Volume  XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1898.

Number  783

PURITY AND STRENGTH!

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GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1898.

Number 783

Good  Fellowship  a  Necessity  to  Good 

Salesmanship.

W ritte n  fo r th e   T r a d esm an.

‘ Two  of  a  kind  is  a  strong  combine, 
four  a  stronger,  and  when  an  even  half 
dozen  all  alike  are  grouped,  one  can  ex­
pect  almost  invincible  strength.”

The  foregoing  remark  prefaced  a  co­
undrum  given  by  one  of  six  Western 
erchants  seated  by  chance  at  the  same 
table,  while  in  the  East  looking  for  fall 
stocks,  and  naturally  talking  of  their 
business  helpers.  He  who  gave  utter­
ance  to  the  remark  continued,  “ It  isal 
ways  admitted  that  traveling  salesmen 
are  good  fellows,  as  a  rule,  yet  we 
seldom  hear  of  the  house  salesman  in 
such  language,  so  I  would  propound  to 
is  assembled  six  of  a  kind  a  negative 
conundrum  on  this  thought,  namely, 
Wherein  is  the  good  fellow  the  direct 
opposite  of  the  good  salesman?

Various  pertinent  and  witty  answers 
were  forthcoming,  but  not  one  to  the 
point,  so  the  propounder  answered, 
The  good  fellow  is  one  who  will  sell 
me  a  $2  hat  for  50 cents,  while  the  good 
salesman  sells  a  5°  cent  hat  for $2. ’ ’

for  these  reasons: 

This  was  loudly  applauded  by  those 
at  table,  but  the  answer  struck  me  for 
bly  as  being  entirely  wrong,  for,  ac 
cording  to  my  idea,  the  two are  one  and 
the  same  thing,  always  and  inseparably 
connected, 
In  the 
first  place,  a  good  salesman  is  he  who 
has the  ability to  sell  a  $2  hat  tor $2 and 
still  hold  good  fellowship  with  his  cus 
tomer.  One  who,  in  the  capacity  of 
salesman,  must  buy  his  badge  of  good 
fellowship  by  any  deviation  from  the 
standard  of  value 
in  things  sold,  as 
gauged  by  the  marked  price,  loses  at 
once  his  claim  to  the  title  of  “ Good fel 
l0W_ Well  met”   in  that  he  offers  an 
in 
suit  to  him  he  caters to,  in  form  of  1 
bribe,  and  no one  may  be  called  a  good 
salesman  who  habitually 
changes  or 
lowers  the  price  on  whatever  he  may  be 
jelling.  Again, <he  good  salesman  w  " 
sell  a  50-cent  hat  for  50 cents  without 
.uggesting 
is  a  bargain  because 
cheap;  nor yet  make  his  customer  feel 
that  he, 
in  purchasing  a  cheap  hat 
stamps  himself  a  cheap  man.  That 
bond  of  good  fellowship  which  draws 
other  men  to  him  through  a  vigorous 
personality  always  exists 
in  a  good 
salesman,  and  a  warm-personal  feeling 
is  carried  away  by  that  man  who has 
been  served 
in  any  of  his  wants by  a 
thoroughly  good  salesman.

it 

In  the  second  place,  the  truly  good 
fellow  is  a  salesman  by  nature,  as  such 
a  personage  has  the  qualities  within  his 
make-up  that  stamp  him  at  once  as  the 
one  to  stick  to,  whether  the  business 
deal  be  much  or  little;  whether the  man 
be  in  high  or  low  estate  socially  matters 
not  to  business  men  of  to-day. 
“ It  is 
in  man  that  man  doth  love, ”  
the  man 
and  this 
inherent  ;manbood 
is  what 
makes  anyone  a  good  fellow,  while  good 
fellowship  carries  the  essential  features 
that  decide,  once  and  for  all  time,  that 
its  possessor  is,  from  the  very  nature  of 
things,  a  good  salesman,  and  one  whom 
any  sound  business  man  would  endorse 
as  worthy  his hire.

In  the  third  place,  the  point  is  weak­
ly  taken  that  “ The  good  fellow  would

sell  me  (note  it  is  always  me  to  whom 
favors  are  shown)  a  thing  at  less  than 
he  is 
instructed  by  his  employers.”  
This  at  once  stamps  the  man  as  one  not 
to  be  trusted ;  and  who  would  seek  his 
friends  among  other  than  those  who  can 
be  trusted?

laborers 

Again,  the  good-fellow  salesman 

is 
one  who  is  held  as  such  not  only  by  bis 
employers,  but  by  his  fellow  employes 
as  well.  He  it  is  who  is  always  willing 
to  cheerfully  lend  a  helping  hand  when­
ever  needed,  who  does  this  with manner 
that 
indicates  the  pleasure  be  takes  in 
being  able  to  aid  a  co  laborer with  hand 
or  brain,  without  so  much  as  a  single 
thought  of  “ How  or  where  will  I  ever 
receive  recompense?”   That  salesman 
is  a  good  fellow who harmoniously works 
with  his  associates  in  matters  of  busi­
ness,  whose  hand 
is  ever  ready  to  ad­
vance  the  interests  of  the  firm  by  doing 
whatever  it  finds  to  do,  who  works  with 
his  fellow 
in  a  true  spirit  of 
unity;  and  right  here  is  always  one  of 
the  best  tests of  a good,  or in other words 
valuable,  salesman,  that  his  heart  and 
head  and  hands are  united 
in  his  per 
sonality  no  more  solidly  for  the  advan 
tage  of  his  employers  than for  the  inter 
est  of  those  among  whom  he  works.  To 
Ilústrate  my  meaning  on  this  point,  1 
make  the  statement,  without  restriction 
that  two  working  together  will  accom 
plish  more  than  twice  as  much  as  one 
alone,  and  do  it  easier.  To  prove  this 
assertion  to  your  own  satisfaction,  time 
yourself  while  using  both  hands  to  wash 
your  face,  neck,  ears  and  head.  Then 
put  into  your  pocket  the  hand  of  lesser 
aid  and  again  time  yourself  in  the same 
operation,  noting  the  awkwardness  of 
the  act,  and  the  thoroughly disagreeable 
job  you  have  to  do  with  only  one  hand 
“ away 
its  accustomed  work.”  
Notice  how  well  the  other  hand  comes 
into  play  when  worked  in  unison  with 
its  mate,  and  how  hard 
is  for  the 
right  hand  to  accomplish  the  work 
habitually  done  with  the  left.  Then 
apply  the  same  line  of investigation and 
see  how  exactly  your  best  salesman  fills 
his niche  in  the  business  world.  See 
how  smoothly  he  gets  on  with  his  busi­
ness  associates;  how  your  customers 
prefer  his  services  when  they  purchase, 
or  even  casually  look  at  goods.  Learn, 
if  you  know  it  not  already  from  obser­
vation,  that  the  salesman  who  is  popu­
lar  with  his  associates  holds  the  good 
opinion  of  his  patrons;  that  much  more 
work  of  a  better  quality  is  done  under 
circumstances  of  harmony  engendered 
by  good  fellowship  among  salespeople 
and  customers  than  where  a  disturbing 
element 
in  shape  of  an 
unaffiliating  man,  one  who  is  too  en 
tirely  for  self  to  be  a  good  fellow.

introduced 

from 

is 

it 

The  thought  that  used  to  hold,  in  re 
lation  to  the  conviviality  of  the  good 
fellow, is  not  touched  upon,  this  idea be­
ing  eliminated 
from  our  estimate  of 
character  when  we  seek  to  enter  into 
good  fellowship  as  it exists between man 
and  man,  simply  treading  along  that 
higher  plane  of  exalted  manhood,  man’i 
mind,  in  selecting  our  friends  or  busi 
ness  associates.  Especially  does  it  be 
come  incumbent  on  us,  when  selecting 
a  salesman,  that  we  get  one  who  com-

bines  this  quality  of  salesmanship  of 
high  order  with  good  fellowship  of  a 
still  higher  value  to  the  business  man, 
for,  while  a  man  may  be  one  and  not 
the  other,  he  ought  to,  and  most  fre­
quently  does,  combine  both 
in  his 
make-up,  else  he  lacks  woefully  in  the 
second  requisite,  the  good 
fellowship 
overbalancing  salesmanship;  but,  as 
stated  before  in  this  article,  I  consider 
the  two  characteristics  are  inalienably 
joined,  for  the  good  fellow  is  a  natural 
salesman,  while  he  who  has  natural 
ability  to  sell  is  perforce  a  good  fellow.

L.  A.  E l y.

The  Suiter  Matter  Getting  Worse and 

Worse.

Cleveland,  Sept  20—I  note  that a cor­
respondent  of  the  Tradesman 
intimates 
that  the  credi'.ors  of  the  late  A.  Suiter 
would  probably  receive  15  to  20  cents 
on  the  dollar.  This  is  ahead  of  my  in­
formation. 
I  understand  that  the  as­
signee  has  said  to  some  people  here 
that  he  thought  he  would  be  able  to  set­
tle  on  a  10  per  cent,  basis.
I  hardly  expect  to  see  the  boys  suc­
ceed  in  the  business,  for the  simple  rea­
son  that  they  are  following  their old tac­
tics,  that  of  sending  out  cards  offering 
fresh  eggs  and  Elgin  butter  at  a  cut 
price,  and  giving  the  trade  storage 
goods  as  though  they  were  fresh. 
I 
find,too,  notwithstanding  they  are  send­
ing  cards  broadcast  every  week,  that the 
trade  pay  little  or  no  attention  to  them 
—not  nearly  as  much  as  they  have  in 
the  past.
If  Mr.  Suiter  had  money  deposited  in 
some  bank  elsewhere,  and  the  boys  un­
dertook  to  get  at  it,  the  trade  is  wonder; 
ing  whether 
it  would  likely  be  neces­
sary  for  an  administration  on  the  ac­
count  as  on  the  estate,  which  would 
have  to  be  published,  therefore  be  made 
known,  so that  the  creditors  would  catch 
onto  it.
If  the  American But­
ter  Co.  proves  to  have  capital  to  any 
great  amount, 
holders  are  mainly  the  two  Suiter  boys, 
them 
could  not 
to 
into 
possession  of  so  much  capital?  Having 
only  been  in  the  employ  of  their  father, 
they  could  not  reasonably  expect  to  ac­
cumulate  on  their  own  account  so  large 
an  estate.  The  President,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer are  the  two  boys.

compel 
they  came 

show  up  how 

Another  thing : 

the  court 

stock­

and 

the 

I  am  told  they paid  an  attorney  $5,000 
to  hush  up  their  suit,  to  avoid  the  case 
getting 
into  the  Common  Pleas  Couit, 
where they  would  have  to go on the stand 
and  be  sworn.
I  believe  the  right  will  prevail,  and 
if  enough  of  the  creditors  combine  to 
make  a  strong  case,  thev  could  expose 
the  whole  Suiter  pro  ee  ings  and  tetter 
themselves  financially.

No  Necessity  for  Embarrassment.
A  traveling  man,  who  had  been  royal­
ly  entertained  by  a  prosperous  farmer 
in  the  outskirts  of  a  little  town,  where 
the  only  hotel  had  been  burned  down 
a few  days  before, was  a  little  uncertain, 
when  about  to  depart,  whether he should 
simply  return  his  thanks  or  risk  offend­
ing  his  host  by  offering  pay.

“ You  have  placed  me  under  great  ob­
said. 
ligations,  Mr.  Millsaps, ”   he 
“ When  I  come 
in  from  a  trip  of  this 
kind  I  am  accustomed  to  turning  in  an 
expense  account,  and  it  seems  to  me  I 
ought  to  put  down  in  it something pretty 
handsome  for  this  excellent  entertain 
ment  I  have  had  at  your house. ”

“ You  can  turn  .in  wbat  you  durn 
“ My 

please,”   returned  Mr.  Millsaps. 
bill  will  be  $16.”

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Dry Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—The  past  week  has 
brought  forward  a  goodly  number  of  or­
ders  for  staple  fabrics,  but  buyers  seem 
to  know,  no  other.metbod  of  buying  ex­
cept  that  required  to  provide immediate 
necessities.  They  are  pursuing  a  dis­
tinctive  "buy  as  you  go "  policy,  the 
future  necessities  seemingly  being  en­
tirely  eliminated  from  their  plan  of pro­
ceedings.  The  result  is that,  while  or­
ders  are  numerous,  they  are  far from ex­
tensive  in  aggregate,  and  consequently 
the  situation  remains  unrelieved.  The 
lower  lines  of  goods,  while  no  easier, 
do  not  show  any  added  strength  either.
Prints— Printed  fabrics  of  about  all 
classes  continue  to  be  favored  with  a 
very  fair  demand,  fancy  calicoes  and 
lines  being  the  most 
the  more  staple 
sought  for. 
In  fact,  taken  as  a  whole, 
the  demand  for  printed  fabrics  appears 
improved  during  the  week. 
to  have 
Spring  specialties 
the  finer  lines 
have  received  considerable  attention, 
and  a  very  fair  business  has  resulted  in 
printed organdies, Bedford cords,piques, 
etc.  Napped  goods  have  also  done 
fairly  well.

in 

Ginghams—The  gingham  situation  is 
without  special  change,  dress  and  staple 
goods  continuing  to  receive  fair  atten­
tion.  The  spring  lines  of  fine  ginghams 
are  selling  quite  well  in  a  quiet  way.

Woolens—There 

is  not  enough  busi­
ness  moving  in  any  one  line  of  woolen 
or  worsted  men’s  wear  to  give  it special 
prominence;  and  this  in  a  market  of al­
most  unprecedented  dulness.  Many 
agents and manufacturers,  as  heretofore, 
are  anticipating  a  good  duplicate  busi­
ness,  but  the  majority,  remembering  the 
disappointment  that  has  always been the 
outcome  of  such  expectations,  are  sim­
ply  resting  upon  their  oars  and  taking 
matters  as  they  come.  Some  business 
is  being  done  in  heavyweights,  but  al­
most  entirely  at  terribly  low  prices. 
There  has  been  no  improvement  in  the 
cloaking  or  overcoating  market,  but 
manufacturers  of  these  goods  who  can 
do 
indigo  work  will  receive  consider­
able  aid  from  a  large  Government  con­
tract  to  be  awarded  soon  for  400,000 
yards  of  standard  kersey  for  overcoat­
ings.  This  contract  also  includes  150,- 
000  yards  of  dark  blue  shirting  flannel 
and  50.000  yards  of dark blue cloth.  The 
whole  order  is  small  but  of  importance, 
because  the  early  delivery  required  will 
probably  necessitate  the  splitting  of  the 
award  among  several  manufacturers, 
and  by  so  much  aid  the  market  during 
the  next  few  weeks.

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

jacquard  effects  made  with  mercerized 
cotton  yarn.  Some  of  these  are  very 
beautiful,  and  are  so  near  an  imitation 
of  silk  that  goods  made  with  this  ma­
terial  are  sold  for  real  silk.  The  price 
for  mercerizing  yarn  has  been  reduced, 
owing  to  sharp  competition,  and  this 
has  induced  upholstery manufacturers  to 
use 
it  more  extensively.  Silk  is  also 
used,  but  only  in  the  better  goods,  some 
with  a  cotton  warp  and  silk  Ailing 
Gobelin  tapestry  curtains  and  couch 
covers  are  coming  to  the  front  more 
largely  each  season.  As  the  manufac­
turers  gain  in  experience,  they  are  pro­
ducing  some  very  attractive  goods.

Lace  Curtains—Continue  10  receive 
jobbers  have  sold  larger 
attention  and 
amounts  of  Nottinghams  than  in  any 
preceding  season,  ranging in  price  from 
75c@$2  50  per  pair.  Some  of  the  lead­
ing 
jobbers  report  chenille  curtains  as 
improving  in  demand  on  grades  selling 
at  $2@2.50  wholesale.  The  road  men 
are  covering  their  territory  the  second 
time,  and  report  trade  in  much  better 
shape  as  compared  with  their  Arst trips. 
Velours  are  still  in  good  demand.  Man­
ufacturers  engaged  on  the  three and four 
color  grades  are  busy.  Kremlin  silk 
goods,  with  a  cotton  warp  and  silk  Ail­
ing,  are 
in  demand  at  $1  per  yard, 
wholesale.

The 

large  supplies 

Mattings—The  tariff  on  straw  mat­
is  far • from  what  it  should  have 
tings 
been. 
imported 
prior  to  the  passage  of  the  bill  have  not 
all  been  sold  and  the  new  importations, 
while  not  so  large,  were  purchased  in 
China  and  Japan  cheaper  this  last  sea­
son  than  the  preceding  one,  as  the  man­
ufacturers  realized  that  without  the  re­
duction 
it  would  be  difficult  to  induce 
importers  to  purchase  any  large amount. 
Prices  continue 
low  for  matting,  and 
medium  grades  continue  to  sell  at  18c, 
20c  and  25c  per  yard,  the  same  as 
last 
year.  The  average  retailer  prefers  to 
sell  the  regular  ingrain  carpets,  as  they 
less  trouble,  and 
make .more  money  at 
with  the  general 
improve­
ment,  the  demand  for the  better goods 
is  expected  to  increase.

industrial 

S t e p h e n   T.  B o w e n

R E PR E SE N TIN G

JOHN O.  MILLER & CO.

M AN U FACTU RERS  OF

A L L -W O O L   CLOTHING

FOR MEN  AND  BOYS.

276 and 278 Franklin St., 

Chicago, ill.

Che  Cheapest  Rouse
in  the  mesi

MR.  M E R C H A N T :

Our  Fall  and  Winter  Catalogue 

for  1898  is  now  ready  to  mail. 
If 
you  have  not  received  a  copy  you 
are  not  on  our  mailing  list.  You 
may  have  it  for  the  asking  if  you 

will  drop  us  a  penny  postal  card.
It 
is  the  book  that  quotes  the 
lowest  prices  on  reliable  lines  of 
fancy  dry  goods,  notions,  furnish- 
ing  goods,  hosiery  and  underwear 
to  general  stores  and 
adapted 

country  merchants.

Eisinger, Kramer $ Co,

ni-m market St.,

Chicago, 111

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SEPT. 36, 37, 38, 39 AND 30

Our  traveling  men  will  remain  in
the  house  all  the  week  to  attend
to .the  wants  of  our  customers.

P  Steketee  &   Sons,  Grand  Rapids.

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Carpets—The carpet market is between 
seasons,  so  far  as  manufacturers  are 
concerned,  and  the  large  proportion  of 
the  looms  of  the  country  are  idle.  The 
retailers  and  jobbers  are heavily stocked 
with  goods,  and  there  is  nothing  to  war­
rant  an  early  opening  of  the  spring  sea­
son.  The  fact  that  the  large  manufac­
turers  of  tapestries  and  cheap  velvets 
are again  turning  out  large quantities  of 
these  goods  leads  the  trade  to anticipate 
another  auction,and  further  complicates 
the  situation.  An  advance  in  prices  is 
imperative,  but  the  outlook  for  such  an 
event  in  the  near  future  is  very  poor.

in  moderate  demand 

Upholstery— The  cotton derby curtains 
are 
in  Habana 
ground,  ecru,  and  old  gold  with  dado 
and  all-over  effects  are  selling  in  mod­
erate  amounts.  The 
leaders  to  day  in 
tapestry  curtains  and  covers  are  the 
flame  reds  and  dark  green  grounds  with 
old  gold,  bronze,  ecru  and  light  green

I  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel  the 
week of  the  Fair,  Sept. 26 to 30, with 
a  full  line of Miller’s All-Wool Fine 
Clothing, Suits and Overcoats.  E x­
penses  allowed  all  customers.

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and  make  your  headquarters  at 
our  store  while  in  the  city.  We 
will  extend  to  you  all  the  cour­
tesies  at  our  command.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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the  old  trust  was  issued  on  ‘ water,’  and 
not  a  dollar  of  dividend  has  ever  been 
paid  upon  it. ”

Commendation

the 

o f 
Issue.

Anniversary

It 

American  Grocer: 

American  Artisan:  The  Michigan 
Tradesman  has  entered  upon  its  six­
teenth  year  of  publication. 
is  a 
strapping  youth  of  excellent  appearance 
and  vigorous  utterance. 
If  a  Michigan 
dealer  diligently  reads  the  Tradesman’s 
constant  exposes  ot  rascals,  of all stripes 
of  gentility,  and  then  goes  and  gets 
buncoed,  why,  he's  simply  past  redemp­
tion-one  of  those  fellows  on  whose 
brow  the  word  "Sucker”   is  indelibly 
stamped,  to  remain  from  the  cradle  to 
the  grave.
Merchants’  Review:  The  Michigan 
Tradesman  is  nearly  old  enough  to vote, 
for  a  week  ago  it  celebrated  its fifteenth 
birthday  with  a  sumptuous  edition,  in 
which  the  leading  industries  of  Michi­
gan  were  represented  by  special  articles 
written  by  the  heads  of  the  industries. 
The  Tradesman  has  a  clear record as the 
Michigan  merchants’  guide  and  friend, 
having  always  been  faithful  to  its  read­
ers.  Long  may  it  live to  issue  biithday 
numbers!
It  seems  as  if  all 
the  commercial  interests  of  Michigan, 
during  the  first  week 
in  September, 
marched  around  to  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company,  and  there  pre­
sented  to  E.  A.  Stowe,  editor  of  the 
Michigan  Tradesman,  such  generous 
marks  of  their  appreciation  of  his  serv­
ices  to  the  business  men  of  Michigan 
for  fifteen  years  as  compelled  him  to  is­
sue  a  sixty-four  page  issue  as  an  anni­
versary  edition.  We  congratulate  our 
esteemed  friend  and  contemporary  upon 
the  success  he  has  achieved,  and  which 
is  so  richly  deserved.  Mr.  Stowe,  by 
force  of  strong  traits of character,  heroic 
determ ¡nation, great will-power, thorough 
business  qualifications,  hard  and 
inces­
sant  work,  thrift  and  unusual  ability, 
has  made  his  way  from  small  to  great 
things.  Steadily  has  he 
increased  in 
usefulness  and  resources,  until .to-day 
the  Michigan  Tradesman  is  housed 
in 
one  of  the  finest  structures  in  the  beau­
tiful  city  of  Grand  Rapids,  where  its 
proprietor  and  editor  is  recognized  as  a 
representative  business  man  and  citi­
zen.  Mr.  Stowe  has  always  been  inde­
pendent, 
fearless  and  aggressive;  the 
faithful  friend  and  ally  of  the  retail 
merchants  of  the  State;  the  earnest  ad­
vocate  of  whatever  promised  to  advance 
the 
interests  of  Grand  Rapids  as  a 
business  center  or  the  prosperity  of 
Michigan. 
By  pluck,  perseverance 
and  economy,  he  has  forced  his  way  to 
success  and  proud  position,  and we trust 
will  continue  to  advance  and  be  a bless- 
.ng  to  the  State,  city  and  constituents 
of  the  Michigan  Tradesman  for  many 
years  to  come.
The  Michigan
Tradesman  was  fifteen  years  old  last 
week  and  has  very  successfully  filled 
the  field  for  which  it  is 
intended.  We 
wish  for 
it  a  continuation  of  its  phe­
nomenal  success.
Freeport  Herald:  The  Michigan 
Tradesman  has  completed  its  fifteenth 
year  of  publication  and  last  week  be­
gan  its  sixteenth  year  with  a  brief  his­
tory  of  the  Tradesman  and  its  patrons 
The  edition  was 
illustrated  with  half­
tone  portraits  ot  the  principal  contrib­
utors  and  well 
filled  with  neatly  con 
structed  advertisements.

Sparta  Sentinel: 

WALL  PAPER  COMBINE.

Must  Buy  of  the  Trust  or  Go  Out  of 

Business.

Philadelphia,  Sept,  19—The  incorpo­
ration,  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  of  the  Continental  Wall 
Paper  Co.,  composed  of  the  National 
Wall  Paper  Co.,  formed  in  1892  with  a 
capitalization  of  $38,000,000,  and  the 
manufacturers  who  controlled  the  plants 
that  formerly  opposed  the National com­
pany,  will  place  the  combined  compa­
nies 
in  a  position  to  control  absolutely 
the  entire  output  of  wall  paper,  and 
prices,  it  is  expected,  will  be  advanced 
in  consequence.  A  better  time  for  the 
consolidation  could  not  have  been  cho­
sen,  as the season has just opened,and the 
dealers  must  go  to  the  Continental  Wall 
Paper  Co.  for  their  supplies  or  go  out 
of  business.

It  seems  that  the  method  adopted  by 
is  as  follows:  Each 
the  combination 
factory  has  been  classified  according  to 
the  number  of  rolls 
it  turned  out  last 
year.  The  total  output  of  the  combined 
factories has been placed at  100 per cent., 
and  each  individual  factory has been  al­
lotted  its  quota  of  output  for  the  current 
season. 
'Ihe  goods  will  be  sold  by  the 
factory  making  them,  but  all  will  be 
shipped,  billed and  paid  for  through  the 
new  company. 
In case  one  factory  seils 
more  than  its  quota  and  would  be  com­
pelled  to  run  overtime  to  turn  out  the 
orders,  the surplus  will  be  manufactured 
by  one  of  the  factorits  whose  sales  have 
not  reached  the  amount  allowed  by  the 
management.  The  idea  of  this  arrange­
is  said  to  be  to  pi event  overpro 
ment 
duction,  to  properly 
look  after  credits 
and  to  classify  dealers  so  that  large  re­
tailers  will  not  get  as  close  profits and 
discounts  as  legitimate  jobbers.

it  through 

The  stock  of  the  new  company  is to 
be  merely  nominal  and  only  sufficient 
to  carry 
in  a  businesslike 
manner,  without  embarrassment.  The 
directorate 
is  said  to  consist  of  seven 
members,  three of whom  were  appointed 
by  the  National  Wall  Paper  Co.,  three 
by  the  manufacturers  formerly  opposed 
to  the  trust,  and  a  seventh,  not  a  mem­
ber  of  the  trade,  but  mutually  agreeable 
to  the  other  six.  All  questions  of credit, 
and,  in  fact,  everything  pertaining  to 
the  general  business,  are  to  be  decided 
by  this  directorate.

H.  T.  Allman,  President  of  the  Co­
lumbia  Wall  Paper  Co.,  said:  "T h e 
is  a  fact,  but  I  desire  to 
combination 
state  that 
it  has  not  been  formed  with 
any 
idea  of  fleecing  the  public,  and 
stories  of  a  50  per  cent,  rise  in  prices 
are  bosh.  The  fact  of  the  matter  is  that 
for  some  years  the  manufacturers  have 
been  steadily  losing  money,  and  a  com­
bination,  not  so  much  a  trust  as  a  pool­
ing  of  issues,  was  necessary.  For  that 
reason  we  consented  to  enter,  and  I 
carefully  canvassed  our  trade  first  and 
found  that  dealers  and 
jobbers  alike 
wanted  a  combination.”

The  dealers  are  not  unanimous in con­

firmation  of  this  statement.

into  the  deal 

" I   will  say  that  I  would  never  have 
gone 
if  I  could  have 
helped  myself,”   said  one  large  dealer. 
" I f   there  had  been  any  factories  at  all 
left  out  of  the  combination  I  would 
have  cast  my  lot  with the outsiders.  The 
prices  have  advanced  5°  Per  cent.,  and 
in  so.me  cases  more.

"T h is  new  agreement  comes  at a most 
opportune  time  for  the  National  Wall 
Paper  Co  ,  popularly  known  as  the 
trust,”   continued  this  dealer. 
"T hat 
company,  according  to  its  incorporation 
papers,  has  a  capital  of  $38,000,000,  of 
which  $8,000,000  is  in  debenture  bonds 
bearing  a  guaranteed  interest  of  8  per 
cent.,  payable  quarterly.  On July  1  last 
the  company  owed  a  full  year's  interest 
on  these  bonds,  amounting  to  $640.000, 
and  no  payment  has  since  been  made 
in  liquidation. 
It  seems  strange  to  me 
that  the  outsiders  should  come  to  an 
agreement  with  these  men  when  they 
are  apparently  on  their  last  legs  and 
would  possibly  be  compelled  to  go 
into 
the  hands  of  a  receiver  unless bolstered 
up  by  some  such  deal  as  this  one.  The 
millions  of  dollars  of  common  stock  of

I.  W.  LAMB,  original  inventor 
o f the Lamb  Knitting Machine, 
President and Superintendent.

The L>amb Glove & Mitten Go.

of  PERRY,  MICH.,

controls  a  large  number  of  the  latest 
and  best 
inventions  of  Mr.  Lamb.  It 
is  making  a  very  desirable  line  of 

KNIT  HAND  WEAR 

The  trade  is  assured  that  its  interests 
will be promoted by handling these goods.

LIVINGSTON  HOTEL,

«RAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
F IR S T -C L A S S   IN   E V E R Y   R E S P E C T . 
T H E   O N L Y   H O T E L   IN   T H E   C IT Y   W IT H  
S U IT A B L E   A R R A N G E M E N T S   « n o   C O N ­
V E N IE N C E S   F O R   L A D IE S .

RATES:  $ 2 .  W ITH  BATH  $ 2 .5 0 .

MEALS  5 0   CENTS.________

D is p la y
S t a n d s

for  Ladies  or  Gen­
tlemen’s  Hats.
Any  height  $2.50 
per  dozen.  Bronze 
base  nickle-plated 
support.

Peninsular  Brass  Co.,

Erie Street, 

Grand  Rapids.

M’f’g

'rs  of  Brass Castings.  Platers  in  Gold,  Silver,  Nickle, Copper and Brass. 

Correspondence  solicited.

THE SEjH UNION SUIT

Only  combination  suit  that  gives 
perfect  satisfaction. 
Is  double- 
breasted;  elastic in  every  portion; 
affords comfort and convenience to 
wearer that are not obtained in any 
other make.  We,  the  sole  mana- 
facturers  and  patentees,  are  pre- 
pared  to  supply  the  trade  with 
a great variety of qualities and sizes.
Special attention given mail orders. 

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Muskegon  Milling Co.,  muskegon,  mich.

Still  in  Her.

Miss  Squeak :  Do  you  think  there 

any  music  in  me?
I  have  heard  none  come  out.

Professor:  There  ought  to  be,  miss. 

is 

Young men and  women  admitted  any  week  In 
the  year.  E v e r y  graduate secures employment 
Living expenses low.  Write for catalogue.
B. C.  BISSON,  Muskegon,  Mich.

Mills and Office:

Water Street,  Foot of Pine.

Manufacturers  of

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F E E D   A N D  
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S T U F F S

Receivers and 
Shippers  of

G R A IN

Write or wire us for anything needed 
in our line in any  quantity.

MIXED CARLOADS 
A SPECIALTY.

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4 

Around  the State

Movements  o f  Merchants. 

Cassopolis—6.  H.  Wood  has  sold  his 

bazaar  stock  to  W.  W.  Warren.

Marlette—Max  H.  Marientbal  has sold 

his  general  stock  to  Mores  Marks.

Long  Rapids—John Ferguson  has  sold 

bis  general  stock  to  Jacob  Niergarth.

Coldwater—Anna J.  Dorrance succeeds 

A.  A.  Dorrance  in  the  drug  business.

Dundee—F.  E.  Girard  has  purchased 
the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  L.  B.  Smith.
Dryden-  Allie  Haynes  succeeds  Ran­
dolph  &  Briggs  in  the  millinery  busi­
ness.

Ishpeming—J.  L.  Johnson  succeeds  J. 
L.  Johnson  &  Co.  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Niles—J.  H.  Sieele  &  Co.,  of  Chi­
cago,  will  open  a  dry  goods  store  at  this 
place.

Shepherd— Miss  Hattie  Bigelow  suc­
ceeds  Bigelow  &  Bent  in  the  millinery 
business.

Fennville—Mrs.  Amy  Swarts  has  sold 
an  interest  in  her  millinery  business  to 
Mrs.  Cain.

Calumet—John  Nelson  has  purchased 
the  confectionery  and  cigar  stock  of 
Adolph  Norbom.

Watersmeet— F.  C.  Payne,  druggists 
and  grocers,  have  dissolved,  F.  C. 
Payne  succeeding.

Lansing—Charles  Longstreet,  the gro­
cer,  is  convalescent  after  three  months’ 
siege  with  typhoid  fever.

Alma— A.  J.  (Mrs.  A.  R .)  Dingman, 
dealer  in  dry  goods,  notions  and  shoes, 
is  removing  to  Hillsdale.

Union  City— R.  F.  Watkins  &  Son 
will  hereafter  conduct  the  grocery  and 
bakery  business  of  R.  F.  Watkins.

Plainwell—J.  D.  Wagner  has  pur­
interest  of  F.  P.  Heath  in 

chased  the 
the  dry  goods  firm  of  Bishop  &  Co.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— A 

J.  Eaton  has 
purchased  the  Abe  Prenzlauer  stock  of 
clothing  and  men’s  furnishirg  goods.

Saginaw—Fred  Jerome  continues  the 
for­

merchandise  brokerage  business 
merly  conducted  by  Traver  &  Jerome.

Stanton— H.  D.  Selden,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  will  shortly  engage  in  the  fur­
niture,  house  furnishing  and  stove  busi 
ness.

Marcellus—C.  E.  Carpenter  has  sold 
bis  grocery  and  crockery  stock  to  O.  N. 
Hunt  &  Son,  retaining  his  elevator 
business.

Alden—Gus  Meyer  is  erecting  a  new 
store  building  at  Rapid  City,  where  he 
will  carry  on  a  branch  of  his  hardware 
business  at  this  place.

Au  Sable— Philip  Rosenthal,  who 
conducts  a  general  store  here  and  at 
Turner,  has  sold  his  stock  at  the 
latter 
place  to  Samuel  Rosenthal.

Cheboygan—W.  D.  Willets  has  sold 
the  James  Lee  general  stock to P.  Meda 
lie,  of  Mancelona,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under the  style  of  the  Bos 
ton  Store.

Ionia—The  grocery  firm  of  Young  & 
Hanigan  has  dissolved,  Mr.  Young  re 
tiring.  The  new  firm  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of  Hanigan  & 
Franklyn.

Coopersville—J.  B.  Watson  will  re­
move  his  drug  stock  to  Boyne  City  as 
soon  as  a  new  store  building,  now  in 
process  of  construction  at  that  place,  is 
completed.

Rockford—M.  A.  Potter  is  preparing 
plans  for  a  three-story  brick  block, 
which  he  expects  to  erect  at  once.  The 
lower  floor  will  be  occupied  by  bis 
sons,  who  will  embark  in  the drug  busi­
ness  under  the  style  of  Potter  Bros.

Port  Huron—Herbert  Dorland,  of  De­
troit,  and  Samuel  Cullen,  for  the  past 
sixteen  years  identified  with the  grocery 
trade  of  this  place,  have  purchased  the 
grocery  stock  of  Chas.  Baer.

Traverse  City— Victor  C.  Roblin  has 
resigned  his  position  with  A.  V.  Fried­
rich  and  will  leave  for his  former  home 
in  Charlotte, where  he  will embark in the 
shoe business  with  his  father.

Owosso—The  drug  firm  of  Johnson  & 
Henderson  has  been  dissolved  by  mu­
tual  consent  on  account  of  the  ill  health 
of  John  M.  Henderson.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  John  C.  Johnson.

Paw  Paw—The  grape growers  in  this 
vicinity  loaded  72  cars  with  the  fruit  in 
four  days  last  week.  A  good  price  is 
obtained,  8%  cents  being  offered  at  the 
car  for  eight-pound  basket  of  Concords.
Marquette-----The  grocery  business
heretofore  carried  on  by  the  late  Arthur 
Delf,  will  be  continued  under  the  man­
agement  of  his  son,  P.  J.  Delf,  who has 
been 
in  the  store  for  the  past twelve 
years.

Hillsdale—A  dry  goods  store  has been 
opened  at  this  place  under  the  style  of 
Dingman  &  Co.,  the  members  of  the 
firm  being  A.  R.  Dingman  and  son, 
Richard,  of  Alma,  and  Mrs.  Geo. 
Mitchell,  of  this  city.

St.  Joseph—A.  L.  Church  has  sold  a 
half  interest  in  bis  stationery,  cigar and 
confectionery  business  to  Frank  Herr 
ing,  who  was  engineer  on  the  Big  Four 
for  several  years.  The  firm  name  will 
be  Church  &  Herring.

