white

man.  Her  eyes  flashed  the  fire  of  the 
vengeance  of  the  Sioux.  She  seized 
the  knife,  the  damp  blood  of  the  haft 
moistening  her hand  as  she  did  so.  An 
Indian's  blood  shed  by  a  white  man! 
Did  not  this  cry  for  vengeance  upon 
the  race?  She  looked  through  the  half- 
gloom  and  saw  a  white  man 
lying 
asleep  before  her. 
It  has  her  husband. 
The  knife 
in  her  hand,  with  a  cry  of 
rage  she  leaped  toward  him.

*  *  *

The  white  race  never  learned 

the 
secret  of  Prof.  Gerrald’s  murder  or of 
his  wife’s  disappearance.  The  dead 
body  of  the  white  man,  mutilated by the 
countless  chopping  blows  of  a  murder­
ous  knife,  was  found  when  the  snow 
melted,  but  Starlight  was  never  found 
—Starlight,  the  teacher of goodness  and 
gentleness.

The  Indian  who  beat  her  to  death  up 
in  the  Dakotas  last  year  because  she 
was  too  sick  to  chop  a  proper amount 
of  wood  knew  her  as  Wap-to-ne  to, 
which  means  “ The  Recovered  One.”

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Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  Chas.  F.  Bock,  Battle  Creek;  Vice 
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D E T R O IT   O F F IC E .  F O O T   O F   T H IR D   S T R E E T .

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BO X
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits  and  Produce.
Healthy  Position  of  Cheese  Across 

the  Water.

From the Montreal Trade Bulletin.

The  advance  of  6d.  to  is.  in  the  L iv­
erpool cheese  market  and  the  manner  in 
which  pretty  well  all  the  offerings  of 
underpriced  goods  were  snapped  up 
last  week  also 
indicated  an  improved 
feeling  on  the  other  side,  and  the  de­
mand  for  that  class  is  as  keen  as  ever. 
The  French  cheese  at  the  wharf,  which 
consisted  of  about  1,000 boxes  of  pasty 
Novembers,  had  no  difficulty  in  finding 

a  market  at 7%c.  Advices  from  a  reli­

able  house  west  of  Toronto are  to the 
effect  that  about  30,000  boxes  of  Sep­
tembers  and  Octobers  have been  sold  by 
factorymen  in the  Ingersoll  section  at  8c 
to  8j^c,  and  that  only  between  30,000 
and  35,000  boxes  remain  unsold,  these 
being  held  for higher  prices.  A  healthy 
feature  in  the  situation  is  the  very  rea­
sonable  price  of  cheese,  which  shows  a 
good  profit  to  retailers  in  England  at 
the  sixpenny  cut,  and  when  once  a  run 
of  consumption  sets  in  on  a  favorite  ar­
ticle  of  food  on  the  other  side  it  is won­
derful  how  stocks  disappear  under  i t ; 
whereas 
if  the  same  goods  are  held  on 
too  high  a  pedestal  of  cost  it  is  equally 
astonishing  to  find  how  rapidly  supplies 
accumulate.  To  further  illustrate  this, 
it  mav  be  mentioned  that  in  seasons 
of  large  production,  a  splendid  demand 
has  set  in  and  continued  from  the  fall 
right 
into  the  new  season,  simply  be­
cause  prices  were on a  reasonable  basis. 
On  the  other hand,  we  have  seen  a  dull, 
dragging  and  unprofitable  market  after 
the  close  of  navigation  on  a  very  short 
make,  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  shrink­
in  production 
age 
induced  buyers  to 
rush 
in  and  stock  themselves  up  with 
the  balance  of  season’s  goods  at  high 
prices,  resulting 
in  heavy  losses  and 
auction  sales  in  Liverpool  and  London 
at  the  final  windup.  This  season,  Eng­
lish  consumers  have  so  far taken  off  our 
hands  by  far the  largest  make  of  cbeece 
Canada  ever before  turned  out,  at  good 
profitable  figures  to  producers;  and  the 
great  bulk  of  the  residue  of  the  cheese 
now  held  on  this  side,  consisting  of  the 
best 
long-keeping  Cheddars,  having 
been  secured  at  even  more  reasonable 
prices  than  were  paid  for  a  good  por­
tion  of  the  summer  make,  holders 
should  now  occupy  a  unique  position, 
as  thev  will  be  enabled  to  supply  the 
demand  from  Great  Britain  during  the 
next  six  months  of  non-production,  at 
prices  which  will  give  them  a  fair  re­
muneration.  and still enable  them  to  sell 
at  such  moderate  rates  as  will  coax  the 
export  demand  right  along.  A  great 
deal  of  discussion  is  going  on  anent  the 
amount  of  stocks  held  in  Montreal,  but 
in  our humble  opinion  it  matters  very 
little  whether  there  are  a  hundred  thou­
sand  boxes  more  or less  as  long  as  hold­
ers  are  in  a  position  to  cater  to  foreign 
requirements  at  such  comparatively  low 
values  as  those  now  ruling.  The  price 
of  Western  cheese  last  year  from  this 
outranged 
ii& c ,  one 
large  block  selling  at  12c,  and  even  at 
these  prices  we  could  have  sold  more. 
Consequently,  the  present  much  lower 
prices  will  no  doubt  bring  on  a  much 
larger  consumption,  and  call  for  heavier 
supplies  than  we  had  last  vear.  In  our 
opinion,  however,  it  will  be  found  that 
stocks in  this  citv  are  much  lighter than 
some  have  been  estimating  them  at.  an 
approximate  'estimate  of  which  will  be 
arrived  at  in  a  few  days,  but.  whatever 
it  mav  be,  it  will  not  alter the  present 
healthy  position  of  the  market,  for  rea­
sons  given  above.

10^  to 

from 

How  Honey  Should  Be  Packed  for 

Shipment.

Western  producers  usually  market 
their  honey  extracted,  while  Eastern 
producers  sell  it  in  the  comb,  each  be­
ing  governed  by  the  local  demand. 
It 
is  almost  needless  to  say  that  white 
clover  honey  brings  the  highest  prices. 
Basswood 
comb 
honey,  of  course,  brings  highest  prices, 
but  whether  comb  or  extracted  honey

ranks  next. 

The 

pays better is an open question.  As much 
of  the  extracted  honey  is  adulterated  by 
the  time  it  reaches  the  retailer,  it would 
seem  that  there  must  be  a  considerable 
field  for  producers  who  have  the  output 
and  the  ability  to  build  up  a  trade  in 
guaranteed  pure  extracted  honey  sold 
under  their own  brand  and  seal;  but.to 
do  so  would,  of  course,  require  the  use 
of  smaller  packages  than  they  use  when 
selling  to  the  dealer  or  consigning  to 
the  commission  man.

The 

invariable  package 

for  comb 
honey  is  the  one  pound  frame.  These 
are  shipped 
in  cases  bolding  either 
twelve  or  twenty-four  frames  and  hav­
ing  glass  fronts.  Some  producers  use 
home-made  shipping  cases,  but  the  at­
tractiveness  of  the  manufactured  case 
with  glass  front  usually  brings  an  in­
creased  price  more  than  sufficient  to 
compensate  for  the  extra  expense.  A 
sheet  of  paper  a  little  larger  than  the 
bottom  of  the  case  should  be  first placed 
in  the  case,  with  the  edges  turned  up, 
forming  a  tray  to  catch  the  drip.  On 
this  light  cleats  should  be  tacked,  on 
which  the  frames  rest  and  which  hold 
the 
latter  above  and  out  of  the  drip. 
These  cases,  if  sent  by  freight,  should 
be  crated  together,  making a  convenient 
size. 
In  the  bottom  of  the  crate  straw 
or  chaff  should  be  placed,  while  pro­
jecting  boards  on  the  sides  to  serve  as 
handles  will  insure  more  careful  han­
dling.

For  the  retail  trade  various  glass jars, 
etc.,  are used,  and  attractive pasteboard 
cartons  are  also  used  to  some  extent. 
is  usually  shipped  in 
Extracted  honey 
square  tin  cans  holding 
five  gallons 
each,  and  these  are  boxed  for  shipping 
either  singly  or,  more  often,  two  in  a
box.  Tin  pails  of  various  sizes  and 
having  screw  tops  are  also  used.

G e o .  G .  H i l l .

Settling  the  Boy’s  Career.

An  old  Dutchman  had  a  beautiful
boy,  of  whom he  was  very  proud,  and  he 
decided  to  find  out  the  bent  of  his 
mind.  He  adopted  a  very  novel  meth­
od  by  which  to  test  him.  He  slipped 
into  the  little  fellow’s room one morning 
and  placed  on  his  table  a  Bible,  a  bot­
tle of  whisky  and  a  silver  dollar.

“ Now,”   said  he,  “ ven  dot  poycomes 
in,  ef  he  dakes  dot  dollar,  he’s  goin’  to 
be  a  peesniz  man;  ef  he  dakes  dot 
Bible,  he’ll  be  a  breacher;  ef  he  dakes 
dot  whisky,  he’s  no  goot—he’s  goin’  to 
be  a  drunkart, ”   and  be  hid  hehind  the 
door  to  see which  his  son  would  choose.
In  came  the  boy,  whistling.  He  ran 
up  to  the  table  and  picked  up  the dollar 
and  put 
in  his  pocket;  he  picked 
up  the  Bible  and  put  it  under  bis  arm ; 
then  be  snatched  up  the bottle of whiskv 
and  took  two or  three  drinks  and  went 
out  smacking  his  lips.  The  old  Dutch­
man  poked  his  head  out  from  behind 
the  door and  exclaimed :

“ Mein  cracious!  he’s  goin’ to  be a 

it 

bolitician. ”

It  may  be  a  very  paternalistic,  but 

it 
is  none  the  less  a  very  wholesome,  step 
which  the  heads  of  departments 
at 
Washington  have  taken  in notifying em­
ployes  that  they  piust  keep  their  store 
bills  paid  about  the  city  or  run  the  risk 
of  being  dropped  from  the  Government 
pay 
is  not 
merely  enforcing  a  good  example  in  the 
private dealings  of  its  employes,  but 
it 
is  acting  for  its  own  protection,  for per­
sons  who  are  lax  or dishonest with refer­
ence  to  the  current  obligation  would  be 
apt  finally  to  prove  untrustworthy  in 
their  places  of  employment.

The  Government 

rolls. 

The  man  who  never  says  anything 
worth  repeating,  and  never  does  any­
thing  worth  imitating,  is  in  the  way  to 
be a  popular  man,_wuhout  enemies.

Antiseptic
Fibre
Package  Co.

Manufacturers  of  packages 
for  marketing  Lard,  Jelly, 
Mincemeat,  Candy,  Coffee, 
Cereals,  etc.  Pay  for  them­
selves 
in  securing  higher 
prices.  Always clean and at­
tractive.  Furnished  printed. 
Cheaper  than  packages  now 
used.

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Reference:  American Exchange Bank, St.  Louis.

Harris & Frutchey

are the only  exclusive  dealers in  BUTTER 
and  EQGd  in  Detroit.  They  can  handle 
your  shipments  to  the  best  advantage  and 
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15

Necessity  of  Care  in  Marketing  Farm 

Produce.

To  anyone  who  will  take  the  trouble 
to  make  even  a  cursory  examination  of 
the  markets  of  any  of  our  large  cities 
it  will  be  evident  that  there 
is  ample 
room  for  improvement  in  the  manner ol 
marketing  farm  produce.  A  very  lit­
tle  additional  enquiry  into  the  subject 
will  reveal  a  condition  of  things  which, 
involving  as  it  does  a  waste  of  material 
and 
labor  on  the  part  of  the  producer 
and  shipper  aggregating  an  enormous 
loss,  may  be  described  without exagger­
ation  as  disastrous. 
It  has  been  as­
serted  with  much  truth  that  the  success 
of  the  average  shipper  depends  upon 
an  aggregate  of  small  profits,  and 
it 
may  be  stated  with equal  truth  that  fail­
ure 
is  often,  if  not  usually,  due  to  an 
aggregate  of  small  losses.

The  waste 

in  American  households 
has  become  proverbial,  and  it  is  popu­
larly  believed,  and  with  good  grounds, 
that  the  waste  of  an  average  American 
household  would  support  an  average 
French  or  German  family.  This  loss, 
however, 
the  consumer, 
whether  farmer  or  shipper,  whereas  that 
which  it  is  the  purpose  of  this  bulletin 
to  discuss,  namely,  the  loss  due  to igno­
rance  or  carelessness  in  marketing  farm 
products,  falls  upon  the  producer.

falls  upon 

Genius  has  been  described  by  some 
great  writer  as  “ the  art  of  taking  in­
finite  pains.’ ’  Whether  this  be  so  or 
not,  it  cannot  be  denied  that  in  mar­
keting  farm  products  the  art  of  taking 
infinite  pains  is  essential  to  profit,  and 
the  lack  of  it  insures  certain 
loss.  Of 
this  anyone  who  will  take  a  short  walk 
through  the  markets  or  market  streets 
of  our  cities  or  visit  the  depots  where 
farm  products  are  extensively  handled 
can  speedily  convince  himself.  On 
every  side  he  will  see  farm  produce  of 
good  quality  selling  at  reduced  prices, 
owing  to  the  form  or  manner  in  which 
it 
is  put  up,  and,  in  not  a  few  cases, 
cast  aside  by  the  dealers  as  not  worth 
handling,  owing  to  a  damaged  condi­
tion,which  with  a  little  care  would  have 
been  avoided. 
In  such  cases  the  only 
profit  accrues  to  the transportation  com­
panies,  whose  charges 
for  carrying 
freight  of  course  depend  not  upon  qual­
ity  but  quantity.  The  aggregate  sum 
yearly  paid  to  railroads  and  steamships 
for  carrying  farm  products  which  on  ar­
rival  prove  to  be  unsalable  no  one  can 
estimate,  but  it  must  foot  up  enormous­
ly,  to  say  nothing  of  the  freight  charges 
paid  on  goods  sold  far  below  market 
rates  because  put  up  carelessly or in  un­
suitable  or  unpopular  packages.

Many  growers  and  shippers  seem  to 
ignore 
the  conditions  attending  the 
journey  which  their  wares  must  take 
before  they  reach  the  eyes  and  hands  of 
the  consumers.  Methods  of  transporta­
tion,  customs  of  the  trade,  the  market's 
“ fashions,"  if one  may  use  the term,  in 
the  style,  size,  and  form  of  packages— 
all  these  call  for  careful  consideration. 
This  is  well  understood by  manufactur­
ers,  who  study  the  markets 
for  their 
wares  as  carefully  as  they  do  the  meth­
ods  of  improving  their  goods  or  cheap­
ening  the  cost  of  their  production,  and 
so  growing  the  crop 
is  only  half  the 
farmer’s  business.  He  must  not  only 
produce  what  people  want,  but  put  his 
goods  on  the  market  in  the  shape which 
best  commends  itself  to  the  buyers.  In­
stances  are  not  wanting  where  neglect 
of  these 
important  considerations  has 
not  only  resulted  in  immediate  losses, 
but  where  an  important  trade  has  been 
transferred  to other  markets  and  lost  for 
years,  and,  perhaps,  permanently,  to an

entire  section  or  country. 
It  has  been 
shown  beyond  question  that  the  change 
was  not_owing  to  any  superiority  in  the 
quality  of  the  goods,  but  simply  be­
cause  the  successful  competitors  paid 
attention  to  details  and  took  “  infinite 
pains"  to  satisfy  the  convenience,  the 
tastes  and  the  fancies— in  some  cases 
the  whims—of  the  buyers.

length,  and 

In  a  recent  number  of  the  journal  of 
the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  Eng­
land  the  loss  of  a profitable poultry trade 
in  Ireland  and  its  transfer  to  Brittany, 
France,  is  explained  at 
is 
shown  to  be  due  entirely  to  the  efforts 
made  by  the  shippers  in  the  latter coun­
try  to  suit the  convenience  otthe dealers 
and  to  please  the  eye  of  the  consum­
ers.
A 

leading  Liverpool  provision  mer­
chant  accustomed  to  supply  grocers  in 
the  north  of  England  with  geese  and 
turkeys  for  the  Christmas  trade  offers 
this  explanation: 
“ The  birds  are 
wanted,  it  seems,  of  a  fixed  weight, 
some  wanting  birds  from 8 to io pounds, 
others  from  to  to  12  pounds,  and  so  on 
up  to  14  and  16  pounds.  The  French 
feeders  contract  to  deliver  a  certain 
number  of  birds  of  a  certain  weight; 
when  ready  for  market  they  are  all 
classified  according  to  weight,and  neat­
ly  packed  in  uniform  cases  containing 
10,  15  or  20 birds.  On  the  other  hand, 
he  declares,  the  Irish  birds  are  packed 
without  neatness  or  uniformity  as  to 
weight,  in  all  sorts  of  boxes  or  cases, 
some  containing  50  birds,  some  20,  and 
so  on,  birds 
in  the  same  case  varying 
in  weight  from  5  to  16  pounds. ”   His 
conclusion  is,  “ It  is  so  much  trouble  to 
us  to  handle  these  and  select  the  differ­
ent  weights  that  any  profit  we  can  make 
on  them  is  not  remunerative."

In  certain  respects  the  tastes  of  con­
sumers  vary  according  to  the markets of 
different  sections—what  does  very  well 
in  the  East  may  not  do  in  the West,  and 
vice  versa.  Even  the  various  cities 
requirements,  es­
have  their  special 
pecially  marked 
in  regard  to  all  food 
products.  This  or  that  will  do  in  Bos­
ton  that  will  not  do  in  New  York.  Chi­
cago  exacts  this  or  that  which 
is  not 
essential 
in  St.  Louis,  and  so  on. 
Hence,  the  farmer  must  carefully  study 
the  requirements  of  the market  to  which 
he.is  tributary.  While  many  of  the  ob­
servations  of  the  writer  were  made  in 
the  Chicago  market,  yet,  as  far  as  pos­
sible,  pains  have  been  taken  to  present 
practical  suggestions  adapted  to  all  our 
leading  markets,  and  the  general  prin­
ciples  illustrated  are  equally  applicable 
everywhere.

The  trade  in  the  varieties  of  produce 
under consideration  is  so  organized  that 
between  the  producer  and  the  consumer 
it  generally,  except in the  case  of  fruits, 
which  are  usually  shipped  by  the  grow­
er,  passes  through  the  hands  of  three 
middlemen-  the  local  buyer  and  ship­
per,  the  commission  man  and  the  retail 
grocer.  This  has  a  tendency  to  leave 
the  producer  in  ignorance  of  the  tastes 
of  the  consumer,  which  are 
invariably 
the  ultimate  standards  by  which  the 
values  of  his  produce are fixed.  In  some 
instances  far-seeing  shippers  take  pains 
to  acquaint  their  clients  with  the  de­
mands  of  the  market  to which they ship. 
In  others  they  endeavor  to  augment 
their  own  profits  by  buying  at  the  low­
est  prices  and  repacking  or  otherwise 
adapting  the  goods  to  the  requirements 
of  their  customers,  and  more  commonly 
they  simply  accept  the  produce  as  they 
find 
it  practically  as  they  re­
ceive  it  and  take  such  profit  as  they can 
obtain  with  the  least  effoit.

it,  ship 

It 

is  not  within  the  scope  of  this 
paper  to  discuss  the  present  organiza­
tion  of  the  trade  but  rather  to  take  the 
trade as  it  is, to give  to  the producer and 
shipper  the  benefit  of  such 
information 
as  can  be  obtained  by  a  careful  study 
of  the  situation  at  the  market  end  and 
so  enable  both  to  obtain  higher  prices. 
In  this  connection  it may be well to state 
that  the  information  offered  herein  has 
been  obtained  from  reliable  and  exten­
sive  commission  men,each  an  expert  in 
his  own  line,  and  from  careful  and  ex­
tensive  observation  in  the market streets 
of  Chicago,  the  largest  interior  market 
for  agricultural  produce.

ing  to  discuss  packing,  to  present  a 
plea  in  favor  of  selling  by  weight  eggs 
and  many  vegetables which  are  handled 
in  bulk  and  do  not  reach  consumers 
in 
the  original  packages. 
This  would 
insure  quite  as  much  to  the  benefit  of 
the  producer as  to  that  of  the consumer. 
It  is  essentially  fair  to  both.  In the  case 
of  original  packages  destined  to  even­
tually  find  their  way  into  the  hands  of 
the  consumers, 
the  producer’s  best 
method  to  protect  himself  from  dishon­
is  to  mark  the  exact 
est  competitors 
measured  contents  of  his  package. 
If 
this  practice  were  to  be  generally 
adopted  unmarked  packages  would  soon 
be at  a  discount. 
COYNE  B R O THER S
WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS

It  may  not  be  amiss,  before  proceed-

G e o .  G .  H i l l .

