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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  8,1897.

Number  742

Volume  XV.

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Is the ORIGINAL and GENUINE  Horseradish  Mustard.

■   So R   centuries  the  English  have been known as great mustard-eaters—the greatest in the 
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in that they rank condiments higher than  sauces.  True,  they  manufacture  and  export 
sauces,  but  they  prefer  for  their  own  use  condiments,  and  the  greatest  of  all condiments  is 
mustard.  The  average  Englishman  delights  in  having  his  mustard  prepared  for  him  fresh 
every  day. 
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'1’here seems to be a reason for this  Sauces, although appetizing, are made with drugs and 
are more  or  less  disguised  in  their  nature and artificial in their effects.  Mustard, on  the con­
trary,  strengthens, the  natural  tone of the stomach, increases the flow of the g  »stric juice, and 
thereby  promotes the general  b o d ily  health. 
It  is probably on account of this power of giving 
life  to  the  system  and  enabling  it to thro\y off u n h e a lth y 'p ro d u cts that the English in former 
years  used  mustard  as  a  medium of purifying the blood in  skin  d isea se s and similar ailments. 
For some time past we have made quite a study of m ustard,  its proper preparation and the

i»reservation  of  its  qualities.  Our line of mustards is quite complete, and each and all will be 

ound to be so put up and packed as to last  for  y e a rs in  perfect condition.

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m any  nice  things  you  could  sell  and 
com plete  you r  variety.  W e  have  a
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also  Decorated 
every  description, 
W ares,  G lassw are,  Dolls,  Toys, 
Book.r,  Gam es,  Album s,  Desks, 
Sleds,  Skates,  Etc.,  w hich  w ill  m ake 
your  store  attractive  and  w hich  you 
can  sell  at  a  good  profit  as  Our 
Prices  Are  V e ry  Low .  Our  facili- 
ties  are  such  that  we  can  ship  very 
prom ptly  and  our  assortm ent  is  not 
excelled  in  any  store  in  the  country. 
D o  not  hesitate— Order To-day— or,
better  still,  com e  in  person  and  see 
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DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATING

OILS

N A PH TH A   AND  G A SO LIN ES

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH AVE., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

Hulk works'at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, famllae.  liig ]fap 
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse City.  I.udhigton, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  I’etoskey,  Heed  City.  Fremont,  Hart,
S\ hitehall. Holland and  Fennville

Highest Price  Paid  for  Empty  Carbon and  Gasoline  Barrels.

A re  You  D ead—to  reason? 
and  untried  stove  polish  instead  of

Is  it  reasonable,  or  just  to  yourself,  to  sell  an  unknown 

Enameline
The Modem STOVE POLISH

of  all  the  retail  grocers  in  the  United  States  sell  Enameline. 

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on  which  more  money  is  being  expended  than  on 
any  other  stove  polish  on  earth?  Ninety  per  cent.
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Volume  XV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER 8,1897.

Hides.  Pelts  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  remains  firm  at  the 
increase 
recent  advance,  with  a  slight 
of  supply,  while  the  demand 
fully 
is 
equal.  Calf  and  light  skins  have  weak 
ened  materially  from  being  put  on  the 
free  list  by  recent  decisions  on  the  tar 
|  iff,  but  it  remains  to  be  seen  how  far 
reaching  this  may  be,  owing  to  the  un­
in  this  line  is 
certainty.  The  supply 
for 
small,  while  the 
leather  is  good ;  in  fact,  in  all 
leather 
lines  trade  is  good  at  advanced  prices.
Pelts  are  weaker,  as  the  pullers  have 
for  wool 
become  tired  of  paying  more 
on  the  skin  than 
it  will  bring  off. 
There  are  lots  accumulated  at  prices 
higher  than  the  pullers  will  pay  and 
holders  are  willing  to  concede  prices, 
but  bold  bard  to  obtain  near  cost.

trade  demand 

some 

The  wool  market 

is  strong  at  old 
prices,  with  light  sales  and  considera­
ble  more  enquiry,  which  comes  princi­
pally  from  manufacturers  who  wish 
more  stock  to complete former orders for 
goods,  while 
larger  concerns 
which  have  the  cash  are  making  pur­
chases  in  the  belief  that  wools  will  be 
no  lower and  that  it  is  a  good  time  to 
lay  in  for the  future.  London  had  little 
in  last  sales  for  American  wants,  while 
some  good  sized  purchases  were  made 
in  Australia  for  this  side.  The  short­
is  much  greater  than 
age  in  Australia 
previous  reports,  which 
indicates  ad­
vance  in  the  future  before  the  new  clip 
comes  in.  Wool  manufacturers  are  busy 
and  the  consumption  of  wools  was  nev­
er  so  great  as  at  present.  Prices  are  10 
importing 
The  supply  of  foreign  wools  is 
point. 
ample  for  present  needs,  but 
is  not 
offered  on  the  present  market.  Hold­
ers  have  faith  in  the  future,  with  little 
speculative  demand.  Wm.  T.  H ess.

2  per  cent,  below  the 

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M.  A.  Dunning,  Menominee,  with 

Morley  Bros.,  Saginaw.

M.  F..  Rou'ids,  Oohkosb,  with  E.  C 

Atkins  &  Co.,  Indi mapolis.
W.  G.  Carat,  Hancock,  with  Merrian 
Collins  &  Co.,  Chicago.

A.  F.  W ix so n,  Sec’y.

The  Part  the  Laches  Will  Take.
Kalamazoo,  Dec.  7—The 

following 
committees will  meet  the  visiting  ladies 
Tuesday  afternoon,  Dec.  28,  at the hotels 
and  will  also  act  as  Reception  Com­
mittee  for  the  reception  to  be  given  the 
day  following,  at  a  place  to  be  named 
later.  There will be dainty refreshments 
The  following  ladies  will  compose  the 
committee  at  the  Burdick  bouse:  Mes­
dames  E.  Weakly,  C.  V.  Cable,  C.  H. 
Thayer,  E.  Starbuck,  W.  C.  Davis,  A. 
S.  Cowing,  A.  H.  Shelmire, G.  Hall.W. 
L.  Broderick,  G.  S.  Dennis,  H.  B.  Col- 
man,  W.  Shear,  L.  Rosenbaum,  Asa 
Clark  and  J.  D.  Green.
compose  the 
committee  at  the  American  house  will 
be  as  follows:  Mesdames  Sig  Folz, 
L.  Larson,  T.  R.  Petrie,  G.  R.  Blow­
ers  W.  L.  Hunter,  L.  Verdon,  A.  H. 
Rotbermel,  G.  W.  Russell,  W.  F.  Rahl- 
meyer,  G.  M.  Logan,  L.  D.  Austin,  M. 
A.  Crooks,  E.  F.  Zander,  J.  A.  Hoff­
man  and  Miss  L.  Stevens.

The  ladies  who  will 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Hoffman  was  made  the 
permanent  chairman  of  the  Reception 
Committee.

The  Decorating  Committee  is  as  fol­
lows:  Mesdames  G.  S.  Dennis,  E. 
Starbuck,  G.  I.  Blowers,  W.  F.  Rahl- 
meyer,  A.  S.  Cowing,  W.  L.  Brod­
erick,  E.  F.  Zander,  L.  Verdon.  G.  M. 
Logan,  G.  Hall,  Sig  Folz  and  L.  Lar­
son.

of  A.  S.  Cowing  and  Sig  Folz.

The  Committee  on  Music  is composed 
The  Reception  Committee  will  be  on 
duty  Tuesday  afternoon,  Dec.  28,  from 
2  o’clock  until  4 ¡30,  and  on  Wednesday 
afternoon  at  the  grand  reception.

O l d e s t   most reliable wholesale cloth­
ing manufacturers in Rochester, N. Y., are

K O LB  &  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  Kail  Line,  and  our  entire 
Spring  Line.  Write  our Michigan  Agent, 
W illia m   Connor,  B ox  346,  Marshall, 
Mich,  to call on you, or meet him at Sweet’s 
Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  December  16,  17,  iS, 
and  19.  C u sto m ers’ expenses allowed.

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Commercial  Reports.  Prompt  and 
Wgorous attention to collections.

L.  J.  STEVENSON,  Manager,

R. J.  CLELAND,  Attorney, 

-411*412-413 Widdicomb Building,

Qrand  kapids, Mich.

I Î 22E   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 
printed.

And  Still  They  Come.

Marquette,  Dec.  7—The 

following 
are  the  most  recent  additions  to  the 
membership  of  the  Lake  Superior  Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Club:

Bauer  &  Co.,  Chicago.

Frank  Hartman,  Chicago,  with  A. 
W.  B.  Moon,  Warsaw,  Ind.,  with  W. 

F.  McLaughlin  &  Co.,  Chicago.

A. 

H.  Montgomery,  Grand  Rapids, 

with  Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co.,  Grand 
Rapids.

J.  W.  Gray,  Minneapolis,  with  E.  P. 

Stacy  &  Co.,  Minneapolis.

F.  L.  Baldwin,  Munising,  with Mich- 

gan  Oil  Department.
J.  C.  McMillen,  Milwaukee,  with M il­

waukee  Casket  Co.

M.  R.  Manhard,  Marquette.
L.  P.  Murray,  Marquette,  with Plank- 

inton  Packing  Co.  Milwaukee.

E.  V.  Norton,  Duluth,  with  C.  E. 

Andrews  Co.,  Milwauke.

J.  C.  Buckland,  Milwaukee,  with 

Cudahy  Bros.  Si  Co.,  Cudahy,  Wis.
&  Frank  Co.,  Milwaukee.

R.  Bodenback,  Milwaukee,  with Gale 

A.  H.  Price,  Chicago,  with  Spaul- 
ing  &  Merrick,  Chicago.
Walter  Bradford,  Brockton,  Mass., 
’ith  Geo.  E.  Keith  Co.,  Brockton, 
Mass.

Z.  C.Tucker,  Minneapolis,  with North 

Star  Shoe  Co.,  Minneapolis.

Cohen  Bros.  &  Co.,  Milwaukee.

Sanford  M.  Cohen,  Milwaukee,  with 
S.  F.  White,  Chicago,  with  H.  W. 
ing  &  Co.,  Chicago.
Ishpeming,  with
H.  F.  Nickerson, 

I.  E.  Swift,  Ishpeming.

mprovement  on  the  Original  Trading 

Stamp  Swindle.

Detroit, Dec.8—The  Industrial  Build- 
ng  and  Loan  Association  has  promul­
gated  a  new  trading  stamp  scheme,  as 
follows:

Ten  cent coupons,  in strips  like  street­
car  tickets,  will  be  issued  to  the  mer­
chants  and  given  by  them  to  customers 
who  actually  pay  cash  over  the  counter, 
or cash  on  delivery.  For those used  the 
merchant  will  pay  the  buyer’s  cash  sav­
ings  system  5  per  cent.  This  applies 
simply 
the  cash-over-the-counter 
business.  Experience  has  demonstrated 
that  it  actually  costs  the  merchant  but 
2%  per  cent.on  his  gross  cash  business, 
for  the  reason  that  tickets  or  coupons 
are  only  given  on  purchases  of  10  cents 
and  even  tens  Besides, 
it  promotes 
cash  trading,  which  all  the  merchants 
acknowledge  is  desirable.

to 

The  system  through  its  financial  agent 
pays  to  the  buyer,  when  he  has  accum­
ulated  $25  in  coupons,  $1  in  cash,  or  4 
per  cent.,  retaining  1  per  cent,  only  for 
the  expense  of  conducting  the  business, 
advertising,  etc. 
It  is  thought  that  the 
large  amount of  business  will  make  the 
enterprise  pay.  The  Industrial  Build­
ing and  Loan  Association makes  all  col­
lections  and  pays  all  redemptions.

This  scheme  is  a  manifest 

improve­
ment  over  the  original  trading  stamp 
scheme  in  that  the  schemers  redeem  the 
stamps 
instead  of  in  goods 
which  are 
listed  at  fabulous  prices— 
sometimes  at  1,000  per  cent,  profit.

in  cash, 

Germany  expends  $600,000,000 a  year 
liquors  and  nearly  $24,- 

on  spirituous 
000,000  a  year on  tobacco.

Number  742

For  Better  Enforcement  of  the  Oil 

Laws.

Lawton,  Dec.  6—As  your  publication 
covers  the  retail  trade  of  the  State,  you 
can  do  the  merchants  and  the  State  Oil 
Department  much  good  by  calling  their 
attention  to  the  law  (Sec.  4,  Act.  No. 
94,  Public  Acts  of  1893)  forbidding  the 
sale  of  uninspected  oil  under  severe 
penalties,  as  follows:

No  person selling  or dealing  in  illum­
inating  or  heating  oils,  produced  from 
petroleum,  shall  sell  or  dispose  of  a n y  
empty  kerosene  barrel,cask  or  package, 
before  thoroughly  canceling,  removing 
or  effacing  the  inspection  brand  on  the 
same,  and  no  person  shall  knowingly 
use  any  illuminating  oil  or  product  of 
petroleum  for 
illuminating  (purposes) 
purpose  before  the  same  has  been  in­
spected  and  approved  by  the  State  In­
spector of  Oils  or his  deputy.  Any  per­
son  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  or  by  impris­
onment  in  the  county  jail  not  exceeding 
thirty  days,or  by  both  such  fine and  im­
prisonment 
in  the  discretion  of  the 
court.

I  am  pleased  to  note  the  prominence 
you  have given  the  law  relating  to  the 
labeling  of  all  gasoline,  benzine  and 
naphtha  sold  at  retail,  and  appreciate 
your  co-operation 
in  the  work  of  im­
proving existing conditions and securing 
a  more  rigid  enforcement  of  the  law.

T.  R .  S m ith,

State  Inspector  of  Oils.

Orange  Crop  Estimated  to  Be  275,- 

000  Boxes.
From the  Florida Times-Union.

Major  J.  A.  Enslow,  Jr.,  of  St.  Au­
gustine,  has  made  his  usual  fall  busi­
ness  tour  through  Florida,  and  as  a  re­
sult  of  his  observation  and  his  inter­
views  with raisers and dealers in oranges 
he  estimates  the 
incoming  crop  to  be 
275,000  boxes,  distributed  as  follows: 
Manatee,  60,000;  Hillsboro  and  Pasco, 
50,000;  Lee,  40,000;  De  Soto,  55,000; 
Lake,  10,000.  Polk  and  Orange  coun­
ties  will  make  fair  contributions,  but 
these,  with  the  Indian  River  section, 
he  puts  with  the  balance of  the  State 
at  60,000  boxes.  He  asserts  that  four- 
fifths  of  the  crop  has  already  been  sold 
and  is  practically  in  the  hands  of  deal­
ers  and  speculators.  The  prices  paid 
(on  the  trees)  has  been  $2  to  $2.25  per 
box,  and,  adding  cost  of  hauling,  box­
ing,  wrapping,  and  freight  to  nearest 
markets,  the  prices  of  good  merchant­
able  table  fruit  ready  for  shipment  is  $3 
a  box  for  brights  and  $2.75  for  russets, 
at  which  prices  (at  Tampa, 
in­
stance)  orders  to  the  trade  have  been 
filled,  with  a  commission  of  20 cents  a 
box  for carload  lots.  To  this  must  be 
added  25  cents  per  box  for  freight  to 
Jacksonville.  The  principal  shipments 
have  thus  far  gone  to  Western  markets.
Last  year’s  crop  was  160,000 boxes. 
The  previous  year’s  crop  (following  the 
freeze)  was 65,000 boxes.

for 

Saginaw—Wiggins  &  Dunham, of  this 
city,have closed a deal with the Eastman 
Lumber  Co.  for  about  ten  million  feet 
of  hardwood  and  hemlock  timber  and  a  ■ 
small  circular  mill,  located  near  Beav­
erton,  and  will  cut  the  timber  and  con­
vert 
into  lumber  at  the  mill,  which 
has  a  capacity  of  about  25,000  feet  a 
day.

it 

Alpena—W.  L.  Churchill  has  pur­
chased  4,000,000 feet  of  white  pine  tim­
ber  in  Georgian  Bay  and  is  negotiating 
for  15,000,000  feet  more,  which  will 
come  to  his  mill  at  this  place.

2

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

Dry  Goods
The  Dry  Goods  Market.
lines  have 

Cottons—Staple 

shown 
more  active  business  than  has  been 
previously  reported,  but 
largely  in  the 
way  of  small  orders  to  replenish  de­
pleted 
lines,  although  some  enquiries 
have  been  received  for  large  quantities, 
if  they  could  be  secured  at  the  right 
price.  A  better  condition  of  the  staple 
cotton  market  will  have  a  further  effect 
on  these  goods  if  it  continues.  Brown 
osnaburgs  and  ducks  are  slow  and  with­
out  any 
features  of  general  interest. 
White  sheetings  and  cotton  flannels  and 
cotton  blankets  are  also  without feature, 
but  bleached  cotton,  with  the  exception 
of  one  or  two  days,  showed  a  somewhat 
increased  activity. 
In  coarse  colored 
cottms  the  market  is  quiet,  with  prices 
irregular  and  much 
in  the  buyer’s  fa­
vor.  On  the  whole,  while  the  staple 
cotton  market  is  brighter  in  some parts, 
there  are  a  few  decidedly quiet  and  un­
interesting  places  to  be  found  yet.

Prints  and  Ginghams—Shirtings  and 
indigo  blue  prints  have  been  in  fair  de­
mand  during  the  past  week.  Black, 
white  and  gray  prints  are  reported  as 
extremely  dull  and  buyers  feel  little  in­
in  that  department,  partially  on 
terest 
account  of  the  anticipation  of 
lower 
prices,  about  which  they  have  received 
some 
Turkey  red  prints 
are  slow  of  sale,  as  are  also  staples  and 
solids. 
lines  of 
printed  dress  goods,  percales,  napped 
goods,  etc.,are  in  fairly  good  condition, 
as  well  as  fine  and  dress  ginghams,  but 
staple  ginghams  are  inactive and  with­
out  change  in  prices.

Some  of  the 

intimation. 

finer 

the 

Dress  Goods—Although 

cool 
weather  has  arrived  that  the  dress goods 
people  have  been  so  anxiously  waiting 
for.it  is  too  late  to  be of material benefit 
to  the  trade 
in  general.  Of  course  it 
has  helped  a  little  but  just  now  the  re­
tailer 
is  turning  his  attention  to  the 
holiday  trade  and  “ pushing  his  dress 
goods  one  side  and  putting  his  stock  of 
wooden  monkeys  and  tin  whistles  on 
the  counter  ’ ’ 
In  other  words,  the  holi­
day  trade  will  take  almost  his  entire  at­
tention  and 
from  now  until  the  first  of 
January.  Then  we  may  look  for  more 
activity.

Underwear—Prices  are  steady  and 
in  all  directions,  there  being  no 
firm 
change  either  way  of  recent  date. 
It 
is  reported  that  the  manufacturers  of 
fleeced  underwear  will  be  likely  to  drop 
some  of  the  cheapest 
lines  that  were 
made 
last  year,  and  devote  themselves 
to  other  grades  that  will  give  them 
something  of  a  profit.

Hosiery—Prices  are  well  maintained 
and  there 
is  more  tendency  to  call  for 
somewhat  better  grades  than  was  shown 
earlier  in  the  season.  Fancy  goods  are 
very  scarce,  and  everything  that  was 
salable  has  been  practically  cleaned  up 
in  low  and  medium-priced  grades.  Al­
though  new  goods  are  constantly  arriv­
is  such  that  it  keeps 
ing,  the  demand 
them  cleaned  up  without  remaining 
in 
stock. 
In  golf  hosiery  the  light  weights 
and  finer  fabrics  will  be  the  feature  of 
the  coming  season,  but  the  heavier  and 
rougher goods  will  also  be  very  promi­
nent  The  styles  will  be  largely  fancy 
tops  with  plain 
legs,  and  the  footless 
stockings  and  those  with  thin  cotton 
feet  will  have  the  best  sale.

Carpets—While  the  industrial  condi­
tions  all  over  the  country  have material­
ly  improved,  as  compared  with  one  year 
ago,  it  will  take  some  months  yet  be­
fore  the  masses  of  the  people  will  be

it 

that 

Some  think 

financially  able  to  purchase 
luxuries. 
The  depression  continues  to  be  felt. 
The  middle  classes  will  purchase  more 
freely  this  season,  and  some  merchants 
already  find  a  constantly  increasing  de­
mand  for  the  better  class  of  goods.  The 
manufacturers  are  anxious  to obtain  or­
ders  enough  to  start  up  all  their  looms 
this  season. 
is 
doubtful 
if  they  are  able  to  do  this,  as 
the productive capacity is so much larger 
than  the  ability  of  the  people  to  pur­
chase.  The  introduction  of  new  lines  of 
goods  each  season  has  also  tended  to  at­
tract  buyers  away  from  the  ingrains  and 
body  Brussels.  The  cheap  tapestries, 
including  the  printed  piece 
fabrics, 
have,  within  the  past  two  years,  made 
large  inroads  into  the  extra  supers,  as 
the  tapestries  are  produced  in  some  in­
stances  cheaper  than  the 
ingrains,  and 
are  very  attractive.  Added  to  this  is 
increased  demand  for  the 
the  largely 
axminster,  which 
the 
popular  carpet.  Moquettes  and  velvets 
are  also  produced  at  this  time  in  such 
vast  quantities  and  sold  at  such  popular 
prices  that  they  are  also  attracting  a 
large  share  of  attention.  The body Brus­
sels  manufacturers have found within the 
past  three  years  such  a  change  in  the 
ideas  of  buyers  that  they  have  even 
changed  some  of  their  expensive  looms 
and  turned  them  onto  the  most  popular 
lines,  even  when  there  are  other  looms 
that  might  have  been  purchased  at  a 
much 
less  cost  than  the  Brussels  loom. 
When  such  changes  are  thus  made,  it 
plainly 
indicates  that  the  manufactur­
ers  have  made  up  their  minds  that  the 
body  Brussels,  while  a  very  serviceable 
carpet  to  the  buyers,  cannot  to-day  be 
produced  at  a  price  to  permit  competi­
tion  with  some  of  the  very  attractive 
and  less  expensive  carpets;

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M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Clerks’  Corner

The  Leaven  at  Work.

W ritten  fo r the T r a d b sm a n .

My  man,  Morris,  has  something  on 
his  mind  and  I  am  doing  my  level  best 
to  he  unconscious  of  it. 
1  rejoice  with 
him  whenever he passes me on  the  street 
and,  with  a  wink,  gives  me  a  whiff  of 
‘  the  old  man’s”   best  cigars;  but  when 
we  come  together  for  the  evening  and 
he  tumbles  every  once  in  a  while  into a 
is  pretty  hard  not  to 
brown  study,  it 
wonder  what  the  matter  is  and,  what 
is 
harder,  not  to 
let  him  see  that  I  am 
wondering.  There  is  nothing  so  repul­
sive  to  “ a  feller  of  twenty,”   or  there­
about,  as  “ a  man  who  wears  his  heart 
upon  his  sleeve,”   except  the  conscious­
ness  that  he  is  the  man ;  ana  it  doesn’t 
it  be 
do  for  the  reader  thereof  to  let 
known  that any  such  reading 
is  going 
on.  So  the  other  evening  alter  Will 
had  given  several  instances  of  an  over­
burdened  mind  and  the  game had ended 
with  a  score  of  fifteen  in  my  favor,  I 
said,  as  I  put  up  my  cue,  “ I  believe, 
Will,  a  little  walk  would  do  me  good, 
and 
if  you  are  not  too  tired  let’s  take  a 
stroll  down  Sixteenth  street.  Then  if 
you  feel 
it  we’ll  drop  into  some 
easy  chairs  somewhere  and  have  a  little 
talk  before  we  ’ turn  in .’  ”

like 

"T h a t’s  a  good  idea,”   he  answered. 
” I ’ve  been  turning  over  one  thing  and 
another 
in  my  mind  for  a  day  or two 
and  I  just  as  lief  let  you  know  what 
it 
is.  Have  a  cigar. ”

like  the 

“ O,  thank  you,  no. 

It’s  rather  late 
I 
for  me  to  smoke;  and, 
idea  of  smoking  your 
don’t 
cigars.  Puff  away,  if  you  want  to,  and 
I ’ll  catch  a  cheering  whiff  occasion­
ally. ”

then,  too, 

“ No,  you  don’t,  old  man.  What  kind 
of  a  hairpin  do  you  take  me  for;  and 
how  much  do  you  think  I  should  enjoy 
a  smoke  without  somebody  to  keep  me 
company?  O,  you  needn’t 
look  at  me 
in  that  way. 
I  used  to  smoke  just  to 
plague  Bostwick,  but  I  don’t  do  that 
any  more.  Here’s  your  cigar. 
You 
needn’t  be  afraid  to  take  it.  The  old 
man—Mr.  Bostwick,  I  mean—asked  me 
to  help  myself  out  of  his  fancy  box  as  I 
left  the  store  to-night  and  when  I  took 
one,  he  told  me  to  take  another  for  you. 
So  there  you  are,  and  here’s  your  light.
I  guess,  if you don’t  mind,  I ’ll take  your 
arm.  We  can  walk  easier.
"D o   you  know,  there 

is  something 
going  on  up  under  Mr.  Bostwick’s man­
sard,  and  I ’m  blamed  if  I  know  what  to 
make  of  it.  You  remember  that  time 
when  he  gave  me  that  broadside  about 
being  up  nights,  don’t  you?  Well,  for  a 
day  or  two  he  had  one  of  his  old-fash­
ioned  sulks—if  there’s  anything  in  the 
world  that  makes  me  swearing  mad, 
it’s  that!—and  then  I  could  feel  him 
looking  at  me  wherever  I  went.  He 
has  a 
look  on  him  that  bores  right 
through  you  when  the  fit  is  on  him. 
Then  what  does  he  do  but  come  to  the 
in  the  morning  and  give  me  the 
store 
heartiest, 
‘ Hello,  W ill,'  that  I  ever 
had  from  anybody.

”  Now I should like  to know what's up. 
I ’ve  been  on  the  lookout  for  a  little 
daddying  and  have  been  rather  expect­
ing  him  to  stick  some  old  schoolbook 
or  other  under  my  nose  and  ask  me  if 
I  don’t  think 
it  would  be a  good  plan 
improve  my  time  in  studying  some 
to 
of  these 
long  evenings;  but  he  hasn’t 
and  I ’m  blamed  if  I  know  what to make 
of  it.  Then  one  day  when  I  bad  done 
something  which  pleased  him,  he  let 
me  see  that  he  liked  it and  almost  took

my  breath  away  by  rolling  across  the 
counter one  of  his  best  cigars.  Until 
then  I  sort  o’ 
fancied  that  he  didn’t 
want  me  to  smoke  at  all,  and  I ’ve  been 
playing  volcano  right  along  just  to  let 
him  know  that  I  was  going  to  smoke 
as  much  as  I  pleased.  Well,  that  first 
cigar  took  the  starch  right  out  of  me 
and 
I  haven’t  smoked  much  since. 
Lately  he’s  been  asking  me about  mat­
ters  and  things  in  the  store  just  as if my 
opinion 
is  worth  something,  ami  this 
morning  he  wanted  to  know  whether 
he’d  better  order  another  lot  of  a  brand 
of  flour  we’ve  been  trying  to  push.  Of 
course,  it’s  a 
it’s  so 
different  from  what  it  was  only  a  little 
while  ago  that  I  can’t  help  thinking  of 
it  Part  of  the  time,  it  makes  me  think 
he’s  up  to  some game  or other,  and then 
I  wonder  if  he’s  getting  around  to think 
a  little  better  of  me.  Has  he  been  say­
ing  anything  to  you  about  me?”

little  thing,  but 

The  question  was  unexpected  and 
sudden,  but  “ the  man  who  hesitates  is 
lost,”  and  I promptly  replied,  ‘ ‘ Certain­
ly.  Mr.  Bostwick  is  a  man  who  tells  all 
his 
little  private  affairs  to  his  friends 
and  neighbors,  and  although  I  have met 
him  but  a  few  times  he  comes  over  reg­
ularly  and  we  sit  and  talk  about  you  all 
the  evening!  He  is  wondering  just  now 
whether  he  shall  take  you  into  partner­
ship  at  once  or  wait  until  the beginning 
of  the  year. 
I  suggested  the  latter  date 
and  a  gradual  working  up  tc  it;  and, 
by  the  way  you  are  walking  into  his 
cigars,  it  looks  as  if  he  is  working  up 
pretty  fast!”

“ That’s  all  right.  No  doubt  things 
look  funny  enough  to  you. 
If  I  thought 
he  was  straightforward  and  honest,  I'd 
stop  doing  what  I  know  plagues  and 
worries  him.  Half  of  the  things  I ’ve 
done  was  for  that  purpose,  and  I  fixed 
the  other  half  so  that  he’s  sure  I ’m 
guilty  when  I  haven’t  done  ’em  at  all. 
Well,  I  guess  I'd  better  do  my  best  and 
'lay  low.’  Good  night.”

I  guess  I ’ll  stray  around to Bostwick’s 
to-morrow  night  and  see  how  things 
look  over  his  shoulder.

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D V E R T IS IN G   covers  a  broad  range  of  methods of  attracting public at­
tention,  with  the view of creating a demand for the goods advertised.  The 
point is this:  Every  business  man  is  an  advertiser—or  tries  to  be.  That  is,  he 
wants to make  more money,  so  he  pushes  things,  and  pushing things is adver­
tising.

Our business  is  to  help  you  push  your  business.  You  are  willing  if you 
thought we could build up  your  trade?  We  believe  we  can,  and  will  undertake 
the job at our risk—we offer you an  outfit  that  is  subject  to  approval  after  a  fair 
trial.

We  don’t  pretend  to  understand  all  methods  of  advertising.  No man could. 
It s too broad a field; but we  do  know  the  most  profitable  method  of  advertising 
for the retail trades, is giving the customers the benefit of  the  advertising bill, in­
stead of paying it all to newspapers, bill posters and sign  painters.

The first thing to consider in adopting any  plan of advertising  is the per cent, 
you can afford to  use  for  this  purpose.  That is,  on every dollar’s worth of goods 
you sell, what  part of that dollar can be used judiciously toward building up trade? 
Some lines of goods  are  scld  at  a  better  profit  than  others,  and  the per cent, ex­
If  you are selling  on a  close margin of 
pended should  be  governed  accordingly. 
profit,  we advise you  to use not over 3 per cent. 
If  your  profit  is  better use 4 to 5 
per cent.  We speak explicitly in  regard  to  this  point,  as  it  is  of  the utmost im­
portance.  We  have  met  merchants  who  made  a  failure  in  advertising,  and 
upon enquiry have found that  they  went  in  too heavy—spent more of their profits 
than  they should, and  results  could  not  have  been  otherwise.  Our  interests  and 
those of our customers are mutual; what benefits them benefits  us,  and  in starting 
a new customer,  we  advise  him  carefully  in  regard  to  the amount of trade he 
should require with each premium offered.

Our method of advertising gives you positive results— that is, you know right
money  without definite

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returns.

First  thing- you figure  out  the  amount  of  trade  required  for  each premium 
offered.  Then commence  giving  out  coupons  with  each  cash purchase.  Urge 
everyone to take them,  soon you will have the people interested, then you are sure 
of their entire trade in your line.  You not only have their trade, but they are sure 
to tell their friends and neighbors of your offers,  which  brings  in  new customers. 
Here is where you see the benefits of Premuim Advertising. 
It costs you  nothing 
until you have had the cash trade in advance,  then  the cost  of  the  premium given 
is your advertising expense in getting that trade. 
In  this way  you  help your cus­
tomers to many useful articles for furnishing their homes, each piece  being an ad­
vertisement  for  you  in years to  come.  The  expense  is no  more  than  newspaper 
advertising,  while  the  results  gained  by  you  are  definite—not  imaginary—and 
your customers share in  the benefits.

Care should be taken in selecting premium goods.  The more useful goods you 
can offer, the more successfully  you  can  draw  trade.  No class  of  premiums is 
equal to Furniture.  A ll  classes  of  people  need  it.  W*e have designed and  pre­
pared our line from this standpoint, and now have the largest plant in this country 
devoted exclusively to the manufacture of Advertising Specialties.

In selecting a line of Premiums we advise using some of the  cheaper goods on 
the start,  in  prices  ranging  from  50c  up  to  $1.00  or  $1.25.  After  you  have  been 
using these awhile, so to get a  quantity  of  coupons  out  among  the people,  then 
commence adding the more expensive goods.  Many  people  would  rather  trade a 
larger amount and receive a more valuable premium. 
It costs you no more to give 
one of our Desks, Toilet Tables or Cabinets  than  the cheapest article we make, as 
you simply require a larger amount of trade.  See that  samples  of  your  Premiums 
are properly displayed and  instruct your clerk to  explain  your  offer  to the people. 
A  most excellent idea is to arrange a nice  exhibit  in  one  of  your  show  windows, 
and the placards we furnish call attention  to your offer.

IV ith a trial order we furnish  you  free  a  full  supply  of  circulars,  illustrating 
the goods you are  offering,  also  large  placards  and  assorted  coupons,  with  your 
name on  each,  made  in  denominations  of  5,  10,  15,23,  50 cents,  $1.00, $2.00 and 
$5.00.  We  recommend  the  coupons  as  more  satisfactory  than  punch  tickets, 
which we will furnish if wanted,  but we do not furnish punches.

Our  goods  give  entire  satisfaction,  and  to-dav  we  have  with  us  many  mer­
chants who have continued using our goods since the first year we established our 
business, which now extends throughout the United States and Canada.

In conclusion we wish to thank our patrons for past favors.  With our increased 

facilities we are in position  to give your further orders immediate attention.

S E N D   FO R  C A T A L O G U E .

M E N T I O N   T R A D E S M A N .

Stebbins Manufacturing  Co.

L A K E V IE W ,  MICH.

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Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Caro—V.  Gunsell  succeeds  A.  J. Ruby 

in  the  furniture  business.

Holland—John  Benjamin  has  opened 

a  new  boot  and  shoe  store.

Lansing—Hoyt  & Clark succeed  Clark 

&  Darling  in  the  grocery  business.

YVilliamston—Leasia  &  Piper  succeed 

Fred  H.  Piper  in  the  drug  business.

Factoryville—H.  D.  Harman  suc­
in  general 

ceeds  Outwater  &  Harman 
trade.

South  Haven—Hemstead  Bros.,  cloth­
iers,  are  discontinuing  business  at  this 
place.

Schoolcraft—Pierce  &  Harver  have 
embarked  in  the  meat  business  at  this 
place.

Fostoria—Noah  Tompkins  has  pur­
chased  the  hardware  stock  of  Fox  & 
Rounds.

Detroit—John  R.  Gentle  succeeds  the 
Gentle  &  Welsh  Lumber  Co.,  not  incor­
porated.

Schoolcraft—A  cigar  store  has  been 
opened  by  James  Hunt  in  the  Burson 
building.

Port  Huron—Peter  Treleaven  suc­
in  the  meat 

ceeds  Treleaven  Bros, 
business.

Lansing—Chas.  Broadhagen  has  re­
in  the  saddlery  and  harness 

engaged 
business.

Union  City- -Brunskill  &  Odsen  suc­
ceeded  Burnett  &  Burnskill  in  the  drug 
and  grocery  business.
.West  Bay  City—McLaughlin  &  Co. 
succeed  McLaughlin  &  Magill 
in  the 
coal  and  lime  business.

Milan—Hitchcock  &  Farrington  suc­
ceed  Gaunilett  &  Hitchcock  in  the  gro­
cery  and  crockery  business.

Saginaw—T illie 

(Mrs.  N .)  Sheyer 
succeeds  Nathan  Sheyer in  the  clothing 
and  boot  and  shoe business.

Quincy—M.M. Ransom  has  purchased 
in  the  meat 

the  interest  of  his  partner 
firm  of  Spaulding  &  Ransom.

Grand  Ledge—Sharp  &  Sharp  have 
sold  their  interest  in  the City  meat  mar­
ket  to  Will  Young,  who  will  continue 
the  business.

Ionia—The  J.  L.  Hudson  Co.,  of  De­
troit, has  put  in  a  stock  of  cloaks  at  this 
place,  placing  John  B.  Hutchins  in 
charge  thereof.

Muskegon—Benj.  Osterbaan  has  pur­
chased  from  A.  Van  Scholtens  the  Pal­
ace  bakery  at  the  corner  of  First  street 
and  Clay  avenue.

Durand—Geo.  A.  McNichol,  former­
ly  with  the  grocery  firm  of  C.  E.  King 
&  Co.,  of  Ypsilanti,  has  embarked 
in 
the  grocery  business.

Jackson—J.  W.  McLetchie  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  and  meat  market  of 
I  .  G.  Champlain  at  the  earner  of  First 
and  Franklin  streets.

Jackson—At  a  meeting  of  the  cloth­
ing  dealers  of  the  city,  held  recently 
it 
was  decided  to  confine  their  advertis­
ing  to  the  newspapers.

Petoskev—B.  T.  Simonian has opened 
a  store  at  Kalamazoo  for  the  holidays, 
after  which  he  will  open  his  store  at 
St.  Augustine  for  the  winter  months.

White  Cloud—Fred  E.  Holt,  formerly 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Fre­
mont,  has  formed  a  copartnership  with 
F.  Dykma  and  opened  a  grocery  store 
here.

South  Lake  Linden—The  Boston 
Clothing  Store  of  Lake  Linden  has 
rented  the  Conway  building,  formerly 
occupied  by  Herman  Kahler as a saloon, 
and  will  move  its  stock  of  clothing  and 
men’s  furnishings  into  it by  Jan.  i.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Saginaw—Beach  &  Reade 

succeed 
Beach  &  Co.  in  the  merchant  tailoring 
business.

Houghton—Markham  &  Jones,  whole­
sale  confectioners,  have  found  it  neces- 
ary  to  build  an  addition  to  their  pres­
ent  establishment,  which will  be  used  as 
a  starch  room.

Benton  Harbor—Geo.  M.  Powell  has 
sold  his  interest 
feed  store  of 
Nichols  &  Powell  to  his  partner,  F.  J. 
Nichols,  who  will  conduct  the  business 
in  his  own  name.

in  the 

Portland—A.  W.  Nisbet  has  bought 
the  Campbell  stock  of  jewelry  and  op­
tical  goods  and  removed  them  to  his 
store.  He  will  shortly  add  a  line  of 
men’s  furnishing  goods.

De  Witt—C.  A.Cole  has  sold his  meat 
market  and  real  estate  at  this  place  to 
Mr.  Terwilliger,  of  Riley,  in  exchange 
for  a  farm.  Mr.  Terwilliger  will  con­
tinue  the  meat  business.

Alma—E.  R.  Griffith,  who  for  some 
years  conducted  a  meat  business  here, 
has  purchased  the  F.  W.  Hooper  meat 
market.  The  new  firm  will  be  known 
as  E.  R.  Griffith  &  Co.

Ann  Arbor—Maurice  F.  Lantz  has 
severed  his  connection  with  the  dry 
goods  firm  of  Schairer  &  Millen,  to  as­
sume  the  management  of  his  new  gen­
eral  store  at  Whitmore  Lake.