Quincy—J  C.  Joiner  has  sold  his  dry 
goods  stock  to  E.  K.  Pearce  and  F.  A. 
Lyon,  of  Hillsdale.  Mr.  Pearce  will 
assume  the  management  of  the  business 
and  Mr.  Lyon  will  remain  at  Hillsdale 
and  continue  his  law  practice.

Midland—J.  W.  McCann,  a  leading 
grocer  and  business  man  of  this  place, 
took  $192  home  the  other  night  and  laid 
in  his  bedroom. 
it  down  on  a  stand 
Next  morning  when  be  awoke 
the 
money  had  disappeared  No  clue.

Detroit— L.  G.  Hupp  &  Co.,  succes­
sors  to  the  coal  firm  of  Hupp,  Bowles  & 
incorpo­
Paxton,  have  filed  articles  of 
ration.  The  capital  stock 
is  $io,ooo, 
all  paid 
in.  The  stockholders  are  as 
follows:  Louis  G.  Hupp,  500  shares; 
Louis  G.  Hupp,  trustee,  300;  Joseph  G. 
Palmerlee,  150;  Robert  C.  Hupp,  50 
shares.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Perry— H.  C.  Deaninger  &  Bro.  suc­
ceed  H.  C.  Deaninger  in  the  flouring 
mill  business.

Memphis— McCall  &  Coburn  succeed 
in  the  elevator,  hay 

Adrian  D.  Joyce 
and  coal  business.

Greenville—The  Ranney  Refrigerator 
Co.  has declared  a  10 percent,  dividend 
from  the  earnings  of  the  past  year.

Lake  Odessa—J.  H.  Leslie  &  Co.,  of 
Chicago,  are  equipping  a  building  with 
the  necessary  machinery  for a  canning 
factory.  They  will  employ  about  thirty 
hands.

Barryton— Plato,  Renwick  &  Co.  will 
complete  their  season’s  cut  this  week, 
and  will  at  once  commence  work  in  the 
woods  getting  out  logs  for next  year’s 
run. 
in  about 
10,000.000  feet  of  logs,  hardwood  and 
hemlock.

They  expect  to  put 

Saginaw—Col.  A.  T.  Bliss  has  cut 
out  about  all  of  his  stock  at  bis  Carroll­
is  likely  to  shut 
ton  sawmill,  and 
down.  The  Central  Lumber  Co  , 
in 
which  be  is  the  principal  stockholder, 
has  enough  logs  to  keep  the  mill  bum­
ming  until  the  river  freezes  over.

it 

intention 

Detroit—The  American  Electro-Neu­
rotone  Co.  has  filed  articles  of  associa­
Its 
tion. 
is  to  manufacture 
and 
sell  neurotones  upon  a  capital 
stock  of  $30,000,  of  which  $9,600 has 
been  paid 
incorporators  are 
residents  of  Niagara  Falls,  Toronto 
and  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.

in.  The 

Coloma—The  Southwestern  Michigan 
Fruit  Growers’  Association  is  negotia­
ting  for  a  controlling 
in  the 
Kreusser,  Gilson  &  Co.  fruit  package 
factory  at  this  place.  . It  is  proposed  to 
enlarge  the  plant  to  several  times  its 
present  capacity  and  give  employment 
to  a  large  force  the  year  around.

interest 

Port  Huron—The  McCormick  harness 
factory  at  this  place  will  be  removed  to 
Flint.  John McCormick,  the  founder  of 
the  enterprise,  will  retire  from  the  busi­
ness  permanently  and  Byron  McCor 
mick,  who has  had  charge  of  the  busi­
ness  for  several  years,  will  become man­
ager  of  the  reorganized  company.

Petoskey—The  W.  W.  Rice  Leather 
Co.  is  making  many  improvements  at 
its  plant  at  Kegomic. 
It  is  enlarging 
the  hide  house,  and  has  put  in  a  hew 
scrubbing  machine  and  a  large platform 
scale,  which  will  greatly  facilitate  the 
handling  of  hides. 
It  has  also  covered 
the  liquor  vats  with  steel  to  prevent 
danger by  fire.

West  Bay  City—The  Corunna  Coal 
Co.  has  transferred  leases  of  coal 
lands 
in  Monitor  township,  to  W.  A.  Knapp, 
who  is  required,  by  the  terms  thereof, 
to  sink  test  holes  at  once  and  com­
mence  work  on  a  shaft  not  later than 
November.  The  West  Bay  City  Coal 
Co.  has been  organized  and  will  at  once 
commence  sinking  a  shaft  in  Monitor 
township.

in  Jackson,  while 

Flint—The  White  Hickory  Wheel  Co. 
has  bean  organized,  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $40,000.  The  plant  will  be  located 
and  operated 
the 
headquarters  will  be  maintained  here. 
The  capacity  of  the  factory  will  be  90,- 
000  wheels  per  year.  Following  are 
the  officers:  W.  C.  Orrell,  President; 
A.  B.  C.  Hardy,  Vice-President;  W. 
C.  Durant,  Treasurer;  F.  A.  Aldrich, 
Secretary.

Down  on  Hucksters  in  New  England.
Marketmen  and  grocers  and  other 
merchants  in  North  Attleboro  complain 
bitterly  of  the  methods  of  hucksters  who 
swarm 
into  the  town,  sell  cheap  goods 
at  ruinously  low  prices,  and  knock  the 
legitimate  trade  all  askew. 
lines  of 
These  peddlers  buy  the 
fag  ends  of 
what  the  wholesalers  consider  hardly  fit 
to  throw  away,  and  of  course  sell  them 
at  a  price  below  what  the  legitimate 
merchants  pay  for  their 
first-quality 
berries.  The  hucksters  buy  potatoes 
that  have  begun  to  rot.  Then they  throw 
out  those  that  show  signs  of  decay  on 
the  outside  and  sell  the  rest  as  being  of 
first  quality.  The  people  have  been 
swindled  and  cheated  by  these  huck­
sters.  These  aliens  leave  no  money  in 
town,  pay  no  taxes  there,  and  accom­
plish  nothing  less  than  the  tearing down 
of  the  lines of  legitimate  trade.

The  Old  Garden.

He thinks of a dear old  garden  where  the  old-time 
Proud  hollyhocks  and  roses  and  white  lilies  in 
He dreams of  vanished  summers  and  his  heart  in 
For he thinks of a dear old lady who made him pull 

flowers  blow—
a row;
fancy bleeds,
the weeds.

Louise: 

Sure  Certainty.
I’ve  fixed  Kitty  so  she  will 

answer  my  letter at  once.

Belle :  What  did  you  do?
Louise:  I  wrote  her a  lot  of  gossip, 

and  forgot  to  send  the  middle  pages..

Man's  trouble  with  woman  began  in 
an  ancient  garden—and  now  he  wonders 
where  it  will  end.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— Buyers  who  have  visited  all 
parts  of  the  State  assert  that  the  fall 
fruit in  Kent  county  is superior  in  qual­
ity  this  year  to  that  raised  in  any  other 
part  of  the  State,  not  even  excepting 
the  Grand  Traverse  region,  where  the 
fruit  is  nearly  always  up  to  standard. 
Buyers  are  paying  $¡@1.50 
for  fruit 
alone,  which  brings  the  selling  price 
up  to $i.75@2.25  per  bbl.

Beets—25c  per  bu.
Butter— Dealers  have  no  difficulty 

in 
getting  17c  for  fancy  dairy  and 
i9@2oc 
for  separator  creamery,  but  how  to  ob­
tain  adequate  supplies  to  meet  their  re­
quirements 
is  another  matter.  Unless 
all  signs  fail,  butter  will  be  higher  be­
fore  we  see grass  buttfer  next  spring.
Cabbage—$3@4  per  100  heads 

for 

home  grown.

Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—$1  per  doz 

scarce  on  account  of  the  drought.

Celery—White  Plume, 

io@!3C  per 

and  very 

bunch.

Cocoanuts- 4@5c.
Corn—Green,  10c  per  doz.  ears.
Crab  Apples—40(@50c  per  bu. 

for 

Siberian.
$2.50  per  bu.  or $2  25  per box.

Cranberries-----Cape  Cods  command

Cucumbers— Pickling  stock  is  in  ac­

tive  demand  at  25@4oc  per  100.

Egg  Plant—75c@$i  per  doz.
Eggs—Dealers  pay  13c 

for  strictly 
fresh,  holding  at  14c.  The  advance  is 
due  to  the  increasing  scarcity  of  fresh 
stock  and  the  inability  of  dealers  to  ob­
tain  supplies  adequate  to  their  require­
ments.  From  now  on  the  supply  will 
be  short  and  prices  high

Grapes—Pony  (4-lb.)  baskets  of  Del­
awares  command  10c. 
Eight  pound 
baskets  of  Wordens  and  Concords  com­
mand  io@i2c.  Brightons  and  Niagaras 
fetch  ic  per basket  more  than  Wordens 
and  Concords.

Green  Peppers—50c  per  bu.
Honey— Fine  new  comb  commands 

I2 @ I3C.

Muskmelons—40c  per  bu.
Onions— Home  grown  command  40@ 

50c  per  bu.  for  yellow  or  red.

Peaches—All  kinds  of  prices  have 
ruled  during  the  past  week,  but  the 
market  now  appears  to  have  settled 
down  to  business  again.  Crawfords, 
Wheatlands and Albertis  command  $1.50 
@2;  Chilis,  goc@$i.25 ;  Golden  Drop, 
75c@$i;  White,  6o@75c.  Growers  never 
had  such  a  prosperous  season  as  this 
year  and  the  amount  of  money  which 
has  poured  into the  city  in exchange  for 
the  peach  crop  tributary  to  this  market 
is away  beyond  the  wildest  expectations 
and  predictions 
indulged  in  earlier  in 
the  season.
Pears— Duchess  and  Keefers  have  ad­
vanced  to  $1.
Plums— Lombards,  Green  Gages,  Blue 
Damsons  and  German  Prunes  have  ad­
vanced  to $I@I.25<

There 

Pop  Corn— <;oc  per  bu.
Potatoes-50c  per  bu. 

are 
active 
premonitory  symptoms  of  an 
shipping  demand,  but 
it  is  almost  too 
early  to  form  a  conservative  conclusion 
as  to  the  outcome  of  the  crop  of  late 
tubers.

Sweet  Potatoes— Baltimores  command 
$2.50  per bbl.  Jerseys fetch $3.5o@$3.75.

Tomatoes—75c  per  bu.
Watermelons—8c 

which  are  about  out  of  market.

for  home  grown, 

Failed  to  Keep  His  Vows.

Lawyer—What  can  I  do  for  you, 

madam?

husband.

bring  suit?'*

riage  vows  ”

them?”

Client—I  want  a  divorce  from  my 

‘ ‘ Upon  what grounds  do  you  desire  to 

‘ ‘ He  hasn’t  been  faithful  to  his  mar­

“ In  what  particular  has  he  violated 

“ He  promised  to  die  for  me  and  he 

hasn’t done  it.”

Seven  out  of  every  10,000  inhabitants 
of  the  United  States  are  deaf and dumb. 
Of  these  55  per  cent,  are  males  and  45 
per  cent, 
is 
much  less  common  among  colored  peo­
ple  than  among  whites.

females.  The  affliction 

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

5

Grand  Rapids  Qossip

The  Grocery  Market.

is 

Sugar—The  market 

strong,  but 
conservative  dealers  are  not  looking  for 
higher  prices. 
very 
heavy,  some  houses  reporting  shipments 
25  per  cent,  in  excess  of  the  transac­
tions  for  the  corresponding  period 
last 
year.

Shipments  are 

Tea— It  is  becoming  evident  that  re­
tailers  all  over  the  country  were  stocked 
up  prior  to  placing  the  duty  on  tea  and 
that  many  of  them  will  not  be  on  the 
market  for  some  time.  There  is  still  a 
good  undertone  to  the  market,  however, 
and  it  is  impossible  to  get  any  conces­
sions  whatever.  The  markets  are  firm, 
rather  than  otherwise,  and  no  fluctua­
tion,  either  up  or  down,  is  expected 
in 
the  near  future.

Coffee—Receipts  at  Rio  and  Santos 
continue  moderately  small.  Firm offers 
from  Brazil  are  a  trifle  lower,  but  still 
above  the  parity  of  our  market.  The 
demand 
is  fair,  but  not  quite  equal  to 
expectations,  but most  jobbers  are  hope­
ful  for  a  marked  improvement.  At pres­
ent  figures  buyers  can  not  go  far  wrong 
in  keeping  a  full  assortment.

Dried  Fruits—Apricots  are  strong and 
higher,  due  to  confirmation  of  the  re 
ports  of  a  short  crop.  Dryers  have 
taken  about  everything  to  be  secured  on 
the  coast  and  have  had  to  pay  high 
prices  all  the  season.  Canners  took  the 
lion's  share  of  stock 
in  sight,  with 
virtually  the  same  conditions  ruling  on 
fancy  peaches.  The  raisin  market  con­
tinues  easy,  with  no 
immediate  pros­
pects  of improvement.  California grapes 
in  sacks  are  out  of  market.  The  re­
ports  from  the  coast  continue  that  a 
good  crop 
it  will 
take  some  time  to  prove  or  disprove  the 
reports,  and  the  growers  are  still  work­
ing  at  their  plan  to  pool  the  crop  in  or­
der  to  hold  up  prices  and  head  off  any 
weakening  tendency  that  may  have  had 
its  origin  in  the  minds  of  Eastern 
job 
bers.  The  market 
is  firm  on  prunes. 
Quotable  prices show very slight changes 
from  last  week.

in  prospect,  but 

is 

Canned  Goods—The  tomato  market 
has  really  advanced  5@7%c  from  the 
lowest  point,  with  very  few  concessions 
obtainable.  Corn  is  rather quiet.  Pack­
ers  are  offering  goods,  but  sellers  take 
no  interest.  The high  price  is  probably 
the  cause  of  this,  sellers’  ideas  being 
from  2KS5C  above buyers’  ideas.  Peas 
are  very  quiet,  with  no  business  of  any 
consequence  being  done,  except  on  spe­
cial  brands.  Some  trade  is  being  done 
in  Eastern-packed  peaches,  but 
the 
very  high  prices  curtail  the  demand. 
There  seems  to  be  no  likelihood  of  any 
decline  in  peaches.

Provisions—There has  been  a  fair de 
mand  for  hams,  prices  of  which  are  un­
changed.  There  will  likely  be  no  ad­
vance,  as  packers  will  soon  commence 
to  kill,  which  will  augment  the  supply. 
Bellies  are  very  scarce  all  over  the 
country,  the cause  of  which  condition  is 
that  butchers  did  not  kill,  on  account of 
the  warm  weather.  Lard  is  unchanged, 
and 
large. 
Compound  lard  is  as  low  as  it  has  ever 
been  in  the  history  of  the  trade.

the  consumption  is  very 

Salt  Fish— John  Pew  &  Son  (Glouces­
ter)  write  the  Tradesman  as  follows: 
The  mackerel  catch  has  turned  out a 
great  disappointment,  and  the  cause  of 
the  shortage  is  unknown.  Large bodies 
of  mackerel  were  seen  in  June and early 
in  July  and  a  few  thousand  barrels  of 
them  caught  off  “ No  Man’s  Land  and 
on  Georges  Bank,  and  at  that  time  very

into 

the  market 

good  doings  were  anticipated.  A  few 
mackerel  are  being  taken  off  Block 
Island,  running  from  500  to  700  to  the 
barrel,  but  not  enough  to  supply  the 
immediate  demand  from  day  to  day  for 
them.  The  American  fleet  is  a  very 
small  one  at  present,  as  many  vessels, 
on  account  of  the  discouraging  outlook 
for  the  fall  season,  have  given  up  the 
mackerel  fishery  and  gone 
into  other 
fisheries. 
In  the  Gulf  of  St. Lawrence 
there  are  a  few  vessels  and  thev  may 
bring  home 
in  October  and  November 
1,500  to  2,000  barrels.  They  will  be 
i ’s  and 
large  mackerel,  mostly  No. 
Bloaters. 
The  trade  want  mackerel 
counting  from  300 to  350  to  the  barrel, 
and  only  a  very  few  of  this  size  are 
coming 
from  any 
source.  The  very  few  that  arrive,  are 
taken  eagerly  and  are  so  few  that  they 
are  not  quotable.  The  Gloucester  Grand 
Bank  fleet  have  landed  at this  port,  thus 
far,  about  nine  million  pounds  salt  cod­
fish,  about  two  million  pounds 
increase 
over last  year  for  the  same  period.  The 
stock  on  hand  unsold  is  less  than  a  year 
ago,  as  many  have  been  sold  bench 
cured  for  export  trade.  Port  Rico,  in 
1896,  received  nearly  one  million  dol­
lars’  worth  of  fish  kinds  from  Canada 
alone,  and  with  Porto  Rico  under  the 
American  flag,  this  trade  is  expected  to 
be transferred  to  American  exporters, 
which  will  be  a  help  to  the  New  Eng­
land  and  Atlantic  fisheries,  as  they  can 
catch  at  reasonable  prices  a  supply  for 
the  United  States  and  U.  S.  colonial 
markets.  ____  
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers'  Asso­

_____

ciation.

The  Morning  Market.

The  factor  which  has  had  most  effect 
in  steadying  trade  and  holding offerings 
within  bounds  has  been  the  uniform 
cool  weather.  A 
few  days  more  of  the 
hot  spell  which  ushered  in  the  month 
would  have  hastened  ripening  to  an  ex­
tent  which  must  have  brought  the  de­
moralization 
in  prices  which  was  pre­
dicted  by  so  many;  for,  while  the  prep 
arations  for  handling  a greatly increased 
harvest,  in  enlarged  buying  force  and 
better  provisions  for  shipment,  were  ex­
tensive, 
limit  would  have  been 
quicklv  reached  in  these  departments of 
the trade,  and  also  in  the  ability  of  the 
growers  to handle  the  crop.

the 

shortage  of  offerings 

As  it  has  been,  some  days  have  shown 
an  actual 
in 
peaches  to  an  extent  which  has  stimu­
lated  prices  of  fancy  varieties  and  qual­
ities  to  an  unusual  degree. 
In  many 
cases  large  sales  have  been  made  as 
high  as  $2  per  bushel.  While  this  figure 
has  often  been  reached  in  former  years 
of  scarcity,  so  that  it  excites  less  com­
ment,  there  is  really  great  significance 
in  the  fact  that  day  after  day  many 
growers  have  returned  with  from  $50  to 
$100  per  load,  and  a  still  greater  num­
ber  with 
less,  but  all  far  in  excess  of 
any  former  years.  The  inflow  of  such  a 
tide  of  money  will  not  only  quickly 
liquidate  the  farm  indebtedness 
in  the 
fruit  region,  but  will  be  in  evidence  in 
the  general  trade  of  the  city. 
It  is  safe 
to  predict  an  unprecedented  season  in 
the  clothing and shoe trade,  for instance, 
and  in  farm  apparatus  the  demand  will 
be  still  greater. 
It  will  not  be  the  fault 
of  local  conditions  if  manufacturers and 
dealers  in  implements  do  not  reap  an 
abundant  harvest.

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association  was 
held  at  the  Tradesman  office  Tuesday 
evening,  Sept.  20,  President  Dyk  pre­
siding. 
.
Two  applications  for  membership  in 
the  organization  were  received  and  ac­
cepted— Geo  Tower,  73  Fourth  street, 
and  L.  Murray,  307  Jefferson  avenue.

A  communication  was  received  from 
the 
the  carnival  management,  asking 
grocers  to  participate 
in  the  parade  of 
fraternal  night.  The  invitation  was  re­
ceived  with marked coolness,  experience 
of  last  year  having  convinced  the  mem­
bers  that  a  carnival  was  about  the  worst 
thing  that  could  happen  to  the  retail 
grocery  trade, because  it  killed  business 
for a  week  and  demoralized  business  so 
that  it  took  a  week  to  recover  from  the 
effects  of  the  demoralization.  The mat­
ter  was  fully  discussed  in  all  its  bear 
ings,  the  unsolved  problem  being  the 
inabilitv  of  any  one  to  explain  why  the 
carnival  should  have  such  an  adverse 
effect  on  the  grocery  trade.  J.  Geo. 
Lehman  moved  that  the 
invitation  be 
laid  on  the  table,  which  was  supported 
by  B.  S.  Harris,  and  unanimously 
adopted. 
lection  of  the  following :

Election  of  officers  resulted  in  the  se­

. . .

President— Frank  J.  Dyk. 
Vice-Presidents—Julius  J.  Wagner, 
M.  H  Barber,  Chas.  W.  Payne,  L. 
John  Witters,  Peter  Braun.
Secretary— Homer  Klap.
Treasurer— J.  Geo.  Lehman.
Samples  of  spices  which  are being 
exploited 
in  the  city  now  by  children 
for  W.  G.  Baker,  of  Springfield,  Mass., 
were  exhibited.  The  general  impression 
being  that  the  goods  were  impure,  the 
Secretary  was  requested  to  bring  the 
matter to  the  attention  of  the  State Food 
Commissioner.

There being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

T.  H.  Royston  has  purchased  the 

in­
terest  of  C.  A.  Swortfiguer  in Sherwood- 
Swortfiguer  Co.,  manufacturer  of  straw 
hats  at  the  D.  &  M.  Junction,  and  suc­
ceeds  Mr.  Swortfiguer  as  Director  and 
Treasurer  of  the  corporation,  the  name 
of  which  will  be  changed  to  the  Sher­
wood-Royston  Co.

The  contrast  between  the  conditions 
governing  the  fruit  and  vegetable  mar­
kets  during  recent  years  and  the present 
is  sufficiently  marked.  Then  there  was 
a  struggle  in  many  instances  to  realize 
enough  to  meet  the  demands  of  taxes, 
and  perchance 
interest.  Apples,  pota­
toes  and  other  products  were  sold  often 
at  10  cents  per  bushel  and  many  times 
sales  could  not  be  effected  at  even  that. 
Such  a  method  of  meeting  the  most 
urgent  necessities  must  have  been  dis­
couraging,  and  it  is  not  strange  that  all 
lines  of  trade  suffered.  After  a  long 
period  of  such  experience  it  is  interest­
ing  to  note  the  difference.  While  the 
degrees  of  success  are  not  as  various  as 
in 
experiences  of  new  mining 
strikes,  they  are  uncertain  enough  to 
keep  up  a  considerable  excitement. 
And  such  a  great  number  of  moderate 
financial  successes 
in  a  community, 
changing  the  struggle  for  existence  to 
comfortable  or  affluent  living,  are  of 
vastly  more  permanent  value  than  the 
in  a 
isolated 
Klondike.  Not  only  will 
local  trade 
be  vastly  stimulated  by  the  present  con­
ditions,  but  the  effects  must  be  felt  for 
years,  not  only  in  trade,  but  in  the  de­
mands  upon  the  educational  and  refin 
ing  influences  of  the  city.

strikes  of  adventurers 

the 

But  there  is  no  reason  to  believe  that 
the  present  conditions  may  not  be  ex­
tended  over years  to  come.  The  basis 
of  the  Western  Michigan  fruit 
industry 
lies  in  the  exceptional  climatic  condi­
tions  of  a  limited  area.  The  fact  that 
the  increase  in  production  is  more  than 
met  by  the  demands  of  foreign  buyers, 
and  that  its  magnitude  is  coming  to  re­
ceive  especial  recognition  at  the  bands 
of  the  transportation  companies,  gives 
assurance  of  permanence  as  long  as 
production  continues.  And  this  is  in­
creasing  at  such  a  rate  that the effects of

unfavorable  seasons  will  be  relatively 
less  every  year.

While  the  favorable  season  has  made 
the  current  business  so  satisfactory  as 
to  engage  all  the  attention  of  the  grow­
ers,  there has  been  an  increasing  senti­
ment  on  the  part  of  the  business  men  of 
the  city  that  something  must  be  done  in 
the  way  of  establishing  a  factory  for  the 
canning,  preserving  and  otherwise  util­
izing  of  such  fruits  and  vegetables  as 
do  not  find  a  more  profitable  market.  It 
is  certainly  an  anomaly  that  the  prod­
ucts  of  the  Niagara  and  other  less  fa­
vored  fruit  regions  than  this  should  be 
sent  to  supply  even  our local needs when 
we  ought  to  exceed  any  of  them  with 
our  wealth  of  supplies  to  draw  from. 
Even  during  the  present  season  such  an 
enterprise  would  serve  an  excellent  pur­
pose 
in  the  disposal  of  cheaper  quali­
ties.  and  especially 
the 
enormous  harvest  weighing  down  the 
vineyards.  The  project 
is  receiving 
considerable  attention  from  officials  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  and  others  and there 
is  little  doubt  but  that  it  must  assume 
form  before  long.

in  utilizing 

The  Grain  Market.

large  shipments, 

Wheat  has  been  very  steady  during 
the  week.  While  exports  have  been 
large,  the  receipts 
in  the  Northwest 
have  been  more  than  equal  to  the  ship­
ments.  The  quantity  of  winter  wheat 
offered  at  primary  points  has  not  been 
up  to  expectation,  owing  to  other  press 
of  work,  principally  seeding.  How­
ever,  with  the 
the 
visible  showed  an  increase  of  1,782,000 
bushels,  which  was  more  than  double 
what  was  expected,  which 
leaves  the 
visible  at  10,188,000  bushels,  against 
17,140,000  bushels  last  year,  and this has 
a  tendency  of  strengthening  prices. 
Other  exporting  countries  are  also  mar­
keting  their  wheat,  with  the  exception 
of  Russia,  which  seems  to  be  short,  as 
some  of  her  provinces  will  have  to 
im­
port  from  other  localities,  a  thing  not 
expected 
in  the  early  part  of  the  sea­
son.  Unless  there  is  a  freer  movement 
of  wheat,  prices  will  certainly  be  ad­
vanced,  especially  as  cash  wheat  is very 
strong  in  the  Northwest.

Corn 

is  rather  tame  and  prices  are 
easy,  both  for  cash  and  futures.  How­
ever,  we  think  that  prices  can  not  re­
main  so low  as  at  present,  as  the  crop 
is  certainly  very  deficient 
in  quality 
and  quantity.

Oats  are  stationary,  with  upward 

tendency.

Receipts  of  grain  at  this  place  were 
38  cars  of  wheat,  10  cars  of  corn,  and 
iq cars  of  oats.

The  mills  are  to-day  paying  60c  per 

bushel  for  wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  V o i g t .

The  Commercial  and  Savings  Bank 
of  Fenton  has  been  organized,  with  a 
cash  capital  of  $25,000,  to  engage  in 
the  banking  business  at  Fenton  about 
Oct.  1.  The  new  institution  will  take 
possession  of  the  building  which  has 
been  occupied  several  years  by  the  pri­
vate  bank  of  H.  B.  Latourette,  who 
becomes  President  of  the  new  bank.

M.  E.  Town,  general  dealer  at  Crys­
tal,  has  opened  a  branch  store  at  Ferris. 
The  grocery  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Worden  Grocer  Co.

Wm.  F.  Waltz  succeeds  Waltz  & 
Smith  in  the  meat business at  4«  West 
Bridge  street.

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

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and  entertain  her  husband  is  about  the 
most  mortifying  admission  of  defeat 
in 
the  world. 
is  like  a  person  being 
beaten  through  bungling  playing  in  a 
game  where  she  held  all  the  trumps.

It 

love 

“ When  you  come  to think  of  it,  the 
situation 
is  like  this:  For  the  great 
majority  of  women  their  sole  chance  of 
happiness  is  bound  up  in their husbands 
and  homes.  If  their  homes  are  unpleas­
ant;  if,  after  the  first  fervor  of 
in 
the  honeymoon  passes,  they  fail  to  be 
companions  and  chums  with  their  hus­
bands,  they  have  laid  up  for  them  a  fu­
ture  of  desolate  wretchedness.  Now, 
this  being  the  case,  one  would  think 
that  any  woman  with  a  single,  solitary 
glimmering  of  reason  would,  if  only  for 
her  own  selfish  benefit,  make every effort 
to  render  herself  so  agreeable  and  so 
attractive  that  her  husband  would  pre­
fer  her  society  to  that  of  anyone  else. 
But  do  they?  Gracious,  no!  There 
is 
nothing  else  in  the  world  that  fills  me 
with  as  much  amazement  as  the  reck­
lessness  with  which  women  deal  with 
their  husbands. 
1  know  plenty  of wom­
en  who  never  let  their  husbands  make  a 
statement  without  contradicting  them ; 
who  parade  their  husbands’  failings  be­
fore  company,  and  who,  if  there is  some 
one  topic  that  can  always  bring  on  a 
family  row,  never  miss  a  chance  to 
lug 
it 
the  conversation.  And  these 
women  actually  complain  when  their 
husbands  go  off  to  seek  congenial  com­
pany  elsewhere.  Think  of  it!”

into 

it  and  made  her 
laughed  and  enjoyed 
like  he  was  giving  her a 
husband  feel 
good  time  that  she  appreciated,  they 
would  both  have  been  the  better  and 
happier  for  it.

it 

“ The  trouble  is  that  when every wom­
an  gets  married  she  expects  that  her 
husband  is  going  to  spend  the  balance 
of  life  at  the  same high-pressure state  of 
lovemaking  as  he  was  during  the  court­
ing  days,  and  when  she  finds  out  her 
mistake  about  that  it  gives  her  such  a 
jar  she  fails  to  appreciate  that  there 
is 
a  companionship,  a  comradeship  that 
can  take  its  place,  and  that  is  a  thou­
sand  times  more  desirable and  valuable. 
Then 
is  that  she  has  the  chance  of 
her  life,  and  if  she  bas  sense  enough  to 
study  him,  and  affection  enough  to  try 
to  please  him,  they  drop  into  that  good 
fellowship  that  is  the  strongest  tie  on 
earth and  the  fullest  of  happiness.  You 
never  see  a  man  with  that  kind  of  a 
wife  selfishly  reading  the paper  with  his 
back  turned  to  her.  He  couldn’t  enjoy 
it  unless  she  shared  the  news  with  him 
or  laughed  with  him  over  the  jokes,  and 
together 
just  to  see  such  a  couple 
warms  your  faith  in  everything  that 
is 
good  and  true  in  life.

“ The  woman  with  that  kind  of  a  hus­
band  is  universally  regarded  among  her 
sisters  as  having  drawn  a  prize  in  the 
matrimonial 
lotterv  and  having  gotten 
more  than  her  just  deserts.  That’s  sheer 
envy.  The  average  goc  d  husband  is  not 
the  result  of 
luck,  but  judicious  man­
agement.  Given  a  man  who  marries you 
because  he  is  in  love  with  you,  you  can 
either  kill  his  affection  by  a  constant 
course  of  nagging  and  fault-finding  and 
nerves  and  tears  and  curl  papers  and 
wrappers,  and  drive  him  to  clubs  and 
other  women  for  sympathy,  or  by  smiles

and  pleasantness  and  good  humor  and 
agreeableness  you  can  bind  him  to  you 
with  hoops  of  steel. 
It’s  a  perfectly 
plain  and  simple  proposition.  Any­
way,”   added  Elise 
in  conclusion,  “ if 
I  couldn’t  entertain  a  man  from  Maca­
tawa  Park  to  Grand  Rapids,  I'd  give 
up  traveling. ”  

D o r o t h y   D i x .

MASON FRUIT JARS

N EW

R E D U C E D

P R IC E S

Prepare  for  the  largest  fruit  crop  of 
recent years with thirty dav's of  probable 
fruit jar selling.  We  offer for immediate 
shipment, no delay, the following  new re­
duced  prices.  Terms 6odays,  2  per cent 
io days.  No  charge  for. box  or  cartage
■ doz. boxes
Pints,  per gross................   $4.75
Quarts,  per gross.............. $5.00
Half Gallons,  per g ro ss..  $6.75 
Caps and Rubbers, pr gross  $2.00
(Just received new lot of Caps and Rubbers.)
Rubbers only, best quality,
white,  per  pound. . .  
Sealing Wax,  per pound.. 

.25
.02

SEND  US  YOUR  ORDERS.

H. LEONARD & SONS

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

6
W om an ’s W orld

About  the  Science  of  Happiness.
The  other  day  when  Elise and  I came 
home 
from  a  Sunday  at  Macatawa 
Park,  we  sat  behind  a  man  and  woman 
on  the  cars  whom  even  a  blind  person 
could  have  told  were  married.  He  read 
his  paper  the  entire  way,  apparently 
oblivious  of  her  existence,and she  gazed 
out  of  the  window  with  an  absent  and 
bored  look,  every  whit  as  indifferent  to 
him  as  he  was  to  her.

“ It  seems  a  pity,  doesn't 

it,”   ob­
served  Elise,  cynically,  “ that 
there 
isn’t  a  station  somewhere  on  the  road 
where  such  couples  could  stop  twenty 
minutes  for  divorce?”

“ And  yet,”   I  said,  “ it  isn’t  such  a 
great  while  since  the  trip  wouldn't have 
been  long  enough  for  all  they  had  to say 
to  each  other.  He  wouldn’t  have 
dreamed  of  opening  his  paper,  although 
it  had  contlined  accounts  of  a  dozen 
Santiagos  and  forty  Hobsons,  and  had 
inch  long,  and— ”
scare  headlines  an 
“ And  she,”   put 
in  Elise,  “ would 
have  nestled  up  to  him  and  begged  him 
to  tell  her 
just  how  the  war  ought  to 
have  been 
conducted  and  how.  he 
wouldn’t  have  made  any  mistakes  about 
transports  or  hospital  supplies  or  un­
sanitary  camps,  if  he  had  been  the  Sec­
retary  of  War,  and  she  would  have  sat 
incar­
and  beamed  on  him  like  be  was 
nate  wisdom  while  he 
talked  and 
talked. ”

look 

“ Now,”   I  began.
“ Now,”   said  Elise,  eyeing  them 
critically,  “ they 
to  me  like  a 
couple  where  the  wife  receives  the  hus­
band’s  best  stories  in  stony  silence  and 
when  he  tells  a  joke  she  informs  him 
that  she  read  that  in  the  comic  papers 
a  month  ago. ”

After  a  bit  Elise  asked,  “ What  do 
you  suppose  is  the  reason  that  women— 
clever,  intelligent  women—have  so  lit­
tle  sense?”

The  question  was  a  poser  and  I 

promptly  gave  it  up.

“ Well,”   she  said,  “ when  I  look  at  a 
couple 
like  that—and  they  are  a  fair 
sample  of  the  general  average  of  mar­
ried  people— it  seems  to  me  that  the 
great  sorrows  and  tragedies  of  life come 
not  so  much  through  the  few  married 
people  who  are  untrue  and  actually 
wicked  as  the  great  mass  who  simply 
bore  each  other,  who  have  no  sort  of 
companionship  together,  and  who,  hav­
ing  all  the  material  for  happiness  in 
their  hands,  get  nothing  but  misery  out 
of  it. 
ignorance, 
it 
if  I  were 
rich,  I’d  turn  philanthropist  and  estab­
lish  a  chair 
in  all  the  colleges  in  the 
land  where  people  should  be  taught  the 
rudiments  at least  of  the  science  of  hap­
piness.

is  lack  of  training,  and 

It  is  stupidity,  it 

is 

“ And  I’d  begin  with  the  girls,  be­
cause  it  is  mostly  women  who  make  or 
mar  the  happiness  of  a 
family.  Of 
course,  you  may  say  that  it  is  just as 
much  a  man’s  duty  to  make  himself 
agreeable  and  pleasant  to  his  wife  as  it 
is  hers  to  entertain  him,  and  I  dare 
say,  as  a  matter  of abstract  justice,  it 
is;  but  then,  you  see,  there 
isn’t  any 
such  thing  as  abstract  justice  in  mar­
ried  life. 
is  a  series  of  expedients. 
Besides, 
is  a  woman's  place  to 
charm.  Do  you  remember  what  Richard 
Le  Gallienne  says  in  one  of  bis  stories? 
‘ It 
is  no  disgrace  for  a  man  to  be 
jilted ;  it  is  for  a  woman.  For  a  woman 
to  be  jilted  is  for  her  to  have  failed— 
as  a  woman. ’ 
It  seems  like  that  to  me. 
interest
For a  woman  not  to  be  able  to 

It 
it 

interfering 

in  a  woman 

Elise  paused  a moment. 