■ 61  S.  Water St., Chicago.

BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY,  FRUITS  AND  VEGETABLES

Car  Lots: 

POTATOES,  APPLES,  BEANS,  ONIONS

References:  W.  M.  Hoyt  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers, 
Chicago.  W. J. Quan  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocer,  Chi­
cago.  Bradstreet and Dun’s Agencies.

Bankers:  Merchants Nantional Bank, ChicagQ.

Writ« fo r   Tag«  and S ten cils.  Mention  this  Paper when  Writing.

ABSOLUTE

PURE GROUND SPICES, BAKING  POWDER 

BUTCHERS’  SUPPLIES,  ETC.

FOR  THE  TRADE.

T H E   V 1 N K E M U L D E R   C O M P A N Y ,

PHONE  355-

418-430  S.  Division  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

R.  HIRT,

Market St., Detroit.

Butter  and  Eggs  wanted
Will boy same  at  point  of  shipment, 
or  delivered,  in  small  or  large  lots. 
Write for particulars.

ANCHO R  BRAND

Will  please your customers and  make  you  money.
Popular prices prevail.  Ask  for quotations.
F.  d.  D E T T E N T H A L E R ,

117-119  M O N R O E   S T R E E T .  G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H ,

WANTED

POTATOES  a n d   BEANS

Several  car  loads  of

HERMANN  C.  NAUM ANN  &  CO.,

W rite  fo r  p articu lars.

W O O D  B R ID G E   5 T .,  W .,  D E T R O IT ,  A \IC H «

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 T H E   O N L Y   W A Y ... 

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To learn the  real value of a trade  or class paper 
is to find out how  the  men in whose interest it is 
published value it.  Ask the merchants of Mich­
igan what they think of the .  .  .

M ICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

We  are  willing  to  abide  by  their  decision.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

“ A sform e,”   remarked  the  sentimen­
tal  one, with shining e>ts," I should want 
to  he  called  something  that  suggested 
itself  at  the  moment,  and  that  meat t 
something  straight  from the heart.  None 
of  your  cut  and-dried  endearments  for 
me,  please.”

And  the  other  women  smiled  know- 

iDgly'

The  fishermen  of  Iceland  now regular­
ly  carry  oil  in  their  boats  to  smooth  the 
waves,  which  enables  them  to  continue 
at  work 
in  weather  that  before  they 
would  not  have  dared  to  face.

Established 1780.

Walter Baker & Go. U!L

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

la rg e st Manufacturers of

PURE,HIGH GRJU1E
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

A N D

on this Continent.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 
Trade-Marl
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  nutritious, and  costs  less  than  one 
cent a cup.

tbeir manufactures.

Their  Premium  No.  I  Chocolate,  put  up  in 
Blue Wrappers and  Yellow Labels, is the  best 
plain chocolate in the market for family use.

T beir  Oerman  Sweet  Chocolate  h   good  to 
eat and good  to  drink.  It  is  palatable, nutri­
tious, and  healthful;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.

Buyers should ask for and be sure  that  they 
get the genuine floods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
W alter Baker &  Co.  Ltd.,

Dorchester,  Mass.

P o o r
E c o n o m y

It  is  poor  economy  to 
handle  cheap  flour.  It 
is  never  reliable.  You 
cannot guarantee it.  You 
do not know  whether  it 
will make good  bread or 
not.  If  it  should  not 
make  good  bread — and 
poor flour never  does  -  
your  customer  will  be 
displeased and avoid you 
afterwards. 
You  can 
guarantee. .   .

“Lily White” Flour

We authorize you  to  do 
so.  It makes good bread 
every  time.  One  sack 
sold  to-day  w!ll  bring 
customers for two  sacks 
later  on.  Order  some 

NOW.

Valley  City  Milling  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

16

G O THA M   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—-Index  to 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  Nov.  27—The  last  three 
days  of  the  week  have  been  ot  no  great 
account, so  tar  as  business  is  concerned. 
It  is  Weil  settled  now  that Saturday snali 
be  a  partial  holiday,  and  tnis,  with 
Thanksgiving,  has  made  a  very  short 
week, 
in  holiday  goods  there  has  been 
some  good  trading  and  irom  now  on  tor 
the  next  two  weeks  busiutss  will  be 
laigeiy  of  the  Santa  Claus  sort.

it 

tieavy  sales  ot  coffee  have  been  re­
ported  and  ail  sorts ot  rumors  have  been 
rite  as  to  tire  settlement  ot  tne  old quar­
rel  between  the  Havemeyers  and the Ar- 
buckles;  but 
is  denied  at  heauquar- 
ters  that  the  merry  war  is  to  cease  or 
that  even  a  truce  has  been 
sought. 
Prices  have  sagged  off a  fraction  and 
Rio  No.  7 
is  now  quotable  at  6>£c  for 
in  store and 
invoice  lots.  The  supply 
afloat  is  still  large  ana  such  as  to 
indi­
cate  a  low  range  from  now  until the  end 
ot  the  century, 
the  aggregate  being 
1,023,711  bags,  against. 702,181  bags  at 
the  same  time  last  year.  Mild  grades  ot 
the  better  sorts  have  sold  with  aver­
age  freedom  and  prices  show  little  it 
any  change.

The  tea  market  remains  in a lethargic 
state  and  nothing  seems  to  cause  any 
interest.  The  most  desirable  grades  ol 
Japan  and  China  seem  to  sell  with  a 
certain  amount  of  freedom,  but,  as  a 
whole,  the  situation  is  not  encouraging.
In  sugar,  the  demand  has  been  fair 
and  during  the  first  three  days  of  the 
week  orders  came 
in  at  a  satisfactory 
rate;  still  they  were  not  so  numerous  as 
to  overtake  production.  One  ot  the  re­
fineries  belonging  to  the  Trust  in  Jersey 
City  has  laiu  off 600 of  its  1,100  hands 
just 
It  is  said 
the  whole  concern  will  shut  down,owing 
to  a  row  tne  company  is  having with the 
city  as  to  its  rate  for  water, 
ih is  rate 
was  reduced  and  the  company  then paid 
in  $1,000  fur  back  taxes.  Then the  rate 
was  raised  again,  and  now  the  company 
threatens  to  discontinue  operations  at 
Jersey  City  and  do  ail  the  rehning  ot 
tnat  "shop”   in  Brooklyn.

in  time  for  Lniistmas. 

Rice 

conditions  are  favorable  for 
holders.  Tnere  has  been  a  more  active 
market  and  tne  outlook  is  encouraging. 
Prices  are  steady.  Prime  to  choice  do­
mestic,  5>6@5& c.

In  spices,  business  has  been  conspic­
uous  by  its  absence.  Orders  have  been 
few  and  far  between  and  quotations 
have  been  sustained  with  difficulty. 
Pepper  is  an  exception,  perhaps,  and 
in  this  the  situation  has  considerable 
firmness.

Molasses 

is  steady. 

Jobbers  have 
done  a  fair  amount  of  business  and  the 
quotations  of  a  week  ago  are  hrmly  ad­
hered  to.  New crop  open  kettle  is  worth 
25@33c-  Centrifugals are  in  lighter  re­
quest,  but  there  has  been  no  fall  in  quo­
tations.  Syrups  have  been  in  everyday 
request.  No  change  in  rates.

in  canned  goods,  vegetables,  rather 
than  fruits,  seem  to  have  met  with  the 
more  call  this  week.  Some brokers  have 
been  quite  busy.  Quotations  show  no 
change  over  last  week.  Tomatoes  are 
firm  at  $1 
for  New  Jersey  pack  ol 
standards.

There  has  been  a  falling  off  in  the 
demand  for  lemons  and  oranges.  Some 
California  navels  have  sold  atauction at 
$3.45.  Lemons  are  pretty  much  un­
changed,  Sicily  selling  from $2.75@4.50 
per  box,  as  to  size.  Florida  oranges  are 
selling  from  $3@3-75  for  brights  and 
$2.75 @3.50  tor  russets.

In  uried  fruits,  holders  are  clinging 
with  tenacity  to  prevailing  rates  and 
profess  great  confidence  in  the  future. 
Stocks  are  thought  to  be  rather  light 
and  activity 
is  sure  to  prevail  for at 
least  the  remainder  of  1897.

The  supply  of  desirable  grades  of 
butter  is  not  large  and,  as  the  demand 
is  good,  prices  are  very  firm. 
Best 
Western  creamery 
is  held  at  23c.  Off 
grades  are  in  less  active  enquiry.

One  would  have  to  go  back  many 
years  to  find  matters 
in  worse  shape 
than  in  the  cheese  situation.  The  whole 
market  is  demoralized  and  concessions

have  been  the  order of  the  day.  Full 
cream,  8X@8j£c.  Small  size,  g@g%c.
Desirable  eggs  are  scarce  and,  with  a 
good  demand,  the  market  is  very  firm. 
Western  eggs  are  worth  22@23C ;  near­
by  are  selling  at  26c  when  they  can  be 
found  at  all.

The  bean  market  is  firmer  than  last 
week  and  the  feeling 
is  one  ot  more 
confidence  in  the  future.  Choice  mar­
Choice  medium, 
rows, 
$ 1. 25.  Choice  pea,  $1.20.

$1  40^5 1 . 45. 

What  Shall  We  Call  Her?

The  woman  question  is  always  an  un­
easy  and  unquiet  one.  Just  as  soon  as 
one  point  in  the controversy gets settled, 
anuuier  one  crops  up,  and  the  discus­
sion  begins  all  over  again.  For  the 
past  several  seasons  the  social  arbiters 
and  authorities  have  been  trying  to  de­
termine  whether  the  female  inhabitants 
of  this  country  were  ladies  or  women, 
and  just  as  it  got  settled  to  the  satisfac­
tion  ot  everybody  that  there  were  two 
classes,  co  sistmg  of  wash  ladies and 
society  women,  somebody  cecided  that 
we  didn’t  know  bow  to  address  women. 
Should  they  be  called  lady,  or  madam, 
or  sweetheart,  or  wife,  or  darling,  or 
mother,  or  angel,  or  what?  Which 
is 
most  appropriate,  which 
is  sweetest 
and  best?
is  never  happy  unless 
it  is  reforming  something  or  somebody, 
took 
They  say  that 
"madam”   is  the  proper  way  to  address 
a  woman,  and  the  street  car  employes 
are  mstruc^d  to  use that term  in  speak­
ing  to  women  passengers. 
It  seems  a 
good  idea,  but  to  leave  to  a  blundering 
street  car  conductor  the  nice  question 
as  to  when  a  woman  looks old  enough  to 
be  married  is  simply  to  invite  mistakes 
and  wounded  feelings. 
it 
must  always  have  been  liitle  short  of  a 
crime.  “ Madam”   is  noncommittal  and 
makes  no  invidious  distinction  between 
the  woman  who  wouldn't  marry  or 
couldn't  marry  and  the  one  who  did.

Boston,  which 

In  Boston 

initiative. 

the 

If  he 

"M adam ”   goes  on  the  street  car as  a 
form  of  address,  but  what  shall  we  say 
elsewhere?  How  shall  we  call  her? 
During  the  days  of  courtship  and  the 
honeymoon,  a  man  will  call  his  best 
girl  "swettheart”   and  “ darling”   and 
‘angel.”  
is  very  much  in  love 
is  liable  to  say  this  until  be  forms 
he 
the  habit.  That  does  in  private  life 
if 
he  can  only  manage  to  keep  the  right 
tone  of  voice— preserve  the  atmosphere, 
as  realists  say.  But,  after  love  has 
grown  cold  and  habit  takes  the  place  of 
impulse,  how  absurd  to  address  her as 
"darling.”   Fancy  quarreling  with  you 
wife  over  the  grocery  bill  and,  begin­
ning  your  temonstrances  with,  “ Now, 
sweetheart!”

It 

“ mother.”  

their  wives 

Many  men  fall  into  the  way  of  call­
ing 
is 
atrocious.  A  woman  may  be  the  most 
devoted  mother  in  the  world,  and  make 
a  slave  of  herself  to  her  children,  with­
out  wanting  them  thrown 
in  her  face 
every  time  her  husband  speaks  to  her.
Mother, ’ ’  he  says,  and  she  feels  that 
youth 
is  gone  and  girlhood,  and  she  is 
middle-aged  and  commonplace,  and 
chat  she  is  never  to  be  allowed  to  forget

It  is  the  same  way  with  “ wife.”  
What  woman  wants  to  be  addressed  im­
personally  as  “ wife?”  
is  like  the 
tinkle  of  the  tin  tag  on  a  bicycle  that 
proclaims  its  ownership.

As  for  “ angel,”   a  man  thinks  a 
woman  an  angel  such  a  little  while,  and 
wants  to  call  her  one  so  seldom,  that  be 
should  be  allowed  to  do  so  if  he  wants

It 

But  what  shall  he  call  her?  The  ques­
tion  was  propounded  to  several  women.
“ It  depends  on  circumstances,”   they 
said,  “ and  who  was  doing  the  calling, 
and  how  much  he  meant  it.”

“ How  would  you 

like  to  be  called 
‘ queen’ or ’ princess?'  ”  they were asked. 

“ It  would  be  absurd.”
“ How  about  ‘ love?’  ”
“ It  would  depend  on  when  and  where 
“ I 
it  was  used,  ’  answered  one. 
calling  me 
shouldn’t  want  any  one 
‘ love’  on  the  street. 
like 
jabbing  out  his  eyes  with  my  parasol.”  
“ What's  the  matter  with  plain  ‘ Mary 

I  should  feel 

Jane?’  ”   asked  the  practical  one.

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Wes ern  National  Bank,  Philadelphia,  Pa.
W. D.  Hayes, Cashier  Hastings National  Bank,  Hastings,  Mich. 
Fourth  National  Bank, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
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We have no time to tell  long stories, but have all we can do  to 
mind our own business.  16 ounces in a pound,  12  good  eggs  in  a 
dozen—that s the way we sell and  make our returns.

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C.  M.  Drake sells butter from 7 a.  m. until 6 p. m.
J.  R. Jarrett sells poultry and  eggs all the time.
Billy  Brice looks after the finances and leads the  procession.

Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights of the Grip. 

President. J am. F  [Iammell. Lsnsing;  Secretary, 
J   C.  Saunders,  Lansing;  Treasurer,  Chas.  Mc­
Nolty,  Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President,  S.  H.  IIart,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer. D. Morris, Detroit.

United  Commercial Travelers of  Michigan. 

Grand  Counselor,  F  L.  Day.  Jackson;  Grand 
Secretary,  G  S  Vai.more, Detroit ;  Grand Treas­
urer, Geo  A. Reynolds, Saginaw.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent  Association.

Treasurer. G eo.  F.  Owen,  Grand  Rapids 

President,  A.  F.  Peake, Jackson:  Secretary and 
Board  of  Directors—F.  M.  T yler,  H.  B.  Fair- 
child, J as. N.  Bradford. J   Henry Daw ley,Geo. 
J.  Heinzelman, C has. S.  Robinson.

Lake  Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club.
President,  W.  C.  B rown,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer.  A. F.  Wixson,  Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Ben  Angell,  the  Belding  cigar  manu­
facturer,  has  taken  a  position  with  the 
Richardson  Silk  Co.  as  traveling  rep­
resentative.

J.  H.  Russell,  Jr..formerly  with  I.  T. 
&  G.  H.  Bowman,  Cleveland,  has  ac­
cepted  a  position  with  Sperry  & 
Hutchinson,  of  New  York.  Bert  will 
be  missed  and  has  the  best  wishes  of 
the  members  of  the  Lake  Superior 
Commercial  Travelers’  Club.

William  Winston,  a  Boston  commer­
cial  traveler,  was  robbed  of  a  $500  dia­
mond  pin  at  the  Tenth  street  station  at 
Lousiville,  Ky.  Winston  was  greeted 
by  a  man  he  thought  was  a  New  York 
friend.  The  fellow  told  Winston  his  tie 
was  disarranged  and  fixed  it  for  him, 
and  a  few moments later Winston missed 
his  pin.  The  thief  escaped.

The  wholesale  drug 

firm  of  I.  L. 
Lyons  &  Co.,  of  New  Orleans,  employs 
215  traveling  salesmen.  During  the 
recent  yellow  fever  epidemic  this  firm 
had  190  of  these  men  idle and  on  dead 
expense.  Notwithstanding  this  fact,  it 
did  not  cut  a  single  salary— keeping  all 
on  full  pay  during 
the  entire  time. 
Such  liberality  toward  employes  is  sure 
to  win,  and  there  will  probably  not  be 
a  single  traveling  man  who  reads  this 
article  but  will  feel  like  taking  off  his 
hat  to  the  generosity  of  the New Orleans 
house.

Frank  D.  Meyers,  a  commercial trav­
eler,  was  awarded  $200  damages  a  few 
days  ago  in  a  suit  against the Louisville 
&  Nashville  Railroad,  growing  out  of 
its  failure  to  accept  a  ticket  from  Bowl 
ing  Green,  K y.,  to  Nashville  and  re­
turn.  The  ticket  became  detached  ac­
cidentally,  the  plaintiff  claimed,  and 
the  company’s  agent  refused  to  allow 
Meyer  to  travel  on  the 
from 
Nashville  to  Bowling  Green  until  he 
telegraphed  to  the  latter place regarding 
the  ticket.  The  answer  came  too  late 
for  Meyer  to  catch  his  train,  although 
the  telegram  stated 
the  ticket  was  all 
right.

ticket 

What  the  Traveling  Men  Want.

It 

is  now  generally  conceded  by  the 
railway  managers  and  the  general  pas­
senger  agents  that  the  present  inter­
changeable  mileage  book  is  not adapted 
to  the  requirements  of  Michigan  travel 
ing  men  and  must  be  either  radically 
amended  or  superseded  altogether  by  a 
book  which  meets  the  needs  and  neces­
sities  of  Michigan  salesmen.  A  meet­
ing  of  the  general  managers  of  all  the 
Michigan  roads  has  been  called for  next 
Monday,  at  which  time  a resolution will 
probably  he  adopted,  petitioning  the 
Central  Passenger  Association 
for 
authority  to  make the present  book  good

on  the  trains  of  Michigan  roads  and 
also  good  to  check  baggage  through 
junction  points.  In  case  this petition  is 
denied,  the  general  managers  will  im­
mediately  announce  their  intention  of 
issuing  a  new 
interchangeable  book, 
good  on  all  Michigan  roads,  but  not 
good  on  the  other  roads  included  in  the 
membership  of  the  Central  Passenger 
Association.  All  the  roads  have  had 
feelers  out  for a  week  for  the  purpose of 
ascertaining  the  sentiment  of  the  trav­
eling  men  and  reaching  a  conclusion  as 
to  the  exact  form  of  book  desired.  The 
Tradesman  presented  a  summarized 
statement  of  the  features  desired,in  last 
week's  paper,  which  has  since  been 
unanimously  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of 
the  Grip,  as  follows:

1.  Good  on  all  trains  which  carry 
pa^engers  on  presentation  to  the  con­
ductor.

2.  Baggage  to  be  checked  to  desti­
nation  through  junction  points,  except 
where  there  is  a  wagon  transfer.