Port  Huron—Harry  Pettengill,  who 
has  been  with 
Jas.  Hope,  grocer,  for 
some  years,  has  taken  the  management 
of  the  general  store  at  the  Haynes  lum­
ber  camp  at  Les  Cheneaux  Islands.

Fennvilie—Joseph  Lane  has  taken 
possession  of  the  building  which  he  has 
purchased  from  the  Hall  estate  and,  as 
soon  as  some  repairs  can  be  made,  he 
will  move  his  bakery  and  restaurant  in­
to  it.

Traverse  City—L.  E.  Gleason,  who 
has  been  in  the  employ  of E.  N.  Moblo, 
photographer,  for  several  months,  has 
removed  to  Marquette,  where  he  will 
embark  in  the  clothing  business with  an 
uncle.

Holland—P.  Verschure,  boot and shoe 
dealer,  has  uttered  a  trust  mortgage  on 
his  stock  in  the  sum  of  £1,340,  the  trus­
tees  being  attorneys  G.  J.  Diekema,  of 
this  city,  and  W.  E.  Ryan,  of  Grand 
Rapids.

Bangor—B. 

J.  Robertson, 

formerly 
proprietor  of  Gray’s  opera  house,  at 
Breedsville,  has  purchased  the  drug 
and  grocery  stock  of  Levi  De  Haven, 
at  this  place,  and  will  continue  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

Grand  Haven—Boet  &  Bolt,  who  re­
cently  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of 
John  J.  Boer,  have  purchased  the  dry 
goods  and  shoe  stock  of  J.  B.  Perham, 
at  Spring  Lake,  and  consolidated 
it 
with  their  grocery  stock  here.

Reed  City  —  On  account  of  poor 
health,  R.  D.  Wood  has  sold  bis  baking 
and  confectionery  business  to  Mrs.  L. 
M.  Buck,  who,  with  her son  and  daugh­
ter,  will  continue  the  business  under 
the  style  of  L.  M.  Buck  &  Co.

Flint—D.  D.  Aitken,  representing  a 
syndicate  which  is  about  to  establish  a 
department  store  at  Flint,  is negotiating 
for  the  purchase  of  the  Congregational 
church,  on  the  site  of  which  it  is  pro­
posed  to  erect  the  store  building.

Niles—The  clothing  store  of  A.  Green 
was  looted  Sunday  evening  and  a  lot  of 
goods  stolen.  Evidently  a  tramp  got 
in  his  work  as,  in  place  of  new  clothes, 
there  were  left  a  much  worn  overcoat, 
an  old under-coat  minus one  sleeve,  and 
a  cap. 
In  the  pockets  of  the  old  clothes 
were  scraps  of  lemon  peel,  crumbs  and 
grains  of  coffee.

Lake  Odessa—Ora  Lapo  has  pur­
chased  H.  C.  Carpenter  &  Sons’  hard­
ware  stock  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  here.  Mr.  Carpenter  will 
con­
tinue  the  implement business here,  hav­
ing  purchased  the  stock  of  J.  Hans- 
burger.

Port  Huron—H.  E.  Ames,  from  Chi- 
ago,  has  been  given  the  management  of 
the  Swift  wholesale  meat  business  here. 
Mr.  Yokom,  who  opened  the  warehouse 
some  weeks  ago,  has  gone  to  Pittsburg 
to  take  charge  of  the  company  S  busi­
ness  in  that  section.

White  Pigeon—A  local  merchant  sent 
a  bill  for  a  pair  of  shoes  to  a  minister 
who  had  moved  out  of  town.  The  min­
ister  answered  that  he  could  get  his  pay 
in  heaven.  The  merchant  demurred  to 
his  method  of  payment,  on  the ground 
that  banks  are  not  discounting that kind 
of  paper.

Hancock—The  dry  goods  stock  of 
Herman  Stark,  who  recently  took  sud­
den  flight,  has  been  sold  under  an  or­
der  of  the  court  to  Peter  Strolberg  for 
is  said  to  have  rented  a 
£1,505.  Stark 
store  building 
in  Duluth  for  the  pur­
pose  of  engaging  in  the  dry  goods  busi­
ness  in  that  city.

Lansing—Dr.  Mary  Green,  of  Char­
lotte,  recently  called  at  the  office of  the 
Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner  for  the 
purpose  of  enlisting  his 
interest  and 
support  in  prohibiting  the  use  of  sali­
cylic  acid  for  preserving  foods.  Dr. 
Green  considers  the  use of  this  acid  as 
deleterious  to  health  and  warmly  in­
dorses  its  abolition  from  food  products. 
She  expressed  her  highest  approval  to 
Deputy  Commissioner  Bennett  of  the 
work  being  done by  the  Dairy  and Food 
Department  in  regard  to  the  dairies  of 
the  State  and  stated  that  it  could  not 
but  be  beneficial  and  conducive  to  bet­
ter  health,  as  a  large  amount  of 
illness 
can  be  traced  to  the  use of  filthy  and 
unhealthy  milk.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Ithaca—Lane  &  Tinlin  have  pur­
chased  the  foundry  and  tin  shop  of  H.
B.  Wells.

Decatur—J.  C.  Fisher  has  begun  the 
job­

manufacture  of  candy,  selling 
bing  quantities  only.

in 

Clayton —Lamb  &  Bales,  dealers 

in 
lumber  and manufacturers of toothpicks, 
are  removing  to  Adrian.

Kingsley—Case  &  Crotser  expect  to 
lumber 

cut  3,000,000  feet  of  hardwood 
at  their  mill  here  the  coming  season.

Dorr—J.  C.  Neuman  has  sold  his  half 
in  the  sawmill  at  this  place  to 

interest 
Anton  Brautigam,  of  Grand  Rapids.

Detroit—The  style of  Barbour,  Kirch- 
ner  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  neckwear, 
will  be  changed  Jan.  1  to  W.  C.  B ar­
bour  &  Co.

Battle  Creek—A.  J.  Harvey  has  pur­
chased  the  stock  of  the  Battle  Creek 
Broom  Co.  and  will  conduct  the  busi­
ness  hereafter.

Lansing—G.  R.  Malone  and  G.  H. 
Kuhns  have organized  the  Sanitary Sup­
ply  Co.,  for  the  purpose  of  manufactur­
ing  a  sanitary  bed-pan.

Ypsilanti—Mathew  Stein  has  sold  an 
interest  in  his  retail  and  manufacturing 
cigar business  to  Mathew  Roser and  the 
style  will  hereafter  be  Stein  &  Roser.

Lakeview—  Lewis  Fuller,  who  has 
been  in  the  planing  mill  business  here 
for  several  years,  has  sold  his  mill  and 
will  conduct  a  furniture  store  hereafter.
is  the 
name  of  a  new 
firm  now  being  estab­
lished  for  the  manufacture  of  pianos 
and  organs  and  the  repair  of  musical 
instruments.

Port  Huron—Peddler  &  Zell 

interest 

Montague—I.  S.  Calkin  has  sold  a 
half 
roller 
mills  to  A.  L.  Dickinson  The  business 
will  be  continued  under  the  style  of 
Calkin  &  Dickinson.

in  the  Montague 

Alpena—The  Cleveland  Cedar  Co.,  of 
Saginaw,  has  leased  the  old  Comstock 
mill  yard  at  this  place,  where  the  com­
pany  will  handle  its  winter's  purchase 
of  cedar  in  this  section.

Gaylord—The  Campbell,  Brown  Lum­

ber  Co.  has  been  operating  its  mill 
hours  a  day  for  some  time.  The  mill 
will  run  all  winter  and  will  begin  saw­
ing  bard  maple  and  birch  logs about the 
first  of  January.

Lakeview—The  Stebbins  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  is  very  busy  on  orders  for  its 
advertising  goods  and  is  operating  its 
factory  to  its  utmost  capacity,  working 
12  hours  a  day. 
it  will  start  a  night 
crew  soon  if  business  keeps  on  improv­
ing.

Good  Harbor—The  Schomberg  Hard­
wood  Lumber  Co.  will  start 
its  mill 
Jan.  15  and  run  continuously,  day  and 
night,  until  next  fall. 
It  is  expected 
that  the  t  tal  output  of  the  mill  will  be
6.000.  000  feet  of  hardwood and 2,000,000 
hemlock.

Detroit—The  American Cash  Register 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation 
with  the  County  Clerk. 
It  has  a  capi­
tal  stock  of  £25,000,  all  paid  in,  and the 
shares  are  held  as  follows:  Darius  N. 
Avery  and  John  H.  Avery,  500  each; 
Julius  G.  Hoffman  and  Wm.  B.  Norton, 
750 each.

Detroit—The  capital stock of the Glas­
gow  Woolen  Mills  Co.,  which  has  filed 
articles  of  associtaion,  is  £15,000,  all 
paid  in.  All  but  two  of  the  1,500  shares 
are  held  by  Wm.  C.  Loftus,  of  New 
York,  and  Jeremiah  J.  Hartigan  and 
Frank  Rockford,  of  Detroit,  hold  one 
share  each.

Iron  Mountain—The  Chapin  Mining 
Co.  is  closing  contracts  for  its  annual 
supply  of  timber  and 
logging,  which 
are  mostly  purchased 
from  the  home­
steaders  in  this  vicinity.  The company 
this  season  will  buy 
1,250,000  feet  of 
hemlock  logs,  and  about  30,000  pieces 
of  logging.

logs  this  winter  and 

Glen  Haven—D.  H.  Day  has  pur­
chased  200  acres  of  valuable  timber 
lands  adjoining  his  camps  on  Glen 
Lake.  The  timber  is  hemlock  and hard­
wood  and  will  be  operated  upon  this 
winter.  Mr.  Day  will  get  out  about
3.000.  000  feet  of 
his  camps  are  already  at  work.
statement 

the 
in  regard  to  J. 
Tradesman  of  Nov.  24 
Biindbury  and  H. 
Ingraham  having 
purchased  a  burr  stone  feed  mill  and 
operating 
in  connection  with  their 
grist  mill,  is,  in  part,  an  error,  as  Mr. 
Ingraham  has  no  partner  and  conducts 
the  business  in  his  own  name.

Entrican—The 

in 

it 

Ishpeming—Kuhn,  Nathan  &  Fisher 
Co.,  of  Chicago,  has  foreclosed  on  a 
chattel  mortgage  held  against  Blumen- 
tahl  &  Ruttenberg  of  the  Star  Clothing 
House  of  this  city.  About  a  week  ago 
the  firm  uttered  chattel  mortgages  on 
the  stock  to  the  extent  of  £20,000.  This 
was  divided  among  several  creditors, 
but  the  firm  mentioned  above  and  the 
Peninsula  Bank  of  this  city  held  the 
principal  claims.  The  Bank’s  mort­
gage  was  the  first  one  given  and,  of 
course,  will  be  the  first  to  be  settled 
after  the  sale  of  the  stock 
is  made. 
The  mortgage 
in  favor  of  the 
Chicago  house  was  to  secure  a  claim 
amounting  to  £8,400.  The  firm  is  rea­
sonably  certain  of  getting  the  money 
due,  as  there 
is  over £20,000  worth  of 
goods  in  stock.

issued 

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Grand  Rapids  Oossip
F.  L.  Longwood  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Perrinton.  The  Worden  Gro­
cer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

J. 

H.  Clifton  has  opened  a  grocery 

store at  Shepherd.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished  by  the  Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.

E.  H.  Hinsley  has  engaged 

in  the 
grocery  business  at  Sherman.  The  Mus- 
selman  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Fisher  &  Lake  have  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Coral.  The  stock 
was  furnished  by  the  Worden  Grocer 
Co. 

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H.  C.  Holmes  has  embarked 

in  the 
grocery  business  at  East 
Jordan.  The 
Musselman  Grocery  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

F.  M.  Potter,  grocer  at  the  corner  of 
South  Division  street  and  Burton  ave­
nue,  has  opened  a  meat  market  in  con 
nection.

G.  Dobben  has  established  himself  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Newaygo,  pur­
chasing  his 
stock  of  the  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company.

The  Kelley  Shingle  Co  .has  located  a 
grocery  stock  at  its  camp  near  Traverse 
City.  The  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company 
furnished  the  stock.

Egbert  C.  Shay  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock  at  the  corner  of  Fifth  avenue  and 
East  street  to  E.  E.  Brainard  and  A.J. 
Stinglet,  who will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  location  under  the  style  of 
E.  E.  Brainard  &  Co.  The  report  that 
Carey  C.  Shay  would  continue  the  busi­
ness  proves  to  be  unfounded.

E li  Lyons,  who  was  engaged  in  gen­
eral  trade  at  Altona  for  ten  years  prior 
to  four  months  ago,  when  he  sold  out  to 
M.  B.  Armstrong,  has  re-engaged 
in 
general  trade  at  the  same  place.  Spring 
&  Company  furnished  the  dry goods,the 
Musselman  Grocer  Co. 
supplied  the 
groceries,  the  Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co. 
furnished  the  boots  and  shoes  and  H. 
Leonard  &  Sons  supplied  the  crockery 
and  glassware.

J.  F.  Jessup,  who  was  formerly  pay­
master  for  the  West  Michigan  Lumber 
Co.,  at  Wood ville,  has  taken  the  State 
agency  for  the  publishing  house  of  Gar- 
retson,  Cox &  Co.,  of  Buffalo.  He  is  lo­
cated  at  204  Houseman  block,  where  he 
is  in  readiness  to  receive  the  congratu­
lations  of  his  friends.  Mr.  Jessup  is  a 
gentleman  of  excellent  business  qualifi­
cations  and  the  Buffalo  house  is  fortu­
nate  indeed  to  secure  his  services.

in  sales 

" I   contributed  $5  to 

the  carnival 
fund  this  year, ”   recently  remarked  a 
West  Bridge  street  merchant,  "but  I 
would  give  $25  rather  than  have  the 
I  never 
thing  repeated  another  year. 
saw  such  a  falling  off 
in  my 
life.  People  were  so  excited  over  the 
events  of  the  week  that  they  did  not 
stop  to  eat. 
It  reminded  me  of  war 
time  and  the  frenzy  which  took  posses­
sion  of  the  people  during  the  progress 
of  important  and  decisive  battles.  They 
could  not  apply  themselves  to  work  and 
eating  and  sleeping  were  matters  of 
secondary  consideration."

A  certain  local milliner whose person­
al  character is probably far from  immac­
ulate,  judging  by  the  reports  which  are 
current  from  time  to  time  in  regard  to 
him,  recently  advertised  to  give  away 
hats  on  a  certain  day.  A  young  lady 
from  Chicago  who  was  visiting  friends

in  the  city  was  attracted  by  the  an­
nouncement,  called  at  the  store,  select­
ed  a  hat  which  she  knew  was  actually 
worth  several  dollars  and  proceeded  to 
walk  off  with  the  trophy.  The  proprie­
tor of  the  establishment  followed  her  to 
the  door,  enquired  if  she  enjoyed  a  car­
riage  ride  and,  on  being  assured 
that 
she  did,  made  an  engagement  to  meet 
her  on  a  certain  street  corner  in  the  ev­
ening. 
It  so  happened  that  the  young 
lady  had  completed  her  visit  and  left 
for  Chicago  on  the  afternoon  train,  but 
she  acquainted  her  brother  with  the  cir­
cumstance  and  he  and  a  friend  were  on 
hand  at  the  place  agreed  upon-and  en­
joyed  the  spectacle  of  a  man  driving 
back  and  forth  for an  hour  or  more,  ap­
parently  in  search  of  something  he  did 
not  see.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Northern  Spys  command  $3 
per  bbl.  ;  Jonathans,  $5 ;  Ozarks  (A rk.), 
$4;  Etrus  (Ark.),  $4.  The  demand  is 
only  fair,  the  high  prices  tending  to  de­
crease  consumption to the lowest possible 
limit.
Bananas—The  market  holds  up  to  fig­
ures  that  have  been  quoted  for a  month 
or two.  These  figures  will  probably  rule 
during  the  winter,  as  the  movement  is 
restricted  to  some  extent  by  the  cold 
weather.

Butter—The  market 

is  still  weaker 
than  a  week  ago,  owing  to  the  more  lib­
eral  arrivals  of  dirty  grades.  Separator 
creamery 
is  held  at  21c,  while  dairy 
ranges  from  17c  or  extra  fancy  down  to 
io@i2c  for  cooking  grades.

Cabbage—Slow  sale  at  $3  per  100.
Carrots—35c  per  bu.
Celery—15c  per bunch.
Cranberries—The  market 

is  strong, 
but  prices  are  no  higher  than  a  week 
ago.  Jerseys  command $7 and Cape Cods 
and  Wisconsins  fetch  $7  50.
Eggs—The  receipts  of  fresh  eggs  are 
very  light  and  prices  have  an  upward 
tendency, strictly  fresh  having  advanced 
to  21c.  Storage  stock 
is  held  at  14c, 
case  count,  15c  for  candled  and  16c  for 
fancy  candled.
Game—Dealers  pay  75c  per doz.  for 
rabbits,  $1.20  per  doz.  for  No.  1  squir­
rels.

Honey—White  comb  is  steady  at  12c 

and  dark  buckwheat  is  firm  at  11c.

Lemons—Messinas are out  of  the  mar­
ket,  although  a  few  new  ones  are  ex­
pected  in  the  coming  week.  Californias 
are  the  chief  offering,  although  a  few 
Verdellis  are  on  the  market.
Lettuce—Hothouse  goods 

fetch 

15c 

per  lb.

Onions—White  Globe  and  Red  have 
declined  to 60c.  Spanish,$1.75 per crate.
Oranges—Louisianas  are  out  of  the 
market.  The  receipts  were  restricted 
to  a  few  cars  this  year.  Mexicans  are 
still  coming,  but  the  California  receipts 
are  increasing  and  will  soon  supplant 
the Mexicans.  Seedlings from California 
are  expected  by  the  end  of  the week and 
quotations  are  already  being  made  on 
them.  The  movement  is  very  good,  and 
the  quality  of  the  fruit good for the early 
shipments.
Sweet  Potatoes—Virginias  com m and 
S3;  Illinois  Jerseys  fetch  $3.75;  genuine 
Jerseys  are  held  at  $4.50.
Potatoes—The  market is a  1 itit«*  weak­
er,  but  not  sucffiiently  so  to  make  am 
material  difference  in  quotations.

Poultry—Hens  and spring chickens are 
very  plentiful  at  5@8c.  Ducks  are 
in 
fair  supply  at  8c.  Turkeys  are  in  ac­
tive  demand and  adequate  supply  at  8@ 
ioc.  Geese  are in  plentiful  supply  at  8c.

Holiday  Excursion  Rates.

For  Christmas  and  New  Year holi­
days,  the  C  .&   W  .M.  and  D.,  G.  R.  & 
W.  Railways  will  sell  tickets  at  one  and 
one-third  fare  to  stations  in  Michigan, 
Ohio  and  Indiana.  Selling  dates:  Dec. 
24,  25,  31  and  Jan. 
lim it: 
Jan.  4.

1.  Return 

Geo.  De Haven,  G.  P.  A.

Phone  Visner  for  Gillies  N.  Y.  teas, 

all  kiads,  grades  and  prices.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—There  has  been  no  change  in 
the  price  of  refined  sugar  during  the 
week,  except  the  advance  of  an  unim­
portant  grade  of  soft,  and  no  fluctuation 
is  expected  within  the  next 
few  days. 
The  raw  market  shows a  better  demand, 
and  refiners  are  buying  at  full  prices.

Tea—Prices  are  very steady and cheap 
teas  are  very  hard  to  get. 
Jobbers  and 
retailers  are  now  beginning  to  reach  the 
end  of  their  supplies,  laid  in  early 
last 
in  anticipation  of  an  advance 
summer 
in  the duties.  The  movement  of  tea  is 
very  steady  and  is  probably  cut  short  to 
some  extent  by  the  extreme  low  price“of 
coffee.

Coffee—Actual  coffee  has  had  a  de­
cidedly  stronger  tendency  and  the  mar­
ket  is  y%c  higher  than  last  week’s  quo­
tations.  A  change  of  sentiment  seems 
to  have  asserted  itself  and  the  sales  to 
the  country  are  encouraging.  Enquiries 
from  all  quarters  show  that  an  interest 
more  than  ordinary  is  being  manifested 
by  the  trade  in  the  low  prices.
Dried  Fruits—Prunes  are 

steady. 
They  are  at  present  as  low  as  at  any 
time  during  the  season  and  the  future is 
uncertain.  There  may  be  an  advance 
and  there  may  be  a  decline.  Raisins 
áre  slightly  easier,  although  the demand 
has  increased.  The  holiday  trade  has 
staited  up  and  the  decline  in  the  face 
of  these  conditions  is  only  explainable 
by  the  anxiety  of  the  trade  to  move 
stock.  Peaches  are  selling  better at  re­
duces  prices. 
interest 
hitherto  prevailing 
is  the  cause  of  the 
weakness.  Apricots  rule  quiet  at  un­
changed  prices,  although  reports  from 
the  Coast  state  that  apricots  are  the 
stiffest  dried  fruit  on  the  list.  The  mar­
ket 
is  clearing  up  well.  Currants  are 
in  fair  to  good  demand,  at  unchanged 
prices.

lack  of 

The 

Canned  Goods—Very  few  goods 

in 
this  line  are  now  going  to  retailers,  and 
jobbers  are  not  being  much  attracted  to 
the  market  for  further  supplies.  All 
the  winter  stocks  have  been  shipped 
out.  The  general  market  is  very  firm, 
and  canned  goods,  especially  fruits  and 
vegetables,  have  fared  exceedingly  well 
this  season.  No  surplus  stocks  will  be 
found  on  the  market  at  the  opening  of 
the  next  packing  season.

Crackers—The  fact  that  cracker  bak­
ers  have  withdrawn  all  quotations  leads 
to  the  belief  that  the  deal  between  the 
three  companies  is  practically  closed 
and  that a  restoration  of  old  prices  will 
soon  occur.

Rice—The  stocks  of  foreign  rice  are 
about  exhausted.  Domestic  rice  is  in 
good  supply  and  prices  are 
low.  The 
movement  has  been  very  much  checked 
hitherto  by  yellow  fever  in  the  South. 
This  depression,  however, 
is  being 
overcome,  and  no  reason  now  exists 
why  the  movement  should  not  resume 
its  normal  proportions.  The  quality 
and  price  of  domestic  commend  it  to 
general  use this  season.

Fish —Cod  is  very  firm  and  is moving 
well.  An  advance  of  %c   has  occurred 
during  the  week.  The salmon  pack  has 
been  large,  hut  the  export  demand  has 
taken  a  goodly  slice  of  it,  and  the  sup­
ply  W ill  not  be  excessive,  to  say  the 
least.  The  sardine  market  has  nominal­
ly  advanced  ioc  per  case.

Provisions—The  market 

is  about 
steady  with  the  exception  of lard,  which 
is  easier,  both  as to pure and  compound. 
Prices  on  provisions,  both  spot  and  fu­
ture,  are  very  low,  but  the  packing 
is 
heavy  and  stocks  are  accumulating. 
The  trade  generally  are  sanguine  about 
□ ext 
season’s  prospects,  and  expect

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higher  prices  on  account  of  the  better 
financial  condition and the improvement 
in  general  business,  which  will  have  an 
effect  upon  the  consumption.  The  pro­
duction  is  sure  to  increase  from  year  to 
year,  if  anything  faster  than  the  con­
sumption.

The  Grain  Market.

Barring the December  wheat  corner in 
Chicago, 
there  was  a  weakening  ten­
dency  in  the  wheat  market  during  the 
past  week.  There  was  no  cause  for  it, 
as  our  exports  were  as 
large  as  ever, 
having  been  exceeded but once,and  that 
was  in  1891. 
The  exports  in  less  than 
five  months  have  been  100,000,000  bush­
els  and  to-day  alone  the  exports  were 
over 
1,100,000  bushels.  The  question 
now  arises, How  long  can  this  depletion 
of  our  stocks  go  on  and  not  affect 
prices? 
For  the  crop  year  ending  July 
1,1896,  our  exports  of  wheat  were  about
145.000,000  bushels,  and  in  five  months 
we  have  shipped  out about  %  of  the  av­
erage  amount  exported  during  any  one 
year  for  the  last ten years,but still prices 
have  not  responded  to  the  situation. 
Our  visible  will  now  begin  to  decrease 
and,  were  it  not  for  the 
immense  re­
ceipts  in  the  Northwest,  there  would 
not  be  near,  as  much  in sight,  but  when 
the  cash  grain  is  worth  more  than  May, 
every  one  is  willing 
to  sell,  as  there  is 
no  inducement  to  hold  it  unless  much' 
higher  prices  are 
in  sight,  which  un­
doubtedly  will  come  after  the  grain  has 
left  first  hands.  The  winter  wheat  re­
ceipts  are very moderate  at  present  and, 
unless  tax  times  assist  in  swelling  the 
receipts,  the  millers  will  have  to  be 
looking  for  wheat.

There  is  more  enquiry 

for  flour  and 
the  trade  is  waking  up  to  the  fact  that 
stocks  are  light  and,  as  some  dealers 
are  anticipating  higher  prices,  they  be­
gin  to  buy. 
The  demand  for  bran  and 
middlings  is  very  good  and  prices  are 
about  50c  per  ton  higher.  •

Corn  has  shown  some  animation  and 
it  looks  decidedly  better  for  holders  of 
this  cereal.  Oats are  also  firmer.

The  receipts  were  about  normal,  be­
ing  24  cars  of  wheat,  12  cars of corn and 
10 cars  of  oats.

Local  millers  are  paying  86c  for 

wheat.

We  note  that  there  is  considerable 
said  in  the  papers  about  wheat  flour be­
ing  adulterated  with  corn  product,either 
by  mixing  in  white  corn  flour  or  corn 
starch.  We  are  happy  to  say  that  Grand 
Rapids  millers  are  not  on  that  list. 
This  adulterating  has  been  practiced  to 
quite  an  extent  by  Southern  millers  for 
the  last  two  or three  years.  While  it  is 
not  injurious,  it  is  a  fraud,nevertheless, 
and  when  a  dealer  buys  wheat  flour  he 
does  not  want  to  get  a  mixture  of  the 
corn  product.  Here  is  a  grand  oppor­
tunity  for  the  Food  Commissioner  to 
show  what  he  knows  about  wheat 
flour.
C.  G.  A. Voigt.
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeing  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’Association, held 
at  Retail  Grocers’  Hall,  Tuesday  even­
ing,  Dec.  7,  President  Dyk  presided.
A  communication  was  reecived  from 
W.  F.  McLaughlin  &  Co.,  pledging  the 
Association  to  keep  their  brand  out  of 
the  hands  of  cutters,  which  was  accept­
ed  and  placed  on  file.
B.  S.  Harris  moved  that  the  grocery 
stores  be  closed  at  noon,  on  Christmas 
and  New  Years.  Adopted.  Two  years 
ago  the  grocery  stores  were  closed  all 
day;  one  year  ago  at  10  o’clock;  but 
this  year  it  was  deemed  best  to  keep 
open  doors  until  noon,  on  account  of 
Saturday  being  a  busy  day  for  grocers.
There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

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W om an’s World
Laziness  the  Besetting  Sin of Women.
Madame  Coupon  came  slowly  out  of 
the  fashionable  physician’s  consulting 
room,  her  rich  silk-lined  skirts  rustling 
at  every  step,  and  a  prescription  held 
between  her  pudgy  fingers.

"Certainly,  doctor,”   she  was  saying, 
' 1   will  send  the  prescription  down  and 
have 
it  filled  at  once,  but  the  idea  of 
telling  me  to  walk  two  miles  every 
is  the  most  absurd  thing  in  the 
day 
world.  Why, 
two 
blocks  in  ten  years. 
I ’m  afraid,  after 
all,  you don't quite  undetstand  my  case, 
and  how  easily  I  am  fatigued, ”  and  she 
passed  with  a  heavy  step  on  to  her  car­
riage.

I  haven’t  walked 

The  doctor  smiled  cynically.
“ Rich  and 

lazy  women,”   be  re­
marked,  “ were  ordained  by  a  merciful 
providence  for  the  support  of  physi­
cians. ”

1  looked  up  enquiringly,  and  he  went 

on :

the 

laziness  of  women? 

“ Did you ever think ?”   he asked, * * that 
one  of  the  chief  causes  that  enables 
doctors  to  set  up  carriages,  masseurs 
to  open  bank  accounts,  and  complex 
ion-wash  makers  to  become millipnaires 
is 
There 
isn’t  a  physician  in  the  whole  country 
doing a  good  practice  who hasn’t dozens 
of  such  cases.  Women  with 
flabby 
skins,  lack-luster  eyes,  and  lifeless  hair 
flock  to  him  complaining  of  sleepless­
ness,  nervousness,  headache  or  indiges­
tion.  Nearly  always  it  is  a  plain  case 
of  too  much  to  eat  and  not enough to do, 
and  if  the  doctor  gave  a  candid  opinion 
he  would  say: 
‘ My  dear  madame, 
you are  suffering  from  a  chionic  case  of 
laziness  and  my  prescription  is  to  go  to 
work. ’

“ Of  course,  he  doesn’t  make  any 
such  unpolite  remark.  He knows  wom­
en  dote  on  drugs  and  adore  being 
dosed,  so  he  gives  some  harmless  pre 
scription  and  advises  the  bicycle  or 
golf,  or  something  of  the  kind. 
If  he 
can  get  his  patient  to  take  the  exercise 
she  gets  well  and  goes  through  the 
length  and  breadth  of  the town sounding 
the  praises  of  Dr.  Cureall’s  pills,  other 
anaemic  and  lazy  women  follow  in  her 
wake  to  his  door  and  his  fortune  is 
made.

“ In  my  opinion,  the  besetting  sin  of 
women  is  laziness.  Does  anything  else 
account  for  the  way  they  congregate 
in 
hotels  and  boarding-houses,  except  the 
fact  that  they  are  too 
lazy  to  keep 
house?  Because  they  dread  the  worry 
and  work  of  seeing  about  meals  and 
dealing  with  incompetent  servants,  they 
deny  themselves  all  the  sweet  privacy of 
a  home.  Yet  there 
is  no  other  such 
deadly  and  relentless  foe  to  a  woman's 
good  looks  and  health  as  the  boarding 
habit.  Once  let  a  woman acquire  it,  and 
not all  the  lotions  and  beautifiers  in  the 
world  are  going  to  enable  her  to  keep 
her  figure  and  her  complexion.  Think 
of  the  daily  routine,  with 
its  aimless 
monotony,  and  cease  to  wonder  that  it 
makes  invalids.  Madame  gets  up 
late 
in  the  morning,  with  no  definite  pur­
pose 
in  view  but  getting  through  the 
day.  She  descends  languidly  to  -break­
fast,  and,  that  over,  lounges  in  the  par- j 
lor  until  her  room  is  set  in  order.  Per­
haps,  if  she  feels  very  energetic,  she 
gets  on  the  street  car and  rides  down­
town  to  make  patient  and  long-suffer­
ing  clerks  amuse  her  by  pulling  down 
piles  of  goods  while  she  indulges  in  the 
pastime  known  as  “ shopping  for  sam­
ples. ’ ’  Then  she  goes  home  to  lunch,

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

dawdles  through  the  afternoon,  eats 
enough  for a  workingman  at  dinner  and 
at  bedtime  finds  herself  the  victim  of 
Is  it  any  wonder  that  nature 
insomnia. 
revenges 
lor  such  an  outrage  by 
giving  her  a  sallow  complexion  and  a 
rebellious  liver?

itself 

“ Of  course,  before 

long  her  mirror 
tells  her  she  has  gone  off  in 
looks,  and 
she  hies  away  to  the  complexion  spe­
cialist,  who  steams  her,  and kneads her, 
and  plasters  her  over  with  pastes  and 
lotions;  but  there  is  no  counterfeiting 
the  look  of  health.  The  quick  rush  of 
good,  red  blood  through  her  veins,  the 
strong  and  supple  muscles  speak  for 
themselves,  and  are  not  to  be  mistaken 
for  rouge  and  flabby  flesh,  and 
the 
woman  who  is  the  victim  of  boarding 
wonders  how 
is  that  poor  Mary  or 
Saliie,  who  are  only  moderately  well  off 
and  have  to  do  so  much  of  their  own 
work,  keep  their  complexions  and 
look 
so  young  and  well,  tohile  she,  who  has 
nothing  on  earth  to  do  and  has  every 
luxury,  is  grown  hopelessly  stout  and 
ugly.

it 

“ It  doesn’t  occur  to  her  that  work 

in 
moderation,  without  worry,  is  the  very 
best  blessing  that  ever  befell  the human 
race.  She  looks  upon  work  as  an  un 
mitigated  curse,  and  responsibility  as 
an  evil  she 
is  perfectly  justifiable  in 
shirking  whenever  she  can.  Yet  all  the 
ingenuity  of  man  has  never  been  able 
to  devise  any  scheme  of  exercise  so 
good 
for  the  general  human  needs  as 
old-fashioned,  everyday  work.  Bicy­
cling  and  golf  have  come  very  near  be­
ing  the  salvation  of  the  race;  physical 
culture  is  a direct  intervention of heaven 
for  the  benefit  of  women  who  can  only 
do things in  classes ; but these  don’t  take 
altogether  the  place  of  work—the  work 
that  absorbs  us  body  and  brain  and 
soul,  and leaves us  at  night  tired  enough 
to  fall  asleep  without  needing  any  other 
narcotic  than  the  happy  consciousness 
that  we  have  done  some  service  to  our 
kind.

atic  occupation  is generally too mentally 
lazy  to  care  to  really  use  her  mind.  She 
is  given  to  silly  and  sentimental  novel­
reading  and  she  varies  this  diversion 
by  imagining  she  is  ill.  Of  course,  she 
doesn’t  feel  well.  Nobody  could  who 
lived  such  an  existence.  Then  she  be­
gins  to  canvass  her  system  for  signs  of 
disease.  Mostly  she  decides  on  nervous 
prostration,  which  has  an  air  of  dealing 
with  glittering  generalities  and 
is  a 
handy  amateur  kind  of  disease  to  have, 
because 
it  doesn’t  often  interfere  with 
the  things  she  wants  to  do.  Anyway, 
she  has  no  trouble  in  launching  herself 
on  an  expensive  career  as  an  invalid, 
that  forbids  anything  so  heartless  as  the 
mere  suggestion  of  going  to  work  and 
doing  something  useful.

“ You  think  that  is  an  extreme  view. 
Not  a  bit  of  it.  How  many  women  have 
you  known  who  were  considered  semi­
invalids,  and  pitied  and  coddled,  who 
have  been  suddenly  cured  by  having 
been  thrown  on  their  own  resources,  to 
sink  or  swim,  live  or  starve,  by  their 
own  efforts?  Perhaps  the  indulgent  hus­
band  or  father  would  die,  leaving  no 
support  for a  houseful  of  little  children, 
except  poor,  sickly  Miss  Hannah,  or 
Mrs.  Smith,  who  had  been  almost  bed­
ridden 
for  years.  We  all  gloomily 
prophesied  they  would  starve,  but  they 
didn’t.  The  frail  little  woman  braced 
up,  forgot  about  herself  and  went  to 
work,  and  in  a  year  or two  was  general­
ly  well  and  healthy.

“ Now,”   concluded  the  doctor,  snap­
ping  together  his  prescription  blanks, 
“ I ’m  not  making  a  general  charge  of 
laziness  against  the  whole  sex. 
I  know 
plenty  of  women  who  could  give  points 
to  the  little  busy  bee  about 
improving 
each  shining  hour,  but  I  do  say  that  a 
large  part of the  sickness among women, 
and  much  of  the  ugliness,  is  the  direct

lifeless. 

little  need 

result  of  laziness.  Many  women  are  too 
lazy  to  take  exercise,  and  they  have  no 
color;  they  are  too  lazy  to  bathe  prop­
erly,  but  content  themselves  with  a  dry 
rub  with  the  corner  ot  a wash rag,  hence 
many  of  the  bad  complexions  we  see ; 
they  are too  lazy  to  brush  their  hair  like 
a  groom  would  curry  a  horse,  hence 
their  hair  lacks  sleek  glossiness  and  is 
dull  and 
If  every  woman  in 
the 
land  would  make  her  own  beds 
and  sweep  her  own floors every morning, 
there  would  be 
for  mas­
seurs  and  physical culture  classes,  and 
a  lot  of  us  doctors  would  have  to take  in 
our  signs  and  hunt  for  other  occupa­
tions. ”  

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resist fire and  the action of acids.

Is odorless, absolutely  waterproof,  will 
Can  be  used  over  shingles  of  steep 

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Will  outlast  tin  or  iron  and  is  very 

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It 

laziness. 

it  easier  to  go  dowdy 

“ Now,  I  am  not  one  of  those  who  be­
lieve  in  laying  the  shortcomings  of  men 
on  women’s  shoulders,  but  I  have  seen 
more  than  one  home  hroken  up  by  a 
woman’s 
is  tiresome  to 
keep  the  house  attractive  and  clean, 
and  to  have  a  daintily  set  table,  and 
is  too  indolent  to  make  the 
the  woman 
effort.  Everything 
is  disorderly,  and 
uncomfortable,  and  after  a  while  the 
husband  drifts  into  the  way  of  spending 
his  evenings  at  a  saloon,  or  a  cozy  cor­
ner of  the  club.  Sometimes  the  woman 
thinks 
and 
slouchy  than 
it  is  to  take  the  trouble  to 
dress  prettilv,  and who need be surprised 
when  the  man  of  artistic  and  refined 
tastes  grows  weary  of  admiring  a  slat­
tern  and  turns  to  some  other woman who 
considers him  worth dressing for?  Some 
times—heaven  help  h e r-a   woman  is  so 
lazy  she  shirks  her  most  sarced  respon 
sibility  and  turns  her  little  children 
over  to  the  care  of  hired  servants,  let 
ignorant  and  unloving  hand 
ting  an 
life  for  which  God  himself 
mold  that 
will  hold  her  accountable. 
I  tell  you, 
there  are  times  when  I  think  these  idle, 
care-free  women  need  to  exercise  their 
flabby  souls  just  as  much  as  their  flabby 
muscles. 
Both  have  grown  anaemic 
from  lack  of  use.

“ Another  potent  cause  of  ill-health 
among  women  who  have nothing to do, ”  
continued  the  doctor,  reverting  to  his 
original  topic,  “ is  that  they  have  too 
much  time  to  think  about  themselves. 
That  is  the  greatest  calamity  on  earth. 
The  woman  who  is  too  physically  lazy 
to  keep  house  or  keep  up  some  system­

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customers.  We intend it for a Christmas offering, 
and it  eclipses  anything  we  have  ever  offered  in 
this line before.
Our proposition is simply this:  With  one  85 
Pp^H^can of Japan Tea at 25c per pound, we will 
ship  Notions,  Toys,  Dry  Goods,  Books,  Dolls, 
Metalware and Silverware,  and  sundry  other  ar- 
tides too numerous to mention, free of charge.
The Tea is first-class  value  at  20  to  21c  per 
pound -it is a fair value at 25c.  Any  dealer  that 
cannot  see  his  way  clear  to  realize  fully  fifty 
per cent, of  the  entire cost  from  the  notions,  etc., 
alone is at perfect liberty to return the entire  outfit 
at our expense.
Our terms are 60 days net to regular customers; 
we reserve the right to fill only  one  order;  we  do 
this owing to the fact that the amount  of  Tea we 
have to offer under this deal is  limited.