“ Anyway,”  
she  added  rather  irrelevantly,  “ a  wom­
an  is  too  big  a  chump  to  live  who  can’t 
manage  her  husband.  Oh,  don’t  look 
shocked,”   she  went  on  in  answer to  the 
expression  in  my  face;  “ I  don’t  mean 
I  don’t  be­
it  in  the  way  you  think. 
lieve 
in  her 
husband’s  business  affairs any more than 
I  believe  in  her  letting  him  come  pok­
ing  around  the  kitchen;  but  I  think,  by 
the  time  I  had  lived  with  a  man  some 
thirty-five  or  forty  years,  I  would  be 
able  to  make  a  pretty  accurate  guess  at 
his  little  weaknesses  and  know  bow  to 
humor  them. 
If he  was  given  to  telling 
stories,  I  would  have  a  fresh  and  ap­
parently  spontaneous  laugh  on  tap  for 
them  if  I  had  to  go  to  a  dramatic school 
If  he  liked  flat­
to  learn  how  to  do  it. 
tery,  I’d  give 
it  to  him  so  strong  it 
would  make  every  other  woman’s  brand 
seem  as  mild  as  milk  by  the  side  of 
champagne  frappe. 
If  he  liked  to  be 
appealed  to.  I’d  ask  his  advice  about 
everything,  from  the best  way  to  put  on 
a  graduated  flounce  to  who  would  be the 
next  President.  Sounds  a 
little  hypo­
critical?  Not  a  bit  of  it.  Most of  us 
think  our  husbands  know  everything 
and  are  the  wittiest  and  most  delightful 
men 
the  world,  anyway.  Why 
shouldn't  we  give  them  the pleasure and 
satisfaction  of  knowing  our  opinion  of 
them  and  reap  the  benefit  of  making 
ourselves  agreeable?

in 

“ One  of  the  reasons  men  don’t  take 
their  wives  out  any  oftener  is because so 
many  women  are  such  kill-joys.  When 
a  man  goes  out  to  have  a  good  time  he 
leaves  cares  and  worries  behind  him ; 
but  a  woman  takes all  of hers along,  and 
borrows  a  few  extra ones  for  good  meas­
ure.  What  is  the  good  of  taking  a  wom­
an  to  see  a  screamingly  funny farce  and 
have  her  interrupt  the  most  hilarious 
situations  to  ask  if you are perfectly sure 
you  put  the  cat  out  of  the  kitchen,  or 
enquire  in  an  anxious  way if  you reckon 
the  children  will  fall  in  the  fire  and  get 
burned  while  she 
It  must 
seem  to  any  man  that  it  is  a  waste  of 
money  to  try  to  amuse  her,  and  the  next 
time  he  goes  off  by  himself,  and  the 
woman  has  nobody  but  herself  to  blame 
If  she'd  been  chummy  and
for  it. 

is  away? 

W h y  not S a v e the  Retailer’s   Profit?

We don’t claim to sell “ direct  from  the  factory” 

but do claim that we can sell you at

Less than the Manufacturer’s Cost

and can substantiate our claim.  We  sell  you  sam­
ples at about  the  cost  of  material  and  guarantee 
oar goods to be better made and better finished than 
the stock that goes to the furniture  dealers.

Our  No.  6i  Antique  Oak  Sample  Desk  has  a 
combination 
lock  and  center  drawer.  Raised 
panels  all  around,  heavy  pilasters,  round  corners 
and made of  thoroughly  kiln  dried  oak.  Writing 
bed made of 3-ply built-up stock.  Desk is castered 
with ball-bearing casters  and  has  a strictly  dust- 
proof curtain.  Our special price to  readers  of  the 
Tradesman  S 2 0 .  Write for  our  illustrated  cat- 
alogue and mention this  paper when you  do so.

SAMPLE  FURNITURE  CO.

RETAILERS  OF  SAMPLE  FURNITURE.

PEARL  AND  OTTAWA  STS. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W A R M   U P !

W A R M   U P !

A ir =Tig h t
H e a t e r s *

THEY DON'T COST flUCH.

We  manufacture a full line. 

Write ior circular and 

prices.

Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons

260 S. Ionia Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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MEN’S DUCK COATS.

A SS O R TE D   S IZ E S  
TO   EACH  D O Z E N .

Sizes,  3 6 ,  3 8 , 4 0 , 4 2 , 4 4  
Coats,  1,  2 ,  4 ,  3 ,  2

We  handle no other sizes

THE 
i9 
O N LY  ™
Duck
Coat
$11 P E R   D O Z E N  

EVER
SOLD
POR

00

W ITH  WATER-PROOP 

INTERLINING.

THE  "BOSS"  BRAND

RUBBER  INTERLINED 
DUCK  C O A T...............

The phenomenal  demand of last year 
on  this  garment  forced  us  to  cancel 
orders for hundreds  of  dozens,  so  we 
would  advise  our  patrons  to  order 
early.  We are having it manufactured 
expressly for our  trade.

THE  "BOSS

RUBBER  INTERLINED 
DUCK  C O A T................

Made of an  8-oz.  staple  duck, style, 
4-button  single-breasted  sack, 
lined 
with  a  heavy,  warm  blanketing,  3 
outside  pockets  with 
laps,  3>4-incn 
corduroy  storm  collar, black japanned 
rivet  buttons, strong  worked  button­
holes,  lined  with  a  standard  water 
proof rubber, that is guaranteed against 
water or dampness.

The “Boss” Duck Coat  is exactly the 
same as the well-known  Nos.  D8~  and 
D84 “Pride” Duck Coat of 1897.
4 1 2 3 6 — Brown  Duck  .. ........ $ 1 1 .0 0
4 1 2 3 7 — Black D uck............... 
II .O O

grade fall rubber interlined duck coat 
ever  offered  a t  th e  price.  4  button 
single-breasted square cut sack, made 
of an 8oz. dead grass color duck, warm 
blanket lining,  4 inch collar,  riveted 
buttons, strong  worked  buttonholes, 
2 plain pockets, all body seams double 
stitched.  The interlining used on this
arranted 
............$ 9 - 5 0
4 1 2 4 1   SAME A841240, HI BLACK.......  9 . 5 0

4 1 2 8 2   Style 4 button single-breasted  Doz 

straig h t  cut, coat made of a standard
7 oz. brown duck, 1 plain and 2 outside 
pockets with laps.  3>$  inch  corduroy 
collar, japanned rivet buttons, strong 
worked  buttonholes,  lined  w i t h   a 
fancy pattern blanketing.................. $ 8 .2 5
4 1 2 8 3   SAME AS 41282, IK BLACK....  8 .2 5

4 1 2 3 8   Made  of  a  dead  grass  color  Doz. 
7 oz. standard duck,  a  durable  made 
garm ent for the money.  4 inch collar,
2  outside  pockets,  double  stitched 
body seams, lined with fancy  pattern 
blanketing,  strong  worked  button­
holes...................................................... $ 7 .2 5
4 1 2 3 9   BASE AS 41238,  IN BLACK....  7 .2 5

4 9 2   4  button  single  breasted  cut
Mackinaw  Coat,  made  of  a  30  oz. 
brushed  Mackinaw  blanketing  in  a 
handsome variety of high color 1 ndian 
check  patterns.  Special  feature  of 
m anufacture is represented by double 
stitched felled  seams,  which  guaran­
tees the  durability  of  the  garm ent. 
Other features  include  a  regulation 
pointed end. rolling collar. 2 inch belt 
with  2  belt  tabs,  japanned  harness 
buckle, 2 deep pockets with laps; gar­
m ent trim m ed with  fancy  horn  but­
tons.......................................................$ 1 2 .5 0
t « a t ..................................................................... $ 1 2 . 0 0
Army  Blue Mackinaw  B lanketing............$ 1 3 . 5 0

4 9 3   Mackinaw  P a n ts 
5 8 1   Coat.  Sunn*  as  492,  m ade  o f  Plain 

to   M atch  Above

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WEDNESDAY,----- SEPTEMBER 21, 1898.

BACKING  DOW N.

The  W.  M.  Hoyt  Company  is  making 
a  desperate  attempt  to  crawfish  and  di­
vert  attention  from  the  damaging  dis­
closures  of  the  State  Chemist  that  it 
is 
selling  a  vile  compound  of  acids  and 
gypsum  as  cream  of  tartar,  charging  14 
cents  for  a  mixture  which  actually  costs 
less  than  2  cents  per  pound  to  manufac­
ture.

Under  the  quotation  of  its  Pure  brand 
of  spices  the  Hoyt  house  has  been  run­
ning the following reference to the goods:
Our  “ Pure”   brand  of  Spices,  while 
not  the  best,  are  good,  honest  goods  and 
will  compare  favorably  with  most  goods 
sold  for  the  V E R Y  BEST.  We warrant 
them  to  give  entire  satisfaction.

On  account  of  the  disclosures  of  the 
State  Chemist  and  the  publicity  given 
the  matter  by  the  Tradesman,  the  para­
graph  has  been radically revised,  so that 
it  now  reads  as  follows:

Our  “ Pure”   brand  of  Spices,  while 
not  the  best,  are  very  good  goods  and 
will  compare  favorably  with  many  sold 
for  strictly  pure.  We  warrant  them  to 
give  good  satisfaction

gypsum  being 

Instead  of  a  2-cent  mixture  of  acids 
and 
“ good,  honest 
goods,”   it  is  now  “ very  good  goods,”  
and 
instead  of  comparing  “ favorably 
with  most  goods  sold  for  the very best, ”  
it  now  compares  “ favorably  with  many 
sold  for  strictly  pure.”

It  will  be  noted  that  the  W.  M.  Hoyt 
Company  still  warrants  the  goods  to 
“ give  good  satisfaction.”   How  a  mix­
ture  of  acids  and  gypsum  can  “ give 
good  satisfaction”  
is  more  than  the 
Tradesman  can  understand.  As  a  fer­
tilizer of  clover  or  potatoes,  the  gypsum 
might  be  all  right,but  the  acid  ingredi­
ents  might  kill  the  stalks  and  vines. 
If  any  satisfactory  use  can  be  made  of 
such  a  mixture,  the  bouse  which  stands 
sponsor  therefor  should  inform  the  de­
luded  mortals  who  imagine  that  it  can 
be  utilized  as  cream  of  tartar  that  its 
proper  use  is  as  a  disinfectant,  or  a  rat 
exterminator,  for  either  of  which  uses 
it  is  better adapted  than  as  an  article  of 
diet.

The  manner  in  which  the  Hoyt  house 
undertakes  to  dodge  the  issue  and  parry 
the  charges  made  against  it,  instead  of 
meeting  the  criticism  in  man  fashion, 
admitting  that 
it  has  made  a  mistake 
and 
immediately  abandoning  the  sale 
of  adulterated  goods  which  are  prohib­
ited  by  both  the  moral  and  municipal 
laws,can  not  fail  to  confirm  the unfavor­
able  opinion  already  formed  as  to  the

policy  and  methods  of  the  house;  and 
those  merchants  who  are  so  unfortunate 
as  to  have  any  of  the  adulterated  Hoyt 
goods  on  their  shelves  would  do  well  to 
profit by  the  warning  of  the  State  Food 
Commissioner  and  return  them  to  Chi­
cago  without  any  unnecessary  delay.

Statistics  as  to  the  comparatively  few 
deaths  from  lightning  may  not  avail  to 
lessen  the  nervousness  of  those who view 
every  “ thunder head”   with  alarm,  but 
they  may  avail  to  quote  to  children  old 
enough  to  be  apprehensive,  and  who 
may  have  many  summers ahead of them. 
Investigations  made  a  year  or two ago 
showed  that  of  2g8  classes  of  objects  of 
which  1,707  persons  confessed 
fear, 
lightning  was  dreaded  by  the  greatest 
number.  Yet  in  the  record  of  fatalities 
there 
is  a  very  small  record  against 
lightning,  as compared with other  causes 
of  accidental  death.  Statistics  prepared 
by  the  United  States  Weather  Bureau 
show  that  for  four  years  the  average 
number  of  persons  killed  by  lightning 
annually  was  196.  More  than  that  num­
ber  are  drowned  annually  in  the  waters 
about  New  York  City,  it  is  said,  and 
many  more  than  that  number  annually 
lose  their  lives  throughout  the  country 
in  bicycling.  It  might  even  appear  that 
one  is  in  greater danger  of being  fatally 
kicked  by  a  horse,  or  of  being  killed 
by  a  falling  chimney,  than  of  being 
struck  by  lightning.

The  observations  of  the  earth  currents 
at  Greenwich  observatory  have  been 
made  practically  useless  for  several 
years  by  the  electric railway from Stock- 
well  to  London,  modern 
instruments 
being  so  sensitive  that  indications  of 
the  current  of  this  railway  have  been 
detected  more  than  100  miles  away.  An 
early  effect  of  the  railway  led to a  funny 
experience.  The  generating  station  was 
visited  by  the  magnetic  superintendent 
of  the  observatory,  and  on  his  return  to 
work  the  tracings  of his magnets showed 
a  curious  deflection,  which  continued 
day  after  day—but  only  during the hours 
of  his  attendance.  The 
idea  that  he 
was  magnetized  was  a  startling  one. 
One  day  be  left  bis  umbrella  at  home, 
and  there  was  no  disturbance,  the  um­
brella  having  been  a  permanent  magnet 
since  the  visit  to  the  power  station.

Thirty-seven  carloads  of  muskmelons 
consigned  to  a  New  York  dealer  were 
rejected  in  the  Erie  Railroad  yards  at 
Jersey  City  the  other  morning  by  the 
consignee.  The only  reason  given  for 
the  rejection  was  that  there  were  too 
many  melons  in  the  market.  The  cars 
containing  the  melons  went  to  the  foot 
of  Manhattan  avenue.  There  the  cars 
were  opened.  The  melons  were  to  be 
dumped  in  the  meadows  west  of  Jersey 
City  Heights,  but  news  of  the  windfall 
spread  like  wildfire.  Hundreds  of  resi­
dents  hastened  to  the  scene  and  carried 
home  basketful  of  melons.

It 

is  curious  to  learn  that  an  annual 
hair  market  still  takes place at Limoges. 
The  peasant  girls  attend  it  for  the  pur­
pose  of  selling  their beautiful  hair,  and 
there  is  a  good  deal  of  haggling  in  the 
market  place  at  St.  Jean.  Each  year 
the  price  diminishes.  Twenty  years ago 
100  francs  per  kilogramme  could  be  ob­
tained.  Now  only  60 francs  is  given.

Ceylon 

is  said  to  be  alarmed  at the 
news  that  the  world  will  end  next  year 
and  that  the  beginning  will  be the  sub­
mergence  of  Ceylon.  The  villagers  on 
the 
island  are  trying  to atone  for  their 
sins  by  acts  of  charity  and  by  flocking 
to  the  temples.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITU A TIO N .
The  general  record  is  the  continuance 
of  a  healthy  business  activity 
in  all 
parts  of  the  country.  The  only  appar­
exception  are  the  dulness  and 
ent 
tendency  to  reaction 
in  some  of  the 
leading  Wall  Street  stocks,  notably 
sugar,  which  seems  to  be  a  result  of  a 
speculative  scare  made  possible  by  the 
hardening  in  money  rates  which  char­
The  conditions 
acterized  the  week. 
which  it  would  seem  should  govern 
in 
stock  values—good  reports  of  railway 
earnings  and  unabated  industrial  de­
mand—may  be  temporarily  overborne 
by  speculative  influences,  but  they  are 
still  potent  and  must  eventually  have 
effect.  Railway  earnings  for  the  first 
of  the  month  are  in  excess  of  the  cor­
responding  period  of  any  previous  year, 
exceeding  1897  by  5  per  cent,  and  1892 
by  over  1  per  cent.

The  favorable  condition  of  foreign 
trade 
is  a  feature  which  gives  the  ut­
most  assurance  for  the  future,  in  addi­
tion  to  the  favorable  showing  of  our  in­
dustries.  The  report  for  August  breaks 
all  records  of  reports  for  the  corres 
ponding  month  and 
increases  the  in­
debtedness  of  the  rest  of  the world  to  us 
no  less  than  $20,000,000.  No  wonder 
that  the 
inflow  of  gold  continues;  in­
deed,  it  is  an  interesting  question  as  to 
when  it  will  end.

it 

is 

But 

in  the  iron  trade  that  the 
most  substantial  and  healthy 
indica­
tions  of  solid  prosperity  are  manifest. 
With  the  starting  of  the  furnaces  which 
were  idle during  the  repair  season  there 
is  no 
increase  of  stocks  on  hand,  de­
mand  materializing  so  as  to  keep  pace 
with  the  increase  of  production.  Struc­
tural  demand  is  increasing  at  Pittsburg 
and 
Sheet  mills  are 
crowded  and  the  rail  mills  are  unable 
to  take  orders  for  delivery  under  sev­
eral  months.

in  the  West. 

industry 

The  unfavorable  feature  of  the  tex­
is  the  fact  that  cotton  is 
tile 
down  almost  to  the 
lowest  point  on 
record.  Prices  of  print  cloths  are  still 
maintained,  but  many  mills  are  shut­
ting  down  or  decreasing  production. 
Woolen  goods  makers  report 
increased 
demand,  but  there  is  yet  much  machin 
ery  idle.  The  boot  and  shoe  demand 
holds  good  and  orders  are  more  liberal.
Wheat  and  other  grains  have  shown 
increased  strength  during  the  week,  the 
advance  on  the  first  amounting  t^ two 
or  three  cents.  Export  movement  has 
lessened  somewhat  for all  grains.  -

ACCURATE  STA TEM EN TS.

The  last 

issue  of  Hoyt’s  Criterion 
contains  the  following  pertinent  para­
graph :

If  you  know  of  a  friend  that  is  about 
to  embark  in  the  grocery  business  and 
would  like  to  do  him  a  good  turn,  send 
him  to  the  No-Agent  House.  Our  prices 
are  low  and  quality  of  goods  unsur­
passed,  and  we  don’t  stick  a  new  man 
on  a  single 
is  safe  in  our 
hands.  We  guarantee  everything  he 
buys  to  suit  or  goods  may  be returned  at 
our  expense.

item.  He 

Yes,  do  your  friend  a  good  turn  and 
If 
send  him  to  the  No-Agent  House. 
he  puts 
in  a  line  of  the  W.  M.  Hoyt 
Company's  Pure  Spices,  he  will  soon 
find  himself  in  jail  and  you  can  then 
do  him  another  good  turn  by  bailing 
him  out  and  assisting  him  to  pay  bis 
fine.

The  statement  that  “ our  prices  are 
low,”   is  true,  as  is  also  the  statement 
that  “ the  quality  of  the  goods  is  unsur­
passed.”   Fourteen  cents  is  a  low  price 
for  cream  of  tartar,  even  if  there  is  no 
cream  of  tartar  in  it,  and  alleged  cream

of  tartar composed  of  acid  and  gypsum 
is  certainly  unsurpassed— in  point  of 
adulteration.

The  statement  that  “ we  don’t  stick  a 
man  on  a  single  item”   is  probably  cor­
rect,  inasmuch  as  the  customer  prob­
ably  gets  “ stuck”   on  a  good  many 
items.

The  guarantee  that  the goods  will  suit 
is  probably  correct. 
It  will  suit  the 
family  physician  to  have  his  patient 
swallow a  mixture  of  acid  and  gypsum 
and  then  attempt  to  digest  it.

In  a  play  new  this  season  one  of  the 
actors  is  made  to  say  the  whole  Spanish 
navy  could  be  vanquished  with  no  bet­
ter  missiles  than  an  armful of snowballs. 
The  audience  always  applauded 
this 
statement,  but  a  sailor  from  one  of  our 
warships  who 
saw  the  performance 
stopped  to  see  the  manager  after  the 
show  and  said:  “ It  took  good  men 
and  well  armed  ships  to  do  up the Span­
ish  fleet,  and  anybody  who  says  the  job 
was  easy 
insults  the  American  navy. ”  
Upon  this  it  was  promised  that  the  ob­
jectionable  line  should  be  cut  out.

It 

laundries, 

is  a  common  thing  for  hotels  to 
have  their  own 
their  own 
electric 
lighting  plant  and  their own 
bottling  machinery;  but  a  hotel  in  New 
York  does  its  own  electro-plating for the 
purpose  of  renovating 
its  spoons  and 
forks  and  other  articles  from  which  the 
silver  has  been  worn  off.  The  plant, 
which  has  been 
in  operation  for  some 
time,  has  justified  fully  the  first  cost  of 
the  output,  and  has  shown  the  economy 
and  feasibility  of  this  novel  scheme.

The  owner  of  the  largest  tin  plate 
plant  in  the  world,  situated  at  Swansea, 
Wales,  has  sold  out,  and  it  is  said  will 
come  to  the  United  States  to  establish  a 
new  plant.  The  leading  tin  plate  mak­
ers  abroad  have  concluded  that  the  in­
dustry  has  shifted  to  the  United  States, 
and  if  they  are  to  continue  in  the  busi­
ness  they  must  shift  with  it.  This  will 
bring  capital  and  desirable 
immigrants 
and  increase  of  consumers  to  this  coun­
try. 

_____________

If  any  Michigan  merchant  has  any 
doubt  as  to  the  risk  he  assumes  in  buy- 
ing  goods  of  the  W.  M.  Hoyt  Company, 
it  would  be  well  for  him  to  peruse  the 
official  warning  promulgated  against 
that  house  by  the  State  Food  Commis­
sioner  in  the  August  Bulletin.  Copy  of 
the  warning  may  be  found  elsewhere  in 
this  week’s  paper.

New  York  is  the  richest  State,  being 
worth  more  tnan  $8,500,000  000.  Penn­
sylvania 
comes  next,  with  nearly 
$7,000,000,000,  and  Illinois is third,  with 
over $5,000,000,000.  Nearly  two  thirds 
of  the  total  wealth  of  the  country  is  in 
real  estate  and  improvements.

The  size  of  the  average  family  since 
1850  has  diminished  from  a  little  over 
five  and  a  half  persons  to  a  little  less 
than  five.  People  in  the  Southern  States 
have  the  largest  number  of  children, 
while  in  New  England  the  families  are 
smallest.

The newest  thing  provided  for  smok­
ers 
is  the  all-amber  pipe.  The  effect 
produced  by  an  amber  bowl  is  pleasing 
to  the  onlooker,  as  the  smoker seems  to 
be 
inhaling  his  comfort  from  tobacco 
actually  burning  in  amber.

Ignatius  Donnelly,  having  done  him­
self  up  in  literature  and  politics,  is  now 
looking  for  the  wrong  side  of  something 
else to  get  on.

AM ERICA’S  EASTERN  Q U ES TIO N .
The  public  question  which  is  of  the 
greatest 
in  the  United 
States,  and  will  be  until  it shall be final­
ly  settled,  is,  What  is  to  be  done  with 
the  Philippine  Islands?

importance 

It 

is  not  yet  decided  whether these 
islands,  or  archipelagoes,  over  which 
the  American  flag  floats  to-day,  shall  be 
surrendered  to  the  Spaniards  or  are  to 
be  retained  by  the  United  States.  That 
interesting  and  valuable  territory  came 
into  the  possession  of  the  United  States 
by  a  stroke  of  extraordinary  good  for­
tune,  combined  with  the  heroic  and 
brilliant  act  of  a  great  naval  command­
er.  Such  a  conjunction  of circumstances 
does  not  occur  oftener  than  once  in  cen­
turies,  and  to  reject  and  spurn  its  mag­
nificent  offering  would  seem  imbecile 
and  ungrateful  to  the  remarkable  dis­
pensation  of  Providence  that  put  in  the 
reach  of  the  American  people  such  a 
boon.

is  known 

But  little 

in  the  United 
States  concerning  the  vast  island  world 
in  the  seas  of  the  Eastern  Hemisphere. 
The  Americans  have  few  ships  engaged 
in  foreign  commerce  and,  as  a  result, 
they  have  but  little  intercourse  with  the 
countries  of  the  Far  East.  The  steam­
ers  of  the  Pacific  Mail  Company,  which 
ply  between  San  Francisco  and  some 
ports  of  China  and  Japan,  make  up  the 
whole  of  the  shipping  that  trades  under 
the  United  States  flag 
in  the  Asiatic 
It  is  this  ignorance  that  prompts 
seas. 
the  contempt  or  indifference  with  which 
the  rich  and  remarkable  conquests  by 
the  United  States  in  the  Spanish  East 
Indies  are  too  often  mentioned.

The  “ Eastern  Question,’ ’  which  so 
long  endangered  the  peace  of  Europe, 
turned  on  whether  or  not  Russia  should 
be  allowed  to  capture  and  occupy  Con­
stantinople.  To-day  there  has  arisen 
in  the  Far  East  another  question  of  in­
terest  still  more  absorbing  to  the  great 
nations  of  Europe  and  of  A sia;  but  it 
concerns  the  United  States also. 
It  is 
the  manifest  determination  of  Russia, 
Germany  and  France  to  dismember  the 
Chinese  Empire  and  to  seize  upon  the 
vast  fragments  which  they  propose  to 
sever  from  it.

The  United  States  could  have  no  di­
rect  interest  in  questions  involving  the 
ownership  of  Constantinople,  but  they 
have  a  vast  concern  in  the  possible  con­
trol  of  China  by  nations  whose  commer­
cial  policy 
is  opposed  to  that  of  the 
United  States.  This  country,  next  to 
Great  Britain,  enjoys  the  largest  share 
of  the  foreign  commerce  of  the  Chinese 
Empire.  France  and  Germany,  unable 
to  secure  any  large  portion  of  the  trade 
of  China,  have  commenced  to  encroach 
upon  the  territory  of  the  empire.  No 
matter  whether  they  have  gained  such 
territory  by  war  or  by  treaty,  it  means 
in  the  end  the  monopoly for  themselves, 
respectively,of  all  the  trade  of  the coun­
try  they  cover.

So  long  as  the  ports  of China are  open 
Great  Britain  and  the  United States will 
continue  to  enjoy  their  present  commer­
cial  advantages.  They  have  no  inter­
est  in  the  destruction  of  the  integrity  of 
the  Chinese  territory.  On  the  contrary, 
their  commercial  interests  are  opposed 
to  it.  This  fact  puts  the  United  States 
and  Great  Britain  in  opposition  to  the 
dismemberment  of  China,  and  in  this 
they  are  joined  by  Japan.

As  the  present  is  essentially  a  com­
mercial  age,  every  nation  is  employing 
every energy towards extending its trade. 
This  is  done  by  opening  up  to  civiliza­
tion  the  undeveloped  countries  of  the 
globe.  Man  in  a  state  of  savagery  needs

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

little  save  the  simplest  food  and  the 
rudest  dress  and  shelter.  As  society 
rises  in  the  scale  of  civilization  human 
wants  are  more  numerous,  more  com­
plex,  and  are  satisfied  only  at  increased 
expense.  To  this  end  the  nations  of 
Europe  have  partitioned  the  continent 
of  Africa,  are  seizing  on  the  islands  in 
every  sea,  and  now  meditate  the  break­
ing  up  of  the  Chinese  Empire.

The  United  States  is  not  expected  to 
enter  wantonly  and  without  provocation 
into  the 
land-grabbing  business,  but 
having,  through  the  fortunes  of  war,  ac­
quired  important  possessions,  they  can 
not  afford  to  abandon  what,  apparently, 
a  special  Providence  has  put  into  their 
grasp.  American commerce  is  in  crying 
need  of  new  fields  for  the  increase  and 
expansion  of  its  operations.  The  Amer­
ican  people  are  suffering  most  seriously 
from  over-production  of  many articles of 
manufacture,  as  well  as  of  agriculture. 
When  all  other  great  nations  are  bend­
ing  every  energy  to  secure  larger  com­
mercial  fields,  what  sort  of  policy  and 
statesmanship  would  counsel  the  delib­
erate  casting  away  of  the  extraordinary 
gifts  of  fortune  now  in  the  grasp  of  the 
American  people?

The 

Sweden, 

is  sending  out 

it  appears,  is  another  na­
tion which is  disposed to  take  with  some 
grains  of  salt  the  Czar’s  assurances  of 
an  ardent  desire  for  a  general  disarm­
ament.  The  Swedish  doubt 
is  based 
upon  the  circumstance  that  while  Nich­
olas 
invitations  to  a 
peace  congress  Russia  is  unobtrusively 
concentrating  large bodies  of  troops  on 
the  Swedish  frontier. 
amiable 
Swede  is  not  prone  to hasty judgment  or 
undue  suspicion,  but  he  is  disposed  to 
look  upon  the  Czar’s  theory  and  his 
practice  as  somewhat  incongruous,  says 
an  exchange.  His  uneasiness 
is  no 
doubt  well  founded.  The  Czar  may  be 
a  sincere  advocate  of  peace,  but  Count 
Muravieff  knows  that  the  proposition 
is  a  mere  dream,  and  Count  Muravieff 
is  no  doubt  looking  after  cannons  and 
ammunition  while  his  imperial  master 
is  carrying  around 
the  olive  branch. 
Russia  may  entertain  no  predacious  de­
signs  upon  Sweden,  but  the  latter  coun­
try  will  do  wisely  to  maintain 
its  vig­
ilance,  despite  the  pacific  attitude  of 
St.  Petersburg.

Germany’s  discrimination  against  our 
pigs  and  cattle  has 
inflicted  on  her 
something like a meat famine.  The price 
of  all  varieties  of  these  commodities 
has  advanced  so  much  as  to  impose  a 
serious  hardship  on  the  poorer  classes 
and  greatly 
inconvenience  those  who 
are  better  off.  Within  the  last  three 
years  the  importation  of  horned  cattle 
has  fallen  off  more  than one-third,  while 
that  of  swine has  almost entirely ceased. 
Home  breeders  have  been  unable  to 
supply  the  deficit,  and  famine  prices 
now  rule.  They  have  no  stock  to  meet 
the  demand,  and  the  interdictions  in­
tended  for  their  advantage  have  done 
them  no  good  whatever.  They  started 
selfishly  on  the  road  to  injure America’s 
trade  and  went  the  whole  hog.

Nearly  everyone  that  travels  by  rail 
likes  to  know  bow  fast  his  train  is  mov­
ing,  and  the  conductors  are  continually 
pestered  with  questions  on  that  very  in­
teresting  subject.  Here  is  a simple and 
correct  way  to  tell  the  speed :  The rails 
are  about  30  feet  long.  By  means of the 
sound  of  the  trucks  in  passing the joints 
count  the  number  of  rail  lengths  passed 
in  twenty  seconds. 
This  will  give 
about  the  number  of  miles  per  hour.

GREAT  BRITAIN  ALL  RIGHT.
Not  long  ago  it looked as though Great 
Britain’s  influence  in  Old  World  affairs 
was  on  the  wane.  European  diploma­
tists  were  laughing  in  their, sleeves  over 
the  way  Salisbury's  government  ap­
peared  to  have  been  overreached  by 
Russia 
in  Chinese  relations,  and  even 
at  home  it  was  criticised  for  its  hesitat 
ing  policy  and  a  lack  of that firmness  in 
dealing  with  international  questions  so 
necessary  to  the  continuance  of  its  po­
its 
litical  prestige  and  the  extension  of 
commercial  advantages.  Of 
late,  how­
ever,  events  have  taken  a  turn that must 
have  revealed  to  even  the  blindest critic 
of  Great  Britain’s  policy  the  folly of  his 
intimation  that  Salisbury's  government 
was  not  holding  its  own  among  the  na­
tions.  For  the  fact 
is  now  very  clear 
that  Great  Britain,  both  through  di­
plomacy  and  force  of  arms,  holds  as 
strong  an 
international  position  to-day 
as  it  has  ever  held.

In  the  first  place,  by 

its  refusal  to 
permit  European  intervention  between 
Spain  and 
the  United  States,  Great 
Britain  has  won  the  lasting  friendship 
of  the  Great  Republic,  and  paved  the 
way  to  a  closer  alliance  in  the  future 
should 
it  be  considered  essential  to  the 
international  interests  of  either  nation.
In  the  second  place,  Great Britain  has 
established  its  right  to  equal  privileges 
with  Russia  in  the  conduct  of  Chinese 
affairs. 
It  has  forced  the  dismissal 
from  power  of  Li  Hung  Chang,  because 
he  gave  the  Russo-Chinese  bank  finan­
cial 
control  of  the  Peking-Hankow 
Railroad,  which,  as  it  was  to  be  built 
in  the  British  sphere  of  influence,  it 
was 
insisted  should  be  controlled  by 
British  capital.  Moreover,  it  has  come 
to  an  understanding  with  Russia,where 
by,  in  case  of  the  dismemberment  of 
China,  the  great  Yang-tse  valley,  with 
its  enormous  trade  possibilities,  will 
become  a  British  possession.
third 

important 
achievement  concerns  the  continent  of 
Africa,  and  the  eventual  opening  up  to 
trade  and  civilization  a  great  belt  from 
the  Mediterranean  to  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope.  The  crushing  of  the  dervish 
power  in  the  Soudan  will be  followed  by 
the  recovery  of  the  Upper  Nile  country 
to  the  lakes.  The  occupation  of  this 
territory  will  permit  of  the  extension  of 
the  Nile  railroad  to  head-waters.  The 
control  of  the  entire  length  of  the  great 
river  will  open  the  way  to  vast  engi­
neering  operations  in  the  shape  of  dams 
and 
locks,  whereby  the  stream  can  be 
made  navigable  at  all  seasons  and  in 
spite  of  its  cataracts,  and  water  can  be 
stored  for 
The 
possibilities  of  such  operations  are  be­
yond  calculation,  but  when  successfully 
carried  out  they  promise  to  make  the 
Nile  valley  the  garden  of  the  world.

irrigation  purposes. 

Great  Britain’s 

And  the  march  of  civilization  from 
the  British  possessions  in  South  Africa, 
to  merge  with  that  of  the  Nile  val- 
Jey,  is  made  possible  by  another  diplo­
matic  achievement of  the Salisbury  gov­
ernment.  An  agreement  has  been  ef­
fected  with  Germany  whereby  Great 
Britain 
is  left  free  to  acquire  Delagoa 
Bay,  do  what  it  will  with the Transvaal, 
and  is given  an  opportunity  to  secure  a 
right  of  way  across  German  territory  ly­
lakes  and  the  British 
ing  between  the 
possessions to  the  southward. 
In  return 
Germany  receives  a substantial  addition 
to  the  area  of  its  African  possessions. 
The  Anglo-German  agreement,  further­
more,  will  check  further  extension  of 
the  French  possessions,  and  force Abys­
sinia  to  keep  within  bounds,  or  lose  its 
independence.

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Finally,  an  enlargement  of  Great 
Britain's 
influence  has 
been  forced  by  the  Mohammedan  upris­
ing  in  Crete.  British  soldiers  and  sub­
jects  were  killed  by  the  mob  at  Candia, 
and  the  powers  will  doubtless  consider 
it  right  for  the  British  not  only  to  re­
store  order  but  to  exert authority  over 
the  entire  island. 
It  has  long  been  evi­
dent  that  the  readiest,  if  not  the  only, 
way  to  settle  the  Cretan  question  is  for 
the  pretense  of  concerted  action  to  be 
abandoned,  and  for  one  power  to  go  in 
alone  and  settle  it  with  a  strong  hand. 
Beyond  question  the  best  power  to  un­
dertake  such  a  task  is  Great  Britain.  It 
is  regarded  with  greater  confidence than 
is  any  other by  the  Cretan  people,  both 
Christian  and  Moslem,  and  its  authority 
would  be  more  willingly  accepted  than 
any  other.

In  view  of  these  events  it  is  clear that 
Great  Britain  is  to-day  as  strong,  if  not 
a  stronger 
international  force  than  ever 
before.