3.  A  book  sold  at  $20  flat,  with  the 
photograph  of  the  purchaser and  owner 
on  the  cover,  with signature,  descriptive 
punch  marks  of  the  purchaser,  or  such 
necessary  identification  as  the  railroads 
may  desire. 
If  this  cannot  be  done, 
then  a  book  sold  at  $30.  with  a  rebate 
of  $10,  will  be  acceptable.

congratulates 

The  Tradesman 

the 
traveling  men  on  the  successful  out­
come  of  their  agitation  against 
the 
present  form  of  book  and  bespeaks  for 
the  proposed  book  the  hearty  co-opera­
tion  of  the  fraternity,  unless  it  should 
embody  some  objectionable 
feature, 
which  the  Tradesman  does  not  believe 
wiil  be  the  case.

Annual  Meeting  of Post  E,  M.  K. of G.
Grand  Rapids,  Nov.  29—At  the  an­
nual  meeting  of  Post  E,  held  at  Imper­
ial  Hall  Saturday  evening,  Nov.  27, 
Chairman  Davenport  presided.

Geo.  F.  Owen,  chairman  of  the  Com­
mittee  on  Arrangements  for  the  Kala­
mazoo  convention, 
reported  progress 
and  asked  for  further  time,  which  was 
granted.

Election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing 

year  resulted  as  follows:

Chairman—Albert  C.  Wetzell.
Vice-Chairman— Geo.  F.  Owen.
Secretary and Treasurer—E.  A.  Stowe.
Byron  Davenport  suggested that meet­
ings  be  held  every  Saturday  night  from 
now  on  for  the  purpose  of  working  up 
interest  in  the  Kalamazoo  convention.

Geo.  F.  Owen  asserted  that  a  short, 
sharp  campaign  would  be  productive  of 
better  results  than  a long one and moved 
that  the  next  meeting be held  at  Sweet’s 
Hotel  two  weeks  hence  and  every  week 
thereafter.  The  motion  was  adopted.

A  letter  was  received  from  L.  Ver 
don,  Chairman  of  the  Hotel  Committee 
at  Kalamazoo,  enquiring  how  many 
traveling  men  would  attend  the  conven 
tion  from  Grand  Rapids.  The Secretary 
was  instructed  to reply that  definite  data 
would  be  furnished  him  on  this  point 
two  weeks  hence.

Some  one  suggested  that  a  souvenir  of 
some  kind  be  prepared  for the occasion, 
whereupon  Chas  S.  Brooks  wittily  ob­
served  that  the  best  souvenir  the  boys 
could  take  to  Kalamazoo  would  be  a 
delegation  of  100  traveling  men.

Promotions  in  the  Official  List.
Marquette,  Nov.  29—At  a  meeting  of 
the  members  of  the  Lake Superior Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Club,  held  at  the 
office  of  the  Western  Express  Co.,  ai 
Marquette,  Nov.  27,  D  P.  Baldwin,  of 
Marquette,  was  elected  to  the  office of 
First  Vice-President,  vice  J.  H.  Rus­
sell,  Jr.,  resigned.

Thos.  H.  Ryan,  of  Hancock,  was 
elected  Fifth  Vice-President,  vice  J.  R. 
McKeand,  resigned.

The  matter compiled  by  the Secretary 
(for  the  vest  pocket  directory)  was  ap­
proved  and  the  directories will be  issued 
about  Jan.  1.  A.  F.  W ix s o n,  Sec’y.

Radical  View  of the  Gate  Question,
Whereas,  The  C.  &  W.  M.  Railroad 
has  become  so  popular  lately  that  the 
managers  have  been  put  to  the  extra 
expense  of  putting  gates  on  their  cars, 
employing  a  gateman  and 
locking  the 
doors  on  the  rear  and  front  cars  to  keep 
the  passengers  off  their trains;  there­
fore  be  it

Resolved,  That  when  a  man  is  given 
a  position  in  the  passenger  department 
of  a  railroad  it  should  be  with  the  un­
derstanding  that  each  month  he  shall 
introduce  some  new  cash 
fare  slip, 
book  or  application  for the same;  if not, 
then  put  on  some  other  scheme  that  has 
been  tried  by  some  trunk 
lines  and 
abandoned  by  them  as  impracticable.

Resolved,  That  we  recommend  to  all 
inventors  this  road  for  their benefit,  and 
said 
inventors  will  be  alwavs  welcome 
with  its  managers,  who are  always wait­
ing  for  something  new,  but  have  over­
looked  the  Pintsch  gas;  that  would  ac­
commodate  the  traveler,  and  that  would 
not  be  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and 
regulations  of this  road.

Resolved,  That  we  put  ourselves  out 
in  expense,  time  and  trouble,  to  ride 
on_  this  road  and  use  our  influence  to 
ship  all  goods  sold  by  us  on  this  line, 
notwithstanding  there  are  other  rail­
roads.

Resolved,  That  we  will  “ plug”   for 
this  road,  as  we  feel  safe  (when 
locked 
in  the  car  with  a  gateman  on  guard) 
that  no  customer can  force  an  order  on 
us.  as  he  cannot  get  past  the  gate  and 
gateman  for  not  having  a  ticket.

Resolved,  That  we  name  this  road 
(with  the  permission  of  the  managers) 
the  Red  Tape  Line,  and  request  them 
to  have  all  rules,  regulations,  mileage, 
both  Klondike  and  family,  bound  with 
red  tape,  and  leave  a  loop  on said books 
long  enough  to  go  around  our  heads,  so 
we  can  get  on  the  train  and  be  able  to 
carry  our  hand  baggage  without  stop­
ping  and  showing  said  ticket  five  times 
in  order  to  ride  to  our  different  towns.
Resolved.  That  we  denounce  as  false 
the  rumor  that  we  had  asked or intended 
to  ask  the  officials  of  this  road  to supply 
us  with  umbrellas  when  we  are  lined  up 
in  the  rain  waiting  for the  prisoners  to 
file  out  of  the  car,  so  we  could  pass 
in, 
our  baggage 
in  each  hand  and  in  the 
other  two  hands  holding  our  mileage 
book  and  umbrella.
Resolved,  That 

is  all  right  if  the 
train  does  not  stop  at  Hartfotd  for 
lunch  or  dinner  when  the  train 
late, 
on  account  of  those  gates;  we  can  wait 
until  supper or get  a  cold  handout at the 
next  place—we  stop  anything  to  keep 
the  gates.  Be  it  further

is 

it 

Resolved,  That  we  won’t  kick;  that 
this  organization  has  no  use  for  kick­
ers.  We  will  tell  them  if  we  are  mar­
ried  or  single,  and  if  so  w hy;  whether 
baby  has  anv  teeth,  and  the  age  of  our 
grandmothers;  will  also  tell  them  just 
where  we  are  going  and  why,  and  when 
we  will  return;  that  we  are  bumble 
people  and  tickled  to  death  to  accom­
modate  them  at  any  and  all  times.

Also,  that  it  is  the $10 on  each  book 
we  loan  them  that  helped  them  get those 
gates,  and  we  feel  highly  honored  to 
ride 
like  cattle,  for  we  are 
only  common,  everyday  traveling  men

locked 

in 

W.
Especial  Invitation  to  the  Ladies.
Kalamazoo,  Nov.  30—The  traveling 
men  of  Kalamazoo  are  making  big 
preparations  for  the  entertainment  of 
their  brother  traveling  men  and  their 
wives.  No  pains  and  expense  are  be- 
ing  spared.  One  of  the  most  prominent 
features  of  this  meeting  is  the  prepara­
tion  which 
is  being  made  to  entertain 
the  visiting  ladies.  While  the  Knights 
of  the  Grip  are  in  business  session,  the 
Kalamazoo  ladies  will  entertain  visit­
ing 
ladies  with  drives  about  the  city 
and  musical  entertainments  in  the  par­
lors  of  the  different  hotels,  in  the  en­
deavor  to  render  the  event as pleasant as 
possible  for  the  visitors. 
It  is  hoped 
that  as  many  of  the  traveling  men  will 
undertake  to  hring  their  wives  as  pos­
sible.  as  Post  K  has  gone  to  no  end  of 
trouble  and  expense  to  make  it  pleasant 
for  the  ladies,  as well  as  their husbands.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN 

17

There  was  a  large  meeting  of  the  Re­
ception  Committee  Saturday  night  at 
the  Burdick  House—another  will  be 
held  next  Friday  at  the  home  of  one  of 
the  ladies. 
Has  the  Solid  Backing  of  His  Home 

F.  L.  N ix o n .  Sec’y.

Town.

Kalamazoo,  Nov.  29—At the last meet­
ing  of  Post  K,  Michigan  Knights  of the 
Grip,  it  was  unanimously  decided  to 
urge and  to  use  every  honorable  means 
to  secure  the  election  of  John  A.  Hoff­
man  as  President  of 
the  Michigan
Knights  of  the  Grip  at  the  annual  elec­
tion  to  be  held  at  Kalamazoo  on  Dec. 
28. 
M r.  McNolty a  Candidate  for  Re-

F.  L.  N ix o n ,  Sec’y.

Election.

Jackson,  Nov.  29—I  take  the  liberty 
of  informing  you  that  Post  B  has  a  can­
didate 
in  the  field  for  Treasurer of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  in  the 
person  of  Chas.  McNolty,  the  present 
incumbent. 

A.  C.  W in d t ,  Sec'y.

The  ginger  plant  grows  wild  in  some 
parts  of  Mexico,  and  its  cultivation  on 
the  elevated  plateaus 
is  to  be  encour­
aged.  An  estimate  of  the  value  of  the 
crop  may  be  gleaned  from  the  fact  that 
one  acre  s  yield  brings  in  about $300  in 
gold.  A  rich  soil  is  necessary,  such  as 
black  vegetable 
it  should 
be  well  drained,  plowed  deep  and 
weeded  with  care,  the  cultivation  being 
somewhat  similar to  that  of  the  potato.

loams,  and 

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  $2.50  to 
$2 per day, and rooms with bath lrom $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 t he quality, 
and our constant aim in the future will  he, 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

Newest  Rooms  in  Detroit

at  $2.00  per  day.  Meals 
Fifty  cents.  Rooms  with 
bath and  parlor $2.50 to  $3.
Most  popular  moderate 
priced hotel  in  Michigan.

P o sta l  8c  Morey,

1  »etrolt.  M  l u l - i .

9

N E W   R E P U B L I C

Reopened  Nov.  15.

FINEST  HOTEL  IN  BAY  CITY.

Steam  beat,

Electric Bells and  Lighting throughout. 

Kates.  $1  50  to  $2.00.

Cor. Saginaw and  Fourth Sts.
^
_________ GEO.  H.  SCHTNDHETT.  Prop.
Cutler  House  at  Grand  Haven.

Steam Heat.  Excellent Table.  Com­
fortable  Rooms.  H.  D.  and  F.  H.
IRISH  Props

H O T E L   W H IT C O M B

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

A.  VINCENT.  Prop.

THE  WHITNEY  HOUSE

Rates  $ 1.00  to  $ 12;   per  duv.  Complete  Sanitary 
Improvements.  Electric  Lights.  Good  Livery 
in connection.  State Line Telephone.

Chas. E. W hitney, Prop., Plain well, Mich.

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MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
-  Dec. 31, 1897
-  Dec. 31,  1898
-  Dec. 31, 1899 
-  Dec. 31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901

S.  E.  Paskew., Owosso 
- 
P.  W.  R.  Pk rrt, Detroit 
A. C. Schumacher.  Ann  Arbor 
- 
Geo. Gundrum.  Ionia 
- 
L. E.  R eynolds, St.  Joseph 
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-------- 
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President, P. W.  R.  P e rry, Detroit.
Secretary, Geo. Gchdhdh, Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. Schumacher,  Ann Arbor.

Examination  Sessions.

Detroit—Tuesday, Jan . 4 and  5.
Grand Rapids—March 1  and 2.
Star Island—Jun e 27 and 28.
Marquette—About Sppt.  1.
Lansing—Nov.  1 and 2.

All meetings will  begin  at  9  o’clock  a. m. ex­
cept the Star Island  meeting,  which  begins  at 8 
o’clock p.'m.

MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President—A. H. Webb e r,  Cadillac.
Secretary—Chas.  Mann,  Detroit.
Treasurer—J ohn D. Muir, Grand Rapids.

Medicine  and  Medical  Practice. 

Written for the T radesman.

“ I  am  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  Med­
ical  College,  New  Hampshire,”   said 
my  good  friend,  Dr.  James  Johnson,  in 
response  to  my  request  that he enlighten 
me  with  his  views  regarding  the  medi­
cal  practice  of  physicians 
in  general, 
and  the  habit  of  the  American  people 
of  dosing  themselves  continually  with 
drugs,  whether  they  feel  well  or  ¡11.

‘ ‘ I  am  now,  as  you  are  aware,  an  old 
man,”   continued  the^  Doctor, 
‘ ‘and 
have,  as  you  are  also  aware,  traveled 
extensively 
in  Europe  and  Asia  and 
can truly  say  to  you  at  the  outset  that no 
other  nation,  so  far  as  I  know,  begins 
to  swallow  the  amount  of  drugs  which 
are  consumed 
in  the  United  States  by 
the  American  people.  Even our adopted 
citizens  soon  fall  into  the  same  habit, 
from  the  example  set  them  on  everv 
hand.  Considerably more  than  one-half 
our  physicians  and  druggists  live  and 
thrive  upon  their  incomes 
from  this 
source.

‘ ‘ No,  I  do  not  say  that  the  practice 
with,  or  the  sale  of,  these  so-called 
medicines 
is  at  all  dishonorable,  but 
their  effects  are  pernicious,  if  not  dis­
astrous,  as  any  person  may  see  who  will 
compare  the  statistics  of  our health  as  a 
nation  with  any  other  on  earth.  You 
may  know  that  I  speak  truly,  when  I 
add  that  no  other  nation  manufactures 
and  offers  for  sale  even  one-half  the 
kinds  or quantities  of  proprietary  nos­
trums.  Their name  is  legion.

‘ ‘ Yes,  many  of  them  are,  in  them­
selves,  harmless  as  water;  and,  while 
the  sale  of  such 
is  not  as  disastrous, 
they  lead  the  victim  on  to  try  others 
which  may  not  prove  so  innocent,  for 
not  one  person  in  hundreds  is  capable 
of  telling  what  they  contain.  As 
indi­
viduals  we  are  ‘ wise  in  our  own  con­
ceit’  and  proffer  our  advice  to  the 
afflicted  unasked  and  uninvited  and  tell 
them  of  the  imagined  benefits  we  have 
derived,  only  to find  afterward  that  they 
continued  to  go  down  to  that  bourne 
from  which  only  the  spiritual  body  may 
return.

‘ ‘ In  connection  with  medicine,  curi­
osity 
is  also  a  National  characteristic 
with  us  and  often  leads  to  Some comical 
scenes. 
In  early  life  I  was  practicing 
as  a  country  physician  and,  of  course, 
was  known  by  every  resident  for  miles 
around. 
in  those  days, 
mostly  on  horseback.  Passing  through 
a  hilly  part  of  the  country  one  day,  I 
noticed,  a  long  way  ahead,  a  woman 
going  from  a  house  down  an  incline  to­
ward  a  gate  by  the  highway,  apparently 
to  intercept  me.  She  proved  to  be  an 
inquisitive  Irish  woman  who  had  pre­

traveled, 

I 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

viously  annoyed  me  by  her  loquacity 
and  questioning.  As  T  came  up  the  hill 
she  beckoned  me  to  approach  and,  after 
a  polite 
‘ Good  morn in’,  Docthor, ’  en­
quired,  ‘ Who  is  sick  now  in  the  neigh­
I  gave  her  the  lady’s  name, 
borhood'*’ 
‘ And  is 
but  this  did  not  satisfy  her. 
she  dangerous,  Docthor?’ 
’ I  hope  not,’ 
I  replied,  and  was  just  giving  my  horse 
the  rein,  as  she  exclaimed,  ‘ And  fwat 
moight  the  disase  be?’ 
‘ It  is  a  case  of 
chronic  cephalalgia,’  (headache)  I  re­
plied,  with  solemn  tone  and  counte­
nance. 
instantly  threw  up  both 
hands,  exclaiming, 
’ O,  my  G od!  will 
she  live,  Docthor,  with  that  awful  dis­
ase—and  I  suppose  it’s  catching,  too?’ 
‘ We  can’t  always  tell,’  I  answered,  and 
rode  away. 
learned  she 
had  alarmed  the  entire  neighborhood  by 
spending  the  balance  of  the  day  in­
forming  every  one  that  a  new  and  fear­
fully  contagious  disease  had  appeared 
in  the  family  named. 
The  woman 
never  bothered  me  again.

1  afterward 

She 

‘ if 

"T o   illustrate  the  foibles  of  a  certain 
class  of  people  who  have  far  more  faith 
in  the  strange  and  ridiculous  than  any 
true  and  tried  remedies,  I  was  once  at­
tending  an 
infant  suffering  from  con­
gestion  of  the  lungs,  and  was  impor­
tuned  and  annoyed  daily  by  three  old 
ladies 
in  the  house  who  persistently 
advised  me  what  to  do  for  the  little 
patient,  and  particularly  to  use  cold ap­
plications  to  the  back  of  its  neck  and 
cranberry  poultices  to  its  feet,  with  the 
stereotyped  remark  that 
it  did  no 
good 
it  would  surely  do  no  harm. ’  At 
length,  I  lost  all  patience with them and 
on  my  next  visit  brought  several  live 
mice  with  me  and  without  any  prelimi­
naries  proceeded  to  kill  them  and,  tak­
ing  my  scalpel  from  my  pocket  case  of 
instruments,laid the bodies  open  length­
wise.  The  ladies’  tongues  seemed  par­
alyzed,  while  I  called  for  some  blue 
cloth— it  must  be  blue!—to  lay  over  the 
dead  mice,  and  some  scarlet  cloth—no 
other  color  would  answer  the purpose !— 
for  narrow  bandages,  which  at 
last  I 
solemnly  proceeded  to  roll  into  form, 
then  applied  one  mouse  poult:ce  to  the 
sole  of  the  left  foot  of  the 
infant—this,
I  explained,  being  nearest  the  heart— 
and  another  mouse  to  the  back  of  its 
neck.  As  I  arose  to  leave,  I  remarked, 
with  a  solemn  face,  ‘ There!  this  even­
ing,  after dark,  remember  to  remove  the 
poultices.  Then wash  the  neck  and  foot 
with  new  milk  drawn  from  a  cow  as 
near  four  years  old  as  you  can  find  and, 
‘ if 
it  all  does  no  good  I’m  certain  it 
will  do  no  harm. ’  The  trio  looked  from 
one  to  another,  while  a  perceptible 
smile  and  faint  blush  stole  over  their 
faces. 
they  saw  the  point. 
To  their  amazement the child recovered.
‘ ‘ You  would  be  astonished,”   contin­
ued  Dr.  Johnson,  “ at  the  credulity,  if 
not  gullibility,  of  a  certain  class of peo­
ple  who  place  the  utmost  faith  and  con­
fidence  in  the  prescriptions  and  manip­
ulations  of  the  most  ignorant,  instead 
of  those  who  have  expended  years  in 
the  study  of  disease 
in  all  its  form*. 
The  truly  conscientious  physician  sel­
dom, 
indeed,  amasses  great  wealth. 
It  is  the  charlatan  who  listens  to  every 
whim  of  his  patient  and  the  advice  of 
every  bvstander,  and  who  writes  his 
prescriptions  in  a  scrawl  impossible  to 
decipher  with  certainty,  seldom  acting 
on  his  own  convictions,  and  who  rides 
in 
‘ a  coach  and  four,’  while  the  con­
scientious  man  may  trudge  on  foot  in 
poverty. ’ ’
Glancing  at  his  watch,  the  Doctor 
continued,  ‘ ‘ I  have  some  new  experi­
ence  to  relate 
in  the  quack  practice, 
which  I  must  defer,  but  promise  you 
something  rich  at  another  tim e.”

think 

I 

F r a n k   A .  H o w ig .

