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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  27,  1898.

Number  775

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each  drawer,  is  locked  automatically.  We would recom­
mend dealers to  sell  the  above  desk  at  $iS  to  $20.  Our 
wholesale  price  to  you  is  $13.75.  Our  large  catalogue 
containing full line mailed on receipt of 4  one-cent  stamps.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  27,  1898.

Number  775

SANTIAGO  AND  SANITATION.
The  filthy  conditions  found  at  Santi­
ago  when  the Americans entered the city 
are  said  to  have  been  something  ahead 
of  anything  of  the  kind  ever  witnessed 
in  this  country.  There  was  not  only  no 
evidence  of  sanitation,  but  no  indica­
tion  that  anything  of  such  progressive 
character  had  ever  been 
thought  of. 
Filth  and  decaying  matter  were  every­
where  and  a  horrible  stench  arose  all 
over  the  place.

is 

And  yet  the  fever  found  in  the  city 
was  of  a  mild  type  and  that  of  our 
soldiers  is  also  of  a  mild  type  happily. 
This  latter  fact  speaks  well  for  the  nat­
ural  healtbfulness  of  the  locality.  The 
city 
in  a  kind  of  basin  at  the  upper 
end  of  a  long  and  deep  harbor,  but back 
of 
it  and  on  all  sides  of  the  bay,  rise 
high  hills  and 
just  back  of  them  the 
loftiest  mountains  in  Cuba,  reaching  an 
altitude  of  several  thousand  feet.  The 
breezes  from  the  sea  and from the moun­
tains  are  fresh  and  pure,  tempering  the 
heat,  while  the  water  from  the  hills  is 
said  to  be  excellent  and  abundant.

residence. 

Manifestly 

it  only  needs  cleanliness 
at  Santiago  to  make  it  a  healthful  and 
attractive  place  of 
The 
American  commanders  should  begin 
teaching  the  old  Spanish  and  Cuban 
population  at  once  the  virtues  of  good 
sanitation.  Military  occupation  pos­
sesses  the  advanatge  of  being  able  to 
enforce  its  decrees  promptly  and  vigor­
ously  and  without  the  possibility  of hav­
ing  them  successfully  questioned.  The 
medical  corps  of  the  army  of 
invasion 
should  begin  the  experiment  at Santiago 
that  will  have  to  be  tried  in  all  Cuban 
cities  soon.  One  of  the  most  important 
results  to  be  anticipated  from  the  sub­
stitution  of  American  for  Spanish  in­
fluence  in  Cuba  is the  complete  clean­
ing  up  of  fever  infected  points  that 
have  for a  century  menaced  our  South­
ern  coasts.  To  get  rid  of  the  fear,  or 
possibility  of  yellow 
fever  along  our 
gulf  or  South  Atlantic  seaboard,  would 
be  worth  scores  of  millions  to  the  South 
and  the  country  at  large. 
impos­
sible  to  estimate  the  value  of  such  a 
change  in  the  increased  immigration  to 
the  South, 
the  prevention  of  quaran­
tines,  the  uninterrupted  business  and 
the  saving  of  thousands  of  lives.

It  is 

Santiago 

is  the  place  to  begin  the 
sanitary  regeneration  of  Cuba  and  the 
conditions  invite  immediate  beginning 
of  the  work. 
If  not  done  by  the  Amer­
ican  authorities  it  is  doubtful  if  it  will 
ever  be  done,  even  under  a  native  gov­
ernment.  _____________

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
It 

is  inevitable  that  in  the  midst  of 
midsummer  the  report  of  trade  condi­
tions  should  be  characterized  by  some 
complaint  of  dulness,  but  there  is  less 
of  this  than  might  be  expected  if  all the 
manifest  causes,  which  are 
far  from 
warranting  discouragement,  are  taken 
into  consideration. 
The  midsummer 
heated  term,  following  so  long  a  period 
of  unusual  activity  is  sufficient  warrant 
for  a  considerable  slackening.  Then  it 
is  between  seasons  as  to  the  fiscal  year 
and  as  to  many  lines  of  manufacture, 
agricultural  products,  etc.  Thus  there

T h e  M e r c a n t il e  A gency

Established  1S41.

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Widdicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Books arranged with trade classification of names. 
Collections made everywhere.  Write for particulars. 

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PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

OF  DETROIT«  MICHIGAN.

Commenced  Business September i,  1893.

Insurance in  force...................................$2,746,000.00
Net Increase during  1897...................... 
104,000.00
Net Assets.............................................. 
32,738.49
None
Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid...............  
Other  Liabilities.................................... 
None
Total  Death Losses Paid to Date........  
40,061.00
Total  Guarantee Deposits Paid to  Ben­
eficiaries...............................................  
812.00
Death Losses Paid During  1897............  
17,000.00
Death Rate for 1897................................  
6.31
Cost  per  1,000 at age 30 during  1897.... 
8.25
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TR U M A N   B.  GOODSPEED, Sec’y .

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full line of Fall and Winter Clothing.  Has 
30  the  largest  line  of  Kersey  Overcoats  and 
C   Ulsters on the  road;  best  $5.50  Kersey  all 
wool overcoat  in  market,  all  manufactured 
by KOLB  &  SON«  Ro c h e s t e r «  n.  y .
If you  wish  to  look  over  my  line,  write 
me,  Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  or meet me 
at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids,  Mich ,  on 
Thursday and Friday, Aug.  n  and  12.  E x ­
penses allowed.  No harm done if you don’t 
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THE  FORGOTTEN  PAST

Which we read about can never  be 
forgotten by the merchant who  be 
cornea  fam iliar  with  our  coupon 
Bystem.  The past to such is always 
a “ nightmare.”   The present  is  an 
era o f pleasure and profit.
TR A D ESM AN   COM PANY,

ORAND  RAPIDS.

is  comparative  dulness  in  wheat  move­
ment,  but  it  should  be  remembered  that 
the  recent high  prices and great demand 
have  about  closed  out  that  cereal  and  it 
is  too  early  yet  for  the  new  crop  to  cut 
much  figure.  Last  year  there  was  less 
of  a  slackening  of  the  movement  for 
the  corresponding  season  for  the  reason 
that  there  were  many  millions of bushels 
more  in  the  hands of  producers.

While  there  has  been  some  shutting 
down  of  works  for  repairs,  there  has 
been  less  than  was  expected,  and  most 
are  prompt  in  resuming.  Orders  booked 
ahead  are  already  sufficient  to assure un­
usual  activity  as  soon  as  the  season 
opens.  Naturally,  wholesale  trade 
in 
the  great  centers  is  reported  dull,  but  it 
is  only  the  seasonable  dulness,  and  re­
ports  of  travelers  and  retailers  still 
in­
dicate  an  unprecedented  movement  as 
soon  as  fall  trade  opens.

In  the  iron  trade  orders  have  contin­
ued  beyond  expectations.  Of  great  sig­
nificance  is  the  fact  that  the  great  com­
binations  of  finished  products  have  laid 
in  heavily— 100,000  tons  of  billets  by 
the  wire  combination  and  large  quanti­
ties by  other  lines.

Wheat  has  continued  to  yield  to  the 
influence  of  favorable  crop  reports  to 
the  extent  of  losing  several  cents  during 
the  week.  Other  grains  and  provisions 
have  followed  closely.

The  cloth  manufacture  continues  the 
unsettled  features  of  late  reports.  East­
ern  mills  are  suffering  severely from  the 
competition  of  the  South,  and  are  com­
plaining  bitterly;  but 
it  seems  to  be  a 
case  where  local  causes are  too  much for 
the  old  industries.  The  promise  of  fall 
trade 
in  these  lines  is  good  and  if  the 
New  England  mills  are  not  equal  to  the 
situation  the goods  must  be  made  else­
where.

The  local  furniture  sales  have  broken 
all  records  as  to  number  of  buyers  and 
sales  have  been  so  rapid  that many lines 
have  booked  to  their  capacity  and  have 
packed  up  their  lines  without  waiting 
for  the  close  of  the  season.  The  extent 
of  the  buying  not  only  assures  the  con­
tinued  activity  of  the  local  factories  but 
makes  it  certain  that  the  furniture  man­
ufacturer  will  be  active  in  all  parts  of 
the  country.  This  condition  is  a  natural 
consequence  of  the 
increased  buying 
capacity  of  the  farmers  and  industrial 
classes  generally.

Ex-Queen  Lil  must  abandon  all  hope 
of  a  restoration  of  her  crown,  but  she 
can  congratulate  herself  that  she  is  still 
a  sovereign—one  of  the  sovereign  peo­
ple  of  this  spreading  republic!

There  are  men  who  can  not  exist 
without  finding  fault  with  the  Govern­
ment.  They  are  built  that  way.

The  New  Woman  demands  all  the 
rights  that  belong  to  men  without  ac­
cepting  any  of  their  vices.

Since  the  Prince  of  Wales  broke  his 
kneecap  he  has  been  obliged  to  pray 
standing  up.

BUSINESS  FOLLOWS  THE  FLAG.
How  quickly  capital  and enterprise  in 
this day and  time  take  advantage  of  op­
portunities  when  the  latter  are  fully  ap­
preciated  is  demonstrated  by  the  active 
measures  already  taken  by  Eastern  and 
Southern  capitalists  to  resume  the 
iron 
industry  at  Santiago,  or  near  there,  that 
was  stopped  by  the  war  just  as  the busi­
ness  was  becoming  profitable.

Not  only  is  it intended to immediately 
reopen 
iron  mines,  but  from  several 
points  comes  the  intelligence  that  prep­
arations  are  being  rushed  by  capital­
ists,  and  by  former  residents  of  Eastern 
Cuba,  to  get  into  that  field  at  once  with 
a  variety  of  schemes  for  reviving  busi­
ness  and  production  down  there.  Even 
a  former  Cuban  editor  and  publisher 
has 
loaded  a  newspaper  outfit  on  a 
steamer  at  New  York,  to  be  carried  to 
Santiago  so  that  he  can  resume  his work 
under  the  powerful  protection  of  the 
United  States.

The  beginning  of  work  again  by  the 
iron  company,  the  resumption  of  com­
mercial 
life  and  trade,  the  cultivation 
of  the  fields  once  more,  under  a  flag 
that  will  prevent  either  Cubans  or 
Spaniards  from  pillaging  homes,  devas­
tating  plantations, 
levying  tribute  or 
reconcentration  orders  will 
enforcing 
give  to  the  poor  an  abundance  of  labor 
and  soon  settle  the  food  problem.  The 
happy  effects  will  do  more  to  create  a 
feeling  of  kindness  and 
loyalty  among 
all  classes  of  the  population  towards  the 
United  States  than  all  the  proclama­
tions  that  could  be 
issued  or  exhibi­
tions  of  power  that  could  be  made  for  a 
year  or  more  to  come!

The  blessings  of 

liberty  are  appre­
ciated  when  they  are  felt.  Facts  and 
experiences  only  are  educational  to such 
a  population  as  we  will  find  in  Cuba  or 
Porto  Rico.

This  immediate  interest  of  capital  in 
t ie  Santiago  field 
is  an  indication  of 
what  may  be  expected  in  the  territory 
wrested  from  Spain  after  peace  has  set­
tled  over 
it  and  a  stable  and  fair  and 
honest  government  has supplanted Span­
ish  tyranny  and  conservatism. 
The 
waste  places  will  soon  be  filled  and  the 
population  soon  be  made  happy  and 
prosperous.

that  this 

Those  critics  who  are  poking  fun  at 
the  universities and colleges for granting 
honorary  degrees  to  Dewey  and  other 
naval  and  military  heroes  should  bear 
in  mind 
is  about  the  only 
means  we  have  here  in  America  of  in­
dicating  our  appreciation  of meritorious 
service. 
In  monarchial  countries,  and 
in  many  republics  also,  there  are  orders 
of  varing  honor  which  were  awarded  to 
heroes  and  other  distinguished  ones, 
but  here  we  have  to  get  along  with  the 
numerous  doctorates  which  colleges 
have  at  their  disposal.

The  Emperor  of  Japan  is  regarded  in 
his  country  as  a  man  of  remarkably  lib­
eral  and  progressive  ideas.  He  allows 
bis  wife  to  eat  at  the  same  table  with 
him.

Spain  should  go  into  liquidation 

im­
mediately.  The  United  States  will  be 
receiver.

There  are  soldiers  who  think  if  they 
do  not  kick  they  will  never  receive 
credit for having suffered.

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D ry   G oods

Some  Problems  Which  Confront  the 

Dry  Goods  Trade.

Written for the T radessian.

The  world  moves  on  and  with 

its 
progress  arise  new  conditions  and  a  de­
mand  for  other  methods,  as  well  as  a 
better  solution  of  those now in vogue.  In 
the  present  age  no  man  can  safely  say 
his  plan 
is  the  best;  for  to-morrow  he 
is  likely  to  be  confronted  with  a  better 
one.  Already  Mr.  Maxim  makes  bold 
to  say, 
“ When  the  efficiency  of  the 
aerial  torpedoes  comes  fully  to be recog­
nized,  the  present  mighty  battle  ship 
will  become  obsolete.”  
Therefore,  it 
may  be  truthfully said,  we are constantly 
on  the  border  of  the  new  and  untried. 
New  pioblems  are  rising  all  about  us— 
domestic  problems,  school  trustee  prob­
lems,  municipal  problems,  Cuban  prob­
lems  and  mercantile  problems— but  the 
questions  now  before  us  are  those  which 
concern  the  retailer.

THE  CRED IT  BUGBEAR 

in 

It  matters 

is  possibly  one  of  the  chief  problems 
little  about  the 
unsolved. 
embellished  no-tick-here-card 
the 
office,  the  fact  remains  that  on  the  left- 
hand  side  of  the  ledger  is  found  a  big 
balance  due  you  at  each 
inventory  sea­
son,  while  a  collector,  with  dust  be­
grimed  shoes  from  every  street  in  the 
city,  makes  his  daily  round  of  ceaseless 
toil  in  the  hope  of  getting  a  small  part 
of  the  old  balances.  Have  you  asked 
your  credit  man  for  an  explanation? 
His  only  reply  can  be,  a-tick-at-a-time 
has  done 
it!  Discouraging  business! 
How  to  get  out  of  the  dilemma  calls  for 
the  adroitness  of  a  Dewey.  How  to keep 
out  of  it  is  to  turn  Sampson’s  guns  up­
on  the  whole  system,  for  a  well  estab­
lished  error  calls  for  radical  measures. 
The  gain  of  the  credit  system  at  its best 
does  not  compensate  for  the  evils  of 
two  classes  of  creditors—the  unappre­
ciative  and  the  never-pay  class.  The 
first,  like  Roosevelt’s  rough  riders,  “ al­
ways 
and  never  getting 
enough;”   the  other,  forgetting  all  about 
the  30  day  limit,  because  they  never  in­
tended  to  keep  their  promises.  It  would 
be  far  better  to  have  more  goods on your 
shelves  and  less  uncollectible  accounts 
—a  cash  margin  and  retain  your  trade— 
rather  than  a  credit  margin  and  even­
tually  lose  both  customer  and  account, 
for  in  no  wise  is  the  average  individual 
as  sensitive  as  when  invited  to  walk  up 
and  settle.  Let  your  motto  be  that  of 
the  Scottish  shop  keeper,  “ We  trust  in 
the  Lord.  All  others,  strictly  cash.”  
DISLOYALTY  TO  HOME  INDUSTRY

scrapping 

the 

is another problem  confronting  the  re­
tailer,  and  by  no  means 
least 
ominous,  for  the  baneful  results  of  this 
tendency  are  reaching  out  secretly  but 
sureiy  in  all  directions,  to  the  detriment 
of  the  local  merchant.  This  is  no  pes­
simistic  view  of  the  question  in  hand, 
but  one  based  on  positive  knowledge, 
all  of  which  should  not  be  true  of  a  city 
like  our  own  whose  renown  in  some  re­
spects  reaches  to  the  ends  of  the  earth ; 
yet  the  commodity  for  which  it  is  fa 
mous  is  not  infrequently  bought by some 
of  our  own  citizens,  in  Europe  or  in  re­
mote  centers  of  our  own  land  as extreme 
noveities  not  procurable 
in  their  own 
town.  The  disposition  on  the  part  of 
many  people  to  secure  the  exclusive 
thing  whether  in  furniture  or  aiticles  of 
wearing  apparel  or  house  decorations  or 
what  not  is  ever  on  the  increase  and  is 
not  confined  to  the  more  rare  articles 
of  bouse  decoration,  but  to  all  sorts  of 
wearing  apparel,  much, 
if  not  all,  of 
which could  be bought through the home

merchai  ts,  except  for  the  delusive  idea 
that  “ what  we  buy  outside  will  not  find 
a  counterpart  at  home.”   Thus the Gov­
ernment  is  enriched  by  the  stamps  used 
in  sending  all  over  creation  for  samples 
from  which  to  select  the  new  spring  or 
fall  gown  and, later  on,  the  express com­
panies  are  kept  busy  bringing  the  very 
goods  that  should  be  purchased  of  the 
men  who  pay 
largely  of  the  taxes  and 
who  are  the  chief  factors  in  keeping  up 
the  material 
interest  of  our  city,  and 
who,  in  time  of  need,  have  always  been 
willing  to  extend  the  courtesy  of  credit 
to  many  of  these  outside  buyers.  How 
these  evils are  to  be  overcome  is  not  the 
object  of  this  article,  but  rather  to  call 
attention  to  the  fact,  in  the  hope  that 
further  discussion  may  be  had  and  a 
sentiment  created  that  will  result  in  a 
reversal  of  this  tendency.  We  appeal 
to  the  strong  arm  of  the  press.

R e t a i l e r .

Disappearance  of a Garment  That  was 

Once  Familiar.

flourished 

The  duster 

A  traveler  by  rail  can  not  fail  to  no­
tice  the  decline  of  the  duster.  And  one 
does  not  need  to  be,  as  the  man  said,  a 
centenarian  to  observe  this. 
In  fact, 
only  thirty  or  forty  years  ago  dusters 
were  commonly  worn  by  railroad  travel­
ers.  They  were  coexistent  with  the car­
pet  sack  and  the  alligator-mouthed  va­
lise,  both  now  more  completely  passed 
away  than  the  duster  itself,  and  almost 
as  completely  gone  as  the  hair-covered 
trunk.
its  original  form  was 
in 
linen,  which,  when 
built  of  brown 
starched,  stood  boldly  out 
like  a  gar­
ment  of  thin  and  flexible,  but  not  too 
flexible,  sheet  metal. 
It  was  worn,  of 
course,  to  protect  the  wearer  and  his 
garments  from  the  dust.  When  the  linen 
duster 
locomotives  burned 
wood,  tracks  were  sand-ballasted,  and 
rails  were 
light,  cars  were  not  vesti- 
buled,  or  provided  with  dust  screens  for 
the  windows,  and  the  time  required  to 
cover  a  given  distance  was  far  greater 
than  now.  A  duster  was  far more needed 
then  than  now,  and  it  was  likely  to  be  a 
part  of  the  equipment  of  the  casual  as 
well  as  of  the  regular  traveler. 
Indeed, 
it  may  be  said  that  the  casual  traveler 
would  scarcely  have  thought  that  he  had 
made  a  trip  by  rail  unless  he  had  pro­
vided  himself  with  that  indispensable 
part  of  every  traveler's  equipment.
Prim  and  stiff  and  sheet-irony 

in 
effect  as  the  freshly-ironed  linen  duster 
was  when  first  put  on,  it  presented  a 
very  different  appearance  when  it  had 
been  worn  for  a  time.  At  first,  sat  down 
in  on  a  day  such  as  was  then  simply 
called  sticky  or  muggy,  but  which  in 
these  fashionable  modern  days  is  called 
humid,  the  duster  was  creased  with 
many  creases  that  seemed,  later,  despite 
the  weather,  to  be  frozen  in.  And  these 
creases,  in  appearance 
like  accordion 
pleats  struck  by lightning,  shortened  the 
garment  somewhat.  They  took 
it  up, 
it  bigger  around  and  more 
and  made 
bunchy.

The  next  effect  came  with  continued 
wear,  when  the  starch  was  all  gone  out 
it,  and  the  duster  became  stringy. 
of 
And  if before  it  had  seemed  to  shorten 
up  and  grow  stout  it  now  seems  to  be­
come 
lean  and  attentuated;  to  take 
into  itself  many  little  rolling  longitudi­
nal  wrinkles;  to  sort  of  shrink  in  on  it­
self  sidewise,  and  to  draw  over  length­
wise;  and  by  this  time  it  had  probably 
come  to  hang  unevenly,  so that  the  front 
lower  than 
corners  had  a  dip  and  were 
the  back  of  the  coat. 
In  its  first  estate 
the  linen  duster  was,  if  not  a  garment 
of  dignity,one  that  had  an  effect  of  pre­
ciseness,  but  in  its last was v e ry  far from 
that. 
In  fact,  it  is  doubtful  if  a  person 
of  even  the  most  imaginative  tempera­
ment  could  conjure  up  anything  more 
neglige 
its  general  effect  than  a 
stringy  linen  duster.

But  the  linen  duster  was  not  the  only 
one.  There  were  dusters  of  alpaca  and 
of  mohair  and of other materials,some  of 
them  black  and  some gray ; big,  flowing, 
comfortable  dusters,  which,  if  not beau­
tiful,  had  at 
least  the  grace  that  all 
things  made  of  good  materials  possess. 
You  could  almost  tell  a  man,  without 
seeing  his  face,  by  the  duster  that  he 
wore.

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The  Dry  Goods  Market.

it 

if 

inaugurated 

Cotton  Goods—Nothing  has  occurred 
to  vary  the  quietness  that  had  sur­
rounded  the  cotton  goods  market.  No 
definite  news  has  been  received  regard­
ing  the  projected  plan  of  curtailment  of 
print  cloth  production,  but 
is  well 
it  has  received  little  or  no 
known  that 
support  outside  of  the  small  coterie  of 
manufacturers  who 
the 
scheme.  The  print  cloth  market  has 
reflected  no  such  stimulus  as  must  have 
it  were  generally  thought 
been  felt 
that  even  such  a 
limited  curtailment 
would  become  effective.  Considerable 
progress  bas  been  made 
in  fancy  cot­
tons,  but  the  more  staple  lines  of  goods 
have  been  seasonably  slow.  The  price 
position  of  no 
line  of  goods  bas  been 
materially  weakened  by  this  dull  de­
mand  since 
it  was  anticipated  and 
thoroughly  discounted  by  most  agents. 
Such  goods  as  bleached  cottons  and 
lightweight 
low  grade  brown  and  col­
ored  cottons  have been  subject  to  con­
cessions  where  fair-sized  orders  were  in 
sight,  but  they  are  no  weaker  than  has 
been  the  case  recently.

Woolens— The  slowness  of  mens’  wear 
woolens  and,  to  a  certain  extent,  of 
dress  goods,  is  undoubtedly  due  to  spec­
induced  by  tariff 
ulative  purchases 
changes  that  are  still  carried 
in  stock. 
Large  stocks  of  dress  goods  that  were 
slaughtered  last  season  are  also  a  hind­
rance  to  the  free  prosecution  of business 
to-day.  Demand  being  so  contracted 
some  buyers  are  surprised  that  prices 
remain  comparatively  strong,  there  hav­
ing  been  a  50  per  cent,  advance  in  wool 
since  the  tariff  went  into effect,  and  only 
a  slight  compensatory  advance  in  prices 
of  goods.  The  only  matter  of  surprise 
is  that  manufacturers  are  able  to  con 
tinue  business  upon  the present unprofit­
able  basis.

Knit  Goods— The  principal  attention 
of  buyers  during  the  past  week  was  de­
voted  to  securing  supplementary  assort 
ments  of  heavyweight  underwear  and 
hosiery.  The  underwear  end  of  the busi 
ness,  however,  is  at  present  proving  far 
more  satisfactory  than 
is  the  hosiery 
trade.  The  majority  of  mills  making 
medium  and 
low  priced  linens  of  flat 
ribbed  and  fleece-lined  underwear  have 
all  they  can  do  for  many  weeks to come, 
and  business  now  promises  to  come  for 
ward  so  rapidly  that  there  is  a  possibil 
ity  of  an  acutal  scarcity  of  the  best 
makes.  Fleeced  cotton  goods  occupy 
an  especially  strong  position,  and  at 
present  prices  all-wool  goods  are  very 
firm  and  are  quite  active.  Fancy  goods 
have  received 
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recent  business,  and  promise  to  be  larg< 
sellers.

increased  attention 

Carpets—The  retail  carpet  dealers  re 
port  business  as  very  slow.  Even  with 
concessions  in  price,  customers  are  not 
disposed  to  purchase.  Many  of  the  job 
bers  and 
large  retailers  have  placed 
their  orders  for  this  season.  Tapestry 
and  velvet  carpets  with  some  have  re 
ceived  more  attention  than  all  wool 
extra  super  ingrains.  Cheap  goods  con­
tinue  to  receive  more  attention  than  the 
higher  price  goods,  and  manufacturers 
in  the  Kensington  district  of  Philadel­
phia  continue  to  receive  a  fair  amount 
of orders  for  cotton  warp,  also  union  in­
grains.  Art  squares  are  running  well, 
also.  Smyrna,  wool  and  jute  rugs  are 
running  very  fairly.  The  manufacturers 
have  now  discarded  the  use  of  ramie, 
as  they  find  that  the  jute  and wool goods 
are  preferred  by  their  customers.  There 
is  reported  to  be  also  a  marked  im­
provement 
in  the  demand  for  Smyrna 
all wool rugs.

in  this 

the  demand 

Upholstery—Trade 

line,  as 
well  as  others,  continues  slow.  Jobbers 
who  are  handling  chenille  curtains  and 
table  covers  state  that  while  business  in 
is  not  brisk,  there  is  an  im­
this  line 
provement 
in 
for  better 
goods,  as  the  country  recovers  confi­
dence,  and 
im­
prove.  There 
is  to-day  a  very  limited 
amount  of  chenille  goods  made,  as  com­
pared  with  previous  seasons,  especially 
table  covers.  Most  of  the  mills  have 
gone  off  them  owing  to  the  low  prices 
obtained.  The  demand  is  expected  to 
mprove.

industrial  conditions 

The  Price  of  Common  Sense.

A  philosopher  who  has  studied  the
ways  of  women,  was  saying  the  other 
day  that  no  one  should  give  a  sensible 
resent  to  a  young  girl—that  it  took  ex­
perience,  trouble  and 
thirty  years  to 
enable  a  woman  to  appreciate a  sensible 
It  was  only  another  way  of  saying 
that  as  we  grow  older  we  care  less  for 
the  glamour  of  life,  and  more  for  the 
comforts,  and so  we  read  the  little epi­
gram  with  a  smile  and  a  sigh. 
It  was 
all  the  loss  and  gain,  the  price  we  pay 
for achieving  common  sense.

ft. 

Undoubtedly  by  the  time  a woman has 
learned  to  appreciate  a  sensible  gift  she 
has  gained  enormously  in  knowledge  of 
how  to  make  herself  comfortable.  She 
has  found  out,  for  oue  thing,  that  every 
joy  is  evanescent,  that  rapture  is  meas­
ured  by  a  moment’s  span,  that  the  rose 
withers 
in  your  hand  even  while  you 
gloat  over  its  loveliness,  but  that,  on 
the  other  hand,  there are  many  common­
place  pleasures,  and  a 
long  time  in 
which  you  can  be  reasonably  contented 
and  happy.  When  she  has  learned  to 
prefer  beefsteaks  to  chocolate  creams,  a 
new  frock  to  a  jewel  that  has  a  purely 
personal  significance,  when  she  attains 
the  point  when  she  would  rather  have 
new  handkerchief  than  a  bunch  of 
common 
violets,  she  has  achieved 
sense,  and  may  congratulate  herself  on 
having  passed  the  whirlpools  of  life, 
and  being 
likely  to  have  calm  sailing 
the  rest  of  the  voyage.

Above  all  she  has  learned  to  take  life 
as  she  finds 
it  and  not  worry  over  the 
inevitable.  To  a  young  girl  everything 
is  final. 
If  anyone  disappoints  her  she 
is  ready  to  believe  friendship  is  myth 
If  her  new  gown  is  a  failure  she  feels 
that  life  is  a  hollow  mockery. 
If  she 
can  not  go  on  an  outing,there is  nothing 
else  worth  living  for.  The  older  woman 
makes  no  such  mistakes.  She  knows 
that  a  person  may  be  a  very  agreeabl 
acquaintance, 
and  afford  her  much 
pleasure  without  being  a  model  for 
Damon  and  Pythias  friendship. 
She 
knows  that  if  the  thing  one  wanted to do 
is  not  possible,  something else will come 
up  equally  as  agreeable.  She  is  seldom 
disappointed 
in  people  or  things,  be 
cause  she  has  learned  not  to  expect  the 
impossible.

But  one  can  not  have  one’s  cake  and 
eat  it,  too. 
If  one  learns  to  appreciate 
sensible  gifts  one  must  pay  something 
for  the  knowledge.  There  was  a  time 
when  a  tinsel  favor  in  the  german  was 
rapture,  when  a  jewel  could  span  the 
world  with  a  rainbow  glory,  when  a 
flower  from  the  hand  we  loved  breathed 
the  perfume  of  Araby  and  flooded  the 
world  with 
joy.  What  could  now  give 
us  such  pleasure?  And  our  tired  hearts 
answer,  “ Nothing.”   Gone,  gone  for­
ever, 
is  the  youthful  rapture,  the  en­
thusiasm,  and  we  know  that  if  we  have 
lost  our  ability  to  suffer  we  have  also 
lost  our  capacity  for  enjoying. 
The 
thrill,  the  rapture,  the  glamour  and  the

enchantm ent,  all  belong 
the  days 
when  we  d id n ’t  ap p reciate  a  sensible 
gift. 

M a r ie  M c D o n a ld.

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The  Work  of  an  Amateur.

“ Just  leave  the  things  that need wash­
ing  right  on  your  bed, ”  the fond  mother 
said  to  her  son  who  had  gone  for  a 
soldier,  but  not  yet  gone  to  war,  and 
ho  had  come  home  from  camp  on  a 
day’s  furlough.  His  mother  had  seen 
the  things  she  referred  to  in  his  open 
traveling  bag  in  his  room.

I  haven’t  anything  that  needs  wash- 

ng”   says  the  young  soldier.
“ Why,  those  things  in  your  dress  suit 

case,”   says  his  mother.

Why,  those  are  my  clean  things,' 

says  the  soldier.

“ Who washed them?”  his mother asks. 
“ I  did,”   says  the  young  soldier.

The  Force  of  Habit.

I’ve  had  an  awful  time,”   said  his 
“ The 

wife  as  soon  as  he  got  home. 
lothsline  broke,  the  baby  choked  on 
tack  until  he  was  blue,  the  cat  got  her 
head 
fast  in  the  cream  pitcher,  and  we 
had  to  break  it  off—the  pitcher,  I  mean 
-the  grocery  boy  sassed  Mary  Jane  un­
it  she  cried  and  tried  to  scald  him,  and 
missed  him  and  took  all  the  hair  off  the 
dog,  and  I  burned  my  thumb  to  a  crisp 
and  nearly  every  woman  I know on earth 
took  this  day  of  all  others  to  call.” 

‘ Anything else to  day?”  asked the  dry 

goods  clerk,  absently.
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On  August  4  the  Michigan  Central 
Railway  will  run  a  special  train,  leav­
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at  Niagara  Falls  at  5  a.  m.  Tickets  will 
be  good  returning  to  and 
including 
August  9.  Telephone 606  for  full  infor­
mation  and  sleeping  car  reservations.
W.  C.  Bl a k e, 
City  Ticket^Agent.
A  man  isn’t  always  happy  when  a girl 
returns  his  love—especially  when  she 
returns  it  because  she  has  no  use  for  it.

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person  who  shall  sell  and  deliver 
at  retail  any  gasoline,  benzine  or 
naphtha  without  having  the  true 
name thereof and the words “explo­
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Around  the State

Movements  of  iiierchants.

Saginaw—O.  W.  Roers  &  Co.  succeed 

Wm.  Graham  in  the  drug  business.

Mason— Childs  &  Co.  have  purchased 

the  grocery  stock  of  Loomis  &  Owen.

Holland— Mrs.  Shaw  succeeds  Good­
rich  &  Shaw  in  the  millinery  business.
South  Haven— Chas.  S.  Hill  succeeds 
Hill  &  Thompson  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Edwardsburg— B.  C.  Fisk  has 

re­
moved  his  drug  stock  from  Jones  to  this 
place.

Shepherd— Thos.  Pickett  &  Son  have 
purchased  the  meat  market  of  J.  F. 
Knapp.

Perry— PL  Brown  &  Co.  are  erecting 
a  two-story  brick  double  store  on a main 
street  corner.

Flint —John  Schiappacasse,  dealer  in 
confectionery  and  fruits,  has  removed 
to  Mt.  Clemens.

Ovid— L.  S.  DeLabergne  &  Co.  suc­
ceed  LeRoy  S.  DeLabergne  in  the  boot 
and  shoe  business.

Jackson—J.  W.  Fleming,  dealer  in 
lime,  cement,  salt,  flour  and  feed,  has 
sold  out  to  Robt.  Lake.

Alpena— Geo.  F.  Perkins  &  Co.  suc­
in  the  confec­

ceed  J.  B.  Tackabury 
tionery  and  restaurant  business.

Colon— Will  H.  Smith,  of  the  Hub 
shoe  store,  at  Sturgis,  has  opened  a 
branch  house  at  th is  place,  placing  J.
B.  Crane  in  charge.

Beaverton—Louis  Himelhoch,  former­
ly  of  the  clothing  firm  of  Weinberg  & 
Himelhoch,  of  Gladwin,  has  embarked 
in  the  clothing  business  at  this  place.

Caledonia— Menno  Wenger,  of Gaines, 
and  J.  C.  Osterveer,  of  Grand  Rapids, 
have  formed  a  copartnership  and  pur­
chased  the  meat  market  of  Jackson  & 
Tape.

Manton—John  Goudreau,  whose  boot 
and  shoe  stock  at  Grayling  was  recently 
destroyed  by  fire,  will  remove  to  th is! 
place  and  engage 
in  the  same  line  of 
trade.

Homer— Geo.  Dunbar,  of  Saginaw, 
has  come 
into  possession  of  the  A. 
Randolph  restaurant  and  bakery.  Miss 
Georgie  Dunbar  will  assist  her  father  in 
the  business.

Lansing— C.  J.  Harris  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  C.  S.  Loomis.  He 
will  make  many 
improvements  in  the 
store  building,  including  a  store  front, 
and  will  shortly  add  a  meat  market.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—D.  K.  Moses  &  Co. 
have 
leased  a  store  building,  50x100 
feet  in  dimensions,  which  they  will  oc­
cupy  with  their  geneial  stock, 
their 
former  quarters  being  too  small  to prop­
erly  display  their  lines.

Butman—The  general  stock  and  store 
building  of  L.  Van  Valkenburg,  post­
master  at  this  place,  was  recently  de­
stroyed  by  fire,  together  with  his  house­
hold  furniture.  Mr.  Van  Valkenburg 
will  immediately  re-engage  in  business.
Manistee—Wm.  Fagan  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Nelson  Jacobson  and 
James  Hansen.  Mr.  Jacobson  was  for­
merly  with  Fagan  &  McEvoy  and  Mr. 
Hansen  occupied  the  position  of  mana­
ger  of  the  wholesale  grocery  house  of  F.
C.  Larsen.

Petoskey—J.  W.  Lott  &  Son  have 
sold  their  grocery  stock  to  Geo.  W. 
Sevey  and  Lester  W.  Martin,  who  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same 
loca­
tion.  Mr.  Sevey  will  retain  his  posi­
tion  as  traveling  salesman  for  Jennings 
&  Smith  until  January  1,  after  which 
time  he  will  give  the  grocery  business 
his  entire  attention.

Portland-  Herbe  t  F  Caswell  is  clos­
ing  cm  ms  stock  ot  general  merchan­
dise  and  will  remove  to  Detroit,  where 
he  wiii  engage  in  business.

Ithaca— Barstow  &  Van Duzer succeed 
E.  R.  Van  Duzer  in  the  jewelry  busi­
ness.  They  have  also  purchased  the 
jewelry  stock  of  J.  W.  Niblick.

Jackson—I.  R.  Wilson,  who  was  in 
the  grocery  store  of  J,  C.  Bader for  five 
years,  and  West  Reasner,  an  employe 
of  the  Michigan  Central  Railway  for 
eighteen  years, have formed  a  copartner­
ship  under  the  stlye  of  Wilson  &  Reas­
ner  and  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of 
T.  C.  Brooks  &  Co.  and  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Detroit—The  certificate  of  a  limited 
partnership  formed  by  C.  Elliott  &  Co. 
for  the  transaction  of  a  wholesale  gro­
cery  business,  was  filed  with  the  county 
clerk  July  25.  The  general  partners  are 
Clifford  Elliott,  of  Detroit;  Wm.  E. 
Saunders,  Saginaw;  Wm.  T.  Radcliffe 
and  Edward  W.  Reynolds,  Detroit. 
David  Whitney,  Jr.,  contributed  $25,000 
to  the  common  stock  as  a  special  part­
ner.  The  partnership  commenced  July 
25  and  is  to  continue  three  years.

Sparta—C.  A.  Johnson  &  Co.  have 
leased  the  east  store  in  the  Anderson 
block,  which  they  will  occupy  with lines 
of  clothing,  furnishing  goods  and  hats 
and  caps.  The  middle  store  will  be  de­
voted  exclusively  to  dry  goods  and  the 
corner  store  will  be  occupied  by  the 
grocery  and  shoe  stocks.  The  success 
of  this  firm  has  been  remarkable,  con­
sidering  the  nearness  of  Sparta  to  the 
Grand  Rapids  market,  and  the  record 
they  have  made  speaks  well  for  their 
shrewdness  and  business  capacity.

Hillsdale—C.  H.  Smith,  the  druggist, 
has  been  telling  another  fish  story  this 
week.  For  a  number  of  years  a  small 
glass  case  with  fish  has  been  kept  in 
the  show  window  of  the  drug  store  and 
has  furnished  a  good  many  stories,  but 
none  equal  to  the  present  one.  About 
two  months  ago  a  small  gold  fish  was 
put 
in  the  case  with  a  trout,  and  in  a 
few  days  the  tail  of  the  goldfish  was 
gone;  eaten  off  by  the  trout.  Upon  no­
ticing this the gold  fish  was put in anoth­
er  case ;  it  iived,  it grew and  now  is  the 
owner  of  a  new  tail  as  perfect  as  the 
first  one.  The  trout  died.