As our rule is "first come, first served,”  hustle 
in your  initial  order. 
It  is  dollars  to  doughnuts 
you will beg us to make it a repeater.  No  orders 
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7

The  Irishman’s  Stratagem  and  What 

Came  of  It.

W ritten fo r  the T r a d esm a n .

Five  or  six  men,  myself  among  the 
number,  were  sitting  around  a  cheer­
ful  old-fashioned  fireplace 
in  a  village 
hotel  in  the  Far  West,  one  rainy  day  in 
J 877-

Aside  from  two  or  three  lines  of  rail­
roads,  the  old  stagecoach  was  the  ve­
in  that  region,  and 
hicle  for  travelers 
these  coaches  also  carried  mail 
for 
Uncle Sam and frequently more or less ex­
press  matter.  On many of  the  principal 
Star  route  mail  lines  north  and  south  of 
the  Central  Pacific  R.  R.,  besides  the 
coachman  or  driver,  there  was  an armed 
man  on  the  outside,  known  as  “ the 
guard."  This  man  held  one 
loaded 
Winchester 
in  his  hands,  with  another 
in  easy  reach  for  “ gentlemen  of  the 
road,”   as  they were  called,  but  vulgarly 
known  as  highway  robbers,  who  often 
attempted  to  “ hold  up”   the  coaches, 
and  occasionally  succeeded.

The  conversation  turned  upon  this 
subject,  and  several  of  those  present 
were  asked  to  relate  their  experience. 
It  had  never  been  my  own  good  or  bad 
fortune  to  be  with  a  party  who  were 
“ held  up,”   but  I  was  deeply  interested 
in  the  several  experiences  related.  One 
in  particular, 
told  by  a  commercial 
traveler  named  Walton,  from  St.  Louis, 
amused  the  party  and  is worth  printing.
“ I  was  a  passenger,”   said  Mr.  Wal­
ton,  “ on  one  of  the  through  mail  and 
passenger  coaches  on  the  Star  route 
from  Fort  Maginnis,  Montana,  to  Den­
ver,  Colorado.  We  had  nine  through 
passengers  aboard,  beside  several  way 
passengers  on  the  upper  deck  outside 
and  the  driver  and  guard.  There  were 
no  women.  We  were  drawn  by  six 
horses  and  our driver  was  an  expert 
in 
“ handling  the  ribbons.”   This  coach 
generally  stopped  for  nothing,  either 
day  or  night,  except  to  allow  us  a  meal 
of  victuals  in  quick  time,  and to  change 
horses. 
I  will  only  describe  the  fellow 
passenger on  my  right  in  the  coach,  as 
I  had  a  slight  acquaintance  with  him 
only,  before  starting.  He  was  appar­
ently  a  rather  verdant  Irishman  of  mid­
dle  age,  dressed  in  warm  but  somewhat 
soiled  and  dilapidated  clothing,  and 
carried  on  his  lap  his  only  baggage,  a 
medium-sized  old  satchel,  made  of 
colthide  with  the  short  hair  on.  As 
it 
in­
occasionally 
jolted  against  me,  I 
ferred 
it  was  partly  filled  with  some 
heavy  substance.  He  did  not  join  in 
the  general  conversation  of  the  passen­
gers,  except  to  throw  in  a  dry  but  witty 
remark  which was  invariably  applicable 
and  convulsed  the  crowd  with  laughter. 
I  had  previously  learned  that  his  name 
was  O’Flaherty,  and  that  for  about  a 
year  past  he  had  been  trapping  for furs, 
in  the  vicinity  of 
a  part  of  the  time 
Flathead  Lake,  Montana,  and  also 
in 
the  British 
Provinces  many  miles 
farther  north;  bad  sold  his  stock  and 
was  then  on  his  way  to  London,  On­
tario. 
I  also  learned  that  our  route  lay 
through  a  wild  and  uninhabited  region 
in  Montana,  and  that  perfect  safety  was 
hardly  to  be  expected.

“ All  went  well  with  us  the 

first 
twenty-four  hours  out.  But  the  second 
day  was  cloudy,  with  skies  portending 
a  storm,  and  about  4  o’clock 
in  the 
afternoon  we  entered  a  valley  with 
small  scrubby  trees,  and  chaparal grow­
ing  close  up  to  the highway,  obstructing 
the  view  on  the  east  side  of  the  road, 
while  a  short  distance  away  on  the  west 
a  deep  narrow  gulch,  with  small  hills 
beyond 
into  which  the  road  seemed  to 
end,  barred  the  vision  in  that direction.

“ We  were  rushing  along  at  a  spank­
ing  pace,  when  —Bang !  went  a  gun. 
As  the  coach  was  brought  to  a  halt, 
four  men  with  guns  presenting  came 
into  view  from  the  thicket  on  the  east 
and  ordered,  ‘ Hands  up,  and  all  out  on 
the  left  side!’  All  quicklv  obeyed. 
‘ Now  face  the  coach !’  was  the  next  or­
der,  which  was  as  quickly  done.  The 
driver  and  guard,  taken  by  surprise, 
found  themselves  covered  with  two guns 
and  were  powerless.  A  single  move  on 
their  part  meant  sure  death  to  one  or 
both.

“ In  less  time  than  it  takes  to  tell 

it, 
one  of  the  robbers,  dropping  his  gun 
beside  a  companion  and  stepping 
in 
front  of  us,  commenced  hauling  out  the 
hand  baggage,  tossing  each  piece  into 
the  brush  in  a  pile.  As  be  drew  forth 
O’ Flaherty’s 
rather  roughly, 
Mike  found  his  tongue  and,  speaking 
in  his  broad  Irish  brogue,  said :  ‘ Beg- 
gin’  yer  parthon,  Misther  Thafe,  Oi 
wud  advise  yez  ter  go  slow  wid  thet 
coltskin  bag  o’  mine,  else  yez  moight 
it.  Only  some  ould 
git  hurted  wid 
clothin’  and  a  few 
ither  ould  thraps 
thet  ye’d  hev  no  use  fur. ’

satchel 

“ But  the  man  was  in  too  much  haste 
to  heed  what  was  said  and,  finding  it 
much  heavier  than  the  others,  merely 
looked  back  at  his  companions  and, 
nodding  his  head  affirmatively  to  them, 
drew  a  dirkknife  from his breast pocket. 
Ripping  open  the  top,  he  thrust  in  his 
right  band,  drawing  forth  several  pieces 
of  soiled 
linen.  Then,  hastily  feeling 
still  deeper,  he  uttered  a  yell  which 
startled  even  his  own  companions,  and 
a  volley  of  oaths  followed  as  he  held  up 
his  right  hand,  from  the  crushed  and 
bleeding  fingers  of  which  dangled  a 
good-sized  steel  trap.

“   Och !  murther!’  roared  O’ Flaherty, 
without  moving  hand or muscle;  ‘ didn’t 
Oi  till  yez Oi  had  a few ither ould thraps 
in  me  bag,  an’  vez  paid  no  attintion  to 
it?’

“ At  that  instant,  and  while  another 
of  the  bandits  had  dropped  his  gun  to 
assist  his  companion,  who  was  suffer­
ing  acutely,  the  guard  on  our  coach 
noticed  another  coming  around  a  hill 
just  beyond  the  gulch,  with  horses  on  a 
run  and,  seeing  help  so  near  at  hand, 
turned  quickly  and  fired  at  the  robber 
who  had  laid  down  his  gun,  killing  him 
instantly.  The  chorus  of  yells  from  the 
oncoming  coach  caused  a hurried retreat 
of  the  bandits,  who  fired  at  us as  they 
ran  toward  the  gulch  on  the  west.

“ After  the general  confusion  and  the 
stampede  of  the  robbers,  it  was  found 
they  had  carried  with  them  one  satchel 
each,  containing 
in  all  between  three 
and  four  hundred  dollars  in  money  and 
some  valuable  clothing.  There had  not 
been  time  for  them  to  rifle  the  mails. 
The  guard,  who  fired  the  fatal  shot,  was 
found  to  be  seriously  wounded  in  one 
shoulder,  and  two  of  our  passengers 
were  slightly  hurt  in  an  arm  and  hand. 
We  bound  up  our  wounded  as  best  we 
could;  and  O’ Flaherty  grasping  his 
mutilated  and  bloody  bag,  we  were  soon 
on  the  road  again.

“ Arriving  at  Denver,  O’ Flaherty  and 
myself  at  once  boarded  a  train  for  St. 
Louis.  After  registering  at  the  Lin- 
dell,  we  were  about  to  part  company, 
when  I  asked  Mike  to  tell  me  why  he 
had  a  trap  set  in  that  old  satchel  when 
it  contained  nothing  of  any  value,  as  I 
well  knew.

“ The  man  smiled,  as  he  replied: 
'Yez is  hardly  a  sthranger to me, Misther 
Walthon,  so  come  up  wid  me  to  me 
room  and  Oi’ll  exphlain, ’ and he led the 
way.

“ As  we  entered,  he  pushed  the  bolt 
of  the  door,  drew  up  a  couple  of  chairs 
beside  the  dresser,  then,  grasping  the 
old  satchel,  opened 
it  and  drew  forth 
eight  steel  traps,  all  set  and  with chains 
attached.  These,  and  a  few  pieces  of 
underclothing  were  all  its  visible  con­
tents.  Opening  his  pocketknife,  he 
proceeded  to  make  an  incision  near  the 
top  of  the  morocco  lining,  from  which 
he  drew  forth  five  packages  of  open 
bank  notes,  and  on  the  hand  of  each 
package  were  the  figures  $500!

‘ T h is,’  said  he,  ‘ is  the  proceeds  of 
my  twelve  months’  thrapping  expedi­
tion ;’  and  he  had  purposely  loaded  the 
satchel  with  the  set  traps,  rightly  judg 
ing  its  weight  would  tempt  any  thief  to 
examine  it  before  carrying  it  away  with 
him,  and  that  then,  whether  caught  or 
not,  he  would  abandon  it. 
Judging  by 
the  results  with  the  highwayman,  his 
conclusious  had  been  well  founded.”  
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BAD  BUSINESS  P O LIC Y .

The 

local  association  of  clergymen, 
which  has  had  the  carnival  matter  un­
der  consideration  for  several  weeks,  has 
reached  final  action  on  the  matter  by 
the  adoption  of  strong  resolutions  de­
nouncing  the  carnival  and  protesting 
against  its  repetition.  The  Tradesman 
has  already registered  its  protest  against 
the  carnival  on  both  business  and  moral 
grounds,  and  the  experience  of  other 
cities  along  the  same 
lines  appears  to 
confirm  all  the  Tradesman  has  said  in 
regard  to  the  bad  business  policy  of 
such  affairs.  Boston  has 
just  passed 
through  a  similar  ordeal,  and  the  New 
England  Grocer, 
in  referring  to  the 
event  as  “ Insanity  Week,”   summarizes 
the  unfortunate features  of  the  affair  as 
follows:

A  merchants’  week 

in  which  the 
wholesale  trade  might  bring  to  Boston 
the  merchants  of  New  England and sup­
ply  them  with  goods  to  be  retailed  to 
the  customers  in  their  respective  towns 
and  cities  has  some  excuse,  but  to  turn 
about  and  invite  the  customers  of  these 
very  dealers  who  had  stocked  up  with 
goods  to  come  to  Boston  and  purchase 
these  same  goods  at  bargain  sales  is  an 
outrage  upon  every  country  merchant  in 
New  England.

The  merchant  in  the  home  town  and 
city  invests  his  capital  in  business,pays 
taxes,  employs  help,  and  helps  the  in­
stitutions  of  that  municipality.  He  de­
serves  the  support  and  patronage  of  the 
residents  in  that  town  or  city.  We  are 
surprised  that  the  railroads  should  be 
led  into  any  such  trap,  for  it  cannot  but 
help  injure  the  general  prosperity  of 
New  England.  We  are  zealous  of  Bos­
ton’s  rights,  will  do  everything  we  can 
to  increase  her  prosperity and  multiply 
her  business  interests;  but  we  do  not 
believe  it  ought  to  be  done  at  the  ex­
pense  of  the  merchants 
in  other  towns 
and  cities. 
is  suicidal  for 
In  fact,  it 
these  are  the feeding schools upon which 
Boston  depends  very 
largely  for  her 
success  in  business.

The  jostle  and  the  bustle  incident  to 
these  events  are  not  conducive  to  good 
buying,  and  the  so-called  bargains  are 
no  better  than  are  offered  everv  Monday 
to  the  suburban  shoppers. 
The  wise 
customer  is  the  one  who  spends  his 
money  at  home,  where  he  can  shop  at 
his  leisure  and  obtain  good  returns  for 
his  money.

We  are  not  surprised  that  the  country 
merchants  throughout  New  England  are 
indignant.  We  should  be  very  much 
surprised  if  they  were  not  angry,  be­
cause  it  is  an  imposition for any  market 
to  sell  a  merchant  his  goods  and  then 
invite  his  customers  to  the  same  market 
to  purchase  their  supplies  on  especially 
favorable  terms.
Big  trade spreads are  never  of  perma­

nent Benefitlto  any  community.  We are 
told.that  the  only  ones  who  reaped  a 
harvest  in  the  Lynn  carnival  were  the 
druggists,  cigar  dealers,  restaurants  and 
saloons. 
People  went  there  from  curi­
osity  and  not  to  buy  goods.  While  this 
may  not  be  true  in  Boston  to  so  large 
an  extent,  we  doubt  if  the  bargains  of­
fered  are  commensurate  with  the  efforts 
spent  to  secure  large  sales.  A 
few  big 
retail  dealers  may  reap  a  harvest,  but 
the  great  generality  of  trade  secures  no 
benefit  from  merchants’  week.  The  tru­
est  and  best  trade  methods  are  those 
that  encourage  loyal  and  steady  support 
of  home  interests.  To  our  mind,  the 
carnival  demoralizes  trade,  disturbs  the 
general  trend  of  business  affairs  and  in­
stead  of  being  an  evidence  of  prosperi­
ty,  as  some  papers  claim,  is  really  an 
evidence  of  unsettled  and  undesirable 
business  conditions.

The  bargains  we  read  so  much  about 
have  not  even  the  merit  of  those  named 
by  Whimpton’s 
little  boy,  who,  upon 
hearing  that  twins  had  been  presented 
to  the  happy  household,  declared  that 
his  mother  had  been  getting  bargains 
again. 

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Imperative  requisitions  by  the  Gov­
ernment  authorities for the  protection  of 
bunting  for  navy  flags  are  what 
insure 
the  superiority  so  well known  to  charac­
terize  the  American  article.  The  regu­
lations  prescribe that the fabric he  made 
entirely  of  wool  of  the  best  quality,  and 
show  no  imperfections,  the  weight  to  be 
five  and  one-fourth  pounds  avoirdupois 
per  piece  of  forty  yards  of  ten-inch 
width,  the  yarn  to  be  evenly  spun,  the 
warp  and  filling  to  contain  not  less  than 
thirty-four  threads  to  the 
inch,  and  the 
warp,  two  ply  with  one-ply  filling  prop­
erly  twisted;  further,  a  tensile  strength 
for  the 
is  required  of  sixty-five  pounds 
warp  and  forty-five  pounds  for  the 
fill­
ing, in  test  pieces  two  inches  wide.  The 
colors  must  be  as  “ fast”   as  it  is  possi­
ble  to  make  them,  and  not  liable  to  be 
seriously  affected  by  being  soaked  con­
tinuously  for  twenty-tour  hours  in  fresh 
water  and  then  thoroughly  washed 
in 
is  combined  a  good 
water  with  which 
grade  of  laundry  soap. 
Every  stripe 
and  device  on  the  flag  made  of  this  su 
perb  material 
is  measured  with  the 
most  perfect  geometrical  accuracy,  and 
the  stars  are  put  on  so  carefully  and  ev­
enly  that  when  the  flag  is  held  up  to  the 
light  the  stars,  which  are  made  of  mus 
lin  and  put  on  both  sides,  appear  to  be 
a  part  of  the  fabric.  The  stars  are  cut 
with  chisels  out of  bleached  muslin  laid 
thirty  thicknesses  together  on  a  large 
open  block._________________

it  has  been 

The Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers' As­
sociation  has  scored  a  strong  point  by 
securing  an  agreement  from  W.  F.  Mc­
Laughlin  &  Co.  to  keep  their  package 
coffee  out  of  the  bands  of  the  cutters. 
Heretofore 
impossible  to 
make  any  progress  along  these  lines,be­
cause  the  goods  have  been  sold  through 
the  jobbing  trade  and  any  protest  to  the 
manufacturers  has  been  met  by  the  re 
ply  that  they  could  not  control  the  dis­
tribution  of  their  goods  when  they  got 
into  the  hands  of  a  second  party.  Now 
that  the  jobber  no  longer  handles  the 
goods  and  all  shipments are made direct 
from  the  factory,  the  sincerity  and  good 
faith  of  McLaughlin  &  Co.  will  be  put 
to  a  fair  test.

in  Portland,  Ore., 

European  capitalists  are  to  establish 
linen  factories 
the 
neighboring  region  producing  that  fiber 
of  the  finest  quality  and  in  any  desired 
It  is  the  pioneer  movement 
abundance. 
in  what  bids  fair  to  grow 
into  an  im­
portant  industry.

It  is  estimated  that  12,000,000  of  bi­
cycles  have  been  built  in  America  and 
Europe  up  to  date.

there 

GENERAL  TRADE  S IT U A T IO N
While  the  great  volume  of  general 
business  throughout  the  country  con­
tinues  unchanged, 
are  mere 
changes  in  prices,  both  up  and  down 
to  chronicle  than  for  several weeks past. 
In  some  localities  the  heavy  buying  of 
the  autumn  months  seems  to  have  sup­
plied  the  markets  to an  extent  to  cause 
a  diminution  of  trade,  but  such 
in­
stances  are  made  good  by  more  favor­
able  conditions  elsewhere.

The  notable  features  of  the stock mar­
increased  activity  in  the 
ket  are  the 
trading,  the  general  tendency  to  ad­
in  the  kind  of 
vance  and  the  change 
stock  most 
in  demand. 
Sales  were 
double  those  of  the  same  time  for  sev­
eral  weeks.  The  advance  was  almost 
all  along  the  line,  ranging  from  60c  to 
$1.25  per  share.  The  shares  mostly  in 
demand  were  those  of  a  number  of  the 
leading  railroads,  instead  of  the  market 
being  monopolized  by  sugar  and  gas, 
as  had  become  the  custom. 
It  would 
seem  that  the  steady  maintenance  of 
increased  earnings  has  continued  until 
it 
is  beginning  to  affect  the  situation 
again.

continued 

The  week  was  characterized  by  quite 
a  sharp  reaction  in  wheat, although  the 
movement 
undiminished. 
The  exports  for  the  week  are  said  to 
have  broken  all  previous  records.  That 
the  reaction 
in  the  price  of  wheat  was 
speculative  would  seem  to  be  indicated 
by  the  fact  that  there  was quite  an  ad­
vance  in  corn  and  with  the  same  heavy 
movement.

The 

is  the 

iron  situation  seems  to  be  more 
quiet,  with  little  change  in  prices.  The 
most  notable  feature 
leported 
combination  of  the  wire  and  rod  prod­
ucers,  which  seems  likely  to  amount  to 
more than  the  one  attempted  a  year ago.
In  textiles  there  has  been  another  de­
in  print  prices  again,  breaking 
cline 
low  record.  The  wool  market  has 
the 
been  decidedly 
less  active,  although 
prices  are  yet  well  maintained.  The 
activity  in  the  boot  and  shoe  market,  in 
which  Eastern  shipments  continue  to 
break  all  records,  is  without  decrease.
Bank  clearings  continue  in proportion 
with 
last  week,  the  difference—16  per 
cent,  increase—being  accounted  for  by 
the  holiday.  Failures  were  250,  against 
233  for  the  preceding  week.

it 

W O M AN ’S  G RO W ING LABOR  FIELD
In  this  day  of  trying  social  and  busi­
ness  conditions,  when 
is  constantly 
becoming  harder  and  harder  for  man  to 
find  “ a  place  spread  for  him  at  na­
ture’s  table, ”   it  must  be  gratifying  to 
all  right  thinking  people  to  find  that 
woman  is  becoming  more  and  more  an 
independent  bread  winner  and  obtain­
ing  footholds 
in  different  departments 
of  labor  that  relieve  her of  much  of  the 
want  and  suffering  that  she  has  borne in 
the  past.

A  notable  illustration  of  her  progress 
and  capacity  as  a  rival  of  the other  sex 
in  these,  to  her,  new  fields  of 
labor,  is 
furnished  by  a  report  recently  made  by 
our  postoffice  department  in  response  to 
a  request  from  Germany  as  to  what  had 
been  the general  experience  of  our  pos­
tal  service  with  women  employes.  The 
report  says  that  women  are  employed  in 
all  branches  of  the  service  except  as 
letter  carriers,  clerks 
in  the  railway 
service  and  inspectors.  They  are  paid 
the  same  salaries  as  men  for  the  same 
class  of  work,  and  the  general  conclu­
sion  of  the  department  is  that  the  serv­
ices  of  women  have  proven  almost,  if 
not  equally,  as  satisfactory  as  those  of 
In  the  departments at  Washing-
men. 

ton  there  are  167  women  employed  who 
draw  salaries  ranging  from  $1,800  to 
$2,400  a year.  There  are  in  the  country 
6,670  women 
in  charge  of  postoffices, 
is  estimated  that  some  80,000 
and 
women  all  told  are  employed 
in  the 
postal  service.

it 

This  is  the  record  in  but  one  depart­
ment.  Thousands  of  other  female clerks 
are  found 
in  the  other  great  branches 
of  the  public  service,  in  the  Interior 
and  Treasury  departments  especially. 
The  Government 
is  helping  woman  to 
demonstrate  her  capacity  and  maintain 
herself  as  an  equal  of  man 
in  certain 
kinds  of  work  and  particularly  work  in­
volving  no  hard  manual  labor. 
In  law, 
medicine,  theology  and  mercantile  pur­
suits  she  is  rapidly  taking  a  secure  po­
sition  and  at  no  distant day  will  be  able 
to  feel  her  financial  emancipation  at 
least. 
is  no  special  political 
signification  in  all  this  and  little  of  the 
advanced  woman  suffrage  movement.  It 
means  simply  that  woman  is  being  gen­
erally  accorded  her  right  with  propriety 
in  this  country  to  win  her  own  support 
when  she  desires  to  do  so,  or  when  nec­
essity  forces  her  to  labor.  Her  advent 
into  the  ranks  of  the  toiling  thousands 
need  not  soil  her  skirts  nor  blunt  her 
sensibilities,  but  ought  to 
womanly 
finally  result 
in  a  good  influence  upon 
her  male  co  laborers.

There 

this 

Interesting  experiments  to  test  the 
for  cooking, 
cost  of  using  electricity 
made  by  Prof.  John  Price  Jackson,  are 
reported  in  the  Boston  Transcript.  The 
experiments  were  practical,  the  electri­
cal  stoves  and  ovens  being  used  for 
weeks  in preparing the  meals  for  a  fam­
ily  of  six.  It  was  demonstrated  that  the 
for  cooking  by 
average  cost  per  meal 
electricity  was  16  6  cents, 
includ­
ing  the  heating  of  the  water  for  wash­
ing  the  dishes.  Equally careful  experi­
ments  with  coal  and  a  kitchen  range 
showed  the  cost  of  that  method  of  cook­
ing  per  meal  to  be  3.15  cents  or  about 
19  per  cent,  of  the  cost  of  cooking  by 
electricity.  Laundry  work  of  the  same 
family  cost  22  7  cents  with  electricity, 
and  12.25  cents  with  coal.  Aside  from 
the  matter of  economy  great  advantages 
were  found  in  the  use of  the  electricity, 
notably  the  absence  of  the  dirt  of  coal 
and  ashes,as  also  the  disagreeable  gases 
and  the  ease with  which  a  uniform  tem­
perature,  so  desirable  in  baking,  could 
be  maintained

The  Sherlock  family  are  noted  horse 
traders  in  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  A r­
kansas  and  Alabama.  They  intermarry, 
and  one  of  the  family  characteristics 
is 
the  largeness  of  the  men  and  the  di­
minutive  size  of  the  women.  Whenever 
a  membei  of  the  band  dies  his  body  is 
shipped  to  Nashville  and  placed  in  a 
vault.  Every  year,in  the  month  of  May, 
the  family  meets  in  that  city,  when  the 
dead  are  removed 
from  the  vault  and 
interred  with  appropriate  services.

The  Fish  and  Game  Protection  Club 
of  Montreal,  Can.,  asks  the  province  of 
Quebec  to  give  a  bounty lor wolf  scalps, 
and  one  of  their observant members sug­
gests  that  while  they  are  about  it  they 
should  include  foxes,  as  these  animals, 
he  is  convinced,are  much more  destruc­
tive  of  small  game  than  wolves,  even. 
The  fox,  he  says,  is  the  great  destroyer 
of  partridges,and  in  his  tramps  through 
the  woods  he  has  had  abundant  proof  of 
it. 

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New  York  justice  appears  to  be quick 
enough  when  the  newspapers  discover 
the  crime  and  criminals  and  the  latter 
confess and  turn  State’s  evidence.

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

8

W RITING   AND  T H IN K IN G .

Editors  and  publishers  have  discov­
ered  that  there  is  an  army  of  good  writ­
ers  in  this  country,  a  multitude  of  men 
and  women  who  express  themselves 
with  propriety  and  force  upon  all  the 
ordinary  topics  of 
literary  discussion 
and  not  a  few  who  possess  a  consider­
able  narrative  and  descriptive  talent. 
Those  fate-dealing  authorities  to  whom 
manuscripts  are  submitted  with  a  view 
to  publication  are  constantly  rejecting 
compositions  which,  by  reason  of  their 
solid  merits,  command  a  respectful con­
sideration  but  for  which  they  can  find 
no  place  within  the  scope  of  their  sev­
eral  undertakings.  The  editor of  one  of 
the  most  popular  magazines 
the 
United  States  made  a  statement  some 
years  ago  for  the  benefit  of contributors, 
or  would-he  contributors,  from  which  it 
appeared  that  the  professional  readers 
employed  by  his  establishment  had  to 
examine,  on  an  average,  fifty  different 
manuscripts  every  day.  Nothing  could 
be  more  conclusive  than  the  simple  ar­
ray  of  figures  of  the  inevitableness  of 
the  disappointment  of  the  vast  majority 
of  those  who  hope  to  achieve  distinc­
tion  by  addressing  the  public  through 
the  medium  of  monthly  magazines.

in 

What,  then,  is  the  test?  Upon  what 
and  publishers 
principle  do  editors 
proceed 
in  discharging  their  difficult 
task  of  selection?  That  is  the  question 
which  literary  aspirants  should  wish  to 
have  answered  first  of  all.  To  simplify 
the  problem,  then,  suppose  that  the 
critic  to  whom  the  ultimate  decision 
is 
left  has  before  him  two  compositions 
of  unquestionable  merit  so  far  as  mere 
literary  workmanship  is  concerned.  Let 
it  be  supposed  that  each  of  these  com­
positions  bears  upon  every  line  the  im­
press  of  wide 
learning,  scholarly  ac­
curacy  and  artistic  refinement,  and  that 
in  these  respects  there  is  no appreciable 
difference  between  them. 
If  they  deal 
with  different  subjects  that difference 
mav  settle  the  question  of  choice*,  but 
if  the  two  writers  have  fallen  upon  the 
same  theme,  their  relative  originality 
must  be  the  decisive  test.

It  is  the  first business of daily journals 
to  publish  the  news—otherwise  they 
have  no  claim  to  the  distinctive  title  of 
newspapers. 
Their  very  advertising 
columns,  although paid  for and  dictated 
by  advertisers  for  the  promotion  of  pri­
vate  interests  are,  properly  considered, 
news  columns,  replete  with  late  and  im­
portant  general  intelligence.  The  local 
reports,  the 
letters  sent  through  the 
mails  and  the  items transmitted over the 
wires,  all  belong  to  one  class.  Nothing 
in  that  class  has  any  value  if  it  fails  to 
convey  something  new  at  the  point  of 
publication.  The  editorial  columns  are 
mainly  devoted  to  the  discussion  of  the 
news  and  of  topics  of  contemporary 
in­
If  old  subjects are  taken  up  it 
terest. 
is  because  of  their  relation  to  questions 
of  present  interest,  or  because  events  of 
recent  occurrence  have  brought  them 
again 
Journalism, 
however,  has  undergone  a  development 
which  renders 
it  somewhat  difficult  to 
draw  the  line  between  the  respective 
provinces  of  the  newspaper  and  the 
monthly  magazine.  The  magazine  does 
not  undertake  to  report  the  whole  body 
of  news 
in  all  the  various  spheres  of 
public  interest  from  day  to  day,  but 
it 
is  nevertheless  devoted  to  the  publica­
tion  of  new  things—novel  ideas,  inven­
tions,  discoveries,  and  every  indication 
of  growth  or development  which  prom­
ises  to  prove  of  permanent 
importance 
—striving  in  all  its  departments  to  re­
flect  the  distinctive  features  of  the  liv­

into  prominence. 

ing  age.  This,  its  dominant  tendency, 
is  to  be  remarked  even  in  the  pages 
it 
devotes  to  strictly literary contributions. 
The  poem  and  the story,  too,  must some­
how  sound  the  note  of contemporaneous­
ness.  An  ancient  theme  may  be  se­
lected,  an  archaic  style  may be affected, 
as  nowadays  a 
long-discarded  fashion 
in  dress 
is  sometimes  revived;  but  in 
every  such  case  the  old  must  be  as­
sumed,  so  to  speak,  with  the  conscious­
ness  of  modern  criticism,  and  under 
its  antique  drapery  the  composition 
must  still  reveal  something  new.

It 

fond 

store  of 

In  fiction  there  are  no  plots, 

in 
poetry  there  is  no  measure,  absolutely 
new;  and  the 
latest  philosophies  hide 
under  some  novelties  in  nomenclature, 
perhaps,  speculations  as  old  at  least  as 
Aristotle  and  Plato. 
is,  moreover, 
one  of  the  “ discoveries”   of  modern 
science  that  some  of 
its  own  recent 
theories  were  advanced  and  rejected 
centuries  ago.  Yet  the  demand 
for 
something  new  persists,  and  the  read­
ing  public  turns  scornfully  away  from 
every  obvious  repetition  of  old  ideas 
between  the  covers  of  new  books.  This 
holds  good  of  literature  generally,  not 
of  newspapers  and  magazines  only,  and 
when  one  thinks  of  it  calmly,  it  is  only 
fair  to  ask  of  each  young  author,  in  his 
turn,  what actual  addition  he  has  made 
to  the  world’s 
intellectual 
wealth.  For,  if  a  man  has  nothing  new 
to  say,  why  should  he  invite  the  public 
to  hear  him  speak  or  to  read  his  essay! 
This  is  a  very  serious  question,  and 
it 
may  serve  to  sadden  some  people  who 
are 
of  expressing  themselves 
through  the  medium  of  written  words; 
but 
it  does  not  follow  that  one  should 
cease  to  write  because  there  is  no  de­
mand  for  the  publication  of  his  work. 
The  pen,  says  Bacon,  makes  an  exact 
man.  There  is  hardly  any  better  mental 
discipline,  hardly  anything  more  edu­
cative,  than  the  practice  of  reducing 
thought  to  precise  expression  in  black 
and  white.  Many a supposed  idea  looms 
up  largely  in  a  kind  of  mental  haze that 
will  appear  meager  and  commonplace 
when  it  has  been  strongly  grasped  and 
held  still 
long  enough  to  be  exactly 
stated  in  plain  words. 
It  is  a  practice 
that  clears  the  head  and  pricks  vanity’s 
empty  bubbles.  But  if  a  man  will  think 
seriously  of  serious  subjects  from  day 
to  day,  and 
if  he  will  write  what  he 
thinks  clearly,  the  chances  are  that  he 
will  say  fewer  silly  things,  and 
it  may 
be  that  he  will  work  out  something  at 
least  that  will  be  “ worthy  to  be  put  in 
books.”  
It  is  strange  that  so  little  at­
tention 
is  paid  to  the  practical  art  of 
composition 
in  schools  and  colleges. 
There  is  no  other  exercise  that  teaches 
so  many  things  at  once,  or that  exer­
cises  so  many  faculties  at  once;  but 
boys  and  girls  are  taught  grammar  and 
rhetoric  and  logic,  a  multitude  of  rules 
about  writing  and  thinking,  instead  of 
being  trained  by  actual  practice 
in 
thinking  and  writing. 
It  is  true,  as  it 
has  already  been  remarked  in  this  ar­
ticle,  that  there  is  even  now  no  dearth 
of  fluent  and  correct  writers 
in  this 
is  needed  here  and 
country;  but  what 
everywhere 
is  a  more general  habit  of 
patient  thought  and  calm  expression.

The  Russian  government  has  decided 
to  adopt  the  metric  system,  and  the 
minister  of  finance  is  about  to  issue a 
decree  substituting  the  metric  measures 
for  the  old  Russian.

A  French  experiment  has  succeeded 
in  grafting  tomatoes  on  potatoes.  The 
hybrid  plant 
is  said  to  produce tubers 
underground  and  tomatoes  on  the  stalk.

RIG HT  SORT  OF  IM M IG R A TIO N .
Now  that  the  necessity  for  excluding 
the  illiterate  population  from  the  suf­
frage  franchise  is  being  impressed upon 
the  state  constitutions,  both  North  and 
South,  the  line  of  argument  that 
justi­
fies  the  rescue  of  political  control  from 
ignorance  and  pauperdom  also  pleads 
as  forcibly  for  the  exclusion  of  foreign 
illiterates  and  paupers  from  the  coun­
try.

Soon  after  the  meeting  of  Congress 
there  are  to  be  brought  before  it  meas­
ures  for  the  restriction  of  immigration 
upon a  test  of  illiteracy. 
It  is  proposed 
to  require  that  all  immigrants  from  for­
eign  countries,  over  the  age  of  fifteen 
years,  must  be  able  to  read  and  write 
English  or  some  other  language. 
In 
this  connection  may  be  mentioned  an 
article  by  Mr.  Prescott  F.  Hall,  Secre­
tary  of 
the  Immigration  Restriction 
League,  published  in  the  North  Ameri­
can  Review  for  October.  He  admits 
that,  while  additions  to  the  population 
of  an  intelligent,  industrious  and honest 
immigration  have  accomplished  a  great 
deal  for  the  development  of  the country, 
the  crowding  in  of  paupers  and 
illiter­
ates  is  an  unmitigated  evil.

from 

immigrants  came 

Mr.  Prescott  quotes  statistics  to  show 
that,  previous  to  1870,  three-quarters  of 
all 
from  kindred 
the  United  Kingdom, 
races, 
France,  Germany  and  Scandinavia. 
In 
1880 these  countries  sent  us  only  three- 
in 
fifths,  and 
1896  only  two-fifths,  of 
the  total 
immigration.  On  the  other 
hand.  Southern  and  Eastern  Europe— 
that 
is  to  say,  Austria-Hungary,  Italy, 
Poland  and  Russia,  which  in  1869  sent 
less  than  one-hundredth  of  the  total  im­
migration—in  1880  sent  one-tenth,  and 
in  1896 over  one-half.

It 

is  from  those  latter  countries  that 
the  lowest  classes  of 
immigrants  are 
brought.  These  undesirable  immigrants 
are  exercising  a  most  demoralizing 
in­
fluence  on  the  general  population.  Tak­
ing  the  social  statistics  of  the  single 
State  of  Massachusetts,  where  the  re- 
i turns  are  very  complete,  the  writer 
quoted  finds  that  in  that  State  persons 
of  foreign  birth  furnished  in  1895  ten 
times  as  many  criminals  as  an  equal 
number  of  native  birth  and  parentage. 
And,  contrary  to  much  that  has  been 
predicted,  the  second  generation  who 
were  born 
furnished 
five-sixths  as  many  criminals  as  the 
foreign  born. 
If  one  considers  drunk­
enness  alone,  the  foreign  born  furnished 
three  times  as  many  criminals  as  the 
native  born.  This  shows  that,  in  the 
past  at  any  rate,  the  country  has  been 
receiving  some  elements  that  tend  to 
lower  social  morality.

in  this  country 

there 

tendencies, 

Taking  the  prison  reports  of  Massa­
chusetts,  and  leaving  out  of  account  the 
matter  of  drunkenness,  as  being  likely 
to  obscure  the  comparison  as  to 
intrin­
sically  criminal 
is 
found  a  certain  progression  in  the  num­
ber of  criminals  per  thousand  furnished 
by  the  foreign  born  of 
the  various 
nationalities.  Thus  Germany  gives  3.6 
per  thousand;  Scandinavia,  5 .1;  Scot­
land,  5.8;  France,  6 .1;  Ireland,  7 .1; 
England,  7.2;  Russia,  7.9;  Austria, 
10.4;  Hungary,  15.4;  Poland,  16.0,  and 
Italy,  18.2.  The  native  born  give  2.7 
and  the  foreign  born  5.4,  or  just  twice 
as  many.

In  1896  the  percentage  of  illiteracy 
among  Scandinavians  was  less  than  2; 
among  Germans  less  than 3,  English,  5 ; 
Scotch,  6 ;  Irish,  7 ;  Greeks,  26;  Rus­
sians, 
45; 
Italians, 
The 
nationalities  which  are  the  most  illiter­

4 1;  Austro-Hungarians, 
55;  Portuguese,  78. 

the 
ate  are  those  which 
furnished 
and 
greatest  amount  of  drunkenness 
crime.  The  same  holds  true  as  to  the 
amount  of  money  brought  by 
immi­
grants—those  from  France,  Germany, 
England  and  Sweden  bringing  the  most 
($37  to $18 );  while  those  from  Austria, 
Hungary, 
Italy,  Poland  and  Russia 
bring  the  least  ($13  to  $7)  per  capita. 
These  figures  do  not  give  the  numerical 
average  money  brought  per  capita, 
which  would  be  extremely  misleading, 
but  are  «made  up  by  taking  into  ac­
count  the  number  bringing  $1  to  $5,  $5 
to $10,  and  so  on.

A  recent  report  of  the  United  States 
Commissioner  of  Labor  shows  that those 
of  foreign  birth  or  parentage  form  77 
per cent,  of  the  total  population  of  the 
slum  districts  in  Baltimore,  90 per cent, 
in  Chicago,  95  per cent,  in  New  York, 
and  91  per  cent,  in  Philadelphia.  And 
it  appears  that  of  these  percentages 
Southeastern  Europe  has 
furnished 
three  times  as  many  as  Northwestern 
Europe  in  Baltimore,  nineteen  times  as 
in  New  York,  twenty  times  as 
many 
seventy-one 
many 
in  Chicago,  and 
times  as  many 
In 
other  words,  the  slums  of  our  largest 
cities  are  largely  a  foreign  product,  and 
a  product  of  the  countries  which  have 
greatly 
increased  their  immigration  in 
recent  years.

in  Philadelphia. 