Ben  Franklin’s  Good  Advice 

to 

Young  Tradesmen.

Copied for th e   T r a d e s m a n .

[I copy the following  advice  to  a  young  trades­
man, written by Doctor  Franklin  and  published  in 
the New.Haven Gazette of July  27,  1786.  The  ad­
vice is as  sound  to-day  as  it* was  a  century  and 
twelve years ago. 
I  believe  many  of  your  readers 
will be pleased with  its reproduction in the Trades­
man.  W . S.  H.  W elton.]

Remember  that  time  is  money.  He 
that  can  earn  ten  shillings  a  day  by  his 
labor,  and  goes  abroad  or  is 
idle  one- 
half  of  that  day,  although  he  spends  but 
six  pence  during  his  diversion  or 
idle­
ness,  ought  not  to  reckon  that  the  only 
expense;  be  has  really  spent,  or  rather 
thrown  away,  five  shillings  besides.
Remember  that  credit  is  money. 

If 
a  man  has  money  in  my  hands  after  it 
is  due,  he  gives  me  the  interest  of  as 
much  as  I  can  make  of  it  during  that 
time.  This  amounts  to  a  considerable 
if  a  man  has  good  and  large  credits and 
makes  good  use  of  it.  Remember  that 
is  of  a  prolific,  generating  na­
money 
ture.  Money  can  beget  money,  and 
its 
offspring  can  beget  more,  and  so  on. 
Five  shillings  turned 
is  six;  turned 
again,  'tis  seven  and  three  pence,  and 
it  becomes  an  hundred 
so  on  until 
pounds.  The  more  there 
is  of  it  the 
more  it  produces at every turning, so that 
the  profits  rise  quicker and quicker.  He 
that  destroys  a  crown  destroys  all  it 
might  have  produced,  even  scores  of 
pounds.

Remember  that  six  pounds  a  year  is 
but  a  groat  a  day.  For  this  little  sum, 
which  may  daily  be  wasted  in  time  or 
expense  unperceived,  a  man  of  credit 
may,  on  his  own  security,  have  the 
constant  use  and  possession  of  a  hun­
dred  pounds.  So much  in  stock  briskly 
turned  by  an  industrious  man  produces 
great  advantage.  Remember  this  say­
ing,  that  the  good  paymaster  is 
lord  of 
another  man’s  purse.  He  that  is known 
to  pay  punctually  and  exactly  at  the 
time  he  promises  may  at  any  time  and 
on  any  occasion  raise  all  the  money  his 
friends  can  spare.  This  is  sometimes 
of  great  use;  therefore,  never  keep  bor­
rowed  money  an  hour  beyond  the  time 
you  promised, 
lest  a  disappointment 
shut  up  your  friend's  purse  forever.

The  most  trifling  actions  that  affect  a 
man’s  credit  are  to be  regarded.  The 
sound  of  your  hammer  at  five  in  the 
morning  or  nine  at  night  beard  by  a 
creditor  makes  him  easy  six  months 
longer.  But,  if  he  sees  you  at  a  billiard 
table  or  bears  your  voice  at  a  tavern 
when  you  should  be  at  work,  he  sends 
for  his  money  the  next  day.  Finer 
clothes  than  he  can  wear,  or  greater 
expense 
in  any  particular  than  he 
affords  himself,  shocks bis  pride  and  he 
duns  you  to  humble  you.

Creditors  are  a  kind  of  people  that 
have  the  sharpest  eyes  and  ears,  as  well 
as  the  best  memories,  of  any  in  the 
world.  Good-natured 
feel 
pain  when  they  are  obliged  to  ask  for 
money.  Spare  them  this  pain  and  they 
will  love you.

creditors 

When  you  receive  a  sum  of  money 
divide 
it  among  them  in  proportion  to 
your  debts.  Don’t be ashamed  of  paying 
a  small  sum  because  you  owe  a  greater. 
Money,  more  or  less,  is  always welcome

and  your  creditor  bad  rather be  at  the 
trouble  of  receiving  ten  pounds  volun­
tarily  brought  him,  although  at  ten 
different  times  or  payments,  than  be 
obliged  to  go  ten  different  times  to  de­
it  before  he  can  receive  it  in  a 
mand 
lump. 
It  shows  that  you  are  mindful 
of  what  you  owe;  it makes you  appear  a 
careful,  as  well  as  an  honest,  man,  and 
that  still  increases  your  credit.  Beware 
of  thinking  all  your  own  that,  you  pos­
sess,  and  of 
'Tis 
a  mistake  that  many  people  who  have 
credit  fall  into.

living  accordingly. 

To  prevent  this,  keep  an  exact  ac­
count  for  some  time  of  both  your  ex­
penses  and  incomes. 
If  you  take  the 
pains  at  first  to  mention  particulars,  it 
will  have  this  good  effect:  you  will  dis­
cover  how  wonderfully  small,  trifling 
expenses  mount  up  to  large  sums,  and  it 
will  show  what  might  have  been,  and 
may  for  the  future  be  saved,  without 
occasioning  any  great 
inconvenience. 
In  short,  the  way  to  wealth,  if  you  de­
sire  it,  is  as plain  as  the  way  to  market. 
It  depends  chiefly  on  two  words,  Indus­
try  and  Frugality.

Waste  neither  your  time  nor  money, 
but  make  the  best  use of  both.  He  that 
gets  all  he  can,  and  saves  all  he  gets, 
necessary  expenses  excepted,  will  cer­
tainly  become  rich.

For  Sale  by  Leading  Jobbers.

Manufactured  by

H. VAN TONGEREN, Holland,  Mich.

For Sale by All Jobbers.

r M A S T E R ”
Y U M A '

The best 5 cent cigars ever made.  Sold by

Represented in Michigan by J . A. GONZALEZ, Grand Rapids.

B E S T   &   RUSSELL CO..  C hicago. 

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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

O n dT *n “ uti,?e.’il,m’  ° pium  Powd •  Balsdm  Copal Da,  Bramides,  N.  Y.  Morphia,  Borax,  Linseed 

Declined—Oil 8p°artnint, Oil Tanzy.

Acldum
Acetlcum.................... I
Benzoicum,  German
Boracic........................
Carbolicum..............
Citricum ....................
Hydrochlor...............
N itrocum .................. 
Oxalicum ..................  
Phosphorium,  d ll... 
Salicyllcum...............  
Sulpnuricum............. 
Tannlcu m ..................  1  25®  1 40
Tartaricum................ 
40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16  deg............. 
Aqua, 20  deg............  
Carbonas.................... 
Chloridum................  
Aniline

....
12®
@
0i©
1^ ®
38® 

4® 
6®  
19® 
12® 

6
8
14
14

Black...........................  2  00®  2 25
B row n ........................ 
81®  1  On
R e d ............................. 
50
45® 
Yellow .......................   2  50® 3 00

Baccre.
Cube see............po.  18 
Juniperu8.................. 
Xantnoxylum........... 
Balsamum
Copaiba......................  
Peru.
Terabin, Canada__
Tolu tan.......................
Cortex
Abies,  Canadian__
Casslse  .......................
Ci nr h jna Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera,  po.
Prunus Virgin!.........
Quill aia.  grid...........
Sassafras.........po. 18
Ulmus...po.  15.  gr’d 
Extraction 
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhlza,  po....... 
Hsematox, 15 lb box. 
H sem atox,ls............  
Hsematox, % s........... 
Hsematox,  %s........... 

Perru
Carbonate  Precip...
Citrate and Q uinia..
Citrate Soluble.........
Ferrocyanldum  Sol.
Solut.  Chloride.......
Sulphate,  com 'l.......
Sulphate,  com'l,  by
Sulphate,  p u r e .......
Flora

bbl, per  cwt.......

A rn ica.......................  
Anthemis..................  
M atricaria................  

Folia

13® 
6®  
25® 

15
8
30

55®  60
©   2  40 
45® 
50
80
75® 

15 
2  25

24®
28®
11®
13®
14®
16®

12®
18®
30®

@

30

nevelly 

28® 
18®
25® 
12®
8®

Barosma......................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
................. 
Cassia Acutifol.Alx. 
Salvia officinalis, %r
and  %s.................... 
Ora Ursi................   ..
Qum nl 
65
Acacia,  1st picked..
45
Acacia,  2d  picked..
35
Acacia,  3d  picked..
28
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia,  po..................
80
Aloe,  Barb. po.lc®20 
14
12
Aloe, Cape 
...po.  15 
Aloe. Soeotrl.. po. 40
30
60
Ammoniac................  
28
Assafcetlda__ po. 30 
Benzol n u m ............... 
55
Catechu,  Is................
13
Catechu,  Vis..............
14 
Catechu,  >48..............
16 
Camphor» 
..............
55 in
Ruphorbium..po.  35
1  00 
Galbanum.................. 
70 
Gamboge  po............  
35 
Guaiacum..  ..po. 35
Kino.............po.  ii.uO
3  00 
60
M astic........................
Myrrh.............. po  45
Opii  .  po. 84 10®4 30 3 00-i  3  10
Shellac.......................  
2-®   35
Shellac, bleached... 
40® 
45
T ragacanth............... 
50®

®aa60®
12®
aa
55®
25®
50®
®
@
@
48®
®
©
65®
®

Merba

Absinthium..oz.  pkg 
Eupatorfum .oz.  pkg
Lobelia.........oz.  pkg
Majorum 
...oz.  pkg 
Mentha  Pip. .oz.  pkg 
Mentha  Vir. .oz.  pkg
R u e.................oz.  pkg
TanacetumVoz.  pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz.  pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined. Pat.............
Carbonate,  Pat.........
Carbonate,  K. A  M..
Carbonate, Jennings
Oleum

55®
20®
21©
35®

36

30® 

Absinthium...............  3 25®  3 50
Amygdalæ,  Dulc__  
50
Amygdal», Amar» .  8  00®   8 25
Anist...........................   » 25®  2  3
A u rant!  Cortex....... 2  ni®  2 20
Bergam i!....................2  40®  2 50
Cajiputi  .................... 
»J
Caryophylli............... 
7o
"'edar........................... 
as
Chenopadii................ 
»  75
Cinnamonii...............  1 80®  1  90
..  .  .... 
Cttronella. 
45©   50

«.i® 
e-©  
35®  

91©  

90®  

35® 

Coni um  Mac............  
50
Copaiba......................  i  io@  1  20
Cubeb»..........................  
E xech th itos............   1  no@  1  10
Erigeron....................  1  0 @   1  10
G aultheria................  1  50®  1  60
Geranium,  oun ce... 
@  
Gossippii.Sem. gal.. 
50@  60
Hedeoma....................  1  0>@  1  10
Junipera.....................  1  50®  2  00
Lavendula...................  
Limonis......................  1  20®   1  40
Mentha  Piper...........  1  61©   2  20
Mentha Verid...........  1  5i®   1  6
Morrhu*,  gal...........  1  0j@   1  u.
Myrcia,.......................  4  00®  4  50
75@ 3 00
S Jly e ......................... 
Picis  Liquida........... 
lo@ 
12
@   35
Picis Liquida, g a l... 
R icin a .......................   1  O’®   1  0«
@   1  00
Rosmarini.................. 
Ros»,  ounce............   6  50®  8 50
S u ccin i...................... 
40®   45
Sabin a...................... 
90®   1  00
Santal.........................   2  50®  7  00
¡sassafras.................... 
55®   on
65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
@  
...........................  1  40®  1  5"
Thyme 
40®  
.................... 
50
@   1  60
Thyme,  opt............... 
Theobromas............. 
15©   20
Potassium
5|-£arb.......................  
15® 
18
Bichrom ate..............  
13®  
15
51)®  55
Bromide.....................  
12®  
Garb...........................  
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
16® 
18
35®   40
Cyanide...................... 
Jodide......................... 2 60®  2  «5
2t© 
Potassa,  Bitart, pure 
30
Potass«,  Bitart,  com 
®  
15
8®  
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10
7®  
Potass Nitras............. 
9
PrU8siate.................... 
2>© 
25
Sulphate  p o ..  .......  
15®  
is

Radix

25

20®
22®
\i<&
^
20®
12®
16® 
@
@

Aconitvm.................. 
A lth » .........................  
Anchusa.................... 
Arum  po...................... 
Calam us.................... 
Gentiana........ po  15 
G lych rrh iza.p v . 15 
Hydrastis Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can.,  po.. 
Hellebore.Alba, po.. 
15®  _
15®   20
Inula, po.................... 
Ipecac,  po..................  2  on®  2  10
I ris plox.... po35@38  35®  
40
Jalapa,  pr.................. 
25®   30
@   35
Maranta,  14s ............  
Podophyllum, po__  
25
22®  
75®   1  00
£ b ej  ........................... 
Rhei, cu t.................... 
®   1  25
Rhel.nv...................... 
75®  1  35
35®  
Spigelia......................  
a«
Sangumaria... po.  15 
®  
1
Serpeutaria............... 
30®   35
g«ne? a .......................  
40® 
45
®  
Similax.officlnalis H 
40
Smilax,  M..................
®
S iill» ................po.35
10®
Symplocarpus, Foeti- 
dus.  po  ..................
Valeriana. Eng.pt>.36
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a .................. 
Zingiber j ..................  

..™
15®
13®
25®

27

. 

. 

12

Semen
Antsum........... po.  15
® 
A pi um  (graveleons)
LI®
Bird.  Is.
4®
Carul................po.  18
10®
Cardamon..
...........   1  25®  1  77V
„ 
Lonandrum..............  
3®  
|(l
Cannabis  Saliva__  
4®   4*
Cydonium..................... 
75®  1  uu
(menopodium  ......... 
io® 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2  00®   2  20
®   m
Fcenlculum............... 
Foenugreek, po......... 
7®  
9
3®  
Lini 
...................... 
,
Lini,  grd......... bbl. 3 
4®
Lo b e lla ....................
35® 
Pbarlaris  Canarlan
4® 
R apa.........................
4 Vi® 
Sinapls Albu........
T®
li®
Sluapis  Nigra.........  
Spiritus

Sponges 
Florida sheeps' wool
carriage..................
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage..................
■ elvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
Extra yellow sheeps' 
wool,  carriage  ... 
Grass  sheeps'  wool,
carriage..................
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use................
Syrups
A cacia.......................
Auranti Cortes.........
Zingiber.....................
Ipecac 
...........
Ferrl  fod.......   . . . . . .
Rbet  Arum................
Smilax Officinalis...
sen ega.......................
Scill»..........................

2  50®  2  75
® 2 00
®   1  25
@  1  00
®  1  00 
®  
75
®   1  40

@
&
©
©
50®
©®

Scill» Co 
Tolutan 
j  00
Prunus virg

Tinctures 
Aconltum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F 
Aloes
Aloes and Myrrh 
Arnica 
Assafoetida 
2  00
Atrope  Belladonna 
Auranti  Cortex 
Benzoin 
Benzoin Co,
Barosma 
Cantharides 
Capsicum 
Cardamon 
Cardamon  Co 
Castor 
Catechu 
Cinchona.
Cinchona Co 
Columba 
Cubeba.
Cassia  Acutifol 
Cassia Acutifol Co 
Digitalis 
Ergot
Ferrt Chloridum...
G entian....................
Gentian Co...............
Guiaca
Guiaca ammon 
Hyoscyamus..
Iodine
Iodine, colorless 
Kino.
Lobelia 
Myrrh
Nux  Vomica
O pii.........................
Obii,  camphorated 
Opii,  deodorized..
Quassia..................
Rhatany..................
Rhei
Sanguinaria
Serpentaria..............
Stramonium ............
Tolutan......................
V alerian ...................
Veratrum V eride...
Zingiber.....................

niscellaneous 

30® 
¿Ether, Spts.  Nit. 3 F 
1*©
Ether, Spts.  Nit. 4 F 
Alumen....................  
2V4®
3®
Alumen, gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto...................... 
40®
Antimoni,  po__  
4®
40®
Antimoni etPotassT 
Antipyrin................  
®   j  40
@  
Antifebrin 
............. 
15
50
@  
Argent!  Nitras, oz 
Arsenicum...............  
|0@  
12
38® 
40
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
Bismuth  S.  N...........1  40®  1  50
@  
Calcium Chlor.,  Is.. 
®
"alcium  Chlor.,  V4s.
Calcium Chlor.,  Vis. 
Cantharides.  Rus.pó 
’apsici  Fructus. af 
apsici  Fructus.  po.
Caps!cl  FruetusB.po 
©
10®
Caryophy 11 us. .po.  15 
Carmine.  No. 40 
®   3 no 
Cera  Alba,  S. A F   ’ .
50® 
55
Cera  Flava............’ ’
42
40® 
Coccus  ............................... ^
Cassia F r u c t u s @   33
Centrarla.................. 
to
®  
Cetaceum...............’ 
®   45
Chloroform...............  
63
60® 
®   1  25 
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral H ydCrst....  1  50®  1  60
Choudrus................... 
20®   25
Cinchouidine.P.* W 
25®  35
Cinchonidine, Germ 
22©   3 '
Cocaine.  ..................  3 £5®  3  75
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum........
Creta............... bbl. 75
Creta, prep................
Creta, precip__
Creta.  Rubra............
Crocus................
Cudbear...........
Cupri Sulph.
Dextrine..............’ ’ ’ ]
Ether Sulph___
Emery, all  numbers
Emery, po............
Ergota.............. po. 40
Flake  W hite...........
Galla.................._
Gambler,

©
@®
9®
©
18©
©
5®
10®
75®
®
30®1 m 
©  
8®
_
35®  6f
7'

23

Less  than  box...

