Volume XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  9,1898.

Number  790

T H E   “ H O M E  R U L E ”  O I L f 
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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,  winch 
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.

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We  manufacture a full line. 

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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.

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

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Grand  Rapids Agency,  26  Fountain  S t.

Don’t Be  Dull and  Discontented, but 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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W e don't claim to sell “ direct  from  thé  factory'* 

but do claim that we can sell you at

Less than the Manufacturer’s Cost

SHOW  CASES  OF  ALL  STYLES

and can substantiate our claim.  We  sell  you  sam­
ples 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.  Writing 
bed made of 3-ply built-up stock.  Desk is castered 
with ball-bearing casters  and  has  a strictly  dust- 
proof curtain.  Our special  price to  readers  of  the 
Tradesman  S 2 0 .  Write for  our  illustrated  cat­
alogue and  mention  this  paper  when you  do so.

SAMPLE  FURNITURE  CO.

JOBBERS  OF  SAMPLE  FURNITURE.

PEARL  AND  OTTAWA  STS. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

IF 100  OBE 0  DEOLEO

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yourself  and  your  customers.  No  other 
Lime  is  as  satisfactory  to  dealer  or  user.

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Is  the  Biggest  and  Best  plug of Tobacco 
on  the  market  to-day. 
Your  competi­
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JESS  TO BACCO

FOR  SALE  ONLY  BY

MUSSELMAN GROCER CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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

corners at the following low prices f o b   Bryan:

3 feet........$4.50 
4 feet........6.25 

5 feet.........$7*25 
6 feet.........  S.15 

7 feet.........$9 25 
8 feet........ 
10.50 

9 feet..........$12.25
10 feet.........   1325

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 tor circulars and catalogue of our Combination Cases

THE  BRYAN  SHOW  CASE  WORKS,  Bryan,  Ohio.

This Showcase only $4 00 per foot.

W ith   B eveled   E d g e   P la te   G la s s   top   $5.00  per  foot.

A  GOOD  SELLER

The  Economy  Farmer’s 
Boiler  and  Feed  Cooker

The  Kettle  is  of  smooth,  heavy cast- 
i ron.  Tb e furnace or jacket is of heavy, 
cold  rolled steel, and very durable.  We 
guarantee this  Feed  Cooker  never  to 
buckle  or  warp  from  the  heat. 
It  is 
designed  to set on the ground, or stone 
foundation,  and  is  especially  adapted 
for cooin g 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.

ROURS W e   R e a l i z e

Our Coffees and  Teas

That  in  competition  more  or  less  strong

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M ust excel  in  Flavor  and  Strength  and  be 
constant  Trade  Winners.  All  our  coffees 
roasted on  day  of shipment.

The J. M.  Bour Co., ¡jj: 

Jefferson  Avenue;  Detroit,  Mich. 
115-117  Ontario S t., Toledo, Ohio.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  9.  1898.

Number  790

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established  1S41.

R. Q.  DUN & CO.

Widdicomb Bid’s:, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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

L. P. WITZLEBEN  /lanager.

L  J .  S T E V E N S O N .  Manager  an o  No tary. 
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Special bargains in elegant Blue and 
Black  Serge,  Cheviot,  Unfinished 
Worsted  and  Clay  Worsted  Suits, 
and greatest line of Kersey, Covert, 
Boucle  Worsted,  Worambo,  Chin- 
chilla  Overcoats  and  Ulsters,  all 
manufactured  by  Kolb  &   Son,  of 
Rochester, N. Y  , only house  sell- 
ing  reaily  All-Wool  Kersey  Over- 
coats  at  ®5 50  and  Boucle  Worsted 
Overcoats at $6.50.  Meet our Wm. 
Connor  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  Thursday,  F rid^ ,  Satur- 

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day,  Nov.  io,  11,  12,  or  address 

PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

O F  D E TR O IT.  M IC H IG A N .

Commenced Business September  i,  1893.

Insurance in  force...................................$1,746,000.00
Net Increase during  1897...................... 
104,000.00
Net Assets.................... . ............. ,......... 
32,738.49
Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid............... 
None
Other  Liabilities.................................... 
None
Total  Death  Losses Paid to Date........  
40.061.00
Total Guarantee Deposits  Paid to Ben­
812.00
eficiaries................................................ 
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
F R A N K  E. ROBSON,  P r e s.

TRU M A N   B.  GOODSPEED, S e c ’y .

FIGURE  NOW  on  improving your office 
system for next  year.  Write  for  sample 
leaf ofourTI/lE BOOK and PAY ROLL.

BARLOW  BROS.,  Grand  Rapids,

THE  FOROOTTEN  PAST 

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Which we read about can never  be  5  
forgotten by the merchant who  be  p  
comes  familiar  with  our  coupon  ^  
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GRAND  RAPIDS. 

The  Responsibilities  of  Victory. 

Written for the T r ad esm an. 
r A  great  deal  of  anxiety  is  finding  ex­
pression  throughout  the  United States  in 
regard  to  the  future  of  the  Republic. 
What  is  to  be  its  policy ;  what  its  rela­
tions  with  the  nations  of  the  earth? 
What 
is  to  be  the  outcome  of  this  war 
with  Spain?  Hawaii  is  ours;  Cuba  and 
Porto  Rico  belong  to  us;  the  Philip­
pines  are 
looking  towards  us  with  ex­
pectant  eyes ;  the  Canaries  are  curious 
as  to  the  intentions  of  this  Government 
in  respect  to  them ;  the  civilized  world 
is  watching  and  waiting;  friends  and 
foes  are  nervous  and  eager,  the  one 
in 
fearful  and  the  other  hopeful,  and 
the  meantime  the  country 
is  going  on 
in  the  even  tenor  of  its  way  exactly  as 
it  has  been  going  on  for  more  than  a 
hundred  years,  turning  neither  to  the 
right  nor  to the  left,  realizing every high 
ideal and destined,  unchecked,  to  spread 
througbont  the  world  the  highest  and 
the  best  form  of  untrammelled Christian 
liberty  which  has  ever  blessed  man­
kind.

With  this  for  a  mission,  policy  will 
It  has  so  far.  The 
take  care  of  itself. 
end 
in  view  has,  indeed,  made  policy, 
as  such,  unnecessary.  History,  espe­
cially  American  history,  has  recorded 
no  grander  act  than  this—that  eyery 
great  movement 
involving  the  fate  of 
human  progress  has  been  too  much  in 
earnest  to  think  of  policy.  Remember 
Wickliffe,  the  herald  of  the  Puritan  and 
the  Pilgrim ;  recall  the  Boston  tea  party 
and  the  Declaration  of  Independence; 
consider  any  great  idea  that  has  made 
this  Republic  a 
it  will  be 
found that,  irrespective of  consequences, 
the  thought  was  expressed,  the  battle 
fought  and  the  victory  won  regardless 
of  what  might  follow.

fact  and 

The  contest  with  Spain  was  forced 
upon  us.  Words  had  lost  their  power. 
The  cruelty  which  has  made  Spanish 
dominion  a  disgrace  to  modern civiliza­
tion  had  reached 
its  limit.  Nothing 
hut  a  gun  could  utter  a  protest  which 
would  be  regarded  or  understood,  and, 
like  that  other  “ shot  heard  around  the 
world,”   when  it  was  fired,  it  hit.  That 
done,  the  rest  will  take  care  of  itself. 
This  only 
is 
is  certain:  The  Nation 
ready  to  take  what  follows;  Cuba 
is 
free;  the  Spaniard  has  been driven from 
the  Western  world;  the  American  flag 
flies  above  the  stronghold  of  Manila,  an 
unwonted  radiance  in  the  Eastern  sky, 
and  the  responsibilities  of  these  victo­
ries  are  assumed  as  they  only  can  be  by 
that  government  which  can  best  carry 
out  those  principles  upon  which  the 
highest  forms  of  National  life  and 
liv­
ing  are  based.

That  is  the  purpose.  Time  and  cir­
cumstance  must  decide the rest.  Spain’s 
clutches  are  loosened  from  Cuba.  That 
does  not  mean,  necessarily,  that  Cuba 
is  to  become  one  of  the  United  States. 
It  does  mean  that  law  and  order  are  to 
reign  there,  and  that 
life,  liberty  and 
the  pursuit  of  happiness  are  to be the lot 
of  humanity  upon  that long-suffering  is­
land  or  this  country  will  know  the  rea 
son  why. 
little 
concern  what  becomes  of  the  Philippine 
1  Islands.  The  United  States  cares  as

It  may  be  a  matter  of 

if 

little  for  the  territory  as she  does  for  the 
limitless  acres  of  Siberia;  but 
it 
seems  best  for  her  to  throw  her  protect­
ing  arms  around  the  inhabitants of those 
islands  until  they  can  take  good  care  of 
themselves,  it 
is  a  responsibility  she 
wiil  not  shirk,  no  matter  bow  far  it 
reaches,  a  conclusion  which  seems  to 
be  pretty  well  understood  by  the  nations 
of  the  earth.

in  great  danger. 

It  began  away  back 

Just  now  the  opinion  is  abroad  that 
It  is  true— 
we  are 
never  in  greater;  but  that 
is  and  has 
been  the  normal  condition  of  the  Re­
public. 
in  1620 
when  the  Mayflower  started  upon  its 
stormy  passage. 
It  grew  and  waxed 
strong  until  long  after  the  beginning  of 
the  National  idea.  There  was  menacing 
danger  in  1776. 
It  came  again  in  1812. 
Threats that blanched men’s faces flashed 
under  the  sea  during  the  dark  days  of 
the  rebellion.  The  skies  are  not  now 
clear  of  possible  storm;  but  the  Nation, 
like 
the  Oregon,  sails 
grandly  on  ready  for  whatever  may  op­
pose,  ready  for  whatever  responsibility 
may  follow,  and  as  eager  as  she is ready 
for  the  responsibility  of  teaching,  with­
out  fear  or  favor,  not  only  degenerate 
Spain,  but  Monarchy 
in  general,  that 
mankind  in  general  are  created  free and 
equal  and  that  these  inborn  rights  and 
privileges  are  to  be  respected.

its  prototype, 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  country may 
not  be  hampered  in  its  work by needless 
anxiety,  and  the  expression  of  it.  Spain 
must  be  taken  care  of.  That  this  coun­
is  equal  to  it  there  is  no  possible 
try 
is  to  repeat  her  ob­
doubt.  That  she 
ject-lesson  of 
self-government  to  the 
crowns  of  Europe  is  evident.  Whether 
this  can  be  done  without  vigorous  dis­
cipline  remains  to  be  seen;  but,  when 
the  lesson  is  finished,  it  will  have  been 
thoroughly 
thoroughly 
learned,  not  only  by  the  Spanish  pupil 
but  the  rest  of  the  class  as  well.

taught 

and 

R.  M.  St r e e t e r .

What  May  Happen.

There  is  a  story  of  two  thieves  fight­
ing  over  a  donkey. 
The  altercation 
originated  in  discussing  the  disposition 
to  be  made  of the  animal—whether  or 
not  it  should  be  sold.  While  they  were 
contending  together  a third  robber came 
up  and  rode  the  donkey  away.  Such  a 
tale  might  apply  pretty  well  to  hot­
headed  merchants  who  are  so  bent  on 
keenly  competing  with  one  another  that 
they  are  oblivious  to  the  fact  that  some 
one  else  is  carrying  off  the  trade,  a  turn 
of  affairs  which  is  by  no  means  impos­
sible.

Hotel  Changes.

St.  Louis— Cbas.  W.  Chase,  of  Mish­
awaka,  Ind.,  has  secured  a  five  year 
lease  of  the  Harrington  House  and  will 
open 
it  to  the  public  as  soon  as  it  can 
be  refurnished  and  fitted  up.

Casnovia— 1.  C.  Neff  has  sold  his 

in­
in  the  Casnovia  Hotel  to  J.  S. 

terest 
Ryan.

Onaway— H.  Olmsted  has  begun  the 
erection  of  a  hotel.  36x52  feet  in dimen­
sions.  The  building  will  be  two  stories 
high  and  contain  twenty-five  rooms.

There 
success.

is  no  such  thing  as  dishonest 

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

The  demand 

is  good  for  Michigan 
hides,  although  the  supply  is  limited. 
While  the quality is  the  best  of  the  year 
and  the  market  y&c  off,  tanners  say  that 
they  must  go  lower  to  meet  the  leather 
market. 
lower 
values  and  stocks  are  accumulating  in 
the  larger  markets.  The  recent  decline 
in  price  is  reported  to  have  been  made 
so  that  dealers  can  stock  up,  although 
country  holders  are  not  free  sellers  at  a 
decline.

The  tendency 

is  for 

Pelts  will  remain  stagnant  until  the 
wool  market  is  settled,  unless  bought  at 
lower  values,  which  holders  are  not 
in­
clined  to  concede.

Tallow 

in  price.  Only  choice 

is  in  good  demand  at  a  slight 
concession 
is 
sought  after  to  any  extent,  although  a 
large  supply  of  soaper’s  stock 
is  on 
hand.

Wool  seems  to  be  again  an  article  of 
commerce.  The  past  week  showed  the 
largest  sales  of  the  year  by  a  number  of 
million  pounds,  concessions 
in  price 
having  occasioned  the  movement.  Man­
ufacturers  named  a  price  they  could  use 
it  at  and  some  holders  weakened  in  or­
der  to  move  the  stuff  they  were  tired  of 
looking  at. 
So  far,  concessions  are 
made  only  on  coarse  or  one-quarter 
bloods  of  about  2c  per  pound.  Fine 
holds 
is  firm,  with  light 
offerings.  Stocks  on  this  side  are  am­
ple  for  the  demand  and  the price abroad 
is  too  high  for  importation.  Michigan 
wools  do  not  move  at  tbe  decline.

its  own  and 

W m.  T.  He ss.

About  Attending  to  Details.

to 

surrender 

Don’t  let  tbe  details  of  your  business 
get  the  upper  hand  or  you  will  be  com­
pelled 
like  a  poorly 
equipped  enemy  before  an  army  of 
rough  riders. 
It  doesn’t  take  long  to 
look  through  your  mail  in  the  morning 
it  out  to  the  different  de­
and  portion 
the 
partments  of  your  business—and 
waste  basket.  Put  off  doing 
it  some 
morning  until  other matters receive your 
attention,  or  neglect  it  altogether  for  a 
while,and  see  how  prodigious  seems  tbe 
task.

After  buying  a  bill  of  goods  it  takes 
but  a  moment  to  secure  a  copy,  to  ar­
range  terms  of  payment,  to  give  proper 
shipping  instructions,  etc.

Hurry  off  to  something  else,  tell  your­
self  that  you  haven’t  time to  bother  with 
little  affairs,  and  see  how  much 
these 
more  time  you  will  have  to  lose 
later 
on  to  straighten  out  tangles  that  some­
how  seem  always  to  follow  neglect  of 
small  duties.

Hang  this  card  over  your  desk :  “ Do 
it  now,”   and  do  not  leave  your  work 
until  the  details  are  well  done.

A  New  Light.

Dean  Hole  tells  us  a  story  of  an 
American  author  who  bad  inscribed  on 
bis  wife’s  tomb:  “ The  light  has  gone 
from  my  life.”
Time  went  on,  and  he  was  about  to be 
married  again.  Then  it was that a neigh­
bor,  charged  with  that 
impertinence 
which  all  of  us  are  so  unfortunate  as  to 
meet  now  and  then,  asked  him  if  he 
had  forgotten  his  words  of  lamentation.
“ So  far  from  forgeting  them,”   he 
said,  “ I  remember  them,  and  could  re­
peat  them  now  as  really  originating 
intention  you  are 
and  confirming  tbe 
pleased  to  criticise. 
1  said  that  the 
light  was  gone  from  my  life;  it  is  for 
that  reason  that  I  propose  to  strike  an­
other  match. ’ '

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PERILOUS  SHOPPING.

Dangers  Before  Unwary  Women 

in 

Fifth  Avenue.

From the New York Sun.

The  little  Fifth  avenue  shops  which  a 
few  years  ago  could  be  counted  on  the 
fingers  of  two  hands  are  getting  to  be 
thicker  than  blackberries. 
Some  of 
them  are  actually  little;  six  by  sixteen 
is  not  magnificence  even  when  a French 
woman  keeps  the  shop.  Others  are  only 
comparatively small  in  contrast  with  the 
big  department  stores.
These  Filth  avenue  shops  are  in  a 
class  by  themselves. 
In  make-up  and 
management  they  differ  from  most  of 
the  other  stores.  In  the  first  place,  most 
of  them  are  installed  in  buildings which 
were  originally  dwelling  houses and still 
retain  tneir  exclusiveness  of  appear­
ance.  Nobody  thinks  of  prowling  into 
and  out  of  the  Fiftb  avenue  shops  as 
people  do  with  the places having a pure 
ly  commercial  air.  The  shopkeepers 
know  this,  and  their  saleswomen  know 
it,  and  Buttons,  who  opens  the  door, 
knows  it.

subtly 

This,  be 

Hence,  after a  woman  has  gone  to  the 
point  of  climbing—or  descending,  as 
the  case  may  be—the  outside  steps  and 
entering  the  curtained  glass  door  she 
may  he and 
is  regarded  as  having  seri­
ous  intentions.  As  such,  a  shopper  with 
serious 
intentions,  she  receives  a  con­
tinental  amount  of  unctuous  bowing  and 
haughty  condescension 
inter­
mingled. 
If  she  doesn't  buy— well,  it 
is  ail  she  can  do  to  get  her  stiffened 
body  out 
into  the  sunshine,  where  she 
can  thaw  out.

it  hastily  remarked,  is  not 
the  universal  rule  in these  shops.  There 
are  places  where  a  genuine  and  courte­
ous  welcome  awaits  all  comers,  and  the 
affair  might  be  a  social  function  so  far 
as  any  idea  of  buying  and  selling  is  al­
lowed  to  intrude  Two  or  three  of  the 
art  stores,  tor  instance,  seem  to  the  im­
pecunious  but  true  lover  of  pictures  to 
be  maintained  for  the  gratification  of 
himself  and  others  like  him.  This  is 
true  of  many  other  places;  but  it  woula 
be  just  as  well  for  the  outsider  to  know 
his  ground  before  he  ventures 
into  the 
field.

The  Fifth  avenue  shops  run  almost 
entirely  to  a  few  varieties—to millinery, 
for  instance.  At  the  busiest  bouts  ot 
the  day  there  are  more  bats  inside  the 
shops  along  the  avenue,  counting  only 
those  for  sale,  than  there  are  on  the 
beads  of  the  women  outside  the  shops. 
Why,  there  are  more  millinery  shops 
between  Twenty-third  street  and  Forty- 
second  street  in  Fifth  avenue  than  there 
in  the  same  number  ot 
are  saloons 
blocks 
least  it 
seems  so  to  a  woman  who  has  to  stop 
and  look  at  the  hats  in  the  windows.

in  Sixth  avenue.  At 

One  of  the  chief  accomplishments  of 
some  foreign  shopkeepeis  is  their  abil­
ity  to  make  an  unprofitable  customer 
feel  like  3  cents.  This  ability  is  to  be 
found  here  and  there  in  Fifth  avenue. 
You  go  in  all  puffed  up  with  pride  over 
a  determination  to  be  real  reckless  and 
spend  $20  on  a  winter  bat.  At  the  same 
time  you  have  a 
trace  of 
shrewdness,  and  you  don't  name  out­
right  the  princely  sum  which  you  stand 
ready  to  expend.  You  have  bought bats 
before;  and  you're  not  going  to 
invite 
the  saleswoman  to  charge  you  $20  for  a 
$12  hat  just  because  she  knows you  have 
the  price.

lingering 

So  you  are  very foxy  about  it,  and you 
simply  ask  to  see some hats.  Certainly, 
madame!  Will  madame  please  be 
seated?  Ah,  pardon!  Will  madame 
allow  her  hat  to  be  removed?

Madame  graciously  allows it,  although 
she  wilts  a  trifle  when  the  unctuous 
saleswoman  looks  inside  of  the  old  hat, 
and  obviously  represses  a  sniff  of  scorn 
at  the  name  of  the  humble  dealer  she 
finds  there.  But  madame  remembers 
that  she  paid  only  $8  for  that  hat,  and 
she  remembers  the  fat  twenty  in  her 
purse  and  spruces  up.  Meanwhile  the 
saleswoman  approaches  with  an  abomi­
nation  of  floridity 
in  the  shape  of  a 
hat. 
is  "only  $40,  and  exceedingly 
becoming  to  madame. ”   Madame  inti­
mates  that  she  will  have  none  of  it. 
More  Hats  are  produced.  They  are $40, 
$30,  $50—oh,  almost  any  old price above

It 

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the 

$25—and  madame  feels  herself  smaller 
and  smaller,  and 
fat  $20  gets 
thinner  and  thinner,  and  the world  looks 
black.

Finally  madame  summons her courage 
in  an  offhand  way  for  some­
and  asks 
thing  "more  simple, 
just  something 
simple,  but  with  plenty  of  chic;  some­
thing  about  $20. ”

The  saleswoman  raises  her  eyebrows 
hopelessly  and  wrinkles  her brows  in  an 
effort  to  remember  whether  they  ever 
admitted  anything  so  cheap  into  their 
slock.  And  Anally  she  thinks  that  they 
have  something  for  about  that  price, 
and  she  gres  off  and  gets  two or three  of 
the  rattiest 
looking  millinery  produc­
tions  and  condescendingly  tells madame 
that  they  are  really  quite  striking— to 
which  madame  agiees  with 
inward 
irony.

in  their 

At  this  point  comes  up  another  tall 
and  elegant  saleswoman.  They  are  al­
ways  tall  and  elegant,  by  the  way,  and 
wear  their  hair  in  the  latest  fashion, 
ideas  on 
they  are  advanced 
sleeves,  and  they  rustle 
like  $ 10,000 a 
year.  Also  their  hands  are  so  well  kept. 
One  wishes  one  bad  never  been  born 
with  finger  nails.  As  for  their  height, 
it  really  is  of  no  use  to go  into  some  of 
these  shops  unless  you  are  six  feet  tall. 
The  elegant  saleswomen  are  from  five 
feet  eight  up,  and  unless  you  are  good 
six  feet  you  are  not  sure  of  being  able 
to  get  the  upper  eye  of  them. 
If  you 
can  look  down  on  them  and  rustle  loud­
ly  enough  you  may  even  buy  a  $20  bat 
and  keep  your  self-respect.  Otherwise, 
no.  For,  as  before  said,  at  the  critical 
point  arrives  another  saleswoman.

"H ave  Mrs  Millionaire’s  hats  gone 
yet?"  she  asks  of  your  patron  sales 
woman.
" N o .”
"W ell, 

they  must  go  before  4 
o’clock!”   And  then  they  scurry  off and 
you  sit  forlornly  among  your  $20  abom­
inations  of  desolation  and  wonder 
whether  you’ ll  have  time  to  cut  and  run 
before  she  can  get  back.  You  hesitate 
and  are  lost.  She  comes  back  and  tells 
you  how  many  hats  Mrs.  Millionaire 
bought  at  $40 apiece,  how  many  at  $50, 
and  so on.

Of course  you  live  through  it,  but  it is 

a  time  to  try  women's  souls.

On  the  other  band,  there  is  the  other 
kind  of 
little  shop,  the  kind  where 
everybody,  from  the  proprietor  down  to 
the  errand  bov,  treats  you  as  if you were 
a  lordly  customer  from  the  moment  you 
enter  the  door  and  before you have spent 
a  cent.  After  you  have  bought  a  pair 
of  gloves,  you  become  one  of  them,  a 
part  of  the  institution,  a  sort  of  patron 
saint.  These  are  the  places  where  pro 
prietor  and  salespeople  know  you  by 
name,  remember  your  address,  send  the 
goods  home  without  putting 
in  a  bill 
and  otherwise  endear  themselves  to hon­
est  people  with  an  old-fashioned  fond­
ness  for  courtesy.

One  can  have  a  charge  account  at 
plenty  of  places,  but  there  are  not  so 
many  shops  where  one  can  have the pro­
prietor  say :

"Oh,  M rs.-----,  I  came  very  near
sending  for  you  to  see  some  imported 
things  I  got  in last  week.  We  all  spoke

We  are  closing  out  odd  lots  and  jobs  of

Wash  Goods 
Hosiery 
Underwear  and 
Men’s  Furnishings 
including  Caps

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FO R   H O L ID A Y   T R A D E

Nobby  things  in  Men’s  Furnishings  are  money  Makers.  Our

line is  great.

VOIGT,  HERPOLSHEIMER  &  CO.

W H O LE S A LE   D R Y   G O O D S ,  U N D E R W E A R  
A N D   M E N ’S   F U R N IS H IN G S .

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

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We have lately placed on the  market  a  line 
of portrait calendars which we  think  supe­
rior in many respects  to  the  colored  calen­
dars so long in use, in that the customer who 
hangs  up  a  calendar  with  the  merchant’s 
portrait  thereon  will  think  of him and his 
establishment  every time  he glances  at the 
calendar.  This  line  ot  calendars  is  7x11 
inches in size, printed on heavy 8-ply coated 
litho. cardboard, with portrait of merchant, 
or his  clerks, or his  family  at  top  of  card 
and  large  monthly  calendar  pads  wire 
stitched to  lower  portion  of card,  samples 
of which will cheerfully be sent on applica­
tion.  We  can  make  calendars  in any  size 
desired, printed either from engraved plates 
or from type,  with  monthly  pad, in  one  or 
two colors of ink.
We also have on hand  a large line of  fancy 
colored  calendars,  which  we  can  furnish 
on exceptionally  favorable  terms.  In  case 
you  conclude to  favor  us  with  your  order 
for anything  in the  calendar  line, you  can 
rest  assured  that  your  order  will  receive 
painstaking attention by experienced work­
men from start to  finish.

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

The  Lamb Glove &  Mitten Go.,

of PERRY, MICH.,

TR A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y ,

GRA N D   R A PID S.

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

KNIT  HAND WEAR 

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

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The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—There  has  been  no 
marked  change  to  report  in  regard  to 
staple  cottons  from our  last  review.  The 
home  demand  for  brown  cottons  is mod­
erately  good,  while  there  is  a  little  in­
crease  in  desire  for  goods  for  export.

Prints  and  Ginghams— We  are  able  to 
report 
improvement  in  the  volume  of 
business  transacted  in  printed  calicoes 
and  mail  orders  have  increased.  The 
primary  market  is  in  very  good  condi­
tion  so  far  as  fancy  calicoes  are  con­
cerned,  and  with  the  exception  of  the 
few  odd  styles  which  will  be  disposed 
of  at  good  prices,  most  of  the  stocks 
have  been  well  cleaned  out.  There  are 
quite  a  large  number  of  small  orders 
coming 
for  regular  prints, 
which  seems  to  indicate  that  stocks  in 
the  hands  of  jobbers  are  rather  low,  but 
that  they  do  not  wish  to  buy  any  more 
stock  than  is  absolutely  necessary.

forward 

of  you  when  the things were unpacked. ”
That’s  only  business  shrewdness? 
Generally,  yes.  But  it  is  a  more  agree­
able  form  of  business  shrewdness  than 
that  which  makes  a  dealer  treat  his cus­
tomer  like  a  thief  and  a  robber,  or  as  a 
policeman  treats  the  tramp  on  the  park 
benches.

So  the  Fifth  avenue  shops— like  all 
shops,  for  that  matter—are  ot  two  kinds 
so  tar  as  methods  of  dealing  with  cus­
tomers  go.  Only, 
their  extremes  of 
courtesy  and  of  snobbishness  are  farther 
apart.  In  other  methods  they  are  a  good 
deal  alike.  Few  of  them  advertise. 
They  depend  on  their  regular  customers 
to do  that  for  them,  either  by  wearing 
their  productions  or  buying  them  for 
their  houses.  These  shops  are  devoted 
principally  to  the  apparelling  of  men 
and  women.  Nine-tenths  of  the  Fifth 
avenue  shops  are  those  of  tailors,  mil­
liners  and  costumers,  with  now and  then 
one for the sale of shoes, gloves or corsets. 
Those  make  up  fully  nine  tenths  of  the 
number,  and  the  great  majority  of  the 
remainder  are  dedicated  to  the  dressing 
of  the  second  envelope  of  humanity,  the 
houses  in  which  we  live.

It  would  be  a  brave  man  or  woman 
who  would  open  a  Fifth  avenue  shop 
without  feeling  assured  of  at  least  a 
small clientele.  The history  of  many  of 
these  places  is  quickly  written.  A  man 
works  with  a  well-known  tailor  until  he 
has  made  a  sufficient  circle  of acquaint­
ances— in  purely  a  business  sense,  of 
course—and  then  he  opens  a  little  shop 
of  his  own.  Generally  he  has  confided 
this 
intention  to  the  customers  who 
seemed  to  be  most  pleased  with  bis 
work,  and  these  he  generally  counts  up­
launch  him,  or  rather  keep  him 
on  to 
afloat,  in  his  new  venture. 
is  the 
same  way with the milliners and the rest.
As  for  the  character  of  the  stock  in 
these  shops,  it  grows  more  and  more 
In  many  of  the  places  a 
Parisian. 
French  designer 
In  one 
of  these  shops,  for  instance,  where  hats, 
corsages,  parasols,  furs  and  other  arti­
cles  for  women’s  wear  are  sold  two 
French  girls  are  employed.  One  of 
them  receives  about  $150 a  week  for  her 
work  as  a  designer,  while  the  other  gets 
$45  a  week  as  a  trimmer.

is  employed. 

It 

It 

The  little  shops  are  often  a  relief  to 
the  buyer  because  they  keep  only  one 
thing,  the  one  thing,  of  course,  which 
the  shopper  goes  there  to  get. 
It  is 
soothing  to  find  a  whole  establishment 
interested  in  the  thing  you  yourself,  for 
the  time  being,  find  of  paramount 
im­
portance. 
is  very  comforting  to  go 
into  a  cozy  little  place  to  have  a  pair  of 
gloves  made  and  to  find  oneself  an  ob­
ject  of  solicitude  to  the  entire force. 
It 
is  about as warming  as  the  other  experi­
ence 
is  chilling—the  experience  with 
the  Fifth  avenue  shop  which  does  not 
thaw  out  until 
it  has  seen  the  color of 
your  money.  For  these  little  shops  do 
be  of  these  two  kinds,  and  there’s  the 
rub.

American  Apples  in  England.

Liverpool,  Oct.  29—The  arrivals  of 
American  apples  this  week  were  2,310 
barrels,  as  against  23,437  barrels  last 
week.  The  arrivals  to  date  have  been 
116.005  barrels,  as  compared with 72,370 
barrels  at  the  same  period  last  season. 
The  quality  and  condition  of  the  fruit 
which  arrived  this  week  are  again  a 
great  disappointment  and  the  hoped  for 
improvement  appears  to  be  as  far  off  as 
ever.  Canadian  arrivals  have  been  the 
most  unsatisfactory,  and  to  this  there 
are  scarcely  any  exceptions,  the  condi­
tion  being  wretched—notably  Snows, 
Holland,  Pippin  and Jennettings,  which 
were  mostly  mouldy,  and  with  great 
difficulty  sold  at  2s.  6d.@5s.  From  New 
Yoik  some  occasional 
lots  were  fairly 
good,  but  nothing  has  yet  arrived  from 
any  port  to  induce  buyers  of  the  better 
class  to  operate.

There  were  some  lots  of  winter  Bald­
wins from  Boston,  having color and size, 
which  sold  up  to  19s.  9d.  ;  but  taken  al 
together,  the  result  of  the  week’s  sales 
is  very  miserable.  The  whole  situation 
is  regrettable,  as  the  markets  here  are 
entirely  cleared  of  home  product,  and 
are  ready  to  operate  largely  whenever 
suitable  fruit  cao  be obtained.

It 

is 

Dress  Goods—The  end  of  the  fall 
dress  goods  business 
in  sight;  in 
fact, 
is  already  here,  and  the  many 
mills  working  on  dress goods  are feeling 
somewhat  discouraged  in  regard  to  the 
amount  of  business  which  has  been  se­
cured. 
is  far  from  satisfactory,  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  the  last  week  or 
two  has  shown  an  improvement,  which 
was  due  largely  to  the  cooler  weather 
which  prevailed 
in  the  East,  but  more 
particularly  in'the  West.  Had  the  whole 
of  the  reorder  season  been  as  good  as 
the  last  two  weeks,  there  would  have 
been  far  more  satisfaction  expressed 
and  felt.  But,  as  conditions  have been, 
there  has  not  been  enough  business  to 
keep  the  mills  running  until  they  put 
their  looms  onto  spring  dress  goods. 
This  has  not  been  the  case  with  all 
mills,  but  with  many  of  them.

Hosiery—The  demand  for  staple  ho­
siery  continues  to  be  fully  up  to  the av­
erage,  and  a  very  satisfactory  fall  busi - 
ness 
is  already  assured.  Prices  have 
been  strengthened  by  the  existing  con­
ditions 
in  European  markets,  and  our 
latest  advices  show  that  conditions  are 
still  strong  enough  to keep  prices  steady 
in  this  market.

Carpets-----The  manufacturers  have
now  completed  their  samples,  and  some 
have  shown  the  new  lines  to  their  cus­
tomers  There  has  been  more  disposi­
tion  to  place  orders  since  it  has  been 
decided  to  sell  the  Alex.  Smith  Carpet 
Co.  goods at  private  sale.  Until this fact 
was  assured,  there  was  a  great  deal  of 
uneasiness  manifested  among  the  job­
bers  and  manufacturers.  Trade  should 
from  this  time  improve,  as  the  disturb­
ing  factors  are  removed.  It  is  certainly 
a  cause  for  congratulation  that  there 
will  be  a  larger  chance  to  conduct  the 
carpet  business  this  next  season  on  nat­
ural  conditions,  instead  of on  the  unnat­
ural  ones  which  prevailed 
last  season, 
which  will  go  down 
in  history  as  the 
most  unsatisfactory  ever  experienced  by 
the  oldest  merchants  in  the  trade.

Blankets—There  is  a  moderately  good 
business  coming  forward  in  the  way  of 
supplementary  orders 
in  the  blanket 
trade,  enough  to  keep  the  jobbers  in 
good  humor,  and  to  keep  the  business 
in  excellent  condition.  Now  that  the 
extra  Government  business  is  practical­
ly  over,  several  of  the manufacturers are 
preparing  new  lines  of  white  blankets 
which  they  had  intended  to get ready for 
last  year,  but  did  not  on  account  of  the 
extra  amount  of  business 
in  colored 
blankets  due  to  the  Government  con­
tracts. 
It  is  expected  that  the  next  sea­
son  will  open  rather  early,  and  agents 
are  preparing  to  show  their  samples  in 
advance  of  regular  date.

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Birmingham,  Mich.,  Aug.  17,  1S98.
Gentlemen:  Your gas  machine  does 
all  that  you  claimed  it  would  do.  I 
would  not  go  back  to  the  old  lamps 
under  any  consideration.  The  care  ot 
the generator  is  no  more work  than  to 
fill and  clean  any  one  lamp.  I  believe 
there  are  none  on  the  market  equal  to 
yours, all points considered.

Yours respectfully,

F. H AG ERM A N .

681.  F. Owen  &  CO. Qraad  Rapids 

Michigan.

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

Around  the State

Movements  of  Merchants.

Holland-  Price  &  K eis  have engaged 

in  the  meat  business.

Baldwin-----Hoatlin  &  Fisher  have

opened  a  meat  market  here.

Ironwood—John  Kluck succeeds Kluck 

&  Greisewski  in  the  meat  business.

Bad  Axe— R.  Neusler  has  embarked 

in  the  general  merchandise  business.

Mount  Forest— Abraham  Cohen  has 
removed  his  grocery  stock  to  Gladwin.
Ann  Arbor— Parker  &  Schneider are 
succeeded  by  the  Moore  Hardware  Co.
Rockford— Volney  Baker  has  pur­
chased  the meat  business  of  Wm.  Grum- 
mett.

Adrian—Geo.  A.  Betz  has  re-engaged 
in  the  grocery,  provision and  meat  busi­
ness.

Marshall— S.  E.  Ferguson  succeeds 
in  the  restaurant  busi­

Geo.  A.  Hoyt 
ness.

Big  Rapids— J.  Tetzlaff  has  removed 
his  jewelry  stock  from  Reed City  to  this 
place.

Gaines—Geo.  W.  Chase,  Jr.,  has  sold 
bis  clothing  and  notion  stock  to  Moss  & 
Myers.

Union  City— Lynn  D.  Johnson  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  R.  F. 
Watkins.

Sturgis— Dickinson  &  Strunk,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  Mr.  Dickinson 
succeeding.

Trenton—Sarah  R. 

(Mrs.  Abram) 
Van  Horn  has  sold  her  general  stock  to 
Ira  Vickery. 

Coopersville—W.  A.  Thomas has  pur­
chased  the  harness  business  of  E.  J. 
McNaughton.

Flint—Geo.  E.  Hunt  has  transferred 
bis  drug  stock  to  his  wife  for  a  consid­
eration  of  $500.

Midland—E.  Anderson  continues  the 
drug  business  formerly  carried  on  by 
Anderson  &  Orth.

Breckenridge— Zubler  &  Becker  is 
the  name  of  a  new  hardware  firm  estab­
lished  at  this  place.

;

Detroit— Frank  Millard  has purchased 
the  coal,  wood  and  hay  business  of 
Thos.  Sherwood  &  Co.

Ann  Arbor—John  Maynard  is  closing 
out  his  grocery  stock  here  and  will  re­
move  to  another  location.

Sturgis— Alfred  Purkiss,  of  Concord, 
has  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  and  gro­
cery  business  at  this  place.

Marion— E.  J.  Hall,  who  retired  from 
business  last  June,  will  re-engage  in the 
grocery  business  about  Dec.  1.

Calumet—J.  C.  Vivian  succeeds  Rob­
erts  &  Vivian  in  the  drug  business  at 
this  place  and  also  at  Laurium.

Shepherd— F.  D.  Hare  has  opened  up 
a  stock  of  dry  goods,  groceries,  boots, 
shoes  and  rubbers  at  this  place.

Fenton—Mrs.  Lucy  A.  Barber,  who 
conducted  a  notion  store at  this  place, 
has  sold  her  stock  to  the  Fasbender 
Bazaar  Co.,  Limited.

Hudson—Wenzel  &  Hasbrouck  have 
sold  their  coal  and  lumber business  to 
R.  F.  Burch,  of  Sturgis,  who  has  al­
ready  taken  possession.

