Volume  XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER  26,  1898.

Number 788
Elgin  System  of  Cream eries

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

We  manufacture a full line. 

Write  lor circular and 

prices.

Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons

260 S. Ionia Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

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A  M odel  C ream ery  of th e  Elgin  System .

R  E.  STURGIS  &  CO.,

Contractors  and  Builders of the

PURITY AND  STRENGTH!

&  co:s

As placed on the market  in  tin  foil  and  under 
our yellow label and  signature is

ABSOLUTELY  PURE

Of greater  strength  than  any  other  yeast,  and 
convenient for handling.  Neatly  wrapped  in 
tin foil.  Give  our  silverware  premium  list  to 
your patrons and increase your trade.  Particu­
lar attention paid  to  shipping  trade.  Address,

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

Detroit  Agency,  118  Bates S t.
Grand Rapids Agency, a6 Fountain  S t.

Elgin  System   of  Butter  and  Cheese  Factories,  also  Canning Factories, and 

Manufacturers and  Dealers in  Creamery and  Dairy Supplies.

Address all correspondence to R. E. STURGIS & Co.« Allegan, Mich.

n Holiday Goods

afford  BIG  PRO FITS 
if you  buy from  us.

FRANKE  BROS.,  Muskegon,  Michigan.

Jobbers in Druggists’  and  Grocers’Sundries,  Fishing 
Tackle,  Sporting Qoods, Notions, Toys, Etc.
ys, Etc. 

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Pour  Kinds  of  Coupon  Books

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

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids,  Hich.

In  Times  of  War  or  Peace,  Always  Use

“MR.  THOMAS”

The Most  Popular  Nickel  Cigar on  Earth

Ruhe  Bros.  Co.,  Makers. 
Factory 956,1st  Dist.  Pa. 

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F.  E.  Bushman,  Representative,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Mail  Orders  Solicited.

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ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATINGOILS

NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH AVE., 

ORAND RAPIDS, MICH,

Hulk works at brand  Rapids,  Muakegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,  Big  Kap 
Ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart, 
Whitehall, Holland and Fennvllle

Highest  Price  Paid  for  Em pty  Carbon  and  Qasoline  Barrels.

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should  commend  them  to  the  up-to-date  grocer. 
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
ticular  people,  and hence brings the most accept­
able  class of customers  to  whoever  sells  it.

Can you  afford  to  be  without  it?

Made only  by

National  Biscuit Company

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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you  are  not  doing  as  well  as  you  might  for 
yourself  and  your  customers.  No  other 
Lime  is  as  satisfactory  to  dealer  or  user.

A   G O O D   S E L L E R

The  Economy  Farmer’s 
Boiler  and  Feed  Cooker

The  Kettle  is  of  smooth,  heavy cast- 
iron.  The furnace or jacket is of heavy, 
cold  rolled steel, and very durable.  We 
guarantee this  Feed  Cooker  never  to 
buckle  or  whrp  from  the  heat. 
It  is 
designed  to set on the ground, or stone 
foundation,  and  is  especially  adapted 
for cooking feed,  trying out lard,  mak­
ing soap,  scalding  hogs  and  poultry, 
and all work  of  this  nature.  Made  in 
four sizes—40,  60,  70 and  100 gallon.
ADAMS  &  HART,  Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids.

N O  I V   O P E N  j t

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of lorse

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In   the  Wholesale 
Showrooms  o f

BROWH & SEHLER, w. Bridge St., Brand Rapids.

Prices  right. 

We  manufacture only  “ H A N D   M A D E ”   Harness.

A  DESK  FOR  YOUR  OFFICE

W e 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- 
pies at about  the  cost  of  material  and  guarantee 
our goods to be better made and better finished  than 
the stock that goes to the furniture  dealers.

Our  No.  61  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.  W riting 
bed made of 3-ply built-up stock.  Desk is castered 
w ith ball-bearing casters  and  has  a strictly  dust- 
proof curtain.  Our special price to  readers  of  the 
Tradesman  S 2 0 .   W rite for  our  illustrated  cat­
alogue and mention this paper when you  do so.

SA M P LE  FU RN ITU RE  CO.

JOBBERS  OP  SAMPLE  FURNITURE.

PEARL  AND  OTTAWA  STS. 

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Collections made everywhere.  Write for particulars. 

L. P. WITZLEBEN  manager.

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Black  Serge,  Cheviot,  Unfinished 
W orsted  and  Clay  W orsted  Suits, 
and greatest line of Kersey, Covert, 
Boucle  Worsted,  Worambo,  Chin- 
chilla  Overcoats  and  Ulsters,  all 
manufactured  by  Kolb &  "*<>11,  of 
Rochester, N.  Y  , only house  sell­
ing  reaily  All-W ool  Kersey Over­
coats  at  $5 50  and  Boucle  W orsted 
Overcoats at $6.50.  Meet our  Wm.
Connor  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
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WILLIAM CONNOR

Marshall. Mich.

PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

OP  DETROIT«  MICHIGAN.

Commenced Business September 1,  1893.

Insurance in  fo rce....................................$2,746,000.00
104,000.00
N et Increase during 1897........................ 
32,738-49
N et A ssets................................................. 
Losses Adjusted and  U npaid................  
None
Other  Liabilities......................................  
None
Total  Death Losses Paid to D ate......... 
40,061.00
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
eficiaries................................................... 
812.00
Death Losses Paid During  1897............. 
17,000.00
Death  Rate for 1897................................... 
6.31
Cost per  1,000 at age 30 during  1897. • - * 
8.25
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Made to hold from 27 to  60  names 

and sell for 75 cents  to $2.

Send for sample leaf.

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B GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 

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5

THE  FORGOTTEN  PAST 

Which we read about can never be 
forgotten by the merchant who  be 
cornea  familiar  with  our  coupon 
system.  The past to snch is always 
a “nightmare.”  The present Is  an 
era of pleasure and profit.
TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

GROWTH  OF  GRAND RAPIDS.

Its  Early  Resumption  From  the  De­

pression  of the  Panic.

for 

In  some  regards  the  years  preceding 
the  panic  were  years  of  unhealthy  de­
velopment  in  the  growth  of  Grand  Rap­
is  to  say,  there  were  boom 
ids—that 
conditions 
in  some  of  the  enterprises, 
more  especially  in  the  undue  urging  of 
suburban 
interests.  On  this  account 
the  reaction  of  the  panic  in  real  estate 
seemed  more  decided, 
it  was  ac­
companied  by  the  collapse  of  under­
takings  unwarranted  by  the  size  which 
the  city  had  attained.  To  the  natural 
decline  in  values  accompanying  the  ar­
rest of  so  great  a  proportion  of  business 
enterprises  there  was  added  the  total 
collapse  of  many  of  these  wild-cat 
schemes,  and  this was  included  in  esti­
mating  the  extent  of  the  reaction.  The 
consequence  was  the  greater  intensity 
in  the  discouragement,  and  many  con­
sidered  the blow  to  the  city  very  serious 
and  predicted  that  the  loss  could  never 
be  regained.

The  panic  reaction  unquestionably 
caused  a  serious  set-back  in  all  the 
in 
dustries  of  the  city.  The  years  of  busi 
ness  stagnation,  with  the  suspension  of 
operation  of  many  of  the  largest  furni­
ture  concerns,  were  sufficiently  hard  to 
bear.  But,  in  spite  of  the fact that panic 
conditions  are  felt  most  severely  in such 
an 
industry  as  furniture,  which  people 
can  do  without,  a  comparison  of  the 
condition,  during  that  period,  of  our 
city  with  others  of  similar  size  will 
show  that  we  retained  our  position  bet­
ter  than  most,  and 
that  we  sooner 
showed 
indications  of  resuming  a  sub­
stantial  and  healthy  growth.  During  the 
panic,  and  even  yet,  there  are  some 
pessimists  who talk  of  the  terrible,  and 
permanent,  set-back  to  the  city.  Such 
can  not  see  the  most  potent evidences  of 
a  solider  and  more  assured  growth  than 
ever  which  are  all  about  them.

The  reaction  from  the  panic  through­
out  the  country  reduced  nearly  all  prop­
erties  and  productions  to  new  bases  of 
values. 
In  the  almost  universal  change 
real  estate  comes  in  for  its  share  and 
when  there  is  added  the  reaction  of  the 
unhealthy  growth 
in  various  localities 
the  delay 
in  recovery  is  made  much 
slower.  Undoubtedly it will be some time 
before  the  speculative  activity  charac­
terizing  the  years  preceding  the  panic 
will  again  be  apparent.

it 

But 

is  a  mistake  to  conclude  that 
the  growth  of  the  city  is  awaiting  a  re­
sumption  of  old-time  prices  and  spec­
ulations.  That  there 
is  now,  and  has 
long  been,  a  rapid  and  healthy  growth 
is  assured  from  the  fact  that  all  the 
older  industries  are  in the  most  flourish­
ing  condition  and  that  the  past  year  has 
seen  the  addition  of  many  new  ones 
in 
varied 
lines.  These  evidences  go  to 
prove  that  capital  and  population  are 
rapidly  accumulating  here  even  if  the 
evidences  are  not  manifest  in  other 
ways

I n   sympathy  with  the  lower  level  a c ­
cepted  by  holders  of  real  estate  rentals 
of  residence  property  continue 
lower 
than  seems  pleasant  to  many  house own­
in  demand  has
ers,  but  the 

increase 

been  very  manifest  during 
the  past 
year.  And  it  is  significant  that  this  de­
mand  has  been  for  the  medium  and 
better  class  of  houses.  Where,  two  or 
three  years  ago, 
it  would  seem  that 
nearly  half  the  houses  were  vacant  on 
some  streets  in  good  localities,  now  all 
are  occupied,  and  those  who  are  com­
pelled  to  hunt  for  desirable  locations 
find  they  have  a  task  of  some  difficulty 
on  hand.

But  there  are  other  and  still  more  ap­
parent  evidences  of  the  healthy,  and 
withal  rapid,  growth which are not of re­
cent  resumption,  but  which  began  early 
in  the  panic  and  have  been  increasing 
ever since.  In  the  beginning  there  were 
two  factors  which  operated  to anticipate 
the  resumption  of  business  demand— 
the  desire  to  give  needed  employment 
and  the  thrift  which  prompted  the  util­
izing  of  cheap  materials  and 
labor 
Thus  during  the  later  years  of  the  panic 
a  considerable  number  of  substantial 
buildings  were  erected,  some  of  them 
among  the  best  public  and  business 
edifices  in  the  city. 
It  was  during  the 
years  of  the  panic  that  many  of  the  so­
ciety  and  club  houses  were  built,  such 
as  the  Pythian  and  Masonic  temples, 
the  St.  Cecilia  and  other  club  houses 
and  various charitable  institutions,  and 
a  number  of  fine  business  blocks  were 
erected. 
In  addition  to  this  line  of  im 
provement  the  city  gave  considerable 
attention  to  the  development  of  parks, 
the  market  and  other  municipal  works, 
showing  confidence  in  the  early resump­
tion  of  better  conditions.

The  evidences  of  rapid  and 

increas­
ing  growth  are  becoming  more  manifest 
every  day, 
the  number  of  business 
blocks  in  course  of  erection  filling  most 
of  the  vacancies  on  the  principal 
job­
bing  streets,  and  their  character  is  suffi­
cient  evidence  of  this  statement.  Note 
the  extent  of  the  new  Furniture Exposi 
tion  and  the  character  of  the  recently- 
finished  Hirth  &  Krause  building,  the 
Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.  build­
ing  and  others  under  way.

Another 

indication 

in  the  same  line 
is  the  mania  for  overhauling  and  im­
proving  so  many  of  the  older business 
buildings,  including  many  which  would 
be  considered  new  and  modern  in  most 
cities.  Fire  gave  the  opportunity  to 
modernize  the  Houseman  block,  which 
was  not  an  old  building.  Then  note  the 
steady  work  of  changing  to  modern 
fronts  and  interiors  which  has  been  go­
ing  on 
in  the  principal  wholesale  and 
retail  stores  during  and  since  the  panic 
until  there  has  been  almost  a  complete 
revolution  and  modernizing  of  both  old 
and  new  buildings.  For  instance,  the 
new  building  of  Corl,  Knott  &  Co., 
erected  seven  or  eight  years ago,  has 
been  rebuilt  to  meet more modern  ideas ; 
the  Blodgett  building,  in  which are  the 
offices  of  the  Tradesman,  considered  as 
thoroughly  up-to-date  and  the  most  sub 
stantial  and  complete  when 
it  was 
erected,  ten  years  ago,  is  now  being 
changed  to  more  modern  construction 
and  furnished  with 
faster 
elevators.

larger  and 

Blind  indeed  must  be  the  man  who 
can  not  see  that  this  city  is  now  enjoy­
ing  a  period  of  rapid  and  substantial

growth  giving  more  promise  and  assur­
ance  for  the  future  than  ever  in  its  his­
tory.  The  rapid  increase  of  its  special 
industry 
is  being  supplemented  by  so 
great  a  number  of  other  lines  of  manu­
facture,  and  the jobbing and  distributive 
trade  is  reaching  out  to  so  great  an  ex­
tent  in  this  and  other  states,  that  surely 
there  is  little  room  for  the  croakings  of 
the  pessimist  or cause  for  hesitation 
in 
the  matter  of  investment  or  the  prose­
cution  of  any  enterprise  from  this  cen­
ter.
Failure  of  Harvey  E.  Morse, the Mon­

tague  Druggist.

About  a  year  ago  Hoffman  &  Morse 
purchased  the  drug  stock  belonging  to 
the  estate  of  E.  P.  Allen  for  about $500. 
In  July  of  this  year,  Mr.  Morse  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  bis  partner  and 
has  since  conducted  the  business  under 
the  style  of  H.  E.  Morse.  August  2 
he  uttered  a  chattel  mortgage  to  his 
father,  Chas.  E.  Morse,  a  farmer  living 
near  Montague,covering the  entire  stock 
and  fixtures,  which  he  estimated  at  that 
time  to  be  worth  $1,275.11.  The  amount 
stated 
in  the  mortgage  was  $1,200,  be­
ing  for  alleged  borrowed  money.  A  few 
weeks  ago  Morse  purchased  a  hill  of 
cigars  from  Ruhe  Bros  ,  of  Allentown, 
Pa.,  amounting  to  $50.  He  sent  a  check 
for  this  amount  on the Muskegon County 
Bank  of  Montague,  signed  Hoffman  & 
Morse,  at  the  same  time  ordering  $225 
worth  of  goods,  which  were  shipped. 
The  check  subsequently  went  to  protest, 
because  there  were  no  funds  in  the hank 
it,  when  Ruhe  Bros  placed 
to  cover 
their  account 
in  the  hands  of  Wm.  E. 
Osmun,  of  Montague,  who  secured  a 
promise  from  Morse  that  he  would  pay 
the  entire  amount,  at  the  rate  of  $25  a 
month.  This  promise  he  failed  to  keep, 
and  on  being  pressed  by  Mr.  Osmuns 
and  attorneys  representing  other  credit­
ors,  he  made  a  common  law  assignment 
Oct.  25,  naming  Wm.  E.  Osmun  as  as­
signee.  There  are  about  twenty  credit­
ors,  whose  claims  aggregate  $1,529.30. 
Among  the  creditors  are  the  following :
Michigan  Bottling W orks,  M uskegon.........$  27  40
Fred Brundage,  M uskegon.............................  21  78
Kranke  Bros.,  Muskegon 
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6 69
M.  B. & W.  Paper Co., Grand  Rapids........... 
15  76
D.  M.  Am berg, Grand R apids........................  104  06
A.  E.  Brooks & Co., Grand  Rapids..............  
11  16
W.  IT  Chamberlin & Co ,  Chicago..............  
15  5°
Fred Imgraham.  D etroit.................................  
12  25
4  50
Pieser  Valine Mfg Co.,  Chicago.................... 
Lord, Owen & Co.,  Chicago...........................  63  75
5  °5
Simmons Hardware Co., bt.  Louis,  M o.......  
Boydell Bros.,  D etroit......................................  55  00
Schiitz  Brewing Co., Grand Rapids  ............ 
4  5°
J.  Fernekis,  Milwaukee.................................... 
5  *5
Ruhe Bros.,  Allentown,  P a....... .....................  275  00
Phelps,  Brace & Co., D etroit................. ........  21  25
Estate of Geo.  Dowling, M ontague...............  25  00

Silk  Thread  Making  in  America.
The  first  silk  thread mill  in the United 
States  started  with  a  capital  of  $35,000. 
To  day  its  capital  is $100,000,000.  Mas­
sachusetts  and  Connecticut  have  half  a 
dozen 
important  silk  thread  mills,  and 
California  has  two.  There  are  a  few 
smaller  ones.  Nearly  $10,000,000  is  in­
vested  in  the business.  The  largest mills 
employ  from  800  to  1,500  hands,  a  total 
yearly  average  of  perhaps 
i i rooo  to 
15,000.  The  annual  output  closely  ap­
proaches  the  capitalized  values  of  the 
plants. 

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There  would  be  mighty  few  militia 
companies 
if  the  members  were  com­
pelled  to  wear  plain  clothes  on-  parade.

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D ry P o o d s
The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons— There  have  been  no 
special  developments  in  staple  cottons. 
There  have  been  bids  made  for  large 
quantities  of  brown  cottons  for  export, 
but  at  prices  that  do  not  appear  to be 
inducements  to  the  manufacturers.  Sell­
ers  have  rejected  them without question. 
The  demand  for  brown  sheetings  and 
drills 
immediate 
wants.  Business  in  bleached  cottons  has 
been  quite  dull  throughout  the  week,  al­
though  there  have  been  a  fair  number of 
small  orders  coming  to  hand.  The  total 
has  been  unimportant.

is  nothing  beyond 

Prints  and  Ginghams—There  is  but 
little  business  to  report  in  printed  fab­
rics  for the  week,  business  having  been 
no  more  than  the  average.  Fancy  dark 
prints  show no change.  Prices are steady 
and  stocks  have  become  pretty  well 
cleaned  up.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

indifference  of  buyers.  They 
general 
feel  that 
it  can  not  be  on  account  of 
prices,  for,  as  a  rule,  they  are  willing 
to  meet  these  people  nearly  half  way. 
They  can  all  do  business  on  a, more  sat­
isfactory  basis  for  themselves  than  was 
possible  last  year  at  this  time,  and  in 
only  a  few  places  are  the  spring  sea­
son’s  sales  reported  to  be  satisfactory. 
These  are  only  for  goods  that  have a 
wide  and  solid  reputation  for  intrinsic 
merit,  and  a  certainty  of  delivery  on 
time. 
In  looking  the  market  over,  as  a 
whole,  it  is seen  that  the  most  unsettled 
conditions  for  both  hosiery  and  under­
wear are  in  the  lower  grades,  and  that 
the better  lines  are  less  complained  of.

Cure  for  the  Remnant  Trouble.

Written for the T r a d e s m a n .

Knit  Goods—Although  it  has  been  the 
policy  of  the  manufacturer  of knit goods 
not  to  make  up  stocks,  it  is  reported 
that  some  mills  have  this  season  stocks 
they  will  be  glad  to  dispose  of  at almost 
any  reasonable  price,  and  they  are  quot­
ing  low  and  irregular  prices  to  any  who 
are  in  the  market  for  their  goods.  The 
effect  of  this  practice  is  always  imme­
diately  noticeable  in  a  market  as  sensi­
tive  to  conditions  as  that  of  the  knit 
goods;  for  there  is  probably  no  market 
where  eternal  vigilance  is  so  necessary 
or where  it  is  so  completely  carried  out. 
This 
is  a  necessity  on  account  of  the 
nature  of  the  business and extremely low 
profits;  and  in  view  of  these  conditions 
it 
is  gratifying  to  note  the  excellent 
position  that  the  majority  of  the  mills 
is  only  through  the  greatest 
hold. 
care,  and  the  firmness 
in  refusing  to 
pile  up  stocks  generally,  that  business 
has  been  kept 
in  such  good  standing 
throughout  the  extremely  dull  period  of 
business  depression.

It 

Hosiery— There  is  considerable  irreg­
ularity  to  be  noted  throughout  the  hos­
iery  department,  and  the  season’s  busi­
ness  has  so  far  been  reported  to  be 
quite  unsatisfactory  in  both  staple  and 
fancy  lines,  and  as  the  end  draws  near, 
here  is  much  less  satisfaction  to  both 
domestic  agents  and  the  importers  than 
was  supposed  at  the  beginning  of  the 
season.  The  demand  for  heavy  knit 
goods  has  been  comparatively  small, 
the  weather,  of  course,  having  bad  full 
weight  with  this  business.  Sweaters, 
golf  and  cycling  hose  have  secured  a 
fair  business  for  the  time  of  year,  but, 
of  course,  this  has  not  been  very  large. 
Sellers  are  at  a  loss  to account  for  the

Remnants  are  often  regarded  as  a 
great  bugbear 
in  a  dress  goods  stock. 
They  accumulate  with  wonderful  rapid­
ity  and  very  often  it  is  found  far  from 
an  easy  matter to  dispose  of them.

Many  salesmen  argue  that  one  must 
figure  to  lose  some  money  on  remnants, 
yet  these  same  salesmen  are  just the fel­
lows  who never  hesitate  about  leaving 
a  “ bad  end.”   Look  over  their  stock  of 
remnants  and  you  will  find  plenty of one 
and  a  half and  two-yard  lengths  that  are 
almost  unsalable  even  when  quoted  at 
half  price  or  less.

I  have  been  behind  the  dress  goods 
counter  for  a  number  of  years  and  it has 
been  my  experience  that,  with  proper 
tact  and  management,  one  seldom  finds 
it  needful  to  leave  unsalable  lengths. 
I 
have  found  it  an  excellent  plan,  when  a 
bolt  of  cloth  has  been  pretty  well  cut 
down, 
to  measure  what  remains  and 
mark  the  number  of  yards  on  the  price 
ticket.  Now,  say  you  have  ten  or  a 
dozen  ends  with  anywhere  from  seven to 
eleven  yards  in  each.  Keep  them  to- 
gether  where  you  can  readily  put  your 
hand  on  them,  and  don’t  show  any  of 
them  until  you  have  found  out  whether 
vour  customer  wants  a  dress  or a  skirt.
If  she  wants  a  dress  show  the  shorter 
in  connection 
and  the  longer 
with  the  goods  already  shown. 
If  she 
wants  only  a  skirt,  hold  back  the  seven- 
yard  lengths  and  show  your  eight,  nine 
and  eleven-yard 
lengths.  You  can  cut 
the  eight  or  nine-yard  lengths  into  two 
skirt  patterns  each,  and  you  can  get  a 
skirt  and  a  dress  pattern  out  of  the 
eleven-yard  length.

lengths 

It  can  readily  be  seen  that  by  follow­
ing-  this  plan  there  are  no bad  lengths 
left.  I  have  been  doing  this  for  a  num­
ber  of  years  and  as  a  general  thing have 
been  able  to  keep  my  stock  free  from 
remnants.

This 

is  as  good  a  way  to  keep  from 
making  remnants as  I  know  of;  and  the 
sure  cure  for  the  “ remnant  trouble”   is 
to avoid  making  them.  M ac  A ll a n .

Two Big Specials 1

No.  1.  400 dozen  Men’s and  Boys’ heavy 
yam  Mittens in dark colors, at 75 cents 
per dozen.
No.  2.  One 

lot  of  heavy  reversible 
shawls,  regular  size,  in  dark  browns 
and grays, at $1.25 each.

Orders by mail or phone  receive  prompt 

attention.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.,

Wholesale  Dry Goods,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.
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kicked,  but  do  you  know  what happened 
to  the  grocer?  Before  he  started  to  sell 
that  oleo  be  was  as  straight  as  a  string 
and  had  that  reputation. 
Inside  of 
three  months  afterward  he  was  as  shifty 
as  a  politician  and  as  tricky  as  they 
make 
’em.  And  people  knew  it,  too, 
and  watched  him  all  the  time.  He  had 
seen  how  much  money  he  could  make 
by  cheating  the  people,  and 
it  spoiled 
him  He sold  everything  adulterated  be 
could,  but  he  charged  the  full  price  of 
the  pure.  He  managed  to  keep  it  going 
for  about  a  year,  and 
in  that  time  he 
made  quite  a  little  money,  but  people 
got  suspicious  of  him  and  gradually 
quit.  Finally  he  bad  to  shut  up,  and 
then  he  went  West. 
I  haven’t  heard 
anything  of  him  for  several  months.

"Now,  there’s  a  case,”   went  on  the 
butter  man,  "where  oleo  utterly  spoiled 
an  honest  man. 
It  really  ruined  him. 
It  made  him  a  thief  and  a  liar  inside  of 
a  month. ’ ’

" I  don’t  think  I  can  agree with you,”  
I  said;  " it  wasn't  oleo  that  did this,  but 
the  misuse  of  it.  You  can  misuse  any­
thing. ”

" A h ,”   said  the  butter  man,  "but 
oleo  is  so  much  easier  to  misuse  than 
other  things. 
Its  best  use  is  as  a  mis­
use,  don’t  you  see?  That’s  what  it  was 
first  made  for— an  imitation  of  butter. 
Its  best  work  comes  when  it is misused. 
How many  people  would  eat  oleo  if they 
knew  it?  On  the  other hand,  I  wouldn’t 
mind  eating  it  myself  if  I  didn’t  know 
it,  for  it  tastes  all  right.”

This  comes  from  one  of  the  men  who 
look  on  oleo  as  a  Satanic  invention. 
While  he’s  radical  in  his  views,  there 
is  still  lots  of  hard  sense 
in  what  he 
says;  so that  oleo  now  assumes  a  new 
role—a  maker of  thieves  and  liars.

I.  W.  LAMB,  original  inventor 
o f th e Lam b  K nitting M achine, 
President and Superintendent.

The  Lamb Glove &  Mitten Go.,

of PERRY,  MICH.,

controls  a  large  number  of  the  latest 
and  best 
It 
is  making  a  very  desirable  line  of 

inventions  of  Mr.  Lamb. 
KNIT  HAND  WEAR 

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

How  an  Old  Butter  Jobber  Regards 

the  Sale  of Oleo.

Stroller in Grocery World.

A  most  vital  question  of  the  grocery 
trade  of  to-day 
is,  in  my  opinion,  the 
future  of  oleo.  The  big  oleo  houses  of 
the  West  have  money  and  they  have 
brains  and  they  have  a  good  thing  in 
oleo,  and  this  good  thing  they  are  dili­
gently  pushing  along.  When  I  call  oleo 
a  good  thing  I  mean  when  it  takes 
its 
mask  off and  show  its  colors.  I  have  no 
use  for  oleo  butter.

In  all  my  experience  I  have  never  en­
countered  a  subject  on  which  opinions 
differ so  radically  as  they  do  on  oleo. 
You  will  strike  one  man  who  thinks 
oleo  is as  good  as  butter.  He  believes 
it  ought  to  be  sold—that  it’s a damnable 
outrage  to  interfere  with  its  free  sale.
Then  you'll  strike  another  who  be­
lieves  oleo  is  made  in  Hades.  He thinks 
it  is  an  equally  damnable  thing  to  allow 
it to  be  sold  even  as  oleo,  or  as  any­
it  a  counterfeit  and  a 
thing.  He  calls 
sneaking 
is  perfectly 
blind  to  its  really  good  qualities.

imitation,  and 

Somewhere  within  the  maze  of  these 
different  opinions  lies  the  truth,  and 
each  man  must  find  it  for  himself.
I  met  an  old  butter  jobber  the  other 
day  who  said  some  things  to  me  about 
oleo  that  are  worth  printing.  He  used 
to  sell  oleo  himself,  has  been  in  Chi­
it  made,  and,  in  fact, 
cago  and  seen 
knows  all  about 
it.  He  is,  therefore, 
well  qualified  to  speak.

“ 1  have  never  known  a  man  who  sold 
oleo,”   be  said,  "who  wasn't  both  a 
thief  and  a liar within three months after 
he  started  to  sell  it."

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"M y  dear  m an!"  I  ejaculated,  "do 
be  careful!  Why,  do  you  realize  what 
an  exceedingy  strong  statement  that 
is?”

I’ve  been  there  myself. ”

“ Certainly  I  do,”   he  answered,  "and 
I  defy  anybody  to  show  me  where  I'm 
wrong.  I  know  what  I’m  talking  about, 
boy. 
ment  like  that?”   1  persisted.

"How  can  you  possibly justify a state­
" I ’ll  tell  you  how  I  justify  it,"   was 
the  reply.  " I ’veknown  hundreds  of  fel­
lows  who  sold  oleo  and 
I've  never 
known  one  yet  who  sold it as  oleo.  They 
it  for  butter,  because  that’s 
all  sell 
where  the  profit  comes  in. 
If  they  sold 
it  for  oleo  there  wouldn’t  be  as  much 
profit 
in  butter,  so 
there’d  be  no  reason  to  sell  it.  Very 
well.  The  man  who  sells  oleo  as  butter 
is a  liar  to  begin  with,  isn't  he?"
I  admitted  that  it  had  that  look.
"A nd  he’s  a  thief,  too,”   went  on  the 
old  butter  man,  "because  he  charges  an 
exorbitant  profit,  and  a  man  who  does 
that  is always  a  thief.  He  buys  oleo  at 
io cents,  say,  and  sells  it  as  butter  for 
20 cents. 

Isn’t  he  a  thief?”

it  as  there 

"Oh,  I  don’t  know,”   I  said ;  “ if  get­
is  stealing,  then  the 

ting  a  big  profit 
world  is  full  of  thieves."

is  stealing 

in  this  particular 
case, ”   persisted  the  butter  man ;  "the 
oleo  man  robs  his  customer  because  he 
takes  his  money  without  giving  him  the 
value  for  it  which  he  implies  he  gives 
him. 
In  other  words,  he  obtains  his 
money  under  false  pretenses,  and  the 
courts  say  that’s  stealing.”

I’m  not  in  it  with  the  courts,  so  I 

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kept  still.

" I   tell  you  I  know  what  I’m  talking 
about, ’ ’  went  on 
the  butter  man. 
"Why,  two  years  ago  I  knew  a  young 
fellow,  sharp  as  a  steel  trap,  and  as 
honest  as  the  sun.  He  started  in  the
frocery  business  and  got  along  right 
rom  the  start.  After  he’d  been  in 
business  for  a  few  months  some infernal 
sneak  representing  some big  oleo  man­
ufacturer  came  along  and  swelled  his 
head  over  the  profits  he  could  make  out 
of  oleo.  This  salesman  showed  him 
how  he  could  make,  I  think,  $15  clear 
every  week  by  selling  a  fine  grade  of 
oleo 
instead  of  butter.  He  swore  no­
body  could  tell  the  difference,  and  he 
even  fooled  the  young  fellow  himself, 
which  was  easy,  because  he  didn’t 
know  anything  about  oleo.

"Thisyoung  fellow  was  getting  ready 
to  get  married,  and  this 
in 
profits  opened  the  way  to  such  better 
living  that  it addled  his  brain.  He  put 
a  lot  of  it  in  and  pushed  it  wherever  he 
It  sold  all  right,  and  nobody
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Vermontville— The 

trustees 
instructed  the  village  marshal  to 
law  relating  to  the 

have 
enforce  the  State 
closing  of  business  places  on  Sunday.

village 

West  Cooper— H.  M.  Bigelow hp[os  sb 
his  stock  of  general  merchandise  to 
Willard  Huntley  and  Ed.  N.  Hoare. 
The  new  firm  will  take  possession  about 
Nov.  i.

Vicksburg— The  drug  stock  belonging 
to  the  estate  of  Dr.  Geo.  Newton  has 
been  purchased  by  Geo.  H.  West,  for­
merly  proprietor  of  the  City  drug  store, 
at  Allegan.

Trout  Lake— Mrs.  Mary  Reagan  has 
sold  her  grocery  stock 
to  Harry  B. 
Cline  and  Alcimus  Cline,  who  will  con­
tinue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Cline  Bros.

is  reported 

Freeport— It 

that  Buel 
Wolcott,  meat  dealer  at  this  place,  will 
remove  to  Woodland  and  engage  in  the 
same  line  of  trade  in  partnership  with 
his  son,  Reuben.

St.  Louis—A.  S.  McIntyre  has  pur­
chased  the  store  building  occupied  by 
C.  S.  Harrington  &  Co.  as  a  clothing 
store  and  will  refit  it  for  a  drug  store, 
taking  possession  Jan.  i.

North  Branch— The  North  Branch 
Mercantile  Co.  has  been  organized 
with  a  capital  stock  of $15,000.  The 
building  in  which  it  will  conduct  busi­
ness  is  nearly  readv  for  occupancy.

Pigeon— Foster  &  Cballis,  hardware 
implement  dealers,  have  made  an 
and 
assignment.  The  failure 
is  attributed 
to  the  credit  system  and  slow  collec­
tions.  Mr.  Cballis  will  shortly  resume 
business.

Jackson—J.  D  Campbell  has  sold  the 
store*building  in  the  Durand  block,  for­
merly  occupied  by  Camp’s  Boston  car-  j 
pet  store  and  now  by  Richardson  & 
Knight, 
to  C.  H  Kramer  and  J.  G. 
Hammond  for  $17,000.

incorporation 

Detroit—Mitchell,  Harris  &  Co.  have 
filed  articles  of 
in  the 
County  Clerk’s  office.  The  company 
will  carry  on  a  wholesale  millinery 
business 
in  this  city  and  the  capital 
stock  is  $25,000,  all paid in.  The incor­
porators  are:  Arthur  D.  Mitchell,  Wal­
ter  D.  Moody,  Charles  Garton  and 
Frederick  A.  Harris,  all  of  Detroit,  500 
shares  each;  Harrison  Walter,  Clarks- 
ton,  Mich.,  500 shares.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Lansing— W.  C.  Hartman,  of  this 
city,  has  been  granted  a  patent  on  a 
centrifugal  separator.

Grand  Haven— The  Grand  Haven 
capital 

Basket  Co.  has 
stock  from  $10,000  to $20,000.

increased 

its 

Hopkins  Station—A. 

Schafer  has 
erected  a  grain  elevator and  feed  mill 
and  expects  to  begin  operations  by 
November  1.

Escanaba—Work  has  been  begun  on 
the  erection  of  a 
large  woodenware 
works  which,  when  completed,  will give 
employment  to  over  200  hands.

Battle  Creek— L.  D.  Cooley,  of  Ovid, 
has  purchased  a  controlling  interest  in 
the  Battle  Creek  Skirt  Manufacturing 
Co.  and  will  take  the  management  of 
the  business.

Yale—Local  business  men  are  consid­
ering  the  plan  of  organizing  a  stock 
company  to  engage  in  the  manufacture 
of  the  clay  fence  post  recently  invented 
by  J.  D.  Paldi,  of  Brockway.

East  Jordan—The  present  railroad 
prospects  for  East  Jordan  have  started 
real  estate  to  move and several  pieces  of 
property  have  been  sold  during  the  past 
week,  at  from  $40 to $50 per  foot  front­
age.

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Around  the State
.  Movements  of  Merchants. 

Ellsworth— N.  Liscom  has  opened  a 

meat  market  at  this  place.

Albion— Frank  J.  J.  Bauer  has opened 

a  meat  market  at  this  place.

Rescue— E.  A.  Blakeley  succeeds 

Richard  H.  Case  in  general  trade.

Luther— Clarence  Ferris has embarked 

in  the  grocery  business  at  this  place.

Mcrenci— Saulsbury  &  Hanna succeed 

J.  D.  Hanna  in  the  harness  business.

Cooper— Huntley  &  Hoare  succeeed 

Howard  M.  Bigelow  in  general  trade.

Petoskey—J.  G.  Willis  has  embarked 
in  the  fruit  and  confectionery  business.
Detroit—Tena M.  Reid  has purchased 
the  confectionery  stock or Rolin C.  Eak- 
ins.

Grant—Colligan  &  Barnum,  grocers, 
have  dissolved,  Mr.  Colligan  succeed­
ing.

Bangor—Fenimore  C.  Kent,  dealer  in 
harnesses,  has  removed  to  Thompson- 
ville.

Caro— Mallory  Bros  have  purchased 
the  meat  business  of  McWethey  & 
Pierce.

Homer—Hartung  &  Hessmer  succeed 
in  the  millinery 

Mrs.  G.  E.  Hartung 
business.

Calumet—The  grocery  store  of  Otto 
Parkinen  has  been  closed  under  chattel 
mortgage.

Kalkaska—Wm.  Knowles  has  sold  his 
meat  market  to  Nelson  Cummings  and 
Albert  Arnold.

Kalamazoo— Neal  Nicholson  has  en­
in  the  confectionery  business  in 

gaged 
the  Chase  block.

Reese—Sbiller  &  Koffman  have  em­
barked  in  the  general  merchandise busi­
ness  at  this  place.