The  greatness  of  a  country 

is  not 
made  up  by  the  numbers  of  its  popula­
tion,  but  by  the  intelligence,  honesty, 
its 
thrift,  industry  and  patriotism  of 
people.  One  such  citizen 
is  worth 
hundreds  of  rascals 
in  the  slums  and 
more  than  worth  thousands  in  the  pris­
ons.  The 
immigration  laws  should  be 
so  framed  that they  will  insure  the 
in­
troduction  of  the  class  of  people  who 
will  make good  citizens.

GERMANY  AND  HAYTI.

ill-advised  talk  on 

The  demand  made  by  Germany  upon 
Hayti  to  pay  an  indemnity  for  the  al­
leged 
ill-treatment  of  a  German  sub­
ject,  and  the  threat  to  send  a  warship 
to  Port-au-Prince,  have  given  rise  to 
some 
the  part  of 
in  this  country  with  respect  to 
people 
the  duties  of  the  United  States  in  the 
premises.  These  people  think  that,  un­
der the  provisions  of  the  Monroe  doc­
trine,  this  country  must  prevent  Ger­
many  from  taking  any  vigorous  action 
in  Hayti.  No  such  course  is  contem­
plated 
interpretation  hitherto 
placed  upon  the  celebrated  doctrine  of 
President  Monroe.

in  the 

When  Great  Britain 

threatened  to 
seize  a  portion  of  the  territory  of  Ven­
ezuela,  President  Cleveland  very  prop­
erly  interfered,  holding that  such  an  act 
would  be  a  violation  of  the  Monroe 
doctrine.  When,  however,  the  British 
government 
landed  troops  at  Corinto, 
Nicaragua,  and  occupied  that  town,  in 
order  to  enforce  the  payment  of  an 
in­
demnity  by  Nicaragua  for  the 
ill-treat­
ment  of  a  British  vice  consul,  Presi­
dent  Cleveland  made  no  protest  what­
ever,  holding  that  Great  Britain  had  a 
perfect  right  to  protect  her subjects.

it 

So  long  as  Germany  makes no attempt 
to  annex  any  portion  of  Hayti,  this 
country  has  no  warrant  for 
interfering, 
is  not  probable  that  President 
and 
McKinley  will 
in  any  way, 
although  it is possible that be may tender 
the  kind  offices  of  the  United  States  to 
bring  about  a  good  understanding  be­
tween  the  disputants.

interfere 

The  average  weight  of  the  brain  of 
the  despised  Chinaman 
is  said  to  be 
larger than  that  of  any  other  race  in  the 
world  except  the  Scotch.

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Shoes  and  Leather

How  Old  Man  Laster  Filled  His  Po­

sition  as  Assignee.

Well,  the  agony  is  past  and  I ’m  set­
tled  down  again  and  happier  than  1 
have  been  in  ages.

in  my 

I  don’t  want  to  go  through  any  more 
if  I  can  possibly  help  it.  As 
failures 
last  letter,  the  old 
I  told  you 
man  Laster  took  hold  of 
things  as 
though  he  had  been  stock «assignee  of 
the  village  for  a  score  of  years.  He 
knew  just  what  to  do  and  did  it.

He  kept 

little  clerk  and  me 
the 
hustling  on  the 
inventory  and  then  he 
and  I  sat  doym  and  went  over  that  aw­
ful  list  of  accounts.

“ E-m-m-m, ”   the  old  man  would say, 
“ how'd  you  come  to  trust  Jim   Rusen- 
dorf ?'

“ Well,  he  said  he’d  pay  just  as  soon 
as  he  sold  his  beans,  and  he  talked  so 
honestly  that  I  thought—”

“ One  pair  of  boots—$2.75.  Would 
in  your  pocket 
if  he’d  asked 

you  have  gone  down 
and 
loaned  him  $2.75 
you?”

“ Certainly  not.”
“ Well,  this  is  the  same  thing,  isn’t 
it?  By  Jove,  I  b’lieve  a  man'll  pay 
borrowed  money  quicker  than  he  will 
for  worn-out  boots.”

“ Well,  I  made  a  clean  dollar  on  the 

boots  so  the  loss  isn’t  quite  so  bad.”

just 

“ That’s 

it,”   said  the  old  man. 
“ The  prospect  of  profit  blinds  a  man, 
doesn’t  it?”

I  was  forced  to  confess  that  it  did 

seem  to.

just  how 

“ I  know 

Particularly  when  he 

it  is,”   said  Mr. 
“ When'  a  man  hasn't  had  a 
Laster. 
customer  all  of  the  morning 
it  does 
seem  hard  to  put  a  pair  of  boots back 
in  the  case  after  working hard  to  fit  and 
suit  the  customer,  just  because  he  wants 
‘ looks 
credit. 
honest,’  too.  But  that's 
just  what  the 
I  served  my  ap­
retailer  has  to  learn. 
it  and  I  make  a  good 
prenticeship  at 
That’s  a  good 
many  mistakes  yet. 
thing  to  remember, 
just  the 
same—don’t  trust  a  man  or a  woman, 
ora  little  child,for  any  amount  of  goods 
unless  you  would  loan  them  as  willingly 
the  cash  instead  of  the  goods.”

though, 

Well,  we  clawed  over  those accounts 
all  of  one  day,  and  when  we  got  done 
we  had  checked  off  about  one-third  of 
them  as  hopelessly  bad,  one-thiid  of 
them  as  cream,  one-sixth  as  doubtful 
and  one-sixth  as  “ probably  good.”

The 

inventory  of  the  goods  didn’t 
pull  up  quite  so much  as  I  had  expect­
ed,  considering  what  a  short  time  it 
had  been  since  we took  the  regular  an­
nual  inventory,  but  we  put  everything 
dowm  at 
its  actual  cost  price,  “ at  the 
mark,”   Mr.  Laster  called  it,  no  matter 
how  much  less  it  was  worth  on  account 
of  old  style,  or  being  shopworn  or 
bought  at  too  high  a  price. 
“ That’s 
the  best  way,”   Mr.  Laster  said,  “ and 
then  when  the  stock 
is  sold” —it  made 
me  wince  to  hear  that—“ the  buyer  can 
judge  better  about  what  he  can  afford 
to  pay,  and  altogether  it  will  be  better 
for  the  creditors.”

Every  day  some  creditor’s  agent  or 
lawyer  would  drop  around  and  bluster 
about  this  or  that  or  the  other  thing, 
and  make  me 
feel  bad,  but  they 
couldn’t  feaze  the  old  man.  He  sim­
ply  smiled  and  said  that  it.was  an  un­
fortunate  affair,  but  it  was going  to  -be 
managed  for  the  best 
interests  of  all 
concerned. 
If  they  wanted  to  throw 
away  the  money  necessary  to  make  the 
attempt  to  break  the  assignment,  or  if

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

they  wanted  to  put  Mr.  Fitem  on  the 
stand,  it  was  all  right,  go  right  ahead. 
“ I  wouldn't  have  had  anything  to  do 
with  this  matter,”   the  old  man  said, 
“ if  it  wasn’t  all  right  and 
legitimate, 
but  I  want  everybody to  be  satisfied. ”

I  noticed  that  the  agents  and 

lawyers 
were  a  good  deal  more  bloodthirsty 
usually  than  the  members  of  firms  who 
came  to  look  into  matters,  but  then  that 
was  natural. 
The  principal  creditor 
only  blows  when  it  will  do  some  good, 
but  the  special  commissioner  has  to 
earn  his  money  in  some  way.

By-and-bv  they  stopped  coming,  and 
Laster  went  on  with  the  proceedings. 
He  wouldn’t  give  out  anything 
that 
looked 
like  a  statement  until  we  had 
matters  all  to  ourselves.  Then  he  filed 
the  official  schedule,  which  looked  nice.
Here  it  is :

ASSETS.

Goods,  as  per  inventory, 
Bills  receivable, 
Cash, 
- 
- 
Fixtures  (at  actual  cost),  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

£5,800
1,210
51
182

- 

Total,  £7,243

$3,555
Notes  outstanding, 
Bills  payable, 
2,185
Borrowed money (secured by note),  1,000

- 

.

.

 

L IA B IL IT IE S .
- 
.

.

Total,  £6,740
That  looked  as  though  the  creditors 
in  full,  but  I  knew  it 
It  was  a  tough 

would  be  paid 
couldn’t  be  possible. 
ending  for  all  my  high  hopes.

One  day  Mr.  Laster  called  me  one 
side,  away  from  the  little  clerk  and  the 
slaughter-sale  men  who  were  taking  a 
look  through  the  stock,  and  handed  me 
this  document. 
“ Now,  my  advice  to 
you,”   he  said,  “ is  to  copy  this  letter 
and  send  it  to  every  one  of  your  credit­
ors.  Bring  the  copies  to  me  and  I  will 
sign  them  as  assignee,  officially.”  
I 
took  the  sheet  and  read :

is 

in 

Gentlemen—I  find  that  the 

actual 
liabilities 
in #the  business  of  I.  Fitem, 
the  shoe  dealer,  who  recently  assigned 
to  me,  are  £6,740,  of  which  amount 
£1,000  forms  a  preferred  claim 
for 
money  borrowed  to  start  the  business. 
The  nominal  assets  figure  up  £7,243. 
Although  the  stock 
fairly  good 
shape,  I  doubt 
if  at  the  sale  it  will  be 
likely  to  bring  much  more  than  forty- 
five  or  fifty  cents  on  the  dollar,  say,  at 
the  higher  figure,  £2,900. 
I  doubt  if 
over  £500  could  be  realized  from  the 
accounts,  and  the  cash  on  hand  and  the 
fixtures  will  not  net  more  than  enough 
to  make  the  actual  assets £3,500.  When 
the  preferred  claim  is  taken  out and the 
costs  of  the  assignment,  it  looks  very 
much  to  me  as  though  not  more  than 
thirty  or  thirty-five  cents  would  be 
left 
for  the  creditors.  Some of  Mr.  Fitem ’s 
friends  are  anxious  to  put  the  young 
man  on  his  feet  again,  and  he  has 
authorized  me  to  say  that  he  will  be 
able  to  offer  forty  cents  on  the  dollar  as 
a  compromise,  providing  all  of  the 
creditors  will  accept  this  amount  in 
settlement.  Please  understand  that 
I 
do  not  in  any  way  urge  or  even  request 
this,  but  from  the  estimates  which  I 
have  been  able  to  make  it  strikes  me 
that  the  net  offer  in  cash  will  be  better 
than  the  probable  dividend  payable  at 
the  end  of  the  period  allowed  by  law. 
It  will  also  enable  an  honest  but  un­
fortunate  young  business  man  to resume 
business  and  possibly  be  able  to  con­
tinue  longer  as  a  customer,  when,  if  the 
compromise  fails  and  the  assignment 
goes  through,  he will not  be  able  to  con­
tinue  business. 
I  shall  hold  matters 
open  for  one  week  for answers  to  this 
letter  before  proceeding  to  wind  up  the 
business,  and  I  request  immediate  an­
swers.

Most  truly  yours,

A.  L a s t e r ,  Assignee.

I  could  hardly  understand  it. 

“ Why, 
Mr.  Laster,”   I  stammered,  “ it  would 
take” —I  figured  hastily  on  a  bit  of 
paper—“ it  would  take  $2,300  to  pay

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aH I L D R E N ’S  

. S H O E S !

T H E   L IT T L E   S IB E R IA N .

1  to A . 

S a t in   Q u il l e d . 

s o f t  S o l e .

FUR  TRIMMED.

HIRTH,  K R A U SE  &   CO.

QRAND  RAPIDS.

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

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Our  Lines and  Prices  for fall are right.  W e carry 
a  full 
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Socks;  also,  Boston  and  Bay  State  rubber goods. 
Your business is solicited.

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
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Oil Grain and  Satin. 
It  will  pay  you  to  order  sample 
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even  forty  cents  on  the  unpreferred 
claims,  and  you  know  I  haven't  got  a 
cent  in  the  world,  Mr.  Laster. ”

The  old  man  smiled  comfortably. 
“ Well,”   he  said,  “ I  have  been  think­
ing  matters  over  a  little  and  I  think  it 
is  so 
can  be  arranged.  Mrs.  Green 
delighted  that  you  have 
saved  her 
money  for her  that  she  is  perfectly  will­
ing  that  you  should  continue  to  have  it, 
and  as  for  the  rest  of  it,  if  the  answers 
come  back  at  all  satisfactorily,  I  have  a 
little  proposition  to  make to you which  I 
think  that  you  will  be  able  to  accept.”
So  I  copied  the  letters  out  and  sent 
them  off,  but  unknown  to  Mr.  Laster, 
and  after  he  had  signed  the  original 
letter,  I  added  this  postscript  to  each 
one  in  my  own  handwriting :

P-  S .—For  myself,  and  without  the 
knowledge  of  the  assignee,  I  desire  to 
if  the  leniency  mentioned  in 
say  that 
the  assignee's  letter 
is  considered  fa­
vorably,  and  my  unfortunate  business 
affairs  are  settled  on  that  basis,  I  shall 
feel  that  whatever  of  good  fortune  shall 
come  to  me 
in  the  future  will  be  due 
largely 
the  magnanimity  of  mv 
creditors  at  this  tim e;  and  while  I  will 
not  want  to  start  in  business  life  again 
hampered  by  actual  obligations,  I  shall 
never  feel  satisfied  until  all  of  my  in­
debtedness  is  wiped  out.

to 

Respectfully, *

I.  F i t e m .

Then  we  waited. 

Several  of  the 
answers  came  immediately.  The larger 
in  the  East,  some  of  them,  ac­
houses 
cepted  the  proposition 
in  ten  words, 
without  any 
ifs  or  anos  whatever; 
Others  quibbled  a  good  deal,  quite a 
number  offered  to  settle  for  all  of  the 
way  from  fifty  to  seventy-five  cents,  and 
one  or  two  absolutely  refused.

I  was  pretty  well  discouraged,  but 
not  so  the  old  man.  He simply  smiled, 
borrowed  the  attorney’s  pretty  stenog­
rapher  for  an  hour a  day,  and  began  a 
correspondence  on  his  own  hook. 
I 
don't  know  what  he  said  to  them  in  the 
long  letters  which  he  dictated  to  that 
girl,  and  I never could get her to tell me. 
But  one  day,  a  week  or  so  later,  when  T 
had  about  given  up  hope  and  wondered 
if  I  hadn’t  better  go  out  and  look  for a 
job,  he  called  me 
into  the  store  and 
showed  me  a  series  of  letters,  one  from 
each  creditor,  accepting  the  offer  with­
out  conditions. 
I  have  an  idea  that  in 
one  or  two  of  the  worst  cases  the  old 
man  brought  a  little  pressure  to  bear  of 
some  sort,  but  I  don’t  know  anything 
about  it.  All  I  was  sure  of  was  that  if 
I  could  raise  §2,500  I  could  go  on  in 
business  and  no questions  asked.

Then  it  was  that the old man broached 
a  plan  which  almost  caused  me  to  fall 
off  my  chair.  And  this  was  it:  That  I 
should  give  my  note  to  Mrs.  Greeh  for 
the  §1,000  and  my  note  to  him 
for 
§2,000,  and  go 
into  partnership,  with 
him  as  an  active  partner,  joining  my 
§7,243  worth  of  nominal  assets  to  his 
§18,000  worth  of  nominal  assets,  allow­
ing  him  to  work  or loaf.as  suited  him, 
and  taking  myself  the  active  manage­
ment  of  the  business  and  rank  as  a  one- 
third  partner.  He  would  settle  the 
forty-cent  matter  as  soon  as  I  had  ac­
cepted  his  proposition  and  the  contract 
of  partnership  was drawn up and signed.
Did  I  accept?  Well,  what  do  you 
think  about 
it?  Mrs.  Green  had  her 
note  for  one  thousand  cold,  clammy 
dollars 
inside  of  twenty  minutes.  Mr. 
Laster  had  another  for  §2,000,  a  cast- 
iron  contract  was  drawn  up  between  us, 
and,  with  my  brain  in  a  whirl,  I  was  a 
business  man  once  more.

I  supposed  then  that  we  would  begin 
at  once  the  work  of  moving  thé  goods 
little  store  over  to  the  old
from  my 

stand,but the  old  gentleman  only  smiled 
when  I  mentioned  it  in  my  enthusiasm, 
took  me  into  his  little sanctum,  and  un­
folded  the  scheme  which  had  been 
moulting  in  his  brain  all  of  the  time.

It  was  a  great  one  and  worthy  of him, 
and  it  made  the biggest  sensation  in  the 
shoe  line  that  our  town  has  ever  experi­
enced.

I  will  tell  you  about  it  in  my  next let­
in  Boots  and  Shoes 

ter.—I.  Fitem 
Weekly.

How  Baby  Shoes  Suppressed  Two

Susceptible  Maidens.

From the New  York Sun.

De  Kalb 

When  Mr.  De Kalb came to  New  York 
one  morning  the  pockets  of  his  over­
coat  were  bulging  with  three  pairs  of 
small  shoes,  none  of  which  would  just 
fit  the  last  De  Kalb  baby.
“ Now,  John,  don’t  you  forget  to  re­
turn  those  shoes  and  bring  back 
larger 
sizes,’ ’  was'Mrs.  De  Kalb’s  parting  in­
junction.
is  the  young-looking  father 
of  three  small  De  Kalbs:.  An  unpreju­
diced  person  might  consciertiously  say 
that  De  Kalb  is  a  good-looking  yjung 
man,  and,  to  his  credit,  De  Kalb  him­
self  would  be  the  last  man  in  the  world 
to  admit  it.  He  had  noticed occasion­
ally  that  young  women  looked  at  him 
with 
interest,  but  none  of  his  friends 
ever  accused  him  of  posing  for  the ben­
efit  of  such  strangers.  Two  lively  young 
women  happened  to  ride  down  to  the 
bridge  in  the  same  car  with  De  Kalb, 
and 
if  be  hadn’t  been  busy  with  his 
paper he  might  have  poticed  that  they 
were  discussing  him,  after  a  way  that 
such  young  women  have.  From  their 
expressions  it  was  evident that  De  Kalb 
seemed  to  them  a  presentable  young 
man  whose acquaintance  was  desirable. 
As  De  Kalb  got  off  bis  car  to  take  a 
bridge  train,  the  two  young  women 
turned  to  look  at  him  and  he  saw  them.
“ Nice  looking  pair  of  girls,”   he 
thought,  “ and  they  are 
just  at  an  age 
when  they  think 
it  smart  to  be  flirty. 
Too bad ;  but  they  will  get  over  it.  By 
love!  They  are  looking  at  me.  Well, 
well,  this  is  a  joke  on  Mrs.  De  K alb .”
into  the  car  he 
found  that  the  two  young  women  were 
sitting  opposite  him.  They  talked  to 
each  other and  smiled  at  him.  De  Kalb 
was  amused.  He learned  that  one  young 
woman’s  name  was  “ M ame"  and  the 
other’s  “ D aisy,”   and  their  conversa­
tion  dealt  with  “ dictation”   and  “ ma­
chines”   and  “ Mr,  Brown’s  correspon­
dence”   and  the  “ lovely  new  clerk”  
who  was 
in  his  first  year  at  the  law 
school.  They  were  talking  for  his  ben­
efit.  He. "was  conscious  of  the  fact  that 
even  when  they  seemed  to  be  looking 
at  each  other  they  saw  him  out  of  the 
corners  of  their  eyes;  and  De  Kalb 
wasn’t  a  conceited  man,  either.  When 
the  train  was  halfway  across  the  bridge 
De  Kalb  smiled  a  broad  smile.

When  De  Kalb  got 

“ Here 

is  where  I  get  the  joke  on 
them,”   be  thought,  “ and  I  think  Mrs. 
De  Kalb  will  enjoy  it  when  I  tell  her 
about  it.  This  is  lovely.”
Mame  and  Daisy  each  appropriated 
De  Kalb’s  smile  to  herself  and each was 
encouraged  to 
look  at  him  directly. 
De  Kalb  stuck  his  hands  into  his  over­
coat  pockets  and  pulled  out  three  pairs 
of  baby  shoes.  The  effect  was  elec­
trical.  Mame  and  Daisy  stopped  in  the 
middle  of  their  smiles  like  automatons 
whose  machinery  has  run  down.  De 
Kalb  was  apparently  engrossed  in study­
ing  the  merits  of  the  small  shoes  in  his 
hands.  Mame  and  Daisy  nudged  each 
other  and  then 
looked  as  if  they  had 
struck  an  unspellable  word  in  dictation. 
De  Kalb,finished  his  inspection  of  the 
shoes,  put  them  back  into his  pockets 
and  then  grinned  at  Mame  and  Daisy.
The  car  had  drawn  into  the  station 
and  the  two  young  women  got  up  with 
an  extra  switch  of  their skirts.  As  they 
left  the  car  De  Kalb  heard  Daisy  say:
“ Did  you  ever  take  notice,  Mame, 
what  a  lot  of  common  men  ride  in these 
cars?”

“ Indeed  I  have  and  it’s  something 
terrible  the  way.  they  try  to  flirt.  They 
make  me  tired. ”

De  Kalb  said  nothing

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Petting the  People

Value  o f  Illustration  in  Modern  Ad 

vertising.
Written for the  Tbaoismak.

In  some 

instances,  as 

The  most  primitive  method  of  re 
cording  thought  or  expiessing 
it  by 
other  than  vocal  means  was  by  the  use 
of  pictures,  and  the  earliest  invented 
alphabets  were  all  modifications of these 
forms. 
in  the 
Chinese  and  allied  languages,  the  origi 
nal  picture  forms  and  significances  are 
plainly  traceable 
in  their  use  to-day. 
That  the  pictured  representation  should 
be  the  most  natural  mode  of  express 
ing  thought  is  sufficiently  obvious  and 
so  the  statement  that  in  its  appropriate 
place  there  can  be  no  more  effective 
method  is  a  reasonable  one.

In  the  earlier  days  of  advertising  the 
value  of 
illustration  was  little  recog 
ni zed.  The  reason for this  is  to be found 
in  the  fact  that  the  production  of  pic 
tures  suitable  for  advertising  was  a  for 
midable  undertaking  on  account  of  the 
crudeness  of  engraving  methods.  On 
this  account,  previous  to  the 
invention 
of  the  modern  methods  of  making  illus 
trations  during  the  past  fifteen  years, 
there  was  little  of  engraving  in  use out 
side  of  the  mechanical  representations 
of  the  article  advertised,  or  a  few  con 
ventional  faces and  figures  to call  atten 
tion  to  hair  dyes,  cosmetics,  etc.  But 
the  facility  of  modem  methods  has 
made  such  illustration  so easy  that  most 
periodicals  to-day  present  a  wonderful 
profusion  of  pictured  representations, 
among  which  the advertising  ideas  are 
liable  to  become  obscured.

it 

The  fact  that  the thought expressed by 
the  picture  is  the  more  quickly  com­
prehended  is  reason  enough  for  its  em­
ployment.  But  in  the  very profusion  the 
advertiser  is  liable  to  lose  sight  of  this 
prime  object  and,  instead of making  the 
picture  to  illustrate  the  idea,  it  is  used 
simply  for  decoration. 
In  some  cases, 
this  use  may  be  valuable ;  but  to  have 
much  effect  there  must  be  exceptional 
merit  or 
is  lost  in  the  level  of  the 
commonplace.  Some  decorative  art  pic­
tures  are 
in  effective  use  by  the  most 
extensive  advertisers,  which  is  evidence 
of  their  value;  but  this  value  must  de­
pend  upon  such  a  real  artistic  quality 
as  will  cause  them  to  grow  upon  the 
observer,  so  that  the  eye  will  recognize 
them  as  attractive,  although  familiar. 
Bat  the gaining  of  the  public  attention 
by  such  means  is  becoming  more and 
more  difficult  on  account  of  the great 
quantity  of  illustration,  of  all  grades  of 
merit  and  demerit.

illustration 

In  many  cases  the  most  practical  and 
effective 
is  a  simple  and 
clear  picture  of  the  article  to  be  ad­
vertised.  This  will  catch  the  interested 
in  the  most  effective 
eye  and  convey 
manner  the 
idea  of  what  is  for  sale. 
To  depend  upon  catching  the  attention 
simply  by  the  attractiveness  of  a  pic­
ture  expressing  no  particular  idea  and 
having  no  relation  to  the  subject,  and 
then  upon  prosaic  type  for  the  rest, 
is 
too  roundabout  a  method  to  be  effective 
in  this  age  of  directness  and  force.

idea 

introductory  to 

There  is,  however,  much  of  value 

in 
the  use  of  such  illustrations  as  in  the 
simplest  and  most  forcible  manner  ex­
press  some 
the 
written  portion  of  the  advertisement, 
even  although  there  _may  not  be  any 
particular  pertinence  in  the  illustration 
to  the  article  advertised. 
In  this  case 
the  value  of  the  picture  depends  upon 
the  principle  that  a  pictured  idea  is  the 
It
more  forcible  mode  of  expression. 

is to  be  observed  that  in  this  use  of  il­
lustration,  while  the  work  should  be 
artistic,  the  element  of  attractive  pret­
tiness  must  be 
It  is  impos­
sible  to  make  a  picture  serve  the double 
purpose  of  expressing  an 
idea  forcibly 
and  at  the  same  time gain  attention  on 
account  of  abstract  artistic  merit.

ignored. 

fine 

There  may  be a  seeming  exception  to 
this  proposition  in  the  impioving  meth­
ods  of  posing  figures  in  some  relation 
to  the  article  to  be  shown.  Examples 
of  this  have  long  been  familiar  in  the 
use  of  cooking  ¡lustrations,  in which  the 
attractive  features  are  the  pretty  faces 
figures  of  the  cooks.  This 
and 
method  is  coming  more and  more 
into 
use;  and 
in  some  of  the  larger  cities 
there  are  models  who  make  a  specialty 
of  this  soit  of  posing,  and  some  of  the 
best  photographers are  not  above  lend­
ing  their  skill  to  make  such  pictures 
effective.  Recently,  child  figures  are 
much  sought  for  this  purpose.

The  use  of  pictures  in  advertising 

is 
increasing  at  a  rapid  rate and  the  edu­
cation  of  the  public  makes  a  higher 
grade  of  artistic  skill  more  and  more 
essential.  This  requirement  in  turn  is 
educating  a  great  number  of  artists  and 
designers,  and  enlisting  the  attention  of 
those trained  in  other  lines  of  art,  until 
it 
is  becoming  an  interesting  specula­
tion  as  to  where the development  in  this 
direction  will  finally  end.  W.  N.  F.
Less  Trust  Put  in  Human Nature  Now 

than  Formerly.

business 

“ There  is  a  heap  of  difference,”  said 
a  commercial  agency  man,  “ between 
the  credit  system  now  and  the  system  of 
only  a  few  years  ago.  When  I  started 
it  was  the  fashion  for  the 
out-of-town  merchant  to  come  to  the 
market  to  make  his  purchases.  He 
visited  the  merchant  he  wanted  to  buy 
goods  of,  and  whether  he  knew  him  or 
not,  the  merchant 
in  five  minutes  bad 
made  up  his  mind  whether  he  wanted 
to  sell  goods  to  him  or  not,  and  just  the 
amount and  just  the  length  of  credit  he 
wanted  to  give. 
In  very  few  cases  was 
there  any 
investigation  of  a  man’s 
record.  The  merchant  simply  sized  bis 
man  up  and  then acted  on his judgment. 
The  system  wasn’t  bad,  either,  for those 
days,  for  it  was  seldom  that  a  merchant 
who  had  bad  experience  in  dealing with 
men  made  a  mistake.  You  could  tell 
then  what a  man  was after a  five-minute 
talk.

month 

“ But  to-day,  good  heavens!  you  talk 
to a  man  five  minutes  and  you  probably 
know  less  about  him  than  you  did  be­
fore  you  saw  him. 
I  mean,  of  course, 
n  the  matter  of  business  standing.  The 
merchant  who  tried  to  do  business  on 
in 
that  plan  to-day  would  be  bankrupt 
if  he  was  worth  millions  to 
start  with.  The  man  who comes in look- 
ng  for  credit  to  day  gets  just  as good  a 
reception  as  he  did  in  the  old days;  but 
after  he  has  given  his  order  and  goes 
away, his  record  is  gone  over  with  a  fine 
tooth  comb  before  he  gets  a  cent’s 
I  don’t  know  whether 
worth  of  credit. 
is 
human  nature has  changed  so  that  it 
mpossible  to  tell  whether  a  man 
is 
honest  now  and  will  keep  his  word  or 
not,  but  certain  it  is  that  you  can’t  size 
man  up  to-day  by  talking  with  him 
as  you  used  to  be  able  to  size  him  up. 
More  trouble  is  taken  to-day  to  find  out 
the  trustworthiness  of  a  man  who  wants 
$100  worth  of  credit  than  was  taken 
twenty  years  ago  to  look  up  the  trust­
worthiness  of  a  man  who wanted $20,000 
worth  of  credit.”

The  right  of  a  wife  to  seacrh  her hus­
band’s  pockets  is  to  be  tested  in  an  A l­
legheny  county  court.

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13

That  Drug  Store  Boy.

M.  Quad  in American Druggist.

in  all  rbings. 

I  had  no  complaints  to  make  about 
the  boy  whom  my  family  druggist  had 
about  his  store  up  to  six  months ago. 
Indeed,  we  took  to  each  other,  and 
were  chuck-a-luck 
It’ s 
the  boy  who  took  his  place—the  long­
haired,  freckled-faced  boy  with  the  icy 
reserve- whom  I  have  come  to  feel  is 
doing  me  a  rank  injustice. 
It  did  not 
take  me  ten  minutes  to  get  acquainted 
with  the  other  boy.  My  dog  followed 
me  into  the  place  one  day  and  pitched 
into  the  drug  store  cat,  and  between 
them  they  wrecked  things  for about  ten 
grinned 
minutes. 
the  boy 
chuckled. 
laughed  and  he  roared. 
There  was  a  bond  bewteen  us  from  that 
day  on.

I 
I 

and 

When  the  new  boy  was  new  to his 
place  and  a  stranger  to  me  I  used  to  lie 
in  wait  for  him  and  tell  him  funny 
stories  and  expect  to  see  him  swing  his 
hat  and  hear  him  roar  with  laughter. 
The  funniest  thing I  could  get  off  would 
not  even  bring  a  smile  to  his  face. 
After  spending  an  hour  with him  on one 
occasion,  telling  him 
joke  after  joke, 
and  while  I  was  in  the  midst  of  a  side­
splitting  story  which  I  felt  sure  would 
fetch  him  at  last,  be rose  up  and quietly 
said :

“ Excuse  me,  sir,  but  I  have  to  fill  a 
this 

gross  of  bottles  with  castor  oil 
evening. ”

When  I  found  that our  drug  store  boy 
had  nothing  funny  about  him  I  tried his 
serious  side. 
If  I  could  not  make  him 
laugh  I  would  try  to  make  him  weep. 
I  told  him  sad  and  mournful  stories  for 
forty  minutes  by  the  clock,  but  he never 
heaved  a  sigh  nor  shed  a  tear.  He  sat 
and 
listened  to  me  with  an  impassive 
countenance  until  I  had  talked  out,  and 
then  he  rose  and  quietly  said :

‘ If  you  have  wind  on  your  stomach  I 
would  advise  you  to  take  soda  m ints."
It  was  discouraging,  but  I  bung  onto 
that  boy  in  hopes  to  draw  him  out  and 
see  what  manner  of  boy  he  was.  One 
day,  when  I  found  him  arrangii%^the 
sticky  fly  paper,  I  asked  him  why  they 
wouldn't  make  good  porous  plasters.1' 
He  looked  up  at  me  a  little  bewildered, 
but  yet  losing  none of  his  dignity,  and 
did  not  answer. 
It  was  two  weeks  later 
when  he  said  to  me:

“ I  sold  one  to  old  Mrs.  Adler  for a 
porous  plaster,  sir,  and  she  says  they 
didn’t  get  up  no  itching." 
It  vexed 
me  to  find  that  the  drug  store  boy  was 
not  like  other  boys.

And  I  tried  to  put  them  up  to  pick  a 
fuss  with  him.  All  held  off  but  the 
grocer's  boy,  fearing  that  he  might  be 
carrying  a  bottle  of  vitriol  in  his  bind 
pocket  to  defend  himself.  The grocer’s 
boy  said  he'd  tackle  him  for  a  quarter, 
but 
it  wasn't  much  of  a  tackle.  He 
met  the  drug  store  boy  at  the  door  and 
started  to  knock  his  cap  off,  but  he  was 
looked  down  upon  with  such  dignity 
and  indifference  that  he  backed  off  and 
bumped  his  head  against  a  telegraph 
pole.  Then  I  tried  flattery  to  get  closer. 
I  told  the  drug  store  boy  that  his  head 
was  level  and  his  horse  sense  remark­
able.  I  praised  him  for  his  honesty,  his 
energy  and  his  ambition.  For  thirty 
minutes  I  soft-soaped  him  in  all  direc­
tions,  and  ended  up  with  an  offer to 
furnish  him  the  capital  to  set«up  in 
business.  He  kept  bis  eyes  fixed  on  a 
box  of  camphor  balls  while  I  was  talk­
ing,  and  he  had  nothing  to  say  until 
I  had  finished.  Then  he  arose  and 
brought  me  half  a  dozen  slippery  elm 
troches  and  said  they  were  awfully  good 
for  anybody  who  talked  too  much.
I  was  still  determinea  to  get  at  that 
boy,  and  one  day  I 
left  him  three  or 
four  novels  about  pirates,  Indians  and 
boy  detectives.  There  was  no  doubt  in 
my  mind  that  they  would  break  down 
his  reserve  and  win  bis  confidence,  but 
when  I  went  in  next  day  he  was  tearing 
up  the novels  to  light  a  fire  in  the  fur­
left  him  a  theater 
nace.  Next  day  I 
ticket  to  a  play 
in  which  no  end  of 
girls  were  abducted,  half  a  dozen  pi­
rates  hanged  and  a  train  of  cars  run  off 
the  track,  and  I  felt  sure  I  had  caught 
him  in  my  net.  He  didn’t  have  a  word 
to  say,  pro  or con,  but  a  few days 
later 
I  learned  that  he  bad  given  the  ticket

to  a  tramp  who  called  at  the  store  and 
tried  to  hit  him  for  a  nickel.

It  was  months  ago  that  I  made  up  my 
mind  that  our  drug  store boy  was  un­
approachable,  and  that  he  would  con­
tinue  to  hold  me at  arm’s  length  all  our 
lives.  Then 
1  assumed  the  dignified, 
imperturbable  demeanor  which  had 
characterized  him  from  the  first,  and 
there  is  no  hilariousness  when  we  meet. 
If  I  enter  the  store  for a  corn  cure  I 
greet  the  druggist  with  a  smile,  and  we 
talk  of  the  weather,  politics and all  that, 
but  if  I  enter and  find  the  boy in  charge 
we  stiffly  bow,  transact  business  with 
hardly  a  word  between  us,  and  we  real­
ize that  we  can  never  he  friends. 
It  is 
all  his  fault. 
I  admire  him  and  long 
to  chuck  him  under  the  chin  and  be 
friendly,  but  he  stands  me  off.  The 
other  night,  knowing  that  he  was  to 
come  down  to  the house with a prescrip­
tion,  I  cut  the  wire  of  the door-bell  He 
walked  up  the  steps  in  his  usual  digni­
fied  way,  gave  a  yank  at  the  bell,  and 
next  moment  he  went  head  over  heels 
down  the  steps. 
I  ran  out  prepared  to 
find  him  shocked  out  of  his  icy  reserve 
and  ready  to  make  terms  with  me,  but 
although  he  bad  busted  both suspenders, 
tore  his  coat  and  barked  his  shin,  he 
drew  himself  up  and  frigidly said :

"M r.  Blank,  I  am  sorry  to  say  I  have 
pulled  down  the  front  of  your  house. 
Please  make  out  and  present  your  bill 
of  damages."

if  he’d  only  meet  me  halfway. 

I  am  all  right  with  the  lawyer’s  boy, 
the  grocer’s  boy  and  the  laundry  boy. 
and  I ’d  be  all  right  with  the  drug  store 
boy 
I 
have  shown  my  readiness  on  dozens  of 
occasions,  but  he  continues  to  stand  me 
off  and  withhold  his  confidence  and 
friendship.  He  may  be  a  determined 
boy,  but  I  am  also  a  determined  man. 
Yesterday  when  I  went  in  for  a  glass  of 
root  beer  I  made  my  last  advances  to 
him,  and  he  must  now  take  the  conse­
I  smiled  at  him,  but  he  sent 
quences. 
me  back  a  stony  stare. 
I  poked  him 
in  the  ribs,  and  he  drew  himself  up 
like  a  crowbar. 
I  winked  at  him  and 
said  I ’d  take  a  glass  of  root  beer  with  a 
stick 
it,  and  he  drew  the  beer, 
dropped  in  a  sliver  off a  box and looked 
coldly  out  of  the  window  while 
I 
emptied  the  glass.

in 

Circumstances  Alter  Cases.

There was a poor man once 
Who had a piece to speak;
He also had a plan in mind 
Designed to aid the weak.
A ll worldly goods» he said,
Should be apportioned  so
That there m ig h t  be no  weak, no  strong, 
No lofty, and no low.

But Fortune smiled, and he 
Therefore, he had no more to say,

Became a wealthy man;
And dropped his noble plan.

It  Disappeared.

"B e g   pardon,  Grimly,  did  your  wife 
lose  that  $5  with  which  she  started  to 
the  savings  bank  or  was  she  robbed?”  
"Partly  both.  She  collided  with  the 
bargain  counter  of  a  department store. ’ ’

Switzerland  has  nineteen  associations 
devoted  to  collecting  the  discarded ends 
of  cigars  and  applying  the  proceeds  to 
In  one  year  they 
charitable  purposes. 
provided  1,720  poor  children  with cloth­
ing.  A  philanthrophic  society 
in  St 
Petersburg  makes  something  like $1,500 
a  month  from  a  similar  source.

A  story 

is  told  of  the  late  Baron 
Hirsch  that  conveys  a  valuable  lesson. 
After  writing  a  message  announcing 
the gift of  a  fortune  to  a school, the great 
millionaire  went  over  the telegram care­
fully  a  second  time,  condensing  it  so  as 
to  save  a  franc.

A  Baltimore  judge  has  decided  that 
faith-cure  doctors  are  not  entitled  to  re­
muneration  for  their  services.  He  takes 
the ground  that  the  faith-cure  physician 
renders  no  apparent  services  to the sick.

Mexico  wants  more  ginger,  and  as 
the  plant  grows  wild  in  mauy  parts  ot 
the  republic,  its  cultivation  is  to  be  en­
couraged. 
is  said  that  the  crop  will 
yield  $300  in  gold  to  the  acre.