Yale—One  day  last  week the employes 
I of  Lothian  &  Fuller’s  store  had  their 
attention  attracted  to  a  persistent  peep­
ing  like  that  made  by  a  young  chicken. 
It  seemed  to  be  near  or  within the store, 
but  no chicken  appeared  in  view.  First 
one  of  the  clerks  and  then another would 
try  to  find  where  the  sound  came  from, 
but  to  no  avail.  Then  Mr.  Fuller  took 
a  search,  without  success.  Some  of  the 
superstitious  ones  began  to  suggest  that 
the  store  was  haunted  by  the ghost prob­
ably  of  a  poor  chicken  that  had  been 
swallowed  by  some  careless  fellow  who 
had  been  eating  eggs  in  a  hurry.  Fin­
ally  the  whole  force  turned  in  and  after 
a  vigorous  search  a  chicken  was  found 
in  the  egg  box, where  it  had  just  broken' 
out  of 
its  prison,  only  to  find  its  little 
self  covered  over  with  eggs,  and  short 
of  a  mamma.  The  waif  was  taken  out 
and  carefully  wrapped  in  a  cloth,  but  it 
soon  died.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Detroit—The  C.  Berger  Cigar  Manu­
facturing  Co.  succeeds  Cyrene  G.  (Mrs. 
Gustav)  Berger.

St.  Johns— E.  P.  Sunday  has  begun 
the  erection  of  a  two-story  building, 
50x75  feet  in  dimensions,  which  he  will 
occupy  with  his  quilt  manufacturing 
business.

M I C HI GA N   TRADESMAN

Pontiac— Bradley  Mattison  has  sold 
his  tobacco  and  cigar  manufacturing 
business  to  Geo.  E.  Mattison.

Cheboygan— Smith  &  Lovelace  have 
started  a  camp  on  Bois  Blanc  Island 
where  they  will  put  in  cedar  and  hem­
lock  logs.

Fennville—The  Fennville  Fruit  Co., 
to  more  than 
Limited,  has  decided 
double  its  capacity  for  packing  furit  by 
the  erection  of  another  packing  house 
of  the  same  size as  its  present  building.
Manistee—The  Buckley  &  Douglas 
Lumber  Co.  has  begun  towing  its  logs 
from  the  Wisconsin side  of  Lake  Michi­
gan  and  was  expecting  a  raft  of  about 
2,000,000  feet at  Portage  lake the first  of 
this  week.

Lowell—An  effort  is  being  made  here 
to  organize  a  company  for the  manufac­
ture - of  knit  goods.  C.  Ed.  Clark,  of 
the  woolen  mills,  and  E.  S.  Cornell, 
superintendent  of  the  Colon  knitting 
mills,  are  interested  in  the  enterprise.

Saginaw—The  partnership 

existing 
between  J.  Geroge  Fischer  and  Jacob 
Fischer,  under  the  firm  name  of Fischer 
Bros.,  conducting  an  electrical  business 
and the manufacture of bicycles,has been 
dissolved,  J.  Geo.  Fischer  succeeding.
Detroit— The  American  Wire  Fence 
Co.  has  been  incorporated,  with  a  capi­
tal  stock  of  $50,000,  and  $5,000  paid  in. 
All  the 
incorporators  live  in  Canada. 
John  Sale,  trustee,  holds  497  shares,  and 
Elmer  H.  Clement,  Merton  Church  and 
John  Sale,  1  share  each.

Menominee—D.  D.  Flanner,  of  the 
Rib  River  Lumber  Co.,  Rhinelander, 
Wis.,  has  been  in  town  during  the  week 
looking  things  over  with  a  view  to  es­
tablishing  a  wholesale  lumber  yard  at 
this  point.  Handy  shipping  facilities 
make  this  a  desirabie  location  for  such 
enterprises.

Manistee—The  Buckley  &  Doulgas 
sawmili  was  shut  down  last  week  for 
want  of  logs,  something  that  has  not 
happened  since  they  commenced  opera­
tions.  The  company  has  about  5,000,000 
feet  of  logs  in  a  lake  up  on  the  Manis­
tee  North  Eastern  road,  but  the  load­
ing  machine  that  was  put 
in  to  take 
these  out  of  the  water  was  not a  suc­
cess,  hence  the  delay.

Kalamazoo—Judge  Buck has granted a 
temporary  injunction  in  the  case  of  A. 
B.  Batnum  &  Co.  vs.  B.  M.  Desen- 
berg  &  Co.  The  petitioners  pray  that 
the  defendants  and  the  Genesee  Pure 
Food  Company  be  restrained  from  tak­
ing 
the  trademark  “ Grano, ”   on  the 
ground  that  it  is  an  infringement  of  the 
term  “ Grain-O, ”  which  has  been  trade- 
marked  by  the  petitioners.

Hancock— There  is  little  pine  stand­
ing  in  this  immediate  neighborhood,but 
there  are  magnificent  stretches  of  hard­
wood,  principally  maple and  birch,  and 
hemlock  nearby, which offer inducements 
for  the  location  of  woodworking  estab­
lishments  and  tanneries;  and  suitable 
sites  can  readily  be  obtained  at  the twin 
cities  of  Hancock  and  Houghton,  situ­
ated  1,000  feet  apart,  on  Portage  lake, 
which  now  have  a  populaton  of  about 
15,000  people  and  where  transportation 
facilities  by  both  rail  and  water  exist. 
The  population  of  this  county  has  near­
ly  doubled  within  the  last  decade  and 
is  now  about  70,000, with  a  business  out­
look  for  the  near  future  full  of  brilliant 
prospects.

Menominee—The  sale  of  the  Spauld­
ing  Lumber  Co.’s  Cedar  River  sawmill 
and  everything  appertaining 
thereto, 
which  includes  store  and  all other build­
ings,river  and  bay  shore  improvements, 
also  53»000  acres  of  hemlock,  cedar, 
hardwood  and  farming  land  in  Menom­

inee  and  Delta  counties, 
to  Samuel 
Crawford  &  Sons,  of  Pigeon,  Forest 
county,  Pa.,  for a  cash  consideration  of 
$160,000,  has  been  consummated.  The 
Crawfords  will  open  up  the  timber  land 
with  a  railroad  twenty-seven  miles long, 
extending  from  the  mouth  of  Cedar 
River  about  thirty  miles  north  of  Me­
nominee  to  some  point  on  the  Chicago 
&  Northwestern  near  Powers,  and  also 
build  a  large  tannery  at  some  point  yet 
to  be  designated.  Work  on  the  road  will 
begin  as  soon  as  a  survey  can  be  com­
pleted.

May  Pay  Fifteen  Cents  on  the  Dollar. 
From  the Mancelona  Herald.

Harry  G.  White  and  L.  E.  Slussar 
were  appointed  appraisers,  by  Assignee 
Weter,  and  on  Thursday  last  they  met 
and  appraised  the  assets  of  the  defunct 
Bank  of  Mancelona.

It  will  be  remembered  that  the  nomi­
nal  assets  footed  up  to  $47,967.95,  but 
so  much  of  the  paper  held  by  the  bank 
was  uncollectable,  that  a  careful 
inves­
tigation  shows  the  actual  assets,  includ­
ing  all  notes,  mortgages,  real  estate and 
personal  property  to  be $10,442.61.

In  disposing  of  the  property  and  in 
collecting  the  accounts  it  is  more  than 
probable  that  there  will  be  some  shrink­
age  even  from  these figures.  There will 
necessarily  be  some  litigation,  and  then 
the  expense  of  collecting  the  assets  and 
winding  up  the  business  must  be  taken 
into  consideration.
Assignee  Weter 

is  confident  that,  at 
the  final  wind-up,  he  will  be  able  to 
pay  the  creditors  fifteen  or twenty  cents 
on  the  dollar  and  may  possibly  be  able 
to  do  even  better than  this.

To  fully  appreciate,  not  only  the 
present  state  of  affairs,  but  the  condi­
tion  which  the  bank  has  been  in  for 
several  years  past,  it  is  only  necessary 
to  take  a  look  through  the  papers  and 
securities  of  the  defunct  concern.

A  large  amount  of  this  paper  is  out­
lawed  and  75  per  cent,  ot  the  whole 
might  as  well  be  so  far  as  realizing 
anything  from  it  is  concerned.

Country  Merchants  to  be  Invited 

Visit  Saginaw.

to 

Saginaw,  July  26—The  annual  meet­
ing  of  the Jobbers  and  Merchants’  As­
sociation  will  be  held  in  this  city  Aug. 
25  and  26. 
It  was  thought  this  year’s 
meeting  would  be  postponed  on  account 
of  the  work  necessary  to  be  done on  the 
street  fair  arrangements,  but  at  a  spe­
cial  meeting of  the  city  members  Satur­
day,  the sentiment  was  in  favor  of  again 
inviting  merchants  from 
the  country 
districts  tributary  to  Saginaw  to  get  to­
gether  here  and  the  dates  were  fixed  as 
before.  At  the  former  meeting  there 
was  a  large attendance and  the  idea  of 
showing  outside  retailers  that  Saginaw 
affords  as  good  facilities  as  Detroit  or 
any  other  large  jobbing  city  for  them  to 
trade  was  successfully  carried  out. 
It 
is  thought  such  a  meeting  would  be  at­
tended  with  even  greater  success  at  this 
time.

Come  with  Us  and  Merry  Be.

Grand  Haven,  July  26—The  Grand 
Haven  retail  merchants  desire,  through 
the colunms  of  the  Tradesman,  to  invite 
the  merchants,  their  patrons  and  friends 
of  the  surrounding  country  towns  and 
cities  to  join  them  in  celebrating  their 
joint  picnic  with  the  Grand  Rapids Re­
tail  Grocers’  Association  on  Aug.  4.

We  promise  all  who  visit  us  a  hearty 
welcome  and  the  best  the  town  affords 
in  the  way  of  entertainment.  The  Sand 
Hill  City  spreads  out  over a  large  ex­
tent  of  country  and  those  who  join us  on 
Aug.  4  will,  we  candidly  believe,  con­
cede  that  our  hearts  are  as  large  as  our 
environs. 

F.  D.  Vos,  Pres.

She  Was  a  Warrior  Bold.
When  W illie in the regiment 
H is sweetheart stood,  with face intent 

Went  out  to meet the foe,
A nd pale,  to see him go.

Though sank her heart within her breast, 
She'd heard in war-time it was best 

She did not dare to cry,

To keep her powder dry.

Grand  Rapids  Qossip

Joshua  H.  Colby  succeeds  Barker  & 
Colby 
implement 
business  at  the  corner  of  Sbawmut  ave­
nue  and  the  Lake  Shore  Railway.

in  the  agricultural 

A.  H.  and  A.  W.  Olds,  proprietors  of 
the  Grandville  Drug  Co.,  have  removed 
to  this  city  and  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at  180  Butterworth  avenue.

Every  indication  points  to  a  monster 
excursion  to  Grand  Haven  on  Aug.  4— 
the  occasion  of  the  thirteenth  annual 
picnic  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association.

George  W.  Hart,  of  Adams  &  Hart, 
has  ordered  from  the  factory  a  specially 
built  chainless  World  bicycle  of  1899 
pattern  for  the  brand  new  nine  pound 
boy  who  came  to  his  home  a  few  days 
ago. 

_____________

Geo.  G.  Witman,  formerly  engaged  in 
the  hardware  business  at  106  Monroe 
street  under  the  style  of  Van  der  Veen 
&  Witman,has  arranged  to  open  a  hard­
ware  store  at  487  South  Division  street 
about  Aug.  1.  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co. 
have  the  order  for  the  stock.

leaving 

The  trial  of  the  case  brought  aaginst 
the  Prussing  Vinegar  Co.  by  the  State 
Food  Commissioner,  in  which  the  Wor­
den  Grocer  Co.  is  the  nominal  defend­
ant,  resulted  in  conviction,  Judge  Adsit 
instructing  the  jury  to  bring  in  an  ad­
verse  verdict  without 
their 
seats.  The  case  was  stubbornly  con­
tested  by  Andrew  P.  Callahan,  proprie­
tor  of  the Prussing  Vinegar Co.,  who  an­
nounced  his  intention  of  taking  an  ap­
peal  to  the  Supreme  Court  for  the  pur­
pose  of  testing  the  constitutionality  of 
the  law. 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  he 
has  pulled  out  of  the  State,  the  Trades­
man 
is  inclined  to  the  opinion  that  he 
will  pay  the  fíne  imposed  and  discon­
tinue  further  proceedings. 
Pending 
the  outcome  of  the  appeal,  the  other 
suits brought  against  local  jobbers  will 
be  stayed  or  nolle  prosecued.

The  farmers  are  taking  kindly  to  the 
telephone  and  it  is  possible 
in  time  it 
will  be  as  much  an  adjunct  to  the  farm 
as  to  the  city  residence  or  business 
house. 
In  several  parts  of  the  State, 
notably  in  Gratiot,  Oceana  and  Allegan 
counties,  the  farmers  have  established 
exchanges  of  their  own,  and  for  an  al­
most nominal  annual fee,  the  subscribers 
are in close communication not only  with 
the  market  where  they  do  business  but 
each  another.  These  farmer  exchanges 
are  being  extended  and  connected  with 
town  systems  on  State 
lines  and,  in 
time,  will  doubtless  cover  Michigan 
with  a  network  of  wire,  reaching  into 
every  township  and  neighborhood. 
In 
their  immediate  neighborhood  not  mugh 
has  yet  been  done  toward  getting  the 
farmers  on  the  line.  The  Citizens  Co. 
has  eight  or  ten  subscribers,  but  that 
there  are  not  more  of  them  is  not  due  to 
the 
lack  of  desire  on  the  part  of  the 
farmers  for  telephonic  connections,  but 
to  the  fact  that  the  construction  gangs 
have  been  too  busily  engaged  on  the 
city  or  on  the  State  lines  to give  the 
rural  demand  much  attention.  Another 
season  it  is  expected  that  several  farm­
er  lines  will  be  constructed,  especially 
into  the  fruit  growing  districts.  With 
in  his  house,  the  farmer 
a  telephone 
can  ascertain  the  market 
conditions 
and  prevailing  prices  without  coming 
down  town  to  learn  and  can  thus  act  in­
telligently 
in  marketing  his  products. 
The  judicious  use  of  a  telephone  would

5

are  expected  in  the 
immediate  future. 
Sugar  syrups  of  good  flavor  are  some­
what  scarce,  and  are  well  cleaned  out 
from  first  bands.  Prices  are  unchanged. 
Molasses 
is  rather  dull  at  unchanged 
prices.

Salt  Fish—John  Pew  &  Son  (Glouces­
ter)  write  the  Tradseman  as  follows: 
The  New  England  fleet  have  landed  to 
date  about  11,000  barrels  of  salt  mack­
erel,  principally  at  this  port,  which  is 
nearly  the  amount  of  the  salted  catch  of 
the  whole  of  last  year.  Since  our  last 
report  on  June  29  but few mackerel  have 
been  taken,and  the  price  has  advanced. 
There  has  been  a  good  body  of  mack­
erel  off  “ No  Man’s  Land,”   also  on 
“ Georges  Bank,”   but  recently  when 
found  are 
in  small  schools,  wild  and 
very  difficult  to  catch.  We  do  not  look 
for  a 
large  catch  this  year,  but  hope 
later  on  the  fleet  will  get enough  to  sup­
ply  the  trade  to  some  extent  at  more 
reasonable  prices  than  ruled  last  year. 
The  receipts  of  codfish  this  week  have 
large  on  account  of  free  arrivals 
been 
from 
the  Grand  Banks—3,400 000
pounds.  Two-thirds  of the  Grand  Bank 
twenty-two  vessels,  have  arrived 
fleet, 
from  their  first  fares, 
landing  about 
5,500,000  pounds.  The  first  twenty-two 
arrivals  last  year  landed  about  the  same 
amount. 
In  all  probability  the  Grand 
Bank  catch  for  the  whole  season  will  be 
about  the  same  amount  as  1897,  and 
in 
quality  better.  With  the  present  war 
with  Spain  soon  ended,  an  export  de­
mand  for  fish 
is  expected  from  Porto 
Rico  and  Cuba,  which  will  take  a  large 
amount  from  our  market.  These  islands 
consume  a  large  quantity  of  fish.

Grand  Rapids  Talent  Seeks  a  New 

Field.

exposed  by 

The  notorious  Benj.  F.  Striding  and 
Henry  Pollie,  who  was  connected  wi’b 
the 
fraudulent  Dykema  commission 
house  which  was 
the 
Tradesman  a  couple  of  months  ago, 
have  formed  a  copartnership  with  a 
man  named  Charles  Webber  and  opened 
a  fruit  and  produce  house  at  Findlay, 
Ohio,  under  the  style  of  Webber  &  Co.
The  Tradesman  has  exposed  Striding 
so  many  times  that  his  true  character  is 
pretty  well  known  to  Michigan  mer­
chants  and  shippers,  and  he  appears  to 
have  recognized 
lately  bv 
keeping  under  cover  and  not  permitting 
his  name  to  appear  in  any  of  the  firm 
names  under  which  he  engages  in  busi­
ness.  He  is  a  clever  scoundrel,  having 
an  unenviable  record 
in  the  Grand 
Rapids  and  Kent  county  courts,  and 
any  one  who  has  any  dealings  with  him 
on  any  other  basis  than  spot  cash—and 
Striding  seldom  makes  deals  of  this 
kind  except  when  he  flimflams  a  green­
horn  out  of  his  money— is  likely  to  re­
gret  the  circumstance  as 
long  as  he 
lives.

that 

fact 

For  the  Good  of the  Cause.

Barlow  Bros.,  who  are  probably  the 
largest  patrons  of  the  express  lines  in 
this  city,  have  issued  the  following  cir­
cular  letter  to  their  customers:

Owing  to  the  evidently unfair position 
assumed  by  the  different  express  com­
panies,  in  compelling  all  shippers  to 
pay  the  expense  of  the  war  revenue 
stamp  on  all  receipts  which  the  said 
companies 
issue  to  their  patrons,  we 
would  suggest  that you  anticipate  your 
wants  as  far  in  advance  as  possible,  so 
as  to  allow  us  to  forward  your  goods  by 
freight. 
In  this  way  you  will  not  only 
save  expense  to  yourselves,  but  you  will 
help  to  make  it  evident  to  the  express 
lines  that  they  are  acting  unwisely.

Gillies  New  York  Teas  at  old  prices 
while  they  hold  out.  Phone  Visner,  800.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

save  the  farmer  far  more  than  it  would 
cost  him  and,  in  addition,  he  would 
have  the  advantage  of  clo>e  connection 
with  the  world  for  social  and  other  pur­
poses.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Choice  stock 

is  not  coming 
forward  as  rapidly  as  was  expected. 
Eating  varieties,  such  as  Astrachans 
and  Duchess,  command  $2.50  per  bbl. 
and  cooking  varieties  fetch  $2.

Bananas—The  demand 

is  active,  re­
ceipts  being  none  too  large  to  be  well 
cleaned  up 
in  the  fancy grades  at  the 
present  quotations

Beets— ioc  per  doz.  bunches.
Blackberries—$1  per  crate  of  16  qts. 
for  home  grown.  Choice  fruit  is  scarce 
and  the  price  is  firm,  on  account  of  the 
dry  weather.

Butter-----The  market  continues  to
strengthen,  on  account  of  the  drought. 
Local  dealers  hold  separator  creamery 
at  17c  and  choice  dairy  at  I4@i5c,  al­
though  the  latter  is  very  scarce  and 
hard  to  get.

Cabbage— Home  grown 

is  in  ample 
supply  at*6o@65c per  doz.  Chicago stock 
fetches $1.25  per  crate  of  30  to 50 beads.

Celery— 15c  per  bunch.
Carrots— ioc  per  doz.  bunches.
Cauliflower—$1.25  per  doz.  beads  for 

Illinois  stock.

Cherries—About  out  of  market.
Cocoanuts—4@5c.
Corn—Green,  15c  per  doz.  ears.  The 
dry  weather  is  having  a  serious  effect 
on the  stock,  making  it  wormy  and  unfit 
for  shipment.

Cucumbers—The  price has'declined  to 
25c  per  doz.,  due  to  the  increased  re­
ceipts.

Eggs—Local  dealers  pay  careful ship­
pers  who  send  “their  'eggs  in  regularly 
ioc  on  track,  holding  case  count  at  11c 
and  candled  at  12c.

Green  Onions—ioc  per  doz.,  accord­

ing  to  size.

Green  Peas—$1  per  bu. 
grown  Marrowfats,  which 
scarce,  on  account  of  the  drought.

for  home 
are  very 

Honey— Fine  new  comb  commands 

I2@ I3C .

Lemons— The  market  is  very  firm  at 
the  prices  last  quoted.  The  movement 
is  good,  the  weahter  being  favorable  to 
a  large  consumption  and  the  tendency 
is  toward  higher  values.  Some  very 
fancy  Maori 
lemons  are  offered  at 
$7.50  per  box.

Lettuce—4o@5oc  per  bu. 
for  head.
Muskmelons---- Indiana  Cantaloups
fetch  75c  per  doz.  Little  Gems  com­
mand  75c  per  basket  of  about  20.  Osage 
fetch  $1.25  per  crate  of  a  dozen.

Onions— Home  grown  command  90c 

per  bu.

Oranges—Supplies  are  sufficient 

to 
take  care  of  the  entire  demand,  which 
is  fair.  The  stock  in this  market  is  un­
usually  good  for  this  season  of  the  year 
and  the  variety  is  large.

Peaches—Alexanders  are 

in  ample 
supply  at  5o@ 6oc  per  bu.  They  are 
so  soft  that  they  will  not  stand shipment 
for  any  distance.  Hale’s  Early  is  ex­
pected  to  arrive  in  about  ten  days.

Plums—Wild  Goose 

Pears— Small  Michigan  command  50 
@75c  per  bu.  The  crop  will  be  enor­
mous.
from  Indiana 
command  $1.25  per  crate.  Michigan 
varieties  will  begin  to  come  in  about 
Aug.  10.  The  crop 
is  the  largest  ever 
known  in  this  vicinity.

Pop  Corn— 50c  per  bu.
Potatoes— Home  grown  stock 

ample  supply  at  55@6oc.

is 

in 

Radishes— ioc  per  doz.  bunches.
Raspberries— Red  command  $t  for  16 

qt.  case.

Tomatoes— 5o@6oc  per  4  basket  crate 
for  Southern.  Home  grown  command  5c 
per  lb.

Wax  Beans—$i @i.5o  per  bu.  and 

scarce  at  that.

Watermelons— 15@250  for  choice  Mis­
souri  stock,  which  is  in  ample  supply.

In  times  of  peace  the  half  hero  hangs 
onto  the  real  thing  and  gets  along  quite 
as  well.

Where  there’s  a  will  there’s  generally 

a  won’t.

The  Grocery  Marxet.

Sugar— The  movement  of  sugars 

in 
this  market  as  well  as  all  over  the  coun­
try  is  large,  and  on  the increase because 
of  the  fruit  season  now  on  and  getting 
more  active. 
Importers  are  inclined  to 
hold  raw  sugars  for  higher  figures,  pre­
ferring  to  put  them  in  store  to  selling 
at  the  present  market.  This  has  as  yet 
made  no  quotable  difference  in  refined 
at  this  point,  but  it  gives  the  market  a 
firmer  tone. 
Importers  think  there  will 
soon  be  a  change  in  the  method  of  buy­
ing  raws,  the  refiners  coming  into  the 
market  day  by  day,  instead  of  buying 
at  irregular  periods,  causing  spurts  and 
depressions 
This  was 
the  case previous  to  the  concentration of 
the  refining  interests.

in  the  trade. 

it 

Tea—There  is  no  quotable  change 

in 
if  the  market  stays  as  dull 
prices,  but 
as 
is  at  present  a  decline  is  not  un­
likely.  Advices  received  from  China 
and  Japan  state  that  there  has  been  no 
decline,  and  that  none  is  likely.  The 
trade  do  not  expect  much  activity  until 
next  October.

Coffee— Firm  and  unchanged.  The 
market  looks  to  be  a  very  safe purchase, 
and  coffees  bought  on  present  line  of 
values  will  no  doubt  show  good  profits 
in  the  near  future.

Canned  Goods—The  spot-tomato  mar­
ket  has  advanced  slightly  and  there  is  a 
much  better  feeling.  The  demand  is 
very  fair  for  this  season. 
In  future  to­
matoes  some  packers are shading prices, 
owing  to  the  fact  that  the  weather  has 
been  much  more  favorable 
lately  for 
tomato  growing.  Spot  corn  is  in  fair de­
mand  at  unchanged  prices.  Nothing 
is  doing 
in  future  corn.  Very  little  is 
doing 
in  peas,  and  prices  are  un­
changed.  Both  California  and  Eastern 
peaches  are  gradually  advancing,  and 
Eastern  markets  are  well  cleaned  up  on 
nearly  all  grades.

Dried  Fruits— The  prospective  short­
age  of  apples  in  the  East  is  reported  to 
have  enhanced  the  value  of  the  stocks 
of  evaporated  apples  now  held  from  last 
year.  There 
is  report  from  the  West 
coast  of  increased  probability  of a raisin 
pool  of  growers  on  the  coast.  This  is 
done  to  prevent  demoralization  of  the 
market,  for  prospects  are  for  the  largest 
crop  ever  raised  on  the  coast.  The  mar­
ket  is  likely  to  rule  low  during  the  sea­
son  even  if  the  pool  shall  be  a  success. 
the  California  crop  of 
Estimates  on 
prunes  varies  greatly. 
is  generally 
conceded  that  it  cannot  be  as  large  as 
it  was  last  year.  The  Santa  Clara  val­
ley  that  yielded  100,000,000  pounds  last 
year,  will  have  a  crop  variously  esti­
mated 
from  30,000,000  to  60,ooo.ooo 
pounds.  Some  other  parts  will  have  a 
better  crop  than  last  year,  but  the  San 
Joaquin  valley  will  have  but  little,  as 
the  crop  there  is  almost  a  total  failure. 
The  Northwestern  coast  states  will  have 
a  good  crop,  but  their  product  is  the 
Italian  prune,  a  fruit  of  limited demand 
and  no  competitor  of  the  California 
French  prune.

It 

Rolled  Oats— Some  outside  manufac­
turers  have  advanced  their  quotations 
20c  per  bbl.,  but  D.  &  S.  have  made 
no  change  as  yet,  although  an  upward 
turn  is  hourly  expected.

Spices— The  general  market  has  been 
advancing  steadily  for  the  past  four 
months,  but this market,  like  some  other 
Western  markets,  having  been  stocked, 
had  not  advanced.  Now  that  stocks  are 
low,  the  market  is  being  advanced.

Syrups  and  Molasses---- Compound
syrup  has  advanced  ic  per  gallon,  as the 
result  of  an  advance  to  that  extent  in 
the  glucose  market.  No  other  advances

6

LIFE  IN  NAPLES.

Side  Lights  on  Neapolitan  Ways  and 

Customs.
W ritten fo r th e T radesman.

There 

is  an 

indescribable  charm 
about  Naples,  which  defies  all  rules  of 
law,  order  and  cleanliness.  There 
is 
is  color,  there  is  life,  and 
light,  there 
one 
is  never  satiated  with  the  street 
scenes  among  the  humble  class.  In  such 
a  climate  where  there  is  perpetual  sun­
shine,  these  people  live  their  lives  with 
the  greatest  freedom 
in  the  open  air 
from  early  morning  until  late  at  night. 
At  dawn  one  is  awakened  by  a  series  of 
outlandish  sounds  suggesting Christmas, 
New  Years,  Halloween,  or  Fourth  of 
July.  Before  one  has  had  a  chance  to 
catch  his  last  winks  of  sleep  the  streets 
are  alive  with  people.  There  are  ven­
ders  and  hawkers  of  every  sort  and  de­
scription  under  the  sun. 
In  the  morn­
ing  and  evening  herds  of  goats  and 
the  streets. 
cows  are  driven 
The  goats  are 
led  to  the  customers' 
doors,  no  matter  up  how  many  flights  of 
stairs,  and  milked  in  plain  sight.  The 
cows  stand  patiently  in  the  street  before 
the  front  door.  Under  such  conditions 
it  would  seem  as  if  pure  milk  were  en­
sured,  but  even  the  Italian  milkman’s 
favorite  song  is,  “ Shall we  gather  at  the 
River?”   He  has  an  ingenious  arrange­
ment  in  his  sleeve  in  the  form  of  a  rub­
ber  bag  which  manages  to  contract  in 
the  process  of  milking  so  that  the  water 
gushes  with  the  milk,  yet  so  subtly  as 
to  beguile  the  most  wary  customer.

through 

In  the  forenoon  itinerant  cooks  set  up 
their  stoves 
in  the  open  air  or  under 
awnings  and  prepare  soups,  meats,  fish, 
vegetables,  maccaroni  and  corn  meal 
mush  seasoned  with  cheese  for  the  mot­
ley  crowd.  All  sorts  of  fuel  is  so  ex­
pensive 
in  Italy  that  a  family  must  be 
well  to  do  to  enable  it  to  have  its  sep­
arate  kitchen. 
the  cooler 
weather  of  winter  the  same  stove  serves 
to  warm  chilled  fingers  and  toes.  Din­
ingrooms  seem  to  be  about  of  as  much 
of  a 
luxury  as  kitchens.  Most  of  the 
food  is  eaten  in  a picnic,  hand-to-moutb 
sort  of  style  which  makes  life  appear  a 
perpetual  gala-day.

During 

The  men,  as  a  class,  are  more  lazy 
and  irresponsible  than  the  women. 
In 
fact,  the  women  never  seem  to  have  an 
idle  moment,  but  drudge  from  early 
morning  until 
late  at  night.  Many  of 
the  older  women  have  charge  of  fruit 
stands.  There  they  measure  out  fruit 
or  nuts,  a  cent  or  two’s  worth  at  a  time, 
all  day  long.  Between  times  they  nurse 
their  babies,  slap  or  scold  their  ascend­
ing  series  of  youngsters  playing or quar­
reling  at  their  feet  or  in  the gutter.  The 
young  girls  and  women  have  charge  of 
the  drinking  booths.  These  they  deco­
rate  with  cotton,  green  boughs  and  lem­
ons  and  make  them most attractive.  The 
water  is  kept  in  great  brass  cans,  high­
ly  polished,  or 
in  bottles  laid  on  their 
side  in  ice  or  snow.  All  sorts  of  fruit 
syrups  are  kept 
in  stock,  but  nothing 
seems  more  popular  than lemonade.  But 
even  more  refreshing  than  cool  drinks 
on  a  hot  dusty  day  is  a  glance  at  the 
pretty  girl  in  waiting.  Were  there  ever 
such  luminous  eyes,  such  dimples,  such 
smiles! 
It  matters  not  that  the  white 
dress  could  not  possibly  have  been 
steam-laundried, 
properly 
is  a  grace  of  figure,  a 
washed, 
rhythm  of  movement,  a  naivete  of  man­
ner  which  defies  the  charms  of  the  belle 
of  the  modern  ball  room.

there 

At  noon  the  heat  becomes  stupefying. 
One  by  one  the  children  fall  alseep, 
and  the  men  drop  down  on  the  pave­
ment  or  stone  wall  where  they  have

or 

even 

It 

been  loafing,  and  lose  all  consciousness 
of  time  for  a  while.  The  women  nod 
over  their  knitting  or  lacemaking  and  a 
languid,  listless  sort  of  air  takes  posses­
sion  of  the  pretty  girls  as  they  dole  out 
“ soft  drinks”   to  the  thirsty  passers-by.
There  seem  to  be  but  two  classes  of 
people  who  take  no  siesta— the  carriage 
drivers  and  the  hawkers. 
is  utterly 
impossible  to  leave  one’s  hotel  without 
being  besieged  by  an  army  of  drivers, 
whom  you  can  evade  about  as  easily  as 
you  can  German  fleas  or ¡Jersey  mos­
quitoes.  The  street  presents  the  appear­
ance  of  the  funeral  procession  of  a  mil­
lionaire,  or  of  Sunday  morning  in  front 
of  the  “ meeting  house”   before  the  time 
Such  persuasiveness,  such 
of  sheds. 
only 
persistency, 
among  the  American  hotel  runners. 
It 
seems 
imagine  there  is 
such  a  word  as  No  among  the  Italian 
carriage drivers.  After  all,  the  ride  is 
no  luxury— io  cents  to  15  cents  for  two 
people  for  a  ride  of  a  mile.  There  are 
several 
lines  of  street  cars  in  Naples, 
but  they  seem  to  be  patronized  only  by 
the  common  people. 
In  the  car  there 
are  first  and  second-class  seats,  which 
means  cushioned  or  bare,  and  makes 
the  difference  of  a  cent  or  two  in  the 
fare.

impossible  to 

elsewhere 

occurs 

the  street  railways 

V e n d e rs  of  all  sorts  are  as  much  an 
institution  on 
in 
Naples  as  the  news  agents  and  popcorn 
boys on  our  steam  railways.  Of  course, 
the  newsboys flourish  there as elsewhere ; 
but  not  the 
coldest-hearted,  whitest- 
livered,  biliousest-stomached,  piousest- 
pated  creature  in  the  world  could  resist 
the  beseeching  brown  eyes  of  the  be­
witching  Neapolitan  flower  boys.  Then 
there 
is  always  at  one’s  elbow  some 
lame  or  maimed  veteran  trying  to  dis­
pose  of  his  tray  of  pins,  needles,  thread, 
cord,  buttons,  nails,  hammers,  etc.,  in 
short,  whatever a  traveler  could  possibly 
need  under  the  most extreme conditions.
is  button-holed, 
twisted,  pounded  and  driven  by  the 
hawkers  until,  out  of  mere  self-defense, 
he  is  compelled  to  buy  some  souvenir. 
There  are  no  fixed  prices  on  the  street, 
but  a  fabulous  sum  is  charged  at  first, 
which  dwindles  in  proportion  to  the  in­
difference  of  the  wished-for  purchaser. 
In  this  way  choice  cameos,  lava,  coral, 
and  tortoise  shell  ornaments  can  be 
picked  up at  half  the price  at  the  shops. 
But  one  must  be  a  good  judge  else  one 
is  liable  to  be  deceived  and  cheated 
in 
a  scandalous  fashion ;  and  there  is  no 
redress.  Some  such  experience  is  liable 
to  happen  at  any  time.

On  the  streets  one 

A  young 

lady  while 

in  Naples  was 
wheedled 
into  buying  a  comb  for  the 
hair  in  the  following  fashion:  She  hap­
pened  to  see  just  what  she  wanted  and 
enquired  the  price.

Eight  liras.  Signora. ”

“ But  that  is  too  much !  I can  get  that 

anywhere  for six. ”

“ Very  well,  Signora,  I  give  it  to  you 

for  six. ”

“ But  I  do  not  want  it, ’ ’
“ Very  pretty.  Signora,  I  give  it  to 

you  very  cheap  for  six  liras. ”

“ No,  I  do  not  want  it.”
“ I  give  it  to  you  for  five  liras.”
“  No. ”
“ What  you  give  me  for  it,  Pretty?”  
“ I’ll  give  you  three  liras,  and  not  a 

cent  more. ”

Signora  take  i t ;  but I  lose  money  on 

it!”

Yet  his  smile  was  as  broad  and  he 
thanked  her  for  the  money  just  as  cor­
dially  as  though  he  had  made  a  fortune 
off  of  her.  An  Italian,  when he is caught 
in  one  of  his  tricks,  laughs  a  good-na­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

It  seems  born  and 
tured  sort  of  laugh. 
bred 
in  the  bone  of  an  Italian  to  try  to 
lie  and  cheat,  and  he  knows how  to  do 
it  gracefully.  But  once  let  him  find  out 
his  man  he 
is  honor  and  graciousness 
itself.

When  this  young  lady  reached  Rome 
her  pin  was  very  much  admired.  One 
lady  who  considered  herself  a  connois­
seur  of  tortoise  shell  pronounced  it  to 
be  a  remarkably  pretty piece—a genuine 
treasure.  Then  the  girl  related  her  ex­
perience  and,  the  price  being  made 
known,  the  other  volunteered  the  re­
mark,  “ And  you  paid  only  three  liras 
for  that  pin ! 
It  certainly  can  not  be 
real,  for  that  costs  at  least  eight  liras !”
Towards  evening  the  parks  begin  to 
fill  with  the  better  class  of  people. 
Sometimes  every  seat  is  full,  although 
they  are  not  free  as  in  America.  The 
lemonade man  is  always  in  attendance, 
hugging  his  great  cans  of cool  drink. 
In  the  evening  whole  families  stroll  out 
and  stop  on  the  way  for  a  little  ice,  ice­
cream  or  cold  drink.  Gradually  night 
comes  on.  No  longer  are  the  sharp  lines 
and  perpetual  smoke  of  Mt.  Vesuvius 
to  be  distinctly  seen.  The  blue  waters 
of  the  Bay  of  Naples  shade  into  greens 
and  purples  and  finally  sink  into  inky 
blackness  and  darkness  has  settled  over 
the  city.  The  people  begin  to  wend 
their  way  homeward.  There  is  the  oc­
casional  twinkle  of  lanterns,  proclaim­
ing  the  hunters  of  cigar stubs  and  other 
trifles,  to  be  sold  the  next  day. 
such 
There  is  laughing,  chattering  and  danc­
ing  until  a  late  hour,but finally  the  stars 
keep  their  silent  watch  over  the  spell­
bound  city. 

Za id a   E.  U d e l l .

Sure  Evidence  of  Insanity.

“ N o,”   she  said,  “ I  am  sorry,  but  it 
can  never be.  I  must  ask  you  to  release 
me  from  my  promise.”

“ Why,”   he  cried,  “ whathave I done? 
Who  has  dared  to  say  aught  against 
me?”

“ It  is  nothing  that  you  have  done  or 
that  you  can  help, ”   she gently  replied, 
“ and  I  am  sorry  for  you;  but  I  can 
never  bring  myself  to  marry  a  man  who 
has  insanity  in  his  family. 
I  have  just 
beard  that  an  uncle  of  yours  used  to 
give  parachute  exhibitions  at  county 
fairs.”

When  a  young  man  stops  taking  his 
girl  to  the  theater  and  goes to church  in­
stead,  it’s  dollars  to  doughnuts  they  are 
engaged.

JERSEY  CREAM

6 oz.

6 doz. in case

85c

9 oz.

4 doz. in case

$1.25

i  lb.

2 doz. in case

$2.00

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Association M atters

Michigan Retail Qrocers’ Association 

President, J. W isler,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A.  Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President.  C.  G.  J e w e t t ,  Howe'l;  Vice  Presi­
dent,  W .  J .  B o y c e ,  Port  Huron;  Treasurer, 
Henry C.  Minn ie, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J oseph Knight;  Secretary, E. Marks 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer,  O. H. F rink.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association 
K l a p;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  Lehman.

President,  F rank  J.  Dy k ;  Secretary,  H omes 

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 
McBr a tn ie;  Secretary,  W.  H.  Lew is.

President. P. F. T reanor;  Vice-President, J ohn 

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Geo.  E.  Le w is; Secretary,  W.  H. P or 

t e r ;  Treasurer,  L. Pelton.

Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F.  B.  .Johnson;  Secretary,  A.  M 

Darling;  Treasurer,  L.  A. Gilkey.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cla r k;  Secretary,  E.  F.  Cleve 

land;  Treasurer,  Wm.  C.  Koehn.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Holly;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Hammond.

President,  T hos.  T.  Bates;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  Whipple ; Secretary, G. T. Camp 

bell;  Treasurer, W. E.  Collins.

Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  F .  W.  Gilchrist;  Secretary,  C  L. 

P artridge.

Grand  Rapids Retail Meat  Dealers’ Association 
President, L. J. Katz;  Secretary, Ph il ip Hilbek 

Treasurer, S.  J.  Huppord.

St. Johns Business  Men’s  Association.

President, T hos  Bromley;  Secretary,  F rank A. 

P er c y;  Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Perry Business Men's Association 

President,  H.  W.  W a l l a c e :  Secretary,  T,  E. 

H e d d l e .
Grand  Haven  Retail  Merchants’ Association 
President, J. Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W.  V e r H o e k s .

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Poor
Economy

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

“Lily White” Flour

W e 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.

How  the  Druggist  Treated  Would-be 

M.  Quad  in  American D ruggist.

Suicides.

Within  a  week  after  my  marriage, 
which  was  full  forty  years  ago,  I  began 
patronizing  drug  stores,  and  I  don't 
think  there  has  been  an  interval  of  a 
week  since  that  I  have  not  bought  at 
least  a  bottle  of  hair-dye  or  a  box  of 
salve. 
I  have  always  had  warm  friends 
among  the  druggists,  and  every  one 
within  two miles  of  my  bouse has always 
felt  that  my  admiration  and  respect  for 
him  were  sincere. 
If  asked  to  name 
the  one  highest  in  my  esteem,  however, 
I should  promptly  answer  that  it  was the 
man  whose  funeral  I  attended  the  other 
week.  His  name  was  Parker,  and  be 
had  several  little  ways  about  him  which 
endeared  him  to  a  large  circle.  His re­
ception  of  and  sympathy  with  would-be 
suicides  was  the  feature  which  first  at­
tracted  me  to  him.  His  style  will  be 
imitated  by  many,  but  equaled  by  none. 
Almost  the  first  time  I  entered his store, 
and  while  he  was  looking  up  for  me  a 
preparation  to  remove  grease,  a  woman 
came  rushing  in  and  called  for  poison. 
She  was  bareheaded,  weeping  and great­
ly  excited,  and  any  other druggist would 
have  made  a  blunder  and  handed  me 
out  Jamaica  ginger  for  grease-remover. 
Not  so  with  Mr.  Parker.  He  begged  me 
to  excuse  him  for  a  moment,  and  with 
heartfelt  sypmathy  in  voice  and  look  he 
advanced  upon  the  woman  and  said:

“ You  poor,  dear  lady,  but  I  am  sorry 
this  has  come  about!  Sit down  and  snuff 
I 
these  salts.  You  ask  me  for  poison. 
can  furnish  you  with  several  varieties, 
of  course,  and all  warranted  to  be  fresh, 
but  let  me  advise  you  as  a  brother  not 
to  use  any. ’ ’

“ But  I  want  to  d ie!”   she  wailed.
“ Yes,  I  know,  but  don’t  take  posion. 
It  is  only  three  blocks  to  the  river,  and 
poison  don’t  compare  with  drowning. 
There  are  no  cramps  nor  pains  with 
drowning. 
I  will  send  the  boy  to  the 
wharf  with  you,  and  should  you  desire 
to  leave  a  last  message  for your husband 
I  will  take  charge  of  it.”

In  five  minutes  he  had  the  woman 
drinking  a  glass  of  soda  water  with  a 
dash  of  brandy  in  it,  and  in  ten  she  had 
concluded  to 
that  very 
evening  her  husband  showed  his  grati­
tude  by  dropping  in  and  buying  the  en­
tire  stock  of  family  dyes.

live  on,  and 

The  second  would-be  which  fell  un­
der my  notice  was  also  a  woman.  It  was 
a  rainy  evening,and  I  sat  with the drug­
gist  discussing  the  matter  of  the  200 
per  cent,  profit  he  had  made  on  my 
numerous  prescriptions^  when  a  stately, 
well-dressed  female  entered  and  quietly 
observed:

“ Sir,  I  have  just  discovered  that  my 

husband  has  eloped  with  my  sister!”

“ Dear,  dear  m e!”   exclaimed  Mr. 
Parker  as  he  threw  up  his  hands. 
“ It 
is  needless  to  say  that you  have  my  full­
est  sympathy.  And  you  want  to  die,  of 
course?”
“ I  do. 

I  want  whatever  quantity  of 
laudanum you  think  will  make  a  certain 
work  of  it!”

“ Too  bad—too  bad!  Yes, 

I  have 
laudanum,  and,  of  course,  I  can  give 
you  the  exact  quantity  to  produce death, 
but  you  must  prepare  your  system  for 
it.  Here —take  this. ”

He  mixed  her  a  pony  of  brandy,  and 
she  had  scarcely  downed 
it  when  her 
eyes  began  to  shine  and  her  mouth  to 
lose  its  look  of  resolution.

“ And  now,  madam,”   said  the  drug­
gist  as  he  took  an  empty  bottle  from  a 
drawer,  “ has  your  husband  a  brother?”

“ Yes,  sir.”
“ Then  do  not  die.  Your  death  would 
only  please  your  husband.  Live  to  get 
even  with  him.  Get  even  by  eloping 
with  his  brother.  See?”

She  saw,  and  she  insisted  on  leaving 
half  a  dollar  for  his  advice. 
I  never 
heard  whether  she  followed  it,  but  I  saw 
her  at  a  “ bargain  sale”   a  few days later 
and  she  looked  happy  and 
in  good 
spirits.

The  third  case  was  that  of  a  man. 
He  entered  the  store  with  uncertain step 
and  sat  down  with  a  groan.  The  drug­
gist  left  me  to  select  my  own  sponge 
from  the  basket  and  hastened  over  to 
the  new  arrival  to  say :

It 

it. 

“ Poor  man,  you  don't  know bow[sorry 
is  your  wife,  of  course,  and 
I  have 

I  feel! 
she  shouldn’t  have  dene 
poisons,  of  course,  but-  ”

“ During  her  absence  I  searched  her 
writing  desk  and found  these!”   said  the 
man  as  he  displayed  a  package  of  let­
ters.

“ Ah—I  see.  Poor  man—poor  man! 
Believe  me,  I  would  cheerfully  take 
if  I  could.  You  feel  that 
your  place 
nothing 
is  left  for  you  but  death,  of 
course?’ ’

“ Yes,  I  want  to  die.  Give  me  some­

thing  to  kill  me  as  soon  as  possible!”  

“ I)m!  um !  Let’s  see.  There  are 
several  things  in  stock,  but  wait  a  min­
ute.  Just  drink  this  down,  please.”

It  was  a  thumper  of  brandy,  and  as 
soon  as  the  redness  began  to  appear  on 
the  would-be 
suicide’s  cheeks,  Mr. 
Parker  quietly  remarked :
“ Take  my  word  for  it,  hanging  is  the 
easiest  and  pleasantest  death.  There  is 
no  actual  pain,  and  after  the  first  few 
seconds  you  see beautiful  gardens and 
landscapes and  feel  to be flying  through 
the  air.  You  must  have  a  rope  around 
the  house?”
“  Y —yes. ”
“ Then  use  it.  Never  resort  to  pois­
ons  when  you  can  get  a  rope.  Glad you 
called.  No  charge.  Better  stand  on  a 
chair,  so  as  to  get  as  much  fall  as  pos­
sible.  Good  night,  good  night.”
There  was  no  suicide.  On  the  con­
trary,  that  would-be  bought  his  cigars of 
Mr.  Parker  for  the  next  four  years,  and 
his  capacity  was  a  box  per  week.
in  love, 
used  to  fly  to  that  drug  store  for  relief 
in  death.  Sometimes  Mr.  Parker  pow­
dered  up  a  troche  and  let  them  bear  it 
away  and  sometimes  he 
encouraged 
them  to take  a  new  grip  on  life  by offer­
ing  to  hunt  up  and  spank  the  boy  who 
had  given  them  the  marble  heart.  Now 
and  then  an  outcast  would  hysterically 
rush  in  and  call  for arsenic or strychnine 
and  in  a  fatherly  way  he  would  pour  out 
bis  sympathies  and  do  her  up  a  small 
package  of  table-salt. 
If  not  that,  then 
he  would  recommend  hanging  or drown­
ing  or  getting  run  over  by  an  electric 
car,  and  by  adding  brandy  or  port  wine 
he  always  worked  them  out  of  the  store 
in  a  different  frame  of  mind.  They  saw 
his  tears,  heard  bis  kind  words,  and 
how  could  it  help but  affect  them?

Young  girls,  disappointed 

There  is  a  new  man  in  the drug store, 
I 
but  he  will  never  make  a  go  of  it. 
was 
in  there  last  evening  when  a  wom­
an  with  a  black  eye  bounced  in  and  de­
manded  death.  There  were  no  tears— 
no  kind  words  on  his  part.  He  simply 
looked  up  at  her  and  unfeelingly  re­
plied :

“   ’ F  yer  want  ter  die,  g ’woff  and 

swallow  ten-penny  nails.’

The  Result  o f  a  Blunder.

in 

A  compounder  in  the  Punjab  (India) 
government  service  recently  dispensed 
a  mixture  in  accordance  with  an  error- 
containing  prescription,  an  act  which 
resulted 
the  death  of  the  patient. 
Through  a  mistake  the  doctor  ordered 
160  minims  of  “ ext.  nuc.  vom.,”   in­
tending  to  order  the  tincture.  The  com­
pounder,  mistaking  the  minim  sign  for 
that  of  grains,  the  easier  because  one 
would  not  expect  to  find  minims  of  a 
solid  extract  ordered,  dispensed  160 
grains.

have  noticed 

When  the  thing  came  under investiga­
tion  the  doctor  argued  that  the  com­
pounder 
that 
minims  were ordered  and  by  that  incon­
sistency  had  his suspicions aroused.  But 
although  this  be  true,  and  the  com­
pounder’s  blunder 
is  not  to  be  con­
doned,  the  doctor  committed  an  equal 
blunder;  still,  so  far  as  we  can  learn, 
only  the  compounder  was  dismissed 
from  service.

should 

What  She  Said.

“ You  look  puzzled.”
“ I  am  puzzled  about  what  she  said  to 

me. ’ ’

“ What  did  she  say?”
“ I  told  her  war  was  hell  and  she  told 

me  I  ought  to  go  to  war.”

About  the  worst 

joke  a  woman  can 

play  on  a  man  is  to  marry  him.

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WEDNESDAY.  -  •  -  JULY 2777m

THREE  M ONTHS  OF  HOSTILITIES.
Congress  declared  war  against  Spain 
April  2i,  three  months  ago 
last  Thurs­
day.  A  great  deal  of  history  has  been 
made  in  the  time  that  has  elapsed.  Im­
lessons  have  been  taught,  to 
pressive 
the  world  at 
large  as  well  as  our  own 
Some  judgments  have  been 
people. 
affirmed;  more  have  been 
reversed. 
Peace  has  not  been  won,  as  by  Prussia 
in 
its  six  weeks  war  with  Austria  in 
1866. 
It  may  not  be  secured  as prompt­
ly  as  by  Germany  in  its war with  France 
in  1870.  But  greater  deeds  have  been 
achieved  by  the  United  States  in  these 
three  months  than  by  either  of  those 
powers,  considering  the  constant  pre­
paredness  of  European  powers  for  war.
Through  the  navy  we have annihilated 
two  squadrons  of  the  enemy,  one  com­
prised  of  as  good  ships  of  their  class  as 
any  navy  possesses.  We  have  done  this 
at  the  cost  of  a  single  life  and  without 
material  harm  to  any  of  our  ships.  We 
have  swept  Spain’s  sea  power  from  the 
ocean,  its  few  remaining  naval  ships 
of  any  consequence  being  now under  the 
protection  of  a  home  port.  Our  com­
merce  and  transports  sail  the  seas  as 
void  of  fear  as  though  peace  universal 
reigned.

Our  navy  was  as  well  prepared  in 
ships  for  war  as  Spain’s. 
Its  achieve­
ments  attest  the  overwhelming  superior-1 
ity  of  American  gunner,  seaman  and 
armament.  On  the  other  hand,  Spain’s 
army  was  far  superior  to  ours,  in  men 
ready  for  battle,acclimated  to  the scenes 
of  hostilities  and  equipped  with  modern 
arms  and  ammunition.  We  had  an 
army  of  25,000  men  in  groups  of  regi­
ments  and  companies  thousands of miles 
apart.  Besides,  we  had  state  militia 
at  which  foreigners  were  wont  to  laugh. 
Except  in  few  States— New  York,  Mass­
achusetts  and  Pennsylvania—the  militia 
was  not  even  fairly  equipped  for  serv­
ice  in  the  field.  Uniforms,  arms,  com­
missary,  even  drill,  were  wanting. 
In 
name,  in  physical  ability  and  in  Na­
tional  spirit,  only  was  the  National 
Guard  of  the  majority  of  the  states  pre­
pared  for  service. 
In  three  months  the 
army  has  put  Santiago  to  its credit;  but 
that  is  the  least  of  the  achievements  of 
the  War  Department.  From 
the  raw 
material  afforded  by  a  free  people  an 
army  of  200,000 men has been mobilized, 
clothed,  armed,  drilled—formed 
into 
the  best  soldiers the world contains.  The 
volunteers  at  El  Caney  and  San  Juan— 
the  71st  New  York,  the  Rough  Riders, 
the  2d  Massachusetts—prove  this.  The 
foreign  powers
military 

attaches  of 

watching  their  performances  are amazed 
at  the  daring,  the  steadiness,  the incom­
parable  dash  and  indifference  to  danger 
displayed  by  the  American  volunteer.

The  War  Department  has  achieved 
wonders  in  these  three  months. 
It  has 
created  an  army  that  is  ready  for  duty 
anywhere. 
It  has  not  been  able  to  arm 
it  with  modern  guns  and  smokeless 
powder,because  previous Congresses had 
refused  to  vote  money  to  stock  up  for 
war  and  the  present  Congress  was  slow 
in  acceding  to  the  Department's  recom­
mendations.  Petty  criticisms  have  been 
uttered  and  newspaper  generals  have 
found  no  end  of  fault  because  Havana 
was  not  assaulted  on  the  instant,  while 
1 not  a  volunteer  had  been  mustered  in, 
nor  commissary  nor  medical  nor am­
bulance  corps  had  been  equipped,  nor 
transport  found  to  move  a  company.

Three  months  from  the  date  of  hostil­
ities  declared,  the  navy  has  only  the 
finishing  touches  to  add  to  its  part  of 
the  work ;  the  army  has  struck  a  blow 
that  staggers  the  enemy,  amazes  Europe 
and  corrects  its  preconceived  view  of 
the  American  volunteer,  and 
in  num­
bers,  fittings,  healthfulness  and  enthus­
iasm 
is  ready  to  complete  the  work  re­
maining  for  it.

Europe 

looks  at  the  United  States 
through  different  glasses  than  it  used 
three  months  ago. 
It  sees  this  great  re­
public  of  freemen  as  in  its  calm  self- 
reliance 
it  has  seen  and  sees  itself, 
without  being  puffed  up

The  disposition  of  the  Spanish  volun­
teers  who  surrendered  Santiago 
fur­
nishes  a  puzzling  problem.  Unlike  the 
regulars,  they  can  not  be  sent  to  Spain, 
because  they  don’t  belong  there.  Their 
homes  are 
in  Cuba.  And  yet,  if  they 
are  paroled  and  turned  loose  in  Cuba 
the  insurgents  will  kill  them,  while  if 
they  are  brought  to  the  United  States  as 
prisoners,  they  will  have  to  be  fed  and 
taken  care  of  for  an  indefinite  length  of 
time.  Their  position  is  as  unpleasant 
as  that  of  the  Tories  of  the  American 
revolution,  and 
it  will  worry  the  War 
Department  to  dispose  of  them  in a  way 
that  will  not  conflict  with  justice  and 
humanity.

The  wisdom  of  Congress  in  refusing 
to  recognize  the  independence  qí  Cuba 
in  advance  of  its  achievement  is  vindi­
cated  by  the  disposition  shown  by  the 
Cubans  at  Santiago.  They  are  anxious 
to  “ get  even”   with  the  Spaniards  who 
have  made  life  uncomfortable  to  them, 
and  are  not  pleased  at  all  with  General j 
Shafter's  putting  Americans  on  guard. 
The  Cubans  need  to  learn  self  govern­
ment  that  they  may  be  qualified  to  gov­
ern  the  fair  land  the  Americans  are 
liberating  for  them.

THE  LIVES  OF  NATIONS.

Lord  Salisbury’s  wide  generalization, 
recently  quoted  with  apparent  approval 
by  James  Bryce,  that  ali  the  nations 
are  either 
living  and  progressive  or 
they  are  dying,  has  at  least  afforded 
food  for  some  serious  thought.  One 
is 
not  accustomed  to  think  of  nations  as  of 
living  things  subject  to  actual  diseases 
which,  if  unrelieved,  will  inevitably  re­
sult  in  their  dissolution.  How  far,  then, 
did  the  Enlgish  Premier 
intend  his 
pithy  apothgem  to  be  taken  literally? 
Considering  the  subject,  the  times  and 
the  speaker’s  accustomed  style,  can  it 
be  reasonably  supposed  that  there 
is  in 
it  any  figure  of  speech  or any other trace 
of  rhetorical  exaggeration?  But,  then, 
is  to  be  understood  by  the  death 
wbat 
of  a  nation? 
In  what  does  it  consist? 
And  what  is  its  final  expression?

Modern  sociologists  have  discovered 
or  they  believe  that  they  have  discov­
ered  that  human  society  is  an  organism 
passing  through  the  common  stages  of 
all  organic  development,  birth,  growth, 
reproduction,  decay  and  dissolution. 
But  is  it  true  that  a  nation’s  life  is  de­
termined,  like  that  of  an  oak  or  a  bram­
ble,  by  the  composition  and  structure 
of  its  very  germ?  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
many  of  the  existing  nations  of  the 
world,  if  not  all  of  them,  are  properly 
to  be  regarded  as  the  off-spring  of  more 
ancient  nations.  More  strictly  speak­
ing,  they  have  resulted  from  the  union 
of  different  and  distinct  nations  in  the 
more  or  less  distant  past;  and,  from  the 
politico-pathological  point  of  view,  it  is 
conceivable  that  certain  secret  tenden­
cies  to  disease  inherited  from  one  of the 
married  nations  have,through  centuries, 
been  obscurely  working  to  sap  and  de­
stroy  the  virile  energies  inherited  from 
the  other. 
It  may  be  that,  at  one  time, 
the  influence  of  the  sounder  stock  pre­
vails  and  finds  expression  in  a  rapid  in­
dustrial  development and  in an abundant 
display  of  creative  genius  in 
literature 
and  the  arts,  while  an  occasional  era  of 
seeming  National  lassitude  and  decad­
ence,  for  which  historians  and  philos­
ophers  have  attempted  to  account 
in 
various  ways,  should be regarded  simply 
as  the  recurring  ascendancy  of the bane 
ful  tendencies  derived  from  the  other 
parent. 
It  has  been  held  by  some  nat­
uralists  that  crossing  of  races  tends  to 
preserve  in  the  progeny  all  the  stronger 
and  better  traits  which  distinguished 
the  parents  on  both  sides,  while  the 
weaker  or 
injurious  traits  are  elimi­
nated.  Herbert  Spencer,  in  an  article 
on  the  character,  condition  and  outlook 
of  the  American  people  suggested  that 
this  theory  afforded  a  ground  for  cheer­
ful  anticipation 
in  regard  to  the  future 
of  this  country.

It  will  look  a  little  funny—transports 
under  the  Spanish  flag  convoyed  by 
naval  vessels  flying  the stars and stripes. 
But,  all  in  all,  it  seems  fortunate  that  a 
Spanish  transportation  company gets the 
contract  for  carrying  the  Santiago  pris­
oners  to  Spain. 
In  case  of  complaint 
of  poor  accommodations,  or  insufficient 
fare,  the  blame  will  not  fall  on 
the 
United  States.

There 

is  so  much  good  water  in  the 
United  States  that  it  is nothing less than 
a  crime  to  force  soldiers  to  drink  ty­
phoid  bacteria,  no  matter  who  is  finan­
cially 
interested  in  the  different  camp­
ing  grounds.

The  way  to  bring  peace  is  to  push 
forward  the  war  as 
if  peace  was  not 
thought  of.  Let  the  fellow  that  is  down 
cry  “ Enough!”

in 

involved 

Ail  this  theorizing  as  to  the  predomi­
nance  or  decisiveness  of  physical  or 
physiological  forces 
in  the  history  of 
nations 
is  characterized  by  a  repellant 
fatalism,  apparently  striving  to  show 
that  nations  are  so 
the 
chains  of  nature  that  no  energy  of  will 
and  no  power  of  intellect  can  ever  en­
able  them  to  escape  certain  inherited 
limitations  or  to  move  on  in  an  endless 
course  of  ever-increasing  prosperity and 
happiness. 
least, 
where  there  is  so  much  room  for  per­
sonal  hope  and  so  much  inspiration  for 
enterprise,  men,  as  a  rule,  believe 
in 
progress,  and  they  can  not  understand 
why  any people should altogether despair 
of  attaining  the  blessings  which  accom­
pany  peace,  order,  industry  and  culture. 
Still  it  is  saddening  to  reflect  that,  here 
and  there,  on  the  map  of  the  world, 
certain  extensive  spaces  represent  the

In  free  countries,  at 

territorial  domains  of  populous  nations, 
which  statesmen 
like  Lord  Salisbury 
and  Mr.  Bryce  declare  to  be,  even  now, 
in  a  dying  condition.  And  then  one 
inevitably  asks again whether it  is  really 
possible  that  any  nation,  after  having 
once  achieved  power  and  greatness,  can 
ever  become,  in  any  sense  of  the  word, 
actually  extinct.  Those  who  might  un­
dertake  to  maintain  the  affirmative  of 
this  serious  question  would  probably 
call  attention  to  the  fact  that  at  a  time 
when  science  is  more  highly  developed 
and  knowledge  more  widely  diffused 
and  when  the  conditions  generally  are 
more  favorable  to  enlightenment  and 
progress  than  ever before,  nations  which 
formerly  held  the  leadership  of  all  na­
tions  and  which  have  occupied  the  post 
of  highest  honor  as  much  by  reason  of 
the  genius  of  their  people  as  on  account 
of  their  material  wealth  and  physical 
in  the 
power,  have  visibly  fallen  back 
world’s  great  onward  march. 
If  these 
nations  were  still  really  sound,  so  to 
speak,  in  flesh  and  blood,  in  brain  and 
nerve,  how  could  they  exhibit  such  evi­
dent  signs  of  decadence  under  circum­
stances  which  might  have  been very rea­
sonably  pronounced  altogether  auspi­
cious?  But  it  is  astonishing  how  long  a 
people  will  sometimes maintain the form 
of  nationality  after  the  loss  of  power, 
enterprise  and  prestige. 
It  was  in  the 
earlier  years  of  Queen  Victoria’s  reign 
that  the  Czar  Nicholas  suggested  diplo­
matically,  but  with  profound  intention, 
that  it  was  time  to  settle  the  affairs  of 
the  “ Sick  Man.”   From  that  time  un­
til  now  it  has  been  common  to  apply 
that  sad  sobriquet  to  the  Sublime  Porte. 
If  Turkey  has  been  in  a  dying  condi­
tion  all  these  years,  it  must  be  admitted 
that  she  has  displayed  a  remarkable 
tenacity,  and 
in  her  recent  war  with 
Greece  she  manifested  an  energy  and 
dash  which  seemed  to  give  proof  that in 
her  ashes  her  wonted  fires  were  still 
aglow.  With  a  different  culture,  with 
ideals  of  life  more  consonant  with  the 
thought  and  feeling  of  her  great  neigh­
bor,  with  a  better  comprehension  of  the 
wisdom  of  tolerance,  of  the  fatal  folly 
of  persecution,  and  with  a  broader  and 
more  genial  sense  of  universal  human 
relationship,  Turkey  might  even  yet 
recover  her  past  place  among  the  pow­
ers.  The  most  serious  mistake  which 
any  government  can  make  at  this  time 
is  to  ignore  the  practical  power of moral 
demands.

Spain  has 

insulted  her  soldiers  and 
sailors  who  have  surrendered  without 
being  killed  in  a  hopeless  war  for a use­
less  cause.  When  these  men  are  re­
turned  to  Spain  they  will  lend  valuable 
and  willing  assistance  to  insurgents  at 
home,  who  are  preparing  to  pound  the 
life  out  of  the  old  throne.

Spanish  soldiers  have  a  hard  time  be­
tween  United  States  troops  and  Cuban 
insurgents.  The 
insurgents  try  to  kill 
them  when  they  are  coming  in  to  sur­
render,  and  the  Americans  want  to  send 
them  back  to  Spain,  where  Sagasta  will 
kill  them  because  they  did  not kill more 
Yankees.

The  Klondike  has  been  lost  sight  of 
in  the  shuffle  of  the  war,  and  the  Klon- 
dikers  have  naturally  taken  a  cool  and 
comfortable  back  seat,  while the soldiers 
are  perspiring  at  a  tropical  front.

The  Spaniard  keeps  himself  full  of 
garlic,  and  yellow  fever  germs  drop 
dead  when  they  smell  him.

Uncle  Sam 

is  doing  a  rushing  busi­

ness  in  summer  boarders  this  season.

in 

In 

the 

the 

THE  CHARACTER  OF  THE  WAR 
interesting  publication  en 
titled  “ Diary,  Reminiscences  and  Cor 
respondence  of  Henry  Crabbe  Robin 
son”   there  is  some  reference  to  an 
in­
genious  American  who  was  endeavor 
ing  to  put  an  end  to  war  by 
increasing 
the  deadliness  and  destructiveness  of 
weapons.  That  was  about  one  hundred 
years  ago  not  long  after the recognition 
of 
independence  of  the  United 
States  by  the  mother  country.  The  pos­
sibility  of  achieving  universal  peace  in 
that  way  has  been  a  theme  of  frequent 
discussion  since  Mr.  Robinson 
laid 
aside  his  gossipy  and  always  entertain­
ing  pen,  and,  meanwhile,  science  has 
unquestionably  contributed  not  a  little 
to  the  terrors  of  the  awful  art  of  war. 
Military  students  followed  the  late  war 
between  China  and  Japan  with  unusual 
interest,  because  it afforded  the  first  op­
portunity  that  had  presented 
itself  to 
inventions  to  a  practical 
put  certain 
test,  and  some  mooted  questions  in  re­
gard  to  the  resisting  power  of  armored 
ships  have  been  pretty  well  established 
by  the  few  naval  encounters  that  have 
already  occurred  in  the  present  war.  A 
warship  of  the  latest  type  is  an  engine 
of  destruction,  as  full  of  ingenious  and 
intricate  machinery  as  a  watch,  and 
its 
management 
in  action  demands  a  high 
degree  of  scientific  attainment,  as  well 
as  courage  and  coolness,  on  the  part  of 
those  who  direct  its  movements.  A  sin­
gle  error  of  judgment  at  a  critical  mo­
ment  might  involve  the  loss  of  three  to 
five  hundred  lives and  from  one  to  three 
million  dollars.  A  military  or  naval  ed­
ucation  demands  now  more  than  ever 
the  history  of  the  world. 
before 
enginering,  chemistry, 
Mathematics, 
applied 
th 
branches  of  physical  science,  are  essen 
tial  to  its  thoroughness.  A  Nelson,  or 
a  Murat,  would  doubtless  still  achieve 
distinction  in actual battle by genius and 
a  display  of  those  heroic  traits  of  char 
acter  which  have  so  often  carried  theii 
possessors  to  victory  under 
circum 
stances  of  extreme  difficulty and danger 
but  the  typical  soldier  or  sailor  of  to­
day 
is  necessarily  more  of  a  savant, 
wearing  glasses  and  burning  the  mid­
night  oil,  pouring  over  maps  and  pon­
derous  tomes  of  military 
criticism. 
Napoleon  said  that  armies,  like  snakes, 
moved  upon  their  bellies.  Everything 
that  relates  to  that  branch  of  the  mili­
tary  art  is  technically  summed  up  under 
the  term  logistics. 
It  must  always  have 
been  one  of  the  most  difficult  of  the 
military  leader’s  studies,  or accomplish­
ments. 
It  requires  a  business  head  to 
handle,  move  and  feed  fifty  or  a  hun­
dred  thousand  men,  even  in  time  of 
peace;  but  the  ways  and  means  of  the 
commissaries’  and  quartermasters’  de­
partments  have  undergone 
inevitable 
changes  in  consequence  of  a  general ad­
vance  in  business  organization  and  in­
creased  facilities of  communication  and 
transportation. 
It  must  be  remembered 
that  Napoleon  and  Wellington  did  not 
enjoy  the  advantages  afforded  by  wire 
and  rail. 
It  is  true  that  Bonaparte  was 
accustomed  to  frame  world-wide  com­
binations, but  usually  natural  difficulties 
compelled  him  to  confine  his  actual  op­
erations  to  a  field  of  narrower  propor­
tions  than  he  had  at  first  conceived.  Al­
though 
is  true  that  England  and 
France  sometimes  confronted  each other 
in  arms  in  every  quarter  of  the globe,  it 
was  not  possible  then  for  one  military 
head  or  board  to  keep  the  map  of  the 
whole  globe  constantly  in  view,  as  if 
it 
were  a  chess  board,  with  some  of  the

electricity,  nearly 

all 

it 

pieces  engaged  in  one  hemisphere  and 
some  in  the  other.

The  present  war  has  been  so  far  re­
markable  for  the  opportunities  it  has 
presented  for  the  displays  of  individual 
genius  and  heroism.  This  was  unex­
pected. 
It  seemed  more  reasonable  to 
suppose  that  the  personality  of  individ­
uals,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  com­
manding  officers,  would  be  dwarfed,  ob­
scured  or  overwhelmed  by  the  terrific 
physical  agencies  which  have  been  in­
troduced  by  recent  science  in  war;  but 
the  unexpected  has  happened 
in  this 
case,  because 
the  comparatively 
small  number  of  the  troops  engaged  and 
because  of  certain  peculiarities  of  the 
situation,  both 
in  the  Philippines  and 
the  West  Indies.  Although  there  has 
been  some  complaint  of  dilatoriness, 
the  general  movement  up  to  date  has 
been  dramatic 
its  rapidity,  event 
fulness  and  a  certain  picturesqueness  o 
effect.

of 

in 

it 

People  have  had  something  to read  in 
their  morning  papers  a  good  deal  bette 
than  a  common  play.  The  struggle  has 
not  been  difficult  enough  nor  doubtful 
enough,  on 
the  part  of  the  United 
States, to  excite  an  interest  of  poignant 
intensity,  and 
is  probable  that  the 
majority  of  the  American  people  do  not 
thoroughly 
realize  the  possibility  of 
some  serious  consequences  on  the  other 
side  of  victory,  although  they  have  been 
taught  by  sad  experience  that  a  war  is 
not  always  over  when  the  last  shot  has 
been  fired.  Men  are  just  as  likely,  per­
haps,  to  discuss  the  value  of  dynamite 
as  a  substitute  for  gunpowder  as  to  con­
sider  the  remoter  political  effects  of  an 
altered  foreign  policy.  There  are  those 
who  are  convinced  that  this  war  will 
prove,  in  some  respects,  more  enduring 
n  consequences  than  the  war  of  seces­
insured 
sion ;  because,  while  that  has 
the 
the 
emancipation  of  slavery,  it  did  not  alter 
the  relation  of  the  Federal  Government 
to  the  great  powers  of  Europe  and  had 
no  logical  relation  to  the  question  of  its 
territorial  expansion. 
It  may  be  that 
there  is  some  exaggeration  in  this view; 
but  the  war  now  going  on  has  already 
developed  very  decided  differences  of 
opinion  within  both  the  great  National 
parties—differences  which  will  be  more 
seriously  felt  when  the  time  comes  for 
their  definite  settlement.  As  regards 
public  opinion 
in  other  countries,  the 
effect  of  the  war  has  been  clearly  good.

the  Union  and 

integrity  of 

The  American  tramp  is  as  proud  as  a 
Spaniard.  No  earthly  power  can  com­
pel  him  to  work.  Belonging  to  the great 
army  of  the  unemployed,  he  will  never 
surrender  nor  desert  his  colors.

Germany’s  Emperor  claims  to  be  rul­
ing  by  divine  appointment.  He  must 
show  his  commission  to  Dewey,  how­
ever,  before  he  can  meddle  with  our 
affairs  at  Manila.

Cuba  has  been  licked  only  in one spot. 
The  snake  has  been  scotched,  but  not 
killed.  The  head  at  Havana  must  be 
crushed  to  make  the  thing  dead.

It 

is  not  known  exactly  how  many 
Philippine  Islands  there  are;  but  Ger­
many  is  assured  that  none  of  them  will 
get  away.

Dewey  can  get  along  for  a  few  days 
longer  without  the  elaborate jewel-hilted 
sword  Congress  has  sentenced  him  to 
wear.

Dewey’s  board  of  strategy  is  bigger 
It  consists 

than  the  German  Emperor. 
of  himself,  and  can  act  quick.

FORTS  AND  SHIPS.

For  years  past  there  has been constant 
discussion  among  military  men  of  both 
branches  of  the  military  service  as  to 
the  relative  merits  of  forts  and  ships. 
Many  of  the  more  enthusiastic  naval 
men  declared  that  forts  would  prove  of 
little  value  as  defenses  against 
very 
armored  ships;  while,  on 
the  other 
hand,  the  army  men  held  that  forts  were 
all  that  would  be  needed  to  make  a 
proper  defense.

in 

The  present  war  with  Spain  has  dem­
onstrated  very  clearly  that  both forts and 
ships  have  their  advantages 
the 
scheme  of  defense.  The  history  of  the 
battle  of  Manila  proved  that  forts,  once 
flanked,  were  of  little  value  in  defend­
ing  the  positions  they  were  expected  to 
defend,  whereas  the  spirited  defense  of 
Santiago  showed  that  forts,  even  of 
in­
ferior  strength,  when  well  placed  and 
assisted  by  mines  and  torpedoes,  were 
capable  of  successfully 
resisting  the 
most  powerful  fleet.

When  Admiral  Sampson  was  Chief  of 
the  Ordnance  Bureau  of  the  Navy  De­
partment,  he  held  the  opinion  that  a 
strong  fleet  of  powerful  ships  was  the 
only  proper  defense  for  a  seaport.  He 
has  had  his  theory  practically  tested, 
and  he  is  perforce  compelled  to  ad­
mit  that  the  powerful 
fleet  which  he 
commands  has  been  completely  incapa­
ble  of  destroying  the  land  defenses  of 
Santiago  harbor,  and  that,  in  fact,  the 
forts  at  that  place  held  his  ships  at bay. 
An  investigation  since  the  surrender has 
proven  that  the  fortifications  were  not 
destroyed  nor  rendered  ineffective by the 
terrific  fire  to  which  they  had  been  sub­
jected,  and  are  still  serviceable.  But 
few  modern  guns  were found  mounted  in 
the  works,  the  bulk  of  the  ordnance  be­
ing  antiquated.  Notwithstanding  this 
fact,  the  fortresses  were  able  to  keep 
the  powerful  American  fleet  from  enter­
ing  the  harbor.  There  is  no  doubt  that, 
had  the  Spaniards  possessed  such  guns 
as  are  mounted  at  some  of  our  ports, 
they  would  have  made  matters  very  un­
comfortable  for  the  ships.

The  operations  at  Santiago,  therefore, 
teach  the  lesson  that  land  fortifications, 
wisely  placed,  well  armed  and  valiantly 
fought,  are effective  against  ships  of  the 
heaviest  tonnage  and  strongest  arma­
ment.  The  armor  plating  of  a  ship,  no 
matter  how  thick,can not  afford  absolute 
security  against  shot  and  shell;  whereas 
the  enormously  thick  earth  or  sand  bas- 
ions  and  redoubts of  a  properly  located 
fortification  afford  absolute  security, 
and  the  system  of  disappearing  gun 
carriages  diminishes  the danger  of  in- 
ury  to  the  guns.
All  this  should  encourage  our  Govern­
ment  to  push  to  completion  as  rapidly 
as  possible  the  system  of  sea-coast  de­
fenses  now  in  process  of  construction. 
These  forts  are  constructed  on  the  most 
improved  modern  principles,  mounting 
the  largest  guns  having  the  greatest pos­
sible  protection.  While  the  construc­
tion  of  these  forts  involves  the  expendi­
ture  of  vast  sums  of  money,  the  security 
they  will  afford  will  amply  repay  the 
outlay.

INCREASE  IN  OUR  EXPORTS.
The  United  States 

is  the  greatest 
producer  of  crude  or  raw  material  in 
the  world.

Cotton,  grain,  petroleum,  timber,  pig 
iron,  meats,  cotton  seed  oil,  gold  and 
silver  make  up  the  bulk  of  our  exports. 
Other  nations  take  our  raw  products, 
manufacture  them  and  distribute  to  the 
world,  even  sending  back  the  manufac-

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

tured  articles  to  the  land  where  the  ma­
terial  was  originally  produced.

We  sell  these  things  to  foreigners, 
who  double  and  treble  and  even  multi­
ply  by  ten  their  value,  in  the  manufac­
turing  processes  which  we  ourselves 
ought  to  perform,  but  which 
for  the 
most  part  we  leave  to  others.

There 

Agricultural 

is  not  much  profit  in  selling 
any  sort  of  crude  products  which  are 
made  with  the  lowest classes of unskilled 
labor. 
labor,  chopping 
down  trees 
in  the  forests  and  the  or­
dinary  work  of  mining  do  not  call  for 
much  skill.  Thus  it  is  that  the  Ameri­
can  people  are  the  “ hewersof  wood  and 
drawers  of  water”  
to  the  rest  of  the 
world.

The  policy  of  buying  crude  products 
in  other  countries,  admitting  them  free 
of  duty,  and  then  of  manufacturing  and 
selling  them  broadcast  has  made  Eng­
land  the 
richest  country;  while  the 
United  States, which sells  a  great  part  of 
the  raw  material,  is  not  nearly  so  rich 
in  proportion.

The  failure  of  grain  crops  in  Europe 
made  a  great  demand 
for  American 
grain,  and,  as  a  result,  the  sales  to  for­
eign  countries  have  been  very  large. 
The  exports  of  all  products  from  the 
United  States  for  the  fiscal  year  of  1898, 
ending  June  30,are  given  out  as  follows, 
a  comparison  being  made  with  the  ex­
ports  for  1888:

ffary.

A frica.......
Japan..........
C hina........
Austria-Hi 
Belgium  ..
Denmark..........................
Netherlands...................
France.........................
G e rm an y ........................
British  Nottli  America. 
United  K in gd om ....