Lennon— Phelps  &  Stoddard,  grocers, 
have  dissolved  partnership,  R.  A. 
Phelps  succeeding.

Menominee—Wm.  Mallard,  of  Me­
the  grocery 

nominee,  has  purchased 
stock  of  Louis  Robert.

Bay  City—Christ.  Merkle  will  open  a 
shoe  store  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and 
Johnson  streets  Nov.  i.

Dowagiac—Geo.  S.  Howard 

is  suc­
ceeded  by  James  Glessner  in  the  bakery 
and  restaurant  business.

Galesburg—The  wife  of  W  A.  Bur­
last  Thursday 

dick,  the  druggist,  died 
and  was  buried  Saturday.

Owosso—Frank  E.  Moselv,  meat deal­
er,  has  removed  to  more  commodious 
quarters  and  added  a  line  of  groceries.
Harbor Springs— Frank  Cook,  former­
ly  engaged 
in  the  restaurant  business 
here,  will  shortly  open  a  flour  and  feed 
store.

Nunica—Cleveland  &  Son  have  sold 
their  drug  stock  to  Geo.  C.  Gould,  of 
Coopersville,  who  will  take  possession 
Nov.  i.

Charlotte—S.  B.  Rathbun  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Chas.  Gib­
bons  and  will  take  possession  of same 
about  Dec.  I.

Ithaca—A.  A.  Moy,  who  has  been  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  and  meat .business 
at  this  place  for  the  past  ten  years,  died 
last  week  of  heart  disease.

Coldwater— F.  E.  Calkins  has  rented 
the  store  building  formerly  occupied  by 
the  grocery  stock  of  C.  F.  Zapf  and 
will  put  in  a  line  of  groceries.

Mulliken—B.  I.  Whelpiey,  formerly 
engaged 
in  the  drug  business  at  this 
place,  but  for  the  past  two  years  en­
gaged  in  the  drug  trade  at  Horton,  has 
removed  his  stock  to  this  place  and  will 
re-engage  in  business  here about Nov.  i.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter. 

Tustin— W.  I.  Steward,  who  has  been 
J.  H.  Worden’s  book-keeper  for  the 
past  three  years,  has  resigned  to  accept 
a  similar  position  with  the  Engel  Lum­
ber Co.,  at  Cadillac.

Ithaca—Ithaca  is  producing  her  quota 
of  pharmacists  as  well  as  ministers. 
Frank  Cowdre,  Fred  Munson  and 
Theron  Goodwin  have  decided  to  make 
the  handling  of  drugs  their  life  work, 
and  have  lately  gone  to  Ada,  Ohio,  to 
take  the  course  of  study.

Ludington—Casper  Ramsby,  book­
keeper  for  Butters  &  Peters,  is  on  a 
short  visit  to  his  home 
in  Petoskey, 
where  he  attended  a  wedding  in  the  ca­
pacity  of groom.

Hastings— H.  A.  Walldorff  has  taken 
the  position  of  Assistant  Cashier of  the 
City  Bank  of  Hastings,  rendered  vacant 
by  the  death  of  W.  H.  Powers.  Mr. 
Walldorff  hails  from  the  Celery  City.

East  Jordan— A.  D.  Otis,  Jr.,  who  for 
two  years  past  has held  the  position  of 
book-keeper  for  W.  L.  French,  has  gone 
to  Grand  Rapids,  where  he  will  take a 
course  in  shorthand.

Ludington—Miss  Rucia  Caswell  suc­
the  dry 

ceeds  Miss  Ada  Gregory 
in 
goods  store  of  Olney  &  Aubrey.

Owosso—D.  W.  Watters  has  taken  a 
position  as  book-keeper  with  Harrison, 
Swan  &  Co.,  the  Boston  poultry  pack­
ers.

Harbor  Springs—M.  V.  Barnes  now 
has  charge  of  Erwin  &  Co. 's  furniture 
store.

Allegan—Charles  B.  Thomas,  of  Cass- 
opolis,  has  succeeded  Frank  Potter as 
in  W.  J.  Garrod’s  drug  store. 
clerk 
Mr.  Thomas 
is  a  registered  pharmacist 
of  considerable  experience.

Whitehall—James  Bennett,  of  Mus­
kegon,  an  experienced  dry  goods  sales­
man,  has  accepted  a  position  with  Nel­
son  &  Co.

Morrice— Ralph  Bishop,  who has  been 
clerking  for  Rorick  &  Lee,  has resigned 
his  position, 
'wing  to  the  close  confine­
ment  wearing  on  his health.  Ray Hough 
succeeds  him.

Allegan— Fred  Riddle,  prescription 
clerk  at  Wolcott  &  Letcher’s  City  phar­
macy,  will  sever  his  connection  with 
that  firm  in  a  few  days  and  go  to  Men- 
don  to  accept  a  position 
in  Nelson 
Hower’s  drug  store.

Manton—Jacob  Anspack,  salesman  in
B.  Danziger’s  general  store,  was  mar­
ried  Sunday  to  Miss  Dora  Danziger. 
After a  short  honeymoon  at  Grand  Rap­
ids,  they  will  go to  Howard  City,  where 
Mr.  Anspack  will  take  charge  of  the 
store  recently  opened  at  that  place  by 
Danziger  &  Anspack.

Benton  Harbor— Eugene  L.  Kreiger, 
clerk  in  Chas.  Antes’  grocery  store,  was 
recently  married  to  Miss  Susie  D.  Rog­
ers,  of  Sodus.

St.  Ignace—Chas.  Whitney,  who  has 
in  the  general 
clerked  several  months 
store  at  Mulcrone  Bros. ’,  has  returned 
to  his  home  at  Standish.

New  Rubber  Shoe  Factory.

The  Harris  Rubber  Co.  has  just  been 
formed  at  Ansonia,  Conn.,  for  the  pur­
pose  of  starting  a  large  rubber shoe 
in­
dustry  to  be  run  entirely  independent 
of  the  rubber  trust. 
The  principal 
stockholders  are J.  H.  Wettimore,  Har­
ris  Wettimore  and  A.  D.  Warner,  all  of 
Naugatuck,  the  last  named  resigning 
his  position  as  superintendent  of  the 
Goodyear  Metallic  Rubber  Shoe  Co.,  of 
Naugatuck,  to  become  the general  man­
ager  of  the  new  concern.  A  site  has 
been  selected  in  Beacon  Falls,  a  suburb 
of  Ansonia,  and  a  large  factory  is  to  be 
erected  to  be  completed  by  March  1. 
The  firm  expects  to  commence  opera­
tions  with  300 hands.

Coopersville— Slater  &  Hunter  suc­
ceed  E.  J.  McNaughton  in  the  harness 
and  agricultural 
implement  business. 
Mr.  Slater  has  been 
in  the  employ  of 
Mr.  McNaughton  for  a  number  of  years 
and  Mr.  Hunter  was  formerly  engaged 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  and  men’s  furnish­
ing  goods  business.

Bay  City—Twenty-four 

years  ago 
Chas.  D.  Vail,  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  C.  D.  Vail  &  Co.,  embarked  in 
the  men's  furnishing  goods  business  at 
this  place.  From  a  small  beginning  the 
business  has  assumed  large  proportions, 
due  to  his  personal  attention  and  ex­
cellent  business  ability.

Traverse  City— Thurtell  &  Gane, 
Limited,  proprietors  of  the  Palace  bak­
ery,  have  dissolved  partnership.  Geo. 
Gane  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location  under  the  management  of 
his  son  William.  Mr.  Thurtell  will  be 
identified  with  the  Northern  Telephone 
Co.,  which  will  shortly  establish  an  ex­
change  in  this  city.

East  Jordan— Boosinger  Bros,  have 
moved  their  stock  of  general  merchan­
dise  to  the  Salisbury  brick  building, 
which has been lengthened and thorough­
ly  rebuilt  for  them. 
is 
equipped  with  an  acetylene  gas  plant 
and 
is  heated  with  a  hot  air  furnace. 
The  firm  is  now  more  centrally  located 
and  occupies  the  finest-finished  store  in 
town.

store 

The 

Shelby—A.  A.  Lewis  and  L.  P.  Allen 
have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  Lewis  &  Allen  and  embarked 
in  the  dry  goods,  clothing  and  shoe 
business,  having  purchased  the  stock 
formerly  owned  by  P.  F.  Ernst.  Mr. 
Lewis  has  been  identified  with  the  gen­
eral  store  of  Wheeler  Bros,  for  several 
years  and  has  a  wide  circle  of acquaint­
ances.

Kalamazoo—Clarence  B.  Hayes,  for 
the  past  eight  years  manager  of  the 
Standard  Wheel  Co.,  of  this  place,  will 
shortly  remove  to  Jackson,  where  he will 
occupy  the  same  position  with  the  Im­
perial  Wheel  Co.

Saginaw—E.  B.  Gregor,  for  a  num­
ber  of  years  superintendent  and  design­
er  of  the  Erd  Piano  &  Harp  Co.,  has 
resigned  his  position  and,  in  company 
with  Edward  Moran,  has  embarked  in 
the  manufacture  of  pianos.

Holland— Lane  Van  Putten,  proprie­
tor  of  the  Michigan  Toy  and  Novelty 
Works,  has  purchased  the  wood  work­
ing  shop  and  grounds  of  Tim  Slagb. 
He  will  continue  manufacturing  wood 
novelties  there  and  make  additions to 
the  plant.

Kalamazoo—The  Spiral  Spring  Sus­
pender  &  Garment  Co.  has  been  organ­
ized  for  the  manufacture  of  men's  sus­
penders  and  children’s  supporters.  C. 
W.  Thompson 
is  manager  and  I.  C. 
Haven  has  the  mechanical  supervision 
of  the business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—The  long-talked-of 
water  power  canal  presents  an  animated 
appearance  at  present.  A  line  of  rail­
way  has  been  constructed  alongside  the 
right  of  way  and  four  trains  are  at 
work  hauling  dirt  out  of  the  canal 
proper.  A  large  amount  will  be  dumped 
into  the  bay,  at  the  upper  end  of  the 
canal,  filling  in  about  forty acres,  which 
will  be  platted laterf or  manufacturing 
sites.  The  canal  was  begun  ten  years 
ago  and,  after  a  quarter  of  a  million 
dollars  hau  been  expended,  operations 
were  suspended.  The  canal 
is  to  be 
completed  in  five  years and  will  have  a 
capacity  of  40,000  horse  power.  The 
carbide  works  has already contracted for 
one-half  of  the  capacity  of  the  canal 
and  placed  orders  for  the  necessary 
machinery.  When  all 
is  completed, 
the  carbide  works  will  have a  capacity 
of  seventy  tons  of  carbide  per  day.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

Grand  Rapids  Qossip

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  war between  refiners  has 
bad  the  effect  to  so  lower  the  market 
that  jobbers  have  availed  themselves  of 
the  situation  and  have  bought with more 
freedom  than  formerly  in  a  speculative 
way.  This  has  relieved  the  refiners  of 
all  their  surplus  stocks,  so  that  in  some 
lines  they are  oversold.  The  consump- 
tive  demand 
is  now  naturally  light,  as 
the  canning  season  is  practically  over, 
and  the  dull  season  is at  hand.

for  most 

Tea—The  market  is  featureless,  with 
the  exception  that  the  trade  talk  of  the 
duty  on  tea  being  removed  by  the  next 
Congress  seems  to have  stopped  all buy­
ing  except 
immediate  de­
mands.  It  is  the  opinion  of  well-posted 
tea  merchants  and  ethers  that  the  duty 
will  not be  removed.  While  old  stocks 
of  tea  remain,  the 
importations  will 
continue light,  as  they  have  thus far this 
season.  The  consumption  of  teas  has 
been  considerably  affected  by  the  high­
er  price  of  teas  and  the  low  price of 
coffee.

Coffee— Actual  coffees  remain  practi 
cally  unchanged  on  spot,  although  firm 
offers  from  Brazil  are  H@X  cent  high­
er.  The  demand  has  been  somewhat 
improved,  and  there  seems  to  be a  dis­
position  to  take  coffee.  Mild  coffees 
are  quite  firm,  and  a  fair  jobbing  busi­
ness  is  being  transacted.

is  unchanged.  There 

Canned  Goods—Tomatoes  are  2^c 
lower  East,  on  account  of  the  favorable 
weather,  which  has  tended  to  increase 
production  beyond previous expectation. 
Corn 
is  a  little 
enquiry,  but  no  great  demand.  Noth­
ing  is  doing  in  peas,  which  rule  at  un­
changed  prices.  There  seems  to  be  no 
present  demand 
for  Eastern-packed 
peaches,  but  some  calls  are  being  re­
ceived  for  California  goods,  chiefly  of 
the  cheapest  grade.  Prices  are  un­
changed.

Dried  Fruits—The  trade 

in  dried 
fruits  is  but  fair  in  this  market.  Prices 
are  comparatively  high,  except 
in  rai­
is  likely  to  hold 
sins,  and  the  market 
strong  at  prices  ranging  as  high  as  or 
higher than  at  present  through  the  sea­
son.  All West coast fruit,  such as prunes, 
peaches,  apricots  and  pears,  is  in  only 
medium  to  light  supply,  and  the  export 
demand 
that  of  last 
year.  New  California  figs,  both  the 
cooking  figs  and  the  layer  fruit,  are  on 
the  market,  and  are  in  good  demand. 
The  layer  fruit  will  take  the  place  in  a 
is 
good  part  of  the  foreign  fruit,  which 
unusually  high  this  season. 
It  seems 
likely  that 
in  time  the  California  fig 
will  drive  out  the  Turkish  fig,  just  as 
the  California  raisin  has  cut  out  the 
foreign  raisin.

is  not  less  than 

Provisions—There  has  been  a  slight 
advance  throughout  the  entire  list  dur­
ing  the  past  week.  Lard  has  made  a 
slight  advance 
in  a  wholesale  way. 
Compound  lard  remains  unchanged  and 
is  limited,  on  account  of 
the  demand 
the  low  prices 
in  pure  lard.  The  ex­
port  demand  is  the  chief  factor 
in  ad­
vancing  prices,  although  the  home  de­
mand  is  very  good  for  this  season.

Tobacco—The  plug  tobacco  trade  is 
in  an 
interesting  condition.  The  ab­
sorption  of  outside  plants by  the  Amer­
ican  Tobacco  Company  has  apparently 
gone  no  further  than  taking 
the 
Drummond  and  Brown  plants  of  St. 
Louis  and  the  Wright  plant  of  Rich­
mond.  One  of  the  agreements  of  the 
scheme  was that  each  manufacturer  was 
to  furnish  the  brokers  a  statement  of

in 

They 

business  done  and  the  condition  of  the 
business  for  tbe  last  five  years.  All  the 
manufacturers  did  this,  and,  of  course, 
the  figures  were  brought  to  the  notice  of 
President  Duke. 
showed  him 
which  were  tbe  strongest  and  which 
were  the  weakest  of  tbe  factories,  the 
amount  of  business  they  ditf and  other 
details  which  would  serve  him  well  in 
conducting  the  plug  fights  of  tbe  future. 
The  American  Tobacco  Company  bad 
between  $4,000,000 and  $5,000,000 which 
it  could  spend  in  buying  out  tbe  oppo­
sition,  and  tbe  start  was  made  when  the 
Wrights  of  Richmond  and  tbe  Browns 
and  Drummonds  of  St.  Louis  were 
bought  out.  When  these  three  firms 
were  gathered  in,  the American Tobacco 
Company  had  spent  all  its  money  and 
had  no  more  to  invest  in  other  factories 
which  had  submitted  the  items  of  their 
condition.  While  the  options  given  in 
July  do  not  expire  for  sometime,  Presi­
dent  Duke’s  withdrawal  from  the  agree­
ment  leaves  nothing  but  a  failure  of  the 
combination  as  a  result.  The  collapse 
inter­
will  leave  the  plug  market  in  an 
esting 
the 
Wrights,  the  Browns  and  the  Drum­
monds  as  parts  of  the  American  Tobac­
co  Company’s  plug  interests,  Liggett  & 
Myers,  Weisinger,  Finzer  Bros.,  Sorg, 
Lorillard  and  the  other 
independent 
factories  will  have an  output  consider­
ably  in  excess  of  the  American  Tobac­
co  Company,  and  if  the  fight  is  directed 
against  the  independent  factories  it will 
be  made  one  of  the  liveliest  and  most 
bitter  ever  known  to  the  plug  business. 
All  tbe  independent  factories  are  ex­
pecting  such  a  fight  and  are  preparing 
to  meet  it,  looking  for co-operation from 
the  jobbers.  The 
independent  manu­
facturers  profess  not  to  fear any  fight 
that  may  be  brought  on.  All  those  who 
gave figures  are  in  a  splendid  financial 
condition,  and  all  have  a  following 
which  no  other  factory  can  get.  They 
declare  that a  man  chews  a  brand  of  to­
bacco  because  he  likes  it,  and  not  be­
cause  he  can  get  six  cuts  for  the  same 
money that  he  had  been  paying  for  five.

condition.  Even  with 

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  have been  showing  a  firm  front 
for  some  time,  with  advancing  tend­
ency.  The  reports,  however,  show  an 
easier  feeling  and 
indicate  a  decline. 
To  effect  sales  a  concession  has  to  be 
made.  This  bobbing  of  the  market 
looks  like  the  manipulations  of the deal­
ers  of  Chicago,  who  are  combined  to 
secure  country  stocks.  Prices are  quoted 
at  a  lower  range, with  none  for delivery.
in  demand  at  low  prices, 

Pelts  are 

with  no  accumulations.

Tallow 

is  strong,  with  an  advancing 
tendency.  Edible  sold  at  %@%c  ad­
vance,  with  a  good  demand  and  no  sur­
plus  stock  in  sight.

Wool  holds  firm  at  old  prices,  with  a 
large 
increase  of  sales.  Some  of  these 
sales  show  a  concession,  but  the  soft 
spots  are  few.  Manufacturers  are 
in 
need  of  wool  to  care  for  increase  of  or­
ders,  for  which  they  have  waited  pa­
tiently.  Enquiries  are  more  frequent 
and  holders  of  wool  think  their day  is 
near  at  hand.  This  country  bolds  the 
supply  of  wool and  at  a  lower  price than 
it  can  be  duplicated.  When  trade  does 
come  it  is  likely  to be  lively.

W m.  T .  H e s s.

J.  P.  Visner  has  gone  to  Greater  New 
York  to  make  E.  J.  Gillies  &  Co.  a 
business  visit.  He  will  soon  return  with 
a 
lot  of  special  New  York  Tea  and 
Coffee  bargains.  Wait  for him.  Phone 
800.

grown.

Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Cauliflower— 75c@$t  per  doz.  There 
is  considerable  demand  for  stock,  espe­
cially  from  the  Cincinnati  and  Colum­
bus  markets.

Celery—John  Van  Dreumel,  better 
known  as  John  Celery, 
is  marketing 
about  500  doz.  bunches  per  day,  which 
local  handlers  sell  at  I5@ i8c  per bunch. 
Mr.  Van  Dreumel  reports  that  he  has 
enough  stock  to  meet  the  consumptive 
and  shipping  demands  of  his  customers 
until  Jan.  1,  which  is  only  another  way 
of  saying  that  he  has  a  veritable  gold 
mine,  as  bis 
income  from  this  source 
is  from  $60  to  $65  per  day.

Cranberries—Cape  Cods  command  $6 

per  bbl.  or  $2@2  25  per  bu.

Cucumbers— Hot  house  stock 

is  al­
ready 
in  market,  commanding  50c  per 
doz.  This  is  the  earliest  hot  bouse  stock 
that  has  ever  been  marketed  here.

Eggs— Fresh  are  scarce  and  firm  at 
in  ample 

i6@i7c.  Cold  storage  are 
supply  and  weak  at  I3@I4C.

Egg  Plant—75c  per  doz.
Grapes— Pony  (4-lb.)  baskets  of  Del­
awares  command  10c.  Eight  pound 
baskets  of  Concords,  Brightons  or  Niag­
aras  command  10c.  Blue  grades  are 
getting  scarce  and  this  market  will soon 
have  to  depend  on  Ohio  and  New  York 
shipments.

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

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Larger  Yield  Late  Apples—New  Va­

riety of Potato.

Apples— Handlers are  asking  $2@2.50 
per  bbl.  for  best  winter  varieties.  The 
yield  of  late  fruit  in  this  State  is  turn­
ing  out  to  be  at  least  one-third  larger 
than  was  expected  and  the  quality  is 
also  much  better  than  was  anticipated 
earlier  in  the  season.  Buyers  who  pur­
chased  orchards  outright  are  reaping 
rich  rewards.  An  instance  in  point 
is 
the  purchase  of  the  orchard  of  Aaron 
Hills,  the  shrewd  Alpine  farmer,  who 
originally  asked  $100  for  his  fruit  and 
promptly  accepted  an  offer  of  $150. 
The  purchaser  secured  1,180  bushels  of 
good  apples,  which  he  sold  at  50  cents 
per  bushel  on  track  at  Alpine.

Beets—25c  per  bu.
Butter— Dairy 

is  about  the  same, 
commanding  17c  for  choice.  Factory 
creamery  is  in  active  demand  at  20c.

Cabbage—$4  per  100  heads  for  home 

I2@ I3C.

Onions—Spanish  are  now  in  market, 
commanding  $1.50  per  crate.  Home 
grown  are  coming  in  freely  and  all  re­
ports  from  the  onion  sections  are  to  the 
effect  that  the  yield  is  large,  although 
the  size  is  not  quite  up  to  the  average. 
Dealers  pay  25c  for  Red Globes and Red 
Weathersfields,  holding  at  3o@35c.  A 
Casnovia 
the 
Tradesman  that  the  yield 
in  Eastern 
Muskegon  county  is  beyond  all  prece­
dent,  A.  L.  Williams—the  boss  onion 
and  peppermint  grower  of  that  section 
—estimating  that  his  crop  will  run. from
8,000  to  12.000  bushels.
Pears—5o@75c  per  bu.  for  Keefers, 
which  are  good  size  and  fine  in  ap­
pearance.

correspondent  writes 

Pop  Corn— 50c  per  bu.
Potatoes— Local  handlers  are  paying 
20@25c  at  outside  buying  points,  hold­
ing  at  3o@35c.  Jess  Wisler,  the  Man- 
ceiona  potato  king,  is  quoting  at  28c 
on  track.  The  late  crop  turns  out  to  be 
large  all  over  the  country  and  growers 
will  have  to  get  down  in  their  ideas  as 
to  price  before  the  crop  will  move  free­
ly.  Enquiries  from  the  South  and  Cen­
tral  East  are  pouring  in  lively,  which 
leads  to  the  belief  that  the  demand  will 
be  active  as  soon  as  the  shipping  sea­
son  fairly  opens.  Two  years  ago  the 
railroads  assisted  Northern  growers  to 
market  their  crop  by  reducing  the  clas­
sification  from  fifth  to  sixth  class,  which 
leads  many  shippers  to believe  that  the 
same  concession  can  be  secured  this 
season  in  case  concerted  action  is  taken 
in  tbe  matter.  The  Antrim  Iron  Co.  has 
sent  Moseley  Bros,  and  Bunting  &  Co. 
samples  of  a  new  variety  of  potato 
which  was  originated  under  its auspices 
at  Mancelona.  It  is  called  the  Harring­
ton  Pere,  is  fair 
in  appearance,  uni­
in  size,  with  well-defined  eyes,
form 

bakes  and  boils  well  and  yields  about 
175  bushels  to  the  acre.  The  company 
has  raised  about  12,000  bushels  this 
season  and  expects  to  produce  three  or 
four  times  as  many  another  season  in 
case  the  variety meets  with  the approval 
of  the  trade.

Quinces— 5o@6oc  per  bu.,  according 

to  size  and  quality.

Squash— 1 J£c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes—Virginias  fetch  $1  50 
per  bbl.  Jerseys have  advanced  to $2.50.

Turnips—25c  per  bu.

The  Grain  Market.

During the  past  week  wheat  has  made 
an  advance  of  5c  per  bushel  in  all  the 
markets.  It  was  a  regular  boom  market. 
The  receipts  were  larger  than  during 
the  corresponding  week 
last  year,  but 
our  exports  were  phenomenally  large, 
probably  the  largest  on  record.  With 
all  the  large  receipts,  the visible  showed 
only  250,000  bushels,  while 
fully
1,500,000  bushels  more  was  expected, 
which  added  2c  per  bushel  advance  for 
tbe  day.  Offers  to  foreigners  were  ac­
cepted  as  fast  as  made. 
It  may  also  be 
stated  that  the  mills  are  using  up  a 
large  amount,  as  they  are  all  running 
full  capacity.  This  city  probably  turned 
out  fully  10,000  barrels during last week. 
Flour  exports  are  also  larger  than  last 
year. 
It  now  looks  as  if  tbe  top  has not 
been  reached.  As  we  said  in  our  last, 
Russian  crops  are  not  up  to  what  was 
expected.  The  wet  weather in the North­
west 
is  also  claimed  to  have  ruined 
millions  of  bushels.

Corn  followed  wheat  in  the  advance, 
as  the  soft  weather  deteriorated 
tbe 
quality,  large  amounts  being  spoiled  or 
rotted,  which  will  affect  the  final  out­
put  probably  200,000,000  bushels,  so  an 
advance  can  be  recorded  of  3>^c  per 
bushel.

Oats  followed  up  the  general advance.
Rye  made  a  gain  of  3c  per  bushel  as 

expected,  and  bidding  up  strong.

Receipts  were  78  cars  wheat,  7  cars 
corn  and  9  cars  oats.  Millers  are  pay­
ing  to-day  65c  per  bushel  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

Answered  by  the  Parrot.

A  parrot  owned  by  a  leading  physi­
cian  gave  signs  of  possessing  “ almost 
human  intelligence’ ’  the  other  night.  A 
party  of  young  folks  were  on  the  lawn 
and  were  spending  an  hour  in  guessing 
riddles  Finally  a  young  lady  asked: 
“ Why  does  a  dog  turn  around  twice  be­
fore  he  lies  down?"
Before  anybody  could  answer,the  par­
rot  croaked :  * ‘ One  good  turn  deserves 
another.”  

_____

_ 

Colman,  the  great  English  manufac­
turer  of  mustard,  was  once  conversing 
with  a  society  woman,  who 
said  : 
“ What  a  fortune  you  must  make  every 
year  off  the  immense  quantities  of  mus­
tard  eaten!”  
“ No,  madam,”   said  the 
millionaire,  “ not  off  what  is  eaten—off 
what  is  wasted.”

John  T.  F.  Hornburg,  proprietor  of 
the  New  York  Electric  &  Manufactur­
ing  Co.,  has  transferred  his  stock  and 
accounts  to  the  Wolverine  Brass  Works 
for a  consideration  of  $350.

C.  W.  McPhail  has  engaged 

in  gen­

eral  trade  at  Tallman.  The  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman  Co.  furnished  the  grocery 
stock.

It  is  proper  to  write  “ Porto  Rico,  U. 
S.  A .,”   but  Havana  has  not  yet  moved 
into  the  United  States,  and  Blanco  has 
hopes.

A.  F.  Richardson  is  succeeded  by  M. 
J.  McCarthy  in  the  flour,  feed  and  wood 
business  at  706  South  Division  street.

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Woman’s World
Some  of the  Mistakes  Which  Women 

Make.
immortal  Abou 

If, 

like  the 

Ben 
Adhem,  I  should  ever  have  the  good 
luck  to  reach  the  abodes  of  the  blest,  I 
should 
like  to  be  written  down  as  one 
I  delight 
who  loved  her  fellow  women. 
in  the  society  of  women. 
I  believe  in 
them. 
I  glory  in  the  way  they  will  fail 
in  a  perfectly  simple  matter  one  min­
ute and achieve the  impossible  the  next. 
I  never  go  to  a  women’s  convention 
without  bubbling  over  with  enthusiasm, 
and  tears—they  do  so  many  things  so 
well,  and  make  such  a  mess  of  so  much 
else!

Of  course,  there  is  nothing  to  be  as­
tonished  at  in  that.  Women  are  bound 
to  make  mistakes.  They  couldn't  be 
the  sisters  of  men  and  not  be  as  prone 
to  do  the  wrong  thing  as  the  sparks  are 
to  fly  upwards.  The  shrewdest  and  most 
guileful  thing  man  ever  did was  to  erect 
a  pedestal  and  put  woman  on  it  on  the 
theory  she  was  perfect  and  could  do  no 
wrong.  That  gave  him  liberty  to  criti­
cise  her  every  time  she  tumbled  off  her 
perch  and  to  “ make  admiration,”   as 
Uncle  Remus  says,  whenever  she  made 
a  mistake.  That’s  the  reason,  when  a 
man  attempts  something too big  for him, 
we  hear  nothing  about  it,  but  when  a 
woman  fails  we  have  a  whole  Wagner 
opera  chorus  of  “  I  told  you  so’s .’ ’  A 
man’s  political  mass  meeting may break 
up 
in  a  free-for-all  fight  without  dis­
crediting  the  parties  involved,  but  woe 
to  the  woman’s  convention  that  isn't 
harmonious  as a prayer meeting.  Every­
body  says  it  is  such  a  mistake  for  wom­
en  to  try  to  argue  matters.  They  can’t 
be  calm  and collected and self-contained 
like  men!

it 

But  there  are  mistakes  and  mistakes. 
There  are  great  big  errors  and  just  lit­
tle  things  you  wish  people  wouldn’t  do, 
and  it  is  in  this  latter  respect  that wom­
en  chiefly  sin.  When  a  man  makes  a 
mistake 
is  generally  a  great  big 
whopping  blunder, that  is  all wrong from 
start  to  finish.  A  woman's  mistake 
is, 
oftener  than  not,  only  some  little  thing 
that  robs  a  fine  deed  of  fineness  or 
queers  some  good  cause beyond  all  pos­
sibility  of  redemption.  Women’s  mis­
takes  are  just  as  fatal  as  men’s,  only 
more  aggravating,  because  they  are 
nearly  always  something  that they  could 
remedy 
if  they  would.  A  person  may 
be  forgiven  for not  moving  the  moun­
tain  that  blocks  the  roadway,  but  there 
is  no  earthly  excuse  for  not  cleaning  off 
the  sidewalk.

The  first  and  greatest  and  most  amus­
ing  mistake  of  our  sex  is  the  amazing 
seriousness  with  which  we  take  our­
selves.  We  have  been  told  that  we  were 
a  problem  and  a  wonder,  and  in  the 
simplicity  and  credulity  of  our  hearts 
we  have  believed  it.  We  have  not  yet 
gotten  over being  surprised  that  we  can 
do  things.  If  we  can  write  a  newspaper 
story  that  anybody  will  read ;  if  we  can 
add  up  a  column  of  figures  in  a  ledger 
so  it  will  come  out  twice  alike,  or  do 
any  of  the  other  little  common  every­
day  things  men  have  done  since  time 
immemorial,  we  are  filled  with  wonder 
and  delight,  and  call  on  the  world  to 
come  and  witness  the  phenomenon,  and 
the  papers  to  record  it.  We  have  found 
out  that  we  have  a  few  grains  of  com­
mon  sense and  intelligence,  and we have 
the  same  artless  joy  in  it  as  a baby  has 
when  it  first  discovers  it  has  fingers  and 
toes.

The  mistaken  and  almost  reverential

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

awe  with  which  the  woman  who  is  a 
wife  and  mother  regards  the  woman 
who  “ does  something,”   to  use  a  femi­
nine  phrase,  is the  most  amazing  thing 
in  the  world.  The  only  woman  who  is 
a  wonder  is  she  who  brings  up  a  family 
of  children,  who  is  pulled  and  hauled 
and  dragged  this  way  and  that,  who 
plans  and  contrives  and  settles  disputes 
and  nurses  the  sick  and  dries  tears  and 
listens  to  complaints,  and  spanks  and 
kisses,  and  sleeps  with  one  ear  listening 
for  the  croup  and  the  other  listening  for 
the  clock  to  strike  when  John  gets  in, 
and  yet  doesn’t  end  her  days  in  the  in­
Compared  to  that  the 
sane  asylum. 
woman  who  merely 
supports  herself 
leads  a 
life  of  luxurious  ease.  There 
was  never a  bigger mistake  made  than 
to  suppose 
is  the  so-called  working 
women  who  reflect  credit  on  their  sex 
and  deserve  to  be glorified  in  the  pub­
lic  prints. 
is  the  uncomplaining 
millions  of  mothers  who  are  martyrs 
without  knowing  it.

It 

it 

is  going 

into  an  office,  who 

Another  mistake  that  women  make 
very  often,  and  perhaps  it  is  not  an  un­
natural  one  under  the  circumstances,  is 
in  trying  to  be  like  men.  The  woman 
who 
is 
studying  a  profession  and  is  going  to do 
what  we  call  “ man’s  work,”   thinks  she 
advances  her  interests  by  being  as  man 
nish  as  she  can  be.  She  often  assumes  a 
swaggering  air and  an  ungainly  stride, 
cuts  off  her  hair,  wears  coats  and  stiff 
collars  and  ties  and  a  bobbed  off  skirt 
that  looks  like  it  would  be  trousers  if  it 
dared.  Nobody  ever  made  a  more  fatal 
mistake.  Every  imitation  is an  abom­
ination,  but  the  woman  who is an imita­
tion  man  is  a  holy  terror. 
It  is  nothing 
but  crazy  folly  to  pretend  a  woman  can 
successfully  compete  with  a  man  in  his 
own  line.  She  succeeds  best  when  she 
does  not  even  try  to  do  a  thing  like  a 
man,  but  does 
it  like  a  woman.  God 
made  our  brains  as  different as  he  made 
our  bodies,  and 
is  because  there  is 
need  for  the  intelligence  and strength  of 
both  that  there  is  a  growing  demand 
and  place  for  women’s  work.  No work­
ing  woman  subserves  her 
interest  by 
wearing  masculine  clothes and assuming 
masculine  manners.  The  rich  and  fash­
ionable  daughter  of  wealth  may  affect 
manish  tailor-made  frocks  as  a  kind  of 
piquant  contrast  to  the  luxury  of her 
surroundings;  she  may  indulge  in  slang 
and  a  dainty  sportiness  uncriticised.  It 
is  one  of  the  privileges  of  money;  but 
the  working  girl  will  find  the  very  sheet 
anchor of  success  is  in  clinging  to  old- 
fashioned,  unadulterated  womanliness. 
There  is  no  record  yet  of  an  employer 
marrying  a  stenographer  who  wore  short 
hair  and  a  mannish,  so  called  rational, 
dress.

it 

jolly  good  fellow 

The  jolly good fellow theory  is  another 
m'Stake.  There are  thousands  of agree­
able  virtues  that  women  possess,  but  be­
ing  a 
isn’t  one  of 
them.  She  may  be  bright,  witty,  genial, 
tactful,  charming;  but  let  her  beware of 
being  a 
jolly  good  fellow.  Men  and 
women  can  never  meet  on  an  equal  so­
cial  plane  any  more  than  they  can  on 
an  equal  business  plane. 
is  always 
well  to  recall  the  fact  that  the  universe 
was  made  for  man  and  that  woman 
wasn’t  even  thought  of  in  arranging  the 
laws  and  conveniences  by  which  it  was 
to be run.  Hence  it  is that  man  may  al­
ways  do  some  things  with  impunity that 
women  never  can,  and  it  is  just  as  well 
to  recognize  that  truth  soon  as 
I 
know  the  temptation  for a  woman  to  be 
a  jolly  good  fellow 
is  strong  enough. 
Men  are  always  dangling  it  before  our 
eyes  and  telling  us  about  some  other

later. 

It 

women  in  a  tone  of  voice  that  indicates 
they  think 
it  the  most  delightful  atti­
tude  on  earth,  but  watch  out,  little  sis­
ter ;  they  may  go  to  see  the  woman  who 
tells  queer  stories  and 
sings  risque 
songs 
and  can  dance  skirt  dances 
punctuated  by  kicks  at  the  chandelier, 
but 
if  you  Vrill  notice,  when  they  start 
on  the 
inarch  to  the  altar,  they  are  ac­
companied  by  some  demure  mouse  of  a 
girl  who  couldn’t  say  boo  to  a  goose.  It 
may  not  be  exciting  to  stay  a  woman 
when  you  were  made  one,  but  it  is  an 
eminently  safe  and respectable career.