It 

Peerless  Card

Manufactured  and  Guaranteed

Strictly Parc

B Y

Swift $ Co.,  Chicago.

T h e  largest manufacturers of lard  in  the  world.

Read  Their  Guarantee

Chicago,  Nov*  17,  1897* 

Olney & Judson Grocer Co*,

Grand Rapids*

Referring to the question of the 
purity of your  ««Peerless**  lard,  we 
hereby wish to state and guarantee 
to you that the lard we have shipped 
you in the past under that brand has 
been pure lard; that the lard we are 
shipping you now as Peerless lard is 
pure lard,  and as long as we continue 
to ship you Peerless lard it will be 
100 per cent* pure lard*

Yours Resp*y,

SWIFT & CO.,

By W* B* Albright,

Manager Lard Department*

T h e   “ Peerless*  Lard  is sold  only  by

Olney $ Judson Grocer Co., m

Grand Rapids. 

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T h e  largest jobbers in Western Michigan.

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M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits  and  Produce.
Necessity  of  Care  in  Marketing  Farm 

Produce.

While  each  of  the  various  products  of 
the  farm  and  garden  has  to  a  greater 
or  less  extent  its  own  particular  charac­
teristics,  and  requires  a  more  or  less 
different  treatment,  there  are  some  gen­
eral  rules  which  apply  equally  to  every 
kind  of  produce  and  to  every  market 
and  which  are  of  the  utmost  impor­
tance.  The  cardinal  virtue  in  preparing 
all  kinds  of  ptoduce  for  market  are 
neatness,  cleanliness,  and  uniformity. 
The  fact  that  the goods  packed  are  to 
be  eaten  should  never be  lost  sight  of, 
nor  should 
it  be  forgotten  that  if  they 
are  to  bring  the  very  highest  prices 
they  must  be  sold  to  people  whose  ap­
petites  are  not  easily  tempted,  but  who 
have  the  money  to  pay  for  practically 
everything  they  crave,  and  who  will 
and  do pay  well  for  the  extra  attractive­
ness  which  tempts  them.  With  these 
in  view,  the  great  importance  of 
facts 
neatness  and  cleanliness 
is  easily  ap­
parent.  Nor 
it  safe  ever  to  aim  at 
any but  the  highest  prices  for good pro­
duce,  for  should  a  shipment  deficient in 
any  way  as  to  style, 
form,  neatness, 
etc.,  happen  to  reach  the  market  at  a 
time  when  either  the  demand  is  light 
or the  supply  excessive,  it  will  remain 
unnoticed  until  the  “ strictly  fancy”  
goods  have  been  picked  up  by  the  buy­
ers,  and  then,  the  demand  having  been 
supplied,  must  await  the  next  day’s 
buyers,  suffering  severely  bv  the  delay 
and  eventually  being  either  sold  to  ped­
dlers  for  perhaps  less  than  the  freight 
charges  or  hauled  to  the  “ dump,”   a 
total  loss.

is 

The  following  is  a  sample of an every­
day occurrence:  Two fine lots of radishes 
will  come  to  market,  both  lots  of  the 
finest  quality.  One  lot  will  be  made 
up  into bunches,  in  each  of  which  the 
radishes  will  be  of  equal  size  and  the 
bunch  neatly  tied. 
In  the  other  the 
bunches  will  contain  radishes  of various 
sizes  and  the  bunches  be  clumsily  tied. 
The  first  buyer  that  comes  along  will 
snap  up  the  first 
lot  at  a  “ fancy”  
price,  while  the  second 
lot  will  be 
neglected  until  the  demand  is  exhaust­
ed,  and  will  ultimately  sell  for  little  or 
nothing.  The  same  difference  may  be 
seen 
in  several  lots  of  carroty  careful 
washing  proving  an 
important  factor 
with  this  and  other  roots.  Neatness  and 
attractiveness 
invariably  pay  well  for 
the  extra  trouble  expended.
Undoubtedly  cleanliness 

included 
the 
to  a  considerable  extent  under 
heading  of  neatness,  but  so  important 
is  it  that  it  is  deemed  worthy  of  sepa­
rate  consideration. 
It  is  found  lacking 
more  often  probably  in  the  preparation 
of  fruit  than  of  other  produce.  Too 
often  juice-stained  cases  injure  the  sale 
of  really  choice  berries,  or  the  dirty fin­
ger  marks  of  the  pickers  on  the  boxes 
will  turn  the  buyer  away. 
It  is  needless 
to  say  that  the  presence  of  sticks, 
leaves,  or  other  rubbish  invariably  in­
jures  the  sale. 
Even  potatoes  have 
sold  more  readily  because  marketed 
in 
clean,  well-filled  sacks.

is 

Uniformity 

is  of  the  greatest  im­
portance  and  requires  a 
little  more 
effort.  Some  varieties  of  produce  are 
invariably  marketed  in  uniform  pack­
ages,  the  30  dozen  egg  case,  for  in­
stance,  being  the  universal  standard, 
but  others,  particularly  fruits  and  veg­
etables,  are  put  up 
in  various  pack­
ages,  and  while  some  pertinent  sugges­
tions  may  be  made,  the  only  safe  rule

to  follow 
is  to  ascertain  the  require­
ments  of  the  market  or  markets  to 
which  you  expect  to  ship,  and  be 
guided  by  them. 
It  may,  however,  be 
accepted  as  a  practically  unvarying 
truth  that  the  finest  produce  will  not 
bring  the  highest  prices  if  packed  in 
unusual  packages.  The  writer  saw  an 
instance  of  this  recently:

containing 

A  Texas  concern,  new 

in  the  busi­
its  fine  crop  of  Gem  melons 
ness,  sent 
to  market 
in  boxes 
1% 
bushels,  the  usual  package  in  this  mar­
ket  being  a  half-bushel  basket.  The 
commission  merchant  who  received  the 
consignment,  although  recognized  as  a 
leader  in  Gems,  tried  in  vain  to  secure 
a  higher  price  for  the  more  generous 
boxes,  but  was  finally  obliged  to  sell 
them  at  the  then  market  price  for  half 
bushels,  viz.,  $1.25.  Fortunately,  the 
producer  was  present  when  the  ship­
ment  arrived  and 
tele­
graphed  his  associates  to  ship  Gems 
thereafter 
in  nothing  but  half-bushel 
baskets.  As  a  consequence,  the  last 
shipment  from  that  source,  consisting 
of  500 bushels  in  1,000  half-bushel  bas­
kets,  sold  for  exactly  the  same  amount 
as  each  of  the  two  previous  shipments, 
which  aggregated 
1,500  bushels  each. 
Needless  to  say,  that  shipper  will  study 
the  peculiarities  of  his  market  before 
making  further  shipments.

immediately 

The  above  may  seem  like  an exagger­
ation,  but 
it  was  an  actual  occurrence, 
and  the  principle  may  be  verified  any 
day.  The  explanation  is  simple:  The 
retailer  becomes  used  to  a  certain  sized 
package  and  knows  immediately  of how 
many  divisions  it  is  susceptible,  if  it is 
to  be  divided  at  all,  and  so  can  easily 
find 
its  selling  price  and  estimate  his 
profit.  New  packages  require  new  cal­
culations,  which  the  retailer  has  little 
time  to  make,  and  which  he  will  not 
undertake  unless  obliged  to. 
In  the  in­
stances  of  the  Gems  referred  to,  they 
would  meet  with  ready  sale 
in  half­
bushel  baskets;  not  only  the  size  of  the 
package  but 
its  convenience,  the  bas­
kets  being  provided  with  bails  or 
handles,  particularly  adapting  them  to 
the  retail  trade.  The  \'/2  bushel  boxes 
were  too  large  for  retail  consumption 
and  the  packages  too  clumsy  to  be  con­
Their  purchase 
veniently  handled. 
retailer’s  providing 
necessitated  the 
additional  baskets  and  making 
the 
necessary  subdivisions,  for  all  of  which 
he  could 
ill  afford  the  time  and  for 
which  the  producer  paid  handsomely.

Honesty  should  constitute  the  next 
general  principle  to  be  observed.  The 
mere  mention  of  it  may  appear out  of 
place 
in  a  paper  of  this  nature,  but  it 
is  not  from  a  moral  but  from  a  money­
making  standpoint  that  it  is  here  con­
sidered.  There  is  probably  no  business 
to  which  the  adage  “ Honesty 
is  the 
best  policy”   so aptly  applies,  and  it 
seems  as  though  there  were  no  legiti­
in  which  it  is  so often 
mate  business 
disregarded.  We  believe 
it  can  be 
safely  said  that  in  every  instance  when 
petty  deception 
is  attempted  it  proves 
a  boomerang.  Probably  the  dishonesty 
most  commonly  practiced  is  improperly 
“ facing”   packages,  such  as  barrels  of 
potatoes,  apples  and  other  fruits,  bas­
kets  of  peaches,  and  particularly  boxes 
of  berries.  The  trick  has  been  tried  so 
often  that  everyone,  even  the  most  in­
experienced  buyer,  looks  out  for  it.  Be­
fore  buying  a  case  of  berries  every  buy­
er  will  take  out  several  boxes  and  one 
after another  upset  them  into his  hand. 
This,  of  course,  exposes  practically  all 
the berries  in  the  box,  and 
if  any  de­
ception  has  been attempted  he  is  apt  to

A   0
M  I 

 Q  I  C   Q   MICHIGAN  GROW N 
I 
L .  C  O   N O R TH ER N   S P IE S .
C A P E  COD  C R A N B E R R IE S.

Hubbard  Squash,  Sweet  Potatoes,  Red  and  Yellow  Onions,  Spanish 

Onions,  Honey,  Lemons,  Oranges,  Bananas.

BUNTING  &   CO,  Grand  Rapids.

All kinds of

V E G E T A B L E S

Cranberries
Grapes
Celery
Onions
Apples
Potatoes  —  Beaps  --  Opiops

Ask for prices upon carlots  or less.

The Vinkemulder Company,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

We are in the market  daily;  buy  and  Sell  Potatoes  and  Beans,  carlots; 
if any to offer,  write or wire, stating; what you have, how  soon can ship.

M O S E L E Y   BRO S.,

Established  1876. 

Wholesale Seeds, Potatoes, Beans,  Fruits.

Harris & Frutchey

W holesale  Commission  M erchants

Are  a  good  firm  to  ship  B utter and  E g g s  to.

60  Woodbridge S t.,  W ., 

Detroit,  Mich.

MILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.

ORANGES FR€ L C.

We have  ioo  cars  La Barca  and  Sonora Oranges rolling,  which can 

be diverted to any point;  wire for prices.

601  N O R TH   T H IR D   S T .. 

S T .  L O U IS ,  M O .

We are in the market to buy

P E A S ,  B E A N S ,  P O T A T O E S

Onions and Onion Sets, Clover Seed,  Allsyke,  Pop Corn, etc.

If any to offer,  Telephone, Wire or Write us, stating quantity.

A L F R E D  J.  BROW N  S E E D   CO.,

24 and  26  North  Division  S t., 

G R AN D   R A P ID S.

Antiseptic

Package  Co.

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

in 

187-189 Canal  Street,

Grand Rapids,  Micb.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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COYNE  B RO THERS
WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS

161 S. Water St., Chicago.

BUIIEH,  EGGS,  TOULTRr.  FRUITS  END  VEGETABLES

Cu Mi:  POTATOES, APPLE], BEATS, HOIS

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, Chicago.

W rite  f o r   Tags  a n d   S te n c ils .  M e n tio n   th is   P a p e r w hen  W ritin g .

send  our  Machine  on  10  days’  trial 
to  interested  parties,  as  we  know  that  it 
will  give  satisfaction.  A   card  will  bring  C ir­
culars,  Prices  and  a  Machine  if  you  wish.

MILLER  BROS.,

Bean  Picking  Ma c w n e ^  

R O C H E S T E R ,   M I C H .

A B S O L U T E

PU R E GROUND S P IC E S , B A K IN G   PO W D ER 

B U T C H E R S’  S U P P L IE S ,  ETC.

FOR  THE TRADE.

T H E VIN K EM U LD ER   COM PANY,

PHONE  555.

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

R .  H IR T ,

Market St., Detroit.

Butter and Eggs wanted

W ill buy  same  at  point  of  shipment, 
or  delivered,  in  small  or  large  lots. 
W rite for particulars.

W A N T E D

Several  car  loads  of

P O T A T O E S   AND  B E A N S

H E R M A N N   C.  N A U M A N N   &  CO.,

W rite  for  particulars. 

3 3   W O O D B R ID G E  5T .,  W .,  D E T R O IT ,  V^ICH .

ANCHOR  BRAND

Will  please your customers and make  you  money. 
Popular prices prevail.  Ask for quotations.

F.  J.  D E TTE N TH A LE 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 .

ing  fruit,  particularly,  let  the  degree  of 
ripeness  in  each  package  be  uniform. 
When  hard,  unripe  fruit 
is  put  in  the 
same  package  with  tender,  ripe  fruit 
latter  will  be  bruised  and  all  de­
the 
cayed.  Where 
is  possible,  oversee 
the  loading  of  the  car  and  see  that 
space 
left  for  free  circulation  of  air 
between  the  boxes,  crates,  etc.,  as  this 
will  do  much  to  prevent  heating  and 
decay. 
Boosted 

the  Undertaker’s  Business 

G e o .  G .  H i l l .

is 

it 

Unawares.

The  debt  of  the  struggling 

little 
church  in  the  suburbs  had  ali  been  paid 
off but $600.

service. 

A  clergyman  noted  for  his  skill  and 
success 
in  raising  church  debts  had 
been  sent  for  and  was  conducting  the 
morning 
The  sermon  was 
over,  and  the  work  of  stirring  up  the 
audience  to  the  requisite  pitch  of  en­
thusiasm  had  begun.  Subscriptions  rose 
rapidly  to  $300,  then  to  §400,  and,  after 
considerable  effort,  to $500,  where  they 
stuck. 
In  vain  the  visiting  brother  ex­
horted  and  pleaded.  The  limit  of  the 
cash  resources  of  the  congregation  ap­
peared  to have  been  reached,  and  at last 
he  sat  down,  discouraged.

Then  Brother  Plantus,  a  highly  re­
spected  undertaker,  who  had  made  a 
liberal  subscription  already,  rose  and 
said :

“ Brethren,  this  thing 

sha’n’t  fall 
through  after  it  has  got  as  far  along  as 
$500. 
I  believe  in  a  man  giving  as  the 
Lord  has  prospered  him,  and,  although 
I  have  given  a  pretty  good-sized  dona­
tion,  I  am  ready  to  do  more. 
I ’ll  pay 
that  last hundred dollars myself.  Here’s 
my  check  for  the  amount.”

“ I  don’t  know  your  name,  brother,”  
shouted  the  visiting  preacher,  jumping 
to  his  feet  with  enthusiasm,  “ but I  pray 
the  Lord  your  business  will  double  dur­
ing  the  coming  year,  and  I  believe  it 
w ill!”
Merit  Coupled  with  Push  and  Energy.
We  are  pleased  to  notice  the  success 
of  any  business  enterprise  that  started 
at  a  time  when  other  concerns  were  be­
ing  compelled  to  close their doors.  This 
enterprising  company  had  fairly  begun 
the  manufacture  and 
introduction  of 
their  goods,  when  the  hard  times  were 
upon  them.  Through  all  the  hardships 
attendant  on  such  hard  times  they  have 
grown  from  an  acorn-like  establishment 
to giant-oak  sturdiness,  until  their  plant 
is  now  one  of  the  largest  and  strongest 
in  the  West.  The  Computing  Scale 
Company,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  is  on  the 
top  wave  of  success.  The  merit  of 
their  scales,  their  energy  and  push,  and 
the  apparent  desire  to  give  the  public 
the  best  that  brains  and  money  can 
produce  have  made  them  leaders  in  the 
scale  business.  The  Dayton  Computing 
Scale,  better  known  as  the  Money 
Weight  System,  was  the  first  of  its  kind 
introduced  to  the  public,  and  with  al­
most  40,000  of  these  scales  in  use,  we 
judge  they  have  come  to  stay  and  we 
bespeak  for  this  company  a  wonderful 
success 
in  placing  in  the  hands  of  the 
merchant  a  truly  wonderful  piece  of 
mechanism.

is 

lose  faith  in  the  entire  shipment.  With 
baskets  such  as  peaches,  plums,  etc., 
are  shipped  in,  several  slits  are  cut 
in 
the  sides,  thus  exposing  the  contents 
from  top  to  bottom.  Sharp  hatchets  are 
used  to  remove  pieces  from  the  sides  of 
barrels,  etc.  But  not  only 
immedi­
ate  discovery  almost  inevitable, but even 
when  the  shipper  is successful in fooling 
the  buyer,  the  latter,  discovering  that 
he  has  been  deceived,  not  only  refuses 
ever  after  to  purchase  goods  coming 
from  the  same  shipper,  but  relates  the 
story  to  his  fellows—the  story  usually 
growing  as  it  travels—until  it  not  infre­
quently  happens 
that  the  shipper’s 
goods  are practically boycotted,  even the 
most  fancy  stock  being  neglected  be­
cause  it  bears  the  shipper’s name, trade­
mark,  or  number.

for 

On  the  other  hand,  painstaking  care 
and  patience  will  generally  result  in 
building  up  for  the  shipper an  enviable 
reputation,  securing  for  his  shipments 
the  top,sometimes  a  little  above the top, 
of  the  market,  because  of  their  known 
unvarying  good  quality.  When  a  pro­
ducer  desires  to  build  up  such  a  reputa­
tion,  it  will  pay  him  to  adopt  a  brand, 
as, 
instance,  “ The  Star,’ ’  having 
first  ascertained  from  his  commission 
merchant  that  his  brand  will  not  in­
terfere  with  any  other  on  the  market. 
He  should  then  make 
it a  rule,  from 
which  there  must  never  be any  devia­
tion,  to  use  it  only  on  his choicest prod­
ucts,  omitting  the  brand  and  using  only 
his  regular  number  on  any  shipment 
that  cannot  be  rated  “ strictly  fan cy." 
Such  discrimination  against  the  poor 
qualities  of  one’s  own  product  requires 
strength  of  character  and  firmness  of 
purpose,  but  such  a  policy  steadfastly 
pursued  will  result  in  a  reputation  for 
the  goods  bearing  the  adopted  brand 
which  will  never  fail  to  obtain  for  them 
the  very  top  of  the  market.

Packing 

is,  after  the  quality  of  the 
produce,  the  next  most  important  con­
sideration.  A  little  study  of  the  route 
your  produce  must  take  to  reach  the 
consumer  will  convince  you  of  this.  A 
typical  trip  will  be  as  follows:  Several 
miles’  ride  in  a  spring wagon from farm 
to  railroad,  over  a  more  or  less  rough 
road;  then 
io  to  500,  or  even  1,000, 
miles  on  the  railroad;  careless,  hurried 
handling  by  trainmen  loading  the  prod­
uce  on  the  wagons  of  the  commission 
merchant,  and  hauling  over  rough  city 
pavements  to  his  store;  exposure  for 
some  time,  and  another  haul  to  the 
store  of  the  retailer,  where  it  is  again 
exposed 
for  sale,  and  usually  another 
haul  at  lively  speed  to  the  home  of  the 
consumer.  Consider  what  this  means 
to  tender  fruit  or  vegetables,  and  the 
necessity  of  extreme  care  becomes  ob­
vious.  To  pack  properly  requires  ex­
perience,  but  some practical suggestions 
may  be  given:

On  a  farm  whence  considerable  truck 
is  shipped  there  should  be  a  packing 
shed,  if  possible.  A  tight  roof  on poles 
is  best,  as  the  more  air  and  light  there 
are  the  better.  Decay  is  the  great enemy 
to  be  guarded 
against.  Heat  and 
moisture  are  the  greatest  promoters  of 
decay.  Wherever  possible  permit,  your 
fruit  or  vegetables  to  cool  from  the  heat 
of  the  day  before  packing.  Make  sure 
they  are  perfectly  dry  and  packed tight­
ly, 
taking  care  to  bruise  nothing. 
Bruising 
liberates  moisture,  which  in 
turn  produces  decay.  Either  too  tight 
or  too  loose  packing  results  in  bruis­
in 
ing,  for  if,  after  being  shaken  down 
transportation 
in  the 
packages  for  the  contents  to shake about 
they  will  certainly  be  bruised.  In  pack­

is  room 

there 

a 

Beware  of  J.  B.  Ballard,  of  Detroit.
Detroit,  Dec.  4—French  Bros.,  of 
Riley  Center,  secured 
judgment 
against  J.  B.  Ballard,  a  commission 
man,  before  Justice  Goodson  yesterday 
for  the  market  value  of  761  pounds  of 
dairy  butter.  Ballard,  it  appears,  ob­
tained  permission 
from  Charles  W. 
Rudd  to  put  in  a  desk  in  Rudd’s  store, 
31  Woodbridge  street,  and  to  receive 
his  mail  there.  He  solicited  commis­
sion  business  and  advertised,  giving 
Rudd’s  telephone  number  as  his  own. 
In  this  way  he  secured  the  butter  from 
French  Bros,  and  never  paid  for  it,sell­
ing  it to  Rudd  for g  cents  a  pound.  A 
number  of  commission  men  were  sworn 
and  all  of  them  varied  on  the  price  of 
butter at  the  time  it  was  bought  by  Bal­
lard.  There  was  no  defense.

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.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Women 

in  Germany  have  no  com­
punctions  about  taking  up  what  would 
seem  as  rather  extraordinary  occupa­
tions,  if  recent  statistics  are  to  be  re­
lied  upon.  According  to  these  tables 
there  are  in  the  fatherland  three  lady 
chimney 
fifty-three  female 
slaters,  seven  women  workers  in  armory 
(whatever  that  is  in  these  piping  times 
of  peace),  nineteen  clockmakers,  147 
tinkers, 
fifty  roadmakers,  379  black­
smiths,  309  masons  and  2,000  marble 
workers.

sweepers, 

WHOLE  WHEAT  FLOUR

contains the entire grain of wheat with 
only  the  fibrous  covering  removed, 
livery  pound of this flour  represents  16 
ounces of food value.

It contains  all  the  elements  required 
to  build  up  the  daily  wastes  of  the 
human system.  Bread made from  it is 
easily assimilated ;  is highly  nutritious 
and is most palatable.
Every  grocer should have it in stock. 
Manufactured by__

GUARD,  FAIRFIELD  &  CO.,  Allegan,  Mich.

Michigan trade supplied by the 

Olney & Judson  Grocer Co., Grand Rapids.

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.  .  .

“ U lyW h ite” Flour

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

NOW.

Valley  City  Milling  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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G O THA M   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special  Correspondence.

the  Market.

in  this 

sentiment 

New York,  Dec.  4—There  is  a  grow­
ing 
community 
against  the  publication  of  advertise­
ments  in  Governmental  reports  sent  out 
by  the  Bureau  ot  American  Republics. 
This  feeling  crystallized  Friday 
in  a 
meeting  of  the  representatives  of  the 
leading  trade  papers  to  protest  against 
If  advertisements  can 
its  continuance. 
be  printed 
in  one  report,  why  not  in 
others?  Why  should  not  the  great  de­
partment  stores  have  a 
list  of  “ bar­
gains"  in  the  agricultural  reports?  And 
what  a  held  for  patent  novelties 
is  of­
fered  by  other  departments !  Seriously, 
the  abuse  is  one  that  should  be  choked 
off  at  once,  and  every  trade  paper  in 
the  country  should  keep  up the agitation 
until  the  publication  of  these  advertise­
ments  ceases  by  act  ot  Congress,  if  that 
be  necessary.

During  the  week  the  jobbing  grocers 
of  this  city  have  been  having  a  rush  of 
holiday  orders  and  some  of  the  stores 
are  working  hours  overtime. 
In  the 
retail  stores  the  jam  is  larger  than  ever 
and  alter 9 o'clock  no  lone  man  should 
venture  into  the  shopping district.  Only 
frail,  delicate  women  are  equal  to  the 
task  of  crowding  to  the  bargain  counter 
through  a  row  of  women  twenty  deep.
'1 here  are  many  merchants  from  the 
interior  here 
looking  for  novelties and 
they  are  hard  to  suit  if  they  can’t  find 
what  they  want  within  thirty  minutes.

Coffee 

is  the  one  thing  which  shows 
no  special  Christmas  cheer.  It  has  been 
a  dull  and  uninteresting  week  and 
prices  remain  at  the  low  basis  of  last 
week.  Supplies  are  large,  the  stock 
here  and  afloat  aggregating  1,043,649 
bags,  against  606,448  bags  at  the  same 
time  last  year.  Rio  No.  7,  6f£c.  Ad­
vances  from  Europe  Friday  indicate  a 
weaker  feeling  at  the  leading  coffee 
markets  abroad.  For  mild  sorts  there 
is  a  little  belter  feeling,  but,  as  a  rule, 
there 
is  still  room  lor  improvement. 
East  India  sorts  are  steady  and  rates 
are  practically  unchanged.

The  sugar  market  has  displayed  a 
considerable  activity,  both  tor  raw  and 
refined.  Orders  for  the  latter,  while  not 
large  in  many  cases,  have  been  frequent 
and  from  all  sections,  so  that  in  the  ag­
gregate  a  good  quantity  has  gone  out. 
There 
is  no  delay,  however,  in  filling, 
orders  promptly.  For  granulated  the 
list  price  is still 5c.

Tea  importers  “ profess  confidence”  
in  the  outlook.  There has been a slightly 
stronger  tone  to  the  market  during  the 
past  tew  days  and,  while  this  is  not  an 
alarming  symptom,  it  is  not regarded as 
particularly  encouraging.  The  better 
sorts  ot  tea  sell  with  a  good  degree of 
freedom  at  remunerative  rates,  but  they 
are  hardly 
in  evidence  enough  to  cut 
much  of  a  figure.
The  rice  market  during  the  week  has 
been  quieter than  for  some  time.  Or­
ders  from  the  interior have  been  infre­
quent  and  city  jobbers  report  little  do­
ing.  A  better  condition  is  looked  for 
soon  after  the  beginning  of  the  new 
year,  as  dealers,  large  and  small,  are at 
piesent  reducing  stocks  of  all  kinds 
preparatory  to  the  annual 
inventory. 
Prime  to  choice  domestic,  5 Ji@ 5^ c .
Spice  stocks  seem  to  be  ample  to pre­
vent  any  appreciation  of  quotations  and 
the  demand  is  not  greater  than  usual. 
Some  few  mail  orders  have  come  to 
hand,  but  the general  tendency  is  seem­
ingly  to  wait.

In  molasses,  the  jobbing  trade  is  very 
quiet.  Arrivals  are  freer,  but  the  de­
mand 
is  not  “ equal  to  the  occasion. ”  
Prices  are  practically  unchanged.  Good 
to  prime  centrifugal,  I 4@ i 8 c ;  good  to 
prime  open  kettle,  27@3oc.
The  canned  goods  market  is  quiet. 
The  whole  range  of  goods  seems  to  be 
depressed,  unless  tomatoes  be  the  ex­
ception.  For  the  latter  there  has  been 
a  good  demand,  with  No.  3  standards 
held  at  $ 1 .  Fancy,  $ i . o$ @ i .2 o.

Dried  fruits  are  quiet.  There  is  a 
growing  demand  for evaporated goods in 
cartons,  and  especially  for  apples  and 
raspberries,  for  both  of  which  there  is  a

satisfactory  enquiry.  Evaporated apples 
are  hard  to  obtain,  on  accouift  of  the 
scarcity  of  fresh  fruit,  one  evaporator 
stating  that  he  bad 
in 
this  market  twenty-five  barrels  of  ap­
ples  at  $4  per  barrel,  in  order  that  he 
might  fill  an  export  demand.

just  purchased 

Lemons  and  oranges  are  hardly  as 
active  as  last  week.  Supplies of  Florida 
oranges  are 
larger  than  it  was  thought 
they  would  be  and  prices  have  sagged. 
For  the  better  grades,  of  course  there 
is  an  outlet  at  satisfactory  rates.

Raisins,  dates, 

figs,  prunes,  citron, 
etc.,  are  moving  with  celerity  and deal­
ers  are  wishing  that  the  holiday  season 
lasted 
is  a  period  that 
makes  up  for a  long  dull  season.

longer.  This 

For  best  Western  creamery  butter  23c 
is  the  prevailing  figure.  Arrivals  are 
not  excessive  and,  with  a  good demand, 
there 
likelihood  of  still  further ad­
vances.  Other  than  best  grades  are 
quiet.

is 

The  cheese  market 

is  still  dull,  al­
though  a 
little  more  interest  is  mani­
fest  by  exporters.  Domestic  trade  is 
light  and  prices  are  practically  un­
changed.

Fresh  eggs  are  scarce.  Near-by,  26c, 
best  Western,  23c.  The  chances  are 
that  we  shall  see  a  still  further  advance 
before  the  close  of  the  year.

All  kinds  of  beans  are  firmer  and  the 

outlook  is  encouraging.

She  Changed  the  Conversation. 

From the Wichita Sunday Eagle.

During  the  summer  of  1886 a  hand­
some  New  England  lady  paid  a  visit  to 
one  of  the  North  Side  society  queens 
of  Wichita. 
In  due  time  a  swell  lawn 
party  was  given  by  the  hostess  at  her 
home  to  make  her  visitor  acquainted 
with  her  Western  friends.  Among  those 
invited  was  the  genial  and  witty  Will 
Beatty.  He  was 
in  from  his  trip  off 
the  road  and,  donning  his  best  attire 
was  soon  at  the  party.  He was  present­
ed  to  the  visiting  lady  and  it  happened 
to  be  his  good  fortune  a  little  later  in 
the  evening  to  have  her  on  his  arm 
promenading  over  the  velvety  lawn. 
In 
the  course  of  conversation  Miss  Blank 
asked  Mr.  Beatty  what  business  he  fol­
lowed.
' “ I ’m  a  commercial  traveler.”
The  lady,  possibly 

in  a  moment  of 
mental  aberration,  made  this  remark : 
“ In  the  East  commercial  travelers  do 
not go  in  the  best  society.”

Before  the  last  word  had  hardly  left 
“ They 

her  lips  Mr.  Beatty  replied: 
don’t  here  either.”

Conversation  was  carried  on  after that 

in  entirely  different  channels.
T he  New  England  Maid  with  No 

Appetite.

Rebecca Dainty was a maid whose summers no one 
Though she for fifteen years had said that  she  was 
And  though she never  felt  real  smart,  folks called 
And while she had a good, kind  heart,  she  had  no 

knew,
thirty-two;
her rather bright,
appetite.

She always came to breakfast late, and ne’er forgot 
First she would pass  her little plate and  try a piece 
Next she would cast her eyes around  the table, left 
To see  if  something  could  be  found  to  tempt  her 

her sigli;
of pie,
and right,
appetite.

If on  the table  beans  were  found,  to  eat  some  she 
And then  of  lamb  chops  spoil  a  pound,  nor  pass 
A  piece or two  of  hot  corn  bread  was  always  her 
Although, poor thing, she always said  she  had no 

would try,
the codfish by.
delight,
appetite.

She  next  would  try  a  chicken’s  leg  and  then  a 
Next she would eat a soft boiled egg and then most 
She always wanted something^!ght  when  first  she 
But  how  she  coaxed  her  appetite  would  make  an 

piece of wing;
anything. 
started in,
ostrich grin. 

T h o m a s  F .  P o r t e r .

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left  a  personal 

The  late  George  Palmer,  of  Reading, 
England,  the  head  of  the  well-known 
cracker  firm, 
estate 
worth 
.£1,000,000.  The  whole  of  this 
was  accumulated  by  his  own  industry 
in 
legitimate  trade,  for  he  started  in 
business  as  a  cracker  baker  practically 
is  not 
without  any  capital,  and  he 
known  to  have  engaged 
financial 
speculation  of  any  kind.

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Fourth  National  Bank, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
D. C. Oakes, Banker, Coopersville,  Mich.

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Further  Particulars  of the  Kalamazoo 

Entertainment.

Kalamazoo,  Dec.  7—We  have  en 
gaged  the  Academy  of  Music,  which, 
bv  the  way,  is  second  to  none  in  thé 
State.  The  whole  lower  floor  is  to  be 
floored  over  even  with  the  stage  and 
canvased.  and  will  be  large  enough  to 
seat  about  800 at  the  banquet  Tuesday 
night,  the  same  to  be  used  Wednesday 
night  for  our  hall,  which  we  think  will 
surpass  anything  of  the  kind  ever  given 
here.  The  traveling  men,  merchants 
and  manufacturers  have  contributed 
very  liberally  and  we  have  85  per  cent, 
of  the  amount  needed  in  the  hank  to­
day.  The  hovs  have  taken  bold  with  a 
igbt  good  will  and  are  pulling  together 
n  fine  shape  The  heads  of  the  several 
committees  are  bustlers  and  are  work- 
ng  every  minute  to  make  this  a  suc­
cessful  meeting.
C.  V.  Cahle  has  charge  of  the  ban- 
. 'iet,  and,  if  there  is  anvone  who knows 
how  to  get  up  something  good  to  eat, 
Charles  is  the  fellow.  The 
lady  mem­
bers  of  the  Reception  Committee  have 
gone  to  work  with  a  will  and  the  visit- 
ng  ladies  can  he  assured  of  a  good 
'me.  We  desire  the  hoys  who  have 
vives  to  bring  them  along,  and  those 
Yho  haven’t  any.  to  get  ’em  before  tbi-1 
ime  and  bring  ’em  down  on  their  wed- 
ling  trips.
T he 

ladies  will 

rooms  provided 
will  serve  tea  and  light  lunch 
rig  lady  m em bers. 

receive  in  the  cluh 
that  purpose  and 
to  visit- 
E.  F.  Za n d e r .

for 

Work  Well  Under  Way—Resolution  of 

Condolence.

Kalamazoo,  Dec.  6 -A t  a  special 
meeting  of  Post  K,  held  at  the  Ameri 
can  House  Sunday.  Dec.  5.  we  had  a 
report  from  all  the  committees  of  the 
coming 
reports 
¡bowed  excellent  progress  in the prelim 
nary  work  of  entertainment  and  dem­
onstrated  the  complete  success  of  the 
convention,  so  far  as  the  local  work  is 
concerned.

convention. 

These 

The  following  resolution was adopted : 
Whereas,  Although  our  Brother Slaght 
was  personally  unknown  to  most  of  the 
members  of  Post  K,  we  recognize  the 
fact  that 
in  his  death  the  blow  falls 
heavily  upon  his  wife  and  immediate 

relè  of friends ;  therefore 
Resolved,  That  the  members  of  Post 
K  extend  their  heartfelt  sympathy  to 
Mrs  Fannie  B  Slaght  in  this  hour  of 
bereavement;  and 
that  we  deprecate 
exceedingly  the  loss that  has  thus  befal­
len  our  State  Association.

F.  L.  N ix o n,  Sec’y.

Secretary  Saunders  to  be a Candidate 

at  Kalamazoo.

Lansing.  Dec.  6 — T  am  instructed  bv 
1st  A .  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip, 
notify  you  that  at  a  meeting  of  the 
'ost,  held  Saturday  evening,  Dec.  4, 
the  members  unanimously  endorsed  thè 
candidacy  of  John  C.  Saunders  for  Sec­
retary  of  the  Siate  organization,  and 
ask  you  to  kindly  notice  the  fact  in 
“ our  next  issue.

H.  E.  B r a d n e r ,  Sec’y.

Probably  the  oldest  pharmacy  in  the 
world  is  one  in Schweinfurth,  Germany, 
which,  although  established 
in  1412, 
eight  years  later  than  the  first  German 
pharmacy  at  Nuremberg,  is  still “ doing 
It  was 
business  at  the  old  stand.”  
founded  by  the  city  authorities, 
in 
obedience  to  the  wishes  of  the  citizens, 
and  was  «quipped  at  a  cost  of  5,000 
gulden,  about  $2,000,  an  enormous "sum 
at  that  era.

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 hath lrom $3.50  to ${.

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

Carr  &  Reeve.

H e  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  S3.
Most  popular  moderate 
priced  hotel  in  Michigan.

P o stal  Sc  Morey,

I  l e t r x l t .   M l u h .

Phone:490.  3  Canal S t.

N E W   R E P U B L I C

Reopened  Nov.  25.

FINEST  HOTEL  IN  RAV  CITY, 

btc'&m ht at,

Electric  Bells and  Lighting throughout. 

Rates,  II S i to  12 00.

Cor.  Saginaw and  Fourth  Sts.

GEO  H  SCHINDHETT.  Prop.
Cutler  house  at  Grand  Haven.

Steam  Heat.  Excellent Table.  Com 
fertable  Rooms.  H.  D.  and  F.  H.
1121 S'H  Oron.

HOTEL  WHITCOMB

A. VINCENT. Prop

ST. JO SEPH ,  MICH. 

T H E   W H IT N E Y   H O U S E

Rates  $1.00  to  $1  25  per  day.  Complete  Sanitary 
Improvements. 
Electric  Eights.  Good  Livery 
in connection.  State  Line  Telephone.

C!»••*. E.  Whitney. Prop..  Plainwell. Mich.

Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights of the drip. 

President. J ab  F   Ha m m e l l. Lansing;  Secretary 
J  C.  Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer,  Chas.  Me- 
N o lt t,  Jackson.

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President.  S  H.  Ha r t ,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer. D% Mo r r is, Detroit.

United  Commercial  Travelers of  Michigan. 

Grand  Counselor,  F  L.  Day  Jackson:  Grand 
Secretary. G  S  Valmorb, Detroit ;  Grand Treas­
urer, Geo  A. R e y n o l d s, Saginaw.
Michigan  Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President, A. F .  Pe a k e , Jackson:  Secretary and 
Board  of  Directors—F .  M  T y l e r ,  H.  B.  F a ir  
c h il d . J a s. N.  B r a d f o r d . J  H e n r y Da w l e y .G eo 
J.  He in z e l r a n ,  C h a s. S.  R obinso n.

Treasurer. G eo.  F   Ow en.  Grand  Rapids 

dent  Association.

Lake  Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club.

President.  W.  C.  B rown.  Marquette;  Secretary 
and  Treasurer.  A. F.  W ixso n.  "arquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Wm.  M.  Averill,  the  veteran  Muske 
gon  grocery  salesman,  contemplates  op 
ening  a  dry  goods and  grocery  store  at 
Cedar  Springs.

Geo.  Miller,  the  clothing  salesman, 
announces  his  intention  of  transferring 
his  residence  from  Charlevoix  to  Trav 
erse  City  about  Jan  i.

So  far  as  the  Tradesman’s 

in forma 
tion  goes,  no  other  candidate  than  John 
A.  Hoffman  will  be  presented  for  the 
presidency  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of 
the  Grip  at  the  Kalamazoo  c< n 'ention.
Egbert  C.  Shay,  formerly  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  on  East  street 
(Grand  Rapids),  has  engaged  to  travel 
for  the  Schulte  Soap  Co.  (Detroit),  tak­
ing  the  territory  formerly,  covered  by 
John  Cooper.