It  will  be  seen

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4,000,000
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40.000. 
56,500,000
38.000. 
362.000. 
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our  greatest  percentage  of  increase 
trade  during  the  decade  was  with  Japan 
and  Africa,  countries  which,  ten  years 
ago,  traded  almost  entirely  with  Great 
Britain.  Our  trade  in  China  also  more 
than  doubled  during  this  period.
It  is  worth  while  to  note  the 

increas­
ing  trade  with  the  Far  East,  showing, 
as  it  shows,  that  American 
interests  in 
the  extreme  Orient  are  too  large  to  be 
neglected.  The  United  States  would 
suffer  were  China  dismembered and par­
celed  out  to  the  European  powers,  and 
for  that  reason 
this  country  can  not 
afford  to  remain  passive  while  all  the 
trade  of  the  Far  East  is being  so eagerly 
sought  by  other  nations.

Next  to  the  British  Isles,  Germany  is 
the  biggest  customer  of  the  United 
States,  France  being  third  and  British 
North  America  fourth, so  that  about  half 
our  foreign  exports  go  to  British  cus­
tomers.

The  total  amount  of  the American for­
eign  exports 
for  the  past  year  was 
£1.231,311,868,  showing  a  doubling  of 
the  amount  in  ten  years.  Of  course,  not 
all  of  this  large  amount  was  in  raw  ma­
terial.  We  sell  considerable  manufac­
tured  stuff;  but  the  greatest  part  of  it  is 
made  up  of  the  crude  products  of  the 
soil,  the  forest  and  the  mine.

When  a  good  man  is  trying  to  make 
others  give  in  a  good  cause  he  is  quite 
apt  to  remark  that  the  Lord  loves  a 
cheerful  giver.

Except  when  Sagasta 

is  lying,  the 
is  crying;  but  she  has 

Queen  Regent 
not  been  weeping  much  of  late.

It  seems  that  yellow  journals  send 
blackguards  and  hoodlums  to  the  front 
to  gather  news  for  them.

Sagasta 

is  a  board  of  strategy 

will  do  Spain  up  all  right.

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Proper  Profits  and  How  to  Maintain 

Them.

In  these  days  of  great competition and 
small  profits,  when  prices  seem  to  be  all 
cut  up,  and  when  the  retailer  is  some­
times  at  his  wits’  ends  to  keep  himself 
before  the  public,  to  keep  his  stock 
in 
good  shape,and  to  pay  bis  bills  prompt­
ly  (and  especially  when  trade  is  quiet), 
is  prone  to  look  over  his  affairs  to 
be 
see 
if  he  can  in  any  way  improve  hi 
business  and  increase his  profits  accord 
ingly.

In  my  opinion  and  from  what  I  havi 
learned  through  experience,  I  would  di 
vide the  average  dealer  into  three  parts, 
or  rather  I  would  say  he  should  be  com 
posed  of  three  vital  elements,  to  be sue 
cessfui:

1.  He  must  be  honest  and  prompt.
2.  He  must  be  polite,  courteous  and 

unselfish.

3.  He  must  have  ability.
While  the  first  quality  is  the  greatest
stone  in  the  foundation  on  which  he  ex 
pects  to  build  his  business,  his  best 
profit  will  be 
in  discounting  his  bills 
and  meeting  his obligations promptly 

As  to  the  second,  he  must  make  his 
store  attractive,  must  be  thoroughly  po­
lite  and  courteous  to  his customers,  and, 
above  all,  he  must  not  allow  mercenary 
motives  to  control  bis  business.

I  know  it  is  mighty  bard  to  resist  the 

temptation  to  realize  a  “ good  profit, 
especially  when  you 
think  you  have 
bought  a  bargain,  or  that  you  have 
squeezed  some  manufacturer  or 
jobber 
in  a  purchase,  but  do  not  allow  these 
idle  vagaries to  absorb your  better  judg­
ment.
It 

is  certainly  far  safer  to  yourself 
and  more  justice  to  your  customer  to 
give  him  the  benefit  of  any  extra  ad­
vantage  you  may  have  gained  and  let 
him  have  the  profit.

You  will  have  a  better  customer  by 
giving  just  as  much  as  you  possibly  can 
for  the  money,  and  with  as  small  a 
profit  as  you  can  consistently  do  busi­
ness  with.

Give  him  the  benefit  of  every  doubt; 
be  content  with  doing  a  business  not 
only  for  yourself,  but  for  mankind  gen­
erally,and  in that  way your  business  will 
improve  and  your  profits  increase  to 
yourself,  as  well  as  to  your  customer.

And  now  for  the  third  quality:  While 
it  may  not  equal  the  first,  it  certainly 
equals  if  not  overshadows  the  second.

“ Ability” —a  small  word  of  only  four 
syllables,  but 
it  contains  oceans  of 
thought  for  the  man  who  contemplates 
going  into  any  line  of  business,  and  es­
pecially  the  shoe  business,  where  so 
much  depends  on  values.

I  maintain  that  one-half  of  the  fail­
lack  of 

line  are  due  to 

in  this 

ures 
ability.

Shoe  men  must  know  values  to be able 
to  judge  the  different  qualities  at  com­
parative  prices  and  get  the  best  values 
for  their  money.

Too  many  men  buy  because  they 
think”   they  “ know”   what  they  are 
buying,  when,  in  reality,  they  ought  to 
know  positively—thereby  lies  the  great­
est  profit  to  the  shoe  dealer.

Goods  bought  where  ability 

is  the 
prime  factor  never  go  begging  for  a 
sale,  and  a  dealer  need  never  fear  de­
partment  stores.

His  greatest  competition, if  he  knows 
and  has  values  down,  was  when  a  man 
had  only  a  few  lines  to  select  from, 
and  if  be  wanted  anything  new  he  had 
to  look  for  it.

Now,  if  he  has  the  fir-t  quality  which 
I  have  mentioned,  the  best  lines  look 
for him,  and,  if  properly  placed and  ad­
vertised,  his  success  and  his  legitimate 
profits  are  assured.

Along  this  line  let  me  say  that  I  am  a 
firm  believer 
in  printer’s  ink—a  man 
must  advertise  and  keep  constantly  up 
to  date  along  this  line.

What  I  think  of  advertising  may  find 

an  illustration  in  the  following:

I  knew  a  lady 

in  Vermont  who  was 

famous  for  her  rhubbard  pies.

I  asked  her  how  she  was  so  success­
ful,  and  she  replied,  “ Well,  I  put  in 
just  as  much  sugar  as  I  dare,  then  I 
close  my  eyes  and  put  in  some  more 
and  I  guess  that 
is  why  folks  think 
them  so  good. ’ ’

So  it  is  with  advertising.
Do  as  much  of 

it  as  you  dare,  only 
open  your  eyes  and  do  as  much  more, 
and  it  will  all  come  back  to  you like the 
seed  you  have  sown  in  good  ground, 
well  watered,  well  tended,  and  well 
cared  for,  and  well  garnered ;  some forty 
fold,  some  sixty  fold,  and  some  one 
hundred  fold.—“ Kansas  City”   in  Boots 
and  Shoes  Weekly.

Afraid  of  the  Flying  Squadron.

He  walked  into  a  country  store  in  the 
interior,  threw  down  his  sample  cases 
on  the  counter,  and,  slapping  the  pro­
prietor  on  the  back,  asked  for  an  order. 
“ No,  sir,”   said  the  merchant;  “  I  am 
not  going  to  buy. ”

“ What’s  the  matter,  don’t  you  need 

anything  in  my  line?”

“ Oh,  yes;  but  hard  times  have  come 

since  the  war  began.”

The  drummer  explained  that  the  war 
would  not  affect  the  country merchant  in 
the  least,  as  he  was away from  the  coast.
“ Yes,”   replied  the  merchant,  “ but 
I’ve  read  a  lot  in  the  papers  about  this 
flying  squadron,  and  I  don’t  know  wbat 
time  it  may  light  around  my  store.”

They  Have  no  Corns.

It  is  said  that  there  is  no  such  thing 
known 
in  China  as  a  corn  among  the 
men.  This 
is  said  to  result  from  the 
style  of  shoes  they  wear,  which  are 
woven  of  straw  and  seaweed  and  soled 
with  horse  hide.  A  thick  sole  of  straw 
leather  enables  the  air  to j 
between  the 
circulate  freely  below  the  soles  of  the 
feet  and  keeps  the  foot  in  good  tone. 
This  would  tend  to  disprove  the  asser­
tion  often  made  by  corn  doctors  that 
corns  are  hereditary.

The  Young  Man  Was  Discriminating.
Stern  Father— Young  man,  I  saw  you 
kissing  my  daughter  as  I  passed  the 
parlor  door,  and  I  want  you  to  know 
that  I  don’t  like  it.  What  have  you  got 
to  say  for  yourself?

Young  Man— Well,  all  I’ve  got  to  say 
that  you  don’t  know  a  good  thing 

when  you  see  it.

Unnecessary  Procrastination.

“ The  man  who  wins,”   she  said,  “ is 
the  man  who  is  always  ready  to embrace 
an  opportunity.”

‘ W ell,”   be  whispered,  after  he  had 
slipped  an  arm  around  her,  “ how  do  I 
strike  you  as  a  winner?”

“ Only  fair,”   she  answered. 

might  have  happened  a  month  ago.”

“ This 

His  Mistake.

‘ My  heart  is  on  fire,”   he  cried  as  he 
dropped  to  his  knees  before  the  beau­
tiful  maiden.

“ Well,”  she coolly replied, “ they  keep 
plendid  ice  cream  soda  just  around  the 
corner. ’ ’

Good  Friends  Now.
“ Speaking  of  matrimonial 

felicity, 
Binks  and  his  wife  haven’t  had  a  cross 
word  since— since— ”

“ Well?”
“ Since  they  were  divorced.”
Everybody  has  a  key  to  the  situation 
when  a  young  man  asks  a  girl  for a lock 
of  her  hair.

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Increase  in  the Shoe  Industry of Mass­

achusetts.

There  is  a  small  but  perspiring  class 
in  the  community  that 
is  constantly 
prophesying  that the shoe manufacturing 
industry  of  New  England 
is  on  the 
wane.  They  are  very  quick with figures 
and  will  make  you  up  a deficiency while 
you  wait.  Like  the  old  undertaker  they 
find 
’ No  trouble  to  show  goods.” 
They  have  deficiencies  of  all  sizes  to  fit 
any 
imagination,  but  it  all  figures  out 
one  final  result—that  New  England  is 
doing  'business  under  a  minus  sign, 
while  the  West  is  making  shoes  as  fast 
as  if  they  were  promises.

it 

Now,  there  is  an  old  Persian  proverb 
that  a  pennyweight  of  'information  is 
worth  more  than  a  pound of Government 
seeds.  The  pennyweight  comes  here 
in  the  form  of  some  official  figures  from 
the  Massachusetts  Bureau  of  Statistics 
of  Labor.  They  don't  care  much  for 
figures  out  West—figures are  so  cold  and 
unenthusiastic.  They’re  not  a  bit  wild 
or  wooly.  There’s  no  howl  in  them.

But  these  particular  figures  show  that 
the boot  and  shoe industry of  Massachu­
setts  is  increasing.  They  show  that  we 
are  making  more  shoes  in  Massachusetts 
than  ever  before 
in  the  history  of  the 
United  States.  The  year  1895  was  a 
"record  breaker”   for  Massachusetts 
in 
this  particular  industry,  but  the  official 
figures  now  show  that  1897  has 
far 
eclipsed  it.
Yet  even 

the 
prophets,  who  have  eyes  open  only  to 
the  westward.  Prophesying  is  easy  and 
inexpensive,  and  prophets,  like  drown­
ing men,  will catch  at  straws sometimes. 
But  the  official  figures  do  not  change, 
and  water  continues  drowning  at  the  old 
stand.  We  can  understand  now  why 
prophets  were 
'unpopular 
in  Judea, 
where  they  were  best  known.

this  does  not 

stop 

The  fact  is,  it  is  misleading  to  look 
at  the  West  and  jump  to  the  conclusion, 
from  its  many  new  and  large  factories, 
that  the  spinal  column  of  the  American 
shoe  business  doesn’t  run  through  Bos­
ton  any  more.  We are popularly credited 
with  being  the  largest  shoe  manufactur­
ers  supplying  the retail trade direct from 
Boston,  the  head  of  the  shoe  business  of 
this  country.  We  have  been  in  this  one 
business  forty  years  and  have  held  this 
record  for  some  time.  The  statistics 
give 
it  to  us,  and  Eastern  men  never 
deny  these  official  returns.

So  now,  if  you  ask  me  where  Massa­
chusetts  is  on  the  manufacture  of  boots 
and  shoes,  I  point  to  the  statistics. 
I 
point  to  them  as  one  who  knows  them 
from  close,  personal  study.  They  are 
not  flamboyant  or  ’gilt-edged,  but  they 
get  there  just  the  same.

As  for  the  future,  we  don’t  sit  up 
nights  to  do  any  worrying  about  that. 
It  is  only  sick  babies  that  you  have  to 
walk  the  floor  with.  The  Western  shoe 
that  can  be  used  as  a  subtracting  ma­
is  yet  to  be 
chine 
J.  B.  L e w is.
built. 

in  Massachusetts 

The  People  With  Whom  We  Live.
One  of  the  hardships  of  life  is  the 
fact  that  we  have  to  bear  so  many  un­
necessary  unpleasantnesses  and  are  the 
victims  of  so  many  profitless and useless 
tragedies,  that  are  none  the  less  bitter 
because  they  are  so 
little  and  sordid. 
Do  as  we  may,  we  can  not  emancipate 
ourselves  from  our  surroundings,  and 
even  the  freest  of  us  are  slaves  to  the 
whims  and  caprices  of  those  with  whom 
we  live.

Not  long  ago  a  gentleman  was  telling 
a  story  about  a  friend  whose  wife,  al­
though  a  good  woman,  was  one  of  those 
uncomfortable  creatures  who  are  forever 
fretting  and  nagging  all  about  her.  At 
last  the  gardener,  unable  to  stand  it  any

It 

I  can  lave;  yer  can’t .”

longer,  gave  notice  and  quit,  but'as  he 
was  departing he stopped  hy  the  gallery, 
where  his  master  was  entertaining  sev­
eral  friends. 
“ Good-bye,  sor,”   said 
he,  touching  his  hat,  ” I’m sorry for  yer, 
sor. 
Surely  such  a  story  voices  much of the 
pathos  of  our 
experience. 
There  are  so  many  times,  there  are  so 
many  places  that  we  can’t  leave. 
is 
the  people  to  whom  we  are  tied  by  a 
thousand  bonds  of  affection,  of  mutual 
interest,  of  duty  and respectability ;  who 
have  our  happiness 
in  their  keeping, 
and  oh,  the  pity  of  it!  they  are  so  care­
less  of  their  trust,  and  we  have  no  re­
course.  We  can’t  leave.

common 

There  is  in  reality  no  more  ungener­
ous  trait  in  human  nature  than  this  tak­
ing  advantage  of  the  utter  helplessness 
of  those  of  our  own  households.  They 
can’t  throw  up  their  jobs  and  quit. 
They  are bound  to  stay  on  and  endure 
us,  and  we  trade  upon  it.  Think  of  the 
young  girls  you  have  known  who  put 
forth  every  attraction  to  captivate  a 
man,  and  then,  as  soon  as  the  marriage 
ceremony  was  over,  subsided  into  list­
less  slovens. 
It  was  as  much  as  to  say : 
"Oh,  well,  he  can’t 
leave  now,  and  I 
won’t  bother any  more  to  try to please. ”  
Think  of  the  men  you  have  known  who 
were  veritable  Prince  Charmings 
in 
their  courting  days,  but  who,  once  mar­
ried,  would  speak  to  their  wives  in  a 
way  they  would  not  dare  to  have  used 
to  a  good  cook  who  could  give  warning 
and  leave.

One  single  grain  of  sand  in  a  shoe 
can  become  a  torment;  one  fractious 
and  disagreeable  or  selfish  person  can 
make  a  whole  household  miserable,  and 
since  we  who  are  the  prisoners  of  cir­
cumstance  and  environment  are  also  the 
jailors  of  those  with  whom  we 
fellow 
live,  how  much 
it  behooves  us  to  add 
our  mite  to  the  general  good,  in forbear­
ance  and  consideration  of  others.  The 
very  fact  that  they  can’t  leave  consti­
tutes  the  strongest  appeal  to  our  gener­
osity.

Proper  Footgear  for  Wheelwomen. 

Prom the  New  York  Press.

like  having  splints  on 

As  to  the  proper  footgear  for  cycling 
this  season  any  woman  that  desires to be 
conventional  when  a-wbeel  this  season 
will  not  appear 
in  high-top  riding 
shoes.  They  are  entirely  out  of  date, 
never  were  comfortable  and  certainly 
did  not  become  the  well-turned  ankle 
and  the  graceful  arch  of  a woman’s foot. 
" It  was 
the 
ankles,”   said  a  fashionable  young  lady, 
“ to  ride  with  those horrible shoes.  They 
preluded  freedom  of  ankle  action 
in 
pedaling,  often  producing  anything  but 
a  pleasure.”   Others  give  the  same  sort 
of  testimony,  now  that  they are using the 
sensible  low  shoe  and  the  golf  orjbicycle 
stocking.  Together  they  make  a  com­
bination  that  looks  well  and 
is  condu­
cive  to  comfort. 
Some  wheelwomen 
prefer  shoes  of  the  ordinary  height,  and 
while  those  are  correct  for  riding,  they 
do  not  meet  with  the  favor  accorded  the 
low  shoe  and  golf  stocking.

Transparent  Leather.

A  recent  German  invention  renders  it 
possible  to  make  hides  transparent  and 
hornlike.  The  skin 
is  heated  in  some 
oil,  without  tanning;  during  the  soak­
ing  process  it  becomes horny,and  subse­
quently  can  be  highly  polished  The 
skin  becomes  thicker  during  the  heat­
ing ;  the  length  of  time  necessary  for 
the  heating  process  depends  upon  the 
structure  and  resistance  of  the  skin. 
When  thus  treated,  the  skin  is  pressed, 
dried  and  polished. 
It  is  almost  trans­
parent,  and  any degree  of  toughness  can 
be  imparted  to  it.  It  can  be  shaped  into 
any  desired  form,  and  treated 
in  any 
convenient  manner  to  produce  articles 
of  commercial  value. 
is  almost  in­
combustible,  and  can  be  used  in  place 
of  celluloid,  horn  and  wire,  and  can  be 
used  in  electrical  work  to  replace  hard 
rubber,being  cheaper  and  more durable.

It 

The  codfish  industry  of Newfoundland 
is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  world, 
and  has  been 
in  existence  nearly  four 
centuries.  The  annual  export  amounts 
to  an  average  of  1.350,000  hundred 
weight.

Low  Rate  Excursion  to  Niagara  Falls.
The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  System 
will  give  a  popular  low  rate  5  day  ex­
cursion  to  Niagara  Falls  on  Friday, 
July  29,  from  all  points  on  its  System  in 
Michigan.  Tickets  will  also  be  sold  by 
its.connections  through  the  State.  The 
rates  are  extremely 
low  and  special 
train  service  will  be  put  on  on  that  date 
on  all  its  divisions,  making  special  fast 
time  to  Niagara  Falls.  Tickets  sold  on 
the 29th of July as per programmes  issued 
will  be  valid  to  return  up  to  and  includ­
ing Wednesday,  Aug.  3 (leaving Niagara 
Falls  not  latter  than  the  night  train  of 
Aug.  3).

This  is  a  rare  opportunity  to  visit  the 
greatest  natural  wonder  of the world,and 
also  to  have  a  view  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
single  arch  double  track  steel  bridge 
across  the  Niagara  River,  the  largest  of 
its  kind  in  the  world.

For  further  information  in  regard  to 
rates  and  train  service  enquire  at  D.  & 
M.  City  Ticket  Office,  Morton  House, 
or  at  depot. 

C.  A.  Ju st in,  C.  P.  A.

My  Lady’s  Slipper.

From   the  Boston  Herald.

My  lady’s  slipper  sees  a  very  radical 
change  this  summer.  It  is no  more  plain 
and  unadorned ;  no  longer  does  a simple 
little  bow  or  unobtrusive  rosette  orna­
ment  it. 
Instead,  the  slipper  is  a  very 
gorgeous  affair.  It  glistens,  both  by  sun­
light  and  the  gleam  of gas or electricity, 
for  it  is  a  jewelled  slipper,  and.  oftener 
than otherwise,elaborately jewelled.  The 
stvle  is  to  have  these  slipper  jewels 
match  the  pin  or  necklace  you are  wear­
ing,  both 
in  the  gems  themselves  and 
in  the  setting.  When  fantastic  and curi­
ous  designs  are  worn,  in  oddly  finished 
gold,  the  effect 
is  exceedingly  pictur­
esque  and  attractive.  Rhinestones  are 
to  be  favorite  slipper  ornaments  of  the 
summer,  diamonds being,  of  course,  too 
valuable  to  be  allowed  to  twinkle  care­
lessly  on  one’s  feet.

An  Important  Revenue  Ruling.

In  response  to  a  large  number  of  en­
quiries,  the  Internal  Revenue  Commis­

sioner  last  week  stated  that  shoeblack­
ing  and  dressing  and  common  ammonia 
in  bottles,  used 
for  scrubbing,  are  not 
taxable.  Perfumed  ammonia  used  for 
toilet  purposes 
is  taxable  under  the 
head  of  perfumery  arid  cosmetics.  ’ ”

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W e  are  still  making  the 
Men’ s  Heavy  Shoes  in 
Oil  Grain  and Satin;  also 
carry  Snedicor  &  Hatha 
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or  send  mail  orders.

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Fruits  and  Produce.
for 
Another  Great  Year  Promised 

American  Farmers.

A  comprehensive  enquiry  into  present 
agricultural  conditions  at  home  and 
abroad  has  been  conducted  by  the  Or­
ange  Judd  syndicate  of  agricultural 
weeklies.  It  leads  to  the  conclusion  that 
America 
in  particular  and  the  world  in 
general  will  see  several  years  of  good 
times  based  upon  the  bedrock  of  agri­
cultural  prosperity.

in 

increase 

increase 

One  thousand  millions  of  dollars  will 
hardly  measure  the 
the 
farmers'  receipts  for  list  year's  produce 
over  the  values  that  prevailed  as  late  as 
1895.  More  than  $100,000,000  of  farm 
mortgages has  been  paid  off  during  the 
past  two  years.  Millions 
in  chattel 
mortgages  have  been  wiped  out,  and  the 
paying  up  of  other  forms  of  indebted­
ness  has  become  almost  a  mania  in  the 
West.  This  has  been  attended  with  such 
an 
in  bank  deposits  that 
throughout  much  of  the  trans-Missouri 
country  interest  rates  on  farm  loans  are 
down  to  from  5  to 8 percent.,  contrasted 
with  from  6  to  10  per  cent,  or  more  as 
late  as  two  years  ago.  These  gains  in 
the  West  are  largely  responsible  for  the 
vast  increase  in  National bank resources 
of  more  than  $1,000,000,000  since  the 
low  point  of  1893,  and  more  than  S400,- 
000,000  during  the  past  twelve  months.
The  two  wheat  crops  of  1896  and  1897 
have  returned  farmers  nealry  twice  as 
much  as  the  crops  of  1894 and  1895— 
a gain  of  more  than  $400,000,000.  Corn 
shows  a  decline  of  some  $150,000,000, 
but  these  two  staples  alone  make  a  net 
gain  of  nearly  $250,000,000.  The  United 
States  wheat  exported  during  the  past 
twleve  months  sold  for  about  as  much 
as  the  whole  crop  was  worth  in  1893, 
1894  or  1895.  While  the  agricultural 
exports  of  the  past  twelve  months  reach 
in  the  neighborhood  of  $900,000,000,  by 
far  the  greatest  on record,  this  was  part­
ly  due  to  the  phenomenal  crop  shortage 
abroad.  Hence  the  American  Agricul­
turist  bases 
its  conclusions  on  the  past 
two-year  and  four-year  periods  rather 
than  upon  a  single  season’s  exceptional 
conditions. 
It  compares  the  last  four 
years’  agriculture  and  export  with  those 
of  1878-81,  which  ushered 
in  the  bril­
liant  prosperity  of  the  early  eighties, 
and  concludes:

in  production 

We  look  for  an 

industrial  activity 
early  this  fall  quite  unparalleled,  with 
quick  markets  at  home  and  abroad  for 
the  surplus  of  American 
farms.  We 
find  no  reason  to  anficipate  higher  or 
fancy  prices  for  produce,  but  with  econ­
omy 
and  marketing, 
brought  about  by  recent 
improvements, 
and  having  regard  also  to  the  cheapness 
of  manufactures  (also due  to inventions) 
and  the  ease  of  money,  our  deliberate 
conviction 
is  that  the  average  Ameri­
can  farmer  is  to  have  the  largest  pros­
perity  he  ever  enjoyed.  This  forecast 
is  measured  by  the  standard  of  the pres­
ent,  by  the  exchangeable  power  of  farm 
products  for  the  products  of  labor  in 
other  vocations.

The  balance  of  trade  in  favor  of  the 
United  States  during  the  past  two  years 
is  more  than  $1,000,000,000.  From  the 
resumption  of  specie  payments  up  to 
July  1,  1898,  the  United  States  has  im­
ported  some  $50,000,000  worth  of  gold 
more  than  it  has  exported,  to  say  noth­
ing  of  the  large  additions  of  gold  from 
American  mines,  amounting  to  from 
$30,000,000  to  $50,000,000  yearly.  This, 
with  the  immense excess of merchandise 
exports,  may  well  raise  the  question 
whether 
the  United  States  has  not 
practically  paid  up  its  foreign  obli­
it  owes  abroad  being
gations,  what 

There 

offset  by  what  foreigners  owe  our  peo­
ple,  so  that  the  United  States  may  enter 
upon  the  new  century  a  creditor  nation.
is  a  brilliant  promise  for  the 
largest  tonnage  of  crops  this  year  ever 
produced 
in  America.  Prices  bid  fair 
to  be  reasonably  well  maintained,  com­
pared  to  the  low  values  of  1892-5,  indi­
cating  a  total  return  for  staple  crops 
alone  of  $100,000,000  more  this  season 
than  last  year.  Railroads  may  justly  ex­
pect  a  large  traffic,  and  some  remark­
able  figures  are  given  as  to  the  earning 
capacity  of  railroads  under assured  con­
ditions.  Even  if  the  world  should  have 
a  bumper  wheat  crop,  its  supply  for  the 
two  years  ending  June  30  next  would  be 
some 
less  than  for 
the  previous  two-year  period  of  advanc­
ing  prices, 
fair 
prices paid  for  the  1896 crop  (from  63  to 
93  cents  at  Chicago)  are  likely  for  the 
present  crop.

indicating  that  the 

ioo.ooo.ooo  bushels 

for 

The  advance  in  the  value  of  agricul­
tural  lands  is  noticeable,  with  a  more 
active  buying  demand 
improved 
land,  in  view  of  the  comparative  scar­
city  of  available  public  lands.  The  live 
stock  industry  is  again  flourishing,  with 
a  great  revival 
the  breeding  of 
thoroughbred  stock,  $300  to  S500  bein 
frequently  paid  for  breeding  animals  of 
the  beef  breeds,  and  as  high  as  $3,000 
for  a  bull  and  $1,500  for  a  cow.  Tbi 
speculation 
in  Poland  China  hogs  con 
tirues,$5oto  $100 being  common  prices, 
and  more  than  $1,000  has  been  paid  for 
a  single  boar.

in 

the 

“ The  strongest  possible  confirmation 
of  these  results  and  future  prospects, ’ 
says  the  American  Agriculturist,  “ i 
afforded  by  our  returns  from  a  majority 
of  the  leading  firms  in  all  branches  of 
the  agricultural  trade,  particularly 
the  Western  and  Middle  States.  Most  of 
these  returns  go  into  considerable  detai 
and  give  a  very  full 
insight  into  the 
real  state  of  farmers’  finances.  They 
show  that  trade  with  the  farmer  has 
from  10  to  300  per 
creased  this  year 
cent,  over 
corresponding  seven 
months  of  last  year.  Only  in  one  or  two 
cases  is  business  reported  any  less  than 
last  year,  and  these  were  for  special 
causes.  The  universal  report  is  more 
business. 
In  a  few  cases,  manufactur­
ers  of  popular  specialties  for  farmers 
four  times  as 
are  making  three  and 
in  recent  years.  The 
many  sales  as 
general  unanimity 
in  reporting  an  in 
crease  of  trade  is  proof conclusive of the 
accuracy  of  all  other  evidences  of larger 
purchasing  power  among  farmers.  All 
returns  agree  that  collections  are  easier 
among  farmers  than  for  years."

Short  Yield  of  New  York  Apples.
Regarding  the  coming  apple  crop, 
a  prominent  fruit  producer of  Rochester 
writes:

Everything  points  to  an  extremely 
to  a 
short  yield,  not  over  an  eighth 
in 
quarter  of  an  average  crop,  and 
many  places  not  more  than  a  year  ago. 
There 
is  a  sprinkling  of  apples  in  all 
of  the  leading  orchards,  but  the  quality 
is  very  poor,  and  young  fruit 
is  drop­
ping  in  large  quantities,  and  just  how 
many  will  stay  on  the  trees  is  a  conun­
drum  which  we  are  unable  to  guess  at 
this  writing.  At  any  rate,  we  are  un­
willing  to  speculate  for  future  delivery, 
unless  we  can  see  our way clear to cover, 
and  one  of  our  customers  who  was 
in 
yesterday  said  that  he  would  not  sell  a 
box  of  apples  for  delivery  during  Sep­
tember,  October  and  November  below 
9  to  10  cents  per  pound,  and  that  we 
would  be  very  much  surprised  by  the 
scanty  yield  when  we  came  to  harvest 
the  crop  in  the  autumn.

The  more  a  man  studies  love,  the 
more  be  will  reduce  bis  ignorance  to  a 
science.

HARVEY  P.  MILLER.

EVERETT  P.  TEASDALE.

M IL L E R   &   T E A S D A L E   CO.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special Correspondence.

New  York,  July  23— Business  general­
ly  is  better  than  last  week,  and,  in  fact, 
better  than  for  some  time  previously. 
The  weather  has  been  frightful,  but it  is 
never  too  bad  for  bargains  and  those 
out-of-town  buyers  who  are  here  are 
“ doing  themselves  proud”   and  will  re­
turn  with  larger  stocks  of  goods  than 
their  towns  have  seen  for  a  decade. 
It 
will  be  a  great  year.

Coffee  has  been  in  better demand,  but 
as  quotations  showed  some  disposition 
to  take  a  tumble,  buyers  within  the  past 
day  or  so  have  become  rather  conserva­
tive.  Six  cents  is  now  quoted  for  No. 
7  Rio  and  it  seems  to  be  very difficult to 
get  more  than  this  in  an 
invoice  way. 
In  store  and  afloat  there  are  869,211 
bags,  against  606,970  bags  at  the  same 
time 
last  year.  Mild  sorts  have  been 
quiet,  but  stocks  are  said  to  be  light 
with  importers  and  prices  are  steady. 
Fair  Cucuta,  8# c;  good,  9c.  East  In­
dia  coffee 
is  steady.  Fancy  Mocha, 
i 8K @ 2oc.

Some  orders  for  teas  have  come  to 
hand  from  out-of-town  buyers,  but,  as  a 
rule,  the  general  market  is  very  quiet. 
Stocks  are  not  excessive,  but  dealers 
seem  to  show  no  anxiety  and  prefer  to 
wait  before  making  extra  exertion  to 
sell  goods  this  hot  weather.  Good 
Amoy,  20@22c ;  good  Foochow,  2o@22c ; 
good  Formosas,  26@27c;  good  medium 
Japan,  22@23c.

There has  been  a  pretty  fair  volume 
of  business  done  in  sugars  during  the 
week  and  refiners  seem  quite  well  satis­
fied.  Of  course,  they  could  take  care 
of  more  and 
larger  orders.  The  main 
business  has  been  with  the  Trust,  the 
outsiders  seeming  to  be  having  it  rather 
easier.  The  30  day  guarantee  as  to 
prices  remains  still  in  force  and 
is  re­
newed  right  along.

Several  hundred  tons  of  foreign  rice 
changed  hands,  at  low  rates,  the  prod­
uct  to  be  sent  to  Cuba.  The  general 
market  remains  about  steady  and  some 
fair  orders  have  come  to  hand  from 
Western  points.  Prime  to choice,  6% 
@6%c.
The  spice  market  shows  increased 
firmness,  with  cloves,  cassia  and  pep­
per  noticeably  showing 
improvement. 
Sellers  will  not  budge  from  their  asking 
prices  and,  if  buyers  get  “ cheaper”  
goods,  they  get  something  not  up  to  the 
standard  in  quality.  The jobbing  trade 
is  very  active,  as  activity  goes  in  the 
spice  trade,  and  good  orders  are  filling 
from  interior  dealers  at  full  rates.

The  molasses  market  is  at  a  complete 
standstill.  Dealers generally  report  mat­
ters  as  “ dawdling”   and  the  situation  is 
one  from  which 
is  very  difficult  to 
draw  satisfaction.  Still  prices  are  ad­
hered  to  and,  with  cooler  weather,  we 
shall  see—but  just  wait.
Supplies  of  syrups  are  not  large  and 
prices  are  well  adhered  to.  The  outlook 
is  pretty  good  for  future  operations,  as 
dealers  are  generally  quite  closely  sold 
up.

it 

In  dried  fruits,  Pacific  coast  goods 
are  in  light  enquiry.  Apricots  of  this 
year’s  crop  are  meeting  some  enquiry 
is  rather  dull,  but 
at  9>£c.  Old  stock 
the  accumulation 
is  in  strong  hands. 
Raisins  are  selling  slowly.

Lemons  and  oranges  are  in  excellent 
request,  owing  to  the  favorable  weather 
conditions,  and  have  sold  at  advanced 
quotations.  For  California  oranges  the 
enquiry  is  rather  light,  as  much  of  the 
fruit 
is  n.  g.  Georgia  peaches  are 
“ knocking  the  spots”   from  California 
oranges  just  now and,  indeed,  they  seem 
to  be  the  boss  of  the  market.  Never 
have  the  streets  been  more 
liberally 
supplied  and  at  such  low  rates.  And  the 
flavor  is  about  all  that  could  be  desired.
It  is  quite 
generally  thought  that  supplies  in  some 
lines  will  be  very  short,  especially  as­
paragus  and  string  beans. 
Peaches 
from  Maryland  and  Delaware  will  be  a 
failure.
The bean  market  shows  continued  im­
provement  and  the  outlook  is  very  en­
couraging.  Some  good  sales  of  Mar« 
rows at  $1.50  have  been  reported.

Canned  goods  are  quiet. 

The  cheese  market 

The  butter  market'maintains  a'fairly 
steady  tone  and  the  general  outlook  is 
distinctly 
favorable  at  this  writing. 
Some  lots  of  June  creamery  from  cold 
storage  have  sold  at  18c  and  this  figure 
has  been  refused  for  other  lines  of  the 
same.  The  general  quotation  for  cream­
ery,  however,  is  17^0. •  Some  specula­
tive  buying  has been  taking  place  and 
this  tends,  of  course,  to  make  the  mar­
ket  stronger.  Fresh  firsts  are  moving 
out  freely  at  i6^@I7c ;  extra 
imitation 
creamery 
is  firm  at  I4j4c;  firsts,  13© 
I3K c I  Western  factory  June  extras,  13 
@i3/4c >  firsts,  !2}ác.
is  pretty  well 
cleaned  up  and  the  better  class  of  goods 
aré  selling  with  freedom  at  full  rates. 
The  hot  weather  has  caused  a  good  pro­
portion  of  stock  to  show  some  deteriora­
tion  and  to  sell  about  %c  off.  Large 
size  full  cream,  7%c.  Small  fancy  stock 
is  worth  8c.
The  demand  for  eggs  is  rather  light, 
but,  as  supplies  are  by  no  means  exces­
sive,  the  market  is  firm  and  really  de­
sirable  stock  from  Northern  Ohio  and j 
Michigan  will  bring  I4@i5c  without 
any  trouble.  There  is  a  large  supply  of 
defective  stock  which  was 
first-class 
when  it  left  “ home,”   but  the  heat  has 
been  too  much  for  it.

Banana Shipping Reduced to a  Science. 
Prom the New York Commercial.

in 

the  past 

From  a  yearly  average  of  7,000,00c 
to  8,000,000  bunches  the banana  trade  of 
the  United  States  has  increased  to  fully
15.000. 000  bunches 
five 
years,  but  has  probably  reached  nearly 
its  limit,  except  as population  increases 
consumption.  It  is  about  the  same  now, 
taking  one  year  with  another,  and prices 
change  but  little  from  season  to  season.
Central  America  is  the  chief  source 
of  supply,  producing  5,000,000 bunches. 
Formerly  the  West  Indies  took  the  lead, 
but  the  Cuban  war  has  stopped  that, 
none  at  all  arriving  from  Cuba  now. 
Jamaica  is  a  large  producer,  yielding
5.000.  000  bunches  annually.  But  even 
Jamaica’s  supplies  are  not  up  to  the 
quality  of  those  produced  in  Central 
America  and  jobbers  are  not  sorry  that 
Cuba  has  been  shut  off.  The  re-opening 
of  Cuba  to  investment  enterprises  will 
probably  cause  a  great 
in 
banana  production  as  compared  with 
former  conditions  and  importations  to 
the  United  States  may  increase.

increase 

New  York  receives  about  5,000,000 
bunches  annuallv,  or  one-third  the  re­
ceipts  of  the  United  States.  A  rough 
estimate  of  valuation  places 
it  at 
$4,000,000. 
It  certainly  is  no less.  The 
range  of  price  is  from  75  cents  to  $1.50 
a  bunch for  firsts,  and  from  that  down  to 
whatever price is required to move  them. 
The  price  at  point  of  shipment  varies 
with  the  port,  and  can  not  be  stated 
with  accuracy,  but 
is  seldom  or  never 
over $1  per  bunch.

The  season  begins  about  Feb.  1  and 
lasts  until  Aug.  1.  The  middle,  prob­
ably,  sees  the  best  fruit.  Late  in  the 
season  the  quality  decreases  and some of 
the  last  shipments  are  poor  compared 
with  the  best.  There 
is  little  loss  in 
shipping, 
transportation  having  been 
reduced  to  a  science,  and  most  cargoes 
arrive  in  good  condition.  There  is  some 
loss  by  breaking 
the  stems,  by 
crushing  and  from  being  left  until  near­
ly  ripe  before  cutting.

from 

The  plant 

is  propagated  by  shoots, 
much  as  a  chrysanthemum 
is  repro­
duced.  The  first  cutting  can  be  made 
in  about  thirteen  months.  The  stalk 
which  produces  the  fruit  dies  after  cut­
ting,  and  other  shoots  spring  from  the 
roots,  which  produce fruit  in  their  turn. 
Care  is  needed  in  thinning  or  the  plant 
would  run  to  stalks,  producing  no  fruit 
at  all.  After  the  first  time  cuttings  can 
be  made  three  or  four  times  a  year,  ac­
cording  to  the  weather,  which  governs 
the  rapidity  of  growth  and  maturity.

Sales  of  bananas  have  been  increased 
by  the  persistent  pushing  of  jobbers.  It 
is  a  fruit  for  which  most  people  have  to 
acquire  a  taste.  To  secure  an  extension 
of  distribution  inducements were offered 
retailers  in  small  towns  and  villages  to 
try  a  bunch  now  and  then.