Detroit—Johnson  &  Gibbons,  whole­
sale  and  retail  cigar and  tobacco  deal­
ers,  have  dissolved,  Benj.  J.  Gibbons 
continuing  the  business.

Kalkaska— A.  E.  Bowerman  and  Cole 
Bros,  have  purchased  the  feed  store  of 
Wm.  Winters,  and  will  conduct  the 
business  under the  style  of Bowerman  & 
It  is  reported that  Mr.  Win­
Cole  Bros. 
ters  is  considering  the 
feasibility  of 
erecting  a  grist  mill  here.

Scottville— Albert  Vogel,  of  Luding- 
ton,  has  purchased  a  site and  will  erect 
a  double  store  building  at  this  place 
and  embark  in  the  mercantile business.
Marion— G.  L.  Thornton  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  C.  S.  Chase 
and  will  move  it  into  a  24x25  addition 
he  is  adding  to  his  present  store  build­
ing.

Otsego—Ed.  Rose  has sold his grocery 
stock  to  Herbert,  Fred  and  Milo  Mc­
Call,  of  Alamo,  who  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  McCall 
Bros.

Barryton— The 

firm  of  Skelton  & 
Barry,  operating  a  general  store  at  this 
place,  has  been  dissolved  by  mutual 
consent.  Frank  Barry  will  continue  the 
business.

Plainwell— Luther  Delano  and  Chas. 
A.  Bush  have  purchased  the lumber and 
fuel  business  of  R.  Granger  &  Co.  and 
the  firm  name  hereafter  will  be  C.  A. 
Bush  &  Co.

Saginaw— The  partnership  existing 
between  Simon  and Nathan Sheyer,deal­
ers 
in  clothing  and  men’s  furnishing 
goods,  has  been dissolved,  Simon  Sheyer 
succeeding.

Ludington—S.  Slaght  &  Co.  have  sold 
their  crockery  and  bazaar  stock  to  Vic. 
Roussin,  dealer 
in  drugs  and  notions, 
and  removed  to  Scottville,  where  they 
will  engage  in  business.

Schoolcraft— Charles  H.  Briggs,  of 
the  drug  firm  of  Briggs  Bros.,  was  re­
cently  married  to  Miss  Inez  Shaw.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Briggs  will  reside  in  School­
craft.  The  bride  was  a  teacher  last 
year  in  Schoolcraft.

Jackson— A.  H.  Knox  &  Co.,  who 
conduct  5  and  10  cent  stores  in  fourteen 
cities 
in  the  country,  have  opened  a  5 
cent  store  in  the  building  recently  oc­
cupied  by  the  men’s  furnishing  goods 
stock  of  Markham  &  McDonald.

Hudson— F.  G.  Martin  has  disposed 
of  his  interest  in  the  firm  of J.  H.  Cruse 
&  Co.,  lumber  dealers  at  Hudson  and 
Marshall,  to  Blood  &  Cruse,  who  will 
continue  the  business.  Mr.  Martin  will 
embark 
in  agricultural  pursuits  near 
Sturgis.

Charlotte—The  clothing firm of Green- 
man  &  Selkirk  has  been  dissolved  by
F.  E.  Norton,  who  has  been  employed 
in  the  store  fur  the  past  year,  purchas­
ing  the  interest  of  Mr.  Greenman.  The 
new  firm  will  be  known  as  Selkirk  & 
Norton.

St.  Joseph—Gabel  &  Co.,  who  con­
ducted  a  grocery  and  meat  market  at 
this  place,  have  dissolved  partnership, 
Mr.  Gabel  retiring.  The  new  firm  will 
be  known  as  R.  C.  Strelow  &  Co. 
Henry  Wortz  will  have  the  management 
•f  the  business.

Kalamazoo— The  Cowing,  Cable  & 
Lee  shoe  stock  has  been  purchased  by 
Jos.  L.  Hudson.  William Graham,  man­
ager  of  Mr.  Hudson’s  shoe  department 
at  Detroit,  is  in  the  city  for  a  few  days 
making  arrangements  for  the  future  of 
the  business.  L.  C.  Laviolette  will 
manage  the  store.

Saginaw—The  druggists' early closing 
movement  was  short  lived.  Some  of 
those  who  had  signed  the  agreement  to 
close  at  9  o’clock  remained 
in  their 
stores  and  unlocked  them  when  custom­
ers  came  along 
The  compact  was 
poorly  kept  and  the  members  to  it 
agreed  that  the  undertaking  was  a  fail­
ure.

Owosso— Early  closing  has  been  re­
vived  among  some  classes  of  dealers 
who  have  either never  been  in  the  habit 
of  closing  early  or  else  have  been  get­
ting  out  of  the  habit.  Grocers  and  meat 
dealers  on  both  sides  of  the  city  are

now  agreed 
in  closing  at  7  o’clock 
every  evening  except  Monday  and  Sat­
urday.

Menominee— Buhl  Sons  &  Co.  have 
sold  their hardware  stock  to  the  North­
ern  Hardware  &  Supply  Co.,  a  stock 
company 
lately  organized  and  capital­
ized  at $50,000 by  well-known  Menomi­
nee  business  men.  The  stock  will 
in­
ventory  about  $40,000. 
In  addition  to 
the  above  stock  the  $20,000  stock  of 
mill,  mining and  camp  supplies  carried 
by  the  Menominee  Iron  Works  Co.  was 
also  purchased  and  will  be  added  to 
the  business.  The 
incorporators  of  the 
new  stock  company  are  J.  W.  Wells, 
Wm  Somerville,  William  Holmes,  M. 
H.  Kern,  John  Henes,  E.  L.  Parmenter, 
Joseph  Flesbiem  and  Geo.  L.  Hastings.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Spaulding—The  Spaulding  Lumber 
Co. 's  plant  has  been  sold  to  Ross  & 
Co.,  of  Manistique.

Niles— The  Hamilton-Huston Co.  suc­
ceeds  C.  A.  Williams  &  Co.  in  the  car­
riage  manufacturing  business.
J.  Adams, 

formerly 
with  the  Portland  Milling  Co.,  is  now 
operating  a  flouring  mill  at  Brighton.

Portland—W. 

Applegate— Bond  &  Farriby,  who 
operated  a  foundry,  blacksmith  shop 
and  feed  mill  at  this  place,  have  re­
moved  to  Ubly.

Detroit— The  Detroit  Carriage  Manu­
facturing Co.  succeeds the Rumsey Man­
ufacturing  Co.  in  the  manufacture  of 
carriage  bodies.

Marquette—The  Dead  River  Milling 
Co. 's  mill  has  closed  down  for  the  sea­
son.  This  ends  its  operations 
in  this 
part  of  the  State.

Schoolcraft—Wm.  Cooper  has  bought 
the  Earl 
ladder  factory  building  and 
grounds  and  expects  to  engage  in  the 
lumber  business  next  spring.

Detroit— W.  C.  Barbour,  who  was  en­
gaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  neckwear 
under  the  style  of  W.  C.  Barbour  & 
Co.,  will  hereafter  conduct  the  business 
in  his  own  name.

Colfax—Johnson  &  Anderson  are  re­
building  their  hardwood  mill,  and  re­
fitting  it  throughout  with  new  and  mod­
ern  "machinery.  They  expect  to  have 
it  running  in  about  two  weeks. 
Its  ca­
pacity  will  be  22,000  feet  per  day.

Saginaw—C.  S.  Bliss  has  added  a 
planing  mill  and  band  resaw  to  bis 
sawmill  outfit  and is  crowded  with  busi­
ness.  He 
is  finishing  hauling  500,000 
feet  of 
logs  from  Gladwin  to  bis  mill 
here  and  has  two  camps  started  and will 
soon  start  another.

Petoskey— E.  Montgomery  &  Son,  of 
Sycamore,  Ills.,  who  have  had  consid­
erable  experience  in  the  business,  have 
leased  the  C.  S.  Rouse  factory  and  will 
install  a  creamery  with  a  capacity  for 
20,000  pounds  of  milk  daily.  They  ex­
pect  to be  already  to  run  by  April  1.

Kalamazoo—The  Kalamazoo  Top  Co. 
is  now  composed  of  Sam  G.  Brink  and 
Charles  O'Brien,  for  several  years  em­
ployes  of  the  Michigan Buggy Co.  They 
have  already  taken  possession,  but  will 
retain  their  present  positions  for  some 
time.  The business  for  the  present  will 
be  under  the  management  of  Charles 
Bassett.

Gaylord— Frank  Buell  and  Jackson, 
Wylie & Co.  have purchased the McGraw 
tract  of  hardwood  timber  in  the  eastern 
part  of  Otsego  county,  and  also  2,000 
acres  of  timber  adjoining,  and  are  ar­
ranging  to  cut  10.000.000  feet  of  logs 
the  ensuing  winter.  Mr.  Buell  operates 
a  sawmill  at  this  place,  and  5,000,000 
feet  of  the  timber  will  be  railed  to  this 
city  to be  manufactured.

Houghton— The  Mass,  Ridge,  Oge­
maw,  Hazard  and  Merrimac  mines,  lo­
cated  near  Ontonagon,  are  to  be  con­
solidated.  After consolidation  they  will 
be  known  as  the  Mass  Consolidated 
Mining  Co.  At  the  outset  the  company 
will  be  stocked  at  $2,500,000.  The con­
solidation  will  give  the  company control 
over  about  3,000  acres  of  land  in  the 
mineral  belt. 
is  believed  that  500 
men  will  be  employed  within  ayear.

It 

Prescott— Prescott  &  Sons  are  build­
ing  a  railroad  from  this  place  to  Stiles 
Lake,  where  they  have  timber  enough 
for  several  years’  operations.  This  firm 
is building  a  saw  and  shingle mill at the 
east  end  of  Stiles  Lake,  at  which  they 
will  manufacture all  of  the  coarse  tim­
ber,  while  the  better  qualities  will  be 
hauled  to  Tawas  and  manufactured  at 
the  firm’s  plant  there.  It is said also that 
the  Detroit  &  Mackinac  Railroad  will 
extend  a  road  through  to  Sage’s  Lake 
and  from  there  to  Lupton,  for  the  pur­
pose  of  reaching  a  heavy  tract  of  hard­
wood  and  mixed  timber,  it  being  esti­
mated  there  is  enough  of  it  to  last  sev­
eral  years.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Cadillac—George  Gow,  who  went  to 
New  York  several  weeks  ago,  is  now 
employed  as  salesman  in  Altman  Bros. ’ 
wholesale and  retail  dry goods establish­
ment.

Howard  City— L.  G.  Clapp,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  has  charge  of  the  prescription 
department  of  S.  V.  Bullock’s  drug 
store  while  Sid  hunts  deer.

Hudson—O.  C.  Hutchinson,  who  has 
been  in  charge of  the  bicycle  sales  de­
partment  for  the Bean-Chamberlin Man­
ufacturing  Co.,  has  resigned  and  re­
moved  to  Chicago,  where  be  has  been 
tendered  a  similar  position  with  the 
Monarch  Bicycle  Co.

Kalamazoo— Frank  Schrier  has  taken 
a  position  as  salesman  in  the  dry  goods 
store  of  John  C.  Stein  &  Co.,  Allegan.
St.  Ignace— H.  W.  Kline  has  returned 
from  Traverse  City  to  take a position  in 
Steinberg’s  store  again.

Lansing—E.  S.  Nivison,  of Hillsdale, 
has  taken  a  position  in  the  drug  store 
of  Alsdorf  &  Son.
' Eaton  Rapids—C.  D.  Slocum,  who 
has  been  clerking  in  Knapp’s  hardware 
store,  has  taken  a  position  in Garrison's 
bazaar.

Casnovia—Claud  Ballard,  of  Sparta, 
in  J.  L  Norris’ 

has  taken  a  position 
general  store.

Niles—Chas.  Timmons  has  resigned 
his  position  as  clerk  at  Gage's  grocery 
and  will  go  to  Elwood,  Ind.,  where  be 
has  secured  a  position  with  the  Ameri­
can  Tin  Plate  Co.

Port  Huron— L.  M.  Hopkins,  who 
has  been  with  the  White  Store  Com­
pany  for  the  past  year,  has  gone  to  De­
troit  to  take  a  position  with  Hunter, 
Glenn  &  Hunter.

Mancelona---- Richard 

Starling,  of
Central  Lake,  has  taken  a  position  in 
the  Antrim  Iron  Co.'s  general  store.

Edwardsburg—Charles  Thomas  has 
in  a  drug  store  at 

secured  a  position 
Allegan.

Grand  Ledge—Bert  Courts,  formerly 
with  Hixson  &  Bromley,  is  now  clerk­
ing  for  A.  E.  Shadduck.

Traverse  City—Jacob  Kampenga,  who 
was  for a  long  time  in  the  employ  of  J. 
Steinberg  as  trimmer  and  dry  goods 
salesman,  but  who  went  to  Grand  Rap­
ids,  with  T.  J.  Host,  has  resigned  his 
position  with  the  latter  and  returned  to 
this  city  to  accept  his  former  position 
in  the  dry  goods  department  of  Stein­
berg's store.

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

5

Inside  Information  Concerning  the  Ex­

press  Companies.

The  suit  recently 

instituted  against 
the  Adams  Express  Co.  by  the  Trades­
man  Company,  for the  purpose  of  com­
pelling  the  express  companies  to  bear 
their  just  taxation  and  pay  for  the  rev­
enue  stamps  required  on  receipts,  was 
thrown  out  of  court  on  the  ground  that 
the  defendant 
joint  stock  affair, 
instead  of  a  corporation,  as  alleged. 
New  papers  are  being  prepared  for  the 
purpose  of  instituting  a  new  suit,  cov­
ering  the  same  features  as  were  em­
bodied  in  the  former action.

is  a 

In  the  meantime  Foster,  Stevens  & 
Co.,  who  brought  a  similar  action 
against  the  American  Express  Co.  and 
withdrew  it  at  the  earnest  request  of  the 
Merchants’  Association  of  New  York, 
have  been  investigating the  real  charac­
ter  of  the  various  express  companies, 
resulting  in  the  following  disclosures: 

Adams  Express  Co.  :  The  capital 
stock  of  this  company  is  $12,000,000. 
Dividends 
in  the  past  have  been  at  the 
rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  oc­
casionally  an  extra  dividend  has  been 
declared.  Last  March  that  company  is­
sued  $12,000,000 of  bonds  under a collat­
eral  trust  deed.  These  bonds  draw  in 
terest  at  the  rate  of  4  per  cent,  per  an 
num.  Bonds  were  distributed 
to  the 
stockholders,  so that this  bond  issue  was 
equivalent  to a  bond  dividend of  100  per 
cent.  As  security  for  the  collateral 
trust  deed  the  company  deposited  se­
curities  known  generally  as 
’ ’ Gilt- 
Edged”   securities,  the  market  value  of 
which  is  some  thirteen  or  fourteen  mil 
ion  dollars.  The company  also  declared 
that  in  addition  to  these  securities  they 
had  a  surplus  of  some  $3,000,000.  The 
assets  of  this  company  consist  of horses, 
wagons  and  contracts.  The  directors 
elect  their  own  successors,  make  no 
statements to  the  Railroad  Commission 
ers  of  the  different  states;  to  the  Inter 
state  Commerce  Commission,  or  to  the 
public.  They  are  a 
joint  stock  com 
pany,  absolutely under  the  control  of  no 
body  but  themselves.  Stock  now  is  107 
bid,  and  114  asked.  When  the  bond  is 
sue  was  made  the  dividend  on  the  stock 
was  cut  down  to  4  per  cent,  per  annum 
but  as  the  bonds  were given to the stock 
holders  free,  and  the  bonds  draw  4  per 
cent  per  annum,  the  original  stock 
holders  still  get  8  per  cent,  upon  thei 
investment,  and 
is  the  impression 
here  that  the  company  would  declare 
larger  dividend  on  the  stock  were  they 
not  in  fear  of  public  opinion.

it 

those  who  ought  to  know,  that  formerly 
the  profits  of  the  Wells-Fargo  Co.  went 
into  the  Wells-Fargo  Bank,  but  upon 
making  their  last  contracts  with  the  Pa­
cific  roads,  they  reorganized  the  express 
company,  separating  it  from  the  bank, 
and  gave  a  large  block  for  the  contract. 
National  Express  Co.  :  This  is  also 
close  or  joint  stock  corporation,  so  far 
as  we  are  able  to  ascertain.  The  stock 
not  quoted.  We  believe  that  the  ma­
jority  of 
it  is  controlled  by  the  Ameri­
can  Express  Co.,  and  only  the  laws  of 
New  York  prevent  the  consolidation  of 
those  two  companies.

The  Grain  Market.

fe 

Wheat  has  been  rather  dull  during 
the  past  week.  One  of  the  main  reasons 
was  the  election  for  Congressmen  and 
also  for  the  State  offices  in  many  states 
and  traders  were  absorbed  in  politics 
rather than  trading.  While  the  general 
drift  is  for  no  political  change  from  the 
present,  still  some  were  waiting  to  see 
the  outcome.  Elections  being  now  out 
of  the  way,  we  may  expect  to  see  more 
in  the  grain  market.  As  the  war 
cloud  has  passed, we  may  see  a drooping 
market  for  a  few  days,but  we  think  that 
this  will  not  last  long,  as  the  demand 
seems  to  be  holding  up,  both  foreign 
as  well  as  home  demand,  while  stocks 
are  not  oppressive,  as  our  visible  made 
an 
increase  of  only  1,520,000 bushels 
this  week.  This,  with  the  enormous  re­
ceipts  at 
initial  points,  goes  to  show 
that  consumption  and  exports  are  large. 
The  present  outlook  is  that  our  visible 
by  January  1,  1899,  will  not  be  over 
30,000,000  bushels,  or  less  than  in  many 
years.  There  was  a  fake  report  of  Rus­
sia  having an  extraordinarily  large crop, 
which  affected  the  market  However, 
it  was  so  out­
rageously  large  that  it  showed  its  falsity 
at  once.

was  contradicted,  as 

Corn  has  been  active  during the week, 
but  prices  have  not changed  to any great 
extent  and  the  opinion  still prevails that 
prices  will  be  higher,  owing  to  our 
small  crop.

against 

Oats  are  holding  up  remarkably  well, 
is  only  5,976,000 
especially  as  there 
bushels  visible, 
15,389,000 
bushels  at  the  same  time  last  year.  The 
farmers  have 
it  in  their  power  to  reg­
ulate  prices  to  suit  themselves.  All  they 
have  to  do  is  to  hold  aloof  from  rushing 
their  product  to  market  and  they  can 
dictate  their own  terms.

Receipts  of  wheat  the  past  week  were 
67  cars  of  wheat,  14  cars  of  corn  and 
12  cars  of  oats.

Millers  are  paying  62c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar— Raws  are  very  strong,  but  will 
hardly  advance  in  the  face  of  the  New 
Orleans  crop.  There has been  no  change 
in  refined  sugar  during  the  past  week, 
and  none 
is  expected  for the  next  few 
days.  The  consumptive  demand  is  very 
fair,  but  will  grow  less  from  this  on.  It 
is believed  by  some  that the  price of  re­
fined 
to  have 
ceased  to  obey  the  fluctuations  of  the 
raw  market,  may  go  j£c  lower,  or about 
to  the  cost  of  the  raw  material.

sugar,  which 

seems 

Tea—Low  grades  continue  in  fairly 
good  demand,  as  they  have  for a  month 
past.  The  sale  of  high  grade  teas  is 
confined  almost  exclusively  to  the  high- 
class  city  stores,  and  the  demand  there 
is  not  particularly  active.  New  York 
indicate  that  teas  are growing 
reports 
slightly  firmer 
first  hands,  with  a 
slightly  increasing  demand.

in 

Coffee—Considerably more interest has 
been  shown  by  buyers,  and  a  better  de­
mand  has  developed  generally  from  all 
quarters.  Maracaibos 
in  fairly  good 
demand,  especially  for  the  better  quali­
ties.  Java  and  Mocha  are  unchanged.
Canned  Goods—Tomatoes  are  very 
strong,  there  being  very 
the 
hands of  Western  packers.  Corn  is  sell­
ing  in  a  small  way  at  unchanged prices, 
no  large orders being  forthcoming.  Peas 
are  dull  at  unchanged  prices.  Some 
trade 
in  California  peaches, 
chiefly  the  lower-price peaches in  gallon 
cans.  Trade  for  the  ordinary  grades  is 
slow.  California  packers  are at  present 
cleaning  up  their  year’s  pack,  and  are 
unloading  odds  and  ends.

is  doing 

few 

in 

ized  at  $60,000,000,  divided  equally  into 
This 
common  and  preferred  stock. 
stock  will  be  paid  for.  The  plants 
in­
cluded 
in  the  deal  are  those  of  P.  J. 
Sorg  &  Co.,  Daniel  Scotten  &  Co., 
Weissinger  &  Co.,  John  Finzer  &  Bro., 
P.  H.  Mayo  &  Bro.,  and  the American 
Tobacco  Co. ’s  plug  tobacco 
interests, 
including  the  Drummond  plant  recently 
purchased  by  it,  but  not 
including  the 
Brown  plant.  The  latter  company  will 
be  taken  in  immediately  after  the  for­
mation  of the  Continental  Co.  The  pur­
chase  includes  the  possession  of $2,500,- 
000 of  working  capital  in addition,  cash 
and  cash  assets  taken  from  the  vendors. 
The  purchase  also  includes  the  $3,000,- 
000 of  the  common  stock of the Lorillard 
Co.  There  will  be fifteen  incorporators, 
and  these  will  become  directors.  The 
usual  plan  of  incorporating  with  a  list 
dummy  directors  will not be followed,

incorporator  and  director  will

_each 
be  a  substantial  and 

interested  person.
Fish— The  mackerel  market  is  strong 
and  active.  Prices  will  probably  be 
maintained  on  the  present  basis 
for 
some  time.  New  round  herring  are  very 
scarce  and  firm.  Cod  is  moving  fairly 
and  the  trade  expect  an  improvement 
as  soon  as  cold  weather  comes.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—The  buying  season  is  pretty 
near  at  an  end,  although  cellar  stock 
continues  to  arrive.  Dealers  hold  No.
stock  at  $2.25@2.50  and  No.  2  at 

$2@2.25.

Beets— 25c  per  bu.
Butter— Dairy  is  a  little  more  plenti­
ful,  but  choice  grades  command  17® 
18c.  Factory  creamery  is  in  ample  sup­
ply  at  20c.

Cabbage—$4  per  100 heads  for  home 

Dried  Fruits—All  grades  of 

loose 
raisins  advanced  J^c  by  the  Trust  on 
Nov.  4.  Stock  is  in  good  demand,  the 
trade  taking  3  and  4  crown  very  freely. 
Prunes  have  been  selling  very  well  at 
unchanged  prices  and  no fluctuation  is 
expected.  Currants are  without  change, 
although  the  foreign  market  is  higher. 
Apricots  are  in  fair  demand  at  un 
changed  prices.  The  lower  grades  seem 
to  be  most  wanted.  Peaches are  going 
out  in  a  small  way.  Prices  in  secondary 
markets  are  unchanged,  but  the  Coast 
reports  an  advance.

Nuts— The  California  walnut  crop 
proves  to  be  a  partial  failure  and  still 
higher  prices  are  looked  for. 
It  is  re 
ported  that  the  old  Virginia  Peanut 
Trust  is  to  be  revived  and  extended  so 
as  to  take  in  all  the  prominent  dealers 
in  the  South  and  West.  Absolute  con­
trol  of  the trade  is  what  is aimed*at,  and 
to accomplish  it the  Trust’s  capitaliza 
tion  will  read  in  big  figures. 
It  is  said 
that  ex-Govemor Campbell,  of  Ohio,  i 
the  active  promoter of  the  scheme.

Provisions— Prices  have  been  well 
maintained,  although  the  general  feel 
ing 
is  that  lower  prices  should  come. 
As  yet,  however,  no  weakness  has  de 
veloped.  The  new  packing  season  has 
opened  throughout  the  country,  and  the 
supply  of  provisions  should be  material 
ly  increased  shortly.  The  demand  wi 
be  somewhat  curtailed  by  the  poultry 
season,  which  begins  from  November 
1  to  15.  Lard  is  unchanged,  and  prices 
have been  fairly  steady  during  the  past 
week.

last  Saturday 

Tobacco— Final  and  definite  arrange 
ments  were  made 
for 
transferring  the  properties  of  the  sev 
eral  plug  tobacco  companies  which  are 
to  be  absorbed  by the  Continental  To­
bacco  Co.,  for  the  incorporation  of  the 
same,  and  the  selection  of  directors  and 
officers.  The  company  will  be  capital-

grown.

Carrots— 25c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—75c@$ 1 per doz.  Receipts 

are  small  and  demand  is  slow.

Celery— 15c  per  doz.  bunches 

for 

Cranberries—The  market 

White  Plume.
is  stronger 
and  higher,  Cape  Cods having advanced 
to  $6.75  per  bbl.  and  $2.50 per  bu.
Cucumbers— 50c  per  doz.  for  hothouse 

,

_

_  . 

fresh 

' 
Eggs—Strictly 

stock. 
fetch  I7@i8c. 
Cold  storage  and  pickled  command  15 
@i6c. 
Evaporated  Apples— Quiet  and  not 
much  moving.  The  little flurry  caused 
by  people  who  were  short  on  their  con­
tracts did  not  last  long  into  the  month. 
Chicago  dealers  have  pulled 
in  their 
buyers  and  the  evaporators  |are  holding 
their  stocks  for better  prices.

Grapes— Michigan  Concords  and  Ni 
agaras  are  so  scarce  that  the  price  has 
advanced  to  15c  for  8  lb.  baskets.  New 
York  grapes  are  still  too high  priced  to 
find  a  sale  in  this  market.

Green  Peppers—75c  per  bu.
Honey- - Joe  for  buckwheat  and  12c 

for  white  clover  stock.
Onions— Spanish  have  declined  to 
$1.50  per  crate.  Dealers  pay  25c  for 
Red  Globes  and  Red  Weatherfields 
holding  at  30@35c.
Pears— Keefers  are  still  coming  in. 
the  market  having  advanced  to  $1  per 
bu.

Pop  Corn— 50c  per  bu.
Potatoes—The  Michigan  crop  is  turn 
ing  out  better  than  was  expected  as  to 
size,  appearance  and  yield.  The  danger 
occasioned  by  the  recent  rainy  spell 
is  found  to  be  less  than  was  expected, 
except  on  low  ground.  Present  indica 
tions  point 
to  a  market  somewhere 
around  25c  at  buying  points.

Quinces—75c  per bu.
Squash— ic  per  lb.  for  Hubbard. 
Sweet  Potatoes— Virginias  are  steady 

at  $1.50  per  bbl.  Jerseys  are  firm 
$2.25.

Turnips—25c  per  bu.

Visner 

is  home  with  a  lot  of  Gillies’ 

New  York  tea  bargains.  Phone,  800.

In  the  way  you  sell,  as  well  as  in what 

you  sell,  is  profitable business.

The  American  Express  Co  :  The 
capital  stock  of  this  company  amounts 
to  $18,000,000.  Some  years  ago  it  ab 
sorbed  the  Merchants’  Union  Express 
Co.,which  operated  over  the  same lines 
giving  stock  to buy  up  the  latter  corpo­
ration.  Their  assets  consist  of  horses 
wagons  and  contracts,  and  we  under 
stand  that  they  hold  a  large  amount  o 
securities 
in  first-class  railway  bonds 
which  they  are  very  anxious  to  dispose 
of  in  a  way  similar  to  that  used  by  the 
Adams  Express  Co.  in  disposing  of  its 
surplus.  This  company  is  of  the  same 
character as  the  Adams.

United States Express Co.  :  This com 
pany  has  not been  as  prosperous  as  the 
two  above  mentioned  companies.  The 
dividends  have  been  small,  or  at  the 
rate  of  3  per  cent,  per  annum,  although 
it  is  conducted  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  others.  Its  capital  stock  is  $10,000,- 
ooo,  and  the  style  of  the  corporation  is 
the  same  as  that  of  the  others.

Wells-Fargo  Express  Co.  :  This 

is  a 
new  corporation,  having  absorbed  the 
Erie  Express  Co.  We understand,  from

Passed  Into  the  Hereafter.

Middlebury,  Ind.,  Nov.  5—Or*  my 
visit  to  this  place,  I  am  surprised  to 
learn  of  the  death  of  J.  F.  Cooper,  who 
was  an  old-time  harnessmaker  and 
dealer  and  one  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  the  place,  having  held  many  offices 
of  trust  and  lesponsibility.

G raham  R oys.

D. 

D.  Walton  has  re-engaged 

in  the 

grocery  business  at  Lake  City.  The 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Co.  furnished  the 
stock. 

___   _ 

____

Mrs.  Ida  Wood  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Six  Lakes.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished  by  the  Mussel man  Grocer  Co.

Frank  P.  Carpenter  has  purchased  the 
citar stock  of  H.  A.  Paul  at  347  South 
Division  street.

G. 

A.  Kraure  (Hirtb,  Krause  &  Co.) 

is  confined  to  his  house  by  illness.

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Woman’s World

Some Reminiscences o f the Old Mirror.
When  the  old  mirror  was  first  brought 
home  the  family  mocked  and 
jeered  at 
my  purchase.  They  pointed  out  that  the 
glass  was  old  and  dim  and  that  the 
cupids  on  the  ornate gilt  frame— like  so 
much 
in  real  life—had  lost  their 
veneer  and  were  no  longer  bright  and 
beautiful.

love 

Then  they  said 

it  was  the  kind  of 
thing  you  might  expect  to  happen  when 
a  woman  went  to  an  auction  sale.  She 
always  bought  something 
she  didn’t 
need  and  bad  no  place  to put,  and  I  was 
ashamed  to  confess  1  had  bid  it 
in  be­
cause 
so  forlornly  out  of 
place  amidst  the  heaped-up  trumpery 
of  a  cheap  auction  room.

looked 

it 

it 

it  upon  my  wall,  and 

It  was  an  odd,  oval-shaped  mirror,  in 
a  frame  with drooping  garlands  and airy 
cupids,  that  must  once  have  been  very 
handsome,  but 
is  now  sadly  old  and 
tarnished  and  time-worn.  Nevertheless,
I  hung 
in  the 
dusky  twilight  I  drew  a  chair  up  under 
it  and  questioned  it  as  to  its  history. 
At  first  there  was  no  answer,  but  by- 
and-by  a 
little  wavering  flash  of  light 
passed  across  it,  as  you  may  have  no­
ticed  a  sudden  memory  of  a  happy  day 
dawn  in  an  old  person’s  eyes,  and some­
how—somewhere— it  found  a  voice.

It 

It 

pleasure. 

It  is  a  thousand  pities. 

“ Tell  you  something  of  myself?”   it 
in  answer  to  my  question. 
repeated 
“ Surely,  with 
Pardon, 
madame,  mais,  parlez  vous  Francais? 
No? 
is  my 
It  is  the  language  of  all 
native  tongue. 
mirrors. 
is  the  language  of  polite­
ness,  of  diplomacy,  of  subtle  compli- i 
ment,  of—  What  is  it  you  say? 
‘ There 
are  very  good  mirrors  made  in  America 
now?’  Bah!  what  do they  know?  Plain, 
blunt,  bourgeois  airs,  stupid  enough  to 
tell  everything  they  see,  just  as  they  see 
it  Ma  foi,  madam,  that  is  nothing. 
Any  fool  can  tell  the  truth!

it 

“ But  to  know  how  to  reflect  a  thing 
so  as  to  show 
in  its  best  ligh t;  to 
make  even  a  defect  seem  a  virtue,  to 
be  able  to  always  tell  the  truth,  but  the 
truth  idealized—that  is  art,  the  art alone 
of  the  French  mirror  and  the  lover. 
For  look  you,  to  be  a  happiness  and  a 
satisfaction  to  one,  they  must  be  much 
alike.  Unless  the  man  who  says  he loves 
you  tells  you  that  the 
irregularity  of 
your  face  makes  all  classic  beauty  dull 
and  wearisome;  unless  be  thinks  your 
temper  a  pretty  willfulness  making  you 
more  enchanting,  as  the  thorns  give  a 
piquancy  to  the  sweetness  of  the  rose; 
unless  your  mirror  shows  the  first  gray 
hair  as  nothing  but  a  high 
light  and 
turns  the  incipient  wrinkle  into  a  dim­
ple,  do  not  hesitate,  madame.  Discard, 
if  necessary  smash  them  both.  Never 
surround  yourself  with  friends  who  re­
mind  you  of  your  faults.  We  all  have 
enemies  enough  to  tell  us  the  things  we 
don’t  want  to  hear.

“ Again—a  million  pardons—but have 
you  ever  noticed  the  way  a  woman  buys 
a  mirror? 
It  is  absurd,  it  is incredible, 
it  is  imbecile.  She  comes  into  a  shop 
and  looks  about.  She has  so  much  space 
on  her  wall  or over  her  dressing  table 
to  cover,  and the  mirror,  to  her,  is mere­
ly  a  matter  of  glass  and  quicksilver, 
that  is  desirable  or  not  according  to  its 
frame.  She  does  not  know  that  it has a 
soul,  and  that  mirrors  have  as  different 
characteristics  as  people.  Have  you 
not  had  mirrors  that  always  sent  you 
away 
in  radiant  spirits,  half a  beauty 
in  the  assured  air  and  happy  conscious­
looking  your.best?  Have  you
ness  of 

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

L O D I   I T   T I E   L E D D E B S I

Buy  a  Seller!

Sell  a  Winner!

Win  a  Buyer!

By  confining  your  purchases  of  canned  goods  to 

the celebrated

Emblem  Brand

which  is  very  generally  conceded  to  be  the  most 

uniform high grade goods on the market.

In looking for a line of  lard which will  always  give 
your  customers  satisfaction,  do  not  forget  that we 
have the exclusive agency at  this  market  for  Swift 

Ji  and Company’s

and 

shallow-hearted 

not had  other  mirrors  that  almost  drove 
you  to  the  verge  of suicide— that showed 
you  pale  and  sallow,  with  dead  hair and 
lack-luster  eyes,  and 
that  seemed  to 
preach  a  dreary  homily  that  everything 
was  vanity  and  that  life  was  a  failure 
and  nothing  worth  while?  Have  you  not 
seen  other  mirrors,  warped  aud  twisted, 
that  show  no  beautiful  thing  without  an 
ugly  and  sinister  reflection,  as  a  pure 
thought  becomes  evil  and  bitter  in  a 
cynic's  mind?  Have  you  not  noticed 
that, 
shallow- 
brained  as  we are  esteemed,  no  old  mir 
ror  is  like  a  new  mirror,  any  more  than 
the  untroubled  and  unknowing  face  of 
a  child  is  like  the  face  of  an  old  man? 
It  is  not  altogether  that  one  is  new  and 
bright  and  that  the  other  is  old  and 
dim.  There 
is  something  deeper  and 
subtler.  The  mystery  and  the  passion 
and  the  pain  of  life  and  knowledge  in 
one. 
In  the  other  the  blanks  of  igno­
rance  And  yet  people  buy  a  mriror 
because 
is  so  many  inches  this  way 
and  so  many  that,”   and  the  old  mirror 
gave  the  indescribable shrug  that  has  in 
it  the  hopeles-  and  contemptuous  pity 
af  the  man  of  the  world  for  the  provin­
cial,  who  misses  all  the  fine  points 
in 
the game  of  life  because  be  is  too  igno­
rant  and  green  to  understand.

it 

There  was  silence  in  the  room  for a 
while 
The  shadows  deepened  and 
darkened,  and  when  the  old  mirror 
spoke  again 
its  voice  was  as  low  and 
soft  as  the  strains  of  an  aeoiian  harp 
played  by  the  fingers  of  the  wind.

into  my 

“ Ab,  madame,”  

it  said,  “ you  are 
right  when  you  say  I  mu'st  have  seen 
many  things. 
I began  life  in  the  sump­
tuous  apartments  of  a  great  beauty. 
You  bought  me  to-day  in  a  cheap  auc­
tion-room  of  second-hand  things.  Be­
tween  the  two 
lies  a  whole  lifetime 
What  have  I  not  seen  in  that?  Youth 
and  age,  wealth  and  poverty,  laughter 
and  tears,  bridal  wreaths  and 
the 
Little  children  have 
sheeted  dead. 
come  and  peeped 
face  and 
laughed  to  see  the  world  was  peopled 
by  other  spirits  as  bright  and  beautiful 
as  thev. 
I  have  looked  on  grief  in  rich 
homes,  where  the  satin  curtains  were 
drawn  close,  so  that  no  sob  might  reach 
the  outer  world,  and  the  carpets  were 
piled  thick  and  heavy  that  no  ear  might 
bear  how  sorrow  kept  step  with the lone­
ly  mourner  the  long  night  through. 
Young  girls,  starting  forth  to  their  first 
nails,  have  stooped  and  kissed  the  radi­
ant  images  I  showed  them,  and  once  a 
young  man,  crazed  by  cards  and  wine, 
stood 
in  front  of  me  and  put  a  bullet 
through  his  desperate  heart.

"S o   many  things—so  manv  things  in 
all  the 
long,  long  years.  They  come 
thronging  back  like  the  ghosts  of  a  pro­
cession,  where  one  face  was  gay  and 
young  and  another  old  and  careworn, 
and  others  only  turned  careless and curi­
ous  eyes  upon  the  passing  show.  I  was 
voung  in  those  days,  and,  1  fear,  a  sad 
rogue.  Human  vanity  was  my  sport  and 
I  made  merry  over  it. 
I  smiled  upon 
the  beauty  until  she  thought  herself  a 
goddess  and  scorned  all  who came about 
her;  I  flattered  the  old  and  withered 
dame  into  believing  herself  young  and 
fair,  and  so  she  painted  false  roses  on 
her  cheeks,  and  I  laughed,  and laughed, 
and  laughed  to  think  with  what  baubles 
men  and  women  deceive  themselves.

“ It  doesn’t  matter by  what  chance  I 
was  sold.  The  sale  of  household  furni­
ture 
is  always  vulgarly  sordid  or  in­
finitely  pathetic,  as  the  chance  happens. 
Enough  to  say  I  passed  into  the  posses­
sion  of  a  family 
in  which  were  two 
beautiful  young  daughters.  The  elder

Old  Fashioned  Lard

which is sold  on  the  positive  guaranty  of  both  the 

manufacturers and ourselves.