C.  L.  Senseney,  Western  Michigan 
representative  for  the  Stimpson  Com­
puting  Scale  Co.,  has  relinquished  that 
territory  to  R.  P.  Bigelow,  who  will 
hereafter  have  charge  of  the  Western 
half  of  the  State,  as  well  as  the  Eastern 
portion.  Mr.  Bigelow’s  many  friends 
will  rejoice  with  him  in  his  success  as 
a  scale  salesman  and  manager  of  scale 
salesmen.

The  special  meeting  of  Post  E(Grand 
Rapids),  which  will  be  held  at  Sweet’s 
Hotel  Saturday  evening,  promises  to  be 
one  of  the  most 
interesting  events  ever 
held  under  the auspices  of  the  organiza­
tion.  Two  candidates  seek  the  indorse­
ment  of  the  Post  for  the  position  of 
State  Secretary  and  it  is  expected  that 
the  matter  will  come  up  at  that  time 
for  consideration  and  action.  Both  gen­
tlemen  are  well  known  to  the  traveling 
men  of  the  city  and 
if  the  friends  of 
both  candidates  are  out  in  full  force,the 
parlors  of  the  hotel  will  hardly  be  large 
enough  to  accommodate  the  crowd.

A  good  story 

is  told  on  one  of  the 
officers  of  the  Lake  Superior  Commer­
cial  Traveler’s  Club  who 
resides  at 
Hancock.  He  used  to  be  quite  a  poli­
tician  and  at  a  hot  election  not  long 
ago,  everybody  was  scouring  the town 
for  voters.  Tom  knew  it  would  be  a 
close  election  and  remembered  that  one 
man  in  bis  ward  had  no*  voted  because 
he  was  too  sick  to  leave the house.  Tom 
sent  a  carriage  to  bring  the  sick  man  to 
the  polls  without  fail.  He  was  induced 
to  come,  but  as  he  was  being  helped 
into  the  voting  place,  he  fainted.  Some 
one  said  he  was  dead 
in  his 
anxiety,  ordered  the  crowd  to  stand 
back  and  let  the  sick  man  vote  before 
he  died.

Tom, 

Edward A.  Sheets,  traveling salesman 
for  W.  H.  Miller  &  Co.,  wholesale 
fur 
dealers  at  Detroit,  has  not  been  heard 
from  for a  fortnight.  He  went  on  the 
road  with about $3,000 worth of  fur  sam­

ples,  and  the  firm,  becoming  alarmed 
made  a  search  for  the goods,  finding  the 
majority  of them  in  Chicago pawnshops. 
Whether  or not  the  remainder  of  the 
furs  were  sold  by  Sheets  Mr.Miller  does 
not  know,  but  he  has  received  informa 
tion 
from  Chicago  that  Sheets  gave 
small  fur  scarfs  to  Palmer  House  bel 
boys.  A  sealskin  sack  was  also  found 
in  pawn  at  Burlington,  la.  Mr.  Mille 
thinks  Sheets  is  on  a  spree.  Heretofore 
his  record  as  a  traveling  man  has  been 
admirable.  Sheets  lives  in  Detroit.and 
has a  family,  from  whom  he  is  separa 
ted,  living  in  Ohio.

In  the  opinion  of  the  Tradesman,  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  made  a  serious 
mistake  in  refusing  to  promulgate  the 
proposed  amendment to the constitution 
providing  for the  annual  elect-on of nffi 
cers  bv  means  of  a  sealed  mailed  hal 
lot.  The  Tradesman  commended  the 
suggestion  several  weeks  ago  and  sees 
no  reason  wbv  a  proposition  which  pos 
sesses  so  much  merit  should  not  he  per 
mitted  to  go  before  the  convention  fo 
consideration  and  action.  The  innova 
tion  was  warmly  commended  bv  Ex 
President  and  Ex-Secretary  Mills,  D 
rector  Tyler  and  many  other  member 
f   standing  and  character  and  shou 
not  have  been  so  precipitately  side 
tracked  by  the  Board,  which  has  ev 
dently  overlooked  the  fact  that  a  hoard 
if  directors  is  created  and  maintained 
for the  purpose  of  serving  the  members 
of  the  organization  and  not  to  rule  them 
with  a  rod  of  iron,  to 
ignore  their  sug 
gestions  and  effectually  block  the  on 
ward  progress  of  the  organization.

Four  new  faces  will  circulate  amont 
the  customers  of  the  Ball  Barnhart-Put 
man  Co.—John  Watkins,  John  M.  Marz, 
John 
J.  Boer  and  another gentleman 
whose  identity  will  be  disclosed  in  tb 
course  of  a  week  or  two.  Mr.  Watkins 
will  cover  the  territory  which  Dr. Evan 
has nursed  so  carefully  for  the  past  fif 
teen  years.  He  hails  from  Lansing, 
where  he  has  represented  the  Genesee 
Fruit  Co.  for  the  past  seven  years.  John 
M.  Marz  will  cover  the  route  formerly 
taken  by  Chas  Reynolds  before  he  wai 
transferred  to  the 
formerly 
covered  by  S.  R.  Evans.  He  hails  irom 
Saginaw,  where  he  represented  Geo.  A 
Alderton  &  Co.  for  a  couple  of  years 
lohn  J.  Boer,  who  recently  sold  his  gro 
eery  stock  at  Grand  Haven,  will  cove 
the  Holland  colony  and some of the Lak< 
hore  towns.  Grant  Galloway  will  here 
fter devote  his  entire  attention  to  the 
ity  trade,  consequent  upon  the  retire­
ment  of  Arthur  Fowle,  who  has  en 
gaged  to  cover  the  city  trade  for  W.  F. 
McLaughlin  &  Co.,  of  Chicago  Mes 
srs.  Marz  and  Boer  begin  operations 
next  Monday  and  Mr  Watkins  will  start 
out on  his 
initial  trip  with  the  new 
house  Jan.  1.
Post  O  on  Record 
Matter.

in  the  Moeller

territory 

Owosso,  Dec.  6 -A t  the 

last  regular 
meeting  of  Post  O,  the  following  reso­
lution  was  unanimuosly  adopted:

Whereas,  It  has  come  to  our  knnwl 
edge  that  H.  F.  Moeller,  Assistant Gen­
eral  Passenger  Agent  of  the  F  &  P  M. 
Railroad,  has  made  unkind  remarks 
about  traveling  men  who  find  f  ult  with 
the  new  mileage  hook,  and  certain 
members  of  our  order 
in  particular, 
calling  them  disreputable  and  dishon­
est ;  and

Whereas,  Such  remarks  are  unbusi 
nesslike,  ungentlemanly  and  wholly  un­
called  for;  therefore  be  it
Resolved,  That  the  seal  of  condem­
nation  be  placed  upon 
the  remarks 
made  by  Mr.  Moeller  in  regard to mem­
bers  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip  and  traveling  men  m  general.
Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be 

in­
structed  to  have  this  resolution  pub­
lished  in  the  Michigan  Tradesman.

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DrugS” Chemicals

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

S. E.  P a r k i l l ,  Owosso 
P .  W.  R .  P e r r y ,  Detroit 
A . C.  S c h u m a c h e r .  Ann  Arbor 
Gso. G u n d r u m .  Ionia  - 
L. E. R e y n o l d s, St.  Joseph 
-

President, P .  W.  R .  P e r r y , Detroit.
Secretary, Geo. Gu n d r u m ,  Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. S ch u m a c h er, Ann Arbor.

Examination  Sessions.

Detroit—Tuesday, Jan. 4 and  5.
Grand Rapids—March 1 and 3.
Star Island—June 27 and 28.
Marquette—About Sept. 1.
Lansing—Nov.  land 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.  W e b b e r , Cadillac.
Secretary—Chas.  Ma n n ,  Detroit.
Treasurer—J ohn D.  M u ir , Grand R ap id s.

How  One  Clerk  Got  a  Raise. 

Stroller In Grocery World.

I  saw  a  grocer  so  thoroughly mortified 
and  humiliated 
last  week  that  I  felt 
sincerely  sorry  for  him,  although  his 
humiliation  came  from  his  own  fault 
entirely.  Still,  you  can’t help  a  sneak­
ing  sympathy  for  a  poor  devil  that’s 
getting  the  worse of  a  fight  in  public.

I ’ve  known  this  grocer  for  several 
years.  The  readers  of  this  department 
will  remember a  reference  I  made  sev­
eral  months  ago  to  a  grocer  who  had  a 
great  deal  of  trouble  through  his  clerks 
eating.  That  was  the  one,t  and  this 
trouble  has  continued  up  to the  present 
time.  He  does  a  general-store  business, 
rather  than  an  exclusive  grocery  busi­
ness,  and  employs  three  clerks.  His 
business 
is  large,  and  his  clerks  are 
kept  pretty  busy  all  of  the  time.  Still 
they  found  a  chance  to  eat,  eat,  eat. 
Great  gad,  but  those  clerks  did  stuff!
One  clerk  in  particular,  a  poor,  thin 
fellow,  seemed  to  have  his  mouth  full 
all  the  time. 
I  don't  believe  I ’ve  ever 
been 
in  that  store  when those clerks, 
particularly  the  thin  one,  weren’t  chew­
ing  away  on  something. 
You  can’t 
blame  the  grocer  for  getting  hot over 
this.  Every  cent’s  worth  those  clerks 
ate  meant  a  cent  cut  off  his  profits,  and 
when  you’ve  got  three  healthy, young 
it  all  the  time  it  means 
pigs  going  at 
money.  So 
this  grocer  thought  and 
thought  and  racked  his  brain  for  some 
way  to  stop  it.  He  threatened  and  be 
docked  and  he  politely  requested,  and 
he  did  everything  he  could  think  of, 
but  nothing  worked  except  the  clerks’ 
jaws.  They  worked,  and  they  kept  on 
working. 
I  suggested  to  the  grocer  one 
day  that he  give  all  three  of  ’em,  se­
cretly,  a  good  dose  of  tape-worm  medi­
cine,  but  he  scoffed  at  it.

Finally, 

the  grocer  got  desperate. 
His  business  was  running  behind  a 
lit­
tle,  and  this  made  him  irritable.  He 
called  his  clerks 
in  the  back  of  the 
store about  a  month  ago and  told  them 
in  plain  words that  the  first  one  he  saw 
eating  from  stock  he  should  have  ar­
rested.  He  was  angry  and  he  didn’t 
take any  pains  to  choose  his  words.  He 
told  me  himself,  so  I know.

“ I ’ve  done  all  I ’ m  a-goin’  to!’ ’  he 
told  the  clerks.  “ You’ll  stop  this  eatin’ 
and  stuffin’  or  I ’ll  know  the reason why ! 
The  first  man  that  I  ketch  eatin’  from 
my  stock  is  going  to  be  hauled  up  be­
fore  the 
if  that'll  stop 
you!”

’Squire!  See 

The  clerks  were  badly  scared,  and 
shut  their  eating  right  off—until  the 
effect  of  the  old  man’s  ultimatum  wore 
off.  Then  they  gradually  resumed  their 
little  lunches,  first  when  the  grocer  was 
out,  and  then  when  he  was  in,  but  with 
his  back  turned.  At 
last,  about  two 
weeks  ago,  the  thin  clerk  who  had  all 
along  been  the  most  incorrigible offend­
er,  was  caught  one  day  with  his  mouth 
full.  The  grocer  asked  him  sharply 
what  he  was  eating,  and  the  clerk 
tremblingly  told  him  crackers.  Another 
question  elicited  the  fact  that  they  were 
from  the  stock,  and  then  the  grocer 
clapped  on  his  hat  and  grimly  marched 
out  of  the  store.

The clerks knew  very  well  where  he

was  going,  for  the  old  man  always  kept 
his  word,  whether  to friend  or  foe.  The 
thin  clerk  was too scared  to do anything. 
Another  one  of  the  clerks  told  me,  as  a 
great 
joke  on  “ Skinny,”   as  they  call 
him,  that  in  his  desperate  fear  he  went 
down  into  the  cellar  to  commit  suicide, 
but  couldn’t  find  anything  to  de  it with, 
so  he  trotted  up  again.

in  a 

True  to  his  word,  the  grocer  came 
back 
little  while  with  the  town 
constable,  who  had  a  warrant  for  the 
thin  clerk’s  arrest  on  the  charge  of 
stealing.  The  three  of  them  went  down 
to  the  office  of  the  local  ’Squire,  who, 
by  the  way,  is  a  character  worth  men­
tioning.  H e's  an  old  man,  as  good  as 
gold,  and  respected  and  loved  by  every­
body  in  the  place—except  tramps  and 
thieves.  H e’s  a  kindly  old  gentleman, 
the  friend  of  the  needy  and  the  confi­
dant  of  the  troubled.

The old  ’Squire  was  in  his  office  and 
held  a  hearing  at  once.  By  this  time 
the  poor  clerk  was  an  abject  spectacle. 
You  know  what  it  means  to  be  arrested 
in  a  country  village,  and  this  was  the 
first  time  he  had  ever  experienced  the 
pleasure.  The  poor devil  was  dissolved 
in  tears  and  couldn’t  stand  up  straight.
When  the  hearing  began  the grocer 
told  his  story.  He  told  all  about  the 
trouble  he  had  had  with  the  clerks  eat­
ing,  and  what  he  had  tried  to  stop  it, 
and  how  everything  had  failed.  The 
clerk  sat  crouched  up  in  a  chair.

After  the grocer  had  finished  the  old 

’Squire  started  in  to  question  a  little.

“ What  do  you  pay  this  young  man, 
John?”   be  asked,  in  the  familiar  ver­
nacular  of  the  country  town.

“ I  don’t  know  that  that  has  anything 

“ You  must  answer the question, ”  said 

to  do  with  it,”   snapped  the  grocer.
the  ’Squire,  mildly.
grocer.

“ I  pay  him  $4.50 a  week !”   said  the 
“ How  long  has  he  worked  for  you?”  
The  grocer  began  to  see  the  drift  of 
the  questioning  and  got  slightly  uneasv.
“  About four  years,  I  think,  he  said. 
‘ It’s  nearly  six  years!”   interjected 

the  clerk,  brokenly.

“ You  pay  him  only  $4.50  a week after 
he  has  been  with  you  six  years?”   ob­
served  the 
“ Not 
very  high  wages,  is  it,  John?  My boy, ”  
he  continued,  “ do  you 
live  with  your 
fam ily?”

'Squire,  in  surprise. 

“ Yes,  s ir,”   said  the  clerk.
“ Is  your  father  living?”
“ No.  s ir.”
“ What  is  your  mother’s  income?”

(> “ Only  what  I  make.”   said  the  clerk, 
“ except  about  a  dollar  a  week  she 
makes  outside  when  she  ain’t too sick. ”  
“ Any  other  children  beside  you?”  
asked  the  'Squire.
‘ ‘ Tw o.”
“ And  the  whole  income  of  your  fam-: 
jus­

ily  is  only  85-5°,  is  it?”   asked  the 
tice,  taking  off  his  glasses.

“ Yes,  sir.”
“ Do  vou  get  enough  to  eat  at home?”  
The  clerk's  head  went  down. 
It  was 
hard  for  him  then.  His  abject,  pathetic 
attitude  answered  the  question,  so  the 
justice  didn’t  press  it.
“ John,”   he  said,  turning  to  the  gro­
cer,  "d o   you  realize  that  this  poor  fel 
low  hasn’t  had  enough  to  eat?”

The  grocer  said  nothing.
“ I  don’t  think  you  care  to  push  this 
’ Squire  con­

case,  do  you,  John?”   the 
tinued.

The  grocer,  ashamed  to  show  what  he 
felt,  got  up  and  walked  out  of the office. 
The 
’Squire  dismissed  the  case,  and 
the  clerk  also  walked  out.  He’s  back  at 
the  store  again.  Last  week  when 
I 
went  in  there  he  said :

“ I ’m  a-getting 86.50  a  week  now.”
And  his  mouth  was  empty,  too.

Physicians  and  Druggists  in  Prussia.
A  Prussian  law  forbids  physicians  to 
direct  their  patients  to any special phar­
macist  in  order  to  have  their  prescrip­
tions  compounded.  A medical  man  has 
recently  been  fined  300  marks,  under 
this  statute,  for  displaying  in  his  wait­
ing-room  a  notice  requesting  his  pa­
tients  to  bave_  their  prescriptions  dis­
pensed  by  a  neighboring  druggist. 
In 
the  course  of  the  trial  another  law  was 
cited  which  debars  pharmacists  from 
giving  Christmas presents to physicians.

An  Anti-Cutting  Pharmacien.

‘ A  Public  Danger,”   and 

The  Paris  correspondent  thus  de 
scribes  a  circular  which  was  wrapped 
around  a  bottle  of  cough-mixture  pur 
chased  in  a  Paris  Went  End  pharmacy. 
The  circular  is  headed,  in  large  black 
letters, 
is 
addressed  to  “ An  intelligent public  ihat 
cares  for  its  dearest  interests.”  
“ The 
pharmacien’s  profession,”   it  says,  “ is 
undergoing  a  trial  that  menaces  its very 
existence,  and  constitutes  a  grave  peril 
for  the  public  health.  For  some time 
past  some  shameless  persons,  who  are 
only  pharmacists 
in  name,  have  been 
carrying  on  a  traffic  in  drugs by  more 
or  less  dishonest  means.  They  do  not 
stop  at  fraud  so  long  as  they  can make a 
large  profit.  A  fortune  at  any  price  is 
what  they  aim  at,  even  at  the  risk  of 
figuring  at  the  police  court  or assazes. ”  
An  ample  list 
is  given  of  the  substi­
tutes  for medicaments that  are  or can  be 
made.  The_  moral  of  the  tale  appears 
to  be,  “ Avoid going  to  pharmacists  who 
advertise;  they  are  not  honest.  There 
are  others  who  are  fortunately  more 
numerous,  and  who,  without  bombast, 
will supply excellent medicaments ;  go to 
them.”   The  circular 
is  signed  “ Dr. 
Dupony,’ ’  but  bears  no  address.  The 
ending 
is  very  hysterical,  and  reads, 
“ Mother,  the  health  of  your  child  is 
concerned.  Husband,  father  and  son, 
the  lives  of  the  beings  that  are  dearest 
to  you  are  in  question.  Will  you  sac­
rifice  them  with  a  light  heart  to  enrich 
a  few  scoundrels  who  laugh  at  you  and 
dishonor  a  profession  that  is respectable 
among  all?”

A  Texas  Prescription  Record.

W.  F.  Read,  of  Victoria,  Texas,  has 
in  the  drug  business  since  1865. 
been 
He  tells  the  News,  of  Galveston,  that 
he 
is  one  of  the  oldest  drug  drummers 
to  be  found,  is  personally  acquainted 
with  over  a  thousand  druggists,  but 
never  before  has  he  heard  anything  like 
this:

“ Heaton  Bros.,  of  Victoria,  Texas, 
refilled  a  prescription  on  August 
18 
(No.  382)  for  A.  B.  Petacolas,  a  lawyer 
This  prescription  was 
of  Victoria. 
originally  filled 
for  one  of  Mr.  Peta­
colas’  children  August 20,  1871;  refilled 
the 
18th  of  August,  1897;  refilled  for 
one  of  his  grandchildren  only  two  days 
of  being  twenty-six  years.  The  pre­
scription  was  written  by  Dr.  Sherman 
Goodwin,  who  was  practicing  medicine 
in  Victoria  at  that  time,  but  who  has 
been  dead  twelve  or  thirteen  years. 
Heaton  Bros,  have  a  record  of  every 
prescription  ever  filled 
in  their store 
since  1870,  and  showed  me  No.  1,  writ­
ten  bv  Dr.  Thornton,  September 8,  1870. 
Dr.  Thornton  is  now  living  at  Victoria, 
and 
is  the  only  one  of  the  old  doctors 
living  to-day. ”

The  Drug  Marxet.

Opium—Is  very  firm,  with  prospects 

of  very  high  prices  the  coming  year.

Morphine—This  article  was advanced 
1st  inst.  Another 

roc  per  oz.  on  the 
advance  would  not  surprise  any  one.

Quinine—Quiet  at  unchanged  prices.
Nitrate  Silver—Has  been  advanced 
ic  per  oz.,  on  account  of  the  advance 
in  bullion.

Cocaine—This  article  is  very  firm  at 
the  late  advance  and  higher  prices  are 
looked  for  in  the  near  future,  as  cocoa 
leaves  are  advancing.

Glycerine—Is 

prices.

steady 

at  advanced 

season.  Lemon  grass  has  again  ad­
vanced  and 
is  very  scarce.  Higher 
prices  are  looked  for.

Roots—Blood  root  is  firm  and  scarce. 
Gentian 
is  advancing  abroad  and  will 
be  higher  here.  The  crop  of  hellebore 
is  very  small  and  higher  prices will rule 
next  year. 

Ipecac  has  advanced.

Linseed  Oil  and  turpentine  are  un­

changed.

Mock  Palms  for  Store  Decoration.
One  of  the  best  investments  you  can 
make  is  to  put  about  $10  into  imitation 
palms. 
It  would  be  better  still  if  the 
amount  were  doubled.  There  is  noth­
ing  more  decorative  than  a  plant  and 
no  plant  more  decorative  than  a  palm. 
The  mock  palms  are  natural  as  life,  do 
not  die  and  need  no  care.  They  are 
splendid  accessorjes  for  window  dis­
play  and  when  not  in  the  window  add 
a  hundred  per  cent,  to  the  appearance 
of  the  interior  of  the  store.  They  cost 
about  82.50  each.

Olive  Culture  for  the  South.

The  Department  of  Agriculture 

is 
working  on  a  scheme  to  introduce  olive 
culture  into  the  Southern States. 
In  bis 
recent  report  the  Secretary  speaks  as 
“ At  present  the  olive  is  the 
follows: 
in  propagation,  as  it  is 
leading  factor 
considered  desirable  to  fully 
introduce 
and  encourage  olive  culture  in  such  of 
the  Southern  States  as  seem  suited  to its 
profitable  growth.”

Manufactured  by

H. VAN TONGEREN,  Holland,  Mich.

______For Sale by All Jobbers.

bC.B.*
j@ough  : 
I  Drops!

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h o lland. - m ic h !

For  Sale  by  Leading  Jobbers.

Essential  O ils—Lemon  has  declined 
and  prices  will  be  very  low  the  coming

r M A S T E R ”

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The best 5 cent cigars ever made.  Sold by

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

B E S T   B t  R U S S E L L   C O . .   C h io a o o . 

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Morpnia. S.P.A W. 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co..................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No.  1......
Nux Vomica.. .po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
Picis LIq. N.N.Hgal.
doz........................
Picis LIq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80 
Pi per Nigra... po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Piix  Burgun  .........
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Py rethrum, boxes H. 
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyre thrum,  pv........
Q uassia.....................
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
Quinia. S. German..
Quinia, N.Y............
Rubia Tinotorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin....................
Sanguis Draconis...
Sapo,  W  .................
Sapo, M....................
Sapo. G....................
Siedlitz  Mixture  ..

2  15®
2 40
2  15® 
2 4) 
40 
© 
65® 
80 
10 
© 15®
18
®   1  00
@ 2 00 
®   1  00 
®  85
®  50
®  18 
30
©10®
10®

30®
8@
s'^f
3®  
12® 
1«@ 
3 OO® 
40® 
12® 
10®
20  @

33 
10 
42 
41 
40 
M 
20 
3  10 
50
14 
12
15 
22

©

Sinapis....................
Sinapis, opt............
Snuff, Maccaboy,De
Voes.....................
Snuff,Scotch.De Vo’s
Soda Boras..............
Soda Boras, po........
8  ®  
Soda et Potass Tart.
26® 
Soda,  Carb..............
154© 3® 
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
Soda,  Ash...............
354®
Soda, Sulphas.........
w
Spts. Cologne........... 
, 2  60
50®  55
Spts.  Ether  Co........ 
Spt  Myrcia Dom... 
@ •’ 00
© 2 40
Spts. Vlni  Reet. bbl. 
Spts.  Vini Rect.^bbi  @ 2 45
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal 
@ 2
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gai 
® 2 50
Less 5c gal.  cash  10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  I  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Sub!.........   2!4@ 
»
Sulphur,  Roll__
2 ®  254 
Tamarinds...........
8®  
10 
Tere- enth  Venice
28®  30
Theobromae............
42®  45
Vanilla  .................  9 <io@lfl On
Zinci  Sulph............  
7® 
g

Oils

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

B B L .  S A L .

Linseed, pure  raw..  37 
Linseed,  boiled 
.  39 
Neatsfoot, wiriterstr  85 
Spirits Turpentine..  3654 

41
42
70
12

Paints 

Red  Venetian 
Ochre, yellow Mars. 
Ochre, yellow  Ber 
Putty, commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure 
Vermilion,  P r i m e
........
American.. 
Vermilion, English.
Green. Paris 
........
Green,  Peninsular. 
Lead.  Red
Lead, white...........
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders'  .. 
White. Paris Amer  . 
Whiting, Paris  Eng. 
cliff  __
Universal Prepared.

B B L . 
L B
1*   2  @ï 
IK  2  @4 
IK  2  ©3 
2K  2>4®3 
2V4  2K@3
13®
70® 
1354®
13® 
554®
554®
©
@ 
10 
®   1  00
©  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

[Varnishes1

1  10®  1  2(j
No.  1 Turp Coach. 
Extra  Turp............1  60®  1  70
Coach Body 
........  2 75® 3 00
No  I Turp  Funi 
..  1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk  Damar  1  55®  1  80 
Jap. Dryer,No. lTurp  70®  75

W H O L E SA L E   PR ICE  CU RREN T.

Advanced
Declined—

Acidum

Aceticum...................S 
6@l 8
Benzoicnm, German  70®  75
Boracic....................  @  15
Carbolicnm............   29®  41
Cltricum................. 
4e@  42
Hydrochlor............  
3® 
5
Nitrocum...............  
8®  10
12®  14
Oxalicum...............  
Phosphorium,  dii...  @  15
Salicylicum............. 
fl«@  85
Sulphuricum........... 
1%®
Tannicum..............   1 25®  1  40
Tartaricum.............. 
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chloridum.............. 
Aniline
Black...................     2 00® 2 25
80®  1  00
Brown.................... 
Bed  . 
45®
Yellow 
...............   2  50® 3 on

 
 
Bacete.
Cube see......... po. 18  13®  15
Juniperus................ 
6®
Xanthoxylum.  __  
25®  30
Balsamum

4@
6®
12®  14
12®  14

 

Copaiba...  ............   55®  &
® 2 40 
Peru.  ..  ................
45®  50
Terabin, Canada...
75®  80
Tolutan..................
Cortez
Abies, Canadian.... 
Ca8sise 
.................  
Cinch yna Flava...... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po. 
Prunus Virgini........ 
Qulllaia,  gr’d ......... 
Sassafras....... po. 18 
tTlmus.  .po. 15.  gr'd 
Bxtractum 

18
12
18
30
20
12
14
1:
15

24®  25
28®  30
11@  12 
13®  14
14®  15
16® 
i

15 
2 25 
75 
40 
15

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza, po......
Hsematox, 15 lb box. 
Hsematoz.ls
Hsematox, V4s.........  
Hsematox, Hs.........  

Perm
Carbonate Precip..
Citrate and Quinia.
Citrate Soluble.......
Ferrocyanidum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l ......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate,  p u re ......
Flora

Arnica  ................... 
12®
18®
Anthemis...............  
Matricaria..............  30®

Folia

® 
® 
® 

28®
Barosma................... 
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
18®
Cassia Acutifol.Alx.  25® 
Salvia officinalis, 148
and  14s................. 
12®
UraCrsi.  ................ 
8®
Gumml
Acacia,  1st picxed.. 
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sorts.
Acacia, po...............
60®  80 
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20
12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po.  15
12
®
Aloe. Socotri-.po. 40 
Ammoniac.............. 
55®
25®
Assafoetlda__po. 30 
50®
Benzoinum............  
Catechu, Is.............. 
®
Catechu, V4s............ 
@
Catechu, Ks............   @
Campborse............  
48®
Buphorbium..po.  35 
®
Gal ban um...............   @
I  00 
Gamboge  po........... 
65®
70 
35 
Guaiacum..  ..po. 35 
®
Kino...........po. I3.u0 
®
3 00
Mastic....................  @  60
Myrrh............ po.  45 
®  40
Opii  . .po. $4.10®4 30 3 00^  3  10
Shellac.................... 
2'@  35
Shellac, bleached... 
40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  «0
Herba

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz.  pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum  ...oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip. .oz.  pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz.  pkg 
Rue.............. oz.  pkg
TanacetumV oz.  pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz.  pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined. Pat........... 
55®
Carbonate, Pat........ 
20®
20®
Carbonate, K. A M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35®

25
2u
25
2s
23
25
38

36

Oleum
Absinthium............   3 25®  3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc  ... 
30®  50
Amygdalse, Amarse .  8 00®  8 25
Anisi.......................   2 25®  2 3
Auranti  Cortex......   2 00®  2 20
Bergamii.................  2 40 ®  2 50
83®  8J
Cajiputi................... 
Caryophylll............  
65®  7o
edar....................... 
35®  65
Chenopadli.............. 
®  75
Cinnamonii.............  1  80®  1 90
C'tTonetla 
....  45®  50

i  00 
50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50

* 

^
g

8 

1 

1  00

2 00

go® 

Radix

15®
15®

/Tlscelianeous 

18 
15 
5i 
15 
18 
40 
2 85 
30 
15 
10 
9 
25 
18

Conium  Mac........... 
35®  50
Scillae Co................. 
Copaiba...................  1  10®  1  20
Tolutan................... 
Cubebae......................  
go® 
Prunus virg............
Exechthitos...........  1  oo@  1  10
Tinctures 
Erigeron.................  1  On®  1  10
Aconitum Napellis R 
Gaultheria..............  1  50® 1  60
Aconitum N a pell is F
Geranium,  ounce...  © 
75
Aloes.......................
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50@  60
Aloes and Myrrh__
Hedeoma.................  1  on®  1  10
Arnica....................
Junipera..................  1  50® 2 00
Assafcetida............
Lavendula................  
Atrope  Belladonna.
Limonis...................  1 20®  1  40
Auranti  Cortex......
Mentha Piper.........  1  6u@ 2 20
Benzoin...................
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  61
Benzoin Co..............
Morrhuse,  gal.........   1  0u@  1
Barosma.................
Myrcia,
4  50  (iantharides......... .
Olive...................
3 92  Capsicum............ ’
Picis  Liquida.  ..
12  Cardamon..............
^   _.
Picis Liquida, gal... 
®  35  Cardamon  Co.........
Ricina....................  1 o»@ 1  0«
Castor.................... .
Rosmarini...............  
® 1  00
Catechu..............
Rosse,  ounce............  6 50® 
50
Cinchona..............*’
Succini..................   40®  45
Cinchona Co........
Sabina................... 
go®  1  00
Columba.................
Santal.....................  2 50® 7 On
Cubeba....................
Sassafras.................  55®  «0
Cassia  Acutifol.
Sinapis, ess., ounce. 
@  65
Cassia Acutifol Co
Tiglii............................   1 40® 
5"
Digitalis..............
Thyme 
.................  40®  50
Ergot.....................
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Ferri Chloridum__
Theobromas........... 
15@  ¿0
Gentian..................
Potassium
Gentian Co......... .
Guiaca.................
i?|Carb.................... 
15®
Guiaca ammon........
Bichromate  ........... 
13®
Hyoscyamus........”
Bromide...................  50®
Iodine.....................
12®
Carb.......................  
Iodine, colorless.!!.
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
16®
Kino.......................
Cyanide................... 
35®
Lobelia.............
Iodide......................  2 80®
Myrrh................. " "
Potassa, Bitart, pure  2s®
Nux  Vomica...
Potassa,  Bitart,  com  @
o p ii........................;
Potass Nitras, opt... 
8®
Ooii, camphorated.
Potass Nitras
Opii,  deodorized__
Prussiate................. 
a ®
Quassia..................
Sulphate  p o ........... 
15®
Rhatany...........
Rhei................
Aconitvm...............  
20®
Sanguinaria  .
Althse......................  22®
Serpentaria............
Anchusa................. 
p®
Stromonium...........
Arum po...................  @
Tolutan................!!
Calamus.................  20®
Valerian..............."
Gentiana........po  15
Veratrum Veride.!
12®
Glychrrhiza  pv. 15 
Zingiber..................
16®
Hyd rastis Canaden .
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
either. Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Hellebore.Alba, po..
¿Ether. Spts. Nit. 4 F  * @
Inula, po........................  
__
Aiumen...................  214®
Ipecac, po..............1  2  in® 2 25
Alumen,gro’d..po.7 
3®
Iris plox 
.. po35@38  35®  40
Annatto................. 
40®
Jalapa,  pr................ 
a5®  30
Antimoni.  po. ’ 
4®
‘ 
Maranta,  <48...........  @  35
Antimoni et PotassT  40®
Podophyllum, po__  22®  25
Antipyrin..............
g bej  ....................... 
75®  1  00
Antifebrin 
.  .
Rhei, cut.................  @  1  25
Argenti  Nitras, oz .’
Rhei  pv...................  75®  ,  as
Arsenicum.___
Snigelia.................. 
Balm Gilead  Bud 
Sanguinaria.  po.  15 
Bismuth  S.  N.
Serpentaria............  
Calcium Chlor.,  is 
Calcium rhlor.,  54s 
Similax.officinalis H 
Calcium Chlor..  14s 
Smilax, M...............
Cantharides.  Rus.po 
Scillae............’. po.35
Capsid  Fructus. af 
Symplocarpus, Foeti- 
Capsici Fructus, po 
dus,  po.................
Capsid  FructusB.po 
7aleriana.Eng.po.30 
Caryophylius..po.  15 
..
aleriana.  German 
Carmine, No. 40 
Zingiber a ...............  
12®
Cera Alba, S. & F  ’
Zingiber]...............   —
Cera  Flava...........
Coccus 
............."
®  40
Cassia Fructus..’.! ‘ ’
®  33
Centraria...............
10 
@ 
Cetaceum............
®  45
Chloroform.......
60®  63
Chloroform, squibbs 
@  1  25 
1  50®  I  60
Chloral Hyd Crst..  __ „   .
Cbondrus................  2U@  25
Cinchonidine.P.A W  25®  35
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®
.  31
Cocaine...........
3 55©  3 75
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum.. 
@
Creta............. bbl. 75 
®
Creta, prep..............  @
Creta, precip........ 
9@
Creta,  Rubra.........  
@
Crocus................."  
J8@
Cudbear...............  
@
Cupri Sulpb........ 
5®
Dextrine..........  
in®
75®
Ether Sulph......... ’ 
Emery, all  numbers 
®
®
Emery, po..........  
Sfkota........... po. 40  30®
Flake  White......  
12®
Galla........................ 
®
Gambier.
@  60

Semen
Anisum........ po.  15
Apium  (graveleons)
Bird. Is....................
Carui............ po.  ig
Cardamon...............
Coriandrum.........
Cannabis  Sativa.
75® Too
Cydonium...............  
t'henopodium  ........ 
10® 
12
Diptenx  Odorate...  2 00®  2 20
Foeniculum
Foenugreek, po........
Lml 
..............
Lini,  grd........bbl. 3
Lobelia..................
Pharlaris  Canarian.
Rapa.......................
inapis Albu.l..
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
Spiritus

12
Frnmenti, W.  D. Co.  2 00® 2 50
rumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00@ 2 25
’rnmenti............  
1  35®  |  so
uniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
uni peris Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacbarum  N. E__  1  go®  2  10 1 
-  ...
Spt. Vlni Galli........  1  73@ 6 50 I Gelatin, Cooper
"ini Oporto........... 
1  25® 2  00 I 
French
ini  Alba............ "   1  25® 2 00
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage. 
@ 2 00 
civet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage___
®  1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
Syrups
Acacia....................
Auranti Cortes........
Zingiber..................
Ipecac 
..........
Ferri Iod.................
Rhei Arom..............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega...............
HrMll«

Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  box....
9®
Glue,  brown......... . 
Glue,  white  .........  
13®
Glyeerina 
.........  i?i£®
@
Grana  Paradisi 
25®
Hum ulus  ...  .........  
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
©
Hydraag Chlor  Cor 
©  .@  90
Hydraa.: Ox Kub m 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
®  1  00 
Hydraagi  uguentum
45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........
@  65
IcntJiyobolla, Am... 
65®  75
Indigo.
’5®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  .?  b0@ 3  0
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin...................  @225
Lycopodium........... 
40®  45
Macis 
66®  751
Liquc  Arse;. et Hj- 
|
drarg lod.............  @  25 I
LiquorPotassArsinlt  10® 
12
3
Maguesia, Sulph.... 
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  154
Mannia, S. F ........... 
so®  60
«s  g 75

35®
®
30®
nepa....................  40®
a
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10®

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I  40
®  50
10®  
12 
38®  40
I  40®  I  50

10®  
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50®
40®

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Five  hundred  #32.00  per  M.
Less  quantity  #33.00  per  M.

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Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from 810 down.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__   2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__   2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20books.........................  1  00
50 books...........................  2 00
100 books  .........................  8 00
250 books...........................  c 25
500 books............................10 00
1000 books............................17 50
500, any one denom’n ........ 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ......   5 00
2000, any one denom’n ........ 8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
DRIBD  FRUITS—DOriESTIC 
Snndried.......................   @ 5*
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©  8* 
Apricots..................... 7*@8*
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  @
Peaches........................  8 @9
Pears..............................8 ©
Pitted Cherries...........
Prnnnelles...................12
Raspberries................
California Pranas.
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   @4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   @ 4*
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   ©  5*
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   @0
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.. . . . .   @ 6*
50 - 60 25 lb boxes__ 
© 7
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  ©  8*
30-40 25 lb boxes........  ©
*  cent less In 50 lb cases 

California  Frnlta.

Apples.

Fish.
Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

rtackerel.

Georges cured............  @ 4*
Georges  genuine........  @ 5*
Georges selected........  @ 6*
Strips or bricks.........   5  ©  7*
Chunks............................. 
10
s
Strips................................. 
Holland white hoops, bbl.  10 25 
Holland white hoop *  bbl  5 50 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
72 
Holland white hoop mchs 
80
Norwegian.......................  tl 00
Round 100 lbs...................  3 40
Round  40 lbs................... 
1  60
Scaled...............................  
15
Mess 100 lbs......................  10 00
Mess  40 lbs......................  0 70
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  75
Mess  8 lbs...................... 
i  43
No. 1100 lbs......................  14  50
No. 1  40 lbs......................  6  10
No. 1  10 lbs...................... 
1  00
No. 1  8 lbs......................  1  30
No. 2 100 lbs......................  10  00
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4  30
No. 2  lOlbs...................... 
1  15
No. 2  8 lbs...................... 
95
Russian kegs.................... 
56
No. 1100 lbs......................  4  50
No. 1  40 lbs......................  2  10
10 lbs.
No. 1  8 lbs.

Sardines.
Troat

Whitehall.

No. 1  No. 2

100 lbs.  .......6 75
40 lbs...........  3 00
10 lbs........... 
83
8 lbs.

Sage................................
Hops...............................

HBRBS.

INDIGO.

JBLLY.