Virginia  is  to  have  a  new  industry for 
the  consumption  of  a  Virginia  product 
—the  peanut.  A  company  has  been 
formed  for  the  purpose  of  extracting  oil 
from  the  peanut.  This  oil  makes  a  very 
excellent  material  for  the  manufacture 
of  toilet  soap,  and  it  is  to  that  purpose 
the  product  of  the  Virginia  mill  will  be 
devoted.  The  utilization  of  the  waste 
will  also  increase  the  profits  of  the  con­
cern.  To  extract  the  oil  from  the  pea­
nut 
is  necessary  to  grind  the  earth, 
nut  into  a  flour.  One  grade  of  this  flour 
is  used  for  making  bread  and  cakes, 
which  are 
in  great  favor  in  European 
hospitals.  The  other grade  is  used  for 
stock  feed. 
It is  claimed  from  five  tons 
of  peanuts  225  gallons  of  oil  can  be  ex­
tracted  and  3,680  pounds  of flour and the 
same  number  of  pounds  of  meal  ob­
tained.

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The  march  of  civilization  in  Burmah 
is  full  of  interest  and  amusement,  even 
to  the  most  casual  observer.  Young 
Burmah  can  not  now  go  forth  as  his 
father  did, 
loose  but  comfortable 
sandals;  he  must  have  fancy  colored 
socks,  held  in  rigid  order  by  fancy  gar­
ters  worn  about  the  swell  of  the  calf, 
while  Cromwellian shoes with  large  steel 
buckles  have  caught  on  famously.  A 
young  student  who  purchased  his  first 
pair  on  a  Saturday  wore  them  to  church 
on  Sunday,  but  took  them  back  to  the 
store  on  Monday  to  be  changed  because 
they  did  not  creak.

in  New  England  and 

According  to  ill-health  statistics,  the 
greatest  mortality  from  consumption  oc­
curs  on  the  Pacific  coast  and 
in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  upper  Mississippi 
valley.  Pneumonia 
is  most  prevalent 
in  the  Rocky  Mountain  region  and  in 
Eastern  Texas.  Diphtheria  is  worst  in 
the  Rocky  Mountain  region,  on 
the 
plains  and  prairies  and  near  the  great 
lakes.  Cancer  and  tumor  appear to  in­
crease  with  density  of  population,  their 
victims  being  more  numerous,  propor­
tionately, 
the 
northern  part  of  the  Mississippi  valley 
than  elsewhere.  Malaria  fever  is  most 
destructive in Eastern Texas,  Louisiana, 
Arkansas,  Southern  Missouri  and 
the 
cotton  belt.  Measles  ranges  most  per­
sistently 
in  the  southern  mountain  re­
gions,  and  whooping  cough  is  particu­
larly  fatal  in the Southern Appalachians. 
The  danger  from  scarlet  fever  is  great­
est  among  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  in 
the  plains  region.  Heart  disease  and 
dropsy  kill  most  people  in  the  upland 
country  of  New  England  and  on  the 
South  Atlantic  coast.

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How  the  Hardware  Salesman  Out­

witted  His  Competitor.

Howard W. Peak in Les'ie’s Weekly.

In  the  spring  of  1884  I  was  represent­
ing  the  wholesale  hardware  house  of  J. 
S.  B.  &  Co.,  Galveston,  Texas,  arid  my 
territory  was 
in  the  northwest  part  of 
the  State.  One  morning  I  started  on  a 
trip  to  San  Angelo,  about  100  miles 
southwest  from  Abilene,  then  a  small 
town  on  the  Texas  &  Pacific  Railroad, 
about  200  miles  west  of  Fort  Worth. 
Two  other  traveling  men  were  going  to 
make  the  trip  with  me,  and  as  we  jour­
neyed  on  to  Abilene  we  were  quite 
jubilant  over  our  anticipated  trip  over­
land  to  this  frontier  town.

In 

Reaching  Abilene, 

the  stage  coach 
that  connected  us  with  the  train  drove 
up. 
it  was  a  corpulent  gentleman, 
whose  objective  point,  as  soon  made 
known  to  us,  was  the  same  as  ours.  We 
four  soon  became  acquainted. 
I  ascer 
tained  that  this  gentleman,  whom  we 
will  call  B.,  was  from  New  York  and 
that  he  was  representing  a  hardware 
firm,  and  that  he  was  going  to  S.  to  sell 
his  line  of  goods.  This latter  revelation 
was  far  from  comforting  to  me,  as  1 
knew  that  such competition as he  offered 
was  not  the  kind  that  I  was  accustomed 
to  meet;  and  further,  that  it  was  a  se­
rious  question  whether  I  could  compete 
with  him  in  a  square  fight  or  not.  As 
we  journeyed  on  over the rolling  prairies 
our  four  mustang  horses, 
invigorated 
by  the  pure  spring  atmosphere,  fauly 
made  the  coach  whiz  as  down  the  ex 
tended  slopes  we  rolled  along.  My 
companions  all  seemed  in joyful spirits, 
and  occasionally  would  twit  me  (for  1 
evidently  revealed  to  them  that  1  was 
mentally  worried)  with  such  remarks  as 
“ Cheer  up,  old  boy,”   and  “ It  will  be 
all  right  by  and  b y,"  etc.  It  was  a  long 
ride. 
I  was  in  deep  thought,  bcheme 
after  scheme  ran  through  my  brain, 
and  finally  exhausted,  1  fell  fast  in  the 
arms  of  peaceful  slumber.  We  were 
aroused  by  a  sudden  pause,  which  re­
vealed  to  us  that  we  were  in front  of  the 
Nimitz  hotel  at  San  Angelo,  having 
traveled  the  hundred  miles  from  Abi­
lene  in  fifteen  hours.  B.  and  myself  re­
paired  to  the  establishment of V.,  which 
was  the  principal  store  in  the  town.  We 
learned  that  Mr.  V.  was  in  the  market 
for  a  good  bill  of  hardware.  He  in­
formed  us  that  he  would  buy  of  the 
cheapest  man,  and  as  he  wanted  to  be 
fair,  would  submit  specifications  and 
have  us  make  prices,  allotting  the  order 
figures, 
to 
the  cheaper 
considering 
freight,  etc.,  etc. 
I  suggested  that  as 
B.  was  from  New  York,  and  as  he  was 
the  older  man,  I  (through  courtesy,  of 
course)  was  willing  to  yield  first  chance 
to  him.  He  was  soon  closeted  with  the 
buyer,  where  he  remained  for  several 
hours.

At  noon  I  was  advised  that  Mr.  V .’s 
buyer  wished  to  see  me. 
I  called  and 
he  told  me  that  he  was  now  ready  for 
figures. 
I  discovered  that  he  bad  taken 
B .’s  prices 
in  “ letters”   opposite  the 
quantities  of  articles  wanted,  as  set 
down 
in  his  "want”   book.  A  thought 
occurred  to  me,  which  I  readily  im­
parted  to  the  buyer, «and  which  was 
agreed  to. 
I  was  to  take  the  “ waut“  
book  to  my  room,  where  I  could  make 
my  figures  more  satisfactorily  to myself, 
having  urged  that,  as  I  was  represent­
ing  a  home  market  and  was  “ bucking”  
against  New  York  prices,  I  wanted  all 
the  time  to  figure  I  could  get. 
I  was  to 
report  the  following  morning.

in  each  department. 

My  rival  went  off  to  “ take  in  the 
town.”   After  noon  I  leisurely  walked 
down  to  V. ’s  store,  which  was  spread 
out  under  one  roof,  but  divided  into 
several  apartments. 
I  stalked  into  the 
clothing  room  and  acquainted  myself 
with  the  manager  of  it,  as  I  did  with 
men 
I  took  my 
time  and  made  my  observations.  See­
ing  a  hat  marked 
in  certain  letters  I 
would  innocently  ask  what  this  hat  sold 
for;  the  reply  being  given  me,  I  would, 
unobserved,  put  the  price  on  a  paper.  I 
carried  out  this  plan  throughout  the sev­
eral  departments,  as  I  would price  vari­
ous  articles  of  merchandise,  and  in  the

figures: 

course  of  two  hours  1  had  a  pocketful  of 
I  then  repaired  to  my  hotel, 
figures 
and  this 
is  what  1  did. 
I  got  a  large 
piece  of  paper  and  put  down  the follow­
ing 
1—2—3—4— 5—6—7—8—
q—o. 
I  then  arranged  beneath  them 
the  letters  1  bad  secured,  and transposed 
and  calculated  until  I  bad  figured  out 
V . ’s  selling  mark.  This  corresponded 
with  the  letters 
in  the  “ want”   book 
comprising  the  prices  made  by  my 
friend  B.

It  was  no  trouble then to  figure  out  ex­
actly  what  I  had  to  meet,  and  I  assure 
you  that  1  proceeded  to  get  in  my work. 
1  slept  soundly  that  night  and  in  the 
early  morning  was  on  band  to  submit 
my  figures.  The  result  was  that  I  se­
cured  the  order  and  my  friend  from 
New  York  was  considerably  chagrined. 
Toe  same  evening  we boarded the stage- 
o  ach  on  our  return  trip  to  Abilene, 
and 
it  was  then  that  the  tables  were 
turned,  I  being  the  “ warm  member”  
this  time;  and  1  fully  realized  the  po­
tency  of  the  adage  that  reads,  “ He 
laughs  bea  who  laughs  last.”

Some  Essentials  to  Success as a  M er­

chant.

From the Stoves and Hardware Reporter.

All 

this 

There  are  merchants  who  are  fond  of 
sporting  this  sign  in  their  stores:  “ A 
Pleased  Customer  Is  Our  Best  Adver­
tiser, ”   yet  who  do  not  always  make 
every  effort  to  give  their  patrons  the en- 
jovment  of 
felicitous  condition. 
Such  merchat ts  frequently  neglect  to 
spend  money  in  otbt-r ft rms  of  advertis­
ing,  and  this  negligence  unfortunately 
exten-is  to  some  other  departments  of 
the  st> re.  They  are  often  the  same 
in­
dividuals  who  lose  sales  and  frequently 
customers  by  showing  an  unwillingness 
to  offer  to  get  desired  articles-  which 
through  carelessness  are  not 
in  stock. 
Or,  in  addition  to  this,  may  become 
angry  or  offended 
if  patrons  comment 
on  a  difference  in  price  between articles 
in  their  stores  and  those  in  their  com­
petitors’  establishments.  Jnstead  of  try­
ing  to  prop.tiate  them  by  making  a 
suitable  and  satisfactory  explanation, 
ill  advised  merchants  will  send  custom­
ers  away  with  some  curt  remark,  which 
reacts  most  beneficially  to  the  eager  ri­
val  over  the  way,  who  is  most  zealous 
in  his  attentions  and  courteous  treat­
ment  of  such  customers. 
these 
things  have  a  detrimental  effect  upon 
trade,  as  it  is  difficult  to  regain  patron­
age  once  it  is  lost.  Unfortunate  occur­
rences  like  these  and  many  similar  to 
them  serve  as  bitter  food  for  reflection 
to  the  disappointed  merchant,  while  at 
the  same  time  they  are  rolled  under a 
rival’s  tongue  as  a  sweet  morsel  for 
rumination  and  discussion  to  delighted 
listeners  who,  as  every  one  knows,  bear 
ethers’  misfortunes  with  much  equan­
imity.
Another  essential  which  should  not 
the  ap­
be 
pearance  of  the  front. 
It  should  by  all 
means  look  inviting;  windows  ought  to 
be  clean  and  well 
lighted ;  what  signs 
are  displayed  should  he  plain  and  not 
too  numerous. 
front  vestibules 
should  be  free  from  dust. 
It  would  not 
be  amiss  to  have  the  latter  dusted  sev­
eral  times  a  day,or  as  occasion demands 
it.  Although  the  retailer  in  the  small 
town  does  not  need  to  carry  a  large 
stock,  yet  this  apparent  smallness  need 
not  necessarily  preclude  a  care  in  the 
selection  and  a  taste  in  the arrangement 
which  will  give  the  store  an  attractive 
and  pleasing  appearance.  An  energetic 
merchant  whose  eye  is  continually  upon 
the  main  chance  will  not  hesitate  to 
spend  a  small  sum  each  week  on  bis 
window  dressing. 
is  one  of  the  best 
wavs  to  catch  transient  trade,  which 
may  be  secured  in  a  greater  or  less  de­
gree  in  every  locality.

in  the  store 

ignored 

The 

is 

It 

A  Woman’s  Idea  of  Economy.

Mrs.  Youngwon—George,  you  know 

that  $20  you  gave  me  to  buy  a  hat?

Mr.  Youngwon—Yes,  dear.
“ Well,  I ’ve  saved  the  money.”
“ How?  I  see  you’re  wearing  a  new 

hat. ’ *

“ In  order  to  be  economical,  George, 
I  kept  the  $20  for  pin  money  and  had 
the  hat  charged. ’ ’

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The  expected  has  happened. 

Are  We  Prepared  for  the  Sacrifice?
The 
reports  from  Manila  are  beginning  to 
speak  of  growing  sickness  among  the 
American  troops  and  we  may  listen 
for 
another  sad  story  from  the  Philippines 
any  day  hereafter. 
In  tHe  blind  of 
Porto  Rico  the  sickness  in  the  invad­
ing  army  is  steadily  on  the  increase.

If  the  people  of  the United  States  will 
stop  to  read  the  history  of  the  Fremb 
campaigns  in  Tonquin and Madagascar, 
of  the  long  years  of  British  experience 
in  India  and  in  tropical  possessions 
in 
other  parts  of  the  world,  not  to  mention 
Spain’s  losses  in  the  islands  we  are  now 
occupying,  they  will  have  some  concep­
tion  of  the  sacrifices  in  store  for  us  if 
we  intend  keeping  large  armies  abroad. 
It  was,  among  other  things,  the  recog­
nition  of  this  costly  price  which  we 
would  have  to  pay  annually  in  life  and 
treasure 
if  we  undertook  an  imperial 
colonizing  policy  that  has  caused  the 
writer  to  declare  for  fortified  coaling 
stations 
in  other  parts  of  the  world 
rather  than  colonies.

It 

The  island  of  Porto  Rico  should  give 
us  little  trouble 
if  the  Spaniards  were 
removed  and  something  like a territorial 
government  were  erected. 
is  small 
and  within  easy  reach  and  a  few  bat 
teries  of  artillery,  a  few  companies  of 
infantry  and  a  few  troops  of  cavalry 
would  be  sufficient  for  our military force 
down  there.  The  strategic  value  of  the 
island  in  the  West  Indies  is  command 
ing  and 
it  was  proper  to  demand  it  as 
a  part  of  our  spoils  of  war.  Small  gar­
risons  can  be  easily  protected  in  a  san­
itary  way  and  be  often  relieved  without 
great  expense.

If  we  retain  a  coaling  station  only 

in 
the  Philippines,  and  we  only  need  a 
good  harbor  and  a  few  miles  of  sur­
rounding  territory,  the  headquarters  of 
our  Asiatic  fleet  can  be  kept  there  and 
a  battalion  of  artillery  for  the  fortifica 
tions.  Such  a  garrison could  be  guarded 
against  the  ravages  of  the  climate  by 
taking  the  proper  sanitary  precautions 
and  by  an  ample  supply  of  everything 
needed.  So  with  a  company  of  artillery 
at  Guam  in  the  Ladones.  These  garri­
sons  should,  however,  be  relieved  at 
proper 
In  this  way  we  can 
extend  our  sea  power  and  protect  our 
commerce,  but  to  enter  upon  a  more 
ambitious  plan  of  expansion  means  the 
maintenance  of  armies  in  climates  and 
under  conditions  that will annually carry 
sorrow 
into  thousands  of  American 
homes,  to  say  nothing  of  the  financial 
loss  to  the  Nation.

intervals. 

Are  we  ready  to  continuously  offer  up 
as  a  sacrifice  thousands  of  our  young 
men  upon  the  altar of  colonial  expan­
sion?  American  armies  can  not  per­
manently  occupy  the Philippines,  or  the 
West  Indies,  without 
lois  of 
life—as  we  are  now  beginning  to  learn 

immense 

F r a n k  St  w e l l .

Ten  Factories  Manufacturing  Calcium 

Carbide  in  France.

Washington,  Sept.  19— Regarding  the 
production  of  acetylene  gas  from  cal­
cium  carbide  in  France.  Consul  Tback- 
ara,  writing  from  Havre,  Aug.  4,  1898, 
says  there  are  no  official  statistics  bear­
ing  upon  the  annual  output  of  calcium 
carbide,  so  that  the  amount  furnished 
yearly  by  the  different  manufacturers 
has  to  be  estimated.  These  estimates 
vary  from  1.000  to  5,000  tons  per  year 
from  each  factory,  depending  upon  the 
demand and  the number of hours each es­
tablishment  works.

There are  ten  factories  at  present  en­
gaged  in  the  manufacture  of  carbide  of 
calcium 
in  France.  Two  are  at  La 
Bathie,  and  one  at  each  of  the  follow­
ing  places:  Sechilienne,  Froges,  Chap-

areillan,  Lancey,  Notre Dame  de Brian- 
con,  St.  Berom,  Bellegarde  and  Cram- 
pagna.  Four  factories  are  undergoing 
construction.  Tbev  will  be  situated  at 
St.  Etienne  de  Maurienne,  Epiene, 
Serees  and  Cbuie  du  Giffre.  They  will 
be  able  to  piodnce,  when  running  at 
iheir  full  capacity,  from  2,500  to  3  000 
tons  per  year.  The  wholesale  prii e  of 
carbide  of  calcium 
in  France  is  from 
$67.55  to  $77.20  per  ton,  exclusi  e  of 
cost  of  packing.  The  cost  of  packing 
is  87  cents  per  iron  drum  containing 
no  pounds;  $ 1.19  per  drum  of  220 
pounds,  and  $2  22  per  drum  ol  441 
pounds.  The  drums,  when  empty,  aie 
taken  back  by  the  manufacturers  at  the 
invoice  price.

is  guaranteed 

The  carbide  of  calcium  manufactured 
in  France 
to  give  300 
cubic  liters  of  gas  per  kilogram.  The 
output  is  constantly  increasing,  arid  the 
supply 
is  fuily  equal  to  the  demand. 
The  retail  price  of  the  article  is  fr* m 
$10,615  to  $11.58  per  220.46  poun is, 
not  including  packing.

There  are  two  villages  in  France com­
pletely  lighted  by  acetylene.  They  are 
Alzonne.  in  the  department  t f  A ik  e  a 
town  of  1,506  inhabitants,  and  Saurat 
par-Tarascon, 
( f 
in  the  department 
Ariege,  a  place  of  3.024  inhabitants.

The  ordinary  method  of  introducing 
acetylene gas 
into  towns  has  been  the 
same  as  used  by  coal  gas  companies. 
For  the  privilege  of  furnishing  gas  to 
consumers  at  certain  rates,  the  munici­
pality  usually  demands  of  the  contract­
ing  company  that  the 
lighting  of  the 
city  itself  shall  be  virtually  free.
Official  Warning  Against 

the  Hoyt 

Goods.

The  August  Bulletin  of  the  Dairy  and 
Food  Commissioner  contains  the  follow 
ing  timely  warning  to  those  dealers  who 
buy  goods  of  the  W.  M.  Hoyt  Company:
We  desire  in  this  issue  of  the Bulletin 
to  call  the  attention  of  the  trade  to  a 
certain  class  of  food  products  being 
shipped 
into  the  State,  namely,  goods 
ordered  by  mail  from  points  outside  the 
State,  beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  this 
Department.  Under  the  law  the  respon­
sibility  for  the  purity  of  all  articles 
purchased 
in  this  manner  must  neces­
sarily  be  confined  solely  to  the  retail 
dealer  handling  the  same.

As  a  general  proposition  of  law,  each 
and  every  dealer  is  strictly  responsible 
for 
character  of  the  goods  he 
handles,  without  regard  to  the  source 
from  which  he  receives  them,  and  we 
shall  continue  our  policy,  as  sustained 
by  the  Supreme  Court,  of  holding  them 
thus  liable.
But  our  experience  in  the  last  eight­
een  months  has  clearly  demonstrated  to 
us  that  it  requires  greater  vigilance  and 
more  drastic  measures  to  correct  and 
control  the  quality  of  those  food  prod­
ucts  which  are  purchased  of  manufac­
turers  or  jobbers  beyond  the  jurisdic­
tion  of  our  State  courts.

the 

While  we  do  not  wish to be understood 
as  saying  that  all  non-resident  concerns 
shipping  food  products  to  the  retail 
trade 
in  the  State  on  mail  orders  are 
supplyirg  goods  that  do  not  comply 
with  the  law,  we  do  wish  to  caution  the 
trade  to  exercise  the  utmost  care  in 
buying  goods  in  this  manner.

In  this  connection,  we  believe  it  our 
duty  to  call  the  attention  of  the  trade  to 
the  frequent  adulterations  found  in  the 
goods  sold 
in  this  State  on  mail  orders 
by  the  W.  M.  Hoyt  Company,  of  Chi­
cago,  as  published  in  our  monthly  Bul­
letins.  We  regret  exceedingly  that  this 
concern  is  beyond  our  jurisdiction  and 
can  not  be  reached  by  process  from  our 
criminal  courts.

The  extent  and  decidedly  dangerous 
character  of  this  company’s  adultera­
tions.  as  published  in  our  monthly  Bul­
letins,  are  such  that  we  will  extend  no 
lenity  to  any  dealers  found  having  the 
same  in  their  possession.

The  Life-Saving  Hat.

Sole:  Dawson  says 

in  the  railroad 
accident  he  was  thrown  twenty  feet  in 
the  air,  but  escaped  without  a  scratch.
Heel:  Marvelous!  How  did  it  hap­

pen?

Sole:  He  landed  on  bis  wife's  hat.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUOURS  and  b its

CAPS

BOLTS

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

Snell’s........................................................... 
70
.................................26*10
Jennings’, genuine 
Jennings’, imitation 
................................. 60&U-
AXES
First quality. S.  B. Bronze.........................  5 00
First quality,  L>.  B. Bronze.........................   9 50
First quality. S.  B. S. Steel.. 
...................   5 50
First quality.  D.  B. Steel............................  10 50
BARROWS
Railroad.............................................112 00  14 00
Garden.................................................  net  30 00
Stove......................................................  
60*10
Carriage new list....................................  70 to 75
Plow.......................................................  
50
Well,  plain...................................................I 3 25
Cast Loose  Pin, figured................................70*10
Wrought  Narrow.......................................... 70*10
BLOCKS
Ordinary Tackle.....................
70
CROW  BARS
„  
Cast Steel................................ 
.  per lb
Ely's  1-10............................................. perm
65
tlick’sC. F ............................................perm  55
U. D1......................................................perm  35
Musket.......................................  ...... per m 
60
Rim  Fire........................................................50*  5
Central  Fire..................................................25*  5
Socket Firmer............................................. 
go
Socket Framing.............................   ..!!!.! 
80
Socket Comer.....................................................gg
Socket  Slicks......................................................80
Morse’s Bit Stocks................. 
60
Taper and Straight Shank............ . . . . . . .. . .50*  5
Morse’s Taper Shank....................................50*   5
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
oO
Corrugated..............................................  
125
Adjustable................................................ dis 40*10
Clark’s small, #18;  large, *26........................30*10
Ives’, 1, #18: 2, #24:  3. #30................. 
25
New Americau...........................................   70*10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse RaspB................................   60* i0
Nos.  16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.........  
28
LiBt  12 
16........ 
17

GALVANIZED  IRON

EXPANSIVE  BITS

PILES—New  List

CARTRIDGES

ELBOWS

CHISELS

DRILLS

14 

13 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 60*10
KNOBS—New List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings... 
70
............  
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
80
Adze Bye.....................................#16 00, dis  6U*10
Hunt Eye.....................................#15 00, dis 60*10
Hunt's......................................   #18 50, dis  20*10

MATTOCKS

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  aud  Wire.

Steel nails, base...........................................  1  55
Wire nails, base........................................... 
I  cO
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
u5
8 ad vance.................................................... 
10
20
6 advance...................................................  
4 ad vance...................................................  
30
3 advance.............................................
2 advance............................  ..............
50
Fine 3 advance..............................  
U
Casing 10 advance......................................  
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
Casing  6 advance....................................... 
35
25
Finish 10 advance..................................... 
Finish  8 advance........................................  &>
Finish  6 ad vance......................................  
45
Barrel % advance..................................... 
85

MILLS

PLANES

MOLASSES  GATES

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s..............................
40
Coffee, P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables 
40
Coffee, Landers. Ferry & Clark’s...............  
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 
30
Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
3(
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................  @5(
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................   @50
Bench, first quality....................................     @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme.............................................. 00*10*10
70* E
Common, polished..................... . 
Iron and  Tinned  ..................................—  
60
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
60
“A”  Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED  IRON 

Broken packages Vic per pound  extra. 

RIVETS

PANS

HAMMERS

Mavdole * Co.’s, new  list......................dis  3SVt
25
Kip’s  ......................................................dlt 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s...................................di® 40*10
Mason's Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list 
70
" • » <   O fo o l  B . . <   -»v*  V a . 4 0 * 1 0
W ldrV«**'***-’« 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

HOLLOW  WARB

Stamped Tin Ware......  .  .............new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 20*10
Granite Iron  Ware..................... .. new list 40*10
Pots............................................................... 80*1
Kettles  .........................................................
Spiders  ........................................................60Aie
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3.................................dis60*H.
State......................................... perdoi.net  2 50

HINGES

II

80
80
SO
80

70

WIRE  aOODS

 

 

 

SQUARES

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIOHTS

Bright.................................. 
 
Screw Eyes.................................................  
Hook’s............................................... 
 
Gate Hooks and  Eyes  ..........  
LEVELS
ROPES

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ................ dis 
Sisal, Vi Inch aud  larger...........
Manilla..  ..................................
Steel and 1 ran...............
Try and Bevels.........................
Mitre.........................................
SHEET  IRON

10Vi
UVi
70*10
60
50
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. 2b to 26.....................................   3 10 
No.  27 .......................................  3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86..............  ..  .................dis 
50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game............................................. 
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton's 70*10
15
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
I  ■£.
Bright Market............................................. 
75
Annealed  Market........................................  
75
Coppered  Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market...........................................  62Vi
Coppered Spring Steel............  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized 
.......................  2 00
|  70
Barbed  Fence,  painted 
An Sable.................................................dis 40&1(
Putnam...................................................dis 
5
Northwestern.............................  .........dis 10*10
Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled  ..................  
30
Coe’s Genuine.............................................. 
50
80
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  .........  
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
Bird  Cages................................
50
Pumps, Cistern...........................
SO
Screws, New List........................
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate...............
50*10*1050
Dampers, American 
METALS—Zinc
600 pound  casks..........................
8*
Per pound........................ ..........
6*

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

MISCELLANEOUS

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

TRAPS

WIRB

......

 

SOLDER

The prices of themanv otherqualitiesof solder 
In the market Indicated by  private  brands  vary
according to composition.
TIN—Melyn Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................... 
.............#5 75
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................................   5  75
....................................  7 00
20x14 IX. Charcoal 

Each additional  X on this grade. #1.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................   4  50
14x20 IC, Charcoal........  ............................  4  50
10x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   *  50
14x20 IX. Charcoal 
.....................................  5 5

E ach  a d d itio n a l  X  on th is  g rad e.  11.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................   4  50
14x20 IX. Charcoal. D ean...........................   5  50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................  9
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allsway Grade............   4
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   8
20x28 IX, Charcoal.  Allawav Grade 
'0
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, f *** pounC  ’ 

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE 

8
S
8
S
Ü
o
“

....... 

SAVES  T H E   W A SH ER.

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

Fruits and  Produce.
Moldy  Butter  Due  to  Poor  Refrig­

erators.

Prom the New York Produce Review.

We  are  getting  some  very  strong proof 
these  days  that  the  refrigerators  at  the 
creameries  throughout  this  country  are 
largely  responsible  for  the  great  amount 
of  moldy  butter  that  is  coming  to  mar­
ket.  There  is  undoubtedly  more  or  less 
trouble  from  improperly  dried  wood  in 
the  tubs,  but  we  are  quite  certain  that 
many  of  the  large  tub  manufacturers 
have  given  this  matter serious attention, 
and  are  endeavoring  to  remove  the 
cause  of  mold  so  far  as  the  package 
is 
concerned.  But 
if  a  fairly  well  dried 
is  furnished  to  the  creamery  and 
tub 
is  put  into  a 
the  butter  when  packed 
damp,  poorly  ventilated 
ice  box  until 
ready  for  shipment,  the  chances  are 
very  strongly 
in  favor  of  the  develop­
ment  of  mold,  which  will  continue  to 
grow  rapidly  under  certain  favorable 
conditions.

Recent  cases  have  come  to  our  notice 
where  two  or  more  creameries  have 
been  supplied  with  tubs  from  the  same 
manufacturers  of  exactly  the  same  size, 
style  and  cost,  iu  fact,  they  were  all  of 
one  lot.  Shipments  have  come  along 
regularly  from  some  of  these  creameries 
without  showing  the  slightest  trace  of 
mold,  while others  have  been  so  covered 
with  mold,  inside  and  outside,  that  the 
butter  had  to  be  turned  out,  scrdped 
and  new paper  and  new  tubs used before 
it  could  be  offered  for  sale. 
Investiga­
tion  into  these  cases has generally shown 
a  poor  box  in  which  the  butter  bad been 
held  at  the  creamery  until  ready  for 
shipment,  and 
instances  the 
in  some 
buttermakers  admitted 
that  the  tubs 
were  slightly  moldy  when  shipped,  but 
they thought the butter would  go through.
This  question  is  one  of  very  vital  im­
portance  and  demands  the  attention  of 
our  creamery  managers  at  once. 
It  is 
absolutely  dangerous  to  attempt  to  get 
along  with  a  make-shift  refrigerator- 
one  that  has  no  circulation  of  air,  nor 
opportunity  for  the  dampness that comes 
from  melting  ice  to  escape.

Prune  Harvest  Shows  a Shortage.
California’s  prune  harvest 

is  about 
completed. 
It  shows  a  considerable 
shortage,  compared  with  previous  re­
ports  The  yield  was  estimated  early 
in  the  season  at  100,000,000  pounds.  A 
recent estimate,  based upon  a careful ex­
amination,  has  cut  the  yield  down  to 
less  than  60.000,000  pounds.

Another  unfavorable 

feature  of  the 
season's  yield  is  that  all  the  fruit  is 
in 
small  sizes.  The  first  carlots  to  arrive 
in  New  York  are  principally  6o-8os,  but 
the  quality 
is  reported  up  to  the  aver­
age.

The  Santa  Clara  Fruit  Exchange  has 
made  prices  on  the  basis  of  3%c  for  the 
four  sizes.  These  prices  are  not  satis­
factory  to  buyers,  and  business  on  the 
coast 
is  narrow.  There  is  hesitancy  in 
making  purchases  of  round lots,  through 
fear  that  prices  will  go  down  as  the  sea­
son  advances.

The  situation  on  the  spot  reflects  the 
situation  on  the  coast.  Trading  is  not 
large,  but  demand  is  increasing.  Busi­
ness 
is  confined  principally  to  jobbing 
orders  or  orders  for  immediate delivery, 
but  it  is  expected  that  business  will  be 
better  after  trade  becomes  adjusted  to 
the  unexpected price conditions imposed 
by  the  Santa  Clara  Exchange.
New  York  Market Glutted With  Musk- 

melons.

From the New  York Commercial.

The  receipts  of  muskmelons  this  sea­
son  have  been  the  heaviest  New York 
has  ever  experienced.  Nearly  150,000 
packages of the fruit  have  been  received 
since  June  3,  when  the  season  opened, 
and  enormous  quantities  are  expected 
from  the  West.  Prices  have been  fair, 
but  the  South's  output  hardly  paid  for 
shipment  to  this  city.  Choice  Floridas 
brought  as  high  as  $2@2.2$  a  bushel, 
lots  of  Charleston 
and 
melons  shipped  bv  express  sold 
for 
$2@2  25  and  some  New  Orleans  varie­
ties  of  the  best  grade  brought  the  same

choice 

some 

price.  Mexican  muskmelons "sold  for 
$2.5o@3.

Baltimore  cantaloupes  and  South  Jer­
seys  fared  somewhat  better.  Shipments 
were  of  fair quality  and brought average 
prices.  Colorado  production  is  heavy, 
but  shippers  have  displayed better judg­
ment  in  sending  their  fruit  to  the  mar­
ket  than  the  Southern  growers.  Some 
of  the  crop  of  Colorado  shipped  by  ex­
press  brought  S3  a  case.  The  Jersey 
cantaloupes,  although  not as fine  in qual­
ity,  having  the  advantage  of  being  near 
New  York  market,  have  completely 
barred  out  the  Colorado  production,  and 
growers  in  that  State  have  decided  to 
ship  the  product  elsewhere  next  season.
Edward  Bennett,  of  Bennett  &  Hall, 
situation,  said: 
in  speaking  of  the 
“ The  great  glut  on 
the  market 
is 
caused,  not  by  the  overproduction,  but 
by  the  manner  in  which  the  melons  are 
shipped. 
If  growers  would  wait  until 
the  fruit  ripened  and  then  ship  it  a  car­
load  at  a  time,  instead  of  sending  car­
loads  of  green  and  dried  up  melons 
every  day,  they  would  get  ready  buyers 
and  receive  much  better  results.”

The  Wrong  Kind  of  Economy. 

From the New York Produce Review.

We  have  b^ard  more  complaints again 
of  late  in  regard  to  arrivals  of  Western 
eggs  in  bad  order,  caused  by  the  use  of 
weak  and  flimsy  fillers. 
It  is  certainly 
a  very  poor  attempt  at  economy  to 
cheapen  the  cost  of  the  package  and 
packing  at  the  expense  of  a loss of  value 
of  the  contents. 
It  is  like  “ saving  at 
the  spigot  and  wasting  at  the  bung- 
hole.”   There 
is  very  little  difference 
between  the  price  of  these  poor,  cheap 
fillers  and  a  stiff,  strong  and  reliable 
article—only  a  few  cents  per  case.  And 
yet  some  shippers  will  persist  in  using 
them,  even  when  they  should  know  the 
danger.  A  few  extra  broken  eggs  will 
more  than  lose  for  him the amount saved 
on  the  fillers  and  it  is  not  only  this  loss 
which  must  be  considered,  but  the  dam­
age  which  is  done  to  the  sound  eggs  by 
the  breakage  of  even  a  few.  Weak  fill­
ers  will  almost  certainly  cause  some 
breakage  and  the  bad  condition  arising 
from  the  broken  eggs  running  through 
the  case  reduces  the  selling  value  of all.
Use  good  fillers  and  good  cases  and 
great  care  in  packing  so  that  the  fillers 
can  not  shift.  A  cardboard  should  al­
ways  be  placed  under  the  bottom 
layer 
and  over  the  top 
layer,  and  between 
these  and  the  covers  a  little  excelsior  to 
make  a  springy  and  yet  firm  package. 
Care  here 
is  money  gained  and  vice 
versa.

The  Best  and  the  Worst.

“ This  coffee  has  its  good  qualities  as 
well  as  its  bad  points,”   remarked  the 
dyspeptic  boarder  as  he  called  for  a 
second  cup.

“ Indeed?"  queried  the  landlady.
“ Y es,”   he  continued ;  “ the  best  that 
it  contains 

can  be  said  about  it  is  that 
no  chicory. ”

its  worst  point?”   asked  the 

“ And 
landlady.

“ Is  that 

it  contains  no  coffee,”   was 

the  ungallant  reply.

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13

GOTHAM   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—Index  to 

the  Market.

Special Correspondence.

New  York,  Sept. 

17—A  stringent 
money  market  has  been  one  thing  that 
our  merchants  have  had  to  contend  with 
during  the  past  two  weeks.  Of  course, 
if  they  have  to  pay  higher  rates  of  in­
terest,  they  are  going  to  buy  smaller 
stocks  of  goods. 
It  seems  too  bad  that 
this  should  come  just  when  we  seemed 
to  be  on  the  edge  of  a  veritable  boom; 
but  there  seems  to  be  a  little easier feel­
ing  now  and  perhaps  the  matter  will, 
after  all,  work  out in a  satisfactory  man­
ner.  People  from  the  West  report  a 
yvave  of  prosperity  that  they  say  is  roll­
ing  Eastward,  and  its  approach  is  her­
alded  as  fair  weather  or  storms  are. 
“ You  will  see  it  in  New  York  about  the 
middle  of  October,’ ’  patronizingly  says 
the  Chicago  man.  And  so  we  hope.