CLARK-JEWELL-WELLS  CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH. 

a S a S B S E S a S B S E S e S a S a s a S a S B S e S a S a S e S e S E S E S H S a S B S e H

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

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little 

was  to be  married.  She  was  a  fair  and 
gentle girl,  and  I  thought  her  betrothed 
sincerely  attached  to  her,  and  I  delight­
ed  to  reflect  their  pretty 
love 
scenes.  Then  the  younger  sister came 
If  the  other  girl  was  a  thing  of 
home. 
sweetness  and 
loveliness,  she  was  a 
creature  of  spirit  and  fire,  all throbbing, 
passionate 
life  and  joy,  that  made  her 
sister  seem  as  cold  and  pulseless  as  a 
white  lily  by  a  blood red  rose.  Then 
happened  one  of  those  tragedies  that 
break  hearts  and  wreck  lives.  Never 
believe,  madame,  that  the  great  sor­
rows  of  life  come  to  us  through the cold, 
calm  machinations  of  some  villain. 
They  come  as  swift  and  unexpected  as 
summer  lightning  from  a  cloudless  sky, 
when  the  lips  we  have  kissed  betray 
us  and  the  hand  we  have  trusted  stabs 
us  in  the  dark.

“ People  said 

it  was  fate.  One  ex 
planation  serves  as  well  as  another 
where  nothing 
explains  or  excuses. 
From  the  minute  of  their  meeting,  the 
younger  sister  and  the  man  loved  each 
other. 
It  was  a  story  as  old  as  the story 
of  forbidden  fruit,  as  old  as  the  story 
of  human  love  and temptation and yield 
ing.on  which  I  looked  down  for the next 
few  weeks,  and  then  on  the  very  dav 
on  which  the  elder  sister  was  to have 
been  married  the  guilty  lovers  fled.

it  for  tears.  Below, 

“ That  evening  the  young  bride  went 
out  and  gathered  flowers  with  which  to 
deck  herself.  She  put  on  her  white 
wedding  gown  and  stood  a  long time be­
fore  me,  putting  the  blossoms 
in  her 
hair  and  on  her  breast,  and  more  than 
once  she  brushed  her  handkerchief 
across  my  face,  hiding  my  dimness,  not 
knowing 
in  the 
drawing-room,  the 
lights  flared  and  the 
laughter  rippled  and  the  feet  of  the 
dancers  kept  time  to the  rhythm  of  the 
music,  and  then—suddenly—a  messen 
ger  came,  and  all  was  known.  Awe 
struck  guests  crept  silently  away  from 
the  dishonored  house,  and  a  white 
faced  woman 
lay  unconscious  on  the 
floor  of  an  upper chamber,  with a  bridal 
veil  about  her  and  orange  blossoms  dy 
ing  on  her  breast.

in  her  fancy  she  was 

“ For  weary  months  the  girl  lay  upon 
her  bed  and 
it  was  thought  that  she 
must  d ie ;  but  youth  is  strong to fight for 
life  and  she  crept  slowly  back  to health 
But  in  the  shock  some  irreparable  hurt 
was  done  to  the  wonderful  mechanism 
of  the  brain—or  else  God  was  good  to 
her—and  memory  stopped  at  the  hour 
before  the  wedding,  as  one  might  stop 
a  clock  at  the  most  radiant  hour  of  all 
the  day,  never  to  go  beyond  that  into 
the  sorrows  and  the  darkness  of  the 
night.  Always 
bride  preparing  for  the  wedding  hour, 
Every  evening, 
just  at  twilight,  she 
come  with  her  garlands  and, 
would 
standing 
just  as  she  did  on  that  night, 
weave  the  flowers  in  the  hair that turned 
to  silver  and  to  snow  as  the  years  went 
by.  There  was  no  sound,  no  repining, 
lust  the  same  happy  love  and  expect­
ancy,  and  I  showed  her  always  a  face 
that  was  young  and  fair,  and  she  never 
once knew  that  she  had  grown  old.  Not 
long  ago  she  died.  Kindly  hands  robed 
her  for  her  burial  in  her  wedding  gown 
and  the  poor,  crazed  one’s  vigil  was 
over at 
last.  No  one  was  left  to  mourn 
her  or  care  for  the  trumpery  she  left,  so 
we  were  all  sent  to  the  auction-room, 
and  there  you  bought  m e.”

The  voice  trailed  off  into  silence. 

I 
waited  and  waited  in  the  dusk,  but  the 
old  mirror’s  thoughts  had  gone  back  in­
to  days  and  memories  in  which  I  bad 
no  part. 

Doroihy  Dix.

FOR  THE  FARMERS.

Trading  Day  Made  Pleasant  at  Small 

Exoe-se.

for 

in  use 

feeding 

iréction,  where  residences 

Amos  Brown  stood  at  the  postoffice 
corner  and  looked  up  and  down  the  four 
ways  diverging  from  his  point  of  view. 
Wheatside  was  a  fairly  busy town  for  its 
size,  for its population  of  not  much  over 
thousand  people  was  of  less  value  to 
ts  business  than  the  many  prosperous 
farmers  who  made  it  their  market  place 
at  all  seasons.  Besides,  this  was  the
county  seât,  and  when  the  court  was  in 
session  more  teams  than  usual  were 
itched  at  all  available  points  and  more 
people  of  both  sexes  were  visible  on  the 
streets  and 
in  the  stores.  This  was  a 
busv  day  in  Wheatside,  for court  was  in 
session,  wheat  was  coming  in  from  all 
irections  and  a  political  meeting  was 
scheduled  for  the evening.  Only  in  one 
instead  of 
stores  fronted  the  street,  was  there  room 
to  hitch  another  team.  Farm  wagons 
formed  a  suggestive  border  to  the  side­
walk  for  several  complete  blocks,  and 
the  scene  reminded  Mr.  Brown  that  his 
customers  were 
in  town  and  his  store 
needed  his  attention.  So  he  quickly 
disappeared  into  a  store  on  the  opposite 
corner  and  was  soon  busy  with  bis 
patrons.
Mr.  Brown  had  caught  an  inspiration 
while  he  stood  there,  and  many  times 
that  day  his  thoughts  were  busily  shap 
ng  themselves.  At  the  noon  hour  be 
noticed  thé  country  folks  trying to adapt 
themselves  tn  the  situation,  while  sup­
plying  the  mid-dav  wants  of  themselves 
and  th cr beasts.  All  sorts  of  contriv­
ances  were 
the 
horses,  some  of  them  being  unhitched 
from  the  poles  and  “ baited"  behind 
the  wagons,  while  others  were  taken  in­
to  alleys  and  a  few  to  the  livery  barns. 
Manv  of  them  were  simply  unchecked 
and  fed  from  boxes  or  even  loose  piles 
of  grain  on  the  bare  walk. 
It  was  the 
prevailing  custom  of  the  country,  and 
any 
inconvenience  experienced  was 
taken  as  a  matter  of  course ;  but  the 
autumn  wind  was  rather  chilly that  day, 
and  for  some  of  the  horses  there  was 
discomfort  with their  feeding.  The  peo 
pie  themselves  lunched 
in  every  con­
ceivable  way,  or  not  at all.  They  sat 
down 
in  the  back  part  of  the  stores, 
munched  cold  viands  from  their pockets 
while  watching  their  teams,  betook 
themselves  to 
ill-kept  restaurants  or 
contented  themselves  with  a  nickel’s 
worth  of  crackers.  Of  course,  the  hotels 
caught  a  few  of  the  farmers  as  well  as 
lawyers  and 
litigants,  and  some  of  the 
women  folks  enjoyed  a  change  at  the 
table  of  resident  friends.  And  why  was 
not  all  this  as  it  should  be?  Our  corner 
merchant  was  evidently  sure  that  it  was 
not.
Amos  Brown  &  Son  held  two  lots  at 
the  principal  corner  and  occupied  but 
one  for  the  store  proper.  A  small, 
one-story  wooden  building  stood  next 
to  the  store,  irregularly  used  for  storage 
of  salt  and  sundries,  or  leased  for  a  pit­
tance  to  temporary  tenants.  The  rear 
of  both 
lots  was  not  vacant  by  any 
means,  nor  was  the  space  really  utilized 
in  a  proper  sense  of  the  word.  Old 
sheds  could  just  as  well  be  removed  or 
replaced  and  boxes  and  barrels  did  not 
deserve  so  much  prominence  as  they 
showed,  even 
in  the  back  yard  of  a 
country  store.  When the  day’s  work  was 
done  the  “ firm"  had  a consultation,  and 
the  whole 
situation  was  discussed, 
streets, 
stores,  available  space,  etc. 
The  result  was  a  plan  and  the  plan  was 
put 
into  execution  at  once.  With  the 
commencement  of  another  week,  work­
men  were  seen  pulling  down  the  neg­
lected  shanty  on  the  front,  and  the  use­
less  sheds 
in  the  rear  were  removed. 
Lumber  came  from  the  local  yards next, 
and  a  neat  story-and-a-balf  building 
went  up  beside  the  store,to  which  it was 
attached,  and  continued  back thirty  feet 
from  the  front.  From  there  continuing 
on  to  the  rear  of  the  lot,  the  structure 
was  extended  on  another  plan,  having 
warm,  convenient  sheds  for  teams  be­
neath,  and  plain  but  comfortable  rooms 
above.  These  rooms  included  a  small 
kitchen  with  plain  wood  stove  and com­
mon  furnishings,  a  waiting  room  for 
men,  another  for  women  with  toilet

room  connected.  Three  upper  rooms 
weie 
in  the  new  building  proper,  a  sit­
ting  room  and  little  bedroom  fronting 
the  street  and  a  small 
living  room 
farther  back,  all  reached  by  a  stairway 
leading  up  from  the  street.  The  men’s 
room  over  the  rear  sheds  was  reached 
by  an  outside  stairway  from  the  yard. 
When  all  was  completed,  the  curious 
public  soon  found  out what  Amos Brown 
&  Son  were  going  to  do  with  it.

There  was  little  difficulty  in  carrying 
out  the  rest  of  the  plan.  The  new  room 
beside  the  store  was  rented  to  a  compe­
tent  couple  as  a  restaurant,  with  the  un­
tea, 
derstanding  that  hot  coffee  and 
sandwiches  and  plain  styles  of 
food 
would  be  served  at  fair  prices  at  all 
reasonable  hours.  Two  of  the  upper 
rooms  were  allowed  them without further 
charge,  as  a  compensation  for  keeping 
the  rest  of  the  upper  floor  space  in 
order.  The  man  thus  provided  with  a 
safe  business  was  worthy  and  reliable, 
hut  in  such  health  as  to  make  it  impos­
sible  to  do  hard  work.  His  wife  was  a 
good  cook,  and  the  two  were  anxious 
to  make  the  most  of  the  situation  and 
able  to  make  a  success  of  the  new  ven­
ture.  The  front  sitting  room  above  was 
kept  for  the  use  of  women  and  children 
wishing  to  pass  a  part  of  the  day  com­
in  from  their  country 
fortably,  when 
homes  on  business,  while 
rear 
kitchen  was  always  available  for  such 
as  preferred  to  make  their  own  tea  or 
coffee,  and  prepare  their  own  lunches 
without  cost.  The  two  waiting  rooms 
over 
shed  would  accommodate

the 

the 

many  transient  shoppers  of  all ages,  and 
would  be  a  source  of  constant  enjoy­
ment  to  men,  women  and  children  al­
most  every  week  day  in  the  year. 
In 
cases  of  emergency,  persons  could  ar­
range  for  a  night’s  lodging  there,  with 
tolerable  comfort.  The  sheds,  together 
with  other  available  room  at  the  rear  of 
the  store  proper,  would  accommodate 
about  a  dozen  teams  at  once,  and  all  of 
these  in  door  and  outside  accommoda­
tions  were  free  to  the  patrons  of  Amos 
Brown  &  Son,  general  nerchants.  while 
many  others  accepted  frequent  invita­
tions  to  test  their  convenience.  The  re­
sult  was  seen  in  less  than  a  month,  and 
before  half  a  year  had  gone  by.  the  in­
vestment  of  one  thousand  dollars  bad 
proved  a  profitable  one.  The  cost  of 
maintaining  the  rooms  was  very  slight, 
while  many  customers  were  gained  and 
a  thriving  business was established.  The 
same  spirit  that  prompted  this  careful 
attention  to  the  needs  of  others  ensured 
fair  and  equitable  treatment  in  the store 
and 
in  all  business  transactions.  The 
remainder  of  the  town  merchants  found 
it  necessary  to  take various  steps  for the 
convenience  of  their  patrons,  and  every 
business  and  trade,  even  including  the 
blacksmiths  and  harness makers,  felt the 
good  effect  of  the  example  thus  set 
Perhaps  the  reader  will  ask  just  when 
this  occurred  and  where  is  Wheatside. 
Some  one  may  even  wish  to  open  cor­
respondence  with  our  progressive  firm. 
But  that  is  not  our  business,  and  what 
harm  has  been  done  bv pur  story  if  it 
should  prove  only  a  dream?

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WEDNESDAY,-----NOVEMBER 9,1898.

THE  MASTER  RACE.

The  great  public  question  which  is  to 
come  before  Congress,  the  great  issue 
which  may  cause  the foundations  of  this 
Republic  to  tremble,  is:  “ VVhatdispo- 
sition  is  to  be  made  of  the  territory  ac­
quired  as  the  spoil  of  battle 
from 
Spain?”

If  this  territory  is  to  be  declared 

in­
dependent  and  the  peoples  that 
inhabit 
it  are  to  be  left  to  their  own  device  to 
set  up  such  sort  of  government,  or  lack 
of  government,  as may  please  them, then 
the United  States  will  be  bound  to guar­
antee  that  independence  created and  the 
liberties  conferred  on  them  by  the  act 
of  the  United  States.

Those  peoples,  heretofore  under  des­
potic  domination,  and,  as 
is  the  case 
with  the  Filipinos,  more  or  less  un­
civilized  and  strangers  to  all  ideas  of 
self-government,  would,  if  set  free  to 
take  care  of  themselves,  become  the 
prey,  first,  of  their  own  savagery,  in­
experience  and  unfitness  for  such  free­
dom,  and,  a  little  later,  of the  rapacious 
nations  around  them.  To  set  them  up 
as  independent  nations  will  place  upon 
the  United  States  the  obligation 
to 
watch  over  and  protect  them.

This  obligation  would  exist 

if  these 
peoples  were  fully  civilized and  capable 
of  self-government,  and  all  the  more 
forcibly  is  it  impressed  upon  this  coun­
try  when  the  peoples  who  have come 
under  its  control  and who are completely 
and  absolutely  subject  to 
its  disposal 
are  utterly  helpless  to protect themselves 
against  their  own  weakness,  as  well  as 
against  the  powerful  nations  that  are 
already  eager  to  seize  upon  them.

It  is  plain  that  the  United  States  can 
not  accomplish  the 
independence  of 
Cuba  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  and 
set  them  up  as  self-governing republics, 
without  taking  measures  to guarantee 
that  they  will  maintain  orderly  consti­
tutional  governments,  besides  comply­
ing  with  the  obligation  to  protect  them 
from  all  foreign  encroachment  or 
inva­
sion.

This  creates  a  problem  which  will  be 
entirely  new  to  the  statesmen  of  this 
great  republic,  and 
it  raises  the  preg­
nant  question  whether  it  will  cost  less 
and  be  more  in  harmony  with  our  dem­
ocratic  institutions  to  exercise  such pro­
tecting  care  over the  governments  that 
are  to  be  set  up  or to  take  possession  of 
and  absorb  the  territory  and  people.
is  concerned, 

So  far  as  Cuba 

United  States  Government 

the 
is  under a

contract  to  secure  its  independence  and 
launch 
it  forth  as  a  new  nation,  a  re­
public  among  the  republics.  This  con­
tract  must  be  religiously  complied with.
It  is  easy  to  forecast  the  condition  of 
chronic  revolution,  disorder, 
turmoil 
and  trouble  that  will  constantly  reign  in 
the  island  when  all  foreign  restraints 
shall  be  taken  from  its  people  and  it  is 
no  difficult  matter to  see  that,  in  order 
to  put  a  stop  to  evils  that  will  be  just 
as  serious  as  were  those that  obtained 
under  Spanish 
the  United 
States  will  be  forced  to  interfere  with  a 
strong  hand  to  put  an  end  to  constant 
internecine  war.  The  despotism  of  an­
archy  and  chaos 
is  even  more terrible 
than  that  of  military  absolutism.

tyranny, 

Constitutional 

liberty  and  self-gov­
ernment  are  possible  only  to  highly  civ­
ilized  peoples.  Its  blessings  never  were 
conferred  upon  the  American  Indians, 
for,although  they  have had two centuries 
of  contact  with  the  American  whites, 
the  red  men  were  never  fitted  for  the 
conditions  and  responsibilities  of  citi­
zenship.  The  American  negroes,  with 
two  generations  of  freedom,  have  not 
succeeded  in  elevating themselves above 
their  former  degradation,  except  where 
the  white  population 
is  largely  in  ex­
cess  of  the  black.

The  American  Republic  was  founded 
by  white  men ;  the  American  constitu­
tion  was  created  by  white men ;  the  free 
institutions  of  this  country  were  thought 
out  and  wrought  out  by  whites.  The  un­
fitness  and 
incapacity  of  the  red  men 
and  the  black  have  been  manifest  from 
the  beginning.  Are  the  Malays  and 
other  Asiatic  races  that  make  up  the 
population  of  the  Philippines  any better 
fitted  to  become  free  citizens and partic­
ipators 
in  the  control  of  the  affairs  of 
this  great  Republic,  made by white  men 
in  such  a  form  and  character 
that 
only  white  men  can  properly  make  its 
laws  and  administer them?

These  are  questions  to  be  answered 
before  any 
intelligent  disposition  can 
be  made  of  the  territory  acquired  from 
Spain.  The  matter  of  dealing  with 
people 
in  the  limits  of  the  American 
Republic  who  were  not  citizens,  but  yet 
were  subject  to  the  laws  and  govern - 
mental  control,  is  not  new  to  the  Amer­
ican  people,  as  the  cases  of  the  Indians 
and  the  negroes  cited  above  fully  es­
tablish.  For  thirty  years  Alaska,  with 
its  inhabitants  acquired  from  Russia, 
has  been  a  far-off  colony.  Until  the  re­
cent  discovery  of  the  rich  gold  mines 
there,  ninety-nine  hundredths  of  the 
population  were  Indian  aborigines,  and 
nobody  thought  they  were  wronged  by 
being  deprived  of  citizenship.

The  doctrine  of universal  freedom,  so 
far  as  the  preservation  of  public  order 
and  the  protection  of  individual  rights 
will  permit  such  freedom,  is  eminently 
proper;  but 
the  claim  of  universal 
equality  is  the  most  baneful  notion  that 
was  ever  propagated.  Every  creature 
has  rights,  but  his  rights  are  limited 
by  a  variety  of  conditions,  many  of 
which,  such  as  his  bodily  strength  or 
weakness,  his degree  of  intelligence  and 
other  personal  qualities,  are  inherent  in 
him,  or  are  the  result  of  causes  over 
which  there 
is  no  possible  human  con­
trol.  These  and  many  other  limitations 
control  the  condition  of  every  individ­
ual,  and,  therefore,  there  is  no  equality 
in  their  actual  rights,  any  more  than 
there  is  in  their  ability  to  obtain.

Every  man  who 

is  born  with  any 
physical  or  mental  deficiency  was  theo­
retically  entitled  to  have  been  born  per­
fect,but  being  so  congenitally  disabled, 
he has  no  right  to  be  placed  in  the  ex­

ercise  of  functions  which  he  is absolute­
ly  unable  to  perform.

If  ever  this  great  Republic  shall  be 
wrecked  politically,  it  will  be  from  the 
operation  of  the  destructive,  anarchic, 
chaos-producing  doctrine  of  political 
If  every  European,  Asiatic 
equality. 
and  African 
in  the  country,  and  to  be 
brought 
into 
it,  is  under  this  perni­
cious  doctrine  to  be  made  a  citizen, 
and  vested  with  all  the  political  powers 
and  functions  of  citizenship,  then  the 
into  the  body  politic  of  the 
injection 
United 
States—say,  of 
ten  million 
Asiatics 
in  the  Philippines,  a  million 
negroes  and  mixed  bloods  in  the  West 
Indies,  and  all  the Chinese and Japanese 
who  may  come  into  those 
islands— will 
be  a  most  formidable  affair.  But  they 
will  be  but  the  beginning.  By  way  of 
the  Philippine  and  Sandwich  Islands, 
it  will  be  possible  for  unlimited  num­
bers  of  Chinese  to  enter  the  Republic, 
and,  if  they  are  all  to  become  citizens, 
then  white  domination  will  be  greatly 
jeopardized

England  knows  how  to  manage  these 
matters.  England  has  dominions  on 
every  continent  and  in  every  zone of  our 
globe.  Her  flag  floats  over  millions  of 
people  of  the  yellow,  red,  brown  and 
black  races;  but  the  white  man  rules 
everywhere.  They  all—whether  black, 
brown,  red  or  yellow—have  their  liberty 
and  personal  individual  rights;  but  the 
white  man  rules 
It  is  the  white  man 
that  has  evolved  and  established  con­
stitutional  liberty.  Through  him  alone 
the  other  races  are  enabled  to  enjoy 
it, 
and  they  can  enjoy  it  only  while  they 
remain  in  subjection  to  him.

The  United  States  can  successfully 
solve  the  problem  of  annexing  all  the 
Spanish 
islands  for  the  good  of  the 
American  people  and  for  the  great  good 
of  the  islanders;  but  the  idea  of  politi­
cal  equality  for  all  must  be  abandoned. 
The  complementary  and  supplementary 
evolution  of  the  survival  of  the  fittest  is 
domination  by  the  fittest.  So  far  as 
human 
liberty,  civilization,  enlighten­
ment  and  all  upward  progress  exist, 
they  are  the  work  of  the  whiteman  All 
the  other  races  wait  for  his  aid  to  free 
and  elevate  them.  His 
is  the  master 
race,and  he  will rule  all  the  others.  The 
American  people  are  called  on  to  do 
their  share  of  the  great  work.  They 
will  not  flinch  from  their duty.

Mme.  Carnot’s  generosity  was  as  old 
as  it  was  widespread.  Previous  to  New 
Year’s  day  she  would  get  from  the mag­
list  of  the  deserving  poor; 
istrates  a 
then, 
instead  of  buying  gifts  in  the 
stores,  she would  have  them made  up  by 
persons  out  of  work,  thus  benefiting  two 
sets  of  needy  people,  to  the  extent  of 
$5,000  yearly.

After  all,  perhaps  it  is  better  that  the 
carnival  should  have  committed  suicide 
than  that 
it  should  "have  been  killed 
by  the  moral  and  decent  people  of  the 
city.

The  Maria  Teresa  was  not  worth  rais­
ing.  Her  Spanish  navy’s  fondness  for 
the  bottom  of  the  sea  could  not  be  over­
come. 

_____________  

'•

When  a  man  has  a  good  reputation 
that  does  not  belong  to  him,  some  one 
else  has  been  robbed.

A  man  with  stoves  to  sell  can  easily 
understand  that  we  are  to  have  a  cold 
winter.

The  man  with  an  unusually  wide 
mouth has  the  right  and  room  to  keep  it 
closed.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
Unquestionably  the  most  potent  factor 
in  this  country  during 
affecting  trade 
the  past  week  has  been  the  monopoly  of 
attention  by  the  election 
just  past. 
There has  been  no  material  effect  from 
the  issues  at  stake—no  questions  have 
been  fairly  brought  before  the  people 
which  affect  the  financial  or  business 
policy  of  the  country—but  it  is 
impos­
sible  that  the  attention  should  be  so 
largely  engrossed  without  business  in­
terests  suffering  more  or  less.  Thus,  in 
spite  of  heavy  railway  earnings  and 
conditions  which  would  seem  to  make 
an  advance 
in  the  stock  market  inev­
itable,  the  week  has  been  one  of  stag­
nation  and  what  change  is  shown  is  in 
the  direction  of  decline.  The  dulness 
has  extended  to  all  speculative  stocks, 
but  the  demand  for  investment  securi­
ties  has  been  large,  showing  that capital 
is  seeking  employment  to  a  greater  ex­
tent  than  ever. 
indication 
of  the  general  strength  of  the  situation 
that,  while  there  has  been  so  much  to 
distract  attention, 
influence  has 
been  so  small  in  the  aggregate  of  busi­
ness,  as  indicated  by  clearing  house  re­
ports,  etc.  The  high  records  of  prices 
of 
last  year  continue  to  be  broken, 
showing  that  trade  distribution  through­
out  the  country  goes  on  with  unabated 
volume.  The  speculative  dulness  has 
some  effect 
iron  and  steel 
industries,  and  accounts  for  the  slight 
reaction 
in  grain  markets;  but  with 
plenty  of  money  and  plenty  of  products 
to  sell  for  good  prices,  buying  capacity 
is  what  gives  assurance  to  the situation.
iron 
cruder 
and  steel,  especially 
lower,  the  week  has 
forms,  has  been 
brought  an  unexpectedly  large  number 
of  orders  for  finished  products  for  both 
domestic  and  foreign  trade.

While  the  tendency  of  prices  of 

in  certain 

is  an 

the 

in 

the 

It 

The  grain  market  has  shown  but  little 
variation,  the  slight  difference  for  the 
week  showing  a  decline.  Grain  move­
ment  has  been  very  heavy,  Western  re­
ceipts  of  wheat  beirg  9,490,092  bushels, 
against  7,601,000  for  same  time 
last 
year.  Export  movement 
is  4,699  578, 
against  3,287  536  last  year.  Corn  shows 
greater  strength  in  price  and  the  export 
movement 
is  nearly  double  that  of  the 
same  time  last  year.

increased 

sales  of  wool 

The  textile  situation  is  without  ma­
terial  change  except  that  there  are  re­
ported 
for 
manufacturing  purposes  at  concessions 
in  price.  The  Eastern  cotton  goods 
combine  is  giving  a  better  tone  to  that 
market,  although  cotton  continues  to 
make  a  low  record.

Perhaps  you  can’t  out-general  your 
competitors  in  goods  or  prices,  for  they 
can  meet  you  on  the  mutual  ground  of 
buying,  but  to  you  is  given  a  chance  to 
win  by  making  your  customer  your 
friend,  and  by  keeping  bis  confidence 
in  you. 

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In  these  days  of  fierce  competition, 
trade  must  be  attracted  and  held  by 
something  besides  goods  and  prices.

It 

is  a  wise  son  who  will  admit  that 
he  knows  less  than  his  rich  old  father 
knows.

Debs 

is  decidedly  quiet  this  season, 
which  shows  there  is  but  little money  in 
jaw.

A  man  should  make  bis  good  resolu­
tions  before  he  spends  all  of  his  money

Plain  faces  are.fashionable  and  great­

ly  admired  when  the  owners  are  rich.

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9

THE  REASON  WHY.

The  European  manufacturer  is  in  a 
quandary.  On  both  sides  of  the  English 
Channel  he  is  confronted  with  the  mo­
mentous  fact  that  the  demand  for  his 
best  goods 
is  on  the  decline.  He  has 
looked  the  ground  all  over  again  and 
again  with  the  same  inevitable  result— 
his  goods  are  not  wanted.  For  a  long 
time he  supposed,  naturally enough, that 
with  the  rate  of  wages  as  low  as  it  can 
be  put,  he  could,  and  did,  make  prices 
so  that  he  met  his  competitors  without 
fear or  favor;  but  that  time  is  over,  and 
he  is  wondering  why.

It  does  not  soothe bis  irritation to  find 
that  the  trouble  comes  entirely  from  the 
Leading  Republic of the world ;  and  it is 
not  confined  to a  single  article  or a  few.
It  makes  no  difference  what  the  estab­
lishment  turns  out,  the  thing  made  is 
passed  by,  and  often  at  a  better  price 
the  American  goods  are  carried  home. 
Nobody  questioned,  for  instance,  at  one 
time,  where 
the  best  watches  were 
made.  The  world  gave  the  palm  to 
Switzerland  and  a  watch  was  worthless 
which  did  not  come  from  Geneva.  Ger­
many  has  never  doubted  that,  while 
woolen  goods  are  manufactured  the 
world  over,  only  real,  genuine  broad­
cloth,  the  finest 
in  texture  and  espe­
in  the 
cially 
Fatherland. 
in 
wines  knows  that  nowhere  beyond  her 
borders 
is  there  anything  really  good ; 
and  England  becomes  impatient  when 
facts  stubbornly  declare  that  the  Amer­
ican  manufactory  is  crowding  her to  the 
wall  in  everything.

in  dyes,  can  be  found 

in  silks  and 

France 

it 

What  traveler  in  England  has  not 
laughed  at  the  carriages,  big  and  awk­
ward  and  clumsy,  which  go  pounding 
over  the  rough  pavements  of  London  or 
the 
along 
splendid  English  roads? 
There 
is  in  the  English  mind  the  idea 
that  a  buggy,  which  has  shown  itself 
more  than  equal  to  rough  usage in rocky 
New  England  and  the  wild  regions  of 
the  West,  is  an  invitation to destruction, 
so  light  and  slight  and  incapable 
is 
for  accomplishing  the  work 
intended 
without  danger;  and  who  ever  bought 
in London  or  elsewhere  in  Great Britain 
a  shoe  which  fitted  him  or  one  he  was 
is  the  head 
not  ashamed  of?  London 
center  of  the  best  tailoring. 
It  used  to 
be  considered  a  shrewd  thing  for the 
American  to  start  for  Europe  with  as 
scanty  a  wardrobe  as  decency  would  al­
low  and  replenish 
in  London.  A 
suit  that  costs  here  fifty  dollars,  made 
to  order,  can  be  bought  there,  made  to 
order  by  a  London  tailor— pronounced 
in  capitals—for  twenty  or,  at  the  most, 
for  twenty-five  dollars. 
It  can.  Such 
suits  are  common.  They  are  very  often 
seen  that  joyful  morning  when  the  re­
turned  American  traveler 
leaves  the 
steamer  at  New  York ;  they  are  looked 
upon  as  marvels  of  cheapness  in  mate­
rial  and  make-up;  but  in  too  many  in­
stances  they  are  so  clumsily  fitted  and 
made  that  the  wearer  takes  no  pleasure 
in  them  and  they  are  soon  discarded. 
The  fact  of  the  case  is  the  American 
manufacturer  is  constantly working from 
an  artistic  standpoint;  he  is  unsatisfied 
so  long  as  his  handicraft  fails  to  bring 
out  his  artistic  idea,  and  his  workman­
ship  shows  constant 
in 
that  direction.

improvement 

it 

The  Tradesman  has  already 

com­
increased  exports  of 
mented  upon  the 
into  Germany. 
improve­
shoes 
ments 
in  American  machinery  and  the 
careful  attention  to style  and  finish  have 
done  something  to  place  the  American 
shoe  high  in German favor;  but the Ger­
man,  after all,  thinks  less of  the  looks

The 

than  he  does  of comfort.  There  lies  the 
main  secret  of  success  and  this,  taken 
in  connection  with  the  wearing  quality, 
which  the  American manufacturer never 
overlooks,  has  made  the  Germans  turn 
from  the  ugly,  clumsy,  ill-made,  ill-fit­
ting  and  soon-worn-out  footgear  which 
a  dozen  years  ago  was  the  common  ar­
ticle  in  the  capitals of  the  Old  World.

The  wheel  shows  the  same thing.  The 
American  bicycle  is  crowding  out  the 
Europe-made  machine.  With  the  finest 
highways 
in  the  world,  smooth  and 
well-kept,  a  wheel  of  the  lightest  manu­
facture 
is  all  that  is  needed ;  and  yet 
with the old-fashioned notion that bulk  is 
an  element  of  strength,  the  wheel  found 
there  is  not  a  thing  of  beauty.

is  the  old  story  with  the  old  tire­
some  conclusion:  They  can’t  do  any 
better  because  they  don't  know  how.

It 

ceased 

The  W.  M.  Hoyt  Co.  has  scored  an­
other  back-down,  having 
to 
quote  its  compound  of acids and gypsum 
as  cream  of  tartar.  The  concoction 
is 
now quoted as "cream of tartar mixture" 
and  the  price has  been  advanced  from 
14  to  15  cents  per  pound.  This  is  a 
pretty  stiff  price  for  a  vile  compound 
which  can  be  made  for a  cent  or  two  a 
pound,  but  it  is  a  decided  improvement 
over quoting  pure  cream  of tartar  at  14 
cents  a  pound,  as  the  W.  M.  Hoyt  Co. 
persisted  in  doing  before  it  was  called 
down  by  the  Tradesman  and  the  State 
Food  Commissioner.

THE  COMMAND  OF  THE  SEA.
Recent  wars  have  most  thoroughly 
demonstrated  the  value  of  sea  power.  It 
has  been  conclusively  proven  by  the 
actual  test  of  hostilities  that  in  interna­
tional  controversies  between  countries 
not  entirely 
landlocked  the  control  of 
the  sea 
insures  victory  to  that  power 
fortunate  enough  to  secure  such  control. 
Had  Napoleon  been  able  to  wrest  the 
control  of  the  sea  from  England  he 
would  have been  able  to  overcome  the 
combinations  his  enemies  made  against 
him.

In  the  war  between  China  and  Japan 
the  former  country  was  rendered  com­
pletely  helpless  by  the  victory  of  the 
Yalu.  With  the  defeat  of  the  Chinese 
fleet  at  that  place  Japan was able  to land 
troops  on  the  Chinese  coast  wherever 
she  saw  fit,  and  China,  witth  her 
im­
mense  population  and  resources,  was 
helpless  to  avert  the  humiliation  which 
befell  her.

In  our  war  with  Spain  it was  the com­
mand  of  the  sea  secured  by  us  which 
rendered  Spain  helpless  and  compelled 
her to abandon Cuba,  although that island 
was  garrisoned  by  more  than  200,000 
soldiers. 
It  was  not  that  the  Spanish 
soldiers  would  not  fight  or  were  not 
capable  of  making  headway  against  our 
troops,  but  because  Spain,  having  lost 
her fleet,  realized  that  it  would  be 
im­
possible  to  re-enforce  and  provision  the 
island,  hence  defeat  would  be  merely  a 
matter  of  a  little  time.

The  spread  of  Western  ideas  in  Japan 
has  not  proved  an  unmixed  blessing. 
Adulteration  and 
fraudulent  trading 
have  followed  in  the  wake.  As  the  de­
mand  for  European  medicaments  in­
creased,  dishonest  foreign  merchants 
introduced  a  large quantity  of 
inferior 
and  adulterated  drugs into Japan.  Con­
sequently  a  law had  to be  enacted  to  the 
effect  that  all  drugs  landed  in  Japan 
must  be  taken  to  the  state  laboratories 
before  they  could  be  sold  to  the  public.

A  Toronto  dispatch  says  that  the  in­
surance  companies  doing  a  life business 
in  Canada  have  agreed  hereafter  not  to 
accept  risks  on  the  lives  of  married 
women  unless  they  happen  to  be  the 
bread-winners  of  the  family,  or  in  other 
words,  independent  of  their  husbands. 
The  decision  has been  arrived  at  with  a 
view  to  lessening  the  crime  of  murder 
for  insurance,  several  cases  of  which 
have  been  reported  within  the  last  two 
years.

Gentry  county,  Kan.,  which  boasted 
the  record  of  having  taken  more  premi­
ums  at  the  World’s  Fair  than  any  other 
single  county 
in  the  United  States,  is 
again  a  subject  for congratulations,  hav­
ing  captured  a  large  number  of  the  best 
premiums  at  the  recent  big  stock  show 
at  the  Omaha  Exposition.  It  is  claimed 
by  experts  of  high  rank  that  the  Omaha 
exhibit  of  fancy  stock  was  larger  and 
better  than  the  memorable  one  at  Chi- 
cago. 

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For  one  man  to  pardon  a  criminal 
who  has  been  pronounced  guilty  by 
twelve  men  is  to  rebuke  justice.

A  shotgun  in  the  hands  ef  a  man  who 
it  is  loaded  is  as  dan­

does  not  know 
gerous  as  dynamite.

Madrid  has  thirty-six  daily  papers. 
None  of  them  approve  of  the  course  of 
the  United  States.

By  crooked  work  people  have  been 

known  to  get  into  terrible  straits.

It’s  easy  for  the man who has no credit 

to keep  out  of  debt.

And  now  France  is  learning  the  les­
son  that  no  country  can  hope  to  cope 
on  equal  terms  with  a  maritime  power 
without  a  navy  large  enough  to  insure  a 
fighting  chance  of  securing  control  of 
the  sea.  Wise  public  men  in  France 
realize  that  the  French  fleet,  large  as  it 
is,  is  entirely inadequate  to cope  single- 
handed  with  that  of  Great  Britain. 
While  France  has  barely  more  than 
enough  ships  to  protect  the  home  coast 
line,  Great  Britain  has  ships  in  all 
parts  of  the  world  ready  to  prey  upon 
French  commerce,  prepared  to  attack 
the  colonies  of  France  without  with­
drawing 
squadrons 
which  guard  home  waters  or  police  the 
Mediterranean.

formidable 

the 

for 

steadily 

strengthening 

All  this  should  be  a  powerful  incen­
tive 
the 
American  fleet.  The  fighting  force  of  a 
fleet  can  not  be  suddenly  improvised, 
hence  it  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  stead­
ily  and  constantly  increase  the  number 
of  our  ships,  and  keep  those  already 
in 
in  all  respects  by 
service  up  to  date 
improved  guns  as  those  in 
providing 
use  become  obsolete,  and 
installing 
improvement  and  device  calcu­
every 
lated  to 
increase  the  efficiency  of  the 
vessels.

The  international  bureau  of  weights 
and  measures  at  Paris  preserves  the 
standards  of  length  and mass with which 
the  secondary  standards  used  by  the 
various  national  governments  have  been 
most  carefully  compared.  These  stand­
ards  are the  concrete  representation  of 
a  fraction  of  the  circumference  of  the 
earth  at  a  certain  point,  and  of  the 
mass of  a  certain  amount  of  pure  water 
at 
its  maximum  density.  The  length 
of  the  standard  meter  has  been  deter­
in  terms  of  the  wave  length  of 
mined 
light 
in  case  of  the  loss  of  the  stand­
ard,  but  it  has  remained  for  a  French 
scientist  to  enquire  what  would  be  done 
in  the  event  of  the  disappearance  of  all 
standards,  and  all  measures  of  length 
expressed 
in  terms  of  the  standard. 
With  what  accuracy  the  meter  could  be 
restored  from  memory  was  the  object  of

results. 

his  investigation,  and  by  experimenting 
with  a  number  of  artisans,  mechanics 
and  scientists  used  to  making  measure­
ments,  he  was  able  to  publish  a  table  of 
very  satisfactory 
From  100 
people  of  the  classes  described he  asked 
for  estimates  on  the  length  of  certain 
distances,  and  also  that  they  should 
mark  off  a  certain  length  on  a  board. 
The  smaller  distances  were  found nearly 
always  under-estimated,  while  overesti­
mation  was  the  rule  with  the  greater 
distances.  Reducing from  these  obser­
vations  the  value  of  the  meter,  it  was 
found  that  the  distance  thus  ascertained 
showed  a  variation  from  the  true  meter 
of  only  a  few  millimeters,  or but  several 
thousandth  parts  of  its  own  length.