Madras, 5  lb boxes...............  55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes___  50
15 lb  palls............................   40
30 lb  pails............................   73
Condensed, 2  doz  ..............1  20
Condensed. 4  do*  ..............2 25

LYE.

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................   30
Calabria.............................   25
81d ly ......   ........................... 
14
Root.....................................   10

MINCE MEAT.

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

flATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur.......................1  05
Anchor  Parlor.....................1  70
No. 2  Home......................... 1  10
Export  Parlor.....................4 00

nOLA5SBS.
New Orleans.

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

PIPB5.

Clay, No.  210...........................  1 70
Clay, T.  D. full count........ 
Cob, No. 3..........................  

0R
85

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls..............  75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  90
Lump, bbls.......................   75
Lump, 1451b kegs..............  85

SBBDS.

A nise...............................   9
Canary, Smyrna................ 
3
Caraway..........................   8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   00
Celery............................... 
|j
Hemp,  Russian................ 
3w
Mixed  Bird......................  4^,
Mustard,  white................  5
Poppy  ..............................  8*
Rape.................................  4*
Cuttle Bone......................  20

SNUFF.

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

SOAP.

JA X O N

Single box.................................2 75
5 box lots, delivered...........2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65
JAS.  S.  KIRK  S CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....3 33 
American Family, unwrp’d.3 27
Dome.........................................3 33
Cabinet..................................... 2 20
Savon........................................ 2 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6  oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz__ 3 00
Blue India, 100 % lb................. 3 00
Kirkoline.................................. 3 75
Eos.....................................  3  65
One  box  American  Family 
free with five.
Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

CLOTHES LINBS.

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  00
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz....... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz............   80
Ju te. 72 ft.  per  do«............  
95
2*
3
4

COCOA 5HBLLS.
20 lb  bags.......................  
L e ss  q u a n tity .....................  
Pound  p a c k a g e s................ 
C REA 1  TARTAR.

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

C O F F E E .

Green.
RIo.

F air.........................................10
Good................................ 
12
Prim e................................... ” 13
Golden  ...................................14
Peaberry  ...............................15

 

Santos.

Fatr  .......................................|4
Good  .....................................15
Prim e...............................16
Peaberry  ...............................17
Mexican  and  Guatamala.

Fair  ....................................16
Good  ..................................... 17
...............................^18
Fancy 
Maracaibo.

Prim e..................................... 20
Milled..................................... 21

Java.

Mocha.

Interior..................................20
Private  Growth......................22
Mandeb ling............................24

Roasted.

Im itation...............................Z2
Arabian  .................................24
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......  
........28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__28
Wells’ Mocha and Java___24
Wells’  Perfection Java......24
Snnealbo................  ...........23
Breakfast Blend...............   20
Valley City Maracaibo.  __ 18*
Ideal  Blend.........................13
Leader Blend..................... 12

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
the  wholesale  dealer 
which 
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 
¿JJ  weight  of  package,  also  1c  s 
»0 I pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the 11s 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbnckle.......................   10 50
Jersey....... .....................   10 50
ricLaaghlln’t   XXXX........10  50
Valley City *  gross...... 
75
Felix *  gross.................  
1  15
Hummel’s foil *  gross  .. 
Hummel’s tin *   gross...
CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes 
COUGH  DROPS.

Extract.

......

C. B. Brand.

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

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz In case
_  „  „  
Gail Borden  Eagle..................6 75
Crown............................   0 25
Daisy  v................................... "5 75
Magnolia 
Challenge................................. 3 35
Dime 

....................   ” 4 25
.  3 36

. 

COUPON  BOOKS.

AXLE  GREASE.
Aurora................. ..... 55
Castor Oil........... ......60
Diamond............ ...... 50
Frazer’s .............. --- .75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxes... ......75
Paragon.............. .  ...56

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

BAKING  PO W D E R .

Absolute.

Home.

Acme.

El Purity.

Si lb cans doz...................  45
*  lb cans doz................... 
85
1 
lb cans doz...................  1  50
54 lb cans 3 doz.................   45
H lb cans 3 doz.................  75
lb cans 1 doz.................   1 00
1 
Bulk................................... 
10
Si lb cans per doz............   75
*  lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
lb cans per doz............ 2 00
1 
35
Ji lb cans 4 doz case........ 
*  lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90

EEssan

lb cans, 2 doz case 
Jersey Cream.

H lb cans, 4 doz case......  
45
*  lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
85
1 
1  60
 
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
85
Si lb cans..........................   45
Si lb cas©.........................  75
lb cans,.........................  1 50
1 
1 lb. c a n s......................... 
85
American............................  70
English....................................so

BATH  BRICK.

Our Leader.

Peerless.

BLUINO.

CONDEHSm
iiJS S D s
u L u ir t G

1 doz. pasteboard  Boxes... 
40
3 doz. wooden boxes.........   1 20

BROO/15.

So. 1 Carpet............................  1 90
So. 2 Carpet.......................  1  75
No. 3 Carpet.....................    1  go
No. 4 Carpet.......................  1  15
Parlor Gem.......................  2 00
Common Whisk 
Fancy Whisk..
Warehouse...........................2 25
CANDLES.
8s............................ 
7
i6s .................................
Paraffine................................ 8
CANNED  OOODS.
Han i to woe  Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........   95
Lakeside B.  J .........................  1 15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng. . . . 1 23 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45 
Extra Sifted Early Jane.... 1  75 
Columbia, 
Colombia, *  pints........... . 1  25

pints................... 2 00

CATSUP.

CHEESE-

Acme  .
Amboy 
Byron.
Elsie ..
Gam...
Gold  Medal............   @
Hartford......
Herkimer.............
Ideal......................
Jersey ........... .........
Lenawee.................
Riverside.................
Sparta....................
Brick.......................
Edam....................**
Leiden....................
Lim burger................
Pineapple.................43
9ap  Bago.................
Chicory.
Balk
Red

11*UH
11
12
12*
11
12
11*
12
11
12
11
10
75
18
10
85
18

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’a.

German Sweet....................  23
Premium.............  
"34
Breakfast Cocoa.....'............ 41

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1 50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1,000 books, any denom__20 00
50 books, any denom....  1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books  any denom.... 11  50 
1,090 books, any denom....10 00

Economic Grade.

Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown.
London Layers 4 Crown.
Dehesias  .....................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose M uscatels 4 Crown 

FOREIGN.
Currants.

.. 

Peel.

Grits.

Farina.

Raisins.

Hominy.

Patras bbls....................... @ 6*
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.......© 6*
Cleaned, bulk  ................. © 8
Cleaned, packages..........© 8*
Citron American 10 lb bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @12 
Orange American lOlbbx  @12 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes......8  @ 8*
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crow n........  ©
Sultana  3 Crown.........   @11
Sultana  4 Crown.........   @
Sultana  R Grown 
©
Sultana 6 Crown  ........  @13
Snltana package.........  @14
FA RIN A C EO U S  OOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages......... ...1  75
Bulk, per 100 lbs................... 3 50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s..........2  15
Bulk in 100 lb. bags..........3 00
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...........................  2 40
Chester............................  2 50
Empire  ............................  2  75
Green,  bn...........................  85
Split,  per lb.........................  2
Rolled Avena,  bbl........ 3 75
Monarch,  bbl...................350
Monarch,  *   bbl..............1 95
Private brands,  bbl......
Private brands, *bbl......
Quaker, cases...................3 20
Huron, cases.................... 1  75
German.................   ........ 
314
East  India..........................  
3
Cracked, bulk...................  8u
* » lb  packages................ 2 W1

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Beans.

3ago.

Peas.

..  75
..1  00
1  40
2 00
_  2 40
00
No. 2 T.  80
No. 3 T.l  35
No. 4 T.l  5o
Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

No. 10.  .6 00  No. 10...4 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3T.2 00 
No  4 T.2 40 

Souders’.
in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon, 

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

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

OUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs 
........................... 4 00
Half Kegs........................... 2 25
Quarter Kegs......................ji  25
1 lb. cahs..............................  30
*  lb. cans............................  
is
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
Kegs  ................................... 4  25
Half Kegs............................2 40
Quarter Kegs...................... 1 35
1 lb. cans..............................  34
Kegs.....................................g 00
Half Kegs............................4 25
Quarter Kegs...................... 2 25
1 lb. oans..............................  45

Eagle Dock—Dupont’s.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  5 50
Half bbls, 000 count...........  3  30

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   6 71
Half bbls,  1,200 count........  4 00

PICKLES.
riedlum.

Small.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina h e a d ..................  6*
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4*
Broken...............................  334
Japan,  No. 1......................  554
Japan.  No. 2......................  5*4
Java, fancy  head..............  0
Java, No. l .........................  5
Table..................................  5*

Imported.

SALERATUS.

Packed 00 lbs. In  box.

Church’s ............................3 30
De land’s ............................3 15
Dwight’s ............................3 30
Taylor’s..............................3 00

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes........... 1 50
Barrels,  W0  3 lb bags.......2 75
Barrels.  40  7 lb bags.......2 40
Butter, 28 lb. bags...............  30
Batter, 50 lb  bags...............   00
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags..........3 00
Butter, 280 lb  bbls.............2 50

Common Grades.

100 3 lb sacks...................... 1  70
00 5-lb sacks...................... 1 55
28 10-lb sacks.....................1 45

Worcester.

lb. cartons............ 3 25
50  4 
115  2*lb.  sacks................4 00
00  5 
lb. sacks................3 75
2214 
lb. sacks.................350
30 10 
lb. sacks................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   00
Bulk In barrels................... 2 50

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

56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  00 

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy In linen  sacks...  00 

Solar Rock.

50-lb  sacks..........................   gj
Granulated Fine.................   77
Medium  Fine......................  8>

Common.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single box............................2 go
5 box lots.............................2 75
10box lots...........................[2 70
25 box lots.............................2 60

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

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

Scouring.

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

SODA.

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

5*4*

S P IC E S .
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  ............................  10
Cassia, China In mats.......   12  ;
Cassia, Batavia In bund.... 22  i
Cassia, Saigon In rolls........32  j
Cloves, Amboyna................10  3
Cloves, Zanzibar.................  9
Mace,  Batavia  ...........,..[” 55
Nutmegs, fancy.............. 
60  -J
Nutmegs, No.  1 .............. 
50
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black... HP1 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12  I 
Pepper,  shot........................12 ~

Pure Qround In Bulk.

Allspice  .............................. 12
Cassia, Batavia............ ' '22
Cassia,  Saigon..  ................ 40
Cloves,  Amboyna.............’ .lg  j
Cloves, Zanzibar.....................13 '
Ginger,  African.............. 
15
Ginger,  Cochin................... xg
Ginger,  Jamaica..................23
Mace,  Batavia.....................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste.! ’ 8  -
Mustard, Trieste...............  20 I
Nutmegs........................ 40@"0
Pepper, Sing , black............i2
Pepper, Sing., white............15
Pepper, Cayenne..............   20
Sag«...................................... 16

STARCH.

VINEOAR.

Malt White Wine...................  7
Pure Cider...........................||  g

Washing Powder.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grains and Feedstuffs

Provisions.

Kingsford’g  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................  g
201 lb packages...................g^
Kingsford’s Silver Gloea.
40 l ib packages...................o%
8-lb boxes......................... 7

Diamond.

Common Corn.

64 10c  packages  ............... 5 00
128  5c  packages.................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00 
201 lb. packages..................  414
401 lb. packages..................  4u
20 lb.  boxes..........................  4
401b. boxes.........................  3
1-lb  packages......................  454
3-lb  packages......................  4m
6-lb  packages  ....................  4%
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3
Barrels  ...............................  23k

Common Oloss.

STOVE POLISH.

No. 4  3 doz In case, gross..  4JS0 
No. 6. 3 doz In case, gross..  7 20

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf............................ 5 63
Domino..............................  5 50
Cubes................................. 5 13
Powdered  .......................... 5 19
XXXX  Powdered............   5 25
Mould  A.............................5 25
Granulated in bbls.............5 00
Granulated in  bags............5 00
Pine Granulated................ 5 00
Extra Fine Granulated...... 5  13
Extra Coarse Gran u la ted... 5  13
Diamond  Confec.  A.......... 5 00
Confec. Standard A............4 88
No.  1..................................4 63
No  2..................................4  63
No.  3..................................4 63
No.  4................................. 456
No.  5..................................4 50
No.  6..................................4 44
No.  7..................................4 38
No.  8..................................4 25 |
No.  9..................................  4  19
No.  10..................................4  13
No.  11..................................4 06
No.  12..................................4 00
No.  13..................................3 94
No.  14..................................4 94
No.  15.................................. 3 88
No.  16.................................. 3 81

SYRUPS.

Corn.

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

Pare Cane.

£ alr. .................................  16
Choice.............................   25

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

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

S  C. W............................... 3500

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. 

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

0012ozpkgs.....................3 50

WICK1NO.

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

Fish  and  Oysters

Freeh Fish.

Whitefish................
T rout......................
Black Bass..............
Halibut...................
Ciscoes or Herring..
Bluefish...................
Live  Lobster.........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod.........................
Haddock.................
No.  1  Pickerel__7
Pike.........................
Smoked White......
Red Snapper...........
Col  River Salmon.. 
Mackerel 
..............

Per lb.

10
15
4
10
18
20
10
8
8
9
12
15
18

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts...........  ©
F. J. D. Selects........  @
Selects....................   ©
F. J. D. Standards..  ©
Anchors
Standards...............   ©
Favorites..............©

Oysters  In Bulk

F. H. Counts...........
@1  75 
Extra Selects.........
@1  50 
Selects ....................
@1  25
Anchor Standards
Standards...............   @1 99
Clam s......................  @1  25

Shell Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... 1  25©1  50
n««.YPs,  per  1 0 0 . . . . .   ooöft 1  w

Hides  and  Pelts.

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows :

Hides.

Green................
Part  cured........
Tull Cured...... .
D ry ...................
Kips,  green......
Kips,  cured......
Calfskins,  green
Calfskins, cured.......  9
Deaconskins  ............25

7  © 8 
© 8M 
8)4© 9J4 
9  ©11 
T  © 8 
8)4©  9*< 
"M@ 9 
@10)4 
@30

Pelts.

Shearlings...............   5©  30
Old  Wool.................  60©  1 00

Furs.

Mink.........................  50©  1 30
Coon 
......................   30©  90
Skunk.......................  50©  1 00
Muskrats, fall...........  g© 
12
Muskrats, spring......  ©
Muskrats, w inter__  12®  16
Red Fox................... 1  25©  1 ¿0
Gray Fox....................  40©  70
Cross Fox  ............... 2 51 @ 5 00
Badger.......................   20©  60
Cat, W ild................... 
15©  io
Cat, House.................  
10©  20
fisher.............  ........3 50©  7 00
-- ,•..............1 or© 2 00
Ryo*  - 
Martin, Dark............. 1  50© 3 00
Martin, Yellow.......  75©  1  50
Cftej...........................5 00© 9 00
f o lf...........................  75© 
Rear...........................7 00© 15 00
.................2 00©  6 00
Beaver 
Beaver Castors.........  ©  8 00
Opotsum..................... 
5®  15
Deerskin, dry, per lb.  15©  25
Deerskin, gr’n, per lb. 
10©  15

Wool.

Washed 
..................14
Unwashed...........  77" 17
niscellaneous.

©23
@17

.................  2)4© 3)4

Tallow.. 
Grease Butter............  1  © 2
Switches  ....................  i)4© 2
Ginseng......................  ©3 25

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails
Standard.................  6M@ 7
Standard H.  H........  6M® 7
Standard Twist......   6
*  © 8
Cut Loaf...........
©  w
cases 
Jumbo, 321b  ....
@ «V* 
Extra H.H........
© 8ft 
Boston  Cream..
©

Mixed Candv.

Competition...........
Standard..............
Conserve.................
Royal ..  .........   **!
Ribbon...........
Broken...............
Cut  Loaf...........7 7
English Rock.........
Kindergarten.........
French  Cream........
Dandy Pan..............
Valley Cream.........

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops...........  u
Choc.  Monumentals
Gum  Drops............
Moss  Drops............
Sour Drops............ .
Imperials.........

© 7* 
© 7* 
@ 8% 
© 8% 
© 8M 
© 8 
© 8* 
© 8M 
©10 
@13

@ 8M 
© 8Vt ©14 
©11 
© 6 
© 8 
©  m  
© 8*

Fancy—In  $  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........
Sour  Drops............
Peppermint Drops.!
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops..
Gum  Drops............
Licorice Drops__7
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain.... 
Lozenges,  printed..
Imperials................
Mottoes................7
Cream Bar.......’77'.'
Molasses B a r.........
Hand Made Creams.  80
Plain  Creams.........   60
Decorated Creams
String Bock............
Burnt Almonds...... 1  25
Wlntergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes.................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib!
boxes.................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes

F r u it s .
Oranges. 
Mexicans  150 176-200
Cal. Seedlings........
Fancy Navels 112  ..
126 to 216.................
Lemons. 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s...........
Ex.Fancy 300s........
Bananas. 

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

©50 
©50 
©60 
@60 
@75 
©30 
@75 
©50 
©50 
@50 
©50 
©55 
@d0 
@50 
@1 00 @90 
@90 
@60 
©
@60

©30
@45

@4 25 
©3 50 
©3 25 
@4 00

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

@1  50 
@2  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Choice, 101b boxes..
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes....................
Fancy, 12 lb boxes..
Fancy, 50 lb boxes..
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
Pulled, 61b 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

©

©  14
©  15
©  6
© 
8
© 
6
@6
© 4)4

Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
©13
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   ©14
~  -
Brazils new...............  
© 8M 
Filberts  ............... 77
@10 
Walnuts, Grenobles ..
@13 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.
©12M
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif..................
@ 1 1 
Table Nuts,  fancy....
@12 
Table Nuts,  choice...
@10 
Pecans, Med...............
© 8 
Pecans, Ex. Large....
@10
Pecans, Jumbos........   ©12
Hickory  Nats per bu.,
Ohio, new................  @175
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 
@4  50

1 50

Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted...................
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,

Roasted  ............

© 6M
©  6M© 4
© 6M

Wheat.

Wheat.................................  86

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Patents............................  5 59
Second  Patent......... 7 .7   5 00
Straight............................  4 go
Clear.....................................  49
Graham  ......................4 75
Buckwheat................‘ 
4 25
Rye  ................................... ‘ 350
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, )4s........................  4 55
Quaker, Ms........................  4 55
Quaker, Ms........................   4 55
Guard, Fairfield & Co.’s Brand.
Wfioie Wheat l-16s............  5 20
Clark-Jewell- Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pilisbury’s Best %s.............  5 45
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...............   5 35
PUisbury s Best ms...........  5 *5
Pillsbury s Best 
paper.. 5 25 
Fills bury’s Best fes paper..  5 25 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.
Grand Republic,  %s...........5 50
Grand Republic, 34s..  . . . ” 5 49
Grand Republic, )4s...........5 30
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
®°R* Medal Ms.......................  5 55
Gold Medal Ws........... 
&  45
"  "  5 3o
Gold Medal Ms.........  
Parisian,  Ms............. .7.7.7 5 55
Farisian. Ms........ 
1» is
Parisian. Ms.........7 .7 .7 ;  &  35
Ceresota, Ms......................   5 55
Ceresota, Ms....... 
5 45
Ceresota, Ms........ 7 7 7 7 ;  5  35
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Ms..............................  5 55
Laurel, Ms..............................  5 45
Laurel, Ms......................... ... ¿5
Bolted............................ 
j  75
Granulated..........7 7 7 7   2  00
Feed and MUIstuffs.
St. Car Feed, screened ...  14 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats.........13 00
Unbolted Corn Meal..........12 ¿0
Winter Wheat  Bran... 
11  06
Winter Wheat Middlings, .'id 00 
Screenings..............................19 99
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:

Oiney A Judson *s Brand.

Meal.

New Corn.

Car  lots....................  28V
Less than  car  lo ts......7 . 39
Car lots........................... 24
Carlots, clipped...........7 7 . 26
Less than  car  lots....... 77. 28

Oats.

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy carlots........  9 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__ 10 00

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

Mess  ................................  8 50
Back  .............................   11  00
Clear back......................  9  59
Shortcut...........................   9 50
fig ..................................   14 00
Bean  ................................ 
s ou
Family  .............................  9 50

Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies...................... 
5m
Briskets  ......................... 
Extra shorts................77 

5^
5m

Smoked Heats.

Hams, 12 lb average  __ 
9
...  8M
Hams, 14 lb  average 
Hams, 16 lb  average.... 
8M
7>s
Hams, 20 lb  average.... 
Ham dried beef.............. 
15
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
8%
Bacon,  clear............ 7M@»M
5%.
California hams....... 
Boneless hams.......... 
8K
Cooked ham................... 
u
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound......................
Kettle........................... ;;
551b Tubs..........advance
80 lb Tubs..........advance
50 lb T ins..........advance
20 lb Pails..........advance
10 lb Pails..........advance
51b Pails..........advance
3 lb Pails..........advance

Sausages.

Bologna  ...
Liver.........
Frankfort..
P o rk .........
Blood  ......
Tongue
Head  cheese................... 

Beef.

8M

¿M

Extra  Mess....................  9 93
Boneless  ................ 
12 so
Rump...........................la g  SB

Pigs’ Feet.

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

Tripe.

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

Casings.

P ork............................... 
Beef  rounds................... 
Beef  middles...............  
Sheep.............................  

Butterine.

Rolls,  dairy................... 
Solid, dairy....................  
Rolls,  creamery............  
Solid,  creamery............  

Canned  Meats.

i6
414
10
60

10
914
14
13m

Corned  beef,  2 lb........  2 10
Corned  beef, 14 lb..........14  00
Roast  beef,  2 lb_____  2 10
Potted  ham,  Ms.........  
80
Potted  ham,  Ms.........   1 00
Deviled ham,  Ms.........   60
Deviled ham,  Ms.........   1  00
Potted  tongue Ms.........   60
Potted  tongue Ms.........   1  00

Crackers.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

Soda.

Butter.

Oyster.

as follows:
Seymour XXX .  ...............   4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  4M
Family XXX......................  4
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  4M
Salted XXX.......................   4
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  4M 
Soda  XXX  .......................   4
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton...  454
Soda,  City................. 
5
Zephyrette........................  9
Long Island  Wafers7 7 7 ;  9 
L. 1. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  10 
Square Oyster, XXX.........   414
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb  carton.  5M 
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   4
SWEET  OOOD5—Boxes.
Animals....................
Bent’s Cold Water..77
;
Belle Rose............... 
Cocoanut Taffy........7 777
Coffee Cakes................ 777
Frosted Honey...............7"
Graham Crackers............
Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...
Gin. Snps,XXX home made 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..
Ginger  Vanilla.................
Imperials..........................
Jumnles,  Honey............[7
Molasses  Cakes...............7
Marshmallow  ............. 7 7
Marshmallow  Creams. 7 
Pretzels,  hand  made  ... 
Pretzelettes, Little German
Sugar  Cake......................
Sultanas............................
Sears’ Lunch.............' 7 77
Vanilla  Square............. 7"
Vanilla  Wafers...............|
Pecan Wafers.................
Mixed Picnic..................7
Cream Jnmbles............ .
Boston Ginger Nuts......... '.
Chimmle Fadden..............
Pineapple Glace.............. 7
Penny Cakes..................
Marshmallow  Walnuts..!.
Belle Isle Picnic................

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass......................5M@  7M
Forequarters............ 5  © 6
Hind  quarters...........  7  © 9
Loins  No.  3................9  ©12
Ribs
Rounds ....................
Chucks..............
Plates  ............

•  6M@  7M 
4  © 5 
© 3

Pork.
Dressed..............
L oins............
Shoulders__
Leaf Lard............

© 4M
©  5

•  5M@

Mutton.
Carcass....................
Spring Lambs......... ! .  6  © 7 
.  8  © 9

Veal.
Carcass  ...............

6  © 8

O ils.

Barrels.
Eocene.................
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
W W Michigan........
Diamond White......
D„ S. Gas............
Deo. Naptha  ..
Cylinder........
Engine.................
Black, winter...........

©11M 
© SM © 8 
© 7 
© 8 
© 7M
25  @36
11  ©21 
© 8

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

M gal., per doz.................  59
1 to 6 gal., per gal...........  5m
8 gal., per g a l.................  6M
10 gal., per gal.................. 
eM
12 gal., per gal..................  6M
15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal., 
ly 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 

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

Churns.

Milkpans.

M gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot.,each  5M 

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

Stewpans.

M gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each  5M 
M gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 
M gal., per  doz................   40
M gal., per  doz.................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal.............  6M

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

)J gal., per  doz................  70
1 gal., each......................  7
Corks for M gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
M gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00 

Sealing Wax.

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. In package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun..........................   45
No.  1  Sun.........................7  50
No.  2 Sun...........................!  75
Tubular..............................|  go
Security, No. 1 ...........7 7  
65
Security, No. 2................. 
85
Nutmeg  ............................   50
Climax...............................  j  59
LAMP  CHiMNEYS-Common. 
„  
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................  1  75
No.  1  Sun......................... 7 1  88
No.  2  Sun..........................  2 70
No.  0 Sun, 
No. 
1 Sun, 
No.  2 Sun, 

wrapped and  labeled....  2 10 
wrapped and 
labeled_2 25
wrapped and  labeled....  3 25 

crimp  top,
crimp  top,
crimp  top,

First  Quality.

XXX Flint.

doz

Electric.

Rochester.

La  Bastie.

,  ,  OIL  CANS. 

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

crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled....  2 55 
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
crimp  top,
wrapped and 
labeled_  3 75
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................ 3 79
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  4  79
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled................. 
gg
4 
No. 8  Sun,  “Small  Bnib,”
for Globe Lamos............  
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
1  25
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
.................................  1  50
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)........4  00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........4 70
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..............g 00
5 gal galv Iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10 50
5 gal Home Rule..............  12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  0 Tubular.................. 4  25
No.  1 B  Tubular............ !  6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  L am p.........  3 75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls  5 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,

each, box 10 cents...........  45
each, box 15  cents.........   45
each, bbl 351....................   40
cases 1 doz. each...........1  25
No. 0 per gross................... 
20
No. 1 per gross................... 
25
No. 2 per gross  .................  
38
No. 3 per gross...................  58
Mammoth..................... 
70

LAMP  WICKS.

Pump  Cans.

LANTERNS.

22

Hardware

The  Arrangement  and  Care of Goods.
One  of  the  most  common  annoyances 
in  the  retailing  of  goods  kept  in  as­
sorted  sizes  is  the  mixing  of  such  sizes 
by  haste  in  returning  to  the  various  re­
ceptacles.  So,  in  providing 
for  these 
kinds  of  goods,  care  should  be  taken  to 
reduce  the  probability  of  mixing,  as 
far  as  possible. 
In  the  common  pro­
vision  for  retailing  carriage,  tire,  plow 
and  other  kinds  of  bolts  there  are  us­
ually  open  pigeon-holes  or  boxes  with 
the  sizes 
indicated  on  the  edges.  Of 
course,  it  is  largely  a  matter  of  chance 
whether, 
the 
proper  box  is  located,  and the frequency 
of  mistakes  is  sufficient  to  keep  up  an 
annoying  unceitainty  as  to  whether  you 
will  bring  out  the  proper  size  when 
relying  ori  the  labels.

in  returning  the  bolts, 

The  engraving  herewith  represents  a 
method  of  caring  for  bolts  which  goes 
far  to  eliminate  the  danger  of  mixing 
and  at  the  same  time  keeps  out 
intrud­
ing  objects,  dirt,  etc.  The  case,  as 
shown 
in  the  engraving,  is  designed 
for  a  large  and  complete  assortment  of 
bolts  and  the  plan  may  be  easily  modi­
fied  for  smaller  stocks.  The  case  is 
feet  high  and  has  15
6  ftet  wide, 

BOLT  CASE.

Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of
TINWARE,
ENAMELED  WARE  and 
NICKEL  PLATED  WARE.
Factory  and  Salesrooms,  260  South  Ionia  Street

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Economy Feed Cooker  1
I
Unii Farmers’ Boiler 

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

A D A M S  &  HART, 

|
ta WF5T BRIDGE ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.  £

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

in  strong  paper  boxes  lined  with  black 
Canton  flannel.  The  manner  of  con­
struction 
is  plainly  shown  by  the  cut. 
When  the  hinged  cover  which shuts over 
the  front  part  of  the  box  is  raised,  as 
shown,  it  permits  the  front  of  the box to

__ 

SECTION  OF  FILE  RACK.

fall  open,  so  that  the  files  can  be  re­
moved  without  pulling  the  box  more 
than  a  few  inches  out of  its  pigeonhole. 
The  sizes  are  indicated  by  numbers  on 
the  boxes  and  the  samples  may  be  ar­
ranged  on  sample  boards.

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

No  Luck  in  Horseshoes.

There  is  a  truck-driver  in  New  York 
City  who  stands  ready  to  demolish  any 
man  who  attempts  to  persuade  him  that 
hois-“shoes  are  lucky.  He  started  up 
street  the  other  day  with  a  load  of  dis 
carded  horseshoes  which  were  to  be 
delivered  to  a  junk  shop  in  the  neigh 
borhood.  He  was  hardly  under  way 
when  the  tail-board  of  his  wagon  fell 
out,  and  about  a  bushel  of  shoes  were 
scattered  on  the  pavement,  and  in  pick­
ing  these  up,  one  of  them  fell  upon  his 
foot  and  injured  him  so  that  he  limped 
for  a  week.  While  be  was  reloading,  a 
rapidly  driven  car  came down the street, 
and  struck  the  rim  of  his  wheel,  demol­
ishing  two  spokes,  and  he  had  hardly 
unloaded  and  started  for  home,  before 
his  horse  took 
fright  and  ran  away, 
smashing  his  wagon  and  nearly  killing 
him 
in  the  bargain  by  throwing  him 
against  a  pillar  of  the  elevated  road. 
On  reaching  home  he  found  three  of  the 
children  sick  with  the  measles.

The  Blight  Has  Reached  St.  Paul. 

From the S t  Paul Trade Journal.

places  for  bolts.  The  boxes  cr  open­
ings  are  made  square,  and  of  the  fol­
lowing  sizes,  according  to  the  sizes  of 
the  bolts:  4K*4K  I  5 * 5 ;   5 ^ x 5 > £ ;  6 x 6 ; 
7x7,  and  8x8,  as  indicated  in  cut.  Each 
box 
is  provided  with  a  door  of  tin  or 
sheet  iron,  hung  on  a  wire  passing 
through  a  roll  at  the  top  of  each,  the 
wire  extending  across  the  case  and  be­
ing  fastened  in  place  by  blind  staples. 
The  sizes  of  the bolts are plainly painted 
on  the  doors,  which  afford  room  to 
make  the  sizes  sufficiently  conspicuous; 
and.  as  each  door  has  to  be  opened, 
there  is  little  likelihood  of  returning  to 
the  wrong  box.  A  case  built  upon 
this  plan  presents  an  attractive  appear­
ance  and  by  its  use  a  complete  assort­
ment  can  be  kept  at  hand  with  little 
trouble.

Among  the  ugliest  articles  to  handle 
and  care  for  must  be  reckoned  the  va­
rious  sizes  and  kinds  of  files.  On  ac­
count of  the  sharp  tangs  and  points, 
which  will  pierce  the  stoutest  paper, 
there  is  considerable  danger  and  often 
quite  serious  injury 
inflicted.  The 
following  illustration  shows  a  section  of 
a  rack,  which  may  be  made 
larger  or 
smaller  according  to  size and  variety  of 
stock. 
is  provided  with 
pigeonholes  to  accommodate  the various 
sizes and  styles  of files,  which are placed

rack 

The 

is 

It 

The  trading  check  fake  has  struck St. 
Paul,  and  has,  we  regret  to say,  induced 
a  very  respectable  number  of  retail 
firms  to  adopt  the  scheme  which  has 
been  exploited  in  so  many  other  cities.
is,  perhaps,  too  much  to  say  that 
for 
the  scheme 
the  contract  made 
is  probably  one 
which  at  common law could be enforced, 
but  it  is  based  on  a  keen  knowledge  of 
human  nature,  and  upon  the  fact  that 
the  average  small  dealer  will  not  adver­
tise 
in  the  daily  paper,  but  will  take 
hold  of  a  system  which  seems  to  prom­
ise  him  immediate  returns.

is  a  fraudulent  one, 

Chicago  in  the  Throes  of the Trading 

Stamp.

The  trading  stamp  scheme  has  been 
foisted  upon  the  retail  merchants  of 
Chicago.  The 
introduction  was  made 
a  few  days  ago  after  the  manner  of  an­
nouncing  a  new  patent  medicine  or 
heralding  the  coming  of  a  three-ring 
circus,  save  the  music  and  the  animals 
—an  open  carriage  drawn  by four horses 
contained  four  gaudily-dressed 
little 
girls  carrying  banners.

No  Reason  to  Make  Excuse.

“ Come  and  take  lunch  with  me  to­
day, “ said  one  business  man  to  an­
other.

I ’ve  an  appointment.”

“ I  can’t. 
“ Can’t  you  break  it?”
“ No;  a  man  has  promised  to  come  to 
my  office  at  noon  and  pay  me  some 
money. ’ ’
I ’ll  order 

“ Oh,  then,  that's  all  right. 

the  lunch  for  two.  He  won't  come. ’ ’

Every  Farmer  needs  one. 

30  gallon 
size  complete  for  $ 15 .  Delivered  at  any 
R.  R.  Station  in  Michigan.  W e  have 
other  sizes. 

Send  for  circular.

*V 
 
^

FOSTER,  STEVEN S  &  CO.,  &
Ì & .

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

&  

&

THE ONLY W AY...

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.

The  Hardware  Market.

in  holiday 

With  the  coming  in  of  December  the 
demand  for  goods 
line  is 
very  brisk  and  in  all  other  lines  trade 
keeps  up  remarkably  well.  A  general 
feeling  of  confidence  seems  to  preva 
the  entire  trade  and  the  good  prices 
which  our  farm  products  are  bringing 
in  many  sections  of  Michigan,  as  well 
as  the  coming  of  winter,  have  resulted 
in  a 
large  demand  for  all  classes  of 
hardware.  We  think  there  is  every evi 
dence  in  the  general  outlook  of  the  de 
inand  keeping  up  fully  with  Decembe 
of  last  year and  should  not  be  surprised 
to  see  a  large  increase  as  the  result  of 
conditions  now  existing.  The  market 
changes  but  little  in  values,  although  at 
the  present  time  there  is  considerable 
excitement 
in  the  wire  and  nail  situa 
tion.  Collections  continue  fair  and  we 
believe  will  improve  as  farmers  dispose 
of  their  products.

specifications  and 

Wire  Nails—At  the  present 

time 
there  is  a  good  deal  of  uneasiness  with 
all  buyers,  both 
jobbers  and  retailers, 
as  to  what  the  future  will  bring  forth 
Manufacturers  have withdrawn all prices 
imme 
and  decline  to  quote  except  for 
diate 
shipments 
Jobbers  at  the  present  time  are  unset 
tied  as  to  the  best  course  to  pursue,  but 
in  many 
instances  are  covering  thei 
wants  for  the  present  month.  The  out 
look  at  the  present  time  is  that  the  As 
sociation  will  control  the  output  of  all 
the  wire  and  nails  that  are  made and,  i 
they  do,  the  question  of  there  being  an 
advance  made  is  somewhat  doubted  by 
the  more  conservative  buyers. 
Jobbers 
at  present  are  quoting  gi.75  from  stock 
and  $1.50  at  the  mill,  price  subject  to 
change  without  notice.

Wire—This  article,  in  sympathy  with 
the  condition  existing  in  the  nail  mar 
ket,  has  resulted 
in  an  advance  being 
made  by  manufacturers  of  $2@4  per  ton 
and  even  then  they  decline  to  accept 
orders  except  for  immediate  shipments. 
It  is  hoped  that  in  the  course  of  a  week 
or  two  conditions  will  settle  down  so 
that  merchants  will  be  able  to  know 
what  the  future  will  be.

in 

Cordage—Business 

rope  shows 
some  falling  off  in  volume,  as  is  usual 
at  this  season  of  the  year.  This  cond 
tion,  in  connection  with  the  eagerness 
to  sell  goods,  has  not  strengthened  the 
market. 
change  in  prices.

Jobbers,  however,  make 

Enameled  Ware——The  movement 
looking  to  the  consolidation  of  the 
greater  number  of  the  enamel  ware 
manufacturers 
into  one  corporation  is 
being  actively  pressed  by  those  who 
originated  the  idea.  Should  the  largest 
manufacturers  succeed 
in  making  this 
consolidation,  it  will  undoubtedly  mean 
an  advance  in  prices,  as  they  all  claim 
that  at  the  present  time  the  intense 
competition  now  existing  between  all 
manufacturers  has  resulted 
in  goods 
being  sold  for  less  than  they  can  be 
made,  as  well  as  a  great  many  poor  and 
imperfect  goods  being  put  on  the  mar­
ket.  Prices,  however,  have  not  been 
influenced  by  the  talks  of  consolidation 
and  enamel  ware 
is  being  sold  as  low 
as  ever.

Glass—There  is  nothing  new  to report 
* su^iect-  The  factories  are  still 
idle,  the  differences  between  men  and 
master  not  having  been  adjusted,  and 
i“ ®re 
no  telling  when  they  will  be.
I he  discount  at  present  is 60  per  cent. 
Stocks  are  very  broken  and  some  sizes 
are  impossible  to  get  at  all.

Schemes  Alleged  to  Possess

Saving  Properties.

Fuel-

I  read  an  article  the  other  day  in 
which  an  eminent  French  engineer  who

had  been  all  over  the  world  stated  that 
in  his  opinion  the  reason  why  France 
and  America  were  such  conspicuous 
factors  among  the  nations  lay  primari 
| in  the  rigid  domestic  economy  of  the 
first  nation  and  the  industrial  economy 
of  the  second.  The  French  chef  makes 
delicious  ragouts  out  of  odds  and  ends 
the  American  cook  throws 
the 
garbage  box,  while  the  American  man 
ufacturer  gains  his  lead  by  saving  time 
and  handling  in  manufacture.

into 

in  a 

This  engineer  cited  an  instance  of 
machine 
large  factory  that  auto 
matically  sharpened  all  the  tools  in  the 
place,  making  an  important  saving 
i_ 
the  time  of  300  mechanics in the depart 
ment  in  which  it  was located.  A perusal 
of  stove  papers  shows  that  there  is  a 
marked  trend  at  present  in  this  country 
in  the  way  of  domestic  economy,  par 
ticularly  in  the  saving  of  fuel,  of  which 
our  prodigality  in  the  past  has  astound 
ed  our  European  visitors,  accustomed as 
they  are  to  a  very  niggardly  hoarding 
of  the  black  diamonds.  There  was 
time  when  an  American  housewife  was 
looked  on  as  a  model  of  economy  if  she 
went  so  far  as  to  sift  her  ashes

H ardw are  Price  Current.