G lu e ,  brown.......
Glue,  white 
13®
G lycerin a
<4®
_
G ratia  Paradisi 
Humulus................... 
  25®
®  
llyilraag Chlor  Mite 
@  
70
Ilydraag Chlor  Cor. 
@   9n 
llydraa< Ox  Kub'm. 
®   1  14) 
Uyttraag Ammoniati 
55
45® 
Hydraagl'nguentum 
Hydrargyrum........... 
®  
65
6‘©  
75
Ichthyobolla, A m ... 
75®   1  uo
ludigo.........................  
Iodine,  Resubi.........  3 60® 3  0
@   4  20
Iodoform.................... 
@  2  25
Lupulin. 
' ........... 
Lycopodium............  
40®  45
65®  
Macis 
75
Liquor  A rse-et hy- 
25
@  
drarg  lod...............  
LiquorPotassAreinit 
10®  
12 
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
2® 
3
©   1%
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Maunla, S.  F ............  
so©  no
M enthol.................  
  ©   2  75

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

Frumenti.  W.  I). Co.  2  00@   2  50 
Frumenti,  D.  F.  R ..  2 « ©   2  25
Frum enti............... 
j  35®   |  50
-Inniperis  Co.  O.  T ..  1  65®  2 no
Jnniperfs Co.............  1  75®   3  50
Saacharum  N.  E  ...  1  « 1®   2  10
Spt.  Vini  G alli.........  1  75®   e 50  Gelatin, Cooper..  .. 
\ ini Oporto...............  1  25®  2 00 I  Gelatiu. French.......  
Vini  Alba..................  1  25®   2  00  Glassware,  flint, box 

C.  Co................ .

Morphia, S.P.A W ... 
Morphia,  S.N .Y.Q.*
Moschus Canton__
Myristica,  No.  I .......
Nux Vom ica... po.20
Os  Sepia....................
Pepsin  Saac, H.  A p.
D.  Co.......................
Picis Llq. N.N.Vigal.
doz............................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints.......
Pil  Hydrarg.. .po.  80 
Piper Nigra...po.  22
Piper  Alba__ po.  35
Pilx  Burgun.............
Plumb!  Acet.............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
A P.  D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv.........
Q uassi»......................
Quinia, S.  P. A W . . 
Quinia. S. German..
Quinia,  N.Y...............
Rubia Tinctorum ... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salad n ........................
Sanguis Draconls...
Sapo,  W ......................
Sapo,  M........................
Sapo.  G........................
Siedlltz  Mixture__

@  
65® 
® 
15® 

2 05® 2  30
2 40® 2  45 
40
80
10 
18
®  1  00
@ 2 00 
®  1  00 
85
®  
50
®  
18 
®  
30
®  
7
®  
10®  
12 
1  10®  1  20
@   1  25 
33
30® 
8®  
10 
42
37S 
41
3 
3r
_  
40
14
12® 
1«®  20 
3  00®  3  10 
40® 
50
14
12® 
10®   12 
©  
15
20  ©   22

Sinanis.......................  
®  
xs
©   30
Sinapis,  opt............... 
Snuff,  Maccaboy, De
Voes.........................  
@   34
®   34
Snuff,Scotch.DeVo’s 
Soda Boras................  8  @  
10
Soda Boras, po.........  8  @  
10
26®  2r
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb................ 
l% ®  
2
Soda,  Bi-Carb........... 
3®  
5
Soda,  Ash..................  3V4® 
4
Soda. Sulphas........... 
@  
2
Spts. Cologne............  
®   2  60
Spts.  Ether  Co......... 
50® 
55
Spt  M vrciaDom ...  @ “»00
Spts. Vlni  Reet. bbl.  @ 2   4°
@   2  45 
Spts.  Vini Rect.Vibbl 
Spts.  Vini Rect,10gal 
@   2  G 
Spts.  Vini Rect.  5gal 
@   2  50 
Less 5c gal.  cash  10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®   1  45
Sulphur,  Subl...........  2Vi® 
3
2®  2¡4
Sulphur,  Roll.........  
8®  
Tamariuds................  
10
30
Tere'-enth  Venice... 
28®  
42®  45
Theobrom »............... 
V anilla.................. . 
9  00® 16  On
Zlnci  Sulph............... 
7©  
g

Oils

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

BBL.  SAL.
70
45
40

70 
40 
35 

Linseed, pure  raw ..  37 
Linseed,  boiled  ___ 
59 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
36V6 
Spirits Turpentine.. 

41
42
70
42

Paints  BBL. 

LB
Red  Venetian........... 
1 ^ 2   @g
lit  2  @4 
ochre, yellow  Mars, 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  1%  2  ©3 
Putty, commercial.. 
2V4®3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2V4  2li@3 
Vermilion,  P r im e
13® 
American................ 
15
70® 
Vermilion,  English. 
75
Green,  P aris............   13%® 
19
16
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13© 
Lead,  Red..................  5%@ 
8
Lead,  white..............   5%® 
6
Whiting, white Span 
©  
70
Whiting,  gilders’. . . @  
10
White,  Paris Amer..  -   © 1 0 0  
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
c liff......................... 
r@   1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00©  1  15

.[Varnishes];

No. l'Tu rpC oach ...  1  10©  1  20
Extra  Turp...............  1  60®  I  70
Coach Body...............  2  75®  3  00
No.  1  Turp  Furn  ...  1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk  Damar..  1  55®  1  00 
Jap. Dryer,No. ITurp 
75

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AXLB  GREASE.
Aurora..................
...... 55
Castor O il............. ....... 60
Diamond............... ....... 50
Frazer’s ................ ....... 75
IX Li Golden, tin boxes 75
iilca, tin boxes...
Paragon................
...56

doz. gross
6  0C
7  00
4  00
9 00
9 00
9  00
6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

X  lb cans doz.........  .........  
ii  lb cans doz...................... 
1 

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

Acme.

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

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

El Purity.

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

Home.

X lb cans 4 doz case......... 
X lb cans 4 doz case......... 
lb cans 2 doz case  .......  

35
55
90

J A ^ C O N
X lb cans, 4 doz case...
X lb cans, 4 doz case.........  
1 

...
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.

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz...........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz  ......... 1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz...........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz...........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz...........1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per doz............  
80
Jute. 72 ft.  per do*.. 
96
.. 

COCOA SH ELLS.
20 lb  bags...........................  
Less  quantity.................... 
Pound  packages............... 
CRBAfl  TARTAR.

2X
3
4

5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F a ir ................................................10
Good.............................................. 12
P rim e............................................ 13
Golden  .........................................14
Peaberry  ..................................... 15

Santos
F air  ..........................
Good  ........................
P rim e............................................ 16
Peaberry  ..................................
Mexican  and  Guatamala 

Fair
.................................. 16
Good  ............................................ 1
Fancy 
........................................ 18

Maracaibo.

P rim e........................................... 20
Milled............................................21

Jav a.

X lb cans.................................. 
X lb c a n ................................ 
1 

lb c a n s.............................  1  50

45
75

In terio r........................................20
Private  Growth......................... 22
Mandehllng.................................24

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

 

 

Peerless

BATH  BRICK.

Am erican....................................  70
English.......................................... so

BLUING.

C 0 N2 IHSED

1 doz.  pasteboard B o xes... 
40
3 doz. wooden  boxes...........  l  20

BROOH5.

No. 1 Carpet...........................   1  go
No. 2 Carpet............ 
.........   1  75
No. 3 Carpet..................... . 
1  50
No. 4 Carpet...........................  1  is
Parlor G em ...........................  2  00
Common Whisk....................  
70
Fancy W hisk..  ....................  
¿0
Warehouse.............................2 25

CANDLES.
8s ......... .................... 
7
i 6s ...................................
Paraffine....................................8

CANNED  GOODS, 
rianitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat........... 
95
Lakeside E.  J ........................  1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of E n g ....  1  20 
Lakeside. Gem.  Ex.  Sifted.  1  45 
Extra Sifted Early Ja n e ... .1  75 j 

CATSUP.

Columbia, 
pints..............   2  00
Columbia. X pints................1  25

©
©
©

~

@
©
©
©
©
©

CHEESE.
A cm e.......................... 
Amboy........................ 
Byron.........................  
E ls ie ............................... 
Gem................................. 
Gold  Medal................... 
Hartford......................... 
Herkimer....................... 
M e a l............................... 
J e r s e y ....... . 
Lenawee....................
Riverside............"...
Sparta  ........................
B rick ...........................
Edam........................J
Leiden........................
Llm burger................
Pineapple................... 43
Sap  Sago....................
Chicory.

Bulk
Red

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker 4k Co.’s.

German Sw eet............................28
Premium.................... 
^34
Breakfast Cocoa......... 
. , , i . 4#

Mocha.

85
Im itatio n .................................... 22
Arabian  ...................................... 24

Roasted. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
F ifth   Avenue......................... 28
Jew ell’s  Arabian Mocha__ 28
Wells’ Mocha and  Jav a.......24
Wells’  Perfection  Ja v a ....... 24
San cafto .................................. 23
Breakfast  Blend..................  20
Valley City Maracaibo.........18H
Ideal  Blend............................. 13
Leader  Blend......................... 12

Package.

for 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
the  wholesale  dealer 
which 
adds  the  local  freight 
from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
mint, giving you credit  on  the 
nvoice 
the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also  lc 
In  60 lb.  cases the list 
pound. 
10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle  . ..........................  10  50
Jersey...................................  10 50
flcLaughlin’s  XXXX..........10  50
Valley City X g ro ss.......  
F elix X gross.................... 
~  1 mm el’s foil X gross... 
Hummel’s tin  X  gross... 
CLOTHES  PINS, 
gross boxes 
 

75
1  15
85
1  43 

Extract.

  40

 
COUGH  DROPS.

 

 

C. B. Brand.

40 5 cent packages............   1  00

CONDENSED  M IL K .

4 doz in case.
Gall Borden  Eagle............... e  75
C row n.......................................6  25
D aisy .........................................5  75
Champion  ............................... 4  50
Magnolia 
...........................   .4  25
Challenge..................................3 35
D im e..........................................3  36

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
*100 books, any denom__   2  50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20  00

Economic Grade.

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

i P I g s i l l ®

Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom___2  50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20  00

Superior Grade.

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

Coupon  Pass Books,

Can be made to represent any 

denomination from 810 down.

20 books.............................   1  00
50 books................................  2 00
100 b o o k s..............................   3 00
250 books................................  c 25
500 books.................................10 00
1000 books.................................17 50

Credit  Checks,

500, any one denom’n ....... 3  00
1000,  any one denom’n .......   5  00
2000, any one denom’n .......   8  00
Steel  punch...........................  
75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOllESTIC 
Snndrled...........................   ©   5)4
Evaporated 50 lb  boxes.  ©   8 

Apples.

California  Fruits.

Apricots..  .....................   7H@8Ji
Blackberries..................
N ectarines........................ 
©
Peaches.............................. 8 © 9
Pears...................................8 ©
Pitted Cherries.............
Prunnelles.................... .12
Raspberries..................

California  Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes...........  ©   4
90-100 25 lb boxes...........  ©   4*4
80 - 90 25 lb boxes...........  @   5)4
70 - 80 25 lb boxes...........  ©   6
60 - 70 25 lb boxes...........  @   6)4
50 - 60 25 lb boxes...........  ©   7
40 - 50 25 lb boxes..........   @ 814
30 - 40 25 lb boxes...........  ©
M  pent less In 50 lb cases 

Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown.
London Layers 4 Crown.
Debesias 
.........................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 

1  65
2  00
4M
5)46*

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Patras bbls........................... @   6M
Vostlzzas 50 lb cases........©   6%
Cleaned, bulk  ....................©   8
Cleaned, packages........... ©   8)4

Peel.

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

Raisins.

Ondnra 28 lb boxes.......8  @ 8 )4
Sultana  1 Crown...........  @
Sultana 2 Crown  ____   ©
Sultana  3 Crown...........  @11
Snl tana  4 Crown...........   @
Sultana  R Crown 
. . . .   ©
Sultana 8 Crown...........  @13
Sultana package...........  @14
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1  lb.  packages............... 1  75
Bulk, per 100  lb s............... 3  50

Parlna.

Grits.

Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s ..........2  15
Bulk in 100 lb. bags..........3  00

Hominy.

 

2  40

Peas.

Beans.

Pearl Barley.

Barrels  .................................2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums..........1  00
Dried Lima  ........................  
3
Medium Hand  Picked__   90
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb.  box.........  60
Imported,  25 lb.  box........ 2  50
Common................... 
C h ester......................................   2 50
E m p ire......................................   2 J5
Green,  bn .............................   85
Split,  p erlb .......................... 
2
Rolled Avena,  bb l.......... 3  60
Monarch,  bbl...................... 335
Monarch.  X  bbl................. 1  80
Private brands,  bbl.......
Private brands,  )4bbl.......
Quaker,  cases.  .................. 3  20
Huron, cases....... ...............1  75
G erm an................................. 
East  India...........................  
Cracked, bulk...................... 
>4 2 lb packages...................1 10

Rolled  Oats.

314
3
8w

W heat.

Sago.

Fish.
Cod.

@ 4 )4
Georges  cured.............. 
Georges  genuine.........  @514
©   6X
Georges selected......... 
Strips or  bricks...........5  ©   7X

Chunks.............................. . 
Strips...,.................................  

10
9

Halibut.

Herring.

Holland white hoops, bbl.  10 25 
Holland  white hoop X  bbl  5  50 
Holland white hoop,  keg. 
72 
Holland white hoop mens 
80
Norwegian.................................  U  00
Round 100 lb s...........................   3 40
Round  40 lbs............................  1 60
Scaled..................................... 

18

rtackerel.

Mess 100  lbs........................  16  00
Mess  40  lb s .......................  6  70
Mess  10  lb s........................  1  75
Mess  8  lbs........................  1  43
No.  1100  lbs........................  14  50
No.  1  40lbs.................  . . . .   6  10
No. 1  10 lbs..........................  1  60
No.  1  8 lb s..........................  1  30
No. 2 100 lbs..........................  10  to
No. 2  40 lbs..........................  4  30
No. 2  10 lbs..........................  1  15
No. 2  8 lbs.........................  
95
Russian kegs........................ 
55
No. 1  100 lbs..........................  4  50
No.  1  40 lbs..........................  2  10
No.  1 
60
No. 1
51
Pam 
100 lbs 
2  50 
40 lbs 
1  30 
10 lbs 
40 
8 lbs
35
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

10 lbs.
8 lbs..........................
No. 1  No. 3 
5 00 
..  3 00 
2  30 
83
65 
55

Whltefish.

Sardines.

T reat

SAL SODA.

Grannlated, bbls.................  75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  99
Lamp, bbls...........................   75
Lump, 1451b kegs................   £6

SBED S.

A n ise ..................................... 
9
Canary, Smyrna..................  
3
Caraw ay............................... 
8
Cardamon,  M alab ar.......   63
Celery....................................  
11
3u
Hemp,  Russian..................  
Mixed  Bird.......................... 
4^
Mustard,  w hite......... 
5
P o p p y ................................... 
8)4
R ap e...................................... 
4 ^
Cuttle Bone.......................      20

SNUFF.

Scotch, In bladders...............  87
Maccaboy, In Jars.............. 
35
French Rappee, In  ja rs........  48

SOAP.

J A ^ O N

Single box................................. 2  75
5 box lots, delivered............2  70
10 box lots, delivered..........  2 65

JAS.  S.  KIRK  5 CO.’S BRINDS.

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 M lb...............3  00
Kirkoline.................................. 3  75
E o s............................................. 3  65
One  box  American  Family 
free with  five.

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

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

Madras, 5  lb  boxes...............  56
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes__   50

HERBS

INDIOO.

JB L L Y .

15 lb  palls.................................  40
30 lb  palls.................................  73

L Y E
Condensed,  2  doz  ................ 1  20
Condenaed.  4  do* 
.........2  26

LICORICB.

Pure............................................  so
C alab ria...................................  25
Sicily..........................................  14
Root............................................  10

MINCE  MEAT.

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

11ATCHBS.

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

nO LA BSBS.
New Orleans.

n
B lack ...................................... 
F a ir ........................................ 
14
Good......................................  
20
24
Fancy  ..............  
Open K ettle.......................... 25@35

 
Half-barrels 2c extra. 

MUSTARD.

Horse Radish, 1 doz............. 1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz.............3  50
Bayle’s Celery,  1 doz............1  75

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216..........................   1  70
Clay, T. D. full count......... 
65
85
Cob, No. 3............................... 

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ..................................  4  00
PennaSalt  Co.’s ...................   3  00

Barrels,  1,200 count..............   5  50
Half bbls, 600 co an t..............   3  30

Barrels, 2,400 count...........  6  75
Half bbls,  1,200 count.........  4  00

PICKLES.
fledium.

Sm all.

RICB.

Domestic.

Jennings’.

D. C. Vanilla 
2 oz......... 1  20
3 oz.........1  50
4 oz.........2  00
6 oz.........3 00
No.  8 
4  00 
No.  10.  .6  00 
No.  2 T .1 2 5 - 
No.  3 T.2  00 
No  4 T.2  40

D. C. Lemon
2 oz.. 
75
..1 00 
3oz.  ..
4 oz__
.1  40 
6 oz__
.2  00 
No.  8. 
.2  40 
No.  10.
.4  00
No.
2 T.  80 
No.
3 T .l  35 
No.
4T.1  ño

Bonders’.
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular
Vanilla.

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

.1  50 
.3 00

.1  75 
.3 50

fcsJFukVORIRG

t

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DAYT0N.0Í

OUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

...................................4  00

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs 
Half Kegs.......................................2 25
Quarter Kegs................................. 1 25
.....................  30
'  lb. cahs.........  
X 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
’  lb. cans...................  

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

4g

 

 

 

Carolina head........................  6)4
Carolina  No. 1  ....................  5
Carolina  No. 2......................  4)4
Broken....................................   334

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1..........................  554
Japan.  No. 2 ..........................  554
Java, fancy  head................   6
Java, No.  1.............................   5
Table........................................  5)4

SALERATUS.

Packed 60  lbs. In  box.

Church’s ..................................3  sc
Deland’s ..................................3  15
Dwight’s ..................................3  so
Taylor’s ....................................3  00

SALT.  '

Diamond  Crystal.

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

Common Grades.

100 3 lb sacks........................... 1  70
605-lb sacks..... .................... 1  55
28 10-lb sacks......................... 1  45

W orcester.

lb.  cartons.................. 3  25
50  4 
115  2)41b. sack s..’. ................. 4  00
80  5 
lb. sacks...................... 3  75
22 14 
lb. sacks...................... 350
8010 
lb. sacks...................... 350
28 lb.  linen sacks...................   32
56 lb. linen sacks....................  60
Bulk in barrels........................2  50

W arsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

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

56-lb dairy In linen  sack s...  60 

56-lb dairy In linen  sacks...  60 

Solar  Rack.

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

Common.

Granulated F in e....................  77
Medium  F in s..........................  8S

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single  box.................................2 80
5 box lots................ 
......... .2  75
10 box lots.................................2 70
25 box lots..................................2 60

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 80 1-lb.  bars 
..2  75
Good Cheer, 601-lb.  bars___ 3 75
IJno, 100 S£-Ib.  bars..................2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars................ 2 05

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o z ......... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 d oz...............2 40

SODA.

Boxes  .............
Kegs. English

5)44M

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  ............................... 
10
Cassia, China in mats  .......   ,2
Cassia, Batavia In  bund...  25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna................... 10
Cloves, Zanzibar...................    9
Mace,  Batavia.......................’55
Nutmegs, fancy...................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  1 ..................... !so
Nutmegs, No.  2...................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black" .1 0  
Pepper, Singapore, w h ite.. .12 
Pepper,  shot............................ 10

Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice  ...  r...........................12
Cassia, B atav ia...................... 22
Cassia,  Saigon........................ 35
Cloves,  Amboyna............ ... .20
Cloves, Zanzibar...................  15
Ginger,  A frican.....................15
Ginger,  Cochin...................... 20
Ginger,  Jam aica.....................22
Mace,  Batavia........................ 70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, T rieste...................25
N utm egs,..........................40QE0
Pepper, Sing , b lack ___10@14
Pepper, Sing., w h ite.... 15©18
Pepper, Cayenne.............17020
Sago.............................................is

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grains and Feedstuffs

Provisions.

STARCH.

VINEGAR.

Malt White  Wine 
Pure  Cider

Klngsford’g  Cora.

40 1-lb packages......................  8
20 1 lb packages........................6%

Klngsford’s  Silver  dima.

40 1-lb packages........................6%
6-lb  boxes...............................7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

201 lb. packages.....................  4yt
401 lb. packages.....................  4u
20 lb. boxes..............................  4
401b.  boxes..............................  35^

Common Oloaa.

1-lb  packages.........................   454
3-lb  packages.........................   454
6-lb  packages.........................   4«
40 and 50 lb boxes..................  3
Barrels  ....................................

STOVE POLISH.

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

SUOAR.