Sometimes  the  mistakes  we  women 
make  are  made  in  the  aggregate  by  the 
clubs  and  societies  to  which  we  belong, 
and  there  is  such  a  pressing need for the 
fool-killer  that  I  am  often  filled  with 
wonder  and  amazement  that  there  is  a 
single  one  of  us  alive.  We  go  off  half- 
cocked ;  we  are  so  daft  to  reform  this 
and reform that, that we don’t  wait to find 
out  whether  it  needs  reforming  or  not, 
and  if  it  does,  whether  we  are  equal  to 
the  job.  We organize societies,  and half 
the  time  if  any  one  were  to  ask  us  sud­
denly,  as  Charles  Lamb  used  to  ask  bis 
maid  servant,  why  we  were  here,  we 
couldn't  tell  for  the  life  of  us. 
In  our 
overflowing  sympathy  we  sign  any  kind 
of  a  petition,  endorse  any  kind  of  a 
fraud  and  give  any  kind  of  a  humbug  a 
certificate  of  character,  because  we  are 
sorry  for them,  poor  things,  and  when 
we  do  find  a  good  cause  it  is  pure  luck 
if  we  don't  kill  it  by  injudicious  and 
rabid  championship.  We  raise  a  hulla­
baloo  that  rasps  the  country  from  one 
end  to  the  other  every  time  a  bottle  of 
wine  is  broken  over  a  ship's  prow and 
give  a 
jab  or two  with  our  parasols  at 
any  other  windmill  we  may  happen  to 
stumble  on,  and  then—-God  save  the 
mark— fancy  ourselves  reformers;  and 
that’s  another  feminine  mistake.

After  all,  who  would  want  to live with 
a  woman  who  never  made  mistakes? 
Not  I,  for  one.  When  we  think  over  the 
people  we  love  the  best  it  is  not  those 
who  are  austerely  perfect  that  we  re­
member  most  tenderly,  but  those  who 
make  mistakes  and  blunders  and  re­
pent  them—and  then  make  them  over 
again next  day. 
The  Fruit  and  Produce  Market  at  St.

D o roth y  D ix .

Louis.

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Oct.  24— It  has  been 
stormy,  with  heavy  rains,  snow  and cool 
weather  here,  which  has,  to  a  great  ex­
tent,  interfered  with  business  in  fruits 
and  produce. 
in­
creased.  not  alone  locally,  but  from  the 
Southern  States,  where  “ fever  condi­
tions"  are  much  improved  and  restric 
tion  by  quarantine  has  been raised.  The 
South  is  buying,  which  takes  consider­
able  from  this  market.  The  receipts  of

The  demand  has 

in  all 

Potatoes— Receipts 

produce  here  have  been 
light.  Storms 
have  prevented  farmers  from  drawing 
to  market  and,  with  an  improved  de­
mand,  prices 
lines  are  higher, 
with  no  accumulation  of  anything  in 
this  market.  Markets  are  all 
firm, 
with  a  good  demand.  However,  it  is 
the  general  opinion  that,  as  soon  as  the 
weather clears  up  and  is  settled,  so  that 
farmers  can  move  their  produce  which 
is  ready  for  market  now,  it  will move  to 
market  freely  and  present  prices  can 
not  be  maintained.
light;  not  suffi­
cient  to  supply  demand,  which  is  good, 
and  prices  have  advanced  3@5c  per  bu. 
Market  closes  strong,  with  nothing  on 
track  in  first  bands  offered  for  sale  and 
buyers  making  bids  to  buy  to arrive. 
Prices  to-day  are  as  follows:  Choice  to 
fancy  white  potatoes,  when  bright, 
clean,  matured  and  well-sorted— Bur­
banks,  Snowflakes,  Rurals,  Green 
Mountains  or  Carmens—38@42C;  Peer­
less,  Hebrons  and  straight white mixed, 
35@380 ;  Rose and  other  Reds,  34@36c; 
common 
less.  Fancy 
Early  Ohios  or  Red Cut  Rose  would  sell 
at  35@4oc  to  store for  seed  in the spring.
Onions—A  good  demand  prevails  for 
really  fancy,  bright,  dry,  clean  stock, 
Red  Globes  or  Red  Weathernelds. 
Some  fancy  Red  Globes  have  arrived 
and  sold  readily.  The  best  stock 
is 
coming  from  Minnesota  and  Wisconsin, 
while  Michigan  stock  is  generally  'very 
poor.  Prices  to-day  are:  Fancy'Red 
Globes,  if dry  and  bright,  40@42c ;’ Red 
Weathersfields and  Yellow Danvers,  37@ 
40c;  common  to  choice,  25@35c,  as  to 
condition  and  quality.  Good onions  are 
wanted  and  will  sell  readily.

fair,  3@4C 

Cabbage—The  demand 

is  active  for 
fancy,  hard,  Green  Holland,  small  to 
medium  sized  beads  selling  at  $7.50 
per  ton. 
flat 
Dutch  and  kraut  cabbage  sell  at  $5 
@6  50  per ton.

Large  heads,  Danish, 

to 

Apples—The  situation  here 

White  Beans—Much  more  interest  is 
manifested. 
Prices  are  held  slightly 
higher,but  buyers  are  not  willing  to  pay 
an  advance.  Choice  handpicked  p e a - 
new  or  crop  of  1897—are  selling  at $1.10 
@1.11  per  bu.  Choice  screened  pea. 
$i.o2^@i.o5.  These  prices  are  in  car- 
lots,  sold  to  arrive,  seamless grain bags.
is  quite 
favorable.  Receipts  of  poor,  bulk  stock 
are  over,  and  some  very  nice  No.  1  and 
No.  2  red  and  green  varieties,  well 
packed  in  3-bu.  bbls.,  are  arriving  and 
command  good  prices.  Prices  to-day 
range:  Fancy,  No.  1,  desirable  vari­
eties,  $2.85@3;  choice  No.  1,  mixed, 
mostly  desirable  varieties,  $2.65@2.8o; 
choice  No. 
if  well 
packed  slightly  more;  fancy  red  apples 
are  wanted  and  are  in  good  demand. 
Some  New  York  stock  is  being  offered 
at  $2.75@3  to  arrive,  claimed  to  be 
fancy,well packed.  General  price  Mich­
igan  and  New  York  loading  points  No.
fancy  is  $2  50  f.  o.  b.  loading  station.
1 

2,  $i.75@2.25, 

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

Push  in  busy  seasons,  and  in  dull  sea 

sons  still  push.

“ Look  one  step  onward,  and  secure 

that  step. ’ ’

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WEDNESDAY.----- OCTOBER 26.1898.

HELD  UP  BY  THE  GANG.

integrity  and 

idea  that  an 

Wm.  T.  Hess 

is  a  well  meaning, 
well-to-do  citizen  of  Grand  Rapids  who 
has  long  enjoyed  an  enviable  reputation 
for 
loyalty  to  local  inter­
ests,  having  furnished  a  portion  of  the 
capital  and  credit  to  build  up  one of the 
largest  manufacturing  industries  in  the 
city—an  institution  which  furnishes em­
ployment  to  more  men  than  any  other 
manufacturing  establishment in tbecitv.
Some  months  ago  Mr.  Hess  conceived 
the 
interurban  electric 
line  from  this  city  to  Holland  would  be 
a  good  thing  for  Grand  Rapids  and,  in­
cidentally,  for  Mr.  Hess.  He  accord­
ingly  associated  himself  wth  a  couple 
of  gentlemen  who  have  had  somewhat 
extended  experience 
in  exploiting  en­
terprises  of  this  character  and,  after 
securing  a  franchise  to  enter  Holland 
under  favorable  circumstances  and  op­
tions  on  the  right-of-way  between  this 
city  and  Holland,  he  asked  the Common 
Council  of  Grand  Rapids  to  grant  him 
permission  to  enter  the  city  from  the 
southwest  and  run  a  loop  around  some 
block  in  the  central  portion  of  the  city. 
Instead  of  going  at  the  matter as  most 
people  do  who  seek  franchises  of  this 
character,  Mr.  Hess  openly  stated  that 
he  was  not  a  boodler,  that  he  would  not 
pay  a  cent  for  the  vote  of any alderman, 
because  he  believed  his  project  was  a 
worthy  one  and  that  the  aldermen  would 
so  regard 
it.  He  was  frequently  in­
formed  by  his  friends  that  he  was  mak 
ing  a  mistake;  that  the  Common  Coun­
cil  of  Grand  Rapids 
is  made  up  of a 
considerable  number  of  boodlers  who 
will  not  record  their  votes  in  favor  of 
interest  unless 
any  matter  of  public 
in  it”   for them. 
there 
is  “ something 
Mr.  Hess 
insisted  that  this  belief  was 
an  erroneous  one  and  that,  after  the 
underhanded  opposition  of  the  Consoli­
dated  Street  Railway  and  another  great 
transportation 
its 
force,  the  aldermen  would  view  the 
matter  in  the  proper  light  and  grant 
him  the  concession  he  craved.  The 
matter  has  hung  fire  for  several  months, 
culminating 
in  the  adoption  of  an  or­
dinance  which  shows  the  cunning  hand 
of  the  consolidated  monopoly,  which, 
although 
it  can  not  get  what  it  wants 
itself,  has  evidently  determined  to  pur­
sue  a  “ dog  in  the  manger*’  policy  and 
prevent  competing  lines  from  gaining  a 
foothold  in  the  city  except  on  terms  ac­
ceptable  to  itself.

interest  had  spent 

While 

is  not  probable  that  every 
alderman  who  voted  for the  ordinance

it 

in 
its  present  form  was  actuated  by 
mercenary  motives,  yet  it  is  apparent, 
even  to  a  casual  observer,  that  a  large 
portion  of  the  votes  so  recorded  repre­
sented  so  many  bribes,  paid  in  cash  or 
other  adequate  considerations.

It  is  a  very  unfortunate  state  of affairs 
that  Grand  Rapids  or  any  other city 
should  be  at  the  mercy  of  a  gang  of 
ruffians  whose  sole  reason  for  bolding 
office 
is  that  they  may  plunder  the  city 
and  blackmail  the  people  who  seek con­
cessions  in  order that  they  may  exploit 
enterprises  which  would  be  of 
inesti­
mable  value  to  the  commercial  interests 
of  the  city.  How  long  the  people  will 
permit  themselves  to  be  misrepresented 
and  mulcted  by  such  a  class  of  profes­
sional  politicians  remains  to  be  seen.

the 

imports  may  be 

The  fact  that  the  window  glass  man­
ufacturers  have  been  unable  to  make  a 
wage  settlement  with  the  workers 
is 
creating  consternation  in  the  trade.  A 
few  more  independent  factories  may  be 
started  and 
in 
creased  to  100,000  boxes  per  month, 
but  with  this  there'is  no  possibility  of 
getting  more  than  half  enough  glass  to 
meet  the  demand.  Unless  there 
is  a 
general  resumption  glass  will  be  scarce 
within  sixty  days.  The  glass  made  by 
the  independent  and  co-operative  facto­
ries  has  all  been  contracted  for  by 
job­
bers.  The  stumbling  block  to a general 
resumption 
is  Simon  Burns,  President 
of  the  Window  Glass  Workers’  Associa­
tion.  As  an  election  of  officers  is  on, 
and,  as  Mr.  Burns 
is  assured  of  a  re- 
election,  he  will  continue  his  present 
policy  under  the 
it 
meets  with  the  approval  of  the  majority 
of  the  workers  or  they  would not re-elect 
him  to  office.  A  number  of  the  work­
ers  threaten  to  break  away  from  the  or­
ganization  and  go  to  work.

impression 

that 

Vestadium 

is  a  recently  discovered 
white  metallic  alloy,  of  a  beautiful  ap ­
pearance  and  great  strength. 
It  seems 
to  meet  with  as  quick  and  general  an 
acceptance  as  was  the  case  with  alumi 
num. 
It  is  said  to  be  firmer and  much 
more  practical  than  any  other  knowD 
metal  of  equal  specific  gravity. 
It  is 
claimed  to  be  composed  chiefly  of  an 
aluminum  alloy,  and  only  weighs  one- 
third  as  much  as  aluminum  of  the  same 
size.  Furthermore, 
is  said  not  to 
rust,  to  withstand  sulphuric  acid,  to 
take  a  fine  polish,  never  to  tarnish, 
and,  once  polished,  never  to  require 
cleaning.  _____________

it 

That  was  a  very  handsome  reception 
Southampton  gave  the  American  line 
steamer  St.  Louis  when  it  arrived  on  its 
first  trip  since  the  war.  The  Stars  and 
Stripes  floated  from  public  buildings, 
great  quantities  of  bunting  were  dis­
played  throughout  the 
town,  church 
chimes  were  rung  and  salutes  were 
fired.  On  reaching  its  dock  the  vessel 
was  greeted  with  cheers  from  thousands 
of  throats.  The  entire 
incident  was 
strikingly  illustrative  of  the  cordial  re­
lations  existing  between  Great  Britain 
and  the  United  States.

Santiago  de  Cuba 

is  enjoying  such 
good  fruits  of  American  control  that  it 
will  be  singular  if  she  does  not  become 
an  object  of  envy  to  all 
the  other 
Cuban  towns.  She  suffered  first  and 
worst,  but  she  is  having  her  reward  in 
the  first  good  government  she  has  had 
in  nearly  four  hundred  years!

England  may  soon  draw  on  the  large 
deposit  of  sympathy  which  she  placed 
to  her  credit 
in  this  country  a  few 
months  ago.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
Events  and  political  complications 
during  the  week  since  last  issue  have 
been  such  as  would  naturally  be  ex­
pected  to  create  serious  disturbance,  es­
pecially 
in  speculative  trade;  but  the 
general  strength  of  the  situation  has 
been  such  as  to  meet  all  of  them  with 
but  the  slightest  material  effect. 
In­
deed,  the  war  rumors  over  the  African 
complications  seemed  to  have  more  of  a 
stimulating  effect  in  the  cereal  price 
last  week  than  a  depressing 
situation 
influence 
in  the  general  stock  market. 
The  local  election  agitation  has natural­
ly  exerted  a  depressing 
in 
transactions,  but  seems  to  have  had  lit­
tle  influence  in  prices.  But  with  these 
adverse 
it  would  not  be 
strange  if  the  announcement  of  the anti­
pooling  decision  by  the  Supreme  Court 
this  week  should  have  caused  a  decided 
reaction 
is 
therefore  a  matter  for  congratulation 
that  shares  only  yielded  about  a  dollar 
and  then  showed  a  tendency  to  prompt 
recovery  again.

in  railway  securities. 

influences 

influence 

It 

The  wheat  market  last  week  showed  a 
decided  advance  until  near  the  close, 
when  a  sharp  reaction  set  in,  which  is 
still 
in  evidence.  The  latter  seems to 
have  been  simply  the  natural  result  of 
the  too  rapid  advance,  and,  in  view  of 
the  fact  that  futures  are  higher even 
than  they  were  a  year  ago,  there  can  be 
little  doubt  of  an  early  recovery  again. 
Export  demand  continues  heavy,  tread­
ing  close  on  the  heels  of  the  unprece­
dented  movement  of  last  year.

there  are 

The  iron  and  general  industrial  situa­
tion  shows  little  change.  New orders 
iron  manufacture  are  reported 
in  the 
less  urgent,  but 
in  hand 
enough  to  keep  the  works  busy 
for 
months  to  come.  The  lessening  of  or­
ders,  however,  is  not  considered as  hav­
ing  any  material  significance beyond the 
natural  effect  of  the  numerous  disturb­
ing  influences  already  referred  to. 
It  is 
worth  noting  that  the  reports  of  new 
railway  construction—twenty-two  hun­
dred  miles  for  nine  months—indicate  a 
renewal  of  the  old-time  activity  in  that 
direction  to  an  extent  which  promises 
a  considerable  influence.

The  textile  situation  shows  indica 
tions  of  improvement  on  account  of  the 
better  understanding  and  co-operation 
among  manufacturers,manifested  in  im­
proved  demand  and  stronger quotations. 
Cotton  shows  an  advance  of  %  cent,  at­
tributed  to  the  unfavorable  weather  con­
ditions 
in  the  cotton  states.  Sales  of 
wool  continue  small  as  compared  with 
last  year  and there  is  little improvement 
to  be  noted  in  the  manufacture.  Boots 
and  shoes  conti nue  to  exceed  the  out­
put  of  any  preceding  year at  the East 
.  Clearing  bouse  reports  for  last  week 
showed  a  record  exceeding  any  corres­
ponding  week  in  the  past,  although  the 
excess  is  but  slight.

PORTO  RICO  CITIZENSHIP.
Now  that  the  island  of  Porto  Rico  has 
been  annexed  to  the  United  States,  the 
question  of  the  exact  legal  status  of 
its
inhabitants  becomes  one  of  con­
800,000 
siderable 
Its  settlement 
will  depend  upon  the  terms of  the  treaty 
of  peace  with  Spain,  and  upon  subse­
quent  legislation  by  our  Congress.

importance. 

The  general  rule  of  international 

law 
is  that  the  relations  of  the 
inhabitants 
of  a  ceded  territory  to  their  former  sov­
ereign  are  dissolved  and  that  they  be­
come  citizens  or  subjects  of  the  new 
sovereignty.  Under  this  rule,  broadly 
considered,  the  Porto  Ricans  become 
citizens  of  the  United  States;  but  it  is

a  well-recognized  principle  of 
interna­
tional  law  that,  as  a  naturalized  citi­
zen's  allegiance  to  a  state  is  purely stat­
utory,  he  returns,  when  released  there­
from,  to his  original  status.  Thus  per­
sons  in  Porto  Rico  who  became  natur­
alized  citizens  of  Spain  now  become 
again  citizens  of  the  sovereignties under 
which  they  were  born. 
If any  such per­
sons  do  not  accept  American  citizen­
ship,  or  if  there  are  those  who  refuse  to 
surrender  their  allegiance  to  Spain  or 
abide  by  the  new  regime,  they  have 
their  remedy  in  removing  from  the 
is­
land,  or  accepting  all  the  disability  at­
taching  to 
immigrants  to  the  United 
States  who  do  not  become  citizens  of 
this  country.

In  the  case  of  the  acquisition  of  New 
Mexico  the  residents  of  the  territory 
were  accorded  American  citizenship  by 
specific  provision  of  the  treaty  with 
Mexico.  This,  in  fact,  has  generally 
been  the  procedure  with  people  sim­
ilarly  conditioned. 
It  may  be  prudent, 
however,  for  the  commission  at  Paris  to 
avoid  any  reference  to  Porto  Rico 
In  that  event  the  operation  of 
again. 
law  would  confer  Ameri­
international 
can  citizenship  on  the 
islanders,  the 
general  principle  being  that  where  a 
treaty  is  silent  upon  the  subject  citizen­
ship changes  with  the  soil.

All  Porto  Ricans  except  those  born 
subject  to  a  third  power and  those  who 
may  elect  to  remain  citizens  of  Spain, 
having  come  under  the  sovereignty  of 
the  United  States,  Congress  must  deter­
mine  the  extent  to  which  they  shall  be 
entitled  to  exercise  the  rights  and  priv­
ileges  of  citizenship.  They  will  be  en­
titled  to  the  protection  of  the  United 
States  at  home  and  abroad,  and,  pend­
ing  the  action  of  Congress,  they  will  be 
given  such  civil  rights  as  to  local  self- 
government  as  may  be  deemed  advis­
able by  the  Washington  administration. 
Congress  mast  determine  whether  citi­
zens  of  Porto  Rico,  on  removing  to  the 
United  States,  will  be  given  all  the 
rights  of  citizens  of  the  several  states, 
or  whether  they will  be  required  to  take 
some  form  of  oath.

Nearly  750,000  letters  bandied  by  the 
English  postal  system  last  year  were  so 
illegibly  dated  and  addressed  that  they 
could  be  neither  delivered  nor  returned 
to  the  writers.  The  letters  undelivered 
for  various  reasons,  but  returned  to  the 
senders,  were  very  numerous,  and  they 
had 
inclosures  all  told  of  the  value  of 
$500,000.  _____________

In  bis  address  to  the  Harvard students 
the  other  day,  Rev.  Dr.  Edward  E v­
erett  Hale  laid  down  three  rules  which 
he  said  had  been  the  greatest  help  to 
him 
in  the 
open  air  all  you  can ;  rub  against  the 
rank  and  file  daily,  and  every  day  hold 
intimate  conversation  with  a  superior.

life.  They  were:  Be 

in 

It  begins  to  look  very  much  as 

if  we 
would  have  to  give  the  don  a  friendly 
lift  to  get  him  out  of  Cuba.  He  can’t 
buy  transportation,  and  walking  is  not 
good  across  the  intervening  space.

The  long  hair  on  a  man  too  poor  to 
have  it  cut  looks  as  bad  as the  long  hair 
on  a  crank  who  wears  it  as  a  fad ;  but 
he  has a  better  excuse  for  looking  bad.

It  will  soon  be  time  for  governors  to 
issue Thanksgiving proclamations.  They 
can  certainly  be  thankful  that  they  are 
alive  and  have  turkey.

Spain  is  like  Corbett,  an  everlasting 
talker,  asserting  that  she  was  knocked 
out  only  by  a  chance  blow.

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9

COAL  PRODUCTION  IN  1897.
The  report on  the  production  of  coal 
in  the  United  States  for  the  year  1897, 
by  Prof.  Edward Wheeler  Parker,  of  the 
United  States  Geological  Survey,  has 
been  issued.

Coal  is  one of  the  most  important  in­
is  the 
dustrial  agents  in  the  world  and 
source  of  nearly  all  the  power used  in 
the  economic  operations  of  modern  life. 
Coal  is  power stored  up  in  the  earth  for 
human  use,  and  the  more 
it  is  em­
ployed  the  higher  in  civilization and in­
dustrial  progress  rise the  races and  peo­
ples  who  use  it.

The  production  of  coal  in  1878  in  the 
United  States  reached  the  highest  point 
ever  known 
in  this  country—namely, 
over  200,000,000 tons.  Of this,  52,500,000 
tons  was  anthracite,  the  residue,  or 
the  whole,  being 
three-quarters  of 
bituminous  coal.  Anthracite 
is  mined 
chiefly 
in  Pennsylvania,  and  to some 
extent  in  Colorado  and  New  Mexico.

Bituminous  coal  making  up  the great­
est  amount  of  the  mineral  fuel  mined, 
and  being  found  in  about  thirty  of  the 
states  of the Union, it is an object of more 
general 
interest  than  the  other.  There 
are  eighteen  states  whose  product  ex­
ceeded  1,000,000  tons.  Two  of  these 
exceeded  20,000,000  tons  and  four  ex­
ceeded  10,000,000 tons.

Illinois, 

There  were  eleven  states  in  1897  pro­
ducing  more  than  3,000,000 
tons  of 
bituminous  coal,  as  compared  with  ten 
in  1896,  Kansas  having  passed  that  fig­
ure  for  the  third  time  in  her history. 
Three  of  these  eleven  states  are  west  of 
the  Mississippi  River—Colorado,  Iowa 
and  Kansas.  The other  eight  were  Ala­
bama, 
Indiana,  Kentucky, 
Maryland,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and 
West  Virginia.  The  total  bituminous 
coal  product  of  the  eight  Eastern  States 
was  119,204.914  short  tons,  an  average 
of  nearly  15,000,000 tons  each;  the three 
Western  States  aggregated 
11,027,580 
short tons,  an  average  of  about  3,675,000 
tons.  There  were 
in  all  thirteen  coal- 
producing  states  east  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  whose aggregate  product  in  1897, 
exclusive  of  Pennsylvania  anthracite, 
was  124,062,806  short 
against 
eighteen  states  west  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  whose  product  aggregated  23,- 
727,096 short  tons.

tons, 

Pennsylvania  leads  with  54,597,000 
tons  of  bituminous  coal. 
Illinois  is 
second,  with  20,000,000  tons;  West  V ir­
ginia  is  third,  with  14,000,000;  Ohio  is 
fourth,  with  a  product  of  12,000,000. 
Alabama  takes  the  fifth  place,  with  a 
product  of  5,800,000  tons. 
In  the  last 
decade  the  price  per ton  of  coal  at the 
mines  has generally  declined,  so  that  it 
has  constantly averaged  below  one  dol­
lar.  The  highest  production  of  coal  in 
the  world  in  1897  was  made (226,000,000 
tons)  by  Great  Britain.  The  United 
States,  with  200,000,000,  came  next, 
and  Germany  third,  with  132,000,000. 
All  other  nations  are  far behind.

About  the  year  1890 the  introduction 
of  machines  for  mining  coal  took  place, 
greatly  decreasing  the  cost  of extracting 
the  product.  The  use  of  machines  has 
steadily 
in  most  of  the  coal 
states, and  this  fact  accounts  for the  de­
cline  in  the  price  of  coal  in  the  face  of 
an  increasing  consumption.

increased 

OUR  NEW  COLONIES.

With  the  formal  annexation  of  Porto 
Rico,  the  work  of  formulating  a  scheme 
of  government  for  the  possessions which 
have  come  into  the  power  of  the  United 
States  as  a  result of the  war  with  Spain 
must  now  begin.  That  this  problem  is 
a  difficult  one  everybody  recognizes;

but 
it  must  be  solved  satisfactorily  for 
all  that,  and  with  as  little  delay  as  pos­
sible.

That  our  flag  will  fly  over  these  new 
possessions,  and  that  they  will  be  to  all 
intents  and  purposes  American 
soil, 
goes  without  saying;  but  whether  we 
will  consider  them  territories,  states, 
dependencies  or  colonies  is  the question 
to  be  debated.  There  seems  to  be  prac­
tically  unanimity  of  opinion  in  so far  as 
statehood  is  concerned.  All  appear  to 
be  agreed  that  it  would  be  impolitic 
in 
the  highest  degree  to  admit  any of  these 
new  possessions  to  statehood,  for  the 
reason  that  they  are  inhabited  by  a  for­
eign  race  and  so  thickly  populated  as 
to  leave  little  hope  that  their  people 
can  be  completely  amalgamated  with 
our  own  peace-loving,  thrifty  and  enter­
prising  American  stock.  Moreover, 
having  been  acquired  by conquest,  these 
people  have  no  just  claim  to  statehood 
and  equal  rights  with  the  states  of  the 
Union.

liberty,  although 

To  continue  these  possessions  as  mere 
dependencies,  without  local  autonomy, 
is  rather  foreign  to  the  American  idea 
of 
incapacity  on  the 
part  of  some  of  the  islands  for  self-gov­
ernment  may  make  it necessary to retain 
such  islands  as  dependencies  for a  long 
time to come.  A  choice  really 
is  re­
stricted  to  the  territorial  and  colonial 
forms  of  government.  With  the  former 
we  have  had  ample  experience,  while 
with  the  latter  we  have  had  no  experi­
ence  whatever,  although  Great  Britain 
has  conducted  so  many  colonies  with 
conspicuous  success  as  to  suggest  the 
prospect  that  we  also  might  prove  suc­
cessful  as  colonizers.

territories,  and 

The  territorial  form  of  government 
has  the disadvantage  of  making  the new 
territories  integral  parts  of  the  United 
States,  so  far as  laws  and  police  power 
laws 
are  concerned.  Thus  our  tariff 
would  cover  the  new  possessions 
if 
maintained  as 
they 
would  not  be  able  to  raise  a  separate 
revenue  from  customs.  Moreover,  our 
laws  might not  meet  the needs  and  pe­
culiar  circumstances  of  a  people  whose 
customs,  language  and  habits  differ  so 
extensively  from  our  own. 
If  main­
tained  as  colonies,  the  new  possessions 
could  be  granted  practical  autonomy  as 
far  as  internal  affairs  are concerned.  A 
colonial 
form  of  government  would 
obviate the  necessity  for admitting  their 
products  into  the  United  States  free  of 
duty,  to  the  prejudice  and  destruction 
of  our  own  industries. 
It  would  enable 
the  islands  to  have  separate  laws,  better 
adapted  to  their  peculiar needs,  and  it 
would  also  enable them  to  raise  revenue 
sufficient,  both  from  customs  and  taxa­
tion,  to  run  their  government  machinery 
without  being  a  burden  upon  the  Nat­
ional  Treasury.  Naturally,  our  colonies 
would  be  expected  to  allow  a  preferen­
tial  duty  on  American  products,  and 
we,  on  our  part,  would  have  to  discrim­
inate  in  favor  of  colonial  products.

The  colonial 

idea  is  being  seriously 
considered  in  connection  with  plans  for 
the  government  of  the  conquered  terri­
tories,  and  the  protection  of  American 
industries  demands  that  the  idea  should 
be given  careful  examination.

In  the  great  cities  of  Japan  several  of 
the  streets are  devoted  to  the  sale of cer­
tain  lines  of  merchandise.  In  one  street 
you  will  find  nothing  on  sale but wooden 
shoes;  another  is  devoted  exclusively  to 
wooden  and  willow  wares;  another  to 
paper 
lanterns,  while  one  street  re­
sembles  a  forest  of  bamboo,  where  the 
thousands of  bamboo articles are sold.

THE  INVASION  OF  EUROPE.
In  the  midst  of  wars  and  rumors  of 
wars,  the  world  will  be  surprised  to 
learn  that  the  continent  of  Europe  has 
been  invaded  by  the  American  trades­
man.

in 

In  spite  of  the  power  of  precedent,  in 
spite  of  excellence  in  workmanship,  the 
centers  of  the  iron  and  steel  trade  in the 
English  Isles  are  feeling  as  they  have 
never  felt  before  the  competition  result­
ing  from  the  introduction  of  American 
manufactures.  Glasgow  and  Hastings 
were  lately  in  want  of  water  pipes,  and 
both  towns  have  awarded  contracts  to 
an  American  firm,  the  bid  being 
lower 
than  the  English  manufacturer.  Liver­
pool  needed  rails  for  street  cars  and  is 
busy 
laying  down  the  American- 
made  article;  and  Plymouth  is  having 
same 
her  wants  supplied  from 
the 
source.  Not  an  English  road 
is  free 
from  the  American  bicycle  and  the  fa­
vor  shown  to the  machine  from  Yankee- 
land  is  full  of  suggestions.  An  agent  of 
American  steam-engine  works  has  re­
cently  secured  a  contract  for an  English 
order  of  $150,000,  and  two  men  have 
been  sent  to  St.  Petersburg  in  answer  to 
proposals  for  building  a  large  number 
of 
locomotives  for  Russian  railroads, 
while  the  American  market  has  sent  to 
the  other  side  150,000 tons  of  pig 
iron 
and  steel  during  the last  six  months  and 
the  exports  of  machinery  and  manu­
factured  goods  are  increasing.

In  the  matter  of  food  the  same  in­
roads  have  been  made.  A  leading  Chi­
cago  packing  firm  has  just  started  a 
system  for  furnishing  American  beef  to 
the  English  market  daily  direct  from 
refrigerator  cars  without  help  or  hin­
drance  from  wholesale  houses  or agents. 
Within  a  few  weeks  enormous  quanti­
ties  of  American  beef  will  rush  across 
the  country  to  the  seaboard  and  thence 
to  England  by  fast  steamships.  An  idea 
can  be  gained  of  the  importance  of  the 
undertaking  from  the  statement  that  the 
scheme  calls  for  the  expenditure  of 
more  than  $800,000  in  the  plant  of  the 
firm  at  the  Chicago  stock  yards.  When 
it  is  remembered  that  London  until  now 
has  been  the  British  center  of  dressed 
beef,  it can  readily  be  understood  bow 
great  an 
invasion  has  been  made  into 
the  very  interior  of  the  English  nation.
It  has  been  predicted  that  the  univer­
sal  use  of  the  wheel  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  would  ruin  the  business 
of  horse  raising.  Not  so.  When  the 
home  demand  fell  off,  the  exportation 
of  the  animal  became an  important  fac­
tor  in  the  foreign  trade  of  this  country. 
It  has  never  been  so  large  as  now, 
amounting 
in  a  year to  51,150 horses, 
worth  $6,176,569,  an  average  of $120.75 
Ten  years  ago  the  horses  exported 
amounted  in  price  to  $500,000.
The  list  need  not  stop  here. 

In  spite 
of  vigorous  opposition,  the  apple  from 
the  American  orchard  will  find  its  way 
to  stay  into  the  European  market;  and 
American  pork  has  already  made  for  it­
self  lasting  friends  on  the  other  side  of 
the  Atlantic.  The  continent  from  Spain 
to  the  Arctic  Sea  has  been  invaded  by 
the  enterprise  of  the  American  trades­
man  and 
it  is  only  a  question  of  time 
when  it  will  surrender at discretion and, 
let  us  hope,  kiss  the  hand  of  its  con­
queror. 

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KNOCKING  FOR  ADMISSION.
Although  the  matter  has  attracted  but 
small  public  attention,  owing  to  the 
many  great  events  which  have  diverted 
the  popular mind  recently,  it  is,  never­
theless,  a  fact  that  several  of  the  West 
India  colonies  of  Great  Britain  have  in­

augurated  a  serious  movement  having 
for  its  object  annexation  to  the  United 
States.  While  no  one  believes  that  this 
fur  annexation  can  ever 
movement 
amount  to  anything, 
it,  nevertheless, 
serves  to  exemplify  the  serious  condi­
tions  of  an  industrial  character  existing 
in  the  islands.

The  main  staple  product  of  the  Brit­
ish  West  Indies 
is  sugar.  This  crop 
has  gradually become  less and less profit­
able,  owing  to  the  competition  of  cheap 
bounty-fed  European  beet  sugars,  which 
have  almost  driven  the  colonial  sugars 
out  of  the  British  markets.  The  deci­
sion  of 
the  European  beet-growing 
countries  not  to  abolish  the bounties and 
the  refusal  of  England  to  resort  to coun­
tervailing  duties  have  increased  the em­
barrassments  of  the  West India  colonies 
until  there  is  danger  of  wholesale  bank­
ruptcy.

Added  to  their  other  difficulties  are 
the  results  of  the  war  between 
the 
United  States  and  Spain.  Cuba  and 
Porto  Rico  will  now  be  able  to put  their 
sugars  in  American  markets under  more 
favorable  conditions than can the British 
West  Indies.  This  fact  will  shut  them 
out  of  American  markets 
and  still 
further  depress  their  sugar  industry.

While  Jamaica  may be able to  resort  to 
something  else  besides  sugar,  the  other 
islands  do  not  appear  to  have  any  other 
recourse but  to  stick  to  sugar. 
In  their 
desperation  the  colonists  are  seeking  by 
annexation  to  secure  the  advantage  of 
a  free  market  in  the  United  States. 
It 
is  either  this  purpose  or  a  desire  to 
coerce  the  home  Government  into  pla­
cing  a countervailing  duty on  bounty-fed 
sugars  that  actuates  the  annexationists. 
Unfortunately  for 
India 
friends,  it  takes  two  to  make  a  bargain, 
and  certainly  the  United  States  has  no 
desire  to  annex  them  at  the  risk  of 
offending  Great  Britain.  Their  clamor 
for  annexation 
is,  therefore,  utterly 
hopeless,  except  as  a  means  of  arousing 
the  mother  country  to  a  full  realization 
of  the  misery  prevailing  in  her  colonies 
and  urging  her  to  take  some  remedial 
steps. 

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our  West 

Twenty  years  ago  American  shoes 
were  unknown  in Germany.  Within  the 
past  eighteen  months  the  amount  of  ex­
ports  has  increased  rapidly.  The  many 
improvements 
in  American  machinery 
and  the  careful  attention  paid  by  Amer­
ican  manufacturers  to  style  and  finish 
have  placed  American  shoes  in the front 
rank.  The  demand  for  American  shoes 
in  Germany  has not been created through 
the  efforts  of  manufacturers,  but through 
consuls  and  resident  Americans.  Many 
Germans  are  now  ordering  shoes  from 
American  retail  houses  and  have  them 
sent  over  by  freight. 
“ An  American," 
says  the  Consul  at  Leipsig,  “ can  always 
be  distinguished 
in  a  European  crowd 
by  his  shoes.”   There  is  plenty  of  wood 
in  this  country,  and  no  reason  why  the 
United  States  should  not  make  wooden 
shoes  for  Dutchmen.

Last  spring  William  Waldorf  Astor 
wagered  the  sum  of  $2,500  with  General 
Owen  Williams,  of  the  British  army, 
that  he  could  get  a  section  of  one  of  the 
famous  redwood  trees  of  California  so 
large  as  to  furnish  a  table  at  which 
twenty-four people  could  be  seated.  Mr. 
Astor  has  just  won  his  bet,  as  last  week 
he  entertained  no  less  than twenty-seven 
guests  around  such  a  table.  The  ex­
pense  of  getting  the  section  over  to 
England,  it 
is  safe  to  say,  would  be 
many  times  the  amount  of  the  wager.

Debs  has  stopped 

talking  because 
there  is  no  longer any money  for  him  in 
vocal  agitation.

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Fruits  and  Produce.
How  the  Potato  Situation  Is Regarded 

in  Minnesota.

From the Minneapolis Commercial  Bulletin.