AUGURS AND  BITS

Snell’s......................................................
...... 25&10
Jennings’, genuine............ ' . ’ 
Jennings’, imitation........................„¡..  ..60&10

AXES

First Quality, S. B. Bronze.........................  5
1 irst Quality, D. B. Bronze.... 
9
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel...... ....................  5
First Quality, D. B. Steel...................10

BARROWS

B y ro a d ...............................................  00  14
Garden.................................................  net  30

BOLTS

l ‘ov®......................................................... 
Carriage new list....................................  .. 
Plow........................................................

70 to

60&10

Well,  plain....................................................* 3 ¿5

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

Cast Loose  Pin, figured................................70&10
Wrought Narrow.......................................... 70<610

BLOCKS
Ordinary Tackle.......................
CROW  BARS

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

70

4

CAPS

Hick’s C. F ...................  ....................
g. n ......................................*"
Musket....................

.per m 65
.per m 55
.per m
35
.per m
0U

CARTRIDGES

Kim  Fire.  .................................................... 50&
Central  Fire......................

Now  every  manufacturer  of stoves and 
furnaces  uses  the  most  extraordinary 
pains  to  turn  out  a  piece  of  goods  that 
will  extract  all  the  heat  possible  from 
given  quantity  of  coal. 
I  could  talk  for 
hours  on  the  detailed  constructions  of 
various  leading  stoves  and 
furnaces 
showing  the  provisions  made  to  prevent 
a  waste  of  beat  up  the chimney.  Then 
too,  take  stove  pipe  radiators.  The 
constant  springing  up  of  new  firms  in 
this  line  and  the  evident  prosperity  and 
wider  sales  of  the  old-time  stove  pipe 
radiator  firms  show  that  there  is  a  large 
sale  of  these  contrivances  whose  sole 
is  to  prevent  the  waste  of  too 
purpose 
much  heat  chimney ward.  That 
the
inventors  are  turned  toward 
minds  of 
this  problem 
is  shown  by  a  perusal  of 
the  patent reports.  A deflecting damper 
for  cook  stoves,  used  by  a  Western 
stove  firm,  concentrates  heat  under  s 
ingle  lid,  enabling  one  to  cook  a  mea 
with  a  medium  fire,  instead  of  piling 
on  fresh  coal.  Another recent  invention 
consists  of  a  scheme  for  securing  an  air 
supply  for  the  fire  by  bringing  it  down 
at  the  sides  of  the  chimney, thus heating 
combustion 

it  reaches  the 

before 

It  certainly 

chamber  of  the  stove.  A  Colorado 
ventor  has  brought  out  an adjustable fire 
box  partition,  by  which  the  size  of  the 
fire  box  is  narrowed  or  widened  at  will, 
thus  effecting  a  marked  saving  over  the 
present  style. 
looks  as 
though  the  coal  problem,  which  is  so 
mportant  a  one 
in  this  northern  cli­
mate,  is  being  solved  by  the 
inventive 
genius  of  the  country.  When  I  think 
of  the  many  features  in  stove  construc- 
on,  not  only  of  one  firm  but  of  a  hun­
dred  firms,  which  beyond  all  question 
result  in  a  great  saving  of  fuel,  and  be- 
ides  this  the  many  general  devices, 
such  as  radiators,  fire  box  partitions, 
chimney  air  inlets,  etc.,  applicable  to 
all  stoves,  it  certainly  looks  as  though 
there  was  something  of  a  hitch  in  the 
predictions  of  the  statisticians  who  fig­
ure  that  all  the  coal  in  the  world  will 
be  exhausted  sometime  about  the
year
2300.  You  must  bear 
in  mind,  too, 
that  the  few  coal-saving  schemes  I  have 
mentioned  are  a  mere  drop 
the 
bucket,  as  there  are  hundreds  of  others 
that  possess  fuel-saving  properties.— 
idney  Arnold  in  American  Artisan.

in 

The  Buffalo  aldermen  have  refused  to 
instruc­
appropriate any  money  for  the 
tion  of  public  schoolgirls  in  the  art  of 
cookery.

CHISELS

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

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

1

DRILLS

ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
:
j  gg
Corrugated..............................................  
Adjustable.............................................. dis 40&10

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

30&10
25

FILES—New  List

New American.......................................  ..  70&10
Nicholsons................................................ 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps..........." " " " " "  ."."eCdti

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

GALVANIZED
15 
GAUGES

Discount, 75_to 75-10

13 

14 

16  ]

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................60&10

KNOBS—New List

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

70
go

MATTOCKS

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

NAILS

105

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire

... 
Steel nails, base............................. 
Wire nails, base............................1
...........
20 to 60 advance....................  
10 to 16 advance..............................*” .";**
8 advance......................................10
6 advance................................20
4 advance................................ ..I."!.!!"  " 
30
3 advance..........................................................45
2 advance.........................................**."***
Fine 3 advance...................................................50
Casing 10 advance.............................................. 15
Casing  8 advance..............................................25
Casing  6 advance.......................... 
35
Finish 10 advance............................ ...” "
Finish  8 advance.....................35
Finish  6 advance.............................................. 45
Barrel % advance...............................................85

MILLS

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

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  GATES

Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine.................................  * * * ‘ 6O&10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................* 
30

PLANES

/»so
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy.................... 
«>
Sciota Bench.......................................... ” * 
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy....................." "   @50
Bench, first quality........................................’  ««go
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60

PANS

Fry, Acme  ..............................................60&10&10
70& 5
Common, polished.................................. 
Iron and Tinned........................................  
go
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................... 60

RIVETS

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 He per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list.........................dis 3Sk
Kip’s  ...................................................... di& 
25
Yerkes A Plumb’s...................................... di« 10A10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..................80c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Oast Steel Hand 30c lie . 40619

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware........................new list 75&10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20&10
Granite Iron  Ware........................new iist40&10
Pots.
K ettles................................................ 

HOLLOW  WARE

.6 0 6 1
60&10

..........
HINGES

 

 

. 

„  

, 
, 

.». 

TRAPS

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

com. smooth.

SHEET  IRON

WIRE  GOODS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIOHTS

com. 
12 40 
2 40 
2 45 
2 55 
2 65
2 75
AH sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Clar*’8’ b 2>3.................................. dis 60610
8laie..........................................perdos.net  2 50
Bright................................................. 
QQ
Screw Eyes....................... 
on
Hook’s................................................................ so
¡jq
Gate Hooks and Eyes...........................****** 
„ 
LEVELS
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...................dis 
70
ROPES
Sisal, V4 inch and  lareer........ 
tu
Manilla.
M a n i l l a  
s  
SQUARES
Steel and Iron.. 
Try and Bevels 
Mitre...............
,T 
Nos. 10 to 14..................................$2 70
Nos. 15 to 17...............................  2 70
Nos. is to 21...................."  2 8o
Nos. 22 to 24............................*' ]  3 00
Nos. 25 to 26............................ 
3  in
No.  27......... ................... 
3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
T, 
List  acct. 19, ’80...................................... dig
„ 
Solid Eyes....................................... per ton 20 00
Steel, Game......................................___ 
60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ..  .. 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley A Norton’s 70A10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1  25
7=
Bright Market......................... 
Annealed  Market...............................................75
Coppered  Market............................  
704,10
Tinned Market................................            ^ 0*
Coppered Spring  Steel............................ ""**** 50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized............. .” ” "**  ® 10
Barbed  Fence,  painted....................1  80
An Sable............................................................dis 40A1C
Putnam.................................... 
5
Northwestern.............................. " " ." " d is  10A10
WRENCHES
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled. 
Coe’s Genuine.
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought 
Coe’s Patent, malleable....................
Bird  Cages............................................. 
Pumps, Cistern..................................30
Screws, New List....................... 85
Casters, Bed and  Plate..............50A10A10
Dampers, American............................... 
600 pound casks........................................  
Per pound.

50
gu
6*
H@H.......................................................  
igu
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  varv
according to composition
»
ftPPfinlinff In  OOmnAoitlnn 
TIN—Melyn Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal.....................  
1 5 7 s
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................  .  ...........* ,   £
20x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   ?

.......................... 
SOLDER

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

HORSE NAILS

30 
50 
80 
80
=0

WIRB

Each additional X on this grade, $L25.

,jls 

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal.....................  
son
14x20 IC, Charcoal....................... ...............  5 no
10x14 IX, Charcoal...................... 
...........   «  $
14x20 IX, Charcoal.........................I.J......... 
j  00
Each additional X on this grade, li.sb” ” 

ROOFING  PLATES
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............. 
s no
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean.................I.;****  « 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................’  10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............'  5 50
20x281C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... ! !  9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   11  00
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, 1 „„
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers’ f P®r Pound... 

BOILER  SIZB TIN  PLATB 

9

Write for prices. 

’Phone 1357.

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Ha r d w a r e  S p e c ia l t ie s,  B elt in g,

Engineers, Machinists and 

Factory Supplies.

3 PEARL S T R U T . 

GRAND  R A PID S .

tradesman
Itemized
Ledgers*

Size, 8j£xi4—3 columns.

quires,  160  pages...................................................  oo
quires, 340  pages...............................................  2  -Q
quires, 320  pages.................................................  3  ¿q
quires, 400 pages..........................  
,  -0
6 quires, 480 pages............................." "  " "   4 ¿0

INVOICE  RECORD or BILL BOOK.

80 double pages,  registers 2,SSo  invoices......... $2  00

T R A D E SriA N   CO M PAN Y,

GRAND  RAPIDA, MICH.

24

Commercial T ravelers
Important 
Refused  to  Promulgate  an 

Amendment.

submitted 

Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  8—The 

sub 
joined  amendment  to  the  constitution 
and  by-laws  was 
to  the 
Board  ot  Directors  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  at  their  recent 
meeting  in  Lansing  and  was  rejected. 
I  note,  however,  that  a  proposition  to 
give  the  Board  the  power  to  elect  the 
Secretary  was  adopted.  Why  not  go 
further  and  give  them  power  to  elect  all 
the  officers,  so  that  they  may  perpetuate 
themselves  in  office?  Are  they  teariul 
that,  it  the  members  at  large  have  a 
voice  in 
e selection  ot  the  officers who 
are  to  spend  their  money,  some  of 
found 
the  present  Directors  will  be 
in  honesty  of  purpose  and 
wanting 
placed  where  they  belone 
in obscurity?

L e o   A .  C a r o .

The  draft  above  referred  to  provided 
for  the  amendment  of  Section  4,  as  fol-

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

elected. 
In  case  of  a  tie,  the  returning 
board  shall  by  lot  declare  the  election. 
The  ballots  shall  be  sealed  in  a  safe 
package  and  placed 
in  the  custody  of 
the  out-going  President,  who  shall  pre­
serve  the  same  for  the  period  of  ninety 
days.

>ec.  12.  Any  candidate  who  may 
question  the  result  of  the  ballot  may 
within  thirty  days  after the adjournment 
of  the  convention  file  with  the  Board  of 
Directors  a  written  statement  of  his 
grievances  and  it  said  Board,  after 
in­
vestigation, 
for 
find  probable  cause 
said  contest,  it  shall  cause  the  ballots 
to  be  brought  before  them  for  a  re­
count  and  reinvestigation.  The  Board 
of  Directors  are  empowered  to  change 
the  report  ot  the  returning  board  only 
upon  the  most  convincing  prima  facie 
evidence  ot  error  or  fraud.

bee.  13. 

is  as  follows: 

I be  written  insertion  in  this 
section 
Ballots  must
be  mailed  at  least  five  days  before  the 
annual  meeting  and  no  ballot  shall  be 
counted  that  has  not  a  postmark  upon 
t  or 
is  mailed  later  than  midnight  of 
the  fifth  day  befoie  the  meeting.”

The  Pocket  Directory  of  the  L.  S.

Boys.

Marquette,  Dec.  7—The leather-bound 
vest  pocket  directory  being  compiled 
by  the  Secretary  of  the  Lake  Superior 
Commercial  Traveler’s  Club,  to  be 
is­
sued  about  January  1,  will  contain  the 
by-laws,list  of  members,  their addresses 
and  the  firms  represented ;  the  official 
classification  and  the  Western  classifi­
cation  in  a  short  form ;  hotel,  bus,  bag­
gage,  stage,  livery  and  railroad  adver­
tisements ;  excess  baggage  tariffs ;  a 
miscellaneous  lot  of 
information,  such 
as  postage  rates,  storm  signals,  holi­
days, 
interest,  a  calendar, 
weights  and  measures ; 
a  few  blank 
leaves,  and 
four  poems  on  traveling 
men !  Several  of  the  members  have 
ordered  extra  copies.  Those  who  do 
will  please  write  the  Secretary  at  once. 
They  can  be  had  at  actual  cost.  The 
members’  names  will  be  printed  on  the 
cover  of  the  orders  that  are  received 
before  December  20.

rates  of 

The  following 

the  book  will  contain:

is  one  of  the  poems 

Section  1 

present.

To  remain  the  same  as  a

S-c.  2.  Cut  out 
annual meeting,“   i. 
lines.

the  words,  “ at  th 
the  third and fount
Sec  3.  Change  the  words,  “ at  eat 
anneal  meeting,“   in  the  fifth  and  sixtt 
lines,  to  read,  “ annually.“

To

remain  the  same  as  at

To

remain  the  same  as  at 

Sec.  4. 

present.
Sec  5 
present 

Sec.  6. 

To

remain  the  same  as  at

present.
Sec.  7. 
At  the  same  time  that  the 
Secretary 
mails  to  the  members  th 
notice  of
the  annual  meeting,  at  least 
twenty  days  before  the  annual  meeting 
be  shall  enclose  to  each  member  a  vot 
ing  blank,  arranged  as  nearly 
like an 
Australian  ballot  as  is  possible  and con 
taining  instructions  how  to  vote  and  thi 
names  of the officers to  vote  for and suffi 
cient  space  below  each  to  place  therein 
the  name of  a  candidate  tor  said  office. 
Each  ballot  shall  contain  on  the  uppei 
left  hand  corner  on  the  back  the initials 
of  the  Secretary  in  ink  and  in  his  own 
handwriting  and  no  other  ballot  shall 
be  counted.

Sec.  8.  The  Secretary  shall  enclose 
with  the  ballot  a  return  envelope ad 
dressed  to  the  President.  On  the  lower 
left  hand  corner  shall  be  printed  the 
word,  “ ballot.”   On  the  upper  left  hand 
corner  shall  be  printed  a  space  for  the 
name,  number  and  address  of  the  mem 
ber.

Sec.  9.  Each  member  shall  place 

ii 
the  proper  space  of  the  ballot  the  name 
of  his  choice 
lor  the  office.  He  shall 
then  place  the  ballot  in  the  return  en­
velope  and  write 
in  the  proper  space 
bis  name,  number  and  address,  seal 
the  envelope  and  mail  the  same.  F ail­
ure  to  place  the  number  or  address 
shall  not  invalidate  the  ballot,  but  no 
ballot  shall  be  counted  that  has  not  the 
autograph  signature  of  the  member 
in 
ink  and  in  his  own  handwriting  on  the 
envelope.  Any  mark  on  the  ballot  ex­
cept  the  necessary  names  of  candidates 
shall  make  the  ballot  invalid  and  the 
same  shall  not  be  counted.

is 

Sec.  10.  At  the  annual  convention 
is  pos­
and  as  soon  after  convening  as 
sible  the  President  shall  appoint  a  re­
turning  board  of  five  members.  He 
shall  give  them  the  ballots,  unopened, 
and  they  shall  at  once  retire  to  some 
pri vate  and  convenient  place  and  check 
and  count  the  same.  They  shall  use 
the  Secretary  s  books  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining 
if  each  member  who  has 
voted 
in  good  standing  and  entitled 
to  a  vote.  No  ballot  shall  be  opened 
until 
the  envelopes  have  been 
checked.  They  shall  then  be  opened 
in  such  manner  that  the  identity  of  the 
voter  shall  not  be  disclosed.  No  envel­
ope  shall  be opened  unless  the  vote 
is 
a  legal  one.

Sec.  11.  As  soon  as  the  votes  have 
been  counted,  the  chairman  of  the  re­
turning  board  shall  report  to  the  con­
vention  the  result  of  the  ballot,  and  the 
members  receiving  the  highest  number 
of  votes  shall  thereupon  be  declared

all 

Movements of Lake Superior Travelers
H.  F.  B.  Wendells  (Bunte  Bros.  & 
Spoehr)  is  very musically inclined.  He 
is  looking  lor  an  engagement  where  he 
can  be  ot  some  use 
in  calling  hotel 
guests  early  in  the  morning  by  songs.
Will  C.  Brown  is  in  Appleton,  Wis 
tor  a  couple  of  weeks,  inventorying  th 
-tack  of  the  Lake  Superior  Knitting 
Woiks,  of  which  he  is  a  part.

Harry  Work 

(Woodward  &  Stone 
expects  to  quit  the  road  and  start 
pawn  shop.  He  carries  a  watch  1 
every  pocket  now.

F.  S.  McCurdy  (jenness  &  McCurdy) 
has  finished  his  year’s  work  and  gon 
to  Detroit.

Cbas.  Doty  (Edson,  Moore  &  Co.)  i 

nearly  through  with  bis  year’s  work.

A.  F.  Wixson  (Hetcher  Hardware 
C o.)  will  spend  the  holidays  in  Dctroi 
and  Bay  City.

Harry  Britling  (A.  Krolick  &  Co. 

s  on  bis  last  trip  for  1897.
J.  R.  O’Neil  (C.  P.  Collins  &  Co.)  is 
loading  the  Lake  Superior  trade  upon 
cigars  now.

W.  R.  Smith  (Hibbard,  Spencer, 
Bartlett  ¿Sc  Co  )  will  insert  his  head 
in 
to  the  hymeneal  noose  Dec.  9.  The 
lady 
is  Miss  Jennie  McKana,  of  Es 
canaba.  We  can  assure  Miss  McKana 
that,  if  Mr.  Smith  proves  as good a com 
pan 1 on  to  her  at  home  as  he  is  to  the 
boys  on  the  road,  she  will  never  have 
cause  for  complaint.  For  the  present 
they  will  live  in  Escanaba.

Van  Anden  and  Williams,  the  two 
jolly  ones  at  that—have 

Dromins—and 
done  the  Upper  Peninsula.

H.  C.  Carr  (Plankington  Packing 
C o.)  has 
left  his  Lake  Superior  terri­
tory  and  will  represent  the  same  firm, 
with  headquarters  at  Washington,  D.  C.
P.  Murray  succeeds  him  in  his  old 
field.

Anything  But  Obliging.

Grand  Junction,  Dec.  6—On  Saturday 
evening,  Nov.  27,  I  was  at  Grand  Junc- 
ion  waiting  the  arrival  ot  the  last  train 
nto  Grand  Rapids. 
I  repeatedly  asked 
the  night  operator  if  the  train  was  late, 
but  none  of  my  enquiries  elicited  any 
reply.  He  sat  at  his  desk  with  his  head 
on  the  top  of  it,  as  though  be  might  be 
drunk,  but 
just  before  the  train  came 
n  he got  up  and  walked  around,  so that
saw  that  he  was  neither drunk  nor 
sle.-p.  On  the  arrival  of  the  train  I 
boarded  the  smoker  and  when  the  con- 
uctor  came  around  to  take  up  my 
mileage,  he  said,  “ You  came  within 
an  ace  of  spend mg  Sunday  in  Grand 
unction.  This  train  stops  at  Grand 
unction  only  on  signal,  and  if  1  hadn’t 
happened  to  have  a  passenger  to  let  off 
there,  you  would  have been compelled to 
telegraph  your  family  that  you  had been 
Junction.  You 
should  have  told  the  operator  that  you 
wanted  the  train,  so  that  he  might  give 
I  told  the  con­
ductor  my  experience  with  the  opera­
tor,  whereupon  he  stated  that  he  had 
frequently  had  complaints  of  this  kind 
made  to  him  from  that  station. 

proper  signal.”  

in  Grand 

detracked 

L.

W A N T S   COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

OP

yyA N T ED —TO  BUY  A  STOv-K  OP  GEN-
eral  merchandise  worth  from  $',00 >  to 
$10,000.  Address  W,  care Michigan Tradesman.
442
I  HAVE  A PARTY WANTING GROCERY OR 
general  stock.  Must  be  a  bargain.  I  have 
buyers for any line  of merchandise.  W. H. Gil 
bert, 109 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. 
440
i jX)R  SALE—IN  ONE  OF  THE  BEST  BUST- 
ness towns In Northern Michigan, my e 'tire 
‘tock of groceries;  onlv grocery  store  in  Petos- 
key doing a strictly cash business.  Good reasons 
for selling.  For  particulars write to J. Welling 
A Co., Pe oskev.  Mich. 
441
ÏpoR  SALE  CHE -iP—$1,500  STOi K  OP  DRY 
goods  A  bargain.  Address  box  5,  Byron,
Stila» asset- Co.,  M ich.
IT'OR EXCHANGE—A PARLOR  GRAN D aUT- 
-T  ohai p, cost $:5. for typewriter of equa: value.
Geo. H  V onroe, Pontiac.  M ich.
444
XI  RENT—FOR  LIGHT  MANUFACTURING 
purpcK-es;  two-stoiy building, 28x78. with  20 
T
to ■»<) horse power;  electric lights; side track and 
two railroad  connections;  Chicago line of boats 
daily for six month-, in the ' ear: located in best 
town in northern  Michigan:  timber of all kinds 
to be had;  low tent.  Address box 124.  Petos  ev, 
Mich. 
dOR  SALE OR  KENT—MY  ME\T  MARKET
Address  Ernest  Black- 
doln ; a good  business, 
more. Lake Ann,  Mich.

443

437

434

435

4  8

INTEKEsT 

Ir»OR  SALE-FIRE  PROOF  SAFE  WITH 

burglar ch- st. size 514x3 feet, Detroit make; 
also  one  two-horse  lariy  in  good  condit'ou. 
For  particulars  address  Newaygo  Mins,  New- 
a> go.  Mich. 
\X7 A NT ED—GROCERY  STOCK 
IN  EX- 
vv  chauge for house  and  lot  located  in  toe 
thriving to» n of  Rockford,  fifteen  miles  north 
of Grand Ra' ids.  Full  particulars  ou  applica­
tion.  J--bn J  E'y, Rockford,  Mich. 
|X )R   SALE—DRUG  STOCK.  INVENTOKY- 
X?  ing S1.2UU, located at the  corner  of  Leonard 
street and Alpine  avenue,  Grand  Rapids.  Rea­
son for selling,  owner is  not  a  regtsteed  p. ar- 
macist.  Address No. -34, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
tXIR  SALE  ONEHALF 
IN 
well-selected  stock  of  groceries  and  crock­
ery.  Will sell right if sold at once.  Other busi­
ness  is  resson  for  sel'ing.  Address  F.,  Lock 
Box 2. Portland, M  ch. 
432
L'OK  EX. HANGE —PRODUCTIVE 
l 1TY 
F   property ana cash for  dry  goods or  general 
mercha. dise.  Address  L.  A  Co.,  Rockford, 
Mich.. Box 7. 
y y  VNTED- STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS  OK 
geuerai  merchandise  for  Northern  In­
diana, Illinois and Iowa improved farms.  Have 
buyers  for  general  stores,  and  stores  for  sale. 
Address No. 419, care Michigan Tradesman.  419
if   you
W a n t e d —b u t t e r  and  eggs, 
want good pric- s and quick  returns  w  ite 
402
Lunn A  Strong, Toledo, Ohio 
Ra n t e d  —  f i r s t -c l a s s   b u t t e r   f o r
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
381
F o r   e x c h a n g e - t w o   f i n e   i m p r o v e d
farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
7H>K SALE—JUDGMENT FOR$8.08 AGAINST 
’  Niles II. Winans,  real  estate  agent  in  the 
Grand
381

Caulkett & Co.. Trave.se City, Mich. 

Tradesman  Company,

Tower  Block. 
Rapids

430

73

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

I ['REE—OCR  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON  PAT- 

NEW  HANDBOOK  ON
/   A
Grand Rapids. Mich. 

ents.  Cillev  A  AUgier,  Patent  Attorneys,
339

MISCELLANEOUS.

W ANTED—POSITION  IN  WHOLESALE  OR 
retail  grocery  or  crockery  business  by
salesman  of  eight  years’  experience. 
Address 
No. 430  care Michigan Tradesman.
438

|   P ortrait Calendars 

J

We  have  lately placed  on the market  % 
a  line  of  portrait calendars which  we 
jg 
think  superior  in  many respects  to  the  ~ 
colored calendars so long in use, in that 
the  customer  who  hangs  up a calendar 
with  the  merchant’s  portrait  thereon 
will think of him and  his establishment 
every time he glances at the calendar.

This  line  of  calendars  is  7x11  inches 
in  size,  printed  on  heavy  8-plv  coated 
litho.  cardboard,  with  portrait of  mer­
chant  at  top  of card ana large monthly 
calendar  pads  wire  stitched  to  lower 
portion  of  card,  samples  of which  will 
cheerfully be sent on application

In case you conclude  to favor us with 
your order for anything  in the calendar 
line,  we  trust  you  will  send  on  photo­
graph  and  copy  for  reading  matter  as 
early in the month as possible.
TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND RAPIDS. 

£

i*7 

A t last, the  Lake Superior 
Is in a ü o o d   condition,  with 

Commercial Travelers'  Club
Headquarters at the “ Hub.”

Its members hail from thirteen  states—
And,  if ever brought before the bar,

T h e y ’re old and young and slim and stout,
Judge Steere will help them out.

There’s Will C.  Brown, the President,
Three cracker men are members— 

The vender of the socks;
l orn Ryan,  Work and  Boex.

The shoe trade’s represented by 
James,  Freeman, Hart and Telling,
Who capture lots of business from 
Concerns that are worth selling.

The g ro c e ry  men are numerous,
One calling every hour—
Comstock, Draper, Horton,  “ Gregg,”
“ Mack,”  Baldwin,  Packer,  Power.

The candy men are with us, too;
Or else they'll feel dissatisfied—

Of them   w e ’ll  have to speak,
Wendells and  Y\ illis Peak.

Montgomery,  Howe and  Dingley—
Brown, Crane and  Alexander  are 

Latter of oils, not tariff  bills;
The boys who sell the pills.

Our members in the dry goods line 
Muldrew,  Brilling, Doty and 

Are quite a jolly lot—
Vice-President Truscott.

John  Mangum warrants  pantaloons 
George  Wallace deals in dynamite 

Not to ravel, rip nor rust;
That anything will bust.’

Buy hats from Quinn;  tobacco 
Brooks, Karger, Carr or Jacobson 

From Foley,  Fee or  Sweet;
W ill load you up on meat.

oods

Lang,  Pollock,  Morrison sell oil —
The coin received that tnev don’t keep 

All kinds from one  big tank;
Goes into John  D.’s bank.

Stoves sold by Schall; “ X X X X ”  by Moon 
The pickles  Milne disposes of 

And Jenkins sells the flour;
Would make your sweetheart sour.

One great branch of trade with us 
Byrns,  Danaher and Kelso must 

Is lumber, mostly pine—
Be mentioned in this rhyme.

Insurance men we must include—
They differ from commercial  men—

John Bogue and  Percy Teeple;
They tackle all the people.

Another lot of travelers 
Dillon, Dunning, Nickerson,

Sell  hardware, iron and steel—
Simpson,  Baldwin, Biel.

The “ Count,”  the oldest in the line, 
The next,  in  years of service,  are 

Deserves especial mention;
Richards,  Smith and  Wixson.

Before this gets monotonous 
Or the author quits his job,
And goes to writing poetry—
Or is strung up by a mob—
He begs to say that all the rest 
Of members" of this club 
A s well as those here mentioned 
Deserve a little rub;
So he’ll offer no excuses,
But knows he’s in a flx 
For writing trashy stuff like this,
And signs his name just “ W ix.”

ith  some  chemical 

A  Canadian  genius  has 

invented  a 
process  whereby  marble  can  be  made 
out of gypsum.  The  gypsum  is  treated 
solution  which 
it  to  become  crystallized,  after 
it  can  be  worked  with  a  turning 
is  said  that  the 

causes 
which 
lathe  or  chisel. 
product  takes  a  very  fine  polish.

It 

Travelers’  Tim e  Tables. 

CANADIAN  r “ , , k

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

DETROIT, Grand Rapids & Western.

doing to Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........7 00«m 
l:?5nm  5:3500
Ar. Detroit.................   11:40am  5:45pm  10:20pn

Returning from  Detroit.

Lv. Detroit...................  8 OOim  1:10pm  fi  lOpp
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......12 55pm  5:20pm  10 55pr>
Lv  n R 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar. G  R 12 20pm  p-30r- 
Parlor cars on all train>  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Saginaw, Alma and  areenvilie.

G e o .  D e H a v e n ,  Genera)  Pass.  Agent.

n r  à N n Trnnk Ra,iway Sy8tem

Detroit and  Milwaukee  Dii

(In  effect  October 3,  1897.)

K AST. 

Detroit  and  East. 

Arrive.
Leave. 
+ 0:45am.  Saginaw,  Detroit  and  East..t n-55pm 
tluluain... 
.  .  + 5:U7pm 
t 3:3npm. .Saginaw.  Detroit amt  East..tl2:45nuj 
*10:45pm...Detroit, East and Canada...* 6:35am 
* 7:00am...  Gd.  Haven  and  Int.  Pts  ...*IO:15 'm 
tl2:53pm  Gd.  llaven  and  lnieimediate.t 3:22pm 
+ 5:12pm —  Gd. Haven Mil. a t   d Clii  ...tWUnaui
tlOtOopm........Gd. Haven  and  Mil.........................
Eastward—No  14 has Wagnei  parlor car.  No 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No  11  parlor  car. 
No.  15 Wagner parlor car.
♦Daily.  (-Except Sunuay.

WEST

k. II. Hi oHta. A. G. P  AT. A. 
B e n .  F l e t c h e r . Trav  Pass. Agt., 
J a s . Ca m p b e l l , City Pass.  Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe Si

EAST  BOUND.

Lv. Detroit.............................t i l :45am  *11:35pm
Ar.  Toron-o..........................   8:3 >pm 
8:15am
Ar. Montreal..........................  7 ;20am 
8:00pm

WEST  BOUND.

Lv.  Montreal.........................  8:50am 
Lv. Toronto........ .......................  4  00pm 
Ar.  D etroit.................................10:45pm 

9:0**pm
7:30am
2:lupm
I>  McN'icol , Pass. Traffic Mgr. Montreal.
E. C. Ovialt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.

DULUTH, So',,h T.Nw"dA"a”,ic

WEST  BOUND.

Lv  Grand  Rapids  (G. R. &  I.)*11:10pm  17:45am  !
l.v.  Mackinaw«  ity ....................  7:3«am  4:20pm  I
5:20pm
Ar.  s t  Ignace.............................  9:0  am 
9:5i pm  I
Ar.  Sault Ste.  Marie.................  12:20pm 
10:  0pm
Ar.  Mai<|ii*-ue  ...........................   2:5i.pm 
5:20pm  12:45am
Ar.  Ncstnria.................... 
8:30am
Ar.  Duluth..................................................... 

 

 

EAST  BOUND.

t6:30pm
Lv.  Duluth.................................................... 
Ar  Nestoria..................................t 1! : 15am  2:4  ant
1:30pm  4:30am
tr.  Mari] 11  tte........................... 
I.v  Sault  ste.  M arie................. 
330pm
8:4iipm  11:0  am
Ar.  Mackinaw Ci  y.................. 
(i.  W  Hibba r d. Gen.  Pass.  Agt  Marqneitc.
E  4..  1 H iatt. T rav  Pass  Agt..  Grand Rapids

T R A V E L

VIA

F.  A  P.  M.  R.  R.

CHICAGO aad West  Michigan R'y

Nov.  at, 1897.

AND  S T E A M S H IP   L IN E S 

TO  A LL  P O IN T S  IN  M ICHIGAN

H .  F.  M O E L L E R ,  a .  g .  p.  a .

S c   C I G A R S

S O L D   B Y   A L L   J O B B E R S

Q.  J  

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

G RAN D   R APID S,  MICH.

H Business Proposition

You  have  something  to  sell  to  the  merchants. 
\ ou are not at all  particular where you  sell  it— 
where the orders come from so long as  you  get 
the  money  and  freight  rates  do  not  interfere 
with the delivery of the goods.  You only want 
to  get  before  a  prosperous  people- -those  who 
have money with  which to buy—in a direct  and 
forcible  way,  with  an  argument  that  will  turn 
their dollars  into your pocket. 
Isn’t  that  true? 
Well, just here is where the

Itticbiflan«
tradesman*

can help you. We are in the prosperous territory
with a strong, well-conducted paper that reaches
the  majority  of all  those  to whom  you  wish  to 
sell within that territory.  You make your busi­
ness  argument—we will  lay  it  before  our  peo­
ple. 
It  pays  others  to  do this—wouldn’t  it  be 
strange if it didn’t pay you  also?

Grand Rapids, midi.

Are  you Going

South?
Then  make
the trip over the famous 
Queen  &  Crescent  Route. 
Historic and  scenic country 
en  route, vestibuled  trains 
that have no equal 
in the South, and  the 
shortest journey possible.
You save a hundred  miles of 
travel to the most  important 
Southern  cities via the 
Queen  &  Crescent.
Write for information to
W.  C.  Kinearson, Gen’l Pass’r Agent.
Cincinnati, O.
Sémi io cents for fine Art Colored L ith ­
o g ra p h   of  Lookout  Mountain  and 
C h ickamauga*

Going to  Chicago.

Muskegon.

Returning  from  Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............... 8:30am  1:25pm *ll:30pn
Ar.  Chicago.................. 3:1mm  6:50pm  6:4uan
Lv.Chicago................   7:20am  5:15pm  *ll:30pi
Ar. G’d Rapids............1:25pm  10:3  pm  * 6  2 iai
Lv. G’d  Rapids..............8:3Uam  1:25pm  6:2ftnr
Ar.  G’d Rapids..............  1:25pm.........   10:10a
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids.........................  7:30am  •*:  > pin
Ar. Traverse  City  ...................  12:40pm  ll:10imi
Ar.  Charlevoix................. 
Ar.  Petoskey............ ...............   3:45pm...........
Parlor  cars  leave  Grand  Rapids  1:  5  r>  m: 
leave  Chicago  5:15  p m.  Sleeping  cars  leave 
Grand  Rapids  *11:30 pm ;  leave  Chi. ago  *9:30 
p m.

P A R L O R   A N D   S L E E P I N G   C A R S .  C H IC A G O .

3  15pm  ... 

.

T R A V E R S E   C I T Y   A N D   B A Y   V IE W

P arlor  car  leaves  G rand  Rapids  7:30  a  m. 
Geo. DeHavbn, Gen« ral Pass. Agent.

O lliers week days outy.

♦Every  day 

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway 

June  so,  1807.

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrivi 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Maek...t 7:45am  t  5:'5pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey A Macs..  t 2 3 >pm  *  6 3 am
Cadillac  ................................. + 5:25pm *11:15am
Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  eaving  at 2 30  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrlv>
Cincinnati...............................t  7:10am  +  8:2Spt>
Ft. Wayne........  .................... t  2'l0pm  i 2 OOpi
Cincinnati...............................*7 0 >pm  •  7:25tr>
7:10 a.m.  train  has parlor  car to  Clnei'inst* 
2:1* p. m.  train  has tv>r’or  car  to Port  Wayne. 
7:00 p. m  train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

GOING  WEST.

Lv G’d  Rapids............ t7:35am tl :00pm t5:40pir
ArMnskegon..............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:(5,m
LvMnSkegon..............t8:IOam  til:45am  t4 0*pD
ArG'd Rapids............ 9:30am  12:56pm  5 2 pn
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 

tExcept Sunday.  ‘Daily

(K)QI0 EABT

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent.

MINNEAPOLIS,st- ’’" '¿ S ’Ä , .

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I )..................t7:45am
Lv.  Mackinaw City..................................   4:20pm
Ar. Gladstone............................................  9:5"pni
Ar. st.  Paul.................................................8:45am
Ar. Minneapolis 
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EAST BOUND.

Lv. Minneapolis.....................................   16:30pm
Ar. St. Paul.............................................   7:20pra
Ar. Gladstone.........................................  6:45am
Ar. Mackinaw City.................................  11:0 am
Ar. Grand Rapids....................................  10:0Opm
W.  R. Callaw a t . Gen. Pass. Agt. Minneapolis. 
E. C. O v ia t t , Trav. Pass.  Agt., Grand  Rapids.

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“It’s  as  good  as  Sapolio,”   when  they  try  to sell  you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell  ~ ~ 2  
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get you  to  aid  their  ^ 2  
new  article. 

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W ho  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and judi-  ^ 2  
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose  - 2  
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for other articles.

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!•  A .  M U R PH Y , General Manager.

F LO W E R S,  M A Y   &  M O LO N EY, Counsel.

Special  Reports. 

L aw   and  Collections.

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

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

Personal service given all claims.  Judgments obtained without expense to subscribers.

Elgin System of Creameries

It will  pay you to investigate  our  plans  and  visit  our  factories,  if  you  are  con­
templating building a Creamery  or  Cheese  Factory.  A ll  supplies  furnisned  at 
lowest prices.  Correspondence solicited.

A  M O D EL  C R E A M E R Y   OF T H E   T R U E   S Y S T E M

True  Dairy Supply  Company,

30 3  to 309  Lock  Street, 

Syracu se,  N ew   York.

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

R.  E.  STU R G IS,  General  M anager of  W estern  Olfice,  Allegan,  nich.

The  Stimpson 
Computing  Scale

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

It  is  the  acme  of  perfection  and 

not excelled in  beauty and tinish.

We have no trolley or tramway to 

handle.

We  have  no cylinder  to  turn  for 

each  price per pound.

We  do  not  follow,  but  lead  all 

competitors.

We  do  not  have  a  substitute  to 

meet  competition.

11 e do not indulge in  undignified 
and  unbusinesslike  methods 
to 
make sales—we sell Stimpson scales 
on their merits.

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

A .l we ask  is  an  opportunity  to  show you the Scale  and  a  chance to convince you that 

our  claims  are  facts.  Write us and give us the opportunity.

The  Stimpson  Computing  Scale  Co.,

ELKHART,  IND.

Represented in  Eastern Michigan  by 

R .  1\   B IG ELO W  

Owosso.

Represented  in  Western Michigan Dy 

C.  !..  S E X S K X K Y ,

Grand  Rapids.  Telephone  Xo. th6.

Is there a merchant in  this land,
Who does not  need  a helping hand? 
Statistics show but ten  per cent.
Of Grocery men on  business bent 
Have ever made the thing a go 
On  scales where losses would  not show.

To use the  oldest scales invented 
And  close  your  store at night  contented, 
And wonder why  with every year,
A   bare living only you can clear,
Will  always  keep you mystified 
Until  Our System   you have tried.

You  don t  realize  what  you  Have  lost  by  an  old  method  of  weighing' 

until  Our System  points  it  out  to  you.

The  Dayton  Money  W eight  System   has  found  its  way  into 

nearly  30,000  stores  in  the  United  States  alone.

D E T A IL S   W ILL  IN T E R E S T   Y O U .  M AY  WE  S E N D   T H E M ?

THE COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,

DAYTON,  OHIO.