A  match  has  been  invented  in  France 
which  can  be  transposed  with  safety, 
will  strike  anywhere,  and  which is made 
without  the  use  of  the white phosphorus, 
the  ingredient  which  exerts  such  a  del­
eterious  effect  upon  those  who work with 
it.  The  composition  used 
in  the  new 
matches  is  a  mixture of potassium chlor­
ate  and  phosphorus  sesquisulphide. 
It 
is  stated to be practically non-poisonous.

When  Admiral  Schley  gets  home from 
Porto  Rico  he  will  have  swords  to  sell. 
The  State  of  Maryland,  Boston,  Phila­
delphia,  and  members  of  the  Royal  Ar­
canum  each  have  splendid  weapons 
ready  to  present  to  him,  and  there  are 
several  sections  of  the  country  yet  to  be 
heard  from  which  have  similar  schemes 
under  way.

If  Paris  is displeased with Americans, 
let  her  shopkeepers  and  hotels  try  to 
live  on  the  money  they  take  from  Span­
ish  tourists.  American  millionaires  can 
afford  to  spend  their  money  in  England 
or  Italy  or  Switzerland,  or  some  place 
that  is  not  always  abusing  the  Yankees 
and  taking  their  money  at  the  same 
time.

The  Prince  of  Wales  is  a  great  cigar 
smoker,  although  he  rarely  buys a cigar. 
His  stock,  which  is  the  finest  amateur 
collection 
in  England,  is  replenished 
every  year  by  large  consignments  from 
the  Austrian  Emperor  and  the Czar,  and 
some  of  his  most  costly  brands  are 
valued  at  $250  per  100.

The  Canadian  Bankers’  Association, 
which  recently  held  its  annual  session 
in  Toronto,  recommends  that  there shall 
be  established  a  Canadian  mint,  where 
the  gold  of  the  Klondike  and  other  pro­
ducing  sections  of  the  great  Northwest 
may  be  minted.

Some  people  are  never  so  happy  as 
they  are  when  managing  some  great 
show  enterprise  to  raise  money  for  any 
unnecessary  purpose  they  may  happen 
to  think  of.  The itching  desire  to  man­
age  is  the  incentive.

A  peace  jubilee  will  be  a  good  thing 
to  have  when  we  have  peace.  A  decla­
ration  of  peace  in  a  contest  with  an  un­
scrupulous  enemy 
is  like  a  declaration 
of  independence.  The  party  who  wants 
it  must  fight  for  it.

A  quiet  sewing  circle  is more  danger­
ous  than  a  high  tea.  There  is  so  much 
chatter  and  noise  at  the  tea  that  one can 
not  hear  half  the  bad  things  that  are 
said  of  the  handsomest  woman  in  the 
neighborhood.

Spain 

everything  and  fight  for  nothing.

is 

in  a  position  to  demand 

A  forger  may  utter  a  check  if  not 

checked  by  justice.

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Fruits and  Produce.

Peculiarities  of  the  Ohio  Cheese  In­

dustry.

John  Gould  In Hoard’s  Dairyman.

in 

Aurora  may  be  set  down  as  one  of 
the  .largest  cheese  distributing  points 
in  this  country;  and 
in  its  “ methods 
and  manners”   is,  in  many  respects,  un­
like  any  other  cheese  mart  of our knowl­
edge.  Aurora  is,  in  reality,  the  oldest 
cheese  producing  town  in  the  State,  as 
cheese  was  taken  in  wagonloads through 
the  forest  to  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  as  early  as 
1811;  and  by  1819  dealers  were  actually 
shipping  their  cheese  down  the  Ohio 
lower  ports.  The  third 
River  to  the 
cheese  factory 
the  State—a  curd 
gathering  concern—was  built  here,  and 
the  second  modern  cheese  factory  in  the 
State  was  erected  here  by  John  I.  El- 
dridge,  and  the  first  milk  buying factory 
in  the  State,  if  not  United  States,  was 
put 
in  operation  by  the  Hurd  Bros,  in 
1865.  The  first  cargo  of  cheese  ever 
faken  to  the  Northwest  was  shipped 
trom  here  to  Milwaukee  in  1834  or 
’35, 
when  that  city  consisted  of  nine  log 
cabins  and  thirty-five  men  over  21  years 
of  age,  and  the  man,  Hon.  C.  R.  Har­
mon,  who  helped  organize  the  first  elec­
tion  in  that  city,  is  still  living 
in  Au­
rora,  aged  over  90  years,  still  hale  and 
hearty.

The  cheese  trade  has  always  been 
large  from  this  point,  but  annually 
grows  larger, 
last  year  amounting  to 
nearly  5,000,000  pounds.  At  first  the 
three  great  dealers  here,  Frank  Hurd, 
D.  T.  Eldredge,  and  Harmon  &  Sons, 
shipped  the  greater  part,  if  not  all  their 
cheese,  to  commission  bouses  and  bro­
kers,  but  now  the  two  firms  first  men­
tioned  sell  all  of  their  products  to  the 
wholesale  grocers  on  an  order  trade. 
The 
last  mentioned  firm  now  transacts 
only  a  small  business,  while  the  others 
increase  their  trade  yearly  by  the  thou­
sands  of  boxes.  These  two  men  run 
something 
like  ten  or  fifteen  factories 
each,  and  buy  the  cheese  of  as  many 
more,  and  besides,  buy  cheese  by  the 
5,000  boxes  in  a  general  way.

They  own  and 

in  all  ways,  business 

lease  factories  and 
have  cheese  made  on  commission  by 
others,  buying  all  of  the  milk  at a stated 
monthly  price,  set  by  Frank  Hurd, 
whose  price  bulletins  are  regarded  by 
all  as  “ official,”   and  outside  of  his 
buying,  the  others  contract to pay Frank 
Hurd’s  prices.  His  foresight  and  fore­
cast  of  the  market  and  markets  seem to 
be  undisputed, 
and  what  he  says 
“ goes.”   This  Hurd  is  a  unique  char­
acter,  and 
in­
cluded,  is  in  good  repute;  a  very  small 
man,  keen  and  alert,  both  of  which  are 
made  most  conspicuous  by  his  great 
misfortune,  being  almost  totally  deaf, 
only  hearing  by  great  exertion  those 
who  approach  him.  Wholly  devoid  of 
the  pictured  dignity  and  awe  of  the 
great  business  man,  abounding  with  wit 
and  fun  rarely  found  in  men  at  64,  and 
yet  more  rare 
in  men  whose  business 
interests  have  been  so  varied,  farm, 
stock  buying,  mercantile  and  a  cheese 
trade,  running  out  the  $200,000 per year.
Eldredge  is  his  opposite  in  many  re­
spects.  Large 
in  build,  less  quick  in 
observation,  but  nevertheless  alert  in 
looking  out  for  the  market  and  the main 
chance,  the  two  men  together  make  a 
marked  contrast  in  all  save  in  business 
extension  and  success,  which  are  pret'y 
nearly  equal.  Both  men  manage  farms 
of  their  own,  one  containing  1,900acres 
and  the  other  2,200,  and  are  covered 
with  all  the  year  round  dairies,  and 
in 
other  respects  are  most  successfully 
managed.
is 
almost  wholly  by  order.  The  great  com­
petition 
in  the  cheese  industry  in  some 
quarters  and  sections  caused  these  two 
great  firms  to  look  up  an  order  trade, 
and 
it  has  succeeded  beyond  their  ex­
pectations.  They  at  first 
“ drummed 
up"  some  trade  with  the  larger  whole­
sale  grocery  houses of  Ohio  and the Ohio 
River  Valley,  West  Virginia  and  west 
into  Indiana  and  Illinois.  This  trade 
to  about  90,000 
last  year  amounted 
boxes. 
cheese  are  made  very 
largely  to  order  and  some  brands  have 
been—for  some  firms—unchanged 
for

The  cheese  trade  of  these  two  men 

The 

twenty-five  years.  The  different  sections 
ask  for  different  sizes,  quality  and  the 
distinguishing  “ ear  marks.”

These orders are usually  sent in so as to 
reach  Aurora  on  Saturday,  and  are  filled 
the  following  Monday.  Of  course,  or­
ders  sent  in  later  in  the  week  are  hon­
ored.  This  has  led  to  a  great  change 
in  the  home  handling  of  the  cheese. 
The  huge  curing  houses  are  now  unused 
and  the  cheese  now  goes  boxed  from 
the  factory  and  the  cars.  The  cheese  is 
brought  to  the  station  on  Monday  and  - 
sent  to  the  consignees  direct.  This  has 
caused  the  two  firms  to  have  all  cheese 
brought  to  the  Aurora  station  from  all 
factories, 
from 
nearer by  depots.  Some  of  these  fac­
tories  haul  cheese  twenty-four  miles  to 
this  point,  so  Monday  usually  sees  from 
twenty  to  forty  huge  loads  of  cheese  ar­
rive,  coming  from  all  directions,  from 
daylight  to  2  p.  m.,  when  all  cheese 
must  be  loaded.

instead  of 

shipping 

and 

loaded, 

Why  the  cheese  is  all  brought  to  one 
central  point  is  this:  They  secure  re­
duced  freight  rates,  express  time,  and 
distribution en  route,  similar  to the  mail 
service.  At  5  p.  m.  the  cheese  cars  are 
all 
the  consignments  to  the 
different  firms  located  in  the car,  so as to 
be  easily  taken  out,  and  at  3  a.  m.  the 
next  day  the  cars  are  at  Galion  and 
Crestline,  150  miles  away,  a  great  dis­
tributing  point.  Here  the  “ loads”   are 
broken  up  and  put  on  diverging  trains, 
and  by  6  a.  m.  this  cheese  is  speeding 
on  towards 
its  destination  on  the  local 
trains  and  by  dark  has  reached  its  des­
tination,  Mansfield,  Columbus,  Zanes­
ville,  Dayton,  Hamilton 
other 
points,  even  along  the  Ohio  River.  A 
car  will  go  through  to  Indianapolis,  and 
is  there  broken  up  for  Indiana  towns. 
Another  cargoes  to  Marietta  or Parkers­
burg  and  is  then  sent  to  West  Virginia 
towns,  so  by  Wednesday  night 
the 
cheese,  which  by  old  methods  of  con­
signment  would  be  ten  days  to  three 
weeks  reaching  the  consignees,  now 
is 
rarely  more  than  forty-eight  to  seventy- 
two  hours.  The  railroads,to  secure  this 
trade,  guarantee  fast  freight,  and  the 
plan  in  every  way  is  far  in  advance  of 
the  old  methods,  and  fully  justifies  the 
long  horse  hauls  at  the  start.
This  growth  of  order  trade  is  being 
copied  by  some  of  the  other  large  deal­
ers,  and  fully  explains  one  feature  and 
peculiarity  of  Ohio  dairying:  All  the 
fine  cheese  goes  into  this  channel  of  or­
der trade  and  so  is  not  seen 
in  com­
mission  circles.  When  there  is  a  mis­
take  made  in  making  cheese  with  bad 
flavor,  or  the  like,  these  cheese  are con­
signed  to  the  commission  men  and  sold 
for “ what they will  bring”   and have had 
not  a 
little  to  do  with  the  “ merry 
name”   that  is  attached  to  Ohio  cheese. 
The  fact  that  these  men  retain  their 
trade  with  these  firms  year  after  year, 
and  that  it  suits  the  consumer  as  well, 
is  a  “ straw”   which  shows  that  Ohio 
cheese  is  not  such  a  “ bad  lot”   after  all 
and  may  be  enquired  after  for  some 
years  to  come.

these  two 

cheese  of 

True  it  is  that  some  Ohio  cheese  are 
more  or  less  “ skimmed,”   still  the  fact 
remains  that  these  firms  have  billed 
their  cheese  at  Little  Falls’  best  quota­
tions  all  summer  and  the  price  of  milk 
only  fell  to  the  sixty  cent  rate  for  a 
short  time.  Some  factories  run  on  the 
full  cream  plan,  but  the  larger  part  of 
the 
firms  are 
skimmed  at  the  rate  of  a pound of butter 
to  100  to  120  pounds  of  milk,  and  it  is a 
“ standing  smile”   here  that  the  whey 
oil  used  to  grease  Ohio  cheese  comes 
from  the  full  cream  cheese  factories  of 
New  York.  A  great  producer  said  the 
other  day  that  “ outside  of  the  teachers 
of  the  Dairy  Schools,  he  could  not  get 
makers  who  could  make  a  full  cream 
cheese  and  not  run  as  much  or more 
butter  fat  to  the  whey  tanks  than  be 
skimmed  off,  and  for  his  part  he  could 
not  see  that  there  was  any  difference be­
tween  taking  a  pound  of  butter  from 
120  pounds  of  milk  with  a  skimmer,  or 
cutting  it  out  in  making. ”   At  Colum­
it 
bus,  Ohio,  at  the  branding  station 
was  shown  that  the  per  cent,  of  fat 
in 
these  order  cheese  ran  from  30  to  32  per 
cent.,  which  is not  so bad stock  as  it  has 
often  been  painted.

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in  Cleveland  are  concerns  buying  milk 
for  the  city  trade.  Some  of  these  con­
cerns  want  cream  only  and  after  this 
“ only”   is  removed  with a separator,  the 
skim  milk 
is  made  into  a  skim  cheese 
and  sent  out  and  sold  as  such  and  is 
enjoyed  by  the  classes  who  come  from 
the  “ climbs”   of  Lower  Mississippi 
Valley  and  Southern  Europe,  and  pos­
sibly  “ Cuby  and  Manilly.’ 5 
In  some 
sections  of  Northern  Ohio,  and  center­
ing  in  Aurora,  the  conditions  here  pic­
tured  are  not  the  same.  Miik  is  only 
worked  up  on  the  co-operatie  plan,  in 
others  the  patrons  have  their  cheese 
made  and  boxed,  and  other  methods  ob­
tain  elsewhere.  The  milk  trade  along 
the  lines  of  railways  in  the  great  cities 
collect  the  milk  so  thoroughly  that  the 
old-time  creameries  and  factories  have 
disappeared  and 
collecting  stations 
have  taken  their  place.

In  all  these  sections  winter  dairying 
has  taken  the  place  of  the  summer  in­
dustry,  so  that  the  production 
is  now 
about  uniform,  by  the  month.  The  de­
mand  for  cows  was  never  greater  than 
now,  or  prices  higher,  which  shows  that 
the  farmers  still  have  faith  in  the  busi­
ness  and  expect  to  continue  in  its  pur­
suit.  Such  are  some  of  the  points  of 
the  dairying  that  centers  near  the  home 
of  the  writer,  and  are  given  for  what 
they  are  worth.
Why Americans  Are 

the  Greatest 

Coffee  Consumers.
C. F. Blanke  in Interstate  Grocer.
low  prices  of  the 

The 

in  total 

low  grade 
coffees  increase  the  consumption  in  two 
ways:  There 
is  more  coffee  consumed 
and  there  is  more  coffee  wasted  in  pre­
paring  it  for  consumption  than  there  is 
in  ordinary  times.  The  low  prices  of 
coffee  do  not  induce  a larger consump 
tion  of  the  better  grades.  The  people 
who  buy  the  best  grades  of  coffee  are 
people  who  will  consume  the  same 
amount  whether  the  price 
is  high  or 
it 
low,  but 
is  the  masses  whose  con­
sumption 
is  affected  materially  by  the 
price,  and  it  is  the  masses  who  are  the 
consumers  of  this  country.  The  con­
sumption  of  coffee  in  the  United  States, 
per  capita,  is 
larger  than  any  country 
in  the  world,  and  the  amount  of  pounds 
is  larger  than  any 
consumed 
country 
in  the  world.  The  question  is 
naturally asked :  “ Why is it that the peo­
ple  of  this  country  who  only drink coffee 
with  their  meals  (and  the  majority  of 
them  do  not  drink  it  with  each  meal 
consume  more  coffee  than  the  people  of 
such  countries  as  France  and  Germany, 
where  they  sip  coffee  in  the  cafes  at  all 
times  of  the  day  and  night,  and  as  a 
general  thing,  drink stronger^coffee  than 
the  American  people  do?”   This 
is 
easily  explained.  The  Americans  con 
sume  more  coffee  per  capita,  but  they 
do  not  drink  more.  They  waste  more 
in  preparing  than  they do  in  these  other 
countries.  This  can  be  accounted  for 
in  several  different  ways:  The  people 
who  buy  the  better  grades  of  coffee  pre 
pare 
it  by  the  drip  method.  Most  of 
them  have  the  ordinary  funnel  shaped 
dripper  to  drip  their  coffee  with.  They 
put  their  coffee 
in  this  dripper  (very 
often  too  coarsely  ground);  when  they 
pour  their  water  on,  the  water  does  not 
go  through  the  coffee,  but  goes  over  it 
and  passes  through,  without  getting  the 
strength  out  of  the  coffee;  so  when  they 
discard  their  grounds  it  will  always  be 
found  that  what  is  at  the  bottom  of  the 
dripper  was  hardly affected by the water 
consequently  they  throw  away  half  the 
coffee  without  the  strength  extracted 
The  people  that  buy  the  low  grade 
coffees  mostly  buy  the  doped  one-pound 
package  coffees,  which  are  usually  so 
tough  that  they  can  not  be  ground  prop 
erly,  consequently when they  boil  it  they 
do  not  extract  the  strength,  so 
it  re 
quires  two  pounds  of  coffee  to  furnish 
liquid  that  one  pound  should  fur 
the 
nish.  This 
is  why  the  American  peo 
pie  are  the  greatest  coffee  consumers  on 
earth.  They  drink  less  than  the  other 
civilized  nations,  but  they  waste  more,

When  a  man  disputes  with  a  fool,  the 

fool  is  doing  the  same  thing.

When  a  man knows his  duty,  he avoids 

doing  it  by  asking  advice.

New  Way  and  Old  Way  of  Making 

From the  New York  Tribune

Cider.

in 

Cider  of  the  “ new  and  improved”  
kind,  which  may  be  made 
large 
quantities  regardless  of  the  size  of  the 
pple  crop,  comes  to  the  market  at  all 
seasons  of  the  year,  and  most  of  itbas 
never  been  subjected 
to  the  various 
processes  which  come  under  the  head 
It  comes  to  the  dealer 
of  cidermaking. 
i  kegs,  barrels  and  bottles,  and  as 
still”   and  “ sparkling”   cider.
The  real  article  finds  ready  sale  and 
commands  a  fair  price,  especially  this 
year  because  of  the  short  apple  crop. 
There  are  several  cider  mills  within  a 
few  miles  of  Newark  where  the  bever­
age  is  still  made  in  the  primitive  way, 
here  horses  are  employed  to  work  the 
grinders,  and  everything  about  the  mill 
smacks  of  the  days  of  long  ago.

To  those  people  who  have  seen  cider 
made  in  mills  where  steam  and  gas  en- 
ines  are  used,  these  old  mills  are  high­

“ Apples 

ly  interesting.
is  apples,”   said  the  Jersey 
farmer,  pointing  to  a  bin  where  several 
hundred  bushels  had  been  dumped  by 
the  neighbors  who  had  brought  them  to 
the  mill.  There  were  large  and  small, 
green  and  red,  sound  and  soft  apples, 
all  piled  up  and  waiting  for the grinder.
The  cidermaking paraphernalia stands 
under  a  rickety  shed,  at  one  end  of 
which 
is  the  tub  in  which  the  grinder 
revolves,  by  means  of  which  the  apples 
are  converted  into  pulp  or  pomace.  The 
power  is  derived  from  a  shaft  operated 
by  horses  on  the  outside.  When  a  batch 
of  cider  is  to  be  made  a  lot  of  one  hun­
dred  bushels  is  set  aside  and  shovelled 
nto  the  grinder;  when  the  fruit  has 
been  properly  crushed 
it  is  shovelled 
and 
ladled  to  a  press  which  has  a 
platform  about  eight  feet  square.  All 
this  is  done  in  the  modern  cider  mill, 
except  that  the  power  in  the  new  con­
cern  is  steam  or  gasolene.

But  the  press  work 

in  the  old  cider 
is  different  from  that  which  is 
mills 
done 
In  the  new 
in  the  new  mills. 
mills  the  mass  is  pressed  between  cloth 
strainers,  while 
in  the  old  mills  the 
pomace 
is  covered  with  straw,  upon 
which  another  layer  of  pomace  is  put, 
and  so  the  press  is  filled  with  alternate 
ayers  of  straw  and  apple  pulp.  The 
straw  serves  as  a  strainer,  and  gives  the 
mass  which  is  to  be pressed consistency, 
and  keeps  it  from  running  off  the  press. 
When  the  press  has  been 
loaded  the 
screws  are  operated  by  poles,  and  the 
apple  juice  is  caught  as it  runs  from the 
lower  platform.  It  takes  about  one  hour 
to  convert  one  hundred  bushels  of  ap­
ples  into  cider,  and  the product  is  about 
four  gallons  to  the bushel.

‘ In  good  apple  years,”   said  the  ci- 
dermaker,  * ‘ it  keeps  us  busy  between 
times  making  cider,  and  we  have  bad 
years  when  for  weeks  we  had  the  yard 
full  of  barrels  and  the  barn  full  of  ap 
pies.  But  with  a  short  apple  crop  a 
cider  mill  becomes  a  lonesome  place. ”
Much  of  the  cider  which  is  made  in 
New  Jersey 
is  disposed  of  as  “ sweet,’ 
but  the  greater  part  becomes  “ hard,”  
and  some 
is  allowed  to  find  its  way  to 
the  market  as  vinegar,  although  cider 
vinegar,  like  cider,  is  not  always  what 
it  is  represented  to  be  and  according  to 
the  testimony  of  an  old-fashioned  cider 
maker,  “ Ali  the  real  cider  made  in  the 
United  States  would  not  supply  New 
York  with  cider  vinegar.”

Illnesses  Due  to  the  Bargain  Counter
“ Doctor,  don’t  you  think  the  illnesses 
imagina 

of  most  women  are  caused  by 
tion?”
“ Well,  the  cut  rates en  patent  medi 
cines  are  responsible  for a  good  many 
of  them. ”  

_____

A  Boston  broker  boasts  of  rather 

bright  office  boy.  One  of  his  friends 
dropping  in  at  the  office  dispatched  the 
lad  for  some  cigars,  giving  him  a  dollar 
bill  to  pay  for  them.  The  boy  returned 
with  four  cigars.  The caller commended 
him  for  purchasing  such  good  ones, 
and  passed  them  around.  Shortly  after 
the  broker  was  left  alone  in  the  office, 
when  the  shrewd  urchin  handed  him  six 
cigars  with the remark :  "   ’Ere’s the rest 
of  them  cigars,  Mr.  Margin.”

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353 RUSSELL STREET, DETROIT,  MICH 

J.  WILLARD  LANSING,

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44 W.  MARKET STREET 
103 MICHIGAN STREET

BUFFALO, N. Y.

WHOLESALE 
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Reference:  TRADESMAN. 

EGGS

It is now at the season of the year when several commission  houses  who  make  a  specialty  of  other 
goods—and the season is over with  them—are trying  to  work  Butter  and  Eggs  for  a  few  months;  not 
Having  the  trade,  they  cannot  do  you  the justice that a house can that handles  Butter and  Eggs exclu­
sively twelve months in the year.  Fresh  Eggs are scarce;  we want them at 20c.

Who Gets the Oyster Trade?

The man whose oysters  are  the 
freshest and  best flavored.

Who  Loses Other Trade?

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

Ask  for onr price»  on  Roll Top  Batter  Refrigera’ors.
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.,

Qrand Rapids, Mich.

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Elgin  System of Creameries

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

A  Model  Creamery  of the  Elgin  System.

R  E.  STURGIS  &  CO.,

Contractors  and  Builders of the

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

Manufacturers and  Dealers in  Creamery and  Dairy  Supplies.

Address all correspondence to R. B. STURGIS &  Co.» Allegan» Mich.

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and  learn  from  them  the  many  advan­
tages  and  profit  of handling  Butter  in  a 
new  way.

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DIRTY  DEAL.

Underhanded  Method  Adopted to  Ruin 

a Cheesemaker.

Twenty-eight  years as  a  cheesemaker, 
and  always  a  close  student  in  my  work, 
yet  the  old  saying  of  “ never  too  old  to 
learn”   has  once  more  been  verified.

A  problem  has  confronted  me  which 
cost  me  months  of  study  and  experi­
ment  and  hundreds  of  dollars  in  lost 
cheese,  which  would  cure  out  hard  as 
grindstones,  although  made  from  milk 
which  by  rennet  test  of  vat  was  as sweet 
as  any  I  ever  handled.

Previous to  my  leasing  this  plant  only 
butter  had  been  made.  Two  years  ago 
this  spring  I  began  making  a  part  of 
the  milk  into  cheese.  The  milk,  while 
apparently  sweet,  would  develop  acid 
too  rapidly  and  at  as  low  a  temperature 
as  85  degrees. 
I  also  noticed  that  its 
development  was  not  retarded  by  the 
action  of  common  salt  and 
its  flavor 
“ once  met  was  not  soon  forgotten.”  
This  did  not  occur  every  day,  but  often 
enough  so  that  I  lost  100 boxes of cheese 
in  a  short  time.  I discontinued  making, 
although  the  price  of  cheese  was  the 
best,  and  made  only  butter,  but  in  the 
fall  I  tried  cheese  again,  only  to  soon 
see  our  old  enemy  bob  up  again  and 
the  battle  begin.  Cheese  were  made 
like  sole  leather  while  green  and  turned 
like  stone  when  cured.  The  milk  was 
salted  before  the  rennet  was  added,  all 
the  curd  would  need,  all  to  no  purpose. 
Winter  wore  on  and  we  had  not  located 
this  germ.  Samples  were  set  away  at 
90  degrees  of  every  patron’s  milk,  only 
to  keep  sweet  all  day,  while  the  vat 
would  sour 
in  two  hours  and  a  half  at 
85  degrees  in  the  coldest  weather.  We 
finally  came  to  the  conclusion  that  this 
germ  would  not  develop  so  we  could 
tell  it  only  under the  action  of  rennet 
after  coagulation.  We  acccordingly 
went  to  work  along  this  line.  We  no­
ticed  our  cheese  savored  largely  of  vin­
egar,  becoming  more  pronounced  after 
a  few  days  from  the  press.  As  the  acid 
which  came  on  these  curds  could  not  be 
checked  by  salt,  we  knew  the  lactic 
acid  was  neutralized  by  a  stronger acid 
under  development  fed  by  the  sugar  of 
milk.  But  what  was  it  developed  with 
to  give  it  the  speed  of  a  race  horse  and 
what  acid was  used  for  it  that  would  not 
sour  milk?  We  found  tartaric  acid  and 
acetic  acid  (vinegar)  would  not.  We 
went 
into  chemical  vinegar  for  points 
and  found  we  could  produce  this  germ 
and  its  subsequent  results  and,  on  May 
23,  we  could  neutralize  this  germ  in  our 
curds  and  our  danger  and  losses  were 
over.  This  germ  was  delivered,  after 
being  located,  in  the  same  man’s  milk 
for  some  time,  as 
it  was  doing  us  no 
harm  then.  Before  I  called  his  atten­
tion  to  it  and  while  he  disclaimed  any 
knowledge of  it,  it  occurred  to  us  as  be 
ing  remarkable  that  half  of  his milk  go 
ing  to  another  factory  and  part  to  me, 
that  the  other  factory  received  none  of 
it.  This  starter  must  stand  over night 
not  below  60 degrees  or  it  will  not  de­
velop  enough  to  show  on  the  vat  before 
the  curd  is  ready  for the  press,  for those 
who  use  the  sweet  curd  process,  but  it 
may  develop  even  then  and  damage  the 
cheese.  Here  are  the  ingredients  and 
the  sugar  of  milk  will  furnish  the  miss­
ing  link  needed  to  make  acid  vinegar 
or  acid  cider:

Take one  or  two  cakes  of quick-work­
ing  yeast;  let them  stand  in warm water 
until  the  strength 
is  out,  pour  off the 
water,  add  one  ounce  of  tartaric  acid 
or  one ounce of  acetic  a cid ;  add  five  or 
ten  gallons  of  new  m ilk;  leave  over 
night at  70 degrees.  This  solution  need

not  be  strong  enough  to  coagulate  par­
ticles  of  milk  when  put  in  without  stir­
ring  and  can  be  dropped 
into  any 
patron’s  can  of  night’s  milk,  as  it  was 
in  ours  from  June 6  to  Sept.  16,  when 
the gang  gave  us  up.  Few  of  my  cus­
tomers  escaped  a  call  from  June  to  Sep­
tember.  Any  cheese  maker  who  will 
try  one  of  these  starters,  properly  de­
veloped  on  a  vat  of  milk,  will  find  his 
experience  is  incomplete. 
I  do  not  be­
lieve  any  vat  of  milk  was  ever  so  ripe 
it  could  not  be  made  into  good, 
that 
merchantable  cheese  by 
low  heat  and 
the  timeiy  use  of  salt. 
I  have  been 
asked  many  times  what  would  be  the 
object  if  this  were  intentional;  and  we 
can  not  answer,  as  we  are  strangers 
here,  hence  have  no  enemies. 
I  have 
meditated  a  long  time  on  giving  this  to 
the  cheesemakers,  but  so  long  as  such 
trickery  exists,  all  should  know,  for  the 
possibilities  of  damage are  not 
light. 
One  starter  a  week  would  drive  any 
man  out  of  business,  for  only  an  un­
broken  line  of  it  enabled  us  to  properly 
study  its  characteristics.  If  not  too  cold 
the  whey  tank  will  ferment  like  boiling 
until  the  yeast  has  spent  its  force and 
the  sugar  has  turned  to  vinegar.  This 
germ  has  three  characteristics  contrary 
to  cheesemaking : 
Its  growth  under  ac­
tion  of  common  salt;  its  deception  un­
der  the  rennet  test  of  the  vat  on  sweet 
milk,  and  the  speed  of  its  growth  after 
coagulation.  The  amount  of  acid  used 
may  be  so  small  under  favorable  tem­
perature  for 
its  development  by  yeast 
as  to  defy  the  efforts  of  careful chemical 
analyses  and  while  the  microscope  may 
give  us  a  favorable  bint,  we  can  not 
dispute  the  product  of  practical  demon 
st ration.

The  loss  occasioned  by  spoiled  cheese 
amounted  to  $1,700;  detective  services 
and  analysis,  $100  more.  Most bills  are 
paid  in  full,  but  the  patronage  slipped 
off as  fast  as  they  got  their  money.  If  I 
were  criminally  inclined,  after shoulder 
ing  these  losses  alone,  I  would block out 
radius  to  suit  me  and  not  allow  any 
man  to  successfully  make  cheese  within 
those  lines  and  I  would  not  be  caught 
There  have been  successful  cheesemak 
ers  come  and  go  from  here and  if  they 
prepare  a  starter  of  this  kind  and  use 
it  to  a  vat  of 
it,  either  alone  or  add 
milk,  if  live,  quick-working  yeast 
is 
used,  they  will  soon  notice  their  old  fa 
vorite  curds. 
like the  Dairy 
School  this  winter to  go  into  this  starter 
far enough  to  report  the  lowest  possible 
temperature  at  which  live,  quick  yeast 
will  develop  a  tartaric  acid  or  acetic 
acid  starter,  so  it  will  show  on  a  vat  of 
2,000  pounds  of  sweet  milk 
in  from 
three  to  four  hours  at  96  degrees.  Use 
plenty  of  acid  and  yeast  for  the  low 
temperature  experiment,  and  perhaps  I 
can  tell  at this  end  who  the  person  was 
who  kept  his  milk  warm  enough  those 
cold  winter  nights  to  develop  his  vine­
gar  starter  sufficiently  to  turn my  cheese 
to  stone,  while  most  milk  came 
in 
F.  H.  St a n l e y .
frozen! 

I  would 

Adrian,  Mich.

Two  Commercial  Travelers  Compar­

ing  Notes.

“ I  have been  out  three  weeks,”   said 

the first,“ and have only got four orders.

“ That  beats  me,”   said  the  other;  “ I 
have  been  out  four  weeks  and  have  only 
go  one  order,and  that’s  from  the  firm  to 
come  home. ”

Every  man 

is  anxious  to  help  his 

neighbor  when  he  doesn’t  need  it.

The  man  who  has  the  most  to  say  al­

ways  uses  the  fewest  words.

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Nov.  5—The  week  has 
been  full  of  political  excitement  and 
this  has  probably  had  an  influence  on 
business  of  all  kinds.  While  grocery 
jobbers  generally  report  a  fair amount 
of  business  going  forward,  they 
look 
for  quite  a  marked  improvement  after 
Tuesday.  The  elections  are  looked  for­
ward  to  with  an  unusual  degree  of  in­
terest  by  business  men  here,  not  only 
the  local  election  but  the  general  result 
of  the  country,  as  it  will  so  largely  de­
termine  the  complexion  of  the  next 
Congress.
On  the  first  two  days  of  the week there 
was  very  decided  activity  in  the  coffee 
market.  Orders  seemed  to  come  in from 
all  directions  and  there  was  almost  a 
“ boom.”   Since  then  matters  have  be­
come 
comparatively  quiet,  although 
there  is  certainly  a  better  market  and  a 
great  deal  of  confidence  is  felt  by  deal­
ers 
This  confidence 
seems  to  be  based  upon nothing stronger 
than  the  feeling  that  stocks  in  the hands 
of  retailers  must  be  light.  The  quota­
tion  for  invoice  lots  of Rio No.  7 is from 
5%@6c. 
In  store  and  afloat  there  are 
1,109,510  bags,  against  939.571  bags  at 
the  same  time 
last  year.  For  mild 
grades  of  coffee  there  continues  to  be 
about  the  usual  request  and  the  market 
presents  no  new  features.

in  the  outlook. 

The  new  Doscher  refinery  is  begin­
ning  to  place  its  product  on  the market, 
but  the  general  condition  of  affairs 
is 
not  greatly  altered  from  last  week.  The 
demand  for  refined  sugars  has  been 
rather  light  and  dealers apparently  have 
sufficient  on  hand  for  immediate  wants. 
The  impression  prevails  among  many 
well-posted  dealers  that  the  remainder 
of  November  will  be  quiet,  so  far as  the 
sugar  market  is  concerned.

At the  regular  tea  sale  at  auction  on 
Wednesday,  the  prices  showed  an  ad 
vance  of  about  ic  over  those  of  a  month 
ago.  On  the  street  the  amount  of  busi 
is  only  of  the  usual  volume,  al 
ness 
though  there 
is  a  generally  confident 
feeling  as  to  the  future.  Invoice trading 
is  very  quiet.
Rice  stocks  are  light  and  holders  are 
determined  to  make  no  concessions  ir 
order  to  effect  sales.  Would-be  buyers, 
on  the  other  hand,  seem  to  take  no 
in 
in  the  article  beyond  securing 
terest 
sufficient 
and 
there  has  been  nothing  during  the  week 

for  everyday  needs, 

'  to  attract  especial  attention.  There  is 

sufficient  quantity  of  foreign  sorts  to 
meet  the  demand,  Java  remaining  firm 
and  unchanged  at  4/4 @5c-  Good  to 
prime  Southern,  5f£@6c.
With  the  exception  of  pepper,  the 
market  for  which  continues  quite  firm 
there  is  little  doing  in  spices.  Singa 
pore  pepper  is  worth  q@ q% c.  Cloves 
are  quiet,  although  held  at  value.

The  supply  of  new  crop  molasses  con 
tinues  light  and  the  amount  on  the  way 
is  also  said  to  be  small.  The  demand 
has  been  pretty fair,  although  quotations 
are  too  high  to  permit  of  a  great volume 
of  business.  Old  crop  prime  to  fancy 
open-kettle,  31336c. 
Syrups  remai 
without  special  change.
Canned  goods  deliveries  are  going 
forward  at  a  satisfactory  rate  and  it  1 
thought  now  that  the  deficiencies  wi 
not  be  as  large  as  were  anticipated 
There  is a moderate offering of tomatoes, 
with  No.  3  standard  New  Jersey  offered 
in  New  York  at  80382j£c.  Some  quite 
large  sales  of  gallon  apples  have  been 
made  of  New  York  brands  at  $2.25 
Full  standard  brands  of  corn  are  held  at 
65c.
Lemons  are  steady,  but  the  demand 
is  naturally  rather  light.  There  have 
been  no  changes  in  quotations  of  much 
importance,  300s  Sicily  ranging  from 
$5.2536  25  per  box.  Jamaica  oranges 
are  selling  from  the  dock  at $4.5035-75 
Almeria  grapes,  full  weight,  per  bbl 
$6@8.50.  Bananas  are  moving  slowly, 
with  firsts  from  90c@$i. 10.

There  will  be  offered  at  auction  next 
week  a 
large  lot  of  dried  fruits  from 
California, the  result of which is awaited 
with  a  good  deal  of  interest.  There  will 
be  sold  4,000  packages  of apricots,  8,000

as 

of  peaches  and  25,000 of  prunes.  This 
method  of  disposing  of  dried  fruits  may 
lead  to  important  results.

Butter  receipts  are light,  so  is  the  de­
mand.  Very  best  grades,  as  usual,  move 
ith  a  degree  of  activity  sufficient  to 
keep  the  market  in  pretty  good  s^ape, 
but  lower  grades  drag  and  quotations 
are  unsteady.  There  is  some  little  de­
mand  for  choice State dairy,  but the sup­
ply,  as  a  rule,  will  hardly  bear  rigid 
nspection 
"choice.”   Western 
creamery  choice,  23c;  firsts,  20@22c; 
i5K@ i6c ;  West­
seconds,  19c;  thirds, 
ern 
finest,  17® 
7^c ;  firsts,  I4@i5>^c ;  June  extras, 14 
4>ic.
The  cheese  market 
is  inactive  and 
both  home  and  export  demand  leave 
much  to  be  desired.  Full  cream  State 
cheese, 
large  size,  8>^@8fgc;  small 
size,  fancy,  9>£@ioc.

creamery, 

Receipts  of  eggs  continue  light  and 
the  market  is  firm.  Nearby  fresh  gath­
ered,  25c;  best  Western,  2i@ 2i^c.

imitation 

Apples  are  very  firm.  Fancy  Kings 
command  per  bbl.,  $536;  other  varie- 
ies,  $3  5o@4- 50;  Greenings,  $2.503 
.25 ; Spys, $2.5033.25 ; Baldwins,  $2@3.