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 o f the barrel.
Cut  Loaf........................................ 5 63
Domino.......................................... 5 50
Cubes..............................................5 13
Powdered  ............................... 5  19
X XXX  Powdered........................5 25
Mould  A ........................................ 5 25
Granulated in bbls...................... 5 00
Granulated in  bags.................... 5 00
Pine Granulated..........................5 UU
Extra Fine Granulated........5  13
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5  13
Diamond  Confec.  A ............. 5  00
Confec. Standard A .....................4 8a
No.
........................4 63
No 
........................ 4 63
No.
........................ 4 63
No.
No.
........................ 4 50
No.
........................4 44
No.
........................ 4 38
No.
........................ 4 25
No.
........................4 19
No.  10............................................. 4 13
No.  11.....................................    .4 06
No.  12................................ 
No.  13............................./........3  91
No.  14............................................. 4 94
No.  15..............................................3 88
No.  16............................................. 3 81

1 
2 
3 
4  ..................................... 14  56
5 
6 
7  
8 
9 

 

SYRUPS.

Cora.

Barrels....................................   17
Half  bbls.................................19

Pure Cana.

Fair  ........................................   18
Good........................................  20
C h oice.....................................  25

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand.
New  B rick .............................35  00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

Q uintette.............................. 35  00
G. J . JohnsonCigarCo.’sbrand.

s. C. W .................. ..................35  00

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. 

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

00 12 oz pkgs.........................3  50

WICKING.

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

Fish and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.
W hiteflsh..................  
T ro u t.........................  
Black Bass................ 
H alibut...................... 
Ciscoes or H erring.. 
Bluefish...................... 
Live  Lobster........... 
Boiled Lobster......... 
C o d ............................. 
Haddock.................... 
No.  1  Pickerel......... 
Pike............................. 
Smoked W hite......... 
Red Snapper............. 
Col  River  Salmon.. 
Mackerel 
................  

Per lb.
@
@
@   10
@   15
@   4
@   10
@   18
@   20
@  
in
@  
g
@   9
7
@  
@   9
@   12
@  
js
<a  18

Oysters In Cans.

F. H. Counts.............  %
|
F. J . D. Selects......... 
&
Selects........................ 
<g
F. J.  D. Standards.. 
a
Anchors.....................  
Standards..................  
1
a
Favorites..................  

Oysters  In  Bulk

F.  H. Counts.............  @1  75
Extra  Selects...........  @1  50
detects........................  @1  25
Anchor Standards..  @110
Standards..................  
@1  00
Clams.........................  
@1  25

Shell  Goods.
.1

Oysters,  per  100. 
O ims. 
ion

Hides  and  Pelts.

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:

Hides.

G reen................................7 @ 8
Part  cured.................... 
@   814
Full Cured...................   8%@  9m
D r y .................................  9 @11
4 00
Kips,  green..................  T  @   8
Kir«,  cured..................  8%@  9*
Calfskins,  green.........  7%@  9
Calfskins,  cured......... 9  @ 10%
Deaconskins  ...............25  @30

Pelts.

Shearlings..................  
30
L am bs..........................  40@  1  00
Old  Wool....................  60@  1  00

5®  

Furs.

Mink.............................  40@  1  20
Coon..............................  25@ 
80
Skunk...........................  50@ 
90
Muskrats, spring....... 
@
Muskrats, w inter__   10@ 
15
Red Fox........................1  25@  1  50
Gray F o x .....................  40@ 
70
Cross Fox  ...................2  5<@  5 00
Badger.........................   20@  
60
Cat, W ild ....................  15@ 
40
Cat, House..................  10@   20
Fisher........................... 3 50@  7  00
L y n x ........................... 1  0(@  2  00
Martin, Dark...............1  50@ 3  00
Martin, Y ellow .........  75©  1  50
Otter.............................. 5 10@  9  00
W o lf.............................  7S@  1  50
B e a r............................. 7 00@15 00
Beaver.......................... 2 00@  6  00
@   8 00
Beaver Castors........... 
Opotsum.....................  
5@  
15
Deerskin, dry,  per lb. 
15@  25
Deerskin, gr’n, per lb. 
10@  15

Wool.

Washed 
.....................14
Unwashed................... 17
fliscellaneous.

@23
@17

Tallow ...........................2%@  3%
Grease Butter...............  1  @ 2
Switches  ......................  i% @   2
G inseng..;..................... 

@3  25

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

Standard.................... 
Standard H.  H......... 
Standard  Twist.......  
Cut  Loaf.................... 
Jumbo, 32 lb  ......
Extra H. H ...........
Boston  Cream...

bbls.  pails

6%@  7
6%@  7
6  @   8
@   g%
cases 
@ 6% 
@ «%

Mixed Candv.

Competition..............
Standard....................
Conserve....................
R o yal......................
Ribbon.......   .........." ’
B ro k en ..................”
Cut  Loaf................ I
English  Rock...........
Kindergarten...........
French  Cream.........
Dandy Pan................
Valley Cream...........

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops............   n
Choc.  Monumentals
Gum  Drops..............
Moss  Drops...............
Sour Drops...............
Im perials................ ’

@ 6% 
@   7 
@   7% 
@ 7% 
@ 8% 
® 8% 
@ 8% 
@ 8 
@ 8% 
@ 8% 
@10 
@13

@ 8% 
@ 8% 
@14 
@11 
@ 6 
@ 8 
@ 8% 
@  8%

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops...........
Sour  Drops...............
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
H.  M. Choc.  Drops..
Gum  Drops..............
Licorice Drops.........
A. B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain__
Lozenges,  printed..
Im perials..................
Mottoes..............
Cream  B ar. . . . . . .
Molasses B a r ...........
Hand Made Creams.  w
80
Plain  Creams...........  60
Decorated Creams.
String Rock..............
Burnt Almonds....... 1  25
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1  wrapped, 2  lb.
b o x es......................
No. 1  wrapped, 3  ib.
b o xes.......   ...........
No. 2 wrapped, 2  Ibl 
boxes 

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

@50 
@50 
@60 
@60 
@75 
@30 
@75 
@50 
@50 
@50 
@50 
@55 
@50 
@50 
@1  00 
@90 
@90 
@60 
@  
@60

@30
@45

W heat.

W heat......................................   85

W inter  W heat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

P aten ts..................................   5  50
Second  Patent.............! . ”  5  00
Straight.................................  4  go
Clear............................................  40
Graham  .................................  4  75
Buckw heat.................. ’ 
4  25
Bye  ........................................  3  50
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Quaker,  %s............................  4  55
Quaker,  %s............................  4  55
Quaker,  %s.............................  4  55
Guard, Fairfield & Co.’s Brand.
Whole Wheat 1-16s..............  5 20

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s  Best %s.............  5  65
Pulsbury’s  Best %s...........  5  55
Pillsbury’s Best %s.............  5  45
Pillsbury’s Best %s paper..  5  45 
Piilsbury’s Best  34s paper..  5  45 
Ball-Barnhart-Putmau's Brand.
Grand Republic,  %s............ 5  55
Grand Republic,  54s.............. 5  45
Grand Republic,  %s............ 5  35
Lemon &  Wheeler Co.’s  Brand. 
Gold Medal  %s.................. 
5  60
£ ° Jd 
* s........................5  50
Gold Medal  %s. . . . . . . . . . . . .   5  40
Parisian,  % s ............................  5 g,j
Parisian,  wg,... 
5 -ui
Parisian.  %s................” . ! ”  5  40

Olney A Jud son ’s Brand.

Ceresota,  %s..........................  5  55
Ceresota, %s............ ” ” 
5  45
Ceresota,  %s...........” ” ” ! ”  5  35

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Laurel,  %s...................................  5 65
Laure  >  H s...................................  5 55
Laurel,  %s...................................  5 45

Meal.

B o lted ............................... 
G ranulated..............

Feed and  Millstuffs 

1  vs.
2 00

St. Car Feed, screened  ...  14  00
No.  1 Corn and  Oats............13  00
Unbolted Corn Meal.........  12  o0
Winter Wheat  Bran___   .11  00
Winter Wheat M iddlings..lj  00 
Screenings................................... 10 00

The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 

quotes as follows:

New Corn.

Car  lots.................................  28V
Less than  car lo t s .....” ’ .’  30  2

Fruits.
Orange*. 

Fancy Mexicans.

176s
200s.

Lemons. 
Strictly choice  360s.. 
Strictly choice  300s.. •
Fancy  360s...............
Ex.Fancy  300s.........
Bananas.

Medium  bunches... 1  25 
Large bunches......... 1  75

@4  50

@3  25 
@3  25 
@4  DO 
@4  50

@1  50 
@ 2  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Choice, 101b boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes.......................
Fancy,  12 lb  boxes..
Fancy,  501b boxes..
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes..................
Pulled, 6 lb boxes...
Naturals,  in  bags...
Dates.

Fards In 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60  lb  cases 
Persians, H.  M. B., 60
lb cases,  new......... 
Sairs,  601b  cases 
 

@   10

@
@
@   4%

Nuts.

@ 8%

Almonds, Tarragona..  @13
Almonds, Ivaca...........  @11
Almonds,  California,
soft  shelled..............   @14
Brazils new..................  
Filberts  .......................   @10
Walnuts, Grenobles  ..  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @ 12%
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
C alif........................... 
@ n
Table Nuts,  fancy__   @12
Table Nuts,  ch o ice...  @lu
Pecans,  Med.................   @ 8
Pecans,  Ex.  Large__   @10
Pecans,  Jum bos..........  @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio,  new.................. 
@1  75
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @4  50

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  @   6%
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted.........  .........  
@ 6%
Choice, H. P., Extras.  @   4
Choice, H.  P.,  Extras,
@   i%

Roasted 

Oats.

H ay.

Car  lots.......................  
231/
Carlots, c l i p p e d 25%
Less than  car 

lots.............28

No.  1 Timothy carlots..
No.  1 Timothy,  toil lots
Crackers.

...  9  00 
...10 00

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:

Butter.

Seymour XXX .  ..................  4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  4%
Family X X X ............. 
4
Family XXX, 3 lb  cartou ”   4%
Salted X X X ...........................  4  *
Salted X X X , 3 lb carton...  4% 
Soda  XXX  ...........................   4
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton ... 
4%
Soda,  City................  
5
Zephyrette.................. 9
Long Island  W afers. . . . . ”   9 
L. I.  Wafers,  1 lb carton  ..  10

Soda.

Oyster.

Square Oyster, X X X ...........  4%
Sq. Oys. XXX.  1  lb  carton.  5% 
Farina Oyster,  X X X ...........  4
SW EET  GOODS—Boxes.
A nim als............................. 
9
Bent’s Cold W ater.... !..” .’  13
Belle R o se.............................  6
Cocoanut  Taffy.............” ” .  a
Coffee Cakes...........8
Frosted Honey......................  10
Graham Crackers  ..........          6
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  5 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city ...  5 
Gin. Snps.XXX home made  5 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  5
Ginger  V anilla...................  7
Im perials...............................  g
JumDles,  Honey..................   10
Molasses  Cakes.................. ”   g
Marshmallow  ................” ”   12
Marshmallow  Creams!” ”   13
Pretzels,  hand  m a d e .......   6
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake...........................   6
Sultanas.................................  10
Sears’ Lunch....................   ! ”   6
Vanilla  Square..................  
7
Vanilla  W afers...........12
Pecan Wafers.......................  12
Mixed Picn ic........................ ! 10
Cream Ju m b les...................!. u%
Boston Ginger  Nuts............   6
Chlmmie Fadden 
.  ...........  9
Pineapple Glace................ . .!  j 2
Penny Cakes.........................   6
Marshmallow  W alnuts__   13
Belle Isle Picnic..................   10

2 1

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

% gal., per doz...................   50
1  to 6 gal., per gal............. 
8 gal., per g a l....................... 
10 gal., per gal........................ 
12 gal., per gal........................  
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 

5%

g%
6%
6%

Churns.
2 to 6 gal.,  per gal. 
Churn Dashers, per doz, 

~ 

ihe
Milkpans.

5%
85

% gal.  flat or rd.  hot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each 
Fine Glazed Milkpans.

% gal.  flat or rd. hot., doz.  65 
1 gal.  flat or rd. hot., each 

5% 

5% 

Stewpans.

% gal.  fireproof, bail, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof,  bail, doz.l  10 

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.
...............................
Mess 
Back 
.......................
Clear  back...................
Shortcut......................
Pig........................................
Bean  ....................
Family  ......................

Dry Salt  Meats.

B e llies..................
B risk e ts................
Extra  shorts....................
Smoked  Heats.

8 50
11  00
10  00
9  75
14  50
8  50
9  50

5%

Hams,  12 lb  average 
....  9
Hams,  14 lb  average 
...  8%
Hams, 16 I d  average...........  8%
Hams, 20 lb  average...........  75^
Ham dried b e e f ..............  
15
6%
Shoulders  (N.  Y.  cu t).  . 
Bacon,  clear................... 8  @9
California  hams......... 
Boneless hams......... 
Cooked  ham ......................-  11

6
8%

Lards. 

In Tierces.
Compound..........................
K ettle..................................
55 lb Tubs............advance
80 lb Tubs............advance
50 lb T in s ............advance
20 lb Pails............advance
10 lb Pails............advance
5 lb Pails............advance
3 lb Pails............advance

Sausages.

B o log n a............................. 
Liver................................. 
 
Frankfort........................ 
P o rk ................................. . ” 
Blood 
................................. 
Tongue..............................” 
Head  cheese...................... 

5
  6%
7
6%
6
9
e%

Beef.

Extra  Mess.......................   9  00
Boneless  ........................  12  25
Rum p................................. .12 50

Pigs’ Feet.

Kits, 15  lbs.......................... 
80
M  bbls, 40 lbs.........................   1 50
%  bbls, 80 lbs....................  2  80

Tripe.

Kits, 15 lbs.........................  
M  bbls, 40 lbs..........................  1 40
%  bbls, 80 lb s.........................   2 75

75

Casings.

P o rk ....................................  
Beef  rounds...................... 
Beef  middles..................  
Sh eep ..................................  

i6
4%
10
go

Butterine.

Rolls,  dairy...................... 
10
91^
Solid,  dairy........................ 
Rolls,  cream ery................!  14
Solid,  cream ery........... 
13%
Canned  Meats.

Corned  beef,  2  lb .........  2  10
Corned  beef,  14  lb ............14  00
Roast  beef,  2  lb............. 2  i0
80
Potted  ham,  % s........... 
Potted  ham,  %s...........  1  00
Deviled ham,  %s........... 
60
Deviled ham,  %s...........  1  00
Potted  tongue %s........... 
60
Potted  tongue % s...........  1  00

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

C arcass......................... 5%@  7%
Forequarters...............5  @   6
Hind  quarters.............  7  @ 9
Loins  No.  3..................  9  @12
g ib s ......................8  @12
Ko““ds...................  6%@  7%
chucks.................... 
4  @ 5
Plates  ....................   @3

Pork.

Dressed.........
L o in s............
Shoulders__
Leaf Lard__

©   4% 
@ 6% 
@   5 

5%@

C arcass......................... 6
Spring Lambs.........” !  8

Veal.

Carcass 

........................  6 @  8

Oils.

Barrels.

@11%
@ 8%

Eocene  .........................  
XXX W.W.JIich.Hdlt 
W W Michigan............   @ 8
Diamond  W hite..........   @ 7
@   8
D., S. Gas........................ 
Deo.  N aptha................  
@ 7%
C ylinder....................... 25  @36
Engine...........................11  @21
Black, w inter..............  
@   g

Jugs.

% gal., per doz.....................  40
% gal., per doz.....................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal............... 
6%

Tomato Jugs.

% gal., per doz....................   70
1 gal., each.......................... 
7
Corks for % gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Ja rs and Covera.
% gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00 

Sealing Wax.

2

5 lbs. in package,  per lb... 
LAMP  BURNERS.
  45
No.  0  Sun........................... 
No.  1  Sun........................... !. 
50
No.  2  Sun..........................  
 
75
Tnbnlar..................................  
50
65
Security, No.  1.............. ” ”  
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  g8
No.  2  Sun...............................  2  70

F irst  Quality.

No. 
No. 
No. 

0  Sun,  crimp 
1  Sun,  crimp 
2  Sun,  crimp 

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

top,
top,
top,

XXX Flint.
0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

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

top,
top,
top,

CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
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 Lames............... 
80

La  Battle.

doz  ......................................  j  25

No. 1  Sun. plain  bulb,  per
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
do*  ......................................   1  50
No.  1 Crimp, per doz...........  1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz...........1  60

Rochester.

No. 1, Lime  (66c doz)......... 3  50
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz)......... 4  00
No. 2, Flint  (80c  doz)......... 4  70

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.  3  50 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4  75 
3 gal galv iron with faucet  4  75 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet  5  25
5 gal Tilting cans................   s  00
5 gal galv Iron  Nacefas  ...  9  00

Pump  Cans

5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9  00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 56
3 gal Home R ule.................. 10  50
5 gal Home R ule.................. 12  00
5 gal  Pirate  King................  9  50

LANTERNS.
No.  0 Tubular......................4  25
No.  I 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  Lam p............   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 351........................ 
40
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each...............  1  25

LAMP  W ICKS.

No. 0 per gross......................  
No. 1 per gross...................... 
No. 2 per gross  ....................  
No. 3 per gross...................... 
Mammoth...............................  

20
25
38
58
70

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

indicate  the 

It  will  be  noticed  that  there 

inches  high  in  front  and  13  inches  high 
in  the  rear,  measurements  in  the  clear. 
Each  bin  of  this  size  can  accommodate 
100  pounds  of nails.  The  dotted  lines  in 
Fig.  2 
inclination  of  the 
partitions  or  bottoms  of  the  compart 
ments. 
is 
an  offset  at  A  at  the  floor  to  provide 
room  for  the  scalescoop  while  it  is  be­
ing  filled.  The  divisions  of  the  lower 
row  of  bins  are  also  cut  back  at  the top, 
to  give  room  for the  scoop  for  the  same 
purpose.  The  space  of  7 
inches  be­
tween  the  top  of  the  counter  and  the  top 
of  the  upper  bins  opens  toward  the  rear 
and  is  used  for  such  articles  as shot,  bar 
lead,  etc.,  when  these  are  not  better 
provided  for  elsewhere.

J.  M e s s e r s c h m i d t .

The  Hardware  Market.

TO  BE GIVEN OUT TO  FARMERS BY  UP-TO-DATE 

GROCERS, TO  BE  RETURNED  WHEN  FILLED.

ParcHent-
Lined
Paraffined
Butter
Packages
-----Michigan  Package Co.,

No  handling  of butter necessary, 
and  your  customers  are  better 
pleased.  Light  and  strong,  neat 
and  attractive.  You  save  more 
than  their  cost.

TRY  A  CASE  ON  APPROVAL.