No  girl  is  too  goad to  be  hugged.  The 
bible  tells  us  to hold  fast to a good thing.

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Capacity 600,000 cubic feet.

E x c lu siv e ly  

B u tte r   a n d   E g g s

Rates  Reasonable.

Low  Insurance.

Liberal  Advances.

W arehouse  “A ”  W arehouse “B”

Capacity 500,000 cubic feet.

Poultry,  Cheese,  Fruit 
and  Miscellaneous 
Storage.
Don’t  try  experiments.  Store 
where  you  know  your  goods  will 
be properly cared  for.

Correspondence  Solicited.

Is  like  running  a  commission  house.
Your  patrons  have  to  have  confidence 
in  your  ability  to  make  Fancy  Butter, 
so  that  your  goods  will  sell  at  top  and 
by  so  doing  the  creamerymen  can  pay 
good  prices  for  cream. 
The  same  is 
true  in  the  commission  business.  The 
creameryman  has  to  have  confidence 
in  the  ability  of  the  commission  mer­
chant  to  handle  his  goods  promptly 
to  advantage.

Our  experience  as  Commission 
Merchants  covers  a  period  of  forty- 
eight  years.  Our  facilities  and  ability 
to  handle  Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry 
are  second  to  none  in  the  trade,  and 
we  solicit  your  shipments  on  these 
conditions  and  feel sure the results will 
prove  to  our  mutual  advantage.

Yours  very  truly,

W.  R.  BRICE  &  CO,  Philadelphia.

REFERENCES

Com  Exchange  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.
W.  D.  Hayes, Cashier Hastings National  Bank,  Hastings,  Mich.
Fourth  National  Bank, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
D.  C.  Oakes,  Banker, Coopersville, Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Comments  on  Flavorings  for Summer 

Beverages.

Now  that  the  season  is  well  advanced 
for  the  trade 
in  soda  water  and  other 
mild  and  refreshing  beverages,  it  is  an 
opportune  moment  to  make  a  few  com­
in  reference  to  the  flavorings, 
ments 
colorings  and  preservatives  used 
in 
preparing  the  same  for  the  patrons.

The  principal  desire  amongst  a  num­
ber  of  dealers  in  this  class  of  goods 
is 
profit,  after  this  reputation,  and then  re­
muneration 
for  broadcast  advertising. 
The  aim  at  the  least  possible  outlay  of 
money  and  expenditure  of  time  creates 
a  resorting  to  utilize  those  methods  or 
substances  that  will  satisfy  the  purchas­
ers  and  still 
leave  a  big  profit  to  the 
manufacturer  or  vendor.  This  has been 
encouraged  by  skillful 
imitations  to 
such  an  extent  that  in  order  to  protect 
the  purchaser  or  consumer  from fraud or 
injury,many  state  legislatures  have been 
obliged  to  pass  stringent  laws  against 
the  sale  of  such  stuff.  True  fruit  juices 
are  by  far to be recommended where they 
can  be  used  and  where  required,  as  The 
artificial  extracts  can  never  reproduce 
the  delicacy  of  the  natural  substance. 
The  true  fruit  flavorings  are,  of  course, 
a 
little  more  expensive,  but  even  with 
the  slight  difference  in  cost,which  is  al­
most  inconsiderate,  there  is  undoubted­
ly  a  great  gain  to  the  merchant,  both  as 
to  building  up  an  enviable  reputation 
for  the  pureness  of  his  produce  and  the 
ultimate  feeling  of  satisfaction  to  all 
interested. 
In  the  use  of  fruit  juices, 
flavorings  or  pulp,  they  may  be  pre­
pared  so  as  to  far  excel  the  artificial 
ethereal  flavorings.  As  to  their  preser­
vation,  we  can  recommend  nothing  bet­
ter  than  sterilization  by  heating  and 
sealing—the  addition  of  cane  sugar  be­
ing  often  a  help  and  not  usually  objec­
tionable.

substances  determinate  has  a  much 
greater  gustatory  and  food  value  than 
the  single  chemical  compound  vanillin.
The  vanillin  can  be identified whether 
in  an  extract  or  artificial  vanillin,  or  in 
an  extract  of  vanilla  as  a  vegetable 
product.

The  flavors  made  from  essential  oils 
have  deservedly  enjoyed  some  popular­
ity— rose,  lemon,  orange,  wintergreen, 
sassafras,  peppermint  and  bitter  al­
monds  are  all  privileged  to  sale 
in  the 
Michigan  markets  so  long  as  the  prepa­
rations  are  true  to  name  and  contain  no 
injurious 
ingredients  or  substances, 
either  added  or  permitted  to  be present, 
or  anything 
liable  to  deceive  the  pur­
chaser  or  consumer  of  their  true  merits 
and  contents.

In  the  case  of  sarsaparilla  beverages, 
the  name 
is  to  a  considerable  extent 
misleading.  The  flavor  which  has  been 
for  years  considered  as  that  of  the  sar­
saparilla  root  owes  its  pleasing  flavor  to 
a  compound  of  the  flavors  of  sassafras 
and  wintergreen,  with  sometimes  anise, 
and  not  to  sarsaparilla;  in  such 
in-] 
stances  the  rulings -  of  the  Depar'ment 
require  that  a  coined  word  be  used  or 
such  names  as  will  truly  convey  an  idea 
of  its  contents.  As  to ^the  use  of  oil  of 
bitter almonds  and  wild-cherry  bark 
in 
almond,  cherry 
laurel  and  cherry  phos­
phates,  there  shall  be  such  an  absence 
of  hydrocyanic  acid  as  will  guarantee 
beyond  any  risk  a  liability  to  injury. 
Oil  of  bitter  almonds  (same  as  from 
peach  kernel,  etc.)  contains  a  power­
ful  poison ;  and  so  distinctly  so that it  is 
not  a  safe  or  at  least  wholesome  agent 
to  use 
in  flavoring  food,  even  in  very 
dilute solutions.  Four  drops  have  killed 
a  dog  of  moderate  size,  and  headache 
and  other  unpleasant  symptoms  have 
been  produced 
in  sensitive  persons  by 
partaking of food  flavored  with  a  minute 
quantity  of the  oil.

To  preserve  the  juice  or  pulp  of fruits 
by  sterilization,  it  would  be  an  excel­
lent  plan  to  put  in  packages  commen­
surate  with  the  trade  and  of  such  size 
as  would  give  a  fresh  package  to  each 
make-up  of  syrup  or  batch  of  material. 
Of  course,  in  this sterilizing,  everything 
brought  into  direct  contact  with  the  fla­
voring substance must be carefully steril­
ized  just before  put  to  use,  as  the  inside 
of  the  container,  covers,  casks  or  what­
ever  may be  intended  for  use.

The  addition  of  sugar is not absolutely 
necessary  to  secure  success  of the  opera­
tion. 
If  the  flavoring  or  juice  is  to  be 
used  for  syrup  only,  the  better  method 
is  to  make  a  concentrated  syrup at once, 
using  say  one  pint  of 
juice  to  two 
pounds  of  sugar,  dissolving  by  a  gentle 
heat;  the  lower  the  temperature  of heat 
utilized,  the  better  flavor  will  be  main­
tained,simple  agitation  aiding  the  work 
of  solution.
Vanilla 
is  a  flavor  in  great  demand 
and  holds 
its  own  even  with  the  fruit 
juices,  but 
it  must  not  be  made  from 
the  artificial  or  synthetic  product  nor 
artificially  colored  to deceive.  The lead­
ing  fragrant  principle  of  the  vanilla 
bean  and  of  true  vanilla  extracts,  as 
known  to  chemists  as  vanillin,  is  a  defi­
nite  chemical  compound.  But  vanilin 
is  not  the  only  fragrant  or  relishing con­
stituent  of  vanilla  bean  and  of  true 
vanilla  extracts.  The  artificial  vanillin 
made  for  the  market  contains  actual 
vanillin,strictly identical with  the  vanil­
lin  contained 
in  the  vanilla  bean,  but 
the  artificial  preparation  will  not  have 
the  valuable  properties  or  constituents 
other  than  vanillin  contained  in  the  ex­
tract  made  from  the  true  bean.

The  extract  of  vanilla  bean  contain­
ing  ’ various  pleasing  and  fragrant  food

The  hydrocyanic  or  prussic  aid  which 
this  oil  contains  may  be  removed  by 
chemical  means  without  impairing  the 
flavor  of  the  oil. 
In  no  case  shall  the 
use  of  the  oil  of  mirbane  or  a  mixture 
of  the  same  as  a  flavoring  he  permitted, 
because  of  its  highly  poisonous  charac­
ter.  Even  the  best  extracts  made  from 
ethers  or  synthetic  essences  have  a 
slightly  unpleasant  odor,  while  the  taste 
can  not  in  the  least compare with that  of 
the  original  fruits. 
In  order  to  present 
for  consideration  the  general  methods 
adopted 
in  the  manufacturing  of  these 
ethers  I  will  give  a  brief  description  of 
the  production  of  one  of  them  which 
is 
in  greatest  demand.  Ethyl  butyrate, 
butyric  ether,  sometimes  called  pineap­
ple  ether,  is  readily  prepared by  mixing 
one  hundred  parts  of  butyric  acid  with 
one  hundred  parts  of  alcohol  and  fifty 
parts  of  concentrated  sulphuric acid  and 
agitating  for  a  short  time.  The  ether 
forms  a  layer  on  the  surface,  and  may 
it  with  water 
be  purified  by  washing 
and  subjecting 
it  to  the  action  of  cal­
cium  chloride.  The  butyric  acid  used 
in  the  preparation  of  the  butyric  ether 
is  formed  during  what 
is  called  the 
butyric  fermentation,  which  usually con­
sumes  two  or  three  months  before 
is 
completed,and  which  is  preceded  by the 
lactic  acid  fermentation ;  to  prepare 
it, 
glucose  is  mixed  with  half  its  weight  of 
cheese  to  act  as  a  ferment, and the whole 
kept  at  a  temperature  of  about  go  deg. 
Fahrenheit.  The  sugar  is  first  converted 
into  a  viscous  substance  and  afterwards 
is  the  formation  of  lactic  acid,  which  is 
gradually  converted 
into  butyric  acid 
with  the  disengagement  of  the  hydrogen 
and  carbonic  acid  gas;  at  the  end  of 
liquid  contains
the” fermentation,*tbe 

it 

B E R R IE S

etc.,  and  get  h ig h e s t  p ric e s   and  q u ic k   r e tu r n s . 

W e still  want  your

B U T T E R   A N D   EG G S

for  c a s h   at  your  station.  Write  us  before  ship­

ping elsewhere.

HERMANN  C.  NAUMANN  &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

Main Office, 33 Woodbridge  St, W. 

Branch Store, 353  Russell  Street  $

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Eggs  are  advancing rapidly. 
We  can  do you  some good  on Peaches, 
Plums  and  small fruits  of all  kinds. 

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S -   We solicit consignments of Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry,  Beans and  Produce generally,  assuring 
prompt sales and  immediate returns.  We are a branch of the Grand  Rapids house  of  the 
same name,  which  has been established eleven years.  We refer Michigan  shippers to the 
Fourth  Xational  Bank,  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank  and  Michigan  Tradesman,  all  of  —9  
which  are familiar  with  our standing and acquainted  with  our  methods  and  will  cheer- 
fully answer any enquiries which may be made in regard to us.

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W a te r m e lo n s  

R a s p b e r rie s  

C u c u m b e rs  

E g g   P l a n t   T o m a to e s  

C elery  

S q u a s h  

N e w   P o ta to e s  

N e w   C a b b a g e

N e w   O n io n s
Peaches and  Plums will  soon  be 
here.  Your best  interests  will  be 
served  if  you  write  us  at  once 
about  yout  needs.  Send  us  your 
address and  we will  put you on our 
mailing list.

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You  can  not  place 
your orders for any­
thing  in  the  above 
list  to  better advan­
tage  than  with  the
Vinkemulder
Company,

Grand  Rapids.

The  Food  Commissioner

has  begun  an aggressive crusade against cheap vinegars which 
are not up to the legal standard.  It  will  be  well  for  the  retail 
trade  to  prepare  for  the wrath to come by putting in goods of 
recognized  purity and strength,  and  we  beg  leave  to  call  the 
attention of the trade to the fact that

Robinson’s  Cider  Vinegar

is always up to the standard established by the Legislature and 
that it is guaranteed not to contain any deleterious acids or any­
thing that is not produced from the apple.  One hundred dollars 
in  cash  stands  back  of  this  guaranty.  Ask  your  jobber  for 
Robinson’s vinegar and insist on having no other.  If your job­
ber will not get it for you, order direct from  the  manufacturer,

,  ROBINSON  CIDER  &  VINEGAR  CO.,  Benton  Harbor,  Mich,  js 
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ESTABLISHED 1886.

F.  CUTLER  &  SONS

B U T T E R ,  E G G S  
A N D   P O U L T R Y .

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Consignments  solicited  directly  to 
our house,  874  Washington  Street, 
NEW  YORK.  Our Eastern  Connec­
tion enables us to realize our shipper’s 
full  market  value  for  any  stock  re­
ceived at either place.

REFERENCES:

principally  a  mixture  of  calcium  buty­
rate  and  lactate,  from  which  the  butyric 
acid  may  be  obtained  precipitating  the 
lime  as  a  carbonate  by  soda  and  decom­
posing  the  resulting  butyrate  of  soda 
with  sulphuric  acid  and  distilling.

Butyric  ether  has  been  used  together 
with  other  flavors  in  the  preparation  of
artificial  extracts’ ’  under  the  names  of 
pineapple,  strawberry,  banana,  plum, 
pear,  raspberry  and  orange.  There 
is, 
perhaps,  no  branch  of  chemical  work 
which  has  developed  so  varied  a  line  of 
adulterations,  and  in  which  the  work  of 
the  chemist  has  brought  into  play  the 
use  of  the  laboratory  in  the formation  of 
imitations  and 
substitutes.  As  to  the 
bealthfulness  of  these  imitations  when 
they  undoubtedly 
made  from  ethers, 
have  had 
in  numerous  cases  marked 
effect  on  the  action  of  the  heart  and 
lungs.  Not  only  has  the  production  of 
these  ethereal imitations  and  substitutes 
almost  threatened  to  drive  the  pure  arti­
cles  from  the  market,  but  in  the  use  of 
these  ethers  there  seems  to  have  been no 
limit  to  the  dilution  of  extracts  of  this 
character.  Besides  this,  there  is  a  re­
course  had  to  a  quality  of  alcohol  allow­
ing  the  greatest  amount  of  water and the 
least  amount  of  alcohol.

In  respect  to  ginger  flavorings,  ginger 
syrup,  ginger  ale,  etc.,  in  no  case  shall 
the  use  of  such  substitutes  as  grains  of 
Paradise,  oil  of  pepper,  or  any  substi­
tutes,  be  permitted  that  shall  in  anyway 
deteriorate 
from  the  true  value  and 
properties  of  the  pure  preparation.

Again, 

the  threat  of  these  ethereal 
products  to  drive  the  pure  article  from 
the  counter  of  the  retailer  has  been  due 
mostly  to the  fact  that  they  offer a great­
er  profit,  go  farther 
in  baneful  effects 
and  satisfy  to  an  extent  our  National 
disposition  to  be  more  or  less  hum­
bugged.

In  the  use  of  preservatives,  we  know 
of  none  which  is  not  objectionable,  as 
all  bodies  of  the  nature  of  preservatives 
with  the  power  of  antiseptics  are 
liable 
to  produce  disturbances  of  the  digestive 
tract.

The assimilation  of nutriment depends 
on  the  activity  of  various microbes pres­
in  the  system,  and  all  antiseptics, 
ent 
even 
in  minute  quantity,  will  inhibit 
the  activity  of  these  colonies  or  affect 
unequally  various  species,  the  net  result 
in  ordinary 
individuals  being  an  im­
pairment  of  digestion  or  an  actual  dys­
pepsia.  Another  objectionable addition : 
Artificial  colorings  are  frequently  re­
sorted  to  to  deceive  the  eye  and to  allay 
any  suspicion  one  might  form  judging 
from  appearances  alone.  The  greatest 
number  of  those  colorings  are  selected 
from  among  the  aniline  dyes. 
The 
aniline  dyes  possess such great tinctorial 
powers  that  even  with 
those  that  are 
poisonous  the  quantity  taken  in  the con­
sumption  of  any  one  ordinary-colored 
article 
is  most  minute,  so  that  in  few 
cases  could  decided  symptoms  be  im­
mediately produced.  On  the  other  hand, 
when  food  or  drinks  have  a  small  trace 
in  a  day  total 
of  aniline,  these  traces 
up.  Observations 
and 
experiments 
have  shown  that  the  aniline  in  dyes  in 
small  quantities  interferes  with  diges­
tion.

Dr.  Blythe  states  that  in  his  opinion 
the  increase  of  maladies  of the digestive 
organs  which  have  been  noted  of  late  is 
in  part  due  to  the 
increasing  use  of 
aniline  or  coal-tar  colors  in  food.

F.  H.  B o r r a d a i l e , 
State  Analyst.

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Trend  o f the  Summer  Egg  Trade. 

From the New  York Produce Review.

Those  who  have  watched  the  drift  of 
affairs 
in  the  egg  trade  for  some  years 
past  must  have  noticed  a  considerable 
change  in  the  methods  of  supplying  the 
better class  of  consumptive  outlets  dur­
ing  the  heated  term.  Formerly  dealers 
were  almost  dependent  upon  current  re­
ceipts  for  their  supply  and  even  when 
these  became  seriously  defective  from

the  effects  of  heat  they  had  to  take  them 
and  make  the  best  of  it. 
In  those  days 
cold  storage  facilities  were  much  less 
than  now  and  the  egg  production  had 
not  grown  to  such enormous proportions. 
Stock  put  away  in  April  and  May  cost 
considerably  more  than  in 
later  years 
and  it  was  rare  that  when  the hot weath­
er  struck  us  in  June  and  July  prices  for 
fresh  eggs  were  such  as  to  afford  any 
profit  on  the  holdings  in  store.  More­
over,  there  was  a  feeling  that  cold  stor­
age  eggs  could  not  be  used 
in  hot 
weather.  Consequently  even  the  best 
class  of  trade  were  buyers  of  secondary 
grades  of  fresh  whenever  the  supply  of 
fine  stock  became  inadequate.

But  of  late  years  these conditions have 
changed.  Cold  storage  facilities  have 
enormously 
increased  and  so  has  the 
volume  of  egg  production.  Prices  have 
been  so 
low  during  the  height  of  the 
storage  season  that  as  soon  as  fresh  pro­
duction  has  begun  to  fall  off  in  the early 
summer  and  the  waste  of  stock  from
heat  has  become  serious,  a comparative­
ly 
low  range  of  prices  has  been  suffi­
cient to  show a profit  on the earlier  pack­
ings.  And  the  quality  of  these  has  been 
so  much  better  than  at  least  the  second­
ary  grades  of  fresh  that  dealers have had 
no  bar  to  their  use  except  the  difficulty 
of  maintaining  the  quality  when  sub­
jected  to  the  unfavorable  conditions  of 
heat  and  moisture.  This  difficulty  has 
been  at  least  partially  overcome  by  cer­
tain  methods  of  handling  and  by  choos­
ing  outlets  where  the  use  of  the  goods 
would be  prompt,  so  that  now,  whenever 
fresh  gathered  eggs  begin  to  show  seri­
ous  hot weather  defects,dealers who have 
a  fine  trade  are  inclined  to  confine  their 
use  of  fresh  gathered  to  the  very  best 
grades  only  and  make  up  the  deficiency 
from  cold  storage.

It  seems  probable  that  this  is  to  be 
looked  for  hereafter  as  a permanent  fea­
ture  of  the  egg  trade  and  one  that  will 
rapidly  become  more  marked  as  meth­
ods  of  handling  refrigerator  eggs  in  hot 
weather  become  better  understood  and 
improved.

There  is  a  considerable  difference 

in 
the  method  of  egg  handling 
in  Europe 
and  America.  There  the  effects  of  very 
low  temperature  are  regarded  as  so 
harmful  to  quality  that  the  best  eggs 
are  even  debarred 
from  refrigerator 
transportation.  Speaking  of  refrigerator 
transportation  in  connection  with  ship­
ments  of  Canadian  eggs  a  Glasgow 
house  says:

“ As  for  putting  eggs  in  cold  storage 
on  board  these  steamers,  we  think  it 
is 
the  worst  thing  for  the  eggs,  because 
they  run  the  refrigerators  at  such  a 
low 
temperature,  with  the  result  that  the 
shells  of  the  eggs  often  get  very  fragile, 
and  the  least  knock  breaks  them,  which 
causes  a  lot  of  damage  to  the  eggs.”

in 

In  England  it 

is  generally  believed 
that  eggs  which  have  been  subjected  to 
refrigeration 
in  warm  weather  are not 
fit  for  best  trade.  And  in  this  country, 
where  so  large  a  part  of  the  goods  are 
refrigerated,  either 
transit  or  for 
holding.it  is  well  known  that  great diffi­
culties  are  met  with  in  handling  the  re­
frigerated stock  in  warm,  damp  weather 
without rapid deterioration,  owing  to the 
condensation  of  moisture  on  the  cold 
shell  and  packing.  But  we  are  inclined 
to  think  that  the  prejudices  of  our  Eng­
lish  friends  and  the  difficulties  encoun­
tered  here  also  in  the  use  of cold storage 
eggs  in  summer  weather  all  arise  from 
conditions  to  be  met  after  the eggs come 
out  of  their  cold  quarters.  The  quality 
of  a  perfectly  kept 
refrigerator  egg, 
within  reasonable  limits  as  to  age,  is 
certainly  superior  to  anything  short  of 
strictly  fresh  laid  stock  after  subjection 
to  summer  heat,  and 
it  seems  certain 
that  its  greater  liability  to  deterioration 
arises  from  the  wetting  which  occurs 
from  placing 
in  an  atmosphere  of 
which  the  dew  point  is  above  the  tem- 
erature  of  the  egg.

A  system  of  bandling  cold  storage 
eggs  which  would  raise  the  temperature 
above  the  dew  point  of  the  outside  air 
under  conditions  which  would 
in  the 
meantime  prevent  condensation  would 
undoubtedly 
increase  the  value  of  cold 
storage  eggs  materially  by  making  still 
more  general  their  use  in  competition 
with  hot  weather  fresh  collections.

it 

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44  W .  Market Street 
103  Michigan  Street

W H O L E S A LE  
D E A L E R S   IN

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16

W om an ’s  W orld

The  Selfishness  of  Men.

A  compliment  in  a  ballroom—a brutal 

trampling  under  foot  in  a  panic.

W hispered  words  of  devotion 

in  a 
scented  boudoir—a  cowardly  desertion 
in  tim es  of  danger.

Of  the  300  women  on  board  the  ill- 
fated  Bourgogne,  which  sank  at  sea  a 
few  days  ago,  only  one  woman  was 
saved.  Of the  200  people  who  came  out 
alive,  only  one  was  a  woman.  Survivors 
tell  how  women,  struggling  to  reach  the 
boats,  were  beaten  down  and  trod  upon, 
how  those  who  succeeded  in  getting  on 
rafts  were  pushed  off  and  thrust  under 
the  water  with  boat  hooks,  how  the  little 
white  hands  of  women  and  children, 
clinging  to  life  lines,  were  hacked  off 
with  knives. 
is  a  story  of  ferocious 
brutality  that  has  but  one  parallel  in 
modern  times.

It 

inhumanity  to  woman. 

That  other  story  is  also  full  of  horrors 
and  man’s 
It 
happened  last  year  at  the  terrible  fire  at 
the  charity  bazaar  in  Paris.  Then  all 
the  beauty  and  the fashion and the nobil­
ity  of  France  had  gathered  at  a  great 
society  function,  but  precisely  the  same 
scenes  of  brutality  were  enacted  as  on 
the  decks  of  the  Bourgogne.  The  titled 
beauties  of  the  Faubourg  St.  Germain 
were  trampled  down  and  crushed  and 
mangled  by  the  first  gentlemen 
of 
France 
in  their  mad  fight  to  get  out  of 
the  burning  building,  just  as  the  hood­
lum  sailors  of  the  Bourgogne  trampled 
upon  and  beat  and  stabbed  the  women 
on  the  Bourgogne 
in  their  attempts  to 
save  themselves.  Picture  for  picture, 
scene  for  scene,  it  is  the  same  craven 
cowardice,  the  same ferocious barbarity, 
the  same  unspeakable  selfishness  and 
lack  of  every  attribute  that  raises  the 
human  above  the  brute.  Such  cases 
are,  we  believe,  impossible  in  America, 
where,  even  at  its  worst,  there  is  always 
a  certain  physical  courage  and  where  in 
times  of  danger  the  women  and  the 
children  are  always  first.  Few,  if  any, 
Americans  would  save  their  lives  at  the 
price  of  a  woman's.  They  would  be  in­
capable  of  such  baseness,  but  there  are 
other  things,  and  when  the  veneer  is 
scratched  off,  and  you  come  down  to 
real  nature  and  real  life,  don’t  you  find 
that  men  are  always  pretty  selfish  in 
their  dealing  with  women?

is  a 

There 

lovely  theory  that  every 
man 
is  a  kind  of  guardian  angel—the 
little  cherub  that  sits  up aloft—and  gen­
erously  protects and  disinterestedly plays 
the  part  of  providence  to  the  women 
about  him. 
In  reality  from  the  cradle 
to  the  grave  he  is  engaged  in  a  steady 
job  of  getting  the  best  of  them.  Of

course,  he  doesn’t  mean 
it,  and  he  is 
sublimely  unconscious  that  he  is  being 
selfish.  It  is  simply  a  case  where  some­
body  must  take  the  back  seat,  and  he  is 
convinced  that  that  somebody  should  be 
a  woman.  He  even  thinks  she  likes  it 
and  takes  credit  to  himself  for  letting 
her  live  at  all.

Look  where  you  will  and  you  see  it 
illlustrated  at  every  turn.  Even  in  love 
a  man  is  never  satisfied  unless  he  gets 
ten  times  what  he  gives.  His  affection 
may  be  of  the  most  intermittent  and 
milk  and  watery  character,  but  he  ex­
pects  a  woman  to  give  him  a  love  as 
deep  as  the  ocean,  as  wide  as  the  sky, 
as  exhilarating  as  champagne,  and, 
moreover,  she  must  back  it  up  with  a 
steady  flowing 
gratitude 
because  he  had  the  goodness  to  notice 
her.  Just watch  the  next .engaged  couple 
Isn’t  the  girl  doing  all  the 
you  see. 
talking  and 
looking  pleased  and  mak­
ing  all  the  effort  to  be  agreeable?  And 
isn’t  the  man  sitting  up  with  a  com­
placent  and  patronizing  air  that  says 
plainer  than  any  words:  “ I  permit this 
young  person  to  adore  me  and  for  once 
in  my  life  I  am  aware  that  I  have  done 
a  perfectly 
altruistic  and  unselfish 
thing. ”

stream  of 

Then  observe 

the  way  a  man  acts 
If  he  has  a 
when  he  gets  in  trouble. 
headache,  doesn’t  he  keep  the  whole 
house  on  the 
jump  fetching  camphor 
and  ice  and  heaven  knows  what,  and  he 
expects  his  wife  to  sit  by  his  side  and 
hold  his  hand  and  everybody  to go about 
with  bated  breath  and  on  tiptoe.  But 
if 
it  s  his  wife—dear  me,  he  wonders 
what  makes  women  always have so many 
confounded  nerves,  and he says  he  never 
knows  what  to  do  around  sick  folks any­
way  and  goes  comfortably  off  to  the club 
to  spend 
the  evening  playing  poker. 
There  isn’t  a  man  living  who  doesn’t 
go  to  some  woman  with  all  his cares and 
worries  and  troubles—times  when  the 
world  misuses  him,  you  know,  and 
there’s  just  one  person 
left  in  it  who 
will  listen  to  bis  tale  of  woe,  no  matter 
if  it  is  miles  long,  without  ever  weary­
ing,  but  is  there  a  single,  solitary  man 
living  who  ever  wanted  to  hear  a  wom­
an’s  afflictions?  Not  one. 
The  first 
week  after  you  get  engaged  to  him  he’ll 
listen,  but  after  that  if  you  want  to  tell 
your  troubles  to  a  man,  you’ll  have  to 
find  a  policeman  who  is  paid  to  listen 
to  ’em.  The  minute  you  commence  on 
an  unpleasant  thing  your  husband 
is 
sure  to  remember  something  be  left  un­
done  at  the  office  and  that  requires  im­
mediate  attention.  Then  think  of  those 
unselfish  gentlemen  who  make  way  with 
their  employers’  money  and  then  com­
mit  suicide,  leaving  a  wife  with  six  lit­

tle  children  to  face  the  starvation  and 
misery  and  disgrace.  You  never  hear 
of  a  woman  doing  that.  She  doesn’t 
sneak  out  of  life  when  things  go  wrong 
and 
leave  her  little  children  and  her 
poor  husband  to  struggle  along  without 
her.

Of  course,  it  is  in  the  domestic  rela­
tions  that  men’s  selfishness  to  women  is 
most  apparent,  but  it  is  to  be  said  in 
their  behalf  that  it  is  generally  uninten­
tional.  Most  men  try  to  be  good  hus­
bands.  More  than  that,  they  are  per­
fectly  convinced 
that  they  are.  The 
thing  is,  a  man  can  never  get  over  the 
idea  that  he  conferred  such  a  favor on  a 
woman  by  marrying  her  that  she  should 
be  willing  and  glad,  out  of  sheer  grati­
tude,  to  give  up  everything  on  earth  for 
him.  A  man  never  thinks  of  adjusting 
himself  to  his  wife's  ideals.  She  must 
do  whatever  adjusting  is  done  and think 
like  he  thinks  and  believe  like  he  be­
lieves  and  be  a  sort  of  general  under­
study  and  phonograph  to  him.  Above 
all,  she  must  be  perfectly  satisfied  with 
her  home  and  her  husband  and  her 
children  and  never  have  an  interest  out­
side.  If  she  does,  everybody  agrees  she 
is  unnatural  and  queer,  and  pities  him 
accordingly.  Nobody  would  expect  him 
to  have  no other interests  and  to be satis­
fied  to  sit  down 
to  an  uninterrupted 
contemplation  of  her  charms;  but,  of 
course,  with  a  woman 
is  different. 
She  doesn  t  want  any  livelier  amuse­
ment  than  pondering  on  her  husband’s 
goodness  and  the  servants’ shortcomings 
and  the  children’s  schooling. 
Then 
think  how  just  and  generous  a  man  is 
in  his  adjudgments  of  rights  and  priv­
ileges. 
If  he  goes  out  with  the  boys 
and  comes  home  in  the  small  hours  of 
the  morning,  he  considers  himself hard­
ly  used  and  hen-pecked 
if  his  wife 
makes  a  protest,  but  suppose  she  went 
out  to  balls  and  parties,  leaving  him  to 
spend 
the  solitary  evenings  reading? 
Well,  as  Mr.  Kipling  would  say,  that 
would  be  another  story,  and  the  end  of 
it  would  be 
the  divorce  courts. 
There’s  precious  little  a  man  will  for­
give  a  woman,  but  all  eternity  is  not 
broad  enough  to  bound  what  he  expects 
her  to  forgive  him.

in 

it 

Perhaps  men’s  selfishness  to  women 
arises 
largely  from  the  idea  they  have 
so  carefully  nurtured  through  the  cen­
turies,  that  women  don’t  know  what 
they  want  in  the  first  place,  and 
in  the 
second  don’t  feel  about  things  like men. 
There 
instance,  nothing  that 
women  so  bitterly  resent  as the way their 
men—their  fathers  and  husbands—treat 
them  about  money.  A  man  will  admit 
that 
it  would  be  insufferable  to  him  to 
have  to go  to  some  one,  even  the  most

for 

is, 

indulgent  of  guardians,  and  ask  for 
every  penny  and  explain  what  he  did 
with  the  last  one,  and  tell  what  he  ex­
pects  to  do  with  the  coming  one.  He 
would  say  that  no  man  could  preserve 
his  self-respect  and  do  it,  yet  he  can't 
see  for  the  life  of  him  why  his  wife  or 
daughter  should  be  humiliated  by  being 
put  on  the level  with  a  mendicant,  or 
realize  that  a  proud-spirited  woman 
would  almost  as  soon  rattle a  tin  cup  on 
the  street  corner  as  come  to  him  for 
money  for  her  daily  necessities. 
It 
never  even  occurs  to  him  that  he  is  be- 
ing  brutally  selfish  to  her  in  making her 
ask  for  what  is  her  right.  He  takes  her 
service,  the  loving,  faithful  service  of 
heart  and  head  and  hand  such  as  no 
money  could  hire  for  him 
in  the  open 
market,  and  yet  he  never  gives  her  any­
thing  as  her  right. 
It  is  always  as  a 
favor,  that  she  is  expected  to  be  grate­
ful  for,  and  be  will  not  understand  that 
women  don’t  want  to  be always grateful. 
We  get  tired  of  being grateful.  We  want 
independence.

Of  course,  no  one  would  have  the 
hardihood  to  suggest  such  a  thing,  but 
isn  t  man  s  selfish  desire  to  monopolize 
the  privileges  and  perquisites  of  life  at 
the  bottom  of  all  this  hue  and  cry  about 
the  New  Woman?  As  long  as  a  woman 
does  something  that  no  man  wants  to 
do,  she  is  utterly  safe  from  being  called 
advanced.  She  may  toil  for  weary  years 
at  gusset  and  seam  and  band  or  slave 
over  cooking-stove  or  washtub,  without 
ever  being  suspected  of  endangering 
woman’s  sphere,  but  the  minute  she 
does  something  that  has  a  broader  out­
look  and  brings 
in  more  money,  her 
solicitous  brother  begins  to be consumed 
with  anxiety 
lest  she  should  imperil 
feminine 
sweetness  and  grace.  Of 
course,  he  does  not  begrudge  her  her 
share  of  the  loaves  and  fishes  and  he 
doesn’t  even  realize the  selfishness  that 
all  these  long  years  has  shut  her  out 
from  the  chance—the  working  chance— 
of  making  a  good  living  by  such  talents 
as  it  has  pleased  God  to  give  her.

The  truth  is,  men  have  glossed  over 
much  selfishness with  sweet phrases.  We 
have  had  a  great many compliments,  for 
which  we  have  paid  a  pretty  stiff  price, 
but  in  this  enlightened  end  of  the  cen­
tury  men  are  beginning  to  see  that  the 
truest  chivalry  is  unselfishness,  an  ac­
cording  to  women  of  equal  right  to  all 
that  earth  can  give,  and  a  recognizing 
that  they,  as  well  as  men,  are  the  heirs 
of  all  the  ages.  That  is  the  triumph  of 
generosity.  Any  one can  give,  but  only 
the  noble-natured  can  be  just.

D o r o t h y   D i x .

Love  will  find  the  way,  even  if  it  is 
nothing  better  than  the installment plan.

QUARTER

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S o d i o  

S o d i o  

S o d i o

A   Product  of  Our  Ow n  State

“ SODIO”   Is a Chemically  Pure Soda-Saleratus.

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R E A S O N S   W H Y   E V E R Y   G R O C E R   S H O U L D   S E L L   “ S O D IO ”

Because it is a meritorious article.
Every dollar of cost of production is paid  Michigan  labor. 
Costs no more than inferior goods.
Absolutely the best saleratus that it is possible to make.

5.  We give a large variety of premiums to consumers.
6.  We give useful and valuable premiums to retail salesmen.
7.  Our premium offers move the goods.
8.  We furnish a liberal supply of samples.

Are you a live and progressive grocer? 
If  so, you  want  “Sodio.” 
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quarter  pounds,  $3.90. 
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address the manufacturers

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the drip. 

President, J ohn a . H o t p iu j 
tary, J.  C.  Saunders,  Lansii 
McN oltt, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Tra 
President,  C.  C.  Snbdekeh 
and Treasurer, C.  W. 

¿amazoo ; Secre-
treasurer, Chas. 

îrs’  Association. 
/etroitj  Secretary 
lbn  Detroit.

United Commercial Trai  lers of Michigan.

Grand  Counselor, J . J.  Evans,  Bay City;  Grand 
Secretary,  G.  S. V a m io r e, Detroit:  Grand Treas­
urer,  W.  S. W est, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

President,  J.  Boyd  P antlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.

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

Gripsack  Brigade.

E.  Needham,  of  Owosso,  is  on  the 

interest  of  the  Michigan 

H. 
road 
in  the 
Package  Co,

Lansing  Republican :  John  J.  Bush, 
of  this  city,  is  at  present  being  treated 
at  the  Steuben  Sanitarium,  Hornells- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  for  a  slight  ailment—the 
result  of  overwork  and  the  heat.  He  is 
rapidly  recovering,  however.

Alex.  Stevenson,  who  has  covered  the 
Upper  Peninsular 
several  years  for 
Buhl  Sons  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  has  pur­
chased  a  quarter  interest  in  the  branch 
house  of  the  firm  at Menominee and  will 
hereafter  act  as  resident  partner  and 
manager  of  that  institution.

Dr.  Josiah  B.  Evans is resting up from 
the  effects  of  a  three  months'  trip  from 
St.  Paul  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  the 
in­
terest  of  the  F.  F.  Jaques  Tea  Co.,  of 
Chicago.  He  will  devote  his  entire  at­
tention  to  the  Michigan  trade  for  the 
next  few  months,  after  which  he  may 
indulge 
in  another  trip  across  the  con­
tinent.

traveling  representative 

Adrian  Times:  W.  W.  Hess,  of  Clin­
ton, 
for  the 
Page  Fence  Co.,  will  leave  in  Septem­
ber  for  a  three  months’  trip  in  Mexico 
in  the 
interest  of  the  company.  His 
headquarters will be  in  the  City  of  Mex­
ico  and  he  will  have  charge  of the whole 
Mexican  territory,  comprising  twenty- 
seven  states.

Saginaw  Courier-Hera Id :  Charles
Smith,  who  has  covered  the  Thumb  ter­
ritory  for  years  for  Phipps-Penoyer  & 
Co.,  reports  that  the  new  valley  tele­
phone  system  through  his  territory  will 
help  the  Saginaw  jobbing  trade  to  an 
extent  at  present  hardly  appreciated. 
Freight  rates  are  from  12  to  18  cents 
lower  here  than  from  Detroit  for  this 
territory,  and  all  that  has  been 
lacking 
to  secure  a  more  extensive  trade  west 
and  north  has  been  the  telephone  serv­
ice.  “ I  talk  with  the  trade  every  day,”  
said  Charlie,  “ and  you  can  bet  it  is 
coming  here  rather  than  to  Detroit  dur­
ing  the  jobbers  and  manufacturers’  sec­
ond  annual  party”

Geo.  H.  Bartlett,  representing  T. 
Rowland  &  Sons,  Philadelphia,  manu­
facturers  of  shovels  and  spades, 
is  a 
shining  example of what can be achieved 
by  a traveling salesman.  He has traveled 
for  his  house  since  1868,  or  nearly  a 
third  of  a  century,  during which time  he 
has  become  proficient  not  only  as  a 
salesman,  but  also  as  a  writer.  He 
writes  interestingly  and  instructively  on 
subjects  relating  to commerce  as  well  as 
those  outside  the  business  world.  A 
work  from  his  pen  entitled,  “ Water 
Tramps”   has  just  come  from  the  press. 
Besides  his  palatial  residence  at Bethle­
hem,  Penn.,  he  owns  a  row  of  cottages 
op  Fisher’s  Island,  opposite  New  Lon­
don,  Conn.,  where  in  company  with  bis

family  he  spends  the  heated  term.  He 
is  fond  of  yachting  and  puts  in  a  good 
deal  of  time  entertaining  friends  on  his 
white-winged  pleasure  vessel.