There  is  an  even  monotony  about  the 
potato  market that  is  anything but inter­
esting  to  any  one  engaged  in  the  busi­
ness  of  producing  and  handling  pota­
toes.  The  market is low,and  promises  to 
stay  about  that  way  for  the  entire  fall. 
The  weather  is  against  any  heavy  ship­
ment  or  any  extensive  harvesting  of 
potatoes,  while  the  demand  is  not  what 
might  be  expected  if  the  weather  were 
bright.
“George  E.  Bryant,  of McLean,  Bryant 
&  Co.,  says  the  market 
is  no  stronger 
than  last  week,  the  demand  being  large­
ly  from  local  retailers.  The  best  stock 
to sell  to  retailers  here  putting  in  stocks 
for  the  winter  is  the  Burbank  variety, 
or  at  least  some  white  straight  variety. 
Peerless  and  Snowflake come  next in de­
sirability  to  the  Burbank,  although  the 
Early  Ohio  is  much  sought  for  at  prices 
at  the  top  of  the  market.  The  outside 
demand 
is  very  quiet.  Reports  from 
Wisconsin  are  to  the  effect  that  the  crop 
is  large  and  of  good  quality.  Eastern 
and  Chicago  buyers  are  in  the  Wiscon­
sin  fields,  paying  from  17  to  18  cents. 
There  are  a  good  many  potatoes  west 
of  here  that  must  be  marketed  this way. 
¡¡-•S.  H.  Hall  says  his  predictions  of  the 
potato  crop  are  mainly  true,  namely that 
that  there  is  a  fairly  large  crop  all  over 
the  potato  producing  country,  with  a 
good  general  quality.  Prices  just  now 
are  a  little  better  than  they  may  be  ex­
pected to average,  because  the  continued 
rains  have  made  digging  slow.  But  on 
the  whole  prices  cannot  be  expected  to 
be  any  better  than  they  now  are,  during 
the  fall  potato  season.  Dealers  are  pay­
ing 
in  this  market  23  to  25  cents  for 
straight  white  varieties,  and  from  20  to 
22  cents  for other  varieties.  Early Ohios 
are  worth  25  cents.  Movement  of  pota­
toes  in  Wisconsin  and  Michigan  is  very 
free.  There 
is  some  complaint  of  rot- 
tage 
in  New  York,  but  the  crop  will 
probably  be  larger  than  that of last year. 
The  New  England  crop  is  much  larger 
than  last  year.  Mr.  Hall  expects  the 
market  here  to  be  10  cents  higher  now 
than  in  the  spring.
How  Preserved  Eggs  Are  Regarded 
From the London  Grocer.

in  England.

We  may  expect  to  hear  more  about 
preserving  eggs,  but  one  fact  is  undeni­
able—we  are  not 
likely  to  find  the  re­
sulting  product  on  our  breakfast  tables 
yet  a  while.

is  impossible  to  use  all  the  eggs 
It 
laid 
in  summer,  and  eggs  being  more 
plentiful  at  one  season  of  the  year  than 
another  has  led  to  the  trial  of  many 
It  seems  to 
methods  of  preservation. 
promise  a 
if  eggs  can  be 
kept,  from  the  time  when  they  are plen­
tiful  and  cheap,  to  be  sold  when  they 
are  everywhere  scarce  and  dear,  and the 
means  of  making  this  augmented  profit 
has  been  diligently  sought  for.

large  profit 

A  century  ago  (February  8,  1791) 
William  Jayne  was granted letters patent 
for  preserving  eggs  and  Jayne’s  egg 
pickle—lime,  cream  of  tartar  and  water 
— is  one  of  the  most  successful  preserv­
ers  in  extensive  use  at  the  present time. 
Since  1791  some  hundred  letters  patent 
have  been  granted  for  the  United  King­
dom  alone, 
for  preserving  eggs,  but 
trade  experience  demonstrates  conclu­
sively  that  the  generality  of  these  proc­
esses  are  more  interesting  experiments 
than  practical  commercial  methods,  and 
importers  are  well  aware  that  any  proc­
ess  of  preserving  at  the  expense of qual­
ity,  when  coupled  with  a 
large  outlay 
of  cost  and  labor,  is  a  risk  simply  out 
of  the question.  The  ‘ ‘ egg  pickle"  in­
troduced  by  Jayne  107 years ago involves 
the  least  expense  and  trouble.  How­
ever,  a  pickled  egg 
is  an  inferior and 
spoilt  egg,  cracking  when  boiled  and 
good  for  culinary  purposes  only.

It  may  be  accepted  as a  commercial 
fact  that  all  preserved  eggs  are  stale— 
be  they  preserved  with  lime-water or 
water glass,  or treated  with  oleaginous 
substances,  carbonic  acid,  etc.,  or  kept

in  cold  storage—and  there  is  no  trouble 
whatever  in  selecting  the  fresh  from  the 
treated  article when  the shells are broken 
or after  the  eggs  have been  poached  or 
boiled.  A  scientific 
investigation  of 
the  measures  hitherto  taken  to  preserve 
intact  the  complex  chemical  nature  of 
the  contents  of  an  eggshell  necessarily 
inference  that  the  means 
leads  to  the 
employed 
to  the 
retention  of  those  special  qualities  of 
milkiness, 
and  purity  of 
flavor  which  are  the  essential  character 
istics  of  the  genuine  article.

is  directly  opposed 

limpidity 

From  the  consumer’s  point  of  view  it 
would  appear  that  if grocers,  etc.,  would 
only  act  judiciously 
in  the  matter  of 
their  purchases  and  only  take  eggs  in 
which  they have  entire  confidence,  fresh 
eggs  would  be  less  rare  and  the  old  and 
stale  would  sell  for  what  they  were 
worth.  However,  as  this  is 
impracti 
cable,  and  cold  storage  has  not  proved 
the  unequivocal  success  anticipated, 
those 
in  acquiring  reliable 
produce  must  exercise  greater care now­
adays  than  formerly 
in  making  pur­
chases.

interested 

As  a  rule,  those  who  deal  in  perish­
able  goods  have  not  the  training  requi­
site  for 
investigating  that  which  most 
nearly  concerns  them,  and  there  can  be 
no  denying  the  fact  that  we are indebted 
to  scientists,  and  not  traders,  for  our 
improved  supply  of  perishable  produce 
from  distant  countries.  Although  the 
facts  are  not  generally  known,  there  is 
ample  evidence  to  prove  that  eggs  can 
be  scientifically  treated,  but  hitherto 
the  cost  has  been  prohibitive.  Were  it 
possible  to  treat  eggs  at  their source  of 
origin,  the  egg  problem,  as  far  as  for­
eign eggs are concerned, would be solved. 
That  trading  in  stale  eggs  pays  may  be 
inferred  from  the  fact  that  there  are 
firms  that  handle  from  seventy-five  to 
ninety  million  eggs  annually,  hence 
any  means  that  can  eliminate  risk  in 
trading  with  such  a  perishable  article 
as  an  egg  inaugurates  an  entirely  new 
industry,  and  persons  exporting  eggs 
from  distant  countries  can  not  fail  to 
realize  profits  hitherto  never dreamed  of 
in  any  trade  or  industry.

An  Egg  Hint  Worth  Knowing.

From the Philadelphia  Grocery  World.

We  have  lately  seen  some  lots  of  eggs 
which  have  evidently  been  dirty  when 
collected,  but  which  the  packers  have 
washed  as  clean  as  possible,  with  the 
hope  of  increasing  their  value.  For the 
most  part  they  arrive  in  bad  order  and 
largely  rotten.  When  a  dirty  egg  is 
soaked 
in  water  sufficiently  to  enable 
one  to  remove  the  dirt  on  it  the  gelat­
inous  substance  which  ordinarily  fills 
the  pores  in  the  lime  of  which  the  shell 
is  mostly  composed  becomes  dissolved, 
subjecting  the  inside  of  the  egg  to  the 
destructive  effect  of  the  air. 
In  warm 
weather  wet  eggs  soon  decay  and  some 
of  these  washed  eggs  lately  received 
here  have  been  almost  worthless,  while 
sound  candled  dirties  are  worth  a  good 
price.

Don’t try  to  begin  on  top.  Begin  at 
the  bottom,  and  you  will  be  surer  of 
reaching  the  top,  sometime.
Ship Ua Your

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

Or anything you may have.  W e have a N o.  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  w ill  be  no  low  prices.  Please  let  us  hear 
from you on whatever you may have to ship or sell.
COYNE BROS., Commission Merchants

161 South Water St., Chicago.

R E F E R E N C E S :

Wm.  M. H oyt Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers, Chicago. 
W . J. Quan & Co., W holesale Grocers, Chicago. 
“ Chicago Produce,” Chicago.
Rradstreet’s and Dun’s Agencies.
Hibernian Banking Association, Chicago. 
Bankers:  Merchants* National Bank, Chicago.

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Lemons,  Oranges  and  Bananas.

Bunting &  Co., Jobbers,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Potatoes, Beans, All Kinds Field Seeds

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ing  it  now— who  trades  in  BEAN S,  POTATOES,
SEE D S,  A P P L E S,  ONIONS,  if  in  the  market  to 
buy or  sell,  is  requested  to  correspond with

MOSELEY  BROS., 26-28-30-32 Ottawa Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

The  best  are  the  cheapest 
and  these  we  can  always 
supply.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
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is  an  old  saying  that  you  can  lead 
a  horse  to  water but  you  can’t make him 
drink.  A  skillful  advertiser,  however, 
would  overcome  the  difficulty  by  giving 
him  a  handful  of  salt  and  making  him 
want  to  drink.  There  are  more  ways 
than  one  of  skinning  a  cat.

What  could  one  of  the  large  guns  do 
without  powder  to  throw  the projectiles? 
What  good  would  the  powder  do 
if 
it? 
there  were  no  guns  in  which  to  use 
It 
is  useful. 
Advertising  is  the  powder  that  propels 
a  business—the  projectile.  A  business 
not  advertised 
is  as  useless  as  a  gun 
without  powder.

is  the  combination  that 

Good  language  is  like  good  health.  A 
really  well  man  does  not think  of  his 
health.  So  when  we  read  really  good 
language  we  do not think of the language 
itself,  but  of  the  thought  which  it  ex­
presses.  Many  a  good  advertisement 
has  been  written 
in  mighty  bad  Eng­
lish,  but  it  would  have  been  a  better 
advertisement  had 
it  been  written  in 
good  English.

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special Correspondence.
New  York,  Oct.  22— Rio  No.  7  coffee 
is  nominally  held  at 6%c.  It  is  “ easy”  
at  this  and  perhaps  6c  would  be  nearer 
the  real  market.  Business  during  the 
week  has  not  been  of  a  specially  cheer­
ful  character and  the  whole  situation  is 
a  waiting  one.  Advices  from  primary 
points 
indicate  a  lack  of  firmness  and 
receipts  continue  large.  The  amount 
here  and  afloat  aggregates 
1,064,848 
bags,  against  898,762  bags  at  the  same 
time 
In  a  speculative  way 
hardly  anything  has  transpired  worthy 
of  note. 
Jobbers  are  wanting  good 
grades  of  mild  coffees,  but  stocks  are 
light  and  holders  show  no  anxiety  to 
dispose  of  holdings  at  the 
figures 
is  worth  8%c. 
offered.  Good  Cucuta 
For Javas  the  range  is  from  25@320,  the 
latter  for  a  fancy  article.

last  year. 

removed  from  sugar,  it 

Still,  you  can’t  always  tell 

The  guarantee  as  to  prices  having 
been 
is  an­
nounced  that  the  war  is  now  officially 
on. 
just 
when  the  sanguinary  contest  will  result 
in  flying  feathers.  The  market  seems 
to  show  a  firm  feeling  and  brokers  say 
that  no  sales  have  been  made  below  list 
quotations.  There  is  a  freer  buying than 
last  week  and  the  general 
situation 
seems  to  be  one of  confidence.  Raws 
are  very  firm  and 
importers  show  no 
anxiety  to  dispose  of  holdings  at  re­
finers’  bids.

The  tea  market  has  been  in  normal 
condition  for  some  time.  General busi­
ness  in  teas,  however,  is  decidedly  bet­
ter  than  in  the  summer and  the  outlook 
is  by  no  means  discouraging.

The  main  demand  for  rice  is  for  for­
eign  sorts,  which  are  relatively  cheaper 
than  domestic.  Coming  supplies  are 
sold  ahead  very  readily.  The  supply 
from  the  South  is  rather  more  plentiful 
and,  with  a  better  demand,  the  market 
presents  a  very  firm  appearance.  The 
tales of  the  destruction  of  crops  seem  to 
be  fully  borne  out  by 
late  results  in 
threshing.  Every  bit  of  rice  is  being 
saved  which  can  be  possibly  gathered 
and  it  is  likely  that  planters  will  almost 
recover  their  loss  before  another  season, 
by  reason  of  advanced  quotations.

Some  activity  has  prevailed 

Pepper  continues  strong.  Cloves  are 
steady  and  the  general 
line  of  spices 
shows  more  activity  than  for  sometime, 
a  good  many  orders  having  come  from 
grinders  in  various  parts  of  the country.
in  the 
demand  for grocery  grades  of  molasses, 
but,  as  a  rule,  orders are  for  small 
lots 
to  last  from  day  to day,  or to  fill  broken 
assortments.  This  market  will  not  im­
prove  much  until  we  have  freer  receipts 
of  new  molasses,  which  will  soon  be 
here.  Good 
to  prime  centrifugals, 
i6@25c.

Syrups  are  in  fair  request  and  dealers 
profess  considerable  confidence  in  the 
future  of  the  article.  Prime  to  fancy, 
i6@27c.

The  canned  goods  season  has  closed. 
Packers  are  here  working  off  the  stocks 
on  band  and  the  market  is  steady  all 
around.  Some  laree  blocks  of  cheap 
corn  have  changed  hands  during  the 
week,  5.000  cases  New  York  State  sec­
onds  going  at  55c  net  cash,  delivered ; 
full  standard,  65c;  good  Maine  brands, 
8o@82y^c.  f.  o.  b.  Portland.  Tomatoes 
seem to  be  rather quiet  and  70c  is  about 
the  top  figure.  New  Jersey  brands  are 
scarce  and  held  at  8o@82j£c.

The  dried  fruit  market  is  quiet and 
steady.  The  holiday  trade  is  beginning 
to be  felt  a  little  and  the  general  situa­
tion  is  hopeful.  Buyers are  not  inclined 
to  give  asking  prices,  however,  and,  of 
course,  this  blocks  the  way.  Raisins 
are,  perhaps,  the  dullest  article  on  the 
list.  Seeded  Valencia  raisins  in  bulk 
are  worth  6c  in 25-lb.  boxes;  evaporated 
apples  are  firm  at  8X@8j£c;  sundried, 
4@5c.
Lemons  and  oranges are  about  in  the 
same  condition  as  usual. 
Lemons, 
$4.25 @7  per  box,  the  latter  for  fancy 
Sicily,  extra  300s.  California  oranges, 
$3.5o@4  50  for  Valencias.  Bananas and 
pineapples  are  quiet.

The  butter  market 

is  not  especially 
active.  The  demand  for  really  fancy 
is  sufficient to keep
Western  creamery 

the  supply  pretty  closely  sold  up,  but, 
aside  from  this,  there  is  a  lack  of  ani­
mation.  For  best  grades,  22j£c  is  the 
prevailing  figure,  although  in  some 
in­
stances  this  has been  exceeded  by  %c. 
Firsts  are  offered  quite  freely  at  21 @ 
21 y2c\  seconds, 
i8@igc;  thirds,  I5@ 
i6j£c.  Finest imitation  creamery  will 
fetch  17c;  firsts,  I4@ i5^c; Western  fac­
tory,  June  extras, 
Western  fac­
tory,  I2@ I4C.

The  cheese  market  remains  in  about 
the  same  uninteresting  condition  day 
after  day.  Strictly  fancy  cheese  is  in 
fair  demand,  but,  aside  from  this,  the 
business  done  is  of  the  usual  sorting-up 
character.  Large  size  full  cream  white 
is  held  at  8 j£ c;  small  size,  qc.

Prime  table  apples  and 

Strictly  desirable  eggs  are  in  request 
and  range  from  23@24C.  Fresh-gathered 
Western, 
loss  off,  20c;  fair  to  good, 
i8K @ i9C.
first-class 
greenings  are  wanted  and  sell  readily 
from  $2  5o@4  per  bbl.  Cranberries  are 
firm  and  the  supply  is  not  excessive  at 
$3.5o@6,  the  latter  for  strictly  fancy 
Cape  Cod.  Chestnuts  are  not  in  exces­
sive  supply,  all  reports  of  a  huge  crop 
to  the  contrary,  but  recent  frosts  will 
send  them  down  and  the  market  will 
probably  soon  be 
loaded.  Northern 
chestnuts  are quotable  from  $2.5o@4 per 
bushel.

Sidelines  Sell  Other  Goods.

The  majority  of  people  prefer to make 
their  purchases  in an establisment where 
an  atmosphere  of  moving  business  pre­
vails.  All  other  things  being  equal,  the 
average  person  will  bestow  his  custom 
upon  a  store  to  which  others  gravitate 
and  where  activity  rules,  rather  than 
upon  one  where  visitors  are  few  and 
clerks  are  unemployed  and  listless  for  a 
large  proportion  of  the  time.  This 
tendency  finds  one  expression 
in  the 
fact  that  those  who  work  in  the  large 
cities  and  live  in the  suburbs  will usual­
ly  order  various  articles  of  everyday  use 
from  the 
establishments  down 
town,  and  carry  or  send  them  to  their 
homes,  when  the  very  same  articles 
could  have  been  obtained  from  the  sub­
urban  stores  at  the  same  prices,  and de­
livered  free  of  charge  in  less  time  than 
it  would  take  to  send  them  from the city 
stores.  Women,  especially,  will  take 
their  places 
line  in  front  of  a  busy 
counter and  patiently  wait  their  turn  for 
attention  sooner  than  be  the  only  pur­
chaser at another  counter.

large 

in 

It  is  profitable  for  the  retailer to  rec­
ognize  and  meet  this  demand  for  activ­
ity  in  the  salesroom.  A  lisless  “ spell”  
pervading  the  store  repels  rather  than 
invites  custom,  and  should  give  way  to 
an  atmosphere  of  business,  not  of  that 
inconsistent  nature  simulating  bustle 
and  hurry,  but  actuated  and  supported 
by  the  obvious  desire  and  intention  to 
take  care  of  all  patrons  and  their  wants 
in  the  most  prompt  and  thorough  man­
ner.  The  right  kind  of  business  is  the 
product  of  several  factors,  of  which  an 
attractive  store, 
first:class  stock,  and 
courteous  and  obliging  clerks  are  per­
haps  chief,  influenced,  secondly,  by  the 
weather  or  season,  advertising,  etc.  The 
problem  of  a  busy  store grows  with  the 
decline  of  the  riding  season  unless side­
lines  are  carried  sufficient  to  take  up 
the  time  and  attention  of  the  clerks.

In  this  way,  sidelines  have  a  value 
distinct  from the  additional  income they 
bring.  One  of  the  inevitable  results  of 
inactivity  is  a  feeling  of  discontent  and 
dissatisfaction  throughout  the  establish­
ment.  When  trade  languishes,  the  pro­
prietor  grows  irritable  and  dissatisfied 
with  himself  and  his  surroundings.  His 
employes  partake  of the same spirit,  and 
customers  are  conscious  of  the  under­
going  currents  of  discontent  and  pos­
sible  shiftlessness. 
In  this  way  bad 
business 
is  made  worse  and,  failing  of 
betterment,  degenerates  for a  period  in­
to  mere  mercantile  existence,  with  the 
store  as  the  place  of  imprisonment  and 
worriment.

Hints  by  Brains.

“ Necessity 

is  the  mother  of  inven­
tion.”   Now,  who  on  earth  do  you  sup­
pose 
invented  advertising?  We’ll  bet 
honey  to  a  bee’s  sting  that a  run-down 
business  was  the  mother of  the  first  ad­
vertisement.

* HARRIS  &  FRUTCHEYf

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. 

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MAYNARD  &  REED

WHOLESALE

Peaches  Apples  Potatoes

54  South  Ionia  Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Telephone  1348.

J. WILLARD LANSING,

BURGE D. CATLIN.

LANSING & GATLIN

44 W.  MARKET STREET 
103 MICHIGAN STREET

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There is a good demand  in our market for fresh  Eggs, those that are  free  from 
heat and that can  be guaranteed  strictly fresh selling at  17c.  There is a distinction 
now between storage and  fresh and  the  trade  is  calling  for  both,  but  for  the  past 
six weeks they have been using storage principally.

BUFFALO,  N.  Y.

N. WOHLFELDER & CO.

WHOLESALE GROCERS.

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Roiled Oats, 90*lb. sack;-,  “ fancy stock,” per sack. 
Schulte Soap Co.’s Cocoa Castile,  14s in  iS-Ib. boxes,

We want your shipments of Butter and 
Eggs.  Correspondence solicited.

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W e make a specialty of this class of work and solicit  correspondence 
with those who need anything in this line.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

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TH E  APPLE  CROP.

The  Supply  Much  Better  Than  Was 

Expected.

From the New  York Evening Post.

This  year’s  apple  crop  in  the  United 
States  was  reported,  two or three  months 
ago,  to  be  as  much  of  a  “ failure"  as 
the  proverbial  annual  peach  crop 
in 
Delaware,  New  Jersey  and  elsewhere. 
In  this  case  apple-dealers  appeared  to 
be  genuine  at  first  in  their  belief  that 
the  crop  would  be  a  very  short  one,  and 
the  idea  seemed  to  be  borne  out  by  the 
Government  reports,  which  in  July made 
the  outlook  discouraging.  Of  the  prin­
cipal  apple-producing  states,  these  re­
ports  gave  an  average  of  only  about  56 
on  the  100  for the  following :  New York, 
Pennsylania,  Virginia,  North  Carolina, 
Tennessee,  West  Virginia,  Kentucky, 
Ohio,  Michigan,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Iowa, 
Missouri,  and  Kansas. 
For  the  six 
New  England  States,  on  the  contrary, 
the  reports  gave  an  average  of  about 
85.4—that  for  New  Hampshire being qq. 
In  the  New  York  apple  trade  it  was 
long  difficult  to  get  an 
experienced 
trader  to  commit  himself  to  any  views 
on  the  condition  or  prospects  of  the 
crop,  and  it  is  only  within  the  last  few 
days  that  veteran  dealers 
in  the  fruit 
have been  willing  to  say  anything  defi­
nite  on  the  subject.  Even  now  their 
views  do  not  altogether  agree,  except as 
to  one  thing,  and  that  is  that  the  crop 
has  turned  out a  good  deal  better than  it 
was  expected  to  do  at  one  time.

In  reply  to  enquiries,  one  of  the 
Messrs.  Nix,  of  John  Nix  &  Co.,  said: 
“ The  crop  prospects  are now  much  bet­
ter  than  looked  for,  but  the  crop  will  be 
less  than  normal.  The  warm  weather 
has  had  a  very  depressing  effect  on  the 
market  of  late,  affecting  the  fall  varie­
ties  offered  at  this  season. 
In  moder­
ately  cool  weather  apples  both  keep 
better  and  sell  better.  A  temperature 
of  from  25  to  35  or 40 degrees  is the 
best 
in  which  to  keep  and  handle  ap­
ples.  The  crop  this  year,  I  think,  will 
turn  out  both  of  fair quantity  and  fair 
quality. 
In  the  West  the  crops  of  Mis­
souri,  Kansas,  Iowa,  and  Illinois  are 
reported  to  be  extremely  light.  Some 
few  of  the  extreme  Western  States,  how­
ever,  are  believed  to  have  a  fairly  good 
product,  but most of their fruit  is  boxed. 
There  are  some  comparatively  scarce 
varieties  of  apples  that  sell  in  boxes 
that  would  not  be  so  much  sought  for 
if  they  were  packed  in  barrels.  New­
town  pippins,  which  are  grown  consid­
erably  in  the  West  and  are  used  largely 
for  dessert  purposes,  are  the  principal 
variety  shipped  in  boxes.  Last  year  the 
in  the  East  and 
apple  crop  was  light 
there  was  a 
liberal  supply  out  West. 
This  year  it 
is  the  other  way  around. 
The  crop  seems  to  alternate  that  way 
annually.  New  York  State  appears  to 
have  a  moderate  supply  this  year,  with 
the quality  usually  good.  The  principal 
varieties  grown  in  this  State  are  Bald­
wins,  Rhode  Island  Greenings, 
the 
Northern  Spy, 
the  Russet,  and  the 
Spitzenberg.  Seek-no-furthers  and  the 
Ben  Davis  are  also  grown  here  to  some 
extent.  The  Ben  Davis  is  grown  very 
largely  in  Illinois,  Missouri,  and  Kan­
sas,  and,  in  fact,  all  through  the  West, 
being  the  leading  variety  out  there. 
In 
New  England  the  varieties  are about the 
same  as  in  this  State.  The  crop  there 
this  year 
is  nearly  normal,  and  buyers 
are  already  in  there  from  every  section 
of  the  West,  so  that  the  New  England 
fruit  will  be  shipped  all  over  the  coun­
Canners  and  evaporaters  now 
try. 
gather 
in,  all  over  the  United  States, 
the  poorer  grades  of  apples,  which  are 
therefore  packed  much  better  than  they 
would  be  otherwise.  The  demand  for 
apples  for  cidermaking  purposes  is  not 
it  was  formerly. 
so  large,  I  think,  as 
Export  trade 
is  chiefly  for 
speculative  purposes,  and  to  relieve  the 
market  here  when  it  is  depressed,  as 
it 
is at  present.  The  export business  and 
a  poor  market  here  help  each  other. 
Shipments  are  now  made  to  all  prin­
cipal  points  in  England,  Scotland,  and 
Germany.  No  exports  of  apples  are 
made  to  France  directly,  and,  except 
to  Germany,  very  few  to any  part  of  the 
continent.  The  apples  sent abroad  are

in  apples 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

chiefly  the  Ben  Davis  and  the  Newtown 
pippin  from the West,  and  from this part 
of  the  country  principally  Baldwins  and 
russets.

“ Prices  this  year,”   said  Mr.  Nix, 
“ are  about  the  same  as  last  year at  this 
time.  The  weather  as  well  as  the  sup­
ply  has  a  great  deal  to  do  with  the 
rates.  The trade  is  stimulated  and  buys 
twice  as  many  apples  when  the  air  is 
cool  and  dry  as  when  it  is  warm  and 
moist. 
I  think  the  outlook  for  price  is 
favorable,  as  the  people  who  have  pos­
session  of  the  good  winter  varieties  can 
keep  them  all  right  in  their storehouses. 
The  supply  of  really  choice  to  fancy 
fruit 
is  extremely  light,  and  it  will  be 
wanted,  at  good  prices  “

At  the  office  of  Austin  Kimball  & 
Co.,  Mr.  Kimball  said  that  the  apple 
crop  of  the  country  at  large  had  made 
up  a  good  deal  better  than  was  feared 
some  time  ago,  and  seemed  to be,  in 
the  aggregate,  not  much  less  than  a  nor­
mal  crop,  although  it  was  too  early  yet 
to  speak  with  positiveness.  New Hamp­
shire  and  the  New  England  States  gen­
erally  had  a  good  crop,  and  the  product 
of  New  York  State  was  better  than  had 
been  expected. 
It  was  claimed  that  in 
Colorado,  Washington  and  California 
the  crop  was  good,  but  in  other  Western 
States  it  was  reported  light.  The  crop 
in  Colorado  was  alleged  to  be  larger 
than  ever before.  Prices  now,  he  said, 
were  rather  in  a  transition  state.  Late 
warm  weather 
in  the  fall  had  injured 
both  the  fruit  and  the  trade.

Mr.  Watson,  of  E.  P.  Loomis  &  Co., 
said  the reports  indicated  that  the  apple 
crop  was  very  fair  in  Michigan,  Ne­
vada  and  California,  and  also  in  New 
York  and  New  England. 
In  Colorado, 
Utah,  and  in  all  the  Far  Western  Coast 
States,  it  might  be  called  very  good. 
It 
was  never  definitely  known,  however, 
what  the  crop  really  was  until  pretty 
late  in  the  fall.  This  season’s  appeared 
to  be  somewhat  less  than  the  average. 
The  East  this  year  would  send apples  to 
the  Middle  West,  while  last  year  we 
drew  our  supplies  not  only  from  that 
section,  but  from  the  Far  West. 
It  was 
a  fortunate  thing  that the crop alternated 
that  way,  one  year  full  in  the  West  and 
the  next  in  the  East,  for  if  we  ever  had 
a  full  crop  in  all  parts  of  the  country  at 
once  we  would  simply be  swamped  with 
apples.  There  was  an  annual  increase 
in  the  acreage  devoted  to apple-trees, 
owing  to  the  demand  consequent  upon 
our  increase  of  population,  and  to  that 
coming  from  abroad.  The apple  crop 
in  England  was  very  poor  this  year, 
which  would  naturally  be  good  for  our 
export  trade.  Germany,  too,  was  tak­
ing  more  apples  from  us  every  year. 
Canada  had  a  good  crop  this  year,  Mr. 
Watson  said,  and  42,000 barrels  of  ap­
ples  were shipped  abroad  from Montreal 
alone  last  week.  Some  of  the  Western 
people,  principally 
in  Chicago,  were 
also  buying  Canadian  apples  now,  de­
spite  the  duty.  The  present  prices  of 
apples  in  this  market  ranged  all the way 
from  $1  to  $3.50  per  barrel,  according 
to  variety  and  condition.  These prices 
were  a  little  lower  than  last  year’s  at 
the  corrresponding  period.  Low  prices 
had  generally  prevailed  in  the  last  few 
weeks  because  of  the  late  warm  weather 
and  the  non-keeping  qualities  of  the 
fall  apples.  The  regular  winter  varie­
ties  were  only  now  about  coming  in  the 
market. 
If  prices  did  not  increase,  it 
was  said,  the  dealers  wouldn’t make any 
money,  but  an  advance  was  hoped  for, 
as  that  was  the  usual  thing  with  the  ap­
proach  and  arrival  of  winter.

No  surprise  was  expressed  by  Mr. 
Watson  when  a  recently  published  state­
ment  was  shown  to  him  to  the  effect 
that  the  estimated  value  of  Missouri’s 
apple  crop  this  year  was  $1,000,000,  and 
that  this  was  only  one  tenth  as  much  as 
last  year.  They  usually  raised  a great 
many  apples  in  Missouri,  he  said,  and 
this  year  the  crop  was  very  light.

Charles  Forster,  whose  fruit  business 
includes  an  extensive  export  trade  in 
apples,  said  that  the  Canadian crop  was 
large  this  year,  being  much  better  than 
had  been  looked  for.  He  thought  that 
the  total  product  of  the  United  States 
was  hardly  half  a crop.  The export trade 
drew  on  all  the  leading  varieties  of  ap­
ples  grown  in  this  country,  which  were

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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

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We will prosecute any  person found using our packages for cider 
or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom.

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J. ROBINSON, Manager.

This is the guarantee we give w ith every barrel of our  vinegar.  Do  you  know  of  any  other 
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Newton  pippins,  Baldwins,  the Northern 
Spy,  the  Ben  Davis,  Greenings,  Rus­
sets,  and  “ Seeks,”   as  the  Seek-no- 
furthers  were  called  in  trade  parlance. 
The  same  kinds  were  raised  in  Canada, 
with  the  exception  of  the  Newtown  pip­
pin,  the  supply  of  which  on  the  Atlan­
tic  seaboard  was  drawn  from  Virginia 
and  the  Hudson  River  region. 
In  both 
sections  the  production  of  these  favorite 
apples  was  very  light  this  season,  but 
the  shortage  would  be  made  up  by  Cal­
ifornia  and  Oregon,  both  of  which  had 
good  crops.  Canada  was  now  exporting 
heavily,  chiefly  from  Montreal,  and  a 
few  apples,  comparatively,  were shipped 
from  Canada  in  bond  by  way  of  Boston 
and  New  York. 
It  was  true  that  some 
Canadian  apples  were  also  being  taken 
in  the  West,  although  the  duty  upon 
them  was  80 cents  per  barrel.  The  ex­
ports  last  week  were  75,000 barrels,  all 
told,  of  which  Canada  forwarded  about 
46,000  and  Nova  Scotia  15,000 barrels. 
Nova  Scotia  had  a  good  crop  this  year 
and  exported  largely  to  London.  From 
New  York  the  exports  were  chiefly  to 
London,  Liverpool  and  Glasgow,  with  a 
few  to  Hamburg.
How  the  Customers  Stood by the Old 

Clerk.

This  was  the  letter  that  the  young 
man  brought  around  to  the  houses  on 
the  first  trip  of  the grocery  wagon  on 
Monday  morning:

Dear  Mrs.  O’ B— ¡This  will introduce 
to  you  our  representative,  Harry  Hev- 
ens,  who  will  call  as  usual  hereafter  for 
your  orders.  Trusting  for a  continuance 
of 
friendly  relations  that  have 
hitherto  existed  between  us,  we  remain 
as  formerly,  your  respectfully,

the 

L u k e  L u n g ley  &  Co.

That 

is  rather  a  strange  letter  for  a 
grocer  to  send  around  to  his  customers, 
and  as  the  letter  was  printed,  it  evi­
dently  bad  been  sent  to all  the  custom­
ers,  at  least  on  one  route.  But it wasn’t 
the  letter  that  excited  the  customers;  it 
was  the  suggestion  of  a  change  in  the 
person  of  the  man  who  took  the  orders. 
For  Henry  Hevens  was  not  the  usual 
taker of  orders  on  that  route.  The  usual 
man  did  not  need  any  introduction.  He 
had  taken  orders  on  that  route  for  thir­
teen  years  for  old  Payne  &  Son,  and 
when  old  Payne  died  and  the  son  closed 
up  the  business,  he  had  gone  over  to 
Lungley,  and  taken  most  of  old  Payne’s 
customers  with  him,  and  for  eight  years 
on  top  of  the  thirteen  he  had  been  serv­
ing  the  same  route  and  mostly  the  same 
customers.

If you  wanted  a  ribbon  matched,  why, 
Washington  could  match  it;  if  the  ket­
tle  needed  repairs,  Washington  would 
take 
it  over  in  the  morning  and  bring 
it  back  as  good  as  new  when  be  made 
his 
last  round  in  the  afternoon.  Any­
thing  else— Washington  would  do  it  for 
you.  Then  who  got  all  the  news  so 
early  as  he?  Wasn’t be  the  first  to  pre­

dict  that  there  would  be  a change  in  the 
management  of  the  big home for sailors? 
Didn’t  he  know,  almost  before  the  de­
fendant  did,  that  Mrs.  Runabout  was 
bringing  a  suit  for  divorce?  Couldn’t 
he  say  something  different  about  the 
weather  at  every  house  he  went  to,  and 
express  different  views  on  the  political 
situation  with  each  voter?  And  wasn’t 
he  always  right?  So,  naturally,  the sug­
gestion  in  the  letter  made  a sensation.

There  was  great  excitement 

in  the 
houses  on  the  route.  When  the  men 
came home  the  wives  and  daughters  at­
tacked  them  at  once.

“ Did  you  know  Luke  Lungley  has 
discharged  Washington?”   There  may 
have  been  sleep  in  the  town  that  night, 
but 
if  there  was,  it  certainly  was  not 
near  the  old  grocery  route.

Why  was  Washington  going  to  leave 
Lungley  &  Co.,  or,  rather,  why  had  be 
left?  No  one  could  learn  the  first  day. 
Mr.  Henry  Hevens  was  non-committal, 
although  questioned  by  every  woman  in 
every  bouse  he  visited.  But  the  next 
day  Washington  walked  up  the  street.

“ Why,  mother!”   cried  one astonished 
child,  “ Washington  can  walk!”   She 
bad  never  seen  him  out  of  his  wagon 
before.

If  Washington  walked  up  the  street 
gloomily  he  went down  jauntily.  For  be 
had  been  to  see  his  old  customers  and 
bad  told  them  bis  story,  and  had  ob­
tained  from  each and every one  a  prom­
ise to give  his  or  her  custom  to whatever 
grocery  firm  he,  Washington,  might 
honor  with  bis  services.

in 

His  story  was  simple:  When  he  got 
to  the  store  on  Saturday  evening  the 
manager  told  him 
that  his  services 
would  not  be  needed  thereafter.  That 
was  all.

On  Wednesday  Washington  appeared 
fresh 
in  a  new  wagon,  gorgeous 
paint;  and 
it  had  on  its  sides  the  sig­
nificant  sign,  “ No.  2.”   For  the  new 
employer had  bad  to buy  a  new  wagon 
to  cover  the  increase  of  territory.  When 
Henry  Hevens  called  for  orders  that 
day  he  got  very  few ;  and  on  Thursday 
the  grocery  firm  of  Luke  Lungley  & 
Co.  withdrew 
its  wagon  from  Wash­
ington’s  old  route.  There  wasn’t  any 
business  for them  to  do—not even  in  the 
way  of  gleaning.

What  Was  Wanted.

Book  Agent— I  have  here  a 

little 
valuable  work  on  “ What  to  Do Until the 
Doctor  Comes. ’ ’

Mr.  Owen  Doe— Don’t  want  it.  Why 
don't  you  get  out  something  on  whaf  to 
do  when  the  collector  comes?