The  coffee  market  has been rather dull 
and  invoice  lots  of  Rio  No.  7  have  sold 
at  6^|c,  or,  at  least,  that  is  the  quota­
tion.  Holders  do  not  seem  over-anxious 
to  dispose  of  their  holdings  at  that  and 
think  they  will  do  better  to  hang  onto 
what  they  have.  Jobbers  generally  say 
that  orders  from  the  country  have  been 
few  and  still  they  characterize  the  mar­
ket  as  “ steady.”   The  stock  here  and 
afloat  aggregates  1,061,729 bags,  against 
782,204  bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
The  supply  of  mild  coffees  here  was 
augmented  on  Thursday  by  the  arrival 
of  a  steamer  with  27,000 bags  of  Mara­
caibo.  A  great  many  samples  of  this 
lot  indicate  that  there  will  be  a  portion 
of  the  cargo  which  will  not  come  up  to 
the  required  standard,  and 
jobbers  are 
not  falling  over  each  other  to  load  up. 
East  India  sorts  are  rather  dull  and 
transactions  have  been  of  a  moderate 
amount.  Good  Cucutas  are  offered  at 9c.
There  are  reports  of  a  breaking  up  of 
the  sugar  trust  and  a  general  three- 
cornered  fight  all  around ;  but  there  will 
be  time  to  discuss  these  things  later  on. 
So  far,  all  that  can  be  said  is  that  the 
agreement  between  the  American  Sugar 
Refining  Co.  and  the  “ independent” 
refiners  has  been  cancelled.  But  as  all 
the  independent  concerns  and Arbuckle 
together  can  turn  out  only  about  half  as 
many  barrels  per  day  as  the  American, 
the  advantage  will  probably  be  with  the 
latter.  Granulated  sugar  is  listed  to-day 
at  5>ic.

Absolutely  nothing 

is  doing  in  tea. 
This  is  the  general  report,  whether  one 
asks  the 
jobber  or  any  one  else  con­
nected  with  the  tea  trade.  Orders  have 
simply  stopped  coming,  and  until  stocks 
are  depelted  again  there  seems  to  be  no 
reason  to  expect  anything  better  than 
now  prevails.  Quotations  are  nominal.
The  rice  market  has  been  fairly  ac­
tive  and  stocks  of  domestic  are  pretty 
closely  sold  up.  Moderate  sales  of  new 
crop  Louisiana  have  been  made  at  fair 
rates.  Prime  to  choice  Southern  rice, 
5K@5^c.  Foreign  sorts  have  not  been 
especially  sought  for,  although  Japans 
are  about  steady  on  the  basis  of  5c  for 
prime.

There  has  been  some  let-up  in  the de­
mand  for  spices,  but  the  market  re­
mains  firm  and  holders  are  not  inclined 
to  make  any  concession;  nor 
is  any 
asked.  Fifty  tons  of  black  Singapore 
pepper  was  reported  sold  Wednesday, 
on  private  terms,  but  the  report  seemed 
to  have  been  sent  out  for  speculative 
purposes  and  it  could  not  be  verified.

The  molasses  outlook 

improves  and 
quite  a  firm  market  is  reported  for  de­
sirable  sorts  of  grocery  molasses.  While 
orders  have  been  for  rather  small  lots, 
they  have  come  with  frequency  and  ag­
gregate  a  very  decent  total.  Prices  are 
practically  unchanged. 
Syrups  have 
been  in  moderate  supply  and  yet  buy­
ers  seem  to  find  all  they  need  without 
any  trouble.

In  canned  goods,  while  there  is  a 
light  jobbing  demand,  there  is  serious 
consideration  being  given  to  certain  ar­
ticles,  notably  salmon,  apples  and  some 
other  fruits.  Reports  from 
the  New 
Jersey  tomato  districts  continue  to  be 
of  a  very  discouraging  nature and  pack­
ers  are  reported  as  making  purchases  to 
cover  contracts.  A.  Booth  &  Co.,  of

Baltimore,  have  withdrawn  from 
the 
market.  There  have  been  quite  liberal 
offerings,  both  of  Maine  and  New  York 
corn.  New  York  corn  was  offered  at 
70c,  without  finding  buyers,  and  bids 
stopped  when  65c  had  been  recalled. 
Maine  corn,  85c,  delivered  here.  New 
Jersey  grades  range  from  90c@j51.05,  as 
to  brand.
There 

is  a  better  demand  for  dried 
fruits  and  the  situation  is  improved  all 
around.  All available  California  raisins 
for  September  are  said 
to  be  dis­
posed  of  and  buyers  took  liberal  quan­
tities,  believing  that  higher  prices must 
soon  prevail.  Valencia 
raisins,  new 
crop,  are  worth  6}4 @6%c  to  arrive. 
Currants  are  firm  at  5!4 @5%c  for  old. 
Prunes  are  in  about  the  usual  request, 
with  offerings  rather  light.  Evaporated 
apples  are  moving  slowly.  Arrivals  are 
not  up  to  standard  in  many  cases.

iq@2oc. 

The  butter  market has developed great 
strength  and  full  figures  are  obtained 
without  any  trouble.  Best  Western
is  held  at  2oJ^c,  while  firsts 
creamery 
move  from 
is  well
cleaned  up  and  the  outlook  is  encoura­
ging  for  good  prices  for  the  future. 
i7/4@i8j£c. 
Western  seconds  are  worth 
Finest 
is  held  at 
16c;  firsts,  f4@i4j^c;  June  factory  ex­
tras,  14c;  firsts,  I3@i3j4c.

imitation  creamery 

Export  trade  in  cheese  has  shown 

in­
creased  activity  and  home  trade  is  also 
picking  up.  Large  size  full  cream  State 
cheese 
is  worth  7^c,  with  small  sizes 
about  %c  more.

The  egg  market  retains 

its  lately- 
gathered  strength,  but  the  top  seems  to 
be  reached.  Western  fresh  gathered 
i6@i6j£c.  Receipts  Friday 
command 
wpre  about  5,000  cases.
Trading 
in  beans  during  the  week 
has  been  quiet  and  prices  remain  prac­
tically  unchanged. 
Choice  marrow, 
$1  62>£@i  65 ; red kidney,  g i.82>£@1.85.

Stock 

Why  the  Home  Merchant  Deserves 

Patronage.

From the Pontiac Post

Stand  by  the  home  merchant  He  is 
the  man  who  helps  to  pay  for  the  streets 
upon  which  you  walk ;  for  the  school  in 
which  your  children  or perhaps you were 
educated;  he  helps  to  keep  up 
the 
church 
in  which  you  worship.  He  is 
the  man  who  built  a  home  which  en­
hances  the  value  of  your  property. 
Every  subcription  paper  that  is  passed 
has  his  name  on  i t ;  he  is  the  one  who 
can  not  afford  to  swindle  you.  Self- 
interest,  if  nothing  else,  would  prevent 
this;  he  bears  his  share  of  the  burden 
of  the  city  government;  stays  right with 
you  in  sunshine  and  darkness,  in  davs 
of  prosperity  and  adversity.  These  are 
but  a  few  reasons  why  your  patronage 
should  be  given  to  the  home  merchant.

His  Words  Came  Back.

His  Wife:  You  would  not  have  half 
if  you  would 

the  nervousness  you  do 
give  up  smoking.

Himself:  Oh,  I  couldn’t  live  without 

Somebody  Will  Get  Left

The  Peach  season  is  short­
ening.  Order  your  peaches 
quick  and  all  other  season­
able 
fruits  and  vegetables 
from  the  Only  Best  Place.

Vinkemulder  Company,  Grand  Rapids,

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promises;  we  will  advance you liberally  on  your 
shipments.  Write  for  our  daily  price  list  and 
instructions  for  shipping  all  perishable  fruits  to 
insure  good  condition  on  arrival. 

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DETROIT 

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Only  Exclusive  Wholesale  BUTTER  and  EGG 
House  in  Detroit.  Have  every  facility  for  han­
dling  large or small quantities.  Will buy on track 
at your  station  Butter  in  sugar  barrels,  crocks  or 
tubs.  Also fresh gathered  Eggs.

try  pipe.

His  Wife:  Yes,  you  could.  You  told 
Millie  Perry  you  could  not  live  without 
her,  before  you  met  me.

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Ship Us

BUTTER,  EGGS, POULTRY, 
VEAL,  GAME, FUR, HIDES, 
BEANS,  POTATOES,
GREEN AND  DRIED  FRUIT

Or anything you may have.  We have a No.  i  lo­
cation  and a large  trade and are  fully  prepared  to 
place all shipments  promptly  at  full  market  price 
and make  prompt  returns.  If you  have  any  ap­
ples do not dispose  of  them  before  corresponding 
with us.  The crop  is  very  short  this  season  and 
there  will  be  no  low  prices.  Please  let  us  hear 
from you on  whatever you may  have  to ship or sell.
COYNE BROS  , Commission Merchants

■6i South Water St., Chicago. 

RE FE R EN CES:

Wm.  M.  Hoyt Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers, Chicago. 
W. J.  Quan & Co., Wholesale Grocers,  Chicago. 
“ Chicago Produce,”   Chicago.
Bradstreet’s and Dun’s Agencies.
Hibernian Banking Association, Chicago. 
B a n k e r s:  M erch an ts'  National B ank, Chicago.

FINEST  CRAWFORD  PEACHES

Grapes,  Pears,  Plums,  Apples,  Celery,  Tomatoes,  Cran­
berries,  Spanish  Onions,  Jersey  and  Virginia  Sweet 
Potatoes,  Lemons,  Oranges  and  Bananas.

B U N T IN G   &  CO . 

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To  Suit  Your  Taste

Stop fermentation in cider 
at just  the  stage  where  it 
best  tickles  your  palate  and  keep  it  constantly  uniform  for  any  length  of 
time.  Contains no  Salicylic  Acid.  Affords  dealer  good  profit  selling  at 
2c cents,

J.  L.  CONGDON & CO., Pentwater,  Mich.

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

Two  Produce  Houses  Which  Should 

Be  Avoided.

The 

The  Tradesman  feels  called  upon  this 
week  to  warn  its  readers  against  having 
any  dealings  with  P.  H.  Dolan  &  Co., 
who  purport  to  conduct  a  produce  and 
commission  house  at  187  East  Chapel 
street,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
location 
named  is  said  to  be  on  an  alley  and  the 
office  of  the  firm  is  alleged  to  be  over  a 
livery  stable.  Urgent  letters  are  being 
sent  into  this  State,  soliciting  consign­
ments  on  the  ground  that  the  Columbus 
market  affords  a  profitable  outlet  for 
fruit,  but  those  who  have  responded  to 
the  invitation  insist  that  they  have  re­
ceived  no  returns.

is 

located 

Similar  complaints  reach  the  Trades­
man  relative  to  Patrick  N.  Murphy, 
who  pretends  to  conduct  a  commission 
house  at  553  and  555  West  Town  street, 
in  the  same  city.  It is  claimed  that  Mr. 
Murphy 
in  a  little  box-like 
building  and  that  the  goods  he receives, 
either  on 
consignment  or  purchase 
promptly  find  their  way  into  the  hands 
of  other  dealers,  so  that  a  shipper  who 
sends  goods  to  Columbus  in  response  to 
Murphy’s 
invitation  finds  himself  “  in 
the  soup”   unless  the  shipper  consigns 
the  goods  to  himself.
The  Tradesman 

that 
neither  house  has  any  standing  in  the 
Columbus  market  and  the  ratings  ac­
corded  them  by  the  mercantile  agencies 
are  not  such  as  to  inspire any confidence 
in  their 
inclination  or  ability  to  meet 
their  obligations.

informed 

is 

The  Proper  Way  To  Pack Apples.
We  will  take  the  barrel as the standard 
package  for  use  in  storing  apples,  but 
the  writer  firmly  believes  that  in  the 
near  future  the  bushel  box  will  be  used 
quite  extensively  for  storing  the  better 
grades  of  apples  for  late  keeping.  The 
barrel  should  be  made  of  No.  1  staves, 
heads  and  hoops,  the  face  end  head 
lined,  top  and  quarter  hoops  nailed with 
%  in.  cut  nails  before  going  to  the  or­
chard.  Never  use  a  wire  nail.  Our  ex­
perience  has  taught  us  that 
apples 
hand-picked  from  the  tree  and  carefully 
placed  in  the  barrel  show  best  results. 
Apples  thus  packed  hold  their  bloom 
better  and  show  a  life  or  freshness  that 
apples  which  are  run  over  a  table  or 
laid  on  the  ground  for a  time  before  go­
ing  into  the  barrel,  do  not  have.  When 
you  please  a  buyer’s  eye  the  sale  is  half 
made.

We  believe 

is  where  great  care 

in  double  facing,  using 
apples  as  nearly  one  size  and  color as 
possible,  and  to  have  the  face  apples 
represent  the  remainder  of  the  barrel  in 
size  near as  practicable.  Shake  the  bar­
rel  gently  after  each  basket  is  emptied 
until  the  barrel  is  filled.  Some  varieties 
will  stand  filling  one 
inch  above  the 
chine,  others  not  so  much ;  right  at  this 
point 
is  needed. 
Apples  properly  filled  in  the  barrel  and 
an  experienced  man  with  a  press  can 
add  very  much  to  the  keeping  and  sell­
ing  quality  of  the  apples.  How  often 
do  we  find  from  eight  to  twenty  or  more 
apples  badly  bruised  on 
the  bottom, 
caused  by  too  hard  pressing,  simply  a 
waste  and  loss,  and  frequently  a  barrel 
will  shake  and  the  dealer  must  use  a 
like  quantity  to  plug  or  fill  the  barrel 
before  sending  out  to  a  customer.  With 
proper  care  in  barreling  and  heading, 
all  this  extra  work  and  waste  of  apples 
could  be  avoided.  Shake well  and  level 
off  the  face  before  putting  in  the  bead, 
then  nail  and  head  line  carefully. 
It 
takes  a 
little  time,  but  one  barrel  to 
burst  open  in  a  car  will  cause  more  loss 
labor  spent  in  securely
than  the  extra 

nailing  the  bottom.  A  careful  packer 
will  put  a  private  or  distinguishing 
mark  on  an  extra  fine-colored  barrel, 
that  will  frequently  bring  bis  employer 
an  additional  50  cents  or  Si  from  stand 
buyers  who  want  quality,  and  the  same 
plan  followed  by  marking  an  off  barrel 
will  assist  the  salesman  materially  in 
satisfying  his  trade,  who  wants  a  lower- 
priced  apple.

We  prefer  to  load  apples  on  car  same 
day  as  packed,  and  find  apples  placed 
in  storage  soon  as  possible  after  pack­
ing  keep  better  than  when  laying  on the 
ground  or  stacked  up 
in  piles  under 
trees  or  along  side  station,  and  exposed 
to  rain  and  sun.  The  question  on  what 
day  to  begin  barreling  for  storage  is 
frequently  asked ;  our  rule  when  seeds 
are  hlack,  apples  pull  fairly  free  from 
the  limb  with  the  short  stem  remaining 
in  the  apples  even  if  the  proper  color  is 
lacking.  Above  all,  use  only  a  stand­
ard-sized  barrel,  and  make  three  grades 
of  apples, 
firsts,  seconds  and  drops. 
The  apples  that  drop  while  picking  are 
often  the  largest  and  best  colored,  but 
should  not  be  put  in  with  the  firsts  for 
storage,even if they fall on soft ground  or 
grass;  the fall  injures  them  even  if  skin 
is unbroken,  they will show dead color in 
a  few  weeks  and  injure  the  sale.  The 
header  should  use  care 
in  marking 
plainly  the  variety  and  face  end  of  each 
barrel  to  save  the  salesman  much  an­
noyance  and  labof. 
Georgia  Will  Enter  the  Canning 

L.  K.  Su tto n,
In­

dustry.

it 

is  by  putting 

The  tremendous  fruit  yield  of  this 
year  seems  to  have  opened  the  eyes  of 
the  members  of  the Georgia Agricultural 
Society  to  the  fact  that  canning  facto­
ries  increase  the  value  of  crops,  and  be­
sides,  in  years  like  the  present,  save  a 
vast  quantitv  of  fruit  from  actual  waste. 
The  production  of  green  fruit  is  now  so 
heavy  that 
is  impossible  to  market 
the  crops,  and  the  only  way  the  surplus 
can  be  saved 
it  up  in 
cans.  In  view  of  the  opinions  expressed 
by  the  members  of  the  Agricultural  So­
ciety  it  is  very  probable  that  there  will 
in  the  number  of 
be  a 
fruit 
in 
Georgia  next  year.  Not  only  is  it  like­
ly  that  private  parties  and  companies 
of  fruit  growers  will  erect canneries,  but 
the  railroads  also  are  giving  attention to 
the 
importance  of  the  industry.  The 
Georgia  Southern  and  Florida  Railroad 
already  has  six  canneries  in  operation 
along 
lines,  and  contemplates  the 
erection  of  six  more.

increase 
vegetable 

canneries 

large 
and 

its 

Don’t  Like  Spanish  Meat  Dealers.
Chicago  packers  are  in  an  nproar  be­
cause  the  Government 
is  reported  as 
buying  most  of  the  canned  meat  to  be 
used  in  sending  the  Spanish  prisoners 
back  home  from  Spanish  firms.  A  pro­
test,  it  is  said,  will  be  sent  to  Washing­
it 
ton.  Government  officials  thought 
to  allow 
would  be  more  convenient 
transports  leaving  the  peninsula 
for 
Cuba  to  provision  before  leaving  home. 
The  Chicago  packing  bouses  want  them 
to  come  to  an  American  port  for  the 
meat  rations  anyway.

Some  women  can’t  believe  a  word 
in 

their  husbands  say—unless  they  talk 
their  sleep.

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in  our  warehouse  for  immediate 
jars  packed  in  dozen 
shipment; 
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Our brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY  PURE  APPLE- 
JUICE  VINEGAR.  To any person who will analyze it and  find 
any  deleterious  acids  or  anything  that  is  not  produced  from 
the  apple,  we  will  forfeit

O N E   H U N D R E D   D O L L A R S

We also guarantee it to be  of  not  less  than  40  grains  strength. 
We will prosecute any  person found using our packages for cider 
or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom.

Robinson  Cider and  Vinegar Co.,  Benton Harbor, Mich.

J. ROBINSON, Manager.

This is the guarantee we give with every barrel of our  vinegar.  Do  you  know  of  any  other 
manufacturer  who  has  sufficient  confidence  in his output to stand back of his product with a 
similar guarantee? 

ROBINSON  CIDER  A N D   V IN E G A R   CO.

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QUALITY also,  but  a  duet  be­
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Merchants

Butter,  Eggs  and Poultry

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REFERENCES

Corn  Exchange  National Bank,  Philadelphia, Pa.
W.  I>.  Hayes,  Cashier Hastings National Bank, Hastings,  Mich. 
Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
D. C.  Oakes,  Banker,  Coopersville, Mich.

“ I  GO  A-F1SHINQ.”

1'his  is the time of the year when houses and stores and workshops 
become distasteful, and  when the great world of  Nature—of  field  and 
wood  and sea and sky—beckons with  its compelling  power. 
Indoors 
repels,  while  outdoors  allures;  and  few  there be who fail to yield to 
the charm, at least for a  brief  period.  While  a  fish  diet  is  highly 
agreeable  for  a  change,  no  doubt, yet there is a very large and con­
stantly  increasing  sale  for  high-grade  Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry. 
Thus it is that we are compelled, in  order  to  supply  the  demand  of 
our customers, to  steadily  seek  for  new  consignments  of  the  latter 
articles of food from those  who  have  not  hitherto  shipped  us.  We 
very  much desire  y o u r   consignments, and  we offer  these  three  guar­
antees to you:  Highest  Market  Prices,  Full  Weights,  Prompt  Pay­
ments.  Let  us add  you  to our list on this understanding. 
Is it not 
sufficient?  We think so. 

W.  R.  BRICE  &  CO.

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Who Gets the Oyster Trade?

L O S T   O P P O R T U N IT IE S .

What  Came  of  Hunting  Up  an  Old 

Acquaintance.

W ritte n  f o r  th e  T r a d esm an.

It  was  on  one  of  the  excursions  to 
Niagara  Falls.  Every  seat  in  the  day 
coaches  was  full,  every  berth 
in  the 
sleeper had  been  engaged  and  there  was 
only  one  place  vacant  in  the  smoker, 
when  a  tall,  finely-built  man  with  an 
air  that  showed  the  world  was  his  en­
tered  the  car  and  took  possession  of  the 
seat.

The  gentleman  at  his  side  was  deeply 
engrossed 
in  the  war  news  and  did  not 
notice  the  stranger  as  be  sat  down. 
Later,  he  finished  his  newspaper,  folded 
it  in  a  neat  packet  and  looked  up  as  he 
prepared  to  stick  it  in  bis  coat  pocket. 
He  was  smaller  and  more  delicately  or­
ganized,  and  no  one  could  mistake  his 
calling,  for  he  wore  the  clerical  dress. 
He  gave  a  quick  glance  which  took  in 
his  companion,  started  back  and  his 
pale  cheeks  slightly  flushed;  but  he  had 
self-possession  enough 
left  to  enquire, 
“ Excuse  me,  sir,  but did  you  ever  know 
James  (they  used 
t o c a ll  him  Jim) 
Morse,  of  Youngsville?”

“ You  bet  your  life !”   exclaimed  the 
newcomer  heartily.  Then,  apologetic­
ally,  “ Excuse  the slang, but  he  is  closer 
than  a  brother,  and  I  have  bad  to 
live 
with  him  more  than  sixty  years.  Why,
I  am  Jim  Morse  myself.  But,  bless  me, 
everybody  has  forgotten  that  name  long 
ago  and  they  call  me  simply  Judge 
Morse.  Let  me  see  your  face  again— 
well,  w ell! 
I  am  ready  to  lay  a  wager 
that  you  are  no  other  than  Tom  Tracy— 
‘ Doubting  Thomas,’  as  we  used  to  call 
you  in  school. 
It  is  good  that  I  did  not 
get  hold  of  your  hand  sooner,  else  I 
would  have  shaken  you  out  of  your 
seat!  How  are  you,  old  fellow,  any­
way?  Could  anything  be  more  fortu­
nate!  Here  I  was  dreading  the  run 
down  to  Buffalo  with  this  weather  so 
scorching  and  no  one  to  talk  to,  and  no 
company  except  a  cigar.  Here,  take 
one;  they  are  the  best  Havanas.  But  I 
might  have  known  you  would  say  No, 
for  you  were  one  of  those  to  swear  off 
when  you  were  a  boy,  and  when  you 
thought  anything  was  wrong  no  power 
on  earth  could  move  you.

“ You  are  a  minister  now—no  mistak­
ing  one  any  day  in  the  week.  Well,  I 
judge  people,  and  you  send  them  on  the 
straight  and  narrow  way. 
I  always 
thought  you  would  make  a  preacher,  or 
a  deacon,  or  something  pious.

“ Do  you  remember  the  time  we  were 
caught  in  the  watermelon  patch?  All 
the  fellows  except  you  made  a  sneak 
behind  the bushes by the fence  and  man­
aged  to  get  to  the  road  before  old  man 
Jerome  could  reach  us.  Do  you  remem­
ber  him?  He  had  a  game  leg  as the  re­
sult  of  the  war  of  1812,  and  be  bad  to 
hobble  along  with  his  cane,  so  could  not 
be  overspry;  but,  as  to  hearing,  there 
wasn’t  a  dog  in  the  village  with sharper 
ears.  Well,  as  I  was saying,  you did  not 
get  along  as  nimbly  as  we fellows,  when 
we  found  we  were  scented.  You  know 
that  you  never had an elastic conscience, 
and  you  were  sort  of  earnest  and  serious 
in  your  ways. 
I  never  knew  how  you 
appeased  the  old  man’s  wrath,  but 
pretty  soon  you  came  along  with  the 
biggest  melon  in  the patch in your arms. 
We  went  over  to  Larkins'  barn  to eat i t ; 
but  somehow 
in  our  throats, 
and  it  didn't  seem  to  have  just the right 
flavor,  and  there  wasn't  a  fellow  who 
could  say  a  word.

it  stuck 

“ And  do  you  remember  the  husking 
bees  and  the  quiltings?  You  were  never

much  good  ai  the  work,  but  you  were  a 
master  hand  to  get  off in  the  parlor  with 
the  women  and  talk.  And  as  to  books, 
there  weren’t  enough 
the  country 
around  to  keep you  busy.  Well,  w ell!  so 
you  are  a  preacher  now.  I  should  think 
you  would  make  a  good  one.  Guess  we 
began  teaching  about  the  same  time, 
and  that  was  the  last  1  saw  of  you.

in 

“ It  must  have  been  the  winter  before 
when  we  took  the  big  sleighride  on 
Washington’s  Bnthday  and  went  to 
Huron. 
I  hope  you  have  not  forgotten 
that,  for  one  does  not  have  such  a  bit  of 
spoit  many  times 
in  a  lilttune.  We 
said  we  would  put  up  the  supper  at  the 
tavern 
if  you  would  furnish  the  horses 
and  sled.  You  said  you  guessed  that 
was fair  enough,  but  you  seemed  a  little 
limp  at  the  thought  of  approaching your 
uncle. 
I  remember  you  came  to  us  the 
day  before  the  party  looking  as  blue  as 
indigo  and  said  your  uncle  would  not 
trust  us  with  the  nags.  He  was  afraid 
they  would  run  away  with  us  and  hurt 
themselves  and  us,  but  thought  perhaps 
if  we  were  careful  we  could  not  harm 
the  sled.  Then  we  were  in  a quandary, 
invited  the  girls,  and  we 
for  we  had 
were  afraid  they  would 
if  we 
went  to  them  and  said  we  couldn’t  go 
because  we  didn’t  have  any  horses.  But 
your  face  was  so  woeful  we  had  to  cheer 
you  up  somehow,  and  I remember one of 
the  boys  (1  guess 
it  w as‘ Laughing 
B ill,’ )  said, 
‘ Cheer  up,  old  fellow,  we 
are  sure  of  the  sled  anyway,  and  I guess 
all  us  fellows  can  scare  up  something  to 
hitch  on. ’ 
It  took  some  of  us  away 
from  our  work  that  afternoon,  but  we 
inveigled  Bachelor  Beckwith  into  lend­
ing  us  his  one-eyed  Mollie,  and  we 
found  another  horse  somewhere  up  the 
road.  Mollie  was  twenty 
if  she  was  a 
day,  and  the  other  horse  was  just  a  colt 
being  broken  in.  They  didn't  pull  to­
gether  very  well,  but  we  didn’t  mind 
that,  for  we  had  gone 
in  for  fun  and 
not  for  style.  My,  my !  I  wish  I  could 
enjoy  a  ride  so  much  nowadays;  but 
coachmen, 
footmen,  handsome  teams 
and  mink  robes  do  not  cut  any  figure  in 
enjoyment.

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“ I  have  forgotten  what  girl  you  took 
that  day,  but  I  had  Sallie  Prentice. 
Every  boy  was  crazy  alter  her,  those 
days.  Of  course,  she  lived  in  a  better 
I  never  see  a 
house  than  most  of  us. 
girl  now  who  compares  with  her 
in 
beauty.  Such  a  complexion  and  such 
hair!  Her  skin  was  milky,  and  there 
was  a  pink  glow  to  it,  and  her  cheeks 
were  like  roses.  Her  eyes  were  as  blue 
and  as  clear  as  a 
lake,  and  her  hair 
curled  about  her  face  and  neck  in  the 
daintiest  of  golden  ringlets 
I  did  not 
know  her  well  then,  but  I  was  proud  to 
be  able  to  go  out  with  her  and  show  her 
off,  for  she  did  not  live  in  our  immedi­
ate  neighborhood.

“ The  next  year  I  taught  school  and 
was 
in  Sallie  Prentice’s  district,  so  I 
saw  quite  a  good  deal  of  her— she  even 
came  to  school  and  studied  some  higher 
branches  with  me.  But  I  never  enjoyed 
that  part  of  the  program  very  w ell;  I 
felt  more  like  talking  to  her  and  listen­
ing  to  what she  would  say.  I  was a great 
green,  awkward  country  boy  then,  but 
I  thoroughly  enjoyed  her  pretty  little 
ways.

She  belonged 

“ We  saw  quite  a  good  deal  of  each 
other that  winter  and  the  tender feelings 
to  the 
waxed  strong. 
church  choir,  so  I 
I 
never  developed  much  voice,  but  I man­
aged  to  learn  a  few  tunes like  Old  Hun­
dred,  Zion,  and  Greenland’s  Icy  Moun­
tains,  and  I  did  get  ahead  of  the  other 
fellows  and  take  her  home  from  choir-

it.  too. 

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The man whose oysters  are  the 
freshest and best flavored.

Who  Loses Other Trade?

The man who sells fishy oysters 
diluted  with  ice  to  disgust  his 
customers.
Avoid  such  a  calamity  and  in­
crease your  tr-’de  by  using  our 
OYSTER  CABINETS,  made 
of  Ash,  insulated  with  mineral 
wool.  (Seecut.)  They are lined 
with copper.  All parts easily re­
moved for cleaning without dis­
turbing the ice.  Porcelain-lined 
cans.  Send for circular.

Ask  for our  prices  on  Roll  Top  Butter  Refrigerators.
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

OF COURSE  YOU  WANT 

POINTER

We have one for you,  if you are a wide-awake and  progressive  merchant— 
and  you must belong to that class or you would not be looking  for  pointers. 
Our pointer is that you cannot afford to continue  business without  a  line  of

Northrop  Spices  and 
Queen  Flake  Baking  Powder

both of which have an  established  reputation for  strength,  are  guaranteed 
to be pure and are warranted  to give satisfaction.

Sold  only by the  manufacturers,

NORTHROP,  ROBERTSON  &  CARRIER,  Lansing,  Mich.

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They  never  become  stale,  for  even  the  very  old­
est  of  them,  by  a  little  warming  up,  become  as 
crisp  as  at  first.  This  isn’t  possible  in  ordinary 
crackers,  and  it’s  by  using  none  but  the choicest 
selected  ingredients,  and  being  mixed  and baked 
in  the  improved  way, 
that  the  SEYM OUR 
Cracker  retains  its  hold  upon  the  buyers  of pure 
food  products.  Always  FRESH,  WHOLESOME, 
NUTRITIVE.  Has absorbing qualities far in excess 
of  all other  crackers. 
Is  asked  for  most  by  par­
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able  class  of customers  to  whoever  sells  it.

Can you  afford  to  be  without  it?

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G ra n d   R a p id s ,  M ic h .

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

practice.  Then,  too,  I  generally  con­
trived  to  escort  her to  and  from  church 
Sunday  evenings.  We  did  not  have 
much  time  for  love-making 
in  those 
days,  but  had  to  catch  it  on  the  wing.

“ It  was  toward  summer  that  I  went 
to  see  her  one  Saturday  evening.  She 
looked  so  sweet  and  pretty  that  I  could 
not  keep  still  another  minute,  and  told 
her  right  then  and  there  the  old,  old 
story.

“ But  she  was  not  of  my  mind.  Said 
she  was  still  young  and  would  like  to 
wait;  she wanted  to  go  to  school  longer. 
I  said,  ‘ All  right,’  jumped  on  my  horse 
and  rode  off  without  another  word.

“ Soon  after  this  one  of  my  brothers 
found  me  a  position  in  a  far-off  city.  I 
law,  and  married 
afterwards  strdied 
the  brightest,  dearest 
little  woman  in 
the  world.  Everyt^'ng  has  prospered 
with  us  and  we  have  bad  our  share  of 
the  sunshine.

“ I  never  heard  another  thing  about 
Sallie  Prentice  from  that  day  until  two 
or thr  e  years  ago,  when  I  happened  to 
meet  one  of  our  old  chums,  much  as  I 
did  you  to-day.  He  was  able  to  tell  me 
quite  a  good  deal  about  her:  Whether 
she  went  to  school  any  more  he  could 
not  say,  but 
it  was  not  long  before  her 
mother  was  stricken  with  a  cancer,  and 
Sallie  took  care  of  her  until  she  died. 
Then  she  was  her  father’s  housekeeper 
for  ten  or  twelve  years,  when  he  died, 
also.  By  that  time  all  the  boys  of  our 
age  were  making  their  fortunes  else­
where,  and  had  almost  forgotten  that 
such  a  person  as  Sallie  Prentice  ever 
existed.  She  was  now  quite  alone  in 
the  world,  and  she  was  persuaded  to 
marry  a  decent  sort  of  farmer  in  the 
neighborhood.  He  did  not 
live  long. 
After a  time  she  tried  the  matrimonial 
experiment  over  again.  Well,  I  owe 
much  of  my  success  in  life  to  her— if 
she  had  not  said  No  I  persume  I 
should  still  be  hoeing  corn  and  murder­
ing  potato-bugs.

“ To  say  I  was  excited  over  this  story 
is  a  mild  way  of  expressing  my feelings 
then. 
I  went  home  and  tossed  all  night 
and  my  wife  was  very  much  worried, 
fearing  a  run  of  fever  was  coming  on. 
But  I  told  her  I  was  worrying  over  an 
‘ important  case.’  Well,the next morning 
I wrote  Sallie a  letter  and  told  her  I  had 
just heard  about  her  and  begged  per­
mission  to  call  on  her  if  I  ever  passed 
through  her  town.  All  the  time,  after 
that,  I  was  conjuring  up  some  excuse 
to go  that  way.

“ In  three  or  four  weeks  I  received  a 
reply  to  my  letter. 
It  was  written  in  a 
stiff,  cramped  band,  as  though  she  had 
not  held  a  pen  in  years.  She  said  that 
she  remembered  me,  and  that  I  might 
come  to  see  her  if  I  wished. 
If  I  would 
let  her  husband  know  what  train  I  was 
coming  on  he  would  meet  me  at  the  de­
pot  and  drive  me  out.  She  signed  her­
self,  ‘ Mrs.  Samuel  Sims.’

“ My  ardor  was slightly cooled,  but the 
next  summer  I  plucked  up  courage  and 
I  did  not  let  them  know  I  was 
went. 
coming. 
I  hired  the  best  rig  in  town, 
and  bad  a  man  who  knew  the  country  to 
drive  me  out. 
I  thought  the  man  was 
crazy  or  drunk,  or  something,  when  he 
drove  in  at  the  forlornest-looking  farm 
we  had  seen.  The  house  had  a  gable 
to  the  street  and  a  ‘ lean-to’  for a  sum­
mer  kitchen. 
It  might  have  been 
painted  in  the  thirties,  but  no  one  was 
the  wiser  now.  Even  the 
‘ stoop’  at 
the  side  door  was  so  broken  down  that 
one  was  liable  to  a  break  or  sprain if  he 
attempted  to  reach  the door.

“ The  driver must  have  hallooed  for 
several  minutes  before  any  one  came

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to  the  door;  and  then  I  wish  you  could 
have  seen  the  woman  who  was  wiping 
her  hands  on  her  dirty  calico  apron  as 
she  came  out  to  the  carriage. 
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duced  myself,  and  of  course  she  was 
‘ Mrs.  Samuel  Sims.’  That was  easier 
to  believe  than  that  she  had  ever  borne 
the  name  of  Sallie  Prentice!

“ She  was  a  regular  jumbo  as  to  size, 
and  made  the  bouse  shake  as  she 
waddled  along.  She  bad  lost  her  pretty 
complexion,  and  exposure  and  hard 
work  had  so  freckled  her  that  it  was 
hard  to  tell  where  the  freckles  left  off 
and  the  skin  began.  She  had  lost  her 
curls.  Her  sandy  hair  was  parted  in  the 
middle  and  stuck  smoothly  to  her  head 
except  a  few  unmanageable  locks  which 
were  as  straight  as  a  poker.  Her  dress 
was  dirty  enough  to  blacken  a  stove 
and  her  shoes  were  full  of  holes.