The  traveling  man  who  does  not  at­
tend  the  meeting'  of  traveling  men  at 
Sweet’s  Hotel  Saturday  evening  will 
miss  the  event  of  a  lifetime.  The  fea­
ture  of  the  evening  will  be  the  joint  de­
bate  between  Cornelius  Crawford  and 
Geo.  DeHaven  on  the  relative  merits 
and  demerits  of  the  train  gate  system. 
This  question  has  provoked  about  as 
much  controversy  as  the  problem  of  the 
universe,  but  several  Grand  Rapids 
traveling  men  insist  that  the  discussion 
will  disclose  the  Ethiopian  in  the  wood- 
pile  and  demonstrate  why the Heald sys­
tem  has  been  so  tenacious  in  keeping 
in  the  face  of 
the  gates  on  the  trains 
opposition  which  has  resulted 
in  the 
loss  of  thousands  of  dollars  by the diver­
sion  of  freight  to  other  roads.

is  master  of  an 

Carpet  Trade  Journal:  A  well-known 
firm  of  matting  importers  has  a  woman 
salesman  whom  the  “ boys”   dread  more 
than  they  do  a  Western  cyclone.  When 
making  a  sale  she  is  sweet  enough,  but 
after  that  she  quickly  leaves  the  store 
and 
icy  stare.  The 
manager  of  a  store  who  had  bought 
largely  of  her  happened  to  face  her  one 
morning  at  a  hotel  breakfast  table,  but 
not  the 
least  sign  of  recognition  could 
he  get.  VVhen  this  daisy  of  the  matting 
trade  comes  into  a  store,  ft  matters  not 
how  many  male  bipeds  are  waiting 
around  to  show  matting.  This  does  not 
frighten  her.  She  makes  a  bee  line  for 
the  manager,  and  through  some  magic 
or  other  gets  an  audience  while  the 
others  wait,  her  theory  evidently  being 
that  of  course  ladies  must Lave the pref­
erence.  She  is  a  No.  1  saleslady,  and, 
as  she  thinks  men  are  horrid,  she  will 
probably  hold  onto  the  job  indefinitely.
Frank  M.  Tyler,  who  has  represented 
(Syracuse) 
the  Howard  Furnace  Co. 
several  years  as  Western  salesman,  has 
been  transferred  to  the  New  England 
field,  with  headquarters at Boston,  where 
he  will  represent  the  new  International 
Heater  Co.,  which 
is  a  corporation 
formed  by  the  consolidation  of  five  fur­
nace  manufacturers— Howard  Furnace 
Co.,  Economy  Furnace  Co.,  Kernan 
Furnace  Co.,  Carton  Furnace  Co.  and 
Russell,  Wheeler,  Sons  &  Co.  The cor­
poration 
is  capitalized  at  $1,800,000, 
one-half  7  per  cent,  preferred  stock  and 
one-half  common  stock. 
The  retire­
ment  of  Mr.  Tyler  from  this  field  has 
necessitated his resignation as  a  director 
of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip 
and the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ 
Mutual  Accident  Association,  although 
he  still  retains  his  membership  in  both 
organizations.  Mr.  Tyler  has  taken  a 
prominent  position  in  the  organizations 
and  meetings  of  the  fraternity  and  his 
removal  from  the  State  will  he very gen­
erally  regretted  by  all  who  enjoy  his 
acquaintance.

Will  Feast  Their  Friends.

From  the  elaborate  scale  upon  which 
plans  have  been  laid,  the coming annual 
picnic  under  the  auspices  of  the  Grand 
Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
will  outclass  all  former  occasions.  The 
picnic  will  be  held  at  Schoenfeldt's 
Park,  Reed’s  Lake,  and  special  facili­
ties  have  been  secured  from  the  Street 
Railway  Co.,  including  half fare  rates 
on  the boats,  which  will 
insure  cheap 
and  comfortable  transportation  to  every 
one.  Besides  a  full  brass  band,  which 
has  been  engaged  for  the  day,  an  inter­
esting  program  will  be  carried  out,  con­
sisting  of  athletic  sports  and  games,

17

A. VAN PUnEN S CO.

MFRS. OF

B u t t e r  T u b s
Lard  Packages  and 
Handmade  Creamery 
Butter Tubs  a specialty.

H O LLA N D ,  M IC H .

$2  PER  DAY. 

FREE  BUS.

T H E   C H A R L E S T O N

Only first-class house in  MASON,  Mic h.  Every­
thing new.  Every room heated.  Large and well- 
lighted sample rooms.  Send your mail care  of  the 
Charleston, where the boys stop.  CH AR LES  A . 
C A LD W ELL, formerly of Donnelly  House,  Prop.

i  If IJ r  U T  Q  can  make  monev  by  selling  E 
j  U ll CH  1  U our IMPERIAL SINGLE TUBE  E 
j  TIRE, guaranteed.  Send $3.25 American or U.  E 
1  s -  Express  order  for  sample  pair  Tires,  and  E 
J  secure agency.  Imperial  Tire  Co., 
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j 

School  Bonds 
For  Sale------

Sealed bids wanted for $2,500 in bonds 
of  School  District  Number  One  of 
Wilcox Township,  Newaygo County, 
Michigan.

Date of bonds, Aug.  1,  1S9S;  rate of 
interest,  6  per  cent.,  payable  semi­
annually.

Bonds mature $500 annually, begin­

ning on March 1,  1900.

Purpose  of  issue  for  building  an 
addition to the  present  school  house. 
Bids will  be  received  until  noon  on 
August  1,  1S9S.  The  right  reserved 
to reject any and all  bids.
L.  A.  BRACY,  Director.

Dated July 18,  1898.

gWi W»¥■ «WtVVYtVft iVt (iiWii «WiVVV»Y«W*VWW

i   NOTICE  1

3  
Sealed  proposals will be received 
3   until Aug.  1,  1898, for the construc- 
3   tion  of  a  brick  addition  to  the 
3   school  house  of  School  District 
3   Number  One,  Wilcox  Township,
5   located  at White  Cloud,  Mich.,  ac- 
cording to plans  and specifications 
3   on file in  the office  of  the  director 
3   of the district.
5  
■ g  lowest  responsible bidder.

The  contract  will  be  let  to  the 

A good  and  sufficient  bond  will 
be  required  for  the  faithful  per­
formance of the contract.  Building 
3   to be completed on  or  before  Oct.

KI  1,  1898.  The school board reserves 

the right to reject any and all  bids.

L.  A.  B R A C Y ,  DIRECTOR.
Dated duly  18,  1898. 

„

opening  with  baseball  at  10 a.  m.  One 
of  the  most  enjoyable  features  will  be  a 
continuous  banquet,  which  will  be 
served  free  to  every  one  all  day.  The 
members  of  the  Association  extend  a 
most  cordial"  invitation  to  all  butchers 
and  grocers  and  their  families,  friends, 
customers  and  sweethearts,  both  in  and 
out  of  the  city,  to  come  and  enjoy  the 
hospitalities  of  the  society  for  this  day, 
and  they  promise  to  give  them  the  best 
time  they  ever  had  in  their  lives.  The 
stores  will  be  closed  all  day  on  August 
4,  and  as  the  invitation  is  a  broad  one, 
every  person  who  so  desires may consid­
er  himself  or  herself  a  special  guest  to
come  and  partake  of  the  good  things 
provided  by  the  generous  hosts.

As  these  annual  occasions  are  now 
recognized as  general  holidays  by every­
one,  there will  no  doubt  be  an  immense 
attendance  if  the  weather  is  fine.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

Hides  have  declined  X @ Xc  during 
the  past  week,  while the demand  is  good 
and  fully  up  to  the supply.  There  is  no 
accumulation  of  any  grades.  There  is 
a  want  of  margin  for  handling  by  deal­
ers  or  tanners.

The  supply  of  pelts  does  not equal the 
demand.  Prices  are  high,  yet  are  gov­
erned  by  wool  to  a  great  extent.

Tallow  remains  at  the  low  point  of 
the  late  decline,  with  no  excess  of  de­
mand.  There 
is  enough  offering  for 
soaper’s  use  and prices  are  not  likely  to 
be  higher.

increase 

Wool  remains  firm 

in  price,  with  a 
in  sales.  Wool  pur­
slight 
chasers  are 
in  the  market  looking  for 
supplies.  Growers  have  marketed  their 
clips  at  full  Eastern  prices.  Holders 
maintain  their  purchases  at  a  price 
which  will  not  give  them  a  margin  on 
the piesent  market.  The  long-looked-for 
advance  has  not  materialized,  although 
it  is  still  hoped  for.  W m .  T.  H e s s .

He  Couldn’t.

He—Why,  he  claims  he  couldn’t  live 

without  bis  little  wife.

She—All  of  his  property 

is  in  her 

name,  you  know.

Some  marriages  are  like  jug  handles 

—one-sided  affairs.
r e m o d e l e d   H O T E L   B U T L E R
I.  M.  BROWN,  PROP.
Rates,  $1. 

Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St.,  LAN SIN G.
H O T E L  W H IT C O M B

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT. Prop.

MANY LAKES AND STREAMS afford Fine Fishingand
Delightful  Pastime.  Special  attention and rates for 
such  parties.  Write to  Mears  Hotel.
Wm. Cherry man, Prop.

¡ T H E   “ OHI O”

P O N Y C U T T E R

This  Cutter  is  for  hand  use  only, 
and is a  strong,  light-running  ma­
chine.  It is adapted to cutting hay, 
straw and corn  fodder, and  is  suit­
able for parties keeping from one to 
four or five animals.  There is  only 
one size,  and  is  made  so  it  can  be 
knocked down and packed for ship­
ment,  thus  securing  lower  freight 
rate; has 11% inch knife, and by very 
simple changes makes four  lengths 
of cut.  This is only one of the ohio 
family of Feed and Ensilage Cutters 
and Snredders.  A  good agent wanted 
in every locality in Michigan where 
we  are  not  represented.  Write  to-day  for  complete  Catalogue  and  prices  to  dealers.
ilW taSSS!  G ra n d   R a p id s.

A D A flS   &  H A R T , 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

18

Drugs—Chemicals

MICHIQAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. 31,1898
-  Dec. 31, 1899 
Dec. 31,1900
Dec. 31,1901
-  Dec. 31,1902

. 
F. W. R. Per r y, Detroit 
A. C. Schumacher, Ann  Arbor 
G*o. Gundrum,  Ionia  - 
L. E. R eynolds, St.  Joseph 
H enry Heim , Saginaw  - 
- 

- 

President, Geo.  G undrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer, H enry  Heim , Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.
Marquette—Aug. 30 and 31.
Lansing—Nov.  1 and 2.

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

MICHIQAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

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

How  to  Popularize  the  National  For­

This  vitally 

mulary.
important  subject  has 
agitated  the  minds  of  pharmacists  for 
over  a  dozen  years  and  continues  still 
to  agitate  them.  When  the  National 
there  was 
Formulary  first  appeared 
much  said  regarding 
the  advantages 
that  would  result  if  the  book  were  intro­
duced  by  presentation  or  otherwise  to 
the  physician.  How  far  the  suggestion 
made  has  been  carried  out  we  have  no 
means  of  knowing,  but  whatever  may 
is  no  denying 
hav  e been  done  there 
this,  that  many  physicians  are  still 
ig­
norant  of  the  existence  of  this  work  and 
even  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  itself.

It 

is  thus  easy  to  see  that  there  is  a 
great  field 
in  which  to  work  and  the 
object  of  this  paper  will  be  to  try  and 
explain  bow  this  work  may  be  done. 
First,  after  having  given  the  physician 
a  copy  of  the  National  Formulary,  it  is 
necessary  to  make  him  understand  what 
it  really  is—that  it  is  a  compilation  of 
a  great  variety  of  formulas  which  have 
been  evolved  by  competent  workers  in 
both  medicine  and  pharmacy,and which 
have  stood  the  test  of  time  and  experi­
ment.  And  further,  that  the  book  is the 
official  production  of  the  representative 
body  of  American  pharmacists—the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Further  still,  that  its  use  has  been  offi­
cially  sanctioned  by  many  bodies  of 
physicians  throughout the country.  Then 
show  the  physician  that  if  he  prescribes 
National  Formulary  preparations  he  can 
rest  assured  of  having  his  prescriptions 
filled  anywhere  alike.  Suppose,  on  the 
other  hand,  he  prescribes  a  proprietary 
elixir  of 
iron,  quinine  and  strychnine. 
The  physician  prescribes  four  ounces. 
The  prescription 
is  filled  in  a  town  in 
Michigan.  No  special  make 
is  men­
tioned,  and  the  druggist  may  use  one  of 
his  own  make,  or  that  of  some manufac­
turer. 
It  may  be  a  green  color or  a 
brown.  The  patient  gets  a  copy  of  the 
prescription, 
is  called  East  or  South, 
and  has  bis  prescription  put  up.  He 
something  quite  different  and 
gets 
promptly 
in  the  mixture. 
Whereas,  if 
in  the  first  place  “ elixir 
iron,  quinine,  and  strychnine,  N.  F .’ ’ 
had  been  prescribed,  no  such  trouble 
would  have  resulted.  The  preparation 
would  be  the same  wherever  dispensed.
Then  there  is  the  advantage  of  cheap­
ness.  Pharmacists,  not  having enormous 
sums 
in  advertising  and  other  similar 
expenses  can  prepare  these  preparations 
more cheaply  than  the  manufacturer  can 
market  his  similar  specialties. 
The 
physician  may  thus  easily be  made to 
understand  that  he gets not only  prepa­
rations  which  can  have  no  superior, 
but  both  he  and  bis  patients  get  them 
at a cheaper rate.

loses  faith 

‘M

But  how  shall  we go about acquainting 
physicians  with  all  this?  Let us  draw  a 
lesson  from  the  great  success  the  manu­
facturer  has  had  in  getting  physicians 
to  prescribe  his preparations.  How  has 
he  done  it?  Well,  at  first,  he  placed  an 
advertisement 
in  the  medical  journals 
offering  to  send  free  samples,  but  he 
found  this  method  too  slow.  Then  he 
employed  a  gentleman  of  fine  appear­
ance— may  be  a  medical  “ student”   or 
“ young  graduate”   —armed  him  with lit­
erature,  filled  his  trunk  with  free  sam­
ples,  and  started  him  out.  This  shrewd 
young  fellow  manages  to  catch  the  doc­
tor  when  he  is  not  busy,  entertains  him 
with  the  merits  of  his  goods,  leaves 
samples  and 
literature,  and  travels  on 
to  the  next  M.  D.  Probably  before  he 
has  completed  the  rounds  in  any  oie 
town,  the  pharmacist  will  get  an  order 
for  some  one  of  his  preparations!  Let 
me  relate  an  instance.  Not  long  ago  a 
smooth  salesman  called  upon  a  certain 
doctor 
in  a  certain  town  of  Michigan, 
convinced  him  of  the  great  superiority 
(?)  of  his  preparations,  and 
left  him 
some  samples.  Before  the  agent  had 
time  to  get  downstairs  and  across  in  the 
next  block  to  see  another  physician,  the 
doctor  had  written  a  prescription  order­
ing  one  of  the  preparations!  The drug­
gist  to  whom  the  prescription  was taken 
had  never  heard  of  the  preparation. 
After 
likewise 
failed,  it  fell  to  my  lot  to  receive  the 
prescription.  What  did  I  do?  I  said  of 
course  I  could  fill 
it,  and  I  forthwith 
proceeded 
to  a  physician  friend  of 
mine,  got  his  samples and dispensed the 
wanted  preparation.  After  that  I don’t 
think  I  received  more  than  six  or  eight 
prescriptions  for  it.

another  druggist  had 

Let  the  druggists  of  a  town  sink  all 
petty  jealousies  and  differences,  get  to­
gether and  work  for  their  mutual  benefit 
and  for  the  frutherance  of  pharamcy. 
Let  them  form  themselves 
into  an  or­
ganized  body.  Then  at  the  expense  of 
that  body  let  a  liberal  supply  of  certain 
prominent  and  much  used  preparations 
of  the  N.  F.  be  made.  The  smoother 
tongued  of the  lot  may  now take samples 
of  these  around  to  the  different  physi­
cians  and,  like  the  manufacturers,  win 
their  use  of  them.  Doesn’t  this  strike 
you  as  an  excellent  scheme?  Cheap, 
effective,  honest!

But  another  thing.  Do  not  neglect  to 
present  each  physician  with  a  copy  of 
the  N.  F.,  and,  as I  stated  at  the  outset, 
explain  to  him  its  character,  purpose, 
and  advantages.

When  physicians  are  made  to  under­
stand  that  by  prescribing  N.  F.  prepa­
rations  they  have  at  their  command  a 
sufficiently  great  ¡variety  of  formulas  to 
satisfy  every  want;  that  time and exper­
iment  have  proved  these  formulas  to 
have  no  superior;  that  the  preparations 
made  after  them  are  uniform  wherever 
dispensed,  and  that  they  are  cheaper— 
there  ought  then  to  be  no  trouble  in  se­
curing  their  support  of  the  National 
Formulary. 
It  means  work,  but  look  at 
the  results! 

W m.  R .  N e v il l e ,

A  Real  Danger.

few  days, 

fresh  every 

it  the  poisoning  of 

Summer  weather  has  come  again,  and 
with 
infants  by 
germ-infected  milk.  The  doctors  are 
prescribing  chalk  mixture,  mixtures  of 
bismuth,  and  various  antiseptics,  with, 
perhaps, 
cinnamon  water,  spearmint 
water,  rose  water,  peppermint  water, 
orange-flower  water,  and  other  medi­
cated  waters.  How many  druggists  will 
take  pains  to  see  that  these  vehicles  are 
not  germ-laden  or  even  filled  with  the 
long,  flaky mycelium  of molds  and  other 
fungi?  Unless  aromatic  waters  are  pre­
pared 
in  hot 
weather,  they  are  sure  to  become  in­
fected  and  unfit  for  use.  The  change 
they  undergo  is  practically  the  same 
in 
kind  as  that  which  eggs  undergo  when 
kept  too  long  under  similar  conditions. 
Of  course,  the  organic  constituents  of 
the  water  are  very  much  less  than  that 
of  the  egg,  and  of  a  kind  that  do  not  so 
offend  the  olfactory  nerves;  but,  so  far 
as  deleteriousness 
is  con­
cerned,  they  act  about  alike. 
The 
aromatic  waters  that  stand  months,  and 
occasionally  years,  on  the  druggists’ 
shelves  become 
literally  rotten.  They 
become  filled  with  the  same  kinds  of 
mycelium  threads  as  those  the  micro­
scope  discovers  running 
through  bad 
eggs,  and  the  same  kind  of  bacteria.  | 
Every  time  the  druggist  draws  the  cork 
of  a  bottle  containing  an  aromatic water 
to  get  some  for  a  customer,  be  sows  a 
crop  of  the  seeds  (spores)  of  fungi  of 
various  kinds  to  grow  and multiply until 
all  the  organic  matter  it  contains  has 
been  consumed.

to  health 

Making  chalk  mixture  or any  remedy 
for  checking  summer  complaint  with  a 
spoiled  aromatic  water  is  a  very  serious 
affair.  It  can  not  help  but  aggravate  the 
trouble 
it  was  intended  to  relieve.  Of 
course,  many  have  given  such  old  prep­
arations  again  and  again  with  noth­
ing  heard  of  ill  consequences.  This 
is 
due  to  the  fact  that  the  doctor  thought 
as  little  over  the  matter  as  the  dispens­
er,  and  therefore  attributed  the  bad  re­
sults  caused  to  some  other  factor.  Let 
him  once  be  on  his  guard  for  such 
causes  of  reverses  in  his patients and  be 
will  soon  find  them.  Woe  then  to  the 
druggist  who  suffers  a  prescription  to 
leave  his  store  prepared  from  such  ma­
terial.  For  generations  hospital  fever, 
septicemia  and  the  like  swept  off  thou­
sands ;  and  as  long  as  no  one  suspected 
the  true  cause  no  one  was  blamed.  Now 
if  a  hospital  permits  many  such  cases to 
its  wards  it  becomes  a  public 
occur 
scandal  to  be 
investigated,  and,  per­
haps,  for  some  one  to  be  punished.

in 

Let  every  druggist  see  to  it  that  all 
aromatic  waters  are  kept  pure and  ster 
ile.  Some  of  these  waters,  being  im­
ported,  reach the  druggist  in  an  infected 
condition.  This  is  true  of  orange-flower 
water.  Samples  of  this  have  been  found 
in  the  market  laden  with  a  dirty  brown 
precipitate  that  on  microscopic  exam i-! 
nation  revealed,  along  with  a  mass  of 
ordinary  fungi,  distinct  evidences  of

spirilla  resembling  those  of  cholera.  All 
such  goods  should  be  rejected  by  the 
careful  dispenser,  and  only  perfectly 
clear  and  pure  ones  accepted. 
It  would 
be  well  even  with  the  best  of such  goods 
to  carefully  filter  and  sterilize  before us­
ing  them,  particularly  in  warm  weather. 
Dilute  phosphoric  acid 
is  another  ar­
ticle  that  deteriorates  in  the  same  man­
ner  by  the  growth  therein  of  fungi. 
When  this  is  ordered  to  be  mixed  with 
other  ingredients  of  a  prescription,  it  is 
apt  to  infect  the  whole  mass,  and  per­
haps  set  up  some  stomach  trouble  that 
may  prove  very  unpleasant  for  the  pa­
tient.  Pitfalls 
like  this  surround  the 
practice  of  pharmacy  at  every  point ; 
and  as  the  advance  of  knowledge  re­
veals  them  we  wonder  why  they  were 
not  detected 
long  ago.  The  damage 
they  do  is  not  prompt  or  violent,  or they 
would  certainly have been known before ; 
but 
injury,  and  the  druggist 
should  do  all  in  his  power to  prevent  it, 
however  slight  or 
insidious  it  may  be 
in  its  action— Editorial  in  Merck’s  Re­
port.

injury 

is 

The  Drue  Market.

Opium—Late  estimates  of the crop are 
2,500  cases,  which  is  very  much  below 
requirements.  As  a  result  the  market 
has  advanced  and  $4  opium  is  in  sight.
Morphine---- Manufacturers  advanced
their  price  10c  last  Wednesday,  on  ac­
count  of  the  advance  of  opium.  The 
article  is  very  firm  and  another  advance 
would  not  surprise  any  one.

Codeine—On  account  of  advance  of 

opium,  it  is  25c  per  oz.  higher.

Quinine—The  demand  is exceptional­
ly  good  for  this  season  of  the  year  and 
the  market  is  firm.

Cinchona— Is 

in  better  demand,  al­

though  prices  are  unchanged.

Essential  Oils— Anise  and  cassia  are 
produced  in  the  district  which 
is  now 
disturbed  by  the  revolution  in China and 
prices  are  very  firm  and  advancing. 
Lemon  and  bergamot  are  steady  at  un­
changed  prices.  Peppermint 
is  doing 
better.

Gum  Camphor—Manufacturers  have 

reduced  the  price  ic  per  lb.

Buchu  Leaves—Are  very  much  higher 

abroad  and  advancing  here.

Spices— Are  very  firm,  particularly 

China  cassia.

It 

Boracic  Acid  in  Lobsters.
is  said  that  boracic  acid  is  being 
used  by  some  of  the  Canadian  lobster 
packers.  The 
law  in  England  is  very 
stringent  as  to  the  use  of  adulterants, 
and  so  is  that  in  the  United  States. 
If 
such  are  found  it  means  a  total  confis­
cation  of  the  goods.

On  a  drug  store  in  New  York  City,  a 
sign  singing  the  praises  of  an  anti-fat 
remedy  winds  up  with:  “ Take  Blank’s 
Pills  and  Reduce  Yourself  to  a  Happy 
Medium. ”

It 

is  always  much  easier  to  love  a 
poor  girl  than  a  rich  one—there  is  less 
competition.

Adulteration  of  Calabar  Bean.

W.  B.  Day  reports  the  adulteration  of 
Calabar  bean  with  the  seeds  of  Entada 
scandens  Bth.  These  seeds  are  flat  and 
circular,  or  kidney-shaped,  being  about 
two  inches  or  less  in  diameter  and  one- 
half  inch  in  thickness.  This  adulterant 
can  readily  be  detected 
in  a  mixed 
powder,  as  the  starch  grains  are  but 
one-eighth or one-tenth the size of those 
of  the  true  Calabar  bean ;  and  further­
more,  it  does  not  give  the  salmon  color 
when  treated  with  caustic  potash  that  is 
obtained  from  the  Physostigma.

A m e r i c a n   P l a y i n g   C a r d s

Best  Value for the Money.

Quality and price put together are sure to win, and 
we have got them.  No other line of playing cards 
offers the inducements that the American does.

Rover Playing Cards are the cheapest enameled 
card  on  the  market,  and at  the  price are without 
a competitor.  Send for samples and prices.

T H E   A M E R IC A N   P L A Y IN G   C A R D   C O .,

j  

KALAMAZOO,  MICH,

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Morphia, S.P.& W ... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co....................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica..  po.20
Os  Sepia................
Pepsin Saac, H. <Sc P.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N.N.J4gal.
doz........................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg.. .po.  80 
Piper Nigra...po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Piix  Burgun...........
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H. 
& P; D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassias..................
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
Quinia, S. German.. 
Quinia, N.Y.. . .   ... 
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin....................
Sanguis Draconls...
Sapo,  W...................
Sapo, M....................
Sapo, G....................
Siedlitz  Mixture__

2 55®
2 80
2 45® 
2  70 
40 
® 
65® 
80 
10 
® 15®
18
®  1  00
@ 2 00 
@  1  00 
®  85
®  50
©  18 
30
®
10® 12

1  20

1  25
30 
10
31
32 
34 
14 
20
3  10 
50 
14 
12
_  15
22

29® 
22® 
29® 
12® 
18® 
3 00® 
40® 
12® 
10®
20  @ 

Slnapis.................... 
®  18
Sinapis, opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
®  34
Voes...................... 
®  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s 
Soda Boras..............  9  @ 
11
Soda Boras, po........  9  ® 
11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
2
Soda,  Carb..............  1H@ 
Soda, Bi-Carb......... 
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   314® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne........... 
® 2 60
I Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50@  55
Spt,  Myrcia Dom...  @ 0 00
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl.  @ 2 48
Spts. Vini Rect.!4bbl  @2 53
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal  @2 56
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 58 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   3<4@  4*4
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
8®  10
Tamarinds.............. 
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobromae............  
40®  42
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph............  
7® 
8

Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 

314®  4

Oils

Whale, winter___... 
Lard,  extra......... ... 
Lard, No. 1.......... ... 

BBL. GAL.
70
45
40

70
40
35

19

39
41
70
40

36
38
65
34

BBL.
LB
IX  2 @a
IX  3 @4
IX  2 @3
2X 2 *4@3
2H  2X®3
13® 15
70® 75
18H® 22
13® 16
5?4@ «X
5X@ 6X
@ 70
® TO
@  1  00
@  1  40
1  00®  1  15

Linseed, pure  raw. 
Linseed, boiled__

Red Venetian.........
Ochre, yellow Mars. 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
Putty, commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............
Vermilion, English.
Green, Paris...........
Green,  Peninsular..
Lead, Red...............
Lead, white............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders’... 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................
Universal Prepared.
Varnishes

No. UTurp Coach.
Extra  Turp.........
Coach Body.........
No. 1 Turp Fum .. 
Extra Turk Damar.. 
Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp

1  10®  1  20
1  60®  1  70
2 re® 3 00 
1 00®  1  10 
1  55®  1  60
70®  75

W H O L E S A L E   P R IC E   C U R R E N T .

Advanced-
Decllned—

4®
6®
13®
12®

13®  15
6® 
8
25®  30

24®  25
28®  30
11® 
12
13®  14
14®  15
16®  17

55®  60
@ 2 75
45®  50
50@  55
18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
15

Acldum
6@*
A ceticum .................... I
Benzoicum, German
Boraclc....................  @
Carbolicum.............  29®
Citricum.................  
45®
Hydrochlor............. 
3®
8®
Nitrocnm................ 
12®
Oxalicum................ 
Phospborium,  dil... 
®
Salicyllcum............. 
60®
Sulpnuricum...........   1 M@
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....................
45®  50
R ed.........................
Yellow.................... 2 50® 3 00
Bacca.
Cubeæe...........po. 18
Juniperus...............
Xantboxylum.........
Balsamum
Copaiba...................
Peru........................
Terabin, Canada__
Tolutan...................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__
C assia....................
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp
My rica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgin!........
Quillala,  gr’d .........
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus...po. 15,  gr’d
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza, po......
Hæmatox, 15 lb box.
Hæmatox, I s ...........
Hæmatox, *4s.........
Hæmatox, 14s.........
Ferra
Carbonate  Precip...
Citrate and Quinia..
Citrate Soluble.......
Ferrocyanidum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l ......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure  ......
Plora
Arnica.................
12®
Anthemis............
18®
Matricaria..............  30®
Folia
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
Cassia Acutifol,Alx- 
Salvia officinalis, X8
and Hs.................
Ura Ursi...................
Gumml 
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
Acacia, 3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sorts.
Acacia, po...............
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20
12®
Aloe, Cape___po. 15  @
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40  @
Ammoniac.... 
55®
Assafcetlda___po. 30  25®
Benzolnum... 
50®
Catechu, Is..............
@
Catechu, %a...........
Catechu, 14s............
Camphor®  ............
Euphorbium.  po.  35
Gaibanum...............
Gamboge  po...........
65®
Gualacum..... po. 25
■   30
®
Kino...........po. $3.u0
@ 3 00 
M astic....................
I 
60 
Myrrh............po.  45
@  40
Opii.. .po. $5.20®5.40 3  90® 4  00
Shellac....................   25®  35
Shellac, bleached... 
40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80
Herba

23®  28
18®
25®
12®

65 
45 
35 
28 
80 
14 
12 
30 
60 
28 
55
13
14 
16 
42 
10

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
1

1  00 70

38®

25
30
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

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 
flagnesla.
Calcined, Pat........... 
55®  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
20®  22
Carbonate, K. & M..  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Oleum

Absinthium............   3 50® 3 75
Amygdal®, Dulc....  30®  50
Amygdala, Amara .  8 00®  8 25
Anisi....................... 2  1C®  2 20
Auranti Cortex.....  2 25®  2 40
Bergami!.................   2 50®  2 60
Cajfputl................... 
80®  85
Caryophylli............  
75®  80
5*5«... 
35®  65
Chenopadli.............. 
® 275
Cinnamonii.............  1 60®  1  70
Citronella...............   45®  50

 

 

@ 75

35®  50
Conium  Mac........... 
Copaiba...................  1  15®  1  25
Cubeba......................  
90® 
Exechthitos...........  1  00®  1  10
Erlgeron.................  1  00®  1  10
Gaultheria..............  1  50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce... 
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1  on©  1  10
Junipera..................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis..................   1  30® 1  50
Mentha Piper.........   1  60® 2 20
Mentha Yerid.........   1  50@ 1  60
Morrhua,  gal.........   1  10® 1  25
Myrcia.....................  4 00® 4 50
75® 3 00
Olive.......................  
io@ 
Picis  Liquida.........  
12
®  35
Picis Liquida, gal... 
Riclna.................... 
97®  1  10
Rosmarini...............  
®  1  00
Rosa,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succlni..................   40®  45
Sabina................... 
90®  1 00
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  60
Slnapis, ess.,  ounce.  @  65
Tlglli.......................  1  70®  1  80
40@  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............  
©  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
15®  18
Bichromate............  
13® 
15
Bromide..................  
50®  55
Carb 
12®  15
.................  
Chlorate., po. 17@19c  16@  18
Cyanide..................   35®  40
Iodide......................  2 60® 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
® 
15
10@ 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
12
Potass Nitras........... 
io@ 
11
Prussiate................. 
20®  25
Sulphate po  ........... 
15®  18

Radix
Aconitvm...............  
20®  25
A ltha.....................  
22®  25
Anchusa................. 
io@ 
12
Arum po..................   @  25
Calamus.................  20®  40
Gentiana........po.  15 
12®  15
Glychrrhiza... pv. 15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  50
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  60
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
18®  20
Inula, po................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po............... 2 80® 3 on
Ins plox —  po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............  
25®  30
Maranta,  J4s...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po....  22®  25
75®  1  00
................. 
Rhei.pv.......... 
75®  1  35
... 
Spigelia...................  
35®  38
Sanguinaria... po. 15  @  13
Serpentaria............   30®  35
Senega.................... 
40®  45
Similax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............   @  25
Scilhe............. po.35 
12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po................. 
©  25
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30  @  25
Valeriana,  German. 
15@  20
Zingiber a ...............  
12®  16
Zingiber j ...............   25©  27
Semen

10® 

Anisum..........po.  15  @  13
13® 
Apium  (graveleons) 
15
®lrd..!s.................... 
-4® 
6
10®  12
C ««i..............po.  18 
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............  
8® 
10
4®  4u
Cannabis  Sativa... 
Cvdonium...............  
75©  1  00
10® 
Chenopodium........ 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2 00® 2 20
Foeniculum............  
© 
10
7® 
Fcenugreek, po........ 
9
Linl — . —   ..........  3}4@  4H
Mnd,  grd....bbl. 3*  
4®  4%
Lobelia.. 
35®  40
............. 
Pnarlaris  Canarian. 
4@  4%
Bapa ........................  4H® 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
g® 
10
Slnapis  Nigra.........  
n@ 
12
Splritus 

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frum enti...............   1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharnm N.  E ....  1  90® 2  10
Spt  Vini Galli........  1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vmi Alba...............   1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................  @  2 00
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage...... 
®  1 25
Extra yellow sheeps’ 
®  1 00
wool,  carriage.... 
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
©  1 00
carriage................ 
Hard, for slate use.. 
@  75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use.............. 
@  1 40
Syrups
Acacia.................... 
Auranti Cortes........ 
Zingiber..................  
Ipecac. 
........... 
Ferrilod................. 
Rhei Arom.............. 
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega....................  
Scllln.............   . 
.. 

@  50
@  50
@  50
®  60
@  50
®  50
go©  60
©  50
a  
it

1  00

<3
<Q
@

niscellaneous 

60 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 
50 
75 
50 
75 
75 
1  00 50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 
75 
75 
50 
50 
50 
50
50 
1  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
20
35
38
3
40®  50
40®

Scilla Co................. 
Tolutan................... 
Prunus vlrg............  
Tinctures 
Aconltum N apellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafcetlda............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin..................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon...............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu...................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co...........
Columba 
.............
Cubeba....................
Cassia Acutifol......
C ’ssi"  »cutifolCo  .
i"gi  *Ls 
........
Ergot.......................
Ferri Chloridu  ■>
Gentian..................
Gentian Co............ .
Guiaca....................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino.......................
Lobelia.............
Myrrh.....................;
Nux Vomica...........
Opii............... .........
Opii, camphorated.
Opii,  deodorized....
Quassia..................
Khatany...........
Rhei....................... ;
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentaria.  .........
Stromonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride ...
Zingiber..................
.¡Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alumen...................  2K@
Alumen, gro’d..po. 7 
~
Annatto.... 
..........
Antimoni,  po__ ! .]
Antimoni etPotassT
Antipyrin..............
Antifebrin..............
Argenti Nitras, oz ! !
Arsenicum..............
Balm Gilead  Bud  .
Bismuth  S. N.........   1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  Is 
Calcium Chlor., Xs.  @ 
10
Calcium Chlor.,  Jis.  @ 
12
@  75
Cantharides, Rus.po 
15
Capsici  Fructus, af.  @ 
15
Capsid Fructus, po.  @ 
@  15
Capsici FructusB.po 
14 
12®
Caryophyllus.po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40__ 
® a
3 00
Cera Alba...............  
50®
Cera Flava__
40® 42 
Coccus...........
40 
Cassia Fructus
33 
Centrarla.......
10 
®
_
Cetaceum.......  ......  
45 
Chloroform.......... ”  60®
63
_  1  15 
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst
1  25®  1  50
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Cinchonidine,P.& W  25®  35
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®  30 
Cocaine..................   3 30® 3 50
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum........
@
Creta............. bbl. 75
@
Creta, prep..............
@
Creta, precip...........
9®
Creta, Rubra...... 
_
Crocus.................. 
  18®
Cudbear.................  @
5®
Cupri Sulph............  
Dextrine.................. 
10®
Ether Sulph............  
75®
Emery, all  numbers  @
Emery, po...............   @
Ergota...........po. 40
30®
Flake  White...........
12®
Galla................................ _
8®
Gambier.  .............. 
Gelatin, Cooper___  @
Gelatin, French...... 
35®
Glassware, flint, box
Less  than  box__
9®
Glue,  brown........... 
Glue, white............  
13®
Glycerina...............   15 54®
Grana  Paradisi  __  @
Humulus................. 
25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
Hydraag Chlor Cor.
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
Hydraag Ammoniati 
45®
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
®65®
_
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
75®  1 00
Indigo...................... 
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin.  ................ 
@ 2 25
Lycopodium........... 
40®  45
............  
Macis 
65®  75
Liquor  Arsen et Bj-
drarg Iod.............   @  25
LiquorPotassArsinit  10®  12
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
2® 
3
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  1V4
Manqja, S. F ........... 
50®  60
Menthpi.
O   2  76

@  %
95 
1  10

10®
38®
@ 9

POCKET  BOOKS

AND

PURSES

We  shall  sample  in  a  few  days  a  large 

and  well  assorted  line  of

Ladies’  Pocket  Books 

Ladies’  Purses 

Gentlemen’s  Pocket  Books 

Gentlemen's  Purses 

And  invite your inspection  and order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

20

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

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

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

 

 
 

Home.

Acme.

Absolute.

Arctic.
El Purity.

JAXQN

Vt lb cans, 4 doz case 
Vi lb cans, 4 doz case 
lb cans. 2 doz case 
Jersey Cream.

BAK1NQ  POWDER.
m 'b cans doz........  ........ 
Vt ID jans doz................... 

45
85
lb can  doz...................1  50
K lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
75
K lb cans 3 doz................. 
lb cans 1 doz................  1  00
1 
10
Bulk.................................... 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
X lb cans per doz............  
75
Vi lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
1 
lb cans per doz........... 2  00
K lb cans 4 doz case.......  
35
Vi lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90

sa§6Small, 3 doz....................... 