There  is  no  success  so  sweet  as  that 
achieved  by  acting  contrary  to  the  ad­
vice  of  our  knowing  friends.

Best  Quality. 

Northrop  Spices.

One and  Inseparable.

To think of the  one is to suggest the other.

It takes  the  best to make  the  best.

NORTHROP, ROBERTSON & CARRIER

LANSING, MICHIGAN.

MOST  POPULAR 

ROASTED  COFFEES 

ON  THE

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Try MILLAR’S  PEARLED  PEPPER,  Granulated.

E.  B.  Millar  &  Co.,

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We are manufacturing an article that will 
suggest  itself  to  vou  as  most  desirable 
for its salable quality. 

It is the

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It is adapted  to  your  trade;  in  Neatness 
and Convenience it has no equal;  the price 
is reasonable;  it is being extensively  ad­
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14

Shoes  and  Leather

Knew  What  He  Wanted.

He  came  into  the  store  in  a hesitating 
sort  of  a  way  as  if  he  wasn’t  quite  sure 
if  he  was  in  the  right  place.  Edging 
bashfully  up  to  one  of  the  clerks,  he  re­
marked 
in  a  quiet  way  that  he  would 
like  a  pair  of  shoes.  The  clerk  sized 
him  up  pretty  thoroughly  before  he 
answered.  Dressed 
in  a  suit  of  “ store 
clothes’ *  that  cost  possibly $12  and  with 
a  black  hat  and  black  tie  on,  he  didn’t 
look  as 
if  he  was  very  well  acquainted 
with  city  ways.

“ Yes,  sir,”   answered  the  salesman, 
“ sit  down,  please,”   and  he  sat  him 
down  on  one  of  the  settees  and  began  to 
take  off  his  old  shoe.

When  he  got 

it  off be  looked  at  it  a 
moment  and  then  at  his  customer  again 
in  rather a  surprised  way.  It  was  a  fine 
hand-made  vici  shoe.

“ You  want a  black  shoe,  I  suppose,”  

he  enquired.

“ I  guess  so,  but  I’ll  leave  it  to  you 
to  give  me  the  right  thing,”   answered 
the  customer.

This  seemed  to  renew  the  clerk’s con­
fidence,  for  he  took  down  a  glaze  kid 
shoe  McKay  sewed,  that  they  usually 
got  three  dollars  for  and  showed  it  to 
the  old  gentleman,  remarking:

“ Now,  here  is  a  boot  that  you  should 
have. 
It’s  a  fine  Vici  stock,  soft  and 
comfortable  and  dressy.  It’s  well  made, 
too,  and  will  wear.”

The  customer  took  the  shoe  gingerly 
and  looked  at  it,  pinched the stock,  then 
looked  upward  and  enquired :

“ It’s  a  Vici,  you  say?”
“ Yes,  sir.”
4 ‘ I  want a  Goodyear  welt, ’ ’  stated  the 

customer.

“ That  shoe  is  a  Goodyear  welt," 

affirmed  the  clerk.

“ Is 
man. 
how  it  fits.”

it?”  
“ Well,  pfit 

innocently  asked  the  old 
it  on  and  we’ll  see 

It  didn’t  fit  at  all  and  several  other 
pairs  were  brought  out  and  tried,  with 
no  better  results.  Then  the  customer 
turned  to  the  clerk  and  remarked :

“ If  you  will  get  me  a  welt  and  a  gen­
uine  vice  on  a  glace  toe  you  can  prob­
ably  fit  me. 
I  don’t  believe  I  want  one 
of  these  McKays.”

The  clerk  looked  at  him  in  surprise, 
then  recovered  himself  and  hastened  to 
repeat  his  assertions  as  to  the  stock  and 
make-u|i  of  the  shoe.  When  he  stopped 
the  old  man  laughed  and  remarked: 

“ You  mean  well,  young  man,  but  I 
really  can’t  agree  with  you. 
I  have 
made  shoes  for  forty  years  and  don’t 
make  mistakes  of  this kind.  Come  now, 
get  me  a  better  shoe. ’ ’

He got  the  shoes  and  the  clerk’s  fel­
low  salesmen  haven’t  done  guying  him 
yet.
Proper  Profits  and  How  to  Maintain 

Them.

It  seems  that  one  should  first  consider 

what  is a  proper  margin  of  profit.

In  these  days  of  close  competition  it 
is  almost  impossible  for  a  merchant  to 
adhere  strictly  to  a  certain  percentage, 
as  some  lines  of  goods  will  bear  a  much 
larger  profit  than  others.

There  is  also  a  great  difference  in 
different  localities,  goods  being  sold  at 
a  much  closer  margin  in  larger cities 
than 
towns,  but  the 
amount  of  goods  sold  being  so  much 
greater  the  gross  profits  in  proportion 
should  not  be  so  very  different.

in  the  smaller 

If,  on  an  average,  a  merchant  can 
realize  twenty-five  per  cent,  his  busi­
ness  should  be  a good-paying  one.

There  is  usually  more  money in a gen­
line  of goods, 
in  such  cities as  New 

eral  than 
except  possibly 
York,  Boston,  Chicago,  etc.

in  a  special 

In  smaller  cities  the  demand  would 
not  be  great  enough  for  a  special  line; 
and  the majority of people prefer to trade 
where  they  can  get  whatever they need— 
for 
instance,  a  family  needing  shoes 
would  be  more  likely  to  go  to  a  store 
where  all  the  members  could  be  suited 
than  to  different  stores  each  making  a 
specialty  of  one  line.

Undoubtedly,  dealers  carrying  a  spe­
cial 
line  can  show  a  larger  variety  of 
that  one  class  of  goods,  and  possibly 
give  better  value  in that line;  but usual­
ly  to  the  retail  merchant  a  general, 
well-assorted 
line  would  prove  most 
profitable.

If goods  are  bought  carefully  the  mul­
tiplicity  of  styles  should  not  materially 
affect  the  profits.

Buying  a  quantity  of  any  novelty, 
goods  of  unusual color,  style,  etc.,  which 
to  get  rid  of  would  have  to be  sold  at 
cost,  or  even 
less,  would  certainly  do 
so,  but  with  wise  buying  this  can  be 
avoided.

If  dealers  would  agree  together  not  to 
sacrifice  profits  to' obtain  trade  it  would 
mean  a  great  deal  to  them,  but  in  the 
smaller  towns  particularly  they  are  so 
rarely  congenial  that  an  agreement  be­
tween  them  would  be almost  an 
impos­
sibility.

Profits  can  be  maintained  by  doing  a 
strictly  one-price  cash  business.  By 
carrying  good,  reliable  merchandise. 
By  giving  customers  full  value  for  their 
money,  and  by  treating  them  honestly 
and  courteously,  thereby  gaining  their 
confidence  and  making  a  good  reputa­
tion  for  the  store,  to  which  they  will 
certainly  “ come  again.” — Boots  and 
Shoes  Weekly.
The  Wrong  Way  and  the  Right  Way. 
Correspondence  Boots and Shoes  Weekly.
“ If  the  shoe  business  is  getting  down 
to  such  a  basis  as  that,  I  am  ready  to 
go 
into  some  other  line  just  as  soon  as 
the  Lord  will  let  m e,”  remarked  a  Bos­
ton  retail  shoe  dealer  who  criticises  the 
“ special-priced”   fellows  for  showing 
shoes  in  their display  windows  far  su­
perior both  in  appearance  and  material 
to  the  goods  they  have  for  sale.  He  says 
they  do  not  all  do  this,  but  condemns 
the  practice,  which  he  claims  is spread­
ing-  There 
is  a  possibility,  of  course, 
that  this  dealer  may  be  mistaken,  but 
it  is a  fact  that  I  have  often heard  man­
ufacturers  remark,  “ Where  can  they 
get  them?”   while  looking  at  a  tempting 
display  of  footwear  at  prices  which  are 
so  much  below  the  market  that  it  would 
not  be  surprising  if  some  such  a scheme 
as  this  was  being  worked. 
It  costs  one 
manufacturer  about  as  much  as  it  does 
another to  produce  his  shoes,  and  when 
one  dealer,  either posing as the producer 
or.  not,  offers  goods  at  unreachable 
prices  as 
is  con­
cerned,  it  is  not surprising  that  the  reg­
ular  shoe  dealers  feel  quite  certain  that 
there  is  a  colored  individual  somewhere 
in  the  woodpile.

far  as  competition 

Goods  that  are  used  exclusively  for 
window  display  purposes,  and  at  prices 
designated,  should  not,  in  my  opinion, 
be  superior  to  the  goods  that  the  cus­
tomer  buys. 
In  other  words,  a  dealer 
who  is  really  honest  and  not  tricky  will 
not  show  $3  5°  shoes  in  his  windows, 
and  sell  shoes  for $2.50  from  bis  regu­
lar  stock,  and 
impress  upon  the  buyer 
that  he  is  getting just  the  same  thing  as 
was  displayed,  it may not  be  swindling, 
but 
is,  nevertheless,  so  close  to  it  that 
many  legitimate  retailers  would  hesitate 
a  long  time  before  stooping  to  such 
methods.  The  buyer  looks  at  the  $3.50 
shoes  which  may  be  marked  $3  or  $2 
(the  scheme 
is  the  same  whether the 
dealer  shows  a  $3.50  or  $5  shoe,  and 
marks  it  at  a  much  lower  price)  and 
fancies that  he  is getting  a  great  bar­
gain.  And  so  he  is,  if  he  got  the  same 
kind  of  shoes  that  he  thought  he  was 
getting.  There  is  a  wrong  way  and  a 
right  way  to  do  business,  and  it  occurs 
to  the  writer that,  in  selling  shoes,  or 
selling  anything  whatever,the  dishonest 
or tricky  way  is  the  wrong  way,  and  the 
honest way  is  the  right  way.

Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., 

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When you want  Rubbers,  buy the  Bos- 

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15

Carbolite  As a Possible Rival of Acety­

lene  Gas.

If  report  be  true,  acetylene gas  will 
shortly  bave a  rival  in  carbolite,  for the 
production  of  which  blast-furnace  slag 
is  stated  to be especially suitable.  Prep­
arations  are  being  made  at  Hammond, 
Ind.,  near  South  Chicago,  for  utilizing 
slag  for  tbis  purpose.  The  inventor  of 
the  process  of  manufacture  is  Herman 
L.  Hartenstein,  a  Chicago  chemist,  who 
has  taken  out  a  patent  for  utilizing  the 
waste  products  of  blast  furnaces 
in  the 
manufacture  of  carbolite,  from  which 
ethylene  gas  is  produced,  defined  as  an 
improvement  on  acetylene,  but  having 
the  same  characteristics.  Carbolite  is 
a  combination  of  the  carbides  of  cal­
cium,  aluminum  and  silicon,  and  for 
its  production  blast-furnace  slag  is  es­
pecially  suitable.

The  method  of production is described 
as  follows:  The  slag  is almost  as  fluid 
as  water,  and  by  means  of  ladles,  oper­
ated  by  hydraulic  power,  it  is  passed 
into  converters  similar  to  those  used 
for  the  manufacture  of  Bessemer  steel. 
The  tuyeres  are  so  arranged  that  finely 
pulverized  coke  may  be  fed  through 
them.  Before  the  slag 
is  poured  into 
the  converter  a  strong  gas  blast is forced 
through  the  pipes  to  keep  the  molten 
mass  from  running  into  and  filling them 
up.

As  soon,  however,  as  the  slag 

is 
poured  into  the  converter  the  pulverized 
coke  is  fed  into  the  molten  mass.  This 
is  continued  until  the  slag  is thoroughly 
impregnated  with  the  coke.  When  the 
is  complete  the  converter  is 
mixture 
turned  on 
its  shaft  so  as  to  allow  the 
mass  to  flow  between  a  series  of  carbon 
bars  or  electrodes,  which  serve  to  in­
troduce  a  powerful  electric  current. 
Coke  is  an  excellent  conductor  of  elec-
tricity,  while  slag  is  a  resistant.  The 
result 
is  that  the  particles  of  slag,  in 
connection  with  the  particles  of  coke, 
form  innumerable  electric  arcs,  produ­
cing a  most  intense  heat within the mix­
ture. 
In  the  course  of  about  twenty 
minutes  the  mass  becomes  so  super­
heated  that  the  slag 
is  fused  or  car­
bureted  with  the  coke.

When  this  fusion  is  effected  the  ma­
terial  is  finished.  It  is  then  poured  into 
moulds.  When  cool  it  is  of  crystalline 
formation,  has  a  metallic  glitter,  and  is 
nearly  twice  the  weight  of  coal.  The 
finished  product  is  carbolite,  which  can 
be  kept 
indefinitely  and  transported 
without  difficulty.  Protected  by  wood- 
jacketed  tin  cans  from  water  and  air 
moisture,  it  can  be  kept  as  a  common 
article  of  merchandise,  and  supplied  to 
the  consumer  with  much  less  difficulty 
than  illuminating  oil.  Each  pound  of 
carbolite  will  produce  five  feet  of  gas. 
Each  cubic  foot  is  equal in illuminating 
power  to  fifteen  feet  of  ordinary  coal  or 
water gas.

The  unused  Bessemer  plant  at  Ham­
mond  has  been  secured  for  the  manu­
facture  of  carbolite,  and  is  now  being 
fitted  with  the  necessary  electrical  ap­
pliances. 
If the  claims  of  the  inventor 
are  substantial,  he  will  turn  out  a  prod­
uct  which  will  make  a  better gas than 
acetylene  for  isolated 
lighting,  at  a 
much  lower  cost. 
If  the  slag  can  thus 
be  made  valuable,  the  cost  of  produ­
cing  iron  may  be  considerably  dimin­
ished.
The Toxic Properties of Acetylene Gas.
The  English  physiologist,  Oliver, 
recently  conducted  a  series  of  animal 
experiments,  with  the  object  of  ascer­
taining  the  toxic  properties  of acetylene 
gas.  The  results  may  be summarized 
as  follows:  A  guinea  pig  which  was

in  a 

kept  in  an  atmosphere  containing acety­
lene  gas  exhibited  no  unusual  symp­
toms.  This  result 
is  just  the  reverse 
of that  obtained  when  the  exposure  was 
made 
in  an  atmosphere  containing  il­
luminating  gas.  The  latter,  in  virtue 
of 
its  high  per  cent,  of  carbon  mon­
oxide,  rapidly  produced  all  the  symp­
toms  of  asphyxiation,  and  soon  caused 
death.  A  very  stable  combination  of 
carbon  monoxide  and  the  haemoglobin 
of  the  blood  is  formed.  Only  after  ex­
posure  of  the  animal  in  an  atmosphere 
of  pure  acetylene  gas  were  any  disturb­
ances  noted.  After  prolonged 
inhala­
tion  of  pure  acetylene gas  the  animal 
relapsed  into  a  state  of  profound  stupor 
without  any  previous  stage  of  excite­
ment.  This  condition  was  rapidly  made 
to  disappear by  allowing  the  animal  to 
inhale  fresh  air,  even 
limited 
amount;  no  signs  of  paralysis  were 
afterward  noticed.  Death  resulted  only 
when  the  asphyxia was very pronounced, 
the  previous  cyanotic  appearance  being 
replaced  by  a  marked  paleness.  Upon 
spectroscopic  examinations  of the blood, 
during  the  different  stages  of  intoxica­
tion,  no  marked  changes  were  noted.

Two  distinct  oxyhaemoglobin  bands 
are  seen  and  reduction  by  means  of 
ammonium  sulphide,  warming  slightly, 
is  easily  accomplished,  thus  reversing 
conditions  found  after  asphyxia 
the 
Blood 
caused  by 
illuminating  gas. 
pressure  remains  unchanged 
all 
in  the  stage  of  most 
stages,  excepting 
profound  asphyxia.  Owing  to  the  de­
layed  appearance  of asphyxia signs,  and 
the  very  rapid  recovery  when  pure  air 
is  supplied,  it  would  appear  that  the 
toxic  properties  of  acetylene  gas  are 
very  much  below  those  of  illuminating 
gas.  The  arteries  in  the  stages  of  pro­
found  asphyxia  were  found  to  be greatly 
contracted,  so  much  so,  in  fact,  as  to 
be  considered  noteworthy.  After  death 
from  inhalation  of  this gas,  a  post-mor­
tem  examination  revealed 
the  heart 
firmly  contracted  and  filled  with  dark, 
clotted  blood,  quite  the  reverse  of  the 
condition  found  after  asphyxia  from 
other  causes.

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shoe  manufacturing  business  to-day  by 
making  a  one  price  shoe  of  strictly  re­
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letting  the  people 
know  by  constant  advertising  that  such 
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successes 
in  shoe  manufacturing  in  a 
financial  way  have  been  made  along 
these  lines  when  singleness  of  purpose 
has  been  faithfully  followed  out.

Chicago 

is  responsible  for  the  new 
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pair of  boys'  shoes  sold.  Why  not  give 
them  the  shoes  and  charge  16  cents  for 
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Michigan.

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Albert  C .  Antrim’s  Youthful  Experi­

ence  on  a  Ranch.

Albert  C.  Antrim,  the  veteran  Alabas- 
tine  salesman,  than  whom  none  of  “ the 
boys”   have  traveled  farther,  and  few 
longer,  tells  the  following  as  happening 
to  himself  when  a  young  man on a ranch 
out  in  the  Wooly  West:

“ When  I  was  a  young  man,”   he  be­
gins  in that  pleasant  reminiscent  way  of 
his,  “ I  was  employed  as  a  pasture  rider 
on  one  of  the  big  cattle 
‘ outfits'  in 
Wyoming.  My  work was  to  ride  through 
the  different  pastures  and 
inspect  the 
fences,  if need  be  repair a  broken  wire, 
and  note  the  condition  of  the  grass  and 
drive  out any  stray  cattle.  The  western 
half  of  the  ranch  was  situated  among 
the  foot-hills  of  the  Rocky  Mountains ; 
and,  when  I  had  to  ride  over  this  por­
tion  of  it,  it  frequently  happened  that  I 
did  not  get  through  much  before  sun­
down.  Then  there  was  the  long  ride  of 
eleven  miles, home to  the  ranch  house, 
which  was  located  at  the  extreme  east­
ern  end  of  the  ranch.

“ It  was  on  one  of  these  occasions that 
I  had  been  delayed  later than usual,  and 
was  riding  along  the  ridge  of  one  of 
the  foot-hills,  the  gathering  of  dusk  and 
the  rough  country  making  my  progress 
necessarily  slow,  when  I  saw  at  a  short 
distance  down  the  hillside  a  monster 
animal  with  a  bead  fully  half  as  large 
as  its  body.  My  horse  saw  the  strange 
object  at  the  same  time  and  stopped 
suddenly  with  a  snort  of  terror. 
I  fully 
appreciated  his  fright,  for  my  own feel­
ings  were  as  nearly  akin  to  his  as  pos­
sible.  My  first 
impulse  was  to  ‘ turn 
tail'  and  get  away  as  quickly  as  my 
horse  could  take  m e;  but  after  a  mo­
ment’s  reflection  I  made up  my  mind  to 
find  out  what  the  strange  monster  was. 
I  always  carried  a  six-shooter  in  my 
belt.  Drawing  this,  I  began  to  urge 
my  horse  forward;  but,  spur as  I  would, 
forward  he  would  not  budge.  Realizing 
that  I  was  wasting  precious  time,  and 
twilight,  I  rode back  a  short distance  to 
where  there  was  a  scrub  pine  tree,  to 
which  I  tied  my  horse  and,  taking  in 
one  hand  the  hatchet  that  I  always  car­
ried  for  fence  repairing,  and  my  trusty 
six-shooter 
in  the  other,  I  went  cau­
tiously  towards  the  strange  terror.  As  I 
advanced  I  could  see  the  animal  mov­
ing  its  huge  head  from  side to  side,  and 
now  and  then 
it  would  bump  on  the 
ground  what  appeared  to  be  its  nose.

“ Dodging  from  rock  to  rock,  I  finally 
feet  of  the  great 
got  within  twenty 
beast 
Imagine  my  surprise  when,  as  I 
cautiously  peered  from  behind  a  boul­
der,  I  discovered  that  the  strange  mon 
ster  was  a  big  steer,  with  his head  in  a 
barrel!  Some  camper had,  in  all  prob­
ability,  discarded  the  barrel  when  he 
broke  camp  and  the  big  steer,  in  trying 
to  get  at 
its  contents,  had  wedged  his 
head  into  it,  making  himself a prisoner. 
With  the  aid  of  my  hatchet  it  was  but a 
moment’s  work  to  cut  the  hoops  and 
liberate  the  poor brute,  which was  in  an 
exhausted  condition.  Judging  by 
its 
gaunt  sides  and  protruding  tongue,  it 
must  have  been  a  prisoner for  several 
days.  As  soon  as  the  animal  realized 
that  it  was  free,  it  scampered  off,  bel­
lowing  with  joy,  towards  a  small  stream 
at  the  foot  of  the  hill.

“ Knowing  that  the  brute  would  kill 
itself 
if  allowed  to  drink  freely  in  its 
present  condition,  I  hastened  back  to 
where  my  horse  was  tied,  mounted  and 
gave  chase. 
Sure  enough,  when  I 
reached  the  stream  there  was  the  steer 
up  to  its  body  in  the  water,  and  drink­
ing  as 
it  had  not  tasted  water  for  a 
lasso  over  the
week. 

if 
Swinging  my 

steer’s  horns,  I  turned  my  horse  and 
pulled  him  out  of  the  water.

‘ ‘ But  the  damage  was  already  done. 
The  poor  brute  fell  with  a  groan  as  be 
reached  the  bank,  and  five  minutes later 
was  dead.

“ When  I  related  this  incident  to  the 
boys  at  the  ranch,  they  declared  that  I 
had  better  use  some  other  brand  of 
liquor. ”

Human  Nature  As  Viewed  from  Be­

hind  the  Counter.

If  any  student  of  human  nature  has 
exhausted  all  the  species  possible  to 
him,  he  should  report  to  some  general 
store  for  a  few  weeks’  service  behind 
the  counter,  and  if  there  is  a  day passes 
which  does  not provide him ample work, 
with  plenty  of  rare  subjects 
in  his  pet 
line,  he  must  be  located 
in  a  queer 
country.  Within  a  given  week  he  may 
all  but  run  the  gamut  of  the  entire  ^hu- 
man  race.  He  will  see  the  close-fisted, 
well-to-do  farmer buy  a  reaper or  mow­
er,  winding  up  with  a  pound  of  chew­
ing  tobacco  and  probably  a  jug,  while 
at  the  same  time  he  refuses  his  patient 
wife  a 
labor-saving  washing  machine 
or  churn,  and  tells  her  “ that  four-cent 
is  good  enough  for  you,  and 
caliker 
shorely 
is  good  enough  for  daughter 
Ann.  We  can’t  go  in  for  fol-de-rols  just 
yet  a  while.  Wait'll  we  sell  the  hogs. 
Wait’ll  we  sell  our  wheat.  We  don’t 
sell  none  soon.  Prices  is  goin’  up,  and 
I’ve  changed  my  mind,  and  I’ll  hold 
on  till  she  goes  to  the  top.”   He  will 
see  a hard-visaged  woman,  hard through 
toil  and  exposure,  whose  butter  is  al­
ways  better  than  her  neighbors’,  her 
eggs  fresher,  and  her  measure  the  most 
liberal,  and  therefore she must get better 
prices.  He  will  see  pretty  Marjorie  in 
the  throes  of  agony  caused  by  picking 
out  all  alone  her first  dress  from her first 
earnings,  gained  through  picking  ber­
ries,  raising 
chickens  or  helping  a 
neighbor  out  with  her  kitchen  work dur­
ing  the  harvesting  season.  Mrs.  Brow- 
beater,  who  is  determined  to  get  every­
thing  she  buys  at  a  cut  price,  “ or  I 
guess  I’ll  have  to quit  trading  in  this 
skimpy  town  and  go  over  to  Slocum’S' 
Emporium of Trade at Parkerville.  They 
do  say  he 
is  selling  goods  powerful 
cheap.”   Then  comes  the  man  who  is 
in  a  rush  and  demands  that 
always 
every  clerk  shall 
leave  customers  and 
wait  on  him,  so  he  may  start  back  home 
at  once—“ got  hay  on  the ground,  an’ 
it’s  goin'  to  rain  afore  night,  shore  as 
shootin’. ”   He  sees  the  boy  (all  but  a 
young  man),  permitted  for  the  first time 
to  buy  his  fall  suit  all  alone,  undergo­
ing  perfect  torture  through  his  desire  to 
select  the  “ prettiest”   suit and  bis  ab­
solute  lack  of  taste  and  knowledge  as  to 
“ what’ll  wear  good.”   Last,  but  not 
least,  is  the  bluff,  hearty,  good-natured 
man  who  must  shake  hands  with  every­
body,  the  kindly,  big-hearted,  motherly 
woman,  God  bless  her,  who  not  only 
asks  about  your  health,  but  that  of  your 
mother  and  sister  and  entire  family, 
and  sympathizes  with  you  in  a  way  one 
can  not  forget—and  would  not  if  one 
could.

The  Americans  are a  nation  of  coffea 
drinkers,  according  to  the  Treasury 
Bureau  of  Statistics,  which  has  just 
is­
sued  a  report  showing  that  American 
imports  or  coffee  for  the  present  fiscal 
year  reach  870,514,215  pounds  and  that 
the annual  coffee  bill  for  the  country for 
the  past  ten  years  has  averaged  $87,- 
500,000. 
America  has  usually  pur­
chased  the  bulk  of  her  coffee  in  Brazil, 
paying  chiefly  cash  instead  of goods  of 
American  production,  and  attention  is 
now  called  to  the  fact that  in  the  acqui­
sition  of  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  Manila, 
America  has  secured  sufficient  coffee­
growing  territory  to  supply  her  wants  in 
this  direction.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Men’s Association 

President,  C.  L.  Whitney,  Traverse  City;  Sec­

retary, E. A. Stowe, Grand Bapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’Association

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

A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Asaociatioa

President,  C.  G.  J ewett,  Howell;  Secretary, 

Henry C. Minnie, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J oseph Knight;  Secretary, B. Masks. 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, C. H. F rink.
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association 
Klap;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  Lehman.

President,  Fkank  J.  Dyk;  Secretary,  Homes 

President, P. F. Tbsanob;  Vice-President, J ohn 

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 
McBbatnie;  Secretary,  W.  H. Lewis.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Geo. E. Lew is; Secretary, W. H. Pob 

t e b ;  Treasurer,  L. Pelton.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A. C. Clark;  Secretary, E. F.  Cleve­

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

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

bell;  Treasurer, W. E.  Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

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

Partridge.

Grand Rapids RetaH Meat Dealers’ Association
President, L. J. Katz;  Secretary, Ph ilip Hilber : 

Treasurer, S. J. Hdppokd.

S t Johns Business  Men’s Association. 

President, Thos  Bbomlby;  Secretary, F rank A. 
Percy;  Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Pony Business Men’s Association 

President,  H.  W,  Wallace;  Secretary,  T.  E, 

Hbddle.
Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association
President, F. D. Vos ; Secretary, J. W. VebHoeks

Yale Bnsiness Men’s Association 

President,  Chas.  Rounds;  Secretary,  F bank 

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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.
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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Qrip. 

President, J ohn a . Hofpmah, Kalamazoo; Secre­
tary, J  C. Saunders, Lansing;  Treasurer, Chas. 
McNolty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Snedekbr.  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W. Allen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans. Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary. G  S. Valmobe, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W. S. Wbst, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President, F. G. T rubcott, Marquette; Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F.  W ix b o n ,  Marquette.

dent Association.

G R A D ED   A S S E S S M E N T S .

Amendments  Proposed  by  a  Veteran 

Member.

Detroit,  Oct.  21— It  has  been  deemed 
necessary  by  a  great  many  of  our  mem­
bers  that  we  ought  to  adopt  a  graded 
plan  of  insurance,  to  induce  yonng  men 
to  join  our  Association.  Enclosed  find 
copy  of  amendments  to  constitution  of 
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Asso­
ciation,  which  I  have  offered,  to  be 
acted  on  at  our annual  meeting,  Dec. 
30,  1898. 
it  would  be  fcr  the 
best 
interests  of  our  Association  to 
adopt  some  such  plan  and  tberby  in­
crease  our  membership.  Our  Associa­
tion  is  no  longer an  experiment,  but  an 
assured  fact;  but  to  continue 
it  it  is 
necessary  to  gtt  in  new  blood  to  reduce 
the  cost  of  our  insurance.  New  blood  is 
available 
if  the  members  desire  it  and 
do  their duty. 

T h o m a s   M a c l e o d .

I  think 

The  changes  proposed by Mr.  Macleod 

are  as  follows :

Section  1.  The  members  who  are  ad­
mitted  to  this  Association  after  the  1st 
dav  of  January,  1899,  shall  be  graded  as 
follows :

Those  aged  between :
21-25  years  shall  be  the  first  grade.
26-30  years  shall  be  the  second  grade.
31-35  years  shall  be  the  third  grade.
36-40  years  shall  be  the  fourth  grade.
41  45  years  shall  be  the  filth  grade.
Whenever an  assessment  is  ordered  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees  to  pav  the  death 
benefit  of  a  deceased  member,  each 
member  shall  be  assessed  according  to 
the  grade  and  denomination of his mem­
bership  certificate  and  the  denomina­
tion  held  by  the  deceased  member,  as 
follows ;

Certificate  A. 
Grade  1,  $2.00. 
Grade  2,  2.50. 
Gride  3.
3  20.
4.00.
Grade  4,
Grade  5, 
5.00. 
accruing
Benefits

Certificate  B. 
Grade  1,  $1.00 
Grade  2, 
1.25
Grade  3, 
1.60
Grade  4,  2.00 
Grade  5,  2.50 
from  Certificate  A
shall  be  limited  to  $2,500 and  benefits 
from  Certificate  B  shall  be  limited  to 
$1,250.  All  members  admitted  prior  to 
January  1,  1899.  shall  remain 
in  fifth 
grade  and  their  ce  tificate  designated 
and  classified  as  Certificate  A.

It 

is  further  provided  that  when  the 
members 
in  grade  No.  1  shall  reach  26 
years  of  age,  they  shall  be  transferred 
to  grade  No.  2  and  be  subject  to  the 
assessment  as  ordered  from  grade  No. 
2,  and  when  the  members  ot  grade  No. 
2  shall  reach  31  years  of  age  they  shall 
be  transferred  to  grade  No.  3  and  be 
subject  to  the  assessment  ordered  for 
grade  No.  3  and  when  the  members  of 
grade  No.  3  shall  reach  36  years  of  age, 
they  shall  be  transferred  to  grade  No. 
4  and  be  subject  to  the  assessment  or 
dered  for  grade  No.  4,  and  when  the 
members  of  grade  No.  4  shall  reach  40 
years  of  age,  they  shall  be  transferred 
to  grade  No.  5  and  be  subject  to  the 
assessment  ordered  for  grade  No.  5  and 
shall  not  be  increased.

Sec.  2.  Upon  proof  of  death  of  any 
member  of  this  Association  which  shall 
be  satisfactory  to the  Board  of  Trustees, 
they  may  order  an  assessment  against 
each  member  of  the  Association,  in  ac­
cordance  with  the  deceased  member’s 
grade  and  denomination  of  his  certifi­

cate  (as  provided  in  Section  1,  Article 
VI.),  and  the  denomination  of  the  de­
ceased  member’s  certificate,  and  shall 
order  paid  the  amount  collected  upon 
such  mortuary  assessment  to  the  person 
or  persons  designated  by  him,  or in case 
no  designation  is  made,  to  his  widow, 
and 
in  case  he  leaves  no  widow,  then 
the  legal  representatives  of  the  de­
ceased.

Amount  of  payment  to  he  made  upon 
any  membership  certificate  not  to  ex­
ceed  $2,500 or $1,250,  as  determined  by 
tbe  denomination  of  certificate  in  force 
and  held  by  the  member  at  the  time  of 
bis  death  and  recorded  in  the  books  of 
the  Association.

A  payment  by  said  Association  of any 
death 
loss  under  and  in  pursuance  of 
this  section  of  said  article  of  its  consti 
tution  shall  be  a complete and  valid  sat­
isfaction  to  and  discharge  of  said  Asso­
ciation  of  and  from  any  and  all  claims 
which  may  arise  out  of  or  be  made 
against  it  for  or  under  such  death  loss.
Amend Article II.,  Section  4,  to  read :
All  applications  for  membership  must 
be  accompanied  with  five  dollars  as  ini­
tiation  fee  (unless  otherwise  ordered  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees)  and  with  an 
amount  to  pay  one  death  assessment 
in 
advance,  in  accordance  with  applicant’s 
age  and  denomination  of  membership 
certificate  applied  for.

Add  Section  5  to  Article  II.  :
Any  member  bolding  a  certificate  of 
larger  denomination  mav  reduce  to  one 
of  a  smaller  denomination,  upon  writ 
ten  application  and  the  filing  of  papers 
satisfactory  to  tbe  Board  of  Trustees.

Any  member  under  the  prescribed age 
limit  and  bolding  Certificate  B  may, 
by  passing  a  satisfactory medical  exam 
¡nation  and 
tbe  approval  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  increase  from  Certificate  B 
to  Certificate  A.

Amend  Article 

IV.,  Section  3, 

to 

read:

read:

Every  member  shall  pay  in  April  and 
October  of  each  and  every year,  as dues:

Members  holding  Certificate  A,  $5.
Members  holding  Certificate  B,  $2.50 
which  shall  be  placed  to  credit  of  ex­
pense  fund.

Amend  Section  2,  Article  VIII.,  to 

Upon  the  death  of  any  member of this 
Association,  and  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
in  consequence thereof,  having  ordered 
an  assessment,  the  Secretary  shall  im 
mediately  notify  every  member,  by 
mailing  to  his  last  known  postoffice  ad 
dress,  a  written  or  printed  notice  of 
such  death,  and  shall  at  once,  under  tbe 
direction  of  said  Board  of  Trustees, 
proceed  to  collect  an  assessment  from 
each  member  for  such  de^.th  an  amount 
in  accordance  with  the  assessed  mem­
ber’s  grade  and  denomination  of  his 
certificate  (as  provided 
in  Section  1. 
Article  V I.),  and  the  denomination  of 
the  deceased  member’s 
certificate, 
which  moneys,  when  collected, are  to  be 
credited  to  the  death  assessment  fund.
Movements of Lake Superior T ravelers.
is 
on  his  maiden  trip  for  his  new  house— 
Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co.,  Chicago.

Marquette,  Oct.  25—Charles  Doty 

C.  D.  Danaber,  Newberry,  is  the ban­
ner  purchaser  of  the  1899  directories  of 
the  Lake  Superior  Commercial  Trav­
elers’  Club.  He  ordered  twenty-four 
extra  copies.

H.  F.  Nickerson  (I.  E.  Swift  Co. ) 
left  his  territory  for  a  week  to  remain 
in  tbe  house  during  tbe  absence  of  the 
manager,  J.  M.  Hayden.

A.  P.  Simpson  has  resigned  his  posi­
tion  with  the  Northern  Hardware  Co.. 
Duluth.  Alex  expects  to  represent  a 
Detroit  house  in  the  near  future.

A.  T.  Van  Alstvn  is  now  well  estab­
lished  in  his  new  quarters  at  Marquette 
— a  strictly  first  class,  up-to-date  dry 
goods establishment.  Mr.  Van  A.  repre­
sented  Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co. 
in 
this  territory  for  years.

William  P.  Baillie,  of  Detroit,  is now 
traveling  for  the  firm  of  George  H. 
Wheelock  &  Co  ,  of  South  Bend,  Ind 
Mr.  Baillie  represented  the  firm  of 
Chas.  H.  Werner,  of  Detroit,  sixteen 
years.  He  now  travels  through  the  east­
ern  part  of  the  State.

Perfecting  Arrangements for the Sagi­

naw  Convention.

Saginaw,  Oct.  23—A large  and  enthu­
siastic  meeting  of  Post  F.,  M.  K.  of  G., 
was  held  Saturday  evening  at  the  Vin­
cent  Hotel,  at  which  the  following  com­
mittees  submitted  their  reports:

The  Hall  Committee  reported  that  the 
new  Germania  Hall  was  the 
largest, 
best  and most appropriate place in which 
to  hold  tbe  annual  meeting  and  could be 
obtained  for $50.  The  Committee  was 
instructed  to  engage  same  for  Dec.  27 
and  28.

The  Music  Committee  submitted  a 
report  and  presented  figures  from  tbe 
leading  bands  and  was  granted  another 
week  to  obtain  prices  from  outside 
bands.