22

H a r d w a r e

The  Arrangement  and  Care of Goods.
Among  the  difficulties  the  hardware 
dealer  has to  contend  with  is  the  proper 
disposal  of  the  commoner  goods  with 
their  various  sizes,  such  as  nails,  bolts, 
rivets,  etc.,  sold  by  the  pound,  or  by 
count,  like  screws,  and  such  small  tools 
as  drills,  files,  etc.,  and  the  disposal  of 
such  rough  and  refractory  articles  as 
rope,  wire,  barbed  and  plain, 
lead 
pipe,  chain,  etc. 
In  many  stores  the 
problem  of  keeping  the  rougher  goods 
out  of  the  way,  so  that  the  store  shall i 
present  a  tidy  appearance  and  yet  have 
all  accessible,  is  a  serious  one.  There 
are  numberless  devices 
in  use,  but  in 
looking  over  his  stock  almost  every 
dealer  sees  some obtrusive and unsightly 
article  which  he  wishes  could  be'stowed 
more  shipshape,  to  borrow  a  nautical 
allusion.  I  shall  try to  describe  a  few  of 
the  many  Hans,  using  drawings  where 
they  may  be  necessary,  some  of  which 
may  afford  valuable  suggestions.

in 

Perhaps  the  first 

importance,  if 
not  in  annoyance,  are  the  proper  recep­
tacles  for  retailing  nails. 
It  is  desir­
able  that  these  shall  be  large  enough  to 
hold  a  sufficient  quantity,  so  that  they 
will  not  need  to  be  filled  too  often,  and 
they  should  be  so  constructed  that  the 
nails  can be  all  taken  out  easily,  so  that 
there  will  be  no  accumulation  in corners 
to  rust,  and so  that  if  there  is  accidental 
mixing 
it  may  be  gotten  rid  of  by  all 
being  handled  over.  Perhaps  as  good 
an  arrangement  as  any  is  that  shown 
in 
the  illustration  herewith.  Figs,  i  and  2

Trade  continues  good  in  this  section 
of  Michigan  and  there  is  little  change 
to  note 
in  prices.  Manufacturers  are 
all  busy,  but  realize  that  a  dull  season 
is  liable  to  soon  come,  and  are  not  dis­
posed  at  the  present time  to  make  any 
advances.  On  some lines  of  shelf  hard 
ware  which  have  not  been  moving  very 
freely  there  has  been  a  slight  weaken­
ing,  but  nothing  of sufficient  importance 
to  make  any  change  in wholesale prices. 
The  iron  and  steel  market  continues 
strong  and  reports  from  iron  centers  in­
dicate  that  the  factories  at  the  present 
time  are in full  blast—a condition  which 
has  not  existed  for  many  years.
Wire  Nails—The  market 

remains 
stationary  and,  while  the  daily  papers 
are  full  of  reports  that  a  combination 
has  been  or  will  be  effected,  the  prices 
a t  p resen t  re m ain   sta tio n a ry .  There  is 
no  disposition  on  the  part  of  jobbers  or 
retailers  to  speculate,  as  their  experi­
ence  in  the  past  has  not  been profitable. 
It 
is  a  fact,  however,  that,  if  arrange­
ments to control  the  output  of  wire  rods, 
as  well  as  the  product  of  all  wire  nail 
factories,  are  effected,  higher  prices 
will  be  the  order  of  the  day.  As  winter 
is  coming  on,  when  the  demand  for 
nails  is  limited,  this  condition  does  not 
seem  to  give  the  general  trade  very 
much  worry.

FIG.  1.

The  counter  is  the  same  in height  and 
general  appearance  as  the  others  used 
in  the  store,  the  nail  boxes  occupying 
the  space  underneath  according  to  the 
usual  practice,  opening  from  the  out­
side  of  the  counter.  Such  a  counter 
maybe  made  with  more or less compart­
ments  to  meet  requirements,  may  be 
varied  in  size  and  may  be  made  to  hold 
other  goods,  as  boiler  rivets, 
fence

FIG .  2 .

Barbed  and  Plain  Wire— The  demand 
the 

is  very 
Prices  remain 
same  as  reported  in  our  last  market.

limited. 

Sheet  Iron—The  demand  continues 
good  and  prices  remain  firm. 
In  cer­
tain  sections  it  has  been  impossible  to 
get  orders  filled  for  sheet  iron,  which 
has  caused  a  great  scarcity  of  elbows 
and  kindred  products.

Window  Glass—Window  glass  is  very 
scarce  and 
it  seems  impossible  to  get 
small  orders  filled  complete  from  any 
one  factory.  Unless  arrangements  are 
soon  made  between  men  and  manufac­
turers,  glass  will soon be  50 per  cent,  off 
and  even  at  that  price  it  will  be  impos­
sible  to  get  a  supply.  The  market  at 
the  present  time  is  being  quoted  at  60 
per  cent,  either  by  box  or light.

Shovels  and  Spades—The  Shovel  As­
sociation  continues  to  exist  and  is  very 
strong  in  its  present  construction.  The 
recent  advances  adopted  by  manufac­
turers  are  being  fully  maintained  by 
jabbers,  as  there  are  no  indications  that 
any  lower  prices  can  be  obtained,  and 
they  feel  it  is  folly  to  sell  goods  for  less 
than  they  can  be  replaced. 
If  retailers 
are  wise,  they  will  mark  their  goods  up 
to  correspond  with  the  prices  which 
they  are  now  obliged  to  pay.

The  compartments  are  12  inches  wide 
and  26  inches  deep,  the  lower  row being 
inches  high  and  the  upper  row  io
12 

A  good  Arabian  horse  can  canter  in 
the  desert  for  twenty-four  hours  in  sum­
mer and  forty-eight 
in  winter,  without 
drinking.

M I L L E R   B R O S .,

M FRS.  OF  TH E

SG1EKTIF1G  BEOH  PICKER

ROCHESTER,  MICH.

Wm.  Bnimmeler & Sons,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of
TINWARE,
ENAMELED  WARE  and
NICKEL  PLATED  WARE.
F a c to ry   and  Salesroom s,  260  So u th   Io n ia  S treet,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Barder
Patent

We have made and 
sold  this  for  years 
and  it 
is  the  only 
perfect  stove  of  its 
kind  that  is  made. 

FOSTtK,  STEVENS  &  60.,

Write  for  prices.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Reforms  That  Failed  to  Reform.
I  found  a  hardwareman  the  other  day 
who,  as  a  reformer  of  his  own  methods, 
was  confessedly  a  failure,  and  yet  he 
was  the  most  cheerful  man  I  ever  saw. 
He  even  chuckled  as  he  recounted  his 
efforts  to  adopt  some  of  the  innovations 
of  the  hardware  trade.

No,  sir,”   he  said,  ‘ ‘ I’m sim plya 
There’s 
I  tried  to  get  some 
it  and  I’ve 

plain,  every-day  merchant. 
no  fringes  on  me. 
once,  but  I  didn’t  do 
stopped  trying  now. ”

“ You  don’t  look  as  if  you  needed any 
I  said,  for  his  store  was pros­

fringes, 
perous  in  appearance.

“ Oh,  well,”   he said,  “ I thought  I  did 

once,  but  I  don’t  any  longer.”

“ What  changed  your  ideas?”   I asked. 
“ I  didn’t  have  any  luck  with  my  at­
tempts,”   he  said. 
“ Fell  flat  on  ’em 
every  time.  Then  I  stopped  makin’ 
’em  and  settled  down.

“ Never  told  you  how  I  got  slumped 
when  I  tried  to  stop  delivering  goods, 
did  I?”

He  never  had.
“ Well,  it  was  about  three  years  ago 
now. 
I  had  a  pretty  good  delivery 
man,  and  I  paid  him  $12  a  week.  Then 
my  horse  cost  me  a  good  deal,  and,  all 
told,  I  don't  believe  my  delivery  serv­
ice  stood  me  in  much  less  than  $15  or 
gi6  every  week.  Well,  I  got  to  thinkin’ j 
one  day,  and  decided  that  it  was money 
wasted.  So,  to  make  a  long  story  short,
I  issued  a  statement  that  no'more  goods 
would  be  delivered,  and  as  an 
induce­
ment  to  balance  against  this  I  reduced 
all  my  goods 
I  could 
afford  to  do  so,  you  see.

five  per  cent. 

“ Well,  the  scheme  didn’t  work. 

I 
lost  some  trade  by  it  the  very  first  day, 
and  the  second  day  some  workmen  at 
the  hospital  about  a mile out here,  where 
I’ve  always  sold  goods,  came  and  or­
dered  about  $15  worth  of  tools. 
I  told 
them  I  didn’t  deliver  any  more,  and 
one  of  them  said: 
‘ Well,  we’ll  have  to 
go  somewhere,  then,  where  they  do  de­
liver,  for  we  can’t  carry  the  goods  our­
selves,  that’s  certain. ’  Well,  what  did 
I  do?  Why,  I  give  up,  that's  what  I 
done,  and  I’ve  delivered  goods  like  a 
little  man  ever  since.

“ That’s  reform  No.  1,  Then  I  used 
to  be  overrun  with  bums—loafers  that 
used  to  come  in  the  store  and  spend  the 
whole  evening. 
I  knew  it was a  hurtin’ 
me,  but  I  didn’t  know  how  to get  rid  of 
’em,  so  I  made  up  my  mind  to  take  a 
firm  stand. 
I  came  out  one  night  and 
made  a  regular  little speech.  I told  ’em, 
while  I  liked  ’em  personally,  and  would 
be  glad  to  have  ’em  come  to  my  house 
at  any  time,  they  were  hurtin’  my  busi­
ness,  and  would  have  to  clear  out,  or 
words  to  that  effect.  They  got  out,  but 
they  was  madder’n  wet  hens,  and  I 
knew  they'd  be  up  to  some  foolishness 
or other;  and  what  did  they  do?  Why, 
my  daughter  was  sick  in  bed  with  the 
mumps,  and  these  fellows  started  the 
report  that  she  had  the smallpox.  Why, 
the  first  day  that  got  about  the  town,  I 
didn’t  have  two  customers.  Why, 
it 
hurt  me  awful;  but  I  couldn’t  stop  it. 
As  fast  as  I’d  deny 
it,  these  fellows 
would  tell  around  that  I  didn’t  want  to 
have  to  close  my  store  because  I’d 
lose 
so  much  business.”

“ What  did  you  do?”   I  asked.
“ I’ll  tell  you  what  I  done,  and  you’d 
a  done  the  same  thing  if  you’d  a  been 
I  went  to  those  fellows  and  asked 
me. 
’em  back  in  my  store  again. 
It  was  a 
crawfishin’  thing  to  do,  but  I  had  to  do 
it  because 
trade. 
There  was  so  many  of 
I 
couldn’t get  the  report  out  of  the  way.

I  was  losin'  my 

’em  that 

But  when  they  came  back  it  all  died 
out  in  a  few  days;  and 
if  you’re  here 
Saturday  afternoon  you’ll  see 
’em 
settin’  right  ’round  the  stove.  That 
how  I  got  stuck  on  reform  No.  2.

“ I  believe  that’s  all  the  things 

ever  tried—no,  w ait! 
I  read  a  piece 
in  some  paper  once  that  women  clerks 
was  the  best  sort  to  draw  trade,  and 
put  in  one.  She  was  a  likely  sort  cl 
girl,  about  35  years  old— Mandy  Smith 
Know  what  Mandy  done?  Before  I’ 
had  her  two  months  she  told  all  around 
town  that  me  and  her  was  engaged 
I’m  a  widower,  you  know.  Why,  every 
man  I’d  see  on  the  street  would  run  me 
about  it,  until  I  was  afraid  to  go  out 
The  papers  all  had 
in,  and  I  was 
miserable.  That  woman  would  just  si 
and  grin  when  she  was  asked  about  it— 
I  saw  her  one  night.  Well,  I  had  to 
discharge  her,  and  then  she  started 
report  that  she’d  jilted  me.  Never  even 
asked  her  to  marry  m e!  You  bet  you 
boots  no  woman  comes  in  here  to  pester 
me  again.  They’ve got no business  in  a 
hardware  store,  anyhow.  Let  ’em  stay 
at  home  and  mend  stockin's.

it 

I  don’t  want  no  fringes  on 

“ No,  sir,”   he  went  on,“ the old-fash 
ioned  hardware  business  is  good enough 
for  me. 
it 
neither.  I’ve  made  a  livin’  out  of  it  for 
nearly  twenty  years,  and  calc’late  to 
livin’  out  of  it  for that  many 
make  a 
more 
if  I’m  spared,  and  that  without 
any  hifalutin’  nonsense,  too.” —G.  W. 
n  Hardware  Dealers’  Magazine.

What  Standard  Oil  Has  Done.

Ex-Gov. Flower in Gunton’s.

It  was  organized 

The  Standard  O il  company  is  prob­
ably   th e  b est  ex a m p le   of  th e  pure 
trust 
form  of  organization.  It  was  the  first  in 
the  field,  has  had  the  most  abuse  and 
lived  the  longest,  and  hence  is  the  most 
I  have  looked  this  up 
representative. 
also. 
in  1872  and 
prior  to that  time  oil  was  poor  and  even 
dangerous  to  use.  Exploding 
lamps 
were  of  daily  occurrence.  With  the  or­
ganization  of  the  trust,  the  capital  that 
was  previously  scattered  among  a  large 
number  of  small  concerns  was  concen­
trated  and  the  skillful  knowledge  of  the 
best  concerns  was  applied  tc  the  meth­
ods  of  all. 
Immediately  there  began  a 
series  of  experiments  for  improving  the 
quality  as  well  as  reducing  the  cost  of 
refining  and  transporting  oil.  Among 
these  economies  was  a  system  of  pipe 
lines,  by  which  oil  can  be  directly 
pumped  from  the  wells  to  the  refineries 
at  the  great  centers.  There  were  two 
such  lines  reaching  New York,  one  each 
to  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Buffalo, 
Cleveland,  Pittsburg  and Chicago.  This 
was  a  saving  of  over  50  per  cent,  in  the 
cost of  transportation.

In  other  departments  of  the business  I 
find  that  similar  economies  have  been 
developed. 
In  the  manufacture  of  bar­
rels  the  cost  has  been  reduced  to  an  ag­
gregate  of  nearly  §4,000,000 a  year. 
In 
the  manufacture  of  tin  cans  a  saving  of 
50  per cent,  has  been  made  since  1874. 
Since  the  company  uses about 30,000,000 
tin  cans  a  year,  this  economy  amounts 
to  a  saving  of about  §4,500,000 annually. 
It 
is  the  same  with  the  wooden  cases, 
where  the  price  has  been  reduced  from 
20  to  13  cents  since  1874,  an  actual  sav­
ing  of  $1,250,000.  As  a  result  of  these 
economies  and 
the 
methods  of  refining,  which  the  greater 
concentration  of  capital  has  made  pos­
sible,the  quality  of  the  oil  has  been  im­
proved,  the  explosive  element  having 
been  eliminated,  and  the 
illuminating 
quality  greatly  increased,  and  the  price 
to  the  consumer  has  been  reduced  from 
24.24  cents  per  gallcn  to  6.25  cents  per 
gallon,  or  over  75  per  cent.

improvements 

in 

A  Match  Sure  Enough.

“ I  know  what  ought  to  be  done  with 
igarette  fiends. ’ ’
“ What?”
“ Marry  them  to  the  girls  who  kiss 

their  poodles. ”

CHISELS

Socket Firm er... 
Socket  Framing. 
Socket  Corner... 
Socket  Slicks__

DRILLS

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

eg
50&  5

ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in .................................doz. net 
50
Corrugated..................................  .................  
j  gg
Adjustable......................................................dis 40* lu

EXPANSIVE  BITS
Clark’s small, SIS;  large, $36...........  
T 

30*10
s’, 1, $18; 2, $34; 3, $30.......................................... 25

FILES—New  List

New Am erican..................................................... 70&10
Nicholson’s ...........................................................  
70
Heller’s Horse  Rasps................................” .."".6CdtiO

Nos.  16 to 20; 22 and 24; 35 and 26;  27.  ... 
List  12 

GALVANIZED  IRON 
16 

14 

15 

13 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .......................... 0O&1O

GAUGES

KNOBS—New List

Door, mineral, jap.  trimmings...................... 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings__ 80

70

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye...........................................816  00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eye...........................................$15  00, dis  60*10
Hunt s................................................ 818  50, dis  20*10

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base................................ .................. 
j  gg
Wire nails,  base.................................. ‘ 
j  75
20 to 00 advance..................................................... Base
10 to 16 advance................................... ! ! . ! ! ! ]  
05
8 advance.................................................................... 10
6 advance................................................  ’ * *" “  
¡¡0
4 advance.................................................................... 30
3 advance......................................  . 
45
..................................................................70
2 advance 
’ine 3 advance.........................................!" .!! 
50
Casing 10 advance........................................ ’ .. 
15
Casing  8 advance......................................................25
Casing  6 advance......................................          
35
Irtish 10 ad v an ce.......................................*' 
35
inish  8 advance...................................................... 35
inish  6 advance. 7-.................................... ]' ” 
45
gg
 

Barrel  %  advance.................................. 

 

 

MILLS

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

 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  OATES

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

PLANES

)hio Tool Co. ’s,  fancy......................................  @50
Sciota B en ch ........................................................ 
go
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.................................@50
Bench, first quality.............................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............... 
60

PANS

RIVETS

iy, Acm e..................................................... 60*10*10
Common, polished.......................................  
70&  5

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

60
  go

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

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list................ ........ dis  35^
...............................................................dis 
Kip’s 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ........................................ dl«  tO&lO
Mason's Solid Cast Steel..................... 80c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c 11» .40410

23

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

Jennings’,genuine  .....................................’ ’ ’ 25&10
Jennings’, im itation....................................  1.60*10

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS-

. 

Stamped Tin W are....... 
...........new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware............................................20&10
Granite Iron  W are.............................nets iist 40*10
„  
E0*®;........................................................................80*1
k e ttle s ...................................................................60*10
Spiders.................................................  
go&10

HOLLOW  WARE

AXES

First Quality.  S.  B. Bronze.............................   5 00
First Quality,  1).  B. Bronze.............................   9 50
First  Quality.  S. B.  S.  Steel........................... 
5 511
Birst Quality,  1). B. Steel................................   to 50

BARROWS

R ailro ad ....................................................812  00  14  00
Garden.........................................................  net  30 00

BOLTS

S “ > v e ............... 
....................................................  
Carnage new list............................... 
Plow............................................................."  

60&10
70 to 75
sn

Well,  plain.

BUCKETS
......................   ....................I   3  25

BUTTS,  CAST
Cast Loose  Pin, figured................ 
70*10
Wrought Narrow..............................................!".70*10

 

 

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

BLOCKS

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

CROW  BARS

CAPS

Hick’s C. F  
G.  D ... 
Musket

.................................................i f “  
......................................per m 
...................................... per m 
.................................—  per m 
CARTRIDGES 

Rim  F ire ................................... 
raj— 
Central  Fire

 

jq

4

§5
55
35
60

HINGES

, 

W IRE  GOODS

Gate, Clark’s,  1 ,2 ,3 ......................................dis 80*10
state................................................ per  do*,  net  2  50
gg
Bright........................................................ 
Screw Eyes...................................................................80
Hook’s..................................................................  
Q0
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................
go
 
„ 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ....................dis 
Sisal, 14 inch and  larger...................  
Manilla....................... ........................... 8
„ 
SQUARES
Steel and Iron........................................
Try and B e v e ls ....................! . . .
M itre....................................................

LEVELS

ROPES

klz

70

, 

.

.

.

.

'

SHEET  IRON

,, 

. . .  
J? J0 

....................................... «2 70 

com. smooth,  com.
«2  40
245
2  55
2  65
2  75
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

, T 
S  
Nos. 18 to 21.................................... 
i*os’ f? to 2 4 .........................................  3 00 
Nos. &  to 26.........................................  3 10 
No.  2 7 ..................................................  3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

  2 80 

 

SAND  PAPER

List  acct.  19, ’86.............................................¿jg
„  , 
Solid Eyes...............................................per ton  20  00

SASH  WEIGHTS

TRAPS

via-  =,
 
  8
.25*   5

Steel, Game...................................................  
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ___. . ." 
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker................................ per doz 
Mouse, delusion.............................per doz 

60*10
50
15
l  25

WIRE

Bright Market................................................. 
75
Annealed  Market.................................   
75
Coppered  Market................................... 
7n*m
Tinned Market.........................................................“ “  ^£4
Coppered Spring  Steel..............................................gg
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  .............. 2 10
Barbed  Fence,  painted..................... . . . . . . . . 
i  80
An Sable......................................................................dis 40*1C
Putnam............................................................dis 
Northwestern.............................................................dis 10*10

HORSE  NAILS

5

WRENCHES

30

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled........................ 
Coe's Genuine.
Coe's Patent  Agricultural, wrought 
Coe’s Patent, malleable........................
Bird  Cages.................................................... 
Pumps, Cistern....................................... gg
Screws, New L is t....................................* 
§6
Casters, Bed and  Plate..........................."  50*10*10
Dampers, American....................................  
gg

MISCELLANEOUS

gg

28
17

800 pound casks................................................. 
Per pound..........................................................“  

METALS—Zinc

g«
¡¡2

SOLDER

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

1214
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.............................. .......... ”   g  7g
20x14 LX, Charcoal......................................” ”   7  qq

Each additional X on this grade. 11.25.