45
85
1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
85
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
X lb cans..........................  
45
Vi lb cans..........................  
75
lb cans..........................   150
1 
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
3 
oz., 6 doz. case............  2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. c a se ...............3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case.................4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case.................  4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case................   9 00
American................................70
English....................................80

CQNSiüsn)

BATH  BRICK.

Queen Flake.

Our Leader.

BLUINQ.

Peerless.

BROOnS.

40
Large, 2 doz.......................  
75
No. 1 Carpet.......................   1  90
No. 2 Carpet.. 
................... 1  75
No. 3 Carpet.......................   1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................   1  15
Parlor Gem.......................   2 00
Common Whisk.
70 
Fancy Whisk............
80 
Warehouse...............
2 25
CANDLES.
..7
..8

16s....................................
Paraffine..........................
CANNED  GOODS, 
rtanltowoc  Peas.
Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................  1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng.... 1 20 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early June... .1  75
CATSUP.
Columbia, 
pints......
2 00
Columbia, Vt pints__
1  25
CHEESE
Acme...................... © R*
Amboy.................... @ 9
Butternut............... @ 8
Carson Citv............. © 8V4
Emblem.................. © 83£
Gem.........................
© 9
Ideal.......................
© 84i
Jersey  ....................
© 8VÍ
Lenawee................. © 8
Riverside.................
© 8V4
Sparta......................
© 8
Springdale..............
©
Brick.......................
© 11
Edam.......................
© 70
Leiden....................
© 17
Limburger..............
© 12
Pineapple................ 50 © 85
Sap  Sago.................
© 17
Chicory.
B ulk........
5
Red 
7

...
CHOCOLATE.
German Sweet.............. 
23
Premium..................................34
Breakfast Cocoa...........  .......45

Walter Baker & Co.’s.
 

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz......... 1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz......... 1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz......... 1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz......... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz.............  80
Jute. 72 ft.  p e r   doz....... . 
95
COCOA 5HBLLS.
201b  bags.......................  
2Vi
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............  
4
CREAfl  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican  and  Ouatamala.
 

F a ir.......................................... »
Good........................................10
Prim e......................................11
Golden  ................................... 12
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  ........................................12
Good  ......................................13
Prim e......................................14
Peaberry  ................................15
Fair  ........................................13
Good  ............................ 
16
Fancy 
...................................I7
Maracaibo.
Prim e......... ............................ 19
Milled............... 
20
Interior...................................19
Private  Growth...................... 20
Mandehllng............................ 21
Imitation  — . ........................20
Arabian  ................................. 22
Roasted.
Clar k-J ewell-W ells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......  
...........29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha— 29
Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24
Wells’ Perfection  Java..... 24
Sancaibo.............................21
Breakfast  Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo......18V4
Ideal  Blend........................14
Leader Blend.....................12

Mocha.

Java.

 

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice  for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also %c  a 
pound.  In  601b.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 50
Jersey.............................. 
9 50
n d au g h lln ’s  XXXX. 
...
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City V4 gross...... 
76
Felix V( gross................. 
116
Hummel’s foil Vi gross... 
85 
Hummel’s tin V4  gross 
1  43
CLOTHES PINS.
6 gross boxes.......................   40

Extract.

CONDENSED  MILK.

Gail Borden  Eagle.............6 75
Crown.................................6 25
Daisy.................................. 5 75
Champion  .......................... 4 50
............ ..........   4 25
Magnolia 
Challenge............................ 3 35
.................................3 35
Dime 
Tradesman Grade.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Superior Grade.

Economic Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
50 books, any denom__  1 50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books  any denom__It  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
50 books, any denom__  1 50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20 books.........................  1 00
50 books..........................   2 00
100 books  .........................  3 00
250 books............................  C 
500 books..........................10 00
1000 books..........................17 50

denomination from 110 down.

Coupon Pass Books,

4  doz in case.

Universal Grade.

Apples.

Credit  Checks.

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
500, any one denom’n ......   3 00
1000, any one denom’n ......   5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......  8 00
Steel  punch.......................  
75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOnESTIC 
Sundried.........................   @5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @  8 
California  Fruits.
Apricots.........................  @8V4
Blackberries.
yernos............
Nectarines..............
@  7M
Peaches................... ■  6V4@ 7V4
.  8 © 7V4
Pears.......................
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes......... @
90-100 25 lb boxes...
@  4%
80 - 90 25 lb boxes...
©
70 - 80 25 lb boxes...
©
60 - 70 25 lb boxes..
©  5*
50 - 60 25 lb boxes...
© 6%
40 - 50 25 lb boxes...
© 9
30 - 40 25 lb boxes...
@
M cent less In 50 lb cases 
Raisins.

California  Prunas. 

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

1  45 
1  55
33£
4V4
5%

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Patras bbls..............................© 7V4
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........ @ 7V4
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @  8J4
Cleaned, packages............@ 85£
Citron American 10 lb bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange American 101b bx  @12 
Raisins.
Ondura 28 lb boxes..
@ 8H 
Sultana  1 Crown__
©
Sultana 2 Crown  .  .
@
Sultana  g Crown__
@ Vri 
Sultana  4 Crown__
@
Sultani»  s Crown 
@
Sultans 6 Crown  ...
@12
Sultana package.........   @14
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages.............1  50
Balk, per 100 lbs.............3 50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Farina.

Grits.

3%

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages....................2 00
100 lb. kegs.............................3 00
200 lb. barrels........................ 5 75
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums..........1  00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
Medium Hand Picked__
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  80
Imported,  25 lb. box........ 2 50
Common....  ....................  175
Chester............................   2 00
Empire  ............................  3 00
Green,  bu.........................  95
Split,  per lb...................... 
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........3 60
Monarch,  bbl........................3 40
Monarch,  V4  bbl....................1 80
Monarch, 90 lb sacks........ 1  GO
Quaker, cases........................3 20
Huron, cases..........................1 75
German............................ 
4
3V4
East  India.......................  
Flake.............................. 
3%
Pearl................................ 
3%
5
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges__ 
Cracked, bulk................... 
3 M
24 2 lb packages.....................2 50

Rolled  Oats.

Tapioca.

5  ago.

Wheat.

2V4

25

S a l t   F is h .

Cod.

Herring.

nackerel.

Georges cured............  @4
Georges genuine........  @5
Georges selected........  @  5V4
Strips or bricks.........   6  @  9
Holland white hoops, bbl. 
Holland white hoop V4 bbl  2 75
Holland,  V4  bbl.................   1 30
Holland white hoop, keg. 
SO
Holland white hoop mens 
85
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  2 75
Round  40 lbs....................   1 30
Scaled............................... 
13
Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs.  .....................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs....................  1  65
Mess 
8 lbs....................  1  35
No. 1100 lbs......................  13  25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1 
10 lbs....................  148
No. 1 
8 lbs....................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3 70
No. 2  10 lbs....................  100
No. 2 
83
No. 1100 its ......................  5 25
No. 1  40 lbs...............   . 
2 40
No. 1 
68
No. 1 
57
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100lbs...........  6 25  5 75  1  75
40 lbs 
........  2 80  2 60  1 00
10 lbs........... 
33
8 lbs........... 
29
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

10 lbs.................... 
8 lbs.................... 
Whlteflzh.

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

Trout.

73 
61 

78 
85 

Jennings’.

D.C. Vanilla 
2 oz....... 1  20 
3 oz....... 1  50 
4 oz....... 2  00 
6  oz...3  00 
No.  8  4  00 
No. 10.  .6  00 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3T.2 00 
No  4 T.2 40 

D. C. Lemon
2 oz........  75
3 oz.........100
4 oz.........140
6 oz.........2 00
No.  8  .  2 40
No. 10.  ..4 00
No.  2 T.  80
No.  3 T.l  25
No  4 T.l  50
Lem.  Van. 
1  20
1  20
2  00
2  25
Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
tbe 

Northrop Brand.
2 oz. Taper Panel .  75 
2 oz. Oval..............  75 
3 oz. Taper Panel. .1  35 
4 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  60 

Souders’.
in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

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

Regular 
Vanilla.

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

2 oz....... 1  50
4 oz........3 00
XX  Orade 
Vanilla.

»

,

-D A Y T O N .O .ir

2 oz. 
4 oz.
FLY  PAPER.

.1  75 
.3 50

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont's.
 

Kegs  .................  
4 00
Half Kegs.............................2 25
Quarter Kegs............  
1  25
1 lb. cahs.............................   30
V4 lb. cans............................  18

 

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

..............4  25
Kegs  ................
Half Kegs......... ................. 2  40
Quarter Kegs__ ................ 1  35
1 lb. cans.........
.................  34

Eagle Duck--Dupont’s.

Kegs.................
Half Kegs.......  .
Quarter Kegs..
1 lb. cans.........

.................8 00
................ 2 25
..............  45

Sage.. 
Hops .

HERBS.
...........................  15
..........................   15
INDIGO.

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

JBLLY.

15 lb  palls............................   35
30 lb  pails............................   65

LYE.

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

LICORICE.

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

MINCE MEAT.

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

riATCHBS.

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

nOL ASSES.
New Orleans.

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

 
Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.
Horse Radish, 1 doz__
Horse Radish, 2 doz... 
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz..

.1  75 
.3 50 
1  75

PIPES.

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

Babbitt’s............................  4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s...............   3 00

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   6 00
Half bbls  1,200 count........  3 50

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  5 00
Half bbls, 600 count...........  3 00

Carolina head....................  6V4
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   33£

RICE.

Small.

POTASH.

Domestic.

48 cans in case.

PICKLES.
riedinm.

SODIOSAL SODA.

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  6%
Japan,  No. 2............... ......  6
Java, fancy  head..............  6
Java, No. 1.........................  5V4
Table..................................

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

Church’s ............................. 3 St
Deland’s ............................. 3  15
Dwight’s ............................. 3 30
Taylor’s ....................   .  ...  3 00
60  lb.
case
* 3-15

SBBDS.

A nise...............................  
9
Canary, Smyrna................ 
3V4
Caraway..........................   8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   60
Celery.................................  11
Hemp,  Russian................ 
3Vi
Mixed  Bird...................... 
4Vz
5
Mustard,  white................ 
Poppy  ................................  10
Rape................................. 
4V4
Cuttle Bone........................  20

SNUFF.

Scotch, in bladders............   37
Maccabov, in Jars................  35
French Rappee, in  jars......   43

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes. .1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 280lb. bulk.2 25 
Butter, barrels.2014 lbbags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   55

Common Grades.

100 3 lb sacks............................. 1 90
60 5-lb sacks.............................1 75
28 10-lb sacks........................... 1 60

Worcester.

lb.  cartons...................3 25
50  4 
115  2V41b. sacks........................4 00
lb. sacks.......................3 75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks.......................3 50
3010 
lb. sacks.......................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk In barrels.........................2 50

Warsaw.

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

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

56-lb dairy in Unen sacks 

.  60 

56-lb  sacks..........................   ?4

Ashton.

Higgins.

Solar  Rock.

Common.

Granulated Fine.................   70
Medium  Fine......................   70

SOAP.

JAXON

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

m. 8.  KIRK 8 CO.'S BRANDS.

American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome......................................... 2 75
Cabinet......................................2 20
Savon.........................................2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
White Cloud,  laundry...  ..6  25
White Cloud,  toilet..................3 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6  oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz__ 3  00
Blue India, 100 % lb................. 3 00
Kirkoline.................................. 3 50
Eos............................................2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

[

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

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

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__3 75
Uno, 100 34-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05

Scouring.

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

SODA.

Boxes  .................................  5V4
Kegs, English......................  4M

Tanglefoot, per box...........  30
Tanglefoot, c’se of 10 b’x’s 2 55
Tanglefoot, 5 case lots......   2 50
Tanglefoot, 10case lots....  2 40

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

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.
Allspice  ..................  
13
Cassia, China in mats..........12
Cassia, Batavia in  band__ ¡5
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........82
Cloves, Amboyna................14
Cloves, Zanzibar................12
Mace,  Batavia  .........  
  55
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore,  black.. .11 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12
Pepper,  shot........................12
Allspice 
........................... 15
Cassia, Batavia 
...............3j
Cassia,  Saigon 
................ 40
Cioves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African  ................ 15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  .Jamaica  ................23
Mace,  Batavia.................... «5
Mustard  ........................12@18
Nutmegs,......................i0@ 0
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage......................................15

Pure Qround In Bulk.

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels  ................................15
Half  bbls.............................17
Pair  ................................   18
Good................................   20
Choice.............................   25

Pure Cane.

STARCH.

Klngsford's  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................6
20 1 lb packages...................  6m

Kingsford’s  Silver  Gloss.

40 1-lb packages...................  6*
8-lb boxes..........................   7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

301 lb. packages..................5
40 1 lb. packages..................  43£

Common Gloss.
t-lb  packages...............
...4 *
3-lb  packages................. ...  4*
6-lb  packages................. ...  4*
40 and 50 lb boxes.........
...  3*
Barrels  .........................
...  3
STOVE POLISH.

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

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  tbe 
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.
Domino................................ 5 88
Cut  Loaf...............................5 88
Crushed................................ 5 88
Cubes................................... 5 63
Powdered  ...........................5 63
XXXX  Powdered.................5 69
Granulated in bbls............... 5 38
Granulated in  bags..............5 38
Pine Granulated.................. 5 38
Extra Fine Granulated...... 5  50
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 50
Mould  A .............................. 5 63
Diamond  Confec.  A............5 38
Confec. Standard A..............5 35
No.  1............ 
5 00
No  2................................... 5 00
No.  3................................... 5 00
No.  4................................... 5 00
No.  5.................. 
4  91
No.  6................................... 4 88
No.  7................................... 4 81
No.  8................................... 4 75
No.  9...................  
4  69
No.  10................................... 4 63
No.  11..................................4 63
No.  12.................:..............  4 50
No.  13................................... 4 44
No.  14................................... 4 38
No.  15.  ................................4  31
No.  16......................................... 4 25

 

 

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. 
New  Brick........................33 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

Quintette..........................35 00

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

Ruhe Bros. Co.’s Brands.

Double Eagles, 6 sizes.$55@70 00
Gen. Maceo, 5 sizes__  55©7’0 00
Mr. Thomas...............  
35  00
Cuban Hand Made__ 
35  00
Crown  Five...............  
35 00
Sir  William...............  
35 00
35 00
Club Five..'...............  
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
Little Peggy  .............. 
35  00
¡signal  Five...............  
35 uo
Knights of Pythias.... 
ä5 00 
Key West Perfects, 2 sz 55@60 00

35 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  iarge...  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

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain....  6 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain....  9
Pure  Cider.......................   ...10
Pure Cider,  Leroux................11
Pure Cider, Genesee.............  11
Pure Cider, Robinson............ 11

WICKINa.

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

C ra c k e rs .

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Butter.

Seymour XXX...................  «
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6*
Family X X X ....................   g
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  6%
Salted XXX.......................   a
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  6*

Sods.

Soda  XXX  ...................
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton.
Soda,  City....................
Zephyrette...........................10
Long Island  Wafers.........   11
L. 1.  Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX.........  6
Sq. Oys. XXX. I  lb carton.  7 
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.

Animals............................
Bent’s Cold Water......... ..
Belle Rose.........................
Cocoanut Taffy.................
Coffee Cakes......................
Frosted Honey...................
Graham Crackers  ............
Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city... 
Gin. Snps,XXX home made 
Gin. SnpSjXXX scalloped..
Ginger Gems......................
Imperials..........................
Jumbles,  Honey................
Molasses  Cakes.................
Marshmallow  ...................
Marshmallow  Creams......
Pretzels,  hand  m ade......
Pretzelettes, Little German
Sugar  Cake............... .
Sultanas............................
Sears’Lunch..................
Sugar  Squares.................
Vanilla  Wafers...............
Pecan Wafers....................
Mixed Picnic....................
Cream Jum bles.................
Boston Ginger Nuts...........
Pineapple Glace................
Penny Cakes......................
Marshmallow  Walnuts__
Belle Isle Picnic...............

10*
14 
8 
12 
lu
12*
8714
7%
7%
7%
8
8
11%
8
15
16

12%
7%9
14
15V*
11*

129*16

8*
16
10*
_______O ils._______

Barrels.

Eocene.......................  @11*
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @  8V
WW Michigan...........  @ 8*
Diamond White.........  @ 7*
D., S. Gas....................  @ 8*
Deo. N aptha..............  @7
Cylinder....................25  @34
Engine.......................11  @21
B i&ck, winter........... 
@8

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

C a n d ie s.
Stick  Candy.

follows:

62

bbls.  pails
Standard.................  6*@  7
e*@  7
Standard H. H........ 
Standard Twist......   6  @ 8
@  8*
Cut Loaf................. 
cases
@ 6*
J  umbo, 32 lb  .......... 
Extra H .H.............. 
@ 8*
Boston  Cream........ 
@

Mixed Candy.

Competition............ 
Standard................. 
Conserve................. 
Royal...................... 
glbbon......   ...........  
Broken................... 
Cut  Loaf.................  
English  Rock.........  
Kindergarten.........  
French  Cream........ 
Dandy Pan.............. 
Valley Cream.........  

Fancy—In Bulk.

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

@  6*
@ 7
@ 7*
@ 7*
@ 8*
@ 8*
@ 8*
@6
@ 8*
@  8t4
@10
@ 12

@ 8*
@  9
@ix
@11
@ g
@ 3
@  9
@9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops.........  
@59
@50
Sour  Drops............  
@g0
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate Drops__ 
H.M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
(Qfih
A. B. Licorice Drops 
@50
Lozeuges,  plain__ 
@50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@50
Imperials...............  
@59
Mottoes  ................. 
@55
Cream Bar.............. 
@o0
Molasses B a r.........  
@59
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  00
Plain  Creams.........   60  @90
Decorated Creams.. 
@99
String Rock............  
@60
Burnt Almonds......125  @
Wintergreen Berries 
@60
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
b0? e s ................... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes......   .......... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  ib. 
boxes ............

@35
@50

F r u its .
Oranges.
Medt Sw eets............
Late Valencias........
Lemons.
Strictly choice  360s..
Strictly choice  300s..
Fancy  360s or 300s...
Ex.Fancy  300s ........
Ex. Fancy  360s ........
Bananas.

@3 00 
@3 50

@5 60 
@5 00 
@5  50 
@6  0 
@6  00

Medium bunches... 1  25  @1  so 
Large bunches........1  75  @2  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Choice, 101b boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes...................... 
Fancy,  121b  boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes................. 
Pulled, 6 lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags... 
Dates.

Fards in  10 lb  boxes 
Fards  In  60 lb  cases 
Persians, G. M’s...... 
lb cases, new........ 
Sairs,  601b  cases__ 

N u ts .
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivaca.........
Almonds,  California
soft shelled...........
Brazils new..............
Filberts  ..................
Walnuts, Grenobles . 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  ll 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif....................
Table Nuts,  fancy.. 
Table Nuts,  choice.
Pecans, Med............
Pecans, Ex. Large..
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks

Peanuts.

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

@
@
@  15
@
@ 1 3
@  6 *

@  8
©  6
@ 5
@ 6
©  4*

@13

@13 
© 7* 
@11 
@13 
@10

@10 
@ 9 
@ 8 
@10 
@12
@1  60 
@4  00

I 

@ 7 
©  i%
5*

Wheat.

Wheat................................ 
Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents.............................   4 75
Second  Patent..................   4 25
Straight..........................  
4 05
Clear..................................  3 95
Graham  ............................  4 00
Buckwheat....................  .  4 00
Ry®..................................  3 50
Subject  to  usual  cash 
dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, * s ....................... 4 40
Diamond, %s....................... 4 40
Diamond, * s ....................... 4 40

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  * s .......... ...........  4  25
Quaker, * s ............ ..........   4 25

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best * s ...........  5  05
Pilisbury’s Best * s ...........  4  95
Pillsbury’s Best * s ...........  4 85
Pillsbury’s Best *s paper..  4  85 
Pillsbury’s Best *s paper..  4  85
Ball Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.

Duluth Imperial, * s ............5 00
Dulutb Imperial, * s ............4 90
Duluth Imperial, * s..........  4 80
Lemon <Sl Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal * s ...................  4 95
Gold Medal * s .....................4 35
Gold Medal * s .....................4 75
Parisian, * s .......................  4 95
Parisian, * s.......................   4 85
Parisian. * s........................  4 75

Olney <fc Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, * s .......................  5 35
Ceresota, * s .......................  5 15
Ceresota, * s .......................  5 05
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, * s ..........................  5 25
Laurel, * s ..........................  5 15
Laurel, * s ..........................  5 05

Meal.

Bolted................................  j 90
Granulated........................  2 10

Feed and Milistuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__17  CO
No. 1 Corn and  Oats......   .16 50
Unbolted Corn Meal...........15 50
Winter Wheat  Bran...........14 00
Winter Wheat Middlings. .15  50
Screenings
.16 00

Car  lots....................
Less than  car lots......

Car  lots.......................
Carlots, clipped..........
Less than  car lots.  ... 

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

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

9 00 
.10  00

Fish   and  O ysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
Whitefish ...............  @  §
T rout......................  @  8
Black Bass..............  8  ©  10
Halibut..................   @  15
Ciscoes or Herring..  @  4
Blueflsh..................   @  10
Live Lobster.........  
©  16
Boiled Lobster.......   @  18
Cod 
......................  @  10
Haddock.................  @  8
No.  1  Pickerel........  @  8
Pike.........................  @  7
Perch......................   @  4
Smoked White.......   @  8
Red Snapper...........  @  10
Col  River  Salmon..  @  12
Mackerel 
..............  @  18

Oysters in Cans.

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

Shell Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  100.........   ©1  25

P ro v isio n s.

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

12  00 
11 
11 
1015 00 
9  75 
ll 25

Barreled Pork.
Mess  ..........................
Back  ........................"
Clear back..............
Shortcut............
pig.......................
Bean  ............................
Family  ....................!
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies...............   ........
Briskets  ...................
Extra  shorts......... 0*
85£
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
8*
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
Hams, 161b  average...... 
8a
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
8
Ham dried beef.........  
133k
6*
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
Bacon,  clear................. 7K@7K
California hams............  
6
Boneless hams.............. 
9
Cooked  ham.....................10@13

Smoked rieats.

6*

Lards.  In Tierces.

Compound................
Kettle..........................
55 lb Tubs..........advance
80 lb Tubs..........advance
50 lb T in s..........advance
20 lb Pails..........advance
10 lb Pails..........advance
5 lb Pails..........advance
31b Pails......... advance
Bologna....................... 
Liver.................................. 
Frankfort............  

Sausages.

51,
6V
7

13 00

Beef.

Tripe.

Tongue..........................  
9
gj,
Head  cheese...........’. ” ' 
Extra  Mess..................   n   35
Boneless  ..................  
Bump.......................... '. ’.14 00
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
*   bbls, 40 lbs..................  1 35
*   bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 50
Kits, 15 lbs.................... 
70
H  bbls, 40 lbs......... .. * “   1  05
*   bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 25
Casings.
Pork
15
Beef  rounds............
3K
Beef  middles..........
10
Sheep......................
60
Butterine
Rolls,  dairy..................
10
Solid,  dairy  ............ ’ ’ . 
*914
Rolls,  creamery......... .. 
14
Solid,  creamery............  
13U
Canned  Meats.
Corned beef,  2 lb  ... 
3 25
Corned beef, 14  lb......   22 75
Roast  beef,  2 lb.........  2 35
59"
Potted  ham, 
.........  
Potted  ham,  * s __ 
90
Deviled ham,  * s ........ 
50
Deviled ham,  * s .........   90
Potted  tongue * s __ 50
Potted  tongue * s .........   99

F r e s h   M e a ts .

Beef.

Carcass...................... 
7*
Fore quarters............   5  @6
Hind  quarters...........  8  @  9
Loins  No.  3...............   9  @12
g l b s -..............................  9  @12
8 ......................  7*@ 8
Plates  .......................  3  @ 4*

Pork.

Pressed......................   43£@ 5
L oins.........................  © 7*
Shoulders...................  @ 6
Leaf Lard...................  e*@

Mutton.

Carcass......................   7  @ g
Spring Lambs.............9  @11

Veal.

....................7  @g

Carcass 
H id e s  a n d   P e lts .
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:

Hides.

Green No.  1................
Green No. 2................
Cured No. 1................
Cured No. 2................
Calfskins,  green No.  1 
Calfskins, green No. 2 
Calfskins, cured No. 1
Calfskins, cured No. 2 ©  9

@ 8* 
© 7* 
©  9* 
@ 8* 
© 9 
@  7% 

@10!

Pelts.

Pelts,  each................. 50@1  00

Tallow.
No. 1........................
No. 2.................

Wool.

Washed, fine  ............
Washed, medium.......
Unwashed, fine..........
Unwashed, medium..

@ 3

@18 
©23 
11  @13 
16  @18

21

C ro c k e ry   a n d

G la s s w a re .

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butter«.

*  gal., per doz.................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5
8 gal., each......................  38
10 gal., each.......... ...........  48
12 gal.,  each......................  57
15 gal. meat-tubs, each....  90 
20 gal. meat-tubs, each....1  20 
25 gal. meat-tubs, each. ...2 25
30 gal. meat-tubs, each__2 70
2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 

Churns.

Milkpans.

*  gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  45
1 gal. hat or rd. bot., each  434 

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

*  gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60
1 gal. flat or rd. bot, each  5*  

Stewpans.

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

Jugs.

*  gal., per doz..................  40
*  gal., per doz..................  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
5*

Tomato Jugs.

*  gal., per doz.................   42
1 gal., each...................... 
5^
Corks for *  gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
*  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..........................   35
No.  1  Sun..........................   40
No.  2 Sun..........................  
58
No. 3 Sun...........................  x  00
Tubular.............................  
50
Security, No.  1........................60
Security, No. 2................... 
80
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common. 
„  
Fer box of 6 doz.
No.  0  Sun.........................  i  32
No.  1  Sun.........................  1  48
No.  2  Sun.........................  2  18
No. 
No. 
No. 

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

0 Sun,  crimp 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.

First  Quality.

top,
top,
top,

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 

Sun, crimp top,
wrapped and  labeled....  2 55 
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled....  8 75 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................3  70
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled.................................  4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled.........................  4  88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamos............  
80

La  Bastle.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   90
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   i  15
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz............1  60

Rochester.

Blectric.

OIL CANS. 

Pump  Cans.

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  55
2 gal galv iron with spout.  2 75
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..............8 00
'  gal galv iron Naeefas....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 56
3 gal Home Rule.....................10 50
5 gal Home Rule.....................12 00
5 gal Pirate  King...................  9 50
No.  0 Tubular...................  4  20
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6 25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........8 75
LANTERN OLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15  cents.........  
45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35j....................  
35
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye, 
cases 1 doz. each .........  1 25
No. 0 per gross.................  
15
No. 1 per gross................... 
21
No. 2 per gross  .................   30
No. 3 per gross...................  48
  79
Mammoth........................  

LAMP  WICKS.

LANTERNS.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

H ardw are
Fuels  in  Liquid  Form.

Large  quantities  of  liquid  hydrocar­
bons,  known  as  petroleum,  rock  oil, 
in  the  earth’s  crust, 
etc.,  are  found 
chiefly 
in  rocks  of  the  Devonian  and 
Carboniferous  series.  These  hydrocar­
bons 
in  the  crude  form  are  mixtures  of 
numerous  compounds  and  range  from 
thin,  light  colored  to  heavy  dark  brown 
or  black 
liquids  with  disagreeable 
odors.  The  several  constituents  are  sep­
arated  from  one  another  by  fractional 
distillation  and  have  different  specific 
boiling  points  and  gravities.  The  most 
volatile  portions,  according  to  a  writer 
in  the  Pharmaceutical  Era,  which  distil 
at  a  lower  temperature  constitutes  the 
liquids  known  as  gasoline,  benzine,  pe­
troleum,  ether,  etc. ¿The  portions  which 
pass  over  next,  after  purification,  con­
stitute  the well-known  illuminant,known 
as  carbon  oil  or  kerosene.  From  the 
portions  which  have  still  higher  boiling 
left 
points  and  from  the  heavy  residues 
in  the  retorts  are  manufactured 
the 
heavy  lubricating  oils.

From  the  continually increasing use of 
both  it  is  evident  that  both  gasoline and 
kerosene  are  very  valuable  fuels.  One 
of  the  greatest  aids  to  the  hardware 
trade  and  which assists  in selling  a great 
many more  goods,  is  the  fact  that  a  spe­
cially  constructed  apparatus  is  required 
for  the  combustion  of  these  fuels  when 
they  are  to  be  used  for  heating  pur­
poses. 
In  gasoline  stoves  the  burners 
are  generally  constructed  so  that  the 
liquid  is  vaporized  by  passing through  a 
portion  of  the  burner  which  is  kept  hot 
by  the  flame  before  coming  to  the  point 
where  combustion  takes  place. 
The 
vaporized  liquid  issues through  a fine jet 
and  crosses  an  open  air  space  before 
coming  to  the  part  of  the  burner  where 
it 
ignites,  by  which  means  it  supplies 
itself  with  the  oxygen  necessary  to 
smokeless  combustion.  To  begin  vapor­
ization  the  burner 
is  first  heated  by 
burning  a  small  portion  of  the  fluid 
which  is  allowed  to  run  into  a small  cup 
underneath.  A  burner  which  is  proper­
ly  made  will  yield  a  very  hot,  smokeless 
flame  which  is  almost  equal  to  gas. 
In 
smaller  towns  where  gas  can  not  be 
obtained,  stoves  which  burn  this  fuel 
should  be  in  universal  use  at  this period 
of  the  year.  Their  many  good  proper­
ties  and  characteristics  should  be 
im­
pressed  on  housekeepers’  minds  without 
delay. 
If  proper  precaution  be  taken 
there  is  no  reason  why  accidents  should 
ensue.  Nine-tenths  of  the  mishaps  have 
come  from  ignoring  to  take  proper  care 
in  managing  them.

Natural  coal  and  water  gases  may  be 
used  as  fuels.  Natural  gas  is  a  mixture 
of  gaseous  hydrocarbons  existing  natur­
ally 
in  the  earth,  issuing  from  wells 
drilled  to  the  porous  strata  which  serve 
as  reservoirs.  Such  wells  are  usually 
found 
in  regions  which  also  produce 
petroleum  and  the  gases  are  in  fact  to 
be  regarded  as  lighter  members  of  the 
petroleum  series.

Artificial  or  coal  gas  is  produced  arti­
ficially  by  the  destructive  distilliation 
of  coal 
in  closed  retorts,  whereby  its 
volatile  constituents  are  vaporized  and 
distilled  over.  By  means  of  absorbing 
agents  certain  products  like  ammonia, 
which  would  be  injurious  to  the  gas  as 
an 
illuminant,  are  removed  as  far  as 
possible,  as  the  value  of  the  gas  de­
pends largely upon the thoroughness with 
which  these 
incombustible  and  dis­
agreeable  constitutents  have  been  re­
moved.

When  burned  without  prior  mixture 
of  air,  artificial  and  natural  gas  yield  a 
bright  luminous  flame suitable for illum­
ination,  but  depositing  a  layer  of  soot 
upon  any  object  with  which  it  comes  in 
contact.  For  beating  purposes  it  is  nec­
essary  to  use  a  specially  constructed 
burner  by  means  of  which  the  gas  is 
caused  to  be  mixed  with  a  sufficient 
supply  of  air  before  reaching  the  point 
where  it  is  to  be  burned.

Water  or  fuel  gas  is  obtained  by  pass­
ing  superheated  steam  over red  hot  coke 
whereby  the  steam  is  decomposed 
into 
its  elements,  the  oxygen  uniting  with 
the  carbon  of  the  coke  to  form  carbon 
monoxide  and  passing  over  mixed  with 
hydrogen.  Water  gas  burns  with  a  hot, 
colorless  flame whose  heat is intense.  To 
give  the 
light  greater  luminosity  when 
used  as  an  illuminant,  its  percentage  of 
carbon  must  be 
increased  by  mixture 
with  hydrocarbons  obtained  by  distilla­
tion  from  coal.  One  of  the  chief 
lim i­
tations  to  the  use  of  this  gas  is  that  it 
is  not  very  extensively  manufactured.

In  gas  burners  and  stoves intended  for 
heating  purposes,  the  parts  are  so  ar­
ranged  that  the  gas  is  mixed  with  an 
abundant  supply  of  air  before  it  issues 
from  the  burner.  The  flame  has  thus 
within 
it  a  sufficient  supply  of  oxygen 
to  combine  with  all  the  combustible ele­
ments  present  as  fast  as  they  are  heated 
to  the  point  of  ignition.  Such  burners 
give  flames  which  are  nearly  colorless 
and  deposit  no  soot  on  anything  with 
which  they  may  come  in  contact.

Short  Crop  Stimulates  Speculation  in 

Dried  Apples.

From  the New  York Journal of Commerce.

Speculative 

interest  in  future  evapo­
rated  apples  has  developed  quite strong­
ly  within  the  past  few  days.  Numerous 
enquiries  for 
lots  ranging  from  one  to 
five  cars  have  been  sent  to  evaporators 
at  the  principal  producing  points  in 
this  and  other  States,  for  September, 
October  and  November  shipment,  but 
comparatively 
little  business  seems  to 
have resulted,  owing to  the  difference  in 
views  of  buyers  and  sellers.  Estimates 
regarding  the  output  vary,  according  to 
the  respective 
interests  of  those  who 
make  -them,  but  all  accounts  seem  to 
agree  that  the  crop  will  fall  below  the 
average  and 
in  some  sections  will  be 
very  short.  The  New  York  State  crop, 
it  is  generally  stated,  will  be  light,  al­
though  in  some  parts  better  results  will 
he  experienced  than  were  at  first  antici­
pated. 
It  seems,  however,  to  be  impos­
sible  as  yet  to  get  anything  definite  up­
on  which to  base  an  estimate  of  the  out­
put,  as  reports  from  the  same  point  are 
often  conflicting.  Advices  by  mail  from 
Rochester  are  to  the  effect  that  the  crop 
in  that  section  will  probably  be  very 
short  and  that  evaporators  are  reluctant 
to  enter  into  contracts  for forward  deliv­
ery  on  the  basis  of  the  prices  bid  by 
buyers,  as  they 
look  for  much  higher 
figures  later  on.  Reports  from  the  Hud­
son  River  Valley  indicate  a  better  out­
put  than  was  at  first  expected.  Outside 
of  this  State  the  crop  situation  is  equal­
ly  uncertain.  Reports 
from  Illinois, 
Missouri,  Kansas  and  Arkansas  are  that 
there  will  be  a  half  to  three-quarters av­
erage  crop  in  those  States,  while  some 
advices 
from  New  Hampshire  and 
Michigan  are  that  there  will  be a  good 
outturn,  probably  better  than  last  year. 
While  speculative  interest  in  futures 
is 
reported  to  be  quite brisk,  there  seems 
to  be  little  demand  for  spot  goods,  the 
supply  of  which  is  reported  to  be  quite 
large  here,  and  with  some  stock  still 
held  in  the  State.  Prices  are  nominal 
and  seem  to  favor  the  buyer.

Will  Have  Callers  Now.

Wife—We’ve  been 

living  here  six 
months  now  and  not  one  of  the  neigh­
bors  has  called.

Husband— Don’t  worry.  I ’m  going  to 
have  a  telephone  put  in  the  house  next 
week.

Clbbk  Bdikh-J ewell  (¡0,

38  &  40  South  Ionia St.

Opposite  Union  Depot.

C om plete  stock  of  HARDWARE, 
TINWARE,  CUTLERY  and  every­
thing  usually  kept  in  a  first-class 
hardw are  store.

STRICTLY  WHOLESALE 

All orders filled prom ptly at bottom  
ruling prices.  Mail orders solicited.

CLARK=RUTKA*JEWELL  CO.,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Road scrapers

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PAINT,  COLOR  AND  VARNISH  MAKERS

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Sole  Mfgrs CRYSTAL  ROCK  FINISH, for Interior and Exterior Use

Corner 15th and  Lucas Streets, Toledo, Ohio.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

How  an  Old  Grocer  Crowded  Trade 

Twenty  Years  Ago.

Stroller in Grocery World.

I  had  an 

interesting 

interview  the 
other  day  with  a  grocer  of  the  old 
school—the  school  which  knew  no  cut­
ters.  This  grocer,  although  he  would 
probably  be  considered  an  antiquated 
old  fossil  in  the  light  of  present  meth­
ods,  told  roe  of  certain  schemes  he  used 
to  work  which  brought  him good results, 
and  I’m  not  at  all  sure  that  the  same 
schemes,  or  one  of  them,  at  least,  would 
not  work  every  bit  as  well  to-day  as  it 
did  twenty  years  ago  when  he worked  it.
The  one  scheme  which  seemed  to  me 
to  be  the  best  might  be  called  a  “ Sat­
urday  special”   scheme.  This  grocer, 
who  now 
is  old  and  fat,  but  still  has 
much  intelligence,  had  a  custom  of  hav­
ing  something  in  the  way  of  new  goods 
to  offer  his  trade  every  Saturday.  His 
customers  got  to  expect  it,  and  to  ask 
each  Saturday :  “ Well,  what  have  you 
got  new  to-day?”   Every  week,  just  as 
regularly  as  Saturday  came  around,  this 
grocer  would  lay  in  something  new,  and 
this  his  clerks  were  regularly  instructed 
to  offer  to  everybody  who  came  in  the 
store.  Not  to  press  it  or  to  become  ob­
trusive,  but  simply  to  mention  it.

I’ll  let  him  finish.
“ Yes,  we  used  to  make  lots  of  money 
out  of  our  Saturday  specials.  The  goods 
we  offered  really  wern’t 
‘ specials’  as 
you  understand  the  term  nowadays,”   he 
said,  “ because  I  never  reduced  them  a 
cent.  They  could  get  the  same  goods 
the  next  week 
just  as  cheap  as  they 
could  on  the  special  Saturday,  but  it 
was  a  special  in  the  sense  that  every­
body  made  special  efforts  to  sell  it.  YVe 
would  display 
it,  you  know,  and  as  it 
was  generally  new,  and  often  had  a 
premium  scheme  attached, 
it  usually 
went  well.

“ Why,  I  remember,”   he  went  on, 
“ that  one  Saturday  we  sold  twenty-five 
gross  of  Dr.  Miles’  baking  powder  in 
quarter-pound  cans  at  io  cents.  That 
powder’s  out  of  the  market now, I  guess; 
leastways,  I  don’t  hear  of  it  any  more. 
We  had  put  it  in  that  day,  and  there 
was  a  watch  went  with  every  gross. 
Every  can  had  a  chance  in  the  gift  and 
a  certain  number  drew  the  watch.  The 
watch  wasn’t  worth  much,  but  that 
powder  went  like  hot  cakes.  We  had  to 
send  down  to  the  jobbers  on  Saturday 
afternoon  for  five  or  six  gross  more. 
Lots  of  my  customers  bought  three  and 
four  cans,  perfectly  crazy  after  that  lit­
tle  nickel  watch. 
It  was  new,  you  see, 
and  we  all  pushed  it  for  that  day.”
" ‘ Did  you  have  any  cail  for  it  after­

ward?”