The  Committee  on  Entertainment 
submitted  estimate  of  expense  and 
mapped  out  part  of  the  programme  pro- 
p  sed.
The  Printing  Committee  presented 
samples  of  programmes, 
invitations, 
etc.,  and  prices  for  same.  No  designs 
were  adopted,  but  the  Committee  was 
instructed  to  have  500  tickets  printed 
and  placed  on  sale  at  the  following 
prices:  Double  ticket,  to  admit  lady 
and  gentlemen  to  banquet  and  ball.  $3; 
additional  tickets,  for  more  than  two, 
$1.50  each,  to  be  sold  to  any  one  other 
than  members  of  tbe  organization.

The  Committee  on  Badges  could  not 
submit  samples  or  prices  until  the  next 
meeting.

Tbe  Reception  Committee  reported 
that  it  bad  appointed  a  ladies’ auxiliary 
for  the  reception  of  ladies,  consisting 
of  Mesdames  C.  E.  Cornwell,  C.  E. 
Smith,  S.  E.  Symons,  W.  H.  Lewis 
and  John  Segars;  also  a  committee  to 
take  charge  of  headquarters,  composed 
of  J.  P.  Sheridan,  C.  J.  Fox  and  Seth 
Davis.  The  Commiltee  also  submitted 
a  report,  estimating  tbe  expense  of  the 
arrangements.

The  next  meeting  is  to  be  held  Nov. 
29 at  the  Board  of  Trade  rooms,  in  con­
junction  with  the  Retail  Merchants’ As­
sociation,  for  the  purpose  of  arranging 
ways  and  means  for  the  entertainment 
of  the  guests  while  in  the  city.  This 
Associa'ion  has  taken  great 
in 
tbe  coming  meeting  and  will leave noth­
ing  undone  to  create  the  impression 
in 
the  minds  of  the  boys  that  Saginaw  is 
alive  and  has  a  keen  eye  forhusiness.
O.  C.  G o u l d,  Sec’y.

interest 

The  Apple  Outlook  From a Minnesota 
From the Minneapolis  Commercial  Bulletin.

Standpoint.

Tbe  demand  for  fall  varieties  is about 
over.  The  supply  is  also  about  cleaned 
up.  There 
is  a  steady  and  increasing 
demand  for  winter  varieties.  This mar­
ket  is  now  getting  the  large part of these 
winter  apples  from  the  East.  New  York 
and  New  England  are  furnishing  the 
greater  part  of  these.  The  New  Eng­
land  stock 
is  this  year  unusually  good, 
and  dealers  here  are  trying  to get  good 
shipments  of  these.  Tbe New York stock 
is  well  up  to  the  average  in qualitv also. 
The  supply  of  apples 
in  the  East  is 
rather  better  than  was  at  first  reported. 
But  that  it  is  not  excessive  is  shown  by 
the  fact  that  handlers  of  apples  in  tbe 
East  are  making  few  concessions  to 
Western  buyers.

The  year  has  been  quite  a disappoint­
ment  to  dealers  in  apples  here.  Much 
time  and  money  were  wasted  in  hunting 
about  for  apples  earlier  in  the  season. 
The  Michigan  crop  is  not  proving  to  be 
of  good  quality,  the  shipping  qualities 
heing  poor  in  many  cases.  New  Hamp­
shire  and  Vermont  stock  have  been 
found  to  be  of  unusually  good  quality. 
The  movement  of  apples  will  probably 
be  rather  better 
in  volume  than  last 
year,  and  will  certainly  be  better  in  the 
matter  of  profit  to  producers  and  deal­
ers.  Prices  can  not  go  very  high,  be­
cause  with  apples  at  more  than  $4  per 
barrel,  the  box  stock  from  the  coast  can 
come  in and do business.  The West coast 
has  this  season  the  largest  apple  crop 
ever  raised  there.  Any  reasonable  quan­
tity  of  this  is  ready  to  come  this  way  as 
soon  as  prices  will  permit.

Curled  Hair  Contract  Captured.
A  remarkable  example  of  tbe  success 
of  American  manufacturers  in capturing

foreign  trade 
is  presented  in  the  fact 
that  Armour  &  Co.,  the  Chicago  meat 
packers,  were  recently  awarded  the  con­
tract  for supplying the British Admiralty 
with  the  whole  of  the  curled  hair  re­
quired  for  the  use  of  the  British  navy. 
The  contract  was  formerly  divided  up 
between  four  English  firms.  Comment­
ing  upon  this  circumstance  an  English 
exchange  remarks:  “ It  must  be  con­
fessed  that  Mr.  Armour’s  curled  hair, 
which 
is  supplied  at  4c  a  pound  less 
than  tbe  lowest  English  quotation,  is 
of  very  excellent  quality  and  is  a  dis­
tinct  testimony 
to  the  perfection  to 
which  tbe  Americans  have brought  their 
machinery  and  their  manner  of  working 
it.’ ’

Room  for  One  More.

Brown— I’d 

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if 

it 

wasn't  so  full  of  hypocrites.
There’s  always  room  for one  more.

Towne—That  needn’t  deter  you. 

Keep  a  superior  class  of  goods.  Peo­
ple  remember  quality  longer  than  they 
do  price.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Drugs—Chemicals

MICHIOAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. 31,1898
-  Dee. 31,1890 
Dec. 31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901
  Dec. 31,1902 

F. W. R. P u n ,  Detroit 
A. C. Schttilachbr, Ann  Arbor 
One. Omntimi,  Ionia  - 
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L. R. Bitxoldi, St.  Joseph 
H i m  H im , Saginaw  .
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President, Ono.  Gundruh,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schumachbr, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Hbnry  Him , Saginaw.
Examination Sessions.

Lansing—Not.  la n d 2.

STATE PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Sourw ins,  Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chas. P. Mann, Detroit.
Treasurer  J ohn D. Mu ir, Grand Rapids.

How  to Build Up a Prescription Trade 

and  Increase  Profits.

This  is  a  subject  of  interest  to  every 
druggist,  and  one  that  requires  both 
work  and  thought  to compass.  Pharma­
ceutical  books,  drug  journals,  price­
lists  and  catalogues are  among  the  best 
helps  toward  the  building  up  of  a  good 
business.
Drug 

journals  are  essentials— from 
them  you  can  obtain  the  best  thought  of 
the  leading  men  of  the  profession  and 
the advancement  made in pharmacy  and 
chemistry long before they  are  published 
in  book  form.  Without  them  you  can 
not  progress.  Every  druggist  should 
take at  least  three  pharmaceutical  jour­
nals  and  one  medical 
The 
medical  journal  should  be  taken  to keep 
posted  on  what  is  advertised  or  used 
in 
the  practice  of  different  physicians. 
The  editors  of  pharmaceutical 
journals 
are  ready  at  all  times  to  furnish  for­
mulas  and  to  make  answevs  to any ques­
tions  the  subscribers  may  asb.  Remem­
ber that  everything  published 4n  a  jour­
nal  may  be  of  some  benefit  to  you.

journal. 

Every  pharmacist  should  possess a  U. 
S.  Pharmacopoeia,  a  National  Formu­
lary,  a  U.  S.  Dispensatory,  Reming­
ton’s  “ Practice  of  Pharmacy,”   Homeo­
pathic  Pharmacopoeia,  and  a  copy  of 
Griffith's 
“ Non-Secret  Formulas.”  
Physicians  often  ask  for  one  or  the 
other  of  these  books,  and  they  are  dis­
appointed  if you  do  not  have  them.

Try  to  possess  yourself  of  one of every 
manufacturing  house  available  in  this 
country,  not  for  the  prices  they  furnish, 
but  to  educate  yourself  on  specialties, 
so  that 
if  a  physician  asks  you  about 
any  special  preparation,  you  can  tell 
him  its  composition.  You  will also learn 
something  to  your  advantage by  reading 
the  notes  on  preparations  printed 
in 
most  manufacturers’  catalogues.  You 
will  notice that  many  solutions,  elixirs, 
syrups,  etc.,  have  similar  formulas  un­
der different  names.  This  will  save  you 
a  great  expense,  as  it  will  be  unneces­
sary  to  keep  each  kind  in  stock.  Call 
the  physician’s  attention  to  this,  so that 
should  he  prescribe  a  preparation  and 
you  have  Bi  of  the  same  formula,  he 
will  not  object to  your  using  Bi,  unless 
be  is  an  enemy  of  the  store.

First  of  all  gain  the  confidence of  the 
physician,  and  leave  nothing  undone  to 
retain 
i t ;  after  you  have  succeeded  in 
this he  will  often  consult  you  about  the 
preparations  he  uses,  and you  will  never 
have trouble  in getting  him  to  use  prep­
arations  of  your  own  manufacture.

Call  on  every  physician  within  a  mile 
of  your  store at  least  once  a  month,  al­
though  once a  week  is  better.  To those 
whom  you do  not  call  upon  send  a  pre­
scription  blank  by  mail.  Do  not go  in­
to  a  physician’s  office  and  throw  the 
blank  on  his  desk  and  retire  without 
even  passing  the  time of  day.’  If he  is

not  busy,  tell  him  about  the  prepara­
tions  you  are  manufacturing.

Never  joke  nor  tell  a  story  to a  physi­
cian,  unless  you  are  well  enough  ac­
quainted  with  him  to  know  that  he likes 
it  is  better to 
to  bear  them,  and  then 
have him  tell  the  first  one. 
If  a  patient 
should  enter  the  office  while  you  are 
conversing  with  the  physician,  excuse 
yourself  at  once. 
In  this  way  be  will 
see  that  you  regard  his time as valuable, 
and  nine  times  out  of  ten  he  will  write 
a  prescription  and  send  it  to your  store.
I  have  been  writing  of  physicians who 
write  prescriptions;  now  to  those  who 
do  not  write  prescriptions—these  are 
the  hardest  to  please. 
In  asking  physi­
cians  of  this  class  why  they  do  not write 
prescriptions,  nine  out  of  ten  will  ex­
cuse  themselves  by  saying:

“ Well,  you  number  my  prescriptions, 
and  the  patient  never  comes  back  to 
me. ”

“ Would  you  write  prescriptions 

if 
you  were  sure  your  prescriptions  were 
never  repeated?”

Some  will  say  yes  to  this,  and  to  them 
I  say:  “ If  you  will  send  your  prescrip­
tions  to  me  I  will  assure  you  that  they 
will  never  be  repeated,  as  I  will  not 
number  or  date  them  or  return  copy  or 
the  original  prescription  to  the  patient, 
but  will  return  the  prescriptions  to  you 
on  the  first  of  every  month  if  you  wish 
it,  or  I  will  number  the  prescriptions 
and  return  them  to  you,  so  that  if  the 
patient  comes  back 
for  a  refill  I  will 
send  him  to  you,  and  you  can  write  a 
new  prescription.”   I  am  happy  to  state 
that there are  now  six  physicians  who 
send  their  prescriptions  to  us  who be­
fore  never  wrote  a  prescription.

Another  excuse 

is  this:  “ Well,  my 
patients  are  so  used  to  getting  their 
medicines  of  me  when  they  come  to  my 
office  that  they  won’t  take prescriptions, 
it  costs  too  much  to  have 
as  they  say 
them  filled  at  the  drug  store.”  
I  would 
ask  this  physician  if he  ever  figured  out 
what  it  cost  him  for  the  medicine  be 
used  and  never  got  paid  for.  He  will 
invariably  say  he  does  not  know,  but  it 
amounts  to  a  big  sum.  Most  physicians 
admit  the  disadvantages  of  dispensing 
their own  medicines. 
I  would  ask  the 
physician  bow  many  kinds  of  medicine 
he  keeps  on  hand.  He  will  answer,  only 
a  few.  Then  I  would  mention  some  new 
remedies and  ask  if  he  ever  used  them. 
He  will  probably  say  no,  they  cost  too 
much,  and  he  could  not  afford  to  keep 
them  in  his  office.

By  further conversation  I  would  show 
him  that  if  he  had  written  prescriptions 
instead  of  doing  his  own  dispensing, 
he  would  have  known  more  about  the 
practice  of  medicine  and  would  have 
had  a  greater  variety  of  medicines  to 
select  from.  He  will  probably  say  that 
he  never  looked  at  it  in  that  light  be­
fore,  and  will  take  to  prescription  writ­
ing.  One  such  case  I  know.

Never  treat  a  physician  with  disre­
spect  and  never gossip  about  one  physi­
cian  to  another—always  let  him think he 
is  right;  never  charge  for  trifles  he  uses 
in  his  own  family,  unless  he  is  one  who 
never  writes  a  prescription,  then  charge 
him  for  everything  he  gets.  As  nearly 
all  physicians  have  poor  patients,  tell 
them  that  whenever  they  write  a  pre­
scription  for  such  patients  to  mark  it 
with  some  private  mark  designated  by 
you,  when  you  will  give  it  to  them  at 
cost.

This 

is  a  work  that  is  overdone. 
First,  too  large  a  sample  is  given  atone 
time;  second,  too  many  are  given  at 
once.  Never give  more  than  two  ounces 
as a sample,,and  never  more  than  one

sample at  a  time.  You  can  impress  the 
virtues  of  one  article  on  a  physician 
easier 
than  a  half  dozen  articles. 
Sampling  should  be  done  systematically 
once  every  three  months,  and  the  sam­
ples  should  consist  of  articles that are in 
season.  You  will  find  some  physicians 
who  are  sample  fiends—they  will  take 
all  you  give  and  come  for  more.  The 
answer  to  give  to  such  is  that  you  are 
now  selling  the  sample  for  25c  a  pack­
age.  He  will  never  come  the  second 
time.  Whenever a  manufacturing  house 
samples  the  physicians  of  your  city  or 
village  make  a  note  of  what  is  being 
distributed ;  observe  who  prescribe  the 
preparation.  As soon  as  the  sample  man 
has  left  the  city,  which  is  usually  in  a 
week,  call  on  the  physicians  with  your 
own  preparation  and  the  one  that  was 
sampled,  so  that  you  can  compare  the 
two  at  the  physician’s  office.  He  can 
then  see  that  your  preparation 
is  as 
good  as  that  which  the  manufacturing 
house  was  sampling  the  week  before. 
By 
following  these  methods  a  great 
many  physicians  have  told  me 
that 
whenever  they  prescribe  a  preparation 
and  I  manufacture  one  similar  to  it,  to 
use  my  own  preparation.

I  will  describe  one  which  I  think  has 
brought  more  people  to  our  store  than 
newspaper  advertising.  The  blank  is  in 
pad  form,with  our  name  on  each  corner 
and  the  physician’s  name  in  the  center. 
On  the  other  side  is  nothing  but  R  in 
one  corner,  and  the  physician's name  in 
the  right-hand  corner. 
is  not  nec­
essary  to  have  the  physician's  office 
location  on  the  blank,  as  no 
hours  and 
one  sees 
If  the  physician  should 
move,  your  blanks  are  as  useful  as  be­
fore,  whereas,  if  they  bear  bis  address, 
they  will  be a  loss to  you. 
It  does  not 
matter  how  the  physician  folds  the  pre­
scription,  your  name  will  be  visible  to 
the  patient.

it. 

It 

Try  and  keep  everything  used  in  pre­
scriptions.  By this we  do  not  mean  raw 
chemicals  that  are  used  but  once  in  a 
lifetime;  but  keep  all  chemicals  and 
stains  that  are  used  in  bacteriology.  By 
watching  the  medical  journals  and  get­
ting  the  smallest  original  package,  you 
will  never  have  to  let  a  prescription 
leave  your store  without  being  filled.

Here 

is  where  the  greatest  saving  is 
made.  Remember  that  everything  you 
buy  has  got  to  he  made before  you  get 
it,  and  that  the  manufacturer  makes  a 
profit of  from  100  to  500percent.,  which 
you  can  save.  Manufacture a  prepara­
tion similar to every trade-mark prepara­
tion  used  in  your  city  or  village.  Make 
your  own  fluid  extracts,  syrups,  cordials 
—over  100  per  cent,  can  be saved on any 
of  them.  Use Merz  soft  elastic  capsules 
and  fill  them yourself.  You can  save  100 
per  cent,  on  the  best  jobbing  price. 
Make  your  own  compressed  tablets,  and 
tablet  triturates—here  you  can  save  an - 
other  100 per  cent.,  and  on some of them 
500  per  cent. 
In  making  fluid  extracts 
and  tinctures,  force  out  the  menstruum 
with  water,or a  mixture  of  wood  alcohol

and  water  where  water can  not be  used. 
Always  allow  from  three  to  four  ounces 
of  the  menstruum  to every pound of drug 
that  can  not  be  recovered.

Never  use  string,  but  buy  stickers, 
and  have  an  advertisement  on  them  ad­
vertising  the  prescription  department. 
We  use  one that  is diamond  shape.

That  these  methods have been success­
ful  after  being  tried  one  and  one-half 
years,  I  will 
let  you  judge  for  yourself 
by  giving  the  number  of  prescriptions 
put  up  by  us  in  January,  1897,  as  com­
pared  with  January,  1898: 
January, 
1897,  1.2651  February,  1898,  2,060,  a 
gain  of  759,  and  February  is  showing  a 
greater  gain  than  January.— Wm.  C. 
Kirchgessner  in  American  Druggist.

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Is  slightly  lower,but in a  firm 

position.

Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—Is 
changed  prices.

in  good  demand  at  un­

Castor  Oil— Has  again  declined  4c 

per  gallon.

Ergot— It  is  reported  by cable that  the 
Russian  crop 
is  a  failure  and  prices 
have  advanced  about  20  per  cent,  dur­
ing  the  past  week.

Essential  Oils—There  is  no  change  to 
note.  Worm  seed 
is  a  trifle  firmer. 
Lemon,  orange  and  bergamot  are  un­
changed.  Anise  is  a  trifle  weak.

Roots—Golden  seal  is  firm  and  stocks 
are  light.  Mexican  sarsaparilla  is  also 
scarce  and  advancing.

Ordering  in  Small  Quantities.

The  manufacturer  of  a  successful  spe­
cialty,  in  reply  to  a  question  as  to  the 
state  of  business,  answered  in  substance 
that  it  was  only  fair  and  that  the  gen­
eral  bulk  had  been  reduced  by  the  tend­
ency  to  order  small  lots.  Retailers  who 
formerly  bought  in  dozen  and  gross  lots 
were  only  ordering 
in  one-third,  one- 
quarcer  and  even  one-twelfth  dozen  lots.

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Morphia, S.P.& W...  2 40® 2 65 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.A
C. Co....................  2 30® 2 55
Moschus Canton__  @  40
65®  80
Myrlstica, No. 1...... 
Nux Vomica. ..po.20  @  10
Os  Sepia................. 
15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................  @  1  00
Plcls Llq. N.N.V4 gal.
doz........................  @200
Plcis Llq., quarts__  @  1  00
Plcis Liq., pints......  @  85
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80  @  50
Piper Nigra... po.  22  @  18
Piper Alba__po.  35 
@ 3 0
Piix  Burgun........... 
© 
7
Plumbi  Acet........... 
10®  12
Pulvls Ipecac et Opil  1  10®  1  20 
Py rethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @  1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv........  25®  30
8®  10
Quassi»..................  
Quinta, S. P .4W.. 
29®  3t
22®  32
Quinta, S.German.. 
QUlnla, N.Y............   29®  34
Rubia Tinctoram... 
12®  14
SaccharumLactis pv  18®  20
Salacln.................... 3 00® 3  10
Sanguis Draconls... 
40®  50
Sapo,  W................... 
12®  14
Sapo, M.................... 
10®  12
Sapo. G....................  @  15
Siedlitz  Mixture....  20  ®  22

Slnapls........................   @ is
Slnapis, opt................   @ 30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes.........................   @ 34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s  @ 
34
Soda Boras..............  9  @  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  @  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb.............. 
2
IK® 
5
Soda, Bi-Carb......... 
3® 
Soda, Ash...............   3V4® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
® 2 60
Spts. Cologne........... 
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
Spt  Myrcia Dom...  @ 9 00
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl.  @ 2 55
Spts. Vini Rect. Hbbl  @ 2 60 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. lOgal  @2 63 
Spts. Vlnl Rect.  5gal  @  2 65
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2%@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........  2M®3Vi
8®  10
Tamarinds.................  
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
46®  48
Theobrom».........   . 
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph................ 
7®  8

Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 

Oil*

Whale, winter.........  70 
Lard,  extra.............  50 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
40 

BBL.  GAL.
70
60
45

19

38
39
70
50

Linseed, pure  raw..  35 
Linseed,  Dolled......   36 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine..  41 
Paints  BBL. 

LB
Red Venetian.........   Hi  2  @8
Ochre, yellow Mars.  1M  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  Hi  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2M  2M@8 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2h  2li@3 
Vermilion,  P r i m e
American.............  
13®  15
75
Vermilion, English.  70® 
Green, P an s...........  18M®  22
Green,  Peninsular..  13® 
16
Lead, Red...............   5*£@  6m
Lead, white............  5M@  654
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders’...  @  10
White, Pans Amer..  @  1  00 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp Coach...  1  10®  1  29
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

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

on®  1 10
50® 2 00
90® 
30®  1 50

00® 4 50

35®  50
90® 
00®  1 10
50® 1 60

Coninm  Mac.
Copaiba...................  1  11
Cubeb®...................... 
Exechthitos...........  1  00® 1  10
Erigeron.................  1 
Ganltheria..............  1 
Geranium,  ounce...  ® 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma.................  l 
Junlpera..................  1 
Lavendula................  
Llmonis...................  1 
Mentha Piper.........   1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhu»,  gal.........   1  10®  1  25
Myrcia,....................  4 
Olive
3 00 
Plcls  Liquida........
10® 
12
Picis Liquida, gal..
M oina......... .
96® 1 05 
Rosmarini..............
®   1  00 
Rosse,  ounce..........
50® 8 50 
Snccini.................
40®  45
Sabina
90®  1  00
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  —
“I1  70®  1 
Slnapis, ess., ounce.
Tigifi......... ;............
Thyme....................
40®
Thyme,  opt............
Theobromas...........
u t '
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
15®
Bichromate............  
13®
Bromide..................   50®
Carb.......................  
12®
Chlorate..po. 17®19c  16®
Cyanide...................  35®
Iodide....................... 2 60®  :
Potassa, Bltart, pure  28® 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
® 
Potass Nltras, o p t.. 
10®
Potass Nltras........... 
io®
20®
Prassi ate................. 
Sulphate po  ........... 
15®

Radix

20®
Aconltvm...............  
A lth»......................  22®
Anchusa................. 
io®
Aram po...................  @
Calamus.................  20®
Gentiana........po.  15 
12®
Glychrrhiza... pv. 15  16®
©
Hydrastis Canaden. 
©
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
18®
Inula, po................. 
is®
Ipecac, po..............  2 80® :
Iris plox— po35@38  35®
Jalapa, pr................  25®
Maranta,  Ì4s......
Podophyllum, po.
H i
R h e i...........
Rhei, cut............
75®  i 35
MHrt.P*................... 
Spigelia...................   35®  %
®  18
Sanguinarla... po. 15 
Serpentaria............   30®  35
Senega.................... 
40®  45
Slmllax,officinalis H 
®  40
Smilax, M...............  
®  25
Scili»............ . po.35  10©  12
Symplocarpus, Poetl-
dus,  po.................  @  25
®  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a...............  
io
12® 
Zingiber j ...............  
25®  27
Semen
Ani8um......... no.  15  @ 1 2
Vpium  (graveleons) 
13®  15
Bird, ls.................... 
o
4® 
Carni............. po. 18  10®  12
Cardamon. ;............   i  25® 1  75
Corlandram............  
8® 
10
4® 4%
Cannabis  Sativa.... 
Cvdonlum...............  
75®  1 oo
Chenopodi u m ........ 
io® 
12
Diptenx  Odorate...  1 40®  1 50
Fœnlculum............   @ 
10
7® 
Fcenugreek, po........ 
9
L ini.........................  3H@ 4H
4® 4H
Lini,  grd.... bbl. 3 M 
Lobelia...................  35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4® 4yt
Rapa.......................  4 H@ 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
9® 
10
Slnapis  Nigra.........  
il® 
12
Spiritila

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frum enti......  
....  1  25®  1  50
'  —   ~  ~~
Juniperls Co. O. T 
2  00 
Junlperis Co. 
3 50 
Saacharum N. E.. 
2  10 
Spt. Vini Galli....
6 50 _  2 00 
Vini Oporto.........
Vini Alba............
1  25® 2 00

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

Syrups

...........  

Acacia....................  @  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................  @  50
Ipecac. 
Ferrilod...
Rhei Arom.
Smilax Officinalis.
Senega......
Selll«.......

@

 

1  00

2 00

niscellnneons

Scili» Co.................  @  50
Tolutan............ —  
@  50
Prunus virg............   @  50
Tinctures
Aconitum N apellis R 
60
Aconitum NapellisF 
50
Aloes.......................  
60
60
Aloes and Myrrh__  
50
Arnica....................  
A ssafetida............  
50
60
Atrope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
50
60
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma................. 
50
Cantharldes........... 
75
Capsicum.............. 
50
Cardamon............... 
75
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1  00
Castor...................... 
Catechu................... 
50
Cinchona................... * 
50
Cinchona Co........... 
60
Columba  ...............  
50
Cubeba. 
................ 
50
50
Cassia L outlfol...... 
50
Orni»  «cutifolCo  . 
L.gl  ohs  ......... 
50
50
Ergot....................... 
35
Ferri Chloridn  « 
Gentian................... 
50
Gentian Co............  
60
Guiaca... 
............  
50
Gulaca ammon........ 
60
Hyoscyamus........... 
50
Iodine...................... 
75
Iodine, colorless__  
75
Kino......................... 
50
Lobelia...................  
50
Myrrh......................  
50
Nux Vomica........... 
50
Opli......................... 
75
Opii, camphorated. 
50
1  50
Opli,  deodorized.... 
Quassia................... 
50
Rhatany..................  
50
Rhei......................... 
50
Sanguinarla ........... 
50
Serpentaria............  
50
60
Stromonium........... 
Tolutan................. 
60
Valerian................. 
50
50
Veratrum Veride... 
Zingiber..................  
20
Äther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
Äther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen...................  2M@ 
3
3® 
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
4
Annetto..................   40®  50
Antimoni,  p o ........ 
4® 
5
Antimoni et PotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
@  35
Antifebrln..............  @ 
15
Argenti Nitras, oz . !  @  50
Arsenicum..............  
10® 
12
Balm Gilead  Bud  . .  38®  40
Bismuth  S. N............ 1 40® 1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  ls 
@ 9  
Calcium Chlor., Hs.  @ 
10
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms-  @  >2
Cantharldes, Rus.po  @  75
Capsid  Fractus, af.  @  15
Capsici FrnctU8, po.  @  15
Capsici FructusB.po  @  15
12®  14
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40__ 
@ 3 00
Cera Alba.............. 
50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus.................... 
©  40
Cassia Fractus...!! 
@  33
Centrarla.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum................   @  45
Chloroform............ 
60®  63
Chloroform, squlbbs  @  1  15 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus................  
20®  25
Clnchonidine,P.<fe W  25®  35
Cinchonldlne, Germ  22®  30
Cocaine.................  3  30® 3 50
70
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
@ 3 5
Creosotum....... 
Creta.............bbl. 75  @ 
2
© 
Creta, prep.............. 
5
9®  11
Creta, precip........... 
Creta, Rubra.........  
@ 
8
Crocus................... 
18®  20
Cudbear.................  @  24
Cnprt Sulph............  
5® 
6
Dextrine.................. 
10®  12
75®  90
Ether Sulph........... 
Emery, all  numbers  @ 
8
Emery, po................  @ 
6
Ergota...........po. 40  30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla........................  @  23
Gambler.  ...............  
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......  
35®  60
Glassware, flint, box 
70
Less than  box__ 
60
9®  12
Glue,  brown............ 
Glue, white............  
13®  25
15®  20
Glycerine................ 
Grana  Paradisi  __  @  15
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  85
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @  75
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  95
Hydraag Ammoniati  @  1  10 
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..........  @  70
Ichthyobolla, Am...  65®  75
Indigo.  ...................  75®  1  00
Iodine, Re8ubi........  3  60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
© 2 25
Lupulin................... 
Lycopodium...........  40®  45
Macis 
65®  75
............  
Liquor Arse:; et Hy-
®  25
drarglod.............. 
LiquorPota88Ar8inlt  10®  12
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
2® 
8
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  IK 
Mannia. 8. F ........  500  60
f i t t i
Menthol 

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8
75
15
41
48
5
10
14
15
65
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40
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

doz.  gross

AXLE  QREASE.
Aurora.........................55 
Castor Oil................... 80 
Diamond.....................50 
Frazer’s ......................75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
nica, tin boxes........... 75 
Paragon...................... 55 

Ac m .

Absolute.

lb can  doz............ . 

BAKING  POWDER.
W 'b cans doz................... 
£  Id Jans doz................... 

45
85
1  50
W lb cans 8 dos.................  45
% lb cans 8 doz................   75
1 
lb cans 1 doz.................   I 00
Bulk...................................  
10
85
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
M lb cans per doz............  
75
% lb cans per doz  ........... 1  80
lb cans per doz............ 8  00
1 
^  lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
55
M lb cans 4 doz case........ 
lb cans 8 doz c a se ......  
90

Arctic.
El Parity.

Homs.

Oar Leader.

Jersey Cream.

v  lb cans, 4 doz case...... - 
45
it lb cans. 4 doz case........  85
lb cane. 8 doz case........1 60
1 lb. cans, per doz............. 8 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............   1  85
85
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  
w lb cans..........................  
45
H lb cans..........................  
75
1 
lb cans..........................  1  50
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
8 oz., 6 doz. case................   8 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case................3 20
9 ox, 4 doz. case.................4 80
1 lb., 8 doz. case.................4 00
5 lb., i doz. case.................9 00
American............................... 70
English....................................80

BATH  BRICK.

Queen Flake,

Peerless.

BLUING.

¡^CfPlDs;

Small, 3 doz.......................  
40
Large, 8 doz.......................  
75
BROOnS.
Bo. 1 Carpet.......................  1  90
No. 8 Carpet..........  
........  1  75
No. 8 Carpet.......................  1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................  1  15
Parlor Gem.......................   8 00
Common Wblsk.................   70
Fancy Whisk......................  80
Warehouse....................  
8s..........................................7
16s.........................................8
Paraffine................................ 8
Wicklng.............................. 80

CANDLES.

pints......
...

CANNED OOODS. 
rianltowoc Peas.
Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................  1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1  80 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45 
Extra Sifted Early June....1  75 
CATSUP.
Colombia, 
2 00
Colombia, )4 pints 
1  25
CHEESE
Acme...................... @ 10)4
Amboy.................... @ 11
Butternut............... @ 10
Carson City............. @ 10
Emblem..................
© ion
Gem......................... @ 11
Ideal....................... @ 10)4
Jersey  .................... @ 10)4
Lenawee.................
© 10)4
Riverside................. © 11
Brick....................... @ 12
Edam....................... © 70
Leiden....................
© 17
Limburger..............
© 13
Pineapple................ 50 © 75
Sap  Sago................. @ 17
Bulk 
5
7
Red

............ 
CHOCOLATE.

Chicory.
.....

Walter Baker 4k Co.'s

German Sweet........................88
Premium.................................35
Breakfast Cocoa...................... 46

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

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz...........1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz...........1 80
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  dos.............  80

Jute. 78 ft. per  dm .............   96

COCOA 5HBLLS.
801b  bags.......................  
Less quantity.................  
Pound  packages............. 
CRBAfl  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk in sacks..........................89

8#
3
4

COFFEE.

Green.
Rln.

Santos.

Mexican  and Guatemala.

F air.......................................... »
Good........................................JO
Prim e......................................H
Golden  ................................... 1|
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  ........................................1|
Good  ......................................13
Prim e......................................J*
Peaberry  ................................1»
Fair  ....................................... }3
Good  ......................................18
Fancy 
...................................1"
Maracaibo.
Prim e.....................................
Milled......................................20
Interior...................................19
Private  Growth...................... ao
Mandehling............................ 21
Im itation............................... 20
Arabian  ................................. 28
Clark- Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue...........-.........29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha— 29
Wells’ Mocha and Java-----84
Wells’ Perfection Java......24
Sancalbo............................. 21
Breakfast Blend................  18
Valley City Maracaibo....... 18)4
Ideal  Blend.........................M
Leader Blend..............   .... 18

Roasted.

Mocha.

Java.

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice  foT  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also 
a 
pound.  In  601b.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
Arbnckle.......................   10 50
Jersey.............................   10 50
nrl-saghlln’s  XXXX........
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City % gross......  
75
Felix K gross................. 
1  16
Hummel’s foil Mi gross... 
85
Hummel’s tin V4  gross... 
1  48
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes......... .................40
4 doz In case.
Gail Borden  Eagle...........  6 75
8 85
Crown........................  
Daisy...................................5 75
Champion...........................4 50
Magnolia 
...........................4 85
Challenge.............. - ........... 3 35
.................................8 85
Dime 
Tradesman Grade.

CONDENSED  MILK.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Extract.

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.... 11  50
t,000 books, any deDom__80 00
50 books, any denom....  I  50
100 books, any denom__ 8 50
500 books, any denom.... 11 50
1.000 books, any denom. ...80 00 
Can be made to represent any 
80 books.........................  1  00
SObooks..........................   8 00
100 books  ...........................8 00
250 books..........................   C 85
500 books...........................10 00
1000 books...........................17 50

denomination from 810 down.

Coupon Pass Books,

8 85

Apples.

Credit Checks.

California Pratts.

^1
Universal Grade.
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
DRIED FRUITS—DOnBSTIC 
Sundried.......................   ©4
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©7 
Apricots.....................   ©
Blackberries...............
Nectarines....................   O
Peaches..........................  ©
Pears..........................   ©
Pitted Cherries...........
Prnnnelles..................
Raspberries.................
100-180 25 lb boxes.........   ©
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   ©
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  ©
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........  ©
60-70 25 lb boxes.........   ©
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   ©
40-50 25 lb boxes.........  ©
30-4025 lb boxes.........   ©
v  cent less In 50 lb cases 

CalHornla Pranas.

Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown. 
London Layers 4 Crown.
Dehesias.......................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown  6 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Perl

Raisins.

Currants.

Leghorn..........................©12
Corsican..........................@13
Patras bbls.......................@
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........@6
Cleaned, bulk  ................. © 7
Cleaned, packages.......... © 7)4
Citron American lb lb bx ©13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©12 
Orange American 10 lb bx ©12 
Ondnra 88 lb boxes......  ©
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crown  ........  ©
Sultana 3 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 4 Crown.........   ©
Sultans fi Crown.........   ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........  ©
Sultana package.........   ©
FARINACEOUS GOODS
24 1 lb.  packages.............T50
Bulk, per 100 lbs.............3 50
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Parian.

Grits.

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages.............. 1  80
100 lb. kegs.......................2 70
200 lb. barrels...................5  10
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums.........1 00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
344
Medium Hand Picked....  1  10 
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb.  box......  60
Imported,  25 lb. box.......2 50
Common...........................  1  90
Chester............................  2 25
Empire  ............................  3 00
Green,  bu.........................  90
Split,  per lb...................... 
2)4
Rolled Avena,  bbl..........4 00
Monarch,  bbl....................3 40
Monarch.  )4  bbl............... 1 83
Monarch, 90 lb sacks......... 1 60
Quaker, cases....................8 20
Huron, cases....................1  75
German.................   ........  4
East  India........................  3)4
Flake..............................  
3)4
Pearl................................
5
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges.... 
Cracked, bulk................... 
3)4
84 2 lb packages...............2 50

Rolled  Oats.

Tapioca.

Wheat.

Aago.

S a lt   F is h .

Cod.

Georges cured............  © 4
Georges  genuine........  © 5
Georges selected........  ©5)4
Strips or bricks......... 6  © 9

Herring.

Holland white hoops, bbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop )4bbl  4 50
Holland,  Q  bbl................  2 60
Holland white hoop, keg. 
6n 
Holland white hoop mchs 
70
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled...............................  
14

flackerel.

Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  ©
Mess  8 lbs...... ..............   1  35
No. 1100 lbs......................  13  85
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  148
No. 1  8 lbs......................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 60
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3 70
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1 00
No. 8  8 lbs...................... 
83

Tront.

No. 1100 lbs......................  6 25
No. 1  4011»......................  2 40
No. 1  10 lbs...................... 
88
No. 1  8 lbs...................... 
67

WhltafUh.

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs...........  6 65 
2 00
40 lbs...........  8 00 
1  10
10 lbs...........  81 
35
8 lbs........... 
88 
31
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Jennings’.

D.C. Vanilla
2 
os...1 20
3oz....... 1  50
4 oz....... 2 00
6 oz....... 3 00
No.  8  4 00
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.l 85 
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.  8 T.l  85 
No.  4 T.l 60

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

■  Lem.  Van. 
120
1 20
2 00
2 25

Sou dors’.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the

in  the  world  for 

Best 
money.

2 oz........1 50
4 oz........8 00
XX Orado 
Vanilla.