Tricks  Peculiar  to 

Trade.

the  Lumbering 

“ I  used  to  reap  a  harvest  when  the 
men  were  coming  out  of the  woods, ”  
remarked  an  old  retired  merchant  who 
in  general  trade  at  Big 
was  engaged 
Rapids  thirty  years  ago. 
“ They  were 
not  up 
in  styles,  and  about  any  old 
thing  would  suit  them  provided  the 
color  was  right  and  the fit even passable. 
But  there  were  tricksters  among  them, 
and  I  had  to  have  my  wits  about  me 
in 
order  to  keep  even  with  them.

*How  much 

is  that  hat?’  asked 

strapping  six-footer,  who  arrived  from 
camp  one  day  with  a  pocket  full  of 
money.

“   ‘ Two-fifty,’  I  replied.
“ Then  he 

informed  me  that  be  al 
ways had  the  crowns of  his hats punched 
full  of  holes  in  order  to  keep  his  bead 
cool,  and  bis hair  from  coming  out 
soon  bad  this  attended  to,  and  then  he 
asked  what  the  bat  was  worth. 
‘ Two 
fifty, ’  I  responded 
in  surprise,  but  he 
laughed  at  me  for asking  such  a  price 
for  damaged  goods.  He  bad  me,  and 
got  his  hat  for a  dollar,  while  the  jolly 
crowd  with  him  had  a  laugh  at  my  ex­
pense.  He  wanted  to  look  at  some 
‘ fiddles.”   and  after  pricing  one  at  $10, 
concluded  to  take  it.

“   ‘ Where’s  the  bow?’  he  asked,  as  I 

was  doing  up  the  package.

“   ‘ You  only  bought  the  fiddle,’  I 
laughed.  The  others  saw  the  point  and 
laughed,  too.  The  giant  tried  to  bluff 
me,  but  I  kept  good  humored,  and  got 
even  on  the  hat  by  charging  him  $1.50 
for the  bow. 
I  not  only  got  even,  but 
the  others  were  so  pleased  with  my 
‘ Yankee  trick’  that  they  spent  plenty  of 
money  with  me.”

What  the  Department  Stores  Do. 

Prom the New England Grocer.

They  stab  the  grocer.
They  knife  the  druggist.
They  paralyze  the  stationer.
They  squeeze  the  bookman.
They  annihilate  the hardware  man.
They  injure  all  trades.
They  benefit  none.
And
A  good  deal  of  the  time
They  fool  the  people.
In  spite of  these  facts
People  whose property  is  depreciated,
Men  whose  living  is  endangered,
Women  whose  husbands’  wages  are 

Children  whose  future  will  be  made 

decreased,

harder,

Buy  at  the  department  stores.
Yes!
Even  grocers  wives 
And  grocers’  clerks 
Patronize them.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Men s Association 

President,  C.  L.  W h it n e y,  Traverse  City;  Sec­

retary, E  A. Sto w e, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

A. Stows, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association

President,  C.  G.  J ew ett,  Howell;  Secretary, 

He n r y C. Min n ie,  Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J oseph Kn iq h t;  Secretary, E. Ma r k s, 

221 Greenwood ave ;  Treasurer, C. H.  F rink.
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehm an.

President,  F r a n k   J.  Dyk;  Secretary,  H omer 

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

Saginaw Mercantile Association 
McB r a t n ib ;  Secretary,  W.  H. L e w is.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Gko.  E.  L e w i s ; Secretary, W.  H. P or­

t e r ;  Treasurer,  L. P elto n.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

l a n d ;  Treasurer, W m.  C.  K oehn.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer, C. A.  Hammond.

President,  T hos.  T.  B a t e s ;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Bnsiness  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D. W h ip ple ; Secretary, G. T. C am p 

b e l l ;  Treasurer, W. E. C ollin s.

Alpena Bnsiness Men’s Association 
President,  F.  W.  Gil c h r is t;  Secretary,  C 

P a b t r id o e.

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

Treasurer, S. J. Hu ppo b d.

St. Johns Bnsiness  Men’s Association.

President, T hos  B r o m le y;  Secretary, F r a n k  A. 
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for the class of people who 
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we make this buckwheat.

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please  any  lover  of  the 
genuine article.

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your  order  and  shall  take 
pleasure  in  quoting  you a 
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Shoes  and  Leather

The Leather Industry in Colonial Times.
The  American  Indians had  no  use  for 
domestic  animals.  Their  clothing—such 
as 
it  was— consisted  of  skins  of  wild 
beasts  and the  many-colored  plumage  of 
birds  of  the  forest.  For  outer  garments 
during  the winter season  they wore skins 
of  the  buffalo,  deer  and  elk,  without 
removing  the  hair  thereon.  For  under­
garments—which  generally  consisted  of 
mere  clouts  about  the  loins—the  squaws 
prepared  the  skins  of  smaller  animals 
into  a  kind  of  chamois  leather,  remov­
ing  the  hair and  dressing  the  skin  with 
the  animal’s  brains,  thus  rendering  it 
soft  and  pliable.  An  early  New  Eng­
land  historian  states  that  the  Northern 
Indians  converted  skins  “  into very good 
leather,  making  the  same  plume  and 
soft.”   Moose  skins  they  dressed  to  a 
"wondrous  white,”   and  decorated  them 
about  the  borders  with  many  curious 
fantasies  and  odd  conceits of  the  work­
men.  Their  mocassins  and 
leggings 
were  of  moose  skins.

The  Southern  Indians  excelled  in  this 
pictorial  embellishment and  coloring  of 
their  skins,  a  Spanish  writer  of  the 
period  remarking  that  they  gave  them 
“ what  color  they 
list,  so  perfect that, 
if  it  be  red,  it  seemeth  a  very  fine  cloth 
in  grain,  and  the black  is  most  fine,and 
the  same  of  colors.”   However,  the  In­
dians  had  no  domestic  cattle,  and  noth­
ing  was  manufactured  by  them  which 
could  fairly  be  entitled  to the  name  of 
leather.  Such  skins  as  they  preserved 
were  hardened  by  smoking,  as they  were 
thoroughly 
ignorant  of  the  astringent 
barks  and  vegetable  substances  upon 
which  the  whole  process  of tanning  de­
pends.

On  bis second  voyage  in  1493,  Colum­
bus  imported  the  first  domestic  cattle to 
America.  They  were  taken  to  New­
foundland  and  Nova  Scotia,  where  they 
increased  rapidly.  Horses,  swine,  sheep 
and  black  cattle  were brought  to Florida 
in  1565,  and  neat  cattle  were  introduced 
In 
in  Canada  by  the  French  in  1608. 
1609  the  English  colony 
in  Virginia 
were  in  possession  of  five hundred hogs, 
as  many  fowls,  some  goats,  sheep  and 
horses.  These  were  the  first  domestic 
animals  within  the  province  of  the 
thirteen  original  colonies,  and they  were 
all  killed  by  the  natives  or  eaten  by  the 
starving  colonists,  who  even gnawed  the 
skins  of  horses  to  reduce  the  pangs  of 
hunger.  Sir  Ralph  Lane  imported kine 
from  the  West  Indies  to  Virginia  in 
1610,  in  which  year  the  killing  of  do­
mestic  cattle  was  forbidden  on  pain  of 
death.  The  year  following,  Sir Thomas 
Gates  made a goodly accession to the live 
stock  by  introducing 200 cows and a herd 
of  swine.  This  stock  was  augmented 
by  a  raid  on  a  French  settlement  in 
Arcadia,  and  by  1620 the  cattle  of  V ir­
ginia  had 
increased  to  500,  and  were 
“ much  bigger  in  body  than  the  breed 
from  which  they  caase;  the  horses  also 
more beautiful  and  fuller  of  courage.”  
Among  the  early  Virginia  colonists 
came tanners,  leather  dressers  and  shoe­
makers.  They  made  comfortable 
in­
comes  by  practicing  their  arts,  but 
their  leather  was  probably  imported,  as 
the  laws  protecting,  the  cattle  were 
stringent.  Under  this  protection  the 
domestic  stock  thrived  rapidly.  In  1649 
there  were  20,000 bulls,  cows  and  calves 
in  Virginia,  200 horses,  3,000 sheep  and 
5,000 goats.  The  Virginians now began 
to  export  cattle  to  New  England,  and 
restrictions  on  the  killing  of  the ani­
mals being  removed,  there  was  an  am­

ple  supply  of  skins  for the  home  manu­
facture  of  leather.  At  this  date a certain 
Captain  Matthews  employed  a  large 
household  in  raising  and  manufacturing 
hemp,  flax  and  linen.  He  also  erected 
a  tan  house,  manufactured 
leather and 
kept  eight shoemakers  at  work  constant­
ly. 
In  1656 Virginia  possessed  a  large 
stock  of  neat  cattle and  other domestic 
animals  with  the  exception  of  sheep. 
The  sales  of  beef,  pork and  bacon  to the 
shipping  and  West  Indies  was  a  source 
of  great  profit,  and  at  this  period  the 
manufacture  of 
leather  failed  to  keep 
pace  with  the  supplies  of  hides  and 
skins.

But  prosperity  provoked  carelessness 
among  the  Virginians.  The  large droves 
of  cattle  were  neglected  and  rapidly 
dwindled  through  accidents,  starvation 
and  improper  treatment. 
In  six  years’ 
time the magnificent herds had decreased 
so  perceptibly  that  laws  were  again 
enacted  for  their  protection. 
In  1662 
the  Legislature  passed  the  first  statutes 
to encourage  the  manufacture  of leather. 
It  was  enacted  that  every  county  should 
erect  a  tan  bouse  at  its  own expense and 
offer 
inducements  to  tanners,  curriers 
and  shoemakers.  Two  pounds  of  to­
bacco  was  paid 
for  dry  hides  per 
pound;  mares  and  sheep  were  not  to 
be sent  out  of  the  colony  on  pain  of  for­
feiting  treble  their value,  and  the  ex­
portation  of  hides  was  forbidden  under 
penalty  of  1,000  pounds  of  tobacco  for 
every  hide  exported. 
The  price  of 
shoes  was  fixed  at  30 and  35  pounds  of 
tobacco  for  the  six 
largest  sizes,  and 
dressed  buckskins,  which  were  abun­
dant  and  used  largely  for  clothing,  were 
fixed  at  2s.  4^d.  each.  Dressed  doe­
skins  were  valued  at 
is.  9d.  and  un­
dressed  at  is.  At the same  time  induce­
ments  were  offered  to  tradesmen  and 
mechanics  to  settle 
in  the  colony,  by 
rendering  them  free  from  arrest  for 
debts  previously  contracted.

But  the  Southern  colonists  never  be­
came  expert  leather  manufacturers  nor 
shoemakers. 
The  majority  came  to 
America  with the  expectation  of making 
fortunes,  and  were  incomptt-*nt  as  me­
chanics  and  tradesmen.  Although shoes 
and  clothing  of  leather  were  much  worn 
in  Virginia,  notwithstanding  the  large 
quantities  of  fur  skins  and  wool  in  the 
colony 
imported 
from  the  other  colonies  or  from  Eng­
land. 
In  support  of  this  we  have the 
statement  of  Beverly,  who  says:  “ A 
few  hides  are  tanned  with  much  ado 
and  made  into  servants'  shoes,  but  at so 
careless  a  rate  that  the  planters  don’t 
care  to  try  them 
if  they  can  get  any 
others. ’ ’

they  were  generally 

New  England,  on  the  other  hand,  was 
settled  by  a 
less  ambitious and  more 
painstaking  race  of  men,  who  turned 
eagerly  to  the  manufacturing  arts  even 
before  they  were  securely settled in their 
new  country.  Three  heifers,  a  bull  and 
twelve  cows  comprised  the  first  stock  of 
cattle  introduced  in  the  Plymouth  col­
ony  in  1624,  but  these  suffered  the  fate 
of  the  early  Virginia 
live  stock,  and 
were  stolen  by  Indians  or killed  to  sup­
ply  the  wants  of  the  settlers.  Such  were 
the  inroads  on  the  domestic  stock  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  that  milch 
cows  rose  to  a  value of twenty-five  to 
thirty  pounds  per  head.

With  this  rise  in  their  value,  greater 
care  was  exercised  with  the  animals, 
and  despite the  depredations  of  wolves 
and  Indians  the  herds  increased in great 
numbers.  Many  men  considered  stock- 
raising  of  far more  value than  agricul­
tural  pursuits,  and  the  crowded  condi­
tion  of  the  cattle  about  Plymouth  in

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Detroit  Office,  Foot  of  3d  Street.

1635  led  a  company  of  sixty  pilgrims to 
make  their  way  to the  banks  of  the Con­
necticut,  where  they 
settled  another 
colony. 
In  1645  one  hundred  oxen  were 
sold  in  Boston  at  £20 a  head,  and  while 
this  price  held,  the  animals  were  too 
valuable  for  slaughter.  The  herds  fur­
nished  but  little material  for  the  tanner, 
and  leather  was  imported  from  England 
in  goodly  quantities  during  this  period. 
But  the  increase  in  stock  soon  brought 
down  the  price  to  five  pounds  per  head, 
and  the  colonists  consumed  and  ex­
ported  beef  and  other  meats  in  great 
quantities.  From  this  time  on,  New 
England  became  one  of  the  greatest 
leather  manufacturing  and  shoemaking 
communities  in  the  world.

With  hides  plentiful,  tanneries  began 
to  spring  up,  and  the  New  England 
shoemakers  were  enabled  to  purchase 
their  materials  at  more  favorable  rates. 
Boston,  Charlestown,  Watertown  and 
Lynn  were  among  the  earliest  to  have 
tan  houses  within  their  limits,  and  to 
encourage  them ;  butchers,  curriers and 
shoemakers  were  forbidden  “ toexercise 
the  trade  of  tanners  on  forfeiture  of  6s. 
8d.  for  every  skin  he  shall  tan. ”   To 
prevent 
imperfect  hides  being  sold, 
each  town  nominated  two  “ respectable 
men“   to  inspect  the  leather,  and  whose 
fee  of  2d.  a  hide  was  payable  by  the 
tanner. 
In  1646  the  exportation  of  raw 
hides,  felt,  or  unwrought  leather  was 
forbidden,  under  pain  of  forfeiting  the 
goods  or  the  value  thereof,  although  the 
exportation  of  raw  hides  and  skins 
im­
ported  from  other  parts,  together  with 
beaver,  moose  and  bear  skins,  was  per­
mitted.

in  New  England. 

It  was  under  the 

influence  of  such 
stringent acts  that  leather became  plen­
tiful 
In  1651  the 
wearing  of  great  leather  boots  had  been 
prohibited  because  of  the  scarcity  of 
that  material 
in 
twenty  years  from  that  date,  Yankee 
leather  workers  were  already  exporting 
their products  to  the  mother country.

in  the  colony.  Yet 

The  Dutchman  was  also  of  a  thrifty 
mold,  and  on  Manhattan  Island  the tan­
ner  early  made  his appearance and pros­
pered.  Domestic  cattle  were  imported 
to  the  New  Netherlands  in  1625,  when 
Pieter  Evertsen  Hulst 
shipped  one 
hundred  and  three  head  of  horses,  hogs, 
cows  and  sheep,  for  breeding  purposes. 
So  careful  was  Pieter  of  this  stock  that 
he  provided  each  animal  with  its  own 
stall  and  a  separate  attendant  to  care 
for  it.  The  first  tannery  in  the  province 
was  erected  by  four  Evertsen  brothers, 
about  1638,  and  as  early  as  1653  Coen- 
raet  Ten  Eyck  was  making  a  prosper­
ous 
income  from  his  tan  pits  in  the 
marshy 
lots  on  Broadway  above  Beaver 
street.  These  were  the  forerunners  of 
the  many  who  have  since  added much to 
the  prosperity  of  Manhattan.

But  the  Dutch  leather  manufacturer 
was  hampered  by  the  political  changes 
which  New  York  underwent  during  its 
first  century  of  European  colonization, 
and 
it  fell  to  Pennsylvania  to  become 
the  leather  manufacturing  center  of  the 
Middle  and  Southern  colonies.  Phila­
delphia,  with 
its  mixed  population  of 
agriculturists  and  mechanics, 
early 
adopted  the  industry,  and  profited  by it. 
William  Penn  himself  was  among  the 
first  to  establish  a  tannery,  and  in  1731 
tanned 
leather  was  among  the  exports 
of  the  city.  Bufi  leather  was  manufac­
tured  in  large quantities,  and  buckskin 
for  jackets,  vests and  breeches  formed  a 
part  of  every  tailor’s  outfit.

Two  centuries  ago  leather  was  more 
generally  employed  in  the  manufacture 
of  clothing  than  it  is at  present.  This

was  rendered  necessary  by  the  primeval 
surroundings of the colonists.  The men, 
who  spent  much  of  their  time  in  the 
forest,  found  leather  coats  and  leggings 
a  valuable  protection  while  pushing 
through  the  dense  undergrowth,  and 
often  a  safeguard 
in  encounters  with 
reptiles  and  smaller  animals.  At  that 
period,  also,  the  wear  on  garments  was 
excessive,  and  the  durability  of  leather 
was  a  great  factor  in  favor  of 
is  adop­
tion.

The  earliest  settlers  of  the  Massachu­
setts  Bay 
colony  wore  black  hats 
“ lyned  at the  brow  with  lether. ”   Each 
emigrant  received  one  such  hat  from 
the  company,  and  generally  wore  it  for 
dress  occasions,  as  on  the  Sabbath  and 
while  attending  funerals.  Coats  man­
ufactured  for the  less  wealthy  classes of 
settlers  were  made  of  leather and  skins. 
The  men  on  the  Piscataquay plantations 
had  twenty-seven 
lined,  sixteen  moose 
and  fifteen papoose coats,  josselyn states 
that  moose  skins  made  “ excellent  coats 
for  martial  men,”   and  they  were  doubt­
less  worn  in  that  colony.  Raccoon  skins 
were  also  employed 
in  manufacturing 
coats,  the  one  owned  by  Thomas  Fen­
ner,  of  Windsor,  Conn.,  being  valued 
at  10s.  Until  quite  recently  in  our  own 
century  frontiersmen  were  clad  in  deer­
skin,  and 
the  Western  cowboy  and 
bandit  are  pictured  to the  mind of every 
juvenile  reader  in  leather  jacket  and 
leggings.

Leather  breeches  were  much  in  vogue 
in  the  colonies  during  the  seventeenth 
century,  and  Benjamin  Franklin  and 
William  Penn  were among the many who 
donned  them. 
It  is  amusing  to  learn 
that  the  New  Englanders  objected to the 
introduction  of  smallclothes  among  the 
Indians,  although  their  objection 
is  a 
difficult  one  to  conceive.  Nevertheless, 
King  Philip  owned  a  pair  of  “ good 
Indian  bricbes, ”   and  so  did  many  of 
his  followers.  A  century  later a runaway 
Indian  maid-servant  was  advertised  as 
being  attired 
leather 
breeches,”   from  which  it  would appear 
that the  native  women  wore  them  also. 
These  were  very  full,  and  somewhat  re­
sembled  the  modern  bloomer.  A  supe­
rior  style  was 
“ Philadelphia 
breeches, ”   which  were  made  of  deer­
skin  and  sold  at  $4  per  pair.

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In  the  list  of  goods  furnished  by  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  Company,  in  1628, 
appears  “ 200  sutes  dublett  and  hose  of 
leather  lyned  with  oil’d  skyn  leather.”  
So  stockings  were  made  of  this  mate­
rial  as  well.  “ Indian  stockings”   were 
leather  leggings,and  considered  of  suffi­
cient  value  to  be  mentioned  in  wills. 
There  were  sherry-vallies,  a  leather leg­
ging  for  protection  against  mud-splash-

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if you buy from  us.

F R A N K E   B R O S .,  M u s k e g o n ,   M i c h i g a n .

Jobber« in Druggists’  and  Qrocers’Sundrle*.  Fishing 
Tackle,  Sporting Ooods, Notion«, Toy«, Etc.

le

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

ing,  while  on  horseback,  and  spatter­
dashes,  of  the  same  material.  William 
Penn  frequently  encased  his  limbs  in 
leather,  and  many  other  colonists  un­
doubtedly  followed  his example.  Thus, 
we  see  that  the  men  of  the  seventeenth 
century  might  clothe  themselves  from 
head  to  foot 
leather,  and  some  of 
them  never  wore  garments  of  any  other 
texture.

in 

Besides hats,  coats,  doublets,breeches, 
stockings  and  shoes,  there  were  also 
leathern  bandileers,  gloves  and  barvells. 
The  bandileers  were  round,  flat  powder 
cases,  slung  at  the  hip  of  the  provincial 
soldier  and  frontiersman.  They  were 
made  of  metal  and  covered  with  a  cas­
ing  of  leather.  Gloves  were  made  of  a 
variety  of  materials—cordevant,  buck­
skin  shammy  and  Irish 
lamb  among 
others.  One  hundred  men  in  New Eng­
land  owned  “ 16  dussen  of  gloves,  of 
which  12  dussen  were  calf’s  leather,  2 
dussen  were  sheep’s  leather  and  2  dus­
sen  kyd.”   Haling-hands  were  heavy 
gloves  lined  with  leather,  and  used  on 
fishing  vessels  for  handling heavy cables 
in  cold  weather.  A  curious  custom 
among  the  colonists  was  to  present  the 
relatives  and  friends  at  funerals  with 
pairs  of  gloves.  This sometimes  became 
very  expensive,  as  at  the  funeral  of 
Peter  Faneuil 
in  Boston,  for  instance, 
when  three  thousand  pairs  of  gloves 
were  given  away.

Among  the  dames and maidens leather 
garments  were  not  fashionable,  as  the 
pretty  textures  and  cloths  on  sale  by  the 
shopkeepers  were  far  more  attractive  to 
the  feminine  eye.  Nevertheless,  the 
New  England  housewife  found  leather 
indispensable  for  many  of  her  little  ne­
cessities.  Her  girdle,  mittens,  muff 
and  points  were  of  leather.  The  earliest 
settlers  wore  leather  girdles,  and  a  lit­
tle 
later  “ buff  girdles”   appear  among 
many  inventions.  Muffs  were  of leather, 
also,  and  a  ludicrous  advertisement 
in 
the  Connecticut  Courant  announced 
that  "ladies  will  obtain  muffs  much 
cheaper  by  bringing  their  own  skins.”  
in  those  days,  as 
Men  carried  muffs 
well  as  women.  Rochambeau, 
the 
French  general,  visited  his outposts dur­
ing  the  Revolution  with  his  hands  com­
fortably  encased  in  a  bushy  covering  of 
this  description.  Dr.  Thomas  Prince, 
of  Boston,  was  among  the  many  others 
who  carried  a  black bearskin and leather 
muff.

But  undoubtedly  the  prettiest  handi­
work  in  American  leather  was  produced 
by  the  shoemakers,  and  among  their 
most  skillful bits of workmanship ranked 
gentlemen’s  pumps,  and the dainty slip­
pers 
in  which  the  belles  of  Philadel­
phia,  New  York,  Boston  and  Annapolis 
flirted  with  the  young  officers  who  were 
destined  to  make  their  names  famous 
in  the  impending  struggle with England 
for  colonial  independence.  Of the  later, 
Sally  McKean  wrote:  “ They  have  some 
odd  fashioned  slippers  for  ladies,  made 
of  various  loor’d  kid  and  morocco,  with 
small  silver  clasps  sewed  in ;  they  are 
very  handsome;”   and  the  footgear  of 
the  dandies,  like  that  of  Monsieur  A- 
la-mode,  consisted  of  “ A  pair of  smart 
pumps  made  up  of  grained  leather,  So 
thin  he  can’t  venture  to  tread  on  a 
feather. ’ ’

F r e d e r ic k   W.  N o r c r o ss.

His  Father  Was  in  Society.

Mrs.  Intrade—Where  is  your father? 
Adult  Son— He  is  in  the  store  editing 
his  edition  of  “ Society  as I Have Found 
It.”

Mrs.  Intrade— What!  A book 1 
Son— Y e s;  a 

ledger, 
and  uncollectible  bills.

full  of  unpaid 

Some  o f the  Evils  of  Dating  Ahead.
Every  merchant  and  every  manufac­
turer  understands  the  meaning  of  dat­
ing  ahead.  Few,  however,  recall  the 
adoption  of  the  plan  which  of  late  years 
has  become  a  fixed  custom.  Dating 
ahead  within  proper  limits  may  be  de­
sirable,  but,  as 
it  is  commonly  prac­
ticed,  it  has  become  a  nuisance,  and  is 
a  direct  and  certain  cause  of  loss  to  the 
retailer.

During  the  past  twenty  years  the  pop­
ulation  of  the  country  has immensely in­
creased. 
Immigration  has  also  added 
its  millions.  As  a  result,  the  ¡rivalry 
among  the  workers 
in  manufacturing 
centers,  where  the  wage  has  not  been 
lessened,  has  been  intensified.  A  larger 
output  per  hand  employed  than  ever be­
fore  has  been  forced.  Again,  the  lower­
ing  of  freights,  due  to  the  increase  in 
for  transportation  and  the 
facilities 
creation  of 
improved  machinery  and 
better methods  of  manufacture,  with  the 
reduction  of  profits  to  the  minimum, 
due  to  the  intense  competition  for  an 
outlet,  have  combined  to  cause a  con­
tinuous  reduction  in  the  price  of  almost 
every  product  of  skilled 
is 
put  upon  the  market.  This has been true 
in  spite  of  protective  tariffs,  which 
have  only  temporarily  checked  the  fall. 
As  a  consequence  of  this  condition,  the 
manufacturer  was  long  since  obliged  to 
abandon  the  old  system  of accumulating 
a  stock  of  merchandise  ahead  of  the 
season,  for,  as  a  rule,  his stock declined 
in  value  upon  his  hands  before  it  could 
be  distributed  to  those  who  supplied 
the  consumer.  The remedy  was  to  man­
ufacture  only  upon  definite  orders  and 
thus  insure  beforehand  a  market  for  the 
product  of  the  mills  at  a  known  and 
agreed  price.

labor  that 

As  an 

inducement  to  the  jobber  or 
distributing  buyer, 
the  manufacturer 
said :  “ You  want  goods  for  the  spring 
trade. 
If  they  were  made  and  in  stock 
now  you  would  not  buy  them  before 
spring.  Therefore,  if  at  present,  say 
in  September,  you  will  give  me  an  or­
der  for  such  merchandise  as  you  will 
want  next  spring,  I  will  manufacture 
and  deliver  it  to  you  from  time  to  time 
from  this  date  on,  and  date  the  whole! 
of  it  as  if  you  had  purchased  it  Febru­
ary  ist. ”

This  proceeding  was  and  is  entirely 
legitimate,  because  it  enables  a  manu­
facturer  to  run  his  factory  during  a 
series  of  months  upon  a  certainty  and 
because  it  lessens  the  cost  of  his  prod­
uct.  For  example,  he  has  upon  this 
plan  no  insurance  to  carry  upon  com­
pleted  stock ;  it 
is  all  shipped  as  soon 
as  finished.

The  abuse  of  the  scheme  came  later. 
The  jobber  or  distributing  buyer argued 
something  as  follows:  “ Well,  here  I 
have  these  goods  on  hand.  The  in­
voices  do  not  date  until  February  ist. 
Therefore,  I  may  do  with  my  custom­
er,  the  retailer,  what  the  manufacturer 
has  done  with  me. 
I  will  give  him  the 
same  date  that  I  got,  or  even  something 
better,  as  an 
inducement  for  him  to 
I  will  deliver  as  soon  as  he  will 
buy. 
accept  the  goods,  thus  getting  ahead  of 
some  of  my  competitors  and  throwing 
upon  my  customer  the  burden  of 
insur­
ance. "

Of  course,  at  first  only  a  few  followed 
this  plan  and  perhaps  they  reaped  an 
advantage  from 
it,  but  in  this  country 
there  is  no  monopoly  of  ability  to grasp 
a  situation.  Ere  long  the  whole  busi­
ness  community  followed  the  practice. 
The bait  to  the  retailer  was  an  exten­
sion  and  enlargement  of  credit. 
It  was 
a  fancied  but  fictitious  benefit.  By  this

means  there  was  established  a  custom 
which,  carried  to  the  extent  of  the  orig­
inal  intention,  was  for  the  manufacturer 
a  gain,  but  which,  carried  to  the  extent 
which  now  obtains,  is  an  actual  disad­
vantage,  especially  to  the  retailer.

The  retailer 

is  the  one  who  should, 
above  all  others,  buy  on  short  time and 
carry  the  smallest  stock  necessary  to  the 
business  that  be  does.  He  should  open 
up  at  the  proper  season  fresh  lines  of 
each  class  of  goods  that  he  carries,  and 
these  new  goods  should  be  bright  and 
seasonable.  Too  often  tempted,  how­
ever,  by  dating  ahead,  he makes his pur­
chases  out  of  season  and  thereby  cum­
bers  his  shelves  with  goods  that long be­
fore  the  proper  time  for  consumption 
arrives  have  become  shop-worn,  unde­
sirable  and,  in  the  eyes  of  employes and 
customers,  old  or  past  style.  All  these 
disadvantages  follow  upon  the  plan  of 
dating  ahead. 
In  addition,  the retailer, 
under the offer,  is very generally tempted 
to  overbuy 
in  his  early  purchases,  be­
cause  the  time  of  payment  seems  so  far 
ahead.

Look  back  at  the  history  of  the  past 
five  years,  which  has  been  so  disastrous 
to  many  business  interests.  Let  us  en­
quire  who  are  the  men  who  have  suc­
ceeded  during  the  period?  They  are 
those  who  have  done  business  within

the  just  limits  of  their  capital  and 
credit,  whether  large  or  small ;  who 
have  bought  frequently,  who  have  man­
aged  to  have  seasonable and  attractive 
merchandise  to  offer  to  their  trade  at 
the proper time,  and  who  have  not  been 
burdened  with  old  and  undesirable 
stock.

It  is  unquestionably  to  the  interest  of 
the  retailer  to buy  as  nearly  as  possible 
for  cash. 
It  is  to  his  advantage  to  buy 
frequently  and  in  small  quantities.  He 
should  aim  to  have  constant  arrivals  of 
fresh  merchandise  in  every  department 
and  should  never  fail  to  remember  that 
the  discounter  is  the  money-maker.

The  country  has  undoubtedly  reached 
the  termination  of  the  period  of  depre­
ciation.  A  reaction  is  now  in  progress. 
Manufactured and unmanufactured prod­
ucts  which  have  been  squeezed  to  the 
very 
lowest  mark  are  now  rising  in 
value  While  large  advances  are  not  to 
be  expected,  it  is  clear  that  the  bottom 
has  been  reached  and  that  there  are  in 
progress and  will  continue  to  be marked 
advances 
in  almost all lines. 
The  merchant  who  would  reap  all  the 
advantages  of  the  new opportunities that 
are  opening  up  as  a  result  of  our 
changed  condition  will  do  well  to  care­
fully  follow  those  lessons  which  have 
proved  profitable  during  the  past  term 
of  commercial  distress.  He 
should 
leave  to  the  manufacturer  all  specula­
tive  dating  ahead.  He should  be  a  pur­
chaser  of  merchandise  only,  and  not  of 
dates. 

C h a r l e s  B iggs.

in  prices 

MOST  POPULAR 

ROASTED  COFFEES 

ON  THE 

MARKET

f

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5

Medals

Awarded these goods 
at World’s Columbian 
Exposition.
Purity  is  ancient  his­
tory  with  us. 
It  is 
Purity  and  quality  to 
which we call attention
Testing is proving
First-class grocers will 

tell yon so.

MAR’S
ANDHELIN6  JAVA 
EDAL

OCHA  AND  JAVA cHARM  JAVA 

ROWN  MIXED 
REOLE  JAVA  AND 

ARABIAN MOCHA

Diplomas

Awarded these goods 
at World’s Colnmblaa 
Exposition.

A Trade  M ark 

is

a   Badge 

of  Honor

T ry  MILLAR’S  PEARLED  PEPPER,  G ranulated.

E.  B.  Millar  &  Co.,

TO TRE PARE AIL T A P  ABE PORE

W e  brand  our  spices  PURE  because  they  are  PURE.
We are so positive of  this  statement  that  we  offer  $ioo 
for every ounce  of  adulteration  found  in  a  package  of 
our goods.  Our guaranty as to purity also applies to our

QUEEN  FLAKE  BAKING  POWDER

which has come to be  regarded  as  the  standard where- 
ever introduced.  Manufactured and sold only by

NORTHROP, ROBERTSON & CARRIER

LANSING, MICHIGAN.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

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

and Treasurer, C .  W.  A llen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Grand Counselor, J. J. E v a n s. Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary. G  S. V alm o r e, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W. S. West, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  B oyd  Pa n t lin d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Clnb.
President, F. G. T b u sc o tt, Marquette; Secretary 
and Treasurer. A. F.  W lzson,  Marquette.

dent Association.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Post  A  (Lansing)  will  hold  its  annual 
banquet  and  ball  at  Maccabee  hall  on 
Friday  evening  of  this  week.

A.  B.  Hiith  (Hirtb,  Krause  & Co  )  is 
ill  with  pneumonia  at  Pueblo,  Colo  He 
is  attended  by  his  sister,  who 
is  a 
trained  nurse.

C.  W.  Hurd  (Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
laid  up  two 
illness,  has  this  week  re­

Drug  Co.),  who  has  been 
weeks  with 
sumed  bis  visits  to  his  customers.

Seldon  F.  White  has  severed  his  con­
nection  with  H  W.  King  &  Co.  (Chi­
cago)  and  associated  himself  with  B. 
Kappenheimer  &  Company,  of  the same 
place.

Detroit  Free  Press:  G.  B.  Wilson, 
of  this  city,  a  traveler  for  T.  C.  Ouel- 
ette,  cigar  manufacturer,  left  Greenville 
last  Friday  for  Detroit.  Nothing  has 
been  seen  of  him  since  and  his  friends 
have  become  alarmed  at  his  absence. 
Telegrams  have  been  sent  all  over  the 
State,  but  no  trace  of  him  has  been 
found.

Traverse  City  Record: 

Fred  F. 
Hedden  and  family  will  leave  the  city 
Wednesday  for  Los  Angeles,  California, 
where  be  will  engage  in  the  manufac 
ture  of  acetylene  gas  generators.  Mr. 
Hedden  has  represented 
the  Simons 
Hardware  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  on  the  road 
for  six  years  and  for  some  time  has 
been  a  resident  of  this  city.

Saginaw  News:  Carl  A  Luster  has 
resigned  his  position  with  the  firm  of 
Morley  Bros.,  and  with  his  wife  will 
move  in  a  few  days  to  Duluth,  where  he 
will  enter  the  service  of  the  Marshall- 
Wells  Hardware  Co.  Mr.  Luster  has  re­
sided 
in  Saginaw  all  bis  life and  has 
gained  an  enviable  reputation  as  a 
young  man  of  sterling  qualities  and  fine 
business  ability.

Mark  S.  Brown  (Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
is  spending  a  couple  of 
Drug  Co.) 
weeks 
in  a  camp  near  Sioux  Junction 
ostensibly  for  the  purpose  of  securing  a 
trophy  in the shape  of  a  bear.  In case he 
does  not  succeed 
in  capturing  a  wild 
bear,  he  has  arranged  with  a  friend  at 
Pinconning  to  shoot  bis  tame  bear and 
bring it  to  the train as he passes through, 
so  that  he  may  exhibit  it  to  bis Saginaw 
friends  as  the  result  of  his  own  marks­
manship.

The  Tradesman  recently  gave  cur­
rency  to  a  report  that,  since  the 
iatro- 
duction  of  the  Northern  mileage  book, 
no  case  of  misuse  had  occurred.  This 
proves  to  be  slightly  incorrect,  yet  near 
enough  to the  truth  for  all practical pur­
poses.  As  a  matter of  fact,  out  of  over 
2q,ooo  covers  rebated  by  the  Northern 
Mileage  Ticket  Bureau,  only  twenty- 
six  applications  have  been  rejected  be­
cause  of  evident  use  of  the  book  by 
more  than  one and  the  same  individual.

As the  proportion  of  rejected  books 
is 
one  to  every  1,115  books  inspected  and 
passed  upon,  it will have  to  be  conceded 
that  traveling  men  are  not  such  bad  fel­
lows  after  all.

to  be  a  growing 

idea  more  seriously 

St.  Louis  Railway  Journal:  There 
seems 
sentiment 
throughout  the  country  against  the  pres­
ent  charges  for  berths  in  sleeping  cars. 
If  the  voice  of  the  press  is  a  basis  to 
reckon  from,  it  is  evident  that  the  sen­
timent  is  strong.  The  recent  annual re­
port  of the  Pullman  Company,  which in­
dicated  a  dividend  of  $18,000,000 for the 
stockholders,  has  rekindled  the  feeling 
against  excessive  charges  for  sleeping 
privileges  on  trains.  This  report  has 
confirmed  the 
in 
the  minds  of the  traveling  public,  that 
sleeping  car  service  can  be  maintained 
at  a  profit  with  much  less  cost  to  those 
who  patronize  it. 
In  fact,  it  is  known 
that  such  is  the  case.  When  the  Pull­
man  Palace  Car  Company  was granted  a 
concession  to  run 
its  rolling  stock  in 
Mexico  it  was  understood  that  the  com­
pany  should  charge  only  such  a  rate  in 
Mexican  money.  That  rate  is  some­
thing 
like  $2  (silver)  per  night.  As 
silver  has  become  worth  46  cents  in 
gold,  the  company  realizes  only  about 
is  in  a  sparsely  settled 
92  cents.  That 
country  besides. 
If  a  company  can 
maintain  sleeping  car  service  in  Mex­
ico  at  the  rate  of  92  cents  per  night,  the 
question  naturally  arises,  why  cannot 
the  same  service  be  maintained 
for 
that  price  in  this  country?  The railway 
commissioners  of  the  different  states 
which  have  been  devoting  so  much  at­
tention  to  forcing  the  railroads to reduce 
rates,  can  find  an  opportunity  for  fixing 
rates  in  another  field,  if  'heir  attention 
could  be  directed  that  way.

it 

it. 