“ Very 

little—only 

in  a  very  small 
way.  The  agent  came  around  to  see 
why  we  weren’t  buying  more,  but  I  told 
him  that  we  had  simply  used  it  as  one 
of  our  Saturday  specials.

“ Then  there  was  Schultze’s  Gold 
soap,”   continued  the  grocer. 
“ When 
that  first  came  on  there  was  a  $2.50 
in  every  box.  We 
gold  piece  packed 
made  that  one  of  our  specials. 
I  think 
that  was  an  8  cent  soap,  and  we  sold 
box  after  box  of  it  that  day. 
It  makes 
a  big  difference  how  the  clerks  act  to­
ward  a  new  piece  of  goods.  You  can’t 
tell  me  that  the  grocer  has  no 
influence 
with  the  consumer.  I  know  too  well  the 
opposite.  My  clerks  used  to  have  orders 
to  wait  until  the  customers  had  gotten 
through  with  their  orders.  Then  they 
would  say : 
' Let  me  show  you  our  Sat­
urday  special,  Mrs.  Jones,  or  Mrs. 
Smith.’  Half  the  time,  at  least,  there 
would  be  a  sale.  Of  course,  the  clerk 
would  talk  up  the  goods  a  little  in  a 
pleasant  way,  and 
it  sold  lots.  Where 
the  goods  were  new,  that first sale,  if  the 
goods  were  all  right,  made  a  steady  cus­
tomer  for  them.  But  the  ice  had  to  be 
broken  first,  and  that’s  where  the  grocer 
comes  in.  But these manufacturers  don’t 
always  remember  that.

“ YVhile  I  was  running  these  Saturday 
specials,  there  was  a  soap  with  a  wash- 
rag  wrapped around  it came  on  the mar­
ket.  We  laid  in  a  big  stock of that and, 
as  everybody  pushed  it  for  that  day,  it 
sold  like  hot  cakes. 
I  forget  how  many 
cakes  of  wash-rag  soap  1  put  out  that 
day,  but 
The 
effect  of  the  pushing  could  be  seen  in 
the  trade  that  we got  after  that  Saturday

it  was  several  boxes. 

was  over,  when  we  didn’t  push  those 
goods  particularly.  Not  once  did  we 
sell  as  much  in  one  week  as  we had that 
one  Saturday.

‘ ‘ In  those  days  we  used  to  get  a  lot 
of  Turkish  prunes,  packed 
in  casks. 
One  of  our  Saturday  specials  was  a  six- 
pound  bag  of  these  for  half  a  dollar— 
the  regular  price,  but  the  special  lay  in 
having  them  all  nicely  weighed  and 
wrapped  in  six-pound  bags.  A  pile  of 
these  was  put  where  everybody  could 
see 
to 
everybody. 
It was  astonishing  how  that 
big  pile  melted  away  in  the  course  of 
that  day.

it,  and  they  were  mentioned 

“ Another  special  that  paid  well  was 
a  lot  of  Wiesbaden  preserves  that  were 
sold  for  the  railroad company.  They had 
gone  stray, and had been battered up,  and 
the  labels  were  torn  and  stained.  Some 
of  the  jars  had  broken.  These  goods 
were  all  the  go  then,  and  sold  in  quart 
jars  at  75  cents. 
I  had  them  offered  to 
me  cheap,  and  sold  them  at  50  cents— 
about  100  per  cent,  profit  over  what  I 
paid.  That’s  the  only  special  that  I 
ever  cut  the  price  on,  and,  of  course, 
there  was  a  reason  for  that.

“ One  other  scheme  I  used  to  have,  a 
this,  was  worked 
little  aside 
around  Thanksgiving  and  Christmas. 
I 
used  to  egg  my  clerks  on  to  compete 
among  themselves  as  to  who  should  sell 
the  most  turkeys.  Several  weeks  before 
the  time  they  would  begin  to  solicit 
everybody’s  orders. 
‘ Mrs.  Jones,  you’ll 
need  a  turkey;  won’t  you  give  me  your 
order?’ 
They  were  on  the  ground first, 
you  know,  and  would  nearly  always  get 
the  order.  My  poultry  trade  around 
Christmas  and  Thanksgiving  used  to  be 
tremendous,  and  the  clerks  were  re­
sponsible  for  at  least  half  of  it. 
I  used 
to  make  it  right  with  them,  but  besides 
that,  they  seemed  to  take  an  interest  in 
the  business. ”

from 

“ What  were  your  clerks  paid?”   I 

asked.

“ From  $10  up  to  $15  a  week.”
Not  many  $15  grocery  clerks  around 
now,  are  there?  Maybe 
if  there  were 
more  there  wouldn’t  be  so  much  talk 
about  dull  and  indifferent  clerks.  Dull 
wages  don’t  breed  much  genius.

The  Man  Was  Brave.

“ John,”   exclaimed  Mrs.  Hsyter,  in  a 
hoarse  whisper,  “ there  are  burglars 
in 
this  house  or  else  the  water  pipes  are 
bursting!”
Mr.  Hyster  turned  over  and  said:
‘ Well,  you  can  find  out  which  it  is, 
and  then  I ’il  see  what  I  can  do  about 
it. ”

A  moment 

later  Mrs.  Hyster  ex­
claimed:  “ John,  I  am  sure  there are 
burglars  in  the  house!  Get  up!”

“ YVhat!”   he  asked.  “ Would you  have 
me  get  up  and  leave you  here  to  fight 
them  alone?  Never!  1  shall  stay  here 
in  this  bed  and  protect  you  to  the  bitter 
end!”

Week-End  Excursion  to  Detroit.
Saturday,  July  23,  the  Michigan  Cen­
tral  Railway  will  sell  excursion  tickets 
to  Detroit  at  the  very  low  rate  of  $2  for 
the  round  trip,  going  on  special  train  at 
7:30 a.  m.  and  good  returning  on  regu­
lar  trains  to  and 
including  morning 
train 
leaving  Detroit  Monday,  July  25. 
Bicycles  carried  free.

W .  C.  B l a k e, 

City  Ticket  Agent.

Was  a  Born  Financier.

Wife—By  the  way,  Clive,  I  had  a  let­
ter  from  my  banker  while  you  were 
away.  He  said  I  had  overdrawn  my  ac­
count.

Husband— Yes,  dear;  and  what  did 

you  do?

“ I  told  him  not  to  be  so  rude  again ; 
and  I sent  him a  check  for the  amount. ”

She  Was  Frank.

Attorney— You 

say 

this  defendant 

kissed  you  in  a  dark  room.
Fair  Plaintiff—Yes,  sir.
Attorney— Will  you  please  explain  to 
the  court  how  you  came  to  enter  a  dark 
room  with  the  defendant?

Fair  Plaintiff— It  wasn't  dark  when 
light  out 

we  went  in.  We  turned  the 
afterward.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

Snell’s........................................................... 
70
Jennings’, genuine............ .....  . 
Jennings’, imitation  ..  .............................. 60*10

.  . ...25*10

AXES

5 00
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..................  
First Quality, D. B. Bronze..................  
9 50
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel........................   550
First Quality, D. B. Steel............................  10 50

BARROWS

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

Stove ...................
Carriage new list. 
Plow...................

Well,  plain........

BOLTS

BUCKETS

60*10 
70 to 75 
50

BUTTS.  CAST

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

Ordinary Tackle.

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

.per lb

CAPS

fly ’s  1-10........................................... per m 
Hick s C. F ......   ................................ per m 
................................................perm 
Musket................................................per m 

65
55
35
60

CARTRIDGES

fim  Fire. _  .  ..................................-............. go* 5
Central  Fire.
..................................... 25* 5
CHISELS

Socket Firmer... 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket  Slicks__

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

DRILLS

ELBOWS

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

50
¡25

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
Nicholson’s........................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................6C&10

 

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

14 

13 

16......... 

Discount, 75. to 75-10

28
17

15 
GAUGES

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

KNOBS-New List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
70
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.........  "   ] 
80
Adze Eye.....................................#16 00, dis 60*10
Hunt Eye.....................................*15 00, dis 60*10
Hunt’s......................................... #18 50, dis 20*10

MATTOCKS

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base...........................................  
i  60
i  eg
Wire nails, base..........................................’ 
2o to 60 advance...........................................   Base
10 to 16 advance......................................... "  
05
8 advance.................................................... 
io
6 advance................................................. ,. 
20
4 advance...........  .............................................30
3 advance................................  
 
45
2 advance...................................................  
70
go
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
Finish 10 advance..................................... 
25
Finish  8 advance......................................| . 
35
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance.....................................1...  85

 

MILLS

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

 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  GATES

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

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co. ’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, firstquality......................................   @30
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme.............................................. 60*10*10
70* 5
Common, polished................................. 
Iron and  Tinned  ....................  
60
 
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
60

RIVETS

PANS

 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages *c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list......................dis  35^4
Kip’s  ......................................................dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s................................... dis u)*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c lim. 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c lia,40*18

23

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20*10
Granite Iron Ware.........................new list 40*10

HOLLOW  WARE
Pots................................................
K ettles...................................... ”
Spiders...................................!!!

.60*1
60*10
60*10

HINGES

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3................................ dis 60*10
State......................................... per doz. net  2 50

WIRE  GOODS
Bright.........................................
Screw Eyes................................
Hook’s...................................... .'
Gate Hooks and Eyes...............

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 

LEVELS

ROPES
Sisal, *  inch and  larger......
Manilla....................  ...........
SQUARES
Steel and Iron.........................
Try and Bevels.................
M itre......................................

80
80
80
80

70

10*11*

70*10
60
50

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth.

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

_   _ 
Nos. 10 to 14..................................*2 70
Nos. 15 to 17.............  ...................2 70
Nos. 18 to 21................................ .  2 80
Nos. 22 to 24..................................3  00
Nos. 25 to 26..................................  3 10
No.  27.........................................   3  20
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

LiBt  acct. 19, ’86......................

SAND  PAPER

SASH  WEIGHTS

.dis 

50

Solid Eyes............................................per ton  20  00

TRAPS

Steel, Game..................................
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ... 
Oneida Community, Hawley *  Norton’s
Mouse, choker.............................. per doz
Mouse, delusion.........................  per doz

WIRE

Bright Market...........................
Annealed  Market.................
Coppered  Market......................
Tinned Market.........................  
Coppered Spring  Steel....................
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...................
Barbed  Fence,  painted........

HORSE NAILS 

Au Sable..............................
Putnam.......................................
Northwestern............................

WRENCHES

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled........
Coe’s Genuine..............................
Coe's Patent  Agricultural, wrought  ... 
Coe’s Patent, m alleable....................
MISCELLANEOUS

Bird  Cages.....................................
Pumps, Cistern......................................
Screws, New List................................
Casters, Bed and  Plate...................
Dampers, American........................
METALS—Zinc
600 pound  casks...................
Per pound.....................................

70*10

fîO&lO
50
15 
1  25

75
m i n
noil
50 
. 
.. .  205 
.. ..  175

. 

dis 40*  1C 
5 
dis 
dis 10*10

30
80
80

50
8085
50* 10*10
50

6*  
.. .. 
. . ..  G*

SOLDER

* @ * ...........................................................
__  12U
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market Indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal.........................  __
20x14 IX, Charcoal......................
Each additional X on this grade, #l.25l

TIN—Melyn Grade

I 5  75 
5  75 
7 00

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal..........................   .'
10x14 IX, Charcoal.............................  
’
14x20 IX, Charcoal.................................’’
Each additional X on this grade, *1.50.

4 53
4  51
5  50 
5 5)

ROOFING  PLATBS

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.......................... . 
4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean.......................... ’.  5 go
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  9 qq
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade..........   4  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Alla way  Grade..........   g  00
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade..........   8 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade..........   10 00

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATB

Paris Green Labels

• 

The  Paris  Green  season  is  at  hand and 
 
■
those  dealers  who  break  bulk  must  label
•  
their packages  according  to  law.  We are 
■
 
0   prepared to furnish  labels  which  meet  the 
0   requirements of the law,  as follows:

.............................. “

*00..............................  25 cants.
aoo.....................................   40 cents.
S '» .....................................   75 cen ts.
1000.....................................Si  00.

Labels  sent  postage prepaid  where cash 

5  
J   accompanies order.

“ 
: 

Tradesman  Company,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

I  

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Increase 

BANK  NOTES.
in  Deposits —   Decrease 

in 

Loans  and  Discounts.

The  National  banks  are  called  upon 
to  make  five  statements  in  the  course 
of a  year,  while  the  State  banks  are 
called  upon  for  only  four.  The  State 
banks  responded  to  the  calls  of  May  5 
and  Feb.  18,  and  have  been  allowed  to 
skip  the  July  summons.  In  former  years 
it  has  been  customary  to  pass  the  Feb­
ruary  call,  but  this  year  it  was  changed. 
The  statements  as  given  by the National 
banks  show  a  material  reduction 
in 
loans  and  discounts  and  in  the  deposits, 
but  the  other 
items  do  not  vary  very 
much  from  the  May  statements.  A  con­
solidated  statement  of  the National bank 
reports  will  show  the  following:

Loans  and  discounts,  $6,200,996.77,  a 
decrease  of  $397,934.16  as  compared 
with  May  5,  but  $335,572.25  better 
than  Feb.  18.

Total  deposits,  $6,158,005.15,  a  kde- 
crease  of  ^$353,847.15  compared  with 
May  5,  and .  $455,254.75  less  than  Feb. 
18.  The  individual  deposits  show  a,de- 
crease  of  $361,074.77,  while  the  certifi­
cates 
increase  $4,469.25  and  the  bank 
deposits  increase $8,727.87.

The  cash  resources,  including  reserve 
and  deposits  in  other  banks,are $1,895,- 
823.47,  a  decrease  of  $4,392.47  since 
May  5  and  a  decrease  of  $626,027.85  as 
compared  with  Feb.  18.

The  statements  show  a  total  holding 
of  $356,930  United  States  bonds,  which 
does  not  include  the  new  Government 
3s,  and  $366,336.54  other  stocks  and 
bonds,  a  decrease of  $18,797  in  Govern­
ment  and  an  increase  of  $14,508 in other 
securities.

♦  

*   $

The  State  banks  and  trust  companies 
did  not  make  statements  this  time,  nut 
a  canvass  among  them  for  the condition 
of  affairs  on  July  14  shows  the  following 
results  with  the  State  banks:

Loans  and  discounts,  $2,190,450.18,  a 
decrease  of  $164,849.12  as  compared 
with  May  5.

Stocks,  bonds  and  mortgages,  $2,073,-

370.16,  an  increase  of  $279,968.23.

Commercial  deposits,  $1,474,953.03,

an  increase  of  $517,641.83.

Savings  deposits  and  certificates, 
$3, 359.056.38,  a  decrease of  $164,787.73.
Total  deposits,  $4,784,363.10,  an  in­

crease  of  $278,651.93.
*  

*  

*

A  consolidated  statement  of  the  trust 

companies  will  show  the  following:

Loans  and  discounts,  $268,650.45,  a 
decrease  of  $35,527.38  as  compared  with 
May  5.

Bond  stocks  and  mortgages,  $429,-

765.17,  an  increase  of  $4,226.16.

Deposits,  $883,251.91,  an  increase  of

$185,949.44.

The  decrease  in  the  loans  and  dis­
counts  is  natural  at  this  season  of the 
year  when  the  spring  operations  have 
been  cleaned  up  and  the  fall  campaign 
not  yet  started.  A  part,  at  least,  of  the 
increased  holdings  in  stocks,  bonds and 
mortgages  is  due to  the  $200,000  street 
improvement  bond  acquired  by  one  of 
the  banks,  and  the  increase  in  the  de­
posits  is  due  largely  to  the  influx  of 
municipal  funds  from  the  sale  of  bonds 
and  tde payment of  taxes.  How  much 
of  the $164,787.73  reduction  in  the  sav­
ings  deposits  and  certificates  in  the sav­
ings  banks  is  due  to the  Government 
bond  sales  can  only  be  conjectured,  but 
it  may  be  remarked  that,  although  this 
city  subscribed  for over a  million  of  the 
bonds  and  was awarded  something  like 
$600,000,this  has  not  made  any  material 
difference  in  the  local  money market.

The  subscriptions  did  not  close  until 
July  14  and  only  2  per  cent,  cash  was 
paid  on  the  subscriptions  above  $500, 
and  the  effect  of  the  bond sale will prob­
ably  be  felt  later  when  payments  in  full 
have  been  made.
*  

*  

*

Instead  of  each  bank  publishing  its 
statement  in  whatever  newspaper  may 
be  preferred,  by  clearing  house  agree­
ment  hereafter,  all  the  statements  will 
in  one  paper  and  the  pa­
be  published 
in  rota­
tronage  will  be  passed  arcund 
tion  to  the  three  daily papers. 
In  addi­
tion  to  the  all-together  publication,  the 
banks  are  at  liberty,  of  course,  to  have 
their  statements  published 
in  other 
papers,  if  they  desiie  to  do  so.

♦  

*  

*

In  the  trial  of  the  Whitehall  Savings 
Bank  wreckers,  at  Muskegon,  the  fact 
developed  that  the  directors  habitually 
signed  the  statements  without  personal 
knowledge  of  the  bank's  condition  and 
that 
the  statements  were 
signed  in  blank,  to  be  filled  in  when  the 
call  should  be  made.

sometimes 

The  Grain  Market.

As  was  expected,  the  wheat  market 
has  been  on  the  downward  grade  dur­
ing  the  past  week,  owing  to  the fine 
weather,  which  could  not  have  been 
surpassed.  The  exports  were very  mod­
erate,  while  the  receipts  in  the  winter 
wheat  district  were 
large  and  traders 
were  very  timid  about  buying.  How­
ever,  we  think  that  the  bottom  has  been 
touched  and  that  prices  are  now  on  no 
fictitious  basis.

leaves 

The  visible  showed  a  decrease  of 
1,079,000  bushels,  which 
the 
amount  in  sight  9,382,000  bushels.  This 
in  sight  since 
is  the  smallest  amount 
Minneapolis  and  Duluth  were 
included 
in  the  grain  report.  This  amount  cer­
tainly 
looks  small,  against  47,000,000 
bushels  at  the  same  dates  in  1896  and 
57,000,000  bushels  in  1894.  At  present 
the  wheat  market  seems  to  have  no 
friends.

Corn  went  to  the  contrary  extreme. 
The  hot  and  dry  weather  caused  heavy 
buying  and,  as  was  predicted,  prices 
were 
this  torrid 
weather  continue  without  rain,  prices 
will  climb  still  higher.  These  condi­
tions  had  a  like  effect  on  oats.

advanced. 

Should 

We  might  also  state  that  the  exports 
of  corn  have  been  extremely  large  dur­
ing  the  past  week  and  the  Germans 
seem  to  have  found  out  how  to  use  it  in 
making  pork.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were  55 
cars  of  wheat,  9  cars  of  corn  and  5  cars 
of  oats.

Local  millers are paying 62c foi  wheat, 
in  1894,  when  the  visible 

against  48c 
was  57,000,000  bushels.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Co-operative  Flour  Mill  Failures.
Allegan,  July  26— I  note  your  article 
in  last  week’s  Tradesman  relative  to the 
proposed  co-operative  flouring  mill  at 
Holland. 
In  addition  to  the  fiasco  at 
Conklin,  you  might  have  mentioned  the 
failures  at  Martin  and  Hamilton 
in 
this  county. 
In  both  of  these  instances 
the  farmers  lost  their  entire  investment.
In  a  general  way  it  would  be  a  good 
thing  if  farmers  could  be  enlightened 
as  to  the  services,  valuable  to  them, 
which 
renders  and 
which  they  can  not  so  efficiently  per­
form  for  themselves.

the  middleman 

S h e   C u red   H is  Insom nia.

“ I’ve  cured my husband’s insomnia. ”  
“ How  did  you  do  it?”
“ Pretended  I  was  sick,  and the  doctor 
left  medicine  which  Henry  was  to  give 
me  every  half  hour all  night  long.”

The  Morning  Market.

Some 

Indeed 

The  intensely  hot  weather  of  the  past 
few  days  seems  to  have  materially  has­
tened  the  ripening  of  early  fruits  so that 
offerings  in  these  lines  exceed  expecta­
tion,  especially  in  peaches. 
it 
is  a  surprise  that  instead  of  a  few  small 
scattering  baskets  with  other  produce 
there  came  almost  at  the  first  a  consid­
erable  number  of  heavily 
laden  fruit 
wagons  with  an  excellent  quality  of  the 
delicate  staple.  Sales  are  good  at  fair 
prices.  Offerings of  early  appies,  while 
relatively  less  in  quantity,  are  good  for 
the  season. 
In  small  fruits  cherries  are 
still  offered  quite  freely  and  raspberries 
hold  their  own  to  a  degree  which  would 
indicate  more  rains  around  us  than 
in 
the  city.  Blackberries  are  offered  plen­
tifully  and  an  abundant  crop  is  prom­
ised  if  there  are  sufficient  rains.
interest  has  attached 

to  the 
question  as  to  the  influence  of  the  mar­
ket  on  retail  trading.  On  this  account 
dealers  have  always  considered  a  pub­
lic  market  an  undesirable  neighbor.  So 
as  the  new  market  has  developed  the 
matter  of  retail  buying  has  been  closely 
watched  to  see  to  what  extent  it  might 
be  injurious  to  the  regular  grocery trade 
of  the  city. 
It  is  the  observation  of  the 
Tradesman  that  there  is  little  real  cause 
for  concern 
in  this  direction.  There 
are,  of  course,  some  people  who  visit 
the  market  with  their  baskets  with  the 
apparent  intention  of  thus  trying  to  get 
more  for  their  dimes  than  would  be 
realized  at  the  stores,  but not  many  such 
keep  up  the  practice  very  long.  The 
judicious  dealer  can  easily  convince  his 
desirable  customers  that  it  does  not  pay 
for  them  to  spend  their  time  and 
incur 
the  uncertainty  and  annoyance  of  hav­
ing  stuff  delivered  from  the  market,  by 
care  to  keep  this  part  of  his  trade  in 
the  best  possible  condition,  keeping  his 
margins  at  the  correct  ratio and by cour­
teous  accommodation  in  the  matter  of 
prompt  delivery  of  fresh  goods.  There 
will  always  be  some  who  will  under­
take  to  get  such  goods 
from  “ first 
hands,”   but  such  undertakings  are  not 
apt  to  last  long  when  it  is  found  that  on 
the  average  the  regular  dealer  can  bet­
ter  supply  the  need.  The  proper  pro­
vince  of  the  morning  market  is  the  fur­
for  the  pro­
nishing  the  opportunity 
ducers  to  put  their  products 
into  the 
hands  of  the  regular  distributors  and 
experience  is  teaching  them  that  this  is 
the  most  profitable  way  to  dispose  of 
their  wares.

Of  course,  it  behooves  the  merchant 
to  be  very  thorough  in  this  part  of  his 
business  and  especially  in  the  matter  of 
buying.  This,  it  need  hardly  be  said, 
will  require  the  closest  attention,  espe­
cially  at  the  first,  but when  an  acquaint­
ance  has  been  secured  so  that  the  pro­
ducers  will  have  you  in  mind  in  pre­
paring  his  load,  and  will  be  looking  for 
you  as  well  as  you  for  him,  the  work 
will  become  comparatively  easy,  al­
though  needing  none  the  less  care  and 
thoroughness.

Catch-on-as-catch-can  is the old maid’s 

matrimonial  motto.

W A N T S   C O L U M N .

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

IT'OR  SALE  CHEAP  FOR  CASH—WELL IM- 
'  proved farm, good buildings, fcO acres choice 
laud, located in Ionia  county. 
J.  H.  Putnam, 
Caster, Mich. 
663*
IT'OR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  MEAT  MARKET 
’  in hustling town  of  1,7U0  population.  Ad­
dress No. 650, care Michigan Tradesman.  650

66J

654

656

cent.  Monthly  ex­

dress  Box I,  Montgomery, Mich. 

FOR  SALE—a  *10,000  STOCK  o f  d ry 
goods;  doing  a good  business.  Will  take 
some  unincumbered  real  estate.  Address  G., 
661
Lansing, Mich. 
IHOR  SALE—STOCK  OF DRY  GOODS  AND

groceries.  Will  sell  cheap  for  cash.  Ad­
R 1C K STORE FOirRE N T--B KST LOCATION 
in the city.  Finished  with  latest  modern 
fixtures.  A grand  opportunity  for an  opening 
Is  located  in  the  richest 
for a general stock. 
agricultural  country  in  the  State,  thirty-five 
miles away from  any  large  town.  Reasonable 
Bids received until Aug. 9, 1698.  Stock  may  be 
rent.  For further particulars  address C.  Light- 
stone, Carson City, Mich. 
658
IT'OR  SALE-STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
chandise.  Must be sold.  Cost about  *4 000. 
at about *800 in a good live town of 1,500.  Coun­
inspected  at  Maucelona,  Mich.  N.  C.  Weter, 
Assignee. 
good factory  employing 100 men.  Good reasons 
IT'OR  SALE—HARDWARE  STOCK  INVOIO- 
J7  ing about *2,209 and building and lot valued 
655
try  is  being  rapidly  settled  with  farms.  One 
for  selling.  The only  hardware  store  in town. 
Must be  cash.  Address  No. 655,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
657
SNAP—FIRST-oLASS  STOCK  OF  DRY 
goods;  best town in fruit belt of  Michigan; 
centrally located in  village  of  1,000  population. 
Reason  for  selling,  other  business.  Address 
Dry Goods, care Michigan Tradesman. 
fjVDR SALE—DRUG STORE IN BEST CITY IN 

cent,  profits,  50  per 

penses, *60.  These are facts. 
dress No. 659, care Michigan Tradesman. 

Michigan.  Average  daily  sales,  *21;  per 
Investigate.  Ad­
659 
AKE  US  AN  OFFER.  WELL-SITUATED, 
good-paying  wall  paper, paint  and  picture 
framing business must be sold at once,  for cash 
only.  Schwind  A  Alten,  32  West  Bridge  St., 
Grand Rapids,  Mich. 
IT'OR SALE—ONE  18-FOOT  COUNTER, WITH 
JP  glass doors in front and dust proof doors  in 
the back;  also three 6-foot  show  cases  made of 
bird’s-eye maple, all in good condition.  Will be 
sold  very  cheap.  Address  J.  C.  West  &  Co., 
Grand Rapids. Mich. 
CnOR KENT OR SALE—A  STORE  SUITABLE 
X?  for general merchandise, located  in  a  pros­
perous village in Berrien  county,  Mich.  Splen­
did  opportunity  for  a  live  man  to  establish  a 
(laying business.  For particulars address  I.  W. 
Allen, St. Joseph, Mich. 
rp O   EXCHANGE—GOOD  DESIRABLE  CITY 
-L  property for good clean drug stock.  Address
J.  J., 150 South Jefferson St., Battle Creek, Mich.
647
Y \7iSII  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  FIRST- 
1 1   class dry goods or shoe  man;  object, busi­
ness.  Wish  also  to  exchange  farming  land  in 
Michigan  for  grocery  or  millinery  stock.  Ad­
dress Lock Box 40, St. Louis, Mich. 
646
Bes t  lo ca tion  in   Mic h ig a n  fo r  a
cold  storage  and  general  produce  dealer. 
Write to the  Secretary  of  the  Otsego  Improve­
ment Association, Otsego, Mich.  _ 
631
Me r c h a n t s—do you w ish cash  q u ic k
for your stock of merchandise,  or  any  part 
of it?  Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich.
628
IT'OR  SALE—A  PROSPEROUS  DRUG  AND 
grocery  stock,  invoicing  from  *4,000  to 
*5,000,  consisting  of  drugs,  groceries,  school 
books, wall paper, crockery, paints  and oils and 
notions, In live town Carson City;  best  town  of 
its size  In  State;  brick  store  building  in  best 
location  in  town.  Outside  business  averages 
inside running  expenses.  Reasons  for  selling, 
loss of partner and poor health.  Kelley  &  Cad- 
well invite inspection._________________ 625
IT'OR  SALE, EXCHANGE OR RENT—LARGE 
"  two-story  store  and  residence  building  in 
town of 1,000  population  in  Northern  Indiana; 
stone basement, 120  feet  in  dimensions.  Inves­
tigate.  Address No. 575, care  Michigan  Trades 
man.________________________________ 575
rp O   EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
-L  goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  552, care  Michi- 
gan Tradesman._______________________552
TO  EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
553
Address P. Medalie, Mancelona, Mich. 

649

651

BROOMS

IT'OR SALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED 
1  and equipped broom factory and good trade. 
Other  business  commands  our  attention.  Ad- 
dress No. 584, care Michigan Tradesman.  584

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

W ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with
Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich. 
381
WANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca,  Mich.________________________ 556

FIREPROOF  SA FE S

n  EO. M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 
\JT  safes,  wood  and  brick  building mover, 157 
Ottawa street, Grand Rapids.____________613

SHIRTS.

Ha v e  yours  m ade t o y o u r m e a su r e.
Send  for  measurement  blanks.  Frank  T. 
Collver, 103 Washtenaw St. B-, Lansing, Mich. 635

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED  FOR SHORT TIME, GOOD RE Li­
able bread and cake baker.  Write at once, 
Btating wages and experience.  L.  M.  Buck  & 
Co , Reed City, Mich. 
66 >
POSITION  W ANTED  B Y   A  SINGLE  MAN.
Large  experience  in  general  merchandise. 
Can give good references.  Address No. 664, care 
664
Michigan Tradesman. 
■ ANTED — REGISTERED  PHARMACIST, 

young man.  Address  Drags,  106  Portage  > 
St., Kalamazoo, Mich. 

653  ■

T ra v e le rs*   T im e   T a b le s .

CHICAGO "‘w“«T.>"li’

Chicago.

Lv.  O. Rapids............... 7:30am  3:40pm * 3:19am
Ar.  Chicago.................. 2:10pm  9:C5pm  7:30am
Lv. Chicago................ 7:20am  4:15pm *  8  45pm
Ar. G’d Rapids.........  .  1:25pm  10:30pm  * 2  15am
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids............ 2:15am  8:05am  2:10pm
Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 
night trains to and from Chicago.

*Rvery  day. 

Others week days only.

M  A M K T F F   &  Northeastern Ry.
1*1 
1 ^ 1 0   1  JL* L j   Best route to Manistee.

Via  C. &  W.  M.  Railway.

Lv  Grand Rapids............................... 7:00am  ...........
A r  Manistee..................................... 12:05pm  ...........
Lv  Manistee....................................   8:30am  4:10pm
A r Grand  Rapids  ...........................  i;oopm  9:55pm

T R A V E L

VIA

F.  &  P.  M.  R.  R.

AND  3TEA M 8H IP  LINES 

TO  ALL  POIN TS  IN  MICHIGAN

H.  F.  M O E L L E R .  A.  G.  p .  a .

n P T D H I T   Grand Rapids & Western. 
l / C  1  l \ U I  1 y 

June 19.1898.

HOLLAND  &  GfllGflGO LINE»

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids....... 7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pm
Ar.  Detroit.................  11:40am  5:45pm  10:05pm
Lv. Detroit  .................8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids...... 12:55pm  5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv. G R 7:09am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30prr 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Gso.  DeHaven.  General Pass. Agent

GRAND Traak Railway  System

Detroit and Milwaukee Div

In effect June 25th.

Operating  the  elegant  and  fast  steamers  “ Soo 
City*'  and  “City of Holland*’  between  Holland and 
•w.iicago,  connecting  at  Holland  with  the C. &  W . 
M.  Railway  for  Grand  Rapids  and  all  points  east 
and  north.  SUMMER  SCHEDULE.
Lv.  Holland,  daily (except Sunday)...........8:00 p.m.
Lv.  Holland,  Sunday...................................3:00 p.m.
Lv.  Holland,  Saturday (special).................6:30 a.m.
Lv. Chicago,  daily (except F ri. and Sat.)..7:oo p.m.
Lv. Chicago,  Friday....................................4:00 p.m.
Lv.  Chicago,  Saturday........ 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
FARE. 
Single  Round 
$3.50
Between Holland and Chicago 
$2.25 
5.00
Between  Grand  Rapids and Chicago  3.15 

Berth  included.

SPECIAL  RATES.

Chicago to  Holland  and  Resorts,  Friday  and  Sat­
urday, leaving Chicago  at  4  p.  m.  one  way,  $1.75: 
round 
trip,  $2.50.  Saturday  morning,  leaving 
Chicago  and  Holland,  $1.00  each  way.  Above 
special rates for transportation only.

Office,  No.  1 State St., 

Chicago. 

Charles  B* Hopper, 
Gen’l F. & P. Agt.

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We have  a  large  line  of  new 
goods 
in 
fancy  shapes  and 
8:25pm
2:00pm
unique  designs,  which  we  are 
7:25air
offering at right prices.  Samples
cheerfully  sent  on  application.

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*11 45pm
7 25am

(In effect May 15,1898)

WEST

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am. Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo 4 N Y . t  9:55pm
tl0:10am......... Detroit  and  East......... t  5:27pm
t  3'20pm..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y  &  Boston..tl2:45pm
* 8:00pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am
tl0:45am........  Mixed to Durand..........13:15pm
* 8:35am__ Gd: Haven  and  lut. Pts....*  7:05 im
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:12pm 
t  5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate.tl0:05am
* 7'4opm.. .Gd. Haven and Chicago.....   8:15am
tl0:00pm........Gd. Haven  and Mil..........  6:40am
Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
22  parlor  car.  Westward—No  11  parlor  car. 
No. 17 Wagner parlor car.
•Dally.  tExcept Sunday.

E. H. H ushes, A. G. P. A T. A.
Ben. F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agt., 
C.  A.  Justin,  City  Pass.  Agent.
97 Monroe St.  Morton House.
GRAND Rapids  k  Indiana  Railway
Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am  + 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey <fc Mack., .t 2:15pm  t  6  35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................}10:50pm
Cadillac....................................t  5:25pm 
Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving  at 2:15 p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati...........  ................. t   7:10am 
Ft. Wayne................................ t   2:10pm 
Cincinnati................................ *  7:00pm 
7:10 a.m.  train  has parlor  car to  Cincinnati 
2:10 p.m .  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00 p. m  train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

Chicago Trains.

TO CHICAGO.

FBOM CHICAGO.

t2  10pm  *11  35pm
6 30am

Lv. Grand Rapids...t7 10am 
Ar. Chicago...........  2  0  pm  9  10pm 
Lv. Chicago.............................+3 02pm 
Ar. Grand Rapids........................  9 30pm 
Train  leaving  Grand  Rapids  7.10  a.  m.  has 
buffet  parlor  car  to  Chicago.  Train  leaving 
Grand Rapids 11 35 p. m. has coach and Pullman 
sleeplog car to Chicago.
Train leaving  Chicago  3.02  p.  m.  has  buffet 
parlor  car  to  Grand  Rapids.  Train  leaving 
Chicago  11.45  p.  m.  has  coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car to Grand Rapids.
GOING ‘WXST,

LvG’d  Rapida............t7:35am  tl :00pm t5:10pir
Ar Muskegon............... 9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon.........   ,.t8:10am  +li:45am  t4:00pn
Ar G’d Rapids.............9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pnr
Sunday trains leave  Grand  Rapids  9.00  a.  m. 
and 7.00 p. m.  Leave  Muskegon  8.35  a.  m.  and 
6.35 p. m.

Muskegon Trains.

•oare HAST.

tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.  ^Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W. C. BLAKE, 

Gen’l Paasr. and Ticket Agent. 
Ticket Agent Union Station.

DULUTH,

WK8T  BOUHD.

Lv. Grand Rapida (G. R. A I.)til :10pm  t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. S t Ignace..........................   9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sanlt Ste. Marie.................  19:90pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette......................     2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................   5:20pm  12:45am
Ax. Duluth.............................................  8:30am

■ AST  BOUND.

Lv. Duluth............................................  +6 :30pm
2:45am
Ar. N estoria,.......................t i l :15am 
Ar. Marquette......................... 
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie."............   3:30pm 
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Ar. Mackinaw City................  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W.  Hibbard, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
B. C. Ovlatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

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It  pays  any dealer  to  have • the  reputa-

tion  of  keeping  pure  goods.

It  pays  any  dealer  to keep the Seymour

Cracker.

There’s  a  large  and  growing  section  of
the  public  who  will  have  the  best,  and
with  whom  the  matter  of  a  cent  or  so  a 
pound  makes  no  impression. 
It’ s  not
H O W   C H E A P   with  them;  it’ s  H O W
G OOD .

For  this  class  of  people  the  Seymour

Cracker  is  made.

Discriminating  housewives  recognize

its  superior

FLAVOR,  PURITY,
DELICIOUSNESS

and  will  have  it.

If you,  Mr.  Dealer,  want  the  trade  oi
the  Seymour

particular  people, 

keep 

Cracker. 

Made  by

«  National  Biscuit  Company,
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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

F U R N IT U R E

W A T C H E S

S IL V E R W A R E

HENRY  M.  GILLETT

92 MONROE STREET. 

MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS
Opposite Morton  House. 

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

STATE  AGENT  REGENT  M’F’G  CO.,  CHICAGO.

C L O C K S  

A D V E R T IS IN G   S P E C IA L T IE S  

use Tradesman coupon B ooks

P IC T U R E S

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

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W ho  urges  you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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

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DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING

OILS

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

Offic« and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH AVE., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Bulk works at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rap­
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse City,  Ludington, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart, 
Whitehall, Holland and Fennvllle

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Highest  Price  Paid  for  Empty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels.

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APPLY  W IT H   D A M P   CLOTH   OR^ 

BR U SH . POLISH  WITH  ORV^ 

CLOTH  OR  BRUSH,

why  grocers  should  sell  a  brand  of  Stove  Polish  which,  above 
all  others,  consumers  want,  and  for  which  grocers  can  offer 
no substitute  without  injury  to  their  trade.

Fnam eline

The Modem STOVE POLISH

First:  It  is  Superior  to  all  others  in  Quality. 

Second:  It 
gives  Perfect  Satisfaction  to  consumers.  Third:  It  is  Thor­
oughly  Advertised  and  sells  itself. 
Fourth:  No  other  Stove 
Polish  on  earth  Has  so  Large  a  Sale.

p n m r T r r r o T T r r r o T T Y T T T O T T T T n n r

Brings Gladness to the Home

Brings  prosperity  to  the  Merchants.
It  saves  the  pennies  and  dimes  by 
checking overweights  and  giving cor­
rect  values. 
It  is  a  safe,  paying  in­
vestment,  because  it  actually  saves 
many dollars annually.

Until  the  Money  Weight System  was 
invented,  no  merchant  ever  dreamed 
how much  he  was  losing  by  the  use 
of the  old  pound  and  ounce  scales.

The Money Weight  System  has  been 
a  blessing and  merchants  do  not  hes­
itate to endorse  it.

Yours  for success,

The  Computing  Scale  Co.,

Dayton,  Ohio.

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