‘  She  led  me  into the sitting-room  and 
asked  me  to  take  a  seat. 
I  glanced 
furtively  around.  There  was  a  rag  car­
pet  on  the  floor,  a  ‘ whatnot’  in  one 
corner,  a  lounge  big  enough  for  a bed at 
one  end,  and  a  large  heavy  mahogany 
table  containing  the  family  bible  at  the 
other,  while  distributed  about  the  room 
rocking  chairs  with 
were  numerous 
chintz  cushions. 
Even  the  air-tight 
stove  had  not  been  taken  down  for  the 
summer,  and  the  great  clock  ticked 
loudly  on  the  mantel  shelf.

“ A  man  in  stocking  feet  with  a news­
paper  over  bis  head  was  lying  on  the 
lounge  when  we  entered.  He got  up  and 
came  toward  us.  He  was  no  other  than 
the  husband  of  the  faded  Sallie.  He 
had  a  thin  face,  a  receding  forehead,  a 
long  unkempt 
distorted  nose  and  a 
beard.  His  clothes 
looked  as  though 
they  hung  on  a  beanpole.  He  showed 
plainly  he  was  a  victim  of  the  old- 
fashioned  consumption,  but 
is  pos­
sible  he  will  live  as  long as  his  wife.

it 

“ I  always  had  the  reputation  for  hav­
ing  the  gift  of  gab;  but,  ^by  Jove!  I 
was  tongue-tied  that  time.  Mrs.  Sims 
fidgeted 
in  her  chair  and  tried  to  fold 
under  the  dirty  spots  in  her  apron.  Her 
husband  began  to  discuss  the  weather in 
his  drawling  tones  and  give  his  opinion 
about  the  crops,  so  the  ice  was  broken. 
But  you  better  believe  I  did  not  stay 
any longer than  the  law would allow,  and 
I  was  only  too  giad  the  livery  horses 
were  so  uneasy,  and  I  gave  the  driver 
an  extra  dollar  because  he bandied  them 
so  awkwardly  that  I  had  to  go  to  his 
rescue  and  did  not  need  to  stay  more 
than  ten  minutes  in  that  house.

“ Now,  don’t  you  ever  advise  a  man 

to  hunt  up  bis  old  girls.

“ Well,  here  we  are  at  Buffalo  and  I 
have  an  engagement  with  a  man  in  less 
than  ten  minutes.  So  you  go  on  to 
Rochester.  If you  would  only  stay  over, 
we  would  go  and  lunch  together  here.  I 
have  been  wagging  my  tongue  so  busily 
that  you  haven’t  bad  a  chance  to  put  in 
a  word.  Well,  if  we  meet  again  I  will 
give  you  the  floor. 
If  we  don’t,  and 
you  get  there  first,  you  try  and  save a 
place  for  me  near  you,  and  say  I  meant 
to  be  honest  if  I  was  a  lawyer. 
If  I  get 
in  ahead,  you  shall  have  the  very  best 
place  in  the  kingdom  if  I have anything 
to  do  about  the  seats. ’ ’

Za id a  E.  U d e l l .

It  Confirmed  the  Guarantee.

Patron— I  bought  some  butter here last 

week,  you  remember.

indeed, 

Grocer— Very  well, 

sir. 
Didn’t  you  find  it  to be  as  represented?
“ I  did,  sir,  and  that’s  what I’ve come 
to  complain  of.  You  told  me  that  it 
would  outrank  any  butter  on the market, 
and  it did. ”

Association Matters
Michigan Retail Ûracers' Association 

President, J .W is l e r ,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A. St o w s, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association

President.  C.  G.  J e w e t t ,  Howell;  Secretary, 

H en r y C.  Min n ie ,  Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers* Association 

President, J o seph Kn ig h t ;  Secretary. E.  Ma r k s, 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, C. H. F r in k .
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J .  G eo.  L e hm an.

President,  F r a n k  J .  D y k ;  Secretary,  H omeb 

Saginaw Mercantile Association 
Mc Hr a t n ie ;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is.

President. P. F. T r e a n o r ;  Vice-President, J ohn 

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Geo. E.  Lewis; Secretary, W. H. Por 

ter;  Treasurer,  L. Pblton.

Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F.  8 .  J o h n s o n ;  Secretary,  A.  M 

Da r l in g :  Treasurer, L. A. G il k e y .

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A.  C. C la r k ;  Secretary, E .  F .  C l e v e ­

l a n d ;  Treasurer, W m.  C.  K o eh n .
Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
President,  T h os.  T.  B a t e s ;  Secretary,  M.  B 
H o l l y ;  T re a s u re r, C. A . H ammond.

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  W h ip p l e  ; Secretary, G. T . Ca m p 

b e l l ;  T reasurer, W. E. C o ll in s.

Alpena Business Men’s Association

President.  F.  W.  Gil c h r is t ;  Secretary,  C  L. 

P a r t r id g e.

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

Treasurer. S. J .  H u p p o r d .

St. Johns Business  Men’s Association. 

President, Thos  B r o m l e y:  Secretary,  F r a n k A. 

P e r c y ;  Treasurer. C l a r k  A. P u t t.

Perry Business Men’s Association 

President,  H.  W.  W a ll a c e;  Secretary,  T.  E. 

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

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CommercialTravelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn  A.  H o ffm a n, Kalamazoo; Secre­
tary. J  C.  Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer, C h a s. 
McN olty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Sn k d e k e r ,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W. A l l en   Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand  Counselor, J. J.  Evan s,  Bay City:  Grand 
Secretary, G.  S. V a lm o r e, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer,  W. S. W e s t, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  B oyd  P a n t l in d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  F.  Ow e n ,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B row n,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F .  W ix son,  Marquette.

dent Association.

“Incidentals”  Cover  a  Multitude  of 

Sins.

A  drummer’s  expense  account  con­
tains  the  saddest  words  in  the  commer­
cial  language.

Such 

items  as  railroad  fare,  excess 
baggage,  board  and 
lodging,  etc.,  are 
tolerably  plain  to  me,  but  when  it comes 
to  that  elastic  item,  ‘ “ incidentals,”   I 
am  paralyzed.  That  item  covers  a  mul­
titude  of  sins. 
I  have  been  trying  for 
fifteen  years  to  find  out  how  much  of 
the 
incidentally 
“ knocked  down,”   but  I  think  it  will 
keep  me  guessing  fifteen  years longer.

“ incidentals”  

is 

The  drummer  revels  in  the  item  “ in­
cidentals”   and  the  boss  gets  it  in  the 
neck.

A  friend  of  mine  told  me  of  an  ex­
perience  he  had  not  long  ago  in  trying 
to  engage  one  of  these  Knights  of  the 
Grip.  They  had  settled  on  the  salary 
all  right,  and  were  discussing  expenses 
per  day ;  after  mentioning  all  conceiv­
able 
items  of  expense,  the  drummer 
said:  “ How  much  do  you  allow  for 
‘ incidentals?’  ”   My friend said,  “ Noth­
ing.”   The  drummer  thereupon  said,  “ I 
am  not  the  man  you  are 
looking  for. 
There 
is  no  satisfaction  in  making  out 
an  expense  account  without  ‘ inciden­
tals ;’  one  loses  all  his  originality.”

Drummers  are 

“ good  things” — in 
many  respects.  They  come  along  and 
cheer  you  up 
in  your  lonely  country 
stores,  tell  you  their  yarns,  play  with 
your  babies,  eat  you  out  of  house  and 
home,  and  very  often  they  marry  one  of 
your  daughters  and 
let  you  support 
“ two. ”

After  all,  the  drummer  has  not  much 
the  better  of bis boss,and like the police­
man  in  the  opera,  his  lot  is  not  a  happy 
one.  He  has  some  pretty  hard  cases  to 
deal  with. 
I  tell  you,  when  a  drummer 
gets  through  selling  a  bill  to  some  bard 
customers,  be  has  earned  his  wages. 
To  sell  some  bills  it  takes  as  much  pol­
icy,  skirmishing  and  strategy  as  it  did 
to  take  Santiago.

We  talk  about  heroes  on  the  field  of 
battle,  but  take  a  gallant  band  of  drum­
mers,  and  they  will  put 
forth  more 
heroic  efforts  to  the  square  mile  than 
any  army  on  earth.  The  drummer  to­
day  is  the  largest  factor  in  commerce— 
without  their  work  commerce  would 
not  be  half  its  volume.  The  live,  ener­
is  forever  introducing 
getic  drummer 
new  goods 
into  new  fields,  thereby  en­
abling  the  mills  to  keep  their  machin­
ery 
in  constant  motion  and  their  labor 
employed.  Right  now  you  will 
find 
legions  of  live  drummers  ready  to  carry 
our  trade  into  our  newly-acquired  terri­
tories,  the  Philippines,  Cuba  and  Porto 
Rico,  and 
in  doing  so,  are  willing  to 
face  all  kinds  of  privations and  hard­
ships.

Show  me  a  wholesale  bouse  which

does  not  employ  a  live,  energetic  set  of 
drummers,  and  I  will  show  you  a  con­
cern  dying  of  “ dry  rot.”

A d o lph  R o se.

Joined  the  Lake  Superior  Commer­

cial  Travelers’  Club.

Marquette,  Sept.  20—The  following 
is  the  latest  addition  to  membership 
in 
the  Lake  Superior  Commercial  Travel­
ers’  Club:

E.  C ..  Perry  (Gamble  &  Robinson 

Commission  Co.),  Minneapolis.

Alfred  Christensen  (Liggett  &  Myers 

Tobacco  Co.),  St.  Louis.

L.  H.  Cheney 

Mfg.  Co  ),  Milwaukee.

(Straw  &  Ellsworth 

W.  W.  Osband  (Peter  White  &  Co  ), 

Marquette.

Green  Bay.

Green  Bay.

JohnLeFebre  (Weise-Hollman  Co.), 

L.  H.  Hoffman 

(Wm.  Hoffman), 

W.  E.  Sly  (Plankinton  Packing  Co.), 

Milwaukee.

F.  J.  Dimer 

Co.),  Chicago.

(Wadsworth-Howland 

J.  W.  Champbell,  Menominee.
Thomas  Walsh  (Temple,  Ellis & Co.), 

W.  W.  Wixson  ( Fletcher  Hardware 

South  Bend.

Co.),  Detroit.

E.  C.  Tagg  (Tagg  Bros.),  Chicago.
Geo.  S.  Dennis  (Coit  &  Co.),  Chi­

John Stoneberg  (George Frank  & Co.), 

Frank  Freeman  (Holmes  &  Wells), 

cago.
Chicago.

Flint.

J.  P.  McGaughey  (Pillsbury-Wasb- 

burn  Co.,  )Minneapolis.

John  Dillon  (Pitkin  &  Brooks),  Chi­

cago.

troit.

Negaunee.

Frank  M.  Beney,  Negaunee.
Jos.  H.  Winter  (Winter  &  Suess), 

Geo.  Walz  (W.  W.  Oliver),  Escanaba.
Geo.  Morris  (Buhl  Sons  &  Co.),  De­

Wm.  Reckmeyer  (Wm.  Reckmeyer  & 

Co.),  Milwaukee.

The  total  membership  to  Sept.  18  was 

A.  F.  W i x s o n ,  Sec’y.

207. 

Movements of Lake Superior Travelers.
Marquette,  Sept.  20  -John  Stoneberg 
(Geo.  Frank  &  Co.),  who  lives  in  Mar 
inette,  Wis,  contemplates  moving  to 
Marquette,  in  order  to  be  nearer  the 
center  of  his  territory.  Come  along, 
John.

Will  C.  Brown  (Lake  Superior  Knit­
ting  Works)  has  returned  from  an  ex­
tended  business  trip  through 
to  the 
coast.

M.  J.  Lind,  of  Bay  City,  is  now  a 
Lake  Superior  traveler.  He  expects  to 
make  Marquette  his  headquarters.

The  annual  election  of  officers  of  the 
Lake  Superior  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Club  will  be  held  at  Hotel  Marquette, 
Saturday  evening,  Oct.  1,  at  8  o’clock.
Geo.  S.  Dennis  (Coit  8c  Co.)  is paint­
ing  things  up  this  way  now.  Sells  any 
color  you  want.

E.  C.  Tagg  (Tagg  Bros. )is  fitting  the 
boys  out  in  brand  new  shirts  this  week.
H.  F.  Nickerson  (I.  E.  Swift  Co.)  is 
now  permanently  located  at  Houghton. 
“ Nick”   will  not  allow  anything  to  get 
away  from  him,  if  be  can  help  it.

The  vest  pocket  directory  of  the  L.  S. 
C.  T.  Club  for  1899  will  go  to  press 
Nov.  1. 
It  will  contain  the  names  and 
addresses  of  more  than  200  members,  as 
well  as  the  houses  represented,  and 
in 
a  tabulated  form  distances  between  all 
railroad  stations  in  the  Upper Peninsula 
will  be  given.

The  Drummer  Who  Carries Sunshine.
It  has  been  my  fortune,  during  a  long 
if  not  eventful  life,  to  be  thrown  more 
or  less  in  the  society  of  traveling  sales­
men—known  more  commonly,  from  a 
disposition  to  make  a  noise,  as  drum­
mers.  Not  having  much  to  be  thankful 
fur,  I  am  very  thankful for  this,  for next 
to  the  man  who  sprinkles  the  street  in 
front  of  my  boarding  house,I  think  they 
are  the  most  refreshing  class  of  fellows 
I  know  of.

“ Breezy”  is  properly  used  in  describ­
ing  most  any  good  traveling  salesman. 
Sometimes  the  breeze  stiffens  and  then' 
they  are  windy.  But  whether  breezy  or 
windy  they  nearly  always  carry  with 
them  something  that  is 
interesting  be 
sides their samples,  which  are  not  infre­
quently  about  the  least  interesting  por­
tion  of  their  outfit.

The  drummer  has  a  wider  field  for 
good  than  any  other  class  of  men,  and 
despite 
the  disparaging  stories  that 
float  around  be  is  about  as  ready  to  cul­
I  don't  know  just  bow 
tivate  it  as  any. 
much  sunshine  he  carries 
into  dark 
nooks  and  corners  of  this  weary  world, 
but  I  think  that  if  it  was  all  gathered 
up 
it  would  melt  the 
icicles  that  bang  about  all  the  chilly 
buyers  in  the  universe.

in  one  big  ray 

The  drummer  not  only  carries  sun­
shine  and  good  cheer  to  his  trade,  but 
he  reflects  it  in  bis  house.  1  don’t  know 
what 
is  pleasanter  for  the  boys  in  the 
office  than  to  greet  the  homecoming  of 
the  cheerful  salesman.  He 
is  an  in­
spiration  and  a  spur—like  wine  to  a 
flagging  spirit. 
If  the  season  has  been 
a  bad  one  he  knows  there  are  better 
times  ahead  and  is  hopeful.  If  the  crop 
of  orders  has  been  good  he  rejoices 
in 
his  fortune,  not  forgetting  to  give  due 
credit  to  those  who  have  helped  him 
in 
the  harvest.  He  is  full  of  suggestions 
for  making  the  line  better,  but  content 
with  things  as  he  finds  them.  He  helps 
the  man  who  makes  the  goods  and  the 
man  who  oversees  the  disposition  of  the 
product  and  to  the  advertising  man  is  a 
never-failing  source  of  strength,  for  he 
knows  the  peculiarities  of  every  man  in 
his  territory  and  can  tell  the  publicity 
sharp  just  how  to  handle  them.

This  is  the  good  drummer,  and  let  us 
tfa ik   heaven,  he  is  the  more  numerous. 
There  is  another  sort,  the  cimplaining 
and  dissatisfied  drummer.  He 
is  the 
fellow  who  credits  all  his  successes  to 
his  own 
individual  efforts  and  all  his 
failures  to  the  misdirected  efforts  of  the 
men  at  -the  head  of  his  house.  He  is 
more  annoying  than  a  lovelorn  cat  on 
the  woodshed  at  2  o’clock  in  the  morn­
ing. 
I  hate  to  think  of  him  and  hence 
I  won’t. 
Excursion 

to  Detroit,  Saginaw  and 
Bay  City  Sunday.

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Train 

leaves  Grand  Trunk  Railway 
System  depot  6:45  a.  m.,  arriving  at 
Detroit  11:30  a.  m.,  Saginaw  10:11  a. 
m.,  Bay  City  10:41  a.  m.  Fare  to  Sag­
inaw  or  Bay  City  and  return,$1.50;  De­
troit  and  return,  $1.85.  For  particulars, 
call  at  Grand  Trunk  City  office,  Morton 
House,  or  at  depot.

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

A  Story  Without  Words.

Post  D  in  Line  For  Saginaw

Bay  City,  Sept.  19—A  special  meet­
ing  of  Post  D,  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip,  was  held  at  the  parlors  of  the 
Fraser  House  Saturday  evening  and 
the  following  officers  were  elected  for 
the  fiscal  year:

President—Geo.  H.  Randall.
Vice-President—Wm.  Tapert.
Secretary  and  Treasurer— R.  S.  Rich-

The  Post  expects  to  send  a  large  del­
egation  to  the  State  meeting,  which  will 
be  held  in  Saginaw December 27 and 28.

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Remarks  for  the  good  and  welfare  of 
the  Post  were  made  by  Bro.  Sempliner 
and  others.

The  next  meeting  of  the  Post  will  be 
held  at  the  Fraser  House  parlors  Octo­
ber  15.

G.  S.  Valmore,  of  Detroit,  who  spent 
the  summer  in  his  cottage  at  Hankerds, 
had  the  misfortune  to  sprain  his  ankle 
on  his  return  home,  and  now  hobbles 
around  on  crutches,  with  his  foot  in  a 
plaster  cast.  Val  heartily  wishes  he  bad 
tarried  a  fortnight 
longer  at  Pleasant 
Lake.

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of  her  first  husband  after  she  marries 
again,  but  the  second  husband  often 
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President, Geo.  G u n d r u x ,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Sc h u m a ch er, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, H e n r y   H e im , Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.

Lansing—Nov.  1 and 2.

STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.

President—J. J. So u r w in e,  Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chab.  F .  Ma n n, Detroit 
Treasurer  J ohn D.  Mu ir ,  Grand Rapids.

Transitions  Through  Which  the  Drug 

Business  Has  Passed.

There  is  no  one  who  doubts  that  there 
is  a  great  centralizing  movement  going 
on  the  world  over  as  a  part  of  the  proc­
ess  of  evolution.  Our  civil  war  was  a 
part  of  this  movement.  By that  conflict 
a  Confederacy  became  a  Union,  and  a 
centralization  of  power  resulted  which 
has  made  us  a  nation  in  a  way  that  we 
would  not  otherwise  have  been.  Cen­
tralization  of  power,  of  responsibility 
and  of  work  is  among  the  prominent 
recognized  ideas  of  to-day.

It  is  evident  that  this  great  centraliz­
ing  movement 
is  also  going  on  in  the 
commercial  world,  and  that  it  is  merely 
a  phase  of  the  progress  of  humanity.  It 
is  our  duty  to  recognize  this  fact.  To 
complain  of 
it  is  simply  absurd.  We 
should  always  accept  the inevitable.  All 
we  can  do  is  to  fit  ourselves  to  the  new 
conditions,  and,  as  far  as  we  are  able, 
strive  to  direct  the  great  movements  in­
to  correct  and  proper  channels.

The  conditions  of  the  mercantile 
world  are  changing  so  rapidly  in  these 
days  that  some  things  which  constituted 
good  business  policy  a  month,  a  year, 
ten  years,  or  twenty-five  years  ago  are 
now  entirely  outgrown.  This  is  as  true 
in  the  drug  business  as  in  all other lines 
of  work.

in  a  mortar,  for  use 

When  I  was  a  young  boy  in  a  drug 
store  I  powdered  aconite  root  and  Span­
ish  flies 
in  our 
manufacturing  department. 
It  would 
be  simply  foolish  to  require  an  appren­
tice—or  rather an  assistant,  for  we  have 
no  apprentices  now—to  do  that  work  at 
the  present  time.

To  continue  our  musings  on 

this 
thought,  we  may  consider  for  a  moment 
the  growth  in  recent  years  of  the  great 
pharmaceutical  manufacturing  estab­
lishments. 
It  has  been  a  custom  in  the 
past  to  decry  them  and  to  warn  the  stu­
dents  in  our  colleges  against  using  their 
products.  According  to  the 
logic  of 
days  gone  by  and  the  conditions that 
then  existed,  this  was  right and  proper. 
Their  standard  was  low  and  their  prod­
ucts were unreliable.  Sharp criticism was 
greatly  needed.  As  time  has  gone  on 
things  have  changed.  All  the  prepara­
tions  put  on  the  market  by  the  large 
manufacturers  are  not  now  reliable— 
would  that  we  could  say  that  they  are. 
On  the  other  hand,  many  of them  are  of 
much  better  quality  than  the  retailer 
can  make  himself—or  perhaps  I  should 
say,  better  than  he  is  likely  to  make  for 
himself.  To  give  a  concrete  example: 
I  sell  in  my  store  o n ly-----'s  Fluid  E x­
tract  of  Ergot,  and  have  sold  no  other 
for  many  years,  because  I  believe  that 
they  can  and  do  make  a  better  prepara­
tion  than  I  can.  They  have a  larger and 
better  opportunity  to  select  the  drug, 
and  working  on  a 
large  scale,  can 
make  a  much  more  uniform  article  than 
I  can,  working  on  a  small scale.  Again,

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

for  many  years  I  have  sold  only-----'s
Dover’s  powder. 
In  the  past  I  made 
this  article  by  a  long  and tiresome tritu­
ration  in  a  big  Wedgwood  mortar.  The 
firm  from  whom  I  buy 
it  can  do  the 
work  better;  hence  I  prefer  their  pow­
der to  my  own.

These  facts  are  simply  in  line  with 
thousands  of  others  that  are  familiar  to 
us  a ll:  The  old  hand-loom  versus  the 
great  cotton  factory,  the  watch  made  by 
the  Swiss  peasant  in  his quiet  mountain 
home  versus  the  thousands  and  thou­
sands  made  by  the  great  factory  in  Wal­
tham,  Mass.

Of  course,  the  personality  of the'work- 
man  will  always  be  an  important  factor 
in  the  problem,  whether  the  work  be 
done  on  a 
large  or  on  a  small  scale. 
Honesty  and  integrity  must  also  be  im­
portant  factors.  Many  will  contend, 
and  with  good  reason,  that  the  individ­
integrity  of  the  worker 
uality  and  the 
lost  sight  of  more  easily  when 
will  be 
the  work 
is  on  a  large  scale.  This  is 
one  of  the  difficulties  to  be  overcome. 
As  time  goes  on  we  shall  learn  how  to 
overcome  it,  for  the  great  law  of  supply 
and  demand  must  do  its  work  here  as 
everywhere  else  in  the  universe.

Owing  largely  to  the  many  great 
changes  that  have  come  about  in  the 
last  century,  the  discovery  and  control 
of  the  various  great  forces  in  Nature, 
more rapid and easy intercommunication 
among  people,  and  the  more  general 
dissemination  of  knowledge,  men  are 
learning  rapidly  as  never before  that  all 
work  can  be  done  better  and  more  eco­
large  scale  than  on  a 
nomically  on  a 
small  one,  and  that  co-operation 
is  a 
better  rule  than  competition.  This  is 
the  great  underlying  reason  for  trusts, 
department 
stores,  consolidations  of 
railway  systems,  and  the  merging  of 
municipalities 
into  one  great  central 
government.  These  big  things  have 
come  to  stay  and  are  to  grow  larger and 
broader  each  decade.

These  changes  seem  to  many  of  us 
very  unpleasant—all  transitions  are  dis­
agreeable  to  those  who  have  the  mis­
fortune  to  be  placed  between  the  upper 
and  the  nether  millstone,  as  the  retail 
to  have  been  of  late 
druggists  seem 
years.  But 
let  us  have  courage  and 
hope.  The  process  of  change  may  not 
appear  to  us  good,  but  the  result  will 
surely  be  right.  This  is  written  not  as 
a  matter  of  personal  opinion  merely, 
but  because  the  facts  of  the  past  show 
that  all  evolution 
is  upward,  that  an 
improvement  has  been  going  on  con­
tinually,  and  we  must  believe  that  what 
has  been  true  in  the  past  as  to  the  laws 
of  the  universe  is  true  now  and  always 
will  be  true.—S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  in 
Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.

The  Drug  Market.

The  volume  of  business  in  this  line 
continues  very  large  and  collections  are 
good.  There  are  very  few  changes  to 
note  and  those are  unimportant.

Opium— Is  about  steady,  at  prices 

quoted.

Essential  Oils— Anise  is  lower,  on  ac­
count  of  competition.  Peppermint  is 
in  active demand  and  firmer.

Roots— Ipecac  has  advanced.  Golden 
seal  is  very  firm.  Senega  has  been  ad­
vanced.
. Seeds—There are no changes in prices.

Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—There 

is  a  better  demand 
and  manufacturers'  prices  are  steady.
•  Citric  Acid—On  account  of  lack  of 
demand,  manufacturers  have  reduced 
the  pricj  ic  per  pound.

Creoline— Has  been  advanced  ioc  per 

Glycerine— Is 

in 

light  demand  and 

pound.

weak.

The  Language  of  Prescriptions. 

From the British Medical Journal.

is  that 

Why  should  medical  prescriptions  be 
written  in  Latin?  This question has  re­
cently  been  discussed 
in  a  daily 
paper.  To  some  minds  it  might  seem 
first  point  to  Be  settled  is 
that  the 
whether  prescriptions  are  written 
in 
Latin.  It  may  be  admitted  that  they  are 
written 
in  no  other  known  tongue,  and 
the  language,  however  it  may  be  classtd 
among  the  families  of  human  speech,  is 
at  worst  less  of  a  linguistic  outrage than 
law  Latin.  At  any  rate,  its  barbarism 
is  less apparent  because  it  is  veiled  by 
the  decent  obscurity  of  abbreviations 
and  symbols  intelligible  only  to adepts. 
Assuming,  however,  that  prescriptions 
are  in  Latin,  is  it  well  that  they  should 
be  so  written?  The  oracle  of  the  daily 
paper  helps  us  hut 
little  towards  a 
solution.  His  chief  argument  for  re­
taining  the  language  now  in  use  is  that 
it  saves  time.  But  this  end  could  still 
better  be  attained  by  the  use  of  short 
hand,  a  reform  which  would  doubtless 
be  welcomed  by  the  Society  of  Medical 
Phonographers,  but  would  probably  not 
be  hailed  with  enthusiasm  by  the  pro­
fession  at 
large.  The  argument  gener­
ally  urged  for  the  retention  of  Latin 
in 
prescriptions 
in  this  way  they 
intelligible.  As  Dr. 
are  universally 
it,  Latin  “ is  written  and 
Paris  puts 
understood 
throughout 
the  civilized 
world,  and  that  can  not  be  said  of  any 
other  language. ”   The  author  of  Phar- 
macologia  adds:  “ An  invalid traveling 
through  many  parts  of  Europe might die 
before  a  prescription  written  in  English 
could  be  made  up.”   But  would  a  pre­
scription  written  in  what  may,  by  cour 
tesv,  be  called  Latin,  be  made  up  any 
more  easily?  An 
international  Phar­
macopoeia  is  a  dream  which  will hardly 
be  fulfilled  until  the  millennium,  and 
apart  from  the  composition  of 
ingredi­
ents,  the  question  of  dosage,  together 
with  our  insular  system  of  weights  and 
measures,  would  present  not  only  diffi­
culties,  but  possibilities  of  danger that 
would  make  the  taking  of  a  mixture 
compounded 
in  supposed  accordance 
with  the  British  Pharmacopoeia  by  a 
druggist,  say  in  Bohemia  or  in  Greece, 
an  adventure  not  to  be  lightly  entered 
upon.  Even  at  borne  the  use  of  Latin 
may  have  unlooked-for  and  undesirable 
results.  Has  not  a  distinguished  judge 
left  it  on  record  that  he owed  his  escape 
from  serious  overdosing, 
if  nothing 
worse,  to  his  knowledge  that  quarta 
quaque  bora  did  not  mean  “ every  quar­
ter  of  an  hour,“   as  interpreted  for  him 
on  the  label  of  the  medicine  bo tie?  Di­
rections  at 
least  should  be  written  in 
English—a  reform  which  fas  already 
pretty  generally  been  adopted,  to  the 
great  comfort  of  junior  consultants  who 
meet  physicians  of  the  old  school. 
In 
most  Continental  countries  the  use  ot 
Latin  has  been  abandoned,  although 
in 
France  there  are  still  some  old-fash­
ioned  doctors  who  disdain  the  use  of  a 
language  understood  of  the  people, 
and  pride  themselves  on  writing  their 
prescriptions 
in  a  learned  tongue,  of 
which  the following  may serve as  a  sam­
ple  “ R.  Onguenti  mercurius  douplus. 
Frictionatez  super  fessis  et  venter.”   In

Belgium  an  attempt  was  lately  made  to 
language  of  pre­
restore  Latin  as  the 
scriptions,  but  without  success. 
The 
fact 
is  we  in  this  conservative  country 
stick  to  Latin  as  being  almost  the  only 
relic  of  our  ancient 
for 
classic  learning.  Now  that  science  has 
replaced  mystery  we  could  well  afford 
to  discard  this  last  vestige  of  pedantry.

reputation 

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The  oil  of  sas-afras  will  destroy  all 
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a  single  application.  Care  must  be 
taken  to  prevent  its  coming  in  contact 
with  mucous  membranes.  Any  burning 
from  this  cause  can  be  allayed  in  a  few 
minutes  by  putting  on  olive  oil.

Yield  of  Gas  From  Calcium  Carbide.
The  theoretical  yield  of  acetylene  gas 
from  one  pound  of  pure calcium carbide 
is  5.58  cubic  feet.  Some  inferior  qual­
ities,  chiefly of continental manufacture, 
produce  barely  4  cubic  feet  per  pound.

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Sapo,  W..................
Sapo, M....................
Sapo. G....................
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Snuff, Maccaboy, De
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Soda Boras, po........  9  @  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1M@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
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Soda, Ash...............   3m@ 
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Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
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Tamarinds.............. 
10
Terehenth Venice...  28®  30
46®  48
Theobromae............  
Vanilla...................  9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph............ 
7® 
8

Oils

BBL.  SAL.
Whale, winter......... 
70
70 
Lard,  extra.............  50 
60
Lard, No. 1.............. 
40 
45

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
Linseed,  boiled  .... 
Neatsfoot, winterstr 
Spirits Turpentine.. 

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36 
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34 
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39
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Putty, commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
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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

LB
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IK  2  @3 
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2M  2K@3
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1  00®  1  15

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

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Benzoicum, German
Boracic....................
@ 15
29® 41
Carbolicum............
4»® 50
Cltiicum.................
Hydrochlor............
3® 5
8® 10
12® 14
Oxalicum...............
@ 15
Phosphor!urn,  dll...
Salicylicum.............
6"@ 65
Snlpfiurlcum...........
1K@ 5
Tannicum.............. 1  25®  1 40
38® 40
Tartarlcnm..............
Ammonia
4® 6
Aqua, 16 deg...........
6© 8
Aqua, 20  deg...........
Carbon as.................
12@ 14
12® 14
Chloridum............ .
Aniline
......... 2 00® 2 25
Black.........  
80®  1 00
Brown....................
45® 50
R ed.........................
Yellow.................... 2 50® 3 00
Baccae.
Cube see...........po. 18
Juni perns...............
Xanthoxylum.........
BaUamnm
Copaiba...................
I'eru.........................
Terabln, Canada__
Tolutan...................
Cortez
Abies, Canadian__
CasslsB....................
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera. po.
Prunus Virgini.......
Quillaia,  gr’d  ........
sassafras........po. 18
Cimus.. .po. 15,  gr’d 
Eztractum 

52®  58
@ 2 75 
45®  50
50®  55

13® 15
6® 8
25® 30

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhlza, po 
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H»matox,
Hsematox. Is .
Hsematox, M s..........
Hsematox, Mb........
Perm

24®
28®
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13®
14®
16®

12® 14
18@ 25
30® 35

23® 28
18® 25
25® 30
12@ 20
8® 10

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Citrate and Quinia..
Citrate soluble.......
Perrocyanidum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate,  p u re ......
Ptora
Arnica....................
Anthémis...............
Matricaria..............
Polla
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
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Cassia Acutifol,Alx.
Salvia officinalis, Mb
and  Mb.................
Ura Ursi..................
Gummi
@ 65
Acacia,  1st picked..
@ 45
Acacia,  2d  picked..
@ 35
Acacia,  3d  picked..
@ 28
Acacia, sifted sorts.
60® 80
Acacia, po...............
12® 14
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20
@ 12
Aloe, Cape__po. 15
Aloe, Soeotrl.. po. 40 @ 30
55® 60
Ammoniac..............
25® 28
Assafcetlda__po. 30
50® 55
Benzolnnm............
Catechu, Is..............
® 13
® 14
Catechu, Ms............
® 16
Catechu, Ms............
C am phor»............
38® 42
Euphorblum.  po.  35 @ 10
Gal ban um...............  
®  1  00
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  TO
Gnalacum..........po. 25 
® 3»
Kino...............po.l3.u0  @3 00
Mastic....................   @  60
Myrrh................ po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii...po. (5.20®5.40 3 90®  4  00
Shellac....................   25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  HO
Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Abslnthinm.-oz. pkg 
Eupatorium  oz.  pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr..oz. pkg 
Rne.............. oz. pkg 
TanacetnmV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesla.
Calcined, P a t.........  
55®  60
Carbonate, Pat........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A M..  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings^  35®  36

Oleum
Absinthium............   3 50® 3 75
Amygdalte, Dulc.... 
30®  50 
Amygdalae, Amarae .  8 00®  8 25
Anisl.........................2  1  @ 2 20
Aurantl  Cortex......   2 25® 2 40
Bergamii.................  3 00®  3  20
80®  85
Cajiputi................... 
Caryophylli............   8J®  81
°edar....................... 
35®  55
Chenopadli..............  @275
Oinnamonii.............  1  60®  1  TO
Ciuonella..............  46®  50

90® 

Conium  Mac...........  35®  50
Copaiba...................  1  15®  1  25
Cubebae...................... 
Exechthitos 
.........   1  00®  1  10
Erigeron......................  1  on®  1 10
Gaultheria...................  l  50®  1 60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1  on®  1  10
Junipera..................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
go® 2 00
Limonis...................  1  so©  1  50
Mentha Piper.........  1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   l  50®  1  60
Morrhuae,  gal.........   1  io®  1  25
Myrcia,....................  4 00® 4  50
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
io®  12
Piets  Liquida.........  
Picis Liquida, gal... 
@  35
Ricina.................... 
9.®  1  10
Rosmarini...............   @  1 00
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succlni...................  40®  45
Sabina...............  
90@  1 00
Santa!......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
55®  60
@  65
Sinapis, ess., ounce. 
Tiglii.......................  1  70®  1  80
Thyme.................... 
40®  50
Thyme,  opt............   @  1 60
Tbeobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb................  
15® 
fg
13® 
Bichromate  ........... 
15
Bromide..................  
50®  55
12® 
Carb....................... 
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
16@  18
Cyanide.............  
35@  40
 
Iodide........................2 60® 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
28®  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
@ 
15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10©  12
Potass Nitras........... 
10® 
1
Prussiate.................  211@  25
Sulphate p o ........... 
i5@ 
is

10® 

Radix
Aconitvm.............. 
20®  25
Althse.....................  
22®  25
Anchusa................. 
n® 
12
Arum po..................   @  25
Calamus................. 
20®  40
Gentiana........po  IS 
12@ 
15
Glychrrhiza..  pv. 15 
16® 
18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @ 
¿0
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  65
Hellebore,Alba, po.. 
18®  20
Inula, po................. 
is®  20
Ipecac, po...............   2 80® 3 0«
Ins plox —  po35@38 
35®  40
Jalapa,  pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  Ms...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po__  22®  25
gi»ei  ....................... 
75®  1 00
Rhei, cut.................  @125
Rh,ei-,PV..................  
75®  1 35
Spigelia.................. 
35®  3g
Sanguiuarta.  po. 15  @  n
Serpentaria............ 
30®  35
Senega.................... 
40®  45
Similax.officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............   @  25
Scillae..............jpo.35 
12
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana.Eng. po. 30  @  25
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
5!n5l!?er,i...............  
,2@  >6
Zingiber J...............  
25®  27
Semen
Anlsum......... po.  15 
@ 
12
13®  15
Apium  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is.................... 
4® 
e
10@ 
Cwui..............po. 18 
12
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............ 
8® 
10
Cannabis  Sativa__ 
4® 4M
Cydonium...............  
75®  1 00
Chenopodium  ........ 
io® 
12
Dtptenx  Odorate...  1  80®  1 90
Fceniculum............   @ 
10
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
L inl.........................  3M@ 41^
4® 4M
Lini,  grd....bbl. 3M 
Lobelia..................   35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4® 4*4
Rapa.....................    4M@ 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
9®  10
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spirltus

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

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................ 
@200
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage...... 
@  1 25
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__  @  1 00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................  @  1 00
Hard, for slate use..  @  75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............  @  1 40

Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Aurantl Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................   @  50
@  60
Ipecac 
Ferrilod...... ..........   @  50
Rhei Arom..............  @  50
50®  60
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega....................  @  60
S d li« ...... 
S   60

.........  