Jerry  M.  Porter: 

If  there  is  a man  in 
the  world  who  always  keeps  himself 
in 
close  touch  with  the  “ signs  of  the 
times“   it  is  the  drummer. 
If there  is  a 
man  in  the  world  who  can  always  look 
clear  through  all  kinds  of  social  up­
heavals  and  political  disturbances  to  a 
brighter,  better  day, 
is  the  drum 
mer.  He  lives  upon  the  bright  side  of 
things,  and  always  keeps  bis  poise. 
And  I  want  to  close  with  this: 
If  poli­
ticians  ever  attempt  to  tell  you  that 
social  unrest,  business  stagnation  and 
hard  times—and  they  all  must  come 
in 
their turn,  as  time goes  on—are  due  to 
any  one  special  political  fad,  don’t  ac­
cept  it  as  true  until  you  ask  your  drum­
mer  about 
If  somebody  tells  you 
that  the  Cuban  war'  was  a  failure  and 
the  campaign  of  Santiago  was  a  dis­
grace  to any  man,  don’t  believe  it  until 
you  ask  your  drummer  about  it. 
If  the 
problem  of  the  Philippines  and  the 
question  of  territorial  expansion  press 
themselves  upon  you,  go  tell  it  to  your 
drummers.  They’ll tell  you  what  to  do 
Corn  and  cotton  are  no 
longer king. 
The  drummer has  declared  that the time 
has  gone  when  any  one  thing  in  this 
world  shall  be  king,  but  that  every 
product  of  our  land  that  can  be  pro­
duced  by  earth  or air,  sunshine  or  rain, 
shall  contribute 
its  part  to  the  wealth 
of  the  world  and  the  sustenance  and 
welfare  of  the  people.  And  since  it  is 
abundantly  true  that  in  this  country  you 
have  everything  you  need,  and  an  op­
portunity  now  for an  outlet  to  the  mar­
kets  of  the  world,  the very best that  I can 
say  is,  turn  the  whole  thing  over  to  your 
let  me  get  out  of  the 
drummers,  and 
way,  and 
let  them  work  out  your  des­
tiny,  while  the  civilized  world  shall 
continue  to  “ wonder  wbat  you  are.”  
Those  who  have  all  they  want  shall 
have  more given  unto  them.  The  man

who  acted  for  years  as  Jay  Gould’s  pur* 
chasing  agent  says  of  Uncle  Russell 
Sage:  “ He  is  the  only  man  in the world 
who  manages  to  get  through  the  day 
without  spending  a  cent.  He  walks 
from  his  house  to  the  elevated  station, 
at  Forty-second  street,  where  the  news­
boy  on  the  platform  makes  him  a  pres­
ent  of  a  morning  paper.  He  rides  free, 
of  course.  The  Western  Union  Com­
pany  gives  him  a  splendid  luncheon. 
He  neither drinks  nor  smokes.”

How  the  Joke  Was  Turned  on  the 

Joker.

from 

is  greatly 

the  outside. 

For  the  last  week  or  so a  Chicago 
drummer,  who  is  an  incorrigible  prac­
joker,  has  been  staying  at  a  local 
tical 
hotel  and  putting  in  his  time  chiefly 
in 
thinking  up  schemes  for  having  fun. 
He  happens  to  have  a friend  at the same 
house  who 
troubled  with 
insomnia,  and  when  once  aroused  after 
retiring  is  in  for a  night  of  tribulation. 
A  few  evenings  ago  the  Chicago  man 
was  seized  by  a  bright 
idea,  and,  ring­
ing  his  bell,  told  the  boy  to  leave a 2130 
call  for  No.  140,  bis  friend’s  room. 
“ Tell 
’em  to  be  sure  to  knock  very 
loud,”  he  said  and  chuckled  merrily  to 
think  of  the  row  that  would  be  sure  to 
follow  the  summons.  He  went  to  bed 
rather early  himself,  and  was  rambling 
through  the  happy  realms  of  dream 
land,  when  bis  door  was  knocked  half 
off  its  hinges  by a  succession  of  terrific 
thumps 
“  Hnlv 
Moses!”   cried  the  Chicago  man,  jump­
ing  up 
in  a  panic,  “  what  the  dickens 
is  the  matter?”   Bang!  hang!  bang! 
wei t  the  door,  like  tiree  cannon  shot*. 
“ G rtu p !  Get  up!”   called  s imehodx 
from  the  hall,  and  then  there  w  s  a 
sound  of  qi  i< klv  retreating  fi ot  t  ps. 
The  drummer  was  thoroughly  alarmed 
“ Good  heavens!”   he  said  to  b  mself, 
“ the  bouse  must  be  on  fire,  and  the 
porter  is  arousing  the  guests!”   He 
in  frantic  baste,  buttoned  bis 
dressed 
pantaloons 
into  his  vest,  put  on  his 
shirt  wrong  side  to,  omitted  bis  socks 
altogether,  and  sprinted  down 
to  the 
office  at  a  record-breaking  gait.  Every­
thing  was  strangely  quiet 
“ What’s 
up?"  be  said,  breathlessly,  to  the  clerk. 
“ You  seem  to  be,  for  one,”   growled 
that  dignitary,  waking  out  of  a  doze. 
“ I  should  say  so,”   retorted  the  drum­
mer.  “ Somebody  nearly  broke  my  door 
down  just  now.  What’s  the  matter,  any­
how?”   “ Why,  that  was  your  call,”  
“ You  ordered  a  call  at 
said  the  clerk, 
2:30,  didn’t  you?”  
“ Yes,”   replied 
the  drummer,  beginning  to  understand, 
“ but,  confound  you,  I  ordered 
it  for 
140”   “ So  you  did,”   said  the  clerk, 
calmly,  “ but  you  made  a mistake.  Your 
room 
If  I  hadn't 
noticed 
it  on  the  book  you  wouldn’t 
have  been  called  at  all. ”   The  drum­
mer  looked  at  him  in  silence  for a  mo­
ment.  Then  be  turned,  still  without 
speaking and  slowly  mounted  the  stairs. 
At  2 30 the  elevator  is  not  running.

is  not  140,  but  116. 

Two  Dollars’  Worth  o f  Satisfaction.
A  certain  Mr.  Skiles,  a  suburban  gro­
cer,  was asked  to  have  bis  card  inserted 
in  the  program  of  a picnic  to  be  given 
by  a  local  secret  society  at a popular  re- 
soit  forty  or fifty  miles  away.

“ How  much  will  it  cost  me?”   he  en­

quired.

“ Only  two  dollars,”   replied  the  ad­

vertising  manager.
“ H’mph—only 

two  dollars!  How 

much  space  do  I  get  for  that?”

“ One  inch.”
“ H’mph—the  whole  of  an  inch! 

I 
can  put  any  kind  of  an  advertisement  I 
want  to  in  that  space,  I  suppose?”

“ Certainly. ”

The  grocer  took  a  scrap  of  paper, 
wrote  his  advertisement  on  it,  handed  it 
to  the  manager,  and 
in  due  time  the 
it: 
program  appeared  with  this  card  in 
“ Beverly  Skiles,  Grocer,  No.  537 
Spark land  Street,  pays  $2  for  the  use  of 
this  space.  He  thinks  it  an  outrageous 
price,  inasmuch  as  all  the  groceries  for 
this  picnic  were  bought  at  some  other 
store. ’ ’

Mr.  Skiles  has  always maintained that 
be  got  two  dollars’  worth  of  satisfaction 
out  of  this  advertisement.

A  customer  kept  is  better  than  a  cus­

tomer  earned.

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Rates $1.50 per day.  Free bus to and from 
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Drugs--Chem icals

MICHIOAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Tern expires
Dec.  SI, 1888
-  Dec. 31,1899 
Dec. SI, 1900
-  Dec. 31,1901 
Dec. 31,1902

F. W. R. PxB.Br. Detroit 
A. C. Schoiiach»*, Ann  Arbor 
Gao. OtJannira,  Ionia  - 
L. E .  R e y n o l d s, St.  Joseph 
Hbhbt H e im ,  Saginaw  - 

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President, Gao.  G u n d bu m ,  lonla.
Secretary, A. C. Sch u m ach er, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Hb h b t  He im , Saginaw.
Examination Sessions.

Lansing—N ot.  1 and 2.

STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Soubwihb, Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chas. F. Mahh, Detroit.
Treasurer  John D.  Mu ir , Grand Rapids.

DEATH  OF  THE  DRUGGIST.

How  a  Suicide  Became  an 

Imaginary

Nemesis.

M.  Quad in American Druggist.

He  wasn’t  my  family  druggist—be 
was  too  far  down  the  street  for that—but 
occasionally,  as  I  came  home at  a  late 
hour,  I  dropped 
in  for  something.  At 
first  sight  I  took  him  to  be  a  jovial 
man.  He  was  short  and  fat  and  red­
faced  and  of  a  sanguine  temperament 
and,  according  to  the  laws  of  nature,  he 
should  have been  jovial.  But  he  wasn’t. 
On  the  contrary,  he  was  sullen  and 
sulky  and  resented  my  familiar  speech. 
He  did  not  drive  me  away,  because  l 
am  one  who  meets  all  manner  of  men 
and  permit  each  one  to  be  what  God 
made  him. 
I  kept  calling occasionally, 
and  one  night  I  happened  to be  late.
It  was  midnight,  and  the  store  was 
closed,  but  I  had  a  jumping  tooth  and, 
the  druggist  was  a 
knowing 
in  the  rear  of  the 
bachelor  and  slept 
store,  I  pulled  the  bell. 
It  was  only 
after  repeated  pulls  that  the  door  was 
carefully  opened  a  few  inches and a pale 
face  looked  out.

“ Sorry  to  have  routed  you  out,”   I 

that 

said,  “ but  I’ve  got  the  toothache.”

“ It 

is  you,  eh—thank  God!”   whis 
pered  the  man,  as  he  almost  pulled  me 
into  the  store.
it  was  a  ghost?”   I 
laughed,  as  he turned  up  the  gas.

“ Did  you  think 

“ I  was  afraid—afraid 

it  was,”   he 
stammered,  and  I  noticed  that  he  was 
shaking  as  if  with  a  chill.
In  my  surprise  I  forgot  my  toothache 
or  rather  the  toothache  forgot  me. 
scented  some  sort  of  a  mystery,  and  a: 
the  man  had  to  sit  down  with  his  sbak 
ing  knees,  I  stood  before him  and  said 
“ Something  has  happened  to  upset 
you.  You  seem  to  have  expected  an 
enemy  instead  of  a  customer.  Don’t you 
want  me to  help  you  out?”

“ You—you  can’t !”   he  half  groaned 
as  he  shook  his  bead  in  a  despairing 
way. 
dead  man!’ ’

“ Yes,  I  expected  an  enemy 

“ Nonsense! 

You  never  murdered 
anyone,  and  even 
if  you  bad,  the  dead 
don’t  walk  about  pulling  night-bells 
You’ve  been  sticking  too  close  and  got 
vour nerves  out  of  whack. ”

The  footsteps  of  some  belated  pedes 
trian  approached  and  died  away  and 
after  listening 
intently  and  nervously 
the  druggist  motioned  me  to  sit  down 
and  then  whisperingly  said:

“ I’ll—I’ll  tell  you  about it.  One night 
at  midnight,  long  ago,  a  man  roused  me 
up  as  you  have  done  and  bought  car 
bolic  acid.  He  lied  to  me  as  to  its 
purpose. 
I had  scarcely -passed  the hot 
tie  over  to  him  when  he  removed  the 
cork  and  swallowed  the  contents  He 
stood  right  over  there  and  he cursed and 
cursed  and  fought  me  off  when  I  wanted 
to  save  him. 
I  ran  out  for  help  and 
when  I  came back  he  lay  writhing  and 
cursing  on  the  floor.  God !  but  how  he 
did  suffer!  Before  they  took  him  away 
to  die  he  turned  on  me.  He  cursed  me 
for  having  given  him  the  poison  and 
he  swore that he’d have revenge on me, 
“ But  you  were  not to  blame,”   I  said 
“ No,  but  he  felt  that  I  was.  That 
is  the  case  with  many  suicides.  He 
said  he’d  come  back  from  the  grave  to 
take  my  life. ”

“ Pish!  He  didn’t know  what  he  was 
If  you  wait  for a  dead

raving  about. 

man  to  pull  youT bell  you’ll  die  a  very 
old  man.  Get  yourself  a  brandy  and 
brace  up.’ ’
He  drank  a  stiff  dose  and  was  the bet­
ter  for 
it,  but  before  I  went  away  he 
made  a  singular  request.  My  trick  at 
the  office  was  up  at  ii  o’clock.  The 
drug  store  always  closed  at  that  hour. 
He  wanted  me  to  be  with  him  over  the 
midnight  hour. 
I  tried  to  laugh  him 
out  of  his  idea,  but  when  I  found  him 
earnest  and  even  apprehensive,  I  fell  in 
with  it.  Every  night  for  several  weeks 
I  reached  the  store  at  about  11:20 and 
remained  for  an  hour.  Now  and  then 
he  had  a  call  after  I  got  there, but it was 
seldom  that  we  were  interrupted.  We 
never  talked  of  the  suicide  after the first 
gbt.  I  realized  that  it  was  a  disagree­
In 
able  subject  and  one  to  be  avoided. 
fact,  we  had  very 
little  to  say  on  any 
subject.  My  friend  was  nervous  and 
pre-occupied,  and 
some  nights  he 
walked  the  floor  and  hadn't  a  word  to 
say,  while  I  sat  reading  a  family  al­
manac  or  brushed  up  on  my  Latin. 
It 
was  a  mystery  at  first—a  mystery  and  a 
novelty—and  your  newspaper  man  has 
more  or  less  of  the  instincts  and  intui- 
_  on  of  a  detective.  As  time  passed, 
however,  it  got  to  be  a  bore,  and  I  de­
termined  to  draw  out  of  it.  My  first 
move  was  to  be  fifteen  minutes 
I 
found  the  druggist  pale  with  fear  that  I 
would  not  put  in  an  appearance  at  all.
made  excuses about  extra  work  at  the 
office,  and  after  four  or  five  nights  I 
skipped  the  store  entirely.  Dropping 
in  next  day,  I  found  the  man  so  upset 
that  he  would  not  trust  himself  to  fill 
prescription.

late. 

“ You  did  not  come  last  night,’ ’ be 
whispered  to  me,  but  he  did!  Yes, 
he  came  and  rang  the  bell  at  midnight, 
and  had  I  answered  it  he  would  have 
taken  my  life !” •

I  rang  the  bell 

I  laughed  at  him,  and  I  think  be  felt 
bit  braver  when  I  went  away. 
I  had 
to  give  him  my  solemn  promise  that  I 
would  be  on  hand  that  night,  however, 
and  I  really  meant  to  keep  it. 
I  was 
about  to  leave  the  office  when  I  was  de­
tained  by  the nonappearance  of  the  man 
who  was  to  relieve  me,  and  it  was  half­
past  twelve  when  I  reached  the  drug 
store. 
in  a  peculiar 
way,  as  had  long  been  understood,  but 
there  was  no  answer. 
I  rang  again  and 
again,  but  with  no  better  success.  Then 
happened  to  notice  that  the  store  door 
was  slightly  ajar. 
it  open 
and  called.  No  one  answered.  Then  I 
felt  for  a  match  and  struck  a  light  and 
stepped  in  and  turned  up  a  gas  burner. 
At  my  feet,  lying  on  the  floor on  bis 
back,  with  his  knees  drawn  up,  his 
tongue  out  and  his  eyes  open,  was  my 
friend,  the  druggist.  After  a  glance 
about  the  store  to  see 
if  anyone  was 
lurking,  I  ran  out  for  a  policeman.

I  pushed 

“ Dead!”   he  said,  as  he  bent  over 

the  man  on  the  floor.

“ He  may  be  in  a  fit,”   I  replied.
“ It’s  no  fit.  He’s  been  flung  down 
here  and  choked  to  death !  Look  at  the 
marks  on  his  throat!”

When  the  ambulance  came  the  doctor 
made  a  more  thorough  examination,  but 
the  result  was  the  samd.

“ Someone  rang  the  bell  and  got  him 
up  and  then  attacked  him.  He  wasn’t 
hit,  but  the  murderer  clutched  him  by 
the  throat  and  choked  the  life  out  of 
him.  See  the 
look  of  horror  on  his 
face—the  terror  in  his eyes!  Why,  you’d 
say  he  was  looking 
into  the  face  and 
feeling  the  clutch  of  a  dead  man!’ ’

‘ At  the  hands  of  some  person  un­
known,”   was  the  verdict  of  the  cor 
oner’s 
jury,  and  I  kept  silence.  Of 
what  use  for  me  to  say  that  the  assassin 
was  the  suicide  who  had  sworn revenge; 
that  be  had  come  down  the  silent  and 
deserted  street  with  noiseless  footsteps 
and  pulled  the  bell—given  my  own  sig­
the  door  was 
nal,  perhaps—and  as 
opened  bad 
flung  himself  upon  bis 
victim  and  held  bis  clutch  until  life 
went  out?  They  would  have  sneered 
and  ridiculed  and  jeered  me.

He  Was  Out  Sounding 

She— Did  you  sound  papa this  after­

noon  concerning  our  marriage?

He—Yes,  I  sounded  him,  and  I ’ll  bet 
everybody  in  the block  beard  it  when  I 
struck  the  bottom.

How  the  Boy  Proposed  to  Fool  the 

Cat.

From the American Druggist.

The  hoy  of  all  work  in  the  store  of 
E.  H.  Davis  &  Co.,  Rochester,  takes 
great  pride  in  keeping  things  about the 
store  looking  neat,  and a few  weeks ago, 
when  he  found  several  packages  of 
pressed  herbs  had  been  ripped  open 
and 
strewn  about  the 
floor,  he  was  highly  indignant  and  went 
to  the  proprietor  with  a  complaint.

contents 

’ ‘ What  sort  of herbs were they ? ’ ’ asked 

the 

the  latter.

*

The 

Fully  determined 

The  youngster  was 

“ Catnip.”
“ Well,  J  guess  the  cat  must have been 
at 
it  then,”   said  Mr.  Blauw.  “ You 
want  to  put  it  up  where  she  can’t  get  at 
it  ”  
to  do  so,  the  lad 
went  to  the  rear  part  of  the  store,  and 
piled  the  stuff  up  on  the  top  shelf,  and 
as  he  climbed  down  he  shook  his  fist  at 
the  cat  and  exclaimed:  “ I’ve  got  you 
beat  this  time,  an* 
if  I  find  you  near 
that  stuff  I ’ll  bat  your  head  off.”   Of 
course,  the  cat  could  not  say  anything, 
but,  as  the  boy  afterward  said,  “ she 
looked  awful  slv,’ ’  and  the  next  morn­
ing  there  was  more  catnip  on  the floor.
in  despair  and 
once  more  went to the proprietor.  After 
listening  to  bis  story  of  the  precautions 
he  had  taken  to  put  the  herb  out  of  the 
cat’s  reach  and  expressing  sympathy 
with  the  lad,  Mr.  Blauw  said:  “ Well, 
Johnny,  it  must be  that  the  cat  can  read 
the  label. ’ ’
listened  earnestly  and  Mr. 
lad 
Blauw  never  gave the matter a  moment’s 
further  thought  until  a  few  days  later, 
when  he  went  into  the  back  part  of  the 
store  to  superintend  the  unpacking  of  a 
shipment  of  goods,  including  a quan­
tity  of  pressed  herbs.  There was Johnny 
watching  out  for  the  catnip,  and as  each 
bundle  was  banded  out  be  seized  upon 
it  and carried  it  to one  side.  Mr.  Blauw 
watched  him  for  a  few  minutes  and 
then  saw  him  take 
it  to  one  of  the 
shelves  and  pile  it  np,  taking  the  great­
est  pains  to  invert  the  label.  Unable 
to  see  the 
in  this  performance, 
Blauw  said,  “ John,  what  are  you  doing 
that  for?”
looked  at  him  in  surprise 
and  then  replied,  “ Why,  you  said  that 
the  cat  could  read  the  label  on  the  cat 
nip,  and  she’s  got  to  stand  on  her head 
I  bet  she  won’t  monkey 
to  read  this. 
with 
I’ve  got  her  beat 
and  there  won’t  be  any  more  torn  pack 
ages  of  catnip. “
is  very  careful  now 
The  proprietor 
about  joking  with  bis  employes.
Profitable  Department  of  the  Drug 

it  any  more. 

The  boy 

idea 

Business.

The  commercial  side  of  the druggist’ 
business 
is  a  subject  which  is  being 
dealt  with  more  and  more  in  the  drug 
journals.  A  perusal  of  the  articles 
shows  considerable  variety  of  thought 
and  remedy. 
It  would,  therefore,  be 
difficult  to  say  anything  that  would  be 
entire ly  new.

There 

is,  I  believe,  one  line  that  has 
not  been  discussed  as  much  as  others, 
and  one  of  the  most  profitable.  That  is 
the  sale  of  small  articles,  such  as  C.  C 
pills,  Seidlitz  powders,  compound 
lie 
orice  powder,  herbs,  leaves,  spices,  etc
The  public,  as  a  whole,  is  losing 
knowledge  of  the  articles  that  have  1 
the  past  been  one  of  the  druggist 
money-makers,  and  so  the  question  nat 
uraliy  arises,  “ What  are  you  going to do 
about  it?”   My  answer is  that  the  drug 
gist  should  advertise  the  profitable  side 
of  his  wares  by  enlightening  his  cus 
tomers  upon  the  uses  of  such  prepara 
tions  as  have  been  cited.  As  an  ex 
ample,  I  have  had  printed  envelopes 
with  profitable reading thereon, in  which 
I  enclose a  sample  of  ground  mustard 
with  directions  for  making  mustard  rel 
ish  and  also  poultice,  and  calling  atten 
tion  to  the  fact  that  I  carry  a  full  line 
of  spices  and  sell  at  the  lowest  prices, 
etc.  One  of  these  envelopes  I  band 
each  customer,

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

Following  this,  I have  printed  a  small 
paper  in  which  I  give  the  properties 
and  uses  of  such  articles  as  may  be  rea­
sonably  pushed  without  intruding  • upon 
the  physician’s  field.

In  short,  it  is  better to  sell  this  class 
of  goods  with  its  attendant  profit  than 
proprietary  goods  with 
their  small 
profits.

I  believe  the  retail  druggist  must 
wake  up  and  give  more  effort  to  the  ad­
vancement  of  his  commercial  interests, 
and  somewhat  on  the lines herein stated. 
— J.  R.  Johnson  in  the  Spatula.

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Is  very  firm and higher prices 
are  now  looked  for.  This  is  on  account 
of  the  unfavorable  condition  of  the 
present  crop  in  Smyrna.

Morphine— Is  firm,  but  unchanged. 
Quinine— Has  been  in  active  demand 
and,  on  account  of  large  sales  of  bark 
increased  price,  all  brands  have 

an 

advanced  2c  per oz.

Quicksilver—Has  advairced  about  2c 
per  pound.  Mercurials  are  firm,  but 
unchanged.

Essential  Oils— Anise and  cassia  have 
touched  bottom  this  week,  are  now  ad­
vancing  and  higher  prices  are  looked 
for.

Camphor  Gum  (Japan  Refined)— Has 
advanced  and  the  tendency  of American 
refiners  is  upward.

Seeds—Fennel,  hemp  and  poppy  have 

all  advanced.

Cocaine— Is 

in  a  very  firm  position 

and  an  advance  is  looked  for.

Vanilla  Beans— Are  further advanced. 
Whole beans  have  advanced  from  $i@2 
per  pound;  cuts,  $1  per  pound.

Linseed  Oil— Has  advanced,  on  ac­

count of  higher  price  for  seed.

Chance  For  the  Pharmacist.

The  Board  of  Health  in  Philadelphia 
s going  to  enforce  the  law  against  the 
use  of  salicylic  acid  as  a  food  preserva­
tive.  A  prominent  physician  declares 
that  a 
large  percentage  of  his  “ nerv­
ous”   cases  are  caused  by  this  evil. 
Herein  lies  a  chance  for  the  Philadel­
phia  pharmacists  to  boom  themselves. 
Why  not,  as  a  contemporary  suggests, 
analyze  some  of  the  foods  and  show 
them  op.  The  public 
is  intensely  in­
terested  in  this thing,  and  the  pharma­
cist  would  at once  gain  a  reputation  as 
l  chemist  and  as  a  professional  man 
nterested 
in  the  purity  of  foods  and 
drugs.
A L W A Y S   A  W IN N E R !

$35.00 per M.

H. VAN TONGEREN,  Holland, Mich.

REED CITT SANITARIUM

REED  CITY,  MICHIGAN.

A .  B.  Sp in n e y ,  M.  D.,  Prop’r.  E.  W.  Sp in n e y, 
M.  D.,  Resident  Physician,  with  consulting  phy­
sicians  and  surgeons,  and  professional  nurses. 
Thechea|>est Sanitarium  in the world;  a place for 
the poor and middle class.  Are you sick and dis­
couraged?  We give one  month's  treatment  FREE  by 
mail.  Send for question list, prices and  journals.

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

Morphia, S.P.& W ...  2 40® 2 65 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co....................  2 30® 2 55
Moschns Canton__ 
®  40
Myristlca, No. 1......   66®  80
Nnx Vomica...po.20 
® 
10
Os  Sepia...  ........... 
15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
D. Co.................... 
®  1  00
Picis Llq. N.N.44 gal.
doz........................  @ 2 00
Picis Llq., quarts__ 
®  1  00
®  85
Picis Llq., pints...... 
®  50
PilHydrarg...po.  80 
®  18
Piper Nigra...po.  22 
Piper Alba__po.35 
®  30
Pllx  Burgun............ 
@ 
7
Plnmbl  Acet........... 
10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10®  1  20 
Pyre thrum, boxesH.
®  1 25 
A P. D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
25®  30
8® 
10
uinla, S. P. A W .. 
31®  36

iuasslse................... 

ulnia, S.German..  22®  32
qlnla, N.T.............  29®  34
nbla Tinctornm... 
12®  14
SaccharamLactis pv  18®  20
Salacln....................  3 00® 3 10
40®  50
SangnisDraconis... 
12®  14
Sapo,  W................... 
Sapo, M.................... 
10®  12
Sapo, G.................... 
®  15
Siedlitz  Mixture__  20  ®  22

Slnaple....................  
®  18
Slnapis, opt............  
®  30
Snnff, Maccaboy.De
Voes...................... 
®  34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’a 
®  34
Soda Boras..............  9  ®  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  ®  11
Soda et Potass Tart.  26®  28
Soda,  Carb.............. 
2
IK® 
5
3® 
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
Soda, Ash...............   3H@ 
4
Soda, Snlphas.........  
® 
2
Spts. Cologne........... 
® 2 60
50®  56
Spts. Ether Co........ 
Spt.  Myrcla Dom...  @ « 00
Spts. Vmi Rect. bbl. 
® 2 56 
Spts. VlniRectKbbl  @2 60 
Spts. VlniRect.lOgal  @ 2 63 
Spts. Vlnl Rect.  5gal  @ 2 65 
Less So gal. cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2V@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........  2K®3K
8®  10
Tamarinds.............. 
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromee.........  
46®  48
Vanilla....................  9 00® 16 00
Zincl  Snlph............  
7® 
8

Oils

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

19

Linseed, pure  raw..  37 
Linseed,  Dolled......   38 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine..  42 

40
41
70
50

Paints  BBL.  LB
Red Venetian.........   1*2  @8
Ochre, yellow Man.  IK  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  H£  2  ®3 
Putty, commercial..  2* 2HQ3 
Putty, strictly pnre.  2J? 2K@8 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
15
Vermilion, English.  70®  75
Green, P aris...........  18H®  22
Green,  Peninsular.. 
16
Lead, Red...............   6%®  t a
Lead, white............   5R@  614
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gliders’..”  @  70
White, Paris Amer..  @ 100
Whiting, Paris  Bng.
cliff......................  @ 140
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

13® 

13® 

Varnishes

No. 1 TurpCoach...  l  10®  1  20
Extra  Turp............   1 60®  1 70
Coach Body............   2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn....  1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk Damar..  1 56®  1 00 
Jap. Dryer, No.lTnrp  70®  71

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

35®

Conium  Mac.
Copaiba...................  1  11
CuDeb»....................
Bxechthitos 
.........
Brigeron.................
Gatdtheria..............
Geranium,  ounce...
Goesippli, Sem. gal..
Hedeoma.................
Junlpera.................. 
_ ■
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis...................  1 30®  1 50
Mentha Piper.........   l  60®  2 
Mentha Verid 
Morrhua,  gal
Myrcla,.........
Olive.......................
Plcia  Liquida.........
Picis Liquida, gal...
Ricina....................
Rosmarlnl...............
Roes,  ounce...........  6
Succlnl...................
Sabina...................
Sant&l........................2
Sassafras.................
Slnapis, ess.,  ounce.
nglfl.............
rhym e.........
Thyme,  opt.. 
Theobromas........... 
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
15®
13®
Bichromate............ 
Bromide.................. 
so®
Carb.......................  
ia@
Chlorate..po. 17®19c  16®
Cyanide...................  35®
iodide........................2 60®
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
®
Potass Nltras, opt... 
10®
10®
Potass Nltras........... 
Prussiate.................  20®
3ulphate po  ..  ......  
15®

_
15®

Radix

20®
ioonltvm...............  
4,1th®......................  22®
Snchusa................. 
to®
4rum po..................  @
Calamus.................  20®
Sentiana........po  15 
12®
jHychrrhiza... pv. 15  16®
Hydrastis Canaden. 
aydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore,Alba, po..
inula, po.................
Ipecac, po..............  2
Iris plox—  po35®38
lalapa, pr...............
Maranta,  14s...........
Podophyllum, po....  22®
S hei...... 75®
Ethel, cut................. 
®
Ethel, pv................... 
75®
Ipigelta...................   35®
langulnaria... po. 15  @
ierpentarla............. 
so®
Senega....................  40®
llmllax, officinalis H  @
1mllax, M................  @
Sclllae............ . po.35  10®
lymplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po.................  @
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
®
Valeriana,  German. 
15®
Zingiber a.............       12®
Zingiber ]...............   25®

Semen
tnisum......... po.  15 
®
13®
tplum  (graveleons) 
ifrd, Is...................  
  4®
10®
3»rul............. po. 18 
Cardamon...............   1  25®
Corlandrum............ 
8®
Cannabis  Sativa.
Cvdonlum............
Cnenopodium  ....
Mpterix  Odorate
fcenleulum............
fcenugreek, po........
J n l .....................
uni,  grd....bbl. 3w
.obeli a ..................
’harlarls  Canarian.
tap a.......................
linapis Albn........... 
linapis Nigra.........  
Spiritus

3V

1

4*@
__
11®  12

frumenti, W. O. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
frumentl,  D. F. R ..  2 00® 2 25
frumenti......  
.....  1  25®  1  50
luniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
inniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
laacharum N. E ....  1  go® 2  10
ipt. Vtnl Galll........  1  75® 6 50
rlnl Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
flni 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__
irass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................
lard, for slate use.. 
fellow  R e ef,  for 
slate  nse..............
Syrups
Lcacla....................
turanti Cortes........
¡ingiber..................
pecao....................
ferri Iod...... ..........
thel Arom..............
mllax officinalis...
«nega................,..
cilla...........

@  1  00 
®  75
®  1  40

20

niscellaneous 

i
50
50
O 50
60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
50
75
75
I  00
50
50
60
50
50
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 
75 
75 
50 
50 
50 
50 
75 
50 
1  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
20

ScillsB Co.................
Tolutan...................
Prunus vlrg..  ........
Tinctures 
Aconltum N apellls R
Aconitum Napellls F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafoetlda............
At rope  Belladonna.
Anrantl  Cortex......
Benzoin..................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon...............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu..................
Cinchona................
Cinchona Co...........
Columba 
............
Cubeba....................
Cassia Aontlfol.
(’’•v.'  «cutifolCo  .
ls.gi  oltS 
........
Brgct.......................
Ferri Chloridu
Gentian..................
Gentian Co.........
Gulaca...................
Gniaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus.........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino.........................
Lobelia..................
Myrrh......................
Nux Vomica.........
Opii.........................
Opli, camphorated.
Opii,  deodorized....
Quassia...................
Rhatany..................
Rhel.........................
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentaria............
Stromonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride ...
Zingiber..................
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F
Alnmen...................  2}
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7
A nnatto.................
Antlmoni,  po__
Antimoni et PotassT
Anti pyrin..............
Antlfebrin............
Argent! Nltras, o z.!
Arsenicum..
........
Balm Gilead  Bud  . !
Bismuth  S. N.........   1
Calcium Chlor.,  is!
Calcium Chlor., Ks.
Calcium Chlor., vs. 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsid  Fructns, af.
Capsid Fructus, po.
Capsid FructusB,pó 
Caryophyllns-.po. 15
Carmine, No. 40......
Cera Alba..............
Cera Flava............ !
Coccus......... ..........
Cassia Fructus.....!
Centrarla...............
Cetaceum................
Chloroform.............
Chloroform, squibbs
Chloral Hyd Crst 
Chondrns................
Clnchonidlne.P. & W 
Clnchonldine, Germ 
Cocaine..................   3 30® 3 50
Corks, list, di8.pr.ct. 
70
Creosotnm............. 
®  35
Creta.............bbl. 75 
2
® 
Creta, prep.
Creta,
Crocus
Cudbear............ ¿j;
Cnprl Sulph............
Dextrine..................
Bther Sulph............
Emery, all  numbers
Emery, po...............
Ergota............ po. 40
Flake  White. . ......
Galla........................
Gambler..................
Gelatin, Cooper___
Gelatin, French......
Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  box....
Glue,  brown...........
Glue, white............
Glycerine................
Grana  Paradis!  __
Humulus.................
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
Hydiaag Chlor Cor 
Hydraag Ox Rnb’m. 
Hydraag Ammonlatl 
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
Icnthyobolla, Am...
Indigo......................
Iodine, Resubi........3
Iodoform.................
Lupulin...................
Lycopodium...........
Mads
Liquor  Arse- et Hy­
dra rg_Iod..............
LiquorPotassArslnlt 
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Manilla, 8. F — . . . .  
Mentho ...  . . . . . . .

9®
13®

  1

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i  1  40
•  40

» 
fl
i 
8
i  14
1  14

I 2 25
1  1  00
i  50
I 3 00

,  15
8
30

i  55
, 2 75
,  50
>  55

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
7

14
25
35

28
25
30
20
10

66
45
35
28
80
14
12
30
60
28
56
13
14
16
42
10
70
30
3 00
60
40
3 85
35
45
80

1  00

25
20
25
28
23
25
38
22
25

60
22
25
36

3 75
50
8 25
2 10
2 40
3 20
80
80
65
2 75
1 TO
it

Freezable 

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Mineral  Waters,
Liquid  Poods,
Malt  Extracts,
Butter  Colors,
Toilet  Waters,
Hair  Preparations, 
Inks, Etc.

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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

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AXLE  QRBASB.

doz.  gross
Aurora........................ 56  8 00
CastOT Oil...................80  7 00
Diamond.....................80  4 00
Frazer’s ......................75  0 00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75  9 00
nice, tin boxes...........75  9 00
Paragon......................55  8 00

BAKINd  POWDER.

Absolute.

Acme.

lb can  doz........ 

w ’b cans doz...................  45
A ID Jans doz................... 
85
.......  1 60
u  lb cans 8 doz.................  45
£  lb cans 8 do*................   75
1 
lb cans 1 doz................. 1 00
Bnlk....................................  10
8 oz. Eng. Tumblers...........  85
W lb cans per doz............   75
*  lb cans per doz  ........... 1 20
1 
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
85
56
90

w lb cans 4 doz case........ 
*  lb cans 4 doz case........ 
lb cans 2 doz c a se ......  

Arctic.
B1 Parity.

Home.

Oar Leader.

Jersey Cream.

45
u  lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
85
lb cans. 2 doz case........1 80
1 lb. cans, per doz..............  2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............   1  25
6 os. cans, iter doz.............  
86
W lb cans..........................  45
4  lb cans.......................... 
75
1 
lb can«..........................  1 60
1 lb. cans  ...................
Queen Flake.
3 os., 8 doz. case................   2 70
6 os., 4 doz. c a s e ............... 8 20
9 os., 4 doz. case.................4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case.................4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case.................9 00
American................................70
English....................................80

BATH  BRICK.

Peerless.

BLUING.

BR00115.

S S i s i E

Small, 8 doz.......................   40
Large, 2 doz...*...................  75
.so. 1 Carpet.......................  1 90
No. 2 Carpet.......................1 75
No. 8 Carpet.......................  1  50
N o. 4 Carpet.......................  1  15
Parlor Gem........................   2 00
Common Whisk.................   70
Fancy Whisk.....................   80
Warehouse..................... 
8s......................................... 7
18s........................................8
Paraffine............................... 8
Wlcklng.............................. 20

CANDLES.

CANNBD GOODS, 
flaaltowec Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E. J ....................   1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1 20 
Lakeside. Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early June__1  75
CAT5UP.
pints..
Columbia, 
2 00 
Columbia, *  pints
1  25
a, *  pints
CHEESE
10*
Acme..........
Amboy........
11*10*
Butternut... 
Carson City.
10*
11
Emblem......
Gem.............
11
Ideal...........
11
Jersey ........
11
Lenawee.... 
10*
Riverside....
11
Brick..........
12
70
Edam..........
Leiden........
17
Limburger 
13
Pineapple.................50  ©
75
17
Sap  Sago.................   &
6
Bulk  .............................  
Bed 
7

Chicory.

ppl

- 

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker 4k Co.’s.

German Sweet........................28
Premium............  
................ 85
Breakfast Ooooa............ ..........48

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz......... 1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz......... 1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz......... 1 40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz......... 1 80
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz......... 1 80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz.............  80
Jute, 72 ft.  per doz.............   95
COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags.......................  
2*
Less quantity.................  
2
Pound packages............  
4
CRBAfl TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......SO
Bulk In sacks......................... 29

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santas.