TIN—Allaway  Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal..............................................  g go
14x20 IC, Charcoal...................................... ” )  g  gg
10x14 IX, C harcoal......................................’
«  gg
14x20 IX, C harcoal................................................. 6  00
Each additional X on this grade, 81.50*. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean..................................  5  go
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ea n .............  ...............1  g  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

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE
____ 

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers,  I 
14x56 IX. for  No.  9  Boilers,  f P®r pound... 

.

9

Write for prices. 

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Factory Supplies.

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Itemized
Ledgers«

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2  quires,  160  p a g e s ....................................................   $2  ,
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all  because  she  refused  to  recognize  the 
laws  laid  down  for  such  occasions.

Innate  Selfishness  of  the  Unconven­

tional  Woman.

she 

“ Whenever,”  

The  society  woman  dropped  another 
it 
lump  of  sugar  in  her  tea  and  stirred 
re­
reflectively. 
marked 
in  a  confidential  aside  to  a 
group  of  pretty  debutantes,  “ whenever 
a  woman  tells  me  that  she  is  thoroughly 
unconventional  I  always  put  a  black 
mark  against  her  name  on  my  visiting 
list.  No  matter  how  charming  she  may 
be,  no  matter  how  desirable  she  be  in 
other  ways,  I  know  she  is  bound  to  be  a 
trouble  and  a  worry  and  had  better  be 
avoided.  She 
is  the  woman  who  can 
never  be  depended  on  to  do  the  right 
thing at the  right  time.  She  aggravates 
your  soul  by  neglecting  to  reply  to  invi­
tations,  and  ruins  your  temper by  com­
ing  when  you  don’t  want  her  and  going 
when  you  wish  her  to  stay,  and  imperils 
the  peace  of  the  community  by  saying 
the  things  that  should  be  left  unsaid. 
She 
is  a  boomerang  in  society  that  is 
continually  flying  back  and  knocking 
down  innocent  people.

‘ conventional* 

“ Now,  just  why  a  woman  should  ac­
count 
it  unto  herself  lor  virtue  to  defy 
the  usages  of  good  society  is  something 
I  have  never  been  able  to  understand. 
You  often  hear  some  woman  described 
as 
in  a  tone  of  voice 
that  implies  a  criticism. 
It  would  be 
quite  as  just  to attempt  to throw obiiquy 
upon  a  man  because  he  was  accused  of 
being  a  good  citizen  who  respected  and 
obeyed  the  laws.  When  mankind  de­
cided  to  cease  being  wild beasts  and be­
come  civilized  they  made 
for  their 
guidance  certain  regulations,  which 
they  mutually  agreed  to  conform  to  for 
the  general  good.  That 
is  precisely 
what  the  conventions  of society attempt. 
They  are  the 
laws  we  have  evolved  to 
j  rotect  ourselves 
the  tender 
mercies  of 
indiscreet  friends  and  the 
machinations  of our enemies.  They  are 
simply  the 
‘ keep  off  the  grass  signs' 
with  which  we  warn  trespasser;  off  our 
individual  liberties."

from 

into  consideration,  and 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  attitude  of 
the  woman  who  is  thoroughly  unconven­
tional 
is  one  of  utter  selfishness.  She 
never  takes  anything  but  her  own  de­
sires 
it  never 
troubles  her  in  the  least  that  she  upsets 
other  people’s  plans.  You  ask  her  to 
dinner,  for  instance.  All  over  the  civ i­
lized  world  a  dinner  invitation  is  a sight 
draft  on  politeness  that  must be honored 
at  once.  But  the  woman  who  prides 
herself  on  her  unconventionality  de­
clares  she  will  never  be  ruled  by  the 
hide-bound  laws  of  society,  so  she  does 
not  reply to  your  invitation  until  it  suits 
her.  The  days  go  by,  and  you  agonize 
over  your  table,  not  knowing  whether 
she  will  come  or  not.  Perhaps  on  the 
last  day  she  telephones  that  she  will 
not  come.  In  hot  haste,  and  deadly  fear 
of  giving  offense,  you  ask  a  substitute 
to  fill  her  place;  then,  just  at  the  last 
minute,  she walks serenely  in,  and calm­
ly  announces  that  she  decided  to come 
after  all.  You  conjure  up a sickly  smile 
of  welcome,  rush  out  and  interview  the 
waitress,  and  count  the  entrees,  put  on 
another  plate,  and  wish  to  goodness  you 
could  make  the  laws  for about  five  min­
utes  while  you  fixed  a penalty fitting  the 
crime  for  such  an  offense. 
It  doesn’t 
make a  bit  of  difference  what  kind  of  a 
woman  she  is.  Although  she  were  the 
Venus  de  Medici 
in  looks,  an  Aspasia 
in  wisdom  and  a  Mme.  de  Stael  in  wit, 
she  has  ruined  your  dinner  party,  and

joy. 

is  a 

Another 

invitation 

Then  there  are  those  delightfully  un­
conventional  people  who  take the liberty 
of  revising  your  invitation  list.  In  their 
opinion  an 
family 
affair,  and  transferable  from  one  mem­
ber  to  another. 
They  accept  with 
alacrity,  and  send  whom  they  please,  so 
that  at  your  dinner  of  ceremony  to  a 
scientist  you  may  have  addle-pated 
Cbolly,  who  doesn’t  know  a  blessed 
thing  above  a  two-step,  in  place  of  bis 
learned 
father,  or  at  your  butterfly 
luncheon  to a debutante Maud’s elephan­
tine  mother  may  appear  in  her  place  as 
a  substitute  that  is  expected  to  fill  your 
soul  with 
It  may  be  taken  as  a 
rule  that  a  hostess  generally  knows what 
she  is  about and  has given some thought 
to  the  people  she  is  to  bring  together. 
A  tactful  woman  arranges  such  a  matter 
with  as  nice  sense  of  shading  as  a 
painter  does  a  picture,  and  it  is  an  un­
pardonable 
impertinence  for  a  guest  to 
presume  to  alter  it.
thing 

the  unconventional 
woman  triumphs  in  is 
in  disregarding 
the  hours  on  her  cards  of  invitation. 
Many  of  us  have  houses  built  on  the 
contracted  Queen  Anne  style  of  archi­
tecture,  and  a  hospitality  designed  on 
the  roomy  old  colonial  order.  To  rec­
oncile  these  two,  we  invite some  of  our 
friends  to  come  from  3  to  5,  say,  and 
others  from  5  to  7. 
If  they  would  do  it 
all  would  be  well.  We  have  probably 
spent  sleepless  nights  trying  to  arrange 
our  invitations  so  that  certain congenial 
cliques  would  come  at  the  same  time 
and  miss  other  uncongenial  factions. 
At  any  rate 
it  would  give  everyone 
plenty  of  room  and  not  overcrowd  the 
dining-room. 
It  is  a  lovely  theory,  but 
the  unconventional  woman  knocks  it 
silly,  because  she  would  rather  die  than 
go  just  when  she 
is  expected.  She 
waits  until  the  women  who  are  receiv­
ing  have  grown  limp  with  fatigue,  and 
the  other  people  are  coming,  then  she 
rushes 
in  her  might  and  packs  the 
little  dining-room  to  suffocation,  and 
turns  what  you  had  hoped  would  be  a 
lovely  little  reception 
into  something 
that  is  a  pushing,  scrambling  mob.

in 

It 

We  all  know  the  woman  who  proudly 
proclaims  she  never  does  any  ceremo­
nious  visiting,  or goes  to  see  people  on 
their  “ at  home”   day. 
is  nothing  to 
her  colossal  conceit  that  you  might  be 
pleased  to  see  her  on  that  day and  very 
sorry  to  see  her  at  any  other time.  Then 
you  have  your  rooms  comfortable,  you 
have donned  your pretty house  frock  and 
have  a  smile  and  a  hearty  welcome  for 
all  who  come.  On  another day  the  story 
is  entirely  different.  Every  woman  has 
plenty  of  work  at  home  to  take  up  her 
time. 
You  may  be  busy  making 
pickles,  darning  the  children’s  stock­
ings,  doing  a  hundred  household  odds 
and  ends  of  jobs,  with  your  hair  in  curl 
papers  and  your  working 
frock  on. 
Here  comes  the  unconventional  woman, 
who  will  call  when  she  pleases,  and  you 
must  put  down  everything  and  go and 
see  her.  There  is  a  fiction  that  we  are 
always  glad  to  see  our  friends.  We  are 
not.  There  are  times  when  their  visits 
are  an  unmitigated  nuisance.  Famil­
iarity  breeds  contempt,  says  the  old 
adage.  The  familiarity  that  is  always 
popping  into  your  house at  all  times  of 
the  day  is  the  fruitful  parent  of  gossip, 
hatred,  malice  and  all  uncharitable-

5 S .
Of  course,  the  unconventional  woman 
scorns  the  weakness  of  dress.  To  be 
suitably  gowned  for  an  occasion  is  to 
her  an  evidence  of  a  tottering  under

standing  and  a  weak  intellect.  She  is 
never  so  happy  as  when  she  looks  like 
a  figure  of  fun.  Give  her  the  opportu­
nity  to  appear  at  an  evening  reception 
in  bicycle 
leggings  and  a  short  skirt, 
and  her  cup  of  bliss  overflows.  She 
doesn’t  mean  any  rudeness 
to  her 
hostess.  She  fails  to  comprehend  that 
one’s  clothes  are  the  subtlest  sort  of  a 
compliment,  and  that  they  may  either 
say,  “ Oh,  I  don’t  think  much  of  this. 
Any  old  thing  will  do  to  wear  to  your 
house,”   or  else,  “ I  have  put  on  my 
bravest  and  best,  as  is  only  fitting  when 
I  am  your  guest. ”

I  don’t  deny  the  frequent  charm  of 
She  has 
the  unconventional  woman. 
the  absorbing 
interest  we  all  feel  in  a 
thing  that  is  angles  in  every  direction, 
and  that  we  don’t  quite  know  how  to 
handle.  There 
is  even  a  charm  in  her 
blunt  speech,  and  the  uncompromising 
directness  with  which  she  tells  us  the 
truth ;  but,  like  certain  pungent  sauces, 
a  little  of  her  will  flavor  a  great  deal  of 
society.  After  all,  it  is  the  conventional 
woman  who  is  the  one  with  whom  it  is 
easy  to  get  along.  She  may  not  be  ex­
citing,  but  she  is  satisfactory.  She  does 
what  you  expect  her  to  do.  She  recog­
nizes  your  rights,  and 
insists  on  her 
own.  She  knows  what  to  see  and  when 
to  be  blind.  She  never  looks  under  the 
crust  to  see  the  under  side  of  things, 
and  accepts  your  po  itefibs  in  the  spirit 
in  which  they  are  offered.  She  never 
makes  you  uncomfortable.  She  never 
brings  up  forbidden  topics. 
If  you 
lived  at  the  top  of  a  tenement  house, 
and  she  went  there  to  see you,  she would 
never  complain  of  the  steps,  but  insist 
upon  the  magnificence  of  the  view. 
If 
you  served  her  fricasseed  cat,  she would 
eat  it,  and  talk  about  the  ancient  civili­
zation  of  the  Chinese.

“ It  takes  a  great  many  things  to 
make  this  a  comfortable  world,  my dear 
girls,”   remarked  the  society  woman, 
setting  down  her  teacup  and  smiling  at 
the  debutantes,  “ and  chief  among  them 
is  conventionality.  Whatever  else  you 
may  do, 
for  goodness'sake,  don't  be 
unconventional. ”  

D o r o t h y   D i x .

“The Salt 
of the Earth.”

The  best  and  purest salt on 
earth — D IAM ON D   C R Y S­
T A L   SALT.  The  salt  that’s 
all salt.  Do  you  sell  it?
See  Price Current.

DIAMOND  CRYSTAL  SALT  CO.,  St.  Clair,  Mich.

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BUSINESS  CHANCES.

IT'OR  SALE—BAKERY,  DOING  GOOD  BUSI- 
r   ness now and which can be doubled in sum­
mer.  Only  small  capital  required.  Want  to 
sell  at  once.  Address  No.  439,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

fpOR  SALE  OR  RENT—MY  MEAT  MARKET 
at Interlochen, Mich.  Only market in town; 
doin} a good  business.  Address  Ernest  Black- 
more, Lake Ann,  Mich. 
ipOR  SALE—FIR E   PROOF  SAFE  WITH 

burglar chest, size 5V,x3 feet,  Detroit make; 
also  one  two-horse  lariy  in  good  condition. 
For  particulars  address Newaygo Mills,  New­
aygo,  Mich. 
435

439

437

438

STOCK 

John J   E  y.  Rockford. Mich. 

ANTED—GROCERY 
IN  E x ­
change for house  and  lot  located  in  the 
thriving to« n of  Rockford,  fifteen miles  north 
o f Grand Rai ids.  Full  particulars  on  applica- 
tion. 
L X 1R  SALE—DRUG  STOCK. 
IN YEXTORY- 
-T 
ing $1,800, located at the  corner  of  Leonard 
street and Alpine  avenue,  Grand  Rapids.  Rea­
son for selling,  owner is  not  a  registered  phar­
macist.  Address No.  .34, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
IX > R   SALE  ONE  HALF 
IN 
J?   well-selected  stock  of  groceries  and  crock­
ery.  Will sell right if sold at once.  Other busi­
ness  is  reason  for  sei'ing.  Address  F.,  Lock 
Box 2. Portland.  M  eh.________________ 

IN TEREST 

438

434

4il

430

tpOR  SALE—RESIDENCE  AND  MARKET 

attached,  tools  and  wagons,  located  in  the 
hustling town of Oak  Grove, on  the  Ann  Arvor 
Railroad, seven miles to nearest market.  A  bar­
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y<OR  EXt HANGE — PRODUCTIVE  CITY 
17  property anu cash  for  dry  goods  or  general 
merchandise.  Address  L.  &  Co.,  Rockford, 
Mich.. Box 7. 
FX>R  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—STORE  AND 

dwelling  combined, at  McCord  Station,  on 
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tern, new horse barn, etc.  Store  finished  ready 
for  goods.  An  excellent  point  for  business. 
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kin. M e  ord,  Mich. 
\ | f  ANTED—STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS  OR 
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In­
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A- 
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Tower  Block.  Tradesman  Company,  Grand 
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381

402

381

411

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339

MISCELLANEOUS.

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»» 
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436

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Lv. G'd  Rapids.............................  7:30am  n:  upm
Ar. Traverse  City  ....................  12:40pm  11:10pm
Ar.  Charlevoix.............................  3:15pm  .  .
Ar.  Petoskey.................................  3:45pm .......... .’

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS:  CHICAGO.

Parlor  cars  leave  Grand  Rapids  I : .5  p  m . 
leave  Chicago  5:15  p  ui.  Sleeping  cars  l»ave 
Grand  Rapids  *11:30  pm ;  leave  Chicago  *9:30 
p m.

TRAVERSE  CITY  AND  BAY  VIEW.

Parlor  car  leaves  Grand 

ltapids  7:30  a  m 
Geo. DeHaven, General Pass. Agent,

Gibers wt»n days only.

♦Every  day. 

H D A   M i l   Rap*<*8  *   Ihdiana  Railway
U l v / l l l U  

June  so,  1897.

Northern  Dlv.  Leave 

Arrive 
T rav.C ’y,Petoskey &  Mack  . . t   7:45am  t  5:'5pm 
Trav. C’y, Peiosaey a  Maos.. . ( 2   3 ipm  r  6  3  am
C a d illac...................................... (  5:25pm  +ll:i5ain
Train leaving at 7:15 a. m  has  parlor car, and 
train  eiving  at  2.30  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrivi
Cincinnati.................................... (  7:10am  (   8:25pt>
Pt. Wayne..................................... (   2  00pm  (   2  lOpn
Cincinnati....................................* 7   Oipm  *  7:25 in
< :10 a.m .  (rain  has parlor  ca rlo   Clnci'insti 
2  00 p.  m.  train  has  oj r'or  car  to  Port  Wayne. 
7:00 p. m.  train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

GOING  WEST.

L v G ’d  Rapids...............................(7:35am  (1:00pm (5 :40rm
Ar Muskegon.................  9:00am  2:10pm  7:15, m
Lv Muskegon................(8:10am  (11:45am  (4  Otpn
Ar G’d Rapids...............9:30am  12:55pm  5  2ipn
C.  L.  LOrKWOOD, 

(Except Sunday.  »Daily.

GOING  BAST.

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent.

tljc  Uniteti  States  of America,

To

H E i X H Y   K O C H ,   your  C l e r k s ,   attorneys,  ager.j, 
s a l e s m e n ,   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

It  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  o f
that 
has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District

New  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY  Complainant 

n s jr z - jr z  r-jsr  d  HENRY  KOCH' D“

-  - b' —~ ™  p. 
ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,

i m

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  “ SAPOLIO”  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soap.

Horn, (EJjcnfore, we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you 
KOCH  ^
¡ u ^ E j j t M j n d .   penalt.es  wh.ch  may  fall  upon  you  and  each  of  you  in  case  of  ^obedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  des,st  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly, 
scouring

B y   word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling*  or  delivering*  as 

“ S A P O L IO ,”  or  when  “ S A P O L IO ”  is  asked  for,

M INNEAPOLIS,

that  which  is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from 
false  or  misleading  manner.

in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO* 

in   an y

W EST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G.  R.  &  I ) .................... (7:45am
L v.  M ackinaw   C it y ........... .............................4 :20piu
Ar.  Gladstone...................................................  9:5 >pm
Ar.  >t.  P a u l............. . 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8:45am
Ar.  Minneapolis..............................  
9:30am

E A S T   BOUND.

Lv.  Minneapolis............................................  (6:30pm
Ar. St.  Paul.................  
7:20pm
Ar.  Gladstone.................................................   5:45am
Ar.  Mackinaw  H ty ......................................   11:0  am
Ar. Grand  Rapids.........................................  10:0ipm
W  R. Callawat. Gen. Pass. A gt. Minneapolis 
E. C.  Oviatt, Trav. Pass.  Agt.,  Grand  Rapids.

 

 

 

 

The  honorable  M e l v il l e   W .  F u l l e r ,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
in  said  District  of  New 
United  Stages  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
Jersey,  this  i6th  day  of  December, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand, 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

[ sig n ed]

[ seal]  

ROWLAND  COX,

C om p lain an t s  S olicitor

S.  D.  OLIPHANT,

Clerk

In  knowing  you  are  not  purchasing  cheap  and  inferior 
imitations.

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made  by  us,  and  you  well  know  that  all  the  scales  we  make  are  leaders  in  fineness, 
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Computing  and  Money  Weight  kinds.

Recommended  by  over  35,000  merchants  in  this  country  alone.  W e  were 
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A P M J O j& o]

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The  Stimpson 
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Simplicity,  accuracy,  weight  and 
Value  shown  by  the  movement  of 
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to 
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Represented in Eastern Michigan by 

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