..

1  00

Miscellaneous 

Scillæ Co  ................  @
Tolntan...................  @
Prunus vlrg............  
@
Tinctures 
Aconltum Napellis R 
Aeoniturn Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafcetlda............
A trope  Belladonna.
Aurantl  Cortex......
Benzoin..................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum...........
Cardamon.........
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu..................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co...........
Cc'umba 
.............
CuDeba....................
Cassia  i entlfol___
''■ 's’  «cntlfolCo
i^.gl  ..liS 
Rr^ot.......................
Ferrl Chloridn
Gentian..................
Gentian Co.........
Guiaca...................
Gniaca ammon.......
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino........................
Lobelia..................
Myrrh.....................
Nux Vomica...........
Opil.........................
Opli, camphorated.
Opil,  deodorized....
Quassia...................
Rhatany...........
Rhet........................;
Sanguinaria..........
Serpentaria............
Stromonium..........
Tolutan...................[
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride . !. 
Zingiber..................
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  9  @
Alumen..................   2M@
Alumen, gro’d  . po. 7 
3®
A nnatto...............  
40®
Antimoni,  po.........  
4®
Antimoni et Potassf  40®
@
Antipyrin.............. 
Antifebrin 
...........  @
@
Argenti Nitras, oz ! 
Arsenicum........  
io®
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
38®
Bismuth  S.  N.........  I  40®
Calcium Chlor.,  Is. 
@ 
Calcium Chlor., Ms 
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.  @
Cantharides. Rus.po  @
Capsici  Fructus. af.  @
Capsici Fructus,  po.  @
Capsici FructusB.po  @
12®
Caryophyllus.po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40  .. 
@  ,
Cera Alba........... 
50®
Cera Flava.............. 
40®
Coccus  ................. 
@
Cassia F r u c t u s @
Centraria.................  @
Cetaceum.............  
@
Chloroform.......... 
60®
Chloroform, squibbs  @ 
Chloral HydCrst...  1  £5®
Chondrus................  
20®
Cinchonidine,P.& W  25® 
Clnchonidine, Germ  22®
Cocaine..................   3 30® ;
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct. 
@
Creosotum..  . 
Creta.............bbl. 75 
@
@
Greta, p re p __  
Creta, precip........ 
9®
Creta, Rubra.........  
@
Crocus.................... 
18®
Cudbear.................  @
Cnpri Sulph............  
5®
Dextrine.................. 
10®
Ether Sulph............ 
75®
Emery, all  numbers  @
Emery, po...............   @
Ergota............po. 40 
30®
Flake  White........... 
12®
Galla........................ 
®
Gambier.  ...................... 8®
Gelatin, Cooper......   @
Gelatin, French__ .*  35®
Glassware, flint, box
Less  than  box__
9®
Glue,  brown........... 
13®
Glue, white............  
15®
Glycerine................ 
Grana  Paradisl  __  @
Humulus................. 
25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @
Hydraag Ammoniati  @
HydraagUnguentnm  45®
Hydrargyrum.........   @
Ichthyoholla, Am...  65®
Indigo......................  75®  :
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® !
Iodoform.................  @  ■
Lupulin...................  @ i
Lycopodium........... 
40®
Macis 
............  
65®
Liquor  Arse:; et Ry-
drarglod.............   @
LiquorPotassArsinit  10® 
2@
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Snlph.bbl  @
Mannia, S. F ........ 
5f@
Mpnthol. 

tmw 

Q J

20

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

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 ail  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._____

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  dos...........1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz...........1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz...........1 40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz...........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz...........1 80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  doz.............  80
Jute. 72 ft.  per  dot.............   95
COCOA SHBLLS.
294
201b  bags.......................  
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound  packages........... 
4
CRB An TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk in sacks..........................29

COFFEE.

Oreea.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

F air.......................................... •
Good........................................JJ
Prim e......................................Ji
Golden  ...................................Jf
Peaberry  ................................*3
F a ir ........................................If
Good  ......................................J3
Prim e......................................14
Peaberry  ................................15
Fair  .......................................1*
Good  ............................... — J®
...................................1*
Fancy 
Maracaibo.
Prim e......................................J®
Milled......................................20
Interior...................................if
Private  G row th....:...............20
Mandehllng............................ 21
Im itation................................fO
Arabian  ................................. 22
Clark-Jewell-Well8 Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue.....................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha.... 29
Wells’ Mocha and Java---- 21
Wells’ Perfection Java..... 24
Sancalbo.............................fl
Breakfast Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo----- 18V4
Ideal  Blend........................}4
Leader Blend..............   ....12

Roasted.

Mocha.

Jam .

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.......................  
If 50
Jersey.............................   10 50
ncl-aagbltn’a  XX** 
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City *4 gross...... 
76
Felix 94 gross  ...............  
I  1?
Hummel’s foil 94 gross 
85
Hummel’s tin 94  gross 
¡4?
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes.......................   40

Extract.

CONDENSED  MILK

AXLB  OREASE.
Aurora................. ..... 55
Castor Oil........... ......60
Diamond  ........... ...... 50
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxeB... ......75
Paragon.............. .  ...55

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

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
*  'b cans doz..................  
94 Id jans doz................... 

45
85
lb can  doz...................*  50
w lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
H lb cans 3 dos.................  75
1 
lb cans 1 doz.................  I 00
10
Bulk.................................... 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
14 lb cans per doz............  
75
94 lb cans per doz  ...........  1  30
1 
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
K lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90

Arctic.
El Purity.

Home.

7 T

Our Leader.

Jersey Cream.

54 lb cans, 4  doz case..... 
94 lb cans, 4  doz case......  

45
85
lb cans. 2 doz case........1 60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
85
v  lb cans..........................   45
9% lb cans..........................  
75
1 
lb cans..........................   1  50
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
3  oz., 6 doz. case............   2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case  .................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

BATH  BRICK.

Queen Flake.

Peerless.

BLUINO.

BROOnS.

Small. 3 doz 
Large, 2 doz
So. 1 Carpet.......................  1  90
So. 2 Carpet.......................  1  75
Mo. 3 Carpet.......................   1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................  1  15
Parlor Gem.......................  2 00
Common Whisk.................  
70
Fancy Whisk...................... 
80
Warehouse...........................2 25
8s.......................................... 7
16s.......................................... 8
Paraffine................................... 8
Wicking...............................20

CANDLBS.

CANNED  GOODS, 
nan I to woe  Pees.

CATSUP.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................  1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1  20 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted,  t  45 
Extra Sifted Early June....l  75 
Columbia, 
pints.............. 2 00
&t tv pints....
Columbia, 94 pints..............1  25
CHEESE
Acme............... ......  © 10
Amboy............ .  ... 
0 10
Butternut........ ......  © 10
Carson City...... ......  © 10
Emblem........... ......  @ 10
Gem................. ......  
0 1094
Ideal............... .......   © 10
Jersey  ....................  © 10
Lenawee......... .......  @ 8
Riverside......... ......  @ 10
S parta............. ......   ©
Springdale......
....  @
Brick......................  
0 11
Edam................
© 70
Leiden............ .......   © 17
Limburger...... ......   © 12
Pineapple......... ...... 50  © 85
Sap  Sago......... .......   © 17
B nlk........ 
5
Bed 
7

Chicory.
. 

... 

.. 

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sweet............... 
..  23
Premium................................35
Breakfast Cocoa................ 46

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

SNUFF.

SBBDS.

A nise.................................. 
9
Canary, Smyrna...............  
394
Caraway.............................  8
’ardamon,  M alabar......  60
Celery...............................  11
Hemp.  Russian.............. 
394
Mixed  Bird......................  49%
Mustard,  white..................  
5
Poppy  ..............................  10
494
Rape................................. 
Cuttle Bone......................  20

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, 2801b. bnlk.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  00
60 5-lb sacks.......................1  75
28 10-lb sacks.....................1  60

Worcester.

50  4  lb. cartons..............3 25
115  2941b. sacks..................4 00
60  5  lb. sacks..................3 75
22 14  lb. sacks.................   3 50
30 10  lb. sacks..................3  50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bnlk in barrels...................2 50

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen sacks  ■.  M 

Solar Rock.

56-lb  sacks.

Granulated Fine. 
Medium  Fine....

J A X O N

Single box............................ 2 vf>
5  box lots, delivered...... 2 70
10 box lots, delivered..........2 65
«IAS.  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
Bos.......................................2  50
SCHULTE  SOAP  CO.’S  BRANDS
Clydesdale, 100 takes, 75 lbs........ 2  75
No-Tax, 100 cakes, $2 1-2 lbs-----2  00
Family, 75 cakes, 75 lbs............ 2  50
German Mottled, 00 cakes, 60 lbs.. 1  75 
Cocoa Castile, 18 lbs., cut 1-4 & 1-2..1  $0 

Chipped Soap for Laandriei. 

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__3 75
Uno, 100 3£-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 10010-oz.  bars.............2 05

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz...........2 40

Scouring.

SODA.

Boxes  ................................  594
Kegs, English....................   414

Universal Grade.

Apples.

Credit Checks.

California Fruits.

50 books, any denom....  150 
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
DRIBD FRUITS—DOnBSTIC 
Sundried.......................   0  5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  0  6 
Apricots.....................  
0894
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  
0  7M
Peaches.......................6HO 794
Pears..........................   8  0  7*4
Pitted Cherries...........  *
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.......  0
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   0  5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   0
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   0
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  0   51£
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   0   614
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  0  9
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  0
M cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Prune#.

Raisins.

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

1  45 
1 55
39£ 
494 
594 

POREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Raisins.

Patras bbls.......................@ f H
Vostlzzas 50 lb cases....... @ 6<4
Cleaned, bulk  ..................©794
Cleaned, packages.......... 0  794
Citron American 10 lb bx  013 
Lemon American 10 lb bx 012 
Orange American 10 lb bx  012 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes......8  0   894
Sultana  1 Crown......... 
0
Sultana 2 Crow n........  0
Snltana 3 Crown.........   0   794
Sultana 4 Crown.........   0
Sultan* R Crown.........  
0
Snltana 6 Crown.........  
012
Snltana package.........   @'4
FA RIN A C EO U S  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages..........  ..1  50
Bulk, per 100 lbs............. 3 50
Walsh-DeRno  Co.’s Brand.

Farina.

Grits.

S a l t   F is h .

Cod.

Georges cured............ 
0  4
Georges genuine........ 
0  5
Georges selected........ 
0  594
Strips or  bricks.........   6  0  9

Herring.

Holland white hoops, bbl.  7 75 
Holland white hoop 94 bbl  4 25
Holland,  94  bbl...............   2 25
Holland white hoop, keg. 
6
Holland white hoop mchs 
70
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled............................... 
14

rtackerel.

Mess 100 lbs...............   ...  15 00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6 30
MesB  10 lbs......................  1  65
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  35
No. 1 100 lbs......................  13  25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs....................  148
No. 1  8 lbs  ....................   1 20
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3 70
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  On
No. 2 
83

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

Trout.

No. 1100 lbs......................  5 25
No. 1  40 lbs....................   2 40
No. 1  10 lbs..................  
«8
No. 1 
8 lbs.................... 
67
Whltefizh.

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs...........  6 65 
2 00
1  in
........  3 00 
40 lbs 
10 lbs........... 
35
81 
8 lbs...........  88 
¡»1
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Jennings*.

D.C. Vanilla
2 oz...... 1  20
3 oz...... .1  50
4 oz..  .. 2 00
6 oz...... 3 <10
400
No.  8
.6 00
No. 10.
No.  2 T.l 25
No.  3 T.2 00
No  4 T.2 40

D. C. Lemon
2 oz.......  75
3 oz........1  00
4 oz....... 1  40
6 oz.......2 00
No.  8. .  2 40
No. 10...4 00
No.  2T.  80
No.  3 T.l  25
No.  4 T.l  50

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
.................................. 4 00

Regs 
Half Kegs.................................2 25
Quarter Kegs............................1 25
1 lb. cahs.............................   30
94 lb. cans............................  18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

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

Eagle Dnck—Dupont’s.

Kegs..........................................8 00
Half Kegs.......  ................... 4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
lib .c a n s ............................  45

JELLY.

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

LYB.

Condensed, 2 dos  ...............1  fO
Condensed. 4  dos  .............. 2 25

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................  30
Calabria.............................   *5
Sicily...................................   M
Root.....................................   1“

MINCE MBAT.

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

IIATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No. 9 sulphur...........................J ®
Anchor Parlor..........................} 70
No. 2  Home.............................. J 10
Export  Parlor......................... 4 00

nOLA5SBS.
New Orleans.

Black................................  
11
14
Fair  ................................. 
Good................................. 
20
Fancy  ............................ 
**
Open Kettle...................... 25035

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

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

85
85

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ................................   4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s  .............   8 00

4  doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle...........  6 75
Crown......................................8 25
Daisy.....................................   5 75
Champion................................4 50
Magnolia 
............. 
Challenge............... 
Dime .  ......................  

  4 25
3 35
.3 85

 

 

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

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__ II  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom....  I 50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom....11 50
1.000 books, any denom. ...20 00 
Can be made to represent any 
20 books........................  1  00
50 books...............................  2 00
100 books..............................  3 00
250 books.................................C 25
500 books................................10 00
1000 book!................................17 50

denomination from *10 down.

Coupon Pass Books,

3%

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 21b. packages....................1 80
100 lb. kegs......................   .2 70
200 lb. barrels........................-5 10
Barrels  ...............................2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums...........1  00
Dried Lima  ....................... 
Medium Hand Picked—  
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box.........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box......... 2 50
Common..............................  190
Chester...............................  2  25
Em pire...............................  3 00
Green,  bu...........................   95
Split,  per lb........................ 
Rolled Avena,  bbl..........4 00
Monarch,  bbl........................3 50
Monarch.  94  bbl...................1 88
Monarch, 901b sacks.........1  75
Quaker, cases....................... 3 20
Huron, cases......................... 1 75
4
German............................... 
East  India.......................... 
394
3J4
Flake.................................  
Pearl...................................  
394
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges.... 
5
Cracked, bulk..................... 
394
24 2 lb packages....................2 GO

Rolled  Oats.

Tapioca.

Wheat.

5ago.

294

2 oz. Taper Panel.

Lem. Van. 
1  20
1  *0
75
2 00 Barrels, 1,200 count...... ...  4  75
135
2 25 Half bbls, 600 count...... ...  2 90
1  60

PICKLB5.
(Tedium.

Senders’.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

Best  In  the  world 
money.

for 

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon, 

dos
2oz........  75
4 oz........1  50

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   6 00
Half bbls 1,200 count..........  3 10

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina bead....................  694
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2..................   4
Broken...............................  3;

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  694
Japan.  No. 2.................... 
6
Java, fancy head..............  6
Java, No. 1.........................  694
Table.....................................

SALBRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

Church’s .................................. 3 SC
Deland’s ................................-.3 15
Dwight’s .................................. 3 30
Taylor’s.................................... 8 00

SODIO

SAL SODA.

60  lb
case
*3-15

Granulated, bbls..............  75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  9J
Lump, bbls....................   75
Lump, 1451b kega............   85

Sage.. 
Hops .

HBRBS.

INDIGO.

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

SPICES.
Who!« Sifted.

Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice  ............................  13
Cassia, China in mats..........13
Cassia, Batavia in bund__ 35
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........ 88
Cloves, Amboyna................14
Cloves, Zanzibar..................12
Mace,  Batavia  ...................55
Nutmegs, fancy................  ,6u
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 11 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12
Pepper,  shot........................12
Allspice 
........................ 15
......... 
3u
Cassia, Batavia 
Cassia,  Saigon 
................40
Cloves, Zanzibar................ .4
Ginger,  African  ................ i>:
Ginger,  Coco in  ..................19
Ginger,  Jamaica  ................!A
Mace,  Batavia.....................*‘5
Mustard  ........................12@,18
Nutmegs,..................40<©0
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne................. 20
Sage. 
15

 

SYRUPS
Corn.

Barrels  ......................... 
15
Haif  bbls.........................  17
Pair 
16
Good  ...............................  20
Choice 
25

Pare Cone.

........... 

 

 

 

.................. 
STARCH.

Klngsford’s  Corn.

10 1-lb packages...................6
201 lb packages...................6M

Klngsford’s Silver  Gloss.

401 -lb packages...................6M
6-lb boxes  .......................   7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.
201 lb. packages.............
401 lb. packages............... ..  4M

..  5

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages.................. ••  4H
3-lb  packages.................. .  4M
6-lb  packages.................. .  4%
40 and 50 lb boxes............ ■
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  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino....................................5 94
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 94
Crushed....................................5 94
Cubes....................................... 5 75
Powdered  ...........................5 75
XXXX  Powdered..............  .5 81
Granulated in bbls...................5 50
Granulated in  bags................. 5 50
Fine Granulated...................... 5 50
Extra Fine Granulated...... 5 63
Extra Coarse Granulated:. .5  6<
Mould  A.........................: ..5 75
Diamond  Confec.  A........... 5 50
Confec. Standard A..................5 38
No.  1.......................................5 19
No  2....................................... 5 19
No.  3.......................................5 19
No.  4 ......................................6 19
No.  5.......................................5 i3
No.  6....................................... 5 06
No.  7.......................................4 9i
No.  8.......................................4 bl
No.  9....................................... 4 75
No.  10.....................  
No.  11....................................... 4 63
No.  12....................................... 4 63
No.  13.......................................4 50
No.  14.......................................4 44
No.  15....................................... 4 38
No.  16......................................4 38

 

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

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

S. C. W............................... 33  oo

Ruhe Bros. Co. ’s Brands.

Double Eagles. 6 “izes.ioS^YO 00
Gen. Maceo, 5 sizes__ 55@7U 00
35 00
Mr. Thomas...............  
Cuban Hand  Made.... 
35 00
Crown  Five...............  
35 00
Sir  William................ 
35 00
35 00
Club Five................... 
35 00
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
35 00
Little Peggy  .............. 
Signal  Five...............  
35 00
Knights of Pythias__  
35  00
Key West Perfects, 2 sz 55360 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain....  7
Malt White Wine, 80 grain__lu
Pure Cider, Genesee............... 11
Pure Cider, Robinson.............u

VVICK1NG.

N o. 0,' per gross......................  20
No. 1, pergross........................25
No.2, pergross................„j  35
No. 3, per gross......................  55

C ra c k e rs .

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Batter.

Seymour XXX...................  55g
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6ii
Family XXX  ...............  
saj
Salted XXX  ...............  
'  sS
New  York XXX......
tM
Wolverine.................
Boston..................
- .................  ?M
Soda.

Soda  XXX  .......................   gii
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  6V
Soda,  City 
g
Long Island  Wafers....!.[  n  
L.  i. Wafers,  I lb carton  ..  12 
Zephyrette.........................  10

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

Oyster.

Saltine Wafer....................  5^
SaliineWafer, 1 lb  carton.
Farina Oy- ter....................  5:
Extra Farina Oyster____   6M

SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals.............................  1054
Bent's Water...................    15
Cocoanut Taffy  ...............   10
Coffee Cake, .lava............ 
lu
Ct ffee Cake,  Iced..............  10
<’rack cells..........................  1514
Cubans  .............................
Frosted  Cream..................   9
Ginger Gems 
...................  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  7%
Graham Crackers  ...........  8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
Jumoles,  Honey.................  11*4
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......  16
Marshmallow  Walnuts...  16
Mich. Frosted Honey__  12M
Molasses  Cakes.................  8
Newton.............................   12
Nie  Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  854
Pretzels,  hand  made  ......   8
Sears’Lunch......................  7J4
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares.................  
9
Vanilla  Wafers  ..............  14
Sultanas.............................  12M

O ils.
Barrels.

4 69

Eocene  ..  .................  
<31114
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @  9M
W W Michigan...........  ©  8M
3  7K
Diamond White......... 
D„ S. Gas....................  
3  9
Deo. N aptha.............. 
3 7
Cylinder....................25  334
Engine............... .......11  321
B't V  vlpter 
8

C a n d ie s.
Stick Candy.

bbls.  pails
Standard.................  6 M@  7
Standard H. H.......  
6M@ 7
Standard Twist......  6  3   8
Cut Loaf................. 
3  8J4
3  6H
Jumbo, 321b  .......... 
Extra H .H.............. 
3  8V4
Boston  Cream........ 
310

Mixed Candy.

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

Fancy—In Bulk.

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

@ g
3  6M
© 7
3  7V4
3  7*
© 8%
3  8*4
3   8M
3  8
3  8<4
3  8H
@10
312

3  8M
3  9
©14
311
©  g
© g
©  g
© g

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
350
©go
Sour  Drops............  
36O
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops__ 
36O
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
375
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
375
A. B. Licorice Drops 
350
Lozenges,  plain.... 
350
Lozenges,  printed.. 
350
Imperials.............. 
©50
g s 6
Mottoes................... 
Cream Bar.............. 
apn
Molasses B a r.........  
©go
Hand Made Creams.  80  3 1  00 
Plain  Creams.........   60  390
Decorated Creams.. 
390
String Rock............  
@60
Burnt Almonds...... 125  3
Wintergreen Berries 
360
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
b°?e s ......   .......... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes............   ... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  ............

3®
@50

Medium  bunches...!  00
Large bunches........1  5u @1  75

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

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

Figs.

boxes................

Choice, 101b boxes..
Extra  choice,  14  lb
Fancy,  12 lb  boxes..
imperial Mikados, 18
lb uoxes...............
Pulled, 6 lb boxes...
Naturals,  in  bags...
Dotes.
Fards in 10 lb  boxes
Fards  in  60 ib  cases
Persians, G. M’s......
lb cases, new........
Sairs,  601b cases__

@3 25

@6 CO
@7  00
©
©

©
©
©  15
©
© 7

@ 8
@  6
@  6
© 4M

N u ts .

314
Almonds, Tarragona.. 
Almonds, Ivaca.........  
3
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............  
313
Brazils new...............  
3   8
Filberts  .................... 
<311
Walnuts, Grenobles.. 
314
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
312
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................  ©
Table Nuts,  fancy__ 
311
Table Nuts,  choice... 
310
Pecans, Med.........  ...  3 8
Pecans, Ex. Large__  
310
Pecans, Jumbos........  
312
Hickory  Nnts per bn.,
Ohio, new...............  
3 1  60
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  33 50

Peanuts.

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

Poastad. 

3  7
3 7
3  414
5)4

21

C ro c k e ry   a n d

G la s s w a re .

AKRON STONBWARB. 

Butters.

Jugs.

Churns.

Milkpans.

Stewpani.

Fruit Jars.

Tomato Jugs.

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

M gal., per doz...................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5
8 gal., each.......................   40
10 gal., each.......................  50
12 gal.,  each.......................  60
15 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 1  10 
20gal. meat-tubB,each....l  50
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 
Pint......   ............................  5 25
Quart.................................   5 50
M  gal  .................................  7 60
Covers.................................   2 00
Rubbers............................. 
25
M gal.,flat or rd. hot., doz.  45 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  5 
H gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot, each  5M 
M gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 
M gal., per doz..................  40
M gal., per doz..................  42
1 to a gal., per gal............  
M gal., per doz.................   42
1 gal., each...................... 
5 y,
Corks for M gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
M gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l 00 
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun..........................  
35
No.  1  Sun..........................   40
No.  2  Sun..........................  
58
No. 3 Sun............................   1 00
Tubular.............................  
50
Security, No. 1...................  60
Security, No. 2................... 
80
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................   1  32
No.  1  Sun..........................   1  4s
No.  2 Sun.......................... 2  18
No. OSun...........................   1 50
No. 1 Sun...........................   1  60
No. 2 Sun......... .................2 45
No.  0 San, 
No. 
1  Sun, 
No.  2 Son, 

wrapped and  labeled__  2  10
wrapped and  labeled....  2  15 
wrapped and  labeled....  3  15 

LAMP  BURNERS.

Sealing Wax.

top,
top,
top,

Common

5M

First  Quality.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 
XXX Flint.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 

Electric.

Rochester.

La  Bastie.

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

top,
wrapped and  labeled__  2 56
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 76 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  3 75
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................3 70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4 88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamps............  
80
No. 1  Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   9
No. 2  Snn,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................   1 15
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3  50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz). . . .   4 0C
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  50
2 gal galv Iron with spout.  2 58
3 gal galv iron with spout.  3 45 
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
5 gal galv Iron Nacefas....  9 00
5 gal Rapid Bteady 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.  OTubuiar.................... 4  20
No.  1 B  Tubular........  ...  6 25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 50
No.  lTub., glass fount....  7 00 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  OC
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........3 75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
45
each, box 10 cents.."....... 
No. OTubuiar,  cases2 doz.
each, box 15 cents.........  
45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 6 doz.
each, bbl 35....................  
35
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye. 
cases 1 doz. each ....~ ...  1 25

Pump  Cons.

LANTBRNS.

OIL CANS. 

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Sausages.

Barreled Pork.
Mess  ......................... 
10 oc
Book  ......................it  0(1®
Clear back..............10 75311  25
Shortcut.........................  10 50
Pig..................................   14 50
Bean  .............................   9 50
Family  .......................... 
lo 50
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
6m
  g
Briskets  ........................ 
g
Extra shorts................... 
Smoked Pleats.
Hams, 12 lb average  __ 
8%
8?»
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
Hams, 161b  average...... 
8M
Hams, 20 lb average......  
8
Ham dried beef  ............  
12
6
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut). 
»“ on,  clear................. 7M38M
California hams............  
sm
Boneless hams................ 
9
Cooked  ham..................io3l2M
Lords.  In Tierces.
Compound..................  
si:
Kettle............................ ;; 
g
55 lb Tubs.......... advance 
w
80 lb Tubs.......... advance  %
50 lb T ins...........advance  M
20 lb Pails...........advance  %
10 lb Pails...........advance  %
1
51b Pails.......... advance 
1M
31b Pails...........advance 
Bologna......................... 
gu
Frankfort.............. 
7HI
¿2
P ork...................... 
Blood  ......................... "  
¡5
Tongue..........................  
g
Head  cheese................. "" 
gu
Beef.
Extra  Mess......................... 10 25
Boneless  .............. 
13  50
Rump.......................... ‘. '.14 50
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs...............   1  35
M  bbls, 80 lbs.................  2 50
Kits. 15 lbs...................... 
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs................... 1  05
M  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 25
Casings.
Pork.........................
Beef  rounds.........
Beef  middles...........
Sheep .......................
Butterine.
Rolls, dairy..........................._
10
Solid, d a iry ............ .... 
*9m
Rolls,  creamery......... 
14
Solid,  creamery............  
13M
Canned Meats.
Corned  beef,  2  l b __  2 ?5
Corned  beef, 14  lb.........14 50
Roast  beef,  2  lb.......... 2  15
Potted  bam,  Ms.........  
50
Potted  bam,  Ms.........  
90
Deviled ham,  Ms__ 
50
Deviled bam,  Ms.........  
90
Potted  tongue Ms.........  
50
Potted  tongue Ms.........   99

in
3M
10
50

Pigs’ Feet.

Tripe.

F r e s h   M e a ts .

Beef.

Carcass......................  6M@  g
Fore quarters............   5  3   6M
Hind  quarters...........  7  3 s
Loins  No.  3...............   9 ----
312
Ribs.........................  .  g  w
312
Rounds.....................  7M3
gE™*8...............  -  6  3  6M
Plates  .......................  3M3 4

Pork.
Dressed..............
Loins....................
Shoulders.........
Leaf Lard...........

© 5
©  8 Vi
©  6  '
©

Veal.

.  6 <a  ?

Mutton
Carcass..................
Spring Lambs........... .  8 ©  9M
Carcass
7 ®  8M
H id e s  a n d   P e lts .
The Cappon A Bertscb Leather 
Co., 100 canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:

Hides.

Green No.  1............... 
3   8M
3  7M
Green No.  2............... 
Cured No.  1............... 
3   9M
Cured No.  2..............  
3  8M
Calfskins,  green  No. 1  3 9
Calfskins, green  No. 2  3   7M
Calfskins, cured  No. 1  @10M
Calfskins, cured  No. 2  3   9

Pelts.

Pelts,  each.................  5031  00

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

3 3
3 2

Washed, fine  ............   @18
Washed, medium.........  323
Unwashed, fine.......... 11  313
Unwashed, medium  ..16 @18

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

Grains and Feedstuf fs

P ro v is io n s .

Wheat.

60

Wheat................................ 
Winter Wheat  Flonr. 

Local Brands.

Patents.............................   4 00
Second  Patent..................   3 50
Straight  ..........................   3 30
Clear..................................  3 00
Graham 
............ ..............3  30
Buckwheat  ......................4  00
R ye..................................  3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, Ms...................... 3  50
Diamond, Ms......................3  50
Diamond, Ms...................... 3  50
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  Ms........................  3 45
Quaker, Ms........................  3 45
Quaker, Ms........................   3 45

Spring Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...........  4 50
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...........  4 40
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...........4 30
Pillsbury’s Best Ms paper..  4 30 
Pillsbnry’s Best Ms paper..  4  30 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.

Meal.

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Duluth Imperial. Ms...........4 50
Duluth Imperial, Ms...........4  40
Duluth Imperial, Ms.........   4 30
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal Ms.......................  4 3)
Gold Medal ms.........................4 20
Gold Medal Ms.........................4 10
Parisian,  Ms...........................  4 30
Parisian, Ms............................. 4 20
Parisian. Ms...........................   4 10
Ceresota, Ms...........................  4 50
Ceresota, Ms...........................  4 40
Ceresota, Ms...........................  4 30
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Ms.........................  4  2
Laurel, M«.........................  4 10
Laurel, Ms.........................  4 Ou
Bolted....................................  1 90
Granulated............................  2 10
St. Car Feed, screened__ i6 P0
No. t Corn and  Oats..........15 50
Unbolted Corn Meal  ........ 14 50
■Winter Wheat  Bran..........12 00
Winter Wheat Middlings. .14  00
Screenings.............................. 15 00
Car  lots.............................   33 a
Less than  car lots............   35
Car  lots............................. 25
Cariots, clipped..............”  27
Less than  car lots............ 29
No. 1 Timothy carlots......  8  50
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots 
9 00
F is h   a n d   O y s te r s

Feed and Millstuffs.

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
© 8
© 8
© 10
© 15
© 4
© 10
© 16
© 18
© 10
© 8
© 8
© 7
© 4
© 9
© 10
© J2
© 18
© 35
© 28
© 25
25
@ 22
© 20

Whiteflsh...............
T rout.....................
Black Bass..............  8
Halibut...................
Ciscoes or Herring  .
Bluefish..................
Live Lobster.........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod 
......................
Haddock.................
No.  1  Pickerel........
Pike.........................
Perch.......................
Smoked White........
Red Snapper___...
Col  River Salmon..
Mackerel 
...........
F. H. Counts...........
F. J. D.  Selects........
Selects...................
F. J. Standards......
Anchors.................
Standards...............
Bulk.
gal. 
Counts.........................
1  75 
X Selects.....................
1  65 
Selects..........................
1 35 
Anchor Standards.......
1  15 
Standards....................
1  ’0 
Clams...........................
1  25
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per  ICO......... 1  2531  50
Clams,  per 100.........  
3 1  25

Oysters In Cons.

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Shoes  and  Leather
How  Far  Ten  Dollars  Went.

This 

length 

is  the  economical  time  of  year 
the  woman  whose  feet  are  of  narrow 
width  and  short 
(paradoxical 
perfections  demanded  by  the  bargain 
counter)  can  get  a  great  deal  of  pretty 
footgear  for  a  S5  bill.  Listen  to  this 
true  story  of  a  young  woman  who  went 
into  a  shoe  store  a  day  or  two  ago  to 
spend  $10.  She  had  slated  herself  to 
spend  that  particular  $10  on  footgear, 
although  she  would  much  ratber^have 
saved  some  of 
it  for  gloves  and  books 
and  sweetmeats.  But  she  needed  the 
shoes.  One  can  not  wear  short  skirts, 
dance  and  walk,  play  golf  and  tennis 
and  ride  a  wheel  without  displaying 
one’s  feet,  and  the very  exercises  which 
make  feet  conspicuous  are  the  ones 
which  make  shoes  shabby  quickly.  The 
young  woman  wanted  a  pair  of  canvas 
shoes  and  a  pair  of  tan  ties,a  pair  of 
black  ties,  and,  if  by  chance  enough  of 
the  Sio'remained,  a  pair of  fancy  slip­
pers.

This  is  what  she  bought:  Two  pairs 
of  canvas  shoes,  one  to  wear  with  her 
white  pique  gown,  of  white  canvas  with 
white  kid  tips  and  strips  of  white  kid 
around  the  top,  on  either  side  of  the  in­
step,  etc.,  dainty  high  heel  and  white 
laces;  the  other  of  dark  blue  canvas 
with  tip  and  trimmings of patent  leather 
and  a  low  heel.  These  shoes  were  fifty 
cents  a  pair.  They  had  been  (and  would 
be  still 
in  other  sizes  or 
widths)  reduced  from  $$2  50  and  $3.

if  wanted 

A  high  shoe  of  tan 

leather  with 
pointed  toe  (the  rounded  point  of  this 
season)  and  five  large  buttons  was  sold 
for  75  cents,  reduced  from  $3  or ¡S3  50. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  customer  did 
not  enquire  what  the  original  prices  of 
these  bargains  were.  She  examined  the 
shoes  and,  knowing  something  of  the 
makes  and  worth  of  footgear,  experi 
ened  a  mild  bewilderment  at  the  idea of 
getting  them  at  such  a  price.

The  black  ties  were  of  French  kid 
with  high  heels  and  pointed  patent 
leather  toe.  These  cost  the  princely sum 
of  $1,  and  the  purchaser almost  turned 
them  inside  out  in  her  endeavor  to  see 
what  was  the  flaw  that  caused them to be 
sold  at  such  a  price  But  the  clerk  said 
there  was  no  flaw,  none  of  them  were 
even  soiled.

They  were  samples  and  odd sizes,  and 
all  of  the  better  grade  of  shoes.  No  so- 
called  cheap  makes  were included  in the 
lot.  When  the  customer  came  to  the 
slippers 
“ plunged”   recklessly. 
They  were  Si  a  pair,  and  the  girl  who 
loves  pretty  slippers  knows  what  a  piti­
ful  sum  that  is  with  which  to  attempt 
to  buy  dainty  footwear.

she 

There  were  black  satin  slippers  with 
break-neck  heels  and  fairy-like  toes, 
satins  of  all  tints,  with  and  without 
bows  and  rosettes  and  buckles,  sandals 
with  one  strap,ties  of  zuedeand slippers 
of  patent  leather  and  of  black  kid,  with 
beaded  and 
jetted  toes.  The  young 
woman  thought  that  even  a  centipede 
could  afford  to  be  extravagant  at  such 
prices,  and  straightway  bought  almost 
as  many  pairs  of  slippers  as  a centipede 
would  need  for  a  dozen balls  And  then, 
as  if  to  illu=trate  the  unreasonableness 
of  the  feminine mind,  she  soliloquized 
plaintively  all  the  wav  home  because 
there  was  quite  a  hole  in  that  gio after 
all. 
Proper  Profits  and  How  to  Maintain 

___

Them.

Hawkeje in Boots and Shoes Weekly.