F air........................................ •
Good.......................................}J
Prim e..................................... JJ
Golden  .................................. J2
Peaberry  ...............................
Fair  .......................................Jf
Good  ..................................... J?
Prim e..................................... JJ
Peaberry  ...............................15
Mexican  and Guatemala.
Fair  .......................................
Good  ............................... — J®
Fancy 
.................................. 17
Maracaibo.
Prim e..................................... 1®
Milled..................................... *
Interior.................................. J®
Private  Growth......................*0
Mandehllng............................21
Im itation...............................*0
Arabian  ................................ 22
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue.....................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha— 29 
Wells’ Mocha and Java.....24
Wells’ Perfection Java..... 24
Sancalbo............................ 21
Breakfast Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo.......18*
Ideal  Blend........................14
Leader Blend.....................18

Roactod.

Mocha.

JOTO.

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market in which he purchases 
to bis shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also *c  a 
pound.  In  801b.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 50
Jersey.............................   1® 50
ncLaaghllo’s  XXXX........
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mall  all orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City *  gross......  
76
Felix *  gross................. 
1  £5
Hummel’s foil *  gross... 
85
Hummel’s tin *   gross... 
1  48
CLOTHES PMS.
6 gross boxes...........................40
4 doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle.............6  75
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy...................................6 75
Champion  ...........................4 50
Magnolia............................ 4 25
Challenge..............    
8 35
.................................8 85
Dime 
Tradesman Grade.

CONDENSED  MILK.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Extract.

2 25

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
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
50 books, any denom....  1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom....11 50
1.000 books, any denom....20 00 
Can be made to represent any 
20 books.........................  1  00
50 books.................................2 00
100 books  ...........................8 00
250 books...............................  € 25
SOObooks...........................10 00
1000 books................................17 60

denomination from 110 down,

Coupon Pass Books,

Universal Grade.

Apples.

Credit Checks.

California Pratts.

50 books, any denom....  1 50 
100 books, any denom—   2 50 
500 books, any denom— 11 50 
1,000 books, any denom— 20 00 
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
DRIED FRUITS—DOnBSTIC 
Sundrled.......................   05 *
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  08 
Apricots.....................   O
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  O
Peaches.......................  O
Pears.................... . 
O
Pitted Cherries..........
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   O
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   ©
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   ©
70-80 26 lb boxes.........   ©
60-7025 lb boxes.........   ©
50-60 25 lb boxes.........   ©
40-60 25 lb boxes.........  &
30-4025 lb boxes.........   ©
u  cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Pranas.

Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown. 
1  80 
London Layers 4 Crown. 
2 00
Dehesias.......................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown  4* 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown  6 
Loose Muscatels 4Crown  7
Seeded.......................  8  @ 0*

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Peel.

Raisins.

Currants.

Leghorn..........................©12
Corsican..........................© 13
Patras bbls...................... © 63£
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.......© 6
Cleaned, bulk  ................. © 7
Cleaned, packages..........© 7*
Citron American 10 lb bx ©13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©12 
Orange American 10 lb bx ©12 
Ondura 28 lb boxes......  ©
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 8 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 4 Crown.........   ©
Sultana fi Crown.........   ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........   ©
Snltana package.........   ©
FA RIN A C EO U S  OOODS. 
24 1 lb.  packages............ 1  50
Bnlk, per 100 lbs............ 3 50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Parins.

Grits.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages................1  80
100 lb. kegs........................2 70
2001b. barrels....................5  10
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums..........1 00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
3*
Medium Hand Picked....  1  10 
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box........ 2 50
Common...........................  2 00
Chester............................  
\  25
Em pire............................   3 00
Green,  bn.........................  *®
Split,  per lb...............  
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........4 00
Monarch,  bbl................  -3 50
Monarch,  *   bbl...............1 88
Monarch, 90 lb sacks........ 1  65
nron, cases.....................1 75
German............................   *
East  India.......................  
3*
Flako........................ 
3*
Pearl..............................-  
Anchor, 4011b. pkges.... 

Soaker, cases...................3 20

Tapioca.

tego.

Peas.

8*
6

2*

Salt  Fish.

c i .

4
Georges cared............ 
Georges genuine........ 
4
Georges selected........ 
4
Stripe or bricks.........   6  4

Herring.

Holland white hoops, bbl. 
Holland white hoop *bbl
Holland,  *   bbl................
Holland white hoop, keg. 
Holland white hoop mens
Norwegian.......................
Bound 100 lbs...................
Bound  40 lbs...................
Scaled...............................

nackerel.
Mess 100 lbs............
Mess  40 lbs............
Mess  10 lbs............
Mess  8 lbs............
No. 1100 lbs............
No. 1  401b8............
No. 1  10 lbs............
No. 1  8 lbs...........
No. 2100 lbs............
No. 2  40 lbs........... .
No. 2  10 lbs............
No. 2  81bs...........
Trout.

No. 1100 lbs... ■ 
No. 1  4011m.... 
No. I  10 lbz—  
No. 1  8 lbs....

Whttsflsh.

6  00 
4 50 
2 60 
60 
70
2 76 
1  30 
14

1 20 

15 00 
6 30 
1  65 
1  35 
13 25 
5 60 
1 48 
8 50 
3 70
1 on

5 25 
240 
68 
67

No. 1  No. 2

Fam 
2 60 
100 lbs...........  6 65
1 8n
40 l b s ......... 8 00
40
10 lbs........... 
81
86
8 lbs........... 
68
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Jennings’.

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

D- C. Lemon
2oz..  ...  75
3 oz.......1  00
4 oz........1 40
6 oz.......2 00
No.  8...2 40 
No. 10.. .4 00 
No.  2T.  80
8 T.l  25 
No.
4 T.l  60
No.
Pure Brand.
Lem.
2 oz. Taper Panel..  75
2 oz. Oval..............  76
3 oz. Taper Panel.  1  35
4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60

Van. 
1  20 
1 »0 
2 00 
2 26

tenders’.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

Best  In  the  world  for 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon, 

dos
2 os........  75
4 os........1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

dos
2 oz....... 1 20
4 oz....... 2 40

.1 50 
.3 00

HBRBS.

INDIGO.

Sage......................................  J8
Hops....................................   18

Madras, 6  lb  boxes.............  65
S .F .,2,8 and5 lb boxes....  50

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dnpont’s.
Kegs 
.................................. 4 00
Half Kegs.................................2 25
Quarter Kegs....................... 1 *>
1 lb. cahs..............................  30
*  lb. cans............................  18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

K egs........................................ j| 25
Half Kegs......................—  f  40
Quarter Kegs............................1 35
1 lb. cans..............................  34

Bogie Dock—Dupont’s.

Scotch, In bladders..............   87
Maccaboy, In Jars.................   85
French Rappee, In Jars----   43

SNUFF.

SEEDS.

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

4*

3*
4*

i ^ K ^ : ; . v ; : : : . v : : : : : : : : : S |
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
lib .c a n s.............................  46

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

JBLLY.

15 lb pails............................  *3
301b  palls............................  65

LYE.

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

LICORICE.

Pure......
Calabria 
Sicily.... 
Boot......

MINCE MB AT.

Ideal, 3 doz. In case............. 2 26

riATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands
No. 9 sulphur.......................J ®
Anchor parlor..................... J {JJ
No. 2  Homo..........................J i®
Export  Parlor..................... 4 oo

nOLA5SBB. 
New Orisons.
Black.............................
Fair  .............................
Good.............................
Fancy  ..........................
Open Kettle...........•
Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

Clay, No. 216.......................  1
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
Cob, No. 8..........................  

65
85

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

PICKLBS. 
riedlnm.

RICE.

Small.

Imported.

Domestic.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  8 75
Half bbls, 600 count...............   2 38

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   4 75
Half bbls  1,200 count........ 2 88

Carolina head....................   6*
Carolina  No. 1  .................   8
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................

S0D10 H

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Japan,  No. 1............   6*@ 6
Japan,  No.2 
4*@  5
Java, fancy  head....... 5  © 6*
Java, No. 1.................5  ©
Table............................  @

Church’s .............................3 SC
Deland’s .............................*  “
Dwight’s .............................3 30
Taylor’s ...............................» w

SALBRATUS.

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls..............  75
Granulated,  100 lb oases..  90
Lump,bbls.  ..................... 
j®
Lump, 1451b lugs........... .  86

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 
Bntter, barrels, 2014 lb bags. 8 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   25
Bntter, sacks, 56 lbs............  55

Common Grades.

100 3 lb sacks........................1  95
605-lb sacks........................1  80
28 10-lb sacks...................... 1  65

Worcester.

lb. cartons...............8  25
50  4 
115  2*lb. sacks...................4 00
lb. sacks.................. 3  75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks..................3  50
30 10 
lb. sacks.................. 3  50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  82
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bnlk In barrels....................2  50

Warsaw.

56-lb dairy In drill bags......   80
28-lb dairy In drill bags......  15

Ashton.

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen sacks.  .  6b 

Solar Rock.

56-lb  sacks..........................   z1

Common.
Granulated Fine......  
Medium  Fine....................  

SOAP.

70
70

J A X O N
Single box............................ 2 75
5 box lots, delivered.......... 2 70
10 box lots, delivered..........2 65
JA8. S. KIRK 5 CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome....................................2 75
Cabinet.................................2 80
Savon....................................2 50
White Russian.....................2 35
White Cloud,  laundry........6 25
White Clond,  toilet.............3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6  oz.. ..2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__3 00
Blue India, 100 |£ lb.............3 00
Kirkoline............................. 8 50
Eos.......................................2 50
SCW SOAP CO.’S BRANDS
Clydesdale,  100 cakes, 75 lbs........2  75
St-Tax, 100 eakei, 02 1-2 lbs-----2  00
Family,  75 cakes,  75 lbs............2  50
German Mettled, (0 cakes, (0 lbs. .  1  75 
Cocoa Castile, 18lbs., cat 1-4 A 1-2..1  80 

Chipped  Soap  for Luidriei. 

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .8 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__3 75
Uno, 100 M-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 10010-oz.  bars............ 9 05

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o s...... 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 do s...........2 40

SODA.

Boxes  .................................6*
Kegs, English......................44k

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pare around la Balk.

Allspice  .............................  13
Cassia, China In mats.........12
Cassia, Batavia In band....25
Cassia, Saigon In rolls....... 32
Cloves, Amboyna...............14
Cloves, Zanzibar.....-.........12
Mace,  Batavia....................55
Nutmegs, fancy..................80
Nutmegs, No.  1..................50
Nutmegs, No.  2..................45
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .11 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12
Pepper,  shot.......................12
Allspice  .................. 
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,.....................40©s0
Pepper, Sing , black............13
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage................................ 

SYRUPS
Cora.

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

Barrels................................   17
Half  hbls 
IS
4  doz. 1 gallon cans.........1  50
1  doz. Vi gallon cans....... 1  75
2  doz. V4 gallon  cans  ...... 1  75
Pair  ..................................   18
Good................. ...............  20
Choice.............................  26

•rare Co m .

STARCH.

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.

15

S. C. W.

.35 00

15

Ruhe Bros. Co.'s Brands.

Double Eagles. 6 sizes.$55^ 70 00 
Gen. Maceo,5slzes....  55@70 00
Mr. Thomas................ 
35  00
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 ss 55©60 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

VINEOAR.

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

W1CKING.

No. 0, per gross......................  20
No. 1, per gross......................  25
No. 2, per gross......................  35
No. 3, per gross......................  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................. 
52
New York XXX............. .*  a
Wolverine.........................  a
Boston............................ ”

M s .

Oyster.

Soda  XXX.........................  a
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton__  6V4
Soda,  City.........................  g
Long Island  Wafers.......!!  11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12
Zephy rette...........................10
Saltlne Wafer....................  514
SaltineWafer, 1 lb  carton.  6V4
Farina Oyster....................   5*
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  OOODS—Boxm.
Animals............................  104
Bent’s Water......................  15
Oocoanut Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java..............  lu
Coffee Cake, Iced................ 10
Cracknells.........................  154
Cubans  .............................   114
Frosted  Cream...................  9
Ginger Gems........... 
8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  714
Graham Crackers..............  8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
JumDles,  Honey................  11*4
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts...  16
Mich. Frosted Honey__   124
Molusses  Cakes.................  8
Newton..............................  12
Nie Nacs.................. 
  8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  84
Pretzels,  hand  made  ......   8
Sears’Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake...... ................   8
Sugar  Squares.................   9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas............................  124

 

 

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene.......................   ©114
© 94
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt 
W W Michigan...........  © 9
Diamond White.........  © 8
D„ S. Gas....................   © 9
Deo. N aptha..............  @ 7
Cylinder....................25  ©34
Engine......................11  021
Blank, winter.........  
0 8

Kingsford’s  Cora.

40 1-lb packages...................8
20 1 lb packages.....................64

Kingsford’s Silver aim s.

401-lb packages.....................6V4
8-lb bores.......................... 7

Diamond.

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

Common Cora.

201 lb. packages.................5
401 lb. packages..................  4)4

Common Oloss.

1-lb  packages......................  4%
3-lb  packages......................  44
6-lb  packages......................  4%
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3%
Barrels  ...............................  3

STOVE POLISH.

No. 4, 3 dos in Cose, gross..  4  50 
No. 6,3 dm 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  yon 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
Including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino....................................5 25
Cut  Loaf...................................5 50
Crushed......... ......................5 50
Powdered  ...........................5  13
XXXX  Powdered.................... 5 25
Cubes....................................... 5 13
Granulated in bbls................... 5 00
Granulated in bags.............6 Oi
Fine Granulated...................... 5 00
Bxtra Fine Granulated.......5  13
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5  13
Mould  A...................................5 25
Diamond Confec.  A........... 5 00
Oonfec. Standard A..................4 88
No.  1....................................... 4 63
No  2....................................... 4 63
No.  3....................................... 4 63
No.  4....................................... 4 58
No.  5....................................... 4 50
No.  8....................................... 4 44
No.  7....................................... 4 38
No.  8....................................... 4 31
No.  9.......................................4 25
No.  10.......................................4 19
No.  11....................................... 4 13
No.  12....................................... 4 06
No.  13....................................... 4 06
No.  14....................................... 4 00
No.  15....................................... 4 00
No.  18....................................... 4 00

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

Candies.
Stick Candy.

bbls. pails
Standard.................  64© 7
Standard H. H........  6ViO 7
Standard Twist......   6  0  8
Cut Loaf................. 
© s
cases
Jumbo, 32 lb  .......... 
@ 64
@ 84
Extra H. H.............. 
Boston  Cream........ 
©10

Mixed Candy.

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

Fancy—In Balk.

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

@ e
© 64
@ 7
@ 74
@ 74
@ g
@ 84
@  8
© 8
© 84
© 9
@10
©13

© 8Vi
© 8Vi
©1034
©12
@ 5
@ 8
@ 9
@9

Fancy—In  3  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
©50
Sour  Drops............  
©50
©60
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops.... 
©60
©75
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
@75
©50
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain__ 
©50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
©50
Imperials................ 
@50
@5e
Mottoes................... 
Cream Bar.............. 
©50
Molasses B a r.........  
©50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  00
Plain  Creams.........   go  @go
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock............. 
@50
Burnt Almonds...... 125  @
Wintergreen Berries 
@80
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
........ 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
„boxes................... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 

boxes......  

@35
@50

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

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Fruits.
Oranges.
Late Valencias.......  
Mexicans  F lo rid a  
style box.............. 
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 360s  ............ 
Ex.Fancy 300s........ 
Ex. Fancy 360s........ 
Bananas.

Figs.

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

Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60 lb cases 
Persians, G. M’s......  
lb cases, new........ 
Sal»,  601b cases__ 
Nuts.

@4 00
@4 50

@5 50
@5 50
@6 00
@1 00
@6 50

@15
@
@18
@20
@
@
@7

@ 8
@  6
@  514
@ 6
@ 5

Almonds, Tarragona..  @15
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @14
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @15
Brazils new...............   @  8(4
Filberts  ....................  @11
Walnuts, Naples........  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @12
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................  @12
Table Nuts,  fancy__  @11
Table Nuts,  choice...  @10
Pecans, Med...............  © 7V4
Pecans, Ex. Large__   ©10
Pecans, Jumbos........   ©12
Hickory  Nuts per bn.,
Ohio, new...............   ©1  60
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @4 00
Chestnuts per bu.......   ©4 50

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  © 7
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted...................  © 7
Choice, H. P., Extras.  © 44
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,
Boasted  .................  
5)4

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

62

follows:

Wheat.

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

Local Brands.

Patents............................. 4  25
Second  Patent..................   3 75
Straight  ..........................   3 50
Clear..................................  3 25
Graham 
..........................   3 30
Buckwheat.......................  4 00
R ye..................................  3 00
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, 34s.......................3 50
Diamond, 34s.......................3 50
Diamond, V4s.......................3 50
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  Hs........................  3 45
Quaker, 34a........................  3 45
Quaker, Via........................   3 45

Spring  Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best 34s...........  4 40
Pillsbury’s Best 34s...........  4 30
Pillsbury’s Best 4 s ...........  4  20
Pillsbury’s Best 4 s paper .  4  20 
Pillsbury’s Best 34s paper..  4 20 
Ball-Barohart-Putman’s Brand.

«

y

Meal.

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Duluth Imperial. 4 s.........4 20
Dulutb Imperial, 34s .........4  ¿0
Duluth Imperial, 4 s.........   4  10
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 4 s ..................  4 30
Gold Medal 34s.................. 4 20
Gold Medal 34s.................. 4 10
Parisian, 4 s ......................   4 30
Parisian, 34s.......................  4 20
Parisian. 3is.......................  4  10
Ceresota, 4 s......................  4  40
Ceresota, 34 s......................  4 30
Ceresota, 34s ......................  4  20
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 4 s ..........................  4 30
Laurel, 34s .........................   4 %,
Laurel, 4 s ..........................  4 10
Bolted...............................  i 9o
Granulated.......................  2  10
St. Car Feed, screened___1* CO
No. 1 Corn and  Oats...........it 50
Unbolted Corn Meal.......... 14 00
Winter Wheat  Bran.......... 13 00
Winter Wheat Middlings. .14  00
Screenings..........................13 00
Car  lots............................. 37
Less than  car lots............  40
Car  lots............................. 29
Carlots, clipped.................  304
Less than  car  lots.  ......... 32
No. 1 Timothy carlots......  8 50
No. I Timothy, ton lots  .  10 00
Fish and  Oysters

Feed and Mlllstuffs.

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

g vi

Fresh Fish.

L 

Per lb.

Whitefish................  ©
T rout......................  @
Black Bass..............  8  ©
Halibut...................  ©  18
Ciscoes or Herring..  ©  4
Blnefish..................   @  10
Live Lobster.........  
©  17
Boiled Lobster........  ©  18
......................  @  10
Cod 
Haddock.................  ©  8
No.  1  Pickerel........  ©  9
Pike.........................  © 
Perch.......................  ©  5
Smoked White........  ©  8
Red Snapper...........  ©  10
Col  River Salmon..  ©  12
Mackerel 
is
F. H. Counts...........  ©  35
F. J   D. Selects.......   ©  28
Selects................... 
©  25
22
F. J. D. Standards... 
Anchors.................   @  20
Standards...............   @ 
is
gal.
Counts..............................   1  75
X  Selects...........................   1  65
Selects................................  1 25
Anchor Standards.............  1  10
Standards..........................  1  00
Clams.................................   1 25
Oysters, per  100.........1  25©1  50
Clams,  per 100.........   ©1  25

Oysters in Cans.

..............  @ 

Shell hoods.

Balk. 

6u
  6

Barreled Pork.

Mess  ..............................  9  75
Back  ......................11  00©
Clear back..............10 75©
Shortcut.........................  10 50
Pig..................................   14 00
Bean  ...  .......................   9 75
Family  ..........................  10 50

Dry Salt Meats.

Sausages.

e
34
u
34
54
%
1
14

84
834
734
74
11
534
5

Bellies................... 
Briskets  ........................... 
Extra shorts............. 
54
Smoked  Heats.
Hams, 12 lb average  __  
Hams, 14 lb  average  ... 
Hams, 161b  average...... 
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
Ham dried b e e f............  
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
Bacon,  clear..........734@74
California hams................ 
Boneless hams...................... 9
Cooked  ham......... !io@l24
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound............. 
3«
Kettle.............................  
55 lb Tubs.........advance 
80 lb Tubs.........advance 
50 lb T ins.........advance 
20 lb Palls.........advance 
10 lb Pails.........advance 
5 lb Pails.........advance 
31b Pails......... advance 
Bologna......................... 
54
Liver............................... 
64
Frankfort..............
  64
P o rk ........................... 
 
e
Blood  ............................ 
Tongue..........................  
9
Head  cheese................. 
64
Extra  Mess..................   10 25
Boneless  ......................  13 to
Romp..............................     75
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
34  bbls, 40 lbs............... .  1  35
34  bbls, 80 lbs.................  2 50
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
4   bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 25
4   bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 25
P ork...............................  20
Beef  rounds................... 
34
Beef  middles...............  
10
Sheep.............................  
60
Rolls, dairy..................  
94
Solid, dairy.................... 
9
Rolls,  creamery............  
14
Solid,  creamery............  
134
Corned  beef,  2  l b .......2 25
Corned beef, 14  lb......... 15 00
Roast  beef,  2  lb........   2  15
Potted  ham,  34s..........  50
Potted  ham,  4 s .........  
90
Deviled ham,  34s..........  50
Deviled ham,  4 s.........   90
Potted  tongue 34s..........  50
Potted  tongue 4 s .........  
90
Fresh  Meats.

Canned  Meats.

Pigs’ Feet.

Butterine.

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

Beef.

Carcass......................  634© 8
Fore quartern............   5  ©  64
Hind  quarters...........  64© 94
Loins  No.  3................  9  ©12
Ribs............................  7  ©12
Rounds......................  7  © 74
Chucks.......................  6  © 6
Plates  .......................  4  @

Pork.

Dressed......................4  @
Loins.........................  © 74
Shoulders..................  @6
Leaf Lard...................  6  ©

Mutton

Carcass......................  6  @7
Spring Lambs............ 74© 84

Veal.

Carcass 
....................7  @ 74
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes as 
follows:

Hides.

Green No.  1................  © 8
Green No. 2............. ..  © 7
Cured No. 1................   © 9
Cured No. 2................  © 8
Calfskins,  green No. 1  ©  9
Calfskins, green No. 2  ©  74
Calfskins, cured No. 1  ©104
Calfskins, cured No. 3  ©  9

Pelts.

Pelts,  each.................  50© 1  00

Tallow.

No. 1...........................  © 3
No. 2...........................  © 2

Wool.

Washed, fine  ............   ©18
Washed, medium.......  ©23
Unwashed, fine..........11  ©13
Unwashed, medium ..16 ©18

21

Crockery and

Glassware.

AKRON 8T0NBWARB. 

B atten.

Jags.

Charne.

Common

Milkpans.

Stewpans.

Fruit Jars.

Sealing Wax.

Tomato Jugs.

LAMP  BURNERS.

Fine aiazed Milkpans.

4  gal., per dos...................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5
8 gal., each.......................   40
10 gal., each.......................   50
12 gal.,  each.......................   60
15 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 1  10 
20gal. meat-tubs,each.... 1  50 
25 gal. meat-tubs, each  ...2 25 
80 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 2 70 
2 to 6 gal., per gal............   5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 
Pint.....................................  4 50
Quart..................................   4 75
4   gal  .................................  6 50
Covers.................................   2 00
Rubbers............................. 
25
4  gal. flat or rd. bot, doz.  45 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  5 
4  gel- flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  54 
4  gel. fireproof, ball, dos.  86 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz. 1  10 
34 gal., per dos.................   40
4  gal., per dos..................  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............. 
54
4  gal., per dos...................  42
1 gal., each...................... 
54
Corks for 4  gal., per dos..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per dos..  30 
Preserve Jars end Covers.
4  gal., stone oover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun..........................  
35
No.  1  Sun..........................  
40
No.  2  Sun..........................  
58
No. 3 Sun...........................   1  00
Tubular.............................  
50
Security, No. 1...................  £0
Security, No. 2...................  80
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds.
Per box of 6 dos.
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 45
First  Quality.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and labeled....  2 56 
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  8 76
CHIMNEYS—Pearl Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................g 70
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  88
No. 2  Snn,  “Small  Bnib,”
for Globe Lamt>8............. 
80
No. 1 Snn. plain  bnib,  per
dos  ................................   9
No. 2 Snn,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ..................................  1 16
No. 1 Crimp, per dos......... 1  85
No. 2 Crimp, per dos......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c dos)........8 50
No. 2, Lime  (70o dos)____4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  dos)........4 70
No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)  ........ 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80o dos)........4 40
Dos.
1 gal tin cans with  spont..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spont.  1  48
2 gal galv iron with spout.  2 48
3 gal galv iron with spont.  3 82 
5 gal galv iron with  spont.  4 28 
3 gal galv iron with faucet 4  17 
5 gal galv iron with  fanoet 4 67
5 gal Tilting cans................7 25
5 gal galv Iron Naeefas....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7 80 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 56
3 gal Home Rule............... 10 60
5 gal Home Rule............... 12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  OTnbular side lift....  4 00
No.  1 B  Tubular................6 25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 50
No.  1 Tub., glass fonnt__ 7 00
No. 12 Tabular, side lamp. 14 0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........8 76
LANTERN OLOBBS.
No.  0 Tabular,  cases I dos.
each, box 10 cents...........  46
No. OTnbular,  cases2 dos.
each, box 15 cents.........  
46
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 6 dos.
83
each, bbl 36)....................  
No. 0 Tubular,  bull's  eye, 
oases 1 dos. each....... 
1 26

wrapped and  labeled__ 2  10
wrapped and  labeled__ 2  15
wrapped and  labeled__  8  lb

Pouip  Cans.

LANTERNS.

top,
top,
top,

OIL CANE. 

La  Bastte.

Rochester.

Blectric.

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

22

Hardware

Gaines  That  Two  Can  Play  At.

The  conflict  between  the  retail  store 
and  the  adjacent  store  is  one  of  deep 
interest  to  the  commercial  world.  The 
sympathies  of  the  jobbing  and manufac- 
turing  world,  as  far  as  we  have  been 
able  to  gather  same  by  numerous 
inter­
views,  are  decidedly  with  the  retailer. 
For  many  smaller  manufacturers  and al­
most  the  entire  jobbing  fraternity,  self- 
interest  points out  that the absorption  of 
retail  trade by  a  few  colossal  concerns, 
who  buy  goods  in  the  largest  quantities, 
must  mean  their own  passing  away  with 
that  of  the  retailer.  While  the  com­
mercial  world 
is  manifestly  partial  to 
the  retailer  in  this  struggle,  there  is  in 
jobbing  and  manufacturing  circles  a 
strong  undercurrent  of  feeling  that  co­
ercion  against  manufacturers'  sales  to 
department  stores will fail to accomplish 
as  much  as 
it  should  along  this  line. 
It  is  too  indirect  a  method  of  proced­
ure,  if  nothing  else.

*  *  *

rather 

ignore 

A  friend  of  mine  was  talking  the 
other day  with  an  Iowa  hardware  jobber 
who  is  thoroughly  in  sympathy  with  re­
tail  hardware  dealers,  but  feels  that 
their  attack  against  department  stores 
should  be  more  direct  in  its nature.  The 
hardware  dealer  should 
these 
stores  in  his own  purchases  and  should 
request  bis  wife  to  patronize  brother 
tradesmen 
than  the  common 
enemy.  He  should  do  all  in  his  power 
to  keep  consumers  away  from  the  de­
partment  store  by  offering them superior 
inducements  to  trade  with  him,  rather 
than  to  try  to compel  manufacturers  to 
sell  to  him  on 
long  time  rather  than 
sell  goods  to  department  stores  at  a 
profit  for  cash.  If  the  department  stores 
can’t  sell  their  goods  in  competition 
with  the  regular  trade  they  naturally 
won’t buy  them.

*   *   *

From  this  party  we  learned  of  a  re­
tail  hardware house  who  have  met  de­
partment  stores  on  their  own  grounds 
and  gained  a  substantial  and  permanent 
victory.  This  retail  firm  is  that of  Cur­
tin  &  Clark,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and  they 
have  followed  the  policy  of  invariably 
going  the department  stores  one  better. 
Let  a  St.  Joseph  dealer  in  dry  goods, 
tobacco,  harness,  drugs,  shoes,  hard­
ware,  etc.,  etc.,  etc.,  make  a  cut  rate 
on  granite  ware,  say,  and  Curtin  & 
Clark  would  make  a  better one  on  the 
same  goods  regardless  of  cost  price. 
They  have  done  this  so  persistently  that 
St.  Joseph  citizens  have  come  to  recog­
nize  the  fact  that  they  can  always  buy 
hardware  cheaper  from  this  firm  than 
from  the  department  stores  there,  no 
matter  how  low  prices  the  latter  may 
make.

*  *  *

Another case  where  the  same  methods 
pursued  by  this  St.  Joseph  hardware 
firm  have  been  signally 
successfully 
is found  in  the  business  of  Mr.  Gilman, 
a  public-spirited  merchant  on  North 
Clark  street,  Chicago,  and  the  Presi­
dent,  I  believe,  of  the  North  Clark 
Street  Business  Men's  Association,  an 
organization  that  has  done  wonders  in 
improving  that thoroughfare as  regards 
lighting,  paving,  the  removal  of  ob­
structing  signs,  etc.  Mr.  Gilman,  not 
so  many  years  away,  did  business  in  a 
very  small  way,  subletting  a  corner  of 
a  store.  He  followed  the  scheme  of 
cutting  all  department  store  advertise­
ments  of  jewelry  out of  the  papers and 
pasting  them  in  his  window,  announc­
ing  that  he would  give  lower  prices  on

the  identical  goods  and would guarantee 
them  as  represented.  He  has  kept  up 
bis  policy  and  his  business  has grown 
marvelously.  His  corner  shortly  grew  to 
half  a  store and  soon  he  was  compelled 
to  take  the  entire  store.  He  now  has  the 
largest  jewelry  store  on  one  of  the  most 
prosperous  retail  thoroughfares  in  Chi­
cago.

*  *  *

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Wisconsin 
Hardware  Association  a  dealer  from 
Southern  Wisconsin  gave  an  instance  of 
the  rather  drastic  method  he  had  em­
ployed  to  impress  his customers with the 
fact  that  he  sold  cheaper  than  Mont­
gomery  Ward  &  Co.  :  A  farmer  came  in 
when  the  store  was  full  and  asked  to 
see  some  agricultural  implement,  a  hay 
rake,  I  think  it  was,  and  on being given 
‘ ‘ Too  high.  1 
the  price  as  $5,  said: 
can  buy  it  cheaper  at Montgomery Ward 
&  Co.’s  catalogue  house 
in  Cbicag«.”  
The  dealer,  having  looked  up  the prices 
of  this  catalogue  house,  said:  “ Mr. 
— ,  I  will  agree  to  sell  you  that  rake 
for  just  the  same  price that  the  cata­
logue  house  charges,  minus  the  freight, 
if  you  will  promise  to  take  it,  no matter 
whether  the  price  is  higher  than  mine 
or  not. 
If,  as  you  say,  you  can  buy  it 
cheaper  by  mail  order  than  from  me, 
you  are  saving  the  freight by  this  ar­
rangement.’ ’ 
The  farmer  promised, 
and  although  he  demurred strongly when 
the  Montgomery  Ward  catalogue  was 
brought  out  and  the  identical  rake  was 
shown  there  listed  at  $6.75,  the  dealer 
insisted  on  his  keeping  his  word,  thus 
teaching  a  wholesome  lesson  to 
the 
group  of  customers  in  his  store.

*  *  *

There  are  few games  that  two  can  not 
play  at  and  the  merchant  who  gives  the 
department  store  a  few  swift  twirls  &t 
their own  particular  game  of  price  de­
moralization  is  apt  to  make  them  pretty 
well  disgusted  with  their  returns  from 
the  department  in  direct  competition 
with  his.— Sidney  Arnold  in  American 
Artisan. 

_____
An  Apt  Answer.

I’ve 

been 

Henry  Ward  Beecher  was  once  ap­
proached  by  a  young  man  who  consid­
ered himself very clever.  "D o  you know, 
Mr.  Beecher,’ ’ 
th hik­
ing  that  I  would  settle  down,  behave- 
myself,  and  join  your  church.  Now,  I 
like  your  preaching,  but  when  I  go  to 
your  church  and  see  such men as old  S— 
and  others,  grasping 
skinflints  ami 
hypocrites  to  the  core,  sitting  there 
in 
full  membership,  why,  the  thing  is  just 
a  little  too  much  for  me.  And  really,”  
he  added,  “ I  can  not  join.’ ’

“ Well,  you’re right, “  said Mr.  Beech­
er;  “  every church has just such men, and 
I  fancy  Plymouth  is  not  free  from them. 
And  until  you  spoke  I  have always won­
dered  why  the  good  Lord  permitted 
it. 
Now  I  understand.’ ’

“ A h,”   gurgled  the  young  fellow,  “ 1 
am  glad  I  have  thrown light on the ques­
tion.  What  strikes  you  as  the  reason, 
Mr.  Beecher?’ ’

“ Well,”   replied  the  preacher,  “ it 
is  permitted  in  order  to  keep  such  fools 
as  you  out  of  the  churches.

English  Door  Hinge.

In  a  new  English  door  hinge  the  bolt 
socket  is  only  drilled  part  way  through 
the  bottom  flange,  while  a  screw 
is 
placed  on the  top  flange to cover the end 
of  the  bolt,  thus  preventing  the  door 
from  being  opened  by  pulling  out  the 
bolts. 

____ _ 

____

Willing  to  Be  Guided.

“ Sir,  I  have  six  daughters.  Which 

one  do  you  want?”

would  you  suggest?”

“ Sir,  you  overwhelm  me.  Which  one 

If  some  men  were half  as  big  as  they 
think  they  are,  the  world  would  have  to 
be  enlarged.

WILLIAM  REID

Importer and Jobber of

PO LISH E D   PLA TE 

W INDOW  
ORN AM ENTAL

PAINT O IL.  W HITE  LEAD. 

V A R N ISH E S 
B R U SH ES

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICK

We  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.

Clark-Rutka-Jewell Go.

3 8   AND  4 0   S -  IONIA  S T .
O P P O S IT E   U N IO N   D E PO T

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N ,

ifr

FULL  LINE  OF

K R A U T  A N D   SLAW   C U TTER S  
M E A T  CHO PPERS 
BARN  DOOR  HANGERS 
BAR  IRON
S H ELF  A N D   H EA VY  HARDW ARE 
C O M M O N   W IRE  A N D  
C EM E N T-C O A TE D   N A ILS.

Strictly  wholesale. 

Orders  filled  promptly  at  bottom 

ruling  prices.  Mail  orders  solicited.

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

23

80
80
80
80

70
au
ij

WIRE  GOODS

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

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

LEVELS

ROPBS

 

 

 

WIRE

TRAPS

SQUARES

50
15
1  2f

SHBBT IRON

5AND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

70A10
60
50
com. smooth,  com.
«2 40
2 40
2 45
2 55
2 66
2 75
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

Sisal, H inch and  larger.............................  
Manilla.......................................... 
Steel and Iron......................................  
Try and Bevels  ..................................... 
M itre....................   
_ 
Nos. 10 to 14......................................«2 70 
Nos. 15 to 17......................................  2 70 
Nos. 18 to 21......................................  2 80 
Nos. 22 to 24.....................................   3 00 
Nos. 25 to 26.....................................   3 10 
No.  27 .........................................   3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis 
50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton 20 00
Steel, Game........................................ 
75A10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
Oneida Community, Hawley A Norton’s 70A10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
Bright Market...................................... 
75
Annealed  Market................................  
75
Coppered  Market..................................70A10
Tinned Market....................................   62M
Coppered Spring  Steel......................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized........................   2 06
Barbed  Fence,  painted............................ 
1  75
Au Sable..................................................dis 40A1C
Putnam................................................... dis 
5
Northwestern.......................................... dis 10A10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled............. 
30
Coe’s Genuine....................................... 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought  .........  
Coe’s Patent, malleable.......................  
80
Bird  Cages........................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern.................................. 
80
86
Screws, New List...............................  
Casters, Bed and  Plate...................... 50A10A10
Dampers, American........................... 
50
600 pound casks....................................  
Per pound............................................  
MOM...........................................................   12H
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................«5 75
14x20 IC, Charcoal.......................................   5 75
20x14 IX, Charcoal...................... 
7 00

M1SCBLLANBOUS

TIN—Melyn Grade

METALS—Zinc

HORSE NAILS

WRENCHES

SOLDER

Each additional X on this grade, «1.25.

714
7«

80

 

 

TIN—Allaway Orada

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

Each additional X on this grade, «1.50. 

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
B
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, f P“  P°un<1 - - • 
8

BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATB 

d 

Tne^GODcavB" wasimoarii

25
36
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35
45
«5

The  Hardware  Market.

is  but 

in  some 

Trade  in  a  general  way  keeps  up  re- 
markably  well,  and  if  the  weather  re­
mains  as 
it  should  for  this  time  of  the 
year,  it  is  believed  that  the  volume  of 
fall  business  will  exceed  that  of  any 
previous  year  for  quite  a 
long  time. 
little  change  to  note  in 
There 
prices,  as  the  market  remains  very 
steady,  and  while 
lines  it  is 
difficult  to  get  orders  filled with prompt­
ness,  as  a  general  thing  manufacturers 
are  attending  to  their  customers’  wants 
satisfactorily.  The  one  article  that  the 
most  trouble  is  being  had  in  obtaining 
prompt  shipment  of  is  axes,  and,  upon 
investigation,  we find  that all  axe  manu 
facturers  are  far  behind  their orders  and 
it  has  been  impossible  to get  shipments 
made  within  four  to  eight  weeks  from 
time  as  wanted.  Manufacturers  are 
promising,  however,  to  be  more  prompt 
in  the  future  and  it  is  hoped  the  retail 
trade  will  be  as  lenient  as  they  can,  as 
the  jobber  is  powerless  in  the  matter.

is  no 

Wire  Nails—There 

special 
change  to  note  in  this  article,  although 
the  manufacturers  have  receded  from 
the  recent  advances  they  made  and 
prices  have  gone  back  to  the  original 
figures. 
In  some  cases  orders  are  be­
ing  taken  for  spring  business  with 
prices  guaranteed  to  date  of  shipment, 
and  some  manufacturers  are  claiming 
that  higher  prices  will  rule  after the first 
of  the  year.

Barbed  Wire—The  same 

condition 
affecting  wire  nails  also  governs  barbed 
wire.  While  there  is  but  little  moving 
at  this  tjme  of  the  year,  there  is  no  spe­
cial  change  to  note  in  price.