2 os. 
4 oz

.1  75 
.8 50

DAYTON.O

HERBS.

Sage......................................  J6
Hops....................................   16

INDIGO.

Madras, 5  lb  boxes.............  56
S. F., 2,8 and  5 lb boxes—   60

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

Kegs 
Half Kegs.................................2 25
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 25
1  lb. Cfths..............................  30
)4 lb. cans............................   18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

.................................4  25

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

Eagle Dock—Dupont’s.

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

JBLLY.

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

,

LYB.

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

LICORICB.

Pure.....................................
Calabria...............................   ®

MINCE MEAT.

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

flATCHBS.

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

riOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

Black...................................  
F a ir.....................................  
Good.................................... 
Fancy  ................................. 
Open Kettle...................... 25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MU5TARD.

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

PIPES.

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

«5
85

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

PICKLES.
fledlnm.

Barrels, 1,200 connt...............   4 25
Half bbls, 600 count...............   2 62

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   5 75
Half bbls  1,200 connt........  3 38

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina h e ad ..................  M4
Carolina  No. 1  .................  6
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   *44

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1............   6)4® 6
Japan,  No. 2................4s@ 5
Java, fancy  head........5  <& 5)4
Java, No. 1.................  5  @
Table............................  @

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

Chnrch’8 .................................. 8 30
Deland’s .................................. 3 15
Dwight’s .................................. 3 30
Taylor’s ....................................3 00

SODIO

SAL SODA.

6o lb.

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

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

SNUPP.

SBBDS.

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

3)4

4)4

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, 280 lb. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels,20141bbag8.2 50
Batter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   55

Common Grades.

100 31b sacks.........................1 90
60 5-lb sacks.........................1 75
2810-lb sacks.......................1 60

Worcester.

lb. cartons............... 3 25
50  4 
115  2)41b. sacks....................4 00
lb. sacks...................3 75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks...................3 50
3010 
lb. sacks...................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk In barrels.................    .2 50

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 
11
14
20
*4
56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 

Higgins.

Solar Rock.

56-lb  sacks.

Common.

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

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

JUS. 8.  KIRK  5 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  z5
White Cloud,  toilet................. 3 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz__ 3 00
Blue India, 100 X lb..................3 00
Kirkoline..................................3 50
Eos......... ............................ 2 50

SCHULTE SOAP CO.’S  BRANDS
Cljdesdale,  10(1 cakes, 75 l b s ----- 2  75
No-Tai, 100 cakei, (21-2 lbs----- 2  00
Family,  75 cakes,  75 lbs............ 2  50
German Mottled, 60 cakes, 60 lbs. .  1  75 
Cocoa Castile, 18 lbs., cat 1-4 &1-2..1  80 

Chipped  Soap  for  Lanadriei. 

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__ 3 75
Uno, 100 44-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05

*3-15

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

Scouring.

SODA.

Boxes  ...............................5)4
Kegs. English      ............... .444

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground In Balk.

Allspice  ..............................13
Cassia, China In mats......... 12
Cassia, Batavia in band__25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........82
Cloves, Amboyna................14
Cloves, Zanzibar..................12
Mace,  Batavia.....................55
Nutmegs, fancy...................60
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 11 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12
Pepper,  shot........................12
Allspice  ..............................15
Cassia, Batavia.................. 30
Cassia,  Saigon  .  ................ 40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger, Jamaica  ................23
Mace,  Batavia.....................65
Mustard  ........................12@18
Nutmegs,...................... 4(J@oO
Pepper, Sing , black............13
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne................. 20
Sage..................  
15
SYRUPS
Corn.

Barrels...............................  15
Half  bbls............................ 17
Pure Cane.
Pair  .......................  
  16
Good................................   20
Choice.............................   25

 

 

STARCH.

Klngzford’a  Cera.

40 1-lb packages...................6
20 1 lb packages...................694

Klngsford’z Silver  Gloss.

401-lb packages...................6%
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..................5
401 lb. packages..................  4M

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages......................  4%
3-lb  packages......................  414
6-lb  packages.....................   494
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   394
Barrels  .............................   3

STOVE POLISH.

No. 4, 3 doz in c<»se, gross..  4  50 
No. 6, 3 doz In case, gross..  7 20

SUOAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he
iiurchases to his shipping point, 
ncluding  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino...............................5 25
Cut  Loaf............................. 5 50
Crushed........ ...................... 5 50
Powdered  .......................... 5  13
XXXX  Powdered................5 ¿5
Cubes.................................. 5  13
Granulated in bbls..............5 00
Granulated in bags............ 5 0 >
Fine Granulated.................5 00
Extra Fine Granulated...... 5  13
Extra Coarse Granulated... 5  13
Mould  A............................. 5 25
Diamond  Confec.  A...........5 00
Confec. Standard A............ 4 88
No.  1................................. 4 63
No  2................................. 4 63
No.  8................................. 4 63
No.  4................................. 4 56
No.  5................................. 4 50
No.  6................................. 4 44
No.  7...... ............. ..............4 38
No.  8................................. 4 31
No.  9..................................4 2=i
No.  10..................................4  19
No.  11..................................4 13
No.  12..................................4 06
No.  18..................................4 06
No.  14..................................4 0..
NO.  15..................................4 00
No.  16..................................4 00

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

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

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

S. C. W ....

....33 00

Rube Bros. Co.’s Brands.

Double Eag'es. 6 sizes.i551f70 00
Gen. Maceo,5sizes__  55@"0 00
35  00
Mr. Thomas................ 
Cuban Hand Made.... 
35 00
Crown  Five................ 
35 00
35 00
Sir  William................ 
35 00
Club Five................... 
35 00
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
Little Peggy  .............. 
35 00
Signal  Five...............  
35 00
Knights of Pythias__ 
35 00
Key West Perfects, 2 sz 55^60 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain.  ..  7 
Malt White Wine,80grain....10
Pure Cider, Genesee.............  11
Pure Cider, Red star..............12
Pure Cider, Robinson.............11

WICKING.

No. 0, per gross......................  20
No. 1, pergross......................  25
No. 2, per gross......................  3s
No. 3, pergross......................  55

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Batter.

Seymour XXX...................  514
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family X X X ................ 
514
Salted XXX  ...............
New  York XXX...... .........    g
Wolverine.........................  3
Boston..........................'„!!

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda  XXX........................   e
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton__  6V4
Soda,  City.........................  g
Long Island  Wafers...’.".!  11 
L. I. Wafers,  1 lb carton  ..  12 
Zephyrette...........................10
Sal tine Wafer....................  594
Salti ne Wafer, 1 lb  carton.  694
Farina Oyster....................  5,4
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  10«
Bent’s Water........................15
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java..............  10
Coffee Cake, Iced..............  10
Cracknells.........................  1594
Cubans  .............................   11^4
Frosted  Cream...................  9
Ginger Gems......................  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  794
Graham Crackers  ............   8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
Jumoles,  Honey................  1194
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......  16
Marshmallow  Walnuts__  16
Mich. Frosted Honey__   1294
Molasses Cakes.................  8
Newton..............................  12
NIc Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  894
Pretzels,  hand m ad e......   8
Sears’Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares.................   9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas............................  1294

O ils .
Barrels.

Eocene.............  @1194
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @  994
W W Michigan...........  @9
Diamond White.........  @ 8
D., S. Gas....................  @ 9
Deo. Naptha.........;....  @ 7
Cylinder....................25  @34
Engine.........................11  @21
Black, winter..............  @ 8

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

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

bbls.  palls
694@ 7
694@ 7
6  @ 8
@894
cases
@694
@894
@10

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 
Gum  Drops............. 
Moss  Drops............. 
Sour Drops.............. 
Imperials...............  

@ g
@ 694
@ 7
@794
@794
@ 894
@894
@ 894
@ 8
@ 894
@ 894
@10
@12

@ 894
@  9
@14
@11
@ g
@ g
@ 9
@9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
@gg
Sour  Drops............
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate Drops__ 
ago
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops  @50
Lozenges,  plain__ 
@50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@50
Imperials................ 
@gg
Mottoes................... 
@56
Cream Bar...... .......
Molasses B a r.........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  00
Plain  Creams.........   go  @go
Decorated Creams.. 
«ago
String Rock............. 
@gg
Burnt Almonds...... 125  @
Wintergreen Berries  @60

Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 1  wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  ............

@35
@50

Fruits.
Oranges.
Late Valencias  ...... 
Jamaicas,  F l o r i d a  
style  box.............. 
Lemons.
@5 75
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s..  @
Fancy 360s  ............ 
@6 00
@
Ex.Fancy 300s........ 
Ex. Fancy 360s........ 
@6 50
Bananas.

@4 00
@3 75

Medium  bunches... 1  00  @1  25
Large bunches........1  50  @1  75

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Californlas.............  
Choice, 10lb boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  10  lb
boxes new............  
Fancy, 12 lb  boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
Pulled, 6 lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags... 
Dates.

@14
@
@ 15
@  16
@
@
@ 7

Fards in 10 lb  boxes  @ 8
Fards  in  60 lb cases  @  6
Persians, G. M’s......  
@594
lb cases, new........ 
@  6
Sairs,  601b cases.... 
@ 5
Nuts.

Almonds, Tarragona..  @15
Almomis, Ivaca.........   @14
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @15
Brazils new .................  @894
Filberts  ....................  @u
Walnuts, Naples........  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @12
Walnuts,  soft shelled
Calif.......................  @
Table Nuts,  fancy....  @11
Table Nuts,  choice...  @10
Pecans, Med...............  @794
Pecans, Ex. Large....  @10
Pecans, Jumbos........   @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............   @1  60
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @3 50
Chestnuts per bu.......   @4 50

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  @ 7
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted...................  @ 7
Choice, H. p.  Extras.  @ 494
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,
Boasted  .................  
594

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

514

Smoked neats.

Mess  ...............................   10 00
Back  .....................It 00@
Clear back............. 10 75@11  00
Shortcut...........................  10 50
P'g....................................  14 50
Bean  .............................   9 75
Family  ............................  10 50
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies............................ 
gu
Briskets  ......................... 
6
Extra shorts................... 
g
894
Hams, 12 lb average  __ 
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
894
Hams, 16 Id  average...... 
754
Hams, 20 lb average...... 
794
Ham dried b e e f..................... 12
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
5*
Bacon,  clear............ 794@794
California bams....... 
694
Boneless hams............... 
  9
Cooked ham...........,..!io@l294
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound..................  
3«
Kettle..............................! 
g
55 lb Tubs...........advance 
94
80 lb Tubs...........advance 
u
50 lb T ins...........advance 
94
20 lb Pails...........advance 
94
10 lb Pails...........advance 
%
5 lb Pails...........advance 
1
31b Palls...........advance 
194
Sausages.
Bologna..................  
Liver...............................! 
Frankfort.............. 
P o rk .............................."  
Blood  ......................... !. 
Tongue..........................  
Head  cheese.............. " "  
Extra  Mess.....................1025
Boneless  ......................  13 bO
Rump...................................14 00
Kits, 15 lbs......................  70
94  bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 35
94  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 50
Tripe.
Kits, 15 lbs...  .777. 
94  bbls, 40 lbs............ 1  05
94  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 25
Pork............................... 
Beef  rounds............ .7!!! 
Beef  middles............  
Sheep...........................go
Butterlne.
Rolls,  dairy................... 
Solid,  d a iry ............. 
994
Rolls,  creamery........  
14
Solid,  creamery....... 
1394
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2 l b ........2 ”5
Comed  beef, 14  lb..........14 50
Roast  beef,  2 lb........... 2  15
Potted  ham,  94s..........  50
Potted  ham,  94s.........   90
Deviled ham,  Ms..........  50
Deviled ham,  9$s.........   90
Potted  tongue 94s .........   50
Potted  tongue 94s.........   90
Fresh  Meats.

g2
7vt
¿2
g
9
gyj

Pigs’ Feet.

Casings.

14
394
10

Beef.

70

10

Beef.

Carcass......................694® 8
Forequarters............ 5  @  6%
Loins  No.  3.............. .  9 @12
Ribs.......................
.  7 @12
Rounds  ..................
.  7 @  794
Chucks....................
.  6 Gh  694
Plates  ..................
.  4 @
Pork.
Dressed....................
.  4 @ 4 H
L oins.................
Shoulders.................
@  6
Leaf Lard................. .  6 @
Carcass...........  ...... .  6 @ 7
Spring Lambs........... .  8 @  9
Carcass  .................. .  7 @ 894
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:

Mutton

Veal.

Hides.

Green No. 1................  @894
Green No. 2................   @794
Cured No. 1................   @994
Cured No. 2................  @894
Calfskins,  green No. 1  @9
Calfskins, green No. 2  @794
Calfskins, cured No. 1  @1094
Calfskins, cured No. 2  @9

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

No. 1...........................  @3
No. 2..........................   @2

Washed, fine  ............   @18
Washed, medium....... 
023
Unwashed, flue..........11  @13
Unwashed, medium ..16  @18

Pelts.

Tallow.

Wool.

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

594

Juga.

Churns.

Batters.

Common

Mllkpans.

Stewpans.

Fruit Jars.

Sealing Wax.

Tomato Juga.

First  Quality.

LAMP  BURNBRS.

Fine Glazed Mllkpans.

AKRON 8TONBWARB. 
94 gal., per doz.................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal...........  6
8 gal., each......................  40
10 gal., each.....................   50
12 gal.,  each......................  60
15 gal. meat-tubs, each__1  10
20gal. meat-tubs,each....1  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......................................4 so
Quart..................................   4 75
94  gal  .................................  6 50
Covers.................................. % 00
Rubbers............................  25
94 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  45 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  5 
94 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  594 
94 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.l  10 
94 gal., per doz..................  40
94 gal., per doz..................  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............. 
94 gal., per doz.................  42
1 gal., each......................  594
Corks for 94 gal., per dos..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
94 gal., stone cover, dos...  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. 8 Sun...........................   1 00
Tubular.............................  
50
Security, No. 1...................  60
Security, No. 2...................  80
Nutmeg  ............................   50
LAMP CHIMNBY5—Seconds.
Per box of 6 dot.
No.  0 Sun..........................   1 32
No.  1  Sun..........................   1 48
No.  2  Sun.......................... 2  18
No. 0 Sun...........................   1 50
No. 1 Sun...........................   1 60
No. 2 Sun...... .....................2  46
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Pllnt.
No.  0  San,  crimp 
No. 
f  Sun,  orimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and  labeled__ 2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled....  8 75 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  ana
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 Lanins............  
80
No. 1 Son. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................. 
g
No. 2 Sun,  plain bulb,  per
doz  ..................................  1 16
No. 1 Crimp, per dos.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)....... 3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)....... 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c  doz).......4 70
No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)  ........ 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (8O0 doz)........4 40
Dos.
1 gal tin cans wltb  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  48
2 gal galv iron with spout.  2 48
3 gal galv Iron with spout.  3  32 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4 28 
3 gal galv Iron with faucet 4  17 
5 gal galv Iron with  faucet 4  67
5 gal Tilting cans................7  26
5 gal galv Iron Naoef as....  0 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7 80 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10 50
5 gal Home Rule................12 00
5 gal Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  0 Tubular side lift....  4 00
No.  1 B  Tubular................6 25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 0 50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount....  7 00 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14 0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........8 75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 dos.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 dos.
45
each, box 15  cents.......... 
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 6 dos.
each, bbl 85;....................  
83
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye, 
cases 1 dos. each............   1 25

wrapped and  labeled__ 2  10
wrapped and  labeled__2  15
wrapped and  labeled....  8 16 

Pump  Co m .

top,
top,
top,

OIL CANS. 

La  Baatie.

Rochester.

Electric.

IA N T R D N A

Wheat.

65

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

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, 94s...................... 3  50
Diamond, 94s...................... 3  so
Diamond, 94s...................... 3  50
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, 94s........................  3 50
Quaker, 94s........................  3 50
Quaker, 94s........................   3 50

Spring Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Plllsbury’s Best 94s...........  4 60
Pillsbury’s  Best 94s...........  4 51
Plllsbury's Best Ms...........  4  40
Plllsbury’s Best 94s paper .  4  40 
Plllsbury’s Best 948 paper..  4 40 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Duluth Imperial. 94s ............... 4 30
Dulutb Imperial, 94s.............  4 .0
Duluth Imperial, 94s..............  4 10
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 94s.......................  4 30
Gold Medal 94s.........................4 20
Gold Medal 94s.........................4 >0
Parisian, 94s...........................  4 3«'
Parisian, 94a............................. 4 -»0
Parisian. 94s...........................   4 ¿o
Ceresota, 94s......................  4 fo
Ceresota, 94s......................  4 40
Ceresota, 94s......................  4 30
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 94s..........................  4  40
Laurel, 94s ..........................  4  3,,
Laurel, 94s ..........................  4 20
Bolted....................................  j gg
Granulated.................  .!.’  2  10
St. Car Feed, screened__ le  00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats..........14 50
Unbolted Corn Meal..........14 00
Winter Wheat  Bran..........13 00
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 14  00
Screenings.............................. 44 00
Car  lots............................. 3414
Less than  car lots......... ..  36
Car  lots..............................   2794
Cariots, clipped.........!!!!.  29*4
Less than  car  lots.  ........\  31
No. 1 Timothy cariots......   8 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots  .,,  9 QQ

Feed and Millstuffs.

Meal.

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

F i s h   a n d   O y s t e r s

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
Whitefish...............   @  §
T rout......................  @  8
Black Bass..............  8  @  10
Halibut...................  @  15
Ciscoes or Herring..  @  4
Bluefish..................   @  10
Live Lobster.........   @  16
Boiled Lobster........  @  is
Cod 
......................  @  10
Haddock.................  @  8
No.  1  Pickerel........  @  8
Pike.........................  @  7
Perch.......................  @  4
Smoked White........  @ 8
Red Snapper...........  @ 
io
Col  River Salmon..  @  12
Mackerel 
..............  @  is
F. H. Counts...........  @  35
F. J   D. Selects........  @  28
Selects...................  @  25
22
F. J. D  Standards... 
A nchors.................   @  20
Standards...............   @ 
ig
gal.
Counts...................................   1 75
X  Selects..................................1 65
Selects................ 
1  35
Anchor Standards.............   1  10
Standards...............................  1 tv
Clams......................................  1 25
Oysters, per  100......... 1 25@1  50
Clams,  per 100..........  @1  25

Oysters In Cans.

Shell Goods.

Balk. 

 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

22

Hardware

The  Loose  Screws  of  Business. 
From the Stoves  and  Hardware  Reporter.
A  curious  incident  was  witnessed  on 
one  of  the  streets  of  St.  Louis  recently. 
Stooping  men  and  boys  were  observed 
scrambling  down  the  middle  of  the 
street  picking  up  and  putting  into  their 
pockets  something  which  had  fallen  on 
the  ground.  Upon  closer 
investigation 
it  was  found  that  the  crowd  was  pick­
ing  up  screws  which  had  dropped  from 
a  heavily 
laden  wagon  that  had  just 
passed  along.  Men  and  boys  bad  fol­
lowed 
it  and  were  replenishing  their 
stock  of  screws  from  the  negligence  of 
the  people  who  had  packed  their  goods 
so  carelessly  that  they  were  all  being 
lost.
What  a  moral  may  be  drawn  from 
such  an 
instance  of  neglect!  People 
often  speak  of  some  one  having  screws 
loose 
in  the  metaphorical  sense  of  the 
term,  as  applied  to  morality  or business 
laxness—but how  much  worse  than  mere 
looseness 
is  to  have the  screws  drop 
out  altogether!  Every  one  may  be  sub­
ject  to  periods  of  neglectfulness  which 
may  be  more  or  less  culpable,  accord­
ing  to  the  degree  of  importance  which 
the  deed  may  assume,  but  how  much 
worse 
it  to  be  so  criminally  careless 
as  to  lose  a  thing  completely.

is 

it 

is  an 

To  be  sure,  it 

The  combatant 

ill  wind  that 
blows nobody  good,  and  the  loose  or  lost 
screw  which  acts  so  detrimentally  up­
on  the  business  of  the  unfortunate  in­
dividual  serves  to aggrandize  some  one 
else.  There  are  rivals  lying  in  wait  for 
opportunities  to  take  advantage  of  -a 
competitor’s gross disregard  of  some as­
pect  of  business  which  will  give  them 
the  mastery  over  palpably  weak  points.
in  ancient  days  of 
chivalry  looked  for  weak  places 
in  the 
opponent’s  armor  and directed his sbaits 
toward  them,  thus  striking  a  vital  part 
with  fatal  results.  That  every  one  may 
have  more  or  less  vulnerable  parts  in 
his  character  and  methods  of  doing 
business  can  not  be  gainsaid,  but  the 
broad-minded  man  capable  of  self- 
analysis  will  be  able  to  detect  these 
weaknesses  and  modify  and 
improve 
them  until  they  are  made  less  conspic­
uous  and  injurious  to  him  and  his  busi­
ness.

It  would  be  well  to  give  the  mind  and 
methods  of  doing  business  a  kind  of  in­
ventory  now  and  then ;  see  wherein  they 
are deficient; bow they may be improved, 
and 
just  what  the  resources are  in  this 
direction.  As  the  poet  sings,  “ Pick 
out  the  vicious  quitch  of  blood  and  cus­
tom  and  make  all  clean  and  whole 
again.”   Seldom  is  this  done,  for  there 
is  nothing  more  difficult  to  alter  or 
amend  than  temperament. 
It  is  almost 
as  unalterably  fixed  as  the  laws  of  the 
Medes  and  Persians;  and  yet  it  can  be 
done  if  sufficient  will  power  is  exerted 
to  bring  the  mind  from the rut of routine 
and  monotonous  sameness to  a  realiza 
tion  of 
its  shortcomings,  and  with  i 
strong  resolve  to  accept  and  adapt  the 
examples  and  teachings  of  others  which 
lead  to  a  higher and  broader  and  more 
profitable  plane  of  thought.

in 

An  instance  might  be  cited  where  the 
in  the  small  town  wastes  time 
dealer 
and  breath 
fiercely  vituperating  a 
more  successful  rival  in  a  neighboring 
town. 
Instead  of  studying  bis  methods 
and  following  his  example  in  making 
his  store  better  and  increasing  its ad­
vantages  by  care  and  forethought,  he 
denounces,  criticises  and  endeavors  to 
run  down  his  competitor,  thinking  by 
this  means  to  turn  people  away  from 
his  rival  and  bring  them  back  to  his 
own  store.  The  writer  has  frequently 
had  opportunity  to  study  the  results  of 
such  attempts  and  they  rarely  if  ever 
have been  found  to  meet  with  success. 
Such  a  proceeding 
is  undignified,  re­
covers  no  lost  screws,  nor does  it tighten 
any  that  are  loose,  but  rather  tends to 
accelerate  than 
imminent 
catastrophe  of  failure,  or  what  is  simi­
lar  to  it,  a  dragging  along  from  hand 
to  mouth  which  is almost  as humiliating 
and  a  great deal  more  worrisome.  No 
one  certainly  can  wish  to  go  on  as  the 
driver  of  the  wagon  mentioned  at  the 
beginning  of  this  article  and  remain

retard  the 

oblivious  to  the  losses  which  occur  un­
til  everything  is gone.  The opportunity 
then  to  repair  the  damage  comes  too 
late.  “ An  ounce of prevention  is worth  a 
pound  of  cure.”

Plenty  of Store  Room.

said 

frequently 

There  is  certainly  nothing  more  unat­
tractive  or  confusing  to  customers  than 
heterogeneous  quantities  of  goods  piled 
rhyme  or  reason. 
together  without 
Viewed  as  a  whole, 
they  present  a 
chaotic  appearance  which  gives  indi­
viduality  to  nothing  and  lack  of  charac­
ter  to the  mass.  Goods  which  are  dis­
played  on  or  in  counters  to  attract  cus 
tomers’  notice  should  have  plenty  of 
space  allotted  to  them  in  order  to  give 
each  one  an  opportunity  to be seen.  As 
has  been 
in  these 
columns,  a  proper  mean  must  be  ob­
served 
in  everything  that  appertains  to 
the  store ;*but  a  scarcity  of  goods  may 
give  as  bad  an  impression  as  an  over­
supply  will  prove  bewildering. 
It  is 
true  that  a 
large  quantity  and  ample 
stock  gives  an  air  of  prosperity,  al­
though 
is  not as  effective  as  a  suffi­
cient  supply  which  leaves  room  for ade­
quate  display.  Hardware  particularly 
may  be  crowded  so  that  it  is  impossible 
to  get  a  stove  into  a  position  where  the 
customer  may  examine  it  carefully  and 
in  a  good  light.  What  every  merchant 
should  attempt  first  of  all  to  secure  is 
adequate  space  in  bis  store.  This  may 
frequently  be  accomplished 
in  great 
part  by  the  neat and systematic  arrange­
ment  of  the  goods  so  that  no  valuable 
space  is  lost  by  careless  disposal  of 
them.  A  desirable  and  attractive  arti­
cle  can  only  be  seen  to  advantage  when 
taken  alone,  comparatively  speaking. 
It  strikes  the  attention  more  forcibly 
and  quickly.

it 

In  a  sentence  of  his  jubilee  speech  at 
Chicago,  President  McKinley  showed 
how  it  happens  that  events  come  in  the 
train  of war  which  were  not anticipated. 
President  Lincoln  did  not have  the free­
ing  of  the  slaves  in  view  at  the  begin­
ning  of  our civil  war,  but  the  preserva­
tion  of  the  Union.  Emancipation  came 
as  an  accompaniment  and  consequence 
of  that  war.  Our  war  with  Spain  was 
not undertaken to acquire  territory,  or  to 
gain  a  foothold  in  Asia. 
It has brought 
upon  us  responsibilities  we  can 
evade.

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THE  UNIVERSAL
FOOD
CHOPPER

CHOPS  ALL  KINDS  OF 
FOOD  into  Clean  Cut  Uni­
form  Pieces  as  FINE  or 
COARSE  as wanted.

Other  machines chop meat 
only.  THIS  DOES  AWAY 
WITH  TH E  CHOPPING 
BOWL  ALTOGETHER.

CHOPS  Potatoes,  Meat, 
Apples,  Cabbage,  Bread.- 
EVERYTHING.

This is 
the time 
of year 
to have 
these 
goods
on  hand.

9

Write for 
descriptive 
circular 
and
discount.

9

Foster,  Stevens & Co.

Graad Rapids.

6iarK-RotKa-J6W6H Go.

38  &  40  South  Ionia St.

Opposite  Union  Depot.

Complete  stock  of  HARDWARE, 
TINWARE,  CUTLERY  and  every­
thing  usually  kept  in  a  first-class
hardware  store.

S T R IC T L Y   W H O L E S A L E  

All orders filled promptly at bottom 
ruling prices.  Mail orders solicited.

CLARK-RUTKA-JEWELL  CO.,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

WILLIAM  REID

Importer and Jobber of

P O L IS H E D   P L A T E  
W INDOW  
O R N A M EN TA L

PAINT O IL .  W H ITE LE A D . 

V A R N IS H E S  
B R U S H E S

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

Sterling Ii i m t u m

GRAND  HAVEN,MICH.

W e have  the  largest  and  most  complete stock of Glass and Paint Goods 
in  Western  Michigan.  Estimates  furnished.  All orders filled promptly. 
Distributing  agents  for  Michigan of  Harrison Bros.  & Co.’s Oil Colors, 
Dry Colors, Mixed Paints,  Etc.

Michigan  tradesman

2 3

MILK  INSPECTION.

How  the  Work  is  Conducted in Grand 

Rapids.

The  Milk  Ordinance,  “  to regulate and 
restrain  the  selling  of  milk  in  Grand 
Rapids,”   was  passed  October  n ,  1897, 
and  Mr.  Richardson  was  appointed  the 
next  month  Inspector  of  Milk  for the 
city.  A  reporter  for  the  Tradesman 
called  on  Mr.  Richardson  in  bis  office 
on  the  top  floor of  the  City  Hall to learn, 
if  possible,  what  has  been  his  experi­
ence  as  to  the  condition  of  the  milk 
used  by  the  people  of  Grand  Rapids. 
His  testimony  is  in  substance  as  fol­
lows :

it 

is 

“ I  was  appointed  last  November,  but 
affairs  were  not  in  running  order  until 
late 
in  winter,  so  I  could  not  accom­
plish  so  much  as  I  expect  to the coming 
winter.  Three  hundred 
fifty  licenses 
have already been  issued,300 for wagons, 
the remainder being for small dealers who 
use  handcarts  or simply  carry  the  cans 
from  house to  bouse  in  their  neighbor­
hood. 
I  should  say  about  6,000 gallons 
of  milk  is  consumed  here  every  day,  so 
important  to  have  the  milk 
that 
pure  and  good. 
I  took  samples  from  a 
hundred  wagons  on  the  street  and  tested 
some  of  them  separately  and  also the 
mixture,  and  found  the  milk  very  good 
indeed,  containing  4.3  per cent,  butter 
impossible  to have  milk  al­
fat. 
ways  exactly  alike. 
It  has  long  been 
known  that  cows  of  different  breeds  do 
not give  the  same quantity  or quality  of 
milk,  and  even  the  milkings  from  the 
same  cow  vary  from  day to day, although 
the  conditions  may  be  practically  the 
same.

is 

It 

“ The  theory  of  using  one  cow’s  milk 
for  an  infant  has  been  a  fad  and 
iacks 
sense  and  reason.  Look  here,  take a 
herd  of  ten  cows.  Now,  if  one  of  those 
cows 
is  a  bit  feverish  and  its  milk  is 
mixed  with  that  of  the  other  nine,  one 
receives  the  minimum  amount  of  the 
overheated  milk,  while  if  one  has  sim­
ply  that  cow's  milk  be  receives  the 
maximum  amount.

“ Milk  is  so  cheap  now  a days there  is 
next  to  no  profit  in  it.  There  is  only 
one  man  who gets 8  cents  a  quart for his 
milk,  another  7  cents,  several  6 cents,  a 
majority  5  cents,  and  a  few  even  so  low 
as  4  cents.  Why,  the  other day  I  found 
a  man  too  poor  to  pay  for  a  license.  He 
had  four  cows  and  was  selling  his  milk 
at  4  cents  a  quart.  He  will  have  to  sell 
a  cow  or  two  to  buy  feed  for the  others.
I  told  him  he  was  doing  wrong  twice 
over—he  was  charging 
less  than  the 
milk  actually  cost  him,  and  so  running 
behind  with  his expenses,and  it  was  not 
justice  to  other  milkmen,  for  people 
would  think  they,  too,  ought  to  sell  it  at 
that  low  figure.

"M y  principal  business  is  to  visit the 
stables  and  cowsheds  and  see  that  the 
cews  are  healthy  and  that  the  buildings 
are  kept  in  a  sanitary  condition,  i.  e., 
are  well  ventilated and clean. 
If  every­
thing  is  not  all  right,  I  must  return  and 
see  that  my  orders  have been  carried 
out.

“ So  far  I  have  not been  able to  prose­
cute  a  milkman  for  using  brewers’ 
grains.  Only  a few  attempt  to  use them, 
and  as  they  are  in  a  proper condition 
and  used  moderately  with  large  quanti­
ties  of  other  kind  of  food,  the  milk  so 
far has  not  proved  harmful  in  the  least.
“ There  is  much  groundless  complaint 
against  milk.  The  other  day  a  man 
came  in  wearing  a  long  face  and  de­
clared  he  was  getting  very  poor  milk 
and  considered  himself  imposed  upon.
I examined  the  sample he brought  with

him,  and found  it  to  be  better  than  even 
the  required  quality.

“ In 

large  cities,  where  milk  must 
come  long  distances  and  it  is  often  a 
day  old  when  it  reaches  its  destination, 
it  can  not  be  kept  sweet  easily  and 
dairymen  resort  to  the  use  of a  perserv- 
ative,  such  as  formalin,  salycylic  acid 
or  boraic  acid.

“ I  have  just  been  reading  to-day  an 
article  in  Hoard’s  Dairyman  about  the 
philanthropic  work 
in  New  York  City 
undertaken  by  Nathan  Straus,  since 
1893.  Here 
is  an  extract  I  would  like 
to  call  your attention  to :

Mr.  Straus  had  noticed  the  greatly in­
creased  death  rate  among  children  dur­
ing  the  summer  months,  and  becoming 
convinced  that  it  was  largely  due  to  the 
poor  milk  supply,  concluded  that  milk 
properly  treated  would  do  much  to 
strengthen  children  against  the  trying 
heat  of  the  summer  months 
in  New 
York  City.  Upon  request  of  Mr.  Straus, 
the  New  York  Board  of  Health  granted 
him  the  use  of  a  pier  in  the  heart  of 
the  most  populous  district  in  the  world. 
Here  a 
laboratory  was  built,  with  all 
the  necessary  appliances  for  the  scien­
tific  handling  of  milk,  and,with  a  com­
petent  expert  in  dietetics  at the  head  of 
it,  the  work  of  saving  children’s  lives 
was  begun.  The  results  were  seen  at 
once;  and  the  difference  between  the 
stale  city  milk,  almost  poisonous  from 
long  keeping  and  the  presence  of  bac­
teria,  and  the  clean  pasteurized  milk 
furnished  by  the  laboratory  was  soon 
evident.  As  the  summer  passed,  it  be­
came  certain  that 
in  this  method  of 
handling  milk  was  found  the  solution  of 
a  question  that  had  baffled  the  doctors.
“ Now  I  have  a  theory,  and  it  is  this: 
Sickness  and  death  caused  by  the  so- 
called  bad  milk 
large  cities  is  the 
result  of  the  preservative.  This preserv­
ative  was  discovered  by  a  German 
scientist and  has  received  twelve  med­
als,  and  even  the  German  Emperor  has 
spoken 
is  tasteless, 
odorless  and  colorless.  When  used  it 
prevents  the  milk  from  souring  and  so 
there  is  no  waste.  But  the  trouble  lies 
just  here:  The  preservative  prevents 
the  milk 
from  being  digested  and  so 
causes  all  sorts  of  troubles  except  with 
the  robust.  Heating  the  milk  by  the 
Pasteur  method  preserves 
it  as  well, 
and  it  remains  perfectly  digestible.

its  praise. 

Have  I  found  any  cases  of  tuber­
culosis  among  the  cows?  None  so  far; 
but  I  have  my  eye  on  one bunch  of 
cattle  and  shall  have  them  examined 
this  week  by  the  State  Live  Stock  Sani­
tary  Commissioner.”
Yale  Business  Men  Conclude  to  C o­

in 

in 

It 

operate.

Yale,  Oct.  20—The  business  men  of 
Yale  have  been  considering  for  some 
time  the  advisability  of  organizing  an 
association  similar  to  the  one  that has 
been  so  successfully  operating  in  Port 
Huron  for  over  a  year.  The 
idea  hav­
ing fully crystallized,last Thursday night 
an  organization  was  effected,  which  in 
the  future  shall  be  known  as  the  Yale 
Business  Men’s  Association.  Charles 
Rounds  was  made  President,  W.  H. 
Ballentine  Vice-President,  T.  H.  Park­
inson  Treasurer  and  Frank  Putney  Sec­
retary.  The officers  are  among  our  best 
business  men  and  almost  every  business 
concern  in  the  village  has  a  representa­
tive  in  the  organization.

J.  T.  Percival.of  Port  Huron,  who 

is 
at  present  the  Secretary  of  the  organiza­
tion 
in  his  city,  was  present  to  do  the 
organizing  and  initiate  the  new  officers. 
Mr.  Percival 
is  a  successful  business 
man  of  Port  Huron  and  is  an  enthusias­
tic  advocate  of  business  men’s  associa­
tions.  He  will  soon  organize  Marlette 
and  Brown  City  and  then  expects  to  set 
associations  going 
in  smaller  towns  in 
the  neighborhood  of these  larger  places. 
His  ambition  is  to  make  the  movement 
so  general  as  to  result  in  a  State  organ­
ization.

Always  be  at  the  head  of  your  own 

business.

Hardware  Price Current.

. 

„ 

„  

,  . 

AXES

BOLTS

BUCKBTS

BARROWS

BUTTS.  CAST

AUGURS  AND  BITS

„  „  
Snell’s........................................................... 
to
Jennings’, genuine.......................................26*10
Jennings’, imitation....................................00*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............................   5 00
First Quality, D. B. Bronze....................... 
9 so
First Quality, S. B. S. Steel......................"   5 SO
First Quality, D. B. Steel............................  10 50
®a}b,oad...............................................  00 14 00
Garden...............  ...............................   net  30 00
60*10
Stove......................................................  
Carriage new list....................................  70 to 75
Plow........................................................ 
50
w   „ 
Well,  plain........................................................   3 25
_ 
Cast Loose  Pin, figured..............................  70*10
70*10
Wrought Narrow................................ 
___ 
Ordinary Tackle..............................  
70
„  
Cast Steel............................................ per lb 
4
Ely’s  1-10................................. 
nnr m
Hick’s C. F .......................................... perm

65 
55 
35 
60
Elm Fire............
.50* 5
Central  Fire...................................."...¡¡".SB* 5
Socket Firmer......................................... 
an
Socket Framing.........................  *  .......... 
an
Socket Comer......................... 
on
 
S,
Socket Slicks.......................... 
 