In  my  bumble  opinion  it  is  an  impos­
sibility  for  any  merchant  to  confine 
himself  strictly  to  a  certain  rule  for 
placing  a  proper  profit  on  his  stock. 
One  of  the  most  popular  of  these  rules 
is  to  sell  your  entire  line  at  a  fixed  per 
cent,  of  profit  and  advertise  the  fact. 
I 
do  not  believe  this  to  be  a  safe  rule  for 
a  dealer  carrying  a  general  line,  as  he 
must  sacrifice  his  profit  on  the  higher- 
priced  goods 
in  order  to  adhere  to  bis 
rule.  He  can’t  raise  the  percent,  of 
profit  very  high,  for 
if  he  does  the 
staples  will  surely  stay  on  the  shelf.

Someone  may  say, 

“ Yes,  but  you 
must  remember  that  this  is  the  day  of

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

line 

their 

specialties,”   and  very  few  general  lines 
are  found  outside  of  smaller  towns 
where 
is  almost  wholly 
staple.”
This 

is,  no  doubt,  the  opinion  of 

great  many  experienced  shoe  men  and 
to  a  certain  extent  may  be  true,  hut  i 
does  not  neces-arily  follow  that it should 
be  true  in  the  slightest  degree.  Never 
having  had  experience 
in  large  shoe 
s  ores 
in  cities,  I  will  be  compelled  to 
confine  myself  to  my  opinion  as  to  h 
a  stock  of  shoes,  comprising  a  genera 
line  in  smaller  towns,  should  be marked 
and  sold  and  how  the  proper  profit  can 
be  maintained.

The  staple  lines  should  be  marked  in 
plain  figures  at  a  profit  of  from  fifteen 
to  twenty-five  per  cent.,  and  should 
every 
price.

instance  be  sold  at  the  marked 

The  better  goods  I  would  sell  at  an 
average  profit  of  3 3 per  cent.,  the 
profit  depending,  in  each  instance,  on 
the  value  the  buyer  had  secured  in  each 
particular  shoe.

I  will  now  give  you  a  plan,  which 

do  not  advance  as  a  theory,  but  as  one 
which  has  been  thoroughly  tested  to  tb 
writer’s  satisfaction  by  personal  experi 
ence.  The  gist  of  the  matter  is  that 
would  maintain  proper  profits  bv  carry 
ing  goods  that  my  proverbially  timid 
country  competitor  would  not  carry,  to 
wit,  a  good  strong 
line  of  first  class 
shoes. 
I  would  secure  the  very  strong 
est  and  best  lines in  the country  and  ad 
vertise  the  fact  well  to  the  trade, 
would  then  write  “ Qiality, ”   instead 
of  “ Shoddy,”   on  my  banner,  and  un 
furl  it  boldly  to  the  shoe  world.

If  the  lines  you  select  possess  real 
merit,  you  can  build  a  substantial  trade 
and  always  maintain  your  proper  profits 
without  fear  of  competition  and  “ cut 
price”   sales  on  shoddy  footwear.  By 
maintaining  your  proper  profits  on  your 
better goods  you  will  be  in  much  better 
position  to  sell  your  staple  goods  at  a 
closer  margin  than  your  competit 
You  also  acquire a  priceless  reputation 
for  handling  only  reliable  shoes.

He  Was  Excused.

The  teacher  of  a  city  school  received 
the  following  note  explaining  the ab 
sence  of  one  of  her  pupils  the  day  be 
fore:

“ Plese  excooze  Henry  for absents yus- 
terday.  Him  and  me  got  a  chance  at 
a  ride  to  a  funeral  in  a  charrige,  and 
let  him  stay  to  home,  as  he  had  never 
rode  in  a  charriage  an’  never  went  to  a 
funeral,  nor  had  many  other  pleasures. 
So  plese  excooze.”

her  face.FOLDING TABLE

If  you  praise  a  man  to  his  wife  you 
will  usually  notice  a  look  of  surprise  on 

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W e  make  the  best-wearing line of Shoes 
on  the  market.  W e  carry  a  full 
line 
of  Jobbing  Goods  made  by  the  best 
manufacturers.

When you  want  Rubbers,  buy  the  Bos­
ton  Rubber  Shoe  Co.’s line,  as  they  beat 
all  the  others  for wear and  style.  W e  are 
selling  agents.

See  our  lines  for  Fall  before  placing 

your orders.

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in  Michigan and handle the best line of rubber 
goods that  are  made.

Candee Rubber Boots  and  Shoes  are  the 
best.  The  second  grade  Federals;  made  by 
the same Company.  The  third grade Bristol. 
Write  for  Price  Lists.

See  our  line  of  Felt  and  Kntt  Boots, 

Socks,  Mitts,  Gloves,  Etc.,  before  you  bny.

Siuoiey  & Barclay, 4 mope Street, Braun Rapids, mieli.
ACETYLENE  GAS

WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO GET IT

It is  the  finest  and  best-known  illumi- 
nant  in  the  world  to-day,  and to get it 
buy the celebrated

BUFFINGTON 
GAS  MACHINE

We do not claim  to  have  the  cheapest 
machine, but we do claim that we have 
the  best,  as  thousands  who  are  using 
it  will  say.  We  carry  a  large supply 
of CALCIUM  CARBIDE  in  stock  and  can 
fill all orders promptly.  Write us if you 
want  to  improve  your  light  and  we 
will furnish you estimates.

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that  make  before  and  knew  of  their  ex­
cellence.  So  that  his  attempt  to  palm 
off  something “ just  as  good  and  better”  
on  her  failed  ignominiouslv  and worked 
like  a  wet  blanket,  for  it  threw  distrust 
on  his  shoes  and  on  his  methods  of  do­
ing  business.

A  shoe  dealer  who  sells  a  brand  of 
school  shoes  that  he  calls  a  particular 
name  and  adveitises  as  the  best wearing 
shoes  sold  recently  put  rather  a  novel 
exhibit 
in  his  show  window.  He  had 
the  bottom  of  one-half  of  his  window 
covered  with  sandpaper.  Then  he  got 
two  little  colored  boys  and  put  a  new 
pair  of  shoes  on  each  of  them,  put 
them  in  the  window  and  set  them  to 
dancing  on  the  sandpaper.  Every  few 
minutes  one  of  them  would  stop  and 
bold  up  the  bottom  of  the  shoe  he  was 
wearing  to  show  bow  well  they stood  the 
racket.  The  retailer  had  several 
large 
signs  hung  up 
in  the  window  calling 
attention  to  the  merit  of  that  particular 
brand  of  school  shoes  this  fall,  and  lays 
it  all  to  what  he  calls  his  "demonstra­
tion  of  their  wearing  qualities.”

How  to  Learn  About  Women.

“ The  only  wav  for  a  man  to  learn  all 

about  women  is  to  get  married.”

“ And  study  the  ways of bis wife,  eh?”
“ Naw.  Listen  to  what  she  tells  him 

about  the  other  women.”

Enjoy  life  while  you’re  single—for 
when  you  get  married  it  is  everlasting­
ly  too  late.

W e  have  ..

A line of  Men’s  and  W o­
men’s  Medium  P r i c e d  
Shoes  that  are  Money 
Winners.  The  most  of 
them  sold  at  Bill  Price. 
We  are  still  making  the 
Men’s  Heavy  Shoes  in 
Oil  Grain  and Satin;  also 
carry  Snedicor &  Hatha 
way’s  Shoes  at  Factory 
Price in  Men’s,  Boys’ and 
Youths’.  Lycoming  and 
Keystone  Rubbers are the 
best.  See  our  Salesmen 
or  send  mail  orders.

Q E O .  H .  R E E D E R   &  CO.

19 S. Ionia St, Grand  Rapids, Mich.

UBEROID
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OOFING

All  ready  to  lay.  Needs 
no painting for two years.

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M.  B.  WHEELER  ELECTRIC  CO.,

MANUFACTURERS,

f99 OTTAWA ST ’.'GRAND RAPIDS.'MICH.

AGENTS WANTEO FOR UNOCCUPIED TERRITORY:

Judging  a  Competitor.

I  remember  an  experience  I  once  had 
with  a  shoe  dealer  that  taught  me  the 
lesson  that  an  outside  person  could 
judge  much  better  of  the  value  of  mer­
chandise  when  comparing  two  stores 
than  a  more  experienced  but prejudiced 
person.  A  certain  shoe  dealer  had  a 
competitor  who  began  a  very  remark­
able  special  sale  of  shoes,  combining 
many  kinds  all  at  one  price. 
I  sug­
gested  to  the  shoe  dealer  whom  I  was 
serving  t^at  he  send  around  and 
inves­
tigate  what  bis  competitor  was  doing,as 
I  believed  the  competitor  was  selling 
much  better  shoes  than  be  was.  This 
was  done  the  next  day  and  the  result  of 
the  purchase  was  shown  to  me  to  prove 
that  my  shoe  dealer  had  much  better 
goods  at  the  regular  price  in  stock  than 
the  competitor  was  selling  at  his special 
sale. 
It  struck  me  that  there  was some­
thing  very  queer  about  this,  so  I  inves­
tigated  personally,  making  several  pur­
chases,  which  I  brought  back  to  the 
store  for  comparison.  To  make  a  long 
story  short,  the  person  who  had  been 
sent  to  buy  the  goods  in  the  first  place 
had  probably 
imagined  that  he  could 
make a  point  in  his  favor  in  the  eyes  of 
the  proprietor  by  proving  that  bis  goods 
were  better  than  what  the  competitor 
was  selling  and  for  that  purpose  picked 
out  the  most  undesirable  pair  of  shoes 
he  could  possibly  find.  This,  of  course, 
made  my  shoe  dealer's  heart  beat  with 
joy,  but  it  fooled  him  in  regard  to  what 
his  competitor  was  doing.  An 
investi­
gation  of  this  kind  is  dangerous.  Don’t 
be  too  eager  to  depend  upon  wnat  is 
told  you 
in  regard  to  your  competitor 
unless  you  are  absolutely  certain  that 
the  person  who  gave  you  the  informa­
tion  is  both  truthful  and  unprejudiced. 
It’s  strange,  but  nevertheless  true,  that 
nearly  every  merchant  has  wrong  no­
tions  of  his  competitor's  ability  and 
business,  not  because  correct  notions 
can  not  be  secured,  but  because  the 
competitor’s  business  is  nearly  always 
looked  at  from  a  prejudiced  standpoint. 
Be  careful  that  everything  you  do  is  not 
rated  above  par,  while  you  are  rating 
everything  that  your  competitor  does 
below  par.—Charles  F.  Jones  in  Print­
ers’  Ink.

Don’t  Misrepresent  Shoes.

ignorant  or 

How  many  retailers  who  read  this  de­
partment  week  after  week  still  think 
it 
a  good  point  to  misrepresent  the  shoes 
of  their  competitors  to  customers  and  to 
villify  them  whenever  opportunity  af­
fords.  How  many  still  mistakenly  think 
it  will  help  to  build  up  their  stores  by 
making  permanent  customers  of  ibo^e 
they  gossip  with  in  this  manner.  But a 
retailer  of  this  type,  as  has  been  said 
here  before,  is  not  wise  even  to  dream
that  he  can  build  up  his  own  trade  by 
hinting  or  suggesting  that  all  other  re­
tailers  are 
incompetent; 
that  their  shoes  are not Laird-Schober’s, 
but  only  second  rate  in  price  or quality, 
and  that  he alone  is  the  one  who  knows 
his  business  and  tries  to  please  his  cus­
tomers.  For  manifestly  such 
talk  to 
one’s  customers  is  an  insult  to  their  in­
telligence. 
Bluffs  of  that  order  are, 
however,  never  likely  to  work.  That  is 
proved  by  experience.  A  retailer  who 
keeps  a  store  on  a  well-traveled  street 
in  Philadelphia  recently  endeavored  to 
persuade  a  customer  that  a  fine  grade 
of  women's  shoes  made  in  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  and  that  had  a  world  wide  repu­
tation  for  excellence,  were  so  inferior 
that  he  refused  to  handle  them  at  all. 
But  he  didn't  succeed 
in  making  his 
customer  believe  him,  for  she  had  worn

Is odorless, absolutely  waterproof,  will 

resist fire and  the action of acids.

Can  be  used  over  shingles  of  steep 

roofs, or is suitable for flat roofs.

Will  outlast  tin  or  iron  and  is  very 

much cheaper.

Try our pure

ASPHALT  PAINT

For coating tin, iron or ready 
roofs.  Write for prices.

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Grand Rapids Office, Louis and Campau Sts.
|  Detroit Office, Foot of First St.

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ACETYLENE BUS  6EHEBBT0B

Greenville, June 17,  1898. 

Geo.  F.  Owen &  Co  ,

Gentlemen—In  answer  to  yours  of 
the  15th,  would  say  that the gas plant 
put in our county house by you is work­
ing to our entire satisfaction.  The light 
is soft  and  abundant.  Our  Keeper  is 
more than  pleased with it.  We think it 
just the thing for buildings of this kind.

J.  P. SHOEM AKER,

Supt.  Poor.

Beo.  F. Owen  A  Co. Grand  Rapids 

Michigan.

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

They  Keep  the  Pot  a-B’ilin’.
I kind o’  like to see ’em come,
They look so mighty smilin’,
They sort  o*  ’liven  up the town,
And keep the  pot a  b’ilin*;
The landlord  hurries in an* out,
A n ’  has a brisker walk,
An* all the loafers  stan’ about 
An* grin to  hear ’em talk.

They ask the merchant o* his health,
An*  if the trade is pleasin*,
An* take an* shake his hand as if 
They’d  never leave off squeezin’ !
An* then,  with grip a-standin’  nigh,
The merchant vows the goods are high,

A-tradin’ an’ a-iyin’,
But still he can’t help  buyin*.
A n ’ if there’s any news a-shore,
They’re sure to  bring it to ye;
An*  when  they meet ye in the store,
They act as if they knew ye;
I alius like to see  ’em come,
It sets us all a-smiiin*,
Because they ’liven up the town,
An* keep the pot a  b’ilin*.

F l o r e n c e  J o s e p h in e   B o y c e .

O LD -T IM E   BANKING.

How  State  Banks  Have 

Increased— 

Private  Currency  Issues.

From 

The  August  summary  of  commerce 
and  finance  of  the  United  States  con­
tains  some  interesting  statistical  tables 
relating  to  state  banks  from  the  founda­
tion  of  the  Government. 
this 
source  it  appears  that  in  1792 there were 
eleven  state  banks  doing  business,  with 
a  total  capital  of  $8,935,000, 
In  1801 
the  number  had  increased  to  thirty-two, 
in  1811 
to  eighty  eight,  in  ¡815  to  208, 
increase  was  rapid 
and  thereafter  the 
and  steady  until 
i860,  when  the  total 
was  1,562,  and  then  there  was  a  sudden 
drop  to  349  in  1865.  The  total  number 
now 
is  estimated  at  3,875,  with  a  total 
capital  of  $229,046,975  and  deposits  ag­
gregating  $702,226,765.

Michigan  makes  her  first  appearance 
on  the  list  in  1830,  with  one  bank  with 
a  capital  of  $100,000. 
It  may  be stated, 
however,  that  at  a  still  earlier  date  a 
bank  was  started  in  Michigan.  Govern­
or  Hull,  the  first  of  the  territorial  gov­
ernors  and  the  same  who  surrendered 
Detroit  to  the  British  in  the war of 1812, 
was  one  of  the  promoters  in  the  enter­
prise.  It  lived  long  enough  to  issue con­
siderable  paper  money  for  circulation 
in  the  Eastern  States  and  then 
it  went 
by  the  boards,  Congress  having  failed 
to  authorize  its  establishment. 
In  1834 
the  number  of  banks  had  increased  to 
eight,  with  $658,980  capital,  $636,676 
circulation  and  loans  and  discounts  ex­
ceeding  $1,000,000. 
In  1837,  the  first 
year  of  Michigan's statehood,  there were 
eleven  banks  with  $1,400,000  capital, 
$1,350,325  circulation,  over  $2,000,000 
deposits  and  nearly $3,000,000  loans  and 
discounts.  Those  were  boom  days  in 
Michigan, 
the  days  of  the  wild-cat 
bank,  when  a  man  with  a  printing press 
and  an 
iron-clad  cheek  could  go  into 
the  banking  business  on  his  own  ac­
count  in  any  little  clearing  in  the woods 
or  cross  road  settlement  he  might  select 
as  the  site  for  his operations.  The  boom 
continued  and  in  1839  the  banks  bad  in­
creased  to  twenty-eight,  with  $3,000,000 
capital  and  $969,000  circulation,  and 
then  the  baloon  was  punctured.  In  1840 
there  were  only  ten  banks,  in  1841  the 
number  was  still  further  reduced  to  four 
and  in  1843  there  were  only  two,  with  a 
total  capital  of  $428,700. 
In  the  subse­
quent  years  there  was  a  slight  rally,  but 
in  1848  only  one  was  left, and  that  had  a 
capital  of  $139.450,  circulation  $220,901, 
deposits  $65,981  and  loans and discounts 
$170,231.  Business  picked  up  somewhat 
in  subsequent  years  and  the  number  of 
banks 
in  1850  and 
seven  in  1854  ard  then  dropped  back  to 
four,  with  a  capital  of  $455,465,  and  it 
so  continued,  with  slight  change,  until 
the  war  opened.  The  records  do  not 
show  that  Michigan  had  any State banks

increased  to  five 

In  1887 

during  the  war,  but  we  enter  the  list 
again 
in  1868  with  one $100,000  bank. 
This  was increased to two $100,000 banks 
a  year  later,  to  six  in  1870  and  fifteen 
in  1871,  and  thereafter  the  increase  was 
regular,  each  year  finding  more  banks 
in  the  field  than  the  preceding  year, 
until  1885,  when  there  were  forty-four, 
with  $3,494,170  capital. 
the 
number  had  increased  to  sixty-one  and 
a  year  later  it  dropped  to  thirty-one, 
rose  to  forty-one 
then 
lumped  to  159  in  1895,  with 
suddenly 
$12,102,953  capital. 
in 
1897 
is  given  at  179,  with  $12,096,609 
capital,  nearly  $70,000,000  deposits  and 
loans  and  discounts  exceeding  $37,000,- 
000  Although  some  of  the  other  states 
maintained  their  state  bank  circulation 
in  spite  of  the  Government  tax  of  10 
per  cent.,  the  Michigan  banks  went  out 
of  the  circulation  business  early  in  the 
game,  and  no  figures  are  given  showing 
that  they  carried  any  after  the  war.

in  1892  and 

The  number 

♦   *  *

Peter  White,  of  Marquette,  has  been 
in  some  financial  reminis­
indulging 
cences. 
In  the  early  days  in  the  Upper 
Peninsula— in  the  days  just  before  the 
war  money  was  scarce  in  that  section, 
and  especially 
in  the  winter  months 
when  the  only  method  of  reaching  the 
outer  world  was  overland  by  stage  or  on 
snowshoes—to  meet  the  necessities  of 
the  occasion,  the  big  mining  companies 
issued  a  sort  of  scrip 
in  the  form  of 
drafts  on  buffalo,  Boston  and  New  York 
in  amounts  of  $25  and  less,  and  these 
drafts  circulated  as  money  and  were  ac­
cepted  as  such  for  wages  and  trade 
This  continued  several  years  after  the 
10  per  cent,  tax  on  circulation  had  been 
imposed  by  the  Government  and  then  a 
sudden  and  emphatic  stop  was  put  to  it 
all.  A  Government  agent  dropped  into 
Marquette  one  day  to  look  up  this finan­
cial  question,  with  a  view  to  collecting 
the  accumulated  tax.  Mr.  White  bad 
handled,  as  near  as  he  could  figure  it, 
something  like  $12,000.000of  this  scrip 
and 
the  Government  agent  calmly 
handed  him  a  bill  for $1,200,000  as  the 
amount  due  him.  When  the  bill  was 
presented,  Mr.  White  was  a  member  of 
the  State  Legislature  and  be  asked  that 
the 
immediate  collection  might  be  de­
ferred  until  be  could  go  to  Washington 
to  see  about  it.  He  went  to  Washington 
and,  after a  season  of  earnest  and  ener­
getic  lobbying,  secured  the  passage  of 
a  relief  act,  which  saved  him  the  pen­
alty. 
The  mining  scrip  was  called 
“ iron  money”   and  it  served  its  purpose 
until  the  railroads  came  in  and  made 
legitimate  financiering  possible,  and 
then  all  the  old  drafts  or  notes  were 
called  in  and  paid  dollar  for  dollar,  ex­
cept  one  or  two  of  the  smaller  issues.

*  *  *

It  is  possible  some  of  the  older  resi­
dents  of  this  city  can  recall  substitutes 
for  cold  cash  which  passed  current  in 
this  vicinity.  C.  C.  Comstock  used 
scrip 
in  the  payment  of  his  workmen 
during  the  hard  times of  1873  and  more 
or  less  of  this  paper  money  was  circu­
lated  about  town  in  business circles. 
It 
was  by  means  of  this  scrip  that  Mr. 
Comstock  was  enabled  to  pull  through  a 
season  of  distress  and  keep  bis  factory 
running.  During  war  times,  also,  token 
money  of  brass  and  copper  was  used 
bearing  the  business  card  of  the  mer­
chants  and  manufacturers issuing  it  and 
who  were  expected  to  redeem 
it.  Sev­
eral  of  the  Grand  Rapids  business  men 
issued  this  token  money  and  the  tokens 
passed  for  cent  pieces  even  down  into 
the  ’70s,  but  they  have  long  since  be­
come  curiosities.

Among  the  scrip  used  by  business 
bouses,  the  Tradesman  has  come  into 
possession  of  a  well-preserved  sample, 
of  which  the  following 
is  a  facsimile 
representation :

to  this 

In  referring 

issue  the  late 
Thos.  D.  Gilbert  once  remarked:  “ Our 
only  silver  coins  prior  to  1840 were from 
the  Spanish  mint.  The  Spanish  coins 
were  the dollar,  halves,  quarters,  eighths 
and  sixteenths.  This  note  is  an  eighth 
cents,  and  was,  un­
of  a  dollar,  or  12 
doubtedly, 
Spanish 
money.  When  silver  was discovered  in 
this  country,  and  our  Government  began 
its  coinage,Spanish money began  to  dis­
appear  and  finally  passed  out  of circula­
tion. ”

redeemed  with 

Whenever  you  meet  a  man  who  thinks 
he  knows  it  all,  it's  ten  to  one  that  be 
isn’t  married.

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BUSINESS  CHANCES.

714

Ho te l  fo r  s a l e  o r  r e n t — t h r e e - 
story  building.  Fpr  pirticulars  address 
717
John Lenhard, Clarksville. Mich. 
IJH)R SALE OR RENT-STORE AND  DWKLL- 
’  ing combined, at McCo-d Station,  O'l  D,  G. 
R. & w. Ra lroad:  good well  in  house,  ci  tern, 
new horBe barn.  etc.  Store  finished  ready  for 
goods.  An excellent po>nt for business.  Price, 
$5i)0—a  bargain.  Address  Dr.  L.  E.  II .skin, 
McCord. Mich 
ANTED—A  FIsW cOUNTEKm AND  SHoW 
cares  used,  but  in  good  ondition.  Ad­
dress No  719. care M ohiean Tradesman 
719
IpOR SALE OR RENT-COMFORTABLE NINE 
'  room house aud barn at 44 Pleasant  avenue, 
oppos te beautiful grove.  Good  cellar.  F.lier 
cistern.  Will sell cheap on  easy  terms or  rent 
for Sl<) per mouth until spring.  N. G. RF hards, 
24 Kellogg S t, Grand Rapids. 
I7IOR  SALE  CHEAP-SET  OF FIRST-CLASS 
’  modern drug fixtures.  Address No. 711, care 
Michigan Tradesman._________________ 711
IpORSALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, 
1  clothing,  boo s  and  ‘hoes,  bats  and  caps 
and men's furnishing goods and grr ceries, well- 
ad • pted  frame  store  building  aud  convenient 
residence, well located  in  a  thriving  Northern 
Michigan  town.  Sales  aggregate  $10,000  per 
year, practically all cash  transactions.  No  old 
stock.  No book  accounts.  Reason  for  Fel ing, 
ill  health. 
Investigation  solicited.  Address 
No 709, care Michigan Tradesman. 

709

718

708

7o4

707

Fo r sa l e- a  f in e   s e l e c t e d   stock  o f
shoes, rubbers, etc.;  best t >wn In  the  St*te; 
stock Al;  lew rent;  sp endid openi- g.  Reason 
for  selling,  other  busine-s.  Address  Box  96. 
Fenton  Mich.________________________ 7 0
I  HAVE  SMALL  STOCK  Oe  DKUU>  A>D 
fixtures in  Ionia,  taken  on  mortgage.  Will 
sell cheap for cash or  trade  for  productive  real 
estate.  Answer  immediately.  Will  setl  soon. 
W. W. Hunt, Under  National City  Bank, Grand 
Rapids. 
OR SALE—COMPLETE  -Vl'OCK  OF  GEN- 
eral  merchandise,  invoicing  about  $>,0>0. 
Hustling  Michigan  town  of  2,5u0  inhabita  .ts. 
Seven go~d factories.  Cleanest  and most up-to- 
dae>tockin  county.  Will rent the store  buLd 
ing for term  of  years.  Other  urgent  interests 
cause for selling.  Herbert F. Caswell, Portland, 
Mich. 
IjVJR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GROCERIES,  FIX- 
1  tures. delivery wagons, horses and  building 
owned by  the  late  A.  Rasch.  >22  Canal  street. 
Address  Robt.  Rasch,  clarendon  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids. 
IpOR  SALE—ALMOST  NEW  DAUGHERTY 
typewriter, for $30 c  sh— with  orde-,  bal­
ance  C.  O.  D.  Cost  $T5  when  new.  Pei feet 
work guaranteed.  L  A.  Ely, Alma,  Mich.  791
W ANTED—CASH- PAID-FOR  StOCKS  OF 
shoes, clothing or dry goods.  Correspond­
ence  confidential.  Address  R.  B.,  Box  351, 
•  i99
Montague, Mich. 
IpOK SALE—CLEAN GENERAL  STOCK AND 
store bu lding in small town surrounded  by 
excellent farming  and  fruit  country  less  than 
fifty miles  from  Grand  Rapids.  Good  reasons 
for selling.  Inspection scli< ited.  Terms reason­
able.  Address  for  particulars  No.  691  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
OR  SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
splendid fanning country.  No trades.  Ad­
dress No. 6-0, care Michigan Tradesman 
680
(TENTRALLY  LOCATED  DRUir  STORE,  DO- 
J  ing a  good  business  in  the  city,  for  sale. 
Good  reasons  for  selling.  Address  I.  Krank- 
ford.  Fire  Insurance  aud  Real  Estate  Agent, 
Phone  1236,  53  West  Bridge  Street,  Grand 
Rapids. 
IjM)R  SALE—DRUG,  BOOK  AND  STATION- 
'  ery  stock,  invoicing  $4.50j,  and  fixtures 
invoicing $300,  which  include show cases, shelv­
ing  and  botlleB.  Dailv  cash  sales  in  1891,  $2  ; 
1892. $30;  1893. $31;  1894, $34.65:  1895,  $25;  1896, 
$21.20, and 1897,124.13  Located in manufactur­
ing town.  No cut prices.  R“nt reasonable, $29 
per month.  Living rooms in connection.  Ad­
dress No. 668, care Michigan Tradesman.  668 
OR SALE—FURNITURE ANDUNDERTAK- 
ing business  in the  most enterprising  iown 
in Southwestern Michigan,  Best location in the 
city.  Address No. 673.  care  M chigan  Trades­
man, for particulars. 
EST  LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR- A 
cold  storage  and  general  produce  dealer. 
Write to the  Secretary  of  tne  Otsego  Improve­
ment Association, Otsego, Mich. 
631
Mer c h a n t s—do you w ish ca sh  q u ic k
for your stock of merchandise,  or any  part 
of it?  Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich.
628
TO  EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY
goods or shoes, very nice  well renttd Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  552, care  Mkhi- 
552
g> n Tradesman. 
r|',0   EX*  HaNGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
X  property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P.  Medade.  Manceiona. Mich 
COUNTRY  PRODUCE

553

673

667

69

ANTED—BUTTER.onEGGS  AND  POUL- 
try;  any  quantities.  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
Stone, Kalamazoo. Mich. 
706
W ANTED —FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
Caulkett & Co.. Trave-se City,  Mich. 
381
Y*7 ANTED—1.000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS,
vv  daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca,  Mich.______________  
550

FIREPROOF  SAFES

G EO. M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 
safes,  wood  and  brick  building  mover,  157 
«13

Ottawa street, «-¡rand Rapids. 

HAY AND OATS

F OK SALE—WE WISH YOUR ORDERS  AND 
aie in  a  posit on  to  make  you  satisfactory 
prices  Pl-ase w-ite us  Michigan  P r’duce Co., 
shippers an i  wholesale  dealers,  Lansing.  Mich. 
716
___________________  

MISCELLANEOUS.

715

ANTED—SI 1 UATI0 N 
'N  A  CLOT.iING 
or general  store  by  an  A No.  1  sale-man. 
Add-ess No. «85, care Michl.an Tradesman.  685 
ITU AT ION  WANTED  Y  A  FIRS 1-CLASS 
registered pharmacist, graduate;  desires  pj- 
sAion  as  cle-x  or  manager.  References  fur­
nished.  Address No  7 5, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
ANTED—A  REGISTERED  AssI-TANT 
pharmaci  t.  Give  references.  Address 
Saloi, care Michigan Tradesman.________ 713
SITUATION  WANTED  BY  A  COMPETENT, 
reliable man, 30 years old. in  or  out  of  city. 
Experience in book-keeping, b'lling, correspond­
If re­
ence, stockkeeping, etc  good  penman. 
quiring such services,  please  add ess B. 30, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
712
\\r A N T E D  — REGISTERED  ASSISTANT 
Vv  pharmacist.  Address No. 705, care  Michi- 
gan Tradesman.______________  
W ANTED  SITUATION  AS  MANAGER  OF 
a general store by a competent and  exper 
ienced man.  Best  of  references.  Address  J., 
694
care Michigan Tradesman. 
OSITION  WANTED  BY  A  SINGLE  MAN. 
Large  experience  in  general  merchandise. 
Can give good references.  Address No. 664, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

664

705

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

CHICAGO

C hicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............... 7:30am  3:40pm  * 2:15am
Ar.  Chicago...................2:10pm  9:05pm  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.  *

♦Kvery  day. 

Others week days only.

nPTDOIT Gran<I Rapids & Western.

1  l y U I   1  y 

June 19. 1898. 

Detroit.

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

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv. G R 7:00am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains rnn week days only.

Gko.  DbHavhn,  General Pass. Agent.

n n i   jvrrt  Trank Railway System 
H I V / i n  U   Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect May 15,1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am.Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo & N Y  .t 9:55pm
tl0:10am.........Detroit  and  East..........t  5:27pm
t  3:20pm..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston.. +12:45pm
* 8:00pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada...* 6:35am
fl0:45am........  Mixed to D urand........ + 3:15pm
* 8:35am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts....* 7:05pm 
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:12pm 
t  5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate.tlO :05am
* 7:40pm.. .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. 
f
 Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

WEST

E. H. Hushes, A. G. P.  & T. A.
But. F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. AgL,
C.  A.  J u st in ,  City  Pass.  Agent.

97 Monroe St.  Morton House.

GRAND Rapids  &  Indians Railway

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am t  5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey A Mack., .t 2:15pm t  6:35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey A Mack..................il0:50pm
Cadillac....................................t  5:25pm til:15am
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  t  8:25pm
Ft. Wayne...............................t  2:10pm t 2:00pm
Cincinnati.............................. * 7:00pm * 7:25am
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.

FROM CHICAGO.

Lv. Grand Rapids...t7  10am  t2  10pm  *11  35pm 
Ar. Chicago...........  2 0 pm  9  10pm 
6 30am
Lv. Chicago............................t3 02pm  *11 45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...................  9 30pm 
7 25am
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 
sleeping 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 
Bleeping car to Grand Rapids.
GOING WEST.

Muskegon Trains.

LvG’d Rapids.............t7:35am  tl:00pm t5:40pm
Ar Muskegon...............   9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon.............t8:10am til :45am t4:00pm
Ar G’d Rapids.............9:30am  12:56pm  5:20pm
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.

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

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

GOING BAST.

DULUTH, So*as^

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Lv. Mackinaw City..........  7:35am 
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Ar. Sanlt Ste. Marie........   12:20pm 
Ar. M arquette................   2:50pm 
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Ar. Nestoria....................   5:20pm 
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Ar. Doluth.............................................  8:30am

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2:45am
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Ar. Mackinaw City................  8:40pm  11:00am
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our  stock  of  Wall  Paper 
is new, and consists of only 
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latest  designs  and 
colorings?

C .  L .  H A R V E Y   &  CO.

59  MONROE  STREET,
ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Picture  Framing  and  Painting  of the  Highest  Art.

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

Main  Office:  Room  1102  Majestic  Building,  Detroit,  Mich.

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

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We are manufacturing an article that  will 
sug|Test  itself  to  you  as  most  desirable 
for its salable quality.  It is the

Fuller Patented Eccentric Spring  Lever  Mop  Stick

It is adapted  to  your  trade;  In  Neatness 
and Convenience it has no equal;  the price 
is reasonable;  it is being extensively  ad­
vertised ;  it has proven a phenomenal suc­
cess wherever introduced.

E.  F.  ROWE, Ludington, Michigan.

FOLDING  PAPER  BOXES Printed  and  plain  for  Patent 

Medicines, Extracts, Cereals, 
Crackers  and  Sweet  Goods, 
Candy,  Cough  Drops,  Tobacco  Clippings,  Condition  Powders,  Etc.  Bottle 
and  Box Labels and Cigar Box Labels our specialties.  Ask or write us for  prices.

G R A N D   R A P ID S   P A P E R   BO X   C O .

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81, 8 3  AND 8 5  CAMPALI S T .,  GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

When  in need of goods 
for Advertising purposes, write

HENRY  M.  GILLETT

M ANUFACTURERS' AGENT

9a nONROE STREET.

OPPOSITE MORTON HOUSE 

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The  manufacturers  of  Enameline,  the  Modern 
Stove  Polish,  inform  the  retail  grocers  of  the 
United  States  that  on  and  after  Sept,  i,  1898, 
they  will  manufacture  Enameline  in  paste, 
cake  and  liquid.

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In 
our  new  “ Enameline  Cake”   and  “ Enameline 
Liquid”   we  give  the  largest  quantities,  best 
quality  and  lowest  prices  ever  offered. 
If 
you  are  doing  business  for  profit  it  will  pay 
you  to  handle our  whole line.

J.  L.  PRESCOTT  &  CO.,  New  York.

The maxim  “ Best work is always  the  cheapest”  applies  especially  to 
engraving.  In placing his goods before  the  public,  the  producer  can 
afford  to  use  only  the  best  illustrations,  and  this  cannot  be  accom­
plished unless the printing plate,  whether made by  zinc-etching,  half­
tone, wood-engraving or any other  process,  is  perfect  in  every  detail. 
Many manufacturers pay too little attention to this important feature of 
their  business  and,  when  the  illustration  does  not  do  justice  to  the 
original article,  blame the printer when  the  fault  is  their  own.  They 
may  have  been  influenced  by  false  motives  of  economy  to  give  their 
order for the printing plates to the  lowest bidder at so much a “ square 
inch.”   They did not  take  into  consideration  that  printing  from  poor 
plates costs as much as from good ones (and sometimes more);  that the 
postage bill for mailing the  printed  matter  is  the  same,  and  that  by 
showing their products to a disadvantage, owing to cheap  engravings, 
they lose in profits many times over what they  thought  they  saved  by 
patronizing the lowest bidder.  Our house was  one  of  the  first  in  the 
West to engage in the production  of printing plates, and during an ex­
perience covering fifteen years we  have  kept  pace with  the  times,  in­
creased our facilities annually, and are to-day equipped.to  make  plates 
by every process  known  to  modern  art.  Our  services  are  at  the  dis­
posal of all who appreciate that best work is always cheapest in the end.