Window  Glass—It 

is  understood  that 
the  factories  are  soon  to  start  up,  but, 
as  there  is  a  great  scarcity  of  glass  in 
all  parts  of  the  country,  it  is  not  be­
lieved  that  this  will  make any difference 
in  the  prices  now  ruling,  as  it  will  be 
impossible  for  them  to  get  any  surplus 
stocks  for at  least  four  months.

Cordage— There  has  been  no  change 
in  manufacturers’  prices for  rope during 
the  past  two  weeks.

Reports  from  other  markets  are as fol­

lows :

Chicago:  Increased  demand 

is  re­
ported  for  shelf  hardware,  while a  much 
better  business  has  also  recently  been 
enjoyed 
sheet  metal 
goods.

in  tinware  and 

St.  Louis:  There  has  been  but  little 
change  to  note  in  the  hardware  trade  of 
this  market  during  the  past  week.

Boston :  The  manufacturing  interests 
in  this  section  are  still  depressed  and 
unsatisfactory,  which  has  a  depressing 
effect  upon  the  wholesale  hardware 
trade.

Philadelphia:  General  conditions  of 
trade  continue  favorabe,  without  any 
new  developments 
in  regard  to  either 
advances  or  declines  in  prices.

Baltimore:  The  month  of  October  has 
not  been  marked  by  any  great  rush  of 
trade.

Omaha:  Trade  is  satisfactory  in  all 

departments,  although  no  boom  is  on.

Cleveland:  The  past  fortnight  has 
been  one  of  fairly  good  business,  al­
though  the  weather  has  been  very  un­
favorable.

Louisville:  Owing  to  the  yellow  fever 
scare  in  the  Southern  States,  the volume 
of  business  has  not  been  up  to  what 
should  be  expected.

St.  Paul:  October  trade  has  been 
affected  some  by  unfavorable  weather 
and  has 
if  any, 
over  October  business  of  1897.

increased  but 

little, 

San  Francisco:  Building hardware  is 
more  active than  usual.  The  trade  of

the  Hawaiian  Islands  has increased with 
us,  as  purchases  that  were 
formerly 
made  in  foreign  markets  are  now  being 
diverted  here.

Portland:  The  volume  of  trade  has 
been  large,  with  no  signs  of  falling  off. 
Collections  have  been  good.

Found  the  Railroad  Hard  to  Beat.
The  Southern  Pacific 

is  about  the 
worst  road 
in  the  wide,  wide  world  to 
fool  in  the matter of transportation.  The 
Southern  Pacific  has  such  a  plain 
monopoly  of  California  business  that 
it 
is  not  necessary  for 
it  to  look  for  fa­
vors,  so  it  closes  down  very  tight.  Even 
the  tickets  which  the  scalpers  succeed 
in  getting  are  so  hedged  about  with 
precautions  that  it  is  like  taking  a  civil 
service  examination  to  beat one of them.
is  a  long  slip  which  is 
designed  to  be  punched  to  fit  the  de­
scription  of  the  purchaser,  so  that  by 
no  means  can 
it  be  used  by  another 
than  the  rightful  owner.  When  one  of 
these  tickets  appears 
in  a  scalper’s 
stock,  it  looks  like  a  porous  plaster, 
being  punctured  for  the  color  of  the 
eyes,  the  hair,  stature,  weight,  com­
plexion  and  other  details  of the physical 
make-up.

The  favorite 

Once  Jim  Crawford  of  Laramie  found 
himself  stuck  in  San  Francisco  with  $4 
and  a  fearful  hunger  for  home.  But  $4 
was as  nothing  to  the  fare  back  over  the 
desert.  While he  was  worrying  his  soul 
with  regrets  he  came  upon  a  neatly 
folded  slip  of  paper  which  had  been 
lost,  doubtless  by  some  hurried  tourist. 
It  was  one  of  those  pieces  of  organette 
music  representing  a  ride  back  to  Og­
den.

Jim  read 

it  over,  printed  matter, 
punches  and  all,  and  rushed  for  a  drug 
store.  He  bought  dyes  for  bis  hair,  a 
stain  for  his  complexion,  got  a  pair  of 
blue  goggles  and  ran  a  concealing 
bandage  over  his  chin.  A  barber  took 
off  bis  mustache,  and  for  a  dollar  a 
cheap  oculist  made  his  eyes  blue,  so 
that  the  goggles  were  re-enforced  with 
corroboration. 
It  took  ali  his  money 
but  40 cents.  Then  he  climbed  aboard 
the  train.

He had  reached  Port  Costa  when  the 
conductor  came  around  and  gave  one 
hurried  look  at  the  ticket.

“ This  thing  expired  a  month  ago,”  

he  said  tersely.

The  telegraph  poles  were  pendulous 
with  blue  and  brimstone  for  two  weeks 
after  Crawford  had  finished  his  walk 
back  to  Oakland.

How  the  Country  Press  Regards  the 

Carnival.

Saranac  Local: 

If  the  stories  in  re­
gard  to  the  Grand  Rapids  carnival 
just 
closed  are  half  true,  there  should  be  no 
repetition  of  the  affair;  and 
judging 
from  the  tone  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
papers,  this  year’s  carnival  will  be  the 
is  no  valid  excuse  for the 
last.  There 
unbridled 
license  which  prevailed  and 
it  is  a  disgrace  to  a  city  that  calls  itself 
enlightened  and  civilized  that  the  law­
lessness  that  was  so  general  should  go 
unpunished.

it  with  even 

Hastings  Banner:  The  Carnival  of 
Fun,  so  called,  at  Grand  Rapids'last 
week,  was  only  another  name  for  a “ hot 
tim e.”   With  no  attractions  that  would 
dignify 
the  name  of  a 
street  fair,  there  was  much  to  stamp  it 
as  nothing  more  or  less  than  a  Carnival 
of  Disgrace.  Behind  masks  which  they 
were  privileged  to  wear,  men  openly  in­
sulted  women  upon  the  streets  and  no 
If  the 
effort  was  made  to  stop  them. 
so-called  Carnival  of  Fun 
is  the  best 
that  Grand  Rapids  can  do.  in  justice  to 
her  name  she  had  better give  up  any 
future  attempts.

last  year”  

Grant  Station  Independent: 

It  is  the 
universal  opinion  of  all  who  attended 
it  was  “ more  dis­
the  Carnival  that 
graceful  than 
instead  of 
“ more  fun  than  last  year.”   Even  the 
Grand  Rapids  people  have  come  to  the 
conclusion  that 
is  no  honor  to  the 
city  to  have  a  week  of  pandemonium 
each  year,  and  it  is  probable  that  the 
sentiment  against  it  is  strong  enough  to

Erevent  the  recurrence  of  the  “ Ruffians 

it 

lei ight. ’ ’

Hardware  Price Current.

„ 

AUGURS AND  BITS

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

„  
Snell’s ........................................ 
Jennings’, genuine 
Jennings’, imitation  . . .  
TB4 
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..........
First Quality, D. B. Bronze..........
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel............
First Quality, D. B. Steel..........
BARROWS 
Railroad............

AXES

,  

a 

.  

m i
..................25A10
__  
60A10

.........   5 00
.........   9 50
.........   5 50
...............   10 50

BOLTS 

 

. 

„  

_  

4

, 

CAPS 

. per lb 

BLOCKS 

BUCKETS 

CROW  BARS 

BUTTS,  CAST 

. .   70 to 75 
50
...............• 3 25
...............70A10
. . . . . . . 70A10

_  
Stove ................
Carriage new list.................
Plow..............................
Well,  plain..............
w  
n 
Cast Loose  Pin, figured. . .  
Wrought Narrow.........................
_  
Ordinary Tackle............
_  
Cast Steel.................
„
Ely’s  1-10.....................................
Hick’s C. F ........................................................... K rm  
Musket.............................. 
.............. 5?!“  
nt 
Rim Fire.  ....................
Central  Fire...........
D 
Socket Firmer...............
Socket Framing......
Socket Comer............
Socket  Slicks............ 
„  
DRILLS 
Morse’s Bit Stocks . . . .
Taper and Straight Shank.  .
Morse’s Taper Sbank..  .
ELBOWS
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
50
Corrugated............................ 
|   95
Adjustable..........................................................................dig 40&10

...............50A 5
...............25A 5
80
M
S

CARTRIDGES

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

CHISELS 

.........  

55
£

60

_  

EXPANSIVE BITS
Clark’s small, *18;  large, *26........ 
30&10
Ives’, 1,118; 2, «24; 3, «30........................’.’. . 
25
PILES—New  List
New American............................................. 70&10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
jn
Heller’s Horse Rasps.............................. ...GC&10
QALVANIZED  IRON 
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27 
16
List  12 

14 

13 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 
OAUOBS

KNOBS—New List

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 60&10
Door, mineral, Jap. trimmings...................  
70
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
80
Adze Eye.....................................«16 00, dis  60A10
Hunt Eye.....................................«15 oo, dis 60A10
Hunt’s........................................   «18 50, dis 20A10

MATTOCKS

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire

Steel nails, base.......................................... 
Wire nails, base...........................  
20 to 60 advance...............................  "  
10 to 16 advance
8 advance.......
6 advance 
4 advance 
3 advance
......... 
2 advance.................................................. 
Fine 3 advance 
Casing 10 advance
Casing  8 ad vance.................................  "  
Casing  6 advance............... 
 
Finish 10 advance................................... 
Finish  8 advance................  
Finish  6 advance...................  
Barrel % advance......................... 

...... . 

 

 

1 "55
1  go
Rase
06 
10 
20 30
45
70

MILLS

PLANES

MOLASSES  OATES

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s...................... 
40
40
Coffee, P. S. A W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleabies!! ’ 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry A Clark’s...............  
40
Coffee, Enterprise............................. ...... ’. 
30
Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine................................. .’60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy............... 
@50
Sclota Bench................................................ 
go
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................  @50
Bench, firstquality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme............................................. 60A10A10
Common, polished................................ 
70A 5
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 

PATBNT  PLANISHED  IRON 

Broken packages He per pound  extra. 

RIVETS

PANS

 

HAMMBRS

Maydole A Co.’s, new  list.....................dis  33*
26
Kip’s  ......................................................dlt 
Yerkes A Plumb’s.................................. di* 10A10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 80c list 
70
P o o *   Q fo o l  t r 4 w<*  4*V*  M «  4 0 * 1 #

HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS

HOLLOW  WARE

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75A1C
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 20A10
Granite Iron Ware.........................new list 40A10
Pots................................................................80 A1
K ettles..........................................................60A10
Spiders......................................................... 60A10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 8.........   ...................  dis 60A10
State......................................... per dos. net  2 50

HINGES

SAVES  THE  WASH. 
SAVES  THE  WASHER.

2 4

Ignoring  the  Little  Decencies  o f  Busi­

ness.

The  measure  of  a  mer- hant’s  sense  of 
honor  is  often  taken  from his observance 
or  his  ignoring  of  the  little  decencies in 
business.

It  is  not  always  the  rating  in the com­
mercial  agency  reports  which  deter­
mines  a  man's  standing,  in 
the  esti 
mation  of  those  who  s» 11  him.  There 
are  “ surface  indications,"  as  they  say 
in  mining  communities,  which  go  far 
toward  determining  his  desirability  as 
a  customer  and  earning  for  him  the  re 
spect  of  those  whose  respect  counts  for 
dollars  and  cents  The  merchant  who 
uniformly  observes  the  little  proprieties 
secures  a  measure  of  good  will  from  his 
creditors  that  will  help  him  over  many 
a  “ lumpy"  spot  on  bis  road  to  success.
An  opportunity  to  exhibit  character 
in  business  is  afforded  by  one  of  the 
provisions  of  the  new  war  revenue  act, 
relating  to  the  stamping  of  checks  and 
notes.

A  retail  jeweler,  in  the  hearing  of  the 
writer,  declared  that  he  didn’t  intend 
to  put  stamps  on  the  checks  sent  to 
jobbers  and  manufacturers,  given 
in 
payment  of  bills. 
“ What’s  the  use? 
They  will  put  the  stamp  on  before  they 
deposit  the  check  in  the  bank—they'll 
have  to—and 
they  ought  to  be  glad 
enough  to  get  my  check,  and  be  willing 
to  put  on  the  measly  little  stamp.  They 
can  afford  to  do  it,”   etc.

Yes,  they  probably  can  afford to spend 
two  cents  on  the  customer’s  check ;  but 
can  the  customer  afford  to  make  them 
do  it?

The  customer  does  not  fear  that  the 
jobber  or  the  manufacturer  will  “ make 
a  case"  and  put  the  maker  of  the  check 
in  jeopardy  of  fine  and 
imprisonment. 
He  counts  on  the  fact  that  the  recip­
ient  would  have  nothing  to  gain  there­
by,  except  the  vindication  of  his  sense 
of  justice,  and  much  to  lose 
in  ostraci­
zing  a  customer.  So  the  customer saves 
two  cents  and  "soaks"  the  wholesaler.
But  it  is  a  doubtful  saving.  The  man 
who  opens  the 
the 
check  frowns  a  bit,  and  maybe  says 
“ P ig !"  or  some  more  sulphurous  word. 
The  unstamped  check  is  an  object-les­
son  among  the  dozen  or  more  other 
checks,  duly  stamped,  which  arrive  in 
the  same  mail.  The  sender of  the  un­
stamped  check  has 
lost  considerable 
of  the  recipient’s  respect,  and  is  either 
adjudged  careless,  which 
is  always  a 
hurtful  opinion,  or  deliberately  mean, 
which  is  worse.  He  is  impaled  on  one 
of  the  two  horns  of  the  dilemma.

letter  containing 

The  decent  merchant  invariably  in­
closes  a  stamp  for  reply  to  a  question 
entirely  outside  of  bis  line  of  business, 
as,  for  instance,  when  he  asks  his  job­
ber  to  give  him  the  address  of  a  dealer 
in  second-hand  clothes.  He  rightly  con­
siders  that  his  correspondent  has  done 
enough  to  give  him  the  time  necessary 
to  make  reply.

The  decent  merchant,  further,  answers 
every  letter  promptly ;  makes  acknowl­
edgment  of  any  special  favor;  in  other 
words,  he  undertakes  to  practice  the 
same  politeness 
in  business  which  he 
observes 
in  his  social  relations.  The 
rules  of  gentlemanly  conduct  are  quite 
as  much  to  be  followed  in  the  office  as 
in  the  drawing  room.  Good  manners 
know  no  limitations  as  to  their  area  of 
display. 
And  while  the  “ little  de­
cencies’  which  we  have 
instanced  are 
such  as  come  to  the  merchant  in  his  re­
lations  with  his  fellowmen  through  cor­
respondence,  in  the  vastly  larger  num­
ber  of  points  of  contact  with  his  fellows 
in  bis  face-to-face  relations  he  should

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

be  equally  watchful  of  the  amenities 
and  decencies  which  make  business  a 
pleasure  and  the  profession  of  business 
honorable.

Jackson  Grocers  to Hold  a  Midwinter 

Entertainment.

Jackson,  Nov.  5— The  regular  month­
ly  meeting  of  the  Jackson  Retail  Gro­
cers'  Association  was  held  at  the  office 
Nov.  1,  with  a  good  attendance  and  all 
of  the  officers  present

A  final  report  was  received  from  the 
Committees  on  Entertainment  and  E x­
cursion,  which  showed  the  social  and 
financial  conditions  to  be  in  first  class 
shape,  with  a  good  balance  in  the  treas­
ury.

The  matter  referred  to  in  a  communi­
cation  from  the  Grand  Rapids  Associa­
tion  was  again  taken  up  for  discussion 
and  the  Secretary  was 
instructed  to 
make  another  call  upon  the  candidates 
for  the  Senate  and  the  House  and 
im­
press  on  their  minds  the  necessity  of 
doing  away  with  class  legislation if they 
desire  the  support  of  the  grocers  and 
their  friends  in  Michigan.

A  letter  from  Menominee,  asking  for 
by-laws  and  suggestions  in  organizing  a 
grocers'  association,  was  received,  and 
the  Secretary  was  ordered  to  furnish  the 
desired  information.
C.  G.  Hill,  being 

in  a  reminiscent 
mood,  gave  a  sketch  of  the  organization 
of  the  Jackson  grocers,  their  trials  and 
triumphs.

By  the  request  of  the  Treasurer,  the 
bond  of  that  officer  was  fixed  at  $500, 
with  two  sureties,  to  be  placed  in  the 
hands  of  the  trustees.

By  a  unanimous  vote,  it  was  decided 
that  the  Association  should  bold  the 
usual  midwinter  entertainment  and  the 
following  general  committee  was  ap­
pointed,  with  full  power to  act  for  the 
Association :  Geo.  E.  Lewis,  chair­
man ;  C.  G.  Hill,  P.  W.  Haefner,  N.
H.  Branch,  W.  H.  Porter,  M.  M.  Whit­
ney,  L.  Pelton,  H.  C.  Eddy,  J.  L.  Pet- 
ermann,  J.  F.  Helmer  and  H.  H.  Nees- 
ley.

The  meeting  then  adjourned  and  the 
Committee  on  Midwinter  Entertain­
ment  was  called  to  order by  the  chair­
man.  After  plans  were  offered  in  re­
gard  to  the  kind  of  entertainment,  price 
of  admission  and  kind  and  quality  of 
music,  the  following  committees  were 
named :

Hall  and  Music— P.  W.  Haefner,  N. 

H.  Branch,  H.  C.  Eddy.

Invitation  and  Tickets—C.  G.  Hill, 

W.  H.  Porter,  L.  Pelton.

Decoration—The  whole  of  the  general 

committee.

Banquet— N.  H.  Branch.  P.  W.  Haef­
ner,  L.  Pelton,  C.  G.  Hill,  J.  F.  Hel­
mer.

It  was  decided  that  the  entertainment 
should  be  held  in  the  month  of  January 
and  that  everything  in  connection  with 
the  event  should  be  first-class  in  every 
respect. 

W.  H.  Po r t e r ,  Sec’y.

Grocers  in  the  Two  Bay  Cities  Join 

Hands.

Bay  City,  Nov.  5— At  the  regular 
meeting  of  our  Association,  held  on 
O. t.  iQ.  I  was 
instructed  to  write  you 
and  inform  you  that we had re-organized 
and  ask  you to publish  it  in  your  paper. 
We  re-organized  Sept.  21  and  have  held 
three  rousing  meetings  and  hope  to 
make a  success  of  it  this  time.

The  officers  are :
President —M.  L  DeBats.
Vice-President  R.  M.  Sherwood.
Secretary—S.  W.  Waters.
Treasurer- C   M.  Baumgarten.

S.  W.  W aters,  Sec’y.

Saginaw— Miss  Maggie  Herman,  who 
has  been  with  Wm.  Barie  &  Son  for  the 
past  five  years,  has  taken  a  position 
with  Porteous,  Mitchell  &  Co.

Ludington— Chas.  Bloom,  salesman  in 
the  dry  goods  store  of  Adam  Dracb,  was 
recently  married  to  Miss Rucie Caswell.

Giving  advice  to  a  novice  and  throw­
ing  stones at  a  dog  have  about  the  same 
effect.

Twenty  Out  of  Sixty-one.

Ann  Arbor,  Nov.  5— The  Michigan 
Board  of  Pharmacy  held  a  meeting  at 
Lansing  Nov.  1  and  2.  There  wtre 
sixty-one  applicants  present  for  exami­
nation,  fifty  for  registered  pharmacist 
certificate 
for  assistant 
papers.  Fourteen  applicants  received 
registered  pharmacist  papers and six  as­
sistant  papers,  as  follows:

eleven 

and 

R E G IS T E R E D   PHARM ACISTS.

S.  C  Ball,  Jonesville.
E.  D.  Benjamin,  Ann  Arbor.
N  E.  Douglass,  Ann  Arbor.
J  G.  Faner,  Detroit.
R.  F.  Graves,  Plainwell.
B  L.  Hayden,  Ann  Arbor.
J.  M.  Lemen,  Alma.
C.  B.  Service,  Ann  Arbor.
C.  L.  Smith,  Galien.
W.  N.  Salsbury,  Ann  Arbor.
W.  C.  Schrouder,  Grand  Rapids.
H.  J.  Tietz,  Saginaw.
W.  E.  Turner,  Clifford.
Mary  Viertel,  Detroit.

ASSISTANT  PHARMACISTS.

C.  E.  Harvey,  Big  Rapids.
W.  P.  Harris,  Muskegon.
J.  McCormick,  Grand  Rapids.
J.  C.  Strausbaugh,  Hastings.
A.  F.  Vickery,  Charlotte.
F.  Wren,  Big  Rapids.
It  was  decided  to  hold  examination 

sessions  during  1899  as  follows:

Detroit—Jan.  10 and  11.
Grand  Rapids—March  7  and  8.
Star  Island—June  26 and  27.
Houghton— Aug.  29  and  30.
Lansing—Nov.  7  and  8.

A.  C.  Sc h u m ach er,  Sec’y.

Pity  the  poor  young  man  who  parts 
his  hair  in  the  middle.  He  has  to  do 
it  to  prevent  his  mind  from  becoming 
unbalanced.

WANTS  COLUMN

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head for two cents 1  word  the  first  insertion 
and  one cent a  word  for  each  subsequent  in­
sertion.  No advertisements taken for less than 
ag cents.  Advance payment.______________

BUSINESS  CH ANCES.

TX 7A N T ED —PA R T N E R  IN DRUG B U SN ESS, 
Tv  sm all capital  -equired  A ddress  P artner, 
care M ichigan T radesm an. 

I X )E X C H A N G E -D O U B L E   FRAM E  HOUSE 

.  In Sault Ste.  Marie:  hardw ood land near the 
lake, aud nice farm  o f 160 acres four m iles  from 
city  of  Fredericksburg,  Va ,  title  perfect,  for 
nice hom e, w i'h   fru it, n ea r  a  M ethodist  Episco­
pal ch u ich .  A ddress P, care  M ichigan  T rades­
man. 

758

761

759

753

,4 *

760

HOICE  FARM  OF  24 >  ACRES  TO  EX 
change fo r  sm all  farm ,  village  property  or 
m erchandise.  A ddress  Box  132,  C uster,  M u h
757

TO  R EN T  IN   MENDON,  ST.  JO SEPH   CO..

M ich.—One  or  tw o  large  brick  store**  in 
O pera  House  block,  suitable 
fo r  groceries, 
boots  an d   shoes  o r  clothing.  WriLe  to  Levi 
Cole. 

ANTED—A COMPETENT BUSINESS MAN 
to a c t as  financial agent  for an established 
concern.  Party m ust have  ih r  e  thousand  d*>l 
lars (*3,000) for cond  tional investm ent.  Rem u­
neration, 
tw elve  h u n d red   dollars  ($1 2  0)  per 
year,  expenses  and  a  com m ission.  A ddress 
Lock  Box 753, K alamazoo.  Mich. 

IjXIR aA L E —Gi.OCERY  -'lO C K IN   CENTRAL 

M ichigan,  city  o f  3,000  inhabiianta.  V ill 
sell  at sacrifice.  A ddress No. 745, care M .cbigan 
Tradesm an. 

ANTED—TO EXCHANGE 40 ACRE FARM 
fo r drug stock  Properly Is half improved, 
w ith dw elling and barn  W orth *80).  A ddress 
No. i53. ca  e  M ichigan T rade-m an.  ' 

IjXIR SALE—NEW t.E N E K A L S I Ol  K.  GOOD 

farm ing and lum bering Country around  he 
village.  A ddress  752,  care  m  chigan  T rades 
m an. 
rpO EX CH A 'G E~*1000LA «*H   AND  l2»A CRc-S 
JL  good farm ing land near T raverse  .  ity  at $10 
p  r  acre,  'o r stock  o f  any  kind. 
Jo h n   Snyder, 
US'*  West  Bridge S t.. Gr  nd Rapids. 
SPLENDID  OPPORTUNITY  TO  BUY  A 
first class m arket in a  tow n  of  800  pnpula- 
ti* n,  fine farm ing  country  No  com petition. 
Chance to m ake money.  F or  fu rth e r  inform a­
tion w -ite A. R  H ensler, B a ttle i’reek. Mich.  750
\ \ [ a n t e d  — c o r r e s p o n d e n c e   w i i h   a
Vv  party  looking  for  location  for  a   big  dry 
goods  or  departm ent store. 
W heeler.  Lima, Ohio. 

A ddress  John
749

W m  D avis,  Rocada’e  W is. 

1  residence;  good tow n;  .to e *  invoices*3 iiOO. 

FX )R   SALE—A  HARDW ARE  STOCK  WITH 
FOR SALE OR  EXCHANGE—FOR STOCK OF 

three 
m iles  from   citv  lim its; 
ten  acres  of  fruit,  all 
kinds;  five  acres  tim ber;  good  pasture;  good 
soil.  A ddress  No.  755,  care  M ichigan  Trades, 
m an. 

general  m erchandise.  50-acr 

tpOR SALE—AN  OLD  E S 1 ABLISHED  DRUG 

’  store in city of 30,000;  good t a d e ;   lo w re n t; 
full  prices:  one-half cash, balance on tim e.  Ad 
dress 741, care M ichigan T radesm an. 

farm , 

755

7  2

748

741

7*1

Ha v e  s m a ll  g e n e r a l  sto ck,  also  a

stock of  m usical  goods,  sew ing  m achines, 
bicycles, notions, etc., w ith  w agons and team s— 
an established business.  Stock inventories from  
*2.000  to  *3.600,  as  m,.y  be  desired.  W ill  take 
free  and  clear  farm   in  good  location  of  equal 
value.  A ddress Lock Box 531,  H owell, M  ch.

739

680

699

V IT A N T E D  — SHOES,  C L O T H I N G .   D R Y  
TV  goods.  A ddress R.  B.,  Box 351,  M ontague, 
Mich.. 

I NOR SALE—CLEAN GENERAL  STOCK  AND 

1  s  ore  building in sm all  town surrounded  by 
excellent farm ing  and  fru it  country  less  th a n  
flfiy m iles  from   G rand  Rapid-.  Go"d  reasons 
for selling.  Inspection soli  Ited.  T erm -reason­
care 
able.  Address  for  particulars  No.  691 
M ichigan  T rade-m an. 
691
TNOR  S \L E —NEW  GENERAL 
f
dress No. 680, care  M ichigan  Tradesm an 

-*TOCK  A 
  splendid  farm ing country.  No trad- s.  Ad­

(NEN I’Ka LLY  nil*  A T ED  DRU<*  STORE,  DO- 

j   ing a  good  business  in  the  city,  fo r  sale. 
Good  reasons  for  selling.  A ddress  I.  Frank- 
ford.  F ire  Insurance  aud  Real  E -tate  Agent, 
Phone  1236,  53  W est  Bridge  Street,  G raud 
Rapids.__________________________________ 667

I NOR  SALE—DRUG,  BO<>K  AND  STATION- 

invoicing  *4 509,  and  fixtures 
invoicing *300,  w hich  include show  cases, shelv­
ing  and  bottles.  Daily  casb  sales  in  1891,  *2'; 
S92. *30;  1893. *31;  1894, *34.6V  1895,  *k5;  1896, 
$21.20, and  ls97.*24 13 
Located in  m an u factu r­
ing tow n.  No cu t prices.  R ent reasonable, *29 
per m onth.  Living  rooms in connection.  Ad­
dress Nn. 668, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

B~ EST_ LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR  A 

cold  storage  and  general  produce  dealer. 
W rite t*> thp  Secretary  o f  th e  Otsego  Im prove­
m ent A ssociation  Otsego.  Mich 

ery  stock 

RUG STOCK FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE— 
Located in  best  city  in  M ichigan;  no  c u t­
ting;  invoices 12 750.  W ill take good  leal estate 
as part paym ent.  The more ca**h  the  mo>e  lib­
eral discount from  invoice.  Bus'n-. ss  is  now  a 
good  paying investm ent.  A ddress  B.  B.,  care 
Michigan Tradesm an.____________________ 727

W ANTED—16 TO 20  HORSE  POW ER  PORT- 

able eneine and  boiler,  w ith  engineer,  to 
fu rn ish   pow er  during 
ice  cutting  season. 
W rite, -ta tin g  term s, Consum ers’ Ice Co., G rand 
Rapids, Mich,____________________________ 743

fo r your stock of m erchandise,  or  any  part 

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

MERCHANTS—DO YOU WISH CASH  QUICK 
TO  EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
13 0   EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 

goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
R apids property.  A ddress No.  552, care  Mi. hi 
g -n  Tradesm an.__________________________ 552

.  property fo r dry  goods, clothing  and  sho*-s. 

A ddress  P  Meda  ie.  Ylanceh  na  Mich 

668

553

631

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

WANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 

try ;  any  quaniities.  W rite  me.  O rrin  J. 
Stone, Kalamazoo.  Mich.__________________ 706
ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond w ith 

C aulkett & Co.. T r a w s e T ity .  Mich. 

381

ANTED—1.000  CASES  FRESH 
EGGS,
daily.  W rite  fo r  prices.  F .  W.  Brown, 

Ithaca,  M ich. 

550

FIREPROOF  S A F E S

G eo. m. sm ith,  n ew  an d  -econdh and

safes,  wood  and  brick  building  mover,  157 

O ttaw a street. G rand Rapids.______________613

M ISCELLANEOUS.

A ddress  A.  D  Mills,  Coopersville,  Mich.

WANTED—A REG ISTERED   PHARMACIST. 
R EGISTERED  PHARMACIST  W ISHES  SIT- 

fifteen  years’  experience.  Refer­
uation; 
ence furnished.  A ddress "No. 747, caie  M ichigan 
T radesm an. 

756

747

ANTED—A YOUNG  MAN  O F  GOOD  AD 
dress  to  represent  unique  insurance  in 
State.  Good money for right m an.  A ddress at 
once, K nights o f A m erica,  K alamazoo,  Mich

W ANTED—  LA CE,  TO  LEARN  R ET A IL 

boot and  shoe  business.  Have  had  expe­
rience as cl  rk  Go*  d  reference..  A ddress 740, 
care M ichigan  T radesm a *. 

740

From $2.90 To $45.00

We carry the  largest  line  of  EXTENSION 
TABLES in  Michigan.  Evory one is high 
grade.  We  Pay  The  Freight.  Send  for 
our new catalogue.  (Retail department.)

GRAND  RAPIDS  WHOLESALE 
FURNITURE  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Travelers’ Time  Tables.

CHICAGO“‘’S E X '*

Chicago.

Lv  G.  Rapids..............   7  30am  12:00am  *11  45pm
Ar.  Chicago..................  2:10pm  9:15pm 
7  2  am
Lv. Chicago. -  11:45am  6  50am  4:15pm  *11‘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  5:30pm
Parlor cars on day tra in s and sleeping cars  on 

n ig h t tra in s to and from  Chicago

*Bvery  day. 

O thers week days only.

H C T n n i T   Grand Rapids & Western 
Lie 1 KUI I .  

Sept.25, 1898.

Detroit.

Lv. G rand  R apids............7:00am  1:35pm  5:35ptr
Ar  D etroit....................  11:40am  5:45pm I0:05ps
Lv  D etroit......................... 8:00am  1:10pm  6:10rtr
Ar  G rand  R apids......... 12  55pm  5:20pm 10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  dreenville.

Lv. G R7:00am  5:10pm  Ar.  G R U : ‘ 5am  9:30prr 
P arlor cars on all tra in s  to  and  from   D etroit 
and Saginaw.  T rains run w eekdays only.

Gao.  DbH aven,  G eneral  Pass.  Ageui.

H P  AMH  Trunk Railway System
v l l v / \ l v & /   D etroit and M ilw aukee Div

(In effect Oct  3,  1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
A rrive,
t   6:45am  Sag.,.D etroit, Buffalo & N Y  .t  9:55pm
tlO.lOam...........D etroit  and  E a st............t   5:27pm
t   3  20pm. .Sag.,  Det.,  N.  Y.  &  B oston..tl2:45pm
*  8:00pm .. .D etroit, E ast and C an a d a.. .* 6:35am

W EST

*  7:00am. ...G d.  H aven  and  lu t. P ts— *  7:20om 
t!2:53pm .G d.  H aven  and In te rm ed iate.t  3:12pm
t   5  32pm ...G d.  Haven and C hicago.......................
110:00pm.........Gd. H aven  and Mil............  6:40am
E astw ard—No. 16 has W agner parlor car.  No. 
22  parlor  car.  W estw ard—No  11  parlor  car. 
No.  17 W agner parlor car.

•D aily. 

tE x cep t Sunday.

E. H.  H u sh e s. A. G. P. A T. A. 
Ben. F l e tc h e r, T rav. Pass. AgL, 
C.  A.  J u stin,  City  Pass.  Agent.
97 Monroe St.  M orton House.

n n   i   v j r v   Rapids  ft  Indiana Railway 
\ i K A i l L I  

Sept. 25. 1898.

Northern' Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am t  5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey A Har. S .. t 2:15pm  *10:00pm
Cadillac accommodation....... 4 5:25pm tl0.55am
Petoskey & Mackinaw City....tl’:00pm  t 6:25pm 
7:45am  and 2:15pm  trains  have  parlor  cars; 
11:0.pm train has sleeping car.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati.............  ............... t 7:10am t  9 45pm
Richmond 
............................t 2:10pm  t  2:0Upu
Cincinnati............................. *10*15pm  * 7:10«*
For Vicksburg and Chicago..*11:03pm * 9:1  am
i:10  am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Clnctnnai 
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.  II :00pm train has sleeping car to 
Chicago.

.Chicago Trains.

FBOM CHICAGO.

TO CHICAGO.
2  10pm  *11 00pm
Lv. Grand Rapids... 7  10am 
Ar. Chicago............   2 0  pm  9  10pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago............................   3 02pm  *11 45pm
Ar  Grand Rapids...................   9 45pm 
7 10am
Tral” leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  11:00pm, coach and sleeping car.
Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has  parlor car; 
11:45pm, sleeping car.

Muskegon Trains.

GOING WEST.

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

going b a s t.

tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.

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

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

DULUTH, South Shore ind Atlantic 

Railway.

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. A I.)til:10pm  t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................  7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St Ignace.........................  9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sanlt Ste. Marie................  12:90pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marqnette.........................  2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Neatoria............................... 5:20pm  12:45am
Ax. D uluth........................................... 
8:30am

BAST  BOUND.

t6:30pm
Lv. Duluth............................................. 
2:45am
Ar. Neatoria...........................til :15am 
Ar. Marqnette.......................  
1:30pm  4:3Gam
..........
3:30pm 
Lv. Sanlt Ste. Marie............. 
Ar. Mackinaw City...............  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. Hib b a r d , Gen. Pass. A gt marqnette. 
R. C. Ovlatt, Trav. Pass. Agt, Grand Rapids

M A N K T F F   *  Northeastern Ry.
* * MiTll  w A O  A  Al* Ay  Best route to Manistee.

Via  C. &  W . M.  Railway.

L v . Grand Rapids..............................7:00am 
...........
A r  Manistee.......... ..........................12:05pm  ...........
Lv  Manistee....................................  8:30am  4:10pm
A r Grand  Rapids  .........................   1 .oopm  q:55pm

T R A V E L

VIA

F.  & P.  M.  R.  R.

AND  S T EA M SH IP  LINES 

TO  ALL  PO IN TS  IN  M ICHIGAN

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

r
 Spain  is
l a

never  will. 

Dwight’s  Liquid  Bluing  jg 
1

i   The  Wolverine  Spice  Go., 1

Manufactured  by 

¥

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

A
;dP

\SLJLJUULJL51SLSLSLSISLSLJLSISISL512JLSLSL2JI* 

You should always buy

PERM 'S
FUMING
FXTRflGTS

because they are 
the best.

Manufactured by

L.  Perrigo  Company

A lle g a n ,  M ic h .

N in n n n n n n n r^ ^

Everything  in  the  Plumbing  Line 
Everything  in  the  Heating  Line

Be it Steam,  Hot Water  or ffot Air.  Mantels, Grates and 
Tiling.  Galvanized Work  of  Every Description.  Largest  ^  
Jfe
Concern  in the State. 
WEATHERLY  &  PULTE,  99  Pearl  St.,  Grand  Rapids  g

ILLUMINATING  AND  LUBRICATING

OILS

NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

O ffic e  a n d   W o r k s ,  B U T T E R W O R T H   A V E .,

O R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

Bulk  w orks at G rand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  M anistee, CadlUac,  Big Rap­
ids,  G rand  H aven,  Traverse  City,  Lndlngton, Allegan,
H oward  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Frem ont,  H art,
W hitehall, H olland and Fennvllle

Highest  Price  Paid  for  Em pty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels.

say r  

-—  

/J5

|

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

: 
W ho  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

: 
Is  it  not  the 
public?  The  manufacturers,  by constant and judi- 
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores w h o s e   — ^
 
very  presence creates  a demand  for other a r t i c l e s .   ^5

: 

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Seymour Drafts^

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 OU R 
Cracker  retains  its  hold  upon  the  buyers  of pure 
Always  FRESH,  WHOLESOME, 
food  products. 
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?

m

m

m

Made  only  by

National  Biscuit Company

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Is It a Wonder

that merchants who buy our line  ££ 
of  premium  goods  report  tL?‘ 
they  would  not  have  believed  «jj 
that  premiums  influence  trade  jSg 
to such an  extent until they had  2 ; 
been  convinced  by  an  actual  331 
trial?  Our goods are attractive, 
well 
and low in price. 
plated  silverware, 

finished,  honestly  made  gS 

in  bronzed  vaS 

In quadruple 

y p  i  clocks,  family  scales,  hatracks,

holiday goods, useful and  orna-  nfc 
mental, we show a large line  of  S j 
the latest up-to-date goods.  We  JS3 
give you the choice of your own 
selection  or  recommend  our  *2 
popular $25  or  $50  assortments  S® 
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  W abash  Ave., Chicago,  III.

) 

m

“ KICKING  A  FA LLEN   FO E”

tSJc^E3teSE^S3t3S£is3lSSE^£3lj'SS0E3 t3i£5e3iSScSESfe5£iE3fci5iSG3t3'S^S3
m l.

The  March  of Progress 

gj  Old  methods  of  weighing  your  merchan­
ts  dise are  about  done  for;  but  a  few  remain 
I   to  remind  us  of  the  past. 
In  a  few  years 
1  all  pound  and  ounce  scales  will  be  no  more 
f|  and  the  man  who  invented  them  will  be 
|   forgotten.
I 
| 
I 
I  the  system  of  handling  your  goods  as 
|   money.
¡The  Computing  Scale  Co.,
I 

The  Money  Weight  System

Is  Led by

Dayton,  Ohio.