M 
Morse’s Bit Stocks................... 
«0
Taper and Straight Shank............ V............ 50*  5
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 
  5
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................. doz.net 
50
Corrugated..............................  .............. 
j  ¡5
Adjustable................................................ dig 40*10

CROW  BARS

ELBOWS

CHISELS

BLOCKS

DRILLS

CAPS

„  

 
 

, 

 

EXPANSIVE  BITS

PILBS—New  List

Clark’s small, 318;  large, 326 .............. 
30*10
Ives’, 1, 318; 2, 324; 3, 330  ...................... 
¿5
New American....................................... 
70*10
Nicholson’s......................................................... 70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.......................... .. ."."".6CA10
GALVANIZED  IRON
2»
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26:  27 
List  12 
I«; 
1?

13 

15 

14 

" 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

OAUOBS

KNOBS—New List

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 60*10
Door, mineral, jap, trimming« 
73
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings__ 
so
Adze Eye.....................................316 00, dls 60*10
Hunt Eye.................................... 315 00, dls 60*10
Hunt’s.........................................318 50, dls 20*10

MATTOCKS

.......    

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base...............................  
........  1 55
Wire nails, base..................................... .*’* 
j  go
90 to 60 advance............................................. Base
10 to 16 advance
8 advance...............
6 advance................
4 advance..............
3 advance..............
2 advance..............
Fine 3 advance........
Casing 10 advance...
Casing  8 advance...
Casing  6 advance...
Finish 10 advance  ..
Finish  8 advance...
Finish  6 advance...
Barrel % advance...

MILLS

PLANES

MOLASSES  OATES

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.......................  
40
40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleabies!!! 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry *  Clark’s................ 
40
Coffee, Enterprise........................................  
30
Stebbin’8 Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sclota Bench................................................ 
go
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................   @50
Bench, first quality.......................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme........  ....................................60*10*10
70*  5
Common, polished............................. 
Iron and Tinned......... •.............................. 
60
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
60
“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 %e per pound  extra. 

RIVETS

PANS

HAMMERS

Maydole *  Co.’s, new  list.....................dls  *S*
25
Kip’s  ......................................................dls 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s.................................. dls 1OAIO
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 80c list 
70
Blacksmith’« Uni Id Cast Stool Wand Mg 11au40*IS

HOUSE FURNISHING OOODS

HOLLOW  WARE

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................20*10
Granite Iron Ware.........................new list 40*10
Pots................................................................60*1
K ettles..........................................................60*10
Spiders......................................................... 60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,8 ................................dls 00*10
State......................................... per dos. net  2 50

HINOBS

WIRE  OOODS

WIRE

TRAPS

SQUARES

SHEET  IRON

LBVBLS
ROPBS

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

Bright..........................................................
Screw Eyes...................................................
Hook’s..........................................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes..................................
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dls
Sisal, K Inch and  larger.............................   914
Manilla......................................................... 
iou
Steel and Iron...............................................70*10
Try and Bevels...........................................  
60
Mitre............................................................ 
go
com. smooth,  com.
32 40
2 40
2 45
2 55
2 65
2 75
over  30 Inches

Nos. 10 to 14................................ .32 70
Nos. 15 to 17................................. .  2 70
Nos. 18 to 21................................ .  2 80
Nos. 22 to 24................................ .  3 00
Nos. 25 to 26................................ .  3 10
No.  27........................................ .  3 20
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86...................................... dls 
50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton 20 00
60*10
Steel, Game............................................  
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley *  Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
1  25
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
Bright Market............................................. 
75
Annealed  Market.................................... 
75
Coppered  Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market............................................    62K
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.........................  2 05
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................  1  75
An Sable..................................................dls 40*1C
Putnam................................................... dls 
5
Northwestern..........................................dls 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s Genuine.......................................  
 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought...................  80
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
50
Bird  Cages............................................. 
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
80
Screws, New List...................................  
85
Casters, Bed and Plate........................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American............................... 
50
600 pound casks...........................................   6Q
Per pound....................................................   Me
............................................................  12tf
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................8575
14x20 IC, Charcoal.......................................  5  75
20x14 IX, Charcoal........................... 
7 00
TIN—AUaway arade
 

10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................  4 50
14x20 IC, Charcoal................. 
4 60
10x14 IX, Charcoal.......................................  5  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal.......................................  5 50

Each additional X on this grade, 81.25.

MISCELLANEOUS

TIN—Melyn Grade

METALS—Zinc

HORSB NAILS

WRBNCHES

Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. 

SOLDER

 

 

 

ROOFINa PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................   4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean............................  5 50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  9 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   8 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   10 00
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
0
9
14x66 IX, for No.  9  Boilers, f P®r P°nnd- • • 

BOILER  SIZB TIN  PLATB 

A 

me "GoDcavr wasufioam

SAVES  THE  WASH. 
SAVES  THE  WASHER.

INTENTIONAL 2ND EXPOSURE

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

24

CARNIVAL  DECORATIONS.

How  Local  Merchants  Have Prepared 

for  the  Event.

is  now 

is  much 

The  “ hot  time”   has  come  and  Grand 
Rapids 
in  gala  dress  for  the 
long-anticipated  Carnival.  Under  the 
cloak  of  patriotism,  freedom  is  synony­
mous  with  license,  fun  with  vice. 
In 
spite  of  all,  there 
innocent 
sport.and Grand  Rapids wears a  jolly ex­
pression  which need not harm the sturdy, 
steady-going,  serious-minded American.
The  principal  business  streets  are  one 
mass  of  color  during  the  day,  and  of 
lights  at  night.  A  majority  of  the  mer­
chants  have  confined  themselves to trim­
ming  the  outside  of  their  stores  with 
bunting 
in  red,  white  and  blue,  used 
either  as  flags,  drapes  or  streamers,  but 
there 
is  such  a  uniformity  of  design 
about  the  decorations  as  to  be  very 
wearisome  to  the  eyes. 
In  fact,  most 
of  the  merchants  have  not  seemed  to 
carry  out  any  special  design,  simply, 
either  willingly  or  under  protest,  stuck 
out  a  quantity  of  bunting,  which  seems 
itself  upon  the  passer-by  and 
to  thrust 
assert 
in  most  emphatic  terms,  “ we’ll 
get  there  all  the  same.”   Monroe  street 
taken  ensemble  is  not picturesque in the 
least,  but  here  and  there  are  stores 
which  attract attention.

or 

The  most  popular  place  Tuesday  was 
J.  P.  Platte’s  umbrella  establishment. 
He  and  the  weather  prophet  seemed  to 
have  formed  a  partnership,  for  in  the 
doorway  was  a  banner  which  bore  the 
comforting  assurance,  “  We shelter all. ”  
The  front  of  the  building  from  cellar  to 
attic  was  decorated  with  series  of  nor­
mal-sized  umbrellas  covered  with  red, 
white  and  blue  cloth.  One  window  was 
in  pink,  against  which  rested 
draped 
imnumerable  umbrella 
parasol 
handles  of  every  sort  and  description. 
The  other  window  was  draped 
in  red 
and  contained nothing except umbrellas.
Some  of  the  simplest  and  most  effec 
tive  decorations  were  found  in  the  win­
dows  of  the  W.  L.  Douglas  Shoe  Co. 
One  window  was  draped  in red bunting. 
Over 
innumerable 
bunches  of  shredded  white  tissue  paper 
which  gave  a  soft,  graceful  and  artistic 
effect.  The  other  window  was  the  same 
with  the  exception  of  being  draped  in 
blue  instead  of  red.  These  background! 
were  most  fitting  for  the  gentlemen’ 
black  and  tan  shoes.

this  were 

stuck 

Spring  &  Co.  seem  to  have  been  as 
successful  as  any  of  the  firms 
in  drap 
ing  in  the  conventional  way.  _ There  are 
the  Eagle  and  flags  draped  over the 
doorway  and  enough  of  the  patrioti 
bunting 
in  other  places.  On  the  other 
hand,  N.  &  M.  Friedman  have  put  on 
so  much  cheap  bunting  without  any  de 
sign  being  carried  out,  that  one  ques 
tions  whether  the  bunting  was  not 
bought  at  an  auction  sale  and  that  there 
is  a  wager  to  put  on  as  much  to  the 
square  foot  as  possible.  The  Boston 
Store,  Lyon,  Beecher,  Kymer  &  Palmer 
Co.,  A.  Preusser, 
Sons  and  some  others  are  conservative 
in  their  methods  of  decorating  and  can 
not be  charged  with  overdoing  the  mat 
ter.

P.  Steketee 

The  Houseman  &  Jones  Clothing  Co, 
seems  to  have  made  the  most  extensive 
preparations  for  the  Carnival  of  any 
dealers  on  Monroe  street.  Each  win 
dow  contains  some,  suggestion  of  the 
festivites,  but  one  window  bears  spe­
cial  mention.  Perched  high  up  is  the 
great  American  Eagle  dropping  red, 
white  and  blue  ribbons  to  small  boys 
dressed  in  the  latest  styles  of  children’s 
clothing.  In  the  same  window  is  a large

picture  of  a  naval  officer  who  has  a 
great  flag  draped  about  him  and a pistol 
in  his  hand  ready  to  shoot  as  he  seems 
to   say,  “ What  Uncle  Sam  says  goes.”  
He  says,  “ Now  is  your  time  to  buy  an 
overcoat. ”

Canal  street  is  as  gorgeous  as  Monroe 
street.  Sweet’s  Hotel  is  a  mass  of  bunt­
ing  arranged 
in  pretty  designs.  Both 
the  Giant  Clothing  Co.  and  the  Star 
Clothing  House  have  arranged  the  bunt­
ing  to  similate  arches,  niches,  etc.  One 
window  of  “ The  Star”   is  devoted  to  a 
dramatic  representation  of  the  song, 
Get  your  money’s  worth.”   An  old 
colored  woman,  wearing a red  dress  and 
ue  goggles,  is  complacently  sitting  at 
one  corner  of  her  fruit  stall.  The  stand 
covered  with  blue  and  white  bunting. 
On 
it  are  arranged  schooners  of  red 
lemonade  and  piles  of  redapples.  Some 
ttle  boys  on  the  other  side  of  the  stall 
where  Aunt  Dinah  can  not  see  them  are 
cunningly 
lemonade  through 
traws  and  stealthily  stealing  apples, 
while  a  policeman  near  by  is  on  the 
alert  to  catch  them  at  their  tricks.

sipping 

is  a 

lifelike 

Crozier  Bros,  have  perhaps  as  unique 
rindow  decorations  as  any  of  the  mer- 
hants,  although  they  have only two win­
dows  and  they  are  not  overlarge.  The 
des  and  floor  of  each  window  are lined 
ith  red,  white  and  blue  crepe  tissue 
paper.  At  the  back of one window stands 
life-size  plaster  of  Paris  Goddess  of 
Liberty  dressed,  or  robed,  in  the  Na- 
ional  colors.  At  her  feet  is  the Ameri­
can  shield. 
In  one  hand  she  holds  in- 
umerable  red,  white  and  blue  ribbons, 
each  attached  to  a  shoe,which  is  tagged 
In  the  other  win­
with  the  price  maik. 
dow 
representative  of 
Uncle  Sam,  who,  too,  is  driving  a  bar­
gain  in  the  shoe  trade.  Could  anything 
be  simpler  than  these  designs,  but  peo­
ple  are  fascinated  and  can  not  get  away 
rom  those  windows,  simply  because 
deas  have  been  carried  out  which  the 
stupidest  or  the  most  clever  person  can 
enjoy.  All  lines  of  business  furnish the 
same  opportunities  for  originality  and, 
at  the  same  time,  furnish  a  sure  method 
af  advertising. 
lumbering 
each  window with mountains of so-called 
bargains,  make  each  window  a  picture 
fascinating  people  must  enter  the 
store  whether  they  will  or  not.  Take, 
for  instance,  a  furrier.  He  could  drape 
the  floor and  part  of  the  sides  with  blue 
and  white  bunting  to  represent  snow 
and 
ice,  while  above  could  hang  sus­
pended  a  representation  of  the  aurora 
borealis  in  reddish  bunting.  About  the 
snow  and  ice some stuffed animals might 
stand  in  the  most  natural  positions.

Instead  of 

But  it  is  at  night  when  the  thousands 
of  lights  have  been  turned  on and Grand 
Rapids  is  ready  for  the  ball  that  she ap­
pears  most  brilliant.  One 
is  fairly 
dazzled  by  the  light  and  color  along 
Monroe  and  Canal  streets  and  there  are 
glimpses  of  the  same  thing 
in  other 
ways  and  byways  and  one 
imagines 
himself  in  fairyland.

There  seems  to  be  only  one  thing 
lacking  to  make  Grand  Rapids  as  great 
a  pandemonium  as  Paris itself.  Every­
thing  abnormal,  unnatural  and  super­
natural  in  the  universe  has  congregated 
in  Grand  Rapids  for  a  four  days’  visit, 
and  as there  is  “ only  one  of  the  kind  in 
the  whole  world,”   she  ought  to  consider 
herself  blessed  and  show  her  apprecia­
tion  by  using  confetti  and  serpentine. 
Serpentine  are  stripes  or  ribbons  of  va­
rious  colored  paper  rolled  up  much  as 
ribbon  is.  Confetti  are  tiny  disks  of 
various  colored  paper.  During  Carnival 
time 
in  Paris  the  spectators  each  have 
rolls  of  serpentine.  Grasping  one  end,

they 
let  go  the  roll  and  send  it  in  the 
direction  of  the  passing  procession,  in 
order  to  show  appreciation  of  any  par­
ticular  float.  The  confetti  is used nights. 
Everybody  buvs  it  and  throws  it  at  each 
chance  passer-by  much  as he would light 
snow.  The  next  morning  one  wakes  up 
to  find  the  streets  and  walks  six  or eight 
inches  deep  with  confetti  and  the  tele­
graph  wires  wound  with  great  tangles of 
serpentine,  so  that  Paris  glorified  with 
rainbow  tints  seems  even more than ever 
the  City  Beautiful.  Zai da  E.  U d e l l .

His  Business  Instinct.

One  of  the  brightest  traveling  sales­
men  in  modern  commerce  was  thinking 
seriously  of  going  to  war.
“ You  see,”   he  was  saying  to  the  old 
military  man  whose  stories  of  adventure 
and  achievement  had  kindled  his  ambi­
tion,  “ I  have  had  experience  in  every 
branch  of  trade  that  amounts  to  very 
much  except  fighting.
“ I  have  sold  nails,  barbed  wire, 
cigars,  dry  goods,  paper,  pins,  oils, 
and  a  number  of  things.  Now,  it  strikes 
me  that  I’d  like  to  handle  lead  for  the 
Government  a  while.”
“ You  would  have  to  undergo  a  good 
many  hardships,”   remarked  his  friend.
I’m  not  married;  no­
body  but  myself  to  think  about,  and  I’d 
like  to  see  if  I  can’t  do  something.  Of 
course  I  may  never  be  heard  from,  but 
I’m  willing  to  take  my  chances  at  get­
ting  a  monument  some  day  with  the 
rest  of  them. ”

“ I  don’t  care. 

if  I 

“ I’d 

found 

“ Of  course  you  would  want  to  go  as 
an  officer,”   remarked  the  old  military 
man.
it 
couldn’t  be  arranged,  1  wouldn’t  stay 
away  for  that  reason.”

like  to.  But 

“ Young  man,  I  like  your spirit.  Any­
thing  I  can  do  for  you  I  will  gladly  un­
dertake. 
I’ll  see  if  it  can  be  arranged 
for  you  to  have  a  commission.”
The  salesman  looked  startled.
“ No,”   he  exclaimed;  “ don’tdo  that. 
Of  course,  I  don’t  like  to  seem  mercen­
ary,  but  I  don’t  want  to  do  anything  on 
that  basis. 
it  over  and 
over,  but  I  never  got  anv  satisfaction 
out  of  working  on  commission.  Give 
me  a  salary  every  tim e.”

I  have  tried 

A  cloth 
jacket  is  warmer  than  a  fur- 
ined  cloak,  because  there  is  no  temp­
tation  to  leave  it  open.

There 

is  no  open  door  to  the  temple 
of  success,  no  royal  road  to  your  tri­
umph.

Cultivate  your  customers.  This  is  the 
best  way  to  begin  to  push your business.

A  pleased  customer  is  a  good  adver­

tisement.

WANTS  COLUMN.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under this 
head for  two  cents a word  the  first  insertion 
and  one cent a  word  for  each  subsequent  in­
sertion.  No advertisements taken for iess than 
3 5  cents.  Advance payment._____________
IAORSALE—GhOCERY  -TOCK IN CENTRAt 

M ichigan,  city  o f  3,000  inhabitants.  W ill 
►ell a t sacrifice.  A ddress No. 745, care M .chigan
T radesm an. 

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

______________________ 745

ILL  BUY  AT  A  BARGAIN  STOCK  OF 
general  goods  and  g ro c rie s   iu  a  th rifty  
tow n of about 3,  On in C ential or W estern  Mich 
igan.  A ddress  No.  746,  care  M ich.gan  Trades-

I7H)R SALE—AN  OLD  ESTABLISHED  DRUG 
T   store in city of 30,000;  good t  ade ;  low  ren t ; 
full  prices;  one-half cash, b alanceon tim e.  Ad 
dress 74o. care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

AVE  SMALL  GENERAL  STOi  K,  ALSO  A 
stock  of  m usical  goods,  sew ing  m achines, 
bicycles, notions, etc., w ith w agon- and te a m s- 
an  established business.  Stock inventories from  
$2.000  to  $3.500,  as  may  be  desired.  W ill  take 
free  aud  clear  farm   in   good  location  of  equal 
value.  A ddress Lock Box 531, H owell, Mich.

741

739

X XT ANTED — SHOES,  C L O T H I N G ,   D R Y  
V V  goods.  A ddress R.  B., Box 351, M ontague,
699
Mich.
________ -CLEAN  GENERAL  STOCK  AND
XjVJR SALE-
_  store  bu  lding in sm all  town surrounded  by
excellent farm ing  and  fru it  country  less  tbiin 
fifty m iles  from   G rand  Rapid».  Good  reasons 
fo r selling.  Inspection s o li'ite d .  T erm -reason­
able.  A ddress  for  particulars  No.  691,  care 
M ichigan T radesm an. 

®>i

Fdress  No. 6 0, »re Michigan Tradesman

tiOR  S \L E —NEW   GENERAL  STOCK.  A
CSO

/'T E X  I’KALLY  uO>  AT K L)  DKUg   STORE,  DO- 
Vy  ing a  good  business  in  the  city,  for  sale. 
Good  reasons  for  selling.  A ddress  I.  Frank- 
ford.  Fir»-  Insurance  and  Real  E -tate  Agent, 
Phone  1236,  53  W est  Bridge  Street,  G rand
R apids.___________ ______________________ *'**0

NOR  SALE—DRUG,  BO -'K   AND  STATION- 
invoicing  $4 50J,  and  fixtures 
invoicing 1300,  w hich  include show cases, shelv­
ing  and  bottles.  Dailv  cash  sales  in  1891,  #2 '; 
>92. $30;  1893. $31;  1894. $34.65:  1895,  $-5;  1896, 
$21.20, and  ls97.$24 13 
Located  in  m anufactur­
ing tow n.  No cu t prices.  R- n t reasonable, $29 
per m onth.  Living rooms in connection.  Ad­
dress N«. 668, care M ichigan T radesm an,  668

ery  stock 

Be st  lo catio n  in   Mic h ig a n  f o r  a 
cold  storage  ai d  general  produce  dealer. 
Write to the  Secretary  of  the  Otsego  Improve-
m e d  Association  Otsego.  Mich___________ 631
X X /TH 'LD   LIKE  TO  EXCHANGE  STOCK 
Vv 
farm  of  6u acres,  located  in  Ionia  county, 
for  general  m erchandi  e.  A ddress  Box_2>, 
M a'h- rton  Ionia  county.  M!c h ___________730
lA O lt  SALE—A  GENERAL  STOCK  OF  MER­
IT  chandise  valued  at  #5,000.  Have  cleared 
$1,000 HDiiu  lly fo r the past tw o years:  easy pay­
m ents.  A ddress 729, care M ichigan  Tradesm an.

ITICK FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE— 
D RUG
Located in  best  city  iu  M ichigan;  no  c u t­
ting;  in ' o'ces #2 750.  W ill take good  teal est ite 
as part  paym ent.  The  more ca-h  the  m oi e  lib­
eral discount from  invoice.  Bus  n  ss  is  now  a 
good paying investm ent.  A ddress  B.  B.,  care 
M ichigan T radesm an. 
727_
BXRG  UN —A  H‘ 'USE  AND  LOT  ON 
P leasant ave"ue  w hich  has  com e  in to   my 
possession by foreclosure.  Good barn on  p-em- 
ises.  Place  is  well  w orth  $2.500.  but I w ill sell 
for $2,r00, on  paym ent ot  $500 down  and  haiance 
on  tim e  to  suit  p  rchaser. 
Such  a  bargain 
com» s only once  iu  a  lif  tim e.  A ddress  Zeno, 
care  M ichigan Tradesm an._______________ 735

BIG

[HAVE  A  DWELLING  HOUSE  AND  TWO 

lots on  A rthur avenue.  G rand  Rapids, w hich 
w ish to exchange  fo r  dry  goods,  groceries  or 
hoes  As I  am  in  business  in  N orthern  Mich­
igan  and  canm  t   look  after  the prop  Tty. I  am  
iisposed to m ake a  favorable  oea 
for  a  clean 
stock.  Nemo, care  M ichigan  T rade-m an  73-

722

-$5.000 TO $  U.UUO 
Add iess  H.  G.

tjVIR  SALE OR EXCHANGE- 

in  notes  and  judgm ents 

1 
.’obbs. Rome City,  1 nd
n p o  RENT  IN  MENDON,  !»T.  JOSEPH   COUN-
ty,  Mich’—One  or  'w o  large  brick  stores in 
ra  H o u 'e  B’of k.  W rite to Levi Cole. 
Opera
X7V)KSALE—Ci.EAN  sTOi  K OF  DRY GOODS, 
jo   clothing,  boo  s  and  -hoes,  hats  and  caps 
and m en’s furnishing goods and g r   ceries, w ell- 
adapted  fram e  store  building  and  convenient 
residence, well located  iu   a  th riv in g   N orthern 
M ichigan 
tow n.  Sales  aggregate  $10,00)  per 
year,  pract cally all  cash  transactions.  No  old 
stock.  No  book  accounts.  Reason  fe r  -el  ing, 
ill  health. 
Investigation  so  icited.  A ddress 
No 709. care M ichigan T radesm an 
709
W ANTED—16 TO 2d  HOKsE  POWER  PORT- 
able etigine and  b» iler,  w ith  engineer,  to 
fu rn ish   pow er  during 
ice  cutting  season. 
W rite,  tstin g  term s, Consum ers’  Ice Co., G rand 
Rapids.  Mich. 

743

in  'southw estern M ichigan.  Be-t  location in  the 

of it?  A ddress Jo h n  A.  W ade, Cadillac, Mich.
628

ERCHANTS—DO YOU WISH CASH  QUICK 
fo r your stock of m erchandise,  or  any  part 

ing business  in  th e  m ost en teip risin g   ¡own 
city.  A dd-ess No. 673,  care  M .chlgan  T rades­
m an, fo r particulars._______ _____________  673

tNOR SALE—FURN ITU RE AND UNDERTAK- 
M1
T

30  EXI  HANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
good.-, or shoes, very nice  well  reuti d G rand 
Rapids property.  A ddress No.  552, care  Mi. hi- 
g  11 T rade-m an. 
r p o   EXCHANGE — F \RM S  AND 
A  property fo r dry  goods, clothing  a 
A ddress  P  M edaie.  ManceKma  Mich
COUNTRY  PRODUCE

OTHER 
d  shoes. 

552

553

W rite  me.

EGGS  AND 

POUL- 
O rrin  J . 
706
FOR
witl
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond w ith 
381

W ANTED
BUTTER 
quam itie 
try ;  any  quaniities.
Stone.  Ka’amazoo.  Mich.
W A N T E D — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER
C aulkett & Co.. T rave-se City.  Mich.
FRESH  EGGS, 
\ \ T  VNTED—1.000  CASES 
i f   daily.  W rite  for  prices.  F .  W.  Brow n, 
Ithaca,  M ich. 

_____________________ 556

FIREPROOF  SAFES

/  4 Eo. M. SMITH,  NE»)  AND  KCONDHAND 
VJT  safes,  wood  aud  brick  building  mover,  157 
O ttaw a street. G rand Rapids.______________613

MISCELLANEOUS.

740

once, K nights of A m er'ca,  K alamazoo,  Mich

bout and  shoe  business.  Have  had  expe-
A ddress 740, 

ANTED—A YOUNG  MAN  OF  GOOD  AD- 
dress  to   represent  unique  insurance  in

wState.  Good money for right m an.  A ddress at 
WANTED—  LACE  TO  LEARN  R ETA IL 
rience as clerk.  Gm d references 
care  M ichigan  Tradesm an,
X y A N T E D —SI 1’UATION  BY R EG I-TE R ED  
pharm acist af teu years’ experieuce.  M ar­
ried,  age  27.  Capa! le  of  m anaging.  Am  em ­
ployed  in   G rand  Rapids  now.  Can  give  good 
refe-ences.  Desire a change.  A ddress No.  538, 
care  M ichigan T radesm an.  _______________738
\X 7A N T E D —A  PERM ANENT  POSITION  AS 
TT  prescription clerk or m anager of first class 
pharm acy after Nov  1.  Can  fu rn ish   A l  refer­
ences.  M arred , good  salesm an  and  can  m ake 
my services valuaD ’e.  Registered  by  ex am in a­
tion in  M iehigau.  Can register  anyw here.  Ad­
dress No  736. care  M ichigan T radesm an.  736
R * ation 
est  o f  r-ferences. 
Large  experience.  A ddress  L.  J.  Shafer,  31 
C alkins Ave., G rand R apids M ich. 

in  M ichigan. 

744

'  /

Travelers’  Time  Tables.

M A N K T F F   *  Northeastern Ry.

1 * l i w l   t 1 0   1  JLd 

Best route to Manistee.

CHICAGO 

Chicago.

Lv.  G.  R apids..............   7:30am  12:00am  *11:45pm
Ar.  Chicago..................  2:10pm  9:15pm 
7  21am
r.v  C hicago..  11:15am  6-50am  4:15pm  *li:50pm 
Ar. G’d R apids  5:00pm  1:25pm  10:30pm  *  6:20am 

Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G ’d  R apids...............7:30am  8:05am  5:39pm
Parlor cars on da? tra in s and  sleeping cars  on 

nig h t tra in s to and from  Chicago

♦Bvery  day. 

O thers week days only.

DETROIT.G ran d  R apids & W estern .

Sept. 25, 1898.

Detroit.

Lv.  G rand  R apids...........7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pm
\ t  D etroit....................  11:40am  5:45pm  10:05pm
Lv.  D etro it.........................8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pm
4r.  G rand  R apids.........12:55pm  5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv.  G R7:09am  5:10pm  Ar.  G R 11:45am  9:30pm 
P arlor cars on all tra in s  to  and  from   D etroit 
and Saginaw.  T rains ru n  week days only.

Gao.  DeH aven,  G eneral Pass. Agent.

f i n   1  v j n   Trank Railway System 
vEIw/ni V LI  D etroit and M ilw aukee Dlv

(In effect Oct  3,  1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
A rrive,
t   6:45am  Sag.,  D etroit, Buffalo 4 N Y   .t  9:55pm
tl0:10am ...........D etroit  and  EaBt..........t   5:27pm
t   3:20pm ..Sag.,  Det.,  N.  Y.  &  B oston.. +12:45pm
•  8:00pm  . .D etroit, E ast and C a n a d a .. .*  6:35am

WEST

*  7:00am__ Gd.  H aven  and  Int. P ts___ *  7:20pm
tl2:53pm .G d. H aven  and In te rm ed ia te.t  3:12pm
t   5-32pm .. .Gd.  H aven an d  C hicago.......................
110:00pm.........Gd. Haven  and Mil............  6:40am
E astw ard—No. 16 h as W agner parlor car.  No. 
22  parlor  car.  W estw ard—No  11  parlor  car. 
No.  17 W agner p arlor car.

♦Dally. 

tE xcept Sunday.

E. H. Hu sh e s, A. G. P.  & T.  A.
Be n .  F le tc h e r,  Trav. Pass. Agt., 
C.  A.  J u stin,  City  Pass.  Agent.
97 M onroe St.  M orton House.

H D A I S i n   R apids  &  In d ia n a   R ailw ay 
v l l V f V l  1  L I 

Sept. 25, 1898.

Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack,..* 7:45am  + 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey <fc Har. S.,t 2:15pm  *l0:00pm
Cadillac accommodation....... + 5:25pm tl 0:55am
Petoskey*Mackinaw City....tl' :00pm  t  6:25pm 
7:45am  and 2:15pm  trains  have  parlor  cars; 
11:03pm train has sleeping car.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati 
..................... + 7:10am  t  9:45pm
Richmond 
........................... t 2:10pm  t  2:00pn>
Cincinnati...............  
*10:15pm  * 7:10air
For Vicksburg and Chicago..*11:00pm *  9:10am 
7:10  am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:10pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Richmond;  10:15pm  train  has 
sleeping cars to Cincinnati,  and  on  Sept.  27-29, 
Oct. 2, 5, 9,12 and 16 to Indianapolis, Louisville, 
and St.  Louis.  11:00pm train has sleeping car to 
Chicago.

 

Chicago Trains.

EBON CHICAGO.

TO CHICAGO.
2  10pm  *11 00pm
Lv. Grand Rapids... 7  10am 
Ar. Chicago............   2 Of pm 
9  10pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago............................   3 02pm  *11 45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...................  9 45pm 
7 10am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  11:09pm, coach and sleeping car.
Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has  parlor car; 
11:45pm, sleeping car.

Muskegon Trains.

GOING w e s t .

LvG’d Rapids..............*7:35am  *1:00pm *5:40pm
Ar Muskegon..............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon............... *8:10am *ll:45am *4:00pm
ArG’dRapids................9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm
Sunday trains leave  Grand  Rapids  9.00  a.  m. 
and 7.00 p. m.  Leave  Muskegon  8.35  a.  m.  and 
7.15 p. m.

GOING BAST.

tExcept Sunday.  »Daily

C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W. C. BLAKE, 

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

DULUTH, South Shore nod Atlantic 

Railway.

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)tll :10pm  t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City.................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace.........................  9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie..............   12:90pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marqnette.........................  2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria............................  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Duluth............................................   8:30am

EAST  BOUND.

Lv. D u lu th ....................................................   +6:30pm
Ar. Nestoria....................... . . t i l  :15am  2:45am
Ar. Marquette.......................  
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie..............   3:30pm 
.........
Ar. Mecklnaw City...............  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. Hxebabd, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
E. C. Ovlatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

to 

We  are  prepared 

furnish 
labels which enable dealers to com­
ply  with  this  law,  on  the  follow­
ing  basis:

i  M .................75c
5 M ..................... 50c per M
10 M .....................40c per M
20 M .....................35c per M
50  M ..................... 30c per M

Tradesman  Company,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

‘*

Via  C. &  W . M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids................................. 7:00am  . . . . . . .
A r  M anistee........................................12:05pm  ............
Lv  M anistee........................................8:30am  4:10pm
A r Grand  Rapids  ...........................   1:00pm  q:55pm

T R A V E L

F.  A  P.  M.  R.  R.

VIA

AND  STEA M SH IP   LIN BS 

TO  ALL  PO IN TS  IN  MIOHIGAN

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

Established 1780.

L argest M anufacturers or

Dorchester, Mass.
The O ldest and 

Walter Baker & Co.
PURE,HIGH GRADE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

AND

on th is Continent.

th e ir m anufactures.

No  Chemicals  are  used  In 
T heir  Breakfast  Cocoa  is   absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  n u tritio n s,  an d   costs  less  th a n   one 
ce n t a  cup.
T heir  Premium  No.  1  Chocolate,  put up in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the  best 
plain chocolate in th e m a rk et fo r fam ily nse.
T h e ir  German  Sw eet  Chocolate  i j   good  tc  
ea t an d  good  to   d rin k .  I t   is  palatable, n u tri­
tious, and  healthful ;  a  g reat  favorite  w ith 
children.
Buyers should ask fo r and be sure  th a t  they 
g et th e  genuine go o d s. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
Walter Baker &  Co.  Ltd.

Dorchester,  Mass.

LABELS
FOR
GASOLINE
DEALERS

The  Law of  1889.

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

PIANOS

A.  B. Chase,  Hazelton,  Fischer,  Franklin, 
Ludwig,  Kingsbury  and other pianos.

w

A.  B.  Chase and 
Ann  Arbor 
Organs

A  full  assortment  of  Sheet 
Music  and  Musical  M er­
chandise.  Everything 
in 
the  Music  line  at  lowest 
prices.  Catalogues sent free 
on application.

JULIUS  A.  J.  FRIEDRICH

30  and  32  Canal  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

T H E   L E A D IN G   MUSIC  H O U SE  O F  W E ST ER N   M ICHIGAN.

SHOW  CASES  OF  ALL  STYLES

Until  Nov.  1  we  will  furnish  these  highly  finished  show  cases  with  inlaid  wood 

comers at the  following low prices f o b  Bryan:

3 feet.......................84.50 
4 feet....................... 6.25 

5 feet...........87.25 7 feet............8 9.25 
6 feet..........  8.15 8 feet..........  10.50 

9 feet............$12.25
10 feet..........  13.25

Cases are  15 inches high, well  finished, all  double thick glass,  mirror lined panel
doors in  rear.  Guaranteed  satisfactory  in  every  respect.  Cases  17  inches high  10
cents extra per foot.  Write us for circulars and catalogue of our Combination Cases

THE  BRYAN  SHOW  CASE  WORKS,  Bryan, Ohio.

This Showcase only $4 00 per foot.

With  Beveled  Edge  Plate Glass top $5.00 per foot.

Everything  in  the  Plumbing  Line 
Everything  in  the  Heating  Line

Be it Steam,  Hot Water  or Hot Air.  Mantels, Grates and 
Tiling.  Galvanized Work  of  Every  Description.  Largest 
Concern in the State.

WEATHERLY &  PULTE, 99 Pearl  St., Grand  Rapids

Is It a Wonder

that merchants who buy our line 
of  premium  goods  report  that 
they  would  not  have  believed 
that  premiums  influence  trade 
to such an  extent until they had 
been  convinced  by  an  actual 
trial ?  Our goods are attractive, 
finished,  honestly  made 
well 
and  low in price. 
In quadruple 
plated  silverware, 
in  bronzed 
clocks,  family  scales,  hatracks, 
holiday goods, useful and  orna­
mental, we show  a large line  of 
the latest up-to-date goods.  We 
give you the choice of your own 
selection  or  recommend  our 
popular $25  or  $50  assortments 
sold  with  special  inducements. 
We  issue  separate  catalogues 
on  silverware, clocks or holiday goods.  Let  us know  which to send  you.

The Regent Manufacturing Co.

174  Wabash  Ave., Chicago,  III.

m

m

THE “HOME RULE” OIL 
AND GASOLINE CAN^

Has  a  Strong  Hinged  Cover 
over  Entire  Top,  and  may  be 
carried  in  the  rain  without 
getting  water  into  the  can. 
No  Dirt  in  the  Top  to  be 
washed  into can  with  the  oil, 
and  No  Screw  Top  to  get  lost 
or  damaged.

Absolutely  Rain,  Dirt  and 
Evaporation  Tight.  Has  a 
Steady  Stream  Pump,  which 
is  Removable  from  the  Can 
in  case of  Obstruction  or  for 
Repairs,  and  is  in  every  way 
Strong,  Durable  and  Prac­
tical.  Needed  in every family 
where  Oil  is  used.

Sold by jobbers everywhere 

Manufactured  by

THE  WINFIELD  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  W arren,  Ohio.

1

“KICKING  A  FALLEN  FOE”

Old  methods  of  weighing  your  merchan­
dise are  about  done  for;  but  a  few  remain 
to  remind  us of  the  past. 
In  a  few  years 
all  pound and ounce scales  will  be  no  more 
and  the  man  who  invented  them  will  be 
forgotten.

The  March  of Progress 

Is  Led by

The  Money  Weight  System

the  system  of  handling  your  goods  as 
money.

The  Computing  Scale  Co.,

Dayton,  Ohio.

